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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-10
PENSIONS VOTED
FOR AGED WOMEN
Two Delegates of Fair Lobby
lists Successful, While
Two Failed.

OF tha four delegations of women
who lobhled at the Capitol during tho
legislau, session, two were success
full and two failed. So it may be said
that the lawmakers were only half
gallant
a measure which was passed at the
instance OF the women working for
It, was the bill to appropriate S2,590
the year for the mex, TWO years for
the relief OF Confederate women who
receive no pensions ana who are in
mates OF no public institution. This
refers in the main to sisters Of Con-
fedcrate soldiers. One of those on the
list OF the United Daughters OF the
Confederacy S ninety-three years Of
age That organization is to approve
claims, and they are 10 be paid by the
Auditor upon satisfactory proof TO oe
furnished him. Mrs. Norman V. Ran
dolph and Mrs. Samuel w. Williams
secured the passage OF this bill.
The other successful group OF wo-
men was that opposing the bills look :
ing to the abolition OF the retired
teachers pension system. They had
quite hard fight, as their opponents
were active in both houses, but won
signal victory.
Failures We're made by the women
lobbying for woman suffrage and for q
coordinate State college for women.
At one time the opponents of the lat
ter proposition were badly scared,
since surprising amount OF strength
was developed. The effort will be
renewed at the next session.
The representatives OF the Equal
Suffrage League had at no time the
slightest hooe for success. Their work
was entirely missionary In its ma
ture. and Intended as an entering
wedge for what they believe viii some
day eliminate In a successful cam
paign for the ballot
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-10
URGE v|RGINIAN
FOR PRESIDENCY
Political Club at Sheva Casts Its
Resolutions Into the
Ring.

Presidential candidates are no iong ger
without honor in their own countries.
Since William b. Hurt, of Pittsylvania.
county, announced his candidacy for
the office Of President of the United
States there hns been formed club In
his home community to advance his
candidacy. Witness these resolutions
1T being our pleasure To know the
Hon. W. B. Hurt so far in life, and
knowing him 10 be u man we'll versed
in the laws of our country, broad and
fair minded, considering tn. needs OF
all classes of our people. his aoil ~
being tested for many years, nndir $
him leaving out self and giving jus
tice according to law in all cases he
being strictly religious and a great
spiritual adviser; he possesses great
ability and carries In his broad nina
and by heart proper sympathy for
every one needing, but as fearless In
his efforts for right as the grant war.
rior, Stonewail Jackson; therefore. be
II
Resolved. first. That the Hurt club
at Sheva Will do ali we can for the
nomination and election of william
Hurt to the presidency Of the Unit.a
States.
Second. That we recommend him to
the voters OF our country as the man
we need In the Presidents chair
I'VE also ask that this artlcls be
published in the different papers OF the
United States.
Submitted in faith by the Hurt Club
at Sheva. in body assembled. February
Is 19I2o =
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-10
LAUNDRY PEOPLE
HERE TOMORROW
Virginia and West Virginia AS
ISOLATION to Hold Semi-Annual
Convention.

Ono hundred and nifty members OF
the Virginia and West Virginia Laun-
drymen's Association are expected here
tomorrow morning for the opening OF
the third seni-annual convention. For
two days tho laundryinen will work
and mako merry alternately, the fun
feature OF the convention 10 be tho
banquet at the Jefferson on Monday
night.
The program. which has been care
fuliy arranged by Chairman NJ b.
F!orshem and his committee, includes
the names Of Governor William Hodges
Mann and w. T. Dabney. business man
agcr of the Chamber Of Commerce. in
ADDITION 10 number OF technical
speakers. From the professional stand
Point. the feature Of the convention
WIN be Mrs. Laurc G. Fixen's address
Tuesday morning at ii o'clock, on
Limo Versus Brine Bleach" Papers
mont. W. Va, and L. T.. Hess. OF Roa-
noke, Va.
NJ b. Florsheim is the president of
tho local laundrymen's association.
which has charge OF entertaining the
visitors. The officers of the virginia
and West Virginia Association are
Floyd l. Knight. Lynchburg, Va,
president; +. S. Bonham Charleston. ".
vice president: C. N. Deyerle, Princeton
w. Va. secretary and treasurer, and
W. l. Lydic. Fairmont. w Va, SER
Eeart-at-arms. The Virginia and West
Virginia Association is an affiliated
body OF tho Laundrymen's National
Association of America.
From the plans that are being made,
the local laundrymen are anticipating
the greatest convention the assooia-
ton ever held.
Officers OF the local aresM B. Flors-
helm, president: j. r. Hutchinson. vice
president; w. II. Bowles. secretary, and
f. L. Brannan. treasurer.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-10
SOCIALIST LECTURE BY
MINISTER. FROM KANSAS

AS The third lecturer OF the Socialist
I.yccum Course. Rev Benjamin F wilson,
OF Grard. Kan, Viii SPEAK on THE War OF
tho Glasses" ut the CITY Auditorium next
Tuesday night Mr.. Wilton became So
ciaiist as a result OF his ministry among
the people in an Industrial community
about a decade ago, and since then he has
been preaching economic salvation" and
what he calls the social message OF Jesus
Christ to the working class
All money over expenses OF the Lyccum
Course will go TO the striking textile work
ers o. Lawrence, Mass
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-10
OPENS TUESDAY
New Club Has Waiting List Before Doors
Are Thrown Omen

The Virginia ciuo, recently organized by
a ininloer .. men well known in the bust
ness and social world OF Richmond, will
hold It's opening meeting and smoker in
the club-rooms. located ut ri East Frank
lin Street. on Tuesday night. The new club
opens with full limited membership as an
evidence OF Its popularity. enjoying the
TACT o: having waiting list before its
doors are thrown open 70 its members
Tine club will Include library. reading
and pool-rooms and reception rooms. II
has been Handsomely lifted with every de-
tail tor the comfort OF the members
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-10
Building Permits.

day as follows:
z. Shields. to erect detached two.
story brick dwelling on the north side
and McDonough Streets, TO cost 81, oa6
Mrs Catherine d. Hagan, to repair a
prick store, sos East Broad Street, TO
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-10
To Increase writing ortppt.

me Equal Suffrage Lea que Of Virginia is
oheringsa prize OF $50 10 the boy or girl
netween the ages OF thirteen and eighteen
who writes the beat @6-word essay on equal
suffrage. The contest closes on May is
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-10
Rcco,crs FROM operation.

KccoNcrs from Operation.
" H. Elniord Peay. who was opeTata3 on
81 the virginia Hospital last MonGay IL
improving. and Is now able 10 see MIS-
friends.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-10
Returns from JfospituI,

Mrs. Hannah Strause, OF 1873 IVES; Grace
Street. who has returned 10 her homo from
the hospital, IS ccnyalescn= and {. abla to
zee her fricnds.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-10
SIR. lIabliston III

SIR lIabliston III.
Charles $. Hablston, Of eCS south rh;-6
IS critically III With pneumonia at his
Milford chronicle., 1912-01-26
Thisves De Man and Eire stors.

hisVes Tie Man and Fire Store
Two robbers bound and gagged sam.
uel L. Miller, who keeps a grocery
store at the corner Of POPLAR and Dor
wart streets, Lancaster. Pa. robbed
the cash drawer end then set fire to
the place
The store was gutted by the fire.
Miller's wife heard him groan and
rescued him before the fire reached
him.
When Miller opened his store he
said two masked raen entered and de
manded his money. He replied than
he had none, when one said: You are
as poor as We are, and, oyerpoweriug
him, bound and gagged him
The men took between $50 and $40
from the cash drawer and, piling IN
some dry goods in the center OF the
store, set it on fire and lett.
Miller attracted the attention of his
wife through his means When she ar
rived the store was in blaze and
she had barely time to save her hus-
band.
Miller says he is sure the robbers /
are the same men who came to his .
place at about the same hour on sun /
day morning and made a small pur-
chase.
Milford chronicle., 1912-01-26
Llabill.y Law unheld.

The constiriionality OF the employ
ers' liability law passed by congress in
1908 was Upheld by the supreme court
Of the United States in all cases be-
fore it.
The court also decided that stase
courts might enforce that act when
local laws were appropriate.
The opinion held that congress
might make regulations between car
riers and eilyl..e- ia interstate COM
merce and tuaj cong tess did not ex-
ceed its poaets in tee enactment of
the law and char .ae abrogadon of the
fellow serVan5s' rude did not impair
the validity ot the law.
The Pre- sem law Jni.5e the previous
one condemned. the court held, did not
clash with states rights over inter-
state commerce. TIE ON enton OF the
railroads tndt ID created a class-rail-
road carriers. amenabis to the law and
others not ameuahle. was also reject /
ed. The court admitted that the state (
had, to small extent, passed laws to |
the same effect, but again declared |
now that congress has passed legisla- (
-ion on the question, the state laws
must give way Co edalai laws.
Milford chronicle., 1912-01-26
Eeultasie LIE euildina surns.


The nine-s cor, Office buildn, ol he
Equitable Lie Assurance society. in
the block he,1eeu broadway and
Nassau stlset ana Cedar and Pine
streets, in NcD Yors-tEe first great
Office buldins errced in New York
was ruined Ls dre. il was the most
destructive once building fire in the
city S history
Six men lost their lives in the fall
ing wreckagc One OF tncse was Bat
TALON Chic WiiliaH Welsh, OF The fire
department who died. carried down by
cOllapsing lCoy as he was leading
his men upward toward the Lawyers
club rooms.
William Gi5iin president of the
Mercantile safe Deposit comnany,
was saved in tine nick OF time drag
ged through a window whose bars had
been sawed thFoHga by dremen.
Presiden Day. OF the assurance so
ciety. says re scr1ti les. wo.th ST.
000,000,Q09 or more, stored in the
vaults oil the #U.i,able and the Mer
camille Sale '- sit company, are un. /
harmed and Aa lhe 9r0oU policie, on F..
which the Equitable had loaned $40. /
10000 had been 'uuuj intact in the
steel cases %" tre sa-ond floor One
small vaul OF the H4ni a.le wa open.
ed and owe e. 9no.gog in stocks and
bonds removed.
Milford chronicle., 1912-01-26
BSRsn as We'll as Men ara Aais Miserable
by KidEaJ a1d Bladder Trouble.

Kidney trouble pregs upon the mind
1sc5urages L1L lessons l;uo:l.ou; beauty
Milford chronicle., 1912-01-26
Couple Found DEAD Under Xmas Tree

Couple Found Dead Under Xmas Tree
Tie frC1cn b..ic+ OF Mr> A,nes
Haurt and Jaiies lood were iomd in
the parlor OF Mrs Haupts home. $9&
Haverford avenue, Philadelphia. They
had been deaG about eight DAYS.
Gas aspheyitrion was tine tause Of
he deaths @ccorjins to the police
The coroner Nlil enaeayor 10 lealn it
a suicide ra't eYisied betws en- the
couple.
John Lafage. who lives next door.
had missel 5lo wouau for se> eral
days and HLcn TIE mills bot les and
newspapers aeesn 90 accumulate or
the DOORSTEP a- notifc1 tAe police.
Policeme broke iu rIe jaor. They
first slumbied over the dead body Of
3 large collie dos. In the par or on the
floor. under Christmas tree. were the
bodies OF Ms Iaupt and Flood
a uhe lrl.n gas stove had been
disconnected and the gas from a Slot
me- or had d.Hed out The police are
Oi The opinion ,ha, the hose was acci- /
lentaily d"ao1ed and that the man /
and womau were overcome before .
hey could eer aid That the couple
lad been dead eight days was sur-
nisedp from d letter dated Jan ?. ad-
lressed to Nrs. Haupt. found thrust
lnder the door
Milford chronicle., 1912-01-26
Girl Kills Her Empoyer.

Marie Bauman. fifteei years Of
age, OF Marble Hill. Nc, w'lI ne
taken TO the State Home iuf Girls.
She poisoned her employer. Philip
Duncan, farmer Dec. 81. and at a
preliminary hearing a verdict Of JUS
tifia5le homicide was returned.
The girl testified that she gave Dun
can strychnine, and when the poison
did not act quickly she beai him with
a hammer She also testified that Dun
can, married man with family. had
importuned her To clone with him
Milford chronicle., 1912-01-26
o.. Hib5cn to Head Princeton.


Professor John Grier uibben. head
of the university department OF logic
and philosophy, was elected pres dent
Of Princeton university at the resclar
January meeting OF the board of trus-
tee9s. held in the university library
building at Princeton, n. j.. s
The election was by an oyerwueln-
ing plurality and was later made
unanimous. il motion to postpone any
selection OF a head for the university
for three months was swamped. ouly
three or fOm men voting in lis Iavor.
Then vote WAS called on d resolution
NOMINATING Professor Hibben. and lie
was found TO be elected before the roll
OF the trustees had been two.thirds
called.
The choice of DR.. Hibben. who is
Stuart professor OF logic. is a vlcfoty
for the younger element OF the luiver
sify and VIII be extremely pleasing Ia
the alumni the country over.
Almost as soon as the undergrad
yates themselves began to give evi /
dence OF their rejoicing. kilograms of |
fongratula,ion began to pour in from /
every direction from old Princeton |
men. ]
Dr ilibben succeeds Woodrow VIII
son, who resigned the presidency ia
he fall OF 1909 to make his success
ul race as Democratic candidate for |
governor Of New Jersey.
Milford chronicle., 1912-01-26
Six Killed at Grade crossina.

Because Ike SraGe crossing over the
/ PENNSYLVANIA railroad ar Linden ave
nue.. Torre-daie near Philadelphia.
was unprotected, five persons were
dashed to instau death and another
| died wittoa, resainiug consciousness
! few minutes laieT.
The dead are. Charles Davidson.
| fifty years old, driver: Nellie O'Con-
nor, nineteen years old: Rose Gala
CHER, eigh,een wears old. Mary Roddr,
aged twenty years. Bridget AIauoy,
forty-two year Old. ami Agnes Garrity,
aged twenil-.wo years.
For two years il has been Davidson's
custom 10 drive tho live ei.ls To- early
mass az 81 Dominit~ church. pear
HolmesbUrs lie reporte. a. the Mas
sey and BiaIle aGnes. Wnere tine girls
We're enpio cd a. usual. vi II lie de-
pot wagon The coid Aas bitter. and
the five yong wOAeu J. H1led ,Agath-
er i'm the closed vehicle. leaving every
thing to the .iver.
Davidson, 100 was well bund ed up
and had his collar turned up about his
ears. As the team approached the
crossing a freight train was passing.
and Davidson waited Tor it to get by. /
Bundled up as he was, and with the I
freight train before MIN, ne failed to .
see the express come laundering
along. When the freight had passed
Davidson started across and drove di-
rectly in front Of the express. In an
instant the flyer struck the team. and
the debris and bodies were scattered
along the road Tor seventy yards.
Milford chronicle., 1912-01-26

praised va ., Cie systems proposed
to he acquired would be purely con
iecturai bD' was said it would ap
proSiElate Sa5",@oooe0. The experis
who hale figured ON The proposition
are OF tse cp.p,a that eNis ing Gle
graph rates could be reduced at least
one-ihird 'c tAc public and yel make
the inres'men' in and cpar5t:on Of.
the lines proh;qbie to the government
Milford chronicle., 1912-01-26
Justlce iInrlan Left sta.non.

The late Associate justice John Mar
shall Harlan. OF the supreme corr Of
the United STATES left an es.ate Of
$4,000. Of which S72n0 was in lie in
surance Letters OF administration
We're granted in Washington 10 his
son, Interstate Commerce Comnis-
sioRer James S Harlan.
Milford chronicle., 1912-01-26
Amhassador Racon Reainns.

Robert Bacon. ambassador OF ;he
United States at Paris. confirmed a
report that he would resign from the
diplomatic service.
Mr.. Bacon especially refrained ltom
making his retirement public a he
desired the first announcements to
come from Harvard university. whore
he was nominated to BE- Fellow in glace
of Judge Lowell deceased
Milford chronicle., 1912-01-26
WIRE AND MAIL
SERVICE FOR U. S.
Hitchcock Wants Government
to Buy Telegraph Lines.
WOULD COST S25O,OOO,OOO
Postmaster General viii Urge Bill
Before Congress- to Combine Lines
With Posyal System.

IalI RWluisition OF the telegraph lines o.
ie Ahited States 10y ihe government
T4t AM approximate cost OF S2jO,0Y 300
n and their operation as part oil the pos
tai service. viii be recommended to
congress in q Short rime by Postmas
Ter General Hitchcock
For a year or more Nj. Hitchcock
y has had this recommendation under
D consideration. After thorough study
Of the opera ion oil governments. on
trollei government lines and postal
teies-aph systems OF foreign countries
y NE has decided o urge the proposition
upon congress.
Should tliis recommendation Be
adopted, said Mr.. Hitchcock, 81 am
convinced itf viii result in imporan
economies and in materially lower lei
egraph rates than now are eXacted fl.
9o6hJSi1nately fifty countries OF the
-fyorld-nota5ly in Great Britain, Ger
many, France Austria. Italy, Spain
Russia aHd government con
trOlled teleslaphs now are in success
fui and profitable operation.
In many oi the counties they are
I operated in connection with the pos
teal service These telcgraphs serve al
population OF 95O,000,0O0 enc /
I every Hs-anCe they have beer
found to be OF immense prac ical |
benefit to the people. III both prompt /
rude and cosl o. the service
~ In this couatry pJstuHices sse (
maintained in numerous places noti
reached By Tie telegraph systems. and
the proposed consolidation. Therefore
would afford favorable opportunity
FOR the De- extension 0S telegrapGit
facilities. Ia naly small towns where
the telegraph companies have Offices
the telegraph and mail business could
De handled oadiIy by tue same D.
ployes. II is evident that The separate
maintenance Of the two services undAl
present conditions results in a n5eG
less expense.
The first telegraph in the UniteJ
States was operated from 1874 to lSfi
by the government, under au;hoit,
from congress. From many viewpoints
It is desirable that government ,on b
troll should be resumed. A method for
the acquisition OF telegraph lines is
prescribed in section 5267 OF the re c
vised statutes, which provides that, for c
postal, military or other purposes, the S
government may purchase telegraph r
lines, operated in the United States, at r
IN appraised value. o
Next to the introduction Of gen. e
sral parcels post, for which there is a h
strong popular demand, the establish. ii
nent Of a governments telegraph sys. n
EN- office, in my judgment, the best ii
opportunity for the profitable extension u
# the nations postal service"
It is not Mr.. Hitchcocks purpose 10
the acquisition Of teie-
hone lines except, possibly in in.
tances where they are operated as
slegraph lines and are an integral :
art of definite telegraph systems.
The latest census figures availablei
idioate that about 100000 people are
,nnected with the telegraph com 81
anies Of the United States Tie az
Milford chronicle., 1912-01-26

child uriuates 100 often. ifthe urine scalds
the Aesh, or L. whel tte child reaches an
age when It slIoail be able to control the
passage, it IS yet afflicted with hed-ret.
ting, q peui upon 1t, thecause of The diff
Guilty is kidney trouble. aid the first
step should 5e towards tLe treatment Of
theSe importau. organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due 10 diseased condition of
the kidneys and Bladder and not 70 q
habit IS most peooie suppose.
Women as wei as men az made miser.
able with kidney and bladder trouble
and b0tl' used the same great remedy.
The mild and the iuMeliate effect of
Swamp-ROOt is soon realized. It is sold
Milford chronicle., 1912-01-26
Mother and TWO G

Mother and TWO Girls Killed ip Fire.
Mrs James Baker and her twc chill.
dren' Lillian, FIVE years old. and Ethel,
three ears old lost their lives in VI
fern. N Y. when fire destroyed tasir
home
Milford chronicle., 1912-01-26

including marry OF t,le thousands OF tssti
mOnia! letters received f-om sufferers
who found SwanD-Root 20 he Just the
remedy ueede,.. II writing Dr.. Kline,
& Co, B.agh2.1toa, y. Y. he sure anG
mention this ul.e-. DIT nake any
mistake. bat remember tae aasne. pf
KilIue-'s Swan7u-Hoot. an. ehs address
6inghamtu.l. > -" bottle
Milford chronicle., 1912-01-26

Yigpr a:tI cheerful.
ncss soon disappear
When t,.- kidneys are
oUe cf order or dis
e2SsS.
kidney trouble has
become So preyalen!
th~c X Is not uncom.
mon tor a child to be
bo-a afflicted with
weak kidneys. Ifthe
Milford chronicle., 1912-01-26
Last LYnchlnn In tatt-

For the murder of George Casey. a
farmer AMI an attack upon his wife.
at Muidrow, Oklahoma. a colored man
named Turner was lynched.
Milford chronicle., 1912-01-26
5lggial! SlgGIa!!. SlGGiaI VI.

We have opened a Ladies and
Gents Tailoring Parlor. We do
all kind of altering on Ladies and
Gents clothes.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-11-06

bazed into flame Tyranny passed all bounds Ettor and Giovan
nit became martyrs.
Still the president could the of the people hear
their despairng cry.
Still he believed that only chosen few of the peopechosen
by God or Mammon, who shall say?-Were fit to rule
And with this declaration his lips William Howard Taft
sought reelection at the hands of the people he had refused
listen
And yesterday the people swept the Republican party of
power and of its existence and its ashes created
party party pledged themselves party which talked of
Property but of the divinity of Human Rights
The last ronghod of the Republican party stormed and
taken The last boss sent back to private life.
And William Howard Taft the who had failed the people,
was given-the of the Mormon
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-11-06

Miss Neutrality-suspicious. you
won't believe it, but a strange
man tried to kiss me once.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-12

meets them mixed with the breakfast eggs.
They are the mystery Of Divinity. which no
surgeons scrutiny can ever guess at. Their con-
voutions In practice are far rarer and more
battling than the most complex convolutions
which make up the ganguar appearance of their
physical manifestation. The better theory is
that the brain. like the eyes, is dual in charac-
ter; there are cases where paralysis from blow
on side OF the head has found the infant
left brain slowly educating itself as man
habtuates an unused member to do his work
Brains may atrophy they may even delude them
selves into the thought that they are thinking;
hut whatever happens in those hidden cells 1t is
quite certain that the ininity that lies behind
their function will never be discovered with
scalpel. There are more things In Heaven and
Earth "-among which "brains"-(as we term
the minds which constantly touch us without
possibility of capture)-are easily foremost In
the catalogue of those things which defy un.
Outstanding.