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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-20

FOR RENT AN EXCEPTIONALLY CHOICE
apartment, 1861 Willard st.
Rent reduced to $3.50.
rooms and bath; in first class condition.
STONE & FAIRFAX 1912 New York ave
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-03
Voice Of the eople
How Powell Played


heard Jt>ll Powell play tonight. and
The fairies Jared with snome and elf
in train
To lead US gently into Fancys realm.
All WEAKNESS and languor wsre dis
PEELED
And buoyant hope and Joy returned
To dwell contentedly with gentle cour-
tesy.
Forgot were all the jealoueies OF life,
Its rivalry. its rancor and its. care.
He played
And men and women lived the golden
age.
And children prattled in their limo
Or roanmed through forest or in meadow
And birds and aess and butterflies APP
Like unto those we loved when in our
The radiant morning di1nmed the quiet
The spring gave freely OF her new-got
wealth.
Thu summer offered AL her store of
bloom
Grave Autumn laden. came with mel
low fruit;
And Winter fled rom fires OF home and
love
lie played, and Fear and Hate and Lust
were dead.
And Love prevailed and once more
ruled Gods world.
Friday night r. p
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-03
GLOON on ruE yy,s1rr WAY.

The walters strike has hit New
York where it lives. The metropolis
lives TO cat, and food Is not n neccs-
si;y. but peculiar form of idolatry
The seasoned New Yorker can have
neither business nor pleasure without
the desperate products of the lobster
palace and the cafe. Since Henri and
George and Louis have quit gloom has
settled along the Great White Way.
his provincial visitor with proper
sen5e Of his Importance unless he can
hully-ras the head waiter ana call the
garcon by his front name? And how
can the ladies OF the theatre show
their CONNIE IL faut unless they can
tell a fawning lackey to touch the
edge of the salad bowl with q garlic
bud? The first city of the land man
aged TO get along when the refuse
teams,ers struck. but chaos has fallen
among them since the help have gone
1t is funny--e"cept 10 the New York
en- and he hasn't sense of humor or
he wouldn't live there.
But the cloud has silver lining.
Anything to do with walters must
have that. The hotel-kcepers are
using girls as strike breakers. Mani
curists and stenographers are swirlinc
daintily and deity among the shining
glass and silver They make mis-
takes. but they can smile, which is
more than most walters can do. The
chorus should find useful means OF
summer support in serving vegetables
instead of lodging them
The New York sun is advocating the
Importation of the skilful and ami
able negro. who has been driven out
by foreign cheap labor The good
thing about this is that many a diCnt.
fled and aristocratic darby could
teach the wealthy Philistine sometime
along the line of manners. Eut best
OF all is the prospect that the eX-
ample OF the walters may reach the
patron and result in n union for the
abolition of eXtrava giant and useless
lips If arbitration can produce
this noble movement. the strike will
not have been in vain.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-03

man has told them. or whether John
Is an outrag eous liar because ne has
told all these un3eNeva.oL- tn..ss. In
any matter III which the Facts may be-
u!scoNe'ed. ths quotation OF "aurho.i-
ties is worse tnan notalng. L. they
90 not agree with the TRUTH. they are
misleading, and u th!y do agree Win
the truth. they are needless. DO you
not bother aoout usage YOU have hea.a
and two professional teachers OF Eng
ish. TAKE the sentence and undlr-
stand II Tor yourself Your lad Is !eav-
ing nome Oh trip, Taere are cer-
tain expenses which ne MAJ not avoid
u sum OF money whicn ne can no; help
spending. and you say TO him: do not
spend any more money than you can
not help Similarly. do not maxi
any any more noise than YOU can not help"
DO not stay any longer than you can
not help" etc
Your last question. whether set Of
WoIas may nave correct grammatical
FORM and sim have 10 meaning at All
is sufic.snt!y answered By calling your
attention TO the fact that the very
FORM you attempt 10 defend has abso.
iutc!y no meaning in it.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-03
A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE.

First degree murder. and nothins
but frst degree murder, should have
been the verdict of the jury in the
Claude Allen case. The judgment of
his peers meets with regret through
out the Commonwealth The law
loving and the law abiding people OF
Virginia are disappointed at so illogi-
cal and so inadequate n verdict, ap-
parently rendered not SO much with
as to turning aside on technicalities.
The result of the case destroys gone
what the force of the Beattie and
Floyd Allen verdicts, and impairs vir-
sinia's reputation for justice estab-
lished by those cases.
Claude Allen himself killed judge
Massie, the jury let him down with
fifteen years imprisonment. There
was no difference between the crime
of Floyd Allen and of Claude
Allen. The crime OF the father
was the crime of the son. and
they ought to have received the same
punishment. II may be th1E the ele-
mens of sympathy and sentiment
weighed moro with the Jury in the
case of Claude Allen than in that of
his father-the old, old appeal of a
woman's tears and woman's hopes.
That sort of appeal has before
been effective with turies. and
the fact that such an influence can
mitigate the severity of the law is
one of the reasons for the contempt
into which the law has fallen among
so many people. The blood of mar
tyrs cried out for vengeance. a colos-
sal crime demanded the full penalty
OF the law. but the twelve men in the
box hardened not.
There is yet chance that Claude
Allen may suffer that full punishment
Which is his due. Tt is to be hoped
In the interest OF Justice that later
jury will not leave undone the thing
1t ought TO do. There should be no
compromise with tho truth. and no
covering from the duty of twelve
men 10 their country and 10 their
God.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-03

sometimes the whole street gets out %
shape in long waves. Moreover, any
cut made in the top of tho street for
conduits, sewers and the other con-
slant necessities for opening tho
street cannot be replaced without ia
jury to tho street. Richmond has al
ready had an object lesson of tho lack
of durability of this form of material
on Broad Street. The patches cause
oeterioration In the whole surface.
They show traffic wear quickly and
produce an unsightly appearance and
rough riding. We understand that
some of the patented materials offered
are also open to this objection. The
dinerent block materials can be cut
into and replaced without permanent
injury to the street. In addition, If
patented preparations are used. the
city is under the necessity of buying
all repairing materials from the same
company, often at high cost.
Broad Street should be smooth paved
Such material should be selected as
Will wear best and not suffer from the
openings made in It. The work
should be begun at once. so that Il
may be finished before the bad
weather. 1t is the province Of the
Council to show wisdom and judgment
in its choice.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-03
NO OS|T|ON
TO LOCKE CRAIG
State Convention of North Caro-
lima Democrats at Raleigh
on June 6.

Greensboro. y. c., June :.-The Dem
oerats OF Norm Carolina VIII hold their
stat convention at ltdIe!gh on 'IAUgs-
day. June .. 10 .!oi-!natn = state tlchut,
including Governor, L!eutenaHt-GUv
erAOr. Corporation n!ss!oncrs. TWO
supreme Court justices and othe! State
oi!ce:S. Inc!is Is no opposition 10 the
nomination OF Locke G:ats. o. -Ashe
'!.!e. TO. GoY.rnSr the i:at tine that
d Democrat IN this state has been
nominated without opposition since the
late Senator Zefp Vance was CHOSEN
the Ch.ef Executive.
There ans several candidates for
Lieutenant Governor and FOR place on
the Corporation Commission. There is
no opposition to the denomination OF
Just!c.s Brown and tIoke. nor TO other
state officers.
Inc supporters OF Oscar w. Under
wood cOnb.nd that they with the
friends Of other presidential candi-
dates. Will control the state convention
and aend an uninstrurted delegation to
Baltimore. while the friends o. Gov
arno-f Woodrow Wilson seem equally
confident That tie DELI gates will be
instructed for the New Jersey man.
Seven o. the ten congressional dis
tricts Will hold conventions and Sc
lect delegates to Baltimore before the
meeting OF the STATE convention.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-03
The Scientists.

Professor Amariah Tibbs was all I'm
known to fame
Until one day he set about to make
himself a name.
He got out his old telescope and aimed
it at the stars.
And, much to his surprise. he found
brand new wart on Mars.
No one had seen the thing before It
was Il famous find:
The whole world paid its tribute to
his scientific mind
Professor Tibbs discovery created such
a stir
a lecture bureau signed him at one
hundred dollars per.
Professor James Terwillinger long oc.
cupied a chair.
The one horse college salary save him
no cash to spare,
The future seemed quite hopeless to
the scientist Until
One day he found some microbes on
an old one-dollar bill.
OF course, the papers get the news
and spread IL far and wide.
And much learned comment editorial.
beside.
he trained troupe of these microbes
and put them on the stage
And now in high priced vaudeville he
is the current rage.
Professor Alexander Butts knew not
the spotlights glare.
1t sometimes struck the faculty. out
not his humble chair.
One day he wrote a treatise on What
Modern Dramas Mean"
A circus was the only show that he
had ever seen.
TIC Modern Drama" stuff went great,
gid he WAS in demanl.
tIc ap Ike before the woman's tiuhs
Throughout the entire land
Hes quoted as autlo rity a Id Worship
ed fror, afar.
And when he travels now it's in a
handsome private car.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-03
PASS THE MILITIA PAY MIL

No obstacle now stands in the path
OF the militia pay bill. and Congress
should take 1t up and pass il without
further delay. Seemingly inharmoni-
Gus interests have composed their diff
iercnces. and the bill, which is now I'm
the House Committee on Military AZ
1a'rs. meets the views OF the Secretary
or war. the National Militia Board md
various National Guard officers. Incl
"ehtal variances OF opinion have been
cleared away. The bill now embodles
me c!carcut proposition to nav the
lniiitiaman reasonably when he renders
III service as part OF the great national
military reserve force.
In time OF peace there has been 40
'iher everyday patriotism than that Of
the men who have voluntarily enlisted
IN the militia of the several Statos ro-
ce''ins no compensation worth men
Ironing and going into the ranks for
hard work and cNactius duties on, ~
genuine Willingness to serve their
country Milit!amcn nave many din
tc"ities 10 contend with, and tho ,,,,,a
mas Gene when they can no longer mo
expected to serve unless some common
S"'lch Is given them for their limo
i'deF the terms of the militia pay Iii
ihiht!amen arc given certain MGR
cent Of the wage paid to the men ana
"ilicers of the regular army. rho no,
result of the operation of the bin If
| written into law. would be tha, ,
'''''ohai military reserve Of high eli
e''"cY ana constant readiness would
o. established to emphasize tho posi-.
Noh OF the United States as world
power OF superb military strength.
he militia pay bill ought to be passed
as soon as possible. The Virginia n,tl;-
''amen expect tho Virginia representa-
yves IN Congress to do thair duty now
ana get the bin up and by.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-03
"Uncle Lonney" Is Killed.

Special to The Timcs-Dispatchl
Saranac Lake. y. Y, June 2.-Alonzo
Moody the camplifc mentor of all VIII
liam Rockefeller's children and grand
children, was fatally injured by fall
down stairs at the Rockefeller camp
yesterday. dying few hours later.
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Rockefeller speed
ed in their automobile to Saranac Lake
for physicians and the aged guides
wife. and with their hands assisted in
making the dying woodsman comfor-
table as possible. Bay Road will
never be the same without Uncle
Lonny." the Rockefellcrs united in
saying.
The funeral will be held here Tues
day, and Mr.. and Mrs. William Rookie
Teller and Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Rocke-
Teller will attend.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-03
MEMORIAL DAY AT rAnMy,1t,E.
Address Delivered by Acknowledgement
WillInms-Other News.
oPeC,aI 70 The TImes- Dispa &c h

SPec.aI 10 The Times D!Spatc
Farmvillc, Va, June al the Con
Eederatc reunion Friday .Attorn,sv-Gen.
-ral samuel ". Williams mada one NJ
th' most impressive speeches ever
heard IN farmvll!c on a similar occa
s!oh. Nearly $50 veterans marched
lederdtc monument on High Str.ct.
ana Win uncovered heads paid tr1but,
70 the heroes who had fallen at ths
post OF duty. Dinner was served the
Grams in the Planters Warehouse.
y letter. received from Cecil Morse
ohe OF the children of Plat Morse. who
was recently committed to the asvl,im
Tor killihs mo vile and fathe--in-la,y
We mentally dcranged. STATES that
the i've children are well and heinp
cared for by relatives and friands a.,
the!r unfortunate parents They are
az Nashua. Ia, in the neighborhood
where their. father spent his youth.
iin- foundations for the new $4,000
PtlpHc scnool for Farmviile ara being
DUG, and soon tho stones will he laid,
1T is thought that the building viii
De completed by November. when the
present Inadequate school house will
b. abandoned
ToSacco plants through this section
are as plentiful as ever. but the con-
tlnued dry spell of weather is n sr
rious obstacle In the way of planting
NE wheat crop is not generally good
In Prince Edward and tine adioinIns
COUNTESS
president Walter z. Addison. of
.ynchnurs; Secretary j. l. Hart Of
farmviile, and ~ T. Rowe. OF Fred
ericksburg. Will go to WASHINGTON to-
morrow In the interest OF the next an
nual meeting of the Virginia Press
association, which will be held at Blue
hidge springs commencing July o.
w. w. jackson. VINO has a magnif-
cent farm near Farmville. has cap
iured and Killed more than thirty
hawks this spring In a rather uniuue
way He sets a small steel tran on
the top OF high pole, and without the
use OF bait the hawk alights on tbe
trap and Is caught a house keeper ~
Buckingham county recently Under.
took to poison hawks, but instead
killed her chickens in large numbers.
Among the number of dead Confed
crates who sleep in Richmond's hesn.
tiful Hollywood are five unknown who
went out from Farnvilns The Do,irhD
tiers of the Confederacy of this place
| contributed some Of the fairest flowers
to decorate thess graves on Memorial
Day. 500
Mrs. F. D. Green entertained recently
1.-THE Mutual Improvement Circle of the
Worsham neighborhood. A dei.ghtful
program on motherhood in connSctton
with Moth'r's Day, was given bv The
followiIg women: Mrs. Charles II. Ben
edlct. Mrs. Premier. Miss Ella Moore
and Miss Atha yesterday.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-03
Grimm Tnnficnl.

must take !ssue with the Query
Column on the subject OF a piece OF its
recent grammatical criticism. You say
that the sentence: DO not spend any
CORRECT in FORM but that II has no
meaning. l have all my lie heard
similar usage, do not make any more
noise than you can help" etc, and
have asked the opinion of one or two
professional teachers of English. and
ali agree that your statement is wrong.
Further, l would ask il it IS possible
fol. any set of words to have correct
grammatical form and still to have no
meaning. A. 5. ID.
The season invites to thoughts OF
bosky dell and rppling stream. and
\. 5. ID. may coaEratulate himself
that his holiday has Oegun. since he is
far aheId." Whan the statement was
made that thu sentence given was cor
rect In for.a," the grammatical matter
was ended, and defender of the usage
could have no quan~el with us on any
issue OF grammar. The statement that
all impeached hy the fact that y. S. y.
has heard similar usage ali his ufe,
and even less by the fact that two pro
f. ssional teachers o. English consider
to is not distinctly recalled but the
answer quoted Ia just what would
probably have been given to the qw:s
ton suggested. Grammar has no sort
OF reference 10 tne tEutn or talsitE,
the wisdom or the folly OF the state
ment in a sentGncs. 1t concerns itself
solely with the form of the statement.
and the grossest falsity or folly may
be presented in rne most exquisite
grammatical FORM AS to the author
ity OF the use and of the persons re-
ferred TO lby a. S. D., 1t may be well
to remind him OF consideration which
is OF value in all attempts to settle
matter by reference TO authorities"
Our friend. John. previously known to
us as n reliable man. tells us a mar
velous tale which we credit on our
long-standing belief in his varacity
He soon tells us another which strains
our credulity. but is accepted: then
comes s:!ll a third and fourth, etc.
| until We are in doubt wheta.r all these
mar yals arc true because n truthful
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-03
FIGHT THE FLY.

rms Is tho first day of Richmond's
campaign against the n.y. Every cbila
In Richmond should enlist against ,bis
great foe of health. The Times-Dis-
patch Will furnish the equipment free
TO all children, and when the contest
is over Will award sl10 in prizes to
those who Kill the greatest number of
mes. Both white and colored children
can take part ana they ought to be.
gin to-day
The object of this fight on the ny
is educational. 1t is to teach Tho
citizens of Richmond TO take precau-
uonary measures against so great a
source of danger and disease. IT &c 10
point out TO the people that this ut,lc
pest carries the dread pestilences Of
typhoid. tuberculosis. leprosy. cholera
and all diseases which have their he
ginning in hl,h. II the community is
awakened TO the menace of the Nv
hundreds OF lives will be saved an
nually, and Richmond will rank among
the first cities on tho health map
Parents in Richmond ough, TO en-
courage their children to take Part I'm
The Timos-Dispatch contest. so that
into Zach child's mind may he planted
the knowledge that the fly is a dead
ly enemy of the human race and ought
to be destroyed. There is an i'm j.
porthnt health lesson TO be taught in
this way. and it ought to be learned
by all. EVerybody's doI,,t itev.,,,ir,
the n.y. Jump in and help.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-03
THE HORSE IN PANTS.

A fea-bitten gray horse hitchcd TO
Tamshackle express wagon. and trot-
ting up Broad Street in the hot MONDAY
sun. is not usually an inspiring sight.
But when the horse wears a patched
and faded pair of overalls tied to its
harness and covering its front legs.
twin, wabbl!ng ears. and held on by
and q scent straw hat. pierced for
rakish bow under the throat, the vision
sends G. thrill OF human tenderness
right down into the core OF I: mans
heart. For the grinning old negro who
drove the wagon and the haberda shed
horse was teaching the whole commit
nifty a lesson OF thoughtful and Sen
erous humanity that told OF fine feeling
and broad sympathy. Most everybody
smiled, and. most" everybody's smile
spread and lowered until it rested at
last in the shadowy. sunlit region of
the soul where dwell! the noble emo
lions and the shining sympath!es. 1t
was funny with the sweet fun that
sometimes comes when the big. prac-
tlcal ina ginat!on tries to help things by
using the simple means to carry out a
lofty vision. The high checked. dock
tailed thoroughbrcds. pulling vanished
traps, taught no such lesson.
The old negro's tencer feeling had
made him poet. lie had been swept
along by-imaGinat!o untl he. TOO, felt
the sting of files upon the unprotected
legs of the horse and the broiling heat
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-03
On the Spur Of the Moment
BY Roy K. Moulton
From tho Hickeyvillc Clarion.

When the Democrats win, Hank
Purdy gets soused to show his jo3,
and when they lose he gets soused TO
drown his sorrow. Hank also cele-
brates every birth and death in his
family. and when he can't find any
excuse for celebrating he celebrates
without one. Last week he celebrated
the anniversary of the opening of the
Suez Canal. OF course. he got tho
wrong week. but that didn't mako any
difference. as he has just SO many cele-
brations to work in before the end
of the year.
John ID. Oilyfeller said he got rich
by starting In to save pennies. Hod
Peters took his advice. Hold has got
s3S7 already. and he has only boon
savin' them goin' on four years.
Mrs. Anse Frisby wore the arts and
crafts lamp shade downtown the otner
day by mistake. thinlsin' 1T was her
nat and nobody else noticed the diff
ference, either.
Abner Jones says he expects 20 git
a Wife down to tho city. but there are
them as says that he had better pick
out some single woman.
Rev. Hudnutt asked Lem Higgins
what motive he had for becomin' an
engineer on the railrud and Lem said
ii was locomotive. The durn iok
err!
never saw man go through a
gate but what he tried to kick 1t open
with his foot, or woman who didn't
fuss around and look for the latch.
Perhaps some day somebody with
lot of brain power will invent
square lead pencil that won't roll Off
the table, but I doubt It.
They say potatoes are going to be
more expensive, but 1t is hard to see
how they can ever be much more eN-
pensive than they are in some of them
heightened cafes.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-03
PASS THE EEnGussoN ORDINANCE.

\ d
The Common Council should Tonight
initiate the wise action of the Com
mittec on Ordinance. Charter and Re-
| form in unanimously favoring the Fer
Eusson ordinance prohibiting city en-
ployes from serving as election officers
or members OF the standing committee
| OF any party There should be no
I postponement of consideration of this
measure it should be passed at once
and sent to the Board of Aldermen for
concurrence. II there is any lobby
present ct the meeting tonight. 1T
should be openly rcbukej by the unani-
NOUS passage of the ordinance so that
the idea Will not be entertained that
the city employees are powerful enough
to choke off this proper and salutary
law.
The adoption of the Ferguson meas
ure would put an effective stop to one
of the most persistent criticisms level
cd at the city government. The Of
fetal participation of the city employees
in elections has doubtless heapcd sus-
picion upon honest men. and has cast
Il cloud over our election machinery.
II is contrary to the principle OF fair
and just government that any one in
tercstcd in the result of an election
should have anything to do with It's
official conduct Election offices muss
be held by men who are impartial. and
not those who can he suspected of hav-
ing an axe TO grind. 1t has been
shown that there have been election
officials here who were subord!natcs
in departments over which candidates
for reelection had authority and pow
er. and that is fact enough to Justify
the passage of the Ferguson ordin-
ance. With such an important NUM-
cipal election in view as that for the
administrative Board. il is Imperative
that the slightest faint be removed
from the city election machinery.
The Ferguson ordinance does the
CITY employees no Injustice: 1t involves
no condemnation of them as a body OF
men. There are trusted and honorable
employees of the city who have never
put finger on cleo ton machinery, and
1t is these who suffer when Others do
that which, If not unlawful. has been
contrary TO the spirit OF the law. The
ordinance Is as much to the interest of
the city employees as to anybody else.
The people simply demand the pas
sage Of the ordinance as q guarantee
to them that their elections in the fu-
ture Will he conducted fairly and hon
estly in their interest, and not in that
Of individuals