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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-23
HELP
HELP MUNICIPALITIES HE'LL
THEMSELVES.

n, the three proposed CONSTITUTIONS
Amendments upon which the peopie
o.. 10 vote on November .. the GUY
one which ought to be ratined Is 'h"'
relating TO the government ana organ
,va,ion of cities. The effect Oh 'hi'
amendment would be TO allow ci'ies
and towns to adopt improved forms OF
government which they are at present
ipreyented from utilizing because Oh a'
,sence of constitutional PERMISSION. IL
pur municipalities are granted the f'sh'
conferred in the proposed amendment
t,hev can install new systems of gov
eminent more satisfactory to and more
tsaIutary for the governed
The most desirable form OF govern
,ment which would be legalized by the
message OF the constitutional amend
.ment would be the commission pau
of municipal government. Whlie some
cities and towns might not WISH al
,Srst TO go as far as to adopt that piah'
Undoubtedly others would seize the
,opnortunity to give commission gQv-
ernnent q trial. Inasmuch as that
form Is the principal alteration con-
,templated under the pending change'
ATS conspicuous merits over the present
system are here enumerated:
!, makes the entire city instead OF
dsa ward the political unit. Municlpai
government is changed from govern
meut by wards and for wards TO gov
,ernment Of the city by the city.
It concentrates and fixes response
biIty in the hands of few admins
TRAITORS elected by the whole city and
not by any single ward.
1t recognizes to the fullest degree
the principle Of local elf-Government.
yesta the responsibility in the people
and causes the people to govern them
selves
II educates the people in their own
government
1t makes efficiency and fidelity to
tina public welfare the guaranty OF
official security.
It reduces the cost OF city govern
meut, eliminates duplication and gives
the citizen his moneys worth.
It develops the city and increases
the welfare of its citizens.
Could there remain any doubt In the
minds OF the people as to the de-
STABILITY OF ratifying the proposed
amendment. even if the commission
fornz of government were the only
plaia available under the change? Yet
ths proposed amendment would con-
fer upon municipalities the right TO
adSpt any form OF government-the
commission form. the reduced Council
with Administrative Board form or
any other plan Of government. The
sole purpose of the proposed change
is 40 let the people Of the cities at
iths1r option adopt improved and sim
,pl1ned machinery that will increase
the output, with less waste and with
less coeS- 1t should have the unani-
inouS-sahction Of the electorate
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-23

To the Editor q The Tlmee-Dispafeh:
S,r.I have lived % end hevO Great
respees for your esty. but DON'T you
think the police S0msesmso svefssep
their aashor1ty % maksng persons
move when they go csseosae quaet-
" ON the street? a point sn question:
+ nnske N eue1ge0one % meet .
Sr,end q TIfsssIeA sal Mai. o. Elshth
ana Broad SereSeo ~ Sesoc4 -
r ANN On sS1A ~ ~ friend 10 .
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me ssoaAssg Vusss1y = To sersse end
pscseI 70 usove 60? 0uDVooo en- -
isaye NJ pS0s aa1 pevAaVS Sa0 20 meet
nv SvSe0i. shSuk % I 60 - Soeer.
T1psing De1s0eYSeao ey sensing - tne
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-23

Of pulpits viii oall fresh attention e
the casscless ravages Of the great
white plague. and the need Of CO.
operation by all charitable and philan-
thropic organizations to blot out this
lpreventable disease. The pastors Of
Richmond should. and doubtless will.
take advantage Of this opportunity Of
presenting to their congregations the
duty Of service to humanity by re-
ducing the annual burden Of death and
, suffering due to tuberculosis.
The Founder OF the church was a
great healer. He believed in caring
for the blind and lame and wretched
in body. as wen as for those blind and
lame OF soul. The doctrine Of love
is surely a doctrine of tenderness and
care for the sick. The temple of the
body must be swept and made clean
before the radiant emotions can find
true residence therein. Can a world
full OF fading lives and wasting
strength become a beautiful garden for
spiritual graces? From it's first days
the church has ministered TO the poor
and sick. The pathway Of its gentle
fraternity has always been through
the dark places and among the pitiful.
Nuns and missionaries have ever been
physicians, and won souls through
soothing weary and pain-racked
bodies. Now, with the light of science.
the church can work new wonders In
preventing the spread Of tuberculosis.
and lending faith AMI courage to the
afflicted to fight back the creeping
shadow. The kind Of everyday and
incessant care that must be taken by
the sufferer to work for his own SAL
walton. and to prevent the risk OF in
fecting others. needs the strong hand
Of spiritual support. His battle must
be Of a practical religious kind. To
help him is a new duty for the church.
In Richmond the real gravity Of tho
danger is among negroes.
They pay the penalty Of crowded
dwellings,. poor and insufficient food.
lack Of fuel and vicious habits. To
give them better opportunities for
health and to teach them tho simple
rules that can both prevent and cure
is a task for the mission
airy in our midst A few words of
plain truth from the heart on next
Sunday should point out how works
can here supplement faith in healing
the sons Of men.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-23
A PROBLEM IN EQUALIZATION.

Double detriment to the State is
ties. which not only do not do their
duty, but tempt the tax-paying COM
munities not to do theirs. The pres
emf grand jury Investigations dnta
the tax returns in some Of the larger
cities and counties raise the question::
If community's returns far exceed
the general average, is it just to in
sist that such a community shall fur
Their increase its returns, when ma
iority Of the communities are far below
the average through evasion? Rich
mond, for example. pays $4.052.4s more
income tax than all Of the 100 coun-
ties Of the State combined-that is.
Richmond pays 80 per cent Of that
tax. although it has but SA per cent OF
the population Of the State. Naturally
therefore, the grand jury investigating
in Richmond might come to the con-
c,us,on that to require further income
tax returns frcm Richmond would be
unjust and inequitable when all OF the
counties Of the State put together are
not paying as much income tax as
Richmond is. Should not the ccmmuni-
ties tina, have left uudone the duty
they ought to have done be compelled
| to performance before the commune
ties which have done most Of what
they ought to have done are mulcted
| further?
No. There is no alternative for the
| grand jurics: they must regard their
respective fields of investigation as
isolated and independent OF all others.
Inequ!tahIe conditions must of neces-
| s!ty be made more ineduitable. The
relation between each community and
the state is direct and unconditional
and each community must discharge its
duty just as IL it were the sole COM
rnunity in the state. The sin II the
/ burdcn-shIrker must not cause the
byrd.n-bearer to unload. The grand
jur!es must so on. for no loophole oil
;he law is available TO them whereby
they can let well enough alcne.
. Their strict obedience 20 the law can
not fail to have exemplary value FOL
cvadins communities. They must he~
Z, the line. The hes; way TO repeal
unjust tax laws Is 20 enforce them.
The ultimate remedy OF the ta1-pay'
ing communities Is IN correcting con-
sitions through the Law. The tax
lodging communities IN previous frs'
I.ratures have combined to defeat leg
f.iat.on e.,adSlsifns equalization N
taxation. ard the time has come whe'
tn. tax-psy1ns communities must. .,
concerted action. secure iesislano'
which will effect due distribution o.
the burden. OF taxation. The tax
lodging communities now receive =
OF the benefits. but bear none OF fh'
burdens o. the compact TO which all th'
eo-nnvuitie, are parties. The Law
.vaains communities must BE brought
TO the pom, where they Win give m,r'
heed 90 their eutI.. and less 20 the'
rights.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-23
COMMON SENSE AND MOVING on.

COMMON SENSE AND MOVING ON.
In a letter published to-day a Wis.
itor to Richmond asks whether he
should be made to move on by po'
liceman when he is standing quietly
on a public thoroughfare waiting te
keep an engagement with friend
The gentleman's point is perfectly
clear. A slight inconvenience may oc'
casionally be done an innocent per-
son BY an overzealous ofhcer. But
isn't there a common-sense answer tt
the question?
Most policemen are not tyrants
They do not want to injure any one:
peace Of mind. All that they do Il
for the sake of public morals and gen
eral comfort We think there are NJ
officers in Richmond who could no
be convinced by few courteous words
that the waiting person had a lesiti
mate reason for lingering In ont
place. A frank statement Of the cas-
ought 10 DC SuAhSASAS W PANNE>s -''
abiding citizens.
But, even granting that a rare IN
justice may be done, We think mos
men will be willing to move on in thu
interests Of the community. Some
times individual rights can be mad
subservient to larger ends. TIL
move on" ordinance is aimed at rea
evils now existing In the city. Is i
not within the idealism Of every hon
est man to suffer personal inconveni
ence in order that women and chill
dren may be protected? 1t Is the dut!
Of earnest law-lovers to AID the DIN
GERS, rather than to put fmpediment
In their way. The public streets ar
for trafic. not for loafins, or even 10
the meeting OF friends. A small ef
fort would arrange more suitable
meeting places. It Is hardly aues
ton Of the right to stand on cor
ner for two hours. but Of the RICH
to use common sense In furtherin,
good ends
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-23

for it pointa the way and offers an
example most Instructive" OF truth.
Our contemporaries reasoning 10
eminently sound. Its moral II one
all college trustees or other govern
ing boards, faculties and alumni who
run may read TO the advantage of their
several institutions.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-23
Voice of the People


To the Editor OF The Times dispatch:
Sir.-The nomination for Congress
In the Fouroh District is settled, after
weeks of testimony of witnesses. law
yers expoundine the law, district and
state committees holding sessions from
noon until late In the night. sivins
to the public disclosures. that IL we
could turn back the sod. touch the
teacher of Democracy and invite him
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-23
Our Little Sinner.

Pink cheeks and blue eyes.
As blue as the skies.
That "Can't-rub- oR-smtle
He wears all the while,
And long golden curls,
Teeth winter than pearls.
And however clad.
This frolicking lad.
Or dirty or clean
There never has been
A kid on the earth
Could equal his worth
Angelic one hour,
The next he's - sour
As pickles or lines,
Contrary ofttimes:
But whatever mood.
Or naughty or good,
Asleep or awake,
We je6 wouldn't take
The coin In the tItt
OF any big min,
Or any old bank
For this little Tank
When he - not nigh,
Sometimes We both sign.
And wonder how could
We live II he should
Go back 20 the Isle
He left for awhile
To brighten the earth
WITH mischief and mSrth?
A desolase home
Our cot would become.
Lord. leave 10 our JOY:
Please spare % our boy.
REV. d. II. kENNEY.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-23

One reason why % many people
come to the state Fair 10 that II Is
the only place where they can get
no, dogs to eat. What 70 20 de-
iic.ous a. the spicy flesh Of . steam
ing dog covered with mustard and
buried N a crisp roll!
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-23

n yeu believe IN smashing . trust
help DO 70 BY voting against the BRO
posed constitutional smsndDents AZ
fecsins city treasurers ana city com
msssioners Of the rsvenus.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-23

It looks as II Champ Clark and os
car Underwood had begun already Il
campaign for the nomination in 1916
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-23

Although both Taft and Roosevelt
have spoken in New Bedford. Massa-
chusetts, Eugene V. Debs, the Socialist
candidate. is the only nominee who
were creased trousers there.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-23

BE Nre to save a bottle Of the appl.
fell for Cousin woodrow's pantry II
Washington.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-23

There 10 q "tuTrible" lot Of Demo-
cratic eampaiening and speaking In
the Tenth District. considering that 9;
is regarded a. wholly safe.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-23

Most political crooks are rudy. well
fed men.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-23

street two hours or mers II SO choose
What is your opinion?
VIM. J. c. GOODE.
Gilliamsyille. Va
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-23

which and whose rsvolsesoa 10 En-.
one now revolving IN Nexicc7
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-23
Onthe Spur Of the Moment
A Elegy.

An EleGy.
with apologies to Thomas Gray.)
No curfew tolls the koell Of parting
day.
No lowing herds wind slowly DER
the lea.
No plowman homeward plods his
weary way.
be.
No horny handed sons 6 oil are
seen.
The eighty-acre lot has not been
plowed.
One does not hear the harvesting ma
chine.
And no such thing as work is now al.
lowed.
The old farm Is called watering
place.
What now are lakes" were former
ly but swales
The farmer has smile upon his face,
He's raktng in the dough in copious
bales.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-23
From the>HickeyvfIIe Clarion.


and eggue to appendicitis. Uncle An
Wilkins. who had suffered from rheu>
matisy, took one dose and now he
hasn't got an ache or pain. They
buried him day before yesterday.
Miss Amy Pringle. our popular and
congenial milliner. has gone down to
the city to get a message on her
An old sayin' is can apple c day
keeps the doctor away" BY ginger,
an onion a day Will keep everybody
away
No matter how bad off our forestry
gets. there will always be plenty OF
presidential timber left
Umbrellas and reputation is public
property. The public always raises
the former. but very seldom the lat
ter
The last time Deacon Pringle was
down to New York he looked all over
heIlshalfacre for one Of them yellow
newspapers We had heerd so much
about. but couldn't find anything but
white ones He says the yellow ones
must be some which has been stored
away a long time and is yaller with
age.
The English papers say Alfred G.
gravy. II I had sixty millions they
would have a hard time convincing
me that I was SO very poor.
The only Teller that can talk more
and say less than campaign orator
Is a barber.
Elmer Jones Of our midst has gone
to accept a lucrative position IN the
West Hickeyville flour and feed mill.
and the millinery store seems quite
lonesome at this writing. The new
trimmer says our blessings brighten
as they take their flight
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-23
According to Uncle Abner.


If there were more feilers workin'
and fewer fellers savin' the country.
the country would be able to save
itself. in time.
depends a good deal on whether he Is
ridin' or walkin.'
The houn' dawg seems to have dis
appeared around the corner with a
can attached to his tail.
No matter, how much civilization
progresses there will always be a
lot of old fashioned chumps who will
wear stiff bosom shirts.
And lot Of others who will cling
to the derby hat.
Mr.. Elias Timmins is the proud pos
SCISSOR OF a set of false teeth which
he has worn for the last two weeks
upon all occasions. They do not fit
is about he retircs to a secluded place.
takes the teeth out and slips them into
his pocket One day this week he
absentmindediy slipped them into his
Imagine his surprise when he reached
around for a chew an hour or SO later
that the teeth had chewed up all OF
the tobacco. Mr. Timmins now carries
a small tin box. in which he places
the teeth when they are not in COM
T. Egbert Peavy can't wear xarters
because they stop his Circulation. SO
he sticks his socks up with library
There amt much use in tryin' to
git ahead of q Teller from q small
town in a boss trade or q political
argument
Hod Peters has resigned his fob at
the feed mill so that he kin spend
all of his time attending to the ma
tional campaign
There is hardly any Teller who has
not, at some time or other, had a sort
of hankerin' to run fer the legis-
later
Any gal who kin look good with
her hair in a braid down her back
is a real beauty and no mistake.
There amt much in this life or
the next that worries a man who kin
go fishin' while his wife does dress
maxim
Any gal who kin hang onto the back
end of a motorcycle while her feller
is drivin' 1t fifty miles an hour is Ger
tainly going to make a loyal wife.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-23

TIE v. u l. cadets seem 90 have
taken the Universssy oe virginia team
jass eamN
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-23
QUERIEs&
ANSWERS


An AA0FeD.
VIII You .'ve me the address ct the
o's''"e J. C. GRANT,
A q q
.o1s Michigan Avenue. chicago III
TelheP Do1l
VIII you give measurements
tether ball? y n Snvn
Pole should be nine feet high F
feet from ground should be the
ali wrapping Of cord to Do aoove -
ring. The game usually s.0
shs haii 70 wrap cord about pole IN
onno.see direction. The pole boun.
aarr- is circle about foot Of pole ana
sometimes four and sometimes I'VE
feet In diameter.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-23

A former railroad president is now
beggar in New York. Let It be
hoped that no one is so unkind as
to hand him a railroad sandwich.
An Albany woman died and left
three bellboys $4,000. They must have
carried a pitcher Of icewater upstairs
for her at some time.
1t doesn't seem as though anything
can happen in this world without
bringing on a famine in Chna.
Senator Gamble has found out that
politics bears a strong resemblance to
his own name.
If there is anything in a name. Gen.
Booze. OF the Mexican army. should be
hard man TO whip.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-08
GREENWICH VILLAGE
GOES ON AN OUTING
1000 Braves, Under Leader
ship of C. W. CuIkin, In
wade College Point.
GLORIOUS DAY, ALL SAY
Some One Drove Off with Team
Later Recaptured, but He
Proved To Be a Ringer
Even Umpires Happy.

Not n man. woman or child living In
old Greenwich Village oversight yesterday
morning. They never do on that day OF
the year; mostly because they want 70 De
I'D early and partly because the martial
airs OF several bands Of music WOULD
make late sleep out Of the question. BE-
sides, every loyal son and daughter leaves
an early call for that day. 1t Is a great
occasion I'm the village-the outing or the
Tamnany organization OF the 9Th Assem-
blv District. 1t takes a lot Of noise 10
wake up the old village. and the annual
Tammany outing from that district Is the
big noise.
So when two thousand braves sailed
forth from the clubhouse at No. 1903 west
18th street the villagers lined the curD
and gave them great send-of. Al the
head Of the line marched Charles w.
Culkin. Tammany leader of the district
aanked by his staff and several other
leaders of the organization. .
The bunch" boarded steamer at West
18TH street, and. having left all care at
home. the vessel was the only thin9
Sirius" about the whole affair. The old
est villager was again boy. And before
going on TO tell what happened at WIZ
zers pavilion. College Point, Long Island
where the outing was held. II should be
told that Il was "a perfectly Culkin out
ing" as IT r." would say
Before things got fully Strengthened
out. however the police had a busy time
separating the sheep from the goats. The
latter were certain persons who did not
belong" but tried to. Captain Gallagher
who commands the police at College
Point, had received warning That lot
OF young men would try TO constitute
themselves members in good standing ana
ring in" But they didn't-that r.. they
tried TO. but they got only as far as the
police bulkhead, and were started back
10 Manhattan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-08
SURVIVES BROKEN NECK
Second New Rochelle Man Hurt
First Is Recovering.

LOWS Malakon lies i'm ia New Ro-
chclle Hospital with broken neck. lie
was sitting on the rail Of the back porch
Of house I'm New Rochelle ycsteray.
taking an order FOR groceries. suddenly
became dizzy and topplcd over backward
He fcll eight feet
The injury IS q dlslocation of the Ger
vical vertcbriP and OF a similar nature 10
that which disabled Waldorf Miller when
he dived from the rocks IN Echo Bay on
tho night Of July .. 1911. Malakoff \
chances for recovery are said to he
slight. He is married and has I'VE chill
dreu
Waldorf Miller, now recovering from
the effects OF broken neck. performed a
new stunt last night. when he was being
put TO bed by Harry Bardua. Ifc sudden
~ turned on his friend. and there WAS a
wrestling match. Miller pinned Bardua
down, and called to his mother to come
and see his victory.
Miller stood on his toes this afternoon
THE doctors told me "a year ago. after
broke my neck, that I could not got
we'll" said lie last night. but ! have
fooled every one OF them.
II may not regain my former strength.
but you'l see me walking by myself in
short time"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-08
LONG TERM FOR GANGMAN
Seven Years Maximum for At
tempted Extortion.

Louis 4chimmelmen. who threatened
Louis schwartz, a shoemaker, Of No. 372
East 10th street, with a beating ut tho
hands of his gang unless he gave up $50,
was convicted OF attempted extortion
yesterday and sentenced TO not loss than
three years and six months nor more
than seven years by Judge Mulqueen, in
General Sessions.
Schwartz said that Schimmelman had
made him three visits before he went to
the police. On the fourth visit, on May
Is, q detective was In a rear room when
Schwartz beat Schimmelman down 10 50
and gave him marked bill. Unless he
got the money Schimmelman said that
his gang OF two hundred strong arms"
would beat Schwartz.
That's the cheapest job I ever did"
Schwartz sad Schimmelman told him as
he took the g.
Schimmelmans defence was that II was
all a joke, instlgated by q rival shoe
maker in the neighborhood Robert Il.
Manley, the Assistant District Attorney.
pointed out that the rival shoemaker was
the proper person TO testify as 70 tho
'Joke" The jury was out only a few
minutes and Judge Mulqueen sentenced
Schimmelman Immediately.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-08
ENGLISH AT A PINCH
Dialects of the East Wasted on
Turbaned Immigrants.

Mohammed -. Kotwal. OF Bombay. and
Syed Laoo Shah. OF Port Said. wore ORR
entail garb when they arrived here last
night on the White Star liner Oceanic
from Southampton. They stood apart from
the second cabin passengers while the lat
ter were being examined by the immigra-
ton inspectors.
Their garlsh apparel caught the eye Of
the Inspector and he frowned
Steward" he called to one OF the din
ing saloon walters. "go out on the pier
and get Williams or Hall, the hotel run
ncrs. I guess they can make these Turks
understand"
Presidently Hall and Williams came
aboard and flooded the turbaned strangers
with a single question repeated in twelve
different tongues
Mohammed and Syed merely shrugged
their shoulders twelve times, but uttered
not a word.
Finally, when Williams had addressed
them In five dialects of the Orient and
Hall in seven more, both runners gave
up in despair
Hanged II | know what these fellows
speak said Williams, flushed aud weary.
why, gentlemen, what is all this trou-
BILE about?' asked Syed Laoo Shah, in eX-
cellent English.
MIR. Inspector. ! do not understand
these two men who have been asking us
questions" explained Mohammed Kotwal.
III you Will address us In English we Will
answer all questions. We have lived with
the English all our lives, and speak no
other tonRue-"