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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-18
THE CITY AND IcY SIDEWALKS.

Filming of thirty or more citizens in Police
Court for neglect to remove. the snow from
their sidewalks In line with a proper
forcement OF the existing ordinance. but both
the fact that there possibly hundred
guilty househoders not punished for every one
who was, and the further fact that nothing
bringing real relief came from the prosecutions
themselves, indicate that a change OF ordinance
is needed In this matter.
The city would seem to be clearly RESPONSE
blerf for the condition OF it's streets and side
walks. In case Of snow or ice negligently al
lowed to remain them, the municipality
would even now probably be Jointly liable with
the property owner who failed to clear hts
sidewalk for injury thereby done to a pedes-
trian Why. therefore. should not the city take
charge Of this matter itself. apportioning the
cost to the owners OF property and charging 1t
against the property ITSELF as is done in the
of paving? In this way the city would
have the means of itself avoiding a RESPONSE
bility 4 can in no event escape sidewalks and
gent citizen would be automatically compelled
to do his duty and needless cause of friction
and pickering would be definitely done away
with.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-18
ASK TO. INCREASE
SALOON LICENSE
ADDITIONAL PERMIT RDQUEeTs
ED FOR BENEgTT OF PRO-
JECrED HOTEL.

To increase the numesr Of licensed
bar rooms in Richmond from $50 to
16l is the purport Of 4 resolution In
troduced In the Board Of Aldermsa
last night by Mr.. Adams. OF JsfIses
son Ward.
Mr.. Adams explained that the spe-
cific purpose Of the measure was to
provide an additional license to thu
eight-story WalleFstein hQtsl to b
erected on the southeast garner q
Grace and Eighth streets. the UNDER
standing being that work on The
structure will begin ABOUT February
/. The hotel will DO ready for oo-
cupancy by January ]. 1919, accord.
Ing to present plans.
The resolution was referred to the
Committee on Ordinance. Charter
and Reform without discussion.
1t y not likely that any effort will
be made to get tho measure through
In time for the additional license thio
year.
Mr.. Bliley also introduced Z rsso-
luton calling for the smooth paving
o< Pine street from Broad to Frank
hn. At cost Of $500.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-18
CURRENT COMMENT
The Names Fighting Top,

dispatch from Pittsburg says that 1t is
expected there that the fighting top OF the bat
tleship Maine. recovered from Havana harbor
will be given 10 that city for erection over the
grave Of Lieut. Jenkins, who was lost with
the ship. 1t was understood that the mast Of
the Maine was to be erected at Arlington GENE
terry over the remains of the seamen recovered
from the hull when II was recently uncovered.
The emplacement in Arlington cemetery Of this
familiar relic. long the token of Havana
harbor Of the tragedy of 1898. would certainly
he much more appropriate than in any other
PLACE. The grave of no single officer OF the
ship, however gallant, should be selected for
this distinctien. Far significant OF the
coln1rys sentiment would be Its establishment
memorial to the enlisted who
known only by name and whose remains have
not been identified, but who went down with
the vessel while at their posts. ready to fight
at the word and true to the last moment to
the duty OF their station. At Arlington, the
Names fighting top would be In the eye or
all the people OF the country and would become
national and not merely local memorial
Washington Star.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-18
TORCH EXPL0DES,
PLUMBER KILLED
FTRE.MEN HAVE TO RIP UP THE
KLoORING TO GET INJURED
MAN OUT.

- -whsE tfawing out water pipes uH=-
der a residence at S32 West Grace
street yesterday morning. Irwin Cfss-s
ry, a plumber. OF SIS Mosby street.
was so badly burned by the explo-
sion of a gasoline torch he was using
that he died at the Virginia Hos
pital. where he was removed after
being attended By DIR. r.. Il. Watts.
of the city ambulance.
Creepy was working the air pump
of the torch. which II used to con-
vert the gasoline into gas. when the
flame communicated to the tank.
causing the latter to explode. His
cries for help were heard by occu-
pants of tho house. who rushed out
side, and seeing smoke issuing from
under the house, turned in an alarm.
When the flremen arrived they had
to rip up the flooring OF the house
TO extricate Creery. whose face was
unxecognixable and his body mass
Of burns. He was rushed to the hos
pital, where everything known to
medical science was done for the un-
fortunate man. but to no avail. He
Is survived by wife and three chill
dren. The biase was ext1ngutshod by
the fire department with but small
damage. Tho house Is occupied by
julius Edsl.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-18
with.

Ask any head of family of Rooseyeltian size
concerning the always interesting problem OF
the high cost of living" and he will not have
gone far into his enumeration before he will
mention with one of his profoundest signs the
burden of school books.
Since this ever palpitant item in the average
budget Is again ,about to- become the subject OF
controversy and. possibly, Of legislation, and
since there will follow the usual excitement on
the part of that portion of the populace which
schools. we have compiled from reliable stats
tics few general items which may teach
private moral.
What is the relative expense. for instance,
between the cost Of artificial feathers and how-
efs and what is paid out for the machinery by
which the young idea learns to direct Its
craftsmanship? How much more goes for
various Wines liquors, and malt beverages?
What is the relative price of tobacco and
school books? What, In the general system
OF economy. or the lack of It, in this country
is the relation between the necessity OF edu.
cstional tools for children and the Injuries
ana yanities with which grown-ups PAM
per and preen themselves? Only a few
OF many figures will give an astonishing
insight into not only lack of thrift. for that is
relative to personal possession. but to the IN
stnctvely illogical manner in which the aver
age man looks at one of the best recognized
necessaries.
For instance. let bunch together the
nual cost throughout the United States Of about
a dozen palpable superfuities:
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-18
PUTS THE BLAME
ON TELEPHONES
FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS
ARE ExoNERATED OF ARMoRY
AFFAIR,

According to Captain Charles r.
Taylor. chairman of the board Of fire
commissioners, Captain William
Myers, commanding the Richmond
Howitzers, who charged tho FIRE de-
partment with having a most stark
disregard for property. both private
and public" did 80 without being fully
acquainted with the facts.
And 1t would seem that Captain
Myers complaint was not aimed al
together at the right parties. For 1t
develops that the police, and not tho
fire department. was at fault in fall
ing to guard the Howftzers Armory
after the firenen had been compelled
to smash door or two In investisa-
ting q quantity OF steam from the
swimming pool that looked like smoke.
Replying to Captain Myers yesser-
day. Mayor Richardson said: This
was mistake which should not have
occurred, but II may be excusable
from the fact that the order seems
to have been given over the telephone
and was not clearly understood
This statement. being Interpreted.
means that the police OF the First sta
ton, on being notified that the How
tiers Armory needed 70 DO guarded.
sent a man to the Regimental Armory
by mistake, having failed to clearly
grasp the message over the phone.
I'VE have a perfect system of doing
busIna ass, said Captain Taylor yes
terday afternoon. king rather feel
ingly In regard to the Myers com
plant. "and / knew from the first
that our men were not at fault / know
Captain Myers very favorabiy--have
known him for yeers--and for that
reason I am sorry that he acted has
thy"
Among the communications which
Mayor Richardson received was one
from the fire board which probed the
armory mattere Monday night. The
communication sets forth that ME lire
department In no wise deserved the
criticism heaped upon It by Captain
Myers In his letter Of complaint.
AS for breaking into the armory with
an axe. Captain Taylor said hremen
do not have time to be climbing
through windows In tires OF efnerSes~
cy.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-18


tain American intesesta- of dubious character
and in furthering ambitious schemes OF Amer
lean finance, the administration has all but
aiienated the rich trade to the South at the
very moment when the opening of the Panama
Canal should have brought 1t to the door of the
countrys business.
These objections do not obtain however, to
the determination at Washington TO compel
Cuba to toe the line with regard to the obli-
cations which this country assumed as TO the
manner and character of It's government Cuba
certainly looks the backward pupil in under
standing what has been impressed upon it by
two periods OF occupation by American
troops II it still refuses TO learn the lesson
nothing cxcep. another probation will remain
to be done about H. Such declaration from
Washington is particularly regretraoie at this
time but il is the less unavoidable. In
view OF the determination of the military party
TO inject itself into the control OF Cubas civil
government
The trouble in the present instance, as has
been the case before. comes from the "Veter-
ans of the war for Cuban independence Their
numbers and their vociferation make 1t matter
OF wonder that Spain managed for so long
time to keep her troops the island from
being swept into the by the mere predomi-
nance OF force. But they form a strange con-
trast to the few bare-footed. characterization
mulattoes whom the army of invasion during
the Spanish war found to be the patriot allies
of whom 70 much was expected. and of whom
40 little was obtained. Beyond his ability to
get into can OF salmon with macbete. the
Cuban soldier OF that time looked and acted
less like a man OF arms than anything extant
except the seventy-frst Regiment from New
York Now, however. he is fat. uniformed.
decorated and impudent. He presumes to de-
mand the right to dictate the government and
to make the fictitious standard of his deeds
during the Cuban rebellion the prerequisite to
Office The scavenger has become war lord.
and seeks to lord it with due impressment.
With all Of which the United States is con-
cerned, only as 1t negatives what 1t promised
the world on behalf OF Cuba. 1t promised
free government, and equality of liberty ana
opportunity. 1t sought particularly to bring
neace by burying the revolution by ending II
The effort to revive disorder. to put false
premium on a shan, militarism. can only re-
suit in bringing Cuba to new realization or
+ the fact that, whatever It may call itself In
patriotic euphemism. 1t is in reality the de-
pendent ward of very positive suzerain.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-18
CUBA INVITES COERCION.

AIT too often there Is certain bumptious-
ness OF the bully about the attitude and ac-
ZION Of the State Department at Washington
respecting affairs in Central and South Amer
lca and toward certain islands OF the West
Asaela. Nicaragua, Colombia. Hayu and other
SCALED republics. while, taken IN pursuance
u the policy known - dollar diplomacy" has
IA the aggregate effect been pound folly for
~ sake Of penny wisdom. In protecting GER
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-18
LAYING AN OLD IRRITATION.

In the main we are heartily in favor of the
Recommendation contained in Speaker Byrd's
letter of acceptance looking to further post
pcnenent of the adoption OF school books by
the State Commission.
IA the law now stands there Will be one
adoption Of books this year. for the public
schools. and another adoption two years hence
reopening. hut continued revival at short in
tervais of matter that much as the per-
Torrance of any other official duty touches
popular sens,hilties on the raw. II there is
one thing that the average householder and
father Of children thinks should descend in
oblivion in the attic. 1t is school books. When
arm IN this opinion he Is called upon every
two years TO purchase additional books lately
adopted he becomes, perhaps iogically. but
perfectly naturally. hot In the collar School
u school and learning. according to the popu-
lar view, is learning. Books. according to the
same tribunal are books. and there is little
difference except in binding and except IN the
cost as more OF them must be purchased. AL
OF which ia. of course. faulty but worthy Of
consideration. and the cause of an irritation
that should not be heedlessly imposed.
The proposal therefore. OF law which will
operate to put of any other adoption for a
term of four or six years and then make 81
general for all the schools In which the State
IL interested has the justification of peace,
he
the insistence. and the oYatory of the major
generals among the book agents. 1t looks to
preserving stdtus quo under which the State
now enjoys liberal terms in the purchase OF
The books needed by children and under which
this inconsiderable hut conspicuous. portion o.
the up-keep Of the schools win be taken out
cf the realm of constant complaint and crit
clam. Virginia already has good books al
prices which compare very favorably with those
paid In other States. Why in this state OF af.
fairs, open the door and let fly again the inevi
table Pandoras box OF troubles which follow
every effort at new adoption?
While favoring such a measure in Its genera
scope, The Vir1intnn would. however call al
tention to the danger of making such Law
too stringent and TOO inhexibe to meet tbs
needs of progressive education. This migh
easily happen. we're the bill simply to postpone
adoption and stop there for the reason thai
each year brings forth books so manifestly su
perior to those in use that their adoption be
comes necessary to any consistent scheme O
development II would be to defeat the enc
sought II a patiently inferior book we're to bt
permitted TO remain long after 1t had beer
logically displaced 1t should be possible. IL
drafting the new act governing adoption. te
nrovide against such contingency and al
the same time hold the general question OF an
entirely new adoption in allegiance.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-18

Tito this sum there be added the $25 .6sS,607
annually squandered on monuments and tomb
stones, the s66.o92, ESQ put into organs and
pianos, and the $74.52o,765 which represent the
outlay for patent medicines and nostrums. We
have a grand total of Injuries and superfuities
amounting to over one billion dollars. or. ex-
acty $1,079,750.522.
Against this sum the annual expenditure for
school books in the United States is in round
numbers s12.O00,00O, slightly twice the
feather BILL somewhat more than the price OF
cigars purchased by the box about equal to the
expenditure for wines and that for perfumery.
and about 1-64 of the combined expenditures
for liquors and tobaccos.
Apart from the everlasting right OF beauty to
deck itself, of riches to feast and Of the poor
in spirit In life to have at the end an imposing
funeral and an equivocal monument in the
cemetery. 1t remains true In the main that the
general expenditure can be fairly accurately
taken to measure the personal indulgence.
Therefore 1t would be well for each citizen
who in the moment of a new deal in school
books feels inclined to rearback on hts dew
claws and roar. to consider in what measure
the expenses called for in private subscription
in aid of public benefit relate to expenditures
which fatter a passing whm tickle picked
palate. or go to make the smoky castles In
Spain Of what II could do If had the time
and what II might have done had only taken
the trouble
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-18
NO oEr1cEnoLDERs, UNION.

City employees showed wisdom in the prompt
ilude with which they laid the report that they
were on the point of forming union or as
ISOLATION, for mutual benefit In the matter OF
holding their positions and increasing their
emoluments There is SUFFICIENT natural and
aympathetc cohesveness of purpose between
all grades of public servants without any such
artificial stimulus toward an attempted trust IN
Office That the employees of the city of Rich
mond realize this fact, and that the public will
stand fL- nothing In the way of its extension.
well shown by the rapdity with which the
denied
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-18

Hostility to anything like organization
among government employees with respect to
their employment does not remotely imply lack
OF interest in or sympathy for the principle OF
union labor as evidenced in the crafts and
trades. The two cases are. In fact, utterly dis
similar. The vital matter is that of the en-
pleyer. In the one ease and the other In the
case OF the men who 90 to make the labor
unions the employer In one capacity or an
other represents capital: in the case of the
man working for any form of government. the
employer represents the people Tn the one
case. It is possible that the employer may be
unjust and oppressive, for which the remedy
is that the employee, armed with the weapon OF
organization be Independent and militant in
demanding his rights. In the other case how
ever the public and the public good is directly
al issue The employment comes from the pee
pie of whom the employee Is himself an inter-
ested integer. He must look for justice to the
laws governing his employment. he must as
sumo the risk incident to his official position,
and he must not use an employment given him
The experience Of France In the case OF the
postal strike jnstiies the wisdom of the meth
cd generally followed in this country of re-
fusng to recognize associations of employees OF
sovereign governments municipal corpora
tons In Washington a clerk is even forbid
den TO petition Congress for an increase In pay.
This attitude may appear at first blush to be
extreme, but It is founded in a wise public
policy, as was shown when neglect of such
rule last fall caused strike OF garbage collec-
tors in New York. which for week after week
left the second city OF the world in peril OF
epidemic Governmental employees may have
grievances and they certainly have rights, but
the nature Of their duties denies them the priv
ilege of using a club to abate the one or pro-
cure the other Entirely too many heads are
in danger when the big stick commences to
be welded from such a quarter
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-18
Neero badly Cut.

Linwood Carter. negro. was found
In room at 1909 Brown street yes
terday lying in pool Of blood ana
with his neck and face slAshed. DR..
Randolph &. Watts, Of the city ana
bulance. who was called, took twenty
stitches In Carriers wounds and he
was removed to the hospital where
hs IL In dangerous condition.
Annie Wafer. twenty years old And
colored. who was In me room with
him. was arrested ana locked up n
the First police station. NAithsr she
or Carter would discuss the cutting.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-18
FAVOR EXTENSION
OF new LIGHTS
ON ELECTRICITY
WOULD APPROPRIATE slO..
600 FOR PURPOSE

Plans to extend the ornaments
lighting system in Richmond were
discussed last night by the Council
Committee on Electricity.
: 1t was finally agreed to recon.
mend an appropriation Of $4,000 for
extension OF the lights ~ follows:
Main from Fifth to Eighteenth;
Seventh from Broad to Byrd street;
Ninth and Eighth from Broad to
Main: Fourteenth from Main to
Southern Railway station.
A subcommittee. composed oE
Messrs. Lynch. Atkinson and Cowar-
din. was named to get the PROPOSE
ton In shape for submission to the
budget committee,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-18
Negro Kilied Under CIR.

Losing his balance on the top of
q box car OF Chesapeake and Ohio
freight train at Warrington ana 1ev-
enteanth streets yesterday morning.
Wiiiiam nm. 3 negro, thirty years.
old. was crushed 70 deakh beneath
tho wheels OF the car. TAe body was
viewed by Coroner Taylor and turned
over to An undertaken.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-18

Colonel George Harvey might relieve his
feelings by wearing a serpent's tooth on his
watch-fob.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-18

1t appears that Richeson had almost as many
nancees as Ferdinand Pinney Earle had afnni-
ties
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-18

Perhaps I.orimer caught his virtue by looking
at his own reflected countenance 10 the boots he
used to shine.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-10-04

Highly Recommended.
A beautiful young girl and her
mother were discussing the eter-
nal marriage question.
well, there's Charles Adams, !"
murmured the mother thought
fully, after a long pause.
"Charles AdamsP sneered the
girl. "He is old, he is ugly, he is
mean, he is a coward. Charles
Adams! Why, he has nothing in
the world to recommend him but
his wealth.
"You forget his heart disease"
said the mother softly.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-10-04

7HE LATEST WRINKLE
as 20 lads deserving us, so I.
thought we might try girls for "a
change. We consulted with club
women of the city to see if they
had any objection to the plan, and
when we received a negative an
swer went ahead and hired this
girl for a trial.
incidentally, it may be the
means of opening a new avenue
for girls to earn a living"
Thus it is that Miss Longfel-
low, wearing 'tams" and rough
neck" sweaters, reported for
work and was Immediately as
signed to her duties.
Its all off fer sure" unused
one of the veterans of the serv-
ice. 1--WE sure is goin' ter git
ours"
Meanwhile Miss Longfellow is
going about her work happy and
contented. She means to take up
telegraphy later on, and, as she
remarked: "There amt much
that boys can do that girls can't
initiate" slsald
Highly Recommended.
: A beautif111 vouno oir1 and her
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-08-06
Afctlepiaconai Feast.

correspondents sends us the mate
rial Tor dinner given BY the Arch
bishop OF York in laos Three hun.
dred quarters OF wheat, $50 tuns OF ale j..
1o4 t5n6 Of wine, pipe of spieed
WINE, 80 tat oxen s Wild bulls, LOOT
sheen. 5000 hogs, 500 calves, 3,ooo
geese 1000 capons. 800 pigs. 100 pea
cochR, eco cranes, zoo kids, 1000 chick.
ems. 1000 pigeons, 1000 rabbits, 20t
biftcrn. 1000 ducks. 400 herons, 200
pheasants, 500 partridges, 1000 wood
cocks, 400 ployers, 100 curlew. 100
q"ails, 100 egrets, zoo roes, 400
bucks, 1905 venison pasties, 5000
dishes OF jelly, 5000 eustards. 400
pike, 300 Dream, seals, porpoises
and 400 tarts. There were 900 servi-
tors. So cooks and SIS solutions. Our
correspondent informs us that his au-
thority does not state in yhat circuna-
stances the dinner was SVEN. or how
many guests assembled. Possibly
some reader may be able to throw
light on the subject.-Londau Globe.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-08-06

GAINESVILLE. Aus. & Riddlod
with bullets and CARRIED IN the
clothes Worn the night of the MUIR
der of Sheriff Charley Stephens in
this city, the body Of Leonard Potts
who also killed Policeman Telford
IT Dallas, was brought to Clarks-
vile from Detroit, near which place
4 posse killed him. Two or three
hundred men we're at the railroad
station aud followed all express
truck bearing the coffin box con-
tainlns the body Of the negro to
the public square. where the box
was opened to the view of the
crowd,
The crowd at the station was or