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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-09
e.uGGING SLANG OVER TIE

Now that Kansas has reformed
about everything else. she is wagins
Il campaign for the cultivation of
pure and dignined speech" The
Kansas state University has started q
war on slang-or rather against
"hackneyed, offensive. uninteres,ing
slang. Students are advised to avoid
these expressions:
It's up TO you. don't think. Not on
your lie. You can search me guess.
That's going some Can you beat IT.?
sure | will. That looks quite spffy.
There's some class to that Are You
on? That's awfully nice. It's clnch
Oh. fudge! Cut 1t out. Talking to beat
the band. They're not in 1t. It's all
bosh. Nothing doing. That's nifty.
Never again. Cough up. lie has moth
ing on me. The surest thing you know
Not to be sneered at. That's the real
thing. Not by n long shot. 1 see his
finish. Get the hook. that will be
about all.
These phrases. or at least some OF
them. are national. Some are really
not Objectionable, and others are so
only when 'outworn by repetition.
Slang when lively and picturesque Is
all right but stale slang ought TO set
the kibosh
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-09
Few Rights.

Is my right to the pew In my
what? & u
From the letter there Is no means
OF knowing whether the writer lives
IN Virginia or elsewhere.
me following from Grcenleaf VIII
probably state the general law as
wen as any citation could: The right
to pew in church by tho common
law Is merely right TO occupy it
during divine service. In England the
freehold OF the church Is In the narson
ior the time being In the United
States this title generally depends on
10 regulate this description Of prop
erty. In some of them pews are ex-
pressly declared to be personal estate.
IN others real estate. The right OF tho
proprictors or trustees or parish in
~homsoeVer the general title Is vest
ed.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-09
PROBE DEED.

or the utmost Importance TO the
welfare and reputation Of Richmon d
IS the Investigation into tho alleged
frauds in city elections TO be Initiated
to-day by the grand Jury of tho Hust-
ings Court. Rumors and charges are
afioat everywhere. ana If evil condi-
lions ana evil practices exist they
Should be brought to light ana cor
rupt manipuiators OF elections brought
to book. The examination OF the Wit
nesses should he OF the mos, search
ing character. ana fun ana unreseryed
testimony should be encouraged by
those charged with the duty of in
qriry.
If fraudulent and corrupt practices
have been used in past elections they
should he detected ana stamped out
before the next two unusually i'm
portant primaries are held The slight
est suspicion Of the possibility of
fraud in the Forthcoming primary for
tho Administrative Board must be.
forestalled: those who arc elected 10
administer the government of Rich
mond must have the full confidence Of
the people. Under pure election
system. devoid Of fraud there wul
stiil exist many political practices
which are near the line, and the people
wll have work enough 10 do in brca k
inE UP. such practices. without having
open :'aud added in.
Let the probe 20 to the bottom n
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-09
Arninst uynnnfisn.

TO the Editor of The Tlmes-D spatch:
Sir.--In the issue Of your paper Of
April 81 last, under Queries and An
swers," this appears: Can you tell mo
how I may acquire enough magnetism
to hynotize others? (signed) C. s.
Bevarlcy."
If the questioner had the slightest
Idea of the most misch!evous results.
mental, physical and moral. ascribed
to such practices by intelligent men
who have spent large portion OF thsir
lives investigating psychic phenomena
and the train OF evil consciousness fol-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-09
At Inst.
At la st we can

At last we can
Sit down In ease
And smoke our pipe
Nher'er we please.
NauGht to disturb.
No one to say:
Get out of here
you're ir the way"
40 being chased
From chair TO chair
Without a safe
Spot anywhere.
TO rest ores bones
or read a book
In any old
Secluded nook
No eating on
The kitchen noor
no cold and stale
Grub. anymore.
30 rugs TO thump
No floors 10 scrub.
No porch to wash.
No glass to rub.
No tacks to drive,
or thumbs to smash,
No nails or bolts
Found In the hash.
No family lars
or repartce
OF caustic sort.
BY wife and me.
No sleepiu' on
The kitchen stove
Or on the floor
o. the alcove.
No clothes shut IN
The folding bed
Far out OF reach
Out in the shed.
To live again
We've just begun.
AT last. ut last
Houseclcanins's done
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-09

Hhy yon soon regain perfect health
ia the sunshine ana roscs OF 10,
Springs Judge W.T. That is the wish
that eoeS out for you from cverybodv
az you rest and nnd b.lm in ne Ar.
"'na"s water, ana wiren you arc VOL
"fhir the people Of iuchnon4 am Join
hADpiiy ana unaninousjy IN recalling
10 '"@t'y popular Il Judge from the
land CT tho red hecks ana hinbniso,.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-09

years to subdue tho country. General
l-Nantey pronounced he ablest gen
eral in the French army. and who has
seen wide and successful service in
minions. has been appointed to the
supreme communal of the forces in
Morocco, aud the invading and paci-
flying columns are to be reinforced
until they are raised to the standard
of grand army corps
Some military critics. beth at home
and abroad. arc quoted as of the
opinion that the twclve-year limit for
subjugation is rather optimistic. All
things considered. IT must be admitted
that there are grounds for their
doubt 1t took France nearly gen
Grafton to conquer Algeria. if indeed
IL has yet been completely conquered.
ut Is true that for Yeas the posses
sion has for the main portion been
"subducd." but IL is equally true that
coinctdent with the later Moroccan
troubles. Italy's seizure OF Tripoli, and
native rripoltan armed resentment to
the seizure. there have been serious
signs OF spasmodic revolt. n, least in
Algeria. Not in several decades have
the French there felt the necessity of
being 50 much on tho alert as at
present.
Notwithstanding eTorts to suppress
or minimize the facts, It is known
that in the last few months France
has had to employ the iron hand
vigorously in both Algeria and Tunesia
for the purpose of "restorirs order
There are grave indications that al
though discomfort slumbers in sub
mission. it stni dreams; out of the
slumber it has from limo to time of
late aroused in htful but DANGEROUS
starts
Geographically. as well rs ITO popu !
Iation, Morocco is -nr more FOR
midubie country than Tripoli to sub
jugats and establish foreign sover-
eighty over. 1t presents far greater
obstacles to the rapid movement of
troops than Tripoli, parts of it abound
in natural Businesses, and the people
are, as respects thousands of them,
the mos; fanatical, ntolerant and re-
OF all Mohammedans. These
conditions IN themselves Justify tho
view of the sl5eptics touching the.
twelvo-year limit. to say nothing OF
the monaco of the influence of the
rez outbreak and of the Trpolitan
cause against the Italian invader
to encourage an organized
and widespread Algerian uprising.
i will therefore be seen that the
approximations of the challengers OF
the twelve-year opinion are indicated
by two obviously reasonable consider
ations-one representing u positive
condition and the other problematic
but at the same time far from i'm
possible development. BE this as 1t
may. however, there can be no ques
ton that 1t is well that France has
awakened, as suggested.
In any event, with her experience
in Algeria before her. it would seem
certain that the harder and the sooner
the French strike in heavy force, and
the more seriously they contemplate
the situation. the greater must be the
reduction Of time of pacihcation. Tho
greater moreover the assurance
against other factors and influences
entering into the problem to com
pltcate It and retord its solution. The
awakening is happy and may prove
a nomentous one, affecting the interest
not only of France, but of all the
other powers overlooking Mohamme
dan tribes and subjects.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-09

An Atlanta paper publishes 4 chart
showing the number of Pullman cars
leaving Atlanta every day for various
points, but it viii take a thousand
more a day before all the people who
want to leave Atlanta TO come to
Richmond can be acconm odated.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-09
&
ANSWERS
y. u. French.

-ilcase inform me what county was
REPRESENTED In the virginia Lceisiaturs
IN 1855 by Napoleon b French and
whether he was In the Senate or the
house OF Delegates. r. l. FRENCH.
he served as Senator; was from
mercer and represented the district
composed OF Mercer. Giles, Monroe and
Ta2cwell
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-09

Champ Clark's "houn' dawg" may be
Democratic, but blame If havin' a
French chef an u British Teller to an
swer the door bell is.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-09

Don't pledge yourself to any candi,
date for the Administrative Board. II
you do. you hurt your city and YOU
hurt yourself.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-09

i wlsh only one term Is President
u cn.na" Dars yuan sui Kal 1t
womb be gel. however. 70 yet signed
sta,eEncH, from MIN as 70 whether he
iue4ns "cons5e 4tiYe term"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-09

1t was cleanup day in Highland
PARK yesterday. bat the real clean
up day viii be that Of the Democrats
in tho November national election.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-09

King William needs good roads
and King William must have good
roads is timely truth voiced by the
West Point News.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-09
On the Spur ofthe Moment
By Roy K. Moulton
Tint Cruel Mnr

Chihauha,lhnuhau ucxicn MAY 10
General Paprik, H. ,n,nn,nnd =, ~.
Federal forces - M, wy
continue with n sort or success mo
American si,ri., 80. .ne
from the battIeaelds or M ,n,sf trnv
must stop crowdin,, Tho troons nn5
breaking nm the fnrtn.tinns ~ :, ~
cidcdly cmbarrassino for n Mnv,con
soldier to draw n h.od ON 81 rch,, MI
hi; some MAJ -, p,,nd, tr,,',, ~"
la. who is talSjn., , snnnsl1ot NH
besides II &c Ut, ,nu'
national complicntIors
Senior Colorado aI,,lu,, who line IA.
sightseeing rubbcrneclk's nrtomohiio
privilege on all battloneIds renorts
several accidents. Ilo SAYS ssvcr"I ",
Ills machines hovo -, 49,, I,r.t,', -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-09

Ever notice how many OF the lately
returned from Europe GUST missed
coming back on the T!tanic?"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-09
The Fair Fan. Again.

"Oh. ii was u perfectly lovely
game said she that evening to
male friend.
THAT so? What was the scorer"
The score was: Detroit, two hun
dred and one million. one thousand
and one; and Cleveland. one hundred
and ten million. two THOUSAND anu
one"
This is the score she had COPIED
from tho board on the back tense at
the park:
Detroit .c 90 O O
Cleveland ........l 0 Q 20 o /
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-09

I; looks like" there Won't be
spot OF coal Crease left after the
South Carolina election.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-09

The Increase IN paid capltation taxes
means = corresponding increase in
-ep.taton Of cuttiensn politicians
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-09

Tho Roosevelt victory in Maryland
was certainly case of the niger III
the woodpile."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-09

i Itnn1y.yaEiA man is said to have
n.en saved from capital punishment
"y ne oeauty Of hia voice bu, there
nre q GOOD many "arugts" mat most
pcrp.= would .lse to KIN.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-09

"a v.rg!n!an VIII be IL the next
Presidents Cabinet.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-09

Er@ YORK Supreme Court Judg>
Gags "ife. nan the right to nag.
Wonder 70 the decision was inspired?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-09

There !s zyoa FnarGe,t these days
Tor nsH looks.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-09

Electric fans can now be put in
the att.c gnul mex, January.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-09

T'nls Is ,ae axe o. ,hoae VINO view
Nth 81 ru"
The Washington herald., 1912-04-16
The Men of Ulster.

To the people of other nations the
position taken by the men of Ulster
against home rule is the cause of con-
siderable bewilderment, especially so
after reading the appeals made by the
demonstrants in Belfast against its
adoption. They go back to the time of
King James and give the impression
that the issues of that period predomi-
nate to-day. One of the speakers at an
anti-home-rule meeting said:
THE spirit which animates Ulster is
the same which animated the men who
held Kerry to the last extremity against
the Jacobltes and their foreign allies.
The men of Ulster have the right to
their convictions, but such a view as
that taken by the above cannot help
cause a smile with those who are ia
miliar with the situation. England real
ICES it is to her benefit as well as that
of Ireland to have spirit of amity re-
stored between the two races; at the
same time she has no desire to antag-
onize even a small part of that country.
That it should become a question of
England, Scotland, and Wales having to
persuade" Ulster to remain a part of
ireland, possibly by force, seems ridicu-
lous to the Irish-American.
Ulster should join In with the rest of
Ireland and welcome the era of home
rule and help the Emerald Isle to re-
gain the prestige it once had.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-16
This Sporty Age,
ISSUED NOTE FOR l CENT.
The Bank of EnEIand's sTistRIx
Proved TO BE Costly.

The Bank of EnEland's Mistake
Proved to BE Costly.
Prom London Answer
Once a Bank Of England note for one
penny was issued by mistake. II got
into circulation, and was a source of
great annoyance to many persons when
making up accounts. Search was made
by the bank, and at length they dis
covered the holder of the note. who re-
turned II to them for a fancy price.
This is the smallest amount for which
an English note has ever been issued.
for, of course. notes under IS are never
drawn up unless by mistake.
On no account are notes issued twice
from the bank. and they are always
Cancelled even II exchanged for cash I'm
medlately on their issue. About nifty
thousand notes are presented for pay
ment every day. and In one department
a large stah Of clerks Is employed en-
tirely to count and sort the notes that
have been paid in on the previous day.
The Cancelled notes are burned five
years after the day OF presentation.
More than ninety millions Of old notes
are stored away in the bank. and about
every fortnight a large quantity OF old
notes is destroyed.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-16
Probable Close of Congress.

Notably long as the Congresses dur
ing the Taft administration have been
the present one promises, considering
the fact that it is a "long session" to
be shorter than usual The special
"Payne-Aldrich session" of 1909 drag
ged its weary length through a Wash
ington summer until September. The
railroad debate protracted the long ses-
sion of 1910 far into the heated sea-
son. Last year the special reciprocity
session did not adjourn until August
Washington is likely to say adieu to the
present Congress before July, however.
Congress is keenly appreeiative of the
fact that the limelight is many leagues
removed from its deliberations at the
present time. Public interest is TO-
cused on the Presidential contest in
both parties. The attempt at tariff re-
vision under the management of Ma
jority Leader Underwood is hardly JUS
tifying itself from a strictly political
point of view 1t IS to the interest of
Democrats to adjourn the House Of
The Washington herald., 1912-04-16

On this date IN l7ss John Franklin was
born In England OF wcIl-to-do parents
The event made no stir at the time. but
was destined later to convuise and dis
turb all the civilized world; for Sir John
Franklin afterward rose TO fame by get
ting more completely lost than any other
man In history. and Il cost hundreds OF
thousands OF dollars 10 md him.
Franklin was an adventurous lad and
fought at Trafalgar when twenty years
old. Later he visited New Orleans with
Gen. Packenham and received so sizzling
reception that no returned with his
coat full OF bullet holes. The climate Of
Louisiana proving too warm. he next
visited America by way of Hudson Bay.
After wandering. three years in the frozen
north and living on suspenders and fried
pocketbooks. he returned alivo once more
by a small plurality.
But the desire to tour America still
burned In Sir John Franklin's breast. He
had a monopoly OF all the desire Of this
sort In Europe II seems. In 1S25 he set
out again and spent two years north OF
Hudsons Bay living on climate and
scenery. This satisfied him for eighteen
years, but once more he set out in 1s4S
with two steamships, provisions for three
years. and 100 tons OF scientific instru-
ments. leaving directions to forward his
mail to the north pole
At the end OF hve years, no souvenir
cards having been received from the ex-
plorer. there began TO be a suspicion In
England that something had happened to
him and a relief expedition was sent out.
For the next thirty years, explorers and
undertakers continued to search for Sir
John over the unending snow drifts Of the
polar desolation and finally In 1879 his
The Washington herald., 1912-04-16
The Revolt Against the Bosses.

The revolt against the political boss
continues. The people of Pennsylvania
made a long step forward when they
elected Mr.. Blankenburg to be Mayor
of Philadelphia, and now the overturnins
of the State Republican machine has
been accomplished.
It will be found, in analyzing the
Pennsylvania situation, that the votes
against Taft were not so much an ex-
preston of opinion antagonistic to
him as a determination to displace the
men who have held the State in their
control. With much adroitness Col.
Roosevelt played upon this string when
he made his whirlwind tour through
Pennsylvania, because he knew that If
was the subject uppermost in the minds
of the people 1t is unfortunate for
President Taft, of course, that he is the
victim of the revolt. In Pennsylvania,
however, Senator Penrose stood with
Taft and the latter went down with the
former.
The day of reckoning had to come,
sooner or later. The American people
are, as nation, long-suffering and pa
tent, but when their real or fancied
Ills become too grievous to be borne,
they seek a remedy in no uncertain
fashion. Every once in a while they
rise against Tammany, for instance, but
the reason why Tammany is always re-
instated is that the reformers, when they
get into power, fail to satisfactorily ad-
minister municipal affairs. In Pennsyl-
vania there has been long endurance Of
conditions that in many parts of the
State led to much criticism. 1t is no
wonder that with Roosevelt stirring UP
and accentuating the antagonism against
political bossism the verdict of Satur-
day should have been rendered.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-16

Representatives with a cIean-eut and
progressive record to place before the
country. but the House is already wait
ing on the Senate with its more i'm
portant measures The upper chamber
is proceeding at its customary snail-like
pace.
Both Senators and Representatives
are anxious to be home to look after
their political fences" Scores of them
are clamoring for the close of the ses-
SION particularly those who are none
too confident over their fate in Novem-
Der. 1t Is likely that they win pre-
vail upon the leaders before May 81
IS reached-especially if Washington
weather is anything like its usual
form-to set the date for adjournment
for the first or second week in june.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-16
Slow Promotion in Army and Navy

The death of Gen. Grant calls at
tention to the fact that the men who
held high command in The Spanish con-
hict are rapidly passing from the ranks.
There were no boy commanders in 'o8,
as there were in OF. When the Spanish
war is as far in the background as the
civil war is now, there cannot, in the
ordinary nature of things, be corps,
division, or even brigade commander
left TO US"
The foregoing comment from the
Hartford Times merely emphasizes the
point recently brought out by Secretary
of the Navy Meyer, that high rank in
either the army or the navy does not
come to the officer until he is almost too
old to discharge its responsibilities.
From the point of view of efficiency,
which is almost the national slogan of
the United States, the situation is ride
ulous.
Under our present system it is prac-
tically impossible for naval officers to
attain feet command until fairly on the
eve of their retirement for age. All sorts
of plans for compulsory retirements
have been suggested, of which the pres
ent plucl1ing board is one result, but Mr..
Meyer has new one, the purposes of
which are perhaps somewhat concealed,
in his recommendation that a rear adj
miral command be conferred upon no
officer who has not served as comman-
der of a capital ship
The point of this: That under this
system the process of promotion will
be selective rather than automatic, and
efficient officers can be promoted under
its provisions as rapidly as their eff
tiency warrants.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-16
PUBLISHED POETRY
STIRS PARLIAMENT
Rudyard Kipling's Bitter Poem
Against Home Rule Causes De-
bate in House of Commons.

London. April Is.-Debate on the home
rule bill was resumed in the House of
Commons to-day, A ]. Balfour leading
of for the opposition. In connection
with the resumption OF the debate the
government was interpellated as to
whether or not Rudyard- Kipling would
be prosecuted for sedition, owing to the
bitter poem which he published against
home rule, called Ulster" Replying for
the government, Sir Rufus Isaacs. JAttor-
ney general OF Great Britain. said that
Mr.. Kipling would not be prosecuted.
Mr.. Baifour declared that the suprem-
scy OF the imperial Parliament over Ire
land could never be exerted at a critical
time. and illustrated his contention by
drawing a parallel between the ancient
kings OF England and those of France,
who, however. were without power over
France.
The governments methods OF dealing
with this great question OF federalism,
the speaker continued. Were unprece-
dented in the worlds history and consid-
cred on their merits were both futile and
absurd.