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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-05
HEARS ASSESSMENT
SUIT OF THE CITY
QUESTION OF TAKING CITY
PROPERTY COMES UP BEFORE
JUDGE SoUTHALL.

hearing of the suit of the city OF
Richmond against Minitree Foikes.
commemorative attorney, and RI. z,
| Tresnon. commissioner OF revenue,
who are being sued for alleged erron-
eous assessment of city property was
begun yesterday in the Hastings
court
+, The city was represented by CITY
Attorney Henry r. Pollard and As
sistant City Attorney George Wayna
Anderson. while the State was repre-
sented by Attorney General Samuel
Nh st!isssss -ets4tl Asefstttst-% etorney~
General r. NJ. Davis. Judge r. G..
Southan. Of Amelia county, presided.
as the case had come up originally
before him at the hime he was acting
before Judge Richardson was appoints
ed after the death of Judge Witt.
judge Richardson was, however. an
interested observer. and followed the
proceedings closely.
Certain property belonging TO the
city has been taxed, in violation, the
city claims, of the constitution OF
virginia, which, 1t is declared. makes
city property exempt from taxation.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-05
THE BALANCE OF POWER.

II Turkey and the Balkan States are allow
ed to start another war just at the close OF
that between Italy and Turkey, the fault will
lie with the mightier powers of Europe. 1t
will be everlasting disgrace to them, for
they could say let there be peace" and there
would be peace. Every tombstone marking
the grave OF a dead soldier would be monu-
ment 10 the stupidity and eowardiee OF Euro
pean nations
The balance of power" That is the phrase
which is the fetish OF the nations OF Europe.
ard which 10 them is more powerful than any
expression that ever fell from the lips of Jesus
Christ, the founder of the religion which they
profess to follow. Great Britains fear of Ger
many. Germanys fear Of Austria. and the fear
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-05
B0RROWS AN AUTO;
GOES ON JOY RIDE
YOUNG EukER TAKES ON WIS
KEY AND APPRoPRIArEs MR..
CEASES MACHINE.

Edward j, Euker. Jr.. eighteen
years old. WAS fined $50 and placed
under 5000 security for a year In Po-
lice court yesterday morning on a
charge Of borrowing a $4,000 au-
tomobile belonging to George NJ.
Tease, g. former member OF tina ctr
council. Euker was unable to rstr
the fine or to give the security and
was trusted. He said that he tooth
the automobile from in front Of the
Richmond hotel while under the in
ffuence of intoxicants.
Euker employed a novel scheme in
getting possession OF the auto ne
substituted license taken from the
car of w. III. Schwarfschild for the
one on MIR. Ceases car. and the lat
ter WIS for time unable to reeog-
nize his own machine. Euker was
finally caught at Fourteenth and Ross
streets By Detective Sergeant WHEY
and Policeman Duffy.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-05
LET CONTRACT FOR
CONVICT LABOR

Bids for convict labor viii lpro-
badly be let some time this month.
according to Governor Mann. The
contract with the Thacker Boot and
Shoe company expires May lst, and a
new contract must be made before
that :; date. The Reliance Sterling
Manufacturing company put In bid
last winter. but II was not accepted.
After May 1st no more than 500 Of the
more dangerous convicts. exclusive
of tho women. may be worked atscon-
tract labor. the rest to be sent to the
State prison farm for work on the
roads
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-05
PEOPLES FORUM
Tribute to DR.. Moneurs.

Editor of The Nirginian:
Sr.--I have just read, with grief Your an
nouncement in today's paper OF the sudden
death of Rev. DIR. John Moncure.
I have known him since he came here
ten years ago to represent his denomination
in mission work in this city.
In every sphere where | have traced him
in his varied activities, he was both faithful
and efficient l knew him best in connection
with his work at the penitentary. where he
held services two Sundays in the month.
Whenever it so happened that l could not I'LL
my appointments there. he would cheerfuly
fill them il not previously engaged. Also,
would Just cheerfully fill his if he was re-
quired elsewhere.
AT his request | filed his appointments there
during his European trip last year.
one day referring to occasional inter-
change of appointments. he said, in word Of
pleasantly, This is Christian unity, isn't it?"
Today heard several OF the officers Of the
penitentiary speak in the highest terms of Dr.
Moncure.
Assistant Superintendent Lamb said some of
the prisoners who had heard of his death want
ed to know If they could not send a tribute of
flowers to his funeral The prisons hospitals.
the unfortunate, and all Of are bereaved by
his death.
And, as we contemplate him at last attempt
want, and then from the orerexertion dropping
ing. as of Enoch of old He walked with God
G. +. WILLIAMS
Yaka
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-05
DIR. John MONCTRE.

When a man who has served his brothers
all his life, who has wiped away the tears OF
the suffering and the sorrowful, who has loved
and helped his neighbor in happiness and in
distress, and who has labored in the Lords
vineyard for more than thirty years. 1t is At
ting that when the end comes it should come
in the discharge OF his life's work
DR.. Moncure, who drowned while at
tempting to save the life of his negro servant,
was widely known and beloved In Richmond
and Virginia. His action through which he
met death in keeping with his whole life.
None too lowly, none was too humble,
none was too vicious or too stepped in sin to
forfeit the love and kindly aid of DR.. Moncure.
He helped all who needed help and died help
Ing poor negro. The news of his death was
a great shock TO Richmond and to his friends
ard acquaintance in all parts of Virginia; but
the manner in which il occurred was received
without surprise, for he simply performed his
duty in the face OF death as he had performed
lit in life.
In dying he indicated his right to have
lived.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-05

of each for the other would not permit Thorn
to interfere to save Persia from partition,
Christians from massacre, and will not now
permit them to save portion OF Europe from
war. They prefer that Turks and Bulgarians
should slaughter each other rather than that
they should run the risk of one of them secur-
ing strip of land it does not now possess.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-05
GOVERNOR NAMES
MONCURE A JUDGE

Judge William Moncure received
his commission az judge of the Chan
Gerry court yesterday and will qualify
shortly. The fall term of the Chan
Gerry court is now on and Mr. Mon
cure will qualify as soon as possible
so as to expedite important cases be-
fore the court. Mr.. Moncure succeeds
Judge Daniel Grinnan who resigned
to resume the practice of law.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-05
Judge Mullen 10 Sit.

Governor Mann yesterday desig-
mated Judge ]. M. Mullen. Of Per
tersburg, to sit for Judge Beverly 7.
Crump in the Law and Equity court.
this city. in the case OF Peter j.
Hatcher against the Richmond and
Chesapeake Bay railroad. The case
will be called on Monday morning.
Judge Crump asked to be excused
from sitting in the case on account
OF personal reasons
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-05

Morgan gave his money for the good OF the
country Roosevelt is necessary for the saliva
ticn of the country. Ergo, Roosevelt had no
Escruples against accepting Morgans money
Ditto Finn, Perkins, Munsey, Hanna ct ais
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-05

Mrs. Mollie r. Earnest instituted
suit in the city court yesterday
against the Virginia Railway and
Power company for $4,000 damages
No declaration was filed. Meredith &
Cooke are attorneys for the plain
tiff.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-05

Hearst praises Wilson. We knew that the
outlook was too rosy to be true Something
Just had TO happen to injure the Democrat $
chances little.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-05

'If il was an Embossed convention at Svra-
cuse 1t was because Murphy permitted it,"
sings the Baltimore Americnn. True, but why
did Murphy permit it? Was it twinge of
conscience or an attack of fright
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-05

thief or crook, but Murphys man Dix wasn't
nominated
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-05

People who know 1t all have lot to learn
Chicago Netcs. With one exception
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-05
SATURDAY. OCTOBER ). 1872.
HAzINSi.

The deaths of several students ia different
Ealeges and universities have aroused the col
Eke authorities 10 determination TO put an
VA to the practice of hazing and has brought
birth considerable newspaper comment on the
MIL The opinion that the custom should be
Hokeu up seems TO he unanimous except
kcong a number of students who seem inca
&ble OF realizing that II is out Of date be-
&use barbarous and uncivilized.
THE Baltimore San calls the practice silly
initial and cowardly.'' In view of the fact
Mt several deaths have recently been caused
! hazing says the S,aa. and that the prac-
he lis silly as well as often brutal and COW
IDLY, would il not be well for the college
&thorities 10 haze the haZers% A little OF
keir own medicine might make them look al
kings differently
THE Baltimore Amerioan thinks that If stu
snts must hare they might do it decently
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-05

Murphy bluffed and buffed and bluffed
about supporting Dix but when he was called
he did the only thing possbe-threw his hand
into the discards.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-05

There have been 50 far recorded this season
NO deaths of students from hazing Of this sort,
exMxedies like those should warn sophomores "f
ne dangers they incur. the risk they run VI sf@h
kzey 20 beyond a decent limit In this practice.
~ students desire to see their college or UNI
ersity saddengd by the death of a student made
Avictim to haAng Of the dangerous sort Such
FHG@dS pasta the whole. Institution in a sad ES-
aCa1nenf. and calls down upon II severe con
emnation from all parts of the country Ihey
axrv grief into homes and all the explanations
udents can offer cannot aEsuage the GRIEF OF
arpnts who had sent their boy to college, pos
Rh1y at great personal sacrifice. and Who had
aided their hopes upon him.
Coming nearer home, we quote from the
crfolk Ledger-Dispatch:
- " NJ I viii be pleasing TO its thou
%ands OF friends in this State and country, and
lake pleasure in making public the corr
enjabIe efforts of tina cadets TO eliminate the
~ yestiEe of the pernicious and discreditable
Actice Of hazing
Other exchanges express the same or similar
snttments and several OF them suggest RENE
ffes Some OF these are practicable and some
ee not: but Richmond college student has
<Dund a practicable and efficient remedy-one
- win never fail. When the hazers broke
ITO his room he used club to good effect, as
Eyeral cut heads testify. He has not been
SAxed yet.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-05
Vice and immortality.

Editor Richmond Nirginian-That thing
called vice is being much talked of in the
papers and particular phase of it is called
immortality among the young people
Now it is impossible to discuss this great
human question fully and intelligently in a
newspaper article. The definitions and words
and expressions used in connection with the
eek question are too vague and too general in
their meaning to give any true and scientific
knowledge of
want to call attention to the basic and
constructive work OF DR.. Aguste Forel of the
University of Berlin. In his book La Cues
tione Sexuelle. 1t is costly volume, and
sold only to physicians Doctor Forel Is doing
pioneer work for humanity in blazing the way
for future generations. and sowing the magic
yeast of scientific knowledge.
1t is evident to all that our laws and
customs in regard to. the sex relation have not
kept pace with the evolution of man. The law
should be made for man-not man for the
law"
PIEDMONT"
cbariottasviua Va
The Van Buren press., 1912-04-20
A Lincoln Quotation,

Col. Roosevelt is very fond OF
quoting from Lincoln these days,
and, in order to re-enforce his
own astounding position, he is
not at all backward about misin.
tcrpreting the great war prcsi.
dent.
But here IL one quotation which
he cannot twist and cannot misin.
terprct;
"You ran fool some Of the peo.
pie all of the time, and all of the
people some Of the time, but you
cannot fool all Of the people all of
the time
And as the days pass by Col
Roosevelt is finding that he ia
foollng u continually decreasing
number OF people even part of
the ime.--Philadclphia Enquirer.
The Van Buren press., 1912-04-20
Roosevelt in Arkansas,

Col. Theodore Roosevelt, form.
er president and candidate for
the Republican nomination for
president, will be in Little Rock
Saturday night. This information
was contained in kilograms receiv-
ed by j. A. Conner, president OF
the State League of Roosevelt
Clubs, from Senator Joseph M.
Dixon, Col. Roosevelts paign
manager.
He is scheduled to deliver an
address at Wichita, Kan, on Fri.
day night. He will leave there on
the regular train for Fort Smith,
where a special train will be wait.
ing for him, and he will speak
from his train at various stations
along the Fort Smith road, one of
his stops being at Van Buren,. He
will arrive in Little Rock between
. and 6 o'clock, and will speak
there that night at the auditorium
at s o'clock.
The Van Buren press., 1912-04-20
Warts fIgnts IN COuIt.

Charging fraud in the transfer
OF property and alleging that a
child was removed from the city
in a manner approaching kidnap-
ing, a divorce suit of more than
average interest was entered in
chancery court Friday by Mrs.
LYDIA l.. Ward, formerly Miss
Summerville of Van Buren. The
defendants are Earl l.. Ward and
J. n. Ward, the former beng her
husband. J. n. Ward, the father,
is made a party to the suit because
the property in dispute is alleged
to have been transferred to him.
According to the petition the
Wards were married in this city
in May, 1904, and lived together
as husband aud wife until Decem-
Der of last year. At that time, It
is alleged, the defendant deserted
his wife and left the state, since
which time she has heard nothing
from him and does not know his
whereabouts. The defendant, it
is alleged, surreptihously and
secretly obtained possession of
their only child, Earl X. Ward,
and took him out of the state.
The petition further rectes that
in June of last year the defend
ant indnced his wife to execute
an agreement providing for their
living separate and apart, and by
which he was to pay her $500 in
full satisfaction of her possibility
of dover: also that she was not to
bring suit for almony or support.
The wife says she signed the doc
ument not knowing what she was
executing, and that the 5000 was
not paid her.
1t is reCited that the defendant
was the owner of lot l, block 4S,
Fitzgerald addition; also 100
shares of stock in the Border City
Ice g. Cold Storage Co. The
The wife alleges that this property
was fraudulentIy transferred to j.
n. Ward. The court is asked to
set The conveyance aside and de.
clare the property subject to her
claim for alimony, support and
maintenance, and to issue a writ
Of seQnestration.
In addition to 500 a month
almony the wife asks for an abso.
lute divorce and the care and
custody Of the child, 5. h. Chew
represents Mrs. Ward.-Times.
Record.
The Van Buren press., 1912-04-20
Wilson Says Stone is HaarSt'S
Aren't,

Peoria, III. For the first time
Gov. Waodrow Wilson replied to
attacks long persisted in by VIM.
Il. Hearst. He called Hearst a
character assassin and called Sen.
ator Stone Of Missouri an agent
Of Hearst.
Mr.. Wilson'S ire was aroused
by the speech Of Senator Jones in
Chicago in which the Missourian,
championing Champ Clark, said
Wilson had bolted Bryan in 1896
aud 1900 and had failed to vote
in 1908.
The Governor denounced the
charges rs being inspired 10y
Hearst. He said: 81 had the
pleasure of voting for Mr.. Bryan
in 1900 and 100S,n and added, 81
never have voted any ticket 9th.
or than the Democratic"
Afterdenouncing Senator Stone
for accusing him Of repeated re.
fusal TO vote for Bryan, Gov, vii.
son, in Jacksonville, Bryan's
birthplace, lauded the Nebrastian.
~ cannot leave Jacksonvile,n
he said, "wlthout paying tribute
to Mr., Bryan. He is one of the
greatest leaders the country ever
had produced. lie is one of the
greatest friends the common peo.
Pile ever had. That he never has
reached the presidency rather
adds to the glory Of his continued
warfare for the rights of the many
as opposed to the privileges Of
the few. II gives me pleasure to
stand IN ,his town, the birthplace
OF such Il noble fighter and join
you In recognizing his WORTH
! The governor took u few shots
nj those who have accuspd him of
being the candidate Of Wall street.
"lf knew the money for the ex.
pcnses Of my campaign was com,
Ing from such sources, | would
DO ashamed to show my face. ]
wouldn't be travelling Ia o special
train, but would take the first fast
express West aud never get III
whore ] was known.N
The Van Buren press., 1912-04-20
A Gold Match to Cotton Club 6oi,

Mr. Al Hamburg, manager of
the Lesser. Goldman Cotton Co.,
Little Rock, makes the following
offer:
a special premium Gold Watch,
properly inscribed, will be award
ed to the boy producing and ex-
hibiting the best bale of staple
cotton, tho staple to be not less
than II inches in length and the
bale to weigh not less 800 pounds.
A price of not less than 25 cents
per pound is guaranteed for the
bale receiving this special pre-
MUM. All other bales entered
in this competition will be sold at
public auction at the Board OF
Trade in Little Rock.
This is an exceptionally FIVE
premium for special work in cot
ton. Every boy who grows staple
cotton should compete for it. In
this contest there are no restrict
ions as to acreage. The award
will bo based solely upon length
and quality of lint and not at all
npon yield or cost of production
as in the regular cotton contest.
A boy may enter for this prize in
TO competing in the reg
ular Cotton Club work, or he may
enter this contest alone. Seed of
the staple cotton may be obtain.
ed by addressing Geo. w. How
ard, Hope, Ark. All boys inter.
csted in this offer are requested
to notified 4. NJ. Jeffords, Old
State House, Little Rock, before
June 1St.
The Van Buren press., 1912-04-20
Subject Wanted for Governors Ad-
dress.

Some political Significance is
attached to abe remarks of Gov.
Donaghey at the playground asso'
citation mass meeting at the Ho'
tel Marion, Little Rock, inasmuch
as it was his first public utterance
since the recent state primaries
and many inferred that his re-
marks were intended as an illu-
sion to his state of mind as the
result of the election.
"a good game, a place to play
it and how to play" said the gov
ernor. "The child should be
taught not to let hatred thin his
check, shrivel his face or sour
and sodden his countenance.
"The best games are those that
take the longest time to play. You
deserve to be called a lame
duck il you would quit game
because You did not win in every
in every contest. Defeat should
better prepare you to play with
more ease and safety.
Sometimes things do look o
little dark, but in our country
nighttime is Of short duration,
and clouds do turn. We don't
look well, nor feel well when we
We hang down our heads or lips
and we should not make others
uncomfortable by imposing our
presence upon them in snch a
frame of mind. We should go to
bed and stay there until We get
mp and walk ont and make some.
one happy by the radiance of a
sulile on our own face.
"When trouble knocks at your
door send him word that you are
busy, and if you don't make your
word good, he will break down
the door and walk in."
The Van Buren press., 1912-04-20
Wilson's Faith In Publicity.

AT all times and places, says a
writer in Success, Woodrow Wilson
has counselled opening our govern.
mental processes TO the light Thus
at Minneapolis.
''ENery community is vaguely aware
that the political machine upon which
II looks askance has certain very def
mite connections with men who are
engaged In business on a large scale,
and the suspicion which attaches TO
the machine itself has begun to at
tach also to business enterprise lust
because these connections are known
TO exist. II these connections wero
open and avowed, II everybody know
Just what they involved and Just what
use was being made OF the alliance
there would bo no dlinoulty in keep
Ing an eye upon affairs and In con-
trolling thom by public opinion But,
unfortunately, tho whole process Of
law.making IN America is q very OBJ
scure ono. There Is no highway Of
legislation, but there are many by.
ways"
At another ame no paid this hu.
morous tribute TO publicity;
"There 10 ono very disturbing umal.
ity in man. and | have experienced 4
Il mysolf and I dare say you have.
Whom you arc long way from homo
and SEQ no ncighbor from near your
homo you give yourself an extraor.
dinary latitude IN your conduct, but
II you We're on the desert OF Sahara
and met ono OF your Immediate neigh.
bors coming tho other way on camel
you would behave yourself until hs
got out OF sight"
The Van Buren press., 1912-04-20
udlllUGi cilC LsdaSiS sec bI5di VIC
tory.

New York, April l3.-Demo
cratic leaders from all sections oi
the country attended the Jeffer.
sou day dinner given by the Ma
. tional Democratic Club at the
Waldorf Astoria tonight. Thos.
Donnelly, judge of the city court
and president of the club, presid
ed.
! Seated at the guests table with
him were VIM. j. Bryan, Norman
Il. Mack, chairman of the Demo
cratic national committee; Cows.
Dix and Wilson, Mayor Gaynor,
Senator O'Gorman and others.
More than 1000 covers were laid.
Senator O'Gorman in his speech
said:
To-day the followers of Jeffer-
son are the only united, harmoni-
ous and coherent party in the ns-
ton. We are on the eve of a
presidential election. Our party
is rich 10 presidential material
and we may have preferences for
that high Office, bat we have no
divisions.
"The Republican party is rent
in twain. 1t is discredited, disor-
ganized and demoralized. How
can Mr.. Taft reconcile his defense
on the Payne-Aldrich tariff. which
was dictated by the special inter.
ests and which increased the tar.
if on more than 600 articles.
THE tariff and the trusts are
the only issues upon which we
have elected a president since
1856, and they make the issue up
on which the party will 60 forth
to a glorious triumph in the con-
test now impending.
"Animated by the spirit of JEFF
ferson, and chershing the mem.
ory of his achievem ents, we may
invit the cooperation of all citi.
zeHs who desire the restoration
of Il peoples government, free
from the sinister influences which
in recent years have dominated
the Republican party and menac-
ed the integrity of our institutions.
The prospects of party success
were never brighter"
The Van Buren press., 1912-04-20
Judge Moose Files Statement.

Judge W. L. Moose, of Morrll-
ton, who was nominated for at.
toruey general in the recent pri.
mary, fled his expense account
Tuesday, showing that he had
spent a total of S2,003.5j, bat he
accompanied the statement with
a letter in which he stated that
this did not represent the real
cost Of the campaign to him.
Some items Of expense failed
TO set forth,p he said. "FOr in.
stance, frayed aud lhreadbare
suit Of clothes which looked good
ae the start; one or two thousand
dollars of fees | missed by reason
of absence from my Office, aud
mental and physical pain, anguish
and humiliation beyond computa.
ton. | understand the state does
not expect me to include these
matters in the account, but You
who have been through the ex.
periente know that they are about
AZ real as any other item of the
statement"
The principal items Of Judge
Mo0se's statement were: Adver.
tising in newspapers, S32750;
postage and envelopes, S3734l;
hotel bills for self, 1926; railroad
fare for self, Sl4G,4G,-LlttIe Rock
Gazette.