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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13
CLEAR KNOX, But
WHAT'S The Use?
MAY SETTLE ONE STRIKE, But
OTHER LABOR MEN WILL
CARRY IT ON.

LONDON, Dec. t2--England is
again threatened with a national
railroad strike.
The strike Of the Northwestern rail-
road employees Is expected to be set
tied shortly. as the government in
quiry into the charges against Driver
Knox are likely to result IN clearing
his character, in which event the com
pany promises to reinstate him.
But meanwhile tn Midland rail-
way employees at sheffeld held IL
meeting tonight to discuss what the
mems leaders call System Of DELHI
crate Victimization and Intimidation"
The labor newspaper. the Daily
Herald says:
Wherever a man has shown him
self prominent in a light between cap
ltai and labor. that man is marked,
and very soon some petty offense is
charged against him. and he is fred.
Two local branches of the Amalga-
mated Society of Railway Servants
passed resolutions demanding ma
tlonal strike. This spontaneous com
bustion is quite apart from the little
fight the Northeastern men have on
hand. All over the country men who
dare to agitate for better conditions
are getting II in the neck. The atti-
tude is. therefore, Cancellation he
damned. We realize that We can only
get what We want by fighting. and
we are going TO fight
"On the Midland alone there are
eighteen cases of victim!za and in
timidation. The tone of the speeches
tonight Indicated that national strike
is probable, but nothing definite was
said as TO when 1t will take place"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13

The advocacy Of the employment Of
Jogging as the penalty for certain
crimes. which was the feature Of
the address OF Governor Baldwin. Of
Connecticut. before the conference Of
governors at Richmond. may seem
startling, but It was net the out
growth Of any recently acquired con-
viction. Long before he retired as
the head Of the Supreme court Of his
State, he held similar views The
suggestion OF punishment by fiogging
brings before the mental yirion tho
Delaware whipping-post. and fher
are few who would endorse this
methods there practiced as form
OF punishment.
Governor Baldin would have thu
lash laid moderately and In private.
That plan, IL strictly followed. per-
haps would differentiate Il from tho
publicity and frequent brutality which
are some Of the Delaware features.
He thinks II would be whoaesoms
medicine for wifebeaters. but the or
der OF progression in penctogy has
been retaliation. retribution and re-
formation. In some instances the
ffnal purpose has involved even Lax
methods In dealing with criminals.
but would not the revival Of the whip
ping post be too much like IAN eya
for an eye and - tooth Tor .
tooth ?"--Washington Herald
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13
SHOULD ABOLISH
THE JURY SYSTEM
JUDGE BEN LINDSAY. OF DEN
WEIR JUVENILE COURT, SO
DECLARES IN ADDRESS.

YONk ELS n. Y. Dec. fudge
BENJAMIN Tfulsav Of the iuyenile
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dishce mat packed carnegie nan TO-
day. declared that the jury system in
cr1rYinat tr.7le tetorrs tn an arc gone
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Judge spoke err the auspices OF
several cdneafi5 raj and ph.lanthropic
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-,
'''''''F runs '' the Htase po"Fa Oh
charities.
Jpf.e Linz. W smoke strongly in
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13

The defense that the New York
Stock Exchange In to make this week
before the house banking and cur
rency COMMITTEES 10 TO be the same
SIS that which was successfully used
before the Hughes COMMITTEES three
years ago.
In that case many powerful reasons
were urged against Incorporation. but
every one of them ignored pablo
rights. The virtues OF voluntary as
ISOLATION were duly explained. but II
~as noticeable that they all rebound
ed to the benefit Of the exchange and
its members and xNre not necessarily
Of value to the people.
The organization OF private clubs
Is admirable for the purposes cf pri-
vate clubs. when n private club buys
and sells every year for speculative
purposes theusa nds Of millions Of prop
erty which Ii does not own, and when
by It's control over the banks II is
able at times 10 lock up in It's big
CANDLES most of the peoples money.
Incorporation presents the oniy feasi-
bic means OF publicity and resuia-
ton.
As matters now stand an OFFENDING
member Of the Wall street Asaecis-
ton for the Promotion Of Sociahaity
and Commissions may be slapped upon
the wrist by his fellow members. TX
the club were Incorporated he could
be arraigned openly In court and. IL
convicted, sent to the penitentiary.--
New Yerk World.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13
SAVED FROM TITANIC BY
GIRL; THEY MAY WED

NEW YORK, Dec 12.--Ostensibly
the party last night at the home Of
MIR. and Mrs. John Brown, No. 10
West Twenty first street Bayonne, ~.
j.. was CT ebration VI an heroic In
cident and the escape of two sur
vivcrs Of the TItanfc--Miss Bessie
Mccoy. Of New York, and Thomas
Mccormick, OF Bayonne. But there
were those among the guests who
whispered. Isn't Ii just like an en-
gagement party?" And there were
distinct rumors that the young man
and woman. who met amid the perils
of the sea, were soon to be married.
Mccormick leaped overheard just
before the Titanic foundered. He
swan to lifeboat In which was
Miss Mccoy. Sailors In the boat beat
him off with oars, hut ia managed to
grasp the side of the boat. He WIS
pulled In by Miss Mccoy. who sat
on him and refused to let the sailors
throw him overheard.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13
WILSON PREPARES
TO START HOME

HAMILTON, BERMUDA, Dec. H.
Packing up and preparing to sail
for New York, ON Saturday, occupied
the greater part Of Governor Wilson's
time today. He and his family are
now practically ready to board ship.
From New York the president
elect will go direct to Princeton for
political conferences. and to prepare
an important speech to be delivered
at dinner of the Southern society,
in New York
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13
MRS. ROSAL|E HELD
IS SERIOUSLY Ill

Mrs Resale Held. the venerable
mother of Deputy Treasurer Isaac
Held. is quite i'll at her hame, 201
Monument avenue. Mrs. Held has
been sick several days and her friends
are anxious concerning her condi-
ton. She is in her ninaty fifth year.
and has been, up to the past few
days. as spry and able as almost any
one. and could go out and do her own
shopping. Deputy Held has been
away from his office for a day. and
the friends Of Mrs Held. while they
feel that her remarkable oonstitu-
ton Will carry her through the pres
yut sickness are stiil uneasy,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13
THIS EUGENE BABY IS
A MARVEL, SAY DOCTORS

PROVIDENCE. Dec. 12.-Proxi-
dence, with the first eugenic marriage
In New England. boasts also the first
cugentc baby. He Is George Herrick.
Jr., four months old. OF No. 20 Sack
EFT street.
The baby's parents both have made
the science Of health a study. Mrs.
Herrick is a trained nurse and has
never in her life had a days illness.
Mr.. Herrick. jewellery worker, has
like record. Their marriage was
eugenic in that they selected each
other from a scientific as well az a
sentimental standpoint
Since birth the eugenlc child has
been closely watched by scientists. II
is now naounced that the boy Is able
to raise himself unaided from the bed
and make sounds which the parents
interpret as conversation. Doctors
gay the child Is a marvel and will
compare favorably with q baby
year old.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13

this afternoon, and arrested nine men,
eight If when are charged with hav-
ing taken part In the attack which
res uited in the deaths OF Special on
GERS Cr+.rw and Mallory. anu ems with
Eavin. attempted TO ncite the strik-
crs to further violence.
The authorities expect to make
further arrests tomorrow, aving OH
lftIsteti descriptions Of the ie;fders In
yestel days attack
The Susquehanna and Western has
1.0c0 carloads of coal near Edge
water, and has keen eager to start
The coal moving before the yards be-
come hcpelessiy eongested.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13
KILLS HERSELF IN
PUBLIC LIBRARY

NIAGARA FALLS. \. Y. Dec. IL
Mrs. Caroline X Rank, OF. Watson
town. Pa, shot and Killed herself in
the auditorium OF the public library
here this Afternoon The bullet en-
tered her mouth and passed out
through the hack OF thei head The
right hand held the revolver and N
the left was a note which read: Il
wish to be buried az Niagara Falls
For funeral expenses apply to Samuel
Ross, Eleventh and G. streets. Wash
ington, ID. c."
Mrs. Rank disappeared from her
home in WatSontown last Friday.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13
HUNTING PARTY At
eHELTON'S MILLS

shelton's Mills will be surrounded
To-Day by parts Of huntsman, with
plenty If bullets and with eeterniina-
ton steaming out all over them.
James Shelton, Esq, viii have 10
tow both Judge scott and Hon. A, b,
Blair, sharp shooters.
Not q rabbit or deer. or bird. or
oven a bear, may expect to get by
Them, They premise To bring back
enough venison and feathers to sup
ally the entire neighborhocd in which
they live.
If the birds fly away there will be
little chance, 1t IS said. for any
friend back at home getting any
thing for Sundays dinner.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13

LONDON, Dec. i2.-The special cor
responder. OF the Daily Mail reports
further outbreaks at Gievgoli. fifty
miles northwest Of Salhnika. and the
surrounding villages. The leaders OF
the Macedonian bulgarian hands re-
appeared, and wholesale murders and
rohieries followed in the Strnmuition
region All the Mussulrna inhabt-
tants ard the Christian families as.
cussd Of protecting them have been
nfaesacred
A dep1iation II villagers arrived ar
Ealanika yesterday asking protection
from the Greek authoaities.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13
Punishment to FIT the Crime.

w l.. Barnes was yesterday given
fifteen days in Jail by Justice Crutch-
field. ON the charge of passing . bum"
check on l. J. Bigger. 1t was shown
that the crime was not 80 much OF q
crime after all. and that Barnes would
be sufficiently punished by the inn
position OF the minimum punishment.
He was caught by Detectives Bolton.
Smith and Gentry.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13
USES AN INJECTION OF
ETHER IN AN OPERATION

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 12.--Profes-
sor William b. Van Lennep. surgeon
in charge at the Hahnemann hospital,
operated this afternoon on a man for
removal OF growth from one OF the
internal organs and had DR.. J. w.
IIassler. Of New York, come to this
city to administer ether and water
simultaneously. This is said to be
the first time ether has been used In
this way.
The injection was made directly into
the patients arms and within q min
ute and a half he was unconscious
He was kept under the influence for
thtrty-five minutes. and II required
about half an hour more before he
recovered consciousness.
DIR. Hassler and Professor Van Len
nep were very well pleased. The
ether. administered In this way. caused
no nausea, and the patients condi-
ton was as normal after the opera
ton as though 1t had not taken place.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13

personal property taxes In q manner
which does not pile the burden on q
few and let the many escape.--St.
Louis Republic.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13
SElVIA RECALLS MINISTER
From Jus TRAN POST
CONTINUED from Fifth Pagel
TO begin their peace negotiations at
ST James Palace on Monday.
Financ,ers Fear War.

A strong feeling prevails among the
dipiomatists THAI peace Will eventual
iy be secured before the delegates
leave London, but in some quarters,
particularly among the financiers.
there are many pessimlsts to be
found.
The pessimists insist that Bulgaria
will demand Adrianople, that Servia
vii demand Durazzc, and that the
= Z ttenegrins viii refuse TO give up
1cIiari. and that Greece win hold out
kor Janina OF course. If the Balkan
allies make these demands, and re-
fuse TO scale them down TO meet the
Turkish proposals, the peace confer
ence will have been In vain.
The Ottoman representatives, whose
delay In arriving caused postpone
ment of the negotiations from Friday
till Monday, are expected tomorrow
night They will stay al the Ritz
hotel. The Montenegrins are staying
at the Hyde Park. as ara the Ser
VANS. and the Greeks are at Cla-
ridges.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13

Luther Conant, Jr., the commission
er Of corporations. makes the strik-
ting statement that Minnesota In
creased the amount Of the taxable
personal property on the rolls 80 per
cent by reducing the rate Of taxation
on personally. The revenue was not
increased, but the burden was distri-
buted over nine times ~ much prop
erty as formerly. This result II visi-
HE proof OF the fact, which every
one knows, that personal property IL
not reached by ordinary methods Of
to Ration, and this fact Is the most
forcihle point In all the contention
OF the single-tax advocate.
Missouri was 20 terrified by the
single-tax DOGGY AT the last election
that 1t voted against everything In
order to be sure to hit the single
tax amendment 10 the constitution.
and there Is still an active orgnni1a-
ton whose aim is TO resist the sim
gle-ta movement. The most effec-
tive method OF carrying out that OPP
position IL neither blind voting nor
organized resistance, but intelligent
tax reform.
other States have gone to work ut
this problem. Minnesota has already
been noted. Wisconsin has abolished
personal property taxation except -
to few items. and has substituted
n graduated income tax. Now York
has permitted the registration OF honda
and various forms Of secured debt ana
substitutes . low registration Zee for
the tax which It tried 70 collect but
never succeeded in collecting. Most
OF the states. including Missouri, are
still trying and still falling t. coaleot
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-03-19
ROME TRIBUNE-HER IN
RINGING EDITORIAL CALLS
FOR ELECTION OF WILSON
Especial Dispatch to The Journal.)

ROME Ga. March 16--The Rome Tribune-Herald this
morning edorialy expresses itself in favor of Woodrow Will
son president and that it will support him in
the Forthcoming presidential primary
The editorial says in part; Having gone carefully
after long opinion Woodrow Wilson,
available candidate
nominate for president this time
Republican Wilson wi
soep prairie fire. With Colonel Roosevelt
the conservative east r0i giUe
majority of UoeS Governor Wilson
Of Ne jersey He
If had job his hands
Jersey With the political leaders
parties indeed Hercuean task
fight intrigue and corruption of both parties
Neither Governor 0ouId state
Wilson will majority of the
the southern states Virginia the
the mother of
born in Virginia spent his best days in
of southern blood of southern bone and
of southern grt married Rome girl
and that is souherner some
president over the most national uni
the chair of the
most ridden political corrupt state i" the Union and he
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-03-19

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contains no narcotics or harmful drugs,
and today holds the record of being the
most successful remedy for woman's ills
known.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-03-19

way, occasioned by the inundation of a
bridge across the Haw river on the main
line at a point about is miles north of
Greensboro.
The first train to pass over this bridge
since Friday was the United States fast
mail from Washington to Birmingham,
which passed last night about 1880.
Other through trains operated from
Washington to the south were detoured
via Richmond, Va, over the Atlantic
Coast Line tracks to Selma, n. c., and
over a branch line of the Southern from
Selma to Greensboro. where they took
the main line south again.
The Haw river bridge was not washed
away, but officials of the system here
state that during the high water period,
water was more than five feet over the
bridge at times. and it was impossible
to tell whether or not the trestle was
there. 1t is announced that it will be
probably "a hours before the regular
train schedules can be regained.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-03-19
Macon Had Flood

Especial Dispatch to The Journal.)
MACON, Ga, March 1S.-The Ocmul-
gee river did not recede from the flood
stage until Saturday afternoon. over
20 families living on the bank Of the
river were forced to remove themselves
and their household goods by boat Sat-
urday morning to higher ground. Two
families of fishermen spent the nignt
by fire heap of logs and moved back
to their homes after the water had TALL
en- low enough to transfer their goods
back to their homes. The Macon, Dub
lin and Savannah railroad was forced
to abandon traffic until lste Saturday
afternoon. The main trestle of the
road spans the river. North of Macon
the roadbed vas at one time flooded
with a depth of three fees.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-03-19

1 visited a big dairy farm in
New Jersey last summer where
they turn out certified milk at
90 cents a quart. Everything
and everybody about the dairy
barns and milk houses were as
clean as water and soap could
make them. The mixers wash
their hands and faces and brush
their hair and put on clean duck
coats and pants just before milk
ing time, and they are an whole
some and clean looking lot. /
noticed, too, that the men who
worked in the fields and around
the farm took more pride in their
appearance than most hired men.
They could not resist the exam
pie Of the dudes" as they called
the mixers, and they always
took a turn under the shower
bath and put on clean shirts be-
foe supper time. If farmers
will provide the baths the men
will enjoy them and feel and
work all the better.-R. Nj.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-03-19
WRECKS ON RAILROADS.

WRECKS ON RAILROADS.
1 remember, away back in the sos
when railroad train left New York
city in the morning and which ran
along smoothly until it reached an open
drawbridge at Norwalk, Conn, and the
whole train dashed over and down into
the river. There was fearful loss OF
life and immense public Indignation
The legislature took hold of it and made
some strenuous laws. But other trains
in after years dashed into open draw
bridges, and what good did the legislat-
ing amount to? There have been num-
berless accidents OF the same kind and
hardly a day passes that some railroad
wreck does not happen
Last September one caught me in its
tolls and I will carry the injury marks
to my grave.
But the accident of last week on Tie
old Georgia railroad, where there was
no bridge, no trestle, just a plain open
way, and yet trains collided, two en-
gines rushed together like demons and
reared upon one another, and death and
ruin prevailed 1t seems to be as easy
to find railroad wrecks today, with all
safety appliances abundant, as 1T was
in the SOS. Misleading of orders is as
prolific of danger as a broken axle or
an open drawbridge.
When we heard of the block system
that seemed to mean safety and securi-
ty, for when one train entered BLOCK
of four or five miles, mo other train
could be allowed to enter" Yet the
train that crushed in u part of my
nose and made me a sort of weary
cripple had the block system in vogue.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-03-19
WAS FORCED
TO FAVOR FREE SUGAR
Congressman LOngWorth Says
Credit Is Really All Due to
HardWiCk
BY RALPH SMITH.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., March Is
That Congressman Thomas w. Hard
wick. of Georgia, overwhelmed major
ity leader Oscar w. Underwood" and
forced him to report a free sugar bill
from the ways and means committee
despite his well-known disposition to
tax sugar, was the unchallenged state
ment on the floor of the house today
BY Representative Nicholas Long
worth, of Ohio himself a member of
the ways and means committee.
"Hardwick ran over the gentleman
from Alabama" to quote Mr.. Long
worth's exact language.
The Ohio representative was appoint
ed by the Republican minority to lead
the fight against the Democratic ex-
else tax bill, and his illusions to the
free sugar bill were Inzde in this con-
nection. He said, quoting the verbal
report of the official stenographer;
81 have no doubt that the gentleman
from Alabama (Mr. Underworld views
with complacency the high tribute paid
to him the other day by distinguish
ed ex-senator of the United States. 1t
falls to the lot of few men nowadays
10 be Ikened to Napoleon. But pos
sibly this ex-senator may have been
wrong. In my judgment the gentleman
from Georgia Mr.. Hardwick) is en-
titled to call himself II0t only in fact
but in theory the Little Corporal" He
has run over the gentleman from Ala
bama He has forced him to abandon
every principle that he has stood for
since the gentleman from Alabama be-
came chairman Of the committee on
ways and means.
up to this time the gentleman from
Alabama has opposed free trade con-
stantly and consistently. He has main
tanned that practically every import
should have a duty for revenue pur-
poses He would not allow even pepper
to remain on the free list, where it
rightfully belongs, and where it has
been since the Republican party has
been in control of the legislation of
the house. But when he came to sug-
ar, the gentleman from Georgia (Mr.
Hardwick) and his conrreres over
whelmed him. and all his plans for
revenue duties have been swept away.
Not again in this congress can the gem
tleman from Alabama maintain his for
mer position. If it is unjust to tax
sugar for revenue purposes, where is
the justice OF taxing pepper and other
articles that have an equal place with
sugar on the table of the average Amer
lean citizen?'
The ex-senator referred to by Mr.
Longworth was Mr.. Mooney, of Missis-
sippi, who recently ,likened Mr.. Under
wood to Napoleon and gave to him cred
it for free sugar.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-03-19

Some people talk of fatalism. Som
people have told about presentment
of danger, indefinite warnings, etc. A
long as frost will split iron, and over
turned stoves will burn cars, or conduc
tors will misread orders, or men i,
coming towers will drop into sleep, o
drawbridges are left open, or machineI.
breaks down, or human hands must d.
the work, or human brains can becOm
suddenly diseased and useless. Their
will be railroad accidents. there will b.
people killed and MANNED for life NJ
railroad trains. There is one thing
however, that can be avoided. Legisla
ton can control one thing and ought t
do 1T, namely: Prohibit fast running
unless a line is double-tracked, and n
train allowed to follow another trail
inside of a given length of waitin
time. AS 1 see it, there is no possibl
excuse for that late collision on tn
Georgia railroad near Social Circle. Leg
islation can do something in all sucl
cases.