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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-07
From the HickeyyiIIc Clarion.

Hiram jerks. our landscape painter.
amt much on painting animals. He
says II is hari to paint a boss. for
YOU can't get the critter TO stand still
long enough. Besides. the paint ill.
up the pores in the hoss's skin so ne
can't SWEET. A dog bit Hank Tum,ns
the other day. and now the dog is
liable to die from the rabbits super
induced by acute alcoholism. The
Clarion Is closed to-day. for the editor
is having his pants pressed down to
the tsylorin' shop.
Rev Hanks said he was going 10
exchange pulpits with the preacher
over TO West lIickcyNille last SUNDAY.
but everybody that went TO church
was fooled. as the same old pulpit was
there. Preachers csn joke once in
while. But there ia one consola tion:
The West HickeyVille fellers was jas;
as badly fooled as We was Miss Pansy
Tibbitts sent down to the city 70.
some quinine and they sent it IN cap
sules. She says she don't like TO get
quinine that way. Is It took too long
20 shuck the dunn things before taking
'em. Folks all thought she was eat
in peanuts.
The other night. when they had
company to dinner. Hod Peters wife
told him that it wasn't etiquette %
set down to the table in his shirt
sleeves. but Hold said he'd ne ding
svizzled If he was goin' to take his
shirt off. etiquette or no etiquette.
The only way to get the laugh on
a magazine editor is 20 tear up yodr
manuscript and throw 1t in the fire
before sending IL
Many a successful poet got his start
writing epithets for tombstuns.
Ansel Jimkey. our tonsOridl artist
and leader of the band and orchester,
busted the G. string on his violin the
other day, and says there will be no
more music In this burg until nc rms
across stray cat somewhere
Hiram Huggins has got new oat
mobile. which ne calls "runabou-"
II will run about forty rod. and then
they have TO get out and Ak It.
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siysis of existing conditions. as fo''

lows:
"The election had ve;y little in
nrcnce upon business ccnd'tl ms. ana
while there has been SrSat deal ct
talk ABOUT the possible unsettiemenl
which might result from tariff re-
vision. the fact Is that scarcely any
interference OF that sort bac been re-
elected. one reason for this Is that
many OF the largest Industrial ccrpor-
a,ions have so arranged tas'r affairs
a. to make il possible for them to do
a profitable business on the basis OF
mi;ch lower tariff schedules than those
uo,v in force. This preliminary ar
ranrtmcnt is natural foe the reason
that there has been almost cons -ant
discussion for a year or more respect
'.-s ,ho advisabllity Of reducing The
present duties
.orh, outlook for an active h1:ijsy
trade. with volume of sales very
rluch i'm excess of those reported last
ear OF the year before. is 'Xc eedinS'y
bright This is anticipated every
where as result OF the active de-
mand foi labor. the relatively high
rae Of wages. and .hc confidence
OF he people as to the business out
look. Tho savings banks nave been
ginning deposits for some time and.
except in isolated cases arc no longer
subjected to the Withdrawals or
money by wage earners and others
"a no have had to utilize a portion of
their savings 10 meet living expenses.
There is to-day virtually no unem-
ployed class in the United states and
in certain sections OF the West there
exists an actual shortage OF labor.
These statements arc not restricted
10 basic Industries. such as iron and
steel manufacturing. in which the eN-
pansion OF the past few months has
been unparalleled. but are applicable
to industrial and trade conditions as
whole. In the West the outlook
is especially good The large crops
Of this year have trebled the pur-
chasing power OF many Western COM
munities with resultant advantage to
mercantile and manufacturing estab-
lishmcnts and the railroads.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-07

The demand for united State action.
As the people become more informed
as 20 the responsibility that rests
upon the states. the House OF Cover
'nors will more and more realize Its
function OF promoting greater uni
formity in state legislation and In
attaining greater efficiency in State
administration. There is a distinct
need for it that nothing else can sup
ply. there is a peculiar field for it that
none other should occupy
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-07
RITTER HOUSING FOR RICHMOND


Richmond IS a city OF homes. no
where in the land do the fireside viz
tues and the enduring domestic joys
flower into more beautiful living. But
are the dwellings In which peace and
family affection bloom what they
should be? Can the best emotions
reach perfcction when humans are
crowded. noisy. harassed by the pres
sure Of mere numbers. and herded TO-
rother in conditions that produce dis
o.so and vice. r. the social qualities
thai arc beyond doubt the greatest
t~easure Of tho South are to DC pre-
served. tho housing conditions OF the
,eorle mus, be made sweet and whole
some.
Three isolated facts bring home the
question at this time. For one. Inc
concordance attached 10 the question
80 hr.tcr nhvsicaI surroundings by
other communities In Pnilane'pn'N
a conference of municipalities. neai'h
d.rar,nents and social betterment Or
ranizations has spent four days us
cussing the problems OF civli'zihS ne"
nv civilizing their daily home environ
mont This attitude IN others should
mako Richmond 10 her needs By ac-
tual figures. her population IS among
the densest per square mills IN 'he
7-ni,Al states. The question Of tone
,o,-s and foreign quarters does not
70, demand settlement. but other hous-
inc n-oblerns 0, equal gravity confront
rs We should try 20 settle them IN
the snirit that made the city Of Cleve-
land spend $1,000 for investigation
nd research in order 20 pass a proper
housing law
second fact that calls FOR partial
~eni@dv by better residences = the high
dearh rate among the negro inhabi-
tants 81 Richmond. The November re-
nort - the city Health Department
shows that the death rate for negroes
j. nearly g per 900. For whites il Is
only about t. This discve psncy =
largely due TO ;he unhygienlc housing
conditions in which the negro lives
His death rate from tuberculosis = alb
normally large. This j. caused by pow
erty and ignorance. m the FIST place.
and. IN tho second. by congestion. lack
~ fresh air and sunxaine Tho poverty
and ignorance Nc may not get Ao able
II Y rfs.e rsf b..
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-07
Voice of the People
Letter From Mr.. Matthew

To the Editor OF The Times-Dispatch:
Sir-T wish to thank The Tfmes-D1s-
patch for its very fair and manly cor
rection OF the article which caused
our complaint. and I think I voice ths
sentiment OF every member OF tns
Builders Exchange
The owners of The Tines-pispatch
have AZ all time. been foremost in the
promotion % the city's interest. ami
we feel that they would not under any
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-07

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch;
Sir,-I am directed by the Builders
Exchange Of the city OF Richmond 20
express to you the sincere appreciation
Of it's oficers and members for the
prompt and courteous manner in which
Won corrected a statement published In
YOUR paper OF December s. 1912.
Very truly yours.
THE BUILDERS EXCHANGE OF
RICHMOND.
J. C. DREvER, Secretary.
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pouauet for Governor BIease.

To the Editor OF The Times-Dfspatch;
Sir-I cannot refrain from express
ing through your columns my high ap-
probation for the bold and manly IN
persnces of South Cardinals chief exc
cu;ive al the Conference OF Governors
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-07

circumstances wllfully hurt the inter
est Of any man or body OF men
The builders OF Richmond invite
but We do think that on
public work. which We are taxed 10
help pay for and taxed TO upkeep.
the local architects and builders SHOULD
have preference.
Yours very truly.
r. 7. MATTHEWS.
Richmond, December
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-07

IRE man out West who q. com
planning because re hs. been sentenced
20 prison for 30 years wall prob
ably hud thinss much charged wnen
be gets OF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-07
United STATE ACTION IN
ACHIEVED.


.;on Of the Governors Conference
yesterday that was without parallel
or precedent In the history Of the
nation. Eighteen Governors Of sover-
eign States. in conclave designed 10
ne representative of all the States
recorded themselves upon declara-
ton OF sentiment 1t was The hrst
formal united state action. Who can
ssv that II was not the precursor OF
ynnumbered declarations or both SEN
timent and action by the states
,b-ouch their chief magistrates?
Those are three possible forms of
governmental action in the structure
Of our government. separate and mae
pendept action by each state in Its
sovereign capacity. action by all the
States as nation or United states
notion. and action 10y the States act
ing together. though as separate units
This last is united State action.
The concentration of the united
wisdom OF all upon the problems oil
each is the purpose Of the House
a. cover '0'S
george ""'"@H' ''o
organization ana IN"
on united state action. There IS
field OF power IN the nation that the
several states ho'''H }"
take ny o'0Dp'''''''
feoerai to''' nm
by usurpatioh' ~
selves inc P''S0' Avn
powers anu - It, -.
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which ci'sco mere - /
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law for abortion by the several states /
Practically the only Benefit attained
here was that which is always effected .
,broupb the interchange OF opinions. !
and the outlining Of theories. This I
now niece o. governmental mechanism !
has not vet begun 10 evolve the pro /
d,,c, that is expected Of it II has
-, ..- snanned the chasm left y, .
Oh. Trainer. Of the Constitution be- T,
..., tho FEDERAL government and the /
s..,ss The fortv-eizbt sovereign en-
49, hs,,o M, vet posscs.ed them /
., a.. do-,s,, that lies before
- e..,n ;,er,a has not been
...-.oo 1-,icor,,i.v is stil an un-
~.,..oa ,aos, Promise has not Yet
-, 60, with performance. Ac-
40, ~.-l.cod tr.ction
-, - 49,, ,,re. causes why
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-07

Only enc th4ug could have added 10
tho spectscuiarify Of the Goverrors
conference Its Initials are T. n
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-07

- isst W have . message from I,
DEPARTED spirif--rresidcnt Taft
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-07

To- recipe That viii most Influence
the c.ri-irnss r1,as Is the famous high
co-t % ivins
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-07

by again bestowtng upon him the high
est honor in her power.
o. NJ SUTTON.
Manteo.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
WAUSAU MAN COMMANDER
E. B. Thayer Elected Grand Com
mander of Grand CommanderY,
Knights TempIar of Wisconsin.

Observation-Disclosures B. Thayer,
Wausau, was elected grand com
mander of the grand commandery,
Knights Templar Of Wisconsin, at
the closing session of the convention
in the Masonic building. William w
Perry, Milwaukee, was reelected
grand recorder. The list OF officers
elected in full follows:
Grand commander, Eugene B.
Thayer, Wausau; deputy grand COM
mander, Alexander E. Matheson,
GAINESVILLE; grand generaIisstmo, Rob
ert B. Lang, Racine; grand captain
general, Charles F. Lamb, Madison;
grand senior warden, David Harlowe,
Milwaukee; grand junior warden,
Walter F. Frost, Kenosha; grand
prelate, Rodman W. Bosworth, Be
lott; grand treasurer, John Campbell,
Milwaukee; grand recorder, William
W. Perry, Milwaukee; grand stand
ard bearer, J. D. Carr, Oshkosh; ;
grand sword bearer, A. D. Agnew,
Milwaukee; grand warder, d H.
Mooney, Marinette; grand captain of
the guard, John B. Cromwell, Mil
waukee; trustee, three years, A. Fl.
Wagner, Milwaukee; foreign CORE
spondent, R. w. Bosworth, BeIoit.
The grand commandery convention
lasted two days.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
MEETING PROGRAMME OUT
Commis& oner of Education CIaxton
to Speak at Teachers Gathering
Other Eotables TO Attend.

Milwaukee.-P. P. ClaxtOn, United
States commissioner of education,
will be one Of the many notable men
to address the Wisconsin Teachers
association in the sixtieth annual
convention of the organization in
Milwaukee on November 7, and g..
General sessions will be held in the
main hall in the Auditorium.
The program has been completed
for the 1912 gathering and is pro
nouneed the most interesting in the
history OF the association. The edu-
Gators viii be welcomed by Mayor G.
i. Bading, President Charles R. Van
Hise of the University Of Wisconsin
viii respond. Mary D. Bradford. Ike
nosha, in the presidents annual ad-
dress, with c. E. Patzer of BIilwau-
kee, and L. D. Harvey Of Nenomonie,
also will be heard at the opening ses-
sion.
A president and three members of
the executive committee viii be
elected, but there has been little
mention of candidates for the head
office.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17

Socialists Nominate by Petition Can
didates for State Officers
and for Electors.

Petitions have been
filed by the Socialist labor party,
nominating candidates for state Of
fees and presidential electors for the
party to be placed on the ballot for
the November election. The petit
lions were filed by John VierthaIin
of Milwaukee and the candidates
nominated for state office sare:
For Governor-W William H. Curtis,
Kenosha.
Lieutenant Governor-John Vfer-
thaler, Milwaukee.
Secretary of William Ross
man, Racine.
State Treasurer-Nic SemmeI-
hack, Sheboygan.
Attorney General-John w. Swan
son, Kenosha.
Presidential Electors M.
Mauspeaker, Racine; F. Farchmin,
Sheboygan; S. Orsikowsky, Monroe;
F. HenrscheI, Milwaukee; Carl
Schulz, Milwaukee; Carl Pietsch,
Manitowoc; Otto Gunderman, Wau-
sau; John W. Carl, Kewaunee; o. T.
Rosaas, Haugen; Albert Wang, Su-
perior. At large-Carl Doescher,
Milwaukee; Christian Brandt, Ke-
nosha.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
A WASTE OF S225, 900, 900
John Sinclair Discusses Result of Re-
cent Trip Abroad for the State
Board of Public Affairs.

Madison.-That a saving of $685.
100000 could be made to the con-
sumers and producers of the farm
produce of this country through CO.
operative buying and selling is the
opinion of John Sinclair OF the Wis
consin legal reference library.
Mr.. Sinclair was sent by the Wis
consin state board of public affairs
to England, Denmark and other
European countries in which coop
erative marketing has succeeded, to
study the methods followed there
and to determine whether or not
these would be applicable to Wis
cOnsin conditions
The farm produce Of this country
is worth about $9,OO0,0OO,O0O, and
assuming that half of this represents
the cost of marketing under the pres
ent system, Mr.. Sinclair, in his re-
port, estimates that at least 5 per
cent of the other half could be saved
by the producers by having their own
cooperative managers and sales
agents.
This would mean : net gain to the
people of $225,OOO,0OO. And the
experience of cooperation in Ireland
and Denmark, as told in Mr.. Sin
clair's report, is that many times that
amount may be saved.
The great aim in cooperation, &C
cording to MI Sinclair, is to increase
production and to get the product to
the consumer as economically as pos
sibIe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
The American Soldier

1t was excellent advice that Gen. +
franklin Bell gave to the American
troops prior to their setting out from
the Philippines to do police duty in
China, says the Detroit Journal. II
was in effect: Be polite to all; gentle
and courteous to those weaker than
you; respectful to those of higher
rank, no matter what their nationality
may be; adopt friendly attitude to-
ward foreigners, and keep yourselves
neat and clean. The advice might be
summed up in a couple Of words-be
gentlemen. If it be followed It will
give the world a higher opinion of
the American soldier and, consequent
ly, Of the American nation. It viii let
the unfortunate Chinese see that we
are interfering as their friends, not
to bully and rob, outrage and murder,
but to maintain peace in the sec
ton of the country we occupy and pro-
tect foreign property from destruc-
zion
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
4 Civil War Oath.

One Of our soldier boys from the
front sends in the following oath ad-
1ninistered 10 the contFabands that
came within the federal lines at Fred
ericksburg:
you, Cicero, do soIennIy swear. you
viii bear true allegiance to the United
States; that you viii take good care
Of the horses and mules, and if any
Of them get away you viii go after
them, no matter how dark it is, and
will also black boots to the best Of
your knowledge and belief, so help
you General Mcdowell"
The gravity Of both parties while it
is being administered is said to be-
edifying-Berkshir Courier.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
KAUKAUNA WOMAN
HEADS FEDERATION
Mrs. ]. A. Strathearn Defeats
Mrs. w. P. Leek.
SUFFRAGE ISSUE DOWNED
Tolicy Committee Disagrees on Sub
Ject, But Delegates Hold Support
Not AdvsabIe-A Spirited Meeting
Is He'd

Janesville.-Mrs. j. 4. Strath-
earn, Kaukauna, was elected presi-
dent OF the Wisconsin Federation of
Women's clubs at the annual meeting
held here She was opposed by Mrs.
w P Leek, Racine. The vote was
$50 to So. Other officials were
elected as follows:
First vice president-Mrs- A. F.
Rote, Monroe.
Second vice president L. D.
Harvey, Menomonie.
Recording secretary J. S.
WadsWorth, River Falls.
Corresponding Secretary - Mrs.
Ben Hooper, Oshkosh.
Treasurer-lIrs. J. W. HObbins,
Madison.
Auditor-Mrs- a. H. Schumacher,
Eau Claire.
General federation secretary-Nrs.
William H. Crosby, Racine.
District vice presidents were elect
ed as follows: First, Mrs. E. o. Kins-
man, Whitewater; second. Mrs. H.
NJ. KnowIton, Waterloo; third, Miss
Mary Conner, Windosr; fourth, Mrs
c. E. EstabroOk, Milwaukee; fifth, no
nomination; sixth, Mrs R. H. Ed
wards, Oshkosh; seventh, Mrs. F. NJ.
Hart, Tomah; eighth, Mrs. Anna
Lathrop, Marshfeld; ninth, Mrs.
Louise PinkIey, Green Bay; tenth,
Mrs. NJ. L. FrawIey, Eau Claire
eleventh, Mrs. Thomas Barden, Ash
land.
Excitement ran high, for the nomi-
mating committee had made its re-
port on Wednesday and anxiety was
felt as to the outcome of the election,
and also on the vote on the equal
suffrage question.
A resolution was presented that
the nominating committee in the flu
ture place in the hands of the CON
VentiOn at least two names for every
Office so delegates could have a
choice.
The nominating committee had
submitted a slate Of officers, one
candidate for each position, and the
only nomination from the floor was
the one for presidency
The policy committee was unable
to agree on the question of equal
suffrage, the majority not being in
favor.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
SAYS CRIMINALS
NOT RESPONSIBLE
Is TO so Per Cent. Declared
High Grade ImbeCiIes.
WISCONSIN CONDITION GIVEN
President Greenman of State Chari-
ties and Corrections Addresses the
Conference at Madison-Legislat
TO Be Asked to Give Relief,

Madison.-That from % to so per
cent of the inmates of correctional
institutions are not above the class
Of high grade imbeciIes, and from
these people spring a great majority
Of the criminals of the world, were
two Of the significant statements
made here last night by President
Walter F. GTeenman of Milwaukee at
the Wisconsin State Conference OF
Charities and Corrections, which is
meeting here in cooperation with
the extension division of the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin.
These persons never become ca
pable of seIf-control, and deeds of
violence, arson and murder imme-
diately follow upon their release.
from custody. The women of this
class are proved to have a fecundity
about double that of normal women.
The progeny of such parents is
tainted with feeblemindedness. So
the stream of the unfit widens daily"
declared President Greenman.
These people should be segregat-
ed according to sex in colonies Of
fifty upon farms" continued the
speaker. They should be committed
on an indeterminate sentence. They
can live happy and harmless lives.
mostly in the open upon such farms.
They would be almost seIf-supporting
and the expense to the state would
not be One-twentieth what it now is
to pay for court and police charges
with the expense of maintenance Of
each delinquent and all his progeny
for several generations, because the
expense never stops with his death
unless he has been prevented from
becoming a parent.
''The lack of a woman's reforma-
tory constitutes one of the most
wasteful conditions in the state
There are always from ten to twelve
SirIs in the state Industrial school
at Milwaukee who must be released
on reaching II years of age, but who
are manifestly unfit to be returned
to the community at large. For Wom-
en- over eighteen years of age we
only have Waupun, the county jaiIs
and houses of correction. Of course,
some of the women committed to
these places may already be hard
ened criminals; but if a woman is
not already hopeless we condemn her
to life of habituaI crime by COM
hitting her under the law to exist
ing institutions. In recognition of
this CHASTITY fact, some judges con
fess to their reluctance to commit
and frequently suspend sentence,
turning the delinquent woman back
to her evil environment until she is
again arrested for something worse
so that she may be sent to Wau-
pun"
President Greenman says there is
only one solution for the present ap-
palling state of affairs in reference
to WisCOnsin's treatment of her
criminals, delinquents and unfit. He
proposes to have the state legislature
appropriate funds for the mainte-
nance of board OF control which
is TO consist Of five members hold
ing office during good behavior. One
member should be an expert on lun-
acy. one on penoIogy, one in char
ity and one in finInce, besides one
named as president,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
is SENTENCED FOR LIFE
Confessed Murderer of Grand Rapids
Man Taken to WauPun After
Wa wing Trial.

Grand Mortimer Wilson,
who confessed killing Grant Boards
ley, his former employer, was sen
fenced to life Imprisonment at Wau-
pun.
Concealing his face with a mask,
Wilson attempted to hold up Boards
ley, and when the latter refused to
raise his arms above his head, he
was shot, dying from the effects Of
the wound the following day.
The feeling against the murderer
was so intense that he was spirited
out of town by the sheriff until after
the excitement against him had sub
sided. Wilson waived trial, and was
Immediately sentenced.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
Vending Devices in Germany

Automatic devices of every. descrip-
ton have supplanted small tradesmen
and little shops to q great extent in
Germany. Germany might almost be
called the land of the automat" Fur
thermore, these devices are popular.
At all postofices. stamps and post
cards are sold by automatic machines:
at the railway stations, platform tick
cts and suburban tickets are sold by
automats; automat restaurants. where