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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-02

politicians. Our contemporary de-
clares that 1t warned Richmond at the
outset that the chances were against
ed here. Norfolk, for hvo years or
moro, has been trying the experiment OF
concentrating the administrative runc-
lions OF the city In body similar to
our Administrative Board, and this
experiment has not proved a success,
according to the Virg!n!an-pilot be-
cause this administrative agency
lacked the powers OF initiation and
determination. and could not be so
clothed under the organic law OF the
commonwealth" Wo have. SAYS our
norfolk contemporary, chosen to dis
regard tho experience OF other cities
ana adopted Il "makcshift for govern
mcnt by commission. which hns prov
ed costly and tended to make confusion
worse confounded wherever tried" If
Is predicted further that Richmond
will be no better off under the new
plan OF government than Norfolk is
under hers.
The Times Dispatch hopes that the
auSuries of the soothsayer will turn
out 10 be but unfounded, pessim.s,ic
niutterings, but the VirS inian- Pilot has
put It's finger on a weak spot. If the
Administrative Board liz to be merely
good thing for five politicians, we
shall fare no better than our seaport
sister Tho success OF the board de-
Ponds entirely on the grade of timber
the board is built OF. Unprogressive
men Will mean an unprogressive gov
eminent; administration by profcs..
sional politicians Will only emphasize
the weaknesses OF our present, form of
government Enough efficient mon
have not come forward 1t was in
sisted when the plan was being for
mnlated and adopted that the mem
bers OF the new board should no, be
unsuccessful men. None but fool
would argue that a man who had
tailed all his life could make a new
form Of city government a success. An
the also rams are impatient for the
race; the professionals are warming IN
With the boys: but we need recruits
from nonpolitical life to come out and
say that their hats are in the ring.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-02
PRIMARY IN FAYETTEVILLE.
Candidates for Mayor md Ronr,lE OF
Aldermen and Audit and Finance
Nominated.
Lsnccinl io rhe rI1nna.nl.na,nn

Especial to The Times Dispatch
Fayetteville, y. c.. April 1.-The
municipal primary was held here to-
day and resulted as follows: For
Mayor, Underwood. 5i5; I.adbettcr.
l?e. The following were nominated
for Aldermen, NJ H. Atkinson. ]. J.
Maloncy, G. b. McsIinen, Sol ".
COOPER, j. -. Buckingham. r. NJ.
Jackson }. II Hlghtower T. G. Nc
Alister; for Board OF Audit and
Finance; !. y. Moore. J. 3. Hedge
pcth. j. y Mcneil, The erection win
be held the first Monday in May, but
this primary is equivalent to an cleo
ton, as there viii be no opposition.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-02
Things That Make life worth
Living.
Worth

Learning ut IL O'Clock Saturday
night that the wrong package OF iaun-
a:y was delivered At your house.
CON 3 on Sunday excursion and
having your train aidctrackcd to let
ali the Ireights go by.
Getting a letter addressed In fem
mime handwriting and finding that il
contains bill from the plumber for
SlG7.59.
Having man abscond on Tuesday
when he had aksed you TO take an
automobile ride with him on Tuesday
morning.
Getting out your perfectly good last
summers two-plece suit and finding
that the moths have made II resem ID u
a piece OF Swiss cheese.
Living upstairs over family where
there is a young lady who thinks she
has q voice
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-02
l'nunrtlOuuI,Ic.

We can forgive the hair-hraincd mutt
who trumps his partners ace
The bonehcud who buys mining stock
may have some saving grace;
There may be circumstances when we
can forgive the goat
Who takes woman ont TO row, and
gaily rocks the boat.
We may, perchancc. deal lightly with
the chump who hands his friend
a carefully prepared cigar which
shoots shoots sparks at the end.
The man who borrows our lawnmowcr
and keeps the thing a week.
May have some saving qualities OF
which we may we'll speak.
But we cannot find one Kind word OF
any sort 10 say
About the yinl who says: old man,
you're looking bad to-day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-02
Ana liberty and justice blss. he,

flies
Ana liberty ana justice blss. her
King OF navy ranging every zone,
Whose rule is tclt whcrc'cr tina,
flag is borne
From clima to cline, the emblem q, the
And ne'er that has was of liz glory
shorn.
God I'LL his cup of happiness anew.
And give his mighty empire endless
Ana all his path with Englands roses
ana n nee, lie, freedom wane or pro,
Al hail Old England ana sain, George
once more!
As Britons in America wc stand.
And cheer our kinsmcn on Britnnnia'S
shore,
And crown with love ana prais. our
native land,
X.
May God Britannia and Columbia
and bind them closer, as the years
In all That tends to lessen lies dis
trcsS,
And in ifes hattie helps TO siorlfy.
Nj
Well may we our adopted land e%a!t!-
That spans the continent from sea
Where naught can Ger the march OF
Or mar the grandeur of it's destiny,
Nor love and praise W less our Sew
World homc.-
With al It's might and majesty and
charm
Though we be Br!tons whercsoeer we
God shield each country evermore
from harm.
America and England, hail TO y9.--
Great ruling spirits OF tile hemis-
phcrcs!-
Invincible alike on land and seal
The conqucrng nations OF all coming
years.
KlNAHAN CORNWALLlS.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-02
rue TRAINING or rrAcurns.

The principal lesson thus far to he
drawn from the investigation Of the
Rich.nond schools IS that they arc
very excellen; schools, being Improved
so rapidly that considerable gap has
been opened between the training and
equipment Of the teachers and the de-
mands made upon them by the intro
duct!on of 3 broad and flexible cur
,iculum. The aim OF tho school au-
thor:tics is to give the city very
modern, scientific system OF prelirh-
nary education In the zeal after such
good Things, theory may lave oeca-
sionally ou,iun tho possibility OF i'm
mediate practice, Ends that it has
canno; be reached here in one. And
the efficient teaching of q complicated
modern course OF study depends upon
a teaching staff trained for this pur-
pose.
light may be thrown on this ques
lion by the following comparative
hsures with respect to the training OF
teachers in Richmond, Lynchburg ana
Norfolk. Certificates for teaching arc
divided into groups according to the
preparation required. The first grade
is issued to teachers who have COM
pIetsd high school course with a
year OF supplementary instructions
professional certificates are granted
after two wears OF normal work; nor
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-02
On the Spur ofthe Moment
By Roy K. Moulton
I'rOm the IncIseryy,IIe clnrIon.

GA Man Stebbins has taken TO his
ped with violent attack OF misery in
the spine OF the back and viii prob
aDiy not DO able to DO around again
until the harvestin' is ovor next fall.
IL happens this way every year.
AiiJah Wicks is lookln' into some
of them schemes to remove super
nuous hair to see If any of en- will
work on restaurant butter.
mere are good many other things
mat VIII guarantee u imam long life
anu happiness besides writin' love let
tors to another mans wife.
Key. Hudnutt has turned his barrel
UPSIDE down and has started III on the
says the first trip through the barrel
didn't DO the congregation much good
JudGin by the suspender buttons ana
plate.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-02
Love UnrcmuIted; Ends life.

CirecnsbOro, y. c., NDril I.--SufIt
ing the pangs of unrcquited love.
Daniel Ilooncc. 4 youth eighteen years
OF age, living near Trenton, Jones
county. North Carolina, sunday after
noon ended his life by shooting OFT
the top OF his head with Il shotgun.
lie left IA note stating that his act was
on account OF a girl with whom he
was in love; love unrequited, he
8aid-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-02
Petition In Buul,ruptcy.

" J. Clifton. telegraph operator. resld-
!ne ~ cSpja F:ast Marshall street. Aled u
petition in bankruptcy yesterday in tho
United states District Court According to
the schedule submitted. the total OF
cured and unsecured liabilities amount to
sisi.Ii. rha asseais arc stated 10 be $3.50
and Is claimed by the bankrupt under the
exemption laws
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-02
News of South Richmond

been visiting his daughter. Mrs e ~.
Ter on EaE, Twelfth Street. mas returned
70 nj, home.
81. Lacey Pendiey is the cues, o. HI. par.
enis on Porter street
George Paul. Of the Warrington an. Id.
parents,
Miss Flossio GaAiam. wha m. been ,i,!t
ing hes si.ler Aas returned 10 he. noua ia
Chase city.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-02
A Cinch.

The saddcst man you've ever met;
y solemn face you'll nc'cr forget:
y face that's filed with vain regret
his attic vacant and 10 lcti
You'll recognize him. never fret.
He is, you can most safely bet,
The husband OF a sMffrAEel.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-02
our Little Sinner.

PINK cheeks and blue eyes.
AS blue as the skies.
lie wears all the while
That ''can't-rub- oif smile"
And long golden curls
Teeth whittier than pearls.
And however clad,
This frolickinG lad
or dirty, or clean.
There never has been
y kid on tile earth
Could equal his worth.
Angelic one hour
The next he's as sour
AS pickles or Hines
Contrary of times,
But whatever mood
or naughty on good,
Asleep or awake.
we les wouldn't take
The coin i'll the till
or any big mill
Or any old bank
For mis- little Iank.
Sometimes we both sign
When he Is not nigh.
And wonder now could
We live If nc should
Go back 10 the Isle;
lie left 70" awhile
no brighten the earth
With mischief and mirth.
4 desolatc home
Our cot would become;
Lord. leave us this JOY.
Please spare us our boy.
REV p. II. lIliNSEY.
Philadelphia.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-02
light and Shade.

The sun shines down bcnignly. and
mo live the life is simply grand.
The little birds sing in the trees,
And happiness Is I'm the breeze
or poeV!sh sentence to be heard.
Men are of cheerful frame of mind.
Are philantlropic, and are kind
Ihcy cen give money to their wives.
So glad and cure-frce are their lives
That's when tho home teams win
ming.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-02
according 10 IncIc Abn,r,

Lem higgins and his wife want TO
give their new baby name that lie
Will not be ashamed OF when he
grows up. and they are hesitatin' be-
tween Coy and Percy.
Mrs. Birdie Binks, who has been
married three times, is said 10 be
iookin for II safe ana sane Fourth.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-02
The clouds hang low. the heavens

The voice of nature IS a growi.
OF happiness there's mot Il spark.
1t is not safe to make remark
On any subject new or old
Men view the life in manner cold.
There's not a single ray OF hope,
They talk of shotguns and OF rope.
They all go home and nag their wives.
So sad and gloomy arc their lives
THAT'S when the home teams losing.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-02

liie rising youne man in Tho cl,,l
and tho gin he LEI, behind MIN az,
h'th IN favor OF this~f-cont letter post
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-02

10 tal! them Ants" ana SUITS is
"'i trfotinE the matter with inc rropcs
digni;v
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-02

l\lng OF navy ranging evory zone,
Whose rule is tclt whcrc'cr tina,
flag is borne
throne.
And ne'er that fag was of liz glory
shoru.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-09
PET SNAKE CREATES PANIC
Scare Green Monster Gave to Children
at Bristol, Pa, Is Transferred
to Adults.

Bristol, Pa.-Bristol children do not
wander far from home these days
since a green pine snake six feet long
tried to join in their revels.
Joseph Gardener of Otter street,
while on a trip through Jersey caught
the snake in the pines a few days ago.
He put it in a box and brought 1t to
his home, where he made house for
1t In his cellar.
A day or two ago Gardener was alb
sent from home and the snake took
advantage of his freedom, escaped
from the box and wound its way into
the street, where not few children
were playing.
1t did not take long for the young
sters to discover the reptile creeping
toward them. Of course, they all took
fright and screamed, and as they all
have sound lungs 1t did not take long
to bring their parents to their rescue.
Excitement prevailed for little
while as the older folks came running
with brooms, clothes props and so on
to make battle with the monster.
Finally one of the family and about a
hundred of the residents cornered the
snake with their weapons and drove
1t into the cellar of the Gardener
home.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-09
TITANIC REPORT
EX0NERATES |SNAY
Excessive Speed is Blamed
for the Disaster.
DISCIPLINE FOUND GOOD.
Say Captain Lord Should Have Help
ed-Board OF Trade Scored
Fer Not Changing Rules
Since 1894.

London. Excessive speed is held
responsible for the Titanic disaster in
the report of the British commission
of inquiry which was presented in
Scottish Drill Hall Tuesday. j. Bruce
Ismay managing director Of the White
Star Line, is absolved from blame for
jumping into lifeboat and saving his
life while hundreds OF other passen-
gers went TO their doom. There is no
censure of the conduct of Captain
Smith, of the lost liner, in the report.
In driving his ship at high speed
through the ice region he was merely
following the general custom OF ship.
masters, the report states
Adverse criticism is visited upon
Captain Lord, of the Leyland liner
California which might have saved
many if not all of the lives that were
lost, the commission says. Lord Mer'
sey presided when the committee was
called to order.
The loss of the Titanic was due
to a collision with an iceberg brought
about by the excessive speed at which
the ship was navigated," the report
says, but the ship was effectively
Differed and was supplied with the
proper charts"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-09
100 PERSONS
DIE IN WRECK
Twice That Number Injured
in Crash.
TRAINS MEET HEAD-0N.
Both Are Well Filled-Lighter Train
Split Asunder and Wreck
age Begins To
Burn.

Rio Janeiro Brazil.-At least 100
persons were killed and twice that
number injured in a collision between
two suburban passenger trains on the
Central Brazilian Railroad. A special
train bearing physicians, nurses and a
complete field hospital outfit was i'm
mediately rushed to the scene.
The trains were both filled with
passengers, and through some mistake
in signals met head-on while rounding
a curve. The heavier of the two
trains plowed half way through the
other, and almost Immediately the
wreckage caught fire.
Many Of the injured will die, and
railroad officials here express the fear
that it will prove the worst railroad
disaster Brazil has ever suffered.
The police arrested the surviving
members OF the crews OF two trains
Carelessness is charged.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-09
CHIEF OF CRIMINALS

later. after a desperate battle IN a
New York den, he, too, vowed yenge-
ance on Flynn and the secret service
men who tore the gun and knives from
his hands and dragged him uncon'
scious TO the Tombs.
More than all Lupo wants revenge
upon the spies who got into the coun-
ellis of the Malta band,
The prison authorities have taken
precautions that no one shall see Lupo
In prison who might even inadvertent-
" carry some communication TO him
from the outside world. He is never
allowed to speak to any one, especial
ly Morrello, unless a guard is with
him. Hit letters to and from the
prison arc carefully scanned, Every
moment o. his days and nights In
prison he will be closely guarded and
watched.
Meanwhile. biding his time, some
where in this country is Sicilian who
has sworn to have the lie Of Lupo the
Wolf the moment the Malta chief
quits the Atlanta prison. Lupo killed
this mans brother in Sicily twelve
years ago for refusing to join Lupus
foreign vendetta, and then fed to this
country. 1t is said that this Sicilian
has told friends that he will come to
Atlanta in the hope OF finding an OPP
portunity to STAY Lupo in prison.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-09
BAR0NET SELLS NEWSPAPERS
Sir Henry KeIlett of England, P.
duced to Poverty, Enters Business
at Melbourne, Australia.

London.-Behind the counter Of
little cigar and newspaper store IN
the High street district of Kow. (,
suburb Of Melbourne, AusEalia, Stands
throughout the day suaye, polite
courtly little man, greeting with bland
smile and a grateful much Obliged
call again" all who choose to buy
newspapers, cigars or tobacco Of him
Scarcely any of those who know
him under the name he has assumed
for more than fifteen years are aware
of the fact that he Is listed in The
pages of Debrett as Sir Henry Ke.
lett, baronet OF the United Kingdom.
To the reporter of a Melbourne
newspaper, who dug out the story Of
his descent from a high social posi-
ton to the status of a humble shop
keeper, Sir Henry thus explained bis
position:
II was left without a shilling and
only the rudiments of an education;
came out here to earn living and
have so far succeeded. work from
dawn to midnight. Don't you think
under these circumstances it was wisC
for me to forget my title? Rather In
oongruous for Sir Henry and Ladl
Kellett' to be selling newspapers from
behind shop counter"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-09
His Poetry Worked.

81. Louis, Mo.-Having heard that
President Taft had granted a pardon
to a woman who had appealed to him
in verse, Thomas l.. Odom, of Atlanta,
Ga, serving a six-month term in the
workhouse for forgery, appealed to
Criminal Judge William A. Taylor in
verse, and was paroled. Odom's ap-
peal for clemeney concluded with the
statement that he would appreciate
being home with his wife and boy
during vacation time.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-09
"Lupo the Wolf" Closely Guard
ed in Federal Jail.
Authorities at Penltentlary In Allan
ia, Ga, Believe Prisoner Is Plan
ming to Stay sleuths Respon-
sible for His Capture.

Atlanta. Ga -"Lupo the Wolf,
leader Of the most daring band OF
criminals in America, is the most thor
oughly guarded prisoner in the fed
eral penitentiary in Atlanta since the
discovery of two attempts Of confed.
crates to communicate with him in
his cell, planning, It is said, the as
sassination OF the detectives who ran
him down.
Warden Meyer has been warned
that Lupo and his band of assassins
are plotting to take revenge upon De-
tectives William J. Flynn. District At
torney Smith, United States Judge
George Ray and half a dozen others
instrumental in sending him to prison.
Lupo has yet thenty-three years OF
a twenty-five year term to serve. In
another cell is his chief lieutenant,
Giuseppe Morrello. The prison au'
thorities know that determined and
persistent efforts will be made by the
hundred-odd members of the gang still
at liberty to get them out.
Dispatches from New York say that
Lupus friends are bent upon reveng.
ing his conviction while awaiting an
opportunity to secure his release.
Lupo on his way TO Atlanta vowed that
before he died he would get" Flynn
who, with a score OF subordinates, ar
rested him at farmhouse at High
land. \. Y. where he was engaged in
counterfeiting
When Morrello was nabbed little
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-09
Elsie Wolstater, Seven, in Hospital In
a Serious Condition-Her Story
Doubted by Police.

New York-Elsie Wolstater, seven
years old, was taken to the Reception
hospital and later transferred to the
Metropolitan hospital on BlackwelPs
island, suffering from severe burns
on the arms, legs and body. She de-
clared that an unidentified boy had
held a match to her dress in the
ground floor hallway of her home at
244 East Seventy-seventh street.
Before she was taken away the girl
declared she had never seen the boy
before and that he ran from the yard
of the tenement to where she was
carrying a chair from the Wolstater
apartment, on the third floor, to her
parents, who were sitting on the
stoop.
She said he struck a match and de-
hberately held It under her dress until
1t caught fire. Detectives questioned
children in the neighborhood. They
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-09
SENATE WARNS ALL NATIONS.
Lcdqe Resolution Passed In Secret
Session BY Members.

Washington.-Th United States
Senate issued a warning TO the nations
OF the world against encroachment
upon the continents of North and
South America The United States
will not see without grave concern,
said the Senate, any suitable naval or
military site pass into control OF for
eign corporation, when such posses
sion might threaten the communica-
ton or the safety OF the United
States"
So vital were the issues discussed
in the Lodge resolution, which set
forth the policy of the United States
as to points situated like Magdalena
Bay. in Lower California, that the
doors of the Senate were closed for
three hours while the resolution was
debated in secret session.
1t finally passed with only four votes
against ii. Notwithstanding the com
paratiye unanimity of the Senate upon
the note OF warning, it is understood
the measure did not have the official
Endorsement of the administration.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-09
Returned Evil for Good

nold's watch and a dollars worth Of
stamps. When on the night Of bis
last visit l found the screen tampered
with knew that Camerson was back
again, and made up my mind to catch
him"
Mr.. Arnold notified the police Of
his suspicious and asked that his
house be watched. That night the
couple, who are we'll past middle life,
looked over their house before going
to bed, but somehow missed the spare
bedroom Cameron was there hiding.
He heard them check up some &C.
counts of the Arnold home and speak
of SIS that the minister had with
him.
After the couple had gone to bed
Camerson entered their room, and
Mrs. Arnold awoke to find revolver
pointed at her. She screamed, and
Mr.. Arnold bounded out of bed and
fought the intruder. The minister
forced up the revolver and held it up
while Camerson fired two shots, Mrs
Arnold finally got hold Of a gold
headed cane belonging to her hus'
band. and with this beat all the fight
out of the man. Neighbors had heard
the shots, and they and the police
came after Camerson had been Sc
cured. The fellow was taken to jail
and is awaiting trial on several &C
counts that would keep him in eel
for life if he should get the full pen
alties.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-09
100000 TO REFUGEES.
Senate Passes Resolution For the
Destitute Americans.

Washington. - The destitution of
American refugees from Mexico, now
quartered at FL Paso. resulted in the
passage by the Senate of resolution
authorizing the War Department to
spend 100000 in transporting them to
such points in the United States as
they wish to reach The measure was
presented by Senator Bailey and pass
ed after a brief debate. 1t will need the
approval of the House and the Presi-
dent before the appropriation becomes
available. Senator Bailey declares the
refugees were in dire need and in
most cases were unable to proceed
beyond that city. Transportation
would be provided, under the resolu-
ton, only for those who are receiving
some aid in shelter or sustenance'
from the government at FL Paso.