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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-15

importance. As It was, the Speaker evidently
felt slight which he could not logically
express. and where hts reception should have
been invested with dignity it seems to have
created something of confusion.
AS We have said, this matter OF being too
prompt" seems 10 be a habit with Speaker
Clark. In the middle of his campaign for the
nomination he had engagement to speak
ia Raleigh, North Carolina, and was 10 be
entertained by the Governor OF the State 1t
was understood that he would arrive during
the day and everything, including the brass
band, was in readiness Instead, he came in
the middle OF the night. waited until morning
IN a deserted station. and was found later
on wandering about the streets on foot in
search OF beanery. For lack of attention
caused by his own negligence, the Speaker
was on that occasion plainly miffed that
hn won the resentment OF the State. and lost
hatever chance he may have had OF securing
delegates therefrom
OF all the smaller habits that go TO make
good impression promptness is probably the
most important But 10 be ahead OF en-
gagement is frequently az embarrassing 70 all
parties as it is to be behind it.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-15
DANGEROUS CAUSES"

One English suffragette has been arrested,
charged with the attempt to commit arson at
the expense of the home of one of the Govern
rnent officers In the house OF another Secre-
tary bomb was discovered. and the police
suspect that the cause" is at the bottom of
this outrage AS we'll, Thus does the militant
II is interesting to mark the evolution of
tie murderous fanatic from the beginning of
the merely earnest propaganda There is
the slow heating OF speech through exercise.
Until it CLOVIS white hot. There follows the
transportation that words are not deeds and
then the effort 70 translate word by act FL
n.uly some poor head conFuses rhetoric with
cestiny. and there ends ina blood what began
az mere verbal pyroteehncs.
The suffrage cause. for all its activity, has
r own little evidence OF proceeding in this
country to the lengths 10 which the British
women have carried it. There is another
cause" however which has gone to far
lengths, and We fear may go even further.
Colonel Roosevelt has recently announced that
his Bull Moose movement would appeal direct
y TO class hatreds and prejudices. Of-course
he said nothing Of this sort in so many words
bur he left no other reasonable deduction pos
sible His campaign against Presder Taft
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-15
CURRENT COMMENT
THE Tramp Problem.

II anybody has ever had q good word for the
tramp it has long been forgotten. Will, the
idle rich and the submerged tenth and the
dergraduate and the other menacing elements OF
our population have been the objects OF anxious
interest from individuals and societies of philan-
thropc Inclination. one apparently has cared
whether the tramp prospered not. People have
betn Contenr 70 60 Tor months without even Won
dering whether there was left But his
toric institution is without merit. however
much II may have degenerated, and the tri-
butte TO the tramp, bestowed by a Western rail
road engineer. is to be regarded tArdy rather
than misplaced. The tramp. he finds is real
American. That is, he is fun Of comprehen-
sion, guile and energy If this ~ not altogether
nattering to the tramp, il is for
win which We cannot quarrel namely because
he is too good American. 1t is somewhat
unsetting 10 be told, further that hobo dc,
u9hts In tough tasks, althoug II might have
been guessed from his evident satisfaction with
the one he has chosen, that of living without
money or work. Yet no human being is per
rect, and accordingly the discoVerer of their
virtues cannot blind himself TO the ramps' one
defect. The trouble with them. he says is that
they want to work only three or four months In
the year-New York Evening Post.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-15
RICH MISS GLADYS

passed fine mansion, the front door
OF which stood open, he heard woin-
an scream. In moment he was
through the gate and up the steps
and in the hall he found two tough
| looking young men, each having
bundle under his arm, fighting to free
themselves from the grasp of a young
woman.
Fred Bingham took a hand in the
game at once. and 1t was bad for the
sneak thieves who had entered the
house during the dinner hour, and had
been discovered just as they were MAX
ing their exit
1t was only when the fellows had
! been turned over to the police that
/ Fred felt sure OF the identity of the
damsel In distress. 1t was the rich
Miss Gladys, and that was the house
OF her aunt The affair had tried her
nerves. but not so greatly that an in
PRODUCTION was not made and Mr..
Bingham effusively thanked for his
| services and invited TO call. lie
waited two or three evenings before
so doing, and one of these evenings
a call was made by James Whitney.
The matter of the attempted robbery
came up, and as soon as he heard the
name of Fred Bingham lie replied. :
why. | know him. He Is one OF
the workmen at the shops
But a gentleman as well, and n
brave man, said the giri.
Il didn't know he went about play
ing the gentleman after working
hours"
IT seems 10 come perfectly natural
TO him..
The next morning the elder Whit
ney left for the West on business,
and at noon the younger called Fred
into the office and fred him point
blank. notwithstanding contract,
and further said to him:
"A lot of cheek. you've got to force
the acquaintanceship Of such lady
as Miss Humphrey. Better drop that
at once. IL you don't want trouble
with me"
Fred Bingham reached ont and
caught the others nose between
thumb and finger and after holding
II for few seconds let go and walk
ed out That evening he called on
the rich Miss Gladys. and she in
sisted that II be a visit She wanted
TO know many things. and she made
! the young man talk, and by and by she
said:
Il am the second largest stockholder
IN the Barrett Iron Works and we need
you there
A month later. when the elder
Nhitne' returned and found his me-
chanical genius gone he threw up his
hands and exclaimed.
Gone to our strongest rival and
that means a loss Of slnrnnA year to
u.s.
He was getting In my way social
"" was the sulen reply.
WHY. you idiot, he'll marry that
Humphrey girl within YEAR. and
within two she'il huv out the rest or
the stockholders and hand him the
business"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-15
CHILD LEFT ALONE
BURNS TO DEATH
INFANT IL INCINERATED WHEN
RESIDENCE OF PARENTS rs
DESTROYED.

Especial To The Richmond NirRinian.i
WILLIAMSBURG, VA, july -
Fire broke out at : 80 this afternoon
in the residence of negro. named
James White, just vast OF the grounds
OF the Eastern state hospital. and in
the rear of the beautiful home of Mis-
Marie Marshall, totally destroying the
house and burning 10 death the four
yearoid child ~ Whites, Immediate
IN after tffe alarm sounded both the
ciey and hospital Ere departments
were on hand and but for their work
the residences If MesSrs. Peter Gloves
and Wheat Thorpe would have been
destroyed
It seems that all Of the occupants
of the burned house We're away from
home except the child, which had
been left asleep by it's mother in a
room on the second floor The fire
was not discovered until the flames
burst from the sides Of the house and
too late to save the child, Great ex-
cftement was caused because Of ITS
near1ess 10 the hospital and a large
number Of private residences.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-15
ROOFING OUT THE LOAN SHARKS"

The best evidence that all things are posi-
bic to law which has community sentiment
behind it is the fact that the hundreds OF loan
sharks" of New York City have determined to
give up their long fight for the collection of
-usurinus interest and are now in process of
liquidation.
The development Of this business had been
such to put the traditional Shylock to
shame It preyed on misery and despair 1t
held its victims in fear of the means OF sup
porting life 1t capitalized the hard necessity
which the average man Feels of holding on 10
his job Cunnngly devised systems made it
practically impossible for one once in the tolls
Of the shark" to extricate himself No mat
ter what sacrifice he brought TO bear toward
the payment Of the debt, no matter how much
Ae paid, his payments grew and grew. The
average loan was made in the expectation OF
recovering for the lenders one and half times
the principal in interest-and then getting the
principal, Suicides. desertions defalcadons
were common incidents in the progress of this
meanest OF all businesses.
New York urged to action by several philan-
it1ropcauy endowed loan institutions passed a
law establishing legal rates OF interest and
taking the collection of excess rates crime
easily and quickly punishable. The loan
sharks fought the statute tooth and nail, but
/; was sustained in the Court OF Appeals. Then
they bent every energy TO cleaning up old
notes at the old rates The police met
that effort with wholesale arrests. Now the
loan companies are closing out their notes at
legal interest and preparing TO fee TO States
where there il greater laxty in the laws
We nave a number of these concerns in VIZ
s.nia every one OF them operating in tech
tIcalIy legal and practically Illegal manner
hat New York has done. Virginia do at
4 first through the courts, and then. when there
IS opportunity, by enlightened statute The
main thing needed is courage on the part OF
the borrowers the determination the part
OF the dupe to resist the pursuit of the women
agents whom the cowardice of the shark" ha:
learned 70 pat forward To do his dirty work
There is also needed sympathy and understand
Ing on the part OF employers instead of th'
hard and fast rule which sometimes obtains o.
making a debt cause OF discharge. Espe
c.ally where the employment involves the
handling of money employer wishes hi:
employee to be subject TO the harassment ant
Temptations invoked in owing debts he cannot
pay but il is the very insistence on this piece
Of poiey that is good In itself that frequently
sends the clerk in secret 10 the loan shark
converting him Instantly from useful worker
. int tba hoo nj
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-15
RANDOLPH MACON
STUDENT BROWNS

Especial to The Richmond NrgjDiAn1
uARRIS0NBER1ss r. A.. Jut1 H.
Frank Mutton, twenty-five years old
was drowned this morning while bath
ing in the Shenandoah river at Elk
ton lie was from Cuipeper county
and a student of Randolph Macon
college. Ashland He was in the
county travelling in the interest OF ths
college and for an encyclopa edia. The
body has not been found, The river
is twenty feet deep,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-15
STREET DENIES THAT HE
EVER SAW WOUNDED MAN

Vincent johnson. colored, was
stabbed in the left arm by Moses
Street Saturday night he alleged. and
DIR. II. A Bullock. who was called to
the First police station to attend him,
had To take twelve stitches in the
wound.
Street was arrested "a little later by
Detective Sergeant wiltshire He said
that he had never seen Johnson.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-15
\ RETURN TO PRESIDENTIAL DIGNITY.

All toe late President Taft has covered bis
dignity and asserts THAT he. Hfii make no
ae.ise personal eampa ga before the people
Although 5here has been no definite announce
Governor Wilson VIII be content to make q
Comparatively few speeches Of a representative
character OF more interest than any campaign
has been in a generation. !. nevertheless APP
pears that There viii b. an absence Of that
touring OF the country aud rear platform
speeches whtch recent years have experienced.
We take it that bis IS partial reYersion
to old standards that viii be Of real helpful
ness as il will tend 10 -racreate sadly shat
tered respec' for the occupant Of the White
ltouse In the old days 1t was an event TO
see a President" or late years one could
scarcely avoid humping into one when he
walked abroad As natural consequence
familiarity has nos failed 10 have lis usual
effect Of breeding a certain contempt We very
much doubt indeed. whether all the speech
making and travelling at however great ex-
pense Of slime and money. resulted in the
gaining of very many Votes. Except that every
body was doing it, the practice might well
have cost votes
Looking back al the reeeut performances
OF Taft and Roosevelt the action Of the Pres-
dent in permitting himself 10 be drawn into
a personal squabble before the people is more
regrettable on reflection even than ii appeared
t" be when it was going on That the Pres-
dent. with his judicial habit had no chance
against the jury-lawyer OF politics was. Of
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-15
SMITH TO DEFEND
RICHARD QUARLE S

Attorney Hill Carter yesterday mott
fed Richard Qnarles. the negro now
being held in the Henrico county jail
charged with two capital crimes, that
he would not represent him. Ee
later in the afternoon employed Hairy
Nj. Smith TO represent him.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-15
\ HANDBOOK ON THE SHERMAN LAW"


For many years the sherman Law has
-A1anz = household mnr4 IN the United Status
bat il is word that not one man out Of
ten remotely understands In some vague
way. it IS understood that it has to do with
trusts and that one Of the great lines Of di-
vision between the Republican and the Demo
cratic parties Is as 10 whether the Sherman
ew' is to be enforced strictly. shall be used
fag the collection Of fines merely. or shall
IL made TO carry the doctrine that guilt is
personal br sending "Balefaetors of great
wealth" TO terms in prison,
But Notwithstanding that the law figures
almost constantly in tue public prints. despite
the fact that some important action is always
Being tried under It, or is pending before the
courts for decision, the mass Of The people
who have violent convictions concerning its
enforcement amendment. or appeal, talk and
think about it almost wholly from prejudice,
This. being true book OF 81 pages such
as that recently published By William l..
Royal an accomplished member of the Rich
r.ond Bar Is Of interest to both lawyers and
Iaymtn THE sherman Law What 1t Vas
What it Is. and What il Should Be IS a
concise YET thorough OIL OF history comment
and suggestion on TIE piece OF Ie2}siauoh tha''
sthee the " ar between the states mas pfoo-
ably had a greater Pohtl''l ehee' upon the
country than any other. written Ia style
that for parteuiarity OF statement ana feier-
enee to fundamental decisions furnishes
clear guide to the legal MIND the BOOK never
theless does what it Processes to do in it's
title. even to lay apprehension 1t tells with
Sufficient suFlne'pesF what the average man
does not know. no matter no" moch ne may
discuss the sherman Law "hen II tens PLAINLY
" nat il was ~ makes very pam what II
now il. afier the courts nave gotten '1ropEA
with Ii as far as they nave gone anu II gives
II interesting ana logical style me autAoi =
ideas as to what IL should be MADE by amend
menJ.
hfi"n4 the herman IA" de9'aIeu hIeSa'
te5Lt4ttI q IfhG1-Iu A4E 4futtAsA IAShAi LAST
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-15

Government plans billion dollar suit against
California oil producers \ good advertise
ment for those who have Pacific Coast oil
stocks to sell
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-15

The richest boy in the world" mas been
given steam yacht by his mother lie xll get
less fun out of it than the poorest boy in the
world could lind in secondhand bicycle
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-15

proposed speaking by candidates for the
Administrative Board had to be postponed be
cause the voters would not coop themselves up
in a hall at a temperature of 100 degrees.
There are evidences that the fight will be warm.
but it win have to wait for cooler weather
before it can hope to warm up,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-15

Mr. Taft will not run about tine country
during the campaign Good But in THIS
weather he might find the exercise fine sub
stitute for banting.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-15

The Senate will proceed consider the
Canal Bill without waiting the receipt OF the
formal note of protest from the British Gov
eminent No for alarm. II the Senate
proceeds no more swiftly than is It's custom,
ngland will have time to prepare and deliver
half dozen notes before any action is taken.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-15

Roosevelt it IS said will not be asked to
testify before the Senate committee which is
Investigating contributions during the cam
paigns of 1904 and 1908. No use. lie has
already testified that Judge Parker was liar
when he said that trusts and insurance com
panies backing his campaign, and Gov
etnor Hughes conduct Of the insurance inyesti-
cation long ago showed exactly how much that
testimony was worth.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-15

The fight in Texas the seal in the Senate
reinquished by Senator Bailey is so hot that
every now and then OF the candidates
retires from the to go into santarum
and someone else takes his place. Cone john
son recently relieved one of these political
horses unable to stand the pace. whereupon he
speedily gesticulated himself into the scme
hospital that was housing his friend. No soone!
rad Cone taken 10 the little white bed, how
ever, than his friend Sheppard's rest cure was
found to have been helpful enough for him 10
again start in the running We hope he will
finish. but it will be pity If the finish .self
does not have the atmosphere and notion
picture effect which only Johnson can lend it.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-15

his yocalization at Chicago. the whole trend
OF his method or public appeal. make his
announced countrywide campaign a matter OF
serious concern.
With the Colonel using his wonderful popu-
ing and infame the passions of poverty
The fear that what he declares in the course
OF his demagogy may set some feeble brain
on fire with great crime is not as groundless
as we could hope it. II the country were half
as bad of in fact as the Colonel is going to
ny 10 convince IL that it is, the good natured
common to which look to carry us
safely through his impending campaign might
not avail TO staye of invited catastrophe,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-01-04

lawn police station condemned by
building commissioner. Plumb
ers working in basement feared
floor might fall on them.
Charles Langsnan, teaming
contractor, whose barn at go w.
Congress street was burned Dec.
20, killing seven horses, facing
four charges of arson and one of
arson with intent to commit muir
der, preferred by John Galos, for
mer employee of Langsman. Galos
says Langsman saturated horses
with kerosene.
Max Bernahl, 2617 Ward street
taken to hospital with feet and
hands frozen. Found on front
porch of home by his wife.
EDWARD Lowandowski, 2. dead
from cold and exposure at home,
655 ". Ohio street. Mother and
three other young children hud-
died around cot trying to keep
warm. Father deserted family
three months ago. This is the
destitute family to which the
Chicago ave. police patrol hauled
load of coal few days ago.
Patrick Conboy, former police
man at Chicago Ave. station, dis
missed from force yesterday.
Conboy had been held to grand
jury on charge of holding up and
robbing M. ]. O'Brien. No bill
was returned.
DR.. Frederick K. Ream, dem
fist, Masonic Temple, sued for
$4,000 damages by Miss Marga-
ret Downey. She says he broke
her jawbone while pulling a
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-01-04

rooming house yesterday. Had
come to Chicago to go on the
stage, and was discouraged at
failure.
County Judge Owens will in
vestigate marriage mills" run by
justices of the peace in vicinity of
county building. County attor-
ney says recent law has made it
illegal for justices of peace to per-
form marriages.
Fire in Scent theater at 1856
w. Madison last night. Audi
ence escaped. $500 damage.
Moy Me Get (say the name
fast) and Jue Fook Ngin ordered
deported to China yesterday.
They were struggled into the U.
S. from Mexico.
Franz Neurnann, 5731 S. Green,
beaten and robbed of $50 by four
men on viaduct over c. NJ. & St.
P. R. R., west of Lake street.
Jury awarded John Broderick,
Jr., struck and injured by auto
owned by Horace G. Burt $11l.50
damages.
w. ]. Aberle of Valparaiso,
Ind, told police that he was rob-
bed of $l25 and gold watch last
night by two negroes on 18th
street viaduct near State.
Harry Novak, 728 Liberty ST.,
held to grand jury on charge of
killing Mrs. Ulia Grezuck. No
yak admitted firing shot at New
Years eve celebration, but said
woman'S death was accidental.
Eoddr11o A1oerfon cfor do,cae
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-01-04

Faddna, Algerian star dancer
in New York, says that Cleopatra
was the greatest woman because
she knew how to get the pick of
the men," Huh! she had to pick
married men.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-08-03
FEED FOR HALF
MILLION SHEEP

WALLACE, Aug. BIN the Coeul
d'Alene forests there is room to ac-
commodate 100000 sheep, declares
Acting Forest Supervision Roscoe
Haines, who has just completed an
inspection of the timber lands in COM
pany with an Oregon sheep grower.
The government charge for grazing
in the forest reserves is five and six
cents per head per year. Mr.. Haines
states that he hopes to have the entire
grazing district leased to private own
ers before the end Of the year. ~
During the trip an inspection was
also made of all of the timber sales
and everything was found to be in a
satisfactory and safe condition. He
says that all of the lumber men are
short of men in the logging camps
and that men for this work are al
most impossible to get at the present
time on account of the great number
Of men going into Canada to work on
the construction of the Grand Trunk
and Canadian Pacific railroads.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-08-03
''BULL MOOSE"
in ILLINOIS

CHICAGO, Aug. 3.-With Professor
Charles e. Merriam, acting at tenn
porary chairman Of Bull Moose,
party was formally launched in ILL
nois today with the opening of the
state convention. The main question
for discussion was the advisability of
placing a third party in the field to
oppose the candidate for governor who
was renominate by the regular re-
publican ticket.
Although Deneen partially favors
the candidacy Of Roosevelt, he re-
fuses to leave the republican party and
many Of the state Roosevelt leaders
are opposing Deneen. Chief Of these
is Medill Mccormick, who opened the
fight to put third party ticket in the
field. He favors the nomination of
State Senator Frank H. Funk of
Bloomington.
Governor Hiram Johnson Of Cali
fornia, who is here for the national
is expected to address the
some time today.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-08-03
APPROPRIATE 100000
FOR AMERICAN REFUGEES

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-The dcstit-
ution of American refugees from Mex
leo, now quartered in Ell Paso, result
ed in the adoption yesterday afternoon
by the senate of a resolution authoriz-
ing the war department to spend $780,
600 in transporting them to such points
in the United States as they wish to
reach.
The measure was presented by Sen
ator Bailey and passed after a brief
debate. 1t will need the approval of
the house and the president before
the appropriation becomes available.
Members of the senate received in
the afternoon request from Ell Paso
newspapers to come to that city on
August II and confer regarding "af-
fairs in Mexico and plan to meet the
impending crisis"
The special investigation comTis-