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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-04

am making tight for you ana your
children. and need your help from
now until the polls close. am writ
Ing to you as q staunch Democrat and
my friend, and want you to increase
our vote In every way you honorably
can. II all my friends will exert their
influence, am sure OF election.
shall look for the returns from your
precinct with much interest.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) r. A. AYERS.
Vote Buying Alleged.
Charges Of vote buying are being
made by Democrats against the Re-
pubiicans In Bristol, the only city
In the Ninth district.
The Democrats claim to have eyi-
dence of at least three cases here
where money was received In the last
few days BY Heaters or Republican
workers through the mails. In one
letter there was S.. in another $40.
and In another s25. There was either
| no explanation accompanying the
money or unsigned letters telling the
recipient to put. the money where It
would do the most good.
Democrats openly charge that these
sums were furnished for corruption
purposes, either by the Republican
headquarters here or by Republican
oifice-holders and others who are con-
trtbuting in this way to Mr. Slemp's
campaign fund.
All the parties implicated In the
three cases named and in all others
yet to be brought to the surfnce will
be promptly summoned before the
Wise county grand jury and full In
vestigntion will be had.
Where State Officials Vote.
State officers at the Capitol began
to leave yesterday for their homes in
various parts of the State to cast their
Offices In the building are closed by
law. no official business being trans
acted on election day. Governor Mann
and his assistant secretary, Rives
Hardy. vote at Nottoway, while Sec
rotary Ben owen votes in Swans
boro. Chesterfield county.
Judge r. r. Prentis, chairman of
the State corporation commission, Is
a citizen of Suffolk. Commissioner F.
Rhea votes in Bristol. and Commits
sioner j. Richard wlngiieid In Abe
marie county. Clerk X. r. Wilson
and Secretary OF the Commonwealth
b. o. James. Chief Clerk J. NJ. Hayes.
Jr.. Public Printer Davis Bottom.
G. Williams, Highway Commissioner
p. ST. julien Wilson. Clerk II. Stew
art Jones. Of the Supreme court, or
Labor Commissioner James Is. Do
herty, vote in Richmond.
John w. Williams, clerk of the
house of delegates. votes In Giles
county; Insurance Commissioners
Joseph Button In Appomattox, Deputy
Insurance Commissioner j. n. Brena-
man In Shenandoah, Superintendent
Of Public instruction =. -. Eggfcstoi.
Jr., in Prince Edward. Secretary r.
c. Stearnes of the State board of
education, in Roanoke county. State
Treasurer Asher w. Hartman in Rock
bridge, Auditor OF Public Accounts
c. Lee Moore in Alexandria. Chief
Clerk to the Auditor e. l.. c Scott
In Hanover, Second Auditor Roosevelt
Page in Hanover. Dairy and Food
Commissioner w. ID. Saunders ia
Franklin. Deputy Commissioner b. l.
Purcell in Henrico. Acknowledgement
w. w Sale in Norfolk, Attorney-Gen-
eral Samuel w. Williams In Wyfhe.
Assistant Attorney General r.. Il. Da-
Wis In Petersburg. and State Librarian
Fl. r. Mc1lwaine In Prince Edward.
and Long Tom" Haynes, the Capitol
policeman, IN Dickinson.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-04
Maudlin Sentimentality.

Editor The VIrglnian:
Sir,--I cannot refrain from writing to thank
you for your strong and timely editorial on
the Carroll county crime. If such crimes as
that are to be condoned through a sense of
maudn sentimentalfty Virginia is hardly a safe
place for law-abiding people. confess that
l am amazed that any considerable portion
OF the good people Of Richmond should give
countenance to an effort to save these out
laws from the just punishment of their re-
voting crime.
ANDREW BROADDuS
Sparta Va.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-04

Gambling In New York.
Gambling in this city must surely be
at a low ebb II Wilson campaign but
tons have been stolen wholesale for
use as cash in craps.--New York Tri-
bune.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-04

QUESTIONS.
L. What is the weight Of the capital stock OF
the American National Bank in silver dollars7
O. If the capital in silver dollars was piled one
upon another, what would be the height Of the
pile.
g. If this same amount was stacked in piles
the height Of our building, how many piles
would there be?
a. If this mercy was placed edge to edge in
ii straight line, how far would it reach?
5. How many square yards would it cover if
placed edge to edge on fiat surface3
g. What is the meaning Of the words Cap
ital stock?"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-04
the trimmer is hard. as Mr.. slemp is finding

cut
If he lose. he will have lost because he
stood for nothing save his own desire to re-
turn to congress
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-04
The Silver Dollar Contest
Everybody Who Can Figure Has Chance

the vedol the dollar which will
the successful American National Bank SILVER
LAR CONTEST ending Tuesday November II, 1912
sending will
The
will be awarded the co.
the American National Bank Following this
be dollar initial deposit the American
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-04

RULES.
All answers must be addressed to the Contest
Dept, american National Bank, Richmond, Va
Answers must be mailed before noon on
Tuesday, Nov. IL, 1912.
Write on one side OF sheet only.
Names and addresses must be plainly written
with pen and ink.
Give name Of newspaper.
INFORMATION.
$1,000 weighs go lbs.
The height Of the American National Bank
building Is l60 feet
There are Ga silver dollars In square foot.
Fifty silver dollars measure five and one
eighth inches in height.
Eight silver dollars equals lineal foot
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-05
SCARLET FEVER
 EPIDEMIC ABOUT
 REACHED ITS END

Prompt work on. the part of Health Officer Mcclellan and the school au- thorities in the northern section of East Bridgeport seems to have stamp ed out the epidemic of scarlet fever among the children in that vicinity, the last case being reported on April 1. Since then no new cases have de- veloped.
 Promptly on the appearance of the epidemic, which began about the mid dle of March, the school and health authorities began a system of isola- tion and fumigation that resulted in checking the disease before it assum- ed formidable proportions. About a dozen cases, all told, were reported. Mrs. A. M. Williams, 29 Mulberry St., Hartford, Conn.,, says, 'I have been using Foley Kidney. Pills for sometime and I have found that they act quickly and give relief more promptly than any medicine I have ever taken and I cannot recommend them too highly" l.. F. Curtis.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-05
POLICE TO WATCH FOR
 JOY RIDING CHAUFFEURS.

On the police bulletin board today Superintendent Birmingham posted a bulletin from the Automobile club of Bridgeport, concerning the question of joy riding chauffeurs. The attention of the patrolmen has been called to the matter.
 The safety committee of the auto- mobile club requests that patrolmen who see automobiles driven by chauf- feurs under circumstances indicative of ''joy riding,' will report the mat ter to the Safety committee, of which Attorney Sanford Stoddard is chair man. The committee in turn will take up the matter with the owner of tie car in question, and if necessary, with Secretary of State Matthew Rogers
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-05
HOW I ARRANGE MY HOUSE.
 WORK TO MAKE TT EASY

On MOnody l nave d WOIuaH come III to help me. I pay her $1.50 and ten cents for carfare. and she stays from eight to six. She does the washing in the morning and in the afternoon I have her do different things. She always scrubs the kitchen floor and back hall, and sweeps the rugs in the front hall as they are walked over so much Then some days she washes windows or sweeps all the rugs and every once in a white she takes one room week and cleans 1t thorough ly with my assistance.
 Therefore, I have no old-fashioned spring cleaning" I always take my the morning on Monday in order to help my woman in the afternoon. l never go to bed without picking up the papers, etc., in the living room and arranging the chairs, so that it does not look so hopelessly untidy in the morning.
 I am usually through my daily work in the kitchen (waslling dishes, sweep ing the floors and putting away the things I have used to prepare break fast) by 9:30 Then I make my bed and the baby's crib (which have been airing in the meantime) and go over the floors with a dry mop and dust the rooms that need it. I am fin ished by moon, then I have a light lunch for myself, as hubby is not home at noon, and feed the baby. Then I dress and take him out. try to go out around noon, as the sun is lovely then for baby. I come in about 2:30, the time I am out varying according to the weather.
 Then I iron on Tuesday and do my darning, mending and sewing on Wednesday. Thursday and Friday set aside for cleaning. There is aI- ways so much to be donei Silver, mirrors, china closet, etc., etc. I al- ways thoroughly clean my bathroom on Friday, using disinfectant
 On Saturday afternoon I do my baking.-(''Ed's Wife, in Boston Globe.)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-05
FELL FROM HAY LOFT.
 KICKED BY HORSES.

Michael McCor mick, an elderly man employed at Clampett's Bulls Head stables, fell from the hayloft about 2 o'clock this morning and was kicked by the horses. sustaining a nasty scalp wound. The ambulance corps removed him to St. Vincent's hos pital.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-05
MAN CLAIMS
 HE WAS ROBBED OF S13O

Arrested for intoxication this fore noon, James Bailey, of Newtown claims to have been robbed of $13c since yesterday. Bailey says that he drew the money out of a local saving bank and that someone took advan- taee of his intoxicated condition an. robbed him
 Robert Nevin and John Reilly, als1 trunk, were arrested with Bailey.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-05

Many new amendments to the con- stitution of the Athletic association are now under consideration. Wheth- CT these are passed or not, copies of the constitution ought to be printed and distributed among the students, for at the present time only two or three of the officers of the associa- tion know anything at all about the constitution.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-05
PERSONAL MENTION.

MT. and Mrs. J. H. Greenwood and daughters, Ethel and Ruth, who have been in Florida since the middle of December, returned to their home in this city, yesterday. They visited Jacksonville, Tampa, St. Augustine, and other Florida cities.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-05
Students Of B. H. $.
 And Their Doings

During the Easter vacation Stuart Hamilton, Henry Irwin, Howard Lee. William Coulter and Joseph Howard are to go on a camping and trout fishing trip through the state. They expect to have quite a few adven. lures and will certainly make it un- pleasant for any wild beasts that cross their path.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-05

McKeesport, Pa. April 5-Train No. 47 on the Baltimore & Ohio left the track near Robbins Station, due to spreading of the rails. yesterday. Engineer and fireman both jumped. The engine was wrecked.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-05

At the last meeting of the after noon baseball team, Peter Hanbury was elected captain. The team will play the "Cardinals'' tomorrow after noon at the M A. c. lot.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-05

didn't care to study Geography dur ing the vacation. Unanimously they voted to do no studying at all dur ing their Easter recess.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-05

The members of the B. H. S. bas- ketball team are soon to have a group picture taken A half tone cut of this will appear in the next Criterion.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-05

Conditions for the contest to attain a position on the business board of the Criterion are now being drawn up by business manager. This contest will most likely be started right af> ter the Easter vacation.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-05

Frank Hinderer, president of the Junior Commercial class will give a buck and wing dance. At the social which the members of the class are to have shortly
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-05

learned this week, how to bake corn. corn meal and plain mullins. These are not "the kind that mother used to make'' Afterwards the girls ac- tually eat and enjoy them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-05

For whispering in the afternoon the students are sent up to the office in the morning at the rate of one hour for every whisper. Some may be found studying in the office every morning. Thus, wisdom is thrust on them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-05

The students of the Senior Arith- netic class were asked whether they
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-05

There was an unusually large num- her of visitors at the school yester- lay. A few of those present were Helen Havens '11. Helen Stagg 10, Twin Graethor '09, Andrew Hunting.
 )n 09, Kenneth Keefer 'O9, George Hughes 'O9, David Huntington ex II, saac Schine Il, and Earl Fenelon I'll.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-21

outlying roads were, as a consequence,
plunged into cimmerian darkness.
1t may be all right to give to the
casual visitor the feeling that WASH
ington is welllighted city, and it
may be equally proper to illuminate the
fashionable and wealthy section of the
|city. We do not believe, however, that
this ought to be done. as it has been
done, at the expense of safety and
convenience in other sections. There
is no reason why the suburban roads
should be made dark. There is no
reason why discrimination should be
|practiced.
We feiicitate the people in the Piney
Branch Road section upon their sue
cess in securing Congressional legis-
lation. We also hope that the policy
of the District Commissioners, having
thus been rebuked, they will lose no
time in restoring the lights to the now
darkened roads and thus treat the small
taxpayers with proper consideration.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-21
SENATE SELECTS
NEXT SATURDAY
Preparing a Resolution to Adjourn
Sine Die-Another Veto
Coming.

Leaders of the Senate are preparing
a resolution which will provide for a
sine die adjournment next Saturday af-
ternoon. The action of the Senate Com
mittee on Interoceanic Canals yesterday
in declining by a vote Of ayes to s noes
to take any action upon resolution sug-
gested in President Tafts message con-
ferring upon the United States Court s
Jurisdiction to determine whether the
proposed legislation is a violation Of the
Hay-Pauncefote treaty practically ends
all further canal legislation at this ses-
sion.
1t is expected that President Taft will
sign the canal bill passed by both
houses several days ago and now at the
White House. notwithstanding the fail
ure of the Senate and House to act
upon his suggestion. Another important
matter which will be settled within the
next two or three days is the veto of
the legislative bill.
President Taft will send a message
to Congress to-day vetoing the legisla-
tive bill because Of the provision abol-
ishins the Commerce Court The bill
will probably be repassed in the House
over the veto, but 1t is not expected
that sufficient number of votes can
be obtained in the Senate to override
the veto. The only other Legislative
business remaining to be disposed of is
the completion Of the Indian, post office,
army, sundry civil. and general def.
cheney appropriation bills.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-21
PUBLIC SENTIMENT
AGAINST HANGING
Many Advocate Clause in Verdicts
Fixing the Penalty for First
Degree Murder.

Public sentiment Of the District is ex-
peded TO urge strongly upon Congress
the enactment of the bill reported favor
ably by the Senate District Committee yes
terday providing that electrocution shall
be substituted for hanging.
This provision, which was attached &c
the bill by Senator Sutherland. to permit
juries in murder cases TO qualify their ver-
diets Of first degree murder with the
clause without capital punishment" is
understoond to have many ardent advo-
Gates among Senators outside the District
Committee.
Recent cases wherein defendants have
been convicted of first-degree murder and
sentenced TO be hanged have aroused
feelings OF increased horror as days of
execution drew nearer. The agitation
over the case OF Matte Lomax. a colored
woman. who was in the shadow OF the
gallows for months. served to create SEN
timent against hanging as a form or
punishment
1t is doubted II the Senate will act on
the Sutherland bill before the December
session, but the people OF the District are
expected TO make an extended campaign
for II.
Yesterdays meeting OF the Senate Dis
trict Committee is its last before the re-
convening Of Congress in December
The Washington herald., 1912-08-21
Lighting County. Roads.

Congress has been compelled to take
the time and trouble necessary to pass
a special law in order to secure the
proper lighting of Piney Branch Road
A count taken of the traffic on this
road showed it to be much-used thor
oughfare. According to a statement
made by Senator Pomerene, the road
has been lighted for more than thirty
years, but suddenly, he added, the lights
were taken of.
We are afraid that the sensible leg
islation which Congress has enacted in
this case will lead the users of other
dark and dangerous thoroughfares in
the suburbs to seek similar relief.
There was time when the county
roads were lighted, not brilliantly or
extravagantly, but sufficiently to insure
safety. 1t seemed to the District Com
missioners, however, that this was Civ
ing the suburban taxpayers entirely too
much for their money. A policy was
adopted of placing expensive lights
upon certain favored streets in the
Northwest section of the city while the
The Washington herald., 1912-08-21
The War Game.

When the last maneuvers were held
in the New England States one of the
most apparent weaknesses of the militia
of all the States represented was that
of improper footwear, though the SOL
dier boys of the District even then were
superior in this equipment than their
fellows up north, The greater proper
ton of the men invalided in actuality,
not from theoretical wounds or fatali-
ties, was because they went into the ma
neuvers with shoes unfit for heavy
marching service.
But in the war game of last week in
Connecticut between the invaders and
defenders of the important city of New
York there was a marked betterment of
conditions, for a good many of the
citizen soldiers had supplied themselves
with the comfortable and durable
marching shoes adopted by the War
Department.
In. matters of transporting supplies,
however, things were not what they
should be in a well-regulated army
on, the march. Lack of skill in han
ding transport wagons and driving
teams brought about most of the hard
ships Of the campaign. 1t may NOT be
easy to, map out a plan to teach mill.
tiamen the proper methods of entrain-
ing and of detraining wagons and
draft animals. But the proper way
of loading and unloading a vehicle is
one easily taught, since most of our
militia now have army transport
wagons as part of their equipment
Driving and the care of draft ami
mails should be a part of the militia
mans education.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-21
Foolish Objections.

The working OF the Congressional
mind passes human understanding
Perhaps it is because the mental caliber
of the average Congressman is so fal
beyond that of the ordinary man tina,
the latter cannot attain its dizzy height
In the House last Monday several
measures came up for consideration
Two of them possessed considerable
merit. One was for the appointment OF
a commission to study the high cost
OF living from an international. stand
point and another authorized the ap.
propriate committee to investigate and
report upon methods TO insure the
safety of the inmates of the Government
Hospital for the Insane from danger by
FIRE Objection was made by a mem
Der OF the House to each of these
measures. No explanation was offered
or reason given. The solitary objec-
ton was, however, sufficient to strike
the bills from the calendar.
1t seems to afford especial delight to
one or two members to block all leg
islation. no matter how necessary or
meritorious. with their objections. This
may be craftsmanship with. large S.
but to the common. everyday man, it
seems perfectly absurd.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-21
The Girl in a Trance.

The. story which comes from Mis-
souri, concerning the girl, who, while
in state of trance, sees and de-
scribes events which are occurring far
beyond the range of physical vision, is
by no means novel. Scores, if not hun
dreds, of similar experiences have
been hitherto recorded with authenti-
Gated details
1t is one thing, however, to relate
facts and quite another thing to pene-
trate the mystery which surrounds
them. Claivoyance or second sight is
claimed by many people. Its effects
are well known, its cause is largely
veiled in secrecy As a matter of fact,
we are only beginning to accept psy-
chology as serious study. Dreams,
mental telepathy, and dual personalities
are all common occurrences, which offer
an inviting field for Investigation, but
as they do not concern the material
side of the world the inquiry into their
nature is spasmodic and restricted.
If half the time which has been spent in
laboratories to discover things of re-
munerative value had been devoted to
solving mental phenomena we would
not now be still on the threshold Of
the occult world.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-21
CRAVE CHARGES
MADE AGAINST
The ASSESSORS
Continued from Page One.

'or otherwise established instructions In
the assessors Office for assessing land
values. although a matter OF modern mu-
nicipal practice.
That there are no written. printed.
or otherwise established instructions,
Ia bles. or standards for determining con-
struction cost or the deterioration of
building values. which are also OF modern
practice.
That while there Is much pretense
OF getting and keeping ready for access
important data for use in determining
values. those which your committee
found were generally unauthenticated,
unrelated. and chaotic.
That practically all your committees
diligent search has revealed for the
guidance OF the assessor and the as
sistant assessors in arriving at values is
the assessorial naked Judgment
That the assessor has failed to adduce
testimony under oath as an aid to proper
assessments. His plea OF insufficient
power is contradicted by the facts. Any
power the assessor may appear to lack.
under a narrow construction of the law.
is supplied by the authority of the Com
missioners under the act of July l. 1902.
the assessor by Executive order"
The report is signed by Representatives
johnson, chairman; George. Oldfeli.
Redfeld, Lobeck. Sulloway. and Dyer.
Berger, a member OF the
committee, has been absent from the
city and did not sign the report