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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-24
SQUADRON IS IN
HAMPTON ROADS
AFTER coALiNG FIGHTING YES
sells WILL GO DIRECT TO
TANGiERS SOUND.

NEWPORT NEWS. VA, August
Riding gracefully at anchor III
Hampton Roads. ten Of the best ships
in Uncle Sans navy are .lking on
coal ard provisions preparatory to
sailing to Tangiers Sound where they
VIII participate III big gun shooting,
with a military mast as the target.
Tile mast witt be erected on he
sunken hulk Of the old pAtE,eshtp
san Marcos. formerly the Texas.
which, already riddied with shells
from stem to stern. Ia nothing mora
than a pile Of junk.
The ships nov in the Roads arc the
Florida. Delaware, Utah. Alabama.
New Jersey. Rhode Island, Mis-
souri,. Ohio and cuigoa. The Massa-
chusetts with the football team from
Annapolis on board Went IN the bay
yesterday Ia take the gridiron stars
back 10 the Naval academy.
Tile hattleship Utah is Ha&5nia ~
the feet now in the Roads. R>t'
Admiral 0sterhaus. commanding ns
entire Atlantic fleet, with his staff
has quarters on the Utah and all or
ders fer other ships In the Roads ars
distributed from this big sea fighter.
The Utah had trouble with aaf Wire~
Jess apparatus yesterday and Nas
unable TO communicate with otller
ship by that means The Delaware
was used as the distributing ship
and she flashed orders from the
commander to all vessels III The deet.
Several of the ships are now TAX
ing on coal. ammunition ami provi-
sions They will probably ssail for
Tangiers on Monday, 1t is expected
that several thousand sailors will he
given shore liberty here Saturda5- and
sunday
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-24
Duke on Canal.

In shipioad of prominent Americans. titled
English folks and British pariiamentarians who
arrived yesterday the one passenger to whom
lalf-Americans and Britishers alike--patd ho~
mage was the fair Lady Rosemary Leveson-
Cover, the young daughter of the Duke and
Duchess Of Sutherland.
Lady Rosemary does everything that re-
cures an abundance OF energy. and as soon as
she LETT the pier she made straight for the bali
grounds 10 sea the national game OF the United
States
ah@ has spent many afternoon at Lord 8
watching her friends play cricket, but she de-
SiaF"d . seat with the fans what she
Waited most With her went Sir Philip Sas-
s""A' who Is tWentythree years old, the young
est hemptT of the British Parliament and is
ga - t. be worth S15.000.o0
" I'm aer parents and her brother Lord Allis-
TAR tower, Lady Rosemary will remain here
TWO nays and then go to Alberta. Canada, where
tAe Duke has extensive farm lands Although
Eet 'ac&shtp IS a suTragette. a socioogist and
many ether things. she would talk OF nothing
yesterday but the ball game
wren the Duke of Sutherland was in New
n1Fk feW months ago he said that Governor
".I7'n was the Kind OF that Should be
Nominated Tor tho presidency, Yesterday he
sac, ! nope the best will win
. tktBaf041R the Panama canal bill about which
thefe mas been much harsh criticism In Enx-
lara. tho puks. said: 80 N~"e
I" my mind the bill you have sent thronph
congress IN regard to the canal does n6f MEAN a
violation Of the Hay Pauncefote treaty rbn
canal Is great achievement by your marion
ana you should reap some benefit from IL =
New York Sun. "
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-24
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Especial to The Richmond Nirginial.}
LEXINGTON. VA. August "a
Miss Anna Price Firebaugh. daugh-
ter az MIR. and Mrs. Robert u. Fire
baugh, of near Rockbridge Baths, was
married yesterday afternoon To Mr..
Ahner Fitzpatrick Hopkins, OF Harri-
sonburg. The ceremony took place
in Bethesda Presbyterian church, Or.
Emmett w McCorkle. the brides pas
tor. officiating. Mrs. James Nj. Copper
PLAYED the wedding march.
The bride was given In marriage
by her brother, Mr.. J. Greenlee Fire
baugh. She wore crepe meteor over
MESA line, with veil caught up with
arn npe blossoms. Her sister. Miss
Eleanor Jane Firebaugh. was maid OF
honor. and wore embroidered net over
white messaline, and carried pink car
nations. Miss Elizabeth Hopkins, Of
Mt, Clinton, and Miss Evelyn Davis.
OF RoekbridRe Baths, were the other
They wore white lingerie
with pink sashes. DR.. T. O. Fire
baugh, of Harrisonburg. was best
man.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-24
House Party on the James


One Of the most attractive house
parties OF the season. given bv Miss
Rosa Warburton at her beautiful
country home st George" on the
James, has just come to an end
The chief attractions were swim-
ming. launching. rowing and crab
bing and the "oId James" was a
pleasing sight from early morn till
late at night with the merry young
people INDUCING in the different
sports.
The Rosa Warburton," the hand
some launch Of Miss Warburton, was
at the disposal of the guests and many
enjoyable trips were made up and
down the James TO the historic places.
afips Warburton made most
gracious and charming hostess and
those fortunate enough to enjoy her
kind hospitality were: Misses Flor
ence Hunter. of Ruther Glen; Clara
'Segar. of Spotsylvania; Kitty and
Josephine Winston, of Hanover; Byrd
Dunn OF Essex, virginia. Madeline
and Evelyn Warburton. of Lightfoot;
Anna Harris. Mary Ware Gait. Pearie
Jones. Cora f. Dana. Armistead. Grace
Bozareth. Rose Emory and Miss Stev-
enson, OF Wfiiia msburg. and DR.. Susan
Price. Of West Virginia; MessrH. Nor
ris Hunter, IF Ricamond. Edmund
Cawles and George Clopton, Of Toano.
James F'arthing. Barton Jensen. Will
liam Pettitt. - Norge. Robert War
burton. of Liehtfoot Ensign l.. l..
Hunter of United states navy VII
liam Hunter. of White sulphur: Dr.
Brun.back. DIR. Humes. Thad Hall,
William Watts Frank Armistead,
"n~rv Armistead, Champion Arm
istead, John Warburton. Ware War
burton. and Major f. w Warburton,
of Williamsburg; Miss Lefty Warbur-
ton. Miss Warburton's aunt chaperon-
ed the party and added much to the
pleasure to the young people.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-24
FARMER ATTACKS
YOUNG MINISTER

Especial 10 The Richmond N.rginitn.
RALEIGH. \. G.. August 2 i
Bryant Harrison. a former county
commissioner and prominent man ot
this county. today assaulted q Waks
Forest ministerial student Rev. G K
Sorrell. and cut the latter with q
pocket knife severely. The trouble
occurred in Marks Greek township
and was the result of bad feeling
aroused because Sorrell assisted this
daughter OF Harrison to ciop,ss ana
marry man. Bennett Wall, to whom
the father objected
In Raleigh this evening a magis-
trate heard the case and bound Har~
'rison to Superior court in the sum
of 800
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-24

The Democratic national committee ought 10
have the Democratic national platform Of 1912
printed in raised letters for the blind pork
butchers of the house. For example, this pas
sage of the Baltimore creed:
The party that proclaimed and has always
enforced the Monroe Doctrine, and spon-
sor for the new navy, viii continue faithfully
to observe the constitutional requirements TO
provide and maintain adequate and well
prop0rtioned navy sufficient to defend Amert-
can policies protect our citizens and uphold
the honor and dignity Of the nation"
On Tuesday forty-nine Lxmocrats voted
against the conference report the naval ap-
preparations bin; forty-nne Democrats kicked
against the construction Of even one battle
ship.
More long promise and short performance;
millions for pork" and not cent 10 up
hold the honor and dignity of the nation.
Forty~nine Democrats that will do their
party and their country all the good in their
power by being left at home next fall~-New
York Sun.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-24
THREE. MIN OF LETTERS.

thoughtful person points ont that Woodrow
s. son, Theodore Roosevelt and William How
trd Taft are each distinguished men Of letters
Eseh has been decorated with an LID. bg
Servant ano admiring universities Each Us
scholar in politics aud they represent tae
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-24

Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
WARSAW. VA. August 2S.-~The
dwelling house OF T. w. Jet. near
Rexsville. was burned late last night.
about 10 O'Clock. A portion of the
furniture was saved. The loss is
about $4,000. with about $500 insur-
ance.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-24
..she Has Kept the Red Cross Pure"


Miss Mabel I. Boardman, of Connecticut
stand that is refreshing for public morals. She
was chosen for the advisory board OF the Re
publican national committee. She declined to
serve. While she believes In President Taft
ana hops for his reelection, and a private
citizen would do all that she to bring that
about, she very cogenty says "no whose
name has been associated with any great nom
pohtical ~erk or organization has "A right to
permit the OF his her name in public
where such use fail to carry with II
more or less of the influence of the work or
organization with which he she may have
been publicly associated" The Immediate APP.
plicaton of Miss Boardman's statement she
makes herself as bearing on the conduct of
Jane Adams in becoming a conspicuous Off
cfal OF the third-term party. 1t is right and
proper that the application SHOULD be made
Jane Adams Is known and respected for her
great work at Hull House. II she Jane
Jones II would be of moment what she did
politically. But 1t is because she is Jane Ad-
dams OF Hull House fame that she is desired
by the Roosevelt party just as 1t because
Miss Boardman was prominent Red Cross
worker that she was desired by the Republi~
cans. Miss Boardman has elevated herself
greatly in public respect and spoken a much
needed word. Jane Adams of Huh House
will be less of HUH House in the future for
what she has done and is doing III partisan
politics All there is Of her is her Hull House
record She can not transfer the halo and
benetcence of II To the third term prepagan-
da. She has, 10 use the old phrase. thrown
herself away without sufficient cause" Worh
and duty limit the worker. 1t is with a
Hun House or the Red Cross and in thou
sand other relations In life, which scrupulous
regard and fine instinct must preserve immac-
uIate. Miss Boardman deserves a distinct
recognition for her high act. She mas kept
the Red Cross purS.-Indianapoli News.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-24
Shortage in Cr.nn Of stalc.

Tile Norfolk Ledger Dispatch sees q shortage
in the crop of States, If the estimates ef the
political managers punched 1t says: There
arc evidently not enough states to satisfy the
political managers HiIles claims "a. Boose-
Welt 81 and Wilson IS that makes lo3 sb9r
tage Of So States.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-24

10 sober the careless II is plain that vigof-
Gus campaign of education is needed when
ever an outbreak In threatened. BY clever de-
tective work IL Is often possible quicker to run
down ana destroy the source of the injection,
aud in the meantime the strongest possible
EFFORTS should be made to persuade the whole
population to submit to the slight Inconvenience"
necessary for protection. The difficulty usual
ly is that large number are infected before
the seriousness of the IL generally real
i2ed.-Springtield Republican.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-24
With the State Press


Taft and Roosevelt want election again TO
correct their sing Of commission and omts-
sion, says the Gordonsville Gazette T. repeat
them, rather, If there be any truth In the plat
forms Of their respective parties
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-24

II Wilson we're the possessor of few mid
lion dollars and had passed the third degree in
shrcWd political campaigns. he would measure
up to Shermans standards. Being q distln-
guished scholar, Il brilliant writer. useful c.ti
2en, a man of the people, and thinker and
worker, ne Is for sooth pedagogue.- Roanoke
World.
For being former college president, Sner-
~aan attempts to ridicule Governor Wilson.
affecting to despise him. For being future
president Of the United States he hates him
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-24

The dispensary liz doing its work 1t is bad
work. II would he we'll to check it much as
possible, 1t viii be great day for Bedford
when do not have the sale Of liquor licensed
and properly enforce the laws against the Illegal
sale Of it. Good men want that day to come
and good morals demand H. We say let it come
ami come Quickly.-Bedford Democrats.
Another compromise tried and proven q fail
ure Its the story everywhere community
goes into the liquor business.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-14

One elephant, Bunda, was leading,
the officers beast being second at the
time, when a large portion of earth
over which he was passing suddenly
gave way and with a below of fright
the unlucky Bunda slid down some
yards and then rolled ovcr and yer
five distinct times down the steep grass
hill and stopped short just by deep
ravine at the bottom.
1t was a wonderful sight to see an
elephant toes up. making such a roll.
The mahmout saved himself by jump
ing off When the earth slipped and
clinging to the grass. The officer
sprang from his elephant instantly.
As Bunda made no sound when he
got to the bottom the officer feared
that he must be killed. There was a
great smashing of pots and pans dur
ing his roll for Bunda carried the
native doctors effects. among which
We're his livestock, consisting of eight
ducks.
Looking down the long line of
grass the officer was relieved to see
Bunda getting to his feet; his gear was
left half way, the girtll ropes having
broken. His mahout. like many ma
tives when suddenly confronted by
danger or difficulty, had quite lost his
senses and now commenced to beat
his breast and eXclaim that his ele-
plant was dead. The officer pushed
him aside, sending him flying down
the slippery lane after his elephant
which he nearly reached before he
stopped. The officer followed, hold
ing on by the grass and the two men
tried to soothe the unhappy beast.
After some difficulty Bunda was got on
the path again and the party pro-
coded.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-14

What finally became Of the White
Gaps who used to spend their even
lngs reducing the rural population?
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-14
ELEPHANTS THRILLING ROLL

h spectacle of an elephant roll
ing down a prccipice head ovcr heels
be Il rare and exciting scene
Such a sight came within the eXpcr-
fence of a British officer in India
charged with the conduct of an es-
tablishment which included the cap
ture and care of elephants.
officer and a large body of ma
tive servants were taking a herd of
they came to the foot of a steep as
cent in which was a. pass where they
could go only in single file and which
took much time to get over.
h officer say that they should be
Kept for hours if this We're the only
way UP but he felt sure that the OPP
postte side of the spur around which
the "nullah" wound must be at least
as easy as this: SO leaving his chief
assistant and half the following to
get up by the first route. he took all
along the "nullah" and around the
spur where they put the elephants at
the steep ascent, the unloadcd ones
taking the lead and breaking down
the bamboos and the long grass. Aft
err a tedious climb under the hot sun
the party reached a level saddle on
the top at 12 o'clock. At the same
time the chief assistant brought up
the last of his detachment.
The men now preceded the officer
along the narrow saddle, while the
elephants rested to cool and feed aft
er their climb and the officer and his
men followed in an hour. The sad
die was exceedingly narrow and OBJ
structed with ba1nboos and grass. A
mishap occurred in the worst part of
the way, which, fortunately was not
as serious as it might have been.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-14

1t must occur to a baby occasionally
that people are too dad-blamed ar
fectionate..
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-14
. = . I
WEE LOBSTERS BALK \ SHIP !
Chief Officer of Carcas Says Liner
Grounded on Floating Island.
. 4 . 4 . =
New York Timcs.l

N<>t" AoAN iaAiASS.J
When the New York and soutl,
steamship Charcas arrived at Temp
kinsville Wednesday from Coronel
with a cargo of iron ore and nitrate
of silver, Chief Officer Whitan and
Chief Engineer Wilson had a Won
drous yarn to spin of how the ship
was held up at intervals for three
days by myriads of tiny Holsters off
the west coast of Patagonia.
According to the chief officer. the
Charcas left Coronel on December 10,
and OH the 23rd, nearing the Straits
of Magellan. she ran into what ap-
peared to be a floating island of tiny
Holsters. They were so thick that the
Charcas had to force her way through
the c%rustaccous mass for three days
and nights, making Il peculi-: graf
ing noise which disturbed the engi-
neers in their slumbcr.
Four hours after the steamship
struck the lobster shoal the chief en-
gineer discovered that the condenser
pump would not work, SO he had the
pipe u%nshipped to see what the trou-
BILE was. The pipe was clogged up
with the small Holsters. He cleared
it and then the pump worked for an
other five hours. and had to be clean
ed out again. This continued at in
tervals for the entire time the Char
cas- was among the shoal.
Chief Officer Whitan said he did not
have n specimens of the small lob
sters to show. but he pointed out
places along the side OF the steamship
where the lilliputian ~crustaceans had
eaten off the paint in their anger at
being pushed out Of the way. Thomas
Crossley. the captain. went to the Of
flee of William r. Grace Sons, the
agents, and related the marvellous
story.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-14
A PROTEST.

The national Roosevelt conference
at Chicago made one declaration that
deserves especial notice. even among
the many good things that We're done.
Among the statements issued as a
sort of declaration Of principles was
one which reads:
I'VE protest against the use of or
ganized political machinery, based on
patronage. to deprive the people of
their real choice"
That declaration showed both the
sophistry of the Taft argument
against the nomination of Roosevelt
because of the alleged third term,
and the power the president. has and
is using to force his candidacy on the
party. The former view has been
thoroughly discussed in this column
and 1t only needs to be repeated that
there 10 a vast difference between
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-14
wH0THER ARE we TRAVELLING
WE ARE 4OOOOoOOO MILES AWAY FROM THE SPOT WE orcr.
PIED LAST YEAR.

The feeling that We get back every
veal to the precise point in space that
We occupied a ear before is very
comforting to some people. We like
TO think that IL planet is jogging
cozily round and round in ii prescrib-
ed orbit instead of shooting off into
the depths Of unexplored space like
ONE crazy comet. AS a matter of
fact, however. We do not get back at
all. The point In space occupied by
our earth on January 1. 1912, is dis
tait by about 0.O0O, 900 miles from
the place where it was on January I.
1911. and a year hence 1t will he as
far away again, in the same direction.
The sun is making as wild an cxcur-
sion into the spatcial wilderness as the
most lunatic comet could contrive.
Wilder. indeed; for the comet sooner
or later returns. whereas there is no
evidence that the sun. with his at
tendant spheres. is moving otherwise
than in the st%raightest Of straight
lines. Prof. John Candee Dean tells
US some of the things that are known
about this solar motion. First sus-
pected by the great astronomer Her.
schei. 1t was demonstrated 70 years
ago by the Russian Strive that this
movement carries the sun and its sys-
tenn through space with in%conceivable
velocity in the direction of the con-
stellation Hercules. Later Nader, Of
Dorpat, announced that the u was
moving aroun a central orb, in a PEE
Rod Of $4,000. 900 years. but modern
astronomers find no evidence that the
sun il deviating from a straight line.
Among authorities there has been
considerable range as to the exact
point toward which the sun is flying,
but it will be found that they nearly
all agree that the general direction is
toward the constellation of Hercules,
near the point first assigned by Her.
schel and Strive. We read:
1T has been found that the sun 10
moving toward its apex with q velo-
city OF about twelve miles a second.
To realize what this means, consider
that muzzle velocity Of a shot from a
large modern cannon is only 1900 feet
per second, while the sun moves with
a speed Of $4,000 feet per second, or
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-14
IMPLEMENTS AND DEALERS.

WEDNESDAY. FEB. IA, 1912.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-14

a candidate having served two terms
AS president and in the eight years
having built up "a machine that in
clude Il worker in every village and
hamlet in the country. and tho tenl
or thousands of able men who hold
Tho various other federal offices. and
VIII" seeks to force Il further contin-
uation of himself in office by the use
Of this machinery and one who, hav-
ing been a private citizen for four
years and with no more patronage
II a any other citizen, becomes
n candidate because the people de-
mand him. Such, in a word, is the
difference between President Taft's
view and the situation of Colonel
Roosevelt. IT was tho third on
%secutiNo term against which Washing-
ton and Tho other founders of the
republic protested, not against the
election of a former president who
mad become a private citizen and it
MAS the danG"r of making II dictator
ship by means of the public patronage
hat they feared.
There has hcon hut ono recent case
-'hat NJ Rcnianiin UarriSon-in
which the president has set mp his
personal ambition against the bcs,
interests and tho good judgment OF
ms party. and cNcn president Harri-
son made" no such use of public pat
ronagc nor no such campaign as the
present incumbent in the office is
making. We believe his is the first
instance in which an Incumbent has
forced his campaign. certainly the
IIGt inst fl...a ~, ,.l;,l, ~ IT, ~
forced over such a nation-wide and
vigorous protest rs thai is now being
made against Taft.
II Is argued that a refusal to re-
nominate Taft will be an admission
OF the failure of a Republican adj
ministration and will furnish the
Democrats with arguments in the
campaign. 1t is certainly an evidence
OF the strength Of the party when it
declines to accept as its leader n
VINO has failed to measure up to the
hlsh demands the party requires of
one whom 1t honors with its highest
sitt. such a course would certainly
prove that the Republican party will
accept from It's servants nothing hut
the fulfllment Of its great obligations.
is there any weakness In saving to
ono who has been the beneficiary of
the party's trust:
The party believed you Were lust
the man 1t needed to meet a great
opportunity and to carry out n great
purpose. You have done better. a
hundred fold than the opposition par
W could have done. but you have not
done enough to he commended by the
party that has been served by Lin
coln n Grant and Garfield and Nc
Nlhley and Roosevelt. The party
II have even better results than
You have given, and while it would
gladly reward You with another term
II Its own existence were not at
stake. but it's principles are above
men and its perpetuity greater than
aders. 1t must tNrn to some one
who can Justify the party's claim up-
on the intelligence and patriotism of
the people and you can not be Justly
aggrieved If it is some one other than
yourself"
No man a expect to retain his
position if he is unable to do his en,-
loyer work. No man has a right
to use his employers agencies to re-
tain himself in place. Yet that is lust
what the president is doing, and it is
what the Roosevelt conference nro.
tests against.