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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-23
Richmond to Expand Again

Federal census figures show that Rioh-
mond il at present the most densely
with the possible exception OF Pater-
son, n. j. In consequence OF this con-
dition. II Is complained. rents ere
excessive ana constitute the caty's one
serious handicap Besides. growth has
been almost entirely in one direction.
and II is hoped that general ex-
tension Of the limits would decrease
this tendency ana thereby relieve
downtown problem now becoming
acute. The street car company on low
er Main Street In regularly almost
swamped at certain hours OF the day
because nearly everybody 10 going in
the same direction. Capitol Square. the
civic centre. radiates only one way
Within recent years Richmond has
twice expanded her limits. but with
extreme conservatism each time. She
IL clearly entitled to larger limits.
They should benefit her IN many ways,
and we hope that she will throw them
out on every side.-Charlotte Observer.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-23

University Law AeA aAA TIE Der IL
To the Editor of The Tsmes-Dispatch:
Str-In view Of the fact that TINS
weeks bar examination may arouse
discussion Of the standings OF the
ing extract from an article In the VIZ
GINA Law Register OF October may be
.in our editorial In the September
issue OF the Law Register. entiusd
The Recent Bar Examination, we TOOK
passed from The Richmond Times
Dispatch. but as It has since been
that those figures were
erroneous and likely to work an IN
Justice to these institutions. We Wtsh
TO rectify the error here Washine-
ton and Lee was NOT 'oiseppo.n's1 a.
yates from that institution failed IN
the case of the University Of Virginia
our statement that q class OF tn!fty
six took the examination ana sweiSe
failed, was likewise erroneous. AZ
exam nation from the University OF
Virginia and only one degree man
failed. and Of tho twenty-one under
graduates who stood the examan4tson
fourteen passed and one OF them heed-
ed the list with . nearly perfect msIE
rraduates from the University Of VII.
Sinia fall, but the whole number o.
failures was only eight, OF whom only
one held q degree At last hnaSs
The comparatively small number OF
University Of virsinia men taxing sns
Termination was due to most OF the
xraduates living outside Of the state.
Nine Of the ten highest marks were
from the University Of virginis
Portsmouth ATrOfNSA.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-23

How many American towns. especial
ly In tho South and West would let
$4,000 people. who might DO annexed
by . very considerable extension o.
city limits. remain on the outside
Richmond has been perhaps the oniS
one, and now the Richmond Chamber
of Commerce has started a movement
for an extension along these lines. II
feels assured that the City Council Is
favorably inclined toward the plan.
which would annex such Immediately
adjacent territory as Swansboro. Wood
land Heights. Montrose Heights. Chest
nut Hill. Highland Park. Barton
Heights and Ginter Park. According
to an estimate made by The Times
Dispatch, Richmond would then have q
total area OF about fifteen square miles.
Of which one would be water. Biz
minRham has forty and Atlanta TWEEN
ty-five. 1t 10 declared that this action
would give Richmond q present popuia-
ton OF about 100000 and . popula,
ton in the 1870 census OF about 2z5.ooo.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-23
sion plan substitutes expert knowisdgs
for bossism.
THE LITTLE MAN WHO WOULD Nm
TALL.

Japanese official now in this coun-
trv asserts that the Sunrise Kingdom
is encouraging large importations and
consumption of American beef In the
hone and expectation that by eatins
meat the natives Of Japan will increase
in stature.
The expectation will be slow OF
realization, if, indeed. II can ever be
realized. The vegetarians will deny
the value of such cure for the lack
of inches. They will counsel the Japs
to stick to their rice and not to wan
der into new dietary fields.
The main interest in this statement
is in the fact that it gives new angle
from which to consider Japanese ambi-
,ions and aspirations. 1t 10 illuminat-
ing as to the Jap's estimate or himself.
He has done many big things in the
world, and demonstrated himself big
in many ways. bu, physically he Is
small man in the eyes OF other peoples,
and they dwell on that phase too much
to suit him. He wishes no longer 10
be called a little man. although ne mas
often been called "a great little man.
Perhaps the Japanese will find me-
thod of making themselves tall put Is
the result desired worth the price!
The task Of raising their average
stature several inches is the most
gigantic that they can undertake. IL
would mean social and ecoHoi"''
Nations might by $40"
process produce bigger men, but ma
tional eugenics is an unborn SCIENCE
Can a nation answer the question or
Him who laid down the law Ioc aii
nations in all ages. Which OF you oF
taking thought can add one cubit unto
his stature?"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-23

Arguing that the Balkan crisis pre-
s.uts Austria Hunga.y's great np-
portunity 10 bind 10 her ,ne allies.
with whom she must live. 70 enhance
her prestige and strengthen her ioru-
ence with the powers. and sUtseFve 10y
own best Interests ir genera. the Lou
don Spectator constructs - symposium
ous Austro-Hunra-!aa statesman aU1
tells Us VIA; h wor!l 10. lie would,
ssys that contemporary. 81 outlining h's
policy. begin by declaring that at
1uz-rta-fIzr gary wa-ro@ fr- r"rs-li
was a commercial arrangs -nent AFFORD
ing her corn-rerce FREQ access =" ~"
Aegean ty 4 railway complete f-nn
rskub 20 her fr"r'!~-. G'vca that D."
would have Ausjria-rurS Permit
eeryIa ana Jo-teroEro % partition
the Sa-sak o. Sovthazsr Hs'Ea. 70
then. MontcB~Ero tak3== rrsssss'"rr
T,so Of S-uta-i ans rre rag'an arr-r1
st. Under this E--a=F- u.rt - vouIf
satisfy Montenegro. since her a-~a
would be dogbIcs, ans - ttc sam
time too grsz- task n ths matter %
setting ard pacIfyiag A. unrgly pofH'
Ia-ion would not re inposed upon nor
Jrde- tr~ arrangement also. TIE ST"o
tator explains Ssrvia would not sch
-he sss o. TIC Asria:ic, bit At SaJonica
As for Greece. TIE program wor!e -
Sor Der GO have ire Aegean rsian1'
end extension Of territory 81 EpiTu'
ana 81 Thsssaiy. vale 90 BUIearis
wousA fell Thrsce. its boundaries %
b seternI-sd between hs- and Scr
via
TIE Arsanin- problem, the SPECTATOR
Oas.srnsr wouId solve By .-ect'
ssg Albania, xhicA our eOntsm3orsr,
apsy .ssc-ib,s - thai inpTacticabl'
UsUsaaes wh:ea s;sn1s Oh, IKE az TO-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-23

tn. proIIsc parent of p"ppery para
xTapta in the Columbia state observes
thu, having ismpca Brother Han'ords
shax.~pearean noiree at the srand old
theatre y-s;ernisht. we ere IN posi-
ion TO state au,horita:tvely ;ii~' o'hel-
70 va. The guy TIA, pa; the moan In
Des4eaona-" As s, looked 20 Us. 1aso
10 n. guy who put. sh.-never mind
wha,-sn Osheuo.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-23

Thomas Nelson Page II among
those mentioned as the next ambas-
sador a, the court OF 81 James Would
he h. credited 20 York Harbor or
Richrnonag- II the irnper;'nent inquiry
Of the Boston Transcript It's had
enough tina, Georgia Is claiming Wood
row Wilson as "a Georgia man. but
for Maine 20 appropriate our snbassa-
dorIsl timber IS simply ~outlandish."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-23

To tho Editor Of The 'mes-Dispssch:
slr,-Your usually observene sense o.
humor hss overlooked . good one
that appeared In your news columns
the other day. In IN interview WITH
Ma Mary Johnston who there re-
,oiced Sa the great progress OF woman
sufYraxe In virginia starting three
veayp a1o with nineteen. We have now
I. ooe psmbers Of the Equal Suffrage
Leasue." Miss Johnston. IN erect
TSsf.s n the sass Of Sss i-s per an.
.um. vfrtuai1y without opposition
The 1919 census credits virEsnse
Mn a.csi,s1a popsiasion. one-dfth OF
whom. or Si2.ooe. are presumably ma.
enre vomsu- a majority Of Sf2.ess
roul6 b about 2es.ooe. AZ the--to the
suRrsgo leader-very gratifying pro-
erVo q SIS IL svHragisss . yeer, u
sSovIA Do oves Oee yesrs bef0ro . ma.
seratv o. the women % virginia VII!
- willing 60 reproach ProvsdeWce fof
ssssSIsshIag distinctions between the
a sense OF proportion h - valuable
. . ossss q hsos3 DSs's 20 sases
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-23

the clamor and claims Of this 1000 out
OF all reason? Isn't II rather IKE
not the tail trying to waS the DOS
the hea on the hair on the TAI OF tns
dog trying to waE the cog!
MALE ANTI.
Richmond
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-23

reve-i,A excavation into Wuson
gen.aIcgies - now going On N al oar
libraries. ard the elimination Of WI
con ancestors 10 passing rsmaskaeSs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-23
An OPEN AIR SCHOOL FOR RICH
MONp.


The city schoo! system will take a
long step forward when, on FEBRUARY
Il the first open air school In kich-
,,onS Will be opened on the roof OF
the new Madison school building. us
pupfls are TO be those children Who'
hy heredity. environment or otherwise
SIRE Of tuhercular predisDosition, al
though no active cases Of consumption
will be admitted since the school VIII
no, be IN any respect hospital. lis
furction is preventive rather than
curative. IT viii be simply healthy
Mace for the teaching of the children
whose physical condition is such that
they cannot remain IN a close school,
room for many hours every day with
out imperil!ng their health
The City School Board, at its meet
ing Thursday. approved the plan Tor
the open air school. The idea was
preached last spring by DR., Moses D.
Hoge. then a member of the Schooi
Board. bu: nothing was done. DF.
Lawrence r. Price, new member OF
the board, took up the proposition, and
with the aid OF his colleague. DR..
Charles r. Robins. prevailed upon the
School Board to set apart $1,000 for an
experiment class in the open arr
Charles II. Robinson, architect of the
new Madison School building. has
offered without charge to draft the
plans for arranging the roof for open
cir school purposes. with the necessary
shelter of the latest type. The Rich
mond Education Association. Intense
~ interested in the innovation, VIII
supply for the first school not only the
extra clothing. or Eskimo suits
necessary TO keep teacher and pupils
comfortably warm IN the open air. but
also the eggs and milk for the diet
considered best FOR children below nor
nal physical vitality.
New York. Chicago. Baltimore, Phil
adelphia, Boston and Cleveland and
other cities have already established
open SCHOOlS SoSSSsS'
and the cities named have ordered that
in preparing plans for all new school
buildings hereafter the roof shall be
arranged for open air classes. The eX-
perience oe the cities which have es-
tablished open air schools indicate that
even where there Is no predisposition
-,rt actnriShfn0
have been obtained with children who
in close schoolrooms could neither
Keep UP with their classes nor pass
examinations. In the open air, such
pupils have had restored 10 them their
physical and mental vitality.
The first open air class will he com
posed o! twenty pupils. drawn from all
Of the schools. They will be commit
ted to the care Of a teacher especially
selected for them: individual instruc
ton will be given them because they
20 say that the first twenty viii like
the new style os classroom so much
that they %.ll meyer wish 20 go back
into tho heat and cIoseness OF indoor
rooms. Air and sunshine Will do FOX
them what no amount OF studying ever
could Mental and physical yieor will
be reclaimed by the healing forces Of
Gods outdoors. Richmond's first open
air school will be OF .Hest!mabIe value
10 the school children Of the city be
cause It's success will cause many more
of them to he established and blaze
the way for better care Of the physi-
caIly defective In our schools.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-23

Ito the &c tor OF The Tsmes-Dfspatch:
Sir.-Can the papers DO anything g
break up the TALKING habit IN first.
lclass places Of anusement3
Can the management at the Aco0emy
DO anything TO put q big stop 20 TINS
'at once?
When one goes there 20 enjoy the
music and the dancing he expects TO
enjoy both How about Weones9sS
InjGht7 RAO
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-23

To the Editor Of The Times-Dtspatch:
s1r.-rn be one OF . thousand who
Will agree not to 90 into the Academy
Of Music until the management or the
city authorities grants 10 the r1gnt OF
hearing tho musical features OF IN On
tertainmene
pid anybody hssr any Of the music
Wednesday night? ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-23

To the Editor Of The -Dsspstch:
eiY.--fs there not another SIDE 20
the Alien esse which may BE assumed
AMI pressed without being either
ID morbh sensime asaIlSe % wanting 20
argue In your editorials thst becaose
the ecurts--ss.ai ano review-hsve
Jissead patieatly. wetGhe4 the sv1.
Aeuce and come to q Judicial decssic0,
|5usstoed ~ TIE 1oW - toe svseSoeSs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-23

that there the matter must end: that
there II nothing left but the PUTTING
to death of these men. suppose We
all agree--as most men do-that rne
and the conviction OF these men was
inevitable-is there no room Tor
leniency and clemency on the part OF
the Governor for these misguided peo-
DIE? VIII not the ends OF Justice De
subserved II they are given their life
and not their liberty? As one VINO
has spent years with these people as
minister and otherwise. / cannot ou!
think that II the true cond'tion anu
would say. while the courts have done
only their duty. and what they had
to do, that the Governor now nAs.e
chance for clemency which ne wouio
honor his ONCE by using.
We stood appalled-you and I
along with every other rtght-thinkfng
man at the horrible deed-the worst.
perhaps, In the annals Of the courts
but we have been taught reverence
law from our fathers knee: We drank
II with our mothers milk. IT 70 not
conceivable. Mr.. Editor. that you IN
your right mind could have done such
ao tr s1eS training e' q. yours yours. and The
cIemencr is asked for them on DIFF
ferent grounds and by dinerent
standa<d from yours. They have not
had your tT0tuln0- lUSbFS Hdo OecA
a life Of Isolation and separation
away from the busy marts OF men;
brought up under the one thought and
idea that their rights. real or imagined,
must Be maintained. Then. might u
and those left behind, who are sought
to be benefited by the laws course,
10 be shown tho merciful side OF the
law? that while the crime cannot for
a moment b condoned, the criminal
viii be deprived Of his liberty and
Riven his life. and that because he
lacked the chance to learn to make the
nice distinctions which long training
and much education have taught more
hiehly favored than he to make? The
courts must execute the Law: tho Gov
ernor may show clemency, as he has
80 frequently done.
Cannot Mercy lend her ear. then. to
these misguided people. and out OF ten
der pity for their Isolation from the
rest 81 the world and their Ignorance
OF the best that - In the world, give
them the poor privilege OF living the
rest Of their natural lives behind
prisNp bars? All over this land to-
day the courts through their grand
turfes. are giving The tax dodger
another day In court and saying that
81 he VIII make report he VIII not
be reoeecutsd. The courts are Yield
Iine 60 the side Of leniency ana mercy:
and Won are commencing them THIS.
az I zee q, you ought TO have done
and not left the other undons
JOSIAH r. ELLIS
The West Blue Ridge MOUNTAIN
Mission, Yancey.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-23
According to Uncle Abner.

sight more at twenty than he does al
thirty.
IL is a long lane that has no house
with a mortgage on IT to pay for m
oatmobile.
The difference between the costly
oatmobiles and the cheap ones Ii
mainly the price.
When 1 see q Teller who carries his
handkerchief In his sleeves. I always
wonder where he trims hats.
The West Hickeyvile InteuiEencs1
was forced to suspend publication last
week bekuz somebody had stolen the
editors shears.
There are more Gresnhorns in the
big cities than there are in the
country.
A German scientist has invented a
milk which he says is just as good az
that given by the cow. and probably 1t
is q good deal better than that given
by the well pump
But 1t will be a long time before the
new President will be able to md a
Secretary OF the Navy with a niftier
middle name than has George Won Len
gerke Meyer.
A star ball player must spend about
all his salary trying to live uD to tho
tudt arc pESpS4htSN " 0AAAs
by an admiring public.
A Teller who is paying alimony to
two or three ex-wives can be pardon
occasion ally.
Miss Pansy Tibbitts got into her
tight skirt the other day and couldn't
get out. and they had to cut it up the
back from the hem to the waistband.
There are times when even q lodge
button doesn't guarantee you that q
Teller is going to give you square
deal.
Many a Teller Is Judged by the cigars
that are named after HIM
Hank Tumms and Hold Peters are
such bitter enemies that they vote diff
ferent tickets every four years just to
knock each other out
There are a lot Of book critics In
this country who couldn't got one OF
their own published on a bet
1t takes q man q long time to get
rich by saving cigar coupons.
There are just about as many home
ly women as there are hoEaely men In
this country. but the former arc better
hands at concealin' the fact.
There Is only one thing more IN
reliable than boardin' house hash. and
that is boardin' house gossip.
The trouble with a good many ball
players is that they DO too much bat
ting at night and not enough IN the
daytime.
Now that there IL a war IN the Bal
kans. everything seems to be running
about as usual.
The piece Of pie which is added onto
the end of the meal is what causes
dyspepsia
Hank Tumms says he believes In
divorce, but he dassent say IT when
his wife is around. or he might lose
his meal ticket
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-23
Onthe Spur Of the Moment


love to hear tho brakeman yell In
his peculiar tongue.
So loudly that IL seems - II hl
wants to split q lung.
cannot understand him but ] Like
to figure out
What he is trying to convey when
he comes to shout:
Observation-Disclosures changeherofoE
alltrains east Observation-Disclosures
for refreshments"
It's entertainment rich for mo to try
and understand
The language OF the candy boy.
who's always right on hand.
In theatres to sell his wares. 1t al
ways makes me smile
To hear him MARBLE joyfully as he
walks down the aisle:
"Choc- latecreamsandbon -bons, sal
tedpeanutschew--ing and sal--ted
almonds
The waitress in the Hick Hotel has
language all her own.
There's anger in her voice and
there's defiance in her tone.
She pokes her back hair deftly and
she shifts her chewing gum.
An then she rattles OF her speech
and makes her language hum:
e--fandbrowngravy. roast
porkandap-- plesauce short ribswith
custardpie. teacoffee
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-22
STR. CRETAN
RAMS IR0QU0IS
NO LIVES LOST

Baltimore, April PA Norfolk dis
patch says the Cretan of the Mer-
chants & Miners Transportation Com
pany was rammed by the steamer
Iroquois off Hatteras, today. The
Cretan was reported badly damaged
but the passengers and crew were re-
ported unhurt.
Officials of the Merchants & Min
ers' Transportation Company declar-
ed that the steamer Cretan rammed
by the Clyde liner Iroquois off Hat
teras was but slightly damaged.
VERY little damage was done the
Cretan," said Assistant Secretary Kir-
by, of the line. Her crew and pas
sengers are safe"
Kirby said both the Cretan and
Iroquois were able to go on their
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-22
RICH WOMAN'S
SERVANT STOLE
NEARLY $4,000
Continued from Page one.>


She kept no cash account and there
fore did not discover that she was
being robbed, although for several
months she had realized that money
was disappearing faster than 1t should.
She had no suspicion of HungerfOrd
however. until Saturday, when a mem
Der of the household. noticed Hunger
ford uptoeing round Miss Sanford's
room in his stocking feet. He, then
asked DIR. Read who lives there II he
had missed any money. DR.. Read said
he had missed about $40 or $50.
Miss Sanford said she guessed she
caution to keep her cash in her room
locked up. Subsequently she looked
into her cash box and found that
three packages of bills amounting to
$500 which she had received about the
middle of March from the estate Of
her deceased brother, Henry Sanford.
had been tempered with and that of
the $500 there remained $1S5. Yester-
day morning she called In former
Deputy Sheriff George s. Banks re-
membered as the hero Of the Mark
Twain burglary, and Mr.. Banks pro-
ceeded to make Hungerford the sub
ject of arching verbal inQuisition.
Hungerford at first denied every
thing and then owned up that he had
taken small amount. About that
time his everyday coat which he had
discarded for his Sunday garb was
examined and a roll Of bills amount
ing to $73 was found. He finally own
Banks kept at him until he produced
a savings bank book with credits for
$3.50 all Of which with the exception
Of $40 he said represented theft
Later on he took Mr. Banks to the
barn and there picked out $3.50 from
q hiddng place in the rafters under
the caves OF the barn. He said at
During the day he was arrested and
while awaiting trial before the Justice
this morning he was subjected to a
further questioning. Then he owned
up that he had more money in the
barn and proceeded to dig out another
$3.50.
In. the meantime there had been
found in his room a paper containing
figures as to his financial condition
showing a cash balance of over $500
without the bank book. This left con-
siderable to be accounted for and 1t
was another hour or two before he
admitted that he had torn a. leaf out
of his. bank book before he showed
it, and that this leaf showed credits
Of $500. Telephone inquiry at the
bank confirmed this statement, maxi
ing a total Of $1,7O0 practically all of
which has been recovered.
After another searching inquiry on
the part of Banks he revealed the
hiding place Of his diamond ring
which had disappeared. It was under
flat stone in a lot near the house.
On being arraigned before Justice
Lyon today he pleaded guilty through
his guardian The court found prob
able cause and bound him over for
trial in the May term Of the Su-
perior court. under $1,000 bonds. He
was taken to the county jail in
Bridgeport this afternoon by Consta-
BILE Warner.