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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-15
NEWS OF EASTERN SHORE

Onancock. Va. September 1.-THE
Eastern Shore Chapter Daughters of
the American Revolution will be rep
resented at the State convention, which
will meet In Richmond the 1st OF NO
vember, by the regent, Mrs. b. X
Powell. and Mrs. George Leo Tasque,
delegate. Misses Annie e. Hopkins
and Sarah l.. NAPLES were named az
alternates.
The oyster men report seed oysters
very scarce, as the catch was quito
small last year. This season the
spawn was unusual and the catch
large.
Captain Thomas r, Chandler died af-
ter lingering illness at his homo ut
Cashville. Friday, aged seventy-five
years. He Is survived by widow,
sixteen children. ffty-four Grandchil-
dren and four great grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted ut
ho'ae by Rev. L. b. Betty. and inter
ment was made in the family burying
ground.
The schools of Accomac County Will
open Monday. Tho buildings have
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-15
ON THE SPUR
OFTHE MOMENT
To the Pings.
BY ROY x. MoULToN


The typewriters are working fast,
There's trouble in the air.
Fake challenges are bobbing UP
Here. there and everywhere.
The has-beens are all coming back
And gather up the dough,
And every pug who ever fought,
Is looking for Il go.
The hot air artists fan the breeze
And write their yards of dope,
For general consumption from
New England to the slope.
Each one has got all figured out
The status of the game.
The trouble is no two of them
Can figure it the same.
The country's full of champions, bu
For some mysterious cause
The most of them elect to do
Their lighting with their jaws
They simply stand and argue as
To which one Is the best.
For mercy's sake boys, cut it out
And give us folks rest
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-15
LOCALITY IMMATEI,1A1

Senator Root of New York. in pro
testing against certain features OF the
proposed income tax, says that New
York City must sustain more than #.
share of tho burden to be imposed
and appeals to Congress to play fair"
Nobody doubts that the Income tax
VIII fall most heavily upon certain
rich men in the national metronolis
but let us not lose sight Of the fac,
that this wealth has been harvested
from all sections of the country. A
very great proportion OF the men who
accumulate vast fortunes outside OF
New York go there to live as soon a,
they have made their pile,
The argument Is offered In defense
of the position taken by Senator Roo,
that Nevada. with n population Of 81.
600, possesses as many votes in the
Senate as New York with its 10000. oO(
inhabitants, and that, las New Yorl
has tho wealth and smaller Common.
wealths have the votes, New York VIII
he made to pay. regardless OF the fact
that she has burdens of her own fun,
commensurate with her wealth."
No discrimination against the ricf
man In New York is worked by tn,
income tax measure. lie pays no more
thar man OF like financial power II
any other city or state. why should
he escape paving his pro rata OF thI.
tax because he is grouped with otheI
men in given locality for thcil
greater profit?
The purpose of the income tax is tc
raise additional revenue, and to effec
more equitable distribution Of thu
tax burden. IT Is not intended to b,
and is not the punishment of tn,
wealthy" ;hat Senator Root declare.
II.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-15
A STUDY OF LAW SCHOOLS.

Hard upon it's Investigations OF med
ical schools and college admission ro-
quircments comes tho announcement by
the Carnegie Foundation for the Adj
vancement OF Teaching that it will
mako study of tho conditions under
which instruction in law Is given in
this country. This inquiry is to be
pursued at the request Of the committee
on legal education and bar eXamina-
tons of the American Bar Association.
1t will be thorough and broad in scope.
The inquiry will be more comprehen-
sivo than any in the past. and will
include not only a survey OF the schools
themselves. but an investigation Of
conditions surrounding admission to
the bar throughout tho United States.
Tho latter topic offers fertile field
for work by the foundations experts
for much criticism of tho present day
iigid bar examinations has been aired
OF late. To the problem tho 1913 scs-
sion of the Virginia Bar Association
devoted especial attention. 1t is very
difficult to maintain an equitable stand
ard to determine mans ability to
PRACTICE law, TACT recognized by tho
Boston Transcript in It's declaration
that what is most wanted is not an
easier admission TO tho profession. but
a more rational one, The ability to
memorize isolated and often unimport-
ant facts and theories should not be
the test of fltness"
II will not be surprising If the study
reveals much inetIiciency In legal in
struction and much unnecessary dupli-
cation of institutions. Wido conflict
of systems of instruction will undoubt-
edly BIO found. There are many excel
lent law schools in tho country, but
there are also some OF tho get-your-
legal education -the-run tyne Tho
Carnegie investigation is certain to
cause bitterness and jealousy OH the
part of some of the law schools. but it
is equally certain to be most beneficial
to the cause of legal education In the
United states, and in the enlargement
of the service of the legal profession In
| the administration OF the law.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-15
TIE INcEssANr En1soN.

Shall We pity Thomas Edison. who
Is only happy 3, %ork...or envy him?
The man seems incarTrate energy He
5 like perpetual motion. Twenty
hours day at hard mental labor in
ais laboratories alone can keep him
well If he stops TO take rest he
COTS sick. lie IS tired out by a two
weeks vacation. In IN automobile he
IS pursued by the desire to save fuel
by some now device. The only way
he can really relax is in bed There is
where he IS now.
Yet. If any man In the world de-
serves rest, It IS this wizard OF oars.
re is siXty-slx and his whole life has
5een spent in this strenuous toll. He
aas lightencd the days tasks FOR mil
ions on millions. His labors have
claimed the imp electricity TO do our
bidding. 1t lights our homes, amuses
IS With talking pictures and has given
as thousand devices TO shorten hours
Ne would be glad to sec such a aenc-
actor in perfect idleness through =
ipe ola age
There are scores OF morals in this
astounding man. One is the value o,
concentration Another the success thai
follows love OF the work. II may y,
aointed out for the ambitious. too. tina
aot all men can follow this formula
and make good. u feel badly bccaus.
we are not As Industrious as Edisoi
IS like striving TO initiate the sun IL
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-15
EDUCATION IN CURRENCY REFORM.

If there DO one thing or which this
country is densely and admittedly ig-
norant, II is the currency problem. Tho
whole thing Is mystery TO all savo
few experts. and they do not ngrec
The man in the street has a hard time
Even tho newspapers find it job max
ing plain what Congress Is doing when
il takes up the currency bill If you
doubt this general ignorance ask the
first man you see after reading this
what he knows about It,
Yet we arc face to face with the
necessity OF doing something about
currency and banking. We have adj
ranced far enough TO know that the
present system is wrong Our own
Congressman. Carter Glass. has framed
a bill which the informed think adj
mirable. although tho bankers take n
crack at II on some points. Yet how
many average men know what tho
Glass. bin means or provides?
With this idea in mind, We suggest
the advisabiiity of educating the coun-
try on currency matters. That might
well be the end attained by this next
ent bill is not passed or needs revision
later. Tho people have gained some
fundamental notions on the tariff. on
trusts. and on railroads They need
tho same sort OF enlightenment on
currency. They need these abstruse
facts put into plain language. Con-
gresham Glass himself. out OF his
knowledge. should prove n tino inter-
prefer OF the complexities. Even
President Wilson might use that in
comparably clear and forceful English
OF his To explain what he wants done
in simple terms.
At bottom the currency question is
no more incomprehensible than any
other national issue. Part of the dark
ness is due TO the fact that some OF
the men most interested IN cur
rency would be perfectly content to
have the people remain ignorant. They
want to be the experts who will fix
things right They humble long
words and rgmarole. like Deiphic
oracles They pretend that the thing
is so almighty hard that no ordinary
mortal can grasp the first principles.
This is buncombc.
National money and national bank
ing are not puzzles. They are suscep-
tible Of explanation to common sense.
Just because huge sums are involved
we need not faint and shy at the idea
of learning what an elastic currency
really is. The same law of gravity
applies 10 piece OF gravel and n
planet. Bulk does not hide main prin-
cipies, Tho dollar bill that man gets
AZ wages banks as savings, checks out
for loan, or spends for n shirt. CON
tains all the elements OF this bugaboo
Let's have some OF this talking in
Congress used TO tell the man on the
street what the currency problem is,
and how TO attack it.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-15
Death OF Mrs. osbornc.

Mrs. Marion Meade Osborne. widow
of Captain y. NJ. Osborne. died in her
home In Norfolk. Saturday evening, in
the SEVENTEEN year OF her age. Tho
body will DO brought to Petersburg
tomorrow morning, and the funeral
will be from old Blandford Church. at
1880 o'clock. Mrs. Osborne was a
native of Petersburg. the youngest
daughter OF TIE late r. X. Meade. she
had many friends In the city.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-15

See who's herel Amy Lowell, sister
of the president OF Harvard University,
"stonlshed passengers on tho Laconia
by smoking her after-dinner cigar on
deck. - firmly believe" sho explains.
that women have all the rights and
duties OF men. If choose to smoke
ON the vessel. 1 don't think it is any
body ciacs business. The men arc all
smoking, and I would be false to my
theories If / did not do so. merely to
observe tho conventions"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-15
Petersburg District nnptIsts.

The Petersburg District Baptist AS
ISOLATION viii meet in annual session
III the church At Waverly Tuesday, and
VIII be in session for three days. The
association embraces in its jurisdiction
the Counties OF Prince George, Sussex,
Surry and part OF southampton. ana
the city OF Petersburg. There are
twenty seven churches in the associa
tion. all of which VIII send delegates
in addition to the pastors
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-15
News Of Petersburg

arc to be presented to several vet
Grams and descendants OF veterans.
whose names have been published II.
The TimcsDispatch. The crosses WIN
be pinned on the recipients By Mrs.
Norman V Randolph. president OF tho
Richmond chapter.
Other attractive exercises Will take
place during the evening. Confederate
airs Will be sung, and an address win
be delivered by Senator p. II. Drawry
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-15
Long In Police Service.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.]
Lynchburg. Va. September AR.
x. Adams, n member OF the Police Do
twenty ninth anniversary Of his ap-
pointment to-day. Although he has
pntroled the streets Of Lynchburg for
nearly three decades, not once has q
charge been preferred against him.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-15
womnck Gets Contract.
Especial to The Times-Dispatch

Especial to The Times Dispa tch.1
Lynchburg. Va, September 14.-C.
w Womack. of this city, has been
awarded the contract for the construc-
tion of the now chapel and schoolhouse
mt the Odd Fellows Orphanage. The
building Will be OF brick, 50x78 feet
two stories. with basement. and 1t will
cost $4,000 Most OF the funds for
tho structure have been or Will be
raised by the Rebekah assemblies OF
the State.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-15
TIE INvAnEn,s LOOT.

Many an olG-timer's mind must have
flashed back 10 memories OF wars af-
termath as he read In yesterdays
The Times Dispatch the story OF the
dramatic cndcavor OF Lady Banf to
ind out whether or not there is in the
vaults OF the United States Treasury
treasure which she believes to have
been taken by sherman's raiders. She
claims that some 100000 worth OF
icwclry and money was so taken from
the convent the old Preston house.
which sherman spared In the burning
OF Columbia. The property is alleged
10 have been shipped from Richmond
TO the South Carolina capital just be-
fore It's loss,
We doubt whether after all these
years Lady Bann Will recover her
precious possessions, but, If she does.
the Federal government will probably
be flooded with other demands for
things that disappeared forty-e:ght
years ago Just AT the time. when. by
/ q singular coincidence. boys in blue
We're In the neighborhood There Is
an authentic story. VIC believe to tho
effect that some years after the close
Of the late unpleasantncss" South
erncr of distinction d!ned with "a dis
iinsuiahed parsonage who had fought
! on tho Union side. Tho guest noticed
I something familiar about tho plate.
and realized tina, it bore his own ar
/ mortal design. He later recovered It.
Doubtless there are other like trophies
q the conflict in cNistence-things that
once graccd a Southern sideboard or
wall. things that once cleaned from
The lovely fingers of some Southern
woman such IS the fortune OF war.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-15
TO present ,Crosses Of Honor.

The Confederate organizations of the
city will attend the public reception
to DO given tomorrow night by cters-
burg Chapter, United Daughters of tho
Confederacy. when crosses OF honor
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-15

This utterance by tho park commits
sioncr OF New York who intends to
name new recreation centre after
Mayor Gaynor might furnish a SPLEEN
d:d epi.aph for any man: 'Jie loved
to watch the Children ut play"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-15
Queries and ANSWERS
itOScnlHry,

INUNVIt1NTys
see an attractive advertisement OF
rosemary" with roses to illustrate the
first syllable Of the word and Il pretty
girl-presumably named Mary-to IL
lustrate the last. Is this good philoI-
ogy? g G. S.
The idea involves more liberty than
Master viii Shakespeare would have
taken with the word. since the "ros''
means dew and the mary means the
sea. There is, however. no need for
pretty girl" since, in Latin and by
borrowing, in English. Mary is a sort
of generic name for woman prob
ably because. in beauty and in infinite
variety and in tameless wilfulness. she
is a fair rival of the sea
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-15

THIRD place in the Virginia League
Is bit too conservative even for staid
old Richmond.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-15

William Allen White says that ,he
cause OF the Bull Moose's bad defeat
In tho Third Maine District is that II
did not poll enough votes" we
should say not.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-15

M''yDe Major Werner can put the
Broad Street loafers In q safety zone,
too.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-15

Tie Richmond Suffrage League Will
open its season with the violin. In
England they open theirs with vio-
lcncc
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-15

The playground and recreation work
is to be continued until November /.
Why stop then?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-15

1nsurgent Taylor threatens con.
iiaGrat!on in the Board of Fire Com
lnissioncrs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-15

IL seems TO us We might have been
spared Harry Thaw IN our moving pjc-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-15
An Author.

IN AUfhOr.
Please tell me who wrote the play.
"a Careless Husband" NJ f. G.
Colicy Cibbcr. 1t was published first
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-21
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

TIE MONEY MARK TT Call money
Wa rrm.r Rates. Opening ~ per cent.
highest 80 per cent. closing So per cent
Time money was easy. Rates; 5A.do per
cent for sixty DAYS. 5a.g6 per cent FOR
ninety days. @gNo'4 per cent TOR -FOUR
months. 5i.N5A, per cent FOR hVr nlonll
and % ,HGi, per cent for six months. Mer-
camille paper was unchanged. Rates. -.
as per cent for sixty 10 ninety daNs IN
dorsed and choice four TO SIX months
single names.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE Foreign OK
chang. closed firm Yesterdays quotation.
demand sterling. $50. cables. fNl"l
; ssls. siNty-day bills. 4SAiQ4N40; snort
francs. 5Isis loss 5-ti, short reichsmaiks'
o. 5-ls loss l-39.
DOMESTIC EXCUANGE.-Boston par;
Savannah buying Bloc discount. selling
han. San Francisco. sight Sc prem um.
Geographic 6c premium. charleston buy -
ing par. selling l-lGc premium; Chicago'
mar New Orleans. commercial iJc AIS
count bank 81 premium.
SILVER MARK EFT Bar silver i'm Lon
don was quiet at p 3-l6d. unchanged
MEXICAN EXCHANGE Mexican OK
change on Ncw York was quoted at Zpl'e'
unchanged.
StrR-TREASURY.-- The United states
Sub-Trcasury was creditor al the clear
Ing House yesterday TO the extent OF
S33 70
BANK CI.EARINGS.-Ne York. eX-
changes X2.O $3.50. balances SOL w.
Boston. exchanges $23lSs.535. balances
Se63. 52l: Philadelphia. exchanges 81, oe"'5'l.
balances S2.3i1g 6l. Pittsburgh. exchanges
50 95g 53j. Baltimore, exchanges $''s-''Sf
balances $50 49,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-21
CONSOLIDATED EXCHANGE.

Prices on the Cousolida ted Stock en-
change rallied toward the close after nav
ine reflected heaviness I'm the early after,
noon The action of United states steel
IN again getting above % gave encourage
ment To- traders. who held the opinion
that the market was "scrapinS around
bottom" The belief that the bank stat, %
mcnt was likely To max" an unrdVorapie
showing was an adverse influence In the
afternoon when there was again Eood
deal of talk about a straitened money
situation There was little inclination,
however. on the part OF traders 20 np"r
ale aggressiVely on the eve oi ia" non
DAYS Sales totalled $3.50 shares. DIS
trihuted among forty different stocks
Baltimore n Ohio changed hands ON the
go O'Clock opening call AZ lVO's. suDs'-
quently selling at lon. this representing
the only market for that stock i'm wan
Street. no sales being reported elsewhere.
Prices ON the opening call reflected irr"S
ulartty compared with Wednesdays clos
ing quotations. Union Pacific was down
q. of a point on the call, while Steel was
down 4, and Reading. Amalgamated COP
per, ST Paul. Great Northern preferred
and AtchisOn each down = Brooklyn
Rapid Transit was up =. and Erie, cana
dian Pacific and Baltimore n ONO each
M -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-21
NEW YORK CURB.

in the curb market YESTERDAY re-noh-
dav dulness was shown and what little
business was transacted brought about
an IRREGULAR tendency. There was ialr
inquiry for some Of the copper stocks
On slight recessions. In the industrial ist
business was practically at stands'HL
United Cigar stores OF America. alter
selling down Is. recovered and advanced
.. further. but subsequently lost all the
gain on selling by traders. Tobacco Prod
ucts preferred sold * dividend at Joss
Of nearly y points. BIitish-American To-
bacco was "A shade lower. Manhattan
Transit cased off small fraction on
heavy offerings The STANDARD OH sub
salaries We're quiet but steady. win 4
fairly good inquiry for STANDARD OH OF
California. Bonds were quiet but stead!
Nevada mining stocks were active ana
some issues showed marked strength
while others were somewhat depressed
Tonopah Belmont opened al ;. ana easeb
off 10 s. ~. jim Butler sold from NC 10
&c. and North star at pc. Montana was
offered down 10 $les, and MlZpah al npc
West End was under pressure al 81.
ToDopah Extension sold So s. "a - l-f'.
and Midway at sc. Nevada HIS chanse1
hands al 81. and 81 5-l6 In the Goldheld
group some transactions were RECORDED
i'm Kewanas At &c and Merger Mines at
At the close there was renewed strength
and activity among the gold and silver
shares
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-21
WESTERN ELECTRIC EARNINGS
Increase Not Due to Tel. and Tel.
Business. Saws President.

The Western Electric COMPANY "hich
issued its report for the year ended De-
cember 81. 1912. Yesterday, did gross
business of 81. 727. 500. an increase OF 30
5l5254 Referring 10 this big gain IN
sales President II 3. Thayer said that
the controlling company. the American
TeIepbone and Telegraph Company, ola
nor take any greater volume Of its prod
lcts than in 1911. but the increase In sales
was due 10 other domestic customers and
TO foreign customers.
After including sll9iolo other income
and deducting So III $50 for manufactur-
ing costs and $>J6.7S5 for other charges
the surplus for dividends amounted 70
&. Sa3 965. which is equal 10 over 81 per
cent on the $4,000 stock outstanding.
and compares with 2lS per cent earned
in 1911. In his remarks TO the stockhold-
ers Mr.. Thayer said:
The compsnys products are distrlo-
uted through twenty-eight houses In the
principal cities OF the United States ana
thirty seven houses in foreign countries.
The number OF employees on January |.
1915. was 24.56i. as compared with I.i2S
on January !. 1872
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-21
STOCK EXCHANGE NEWS.

Owing 10 the double Easter holiday the
Stock Exchange published its weekly bull
letin. usually issued on Saturday, yes
terday. II contained the announcement
that Willis :. Mccormick has transferred
his membership TO Frederick Herreshon'
and that the seat Of the late c. Randolph
Srowden has been transferred 10 J. Clark
Moore. ir.. OF Snowden. Barclay & Moore.
a Philadelphia firm.
The membership Of Frederick b. Alex
ander. who was a member OF the firm OF
Mitchell & Co.. recently dissolved, has
been posted for transfer to Leon Moyse.
other memberships posted for transfer
include that of the late Francis l.. Eames
10 Alexander II. Brown. and the late Rob-
ert T. Doremus to Armitt Brown.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-21
Prospects Not Encouraging.

The outlook for the New York. New
Haven 6 Hartford Railroad is not par
,jculsrly bright SO far as dividends are
concerned In 1891 the road had profit
and loss surplus of $l7.402olr. and bills
psvable amounted 10 only $3.01I0ln. Last
YEAR. however. the surplus was down 60
n25T5.cpo and the loans and bills payable
had increased 70 So. $50 coo. THIS year the
New Haven must pay more than $oooc1o
IN excess Of It's payments in 1872 on its
snort term notes. Income account may
also he lessened $S75, 90 by the prospective
omission OF per cent dividends on the
Boston & Maine this year. Since october,
1919, net earnings Of the New Haven have
declined. and for December and January
they were 100000 less than in the same
period in 1911. The district through which
The New Haven runs is dependent on
manufacturing. such as New England
textile mills shoe factories. etc. Provided
ne tariff reform is carried 10 tho extent
q seriously hurting the industries of New
England. the business of the road must
suffer correspOndinsly. on the Boston u
Maine and the New Haven combined IL Is
estimated that between $15cn000 and
$4,000 - should he expended for equip
ment and Improvements. ana with the
present money market outlook such
financing Will be expensive. Altogether
Inc future for the New Haven IS not
bed OF roses