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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-08
WOMAN MAY GET
PEAR|SbURG OFFICE
IF CHARGES AGAINST DENNIS
ARE PROVEN HE CANNOT
BE NAMED.

Especial 10 The Richmond Virginlan.)
WASHINGTON. May Fit was said
at the postoffice department today
that the charges preferred against
Edwin S. Dennis. candidate for post
master at Pearisburg, by Judge Il. w
Etrother. of Giles county. have been
turned over TO Chief OF Inspectors
Carter b. Keene, for an investigation
A copy of the charges have been
sent to Dennis and an answer is ex-
pected in a few days. II Judge
Strother can substantiate his I'M
speakable charge 1t will be impossible
10 appoint Dennis and one OF the 9TH
er two candidates who were certified
by the civil service commission Will
probably be appointed. These two
candidates are Mrs. Daisy l.. Miller
and Mrs. Sadie u. Shidow. SO that
Pearisburg will probably have a lady
postmaster
Judge Martin Williams, of Pearls
! burg, who came to Washington to de
TEND Dennis, found that his efforts
were useless, as the matter must pass
through the ordinary channels.
Judge Strother apparently planned
10 have his attack kept secret as II
was learned today at the department
that the judge ia angry at the publica-
ftcn given his charges and wants to
learn the source of the correspondent
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-08
ALFONSO GREETED
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trast. President Poincare was grave
and looked ten years Older than when
he assumed his present office three
months ago. The young king was
gay and cheerful, and evidently was
not thinking of any attack on him.
self.
The review of the troops in the
big square facing the Hotel Des In
vafdes was a greater affair than had
been expected. For an hour and a
quarter troops of every arm of the
service marched past the king and
saluted. The young Spanish king
seemed to be greatly interested from
the beginning to the end of the pa
rade.
The king and President PoN~are
then visited the military school near
by. This did not necessitate the pass
ing through of any streets but never
theless it was carried out in a strate-
gic manner. The president and the
Spanish monarch arrived in an auto
mobile without any escort. The ma
chine was driven at a rate which sat
isfied the known fondness of the
Spanish king for speeding
There was state dinner at the
Elysee Palace tonight. and King Al
fonso left at 1890 for his apart
ments at the DUAL DOrsay.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-08
New Charters Granted.

The following charters were grant,
ed yesterday by the State corpora
ton commission:
Peninsula Amusement corporation,
Newport News. Va. $500 to $1,000
Leo NJ. Jordan. president; G. w
Kessler, vice president; III. S. Fall
eoner. secretary and treasurer. all of
Newport News.
Fort Dlnwiddie Farm. incorporat-
ed. Hot Springs, Va. $4,000 TO $780,
GOO. u. M. X, Fulton, president,
Philadelphia, Pa: r. NJ. Gathright.
vice. president, Covington, Va. e. S.
Clifford, secretary. Philadelphia, Pa.
X. b. Wilson corporation, Rich
mond Va. $4,000 10 $4,000, r. b.
Wilson, president; +. NJ. Long. secre-
tary. both Of Richmond, Va: Leon
NJ. Baizle. president. Hanover
Courthouse. Va
The II, !. company, Incorporated.
Salem. Va $4,000 to 100000. Il.
NJ. Fitzgerald. president. l.. M, Mead,
vice-president; T. r. Boon, secretary
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-08
PRESIDENT DEALS
BLOW. TO TAMnAhY
APPOINTS JOHN PURRoY MITCHELL
AnTI-MURPHY MAN, coLLEC-
TOR OF PORT.
O'GORMAN
But IT'S MORE APPARENT THAN
REAL, EVEN THOUGH sENA-
TOR SAYS HE'S TICKLED
TO DEATH.
VICTORYFOR O'CORMAN

WASHINGTON. May John Pur-
roy Mitchell, president of the board
of aldermen of New York city, will
be the next collector of the port. Pres
ident Wilson, late this afternoon. sent
Mr.. Mitcheirs name to the senate.
The naming of MIR. Mitchell Is a
technical victory for Senator O'Gor-
man, Of New York, over Secretary
McAdeo, OF the treasury department.
but 1t was very clear tonight that
Mr.. O'Gormans triumph was more
apparent than real.
Murphy and O'Gorman.
BY appointing Mr.. Mitchell, who is
known as an anti-Tammany Demo-
crat, and who ran on the fusion ticket
in the last municipal election for
president of the board of aldermen,
President Wilson has dealt blow to
Tammany. Likewise the prediction
was made here tonight by Democrats
that the naming of Mr.. Mitchell is
certain to widen the breach between
Senator O'Gorman and Charles F.
Murphy. The relations between Mr.
O'Gorman and Mr.. Murphy since the
days before the Baltimore convention
have been strained.
It was generally agreed that the
naming of Mitchell eliminated him
absolutely as fusion candidate for
mayor.
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
stood steadfastly to the last for the
appointment of Frank l.. Polk.
President Wilson's action today was
accepted by most Democrats in Wash
ington as certain evidence that Tam
many may expect no favors from tie
hands of the new administration, and
that Mr.. Wilson will be found lined
up with Democrats in New York
State. who are fighting the Murphy
domination of the State machine
"Pleased?" said Senator O'Gorman
this afternoon, repeating an inquiry
addressed to him by your CORES
pendent. Why shouldn't / be
pleased, and satisfied with the nofni-
nation of Mr., Mitchell? / recommend
ed his nomination to the president
he Is one of my closest friends. His
name was not among the seven that
| originally suggested to, the presi-
dent. but he is as good a man as any
of them His father was one OF my
close friends"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-08
CONTEST FOR ATTORNEY
GENERALSHIP WARNS UP

Former Senator Floyd w. King can.
olaate Tor the attorney generalship
OF virginia in opposition to Attorney
General Samuel w. williams. the in
cumbent was Richmond visitor yes
terday. Mr.. King will open Richmond
headquarters at Murphys hotel about
June sit. and in the meantime is max
ing vigorous canvass throughout the
state IN behalf of his candidacy. At
ter Richmond headquarters are open
ed Mr.. King to wage campaign that
VIII make the people sit up and take
notice.
Since Mr.. Kings candidacy was an
nounced S. Gordon Cumming. OF
hampton, has trown his hat In the
ring, and the present indications are
that the tri-cornered race for the at
torney generalship will furnish most
interesting phase OF the campaign.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-08
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a. Harvard man and a doctor Of let
ters Of Washington and Lee univer-
sity.
The alumni division was headed
by DR. G. Watson James. of Rich
mon, dean Of the doctors OF letters
Of Washington and Lee university,
and DR.. Milton Humphreys. of the
University OF Virginia.
Among those in the inaugural pro-
cession were:
In the Procession.
Henry Louis Smith. PHI. D., IL. D.,
president Washington and Lee uni
versity; George Hutchinson Denny,
P. D., LII. D., president University
OF Alabama: William Alexander An
derson Ii. b., senior trustee. Wash
ington and Lee university; Alexander
Tedford Barclay, John Alfred Pres
ton. the Rev. Augustus. Houston
Hamilton, John Sinclair Munce. Will
liam Dickinson Lewis. George Niche,
trustee, University Of Virginia;
Givens Brown Stricken. ID. D., LII.
D., rector Washington and Lee uni
versity: Philander Priestley Claxton,
Lift. ID. LII D., United States COM
missioner. bureau of education:
Armistead Churchill Gordon, LII. D.,
rector, University OF virginia, ROD-
ert Hanson Fleming. ID. D.; William
1ngles, George Walker st. Clair,
Frank Thomas Glasgow, Paul Nc
Neel Penick.
At 2 o'clock luncheon was held, at
which a number of short addresses
were made. one being by United
States Commissioner of Education II.
Claxton.
Tonight at 9 O'Clock President and
Mrs. Smith held reception in honor
Of the guests.
Among the visiting alumni were:
DIR. G. Watson James, SO; Milton
w. Humphreys, 'es; William Taylor
Thorn, 10: Edwin T. Dumble. IA:
George e. Chamberlain, rs: Sidney
Turner Moreland. '76a Henry st.
'S3; Henry w. Holt, IS: Robert Ed
ward Lee. Jr.. 'SS: Elmer w. Somers,
~: Judge j. A. Lacy, the Rev. w.
p. McCorkle and ]. Marshall Grasty.
Dawn OF New Era.
In his inaugural address President
Smith said in part:
If the American college is to re-
peat in the twentieth century the in
estimable service 1t rendered to
American civilization In the nine
teenth, It must recognize the dawn
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-08

DIR. W. II. Street, is to get the voters
out, so that the result of the cleo
ton may be an expression of opinion
OF the people who may control the
political situation, if they care to
do so.
President Jones stated that the
work of the body had been most an
couraging, and that nearly two thou-
sand names had been added IN ,ha
list OF those who would have the
opportunity of casting their ballots
He read letters from prominent citi-
zens endorsing the movement and
eomplimenting the body for what
they had done. He thanked his CO.
workers, and urged them to continue
along the line as laid out
On Hand at Primary.
THESE youngsters will be on hand
on primary election day. and will see
that every voter gets out and casts
ballot for someone. They do NOT
at this time care to suggest names
but may at later date get into the
game and help elect the best men for
the places sought
The organization was made perma-
nent, and committee. to be named
by President Jones. will select a sec
rotary, who will be given salary
commensurate with the. services re-
CURED, and from now on, the poll
ticians and the candidates may have
to get in touch with the Young Mems
council.
There are two hundred and fifty
members of the council. This mem
bership will be enlarged, and may be
capable later of controlling, or, at
least handling an election.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-08
HELD FOR ASSAULT:
1T MAY BE MURDER

Luther Moore, colored twenty
-FOUR years old, was arrested late yes
terday afternoon by Policemen Matt
ana Traylor, on charge of shooting
William cambridge colored. with a
pistol at TIA North Second street.
Before morning Moore may be facing
charge of murder, as the buffet
wounds in his victims head. are LA
able to cause his death at any mo-
ment.
cambridge was taken to the CITY
home in the City hospital ambulance
In charge of DR.. Hawkins.
According to the police, the negroes
engaged in quarrel at the scene of
the shooting. They did not saw what
was the cause of the broil.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-08
LARGE PRICE FOR
OPENING. STREET

The suhcommitte on streets yester-
day took a look over the prospect at
Richmond college grounds, with the
idea in view of extending Grace street
through the property.
They discovered through the assis-
lance of the city attorney and the
city engineer that 1t would cost just
s22.43197 to run Grace street through
the college campus,
Richmond college will soon move to
Northampton, and the city contem-
plates taking certain portions of the
plat.
Mayor Ainsle and other leading citi-
zens believes that the whole lot would
make a good park, but II seems that
there will be no park, but that the
property will be sold as lots for
building purposes.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-08

churches. hotels and railroads sta
tons. We would have to treat them
all alike. and enforce the law"
Supreme Court Justice John Ford
said:
"All / can say is that IL the wo-
men OF America should begin throw
ing bombs and should tell us that all
they wanted was to attract our atten-
ton so that we could give them the
vote, why / think the very best solu-
ton of the matter would be to give
them what they want
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-08

of new era. bring this period OF
turmoil and REIMBURSEMENT to a close
before its place is usurped or tta
vitality weakened and reshape its aim
and function to the needs and the
call OF a new social and civic order.
THE master word of the eigh-
teenth century was liberty, Of the
nineteenth, knowledge. The master
word OF the Twentieth blends both
into a richer and nobler ideal. 1t ID
citizenship. the keynote OF new era,
in which humane duties and this
rights of others shall take prece-
dence OF individual liberty and the
power NJ knowledge and the gains
OF research shall be dedicated to the
common good.
Let the American college answer
as her mission the training of lead
ers in the realm of American citfzen-
ship. Let her typical graduate be
the ideal American citizen. trained
not only to know. which La scholar
ship; and TO appreciate. which 10
culture. but also to be and do. which
is manhood-of virile and vigorous
mind as of yore. but OF virile ana
vigorous body as well. energetic. re-
sourceful. high minded. sympathetic.
able to manage himself and other
and self sacrificing devotion to the
public welfare
The New College.
THE administrator of the new
college will recognize that the campus
atmosphere is more powerful In
making or marring the individual
student than the intellectual In
fiuence of the whole faculty. He will.
therefore. bend all his efforts to make
1t clean and warm and uplifting.
Against the foul fends OF drunken
ness, RIGHTEOUSNESS and gambling.
which poison college life at its foun-
tain head. he will wage relentless
and discriminating warfare. whose
hostility toward the common enemy
Is equaied only by it's sympathy with
his weak and immature victims
"As a part Of their preparation for
citizenship in a self-governing demo-
cracy the students should be trained
as rapidly as possible in organized
self-government, and practically all
campus affairs placed in their hands.
The college which thus trains the
whole man will realize the vast Inn
portance of the body. and place its
systematic care and training on
par with that of the mind. The
present one-sided and narrow de-
velopment of college athletics. which.
even without faculty sympathy and
guidance. has been OF inestimable
value to American manhood, VIII be
replaced by universal. systematic and
compulsory bodily development, cor
recting weaknesses. remedying de-
fects, imparting knowledge and guild i
ing conduct. thus giving the grad
uate a physique which will stand tho /
long-continued pressure OF modern
life"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-08
Burg larry Nipped in the Bud.

UHicer Fl. g. Clark broke up the
weil-laid plans Of Mack Connolly, coll
ored, early this morning, to rob the
store OF John Casman, at 1910 East
Main street The negro had effected
an entrance to the store through a
rear window and was ready to begin
operations when Officer Clark spied
him, He was locked up at the First
station and will have a hearing be-
fore Justice Crutchfield. this morn
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-08
COURT IN TERROR

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tion as to sex while restoring law and
order"
When Supreme Court Justice James
W. Gerard was asked today what he
thought would happen in this county
II the suffragists should adopt mill
tant tactics, he said:
What a foolish question. You
know very we'll what would happen
TO anybody-women or men-who
started IN throwing bombs at our
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-08
MENTION OF WAR WILL
SOON BE UNTHINKABLE
MERELY MARY ANN"

Continued from First Page.)
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-08
FUTURE GUARDS

Continued from First page.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-05
PIETY AND HAIR.

The cruelest blow that has ever
been struck at the front row of the
Vaudeville is contained in the follow
ing letter TO New York paper:
Worry causes uric acid in the sys-
tenn, which acts upon the roots of
the hair. said uric acid being formed
principally around the brain tissue
when one is depressed or worried.
Complacent individuals and those with
unruffled spirits always have plenty
OF hair. Also all who have and al
ways have had deep religious convic-
lions. ! would hazard the state
ment that 80 per cent of the sincere
religious leaders have full heads of
hair. and ! have never seen an old
religious missionary who was bald"
In the name OF all the bald headed
ministers OF religion. and all the ex-
emplary bald heads of families whose
gravestones testify that they we're in
dulgent husbands and fond fathers,
the Philadelphia Record protests
against this confusion of hair and
halos, this notion that a man Is drawn
10 heaven by capillary attraction, and
that sin denudes the skull of its
natural protection.
Il was 70 one OF the greatest of the
Hebrew prophets that ~ bad little
children shouted derisively. 60 up,
thou bald head! Go up, thou bald
head" Is Elisha to be branded as
q miscreant. whose worry and lack OF
faith IN Divine Providence distilled
uric acid around the roots OF his hair?
There have been times when the
saints wore hair shirts. but We should
like to know when II was ever record
ed that they wore more hair on their
heads than sinners. Did not Elisha
have deep religious convictions that
we are only responsible for our own
motives and acts. while the result lies
In the hands OF supreme being, and
that whatever the result. Il is sure 20
be the best that can happen 10 US, and
that in the vast eternity that lies be-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-05

yond we will fully understand what
now we cannot complement"
Elisha is not to be brushed aside
as mere exception to a nearly uni
versal rule. Did anybody ever have
a finer head of hair than Absalom,
the unfilial son, the insurgent sub
ject? Who will look at Elisha and
Absalom and pretend that luxuriant
locks are a proof of piety?
Nay, we may go beyond individual
instances to general propositions. In
Leviticus xii, 40, it is stated explic.
lily:
And the man whose hair is fallen
off his head, he is bald; yet is he
clean"
Here is an authoritative definition
Of badness and a clear demarcation
between badness and badness. Ac
cording to holy writ the man whose
hair is fallen from his head is bald
but yet is he clean"
The bald headed man needs no bet
ter vindication than that. but the
| Christian church has always sustained
the law of Moses in this respect, anC
the pictures of its holy men show
many of them TO have been bald
Now comes the Quincy Herald Il
earnestly repudiate the pernicious no
ton that hyacinthine locks are evi
dences Of a profound religious faith.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-05

industrial cities are so far in advance
of Washington in municipal govern
ment that there is no comparison. o
l do not charge graft or ineficiency
against Washington's municipal insti-
tutiOns. Simply, the city government
is further removed from a sense of
the real needs of the real population
which in Washington's case is gov
eminent clerks and laborers, strug-
Cling with terrible problem of earn
ing a bare living-than that of any
other American city.
Let a recent illustration serve to
prove the truth Of this observation.
Some time ago there was created
for Washington public utilities COM
mission. Great things were predicted
for this body. There seemed to be
a fertile field for it.
Telephone and electric light rates
are sky high. Each year the gas COM
pany asphyxiates a score or so of
citizens, but nothing is ever done
about it. Washington has that city
curse, the double street car system
| two traction corporations which re.
fuse to exchange transfers and run
their cars at all hours of the day
just often enough to insure plenty OF
profitable straphangers.
! So the public utilities commission
with good deal of ponderous import
ance, took hold of things. And with
all Of Washington's crying needs con.
fronting it-shades of Tom L. John
son, Mayor Pingree and other munich
! pal pioneers-what was the first ref.
erendum which this enlightened body
/ tackled?
1t ordered an investigation of taxi
cab rates!
/ The average citizen Of Washington
/ rides in a taxicab about once in q
lifetime; and yet the rate charged fol
this ride seemed the burning question
Of the hour To the public utilities com
mission. To anyone who knows the
burdens which are put upon the pool
of Washington by the other public
utility corporations, the thing passe!
the outrageous point-it simply be
comes laughable.
But this is only a sample of the
way things go in Washington. There
is no public spirit The people arr
submissive to all sights and insults
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-05
CAPTAIN WHITNEY.

Z Captain A. ]. Whitney. one of the
old time steamboat men on the Mis-
tissippi and contributory streams. has
crossed ''the river Of life that flows
by the Jasper sea" into the unknown
country.
( The captain was a typical steam
boat man of those other days. He had
owned and commanded fleets OF his
own. a familiar boat on the upper
Mississippi bears his name. He was
known from the source to the mouth
Of the great father OF waters anc
despite his brusque exterior there
beat within a stout and kindly heart
For many years he had been in
port, his health failing, calmly await
'ng the signal from the Great Captain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-05

well, this is the first time you've
been back to the old town for several
years, amt it,"
Eyes. this is my first visit here since
1907"
What you doin' up to the city
now?"
Il am in the railroad business"
"Railroadin', Ell? Brakin' or con.
ductor?"
mo. am in the Office Of one of the
trunk lines"
''Oh, l see. Gosh, don't you git
purity tired sometimes handlin' all
them trunks that come into a large
city,"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-05

Finance is something that appears
To be away beyond my ken;
I've studied 1t for years and years
In common with my fellow men; =,
But there are things about II which
Are deeply mystifying yet:
How is it that some men are rich
And at the same time far in debit
Ny place IN life is rather low,
And I may never cease to strive:
I'm poor, although I do not owe
A cent TO any man alive;
The luxuries that come to me
Are very few and very small; E.
Things may be as they ought to be,
But I can't understand at all.
They say that old man Billingsworth
Owes money almost everywhere;
His people travel DER the earth;
And never seem to have a care:
With eighty thousand dollars less
Than nothing he is living high.
And looks with splendid haughtiness
Down on such humble ones as I.
He has a long, low, rakish car
In which he proudly rides about;
He smokes a large and good cigar.
And always has his chest pushed out
The house in which he dwells is grand,
His wife wears gems that cost pile;
His son has never turned a hand,
His daughters dress in queenly style.
He does not labor day by day,
AS I and those around me do;
Hes very deep in debt, they say,
And always sinking deeper. too:
Yet. worse than merely penniless.
He shines where I would have nc
chance;
The simple truth must be. I guess,
That I can't understand finance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-05

governed Inc per
capita wealth of
the citizens of
Washing ton i S
about $4,000, in
spite of the fact
that a full one
third of the popu-
lation is negroes,
most of them
wretchedly poor.
Even New York,
with it's horde OF
millionaires, has a
per capita wealth
of only $4,000,
Washington's per
capita wealth is
from three to five
times that OF the
smaller industrial
cities of the mid
die west.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-05
A Girls School.

"We have 500 girls at our school. and
today we vote to decide who Is ths
prettlest girl"
How many votes does it take to
eIect:r
The decision usually goes to any
girl who can get two yotes."-Eansas
City Journal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-05
The Bright Side.

II can't understand how you ever
were able to bring yourself to marry
a man who was raised in an orphan
asylum. Why, your children never can
know who their grandparents were"
Il know, but there is bright side
to it. He will not be wanting to do
something for his folks every time
we give assistance to any of the men,
bers of my family"