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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-02
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eminent Employees and Civil Service.
To the Editor of The Richmond virginian
Sir.-The Democratic party having gained
control OF the three branches of the federal gov
eminent has the greatest opportunities of it's
entire past career and should not fail to do its
full duties toward the people of our entire coun-
try. The president and congress should act
promptly on the tarir question. and we bone ror
a good and wholesome law that will make the
people generally more prosperous. contented and
hopeful As soon as the tariff question is set
tied congress and the president should take IN
the financial question and act promptly on that.
and they should have no trouble In solving the
present defects in the financial system as 1t now
stands. The remedies are plain and simple. The
nrst thing to be done Is to amend modify the
into circulation the 1--WE hundred millions Of dol
lars $500. 900 000) of unavailable currency
issued under the Aldrich currency law OF Nav
30, 1908. This can be done:
First. BY reducing the present prohibitory tax
imposed upon the different kinds of bonds and
securities specified in the said law from the
present prohibitory rates to a single uniform
rate not exceeding ! per cent per annum upon
any ana ali securities specified IN said emerr.ncx
law, including negotiable notes supported nv real
estate securities.
Second. By repeating that clause of the Aid
OF hve million dollars 05 00o. 000) OF each bank
ing association consisting of not less than ten
fund be required of said banking associations In
obtaining emergency currency from the federal
government
Third. The law should be amended so as n
allow each State to lave Its pro part of said
Ave hundred millions Of dollars $500 900 0OO1
OF emergency currency. based upon the popula-
ton and business OF each State; and that the
law should be made continuous instead of ex-
piring in 1914 with the money continuing in
circulation for period not less than ten years
from the date of borrowing by the associations:
provided, however. the banking associations
should not desire to redeem their bonds and
securities at an earlier period
Fourth. That all banking institutions other
than national banks be allowed the same
privileges of combining and borrowing as the
national banks under the Aldrich currency Ia ~
and that 80 per cent and 95 per cent represent
the minimum and maximum amounts of emer-
gency currency borrowed upon all approved Sc
rich-currencx- LAM including nezotiahls-~ net>s
supported by real estate securities: and that the
Aldrich law be amended 80 TO duplicate the
emergency issue OF hve hundred L.illions Of doI-
lars $500. 900 000). should the business demands
OF the country - such - TO require duplicate
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-02
EXPENSE. EFFICIENCY AND HONESTY.

Although Postmaster Burleson makes out q
strong case against former Postmaster Hitch
cock, and, II his charges are true. has right
to complain. the fact remains, even according
to Burleson's figures. that Hitchcock made a
great saving in the postonice department The
reduction of a deficit OF millions to one Of $780,.
600 is no small achievement II that result was
obtained without a corresponding decrease IN
efficiency. That the saving was made at the ex-
pense of efficiency Of service seems to be gen
orally admitted. Moreover. the charges against
Hitchcock affect not only his claims to economy.
but his honesty. He should meet them at once
II possible
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-02

but what about those physicians whose testi
fnony freed Morse? Either they deserve punish
ment or they are remarkably poor physicians
and deserve no practice. All physicians, as all
other people, make mistakes sometimes. but
when anyone else is guilty Of AZ monnn,e,+ 20,
an error as that he is made to suffer the con
sequences
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-02
Let the Virginian F ollow OF

II you are going away, either 10 the sea-
shore. the mountains the country. let
THE tIRGINIAN follow you.
Remember there viii be no extra charge
and you will he able 10 keep up with the
happenings In your home town. All YOU
have To do is to call phone Madison 1913
and tell where you are going. and your
paper will he there ny the time you are.
DO 1T NOW.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-02

An ardent suffragette predicts that within
hity years monument will be erected to Mrs
Pankhurst The English people would probably
be glad OF the opportunity to erect such monu.
ment right now
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-02
CURRENT COMMENT
Interest and the Earth.

The United States may now have to pay
award Of $1,000, which this government should
have paid in 1913. The difference is made up
by interest on $4,000 for 100 years at per cent
Tor the improper seizure or the LORD Nelson,
a British ship. on Lake Ontario. in 1912. The
payment of so gross an interest penalty will
doubtless be further contested.
Benjamin Franklin knew the power of in
terest. He calculated that by loaning 800 in
1875 at 10 per cent he would in 500 years at
compound interest, acquire all the available
capital in the world at that time. Should this
IS 900 claim for the Lord Nelson continue I'M
paid for another 90 years at per cent at
compound interest, this country will owe
sum equal to the entire wealth of the entire
Unied States. Some people argue that the just
earning power of capital is all that it
cumulate by any process, whether in arithmeti-
cal or geometrical proportion. Everybody has
the same chance. Loan your $1,000 at 10 per
cent. and in 1000 years you will have sum
of money which. IF paid in silver would be
equal to the total of the earth and the
moon combined. 1t is just fair for
for another And yet some people want the
cal increase.--Detroit News
Discrefiting the Gulf Stream.
Sydney Smith said that he had heard
Jeffrey speak disrespectfully of the equator, for
which nobody who ever crossed the line in
those days could blame the famous reviewer
But here is Dr. Nansen, Arctic hero and pro-
lessor of oceanography, in sober earnest dis
crediting the Gulf Stream.
The Gulf Stream he tells us really isn't the
Gulf Stream at all. That is to say the vast
sea of warm water which saves Northwestern
Europe from freezing up Is not at all the petty
through the straits of Florida. Just what 1t Is
Ior where 1t comes from he is not yet quite sure
but he thinks 1t probable that at depth of
500 fathoms Whereabouts there is warm
current flowing northward. the whole Atlantic
broad, which. when 1t gets to the latitude where
lit is needed, hobs up serene1y from below to
make the British isles and Scandinavia habit
able.
Maybe 1t is SO. In that case it is hardly
worth while for Representative Calder to bother
any with his scheme for controlling the
course of the Gulf Stream, and for the relief
LOT Europe II may be observed that any Yankee
trick to put that continent into a hole by dam
ming the Florida straits would be entirely fu-
tile wherefore, whatever happens we shall
not advocate that would-be spiteful enterprise
New York Tribune.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-02


ALEXANDRIA. VA. June 1.-The
annual commencement exercises Of
st. Mary's academy will be held at
8 o'clock the afternoon Of June 3th
at the opera house. The address will
be made by Rt: Rev. d. J. O'Connell,
d. D.. bishop OF the diocese of Rich
mond. A musical and literary pro-
gram will be given.
Diplomas. together with gold med
ais for having completed the acad-
emic course. will be conferred upou
the following: Misses Mildred Rear
don Goods. Julia Virginia Downey.
Pauline Agnes Hellmuth. Maria Te-
resa Grammar; this city. ana Ednx
Marie Brill. Cleveland. Ohio.
Miss Rose Elizabeth Penn. Esther
Rosenblot, Helen Louise Bowman and
Berthe Mao Petit will receive diplo-
mas for having completed the two
year commercial course. and a class
of sixteen will also be awarded d.
plomas for having completed the one
year commercial course.
The city school board will hold q
meeting Thursday night. at which
time : date will be decided upon for
the closing Of the public schools Of
this city.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-02

Mr.. Taft is still preaching against primaries
but after what the primaries did for him abou,
year ago he cannot be blamed
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-02
Along the Rappahannock.

IRvINGToN. VA. June ALLEN
ID. Latane. editor OF the Tidewater
Democratic. Tappahannock, was in
Norfolk this week Mr.. Latane. who
has just rallied from protracted
attack OF measles. has Joined his
family-Mrs. Latane and three chill
dren--who have been at the Protes-
tant hospital. Norfolk. all for serious
operations. Great sympathy is felt for
the afflicted family.
Dedication of+the Baptist church At
kilmarnock, announced to take place
the second Sunday In June. has been
postponed until some time in July. the
date to be made known later DR. II.
NJ. Wharton. OF Baltimore is expected
to be present on that occasion
Revival services will begin at
Weems Baptist church on the second
Sunday in June, TO be conducted hy
the pastor. Rev. III. J. Goodwin
Children's Day exercises Will he-
held at the Methodist church Sunday
morning An interesting program has
been arranged.
An entertainment consisting Of twn
farces. vocal and instrumental music.
Rotations. etc. will be given at the
high school hall, Irvington. Saturday
evening. June 9TH.
4uAAs NcoHAc otiFcT ara uAuEN-
ter, Ellen Douglass, of IrvinRton. and
Mrs. F.. G. Thomas, left Wednesday
for Fredericksburg to visit relatives
and attend the Normal school finals
June 6th to 9th.
/. Fl. Francis. Jr.. has moved his
family from near Philadelphia to hfs
handsome summer residence near
Irvington for the summer.
MIRA r. s. Mitchell and little son,
Carter. Of Irvington. are on a two
| weeks visit to relatives in Fredericks-
burg.
Hon. w. Mcdonald Lee and daugh-
ters. Misses Grace and Rubenette. r.
H. B. Hubbard. ST.. Thomas p. TowleA
Thomas B. Hurst and JameA 4th.
Kelley are expected to return today
from attending the Confederate re-
union at Chattanooga. Tenn.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-02

Although the colonel was INDICATED he has
stolen Mr.. Bryan's thunder this time, for the
colonel Is no teetotaler
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-02

President Wilson said that one could not
throw brick In Washington without hitting a
lobbyist and now the senate is preparing to
throw few.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-02

The two sugar senators do not seem tn he
very sweetly disposed toward the Underwood
tariff bill.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-02

He laughs best who laughs last-unless 1t be
an Englishman just seeing the point OF the
joke
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-02

President Wilson again urges currency reform
at this session a. consrssA Loyalty to the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-02

What Is so fair bride in June?-Baltimore
Sun.
That depends. In what month were you mar
ried?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-02
High School Exercises


| WINCHESTER. VA. June IA
dispatch from Sussex. n J., publish
ed by The Star several days since,
stating that many parents OF the Jer-
sey town have objected to the high
school finals being held Friday. June
/ 18th. was clipped from the paper and
read during recess yesterday by one
| of the students OF the Winchester
high school to all his fellow-students.
and although the date of the finals
i here are to occur on the same day
as those OF the Jersey school. there
will be no change of date ordered by
the school board.
The Winchester graduates will
have more thirteens to ponder over
Friday. June 9th. than the Jerseyites.
AS a matter of fact there will be thir-
teen graduates here June IS. 1918.
and the majority of the students who
will receive their diplomas are from
room No. 13. while 1t is also recalled
the Principal N. d. Cool Is just about
to complete the thirteenth year of
his connection with the Winchester
public schools. and he has thirteen
teachers under him at this time.
Culpeper.
CULPEPER. VA, June 1.-The
commencement exercises of the Gull
pepper high school began Friday night,
| with an entertainment by the literary
society in the school building. The
invocation was made by Rev Mr..
Hammond Of st. Stephens. and Miss
Cornelia Petty was the soloist of the
occasion. REGULATIONS and readings
followed in quick succession to the
spirited debate with which the pro-
gram closed. The subject OF debate
was Resolved: That the United
States should extend to women the
right Of suffrage On the affirma-
tive side was Linton w. Mason, tho
valedictorian Of the class. and Fred
L. Thomas. Opposing them were
Jonathan Gibson and Miss Mary A.
Jasper. Miss Jasper was the recent
recipient Of the gold medal presented
by the Culpeper Chapter. U. D. c..
for the best essay on the life OF
Yesterday many attractive events
were held on the high school ath-
letic field. and this morning the bac-
calaureate sermon was preached by
Rev. DR.. f. w. Winfrey, in the Bap-
list church.
Manassas.
MANASSAS. VA, June 1.-The COM
mencement OF the Manassas Indus
trial School for Colored Youths was
held Friday The principal address
was made by Professor Kelly Miller,
dean OF Howard university, Washing
ton, DR.. George Gordon Battle. of
New York, sent a letter. Diplomas
were awarded twenty-six graduates
and trade certificates were given to
nineteen proncients of the indus
trial departments.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-02

The Washington Star praises President viii
sons ability as listener, saying that listening
is In place where 1t can be capitalized at the
very top figure" Mr.. Wilson not only seems
to be good listener but good talker, doing
each at the proper time. When listening Is
the proper role he listens when 1t is talking. he
talks. and somhow he seems to use both gifts
to the best purpose Several gentlemen In New
Jersey will never forget his talking and many
oficeseekers In Washington will never forget his
silence. One thing, however that Mr.. Wilson
doesn't do we'll, and that is to whisper
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-02
country. he says. makes it necessary that such

country. he says. makes 1t necessary that such
iesislation Be enacted. Andrew Carnegie, speak
ing In London on the tariff. which he believes
should be reduced, on peace. which he is seeking
to make worldwide, on Wilson. Bryan and Page,
wnom ne praises, and on the need of currency
reform. stated the truth when he said that delay
might mean financial depression. Once before
the currency laws and conditions, due partly
to those laws. brought on panic in tariff
revision year and a Democratic tariff was made
to suffer the blame. Should another panic fol-
low the failure to revise and strengthen our cur
rency laws Democratic tariff will again take
the blame. Proper currency legislation now may
be necessary to the continuance in power of the
Democratic party and. what is of more impor-
lance, to the wel.being of the nation.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-02

The elevation OF Morse is direct challenge
TO the respectable business men and the people
large 81 the country. Its an anront to them
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-10-31
LITTLE JOKE BY SKIMPs
Sacked His Statement With Money,
but Was Compelled to
Compromise.

Speaking Of bantam chickens" re-
marked Skimps, when the v
ton turned to poultry. Il have a hen
whose eggs are so small that | put
three dozen of them in a collar-box
the other day"
Give him the Ananias club medal"
shouted the rest, in chorus.
Have any Of you gentlemen money
with which to back your doubts Of
my veracity?"
I have a couple OF dollars" replied
Gaswell.
so have l." added Dukane.
Good enough. I'll cover both Of
those bets"
Very we'll. Now show US those
eggs in that collar-box."
We'll. ! can do it if you insist, but
perhaps it may not be necessary
"0f course it's necessary. You
don't expect to win our money with
out proof. do you?'
Not at all, but / merely wish to
observe that it was a horse-collar-box
| put the eggs in"
With some difficulty the matter was
compromised, and Skimps was warned
that the next break Of the kind would
cost him his life.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-10-31
Tickied a Mule.

Little Paul Porpare had heard the
mules laugh, or at least make noises
that sounded like laughter, and so
when he say a sad-faced jack stand
ing loose near a stable at Cypress av-
nue. and Troutman street, Brooklyn,
he decided it should be cheered up.
Little Paul-h6 is five years old and
lives at 81 Wyckoff avenue-got a
straw and tickled the mules ear. The
mule sort of grinned and shook its
head, but didn't hee-haw. Then little
Paul tried again. This time the mule
whirled about quickly, raised his heels
and the next sounds that little Paul
heard were the clang Of an ambulance
bell and the hee-haw of the mule, COM
bined. The surgeon from the German
hospital bandaged up PauIs face and
hands. upon which he had Slid along
the street after alighting. Then his
mother took him New York
World.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-10-31
What Doctor Can Beat This?

In less than three months a ply
stefan of Portland, Me, has treated
professionally five patients represent
ing five successive generations of the
same family, beginning with a cente-
marian and following in the direct line
OF descent down to her great-great-
grandson. He first attended the old
lady, who was ninety-nine years old.
for senile gangrene resulting in her
death. During her illness he was
called on to prescribe for her daugh-
ter, aged seventy-tiye. Next this
daughters son, a florist, aged fifty,
fell i'll and required attention. Fol
lowing him, a son, a clerk of twenty
seven, found himself in need of medi-
cal aid. And lastly to the clerks wife
was born a male child, whom the doc
tor was called upon to assist into
the world. as he had been summoned
to ease the Observation-Disclosures
exit from it barely three months be-
fore.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-10-31
ENGLAND'S NOTED OLD BANK
Many curiosities Are Owned by 1.-THE
Old Lady Of Threadneedle
Street."

London.-The greatest bank in the
world-the Bank of England-is
needle street. The bank has issued
millions Of pounds in notes, and il
each could speak what tales of history
would be told. For instance. there
is preserved in the Bank of England
library a G5 note with these words
written upon it: IF this note gets in
to the hands Of John Dear of Longhill,
near Carlisle, his brother Andrew is
a prisoner in Algiers." This notifica.
ton was copied into a Carlisle Jews
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-10-31
Fathers Neat Rehukc.

This is a story told of an old Evan
g~elical clergyman who had a son in
orders. The young man became a
full-blown Ritualist. On one occasion
the father paid a visit to his son,
who asked him to preach in his
church. For some time the old MAJ
refused, but pressed to do so, he at
length consented, and chose the text,
Lord, have mercy upon my son. for
he is 9 lunatic.'
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-10-31
Stopping the Wind.

In the village church during the
morning service the organist was an
noyed because the organ-blower kept
working the lever noisily after he had
finished playing. A famous preacher
had come down from London to
preach. The organist scrubbed a
note to the blower, and sent it round
by a choir boy, who, misunderstood
ing his instructions, put it into the
hands Of the preacher. The note was
as follows: Perhaps you will kindly
stop when / tell you to-. The people
have come here to hear my music. not
your noise"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-10-31
THRILLING RESCUE OF BOY
Engineer Picks Lad Up as Locomotive
Rushes Toward Him on High
Trestle.

Clarksburg, w. Va.-Hulbert L. Nc
Henry, an engineer on the Baltimore
son Allen, five years old, whom he dis
covered in the middle of a 60-foot
trestle near this city. AS soon as the
engineer saw the boy he climbed over
the coal pit Of the locomotive and by
hanging on the rear end of the tender
picked up young Allen in one arm.
The boy remained cool when he saw
his danger and held up his arms to
McHenry as the locomotive bore down
uDon him.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-10-31

paper, and John Dear thus became
aware of the w%areabouts Of his long
lost brother.
Among other curiosities in the bank
library there is a bank note dated 10th
Xber, $685. for $500. This is the
oldest bank note known to be in ex-
lstence. In appearance and design
it j. very similar to the present day
notes. Another interesting note is
one for $1,000 which Lord Cochrane
paid as a fine, imposed upon him for
his enormously supposed connection
with a fraud for raising the public
funds. 1t is Endorsed with these
words: My health having suffered
by long and close confinement, and
my oppressors having resolved to de-
priye me of property and life. I submit
to robbery to protect myself from
murder. in the hope that | shall live
to bring the d~elinquents to Justice
Cochrane. Grated chamber. Kings
Bench prison. 3 July, 1915"
The greatest amount for which a
Bank of England note has been issued
is Gt.e00,08o. There are only four
Of these million pounds notes in exist
ence. One Is preserved ii the library
Of the bank. another IS in the posses
sion OF the Rothsehild family, a third
IS owned BY Iessrs. Coutts, the fa-
nous bankers. and the forth IS in the
hands Of the descendants Of Samuel
Rogers, the poet.
The printing is done en- the bank
premises. The notes are printed in
pairs aud come off the machines
pressed and dried. Stock notes Of dif-
ferent values from G5 to c1,000 are
kept in iron safes in one large room
and the average value of the stock is
between GS0,000,0o0 and $4,000 900.
Over $4,000 notes of various values
are paid into the bank every day. On
their return the notes are sorted, first
into their respective values, then ac-
cording to their. dates, and finally into
their numerical order. Every note
has q place Of its own in the bank
| registers, and Immediately the notes
are sorted their return is registered.
Special examining clerks devote
their attention to detecting forgeries.
Or late years there have not been
many cases of forged notes, but dur
ing the eighteenth and early part Of
the nineteenth centuries the banks
suffered severe losses from counter
felt notes. The story of the first re-
corded forgery forms a unique chapter
in the book Of romance. A certain
linen draper named Vaughan was pas
~sionately in love with a fair maiden
whose father was a nan of consid-
cradle wealth. The love sick swain
knew that the quickest way to win the
girl was to give some proof that he
was q mar OF means. To this end he
employed several men to engrave for
him a Bank of England note for eco.
When twelve of the notes had been
worked off he presented them to his
lady fair. Unluckily the imposition
was soon discovered and poor Vaughn
was hanged.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-10-31
DID DRAW THE LINE AT THAT
After All, There Was Something the
Victorious Insurgents Would
Not BE Guilty OF.

The successful revolutionist { for
While you correspondents have
been reasonably accurate in your ac-
counts" he remarked, you have over
looked some of u good points. We
acknowledge capturing the insurgent
him regularly, cutting off his ears and
hnaily b%anishing him, but"
lie paused that the force Of the re-
mark might be fully felt.
When you say we have been in
human and given to extreme cruelty,
you overdraw it. We haven't even
limited at running him for vice-presi-
dent!"-New York Evening Post.