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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-01
sCYLLA AND CHARYBDIs,

With that ability TO compress much In little
which characterizes the editorials of the satur-
day Ercata9 Post that publication thus moral.
ICES on the mortgage and bond tax laws OF some
OF the States OF the Union comparing them I'M
fayorably with those of New York:
II should not be forgotten that lobster palaces
and the stock market by no means the only
magnets which draw opulent persons from other
parts OF tho country 10 tho metropolis. Under
recent enlightened legislation in that State for
example, holder OF bonds and mortgages may
register them, paying a fee of one-half Of one
per cent; and thereafter thy are legally exempt
from taxation. In Illinois. on the other hand.
bonds illegally exempt from taxation Dur
ing the holders lifetime. by simply hardening
his conscience a bit he gets off oven more lightly
than his fellow investor in tho Empire State.
But at his demise, under the inheritance tax law,
public funCtionary opens his safe deposit box.
and--if he Is a conscientious functionary-not
only levies the inheritance tax but lists bonds
for a personal property tax which connscates
about two-ffths Of the income derived from
them. However dchatable may be the respec-
tive attractions Of the two Commonwealth rs
q place for a bondhoider to live there is no
question about New York superiority as a Mace
for him To die. And Illinois personal PROPERTY
tax law Is no more absurd and iniqultous than
that Of many other States.
ANY State may retain such law SO long
it is not enforced. To the extent that il Is
enforcede-as through Illinois inheritance tax act
the State viii surely lose ground before tts
more enlightened neighbors
In other words, bonds and MORTGAGES are
rightly taxed in New York and Illegally exeiDp,
from taxation in Illinois and other States. OF
which Virginia is one. So long as the present
laws are not enforced no harm is done but when
enforced they become a menace
This is the view of the special grand Jury
which reported to Judge Richardson the result
Of its Investigation Of taxdodgfng in this city
That jury found that the taxpayer In Virginia
Ia caught between the necessity of hardening
his conscience and being mucted
This point Of view may be wrong. but it seems
to be one generally held If true the laws should
be revised The State has no right to put ia
citizens in the position Of evading the laws or
being put at disadvantage; 1t has no right
to make him do violence to his conscientious
scruples until he has none or submit to injus.
tce.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-01
The Wealth of the Nation

would be doubled if every acre OF
ground in the United States were
made to produce all that it is capa-
BILE of producing. Such is the claim
Of the modern scientific agricultur
ist based on what has already been
accomplished.
According to Senator Cummins
the recent extension work IN agrl
culture has increased the wealth Of
the State of Iowa one hundred mil
lion dollars to date.
Whether other States have in
their idle acres such latent power
for wealth is a question, but we be-
lieve that STATE or INDIVIDUAL
can develop greater and richer re-
sources every day by using what
is already at hand in systematized
methods of work.
The American National Bank
OF Richmond, Virginia,
offers YOU practical help in your
financial development.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-01
THERE ISN'T. BUT THERE IL.

A money trust ia a concentration of wealth
and credit in the hands of few men. Accord
ing to the letter sent the Pujo committee by
]. P. Morgan Company, there is no such CON
centration Of wealth. but the banking and cur.
rency laws responsible for ii.
That letter is remndful of the defense put
up by man accued Of borrowing his neigh
boris kettle, and returning it in an impaired con.
dition. He didn't borrow It, in the first place;
in the second place, it had hole in II wnen ne
borrowed il; and in the third place, there wasn't
any hole in II when he returned it. There is
no money trust, In the first place: the power
cannot be used to the detriment OF the people.
in the second place. and in the third place, It
is the fault OF the laws that such power exists.
That is the gist of the letter from j. p Morgan
& Company.
This Is in line with the complaint OF President
Mahon, of the New York stock exchange agains,
the Sulzer bills for the reform OF the exchange
There IS no concentration Of wealth in the hands
those few rich men, IN whose hands the wealth
is concentrated will use it against prospective
borrowers
The extent of this concentration of wealth may
be exaggerated and the power for evil possessed
by stock exchange ttnanciers may not be as great
as some believe, but that the concentration exists
Gfd the power is too great is admitted by these
same fnanciers every time they open their
mouths or pen line. The people of the United
States do not care picayune how those rev
men obtained control of money and credit. What
they want TO know is how to take 1t away. If
reform Of the banking and currency laws Is
needed let us have reform of these laws If
something else is needed let US have something
else The more the inanciers protest the more
firmly the country becoms convinced that there
IL money trust and that those composing ii are
seeking to maintain the system. Cooperation
with those seeking remedy will be better for
the country and better for the bankers
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-01
The Law in the Balance.

Editor Of The Yirginian
sir.-I am expecting the reverse swing of the
national pendulum with what the last election
voices, and look for it to come no more from
congress or President Wilson than from the Su-
premc court, Its decisions from now on must
render Justice to the people
We have now reached the climax in the exc
cution Of Virginias criminal law. The thread
upon which the fate of Nirginias criminal law
hangs is Claude Aliens life Shall Virginia law
be violated. shall the curriculum OF her courts
be Vitiated? In short. shall Claude Allen be
granted life? This is an excrucating moment
for Nrginia's governor. | do not envy him. Just
now the honors of his office. Is his patriotism
that depth that he would surrender his own
life were II required to purchase or rna1h l.,
law and order? | may not be the only one VINO
has been surprised at open statements ana IN
timauons that the governor could not STAND up
under all the pressure put on ffffff hdd not
thought that inimcal to him in his cam
paign meant SO much is now declared to
me Many weeks since a man adjacent
county contributed a liberal amount lby. checkl
to the ALLEN fund" addressed 10 the Scare of
the governor TO be handed DIR, Mcdaniel after it
had had its silent influence on the governor.
The sender of this check IS IN no sense a
vicious man. My knowledge or him. his family
and relatives is that they good citizens and
he is successful, honest business man SUIT ne
represents a type wh6se views are sane In husl-
ness but not safe on morals Ihey argue mus
Judge Massie's life is gone, in some way Tor
feited and that taking the life of the slayer
fails at two important points. l. 1t does not
breathe the murdered man back to a living
soul 2 Taking the life of the murderer does
not prevent crime These two noted arguments
have repeatedly scored upon juries of little in
telligence no decision of character and having
no appreciation of Jurisprudence. But because
turies have grown lax and courts loose under
he ineuence of attorneys squeezing the last dol
lar from the murderer estate, and above all,
under tina: lethargic influence of the fippant and
idle who fiji every court room Shall Virginia s
governor repudiate either jurys decision, or
The Judges sentence. or vitate her code. that's
stood the test of the ages?
r. f BLACKW ELL.
Holly Dale Va.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-01
SOUTHSIDE
GOVERNOR MANN
GUEST Of LEAGUE
HE DECLARES COOPERATION ONE
OF THE FUNDAMENTALS OF
SCHOOL.

That cooperation of the teachers and
patrons was one OF the fundamentals
OF a school was the principal point
brought out last night by Governor
Mann in his address TO the Oak Grove
Civic School league In Oak Grove
Baptist church.
Governor Mann also declared that a
school should not be eontented with
the old ideas by which they are being
conducted. but modern methods should
be adopted. He said that a good edu-
cation is very essential to the citizen
Of today. and the parents were eau
toned not to let their children abandon
study until they have gotten prac-
teal education, at least.
William G.. owens, division super n
tendent OF Chesterfield schools also
delivered a brief address HIS talk
was practically on the same line OF
Governor Mann's address One of the
largest gathering of residents OF the
town every Assem- bled in Oak Grove
Baptist church greeted Governor Mann
when he appeared last night The citi-
zens of this place are manifesting a
large amount Of interest in the affairs
of the schools OF this place
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-01
wANrED-A SLIPPER IN GOOD CONDITION

0SSItsD-~A StIFi'F4k IN tCCb 1DNDt IioN.
Several weeks ago number of advocates
of votes for women left New York on q tramp
To Washington. They have made no yociferous
Demonstrations So far as reports show, they
have INDUCED in no actions calculated to cause
q breach OF the peace They were women en-
titled to respect. Since starting on their jour
ney they have done nothing to forfeit the respect
due all good women.
Many Of us may see no good results that
can accrue from this march. We may believe 1t
unnecessary, If not foolish. But whether we
approve Of equal suffrage or not, and whether
or not we approve Of this method Of advertising
the cause, the decent among us will have moth
ing but contempt fer the students of a Maryland
college VINO insuted and injured the women
marchers. From New York to Jersey City,
through It and the state Of New Jersey, to Bal
eimore through the streets Of big city and
across the State of Maryland, these women
marched, and not thug uttered ieer nor threw
!. stone I, remained for students at an H..
stitutlon Of learning to disgrace the male sex
It remained -for-p esuuahlX respectable youths
from presumably respectable homes TO put waits
and outcasts 10 shame Those young rowdes
in uniform, instead Of standing at attention with
gun across their shoulders. should be in the
ruardhopse Better than this each should be
stretched across parental knee to suffer from
the application o. welHielded slipper
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-01

James Perry was arrested yesterday
afternoon on warrant charging him
with cursing. abusing and attempting
to do bodily harm to Samuel Me-
knight.
John Dowden, a negro. WAS placed
under arrest on a charge of recl0esslN
driving wagon belonging 70 the Old
Dominion Distilling com pany through
the streets of South Richmond and
overturning n buggy driven by Mrs y.
u. Rock. Mrs. Rock fell to the ground.
but was unhurt
sonny Goode. a prominent figure in
Police court. part III. was locked up in
Third precinct station on charges Of
drunkenness and being down and out.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-01

Mrs. n E. BASS, daughter OF Fred
erick and Anna Rudd, of Powhatan
county. died Thursday. February 2Tth,
at i0:iT T. M. In her home. 3i0a Hull
street She is survived by her hus
band, three brothers, VIM. T.. James
H. and A. A, Rudd. one sister, Mrs.
F. A Baugh. four sons, Robert.
Charles, VIM. A.. and Powhatan n.
Bass; three daughters. Mrs j. r.
Ahern, Mrs. w. w. Hankins and Mrs.
Irene Jones.
The funeral will be held at
Weatherford Memorial Baptist church
at a M Saturday. Remains VIII
be taken at 1O:45 A. Nj. to Mt, Her.
man church, Chesterfield county, for
interment at > r. M.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-01
SULLIVAN PAYS
DEATH PENRLTY
LAD OF TWENTY-FIVE DIES IN
CHAIR FOR MURDER or
CONVICT GUARD.

Roy Maxwell Sullivan paid the PEN
atty eSacted by the law yesterday
morning when he went to his death in
the electric chair in the Virginia PEN
itentiary for murder.
The first shock was applied at 30
o'clock and after the third shock the
boy was pronounced dead and the body
turned over to an undertaken. II will
be taken today to Wachula, Florida.
his old home. for interment. accom-
panied by an uncle, Wallace Sullivan.
Sullivan spent a good night, ate
heartily of breakfast, received OK
treme JUNCTION from the two priests
who have ministered unto him, and
walked to the chair bravely, meeting.
his end unifinchingly. He made no
public statement.
AS he started on the walk TO death
from his cell he babe goodbye TO
Floyd and Claude Allen, who are In
the tier of deaths cells just opposite
the one he occupied.
Sullivan was sent up from the Cir.
cult court of Clifton Forge in Jam
uary OF last year for four years for
forgery. Several months later he wa.
transferred to the Pittsylvania road
force. and in June shot and Killed
Guard John Howard with a pistol
which he had paid a negro ex-convict
| to secrete in convenient place He
.iAue MS escape, nut was captured the
following day by the pursuing posse,
after being shot down. He was mt
mortally wounded and recovered In
about three weeks.
Sullivan was only twenty-five Years
old and Is said to have come of
good family. He married a sixteen
year-old Bristol girl shortly before n.
was convicted of forgery and she Wis.
tied him once during his confinement
In the State penitentiary, but since
appears to have deserted him.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-01
Hear Appealed Cases.

The appealed cases Of Common
wealth against John Dennis and
AIphias Tyler win be heard today by
Judge e. II. Wells in Hastings court
part II. Both appealed from decision
Of Justice Maurice in, Police court,
part H.
Tyler is charged with the theft of
some corn while Dennis is alleged TO
have stolen a quantity of liquor. The
former will be represented by John
Marshall and the latter by Charles T.
Morris.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-01

Ruling that the collision of a Hull
street car and an auto truck belonging
to the American Tobacco company,
which occurred recently at Hull street
and Cowardin avenue was unavoidable,
the charges of violating the city traffic
ordinance was dismissed yesterday by
Justice Maurice.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-01
Damage suit Filed.

A suit for the recovery Of alleged
damages of $4,000 was filed yesterday
in Hastings court. part III. by Fill
more Fountain against l. J. Smith. The
plaintiff will be represented by Attor-
ney Edwin P. Cox, ~ -
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-01

justice of the peace of one magtstrial
district being ineligible TO try cases in
another district. a number or mis-
demeanor cases that were once tried
in Swansboro court were again yester~
day By Magistrate l.. w. Cheatham.
A magistrate from Midlothian district
had been presiding over Swansboro
court several months prior to Judge
SeuthaiIs ruling.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-01
ou.,saen A. Notnrx pub,te.

Charles r. Jones yesterday appeared
before Judge Ernest H. Wells and
qualified as notary public. Mr.. Jones
was formerly a member of the Arm
OF Jones & Clements, retail grocers.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-01

Really Mr. Bryan seems worried that he
cannot occupy all the cabinet jobs at once says
the Norfolk Led9er-Dispatch, but he does not
seem to be worried as much as those who fear
he will occupy one of them
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-01

In Decatur~Street Methodist church.
Ninth and Decatur streets, the pastor.
Rev. r. NJ. white. will preach at both
services tomorrow. Sunday-school
openstat ais A. NJ.
The pastor, Rev. Henry c. Pfeiner,
will conduct both the morning and
evening service tomorrow In Central
Methodist church. Communion will
follow the morning service. Sunday
school opens at 9:l5 A. NJ.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-01

Lots Of people could help more by not saying
so much,-Philadelphia Record.
BY not talking 50 much
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-01
Funeral of Mrs. Bass.

The funeral OF Mrs. ". E. Hass
daughter of Frederick Rudd, of Pow
hatan county. who died Thursday night
at her residence, 3f09 Hull street. was
conducted yesterday morning in
Weatherford Memorial church. The
body was afterwards sent to Moseley's
Junction for burial
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-01

Tax reform does not mean the lessenlug of
yours ard the increase Of the other fellow s,
bat z read jas1ment 81 both To bear equally
or each blackstone Courier
Now that the cat Is oat ot the bag, there viii
he Fess agitation Tor reform OF the tax laws.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-01

why not constitutional amendment limiting
marriages to one term7
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-01

Retry Several Misdemeanor Cases.
AS result of the decision of Judge
Robert G.. Southa}l last week in Ches-
terfield Circuit court In regard to a
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-01
Small Sutt Filed

Small Suit Filed.
A suit was filed in Henrico Circuit
court yesterday by P c. Pleasa
against w Fl. Cosby. seeking dam.
ages of $500. James r. Lewis i.
counsel for the plaintiff
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-01
FOR RENT.

221a acres on Seven Pines Car Line, near Highland
Sprngs-Stop 3d. Nice house. barn, silo poultry houses
all the land is cleared and in high state of cultivation
Possession about March LIST.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-01
FOR SALE.

Modern house of rooms, in Woodland Heights lot
fronts over 200 feet One block from line. Price,
$5O0OOO. Terms. Possession at once.
J. A. CONNOLLY & co.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20
BURNED AND ITCHED BADLY

$50 Lincoln Park Blvd, Chicago, Ill.
"A year ago l received very severe
burn on my left arm. ! caught cold in
it and it was all sore and liberated.
The sore was as large as silver dol
lar. 1t was all red and inflamed and
had pus running out of it. l suffered
terribly from burning pain; could not
sleep, for two weeks it burned and
itched so badly. I applied - Salve,
- Salve and salve my druggist
recommended as his own, but got no
relief. l then commenced using the
Cuticura Soap and Ointment. l bathed
the burned parts with Cuticura Soap
and applied the Cuticura Ointment on
a linen bandage. got relief from the
first, and my arm healed nicely. / was
soon able to be at work again. Had |
used Cuticura Soap and Ointment at
first l would have avoided lots of suf-
fering" (Signed) Harry Junke, Mar.
8, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L. Boston"
Adv
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20
WHY INCUBATOR CHICKS DIE
SWALLOW HAD LONG JOURNEY
Positive Proof That Bird Travelled the
Distance From England to
South Africa.

The capture Of swallow bearing
an aluminium ring in Natal. South
Africa, the other day, has resulted in
an astonishing insight into the migra-
tory habits Of birds. From number
and address stamped on the ring it
was discovered that the swallow was
one of 11,4S3 British birds marked in
a similar way last summer by enthu-
siasts, desiring to learn more as to the
routes taken by bird migrants, and
whether birds return again to their
previous nesting sites. This systema-
tic marking of birds began in 1909,
since when nearly $4,000 have been
''ringed." About three per cent. are
afterward noted, but the swallow re
ported from Natal appears to have
made the longest flight SO far. A
black-headed gull ringed as nesting
in Yorkshire in July, 1911, was found
In February, 1912, in Flores, Azores
A starting ringed in Berkshire in jan
uary, 1912, reached Helsingfor, Fin
land, in April. A teal ringed in Stat
fordshire in the autumn of 1910, was
found at Dalarne, Sweden. July. 1911.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20
EDITOR PAUsEs TO INQUIRE
Seems to Have q Feeling That He Is
Making an Argument Against
Woman Suffrage.

Enemies OF votes for women, in
search of arguments to confound the
orators of the case, may use for what
it is worth the following incident
which happened in Madison square
one day last week:
young woman Of pleasing and pic
turesque aspect came northward from
Twenty-third street across the square.
She struggled under the weight Of 6
dog-hamper, and inside one could see
a bright-eyed, restless fox terrier, ca
ger to be let out. The woman carried
a leash in her left hand, and the dog
had on a collar with a snap. An in
terested observed followed the woman.
She struggled on six blocks up Madi-
son avenue before she reached her
destination, a residence on the east
side of the street. Then she unlocked
the hamper, snapped the leash on the
dogs collar, and took him inside the
house. Why had she carried an able
bodied, 25-pound fox terrier, who want
ed to be let out, all that distance?-
New York Evening Post.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20
GETS tDEATH SIGN"

| back. One Of the most common signs
is made by uniting the tips of the
thumb and forefnger, forming a ring,
while the other fingers are extended,
circular motion of the hands means
III tear you up One finger is hur-
riedly passed across the throat-and
that threat needs no Interpretation.
Sometimes the man making the threat
slashes upward with one finger on his
breast or stomach. That is I'll rip
your heart out The first and second
fingers may be extended, pitchfork
like, and sudden jab made toward
the eyes, III blind you
But there are too many signs to
be listed Every little secret associa-
ton of Italian criminals may have it's
own code. Many of the signs have
their origin in the village from which
the actors come and might not be
recognized by outsiders. Remember.
there are eighty-nine distinct dialects
spoken in Italy. But the meaning of
all is contained in a most expressive
gesture Of the Calabrians. which
means:
If | get hold of you I'll cut you
up-and II you run I'll shoot you
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20
Woman in Court Faints When
She Sees Fatal Gesture.
Is Code of the Camorrlsts-Member
OF Criminal Society Have CHASTITY
Ways of Telling Victim of
Impending Doom.

New York.-Annie Greece was get
ling along beautifully in her testi-
mony the other day. Her statements
were lucid, her memory perfect, her
sense of the dramatic keen. Then
some one in the packed mob toward
the rear of the court room caught
Armies eye-and bit the knuckle OF
his bent forefinger. His features
wrinkled up in a snarl, as do those of
dog when he worries a bone. Annie
pitched sidewise out of her chair in
faint.
That" said an old secret service
man, was only one of perhaps a
dozen death signs Any one OF, them
would be recognized by any Italian,
because they all have their origin in
that instinct of dramatization COM
mon to the race. The knuckle biting
meant death, of course. More nearly
1t meant I'll tear you to bits. If you
ever see an enraged Camorrist biting
at his knuckle bone and growing like
q bulldog, you'll admit that sign is