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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-14

DETROIT, April 13.-'Look pleas
ant please" beloved the man with
the camera. A clanking of expectancy
ran through the couplings while the
.air through the train-line Kissed for
silence.
The camera men was taking the pic
ture of one of the largest shipments of
automobiles ever hauled in one train
load There were sixty freight cars,
some arrogant regulation auto cars.
other just ordinary hard working box
cars and here and there were those
rakish looking nondescripts with tops
slightly awry, the Weary Willies of the
road.
From the eight powerful drivers of
the big road engine to the red and
green tail-lights at the way-car's end
there was an air Of conscious i'm
portane. The train, pulling age Fords
from the Detroit factory to Minot
y. d. was about to set a record and
even the brakeshoes knew it and were
resolved to do their duty.
The train was resting on a siding
primping itself for the ordeal, when
the camera man and the banner start
ed with an automobile to find It. When
they arrived the engine and caboose
had deserted it and would not be back
until the following day.
The next day the wind was blowing
a gale. But the train had to leave that
day so II must sit for its picture then
or not at all There was delay in
getting the engine and caboose to the
siding.
After much pulling and tuggin
against the gale the forty-foot banner
was securely tackled to the side of a
big Northwestern car when--whif--
puf--zipp--the wind caugh ii and
tore 1t into thousagd shreds, A
second attempt with aVsecoud banner
proved more successful. But there
was no engine and caboose.
4 ride five miles on switching en-
CINE. numerous calls by telephone
from smoky shack serving as yard
headquarters, a return trip with the
big road engine and Caboose were ne
cessary before the work could so on.
Then the camera man from a dis
lance of something less than fifty miles
away--he had to get back nearly that
far TO get proper spective-~climbed
into the rear Of his machine that
swayed in the wind, called to the dis
tant train to look at the little bird
just above his camera, got out of the
cameras insides, jerked the tapping
shroud from his shoulders. looked
owlish, pulled a little jigger at the
side and it was over. The train felt
so good it giggled, sending a success
sion of braun Jumps downs its length.
Two days after, the camera man
brought the photograph of tire train
to be viewed and 1t was just one
hundred inches long
He was sent for by Mr. Ford and
under the tutleage of the latter, learn
ed to drive. Oidfeid proved worthy
Of his reputation for nerve and at the
wheel of 1893" burned up the high
ways and race tracks of the country.
This was the actual beginning Of Old
fields racing career.
Compared TO the car now manu-
featured by the Ford Motor company,
1893" was crude affair indeed.
The present Ford touring car with
its light Nanadium steel construction
does not weigh half so much as did
this car.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-14


The American Automobile asSoCia-
ton will be represented in the two i'm
portant international gatherings the
coming summer. The first of these
is the Ligue Internatfonale des as
sociations. Touristes congress, at
Amsterdam, June 1921, where the as
sociation's delegate will be Bernard
Van H Schultz, of New Jersey. who
is making a 5, 000-mile tour of Eu-
rope Schultz has been most ex-
tensive European motor traveller, and
in the course of his several tours
abroad he has traversed practically all
OF the important mountain passes
For the international road congress,
to take place in London, June 23th-
28th of which the A. A. A. is also a
member. James II. Cook, of Alabama,
has been appointed. This assem- blage
or roads enthusiasts of the world Will
be most important affair. and ii is
not unlikely that the A, A. A. will have
several delegates. in addition to the
one already selected. Mr.. Schultz
may arrange to Join Mr.. Cook, who In
company with Major w. w. Crosby, of
Maryland, will precede his visit to
London with an automobile tour of
the contienent.
Illustrating the worldwide extent of
automobiling, and the increasing CO.
operation among the various organi-
cations, reciprocal relations are being
established between the Nippon Auto
mobile club and the American Auto
mobile association, as a result of ac-
ton at the recent meeting of the A. A.
A. executive board. The Japanese as
ISOLATION particularly urges America ms
TO visit unexplored Japan. and the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-14
Sells First Car After Flood.

One of the first II not the first.
commercial transactions, and in any
event the first sale of motor car.
concluded in Dayton. O, after thu
waters of the recent food had sub
sided was the sale of a Cadillac by
II. NJ McCord. the local dealer
The car had been entirely sub
merged for thirty hours Aside from
a deposit of mud it was found TO be
none the worse for It's bath. An ex-
animation showed that owing to the
accurate 1T Of the piston and piston
rings not drop of water had worked
It's way into the cylinders.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-14

Sir Leopold McClintock, the Attic
explorer, was once giving an account
of his experience amid the ice fields
Of the North.
I'VE certainly would have travelled
much farther" no explained, had
not our dogs given out at critical
time"
But" exclaimed the young. woman
who had been listening intently, Il
thought that the Eskimo dogs were
perfectly tireless creatures"
Sir Leopold's face wore whimsi-
cally gloomy expression as he res
Piled:
'I-er-speak in a culinary sense.
miss"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-14
Uses to Which Britons May Be Put.

An Englishment who had been holi-
daying in the far North paid a visit to
the battlefield of Culloden. His
driver, a fine old Highlander. acting
as guide, pointed out to him every
thing of interest which tradition or
historical fact associated with the
fight. And there said the guide.
pointing with his whip to a field not
far off, "lie the English" "Ah! Very
interesting" replied the Englishman.
Yes" retorted the Highlanders, with
something like passion in his Voice.
land you will notice that it is Scotch
oats that is growing there. Argos
naut -
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-14

cast as were cast at the last election. II not
the cause must be found in the fact that the
majority OF the people of Richmond do not
want to vote, careing nothing about how the
municipal and State governments are conducted;
careing not whether efficient or inefficient,
power.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-14
CURRENT COMMENT
All Overratcd.

In looking over the wide range Of estimates
of the size of Mr.. Morgan's fortune 1t is well
to keep In mind one safe rule-no American
millionaire is rich people think ne u.s.
John d. Rockefeller used to be spoken or IN
awestricken tones worth billion dollars,
but in an authoritative statement not long ago
his wealth was put at not over 3oO,000,0O0.
on final appraisal the estate of E. II. Hartman
amounted to less than half in actual dollars
and cents the figures given In forecasts at me
time Of his death. Whether Mr.. Morgan left
81 90 900 600 or less, the same is true
-rumor tends to ran ahead of the facts when
money magnate long in the public eye rem
derS his final accounting.
Probably the principal cause of this exagger-
alton is that people apt to confuse the an
captain of industry with his personal pos
sessions and TO credit to him as actual belong
ings property over which he held control
ing hand.
In their persons such men may symbolic
such property and give fairly correct idea of
its policies and purposes, but individual owner
ship is Il wholly different thing when 1t comes
to counting shares of stock and fixing the value
of tangible observation-disclosures York; World.
y Queer Slips by Authors
''The Mystery Of Mary'-A roar Of silence
followed.
Saturday Evening Post-Her feet swol-
len from standing in wet. salty water.
THE Danger Mark"--Her throat full
of tears. From her eye-teeth, probably" com
The Master Mummer"-But Isobel I am
more than twice your age; you eighteen
and I am thirty-rour.
he had dark-brown hair. with enormous black
eyebrows. mustache,M and short beard.
a favorite at court, and the spoiled faYorite of
all the ladies Of his sex. tSex probably mis-
print for set.
gloomiy, like black buttons (Wen fixed for
eyes) Boston Transcript
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-14

The Newport News Press says It IS ashamed
Of a nun If attempted to get off. Such d can
did confession at least relieves its readers OF
rrassmeut.--Blackstone Courier.
some punsters are acknowledgements
News Press .
We wish TO go on record as resenting this
imputation upon the material of which the
cheerful countenance of the Danville Register
is made
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-14

Nippon club will supply all necessary
routes and information as to the best
roads. 1t is suggested that the most
tourable months are March, April and
May. and the latter part of September
continuing into October and NoYem-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-14
1t Can't Be Did.

President Wilson is realizing that it is easier
for a rich to pass through the eye of a
needle than for poor man to represent this
Democratic government at one of the first courts
Of Europe.-St. Paul Dispatch.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-14
Wall Street Nlrtuous.

We read somewhere recently that the Wall
Street Journal boldly announced that the Street
could buy Governor Sulzer and his lawmakers
but that it too "virtuous7 70 do so The
same old story devil sick saint, devil well
and devil again. FeastinG on the nnoceuts
but falling down TO worship a power that may
Crush.-FarmVille Herald.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-14

-tTE " asHIIIBIUII NEHI adya'
Now. as all know. to the extent that Tam
many is weakened the New York democracy IS
weakened. And, conversely, 20 the extent that
Tanmanv is strengthened-by city, State or
national Electromagnetic greater is the assurance
Of Democratic success at the polls. One cannot
cat his cake and have it. Democratic leader
in Greater New York, at Albany, or here IN
Washington cannot hamstring Tammany and
profit by 1t in a campaign.
It IS not necessary to believe word OF this,
but If the strength of the Democratic party
depends upon the strength of Tammany, then
let the Democratic party be weakened If the
Democratic party must kow-tow to Murphy and
give Murphy slices Of pie and reward Murphy's
minions or lose, then let the Democratic party
lose.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-14

Together men laugh at womens clothes and
tbon when a chicken comes along exclaim with
one breath Gee amt she a peach"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-14

The English are charging that China Is not
sincere in her attempts to stop the opium traf
fic; that she merely wishes to shut out the In.
dian opium so that she raise it herself
Suppose it's true; whose business is it but
Chinas?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-14

How about father" asked the Baltimore Sun.
Oh he's paying the suffragette fines or gong 10
jafl when he can't pay their income taxes.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-14

VIII Baltimore he partly paved with conrt
contentious? -Baltimore Sun.
1t makes no difference; Baltimore is that
road the name of which the Sun has in mind,
no matter whether you call it court conten-
tions" or good intentions"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-14
rAMMANY AND THE DEMOCRATS.

Showing its usual solicitation for Tammany
and expressing its usual hope that the national
administration will deal gently and kindly with
IT, the Washington Star says:
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-10-08

Philadelphia, Oct. e.-What would
the Athletics do without Jack Barry
Win second money in the American
league race, say the critics.
AS proof of this condition they point
to the fact that the Mackmen worried
along all season without the services
of Jack Coombs, their iron man pitch
er. Jacks absence didn't seem to
hinder their advance in the slightest
degree But Barry was scarcely on the
bench, due to an injury, before the
whole team seemed to blow up.
Barry isn't a. sensational player, but
he's one of>the most consistent fielders
throwers, base runners and timely hit
ters in the big show. Besides, he's the
best thinker on Connie Macks brainy
team.
Barry joined the Athletics in July
1908, and has been one of the most
valued players on the team ever since
Though not a hitter of the Ty Cobb
Joe Jackson type. he is right there
with the wallop whenever one is need
ed. This year he has batted in some
thing better than sixty runs for the
Mackmen.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-10-08
Q . . . = = . 6 = . . = = .
THE WHITE SLAVE ACT
AND THE STATE LAWS
Montgomery Advertiser.

A certain unsavory scandal at Sac
ramento, Cal, drew national attention
to the Mann white slave act. 1t was
demonstrated in the Sacramento case
that personal escapades, heretofore
punished by the states as offenses
against public morals had become a
violation of the federal code and
proper offense for punishment in the
federal courts.
The plain purpose of the Mann act
was to prosecute and punish the traffic
and exploitation of women; to send to
the penitentiary the vicious criminals
who would import or send from one
state to another, women for immoral
purposes. AS the bill was passed by
congress. however. it esta blished the
same penalty for the man who would
persuade or assist an immoral woman
to go into another state accompanied
by him, even though no commercial
interests Of any character entered into
the transa ction.
1t did not need the Sacramento case
to draw attention in Alabama to the
sweeping scope of the Mann white
slave act; what was revealed in Sac
ramento had been revealed in Mont
gomery in several cases; namely, that
under the explicit terms of the law, a
personal esca pade was as much SUBJ
ject to federal prosecution as the
shipping and exploitation from one
state to another of immoral women
There have been several trials and
several convictions in the federal court
of Montgomery under the Mann act
In one of these cases the head Of a
theatrical organization was convicted
and sentenced to a years imprison-
ment because he had bought the ticket
of woman member of his company.
and because there was evidence to
show that immortality figured in the
case But the literal reading of the
law made plain the guilt of the de
PENDANT, although it was demonstrated
CommerCialize the woman in the case.
From Washington comes the an
nouncem ent, not made officially, how
ever, that the department of justice
had given instructions to it's specia, !
agents. that voluntary immortality and |
personal escapades should not be the |
subject of federal prosecution, but |
they should be punished by the police |
powers of the state A case of this |
kind originated in Atlanta, which was |
expected to get into the federal cour1
but the federal authorities declared |
that the state and not the federal gov
should punish the participants
IN personal scapa des
In his report to congress, when the
act was presented for passage, Mr. /
Mann. speaking for the majority, said
in his report: THE legislation is not
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-10-08
Wall Street.

New York. Oct. Prices reacted at
the opening from yesterdays decline.
Steel, the recent weak feature, advanced
IL on an initial transaction in $500
shares. Canadian Pacific rose 1 IA and
Reading, Union Pacific and Amalgamated
advanced large fractions. Republic Steel
preferred was an exception to the general
movement, declining a point.
A pause in the liquidation Of iron and
steel stocks which had been in force for
nearly a week, gave the market bet
ter tone. The buying came principally
from shorts, whose profits on the recent
slump were large enough to prompt re-
tirement of their contracts
Little energy was eXerted on the long
side of the market,and the upward
movement of the morning failed TO give
an impression of underlying strength.
Sensitive of the domestic steel market,
in foreign industrial condi-
tons and higher money rates deferred
confident buying. Aside from the Read
ing, Can and Canadian Pacific. none of
the well-known stocks varied as much
as a point in the forenoon. The mar
ket began to droop shortly befre noon
and the small gains were largely elm
mated
Bonds were steady.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-10-08
New York Cotton.

New York. Oct. Cotton futures
broke sharply under selling apparently
inspired by lower cables, better weather
map and rumors of easier spot situation.
The market opened easy at a decline
Of u to 81 points, with active months 10
to % points net lower right after the
call. Liverpool sold here and there was
heavy scattering liquidation. Offerings
were absorbed around As for Delem-
Der and prices rallied or points from
the lowest before the end of the first
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-10-08

The three above named gentlemen
are candidates for the office of United
| States senator, and though it is pos
sible that another candidate or two
may announce, it is not likely thai
there will be any who will have much
weight in the extraordinarily enough
to change the result to any one Of the
three now before the people.
All three of these gentlemen are well
known. and the state will not suffer
by the election of either. Mr.. D. L,
Fletcher. the present senior senator
from Florida, is the most prominent
of the candidates. He has served the
state for the last five years. and has
served 1t we'll. No man has ever up
held the name of the state of Florida
in the national senate with more credit
or greater usefulness.
Mr.. Stockton is one of the best
known men in Florida. A banker and
a man connected with many import
ant enterprises, he is one of the most
public spirited citizens of his town Of
Jacksonville and of his state. Mr..
Stockton would be an able and agrees
sive man in the senate-he might be a
little too aggressive.
Albert W. Gilchrist was governor of
Florida four years and gave us a good
administration. He was a broad
minded and courageous official not
given to displays of fireworks, but
never failing in what he believed to be
his duty. There is no reason to be-
lsve he wouldn't make a good senator
These words are not taffy for the
candidates. but only what the Star
believes is their due. It is glad that
the choice of the people lies between
three such excellent men. 1t counts
on going through the campaign with
out bitterness and seeing it end with
out anger
As for itself, the Star favors the re-
election of Senator Fletcher. It is an
old and honored democratic custom
that when a man has made good in a
public office to give him a second term.
The Star thinks Senator Fletcher has
made good. He has made some mis-
takes, but no more than any man might
reasonably be expected to make. Any
man we send to the senate will make
as many; almost any man may reason
ably be expected to make more.
Promises do not count for as much,
in craftsmanship or business, as past
performances Senator Fletcher has
acquired experience that 1t would take
a new man years to attain, and it is
business to keep man on the job as
long as he is a good workman.
Senator Fletcher is deeply interest
ed in work that is of great import
ance to the South. and to Florida more
than any other state-the improve
ment of inland waterways. His ac-
quaintance with this work is so fully
recognized by his colleagues that his
dropping out of it is sure to set the
state back in this regard. A new man
could not take his place. and his work
would be sure to be given to a senator
from another state. And a senator
from another state would not take the
interest in Florida that Mr.. Fletcher
takes. Other things being equal, this
reason alone is a good argument for
his re- election. There are others, and
the Star will take them up from time
to time
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-10-08

needed or intended as an aid to the
states in the exercise of their police
mowers in this suppression or regula-
ton of immortality in general"
It is undeniable. however that the
effect of the act, due to it's direct word
ing, is to give to the federal govern
ment important police powers, hereto
fore exercised by the states. This
no less than in several cases tried in
Montgomery.
At the same time Mr. Mann present
ed his report a minority report was
pressed by the democrats signed by
Congressman W. c. Adamson of Geor-
gia, and William Richardson of Ala
bama. This report declared:
This bill is drastic and it's inevits-
BILE results revolutionary. Our chief
objection to the bill is that congress
cannot in the exercise of police powers
punish citizens of the states under A
federal statute made under the pre-
tense of regulating morals and sup
pressing morals, which in the strictest
and most literally sense, is an affair
which belongs to the states"
That the democrats were right and
the republicans were wrong has been
demonstrated by the prosecutions un-
der the act. The same truth is proved
by the recent quiet order Of Secretary
that there shall be no
prosecutions under the statute when il
Is evident that the defendants in
volved have been on personal esca-
pades." The states must and should
handle such defendants
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-10-08
VERSES WRITTEN
FOR THE CHILDREN
James Whitcomb Riley Shows Appre
citation of the Little Folks Interest
In His Birthday Celebration.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
T. Il L..

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
indianapolis Ind, Oct. T.
20, child so mild,
In pure worth, and so wild,
With delight, take the love of
An elderly child"
This verse was written by James
Whitcomb Riley especially for the
school children of the state as a token
of his appreciation of their interest in
his birthday which is being celebrated
in practically all the schools in In
diana today.
The exact year of Mr.. Riley's birth is
not known definitely, but it is gener-
ally accepted that he was born in 1852
He spent the day at home.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-10-08
HEADQUARTERS OF
EACH DIVISION
Interstate Commerce Commission An
nounces Where Physical Valuation
of Railways Will Be Figured.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.


Washington, Oct. THE interstate
commerce commission announced to-
day that division headquarters for
the work of physical valuation of rail-
ways would be located at Washington,
Chicago, Kansas City Mo-, Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, and San Francisco
In a statement the commission said:
These cities were selected as the
most logical and economical points
for the headquarters, but as the work
progresses there is every probability
that additional offices will be located
in other cities, especially in the west
ern and southwestern districts, which.
while having no more railroad mileage,
cover a much larger territory than the
other districts.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-10-08
'oRk COTTON MARKED
Liverpool Cotton.

Liverpool, oct. Cotton spot in fair
demand. Prices easier. MidRng fair,
8.12; good middling, 1884; middling, 10;
low middling. 7.4s: good ordinary, $50;
ordinary, 6.4S.
Sales, 5000 bales, including $500
American and 1900 for speculation and
export.
Receipts 1900 bales, including 800
American.
Futures closed barely steady. October.
3.741a; October-November 1921 Novem-
ber-December, 7l5; December-January,
ia; January-February, ia; February
March, ia; March-April, ia; April
May, 7.l3; May-June, 712; Juue-July
7.l0R; July-August, 70Sk; August-Sep-
TENDER, 6.92h; eptember-October, 666:
October-November, 6.57.