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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-10
HIGHLAND PARK
COMPANY On JOB
BUSHES TO SCENE or FIRE AND
PREVENTS CONFEDERATION
SMALL loss.

Fire Company No. /, of Highland
Park, saw its first active service last
night. and from all reports, the COM
pank assisted bE citizens made a fine
Impression
The occasion was q small fire at
the residencF OF Mr. John c. Tatum.
Fourth avenue and Aithea street.
about t0:l5 O'Clock. The FIRE started
from burning match being thrown
in a box of rubbish in a back room.
Before the flames had gained much
headWay nejghbors were on the
scene, and the iarm was sent out. In
a few minutes the department ap-
Feared The fire was subdued with
loss of about 500
A large crowd went to the scene,
where wiling hands helped the family
to save the property.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-10
CRIME CONDONED
IC00IInUod from TIref paea }

turned into other channels. The slams
Of the city. the saloons the restricted
district. the ignorance Of isolated
communities are permitted To exist
hy US ne sadd. and our sympath!es
should rather he for those who in
habit them and are going down 10
crime than Cor the men who have w.-t-
ten their owa doom.
thoa Hast DESTROYED Thy~elf
t1s4 &1N the execution sd these
men . great tragedy he said ',ft
AS tragedy but r. s the ira xedy
such as that told OF in the words
above the temple, o, Israel thou hast
destroyed thyselt' Lives wrecked bv
drink. diseased bodies, human frames
Worn away by the drug habit. the
crimes committed bv victims al evil
passion are tragedies. We have too
much sympathy for the results of.
crime and not enough condemnation
of crime
Ehat there is too much criticism
Of the courts, was Ire declaration OF
the pastor. The courts make nus.
taxes, he said, hut when Judges are
unfit they should be removed The
court and The church are the safe
guards al society and shcAd be an
held. lie spoke uf the cnar1c made
h& AN editor ~ q newspaper that Il
judge had rendered a decision in the
Vanderbilt case because he thou -ht
1t best Tor himself, "The man who
writes such am editorial as this II he
hats any manhood, would retract or
push his chaTGcs 10 conclusion and
throw the judge off the bench CaI-
ouel Roosevelt he thought. has tlun-
dered several times in this respect
DR. Young said that no had preached
the sermon because he felt that what
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-10
PROPHET AND PRIEST
NEW ERA Is WILSON
Dr. Maclachan, Speaking of the Christian Note Running
Through His Inaugural Address, Calls Him Man Who
Has Seen Vision Who Has Heard Voices Never Heard
Land or Sea

After the note OF ide5ilsm. said Or,
Maeiach}an comes that eli what VIC
have learned TO ca!l social service -
the Obligation IF the strong 10 bear
the nafmitjee oi tbc weak. Quoting
from the inaugural address.
"Nnr haTe we studied and perfect
ed the means by which government
may be put 81 the service Of humanity,
in safeguarding the health OF the
nation. the health Of its men and it's
women and children, ais well as their
rights in the struggle for existence.
This is ne sentimental duty The firm
basis of government is Justice. not
pity"
Justice Not Pity.
Dr Naelachlau said:
You VIII see that he present places
Justice where ii belongs. The firm
basis Of government is justice, not
pity This is q lesson we have long
needed - have brought home 80 us 1t
IS pleasant, doubtless. t. $40 Summing.
Int there would be re- Stunts to go 10
il equal Justice were done between
man and man. IL SIS nice recreation
for my lady houuGfuI to carry
baskets 10 the poof, bat perhaps fhera
would not me $50 many Pnor il she
were not willing ta waac clothes
stitched at starvation wages if
well u build free hospitals and or
phauases, hHt they might not he So
necessary If we made and enforced
laws compelling employers IF labor to
install safety devices aud maintain
sanitary conditions in their SNAPS.
0t the last lines of the inaugural
address in which ife president slzm~
mons al honest men, nil patriotic. all
forward locking men to his side ana
promises God helping me. T viii not
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-10
ARRANGE, FOR GREAT
L-AyNEN'S MEETING
STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
ENGAGE THE SERVICES or
DAYiD II. nROwNl
CAMPBELL WHITECOMING
ANNIVERSARY MEETING or LAY
MEMS MISSIONARY MOVEMENT
TO HE HELD HERE ON
MARCH 3GTH.

The State executive committee Of
the laymen's missionary movement has
engaged the services Of David H.
Brown, of New York city. for the
next t"W weeks To arrange for "A great
anniversary meeting ia Richmond Op
March 5Vth to he addressed by j.
Campbell White. general secretary of
the international iaymen's missionary
movement.
Mr.. Brown represents the inter
national committee of New y ork cuv.
and is a mar Of large experience in the
movement, having served as executive
secretary in Hartford and Bridge
port, Conn, also in Maryland as eNa-
cutive secretary Of the laymen's mis-
siohary movement and the men and
religion forward movement
At Y. vi. G. \. Friday.
A preliminary meeting and supper
will be held Friday, At ! O'Clock, i'm
the 7. NJ. c. A. building.
Thep aston, tho chairman of the
missionary committee and one Law
man from each Protestant church VIII
be invited to this meeting Definite
plans for the greater meeting VIII De
discussed a this time
The purpose uf the meeting March
30fhf when Mr. White and another
speaker Df national f-tIe VIII hn press
1ot is 10 quicken and qcrFasa the iE-
1erest in the iayneue movement and
10 secure the Co-ope Grafton eff ia. lar-
men Of The churches in carrying cui q
campaign 9I intensive miss .auasg e30-
cation.
Conventions VIII be hsi3 ia fifty
cities this YEAR throughout the United
States Hn6er the auspices at the iu-
tefnattonal committee.
TAa following meD constitute tbe
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-10
GIVES HIS WIFE
To ANOTHER MAN
son or SUGAR BARON ALLEGES
THAT HE is VICTIM or
A CONSPIRACY.
WANTS WEALTH BACK
FILES REMARKABLE AFFIDAVIT IN
COURT, MAKING ALLEGATIONS
AGAINST DoUBLY-MAR-
RIED WOMAN.

NEW YORK, March "A charge
Of conspiracy by a man and woman
alleged to be legally welded. to get
possession Of the fortune Of Charles
c. Mouer, son Of the late Peter Mol
Ter sugar rehner, and one time as
sociate of Henry .. Havemyer,
through the marriage of the woman
TO Moller, is made in afidavits flied
in the Supreme court reciting a re-
markable story,
Upon these afida<ts. and sum-
mons and complaint in q suit to re-
cover over s150000 worth Of prop
erty obtained from Moller by the wo-
man, Supreme Court Justice Geige-
rich has issued an order returnable
in a special term Of the Supreme
court Tuesday. directing Jane SOM
mer, otherwise known as Jane Mol
Ter" and Symbert Sonmer. to show
cause why Moller should not regain
possession of his property. The
court order restraints them from dis
posing Of any Of the property until
the litigation is decided. demanding
am accounting of real estate, and
other physical property. and for the
appointment of a receiver of all the
prop
Was Already Married.
NToller dfsrloSes to the court adj
missions he sa,-s thai were made to
hir nv me woman before she mar
.riad him. In 1904. he saws. she told
him She went to 81 Iottfs ~ become
me vie Of Sommor. ana that he in
durad her TO consent to IA common law
marriage because he was an agnostlc.
,Thev lived together In sd Louis for
tyvo wears and AlolIer,s attorneys.
rahot'I ana Gnpin. contend In their
napers thar the marriage Of the som
ms WIS valid nndar the laws of
Missouri and viii he recognized in
mis- STATE
A. tho time Of Peter Nol1er's death
he Iaff a fortune estimated at sew
erat tq4i3ltans which went IA his sons.
.,barias Jobr ana CHRISTOPHER
s,j4arfaa q Mailer has IIva6 IA the
Efmffcr bnr7esre8d on Madison ave
rr,e and bas = SON Charles Jr. who
has n town house on EAST Fiftv-fifth
er~aar ma n country n,aca m Law
~o1ra
tense Results I'm Wedding.
In MS aaIGayft telling of nae cir
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-10

Crafts guarantee is your pro-
lection. Remember this and
buy your piano here and now.
Removal Sale prices appeal to
the most thrifty. Crafts, 121
East Broad Street.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-10
PASSENGER TRAIN
KILLS BRAKEMAN
THINKS HE is STANDING ON THE
SIDING, But rs ON THE
MAIN LINE.
CHURCH IS OPENED
GREAT CONGREGATIONS AT FIRST
SERVICES IN VIEW MoMORTAL
CHURCu-FORMER PAS
TORS IN PULPIT.

Mechanics Building. Room SIS.

Mechanics Building, Room SIS.
PETERSBURG VA. March e.
About 3 O'Clock last night a passenger
train OF the Seaboard AR Line struck
and instantly killed Lewis Ifra2iugton,
a freight brakeman The freight train
upon which Brazireton worked had
taken siding, to allow the passenger
train to pass. It is believed that the
young man thought he was on the side
track, but was standing on the main
line Instead. The passenger train was
running at a good rate Of speed when
il struck him His body wass thrown
considerable distance. Other mem
bers of the train crewe hurried 10 the
spot where the body had been hurled,
to find q shapeless mass Of flesh ana
bones huddled beside the track, The
accident occurred a short distance
south of where the Norfolk and West
eru belt line crosses the Seaboard Afr
Line, about three miles from this
city The body was taken rs q near
by telegraph oflea and the DinWldale
county authorities We're notified af tHa
accident An inquest will be held 10.
morrow, Deceased was from South
Carolina.
May Extend Lines.
prominent member q the city
council advanced the idea last even
ing that with the proposed Improve
rnent Of River siTa 1t the Ntr25Gtatt
Railway ard Power company aEotl&
probably extend their street. railway
tracks along BoIlluehrooE 20 Thru
street, and down the latter up River
street by the AppouattoX station, This
change would mean great deal TO i#e
Esa a. & 70
Arizona republican., 1913-12-18
Sidewalk Sketches
WOMEN'S CLUBS
BY HOWARD L. RANN

Women's clubs stated gatherings where maids, wives and widows to discuss the fall Of Rome and the rise price of willow rlurnes The program of the average club embraces d wide range Of study, beginning with the dawn of crea- ton and winding up with discussion of some serious and weghty topic. such as versatility Of the wire dress form the mental status Of the new preachers wife. The conversation at a. woman club is free and unrestlained ,.spec- ially when some woman springs q new gown which makes the rest of the members look like a social function in the antebellu u:n period The conversa- tion becomes more animated has left however. These clubs settle great many yexatious the concensus of opinion being that is as much of a nuisance the other. The president Of woman's club is always a social leader generally has wardrobe that would choke a dray. The pre- sident may occasionally fall down in grammar or spelling without giving anybody a chill or losing votes at the annual election but when she comes to the club in which the members have seen before she will have pack the nominating committee with near-sighted friends. is d very melancholy thing to be the husband q mem ber, for all he is asked do is pay the semi annual dues and lean up against occasional oys- ter patty. Some clubs devoted reading history of people who have been dead a long time, while others prefer recite the history Of people with whom they speaking terms Every once in while club will give d dinner which is paid for by Respondent husbands in full dress suits but a rule club meetings are secret affairs, from which nothing leaks except q casual remarks relative to the sordid nature the refreshments.
Arizona republican., 1913-12-18
Advice in 179O-1e13

The secretary of the department of agriculture recently pointed that cheese a nutritious healthful was cheaper than The high living would be reduced by the greater consumption in place of The New York American is friendly Presi- Wilson cabinet sometimes goes way O show The American reminded by advice the heartless reply Foulon mayor of when told that the people could buy bread, Let them eat grass and the equally heartess inquiry of Marie An Why they cake then?"
 Our government is responsible for the high the French government for the shortage conditions which made the purchase of it impossible The advice the cabinet member intended be helpful and along q line of advice that had been offered by private persons since the prices meat had begun We remember that in the early days when people began complaining of flight of porterhouse they told their advantage of the excellence round steak which they had despised because it cheap, delightful nutritious which they had thought meant only for the poor.
 The government certainly be held blame because cannot all have porterhouse and be commented rather than blamed for telling how may spend money the best advantage.
Arizona republican., 1913-12-18
LINCOLN AND THE DRAMA

Lincoln liked the drama. Perhaps if he had not liked it so much he would have lived many years longer. since otherwise he would hardly have put himself in Wilkes Booths way that fatal night m April, lSG5- But he pretended any knowledge connosseurship whatever. Most of his life had been passed in country town-and at time when few great atcors appeared in such small places Springfield, H.
 In a sale of the autographs. prints playbills which belonged to the late Douglas Taylor there s copy Of letter from Lincoln to James H. Hack cit. dated Washington. August r. 1863, afterward printed in this form for private circulation. which contains the following:
 T have very little of the drama. Some of Shakespeare's plays have never read whilst others l have perhaps frequently UnprOfessonal reader Among he latter Lear Richard H. Henry VIII Hamlet pecially Macbeth I think the soliloquy let commencing, O. my offence is rank surpasses To be be
 No one but the modest Lincoln would have gone out of his way to tell q Shakespearea scholar he had never read some of Shakespeares plays. It is interesting that Lncolns preference fixed itself the tragedies and the O histories. His choice 70, my is
Arizona republican., 1913-12-18
INTERESTING FASTS

Switzerland plans to establish national park in q valley rich in botanical and geological trea-
 Chiefly for the use of detectives new camera is concealed in what appears to be ordinary field glasses
 Jaws which are removable and reversible ap- piled with German wise to hold wedge-shap-
 Bread boards can be beached with lemon juice, followed by d washing with cold water and drying the
 What is said to be the largest tree trunk in the world measuring girth, is at MiXtila Mexico
 Metal armor in the a spiral ribbon sur rounds type of hose to protect it and prevent
 More than a third of Australia's residents live in cities-Sydney, Adelaide Melbourne and
 4 long handled hose holder has patented for changing the position Of garden hose without wetting the hands.
 Lime was one of the earliest materials used improve soil, being mentioned in the writings of
 wisconstn's new law protecting frogs their breeding is believed to be the first of the kind in world
 ceeded making motion picture film showing the entire process of honey making by bees
 The Philippines exported more than 212.500 tons record quantity in the fiscal year ended with
 Nearly d quarter of the primary power the the United States is now furnished by electric motors
 made in France year more than 42,9O0,00O gal Ions were used in beverages.
 The first international exposition of safety and health promoting devices will be held in New York next month under the direction of the American Museum of Safety.
 To save the expense of long and costly ap- proach the city end of a bridge that will span Havana harbor will terminate in a spiral drive way and footway making four turns.
 A Inapsack sprayer that q Nebraskan has pat ented operated by bellows under it's users feet which alternately compressed as he walks, pumping air into the reservoir.
 Tn Spain there has been invented steel au- omobile wheel steel tires which is said to have most O the advantages and none of the dlsadvan- tages of the rubber tired wheel.
 To of dangerous gases in mines a German scientist has a whistle that is blown when the gases enter it, somewhat the principle of safety lamp
Arizona republican., 1913-12-18
PROGRESS ON cATskILL AouEDucr

The Croton Aqueduct Commission was author ized by the New York legislature of 1883. and fin ished aqueduct New York city in June 1890. This good record for years. S the distance covered is thirty three a quarter miles; but thereafter the commission nursed it's job most assiduously The completion of the new Croton dam, started in 1892, not accomplished until 1907. and it not until suit instituted against the commission in 1909 by the mayor O New York that the affairs of body were closed permanently.
 The Board of Supply was appointed in June 1905, and it has finished the Ashokan dam and cleaned the aqueduct that q very short time it will be ready for emergency use The main aqueduct is nnetN-tWo miles long. nearly three times the length of the Croton aqueduct. not including the New York City tunnel. which authorized just three years and holed through under the East river September 27th of the past year.
 Such complete change in the speed record Of the two commissions. organized before the other driven of office has significance the taxpayers which they doubtless fail to appreciate, but is worth mentioning-this is the saving in in charges resulting the prosecution work of such magnitude such definite time schedue.- Engineering Record
Arizona republican., 1913-12-18
Beware of the Secret cliaue

The citizens of Phoenix are not likely to be deceived by the opposition the selection of didates the commission by the Committee of one Hundred and Twenty-Five. Those who are throwing obstacles the way of intelligent action by the committee have in mind only the binding 0 the populace the division of the many candidates while d small selfish political faction concentrates it's strength in favor of candidates and elects it by a small minority of east yet by larger than any other of candidates may receive. If th.s is permitted happen have abolished the ware and convention system O worse than pur- pose.
 Under the old system there least even chance. who desired get the game could do There apparent openness of procedure That the system broke much its fault the fault of a majority of citizens whose apathy permitted a designing few take control But the people cared could always know what the doing and they always knew who had nominated the candidates.
 The persons who opposing united action by body of representative citizens every one of whom is we'll known, desire only the creation of confusion which they work unobserved for own selfish purposes; that there may be named set of candidates already selected by themselves with the knowledge that i elected. commissioners will what their They would know whom commissioners would select for city manager. But the people would know these things until after the election and then would be
 If any thinks that the committee one Hundred and Twenty five is not large enough; if any believes that committee there is element sufficiently represented, let him appear the meeting of the committee wherein he believes might be improved. We do think there is q member of the mittee who would oppose d proposition argement for the fullest possible representation.
 The main thing is action by mittee whom the people trust, the of recommending of candidates, responsible the people through their representatives in the committee. Against this fair proposition the opponents of action by the committee propose the selection of candidates who responsible only the few who have secretly engineered their nomination.
Arizona republican., 1913-12-18
A Salvadorian Protest

We are in receipt of "A Manifesto from the Savadorian People the People the United States" protest against the negotiation of the pending Nicaraguan treaty, by the Salvadorian Committee the Central American Association. Dollar diplomacy is alleged is behind treaty it has been behind the various insurrections which have been fomented by American interests Central America within five years
 The present president of Nicaragua, Daz it is said, clerk for of these corpora tions and placed in power against of the peo- pie and guarded his palace by American bluejackets
 A brief history is given of the various rections, all of which could been easily crushed but for the interference of American ships under whose the revolutionists always finally established themselves The government forces always against destruction of American property which revolution ists always found asylum. Whenever the rebels driven bay there always Ameri- can property for whose sake they protected
 It is alleged that the constitution Nicaragua aside by the American government n matter of the succession Zelaya outrage the country committed until Daz seated.
 In 1907 at the invitation of President Roose- welt the warning American republics gagged in peace conference for the permanent establishment of order and foundation laid for fusion A system of international agreed upon. Two years later the structure began crumble. American interests seeking cancella- tion of concessions started a revolution Since then Nicaragua has been without representative government and existed under of the American government administered by great commercial and financial interests in violation of
Arizona republican., 1913-12-18
The Banker
By WALT MASON

I'd like to be a banker and be seem O be. the buIVarh and the anchor my community. Fx- istcnce would be sunny if it income meant from other peoples mony loaned per The banker has troubles. the banker has a snap, people bring their roubes and pour them in his lap, and thank him that he takes them swell his shining store; the banker loans and makes them bring many roubles more. The bankers social standing is always up G, he has air com handing. d port of majesty; the bankers smiles are regal, and if he deigns you one you're feeling like eagle until the 0 should n1fs fortune slam you till you needing gold the bankers frown will damn and knock your dit cold. The banker sits disbusn' the cash he doesn't own, and makes breaks the person who drops in for loan: he has power than princes or tyrants shared. potentates are quinCts when they're with him compared. i'll to win his rancor it's good gain his smile; who Wtuld not be q banker. behind golden pile?
 WALT
Arizona republican., 1913-12-18
wAsHINeroN,s SURVEYING IMPLEMENTS

the surveying operations conducted by George Washington the president of the United States reference 0 which made in a recent dispatch Washington used simple compass, and his line be expected to check absolutely with that obtained by the government surveyors who have re- traced survey, using hgh-po transits and all the refined and accurate methods which modern instruments allow. Nevertheless the line run so carefully first place that but little variation found it. Even without instruments it possible distinguish the of the line with surprising distnctness. From the top of Middle Mountain the Massanutten range, the Shenandoah Rockingham, Fairfax line be readily followed by means of the boundary fences dating from earl days and by the blocks of timber, alternately cleared away left standing which come up from either county and stop at the line, like square in q checkerboard. Then if turns to the south the same demarkations plain across the valley of the south fork of the Shenandoah, cutting straight through the present Page county, which is made of land formerly in Shenandoah county belong ing to the Fairfax grant and partly from land form crly in Rockingham. Thus far the eye in either direction this old line shows plainly.
 The Washington compass, to be at the United States National Museum in the named for it's owner, is presumed be the same years ago.-Forest Service Bulletin.
Arizona republican., 1913-12-18

I do not call one greater and one smaller; that which fills its period and place is equal to any.
 Walt Whitman.