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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-15
lows closely the New York law on the
taxation OF mortgages


taxation OF mortgages.
Richmond will have six instead or
nSe members of the House Of Delegates
IN the House yesterday by John w.
Chalkley. II is incumbent on the Cen
erai Assembly to reapportlon the State
Into legislative districts following each
United States census. but all leGisla-
ton on the subject failed at the last
session. there having been charges and
or against certain measures by ma
ntpuiation of the lines. The ChaIkIey
PHI Is based OH population OF the dis
trict on an average basis OF 2O.616. nc
cording to the 1910 census for House
districts, and $3.50 for the Senate
districts. A rcnpportionment bill was
oHered In the Senate by Senator Mapp.
Representative Carter Glass was a
visitor In the halls of the General As
sembly for few minutes yesterday.
Congressman Glass came to Richmond
from Portsmouth, where he. delivered
chamber during the preliminaries and
later greeted friends In the House.
Rev. James Cannon, Jr, supcrIntend
ont OF the AntiSnloon League of Vir-
glnia. was an Interested spectator at
the organization proceedings yesterday.
A bill to permit appeals in election
cases was offered yesterday by Hugh
the trial judges is final a condition
that the patron says has resulted in
lack OF uniformity. with different ruiz
parts of the State, with no final de-
cision as a guide such as could he
secured by appeal to tho Supreme
Court.
Mr. White also offered a bill re-
CURING that record on the poll books
IN preparing their ballots. and who as
sisted them, and to permit the voter in
al cases ,a to choose, tne Official to as
the past that undue influence was eS-.
ercised by election officers in marlSinc,
the ballots of inmates of the soldiers
Home, and somewhat similar charges
have been mase In the pending Nor
folk election contest.
A bill offered by Mr.. Stock. of WIN.
chester, puts tho Governor. the presi-
cent or the Senate. and the Speaker of
Tn ofe . H roSssan on 2, board to have charge
bers OF the General Assembly. with a
competent librarian. who shall collect,
suminarizo and Index information or u
legislative nature relative to laws of
other states and countries, and shall
assist members Of the General AS
sembly In the preparation OF bills in
a simplified system of land registra-
ton preventing the great cost of trans
ing farm land more readily available as
property on which to raise money by
m1ortgages' Is PROPOSED in a bill Of
Berkeley D. Adams. OF Charlotte
The first antifee bill Of this ses-
Houston, OF Hampton. 1t Is a con-
servative measure providing maximum
e saiariss for city, town and district
fees received by them Into tho local
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-15

George Lindsay. journal clerk Of
the House, and Harry r. owen, readinl,
clerk were back In their old places
yesterday OH either side of Clerk Will
lians. Both are thoroughly familiar
with the routine of House procedure,
and are expert parliamentarians. Mr.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-15

Rev. James Cannon, Jr.. superintend
ont OF the Anti Saloon League of Vir-
ginia. was an Interested spectator at
the organization proceedings yesterday.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-15

Another bill offered by Mr.. White
ineligible for service on boards of
State institutions. Mr.. White does not
tmpute any improper motives to any
when members OF the General Assem-
bly, sit on the boards Of institutions
they are not in position to vote with
unbiased minds on the appropriations
to that institution.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-15

public roads
constitutional amendment Is pro-
posed by Delegate Reed, of Portsmouth, ,
allowing lower rate OF taxation on
buildings and improvements than on
land, thus encouraging the improve
ment OF vacant city property.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-15

A bill to permit appeals in election
cases was offered yesterday by Hugh
A. White. At present the decision OF
the trial judges is final, a condition
that the patron says has resulted in
lack OF uniformity. with different ruiz
ings on contested points in different
parts of the State, with no final de-
cision as guide such as could be
secured by appeal to tho Supreme
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-15

Something OF II jolt to State insti-
tutions Will be caused by bill offered
yesterday by Delegate Hugh a. White,
or Rockbridge, to prevent tho expen-
for the purpose of sending persons to
tho Capitol to advocate appropriations.
The bill makes an exemption of one
authorized representative OF the in
stitutton appointed to present the bud
get OF wants of the institution before
the proper committee.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-15
Here and There
In the Legislature

Pamphlets containing Endorsements
by the bar associations Of twenty-siX
counties and cities for Judge Jesse
i. West. of Sussex County, for position
on the Supreme bench were laid on the
desks OF members OF the General As
sembly yesterday. The contest for the
seat TO be vacated on February /. 1915.
by Judge John a. Buchanan promises
TO be one of the most spirited before
this General Assembly. Among the
others who have received Endorsements
are Judge West, .bdge Joseph L. Kelly,
of the Corporation Court of Bristol /:
Judge Waller r. Staples. of the Cor
porntion Court OF Roanoke: Judge r.
r. Prentis. OF the State Corporation
Commission: Assistant Attorney en-
eral r. b. Davis. of Petersburg Be
cause Judge Buchanan comes from
Washington County the appointment
is claimed by the Southwest. but the
claim is not allowed by the Tidewater
section or the Southside, neither Of
which has had representation on the
Supreme bench for many years. The
election will not take place until after
February l.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-15

The long awaited report of James "
Trehy, clerk Of tho Corporation Court
or Norfolk. filed with Senate Clerk
Hanger yesterday, shows that his net
income from his office in 1918 was
sl3,So4.92 Mr.. Trehy reports gross
receipts totaling 327.37447. From this
total he deducts $12.5l6.77. salaries tn
DEPUTIES and other employees; and 81.
oO2.7S miscellaneous office expenses.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-15

Tho mortgage tax bill abolishes the
present annual State tax on mortgages,
and substitutes therefor registration
BILE only once during the life Of the
Instrument and payable at the time
of recordation. Mr.. Echols's bill, con-
tains q provision making 1t effective
July l., 1914.
Mortgages placed on record prior to
tho time when the new law goes into
vantage OF tho new law by being re-
corded anew and paying tho registra-
ton charge. The bill, It Is stated, fol.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-15

Representative Carter Glass was n
visitor in the halls of the General AS
sembly for few minutes yesterday.
congressman Glass came to Richmond
an address, and left later for wash
ington. He was present In the Senate
chamber during the preliminaries and
later greeted friends in the House. ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-15

The first antifee bill Of this ses-
sion comes from Delegate Harry r.
Houston, of Hampton. 1t Is a con-
sentative measure providing maximum
salaries for city, town and district
officers. and provides for payment OF
fees received by them Into tho local
treasures for support of schools or
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-15

"A simplified system of land registra
ton preventing the great cost of trans
ters, and OF title examination and max
ing farm land more readily available as
property on which to raise money by
mortgages, is proposed In a bill of
Berkeley D. Adams. OF Charlotte
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-15

The total rate Of such segregated
shall be cents on the 500 one fourtl,
OF which shall be supplied to the sun
port OF the government; one fourth to
the support OF the public free schools
to the payment OF pensions"
The Suffrage daily news. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1914-191?, 1914-11-02
SPOKANE CHRONICLE
FOR EQUAL SUFFRAGE

Floating gently into the office
OF the "Chronicle" like a be-
lated valentine comes this neat
little missive from Mrs. Arthur
NJ. Dodge, president OF the Ma
tional Association Opposed to
Woman Suffrage, who dwells IN
New York:
eve offer for publication an
illustrated anti-suffrage page.
Among those who have contribute
ed r Miss Ida NJ. Tarbell, Mrs.
John Martin, Elihu Root, Charles
s. F'airchild, Henry A. Wise and
others. This material, including
matrices or electros, will be sent
without cost to you for your use
as you see fit. Write or wire
your desire at once
cts nice of you, Mrs. Dodge,
but there's nothing doing-abso-
lutely nothing doing, ma am, at
all.
eff the people Of this state
didn't know anything about
equal suffrage; il they had an
idea that the woman who votes
must be six feet tall, have a voice
like a football %rooter, a hand like
a blacksmith and a disposition
like a mule; if they believed it
was all right for wives and moth
~ to give hours to studying
bridge rules or spring styles in
bonnets, but positively ruinous to
read about the history Of this ma
ton, it's needs and it's hopes; if
they thought it demoralizing for
their daughters to know whether
Woodrow Wilson is a Republican
or a Progressive il they expected
the sweethearts and sisters 20
spend. election week rounding up
the saloon vote and campaigning
in the shady district, then, Mrs.
Dodge, they might care two
straws how Ida Tarbell shrieks
about it, or what Elihu Root
Eliminates, or what Charley Fair-
child thinks he thinks. But they
don't.
"There's nothing doing, Mrs.
Dodge-absolutely nothing; and
that's why. '-Spokane Chronicle
The Suffrage daily news. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1914-191?, 1914-11-02
INTELLECT AND EDUCA-
TON FOR SUFFRAGE

1t is we'll to remember that the
National Education association
passed resolutions endorsing
equal suffrage and equal pay for
teachers, regardless OF sex. This
occurred on July 8, 1914. Five
out OF the ten vice-presidents
chosen by this organization were
women.
The w. G. II. L. has endorsed
suffrage.
This organization and the Ma
tional Educational association
represent at least II million
women.
The National Federation of
Women's clubs held this year in
Chicago, endorsed woman stuff
rage with a tremendous enthu-
siasm that attested the earnest
ness and unanimity Of the women
on this great question. The fed
Grafton represents over a million
more women.
There are now in the United
States almost four million women
The Suffrage daily news. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1914-191?, 1914-11-02

attic right beside he whatnot,
the old-fashioned plush album
filled with archaically clad Aunt
Sarahs and Uncle lllrams, ana
the pair Of owls pai"te" on dark
red plush. Any hunah mother
who has had a baby within the
last quarter of a century knows
we don't use that kind. Evident,
ly the ants haven't any real
babies or they'd know better.
The Suffrage daily news. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1914-191?, 1914-11-02
FEMINISM JUST HUMANISM.

1t is as absurd to talk of wo-
mans sphere as of mans sphere.
The sphere of any human being
is the work he can do and do
well. And there is no danger Of
ones staying long in a sphere
where he doesn't belong; the
ousting of the unfit lies deep n
the nature Of things. Nor is
there any need to find fault with
this reaching Of the woman's soul
and this searching Of her heart.
"Feminism" is simply the great
human unrest manifest in wo-
mans consciousness; that human
unrest that has always been
reaching out for better things for
men and women and little child
rem; that human unrest that has
moved men to overthrow tyran-
MES and to discover new CONT
nents. It is only that "divine
discomfort" forever seeking hap
pier and healthier living, larger
and nobler self-expression. We
have always known it in men and
have called it by many names
patriotism, reform, revolution, adj
venture, progress. And always
it has made for betterment Of the
race in the end. 1t is not new,
only now we see it dominantly
feminine; that is all. Feminism
is just humanism, a new turn in
the social evolution-the woman's
turn.-Mary Stewart.
The Suffrage daily news. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1914-191?, 1914-11-02

We regret that we cannot print
here a picture of the candidate
we are presenting to the voters
Of Montana. Our candidate has
every known kind OF eyes, nose
mouth, chin. She is tall and
short, fat and thin, old and
young. She is well-known and
well-beloved in all parts Of the
state. We are confident that il
elected to the high office Of Citi-
zen Of the state of Montana, she
will fulfill her duties in a con-
scientious and honorable manner.
Gentlemen, our candidate, the
Montana Woman! Vote for her +!
The Suffrage daily news. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1914-191?, 1914-11-02

voters-voters in the active, not
the passive sense.
There is no means at hand of
ascertaining the countless thou
sands and millions OF other wo-
men, working women, mothers,
substantial would-be citizens who
want to vote. We know there
are countless legions of them de-
manding their simple Rights.
The Suffrage daily news. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1914-191?, 1914-11-02
SINCE MA BECAME AN ANTI.

Since Ma became an "antl' the
house don't seem the same,
The meat aint done, the bread is
burned, but O. course Ma aint
to blame.
She's a-struggling and a-strlving
to save women from the vote,
While | try to cook the vittles
and Pa-well, Pas the goat.
The baby's got the collie, an
he kicks and squalls and fights
While Ma is oil campaignln
'gainst this thing called "Wo-
mems rights
OF course | amt complainin' but
don't just understand
This "menace" that s a-threatnn1
to bust up home and land.
My dress aint got no buttons and
the baby's coat is old,
An Pas pants needs a-patchin
for the weathefs gettin' cold.
An Ma she's vritin' pamphlets
bout cradles an, cher dears
That read so sweet am touchln
they would fill your eyes with
tears.
But I'm hungry Tor some dough
nuts an gingef cookies, too,
: An I'm tired o soup an water
an a dish OF irish stew.
o.! Ma she is a wonder but as Tor
: me-you bet
I When | get TO be Il woman, III
be a suftregettel
Not any individual is free to
control his own lite. lie is a
: necessary part Of every HE
I brought within the radius OF MS
influence. Then Htlther is ne
e free to control the lite OF n
I other. Each is u distinct midi
a vidual who must be free to as
e sumo responsibility.
The Suffrage daily news. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1914-191?, 1914-11-02
WOMEN AND WAR.

a few days ago a telegram
came from the front in Europe,
where the allies and the Germans
are perpetrating the most das-
tardly crime against civilization
that the world has ever Witness
ed, announcing that two English
nurses had been killed on the
battlefield. This raises anew the
old, hackneyed, bromide argu-
ment, Elf women cannot bear
arms they should not vote"
Every person of average intelli-
gence knows that but a limited
number of any army engages in
the actual fighting. Women
(thank GodD do not generally
sack, shoot and kill, but they do
90 to war. Their mission is to
save, not to destroy. Numbers
of nameless heroines go down to
unknown graves performing their
duty. Not only the bullets of the
enemy, but slow disease, contract
ed in miserable, improvised hos
pitfalls, NOW down the red cross
nurses. Soldiers do not hesitate
to say that these women relieve
the %sufferings Of the wounded
and the dying as bravely as any
man, who, heated with the blood
lust charges the foe. But these
women are never brevetted for
%gallantry on the field. They have
no title, seldom any reward.
Women do not fight on the Of
fensive. On the defensive there
are no Drawer fighters. The fe-
male grizzly fights for her cubs
with a frenzy that the male
knows not. The human mother
fights for her children and her
home with a tremendous heroism
in which self-sacrifice reaches its
greatest climax. The Belgian wo-
men have given us inspiring ex-
amples Of this courage within the
last sixty days. Our own Ameri-
can women were no less deter
mined defenders OF the frontier
home in the time of our lament.
able Indian wars.
Woman strikes only when the
preservation OF her family anC
home demand that she must
Otherwise her place IN war is tt
save the shattered wrecks ..
men who, except for her skill
would perish miserably.
Is there anyone who would
suggest that she do more?
Is there anyone who woult
suggest that she shoulder a mus
ket, charge with a bayonct ant
run amuck, blood-drunk, savage
at the war gods call?
Would this make her fit t.
vote?
The one great hope of human
ity today is that womankind
the Worlds great army Of Peace
The Suffrage daily news. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1914-191?, 1914-11-02

the campaign goes, after Novenl-
Der 3 they will be out Of a job.
Horror Of horrors! will they have
to stay at home and go on shift
rocking the over-worked cradle?
The Suffrage daily news. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1914-191?, 1914-11-02

Speaking of cradles, Luke Nc
Luke says: "They have brought
back the helmet hat and the
BASQUE but for the love of Mike
spare us the whatnot.' That an
tequated "anti' propaganda
rocking cradle belongs in the
The Suffrage daily news. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1914-191?, 1914-11-02

The "antis" are beaten going
and coming. Which ever way
The Suffrage daily news. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1914-191?, 1914-11-02

young. She is Well-knOWn n
well-beloved in all parts Of the
state. We are confident that il
elected to the high office Of Citi-
zen Of the state of Montana, she
will fulfill her duties in a con-
scientious and honorable manner.
Gentlemen, u candidate, the
Montana Woman Vote for her!
If political equality is denied
us this election, it will not dis
courage us or cast us down. 1t
will be but a skirmish. The
peaceful contest is on. Where
now but a handful Of us are ON
the firing-line, with a silent null
titude in reserve, legions will en-
ter the lists later on. Nothing
daunts us, defeat shall not dis
may us, but goad us on to labor
more earnestly, more assiduously
for the victory that may be de-
ferred, but is as inevitable as
fate.
But we shall win!
Whosoever resists Suffrage be-
cause cit will contaminate wo-
mankind" or because "woman's
place is in the home," or because
"woman cannot understand poll
tics" is Of the type that once
condemned the invention of the
locomotive because "the smoke
would soil the wool on the
Sleeps backs"
Does not the European holo-
cuSt tend e LOUIS 9 SUSPICION
that craftsmanship as devised and
carried out by the male persua-
sion, is a monumental, cruel, muir
derous failure? Let's give the
women a chance. It's a safe bet
they can't make a bigger failure.
God knows a million widows and
ten million starving female de
pendents would vote the present
war a colossal crime. "Crime?e
Let's invent a new word for the
: butchery hat men alone have
| brought about.
!, II Suffrage has proven a fail
ure in the state of Wyoming
+, (Which is a campaign falsehood)
why did they later adopt it IL
l the neighboring states OF Colo
RADIO, Utah, Idaho, Washington
| California, Kansas and Arizona
: 1t is common, human experience
! that if your ncxt-door neighbo1
!, makes a fool of himself, you will
take advantage Of his error anC
0 refrain from repeating it.
/ We have seen a lot of 'Auntie
S S%uffragette this campaign, BIZ
;. what in the name Of Politica
Equality has become Of Uncle?
We hope he car advance NOR
convincing reasons against tn
E right of universal suffrage than
his garrulOuS but uncOnVlncnl!
e spouse.
What is the only effective wea
n pom of the decent, law-abidin!
is American citizen? 1t is not tn
gun, the gait or the bomb, bu
S the ballot. If he thus can g
e armed against e%ntrenched wealth
corrupt politics and wage oppres
d sion, why should the woman wag
Garner be condemned to fight tn
a same battle unarmed?
n To oppose political equality n
CARELESS of sex, reminds one c
If the Rhode Islander who tried
n sweep back the Atlantic tide wit
+ a whisk broom.
It. Speaking of cradles, Luke NJ
N Luke says: "They have broug'
4 ~ I1, hot and ~
The Suffrage daily news. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1914-191?, 1914-11-02

To oppose political equality re
CARELESS of sex, reminds one of
the Rhode Islander who tried to
sweep back the Atlantic tide with
a whisk broom.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-12
COUPLE SEE FILM
ROMANCE; ELOPE
Few Days After First Meeting
Boy and Girl Secretly Wed,
Following Show.

All the speed of a film romance, from
the deep breath following the first look
into each others eyes, 20 the forgive
ness of the irate parents. attended the
elopement of Miss Elsie Alice Van
Steenburgh, aged eighteen, Of $40 West
10th St. and Francis Xavier McKer-
nan. twenty, of Hastings on Hudson.
At church fair in Hastings, a little
more than two weeks ago, Miss Van
Steenburgh and McKernan met for the
first time A few days later he called
upon the girl at her home, in Manhattan
They attended a moving picture show.
On the screen was shown a film elope-
ment. The hero and heroine met under
circumstances similar to those by which
McKernan and Miss Van Steenburgh
began their acquaintance. The young
man, being wide awake, seized upon the
picture as a parallel. When IL ended
with the clopement Of the leading char
acters he did not pause.
A visit 10 the marriage license bu-
reau and Trinity Church followed. The
bride returned to her home that night,
and not until yesterday, when visiting
her grandmother, Mrs. william Gallo
way. at Dobbs Ferry, where she forgot
20 remove her wedding ring, did her
secret become known
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-12
GIRL FEELS o-FOOT
NEGRO BY TACKLE
Chases Alleged Thief, Throws
Him and Sits on Prisoner
Until Police Arrive.

A negro. 6 feet 4 inches tall and
weighing $50 pounds, came TO greet
Yesterday afternoon on the Greenwich
station platform of the Ninth av. 81,
when he was tackled" thrown and sat
upon by Ethel Ryan. the girl night
guardian for several merchants IN
Washington Market. She later ap-
peared against him in the Tombs court,
where he was held by Magistrate No
Ian in $500 bail on a charge Of petty
larceny.
Early yesterday keg of grapes and
a box Of apples were stolen from IN
front of VI. Hofman's wholesale fruit
store, at 275 Washington ST., which Is
one of the stores that retain Miss
Ryan. as watcher
Later i'm the morning she saw a
negro lettering about some Of the
stores and asked him what his bust
ness YVES. He replied, she asserts, that
he was looking for something to eat.
Yesterday afternoon Miss Ryan was
walking in Chambers st. and saw the
negro with oox under his arm. She
called to him to stop. Instead OF obey
ing the command he fled.
He dashed up the stairs to the ele-
waited platform, casting the apples away
so that he could make speed. Just as
he was about to board train MISS
RYAN tackled him. He went to the
floor and remained as quiet as
lamb" she said. until Patrolman Mi
chael Crowley placed him under arrest
In court the negro gave his name as
William Jackson, of $50 West cd ST.