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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-18

mado by Sir Charles Fitzpatrick. Chief Jus.
ticc OF Canada. delivered at tho Toronto
banquet given to ex-Prcsident Taft In part
us follows. Speaking specifically In regard
10 ms question OF tolls. no stated: ~ was
present at tho Canadian Club, Ottawa
when distinguished member Of the Ameri.
can oar was tho speaker. He chose for his
subject tho PANAMA. Canal Tolls and Ic.
me assure you that when no had finished
nero was not man present who did not
It," 49, s'"e' "
Now. Mr.. Editor. don't you think that
whet your cause Is 30 great that even so
partisan an authority as the Chief Justice
oi canada admits that there arc two Sides
I" It., would II not bemoro betting Tor tho
democratic party to uphold Its country
rather than to down III Tho toll question
was, believe. enacted by Democrats
congress. approved by Republican Prcsi-
dent' and IL plank In both tho Progress.
sive and Democratic platforms Moreover
believe President Wilson specifically in.
uorsed II before no WAS elected. Therefore,
IL Is peculiarly and essentially American,
ana should receive the supper. OF all true
American citizens Irrespective OF party. TO
admit a mistake when Il mistake has been
made liz nagnanimous: to admit q mistake
under pressure whom mistake has been
made Is pusilanimous Arc thoae In charuo
In washington mnBnanimous or pusiliani-
nous?
Now, MIR. Editor. I presume ono so we'll
versed NJ yourself must have read and Ill
Ecsted the able address referred to by Chief
Justice Fitzpatrick. Can you not publish
excerpts for the education of your rendcrsP
AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-18
BUT ONE OFFICER
TO BE NOMINATED
North Carolina Convention Will
Have Little to Do at June
Meeting.
Especial to Tho Timcs-Dispatch. ]

| Raleigh, y. c.. March l7.--Whcn tho
State Democratic Convention meets
here next June IL will have to nomi-
nate only one state officer, y candidate
for Corporation Commissioner, and
confirm the nominations Of ten candi-
dates for Superior Court tudgcships.
There ia no doubt about the nomina
ton OF T.. i Travis as Corporation
| Commissioner. Ic is the present
chairman OF the commission, and will
have no opposition for the nomination
! to succeed himself.
SO far as Is known, all the Superior
| Court judges whose terms expire with
this election will stand for renonua-
| ton. and as yet 40 announcements are
made In any OF the districts Of candi-
dates in opposition. The candidates FOR
Judge are selected In tho several judi
| cial district conventions. and these
nominations are confirmed by the State
convention. and included in the regular
state ticket The districts In which
| thcr. arc TO he nominations for the
| coming election follow:
| Fist pistrict-Judgc w. ]. Bond.
Fifth District-Judge II. w. Wild
| bee.
! Sixth District--Judgc O. II. Allen
Ninth District--Judgc G. c. Lyon
Tenth District-Judgc W. y. Devin.
Thirteenth District-Judgc W. j.
Adams
Fourteenth District-Judgc ". +.
| Harding.
Sixteenth District-Judge j. l.. Webb.
Eighteenth District-Judge NJ. II.
Justice.
Twentieth District-Judge G. 8. Fer
guson.
There arc to be no nominations for
Supreme Court judgcships FOR four
years yet
,,, The golf piaye!s OF the Raleigh Country
! lions OF the links for tho second tournament
| with the Cape Fear club golfers to be
legal holiday following "HaiifaX Retoive e.;s
day. Sunday, April l.. There is handsome
the best Two out OF three games Whining,
| ton won th. ,!rst on Washington's birthday.
side for the 'Iiaifax ResolTes' day ~ matc c
here.
Charters Granted.
Charters have hcen granted to- nrc new
| corporations follows:
The PasQuotank Hosiery Company. o,
$1,000 subscribed. hy T. " Scott. 81 g. Nor
risett and .. Van Horn. for general Knitting
The Charlotte Implement Company. OF
Ch n1G capital $1,000 authorized and
| Ridgeway. and +. c. shultz FOR dealing in
! agricultural implements of all kinds.
bury capital. $1,000 au,ho.ized and $3.50
suhscribSd by H. H. Moore and others.
vile. capital. $4,000 authorized and 5000
| subscribed by Daniel W. ADAMS and others
| with special authority to build and operate
electric cars for old Fort and surrounding
country. and develop water ana other
power for commercial purposes.
The Forsyth County Colored Agricultural
and Industrial Fair Association. capital
| $1,000 authorized and SGD subscribed, by j..
l., Lash and others.
The James knitting Mills Company. of
Mount Pleasant. has flied notice OF dissolu-
! ton, the purpose being for A. y. James and
others to conduct the business as Il CO.
partnership for tho future.
The Tennessee Chemical Company Of Dav-
adson County. Tenn, fled day domcstica-
ton papers for doina, business in this State
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-18
CHARTERS ISSUED

The following charters were issued yes.e--
DAY by the stale Corporation Commission
folk. w. Capital: Maximum. s?5. Coo mini
mum. 5000. T.. j.. Hobbs. president: J. ".
EGgIeaton' -ecreiary-both OF Norfolk.
Richmond Capital: Maximum. $500. 6oo mini
mum. sl.c9e Herbert nlachc. president.
Fort Lee. y. J.; Joseph Berries. secretary,
Norfolk Machine Works dnc.) Norfolk.
s; ga: capita; Mhaximnm: s559e0; mlnimum,
secretary-bOth or Norfolk.
Beck's Steam Bakery Onc0, Winche ster,
y. yS a., capital: ,Masimlm; $1,000: minimum.
secretary-both Of Winchester. Va
Templeman's Milling and Canning Com
rnny Iinc;,. Tempeman's Cross. Roads. Va.
i. l. PARKER president Templeman's. Va /;
j. W. HUT. secretary. Montross. Va.
Teinpleman's Mercantile Corporation. rem
mum. $500: minimum. $1,000. Il. l.. Parker.
president. Templeman's Cross Roads. VA /;
j. W. HUT. secretary, Montross Va
Tho Reliable Home Furrishine Comnan,.
Inc). Aiexandria. Va. Capital. sI2 600. Ma
than Wicshadcr, president; Max Vogles,cin.
Citizens Mutual 'reienhono Company O.
Floyd. Va, Floyd. va. Capital: MmXirnum.
sloc3o; minimum s?.22o. j. p. Williams.
president, l,e..1 l." {. Hylton, secretary-bo,h OF
Manhattan Laundry Company Gnc.,. Nor
ioik; capital: Maximum. $1,000; minimum.
prtcharI. secrctary-both OF Norfolk. va
Va; Capi,al; Maximum. 5000; minimum,
Lengley; secrctary--both of Norfolk.
Amendment was issued to the charter of
George Washington Colonization Company
stock $4,000 TO SEQ. 900
Amendment to foreign corporation: state
cidcnt Insurance Company. Increasing lis
capital stock from s3GOO0O to $500 0e0.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-18
srUDY-rIlEN TO WAR.

As wo must analyzo the stain We
scek TO rcmovc from the skirts OF So
ciety. careful investigation OF tho So
cinl evil Is prerequisite to action. The
appointment OF VICE commission is,
therefore. tho flrst act In campaign
| which has for It's object tho ultima to
eradication of this disgrace.
Our Knowledge OF the social evil ia
not OF tho kind to help us abatc IL. we
| know Us horrors. its dcgcnerating in
fucnces and Its noxrous results: we
know. in tho main. tho life of it's vic
Tins and tho shame they bring TO /.
thousand homes. But OF tho under
lying INSTRUMENTATION. hereditv.
economic pressure. mental dcgeneracy
and thc like-wc know virtually moth
Ing. AS tho commission appointed fs %
high order. VIC shall expect through
study. painstaking investigation and
helpful Recommendations along those
very lines.
The commission, We trust, will not
DO content with the perfunctory exam
nation or 4 few uncertain witnesses
or the casual examination OF police
records. but Will employ agents WHOM,
1T can trust and experts upon whom It
may rely TO reach the very vitals OF
the problem. Tho commission will
also, we doubt not, appreciate tho i'm
portance OF working IN co-opcrattop
with other cities and learning from the
studies made elsewhere. In somo OF tho
larger Northern cities. and In few
places not much more populous than
Richmond. careful Investigations hav.
ocen made by trained workers: in one
State, Massachusetts. u survey OF al,
the cities has Just been completed The
results of all these will doubtless be
studied with great care by our local
commission.
rs the problem is not an isolated
one, so the solution is not 20 BIO reached
on the ba sis OF scattered endeavor. We
must study together, work together
and do battle together. We share
neither the shallow optimism OF those
who believe that the evil can be ended
by tho scratch of pen. nor the unbc-
lcving possimism of those who regard
1t as necessary disease of society.
There are enough humanity, enough de-
ccncy, enough brains and enough pa
tcncc III America to conquer II In time.
l6ut we must grid ourselves for war
With = monster, and must not weary
OF tic fray.
AS the investigation to be made in
Richmond will require funds, The
Times-Dispatch urges suitable appro-
pr!ation from the Council for tho work
II this be not Forthcoming, we shall
cooperate most heartily III raising the
necessary amount by popular subscrip-
ton
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-18
TIE NATION ON THE TOLLS
QUESTION


Had there been tho least doubt OF
tolls question. tho Now York World
would seem to have settled It by the
statements 1t prints from tho exocu
tives OF the various Statos.
To tho Worlds request for an cx-
preston on tho subject, tho Govern
ors OF twcnty-thrce States have replied.
or this number fourteen express them
selves as In hearty accord with tho
Presidents policy OF repeal, i've arc
spoken against the action urged by Mr..
Wilson. Our own Governor thus on
presses himself: II am In full accord
with the President In his stand on tho
Panama Canal tolls"
just as surely rs Governor Stunrt be-
speaks the sentiment OF Virginia, SO,
we feel convinced. tho other executives
who have answered the Worlds query
vo!oo the opinion OF their people In
with national honor and treaty obli-
cations.
Fer such the Presidents plan un-
doubtcdly Is Some honest mon, grown
fat on tho principle OF protection. really
believe thnt the nation should accord
special privileges to its own coast-
wise vessels. and they have readily
persuaded themselves tina. plain Eng
fish does not mean what 1t says-that
AL nations" carries an exception.
There is another class which opposes
the Presidents policy with ali the vim
dictivencss OF partisan feeling and
spitcful passion. Some of these be-
long TO that dlsrcputabIc and out
raCeous ship-subsidy lobby which has
tried, in times past. to throttle Tho
Times Dispatch and other free Amer
lean papers. Still others arc OF the
pack which bays when William Ran
dolph Hearst strikes tho traiI-men
who will stick Mt nothing to en-
Oarrass tho administration and TO dis
grace tho country for their own selfish
ends. These arc the men who SYM
pathise with the rot printed In Hearst's
New York Amcrican-tnosc fearful dis
those distorted pictures OF famous
scenes In American history.
Tat apart from the honest mistaken
clement, the shipsubsidists and the
jingoes, the great body OF the Amer
lean people believe IN the absolute
Justice of all that Mr.. Wilson has said
and written on tho subject. They do
not believe in warpins n treaty merely.
to please the shipping interests; and.
were the terms Of the treaty not so
binding, they would still oppose n pol
ICY which Is ship subsidy. maritime pro.
lection, under n different name. a
nation which rovoltcd against tho AID
rich tariff will not stomach the com
panion measure
Tho Governors speak for the ncople.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-18
NO LONGER DARK
IN HARR|SONbURG
Especial to The Times-Dispatch.l

lFp'SiNi " q iiiIts Las l'tiSii'I
IIarrisonburE, Va. March l7.-After
twcnty-nine days and nights of dark
ness, HarrisonburE tonight is again
enjoying electric lights and power
When the great blizzard fell upon this
part of the Valley month ago, the
blockade OF snow and ice caused IL
breakdown and washout at the hydro
electric plant on the Shenandoah
River, fourteen miles from town. from
which Harrisonburg gets it's electric
power. There was general return
TO the old ashioncd lamp and candle,
and the loss to the town, both in rcVc-
nucs and in repairs will be very great
During the month OF darkness the
weather conditions were unparalleled.
Ten SHOWS, three of them n foot deep.
fell one after another. 1t was the
coolest and bleakcst February on rec
ord. Extra policemen were commits
stoned to keep in check numerous
tramps and suspicious characters. that
were attracted to the town I'm tho
hope Of plundcring and pilfcrinS.
The smallpox scare In the meanwhile
helped to add to the confusion.
This predicamcnt of darkness, how
ever. has brought one good result.
Harrisonburg is aroused to the needs
Of tho situation. and will lose no time
installing n secondary or auxiliary
plant to meet such emergencies in the
future. Several meetings OF the Town
Council have been held, and action
will soon bc taken.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-18
TRUST BILLS THE SUPREME TEST

The board OF directors OF tho NIcr-
chants Association of New York, an
organization with n membership Of
$500 leading business men, adoptcd
resolutions at {; meeting to-day, ask
ING mat Congress postpone all anti
trust legislation until the next rcgu-
lar scssion.--Ncw York dispatch.
Former Acknowledgement Wicker
sham disapproved President Wilson's
trust message ut the time II was de-
livcrcd and aroused some adverse com
ment by declaring that the "mcticulous
phrasins'' OF the message had acted as
an intellectual narcotic. business. he
intlnated. would not DC so enthusiastic
after fully realizing the purport of his
recommendations.
The Times Dispatch, while not wholly
agreeing with this view OF the matter.
stated at the time that President VII
sons suggestions were not SO in
nocuous as they appeared and that
when bills based upon them came from
committee Republicans, acting in ac-
cord with Big business, rs always
would have little difficulty In finding
excuse for opposing them. One swal-
low does not make a summer, hut the
dispatch quoted is. at least, an indica-
ton OF the attitude the mononolIs,io
and financial interests Will take to-
ward the trust bills of the adminIstra-
ton. As expressions OF sentiment By
the standpat Republican press have
already paved the way for this pro-
nouncement OF tho Merchants Associa-
ton or New York and for others OF
similar purport, II requires no prophet
20 foresec that the Democratic party
in the House must be kept intact If the
antitrust bills are to be passed by that
body. 1t takes no prophetic Insight into
the future to forcsee that the battle
In the Senate will be long and hard
fought. The action of the Merchants
Association Of New YORK makes it np-
pear certain that II the committee bills
approved in the main by President
Wilson Monday, are 10 become law they
must &c passed. as the tariff and cur
rcncy bills were passed--by tho lnlu-
encc of the President and harmony and
CO. cooperation among tho Democrats Of
Congress. Opposition. anu net aid and
comfort. is 20 be expected from the Re-
Dubiioans in both houses. The difficulty
IS increased by the fact that public
opinion has not ctystailizcd TO the de-
gree attained during the consideration
OF the two other great Democratic
measures. and the united support OF the
people back home is lacking.
In tho fight for these measures Will
sons leadership and the solidity Of the
Democratic party will be subjected to
The sevcrest tests.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-18
brother Jonathan.

Lately you gave tho origin OF the
phrase Uncle Sam" as applied TO iii
United states. VIII you inform me how.
the other phrase, Brother Jonathan.
came, into use? RIDGNAY SCOTT
III the difficulty of getting things
started at the beginning OF the Rcyo-
lutionary War. Washington received
great assistance from the hard sense
and the shrewdness of Jonathan Trum
pun. Governor Of Connecticut, and had
q practice of saying. we must consult
Er0ther Jonathan" when any matter OF
dihiculty arose. This form was taken
up and became general and, SO. the old
Governor became a sort Of pcrsoniiica-
uoii OF tho valuable citizen, and the
nickname sort of SYNONYM for tho
United States. Trumbull was in an
pearance not unlike the common draw
ing or brother Jonathan. He was tall
ana lean, sharp featured and long
Legged. and usually wore striped lin
sey- woolsey trousers. considerably too
short for him.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-18
Right 10 Xafe.

so far as l know. you have not vet
published my comment on one OF your
answers as TO how long a man should
reside in Virginia before he is entitled
70 vote. ] think you said two years.
| first came to Virginia in August, 1906 !:
Dou6nt q farm the same year ana made
my residence here: have paid lakes
around $40 year ever since and al
ways before November 80. Yet when |
oifcred to register at the last election
was told that I could not register
until 1916 BY that time I will have
paid about $500 in taxation. And, as
| SAID before. am not off color. and
am or English birth and parentagc,
born not far from the homo Of john
ROlfc. of Pocahontas fame.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-18
Thcluxscn's VIII.

Please tell me briefly the pofnts In
the Thelussen will case.
INTERESTED
Peter Thelusscn died in England i'm
i,91. and left about 100000 OF which
- 900 went ut once to his wife and
children, and 100000 went TO trustees.
VINO were TO keep it invested and de-
INer The whole TO the eldest grcnt-
grandson living at the time Of the
death of all the grandsons. The sum
OF about 100000 was delivered TO
CHARLES Thclussen in 1859 The suits
to break the will' and muItifo1d ey
penscs OF an unusual trust had CON
stunned about all the increase OF the
estate during the sixty years
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-18
4 LIBEL on RoosEyEr,r

Few are prepared TO believe the story
that Theodore Roosevelt is TO return
10 tho United States TO assail prcsi-
dent Wilson's Mexican policy of peace.
Colonel Roosevelt has not been over
scrupulous sometimes as to the means
employed to attain his ends. but that
Inc should deliberately seel: TO plunge
the nation into war that thereby he
might make political capital and pos
sibly ride into power on wave OF
tinSoism and mllitarism IS unthinli-
able Were no 10 DO this thing has
name would become Il rcproach ana u
byrord for future generations. His
tory would place him but little above
Benedict Arnold, and lower than Aaron
Eurr.
But VIC do not believe that any man
VINO sought Tor his own selfish Dur-
poses 10 make necessary the slaughter
OF thousands of brave young Aiucri-
cans; to iii tho country with widows
and orphans: 10 bring the horrors of
war 10 our very doors, would have TO
wait for history to classify him prop
erly. lie would richly deserve and
surely earn, while living. the odious
name OF traitor.
The. man who, calling himself Theo-
dore Rooscve!t's friend, predicts this
as his course upon his return IS, we be
iievc, libcler. compared with whom
the editor who accused him or being
a drunNard and liar Is gross nattercr.
II CarranZa would subtract a little
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-18

The gun manufacturers" says tho
Philadelphia Public Ledger. ARE GER
tain tina tho administrations Mexican
policy is n good one" y change OF
policy. which would moan intervention,
would be infinitely preferable, not only
10 gun manufacturers, but 10 armor-
plate manufacturers and powder manu-
facturcrs and. last, but not least, to
capitalists with investments IN Mex
eco.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-18
Couple Arrested a. Fugitives.

Mrs. Ora Rosenberg. nineteen years DIG,
and G. IL. Kncibhc. twcnty-four. were arr
rested Yesterday by Detective Scrgeants
Wiley and Kcllam as fugitive from Justice
in Norfolk, where they wanted OH
charges preferred by the woman's husband
Fred Rosenberg. /. petty officer of the
United States ship Delaware. rho
couple has been in Richmond several wccks'
living at l09 North Seventh Street until
Saturday. and on Sunday moved to los West
Cary Street
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-18
Duscbnll Interest,.

icinic Busch. manager OF tho Peters
burg Club. IS not given TO much boast
ing. though he quietly intimatcs that
he Will have as good n team this year
as over before. The players are grad
ually returning. and by the last OF this
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-18

"McCombs Declines Public Service
Post"--Hcadline. If Billy McCombs
doesn't watch out he will get the habit,
and when somebody offers him some
thing Inc wants he will decline without
| thinking.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-18

The question sent US some time ago
evoked the statement that the eligible
voter must have lived in the State two
years. This was the only possible
reply; and there must be in the cir
cuinstances you narratG some highly
peculiar features or you would have
been q duly qualified voter any time
after August, 1905
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-18
Tho Times-Dlspatch Bureau.
Bo1lingbrook Street.
(Dhnnn tto-t

~, - PcttrSDurE. va, March H.
Tho Finance Committee of the Couu-
Gil Will hold Il public meeting I'm the
Council chamber TO consider the license
ordinance for tho year beginning NAV
!; The meeting Will be public, in order
that all citizens Interested may attend
ind BIO heard.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-18

"To protect fools Is the aim OF gov
eminent" says Senator Owen. but to
protect Itself from fools Is work not to
be dcspiScd.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-18
Queries and Answers
silver.

silver.
What is the present value OF silver
by the ounce? Has this value altered
apprcciably in the past forty years?
X. L. PORTER.
About CO cents. With some upward
fluctuations. the value of 81 IA grains
of pure silver thc amount In the sill
yer dollar) has fallen from S1.027 In
1870 10 402 in 1909, the lowest point
reached.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-18

With each recurrence a. George
Washiu'ton's birthday somcthin' new
hobs up about tn famous generals life
which shows that, with all his great
ness he overlooked very few bets TIL
custody o. tn auto is tn modern di-
Norco problem.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-18
Voice of che People


To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir.--Apropos OF the canal toll discussion.
permit me TO call your attention to a speech
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-18

Are any spices or essential oils re-
garded to be radioactive. T..
We have heard OF none and find no
one here who has heard of any.