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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-01-08
His First Message.

1
| Governor Alexander's FIRST mes
sage to the legislature has the fol
lowing recommendations:
Recommends that statewide pro.
hibition amendment be- submitted
and that law be enacted prohib-
ting the sale or manufacture 81
intoxicating liquors in Idaho after
January /, 1915.
Presents fhe Ramstedt report ON
conditions In the state Treasures
office and recommends that there
be no legislative investigation un
Til report 10 received from Viii.
liam Gleason, special examiner,
who is continuing the work begun
by Mr.. RAmstedt.
Urges that 1t 10 possible to con,
duct the state government for one
million dollars less for the next
two yerrs than in 1913 and 1914
Recommends abolition Of con
tinuing appropriations and that
each departmental appropriation
detail every item for which the
money may be expended, even to
postage stamps.
Recommends that no bonds be
issued by the present session.
Recommends abolition of the
state tax commission and the Of
fee OF immigration commissioner,
also the abolition of certain boards
having appointive power which
the governor believes should be
vested in him.
Consolidation Of departments is
also urged.
Condemns the practice of nepot-
ism.
Urges an investigation as to the
manner in which the Carey act
trust fund has been expended
Favors reduction of the Cover.
nor's salary from $4,000 to $500 a
year.
Recommends that the state
funds now loaned to banks as call
money ut 3 per cent interest be in
vested in 6 per cent state warrants
Urges that all state banks be
compelled to join the federal re-
serve bank system.
Recommends that it be made
unlawful for candidates to employ
workers or to carry voters to the
polls in carriages.
Recommends years residence
for divorce and that no decree shall
be issued until six months after
final hearing.
Recommends the division Of
into three classes and |
that limitation be placed on their
power TO levy taxes.
Urges that all towns Of one
population or over should
DO compelled or have the option
10 adopt the Black law.
Recommends that no state land
oans be made for over two thous-
md dollars and then only to those
who live on the land who must be
'equired to make certain cultiya.
ion. He would reduce the inter.
'st to five per cent and provide
fifteen year amortization payment
,eriod, No state employee to be
,iven such loan.
Recommends constitutio n
doption OF the initiative and ref
rendum recall.
Urges enactment of working.
mems compensation law.
Recommends that counties be
permitted to assess automobiles as
PERSONAL property irrespective Of
my state license.
Recommends that assessment be
made on so per cent of the lash
'alue.
Recommends that the penalty
or delinquent taxes be reduced
rom Is to 10 per cent.
Urges the adoption Of a modern
ystem of accounting and the es
Adjustment of bureau of ac
counts.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-01-08

The pains Of neuralgia seldom ian O.
yfssd 70 DE-. Miles Anti-Pain Pilis Ash
ess xAa@ Esarssaf. LASysrttssmaaa.l
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-08
WHARF FOR CITY POINT LINE.
Administrative Beard Grants use OF
Foot of Eighteenth Street.

Following permission from the Ad-
mlnlsfratiVe Board yesterday Lee Y
Hancock stated that he would at once
take steps TO have the building in
spector pass upon plans for n wharf
at the foot Of Eighteenth Street. to
be used as the terminus of steamboat
line between Richmond and CITY
Point. a 900 passenger steamer will
be brought from Philadelphia. and.
according TO Mr. Hancock the line
Will he In operation within two weeks.
The time between Richmond and
City Point will be about two hours
and half, with a charge Of 81 for the
round trip.
II business warrants it later other
boats Will be put on the line.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-08
Taft C'atIStic.

San Francisco, Sept. William
II, Taft severely criticised the Wilson
policy in Mexico and the administra-
tton of Governor Harrison in the
Philippines, in an address before the
Commonwealth Club. He said:
our policy of so-called but mis-
called vatchful waiting has dragged
on, greatly to the detriment Of all
concerned. Now tae anarchy. for
which we are In part responsible, has
developed raids into the United States,
and the killing of our own people with
the very weapon of war which our
unwise lifting of the embargo against
the expectation of arms into Mexico
furnished our assailauts.
II only refer to our Mexican policy
by way of illustration In warning
You that the policy now being pur-
sued in the Philippines of which We
hear little in the noise and excite
ment of the European war. is in the
end likely to return to plague us and
command our attention as muc1 as
Mexican affairs are thrusting them
selves upon lis now
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-08
italian Murders Three

Salisbury Md. Sept. frank
Grano the Italian Who killed Levin
7. Robinson. his wife Della and Alon-
20 Redden on farm near Snow Ell
" orcester County, this morning. was
iodged m the Jail here NJ r. NJ. hay
ing had hurried ride from Snow Hill
to salisbury to escape mob WHOA
mad formed to lynch him, Ills stay
mere was short, for about 945 he vas
bodily tossed into an automobile by
Deputy Sheriff Denison ana his ae-
slstant. Deputy Sheriff James e
White, with Walter DRYDEN at ttae
wheel, and let for Cambridge, forty
I'VE miles from this city.
His hurried removal from the fail
mere was due to reports from Snow
nm and Virginia that mobs had left
for this town 70 wreak vengeance
upon the Italian. Sheriff Brady had
made preparation TO defend his
charge, having sent his family from the
jail and summoned his deputies. but
after a consultation II was decided 10
take no chances.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-08

ceeded to really better the navy. Sem,
ator Lodge, for long a member of the
Republican majority in the Senate be-
fore the new order Of things. has re-
Gently entered the field OF argument
In the meantime the navy is go
ing on its way of reform and progress
with greater steps being taken every
day to put it in the best condition pos
program Of reasonable naval enlarge
ment, and has already ordered a
thorough report covering all phases Of
the departments work.
The latest reform in the service cuts
out the three months of almost COM
plete naval inactivity when ships were
laid up whether or no for repairs
and without cutting off the shore
leave OF men or officers the fleets
NAiA he Htpt always al hlllIi
One wonders how these expert ma
val critics managed TO find so many
ways of not reforming the navy when
they were in charge of II and are so
prolific in suggesting only things that
have already been planned for by the
present administration.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-08
TIE PAT-PAT KISS.

Hail the pat-pat kiss! After the
wrist watch for males, the ankle
watch for females, along comes the
pat-pa kiss for both
Here is how you do 1t. Stand at
arms length. smile sweetly. then
gently pat your sweethearts cheek
while sac Teciprocates.
No germs, no vulgarity, no breach
Of promise. no nothing The only
objection is that If they ever took
movies of such kiss the public would
think the old man and his partner
were sparring; never dream it was
swcethearts kissing.
Give us the old fashioned kind
plenty of germs, if germs there be;
a good sounding smack, a squeeze,
and nobody In doubt as to the fell
lows intentions Why. that patpat
business doesn't sound any stronger
than lemon Jelly or as inviting as
Labrador. Bet DIR. Wiley invented it.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-08
LIKELY TO ABANDON
F CLASS SUBMARINES
Naval Officers Consider ACCESSIBILITY of
Withdrawing Defective Submarines
from United states Navy.

Honolulu, Sept Naval officers
We're considering the Instability of
taking the FL. F'-2 and F-3 out of the
service, following an accident when all
three of t'le United States submarines
were temporarily put out OF commits
sion by collision with the supply
steamer.
Since the loss of the F-4, which went
to the bottom here with twenty-five
men aboard, the + type submarines
have been found to contain many Sc
rlous weaknesses, the naval officials
say
No work was done in attempting to
clear the hull of the F-4 today
Fifteen skeletons have been removed
from he wrecked submarine. OF
these nine were without skulls.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-08
PEOPLES FORUM.
Residents of Thirty-second Street Com
plain to \irginian of Nightly
Disturbances.

Editor Virginian:
Sir,--Thirty second Street. between
Broad and Marshall, is one of the most
attractive and picturesque streets IN
the East End, and is the leading
thoroughfare to Chimborazo Park.
Being in Itself a wide and open
street and smooth paved, the roller
skaters have converted ii into pub
lie skating e nix, where they nightly
gather to the number of from fifty to
a hundred. shouting. whistling and
creating a general hullabaloo to the
annoyance of all within sound. Cen
eral pandimonium prevails. Boys and
girls Of all ages and sizes are mixeA
up in the general assemblage, racing
land stamping on the skates, whirling
in circles and rushing like the wind
on the sidewalks. to the detriment of
pedestrians and the annoyance of peo-
pie living in the adjacent residences
BOYS and girls squat or the ,curbstones
indulgng in all sotrs of remarks.
smoking cigarettes and squirting to-
hacco Juice.
All this Is going on within sight of
the public play ground witch it mas
been asserted Is for the purpose of
keeping boys and girls off the streets,
especially at night.
Inc general impression mace is that
II our ponce force is maintained for
tne purpose or preserving the puhilc
peace, then so far as ms nelghhor-
hood is concerned. the police force
ls an absolute failure. So too with
the public playground, supported by
the peoples taxes. If ii is intended
az a substitute for street amusement,
lit may as well be abandoned and the
money used for better purpose.
hes'uehts nave SEM appear AFTER APP
peal 70 Nle ponce ollice' bnt no et1ec-
tive efiort mas ever been made 10 put
stop TO the nightly hedlam occa-
sionaiiy' In answer 70 some specia.
call pohceman Will be sent 10 the
scene, who loiters there about five
minutes and then leaves. after which
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-08

for seven years, yet he undertakes to
score the present administration for
defects which he himself did not at
tempt TO cure. Mr.. George Won l..
Meyer a former secretary Of the navy
undertakes to point out defects in the
navy which existed, and in some in
stances were caused by his admins
uat!on. Republican Congressman Gus
sic Gardner, after many years OF SER
vice under Republican administrations,
"nen he was as mute as a mummy
over the horrible condition of our navy.
was startled into sudden spasms when
the Democratic administration pro.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-08

The Virgtnian yesterday morning
carried an exclusive announcement OF
the declaration made by Senators Mar
tin and Swanson to DR.. James Cannon,
Jr., that they will support prohibit
ton legislation at the next session
CT Congress-
The Richmond Times Dispatch did
not carry any statement of this in
teresting news item. 1t probably will
not take any more notice of it than
it Is accustomed to take of news fav-
orable to prohibition. 1t was unable
to hear or find any news relating 10
the sensational fight for prohibition
In the United States Senate last win
ter. In which Senators Martin and
Swanson voted for prohibition. al
though every other paper In the coun-
Try considered IT very significant
news.
The Richmond News Leader yester-
day afternoon carried the following
statement. which is characteristic OF
the News Leader;
Senators Thomas Martin and
Claude A Swanson In their rooms
AT Nuvphy's hotel. today made
definite announcement to the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-08
Battle in Street: Tot Diving

New York, Sept. TN a free for
all revolver battle in East Thirteenth
Street near Fifth Avenue a child was
hit by stray bullet and Is dying, and
one woman and three men were
wounded. The street was crowded by
Italians celebrating a religious fest-
val when a dispute arose between a
push-cart peddler and boy who de-
marded that tie refund two cents he
had paid for an ear of corn. Men
took sides In the quarrel and In mo-
ment firing broke out
Police dispersed the rioters Am
balances took the wounded to the
hospital.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-08
OUR NAVAL CRITICS.

One peculiar t,ling about the at
tacks on Secretary Daniels is that in
a great many instances they emanate
from persons who have been formerly
connected with and responsible for
the conduct OF the navy which they
low criticize so roundly. Another re-
1ects In the navy which they them
1alvAz either caused or failed to rem
~6y. and which Mr.. Daniels has either
remedied or Ia using every effort to
remove.
Mr.. Theodore Roosevelt was Presi-
dent OF tas United States of America
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-08
THE JAMES RIVER CHANNEL.


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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-08
Protests Bout Too Late.

Joliet, ILL.,, Sept. Labor Day was
real holiday for the hundreds of In
mates in the penitentiary Forgetting
We walls and bars which cut them off
from the outside world the convicts
stood up and howled with glee while
TWO pugilists pummeled each other ir
regulation ring in the prison yard
In chicago. Governor Dunno be-
came incensed when he learned tina,
the boxing bouts were in prospect
He telegraphed to the warden that the
fistic feature of the program was
wrong and must be eliminated The
telegram. however. arrived too late.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-08
COMPULSORY EDUCATION.

Poor school children, What chance
have .aey? They will actually be
compelled To attend school this year
In Richmond. Isn't It monstrousT ?
Eight thousand in round numbers. who
have been living In biissful ignorance,
untroubled by rule of pen or book. to
be rudely introduced to school marms
and testy books,
The compulsory education expert
ment may not get all Of the eight
Thousand into the city schools the first
year. There may not be room for
eight thousand, but II only four thou
sand are gotten In this year, or only
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-08

Louisville, KY, Sept John Poe,
the famous Princeton football hero.
VINO joined the British army in North
ern France, is now member Of the
BLACK watch the famous Scotch
regiment, and Is wearing kits
In a letter to County Attorney Scott
Bullitt, classmate, Poe says he Is
slowly learning how To get into his
Kills, though he had 'lard time mas
tering them. He saws they contain
seven yeards of cloth which gives
the vermin a magnificent playground. .
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-08
Sheriff is Considerably out of poctc t

hlnston. Sept. 7-Sheriff Windley.
OF Beaufoot County. will have to pay
Incense tax that n Pennsylvania
Chautauqua association failed TO pay
IN Washington several weeks ago.
Wlhdley some time ago received d let
Ter from the attorney-Eeneral, stat
ing that the tax should have been re-
mitted. He wrote back NAT. follow
ing precedent set in another town.
ne had not charged the chautauqua
the tax. He has another letter from
Acknowledgement Beckett, it is said,
stating that he is responsible for the
sum IN controversy. $12015, which
must be Forthcoming.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-08
Boy kills Self

Wilmington. n. g., Sept. Arthur
w Branch. Jr., the sixteen-year- old
son of Arthur W. Branch, superin-
tendent of the Wilmington sewerage
system. accidentally shot and killed
himself on the sound He and a
number of others were out seining and
he had his gun along in the boat. The
gun became tangled in the seine and
taking 1t out Of the boat 1t was in
some way discharged. The load took
effect under the lads chin, blowing
away most of his head.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-08
Mountaineering.

Washington, ID. c. Sept IA
lynching was narrowly averted by a
train crew of the Chesap eake Beach
Railroad at Chesapeake Beach juno
ton, when a crowd of white men at
tempted TO inflict vengeance upon
John Marshall. colored, for having
slashed Raymond Fitzpatrick. twenty
two years old. of COS r. Street. Mort h
west, in a fight on the train, The
crew. with difficulty, kept the crowa
at bay and protected the colored man
during the trip from the beach.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-08
Commits Suicide.

Asheville. Sept. Edward F.. Fel-
der. cashier Of bank at Saint George
5. G.. who win the members Of his
family has been spending the sum.
mer in this city, ended his life by
cutting his throat from ear to ear with
a razor. Mr.. Fielder had suffered with
insomnia for the past several DAYS
and ii Is believed that he killed him
self in fit of dependency. He lived
several hours, but did not regain con-
sciousness. dying at a local hospital
to which he was taken soon after his
body was discovered by Mrs Fielder
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-08
EIcction Fraud Prof,etI.

Corpus Christi, Tex, Sept THE
trial of forty-one citizens of this
county charged with frauds in eonnec-
ton with the last general. election
in Texas started when the United
States District Court convened here
today. The indictment under which
the forty-one defendants are to be
tried was returned following a pro-
longed investigation by agents of the
Department of Justice Of the election
OF 1914, in which voters were alleged
to have been bribed and to have had
their poll taxes paid for the purpose
OF voting.
The charges involve some of the
most prominent men in public life
mere, including District Judge w. b.
Hopkins, County Judge Walter +.
Timon and Sheriff NJ. b. Wright.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-08
Kills Sister.

Philadelphia. Sept. TT am glad !
killed her boasted Giovanni Viglione,
aged twenty-seven, after three women
had dramatically. described in the
Central Police Court now he had muir
dered his pretty twenty-three-y year
old sister, Antoinette, by shooting her
three times as she sat in their Fitz-
water Street home last night He ex-
planned that he had killed the girl
because he feared she was living n life
that would bring disgrace upon her.
self and him
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-08
COMPARISON AND CONTRAST

News Leader that they each would
cast their votes for prohibition Of
liquor In the District Of Columbia.
and would likewise stand for
n-oN:ni- ion amendment to the
Federal Constitution looking To
national prohibition In the United
states. This joint statement was
offered il reply To specific In
qtifiss'
To-day" happened to be almost
twenty-four hours after the first and
the real definite announcement" was
made. which was made to DR.. James
Cannon and not to The News
Leader (There is considerable diff
ference).
The statement was indeed Offered
in reply to specific inquiries. but the
original inquiries were not made by
the News Leader.
The Richmond Evening journal
said:
Not only will V;fE.nta's two
seuators support the proposition
to make the District of Columbia
dry. hut they will support the
proPts 81 or TO submit the question
Of nationwide prohibition to the
several States of the United States.
This Was the ia'enent tsley
made last night to representa-
tive OF The Richmond Virginian
Today they confirmed the state
nent published. in this mornings
Nirginian."
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-08
. PnSfnmcn Robbed

Nashville. Tenn Sept ~ Tohn-
son City Tenn, special says the post
office at Jonesboro was entered by
robbers at o'clock this morning. the
safe blown and $500 in stamps
and 5000 in cash taken. The officers
think the robbery the work of ex-
perts.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-08
Rockville Hears Gypsy Smith

N0eNVIIIe, MO, Sept. 7.JnIon evan
geiistie services began in Seco Hall
here under direction of Gypsy Smith,
Jr Five hundred persons attended.
the evangelist took for his subject
Follow Me" A choir of fifty voices
under direction of Professor Inger-
soil furnished music. The services
VIII continue three weeks. They are
being held under auspices of Protest
ant churches of the town.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-08
MANY CANDIDATES
IN NORTH CAROLINA
stare oiiicers to BE Holly Contested
Bank Cashier Commits Suicide
at AshcAillc.

Raleigh, n. c., Sept All doubt
as TO whether Mr., X. o. Everett. a
prominent attorney of Durham, would
he IN the race for attorney general of
North Carolina in the primary next
year was swept aside when, upon be-
ing pressed, he admitted mat he
would be a candidate.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-08
Lewis to Eurone

Washington. D. c.. Sept. THE
mystery surrounding the approaching
trip of Senator James Hamilton
Lewis, of Illinois, to France, was par
tally cleared by the announcement that
he had been chosen as a special envoy
from the State Department to carry
verbal instructions to members of The
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-08
scin Rivers for Godowski.

New York, Sept. THE New York
police do not place much credence in
things psychic. hut since the disap-
>pearance of Leopold Godowski pianist
and composer. his wife has had such
a strong conviction that her husband
was drowned that the police dragged
the waters of New York Bay and the
North and East rivers for the mans
hOdY.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-08
Gompcrs for Suffrage.

Marion. H.. Sept. samuel Com
pers president of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, pleaded the cause
Of womans suffrage and international
peace in an address here. and asked
his hearers TO unite with Presiden.
Wilson for Worldwide peace and the
brotherhood of man" Great labor
victories. he said are won by pre-
paredness, and by arousing unity when
the need is great
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-08

Ambassador Dumba says he can see
nothing wrong IN his fomenting re-
bellion and discord among Hungar-
ians in America. Neither could Satan
see anything wrong about his little
rucus in Heaven, but Milton says:
Nine days they fell.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-08
More OPPOSITION to sfilitar,sm.

New York. Sept. 7.--Refusing to
parade to the music Of fife and drum
because it recalls actions of mill
tarism. the Central Federated Union
held its annual Labor Day celebra-
ton with concerts, dancing and vaude-
vile acts.
Organized labor stands against
miltarism as a principle explained
Ernest Bohm, secretary.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-08

two or one thousand. the city and the
children will be that much benefited.
All hands should assist the school
authorities IN increasing the school
attendance. There Is nothing more
vital to the future OF the city than the
training OF its children. Great as has
been the progress of Richmond's eau-
cational system in recent years. great
as has been the progress OF education
IN the State we will be only beginning
To work when all the children of both
State and city are brought to the
schools. That is but the starting
point.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-08
United States diplomatic service In
Holland, Germany and France.
Labor Against CONSERVATION.

Britsol, Eng. Sept. 7.--Resolutions
condemning compulsory enlistment in
the British armies We're adopted by
unanimous vote at today's session OF
the Trades Union Congress here.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-08
Customs Collections Large.

reported that the collections at this
port yesterday amounted to $22.s19.66.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-08
UNSUITABLE COMPLAINT.


Chimborazo
Of complaint OF
nightly
skating The letter the
today
Of
and forthcoming
lief should
be oma actor to abatea