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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-13
News Of Fifty Years Ago
tFrom Newspaper Files. July Is, /.

Editor Robert Ridgeway have made
a bad break in the first editorial he wrote after
wing was yesterday suppressed by the military
authorities under General order No. 81. Here
IS cory of the order: Whereas in the Rich
mond Wing of July IL. 1865 certain clause
of the rnerciful amnesty proclamation of the
President of the United States pardoning GER
tsln traitors. is stigmatized 'hea thenish' and
ana approved by the President, is characterized
as mean. brutal. cowardly, revoitinEly absurd
ana riniculously unjust it is ordered that the
provost marshal general OF this department
seize ana hold In his possession the office, presses
Type ana other property belonging to the pro-
prielors of said paper and prevent thcnccfor,h it's
publication The law referred above is the
coniiscation act of 1862. now threatened 10 be
enforced in this state and North Carolina
The Orange and Alexandria Railroad will be
completed TO Gordonsvillc to-day, and in a few
days more trains will be run through from
Washington to Richmond and will be get
ting the Northern mails in good time.
The heavy rains in the up-country have put
the James River out of it's banks again. and the
July freshct is on in all OF Its immensely.
Washington dispatch says the remaining
conspiracy prisoners. DR.. Mudd. Arnold, O'Loush-
reports to the contrary Notwithstanding. They
have not yet been Informed of the result OF The
trials OF OF their respective sentences and they
do not know that Mrs. Surrat, Atzerodt and The
others have been hanged.
Governor Holden has appointed ] NJ Heck
Kemp +. Battle and others a committee 90
to Washington to confer with the authorities on
inc cohhscation act and matters pertaining TO
the alleged purpose to enforce that act in North
Carolina. " "
The report that Secretary Seward is soon TO
resign is again being Circulated but II Iacks
confirmation.
II Is stated that the Suez Canal, il it is ever
completed. will lessen the distance from New
YORK t" Bombay 1900 miles.
Everything is quiet in Petersburg now after
the riotous demonstrations there q few DAYS
ago.
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CHILDREN OF THE PRESIDENTS

Where are the sons and daughters Of
our former Presidents and what are
they doing?
Marian Cleveland. the second daugh-
ter or the former President, has de-
cidcd to live in Princeton ~ j. where
she hopes to spread the gospel of good
cheer more effectively than in the
larger places. She has been recently
introduced TO society by her mother,
Mrs. Thomas j. Preston. but she de-
clares she Will not waste her life as
a social butterfly.
Her sister, Miss Esther Cleveland,
the tenth White House baby" and the
only child Of a President to be born
IN the White House while the Presi-
dent was holding office, has done a
great deal Of social settlement work,
ven though she is a pet OF society.
DICK Cleveland. who finished last
month at Phillips Exeter Academy, has
many times demonstrated his ability to
take care of himself. Next fall he en-
ters Princeton. He is eighteen years
old. a stamping young chap OF nearly
SIX feet. and weighs 1856 pounds
Cleveland is best known In New Eng
land as shotputter He Is past
president OF the Interscholstic Track
Association OF New England. and In
his specially has achieved considerable
success indoors and outdoors. He is a
good debater and writer of consid-
io'iS iHSi'N' lle SOIHpOSeS verse.
Master Francis Cleveland Is still
with his mother. whose noble character
has been written into the hearts OF all
the Cleveland children. Mrs Cleveland
was known as the ideal mother. Her
children always had first place with
her. Once she said:
NO woman should ask for a greater
interest than her children. Other in
tercsts come into every woman's life,
but that is the main issue. / think"
OF all the Presidential children none
are more widely known than those of
Theodore Roosevelt, probably because
Of the fame which has followed their
father everywhere The eldest, Alice,
is the wife OF former Congressman
Nicholas Longworth, of Ohio. From ]
girl she has been social favor!te, and
while her father was in the White
House her dinners were frequent and
elaborate. AS devotcc OF outdoor
sport. too, she WAS leader, and there
were few who could ride TO the hounds
better than she.
Ethel Roosevelt. now Mrs Richard
Derby. whose charming manner as a
girl in the White House won for her
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-13

SOLO by dry measure should also be
hoid by weight, In New York the law
provides that potatoes may be sold by
weight. but trouble has been experi-
ehceh In getting women TO insist upon
having them that way. II would be
ABSURD To insist that every housewife
nave in her Kitchen full set OF dry
ana llquid measures in addition 70
scales. but II more things are sold by
weight. the scales Will serve a broader
purpose. BY checking every order
carefully the housewife soon becomes
known as a shrewd buyer. and she will
he treated with greater consideration
by the tradesmen she deals with Com.
petition forces many OF these trades.
men TO give short weights, but il
campaigns for honest measure are
made really effective the man who Is
forced to cheat in order TO make both
ends meet will be superseded by a man
with better business Judgment, and the
whole system OF selling for the homo
Will be placed on higher plane. Mrs
Heath believes the women can do this
with little effort. but the movement
must be general and aggressive while
il lasts
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CRYING Need of Economy

n NE lesson which is being impressed upon
~ US by the events now happening in the
world is the absolute necessity OF reform in
governmental system in the direction Of
economy. American waste is something that
Europeans gasp at. 1t was not so bad how
ever, in the days Of our youth, when we could
afford TO play ducks and brakes with our
national inheritance. The inheritance was a
very great one, and there no outside
threatenngs TO trouble us.
But we are SO menaced now by the danger
of war that even the blndest Of us are aware
il is time TO wake up and cease triiing. 1t
is time for us to demand something from our
administrations local and national except
the former shilly-shallying and ineffective
government they have given us. Germany
has spent no more money her navy than
we have on our own inferior establishment
The difference is not OF cost, but OF eff
ficiency.
The national government is not alone at
fault. Our city and State governments have
improved II in eXtrayagant and often
senseless spending The country is filed
with clerks and officials who might be dis
pcnsed with but who continue to feed at the
public expense. City bond issues have be-
come scandal II is reflection on repub-
licanism that ii must be so wasteful Why
is II that The only economical government is
an autocracy? why should the people not
get as much for their money the King?
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Lunatics at Large

THE letter, written by a person signing
himself 'Pearce' TO a New Orleans news
paper, which was printed ii: The Times
Dispatch yesterday. may be The vaporings of
a lunatic, but IL may, the other hand, ex-
press mad but carefully formulated purpose
TO wreak all the destruction the writer de-
scrbes
Part of the dynamite Frank Holt is known
TO have purchased never has been discovered
The ease with which he bought firearms and
explosives shows with how little difficulty
similar dangerous eapons may be obtained
by Others, as crack braiLed as he
Liberty is fine thing. but country il
would appear, may have too much of II
Espionage and surveillance are highly obiec-
tionable 10 free people, but there are occa-
sions, it does seem. when they are necessary
and demanded. II ought not TO be possible
for mailman TO buy enough explosives to
destroy a city. cart II around in suit cases
store II in warehouses and deposit il in the
Capitol of the United States without some
arm OF the law being stretched out to pre-
vent il. Holt did all these things, and never
was stopped until a private citizen found il
necessary TO save his own life
How many others there are like Holt no.
body knows "Pearce" may be a harmless
dreamer-but the doubt fingers and the an
prehension. Surely il i, wise for Police De
partments TO use every means in their power
TO minimize the possibilities Of new crimes
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Com Observation-Disclosures Plan

Q PEAklNG quite seriously. instead of
~ "a cetously, we did yesterday, in refer
ence to the commssion-manager plan OF mu-
change commission would make mistake if
it failed to give that plan earnest considera
ton. 1t is gaining the approval of rapidly
charging list of American cities, and the
trend of expert opinion appears to be quite
decidedly in its direction.
Dayton, O.. which is substantially as large
as Richmond. is doing excellently we'll under
it. Our sister city of Stanton seems
to like it we'll. and, though her problems and
responsibilities are not just what Richmonds
are, the lesson is Of value.
In essentials. the plan involves commits
sion which selects the city manager. The
commission looks to him for results, and SO
does tn - city. The success of the experiment
implies. of course, that the selection Of the
manager shall be free from political influence.
Like any other executive, appointed to direct
big business, he is expected to show eff
fciency and produce profit for the stock
holders. who in the of the municipality,
are the citizens.
1t may he that local conditions would die
tate considerable modification of the COM
mission manager plan, even if it deemed
wise to adopt it in principle, but i, deserves
thought II has the cardinal virtue of sim
plicity and it centralizes executive authority
in one man. Also it centralizes RESPONSE
bility, that it is quite easy to determine,
when things so wrong, who is ultimately
at fault.
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many admirers. is another Of the Presi-
| dentlal children who are wholly I'M
aHected by the fame which their father
mas reflected upon the family.
me Roosevelt boys-Thcodore Jr
Kermit, Archie and Quentin-an have
the family traits. Theodore, Jr., is the
rather Of two children-Alice. three
years and six months. and Theodore
III eleven months-and II is not in
frequently that Grandpa" Roosevelt
takes day Off TO spend the time romp-
ing with these little folks.
Kermit Roosevelt has gained some
public attention as n hunter and when
his father went on his African trip Ker.
init was with him.
Archie Roosevelt followed on in Ker-
mits footsteps and Is still pursuinp his
education.
OF all the Roosevelt boys, Quentin
seems TO get the most fun out OF life.
wren his father was President he up-
SET all o'hciai Washington by taking
i've pig. which he had won as a
Houngster at an athletic event ana
carrying 1t straight into the white
House
OF all the children Of Presidents none
became greater favorites than Robert
Charlie" and Helen Taft. Robert Went
TO Yale and ~then to Harvard Inv
school and later returned to wash
inSton to marry Miss Martha Bowers
MISS iielon went TO Byrn Mawr
"Heie sne MS awarded high scholar
snip honors. and then returned TO tho
capitai to take up social service work
and enter society
Charlie" Taft has always been "a.
isrred TO as chip off the old block /"
ne was the pride Of the White House
during his fathers term and, sri!l n
boy, is with the family at New Haven.
lie played right field part of the sea.
sou on the Yale freshman team.
bliss Elizabeth Harrison. the daugh-
Ter or the late President Harrison hv
ms second marriage. was not born until
AFTER her father left the Presidents
chair. but she shared the fame which
came 10 tho family as the. result, and
10 day. living in indianapolis with he.
'nother. she Is favorite socially
a grandson OF former President
has Just come into the limelight in the
person OF Newell GARFIELD, star nitchsr
or the Yale Freshman team. From New
maven comes word that he is very
popular and by his athletic proves,
DDS fair 10 attract attention IN the
sporting world. while in his studies
no has long been recognized a.
leader.
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devote themselves to making ammunition and
other war supplies. Nearly year has passed
since the outbreak of the war, and in that
golden year of opportunity American business
men have made little effort to take advantage
of the chance offered to win South American
trade.
They have chosen rather to take war orders
and turn our manufacturing plants into
arsenals and ammunition factories. In the
war order business there are large profits, to
be sure, but the trade is from its nature
temporary, and cannot benefit the country in
the long run.
England, even in the midst of the war, has
reached out for the South American markets
made vacant by the ruin of German COM
merce. England may lack military foresight
and may need war supplies, but she never
neglects trade opportunity. Her exports
go right along, war war
Our failure to measure up to our oppor-
tunity is due to our former tariff system, the
most enervatng and emasculating commercial
policy ever adopted. Our manufacturers
are so accustomed to being protected by the
government. SO reliant on markets made for
them, that they seem incapable of going out
into the world and scrambling for business.
1t high time to tear down our Chinese
wall.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-13
Find Funigation Ineffective

In October OF last year the New York
board Of health ordered the discontinue
ance o! fumieaton after diphtheria.
measles and all other infectious diseases
except smallpox. in the borouChs of
the Bronx, Queens and Richmond. The
results were SO satisfactory that this
year the borough of Manhattan was id.
ed to those exempt. while fumigation
was maintained in Brooklyn The New
York Medical Journal says thatin MAN.
haitian there were reported i'm March.
IVA, l,60S cases of measles with SIS
deaths. and in March, 1915, in the an
Sence OF fumigation, 1857 cases with
10 deaths: In Brooklyn, with fumiga.
ton continued. 1852 cases of measles
were reported in March, 1915, against
Lab in March, 1914. The sisniicance
OF theSe hsures becomes apparent when
IL Is learned that in the city as a whole
incIuolhs fumiGated and nonfumigated
districts. the number of cases OF meg.
sizes from January to April exceeded tho
corresponding number in 1914, was
anout the same as in 1913, and was
ihueh smaller than in the correspond
ing period OF 1912. comparison of
me mortality rates in Brooklyn for
me whole year 1915 with those Of for.
ihef years will enable one TO determine
"nether any rise or fall in the NOR
AMY in the other boroughs is due to
me dlscontinuance OF fumigation, or
would have occurred under any cir
cumstances. In the opinion OF the New
YORK board Of health it is far more
important 10 repapar and repaint a
room than it is TO fumigate it after
an infectious disease. DR.. A. Fl. Doty,
FOR many years health officer of the
port or New York, Is convinced that
fumigation is ineffective and unnec.
cssary, as 1t does not destroy the
germs, the contagion having in most
cases disappeared by the time the pa.
ticnt RECEIVERS.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-13
Wilson and Mexico

our correspondent who Endorses an edi-
~ torial, advocating fair treatment for
Nictoriano Huerta is greatly mistaken if he
read into that utterance any approval or de-
tense OF any of Huerta's actions. Our one
thought In the matter was that, bad as
Huerta may be and as we believe him to be-
he should not he caught up and thrown into
Jail on mere suspicion.
Neither have we anything but approval for
President Wilson's Mexican policy, nor any
thing hut apprehension for and DISBELIEF in
the theory that MIR Wilson has double
standard of international morals"
writer in the Unpopular Review who
was railroad builder in Mexico in the time
of Porhrio Diaz. comes TO the defense of the
Presidents method. He says the land cues
ton is at the base OF all Of Mexico's troubles
and that the country will never lie paciaed
until this problem Is solved and solved right
Where land is monopozed, freedom is
monopoized," he declares, and goes ON to
say that in Mexico there Is lawless freedom
for the few and the laws manacles for the
many"
Answering his own question as to what this
country should do-what its course should
be-this writer says:
Simply 10 watch and wait. 1t is weary
work. this waiting. We ca occupy any
part of Mexico choose much cost
Of life. at more cost of money, a
colossal cost for pensions thereafter
and at terrible cost In the awaken
ing Of the devilish spirit which
debauches nation and its politics for
generation When have occupied It,
what then? The French where
they would in Mexico. but whenever
French garrison marched out of a Next
can city Maximilian's rule ended in that
city
There have been evidences of late that Mr.
Wilson has felt he must intervene, but he
Will take that course with many n,isgvings
and heavy heart. The reason Is plain.
The railroads are beginning to share in
the prosperity of the rest Of the country
Perhaps this circumstance will make them
good-natured enough to transport prosperity
to those Of us who have been overlooked In
the mad rush.
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A Voice
With
a Range

oratory by violent
why else any should wish the gore OF our
esteemed Vice President is n query which we
pass up insolube. Yet Mr.. Marshall Is au-
tnority for the statement that he has been in
receipt OF many threatening letters. to which,
like true fatalst and orator. he paid no attan-
ton until somebody attempted to blow up his
wing OF the Capitol. Even then Hon. Tom did
rot confess to worry. Dynamite might con-
ceiyaby make mess of him personally hut the
threat of it could not get his goat. Hon. Thomas
Marshall retains his hircus. The wonder be-
comes more complex when we think of the
brand Of oratory with which the President OF
the Senate has delighted the country No Roose-
vcltian buster here! No astute distractions
Not a distinguished changing Of a clapper
the inside OF a silver mouth the end OF
sonorous sound. Our Vice-President has done his
share Of talking. but 90 ner cent of it has to
do with the virtues: how to be worthy citizen:
how 10 be splendd mother; how grow up
into flower OF womanhood worthy OF the best
traditions OF the West how put money in
the savings bank by the exercise of all the
pioneer virtues In the midst OF the temptations
OF a city how to be good father and provider;
how TO wean the baby; how preside with
dignity but with consuming sense OF the
democratic character OF the nation. over the
deliberations Of the United States Senate; how
TO cot barbecue at picnic and not choke on
the lemonade These have been the subjects
on which our Vice-President has talked. and we
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-13
A Lesson From Experience.

To the Editor nf The Times Dispatch:
Sir,--Onr diplomatic dealings with certain
belligerent nations suggest personal rcmns-
cence inc metaphorical fitness Of which is sub
mitten to the Interpretation the reader
About seventy years ago the writer had been
repeatodly assured that eff You put salt on a
birds tail you ON; can catch II" The express
did not at the time fully suggest itself and
beins bit too skeptical TO accept 1t as a work,
nble enterprise, and lacking In the nerve 70
openly express doubt, IL was secretly deter
mined to subject that mode OF bird ca tcbnp
to the test. ''
An opportunity was afforded by the glimpse
OF sparrow from 4 back window EGui nned
with a handful of salt, the writer. after seam
ming his surroundings for onlookcrs crent
seathiiy around Is,lm.r. corner Of the house and
saline ammunition was we'll enough directed
but 1t struck only the spot which the bird had
promptly vacated. The shrewd alertness or
Uncle Sam has been most remarkable. and
clearly accentuates the conclusion reached in
the following doggercl: "
Keep your gaze fixed on the American eagle
Whom as the proud bird of liberty We hail
For that wise fowl you can never inveigie
BY dcpositing salt on his venerable tail"
w. G. JONES'
Fluvanna County, Va July H. 1915
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The Grcatest Of Al.

In little circle here we have discussed what
one characteristic liz most desirable In lusba nd
or wife-character beauty, religion, talent
wealth. ETC., and we have agreed TO leave the
matter to you. Please state briefly as pos
sible the most essential thing in n person
with whom one must live LYNCHBURG y
perfect temper.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-13

glory in his upift. Almost everybody likes to
rave advice who doesn't intend to take it, 1t
SHOWS an interest. So. why should bakers
dozen OF anarchists wish to kill the Hon Tom
Marshall? or all orators that we know any
thing about, he is the most harmless, and since
the Dig war started he has not uttered on an
average moro than 1000 words a month for
publication.-Columbia State.
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The Voice of the PEOPLE
A Defense or IIuerta.

To the Editor of The Times- Dispatch:
Sir am glad 10 see The Times Dispatch
going record with protest against the
treatment of Huerta "
The caiumnious Statements of the agents OF
certain intcrests-Lind Hale and Sillirnan-are
responsible for the attitude of public opinion in
the United States regarding Mexico The his
1he Mexican situation is absolutely nauseating
Jhey were sent there give Mr.. Wilson an
accurate description Of affairs, mission which
was beyond their capacities and they used every
means in their power to further the interests
of bandits Of the Villa tyne $3.50
The tact that Americans have been killed
IN Mexico and that women and children have
been killed in their homes in Texas after our
mild protests and that nothing has been done
about II shows that Mr.. Wilson has n double
standard OF international morals, which is going
to influence great many In the coming
Richmond. July IL, 1915. -
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Queries and Answers
Tangent Spheres.

If several spheres touch each other exactly
what portion Of the surface OF each Is In con-
tact? State proof. b. f NJ
point. A portion OF the surface of ca Oh
which has no dimensions. width and no
breadth; no size at all, simply location. This is
true without any regard to the diameter of the
spheres and for this mathematical reason IL
the two curved lines met In more than one
point they would have to intersect each other
coincide throughout.
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Our Neglect of South America

w HIlE no one can reasonably deny the
w right Of citizens OF the United States
to sell munitions of war to any country in
the world, 1t is another question whether
American manufacturers have acted wisely in
giving up their regular products In order to
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Not Wholly Lacking.

"Dubbs seems to absolutely lacking in
human intelligence. He seems to have
thought"
'Oh, I don't know him with Lite
brane and a few others OF that crowd at the
club the other night. and it occurred to me
Then that he knew a thing two"