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Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-08

We don't know his name SIC
was q little fellow, aud hc boosted
of having earned d quarter 10
was very proud Of It bat he was
lust q little prouder Of something
beside IS be- euddled up 10 Bis
mother, be- said And shook
hands with Ar. Miler" This
was q mere incident, but ii fingers
iu our mind There was q certain
ring ~ pride in the boy = voice
TINT Impressed COS.
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-08
Ar MANY POINTS.

Russia mahes Il desperate NJ
tack ~ the carpAlhians, araking
10 reach the plains of Hungary
ana ternnny PUSHES troops 70 The
aid ef her oily Thiu wrakens lhe
Tine Ia Flanders. ADD Il - llss con
iinuOua danger IA many points
that viii ultimately defeat the
magnificent machine That Emperor
Mlllihm hss placed ln the field
Al one point or another. onc day or
another, The line Of defense VIII
sag then, from many poioi- tho
opposing forces viii crush forward
with Irresistible fury
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-14
News Of Fifty Years Ago

washington paper says it is now believed
tha: the trial of Mr.. Davis will take place. be
commenced. at early and will come
off in Washington. If he is tried on the charge
OF treason the trial WILL of course. be in civil
court, but Ii, IA is more than proba BILE, the
charge against Mr.. Davis shall be that he was
the leader or instigator OF a conspiracy to dis
rupt the government of the United States. then
the trial VIII be before military commiss Toner
that viii be appointed for that special purpose
BY order OF Major General Turner. the new
bridge erected the site of the famous Mavo's
Bridge, has been named Kings Bridge in honor
of the chief military architect who had charge
Of the rebuilding OF the bridge. The same
OF the government for building the bridge as
follows: four horse vehicles 25 cents: three
cents: nehorse vehicles or saddle horses 10
cents; foot passengers. cents.
The regular monthly meeting and concert Of
prayer in the interest OF the Baptist SUNDAY
list Church. Main Street yesterday evening
The following averages OF attendance for thn
officers and teachers IS: scholars 269. Second
Church. officers and teachers. 10: scholars 1877
Grace Street Church. officers and teachers 90:
scholars, lS4. Leigh Street Church. officers and
teachers. 40; scholars. 229. Belvidere Church
Shurch. oi1cers and teachers. S; scholars, 40
Revs. w. f. Hatcher and J. NJ Pitcher were
appointed Il committee to prepare. a suitable
hNmn book for the Sunday schools.
AT last the officials of the Richmond and
Petersburg Railroad have advertised for bids
on the work OF rebuilding the bridge across
James River.
j. b. Hargrove. prominent citizen of Lynch
ourg committed suicide day before yesterday
ny shooting himself with Colts revolver The
troubles Of the country and of Virginia bore so
heavily on his mind and heart he lost his reason
and In an especially Respondent spell he ended
his life.
II Is said that applications for pardon from
all parts of the South, especially from Virginia
ana North Carolina, are accumuating In the
government offices at Washington rapidly
that an additional force of clerks will have to
be called in to handle them.
President johnson is reported greatly i'm
proved HIS trip down the Potomac River and
the three days outing improved him so much
ne VIII ne able now TO resume his reception days
at the White House.
The lessees OF the Spotswood Hotel yesterday
received notice from the deputy United States
H'arshai that the property in their hands
mas been liheled and seized under the confsca-
tioh laws or the country, and will be held sub
Ject 10 ruture action of the United States District
Court. rms is the first move in Richmond in
the much-taked- of enforcement OF the confis-
cation
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-14

remedy the suppression Of names In
journalism. he said that il would be
great help to the young rising writer's
connected with the press IL they were
10 sign their productions. AS the case
stands. declared Mr.. Bryan, they do
good work for which they get no repu.
taton at all. while they have the NOR
tinchtlon OF seeing all tho glory which
should be theirs swallowed up by "a
corporation"-that is. the newspaper
Tor which they work.
This is a misunderstanding which &,
really iaughable. There are many rea
sons why American newspapers have,
during the past thirty or forty years.
more ana more ceased to be known as
the personal organs OF their editor.
or owners and have tended TO become
institutions. But let that pass What
Is OF present concern is the mental
attitude OF the men who make the
paper Have they this thirst for per
sonal notoriety, this unwiilinRness to
nave the individual sunk in the gen
eraf result, which Mr.. Bryan posi,s.
Very little. We are confident
The truth is plain 10 any one who
Knows modern newspa per Office from,
the inside. that the institutional spirit
mas seized upon the workers. They are
not thinking all the time about them
selves, but about the paper They
personify II. They have slang names
for it, They say: Wen. the old girl
certainly did get a move on. to-day"
Little by little. they become absorbed
In the team play, rather than in every
man fighting for his own hand They
come instinctlvely to think OF their
newspaper as something with Il ltfe Of
its own. wholly Independent o. the par
ticular men who happen at the moment
TO be responsible. Editors and writer's
may come and go: II is the paper that
goes on forever. This institutional
sense sometimes gets so strong upon
ncwspape men that they almost be-
lieve the edition would somehow man
age TO get of the press, and appear
on the streets as usual. even II all the
STAFF were to be found dead in their
beds some morning.
concrete example of what we mean
has Just been offered in this city The
sun has been moving from the building
with which It's name has been so long
ldentihed. Tho occasion was one 10
bring out the truth that there Is such n
thing as the mpersonal Sun. II was
not set of editors changing their
offices; II was the Sun going to a new
local habitation. There have been spe-
cial reasons why the Sun should have
acquired this air OF being an institu-
ton. Under changing Arrangements. IL
has maintained a district personality.
And II has been successful in binding
great variety OF workers 70 IL in a
fine esprit de corps. Let Mr.. Bryan so
TO any of them and tell them that. by
not signing their names. they are sac
rincing their talents to q greedy news
paper. and they would laugh in his
face. What are they there for except
for the greater glory of the Sun?
This might be all Greek to Mr. Byran.
but 1t is the sober truth. And what is
true OF the Sun is true, in one degree
or another, of q thousand newspapers.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-14

Board Of EQualization-and this view may be
correct. 1t was not held, however, by the
majority of the recent committee on tax re-
form, which advocated tax commission.
The committee said in its report that lit
appears to US that the only trustworthy safe
guard Of the public welfare is to have assess
ments made right in the first place, but 1t
suggested no method by which even the most
optimistic were convinced that the ideal Of
equality could be attained.
II Virginia wants to create strongly CEN
tralized State Tax Commission, operating
directly in the property owner, and spend
great deal Of money to make it effective
land-tax assessments throughout the State
may be equalized. 1t is perfectly clear,
however, that Virginia does not want to do
any such thing, and has no intention of
doing it.
Under the circumstances segregation was
the only course that promised in due time to
bring substantial Justice That is why it
widely favored and why the General
Assembly adopted 1t.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-14
Police Investigators, Reporl

. UBLIC opinion will approve the report
1 and recommendations Of the council
manic committee that Investigated the Police
Department. Manifestly and most agreeably.
the findings are free from animus and free
also from that puritanical and ghouish zcst
with which too often the conclusions Of such
investigating bodies, when inspired by the old
controversy over commercialiZed vice and its
improper treatment, are marked and marred
The tone OF the report is sane and tenn
perate throughout. There is no INDULGENCE
in rhetorical condemnation. It's standards
are those OF the ordinary good citizen Its
conclusions OF fact those the ordinary
good citizen, who read the evidence as il was
offered, had reached for himself In effect
and substance, the Vice Commissions charges
against the police are held to have been estab-
lished.
The community will be more interested in
the recommendations for increasing police
efficiency, which are excellent without oycep-
ton. II the investigation did nothing more
1t established that the Police Board was in
competent. The board should be abolished
on that ground alone. police commissioner
to discharge all the functions of the board
would be a decided Improvement and one
man control is in line with modern theories
OF police direction.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-14
business Opportunities Great

HE present is pregnant with business OPP
1 portunities For several years American
securities have sold beneath their normal
prices, and at times the market has fallen
very low. A better time is at hand.
The fall in investment values has been at
tributed repeatedly to governmental attacks
on Big Business. This charge has been espe-
cially common in standpat Republican papers,
which have sought to create the impression
that radical government has wickedly in
jured very innocent stocks and bonds by at
tempting to place some restraint on Big-Bus-
ness methods. The truth is. however that
Big Business was largely responsible for its
own troubles.
However that may be. the immense indus
trial expansion occasioned by the war, the
vast natural resources of the country and
the lack of safe investments elsewhere have
increased the value of our securities. If our
captains Of industry will only read their
lesson Alright, bull market such as the coun-
try has rarely witnessed may be expected.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-14
An Optimistic Auditor

c Az be 1t from US 10 adopt a supercilious
i attitude toward any OF the public acts of
an official for whom we entertain such bieh
regard as we do for State Auditor Moore but
when Auditor Moore writes boards Of review
in the cities and counties that land mus, he
assessed for taxation ''at its fair market
value" we cannot restrain modest chuckl
of innocent merriment
or course, the State Auditor, when he
issued these instructions, was following the
plain mandate Of the law However that
mandate has been in effect for some time
being included, in fact, in the Constitution
and has not had any notable potency.
The state Board Of Taxation under more
recent legislation, is directed as Mr. Moore
says, to investigate at any time assessments
and when they are found 10 be unjust or un-
reasonable to recommend corrections Of the
same IN the manner provided by law" We
should like to be able to hope that the recon-
mendation of the board will have more effect
than the mandate Of the Constitution, but
even that degree Of simple faith is too much
for us.
There arc some who believe that the in
equalities Of assessment among the citieU and
counties could be removed by a strong State
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-14
NEWSPAPERS AS INSTITUTIONS

Recent exploits of certain members
of the English press have not been
more noteworthy than the violent at
tacss upon them. Boosting OF having
uninade and made government. they
have. in turn. been accused OF Cutting
personal vengeance. OF sacrificing the
good OF the country to newspaper
sensation, and OF meddling and marring
IA general. The public burning of one
n these papers on the hoor OF the
London stock exchange was an event
which Carlyle would have said was
significant of much" II has, Indeed,
4 significance, especially when taken
along with other related occurrences,
which is not lost upon the more sober
and responsible Of English editors. MIR.
Spencer, in the Westminster Gazette,
commented not long ago upon the fact
that newspapers are now under a more
Jealous public scrutiny, and are sub
ject to more suspicion and dislike.
well or ill-founded. than ever before.
he did not resent this. He merely
stated II as a phenomenon of the day,
which those charged with the conduct
If the daily press could not afford TO
overlook
1t would be easy to point to signs of
L similar state OF mind respecting
newspapers. in this country. For quite
period now II has been the fashion
Of certain type OF man in public life
TO bring railing accusations against
the press. These politicians have found
II an almost infallible means Of getting
cheer from their audiences. That Is
the suggestive thing, the thing for
newspaper men to consider. Mr.. Rooso-
welt. when his hat was still in the ring.
took many ding At the newspapers.
They had. In his opinion as expressed
at one time. fallen far below the mag
azines in integrity and truthfulness:
though lattcrly he had to confess sor-
rowfully that even the latter had gone
off sadly-by which he meant, of
course, that they had refused to go or
with him in his various chases after
the ideal and after offices. His scold-
ing mantle he has since passed on, ap-
parently. to Mr.. Bryan, who loses no
occasion TO pay his disrcspccts TO the
press. II has become quite a favorite
way with him OF bidding for applause.
You may not be persuaded by my ar
gument, but. anyhow, we all agree that
the newspapers are selfish. vcnal. reck :
less and untrustworthy." daughter
and cheers)
Naturally. Mr.. Bryan has his nos
trum for this evil as for all others.
He explained it in his address to the
Press Congress in San Francisco la st
week. In a word, it is make newspa-
pers personal instead of impersonal
Every man who writes anything should
put his name to it. This is n thesis
which has been debated much more
than Mr.. Bryan is aware. and the sound
public arguments against his proposals
are more numerous and wcighty than
he dreams OF in his slap-dash philoSo-
ply. We do not propose 10 discuss
the subject now. and refer TO what
he said only because of one entire mis-
apprehension into which he fell. As
If in order to sugarcoat his pin TO
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-14

them birth. In many cases the foreign born
resident has difficult task to reconcile his
conflicting emotions when tho call comes to
him to return for military service in Europe.
If he is youns. unmarried and unnaturalized
and has been in America but short time and
If his name is still carried the reserve rolls
of some European army, 1t may seem clearly
his duty TO return to service and proba bly, to
death on the battle fields of Europe If he is
an older man, naturalized American, with wife
and children here. and an established Mace in
an American community, sound reason would
seem to hold that his place is here and not
there. and that his first duty is to the land of
his adoption rather than the land of his birth
For each man, however, the decision is a per-
sonar choice There should be effort on the
part of any one to force resident of the United
states whether naturalized or unnaturalized to
return TO Europe against his will, but we should
not criticize unkindly the man who feels that
1t is his duty to fight the side of his choice
ana for what he believes to be the right Some
times II requires higher bravery to STAY at
nome and to do the commonplace duties of life,
than 1t requires to answer the summoniny
'rumpets ana to march away to early death we
OF America who are spared the necessity OF
making the supreme sacrifice of citizenship may
we'll have kindly feeling toward the citizens
or other lands who arc bravely going back to
the great war. and equal respect toward
others of foreign birth who choose to STAY on
the farm the railroad in the mine or tho
mill in America-Pueblo Chieftain
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-14

pany that owned the Bombay ever to
enter a port of the United States
The Bombay is now in n Chinese
river, being used as a storeship, ex-
planned Kitterer, and with her is the
Wandering Jew. What the real name
of this ship was no one knows, but IL
gained it's nickname through series
OF ghostly exploits that are known
wherever boats sail.
ut was some American boat" said
Kitterer That first discovered her.
She was bowling along under full sail
but when the American boat came
alongside and hailed there was no an
swer. The captain of the boat ordered
boat put off and they boarded the
strange ship. Everything on her was
shipshapc. there was even fro
in her galley as if they were about to
COOK n meal but-and here's the queer
thing about it-thcre wasn't soul on
board. They searched high and low.
fore and aft, but not living thing
could they discover on that boat. They
TOOK her into port and started out on
another cruise. 1t wasn't long after
that the same thing happened again
ana then even the bravest men in the
Far East refused to ship on her, SO now
Shc is used is storeship"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-14
Deserving Infant Industry

I f there ever a time when 1.-The protec-
1 ton Of infant industries" becomes a respec-
table political maxim it is now, and in the
case OF the manufacture of coal-tar dyes.
These products, essential to the production Of
American textiles, were imported in the past
from Germany With this source of supply
cut off American enterprise has stepped into
the breach. The plants that have been put
into operation certainly entitled to pro-
lection until they have become established.
Germany has cut off the export Of these dye
stuiis TO this country, save on condition that
she receive cotton Of equal value. Great
Britain with one eye on the use of cotton in
the manufacture of explosives, is checking
the German supply in every way possible.
Consequently, practically no German dye
stuffs are being received, and the textile in
dustry langushcs.
The American manufacturers who are sup
plying this need are doing a public service, as
we'll as making profit. 1t is anticipated that
at the close of the war the German stocks Of
dyestuffs. now accommodating. will be dumped
into the American market. to the consequent
destruction OF the infant industry The Bu-
reau OF Foreign and Domestic Commerce is
cooperating with the Federal Trade Commits
sion to save the business from disaster, and
these efforts, If it become necessary should
have the assistance Of Congress.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-14
BOXER VETERAN TELLS SEA YARNS

MINNEAPOLIS, July 1O.-Strange
tales OF the Far East and the Pacific
Ocean. stories known to every United
States Navy man who has been OF
ships that have cruised in the waters
OF tropical seas. were retold In Mime
apolis last week. The occasion was
the re-enlistment of Vernon D. Burnell
who served seaman for eight
years ard took part in qucllng tn?
Boxer uprising in China. When he was
discharged he came finally TO Mime
apolis and for several years was in the
ire department.
Reading accounts of naval activities.
however, the wanderlust was revived
in him and the life OF fireman be-
came frksome. He deterpined to enter
the navy again.
He appeared in the naval recruiting
Office in the Federal Building and APP
piled. The usual enlistment blank was
given him to fill out. and, after he had
complied with the instructions. the
conversation turned TO the strange
sights and faraway lands that it falls
to the seaman's lot to visit.
Yes. Burrell said. he had been in
China. Then he compared notes with
Leo Kitterer. chief yeoman. and the
tales they told would raise the hair on
a landlubber's head-if they didn't tax
his credulity to the breaking. They
were tales OF horror, of adventure and
OF the supernatural. They told Of an
island in a Chinese river which. IL is
said, it is dangerous to float by for :hc
risk of catching strange Oriental
fevers.
Chief Woman Kitterer told the
yarn Of the steamer Bombay. The
Bombay was speeding along in Chi
nese waters several days behind
schedule. because of n typhoon. II
was dark night. and suddenly she
lookout saw n black shape loom up
dead ahead. IT was too late to shift
the course and the Bombay rammcd
the ship. IT was the United States
gunboat Oneida. and the passenger
ship cut 1t in two. The Oneida'S crew
of seventy five bluejackcts were fight
ing for their lives in the rough sea
but the bombay did not stop 1t
steamed on its way without an at
tempt to save It soul. Later, when
explanations were asked, the officer
gave the excuse that he was carrying
mail. AS q punishment Congress for
babe the boats OF the steamship com
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-14
Edison as Naval Aid

HIS country will receive with qualification
and approval the announcement that
Thomas A. Edison has consented TO head an
advisory board Of civilian inventors for the
bureau of invention and development Secre
tary Daniels plans to establish in the Navy
Department. 1t is also announced that
Orville Wright will be of Mr.. Edison's
associates. and this, too, is highly pleasing
The nations hest thought, civilian as we'll
as military, should be devoted, under existing
circumstances, TO the wise solution Of the
problem Of national defense. With Edison
and Wright and men OF like talents and inyen-
tive skill assembled for such purpose only
good can result.
The navy should be made 90 per cent
efficient II should be developed in accord
ance with settled policy 10 meet the coun-
try's reasonably expected needs. When we
speak Of preparedness" as we are so fond
of doing, we should have soma idea Of what
we want to be prepared for a policy once
definitely formulated the problem once
clearly presented, Edison Wright and their
associates can.rerder valuable aid in supply
ing the answer.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-14
SONGS AND SAWS
Edison. Able seaman.

Edison, Able Seaman.
When Thomas Alva Edison
Starts out to build ships,
The fight Is just good as won,
For Thomas makes no slips.
He knows the ways of submarines,
And exc of dynamite
And though he's dwelt mid peaceful scenes
He yet knows how to fight
The wise men that did stunts of yore
Had naught on Thomas A.
He has forgotten far more lore
Than they had packed away
lie can invent monster gun
That peace will guarantee.
BY hurting shells that weigh a ton
Far out across the sea.
The floating mines that he'll install
VIII guard each gulf and bay,
And hostile fleets that start to call
Right soon will pass away
You've cheered us, Thomas Edison.
We're happier by far.
Well have the whole world on the run
When you become Jack Tar