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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-02
The Voice Of the People
Lawyers Must BE Good.

To the Editor of Tho Times Dispatch:
Sirt-Opposing counsel must respect an
other at Uncle Sans bar At least. they NAV
not let any vituperation "unwarranted and
impairment expressions to opposing counsel"
creep into their briefs without suffering the
penalty of their printed arguments being con-
signed to the basket.
In recent una nimous opinion of the Supreme
Court of the United States. delivered by Chief
Justice White. in which the Royal Arcanum. a
fraternal insurance order. is sustained in an
adjustment of its rates years ago, the
following language is used:
Before making the order of reversal we
regret that we must say something The
printed argument for the defendant in error
is so fun OF vitupcra tive, unwarranted and i'm
pertinent expressions TO opposing counsel
that we feel we cannot, having due regard to
the respect entertain for the profession
permit the brief to pass unrcbuked remain
upon our files and thus preserve the evidence
OF tho torGctfulness by of the members OF
this bar of his obvious duty. Indeed. should
have noticed the matter at once when il came
to our attention after the argument of the case
had we not feared that by doing delay in
the examination of the case and possible detri-
ment TO the parties would result Following
tho precedent established in Green Ebert
1877 u. S. SIS, which hope may not again
have occasion to apply. the brief of the defendant
in error is ordered to be stricken from the files
and the decree below in accordance with the
views which we have expressed will be reversed
and the cause rcmandcd for further proceedings
not inconsistent with this. opinon.'
w. NJ. BICKERS
Richmond, Va. July %, 1915.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-02
No Milk Famine

= OMPULSORY luberculin test for dairy
- herds supplying Richmond with milk
Will not be enforced by the Board Of Health
on September /. The authorities have acted
wisely in indefinitely extending the time.
which was fixed in 1913
y shortage ii not famine. in our milk
supply has most assuredly been avoided.
Dairy owners have been saved thousands OF
dollars. The public has nothing to fear from
the modification of the Health Boards order.
Every ounce of milk sold in Richmond is
Pasteur2cd. 1t has been fully demonstrated
that This process amply safeguards the con
sumner.
II is common knowledge that Richmond has
as good milk rs any city in the country.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-02
NnsINilIc rnint. > NOEL

NJ AaIiNLI.LE bankrupt suggests similar
fate Tor some OF TIC American cities
which nave oyers'raincd their credit From
ne" foTk WIN us Si.ooo.ooo.o0 debt, to
tended TO draw 700 heavily upon our crndi,
This strain on credit by mathematics Is
especa ily felt in a nuc when the whole worIG
Is stra!ning credit All the warning natione
Of Europe are buying heavily from Ms and
borrowing at the same time to pay the bjIs
The firm OF =. Morgan & Co has ucro-
tiated enormous loans for England ana
France
In view OF the immense extension of crcdj,
III inc last year II behooycs our cities 10
borrow carefully. If the bor, owing continues
on the same scale as at present, rise IN ,bo
rate OF interest is inevitable Such rise
would be unfortunate TO thousands of bond
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-02

ture was III session. with Wexford
Corbin, OF King George. presiding in
his habitual suit OF corduroy. when
George w, koiner. Commissioner OF
Agriculture, presented an expense ac-
count of a certain professor of a Nir-
ginia institution for an attempted visit
10 Tappahannock to lecture before 4
farmers institute.
one of the members OF the board OBJ
1ectcd TO the payment of the bill on
the ground that tho learned instruc-
tor had never delivered his discourse,
had never reached Tappahannock. in
deed, but had gone to Cape Charles.
where he had been Informed that he
was on the wrong track. He also
learned there that 1t would be impos-
sible to reach Tappahannock by any
route in time 10 address the meeting,
so he gave UP the attempt and con-
tented himself with sending in his ex-
pensc account.
But a defender of the professor arose
and smoke: "Genelmun. l think we
genelmun ought to pay the senelmun's
bill Even eff he didn git to this we're
Tappahannock, he done his hes to cit
thar He looked an he looked and he
travelled fur and wide lookin fer tho
pesky place, an jest because he couldn'
find II is that any reason why we
genelmun shouldn' pay mis- bill? An
l mus say. now that the occasion has
riz, that l don blame the genelmun.
Sence l heerd that this question was
a-goin' to be disputed, T been loolkin'
fer Tappahannock myself. an I'd like
to know how kin anybody find it, hid
over yondah somewhat on the Pianki-
tank whar the bullfrogs jump from
bank to bank.
AN another thing. I been lopllin'
in the geography, and it amt on no
map / ever seen. burned eff ! know
whar Tappahannock is. WHAR IS
TAPPAHANNOCK, Anyhow"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-02
Women and Prohibition,

prohibition? What percentage OF the woman
vote was cast for 1t and what percentage of the
vote OF man? In any two Western States what
per cent of the women really vote and what
per cent Of men vote in the same two States?
FRENCH CARTER.
Arizona. Colorado. Idaho Kansas. Oregon
Washington. No separate tally. OF course. is
kept Of women voters. and the question may
be answered than the question of how
many eyed mon voted for Cleveland. To
the last query, Governor Joseph NJ Carey, of
wyoming, estimated the percentage OF women
actually voting at from 80 to 80. T. II. Haines
Commissioner Of Statistics of Utah, states in his
letter Of January, 1912. that the woman vote
in that State is from SIS to 90 per cent OF tho
number Of eligibcs. These figures esti-
mates, OF course. but they quite high
any estimate made for tho percentage OF
voters
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-02

The fisherman. as YOU may
see.
Is plunged in deep per-
pleNity.
He tries in vain to cercbrate
The story that no shall relate.
But somehow 1t eludes his
mind.
Just like the fish he failed
to find.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-02

holders, who would find their investments
suddenly depreciating in value The bond
outlook is anything but bright at present; it
might be helped by economy and avoidance
of fresh bond issues in this country for the
next year or two. We have hands full
in attempting to absorb European credit,
without being burdened by further extern
sion Of lending here at home.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-02

Yes, we attended the big picnic at South
Boston, but there many other country
folks in town that were not noticed n nd
that merry widow promised an intro
duction to missed, perhaps. having the best
time OF her life. No apologies will be accepted
Halifax Record Advertiser. But you should
have attended the Newport News meeting of
the Press Associate when disa ppointments
of any nature could possibly have been met
Even that pcssimistic feeling towards mothers
in-law would have been eternally banished.-
Blackstone Courier.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-02

The fisherman is moved to fear
That when his cronics shall appear
And bid him tell, when he has done,
OF angling honors he has won.
He'll have to break his rule. In sooth,
And tell those jecring critics truth.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-02
Eair Warning.

The Weather Man perhaps intends
To sec what we can stand
But ere right soon his ways he mends
He'll have no place to land
More baking in this earthly pan
VIII melt us quite away
Wen drown that wicked Weather Man
With our molten clay.
THE TATTLER.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-02
The Pesnimist Saws.

After November of next year YOU may still
have the book of verses underneath the bough"
the loaf of bread will be within the reach of
possibility and some complacent Thou may be
induced to share your solitude but the fourth
ingredient in Omar's recipe for the concoction
OF earthly paradise will have to be imported
from Maryland.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-02
Chats With Virginia Editors

The town of Altavista is In a lot of trouble
Here is the way the Journal of that town puts
it: IF Mayor Thornton would instruct Chief
ScruGGs 10 gather in street loafers or those who
can't show visible means of support, and
put them to work on the streets, the town would
he gamer in more ways than one. and the
loafers less time for evil thoughts and better
chance for physical development"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-02
Cider.

Does the Virginia law allow farmer to sell
cider made from his own apples. in any quantity
and OF any strength? MRS. w.
IT does not Pure cider may be sold in any
quantity unless IL is of strength" enough to
produce intoxication. In that it may not
be sold i'm lots of less than five gallons.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-02
Issue With
Great
Britain


English newspapers. or some Of
them at least. are beginning 10 perceive clearly
the double Significance of the Lansing note.
nat declarations. SAYS the Daily Mail. lis
addressed to-day to Wilhelmstrasse, but Down
ing street in its treatment of neutral commerce.
may we'll heed it, Since the first announce
ment in February Of governments intent
to maintain the neutral rights Of the American
people, with regard both to life and to property
on the high seas. the policy OF executive
mas made no distinction between the several
hclliSerents. There has been and is a perfect
solidarity of principle If such were not the
case. our position would he that of a partisan
not OF neutral 1t would be weak and not
strons IL would shape the course Of the nation
for The destruction and not for the firm main
tehancc OF what may be called the George
Washington doctrine. a doctrine anterior to that
which President Monroe formulated a quarter OF
century after the Farewell Address These
trne; they essential to its vitality and in
separahle from it's existence a guiding prn-
cirle; Europe has set of primary interests
Whlch TO us nave none or very remote relation.
Hence she must be engaged in frequent con-
trosersies. inc causes Of which are essentially
foreign TO our concerns Hence. therefore. 1t
must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves nv
nrtncial ties In the ordinary vcissiudcs of her
politics. or the ordinary cOmhina lions and COL
lisons OF her friendships cnmitics" Tho
first corollary of this proposition is equal treat
ment of the European bellgercnts when one or
tho other of them. in the emergencies OF conflict
infringcs upon our rights "a neutral If tho
case of Germany has occupied more attention
than that of Great Britain. it is because Ger
many's aggressions and transgressions con
ccrncd the rights of neutral human life on the
high seas. something infinitely more important
and urgent than the equally well established
rights of neutral property. History will recor
nize the long range Of Woodrow Wilson'S pre-
vision and the consistency OF his course from
the very beginning of these complications Omr
9ondon contemporary is right in its pcrcepton
of the dual Significance OF the American ntti
tudc.-New York Sun.
Let no mistake be made in re-
Amcricon gard to Americas demand and
Daton.. her position. Everything that
' she asks Of Germany she has an
oi In" absolute right to ask and to re-
ccive under the law of nations
Her cnse is clear. strong, irrefutable And II Is
just certain that in what she demands OF
Great Britain she insists upon the full measure
of the rights which the law OF nations give
her u the one case she protests against the
| Illegal killing OF American citizens. In the
other care she protests against the Illegal c.o-
| turc. detention and connscaion of American
| shtpping. She stands openly and rcsolutely
| against lawlessncss OF all kinds on the water
l common to the nations OF the earth. Violent
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-02
SONGS AND SAWS


Unlucky.
You here perceive the fisherman
Who always does the best he can
His best, this day. has not been great.
The fish have scorned his proTcred bait
And sped away, with noses high,
Instead of striking at his ny.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-02

Grubbs-Do you think Mr. Bryan is really
great man?
Stubbs-Unquestonably. Why, he can talk
longer and say less on subject that he knows
nothing about than any orator who ever lived.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-02
Rest school.

Will you advise which is the best busi-
school in the United States?
j. de ]. KEYSER.
Very little thought should suffice to make
you see that we could not attempt to reply to
questions such this.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-02
A Good Substitute.

She-Why do all the men flock around that
foolish Miss Sweetthing? She hasn't n grain
Of sense.
He--No. but she has a of discretion. She
doesn't require any of her admirers TO display
any more intelligence than she possesses herself
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-02

IT VII! not be long now before candidates
ior ONCE in this city and State will know tho
worst So, Of course, will the voters
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-02
Queries and Answers
Polk MIIIcr,s Stnric..

Can you tell me who publishes the book con
tanning the Polk Miller Stories? II. AND II.
There Is no such book
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-02

Published every day I'm the ,cnr by TT" Times
Dispatch Publishing Company. Inc. Address all
commu tionb TO THE TIMES DISPATCH
Times Dispatch building, 10 Sonth Tenth Street
kIchmOnl. VI.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-02

II you are not satisfied with this cather
In the Richmond region, it is we'll to remem-
Der that the field 10 explorers is still open
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-02

Now is opportune time" says the En-
poria Independent, ito turn yourself loose
among the weeds and refuse of your lawn
your garden and your home surroundings gen
orally. Your joints need exercise, and your
brain will profit by a close contact with ma ture
and il will be improvement TO the appear
ancc of the town and n relief the commu-
nifty eye. 1t is these little things that start n
town on the upgrade. where we ought 70 be-"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-02

The Waysde editor of The Times Dispa tch
and. we almost said, the sideways editor of
the Halifax Gazette; of course we wouldn't saw
that--were hobnobbing together at big pic
mic in South Boston the other day while the
Press Association having its meeting at
Newport News But then, resolutions as to
what was TO be served had been passed with
reference to the picnic. Chase City Progress
NO. We'll YOU just wait till that CONNER
cial Association. of which you're secretary, goes
10 give picnic and you'll find out something
about how many resolutions are passed.-Hali-
fax Gazette.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-02

If the Phoenix were alive in these days
how the old bird would enjoy. himself!
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-02

~ is not necessarily true that North Caro-
ina is not neutral because Winston Salem
uses hyphcn.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-02
Time to Act ut HopeweIl

[ OPEWELL, the great mushroom city on
the James at City Point is curious ex-
ample OF the fact that similar causes produce
similar results amidst widely different sur
roundings Iiopewell strikingly resembles
the mining towns of the Far West and
Alaska: il is boom town, where men con-
grcgatc because of the unusual opportunity
offered To make money. Where a year ago
There was village, a city of many thousands
OF Inhabitants now exists. A weekly pay roll
OF more than half a million dollars attests the
Importance Of the great plant manufacturing
powder for use in the European war
Since liopewel has grown into a city at
single jump, and without those gradations
which characterize the normal place it was
inevitable that the machinery of justice
should break down. Police protection in.
tended for a village has proved inadequate
Tor city swarming with men, and especially
with advcnturers. from every part of the
United States
The conditions at Iopewell have been, and
still are Just what might be expected. The
present administration of IIopewell is in
adequate 10 cope with the situation.
For this reason the Governor should act
The problem is more than local one; 1t is
for the State 10 handle Only the State gov
eminent can hope TO cope with situation so
novel 10 a conservative community like Vir-
sinia and so difficult TO deal with The
sooner tho State moves to bring Hopewell
under the acgis OF strong and orderly adj
minlStration the better The condition of
affairs is bad and requires immediate remedy
In the allied scheme OF strategy. France
was TO have been the anvil and Russia the
hammer. The two countries appear to have
changed places. although France Just now is
not very hammerlike herself
The Climbers we should say-of course in
the very fricndliest spirt-roquire little
rosin on the sCles Of their shoes Otherwise
some unknd person may be picking out a
new nickname.
If Fate ever thrusts Haiti on us we are
likely TO feel toward Fate like that acauaint-
ancc Of Mr.. Doocy toward one OF his callers
who lift the childher foine case of the
measles
Our good friends in Petersburg ought to
| have made lIopcwell behave itself When
YOU take title TO a piece Of property you as
sumo obligations we'll as benefits.
II you are not satisfied with this Gather
in the Richmond region, it is we'll to remem-
Der that the field 10 explorers is still open
II will not be long now before candidates
for Office in this city and State will know tho
| worst. SO, Of course will the voters
J, is not necessarily true that North Caro-
! lima is not neutral because Winston Salem
! uses hyphcn
If the Phoenix were alive in these days
how the old bird would enjoy himself!
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-02

Entered Lnnunr. 20. 1905. NJ Richmond, Sn. MS
March g. 1870.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-02

Our good friends in Petersburg ought to
have made lIopewell behave itself When
YOU take title TO a piece of property. you as
sumo obligations as we'll as benefits
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-02

THE TIMES, Founded. Observation-Disclosures 1883
THE DISPATCH Founded. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1850
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-02

If Fate ever thrusts Haiti on us. we are
likely TO feel toward Fate like that acouaint-
ancc OF Mr.. booley toward one OF his ca llers
VINO mt the childher foine case Of the
measles
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-02

The Climbers, we should say-of course in
the very iricndliest spirit-roquire a little
rosin on the scl"s OF their shoes. Otherwise,
some unk'hd person may be picking out
new nickname.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-02

In the allied scheme OF strategy France
was TO have been the anvil and Russia the
hammer. The two countries appear to have
changed places. although France just now is
not very hammerlike herself
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-02
Current Editorial Comment

II is interesting to find that
while the extremist Prussian
press hastens. to attribute the
American attitude to British in
huences at Washington" the
l. n pl tel
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-02
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FOR publication will not he returned unIess
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-18
.ITAI IAN SHOOTS
MAN ON TRAIN
Fears "Black Hand" and
Kills Tampico Merchant;
Believed to be Insane.

Jose Casssro, an italian truck former
from Houston. shot and killed Pedro
Caram. a young Syrian merchant from
Tampico. Friday night while on board
a Pullman car attached to the c. Il.
train No. 1O1 from the east The
shooting occurred at GAS and the train
was between Iser and Fort Hancock
when the tragedy of the Pullman oc-
Cured.
Cassaro hurled himself at Caram. the
passengers say, and after plnnlng ms
arms down to his side. drew a small.
foreign made pistol and shot the
Syrian through the heart, killing him
instantly.
The Pullman car was in the midst of
preparation for the nights sleep when
the shooting occurred Prior to the
shooting, CaSsarO had wandered nerN-
ously- Up and down the aisles and more
than once informed strangers among
the passengers that he had left Hous-
ton because the black hand gang had
threatened him.
Afraid Of "BIack Hand"
Cassaro's agitation increased when
Caram and two friends. Alfonso MeZher.
of the "Tienda MasOota," Of Tampico,
and Albert Torres. of the "Ciudada de
Londres," of Chihuahua. boarded the
train at San Antonio He is said to have
informed Caram and his two COM
panions that he was certain they were
from the black hand society.
1t was while Torres and Mezher had
gone into the smoking car. leaving
Caram in the double seat OF his unmade
compartment, that Cassaro began to
watch the movements of Caram. who
had also become excited under the
strain of the Italians suspicion Sud
denly Cassaro walked down the aisle
and, throwing his arms abOI the Syr-
ian. locked his arms. Then he IN
clasped the S rian and shot him through
the heart, according to the witnesses.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-18
E. 7. OLBERT'S HOME ENTERED
AND ROBBED; JEWELRY LEFT

While sleeping in the same room
with a Mexican boy. at the New Home
hotel. A. L. Ellington was robbed OF a
vest and pair of trousers Friday night.
The boy disappeared in the early
morning
Charged with shoplifting at the
Kress store. Robert Diaz and Alfulfo
Guerrero were arrested Friday after
noon
The home of E T. Gilbert, chief clerk
of the Mine and Shelter supply COM
pany. at SIG West Missouri, was en-
tered Friday night and robbed Of SO
in cash and a pistol Jewelry belong
ing to Mrs. Gilbert in the same drawer
was not touched
Jessie L Tighe. who has a grocery
store at s11 South Virginia street, was
robbed Of S2.50. Friday night while
buying a sack Of sugar from a Mexican
boy. The money wa snatched from
her hand.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-18
C0MNITTEESON
BANQUET NAMED
West to Be Typified at Cat.
tlemen's Banquet With
Cabaret Dances.

The committee in charge of the ban
quet to be given by the chamber of
commerce to the officers and eXecu-
tive committee of the American Ma
tionai Live Stock association, which
meets in FL Paso January IS, &c and p,
met at noon Saturday in a private
dining room of the Hotel PasO del
Norte. ". L TOoley, chairman of the
banquet committee, presiding. The
banquet viii be on the night of Janu-
airy IS
A committee on music and entertain
ment for the banqeut was formed with
James G. McNary as chairman, assisted
by H. L McClintock and Norman II.
Walker, and this committee was in
structed to work out a cabaret per-
Torrance with five interesting stunts.
Part Of these stunts are TO be in
Spanish and TO typfiy the west.
Name Invitations Committee.
The committee on invitations for the