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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-13
LEE CAMP TO HOLD ITS
ANNUAL CAMP MEMORIAL
Twcnty-SiK Members Have Answered
Inst Roll Call During Iear--Pub-
lie Invited to Attend.

r. e. Lee Camp. No. /, Confederate
Veterans. will hold its annual Camp
Memorial at s o'clock tomorrow
night. and all friends Of the camp are
given a cordial invitation 10 be pres
ent. During the past year twenty-six
members of the camp have answered
the final roll call, as follows:
T.. A. Baughman, Hampden's Battery.
f.. Jeter Bosher, Second Company
Richmond Howitzcrs.
James n. Boyd. Company F, Twenty
first Virginia Infantry.
John T. Branch, lieutenant. Forty
fourth Virginia Battalion Infantry.
Or. Blair Burwell. surgeon, Forty
ninth Virginia Infantry.
L. A. Catlin, Company G. Fourth vir-
ginia Cavalry.
Creed T. Davis. Second Company.
Richmond Howitzers.
Thomas j. Davis, Company II. Fifth
Virginia Cavalry.
John S. Elicit, Second Company,
Richmond Howitzers.
James H. Eubank. Company X. Thir-
ty-fcurth Virginia Infantry.
w. II. Farmer, Thornton's Virginia
Light Artillery!
Maurice Evans. Fourth Virginia Cav
AIRY.
W. Plumer Gretter. First Company,
Richmond Howitzers.
James a. Grigg. Second Company.
Richmond Howitzers
w. U. Kcnnon, Company E, Fourth
Virginia Cavalry.
Charles 4. Loehr, sergeant Company
ID. First Virginia Infantry.
II l.. LcefiSer. Company b, Twelfth
Virginia Infantry.
Luther Martin. Company G. Forty
seventh Virginia Infantry.
.,unius Is. Nosby, Company e. Fturtn
Virginia Cavalry.
George C. Montcastle, Company ID,
Fifth Virginia Cavalry.
James McGraw, Second Louisiana In
fantry. !.
II. J. Schlosser. seaman. Confederate
States Navy.
Charles y. Spence. otcy Battery.
Thirteenth Battalion.
Joseph w. Thomas. Company B.
Ninth Virginia Cavalry.
Charles I. Turner Company A. Nine
tecnth Virginia Battalion. Heavy Ar
tillcry.
Luther r. Warren. Company e. Nine
teenth Virginia Battalion. Heavy Ar
tiilery.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-13

taxpayer is bound under oath to give
to hts own holdings when he makes
u proper return to the tnxlnp OIL
rcrs.
There In law to shield such
returns from Legitimate public In
spectiOn. though I would favor
measure to forbid the publication In
newspapers OF taxpayers returns
except when made public In some
lftlERted question before q court.
The quinquicnninI nsscssment of
renI estate IL In mnny counties most
disappointing.
IL can he stated with NIL conf
dence TINT with the accumulated
surplus In the treasury and a lnrxe
amount collected from omitted ns-
scrsmcnts OF previous years. there
will he an nipple reserve fund to
carry the new plnn of taxation to n
point where the incrensin= revenue
arising from natural causes will give
the State a revenue sufficient for nli
purpoHen.
deem II unNise md Indeed
hazardous In the extreme to increase
MT this session the unnunI npprOprI-
ntions to nm amount above those of
the last two years..
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-13

cinred TINT prohibition shnII prevail
throughout the Stntc in every COM
munity, regardless or the will of
TINT community, II follows ns ~ INIT
ter of necessity, TINT the State must
step In md enforce the law where
the local authorities fail To do 40.
To assume TINT the local officers
can and Will. I'm MI cascs. perform
their dutich In this respect, IN 10
shut our eyes To the experience of
NIL other Stntcs where prohibition
laws hive been enacted.
General Disregard of Inv. inck OF
respect for the courts and for public
officials liz nm evil nv Ercnt ns In
temperance Itself, ana if we Increnhe
the former evil without decreasing
the Inter. prohibition will prove n
calamity and not II blessing.
therefore emil your attention to
the fact TINT the STRENGTHENING OF
the central executive power of the
Stntc IL absolutely csscntinf to the
proper enforcement of prohibition.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-13
Pertinent Points as to Taxation

CHALL the people Of tho State he
~ cheated out OF their IonE-de-
1nycd advantage by the hue and
cry raised by Interested parties
against the methods necessary to
reach und maintain substantial re-
suItst
Shnll the people surrender the ad-
vantuScs already achieved and to he
achieved by system OF Wholesale
exemptions, OF further reductions or
rate. ON taxable values, much of
which hns never been heretofore
taxed, and against which IL now
tnrdily asserted n Just and greatly
reduced rate OF tnARtlOnf
III the General Assembly should
withdraw amy of the mems now
provided for discovery II would
MEM TINT Immediate loss of very
large amount of revenue.
objection LIS ninde TINT the proc
csses of Examiners of Records are
inquisltorIal. The answer In TINT
they nre Intended to be inquiSitorinl,
and they lose their effectiveness
when they censc to be inuuIsItorinI.
No Examiner of Records cnn ndd
ono iotn to the publicity which every
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-13
Strict Enforcement of Prohibition

THE people by mn overwhelming
1 minority voted for Statewide
prohibition md thereby COM
mitted the State 10 this policy. No
adequate Legislation has hccn en-
acted for putting Grto effect the Will
of the people ns thus expressed. II
remains for this session to translate
TINT sentiment into dcfnitrl yfg0r-
our and unIni>tnknblc action.
The Constitution declares In cx-
prcss terms: "Ihc chief executive
power OF the State siiniI he vested
In II Governor" .Thc Governor
shall take care thnt the laws nrc
faithfully executed"
In seeking Ia obey this mandate Of
the. constitution, . inyc been I'm
pressed with the absence Of leEisin-
fion furnishing means for the cnrc-
tive performance or the duty thus
Imposed. Fhc nbscDcc of such menus
VIII become more apparent when
prohibition goes into effect.
The people of Virginia hn,In;. dc
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-13

mended, should be considered conf
Dental and for the use solely of the
taxing officers, the courts and the
State Advisory Board
The report is signed by Governor
Stuart, Judge k. r. Prentis. chairman
OF the State Corporation Commission,
and c. Lee Moore, Auditor OF Public
Accountable three State officers who
constitute the Advisory Board on Tax
alton.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-13
schnoI Ehitnr. sncnI

The morning assembly Yesterday at
the John Marshall High School was
given over TO the members of the Mar
shallite. the yearly publication Mt the
school. Principal HARDWOOD introduced
Claude Woodward, editor, who. in turn,
introduced Miss Airline Eubank, lit
erary editor: James Blake. jokes cdi-
tor and cartoonist, and Professor Ar
thur James, faculty adviser OF the an
nual.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-13
Free Lecture.

Rev. Frank Pratt will deliver a lee
ture tonight at S o'clock in the First
Unitarian Church, Floyd Avenue and
Harrison Street. upon 1.-TWO OF the
Great Cathcdrals Of the World-St. Pc
ters and Cologne" Stereopticon pic
lures Will be shown. The public is
invited
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-13
las RESPONSIBILITY
WITHOUT AUTIiORITY

The Governor. is. therefore, put In
the position of Tnving a responsibilities
placed upon him in the exercise of
which he Is largely dependent on local
authorities. THIS condition brings the
central authority OF the State, and Its
chief executive. in n position of de-
pcndency. rath = than of authority,
and renders the local government SUI
pcrior to the State government, and
makes Virginia. SO far as the enforce
ment OF the criminal laws are con-
cerned, a helpless aggregation of in
dependent counties and cities, instead
Of sovereign state responsible for
the execution % her laws throughout
her entire borders.
In making the suggestions here con-
tanned, am mindful of tho fact that
under our system OF government the
efforts OF the executive department OF
the State In such matters are and. nee
cssariIy must he. of little avail unless
courts and jurins will do their part
in the conviction OF the guilty.
CENTRAL. Authority NECESSARY
FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
In tho performance of their duties
the executive department cannot and
ought not to interfere; but what de-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-10-02

COME, STEVEN, ARE YOU UN-
FElGNED?-Say, Allen Steven, do
you know what think of your jour
nalism? I think there is neither
breadth nor depth to it. I do not
wish to criticize you, but I do believe
criticism and debates are the pima
Giles of progress. Therefore 1 shall
quote from your own writings. you
claim you are for women" Still you
declare the necessity of wars, which
robs mothers of their husbands and
sons, daughters of their sweethearts
and puts a general CONSERVATION in
the entire home, leaves babes in the
cradle to the charge of charity. It
WAR annihilates the physically fit,
fills the world with crippIes and the
blind, it reduces the self-supporting
to that Of a mendicant or another
burden for the cUrbstone, an already
OVerdOne lead pencil army. You are
for war. 1t can't be that you are
Versed on the dOings of the war traf-
fiker and its underlying scheme
pau I41C 4l1uOlOllJ J1OllI IuC Cllu.
You bet, Steven, I'm for liberty and
freedom, a comfortable home with it's
fireplace for every toiler, a loving
wife and children, the pride of home.
I'm for the liberty and freedom of the
wife and children, fresh air, Whole
some food and sanitary Fairgrounds,
not dirty, microscopic alleys. But,
Steven, it is the present system that
brings on all these contagious and
bacillic diseases you speak of. Foul
air, insanitary living quarters, adul-
terated food, men driven and robbed
of their vitality through exploitation.
It is not an insufficiency of war and
blOodshed, as you state. You may be
for war and polygamy. I'm not, I
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-10-02
HUGHES AND HKTTERS.-If it

HUGHES AND HkTTERS.-If it
is true that Chas. E. Hughes is a
supporter of the decision of the Dan
bury hatters' case, then he lines up
exactly opposite to Pres. Wilson in
regard to labor, and as Iaboring
mems votes must be in the majority
how can Hughes have enough to OPP
pose Wilson for the presidency?-A
WenzIer, 1411 w. 73d St.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-10-02
PROVIDENTIAL FACILITIES

PROVIDEINI IAL FACIEI IES
A farmer in a small way walked
into the offices of one of the great
fire insurance companies to insure
his barn and couple of haystacks.
What facilities have you for eX-
tinguishing a fire in your village?"
inquired the superintendent.
The man scratched his head and
pondered for a little while. Even
tualIy he answered: well, it some
times rains. Ladies' Home Journal
There now rests in the Paris mu-
see the grapeshOt ball which struck
Napoleon before Ratisbon, April %,
1909. The bullet caused but a trifing
flesh wound,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-10-02

place the human race above the
mammals
Speaking of Mr.. Henry Ford, do
you know he is one of the greatest
manufacturers we have? To my es-
timation he is the greatest philan-
thropist we have had. The workers
have homes they never had before,
they do not live in congested places
as they did, they have a bank ac-
count they did not have in the past,
no man is required to work at the
same position if he tires of it, if
man can't get along with the present
foreman he can be transferred to
another department. Union repre-
sentatiVes never bother the Ford
plant; it is above their requirements.
Ford intends to improve conditions
from time to time.
But little 1 wonder at you, since
you have taken the stand to support
the plutocracy.-ChaTIes o. J. Lind
holm, 806 Belmont.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-10-02

has always been something of this
nature just a little beyond the I'M
derstanding of the finite mind; and
when man learns electricity some
thing greater, more awesOme, will
come into mans hand to use, but not
to fully understand, and to prove the
existence of a master mind in con-
nection with this wonderful universe.
~. Frank Pickering.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-07-22

Ground milo maize j. nov used FOE
horses at a great saNin. over any
other kind Of grain on the market.
Prize. St.i0 per hundred pounds, T..
W. TEE.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-21
THE VOLUNTEER
 SYSTEM FAILED
General Scott Has No Apology to Offer for Recommending the Abolishment of This System for
 Universal Training.

Washington, Dee. iS.-MaJor ten eral Scott, chief of Staff of the United States regular army told the senate military committee this morning that the army general stan recommended, without apology, that the volunteer system be discarded because the time has come when this country. unless it intends to avoid war at any cost must resort to universal liability to military training and service"
 General Scott said that the MeXi- can crisis failed to recruit many national guard organizations even to the minimum peace strength.
 Arranging the volunteer system as extravagant and unscientific, Gen. eral Scott told the committee that universal military training would be democratic, reliable, efficient and economical, and that within few years, it would pratically render the United States immune from attack.
 The system would be democratic, he said, because the burden of na- tional defense would fall equally upon all citizens"
The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-21
MAY ADJUST A DIFFICULTY.

The farmer, the producer of food stuffs, and even of cotton and wool, probably has never lived thru a season, has never seen a Christmas, when he had as much prosperity, as much to be happy over, as this year. It is good, and in measure right, because all too much of the time the producer has received the small end-has not shared in the prosper ity nearly so much, even, as the organized, unionized laboring man. But at this time, the farmers good fortune is the gall and wormwood for the wage earner in every class, for in no instance will the wages, which for most part have not ad- vanced, meet the increased cost of living as heretofore.
 But even at that one of the greatest needs of the nation is to make the life of the producer-the farmer-both remunerative and de- sirable. And. if this is the result of the present situation, perhaps it is not all bad IL may be the best way to find a proper balance of things.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-21
ISSUING PARDONs IN BLOCKS.
Governor Hays Not Waiting fol Christmas tO Extend Clemency.

Little Rock, Dec i6.-The Govern or is not holding all of the cases for executive clemency for the Christ mas list, but is issuing them in blocks every day. Pardons granted Thursday were as follows:
 Sidney H. Mayer, of Pulaski coun- ty, relieved of fines amounting to S235. Last Tuesday, he pleaded guilty to ten cases of petit larceny, committed while in the employ of the Stifft jewelry store. He is re- quired to pay the costs. The peti- tioners says that he is not a crimi- nal at heart, but he had fallen into the habit of drink, which, as is often the rule, resulted in his dis honesty to his employer He has a wife and child to support and is unable to pay the penalty. and if sent to the county farm they will be deprived of his support.
 Mrs. $. Nandamme, an old lady, was convicted by a Saline county Justice of the Peace, on a charge of AHd'udJil llItdklll-, anu llilFu JOldl of S28. The petition says that she had made some sweet juice from wild grapes and blackberries, which she intended to use in making jelly. She sold bottle of it to some boys, they claim on Sunday, she says it was on Saturday.
 Mack Shuttleworth, convicted in a Lee county justice court of vioIat- ing the fish and game laws, fined Si00, reduced to S5.
 Fred Emerson, convicted July i9, 1916, of the illegal sale of liquor, and fined total of S83. He had al- ready served three months for the same otfense under conviction in a federal court.
 Thomas Thornton, of Garland county, convicted last fall of grand larceny and sentenced to two years imprisonment.
 Fred Woodward, Crawford coun- ty, convicted in November of grand larceny and sentenced to one years imprisonment.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-21
-----------O - A FINE TRIP IN ANTICIPATION
Publication Delaved.l ]

Hello, Mir. Stevenson! 1 have been anxiously looking for ticket as a passenger on the trip up Salt River l now speak for a berth on that boat. l think that 1 have discov- cred that mysterious stream called Salt River. found several grains |of salt on the stream a few rods above my bridge; also some land marks left by some parties who passed up not long ago.
 l will make a few suggestions for your consideration: I would start from Holman Ranch, pass down Pigg Hollow, from thence up the river under my bridge, thence up by old man Barleycorns place (va- catedl. l thing the old man left for good being thoroly disgusted Then we pass by a small town called Laneville. You will know it by the word Cooperative" All business done there has that word on the signbOards.
 The next place in view is old man Wines vinyard, which now looks dilapidated; then we have in sight the cupalos and spires of the court house and churches of Wear City, a wealthy and prosperous commun- ity No trouble except when they kicked old Local Option out of the town few days ago They do busi- ness there on a cash basis.
 Wear City is on a high elevation and we will have to be careful, ow- ing to the light air, or we will be stricken with political paralysis, then the only known remedy is a course of treatment with Socialism, and it is awful for some people to take.
 Now Mir Stevenson, I offer these suggestions for your consideration, hoping for a good trip tby the way, a good supply of the Dixie Press would not be amiss. I will person. ally need it to prove that I am a So- cialist). I don't want to miss the trip. You will be captain in abso- lute and full control of both boat and guests, and all expect a good time.
 Yours for safe voyage.
 R. Osborn.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-21
WANT DAY OF DEATH MOVED UP
Youths Under Sentence Would Spare Relatives Grief Christmas.

0ssining, N. Ys Dec. 1.-Two youths sentenced to be put to death at Sing Sing this week have request ed that their lives be shortened by at least three days so that the grief of their relatives may be dulled as was announced tonight They are long as possible before Christman, it Stanley J. Millstein, i9 years old, of Utica, who killed a policeman, and Charles Kumrow, 20, who killed a tugboat captain in Buffalo. They were to have been sent to the cleo tric chair Friday or Saturday. The young men sent Father Cashin, the prison chaplain, to Warden Mover to request that they be executed on Tuesday. To this, it was said, the warden assented.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-21
RUSS, RUNAN!ANS AGAIN IN FLIGHT
Berlin Office Says Enemies Made Short Stand and Continue Retreat in Wallachia-Slavs Win in the
 TrOtuS Valley Fighting.

Berlin, Dec. i3.-Russian attacks in the Gyergio Mountains, on the Eastern Transylvanian front were repulsed yesterday by the Teutonie forces, the war office announces.
 Tn Wallachia, Rumanian troops which, reinforced by Russian cava- airy, attempted to make stand, are now once more in full retreat. More than 1000 prisoners were taken yes terday.
 The statement says:
 Army group of Field Marshal von Mackensen: The enemy, which has been reinforced by Russian cav airy and again had made a stand along the Jalomitza River, the waters of which had risen high. is now again in full retreat toward the northeast. The Danube and Ninth armies are pressing after them on the whole front. On the road to Buzen We gained considerable ground. taking 5000 prisoners, while in the mountains yesterday more than 1000 additional prisoners were taken
The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-21
 A MONUMENT THAT COUNTS.

Gov. c. N. Haskell has made a great killing iii war babies" and is doing a good turn with his money. He is building the Haskell Highway, a roadway 26 miles in length and at a cost of S4,000 per mile. The road will run from a point on the Jeifer- son highway near Wagoner to the Haskell summer camp on the Illi- nois river It will be i6 feet wide with chat foundation and chat tar binder. Mir. Haskell is actuated by the double purpose of building him. self monument and setting a good example in the way of permanent road work.-Fort Smith Times Record.
 In all truth that is one of the finest things any rich man can do.
 For good roads are the keynote to better education. better living and happier, more wholesome hu- manity all of which is the highest ideal at which we may aim.
 Carnegie, out of his great riches. has builded monuments to himself in the form of public libraries-has spent millions upon millions in doing 80. And yet, is there a man who acould say that the same money used fin any community would not have been worth more to humanity, served more people and actually done more for education, had it been spent on truly good roads? Governor Haskell Is on the right track. He is setting fine example for others.
 You might mention it to John D.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-21
Petroarad Claims Snceesses.

Petrograd, via London. Dee. i3.- Russian troops yesterday captured a line of Teuton trenches on the heights to the south of Agusualia, in the region of the Trotus Valley of Rumanla, according to an official statement issued today by the Rus sian war department. The Teuton counter attacks, in an effort to re- gain the lost positions, were re- pulsed with great losses, the state ment adds.
 Rumanian forces took the oflen- siye south of the Mizil-Buzeu high road and captured a row of vil- lages, the Russian announcement says, but on being counter attacked, the Rumanians were forced to re- tire. The Rumanian army at pres ent occupies a front along a line from Buzeu, Saringa and Urzitcheni.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-21
French Are Defeated.

Berlin, December i9.-The French troops undertaking to advance in the vicinity of Rheims yesterday, were repulsed by German fire, according to an official statement issued late this afternoon by the war office here.
 The war office, in another official announcement, claims the capture of more than one thousand Russian and Rumanian prisoners on the Ru- manian front
 The further statement is made that the Russians are continuing their retreat in Dobrudja, and that they are now approaching the low CT Danube.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-21
 WHEAT SLUMP HIT GAMBI FRS
Hundreds of SpecuIators Were
 Wiped Out" in See-Saw.

Chicago, Dec. iS.-Hundreds q, amateur grain speculators in Chi cago and the Middle West will have empty stockings this christmas he- cause of the effect of peace rumors on wheat. Talk of g wheat sent them into the market in swarms trading on narrow margins. When the peace talk struck the uit thev were wiped out in twinklings
 The big spectators lost nothino but paper profits, as most of them had been carrying wheat since {, was down around $i.26 and even in case they did get out of the mark ai today they did so with fat nrofIt The Armour Grain Company. patten and nearly all the big men in tba pit are credited with cleaning mn fortunes. Np