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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-23
BtkTENcED TO Die,
NtGO0 IS INSANE
Doctors Pronounce John Williams
Rapist, Hopeless Maniac and
In Desperate Conition.
WILL STOP HIS EXECUTION
Man Now in Padded Cell to Prevent
Self Destruction-His Case NO"
Entirely In Hands OF Governor.

According to the belief of physi-
ians, John williams, the negro un-
er sentence of death for an attack
N Miss Eva Mason. In NottoWay
County, Is hopelessly insane anu al
desperate condition.
DIR. J. Fulmer Bright and DR.. Mar
I'm, who are treating the negro.
tated that the unusual behaviour OF
he man is In no way a sham ana
hat it is a pure case OF complete
Insanity.
In a padded cell at the Henrico
all. where he has been confined since
lis arrest, near Petersburg. except the
bhort time he was carried back 10 pc
|ried and sentenced. the negro Is tne
hideous picture of an abandoned
maniac. Officers at the jail seem to
be In a quandary az TO what to do with
he case. The mans mind seems TO
be perfectly blank. He says notn-
Ing. and apparently hears nothing.
He crouches In the corner Of his cell
With a blank, deathly CLEAN In his
yes. ana refuses both food and medi-
Inc
Since Friday morning his condition
las grown worse, and during this time.
he negro has eaten no food. He Is
hacked in the padded cell and there
IS little chance of the man using vio-
ence. He seems to be helpless ana
Without any reasoning power. his
rms swing loosely before him ana ms
bands grasp bits OF the hair paooIhs
khirh he has torn from the walls. &c
asionallv he makes weird cries and
visits his body out Of normal shape
NJ c7vings IL from side to side,
Williams Is under sentence 10 pe
iectrocuted May 26, but whether OF
bot The sentence Ill be executed APP
Gears doubtful at this time. 1t is sald
hat the settlement OF the question OF
3nnfllmeut of the courts instruction
hat he die May 26 is entirely in the
hands Of the Governor. Governor
kuart was not In the city last night
Ind no statement was made from ne
pffice as TO his probable action IN the
base,
II is probable that the Governor vii
SIX the Attoruev-ticneral tomorrow
or advice as ;o what steps 10 Ia
Syhen INSANITY is pleaded ma prn}~l
,nder the law. il il defense In court,
Ina no insane person is convicted II
nav he hat the fact that insanity FOL
ewe conviction may save the con
4,. f-anl the effect ~ Foe court 5
aatsnre nutlI normal mental con-
tan is restored This question the
t,arvoy @ enegal may DC called upon
decide
II IS suggested that the death PEN
L NAV not he inflicted upon an IN
fcrson. and that while WhIams
ne no may he removed to a hos
+ for the crimtna'lv insane, where
- NAV be kept until such time as
o~{ty Is restored and that he may
- hnyo the date for death fixed
= ar that aav expiate his crime.
eNaAIa the negro continue TO re-
- saai ne raav dte Of starvation he
a,e ,ha ~ ween this and the
ate of his execution,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-23
The Surgeons Dilemma
as DR.. Cabot Sees 1t

ssT DO not say that surgeons perform unnecessary
l operations for money but must say that they
under extraordinary temptations to do so.
and they always resist those temptations they must
be far above the ordinary man In virtue have seen
many a consultation inside hospital group and
many outside of it. and have had occasion to COM
the utter freedom from pecunary bias that OBJ
tainR among the physicians OF free hospital with
desperate efforts of privately paid consult to
make up their minds uninfluenced by considerations
profit In my mind there Is possible doubt that
the patient in free hospital gets sounder, cooler,
better balanced Judgment the question rs opera
ton now necessary unnecessary than hs does
under the conditions Of private practice outside
hospitals
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-23
AO7 WELL DAILIES
MFG: INTERESTS

|snecIal 10 The Richmond NirEInIan1
petersburg. Va. April Z2.~The Hope-
vel Daily Press and The Hopeweit
bailv News consolidated tonight an"
ereafter Will be printed as one paper
Inaer the name OF The News-f ress'
Is understood that the entire ioFs
/. - Dailv press will be retained,
"a ,he~a will be no change in the
honcy of the paper
n ia believed that the combination
|, al s,hserve the best interest or the
- who have money invested in the
l,terprises. and will prove TO be sooo
[htrv for the wizard city.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-23

organize a cooperative medical en-
terprise like the Mayo Clinic, gain
ing the advantages and superiorities
Of that clinic for much lower fees.
There Is similar advantage OF
the cooperative undertaking over
similar enterprises organized by a
life insurance company. The COM
pany has to make Its profit, and
that profit necessarily comes out OF
the fees OF the patients. II the pa
TENTS themselves formed a group
and hired the doctors. instead of al
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-23

endowment TO start with They have
so skillfully organized their work that
they have been enabled to carry out
the same diagnostic procedures and
perform the same operations an enor-
nous number OF times.
AS a result Of this practice and of
a first-rate but probably not extra
ordinary natural capacity. they have
attained a degree of efficiency and
skill that Is equaled in very few clinics
elsewhere. There liz no reason. there
fore. why the public should not itsslS
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-23

that the gross receipts Of the clinic
are in the vicinity of million dol
lars a year-might have been saved
had the general public of It's own
initiative formed cooperative group
and hired a similar aggregation of
physicians and surgeons. r. ii be
objected that men of such SKIN and
eminence cannot be hired for any
reasonable salary, the answer Is that
there is no good reason 10 suppose
that the physicians at the Mayo Clinic
had any very extraordinary scientific
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-23
DEATHS.

uAGAN-E Entered into rest at Blue
nela, West Virginia. on Saturday.
April 20, at 7:46 A. NJ. WILLIAM
CAMPBELL. son OF John c. and Alice
n Hagan, in the twenty-second year
OF HIS age.
Funeral from st. Peters Church.
Eighth and Grace Streets. Monday.
at 10 A. NJ
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-23

WY YHEN a patient visits the
Nv world famous Mayo Clinic
NV at Rochester, Minnesota, he is
w often examined not merely
by the surgeon who may
eventually operate on him,
but by various other specialists rep
resenting the different fields of med
icine. 1t often turns out that he has
no condition requiring surgery. The
question then arises What Is the mat
ter with him7 And this can only be
determined by an examination. per-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-23

lowing the insurance company to
do SO. they could get the same SER
vice for less money. Furthermore.
undertakings such as that of the
Life Extension Institute suffer under
another disadvantage; they do not
offer group diagnosis. The Life
Extension Institute, for instance, Ct
fers to It's subscribers q yearly ex-
animation by a competent physician
for five dollars OF less.
But for the reasons already given,
ana sttll further 20 be insisted upon,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-23

hO Vho tIAA Ii SVup6ISlb
60 make such an exa.mina-
ton. Nevertheless, the
Life Extension Insurance
Institute offers us an ex-
cellent illustration Of the
sound principle Of a stitch
in time. IT aims at the
prevention of d ease
through early exaYnina-
ton and sound advice.
All this is as II should
be, and represents a long
step in the right direc-
ton. but 1t still has the
disadvantages of indi-
vidualism in medicine.
and starts it's fine work
under q serious handi-
cap.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-23

maps OF MS eyes, perhaps
of his blood, or Of some
organ.
But for the patient the
special point of excellence
is this: He pays a certain
fee, and for that lump sum
gets whatever exaInina-
lions he may need from
any or all of a group OF
specialists there assem-
bled and working on sal
airy. The fee is determin-
ed. as / understand II, by
a business agent OF the
Mayo Clinic, who has cor
respondents in all parts
of the country. and whose
object is to discover np-
proximately the income OF
every patient visiting that
clinic. From the figures
thus obtained regarding
the patients income. the
fee can be calculated upon
a percentage system.
This arrangement Is ad-
mirable in most respects,
From the point of view Of
the public IL has only one
drawback; 1t is, done for
profit, and whatever profit
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-23
Better Doctoring for
Less Money
By RICHARD C. CABOT, M. D


chief staff
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-23
If Doctor Ca
bot had at
tempted to

draw a mental picture
of the UnitedDoctors
in this article he could
not have been more
correct.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-23

We Specialize in the Treatment of
Chronic Diseases
Deep Seated Diseases Rheumatism Neuritis Lame Back
Neuralgia, Lumbago Enlarged Joints, Ulcers,
Catarrh, Asthma, Bronchitis, Nervousness,
Golfer Dropsy Piles Rectal Diseases,
and All Diseases Of Men
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-23
the Above Article Dr. Cabot Has Struck the Keystone Around Which
Has Been Built THE UNITED DOCTORS

IN THIS ORGANIZATION ARE MEN SPECIALIST
THAT THEY MAY RENDER A GREATER SERVICE TO
THERE is NO INSTITUTION WITHIN THE CON
DETAILS WHICH MAKE FOR A GREATER SERVICE
Since Introductory in the practice of medicine
by many patients from all the State who have been
thousands of testimonials from grateful subjects who rejoice
sisters of the wonderful and in many cases. seemingly mrac
to show to any and all needing services
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-12
North.
NORTH SIDE.

6-rooms; strictly modern bungalow Liv.
ing room. dining room. den and kitchen
on first floor; two bedrooms and bat
on second. Entire house has Just beer
newly decorated. Oak floors and OAK
woodwork on first floor: maple floor
and hard pine finish on second Full re.
ment basement Furnace heat On paved
street South front. Owner has reduced
price from $4,000 to $500 for cash sale
PAYNE INVESTMENT COMPANY,
Omaha Natl Bank Bldg. y. 17sl
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-12
FARM LAND WANTED

OWNER will sell or trade hardware, plumb
ing and heating business, invoice, s70ool
located In good southeastern Nebraska
town: for income land, must be worth the
money. as stock is good: no junk. Box
l2b. Falls CITY, Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-12
THREE ESTATES
Florida Lands.

short time ago we real estate holdings Of
three Omaha estates After putting price of rs cent
fourhs Of the property was sold AZ
once going the best offers we secure
especially 18th Gath streets lots Kounze Place.
and consider which from $40 $28 foot when there
Is nothing else on either $4,000 $4,000 foot
10TH STREET LOTS
1O5 feet north side Of 18th street. b2Sxl2&
Pnkney the side Of 18th st. 6Oxl2&
70 Of Writ, side Of 18th street 244xl2a
PATH STREET LOTS
Spencer east side Of gath st. b0xl2%
E.. Gath and Spencer 528xl24
Next lot SOUTH 528x124
SCATTERED LOTS
e. 18th and Pratt. 41x104.
66x132 feet side Of 9th south Of Pierce.
27x55 38h between Harvey and Dewey
31st north Of Didge
86s6x1SO the south side Of Elm west of goth
north side Chicago between 31st and 8Sd
feet south side of Burt west Of 30th street.
48hx1l6 feet, north side of Glass; east Of SD street.
the north side Of California west OF 3Sd
the south side Harvey 100 feet Of 44h
50xl20 seth Ave, $50 feet south Of Cass
We can 1-1Oth down. cent
reate that these lots be sold for the
seldom have such list this
anddo mott fail o take advantage of
A. P. TURKEY & SON
Phone Doug 500. 1923 W. O.. W. Bldg.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-12
Nebraska Lands.
Florida Lands.

NCDIdSkd LdItuo.
VALUABLE l6O-ACRE FARM IN
Merrick County, Neb.. Owned by a
NONRESIDENT Will be Sold at
PUBLIC AUCTION
Saturday, Oct. 2lst, at 2 P. M.
Sale takes place on the farm. miles
straight west of Central City and miles
due south Of Archer, Neb.
Farm Is all In cultivation, good soil;
rents for two fffths OF grain.
VIII be sold on reasonable terms. All
out-of- town buyers are requested to meet
James L. Dowd at the Hotel Hays. Cen
tral City, Neb.. Saturday noon, Sept. elst
where free dinner will be furnished and
free transportation to the farm.
This is a good farm and will likely go
at a sacrifice. Be sure and come,
For further information address Dowd
Auction Co, Omaha, Neb.
JAMES l.. DoWD. AUCTIoNEER.
GREELEY COUNTY FARM
WELL IMPROVED.
Al auction, Wednesday, Dot is. .. m
This farm 10 known as one Of the best
in the county. For detailed description
write or see
NEBRASKA REALTY AUCTION CO..
Central City. Neb.
FOR sALE-FCf SIS per acre cash. my I'm.
proved $50 acres adjoining Ericsson. Neb
w. A. Olive. Indianola Ia
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-12
BUY THIS CLOsE-IN

BUY THIS CLOSE-IN
three-stpry brick house OH the easy pay
ment plan. The house Is at 2022 Burt
ST.. Is modern and contains . rooms. You
. can rent this place for light housekeeping
and the rent you receive will make the
monthly payment for you $500 makes
the first payment. Now Is the time to
buy
CREIGH. SONS 4 COMPANY.
Douglas 200. sos Bee Bldg.
The St. Mary banner., 1916-05-13
Sugar Crop Less.

Lonisiana's 1915 sugar crop
amounted to 49, 500 short
tons, or 275, 900, 600 pounds,
according to final figures an
nounced by the United States
Bureau Of Crop Estimates.
A year before the total was
242,70O.
Cane weighing 2,0lo, 600
short tons. harvested from
1873, 900 acres in the state,
was crushed during the sea-
son for sugar making. The
average of sugar output per
The St. Mary banner., 1916-05-13
Road Rules.

The following rules govern
vehicles in the Parish Of st.
Mary, relative to speed, light
ing, signals, right of way.
etc Violations Of the rules
are punishable with both fine
and imprisonment:
Speed - Straightaway -
miles per hour; road cross
ingS, 30 miles per hour: e.
bow curves, l5 miles ptl
hour;pa~sing vehicles - mile ;
per hour; passing through
nnincorporated villages, 20
miles per hour.
Lights All power-drivtn
vehicles, from sun-down to
sun-up, must carry two white
lights in front, and one red
light in rear, on left.
Signals-All power-driven
vehicles must sound warn-
ingS at curves, crossings, and
in passing other vehicles,
horSenen or pedestrians.
PasSin g-All vehicles must
pass each other to the right
going i'll opposite directions,
and to the left going i'll the
same direction.
Right of Way All We.
hicles must keep to the right
in travelling on the public
roads, and a vehicle thus
keeping to the right has the
right of way and other We
nicles must pass around it.
At night, vehicles carrying
lights have the right of way
at all times over those not
carrying lights.
A penalty Of fine and i'm
prisonment for the violation
Of any Of these rules is pro-
vided.
The St. Mary banner., 1916-05-13
D1sTREzsUTOR FOR s1A2Y:
George J. LeBou1ge0is,
JEANERETTE, LOUISIANA

ton Of cane, was l35 pounds,
compared with 1872 pounds
III 1911, and 1879 pounds in
1913. The avera sc yield was
IL tons per acre, t tons less
than in the previous year,
and s tons less than in 1913.
As against the 2,olS, coo IONS
crushed in the 1915 season,
3, 1919. 900 tons were crushed
in 1914.
The states output Of mo-
lasses for 1918 was -, $50, :
600 gallons.
The St. Mary banner., 1916-05-13

That which is probably the
most valuable piece of real
estate in the British empire
is in London-the ground
upon which the Bank Of
England stands. The value
is in excess of Sl1, 500, 900 per
acre. There are three acres
owned by the Bank, and the
tract is worth $35 600, 600.
The St. Mary banner., 1916-05-13
WHY Won Should Attend
l. ~ - EaXNMEzE.-ysxaE2.zzx
SPENCER BUSINESS COLLEGE.
WHY
Should Attend

Because men now travel on wings talk by lightning,
annhate both time and space by means OF the telephone
and require 100 per cent efficiency in their employees
Because thorough business education, with shorthand
and typewriting gives the creates guarantee OF success
You must make a LIVING whether you want to OF not
The right kind Of business education gives the slrest
of acquiring the former and the easiest way to make
the latter.
Because its faculty greets it's audience each morning with
interest 50 vital purposes useful originality varied
ideas fresh and bountiful that each days work Is
performance possible only to such cooperative forces
Because the methods employedin both the COMMERCIAL
and SHORTHAND departments simple easy fascinating
and the time required master them is about onea the
time it takes to halfway master the old systems.
Because we conduct Free Employment department
and have experienced to devote his time to that
work alone.
BUSINESS COLLEGE.
ST. Charles and Common. New Orleans.
The St. Mary banner., 1916-05-13
AMlcine or Food

~ ioos is a;"ays bought the bulky
slsirins ao1 a., given to your stoc k as
- e, Why J. not buy only Siy "A the ae
lsdieins .urnish n, your own food?
III 4 .s f.s. VIII be much more GER
~, /, scs .c -. 3. A. Thomas Stock
- T.. \ 20 certain to give the right
haa. Ts Ie = sell ! it on the money
a. III hos. :. !. doesn't straighten
IN nurse nurse or COW or sheep, we
-, y, ~ J. F. Boudreaux.
The St. Mary banner., 1916-05-13

All # our ajch work il done by
cur own expert. Sat faction
guaranteed in very case. No job
too hard FIR Us to do in Franklir, ,
and none too Insignificant for our
consideration.
| PCPKIv.
The St. Mary banner., 1916-05-13

Bell has a fresh To- Of Dried
Peaches, ADric rs and Prun"-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-14

blizzard comparable with that one. But
tho fear Of such . visitation soon
passed. Before O'Clock the western
skies had lightened, and soon there was
q sunset that for glorious splendor has
seldom been equaled here. It was a
most suitable climax to the day. And
when the sun had set, in a perfect hot
Of color, and the skies had darkened.
there shone forth just below the zenith
toward the southwest the wonderful oc.
cultation Of Jupiter and Venus, so close
together as to seem about to meet, yet
actually inconceivably far away.
Taken altogether yesterday was a day
that deserves to be noted in the pages
of those who record their weather i'm
pressions. The universal hope is that
it will prove to be the winters most
severe visitation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-14
A Miniature Blizzard.

Yesterdays little furry in snow and
cold serves to remind Washington of
the veritable "blizzard" of exactly sew
enteen years ago. 1t was ON the 18th
of February, 1899, when this city was
struck by storm Of wind and snow
and cold that paralyzed traffic and
caused the most intense suffering and
even death. Business was partially sus-
pended, street cars were stalled, save
on one line that still used the cable.
The government departments we're al
most out Of commission owing to the in
ability of many of the clerks to reach
their posts. Drifts piled SO high about
the streets that in places people were
completely blockaded in their houses
for many hours. Fuel supplies ran
short and deliveries were impossible, SO
that even in homes Of the well-to-do
there was suffering. Food was also
hard to obtain, because Washington sell
dom puts in large stores and depends
upon access to the grocery and the mar.
ket, and communication with the
sources of supply was in places we'll
nigh impossible.
When tho snow began yesterday
doubtless many who have long weather
memories, or who keep diaries, were re.
minded Of the big storm Of 1899 and
wondered II there was 10 be another
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-14

tielerates to the republican convention
for the declared purpose Of voting in
that body for Mr.. Roosevelt. That is to
say, they have already decided the ques'
ton for themselves, in advance Of an
opportunity to consult with their party
associates elsewhere as to what the
emergency demands, and have decided
it in favor Of the bull moose party. In
other words, they are seeking republi'
can commissions with the intention OF
performing bull moose service.
Remarkable as this attitude is, how.
ever, it is much more creditable than
that Of some other republicans, who
are reported as seeking commissions as
delegates to their party convention for
the undeclared purpose Of aiding a
movement at signal to stampede the
body for Mr.. Roosevelt.
The Roosevelt movement rests upon
the proposition that he is the only man
in the country who can defeat Mr.. Will
son. Nobody is encouraging that be-
lief at this time more than the dyed
in-the-wool Wilsonite. He is eager for
Mr.. Roosevelt's nomination; and moth
ing would please him so much as to see
it effected by coterie Of bull moosers
operating in disguise or otherwise at
the republican national convention. In
that event he will bet his last dollar,
giving odds, on Mr.. Wilson's reelection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-14
Republicans and Bull Moosera.

On the 7th of June the republicans
will meet in national convention at Chi
ago for the purpose of nominating a
-andidate for President. Only repub-
heans will of right be eligible as dele
gates. Only republican could with pro-
priety and sincerity accept the nomina-
ton.
At the same time and in the same
city the bull moose party will meet in
national convention professedly for the
purpose OF nominating a presidential
candidate and framing national plat
form. By the same token, only bull
moosers will of right be eligible as dele
gates
The bull moose party in convention
4aay or may not carry out its program
\ sort of notice has been served on the
republicans that if they will nominate
Mr.. Roosevelt or some one acceptable
10 him on platform in part of
his shaping no bull moose nomination
will be made. This action is within the
sphere of legitimate political vancouver
ing, and the republicans must consider
il. The republicans should adopt such
a platform and nominate such a candi-
date as will command the support of
both its factions, including the bulk of
those who went into the bull moose
party after the Chicago convention.
A feature of the game, however, is
unusual, not to say remarkable, and is
attracting much attention. This is the
candidates. Of certain men claiming To
be republicans, but asking to be sent q