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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-24
ALLOWS EXCEPTIONS AT
Any SIRSEQIEN,r TERM

tn" bill was passed in the dying DAYS
OF tn" session. and is retroactive in
operation II provides that consen, 10
extend the time for filing a bill Of ex-
centions may be given either during
the tom At which the opinion or jude-
mcnt excepted 70 is rendered. or during
any subsequent term or vacation Had
this bill failed 10 pass. nothing could
hay" saved James canter from the
electric chair bu; the interference OF
Governor stuart,
James IaHter, who is ONLY sixteen
years old. and can neither read nor
write. was convicted OF completely in
the murder of Mrs. Maudc Wilson on
April "a. 1915. The crime was one OF
the most atrocious in the history OF the
commonwealth. and created intense
feeling in the neiehborhood Luther
tanier, elder brother Of the prisoner
confessed 10 having committed the
crime. and paid the extreme penalty Of
the law.
BEFORE leaving the courtroom how
ever. Luther made statement COM
pietetN generating his Younger
brother from any share in tho crime.
James Canter however. was tried and
convicted on circunstantial evidence
Yesterdays Supreme Court ruling or
ders new trial if further prosecution
OF the prisoner should he deemed
nee: sary.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-24
RUSSELL COT NTN-
COURT REVERSED

IN an opinion by Judge Cardwela the
supreme Court reversed the Judgment
OF the Circuit Court OF Russell County
IN the case of r. :. IIansell against
the Commonwealth. Hansell was con
Victsd Of procuring and u'terine a
forged option for the sale OF certain
coal lands in Russell and Buchanan
Counties, and was sentenced 10 serve
three years in the penitentiary. From
ms action itanscll appealed. The Su-
preme Court remanded the case for a
new trial
In the case OF r. Meek against J. y.
foN and others. appealed from the Cir
cunt Court for Tazewell County. the
supreme Court affirmed the findings Of
me lower court. The case involved a
disputed point in will executed by
Peter Sprachcr. who died in 1881
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-24
sHoP MEETINGS HAVE.
ATTRACTED INTEREST.

ne Shop meetings viii also he
pIopch' 10 Il conclusion TODAY. and the
results arc already announced az nav
ING neon Very gratifying The attend
ah'' mas been large. and the workers
nave hcc'i accorded every advantage
ny h"ih tho proprietors and the en-
pioSrcS of the hundred or more shops
INTO which they HAY" gone The AT
'ehaah'o mas grown both in numbers
ana interest. ana those who have had
'harGc o! this work believe that they
nav" rot wasted their time
Yesterday morning AZ ic O'Clock. Ecy
Niihan H. Main. -. -. OF lhilHioi-
PIMA. Sp"k" before tho students Of Vir-
sin'a Union University (coiored, The
ia'N was received with the closest at
i>ntion.
The work IN the colorcd churches
has been very gratifying. The attend
ancc has been large upon all services
and number OF conversions have been
reported. The campaign in the colored
churches Will also end day: hut all
The churches Will hold rally day SER
vices Sunday
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-24
A Little Blossom,
To Delight the Horne

When il is known that in the near
future the home is 10 be blessed with 2
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-24
JAMES CANTER IS GIVEN
NEW CHANCE FOR LIFE
Supreme Court ~ Appeals RevcrseS
Verdict OF Washington County
Circuit Court.
EVIDENCE is NOT SUFFICIENT
Opinion by Judge White Says Trial
Court Erred i'm Not Setting YER
dict .tside-Act OF Legislature
Made Review Possible

l:y virtue Of special emergency
act or tn" General Assembly aud an
order by tn" state Supreme Court OF
Appeals. made possible b, that act
James canter, under sentence OF death
for completely in tho murder of Mrs
Maudc Wilson. in Washington County.
viii bc given another chance 10 prove
his innocence.
In an opinion by Judge white. the
Supreme Court Yesterday reversed the
judgment OF tn" Circuit Court Of
Washington County in ovcrruling the
motion OF counsel for James Canter
for new trial The judgment OF the
lower court was rendered on Nav 3.
1915. and sentenced the prisoner 10
death in tho electric chair.
we have carefully examined Tho
evidence" the opini"n by Judge
Whii,le concludes. and concur i'm tho
view expressed by III" Attorney
General and his ASSISTANT that il is i'm
adcGuat" TO connect the prisoner with
the Grim" with that dcgree Of certainty
required by tho criminal law o, the
commonwealth. II is no, ucccs-
s"ry to "nalyze tho evidence for tho
Comm onwcalth, "a remarked. 5; is no,
sufficient 10 justify conviction
The judgment must therefore. to
reversed and the case rerlaudcd Tor
new trial should further prosecution
OF tho accused be deemed advisable"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-08
"Whom the Gods Would Destroy
They First Make Mad"

when swell the fires within Olympia's
breast
Until they burst their bounds and
pour
Their sullen torrent in that slow unrest
Which leaves but ashes where the
far Ionic shore
Was laved by winds and waves Of tho
Egean Sea,
Then will the Gods, o Rome. bring woe
to theei"
Thus wrote the dying Zeno on the sand,
And as the Ages wend their way,
While Rome's imperial towers yet I'M
tottering stand,
Nor show sign of that foretold de-
cayl
Who at this moment hears that passing
breath
Which echoed sounds a yet unborn
within the Hall Of Deathf
Olympia's fresi Are they the earth
born flames
Which deep beneath earths crust are
hid
Or be they passions born Of those vast
shames
On which Greek Hearts are by op-
pressors fed?
Smile not at Zeno's death words writ
upon the sand,
But view with awe the Rising Fires
within that Ancient Land.
- :. N. A. MOBILES.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-08
Bugaboos of Married Life
"Too proud to fight"

(From The Salt Lake Herdld-Republicon)
Many woman hugs to her heart the
delusion that she married the wrong
man. In the inner circle of her bosom
friends she may admit as much-in the
strictest confidence, of course-and her
tale of woe in corroboration is spun
into sympathetic ears.
In every such rehearsal of domestic
infelicity the most disconsolate part is
the might have beens," which have
been denominated the saddest of all
sad words. Lost opportunities usually
take on exaggerated appearance in ret
respect. Both Maud and the judge
might have been disillusioned had she
devoted the latter part of her life to
raking him instead of raking hay.
To make jeremiad of this kind i'm
pressive it is only necessary to men
ton two or three men of prominence
who were driven to despair by a posi-
tive refusal" and who perversely went
ahead on the highway of success, each
with life companion referred to with
scornful reproach as "spiteful hussy'
not half good enough for him. As a
matter of fact, success in such cases
may be due to compatible association
of a real helpmeet that never could
have been attained with disconnected,
scolding and fault-fnding companion.
This Is a reversible hypothesis, for
many a man harbors the hallucination
that he made a mistake in his choice;
and some Of them are mean enough
to add to the burden Of an aching
heart by saying so to disappointed and
neglected housewives who share more
of sorrow than OF happiness.
Women who lament that other wives
have the best husbands and men who
deceive themselves with the belief that
other men have the most attractive
wives cannot judge with precision.
What an amazing awakening there
would be if the disconnected could ex-
change places for a time-an awaken
ing that would cause Jack to prefer
his Jill and Jill to yearn for Jack
again. and settle forever the doubts
that disturb connubial contentment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-08
A Republican Congress

Congress will go with the Presi-
dencv. There can be little doubt
that the next House will be Repub-
lican. The Democratic majority in
the Senate, though relatively much
larger, is also likely to melt away.
The Republicans have gained Senate
seats in New York, Ohio, New Jer-
sey, West Virginia and Indiana 1.-TWO
in the last named state). They neec
TO capture only two more seats to
have a majority, and they have a
good chance to make gains in Ne
vada. Nebraska Montana and Mary
land.
Complete party responsibility Is
desirable if the Republicans are to
administer the government. A Re
publican Congress will be needed to
repeal the Hay law and give the
country a real army. 1t will be
needed also to forestall by legisla-
ton a flooding of our markets after
the war with European products.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-08

cursed iniquity. Why exclude from
its pleasures or terrors the more in
teresting half Of the human race!
Or. if you cannot go as far as that
(Mr. Wells, we should note, is our
authority, you must at least con-
cede that the question touches that
half OF the human race which has a
strange attractiveness at dinner,
even possessing charm sufficient to
make or mar that particular feast.
Some such line of argument seems
to be gathering strength within the
human race. We note its progress
and wish it well. The sooner the
upilateral dinner is abolished and
forgotten the better for livers, dis
positions and the race.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-08
CFRMANY'S CLAWS SHOULD BE CLIPPED
Her Autocrac Government and Ability Rearm Her Subjects
and Allies for an Aggressive War Make Her Menace
to the Peace of Europe and Democracy

on the people the now enormous Dur
den OF military preparation for war
Of aggression, it does not please the
individuals Of democracy TO be forced
both 10 bear like burden in order TO
be able TO resist a neighboring auto
Gratis attempt to conquer them.
The crux Of the trouble is that the
people Of the Central Empires are so
unframed in the political habit OF
scrutinizing the words and deeds OF
their government that they take as
true whatever the government tells
them, even its now telling them that Il
is not the attacker but the attacked.
II this credulity continues after the
war Berlin can make these peoples be-
lieve that they can escape being con-
quered only by arming themselves, not
simply on the great scale Of the past,
but On the enormously greater scale
which the experience Of this war opens
up-that they can escape complete
crushing by their imaginary foes only
by almost complete crushing under the
burden Of srming themselves.
The normal evolution Of democratic
institutions requires the mitigation OF
the Prussan menace. The control OF
Berlin must be changed either quaint
tatively or qualitatively. Either she
must cease to control so many men, or
her control must cease TO be so COM
plete. Till the second condition Is as
sured, the Allies can reasonably insist
on the first.
This war is fruit and symptom OF
the present transition stage, in which
the tagging and still autocratic coun-
tries attack the further evolved and
democratic ones, as the tagging South
attacked the further evolved North in
1860 To-dsy's stage is as unstable as
that of this country in Lincoln's day.
1t is as true that the world cannot
persist half autocratic and half demo.
cratic as it was that this nation could
not persist half slave and half free.
The autocrat whose people believe
him divine is glad to profit by the
greater Conference, readiness and in
itial striking efficiency Of his subjects
than of the people Of democracy
however strong these latter may be as
units. Not till the replacement OF
autocracy by democracy has gone be-
yond its present stage will this greater
conference Of autocracy cease to threat
en- the temporary suppression Of de-
mocracy itself.
Bismarck deliberately threw away
Germany's chance for normal expan-
sion by colonizing. Having elected to
develop military strength while en-
couraging her neighbors TO weaken
themselves by colonial expansion, Ger
many has no right now to expand
forcibly at her neighbors' expense.
Instead, she may expand commercially
and by purchase of colonial territory
if she can find a seller of colonies.
HENRY MARION HOWE.
Bedford Hills, n. Y, Oct. 81, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-08
and Mr.. Whitman

Mr.. Whitman was fortunate in
two things-in the fact that the ma
tional campaign dwarfed state is
sues and in the fact that his oppo-
nent was strongest the day he was
nominated. If this had not been
Presidential year the record at AL
bany would have been scrutinized
with care which, as conditions
were, few voters gave to it. If Mr..
Seabury had not chosen as his chief
Point of attack the so-called pre-
paredness laws, which were not par
tisan measures, but a matter OF
policy on which the legislators of his
party united with the Republican
lawmakers, his own campaign would
not have fattened so disastrously,
and Mr.. Whitman's would have been
subjected to a scrutiny which it
could i'll stand.
With two years experience to his
credit, Mr.. Whitman ought to make
2 better Governor in his second term
than in his first. It is earnestly to
be hoped he will profit by the mis-
takes he has made and the criticism
they have brought forth. He will take
up his new term of service strength
ened by vote of confidence and
supported by a Republican Legislat-
ure. He will thus have new OPP
portunity to make good on promised
reforms, which have not yet ma
terialized. He will have a chance,
if he desires, to urge on his col
leagues and to support genuine reor-
panization of the states financial
system, including that change most
needed, the adoption of an executive
budget-not the half-fedged crea-
ton which he and the Legislature
worked out, but a Governor-made
budget. Inc eSlllffdltS VI NiiSh IiiS
Legislature may not increase. He
will have a chance so to reorganize
the states tax scheme as to relieve
New York City of the discrimina-
ton which now exists against the
metropolis. He will have chance TO
press for department reorganization
which will standardize clerks work
and salaries, eliminating unneces-
sary jobholders and salaries, as the
Horton civil service committee has
recommended.
There will be much for Mr.. Whit
man to do in the next two years in
fields which he has not explored and
in fields the surface of which he has
barely scratched. The Tribune sim
cerely hopes he will have the courage
and breadth Of vision to undertake
the work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-08
To the Editor OF The Tribune.

10 the t0ltOf OF Inc lIiuuh''
Sir: One Of the means which the Al
lies may use for lessening the danger OF
Germany's repeating 1914 at her con.
yenience 4. 10 deprive her OF one OF
her sources OF strength, her virtual
control over great numbers Of non
Teutons. such as the Poles and the
Austrian Slavs. This control could De
broken, and these peoples could be
simultaneously made free to develop IN
stitutions fitted TO their racial genius
by forming them into independent
states under international guarantee.
To this the surprising objection lie
raised that it would deny Germany the
opportunity for expansion, TO when
every great nation feels entitled, ana
that in 1914 she did only what every
other strong power has done at one
time or another. This smells OF the
old penoIogy of punishment rather thar
of the new one of protection. It is not
the punishment of Germany, but tho
protection of other countries from her
aggression, that is sought. Moreover,
the implication that Germany is to be
left free hereafter to repeat 1914 be-
cause other nations formerly did such
things overlooks the change in environ
ment since those older days.
Wars of aggression, which are pri-
marily a means of clarifying a mon
arch, a dynasty or military caste, the
head of nation, at the expense OF the
individual subjects, may have fitted an
nrr1rf m ~
executed the monarch's wishes. But
they misft our present democratic age.
To-day it is the interests OF the indi-
viduals, and not those Of the ruler,
which should determine the action OF
the government. These interests are
in peaceful pursuits, commerce, indus
try, science, art and philanthropy, and
not in becoming cannon fodder for
rulers glory. The individual is not
only Indifferent to the conquest OF
alien civilized people, recognizing that
the individual Swiss or Dutchman is as
prosperous and as happy as the indi-
vidual Chinaman or Russian, in spite
of the smallness of his country, but
he actually opposes it.
we, lOT lHSIdHSc, oPPOoo VI" o>
alton of Cuba or Mexico because we do
not wish to have an alien mass, with
alien points Of view, grated upon US,
to share and so complicate our already
hard problem of government. How
ever much France may wish land re-
plevin, the recovery of French-inhabit-
ed Alsace and Lorraine, forcibly stolen
from her, she opposes land robbery
(for instance, annexing German-inhab-
tied land). This is wholly consistent
with wish for colonial expansion, the
civilizing and Galliczing of backward
peoples. 1t is as praiseworthy to civ
ilize the uncivilized as it is indefensi-
BILE to despoil the civilized.
Moreover, however well it may please
an autocrat or a military caste to put
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-08
A Masculist Dinner
given.

Mighty and all-prevailing as is
the male Of the human race, there
is one festival at which he is, left to
himself, fiat failure. That Is din
ner. The list of activities which he
accomplishes with avidity, alone and
unassisted by woman, is long or fair
" long. Some games he plays far
better. Golf, for instance, and
poker. Lunch is quite as successful
without as with.
There is a pathetic and sudden
failure when we approach dinner.
Theoretically, no vast distinction can
be deserted between one meal and
another. If a male lunch is a
cheerful success, why not dinner?
That has been the simple faith of
the sex. And acting upon it IN
their heroic, logged fashion, thou
sands of strong men have gone down
TO a dull and dyspeptic martyrdom.
Doubtless they will still go down for
many years to come. They will
cramp their bodies within stiff-bos-
omed shirts and offend their souls
with long conversations about moth
ing in particular with men who
think they know everything in gen
eral. Perhaps it is the false for
mality that ruins these male din
ners. History records masculine
nighttime gatherings Of a more in
formal nature which have almost
succeeded.
We should not have mentioned
this gloomy topic were it lot for one
ray Of light 10 be detected. Male
dinners seem TO an optimistic eye
distinctly on the wane. They must
be held occasionally. But the frank
despair with which they are now
approached by most men gives prom
Use Of their ultimate death. Take it
either way, that formal dinner is
the Yarsrt dslight or thu most &C
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-08

periments in the same vein. Garcia
ture seems to be dead in England.
1t perhaps speaks we'll for modern
manners that caricature is almost a
lost art. yet by comparison the mod
erh polite cartoon is Intellectual. In
England "Punch's" conception of
pictorial controversy undoubtedly
helped to do away with it Punch
rarely attempted caricature in any
real sense; a sort of formula was
EMPLOYED in place of it. Thus, John
Bright was equipped with an eye
glass which he never wore and Mr..
Gladstone with an extravaganza col
lar. which the artist confessed he
"invented for copy" adding: "lf a
politician were not caricature by
nature | made him one
So perverted an idea could never
lead to anything notable in the way
Of caricature. The most brilliant
caricaturist in England, the inimita-
BILE Max Beerbohm, has said that
caricature "eschews any kind of
symbolism, tells no story, deals with
no matter but the personal appear
ance of the subject" That is true
enough of the essential nature of the
thing. but there is no reason why 1t
should not be turned to account for
other ends. as it was, in fact, by the
incompatible Daumier, to name no
other
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-08
The Answer

More than a year ago, StahuHls III
tho nrcsence of a hideous massacre
moving that Americans men, wOm-
IN and children, had been ru'hieSsiS
slaughtered by a German act Wood
VOW Wilson told the world that the
American people were too proud 70
night. -,
In moment Of great national
election Mr.. Wilson went before the
nooDlo Of the United States and
bad them to indorse that sent-
went. to confirm that declara''On'
10 asked the American people to re-
,,oo, him because he had kept them
emf Of war. without regard to any
Question of honor, without regard 10
.ho safotv Of American women ana
children. without concern Tor inc
rights for which our fathers and
their fathers fought.
Mr.. Wilson has his answer Inc
country and the world have the an
evor Of the American people. Oh
the dav of election the American peo-
10 have not forgotten the Lusitana'
Too proud to fight" has proved al
onitanb and not a slogan; in defeat
me Mr.. Wilson his fellow country
men have repudiated the words ne
Mn, IN their mouths and the senti-
ment he ascribed to them.
Mr.. Wilson believed the American
rconle were cowardly, selfish, care
full only of their safety and uncOn-
cerned as to their honor. lie ap-
nc,led TO them on this basis and he
sought their suffrages on this plat
form. Mr.. Wilson has been an
swered: the election returns are a
demonstration to the whole world
that not yet are Americans too
proud to fight for their honor or too
cowardly to defend their women and
their children.
The lesson of this election is only
less pointed for Mr.. Hughes than Tor
Mr.. Wilson. Yesterday the Amerf-
can people passed judgment not upon
him but upon Mr.. Wilson. In their
Judgment there is meaning that
only blind man could fail to per-
ceive. Mr.. Wilson's defeat is only
the first step in national rehabllita-
ton; the road is long and difficult,
but no man who volunteers to lead
and. volunteering, fails will be for
given.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-08
The World Meat Situation.
lFrom The IndianapoIi. Nsxs.l

French economists recently rss
public the results Of an investigators
the world meat situation. The ousi'''
is not encouraging. The war In ssa'
regions has augmented produetsos; y
Others it has exhausted existing ~
supplies and drawn heavily upon
stocks Of foreign countries. Frsnap
vestigators should set aside the eis~
of the United States as . mss'
porter. The opinion is that this @
try, in normal times, produces ~
enough for itself, though the pso''
combinations continue 70 ship sps's.
The result is an increase in done'~
prices. As the world situation
pears, the Argentine Republic >"
Zealand, Australia, Uruguay ana
United States, in the order Nance
the principal exporting countries
The visible supply is not ineis~
rapidly. Consumption in some pis~
exceeding production. A shortaC m.
certain when the war began, ioi
tary operations caused cesssue.
the development OF grazing and -
breeding, as planned in many reg'
yet little known for their meat pf~
ton. On the basis Of the ngur"
tanned, it appears to the European
omists that Brazil, Uruguay, ss
gentine Republic, Australia os va.
East Africa, Madagascar. Mexiee,
attic Russia and even China contain ~
sibilities. The Germans prior
war were remarkably sueeessiu =
stimulating native cattle brsse'.
their East African possessions. -
The consumer, however, viii psI ~
tie comfort In these assurances
are predicated upon the inves'ms.
millions Of dollars, extending thn
many years. What we need to-ds!
more liberal supply of meat. Al
remain at the top OF the 1000 -
scale, and an excuse commonly 49,
BY dealers in other edibles is IN"
prices. after all, are not so hign = ~
butchers. Signs are not lsek'ns
the American family Of sverse
come may be compelled to rsesns
as a luxury, to be served oaly
week. There are . few sneoes
hints. At the recent land bank 81
in this city an Indiana fsrn"
that the most profitable debt -
incur was one which enabled
stock his place with cattle. one
of the rural credits law is to s'is;
the production and fat'en'ns ~ -
cattle. Bankers who. through nv
currency law. have found . nes
for general investment In the
Of cattle leans are realisinf ~
Of Increased national atssnuss