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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-28
People S Forum

Game Warden Thinks Delegate VIII
lis ,nou.a ~ Morc Specific in
Statement A},out part IN e = {
Funds.
Editor VlrFinian
Sr.--I hqve read with not little
surprise Of the joint resolution intro
ducod by Floor Leader Willis provid-
ing for an investi CATION Of the ac-
counts OF the game a1d fisheries de-
narcmeut by the state accountant.
The statement Of the receipts and
disbursements OF the commission from
its creation down to January is has
already been presented.
II Mr. willis does not make any
open charge Of e1ubeZzle rent or OF
dishonest appropriation Of tho funds.
his action certainly IL calculated TO
cast su spieion upon the head Of the
department. as a natural Inference
that such was his intention II would
De well for him to specify more accu-
rafe1y ard less vaguely the charges
that the SEQ 900 game fund had been
appropriated for "fads and fencies
Did not NJ Willis express himself
IN favor OF and advise The purchase
Of the aiks by the depa rtf1en. for
which G good sum was expended, or
! does he class his appropriation I'M
der che head ~ "fads and tancies' ?
j He sAys that mot one dollar Of the
| large sums spent BY that department
was spent for the protection of game
| and poultry and the deStrnction ~
hawks ss intended by law" Unless
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-28
Foreign Trade in January.

January imports were valued at
s235, 900. an increase of $1,000
100 over December, but exports show
ed Il falling off Of s80.000.o0o from
TIE very high figure OF $4,000, 900
recorded for December.
According to a sta tement issued by
the bureau of foreign ant domestic
commerce.. department Of commerce,
the imports for the seven months of
he fiscal year ended with January
were Valued at s1,63+o00 600 as
against 81 100000 for the CORE"
spending period Of me previous year.
Exports for the seven m nth period
totaled $o.44s 100000, as compared
with $R.6l6, 900 600 for similar pc
riod the wear previous
Gold imports in January were $4,-
404 600 and for the seven onth Pc
riod s78,69400n. Exports were valued
at $3.746 600 in January and at SAL
1856 900 for the seven months ended
with that month.
The imports OF silver in JanuA ~
totaled $5,997.455 and for the seven
months $4l12s0o0 Exports in Jan
uary were valued at s6.e2S,0 600 and
for the seven months ended with Jan
uary, $52,o32.000,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-28

ting evils to exist by sanction of law:
when children. many of them, are
reared in an atmosphere of crime
and filth with no good Influences in
Guided in their environment, n con-
ditlon well known to exist in many
cities by public officials and others,
and then, WHEN one of these poor,
ignorant people who have grown up
in this licensed school of crime and
evil influences Of every sort go out
and commit a major crime, TO take
their lives In the electric chair or
by hanging--is it right? Is it even
in line with intelligent criminology 2
No, Is it not a national stain"
when thirty-six of our states continue
this brutaiizing practice7 This ques-
ton is coming rapidly to the front,
and IN effort Is being made to dis
continue it through either congress
sional statute or individual state ac-
ton 1t Is we'll to federalize law
against lynchinr, but by all means
lot our state legislatures, executives.
'us'ciary. and our congressman sup
port law against legal killing, or
capital punishment, thus doing away
with the example the state sets for
the feeble minded and ignorant GRIM
mails
Mr. Editor. your power for good Is
1-reat' VIII you use It?
G. r. MAGE:ENTS,'
Grand Rapids, Mich.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-28
Well Ranble

1t has been the custom OF good citt-
zens from time to time to refer to
men elected to office as City Hall poll
ucians. 1t is usually regarded as a
term of reprosch rather than esteem,
for there seems to be q prsvailiu e
opinion that a politician is shrewd.
sly, calculating person who first OF
all estimates what there liz in public
life FOR him and uses his position for
his own prof3t. He is regarded as all
things to all men. an ingratiating sort
Of person who thinks of votes first
and principles afterward,
II that idea of politician is cor
rect then we have few, II any, in Cur
city government. This is conspicu-
ouslv true of the members of the ad~
miuistrative board. The political
sense of the members of the admins
tfattve board. The political sense Of
the members of the administrative
board has been conspicuous by it's
absence. The man who has displayed
the most political acumen. in the sense
of not offending voters, is the one
man generally REGARDED as anything
but a polittcian-Henry P. Beck Even
the veteran Elben c. Folkes, regarded
as the cleverest of all politicians. was
wrong in his Judgment of what the
legislature would do with the charter
changes measure, for he appear I'd to
he quite positive that the legislature
would not adopt the bill in view Of
the pending charter election by petit
tion
If the term politician is reproach
the board has nothing to reP7oach it.
self with. for a fact. If on the other
hand to be anything hut politician
is a matter for corsratulatton then
all The members of the board. more
especially Commissioner Hobson. are
to he congratulated.
They are certainly far from polite
Just as sample;
A delegation from tho South Side
appeared before the adninist alive
board asking for the Improvement OF
semmes avenue. AS the board had nc
money 10 spend on semmes avenue
the council having fa'led to provide
II. the board felt as IL they were being
/ criticised unjustly and two or three Of
the commissioners made no bone;
! about telling the members OF the dele
CATION go. The members of the dslc
! gator responded IN kind and thu
! board made 10 friends by their att
tude toward this particular group o
citizens. The commissioners were no
polite.
Another time within q year . dele
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-28
MAN ABOUT TOWN
RY I'll. II.

Spending Washingtons birthday
browsing among the old tones in our
library located in the corner of our
ballroom. we found amo1g our favor
tie authors some exceedingly fine lines,
and we think they should be spread
broadcast They are what we would
term famous sayings of well-known
men:
Councilman Edgar r, English
while ] ar, upon my feet
Alderman John MitcheIl-'This
project appeals to me-" (Bangn
Alderman Lawrence Paul--"Now
what you going 20 do about it?"
Alderman Marx Gunst--'I dislike
to disagree with my colleague, but
Councilman T. Gray Haddon--"I
don't mean to say that"
City Engineer BolliRg--'I don't
hesitate to say"
City Attorney Pollard-"unquestion
ably"
President f. Lee Peters-'Council
wifi come to order"
Alderman Billy Gilman-"Aye'"
Alderman Barton Fl. Grundy--"Mis'
ter Chairman, / can't see any reason
for all this discussion"
| Councilman Morgan r. Mills--'"This
appeals to me-"
! Councilman Clarence A Seaton--
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-28
WHAT TIE VICTORY OF GERMANY WOULD MEAN
\ c,ntrirted Editorial b, FRANCIS j oPpTNIsEDER)

ssao To tho reatfaent ef normal log!a,
he dinloms &c notes OF zimme mann
end Jagow wcr. unu,elasiole. On
the other side 2 the Rhine, address
ed to national consciousness made
IN Germany" t ~ are taken for ma
.tnraI proauc and strange as it
seems to r veW Of ne eh.rHtng
y,crla oven invncihle lr their logical
I-ocesSes
This pervcrsion q The German spirit
out Of which once spcbc Kant 4
F1chte and achelllng. idealla:a ..'. Is
the blot on tho acutchoon" of the
81 bro-claneina aiaer ire interne-
uora' CONCENTRATIONS 4 trere o'r't-
ual giants have heen substitutes by
d-ath-dealing Nrurp formuleas TIE
tree Of knowledge Of ta" Kanttan
circle of German freamers tle,v its
blossoms into tn air The race has
since learned. THROUGH man, sire 20
teachers 70 yesrn odowuwars hTl
'nop in place Of srlrttua, "systsr1s, e
! The German scholars affinity for mat
gcr has made hira precocious in !rsues
. Of chemistry. Where once ne starred
the black night Of European material
,srn. n is now quite satisfied 10 lead
the world in the production Of aniline
dyes. Howevar, YOU cannot these
days. go very fer Interpreting any
. German mind without inaeusibly max
n an analysis Of old mother ns-
TIVE" by Flooding along this line Won
Will he certain. eventually to stumble
iuqon some chemical discovery. You
rec fla Germany mind and matter
have become one and the same
thing
No. We cannot stop untn we have
forced this blue eyed race back tc
it's own boundary. Ard II IT ever re.
r!aces the nc'eon OF its bland 1ahy'
stare by the wnte light OF IT'S once
great soul. we may take Il back into
the family Of those nations who are
somewhat concerned with the claims
~ tie true. the beautiful and the
GOOD az enc now values exclusively
the rsv'atd s o. foroe But net he.
fore.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-28

ratign from the North Side came to
see me board about the Chamberlayn@
avenue extension Words were passed
and over the North side went The word
that the administrative board was
anything but cons!lerate of citizens
who called TO ask questions. The
board made no friends in this particu-
lar case-not being polite,
when the board decided that
charter election petition was the thing
the city should have, no attempt was
made to provide sponsor for the
document and the result was that the
petition was regarded almost as He
ultimate. The opponents OF the board
promptly tried to make IL appear alb
solutsly SO. for the board. not being
polite, had afforded them the oppor-
tunity.
Had the board united with the
South side opponents to the original
charter changes measure and made a
common fight against the bill IT
probably would have been killed. but
the board was no polite and let the
matter 20 by default, trusting 10 the
charter election petition, no doubt.
Which was not polite, for the South
Side did not care what happened to
the board long as they retained
their offices over there
Then the board took occasion to re-
port to the mayor a South Side street.
story about n shortage I'm the deputy
treasurer's ofYice-which was not polf-
tic. as the matter was, strictly speak
ing, beyond the jurisdiction of the
board, and had nothing TO do with the
DEPARTMENTS under it's control.
Naturally the South Side resented
this apparent officiousness, no matter
how lust II may have been. For II Is
a moral right for any city officer VINO
hears OF wrong doing to bring the
matter to the attention OF the proper
authorities However. the board was
not polite. for instead Of frst ascer-
talning in executive session "hat
grounds there were for the story and
then taking steps publicly. II neceH-
sary, the board-not being polite
talked right out In public.
Which Is enough TO show that
speaking politically, the members OF
tha administrative board are not poll
ticians. which may be compliment
, in the eyes of many.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-28
Mr.. Gompers' Answer.
Now York Times. J

Whatever success Germany MAY
have In tempting weakened labor
men from other countries into the road
down which Russia has passed to
death. she will have no success with
American labor. This Is labor's
war" said The executive committee of
the American federation a week ago;
and now samuel Gompers makes even
plainev where American labor stands
by his sturdy and patriotic answer to
the German tempter.
Germany is evidently delighted with
her success in seducing the Russian
workinEman into determination. con-
ference, ard destruction, and imagines
that she can score q similar success in
other countries Whether she can In
some of the allied nations or got. abe
cannot in this country. The American
worklng1nan is not merely patriotic
but intelligent. Samuel Gompers,
speaking for him, answers the kaiser's
6upes In England that American work
ingmen Will participate in any confer
ence that has for It's object the speed
ing up Of the we and the defeat OF
Germany. but t4ll not sit down with
German and Austrian delegates until
German and Austrian soldiers have
left the soN of France, Belgium, and
Serbia
American patriotism in overalls dit-
ffers from Russian patriotism in biouses
lin that tt has intelligence. The Rus
sian workingm did not intend to
destroy his country and become the
serl u military and capitalistic au-
rocracy. lie did exactly those things
because he die not know any better.
The German proposal to get the work
inEr1en or the allied ountries into q
peace conference proceeds on the as
sumption that workinginen everywhere
have as limited intelligence as the
Russian workingInen So far as Amer
/ lea g concerned. the Germans are
I mistaken; they cannot wheedle our
rtrn III n On, IN tr,tn r,nrr EareRt Itn,trlr
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-28

am very much mistaken he was one
u the original drafters of the game
laws and if It were desired that a
portion Of the fund be appropriated
for hawk scalps. why did he not in
corporate such IL provision In the bill?
Everyone knows that IL a premium is
placed on hawk scalps, the bounty
10 come out OF the game fund. it
would not be inconsiderabie. And
IN the event It was shown that q
large sum had been expended for
such purpose without specific pro-
vision in the law, we believe that Mr.
willis would have been one % the
frst TO condemn this action.
Mr.. Willis claims that not dollar
vas spent for the protection of game.
II correctly quoted, his statement ia
ei her a fabrication or one Of blind
ignorance, when he charges that the
game wardens (who nave received
he greater portion Of the fund ha q
boen paid for performing no serv-
ice" He claims further that there
has heen no supervision over tho
game wardens Does he not know
til there are special supervising
" -dens and that further than this
each county game warden is re, uired
70 present at the end Of every month
erinR his services for the entire
month";
I have had TIE honor for the past
two set ons to represent the county
a. F1sseZ rs game warden, and claim
that the statement thai the wardens
have beer paid for performing nc
service, Is uujusti1ab,a and uuwar-
rantcd. found that nen first as
sun ed tGe Office there HEas great
dee Of antaEonism 10 the game law.
but ! have Inter h ! assurance from
all ides that the results from It's OPP
erat'onc---rlly supervision and that Of
my e%sista rts--havr shown = very
marked Improvement in The condt-
tion@. ! do no. lain 10 have given
ELL 81 my time by any means to the
work but have devoted very con-
siderable time to IT, and q large part
OF my salary has gone tn The necos
sarv expense OF travelling over the
county,
There are about two hundred game
wardens employed, and 1T IS not IN
likely that some have grossly failed
in the DISCHARGE Of their DUTY hut
this cannot be charged Up 20 them
have beer no violations of the law
in my county, but ! DO Clairn that the
law Is being verr successfully OBJ
Grated and enforced that it has tx
ercised a very restraining influence
over violations, and that the condt-
tons are VI s'1v imrroved.
Respectfully.
A n I.ATANF,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-28
STATE COMPENSATION FUNDS SAVE MILLIONS

legislative com mission. recent cfiic'al
figures have been widely published
showing ths results Of the state fund
N actual operation.
ua1sr lbs OHIO plan of exclusive
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-28
on Capital Punishment

Editor VirgiuIan;
SRA recent newspaper article
discussed certain supreme court
decision relative TO question Of
moral right and wrong, and said in
rart IT should serve 10 encourage
the lovers of right for the coming
effort to federalize the crime %
coward the arrest and aunihijation
a that barha ism ana rid the nation
." It's bloody stain" Very we'll said
indeed
There is onother and similar stain.
which needs to Qe removed; that II
lyrching after due process II law,
known as capital punishment
Michigan wiped that stain of her
slate hack in 1s47 and conditions
have been so good tA1t in 1916 the
saloon was voted out by q beautiful
majority It illustrates that the peor
pie are more eager for law and or
der without capital punishment than
with II. beca use wiplng out the sa-
loon is big step toward law and
order
Twelve states ha . abolished cap
tai punishment. and of the twelve
nine ere now prohibition states.
Maine repealed the capital punish
ment Jaw years ago and later en-
acted Il again IT was in force + dr
years and then repea al or good.
/ Prohibition took exactly the same
course IN Maine; which shows that
Maine found conditions better With
/ out capital punishment and the sa-
loon, after a fair trial OF both.
Statistics prove this TO be true II
other states.
Unde- capital punishment laws
tho state sets a had example of kill
ing. When states license saloons
and Citeis' both saloons and houses
OF prostitution. aggregated dis
tricts," and allows those two pollut-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-28

Bearing upon the cnntention that
the wcrkmsn's co1oT snsatfo1 law ID
vancss1 IN virgins shoaid Re amin
sssera6 shrouea exclusive state fund
fnsaranoe. which war rejected .,s'Lhe
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-28

FORMER Congressman Bsrtholdt.
once d candidate for the NOBEL peace
Irizs is now called upon to explain
q rro- Germaa speech made prior to
'ho Hep-h1joaa convention in 1916,
harholdt naturally, was leadcr ~
"Gtrmar-Ar orleans" -~d an arde I
supporter of booze
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-28

Huber Schultz and zpnnach alone
opposed the resolution adopted by the
Wisconsin senate denouncinR La Fol.
Ictte Do you need TO have their rea-
son explained
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-28
TIL Main Point.

The F'renchman did not like the
,aak OF the barking dog barring his
way
TITS all right" said host: don't
you know the proverh., Barking dogs
never bite'?'
"Ah yes" said the F'renchman.
Il know re proverbe, you know ze
proverbe; but re dog--ioes he know
ze proyerbe ?"-Pittsbursh Chronicles
Telegraph.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-28

Wisconsin is to nave chance 10
show whether It as LOYAL All attempts
q, stav7 off q senatorial election have
failed ana a successor 10 the late Sem
cor Iueung is to be held this spring
Here's hoping for the beet.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-28

Leutne the kaiser's pet phvane-
maker, who was snuggled thro Ga
Germany at German expense for thu
purpose which he has now nearly ac-
eo-opHshed. IS the littareat dsnouncer
.cs 'phrnses makers More Hun
.camoufaEe,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-28

Tia writer who 3Iscoursea on THE
u IA r .scntlal Nat" takes a most OPP
perfume timo to start 6.scussion,
vf-h Eegter only few weeks of
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-28
Game warden Of Essex.
Tappa hammock. Va Fob. -,



EtdHn~ Nirgintau
Sir wish TO thank Won very much
for publishing mf letter In repIy 10
Or H. r. Anders On. and again beg
space in YOUR f tr and valuable pa
Der for the further statement, that
the same letter published for ne in
yorr paper Of the 26th instant was
q go sent to the Tim as-Pfspatch for
aubl cation ina snueh is the statement
If 1r. Anderson, TO witch it WAS ad-
Dire sse5 appea red IN that paper on
the 2tfb instant
The Dispatch failed TO pub
lish this letter IL Ia possible they
we're prey 1uslv in receipt Of q num-
her Of other letters ard there was
no available pace for its publication.
Y this was ,ne caze I am more than
rprised that the editor Of the Times
Dis, ate n Suld have taken So unfair
ndv1. taEa IS to occIry 50 much spnee
in his O. itoTiaI column Of tho 26th
instant. 4 not IN reply TO my unF u B.
Tshnd letter NJ least IN defense 81
Dr.. Anderson's statement concerning
percentage as 70 co-porat,on cor trf-
buttons to the $4,000 s''rvev find
end ID denial concerning objects and
uurposes Of the leaders Of The Civic
a~sociq lion as stated By h3m and told
TO voters.
feel that the voters or this city
re fully capable Of thinking, judy
ING and determining such matters for
themselves. They know full wei that
proposal for O. thirty-Ye3r franchise,
a proposal to renew the street eleo-
trio ghung contract, a proposal 70
purchase or lease the publicly owned
ga works q propose for straight
fvc cent street car fore and the aho-
}ifior Of both labor and school tick
cts were introduced in the Richmond
citv council and = grab made before
tho state leg slative committee f0- the
water rights in James river and s'nce
the failure ct passage Of these pro-
PC sails at the hands Of men elected
through the ballot box the rrcsen
form of government has hee1 very
unsattsfat torv "a the active influence:
seekfrg the passage Of the charter
cha nge hill that would bring ahou
apnolntive government.
agree with the editor Of tbs
Tim s- Dispatch when ne saws thai
@ha opposition 10 the charter change
bill now pending IN the Legislature IS
yelled but. Mr. Editor il is not self
yelled The shade that would sccrete
aud obscure it from public scrutiny Il
th> persistent unfeirneqs and prompt
refusal or failure Of the Tlmes-Dis-
patch to publish articles IF facts and
!, onest differences 81 opinions eN'
pressed concerning these matters.
r esp ectfuIly.
JAMES f. DICKERS0N.
Richmond, Va, Feb. z6.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-28

1Ist az soon as the new RepubIi-
can national chairman could get to
New York he hurried 10 the coloners
hospital
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-28
Metal Roofing

Mr.. Chairman, I don't know about
that"
Sergeant at Arms Ruskeli mir.
Cmiauf moved to adjourn
President Adams-''Ws better be n
little careful"
Councilman Carter c. Jones---'T am
asking for information"
City Clerk MoDowell--"Weli I tell
you"
Mayor Ainslie--"Everythin seems
to be going along al right.
Justice John announces that he is
about TO have an auction sale of all
the trunks and satchels piled away in
his basement cafe. and hopes that they
viii bring good prices.
These trunks and satchels will be
corted to the middle of the police
court room on March /, and there sold
Ito the highest bidder at what he Of
fers, and the money viii he turned
over to the literary fund of the state.
The money VIII be utilized In buy
ing books for the state library, and we
move that Captain Frank Smith be
placed on the committee to select the
books
Or. If Captain Smith is charged with
being in a state Of -Gesideratum,
or whatever that thing is perhaps 1t
is innocuous desuetude then give 1t to
Squire Mccarthy, for II is understood
he has dropped into literary habits, for
he was detected biz Houseman Duke
Reading the latest edition of the city's
annual reports, and 1t is believed the
money derived from the capture of
liquor will have been well spent.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-28

Mayor Ainslie--"Ev Everything seems
to be going along al right.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-19
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Elko O927

NdIsUH OIIy UIb5U
Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at Elko, Nevada. Decem-
Der 81, 1917.
Notice is hereby given that JAMES
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-19
APPLICATION NO. 47s7

Notice OF Application for Permission
to Appropriate the Public Waters
of the State of Nevada.
Notice is hereby given that on the
goth day of December, 1917, in accord
ance with Section 50. Chapter 40, of
the Statutes of 1913, one C. w. Mitch
ell, of Elko, County of Elko, and State
of Nevada, made application to the
State Engineer of Nevada for permis-
sion to appropriate the public waters
OF the State Of Nevada. Such appro-
priation IS to be made from Cotton
wood Creek. at a point in the SWA
SWH, Sec. II, T. 81 N, r. Sc E, NJ.
d. d. d NJ, by means of a dam, and
eight-tenths cubic foot per second is
TO be conveyed to NWA SWA, Sec.
IA. NEA SEis, Sec. 10. T. q N, r. Sc
E, NJ. d. b. < NJ, by means of bitches,
and there used for irrigation purposes,
from April until October of each year.
Water not TO be returned to stream.
J. C. SCRUGHAM.
State Engineer.
First publication Dec. %. 1917.
Last publication Jan. %, 1918.