Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 28, 5 December 1909 — Page 9

THE RICHMOND PAIXADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5,

KIIOX MAKES HIT

BY HIS METHODS WITH IHCARAGUA

Fear That He Would Not Be AbleJo Fill Root's Shoes Vanishes by the Way He Has Handled Zelaya.

SHIRT SLEEVE PLAN

: iS NO LONGER USED

been actios with the reTolutioniate.

This betas the case they were not legally executed.. ;

la case of , war the United States might engage a civilian to fly a bal

loon over an enemy's Hnes continued

the authority, and if captured, he should be treated as a prisoner of war and trial under the international mili

tary laws. A spy Is a man who oper

ates in disguise or under false preten

ces. He can be executed summarily.

This is the substance of an opinion

on which Secretary Knox is basing,

his action. He recognized that it tne

men were operating with the revolu

tionists, openly or as spies, they for

feited their right to American protec

tion But since they were not cnarg-

ed as spies, he does not propose to

allow Nicaragua to take such liber

ties with American citizens as to

ignore the common military laws of

clrilized nations.

Secretary of State Has Appar

ently Overcome Handicap

Of His Dismissal of Minister

To China.

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ASK TO E

SMUTS' TEETH

(American NeWM Service) (By Jonathan Winfield.)

Washington. Dec. 4.-' If the now

famous "Crane incident" has inspired

distrust over the Knox administration of thd state deDartment. and caused

fear that1 its standard was to fall be

low that of the Root regime, the event

of the last week has done much to dispel Buch a condition of the public

mind. 1 v V;r

The Nlcaraguan affair has been handled lii such a firm and vigorous

manner that foreign chancellories have come to the conclusion that the days ol "shirt sleeves statesmanship"'

in the United States are over. The

public may well take the same view.

Many ugly and sinister reports were

scattered broadcast concerning dismissal of Charles. R. Crane once minister-designate to China. Some of

them reflected on Secretary Knox

some on "his subordinates, including

Assistant Secretary Wilson. The incident gave the state depart

ment a heavy handicap at the very

moment when it was about to launch

an ae-eresslve Far Eastern policy. If

aroused strong prejudices against Mr.

Knox. . and predictions were freely

made that? his administration would

be a failure.

Then came , the Nlcaraguan revolu

tion. There was no direct way for

the United' :. States to interfere, al

though . morally the state department

would be Justified in . throwing all pos

sible influence against . President Zelaya, who has been a great mischief-

maker In Central America for years, An Opening Wedge.

When the Nlcaraguan dictator,

however, executed two Americans,

Leonard Groce and Leroy Cannon on

November 12, this provided -the open

ing wedge for which the state depart

ment .-' had been overlooked. He here overshot his mark, arrogantly confident that the United States would

pursue the uncertain policy which at one time characterized its treatment of Latin-American affairs.; Probably he has already suffered a rude awakening. Before the dispatch telling of the summary fate dwelt out to -the two captured Americans has been in the hands of Secretary Knox three hours, two war vessels had been ordered to Nlcaraguan waters even before a pubHe announcement of the circumstance was made, the state department had adopted a clearly-defined policy, and the public mind was not kept in suspense longer than the time required to read two simultaneous newspaper dispatches. Three warships, the Vicksburg, Des Moines and the Marietta are all this time in the harbors of Corlnto and Port Limon, and a fourth, a Tacoma Is ready to steam from Colon to any Nlcaraguan port on an hours notice.

The transport Buffalo is en routo from Plchilinque bay, California, to Panama, for the purpose of transport

ing 300 marines into Nlcaraguan territory, ready to protect American life and property. , ,

Another troopship to carry 400 marines, is. ready to sail from Philadelphia. Action followed swiftly upon

the outrage to the American flag offered by Zelaya.

. Regarding . the international law

noints involved, an American military

' Man tulin woo a mAmfiAK f Yn loaf

wan v . u juvwwi vs. a iao Hague conference, and is a recognized

authority on international law says: An Expert Opinion. . -The International law regarding neutrality prevent filibustering or oth

er armed and unfriendly expeditions

invading another country. If men in

nch expeditions are captured they

must be returned to their own governments for trial."

. This government cannot, however,

prevent one or more citizens from

joining, the military forces of another country, whether governmental or

revolutionary, if they do as individuals, and of course the government cannot be held responsible for their acts,

If two men, as appear in this case,

allied themselves with either a regu

lar or revolutionary army and were

acting under directions of their super

ior officers, or army authorities, they

can be taken as. prisoners of war and

tried by a military court.

No court acting within the lines of the agreements can sentence any

man, native or foreign, to execution,

except that he be proved to be a spy acting independently of any military organization. But these men do not appear to be classed as spies. The

moment a man enters any army of a

. foreign country he forfeits his right

to the protection of his own government, and is subject to the laws of

that country."

According to this explanation, the . . i . x , . . . .

0Diy rigai. unaer wiuvu tuugua Vould have summarily executed Can

non and Groce was that they were

held as spies. This was not the case,

however, since the official eytS

tkms show that they, were givj w .., trial ud were declar-'

Richmond Dental Association

Makes This Request of The School Board.

GIVE FREE EXAMINATIONS

A MAJORITY OF THE SCHOOL CHILDREN HAVE DI8EA8EO

TEETH AND THE DENTI8T8 AD

VOCATE BETTER CARE.

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The Richmond Dental Association

has requested the ' privilege of the school board of examining the teeth of the school children of any two of the

public schools of the city and at the j same time encouraging the proposed! physical examinations of the school' children. The school board at its next j meeting, which will probably be called

for some evening this week, will con

sider the question. The dentists of the city became

terested in the subject through educational literature sent them by a Toledo, O, dental school. In this literature statements were made that the majolty of school children of the country had diseased teeth, the ratio varying, but the average being above 80 per cent. Mott Is Informed.

, At the last . meeting of . the Dental Association,' it was proposed that the dentists devote a half day of their time to the examination of the school children's teeth. Such a proposal was immediately agreed to by the dentists and Superintendent T: A. Mott has been made acquainted with the request. ' .M. Inasmuch aa"Jthe?rexperiment would be , as' satisfactory . by examining . the teeth of the children of any two of tho

schools, .; as though all 'of-the "school children were- examined,. '' the; former

method will be followed, providing the school board grants the request

One of the dentists stated yesterday he

was inclined to doubt the assertion that school children's teeth were , diseased to such an extent as the dental

school at Toledo intimates, and it i with the idea of disproving the statements so far as this city is concerned that the dentists desire to make an examination.

The dentists say that the examina

tions will be made free.

The physicians of the city are just

as much interested in making a complete physical examination of the

school children. The subject will undoubtedly be taken up at a future meeting of the Wayne Cjounty Medical association. ';.

EASTERN STAR MET

The Ladies of the Eastern Star held

their election of officers for the ensuing year in their club rooms in the Masonic temple last evening. The following officers were elected: Worthy Matron, Mrs. George Gauser Associate Matron, Mrs. W. N. Johnson;

Worthy Patron, A. W. Hempleman; Secretary, Mrs. Agnes Horton; Treasurer, Mrs. Allie Minck; Conductress, Mrs. Harry Dalby; Associate Conductress, Mrs. Roda Caine. The initiatory work will take place at the next meeting of the order on Saturday. December 18, when several candidates will be received into the lodge.

TO ELECT OFFICERS

The Richmond division of the

Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen will meet tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock In the Red Men's hall to elect

officers for the ensuing year. Five

candidates will also be initiated into

the Brotherhood, whose membership

is constantly increasing. Following

the degree work a smoker will be en

joyed.

Rich Men's Gifts Are Poor

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Pork Prices Now Not Highest Old Timers Can Remember Sale That Brought 14 Cents Per Pound and Were Bought by the Car Loads.

Dr. S. C. Markley has removed to No. 34 S. 7tb. 4-3t

t water color or oil for "the Group," at Morris & Co.s. ; 3-3t

Indianapolis, Dec. 4. Reports of tho

enormous profits made by the various

meat packing interests of the country, together with the talk of record-break

ing high prices for pork and pork products, are subjects of great interest to the veteran live stock men of dacades ago. Whenever what is thought to be a record high price is paid for cattle or hogs, the time is recalled by one of these veterans when prices in the long ago were considerably higher. R. R. Shiel, formerly a heavy local live stock dealer, tells of times when he bought trainloads of hogs at 10c a pound on foot and sold the same porkers in Cincinnati at 12Vjc dressed

weight: also of selling hogs in the

Pittsburg market at 14c a pound; of ! buying 20,000 hogs of four Hendricks county feeders one night, the prices being lOc to lle a pound. - ' In speaking of the old times in the live stock business, he said: "I- entered the live stock business in this city in 1SG3. Three years later in the fall, came the r season of high prices. . - "At that time" there were several packing firms that were killing hogs in this city, among whom were: I. C. Ferguson,, with capacity of 2,500 a day; Coffin, Wheat & Co., 1,500; Lander.

Given &Co., 1.50O; Holmes, Pettit &

Bradshaw, 1,500; and Kingan & Co., 3,000 During that fall I bought many droves of hogs all 'over the state. Sometimes I bought them by the train load. I was buying for several New England firms White, Peevy & Dexter, Wooster, Mass.; Mason. Providence; Squires & Co., Boston, and Chas. Norton. Boston. That fall I bought t

between 15,000 and 30,000 hogs one night down at the old union station in this city, paying John Harrison, Alex Clark and John Worrel, old Hendricks county feeders who were the men on other end of the deals. Business Methods.

The method of transacting the busi

ness at that time differed . greatly

from that of today. Then we bought he live hogs and sold them to the packers at dressed weight Hogs would shrink about 20 'per cent. I would also receive a dollar a head

from the packers for the killing privilege. At that time leaf lard, kettle rendered, was selling at 1415c a pound, while scrap and grease lard was

at a lower figure. Hog products could not be placed on the market as expeditiously as during this generation. "The first shipment of hogs to be packed by modern methods was received by J. P. Squires & Co., at their Boston plant forty-two years ago. That marked a new epoch in the pork packing industry. Before that time people paid for sugar cured hams and were satisfied that they were getting thefr money's worth. Since that time various deceptions have been played on the public "One of these is shown in the 'California hams. This brand of so-called ham was made out of shoulders, cured and put up in nice covers, and found a ready sale, especially in hotels and restaurants where a cut of California ham served the double purpose of country cured ham and breakfast bacon, as the taste of the patron re-

Squired. These shoulders in the old days were sold as fresh, meat at the

same price that the live hogs would bring. Low Price for Hogs. "The lowest price ever paid for hogs was in 1S47. That year my father drove one thousand hogs from Strawtown. Ind., to Cincinnati, a distance of 150 miles. I do not remember the exact price, but it was less than $2.25. The lowest price of which I have definite knowledge was paid in the fall of 1SS1 or 1882. A sort of a panic then was aroused among the hog raisers and the pens at the different markets

were kept filled for some time. That

year on Thanksgiving day, I bought three trainloads of hogs from a Morgan county feeder by t he name of Morn-

ingstar for the average price of $2.35 a hundred. The extreme top price for this lot was $2.50, paid for a lot of extra fancy stock. "The steady growth In the population of the country, forming a steady increase in the outlet for all pork products has given the feeders a better market for their stock and the dealers a Higher price for their meats. I

do not believe we will have any more cheap hogs, at least not soon. I believe prices of hogs will rule high for some time "because of the light feeding and the good demand. Farmers and feeders can profitably feed their corn to their hogs; yes, even wheat at its present price would make a good profit Corn fed to hogs now would net the feeder $1 a bushel.

STORM A HEAVY ONE

(American News Service) Hamburg, Germany, Dec 4. The German coast was lashed by a gale today and. widespread damage is reported. Several Uvea are known to have been lost Torpedo boat, G-48 is ashore off Flemsburgh. Several fishing boats of the North Sea fleet are reported to have gone down and the crews of all the life saving stations on Heligoland have saved many Uvea.

The Dutch ahip. Ora-And-Labora wa

wrecked off the coast near Wllhelma-

haven during the night and four sea

men were drowned.

INJURY VAS FATAL

Mrs. Mary Budd, who fell at the Home for Friendless, where she was an inmate, early in the week, breaking her hip, died at Reid Memorial Hospital last evening as a result of the injuries. She was about 73 years old and very fleshy. The body will be taken to Carthage, InL, where she has several surviving relatives.

SCOTS VOMEIIRO'M

American New Service)

Edinburgh. - Dec 4. Charging the

building in which Sir Edward Grey.

foreign minister. ' was sneaking at

Leith. suffracettes were clubbed by

the police of which a heavy force was

about the building, but ' rioting oc

curred which the authorities could not

prevent Many sympathizers Interfered in behalf of the suffragettes and

some were badly beaten by the police.

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