Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 263, 12 September 1913 — Page 4

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, FRIDAY, SEPT. 12, 1913

The Richmond Palladium

AND SUN-TELEGRAM.

Published Every Evening Except Sunday, by Palladium Printing: Co. Masonic Building:. Ninth and North A Streets. R. G. Leeds, Editor. E. H. Harris, Mgr.

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Williams' Policy Right or Wrong? The policy of prudery is to be continued in the Wayne county schools, according to County Superintendent Williams. He is quoted as saying that he believes a course of instruction in sex hygiene would be more harmful than beneficial to the children. It is unfortunate that Mr. Williams should take such a view of this question, for our people, especially the young people, must have more knowledge of the sex question if future generations are to be healthy and happy. There is a practical method of instruction on this question which is safe to introduce in the schools of Wayne county, which is being preached by publications which reach the home table and the libraries of the Sunday schools. It has been indorsed by the leading educators, writers, editors, physicians and members of the clergy. Surely they would not advocate a thing which would have an ill effect on the young men and women of this country! Sex diseases, the greatest curse of humanity, continue to send thousands to early graves and fill to overflowing the insane hospitals because prudery demands that our children be brought up in ignorance of the evils which menace them. "One-third of the infant mortality is due to prenatal conditions which mean either speedy death or a lingering, cripple life," writes Mr. Barry in the Century magazine. "The larger part of these untoward prenatal conditions are due to sexual diseases. To eliminate them will require two sustained efforts; the further abolishing of prudery, with consequent rigorous sex hygiene, and the enactment and enforcement of laws that will require proper medical examination before marriage." To eradicate sex diseases the first step is to shed .light on their causes and their prevention, and the absolute necessity of such concerted action is aptly illustrated by the Rev. Dwight Hillis of Boston, who, in an address delivered last May, said:, v "At the present rate while we are doubling the population we are quadrupling our feebleminded and multiplying by three the insane, so, that within three hundred and fifty years from now the crazy people will break out and put us in. . . . Venereal diseases are so prevalent among us that within three generations probably one-half of our present 95,000,000 people will.

under the law of heredity, be driven to the wall. By new and rigid laws we are going to have an aristocracy of health in which the other half of American society is going to have children born with legs of ivory and rosy cheeks. It is they who are going to possess this land and are going to own the earth." That the churches have an important part to play in arousing the American people to a general crusade against the greatest ill they are heir to, is forcibly emphasized by Dr. William Lee Howard, writing in the current issue of Pearson's. He says : "It is estimated that over one hundred millions a year are spent to keep alive the insane, the imbecile and unfit in this country. At the present rate of increase we shall need two hundred millions in ten years. Of course we shall keep them alive and in comfort as long as they nre with us this is our duty to the unfortunates. But it is equally our duty to the future generations to see that they are not born of this degrading and ruinous stock. The churches of this country are spending thirteen million dollars a year to spread Christianity throughout the world. Is any comment necessary? Not to the thinking man or woman. 'The churches can do more at present to aid in bringing about better moral and health conditions than any other medium. "Which do you think needs these $13,000,000: the so-called savages who have their sex laws, sex rites in which full instruction is given to the young, and until the white man invaded their territory were free from venereal diseases, or an untaught, prudery-soaked young people far more ignorant and immoral than the Hottentot girl or the Esquimo boy? "Take some of these $13,000,000 and distribute among church and Sunday-school libraries the new books upon sex hygiene. Use some more of it in securing lecturers and teachers. Take the Bible into classes and read the commands of God as to right sex living."

MACHINES PERMIT ELECTION FRAUD

Rubber Band Slipped Over Two Keys Gives False Vote Count.

Butts Commission in Chicago is Shown Ease of Cheating.

dorsed their program of "invisible" government and special privilege; that the American people had given up their fight for progressive and popular government for the many as well as the few. Nothing is farther from the truth. But the analysis of the result of the Maine election by the Journalistic disciples of the Kealing-Fair-

tanks-Hemenway political school is made pur-j posely to deceive the voters of Indiana. The real j causes entering into the Republican victory have -

been carefully kept in the background by them, j There is no disputing the fact that the . BENT WIRES ALSO USED

Republican party did win a splendid victory in a Maine "district normally Republican, but though the Progressive party's candidate for congress d'd finish only third in the race, the result of the election was a most decided victory for progressive principles not a triumph for the antiquated system of government of which Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania is high priest. The victorious Republican candidate, John A. Peters, led his party to victory with his own personality and his excellent record as a public officer. As speaker of the Maine assembly at its hst session he proved himself a sincere and enthusiastic progressive, supported a liberal program throughout and ardently championed f. new order in the administration of public affairs. By his actions in the assembly he won the whole-hearted approval of his progressive constituency, regardless of their party affiliations and when he stood for congress hundreds of Progressives and Democrats flocked to his support. Mr. Peters, u his past record is an indication of his future actions, will make an admirable congressman one who will support and fight for progressive reforms and principles. The voters of the Third Maine district believe this of him, so they have chosen him to represent them in the national assembly.

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Fresh Beef a Factor in U. S. Imports

away. Mr. Runyon has been with the

company for fifteen weeks, f "A Little Brother of the Rich." which is being presented this eek, is

an excellent offering and has been Fresh beef from the south temper- These detailed figures are now lit pleasing Urge house at each rerformate xone Is now an established factor hand for the months of June. July and auce. There will be auothtr matinee In the import trade of the United August, and are interesting. They tomorrow. States. Between 2 million and 3 mil- show that the imports of frsh beet

lion pounds of fresh beef, practically in June amounted to o6t..03 pounds, all of it from Australia and Argentina, of which 3i6.il 3 pounds entered at the has entered ports of the United States port of San Francisco. 6,!M7 pounds

in the pap? three months, indicating at Seattle, and 143.013 pounds at Now

York. The entrances at San Francisco were from Australia, those at Seattle from Canada, and those at

that the imports of he current fiscal

year will amount to more than S mil

lion pounds.

AGE AND WORK.

The Outlook. The London Speetator, commenting several years ago n the number. of old men holding foremost positions In the world, said that men were working at least ten years 1 nger than their grandfathers had worked. A generation ago the direction of affairs in Europe was in the hands of a group of old men: Gladstone, Beaconsfleld, Bismarck, Gortschakoff, Cavour, Pope Leo. The London Chronicle recently called attention to the large number of old men who arA active in various professions. Lord in Canada, and who is said to be one of the largest landowners In the world, is 92, and enforces and Illustrates the gospel of moderation In all things. Sir Andrew Clark, the distinguished physician, said tg Lord Strathcona a few years ago that there was no reason why he should not live to be 100 "if only you will keep on working." Work and the interest which goes with it are undoubtedly determining elements in longevity. The living t rain keeps the body alive, which is probably the reason why intellectual men have the greatest chance of long life. The elderly man of active habits who retires, not ocly from business, but from all kinds of work, invites rapid decline of vitality. But there must be moderation in work; an old man can not drive his faculties with Impunity. An able American who died not long ago in the eighties made it a rule not to work when he was tired.

TO A WATERFOWL

Whither, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky. Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide. Or where the rising billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean-siae? There is a power whose car Teaches thy way along the pathless coatfi The desert and illimitable air Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned. At that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere, Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near. Thou'rt gone, the abyss of heaven Hath followed up thy form; yet, on my heart Deeply hath sunk the lesson thou hast given, And shall not soon depart. He who, from zone to zone. Guides through the boundless sky thy certain flight, In the long road that I must tread alone. Will lead my steps aright. William Cullen Bryant.

POINTED PARAGRAPHS

RIGHT BEFORE ADAM. Detroit Free Press. Dr. Wiley says Eve was created before Adam. There seems to be nothing that the doctor won't contradict.

AND VERY SAD. Kansas City Journal. It is a shame for Colonel Roosevelt to desert his party in its extremety.

The Result in Maine It is amusing to witness the frenzied demonstrations of joy displayed by certain hard-shell, antedeluvian, reactionary newspapers in this state over the election of a Republican congressman in the third Maine district. One would imagine from the delirious conclusions drawn from this election by the Lockwood-Sefrit class of Republican editors that the Maine voters had in-

DOUBTFUL SOURCE. St. Louis Republic. According to the Brockton Review, there is not a watch, sewing machine, organ, diamond, share of bank stock, steam engine or sheep in Salina Township, Kankakee county. The conclusion is, therefore, that the people sew by hand, tell time by the sun, wear paste jewelry and keep their money in old stockings. The Brockton Review is a reliable journal, and in order to save its reputation it is compelled to admit that its information comes Lorn the assessment books.

Prior to 1512 the importations of Ne' York from Knsland. but under

stood to oe Argentine oeer. wnicn naa been sent from Argentina to Kngland and thence to the United States. The import prices of this foreign

The Third Degree. "The Third Degree" is a method employed by the police m Urge cities to extract evidence from criminals. The Francis Sayles players will offer this play at the Murray theatre following "Wildfire."

fresh beef averaged about one-third of a million pounds per annum. In 1112. however, there was a sharp increase, the total for that year being a little over one million pounds, while in 1913 the total was over four million

pounds.

This increase cou

nouncement that ret"

had been put on to bring Australian dstaiU are available having been, from

and Argentine meats to the United A lls,rali. n o nta oer oound : from

CARD OF THANKS. 1 wish to thank my many friends and neighbors, also tho Loyal Order of Moose, for the kindness shrVn arul

beef range from approximately 7 cents the assistance rendered during the ill to 10 cents ner nound. the average , ness and death of m v beloved husband

, o valuation of the meats received dur-; lintel P. Marble. Also for. many jpled with the an- .... .,,..,. beautiful floral offerings, efrigerator ships nig the three months for which these

At the hearings of the Butts com- j

mittee investigating the Chicago voting machine scandal, C. L. DePuy was called to the stand to show to the committee how a voter could manipulate a machine so as to cast an unfair ballot. Mr. Depuy, who for fifteen years has stood high as an expert engineer and mechanician in Illinois, is an instructor in Lewis Institute. One of the devices he exhibited as having been used by dishonest voters was a little wire clip, which, when laid in the slot against a lever, made it inoperative. A voter can slip this into the machine and make it impossible for the following men to vote that particular lever. They pull it back as far as it will go, he explained, and innocently suppose the vote has been registered, but the clip has prevented the lever from going back far enough to move the counters and thus register. Another voter farther down the line can remove the clip when he votes and turn it over to a confederate to be reinserted at a favorable opportunity. Cheating Devlcs. Another device used for the same purpose was shown to the committee by Mr. DePuy. This was a wire bent in the form of a question mark with the extreme end slightly bent at rightangles to the curve. By laying this in the slot with the bent end pushed through into the inner mechanism a lever will not move the counter reel and so will not register the vote. This device, Mr. DePuy said, was widely used by corrupt voters in a number of precincts in Chicago. Another device produced by the expert was called "the angle-steel." This is made of thin metal ol the same color as the nickel trimmings of the machine and laid in a lever slot edge so as to be invisible to the voter. When he pulls back the lever this piece of metal will not permit the lever to retreat far enough to move the counter reels. As a result dozens of voters may intend to cast their ballot for a given candidate yet really not once

.vote for him. In order not to rob the

man of all his votes and so engender suspicion confederates at reasonable intervals remove the device or re-Insert it and thus manage during "the day to deprive him of enough votes for election. This piece of metal, Mr. DePuy said, could be made by any pupil in the manual training schools. Rubber Band Device. Another device the expert had to exhibit to the committee was the rubber band which, when slipped over two or more keys, will give a false count in the reels. These bands are invisible to the voters and easily slipped off and on, he said. Representatives of the Empire company were on hand during the proceedings and tried to have the expert's testimony thrown out but were unsuccessful. On a machine tested and pronounced satisfactory by the company's exports, Mr. DePuy secretely slipped one of his devices and then showed how, after the voting levers had been used, the count came up at wide variance with the vote. Other Methods. Mr. DePuy also showed how simply by rapid manipulation of the levers a false vote could be cast. He said mere rapidity of action would often throw the reels off and show up a wrong count. The expert had members of the investigating committee try this to convince them that it could be done. He produced during the proceedings the little devices used by crooked election inspectors to open the machine in order to "fix" its internal mechanism. He showed how by slipping out one of the pawls, a reel could be loosened; and how, when the voter has pulled the lever, he can slip a moistened finger through a slot and push the reel ahead and so vote more than once. Several persons at the investigation tried this and seemed convinced it could be done. From the facts unearthed ,in the election frauds investigations it seems tlit this was one of the favorite devices employed for defeating proscribed candidates. Mr. DePuy also showed the investigators that a man may lose his vote by failing to push the voting lever far enough back. He thinks he has voted, but the machine has made no count. A little instruction passed among innocent foreigners not to "pull the lever too hard lest they break the machine" was emphasized by the expert as the danger to fair elections caused by this one defect of the mechanism. When Wm. Wooley, a mechanical expert of Chicago, was called to the stand and asked if he considered the Empire voting machine proof against fraudulent manipulation he replied with emphasis. "The machine can be 'beat;' no machine is fool-proof nor villian-proof '." Although he had no device to exhibit other than those already shown by the experts who had previously testified he declared mechanics could invent many devices to

! "get ahead" of the Empire machine.

j It is against the election commis- ; ! sioners. consisting of Messrs. Keller- ; man, Taylor and Czarnecki that this j ; probe is directed. During the proceed- j ; ings it developed that the "expert" en- j gaged by them and recommended by ; W. H. Barr, representative of the j Empire company had never seen a vot- ; ing machine until after he had accept- ) ed the position. The investigating j committee s own experts, DePuy, Ol-! son and Wooley. were able at every j point to tangle the city's W'expert." j ' They said that if an experienced me-

cnamc, sucn as mis gentleman was, ! could be so completely deceived by i the devices used br crooked voters

there would be little chance of the

States, led the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce of the Department of commerce to instruct the collectors of customs at the various ports to report from month to month the quantity of fresh beef received and the countries from which it was brought .

England. 9 cents per pound. It must be remembered, however, that these rf tlin fienrs of value in the country

from which the beef is sent to the! Friday. Sept. 12. King Solomon's

United States and do not. therefore. Chapter No. 4. R. A. M. Stated meet-

I MASONIC CALENDAR

include the cost of transportation or

tariff of 1U cents per pound

THE INDIANA PRESS

Indianapolis Star. It is not customary for foreign visitors to speak kindly of the interviewing to which, if they are persons of consequence, they are subjected in this country. Sometimes they resent it and complain about It, or if they are too courteous to do this they submit with an air of resignation as to an evil that cannot be helped. It has remained for Viscount Haldane, the British lord chancellor, to pay the American interview a compliment, to speak of it as progressive journalism and to seem rather pleased with it. It is the intelligent and proper view to take, and if all the prominent personages, native or foreign, who are visited by interviewers would consider it in the same light the matter would be simplified and made more satisfactory to all concerned the person interviewed, the interviewer, now often deserving of compassion, and the public. For when a man is asked for an interview that fact indicates that the public has sufficient interest in him to care for further knowledge. Unless the circumstances that give him prominence are not to his credit he may rightfully accept the fact as a compliment to himself a sign of appreciation. The interview affords the public a better chance to know him as he is than any other form of newspaper expression. A reporter might describe his personal appearance and his general peculiarities; he might after sufficient acquaintance present a character sketch of him, hut that would not bring him close to the newspaper readers like even brief utterances of his own. Through the interview they get into personal touch with the object of their Interest, and if the interviewed person is clever he may go far by this means to establish himself in favor. He is a wise and shrewd man who accepts the visit of an interview in the spirit with which it is made and who talks freely and without show or annoyance. He may not care to answer categorically the questions that are asked him, but if he possesses any arts of conversation he may talk far from the subject broached and still meet all requirements. This is especially true of distinguished foreigners, the main thing in their case being that they shall be persuaded to talk at all. Viscount Haldane proves himself to be one of the disoernlng sort.

At the Murray. Week of Sept. 8. "A Little Brother of the Rich."

At the Gennett Sept. 15. "Officer 666."

Officer 666. A battle of wits that is viewed with intense interest as waged by the

sleuth and the cracksman in "Officer 666," has made that play the most interesting production given to the American stage in many years, and ! easily the most talked about, j It succeeded in creating a veritable : sensation when presented in New j York and Chicago last season, where ' the interest aroused kept the box of- : flee busy and the theatres crowded j during Its record run in the eastern and western metropolis. "Officer 666" will be seen here In ithi8 city for the second time at the

Gennett theatre, Monday, September 15.

The Light Eternal. One of the best arguments that can be offered as to the quality of "The Light Eternal," the big spectacular

drama to be presented at the Gennett, j on Thursday evening, September 18, is found in the mere fact that this will be the second engagement in this city jof this play. The manager or pro

ducer would be worse than foolish who sought to foist upon the public an inferior offering for more than one performance in any city. The enthusiastic commendation of the first engagement spreads as rapidly and is equally effective for good, and it is to this personal endorsement that the management of "The Light Eternal" looks for the best results.

COMPUL80RY VOTING. Newcastle, Ind., Courier. Gov. Cox has announced his Intention to adopt the suggestion of a legislative act to compel qualified electors to exercise their right of franchise. He hopes to have such a bill introduced at the special session of the legislature this winter. Just what form the proposed measure will take is not yet known, but it seems that the best suggestion along this line is for a law providing that any voter who being in the city on the date of a primary election and who falls to vote shall be disqualified from voting at the following general election. The plan would treat all alike and would work no unusual hardship. The measure might be broadened somewhat by providing that voters out of the city who file with the election board satisfactory proof of inability to attend the primaries shall not be disfranchised. In this way the voters who hare .not sufficient interest in public affairs to vote at a primary election would be denied the right of interfering in the election of candidates nominated by the more progressive and wide-awake citizens. The Courier has repeatedly urged the adoption of this plan. This or some similar action is necessary if the primary law is to be anything more than a farce under which a minority rules the majority.

Palace. The Palace has offered some of the very biggest productions, among them will be remembered "Carmen," Tannhauser; Homer's "Odessy," and

Jthe magnificent Maude Fealy films. Today will be shown at the regular admission, "The Glow Worm," a Reliance subject In three parts, and it

is Claimed o oe luf inci bubjfti rrr offered by the Reliance company. The story is from the novel by W. Lerington Comfort, and Is of love and adventure in South America. The cast includes Irving Cummins, Rosemary Thelby and Irene Hunt.

Murrette. "The Water Rat," a special two-reel feature made by the Selig company.

j will be seen today at the Murrette. j The story tells of two young collei gians, both aspirants for the hand of

Rosalie Latimer, the daughter or a banker. It is a complicated story, well acted. "Whiffles Decides to be Boss," a Patheplay comedy, is also shown.

Wildfire. "Wildfire" differs from most successes. It did not at f rst appear on Broadway, It was entour for a year, then went to the great White Way, where standing room was at a premium for one hundred nights. The Francis Sayles players will give "Wildfire" an elaborate production at the Murray next week.

A Little Brother of the Rich. The Thursday matinees At the Murray theatre are becoming more popular each week, as each Thursday a picture of some member of the company is given away. The house was filled yesterday and all received a picture of Miss LeRoy. Next Thursday Mr. Runyon's picture will be given

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OH, WE KNOW AT LAST. Muncie Press. The Richmond Palladium asks this paper to accept as

evidence of the degeneracy of the Republican party the average man to dAect them when he

fact that there was only one candidate tor each nomina- entered the election booth. tion on the Republican municipal ticket at Richmond. The T , . , v e, ii j! u .i w i- ... . t In England the wages of the miners Palladium evidently believes that patriotism or party had been forced upward about 37 fealty is inseparable from hunger for office. .pr cept in from six to eight months.

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MURRAY ALL THIS WEEK Francis Sayles' Players In a Satirical Comedy in Four Acts, "A Little Rrother of the Rich" By Joeph Medill Patterson PRICES: Matinees, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 10c and 20c Evening at 8:15, 10c, 20 and 30c Next Week: "Wildfire"

MURRETTE TODAY ! "The Water Rat" Two-reel Selig Feature.

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Whif fles Decides to Be M

Boss" Comedy Pathe Play.

COMING SOON: i1 Motion Pictures of the j Wreck on Pennsylvania Railroad. J

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