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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-19

day equestrian statues of two OF the
grandest rebel heroes history has
ever known-Georsc Washington and
their lives, but in all the hereafter
they are contcmporaries-par mobile
fratrum-riding down the avenues of
which characterized both. while his
tory's torch will light them on the
way. One OF them was rebel who
fought and conquered; the other a
rebel who fought and failed; but
by nature they were kings together,
and mad the same princely attributes,
the one who was conquered.
In the sordid philosophy Of to-day
nothing succeeds like success. and
lhtra is no place In Famc's temple for
him who fails: but there are lives
like lee, whose noble virtues rise
above and beyond all failure. and
mankind in honorlng them homors It
the miserable maXims of material
philosophy and rcveres what is good
and great for itself alone
Lee needs no monument, no statue in
the Hall Of Fatne at New York
lie built his own monument. In
youth he laid the foundation broad
and deep, and each event in his event
full life was polished stone with
which ne reared the superstructure
until rising higher and higher as the
ears iolltu on, Wnen AT last the great
enemy called him from his labors. ne
spranG to the lofty summit of his own
work and became the rcverential OBJ
ject Of an admiring world.
Lee needs no monument. but loving
hands and hearts have placed his noble
form In bronze in the city he SO ably
defended. On the sides OF the lofty
pedestal is simply the name-the death
less nance. Robert L. Ice
One OF the few, the immortal names
Hhat born die.
Tic American youth, looking ut that
calm. serene and noble figure. recalling
tho courage, fortitudc and exalted pur-
ity OF II i'm it outlines, there will be an
Inspiration to become purer and better
statue and the story it tells may pro-
duce crop of American freemen
ready to dare and do when duty calls?
1T is said that on one occasion be-
fore the civil War, a hary statesman
in Georgia declared that the day would
his slaves at the foot of Bunker Hill
Monument The unylolding logic OF
events has proven this to BIO the sound
ing fury of boastcr and made OF
such stuff as dreams are But If in
the future the American nation and the
world, shall recognize and revere eX-
allied principles. purity of character
unrivaled patience and fortitude,
kntghtly honor and Christian lowell
ness--in fact, that rare combination
forms the highest type of manhood--is
il vain boast or fanciful dream TO
say that Liberty VIII call the roll OF
her heroes around Les's Monument,
and the lovers Of freedom. coming from
every section OF this great country
jestic figure? JAS. C. RENSIIAW.
Charlottesville.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-19
MIR. HAYS ARMY nILI..

the bill introduced by Mr.. Hay, of
Virginia chair'na.p of The Iiouse Com
'nit'ee Oh Nilitpry--->ii"f's' l. the hrst
icii ohoFt made I'm many years to re-
duIe the cost ana improve the c;.
hGiency OF army administration
Apart from this tact Tho nav hil
~ Of u,ercs, TO all virsiniaus no.
cause it is the work Of a Representa-.
tive from this State. who bv MIS- LAM.
service and ability has reached tho
eminent position OF chairman of IN.
Military Committee of the House of
Representatives.
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-19

To the Editor OF The Times-Dispatch:
Sir.-If the State OF Virginia is TO
furnish nags TO be noated over the
State school houses, should these flags
not be State flags?
The state pays most of the money to
run the schools. ana they are State in
stitutions and not United states prop
crty
state flags would be educa tional. for
1t was not long ago demonstrated that
very. few children and not all of the
teachers knew that the State had a
nag some know there. was a state
flag, but were unable to describe ill.,
others thought the Confederate Stars
and Bars was meant Anyhow, why
should we go to this heavy expense to
unfurl flags oyer the school houses
order, and more than half the time re-
main furled IN some dusty nook for
want of SOME one TO TX tho rope or the
flag pole that will surely he cverlast-
If we arc to buy any flags. lhon let
them be State 1ags.-old sic Semper
Tyrannis.', "Olc Virginny Never Tire
but better still, let's utilize that money
and pay the women teachers better
So mote it be. HILL CITY" Z
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-19
LEE.

More than four decades have passed
sincc the great captain of the Con-
fedcracy died at Lexington, yet on this,
the one hundred and NTH anniversary
of his birth, he looms up In history
greater than ever tbcforc: each day he
commands more and more the admra-
tion and the reverent affection of men.
More has been written Of him in the
last five years than in any preceding
period, and the significant fact is that,
as the great war in which he headed
an incompatible host grows dim with
time. historians and writer's outside
of the South are In increasing volume
apPreciating the majesty or his man
hood and the magnanimity OF his life.
Northern historians, some of them men
who wore the blue, como frankly for
ward now and call Lee the greatest
soldier that the American continent
has ever known Tho loftincss of his
character, the purity of his life, and
the simplicity Of his conduct arc
realized by the nation as never before.
Time alone can test the true greatness
OF men; time alone can determine
whether or not they shall live In his
tory. Almost half !, century has gone
by since Appomattox, but General Lee
with the passing OF the years grows
Srcater and greater in the eyes of
the American people. And yet this was
he who, when urged TO appear on the
Platform OF the train on tourney
through the South, shrank from doing
SO. saying: why should they care to
see ne? L am only a poor old Con
fcdcratc."
Not only is the fame OF Lee i'm
mortal; the influences OF his life still
lives. The impress OF his character
leaves to-day an incifaccablr ideal in
the souls OF the young men Of the
South. 1t was to the young men of
the South that General Leo gave his
post bellum service OF training them
TO do their duty in life" as he put
1T. To-day the younger generation
chcrishes The memory OF those upon
whose ragged gray coats as Grady
said, "the Lord God Almighty set the
seal OF His impcrishablc kniGhthood,"
but higher and above ali TO descend
ants of those who marched in the
ranks is the heroic knight Commander
of the gray host, the ideal man, the
true hero. the noblcst and gentlcst man
of his age. The influence of General
Lee lives to-day, inspiring thousands
guiding md uniting same there nrc
who tell us that life is the end OF all,
but what OF the immeasurablc in
iiucncc OF this wonderful life, ever
moving men 10 better deeds ever
stirring mprtals TO lift up their eyes
unto The hills? Such II lie cannot
perish but lives forevermoro in liycs
made better and decds made nobler.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-19
Election OF Public school Teachers.

Election OF Public School Tcncbcr.
10 me Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
me man who, traversing a pre-
sunaoly safe path. falls suddenly into
INTO pit. is no lover of his kind IL he
.n,.s 10 warn others of the pits exist
Ashland; Va, received letter From
one Gierk OF the District school Board
I lac -, a n,oh' Va. stating that l had
eesm elected ., principal Of tho high
SShoot there accepted the position
IN writing, and Withdrew my applicu-
ai ;n lor reelection to the principal
snip or the Ashland High School.
y few days later. while in the midst
y. packins my household goods for
SSnanISmiSsion TO Warrenton. whittier ms.
. snan nad already gone. | received a
Narrehton board stating that by order
~ ~ county cicctoral board the War
s s,rn,, district board had, asans, their
strenuous protest. been compelled to
dcclare me not elected and Ia rcclect
f fme former principal OF tho Warrcnton
conservation was greater as the Ash
,ahu board had already elected Il man
~ my place and the time was late i'm
M onnni within few weeks OF the
ihcrc was great danger that I would
pc KEPT out of the pursuit OF my ,Dro
usssioh l9r whole year, entaiiins
The ,r utdirashiP upon me and my family.
l"rai board, which | supposed TO be
unlawful, was sustained nv Judge T,,r-
ncr'' OF the Warrenton court had
no remedy but a suit for damages
against the Warrcnton district boSrd
s s breach OF contract. which brought,
OUT ana not press, a l was so f0rtunntc
as TO SECURE better position within a
Now. why this pitfall in the path of
lcacherS? What use Is there in giving
instruct school boards the right 10
eject teachers If that right NAV hn
Snrogated by county electoral boards
subject to influence" of various kinds
Row Is a teacher to know when he or
she IS elected? In my case. notification
~ the clerk OF the district school
ooaru tthc universal mcthod) was ..,,n
G9od: In Justice to the teachers Of
virginia. the law should he so amends.l
as 10 give to some board the mower of
Hec'inS teachers without interference
oy any other board ~
write the above not only as
warning to my fellow-tsachers. b,,t
with the hone that they may cndeavor
through their representatives in the
legislature to have the law amenflrd
during the present winter. Now is the
tlInc. for the session is short
Principal suffolk High School
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-19

merely by the revelation Of that un.
! usual sitt OF personality which has
served him SO we'll as leader In the
House, but also by the acutcncss, ms
well as the broad mindedness OF his
comments on conditions as they now
exist in the United States"
golfers. in commenting on its wall
street contemporaries article, thinks
II suggestive of most Important
trend I'm the Democrats presidential
situation" and indicates clearly the
oeliet that circumstances and popular
sentiment may not permit that tho
Underwood disclaimer shall stand. This
obvious trend, as Golfers secs II, is
a disposition on the part of those
business men who arc commonlv .un-
poseo 10 be supporting Harmon, to
turn from the Ohio man and look with
increasing favor on Underwood" with
his uncomplicated record, Underwood.
resumes, rs sound progressive
on the tariff, and that, together with
his splendid gcneralship In the man
agcmcnt OF the Democratic Congress.
eoinmends him to the radicals. On
such Issues MS the initiative and ,be
referendum, he Is an avowcd stand
pattcr; that commends him to the
conservatives Then in conclusion.
The New York and Eastern lc,dors
would probably make UP their minds
deiliiitcly TO back Underwood but for
a lurking fear that he may be handi-
capped as vote-getter by the fact
that he is Sou,herner, doubt which
grows less the longer il is looked fin
the face"
whether the doubt is still strong
enough 10 overmastcr all other con.
siderntions. be they never SO potent
ana appealing to patriotism, remains
to be seen: but this much is certain.
mat such expressions as the wall
street Journals and Golfers leave no
room to doubt that we arc reachipr
with leaps and bounds that plano in
national politics on which no sectional
Candidate can hope for successa
contamination dcroutly to be wished
IL the true spirit of American national
ISM is ever 10 prevail again and
american statcsmanship is once more.
or ever. TO rindicate the doctrines NJ
the founders of our Institutions, and
make us in fact MS well as In name a
thoroughly united people. II he had
not served the nation well in any
'nihS else. Oscar w. Underwood would
nave served It vastly and splcndidly
IN becoming the impellins instrument
Oh the movement in this direction.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-19
Voice Of the People

Protect the Birds in Freezing Weather.
TO the Editor OF The Times Dlspatch:
Sir.-For the past week wo have ex.
weather that no doubt will correspond
with that of colder climates, The snow
taat rel is here. with at least an inch
or o., siest on top of it, and this means
arc suffering for the want of feed. and.
at the same time. IL they are not fed
now with grain of some sort that ths
hundred counties OF tho Common
wealth will have mighty poor time
OF NJ II IN the season Of 1913.
now al least five inches deep. In addi-
ton to this, the sleet has formed
compact mass of ice over thousands of
acres OF land in our state. This Ice
birds from getting through to get
anything to eat; thcrefcre they will
have to suffer unless the farmers Of
the state Will scatter feed about for
The quail Will suffer more than other
birds, owing to the fact that they gain
f fned , nv from the grains ana other
surface OF the ground
Such small birds as the robins. snow
o,r I spurious. wrens. rcdbirds and
Others can find something to eat I'm
seeds, but the quail Will have hard
time If the farmers do not protect
them IN this really hard spell of wealth
cr. feel sure that The TimeE-Dls-
patch will be glad to advise. our Vir-
Sinia farmers of the fact that all game.
especiaily the quail, should be looked
after during this spell of weather. i
would advise that the city sportsmen 1
OF the State take up this mattcr at
once and write TO their friends in the
counties of the State. advising them
as to the necessity of protecting the
game birds
II this freeze prevails much longer.
anu II the quail arc not fed by the
shooting in 1912 J. NJ. BELL.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-19
THE PLIGHT or rrrE yru,wou

Hqual suffrage and the duties al :
'ached to II have brought cmbarra
ment as we'll as benefit TO tho Iono v,
man on the murder jury at Seattle.
VINO must be locked up overy ni,.ht
IN the same room with eleven mo,
nc law as old as the hills. requires
mat jury cannot he separated,
whether he is right or wrong, the
'riai judge was most chivaIro,,s /,
iessehinE the jurywoman's conrus,on
somewhat by ruling that she can hovo
ped behind screen ana romo,o
attendant familiar with the intrio,to
art Of hooking up"
II the prisoner is convicted or ~
crime with which he stands cheryos
the counsel for the defense mo-.
an appear on the ground that the sep
"r"tc retirement of a woman Juror i,
inc company OF a woman baiIin ia
Illegal and that new trial should
be granted.
inc supreme Court at Washinpton
should support such II point and han,
"oWh an opinion that the trial iudr.
WIS IN error, all mixed i,tries ,b,.r,
hi'er would be compelled 10 .,o,
s'ttins up with their clothes on mo,
the legislature saw fiji to revise ,ho
laws. Even II segregation is allowed
the principle OF dc minimis 10y non
cufat would prevent the passage of j.,
statute forbiddins tho jurymen f,o,,
pu'iihs their feet on the table. tell.
ing droii stories and fcs,ooninr Inc
walls and the ceiling with the favoritc
'"A"rS OF The American jury-tobacco
Juice.
have regard also for tho additions
cost cntailed by this feminine inn,va
tion' ~ screen In every courtbou.o
would run up big bill, and an extro
woman 'bailin IN every judicial bousc.
hoio would swell the sum tremendo,,s.
iS' me jnrywoman OF the species
"oui" be costlier than the iurvman
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-19
to-day it ranks as the best coast ar.

to-day IT ranks as the best coast ar
tlllery in the world.
| The measure OF this Improvement is
| to be found In the marvellous increase
OF accuracy and speed With which the
big guns are handled. Ten years age
the best result of target practice with
large calibrc guns was obtained by
| hits upon a stationary target repre-
sentins battleship al $500 yards
range: the shots were fired at a ratio
Of one shot from each gun every three
minutes During the pas, two years
100 per cent. of hits has been obtain
so feet high by 60 feet long-the tar
gets ten years ago were $50 feet long
by 20 feet high-at range from 1000
TO 5000 yards, firing ono shot per gun
every thirtydve seconds
II thus appears that the rate of fire
has increased five times, and when wo
consider the difference In range from
$500 to 5000 yards. accuracy OF fire
has Increased seven times.
In other words. the best battery TO-
day will, in a given time score thirty
five times as many hits on target
3oX6o feet as did the best trained de-
tachment ten years ago firing at tar
get $50 feet long by 30 feet high
Again, ten years ago the firing was
at stationary targets; to-day the tar
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-19
Dui, y. T. DUNCAN,
Principal Suffolk High School.



s. Inc Mditor Of The Timcs-Dispatch:
Sir'-EN III YOU lend the columns OF
your paper in patitoninE the officials
or our city street railways for electric
hent under the stand OF the conductors
and motorinen and tor automatic fold
Ing Stools! If this be too great a tax
on the funds OF these companies, VIVA
OF the feasibility OF charging a 5-ccni
iarc whan transfers are issued re-
tanning the present rates when none
are given, and applying the surplus 10
ms end? This change Of "a tie to OBJ
tam Tor n few months and not to ar
icGt school and labor tickets?
II these suggestions are not ac
cepted what of n tag dav', collectiona
~ the time of the strike in our city
thnsc VINO were dependent upon the
street cars Tor transit to and from
business remember the inconvenience
ana discomfort OF modes Of travel pro
Vided then, as contrasted with the
DRESSINGS Of the street car service.
FROM put rev outputs Is there a larger
or more valuable YIELD In economy of
time, In conservation of energy, In
soild comfort. than from the small fare
paid ior street car ride.
Should the companies decline TO meet
the conditions alone. will not the be-
assist?
beast" u ~ 40
blessed are the merclful, for they
snail obtain mercy" HUArANITAs.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-19
Robert r.. Lc,-t Ijrthdnx Rcmen
hrUnrp--,IS

eir,-rime rolls hi, ccascless course
anu another natal day has come to
i,.,id us OF the heroes OF the South.
mere can DC no heroes without hero
rs great men will soon have none 10
remember, because the existence OF the
sen, iment that creates the memorial
existence of the same virtues ihai
worShiped.
In NIrglnia's capital there stands 10.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-19

News comes from Washington ., =,
''"'r marriage between parties who
are miliionarcs. Most brides and
ero''ns are l"st as proud as though
they were
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-19
La Marquise de Fontenoy

the other day on his "trip from
/ Paris to London by several OF the
clcvcrcSt detectives of. the Partisan
police. IN obedience TO orders from the
French governmentrit was In order to-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-19

II should he explained tina, the dan.
rerons matches referred to III senator
Aarman's bfll are not those that are
made in heaven.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-19

Mars" Henry Watterson seems To-
fharc III" small boys aversion to hav-
Ing the schoolmastcr tell him To kcc,
aMlct
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-19

If President Taft doesn't sion show.
'"s Congress how the government NAV
save millions, he Will set into a class
with Louis Brandeis.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-19

PREMIER Yuan is doubtless much an
POSED to the temperins of Chinese re-
form by assassination.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-19

CUBA should hesitate 10 get vav ,,,tt,
Uncle sam when she remembers san
Juan Hill and Santiago.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-04-26
Laughed Out His Name.

II Is hard to be laughed out of ones
surname. That is what happened to an
inoffensive gentleman, Charles Sains-
bury Pickwick. Esq, who after the pub
lication of Dickens famous novel felt
constrained to advertise In the Times
informing the world that owing to It's
having been brought into ridicule and
made a byword by the novelist he In
tended to abandon his name forever.
This was the more hard in his case
because he proudly traced his name
to q knightly origin-from "Piquez-
Vite"|'spur fast
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-04-26
Almost n Miracle.

One of the most startling changes
ever seen in any man, according to
w. b. Holsclaw, Clarendon, Texas
was effected years ago in his broth
er. "He had such dreadful cough"
he writes, that all our family
thought he was going into consump-
tion, but he began to use DR.. Kings
New Discovery, and was completely
cured by ten bottles. Now he is
sound and well and weighs 21
pounds. For many years our family
has used this wonderful remedy for
Coughs and Colds with excellent re-
suits" It's quick, safe, reliable and
guaranteed. Price so cents and
$1.0O. Trial bottle free at C. p.
Champney's.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-04-26

MINERS WELFARE
CAUSE OF TAFT
Bureau of Mines Marks Great
Step Forward.
SAVES HUNDREDS OF LIVES
Discovery OF Danger of Coal Dust Inn
portant-Handling of Explosives
Made Safer-Government's
Experimental Coal
Mine.
SAVES HUNDREDS OF LIVES

The saving of many lives annually
he lives of miners throughout the
United States-will be one of the
splendid results that will follow the
establishment of the bureau of mines,
one of the great achievements in the
interest of labor by the administration
Of President Taft The formation of
this bureau Is likewise a notable
achievement, and will prove far-reach-
ing in its effects to a class of wage
earners which has been in great need
of some practical relief.
The excessive and unnecessary loss
of life in the mines of this country
was one of the primary causes for the
creation of this bureau. For years
hundreds of miners were killed in
mine disasters, and practically moth
ing was done to check the terrible loss
of life. There was also need for an in
vestigation to determine what could
be done in the way of handling the
high explosives, as well as to improve
the conditions under which the men
worked.
Spurred on by President Taft, an
act creating the bureau of mines was
passed by congress and became effec-
tive on July 1, 1910. John A. Holmes
of the United States geological sud.
vey. was appointed as the first direct.
or. Mr.. Holmes was reputed and Ger,
titled to be the best trained man for
the place obtainable in the United
States. The chief experimental sta
tion was established in Pittsburg,
where the investigations of the prob
lens entrusted to the bureau have
been prosecuted SO successfully for
nearly two years.
In the year 1907, the most disastrous
of all years in the American coal