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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-13
War and Immigration

THOUSANDS of foreign born residents OF
the United States are now homeward
bound. and IT is possible that the exodus may
assume alarming proportions should the war
be long one Industry would suffer by the
withdrawal of workmen. and. while this
would have the effect OF increasing wages,
that contamination would scarcely compen-
safe for the accompanying evils.
However, there is another side to the pic
ture, and that, too may possibly be a dark
one. After the war is ended poverty will be
widespread throughout many countries, op-
portunity will be small. and the peoples OF the
PROSTATE countries will be driven to these
shores for the opportunity to live in decency
The immigration will far more than counter
balance the emigration, and the net result
will be, probably, the largest foreign popula-
ton the United States has known in her
whole history.
Therein lies one reason why the United
States would he the gamer by the defeat Of
Germany. That countrys ruin would drive
to our shores German immigrants, while its
triumph might swell the tide OF less desir-
able immi grants. The Germans would make
us good citizens. and we could readily as
simulate all OF that nationality who might
come. Germany's misfortune would be our
good fortune.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-13
Responsibility of Bnnkers

COMMENTING upon the report that bank
y ers in some Southern communities are
Withholding money from the regular chan
nels. in order TO take advantage of possible
speculative opportunities in New York
should The European war bring a strong ad-
vance of the rates on money. the Manu-
facturers' Record says From every point
OF view. this is an unwise and improper posi-
lion tor the bank 10 take"
That there is any widespread disposition
or the part of the bankers of the South to
pursue this course is seriously to be doubted
but u Is more than probable that some of
them are considering its advsabiity. IL they
have not already taken the step. Superb
cially. there is Justification for 1t. for the
banker may argue that his duty TO the stock.
holders Of his bank impels him to take any
legitimate step 10 further their interests and
increase their nroAts. In this he is not mis-
taken, but 10 withhold money from tho repu-
lar channels of trade is not legitimate II Is
decidedly illegitimate, for the reason that
the public interests are greatly injured by
such action. and bank is a Remipublic IN
stitution. Other public service corporations.
as the Record points out, have already &C
knowledged that the people have certain
rights we'll the owners Of these invest
ments."
This is even more true of banks than of
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-13

street railways and electric lighting COM
panies. for money is the life blood OF bust
ness. and anything which takes 1t from It's
proper channels paralyzes business, thereby
bringing Inconvenience and even suffering
upon the communities affected The banker
who sinks his duty to the public that the
stockholders OF his bank may earn extra divi-
dends is not pursuing legitimate banking
tactics. He Is menacing all the people that
few of them may gain. something he has
no right to do. even though the stockholders
do furnish the money with which his bank
is operated. AS the Record we'll remarks
men who do not accept this view of the
banking business had better take their
money out Of II quickly as possible"
They had better do it for their own sakes
as we'll as for the sake of the public. Some
time they will be compelled to accept this
view. and compulsory regulation is not as
pleasant for the regulators or the regulated
as voluntary action.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-13

1t seemed to tho whole wido world could
never do him harm
And oh. tho long. long nights watched beside
his trundle bed
To fight away tho pain tina. racked his little
fevcrcd head.
fought his battles for him them nc leaves my
side to-day
To fight far greater ones alone. and OH. SO far
away.
The little dmplcd hand that lay SO trustingiy
I'm mine
Must grasp rifle barrel soon along the nrins
line.
My baby boy held SO close felt his flu.terins
breath
Has left mo empty and gone to SEQ the
face OF death.
And never mothers voice to soothe nor moth
er's to shield,
From all the dircful perils OF tho smoke-hunx
Battlefield!
New York American.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-13
The Authenticity OF Relics

IT is really too bad that any doubt should
have been cast on the authenticity Of the
anchor which was recently dedicated" In
Reading. Pa. The anchor in question Is
supposed to have been part of the battleshp
Names equipment at the time 1t was sunk
in Havana Harbor Secretary Daniels states
positively that ii is the real thing and yet as
time rolls on, it is to be feared that tourists,
Of whom doubtless many thousands visit fair
Reading in the course of twelvemonth, will
regard the relic with a skeptical eye All
because some Goth has insinuated that the
anchor had nothing more to do with the
Maine than it had with the good shin
Hesperus.
And yet ii is doubtless perfectly good
anchor. Even If the Maine never carried or
was held by IT, still such might have been
the case IL that shocking Goth had held
his peace. the shining anchor would for
centuries have enthralled all beholders, who
would have felt rise in their bosoms all those
fine emotions which anchors invariably
evoke
But now, alas Readings sister cities will
probably wink the other eye when they gaze
upon Readings anchor. and may even hint
that it is all fuke. For relic, like unto
Caesars well-known wife, must be above re-
proach. Once cast doubt upon It's authen-
ITCHY, and all the varnish in the world will
not remove the blot.
But IL Reading itself keep faith in It's
anchor. all Is not lost For 1t was Mark
Twain or somebody else who told us that
many forests must have been feled to sup
ply all the pieces of the true cross which
European churches contain-and each piece
is known to be authentic In the city whose
treasure it is.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-13
\ Repentent Automobiles

THE report comes from New Jersey that
l the owner and operator of motor car
which ran down and severely injured a child
greved so greatly over the accident that he
has committed suicide AS testimony to
the tender heartedness of automo bilists this
evidence is somewhat weakened by the fact
that the unfortunate Is said to have
been a sufferer from an organic disease.
Still. 1T appears clear that the unfortunate
man did actually make way with himself
under the pressure Of the frame of mind in
duced i'll him by the manning of the small
boy. The man is said to have been in no
way 10 blame; the child got in front OF the
moving vehicle. and this was as near being
al ''unprevcntable accident as such things
be.
Here we have rather tragic illustration
Of the truth that by far the ma joriy Of
chauffeurs particularly those that own and
drive their own cars. are very careful men,
and possessed of much keenness OF sensi-
bilty as is to be found in the average human
being OF suoh men hears but little.
They avoid accidents. and so do not appear in
the reports of fatalities. II is only on a oc-
casion such this that they come out of
obscurity. 10 prove that all motorists are not
intentional killers.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-13

General Grant was In Washington the 9th
'on military business" according the Wash
ngton Chronicle. He had long conference
with Mr. Lincoln. and went from Washington
to Harpers Ferry. confer with General
Sheridan.
Advices from Petersburg are to tho effect
that Grant is sending two corps OF his army
the Potomac arc lined with transports seems to
confirm this report. Whittier these troops arc
bound beyond Washington doth appear as
yet.
on the Rappahannock was destroyed by nre by
order of Butler. as he said in his order, in re-
gomery Blair In Maryland The officers who
carried Buffers order out said that Butler
when ne gave the order for the burning of the
place, was under the impression that the prop
erty belonged to Mr.. Seldom. tho Confederate
Secretary OF War. but they had no discretion
and had to obey orders, and tho hne mansion
was burned before tho eyes OF the widow OF
Major Seldom and her children.
One thousand Confederate prisoners have
" Y
Mrs. Althea G. Harris, who was brought hero
from Georgia, charged with "treasonable cor
respondence with the enemy" was tried In the
Confederate States Circuit Court yesterday and
acquitted. She will leave for her Georgia homo
to-day.
Tho village of Prince George Courthouse has
been burned By the enemy. II Ia claimed that
the fire was accidental but II will be hard to
convince the people that this Is true.
William H. Carter. a citizen of Maryland. has
and sentenced to be hanged at the Old Capitol
prison, Lincoln has approved the action OF the
court
General y. B. Forrest, who was wounded in
the foot at Tupelo Miss. has recovered and ia
again in the saddle
Nine thousand Confederate prisoners are held
IN the prisons at Rock Island, Illinois; 3300 at
Camp Douglas, Chicago, and several hundred
at Alton. making quite large Confederate
force In the State OF Illinois.
Major General Dabney II. Maury has been
q be lieut.
been given command OF the Department of the
Gun, which includes Mobile. He succeeds
General stephen ID. Lee, who has been ordered
10 the field.
The Daily Dispatch appears this morning in
new type The supply was bought in London
ana succeeded In running the blockade. This Is
the hrst English type made be brought TO
Richmond since 1926. when tho late Mr. Richie
equipped the Examiner ONCE with type made in
London. We hope our next supply viii be
Richmond-made type. and that after this cruel
3
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-13
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
Somewhat Confu.inr

10 the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-Undoubt edly the women loathe AMI
dread war, as was made clear In letter from
.Progressive, printed this page Yesterday
nut u must be admitted that some OF them
nave quaint way OF expressing themselves
'Progressive's' contention that the death Of
war VIII be hearlded by the day that sees wo-
man taking her place with man in the gov
erhance and arrangement of external affairs OF
her race" is somewhat confusing when viewed
IN connection with the methods OF the fore
most and weghticst progressves OF England
u is difficult for the unenlightened mind to
hoid unfalt ertngly 10 the belief that the death
or war Will be accomplished by those who en-
ploy assault. arson. van dalism and dynamite as
arguments. or. TO quote her phrase, las a
means OF arranging human differences"
somehow. clubs Will hurt Are will burn han
ners VIII break and dynamite will dismembe r.
"hcther welded BY soldiers But
MAYBE progressive" wasn't referring TO Eng
land.
Richmond. August H.
,rONSERN
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-13
The I rey o. Hearts
Romantic Tale by Louis Joseph Vance
Copyright 1919. bY Louis Joseph Vance

BY arrangement with the Universal Film
ManufacturlnE Company. Il 10 possible to
Rad The Trey o Hearts. in The Times
dispatch and also to Il In pictures at
the Superior Theatre. synopsis OF proceed
Ing shapters:, Alan Law. rich young
american, fnds at his side, upon awaken
Ing In London club rose. which Is to
MIN token that the girl he loves com
inands his presence in America. At the
same time he receives trey OF hearts
which later he learns I. Seneca Urine. sym
Dol OF hate for him and for his dead father.
Meanwhile. Seneca Urine. father Of Rose
young Laws sweetheart and her twin
SISTER, Jndith, explains TO the latter that NJ
has iured Alan from England by tho falls.
token OF the rose. and commission. her TO
hrinE the young man to him. dead or alive
Alan lands In America. and Is making his
way through the wilderness. accompanied
by an Indian Gude
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-13

Council Substitutes Judgment for Precedent
THERE is in evidence a constantly grow
ing appreciation by Council of the fact
that the efficient administration of the city S
affairs is precisely analogous to the success
ful conduct of large business, and in no
manner has this modern conception of mu-
nlcipal government becHi made. more appar-
Ont Than by wise departures from precedent.
Precedent is all very we'll without direct
~ conflicting precedents for example. we
should have no lawyers to inform the courts
of we'll established principles of law. But
IN business men precedents merely sug-
gcstions, not rules. When circumstances
and conditions change preccdents are of
little value.
Precedent forbade issue OF bonds for
surface Improvement OF Streets eXpediency
and wisdom demanded IT, therefore, Council
authorized il, the directorate of any pro-
gressive corporation would have authorized
a similar issue. under like conditions To
night the Common Council will be called
upon 20 consider the ordinance appropriate
ing 100000 for the Improvement OF the
roads OF Hcnrico County, which has already
been adopted by the Board of Aldermen.
Precedent opposes concurrence, but sound
business judgment urges il, and there is
little fear of the result
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-13
CONSERVATIVE
The Late Encampment.

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch
Sir,-ln An article in your paper OF August
generating MIR. Strickler OF having locked
his well during the Gordonsville enca apmen,,
you cast slur upon the owner of the locked
We'll why didn't your correspondent. give the
facts tina; caused the lock to be put IN the
we'll" The first day the soldiers came on the
iot the owner drew bucket after bucket and
hlied canteen after canteen for them cheerfuIly.
me hext time they crowded tho lot without
invitation or permission. drew all the water
frcm the we'll and by their rough usage put
four new we'll buckets out OF commission and
knocked the green apples off the trees In his
garden, against the protest OF his wife. The
next time they crowded around tn well, and
when they had drawn numerous buckets the
owner thought ihev had taken as much water
as could be spared and placed a lock IN the
well for his own protection. Your corresnon-
dent failed TO tell you that the owner took a
soldier who was taken i'll near his place back to
camp In his buggy and rudely stopped
twice Tor driving through the camp. He didn't
tell YOU that the soldiers raided his place while
he was Al church Sunday and took off eight Of
his hncst chickens. The secretary of the Cor
louisville BOARD of Trade aware of these
Facts. but had not the candor to state them.
am an old Confederate soldier and know what
II is to suffer from thirst.
OWNER OF THE LOCKED WE'LL
Gordonsville. Va. August o.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-13

There is not much ground for entertaining
tho hope that ex-President Taft and others are
correct I'm assuming that the lesson of the pres
ent European war will be such as to insura peace
in the future" the Fredericksburg Daily
comments Something familiar about that
name-Taft To be sure! 1t recalls the philoso-
phical Jingle of some popular writer of long ago;
when once you have been President,
And arc President more.
You may drive tond a bar a
grocery store.
The gang laughs loudest at the Jest
or him who bought the last.
Tho mill will grind for you
With the water that has passed"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-13
European War and American Music

IF the European continues long. and
drafting becomes general in the countries
involved. ii Is likely that the United States
will suffer severely on one facet Of it's ar
tistic side. For, unless operatic artists can
be obtained from American studios and agen-
cies. it is quite within the bounds of posi-
bihty that the great opera organizations of
this country. and the Metropolitan Opera in
particular, will remain next season inglori-
ousy mute for lack Of singers.
Italy has not yet become actively entangled.
hut III she should-and many believe that a
declaration of war from her Is only a matter
OF Observation-Disclosures himself. the general
director of the Metropolitan, who is a naval
engineer, mi ght be drafted The conductors,
Toscanni and Polacco, would also be sub
]ect TO call TO arms. But worse than all,
from the standpoint OF the public. is the fact
that Caruso, Amato and Ruffo and even the
Older Bonci might be compelled to serve
Mars instead of Apollo
And this dire thought takes no account of
the lesser Frenchmen Germans. Austrians.
iungarians and observation-disclosures pianists
violinists and artists all-who are to-day
penncd up i'll Europe thinking Of their dear
United States.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-13

With due regard to the fact that oceanic
commerce is practically at standstill MIR
Rush has been named collector of the nor,
of New York
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-13

Now that Mr.. Warburg has made a goot
impression or the Senatorial Banking Com
mittee, the Senators know how the rest O
the country feels.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-13
THE PUBLIC PULSE
Editorial Expressions From Leading
Newspapers
Valuable

A tourist in Scotland a wide ferry
1t was stormy, and the wind constantly In
creasins The Scotch ferryman agreed to take
the tourist across, but told him to wait until
ne had first taken across When he had
returned and started across with the traveller
the latter became curious.
will You tell me why you took the COW over
and made me waltz he asked.
Wcel. now. explained the fcrryman. "ye
see. the coo wur valuable. and feared tn wind
wud increase SO the boat MIGHT upset on tn
second trip."-Phllad elphla Record
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-13

The German military experts are prctt,
much like other efficiency boys: their sue
ccsses are surest on paper.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-13

As they are perfectly at sea. the suggel
tion Is made that the Progressives be mus
cred into the navy
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-13

The French President has asked the wo
men to gather the crops, we'll knowing that
ii is the women that reap wars bitter
harvest.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-13

uplifters organization reports that New
York State Senators are bossed, and In few
years 1t will probably discover that Queen
Anne Is dead
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-13
Record Beef Pricca.

Perhaps the steady advance In the price OF
meat will prove good thing for the public in
the end. by compelling a moro systematic study
OF the subject than has yet been made II
heeves arc selling at record price. there ought
to be great deal OF profit I'm them for some
body. And II there is good profit In them for
the man who raises IN EN-. 1t Is clear that tn ore
Will be an increase in the number OF men SO
occupied unless arbitrary practices arc such
that the profit goes TO somebody other than the
raiser.
These are points that the government has yet
to investigate thoroughly, and when such an
investigation is made. relief may be obtained
II Is evident. however. that of the tricks
OF the trade is being made to play prominent
part in tho present publicity given to high
prices and 1t Is against the hardships imposed
by the employment OF this trick that tho public
should seek to defend itself-New Orleans
States
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-13

We are not against Germany is the canton
OF an editorial in the Petersburg Indcx-Appeal
row much easier Kaiser Wilhelm might breathe
In his hour of travail IL somebody would send
him marked copy.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-13

Al Jennings was defeated in Oklahoma
and he claims II was accomplished by bandit
methods
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-13

The Mother
hear the blaring bands go by. hear the
marching feet
All day they drum their dreadful dirse along
the dusty street.
hear the crowds give cheer cheer of nerce
and furious JOY.
And wonder If they see him there my little,
little boy.
4 baby only yesterday. with soft and sunny
hair;
So helpless and so innocent. fragile. and so
fai-l
So strong ! felt to shield him then. safe shelter
ed in my ARM
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-13
WAYSIDE CHATS WITH
OLD VIRGINIA EDITORS

Norfolk Ism eutral" tho Ledger Dispatch
nounces. Possibly waiting for tho returns to
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-13

William might remember that Napoleon III.
also took the field in person.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-13
THE BRIGHT SIDE
No Ordinary Story,

is thcrc anything special In the case7'
asked the reporter of the bank president whose
cashier had stolen SIT.
Yes unused the president you may say
that We did not trust him implicity."-PhiIadel-
phia Ledger
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-13
No Time Lost

This. at least, be said for Austria: Sh
started fight in less time than IL would TAX
two white hopes TO align articles for a te
round fake.-New York Press
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-13

Hope Mr. Kipling is content at last.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-13

II william Tell were performing with his bow
on the Swiss circuit this season, Bailin Gcssler
would probably hesitate about providing him
with SO expensive target as the apple The
Virginia crop is abundant, but the Fredericks-
burg Journal foresecs an embargo on the usual
large exports The Journal says: Unless the
war in Europe is brought to end very quick :
ly the market for Virginia apples. OF which
large quantities are shipped 10 Europe espe-
cially from Albemarle County and the Valley.
will be largely curtaicd." It's an i'll wind. etc.
Curtailnent Of the foreign shipments will put
the A1bemarlc pippin within reach OF the man
who lives next door to the orchards.
Where has the ProhibitIonist editor of the
Harrisonburs News Record been sojourning :?
In tho Land of the Sons of Baal? lie writes In
recent issue of that absolutely pure AM per-
fccty harmless palladium: we hear a great
deal from liquor friends these days to the
effect that if liquor is banishcd by law the
blind tiger makes conditions than they
were before. That Is not a fact. as any candid
observer In prohibition States will admit The
editor OF the Ncws-Record has been in lands
where the concubine still nourishes, where
gambling is still openly practiced, where the
lottery still holds sway, and where race track
betting still goes on unchecked and there are
1000 reasons to be thankful that 1t is not In
our land" Verify the biblical adm ntion
Who loveth the danger shall perish In It," must
be meant for the other fellow"
According to the Alexandria Gazette: victor
Hugo once said: "A day will come when these two
immense groups. the United states OF America
and the United States of Europe, shall be seen
placed in presence OF each other. extending tho
hand OF fellowship across the ocean," And IL
existing conditions continue in disun!ted Europe
the hand In Hugos vision extended from this
side will be grasped all the more cordially II IL
proffcrs crutch.
This light and airy paragraph appears in the
editorial column of the Newport News Daily
Press: We are seriously Informed by a medical
hat ell wh,la
be due TO the presence of more or less air in tho
hair. AS though there were not air In all hal :"
Perchance tho Daily Press, which thus assume $
an authoritative air, can tell whether there
is moro or less air In the hair OF an heir Or
TO put 1t In the vernacular OF the Newport News
water front, rs there airy air in the hair of a
hairy heir?''
We are not against Germany" is the canton