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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-06
War News Fifty Years Ago
From the Richmond Dispatch, Nov. o, 1865,

There some Smelling at Petersburg yes
terday, but II amounted to little either way.
Grant is about to try something new. Troops
are moving to the south side and general
activity prevails upon the Trans-Appomattox
lines. Grants picket lines have been curtsiled
the extreme left and stretched towards
Reamss Station.
Profound quiet prevailed on the north side
the enemy's force on this side of the river has
been diminished. and It is believed that not more
than thousand now In Fort Har-
rison.
There Is no longer any doubt of the truth of
the reports that General Vaughan has been
badly defeated in East Tennessee although the
War Department claims to have no official
report. 1t seems that the Federals concentrated
their cavalry and made surprise attack on
Vaughan. and 1t proved to be vertable
prise. The losses were over zoo in killed and
and four pieces Of artillery.
The report OF the blowing up Of the Con-
federate ironclad Plymouth N. c.. has at
last been confirmed. She was blown up by n
Yankee torpedo.
The remains of General stephen D. Ramscur.
who was killed in the Valley. were received in
Richmond yesterday and sent to North Caro-
lima by the Danville train under. an escort Of
honor. The remains were sent through General
Grants lines at Petersburg and thence to this
city.
loaded shell exploded yesterday afternoon
in the foundry of Asa Snyder. Ninth and Cary
Streets. doing considerable damage to The in
terror of the building and creating constellation.
but fortunately. no one was hurt.
The New York Herald reports the admission
to the Union of the new State of Nevada. and
says 1t is the "thirty-s.xth star in the flag of
the Union" The new State will give two
electoral votes to Lincoln. .
Arrangements have been completed for the
exchange at Savannah OF 10000 sick and
wounded Federal and Confederate soldiers.
There will be plenty of next week.
The Confederate Congress will meet. President
Davis will present his message on tho state Of
the country Grant will probably make his much
talked-of new move. and the presidential cleo
tion in the North will take place.
The markets are bare OF vegetables. and very
few country supplies of any kind arc coming In.
Tho people living almost entirely bacon
and bread.
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ueavv BLOW to Rr,t,sh Nava, Prestige

THE result of the naval battle off the South
American coast is a crushing blow to
British pride in the efficiency Of the British
navy. 1t may he possih'e for the loval
Briton to extract some consolation from the
fact that the German squadron possessed a
slight superiority In weight and range of gun
fire. hut that very suneriority is an evidence
that German naval strategy is of higher
order than that which 1t opposes.
The capital ships OF the Kaiser's hattie
feet--the Dreadnoughts and super-Dread-
nonghts-are bottled up at the naval bases of
Kiel Wilhe]mshaven and Hegoland. Most
of the 6rst-class cruisers are there also The
sea fighters in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian
Oceans are light cruisers. for the most part
a type of craft in which the British navy
outnumbers and outclasses the German by a
tremendous margin.
The Seven Seas are patrolled by British
fleets. That under Sir Christopher Cradock
had been disnatched to sink or capture the
Nurnberg. Leipzig and Dresden. the commerce
destroyers that had done SO much damage
to the merchant marine Of Britain and her
allies. Apparently, Berlin was appraised
fully of this enterprise. and took the proper
measures to turn 1t to the enemy's destruc-
ton. The armored cruisers Gneisenau and
Scharnhorst were enabled to form junction
with their lighter sisters and when the
British fleet appeared it met more than its
match.
In that dramatic action the Monmouth
was sunk. the Good Hope so seriously dam
aged that 1T limped off into the night. and
may have gone to the bottom and the Glas-
gov and Ctranto only escaped Their where
abouts has not been reported. and that Of the
Leipzig and bremen also Is unknown to the
world. 1t Is possible that the Good Hope
and Monmouth had their revenge.
Despite the success Of the British navy in
Kidding the seas of its enemies merchant
shipping. 1t must be confessed that all the
llonors of active naval warfare have gone to
the Germans. They have been largely sue
cessful in the operation of submarines and
! the skill and daring with which mines have
heen planted near the British coast have at
tlacted the admiration of the world Re-
Gently four battleships. or battle cruisers,
were reported to have left Kiel, and to be
operating in the BALTIC. Evidently it will
take something more than proclamation to
close the North Sea to German vessels Of war
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-06
THE TIMEs-DISPATCH and Breakfast
are served together with unfailing rcgu-
thrifty In the Best Homes of Richmond.
In your morning program completed
A Larger Navy

THE chorus in favor of more warships for
the United States increases almost daily
as it was bound to under present circum-
stances. 1t is not probable however. that
any substantial step will be taken in That
direction until the war is over, and the naval
lessons to be learned from 1t have been
digested. Tie value of war vessels OF all
types is now being tested in actual service,
and il is almost inevitable thht the experience
gnined therefrom will read to radical changes
in construction. 1t would not be ordinary
business sense to enter on an extensive naval
building program before the returns come in
from the laboratory Of naval warfare.
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GERMAN SUPPLIES OF. FOOD ARE AMPLE
Onr<Of The Days Best Cartoons.

machine, and. rather than Berlin, ths
final objective of the allied armies.
Iron and coal Germany has In ahund.
ance, but there may be, for OH yht ]
know, In my ignorance OF the technique
OF the making of explosive. some essen
fial which has to be imported. II Ia
an Interesting hlstorical fact, common
iy ignored. that the British control, OF
the main supply of saltpetre was a
great factor. very likely the greatest
factor. In the downfall of Napoleon.
Lastly we come to the material of
transport. II we think OF a nation
CARRYING on war as stupendously vast
ana enormously complicated machine
which is working at the highest pres
sure. we ask: what iB the part which
VIII hrst give way? From the com
mencementio OF the war. have privately
guessed that In Germnny's case Il will
be horses. The wastage Of horses
must be tremendous. the home supplr
Inadequate. the difficulty OF importing
any considerable numbers Formidable.
Further. the Russian occupation of
Galicia is most important In It's erect
OH the supply of petrol, though. per.
haps, substitutes may be found in
alcohol and spirit distilled out OF coal
II is terrible thought, but II NAV
well turn out to be true. that the form
exhaustion will take Will be exhaustion
Of the supply of men.
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The Land and Its Ownership

n T THE back of the Mexican trouble is
"A the fact that practically ell the land is
owned by less than 500 persons A similar
condition In Ireland up to the past few years
went some distance toward depopulating that
island, and has kept 1t in state of con
nnuous turmoil And tenant farming is now
being recognized as one of the causes ham
perins the prosperity to which their people
and natural advantages entitIe our own
Southern States.
The territory OF the United Suites Is 80 vast
that there is no misgiving at the growth of
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When this country be-
vast private estates.
comes populated in


comes populated in the sense that Central
Europe is populated, we, too. will have the
same sort of problem to face as Great Britain
has been attacking In the shape OF many
acres held by a few owners and kent out of
production. The problem will he greater with
us. because there will be more oft.
IT has heen held that the prosnerity and
wonderful rocunerative powers OF France are
in large measure due to the fact that the land
is divided up into innMmerable small hold
inrs. owned by the men that cultivate It.
Legislation in Great Britain aims to bring
about like result throughout the British
Isles, and Villa claims that he fought Huerta
with the same object in view.
The South is now beginning to see and
say that system OF tenant farming leads to
the blight of enternrise and initiative; It
leads tn the raising nf one croD. and that the
easiest one: 1t leads to the farmer doing as
little rs possible for the land which he does
not own.
There are SIGNS that this condition will
he remeded: Among them one of the most
honefn1 is the system Of financial credit under
which a man Of worth and energy is provided,
on terms that he can meet. with funds to huv
land and cultivate it. Credits of this sort
have been in successful operation in Eurone
for number of years. end can doubtless be-
adapted to the needs OF this country.
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Too Many TO Count

I'm NORTHERN France an armored train
a "mowed down the Germans until the dead
lay In heaps" In the Ypres region the
British buried $4,000 of them, and around
Dixmude the dead are left in piles until
there is time to bury them" At half dozen
places the dead are described piled In the
trenches"
1t is growing impossibility to count them
AT first estimates were given. Now the
census-takers of mortality say heaps"
piles" and let it go at that. Figures no
longer mean anything. To say 10 900 dead"
is to be out of style. Human bodies; the
torn and battered wrecks of the houses of
souls; womens husbands and the fathers Of
babies men who were the strong men of
their home towns; men who were the bread
winners and homely heroes OF their families
those who give their lives and rob their homes
for sorry conflict with Injustice on both
sides are not worth counting because there
are so many Of them. They are now known
as heaps of dead"
AS 1t grows increasingly difficult to count
the dead. 1t becomes increasingly simple to
take census of the living. Tliose who count
living men will thank war for making their
task easy.
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A Pathetic Appeal

a MONG the many urgent requests for aid Of
"A all sorts that are now coming to this
country, few have sadder note than that of
the Princesse de Paix of Paris, who appeals
to "the men, women and children of
America" for WOODEN yarns of any kind, which
will be knitted into warm winter garments
for needy French women and girls The
French wooden mills are closed, cold weather
is at hand, and SO the appeal is made to that
rich America where everybody is warm and
we'll fed-in the minds of untraveled Eu
ropeans.
There Is something naive about this re-
quest, and yet 1t shows painfully how wide
spread is the suffering brought upon innocent
women and children in the countries whose
young men are taken from productive work
to occupy hospitals and graves.
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The Fat Man

Z Z EVERYBODY loves fat man. That has
IL been proverbal ever since fat men first
began to attract attention. For the first
time in history some one of authority has
undertaken to criticize them. A navy
surgeon complains that fat men won't do, and
that Americans of the short-haired variety are
afflicted with (a) fat chests (b) protruding
abdomens and (c) disturbance of orienta-
ton.
Well, what of it? The average American
who can do so eats three square meals and
lunch or two daily. drinks as he finds
opportunity and company. goes fishing when
the fish are biting, and, in spite of popular
fear to the contrary. lives relatively easy
existence. lie encourages habbiness above
the waist line in the indulgence of ease, but
he still has good pair Of legs without knobs
on them. All the material of man Is there
in plentiful measure. If the navy doesn't
like fat above the waist, and If the navy
doesn't know how to work 1t off, let the navy
appeal to Billy Muldoon
Everybody loves fat man, and, whether
the navy does or not, whoever can afford it
will keep on getting gloriousy fat and dis
surbing his orientaton without regard for
prass-button ideals. Pastry md pork may
unfit us for deck duty, but who should care
in these days of submarine and mine
menaces? On with the guttonous proceed
ing, gentlemen, and when wish to train
down-oh, well, let's worry about that when
we come to It!
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become Formidable. She will regain Aisace and
Lorraine 10 II enoushf Mol Mol She Will
capturer-iistenl--Treyes Mains. Cologne, Cob
fenE-and you shall hear France cry. The clock
thine enemy7 No. lam thy sister! l. have taken
nil from thee. return all to thee upon ono
that we shall no longer beYa divided
peopla; that we shall become united family,
one republic will deuiolish my fortresses,
thou thlne--my vendetta Is brotherhood, No
more frontier. The Rhine. mine and thine. We
shall BIO the same republic We shall be the
United Staten OF Europe; we shall be the con-
tinental federation; we shall be the liberty OF
Europe. And now let us clasp hands for we
has freed mo from my Emperor. will free thee
from thine.'' Did Victor Hugo possess tie
gift OF propbecy?--Fort Worth Record
An order for 5000 packages of
Comforting lock3aw antitoxin for French and
1,,,,,,,,.,, English troops has been placed
with a Philadelphia chemical
on Troops. manufacturing company by the
British government 1t is OK
planned that this antitoxin Is especially for the
use Of soldiers that fight In trencnes; that the
tetanus germ Is particularly prevalent In dirt,
and that the soldiers are to be noculated before
they are allowed to enter the trenches. Here
arc n great many ounces of prevention. Sick.
ness kills more soldiers than bullets-at least
In ordinary campaigns--and preventive medicine
liz q prime necessity In the modern army. Typhoid
fever Is n camp disease. against which thousands
of soldiers of all nations are annually immunlzed
by the use OF the proper serum. All army men
must BIO vaccnated to prevent outbreaks OF
smallpox, If there antitoxlns against
bubonIc plague. Asiatic cholera, hookworn and
tender feet, these too. would be included in
cautions are omitted to save tho valuable lives
of soldiers from the natural pathogentc organ
isns and for the more orthodox death by lead
or steel.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Am Inyitatlon 10 ProsperIty

n AUTHORITATIVE announcement from the
"a White House that there will be no extra
session OF Congress will he received with
relief by business interests throughout the
country. President Wilson. in view of the
results of Tuesdays elections, has decided
that an extra session would be unwise, and
none will be called.
Such session would have been demanded
had the elections resulted In the elimination
| of the Democratic majority in the House of
Representatives. In IN. unhappy event it
would have been necessary for the purpose
OF completing the Presidents program of
constructive legislation. With Congress
Democratic in one branch and Republican in
the other, the enactment OF laws of this char
;-cter obviously would have been impossible
There would have been legislative deadlock,
Fortunately for the country, no such I'M
happy situation impends. The House remains
safely Dem ocratic. When the next Congress
conyenes will be time enough to put the
'nocratic program through, and the votes
will be at hand.
Just now, as the President has concluded,
business and industry require rest There
must be time for the economic disturbances
| caused by tariff reductions to subside and for
manufacturers to adjust themselves to new
conditions This necessity would have ex-
listed under any circumstances, but the added
complications OF the European war have ac-
cenuated It.
For the rest the country looks to the Inter
state Commerce Commission for prompt ac-
ton on the appeal of the Eastern railroads
for an advance in freight rates. With that
yitally important question once out of the
way, with exports increasing every day, with
! the cotton problem in process of solution and
the adjustment OF our financial relations to
! Europe In general and to England in par
ticular in sight, there is no reason why the
ohited states Should not enter upon period
of substantial prosperity.
! The contention that this is war between
Teutonic culture and Slav barbarism is proven
by the attitude Of the Turks
Still, thinking of the German deserters de-
tanned at San Francisco, it is better to he
informed than inferred.
British suffragettes waSs. to visit Belgium
to see the effects OF the last word in mill
fancy.
If It. r. were as short of words as he is
short of votes, the silence would be deafen-
ing
This will be remembered as the war that
! made famous ''It's Long Way to Tipperary."
Some people have SO little to be proud of
that they brag about their physical ailments. !
II. Vt ---------
Turkey: "Say, friend, is this a priyate
fight, or can ANYBODY get fnfo it2U 'i1
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-06
SONGS AND SAWS

Somehow that grimly mock
Ing eye,
Cigar upt.lted to tho sky
And air of caring not one
rap.
Recall some now far.distant
age
When this old fellow held
the stage &
And welcomed all who
42 sought a scrap.
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Not in the lIarket.

Bunco Bill-Isn't there
something 1 can soil you this
season?
Farmer Deepfurrors-Not
q thing. Times have been
30 bad / have had to use my
collection of gold bricks to
repair holes In tho chimney,
my certificates Of stock In
gold mines have all gone
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rTommy Atkin.,, PLAN.

During General French's retirement OH Paris a
British officer overheard tho following dialogue
between Tommy and Jimmy Atkins
Said Tommy, We'll beat the beggars nearer
Paris and finally rout them"
.'Shure," replies Jimmy, "phwy not lick thin
here an save thin an the devil of a long
walk"-Baltimorc American.
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Chats With Virginia Editors

This interesting bit OF information, which
crepe INTO an editorial Of the Staunton News
was obviously intended by Editor showalter for
the Home Hints to Housewiyes'' column;
haiamazoo Mich, Is to pull off a four round
boxing bout exclusively for ladies' No admis-
SION Is to be charged for this matinee, the fret
of the kind on record"
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Van Dykes Song.

Van Dykes Song.
Please tell me where may get copy of recent
magazine containing Van Dykes Homecoming
Song" TEACHER.
We shall be pleased to send you address on
receipt of stamp 1t is out of the question to
give trade addresses here.
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OF course! How could the memory pass?
This Is the Stand Pat mold and glass
And pattern. in the long ago;
That unregenrate pachyderm
Who made the soulful Roosevelt squirn1--
That joyial sinner, Uncle Joe
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The Persimist snys,

Of twenty square miles Of territory TO the clty's
area?- It just supplies that much more paving
for the Street Cleaning Department not to clean
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Painful Publfcity

THE streets Of New York are q blaze OF glory
"a veritable riot" explained the American.
Why, there's one electric Sign with 100000
lights in 1t" ,
Doesn't that make It rawther conspicuous.
old top?", asked. his British frIend,--Harper's
Weekly.
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When the war Is over and peace settles
down upon the world. the world will forget all
about how and when Tsngchau was taken"
the Lynchburg Advance remarks. Too true, too
true. We may wonder what ailment it
taken for, =
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TO The iepapesing Of the parlor. and have co
trtbuted my entire purchases of green goods
the last year to The salvation OF the heath
In foreign lands. Come around next spring
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The editor Of the Harrisonburg News-Record
recites his experiments in economy, cautioning
his eaders to profit by his examples: egg
dealers predict n 45-cent mark in eggs In the
near ruture Is the report, which means we ought
| to lay In a good supply against the coming of
cold weather and high prices. The last time we
did that, as we remember the price dropped
! about cents n dozen and n spell- of warm
weather set In. Also we purchased four pounds
OF sugar for q quarter while ago. and are now
noting signs In grocery windows: Sugar 6 cents
seven pounds for a5 cents'" Briefly, the editor
wants 1t understood that when the hens around
Harrisonburg lay off. eggs will lay in cold stor-
age longer time than 1t takes him to make up
his mind to pay 40 cents a dozen.
The fredericksburg Star says: ..Ismneror
William says the Germans will win under all
circumstances We have no doubt that he really
believes this" But there are many who believe
that had William been strong In his charity
as in his faith and hone, the war might have
been averted. -
According to the Petersburg Index-Appenl
Edison is said to be working on a new tyne Of
submarine Better be putting In his time trying
to Invent fort those German field pieces can't
batter down." In the meantime. some genius
connected with the British navy should invent
q substitute for the present system of naming
submarine craft with letters and numerals
There Is something diabolcally incongruous in
permitting German gunboat for exdmpe, to
be sunk by a cheerful little cobra of the Vastly
deep carrying tho name BIO.
IF stanton builds hundred thousand doll
lar Y. NJ C. A. and then fails to lay new side
walk along Frederick Street, between Augusta
and Central Avenue, on the north side, strangers
who come to look at the handsome new build
ing and who walk along Frederick Street. will
feel like suing the city for damages for making
false appearance That sordid comment Is
from the Staunton Daily Leader. File upon you
Editor Heroine L. ope! Verify you sneak that
Mammon of whom our old friend, Milton. writes
in Paradise, Lost: "Iiis looks and thoughts
were always downward bent. admlring
the riches OF heavens pavement, trodden gold,
than aught divine or holy else enjoyed in vision
beatifc"
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Stubborn

Ihe moguIs of the baseball world
Are having trouble. all can see;
They'd like to gulp the Federal League
But ...e pesky Feds won't Swallowed he
The TATTLER
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Not a aIatter on Locnllts

The Flatterer-But don't you think your son
is wasting his talents in this little burg?
The Magnate (caustically)-Of course he Is,
where else.-I.ife.
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His Candid Opipion,

she.What do you think Of the fall styles In
woman's dress? "
He-That they make the female form divine
look Ike bag of meal, tied around the middle
with section of cotton webbing.
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Women and Real Est.

Women and Real Estnte.
May n married woman buy and sell real estate
without the concurrence OF her husband IN
deeds? D. L. NJ.
The purchaser would be safer If the hushan nd
Joined In her deeds.