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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-07
King to Kniser

THE report runs that Kaiser William Of
I Germany wrote note in his own august
handwriting to King Alfred of Belgium, in
which he set forth that il hair on the
head of the Duke Of Mecklenburg-Schwer
who is said to be prisoner in the EBelgians
hands. was injured Brussels would be
demolished, or words to the same gentle
effect. To this fraternal missive the gallant
Belgian monarch is said to have replied tha.
the moment the Germans began to demolish
his capital would be the Identical instant that
would mark the departure of the hyphenated
duke TO whatever region is reserved for the
exalted occupancy of such porsonages.
This interchange of royal courtesies shows
us that the game OF hostages can be played
by others besides the Germans. The latter
have revived the ancient practice of taking
as pledges civilians who are to be promptly
they live do not demonstrate to the German
deems himself entitled. These hostages
cannot control their fellow-citizens, but they
will suffer if those citizens do not control
themselves.
This taking of hostages has not made a
noticeably agreeable impression on the Ameri-
can opinion, whose value appears to be 80
great in German eyes. This country has
felt that in this matter, as also in the destruc-
ton of cities reprisals were almost newt
able. King Albert's statement as to what
he will do with prisoner Of high rank IL
the Germans attempt to demolish Brussels is
only one of the signs, which will doubtless
increase in number, that the Germans have
set an example which may be followed by the
allies to the grave discomfort OF the
,orginators.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-07
The Colonial Pest

Z OR long time India has wanted to break
leash with Britain, but has lacked the
nerve. Many OF the princes of India have
Offered money and troops to the English, but
lit must be remembered that these princes
sare the much-fed and lonored Indians and
that the popular idea is always an uprising
Nov the Germans are said to be quietly, but
with speed, spreading news' OF alleged British
disasters to Offset the 'cohstanty favorable
reports ordered printed by the British in
colonial papers, and the purpose of it all is
Ito start an uprising in India that will give
John Bull pause and annoyance.
Colonial pests are disagreeable pets. 1t is
precisely as though the United States for in
;stance, were seriously engaged in Mexico and
Japan or some other nation should in aid oil
the Mexicans, start diverting revolt in the
philippines. If it were possible for the Ger
mans to stir up things in all Of Englands pos
sessions outside the island, the situation
would be embarrassing. John Bull would
either have to divide his forces and weaken
shis strength in the main fight, or let his
colonies drift and plan to subjugate and
punish them later.
The lesson is plain one. Fortunately, the
policy and needs of this country make ii only
an outside study for Uncle Sam.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-07
One Lesson of the Fair

yVTIAT Virginia can do in the way of
wv raising beef and dairy cattle is we'll
illustrated by the exhibits at the State Fair.
No State in the country can produce better
cattle, and that Virginia does not produce
more reflects no credit on our people.
Just now they are faced by great oppor-
tunity. The food supplies of Europe have
been wasted or destroyed in very great meas
ure by the hand of war. Next year these sup
plies will be even more depleted, and the
demand will be greater. The enormous drain
on the vigorous manhood Of the nations at
war will prevent the planting and harvesting
of large part Of the crops. Cattle and other
domestic animals are being slaughtered and
not replaced. The millions of men under
arms and the population left at home must
be fed.
1t is as certain as anything can be that for
the next few years the food crops will be the
most profitable produced. Mankind can get
along without tobacco. and can even reduce
the consumption Of cotton, but mankind,
always and everywhere, mutt eat.
The farmer farther to the South makes
himself bond slave of King Cotton. When
for any reason cotton's prices topple he is
helpless. Gle raises little Of the food he
eats, and when his money crop fails to pro.
duce its. expected revenue he finds 1t difficult
to eat at all. In lesser degree the same
thing is true of the tobacco growers in some
sections of Virginia.
The lesson it all teaches is of crop diversif-
cation and food production, animal as well
as vegetable, on as large scale as the area
Of the farm permits. The exhibits at the State
Fair press the lesson home on the farmers OF
Virginia.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-07
Turpinite reported a Failure

A FTER all the talk that has come from the
~ seat of war about the terrible effects of
the new French explosive turpinite reports
Of whole companies killed in the German
trenches without wound having been
inflicted, Of men seized with sudden death
and frozen into immobility as they charged
across field or started to aim their rifles,
it is now declared, In cablegrams from Paris,
that turpinite has failed utterly.
According to these late authorities, the
explosive has received adequate battlefield
trial. has not produced the expected results
or anything approximating them. and has
been abandoned definitely.
Among the various exploits credited in
this to Lord Kitchener has been his
successful nsstence that the French use
turpinite, after the War Office. because of
turpinites deadly and hideous effect and
from humanitarian motives, had decided
against it. We always doubted that story
just little, largely because of the fact that
while turpinte was supposed to destroy in
breath, certain very active German armies
still remained in the field.
Evidently what the inventor and press
agent OF turpinite claimed for 1t has been
confused in the minds Of the war correspon-
dents with what it is actually able to accom-
psh The latter factor, apparently, in the
opinion of the War ONCE, might well be
represented by zero.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-07
Back to Honorable Cotton

THE Daughters of the American Revolution
: are threatening to wear nothing hut
cotton gowns. They want to see the crop
moved. They figure that the mills of the
South should be running full time. They
want The daughters of the mills to earn a
Giving. They see exports cut off and half-time
.and reduced pay staring the daughters of
1.-THE mills in the face. The Daughters of
..ReYolution feel the blood of patriots leap
.ln the presence OF a crisis
II the women all wear cotton, that will
mean getting out the raw material which
viii mean money TO the grower; it will mean
esending that raw ma terial to the mills which
.Wiii mean food to the millworkers; IL will
smean putting The finished goods on tire
'.mtrket, and that will mean wait moment,
.What will IL mean? Well, for the period OF
enthusiasm aroused by resolution. AT least. il,
."iii mean that the goods Will be sold for
gowns After that first flush of enthusiasm
~ may possibly mean that it will take another
resolution to head off the backsliders.
Moths has been tried before Women
Yhaye resolved TO boycott meat and eat nothing
.but tripe. but that sent tripe up so high
that they had to give in to meat. all of which
unopened in Kansas, where there ought 10
.oe plenty OF meat. And making tripe staple.
in view of the shortness OF tripe compared
with the rest of the beef, had a tendency to-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-07
War News Fifty Years Ago
From the Richmond Dispateh. oct. Z, 1854.

1t easy task to collect war nows
yesterday. when the city as barren of
items. and even rumors. from ali important
quarters. as 1t was of able-bodied men week.
kemper had called for all such to repel an
expected attack from down the river.
From Petersburg came the same character of
news as on the previous day. that is to say, that
the situation was unchanged.
General Grant Is said to pe reinforcing his
continually in motion. In doing this he is I'm
the opinion of military experts, but illustrating
the homely adage OF 'robbing Peter to pay
Paul"
Dolcful accounts brought BY refugees
from Prince George and adjoining counties of
bear. Butler has recently issued an order that
all males over sixteen years OF age must either
take the oath of allegiance tho United states
or leave the Eastern District of Vir ;inin.
Official dispatches at the War Department
yesterday, announce the gratifying news that
Lieutenant- Colonel Witchcr has returned from
an expedition to West Virginia." as the yam
KEGS call the bastard State. He visited Bull
town Jacksonville. Westover Buckannon Walk
ersville and Weston. He reports that he
destroyed 100000 worth of stores captured
800 prisoners, with their horses and equipment
and brought out 500 other horses and zoo beef
cattle He sustained no loss
Georgia papers received yesterday bring very
In good spirits. and has resumed the state OF
discipline that characterized It before the fan
OF Atlanta.
The report, which was circulated on the
streets yesterday, and D'Orsay Ogden the one
time theatre manager, had been recaptured was
since he escaped from the Fredericksburg train
last sunday evening. and In all probability l,e
has already succeeded in crossing the lines
The steamer Constance, six days from Halifax,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-07
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER I. 1914.
THE TIMEs-DIsPATCH and Breakfast
are served together with unfnillns rcsn-
larity In the Best Homes of Richmond.
Is your morning program completed
The Value of knowing Spanish

NV HILE we are discussing SO earnestly the
wv expansion Of this country's trade rela-
,tions with South America and the methods
by which that expansion is TO be brought
about, too little attention is being paid to
the study of Spanish in our schools and
colleges. And yet. if we are to get South
Americas trade, the advance agents of our
commercial army and those who direct its
Operations must be able to speak the language
.of the people with whom they deal.
We keep on devoting attention to the
s"humanties," SO called, and If the college
,student pays any more than cursory atten-
.tion to modern languages, French and Ger
IMAM are nearly always selected. knowl-
ledge of Spanish, and not only the Spanish
.of the classic authors, but Of modern men
land women, will be a very valuable accom-
plshment in the next few years. Young men
who are arranging their college courses
would do we'll to keep this in mind.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-07
Monticello Is for the Nation

NOV that Representatives efferson NJ Levy,
owner OF Monticello, has offered to sell
the home OF Jefferson to the United States,
Congress should accept the offer and provide
the half-million dollars Mr.. Levy asks He
says the property represents the investment
OF million, and if this be correct the price,
certainly, is anything but excessive.
In his letter to Secretary of State Bryan,
Mr.. Levy suggests that Monticello be made
the Virginia home Of the Presidents of the
nation and be kept in readiness for their
occasional occupany. II have always
abhorrcd the thought Of Monticello becoming
a mere museum he writes.
There Isl good deal in that feeling of
resentment against the application to such
a use Of mansion teeming with historic
associations. Monticello and the homes of
other great Americans are holy ground; there
is something offensive in the rather CONNER
cial atmosphere by which some Of them are
surrounded. The home of Jefferson should
never be so entirely the home of his successors
that visitors will be barred from it's doors
nor.shoud an admission fee ever be charged
Admission has always been free and invited
under Mr. Levy's ownership, and any change
in this respect, after the old estate has become
The property of the nation, would be
intolerable
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-07
Tabasco Talk

! a r THE opening session of the American
"a Humane Society at Atlantic City, William
20. Stillman, of Albany, denounced the Eu-
sropean war eft only for the lowest levels
,of hell" Just now peace and humanity
aorators are searching their Utmost shudders
,for tabasco talk. It's got to be hot or
sit will not be popular. The more times the
average humanity orator can quote and
improve on General Sherman, the more times
he will get himself in the moving pictures OF
flames
But why not be calm "a bit? Editors,
among others, \haye used up all available
adjectives and drawn all possible SMILES so
that there is no longer novelty in sulphurics.
Why not, put on the soft pedal and play
laments in soothing minors? We are over the
first shock of horror. War to-day is about
as novel as any other long sustained news Of
the world. Newspapers have ceased to regard
n battle cause for extras. We are down
now to brass lacks, and that, briefly. is,
What is the world going to do about it?"
In the course of which discussion we will
have more tabasco talk, but the question
will not admit OF an answer until the first
move is made by some one of the warning
nations
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-07
SONGS AND SAWS
HnllcluIuh.

a.4a Hhlleluluh. ~ t
There Is glad time coming, men,
Shout, brethreni shout!
All Democrats are friends again.
Shout, brethren! shout!
Now Colonel Harvey's Joined the band
And shakes the presidential hand;
We're bound to win throughout the land,
Shout, brethren! shout!
The g. .. p. Is the run,
Shout. brethren! shout!
1t knows we've got the battle won,
Shout, brethren! shout!
Marse Henry, too, Will aid the fight
Convinced the President was right;
OH what vctory's In sight!
Shout. brethren! shout!
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-07

In attempting to runithe blockade into Charles
ton hnrbor. ran against sunken wreck and
sank In five minutes. One was lost
Captain Edward A. Marye died In this city
yesterday. He was the victim OF a chr onic
disease contracted while in the Confedt rate
service lie was the son OF Hon. John L. Earye,
OF fredericksburg. Captain Marye was n mem
Der OF the Virginia convention which passed
tho ordinance OF secession
= Tho Secretary OF War has called into tho
reserve force all the cadets OF the Virginia
Military Institute ovor seventeen years of age,
and invites those under that age to join also.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-07
The Voice of the People

Letters to the Editor should not be over
2oo words In length, and the name ana adj
dress OF the writer must accompany each
communication. not necessarily for publicu-
ZION, buf M an evidence OF good faith. Write
on one: side OF the paper, and enclose stamps
manuscript h TO be returned. Partisan
letters concerning the European war will not
be published. =
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-07
Hyrnoti.m Repudiot.d.

10 the Editor of The Times Dispatch
Sir.-ln your humorous editorial in last sun
days ISSUE calling attention to husbands
control OF his wife by means of hypnotic mental
aGtlon, you state that the man In question la a
Christian Science practitioner OF New York T
am sure this Is n mistake, the official list of
practitioners In either New York or BROOKLYN
does not show any such name II he was
prac,tcitng under such title he would be parad-
I I IN iulse coiors. Tor hypnotic practice is most
obnoxious to all Christian Science teachin,, an1
is repudiatcd by all true Scientists. "''O
Richmond, October 6, 1914.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-07
Chats With Virginia Editors

Inc reign OF Jupiter Pluvius, with which the
state Fair opened last Monday morning was
happily brief. but be 1t said for the enliabt-
eminent of the many Virginia editors who are
constrained TO indulge in photographic pleasan.
tries inspired by the absence from the Fair
Grounds of ''red likker' and mnlt beyer,r..
there still open in the city stations for tha
irrigation OF the almentary canal making II
possible for the State Fair visitor from the
dry districts to enter the turnstiles with this
mocktng cry upon his moist lips: "Hah, John
sarieycorh have thee on the hp!' S
Don't know what it amounts TO. but they
have stopped comparing the Kaiser to Ma.
poleon," the editorial Photographer of the Nor
iolR Ledger-Dtspatch muses., evidently having in
mind the Bristol editor, who, during the early
stage of the war when the Germans were maxi
ing triumphal advance proudly pointed to the
Kaiser as an exemplar of the Rooseyeltian doc
trine OF carrying a big stick. Reverberations
or the thwacks of the big stick coming across
the seas to u.s. however, will hardly incite any
one to shift the comparison from Napoleon to
Roosevelt
Delicious irony in this from the Salem Times
Register and Sentinel: 1.-THE unusual condition
of peacefulness which prevailed a. few weeks
ago south Of the Rio Grande led some news
papers to refer to our Southern neiphbor as
peace ridden Mexico However, villa seems
determined to restore natural conditions in
this revolution breeding republic" Poor Mex
leo! The more Liberators she, has the more
pieces.
Something In the nature OF a circus has left
a very vivid impression upon Chatham, u s. A.
Judging by scathing arraignment of the same
In the editorial columns of the ENTERPRISE from
which these excerpts taken:
There was good crowd In town wednes-
day to see the show that was not 1t seems
to us that there should be some way of stop-
ping these fakes from travelling the country
advertising things which people pay their good
money to see and then never see 1t because a.
lie has been published. The bunch of dead
beat roughs and dsreputables which came
here Wednesday was a disgrace to any town
allowing them to put up their tent"
That show must have carried as feature
the famous forty-count 'cm, forty-with which
our old friend All Baba was associated i'm a
stellar capacity.
BE patriot" the North Emporia Indepen-
dent exhorts. Then pursues the exhortation:
Let 1t be America first! When we go to the
stores to part with money let's demand
goods of American manufacture for by this
means we will assist In keeping American
mills and American workmen busy. and will
keep American money In circulation at home
where in time it may find it's way back to u.s."
The moro we think Of 1t the more fixed is tn
impression that the strongest supporters of the
movement the Independent is advocating are
now on the battlefeds in Europe.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-07
The Bright Side of Life
Hndn't Sorted His Hund

returning from poker party Just at the
time the early birds and worms were nnIlins
OH their famous stunt Brown was run over he,
q Joy,rlde motor car. II got the number" bo
.G.a the attorney who visited him at the hos
p piaa.' ~ was skies and fves, with deuce to
DISCARD, out can't remember Just how thew
were arrangcd-Judge. ''e'
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-07
CrueIty to ket.I..

An angry mother had her LITTLE COW nv, a.
hand and held menacing cane - e
said the mother. ~ 90 ''h'
IT wasn't our cat" said the boy.
NO. IL wasn't but it was our kettle" said tho
mother-Chicago Daily News "'" Tue
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-07
Uncle Zach. phiIo,onl,,.

All ain TEX much stock in disyer talk erbout
endin de- wah. Ali do fights ALI cher seed kep
right on till de man on top got ready to quit
and he nebber was ready till do udder Teller
licked.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-07

but what's the use? Cotton will never take
place OF silks either in tho market OF on
women's backs. We gravclyfear the ID. A. II.
resolution is merely another enthusiastic. but
Unstable, dream. ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-07

Watchfully waiting for the twenty-seventh
temperance of those 100000 Russian troops
that passed through Britain on their way to
France.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-07
Break Ii Gently.

me young wife endeavorins to he nrac.
ticai ana up to-date f'''S'
tiavc you read that article on how to tel,
naa ess' George?' she inquired of her
s., N NO. l haven't dear. But my advice would
pc II you have anything important TO tell
bag egs, why--break 1t gently."-St Iouis
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-07
Current Editorial Comment
Several American,

Several American towns, such
Two Nations nU Texarkana In Texas and Ar
n,,,,d., kansas and Bristol I'm Tennessee
-, Go. and Virginia, divide their allie
W oucet glance between two States In
Ohio there are towns. like Belle
Hue Delphos and Fostoria, which placed In
two or more counties. But town actually d.
vided between two nations Is IL real rarity. Such
place Is schuloht. in the Vosges 1t is situated
on one Of the important mountain passes, and
cipal street. On the east side of the street is
Germany: OH the west Is France. What has the
war brought to this little mountain village?
Arc the French citizens and the German citizens
shooting at each other across the street? Or
are they all In sympathy with one the other
of the hostile nations, and fraternizing in dis
regard OF the invisible line on the cobbiestones?
When the Is there should be highly
interesting stories out of many little places
which have romances of their own to tell In
schuleht. perhaps the son of the French marie
is In love with the daughter of the German bur-
gomeister.--ClevelandP Plain Dealer
The Belgian commission which
ReIpiops, came to lay before President Will
60 the official statement OF the
oehse VI Belgian government about alleged
y Propriety German atrocities has sailed for
Europe. During It's stay I'm this
country the commission acted with singular and
gratifying discretion The members confined
themselves to their official mission Although
they visited various cities of the country, they
made effort to conduct pro-Belgfan propa-
ganda Such we'll balanced discretion. while for
tunately not an exception in the conduct Of
foreign representatives In this country Is at the
present mon,sat thrown into an extremely ia
impolltic assertions Of the representatives of
no less than three foreign nations-Chicago
Herald
No wideawalee observer
Reaction have failed to noticeable
Howard reaction of public opinion In this
country toward business and in
BUSINESS dustry as voiced by the demand
for restrictive legislation and
punitive prosecutions. Only a little while ago
the atmosphere surcharged with denuncia-
lions OF trusts and combines. and arraignmcnts
OF unfair or illegal repression Of competitors
me incitement to this state of public mind
most fragrant of recent Instances being UNI
covered In the New Haven mess.
Yet to date have had no important neu
legislation aimed at big business unless the
reserve bank bill be taken as a blow at the
money trust, but the acute complaints are plain-
ly subsiding. and the disposition sesms to be to
give both big and little business a chance with.
Out much more interference unles5 fresh abuses
develop.-Omaha Bee.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-07
Investigating.

Blackstone Kent Ito partner)-Have you in
vestigat ted Mrs. Browns case sufficiently to saw
whether we would be justified In asking a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-07

Partner-Well, have asked the mercantile
standing.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-07

No wideawalke observer can
have failed to see a noticeable
reaction. of public opinion In this
country toward business and in
dustry as voiced by the demand
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-07
His Intentions.

young man who had been calling ratber
frequently of late on Richmond girl was
waiting for hor In her fathers library the other
ROOM 49,
Young man." said the s. P. II want to know
Why" the answer my present inten-
tons are to go home".
And he did.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-07

Several American towns, such
Two Nations nU Texarkana In Texas and Ar
O,y,d.a kansas and Bristol In Tennessee
by Street glance between two state. IN