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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-27
siegel's Escape From Punishment

1T is easy TO understand District Attorney
Whitman's disappointment that Henry
Siegel, the New York merchant who swindled
shareholders in his commercial enterprises
and depositors in his private bank Of over
$1.000,O00. is to escape with fine of 81 1000
and ten months imprisonment which he is
not to secve iflhe makes substantial restitu-
ton. - =
Assistant District Attorney Arthur Train,
who was in active charge of the prosecution,
says the public should be gratiied that Siegel
was found guilty Of anything. but this feel
ing evidently is not shared by Mr.. Trains
chief.
It should not be. The ends of punish
ment are not served, its deterrent influence
is defeated wholly, when the thief on a big
scales goes practically scot free, while the
little thief is sent to the penitentlary for a
long term. Mr.. Whitman and the United
States District Attorney are meditating new,
indictments against Siegel. There will be
many to hope that II these indictments are
found, some will he made to stick better than
the old.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-27
allure Of Germans

Correspondence OF Associated Press 4
THE HAGUE. November 1S.-The ap.
parent failure OF the Germans TO force
their way through the regions inun.
dated along the User is making n great
Impression I'm Holland. Tho public and
the newspapers otto this as O clear
indication OF the effectiveness of In.
undated land as q means of defense
The User foundations were improvised
at the last minute, while the nunda.
ton Of the province Of Holland Is nov
in complete working order. Large
tracts OF land difficult to flood have
been submerged since the beg .nriIn,.
Of the war, while the rest OF the for
ritory is now vast mass of wire en-.
tanglements and deep pits provided
with spikes and mines, all Of which,
when covered with muddy water, viii
be an impregnable defense.
With the present high. water from
the fall rains the province of Holland
can be turned into marsh within n
few days, and the transport of cannon
made impossible For the first tin,a
since the beginning of tho war the row
ernnent OF Holland feels safe, and lie
convinced that the nations to the ensf
and west. will hesitate before entsrir1r
an inpassable swamp which, on, +
smaller scale. Is causing such terribIs
losses near tho User. NJ ,.
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Safety as Ship Sinks

Correspondence OF Associated Press.
LONDON. November 1S.-"Don't take
your clothes on; don't try TO swim:
don't let go of your hammock" Thi.
Is the advice to British sailors. who. bv
reason OF destruction OF their ship By
submarines or otherwise, are forced "a
take to the water II Is Contained II,
current Issue OF the London Lancat.
and Is founded OH the measures found
most helpful by the Japanese during
the war with Russia n ~
1t must be explained that the ham
mock referred to Is buoyant. and Ia
used on most British warships. The
Warming not to attempt to swim is ut
tered to protect the man in the water
from exhaustion when. being supported.
therc Is no need of violent motion:
while tho admonition to keep tho cloth
ing on is based on the fact that long
experience has shown that CLOTH
ing. no matter how heavy, not only
Keeps the body warm for time, but
contributes It's share OF buoyancy, until
thoroughly soaked.
"A man In the water" says tho Ian
Get, Should not try to swim except
for some definite purpose; but should
be content to float and be satisfied if
he can just keep his mouth above
water. In this he will be greatly ae-
sisted BY the cir collars provided by
the Admiralty. The best life buoy,
short OF cork jacket, is dashed -un
hammock-it does not turn over. and
there Is always the lashing to hang
onto. a hammock has been known 20
Keep man afloat for twenty -four
hours.
When man has been rescued, set
his wet clothes off, wrap him In dry
blankets, givo him hot drink mot
alcoholic) and lay him down In warm
part of the ship"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-27
The Dreamer.

The Dreamer.
The gypsies passed her little gate
She stopped her wheel to sec
A brown-faced pair who walked the road
Free as the wind Is free;
And suddenly her tiny room
a prison seemed to be.
Her shining plates against the walls,
Her sunlit sanded floor
The brass-bound wedding chest that held
Her linens snowy store,
The very wheel whose running died
Seemed only chains She bore.
She watched the foot-free gypsies pass
She never knew or, guessed
The wistful dream that drew them close
The longing In each breast
To some day know home like hers
Wherein their hearts might rest.
THEODOSIA GARRISON.
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FRIDAY. NOVEMBER OF. 1914.
WORTHWHILE GIFT-You can make
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Champions of tho South

IF one thing more than another emerges
with clarity and distinctness from the
spirited scrimmages that in the annual Vir-
ginia- Carolina football game carried, the pig
skin up and down and across the gridiron at
Broad Street Park, 1t is that the best team
won. That contamination Of the most
sportsmanlike of all sporting invocations
should satisfy everybody capable of being
satisfied with anything less than victory.
North Carolina has no reason to be ashamed
of the sturdy and gallant youngsters who
fought under her banner They played the
game. But the defense against which they
threw themselves with such desperate cour-
age was impregnable at critical moments, and
the Virginian offense possessed sufficient
momentum to carry the ball thrice across the
line.
BY the victory of yesterday Virginia gains
indisputable title to the championship of the
South.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-27
Il.Informed Cotton Critics

LOW i'll advised we'll as how Ill informed
were some OF the critics of the Southern
cotton grower, who attacked this European
war victim because he refused to sell at
cents pound, is revealed by report from
the Federal Bureau of Crop Estimates. The
report says that the cost of producing cotton
now averages S.24 cents per pound.
Much criticism and some sarcasm and
abuse have been heaped on the South by per-
sons who did not understand this situation.
They looked back over the years and found
long period when cotton sold at or cents
or even less. AS the growers had survived
this period, the critics why
they should not endure with less complaint
the existing emergency.
The government report Is the answer. In
1896 the cost Of producing cotton averaged
5.27 cents per pound. There was a profit
then. although a small one. when the crop
brought cents. To-day every pound sold
at that figure represents an actual loss.
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Alien Labor

NJ EW YORK is threatened with Indefinite
delay in the completion OF it's sorely-
needed subways through the action OF the
labor unions In calling into play statute
which prohibits the use Of alien labor on
public works. The tunnels apparently come
within this classification, as the city's credit
provides the money, and the municipality will
come into sole ownership of the entire system
at the expiration of a certain number Of
years.
The interesting claim is set up on behalf Of
the contractors that Americans in sufficient
numbers cannot be found to use the pick and
shovel to which assertion the unions repre-
sentative returns the equally interesting re-
tort that there are more than enough native
or naturalized Americans eager to do the
work for a living wage. This wage is given
as So day, whereas the subway contractors
are paying their laborers between $1.25 and
$1.75. The American standard of living can
~ intained on 'uch wage, 1t is plausi-
bly, urged. Yet the aliens not only contrive
to get along on it while performing exhaust
ing toll. but they also manage to save enough
to retire in comparatively few years to
their native land, where their accumulations
permit them to live according to their own
ideas OF comfort.
There are nonunion authorities who hold
that native Americans will no longer engage
In the lowest forms of manual work. They
look upon that state of affairs as an indica-
ton Of the upward tendency in American life.
since the American of the second generation
desires and is able to perform more compli-
Gated service for the community than Is in
yoived in digging trenches. or leveing rights
OF way or doing any Of those things which
require little more than muscle
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RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH: FRIDAY NOVEMBER % 1914

headmaster. he is fattered and moved to an
extent that may permanently affect his judg-
ment. IT must be thrilling experience to
talk to man who for SO many years has
contrived to impress the world as possessed
Of extra-normal qualities, and who was es-
teemed to DO able to WELD a weapon of mill
tary and social efficiency such as the world
has never seen. When such man unbends
as host to any normal man and drops a word
or two about world politics, why, then, the
favored one had need be an extraordinary
creature ever to get over the experience.
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The Kniser,s Social Gitt

THAT William of Germany has the power
! OF almost fascinating pretty much
everybody with whom he comes into personal
touch is being made clearer every day. In
the quality of impressing himself upon those
who are permitted to see him, the Kaiser
appears to be in class by himself among
foreign potentates. The training required
for the exactipg business OF being a modern
King must develop tact to a high degree OF
perfection, along with graciousness of man
ner and the capacity OF taking an intelligent
interest In a vast number of subjects. Be-
sides. when one occupies the Hottest social
position all the world looks up and it IL
within ordinary human capacity to speak
gently when looking down from height un-
attainable to others.
But the Kaiser must have more than the
ordinary hall mark of his training and caste,
else people like American exchange profess
sors would not be practically unit in laud-
ing him almost to the point Of reverence
The learned ones in this country who have
never enjoyed the intimacy with the German
ruler that has been vouchsafed to their tray-
cling brethren have expressed scant respect
for that potentate's ideals and methods A
large majority of them desire to see the
downfall OF Prussian militarism whereas
most of the exchange professors do not make
much effort to conceal either their hope or
their belief that it will triumph.
OF course. 1t Is easy to say that when an
eminent teacher is taken away-from his lee
ture room and permitted to approach almost
on terms Of equality the German super
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Current Editorial Comment
Much allowance
Substance
mn cs~-.

Much allowance must always
Substance be Inade for any new claims put
uv,.. S,ona forth by scientists at this time,
a. 'ps but some cr.dence may be given
FLOW OF 8iood TO the report that preparation
has been discovered, and is now
being manufactured, that will enable injured
men TO stanch the flow Of blood from their
wounds IL this discovery justifes the claims
made for II, It will have wonderful effect
In saving lives OF disabled soldiers It Is n
Latte, OF common report that thousands OF
w,unded die from neglect. Many of these simply
bleed to death before help can reach them. In
the go!cst of terrible charges and close engage
ments, il is often impossible for nurses and
hours after they hurt. Modern engines OF
destruction take little thought OF the individual
and nurses and other noncomba tants run terri
bic risks in the prosecution OF their work In
the ield.--Kansas City Journal.
1t is not surprising that tho
Effect of war In Europe should have
1y,r an caused great decrease in i'm
migration to tho United States
immigration The figures from the port of New
York significant During tho
month of September. only $4,000 aliens entered
that port, as compared with 100000 for the
month OF September, 1918. Even before tile war
there had been gradual decline in the figures
After the struggle in Europe ends, immigra-
ton to this country is likely to be compare
to have the food OF newcomers that marked
the last decade. The various nations OF tho Old
World VIII be kept busy trying to bind the
wounds and heal the effects Of the war. Men
ond women, too--will be needed to till tho soil
and the supply will scarcely be equal to tho
demand. Thus political economists and stats.
,icians Will have O now subject upon which to
exercise their wits. What Will be the effect az
the war upon the United States so far az Inn
migration Is concerned. At FIRST blush one is
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-27

at adore war" wrote tho
Young Men British subaltern to the foil,
Who like back homo. ut s like big
49,. picnic without the objcctlessness
W HishI OF picnic. Two never been SO
we'll so happy" There's no
food for cannon In men after forty. unless war
DO their profession. But youth is the food,
self-conhdent, self-important, seif-assured; con-
WINGED that the other fellow will get the bullet
and that youth Will get the honor. Military
dynasties are fed such material. Pacfsm
may hold up it's Hands hopelessly before this.
How are people to rid themselves of something
to which the young and aggressive masculine
element Is devoted. Men. 5oung men, like to
fight. They enjoy the emotions OF lighting.
They do not much to kill they like
the hazard of Offering themselves to the killing
they are convinced Will not be their fate. That
has been the war material from the beginning
of known times. and 1t lie the material now
Chicago Tribune.
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SONGS AND SAWS
Advantages.

Said a versatile soldier OF France:
Ny garb YOU may look at asknnec.
But observe, IL you please.
What carry with ease
In the logs OF my bagsy red pants.
-Four hens and bird of duck
That found by the best of good luck
And q gander and goose
1t were, shame to turn loose,
In my resimentals are stuck"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-27
The Right WAY Out

THE constant succession of appeals fl om
u corporations owning sewer and water
mains and other public utilities in the newly
annexed territory, that the city will take
over these properties, ought not, it Is perfect
ly true, to occasion the public uneasiness it
apparently has occasioned. There should be
no shock, for the existence OF these utilities
was known to the city government and to
well-nformed citizens also, and there is
perfectly easy and simple method Of dealing
with the situation.
Richmond has authorized d, bond issue of
over 100000 for permanent improvements
in the annexed territory. Water, gas and
sewerage systems will have to be constructed
anyhow. II existing systems are adapted to
city requirements and their owners are will
ing to sell at a fair price, there seems to be
no reason why the city should not buy rather
than build. If the systems are not SO
adapted, or II tho price asked Is excessive the
city should build In the first instance and
condemn or build in the second.
Ascertainment of >the facts necessary TO
base u right conclusion ought not to be diff
fcult. The city has an Engineering DEPART
ment quite competent to pass on both utility
and value. Until 1t has reported, the rest
of us can afford to restrain our emotions.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-27
LoRan's Speech.

Please tell when the Indian. Logan,
delivered the Speech" attributed to him and
where II may be found. r. r. GREY
The speech was sent by Logan In wampunl
belt to the peace conference, after the Battle OF
Point Pleasant, October 10. 1774. which Logan
would not attend 1t Is given first In JefYerson's
Notes Virginia." and may now be found In
many school readers, etc.: for instance The
Progressive Speaker" published by the National
Publishing Company, and Sargents STANDARD
Speaker" published by David Mckay.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-27
Gram. ,atical.

Does one say there is number OF men, or
there number of men? T. e. g.
The anticipative there" has ever the agree
ment which Its predicate nominative would take
30 the question is between "a number OF men
is and "a number OF men are" Formal con-
cord would demand lis" since the subject "a
number" Is singular Synthetic concord would
permit ARE" since "a number" almost eurely
means more than one.
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Goose. Ree and Calf.

What Is the sense In the old proverb that the
goose, bee and calf rule the world? r. L. NJ
This Is a very old Latin proverb. In which the
idea is that the pen goose feather), wax (from
honey and parchment tcalfskin)-legal writings
generally--are the means by which tho world is
ruled.
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The Voice of the People
Tag Day for Richmond's Poor.
Tditor Of The Times.DIspatch

TO the FTdftor Or the TlmeS.DlSpatc h:
S!r,--We are having tag days. for mostly
everything that Is worthy and good. but the
nave here In Richmond at least $4,000 out of
employment, which means at least $4,000 that
need help, and at once, too. Let us have "tass
day" for Richmonds poor. and then you will
real tag day" JOSEPH KAHN
Richmond, November IS, 1914
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-27

tempted to say that Il will be good. Many
persons who arc perfectly friendly to desirable
immigrants do not hesitate to say that they
have been coming into this country too rapidly
to be properly assimiieted. In New York. and In
many other large citios. the schools kept
busy teaching them the English language. Honce
respite. for a few years at loast, may give
needs OF those now Observation-Disclosures News-
Scimetar
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SIR walter Raleigh

Wac Sir Walter Raleigh ever In the New
World?
He commanded an expedition to South America
and penetrated come 400 miles up the Orinoco
and published on his return. In 1895. his Dis
coverie OF Guinana"
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The Pennimlat Saws.

Football s not what 1t was In my day II
was mighty fiat. stale and Improbable game
in those days In which we didn't break a leg
or two and half dozen collarbones
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-27
The Cold Gray Dawn.

> Stub6s-iow are you feeling this morning?
Grubbs--As though had exhausted yesterday
all OF my very best reasons for Thanksgiving.
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Queries and Answers
Chnuneex DcPeu.

Please give the titles OF books by the Int
senator Chaoncey DePew. READER
There are no books" Senator DePew's repu-
tation as man Of letters resting solely on a
multitude Of finely finished addresses" of many
sorts
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-27

Portugal now announces that IL is not quit,
ready To enter the war. Waiting, evidently
to see which way the cat jumps
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-27

Under the caption, "IIowdy, Kind Friendsr
the Daily News Record. OF Harrisonburg. with
Its issue OF November "a, opened State press
round table. Gentlemen be seated. The col
umns inaugural number Is this nlonologue:
"Thc Richmond Times Dispatch has ono we
editor for letting John Redmond's name go by
as John Redman, and holds him up to the
smiles of his colleagues. But when the I'D.
man gets to the point where he has to dictate
his stun and has of those Alfred 3. Will
lians type of red-headed stenographers
HIS staff, he will sympathizc with those who
get Rednen and others mixed" The way OF
tho Iarrisonburg dictator Is hard But It's
none the less long. long way from Tipperary
in this instance.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-27

Considering the result OF the football game
yesterday in connection with similar results
In former years, the Governor OF North Caro-
lima still has right TO declare that 1t sis a
long time between drinks"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-27
shifted a LittIe.

The saddest words we hear to-day
Are not, 1T might have been,"
But, Why could we not get those goals
We needed so to winT'
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-27

Tho Bristol Herald Courier is easily bewtf-
deied. Its editor says: Ono day they tell us
that Germany is taking part OF it's troops from
the east to strength the army In the west and
next day that Germany is taking part of It's
troops from the west to strengthen the army
In the east" That clear enough! Who runs
may read Dutch treat manoeuvres.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-27

The next Mexican bout may be between
Villa and zapata. II 1t Is staged 1t should BIZ
q fairly good one.
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Says the Norfolk Ledger Dispatch. reflective
ly: We'll, the soldiers ut least left Vera Cruz
better than they found It." So they did. Uncle
Sam has unloaded the True Cross upon should
ers that can't bear II uncompanngly.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-27

More In sorrow than In anger we mention Il
There Ia a brother editing wee newspaper in
remote section OF the Blue Ridge Mountains of
Virginia who has let Thanksgiving Day pass
without penetrating a ~heeze In which Turkeys
distress Mt home and abroad are coupled. Car
negie's medals and cash awards are reserved
for the ordinary. everyday. common or garden
variety of hero.
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The Difference.

smok OIL hope you
don't object to a good
cigar.
Nonsm6ker-Not at all.
WHY don't you buy a few
occasionally?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-27

Commenting upon the escape Of n prisoner
from tho local bastile Editor George Greene,
OF the Clifton Forge Reviow. Gays: TOO many
jails are poorly constructed. and until there is
an Improvement In this direction, no
way TO confine many OF the criminals they
find little difficulty in getting out of some OF
tho jails and then eluding the officers when
once out in the open. The escape OF Harvey
Looney aptly illustrates what trying
to say Where's Looney now!
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This from the Covlngton virginian, is mani
testify out of order: THE Staunton Leader says
[! nt StLs Sing, has beer disgrace to New
York for many years Don't you suppose 1t s
the class OF people that permitted to hang
around that placer" Shockingly inapropos.
since II is commonly known that tho electric
chair has superseded the gnllows.
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Mrbrulurl1 Ginlps-pispatrb

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Dispatch Publishing Company, Inc. Address all
Communications 10 THE TINES DISPATCH,
Times-Dfspstch Building, 10 South Tenth Street
Rlchnopd. Va.
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rELEPHoNE. RANDOLPH 1

Publication once. 10 South Tenth Street
South Richmond. Observation-Disclosures 1920 Hull Street
Petersburg. 100 North sycamore street
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