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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-31
Enter the Unspcalsable Turk

TURKEYS entrance on the scene of war
has been expected since the Porte re-
fused the demand of the triple entente for
the naturalization of the two German
cruisers caught at the outbreak OF hostlities
i'll Turkish waters. The Goeben and Breslau
were taken into the service of the Turkish
government. while retaining their German
officers and crews and it is these vessels &C.
cording to dispa tchcs. that initiated Turkish
hostilties against Russia.
The attitude Turkey has assumed could
have but one neutrality-suspicious. ii would
not have been tolerated III England. France
and Russia had not had their hands full else
where. That Turkey eventually would be
drawn into the conflict has been evitable
for many weeks
1t is regarded rs certain that = llgaria
and Greece will declare war against ne Sui
tan and. incidentally. of course. against Ger
many and Austria. 1t is expected generally
that Italy, for her own protection, will aban-
don her neutrality and range herself OH the
side of the allies. 1t may be. that the people
of Roumania will prevail against the infu-
ence Of the Teutonic ruling house and take
up arms for their Slav brethren.
Italy cannot tolerate the extension of Aus
TRAN influence in the Adriatic. and certainly
will not consider for moment an Austrian
occupation >of Albania. Greece is just as de-
termined that Turkey shall gain new
power on the Aegean. Each nation has it's
separate and conflicting interest, so vitality
interviewer in many cases with their national
integrity that it is difficult TO see how any
of them can keep out of the struggle.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-31
BLINDNESS COULD BE PREVENTED

without additional expense. Instructions
have been published in periodicals and
books many times, and the plan is per-
Icctly easy and practical. When accom-
plishcd IL Will be as great a blessing
TO the teachers rs to the scholars; for
by transforming stupid children to
bright children, their daily work will
he much easier.
Teachers cannot and should not at
tempt to diagnose or treat eve Olsen SEES
but by the accepted tests they can tell.
that something is the matter At the
same time that the eye tests are made,
the teacher should also examine tho
ears. noses and throats of her pupils.
Simple methods for such exc limitations
can be learned in a few minutes IN
any competent teacher.
Or. Cronin has found that 80 5er
cent of. school children were two yenIs
behind their grades and that 90 per cent
OF inns Is due tC eye, ear, nose and
throat diseases or dofccts lie exam
incd $50 detectives in one school and
found that 1871 OF them ind ear. nose.
OF them had eye defects. These cond,-.
lions we're relieved, and in six months
% per cent OF the children were re-ex-
amined. They were all doing we'll and
wcrc rapidly advancing in school. Their
character had also remarkably chanred
for the better. Such n plan which has
been successfully carried out I'm over
zoo towns and cities during the past
year involves no expense. to the 'taS z
payers relieves the medical professio ON
of the suspicion of urging medical In
spection of schools for selfish reasons
and vet enables the teacher to sa;,a =
rate the normal pupil from tho de
vision under which some of hHrs pupils
labor. - 49, :;
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-31

! There are about 100000 blind people
! in the United States. 1t costs about
! Sl5,000.O00 a year to support them.
/ Probably as per cent OF this blindness
! is due to two causes namely. sore eyes
at birth and neglected eyes during
, early school life. The frs. cause can
! be removed in the simplest manner. All
| that is necessary is for the doctor or
! midwife to drop into tho eyes of the
newly born babe a few drops OF o .
! per cent solution OF nitrate of silver.
! This will kill the germs that produce
the disease which almost fills so many
blind asylums.
| How easy this is and how much good
would be produced to the human race
il this procedure was always carried
out. Those WHO are about to become
fathers and mothers should see to il:
tina; this simple act is performed. II
costs nothing. is harmless, it prevents
blindness, it can easily be done: there
fore. il should Invariably be done!
Tho second cause OF blindness is the
, neglect OF childrcn's eyes during early
school life. Thousands of eyes could be
saved every year il eye diseases and do
fects were detected and cared for in
early life. Eye diseases are frequently
quito simple at the start, but rapidly
become worse II neglected. The eyes Of
school children should be examined
every year, and diseases and defects
detected.
Local boards OF health could do this
II they had sufficient money to hire
competent doctors or school nurses
but boards of health are proverbially
hard up" and usually have not enough
availa BILE money. Boards of education
could employ doctors or nurses, but
boards Of education are also often in
sufficiently supplied with money
School teachers can do this work
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-31
The Salvation Army.

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir--The announcement in your paper or the
celebrated address. MY Father by Miss Booth.
the daughter &C the Salvation Armys founder,
should 10 fill the City Auditorium next
Thursday night with representative Richmond
audience. General Booth did human society a
splendid service when he started the little band
of consecra ted workers their mission OF
resculng the pershing and caring for the dying
fcs great highway. To-day the Salvation
Z Army is blessing to the civilized world, and
the narrowing reports of the cruel war now
going on i'm Europe relieved hy the incidents
Of heroic work performed by the army
which stands for life and liberty, instead of for
death and devastation. Adjutant Johnson and
his faithful corps In our own beautiful Rich
mond doing excellent work, and they
should be encouraged by both moral and hnan-
cial support. The coming winter will likely
be OF great hardship to the maynard. and
those dependent them and strength should
be given the loving arms of the army 10 properly
protect the sufferers.
The Salvation Armys mission is peculiarly
It's own, and is to caste or creed confined.
Miss Bcoth is unique and Interesting person
alty with rich fund of experience in q con
sccrated life of passion for humanity. Her story
will he one OF human Interest.
w NJ BICKERS.
Richmond, Va, October 30, 1911
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-31
Relative Punishment

TUCKED away in the war news, i'll 4 little
pair of paragraphs is the announcement
that the conspirators in the assassination OF
the Austrian heir apparent and the duchess
have been punished. Four we're given the
death sentence; the actual assassin and seven
others escaped with Imprisonment ranging
from three years to life.
Ont in the battlefield other punishments
for the crime of having been 4 citizen of
Austria OF Servia. or Of Germany or England
or of France or Russia, pa .of'some insgnifi-
cant addenda to the fighting forces Of nations
are being melted out with less gentleness
The order there is to slaughter MAIN, ma Ike
widows and orphans, drop bombs regardless
of who is hit, destroy churches and cities
burn homes, commit crimes against common
humanity which are permissible only in time
of war.
There is the actual assassin positively en-
Joying twenty years in prison, and out in
the field are the thousands upon thousands
who had neither sympathy nor part in his
act, tucked away in nameless graves falling
over each other into bitches. eating fire from
murder of Austria's heir apparent was seized
upon as the justification Of war.
In view OF the light punishment given
the actual slayer Of the heir apparent OF Aus
triu, that greater punishment inflicted upon
soldiers of necessity, and upon their widows
and orphans and devastated lands and ruined
homes, seems just a trifie severe considering
that they individuals haven't IL single
word on earth 10 say about when the fight
ing shall begin or stop. and considering also
that not one in 10000 of them has the slight
est idea what they're all numbering each
other about
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-31
BrOtIlerly Love

Lave you yet caught the picture of Botha
i and De Wet, aligned in opposition in
South Africa-these heroes who stood
shoulder to shoulder in the Boer War for in
dependence? Here were couple of brothers
in grand, heroic, magnificent struggle.
From their point OF view, they were martyrs
to principle that underles all freedom and
self-respect They went together to death if
need be. to the risk o. worse than death be-
yond question; and they are fighting
each other with desperation that wipes out
all past friendships and makes them common
foes
Brotherly love is great institution. L,
endures for decade iI military politics, and
then one brother politely cuts the throat OF
the ether.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-31
SONGS AND SAWS
The Cause of II All.

SAYS George to Wllliam Uncle. dear.
Why must YOU be 50 cross
As into Europcs atmosphere
This gage OF war to toss?
You really should not so behave
And make our hides so hard to save"
Said William to his nephew: stop
Tho facts I'll quickly tell;
We had some culture In the shop
That we just lad to sell.
We could not use II up ourselves.
And II was spelling on the shelves
Said George to William: "Ah. indeed:
SO that is your position?
You feel that German cultures seed
Cannot attain fruition
Unless it's planted on some nation
That hates It's every application"
Said William 10 his nephew: Fine:
You have exactly understood.
We need the space where you recline-''
New beat IL, while your shoes are good"
But George refused To yield to age
And war news fills the whole front page
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-31
All snints. Day,


There comes o day at fall Of year
When folk think on their dead
out in the still and misty weather.
Each there in his own bed.
Tile lover thinks of her so fair.
OF her ana not another;
The widow, of her man oht there;
The son. of his old mother
And some To shop or market go
10 buy white rose and red,
Then take the way that well they know.
And lay them on the dead.
Bu; they who own n gar.cn-plot.
Some homely things to get,
Late phloX, or mint, or bergamot,
On sprg OF mignonettc.
Ont in the still and misty weather
The graves look worn and small:
The culorcd leaves stir IN the grass
Like music at the fall
Rose, phlox, and mignonette
They strew upon the ciod-
How soon Is DER life's little fret!
How safe to be with God.
Lisctte Woodwork Reese. in the Delineator.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-31
"rhe Policeman Was Reprimandedr

JUST what sort of conduct on the part Of a
j policeman is punishable offense, in tho
eyes of the Board of Police Commissioners, is
difficult to conceive, after its action in merely
reprimanding the member of the force who
struck witness in Police Court the other
day.
Sworn not only to observe the law, but
to conserve the peace, paid by the citizens TO
uphold the dignity OF the Commonwealth,
this policeman slapped the face of woman
in the very court to which he had hailed her.
II such practices are to be tolerated, or
courteously "reprinanded," what character
of discipline or respect for authority can the
board expect to preserve?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-31
SATURDAY. OCTOBER 81 1914

Greaser. Doubtless, it would be best for
Mexico all things considered. to let them all
get out and start "a new deal with some sort
of Il political kindergarten. at any rate, and
I'm any event people who have been suffering
surfeit of regular lighting news from
abroad are growing exceedingly weary of the
quarre!some pair OF unpleasant neighbors
who arc jawing over their back fence in the
opera-bouffe republic to the immediate south
OF the most enlightened nation on earth.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-31
Thank Sgiviny.

|ON the 18th day of November the people
~ OF these United States will unite in
Thanksgiving. They will thank the good
Lord for all blessings and comforts Of or
binary life, and for freedom from the cares
which beset other nations OF earth. They
will give thanks for peace that is with us,
and pray that it may continue; and they
will offer humble thanksgiving to the Giver
Of all good and perfect gifts for Il separation
from the rest of the world that gives us
elbow room for our protection.
They should give thanks, also, for charity
that forgivcs the transgressor upon universal
peace; for faith that believes all will be
right with the nations when the cloud has
passed; for clear national conscience and
for an understanding OF responsibility that
will, when the time comes, lead this nation
alright.
1t is good TO thank God now and then,
even when the skies are darkest and the out
look gloomy; for in Thanksgiving there is the
balm that comes with holy solitude, when the
communication of man is in the chamber OF
his soul, between himself and his Creator.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-31
\ C1eaIi-Out

IN the beginning certain Mexican folk didn't
i like Macmillan. and they murdered
him and his bride. History jump: into The
time OF Daz. who cXiled himself: then TO
Madero, the little dreamer who had To be
assassnatcd for the political glory OF the
Huertists, who in turn fed into retirement
before the united indignation OF Carranza.
Villa and certain Uncle Sam
SO far, so good. Now comes Villa dcclar-
ing that Carranza must get out. to which
after "A long squabbc Carranza agrees stpu-
lating that pro bono publico Mexico villa
and Iapata must necessarily get out "a, the
same time. All Of which leads most prob.
ably to resort 10 further arms and This
whirlng history covers no generations nor
epochs, hut the space OF time that could be
covered by the span of small boys tender
I. years.
Perhaps they are all right Possibly il is
true that from Macmillan TO C;rranZa and
Villa there hasn't been Mexican leader
worthy the confidence of the mos, lowIy
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-31
THE TIMES-nISPATCH and breakfast
arc served together with unfailirg rcEu-
larity In the Hest Homes of itichnond.
Is your morninS program completed
Richmond Calls to Richmond Men

d ICHMoND'S men of business and affairs
IN will discuss at the Chamber of Com
merce at noon to-day matters OF vital i'm
portance to the city's interests Problems of
credits in the cotton States, of the extension
of trading, of the revival OF business pros
perity, will be the meetings. themes. There
should be large attendance. and there is
every reason to believe there will be, but no
one should trust to the presence and counsel
OF his neighbor to excuse his own absence and
failure to participate.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-31
After Peace viii Comc-t,ic,ion.

w hlLB earnest men and Wv, women in this
tween the nations OF Europe will come
speedily to close, they do no, realize that
the fufllment OF their petitions will be ac-
companied by one dire consequence else,
realizing. they are brave enough 10 dare the
charge Of this modern Light Brigade.
Peace will come, herading new pros
perity. and. after a time. a broader democracy
and truer brotherhood, but what OF the
fiction that will overflow the land? Think
OF the ready workers OF the Indiana school
already waiting with hands poised over
,newly-ribboned typewritcrs: remember the
Us omen noveiists of the Pacific Stone even
now charging their memories with turgid
phrases with which to describe torrid loves
OF German rittmeisters and Belgian maidens
and consider the writer's OF The East who
see before them vast, untrodden fields in
which they may stage imaginary wars among
fantastic kingdoms.
Peace will come. but America must pre-
pare 10 suffer wars Hctioual aftermath
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cavalry. who seek close contact with the enemy.
The United States can profit at once from this
recent demonstration of the value of cavalry,
ana should dismiss all thoughts OF fewer cav
airy roEiments. and instead CONSIDER increase.
be returned. and tho tactics In action should
be so simple as TO adapt TO the Immediate stu
alton. The "arnc blanche" Is not obsolete, and
even the lance. has proved value--Eoston
Transcript.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-31
The Voice Of the People
A Word OF Appreciation.

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sr,-May I express through the columns o.:
your paper my sincere thanks to tho writer OF
the letter entitled THE Antisuifragist Speaks"
Her letter is not less forcefu because gently
and temperateiy expressed. and the truths II
contains TOO seldom brought att"n-
ton. y. V w
Richmond. October 90. 1914.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-31

Does the word its occur in the Bible" Is
it correctly spelled with the apostrophe. as
sometimes see II? MISS T. V S.
Once in the King James version. Leviticus.
NV s. The Douay version avoids the use
What YOU sometimes see is the contracted
form of SIT is"-'its.' The possessivc form of
.ir, docs not cmploy the apostrophc.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-31

The Norfolk Nirg Pilot summarizes:
Affairs in Mexico to be drifting into II
state OF confusion worse confonndcd, and there
appear lie grounds for apprehension of an
out break of active hostilities between the par
tisans of C:,rranZa and villa For the sake
Of brevity, why not put it: affairs in Mexico
seem lie drifting back to the normal"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-31
Chats With Virginia Editors

The dull season must be in earnest in
Iynchburg. The Socialist party has nom-
mated candidate to represent this district in
inc next Congress- the News gravely an
nounces; then takes the announcement ser-
ousiy enough to pursue it with ann edi tnrial
consuming quarter of column of pcrfcctly
good space. which might be profitably
devoted to Health Hints for the Feeble Minded
and Incurablc.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-31

Taking n Chance.
He-Will You marry me?
She-Not to save your life.
Hc-Good. You have saved
my life by refusing. Thomp-
son bet me Il hat you would
marry any man who asked
you, and | win, Ii you had
accepted would have lost
both WAYS
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-31
The Heroic Level

n BSBRNl- how the heroism of nations de-
~ sends to the heroism OF individuals,
and how combat becomes thuggery and
bruising without brains. Two of the big
guns i'll Europe's war are now called the Jack
Johnson and the Sam Langford. The best
that can be said OF either Johnson or Lang
ford is that they are couple of prize fighters.
Johnson is u disgrace to his brutal profess
sion, because he is a fugitive from justice
on charge that makes the mcanest of other
men feel ashamed And these two fellows
of the ring are to be immortalized by the
sort Of low-brow hero worship that connects
bruising with great achievement! Two of
the most deadly guns in war are christened
in their honor"
Why not call another of the guns a Lieut.
CERT, meaning woman killer; why not still
another Schmidt, again meaning woman
killer? Why not name all the guns after the
brites and degenerates of history, and 80
give war its proper placing by the chrsten-
ing OF its instruments? Thus war would
reach its heroic level. and perhaps in time
civilization would protest against this debase-
ment of nations.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-31
Limitation on Account

Would Il claim for services rendered two and
Il half years ago he barred in Nrginin by im-
tation? NJ L. :.
T. would not.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-31
Railroads
and steel
Dividend

-, United States Steel Corporation
anu steer from an actual rate of per cent
Dividend per cent Is in itself of
general concern. The sos, 600 900
% this stock represents no original investment
ALL and subsequent Investment save ut
the expense OF the public in excessive prices and
earnings. II was pure water and has been
rccog lied as great speculation highly exposed
10 tn" risks Of varying rates Of dividend and
thcir passing altogether. liu. in so far the
corporation's heavily reduced earnings reflect
u tie-up in railroad credit and enforced re:
duction Of railroad expenditures TO the impair
mcnt of their upkccp, the matter becomes OF
national concern. The country is not vitality
Interested in dividends watercd Steel stocks
II is, however, profoundly Interested that it's
railroads shall he Qlaintained ut ma Nimum OF
efficiency. The dawdlng course OF the
incrce commission in perpetuatins the unccr-
taintcs OF the railroads financial position is
approaching the dimensions OF national CA
lalnitN.--Ncw York World
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-31
Twice This Year.

Twice This Year.
Who's going to win next Tuesday?
The Democrats. you. say
Then Wedncsday'll be an early
But real, THANKSGIVING Day.
THE-TATTI.ER.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-31
Forest lseserve.

How u,ay sc, map showing the facts
about the Government Forest Reservation in
Arkansas? MRS. NJ. L. Me.
Write for it to the Department of Agricn-
turc. Division OF Forestry, Washington ID. G.
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nounces; then takes the announcements seri-
ously enough to pursue it with ann editorial
consuming quarter of column of perfectly
good space. which might he more prontablv
devoted to Health Hints for the Feeble Minded
and Incurablc.
The Bristol Herald Courier gives no heed TO
the fate Of the bad boys of scrptural note who
Knocked the prophet. This from the He
Polecat Arrives In City, says a headline
Sounds like one of South Carolina conten,-
poraries welcoming Governor Blease to town."
Only the heartless take advantage OF the help
, lessness OF q dumb animal
Times always good I'm good old Halifax"
Editor Cashinhank Lacy, OF the Gazette pro-
claims in characteristic buglc note half a
column long, concluding with this cadcnzn:
"Resldes. somebody once said of Halifax
Well never heard of anybody starving to
death there" Mayhap in Halifax, as else
where. dead men tell tales.
The editor OF the Clifton Forge Review is
in dire need of the services of professional
squidgc King Dodo, if memory serves us, en-
, ployed the first squdgc. The functions OF the
squidgc Involved his assuming all the worries
OF his monarch, thus sparing Dodo annoyanccs.
The review editor recites his new worry:
There is one curve that get onto
in Virginia baseball, and that is the election of
a man to the Office of president of the Virginia
League who does not reside in city belong
ing TO the circuit. Will the The Richmo nd
Times Dispatch says wrote the game OF base
ball explain this bit of mysteryc' Which puts
it up again to Arthur Taylor, OF the Danvlle
Register. He should worry!
In an impassioned appeal to the mothers OF
the Ninth District voters in the interest of
Democratic success, the Roanoke Times says
"lt Mr. Slemp and his party could have had
their way, your nice boy might be in Mexico
now. being shot ut by lot OF dirty and
civilized bushwhackers, ten thousand of whom
not worth tho life of good white
woman'S son. IL not your boy, certainly TWEEN
~ thirty hundred thousand Of the sons
Of other American women.' Recalling that
General Pancho Villa, although unable to read
is client of several American press clipping
bureaus and carries with his headquarters out
fit several lynN-cycd secretaries, the impression
comes to that the editor Of the Times has
forever disqualified himself for service
reporter in Mexico
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rhe.I,cssimrst snxs.

There ia excellent feature OF the plan for
redistrictinE the extended city---it does not
involve increasing the membership OF the city
Co:inc!l
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Queries and Answers
Population.

Population
What is the population of Rchmond with all
additions? y. L. c.
AS nearly estimated. $4,000