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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-16
War News Fifty Years Ago
From the Daily Dispatch. Oct. Is, 1855.

According to a report In tho New. York
Herald Of recent date. General Grant. after
sultation with Lincoln and other dignitarIes
Including Stanton. returned to army headquar-
Ma1or-Genora Doyle, OF Her Britannia Majesty
service. and Governor General OF Nova Scotia
Grant, and will probably spend severai Weea,
on the lines learning how the old thing works.
Picket firing and Just little skirmi shin Z
constituted the days doings in front of Peters
burg yesterday. There no shellink, and
the artillery men both sides had a day of
rcst
fectly reliable source that tho soldier vote in
Grants army the other day was ten to one IN
TO General Mcclellan against Lincoln as a
presidential candidate.
Captain NJ. A. Marcus, Company I, Fifteenth
Georgia Regiment. we'll known in Richmond
social circles, was killed in front of Petersburg
DAY before yesterday His body was brought to
this city and temporarily inferred In Uo,v
wood.
There was no special news yesterday from
sheridan In the Valley. However, every day
records some new DEVELOPMENT OF his Internal
actions In the matter OF tho destruction of
private property in the Valley.
The bridge across the Holston River a,
noiiicoher on tho East Tennessee and Virginia
itailroad, which was recently DESTROYED by A
raiding party of Yankees, has been rebuilt
ana, commencing men three days ago. the road was
arc loaded with supplies for the Confederate
armies. CO
AT last accounts there were no Federal troops
at any point fifteen miles east of Kno.viii.
, Tenn. our raiders and cavalrymen having driven
out all OF the scouters in that part OF Tennes-
see.
An arrangement has been made for the promnt
exchange OF prisoners in the Trans Mississippi
department, and this agreement Will make the
confederate force stronger than 1t has been for
several months. -
The cruel Smelling of Charleston continues
without abatement The Federals who arc
doing the Smelling from their gunboats are MOI,
only making war on the living. but also on the
dead within tho past three days numbers of
shells have fallen in the Trinity Methodist
Episcopal Church Cemetery. tearing up graves
and demoiishing tombstones and monuments
From New York paper 1t Is learned that
fion John NJ Mott, formerly Congressman from
new YORK, and we'll known in the South, died
at his home In Syracuse last week
80; some reason that is not explained thcre
"as been, big jump In gold In New York One
day last week II Jumped from 1873 to eos
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-16

ready still to overcome all dihicuitics
on Its way forward.
When the French army WAS In re-
treat, when the British divisions. hold
Ing back the offensive of the enemy,
were beating n i1troat In good order
and with extraordinary calinncss, i
always repeated 20 The pcssirnisis that
this retreat counted as q brilliant VIC
tory. and was right. WINS de-
lighted with the most wise plan OF,
General Joffrc, anil / was quite certain
that tho British public would soon I'M
derstand the true value Of this great
stratcgls. OF our time
Russian and French strategy in thi.
war are similar, and undoubtedly the
present operations were discussed and
mutually arranged by the general STATS
OF NIL the allies. And can say only
that the British nation in jntrustInc
Its ARMY to General Joffrc made no
mistake.
TIE Russian press, to my great satis-
faction. confirms this opinion. which I
nave often repeated in my articles.
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defler of wells, The border man knows him.
and loves him Just as much as cowboy
loves sheep herder whose flocks grub grass
to the roots and spoil cattle pasturage
Along tho border this Mexican is hated
thing. He is despised by the hardy man
hood on our side OF the line, and the man
who stands straight with clear eye doesn't
like continued insult from a thing dcspised
That's the way he feels about 1t.
But there is one thing certain-one fact
that sticks out, that looms like freighter in
fog. 1t is that If Arizona begins shooting
over the border in retaliation. just one Next
can scratched will be tho first step toward a
difference of opinion that will call out khaki
troops until our Southern line bristles with
them. And the next step will be something
like action, for the ignorance and bravado OF
certain Mexicans will dare to knock the chip
from Uncle SAINTS shoulder
That being the case, the Governor of
Arizona and all other border executives would
do we'll to keep calm. 1t wouldn't do to
plunge 10O.0o0,Ooo people into state of
war just because relatively few border men
feel in need of gun practice.
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Lifting tho Railroads, Burdens

T NDORSEME EMF by the American Bankers
Association, in convention here, of the
plea of the railroads for permission to in
crease their freight rates and so provide rev.
enues adequate to the discharge Of their obli-
cations and the profitable operation of their
business, reveals with the utmost distinctness
where the financial leaders of rIe- country
stand OH this question.
The resolution, introduced by Oliver J
Sands, OF Richmond, which the convention
passed yesterday, recites the obvious facts
that the railroads "lie at the basis of the en-
tire Industrial and financial fabric" and that
the rates charged for services have been de-
creasng, while wages, supplies and all other
operating expenses have increased constantly
in cost. 1t is asserted that many railroad
properties are facing bankruptcy on account
of these conditions.
A week ago The Times Dispatch discussed
cditorialy the resolution introduced in the
House of Representatives by Congressman
Lewis, of Maryland. calling on the Interstate
Commerce Commission to listen to the rail
roads appeal and to answer It. Mr. LOWS
Is what Is generally described as "a man of
the people" HeTepresents the coal and iron
miners of Western Maryland, and mnst rely
on their votes for. future political SUCCESSES
He is not representative Of capital in any
sense; and the author of the parcel post
law, he was responsible for putting good
deal of capital invested in express companies
out Of business He has felt, however, that
the situation in which the rail- found
themselves makes generous treatment from the
Interstate Commerce Commission an absolute
necessity.
Now the bankers get behind the same plea.
They are interested, primarily, perhaps, be-
cause the funds Of some Of their patrons are
invested in railroad securities, but they have
IL larger interest in their anxious determine
ton to lift from the shoulders of American
tYf,, dtryy md A ,nrtn, q
the European war has caused them to bear
They are convinced that before substantial
advance can be made the railroads must be
freed.
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SONGS AND SAWS
A Myhtery 1hst Ishchants.


IT Is deep, dark mystery. W
This problem of finance; p
The experts. though they can't agree, 4
Can solve 1t at glance
Each experts sure his way Is right.
And that the sothers wrong
And so they roy and Jaw ana f1ght
While each turns loose this song:
II can save tho nation: -
Tho other fellow can't;
II. HIS way spells tribulation,
His talk is merely rant.
am the modern Moses, .,
Just follow In my train,
My paths a path OF roses;
His ways road to PAIN.
Wherever politicians meet
This talk is all tho rage;
1t has all other topics beat;
1t even storms tho stage 49,
or course. the bankers have TO know
What 1t is all about,
Aud so up Mt the bankers show
You'll hcat each speaker Shout:
Il can save the nation:
The other fellow can't:
His way spells tribulation, -
His talk is merely rant.
I'm the real financial Moses.
Just follow In my train;
You will jewels wear and roses
Prosperity will reign"
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Wars Big Clinic

M EDICAI and surgical science is enjoy
lFl ing an unusual opportunity in the
great battlefield of Europe. incubation good
for three months immunity from cholera is
in process in the Austrian army. A German
surgeon has discovered a new way to ampu-
tate a leg with local anesthetic, A razor
edge saw has been invented that will clip
through shattered bone without hurting
any one but the victim. new tourniquet
has been found, which can be self-applicd
with either hand or with the teeth, IL neither
hand is available. The value OF mud a
wound dressing in emergency has been DEM
onstrated. A fibrous underground, found in
large quantities, has proven as useful as alb
sorbent cotton, and will be marketed after
the war.
These are a few of the things that filter
through censorship, to indicate, that science
is getting something valuable out OF human
suffering over there. Now if the peace doc
tors can get half much, and from this
struggle find some antidote for angry passion
and unthinking zeal for blood, the war will
really have been worth something TO the
cause of humanity
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~ am n Man of Peace."

ZONES the Kaiser II am man of peace!''
~ Come the rulers of the other nations,
who also are men Of peace. And now comes
the Governor of Arizona: II am a ran OF
peace, but"
These men of peace cause a lot of trouble
when they get mad. The Governor of Ar-
iona is man Of peace; so was the Governor
of Texas. TO prove ii, the Governor Of Texas
wanted to send the Rangers in to wipe up the
beIligerent Mexicans on the border Now the
Governor of Arizona. for the sake of peace
wants 10 go to the border with the State
militia, in face of urgent appeals of the War
and state Departments 20 avoid q precipitfte
movement toward actual war.
Somewhere in holy writ there is an injunc-
ton. If man smite thee one cheek, to turn
the other and let him smitc that one also
Down III Texas and Arizona the meek-minded
5cattlemen and rangers and folk who live
in the open; with not much defense but their
own stalwart manhood. feel that they have
been long enough turning the other cheek.
and, like the Quaker, Have just about con
Guided tbat the other fellow should be meek
enough to permit similar familiarity, by
way of courtesy.
There is something to he said for the bor-
S5der man. He knows the aggrayating Next
can who shoots across the border and snakes
%cattte out under cover of darkness and he
knows that the average Mexican OH the war
path is nothing more dignfed than chicken
thief. He is a coyote--a dog poisoner--a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-16
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1e. 1914.
THE TIMEs-DIspATCH and Breakfast
arc served together with unfallinE regu-
Iarity in the Hest Homes OF Richmond.
Ia your morning program completcP
Gentlemen, Shake Hands!

CONNIE MACK and George T. Stallings
- commenting on the result, INDUCED In
the usual and wound up with the unusual
To quote
Mack: but Stailings has too much
of the Jack johnson about him for mo
to include the Boston manager in my
tl felicitations.''
ISL. stallings: 'Of all the poor sports In
tho world. Connie Mack Is the worst.
Well WE'LL we'll! Can 1t be true? If So
why spoil the party? Nobody cares snap
whether Stallings likes Mack or Mack likes
Stallings. When Stallings threatened to
punch Mack's face" the average fan said:
Dew tell! Wonder who'll win the series?'
Stallings and Mack take seats away back of
their men, for 1t took nine men on each side
to play the games.
Now why not shake hands and make up,
since it all doesn't make particle Of differ
ence in the result? OF course, II they won't
shake hands, and if they won't make UP, very
we'll. Nobody cares much whether they do
or not. It's just suggestion.
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Sl,incazel

THANK Heaven, it's Shimeazel! Get it,
L you folk who read war news S-h-i,
shy, m-e-a, me, Eel, eel, Shimeazel!
Think of shy-shy as gazelle, under
stand? Shy, not bold--modest unassuming /;
not brash and braggsh Very we'll, then {;
take the next section, and remember the
time when you were pimped up and itched
like thunder which will remind you of
measles, and you have it.
Shi-Neazc! Magic word to read out loud
Z to the. people where you board, like Machee-
chez, and so forth You spell it Przemysl,
but you don't pronounce it that way at all.
Not by any means. You never pronounce a
Russian word the way 1t looks. If you do,
you're talking in strange tongue, and the
conductor will take you past your station.
In the second paragraph we misinterpreted
the first syllable. 1t isn't SHY, but has
rather the soft short sound, but what boots
it? Lots of people say Shy-cago and manage
to get TO Illinois, and no end of cultured folk
say Eye-taian, and would frown on Dago.
So let it so at that--S-h--m-e-a eel
Thank Heaven, we don't have to pronounce
it Przemysl!
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The Voice of the People



TO the Editor OF The Times Dispatch
Sir,-Ihe proposition under the above titlc
having been suggested as & means OF afrordinr
apple growers who desire to realize ready monev
OH tneir crop an opportunity OF doing so !
nave oeen asked to suggest plan under which
inns could be carried into practical effect and
therefore offer the following suggestions:
AS. Tor obvious reasons. there can be mn
o. lie once In the state for receiving and Milling
0. orders, each local shipping point or countx
should. without delay call meeting OF regional
growers thcn draw up notice for insertion
in their local newspaper containing ust or
me dinerent varieties of apples they have to
oner and the price at which they bind them
selves to I'LL orders for each variety. free on
BOARD cars at shipping point. A local secretary
snouid ne selected TO list names OF growers
wishing TO join this movement with the number
OF barrels OF each variety each man can SUNNY
cash 10 accompany the order, and n guarantee
must be given that all apples will be properly
S9 ana graded under the provisions of the
suizer law for the highest grade and size for
eaGh variety as provided by that law
Ihis suggestion is made with the annroyo,
OF the executive of the virginia State Hort,cnI
tural Society. WALTER wHAruT " 'oui-
Crozet. Va, October IA, 1914.
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Queries and Answers
Grape Juice,

Grape Juice.
Please tell me how to make era ne inica a. -.
oe ~. possioie way. VIM. NJ PEYTON
The Department OF Agriculture wasbnrtnn
-. g, publishes formula, sent for the ASKING
by the following OF which you should be able to
make crane juice of the best possible ouaIitv
Mechano-Thernpists.
VIII you print the address and names OF tba
four practicing mechano -th erapists In Richmond
OF course not. 1t must have been statsd sftv
timen/ that the Query Column would not print
such addresses. If you will send stamped and
addressed envelope, the addresses will be OBJ
tanned, IL possible, and sent you.
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.. Unless the military authorities
Horses OF the United States do some
for Armies thne about It, they will find the
f.ra,, Mood domestic supply OF horses suit
able for army remounts speedily
exhausted by the raids" being
made upon 1t by the fighting governments OF
Europe Dispatches appearing report that Brit
sh agents have placed orders for 10000 head In
Illinois, and in that State alone the French arc
buying $50 horses day. The peace equlpme nj
of the United States army is 10000 horses "a
war footing would require $4,000 at once, fol-
lowed by complete supply every six
months, or from 100000 to 10000 year. Dur
ing tho Boer War Eng land practically stripped
the United States of cavalry horses, aisl since
then the development of the automobile, has
largely prevented the breeding OF the saddle
type of horses. AS American army horses arc
bought In the open market. there being no gov
crnIncnt breeding farms, like those in Prussia
and other European countries, there will soon
inevitably be a'dearthzof rcmounts.
Tho waste OF horses for cavalry ana ar,iIlerv
In war exceeds SO per cent; in the -Crimean war
II rose to SO per cent, while In the Boer war tho
percentage was almost as heavy. In tho Spur
az october tho number OF horses available in
Germany is placed at 100000, as, against a
mobilization that calls for, $4,000. France is
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Urges More Lights on Bridge.

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch
Sir,-The several hold-ups reported to the
police as having taken place on the MarshsIl
prominently to the attention OF the general
public nt! the thoroughly inefficient system used
TOT Tor n ,s the bridge There are about a
t squares long: In great many places
the bridge Is as darkyas country road and ar
times just rs lonely, Offering most fauns
able opportunity for hishwaymen and other
IL appears to me that either the city or the
owners of the bridge should MATE ip,nro,n
ments along this line, and ] am sure that anv
assistance you might be able to render through,
your paper would be appreciated by the lar
viaduct NJ r, nc
Richmond, October IA, 1914. w. =
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It. RS Iptrenchmen,s

|
| XVJ1DESPREAD is the grief over the
| wv changed tactics which now character
lie the operations of the most dashing and
military politician Of our time. When that
doughty warrior said that Republican Barnes
was several sorts of Republican, and most
nefarious boss Herewith, the American peo-
pie felt that that had the old touch. and
promptly forgot all about it, until Mr.. Barnes
started suit for libel. Public interest
| quickened for this, said the people, will bring
out T. r.. lighting Qualties--Bad Bill Barnes
had better look to himself frontal attack
by Il. R.--Horse, foot, guns and words
that was what the excited populace expected
| They did not get it. Instead; their amazed
eyes were called upon to witness the unheard-
OF spectacle of the Colonel attempting weak
! Hank attack! He implored the court to grant
him change of venue; he was not feeling
very we'll, and the atmosphere OF trial in
Albany could not possibly be fair to him. A
saddened public said little and thought
great deal about the Highland the fght-of
! other days
But in response to the Coloners plea the
! court unfeelingly remarked that the atmos-
phere In Albany was highly salubrious for
libel trials, and that no change of venture
would be granted--in short the learned
judge emitted the judicial equivalent for
Play ball and quit your kiddin'."
What was the answer made by the wearer
l
SO sadly dimmed? Did he clap his hands on
his megaphone and make the well-known
welkin ring; did he desist from his mild flank
ing march and give the sardonic Barnes
swift run to the shed? He did not Quite
the contrary. He halted in his thanking
tracks and dug himself into the deep intrench-
ment of ain appeal against the denial of a
! change of venue!
Considering what the German siege ar,il-
lery has accomplished at Liege Namur and
Antwerp, the allies bitterness against Herr
krupp and his successors is not difficult to
understand.
AS the New York courts have held that
two crosses against n candidates name are
valid, some paragrapher Is sure to chirp that
in politics it is legal to double cross
Judging by the noise 1t is making, you'd
think that New York was going to elect n few
Emperors instead of merely one common or
garden variety of Governor
In addition to posing for the movie
camera, the United States Senate has a num-
Der OF other important matters in it's care
Movement is afoot to get government nom
sions for American refugees who suffered
lacerated feelings trying to get home
Now that those German books have been
translated, suppose we call it 1.-The Expected
War or THE Phiosophic War"
With the Germans in Antwerp. Holland
has some reason to wonder which will be the
next small nation to get in Dutch
Belgian art treasures have been taken to
Berlin for safe Keeping" That is why Wall
Street takes your money
.
Villa says that Carranza did not keen the
agreement. We'll. what's scrap OF paper
between Mexicans?
The Colonel has added "The Same Old Bill"
Sulzer to the Ananias Club Next!
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reported TO be 10000 short OF her fuii compile.
nient OF remonnts. and the fact that most nations
Keep only two-thirds OF tile number OF horses
necessary I'm proportion to the number OF men
enrolled suffices TO show that tho rush already
begun to set horses I'm the United States will
soon become a serious matter.
fhe United States army IL now equipped with
horses. q large proportion Of which mot
OF good types-not strong enough through the
shoulders to carry Weight nor wiry. enough
for cavalry, while the artillery lacks the
blocky' type that ID, specially needed. Has not
the time como for Congress to authorize the
establishment OF government breeding farm?-
New York Times.
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The rest cure used to be Tho
Finds Work specific for nervous troubles, but
Better now 1t Is work, rather than rest,
Than Rest. rher. :. ,,ors WASH n rest tS
in work. The old adaRe applies-
the devil nnds work for idle hands to do. but
tho difference Is that his kind OF work takes
the form OF worry and trouble. OF course n
muscle or nerve may BIO 10 FAR sonc that 1t
cannot engage In work That Is calamity.
indeed. but as long they can work. they
should keep at it, not perhaps in violent way.
but with, exercise enough to keep the blood
going and the spirit anlsht. Now work has
a meaning that differs from exercise or
play. Work has object besides health. It
has reward. 1t has a money value that 1t
strives for. It's the visible token that n per-
son Is worth something, and tho consciousness
of this is worth great deal. 1t inyigorates
a. person; tones him UP, and thatAis the cure for
nervous trouble There Is great desire these
days to, keep some dear one from work; or, In
other words. saving steps for him or her. This
is not a Kindness, unless the work Is drudgery
or taxes onc's strength. But IL 1t Is mild. quiet
work 1t is far more beneficial than mere rest,
which is the equivalent OF lazlness--Ohio State
Journal
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The PcssImist says,

Perhaps tho Democrats OF the country vii
have sense enough to indorse President Wilson
and the record OF the present Congress, but
nobody has much faith In the intelligence OF
the Democracy. Its usual rule whom it car
find no one else to fight is to fight itself.
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Too Many.
Little drops of water.
Failing everywhere;
Oh that other cities
Would take what we could spare!
THE TATTLER.
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Ambiguous.
Hc-Did you expect me TO call this evening
She-Wcll, you see I'm here.
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Ii WAS Not Her Son.
Madam" said Mr.. Subbubs, Indignantly. &c
the lady next door, some young runian has
thrown bali through my library window. and
want to know IL 1T was your son."
Were you inside the room?" asked tho lad.
next door.
II was"
And were you struck by the baliT
IT not"
Then 1t was not thrown by my son. He car
throw as straight any lad In Lonelyville
and he couldn't have missed you IL he had
tried
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AS the New York courts have held that
two crosses against n candidates name are
valid, some Photographer is sure to chirp that
in politics it is legal to double cross.
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Considering what the German siege artil-
lery has accomplished at Liege Namur and
Antwerp, the allies bitterness against Herr
krupp and his successors is not difficult tc
understand.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-16

Judging by the noise 1t is making. you'd
think that New York was going to elect n few
Emperors instead of merely one common or
garden variety of Governor.
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With the Germans in Antwerp Holland
has some reason to wonder which will be the
next small nation to get in Dutch.