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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-12
The 7 rey o. Hearts
Romantic Tale by Louis Joseph Vance
Joseph Vance
Copyright. ~. by Louis Joseph vane.

heavily. eyes ahame In face that had
assumed a waeen pallor.
what is 1t YOU want OF NOR she
asked in a harsh and vibrant voice
III" clawlikc hand made a gestur Il
that embraced tho four walls OF theI
room.
Bring Alan Law TO me Dead o1
alive bring him 10 mo Bat alive. id
you can compass IT. ] Wish 10 see h!mI
dic. Then ], too. may dic content"
Tho hand o: hot- bloodcd youth stole
forth and Sraspcd the icy hand Cd
dcath-i life.
II VIII bring him" judith swore-|
dead OF alive. you shall have h,mI
here"
But young Mr.. Law was sole agent
OF MS own cvau!shmcnt. just IS he va 81
nobody.s fool, least OF all his own TheI
reason Tor his l!fe in exile MAS WE'LL
known 20 him. II largely a matter oil
Indifference since all MIS- trieadshipsI
had taken roo: in English sou. TheI
message OF the rose. we'll nc under-I
stood perfectly. but the hidden meant
Ing 81 thc trey OF hearts pcrplcaedI
him With such d!strust that beforeI
leaving London. he dispatched a code|
cablcgram to D!gby. his CONFIDENTIAL
agent In New York. Traaslated-andI
without the special address for the rel
ply--thc message ran as follows:
What do you know about tho trcyI
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job or Nocntionn

'HE Federal Bureau of Educa ton has made
a tolerahly striking indictment OF our
pubic school system. Analysing the ca reers
OF New York youths graduated from the COM
mon schools OF that city It finds that most
az them drift from job 10 job and that their
remuneration never is assured or steady or
on an ascending scale.
The whole idea hack OF the report. OF
course, is to encourage vocational training.
As the writer's of the rcpor, say few BOYS. or
young men, are able 10 distinguish between
a vocation or job" 1t is. with great
many of them, simply case of meal
ticket"
Vocational educa tion is sound in princinle
az wei! as in practice, if the practice is not
carried TO visionary extreme. The great
obstacle al present Is that we have as We,
arrived al no exact manner OF determining a
boys possibilities in the early part of his life.
He must feel his way in the dark, until mis-
bent Is uncovered. and even then. often as
not. the bent is proven 20 be simply a ca Sc
Of impulse or immature faddism
Admittedly cur present system OF educa-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-12
VirGinia's Workers

d EPORTS just released by the Department
IN OF Commerce OF the Bureau of the Cen
sus offer further proof of Vrgnia's steady
growth away from its antebellum status as
land of elegant and inelegant leisure, COM
pared with the Northern and Western States
According TO these reports, those CLASH
fed as "ganful workers" constituted, In 1910.
3S.6 per cent Of the total population of the
State. against 35.7 per cent in 1900. while
51.S per cent Of the population ten years OF
age and over gainfully occupied, as
against 4S.5 similarly classified in 1900.
From agents to walters, on the classified
list of occupations the number of men and
boys engaged I'm gainful occupations was
626,S6S: and from boarding-house keepers to
trained nurses, on the gentler list, the men,
bers Of the deadlier sex numbered 16S, 700.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-12
State Board of EQUALIZATION

DERSONS prominent In the fight in favor
of Statewide prohibition arc claiming
that Southwest Virginia will give a tremend-
Gus majority against local option Promi-
nent prohibition speakers are claiming that
the Ninth District alone will give from 49,
600 to 10000 majority against local option.
The people of Southwest Virginia have
long been the benefcaries of our system of
local self-government, and it would indeed
be strange If they would now force the State
of Virginia to abandon this principle
They should bear In mind that the prin-
ciple of local self-government is applica BILE
equally as we'll to the matter of assessments
matter OF dealing with liquor; that the peo-
pie or the eastern part of Virginia have for
many years thought that there should he a
State Board OF Equalization, the evidence
being strong that the real estate in South
west Virginia was not bearing its share OF
the tax burdens Of the State. This board
would have been created years ago, but for
the fact that the people of the eastern part
or the State believed that the principle of
local self-goyernment would appear to be
violated by the creation of such a board
IL the people of Southwest Virginia should
now force Virginia to depart from this prin-
clple or local self-government there would
appear to be little doubt but that in order
to make the heavy burden of taxation bear
equally on all of the property. the people
would create State Board of EQUALIZATION
and no one doubts that call upon the peo-
pie OF Southwest Virginia by such board
would be followed by most interesting de-
velopments in the tax situation in Virginia
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every secret police in Europe But
they dared not come home. At length
! realized could win only by playing
a waiting game needed three things:
more money; to bring Alan Law back
TO America, and one agent | could
trust. one incorruptible agent.
ceased to prosecute mother and son,
hl!cd them into a sense OF false sccur
it% and by careful speculnt!ons re-
paired nay fortunes. In Rose 1 had the
lure 10 draw the boy back TO Amer
iea; In you. the one person j could
trust.
7 sent Rose aboard under an as
sumed surname and arranged that she
should meet Law. They fcl! in love
NJ sight. Then | wrote informing her
under seal of strictest secrecy that the
man she had chosen was the son Of
him who had murdered all OF me. but
my brain. II fell out as | foresaw: she
broke off with Law without telling him
the truth. You can imagine the scene
of passionate rcnunciationsna namelcss
barrier between them-pledges OF I'M
dying cons;ancy-the arrangement Of
n secret code whereby. when She need
cd him. she would send him a single
rose--the birth of great romance"
The old man laughed sardonicalH
Wei. there is the history Now
tho rose has heen sent. Law is already
homcward bound. my agents are
watching his every step. The rest is
in Your hands"
The siri bent forward, breathing
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OF hearts? Answer immediately"
The answer forestalled his arrival
in Liverpool.
"Trines death sign for your father
For Gods sake, look TO yourself and
keep away from America.
But Alan had more than once visited
America incoCnito and unknown to-
Seneca Urine; and had every confidence
in his ability successfully TO repeat the
adventure--via a secret route OF his
own selection
Eight days out OF London, second !
class passenger newly landed from one
OF the c. J.. steamships, he walked the
streets OF Quebec-and dropped out OF
sight between dark and dawn. to turn
up presenting in the distant Canadian
hamlet of Bale ST. Paul. apparently a
very tenderfootcd American woods
traveller chaperoned by n taciturn In
dian guide whom Alan had picked up
heaven knows where.
Crossing the st. Lawrence by night
the two struck off quietly into the
hinterland OF the Notre Dame range,
followed the Riviere Ouelle to its head
waters, and then crossed the Maine
border.
On the second noon thereafter. trail
worn and weary, as lean as their de-
pleted packs. the two paused on a ridge !
pole OF the wilderness up back Of tina
Allaeash country, and made their mid !
day meal In silence which, IL nor
NAL In the Indian. was one OF deem
mtsSivings on Alan's part.
CONTINUED Tomorrow
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One Problem Settled

IN the heels of the seeming failure of the
~ peace conference between representa-
ttves of Provisional President Carbajal. OF
Mexico. and Constitutionalist Chief Carranza,
comes the announcement that these two lead
ers of Mexico have reached an "a greement for
the peaceful occupation OF the capital by the
Constitutionaliss.
This was expected by all not slaves of the
habit Of pessimism. The differences be-
tween the two were so small. and both were
so anxious to provide for suspension OF hos
tilities and reimbursement, that 1t seemed very
unlikely that negotiations to that end should
fail
The larger problem still remains. Villa is
still TO be reckoned with. and with President
Wilson resting under the shadow of family
bereavement and cngrossed in European af-
fairs, the work Will prove most difficult
However. the good OF Mexico and the best in
teTests of General Villa himself require recon
Citation between the two rebels, now Federal
leaders. and little of the splendid diplomacy
already exhibited by the administration at
Washington should be sufficient to solve the
problem and prevent another Mexican revo-
luton. Within few short hours of the
TING when the outlook was blackcst one Of
Tie darkest clouds has rolled away It needs
no optimist TO hope that the skies will soon
re clear
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The Trend Is Against Germany

wv HILE all prophecies as to the outcome of
necessarily based upon guesswork. enough is
positively known to prove that Germany has
been unfortunate. to the mildest term,
since the outbreak of hostilites. Italy dealt
the Kaiser severe, If not Gripping, blow
In reducing the triple alliance to Hohenzol-
lern-Hapsburg combination, which necessar-
lily earns the fear Of democratic countries
that have no belief in the utility of dynastc
wars. This was check of high Importance
and could only have been Offset had German
diplomacy been able to keep England neutral
but, although Germany appears to have gone
to far lengths to obtain this weakening in
the triple entente, it's efforts have met with
utter failure. England is raising the biggest
army In Its history, and has reduced the Ger
man navy to relative impotence.
On top OF these two maj or defeats comes
the amazing check administered to German
Blood and Iron" by the va lorous Bclgians
inoffensive neutrals supposed to be protecte ed
by the most sacred assurances from all the
European powers that its territory would be
held inyiolable. The Belgians have smashed
the legend of German invincibiity, which has
been current since 1870.
1t Is true that the fighting on Belgian soil
may be negligible from the restricted view
point of military tactics, but it is surely
equally true that Germany longer pos
sesses the tremendously valuable atmosphere
OF the always victorious fighter. Its much
dreaded military efficiency has not lived up
to the advertisements. at least not while the
overture being played
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mand controlling right where war 10 con-
cerned Our relation to is far moro init
have made implements to destroy one another.
We have made the men--in all ages havo
produced tho primal munition OF war There
has been no battlefield. however covered with
slain. which has not cost the women OF tho
race more In physical anguish to supply than
1t has cost tho men who lie thorc We pay tho
hrst cost In human life. In supplying men for
tho carnage of battlefield women have gono
not only through u more acute anguish ana
WEAKNESS in tho long months OF bearing and
In the final agony OF childbirth than has been
experienced by the mon who cover IL but In tho
.ong months or rearing that follow the women
or the race through long, patiently en-
dured strain which knapsacked soldier on
his longest march has ever more than cqualed:
WHILE eHen In the matter of death. in all civilized
societies. the probability that the average woman
Will die In childbirth is immeasurably greater
dio In battle
Think. then, what 1t means I, tho women OF
the race when the press DISPATCHES state that
twenty or more thousand men have been prema-
turely slain field Of battle. If the state
Is to survive and numbers are to be maintained
there is thrown upon woman as woman n war
tax. compared with which all that the male ex-
pends In military preparations is comparatively
light.
On that day when the woman takes her place
beside the man In the governance and arrange
mcnt Of external affairs OF her race Will also he
that day that heralds the death war as n
means of arranging human differences. And
maternity necessarily goes In the human
ture a deeper moral insight. lofticr type of
social instinct than that which accompanies the
paternal: nor will IL be because womans
cowardice or incapacity. but II will be because
on this one point, and this point almost
alone the knowledge OF woman. simply as NO
man, is superior TO that of She knows the
history of human flesh; sho knows It's cost he
does not.
Thinking. progressive women. who form
Ing the vanguard Of better civilization. are
being asked what about war--if they will take
part In 1t? and they are answering thusw.se.
1t is especially in the domain of war that We
the bearers Of mems bodies. who supply It's
valuable muniton. who not amid the clamor
and arocr OF battle. but sngly and alone face
death thaI the battlefield have its food. a food
more precioes to us than hearts blood IL
is We. especially. who In the domain OF war
have our word to say, a word no man car say
Tor us 1t is there We will labor till III the
course OF generations war will have been cxtln-
guished by us PROGRESSIVE
Richmond, August 10
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Keep In touch with home news during
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The Mob

az OU-Mob-are the most contemplate
thing under the sun. When you walk
the street-God goes in. You are the
thing that pelts the weak; kicks women;
bowls down free speech. IL you're
not meanness, there's such thing If
you're not cowardice. there is no cowardice."
AS matter Of fact, the foregoing is a
speech by one of the characters in THE Mob"
a play by John Galsworthy, an Englishman.
1t might have been spoken. however. by John
Galsworthy. or any other Englishman. to the
mob that stoned the German embassy In Lon
don the other day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-12
Opening Up a New Territory

TT is no get-rich-quick scheme-this project
ed railway from Richmond 70 the Kappa
hammock River-but investment in the
future Of Virginia. Ambassador Willard and
his associates In the promotion and financing
of the railway knew that returns would be
long In coming even in amount sufficient to
pay actual expenses of operation, but they
felt confident In the ultimate growth and
progress of that rich section Of the State
through which its lines of survey ran and
they believed that Richmond should assist In
its advancement. in order that it might profit
by its prosperity.
Having inaugurated passenger service over
that leg OF Its course which reaches to the
Pamunkey River the new railway company
needs only patronage and practical apprecia-
ton to extend its lines to Urbanna. when the
fertile lands OF the Rappahannock Valley will
IND market for their products in Richmond
instead of In Baltimore. Heretofore the
steamboats, that ply between Baltimore and
Fredericksburg have drained that valley of
It's farm products and Richmond has been
known TO It's agriculturists chiefly MS the CAPT
tai of the State.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-12
WAYSIDE CHATS WITH
OLD VIRGINIA EDITORS

Tho wheat crop and tho crop SO
enormous that 1t has become serious matter
as to what to do with It." tho Newport News
Times Herald relates. and adds We
whelmed with plenty" The market reports
show -four rising without tho assistance Of
yeast. which indicates that opinion obtains
I'm some quarters that the first thing to do with
It Is mark up the prices And. mayhap little
later the plenty In Newport News Will not
be overwhelming.
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THE BRIGHT SIDE
Repeating History.

or course. AT such time as this 1t is simply
impossible TO refrain from quoting from the
ancient poem:
An Austrian army. awfully arrayed
Boldly by battery besiegcd Belgrade
Those who look for Russia to butt in will also
not refrain from quoting tho two succeeding
lines:
Cossacks commanding. cannonadinG come
Dealing destruction, devastation. doom
Kansas City Times
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-12

CONGRESSES attack on the postal civil ser
wee Will doubtless be defeated with heavy
loss. even If il TANKS the Senate and reaches
the White House
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-12

Although they pretend to scorn homes,
lfdoe, the European monarchs willing
enough TO he butchers on a large scale
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-12
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
Virginia's Population.
tor of The Tfmes-DISnat,h

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-Wil thank you very much to furnish me
statistics as 10 tho population Of Virginia and
North Carolina. shown by the last census
J. p. WHITE.
Sumter S. c.. August 3.
According TO the census Of 1910 the figures
are follows:
Nirginia-;otal. 2.o61 .el2 urban. 1852; rural
l,aSa.oS3; males. l.oS5.34S; females, loo6.26i
North Caroliia-total. 2,206.2s1: urban SIS
l,io7,Sll
virginia ranks twentieth in population OF the
states, and North Carolina sixteenth.
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CircumstnntinI EyIdenc.

Counsei-How do you know this night letter
was forged by man and written bv Tho
woman whose name is signed to it?
Expert-It contains just forty-eight words
and woman would have used two more Ia ,at
her moneys worth.-Atlanta Journal
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-12

Not to be outdone in the prosneri,y move
ment, the apple crop announces the largest
since 1896. Now wait till you hear from
the American Hen.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-12

II is moved that the simpiified spelling
be applied 10 the seat of war.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-12

Mexico Is still In tho ring" is reminde
given by tho Newport News Daily Press Thu
bull ring, of course.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-12

T. X is finding that the New York Repub.
licans have memory
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Appreciated.

The Lady-You cannot cheat me- nv man
maven ridden In cabs for twenty-five years for
nothing.
The Cabby-Haven't you mum: Well yon,ve
done your best--Cplft Magazine
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-12

The Bristol Herald Courier expresses the senti-
ments OF all OF us when II says that the press
Of Virginia lanents the death OF Mr.. Findly
Harris, OF Abingdon" He we'll known to
the editors of Virginia former owner of
the Abingdon Eirginan. which has recently
been revived.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-12

The Northern Neck News regrets that Mr.
Bryan has announced himself for equal suffrage
So do all opponents OF votes for women.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-12

BY ARRANGEMENT with tn. Universal F!l'n
Aa2u. "a, cemnany !, Is .noss!6o 70
Dispatch ana also to SEQ Il In pictures At
iAe superior Theatre synopsis az priced
ing chapter: Alan Law, a wealthy yoGuE
Il freshly 9luckcd rose at his side J, -
"A token .! love agreed upon by MIN ana
tn" girl re loves, and ne regards i, a.
summons 70 America Later. nc Is com
rl"tslE iu%sf!tcd when he Nrds In an caVc.-
"pe addressed "a him and othcrwls. empty.
. iret Of hearts Meanwhile. IN New YORK.
seneca zinc. cripple. explains 10 his
Rose. whom Law loves. that hc hates Law
oer aASc o; injuries that Laws father had
done him.
CHAPTER IY.-VENGEANCE
Urine smiled = 6ruel smile. u had
made his life reign Of terror. Ever
50 often I would send Law. one Is ~
or anothcr--m, seriously always--a
Trey % Hearts, II was my death
for him: az you know. our name. Urine
signifies a group 81 three. And every
tinc he received trey OF hearts
within twcnty- four hours an attempt
of some sort would tie made upon his
life The strain broke down his
nerve.
Then | tu:ncd my attention 10 the
son, but the distance was too great,
the difficulties insupcrablc. Tho Law
millions Knocked all my efforts, their
alliance wiki the Rothschilds placed
mother and son under the protection Of
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-12

The Norfolk Virgin.an-P!lot seems rather
skeptical of the eagerness of Lieutenant Porte
to make that airshp flight of his haste 10
engage in the less hazardous game OF
Lieutenant Porte" It says. has sailed for
England to join the colors but II is be
observed that he wasn't in such big hurry
to make the trip by airship.''
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The tag, Made In Germany is likely
to be conspicuous for some time TO come say.
the Norfolk Ledger Dispatch. 1t is entirely too
conspicuous just now.
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The Chase City Progress gives some good
advice regarding tho best means of increasing
the Importance of Chase city as tobacco
market 1t also points out advantages offered
by tho town, remarking truthfully that i'm
proved road conditions in Chase City's
favor" Improved road conditions in any
towns favor. and in any county's favor. not
only rs a tobacco, but as produce. market.
In fact. It would be extremely difficult to find
any line of cndcavor not benefited by good
roads.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-12

Salesman think you viii find this cookbook
very suggestive.
Bride Observation-Disclosures Tiger
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Editor Copeland In the Newport News Times
Herald remarks:
The Mexicans will now have an opnortpnitv
TO settle their own affairs without outside mud
ding" Many other bright minds however, have
long held the fixed impression that IL is internal
nud6linE that prevents the Mexicans from set
Ting their own affairs.
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Reading the war news probably inspired this
eXhortaton from Editor Showalter. of the
stanton Daily News:
Fellows, we've got a city that's worth boost
ing, and then some. So let's fall In and fill IN
the ranks and never lay down the arms OF our
enthusiasm or sheath the sword OF our booster
spirit until stanton has grown until Lynch
burg, Danvillc and Newport News begin to look
To their laurels."
To Lynchburg. Danville and Newport News:
Forewarned is forearmed.
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