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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-19
waking Up to the Dust Nuisance

| wv IIATEVER has been it's inspration--and
w The Times Dispatch would like to feel
lit is entitled to some of the credit-it is
gratifying to observe the recrudescence of Of
fetal interest in the condition of Richmond s
streets. The important thing is, of course,
that something be done to better situation
that had become nearly intolerable, and it
makes small differences what influences con-
tribute to bring this about.
The Administrative Board has directed
reorganization OF the street cleaning forces
which obviously will be economical Of time
and promises good results. The Police De-
partment is to enforce the ordinance forbid
ding the throwing OF waste paper and other
litter OH public thoroughfares.
All this is we'll, but it would he n mistake
TO believe that It is enough Richmond is
one of the few cities in the country where the
streets are sprinkled practically not at all.
The flushing of streets from the fire hydrants.
almost universal elsewhere, here is UNI
known or neglected art. or modern street
cleaning equipment there is sad deficiency.
The dust and dirt With which our atmosphere
is surcharged are an abomination in the
eyes, we'll the noses and lungs. OF vsi-
tor and citizen alike.
These conditions are not to be viewed with
complacent Indifference patient resigna
ton. Fortunately, the air just now is re-
dolcnt. along with the dust. of healthy
public sentiment against their continuance
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Helm for Pine Camp

a PPROVAL by the Council Committee on
"A Finance of emergency appropriations
totalling s4,7S0 for the relief Of Pine Camp
and its operation under present auspices for
the remainder of the citys fiscal year, repre-
SCENTS all that the committee properly could
have been expected to do at this time. 1t
will be taken, however, as an augury of the
city's purpose in due season to take over
the camp and make its control and direction
an integral and important part of the Health
Departments duties.
Members of the Finance Committee deserve
the community's thanks for the promptness
with which they have recognized and re-
sponded to the public demand, but what they
have DONE however valuable and necessary,
is only start toward the attainment Of the
larger ideal to which Richmond looks in hope
and confidence. Adequate provision by the
municipality for the combating Of the tuber-
culosis scourge Is an exgent need, and in any
comprehensive plan Of this character Pine
Camp similar institution plays an essen
tial part.
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THE TIMEs-DEsPATCH and Breakfast
are served together with uEfailiuG reHu-
lar1ty in the Best Homea of Richmond.
Ia your morning proErsm rompletef
Completing the Cotton Fund

THAT there is obligation. as we'll as honor,
privilege and advantage, involved i'll
Richmonds selection as the site Of this dis
trict.s Federal reserve bank. was recognized
by banking institutions yesterday, when they
responded with promptness and liberality to
Secretary McAdoo's appeal for further sub
scriptions with which to complete the cotton
loan fund.
Completion of the fund will be an enormous
boon to the cotton States, principal sufferers
i'll this country from the effects of the Euro
pean war. 1t is great triumph for the
administration, which has received this sub
stantial assurance. of the confidence of the
country's financial interests In Its wisdom,
sanity and capacity for leadership 1t Is n
blow to the selfish croakers who sought to
take advantage Of the unhappy plight to
which some Of their countrymen were re-
luced. 1t Is a satisfaction to all good Amerl-
can citizens. who wish the prosperity now well
on It's way to be shared In equal abundance
by every section of the land.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-19
War News Fifty Years Ago
From the~Richmond Dispatch, Nov. 10. 1864.

The quiet ut Petersburg seems to portend
some activity within the next few days. and yet
think otherwise, and that the lull means win ter
rest and no preparation for a big fight On
both sides there are movements that may be In
preparation for future big things AZ any rutc,
both sides letting out very little news
Information received at the War Department
yesterday to the effect that Sherman has
destroyed partially destroyed the Georgia
State Railroad from Atlanta to Alatoona. n dis
lance OF forty miles including the bridge over
the Chattahoochie River This confirms the =
port OF the evacuation of Atlanta, as of course.
the city could not BIO held after the of
securing supplies for the garrison had been
destroyed. 1t also confirms the announcement
in Northern journals OF Shernan's purpose TO
undertake an expedition Into the heart of the
cotton States
1t is now very evident that approaching hos
tilities will not be confined to Georgia, Alabama
and Tennessee. Grant is preparing to make a
final trial for the railroads leading to Rich
mond from the South. If not, for Richmond itself,
and this before settling down to winter quarters.
he can which he has scattered about. and drain
ing the Valley OF much material as he can
safely take from there without endangering
Washington.
One corps of Shcridans army. said to be
Wrights has arrived on the lines OF the James
within the past few days, and large masses OF
others of Shcridan's army are reported to be
ON their way here.
Another report unofficial at present is that
SheridanS forces brought from the Valley are
TO be Transported up the York River and ar
ranged for another attack on Richmond from
General Grant reported to be ut Fortress
Monroe on the l4th instant. but whittier bound
know.
Northern papers tell us of the serious wound
inS OF Major-General Ea. r. S. Candy willis
ascending the White River, in Arkansas. He
was on gunboat which was fired upon from
the shore. Surgeons say he Is seriously
wounded
The Federal sunboat Tulip exploded on Fri
day last In the Potomac River. The boilers
which were old and unsafe, exploded and all
on board except ten men were instantly killed.
So says the report.
the day of public worship and prayer and
fistinS recommended by President Davis. was
generally observed throughout the Confederacy
Business in all OF the cities was almost entirely
suspended
We have just learned tho distressing news
that Captain james Irvine Harvie. son of Lewis
b. Harvte, of this city, was killed In the battle
OF Ccdartown.
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could DO obtained from the sanio labor. Although
we have led the world In improved methods and
all tho world uses. wo have not yet brought
ourselves to the patlent cultivation which gets
from the soil all that II will yield under proper
treatment. Twenty years ago Germany aver
aged about fourteen bushels OF wheat to the
acre, about our yield. Her population was
growing and 1t was her ambition to feed 1t.
She did with her farms she did with her
factories applied the latest means and tho finest
ingenuity to discover tho better way. Soils
were studied. fertilizers found and experiments
tried until the average wheat yield rose to
forty bushels. We can do likewise. 1t used to
be our boast that we had only to tickle the soil
to have 1t laugh into harvest. We must get
out Of that state of mind. We must realize that
we arc living in an age OF applied knowledge
where the best Is expected from every field of
endeavor. and that we cannot hold our own
unless wo work to the limit the material
which have to produce tho given result
indianapolis News
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Treatment of Prisoners

D Y this time the American mind is in Il
- condition OF profound skepticism as to
all tales Of atrocities, the only stories of that
sort that have obtained general credence be-
ing those which state that the Germans have
not treated the Belgians Awith any marked
generosity. -
So when dispatch from Berlin 'by wire
less to Sayville, L. H. recounts that a Ger
man prisoner Of war in England has written
a letter to the Frankfuter Zeitung, declar-
ing that, as result of bad treatment, forty
six unwounded German prisoners died OF
ion remains stolidly unmoved. The analyti-
cal mind will, however, puzzle over the rather
surprising fact that the British are permitting
their prisoners of to write uncensored
letters OF complaint to their home newspapers.
But then the Frankfurter Ietung is miracu-
lousy served. Was it not that enterprising
journal which published long speech by
John Burns, former member Of the British
Cabinet denCuncing England. which speech
neither that gentleman nor any other Eng
lishman ever delivered?
IT is more than likely that the lot Of a
prisoner of war Is no more or less q bed OF
roses in England than II is in Germany or in
France, or in any other country since civil
lied" warfare came into the world. There
Is probably little to choose i'll this respect
among the nations now in conflict. Their
kinship was shown at the outbreak OF the
war, when In all the capitals the sight OF
name that smacked OF a hostile nation over
a shop front meant the prompt smashing of
plate-glass windows ana the wrecking of the
establishment
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Clipping Cupid's Wings

IN Cambridge, Mass, the Alderman have
1 ruled that hereafter wedding celebrations
must be noiscless and brief. and to further
this discourasement Of Cupid, a Waterman
has also been appointed to chaperon Jarvis
street, popularity known as Lovers Lane"
IT is zero on the Fourth of July in Cam
bridge. There is one place where Cupid
should have more clothing. Youth and mer-
rment are full Of wrinkles there and any
any one who fox trots is promptly churched
Old maids delight in crossing their fingers
and Boosting that nobody ever caught them
hanging around gates and swings. Crusty
old bachelors grunt their satisfaction as they
swing pudgy legs from stools in the lunch
cries, and make grimaces Of disgust at the
God bless our-honle notices
OF course, there are some human beings
IN Cambridge, and 1t appears that in conse-
quence of too much lingering in Jarvis
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South American Trade and News

THE Newport News Chamber of Commerce
has put its finger OIL one important rea
son for the slow progress made In establish
ing trade relations with the countries of
South America The chamber declares, in an
official resolution, that progress has been 80
exceedingly gradual largely because of tho
inadequacy of the news service between the
United States and its southern neighbors and
the resulting failure of mutual sympathy and
comprehension.
The resolutions assert that "our knowledge
Of the Latin-American peoples to whom we
are SO closely attached politically, and theirs
of us, is little better, If any, than that which
we possess of the inhabitants of Tibet" and
that nothing is SO conducive to the exist
cnce of u proper understanding and apprccia-
ton between peoples as the daily exchange
and publication OF news in newspapers OF
general circulation"
Both OF those statements are true, al
though the first may be somewhat exagger
ated. That this country's failure to increase
it's South American trade has been due in
large part to its merchants lack Of under
standing of South American needs, habits
and prejudices has been repeated too often
and from sources too Informed and trust
worthy to permit of further doubt.
story that has been going the rounds,
that may not be true and yet illustrates the
point, refers to the shipment of a big lot Of
lar sizes were marked in inches halves and
quarters, as is our American custom. The
people Of the Argentine would have none Of
them. In South America the metric system
of weights and measures Is in universal use,
and the Argentine dandies had been accus-
toned to purchase their neckwear by the
centmere. rather than by the inch. They
declined to accompany every purchase of col
lars by mathematical calculation II the
manufacturers had known little more about
their intended market, they would have
avoided this mistake.
1t may be taken for granted that the eN-
change OF news Is desirable, but just how it
is to be brought about, is not quite SO obvious
Newport News puts the problem up to the
Chamber OF Commerce of the United States
and perhaps that organization Is competent
to deal with 1t. Information about South
America has been much moro conspicuous in
the daily press since this agitation for trade
expansion in that quarter started than it
has ever been in the past If the interest
survives 1t Will represent news demand
that the papers will have to supply. If they
have been derelict III the past, it was because
probably, they had no intimation that such
a demand existed.
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RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH: THURSDAY NOVEMBER 49, 1914

Street there are certain functions, familiar to
people in other towns which strike cold
chill down the venerable back of Cambridge
But what hurts the old town more than any
thing else is that the charivari keeps up for
two or three days hand-running, and such
unseemy happiness is not for tho burg where
people used to make crosses at witches with
cast eyes.
Hence, this clipping Of Cupid's wings. Who
ever would meet his maiden in Jarvis Street
is hereby advised to give 1t wide berth and
look out for the constable.
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AI Thnnk Thce. Lord.'

] thank Thee, Lord. that Thou hast made
The grass to grow. Each sun-kssed blade
A-sparl1e with the dew
My strength and trust renew.
] thank Thee Lord, that Thou hast made
The nowers to bloom. Before they fade.
Each brief life brings from Thee
Some sweet thought straight TO
/ thank Thee Lord, that Thou hast made
The birds to sing. Without their aid
Each day would be drear
And Thou wouldst seem less near.
I thank Thee, Lord. that everywhere
Within this world Thy loving care
Has put beside my way
Some help for every day.
III H. r.. in Good Works. the Atlanti
Penitcntiary prisoners newspaper
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The Voice Of the People

Letters to the Editor should not be over
250}vords In length. and the nnme and ad-
dress OF the writer must accompany each
communication. not necessarily for pubIica-
lion, but a" an evidence of good faith Write
on one side OF the paper, and inclose stamps
IL manuscript II to he returned. Partisan
icttcrs conccrning the European war will not
be published.
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SONGS AND SAWS
Tho NIournful q. o. p.
Prosperity Is on tho way,
So cen the G. o. p concede.

Prosperity Is onythe way.
So con the G. o. p comedies
Tut yet 1t simply can't be gay,
Its poor old heart still aches and deeds
IT charged to Democratic guile
Tho OWL fortunes we have had
or course. 1t cant afford to smlc
When fortunes are no longer bad.
FOR Democrats, who bore the blame
For what the war and nature sent
Might take the credit Just tho same,
when war Its cruel force had spent.
80 pause, my friends, md weep with mo
For this Respondent CT. o. II.
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Home Tanning.

How may best tan deer hide AT nome?
W. T. pASCHALL.
The only method which will give excellent
results and not require more apparatus than
you are likely to have is the Indian way OF
"tawinG. The green hide should be covered
with ashes and sailor with powdered alum
until 1t is about dry, but not stiff All tho
particles OF flesh should have been removed wi tn
dull knife Then the hide Is worked, crumplcd
pulled and stretched between the fingers until
all the hbres are worked apart and the hide is
dry The method is tedious. Indian women give
several days to n buffalo hide, but there Is no
chemical method which gives better results and
n skin thus tanned will not become hard from
subsequent wettng.
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E:sasrecabIc Near-Side Stops.
Editor of Tho rlmea- fnh.

- l'D t1uitoi VI nc Iines-DfSpntch:
Sir'-under the new regulation of the vir-
Sihia Passenger and Power Company requiring
cars TO stop on the near sides only of Inter-
sectinE streets 1t appears to have escaped Mt
tchtlon that on unpaved side streets, similar
for example to Allison Street at Broad and
Addison Street at Broad. and the streets to tho
west or Addison at Broad, passengers arc com
pelled TO wade through mud unkledeep In order
to rench the platforms OF the cars. The con-
ductors appear to have no discretionary powers
Tor such cases. and the will not stop Mt
tho crossing.
Since there is no stream OF traffic across Broad
thfough tho streets above mentioned, 1t would
seem that q suspension of tho regulation at
thcsc particular streets and other similarly
located streets might avoid the serioup discom-
tort 10 passengers in bad weather.
CLEMENS AP-CATESBY JONES
Richmond November II 1914
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Wnr Note.

AS Private Longpcd's feet
again touched Mother Earth,
the correspondents noted
that the opposing forces had
become separated by n much
broader margin. Private
LonEpeds, who was cele-
brated Marathon runner,
finds that his early training
stands him iii good stead.
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Cnnitoi Diannfer.

Please tell me what was the Capitol disaster
CHARLES S. TURNER
About il o'clock April -, 1870 the Court of
Appeals was assembled TO decide the Richmond
nayor:,.'' contest, and large crowd was in
attendance in the upper floor the Capitol
Building. The floor broke through and carried
about sixty persons to their death, and some $50
were injured You may find the fullest account
or the matter in the Richmond papers Of the
next day or In pamphlet got out by Ellyson &.
Taylor about week after the occurrence
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ScenarIns.


Please tell me the best places TO sell moving
Picture stories VIRGINIA.
You would have TO send stamp and addressed
envelope for this information The Query
Column does not reply to letters unless postage
is sent, and II Is out OF the question to publish
here such addresses as you ask for.
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Current Editorial Comment

No better gift could be made
one Good Wayto the Belgians who are now
to Help without home or country than
The J,el,,ianS admission to the ports OF the
United States under suspension
OF the financial requirements OF
the immigration law. The manner In which the
Belgians fought against the invasion OF their
country indicates that they wilt never become
rccoEciled to life under foeman's ilng The
alternative that is offered them is to choose
another country. Here in the United States
there are vast areas Of appropriated and uncul-
tivated land The thrifty BclgiUns, skilled in
agriculture, would be an asset To the United
States. Ii the Bclgians unable to show
financial responsibility in this hour of their
need. they can at least show mental and physical
evidences OF their ability to take care OF them
selves, and so long as the requirements as to
sound health and mentality are adhered to- The
United states may welcome them without the
slightest misgvngs as TO their futurc.--Wash-
inpton Post.
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Hating at Nothing.

Communicates that the enemy approaching?
Aide-Yes general.
Comma nd er--Thcn mass the bands and in
struct them to play ITS Long. Long Way to
Tippcrary." The enemy may we'll be
WINGED now as-anothcr time that when General
Sherman undertook to define war he knew what
he was talking about.
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Administrators

Is there any difference between minister
ana an ambassador? To what country il
Thomas Nelson Page ambassador?
MRS. @. C. C.
The duties are, in general, the same. Tho
rank OF the ambassador is higher and his pay
greater. Mr.. Page is United States a,nha ssador
TO Italy.
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Valuable Fathers.

willy, is your father rich man?"
no, Sally, he's professor so j can he edu-
Gated for nothing"
ooh, that's nothing; my father is minister,
and / be good for nothing."-Harvard
LaIupoon.
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Queries and Answers
President Arthur.

Please tell ME what the middle name of
President Chester A. Arthur and where ,nd
" t,en ms wire was porn. M. L. LONG.
Alan. CulDeper, Va, August 30 1897
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AM Isxnlnincd DIsIike.

The First Lord of the Admiralty sighed.
II do not like submarines" he muttercd and
then he added, For divers reasons -Phila-
dcIphia Public Ledger.
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A Problem In Verse.

[ can't deny that Rose IL fair
She is winning witch
But she wears much purchased hair
You can't tell which is switch.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Upon her checks, with rnrcst art,
She spreads what's known BLUSH OF Posies.'
It's hard to say just which is blush
And which old friend Rose is.
THE TATTLER
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The Pcn,imIst snx..

few days ago peace in Mexico was 'up to
carranza" Now 1t is up to Villa" Ii is
always up to somebody something, but il
never appears quite able to complete the
Journey.
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The BrightSide Of Life
The Real Cns,,s BcIIf.

"This history says there war in
Atlantis for more than 1000 years."
Does 1t explain how they got rid OF their
statesmen ?"-Phlladelphia Public Ledger
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losing All Annoyance.

Stubbs-Have you been having much trouble
with your chickens lately?
enthusiastically mono OF all. In fact some
village philanthropist has been relieving me
tho same time.
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would End Foreign Immigration.

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
sir have noticed quite frequently under
me voice OF the People" that many suggcs-
lions are made to encourage immigration to the
southern States, the chief excuse for this being
thut there is a need for farm workers II oc-
ours TO me that the people who arc so enthus-
astc OF this subject have overlooked the fact
tnat there are thousands OF these foreign people
.uready IN TINS country. most OF whom refuse
10 go TO tho farm. and am, therefore, unable
TO see why 1t would help matters any 10 bring
over a few more millions of these foreigners to
further longest the city.
therefore. II seems to mo that more good
would be done II these advocates Of iminigra
ZION would devote their time and energy towards
discouraging Immigration, and do ali thev "a n
10 get the foreigners to return to their own
country. This would give Acerican people more
chance to work for living wages and assist I'm
Improving conditions generally.
so if you wish to start movement" OF any
klhu In TINS connection would suggest that you
'"G y. immigration bill AN AMERICAN.
Richmond November H. 1914