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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-09
"F-Rays" to Be Used

Giulio Ulivi. the inventor OF the 30
called "F-rays." In an interview In
Milan. printed in the New York sun.
said that he had built new apparatus
which had already been sent abroad,
and which would, n fortnight hence; be
used in the war Ulivi would not tell
VINO mad purchased the "F-rays." but
II !s suspected that Germany is the
buyer. Ulivfs Invention is an ultra
violet ray which Is supposed to explode
torpedoes, shells and dynamite ut con-
siderable distance. His claims have
been alternately credited and secuted.
Ills iirst tests we're made early In 1913
on the coast OF Normandy, at Villers-
sur Mer, and were apparently success
fui; but when General Joffre and the
other members Of the French govern
ment commission before whom the ey-
periments were conducted. proposed to
SiGnor Ulivi that he explode mines
manufactured and placed by them, he
round his apparatus out OF order"
Some OF Ulivis exploded bombs were
found later. and 1t was discovered that
sea water had got into the alright
cases containing the explosive. Tho
chemical reaction set up by the sea
water would have caused an cxplo-
sion without the ultraviolet rays
Ulivi had machines which he said
could fix the direction and distance of
objects. He projected the rays by
steer disk, which reflected them ac-
cording to his arrangement 1t Is said
that while lie was experimenting In
France he hired a yacht, the crew OF
which was French, and asked too many
questions. Thereupon he sent 40 Eng
land and got an ideal crew of
stolid. apparently unintelligent, Britons.
Later. on going to England, he was
astonished to find that the admiralty
Knew all about his invention. Asking
how that was. he was told that tho
stolid crew of his yacht were British
sailors headed by n captain In the
In England Ulivis rays arc credited
Win having blown up an old cruiser
test. 1t Is said that the rays were
directed from warship eight miles
distant. Other tests in Italy. from
distance OF eight to ten miles, were
apparently successful - sSsl
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-09
SUPERIORITY OF. FRENCH ARTILLERY

THE HAGUE, October ia we'll
known Dutch Journalist, who has lust
returned from tour through Alsace-
Lorraine and right through to the Ger
man hhcs before Verdun. gives in
iiet Ieren. some interesting pictures of
the position on the German frontier
ana at the front. Particularly signifi-
cant Is what he writes regarding the
admitted aaperioity of the French
artillery and the clever ruses they
adopt. Jio writes:
II proceeded By train to Metz and
,hence set of by motor, with an Ober-
lieutenant as an escort. 60 visit the
lighting line. Across the French front
lie" and on past Latour and Woevre we
met an ever-increasing number of in
iantry, artillery and TRANSPORT columns
and the further we went the buster
became tho scene.
German officers. TO whom l spoke in
th1s neighborhood, were by no means
shtished over the progress of affairs:
there was no progress to be noted prin-
c!pally because the French artillery
had proved itself superior to the Ger
man. The French seem to have dragged
-helr heaHy guns out Of the fortress
and TO have placed them in the omen
neld. Moreover, 1t is asserted that the
French artillery can reach at least two
Kilometres farther than that Of tho
Germans
We passed on by st. Hilaire and
Butgneville to Harville, where we we're
only twelve Kilometres from the great
fortress of Verdun, whose guns were
sending out their terrible messengers
OF death. Not far from that point was
u magnificent battery Of thirty-centI-
metre motor howitZers. 1 was not al
lowed to approach 1t, but German Of
hcers told me that the Austrians had
suffered terrible losses. The French
shells raked even the best sheltcrd no
sitions--a fact which gave the Aus
trains much food for thought At last
they found the solution. In tree
close to their battery. they found 81
Frenchman armed with field tele-
phone who promptly informed Verdun
of any change in the position of the
Austrian guns. The brave Frenchman
was given short shrift. But the in
stance does not stand alone. Repeat
edly have the Germans found country
people in trees and In cellars, all with
pocket telephones.
The Germans have made such ac-
tons almost impossible now, but still
they admit they are not by n long way
where they would like to be. Every
where heard In Germany officers and
soldiers alike speaking with great joy
Of, the fall OF the, Fort de Camp des
ROMANS. Now at last there was a gap
In the line OF forts. AT the flehtInp
line itself1 heard n very different story.
Yes' they had taken the fort and the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-09
STORIES OF INDIVIDUAL ElERoIsM

| LONDON. November IA Jarrow
constable. who is serving In the Royal
Field Artillery, and who Is now In a
hospital ut Leicester. writing to HIS
police colleagues. describes the British
eXpeditionary force work during GER
| tam undated period AZ lighting nil
day and marching all night"
The Germans must have lost thous-
ands OF men. The brutality of our foe
was shameful. They put the women
ana children I'm front for us TO shoot,
and In many cases they fred ou our
lteu cross. Such work will surely be
storped by the Great Architcc. Of The
| universe. The French people were
very good to us, giving us eggs, milk,
bread, fruit and wine in plenty hope
my dear wife and children are being
| provided for during my absence. II
IL my only thought all day"
William Henry Farrol. Il rcservist,
of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment
who was wounded in the battle Mt
Mons. tells OF the lighting there ana ut
Thuin and Cambrai:
TlG slaughter during these three
days" he says. was terrible, the loss
on the German side being far lror..
severe than that of the allies The
scene was rendered all the more bor-
rible by the barbnrous actions OF the
German army. Every village ,l,ey
made the hearts of the allied soldier;
ache TO see the Belgian and Frcnst
people with their poor little child. IN
leaving their homes. The German.
nave suffered already for IT, aud We
shail make them suffer more for il he
iore we have done with them. The
French and Belgian people have been
very good to u.s. They are good
natured people. and, though they could
III aHord II, they gave us fruit and
cigarettes"
FHrrol adds that he had not been
ionS IN the field hospital. where there
were between 200 and 800 wounded
soldiers. before tho order came for All
men who could walk TO clear out at
once, as the Germans We're firing on the
hospital. and he had not been out an
hour before II was completely blown
up. and many officers and men mus,
have persisted
Private Charles Dudley Moore. OF
the Yorkshire Light Infantry, who was
M Mons, and is now ut Lynn. had the
misfortune to be wounded half an
hour after he Went into action
"Fhe shrapncl shells OF the Germans
We're bursting over the trenches
where we werc lying. and ! was struck
in the foot with :: piece Of shell which
took the sole OF my boot clean off.
Five minutes later, when ! was trying
20 help fellow near ME who had
been hit in the shoulder, was struck
IN the right thigh by pellet from
shrapnel shell. fred one more shot
after that. aimed At the driver OF
n German machine gun. and hit him.
rms was my first experience OF actual
hghting. and l can tell you II Is n
funny sensation at first to see the
shells bursting near and around Won.
TO hear the bullets whistling by YOU,
ana TO sec men being killed and
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The Ideal of Preventive Medicine

u edmond should derive profit as well
IN as pleasure from the presence and
deliberations here Of the delegates to the
convention or the Southern Medical Associa-
ton. Those who will take part in the dis
cnssions include some of the most disin-
guished physicians and surgeons OF the coun-
treated in this authoritative way are OF al
most as great interest to the lay public as
To the profession itself
The most noteworthy advance medical and
surgical science has made in the last decade
mas been in the domain of prevention Pre-
Ventive medicine, with all the term implies
has been the keynote OF nnumerable pro-
fessonal gatherings. The profession Dro-
claims nowadays that it performs its greatest
ana most valuable service when il teaches
the public how TO escape, rather than how to
cure, disease. Some of it's members indeed
look forward to day when professional
service VIII be rendered the same basis e
IN emma, where the practitioner is paid so
long as his patient continues we'll and finds
MS stipend cut OF when the patient is al
lacked by any OF the innumcrable ills IN
which flesh is heir
Ihis theory OF service brings the profps
sion as a whole closer TO the public than &,
has ever been in the past The man who is
critically III is not largely interested. as n
genera proposition, in learning how he
might have avoided his illness. All he de-
slres-and he desires that most urgently and
imperativeiy--is that he be cured But tho
man not yet attacked is in a different situa
'ioh and II his mind functions properly. is
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wounded near you. but you soon get
| used to 1t all. 1t tries your nerves Il
bit at first, but you soon get In the
way of IT.
| y have tho greatest admiration for
the German artillery, but their infanz
| Try is absolutely useless They fire
from the hip. and take no aim ut all
The Germans are also badly fed Al
the hospital at Amiens l saw a wound
ed German officer who told me he
anu anu me others had been living on any
thing they could lay hold OF, and that
! they had eaten grass. This officer
| speaking of the barbnrous acts OF the
German soldiers. said tina: tno men
were forced to do it-sometimes with
revolver leveled AT their heads"
Private j. X. TAFT. OF the Second Els
sex regiment. who was wounded a,
Mons. also speaks with respect OF the
herman artillery. Writing home. he
says. in the course OF a description OF
the fighting:
infantry. We lind they do not like the
bayonets Their rifle shooting is rot
ten; don't believe they could hit n
haystack 1T 100 yards. Their field ar
fillery is good. and we don't like their
| shrapnei. heard our men singing
that famous song. Get Out and Get
Under and know that for an hon. In
our trench II would make any one keep
under. what with the shells and ma.
chine guns. have been in three bat
ties In four days. ".
The following Is an extract FROM :,
letter written on Sunday. August 30,
by Ohio Bromfield. OF the Signal Sec
ton tTerritor!als). Royal Eng ineers:
I'm doing and going as I'm told. not
worrying. but taking things as they
come. I've slept in barns wool stores,
cinemns. casinos. dock sheds. and for q,
bit had the stars as a counterpane The
hghting has been very fierce and close:
rs one pal said: oh, Amt II OF We
are outnumbered. sometimes 10000 10
1000. but our boys stick to them. and
have played havoc with their mass
formation. The Maxims have cut them
down like corn. and when we charged :
with liked bayonets see 'em run like
rats. They will get no quarter from
our mob Their dead were so thick ,
that their reinforccments couldn't ad-
vance over the top: OF course, we lost.
too"
Fred Wilson. OF the Fifth Royal
irish Lanccrs, who was wounded nj
Mons and reached Leeds yesterday. In
valided. says he has seen the Germans
bayonet our wounded as they came
across the field. and force women and
children III front Of them as they
passed our guns. He rcckons nothing
OF tho fighting powers of the Germans
They are. he says. simply whining.
bowling towards. They were fairly
peppered in Ave charges and when
thcir cavalry saw US coming they
after witnessing their terrible atroci-
ties" The British soldiers. he adds.
sing and Jest while bullets are iytnr
thick and fast.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-09
SONGS AND SAWS
In Already.

In Already.
In Already are perfect days
And perfect nights when lovers lays
Are sung by poet nightingales
In moonlit groves they chant these tales
or lovelorn nymphs and am'rous fays
Ger purple lakes. untouched by gales,
In silver boats with silken sails,
Folks speed along Iife's joyous ways,
In Already.
No fate, unklnd rude, essays
To spoil these rare Arcadian days.
The furnace fire never fails;
There are no, bogus bargain sales;
Book agents aren't allowed to Craze,
In Already
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did not remain all night: no came back on
sleeper and slept but little. for Brother Hur-
ley WAS IN an adjoining berth and snored so
loudly that he could be heard above the roar.
OF the train Next time we take a trip with him
mt night we propose to keep away from him.
oven u wo have to ride the blind baggage to
escape him. That Is n desperate threat. but II
the Salisbury man possesses the talent ascribed
to him 1t expresses probably wise purpose
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-09
The Wants of Man.

Please tell me who wrote the verses beginning
Man wants but little here below. It's not
with me exactly SO. hut tbs SO Iii the song"
etc. and where may find It. J. f. G.
John Quincy Adams. Bryants "Librar- OF
Poetry and Song" Baker Taylor Co; Choice
selections No. 6. Penn Publishing Company:
Emersons 'Parnassus." Houghton Mitfiin Com
pany; Williams's Choice Literature" Grammar
Cook l.. American Book Company. The verses
are TO be found in other collections bu: further
citation would be needless, you may surely
find some one Of the four cited here
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-09
Political Definitions.

Father, said the inquring youngster, look
ing up from the newspaper. what Is meant by
a political diamond In the rough?"
That, my son. said the fond parent, refers
to q ward heelcr OF our own party"
And what Is crude and brutal rufIiau. who
mas sought to interfere with the citizens in
aliennble right to cast q free ballot"
That refers to ward heeler belonging to
the other crowd"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-09
Prosperity In SipIlfo

e LBERT II. GARY, chairman OF the board
IL OF the United States Steel Corporation,
declares that Il business revival is near, that
prosperity will begin to hit this country with
III three months, that war makes business op-
portunities for neutral country, and that
there have never been greater opportunities
than to-day.
Il am an optimist in practice as well' as
principle" he says.
That's the kind Of talk to make things GO,
whether it is strictly true or not, and whether
1t is launched by steel magnate or by a
railroad clerk temporarily out of employ
ment Nobody ever got anything by making
poor mouth, and business never responded
gracefully to the pressure of the chronic
kicker True, were not treading the prim-
rose path OF luxury in the business world:
the markets are closed and money is tight.
men are out of work and things have not
been pleasant. But the sooner we all begin
to put the soft pedal on our troubles and use
megaphone talking about good times. the
sooner good times will come Luck and
prosperity and happiness come where they
are welcome, and they don't seek the COM
pany of crouch
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Bavarian soldiers had acted magnin-
Gently, but whether they could hold
the fort was another Question. The
French gums in the forts Of Paroches
and Lconvillc were so excellent that
trey completely covered the Camp des
ROMANS and the gap was no gap at
all"
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D1sPATcH RICHMOND va MONDAY NOVEMBER O 1914
exceedingly anxious to know what he shall

exceedingly anxious to know what he shall
do to keep we'll.
That is the information modern medicine
imparts. 1t operates principally. Of course
through city. State and national health de-
partments. but OF late there have been many
allied agencies. There has been an active
and successful propaganda, for example,
against tuberculosis which has resulted. be-
yond any question, in saving thousands of
lives that otherwise would have been sacri-
feed to the great white plague. More lately
there has been a similar campaign against
cancer, one of the most terrible and deadly
Of all diseases Both of these movements
are strictly preventive in inspiration and
method.
The universal interest ethical physicians
take in the prevention OF disease is one Of
the highest tributes that could be paid to
their devotion to the public good. 1t evil
dences beyond dispute or question that the
medical man to-day is unwaverlng in his
loyalty to the professions highest ideals.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-09
The Bright Side of Life
,InscnlIne Small T.Ik.

lie had drove of dispirited steeds and paused
to give them much needed rest. The store
Keeper came out and looked them over casually
Want horse
Guess not"
ri take II out In goods said the stranger
I'll take II out In tobacco in fact"
might do some business along those lines u
responded the storekecper. Ell wo kin agree on
basis
Whats your bass?"
Well. I'll trade with you, plug for plug
Judge.
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MONDAY. NOVEMBER .. 1914.
THE TIMES-DIsPATCH md Brcnkfnst
arc served together with unfnilinG rcEu-
larity in the Hest Homes of Richmond.
Is your morning program conplctcf
Rather Indigcstible Diet

Some ardent Progressives are insisting that
instead of the party having been absorbed by
the Republicans at the last elections, 1t has
absorbed the G. o. p. If that is the case. the
Progressive stomach must find Penrose Cal
linger Uncle Joe Cannon and u few other un-
regenerate reactionaries of that type rather
indig eStible diet
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-09
shaw's Appeal for Stricken belgium

| Shaw's Appeal for Stricken Belgium
7 n his letter to President Wilson, printed in
The Times-Dispatch yesterday, George
Bernard Shaw argues with his accustomed in
genuity of thought and cleverness of phrase
for the active interposition Of the United
States In behalf Of stricken Belgium. 1t is
a better than those for which the
inimitable Shaw is wont to stand sponsor,
but his appeal, however compelling and
pathetic, cannot receive a favorable answer.
| The Shavian argument is for the joint ac>
ton of neutral powers, to urge Great Brit
ain, France and Germany to withdraw from
the soil Of Belgium and fight out their
quarrel OH their own territories In terms,
! it will be noted, Mr.. Shaw does not ask that
this action be- directed against Germany
alone. He includes France and his own
country among the powers to which he Is
willing that Belgium's unutterable desola-
ton shall be ascribed.
| But in fact and effect Germany Is the
power and the only power that would have
to be considered, and Germany could not
| grant the plea IL it were made and backed
by every neutral nation In the civilized world.
As to Belgium, the Kaiser has taken stand
from which he cannot retreat.
! AT the outbreak Of the war the Imperial
! Chancellor declared the invasion of this UNI
OFFENDING land was inspired by military neces-
sity, and that it involved wrong that Ger
! many regretted she must commit. But every
later declaration, as well as every later act,
has carried Germany farther and farther
! from this position. From apologizng for her
Invasion, her spokesman have proceeded first
! to excuse and then to Justification. Her
armies, moreover, have treated the conquered
people with severity unexampled in modern
warfare. Belgian cities, towns and villages
have been destroyed, in whole or in part
Belgian treasures OF art have been trampled
under the foot; enormous fines have been
levied on Belgian municipalities, and Belgian
men and boys whose only crime was the gal
| liant defense OF their native land have been
propped against walls and ruth lessly slain.
! Hereafter, Germany must insist that all
she has done has been in strict accord with
justice and with the rules of civilized war
She cannot, by cvacuating Belgium admit
that She was wrong, even IL military neces-
sity would permit her to consider that
course.
And, of course, this country cannot plunge
itself into war with Germany, even to save
the pathetic remains Of what was once the
most thfckly populated country on the globe
To demand. or even mistakenly TO urge, Ger
manys retirement would mean war II
would not help Belgium or the remnant of
the Belgian people. Indeed, It would make
! their situation worse, because it would cut
! off great part Of the relief now being ex-
tended to them. And the United States does
not want war, save in the preservation OF
its OWN honor
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-09
Redemption OF H.nnd.

Is there any means of REDEEM ption OF IA nd
SOLD ior taxes In Virginia? MRS g. i. <
For the space OF two years from the date OF
the sale the owner, or any person having the
right to charge the real estate with q debt may
redeem by paying the taxes and the costs with
interest
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Chats With Virginia Editors

Tho Petersburg 1ndeS-Appcnl spurns tho
kindly caution of the Newport News Daily Press
and persstently ignores the fate of the boys
who called to the prophet, Go up. thou bald
head" This quotation and tho subjoined COM
mont constitute the latest attack of the Index
Appeal on an unprotected head:
I'VE hnvo just about reached the conclusion
that the flies are retalating this office for
the crusade have been making against them
Newport News Press
This should BIO construed warning against
baldheaded men entering the war against hics :"
Editor Morgan. OF the Northern Neck News,
is apparently peeved over that annoying war in
Europe. He says:
IF somebody only had the power to take
Europe and Asia up bodily and spank all the
various peoples collectively they might be made
TO behave"
That puts the spanking suggestion up to
Africa North America and South America, none
of which evinces an inclination to be the some
body"
The South Boston News propounds a query:
we would Hike to ask our esteemed Newport
News Press If its editor ever knew OF red
top girl having the blues"
And to make 1t difficult for him, let
us add Or turning green with envy?
Editor G. Bulla Craven. of the Chase city
Progress. thus puts himself on record as an nd
Vocate OF the keep-your- -on idea:
1T has been proven by letters from Richmond
men should take off their hats in business Gle :
vator If there are lady passengers We shall
however continue to ride in our own elevator
with our hat OH regardless of the other pas
sengcrs."
Visitors in the city who neglect to dofr their
hornets In the elevator may expect to fall under
suspicion of hailing from Chase City.
The Staunton Daily News carries q column
editorial under the caption, The Late Elcc
ton. 1t must inevitably recall to defeated can
didates who read it the pathetic poem, whose au-
thorship Is variously ascribed to several public
men or note in the last decade. beginning with
the Keynote line. i've boon to the funeral of nil
my hopes
The next time Roosevelt throws his ha, into
the ring he will have to establish his identity
before he can win the recognition of the WIN.
chester Star. which thus records his politica,
passing:
we entertain an abiding conviction that on
November g. 1914. there was inscribed on the
political career of the Hero of the River OF Doubt
the word 'fnis."
II the Stars surmise is correct tho Colonel
may now devote his time removing the doubt
from the river
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1t Applied to Him.

DO you believe" tho ardent swain demanded
That absence makes the heart grow fonder %
I'm sure, at least" the wearicd maid responded,
I'D like You more IL you were way out yonder -
THE TATTLER.
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4 Useful Thing to Know.

y city girl was taking course In an agr!cul.
tural college. After lecture on How to In.
crease the MILK Flow" she for a question
How long" she blushinEly inquired must
one heat COW before she Will give whipped
crcam?"--Judgc