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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-10
YANKEE SOLDIER HERE
TO VISIT BAT TLEF|ELDs
Watson +. Molyneaux, Of Gary, Ind.
Returns to Find Libby Prison Gone
and Richmond Changed.
FIRST TRIP TO CITY SINCE WAR
captured by Confedcrates While on
Picket Duty Dny After Cold Hur-
bor-Ifas M Complaint tn Make
Of Treatment.

tiity years ago Watson T.. MoIyncau1
Vas S"JourhinS temporarily in this
Guy, occupying quarters in the mos,
famous hostel"rT OF that day. To-
tetii"r With a big company OF friends
nc had set out from his Pennsylvania
nome with the express purpose Of com
ING 70 Richmond. but few miles from
hef. !, large majority decided To defer
INC visit. and Young Molyncaux made
q eerenonious entry. so we'll did his
hosts Hike his company. that he found
~ next 10 impossible 10 leave his
abode. On every hand uniformed at
t"nd;nt5 IN gray. with guns on their
shoulders. prevented him leaving. over
IN" door Of utc hotel was the namc-
Libby Prison.
Yesterday. for the nrst time, MIR
MolNnc1uN. who resides now Ia Gary
fud, paid a visit to the scene OF his
captivity. Conc was Libby Prison. and
with ii tn" landmarks which tho aged
veteran expected to recall tho scenes
Of his youth. He had travelled hun
drehs of miles, only 10 have his journey
cnd ~ lsarpoiutncnt.
"fou HAY" 4 great city here now
ii" remarked, but nothing r. the same
would not have known IS thing with
oMi Z. EMllc.n
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Richmond, fpGdfTlCESl'g & Potomac R. R.
T0aHD FROM WISH. VIC ron 6N0 5sy9go.

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-10
FOI NDI:D Iron HIGIIEu
EDUCATION OF WOMEN

The college was founded in 1854
Among Its founders were Or. ! u.
Jotcr, Dr. J. Il. Taylor. Dr Basil Manly
and James Thomas .fr. who's cher
ished ambition II vas I" provide !.
school for the higher education If tho
women OF Virginia. Under efficient
management; and wise direction the in
*titution has rendered excellent service
In its chosen field, and 1t is tic fixed
purpose Of the present administration
- make II accomplish those ends which
the founders had in view. Dr. James
Nelson ia president Of the college. and
this is his twenty session as
its head. Miss Helen T.. Baker Is dean
RuSglcs Nelson is the business man
Igcr. Last year. when the dream OF
4 greater Richmond College waa re
allied. tn" Woman's College was In
corporatcd ia the system as u pre-
paratory school. hut tho general man
a.cment and direction Of the college
vas l.ft as IL was.
There have been several changes in
the faculty Professor H. Il. Hunter.
Of Chase city. has been appointed head
OF the department oi English. and %
the department Of philosophy. Miss
Mary Carter Anderson. who has been
affiliated with the faculty for some
time, and who is ono al It's best known
members. has bean mad" head OF the
department OF English literature. Miss
Anderson has Just finished a course AT
Columbia University Miss Bessie
Stearics. !, daughter of Superintendent
OF Public Instruction X. G. Stcarnes.
and graduate Of Nassar. has been
appointed To the chair OF German and
miss Mary Good. Of Loudon County. is
the head OF the school Of expression.
Mrs. Van Ripper. a we'll known Rich
mond singer. has been made vocal di-
rector Appointments have not vet
been made in lii. department of do
mestic science. and In the business
course.
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BANKERS MAGAZINE
TELLS OF RICHMOND
Interesting Account of Citys Re-
marl>ablc Financial Growth
and Progress.
o. J. SANDS WRITES ARTICLE
bankers or America Show Great In
icrcst IN Convention to BE Held
IIcre---ScIcction OF City as Reserve
Centre Attracts Attention.

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"f Interesting articles Win hanhaon"
illustrations dealing with inc bhhh
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ACCOMMODATIONS TRAINS WEEKDAYS.
Lesve BYRD 81. Sta. 400 p. II. for Ereseg;cksbnrs
leave tihs Sta. go A. H.. 80 r. 81. for Ashland
Arrive Byra ~. Sta. $50 Al. from Frcderisks5's
Arrive Eiha Sta. $50 An, a.s2 Psi. from Ashland
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LECTURERS

The other members of the faculty arc
as follows. DR.. James Nelson, presi-
dent and lecturer ON biblical litera turc;
Miss Helen l.. Baker, dean and prin-
cipal, In charge Of the department OF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-10

DAILY. tWcek&sye. sSundayS only.
All trans to or from Byrd Street Station
atop 81 Eiba. Tins o arrivals sind departures
rot guaranteed. Read the sisr=
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-10
BEEN ONE TO
-WAvE THE BLOODY SHIRT

II have no complaint TO make Of my
treatment IL was warfare. Of course.
but shall never forget the harJships.
although have never been one to
wave the bloody shirt
Mr. NolyneauX told of being taken to
Andersorville in "a box car. hcrdcd in
with seventy five other wrctchcd pris-
ouers. All could not sit down at "a
time. Ills experiences, as related 10 "A
number of Appropriateness yesterday.
were blood curdlinH.
We were fed fairly good at Libby.
Prison" he said, but the treatment
n Andersony!llc bcggars' description :
Mr. MolyncauX witnessed the trial
and subsequent hanging OF seven Fed
cral soldiers b. their comrades at An
Jacksonville, where they were captured
by r!gilence committee. tried and
convicted OF a number OF attrocious
crimes against weaker prisoners. lie
was exchanged in March of 1862 and
re -cUtcred the army. and took part in
the campaign which ended at Apo
mattox.
Mr.. Molynanux has just returned from
tho Grand Army OF the Republic re-
union at Detroit. He expressed sur
prise at the rapid growth OF Richmond,
which he compared favorably with tho
Western cities OF like size
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-10
Will. SPEND DAY Is
VISITING nAI"TI.I:I.IELDS

Mr.. Molynoaux VIII spend the day in
visiting the batli"aelds and in tryini,
70 meet some "Johunies.' and VIII then
return to his Indiana home tonight
haven't met 4 single Confederate
veteran vet" he plaintivciy roinarkcd
nut. say, there was some 'JohnnicS'
here when / visited Richmond before"
he "himsically continued
Pressed To toll his story. MIR Moly-
n"au& reluctantly told Of his capture,
imprisonment and subsequent release
II WAS member OF Cont ny T..
Eighteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry I
joined 'hc regiment in March. 1864. and
We took part In the big battles around
Richmond. The day following the bat
tic ~ cold lihrpor our regiment was
on picket duty, when we were sur
priscd by the Seventh Virginia Cavalry
We rallied and rcpulscd tho Johnnics
and drove them back to I.onEstrcet's
headquarters where the: received re-
Inducements aud shattered ~. 1t was
Il hand to- hand conflict, sabre against
sabre, and carbine against carbinc
our regiment fell back, and only for
the assistance Of negro command wc
would have been cut to pieces. \
number Including myself. we're sur
rounded and captured
II was seventeen at the time and
Was somewhat frightened. s Johnnie
snatchcd of my neat cavalry cap and
threw me II worn buttcrnut hat. which
subsequently proved a blessing. AZ /
sccreted my isrccnbaCk in It's lining
ana escaped the rigid searching 10
which my comrades were subjected at
1 Libby
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-16
Gain In Food Crops

The majority of people doubtless regard statistics as dry reading, but the governments report on this years crops gives abundant cause for op- timism. The figures are not dry. They are highly encouraging, and will tend largely to increase the production of food crops.
 James J. Hill, accepted as an au- thority on the agricultural resources of the northwest and on all large busi- ness questions, predicted an immense grain crop, but it was larger even than his early estimate. Under nor nal business conditions the total money value of this years crops would be about s1O,OOO, ,OOO,OO0. As "Hol- land" in his letter in yesterdays Age Herald, in referring tS the govern ment's statistics, remarked:
 "Mr. Hill has ventured to maintain that our soil is capable of producing commodities of the yearly money value of $15, ,O00, ,00O, ,OO0, provided the at tention is given to the soil which the farmers of Great Britain and Holland and Denmark bestow upon their soil. ?
 In England land that has been culti. vated for centuries is madet to produce from 25 to 30 bushels of wheat to the acre. In this country there is steady gain in the production of grain to the acre. The average gain this year over last was one bushel to the acre. Ii this rate is maintained. in 15 or 20
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Forts No Longer Effective

The most significant lesson taught by the fall of Antwerp in 10 or Il days is that Qualifications, no matter how modern they may be, nor how strongly constructed, cannot withstand the fire of modern siege guns such as are used by the Germans, as well as the allies. Before Antwerp was attacked it was generally considered to be one of the most strongly forti- fled cities in Europe. To persons un- taught in the art of warfare 1t seemed impregnable and even the Ger man officers are said to have been surprised at it's speedy capitulation The German people themselves feared that the Kaiser's soldiers would never be able to take the city. It is pre- dicted that if the allies reach Antwerp and besiege it in their turn the Ger mans will be driven out, just as the Belgians were, unless they are able to hold it by superior tactics. As a stronghold it no longer has any value, although recognized as strategical point for an attack on England.
 From the earliest times the nations have fortified their towns to repel the invaders. Until gunpowder was in vented walls and forts played tre- nlendous part in warfare. But how long would the great wall of China, built with tremendous labor to keep out barbarian hordes, prove barrier to such an army as Japan could put in the field? It has served it's purpose well, but nothing built by the hands of man seems able to withstand modern artillery. The mighty struggles of ancient times that took place between the defenders of walled cities and at tacking armies were sanguinary, it is true, but the possession of single howitzer in those days would have made a prolonged defense out of the question.
 It is predicted that in the future there will be no more permanent forti- flcations built. Instead there will be entrenchments and perhaps rude, has tily thrown up defenses that can be located wherever exigency requires and abandoned without loss of time. Any sort of permanent fort has be- come nothing more than target which can he demolished at leisure, while an artfully concealed battery can do tremendous amount of dam age before it's hiding place is discov- cred.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-16
KoNIGsBERG AND KANT
om the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
 Konigsberg did not treat it's most famous citizen, Kant, any too generous fly in money matters. Barring the 10 years spent as tutor in private families, Kant passed the whole of his long life lin Konigsberg, where he was born in I1724 During his early tenure of the chair of philosophy his sole emolu- |ments consisted of f20 8 year, a sack of wheat every month and sufficient firewood to warm his house in cold weather. On becoming rector of the university only anotheer f20 was added to his yearly stipend, so the greatest of all German philosophers was not much better off than the pastor of Gold
 smiths Deserted viHege.' However in his latter years Rants scanty meats were supplemented by an annual all lowance of f26 from the privy purse of Frederick the Great. y
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-16
AMERICAS TOY TOWN

From the Chicago Post.
 Nuremberg, the famous toy town, where Santa Claus is accustomed to purchase much of his Christmas stock, is idle be- cause of war. But the United States has it's own toy town. Tn Massachusetts, under Mount Monadnocl, nestles the town of Winchendon, and there such business exists as it never saw before. It is said that 90 per cent of American-made toys come from Winchendon The community is almost wholly composed of t5ymakers- Oh. there is a doctor and a preacher and a lawyer, and a few people who sell meat and groceries and such things, but they are the rare exceptions. There is probably, not family in the town that has not one or more .nembers-and often al1-engaged in making toys.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-16

taken in advance, as well as the loca- tion and dimensions of every bridge.
 The topography of the region where
 the battle of the Marne was fought
 was carefully studied as long ago as 1887 by Germans who pretended to be surveying for new railway lines. Bogus artists sketched the fortifica- tions and supposed fishermen took the depth of streams. It is said that .here is probably not fort i1 France that IS not as well known to the Germans as it is to the French. l. is even as- serted that the Germanlwar office has a complete list of all the citizens of France whose fortunes make them eligible hostages.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-16


 From the New York Tribune.
 Cliff dwelling has always been re- garded relic of the stone age, and l tn fact that there are indications of a return to it might be taken to indicate that the world is retrogradpg. Modern civilization is saved that stigma, how ever, by the fact that New York, in adopting the ways of the ancents, has improved on them consderab bly,. Following several false alarms, the roof of a sl1ycraper is to be used for living quarters. Donald Brain the actor, is go- ing to have bungalow 20 stories above the turmoil of F'orty-second street-af- though perhaps. it should be called a bungahigh. At any rate he's going to have it.
 MT. Brains quarters, according to an nouncement by the real estate agents, will consist of five rooms and summer garden--the whole to be known as a ''bungalow apartment the roof of the office building at IS East Forty y-first street. His example, it is hoped, will encourage others to do likewise and possibly make New York a city difficult to reach by method other than aeroplane. pr. Thomas Addis Emmet originated the plan two years ago, and more re- gently F. w. Woolworth expressed his intention of turning an upper floor of the Woolworth building into living quarters. Dr. Emmet expected to live 16 floors above the earth, in the midst of an Italian garden. Mir. Woolworth planned to use the fortieth story.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-16
LUKE M.LukE SAYS
mn Inc Cincinnati Enuuirer.

HfOn the tlnclHlldtl bIquiIeI.
 Kissing is one way to remove paint.
 It all depends on the point of view. We call man who has two wives big amist. But Norman would call him a piker.
 A woman is always as young as her face will permit her to be.
 that no matter what you say you are not going to get into an argument with the other fellow if the other fellow is get ting ready to make touch.
 We have an idea that everything else that Is home made excels what you can purchase. But we never regard happi- ness in that light.
 Even when man hasn't enough hair to take its own part some burly barber wants to trim it.
 Before he gets her he tells her that he would die for her. But he takes so long about it after he gets her that she usually has to take in washing to pay his funeral expenses
 They have made lot of changes in fashions. It has come to point where the divorce suit Is every bit as fashionable as the wedding gown. I'll bet that those Eugcnic marriage certificates will not prevent the contract ing parties from becoming sick of each other?
 Honesty is the best policy. But most men let it expire after they have paid premius for while. new sect breaches of hell that is frozen ovsr and cold. If this is . fact. that snowfall Is going to last longer than we thought 1t would.
 A great big woman usually tries to grab out husband who Is so small that he looks as if he could perch on her finger and eat out of her hand.
 After looking over the fall styles in 1 tangoing I have discovered that you do not have to pay much attention to the footwork as long as you know the holds. It is mighty good thing for all 6f us ] that women are not as crazy sa the clothes they wear. {stsis5
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-16
Germany's Secret Service Efficienc,

Germany's Secret Service Efficiency
 It is said that probably no army
 ever had so complete and far-reachiny system of secret service as that maintained by the Germans in France. They have already shown startling familiarity with Belgium. Every inch of French and Belgian territory has been studied by the German officers.
 Before invading Belgium the Ger mans knew the estimated amount of ready money in every town, ths loca- tion not only of all kinds of fortifi- cations, but all public buildings and private residences that might be of use to them. The citizens to be held in hostage were known in advance, while the available supplies of every town and city were calculated to a nicety. It is said that the Germans even knew how many bottles of wine thsre were in each locality in France.
 At the siege of Maubeuge the great German guns could be put into opera fion immediately on arrival because macadam foundations had been pre- pared for them long in advance in the yard of factory purchased by the Krupps through | go-between. The xsngs of every fort was carefully
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-16
years Americas wheat crop will have

years Americas wheat crop will have about doubled
 Grain statistics should be now more than ever of interest to Alabama farmers. A few years ago diversified tion of crops came to be discussed se- riously and substantial results have been obtained already. Within the past five or six years corn production in Alabama has been almost doubled. The oats crop this year was larger than in any previous year, and many farmers are getting ready to SOW wheat on an extensive scale for one of next years crops.
 Every enterprising farmer will pur- sue the intensive method and will strive to make record food crops.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-16
ALI QUIET ALONG THE POTOMAC

By Ethel Lynn Beers. "All quiet along the Potomac they say; Except now and then a stray picket Is shot, as he walks on his beat to and
 fro,
 By a rifieman hid in the thicket. 'Tis nothing-a private or two now and
 then Will not count in the news of the battle; Not an officer lost-only one of the men, Moaning out all alone, the death rat
 tle.' All quiet along the Potomac tonight. Where the soldiers lie peacefully dream
 ing; Their tents in the rays of the clear au-
 tuinn moon, Or the light of the watch fire. are
 2leaming. A tremulous sigh of the gentle night wind Through the forest leaves softly is
 creeping; While stars up above, with their glitter
 ing eyes, Keep guard. for the army is sleeping There's only tho sound of the lone sem
 try's tread. As he tramps from the rock to the foun-
 tain, And thinks of the two in the low trundle Far away in the cot on the mountain. His musket falls slack; his face, dark and
 grim,
 Grows gentle with memories tender. As he mutters prayer for the-children
 asleep, For their mother-may heaven defend
 her! The moon seems to shine. just as brightly
 as then, That night. when the love yet unspoken Leaped up to his lips-when low-mur- mured vows Were pledged to be ever unbroken. Then drawing his sleeve roughly over his
 eyes, He dashes on tears that are yelling, And gathers his gun closed up to its As ifato keep down the heart swelling. He passes the fountain. the blasted pine
 tree,
 The footstep is tagging and weary: Yet onward he goes. throagh the broad
 belt of light. Toward the shade of the forest 50
 dreary. Hark Was it the night wind that rustled
 the leaves? Was 1t moonlight so wondrou.ly nssh- It looked like rine.-"Ha! Mary. good The red life blood Is ebbins and splash.
 ing. All quiet along the Potomac tonight. No sound save the rush of the river. While soft falls the dew on the face of a the dead The picket's of duty forever!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-16
An Impractical Plan

MT. W. P. c. Harding, in his per,
 sonai capacity, and not as repre-. lsentative of the federal reserve board
 writes an article printed in another
 column of The Age-Herald indorsing
 the Bankhead plan for the state of
 Alabama to issue $4O,0O0, ,000 of bonds
 to take up part of Alabama's cotton
 crop at 10 cents per pound.
 Mr. Harding further urges the gov ernor of Alabama to call an extra ses- sion of the. legislature at once to con sider this matter. He argues that the governor "has now a tremendous responsibility and a great opportu- nity," and further says: "An ,xtra- ordinary occasion certainly exists, and l strongly urge that he call the legis- lature together at once to consider this cotton problem"
 MT. Harding, in his great generos- ity and sympathy for the farmer, the country merchant and the banker of Alabama, sacrifices that real states manship which is inherent in his makeup to the impulse of the mo- ment. He advocates a plan which would be totally destructive to prac- tical state government and would lead to untold complications and financial ruin in the future. He advocates pa- ternal rather than practical govern ment.
 His plan will never do and The Age Herald does not believe for moment that Governor O'Neal will call an extra session of the legislature for this purpose.
 MT. Hardings sympathies have evil dently been worked upon by that coterie of southern politicians in Washington who would sacrifice sound government for temporary applause and the votes of the suffering farm CTS.
 The cotton situation will be handled by the big banks, to which the gov ernment is furnishing aid in the form of an extra issue of currency. But the situation is such that the farmer will be compelled to take his medi- cine under existing conditions, just as the merchant and manufacturer is doing.
 Cotton was quoted in Montgomery yesterday at six and one-half cents pound. Of course, this is far too low, but under existing conditions it is absurd to tell the farmer that he is to get 10 cents a pound for his cotton. All sensible men know that the tremendous crop of this year cannot be handled at that price.
 The Age Herald hopes to see this cotton situation handled in a practi- cal manner and banking facilities fur nished to an extent which will enable the farmers and the merchants to carry over sufficient cotton to be sold at high prices next year, and thereby even up their eventual cash returns to 10 cents or more.