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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-01
Billy Sunday and Golf

oserlNDAY has taken up golf The
ellis chiefly interesting because of
,rs, Sunday is in the limclight.
: ~ a great influx of clerical golfers
game may suffer in proportion.
6araosy is not notably athletic, and
SEs ole may he expected to damage
bang grounds,
are Just one point Of apprehension.
~ the possible exception OF Mil
sately.ft, has ever successfully gone
4ocirties Of bad drives and puts with
&c OF profanity. 1t is related OF a
ss,t, tearing up a section Of ten
to his mashie, he heard with graft
Rf diane ejaculation OF his caddie.
80 hoy" he said, you interpret
urately."
- ny swear at golf, for he does il
But what about the rank and
lore conservative clergy? May
ntleman emit even ever so faint
- put invoking the displeasure OF
ga Let us have at that point be-
game is turned clerical. II will
ty veXlng hour aiterward
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-01
SONGS AND SAWS


The Ways OF Fate.
IL hard to tell why bad books sell,
But good ones go a-begSing;
why takers bale their store of kale,
While genius ducks an cgging.
Some Worthwhile play that ought to pay
Meets with the worlds rejection.
Ihough up the street tho dollars greet
a weird "girl-and" rejection.
lot of Kings who do fool things
Are decked with sproutng piuons,
While some poor lad not half so bad
Is bounced from his dominions.
The oldstyle boss has suffered loss
And graft to him no one pays;
But Demos, blind. swcars by tho kind
That wears plug hats on Sundays
You can't tell why the State made drv
by "uplift' legislation
should always be full of skee
And its eXhlaration.
1t seems rule that plain facts fool
those who tell what should do
Things rarely hap as some wise chap
Predicted that they would do.
Yes. II is hard to read a card
Before the Fatcs disclose 1t:
Some reason may support their PLAY
But no man ever knows it,
We folks Of earth must fill with mirth
These sisters autocratic;
They pun the strings-wc do what tbinrs
Ihcy VIII, howeer cratic
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-01

pay, however, but preferred to renew the
hght. second decision went against her,
but She was still unsatisied. She will not
accept the Judgment rendered, nor will she
oner a reasonable and definite compromise
The case might have been settled years ago
If West Virginia had shown any real desire
to pay her just share Of the debt. She might
almost have dictated her own terms. But it
appears evident frem the whole history of
the case that the only settlement West Vir-
gnia will accept is one which entirely relieves
her of any responsibility for the old debt
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-01
Uncle Joe RenigS

who knows his Uncle Joe ever
cted that the Honorable Mr.. Can
pGenig, but he has gone and done
stcause he says he has housemaid's
,s;nn,s explanation there is subtle
= how it affected his knee, who
be tainly in Uncle Joe's experience
he never got down on his knees
pl
tlas ii may. five years ago Uncle
hnhat dancing was a healthful,
'ort, to he encoura gcd in old
re- in earnest of his opinion, he
pm his visit TO the Panama
pm he would dance one great
fashioned Virginia reel He
bSition. and, with 100 others
'Hsd position, he left for Homo
- having danced single step!
de his remarkable explanation.
Joe. 1t is the first time he has
down, and. in order that he may
and make good, we hereby invite
name OF all the people, to come
Iond and do that dance on the soil
|strious origin.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-01
5 Have an End 10 IT..

accor9oped that the United States
wearJourt once for all will settle the
a arc Virginia deb, controversy.
/ beauhas now dragged on for many
{. T,. been contested In two regular
per,1d the people OF Virginia ana OF
ca al large are very weary of il.
nd p of Virginia has little direct
rterest IN the decision. because
TO certificates OF debt issued in
nr IN West Virginias share of the
our are owned by private parties.
bssiratiless. Virginia $ honor is deeply
ecision III her favor. If followed
3hn RUDY West Virginia, would pretty
i MothSquare the Old Dominion with
rs nebtedness
man nan ce of it, West yirginia's plea
d aid weak. She was long part OF
odncetared all OF the benefits con
'ps scaiate government; if anything.
run. intn ,rovements were put on the
This win Il the State than on the
cohai.ion. ginia's Indebtedness was
don.t ~, in her original Cons,tu-
and necko rich her advocates, with
70 preve't w9ever bc,n able TO eX-
"a "a, ana = gent war West Virginia
Ieot upon ,wrink,tor her share OF the
az with cocoanut o.apponted commits
=, me noiiows anoinia in regard to
ksshins. Thls ,y,uwas done at The
Rows and make N TO hope that
shali be gladly. So little
IA ,na.. tood aipayment that
ped, addressed eny.irginia debt
cement. the
The dollar.
O them r.d IN : against
es sag and ne furesulted
iahhy and wrinN drt'id not
tsy checks look Nclos,
2. Get al! the khe6
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-01
THE CALL OF THE wnIppoonwILI..

[I'or The Times Dispatch1
Sweet and low from the dusk they call
softly from over the hill,
out Of the night where moonbeams fall
out of the night where shadows tall
Cover the earth. they call and call
out of the night so still.
The day is done, and far away,
Under the evening star
Where tho hedges droop with misty dew
And night winds whisper to me ana to you
The whippoorwill calls 30 soft and low.
Sadly, faint and far.
LEFTY PRESTON OSBORNE,
Union w. Va, April 90 1915
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-01
a Very easy Boss.p

VIII come, but you arc not an easy
, noss autographed Mr. Roosevelt to
nhomas {. Plat. That was incorrect.
MI. flatt was very easy boss The
correspondence read at Syra cuse shows
that PC did most OF the work of Cover
nor, but gave to Mr.. Roosevelt all the
salary and honor OF the Office. What
more could boss do for one of his
favorite henchmen?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-01
Gas Appliance Exhibit

SION of the Gas Department to open
kexhibit OF modern gas appliances in
Ser of Commerce Building will have
oval, and ought to attract good
pd,,ular interest Much can be &C
ID. wen under existing conditions,
= of modern appliances can
u on! Richmond
e. ,;;.ner wastes gas abom-
srn MN gas and gives far less
9GfV equipped with a mantle.
hreads of much more expensive
yrist Heat commodity could, and
ID n eoHtp5e sold at substantially
she g cand!e-power standard we're
p!lhould be kept before the pub
d The public now is paying the
indifference. The exhibit will
Fdght to receive encouragement.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-01
Chats With Virginia Editors

The New York SUM- commenting ON 3, ro,o,,,
decision OF the Virginia Supreme Court of An
peais' asks; Have they "a theory in virrini.,
that the streets do belong to tho ,r,r,inu
company RMS leads the Norfolk Virriniau-
Pilot TO pertincntly remark: "It wouIi .o.,,,
-" thouEh the practice has sometimes justincd
Il inherent impression But then neither shouId
the jtneys own the public thoroughfaros .rhc
rights of the people are paramount ana ,b,i,
convenience is the first thing to- he cousiderod, :,
The Chase City Progress says: with a iii,
ney bus line in Boydton and IA wireless s,,tjnr
in South Ill., surely Mccklcnburc ,,ouutv is
coming 10 the 'front.' And with a stree, shrink,
Ter IN chase city that is put in use, old Neck
lenburg would certainly he righ, up to tho
front.
The James City County are getting TO
be mighty cNacting. The WILLIAMSBURG Ga
zette says: The voters are awaiting the plat
forms of the several candidates for Office Ger
tainly they are entitled to know what those
who ask their suffrage expect do If they go
TO the Legislature. II is Il most reasonable re-
quest, and should be promptly complied with"
The Fredericksburg Star having been errono-
ously credited in this column with a paragraph
declaring Roosevelt to he the logical Rcpuhli-
can candidate for the presidency. the Star hast
ems 10 say; I'VE beg to inform The Times Dis
patch that no such language ever appeared I'm
our columns For number of years we have
regarded the Colonel as no more nor less than
"A political charlatan. and the revelations of the
Barnes Roosevelt trial Syracuse have but
strenS thencd this belief. We haven't the slight
est idea that American people will ever again
he fooled into trusting him trying his nos
trums. Beg thousand pardons! The para
graph should have been credited to the Fred
erickSburg Journal. All our mistake
The boastful Newport News Times Herald
says Newport News the coolest spot on
the map of Eastern Virginia during the hot
spell The breeze did it" Which breezco the
one from Chesapeake Bay or the other one that
is daily raised in the newspaper Offices?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-01
Yellow. hut Not 700 yellow.

''' ~ IT T''f ; Ic' J
udh, Dictator OF China. is compelled
to deny the Carl Rosslincer interview
printed in some American newspapers
lie hints that it was cousin german to
iakc. Even China objects to too
yellow journalism.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-01
The South'S
Reviving
Prosperity

i'"'P''"' grades tof cottonj now SELL
ing in the South around 10
cents pound. price which. in the opinion
of experts. is as great would have been
obtained had there been war" To appreciate
the fun significance Of this it is necessary 10
recall that just prior to the organization of the
cotton loan fund last summer business condi-
lions in the South were asserted To be the most
distressing since the Reconstruction DAYS. The
which the war settled upon the future of the
cotton crop. In n section where the wealth is
all invested in one staple it is only necessary
to threaten that staple in order to throw out of
adjust mcnt the entire economic and induSt rial
fabric of the section. and by much the indus
trial fabric of sections related to It, This is
what had occurred in the Southern States during
the summer aud fall OF 1914. The distress was
rendered peculiarly acute by the inability of
banks i'll the seAion to offer any relief to the
growers. because their own affairs in
timatelN and completely bound up in the future
OF the single staple of wealth produced in their
section ii would be diffcult TO imagine u Situa-
ton OF more complete hclplcssness; that the
South is about to emerge from lift it has not
already done so-with no wreckage TO speak
economic establishments incident to the
Mr.. Harding is not claiming too much for the
slo0,00ooo0 loan fund when he points TO that
the most potent contributing factor 10 tho
solution of the difficulty. The main thing was
TO nrovide "a means of liberation and basis for
confidence The creation .of the loan fund did
both Ii WAS but sparingly used to be sure: but
its easy availability accomplished the desired
ends-Louisvile Courcr-Journal
From the Industrial district OF
noo,, IF Pennsylvania comes report that
,,,L;.I 90. the hygicnic authorities of some
:" =, ~ Of the steel concerns have issued
7o"i''eu an edct that the whisker must
1t is unhygienic, is loaded
with microbes and things, and drops them in un-
desirable places especially drinking vessels So
the SNUG mug must replace the alfalfa face
The most casual consideration of the place
whiskers have occupied in the evolution of
civilization must lead to the conclusion that
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-01
Queries and Answers
Eauauicr County.

FnUHIfcr County.
Can you tell in what condition arc the
records of Fauquicr County, Va?
r. II. MASSEY.
Unbroken from the establishment in 1856
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-01
Zoo Much IiisIh

Why don't YOU make me Concrcssmanpr
The politician cried
Because we'd spoil n good hoo,bl,cl,,
The voters all replied
THE TATTLEE.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-01
RnscbniI-Timc NoycIt,

Office Boy-P ase. MIR.
Jlnks. may set off this
afternoon?
The Is os - Grandmother
dead again, presume?
Office Boy-No, sir. My
mother wants to go to a
votes for women meeting,
ana l have to mind the
baby.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-01
The Explanation.

why are you crying, johnny
mat boy up the street hit on the head
with rock" ~
'Iiorrid little creature How did no b,,,o,,
to do it?' pp'''
There wasn't but one rock and no ro, III;
hand on 1t first" 80"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-01
Observation-Disclosures.

tMilWaukee Sentincl.)
II Mr.. Barnes were the miracle Of
petitical astuteness he H. cracked up to
pc ne would have let the Colonel alone
Even IL Barnes giu.ild win tho suit
rs $;$.,, $ ;:s': fliiil
himself cheap
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-01
Highly Imaginative

stubbs-l have just been reading a collection
OF the latest ina ginativo fiction
Gruhbs-t'hambers Richard HARDING D,,.;,,
Stuhhs--Nether. Official reports of tho VA
ring nations ' ""'
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-01
The Voice Of the People
Protection for Suffrage Orators.

To INC Fdltor OF TIC Tlncs- DSDntCh:
Sir.--Eichmond will have excellent oppor-
tunity tomorrow night to show its fine sense
of courtesy and consdcra ton when the women
speak on Broad street on equal suffrage. | have
40 doubt that ninc-tcnthS of the crowd will
sustain the best traditions of the city Just as
a precantion against the submerged tenth"
wouldn't il he well 10 have few extra police
scattered here and there"
An ounce OF prevention is worth "a ton or tw q
Of it is also worth 1000 explanations OF
''just how ii Ina opened afterwards! X Y r.
Richmond, April 80. 1917.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-01

every day I'm the year by The Tfmcs-
FACILITATING Company, Inc. Address NIL
tions to THE TIMES DISPATCH,
9tch building. 10 South Tenth Street.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-01

To the Editor OF The Tmcs- Dispatch:
Sir--I notice in The Times of Yesterday tho
29th, a statement from tho Gas Department that
the average cost of manufacturing gas was
per cen, less during January, February and
March compared with the correspond ng
months Of last year, with promises for still
greater reduction.
cannot recall that any such beneficial dis
cGvcricS have been madc--fOr the benefit of the
dear rcopc-,prior to the present agitation con
corning the leasing of the gas plant Now if
idea to keep up the leasing agitation "a little
longer. and not abruptly reject u proposition
that seems TO promise cheaper ans and efficiency
in management: For fear that should the
drop back TO the same ''old level" |, for one
thank these wouid-be lcssees for coming here
They seem he doing good SHORT HORN
Richmond, April 30. 1915.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-01

Clerks Fee.
If deed recorded In 1863 and the fee
paid and the deed not delivered to grantee til
1915, what fee is due the clerk? r.
None.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-01

New York, IL is reported, is to lose the
cabaret Score one for Old Reform or Cen
eral Economy or whoever or whatever turned
the trick.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-01

England does not seem able to agree O.
the weight OF the manaces and leg iron
with which it Will cucumber the Demon Rum
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-01
Current Editorial Comment

The statement that the mind
sei%fS upon in w +. q. lIarding's
cstiinat" OF business conditions
IN the south is that the best
grades tof cottont are now sell
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-01

cELEP1ONE, RANDOLPH
ln ONCE. 10 Soath Tenth Street
ychmond. 1920 Hull street
aF&-.... 100 North Sycamore Street
$500. ."lS Eighth Street
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-01

An iceberg has just been discovered tina
makes music. Something similar, probabl,
10 "the clink of the ice in the pitcher tn
boy brings down tho hail.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-01

If the drivers of speeding jitneys are fined
500 and costs they may have to raise their
rates to pay their fines
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-01
Ill giules.pisputrb

Founded. 1883
ITCH, Founded. 1850
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-01

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rcd january ~, 1905. at nlch.nopd y.s, ms
ciass mntteF under net Of Congress of
3. 1870.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-01

uscripts md communications submitted
publication Will not Ia returned unless
panied by postage sfnmun.
SATURDAY. ,ly io15
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-01

imes- nirpntcb Carrier Delivery Service In
Eonu tnnd ruburhs) md Pctcrsburr;
win sunday, one week t5 cent.
trytfhout Sunday, ono seek - cent.
p only. /, cent,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-01

1t will he interesting if Governor Whit
man goes on the stand in the celebrated libe
suit, 10 hear his opinion of the Colonel I
viii be remembered that some time ago Mr.
Whitman nominated the defendant in tn,
case for membership in his own Ananias Club
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-01

Governor Whitman denies that he favors
Mr. Root for the Republican nomination foI
the presidency. Perhaps he is looking for
that particular bee to buzz somewhat closer
TO his own ear.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-01

II does seem possible that the Administra.
tive Board could find one or two items OF
merit in the pending proposition to lease the
Gas Works. Perhaps the board did not look
quite long or far enough.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-01

From the Industrial district OF
Pennsylvania comes report that
the hygicnic authorities OF some
Of the steel concerns have issued
an cdict that the whiSker must
GO. II is unhNpinuic is lnaInh
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-01

It's hard to tell why bad books sell,
But good ones go a-beeEing;
why takers bale their store of kalc,
While genius ducks an egging.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-06
LANsING,s OPPORTUNITY

TT took years of persistent and con-
sistent effort on the part of such
able statesmen as John Hay, Elihu
Root and Philander C. Knox to bring
the American diplomatic service to a
standard of excellence that aroused
pride at home and commanded respect
abroad. But 1t only took few months
of management of the State Depart
ment under the plan of finding places
for deserving Democrats" to make
American diplomacy laughing stock
among all foreign nations.
The disgraceful incident in connec-
ticn with the short-lived appointment
to st. Petersburg was but an intro
duction to other misfit appointments.
Appointment of Democrats by a Demo
cratic administration was to be looked
for. but the American people had a
right to expect that the search would
be for qualified Democrats and not
merely deserving" Democrats. Herein
lay the difference between success and
failure, the dividing line between re-
spect and contempt.
This was to have been expected,
however, from a Secretary of State
appointed merely to pay a political
debt, and 1t is also to be expected that
there will be no more such disgraceful
incidents with Secretary of State
Lansing in Bryan's chair at Wash
ington.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-06
HOLIDAY ACCIDENTS

A STRANGE fatality appears to
n accompany every holiday sea-
son. Turn thousands of people
away from their ordinary pursuits and
permit them to go their ways in search
of pleasure and almost inevitably the
front pages of the newspapers the day
following are covered with accounts of
accidents and tragedies to the exclu-
sion of almost any other kind of news.
Yesterday was no exception. Har-
risburg, Hummelstown, Lewistown
and Philadelphia figured large in the
fatality list. There seems to be no
remedy It, for the reason that t'Nere
is no set reason; no cause that may
be definitely pointed out as something
to avoid.
Probably the real reason lies in the
unusually large number of people
abroad who are either not accustomed
to doing the things in which they are
engaged or are made careless by the
laxness of the holiday spirit to which
Americans give themselves with sc
much zest when the occasion offers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-06
FATE OF CONsTANTINOPLE

n HORE is being written upon the
Nl subject of what is to become of
Constantinople after the war
than of any other phase of the hostili-
ties now in progress in Europe. Aside
from the importance of this ancient
port on the future of Europe in peace
and in war there is a historic interest
in the fate of Constantinople beyond
that of any other city in all Europe.
The great question is, Shall the we'll
and the sword of the prophet" pass
forever out of Europe? Shall Islam
be sent scurrying across the Galata
bridge, back into Asia, the cross raised
anew over st. Sophia, finis be written
to the long, blood-smeared chapter of
the khalifiate in ancient Byzantium
And, If so, what shall be the future
OF the city of Constantine, queen of
that wonderful world water separating
the senior continents of the earth,
age-old rival of Rome and of Athens,
one with the Eternal City in its seven
hills" and epoch-making history, richer
even than Athens in it's nature-endowed
throne perched where but half a mile
of swift-fiowing current divides Europe
and Asia?
Shall it pass into the hands of the
Car as a new winter capital, to be
Russias long desired maritime me-
tropolis, her window looking out onto
the Levant?" Possession of Con-
stantinop1e would Imply control of the
Dardanelles. Control of the Darda-
nelles would open to the great inland
sea the 6oodgates of Russian COM
merce. thus far bottled up within the
Rlack Sea and the Caspian. Would
England assent2 Would France as
sent?
Forty per cent. of the total export
and import trade of Constantinopie is
British. British ''jingoism"-the term
lingo" as now applied-had it's birth
In British determination that Russia
shall not own Constantinople. In jan
uary, 1873, Russian guns were trained
upon the last line of defense of the
Sublime Porte. A Russian fleet and
Russian armies threatened Constan-
tinople from land and sea. The doom
of Turkey In Europe seemed sealed.
England was swept by a renewal of
the war fever of twenty years before
when Russia was humbled by British
steel and British bravery at Balaklava
and Sebastopol.
Then a British fleet made its ap-
pearance on the Bosphorus. Russia
did not get Constantinople.
Constantinople is the key to the
great trade routes OF the Near East.
AS far as one can judge, the French
are not more eager than the English to
present this key to Russia.
Constantinople in the hands of
the Anglo Franco Russian allies may