davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-11-25

II. II. Smith and family OF Kinsiey.
Kansas. were the guests OF his broth.
er. Clyde Smith. for few days while
-enroute TO California to soc the biz
fairs.
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the census of 1910 relating to negroes gives
n colored population of 9.S27.000, which
makes the increase 11.2 per cent as against
an increase Of 22.3 per cent in the white race.
The latter gain over the colored rate was al
most entirely due to immi grafton.
In many ways the negro advanced in the
decade. He has frequently done we'll in the
sreat Northern cities, where the urban
colored population so largely centers. but his
greatest average gain is in the South. which
fact bears out the oft-repeated statement that
colored folk are best off at home in Dixie.
Here in the South the colored man Is rapidly
becoming an independent, and often prosper
Gus, landed proprietor. The increase of
negroes owning their own land was notable in
the decade ending In 1910. The increase
was general, but it largest in Virginia
where Al per cent Of negroes possess their
own farms.
This is good showing. and the State
should be proud of it. Our colored people
live in peace and friendship with the white
race receive the protection of good laws and
continue to thrive and multiply Their
growing prosperity would be the best answer
to the critics of Virginias political policy if
there were any critics of consequence left.
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Dropping Some Dead Weight

d RITAIN evidently feels the need of that
- national unity which under the British
form OF government a coalition ministry indi-
Gates and more or less guarantees. Unionists
and Conservatives are to take their places
with home rulers and Liberals in the Asouith
ministry.
The immediate cause of the change is pub
lie and general dissatisfaction with the direc-
ton OF the navy by Winston Churchill First
Lord OF the Admiralty. Mr. Churchill is of
that impusive and aggressive type that has
its uses in war as we'll peace but which is
afflicted with the defects inseparable from
over2eal. 1t seems probable he will either
he dropped from the coalition ministry or
receive a portfolio that will keep him busy
hut harmless
Mr.. AsQuith will continue TO lead. What
ever other dissatisfaction exists, there is none
with the dominance Of what has been called
the clearest mind in Europe" Cabinet
changes will not indicate wavering or uncer-
1anty, but renewed determination to push
the war, with all Brtain's united resources
OF men and treasure, TO successful con-
ciusion.
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Mature and War
Belgian hottie

belgian dollhouse grapes appeared in
the chicago markets some DAYS ago in
normal quantities and at nearly normal
prices Two weeks after the bonn bard
fnent OF Antwerp, Belgian market wom-
en- were pushing their carts through
the streets loaded with pears and
grares--6eautiful dollhouse cranes, at
~ cents pound. Nature seems to say:
what are all these little men and
their little guns and their rushings this
way and that to me? Is the morning
any less beautiful, the rain any less
kind' because those tiny specks, set
here and there across the landscape like
a childs lead soldiers. chose to kill
cach other| Mr.. Shaw. in one Of his
nashes OF realism. smiled recently at
those who thought that war could de
stroy' country. France. "crushed" in
1871, energies forty-three years later.
stronger than ever. a writer in the
Century speaks OF the thrift Of the
french peasants: They are wonderful
gardeners. Their cabbages and pota-
toes formed more substantial entente
cordiale with England than any NEGRO
NANCY OF the genial Edward" You re-
member that scene in Zola's Down
ran where the young French soldier
IN the thick Of the Sedan disaster, saw
a peasant blowing behind a big white
morse: why lose a day? 1t was not
because they were fighting that the
wheat would stop growing or the world
go on living" OF all the nations fight.
ing, the Russians, it is said, are the only
ones who cannot be beaten They have
plenty OF men and they can take their
time But Mother Earth is bigger than
the Russians. She has all the men and
all the time.-Collier's Weekly.
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Use of Gases by Allies

[ ORD KITCHENER'S announcement in the
IL House of Lords that the British and
French armies felt impeled to make use of
asphyXiatlng gases in order to counterbal-
ance the advantage the use Of such gases
has given the Germans, is entirely proper.
IT the allies failed to employ this method of
warfare, they would reveal a sensibility alto
Sether out of place on modern fields of battle
We have never shared the tremendous in
dignation against the Germans that their en-
ployment of gases stirred up in various parts
OF the world 1t is true that such use is pro-
hibted by solemn conventions entered into
ct The Hague, to which Germany was party
and that in violating this agreement Germany
broke faith. To our mind that is the only
crime Germany committed-and it certainly
was not SO unprecedented in the conduct of
the present war as to cause much astonish-
ment
We can see no material difference between
gas that asphyXiates and kills, even with the
accompaniment Of great agony, and the hail
of shrapnel and giant shells sent from thous-
ands of guns, or bombs rained from the sky,
into the trenches of the enemy. One is no
more nor less merciful than another So
long as gas is employed only against armed
men, objections to its appear largely
sentimental We in this country should re-
member at any rate. that our delegates to
The Hague conference refused to sign the
stipulation by which the use of gas is en-
morrow. 1t might use all the gas it could
manufacture and violate no obligation IL has
ever entered into with any other nation
For the French and German armies there
lore, TO concede to their enemies an enormous
advantage would be folly almost criminal
The ingenuity OF French and British scientists
is equal to the development of appliances that
will restore the lost balance. 1t will make
war little more horrible, of course, but
that will not be undesirable if it will wake
the nations OF the world to realization of
wars curse and cost.
There is an essential distinction between
the use of asphyXiating gases, in armed con-
fct and against armed men, and such
methods of warfare resulted in the sink
ing OF the Lusitania and the destruction of
hundreds of lives that included women and
little children. That sort OF warfare is bar
barlsm unalloyed. 1t denies neutral rights
that prior to this war were admitted by all
civilized nations. 1t can be justified only by
the same plea of necessity that would excuse
poisoning the water supply in an enemys
country, because that country contained SOL
diers who might be used against the
prisoners.
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Tribute to Advertising

wv HAT power is welded by sane and in
w telligcnt newspaper advertising was
we'll illustrated in the crowds that thronged
Richmond stores yesterday. Response to the
announcements of special attrac tions was so
generous and in some cases so overwhelming
that there were occasional difficulties in af-
fording prompt service
Wednesday in Richmond is VIGOROUSLY the
worse shopping day of the week. 1t is the
day commonly on which the stores are least
crowded and their gross sa les smallest. By
publicity IL was transformed into 4 day of
exceedingly heavy sales, and if the reality
and worth of the offered bargains reduced net
profits. merchants yet should be content.
They have had a lesson in psychology that
ought to serve them we'll
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-20

ter.anNious to find which way the wind
is blowing. They have apparently found out
mat 1t is blowing hard against prohibition.
nioSo George remarked. when prohibition
nrst proposed by him. that England had to fight
GERMANY. Austria and Drink. and he no;
cei '"'h mat Drink was not the most dangerous
enemy OF the three. Now he brings In his bill.
which is not Il prohibition measure. but a bill
70 tax more heavily all liquors containing over
per cent or alcohol 1t is hoped that by making
Spirits more costly the people will be driven or
Seduced into substituting malt liquors for spirits
me chancellor of the Exchequer. It seems, has
burned his fingers In suggesting prohibi-
uoh' and has declared pathetically that he IS
now prepared to take pledge never. politically,
to touch drink Observation-Disclosures Evening sun
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From the Des Moines Register and Leader

The crisis was over. The day was won.
Yet the field marshal made no sign.
i might remark in parentheses that
the capture of Gheluvelt by the wor.
cesters is one Of the mysteries of the
war. The dashing attack delivered by
this splendid regiment at the crucial
moment TO the whole gigantic battle
literally saved the day. yet no ono has
ever hcen able To discover who saveI
the order for assault. / believe l am
right in saying that the commander-in-|
chief personally instituted the most ex.
hausti"c inquiries In order that the ma
who saw the right thing 10 do and did
II might be suitably rewarded. He hasl
never been found. He is though, tol
have been staff officer who may have
been killed in the attack.
"Read Little and Think Much,
The deep eyes OF the thinker the
crYsta!-clear gaze of an honest man
and good friend. a ighting chin that
is the last work in pugnacity, a sunny
smile bctraying youthful nature in
which the love Of the beautiful and a
taste for mischief predominate-these
are the traits OF countenanco of Sir
I John French. Bearing name which
is that Of ono Of the tribes OF Galway
he IL Irish in his snow-whte hair and
mustache and fresh complexion hut
also IN his quick temper his intuition
his masnetsm.
He is quick In speech as quick in
action. His thoughts lie very near the
tongue. He has habit of saying
what he thinks about men and mat
tiers. He thinks much and deeply He
quotes with approval a saying OF Gen
eral Wolseleys that a soldier should
read little and think much, meaning
thereby that in his military reading
he should read slowly and absorb and
apply the knowledge thus acquired tol
ms own military experience. -ew SOL
diers have studied the great military
writer's as widely and as carefully as
Sir John. This habit OF thought givesi
MIN detached air which Is his most
marked feature Silent French they
called him in South Africa He knows
how 10 keep his own counsel
strange mixture of a schoolboy
and great general Is description
which fits him off very well indeed
for al! his siXty-three years he is the
Youngest member of his encourage
never depressed. full of high spirits and
possessing most lively sense Of tho
ridiculous.
And the field marshal is death on
ihe'hciency II goads him 10 quick
anger and swift punishment Woe be-
l'de the officer who may appear in any
way TO have neglected the care of his
men Bold and fearless as he is and
like all great generals. reckless OF
losses where the price must be paid he
wili never forgive the man who will
sacrihce unnecessarily the lives of his
soldiers For Sir John tenderly loves
MS men. lie knows the British soldier
his virtues and his vices, his foibles and
ms ccccntricities And TO know the
BRUSH soldier is to love him"
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German Public Onininn

OUCH views OF German ofticialdom and the
~ Berlin and provincial newspapers as are
permitted TO seep out beyond the borders of
the empire support the theory that Germany
VIII not comply. either in letter or spirit with
the just demands OF the Presidents note.
If there is 10 be German recession from the
methods OF warfare that have inflicted on this
nation injuries which are without measure.
II VIII be conditioned, we are permitted TO
believe, on Solue pressure the United States
will be expected to exert on Great Britain
That, OF course, is impossible We vet
nave our controversies with Great Britain
and Washington dispatches reveal that an
additional protest against the blockade that
has been established, along neutral as we'll
as German coasts. is either already drafted
or in course Of preparation. AT the proper
time this protest Will be forwarded but this
is not the proper time. The wrongs inflicted
Oh us by Germany are not mitiGated by other
wrongs we may have suffered at the hands
OF Great Britain, and President Wilson is not
likely to permit the two matters TO become
confused.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-20
Home Rule for Cities

a MOVEMENT is on in New York in which
~ the whole country should be Interested
The Constitutional Convention is now in SEES
sion at Albany, and conference of mayors
is 10 meet al Troy June ! for the purpose
OF o5tainng an amendment TO the Corsitu-
ton granting home rule 10 cities
This reform is imperatvey demanded in
New York, and in q lesser degree throughout
the country Brand Whitlock has told in his
interesting way OF the efforts made to secure
greater freedom for The city OF Toledo. O..
and OF the struggle which was necessary be-
fore the State relaxed its bonds In New
York the case is much worse for New York
is an instance OF the tail wagging the dog
New York City is more important than the
rest OF the State put together, and vet the
metropolis OF America is constantly hampered
and Disseminated against by legislators at
Albany.
The time is now ripe for municipal home
rule II is intolcrahie that great cities should
he left entirely at the mercy OF Legislatures
composed chiefly OF country members MANY
of them hostile to the city because of old
prejudices If New York shall adopt q CON
stitutiona amendment granting the cities, of
that State greatly increased powers OF rceu.
latng local concerns. 1t will be only cues
ton OF time before the other important cities
OF the country will demand the same thing
IT is the right of every com N unity to conduct
its own affairs TO its own advantage, provided
there is no Interference with the rights az
Others.
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REPENTANCE.
TFor The Timcs-Disn,tch

N.
My heart beats high in the morning
When the dew on the grass lies still
And It's love in penitence dawning
For the wiles 1T has cast at will.
And. Oh to recall the reckless past
Innt haunts me with hitter tears:
And supply II with deeds l want to last
i hat the world will take note Of in years
For the human heart has its frailties know
Which tend TO wreck the soul;
God leaves it to which seed will sow
On the pathway which leads to the goal
On the ship of life may sit at the helm
Departing this world below
And steer my bark to the other realm,
To endless bliss aelow.
Afectionate adieu to those leave
To complete the cycle OF life. d.
And stern admonitions which will not sricve
For the halo is worth the strife
MINNIE v. CLOPTON
Richmond, Va, May IS, 1915.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-20

How many French and Germans were en-
ploycd in the American Revolution? e F. s.
France furnished total of A 900 men TO tho
patriot cause, but they were hardly under
American discipline and rendered far less SER
vice than did the money advanced to America
about 2o.0o0000 francs. in addition to the cost
OF maintaining the French forces. The English
hired, for q lump Sum-about 100000 a year
and contingent payment of S35 for each man
killed and $l2 for each man wounded, about
$4,000 Germans who were under the direct
orders OF the British comma nders, and were so
wastcfully employed that only some Z 900 of
them got home. Settlement for their services
was made with the German princes mainly tho
Landgrave OF Hcsse.
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The Voice of the PEOPLE
Presidents stnnd for Neutrality.

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir-l received letter this morning from a
nephew who is in Ciibralta. Before this terrible
war he was n professor in large college in
Liverpool He says:
What little news do get through from
America seems TO show that Mr.. Wilson is maxi
ing a determined stand for neutrality. 1t must
De a most difhcuit problem for America to solve
and cannot help admirng the cool way Presi-
dent Wilson is acting. II would be terrible
thing for America to have to take sides"
MRS BOYCE D. BROOKER
Richmond, May TO- 1915
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A Presidents Son.

tBoston Globc.)
Richard Cleveland at an athletic meet
saturday won the putting the -shot
event. His father when President was
something of shot-putter himself, as
Great Britain remembers when recall
Ing the Venezuela incident. s
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The Lusitnnin Horror,

To tho Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir--l am sure that when that vessel OF the
Kaiser torpedoed the Lusitania---a cowardly act
sending innocent women and children TO the
oceans depths, that just God frowned while
the devil chuckled with keen delight. b. b.
Richmond. May II, 1915.
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Honor Roll
From
Cambridge


allies cause. There are ffty-seven in the roster.
and the added to forty wounded and
seven who prisonersSor missing. In the
brief biographies appended reads of tri-
umphs the river and in the games, OF honors
won in the classical tripos and special examina-
tons; and then comes the sequel summed up
a rule in the three words: KILLED in action
Parlor socialists, bellicose dock strikers, pro-
fcssioual athletes who refuse their cherished
biceps to their country, and the csthetes with
pink tea in their veins should have thcr atten-
ton called to these lists of scholars. supposedly
penned in coistcr coming Latin and Greek,
who heard the call and threw down their books
and went to the front Since Tyrtaeus the lame
schoolmastor of the Spartans. there never has
beer to which the scholars have not
risen. The pity of it is that these splendid
young fellows have flung soul and body down
for God to nlow them under" and are leaving the
future of this good green earth to the in
hertance of other kinds of men whose COM
placent materialism is unperturbed by their
valor and their sacrfce.-Philadelpht Public
Ledger.
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Queries and Answers


Is there any for black tongue in a dog?
Is there likelihood OF hydrophobia from il?
DAVID SHELTON.
DR.. Ferneyhough, Burk eville, Va, will send
YOU statement OF the best known treatment.
There is no such danger. informed.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-20
Sensible Jitney Regulation

N EClSlON by the Council committee fran
l. ing an ordinance TO regulate jitney
transportation in Richmond, not to REQUIRE
jitney owners to execute bond to assure
me safety OF passengers. is wise unQuostion-
ably The bond requirement was simply a
device to run the jitncys ont OF business, for
none of them could have endured the heavy
tax it would have imposed
The committee learned that $4,000
bond would cost the jtney owner $500 a
year Had the figure been reduced to $4,000
the annual cost would have been 800 Add
&c that an average OF $50 for the license the
committee proposes to exact, the State cab
license the State automobile tax and the
State and city personal property taxes, and it
becomes apparent that the cost of jitncy
operation would be prohibitivc.
That is not the sort OF regulation the city
wants. Regulation of the right kind there
must be, obviously, for in some sections and
at some hours the jitneys have become almost
as much nuisance as convenience.
The other features OF the suggested ordi-
nance, which were outlined fully in the news
columns OF The Times Dispatch yesterday.
seem, in the main to be well considered
Fossibly-probably, perhaps--they will re-
quire amendment before the ordinance is
passed, but the measure as drawn clearly
represents an honest and intelligent effort
10 solve real problem--that OF continuing
the advantages the jitney offers Richmond
citizens. while eliminating most of its dis
agreeable features.
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CiiIenHhiD.

y citizen of another State moves Virginia
What must he do TO become n citizen OF Vir-
ginia? H. b.
He must have resided in this State two years
before he can vote or hold Office For all other
purposes he is Citizen" as soon as he comes
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-20
Chats With Virginia Editors

Says the Norfolk virginian- Pilot: still. It
doesn't look exactly right for us to pass DR..
DernhurG to other neutral nation"
Dern him. Let's have Cuba try him 4 while
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-20

The FrcderclsburC Star. having lost some
good syndicate copy, grieves as follows: ..It
was very unfortunate for the Colonel that the
Kaiser destroyed his stage settings at SYRIA
cuse by sinking the Lusitania at such an in
opportune moment"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-20

The editor of the Halifax Gazette too young
to he Veteran, too proud to beg and too lazy
tow walk, has landed at last. He says: Now we
have a fine excuse for not going to the reunion;
all the hotels booked UP for that week -
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Better Thnu Much Learning.

Better Thnn Much Learning.
Pretty little Polly lacks
The intellectual bent
In fact. for culture and the like
She wouldn't give. cent.
And at the highbrow festivals
She wonders what is meant.
But pretty Polly dances like
dainty woodland sprite.
And cen to watch her cfsh grace
Is pure unmxed delight,
And Poy's lips scarlet buds
Her neck is milky white.
What does little Polly
That no one thinks ner wise?
Why wisdom doesn't stand n chance
When she employs her eyes,
And each discerning in sight
TO do her bidding flies.
TIE TATTLER
Small Chance
He (pessionately)--Is there no hope for mo
at all?
She Gudicially)-Very little If you stay around
here. Only last night dad trying to decide
whether he would set the dogs YOU use a
double barrel shotgun
Disappointing.
II don't think much OF Pnks's of pro-
priety"
Whats the matter now?"
Last night after the theater I offered to
drive him and Mrs. Rinks TO their home
ten miles in the country
"Wen?"
The chump accepted"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-20

The Thaw case has suffered another deIav
II does seem there should be some way 10
put this dangerous mailman behind the bars
and keep him there
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-20
The Peksinlint Snys:

Say what you will against Italy: She nifests
at least n considerable capacity to understand
her own mind. Moreover. she wants what she
wants when she wants it,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-20

New York has learned that people will not
pay for opera when they can understand the
Words. mat ought not 10 occasion surprise.
Very lew people pay for opera when they can
understand the music.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-20

IL docs seem shame that DR. Dernburg
could not have made up his mind 10 part with
US several weeks ago.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-20

Say what you will abou, the rains. they
we're among the conspicuous successes of
Richmond's Clean-Up Week
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The critics of the navy are looking around,
probably, for something discreditable to say
about Admiral Dewey and Admiral Fletcher
AS hoth admirals denied emphatcally nearly
every charge the critics made, it is necessary
either to destroy the navy's defenders or take
new ground.