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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-24
NOT HE II NOT A JOKE.

Just The .Tsrgtnian thought it had located
Colonel Alfred r, Williams, former editor OF the
Roanoke Times and recently retired to obscurity,
it finds itself off the track again Detectives
employed by this newspaper had assured of
lis whereabouts when alas IL was discovered
that he has not been there at all,
To make full and frank confession, The Wv
g,ninn was persuaded that the Colonel was CON
nected with afternoon contemporary, recently
given to load prdtestations OF conversion TO the
cause of prohibition, but now finds that a grave
mistake has been made. Colonel Williams is not
connected with that paper; the denial was print
ed yesterday. This newspaper" says our dear
ly beloved convert. is not houmorous publca-
ton"
As another afternoon contemporary which
makes no claim OF conversion. would say, ''our
readers an once that this let's the
Colonel out
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-24
PEOPLES FORUM
How to stop the War.

Editor Nlrglnien:
sir-Every thoughtful American has, for
months. been wondering when the European
war would end, and how stop it in the best
and quickest possible way. financial writer
lin London has said that the would stop by
he end of July, because some of the nations
that ny that time the cost, direct and indirect.
Wiii be s45.5+o, 100000. That estimate does not
include the great losses in neutral nations Il
does not include the great loss of men.
Now. here is my solution of the situation.
IF I were President Of the United States / would
let England run her food blockade and Germany
her war-zone policies, solely as a humane means
to end the war. / believe we are helping 10
prolonR the by sending horses guns and
ammunition, but am now thinking especially
of foodstufs. II may appear little harsh 10
say that it is humane 10 starvc men into peace.
but my judgment is that the war will continue
AS long the warning nations get enough
food So long America furnishes food to the
civilians in the warring nations the armies will
have food and the war will continue The civil
war would have continued il the soldiers could
have secured food They got hungry they
had to stop lighting. Ny memory is that it is
more humane TO stop the European war by let
ting the people get hungry that they will
have to come to terms than by feeding them
ana helping them to go right killing each
other. Personally, / wish President Wilson
would lot their food blockade alone and lot
them end the war. NY Judgment is that he
is prolongins the war just long he tries
10 iced Europe,
or course. it would mean the stopping of oar
food exports for while. but what does that
amount To when consider the millions of
lives slain the other side Of the ocean, Then.
even from financial point Of view, it would
IL fact be q great investment for America. be-
cause II would the quicker stop the war and
open up the seas and ma kets to our trade.
The quicker the ends, the better for the
world, far az see IT, The oucke.
the warning nations come to the place where
they are real hungry, the quicker will they
come t. terms Of peace and end the fearful
toodshed
As TO which nation could the quicker starye
the other into subsection | have not the
knowledge ! am writing this In favor of
neaee--not in favor Of any nation against
another but in favor OF humanity. We cannot
distinguish between feeding the people and feed
arc feeding both the people and the armies,
either directly indirectly. and helping to pro-
long tho fearful struggle and helping to delay
the day of peace America never had 81 greater
President and Cabinet. They will add to the
revelation of their greatness now by letting
Europe get hungry enough 10 stop killing each
other rather than by feeding them TO kin right
on AS long feed them. they will fight
aud kill When stop feeding them the
will soon end.
Sincerely yours
II. T MARSH
Clifton EprgA Va March Of Iat5
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-24
VIRGINIA METHOO|STS
MEET IN WASHINGTON
Formal Opening of tho Baltimore Com
ference T0day--Btshop Collins
Denny Present.

Washington March 22s--T'ne lstst
session of the Baltimore annual con
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. South. to convene tomorrow
morning at the Mount Vernon Place
Church, Ninth and X Streets. north
west. was opened informally tonight
with n sermon by Rev, J. Howard
Wells, of the Baltimore Trinity NJ. Il.
Church. South. at one time pastor of
the Mount Vernon Place Church.
Bishop w. A. Chandler, of Atlanta.
WAS among the first arrivals OF the
hundreds Of delegates who came today
and tonight 10 attend the weeks con
ference. He reached Washington this
morning. other prominent churchmen
in attendance az the conference are
Bishop A ". Wilson, OF Baltimore.
and Bishop Collins Denny. OF Rich
mond.
Expect Good Attendance.
Delegates to the number OF 360 are
expected to come TO Washington TO
take part in the business sessions OF
the conference aud the anniversary
meetings.
President Wilson. II is announced.
viii attend the meeting Thursday
night. when nr. John w Moore, of
Nashville, will speak on different
phases of missionary work. Ii liz I'M
derstoud that the PRESIDENT viii not
make an address, but viii come merely
In the capacity OF an auditor
The delegates are from eight church
districts in Virginia, West Virginia and
Maryland and while in Washington
will be busy with the work of the con-
ference. which will include a business
meeting In the morning. preaching
each afternoon and a general session
each night. The business meetings to
be held each morning viii comprise
the anniversary meetings OF the Ep-
worth League Board. the Board Mis-
sfons the Board of Church Extensions
and the Sunday School Board.
Epw0rth League Night.
Tomorrow night the Epworth League
Board has charge of the program. Rev.
DR.. r. :. Parker, of Nashville, general
secretary, is 10 deliver the sermon.
Thursday night DR.. Moore will speak.
with President Wilson I'm the audience,
and Friday night the address will be
by DR.. w. f. McMurry, OF Louisville.
Ky. Or. McMurry will speak on church
extension work. He IL one OF the lead
ers in this work 1t Is declared.
The Sunday School Board will hold
its anniversary Sunday night.
Bishop Gambler win probably an
nounce the list OF appointments for the
districts in the Baltimore conference
Monday night. The bishop is to pre-
side az, all the business sessions OF the
conference.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-24

them, while the English and American women
who have been loudest in clamoring for it, will
STILL we fear. be forced to achieve it--those few
Of them who not born with It. The only
trouble Is that while all of them are horn with
the greatness of being just women they aren't
satisfied until they achieve have thrust upon
them the doubtful greatness of being men
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-24
Drs,Gnl.rtBLr nrr N,uu >BlE WORK

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Nan NTH Al the n.elifginarv work done and
the remmit.ee. annointed j, sbould. and We feel
SURE II will enter vigorously into the innortant
wort Nothing short of most thorough nves
,ira,,on will sa,fstv tte naonle ri t,icbroond. Il
sno,ta also no ooer aud FREQ tat,rp into cone,d
grafton the moral conditions that have existed
IL Richmond for tho last few. years and LAYING
The resnonsib,litv for those conditions where il
belongs
n il rot n1eaaan. amt, for ,bc nen,,,ars OF
IL. ropnc,, 10 investigate men thew haro known
vel, and who NAV be ip many instances. warm
personal friends Of the INVESTIGATORS with whom
,hey hare beep long associated IN n,,b,ic work
Sentiment however. must be laid aside. In go
,mnor,ant a matter there should be neither IA.
vor,t,srn NOR nratns,ca Roth tho co,rr,un,,y
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-24

Editor virginian:
Sir-Billy Sunday has completely captured
Philadelphia but he Is not the FIRST evangelist
TO do this George Whiteheid captured the city
one hundred and nifty years ago during the
days of Benjamin Franklin or course, the City
of Rrotherly Love much smaller city
century and O. half ago. Franklin described
that revival in these words: cit wonderful
20 see the change soon made in the manners
of our inhabitants. From being thoughtless
indifferent about religion, IL seemed as if all the
world were growing religious that could
not walk through the town in an evening with
out hearing psalms sung in different families OF
every street" 1t also seems that Whitefeld was
very plain speaker. Franklin says that the
effects OF his oratory were wonderful, "notwith-
standing his common abuse of them by assuring
Them that they were naturally half beasts and
half devils"
The charge has been made that Billy Sunday
Ii a hypnotist and that psychology rather than
theology explains his work. Then what fine
Mayor of great city publicly thanks this
for the wonderful moral uplft that has come
to the city. No would consider Ben amin
Franklin an easy subject for the hypnotist but
didn't Whitefeld hypnotic him just like sun
day has been hypnotiZing people" Here Is
Iranklin's own confession:
Il happened soon after to attend OF his
sermons, in the course of which 7 perceived he
intended 10 finish with collection, and silent
ly resolved he should get nothing from me.
had in my pocket handful of copper money.
three or four silver dollars and Ave pistoles in
gold AS he proceeded ] began TO soften. and
concluded 10 give the coppers. Another stroke
of his oratory made ashamed of that and
determined to give the silver: and he fin
tshed 80 admirably that I emptied my pocket
wholly into the collectors dish, gold and all"
Mesmerism hypnotism. psychology? Let MS
rather think more worthily of man and accord
TO him his true glory-that he is child of God
capable OF responding to the message from COO.
H. H. SMITH ..
Alberta Va
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-24
General Comment
Eiadtists Grinding the. People.

How we common folk can he flushed and
rled off our feet by scientists has been again
exemplified in the easy way that the Virginia
Legislature took Governor Stuarts recommends
ton and passed over Il hundred thousand dol
lars Of the peoples tax money for the scientists
TO gobble up in fighting the cattle disease and
laying for slaughtered ones under suspicion.
Senator Gravatt while the 100000 steam
roller running along expressed views SINH
lar TO ours. He suggested that some effort he
made to deal with the disease without resort
ing TO the iudiscrminate and cruel method of
Strengthening whole herds of cattle. He thought
that the disease might be stamped out by the
ISOLATION of infected herds as has been done in
some other sections. I'VE cropping in the
dark he said "in fighting the disease, and n
thorough search for remedy should lac made"
Virginia citizen
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-24

1.-The INSTRUMENTATION OF Women n
the subject of an address to be made
by Mrs. Archer Jones at the meeting
10 be held Thursday afternoon at 4:3O
o'clock in the headquarters Of thu
Richmond Equal Suffrage League.
cummerciaf building. on second
Street, near Broad.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-24

Funny thing Is that the TiricS-DiSpotGh took
the Colonel 80 seriously as a humorist he is hay-
ing difficulty proving he isn't one But then
maybe that is his English humor that was lost
on the Times dispatch. To be on the safe side
weli laugh anyhow Ha, ha! ha,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-24

Another English hnmorist is the Newport
News Press man. who says presume soImnly:
The publicity which the wet newspapers gave
to prohibition was never intended, of course 10
help the cause"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-24

New Jersey invented complete cure" for an
incurable disease. but a result Of the cure the
first patient Is raving crazy.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-24

II We ever have TO seek protection In mod
ern fortress heaven grant that il will never be
hesieeed
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-24

Something Ike operations OF which they say,
THE operation wss completely successful but
the patient failed to- racuperatA-" scientist in
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-24

Governor Stuart has asked The Legislature
To appropriate 100000 to stamp out the foot
and-mouth disease in the State. A likewise
amount TO stamp out the liquor disease in the
state would be more neritorous.-Nir sinia
Citizen.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-24
Sunday. Whitehead, Franklin.

Clifton Forge. Va, March ii. 1915.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-24

Alberta. Va
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-09
ALMOST CONVERTED

T~HE HARTFORD Gourant, fitting thoughtlessly from
 flower to flower in the editorial garden, remembers not any anecedent blossoms which, minglng with the foliage of it's thought refresh delight it's readers
 It does not remember that in the Steel it's ideal of one judge opinion dissent declared The once ending and shutting off appeal far different Vle than that it that the court will sustain the opinion of the circuit court.
 Also The Courant gracousy yields judges the right dissenting opnion but declines permit the publica ton of the dissent because the majority opinion is the op ion of the courts and is "the law"
 But if the majority opinion of the court is reversed by higher court it is Therefore should been publshed because it dissent the actual law Nothing should be published but the majority opinion the court of last resort which alone is law.
 This different than The to give opposed the dissent because it tended to Perceving that this respect will further sened dissents the whole much difference than the dissent of two judges with three it ground enable.
 Presently contemporary will admit that it's theorX that judges should not dissent that their dissent if existent be published curiously inconsistent with throughout the civilized world and quite out harmony with American ideals based the presumption people sovereign capable judging between majority and minority opinions and they frequently Inade minority opinion of the headstone the of the law.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-09
THE LATEST OUTRAGE

M H AYOR DONNELLY of Trenton has oppor- sAW1 tunity. A visitor in Bridgeport outraged the of political courtesy last night defending compe- ton paving contracts His audience did justice that the distinguished advocate of the form is not familiar with the of Brdgepors who has established by precept and aeton that rerann from competition city buy less and pavement spend more money for it.
 Mayor Donnelys heretcal extended that patented pavements the part nen He declined admit that pavement in the wordp this opinion destructive of social order, other than aafge experience which his city covered practice that moneys when it bought the patented articles.
 Warrenite, in New Jersey simply went pieces
 the crcunstanee that he is politician, 1t to be the duty of administer the affairs people their interest and primarily benefit few who living by the practice of politics
 Further be discovered in the possibility that Mayor Denney had Wilson's cations, and not his later
 In his first to the Council Mayor say that he would abate title competition Mayor DonneIy may message may supposed representative of Mayor sons present views.
 At least Mayor Donnelly could Mayor Warrenite is the best pavement could heard Mayor Wilson's discovery letting public contracts practice avoided regardless Of expense.
 We fear Mayor Donneys serious neglect of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-09
UNION OF NATIONS IS LODGES IDEAL.
 MEANS TO PEACE
Former Senator Tells Col 1ege Graduates Arma
 ments Should Be Kept.

Schenectady, N. Y., June 9.-Sena- tor Henry Cabot Lodge. speaking to- day at the commencement exercises at Union College, asserted that world without strong force and advocated a union of nations with international police afloat and ashore, strong enough to overcome the strongest in- dividua1 state.
 How is peace to be 9estab1ished and maintained among nations ?' Senator Lodge said. ttOne thing is certain; it cannot be done by words. Nothing will be accomplished by peo- pie who are sheltered under neutral ity gathering outside the edges of the fight and from comfortable safety sunmoning the combatants to throw down their arms and make peace be- women are the mothers of men. The nations and the men now fighting as they believe for their lives and their freedom and their national ex- istence know all this better than any one else and would heed such babb1e if they heard it, no more than the twittering of birds.''
 It would be as futile, Senator Lodge said, to abolish armaments as it would be to abolish fire because fire sometimes caused great conhagra- tions with their attendant loss of life
 
 knives inflicted wounds A general reduction of arnaments, he said should be sought with earnestness but for one nation to disarn and leave it. self defenseIess in an armed world is a direct incentive and invitation to war.
 Nations must unite,'' the Senator said, .tas men unite to preserve peace and order. The great nations must be so united as to be able to say to any single country, You must moi go to war and they can only say that effectively when the country desiring war. knows that the force which the united nations place behind peace is irresistible. I am certain that it is in this director alone that we can find hope for the maintenance of the worlds peace and the avoidance of needless wars.
 'tIt may easily be said that this idea, which is not, a new one, is i'm practicable but it is better than the idea that war can be stopped by lan- guage, by speechmaIzing, by vain agreements which no one would car ry out when the stress came, for these but impossible and barren of all hope of real result
 The college conferred baccaIau- reate degrees on 40 Civil war vet erans who stopped their studies to join the Union Army more than half a century ago. The degrees were those they would have won had their studies not been interrupted.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-09
ST. COLUMBIA


 The first Christian missionary to la bor among the savage Picts of the Scottish highlands was St. Columba, who lived in the sixth century, and whose festival is celebrated today. The Apostle of the Picts was an Irish
 monk, and he toiled va1iantly A to spread among the barbarous pagans of Scotland that ascetic form of Christianity which had taken root in Ireland. It was just thirteen and a half centuries ago, in 565, that Co., lumba left his native island to preach to the Picts. He was kindly received by the chief of the highlanders, who gave him and his companions the lit tie island of I, off the western coast of Scotland. On this island, three miles in length and a mile in breadth Columba built a church and mon astery, of which he became the abbot. His monks were held under the strict est rules of seIf-denial and asceticism. From this island Columba sent out missions to the barbarians on the mainland. After Colunnba's death the island of I, afterward called Iona. became famous as a seat of learning, and royal and noble youths from all over Scotland, England, Ireland and Scandinavia. were sent there to be educated by the learned monks
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-09
Hibernians Plan
 Own Home Here

Members of Division No 1, Ancient Order of Hibernians, are planning for a building of their own in this city. Articles of incorporation have been filed with the town clerk for a build ing organization to be known as tho Hibernian Building. association. The incorporators are: Daniel J O'Con- nor, James Raw1ey, James J. Small, Michael Noonan, J. J. Stone, William T. Raw1ey, William B. Prendergast and John J. McMurray.
 The articles of incorporation pro- vide that the association may acquire a building for a meeting place for the Ancient Order of Hibernians. As yet the association has no location in view but with it's plans to increase the membership to 1000, the Division intends to have a building of it's own with lodge room. At the next meeting plans will be made to estab- fish a building fund.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-09
PARIS WOMEN LAWYERS
 PROFIT BY GREAT WAR

Paris. June 9-The women lawyers. of whom there are about 30 registered before the Paris bar, have come into their own since the war. The needs of the army have thinned the ranks of their male rivals. and the women lawyers, who formerly were called in only in cases involving women clients, have begun to get share of the ordinary routine business of the courts
 A number of the women "avo- eates'' have made a speciality of plead ing before courts-martial for soldiers stayed or who have been brought up for some other minor infraction, and the women have proved very suc- cessfuI p1eaders in this class of bust- ness.