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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-06

the newcomers have completely revolu-
tionized methods OF trade and the APP
pearance Of the city. The japanese
quarter is as neat and orderly as the
nest regulated cities in Japan while
The Korean section is ,ncrly coilcc-
non OF novels and sidewalk stores
But the Japanese have insisted on
proper sanitary precautions They
nave practically stopped epidemicg OF
disease. which. in former times, wcr.
Iookeu upon as an annual nuisance Tor
which there was no remedy. When
me japanese took possession there
were only 10000 children going TO
school In all Korea. To-day this mum.
Der has been multiplied oy four. and
me WORK OF establishing schools In
rura! districts IS being pushed .apit!ly
me Japanese government has recent.
IL issued the reports OF the governor.
general OF Korea covering two wears
OF Japanese occupation. They show
mat the value OF minerals mined has
increased three times, the value OF
foreign trade has been more than
doubled, and the fishing Industry. which
had almost gone out Of existence. has
been revived and placed on a profitable
basis. one OF the greatest obstacles
10 farming was the danger from foods
IN order TO put an end to this tn.
Japanese made survey of the country
and decided that reforcstation ON a
4, y
2o.cOo.ooo trees were planted work
which cost much money and time. but
which IL good evidence of Japan's in
tention TO occupy Korea permanently.
II Is noteworthy fact tina, in the
TOUR years following the beginning OF
Iapan's model colonization project III.
trade Of the United States in Korea
rose from about s2,50OOeO 10 nearly
sA.poO.ooo annually, This indicates that
while Japan Is naturally eager to CON
hhc koreas purchases TO oducts of
Japanese manufacture, she is no, en-
forcing Il closed door policy which de-
bars the participation OF other nations
IN the new prosperity of Korea or
course. there is some resentment
among the Koreans. The ancient no.
hiity. now reduced TO squalor and
INCIDENT poverty but too proud 10
work, stcaGfastly refuse TO see he
bright side Of the new era, but such
opposition is negligible
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Fire Prevention

D lCHMOND's fire loss record is an nm
N usually good one, as compared with that
OF most of the cities OF the country but il
could be hettered. We need better fire pro-
lection for one thing-better mains and
larger water supply--but even more than
that, we need to cultivate prudence
Losses by fire in American cities are ap-
paii'ng, when the relative immunity of Euro
pean cities is considered. A share of the
blame must be borne by our methods of con-
struction, but carelessness is an even more
destructive element We neglect lues oh
viously defective, permit waste paper and
trash to accumulate near the furnace, use
coal oil to put the kitchen range in operation
sometimes 1t has the opposite effect-and
generally act as though we were quite i'm
mune to this special danger
Add to fires so caused those that are in
cendlary. and the figures, were we not accus-
toned to them would stagger credulity
For the lncendiary fires the failure of many
insurance co ,panics TO give proper considera-
ton to moral risks is largely responsible
what can he accomplshe' by enforcing
proper precautions and considering moral
risks carefully is shown by the difference be-
tween the rates Of the trade mutuals and the
old line companies. In many cases the
former rates cut the latter in half
All this means, of course, that the careful
honest man who seeks insurance on his store
or dwelling must pay in excess premiums for
losses caused by careessness or downright
dishonesty. The whole community is inter
ested in fire prevention. Chambers ii Com
merce and citizens associations of various
sorts should din it constantly into the ears
OF the public. When the public at last un
derstandS what its indifference costs it
there may be change.
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BRITISH REFUSED TO USE GAS

NEW YORK, July 5.-The idea of
using asrhyXiaiing gas in warfare was
tested on staten Island in January
last and was offered TO the British
embassy in Washington at least three
months before the Germans poured
chlorine gas into the allies trenches
in France. according 10 DIR. W. L.
Mclaughlin. a physician and scientist
who served in the Spanish War and
now has laboratory in Brooklyn. He
says he originated the idea.
DR.. Mclaughlin is graduate of the
University of Texas, where his father
was regent, and also of the College
OF Physicians and Surgeons.
Whether or not the Germans
learned of DIR. McLaughlin's idea and
developed 1t themselves, DR.. McLaugh-
lin is unable TO say, but when the
British embassy declined to take the
suggestion the doctor dropped it.
II conceived the plan of using gas
that was heavier than air" said DR.
Mclaughlin. Down on Staten Island
there is land that is made almost use
less by the gas that settles on it from
factory over in Bayonne The fumes
come from big smokestaak. The
people protested recently and the
smokestack was run up nifty feet
higher, with the result that the gas
now SettleS probably a haif-mile far-
Their away from the chimney
From that fact came to me the
idea of using an asphyxiating gas
heavier than air that could be poured
out of tanks or pipes at height above
the enemy's trenches and that would
sink down on the wind to the men in
the bitches. j took sulphide- dioXide be-
cause it is cheap and because 1t is not
SO deadly. But the gas gets into your
eyes nose, mouth and lungs and would
practically make a soldier helpless. No
man could do much fighting If his eyes
ing and sneezing.
"Sulphide- dioxide is about two and
a quarter times heavier than air. How
fast it would drop in winds Of diff
ferent velocities could be figured to
scientific nicely. Then thin pines
could he raised behind the trenches of
the allies and the gas could be aimed
Il use the word aimed with design
at the trenches of the Germans. The
allies could charge beneath that cur
tain OF gas up to n certain point, then
the outpouring from the pipes could
be stopped. and tho allies could follow
the fumes right into the trenches.
81 am convinced that II this scheme
were worked out carefully the Ger
mans could have been driven from
France and Belgium right back on to
the Rhine in less than a month.
II took two tanks of sulphide -dioX-
Idle to Staten Island on January IL
last in company with E. NJ. Skinner.
president of the United States Drain
age and Irrigation Company, and sew
eral other men. or course 1 operated
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!Aeroplane on Giant Scale

. USSIA has built the first Dreadnought
IN aeroplane, This is the Skorsky biplane
the pioneer OF the giant flying machines
which will populate the air in the near future
II has wing surface five times greater than
present large-sized biplanes. Its steel frame
IS twenty-five yards long, and its weight is
more than three and half tons, II will
carry a quarter OF ton OF explosives It
carries crew of eight men.
The especial value OF the Sikorsky biplane
is the unusual load ii is able TO bear AT the
present time the offensive operations of air
craft are limited by the small amount of am
munition carried. After dropping few
bombs they have to take to flight For in
stance, the average aeroplane carries only
one l00-pound bomb; the Sikorsky can carry
half dozen, besides many smaller missiles
Sikorskys machines have already taken
part with effect in the fighting on the eastern
front. The new Skorsky will unQuestionably
play an important part in the campaign now
in progress in Poland and Gaca
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it passed the present stringent Federal law
regulating the sale OF narcotics. Dope. drink
poverty and discord arc the major causes OF
broken laws and broken homes: they always
have been, and always will be until the causes
removed. IL this is possible. And removal
Of the cause is the chief remedy. How to deal
fairly and effectively with people of this class
Is and ever has been, world problem While
some of the minor manifestations may he safely
treated with easy methods. these should not
apply always. Humanity in the handling of
criminals or criminal tendencies need not imply
mushy sentimentality. Honor methods in prisons
and reformatories are sound enough In theory
but they should be carried out with the full
knowledge that the men they expected TO
neip are in confinement because of dishonora BILE
acts. The best honor method in prison Is tho
prevalent honor method outside of prison.
humane trca tment and equal and exact justice
to all. But the woman who has been COM
mittcd 200 times to Blackwells Island in sixteen
years might just as we'll he allowed to stay
there, since 1t is resort which seems to please
her right well.--Pttsburgh Dispatch.
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Becker Ncars His Doom

T HERE seems small probability now that
! Charles Becker, condemned to death as
the arch conspirator of the gang that slew
Herman Rosenthal will escape the payment
of the laws ultimate penalty Governor
Whitman has granted reprieve that will
permit application to the United States
Supreme Court, but he has announced he will
extend no further clemency.
There should be none. Two juries have
found Becker guilty, and twice the appellate
courts OF New York have passed on his case
Judges and jurors but expressed the nearly
universal view when they declared his guilt
had been established. His accom- plices-the
active agents OF his vengeance on the gam
bier who had threatened TO "squeal-have
died for their crime. That these underlings
should pay higher penalty than the master
mind that directed them would be to make
the laws justice q mockery.
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FORESTS Silver Snurs

Years ago | read nj the destruction OF Gem
eral FORESTS famous silver spurs and de-
sire 10 get the matter straight again. and ask
th't you INFORM me exactly what became OF
them MEMPHIS
The spurs were made of silver thimbles con-
trloutcd by Mississippi women. Forrest often
declared them the most valued of his posses
sions. and left them by his will his grand
son, bedford Forrest, Jr. When young Forrest
removed from Memphis ST Louis he sent the
spurs. with some other valuabes. by express
marked 70 ms brother-in-law. j. T. Bradley. in
ST Louis. with no street address, and the express
people MADE delivery to the wrong Bradley
This person melted them and sold the silver and
suit TO recover from the express company re-
suited in jury verdict for $1,000. in favor of
Bedford Forrest.
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not yet prepared to welcome it. This has led
to open defiance of the law in some of the
Southern cities, notably Savannah. The law
thereby is weakened, and prohibition actually
receives setback. Cities of a certain size
should settle such questions of police regula-
ton for themselves.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-06

Our old friend, Jawn L., is battling still
Having been bounced from the ring by SUI
perior pugilistic skill and barred from the
vaudeville stage by audiences incapacity to
stand punishment, Mr.. Sullivan has signed up
with the Anti-Saloop League, and will wallop
the Rum Demon at the approaching Atlantic
City convention. In earlier years, Jawn L.
had few bouts with the same opponent at
II. same delightful resort, but this time he
expects to reverse the lessons Of history and
score knockout of his own
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Settling tie NIntter.

The two British sailors had secured tickets to
the dog show and were gazing upon skye
terrier which had much hair that 1t looked
more like woollen rug than a dog.
Wich end is is head Bill?" asked onei
''Biowed II I know" the reply But ere
I'll stick pin in i'm you look w'ich end
barks."--Iadies Home Journal
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-06

The country's amateur journalists, so the
New York papers inform us, have been hold
ing convention in that large and commodi-
Gus metropolis. II our own experience with
the amateur journalists, as represented by
those who think they know all about running
newspapers, Is reliable indication of their
numbers, they picked out the right town to
hold their meeting. Anywhere else on this
continent they would have been crowded to
death.
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The Bright Side of Life
Sdd Indeed.

A Boston school teacher had read wbitttcr.s
Maud Muller to her pupils. and a the close of
her reading spoke of the sorrowful Significance
of the words ut might have been" She asked
the boys and girls if they could think of any
Tour sadder words One alert youngstcr of
dozen years held up his hand and said
II know two sadder words"
What are they?" asked the acher
Please remit "-Evening Post Magazine
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-06

N.NtW ] VI N IT VHTT- I'OSI.J
Except for Germany. none OF the
great belligercnt states has been as
hard hit in it's foreign trade as France.
In the first four months of 1915. the
total export trade of France decreased
s25s,900,000 from 1914, or SIS per cent.
OF this decrease. S113,90O,OO0 was In
manufactured goods. Imports for the
four months decreased S16S. 100000. or
% per cent--this despite increase in
imports Of ma nufactured goods amount
ing to S2T,S00,0 600 or 90 per cent.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-06

According to the Suffolk Hera Id. the Second
Congressional District is booked for n pretty
lively "scrimmage." That paper says The n
dications at present are that Colonel Holland
will have opposition when he comes up for re-
election next year. One candidate has n
nounced his intentions to run, and others are
inclined to do So 1t is more than year and
a half off before the primary to select Dem
ocratic candidate for Congress, and, of course
many things may happen in the interval. We
know not what the future will bring forth, but
1t will be SURPRISE. since the party in the
district is divided into factions. that there will
he other candidates in the field besides Col
onel Holland"
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An Encouraging Sign.

.NV"s'T
One OF the most encouraging signs
of the times is the way farm laborers.
who had come to the city TO live, arc
looking for and finding jobs in the
country again.
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embarrassing Title.

You've made n mistake in Your paper" said
an ihdisnant man, entering the editorial sanctum
oil daily paper. Il was OF the competitors
AT mat athletic match yesterday, and you have
called me the weil-known lightwsight cham
we'll aren't you" inquired the editor
No. I'm nothing OF tho kind and it's con-
.oundediy awkward. because I'm a coal NOR
chant!"-National Monthly.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-06

The Roanoke World News seems disposed 10
borrow trouble several months ahead of time
1t says: Sore and distressing problems await
Democratic and Republican magnates when they
assemble next year in national conventions
One OF these problems is woman suffrage and
the other nation wide Prohibition"
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Naturalization.

Coming here from Russia years ago,
desire TO become naturalzed. Please tell me
how to proceed r. 5.
Your nearest United States Court is Norfolk.
Go before that court and make out the blank
they Will furnish YOU, declaring your intention.
Two years later YOU make the final
PAPERS and. in due course. be made natural
lied citizen
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Our Shell, OUTPUT.
metropolitan Magazine

(Mctropolitan Maga2ine.)
To-day single battery of French ar
tillery can eat up In twenty-four hours
one-half as many shells as in the Same
time the arsenals OF the United States
can manufacture.
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w. w, Henry.

Please state for me the date of tho d.,th re-
William Writ Henry. where he was educated
and where he practced law before the war
+. l.. TONNES
December 5. 1900. He was master of arts or
The University of Virginia. Charlotte Court
mouse. MT. Henry removed to Richmond in 1873
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GiIncOttOn.

How much cotton is used in the making OF
junction by the Du Points and by other manu-
facturers Of explosives VIII Germany not soon
run snort n! cotton w w. r.
There are no records accessible to the public
from which answer your questions may be
made.
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just n Chance.

rs there hope for me- Miss Sweetthng ~
demanded Cholly Litebrane. passionately. will
you never consent to listen to my woong?"
We'll, don't become too respondent" said the
dear girl compassionately. There Is always
the chance, Of course, that Will suffer an
attack of temporary insanity"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-06
Heat I'm June.

Please inform what the highest record
OF the thermometer about Richmond during the
past June. j. l.. SCOTT
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Queries and Answers
Etiquette of Politics.

Am l, by the fact of voting in primary.
obliged 10 support the nominee? F. r.
You are, unless you subsequently, discover in
him some unftness which. by reasonable dill
gcnce, you could not have found out before
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-06

The Fourth Of July celebrations In this part
OF the country seem to have resolved them
selves, for the most part. into limitations of
the back to the country" movement
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PEACE he WIN Them.

(Mcmphis Commercial Appeal)
Mr.. Bryan has joined Mr.. Roosevelt
on the Beautiful Isle OF Nowhcre--in
ppliticS
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Mad dogs says the South Hill Enter
prise, are in season for the coming sixty days
and we are advised that all sick dogs should
be confined. If it We're up to U.S. would kill
four out of every Ave and tie up the fifth
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CIose RcsemI,lnncc.

The Proud Mother-Don't you think the baby
is very much like his father?
The Sympathetic Friend--very much. indeed
For example, they both perfectly bald.
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SONGS AND SAWS
Good Things Coming.
They promise funds to paint
fha harm


The wicked flee when pursueth. but
the honest man, when the horn of motor
monks, can give the wicked cards and spades.
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l New One

Stubbs-Our old friend. General Huerta, is
adding another variety of refreshment tho
brandy peg within which formerly he found con-
ISOLATION and happiness
Grubbs-What is 1t this time?
Stubbs-An Ell Paso cooler
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-06

Organized society views with
prohla,, tolerant aspect the conduct OF
- Ct, individuals. so long this con-
-. ''o" duct personal collective does
oIehuers not violate the rules which So
ciety has adopted for it's own
safety. comfort and convenience. One seller of
dope. or one dope hend does not constitute much
OF menace but when they get so numerous as
to he counted by the thousand something's got
to be done. This done by Congress when
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"JacFieS"
to Change
Practice

washing his clothes. No longer will the
warshp blossom forth from stern at
stated intervals with decorations of white work.
ing suits and underwear. It's progress, Of
course, but it takes away one of the sailor
mans little tricks of hardness. Those who have
MIR. Bluejacket's colleague, the marine, on
overseas service with the army, have noticed
that the khaki of the marine always i'm
ma culate, whereas the army clothes suggested
the need Of the wet or dry cleaner. The reason?
The marine, by reason of his service under the
Navy Department. has been trained wash his
clothes The soldier relies on the post
Iaundry.--Hnrtford Times.
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Chats With Virginia Editors

The editor OF the Tdewater Democrat has
gone fishing. He says: I'VE live and learn
that to make butter one must churn; and Jolly
we'll we know that TO catch fish, hshing one
must CO."
The buzzard has at least friend in Vir-
gfnia. The Irvington Nirginian
defense follows: You may kill the turkey
buzzard now-through the wise 90 action of
the last Legislature-but you will rue il some
day. when carcasses and FISH become st nch
in the nostrils. Our people have yet
learned to live up to the law of burying car
casses, and no law exists to prohibit dead fish
lining the beach, The United States Depart
ment says the buzzard is OF help than
of menace. But some Virginia Solons evil
IDENTIFY disagree with the government investi-
gators
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-06

Published every day in the yenr by The Times
Dispatch Publishing Company. Inc. Address NIL
communications to THE TIMES : DISPATCH
Tlmes-Dispntch building. 10 south Tenth Street
Richmond, vn.
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Dangerous.

Dangerous.
Il don't like these politco-economic expert
ments." said thu crusty old codger. ITO my m ind
they are extremely unwise."
what 90 YOU mean" asked the man for whose
dinner the crusty old codSer paying.
Why take this mothers pension law, for
instance Put that IN operation. and a lot OF
women will lose tnei1 few remaining objection,
to becoming widows"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-06

Prudence.
There once was n bold suffragctte
Who continued to worry and frette
Mans a tyrant," she said,
And I'd cut off his head
But that 1 may marry one yette"
THE TATTLER
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Current Editorial Comment

Secretary Daniels's latest i'm
provement in our battle feet is
to supply its units with steam
laundries. They will relieve Mr..
Bluejacket OF one of his irksomc,
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Cruel to
innocent
Fishes

FISHES full intelligence that The Prohibit
tionists committing acts OF
cruelty TO the Ash in its beautiful rivers through
excess of political zeal They closing speak
ca sizes that still-smiling State and pouring
the destructive fluids found therein upon the
oosoms Of the nearest brooks and watcrcourses.
The fish, surfeited with stimulant, leap from
the water and fall back dead in the very instant
of their delighted surprise. But since fish don't
know what is good for them any than
men, and should not he thus doomed to die with
out preparation. Deputy Game Warden Frank
Glenn threatens to bring legal action against
the prohibition officers who recently poured a
quantity Of whisky into the Kanawha River at
Parsons. I'VE do not let coal operators dump
refuse into our rivers" says the warden; why
should let the prohibition officers do such
things?" OF course, 1t is beside the main uues-
don 10 inquire if any experiments have been
made toward ascerta lining the food value OF the
fsf thus surprised to death. If trout. say, are
poisoned slowly. that the deadly influence
pcrmeatcs their whole substance the analogy
of the watermelon hlled with champagne or OF
the Cheddar cheese suffused with old brandy
occur the experimenter with sundry food prod
ucts in combination. But il the liquor kills
'en instantly, we may postulate some such re-
action that of potassium cyanide. for example
upon human tissues, and may conclude that the
work Of the dry censors results in total waste,
both Of the Ash and of the destroying agent
New York Evening Sun.