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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-01
War News Fifty Years Ago


Mcssrs. stephens. Hunter and Campbell. the
teace commissioners , on the part o: the Con
TO Petersburg, where they spent the nigh. and
Yesterday left for Washington They Left The
Confederate lines OH General Bushrod Johnsons
front and made their way through the Federal
lines to City Point. AS they making the
transit the character and object OF their mis-
sion having become known tho Confederate
troops set up such n cheering as was never
heard before and they continued 1t unit! the
commissioners were out Of sight and we'll within
the Federal lines. Then the clamor was inn
medately caught up by the Federal troops, who
cneered ana hurrahcd until they were hoarse.
Thus amidst the deafcning shouts OF the men
who are doing the nh,ing the peace commits
sioners went on their way.
The report of the Northern papcrs of TN, can
ture OF the Confederate cruiser Tallahassee
proves to be absolutely untrue The Tallahassee
ran into New Inlet Just after the capture OF
Fort Fisher, when, discovering that i'm
portant change. he knew not what. had oc-
Cured In the military situation. the commander,
c'pt''h Nan't put TO sea and made good his
escape. He touched on the South Carolina coast
ana ,,m put ashore e, messenger with dispatches.
VINO reached Richmond yesterday The Navy
Department has not dvulged the news the
MESSENGER brought merely announcing his safe
ARRIVAL and the safety of the Tallahassee.
The information from South Carolina 10 IN
the effect that Shermans infantry, with wagon
trains. camped near Ennis Cross Road on
the line leading towards Grahamville and on
road running towards Sisters Ferry which
is hfty miles north of Savannah
General Hardee telcgraphs that the enemy
mas sent force across the Savannah River,
which moved northward in two columns All
attempts to cross the Calnbahce have an I,r
failed.
The New York Herald says Captain Gavit
who has just arrived at Fort Monroe reports
the Confederate cruiser Shenandoah as having
destroyed several heavily laden American ner-
chaht'heh along the coast of Brazil, in conse-
auence of which vessels bound to the United
states were obtaining British registry SO as
10 enable them to sail under British colors
The Washington Chronicle has the following:
or-General T. T. Butler. in pursuance OF
orders, Will leave for his home In Lowell with
tne kihdest feelings for President Lincoln and
MS administration, and will there await any
call the executive may make"
a dispatch from Washington to the New York
Worin says II appears from communication
OIL the Secretary of War that the entire subIec.
OF eNchanRc OF prisoners is now placed I'm the
hands OF General Grant. and that n plan is now
oeihB arranged for Il wholesale EXCHANGING az
men held in prisons.
Goid In Richmond yesterday was very stiT
at $40 Tor one The precious metal was going
In New York at last accounts at 30
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World Growing Better
(Brooklyn Eagle.)

DR.. a. Eugene Bartlett. minister of
All Souls Universalist Church, Flat
bush. in sermon on is the World
Growing Worse-What DO the News
papers Say?" said that II newspapers
had been in existence Christ would not
have been crucificd. lie also said:
"Tf newspapers had been in exist
encc, the Sermon on the Mount would
have been published in the Jerusalem
Gazette: and all the Palestine news
papers would have had fiaring head
lines announcing His crucitiXiOn. 1t is
doubtful If there had been newspapers
in those days that Christ would have
been crucifcd. With newspapers, the
words and works of the new prophet
would have been given to the people.
and they would have better understood
Him. The members of the Sanhcdrin
that plotted His death would have been
afraid Of the arraignment Of the press,
and would not have dared TO carry out
their wicked design upon AN innocent
man for fear that the newspapers
would give the facts to the people, and
they lose thereby their popularity with
their own constituency.
II have been reading hundreds of
newspa pers this week, from the East.
West, North and South, reading not
only headlines but also fine print, and
in the little type / found the greatest
encouragement to my faith.
What did l find? That human life
is growing more sacred. / note this
week the published record Of the Penn
sylvania railroad-1SS, 100000 persons
carried last year, and not one passen-
ger lost in a railroad accident. The
lowest death rate in the history Of New
York was reached last year. a course
in motherhood is to be opened in the
University of Pittsburgh for all moth
ers. The eleventh child labor confer
ence, this week convened. reports new
gains; scventy-three prisoners have
been transferred without shackles from
Sing Sing to Auburn, and the men in
Sing Sing are being treated as though
they were human.
eff the newspapers would publish
just the same things. only change the
type and headings, giving prominence
to such things as ! have cited, and let
ting the miserable failures be recorded
in fine type. would you support them
in their effort to encourage dcccncy and
optimism?
1.-The newspapers have told me this
last week that the fight is not over,
that the battle still RACES. and that
Christ's flag flies From a hundred cities
and more 7 have heard the words, I
press forward"
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\ Work for Men

HI BELIEVE." said John d. Rockefeller.
Jr. that the ultimate object of all ac-
tivitios in republic should be the develop
ment OF the manhood OF its citizens"
Mr.. Rockefeller is right. No man will dis
pute him. But empty philosophers, such as
are so frequently given birth before national
commissions and Senate bodies of various
sorts do little gold. They may make men
think for day or two, or a week or two
weeks, but they do not of themselves accom-
plish the ultimate object" OF which Mr.
Rockefeller speaks. The Rockefeller Foun-
dation may do much in that direction, so that
the words OF Rockefeller are no& empty
Carnegie libraries have immensely helped
great masses OF people, we may listen with
confidence 10 Andrew. Ford organization is
daily demonstrating philanthropy, which we
prefer to call brotherhood, so that when
Henry Fork speaks listen.
But the fact remains that the chief motto
that hangs on the wall Of business is: Get
maximum work for minimum pay"
If every man in this country adopted for
his personal rue in business that simple rule
known as golden, we'd have no need for in
dustrial commissions.
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I the bill passed, imposing special tax
or 10 cents per pound on colored but
terinc, the same shade as creamery.
they spent S2.000,000. Why did they
spend this amount of money? Was IL
for the fun Of IT? No. II was done so
they could have things their own wav
and charge exorbitant prices for their
product.
This law caused the consumer to add
80 TO 40 cents per week more TO HI,
/ living expenses, when IL could have
been put TO some other good cause. In
stead OF adding more to the cost Of
living. do you not think II our duty to
all work to have this tax taken off. and
allow the goods to be sold the same
as other foods?
Why does every State institution in
this State use butterinc exclusively
also every government institution in
/ this country? The answer IS very
plain. First. because IL Is cheaper
Secondly. because IT as pure. wholesome
and recommended as such by ali those
who have made a study OF pure foods
Then. II II Il pure and wholesome. why
tax II out Of existence? The trouble
is, there are too many who are willing
TO condemn an article without first go
Ing TO the trouble to find out It's mer-
! its.
Docs tho buttcrinc business cause
n hardship on the farmer? Without
stopping to 30 into details, We would
naturally say II does. but, after maxi
Ing n study OF facts, and considering
that everything from which buttcrinc Is
churned comes from the soil, viz. milk
cream. neutroleo or honey OF the
cattle" salt and water. we are con-
WINGED that II Is n benefit instead OF n
hardship.
II the farmer will take the pains
and make butter that is palatable. he
viii experience no trouble in getting
his price, hut he cannot expect to get
good prices for an inferior article. and,
T IT Mr.. Robertson will only take the
trouble to call on the merchants OF this
city. he will ascertain that the ma
jority OF them do not handle country
butter on account of it's inferior quail
ity and In consequence of this the
! butter has to be sold ut low price
to some other manufacturer to be
rendered into process butter. where
in the first place, II 1t was OF good
quality, IL would be useless TO render
IL over.
trust that the Delegates will flrst
Investigate this matter thoroughly be-
fore acting favorably on same.
If this Is allowed TO become a law.
who pays same. the dealer or the con-
sumner?
GEORGE McSWEENEY.
| Richmond, January 30. 1915.
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that whatever might occur to which protest
might be made will be rlghted and adjusted
without disturbing the existing relations. The
United States flag Is hauled down from the mast
head OF American ship by British
vessel and tho sailors of another American ship
arrested In 5rcmen but there In out
pouring OF raucous Indignation. bloa ting of
the patriotic American bosom with righteous
wrath. we have, confidence that all of these
will be explained and rightcd. We know no
deliberate afrront to the nation is dreamed of.
We sercncy wait for the expected result In the
fulncss of time. Where are our jingoes? Where
are the shrickcrs for the unfolding of the ma
tional dignity, the defending Of the national
honor2 They all subdued by the thoughtful
serenity of the great majority of the American
people. who know that their courage is unim-
peached, their power respected and their peace
unthrcatcned. We have the placidlty which Is
the chief attribute of undoubtcd strength.-St.
Paul Pioneer Press
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German Secret Service

For many years past Germany mas
been spending on her secret service be-
tween 100000 and 81 900, 600 annually,
that is TO say, about I'VE times as much
as France and from twelve TO fifteen
times as much as Great Britain, writes
sydney Brooks in the Atlantic Monthly.
The purpose TO which these funds are
mainly devoted is the establishment
and maintenance OF spies AT fixed posts
in potentially hostile countries.
In France, where this smothered war
fare has been wagcd most persistently
and can best be studied, the principal
agents are rarely Germans. They are
rs n rule Swiss. Belgians and Alsatians,
with sprinkling of corrupt French
hasten to take out naturalization
papers and to make themselves con-
spicuous by protcstations of loyalty to
the land of their adoption.
But in all cases they are instructed
to disguise their operations under the
forms Of ordinary business. They take
shops. land agencies, hotels. insurance
Offices. and so on They follow their
calling just like everybody else in tho
locality. They attract no notice either
by having too much money or too lit
tie. Their businesses are soundly es-
tablished and are in Keeping with the
requirements Of the neighborhood The
expenses of starting them are borne out
CT the secret service funds, and from
the same source the deficits, If any, i'm
the annual balance sheet are made
good.
The man in charge Identifies himself
with the life around him, sits on COM
mittees, makes as many friends az pos
sible, subscribes generously to local
charities. and not infreuuently gets
himself elected to some minor office.
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Enough TO Make Richmond Proud

D edmond may we'll feel glow of graft
j fled pride over the showing made by
the clearing house for last week. accompa MED
as il is by an equally creditable report from
the Federal Reserve Bank for this disric
Taken together, they indicate clearly that
Richmond and the sections tributary to it are
emerging from financial depression. shat
business generally is improving. and that
consistent progress now may be expected
with confidence
Just as gloomy reports always make mat
ters worse so optimistic reports, wien oh
Niously well founded, always make matters
better. There is Il good deal OF truth in this
y iychology OF business, after all.
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haggard world. The sunshine warns them
and they are happy: food and drink taste bet
ter to them than to us Of the offices; they
see the world as panorama. They have
no responsibilities because they accept none
world composed of tramps would be n bad
world, but Il certain number Of them brea k
the monotony Of the stay-at- home crowd
AT least, New York seems TO think they have
Il justification.
In his inaugural speech, King JEFF Davis
took occasion to point out the difference be-
tween bad tramps and good ones. ReSpec-
table folk have always thought of them as
being strictly OF one genus and species. but
they are mistaken. Respectable folk thought
the same thing of other misunderstood be-
ngs like devils until play of a year or two
ago taught them that there could be such a
thing as Good Little Devil" So there
are TWO kinds OF tramps-thc virtuous and
the wicked. Bad tramps steal and would
rather go to the stake than work: good
tramps work and like to work, but in their
own way. That isn't the way of stuck in
thc-mud people like ourselves They cannot
work long in one place. The Wanderlust
claims them. and they must go out along the
highways and commune with nature. So
they pass from harvest field to harvest field
and. by their presence at points where labor
is badly wanted in season, they assist the crop
movement thing which must be assisted
for the good of the country.
IL is as occasional, ever moving but
needed workman that the tramp is recog-
nizcd. Perhaps there is hope behind the
movcment--a good hope--that decent human
treatment will turn all the Wandering Wilies
into strenuous k-handlers just as
Ford is transforming convicts into automo-
bile-makcrs
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When the Ln,Ys Met

The Laws sat about the long green
table. All the fundamentals were there
save one. Even the decrepit Salic Law
was present. doing between the Mosaic
Laws and the Law of Primogeniture.
Tho chairman, the Law OF tho Land,
called the meeting to order.
Are we all PRESENT." he asked
II was the Blue Laws who re-
sponded.
Il don't see nothin of the Law of
Nations" he squcaked
The Law of Nations has been aboI
ished," the chairman sharply replied.
The business Of the convention will
now procced.-Clcveland Plain Dealer.
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Old Harvard's Struggles With English

Old EIarvard'S Struggles With English
E VEN an institution so dignitied. learned
IL and respectable as Harvard University
has marked and condemned a student in
ability to write what the board Of oversecrs
describes as correct, coherent and iliomatic
English. Would that Harvard were the
only institution and Cambridge the only place
where like disability prevails!
1t is alas! but too common! Few of us
speak correct, coherent and idiomatic Eng
fish. and even the writing Of it. so far as the
ordinary affairs of life are concerned, is re-
served to the use of the lonely few Obscure
phrases. involved constructions and turgid
sentences float in the none too linpid chan
mel of our thought.
Harvard. at any rate. is struggling with
the problem, although it's method seems to
approach too closely that Of the Virginia Tax
Commission. which died a-borning to afford
promise Of satisfactory solution. BY solemn
resolution of the overseers. prcfaccd with n
recital OF the correct, coherent and lido
matte deficiency, ii has been decreed:
All instructors shall be expected to
refer students who seem TO them de-
hcicnt In English the secretary who
shall advise these students, and who
may impose on them special tasks. such
ms outside reading and reports. addi-
tional prescribed work in English COM
position, such work counting for the
degree.
In his annual report President Lowell saws
lhat inns procedure would seem we'll do
signed to promote the object in view" With
extreme Difference for DR.. Lowelrs profes-
sional and expert opinion, we yet take the
liberty of doubling the secretary's advisory
ana hortatory influence will do any such
thlhs We remember an ancient description
OF ~ West Virginia Schoolma am" which
rcclted That shc was paid to teach the vounp
ioea now TO shoot, and would have liked to
shoot the young idea with Il shotgun" If
the secretary of Harvard University faces tbe
battery OF callow ignorance the ovcrseers
would turn loose on him. the secret diligence
ana earnest zeal with which he will 20 about
inc rcpienshment Of his armory will turn
west Virginia green with envy There will
not be an unappropriated shotgun within
purchasing or lifting distance of Plymouth
Rock.
NO, proper handling of this question predi-
Gates III the handler larger authority than
the right to give advice, however excellent
inc advice may be. In our own view ouito
Il good case can be made out for the Shot pup
method, which at least possesses the merit
OF finality Applied almost at will. il is
pretty certain to improve the general
average
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'rllc NlOilIcnddIc

He would not be soldier bold
II does not with his nature chime.
For all the Sportsman's traps Ger sold
lie would not give n measly dime.
He would not kill the young or old
OF any nation, race or cline:
But still he shines so l am told,
In the high art of killing time.
THE TATTLER.
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Chats With Virginia Editors

Warrenton is discouraged at any rate tho
FauQuer Democrat is discouraged Saws that
organ of public ,opnion: "Warrenton is almost
too small for civic corruption. 1t takes n great
city to support King or a Gang but
almost on the point of believing that apathy
such as exists in Warrcnton is more facilitating
than Gang rule y Gang il body of men
who are at least Up and doing Would that we
could impress on Warrentonians the serious
ccsstty of pulling together. OF EraspnE the
fact that only cooperation can properly govern
town, matter what it's size and import
may be"
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Widows Name.

How long after the death of the husband
does the widow begin the OF her own Chris
tan name? SUBSCRIBER
IT is absolute matter OF choice, with no special
precedent to guide. John Smiths widow might
begin to write herself Mrs Mary Smith In the
first signatures she used after the husbands
death and no one would be likely criticize
her.
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only wcdtltnp t:ift. Assets.

"I sec that Jones has failed. Has he
any asscts?"
Nothing of any value. The inven-
tory which he filed with his petition In
bankruptcy shows that he had 230 we'd
ding presents."-Brooklyn Citizen.
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SONGS AND SAWS
The Fillbtister.

The filibuster IL n game
AT which distinguished statesmen play:
IL gains some temporary fame
For those who lead the bloodless FRAY
1Alo tax, without Il sense of shame,
FROM dawn Till eve and then TIL day
I'ut 1olks grow weary of it's name
ana hope its vogue will pass away.
1t is stupid childish game
for large, grown men to stand and nloy
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The Bright Side Of Life
Polite Frcuchnnn.

although he overcharged me, the cab driver
who took me over Paris was most polite" said
friend who had made holiday abroad
"AU Frenchmen are observed.
yes but this got off his box and helped
me to find the necessary words In my French
English dictionary, that I might saw what 7
thought of him."-Chicago News
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Knew All About IT.

Tramp-It is needless to ask the oues-
ton, ma'am. You know what want
l.ady-Yes, know what you want
badly, but rye only one bar of .soap I'm
the house, and the servant is using IT,
Come again some other timc.-Tit-B Bits.
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Ono Tint Works.

Shc---Do you believe in signs and portcntsp
hc-Wcll don't carry my belief to an cx-
trcmc, but when my respected cmployer comes
INTO me Office in the morning looking as though
nc had spent the night wrestling with an attack
"i acute indigestion l always regard II as n
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-01

If imitation Is indeed the sincerest nattery
Richmond should feel indebted to the Frcder
icksburg Star. when II urges its home people
to follow Richmonds example The success
with which the Gamers Convention ham
died in FrcderiCksburg,' says the Star, makes
1T certain that this convention is only the fore
runner of others to follow. There Is
why can't make this real convention town
for the smaller gatherings, and proper efforts
part will bring this about. Such CON
vcntions wonderful help to any town. No
better evidence OF the wide advertisement given
city town by industrial and business gath
erings is needed than is furnished by the OF
Richmond. Not only has she received splendid
advertisement, but substantial benefit as well.
from her numerous conventions"
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"Step by Stem

'Step by Step"
With thanks to the sender, we print below
the verses asked for some days ago:
Heaven is not reached at n single bound
But we build the ladder by which we rise
From the lowly earth to the vaultcd skies
And we mount to It's summit round by round
1 count this thing to be grandly true:
That noble deed Is a step toward God,
Lifting the soul from the common sod
To purer air and broader view.
j. G.. Holland.
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Electric Cars.

Were electric used in Richmond or in
Baltimore first? When were they installed in
Richmond? H. T II
In Richmond. The Clay Street line in Rich
mond, in operation February g. 1888 was-ex-
cepting some experimental cfforts-thc first
electric line in the world
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Recitins Too Loudly.

poet was Walking with Talleyrand in the
street. and at the same time recitng some OF
his own verses Talleyrand percevng at a
short distance Il man yawning, pointed him out
to his friend, snynE:
Not loud; he hears you"--Chicago News
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Judging by the relative incomes of profes-
s si baseball pitchers and most lawyers put
t,,,n u.s. Oh a pall mas higher cash value
IMAM putting another sort OF twist in the minds
of Il jury. " ' minus
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Stnte SUPERINTENDENT,

Please give the name and address OF tho State
Superintendent Of Schools of Virginia s C.
Hon. r. c. Stearnes. Chamber OF Commerce
Building, Richmond, Va.
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Whit rhcy Could Do,

Don't you think you could do something
with that orchestra to improve my song% ask ed
the lady soloist
whats tho matter with it?' asked tho
orchestra leader.
why. they could hardly hear my song for
that drum!"
We'll. we can put in a couple more drums!"-
Chicago News.
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Published every dizzy In tho ycnr by The Times
Dtspntch Publishing Company. Inc. Address nli
communications to THE TIMES DISPATCH.
Tfmcs-Dispntrh building. 10 South Tenth Street,
ItTchmOnd.
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SC1f-DCfeuse.

DO you really enjoy smok-
ing that abomlnablc pipc?"
Certainly not. i merely at
rect II for the purpose OF dis
couraging those OF my friends
who are addicted TO the use OF
cigarettes"