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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-26
SECRETARY RRYAN's REPLY.

Secretary Bryan has issued a reply o. the
government to charges that American neutrality
has been violated in favor Of the allied cause.
The charges have been made over a period OF
months, covering. IN fact the whole period
since the war began The Secretary replies at
length to twenty specific charges. making a
clear and strong defense Of the American posi-
ton, and demonstrating that the government,
far as 1t Is concerned, has observed the
strlctest OF neutral positions.
To one passage would we call particular
OF German sympathizers that the Emitted states
should seek in measure to offset the advan-
tage of the allied preponderance of sea power
by forbidding the shipment OF certain articles
from this country to Europe. We mention this
section particularly because Of It's remarkable
agreement with the statement The Virginan
made on the samc subject when the cause in
question first arose We were Of the opinion
that it was the part % bellieerent. and not
of neutral, 10 that such shipments were
made Secretary Bryan states:
II any American citizens partlsans
Of Germany and Austria Hungary feel
that this administration Ia acting in
WAY injurious TO TIC causes OF those coun-
tries this feeling results from the fact
that the high seas the German and
Austro- Hungarian naval power is thus
far inferior to the British 1t is the bust
ness Of n belligerent. operating ON the
high seas not the duty Of a neutral to
prevent contraband from reaching an
enemy. These in this country who SYM
pathize with Germany and Austria Hun q
gary appear TO assume that some obliga-
ton rests upon this government in the
performance Of its neutral duty. to pre-
vent all trade in contra band, and thus
equalize the difference due the rela-
tive naval strength Of the belHgerents
No such obligation exists.
Only a somewhat biased partizanship could
expect the government to take cognizance Of
situation that exists not by any fault of ours.
hut by the fortunes OF war and strong navfes,
which have favored one power over another
The entire paper is through all It's twenty
sections, equally as strong In refutation Of the
charges made. But after ALL should not the
compliments instead of being disgrunted over
the effects of neutrality be rather thankful for
the neutrality do maintain? And We do not
BY this mean to indicate that the government
is not perfectly right in claiming that its posi-,
ton has been strictly adhered to-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-26
NEWPORT NEWS PROSPERITY

There is a town in Virginia where they have
all the work they can DO teven the newspaper
men and are boasting of IT, The Newport News
Shipbailding aud Drydock Company has hand
contracts for four ships that will put bread In
the mouths OF the cty's Inhabitants money in
her banks give advertisements and subscribers
10 her newspapers and make the city that as
pires TO the title o. THE City OF Hampton
Roads, burst with prosperity. One more fact
about Newport News needs mention: II is the
only port the seahoard that is reported 10
be shipping away goods fast ttey get
there With four thousand cars of wheat stand
ing on the tracks outside Philadelphia and Bal
timore. and eight thousand the
docks at New York, the press dispatches give.
or rather gave, few days ago. to this Virginia
city by the sea tho distinction of being the only
city on tho seaboard that was not congested
with freight traffic tied up in the yards.
I'VE just know the Daily Press-TtmesHerald
will want to copy this paen of joy. so go ahead,
brother
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-26
About Billy Sunday
DIR. Cannon ON Billy Suncay.

Editor NirEinian:
Sir--lnasmuch the ministers and laymen
OF Richmond are considering the question of
inviting Billy sunday to hold series of meet
ings In Richmond. l think The Virginian will
render service to its readers If It will publish
daily some extract from Billy Sundays sermons
as they are reported from day to day in the
Philadelphia papers
am therefore sending You for publication
an article which appeared in the Sunday School
Times Of January ?. and viii send you from
day TO day some article from his sermon
JAMES CANNON. JR.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-26
OUT AGAIN. IN AGAIN,
WASHINCTON'S FATE

Ottway Washington. who finished
serving term in the city Jail yester-
day, was confronted as soon as he
was liberated by county officer, who
placed him under arrest on a charge
of stealing a bicycle from Edward
Jones. He was placed in tho Henrico
County Jail.
He is also wanted In Hanover on a
charge of stealing quantity of
clothing and other articles from
George Pierce.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-26
PAVING BILLS MUST
BE PAID THIS WEEK

Collector -Hulce calls attention 10 thu
fact that all paying bills are now due.
and must be paid by January Al. or
become delinquent with a penalty ann.
percentage.
The collectors Office win be kent
open late in the afternoons in order e
accommodate those who may b. A..
layed earlier in the day. SATURDAY a.
ternoon will be the latest time II whiah
the delinquency may be AVOIDED q.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-26

charge of "bootlegging" whiskey. scott
was caught in the act Of selling whis-
key from bottle on Old Street yes
terday. and on his person were found
quart bottle containing not quits
pint. two half pint bottles Of iio,,or ara
a glass, in which he dispensed n.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-26
AFTER Us THF, DELt-GE."

The gentle Roanoke Times evidently haG n
disastrous trip to Richmond. for on the return
Of the editorial correspondent from his sojourn
though in a rather abusive and highly hattering
manner, our gentle prodding anent re-enactment
Of the Byrd liquor law, against which. when 1t
was first up for passage the editor Of the Times
launched such lightning shafts of denunclation.
As TO the preliminary abuse which the Times
merely reply in the historic language of the
much-cursed picaninny: All them things you
say is you is
The kernel of the Times reply We disentangle
from the mass OF superfuity and find to be as
follows:
Speaking generally, the Roanoke Times.
for its part, would be entirely satisfied if
the Assembly in session would enact
next week a prohibition law to Ro into
effect March /, 1915, forbidding all ship
ment into the State OF intoxicants of any
kind; forbddng the keeping any
premises % tntoxicants of any kind: pro-
vidtng for custer Law, a search and
seizure law, nuisance law and staff
of paid officials and feed shoppers 10 en-
force tho law. Since the people have
voted for it, the sooner it is put into ef-
fect and The tighter 1t s made the bet
ter will We be pleased.
we have ceased to wonder over the CONVEX
sion of the Roanoke Times TO the cause of en-.
forcing the prohibition law since the recent
declaration OF its editor that he must seek
another habitat when the prohibition law
takes effect in Virginia, this action being pur-
saant to registered with all the rites of
Jovian oaths previous to September %. De-
parting thus to realms yet untried, the
Colonel is heartlessly remanding to their unpro-
tected fate those who held with him that pro-
hihition for Virginia is a shame and a dis
grace. After the deluge." and the deluge
predicted by the Times is an unstemmed tide
of search and seizure feed shoppers" and
nuisance" acts.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-26

The press dispatches telling OF Admiral Beat
" victory and recounting his past perform.
anceS are at some pains to mention that all his
promotions and victories haye come with great
rapidity since his marriage to an American
wife. Votes for wimminf-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-26

and also to the frequency with which the
Germans have attempted these sortes in the
past. 1t is not probable they will do So in the
future with less frequency.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-26
Did Ii PAY i'm Dollars and fepts7

business mans review OF the Billy Sun6a
Campaign IN Scranton-By H. c. Haak.)
Dan Crawford in one of his burning
chapter on missions points out that Christ
absolutely ignored the mention of money
in His last commission, even though His
promised presence included the money
needed did the revival campaign pay
IN dollars and cents?" is not question
that troubles one who knows the value
of soul But the question is asked
and Scranton business man thought
that he would just see whether II was
financially worth while to have Billy Sun
day there. The $4,000 that the cam
paign cost Scranton Is a lot Of money but
it looks significant when Mr.. Haak gets
through with his calculations.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-26
"BOOTLEGGER, II FINED
800 IN POLICE COURT

Petersburg, Va, Jan. 25.-Charles
Scott. colored, was fined 500 and sen-
fenced TO thirty days in Jail by Police
Justice Plummer this morning on .
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-26

The college debating societies have mex.
hansti3le material for debate. but the peace ora
tors are in hard row of stumps.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-26

THE scrap of paper" has been rewritten
few thousand times.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-26

Well wherever We get the postofice som
body is bound 10 be satisfied
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-26

The Mexicans are now eleeting presidents for
terms bf. weeks
The Detroit times., 1915-08-14

a turrible handicap
regimnt that would called tn front
his ordhers in Is DIFF
would what drn
handin tn when he asked fr
wind shield.
tn command
he tn other half
all directions oike tn min wild transfers where tn
other.
don't There's too much work.
Z suit fellow citizens
Some thin think they'd oke tn excoemint fourth July
parades an urnin out whin av prominince dies
aintion thin than other tn That's fone
But whn they tn yearly encampmint they look forward
his his
AN tn second day in camp wondherin'
takin odhers from plumber regmenas would
i'm drlln a pedro
they nothin' 4
do
course
apple orchard an tn farmer an his dog will sind whole regimnt
An they have a
peacelovin
whn III umpoire calls Tiger out at tn plate or whn
tn stands had machine wild him such tonne
Vi can see wnete Ia wan man hi s en- s map a d
tn crowd that wanted his loife will wild laughter
TIL rid money people
Th that isn't happy continued tn saloon
n U. R II
be figured out that viii skin thin tn town will be regular paradise
kids at home wondher whether they'd
their daddy again. or how much av him would be left whn tn surgeons
tn factories where they
were maxim tn stun Kill other thousands
NO sor ofm IT peace. said Grogan - .
meself do whn
they against condition that is not their MAXIM
Z stop
Instead they people but
where border
What would a that!"
there T. make thin look oike fish net"
The Detroit times., 1915-08-14
The Reading Habit.
BY n. ADDiNoToN BRUCE,
Author of THE Riddle Of Personality"
Psychology and Parenthood," etc.

There are a good many men who get through
life toeraby well without ever acquiring the
reading habit. There Is not one OF these men
who gets out OF life all he should.
Reading is as necessary to the proper develop
ment Of the mind food is to the body. In
deed, reading has a beneficial effect on the body
well as the mind.
Show me a man who Is not fond OF reading,
and II Is more than even chance that you
are showing me a man whose nerves are more
or less on edge. and who dissipates his energies
In various ways.
For-such man is pretty sure to be sadly lack
ing in inner resources In his leisure hours he
has within himself little to fall back on.
He cannot be content with sitting still and
twiddling his thumbs. His mind rightly Graves
diversion. and the likelihood is. will find II in
forms not always compatible with health.
IL there were more bookovers In the world
today there would be fewer gamblers. dipso-
maniacs and nervous wrecks. There would. in
fact be fewer criminals and suicides
Also, the general level of efficiency, well
happiness, would be raised.
For the reading habit, provided the right kinds
OF books are read has this popularity:
II not only helps man to occupy his time
pleasurably when away from his work. IL also
enlarges his mental powers for the better per
torrance OF his daily tasks.
Whatever makes a man REALLY THINK
makes his mind grow. Mental growth. through
the exercise OF the thinking faculty, should con-
tinue to the end of life. And there Is nothing
like readng-the right kind OF reading-to make
a man THINK
The wrong kind Of reading, TO be sure, r.
mentally weakening IL allowed to become
habitual. Novels and stories that make no de-
mand whatever on the intellect are in the ma
ture Of narcotics. Like narcotics, they should
be used sparingly.
When a man has been working unusually hard,
when he is feeling mentally exhausted. a cheap
detective or adventure novel will do him no
harm
Many great men have testified 10 the value
of this type of fiction a restbringer
But these same great men. IL will be noticed
do not confine their reading to cheap stories.
They read other books, MOSTLY THE BEST
BOOKS THAT ARE TO BE FOUND IN LITER.
AZURE.
They addicted 10 the works Of the worlds
foremost noyelists, to poetry. TO essays to his
tory. TO biography, 10 works Of science. They
have the reading habit more than most other
men,
Usually, too, they have developed the read.
ing habit in childhood That is the time when
IL Is mos, easily and thoroughly acquired But
II is never too late for one to acquire H.
And. oncs acquired, II will prove itself one OF
the best assets a man can have or this you
need feel no doubt at all.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-14
Wars Surprises

Some months ago talk OF peace
swept the world. For a short time
Il looked as though the predictions
that the war would not last year
would succeed.
But the peace talk vanished. To
day I, is recognized that the optim
ism OF the early months OF the war
was a delusion.
A short war was looked for. A
long war Is now admitted, barring
extraordinary unforeseen circum'
stances.
The Allies are In for the worst OF
their troubles the latter part OF this
year, and another winter campaign
Is more than probable.
Russia has suffered serious de-
feats. Germany. instead OF having
been starved or beaten. appears. to-
day. to be at the height Of military
strength and efficiency. after a year
OF the most stupendous efforts Of all
history. Germany has been building
up more rapidly than her enemies.
After disposing of Russia. for time
at least, she will compel the Allies
on the western front to endure a
rain OF blows that Will, perhaps.
make former battles appear small.
Everything that couldn't" happen
has happened. All predictions. made
at the start, have been disproved. I'm
possibilities have become common
places. Logic has become ludicrous.
Humanity tries TO dismiss the
thought OF horror by belief that II
cannot happen. Once II happens "
becomes commonplace, TO certain
extent. and thereby endures. The
people OF Europe will be compelled
TO endure even more than they have,
Illusions are at an end.
II any one thing be apparent In
this whirlwind OF events II In that
the citizens OF the United States
want to avoid entering this conflict
not through fear but through knowl'
edge OF the gigantic wastefulness OF
modern war--a fact clearer today
than q year ago.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-14
From Another Point of VieiD

For some cucumbers rare
From our own garden vines,
For weeks we've been longin' and wishin';
We've Just looked and we found
Nothing more on the ground
Than a dinky-like growing suspicion.
We might as well be the first to OBJ.
serve that that Iowa bank teller who APP
prop,iated $4,000 forgot his vocation
for the nonce and kept it to himself.
Fashion Note.
A number of our citizens are sporting
Ford $50 checks.
Ye plumber he's the thrifty one;
Ye Joint he's paid to wipe;
Ye dope he gets on how to charge
From hitting of we pipe.
Do the police mean business or is IL
lust another case of talking through their
gambling lid?
The difference between toadstools and
mushrooms is to be explained by the De-
troit Institute of Science. However, in a
number of instances, too late.
Incidentally, while after gambling, will
Mr.. Gillespie please stop the politicians
who are playing that game Of Belle Isle
bridge.
We have a letter from sausage maxi
er, who minces matters.
Whereas, in this particular column to-
day we insist upon getting right down to
Brass tacks.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-14
.:SHsEzSR532
The Keep Well Column

skin--the hands, arms or face. as a
rule--become highly infiamed. Often
there Is considerable swelling. Bills
tiers appear, and even pus at times.
There usually is considerable pain.
itching and often the loss Of the up
per layers OF skin.
The best prevention, of course, Is
TO avoid these plants. II the case
Is severe II Is well TO consult q doc
tor.
For less severe cases . wash OF
lime water and an ointment OF car
bolized yaseline are good.
Deep breathing drives the blood
out OF the lungs and into circulation.
II Is an excellent means Of overcom-
ing drowsiness. and remcdying cold
feet.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-14
Pointed Paragraphs

Air castles ought to be cool. at
least.
When jealousy gets busy love
takes a vacation.
The matches made in heaven are
not the brand dipped In birthstone.
A woman can accomplish more
with tears than a man can with cuss
words.
A banquet Is often an excuse for
near oratory and hypocritical ap.
Ilause.
Honesty Is the human filtration
plant that insures clear con
science.
Usually when people say nice
things about a man he is too dead
to appreciate them.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-14
Uncle Sam-MOdel Employer.

The employees of the United States
government railroad in Alaska don't
have to bother about taking out accident
insurance policies.
Uncle Sam has insured them free of
charge.
That is TO say, President Wilson, with
out waiting for specific act Of congress,
and under the general authority of the
act providing for the construction of the
government railroad in Alaska, has eX-
tended to employees Of the engineering
commission in charge of the work there
the benefits of the accident compensation
act of congress which now apply to gov
eminent employees in government manu-
featuring establishments, arsenals, or
navy yards, river and harbor work, re-
clamation work, the forest service work,
the work of the bureau or mines, and on
the Panama canal.
If you are an employee Of the Alaska
government railroad work and you are
injured in the course of your work,
Uncle Sam continues to pay your regu-
lar salary just as if you were at work
for the period of one year.
There are no questions asked, no legal
action required, no lawyers fees; nothing
but an examination by the government
doctor and a certificate that you were
accidentally injured in the course of your
employment, not due to your own negll-
gence or misconduct. Uncle Sam does
the rest.
He pays your salary until you are able
to work again. or for year If you are
not able to work before that time.
And if an employee is killed in the
course of his employment, or dies as the
result of injury, his widow or children
under 16 years, or dependent parent,
if he has one, is entitled to receive the
total amount of his wages for the period
of year.
There was no reason except humanity
which compelled the secretary of the in
terror and President Wilson to extend
this act to the Alaskan employees.
Congress did not direct it.
But Uncle Sam is a little different
from the private employer.
He is not running his business for
PROFIT, but for SERVICE.
He is going to produce a government
railroad at THE COST OF PRODUC-
TION-neither more nor less.
Whatever it costs to build that rail-
road. he will pay. and he regards the &C
cidents which viii occur in work Of this
kind as PART OF THE COST, which
the public, and not the unfortunate EN-.
ploye, ought to pay.
The public is to use and own the road
and if men are to be called upon to give
their limbs, and possibly their lives, in
its construction, the public must pay
them or their widows or dependents.
The compensation is small, it is true
but it is infinitely better than nothing
and Uncle Sam is setting the right kind
of a pace
The Detroit times., 1915-08-14
{IEg|AesSS ssse e.
Finding the Prospect War; He conVn
That We Are q aee-lovIne People
Dy TOM MAY.

kkC this
- country gon T. waar'"
said sndn notes
that
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ak a crack a a
directions but
m kon O
Z tn
this country
a
thanks
be thin yet
Blu how get NV be WAR;
country calls conglom-
Z
could widou hayin' tn
same relatives:
The Detroit times., 1915-08-14

some people. II they even go near
these plants. become poisoned.
There are two varieties OF these
poisonous plants--one a shrub with
small, oval, pointed leaves. the 9TH
er creeping wins with broad
leaves.
After contact with either poison
ivy or oak the exposed part OF the
The Detroit times., 1915-08-14

cases OF skin pois-
oning, belong to
the sunIac family
Simply touching
either OF these
plants usually re.
suits In severe
and usually pain
full poisoning and
The Detroit times., 1915-08-14
THE MOSQUITO.
~ Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank Crane)

We have pondered deeply over the
strange things Of this existence. We
have wondered at cyclones and vol
canos, earthquakes and wars, diseases
and poison snakes, but the most amaz-
ing phenomenon, in world supposed TO
be good in the main, is the mosquito.
Because the poison he injects is for
no reason conceivable. 1t seems to be
just pure cussedness.
The rattlesnake strikes to defend him
self. The skunk will not distribute his
perfumery unless he is in danger The
lion kills for food. Hunger, and not ma
lice, governs the predatory eagle. Even
man, the most relentless and successful
of brutes, kills cattle for provender and
to get leather for his Shoes and shoots
grouse ostensibly to adorn his table.
The tornado may be the only way OF
restoring the equilibrium of the air, and
the volcanic eruption may be due to
some sort of terrestrial indigestion.
But the mosquito! If it's blood he
needs to keep him going we cannot blame
him. One way or another all creatures
live upon their fellows.
But he doesn't need to poison to get
his meal. The poisoning is wholly UNI
necessary and superfiuous.
Besides ungrateful. After filling his
NAV with my life-fuid he gives me a
hypodermic Of malaria as if one would
slap my face and say, Goodbye! God
bless you"
Perhaps he doesn't like me. That, too,
is his privilege. don't like him for that
matter. But We might well address him
in the classic lines:
Perhaps II was right to dssemble your love,
But--why did you kick me downstairs
Alas! the moral purpose of the mos
quito seems to be to reveal to mankind
the fact that the earth is not perfect, ma
ture is not moral and that heaven is our
home
In other words, we must recognize in
life, as in nature, the presence of the
purely malicious.
We hate to acknowledge it, 1t is a Bit
ter pill for the optimist, it is shatter-
ing of our faith in human nature, but
it appears to be the unavoidable truth
that there are some folks who are just
"plain mean"
we see IL III AVSh VIC hAOcs
angelic of them at times seem to take
pleasure in causing pain. Most OF them
happily get over this. Some don't.
There are hideous women who enjoy
torturing babies.
| have known men, regret to say,
who take real pleasure in tormenting
their wives and making their children's
existence uncomfortable
I have known creatures so full OF
petty spite they would go out Of their
way to do some one an evil turn.
There are thugs who beat men for the
pleasure of the exercise.
There are teamsters who lash horses
until the dumb brutes tremble with
agony.
Why dispute as to whether there is a
personal devil? Why quarrel about
names? There is a somebody or some
what that gets into men and women and
dehumanizes them, makes them like to
hurt people. Call it the devil, call it K,
it's there just the same.
So suppose the mosquito is Natures
antidote for too much optimism.