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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-08
SUPPLIES CUT BY WAR
Ono Of the Days Best Cartoons.

Among tho important industries that
have been affected by the war In Eu-
rope is the production of manganese
orc ana alloys. The ores arc used in
the manufacture of glass and dry bat
trrics. and the alloys are essential In
me manufacture Of steel. In 1913 the
United states received from Russia and
india about thrce-fourths OF the
manganese ore required for domestic
use and imported from England and
Germany about half the amount OF fer
romanGanese needed by the steel in
uuStrS. -. +. licwctt. OF the United
states Geological Survey. who has cx-
amined the figures showing the irnports
or these materials for the first nine
months OF 1914, states that the re-
celpts OF manganese ore have been A.
80 tons. or &c per cent less, and those
oil Reconnaissance 37.42O tons. or 81
per cent less than for the correspond-
ing period in 1913 AS the Russian ore
is shipped from tho ports of Poti and
i'atum. on tho BLACK Sea. through the
liosporus. the entrance of Turkey into
tho war in October and the CONSEQUENT
closing or the straits to English ships
VIII greatly curtail II not completely
stop the export OF all Russian ore It
seems probable, therefore, that the re-
ccipts or ore during the last three
months of 1914 were much less than for
the corresponding period In 1919 The
imports of orc for the entire year of
1914 were probably At least 25 per cent
and oil fcrronangnncsc 40 per cent less
than for the preceding year.
The rise in prices OF ore and fcrro-
manganese reflects the decline in i'm
ports. According to the schedule pub
iished by the Carnegie Steel Company,
this rise ranges from 50 cents to 81 n
ton. according to the grade. The price
for standard SO per cent fcrroman-
Eanese was almost constant at $40 a
ton until August. During the few
weeks of confusion following the out
break or the war extraordinary prices
reaching as high as $40 ton. were
quoted. though II is probable that lit
tie was sold at prices above 500 "A
ton. From August there WAS n steady
decline TO SS2 a ton until November
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War News Fifty Years Ago
(From the Richmond pispatch. Fab 5, ls65.l

Grant is threatening another heavy movement
our right southwest Of Petersburg FOR the
past several days his railroad has been kept
busy running, moving troops from City Point
to his left
Day before yesterday large column of Fed
erals drove In our pickets on the Vaughan Road
and crossed Hatcher's Run. During the day
there was some heavy diminishing. but no gen
era engagement.
President Davis yesterday submitted to Con-
grcss the report of the peace commissioners.
Messrs stephens. Hunter and Campbell The
report is brief, and says more than has been
already published in this paper: that Lincoln
offered no terms that could be listened to for 4
moment; in fact, nothing short OF unconditional
submission.
The appointment of General John, c. Brcckin-
ridge to be Secretary OF War has been confirmed
by the Senate and yesterday he entered upon
the discharge of his duties such.
The report that the Confederate forces had
been 1anked at Branchville and that place cap
tured by Shcrmans men fatty contradictcd
yesterday.
President Davis and Governor Smith were the
principal speakers at the great meeting held
at the African Church last night The keynote
OF their admirable and patriotic addresses was
that no conditions looking to peace and the
present ending of the war save the inde pcndenc &c
OF the Confederate States OF America could ever
receive their sanction or that Of tho people OF
the South. Resolutions, hoot.nE at the pea &C
conditions proposed by Lincoln and spurninE
with Indignation the gross insult contained in
tho terms offered were passed by tho unanimous
vote OF the immense audience assembled.
Notwithstanding General Adam Johnson Of the
Confederate Army, is blind from his
wounds, inc Federal authorities have ordered
his incarceration prisoner OF war at Fort
Warren
General ]. u. Imboden has been placed in com :
mand of all the military prisons In the States OF
Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi
Accounts from Cape Fear River country are to
the effect that gunboats of Portcr's Meet are
pushing upstream, presumably attack the
Confederate works on that river.
There was very brisk demand for gold coin
yesterday, and much of II changed hands. 1t
opened Mt $40 for one, and up to $40
closing stiff that price
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-08
Cruel Thrust at Bachelors

u ACHELORS, that envied and now perse-
- cuted tribe, have had a new blow
leveled at them 1t Is announced that
Henry Ford. the automobile maker and other
detroit magnates have incorporated the
lngleslde Club a very new kind Of club. to
which not only men, but women and chill
dren, are eligible. but from which bachelors
are barred
MT. Ford has covered the entire surface OF
the globe with his motor cars, and if he has
the same success as a club promoter, we shall
soon expect to see the country converted tn
the lngleside idea. Clubdom may undergo A
revolution, and the club, which has hitherto
served as the refuge Of the male sex. NAV
come to represent the happy family away
from nome. Bachelors will be excluded, less
D! formal rules than by the presence Of troops
of high-spirited children and their admirinp
mothers.
lchabod! 1t seems, indeed, as il that
proud title Of bachelor which has SO long
distinguished men strong minded enough to
resist feminine charms. must soon be laid
aside for enforced matrimony. All society
IS cohspirins against the free man Laws
are made by married men, and the envious
lawmakers have been threatening bachelors
win taxes in many States But if love
laughs at locksmiths, antilovc might laugh
at laws IL Is the spectacle Of the formidable
MT. Ford camped on the bachelor trail that
makes the situation so serious for the pre-
1errers OF solitude and peace
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-08
Olga IirnSiInikoH

I Ellen OF TROY and other ladies OF war
l like fame. have added to history. and
perhaps in the course OF time the unpro-
nounceahle name that heads this tribute to
one of Russia S fair ones may rank alongside
that OF the llustrious lady who did thus and
and so-forth as any schoolboy can ~tell
YOU from his favorite chronicle of events.
The lady in the headline. Olga. has taken
part in nineteen battles, and finally has been
wounded in the foot, precisely the
otherwise invulnerable Achilles. Because OF
her valor, she has been awarded the Cross
OF ST. George of the fourth degree 1t ap-
pears that she did not earn her honors as
woman, but as man, for she managed to
smuggle herself into positions of danger only
by virtue Of her brothers clothing.
Thus it is in these days. In olden times
women might go into battle or intrigue in
their proper person, but now that civilza-
ton has become fad, the only way to dodge
criticism is TO appear to be something other
than what YOU are, if You happen 10 be
feminine.
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and recently the price has risen to $50 n
ton Tho price OF spieRclciscn has
shown similar variations. but to n less
degree. ranging from a minimum OF 81.
III MAY 10 SIG Il ton at present.
The effect OF this shortage OF ore in
inc United states and the consequent
rise In prices have been to stimulate in
tercst In domestic manganese deposits
ana TO cnusc vigorous DEVELOPMENT OF
producing mines. Although several
mines previously idle have been ro
opened" no important new sources APP
pear TO have been found. Estimates Of
production from a few mines ONLY are
available. but IT is doubtful II the total
production of ores for 1914 greatly cx-
iccded. II II even cqualcd. that for
1913, which was 4.04S tons An inter
cst!nE consequence Of the shortage OF
ferromangnncse has been the attempt
10 establish new reduction plants to
use sources OF ore hitherto not avail
able. The Noble Electric Steel Company
having access to cheap electric power
nj Iieroult. Cal, Is attempting TO cs-
,ablish the Industry. using ores from
Mcndocino County. In the East the
success o; the attempt 10 make a low
grade fcrronanganesc from man
Eariicrous Iron ores from the Cuvuna
range Minnesota. by, the American
Manganese Company ut dunbar. Pa.
remains TO be established
The disturbances OF the war will
make necessary a number OF adjust
mcnts In the foreign industries using
manganese. The English steel indus
try depends largely OH fcrromangancse
made from Indian and Russian ores.
and the supply from India will prob-
ably be assured even II the Suez Canal
were TO fall into the hands OF Turkey
Germany, however, with only scanty
domestic ore resources, has been i'm
porting increasing amounts OF orc from
the Caucasus In Russia. and large in
Hcstments OF German capital have re-
Gently been made in this district Tn
less there has been extraordinary fore
sight In assuring q supply. the con.inu-
ance OF the war for year or more Will
make the shortage OF manganese orc
keenly felt In the German steel Indus
tries.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-08
Nc CHASTITY Jester

W HEN men resort TO clownish methods to
w boost serious things they call down
ridicule and bring into question their honesty
OF purpose. For instance, Ham Lewis; for
instance, Cole Blease; for instance, OF late
Theodore Roosevelt.
There can be nothing more serious than
the business Of inviting 100000 English
men to offer their lives for the crown, and
yet an enormous recruiting poster just out
announces that England sis arranging q trim
TO Germany in the spring for a few sports
men, where there will be good shooting
and hunting" That is comedy, humor il
YOU WILL wit perhaps airy persinage 1t is
ATTENDED TO halt the eye. TO indirectly appeal
to patriotisn-very indirectly, we should
hope
Great Britain ought not permit such
buifoonery Whether the lives be English
German, French. Russian, they are lives
Whether war be good shooting and hunting
or not, it is fearful tragedy, a most solemn
proceeding. That official recruiting
poster should make light Of it, invite Taught err
or the mob that cannot see the tears of the
widow nor hear the wailing OF orphans is a
shame upon common dccency. But that
Great Brtaia should stand sponsor for such
poster that country of true and fair sports
men and bigminfed men. is incredible.
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was married as soon as he got out OF
college, and that his active life has
been spent in practicinS law and in
the House cf Representatives.
Mr.. kitchin is a man OF attractive
personality; tail enough. big enough
win the warm -hcartcdncss and good
hunor or the typical Southcrncr.
Though now In middle life, no Is so
vigorous that he gives the impressio,
OF Astounding youth. And his infcc-
tious smile betrays the keen sense OF
humor thai keeps bubbling UP But lie
has force. as we'll as fire and wit. in
ms oratory. He is Il hard student,
anu "hch nc gets up to speak gen
eralIy knows what he is talking about.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-08
Early Cancer Durable

There Is sim n widespread misapprc-
hcnsion that cancer is q constitutional
o'Sease caused by some substance or
poison in tho blood. Those who hold
this mistaken opinion commonly believe
that the disease is hereditary. and in "A
vague way they think there must be
some faint handed down from ono gen
Grafton TO another which causes cancer
10 flourish in certain families In the
minus OF people not w,ll informed on
the subject this belief may we'll cause
feeling that II is somehow shameful
10 have the disease. Such mlsapDrehen-
sion, combined with the notion which
has long prevailed that cancer is :,
hopeless, incurable afiiiction, and that
1t Is OF no use TO try TO have ANYTHING
dohc Tor II. may we'll account for tho
extraordinary delay OF many sufferers
IN seeking treatment. a further cause
Is the iact that cancer, IN the early
stages, often causes little or no main
Many surgeon has wished that can
Ger, In It's early manifestations. might
cause the sufferer half as much trouhIe
as toothache, for then the paticnt
would surely no driven to seek relief
SO quickly that he or she would he
easily cured
Ihat cancer is at first n local growth
ana not n general disease of the sys.
TEN is now clearly established This
TACT Is or the utmost Importance since
II holds out high hope of cure If the
malignant growth Is removed before IL
mas tlme TO spread to other parts nj
inc oody Cancer beginning in one SPOT
latcr appears elsewhere, because small
particles or cells arc carried awav from
tho frst site and start other growths
not because there exists previously
some poison in the blood which causes
the disease to break out In different
parts or the body The great hope OF
euIe. therefore,. lies in removing cancer
ehtireiN'fr the system before II has
Il chance to spread from its first foot
hold. Aoot
mo reason why so many people came
10 bei1eVe that cancer was n blood dis-
ease Is doubtless because II wa, Oh
served to come again in tho same or
other parts of the body after having
pecn apparently cut out IL was NAT
ural 10 assume that when the disease
Kept coming back in this manner there
must be some cause or faint In tbo
blood which led to it's breaking ont in
dinerent places much like certain skin
diseases. The trouble which stortod
this faliacious reasoning was that In
those earlier days cancer was not so
VOL understood rs II now Is. Surgeons
then - the best they knew how. but
without tho advantages of modern
methods they were unable succn.s,,I,v
10 exterminate tho disease. Tho micro-
scope has now shown us tho paths NV
which cancer cells start their invasion
or the body II tho first and local nm
pearance is neElcc'tl. Modern surgeons
are therefore, repeatedly succcssf,,l In
removing the disease once for all As
an enirent American doctor hns veil
SAID: 1t Is not surgery, but DELAYED
surgery that falls to cure"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-08

trains brought delegation of 1000 people
to lobby for the BILL and the news Of its
passage by the House was the signal for a
great demonstration before the Capitol in
Carson City.
Nevada is happy once more. After n long
deprivation Of easy divorce. with Its attend
ant train Of charming and money spending
women. she will again be free to liberty
loving femininity. But we will do Nevada
the justice to think that it is not the love
OF money that moves her. She has sadly
missed tho Eastern beauties, who cannot be
induced by any lesser lure to frequent that
desert waste. Therefore. Nevada pays the
price demanded by the Eastern fair.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-08

We have letter from lady who wants her
land examined for minerals and asks the adj
dress OF some person who Will do this sort OF
work. She signs only initials and does not
send stamp. She must have read with little
profit the oft-repeated statement that unsigned
letters would not be answered. and that adj
dresses Of the sort she wants would not he
given In the Query Column. but would be sent
through mail If the postage accompanied the
request. This letter is not much more out OF
the question than dozen others just destroyed.
All fail to give the name OF the writer or n six
some question improper for answer and
If not plainly OF the persuasion that
there Is point at which patience ceases to be
virtue. we should incline to give up the repe-
tition Of the statement that unsigned letters
will not be answered, and that questions such a s
when Will the In Europe cnd2" rs Bryan
going to be candidate against Wilson," ETC.
not OF the sort which undertake to
reply to.
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Chats With Virginia Editors

Inc Eastern Shore Herald wakes indignant
over the antics of the wheat pit and the con.e-
quent behavior of the price OF the staff of life
lt says: do you have wheat bread at your
house tErec times day? Well. if wheat keeps
OF jumping up YOU won't. We have objection
to dollar-and-a half wheat when tho farmer
gets the dollar and half but do object 10
paying this price when the Spectator gets the
money. There is no shortage OF .vhea. in the
country: the crop OF 1914 was a bumper crop;
the amount exported is not greatly beyond that
or cher years. Theirs Il real need for this
rapid and unprecedented advance in prices
There Is something wrong with the moral ma
ture OF a man or set OF men who will take adj
vantage OF their fellow men and form n combina-
tion to force prices up on n necessary, like
bread The most becoming attire for such men
is q striped suit, and cap to match placed
shaved head. If they cannot be placed In such
Earb by law. 1t might be good idea to hang
a few Of them to convenient lamp posts"
Speaking OF n celebrated Virginia institution
and that institutions views on kissing, the Wise
County News eXclaims: But old Bill Eads. Al
for him 1t is as rock in weary land
know that Three Feathers floating down Green
River by the home of Old Taylor and Paul
Jones sufficient to rekindle the fires OF
youth in blown-out furnace. AS for kissing.
that is Hobson caveat. old Bill has home
spun Ideas on the subject: he has never In life.
by either tongue, lip. pen or pencil, in
printed column, delivered himself an oscu-
latinS subject. The nearest approach to doing
so is found in the quoted and copied philosophy
vi l'uke hci-uke' inc socrates OF the Cincinnati
Enquirer. and of which old BIZ truthfully
and frankly say: Them my private scnti-
mcnts made public"
LAS in tho gentle springtime the thoughts
Of the young man turns to love. at this
of the year the thoughts of the wayfarcr
just as naturally turn to the subject of roads
and this year these thoughts little more
unpleasant than usual" says the Bedford Bull
letn. Everybody Is discussing-Inostly cuss-
ing-Bedford roads. and with ample reason.
While this pastime may relieve the feelings a
certain extent, still 1t does not lessen tho
depth of the mud in any manner affect
it's clinginE properties You may rave and rant
about tho awful condition OF the highways
until doctor has to bleed YOU to prevent
apopleXy, but 1T will not mend matters, and tho
next time you start to town YOU will find the
mud still there. The only way TO So
cure roads fit to travel is to dig down
into your jeans and bring out the dollars to
build them"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-08

Whatever may be true OF other
America nations. tho American govern
.xacns Eaith ment believes that treaties i'm
80 iE.s pose solemn and sacred obliga-
Va A'e"'ic' ton. To us they not scraps
Of paper" We keep word,
even though 1t BIO ito hindrance."
Whatever men may think OF the rights the
wrongs Of the that Is now raging we insist
that Americans shall continue to be loyal to
their own government, and to believe in it's good
purposes and It's honor. He Is poor sort OF
patriot who pleads Its imagined dclinqucncles
in defense OF the real deinquencics Of nations
beyond the Our foreign policy has from
the beginning been marked by highly moral
and idealistic quality. Americans, whether they
strangers born in the land. ought to
understand this, and should resent bitterly any
attempt to drag down to the level of those
who hold to the shameful doctrine that right
makes might. These few people most
fortunate when they appeal to the Russian
treaty as a precedent for the action OF any of
the Old World nations. For In ending that
we followed the terms OF the treaty Itself and
we acted only after we had been convinced. and
for the best of reasons. that Russia had violated
tho treaty.-Indianapolis News.
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Let Van Wrinkle Rim,

g ENATOR SHERMAN, who beats the TAM
~ BOURNE on the left end of the line these
days, and responds mcrrly t. the foil of the
intcrlocutor, has just come into the spotlight
with new one, before the Indiana Republi-
can Editorial Association. Quoting the
Presidents declaration that the Republican
party had not had new idea in thirty years
Senator Sherman asks:
Where has this Rip Van Wrinkle silent the
last thirty years."
With the gods, Senator, with the gods!
Rip took his time about answering the in
sistent call of the people, but finally thew
forced him away from his slumbers and fair
dragged MIN into position OF public
service. In this position, after rubbing tho
sand from his eyes, he found much TO look
at and perhaps laugh about and much to
40, ana straightway began applying the wis
dom OF his friends, tho suptrmen to mun-
dane affairs.
Supcrmen? Yea, verify, the supermen of
intelligent research Of education of ANALYSIS
II LOOK that kind of an association To fit tbe
biggest Democrat of them all to SO represent
his party that thc.most vehement trumneting
OF the elephant, calling Of the moose sounds
as feeble as the scrcnadc sons OF n shy Htt,e
angle worm.
Don't worry about Van Wrinkle, Senator:
let him Rip.
They paid John d. Rockefeller 8. eor hi,
attendance as a witness before the Commits
sion on Industrial Relations The Cbatau
quas VIII do better than that whenever John
d. decides 10 make another public annear.
ance pF
Hay fever sufferers will unite In fervont
nope mat there is something in this alleged
cure for their malady. Even n nossihi,itv of
relief Is not to be sneeZcd at
Tax reform now appcars to bo Violating oil
OF inc oldest Virginia presidents and getting
somewhere in sight eo'''ns
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-08
Profitable.

Or GetalonE seems to be doing we'll In his
profession
or course he Is. He has become u specialist"
indeed! What is his speciality
Making people with more money than brains
think they need trip to Florida or California
and then collecting a rake-orr from tho hotels"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-08

the Presidents fear that combinations for SELL
ing abroad. II permitted, might become exclu-
sive wholly without warrant great deal
depends upon tho character of tho amendment
that would have to be written into the Sher-
man law. The ono danger is that the great
corporations might combine for the foreign trade
and undersell tho smaller combina lions OF manu-
facturers. The law could be framed to prevent
Observation-Disclosures Post.
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Intcrest.

Can you state for the beginning OF refer
cnco to interest in our law? NJ ID
1t is generally considered to be in tho act
or Parliament or Fl James |. G623), where the
rate of IS for the 90 for one wear ua @
hXed as lawful increase" by way of compcnsa-
ton for loan.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-08
SONGS AND SAWS
Not for Hin.eI1

Give us reform. reform. reformr'
You hear tho politician below;
But what tho good soul really means
Is to reform the other follow.
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The Bright Side of Life
Making NcxHa.

Experimentation. YOU may recollect that we
printed yesterday your denial OF having re-
tracted the contradiction OF your original state
ment. Would you to have us say that
you were misquoted in regard to it?"-Life
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-08

"spose my face is dirty" said the office boy
in the elevator what business Is that OF yours?
You ant my father"
mo. but I'm bringing you up" replied the
elevator man.-Boston Transcript.
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The Pcssimist Saw,

Curious. is 1t not, how strongly tho great
war now In proEress resembles tho ordinary
street fight? Nobody started 1t, everybody is
mixed up In 1t. and tho innocent bystander is
the principal sufferer
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-08

The Question.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder,"
So the poet sings OF love,
But he quite forgets to mention
Whom the heart grows fonder Of