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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07
News Of Fifty Years Ago

"A Richmond delegation is in Washington with
numerously signed petition to President John
son. praying "A reconsideration of that clause in
the recent amnesty proclamation which excludes
from its benefits persons worth 100000 and over.
j. Alfred Jones II. A. Lancaster. J. l.. Apperson.
w II. liaxall ana several other prominent Rich
mond men members of the delegation
General Magruder is in France, and it is re-
ported that he Is seeking commission fight
in Mexico under the French flag. He proposes
20 raise the troops to night under his command
in Texas, and offers TO the Emperor a complete
brigade
The findings of the military court in the trial
OF the assassination cpnspirators have last
the verdcts and ordered punishment accordingly
The following we're found guilty and sentenced
r.. Atzeron' Lewis Payne and Mrs. Mary f.
Surratt They will be hanged between the hours
found guilty and given life terms at hard labor
Michael O'Loughlin. Samuel Arnold. and Samuel
\. Mudd' Edward spangier was given six years
in the penitentiary. All of these latter will go
TO the penitentiary at Albany, n. Y.
President Johnson is still confined to his room
and while he transacts much public business, his
physician has forbidden him to hold any public
receptions.
II has last been announced that al, of the
been released that is, all that were releasable
y few have been transferred to other prisons
and the Point Lookout stockades are empty
Thomas C. Epps, a prominent citizen of Rich
ties and confined in Castle Thunder. He stabbed
and killed Private John HAYES Of the Twentv
ninth Illinois Regiment 1t is said to be a clear
case of self defense. and the military authorities
DO not hesitate TO say that Mr. Eppss incarcera-
,ion is n mere matter OF form. and that he will
be released as soon as an investigation is had.
Hon. Joseph Mayo has withdrawn from the
contest for Mayor of Richmond. much to the
regret of his hundreds of friends. who know that
IN that Office he has served his people well.
1t is officially reported from Washington that
1850 Confederate prisoners have been dis
charged from the various Northern prisons since
the closing of hostilities.
The New York Herald announces that in flu
ture that paper will know Sundays and no
Mondays. That the paper will be issued in full
form Sd5 days in the year, and ella inns that it is
the only paper in the world that has adopted
ms innovation II will he hard on the printers
The proposed tariff cable messages to
England when the cable shall be completed is
for twenty words or less. 100 in gold. and each
extra word twenty, S.. To the Continent
sos for twenty words and 1926 for each extra
word over twenty.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07

$500 week now earn $1,000 in the movies"
All the great stars have signed moving
picture contracts at enormous figures. and
many Of them are going out OF the spoken
drama altogether
The reason for the swapping of the theatre
cal profession by the motion pictures Is evil
dent enough. Until seven eight years ago
the theater was essentially a city amusement.
Few of the thousands of small towns and
villages in this country owned theaters, and
witnessed dramatic performances. But the
moving picture brought the theater to every
body. II is safe to say that there is not
town in the United States larger than
hamlet which does not possess its moving
picture show.
The actor who appears before n few thou
sand people III the course OF will
be enjoyed by millions in the movies" Con-
seQuently, the moving picture producers can
afford to pay salaries out of all proportion to
those Of the theater itself And since there
is notable dearth of theatrical talent in the
country a present. the movies are driven
to paying enormous sums and thereby secur-
ing the requisite artists
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07
Shall We Keep the Team:

+ Richmond VANS 10 retain an International
League baseball team, larger numbers OF
Richmonds citizens will have 10 attend the
games. There is no use beating around the
bush; ii we want 10 avoid going back 10 the
bushes We must spcak--and money talks
Failure OF generous patronage OF the games
at Broad Street Park is not creditable 10
Richmond. The contests. as rule have
been OF q high order OF merit; the difference
between them and games in the major lea CUES
is scant; to AL intentf and purposes Rich
mond now is..btilg offered major league base
ball.
The city clamored for better baseball until
1t was OBJ aimed. We jumped from Class c 10
Class "A. skipping Two ranks III the process.
Jack Dunn is admitted by experts 10 be one
OF the best managers in the game Under
handicap he has collected an excellent team
one entirely deserving of patronage ana loval
support Despite various misfortuues II
holds a crefitable place in the league stand
ing.
An international League team here is a
municipal asset--and it is slipping away for
lack OF support that it deserves both from
sentimental considerations and because OF
me quality OF baseball that it provides II
Is up 10 Richmond 10 say what shall be done
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07
One Party by Necessity

. AT McCAuLL'S death recalls the fact that
J. there was Republican party in
Virginia. Twenty years ago or So when Pat
McCaul. the Republican nominee for
Governor ran against OFerrall, there was a
fighting chance OF his election Indeed, the
Democ- acy was inclined TO rejoice its
victory,
To-day only one party exists IN Virginia.
All the political struggles we ever know are
the personal contests in the primaries God
bless the primaries! Ii il were not for them
nobody would ever have any reason 10 vote.
The existence of q State with but one
party IS not altogether healthy. The Anglo
American political tradition presupposes a
hiparty rivalry. For this condition OF affairs
however neither the Democracy nor the peo-
pie OF Virginia are TO blame. The race issue
has made all the Southern States single
party communities, and not until the negro is
definitely and by general consent counted
out OF politics TWO strong and genuinely
contending parties exist In the South
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07
\ Modern Slunchauscu

r VERY age has had its own particular
l. Munchauscn ever since the publication
OF the genial baroMs memoirs. An importan,
candidate for the honor OF the present-dav
Munchausen is hoy, Nye Oberg, OF River
side Cal
This boy, who was student at the Po,v-
techHic High School, was so carried away nv
the passion for glory that he went to print
ing office and had lctterheads Of an imarinarv
Middle West Peace Society" struck off nm
one OF them ne wrote an invitation TO himself
10 compete III peace oratorical contes, AZ
Kansas city he persuaded his friends ,hot
money should be appropriated to send him ~
the contest ana The money was raised though
not without the opposition OF the school
principal. Oherg thercupon went 10 Kansas
City and wired from WellingtoD Kan tba,
he had won from thrty-six contestants la
later returned from Kansas CITY bearing
beautiful loving cup properly inscribed lie
was given an ovation, feted BY the Rivorsid.
Peace Society voted q highest service r,edal
and invited to deliver his prize oration =,
church entertainments
1t was only when he was confronted ,y;,,,
proof that he could not have been in Eansae
City at the time Of the alleged coutcs, ma,
he confessed the hoax In the ar, or ,i
the applied science Of lying the present ara
shows no sign Of deeeneracy.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07
SONGS AND SAWS
An IntcrlOpcr,

There is Il lock Of Betty's hair
Ihat hutters in tho vagrant breeze
And has most provoking air
III trying to entice or tease
The kisses that ] fain would steal
Ihis curl OF Betty's takes at WILL
wanton rogue. it does not feel
weak fears that all my ardors chill
II rests on Betty's damask check,
1t twines about Il shell-pink ear,
II hnds the happiness I seek.
IL braves the dangers that fear.
know cannot long endure
Ihts silkeH rivals am'rous grace
Twill Kiss again, and then, I'm sure,
I'll brush II by and take it's place
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07
!, Rebel Against Autocracy

L NE hundred years ago yesterday John
1 Huss was burned a, the stake, rebel
against spiritual autoCracy He persisted APP
parently defeated. but his life and death
gave the inspiration for the long line OF
human ihcrators which lasts 10 our own day.
The man who began a great movement for
religious liberty deserves a word OF loving
remembrance. The world owes much to those
who have sacrificed self for principle; to none
of them does il owe more than TO the White
Swan OF Prague" whose eloquent tongue was
smothered by the flames and smoke half a
thousand years ago
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07

most committees of this kind can we'll be
leads to some moderation on tho part Of those
who have been claiming that labor only gets
ne-ffth I'm tho way OF income In Sainful occu-
pa,ons II will BIO good thing. for the country
Is rather tired of superficial conclusions rs to
the relations OF labor and capital. OF course.
II is In order for the opponents of the Civic
Fedora TONS findings to attack tho facts but for
the present their review OF SO large body OF
statistics must be viewed or less de-
cisve. If. as has been suggested. the committee
mas caught up with and nailed untruth, 1t
VIII be interesting to how much longer the
untruth Will continue to Observation-Disclosures
Public Ledger.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07
NInnre,s Farewell

VIII YOU print the verses Thomas Moore,s
Farcwc ell to Richmond"? f F r
They take up rather more inches than we ca n
spare hui If some reader will kindly send cony
We may be able TO give room to it, The verses.
not very merit orious, were found the writing
thhle IN the room occupied by Moore during his
visit to the Wickham home In Richmond. and
whatever value they have would probably be
ascrlhed TO the recantation of his early impress
sion that he would gladly bid adieu to .Vir
gna's rude soil and remember her in
song"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07

The Tazeweil Republican, which is never
happy unless il has something to kick at exer-
cises It's mu!ish propcnsities in the following:
1T is amusing 10 the amount Of business
that has suddenly developed among the county,
papers OF Virginia that will keep the editors
from attending the reception to the Governor
OF Virginia at the Panama Pa cifc Exposition in
san Francisco next week. The failure in
close transportation great oversight. In
this connection, however, il may he said the
city of Richmond and State of Virginia would
have made much better OF the money spent
in sending Richmond military company to
San Francisco ii they had sent the editors of
county papers, who. by inclination and expert
ence, are always exploiting the resources of
Virginia, and would have been of an advan-
taEe to the State. whereas the evolutions of
single company OF militia have ceased to attract
attention since the old-time muster day Of our
grandfathcrs."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07

With the rapt ISRAELI,
And the celestial choir.
AS white as snow the marble of his tomb
Against the climbing ivy on the wall;
No cypress bough with it's unhallowed ploom
He filings its somber shade funereal;
Even the church tower, turrcted and tall
speaks not of dolor. and the slender SHINES
or arbor vitae tell of life. not death
The life that quckeneth
His immemorial lines.
Peopled the silent chambers OF his brain:
Forevcrmore the wnnow of dark wings
Beat round about him. when autumn rain
Is hurtled by wild gusts against the pane
Weird wraiths companioned him, but none the
less
Amid the forms of ghoul and ghost and snome
Figures wont to roam
Of light and loneliness.
His was the masters magic; every chord
He touched gave forth throb of melody:
No music yelled whereof he not lord
Whether he sang some city by the sea
Or some strange palace built in Faerv.
He wove the spell of immateria chimes
Into his fabric; cen the midnight bird
And unforgotten word
Brea'hed through his charmed rhymes
He walked with shadows, and yet who shall saw
We are not all as shadows. who fare
Iowald one lini bourn along lifes fateful way
Sharing the ericfs and joys once his to share
WHO passed crewhile to that fair Otherwhcre
BrNond the poignancy of bliss or woe,
There hangs the immitigable pathos of dead
years,
High hopes bedewed with tears.
About the grave Of Poe.
CLINTON scoLLARD.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07
Futile
Peace
Pilgrims

Of ndff erence in the press" to her errand. Prob
ably British editors were not polite enough to
conceal their opinion of futile effort. Their
government placed obstacles in the way of the
congress. which only by chance attended
by three scarcely representative British
women. FrencbWomcn present: they
discairncd All interest in peace while an in
va6er's foot remains on French soil Belgian
women came fight successfully any call for
peace that did not add with Justice" The pre-
ponderant groups were those Of the great war
power and the chief neutral nation, Of Germany
and the United States. Germany's interest in
peace is natural AS the stands. she has
Having Belgium. her main object. more OF
Poland than she probably keen and =
rich slice Of France, she o COM
promises The allies. beaten thus far hut stiI,
short Of thcir maximum strength and still hone
full of Roumanan and Bulgarian assistance \ re
in no mood to stop. One nation may make war
war, once made. is not check ed until both sides
find some ground Of agreement. The mission of
the peace delegates expressed humane aspira-
ton. AS practical step toward peace now II
had all the weight of a feather huttcrins in the
vortex Of n tornado.-New York World
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07
Killing 1.-THE Icgitimatc"

M ONlNS pictures now seriously threaten
1F1 the existence OF the regular drama
New YORK managers are finding such difncnltv
at present IN securing competent actors ,ha,
IL is probable that September Will witness
fewer productions on the metropolitan boards
than Tor many years past. William a Brady
declares that players who formerly received
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07
Accidents Both.
say. pop"

say, pop.
Yes. my SOM"
\Nhat is a pessmist?"
"A pessmist Algernon Perciva Is an ind-
Vidcai who suffers from a defective digestion
and a torpid liver"
Well what is OPTIMISM
An optimist is tired business man who ha s
walked all the way TO his office without having
had any one explain TO him just why II was that
Bryan resigned"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07
Queries and Answers
John Fikke.

Is II true that tho late John Fiske was not a
student Till late period of his life?
f. l.. LONG.
It is not. Fiske graduated al Harvard at the
age OF twenty~one, and took his law degree two
ears later. NJ! accounts Of him agree in
statement that he was enthusiastic student
from his early youth.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07

An entcrprising Mormon preacher in Elk
ton, Nd, has cornered the marrying business
or that modern Gretna Green by eniistjng
the cooperation OF the Hilagc jitneys Thus
modern progressive ideas win another victory
over staid conservatism.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07

The three problems sent by L. L. Rogers in
voived setting Impossible for the machines used
in the composition of this column. and the soiu-
tons mailed.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07

The Russian armies will be al right, prob.
aoy, II they don't run out Of new lines ("
Every day the dispatches report that some
'h'ng OF that description is being "gallantly
and stuhbornly held
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07
Advancing Fast.

Grubbs-George Washing ton. YOU ought to g.
member, could not tell n lie.
Stubbs-That simply shows how the political
imagination has developed We have plenty of
statesmen nowadays who would be ashamed 10
be caught telling the truth
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07

r.i,Hl Is beautiful attribute. but il may be
U,seiuohe rake for example, the who be-
lives everything he reads in his partys plat
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07
Too Much TO Endure.

Too Much to Endure.
There lived man who Spelt with ease
Each twisted Slavic name
He passed away, howcer, because
He could not stand his fame
THE TATTLER
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07

West Virginia never has becn able 10
Heci0e Just how she will raise the ca sh to
pay us The $4,000 900 the Supreme Court
has decided she owes
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07

those VITO expect the tour of the Liberty
BEL TO inspire distant States with a passion
Tor freedom are confirmed optimists The
bell has been nhabi,ing the State of p.nnsvI-
vania ever since the Revolution
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07

IT Colonel Roosevelt is as anxious for ex-
cittment as he says he is. ali he has to do
Is 10 get JOB on horse ship. Providing
cActenaeh' LOT the crew, it would appear, is
one OF the best things these vessels do
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07
To those dollar devotees OF GU,

To those dollar devotees OF our
Dignity country whose sole criterion OF
Without success Is opulence, whose sole
n,II.. standards of happiness are lux
uries. whose sole measure of dis
tncton liz splurgs. submit for
conservation as earnest as thcy congenitally
capable or giving. the $4,000 estate left TO his
wife at his death by Rear Admiral Mahan It is
doupttui II any book in this generation has OK
erted profounder worldwide influence on in
ssrn1tionai thought and policy than Influence Of
sea POWER Upon History" Here a man
joyinS the honor OF having risen the ton
or mis- profession. enjoying the creative delights
or brilliant literary work, enjoying the cxer-
cises of tremendous power through the infn-
enSes OF this work. man socially. intellectually
.nhuenlialiH without a superior in the United
States. living In the most complete contentn,ent
IN $4,000 cottage at Quoque! Power without
me ara OF money. position without the aid Of
money. pleasure without the need of money,
Gould any career be more ideal?-New York
World
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07

Published ever! day In the year Ivy Tie Times
Dispatch Publishing Company. Inc. Address all
commu nIcntionn to THE TIMES DISPATCH.
Time 81 Dispatch building, 10 south Tenth Street
Richmond, w.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07

The doleful tale here recorded comes from the
Winchester Star: 1T is yet too early 10 esti-
mate intelligently the 1915 appie crop Ger
tainly the crop in Virginia will be greatly re-
duced as compared with last year. From pres
ent indica tons the exports apples this ia
VIII IT, practically shut off. Even if ships are
available the ocean freight charges are prohi bi-
tive, having over doubled since the war began
Last year nearly 20 per cent of barrelabic apples
Were exported, larger percentage of the Fred
erick County crop being sent abroad" Perhaps
this Will be n good thing in the end, in that 1t
may folks in this country more in the habit
OF eating and approaching the Virginia apple
and we may thus grow home market tina t
will make Virginia orchardists independent of
the export trade
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07

Mr. Bryan thinks that when he resigned
ne oid what he could 10 save his country-and
mere are good many persona who agree
with him
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07
The Eternal Passion.

Shells my cap on straight?
He-Yes. Do you think
anybody will notice that my
legs are not mates?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07
AT THE GRAVE OF POE

Springs glow and glamour Baltimore
Above the green Gods acre where he lies
Tht sunlight, amber as some tabled ore,
And the ethereal blue of vernal skies
He who so long since solved the great surmise
And happy tunes an immortal lvre
He who could tune mortal lyre so we'll
With the rapt ISRAELI,
And the celestial choir.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07
Current Editorial Comment

Returning with her American
companions from tho Woman's
Peace Congress at Thc Hague and
peace pilgrimage TO forgein caDi-
tails, Jane Addams wonders that
UIn E'nrla nd fhcrn ,rnc .. .ni,,it
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07
Telephone. RANDOLPH l

South Richmond ............ 1920 Hull street
retcrshurg. ..........lO 100 North Sycamore Street
Iyschbur;- Observation-Disclosures. Eighth Street
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07

They have had suffrage meeting in Chase
City. and here is enc of the comments made bv
the Progress: Candidates for office were con-
spicuous by their absence al the suffrage meet
ing Friday night, and notice in the list Of
names 70 the petition the General Assembly
that the names of candidates also are conspicu-
Gus by their absence the which is taken to mean
that in this county we have wise set of candi-
dates who hope for election at the coming pri-
mary"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07
Mrbrlu1l0 giulps-pispatrb

ClIE TIMES, Founded. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS SSS
THE DISPATCH, Founded. INCONSISTENCIES. :. 1850
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07
Rewards
of Labor
in Industry

arnineG, involving more than 10000 900 workers
labor got TWO thirds Of the money returns ana
capital only onc-third out Of which 1T had To
make the deprcciations in plant and other
Ike losses. There Is every reason to believe that
this general ratio would prevail almost univer-
sally. except in certain OF proprietary
products Inventions. II this renort which
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07

Entered .,nnunr, -. 1905. ut RichmunG. Va. m
Mnrrn =. ISs9.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07

iiAsnHOoI. STORY tS BROoKs, INC.
special Advertising Representatives.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07
Chats With Virginia Editors

Commenting on an official statement that the
war I'm Europe, in forcing tourists to see Amer
lea hrst' Is saving to tho United States a hum
dred million dollars this year, the Norfolk Vir-
gilman Pilot observes: I'm addition = much
larger percentage of Americans going to EN-
rope after peace has been restored will be a BILE
to talk intclligently OF their own country
Just so; and more travelling Virginians will be
able perhaps. TO tell Europeans where the Nat
ural Bridge, the greatest Of Natures wonders
is located and what it looks like
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07

The report OF the National Civic
Federa,ion on the anportionment
OF the income OF the working peo-
81" VIII not please labor acita
tors or radical Socialists. for n
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07

ny Timcs-Di.rntch Carrier Delivery Service In
Richmond ,nnd suhuyhSb md Pctcrsburgi
Daily with sunday. week. Is cents
Bniiy without sunday, one week L" cents
sunday only .................. cents
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07

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