Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-17
Especial to The Timcs-Dispa,ch. ]

N'S.NH' NIX. NfaNSS GsiNeG irto the
question OF the needs OF greater de-
Tense for America
Il think this land OF peace" ne said.
"a republic OF peace loving men and
women. and l think We have in our
minds TO greater hope. than tina, this
country OF ours shall always be the
conserrer Of our own peace, and the
preserrer OF the peace Of all countries
Yet we stand to-day face TO face with
the hloodIest contradiction OF the prin-
clp!e OF peace i'll the worlds history.
No man less than constitutional and
criminal optimist can fail to see that
We live in the mitis, OF sufficient appre-
heNsion and danger. and that we are
not any more exempt from war than
any other country is exempt from war"
CoMMENDS DANIELS'S PLAN
AS OF GREAT WISDOM
Mr.. Graves said that anything that
the Secretary OF the Navy may have
said. either from misinformation or
from lack of information regarding
the unpreparedncss OF war had been
more than counterbalanced by his ap-
pointment OF such men as Thomas A
Edison. Orville Wright. Henry r. Ford
Alexander Graham Bell and other noted
scientists and business men as an ad-
Nisory board for making the Navy De-
partment of the United States more
adequate. if not in numbers. in eff
ticiency. than il has ever been before.
He characterized the new plan of the
Secretary of the Navy as one of the
wisest. and one that would be com
mended the world over.
Declaring that peace treaties would
nf
that nothing less than preparedness
Will preserve the peace OF the United
States and of the world, MIR. Graves
declared that the United States needs
an army for the national defense.
navy of greater strength. and mer-
chant marine flying the Stars and
Stripes,
Following the address, resolutions
were passed calling upon the Virginia
Representatives in Congress to work
At the next session for the upbuilding
of the navy and the creation of mer-
chant marine.
The address of Mr. Graves and
crab feast at the Elks' Home closed
the second days session of the Vir-
GINA Press Association.
Al the morning session. held in the
parlors of the Warwick Hotel, papers
were read by Miss Bertha Gray Robin
son and Mrs. E. w. Bissell.
Miss Robinson. the historian, noted
the changes and improvements in the
press OF the State during the past
twelve months, all of which showed
wonderful progress. Some of the edi-
tors OF the State have been made mem :
bcrs Of the City Councils; others have
had the local post offices given into
their care While number of deaths
were recorded, the historian did no,
have a single marriage TO chronicle.
TO the Richmond Times Dispatch she
paid this comment:
The Richmond Times Dispatch. one
OF the leading dailics Of the South, nut
on pretty new head last fall 1t was
always possessed of plenty of brains"
In her Facts and Fancies" Miss
Robinson touched on the personal
peculiarities of The members Of the
association.
REVIEWS PROGRESS
OF NEWSPAPER-MA
Mrs. f. w. Bissell reviewed the
progress Of news and newspaDer-
making from the time the first regu-
lar mail started from New York Ia
BOSTON on January !. 1873, down ia
the present. and stressed the rapidity
by which the news of to-day is HANDLED
In 1860 there were but eight mails a
%ear from Philadelphia to the Potomac
Inc hrst newspaper published in
America was the Boston News Letter,
established in 1904. She smoke of ,bn
power OF the press for uplifting human
n.y. for comba ting evil. for dispelliur
ignorance and for cstablisbirp ,ha
truth in all its fullncss and beautv
Mrs. Bis$ell paid this tribute to ihc
newspaper workers:
INC men who make for progress
ana Tor right ousness to-day in such a
fashion that il pcnctratcs TO the con
seriousness Of the modern life and No
comes effective in an elevated public
opinion In enlightened legislation. in
hishcr sense OF ethics, in saner We've
Vi me- are those who serve as editors
ana reporters of our daily papers"
resolution of the Virginia Bar As
soc'n,iom Tor presentation at the Ma
uohal Bar Association favorinR the
I SIM pinned procedure in court cases was
"hered by Colonel Allen Potts. OF Rich
mona. anu was referred to the rcsolu
! ''oh committee which reports to-mor-
row. The same course was taken with
resolution offered by Frank S. Lyons.
oil the state Federation of Labor tho
purport OF which was to petition the
[ General Assembly TO exercise it's mower
IN aiding the tuberculosis situation I'm
this State.
Resolutions for widening the charter
OF Tue association so as to hermit
Washington newspaper workers to be-
| come members. were offered by Robert
=. Barrett, OF Alexandria,
Norman r. Hamilton. collector OF the
port: Il. r. Smith, OF the industrial de-
partment OF the Southern Railway, and
w. II. Manss. of the Southern Develop.
mcnt and organization Company, also
delivered addresses
AS guests Of the Newport News and
HAMPTON Railway. Gas and EIcctri,
Company. the members were taken &c
Buckroe Beach, where "A fish dinner was
! served. and later all OF the amuse-
incnts. including bathing, were in
dulped in.
The election OF officers will take