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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-14

bought an automobile of real pride
and JOY.
It's because we see these two mis-
takes being constantly made - be-
cause we see sensible people being
constantly talked into these "auto-
mobile fiascos" that we boast so
rnuch about the record of the car we
sell-The Maxwell.
ne Maxwell Cars to-day-at an up-keep
lply practical investment.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-14
ave only yourself to blame il you;
ng an unsuitable" or a "theore
mistakes made in buying automobile are-Fsf Buvinq
ds-Secod, Buying that has passed the theory 81

The first mistake buying an cum
suitable" carts perhaps made even
less often than the second. But for
your own sake study your needs sem
sibly, just as you study your house
hold needs; and buy a car you can
dUOrd to enjoy-a Car you will have
pride In, and Jet one that will not be a
"ghost of reproach" to your good
sense.
$4,000 happy satisfied Maxwell ow
cost that any man of any standing ca,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-22
Stood the Test!

TO the Editor of The Times D!sparC-
Sir.--iic was an applicant for the
sccrctarysh!p Of man OF big bust
ness" Quoth the boss. How are
YOU on brevity and 'stringing OUT"
You know sometimes il is wise 20
writ" very short and pointed com
munication and other occasions de-
mand little Circumlocution. Now.
that coal wagon out there is making
Il good deal OF noise. suppose YOU
try your hand on short and pointed
rcmonstrancc and II more lengthy
communication. combining q courteous
request with a yelled threat
In a few moments the applicant had
these two models:
First Your coal wagons make too
much noise, and the nuisance must be
abatcd in this vicinity
Second. IF the normal quictude OF
our busily engaged. laborious and i'm
portant quarters for the due trans
action of legitimate business IN n vital
line OF national commerce has to be
necessarily disturbed by the noises in =
cident to the traffic in which your
widely famed house is so strcnuously
engaged, we must, with the assurance
Of the greatest respect. most earnestly
and cmphaticaliy insist that the nn-
loading ana dcposting of coal in, it's
proper rcccptaclcs from your trucks
Of neat appearance shall be attended
with such Il reduction of it's car-split-
ting. discordant sounds as TO enable
our force to pursue their duties with
out an interruption and Il serious
shock to their nervous systems.
which not only initiates against tho
efficiency OF our organization, but IS
inimical to the personal health OF
each one of our esteemed force. and.
in addition, furnishing sore tempta-
ton for them to give vent to their
exasperated feelings in explosives more
emphatic than cuphonious, and not ut
all calculated to enhance tho value
and attractivencss Of their Sunday
school vocabularics. and decming il
herein altogether unnecessary to call
your attention to an existing munich
pal statute which is in accorda nee
with the spirit Of this request and
which has Il penalty attached, the fear
of the infection of which would
in itself move to prompt compliance
with this reasonable request any firm
uninspircd by a desire to deal justly
with the community and which pen
atty we would not hesitate to sec in
nicted upon any recalcitrant firm
He got the job!
BILLY WICKERS.
Richmond. Va, November 20. 1915.
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Tariff Reform View.

Great Britain has been forced to
tariff reform by dire necessity. We
have no inclination to make partisan
capital out of Mr.. Mc[cnna's budget
proposals. We congratulate him, rath-
err, on his patriotism in prcfcrrinS the
good Of the State to Il forced loyalty
to the late Mr.. Golden. 1t is, none tho
less. permissible to point out that II
a tariff had been initiated in the days
of peace, we should now he in II far
stronger financial position to resist our
enemy. Free trade In Great Britain
made Germany rich, and the wealth
she accumulated in her unrestricted en-
trance to our markets Is now enabling
her to threaten tho liberties OF Eu-
rope.-London Express.
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prisoners whose names are omitted
from his lists. but appear on ;he &c
ords at Washington.
In short. tho battles OF Waterloo anil
gettysburg were fought with from
10000 10 s.. 400 mon on each side. and
the combatamts lost about 5000 mon
each
In tho Frauco-rru5slau war tho
greatest loss occurred at the battle OF
Gtavelottc. where the GcrnIns lost
',ts killed NncludinG the mortality
woundedp, IJ.ls9 wounded, ana a3a
missing: total. 2O.517. out OF l45,0gg
troops engaged, exclusive Of $1,000 re-
serves. ~ gettysburg Nicadc's army
sustained a greater loss with MALI the
number engaged.
1t may u" suggested that the Franco
irussian War was. comparatively. %,
brief duration. and hence q comparison
OF the aggregate casualties canno,
properly be made. Eut in the American
civil War, during the six months fol
lowing May & 1864. the various Union
armies sustained greater loss than tho
German armies did during tho whole
Franco frussian War The total loss
OF the German army in that war was
2s.27i Killed or morially wounded, S.
$50 wounded and i+,l3S missing, total
The casualties a. Eorod!no. one OF
the b!oodiest battles since the use %
runpowdcv. have been yayiOusiy stated.
The Encyclopaedia Britannica puts thu
Russian loss at 10000 In killed, wouud-
ed ANA prisoners and the French loss
al considerably above 10000" All
son gives the losses a. BorOdiuo in
round numbers only. placing tho
French loss Al 10000 and the Russ IAN
at $1,000. The most credible state
ment IL found In the Jourha! of the
London statistical Society. which
places the number or Killed and wound
ed in the French army At Horodiuo
at es.0S5. out OF $4,000 TROOPS present
on the Held. The Russian army mum
bcrcd $4,000 AT that battle, and there
is nothing to show that its loss was
greater than that of It's antagonist.
Although tn" number OF killed and
wounded AZ Borod!uo was greater uU-
merically. ihau al Waterloo ana Get
,ysburg, the percentage 0t loss was
very much lcss-Army and Navy Jour
nal.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-22
Guide Gets the Wrong uo,,,e.

Come mighty uirh havin' n fur,r., y, our
h"us" to-day said the Guide " capitol Suuar.
t" 'W conner as ihoy ut the zoo, W The ~, oup
on ~" MIL ut WIZ this way | went Ia tho
cupboard for some cough medicine | sot yistiddy
When Ia Swallcrcd il | tci; somcthin' break
called wife. Told her Id got the wrong don,
an showed her the bottle She scI about ~
follows You have Swallcrrd snsolin,. Thank
I, ""N'SS. she sod. Now 20 out am Kit q sign
an stand on the street an nichhe somebody II
come aioh% with a autymobilc am tank YOU
out II YOU had emmy sit up an git to YOU I'd
iUt Wh""iS under YOU an use YOU for n machine
myself. she seq An she would do it, too. ef thar
WIZ emmy show for it say er she ever docs
Try !" use me for anythin' tibet kind thars
whor ! git even. Id skid her so quick she'd
never An"w wher she hit The ground
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LOSSES IN FAMOUS BATTLES

The heaviest loss in the battles OF
the eighteenth century WAS at kuncrs-
dorf; fought August II. 1859. where
$4,000 PrussiuuS met 1000 Russians
and Austrians, and tho total casualty
list numbered $3.50 killed ana
wounded; t3t per cent for the Prus-
slams and 22.l per cent for the allies
At XOrndorf, fought Il year earlier.
August 70. 1858, the forces engaged
were smaller and tho total casualties
fewer, but the percentage OF casual
ties greater. numbering 40 per cent
for the $4,000 Russians and 1913 per
cent. for the 5000 prussians. The
principal battle Of tho nineteenth cen
fury was Leipzig, October lg. 1913.
the Battle OF the Nations where
Napoleon with i1l,O0O men met and
defeated the allied army numbering
3Ol.50O. Napoleon's casualties mum
bcred 5000 and those of lhY allies
$4,000. but in percentages the losses
told heavily against him, 2G.3 per cent
to 49, per cent for the Russians,
russians and AuStr!ans. At Aspcrn,
May u. 1909. 10000 French lost 42.0So.
or iG.S per cent and $1,000 .AuStrians
22,52O. or 80 per cent AT Borodino,
September :, lSl:. tho French lost "a
800 or 1874 per cent Of their 10000
and the Russians 1880 or 81 per cent
OF l2l.0O0 men. These are the figures
OF Otto Berndt in Die Zahl i'm Kricge,"
Wien. 1897 Fox in his "Regimcntnl
-'7.,.S Va 'i'' 'iH'l " '' bIN'S HS uf'S
Tor Waterloo which do not agree with
those OF Bcrndt but they are suili-
GENTLY near not 10 disturb tho inter
esting comparison Fox makes between
Waterloo and Gettysburg.
At Waterloo the French numbered
10000 men and 80 guns: the allies
numbered 1000 men and 1856 guns.
Al Gettysburg the Union army num-
bcrcd $1,000 men and 800 guns: the
ConfedcrateS, 10000 men and go guns.
AT Waterloo Wcllington's army lost
30. lS5: at Gettysburg Mcadc's army
lost 23.003.
Waterloo md Gettysburg.
The loss OF the French at Waterloo
has never been officially announced but
has been estimated at $500: ,hc Con
ied"rat" loss AZ Gettysburg. as officially
reported by the Confederate surgeon
general, was 2O.4iS, 10 which must be
added I,0s, wounded and uuwoundcd
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-22

me hmc for Nuarrels between ncwspapers
Is Pos'' says William Allen White the Kansas
e"'tor who declined Il position of $4,000 a venr
III eh'caHo because he preferred to run his own
newspaper Commenting on the above tho
~" P''' -'ewS iimcs-icrald. which has some
htle scraps of its own, says is the str,nr.x,
feature OF journalism that rival newspapcrs i'm
inc same town cannot get on without qua rrcIn.r
iheE hGht themselves TO death. like two stunid
rh'ckch COCKS. for the amusement of the puhlic
ot course. some people enjoy the scrap but hcv
Il" not pay the bills. The reason that there :, RI
so many hyphcnated newspapers in the cjtics
Vi Virginia. to-day is that the individual papers
'ouid not get on without fighting. There would
nave been room for both. operating under sepa-
rate ownership If only their owners had been
aple to live at peace with each other. But they
were bound to fight. and tho only means of
peace was consolidation"
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News Of Fifty Years Ago


evnr, oes continue to flock to Richmond from
coming also frnm e S! nrt, and a great many
without any very definite idea of wbn, 80.
> W, Ior. II tx estimated that in Richmond
NiHhrnes1er and the suburbs tho negro nonuI,
non has been Increased over 30 600 VIZ, -
tE''',s l." become Of them during the winter
IL Il question not easily answered
plan is on foot to establish an mar, ,a.
IN hichnond number OF prominent citiynm,
to h ,n'%rfE'eh in the scheme new house is
equipped and beautincd properly
non Schuyler Colfax Of Indiana was s.r.
W'ir IN washington night before last the
made speech in which he spoke i'm mo-. p, RE
pli,meh'ary terms of President Johnson hi.
amy, loyalty and patriotism. but opposnd IN.
Presidents reconstruction policy and rony,.
hfc course towards the South This IS hnlinv"a
py the radical wing OF the Republican, partv
which will be in the ascendancy in RI. 49, ~.
Congress. " VIC "cN'
Washington papers arc cornplainin,- Of ~.
.'"r"cS or southern negroes who are. uoctinc
10 ihat city and becoming Il great burden -
sn1 , en-, ORGANIZATIONS The freedmen
ana me women ana children seen, to regard
washington as their heaven
me confederate cruiser Shenandoah has ar
rived in the Merssy Captain Wadd"ll her
commander says the first information hn INA
OF INC close of the and downfall Of t,,.
confederacy was on the 2o,h of August las,
MaYimilian has ordered all OF his forces 10
DO withdrawn from outposts and coucentrn. al
az thrcs points viz: Vera Cruz. city of Mexico
al Fan luis io,o$ and ut those points await
The Mississippi LEGISLATURE has nassed &, .,,,.
law. staying the collection OF all debts unit,
January l. 1868 Other Southern States will
probably follow suit "
President Johnson Yesterday received = ts1.
gram ANNOUNCING that the Constitutional Con
Nentioh or Florida had annullcd the e.Cessiop
ordinance. adopted the amendment aboliSh;,i..
slavery. declared that person is incompc
tent TO testify In tho courts OF that STATE be-
cause OF color. rcpudiatcd the States part or
the confederate war debt, amended tho state
constitution in many other respects and adj
journcd sine die. " 'N
The military authorities at Savannah Ga
nave relinaniShed their participation in the
ioca! government OF that city. and the Mayor
announces the full restoration Of civil govern
ment.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-22
The Inst Chry.nnthemum

Why should this flower delay so long
TO show It's trcmulous piumes?
Now is the time Of plaintive robin song,
When flowers are in their tombs
Through tho slow summer, when tho
Called To each frond and whorl
That all he could 70. flowers was being
done,
why did it not uncurI?
1t must have felt that rervid call
Although ii took no heed.
waxing but now. when leaves like
co1pscS fan.
Ana saps all rctroccdc
TOO late its beauty, lonely thing.
Iho seasons shine Is spent:
Nothing remains for ii but shiver,nE
In tcmpcsts turbulent
iiad IL reason for delay.
Dreaming in witlcssncss
ihat Tor u bloom so dclicatcly CAV
winter would stay it's stress?
talk as IL the thing were born
with sense to work it's mind.
Yet II Is but one mask of many worn
By the Great Facc behind.
Thomas Hardy.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-22
What Napoleon Cost

Like bulldog England fought tho
French for more than twenty years
during the Napolcouic axe. It's popu-
lation and wealth were less than three
times that OF Pennsylvania at the prce
cnt time For those twenty years pre-
ceding Waterloo tho cost 10 England
for wasinc war averaged Sj50.000
day-a price uncquaicd MP 10 that
time.
The Little Corporal set England
back for Il cool four billion, Eugland
is always q lavish spcnder in war.
When the present conflict started the
French national debt WAS more than
30 per cent greater than Englund's,
but EnGland's now exceeds not only
that OF France, but that OF any other
country at any time
You remember that Paul Kruger
solcmnly gave warning that he would
make tho Koer War so costly 10
Queen Victoria that 1t would staEgcr
the world. 1t nc;ted tidy billion
dollars. thus fulfilling the old Dutch
mans prophecy with something TO
spare.
In no other single catastrophe OF
modern times which man deliberately
planned were so many lives lost rs
in the passage of the Bcrcsina River
by Napolcon's army during the re
treat from Moscow. The French his
toran Theirs described it as the i'm
mortal event at the passage Of the
Heresina. one of the most tragic TO
he found in history
Napoleon ordered the two bridges
which he had built and on which only
part OF his army hard crossed to be
destroyed to prevent pursuit by the
Russians. Many thousands or the
French army persisted. as they were
either burned with the bridge or forced
into the icy waters by the mcrcilcSs
Cossacks.
The German army has now crossed
this same Bcrcsina on it's way into
Russia, and every subject of the Kaiser
may pray that il does not meet tho
fate of Marshal Ney's immortal rear
guard on its way home again.--Phila-
dclphia Public Ledger.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-22
,"h Mr',iE the Suffrage Campaigns.

10 the Editor Of The Times Dispa tell:
Slit Is Interesting . note tn. ei,tior M,
mo antiSufragiStS the sufrr, ,,c
defeat II seems TO have had a narcotic cffcct
upon them. and they luil themselves into sweet
peace over their victory" while the suffr,
Eists are knowing Il few facts which mike
them very happy. They know that the VIC
tory was their very own
recent writer in your paper writes of a
loo;ooo majority in Massachusetts in 1895 FOR
antiSufraEe, and Il majority Of 1872 600 in 1915
= gain OF 1000 in twenty This is their
victory, Notwithstanding the gain Of popula :
ton in those years.
fiut what OF the suffrage gains i'm those
years? In Sa5, $1,000 Massachusetts men cast
thclr vot" FOR woman suffrage and in 1915
lG2.3"l stood for it. gain 7a,35f which
is $4,000 versus $1,000 in favor OF suffrage
Who arc the victors? II looks as il woman
suffrage is coming. not going-ncvcr dcfent ed .
simply postponed
Tho French have proverb. Remember.
lhcrc is always II Tomorrow"
The hntisufragiStS take sweet cousoln-
ton in recent happenings, but those who fight
for the wrong and with the wrong can never
be victorious. In Massac husctts. as elsewhere
the saloon interests were in the fight against
woman suffrage. They helped the antisuffrn q
cause by passing around pink slips mark ed
Good for two drinks if woman suffrage is de-
featcd And as they gulped down their drinks
after tho election they said: Well bows we
nave saved the home a. SUFFRAGIST.
Richmond November 10. 1915.
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IIlndresi.

In reply to query from me, you stated that
two persons whose Erandfathers were brothers
would he second third cousins, according TO
different counts. Can you state exactly which
they would be? SUBSCRIBER
1t would DO impossible for any language TO
contain terms which would indicate all tho
diminishing degrees Of kindred as To show
Instantly what they were. There two Diff
fcrent methods OF counting kindred. one is
by generations. by this method the sons of
brothers first cousins. the sons of first
cousins second cousins. the sons of second
cousins third cousins etc The other is by
Individuals. by this method the sons OF broth
ers first cousins. as before but the son OF
one OF these first cousins Is second cousin to
tho other. and third cousin to the OF tho
other.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-22

"t"hby. what is psychological momcn,c"
asked i.oEey Mary as she manicurcd her thumb
nail in the cleaning.
'Anrtning that prompts YOU to TO The right
thin@ r:sht OFF the tat W hat do YOU want 10
know that for" replied Honey Bun as he
scratched match on the sole OF his shoe
fha'S what thought it was. Ana ! won
dorod If the PSYCHOLOGICAL moment would ever
como 10 YOU to ask inc oft some evening when
it's v"Gr evening Oft home
III give you the bell, I.ovcy, when the hand
gets TO that point"
'1inhDy, YOU are as slow to take a hint as Won
used to he in leaving before VIC were morri.d :"
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SEEN ON THE SIDE
My l.uSsic.

ThcrcS gay little lasSic
WA" 'tl,s up my heart
WITH tho music OF laughter.
With grace without art.
she's rs tair as 4 dover.
~ straight as Il dar,
Ti,s icmur" little lassic
Who tills up my heart.
th'N all love her who know her.
Eut She saves her smile
for Inc one who's adorcd her
This LONG happy while
IEAt Is that's the reason
never shall part
From Tho gay little lasstc
Who nils UP my heart.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-22
Outside Work.

are there any public schools or colleges of
note which do not have outside work. If So
arc they successes failures?
SOUTfIAII. JONES.
We are not sure what mean by Outside
work There is much he done in the
way OF lcSScning human ignorance and misery
that it is n hazard which should refuse to
criticize any we'll meant efforts in the direction
Hence If you mean by outside work attempt
hr tho schools to reach persons outside the
classes and to help them to that outlook by
which one views tho world with eyes cool. level
and una fraid the is that there are many
schools which have no such work, that
while they palpahly do not live up to all their
opportunities, they may, by this omission. sue
cceG the better in tho narrower channels of their
immediate purposes
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-22
Ska.SS Says:

W" can never satisfy some mon. knew a
man out West sort of good for nothing, but
contrary as the wind. His wife eloped with the
hired help. lie didn't pursue them After a
year or TWO the hired help took the woman back
|" her home As he was departing the former
husband followed him. and when lie got him
where nothing would interfere with the sieht
OF his gun he fred on the helper and killed
him on the Srot. What do you make out OF
that"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-22

ueh' win reference to his getting married. or
theS are liable to lose their Jobs When n
, ,sno" sets 10 monkcyinE with love match he
Is generally up against Il buzz saw any wnv" Rut
the PRESIDENT has proclaimed" that assistant
posunasters and others ut liberty to mon
Key win his little romance to their hearts
content ~
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-22

1t comes dangerously near being contempt
Of court To offer on the bench an of
flee which he has frequently said he would
not accept. While on this subject. we Won
der what Mr. Bryan would say ii the Demo
Gratis of Nebraska should propose 10 put him
ON the list for presihent at their primaries!
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-22

food from the earth and air. and Will be freed
from his long slavery to the animal and
vegetable world. The lion will lie down With
the lamb when the bounty OF nature furnishes
man with his necessities and thereby ends
that long and painful struggle for the sur
rival OF the iittcst in which war is the most
dramatic feature.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-22

r MILL ho N nh no
nrn,clins .nss;r,, ,f r,onn,.,.s Of ,h, nos,
r,on. ., yc.cs,,hi,shi,,, ,r,, ,,,,r,cov 49,
chan, marine Thp lessons of tho war tho
.
ocean. horne rorroos mo conros,iom ,not rro.
walls ,t many ror,s ,ho hnI,,ot rocnrn;iin;,
bv III, country roneraIIy or tho ,,oca.si,v If
a great fec, of naval nrxiri,rics h,va cam.
bined with the oyhort,,in,s nr mo rrosi,o,,
ana his Secretary Of tho rreasnry IN concon-
tratc on this problem a large share Of public
,ttant;on
a new merchar, marine nigh, Inc hronrbt
into being. One is through Tho rcncol of tbc
shipping law enacted a, The last session of
,,oraror. -, ~, =, a,,. ,.a-..;..; IT.,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-22
Speed Ordinance Has possibi.,ic,

COCNClLMAN POWERS'S antispccd ordi-
- nance already javorahy reported by the
Ordinance Committee. promises to add ma
tcrially to the gay chaos OF the state and
city laws concerning the operation of auto
mobiles, though its purpose. TO prevent the
undiScriminating infection OF a heavy fine ON
all speeding motorists regardless OF circum-
stances. is altogether commentaries II pro-
vides fixed fines for the first and second Of
lenses, and for the third violation DEGREES
that the offenders permit TO operate such
vehicle shall be revoked"
Here enters confusion. pcrincnted by hI;nor
and touched by irony. No permit is au-
thorizcd by State law or city ordinance, cy
cept that futile permit issued by the CHIEF
OF Police 10 the owner OF a car in Richmond
which cerui"s. in effect. that II is an auto
mobile and that The owner owns il state
licenses are issued 10 professional chaufieurs
only, and, OF course. every automobile must
bear the states license number
II, then. an owner is convicted for tho mira
time his permit to operate such car"-nro-
sumabiy tho one he was driving al an cxccs-
Slvc Spe"d--must be revoked. And This is
TN" only instance in which the ordinance can
he even partially effective There is nothing
III This. or any other ordinance or law to pre-
vent such Il thrico-coryiciod owner from buy
. liE another car and obtaining u permit to run
mat And. OF course, hc can always borrow
or MIRO an automobile and operate that with
out any permit OF any Kind
But AT It's broadcast, the proposed ordinance
applies only to owners. Members of The
owners family. his friends or friends of his
friends ana all professional chauncurs iitncv
drivers and chauN"ugs for hire arc oxeIun;
from ITS provisions. except ass to fines for first
and second oti"nses Thereafter ,hcv arc
, immune. vaccinatad, SO to speak ap;,iu,, rur-
/ ther punishment. they can't even hc 0uca
! again Ih" possibilities arc houndlcss 1t