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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-04
Warning to Careless Motorists

AMES WALSH, Baltimore clubman and
j man about town began the other day
a two-year term in the Maryland Penitentiary
An automobile driven by Walsh ran down
and killed woman. When he ar
raigned on a charge of manslaughter he
pleaded guilty.
The Judge who sentenced him said he could
see little difference, in the matter Of Grimm
ality, between the man who deliberately de-
stroys anothers life and the man who drives
a motor SO recklessly and wildly that the
destruction of life sooner later, is an al
most necessary consequence He not
Impressed by the statement of the prisoners
counsel that Walsh drunk at the time
the homicide committed. The judge
seemed to think this detracted nothing from
the gravity of the offense although it went
fan toward explaining it.
This is the sort OF treatment some
motorists deserve A liberal application Of
penitentiary sentences in cases where they
needed, would raise substantially the
averag e Of caution and care and add to the
safety of human life and limb.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-04
What Mexico Will Endure

= ENERAL VICTORIANO HuERTA, once
NJ Provisional President and dictator of
Mexico, but now ~ private citizen of the
privatcst sort"-exactly like his Long Island
neighhor, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
emerges from his retirement long enough to
say the Mexican people will not tolerate any
government, however benevolent or altruistc,
that is handed them from without.
AS ordinary proposition, we should be
inclined to give large weight to the generals
views OF what the Mexican people will not
tolerate. On that subject he speaks with
all the authority of painful experience In
this particular case. however, he may be
mistaken. We should say that the Mexican
people would be greatly obliged to any ma
ton that would lift from their necks the
several Old Men of the Sea who now rest
there, and offer the tired land a decent chance
at decent government
Whatever other criticism may be leveled
1T President Wilson's Mexican policy it GER
ai1ly cannot be said that he has failed to
3 the Mexican factions every opportunity
settle their troubles among themselves
.jcw they will have TO behave, he tells them
8 = ether they want to or not
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-04
y New Debt TO Old Heroes

w no could view that gray, serried line
w without thrill or it pass without
tear?
Who could look upon the silvered heads
the bowed shoulders, the ofttimes weak and
tottering step, the dauntless struggle with
decaying time, and not feel within his own
breast the stirring Of that patriotic impulse
that drew these men wherever conflict ragged
hercest and death rode on the wings of the
wind?
You had loving audience, old heroes and
proud, in the crowds that lined Rchmonds
streets yesterday, fifty years after you laid
down your arms. The hearts of that great
multitude beat time with yours
There are those who think your reunions
should be abandoned, because, to give one
reason of those assigned these gatherings
make too great a drain on your fast-vanishing
store OF energy and strength. It is impossible
to ignore a. certain validity and orrectness
III ,hlS contention When we traverse il, il
Is because we feel that you yourselves are
we'll willing to face the risks and endure the
discomforts, for the proud privilege Of ming.
ling once again with your brothers in arms
The secondary thought that inspires our
opposition is a selfish one, that certainly
would not prevail, or even be expressed were
you to conclude that further reunions should
not be held 1t springs from the influence
you WELD, your Indictment 10 patriotic sac
rifice, the splendid and heroic example you
set generation.
We need TO be reminded that the stories
told OF you are not fabulous, but recite the
deeds OF men like ourselves. These tales
mark path for our feet to follow and illum-
mate heights Of human attainment for us to
climb, We may duplicate your deeds-so
we may dream whenever equal
occasion shall arise. In the living presence
Of you who dared all and achieved nearly
everything, scarce anything seems impossible
70 your sons.
For what Richmond has been able to do
for you. you owe nothing, of course; but Rich
mond, from your presence here, acquires a
new obligation. Fifty years ago YOU spept
your blood TO save her from the invader, and
to-day you thrill and inspire her with re-
newed determination to be worthy OF the
sacrifices you made
You leave behind in the capital of the Con-
federacy a new gratitude to you and new
pride in yoI. 1t is likely that there will
never again be reunion in Richmond and
that the city has looked her last upon your
thin battalions.
Hail, old heroes! Hail and farewell!
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-04
Book OF Books Not Read

W. HAT are statistics worth? Figures are
w SO impressive in their way that we
sometimes forget to look beneath them II
we want TO answer any argument or objec-
ton, we produces statistical tract and silence
the adversary.
Statisticaliy considered, the Bible is far
stronger than it ever was. II has been trans
lated into every tongue, and millions OF copies
are sold yearly. Bible societies make a
splendid showing, and their work has been
! a notable one. They have put the Gospel in
the, hands Of all men. In reality however
the Bible is an unread book to-day Every
body owns copy and most people own sew
eral copies but excursions into the Book of
Books are rare. The rising generation is
Woefully ignorant of the Bible Formerly
the average child was we'll schooled in biblical
accounts, but the modern child in spite of
the improved methods of Sunday school
teaching, knows far less than preceding
generations.
The matter is too vital to be ignored The
Bible is a unique book. 1t contains the best
moral code ever devised, and the constant
reading OF the Scriptures naturally tends to
impress these moral ideas the reader in
Sdelibly. Nobody can read the Bible con-
stantly and intelligently and love violence,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-04
War News Fifty Years Ago

The report that Mr.. Davis had been removed
from his prison quarterY in Fortress Monroe
and placed on warshp to be taken to WASH
ington turns out to be untrue. A more horrible
report comes. however, that the military minions
VINO are supposed to have charge Of him have
decided to further humiliate him by putting him
IN irons in his prison cell. The report last night
was that arrangements had been made to man
acle him to-day.
Hon. Howell Cobb, of Georgia, has been pa
rolled for limited period that he may visit his
family. Secretary Mallory and Senator Hill have
been refused paroles by Andy Johnson, and have
oeen ordered to be reimprisoned in Fort Warren
The side wheel steamer Mattanoe. with a barge
in tow, passed through the Dutch Gap Canal
yesterday afternoon. This is the first steamer
That pulled barge through: Truly. General
he supposed he building for the betterment
or Virginia and the South. he probably would
not have fought so brarely behind the lines and
FAR from the reach of the bullets
Major General Howard, chief of the Freed
mans BUREAU. and his staff, and accompanied by
several ladies. arrived In Richmond Yesterday
and paid visit Governor Pierpont This
Freedmans Bureau is something of thing.
What are Its functions is yet to be determined.
At present II seems to be quite officious, and is
putting on great many airs.
George c. Wilde. formerly OF the press OF
Richmond, resident here, and we'll known but
later Of Alexandria. where he got behind the
Union lines, has been appointed by President
johnson to be assessor for the first division of
the First District of Virginia. His territory
embraces twenty-three counties OF Virginia. and
includes the cities of Richmond and Fredercks-
burg.
made by the United States government, have
become numerous In Richmond as flies in the
June time. They seem to meet n long-felt want.
Hon }. c. Bradley Colonel y. c. Davis and
Judge Parsons, of Ala hama, have been summoned
to Washington to confer with President John
son as to matters pertaining to the RECONSTRUCT
ton of the State Of Alabama. They are said to
be prominent citizens of that State, OF the Union
stripe.
General Banks has been ordered to report at
Waltham. Mass. this home). His admnstra-
ton at New Orleans is to be investigated The
order requiring him to report at his home town
is simply a polite way of saying that he has
been dismissed from the army
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-04
"THE SCARLET SHIP"
tBy joyce kilmer.)

with dropping sail and pennant
That never a wind may reach
They float in sunless waters
Beside a sunless beach.
Their mighty masts and tunnels
Are white as driven snow,
And with a pallid radiance
Their ghostly bulwarks glow
Here is a Spanish galleon
That once with gold was gay.
Here is Roman trireme
Whose hues outshone the day.
But Tyrian dyes have faded
And prows that once We're bright
With rainbow stains. are only
Deaths livid dreadful white
white as the Ice that Glove her
That unforgotten day,
Among her pallid sisters
The grim Titanic lay.
And through the leagues above her
She looked aghast. and said:
What is this living ship that comes
Where every ship Is dead?'
The ghostly vessels trembled
From ruined stern to PROV;
What was this thing of terror
That broke their vigil now?
Down through the startled ocean
mighty vessel came.
Not white. as all dead ships must be.
But red, like living flame.
The pale green waves about her
Were swiftly, strangely dyed.
BY the great scarlet stream that flowed
From out her wounded side.
And all her decks were scarlet
And all her shattered crew!
She sank among the white ghost shi ps
And stained them through and
through.
THE grim Titanic greeted her,
And who art thou? she said
Why dost thou join our ghostly feet
Arrayed in living red?
We are the ships of sorrow
Who spend the weary night
Until the dawn of Judgment Day,
Obscure and still and white
May said the scarlet visitor,
Though / sink through the sea,
A ruined thing that was a ship,
I sink not as did we.
For ye met with your destiny
BY storm or rock or fight
So through the tagging centuries
Ye wear your robes of white
"'But never crashing iceberg
Nor honest shot Of foe
Nor hidden reef has sent mo
The way that / must go.
My wound that stains the waters.
My blood that is like flame,
Bear witness to a loathy deed.
y deed without name.
II went not forth to battle.
carried friendly men,
Tho children played about my decks,
The women sang-and then
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-04
When Little Mary Cries

r n EN- will 60 on shooting each other but
lfA they Will never realize just what it
means until Little MARY begins to complain
Little Mary to inform those who do not know
is the affectionate term used by the English
in describing the human stomach-which
good taste forbds mentioning directly in
polite society.
Well. Little Mary is crying She has been
crying for some time, but just now she is
getting into terrible worry and those who
treated her exceedingly well in times of
plenty are giving her scant rations in antici-
patton OF relative famine The latest indica-
ton of this is in Berlin, where the police
have forbidden the restaurants to furnish
table d'hote dinners; where vegetables must
be used more freely in substitution of meat:
where less roast and more boiled meat is
ordered; where the use OF potatoes is severely
limited, and where no man may order to his
appetite, unless his appetite be modest
The worst OF 1t Is that when Little Mary
cries 1t is the noncombatants, women chill
dren and old men, who suffer most for the
fighters must be kept alive until stopped by
lead or steel. Not all the lead and steel in
the world can have half the horrors of
starvation.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-04
Helping Farm Women

according TO statement recently is
sued Dy inc Department OF Agriculture.
the governments work for the better
ment Of conditions among women in
rural communities is going steadily
forward. The statement shows that
sSl,ooo was spent for meetings and
movable schools at which demonstra-
tions were given in cooking, sewing,
household conveniences and for the or
eanlzation OF women's clubs to study
home economics. and s56.197 was spent
Tor canning clubs to teach women and
girls how to prevent many of the
wastes of the farm by canning and
preserving fruits. vegetable and meats
ny cheap and rapid commercial pro-
cesses. The work of county agents,
VINO help farmers and their wives to
increase the\net income OF the farm.
ana thus make possible the introduce
tlon OIL labor-saving conveniences and
other improvements into the home,
costs the agricultural colleges and the
Department of Agriculture s1,027.312.
The department believes that farm
women need more money for home
purposes, and that this money must
come from greater returns in farming
IL VIII do no good to acauaint farm
women with the advantages of water.
sewerage heating and lighting sys-
TENS and Kitchen and other conven-
fences unless they can learn how to
make enough money to get these
things. Farm women have also in
dicated to the department that they
on 10 Know more about efficiency in
farm home management. and this the
department expects to teach them by
extending it's, demonstration school
system, bearing in mind the necessity
Tor considering the country woman's
point OF view. City women can also
help In this movement by buying eggs.
poultry, butter and other farm pro-
ducts direct. From this contact with
country women they will realize that
there Is great difference between
country homo economics and city homo
economics
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-04
SONGS AND SAWS
PlntuE.

PiniuS.
You may swear. at real hot weather
When it's working at full blast.
You may group Its pangs together
With infernos of the past.
You may grleve then you're not dining
In some far-off Arctic CLINE
But Just now, I'll bet, you're plning
For the good old summertime
Think of blankets. roaring fires.
In the merry month Of June!
Think that what one now requires
Lest he freeze-and that right soon
Is fur coat and that. sleeping.
We can hear the sleigh bells chime
Then you'll know why hearts go leaping
To the good old summertime.
1t is not the way to treat us,
Who had looked for better things;
Weather Man, whene'er you meet us
You should droop and fold your wings.
Meanwhile, in this feeble fashion,
In this inexpensive rime,
l would fain reveal my passion
For the good old summertime.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-04

And then-the sun bluehed scarlet
And Heaven hid its face.
The world that God created
became shameful place.
My wrong cries out for vengeance,
The blow that sent me here
Was aimed in hell. My dying scream
Has reached Jehovah's ear
Not III the seven oceans
Shall wash away this stain:
Cron brow that wears a crown
/ am the brand of Cain.
When Gods great voice assemblies
The fleet on Judgment Day,
The ghosts OF ruined ships will rise
III sea and strait and bay.
Though they have lain for ages
Beneath the changeless food,
They shall be white as silver.
But one-shall be like blood"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-04

some OF the play customs OF the older countries
II 10 splendid safety valve for animal spirits
ana may possibly be found an antidote to the
impulse to fight. With little difficulty we may
visualize the spread of this most potent Ameri-
can influence for peace. until In time we can see
the nations of Europe docking to tho grand
STANDS here to cheer their representatives OH
lhe diamond, rather than the embattled millions
now arrayed in conflict. The international quail
ny OF the game Is we'll attested by the roster
o. any professional team in the United States
Men Of all races play it. and find in 1t ample
scope for their best efforts. The sooner the
malions OF Europe take up baseball and give over
some or their other outdoor occupations the bet
Ter 1T VIII be for acknowledgements Bee.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-04
4 Problem.

man deposits 81 at 5 per cent compound in
terest for 1000 years. What will it amount
to?
Roughly, shown by Sc with IS zeroes
after It, There will be geometrical progress
sion with for the first term. LOS for the ratio
and 1000 for the number of terms. The last
term--the thing YOU want--will he LOS raised
10 the nine hundred and nnety-nfnth power
This tedious computation may be saved by ap-
Proclamation and regarding the time in which
sum will double itself at compound interest. to
he ~ divided by the rate This will show that
the sum will double itself sixty nine times in
the 1000 years. and you will have the easier
progression. with 81 as the first term, SO as the
ratio and 20 as the number OF terms. This would
give your result by raising to the sixty min tn
power.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-04
The Voice Of the People
Mr.. linden Not a Cnndidnte

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch
Sill notice in your issue of May 81 an
article written from Charlottesville. Va, dated
May go in which IL is stated that have n
nounced myself candidate for Commonwcalth's
attorney of Fluvanna County.
desire TO say that your correspondent is mis-
Informed in this connection. / have made no
announcement that | was n candidate for Com
nonwcalth attorney, and have authorized no
one to make such announcement for me.
would thank you to insert this correction
IN your paper. l. HADEN
Palmyra, Va, June l. 1915
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-04
Act Of Kindness to veteran.

10 INC FIditor OF The Times DISPATCH:
Sir want 10 call your atten ton one Of
the klndest acts have displayed since I
have been a guest of your city This evening
while seated in the lobby of Murphy's Hotel /
noticed an aged veteran wearing "a stained
uniform on which was pinned the badge OF his
Georgia regiment. The old gentleman was
literally wet to the skin He was talking to
clean-cu and gentlemanly young man. who, see
ing the condit lion of the old gentleman, took him
70 one OF his fraternity rooms. brought him
something to ent and gave him place to scep
watched the kind action of this young gentle
man. and determined that ] would find out his
name. found out that he is H. l.. Gregory, n
young graduate in medicine. This act Of kind
ness has attained warm place In my heart for
this young man. feel like saying, Young man
Georgia thanks YOU"
AN OLD CONFEDERATE
Richmond, -
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-04
Chats With Virginia Editors

The Charlottesville Progress says These be
notable days in Richmond Its streets are
thronsed with gray-coated veterans. It's homes
are hom!ng' them Its people are afording
them tribute OF supreme respect; Of high hon
or; OF affection at tender and profound.
And this is we'll. Richmond far more than any
other city. is crowned with the proud and in
spring Confederate memories"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-04

AS story of war. the following paragraph
from the Harrisonburg News Record will pass:
AT best, war is hell; at worst. there is no word
to describe it, But 1t is not right that the
Phil Sheridans and the Ben Buffers should weep
first and loudest over the Belgians and be the
bitterest in their denunciation OF the Germans"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-04

The Bristol Herald-C Courier says: AN old
Confederate soldier walked from Murfreesboro
Tenn, to Richmond, Va, distance Of 700 miles
He was several weeks on the road-much long
er than 1t would have taken him chase
Yankee the same distance fifty years ago"
Have not heard of his arrival yet.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-04
Same Thing,

The pitcher that went too oft to the we'll
Was shattered TO pieces at last.
And the pitcher on whom the batters fell
Was battered back into the past.
THE TATTLER.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-04
Keeping
the Issue
Clear


Iisita MIA a armed cruiser, the absurd theory
that the explosion of rifle cartridges demolished
the vessel must he traversed seriously If
they were really important, instead of NONSENSE
cal. Tha; is Cicrmany's right, since she prefers
to conduct the discussion along these lines and
not frankly President Wilson proposed. But
let us not forget that these only side issues
Let not forget that the main issne viz: the
safety OF Americans in their persons and prop
and In peaceful trading ships under
belliecrent's flag is the true, the actual and the
only matter at stake. Let not be beguiled
hrowbcaten for moment from this idea and
the resolution that proceeds from it, Let lis
hope that our government will not allow itself
to be distracted from the main question. but will
promptly and forcibly impress its demand upon
the German imperial government in such way
as TO leave no doubt to the directness and
nrmness OF our purpose to maintain our indie
feasible rights upon the high seas.-New York
Evening Sun.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-04

Hail and thrice hail. is the greeting OF
the Richmond Times Dispatch TO the veterans.
And goodness knows 1t cold enough. Our
ne!ghbors should have given the old fellows
warmer greeting" says the Newport News
Press. They got warmed up all right before
they left
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-04
..ssion. Love and mercy
he lessons 1t teaches, and
w i: 4: ii: +: 81: !:

s leaders are we'll aware of the
I'D are doing what they can to revive
.tding. But they contend against all
lsements and distractions Of modern
We live in an age OF death. Let us
the Scriptures again and find life.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-04

The Norfolk Ledger-Dispatc h. while shiver-
ing extent. says Even this weather
cannot dampen Richmond's enthusiastic recep-
ton OF the Confederate Veterans" Certainly
not.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-04
Relative intellectually.

why does MISS SWeetthlng
exercise SO great an attrac-
ton for men? She hasn't a
particle Of intelligence"
That is her exact charm.
She ministers. you see, to
masculine vanity by making
every man she meets believe
that. comparatively, she is an
intellectual giant"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-04

Says the Halifax Gazette: why Farmers
Buy Autos is the title of n clipping from the
Richmond Times Dispatch in this issue. Some
of our bankers think they know the answer to
that question already why don't you quote
the bankers more literally?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-04
The Pes.fmist Says:

Don't give up trying to do good. be
good. just because you fail to win much success
at it. Most of that section OF humanity which
makes the effort finds itself in exactly the same
boat.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-04
Queries and Answers
Luminous Sign.

Is there any satisfactory method OF making
a sign luminous except by some such light as
electricity? VIII phosphorus paint serve the
purpose? READER
The experts here say that there is no salts
factory luminous paint.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-04
Pig Lend. Etc,

Your paper makes the statement that a great
storage battery company 100000 pounds
of pig lead and oxide combined each month. Do
you believe they that much. was il just a
little hyperbole of yours? FACTS
We do not believe" anything about it, and it
was no "hyperbole" of ours