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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-13
Intangible TObaccO

DOUBTLESS, there is some transcendental
- explanation of it, but the ordinary mind
will be puzzled to understand how tobacco.
packed in hogsheads and stored in a ware
mouse. can be regarded as intangible personal
property. To that same ordinary mind to-
bacco i'll hogshcads appears about as tangible
as anything possibly can be. True there are
Warehouse receipts in existence, and it is
even possible that some of these receipts are
deposited as collateral for loans at the banks,
but that circumstance-of course to the or
binary mind-would hardly serve to effect the
transformation.
watch or a silver water pitcher is tangi-
bic personally, and. though we take one or
another 10 an avuncular relative obtain an
ADVANCE thereon and receive his evidence of
the transaction, The watch or pitcher remains
t"ngi1le still. Not even a tax expert we rs
sumo, could have any doubt about that
Evidently there is something about tobacco
that makes it different. Perhaps the readi-
ness with which il puts off its tangibility and
assumes intangib!ity is ascriba BILE to its we'll
known tendency to go up in smoke. Come TO
think OF IL, that must be the eXpa ma ton for
over and around this very case now at issue
hovers pillar of smoke that has had no
rival since the children of Israel were led
across the desert sands The pity is that
the modern pillar is conspicuously lacking in
that capacity to extricate from difficulty and
doubt that was it's only prototypes special
claim to fame
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-13

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-rhc victory OF the antisunrage
cause in the States of New York. New
Jersey. Pennsylvania and Massachusetts
was glorious. as it represented nearly
one-quartcr OF the population OF the
United states. 'rhc sufrragiS;s We're dc :
fcatcd in lSnj by 100000 majority in
Massachusetts. and, now. after twenty
years of hard work and thousands OF
dollars spent. by $4,000
How many year viii Il take to gain
massachusetts, one OF the most cul-
tured states in America They say they
"iil go right 10 work again, we are
glad Of that as their work has been
a large factor in their own defeat
Their 2n:adcs. talking on street cor
ners, naGging men, etc. have lost them
many votes. il was not tho machine"
as they expressed it, which defeated
suffrage. but the voice or the people
not the noisy element, but the soft
whisper of mother. wife and daughter.
" woman suffrage liz a popular doe
trlnc. why arc sumrarists workin. so
hard for an amendment 10 the Federal
CONSTITUTIONS Why not submit the
question 70 the voters OF Virginia,
The Democratic party has always
stood for States rights. and Al its last
!a'lohal convention mad. this dccla-
ration: "Bclicving that the most cf-
tcicnt results under our system OF gov
"rnincnt arc to be attained bv the rull
exercise by the States Of their reserved
sovereign powers, we dcnounce the If
forts OF our opponents to deprive the
states Of any Of the rights reserved to
them"
Everett r.. Wheeler says: The rcgu-
lation Of the right and duty of voting
At elections should he left where IL Is
now, with each State. and should not be
controlled by constitutional amend
mcnt oar banner is one. hut there
are many stars in its field. It's motto
IL Ilurihus Cnum," expresses the FUN
damcntal law OF our national cxistcnc
We are Union. but that Union is
composed Of many States Ii is the right
of each state to regulate its local af-
fairs without interference from the
other states. IL shows Ignorance Of
history and, above all. ignorance OF
the history and politics OF the United
states TO seek 10 change this funla-
rental principle Of our government"
Continuing, he says: Nothing To my
miUd shows more clearly the absolute
uniitEcsS of most of the women who
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-13
The Swindlers' Harvest

Two hundred and forty million round
dollars is the amount that has been
paid during the last four years into
other deceivcrs by that class of persons
called suckers" one of whom is said
~ be born every minute.
TO try to protect these persons COM
monly credited with more pennies than
sense. the United States government
has issued as many as fiftysix orders
during the past year against individuals
and companies doing II swindling bust
ness The issuance OF such an order
denies the person named in il use of
the mails
One concern which fished for suckers
had receipts last year amounting to
over s350,000. The producer Of n fake
antifat preparation spent $4,000 i'm a
single month in advertising. In the
last four years the post-oiiicc has had
over $4,000 cases involving fraudulent
use of the malls. Last year 10000
complaints were received and investi-
cations undertaken in 1000 of them.
They are generally the persons who
are in i'll health who contribute hun
dreds of thousands of dollars annually
to fake cures. One man last year re-
ceived $4,000 from the sale of n metal
nnScr ring called an electro che mical
ring. lie had various prices for It,.
ranging from SO to 81, according to the
gullibility OF the purchaser.
The following diseases" read the
literature" ARE caused by acid in' the
blood and are cured by this ring which
takes from one day to two weeks after
the ring commences TO work. The ripg
and acid create an electro chemical ac-
ton, removing the excess Of acid. which
cures these diseases and will Keep them
cured. Bright's disease. st. Vitus's
dance. adenoids. govt. cancer" Many
other diseases were named.
"Epileptic fits and spasms,' the ring
company's statement read. ARE caused
by an excess OF acid. and the ring has
cured cases that had been given up
MS incurable. Hospitals, sanatoriums
and asylums are overcrowded by such
cases, and it Ia an unlawful outrage to
leave them there when nearly all can
be cured by this ring"
The Federal inspectors found that tho
man was employing fourteen persons
In handling mail and contributions re-
ceived from interested persons.
fraud order was issued against n
woman because she claimed to be able
to give any person OF great avoirdu-
pois q form like Venus without any dis
comfort, weigh Just what you want
to weigh."-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
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Bonds for Preparedness

THERE is just opposition to any plan of
financing the new system of national
preparedness by straight bond issue. Such
a plan would be economically unsound. and
certainly has support among administers
ton leaders. However, there is no apparent
objection to an issue Of Panama Canal bonds
to an amount sufficient to defray the expense
of the permanent improvements that the de-
Tense scheme contemplates.
Or the canals construction cost something
over 100000 was paid by direct appro-
priations from the Treasury OF the United
States, and under the law the government
may issue canal bonds to equal amount
The facts that while the current income
of the nation was being spent on the canal
permanent works Of defense that expert
opinion long has demanded were suffered to
go unbuilt. Public sentiment now has
placed itself in lire with the experts. and
many millions OF dollars will have to be used
10 rectify what is now confessed to have been
an error OF national judgment
In Secretary Garrison's recent outline OF
the army expansions contemplated by the
department, sS1.677.OOO is set apart as the
'irreducible minimum 10 be expended on
seacoast defenses in continental United States
and overseas. The scheme further contem-
plates supplies OF reserve material for the
army amounting in value to S1O4326
These two items total approximately $780,
100000. which il is proposed to provide in
iohi ahHuai OIL ABOUT $40.
1t would seem sound finance to issue canal
bonds To this annual amount.
The remainder of the increased expenditure
must be paid from income. 1t is clear the
situation will not permit the removal OF the
tax on sugar. which commodity. under exist
ing la W. would go on tn free list next May
AT its approae hing session Congress unques-
tionably will repeal this clause of the statute
There is likely to be substantial revision
OF the income tax law. The present eXemp-
tions very probably will be decreased and
the tax itself may be decidedly increased
indeed. our Washington dispatches yesterday
announced purpose on the part of leaders
III Congress TO double it. Certainly there
will be new taxes, but discriminating pub
lie, that has been brought to see their neces-
sity, will make no protest
But these extraordinary tax burdens should
be no heavier than the nations defense needs
and sound principles OF finance make impera-
tive. bond issue for works of permanent
public Improvement violates no economic
rule, ana in the case under discussion has
the further justification that income has
been used when bond issue was authorized
Funny that Mr. Bryan never found that
passage in Ezekiel which President Wilson
passed along to eX-Mayor Low, of Greater
New ork
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-13
News Of Fifty Years Az
tFrom Newspaper Files. November IS. 1868

The fight between the steamboat lines
running between Richmond and Norfolk is at
:h END \ mutual agreement has been entered
INTO between the contending lines by which
both Will draw off. giving place to the steamers
""hed by independent parties, who run
their boats between Richmond and NorfoI,
under the title OF the Peoples Line"
One hundred freedmen from Virgins, arrival
IN New York day before yesterday without
money. having spent the last cent they had
Tor railroad tickets to get to New York. II is
impossible for them To obtain employment and
they are being cared for by charitable organiza-
tons.
Fuller accounts of the execution OF Captain
Nirz tell us that hundreds of people in. ,d,u-
many women applied for permission to witness
inc nafS' ng and the tops of the houses adjacent
TO the Capitol Prison yard were crowded win
people trying to catch Il glimpse of the rruc-
some scene. AS the doomed man marched IN
the gallows. accompa MED by his sniri,unI nd ,
wiser. members of the military guard. through
which they had TO pass. jeercd and tainted
Wirz crying out You will never shoot any
more Union prisoners: Tets shoot him like he
none of which did Wrz reply: indeed he took
no notice Of the soldiers, but continued To tan,
IN an undertonc with his spiritual adviser. Ills
last words were protestation of his innocence
OF the charges brought against him.
The military authorities have given pern,is
sion to the editor and owner Of the WA rrcpton
Sentinel to resume the publication of that Jour
nal
The cardinS factory and cotton mill of oliver
Causey in Orange County y. e.. was burned
by an incendiary night before last. Washing
ton causey. brother of the owner Of tho mill
sleeping IN the building. was burned death.
The Washington papers publish story To
the effect that Mrs Wirz, when visiting isr
unfortunate husband the day after his fate
was known TO the public, endeavored to poison
hm oE giving nm 4 large dose of strychninc
while kissing him. she having the poison
wrapped in a coating OF glue concealed in her
own mouth and passed IL TO her huSba nd's
mouth. Before he could swallow H. Detective
Baker seized him and forcibly removed the dose
from his mouth. The story, while given gen
eral publicity, is not believed by the friends
OF Wirz or by many other people
The full returns from the recent North Caro-
lima election show that Jonathan Worth de-
ieatea Governor Holden by very decisive
jority.
William Penn an old and well-known citizen
and former high official Of Petersburg, died
In that city day before yesterday
Ex-Governor William Smith, or Virginia has
received from President johnson a parole which
allows him to visit Philadelphia, New York and
other Northern cities.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-13
The Voice of the PEOPLE
Lest We Forget.

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir,--lt sometimes happens that an old adarc
has very appropriate yet painful Significance
For instance, 1t depends on whose is gored'
well 10 make the applications. Just about this
time, the press Is given to heroics what
Ii calls the violations Of internal ional law
by Great Britain. Has the. United states for
gotten its violations of International law In
the sixties? Has it forgotten that its officers
acting under government orders. forcihly took
from British steamer Mason and Slideu ac-
Has 1t forgotten 1T blockaded every Southern
port against Great Britain, not allowing ii TO
have pound OF cotton o british,
manu- facturers. although guncotton was then
unknown: Has II forgotten that Northern
erals. made fortunes selling cotton they had
seized to foreign governments We have NOT
forgotten. and now that Great Britain is i'm
our predicament then. and lighting Cor it's
about violating international law. Consistency
was jewel once. hut that time seems past
O tempora! O mores. DCNAI. PORTER
Cascade. Va. November II. 1918.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-13
Cola DeaI for IN. c,,5s

When the guide OF Capitol Square saw Now
conner In the shadow of the monument group
at the top of the hill he warming his ears
haher early for that exercise" suggested
Newcomer.
Not for me. reckon. wife's alus calm, me
down cause don't git somethin' on the side
eZ she calls il. This mawnin while 7 vuz
castln my eyes over the want ad-ver- It's ments
read thet Il man wanted somebody to look al Ter
a hot-air furnace. Showed il to wife an. s.a
as how Ia go to IL to onct. She observed in
her usual spirited manner tibet the furnace
"ouidh he not long after ii seen me- Sed
WIZ so old-oooded thet needed car mufs m.
year round. An only t'other day she sed sha
was tired of hearin' my hot-air yarns Tibet
shows how contrary n woman kin be FL mn
seq. varyin' a wethcr report"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-13
What !,ritaiu J.nrlS

ME-. hAL"orH.s answer to criticisms OF
~ the British general staff. delivered on
Inc moor OF tine House of Commons. was not
wholly Mgenuous and very far from satisfac
tory. NO practical suggestion has been mad.
ne sac, except that every man now engaged
in high commani should be turncd on, AN
some unspec!fcd persons put in TO direct
That rctort should not have suppressed The
critic The directing minds Of great enter
prise are not supposed TO be possessed of
omniscience. but they are supposed 10 he
capable OF selecting men fitted by endowment
and training for the discharge OF important
duties, Every board Of directors of a rail
road or other big corporation accepts that re-
sponsibiiity whDn it chooses a president. and
holds the president to like accountability
IN his CHOICE of subordinatcs. The very
fact that Inwise appointments are repeatedly
made, # that inefiicients are retained. ad-
mittcdy indicates the need OF change
TIC trouble with the British army in
ESahcc and Belgium seems 10 be that il lacks
vision. It's successes, considerable as some
OF them have been, are never pushed quite
home There have been obvious failures IA
prepare in advance for the final blow. and
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-13
rolley Mail Cars Going

Replacing the trolley mail ears in this
City with automobiles Is step in the
right direction toward improving the
service. The white United States mail
trollcys that have been in operation for
years past transferring mails to car
rlef stations have never been depend
able. To the patrons of trolleys go
ing TO and from business they have
always been a menace. Invariably one
of these little white cars blocks up n
street car line for five or six minutes
while loading or unloading at n sta
ton.
The advent of the automobile will
he advantageous In more than one
way First parades. accidents or
variably delay the trolley mail cars
will be eliminated If an automobile
sees a blockade on one street it has
the advantage of turning into another
street and continue the trip to its re-
spective stations.
There will probably bclassigned to
each of the larger stations one automo-
bile This is another point in advnn-
tage, as the present system requires
the trolleys to cover their entire circuit
collect and deliver to stations while
on the way. BY the new idea the au-
tomobiles can be dispatched direct to
the stations The transfer of mails
from the central Office and return there
to from stations will he more frcouent
and the service should be greatly i'm
overwhelmingly hia Press
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-13

thus to win the object that would justify
enormous sacrifices of life. 1t was so at
Neuvc Chapele; II was SO in the more recent
offensive at LooS
III the French army. Joffre has broken gem
erals by,thc dozen and score. If they failed
10 meet his superintendent those eXpecta-
lions always were high--they received an in
definite leave Of absence that sent them home
and denied them opportunity to repeat their
plumbers. A similar policy in the British
army might do great deal of good
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-13
The Man Who Lnuyhs

NO man who has once heartily and wholly
laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad
How much lies in Laughter. the cipher ,,.,
wherewith we decipher the whole man, SON.
men wear an everlasting barron sinner, i'm ,ba
smile of others lies cold glitter of ice. ~.
fervest are able to laugh what can be ca,le,,
laughing, but only sniff and litter and snipror
somcs whining. husky chinnation as If tbc,,
were laughing through wool: OF none such coma.
good. The man who cannot laugh is not opl,
tit for trcasons. stratagems and spols but hs
whole life is already Il treason and n siratau.r,
Carlyle
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-13
So More Ounces

HERE VIII always be fools in every com
munity, by which we mean those who are
mentally incapacitatcd. These cannot be
taught In tho old days when there was no
special effort or system, every boy whose
peculiarties could not be lathomed was nut
under paper4.ap aGd placed upon a high
STOOL for the .'no,.r-nent Of others who were
more fortunate. Calling boy Ounce then
was like giving 4 dog a bad name
The University OF Chicago. under the direc-
ton OF the General Education Board of
chicago, now has al elementary branch. BY
this system teachers win learn the secrets OF
children. They win understand the talen,
OF each pupil. and that particular talent win
be cultivated, and the child will be placed
upon plane which viii enable him to he
successful If he has the application. when
ne enters on the duties o. maturity
The system viii not undertake 10 do wba,
was done when there were ounces separate
the Einsrt ones from the mediocre Equality
VIII De the rule Each pupil will be placed in
the lie ioF which he seems best fitted The
dune, q h. was known in past generations
has NOT been heard OF in recent times. but
many z child has left school in this age
branded as being du!! or stupid. because no
effort was made 10 ascertain what was in his
mind. "
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-13
Rouruania and Greece Again

D EPORTS that Russian troops have been
II landed in Roumanian territory on the
Danube. preparatory 10 the invasion of Bull
earia. are contempOrancouS with the an
Hounccmont that King Constantine has dis
solved the Greek Chamber of Deputies Ii
the Russians have marched into Roumania, it
must have been with the acquiescence OF the
RouUauian government, which indicates that
Roumanian intervention on the side OF the
allies cannot bc long delayed Under these
circumstances. there can lie small doubt of
the temper Of the Greek deputies and of the
Greek people. Constantine does well--from
his standpoint--to add difficulties to his coun-
try's departure from neutral role
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-13
SEEN ON THE SIDE
More Gloom.

\ rustic wandered into town.,
Tall buildings made him look up. y
Fun soon an auto ran him down
And our hero shook up
~ nome he'd planned. with solemn frown
HIS store OF cash to hook up.
Hut ran across Mister Brown
And set that shifty crook up.
80 THROWN Just used the helpless clown
TO stop an alley nook up
lie had been trimmed from foot to crown
When he ut last was took up
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-13

me Farmville municipality is making hay
"hiie the sun shines The correspondent of The
hpPom'''toN llmes-Virginian. writing from that
town. says: ''One more year OF dispenser, nc
IN farmVille and in the meantime work i,
being pressed on sidewalks and streets Second
street long neglected. is now being put in per-
rect order. and is being made pleasant to loo,
at" Say what you viii about It, but n dispepsarv
is great street payer.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-13
Another Marvel.

We rated him millionaire.
With bonds and stocks to burn:
We thought how lucky was his heir.
Who cash need never earn:
But wonder filled the public mind
And shook its sclf-content
because the tax man couldn't ind
y single copper cent
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-13
Diary Of n younr Indy

Monday-Pa told me while was out TO order
soap. shaving lotion, nail scissors and tooth
brush. George here few evenings since
and mentioned that he was having birthday
Monday cvcning-Attended to pas order and
bought George a surprise.
Tucsday--Pa called me to his this morn
ing and said: What is the matter with youo
Can't YOU get anything right Was quite
upSet-pa seldom speaks me. Called
mamma. and then cried. Pa said Il told her
to order few simple articles. and sec what
get" Then he pointed TO several little things
which he called junk
Tuesday erening-Called up George and con-
graduated him the day. There was method
in my madness. lie was very curt. Cried some
Wednesday ~ Ms-Horrors! Must have given
clerk wrong addresses. George sent mo the
articles | had ordered pa and which
he had received And the note he wrote,
am crazy Ma said she would George and
explain But George is funny. / fear il is
all off between us. Ia has got over his crouch
and thinks it is good joke mo-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-13
How 1t Was.

Two men. in hurry, meet. Each thinks he
ought TO say something.
How they comin'?" asks one
Don't know. They even in sight"
LUCKY dog: congratulations"
Il don't get YOU"
Just as was leaving home got Il wire that
my wfe's folks are comm or the next train.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-13
NitchcncrS Mission

| T. II IS true, as reported. that there is grave
danger to British rule i'm India the reasons
for l.crd kitchener's departure for the Far
East become more and more clear More
thhn any living European. perhaps, he under
stands the mystic character and complexities
OF the Asiatc mind. That mind, too, as de-
Velopcd in Great Briain's Oriental dependcn-
cles, understands. admreS and trusts Lord
Kitchener So il any man can quell or
reconcile the disaffeclion reported to he grow
ing in India, that man is Kitchener