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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-27
The Miracle Man In Journalism

7 y the line of miracles the Washington Post
4 has no compecr. It has told, in an edi-
torial article of March "a. OF such wonderful
events that our eyes still pop with amaze
mcnt. But, since the Washington Post mar
rates them. they must he true.
Thus we are informed that the derange-
ment of American business conditions from
which the country is now recovering. is due
sngly and solely to the tariff The European
war has nothing whatever to do with it.
The most gigantic event in the history of
mankind has had no disturbing effect on
American trade. The destruction of the en-
tire commerce of the earth would not affect
1t; nothing could do that but tinkering with
the tariff. Every American i'll flows from
the Underwood act. Indeed, viewed through
protectionist eyes, it is probable that the
present war was brought on by the revision
OF the tariff. According to the Republican
spenbinders OF the ancien regime, the panic
OF S93 resulted from the Wilson act OF 1894,
SO 1t would not be strange if the Underwood
act OF 1913 caused the war OF 1914 The
Lord is displeased with the world because
the Democrats have laid sacrilegious hands
on the sacred tariff. We are lucky that He
didn't precipitate judgment day
Such miracles as the Post narrates. 1t
complains that the Underwood act has great
~ reduced custom receipts. Because of this
reduction in revenue, due solely to the
tariff. the governments resort to direct taxa
llpH 4 lie war cut oil imports from Ger
many. Austria and other nations? Absurd,
The war has nothing to do with It, II the
layne-Aldrich act were in force imports
would come in as usual. 1t may seem pass
ing strange that the Underwood act has SO
reduced receipts, since, according to Repuh-
lean statements, high protection has ten
dency TO exclude imports and tariff reduction
to enormously increase them But the Post
says differently.
But this is not the really strange thing
the miracle. The miracle is that, while i'm
ports and custom duties have fallen off enor-
mousy, the Underwood act Is exposing Amer
lean manufacturers and American labor to
the ruinous competition OF Europe AL
though we are buying no goods of anv
amount from Europe, yet American indus
tries are being driven out Of business by the
reduced tariff. Although our exports were
$5o,O0o,O0O greater for the first two weeks
OF March than our imports American labor
IL being reduced To starvation by the pauper
labor abroad--dcubtless, by that of Germany
and Austria. Doubtless, German goods are
now driving all American products from our
markets. The war? 1t doesn't exist 1t IS
Il mere deluson. The only catastrophe that
has happened is the wicked Underwood tariff.
In spite of our enormous exports and the
ruined the country.
Oh! when It comes to manufacturing
miracles. the Post is second to none Go
way back, Jonah, and hang your head in
shame.
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strongly the German method of enforcing a
FOOD embargo against Britain and France
menaces our peace
III vessel flying the Dutch flag and
manned by Dutch crew may he deliberately
sunk, not as u matter Of accident. but after
tull Investigation, there is no reason why a
Ike late should not befall ship carrying
tue stars and Stripes. 1t may happen any
oay--at almost any moment--and the Ameri-
can crew, left to shift for themselves in small
boats on the open sea, may not have the luck
that attended the crew of the Medea
Germany already has been warned that if
any OF her anticipated accidents" resulted
In the destruction Of American property and
American lives, she would be held strictly
accountable How much more rigid must
the accountability be when accident cannot
even be pretended
We are on dangerous ground. Fortunate
~ for our peace and happiness cool heads
direct and strong hands steer our bark of
state. We shall not permit angry resentment
to dictate departure from the course neu-
trality prescribes. but neutrality has it's limits
and so has endurance. That these are
facts, unless she mends her ways Germany
may discover to her cost.
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The Voice of the PEOPLE
Facts About jackson Funeral.

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-For your beautiful tribute to Mrs lack
SON to-day thank you. In your sketch OF her
lie. however. the statement IS made that General
Jacksons body TO Lexington from
Richmond by canal boat. This Is n mistake
After General Jackson died at Quincy Station
his body was sent to Richmond and great
throng viewed 1t In the legislative hall but
when 1t started to Lexington II was put In n
car and brought via Gordonsvillc arriving i,r
Lynchburg on the evening OF May 18th about
8 o'clock. An immense crowd was waiting Mt
the depot to meet the body. but a committee az
citizens appointed by tho Mayor took charge
and escorted 1t to the packet boat landing and
IT was put on the packet boat Marshall ana
next day taken to Lexington. accompanied bv
the Lynchburg committee.
Mrs. Jackson's book and the Lynchburg Vir-
ginian OF May ID, 1853, sustain my recollection
and statement
commenced my in the Confederat.
army AZ private I'm Company G. Second In
fantry, Stonewnll Brigade, but was detailed bv
General Jackson's order to assist Surgeon Hun
ter Mcguire in tho brigade hospital and served
in Martinsburg. Winchester and near Manassas
j was at Jacksons headquarters every dav for
months. and had the great honor OF pcrsonaIIv
knowing this great and good man. am taking
the liberty OF writing this only to have al
that relates to him right T. a. CRAIGUITi
Lynchburg, Va, March 25 1915.
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Work in the Trenches

~ London Times correspondent writes
from the front In France:
There never has been q war in which
officers and men engaged have done so
much training under the enemy's fire as
In the present struggle. and intrench-
I ing has bulkcd very largely In the field
curriculum. Expert are our men In
/ building trenches, nature Is almost as
good at unbullding them. Trench war
. fare il waSed almost as much inside the
narrow cut with boarding, hurdles, wire
netting, the pick and shovel and pump
as Il is outside with the bullet. the
. sh ell and the bomb.
The narrower n trench is the better
protection does 1t afford against tho
bursting shell; but narrownees does not
tend toward comfort. In the good trench
the traverses occur with almost as much
frequency as the teeth upon a bicycle
chain. Every additional corner in a
! trench provides additional protection
against shrapncl. another bulwark
should storming party Of tho enemy
get through the wire into the trench
and attempt to drive out the occupants
with bomb or bayonet.
But every additional corner means O
foot-trap. for tho water Of the trench Is
bridged by long skeleton boxes with
an upper and lower plank and ends.
put no sides. Upon these man cannot
sink very far into the mud
The trench. like the wood. has II. do
nestle side. There is cooking to BIO
done over the braZiers. beds to be made
of straw in the trenches which have
dugouts. The disintegrating wet wears
down and wldens the deep furrow until
1t becomes dangerously open to shrapneI
fire; 1t has to he dug again, the earth
has to be packed In behind hurdles or
Sandbags, or, If the case Is very bad n
new trench line has to be dug Plank
Ing by no means lasts forever Tho
trenches swallow timber with the vo-
racity of speculative gold mine.
Pumping has to be done day and night
In order to keep the stagnant water
down to n possible level: the drainage
system, such rs 1t is, has to be at
tended to (regiinental officers are be-
coming expert drainage engIneers),
sickness has to be looked after, stores
have to be taken in when the supply
column squelchcs through the mud in
the dark; barbed wire has to be re-
newcd. patrols have to be sent. out, SEN
tries posted. There arc hundred and
one things to do before the man who
stands motionless and silent on the
step OF tho trenches can fight with eff
ficiency and effect.
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War News Fifty Years Ago

spirited and successful assault made
on Grants lines east of Petersburg at daylight
day before yesterday.
The skirmishng on the right of lines in
front of Petersburg day before yesterday after
noon was of the spirited and sensational kind,
but there were no decisive results.
General Lee Officially reports to tho War De-
partment as follows: AT daylight yesterday
morning General Gordon assaulted and carried
the enemy's works ut Hare's Hill. capturing
nine pieces of artillery. eight mortnrs and be-
tween 900 and 600 prisoners. among whom was
lower grade For obvious reasons. could
not bring off the artillery captured but the
guns were dismantled and made useless"
1t Is said that In the assault on the cnomy,.
works In front Of Petersburg day before yester-
day the honors were with Ransoms North Caro-
lima Brigade General Ransom led his mon in
me style, ana they stood by him to the bitter
end
The report comes that General Thomas is at
Knoxville. Tenn, with 5000 men preparing
Tor an invasion OF Southwest Virginia or
Western North Carolina. as the exigencies NAV
suggest. ''
1t is reported that General Hancock with a
force or something over 10000 men, Is moving
up the Valley towards Stanton This report
lacks confirmation 20
The destruction OF private and public prop
crty IN and about Fayetteville as the Yankees
passed through is said to be something beyond
human comprehension Among the buildings
wantonly burned were the courthouse and inii
the Observer Printing Office the arsenal build
ing. TWO cotton factories, two warehouses and
five private residences three of which ,vnr.
very valuable country homes.
particulars of the battle of Bentonvillc " C.
nave come to hand. Ratess and Cleburne,s
DIVISIONS did the most OF the fighting which
was or desperate character The Arkansas
troops were the leaders. and BriEadier-GenoraI
Reynolds. of that State. was shot down. in n
charge. Captain Woodson of the Twcnty-nftb
Arkansas Regiment. took command In the midst
OF me hsht. and under him the brigade con-
tinued the charge to n successful ending Tho
ending was the driving back OF the enemy with
heavy losses and the holding Of the field hv
the Confedcraes. ~
In speech made In Washington few DAYS
ago Lincoln claimed to hail with great delight
the employment of negro troops In tho con-
iederate army, declaring 1t to be the last card
OF desperation and exhausted resources what
aoes ne think or the employment of negro SOL
uiers In the Federal army three years ago?
Five hundred prisoners reached hero y.ster
day morning. and were given quarters In Iibhv
Ihey were captured on the Petersburg front
Gay before Yesterday In Gordon's drive on the
enemy's works " ''e
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ENGLAND WANTS LASTING PEACE

: making would have been rendered in.
fnitely easier
~ Is. or should be. one Of the more
favorable points OF modern wars that
"heh the Trials OF strength have been
completely determined, the penalty for
me Eanquished should he tempered BY
me utmost mercy and consideration tho
ono object being not ACQUISITION of
territory. hut the securing of permanent
peace Hence one looks to the treaty
a. a, me ehu OF me war as the guarantee
In that direction. But what Is to be
the position In the case OF great
i,owcr which has repudiated all these
doctrines at the very outset, and, draw
! ing the sword from the scabbard, has
declared simply and entirely for the
nootrine OF eHnediency and might
versus right? Tho very war itself.
so FAR as Great Britain liz concerned
was brought about By Germany's disre-
Sard-nay. contemplation solemn
treaty obligation, and It is that "scrap
or paper which may prove to be most
Troublesome In bringing the present
war to n conclusion. Germany must
know this perfectly we'll, and prob
hbiy relies upon protracting the wnr
Tor such time az shall. TO her think
| ing, cause the powers TO wish on al
most any terms 10 bring tho war TO u
conclusion.
Must Make Peace secure for Future.
Eut In this country tho people. and
not lenst among them business men
whose Interests, like those OF Germany,
are woefully affected by the conflict,
are quietly. but unanimously. deter
mined that there can only be ono sat
trajectory end to the present war and
| mat Is the triumph Of civilization and
democracy over militarism, which,
while not bringing In the millennium.
promises the only possible chance OF
the avoidance OF bloody strife In the
years to come.
Thnt Is why Europe looks lon.inglS
ana anNiousiy towards the great power
In the West. which. especially under it's
present President, might be expected TO
stand not only for civilization, but for
righteousness. II Is just when the time
Of complete victory for the allies ar
Tivos that England may most require
All tho moral support which tho United
states can give her in securing these
conditions OF world wide peace which
all must so earnestly dcsirc. But II this
end Is to bc reached Il cannot be as the
result OF some sudden. hasty conference
between America ANA England At the
end OF the war. but must arise out Of a
strong faith, Ocgottcn during the time
of trial, that. underlying all questions
OF material gain expressed in the items
or imports and exports. both nations
realize that in the most solemn sense
OF the word the future Of the world is
in their hands. and because OF mutual
recognition OF thosc principles and OF
mutual trust epGendcred thereby. the,
are able. without any kind OF alliance,
10 work together towards the one COM
mon end.
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TELL ME-, YE WINGED WINDS.

Tell me. ye winged winds.
That round my pathway roar
Do ye not know spot
Where mortals weep no more:
Some lone and pleasant dell,
Some valley in the west
Where, free from toll and pain
The weary soul may rest?
The loud wind dwindlcd to a whisper low
And sighed for pity as II answered, No"
Tell me, thou mighty deep,
Whose pillows round me play,
Knowst thou some favored spot
Some island far away,
Where weary man may find
The bliss for which he signs
Where sorrow lives
And friendship never dies?
The loud waves. rolling In perpetual now
stopped for a while, and sighed to answer mo !"
And thou. serenest moon,
That. with such lovely face
Dost look upon the earth,
Asleep in nights embrace
Tell me. In all thy round,
Hast thou not some spot
Where miserable man
May find happier lot?
Behind a cloud the moon withdrew I'm WOO
And a voice, sweet, but sad, responded mo {"
Tell me- my secret soul.
o tell me, Hope and Faith,
Is there no resting place
From sorrow, sin and doath7
lie there happy spot
Where mortals may be blest,
Who're grief may find a balm.
And WEAKNESS q rest?
Faith. Hope and Love. best boons to mortaln
given.
Waved their bright wings. and whispered. "Yes.
In heaven.v
Charles Mackay
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4 Slam at the fSuldhcads

n f all the fanatics that ever lectured. per
~ haps Professor Winfield S Hall of
northwestern Univcrsi,y Medical School is
The ,worst-and then again perhaps he is a
wise man. He lectured 10 COO bachelors on
ssChoosing a Wife He said many things
9f the same old sort, and then faded away
sdthout any apprcciable effect on the bacho-
Tors. But ii was not in his lecture that the
gtriking statement appeared, but in the intro
&uction, to wit:
/ CONT m, balIhcads IN tho audi
sa ence so take it for granted You are
Rs all good Candidates for marriage.
In the name Of the baldheads, we protest
ss there baldhead III an insane asylum?
$50, we dispute the record and demand his
slstant release! Arc there many baldheads
IA Jail. in the penitentiary? Never mind
Mentioning Jack Rose; he was clever enough
ss keep out. Anyhow, he was an execution
the bald-hcaded man, If for no other reason
han his easy identification. is ordiuarflv =
me citizen, keeping the laws In daylight
ss to his matrimonial qualifications the slur
Mas without the slightest basis in reason
sS Every bald-headed man in Chris,endonl
EhoYd arise in his seat and line out HYMN
Ip1 accommodation
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Tho Vice Commissions Stand

n DOUBTLESS there is in Richmond, as has
- been suggested some purpose to slur
the work OF the Vice Commission or to dis
credit its members. That purpose has little
respectable backing and, doubtless, will
cause neither surprise nor distress to those
il seeks TO injurc.
NO one can say, with truth or Justice that
the labors Of the commission have been con-
Quoted in any Pecksniian spirit The task,
accepted as patriotic duty by men and
women who lead busy and useful lives. was
performed with the least possible publicity or
parade. Certainly those in the Police De-
partment that the commission found it neces-
shry to criticize or condemn, directly or by
implication, have no ground OF complaint
for ii has been with apparent reluctance that
the commission has yielded to n public de-
mand and made It's charges specific That
reluctance was a mistake, but it has been cor
rccted.
The plain fact is that the investigation now
TO be made became inevitable at the moment
the commission accepted the appointment
1t never could have been evadcd without
leaving the police under popular suspicion
ii is necessary to clear the air and pave the
way FOR whatever reforms in personnel or
system may be shown to be wise The Vice
commission was merely one OF the links I'm
logical chain.
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Queries and Answers
Legal

What is the limit OF a public school teachers
authority in school? What is the law relative
TO creating disturbance In public meeting?
What Is the law requiring widow to pay taxes
anairs! INQUIRER.
The limit" is that imposed by the school
law and the statutes and common law of the
land. In general, when such questions arise q g
to any teacher in any place 1t is about time
for him TO go somewhere else. The disturber
may be arrested and fined. There Is unbroken
succession Of laws under which widows must
pay taxes and. so far. in Virginia no law per-
hitting them to vote.
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Rights of the strap-IInnger
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA jury h

ia DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA jury has up
IA held the right OF street car strap
snanger to suspend himself from any portion
sSf the cars interior that meets his fancy.
This venturesome soul refused to yield to
che conductors command to move up 'front.'
Ind In consequence was roughly handled He
sued for damages, and the jury has awarded
aim $1,000.
st 1t would seem that this is sound sense and
good law. If n man must hang-and gem
orally that is necessary in the rush hours
sae ought to be allowed to hang where he lists
ind not be required to submit TO corporate
designation of the exact spot as we'll OF
s:he manner. OF his suspension.
OF course, if the passenger is Il real recall
S2itrant he can leave the street car and pat
sFontze jitney. In that event. however, if
sshere should be an accident other I'M
pheasant consequences, he will not be likely
$40 soothe his rullled soul with money balm.
i$he question has many complexities.
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the Atlantic and tho Pacific Oceans" cannot be
estimated With extensive possessions In the
Pacific. 1t Is most important for tho United States
to BIO kept I'm close touch with tho Far East
And 1t Is not enough to build these wireless
stations. Adequate provision for their protec-
ton should be made. Tho fact that now
at peace with the world Is guaranty that
we never will have trouble with some foreign
power.-Providence Journal
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Hard on Morris.

N'RVUS0VTI I-USV,D
suffragette I'm Colorado says she
wants her State to be the first to send
LADY Senator TO the United States
Senate. Isn't Texas the first to entov
this distinction in the person Of Nor
ris Sheppard
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WHY Not This

III WO French officials fell out about bust
~ ness, fought duel near Paris both
Craving blood, and thus settled the dispute
Neither seriously injured Although
lheir quarrel involved the interests OF others,
iNley only did the lighting, because it was
iSaeir quarrel
II Several rulers OF countries have fallen out
Sbout politics and geography. It is their
1arrel. Millions Of men have been drawn
80 fight for them. Why? These millions
I'VE no quarrel among themselves. Stories
Z ne from the front OF common soldiers Of
q posing armies occasionally meeting and
Exchanging handshakeS.
n Why not let those whose quarrel il is go
settie the difference ike mon? The world
Would cheer to the echo 1t would be q mag
aihcent spectacle. a Spectator with exclu-
siye gate rights aid erect IA fence and make
.sbillion OF dollars. Ii III the magnificent
$tirrers up of ugly blood weltered the ma
E1ons need not care 1t whoop. But il honest
~ is shame 10 sacrifice a perfectly good
plumber, carpenter, mule driver, mechanic,
Opera singer, poet, painter, just because some
individuals with crowns their heads have
decided to muss up the party.
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A Thin Disrni.c.

Grubbs-I that West Virginia bootleggers
have cvadcd the liquor quarantine by marking
their goods "EXplosive."
Stuhbs-Well. their success Is reflection on
the Intelligence of the State officers. l don't
see how the brand that used could deceive
any one familiar with the qualities Of West
Virginia whisky
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-27
Jukt About.
(WashingtOn Herald

tWashington Herald.)
a man with no arms Ia contesting
with man with only ono leg for tho
office of justice Of the peace In sagi-
nav, Mich. 1t would seem as II tho
Job ought to he juat about big enough
for both Of them.
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Too Restless.

again"
Just like him. too-never content to leav,
we'll enough alone"