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cludc the United States This Con-
grcss was we'll attended by VISITING
delegates from the United States On
its adjournment, entirely unsolicited IN
the part of the latter. Washington was
designated as the place of meeting OF
tho second congress.
This honor has singular appeal to
our nation at this time. The present
European war has brought the West.
crn Hemisphere suddenly face 10 face
with grave economic problems that in
vito the serious attention OF scientists
and experts in the various fields OF APP
piled science.
The Scientific Congress will concern
itself with the constructive discussion
OF these. az we'll AS with tho contribu-
lions in the domain OF pure science
wherein great advance has been made
since the last congress in Santiago
Chile. Science is comprehensive de-
;lned By the congress and includes un-
der nine heads, such main subjects as:
anthropoloGy. astronomy. mctcoEology
and scismoloEy; conservation Of nat.
ural resources. agriculture. irrigation
and forestry: education: engineering.
international Law. public law and jur!s-
prudence; mining and mctallurgy.
economic geology and applied chem
istry; public health ana medical sci
cncc; transportation. commerce, finance
and taxation.
The significance of the congress
through tho Importance Of the above
subjects, is greatly enhanced through
the International reputation Of the
persons chosen TO arrange for the
program OF the different sections of
the congress, most of whom have an
intimate frst-haud acquaintance as
we'll with the local resources. develop
ment and scientific interest in the va
rious Latin American countries.
WaSn!nC offers lIutlsr a "a y r,
for a congress OF this nature. II en-
joys an cnviablc distinction among the
world capitals for the keen scientific
interest and Investigation In It's various
Federal bureaus. the varied and eN.
tensivc nature OF it's Libraries and ,lu-
scuTs. the beauty Of its buildings and
the growing Importance Of detached,
but semio:licial institutions and bu-
reaus engaged in work OF international
scope. Among these none occupy a 20
sition OF greater importance than the
Pan American Union, the governing
board OF which. composed OF the diplo-
matte representatives OF the partici-
patinG Latin American countries with
the Secretary OF State OF the United
States as eS-ofiicio chairman. has sig
nally honored the second Pan-American
Scientific Congress By authorizing tho
use of It's beautiful building for the
Office and sessions OF the congress. The
board also, IN response 10 the request
of the President and Secretary OF State
cf the United States. authorized to act
as secretary general of the Scientific
Congress, the director general OF tho
Fan American Union. the Honorable
John Barrett. who has doubtless done
moro than any one American in the
establishment of commerce and comfy
among the republics OF the Western
world; whose good fortune il has also
been 10 see. through the seeming acct
dent of war. the potential promise of
his great work becoming realized so
soon.
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News Of Fifty Years Ago
From Newspaper Files. June S. 1869

Governor Pierpont has invited various citizens
of Virginia TO confer with him State matters.
conference Hon. John Minor Bolts of Cul :
peDer: Hon. r. johnson Barbour. of Orange. Hon
Alexander Rives, OF Albcmarle: Charles l. Mosby.
of Lynchburg, and Major William T. Suthcrlin
of Danvlle.
Simon Bolivar Buckner lieutenant general of
the Confederate States army the officer who
conducted the final negotiations for the surrender
of General Kirby Smiths army. Ii is a singular
coincidence that he made the first formal
render Of Confederate troops in February, 1852.
This when he surrendered to General Grant
at Fort DonelSOn. Thus General BuCkner has
been the alpha and omega of the Southern Con-
fedcracy and man in the army drawer or
fought harder for the South
John y. iammcrSlcy one of the proprictors OF
the Richmond Dispa oh, who has been in Europe
since last November when he ran the blockade.
has arrived al home. Mr.. lIammerscy may soon
resume tho publication of the Dispatch.
Caroline County is AT least in the Union if the
balance OF Virginia does remain Al least.
resolutions to this effect were passed at public
meeting of citizens held last week in the court :
the meeting.
Governor Joseph +. Brown. Of Georgia has
been released from prison. all charges against
him having been withdrawn. He will return TO
Georgia at once. and it is said will become the
president of one of the railroads Of that State
Hon. John Minor Bolts. the stout hearted
Union man, who strenuously opposed the
secession of Virginia, reached the city last night
He will have an interview with Governor Pier
point to- day
Governor William G. Brownlovv OF Tennessee
rs making 1t rather warm for returned Con-
fcderatc soldiers and Of former secession
p-oclivitcs in that State.
Governor Holden, OF North Carolina has called
for an informal and unofficial conference of lead
ing citizens of that State. lie has invited over
nifty TO meet him in Raleigh.
bees nest was found in human skull on
the nattle held at Seven Pines last Sunday by
some boys who were wandering over the battle
ground.
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Dwelling Yet in the Past

N common with ourselves and various other
! persons on this continent. the New York
Times has been struck by the appeal i'm
portant manufacturers have made to the so
recently despised Federal Trade Commission
for advice how best to extend their business
in the foreign field. The Times, however,
was struck in a different way-oh very
different,
Instead OF being pleased, most of us
we're. with this evidence of cooperation
sympathy and understanding. the Times is
outraged. That self-lespecting merchant
should SO far forget himself as to ask advice
OF commission authorized by a mere Con-
gress. named by a mere President and con-
firmed by mere Senate. stirs the Times to
indignant and disguised wrath.
I'VE ask leave to say to those who make
such requests, declares our esteemed but
Mortified contemporary, that they are un-
worthy of them as citizens or men of bust
ness. How is the Federal Trade Com
mission to know what it may permit to be
done?" And so forth. and so on.
We beseech the Times to display a larger
patience. 1t is a very excellent newspaper
but its Office of publication is too close to
Wall Street TO encourage a clear comprehen-
sion of the temper of the people Of this coun-
try. 1t doesn't understand that this nation
will never again tolerate the unsupervised
conduct of any business conducted on a
gigantic scale. The country has learned by
an experience as painful as it was costly as
destructive of regulations as it was of rich
mems fortunes and poor mems savings, that
the unrestricted power of tremendous aggre-
cations of capital, whether employed in trans
portation, insurance, banking or manufacture
ing is dangerous, and leads almost inevita bly,
to abuse.
There will never be any more of it, The
people are convinced that supervision Of the
trusts is essential to popular happiness and
safety. They are not going to tolerate in the
future trust medding with legislation. trust
ownership of legislators trust abuses of their
shareholders confidence, for the glorfcaton
and enrichment of trust magnates
1t is perfectly true that most Of such enter
prises were always conducted on high plane
but ii is true also that some of the most
conspicuous were not. There has been a
great change for the better in the last ten or
fifteen years, which, if not due to the era OF
investigation and supervision, was at least
contemporaneous with il. II the public is
mistaken in imputing credit for this revolu-
ton in the morals OF Big Business TO the
understanding OF Big Business that il was
being watched, the public is yet too firmly
welded TO the idea to be willing to abandon il
we entreat our contemporary in Gotham
to give consideration to this point of view
and to encourage pleasant relations between
the officers and agencies of government and
the officers and agencies of capital The in
Auence OF the Times is great in the very
quarters where guidance is needed most
urgently. The old days are gone, never to
come again II they deserve mourning, let
the Times mourn and get through with the
job, and then turn its eyes toward the light
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-08

TOKYO, June 6.-Japanese ethnol-
ogists have discovered in the noun
tain fastnesses of the Island of kyu-
shu curious and ancient people who
have been designated the Rip Van
Wrinkles OF Japan. y similar group
has been found In the mountains of
Hida Province. 1t is said that both
are OF the Heiki family. which de-
seconded from Mikado of the ninth
century. They were all-powerful in
the twelfth century until defeated in
the Japanese War OF the Roses by
the Minamoto clan.
History holds that the Helix fugi-
tives who escaped after the twelfth
century battle were drowned during
their flight, but the recent discovery
of the picturesque clansmen in the
wilds of Kyushu and In the noun
talns of Hida Province leads to the
belief that many escaped and settled
in remote mountain districts.
peaks. these villa gers live an Old
World life, just IS they must have
centuries ago. one reason for believ-
ing they are the descendants of the
Heiki is that their style of clothing is
the same as prevailed in Kyoto in the
Heiki epoch, and their dialect resem-
bles somewhat the dialect of Kyoto In
the olden times.
Moreover, the villagers themselves
think they are the descendants Of the
Heiki. Certainly these people are
vastly different from the ordinary
Japanese of to-day. both In language
and in custom. The families often
number from twenty TO thirty persons
and live together in separate flats, as
1t we're, in the same house, but at
a common table as measure OF
economy.
The mapagement of the family is
vested in the head, who exercises abb
solute authority. He occupies a seat
of honor and wears ceremonial skirt.
He spends most OF his time In re-
ceiving visitors and attending to So
cial matters. He is exempted from
all manual labor.
The heir OF the family Is all-im-
portant, while the rest OF the children
are merely servants lie alone can
take a legitimate wife and in turn
have heirs. The smallncss OF the clan
has resulted In marriages that are
sometimes too close and hardly
eugenic. Nevertheless. the community
life Is. on the whole, OF a high order.
Those who break rules are banished
from the village. The houses are 80
feet long and 80 feet wide. They
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-08
Uncle Sam in the Spectrum

1T is great comfort TO us 10 learn that the
L United States has issued white book. y
When every other considerable nation, bellig-
erent and neutral, turning out books
white and yellow pink. blue. green, saffron,
indigo, orange and red. so that the last year S
output Of diplomatic correspondence made a
Maypole appear drab and commonplace it
chagrined us that our own land of the free
had not contributed to this effulgcnt collec-
ton.
Now we have changed all that. We have
a book, OF respectable size and weight al
ready, and growing every day in thickness
and avoirdupois If single regret fingers, it
is inspired by the color Of the publication, but
this may have been due to the fact that we
entered the game rather late, when all of
the more brilliant hues were -empted.
That reflection will have 10 console us.
But stayi Why would it not be possible
to issue new volumes in red and blue. so
that when the set is completed may tlaunt
the national colors AUTOMATICALLY as we'll as
otherwise, before the eyes OF an admiring
world?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-08
Take No Chances
world ?

TT is we'll TO take no chances with smallpox.
The disease as it exists in Richmond has
not reached the dimensions OF an epidemic
and there is no reason for alarm but at the
same time there is every sound and valid
reason why the prccaution of vaccination
should not be neglected
There are persons, unhappily, who do not
believe in ton, just as there are per-
sons who insist the earth is nat jeer at the
attraction Of gravtation, doubt the procession
OF the equinoXes and. perhaps, insist that the
moon is made OF green cheese Harmless
and rather entertaining. ordinarily, their adj
wee is not 'indicated"--as the doctors say
in the present emergency.
If you have not been vaccinated recently
so and have ii done to-day Send the wife
and children 10 your family physician In
slst that your scrvants-this advice is most
needed and most important OF all--be vac
clnated promptly The danger is slight if
the community co-operates heartily and in
teilgently with the Health Department. but
ignored and neglected, it may grow TO be
great
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Why Mr.. Wilson Insists on RIGHT.

THERE has been good deal Of talk in this
CONTEMPLATION ill-consdcrcd. we think
based on the theory tina, no American ci,i
zen has right 10 take tho chances involved
in travel on a beligerent snip within the So
called war zone, and tina, on those who ris,
and die sympathy is squandcred That
theory lacks substantial foundation
1t is well known that the State DeDart,ncn,
has refused to issue passports to American
citizens whose only excuse for desiring m
visit Europe was an unwise curiosity. and in
every way possible has DISCOURAGED such
voyages in cases where no necessity insnir.d
them This was the course OF prudence I'm,
following il the administration never has mn
never could abandon !nsisteuce ON mo i'm.
memorial rights of ncutrals on the high s.ns
The reason is obvious and cCrnpc}line
Conceding the right OF travel under tl,n
guarantees given by international law il l.
easy 10 conceive instances In which that riph,
is accompanied by propricty and By absolute
duty AS well. American diplomats proceed.
ing TO their stations in Europe are discharr
ing an obligation Surgeons nurses and
other attaches OF the Red Cross have made
this trip in response 10 the plea Of suffering
humanity Business men, whose property
was not created by the war, but whose whole
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-08
Roses to Uncle Sam

The formal presentation to the Unit
ed states government of more than 400
varieties of roses now growing in the
experimental farm OF the Department
of Agriculture at Arlington. Va, took
place at a gathering Of prominent ro-
sarians from all sections of the country
at 1914 + street, Northwest, Washing
ton. The roses were accepted on be-
half of the government by Dr.. w. a
Taylor. director of the Bureau of Plant
Industry, who represented the Score
tary Of Agriculture at the exercises
The formal presentation was made by
Wallace Picrson of Cromwell Conn.
president of the National Rose Society.
The dedicatory address was delivered
by William F.. Guide. OF Washington.
Others who spoke were f. L. Milford.
director of the Arlington experimental
farm. and Peter Bissett. in charge of
foreign plant distribution in the De-
partment Of Agriculture.
The roses have been growing in the
experimental farm for about two years.
They were donated by florists, both
amateur and professional, living in all
sections of the country. The roses are
being grown at the experimental farm
for the purpose of asccrtainng the eff
feet Of this climate on the different
kinds Of plants. Similar testing gar
dens have been established by the Ma
tional Rose Society at Hartford, Conn:
MiIlnedpOliS, Milln., ltnaca, y. y; and
others are now being established on
Long Island and at San Francisco.
Two years ago the Department OF
Agriculture set aside about two acres
Of ground In the experimental farm for
rose testing. The rose plants were sun
piled by various rose growers desirine.
TO have different species tested. The
purpose Of the exercises just described
was to formally present these rose
bushes to the government.
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fortunes the war may menace, may be called

fortunes the war may menace. may be called
to the other side.
1t is for such persons as these that neutral
rights must be asserted and protected. They
are not animated by childish curiosity; they
merely do their duty. They are entitled to
every safeguard their country can throw
around them, and their country would be
recreant should it fail them in their hour
of peril.
These considerations have little to do with
such instances Of depravity as the destruction
of the Lusitania, with its thousand lives
of noncombatant men, weak women and
little children. That sort Of wanton butchery
is for Germany to justify--if she can. From
the standpoint of humanity, it would have
been neither less nor more horrible if not n
single American citizen had been aboard
We are not talking about humanity at all,
but about legality and the fixed necessity for
American insistence on legally conferred
rights. These rights have not only theo-
retical existence, but practical value To
abandon them would mean also the abandon
ment Of our title to the respect of the world.
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RIP VAN Wrinkles OF IAPAN

are moro like family hotels and al
ways contain shrine where the an
cestors are paid homage.
The clansmcn use no lamps, for the
wood they burn in the middle OF the
moor at night furnishes all the light
they need. They live chiefly on the
grain OF kind OF grass The head
man sometimes has rice brought in
from the outside world for his own
use, but for the most part even he
has to 1.-Two on communal food Pump
kins' eggpiants, yams and other vege-
tables they grow in plenty
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The Voice of the People
stonewnlI BIND wus NerI.c,.d

To IN. Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-The writer has had a large number of
Staunton people and others ask this question:
Where was the Stoncwal Band in the parade
OF ytsterday?" This question is entirely TOO
nara FOR me to answer, but any of the people
on the stands on Monument Avenue ca testify
that we were there and with the goods"
am writing. not from the Stonewau Band
nut as member of nearly twenty-five yea s.
standinE--twclNe years director-and | call
on some one in Richmond connected with the
nlhmag emcnt of the parade TO answer.
We headed the Sons of Confederate Veterans
ana commenced marching on instructions from
them. but the fact that we did not get Frank
lin street at all looks to me like "bonchcaded-
ness on the part of some
The Stoncwall Band was associated with
'Stonewall' jackson from 81 until his death:
with the Stonewall Brigade until .,ppomattox
when General Grant gave it permission TO Ia Ike
nome the old war instruments, and hone the
Richmond people will get this In their minds
hrmly: We have never charged for our services
on %, 90 occasions of this kind. but we demand and
insist on hrst-class accomm oda tions, etc We
are under obligations to President stevens Of
ihe Chesapeake and Ohio Railway; Governor
stuart and those friends who arranged to have
VS. present There are enough Investigations
going on now in parts OF the country concern
Richmond asks Where was the Stonewaii
E"nd? ] suggest that a little investigation he
started right in Richmond why we got
on Grace Street and never Franklin at ali
Kindly pardon this letter. but please print "i H.
with the thanks of J. N. BRERETON
. Assistant Director.
stanton, Va, June T. 1915.
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Encourage
National
Guard!

heavily and that s the
duty Of keeping the National Guard up to the
highest point OF efficiency. The total strength
Of this organization liz now, in round numbers
l25 900 II IT fully recruited, and as cfec-
tive az il should be. and could easily be made
il would be a n Invaluable adjunct TO the regular
army Under such conditions Of warfare
those which have prevailed in Belgium and
Northeastern France. the National Guard would
1! its members could shoot--be almost as good
an the regular army Itself Unfortunately. we
are failing make the most OF this altogether
admiratl weapon. at least In Indiana. AS the
war Department has shown, at least ten COM
panics OF the States force not-so inefficient
are they-counted all Federal assets"
other companies only less bad The State
is gpcnding considerable OF money the
guard and is getting practically no results. In
other words the State Is wasting its money, and
the national government is being deprived Of
resource that ought to he promptly available in
airy crisis that might arise. Whatever else
may decide to do. we certainly should begin by
developing to the utmost the material that we
already have. In the National Guard We ought
to have from 1901 900 TO 100000 men that would
he almost Immediately prepared to take the field.
at least first reserve. Back OF these what
ever other additional reserves might be needed
could easily be built UP. II is discouraging to
learn that. while We are considering new systems
Of defense. should neglect one already in
existence that could he made most helpful. But
that, suppose. Is characteristic OF human
nature. which is much given to looking for new
remedies for it's Ills. while refusing neglect
ink old ones that lie close at hand As
for tho people OF Indiana. they cannot do better
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TO A ROSE.

For The Times Dispatch.l
Summer said: II will make me a flower
For the radiant month of June,
From the rainbow I'll fashion its petals
Its beauty I'll steal from the moon,
It's color I'll take from the sunset
When the daytime draws to close
Its fragrance will breathe Of the angels
And I'll call ia Rose. Rosem
LEFTY PRESTON OSBORNE.
Union. W. Va, June S, 1915.
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Settling nn Old Bet.

NoX Populi writes in to ask If we can inform,
nun what occurs when an irresistible force
encounters an mmovable object. we have
TAKEN the matter under prayerful consideration
ana referred II in the meanwhile to a leading
suthority at oyster Bay, \. Y. as being the only
persons OF our COMMUNICATIVE the demise
U W the simple little ostrich'-who knows it all
the results Of his cogitation to our old frienS
NoX. u t'iehu
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Germany VIII DEFY United s,o,.u

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir-ln order to forecast Germany's answer
Il our representations. must stand in Cor
manys shoes and see matters as she sees them
The writer holds brief for Germany for he
is thoroughly pro- English but putting himself
In Germany's shoes he that she regards
this war lfe-and dca tn struggle and ina
If she does not deyour. she will surely be de-
Nourcd herself. and, therefore, she must wa 90
war. not as others think, but as she thinks
She virtually says: If could win by rose
d m'gn, POSSIBLY nSi adop. such methods but as
CT, most destructive and. if one wishes most
brutal and cruel methods, cannot afford 10
tan tan ny n.y. political Integrity and to crush my
States? If matters come to the worst vii
destroy the last one of their vessels in order to.
United states breaks off Diplomatic relations, let
Though this is the attitude Of S e. ne. "a.
United states seems far from realizing it, Con-
fronted in arms by the civilized world Germanv
drhes 1t, like mighty lion at bay and cries:
10y Lay on Macdun. and damned be him that frst
Richmond, juno s. 1915. - "
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Going I'm,

mere was time, some years ago
"heh only little maids wore dresses
Arrange d their shoetops neat, to show
such garments went with flowing tress.-
"u. now Dame Fashions grown more CAV
ana oider maids in manner shocking,
MOI only their shoetops DISPLAY
Dut also quite length of stocking
THE TATTLER.