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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-28
PEOPLES FORUM
Eyes Opening

Editor Virginian:
Sir,-I a few Of the he kittens and many
RI the she ones eyes are coming open Ard
others. they look meek and serene rs a blue
eyed calf. They doing R lot Of thinking and
wondering whether Il be legitimate business
10 license the manufacture and sale Of stupe~
fiers to run riot unrestrained which are play
irx havoc both directly and indirectly among
large percentage OF the inha ritants of the
State. and are of benefit to the rest. The
truth Is mighty, a knowledge % which makes
free. says the Son Of Mary. Wonder IL one
couldn't get up solid acuuiescent phaiaux
next time ana reverse the present order of
things 1t "a possible for nation 10 be born
al once lisa 6ss
A. RrAANTON.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-28
General Comment

A BT.ANTOS

The wife of Methodist minister In West Vir-
Elns has been married three times Her
maiden name wa. Partridge her first husband
was named Robins. her second, Sparrow, the
present Quale. There two young
robins, sparrow and three uuaies In the
family. One grandfather a Swan and
another a Jay. but hes dead and bird OF
Paradise. They live on Hawk Avenue Eagle
VILE Canary Island AID the fellow who wrote
this Ia n Lyre and relative Of the family
Valley Enterprise.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-28
AGGRESSIVE JAPAN

The first notable feature Of tapans segres
rsons against China IL that Japan chose her time
we'll II she we're 10 demand all China the
p9wers of Europe already too busy to stop
q Ar. and after she had 1t and they had wiped
sch other up. as they declare they intend 10
~, there would be little sentiment demanding
isterferenoe.
@frau has AIso taken precious care that the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-28


When MAY Comes
Tho soon will genial May he here.
With all its store OF warmth and cheer:
Yet I sad.
Tho flowers bloom and Natures robe
BE green and gay. one~half of globe
Ia murder mad
Nor could cold winters blast restrain
The thirst for blood, whose torrents stain
The snow on mountain~top and plain,
And redden seas.
While vessels huge beneath the waves
With all on board. find watr'y graves
Till It would seem cen oceans caves
Were fiil'd with these
With weapons hitherto unknown
Zen from the air with missis throw
Destroying such as have not known
And do not show
The least resistance young and old
Aye. even babesi could worse be told
OF any foef
Who never heard Of Christ who came
As Prince Of Peace and 10 proclaim
Mans brotherhood
Is civilization but a sham.
mere pretense 10 cloak and damn,
While feigning good?
God and Religion what shame
That Rulers pray and use the sam"
On murders bent.
Like %oah's day in ev'ry sense,
They fin the earth with violence
They could prevent
All heauteous lovely May is near
the resurrection Of the year
Comes apare.
When Nature smiles as from its toni,
The lovely flower bursts in bloom
In all its grace,
And loveliness to fiji the air
With doors sweet and thus declare
Gods love to man
God loves the world needs no debate
Tho nations fill the earth with hate,
And Satan fain would abrogate
And His plan.
The begins In MAY" shows
When it Will end. God only knows
And vet He will
From seeming chaos work His plan.
For He will make tho wrathy~of man
10 praise Him stin.
DUYAL PORTER
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-28

TO the President is not that he didn't dictate
such a memorandum, but that what he dictated
never reached the Governor which lets out the
Governor but hardly makes out a case for Mr..
Rockefeller
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-28

Maybe the Newport News Press will desire TO
explain why, after entering the port of Newport
News and remaining for few brief weeks the
Eitel and the Kron Prinz both slipped across
the harbof 10 that despised Norfolk
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-28

Japan insists that China give her what she
Is entitled to"-Japan to be the arhiter Of what
that all-inclusive term shall omit for China's
control.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-28
Verses by Virginians
Against the Gods OF Drink.

Against the Gods of Drink.
Michael. the dread Archangel,
Field Marshall OF the embatted skies
Spake thus OF the avangel
OF heaven against hell
1T may be always well
10 send fiery embassies
Against the gods of war,
Against the gods OF drink
Who from the bestlIng brink
OF ruin fling afar
Tho myriads OF the helpless sons Of men
Into the gulf, again. and, yet again.
And In the various euises
or strategy but feebly sung
Even by the bard who rises
Above the loftiest mind
That glorified his kind
How oft have the battle Eiunc,
Alike the bolts of fire
over the mountain side.
A million multiplied
Billowing charges, dire,
To save the blind the thanteless sons OF men
From the abyss. again and yet again
But now a new unfolding.
A new thing in tie startled earth.
The nations are beholding.
Against Baccha liam hosts
Flashes the sword that boasts
Its ancient horror IN the earth
Where pity langusheth,
While on the fairest fields
A hideous fury Yields
The implements OF death,
There shall we turn. beneath a dreadful pail.
Satan against Satan till his kingdom fail
So while see A world
Careertng the fatal brink
or he'll. host In hurled
by ell the gods Of war
The mighty gods o. war
against the trembling gods Of drins
And those anon are fled
Their falling stronsholds they
Abide beyond the day
And ROY among tho dead
fehold tho crumbline of their hnsry walls,
Satan gaInst Satan and his kin sdom falls
BENJAMIN G. MOoMAw.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-28

We had everything possible In a baseball game
Yesterday except mobh5ng the umpire-which is
one nj the uudesirables.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-28

To hear these wet papers talk you'd reall!
think Virginia voted their way September last
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-28

That Jekyll and Hyde appelation the Colonel
applied TO Barnes Ia coming TO look peculiarly
appropriate 10 the esteemed Colonel
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-28

The war will begin in May"-kitchener. Sure
but look who's beginning 1T.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-28

Suggestion 10 the bail management Have th'
score put up IN larger figures
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-28

Air Rockefeilers plea of not guilty on the
chirge Of debating Governor Ammong letter
The Washington times., 1915-02-22

price; or rather, to get the new and
shrunken loaf.
It has been the boast of the Gov
eminent managers of things on the
zone that people were fed there
cheaper than in the States; and sta
tistics have been from time to time
produced which seemed 70 bear out
the claim. That, Of course, gives the
Government commissary the more
excuse for raising prices now. There
has been no effort to make profits
out of the business; at least, such
profits as would be necessary to keep
private business going.
In favor Of the Panama proclama-
tion it is to be urged that the Gov
ernment loaf is as carefully stand
ardized as possible; everybody buy
ing it knows what he is getting, and
everybody gets the same. The de-
crease of its weight is frankly an
nounced, so that the public cannot
complain that it is being taken un-
awares.
If the Government, conducting its
zone business as an altruistic affair
and seeking no profits, finds it neces-
sary to reduce the loaf, there must
be some justification for the private
bakers, who like other people with.
out the power to levy taxes feel un.
der the necessity of earning a living
out of their business. The truth is
that when the price of wheat dou.
bles the price of things made from
wheat has got to 60 up, and dis.
cussion of the subject which as.
sumes any other view is futile. II
must not be allowed to go up unduly;
there must be, and.is, a willingness
among the bread makers to divide
their former profits with the public
as everybody in business nowadays
has to divide; but it is impossible
that the elemental economics of such
a situation as this can be ignored.
The Washington times., 1915-02-22
PRICE OF BREAD.--AT
PANAMA

There is a touch of humor in the
announcement from Panama that the
Government commissariat there has
announced a reduction in the weight
of the official loaf of bread, owing to
the high cost of -four. The business
of "A government is pretty colnpli-
Gated and expansive, and perhaps en-
tire consistency is hardly to be ex-
pected as among the various aCtivi-
ties. Thus we note various states
men and administrative officials in
this country concerning themselves
prodigiously about the outrage that
the bakers are proposing to inflict
and talking about what the Govern
ment can do to protect the people
who buy from private bakers; while
at Panama, where Uncle Sam is the
baker, the price is calmly advanced
because Uncle Sam is buying the
-four and has no disposition to lose
money on his business.
The Panama plan is to reduce the
weight of the loaf three ounces
That applied to the average loaf ir
Washington would be rather more OF
price-increase than cent the loaf
There's no use discussing it--at Pan,
anna. The people entitled to the
privilege of buying from the com
missariat will have to pay the new
The Washington times., 1915-02-22
RENO "COMING BACK

Reno bids fair to "come back"
The Nevada legislature has passed
the easy divorce bill, reviving the
provision which makes only six
months residence in the State neces-
sary to break the tie that binds. The
governor hasn't signed the bill-yet
and it is just possible that pilgrims
who start for that mecca now may
find that years residence is re-
quired, as under the existing law,
but he who entertains such cruel
doubt certainly has it in for some
body. Thousands of women fought
the measure, and the governor may
hesitate to fly in the face of the
opinion they as we'll as other decent
opponents of the divorce mart have
created, not only in Nevada, but in
the nation as we'll. But the COVER
nor may find it convenient to leave
the capital. thus giving the lieuten-
ant governor, who is said to favor
the bill, an opportunity to sign it.
Then Reno will blossom again, and
fatten, upon the immoral spoils that
accrue from as unseemly a market
as ever was devised. The country
would be better off if such q Reno
never should be on the map again.
The Washington times., 1915-02-22
Wants "Jim Crow" Law All Over
the United States.

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
I read with interest the article written
by u. F. NJ to The Times Mail Bag,
in which he wishes to isolate the col
ored population from the white in
Washington. and then does no. advo-
cate the passing Of the "jim crow law
in the District of Columbia.
I agree with him entirely on the segre
cation law. but disagree as regards the
''tim crow" law.
The colored race is no longer '1ookcd
down" on. and by passing this Jim
crow" law and giving them as good
cars and service as is given the white
people. 1t will then give that race the
opportunity to develop more racial pride
and distinction.
Some people think it is disgrace to
be colored. and think the passing Of
this "jim crow law would mean a
no longer the thought Of an educated
person. and II the colored people would
not think so much Of trying to be equal
with the white people and would try to
develop their race to such an extent az
to make them recognized BY their pride
should pull for this law. and, after
passing 1t, try to be rivals and not
equals Of the white race.
I have talked with several well-edu-
Gated colored men on this question. and
was surprised to find that they agreed
entirely with me. and a few Of them
went to such an extent as wanting a
separate part of the United States as
their home. as was given the Indians.
I and every other person. whether
white or black. provided they have
enough pride. should ptll for this "jim
crow" law. not only in the District Of
Columbia, but all over the United
States. W. W. J.
Glen Ferris. W. Va. February 20.
The Washington times., 1915-02-22
THE STATE SOCIETIES

State societies in Washington rise
and fall with the political tide. They
are the political barometers OF the
National Capital. During the Ad-
ministration of President Taft the
Ohio Society flourished, and its ban
uuets marked the gathering Of the
political solons. Today it is the
Southern Society, which claims Pres
ident Wilson for its own. The South
ern Society will achieve its perihelion
on February 27, when, it will have
the most pretentious dinner it yet
has attempted, and will gather
around its banquet board the most
distinguished officials of the Capital,
who, just now, come in large num-
bers from the South.
Meanwhile it is not too early for
other State societies to keep a
weather eye on 1916, and already
they are scanning the political skies
in snxious hope that their star is to
be in the ascendancy next.
The Washington times., 1915-02-22
LOSS OF THE EVELYN

Within perhaps twenty-four hours
Of the opening Of the Won Trpitz
program of ravage on the high seas
an American ship, the Evelyn, has
been destroyed, though fortunately
without loss Of life. Yet, pending a
clear revelation of all the facts, it
will not be assumed, and it ought
not to be, that this precipitates a
crisis between Germany and the
United States.
The Evelyn, according to reports,
was not torpedoed by a submarine.
If she had been, either deliberately
or acknowledgements that she
was not resisting search or fleeing
when summoned to submit to visit
ing party-it would be for the Wash
ington Administration to take not
only immediate but forceful acton.
But it appears that the Evelyn
came into contact with a mine. as
any other ship might have done> Fur
thermore, there is a chance that the
mine was out of its proper bearings.
Now it is an affront to civilization
that mines have been so generally
strewn and so negligently safe
guarded that one might drift any.
where on the wide ocean.
Nevertheless, if that particular
mine foated away from the anchor
age and destroyed an American ship
coursing those waters in full reliance
that they were safe, we might, be
outraged beyond expression, but we
should not be justified in raising the
issue of a ground for war.
If Won Tirpitz had never shocke1
civilization with his proclamation
the very thing which has befallen
the Evelyn might have happened
The technical defense against will,
full responsibility will be more easily
set up than broken down.
Nevertheless, the fate OF the NEIL
tral Evelyn, destroyed on the oper
sea by Won Tirpitz mine, will draw
taut the nerves of the American peo
pie in their anticipation of the next
mishap or misdeed. 1t will sharper
the senses and stiffen the purpose OF
those in official charge of the vel
fare, the rights, and the honor ot
this nation.
1t were better for the friendly re-
lations still existing between thi
Government and the military ma
chine of the Kaiser, that this frs
war zone tragedy of the America,
ship Evelyn should be the last.
The Washington times., 1915-02-22
''Daughter" Would Chop
Down All Cherry Trees

WATERFORD, Conn.,, Feb. 22.--The
Connecticut Daughters of the Revo-
luton are planning to steal the
youthful George Washington stuff"
and celebrate the birthday of the
Father of His Country" by cutting
down cherry trees.
Cornelia Buxton Smith of Litchfield.
State chairwoman of the committee on
conservation, suggested the idea. In a
circular letter she set forth the prop
er manner in which to make the
Washington cherry tree episode even
more famous. Let the men cut down
the wild cherry trees. she urges. and
permit the children to burn 'em up
The men will get good exercise and
the children Will enjoy the bonfires
Ana the breeding places of the OBJ
noNious tent caterpillars will be wiped
out.
May this be so general thing
throughout our State" the circular
letter ends. that when asked. who
cut down the cherry tree? there shall
rise from every farm and roadside a
great shout, 4 did,"
The Washington times., 1915-02-22
Asks Mothers of United States to
Aid German Children.

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
About three years ago, when the sub
ject Of warm lunches for our school
children was agitated by press Of this
city. cut from a Washington paper
short article headed 60 Supperless
to Bed" dated Berlin. November 13.
Quoting from the Volkswohlapahrt, or
Public Veal Society. 1t said that an in
vestigation of 1S9 German towns re-
vealed the fact that 200 children ha-
bitually went breakfastless to school.
and 5 per cent were sent to bed hungry.
Ninety-five thousand children had to
be fed by public assistance"
Without commenting on the causes
leading up to it, l want to ask how
many more children now orphaned are
subsisting on one meal a day? This
starving of little children is something
the women. the mothers of civilized
nations. will not stand for. and l am
willing to start the ball rolling by
donating 100 pounds Of -four to the
school children of Germany.
How many more German-American
citizens will follow?
EMMA r. KELLEY.
Washington, D. c.. Feb 20. 1915.
The Washington times., 1915-02-22
Teams at the Y. w. c. A.
Bring in "a New Members

Teams in the membership campaign
of the Young Women's Christian AS
sociation reported today a total of
twenty four brought in since the last
report was made. OF this number the
"Aeroplanes" secured twenty and the
Automobiles four.
With the second and final week of the
campaign we'll under way. the members
are working enthusiastically to have
the greatest possible number OF new
members initiated before Saturday even
ing. A ssupper is to be given for the
workers at that time.
This afternoon reception Will be held
by the board of directors. headed by
The honorary president. Mrs. Thomas X.
Marshall and Mrs. William Hamilton
bavly. the president.
Following is the detailed scores regis
tered today: Automobiles, 4; Aeroplanes,
Division A. Miss Susan r. Cults: com
modore. II; Division +. Mrs. Fannie
MacAl;ister. commodore. &. and Division
c. Miss Estelle Foster. commodore, 1.
The Washington times., 1915-02-22
Wants Firemen to Have More Time
to Themselves,

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
Can anybody give reason why the
firemen Of Washington are compelled to
labor under the conditions they now en-
dure. when every other occupation la
bors only eight to ten hours per day?
The Government is passing. Laws conn.,
pelling the eight-hour day for men and
women, why not a third day, or at least
a fourth day off. for the firemen?
Why should members of a public de-
partment like the fire department. from
which prompt and heroic work Is ex-
pected, and always rendered. be COM
PEELED to labor twenty-four hours out of
twenty-four for 365 days for u cents per
hour? Can you imagine yourself con-
fined under conditions next to prison
life, compelled to remain within hear
ing of the gong?
It's no wonder that fireman's con-
stitution gives away at an early age.
the long and continuous hours taking
the last spark of energy from the man
that was appointed in the prime Of life,
and selected from the very flower of
manhood. giving the best days of his
life to the public service. and receiving
very little consideration in return. The
only time that the firemen receive any
notice from the public Is when they are
called to perform prompt and heroic
work On return to quarters they are
forgotten. +. r. LEAHY.
Washington, Feb. 20.
The Washington times., 1915-02-22
THE CRISIS AT HAND

=. Germany's war zone proclamation
is in force, though it does not seem
to have been responsible for the loss
of the American ship Evelyn. Indeed,
the facts surrounding the case of the
Evelyn suggest that that affair is
really not the most important 1e-
velopment since the broad plan of
relentless warfare with mines and
submarines was inaugurated.
Thus the Scandinavian countries,
which have been heavy losers by
mines, are reported planning to
adopt the scheme of naval conveys
which the United States Government
has viewed without favor. These
countries have no large naval estab-
lishments, so it is suggested that
they may convert commercial ships
into naval vessels, commission them
as such, and send them along as con-
voys. The plan seems quite as feas-
ible as using fighting ships, for there
is no idea in anybody's mind that
ships used for this purpose would be
expected to fight.
The Dutch are ready for every
eventuality, with eyes on the border
between themselves and Germany
fearful that they will presently be
dragged into the war as recruit to
the cause of the allies. Italy is in a
most uncomfortable frame of MIND
as result of Austrian naval vessels
firing on Italian shipping. The whole
situation seems rapidly developing
toward crisis in which the United
States may at'last figure in a minol
role, with the European nations play
ing the leading parts.
Short of a general purpose of the
Germanic allies to start trouble ir
all directions and on the biggest
possible scale, it is difficult to &C.
count, especially, for the Austrian
aggressions. in Adriatic waters
There will not be made more cases
of the sort without fixing the i'm.
preston in the public mind that
Germany and Austria have reached
stage of desperation in which they
want all the trouble they can get
apparently calculating that the big
ger the ruction, the more nation.
! involved, the easier will it be fol
them in the end to breed dissension.
among their enemies and escape
with the most favorable peace terms
The Washington times., 1915-02-22
Baumgardt Gives Talks
On Rome and Petrograd

The capitals Of the ancient civiliza-
ton and Of the newest power In mod
ern civilization-Rome and Petrograd-
were the subject of the lectures given
yesterday afternoon and evening. re-
spectively. by B. r. Baumgardt at the
Belasco Theater.
The story of the Roman republic and
the empire were told briefly as a pre-
lude to the illustrated portion of the
lecture. AS has been, the case with
all the discourses Of this platform ex-
pert, the history given was interlarded
with anecdote and philosophy Of an
unusual character.
The architecture and art of old Rome
we're intermingled with that Of the
new as history of this q that impor-
tant relic Of antiquity was unfolded
and its relation to present-day civiliza-
ton explained.
Moscow and the Russian people. AS
we'll as Petrograd, were dealt with in
the evening lecture. In fact. the lee
ture was largely disqu.sition on the
Slav, with pictures and stories OF the
two great capitals According to Mr..
Baumgardt, the power of the Slav is
Vet to be felt by the world at large.
but the world Is not to be kept long
waiting for it. He regards the Rus
sian as a magnificent type Of humanity.
and the mission of the Russian In the
world to be a great one.
The little known achievements of
Russians in the arts and sciences were
dwelt upon briefly, and many examples
OF painting aid sculpture were shown.
The story of Petrograd, with the neces-
sarv accompaniments of the stories OF
Peter the Great and Catherine and the
story of Moscow. with its invariable
history of the Napoleonic disaster and
the reign of Ivan the Terrible. were
also told briefly. Motion pictures show
ing the horscmanship of the Cossacks
we're shown at the conclusion of the