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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21
Is He or Is He Not?

n EPORTS of Pancho Villas death refuse
IN to down 1t may be all a mistake. OF
course, but it is such delightful possibility
that the mind refuses to abandon II, with
the exception of capturing that highly un-
desirable citizen or assuring his departure
from this vale of tears to another. the eXpedi-
ton into Mexico has achieved everything
that possibly could have been expected. 1t
has given the followers Of both Villa. and Car
rama a uch-needed lesson. Nowadays we
have other things to think about than teach
ing the Mexican young idea how TO shoot. and
that process too frequently involves shoot
ing the young idea with an army rife We
don't wish Pancho any very bad luck. but If
he will consent to stay dead, he will have
our thanks.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21
SEEN ON THE SIDE
A Portcnt.

- POrtCnts
One woeful sound strikes terror
Unto the gardeners heart;
He hopes he is In error,
And yet his fears upstart.
He feels like madly pluclSinE
His hair in handouts when
He hears the joyous cluckinE
or neighbours hungry hen.
He planted peas In burrows,
He planted beans in hills.
And day and night he burrows
To keep away plant ills.
Each morn plants get the ducking
Approved by those who ken
They vanish with the clucking
or that toracious hen.
His dahlias and his roses.
His beds Of mignonette,
On which sad fact discloses
His ardent hopes were set
From which he dreamed OF pluckinB
A posy, now and then
Are doomed by that cluck-ciuckinE
or that quite soulless hen.
Though folks brains may be lacking
Who count their chicks, Unmatched,
For folly am backing
Those who leave gates Unattached.
They waste their time in buckinE
The fate that ncars them when
They hear the cluck- cluck- cluckinR
or that relentless hen.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21
We bishop, We editor and Yc DEACON,

There was a bishop in Kansas named Naphtal
i'ucc'ck He died. and Bishop Quayle OF Kansa.
City preached the funeral sermon In the dis
course he said: 1T will take 10000 years for
Naphtail Luccock TO walk two blocks in para
disc, because multitudcs OF angels will stop him
on the way 10 share his sunny WAYS his bripht
sayings his genial soul" Whereupon We editor
OF ye Parsons Kans.) Sun commented as fol-
lows: Tho worthy bishop might have added
That there are also visaged dysneptic
church deacons In every community who I, tb.v
manage to squeeze into heaven, will walk ten
times 10000 miles the gold paved streets
'hcre without hearing the huttering Of wei
coming angels wing"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21

Tee Dee So ara !, :. easy 10 satisfy" says the
n 'nuc TO live there, when Sontb - 90 lhey
6 6iy thirty miles away:-iiaifax 1ostor Is
- n IN "a a KIND of despniring tone the n,r,,uo
neElster appeals: Let Justice soak ~ nahNiIle
5nn ise nooesgsr dsord dS
"hct the long dry" town of Danvi,innaahss still
mere must be short vacations for the sy.-
IedaeTDis sam IN &c the Norfolk region. If the
says: "The time between the firnan nat Paper
Gnu " 'a"" mower Is about seventeen davs"
90 The Bristol Herald Courier and severa, o,h.u
hirsinia p;.pt RS including The Times Ds oth n
EiHe Decn trying TO solve a new nrob,en, paISSn,
nacIsr paper Pnts II In nutshell thus: ."rhe
ana the cattle growers say they are MOI p mohh,
ing any Loft Here Is q mysterv ~. nda lux
ravcl" 'e "o"'eooiY uI.-
~ Danviile dentist has been eyonersted .,
tme tna.Sn Oh kcisSinR woman patient, whiis
n 1 , .esasn 9t Of rsnn.asee is charged vita
aho" Two Ih,acees, uhey making such TODD
nose nen'shted regions evidently know moth
Nottoway ana several adjoining counties !"
The process OF removing the Offices or This
house Avenue where they have heem " Ioe Sar.5
for go many years. is progressing bravev' and
Il VIII not be long before the paper is thor 1u
o ou IN, inStaIied IN It's new home in the Ma
Index,Arpeni IT is possible that no person com
nected with the present manag ement OF The
lndex- Appeal is aware that the building into
which. nfty years ago, It's career Of usefulness
aud prosperity began. II was IN tho lower mart
Of the Masonic Hall. until lately occupied ' by
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21

II this purpose is carried out, an appeal will
be made to the courts
Quotations from the law, printed in The
Times Dispatch yesterday, conclusive that
the State Tax Board has the requisite au-
thorty. Grayson has been for many years
one of the so-called "pGuper countless" re-
ceivinS from the State many thousands of
dollars more than it pays ill., The propor-
ton i'll 1915 was nearly three to one.
This was due in part at least, to the low
assessments Of all property within the county
Now ii is planned to cut these assessments
in half Under the Law, the State Tax Board
may institute proceedings to prevent this
gross injustice TO the fairly taxed cities and
counties OF Virginia, and if the board makes
its protest good, inequalities from which the
Commonwealth long has suffered will be on
the way to being relieved.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21
Fertlun,

tcFdun.
. Poet sing no more at this late date
o sing no more in this vast acting
time
OF fanced feelings built to little
rhine.
The time has come when poetry must
relate,
Relate, ! say. not hatch! here's love
and hate
World-vast, hell-deep, in Fate's own
pantomime.
Prussia impelIed with green as the
sublime,
France doggedly defending home and
state!
IL Nietzsche's doctrine dominate YOUR
mood,
with blood and Iron. and the Waited
Day,
If gain obtained through Others woe
bo good,
Then Irussa's sons will glorify your
lay;
But should you think these objects base
and wrong,
Sing France, God bless her! though she
needs no song!
I'D. u. Scruggs, In Atlanta Journal,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21
EnfOrcing Tax Equality

IL OW large ere the powers vested in tba
= ~ State Tax Board, by the laws enacted
at the last session Of the General Assembly
lis we'll shown in the communication ad
dressed by christopher b Garnett the board q
executive assistant, to the tax authorities OF
Grayson County. The local board of review
In Grayson has instructed the commissioners
Fof the revenue TO reduce realty assessments
pY DO Der cent, and Mr.. Garrett warns that
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21
Device to Prevent Useless Noise

r VEN in this boodthirsty day. ali the
T. energies of science are not bent on widen
ing and perfecting means OF human destruc-
ton Surgeons and sanitarians continue
their lofty efforts to save and prevent, and
from time TO time special benefactor OF
the race makes known the result of his re-
search.
One OF the latest of these thrice blessed
humanitarians is worker in the Laboratories
of the University of Iowa. He has evolved
a device by which the powers and suscepti-
blities of would-be singers may be tested
without the utterance Of a sound. If this
wonder-worker comes into general use. the
world will be spared millions Of useless and
unneccssary sounds. The chief difficulty will
he in persuading the almost singers that the
instrument knows what il is talking about.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21

a +; hi,l Camp, that early in 1866 the progentor
OF our contemporary was born. Tho outHt was
q as, survival Of the war. for Masonic Hall had
10 IohS Deen the habitat OF journalistic ventures
IL was the Office OF the Southside Democrat i'm
the early hfties; and was subsequently the place
or publicatlon FOR the lnteilgencer. which was
rem io to Raleigh None % the founders 81
paragraph believes himself TO be the onIv one
left OF the original stan OF employees, whether
me ment TorfGi ,G3xsrnGr WILLIAM f. Cameron in
.eS connecting link between the above and
the News OF Fifty Years Ago" ~
ct 1t is not very often that the Fredericksburg
star gets chance to do much boasttnr huf
when It, does. it makes the most of it, Note iEe
following: Fredericksburg some few wears 20
G city Eovernmsnt Other cities have been so
they want TO do likewise. This city has greatly
advertised itself by the character and Kind or
results fredericksburg has led in many other
all its people, o ""
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21
shakespeare Knew His Bible.

Matthew. V .: Blessed are the peacemakers' -
:: Henry w. H. 1: Blessed are the peace
makers earth"
Romans. xii. 21: Overcome evil with good"
Richard III, i. 81 Tell them that God bids us
do good for evil"
Corinthians. II. g. Though 1 be- rude in
speech"
othelio. 81 Rude 1 in speech"
iccasiastes. X. 49, Woe to thee o land when
thy King Is child"
Richard III. ii. 3: Woe to the land that Is
govern'd by child
Psalms, XIV. I: Remember not tho sins Of nv
youth"
Winters Tale iii. 3: IF the sins OF YOUR
youth are forgiven you"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21
Are They Heroicf Well

Nithln the clan Republican
Nebraska follows Michigan.
though both were by stern ber,e. ~
iheS were not In heroic mood:
ursed In an armored car to ride
ihey let that martial motor slide
,"u IN MAD haste they climbed aboard
peaceful mild and gentle Ford
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21
Courage Versus Pension Frauds.

TONGRESSMAN JAMES. of Michigan, has
~ discovered, according to the Springfield
Republican, that under the present law "a
man may enlist, desert, be apprehended,
urt-martaed, found guilty. sentenced
serve sentence receive dishonorable dis
charge and yet he eligible to receive. a pen
sion" Mr.. James and the Republican, if
they had carried their investigations fur
Their. might have discovered also that the
pension rolls include the names OF many
patriots whose service may be described i'm
the exact words quoted above.
or course pension law SO framed and
applied is CHASTITY farce, and a yet more
CHASTITY fraud. Nobody in the country
nobody in the South. certainIy-has ANYTHING
hut approval of the determination of the
nation to pension deserving soldiers and
sailors. whether they took part in the War
Between the States or any other war but to
hand out the nations bounty to deserters
camp followers and scalawags Of every kind
and description is an abomnable outrage
MIR. James has introduced a bill to make
a dishonorable discharge a bar to the recent
or pension. commenting on which the Re-
publican says that "ou' Of a rather full
knowledge OF efforts at pension reform in the
past forty years, one is disposed to pronounce
the honorable member from Michigan a cour-
ageous man That is true and he is rash
man as well, but If Northern men of his
courage and right principle received more
support from Southern men who are or ought
10 be, similarly endowed. one particular pork
PIE, annually sliced and distributed in Con-
gress, would give forth a far less disagree
able odor
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21
No Prompt Release for Won IueI

M EITHER the release Of Wolfe Won Igel
nor the return Of the papers found in
his office is TO be expected at this time.
Danger of break with Germany is too i'm
minent to warrant the authorities in pro-
ceeding, with undue haste. on the assump-
ton that Won Igel is an immune representa-
tive or friendly country 1t is possible
that course will be followed later but not
now.
Further, il is not at all certain that even
If the most cordial relations prevailed he
tween this country and Germany Won Igei
would be entitled to claim immunity Sev
eral elements enter into the determination
or inns point; He may not be- technically
member OF the embassy staff even now but
only paid employee Of the UNPROTECTED
CLASS; 1t may be, as stated that the acts
win winch he is charged were committed
DeIore he became attached 10 Won Papen's
once. ana 1t may even be that these acts will
he held to be Of character so outrageous
'nat ahother country's flag cannot shield their
perpetrator. II is 10 be remembered that
Won Papen, who fully accredited has
been indicted for similar conduct
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21

At the first crack out OF the box
Man job yses the troops
in Position from from Mexico most newspapers
to Decide resented It. and advised the
fuse to give up the chase fter villa: IT WAS
cali Of the troops. a few days reflection puts
another phase on it. and public sentiment has
n nature the man on the job is in a better posi-
ton TO decide on the , nroper Thing to do. and
rotary Lansing are in a better position to de-
eide than Eli Tine Sa" Star of the country put to-
The appeal of American sol
Derivation e e1Es II the Ms f, for @ word
.,,, on cigar" is derived from span
msans ~ garden cE Rnt how % mSH
know from what "cigarrar" is derived: When
soSsTsG Gas panea
gardens When offering smoke to friend
from my gardon). Through MISUNDERSTANDING on
the part Of foreigners; this expression was cor
refer to the tobacco, and in time was shortened
TO "e!Earro sra and anally TO- ,cgar "cgarral
grasshopperr. because the grasshopper abounded
in the gardens and there sang the loudest The
New York Sun.
81 Robbery committed on the
Welcome by the law OF the United States;
to Pirate a ana BY guilty i. int to the
oppo left 'e the e. iSs r, 'i District i
or This to Of aon nSs %as
formerly death though il has since been anne
ferred by the pirate To- the possibility Of de-
%nt tried for in ae Great hs sf
ain: of which country he appears to be sub
so G sSssI Sn he he
Is Of the eos FIN Price b for his
phiiadelphia Record. '"'''' -"'A''-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21

The New York Tribune. which is out for
T. r. for President, failed to elect its founder
when he was presidential candidate. or the
founders successor when he was candidate
for Nice-Presidcnt. 1t has been a long time
since the paper established by Horace Greeley
called the turn on anything
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21
Modern Practice.

,ounE Howier has obtained another chance
Tor his latest and guiltiest client"
How did he do that?"
Ills speech SO bored and tired the jurors they
al went to sleep. and the judge declared
mistrial" tou ii
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21
To-Dny's Be.t Hand-picked .,oL.

iiokus-So you believe In signs eho weu
"heh man is always making new friends, what
is that sign of? "a'
fokus-1ts likely to be a sign tina, bis a.,
friends have found him out-IAfe
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21
Remember Hartman,

Grubhs-Politics makes strange bedfellows
stuhos-So 1t does but if Senator Pen
rose should sec TO II that the Colonel had
no opportunity. in the course of the night -,
kick me out the floor
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21

Mr.. Bryan in twenty years has Travelled
1000 miles. The more he travels the
farther from the White House he gets.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21
Humorists In the Bu

whats your dogs manner"
ELI"
What forc"
Cause he gets there. What's yours named!"
william Dean"
That's queer for dog Why did
you do t?"
g Cause he howls"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21

George w. Peck once a Wisconsin Gov
erhor ana always humorist when there
was reason for it, died the other day i'm
the city which he helped to make famous
lie was known funny man" long be-
lore he was suspected OF ha wing the opposi, a
trait But when he took up lines that re-
CURED serious considerations he quit making
fun, Just AS Paul put away childish things
"hcn he became man. The trouble with
most humorists is that they won't differ
entiatc.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21

s. S. Mcclure. who was one Of the original
Ford peace party, announces, after looking
into the cribs in Germany, that the babes Of
that country are all well fed and thriving.
This stops another German wall
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21
The Pcssimist Saya:

Germanys necessity is of the sort that know
no law except that 1t esta blishes at the grave
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21

The Kaiser is quoted as saying that the
war must end at Verdun. And il might. If
the Kaiser could persuade the French to
mink as ne does Unfortunately for VIII
he'm' ne won't have the last word as to the
place where the war shall end or--au ,ha
worse for him---the manner
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21
Split nnitiye.

think that usage makes such forms 81
wish respectfully request correct Is not
this true" NJ A IERRiIiA.
We fear that the great weight Of good taste
is against you. The strong preference OF care
full writer's seems to be against the split in
fnitive
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21
Time for Fair Word.

Does Binks always speak we'll Of his wife -
we'll he always does when he is trying t,
engage cook"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21

Then there are the shots fred at Parral--
they have been heard round part of the
world
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21
Object Lesson to England

TT is difficult to restrain the belief that the
i landing OF Russian troops in France is in
tended more object lesson to England
than as actual assistance to the French
defense. What aid the Russians give
will be moral rather than material, for their
numbers necessarily must be small
France has borne the brunt of the fighting
and suffered the maximum Of losses among
the allies the western front. Wars de-
struction Is eating deeply into French re-
serves. France must have help, IL the
struggle SO gloriousy inaugurated and prose
cuted is to be carried to triumph
OF course. it is Englands duty to supply
these new forces, but England so far has
failed. Failure'has SO shaken the govern
ment and demands for CONSUMPTION have been
SO persistent, that the coalition Cabinet has
narrowly escaped dissolution. 1t would he
shameful for England TO permit Russia
whose losses have been least Ave times
AS heavy, to bear British burdens Perhaps
this landing OF soldiers of the Gar will
shake Britons from their ethargy
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21

IL is said that English golfers have fed
the links through fear of Zcppelins. If
there are any Brtons who arc not i'm the
trenches or In training, they will be found
steady at the game. just as many Americans
would be found holding down the blcachers
at ball park while foreign navy was she'll
Ing the city where ball was being played.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21
School Of Artists.

is there any school of artists in Richmond
ANTHONY PAPSI.
There is the most excellent Richmond Art
Club Belvidere and Grace Streets, Richmond, Va.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21
Queries and Answers
IsochronisnI.

Is isochronism. or isonochronism. the proper
word? INQUIRER.
The former.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21

DO your castor egg dyeing carly. Stuffs
are getting scarcrr every second An un-
dyed Easter egg is not worth Ringing at q
transformer.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21
The Frontier.

why did YOU quit Mrs. Hnshem'so'
III looked as ii she had reached the terminal
when she disguised tho pruncs and served them
salad
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21
Chats With Virginia Editors

Tee nna me seems easy to satisfy" s.ys e.
only thir,v My, I'VE there: when South Boston y
him, Bee. "' ii'iliaN Gazette Sick
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21

II paper continues to grow scarcer with the
rapidity now threatened, correspondence be-
tween the United States and German govern
ments Will be seriously mpcded
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21
Current Editorial Comment

At the first crack out OF the box
when Carranza suggested the
recall of the American troops
from Mexico, most newspapers
resented it, and advised the
President i'm Stropc farms tn re-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21

CELEPHoNE. Randolph 1. Private Branch Exchange
connecting with all departments.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21

ADDRESS ALI. COMMUNICATIONS to The Times
! Dispatch. and not to individuals
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21

Robbery committed on the
high seas is declared piracy
by the law OF the United States;
and by pleading guilty to the
charge. the pirate" OF the Mat
Left l,n Al IL.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21

suBJLsHED every day In the year 10 South Tenth
Street Richmond, Va, by the Times Dispatch Pub
Hshns Co, Inc. Charles +. HnsGrOok. Editor and
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21

SPECIAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES,: Has
Ing Now York; Mutual Life Buudiag. FhliateIpha:
Peoples GSs Building. Chicago.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21

The appeal of American sol
dierS IN Mexico for tobacco re-
calls the fact that the word
cigar" Ia derived from II Span
ish word ''cigarral,' which
means garden. But how many
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21

Thsfe must be short Variations for A.
ss !" is the he N SorGk region If Tie
says: me time between the furnace Raperf
anu the lawn mower is about seventeon .Snonei
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-03-03
WEST DUMMERSTON.

Miss Laura pbi1lins is visi+iro ro1o.
ti,-es il Wos+n,in i,tl 80
~, =,
49, hei, ,, ~ Nisi'hg ms
sraoa'1sother' MIS- oota' IN Pra'tle' :.
po'o t"l8 "eeN'
Mrs, W. W. Burnett Is visiting her
daughter Dr. Grace Burnett, in Brat
tleporo few days
Miss Alice 0 'Brien visited her aunt,
Mrs w. r. Richardson, in Brattleboro
several days last week.
Mrs. Henry Halliday of Brattleboro
was a guest over Sunday of her par
euts. Mr.. and Mrs. A. O. Norcross.
Nrr and Mrs James Clark ir and
NJ. nnd Nrrs to,Lnrt Tpttlo attended
+ho ' f,,ror"i 1T +boir ncire ITodci;nc
,r ;r t;c Ad,.on+ Cb,is,iar
io' p.,4.I,l.o,, ,r,,oslo,- ..ffo,.
0'i''i'" III ''''''
"0on g.,
Mss Read Oh saratoga ~ J." VIII
speak on temperance IN me zap lls'
church next sunday al me regular
service hour. 1t IS hoped that every
one who can will try 10 attend as
Miss Read is very interesting