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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10
The Voice of the PEOPLE
Pensions for Conrcdcrote so,d,er,

TO the Editor OF The Times Dispatch
sir.-1 learn that there is Il bill pending in
congress TO pension us old Confederate soldiers
nope the bill will be passed and give us what
we deserve. on know that the mere pittance
that we get from the State is not sufficient TO
Keep us two months in the year. Many of us
are poor, and all are getting old and feeble We
were compelled by the Confederate government
70 go forth to meet the invader in 1851 -65 and
pear our own expenses furnish own horses
Tor cavalry service and arm ourselves best
we could until we could capture guns from the
enemy. Four years OF the prime OF our lives
were what we offered up in defense Of the
homes south OF Mason and Dixon's line Why
should not our Congressman and Senators do
something for us? We are the who helped
make the names of Lee and Jackson immortal
ihen why not remember and support and
ing pay the pensions Of the Union soldiers for
httY or more years ! have talked with many
Union soldiers. who say that they want us TO
have pensions with them. They say we deserve
IT and are entitled to it. and 7 sure we need
1t. have tried my Congressman time and
again to help me get employment, but they are
SttiShed, 1t seems. to Yet the negro share the
pie counter instead. G. FITZWATER
Co. r.. Eighteenth Virginia Cavalry
Nokesville, Va, June s.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10
News Of Fifty Years Ago
'From the Richmond Dispatch. June TO- 1860

Ill; Inc new schedule of the Richmond and Dan
e ens h maiiroad published this morning, short
and and, Greensbor9 The regular passenger and
Sso .Fi and Mi rea hereffer Leave Risn9nd AZ
Greensboro at l.. NJ ~
r company 3. Eleventh United states Artillery.
aIIlNeu III inns city yesterday afternoon from
E ,, n c. They to be stationed here
mer pastor of the Leigh Street Baptist Church
Rev John A. Broaddus. of tTeen siilflssn aGu
We're among the visitors introduced to and given
day. "p''S' General ASSOCIATION yes'er-
"a y meeting of the alumni of Richmond college,
of he the snr fs, iist is hsn i"
manent and steps taken for the per
Mrs Abraham Levy, corresponding secretary
or the Hebrew Ladies' Memorial Association. is
for enable the SOCIETY to e t care ne 81 he
diers from Oh me many Hsbrew Confederate sol
the cemeteries of Richmond.
R. ReM John A Broadus will preach the First
members and visitors to the General " ' Nssoca
Eon VIII NIL the pulpits of all OF Baptist
row. W. '' ~"u'N'e" ''-"'o'-
-, Hon n. John Goode, Jr.. will he candidate for
nounces. " 7'' an
J. c. White, Mayor-clect of Portsmouth. hav-
ing been pardoned by the President for the part
ne TOOK IN the war, is eligible to office and
18th of June. " w.
,s Charles o,connor: chief counsel for Mr..
Of Mf DAVIS on paroe oerin S the ne
the amount Of s25o,ooo 4 long CABINET ses s.
no conclusion was reached '"'S proposition nut
Mr. Mason. the Confederate envoy to Great
dent Johnson's pardon. which has been prom
ised hin,' and which may or may be forth
Gold has gone down again. 1t declined on
Wall Street Get yes,erday ACCORDING telegraph
10 li2 ana then rapidly declined 1879
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10
Summarizing the Oyster.

an american inventor has found a
new use for the busy submarine In
the gathering Of shell-fsh from the
sea bottom. The apparatus most gem
orally In use at present consists OF a
dredGe fitted with a rake and a mesh
bag, which trails along the sea bed
and gathers in oysters and other she'll
hsh. The weakness of the system lies
In the fact that il brushes and kills
many oysters and soft -shelled clans.
ne oyster gathering submarine dives
10 the bottom, rakes UP the oysters
by special device and automatically
washes them and shoots them through
pipes into the cargo-room The pro-
cess mas been likened to the reapng
OF Il heid or grain. swath by swath.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10
SEEN ON THE SIDE
Iio Deserved II.


There WAS man OF great renown.
Who lived and wrought in our town.
To look at him you'd not have thought
That fame would come to him. unsought,
For he looked just like other folks
With whom YOU talk and crack your jokes.
And yet you will with ease discern.
When you have had chance TO learn
The .eason for the worlds applause.
That II had lots and lots of cause
To march before this man and bow
And hang large chaplcts on his brow.
He had not fought on bloody field.
His speech no sparks of wit revealed,
He was not wise. nor very good;
Ne had not for the uplft stood.
Yet had one virtue all his own:
He could behave while at the phone.
He never wrecked another's bliss
BY curt demand of who is this
he kept no victim waiting while
He Went outside to take smile.
He'd never howl. or swear or fret
Or call the operator pet"
And so this man OF our town,
4 rara avis. won renown
He was bird. you will admit,
Entitled to perfec, tit
In crown of fame for he alone
Behaved himself while at the phone.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10
Tale Not Yet Complete

a the toll of losses by the Germans durng
"A the battle in the North Sea grows longer
and, through the grudging admissions of
Berlin more nearly approaches notification OF
British claims, the question naturally arises
How much more remains TO he told? In the
beginning. it seemed certain that the British
feet had been overwhelmingly defeated, with
comparatively little loss TO the German navy.
Then ii was stated. and not denied. that it
was the Germans who fed from the battle.
while the English secured the sea-. Now,
every few days, the Germans admit the loss
of another ship or two. whose destruction had
not been announced, for military reasons"
1t is quite likely that the same reasons still
apply, and that the tale is not yet complete.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10

CERTAINLY the police are having their
~ troubles just now; everything seems 10
be breaking wrong for them New laws
have added 10 their onerous duties. and now
their own court has handed down decision
which must increase their general perplcxity
Nor does there seem to be any way on, of
their difficulty, brought about by this decision
For violation Of an ordinance. generally
speaking, the offender may not he arrested
but must be reported The only way for the
policeman to report such an offender is to
ask his name, and then nave summons
issued citing him TO appear in Police Court
Suppose the offender declines TO give mis-
name? heretofore acting under a custom
as old as the police force, the officer has ar
rested the ordinance breaker under the tech
rnical charge of dsordcrly conduct. and so
has managed to get him before the Judge
of the Police Court.
= Now, however, the Police Justice has ruled
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10
ION to Lemberg."

CTEADILY the Russian offensive pursues its
~ way through the Austro-German lines.
Prisoners captured now number more than
$4,000, the defenders of Nolhynia and Galca
have been pushed back nearly forty miles on
a 100-mile front, the important fortress of
Lutsk has been evacuated by the retreating
armies, and there is no sign yet OF halt.
"On to Lemberg!" becomes the cry. The
Russians once more hold the center of the
stage. German successes around Nerdun are
overshadowed by the bold and successful
strategy OF General Brussof. French and
Italians also are engaged on q large scale
Only Britain. of all the allies. is content with
the unsatisfactory and indecisivc conduct of
trench warfare. Where are Kitchener's four
millions? If they would avenge their leader 5
death, the time, it would seem, draws near.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10
The Longest Tow.

The greatest ship-towing feat ever
is that of bringing the
United States collier "Maumee" from
Mares Island. San Francisco, TO the
New York Navy-Yard, where she is
to he fitted up with new engines. The
towing is heing done by another col
Her. the "Prometheus." which is ex-
pectef to haul her load into New York
harbor early in July. A special tow
ing machine has been devised for tho
trip. powerful steam operated wind
Ing drum holds tho steel towing cable
In even coils, and careful provision has
been made for regulating the distance
between the two vessels with a mimi
mum strain on the cable.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10
Taxpayers Want Economy

THERE is no particular honor in municipal
ownership of public utilities. Ii the city
can obtain the lighting power it needs from
the Virginia Railway and Power Company at
rate lower than would represent the in
terest on the S35, 900 required for the en-
largement of the city's electric plant TO
capacity sufficient to supply the city's de-
mands, then the Administrative Board and
Council would be following poor business
methods If they authorized that expenditure
If, on the other hand. the city's expert
should work out plan under which the city
might save money by enarging its own plant
no consideration for the local power com
pany should enter into the question The
taxpayers, whose money is involved, are in
terested only in seeing that it is handled
wisely and economically And for that they
look to Superintendent Traford, the Admin
istrati BOARD and Council
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10
Too Talented.

In the trial OF a land down In Georgia
there suspicion that deed offered
was fraudulent. At any rate, 1t described the
land situated In a county that had no ex-
istence at the time the deed supposed to be
executed Counsel for the defendant was a
good deal wrought up
Il can understand" he said to the court, that
by some sort of prescience the maker OF this
instrument, way back in 1884, could look ten
years into the future and know that then the
Legislature of Georgia would create the County
OF Worth: can even understand that he would
be bic to say that this particular tract would be
included within the boundaries of that domain:
but am utterly at g. loss comprehend how
he could have been aware that there would then
be notary public in and for the County of
Worth by the name OF Bill Smith,"
Neither could the Judge, and the claimant
lost his
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10
What Difference Does 1t Make?


co far as present indications may be taken
~ as reliable the efforts at harmony which
have been made at Chicago are doomed to
failure Not even the yawning head of the
pork barrel. or visions of counter grooming
under its weight of pie. not even the mandate
OF Wall Street and the lure OF a campaign
fund fitted TO make any patriot happy. can
induce them TO sink their differences. Roose-
welt will not take anybody he has knitted. and
those he has knitted will not take Roosevelt
which makes agreement nearly impossible.
We confess disappointment. Like most
Democrats, we wanted to the Colonel
nominated and the issues that he incarnates
presented for the frank determination of the
American people. In record and character,
he is the antthesis OF Woodrow Wilson
Just as Wilson stands for American ideals Of
freedom, equality and peace, so Roosevelt
stands for Prussian ideals of individual sub
serviency to the state, paternaism, feudalism
and turbulence
America is at the parting OF the ways
The nation must determine whether it will
hold 10 its own traditions and TO the teach
inss OF the fathers or embrace the new creed
that Roosevelt embodies The decision could
not better be made than in a contest between
the two men.
Seemingly the Republican and Progressive
leaders will not let lis have our way Each
OF the factions is willing TO compromise on
the sole condition that it be intrusted with
the power TO rule or ruin. but declines to COM
promise any other basis. The Progress
sives are for Roosevelt. and the dominant
forces in the Republican convention are for
any one else.
Or course, all this dssension assures the
reelection Of President Wilson, but the
President will be reelected whether one
ticket or two emerge from the tumult and
the shouting AT Chicago. The fact is that
each OF the various brands OF Republicans
prefers Wilson to most of the others The
true Rooseveltians like him better than they
do Hughes, Root or Burton and the Hughes
Root and Burton followers would vote for
him more readily than they would for the
Sage OF Oyster Bay. Justice Hughes is said
to be concession to the German-American
influence and strong partisans of the allies
will pass him by for the man who in insisting
on American and neutral rights and privi-
leges unquestona bly, has advanced the allied
cause
What difference, really, does il make who
is nominated by either convention or by both
conventions? Political harmony is not pro-
duced in any such manner, when the lack
of harmony is the product OF nationwide dis
agreements. The plain fact is that Woodrow
Wilson is the choice OF the American people
licans and their allies can place in the field
Against two he will get a plurality of the
votes certainly and majority probably
against one he will have a certain and safe
majority. These conclusions are written in
the disorderly proceedings at Chicago and
they are written also in the stars.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10
Shakespeare Dny by Day.

For the G. q. p. thermometers:
The worst is not
So long say, This is the worst"
king Lear iv. I.
For the defenders of Verdun:
"A forted residence 'gainst the tooth Of time
And raZure of oblivion
Measure for Measure, v. l.
For D. Cupid:
And when Love speaks. the voice Of all the gods
Makes heaven drowsy with the harmony"
Loves Labors Lost, ~. 3.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10

that course unlawful. So it appears that II
an ordinance violator doesn't want to go to
Police Court, it is necessary for him only to
refuse to give his name to the policeman.
and unless the officer can establish his
identity by some lucky chance. he will go
unpublished.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10
Folk Song.

FOLK Song.
The wind blows east, tho wind blows
west,
And never its pathway shows:
And whence il comes, and whittier IL
goes
Who knows?
All me. and this IL tho way with love,
And this is the way with Joy:
To come and go like the little dreams
or a boy!
The wind blows west. the wind blows
east,
In shadow and sun and strife;
And thus so the souls OF men on the
winds
OF life!
Arthur Wallace Peach, in Boston
Transcript.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10
Recipe for De,tr.yipr FI,.,

Lure your intended victim to a secluded spot,
render him unconscious with choroform AK
manacles on his limbs, throw him into the
nearest river-and then drag him out and place
him under descending piledrver This method
OF course takes time, but it has the crowning
virtue of fnality.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10

If dealers in food supplies don't satisfy the
Health Department. they will be fined: If they
don't satisfy the Housewives League. the
housewives won't buy from them. Between
the two. the dealers are apt to so in for spring
cleaning
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10
Vanished.

vanished.
There's a cough drop famine Coming.
In Chicago, by the lake.
And the factories are humming,
Other new supplies TO make;
There's a dearth of anticroupers;
Throat sprays simply can't be got,
For the bold convention whoopcrs
Have used up the whole darned lot.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10
Chats With Virginia Editors

With With some recent events in its minds eye the
Norfolk Ledger Dispatch observes: one way
Tor this country TO advance in rank az a naval
power is to have the other nations lose their
ships" ~
The Harrisonburg Independent gives hint as
10 SanDatn day observance IN the valley. II
says: The fact that seven drops of rain hn wing
railen. man decided that he could not go 10
churGh, Will not prevent his getting the auto
mobile out for a 100 milo run"
Al but two or three OF exchanges have
said something to the effect that DR.. Waite will
not have to walt long for his We are at a loss
10 understand how the two three happeneo
to overlook it.-Brstol Herald Courier lust
wait and be patient They will all drop in after
The Clifton Forge Review thinks all of this
tax about Judge Robinson and Judge West as
ca ndloates for the next vacancy the Supreme
Court bench is premature. IT says: WHY Dor
row trouble so far ahead. Fifteen months hence
VIII be plenty Of time to pass upon the qualih-
ca lions of these who desire TO be supreme Court
judges" '
he Norfolk NirGinian-Pilot wscps as follows
The esteemed Times tells that the auditorium
recently erected in Roanoke has already taken
us place among Roanoke's most highly valued
assets Norfolk, which is twice az large a
ROANOKE, has as yet no auditorium and vet wo
never let slip an opportunity To boast of our
prosresSiveness. Find way to blow nm
or DuFn down your armory. and then YOU will
get an auditorium Norfolk people arc prone
10 run 10 the absurd limit the ma Kim let we'll
enough alone. "
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10
Younr Lady Has Sore Eye,

What causes my eyes to be red. sore. and
watery and hurt when l read In the evening :?
asks young woman from Georgia
Answer--1f could see your eyes ono guess
would be enough. but without seeing them we
must make three guesses: l. Eyestrain 9 Rice
powder con3unctivitis 3. Trachoma. That
oculist for examination.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10
ro-Dny,s Best Hnnd-plcked Joke.

The athletic young man had Just been intro
duced to the young widow.
Are you fond of sports. Mrs. Weeds" he
asked.
Not at present. She replied. but used to be-
My late husband was one.'-Ind!ana polls Star
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10
Both Conventions pussyroot Again

E uRTHER evidence of the gngerly pussy
footing in which both the Republican and
Progressive National Conventions are indulg-
ing is to be found in the treatment by both
OF the woman suffrage question. II is evil
dent both parties felt they could not AFFORD
to ignore the issue altogether so they cas-,
about IN tue effort to frame plank that
should serve as votcgettcr and at the same
TIME commit them TO nothing at all
And both succeeded The Progressives
earnestly declared for full political right Of
suHIage either by State or Federal action"
we'll aware that in the wildly i!nproba BILE
event OF Progressive success, they might say:
We'll, We said State action didn't We"
And the Republicans after considering and
reconsidering, after hurry calls for abscn,ees
and after threats and countorthreats an
nounced their pious advocacy. "as measure
OF justice 10 one-half the adult people OF this
country OF the extension oil the suffrage TO
women But" they continued they "recog-
nlze the right OF each State 10 settle this
question Tor hSeIl In other words, they
both took solemn stands on the question, but
with their tongues in their checks.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10

Substitute for CnlomcI.
Please tell me IL there is any substitute for
alomel. "
, Ahswer-fes. podophyllin (active principle of
May apple), Il tablet containing from one-tentb
gram TO one fourth grain being about equivalent
Ill erect to one or two grains of calomel
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10

1t is an i'll wind that blows nobody good
Richmonders who have TO walk to church
Will wear out more shoe leather, and mer-
chants in that line will reap the benefit
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10
Batting and Fielding.

Two Int. Clubs do emphasize
What our Health Boards would impress:
The Climbers. they just swat the Flies;
The Grays do catch them with success
II. II. L.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10
CboroI0fe Candy

Can you publish approved receipt for maxi
ing chocolate candy? MRS w T.. r
Take two cups of sugar. one teaspoonfu but
Yer, tEree-fourths cup of milk. ounce OF
chocolate s"t , and cook together till it will form
q sort ball when dropped into cold water. Remove
rom nf,,. IRE beat we'll with spoon and pour into
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10

Grubbs-What is the eternal question" any.
how?
Stubbs-Well, when you are trying to use the
telephone 1t is. What number did you say"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10

mat Lyman person who hmnammed sew
eral Richmond men has got his all right, but
he got theirs first
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10
The Pesslnfst Says;

When man says that this is age OF
righteousness. he usually means the world Is
to subscribe to his theories of conduct
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10

That's weighty duty the Virginia electors
are charged with; they have got to decide on
the best way to hollcr "Wilson!"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10

Maybe Hughes feels that the Colonel does
enough talking for all the candidates.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10

medicines in different cases. Later In the course
weeks or months later scientific massage Is ad-
risnDle. and electricity.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10
Queries and Answers
Ending Ore.

Is there any prize offered the person who finds
ore IN Virginia? ORE.
!. None but the money he may make out of the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10

While swatting the fly. don't neglect tho
wandering mosquito that comes your way
Unless discouraged, the mosquito also shines
as an ancestor.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10

Every time somebody says the Russians are
getting tired, they gobble up few more Aus
trian army corps
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10

The Nirginian who joined the Roosevelt
ieagne lives in Arizona. We can't he re-
sponsble for any Nirginian who deliberately
leaves Virginia and goes TO live in Arizona.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10

Reports of ihe. suicfde like those OF Mark
Twain's death some years before the event.
turn out 70 have been greatly exaggerated
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10
Snm .IOneH.

J;M.-Samuel Porter Jones. commonly known
ss sam Jones, was Methodist revival preach
eer, porn in Chambers County. Ala. October 16.
49,. lie was admitted to the Georgia bar in
i because OF his drinking habits. Being con-
Verted IN 1872, he was admitted to the ministry
OF the Methodist Church. South, and afterwards
devoted ds himself to evanselstc work. his mark
co eccentricitics OF speech and manner probably
contributing 10 his popularity. He published
hummer or books dealing his life and SER
mons. lie died October IL 1906
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10

now Tom Lawson has come out fatty for
Roosevelt, that ought to settle It,