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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-06
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-06

terly be used not only to enforce
obedience to international law, bat TO
the bringing about OF peace
Far from the roar 81 cannon AID
free from the smoke and dust ard
blood Of conflict we can, with malice
toward none and with sympathy for
all, formulate terms OF peace aud IN
sist upon their acceptance. If neccs-
sary using the embargo as a weapon
to bring the allies TO taw. or our an
LINKED wealth and resources on the
side of the allies to bring Germany
To terms
AS matters now stand there Is no
hope for peace in Europe Germanys
futile efforts at Verdun have shown
that with all her prowess and prepa-
ration she cannot advance. on the
other hand should the allies eYer
IA AtIit " - hE w ttlS momentum tl
which would carry them TO German
territory they would meet such de-
fensiHe campaign as would make the
Marine and Nerdun battles look Ike
skirmisheS
Germanys reply TO President VIII
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words are sharp. These however.
viii he regarded as immaterial at
Washington The essential thing is
that the demand of this country has
been met--however grudginely.
In order to save its face Germany
has attempted to condition the
permsnence OF it's revised program on
Americas success In making England
behave. We have already. on several
occasions, made energetic protests to
Great Britain,
/ Our negotiations with the Court Of
ST James are now in progress We
have declared in no mmistakahl bile
fashion that our rights must he re-
spected by whomsoever invaded. ana
in defending our own rights we VIII
he defending the rights of humanity
German as well az neutral
! {Eo win dotth3leHs advise Cayr,a
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-06
Fire Protection For Bridge.

The Administrative Board yesterday
decided on better protection from Are
of the Ninth-Street Bridge. An es-
innate of the cost OF the necessary
emergency water barrels will be Sc
cured from the engineer. These are
to be installed on the bridge.
Charles A. Felvey, 1895 North
Twenty-third Street. petitioned the
board to make repairs to his property
made necessary by reason of grading
at that point -4
A leave OF absence was granted
Chief Clerk W. w. Dunford, who has
been ILL
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-06
Daughters of 1872 Meet "wednesday

There VIII be a meeting of the Tx
ecutive Board, National Society United
States. Daughters of 1912, al the Jcf-
ferson, in Room 63o. at II \. NJ, on
Wednesday. hmm ediateiy following Its
adjournment, the members will 90 to
the Country Club. where the President
National will be the guest of the State
society at lunch
Members of the various societies will
he present and plans for the affair are
elaborate Mrs. Christian II. Clarke
and Mrs. John r. Swartwout are the
committee in charge.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-06

Kichmond's celebration OF Shakes
ceare-s anniversary. with a pageant
~ splendid proportions. ts as fitting
~ II win be memorable. The subject.
sheet. and the Inspirations are all
a0f saseHse .;rsser set, rsst. tAosia= Nsz
Ua5Oyed the frat presentation on
/ Nhn<sdAy. despite the heavy show
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-06
TO SUITABLY MARK
STATE DATTLEF|ttOS
BAttleheids' Association VIII Meet
Tuesday To Adopt Plans To Mark
Grounds Around Richmond.

The Battlefield Association of yir-
sinia Will meet next Tuesday morning
at 1880 o'clock at Meadow Bridge to
adopt plans for suitably marking the
battlefields of the Seven Days Bat
tie around Richmond All the battle
fields on which the soldiers OF 1852
met in conflict will be gone over by
the organization.
In addition to special invitation
to all of the veterans of those battles
to attend. the following organizations
have been asked to accompany the
members OF the organization:
Fifteenth Virginia Infantry, First
Virginia Infantry. Third Virginia Cav
airy. Fourth Virginia Cavalry, Ninth
Virginia Cavalry, Howitzers' Bat
talon. Richmond Light infantry
Blues, Qrays, Purcell Battery, Cren-
shaw Battery. Company F, Lafayette
Artillery. Parker's Battery. members
of the staff of Generals Robert T.
Lee. T. j. Jackson, A. P. Hill. James
Longstreet. John Bankhead Magru-
DER Benjamin Huger. Theopholus
Holmes. d. II. Hill and Lafayette Nc
Laws.
General H. T. Douglas. of New
York, distinguished Confederate vet
eran; George w. Stevens. president
OF the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.
Wyndham R., Meredith and City En-
gtneer Charles E. Boiling are inter-
ested in the movement and are CIV
ine their assistance To the organix2-
ton and its wory
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-06

House Leader Claude Kitchin faces
stiff fight in his campaign for re-
election. Perhaps had he been less
Of a congressional shining mark he
would not have stirred up so much
opposition.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-06

Quantico.-A disastrous fire broke
out at Quantico about 1 o'clock Thurs
day morning and destroyed the stores
Of Mr.. Wallace Abel. MFR. Brawner
the dwelling Of Mr.. Abel who lived
over his SIZE the barn of Mr. Abel
and three of his horses. The fire is
said to have originated in the barn
Of Mr.. Ace and spread to the build
ings named. Mr. Abel was recently
offered handsome sum for his prop
erty. but refused the offer.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-06
FORMER GOVERNOR MANN
TO SPEAK TO COIORED FOLK

The great meeting for women and
men will be held at the Sixth Mount
Zion Baptist Church Sunday at $3.50
P. NJ. under the auspices OF Brigade
No. ~ of the church and the Colored
Y. NJ c. A. Ex-Governor William
Hodges Mann will deliver a special ad-
dress on the subject, The Bible"
The choir of the church will sing spe-
cial songs Be on time with the other
man and woman
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-06
DOES YOUR LIVE STOCK SUFFER ?

tation homes with running water aid
woodland border to every field,
We Judge a man on the farm by
the condition of his stock and very
often by the temper Of the stock.
Nervous. fractions animals often out
reflect the temper OF a surly owner,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-06
PAY YOUR POLL TAX TODAY.


in pri
norder 70 be for
fop in the Pay up
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-06
Many sample Frocks

GREAT VARIETY!
One very handsome afternoon frock is
made of brown lace over an underskirt of
turquoise blue; very beautiful effect.
Another-a smart street or afternoon
frock-is combination of foulard and
Georgette crepe navy blue, size 36) and it
is one of the cleverest models shown this
season.
And so it goes; so MANY that it's
difficult to say which is prettiest or the
best value; and yet all arc exceptional at
$3.50.
And PLENTY OF SIZES to fit every
figure, just as there s ample variety to suit
all tastes.
Second Floor
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-06

Frederic ksburg. -contractor r. ?.
Stesrnes, has begun work ON the ad-
dition TO the Mary Washington Hos
pitaf. The excavating is completed
and the patchwork will BEGIN in a few
days.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-06

Don't fail to Ak your dates to suit
the Wednesday Clubs presenta tons.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-06

Can you beat this for growing
weather?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-06
One Year In Penitentiary,

William Smith, colored, was given
one year In the penitentiary by
jury In the Hastings Court yesterday
morning on charge of grand larceny.
A second case against Smith was nolle
prosecuted
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-06
VIRGINIA IN BRIEF.

Fredericksburg and Mrs.
Humphrey W Butler and little son
have returned from Brazil. where they
have been living for some time.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-06
at $ 16:2e

ABOUT ONE HUNDRED FROGKS we
wish to close out quickly. All smart new
spring models in taffeta, crepe de chine,
lacey effects, Georgette crepe, foulard; also
combinations of Georgette crepe taffeta,
shown in the seasons popular colors, in
Guiding navy and Joffre blue, rose, gray,
tan, plaids, novelty, silks, ETC.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-21

trained under the provisions of the ma
tional defense act, which requires only
seVenty-five days training in three
years, should be employed in actual
was service it would take six months
firing line experience to make soldiers
of them.
There is, of course. only one way to
avoid the dangers of this kind OF elev-
enth hour training for the nations de-
tenders and that way, as General Scott
points out, is to compel every Ameri-
can citizen of military age and physi-
cal fitness to take a soldiers training
in time of peace. He owes that service
to his country, the General says, quite
as much as he owes other forms of
taxes which he pays in money. 1t is
the only fair and just way of raising
an army of defense. 1t distributes the
obligation equally on all shoulders.
Compulsion, which is always reserved
power of the Government. and which
would be exercised in case of necessity,
would fall less heavily on civil society
IL Americans were prepared to perform
military service than IL they were hur-
ried unframed, into camps of war.
Perhaps 1t is not generally understood
that the Constitution and laws of the
country already provide for compulsory
military service. Every citizen capable
of bearing arms may be drafted. But
what is not provided for is compulsory
training. and there lies the fatal weak
ness of conscription as now provided
for Conscription without training is
worse than any of the terrors of war
which the pacifsts have dwelt on. 1t
means lives thrown away without serv-
ing the nations defense.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-21
DANIEL S. SEITZ

TIME death of Daniel S. Seitz re-
moves from the municipal life
~, of the State one of it's most
skilled legal advisors and from the
bar of Dauphin county a brilliant
member. Few men in Pennsylvania
knew more of third-class city legisla-
ton than Mr.. SeitZ. His views were
consulted by other city solicitors
everywhere and he was in constant
demand as a speaker at municipal
gatherings. He served the city of
Harrisburg we'll for many years and
saved hundreds of thousands of dollars
for the taxpayers in suits before the
court
Mr. Seitz was young man and had
before him great possibilities. He had
the mind and the training that would
have made an excellent judge of him,
and had he lived it is entirely probable
that in time he would have been eIe-
waited to the bench of Dauphin county.
His affable disposition and his readi-
ness to serve made for him hosts of
friends both in Harrisburg and the
State at large who will sincerely
mourn his death.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-21

debts to be assumed. but so there were
also when the Tenth ward came in
and again when the Thirteenth ward
was annexed.
We must expect both to give and
to take in matters of this kind, and
quite lot of giving would have been
justifiable in the case of Riverside,
which from a tax-producing stand
point is far superior to the Tenth
ward when it was admitted or the
Thirteenth ward when it became a
part of Harrisburg.
Our City Planning Commission has
extended it's supervisory duties to
Riverside and beyond. Why? Because
it was assumed that at no distant day
the suburb would be taken over by
the city and now, when it comes
knocking at our doors, having fulfilled
the requirements of the municipality
and being one of the most desirable
residential districts in all the country
roundabout, we turn our neighbor
away.
Eventually Riverside will become a
ward of Harrisburg. 1t is that now in
everything but name. When it does
come in the cost to the city will be
far greater than at present.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-21
NEW MARK TWAIN STORIES
TIME following new Mark Twain !
stories have been dug up by AL

TIME following new Mark Twain
stories have been dug up by AL
- bert Bigelow Paine. the famous
humorist's biographer, AMI printed here
by courtesy of Harper e Bros.
God Knows Where
One evening a few years ago Brander
Matthews and Francis Wilson were din
ing together at the Players Club. of
New York, when the former made the
suggestion that they write a letter to
Mark Twain. But" objected Mr.. Will
son, I'VE don't know where he is for it
was at the time when Mr.. Clemens was
away travelling somewhere. oh" said
Professor Matthews, that does not
make any difference. 1t is sure to lind
him. l think he is some place in Flu
rope. so we had better put on a scent
stamp" So the two sat down and com
posed a letter which they addressed to
MARK TWAIN,
God Knows Where.
In due time they received a reply
from Mr.. Clemens which said briefly,
He did" Then someone sent a letter
addressed, The Devil Knows Where"
which also reached him, and he answer
ed, HE did, too"
How They Start
1t is said that the first paragraph
Mark Twain wrote when he began his
editorial duties with the Virginia City
Enterprise was this:
"A beautiful sunset made Beranger a
poet. a mothers kiss made Benjamin
West an artist, and SIS a week makes
us a journalist"
Mark Twain DroIIeries
Some maXims of "Pudd'nhead Wilson,"
that later creation of Mark Twains hu-
morous fancy, deserve immortality. For
quaint association of incongruous ideas
and shrewd insight into weak human
nature, they are unique. For example:
"The holy passion of friendship is of
so sweet and steady and loyal and en-
during a nature that it will last through
a lifetime If not asked to lend money"
Classic A book which people praise
and don't read" "The man with a new
idea is crank until the idea succeeds"
The truth is stranger than fiction,
but it is because fiction is obliged to
stick to possibilities; truth isn't"
Few things are harder to put up with
than the annoyance of a good example,"
1T were not best that we should all
think alike; it is difference of opinion
that makes horse races"
The English are mentioned in the
Bible: Blessed are the meek, for they
shall inherit the EARTH"
April l. This is the day which we
are reminded of what we are on the
why is it that we rejoice at a birth
and grieVe at funeral? 1t is because
we are not the person involved"
"Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage
with a college education"
when in doubt tell the truth"
The Original Barber story =.
One day Mark Twain was being shaw
ed by a very talkative barber and was
forced to listen to many of the BARRIERS
anecdotes.
stopping to strop his razor and pre-
pared, brush in hand, to commence
again. the barber said: Shall / go over
it again?"
mo thanks drawled Mark. Its
hardly necessary. l think l can remem-
Der every word
Doing Things Wrong
In bachelor days Mark Twain had
heartily expressed the antipathy of
bachelordom for all chambermaids be-
cause of their hostile ideas of tidiness
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-21

George w. Williams, the Tioga county
dry member, will be made by local
option friends of the Governor.
Congressman w. S. Ware last night
issued blistering statement in reply
to some Penrose and McNichol fulmi-
nations against the Governor es-
pecially the charge that the Governor
is ungr" tcful. He charges that Pen
rose an oliver brought about Hughes
defeat and says that Penrose is also
an migrate. The speech caused much
comment in Philadelphia because it
charged factional war to Penrose.
Newspapers in Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh contain protests filed with
the Governor against the removal of
Commissioner Smith. 1t is not ad-
mtted at the Governors office that
any have been received.
Senator Penrose held a confer
ence with friends in Washington yes
terday and went to Philadelphia to-
day. He will be here next week.
Bull Moose legislators are de-
manding that the Governor name A.
Nevin DIETRICH superintendent of pub
lie printing and binding right away.
The administration is holding off as
long as possible, as 1T is intimated that
f. j. Lafferty, of Philadelphia, is be-
ing strongly backed.
1t is said that Representative Nell
son McVicar of Allegheny, has been
quietly visiting members friendly to
him in the west and that his name
may go into the caucus.
The Baldwin headquarters were
visited by a number of legislators,
among them Corbin, of NIiff1in; Spang-
Ter, of York. and Powell and Thomas,
of Luzerne. Baldwin announced last
night that he has gained one vote since
Tuesday and now has III, and he eX-
poets to run it up to 120 before the
week is out.
To-day the Al legislators elect from
Philadelphia will meet in the head
quarters of the Republican city COM
mittee and draw lots for their seats in
the House. William f.. Finley, execu-
tive director of the committee. issued
the call for the meeting and William
S. Leib, resident clerk of the House,
will conduct the drawing. 1t is ex-
pected that efforts will be made to
sound out the sentiment among the
legislators as to their attitude on the
speakership fight. Both factions have
disclaimed, however, that any political
significance was attached to the meet
ing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-21
By BRIGGS

They always put the pillow on the
opposite end of the bed from the gas
burner" he wrote. 80 that while you
read and smoke before sleeping, as is
the ancient and honorable custom of
bachelors, you have to hold your book
aloft, in an uncomfortable position to
keep the light from dazzling your eyes.
If they cannot get the light in an in
convenient position any other way, they
move the bed They always put your
books into inaccessible places. They al
ways put the matchbox in some other
place. They hunt up new place for it
every day, and put up bottle or other
perishable glass things where the box
stood before. This is to cause you to
break that glass thing. They always
save up all the old scraps of printed
rubbish you have thrown on the floor
and stand them carefully on the table
and start the fire with your valuable
MSS"
Degrees and Degrees
In 1888 Mark Twain received from
Yale College the degree of master of
arts, and the same college made him a
doctor of literature in 1901. year
later the university of his own State, at
COLUMBIA, Mo-. conferred the same de-
gree, and then, in 1907, oxford rendered
him the doctors robe.
II don't know why they should give
me degree like that" he said, quaint
ly. q never doctored any literature; 1
wouldn't know how"
Getting Back at Him
Mark Twain once asked a neighbor If
he might borrow a set of his books. The
neighbor replied, ungraciously, that he
was welcome to read them in his Ii
brary, but he had rule never to let
his books leave his house. Some weeks
later the same neighbor sent over to
ask for the loan of Mark Twain's lawn
mower.
Certainly" said Mark, "but since /
make it a rule never to let it leave my
lawn you will be obliged to use it
there
Mark Twain on Smoking
In his speech on his seventieth ami
versary, Mark Twain said:
II have made it a rule never to smoke
more than one cigar at a time. | have
no other restriction as regards smok-
ing"
Il smoke in bed until have to go to
sleep; l wake up in the night, some-
times once, sometimes twice, sometimes
three times, and / never waste any of
these opportunities to smoke. This habit
is so old and dear and precious to me
that l would feel as you, sir, would feel
If you should lose the only moral you're
got-meaning the chairman-if you've
got one. l am making no charges. 1 will
grant here, that L have stopped smok-
ing now and then, for a few months at
a time. but it was not on principle, it
was only to show off; it was to pulver-
ize those critics who said / was a slave
to my habits and couldn't break my
bonds.
To-day it is all of sixty years since 1
began to smoke the limit. l have never
bought cigars with life-belts around
them. l early found that those were too
expensive for me. l have always bought
cheap cigars-reasonably cheap, at any
rate. Sixty years ago they cost me 81
barrel. but my taste has improved,
latterly. and l pay seven now. Six or
seven. Seven, think. Yes, it's seven.
But that includes the barrel. | often
have smoking parties at my house; but
the people that come here have always
just taken the pledge. 1 wonder why
that is?"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-21
Through the Snow!

Are yuh longin' to feel like a thing
made o. steel
Full O. vigor an snap an go?
Then ferget yer cold chills and the old
doctor bills
Let's go out fer plough through the
snowi
Yer CROWN plain fat in yer steam
heated hat
Go pull on a pair o. old boots.
That big, easy chairs a delusion an
snare!
Old Age an that seats in cahoots!
Get into yer coat-shucks! why bundle
yer throat
Yuh act like it's fifteen below!
Sure, the winds gona bite-it's no warm
summer night
We're on fer plough through the
snowl
There's plenty o. light-it's full moon
Tonight
Through the fields! Let's pass up the
Here gimme lift I'm stuck in n drift
It's not only showed, man; it's blowed!
Gone five miles anyway?-O, bout
three l would say
What! wanta hit back fer the fire!
o, sure, if yuh say was jest under
way
(Pst! Between you and me I'm a liarD.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-21
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Judge A. S. Swartz, of Montgom-
cry county courts, is i'll with a heavy
cold and his colleagues are also i'll.
E. T. Stotesbury is planning to act
as Santa to a number of poor children.
N. r. Turner has been appointed
United States commissioner for the
Easton district.
N. A. Written, senator elect, who
has been i'll, but who will come here
anyway, was a member of the last
House. He is steel inspector in the
Pittsburgh district.
David J. Davies, city solicitor of
Scranton, adjutant of the Seventh Di-
vision, will be home from the border
in q short time to resume his work.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-21
"You Always Pay"
kansas City Star. ]


You always pay, you know" said
the forger, Whiteman, who was cap
tured last week in Cincinnati after
years of liberty as fugitive from
justice.
Sure you do. Whether you violate
mans law, or Natures law, which is
another name for Gods law, you al
ways have to pay, and the full price,
too. Some pay, as Whiteman did, in
lodging and sinking through the
world like a hunted beast, his mind
worried, his face gradually taking on
a furtive look, knowing always that
somewhere ahead lay the steel-jawed
trap all set and ready.
Some pay with broken health; 9TH
ers with broken hearts: some surren-
der friends and love; some give all in
life worth living for; some cast their
conscience to be gnawed by the
wolves of remorse; some not only
pay their own share in full, but shift
part of the burden to their children,
and their children's children. even
to the third and fourth generations;
for the debt must be paid to the last
farthing.