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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23
More Danger in Mexico

1T would he foolish for the American
people to shut their eyes. in the
presence OF the more serious danger by which
they are confronted. TO the gravity of the
situation in Mexico Carranza is now en-
gagged in juStifyinc some OF the gloomiest
prophecies of his critics and enemies. His
de facto government was recognized by the
Washington administration. with tho advice
OF Pan Amercan conference, because il
seemed TO offer the best means of restoring
peace and order to distracted Mexico, but
the weakest link in the Carranza chain has
always been Carranza himself
1t is probably true tina, this side
the border do not understand the MeXicans.
but it is equally true and obviously true
that the MeXicans do not understand us.
There is not an intelligent human being in
the United States who does not know that
President Wilson'S Mexican policy is wholly
benevolent II seeks no advantage for this
country Our one interest is in stable gov
ernment, and if the President has insist ed
that this must be obtained through regime
that recognizes the rights Of the people, il is
largely, if not principally. because he realizes
mat such government, ON this hemisphere
and in this age, be obtained in no other
way. Even Poririo Diaz, strongest. ablcst
and wiscst OF the Mexican despots could not
maintain his dcspotism. There is no lkci-
hood that his sccpter could be welded by
weaker hands.
IL "oulu seem that 'arranHa disposition
would jump with his interest, and that he
ought to welcome the assistance of the United
States in snpprcssing bandits. and thus aiding
[" assure his rules permancncy. To tho
American mind that would appear the part
of ordinary prudence. Carranza and his sup
porters, however, think otherwise Clearly
unable to suppress Villa, they are unwilling
he should be suppressed by any one else.
II is this state of mind that makes for
trouble. What can be done for or with
persons whose mental processes are AS
muddlcd as those OF the first chief and his
advisers? Sometimes the conclusion is
forced that the one best possible course is
to take them by tho scruff of the neck and
shake some sense into their empty heads.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23
lncrcdIIlOus still.

- ~ ''"l! true inquired the gentleman
with The swollen jaw that Won ,x,r.,, So
without pain?"
Certainly ts true" rcplied rho nronr;o,
OF the dental sanctum. Didn't Won co ,h
sign on tho door,"
saw the sign all right" was tho nufe.d
reSponSc but in the matter of teeth I don't
believe in signs"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23

v, Under the headline. Under Way at Last" the
the awarding yesterday of the contract for
me new custom house in this city marks tho
START OF the finishing touches to n big uroicci
, nc award calls for completion of the immense
pu,idihg within twenty-five months whic
means that within a very short time work W. in
&c commenced here in expenditure Of $780, DO
Tor inns building. That is the contract prirc
Tor the building itself and docs not include
burscmcnt OF moro money" " " us
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23

Il" the Editor OF The Times u ispatch:
SIr,--In your editorial columns April -
in reference to professions lisn in college attn 4.
lrtcs, you make the following statement: Now
another, and extremely ugly, tinee Of prorcS
slonaliSm has appeared In between
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Furman Uni
recaity. in Grccnville. S. G.. Saturday. the
umpire assaulted. according REPORTS. t.
Virginia PLAYERS and badly bruised. Heretofore
that form OF cowdyism has been counncd to
rious profess ional leagues. That il should mani
fest itself in college baseball is n severe blow
10 amateur sport desire to enter earnest
protest against This language used in Couu"C-
zion with the athletics and athletes OF the Viz
cinia Polytechnic Institute. Your charge of
professional ism in any form is q reelection upon
jhc athletic committee OF this institution.
part of which committee is composed mem
ocrS Of the faculty who are in every respect
honorable gentlemen Your statement that the
umpire assaulted by Virginia pIavers" is
aot true. Your charge Of 'rowdyISm' against
our athletics and our athletes is true. This
term OF opprohrium cannot truthfully he used
il connection with amy Of athletics. The
atmosphere Of this campus is conducive to
rowdyiSm and any form of il in our athletics
would be quickly snufcd ny he students
themselves. Under no circumstances would
uphold amy student Of this institution when he
is in the wrong. In nearl. thirty years cXpc-
rience with boys and young men, ! have never
met q cleaner set Of athletcs than those here
do not into the facts concerning which YOU
purport to write. These facts could easily nave
been secured by you.
j. l.. ECCil.ESTON.
President.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23

Limited States agents say they have. in
seized records. letters from Ambassador Won
Bernstorff. The agents must be mistaken.
II they have any letters other data. prop
ert! OF the ambassador. they most likely re-
late TO the peach crop. fashions and bridge
gossip II is uncomfortable that the count
would write or dictate anything about the
war
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23
The Voice of the People

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR should lie
over 25n words In length, aud the name and nd
drcss Of tho writer must accompany each COM
inunirntion. not necessarily for publication, bur
Ms an evidence Of good faith. Our fricudr nre
naked to write sidr of tho only,
nnd TO inclosc stamps II the return OF unxvsii-
able manuscripts Is expected.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23
Inviting Disaster

G OMETlMES we inclined to think that
~ the stupidest institution in Germany is
the German press Does the American
government deny" inquiries the Berlin Post
there are rascals among Americas sons?
If such rascals are paid with British gold to
make dangerous ocean trips. why should
Wilson make us responsible for their ives?"
Could folly itself perpctrate anything worse?
The roll of the American dead on the IuSi-
tania embraces many distinguished names
names OF men who contributed largely and
i'll widely differing fields TO the upbuilding
of this country. To insult their memories
with such words as the Berlin Post uses is TO
blow the cmbcrs OF passion into flame. Ger
many must know that should the United
States enter tho war there will he an end
TO German hopes OF victory. already suf-
hcicnuy weakened and attenuatcd How
incredibly foolish, therefore. to adop, a
course that invites disaster,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23
Comedy's Crown of Comedy

l. OK the most part, the law is grave and
lis administration is solemn; the ermine
OF courts Ia one OF the most serious symbols
in the scheme Of modern life Occasionally
however, something akin 10 hysteria gets mo
better OF pure reason and weighty precedent
and there is evolved from the incongrui,y
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23
Chats With Virginia Editors

70 rs own satisfaction. the Big Stone Gan
Iost sums up the war situation in one sentence
az noiows: The issue. however. appears 10 he
daddIc.' NS' Aei'' VI ahcc-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23

The Wilkes County Patriot says: "whilo a
larGc part OF the early blooming fruit has been
III" ,h INC entire crop has not been killed
fair amount OF unchanged peach blossoms and
WIN no further mishap there will be some
.nouSh perhaps not AN abundant--crop of
peaches The class OF apple which is Of tho
most proht TO this section. the late blooming and
bearing varieties. remain practically l,nhurt
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23
Nearly the Same 'rh,nr.

Shc-Ecforc va were married vou ,,;o 49,
liked everything did
H"--Wel. haven't changed much Nov
Ike everything YOU don't do
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23
Morni: Don't Ent I'm.

'o you expect any flowers to-day from, your
steady"
III" doesn't believe in flowers He runs 70
vegetables"
What kind
Onions. think"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23
M Time To Take Chances

FERf. rs more than appears on the sur
face in the orders sent commandments OF
the navy-yards TO speed up" overhaul and
repair Work on vessels Of the Atlantic Fleet
According 10 the report given ont from the
department, the work is 10 lp done as a
preparedness test" accordiI TO the com
mon belief in well-informcd les the work
is preparedness itself
IL is known that many naval officers on
leaVe nave been ordered 10 rejoin their
vessels The recruiting Offices display a new
ACTIVITY. Ships on the ways and undergoing
repairs arc being put into condition for active
service. The navy is being made ready i'm
the event it is called on, to do it's full duty.
lhat is exactly as ii should he. No fear of
hurting any ones feelings should he ncr-
mli'ed 10 interfere with a policy Of prudence
and forcsigh~ The country doesn't know
whether attthc end o. a month il will he a
peace or war--and this is no time 10 take
chances
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23

Debate.
Can you give me any Information OF tho fol-
lowing question: Resolved, That the women OF
America spend more money on useless "a sbions
than for spreading the Gospel.
WILLIAM WILLIAMS.
We fear you would have to spend a good deal
or time specifying which fashions arc useless
and which arc not. We do aver
age woman certainly spends more her dress
than she gives to her church, and tho average
man docs tho same. But no ono could show
with any degree OF accuracy. how tho cxpcndi,
lures compare with each other in amount
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23

Inc Bristol iIcrald-Couricr. partly Vircini,p
anu pditlF lcnneSScan. tho
e'neht REQUIRES links ancient and modern
nn.S.orN IN the Following paragraph: Caleb
lowers asks tho Republicans keen him I'm
congress as long rs the Democrats kept him
III lali IN view OF The fact that Rcpublic "a ms
sent ioWcrs :" Congress solely because he was
sent 10 jail. the request does not sound unrea-
sonablc. " go ~
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23
Queries and Answers
We,trnoreIanJ Climb.

What two old lawyers OF distinction 1ivcd j.,
me house now the Wcstmureland Club?
1-iui n r. IF. l..
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23

''nhhs-'s links much broken up over hi,
iaIlur' I" land that fat government iohc
StuhhS--No, hu, his creditors arc
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23

If General Won Kissing has the courage OF
his convictions, he will attempt to compel
Cardinal Mcrcer TO obey his orders unfor-
tuna,ely for Won Kissing. the cardinal ism,
OF tho obcying kind. And unlike Edith
Cavell. Cardinal MERCER has back of him a
power that even Prussia dare not attack
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23
ThC pCSNlAiht SnNa;

some mon who declare they arc welded to
INC truth give every Indication OF having con :
uacted an unhappy marriage
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23
To-Day'S Hest tI,nJ-p;.Lca H.,

'o''h!--l looked in the window when 81.
~ ~ '"' p"f'"r with her beau last night
m"'h'r-N hat did yom find out, my son:
'"h''hH--Ihc lamp observation-disclosures Ac-i.
S'luih VS. >est'
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23

Representative Mann, OF Illinois minority
leader IN the lower house OF Congress
couldn't rise to the occasion OF statesman
sn'p, SO he got as low down as his ability
would permit.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23
Elaclsburc. Wa. April 81.
MopeweI and the nowrry No, Alike.

To the Editor Of The Times Dispatch:
Sir.--one would suppose tina, Iiopewell and
The Eowcry in New York were Synonymous
from the way some people talk. For four months
have heen acting pastor AZ the First BAPTIST
Church OF Hopewell. In that time have seen
one man staggering drunk and have met "A half
dozen who were talking drunk" have not
street fight: not quarrel or alter
cation. ! have not seen dressed in
more extreme style heha more braZcnlv
,han they do on Broad Street in Richmond any
hour in every afternoon. have preached in
plank tabernacle from three seven times
week 10 audiences that made ,lp Of an
per cent OF men, and do no. remember over sec
ing person whisper ia the slightest way
reveal rud"ncsS irrcvcccncc The general
bearing and behavior OF tho people al Worship
Is good as ever tho leading churches
Of Richmond. Where IN IN" world did the rep
u'aton that Hopcwell bears come from GER
ainly it is not deserved this time There
Is Just as much and no more probability of
insult tho streets OF TIopcwclI as there js M,
the streets OF Richmond, and not so much AS
on some OF the streets Of Petersburg Whcrcyrr
have raised the question some one replies:
about, hut for four months HAY hncn ,horo
much Of the lime. day and night. and I do Know:
about that time. protest against tho ,nf. ir
estimate OF Hopewelrs bella vor AZ this time
,,, -. . GEORGE ", WILEY.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23
Gossip From Down Home

zen ~, i'rhHh iicrad complains s follows; Tho
',iH "' nus state were largely huilt hv
", Nv NJ an" counties. hut few these com
dNdcndS" ''' '"e way OF
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23

ia YOU ever walk in Your sleep?r
! used 10 have the habit bu, thai L.h,.
ours broke me OF it,"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23

~" wouldn't tell Il fiji. he said
on not To save his life
ne "hophers mat he sometimes shed
We're meant I" snare his wife.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23

So IL mas at last the Valley rho Ea.i.
~ m.h lily Times says: Gee, Whoa! Haw,
me farmers busy, the birds ARC sinninc
,he bees are hun,ming, everything is merry amj
bright-'tis sprinE" e - e'' ; an"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23
February.
Why is February the shortest month.

The correction "f III, calendar in%oI.. n Tho
dropping OF enc cay lcr three success"c lars
and ts rest3ration once in every four years
and no ono knows why February was chosen
appear 1t had TO strike in some month and
February good Ak any ' '
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23
Democratic Con,.,,;

Where was tho Democratic conventions IF
1860 held? NJ tniS1> OF
adjournment to Baltimore. Md where ,bc sn.
sions began June is and ended June 81 IS
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23
President EggIcStnn Protests

| \ another column on this page will he found
communication from President j. ID.
Eggleston, OF the Virginia Polytechnic Insti-
tute. protesting vigorously against an edi-
toral published in this newspaper on April
H. in which an assault on an umpire with
which students of the Virginia institution
were charged. referred 10 as being q
form OF rowdyism heretofore confined to pro-
fessional leagues.
President Eggleston protests that the
edit oria was a reflection on the athletic com
mitiec Of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
a part of which committee is composed Of
members of the faculty who arc in every re-
sDect honorable gentlemen" and he denies
that the umpire was assaulted BY Virginia
players The Times Dispatch never believed
mat the schools athletic committee was
chargcablc with responsibility for any action
OF individual students and certainly never
questioned the honor or Scntlity of its
faculty. Hence. IL could not have intended
to reflect on either the athletic committee
the faculty
AS To the assault on the umpire this news
paper spoke OF ii as according to reports"
Those reports, contained in a dispatch from
GreenyiIc S. c.. published in The Times
Dispatch on April G. stated that the V p l.
cher and the umpire engaged in a 6ch,
that the Y. r. |. pitcher Knocked the umpire
down that several other members Of the
Y. y. l. team "helped mob him" that the
fur.nan team went TO the rescue of the UNI
pre- mat ofhccrS interviewed and prevented
general fight between the two teams that
'. =. |. refused to continue the game until
aho'her umpire was provided, and that two
'. J.. i. men were arrest ed by the police
The Times Dispatch still thinks that con
duet OF that character is "rowdysm." and
still insists that rowdyism Of that character
has heretofore been confined to professional
leagues.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23

Harry Thaw's divorce might have saved
him world OF worry if it had happened
along before The tragedy at Madison Square
Garden
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23

restriction on fishing is that pod ncts and wire
not needed" $500 $3.50 ca
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23

The day after he delivered his message to
congress on the German situation President
wilson attended game Of baseball Count
Won bcrhstorh probably played ID game OF
solitaire.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23

fleur"s may not lie in tho piping times OF
p'dc"' p"' III war times they get as badly
tangled as lot Of pied type.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23

INC Norfolk Ledger Dispatch has Il way Of
!, ..,S uNlcH AZ Ions range In this connection
~ sh,,S,; IN looking around to nominate "A trio,
i''pupilcah VIVA is tho matter with William
i inner. lies been tried often as any Of
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23

An Ensiishman" asks the PHILADELPHIA
fnhiic Ledger is the American husband a
doormat? Take notice that the Englishman
knew where TO go to ask that
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23

ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS to The Times-
Dispatch. and O individuals
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23

ta'S OF to Manuel of Portugal who lost
ms crown lew years ago. lie calls on
every Portuguese roya list TO rally 10 the sun
pof' of ne little republic, on which Germany
IN" austria nave declared war And a tiger
Tor the young man. because his spouse ia a
ifoheh|oiiern princess Conccding that there
s method in his call he is a brick. and he 10
not tied TO apron strings
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23

rELErH0NE: Randolph l. Private Branch E,chanE;
connecting with all DEPARTMENT.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23

SPECIAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES,: H.s
Ing. New York; Mutual Life Buiidias. Fhiiadelphin
Peoples Gas Building. Chicago.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23

Street, Richmond. Va. By the Times Dispatch Pub
IshinS Co. Inc. Chnries T.. NnsLrook. Editor and
AanASse
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23

,ho leas' one town III Virginia is happy owe,
,hahfaN) Record Advertiser remarks: .rhere,
no pay IN the Office OF Mayor or Councilman o
ms town: hence the political machine here ~ II
very llkelN go lacking for grease.,. -.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23

= entered Isnusry II, 1895, the Post Office ~
n.y. Richmond. Va. second.claAs matter.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23

evidently some personal propcrty mor,r.rcr
arc oeihS forcclosed IN l'ttsylvania County for
'"c Nhannam tribune sings follows:
lie that hath "A Ford car
Md ridcth his neighbor none
snail not ride i'm Ford car
When his Ford car is gone"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-28
Fairfield Couple
Wins Damage Suit

Judge Scott of the common pleas
court gave a decision from the bench
yesterday in the suit brought by
John Marion of this city and Alex
Szabo of Cleveland, O., against Charles
Farkas and Anthony and Tessie Stulis
of Fairfield. The court found in favor
of the defendants to recover costs.
The plaintiffs had a mechanics lien
on the property in Villa park, Fair
field, for work done for F'arkas. Later
Mr. and Mrs. StuItS bought the prop
erty and the present action was to
foreclose on the lien and recover $500
damages. The defense was that an
action had been brought against
Farkas in January, 1915, and had
been non-suited. Before Mr.. and Mrs.
Stulis bought the place they asked
counsel for Mr.. Morton and Szabo if
any more legal proceedings were to be
brought and were assured that the
suit would be dropped. But after they
bought the property the present action
was filed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-28
WE MAY NOT MEET AGAIN.

stay stay at home, my heart, and
rest;
Home keeping hearts are happiest,
For those who wander-they know
not where
Are full of trouble and full of care.
To stay at home is best
Into every heart some time in life,
whether early or late, comes love
when two meet who are so congenia1
that they seem to be intended for each
other. Both feel this intuitively,
though no word has been spoken.
The cares of life and untoward cir
curnstances decree Outlines that hap
piness for each other is not for them
The path of the one is smooth and the
other rugged. When they clasp hands
to say goodbye, they know in that
moment how dear each is to the other.
Friendship is but cold word to ex-
press what they feel for one another.
Both realize that they. may never meet
again.
Were it not for that possibility,
many a. man would declare his love
and ask that she gfveN him her hand
at the altar as we'll as her heart before
his departure. The fear that she
might not give her immediate consent
holds him silent Love would bid him
stay But the far-off country where
first he saw the light needs him in the
hour Of adversely. He stands before
her, strong, brave, handsome and re-
liant. AS such he has won her. Were
he to come back to her MANNED, blind
, ed, shorn OF all that made him what
| he was to her, in this moment would
he have a. right to cling desperately
| to her promise and hold her to it
should their vows be plighted in this
parting hour?
| The thought 1--WE may not meet
I'M hi 1f57S
unspoken. Not alone is the man who
is about to face the fortunes of a sol
der fearful that he, and the girl he
tloves may not meet again. Lovers
who hastily agree that they will part
after g. quarrel experience the same
heart hev1ness. One word leads to an
other. Do you wish all to be over?''
he asks, hoping desperately that she
will not consent to it. Many a, sweet
hearts lips have answered Yes
when her heart cried, mot NOR
In that angry farewell they looked
! in each others eyes feeling that they
might never meet again. Every moth
err and father who sees a loved one go
4 from them out into the world far, far
/. away has this feeling in the heart:
I'VE may not meet again, dear one;
we may not meet again.
! Youth is sangufne The son kisses
both wrinkled cheeks fervent1y and
says with. enthusiasm, when I have
made my pile will come back to you
4 again. Fervent youth seldom real
ICES the changes that may crowd
themselves between the present and
! the time when his hopes might be full
filled. The thought seldom or never
| occurs to him that he may be looking
on their faces for the last time.
1t is wisest and best that this
thought should not come to one. When
igood-byes are spoken how much bet
ter for each to whisper to the other
Imeans, God be with thee ard me until
we meet again.