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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-21

of the country which Is responsible
cor the result
The record endorsed vas Of IN
raralleled excellence-so complete
that II left little 20 ee hoped for dur
ing the next four years in the way
OF remedial legislation. Gratitude for
favors done ia not nearly 50 active
fore IN politics Sc expectation, and in
this ease expectation had been more
than realized.
The peace argument evidently had
more weight than arguments based
upon economic progress; the country
lis against war. IT is opposed 20 In
prevention IN Mexico. and II protests
against being drawn into the war IN
Europe But for the high tariff de-
}Gston, sttll cherished ~ a ma tortty
~ the Republicans, the victory would
have bean even more sweeping than
Il -ra-hr+ II was enough.
And its value is greatly increased
r.. tna <so+ FRAT - vas won Ry THE
VEST AND SOUTH WITHOUT THE
AID OR CONSENT OF THE EAST.
The scsn+er hos yassnd from New
veil, o,s .h,a e. e,,nc,en+ r,or-y for
ara vear AoA Messing uno, Messing
cb3cayo ,.a az ,,++ta n 40 with the
,sr+v,s src1e.. sa View YORK Even
rrd,ara r,,o, .res+ed =. ouahrc,-
,tai c,,,,, - tho ,tcA-rresidencv on
49, ,.~,.,z, .ho. ,.a o1on.o-ai ,rota no.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-21

Il Americans might he termed ~ deal
slr conservative vhe7 4 oomea 20 tn
serferirs with tie regular roat.0e q
shusiness The hesitate 20 '1a1@urat@
aany effort looking 70 the c1-tatllnr of
xhyhody's opportuntt> - make money.
" They hesitate IS 10 ar embargo m
fnodstuffs fer tire simple veason that
Aft will upset a great number q hus3-
ness plans ard calculations
This psper however. hes not failod
~ several occasions 20 declare that an
@mhsrgo VII NJ found necessary IN
Drder to preserve or own peo01e
witt grain oron under normal re
are attorptlrr toe impossible tssh -
f-eding Europe entente helt'eerenfa
we can't dc ii and keep oor oe-n PEG
pie fron uee4
he -vho fails 20 provide far h's o~n
househola IS worse TRAN r heathen.
III our reconectloo NJ The words o. the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-21

Eighty out OF thu ninety-three
counties of Nebraska voted 8. dry
majority IN the recent election, the
entire State giving a dry ma tortty
OF over thirty thousand
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-21
ANVIL SPARKS.

Those true and tried Republicans
who insisted to the very last that
Ohio would roll up ITS old-timo Re-
publican majority IN the late I'M
pleasantness. soon found ont, much to
their sorrow. that there was nothing
n roll"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-21

tio1 when they shall have reconqusred
IT,
a. hsre thew enemies out ~ regard
for WORTHY Zoe. treated the families
Of the foem"r With the oh'va'rv ~ a
RohArt Edward Lee7
We trust inst. noty-l+hstan1ir the
enn ara GOV ~ hattles tide, the
gerbia7 naHon viU he founi - have
survived despite the |osses suffered
Never YRS var more futile than that
which Nood-ma7 Franz Joseph PRO
voked ~ his sonselesa onslaQeht or
his 'tt'e rcighhor, Its terrors and
b,ooa should mean the finale OF the
Inflated House OF HarshurG.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-21

the city's sinking fund. Tho bonds
bear Ia per cent, and are due in
1888. The sinking fund had already
taken up 100000 OF the bonds. and
Yesterday the remaining $4,000 WIS
signed for by Mayor Ainslie.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-21

Recently q Mr.. Spoon. of Missouri.
declared IN public print that he
would no longer be responsible for
any debts made by his Wife This Is
a case Of where spooning ends.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-21

note or the situation for the future
the alignment OF Democracy for the
cause OF temperance. The editorial
follows:
The election Of 1915 has passed
into history--tho nation has set the
seal of It's commendation upon the
administration OF President Wilson.
He not only has majority in the
electoral college. but. what is even
more significant. he has a popular
plurality OF some four hundred thou
sand. A constitutional victory. that is,
a mere majority IN the electoral COL
lese without popular plurality
would have been very unsatisfactory
A President could not put much heart
into his work II he KNEW that a
plurality OF the voters favored the
election of another man.
The victory is more than a party
trfumph--it Is highly creditable to the
country. and especially to that part
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-21
THE ELECTION OF 1916.

Mr.. Bryan Is always interesting and
nonerally right HIS splendid support
g tho President IN the recent cam
Da4gn COMPOUNDED hts enemies and
Ieaped make the west stand like a
lkons wall for Democracy and pro-
Nation
II might be well 20 repeat a state
Dant here already printed in our
bgum" column from the pen OF one
our readers Mr.. Bryan waged
Enrous campaign for the ticket,
liking In q number of States en-
oay without compensation and a.
~ aacri1ce OF thousands OF dollars
- TO the cancellation % many lee
80 engagements.
I'm last weeks Commoner his Lead
= editorial. under the caption The
ook4on OF 1915" is an extremely In
sting and timely treatment Of the
A5oct striking. SIS well, the key
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-21

IT Is said that wild geese are now
going South in ~" formation. This
is no doubt symhoIical of the fact that
only those with plenty of Tvs" can
go South for the winter, and-not all
geese either.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-21

Even Mr.. vterecke rs now on the
has frequently attacked President
Wilson, he has nerer been blind to his
virtues We will now breathe more
easily.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-21

President Wilson has Just issued his
customary Thanksgiving proclama-
ton, regardless ot the fact that Con-
gress Is soon to meet for another
"set-too~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-21
MISS LAWS ACHIEVEMENT.


especially
1lng her
Mrs. uth Law al Ane1c achievement
"
ranro lowed
lie ny tromN York
r with a
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-21
THE FOOD SITUATION.

Boof--and he Who would have war-
ring Europe take the reead from our
own mouths has = wrong dew OF the
situation
We are m q var footing 70 fsr -
prices go. without the exercise ~ war
powers on the part Of tie eovernm ant
r. protect the people
we urge an INN Mediate embargo On
breadsurs and comprehensive IN
veqtlgztor trto cold storage md ware
house conditions
u hrs been sald that there never
was 20 much foods'ufts stored ~ tn
courtrrs history re rov--held oT II"
market for famine rrleoe A shirt
aleevcS -uIe may - necessary and Tho
speoulator7 NAV have 70 te routed
out. maximum r~'~ns established ana
strong check placed m all forms r.
gambling in f0oastuff~ but better
that thsr hunger For the people
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-21

~ ! BRIAN =
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-26

travel not as an extravaganza but as
the price of comfort, health, experience
and knowledge. Ocean liners are veri-
table floating hotels and ball rooms,
promenades and conservatories, while
trains are the last word in comfort
with their thicl<ly upholstered seats
and handsomely appointed dining cars
with up-to- the minute service
Tho educational value Of travel is be-
ginning 10 have the greatest weight
Boys and girls who have been to the
best schools help complete their edu-
cation by seeing the world or such
parts Of il as their time and circum-
stances will permit. The grown up
who is wise realizes the broadening
influence OF travel and counts each day
well spent that brings him new expe-
riences in foreign fields. No one acan
fail to be upliftcd by seeing some of
Gods masterpieces or the handiwork
of man in picture. sculpture, cathedral
and splendid public edifices. Nor Is
1t necessary to leave ones own coun-.
try There is plenty to be seen and
learned in our homeland. If we will
only go in search of it.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-26
How to Get a Homestead

Prospe ctiVc homcSteaders are com
polled by the federal government 60
take cath that they have informed
! themselves of the character and quail
ity of the lands they desire to enter.
| Ordinarily the law limits homestead
entries to 100 acres. but this may be
slightly exceeded under some circun-
stances. Settlement is initiated through
| the personal act of the settler in plac-
ing improvements upon the land or
establishing residence thereon. Those
prompted from homestead entries are
persons who have already made en-
tries, except under special conditions:
foreign born who have not declared
their intention to become naturaIized:
those owning more than 100 acres in
the United States, and in general
persons under y who arc rot neads of
families. person serving in the
army or navy may make IA homestead
entry If some other member of his
lamliN is residing on the land applied
FOR. Homestead entries are made bv
presenting to the land office of the
district in which the lands are sit
uated an application properly prepared
On the prescribed blank forms, which
must be executed not more than 1Ol
days before its filing Residence must
pe established upon tho tract within
SIX months after the date of entry nm
less an extension of time is allowed
ana must be maintained for three
Years. although absence for q portion
or portions of each year is allowable
TOT not moro than two periods agerc-
eating
proper notice to the land office of dc
parlure and return. Cultivation of the
iahd IS required for three years. Dur
ing the second year not less than one. /
sixteenth OF the area must be actually
cultivated, which increases afterward
uh'll flnal proof to eighth. There |
are at present 254,945,5S9 acres of un-
appropriated and unreserved lands in |
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-26

worn came over
the coroner's phone that Caleb White OF
the law firm OF Goss & White had died
suddenly of heart disease Grant, who had
been chatting with tho coroner, asked
permission to go along and help investi-
gate.
Sure" said that gentleman genially.
Maybe we'll turn up another code let
ter. Whereat Grant blushed with becom-
ing modesty.
1t seemed an ordinary enough affair,
however, when they reached the ONCE.
Mr.. Goss, the senior partner. was pa cling
up and down nervouslN. and n pretty
stenographer with e white face was hud-
died weakly in chair. Caleb White was
still sitting at his desk fallen forward as
though he had merely gone to sleep in the
act of writing.
MIR. White has suffered for years from
heart trouble" expla med Mr.. Goss a big
man with a heavy but genial face, while
the ambulance surgeon made a cursory
examination
TITS his heart. all right" nodded the
surgeon Strengthening up. few minutes
later the body had been removed. and the
coroner was perfunctorily taking Mr.
Goss' statement
II was giving a letter TO Miss Stewart
here" said the lawyer, his face drawn
with worry and sorrow, when l heard
Mr.. White give sort OF gasp l looked
desk as you saw him felt his heart and
found that 1t had stopped beating. SO
telephoned you at once"
Tommy Grant had paid but little atten-
ton to the coroner's investigation He
had been wandering around the room and
was now looking intently at pad on the
dead mans desk. After q hasty glance
that showed him to be unobserved he
tore of the top sheet and thrust it into
his pocket. He considered. the desk for a
moment In puzzled way; then picked up
a pen and examined 1t with lifted eye
brows. The point had been filed Off
"Hum!" said the reporter, and went into
the outer ONCE where the telephone
switchboard was. A moment later he re-
turned.
pardon me. M. Goss." he said casually,
"can this young lady get me a connection,
please? I want to phone my Office"
Goss nodded and returned to his state
ment. while the girl got up unsteadily and
& flowed Grant into the next room. There
the young mans attitude changed in an
instant.
Pretend to fiddle with the switch
board" he whispered urgently. Now,
quick! What became of the pencil Mr..
White was writing with when he died?
D'you know?'
Looking startled. the girl drew one from
her hair. .'This must be it," she answer
lying on the floor by his desk and picked
It up instinctively-I was trying TO find
one this morning and couldn't. Why,
what?'-
Never mind now. Tell mo EXACTLY
what happened"
The girl compiled, and her account diff
fered very little from that Of the senior
partner. But at the end the reporters
eyes were cleaning.
'Now, listen.' he whispered when she
had finished. do you happen to know IL
Mr.. Goss Is legstee under Whites will?"
The girl hesitated a moment, but the
young mans clear. honest eyes overcame
her scruples.
No. she answered in the same tone.
"But couple of months ago Mr.. Goss
and Mr.. White each took out life insur- |
ance policy of $4,000, naming the other as
Beneficiary. That was SO II either died
the other would be able to put the money |
INTO the business
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-26
Abroad In Wartime
Military Atmosphere Chimney and Plainnes of the
Women Impress American in London

doors We're guarded by soldiers, a
trooper was at the ships end of the
gangway, and the aliens officer, q cap
tain of the Royal Engineers, accom-
panied by corporals guard and sew
eral civil officers, sat at two tables at
one end of the saloon. We were called
before this rather terrifying court one
! by one, according to the numbers on
the landing cards issued to us en- route
! by the purser.
WHAT "ALlENS" EXPERIENCE.
My number was rs. | waited some
thing like an hour and half before
that number was called and I was
summoned before the table reserved
for the inquistion of aliens. At one
table, British subjects were examined,
at the other. aliens.
l first went up against stern old
fellow who demanded my passport. |
gave ii to him. He regarded ii with
the expression of a man looking over
his wife's millinery bills.
l was then told to show what other
papers | had with me. | produced
them-quite bundle, done up in an
elastic. The stern old chap took one
look at them, ga me what a London
cabby would term "a narsty look"
and made Il motion with his hand in
the general direction of the young
army officer in command of the mill
tary part of the outfit.
THE INVESTIGATION PROCEEDS.
Whereupon | was invited by the
latter gentleman to sit down beside
him and lay the papers on the table.
Let me say here that all English army
officers in England dress practically
alike, in simple khaki with brass but
tons a wide, highly polished belt and
strap over the right shoulder which
goes through the belt on the left side to
support a leather socket through which
sword and scabbard are thrust when in
the field.
Dress uniforms are never seen in
England these days. Evening clothes
are the exception In word Britain
is in no mood for frills. The John
ME" has vanished. In his place is n
brown faced young officer home on n
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-26
COURTESY SAVED A MANS LIFE
BY Giving Car Seat to an Elderly Man,
He Escaped Wreck

Courtesy to gray hair, which he
has always tried to respect. saved my
boys life" said Mrs Mary Fox OF Wo-
burn. mother of William Fox. pas
senger on the ear that plunged into
the Fort Point channel few days ago.
Pride cleaned in her eyes as she told
OF her boys escape.
Fox had left his seat in the car and
smilingly gave IL to an elderly. gray
haired man, only minute before the
street car arrived at the bridge. He
then took his place with several others
on the front platform. from which he
leaped to safety.-Boston Post.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-26

AM III LONDON. ana IL is more
like that most impossible of all
things, the realization of ones
u childhood dreams, than any
thing els, | could compare it
to. The outstanding feature of the
vast city to me is the forest of chin
ney pots which our houses invariably
lack.
In America, we take few square
feet of ground and build straight UP
as far as we dare to go on it, In Eng
land, men take plenty of ground to
build on, and what the London build
ing lacks vertically, it gains horizon
tally.
All the traffic goes to the left in
stead of to the right. and the great
red busses and rivers of taxicabs
travel at incredible speed. l have been
lodging in and out like a veritable
yokel.
Honolulu, when L saw it, reminded
me of Kansas town in the Garden
of Eden. Well. London is "A Georgian
villa amplitied into a city of seven mill
lions.
"cHAMsERs" AND MANSIONS"
AS have said, the buildings in Lon
don cover enormous areas. and they
are built on a spacious, heavy, large
Widowed plan. An office building is
never an office building any more than
apartments are apartments. They are
both chambers" The smaller hotels
are very apt to be called Mansions"
such as, for example, leicester Man
sions. The great hotels. however. have
nomenclature that may be found
multiplied many times over in various
American cities. There is one rather
odd difference. In America, the Savoy,
for instance. IS always the Hotel Sa-
voy." In London, on the contrary, it is
the savoy HOTEL which is more SEN
sible.
| am going to leave the discussion
of London for few minutes, how
ever, in order to return to Liverpool.
on the morning of arrival, the pas
sengcrs were required to file into the
dining saloon. After we were in. the
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-26
BY GEORGE v. BACON.

m AM in London. and it is more
like that most impossible of all
things, the realization of ones
u childhood dreams, than any
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-26
Travel as an Educator

Millions of people never travel Ris-
ing day after day. they look ont upon
the Same scenes. go through the same
daily tasks, and tumble into the same
bed again at night, no different than
they were the day before.
Each year thousands are travelling
for the first time, not only the wealthy.
but the middle class and even the
poorest. They are coming TO view
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-26
THE PENCIL CLUE
An Adventure of
Grant. Police Reporter
By Robert Welles Ritchi,
Story by Redfield ingalls,

Copyrighted, 1916, by kaIem Company.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-26

short leave from the most terrible bat
tie ground of all ages.
To return to the officer on the st.
Paul" who was to examine my papers
He gave me an unhappy look, and
said.
why did you bring all this stuff
with you?"
We'll, l though II would help to
identify me- / replied, and he gave
me a polite stare, which being inter
preted might have meant more nearly
than anything else,
"Fiddlesticks!"
POEM WINS FAVOR.
Presently he came to a poem which
he looked over critically and read "a
second time.
You know, said he. 81 rather like
that Do you mind if l smoke a
cigarette?
Not at ALL" l replied, will you
give me one? I've been sitting in here
without a smoke for two hours"
Whereupon he produced cigarette
case and we smoked companionably
together, that young representative of
the British empire and myself, while
he finished his examination. My land
ing card was approved and | went
ashore.
Liverpool is strongly reminiscent of
Philadelphia, without the white stone
steps in front of the houses, which is
such universal feature of Quaker
City architecture. There are no high
buildings in Liverpool. 1t is city of
chimney pots. In fact, England is a
country of chimney pots. There are
buildings in London which have, each
of them. hundreds of chimney pots.
There is no end to them. Whenever l
see Union Jack. hereafter, shall for
ever think of the chimney pots of old
England.
WOMEN NOT BEAUTIFUL.
The men in England-and nowadays
nearly all of them are in khaki-are as
handsome and outstanding a lot of fell
lows as there are in any land. II is a
country of handsome men. unfortu-
natcly, | cannot say that for physical
good looks the English women are a
match for them. In fact ! cannot I'M
derstand how the men can be so good
looking, and the general run of the
women so plain.
1t Is impossible to admit, either.
that the English women dress as well
as ours. Taking them class by class.
as one sees them, they lack in gem
eral the smartness which is the key
noic of the American girl. am speak-
ing now. however only of the cities of
Liverpool and London, the two places
in which so far | have been able to
see them. While We are on an un-
pleasant topic ] might as well finish it
by saying that until the English learn
now to make womens shoes. and until
the English women discover the trick
of smart footwear they will be hope
le<sIy behind in general appearance.
In their favor, however, | register
this shining remark: They are more
sweetly feminine than our women.
With all their smartness. the American
sirl is often spiritually "a mineral.
whereas tho English girl is a flower. /
tAnother instalment of Mr.. Bacon's
experiences will appear in an early is ,
sue.)
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-26

m T is no unconl-
mon thing for
a business man
to drop dead at
his desk, yet Tom
my. Grant. police
reporter for the
Chronicle, owed
not a little of his
success to the fact
that he considered
everything impor-
tant until he had
proved to his own
sAtisfs ction that It
wasn't. So when
word Hanna nNat.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-26

the United States subject to entry, ex-
elusive of the territory of Alaska
which has l5.OOO,O0O acres.-Thomas L.
Logan, in Lesiies
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-26

Exports from the United States to
Venezuela will reach the record pro-
portion Of So per cent of the worlds inn
ports into that country.