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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-08

We make Suits and
Overcoats by the tho,ls-
ands, but we make each
and every garment the
special object of our at
tentlon, treating it as a
proposition in itself,
laboring over it as a
lapidary labors over a
stone, and importing to
every stitch and seam
that intimate, personal,
manufactured touch
which is the keynote of
Is rry craftsmanship
and the soul Of Berry
style.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-08

';H' tho plt-h; Of tho ,mcrir,u soil
dicrs fades into jrrincancc ,,rcn
compared with tho storIc. reaching
nero through Mc%ican source ~ tho
deHrcra:c conditions prevailing .uon.
tn" poems In the bandit -rnya-cd re-
.ions "f southern Chihunl.n ana ~.
r'"1o to"ard which Villa D. heading.
u sid tha, Tho unfortunate people
IN tho district around Torrcou. whore
C'nHt" 'nro Is vpholdng tho cause Of
N'im D. wholesale loo,iu- ana muir
dor arc fa"iu- actual starvation \
ie't"r "bich reached hero from Tor
rcou. lated SIS Ia>s ago said I'm mart.
"rndusrr- rs y; ytaudy,ir and NO
di@he"rtou'd poems ,u tho couu,ry dis.
'rlo'5 have abandoned a. effort 20
cultivate their farms II e man ga.
known 10 have little grtiu OF bean.
h' could b., certain that - b.rd Of
hhndl's would pay ham q visit TAX,
what tD lad ANA probably his M, as
wei General Trcviu" has >ucoecdcd
IN h'n-lnG some carloads OF food INTO
IN" city. bat This relief w,s only , ,rop
~ au oveau OF eUucriug and dIstrc.s
In" r'ors do not know ,,l,o to :,,
'ri''ite tho egG,rjucs to huc they arc
wiling to Join nny ono who VIII prom
ljc them hearty NAL Ihcy have
occr taught that YIN. g. their clam.
pion 'h! II win bc e hard task 10 ais
ahus. ,A,i uiuds oC that idea
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-08
ACUTE STAGE IS REACHED
IN SUPPLY SITUATION
Question Of adequate CIuthin. Bc-
comes as Urgent a> That
OF Food.
ALL QUIET AT CHIHUAHUA CITY,
Eut Everywhere There Is Curious
Feeling Of Expectancy That Inn
purtant Developments Arc Immi-
ncnt. Say Returning Americans.

Especial to TN" Times Dispatch.
IL. iNSo. TENAS. April Two
Americans. the nrst To arrive here
from tn" interior for several days
reached III pa"u to.da' on tram from
chihuahua c.t!. Thcy said that thcrc
was absolute qui"; i'm III. State CAPT
tai "hcn they left but thnt every
where there was apr'rcui = curious
ic"iinS Of cNpcctnr", that Important,
developments were imminent
rs has hccn IN" case Tor a week. tnc
Wh"l" Mexican situation seems at i,
standStill. pending tho outcome OF the
negotiations between Washington and
'encr"l 'arranza rccardiu: tho use or
the McN!can railroads by tho American
cNr"hitionarv force
Ecncatch in,inations that tho sunn,y
situation had reached an acute s,nro
nave received strong supper, hv IN.
statements made By soldiers returning.
from tho 'front.'. and 10y references in
letters received here b. relatives "f
the men and officers In General l,cr-
shin".s advance columns.
The question of adequate clothir..
'or ia" american soldiers .tppc.,,- 90
he hcc"nin- ~ urc"u, as that Of food
stories lrnim 'hc front Of thu, czr.
d'onis adortcd hy troops TO rcp.Ir
""In-out garments cspccinIlv shoe.
.N"' harp poin; 70 this problem
DESPERATE: CONDITIONS
The sun., 1916-10-14
THE GOMPERS
SOM Com ent on the Uses to which
Tlmeplece May BE Put.

To " EDfToR or III SrS-Sr. \
study of the two acts relating to pre-
~iaredness passed by the Sixty-fourth
Congress seems to disclose something
which did not appear in the newspaper
discussions of the bills.
In both the for,ihcations act, APP
proved July i. 1916. and the navy act.
approved August -. 1916. can be found
tn" following
y part Of the Appropriation made
In this act shall be available for the
salary or pay OF any officer. manager.
superintendcni, foreman or other person
having charge Of tho work of any en-
ployee ~ the United States Government
while making or causing to be made
with a s~topwatch or other time meas
uring device a time study of ans job
Of any such enpluNe. hetweeu the start
iEc and completion thereof. or OF the
movements of any such employee while
engaged upon any such work nor shall
II part 81 the appropriations made in
this act he available to pay any premium
or bonus or cash reward to any en-
ployec in addition to his rcgular wages"
In this most direct and all sweeping
way G%onpers has cost the people mill
ions and he did II 10y his power over
Congress and the White House.
II seems that Gompers and his satraps
can sit IN the gallery and hold the stop
watch over the work Of congressman
hut no one can hold "A watch % any kind
over any man or process connected with
work for the army or navy
WATcHrrLLY WAITING.
ROCHESTER,. October 10.
The sun., 1916-10-14
SWEET POTATOES, UGH!
Who Would Eat the swollen Roots
Of This Vulgar Herbl

To THE EpiroR or THE SrS-Sir' How
Is II that so many people are under the
impression that sweet potatoes are
potatoes? They are not potatoes any
more than shooting stars are stars or
horned toads are toadS, Not that |
have any objection e. these other mis-
nomers they do not figure on the hill
Of fare and cause me no inconvenience.
hut the so-called sweet potato has an
Objectionable habit OF appearing untn-
yi,ed In company with your sausages or
steak when you thought you wcr" get
ting the delicious and versatile. potato.
OF course I do not kick at other reo-
pie eating this vulgar herb. but ! de-
cline to cat 1t myself on the strength
o. it's name. I dislike both its smell
and Its taste. II IS III bred and 4 boor.
while the potato Is AT least a gentleman.
There is no resemblance hetwecn them
except that they both live underground.
which IL the reason that the sixteenth
century %navigators applied the same
name to both,
The fruit Of tho potato plant is q
swelling OF subterranean branches while
that Of the sweet potato Is "a swelling
Of roots. One belongs to the Sulanum
family and the other to the C~onNolvulus
family one is a thingumbob and the
other a what you may call 'cm.
II J SMITH.
Npw YopK October II
The sun., 1916-10-14
The Valuable Enigma.

Our always interesting and some
times astonishing neighbor the World
now advances this reason for voting
against Mr.. HrGHEs:
ITO elect Mr.. HuouEs is to elect an
enigma, a %conundrum. a puzzle. a con-
lecture"
And yet the exceedingly p%erceptive
Mr.. JosErn PULITZER found Mr..
HrGHEs so little Of an enigma, so
easy Il conundrum. so soluble a puz-
zle, so promising II conjecture. that
he offered him 100000 to administer
the complicated fortunes of that child
Of his genius. that idol of his hearts
dearest affections, the World.
Our esteemed ~neighbor continues:
"Mr. HUGHES might make a good Pres
.dsnt after he had had two or three
years experience in the Office"
And yet the late Mr.. JOSEPH PU-
LrTzER did not consider 1t necessary
10 provide that Mr.. HUGHES should
undergo an apprenticeship Of two or
three years. or two or three months.
or ever two or three days, before
%entrusting to his judgment, his In
tegrity, his capacity for large affairs.
the most precious of Mr.. JOSEPH PU-
LrTzER's earthly possessions.
The sun., 1916-10-14
A Few Things which MIR. Hughes
Would Have Done.

CHARLES Evans HrGHEs would
have appointed n capable Secretary Of
State instead Of n BRYAN.
Mr.. HUGHEs would have secured
the lives and property Of Americans
in Mexico instead of wnging war on
flrERrA and sacrificing American
lives at Vera Cruz.
Mr.. HUGHES would have said strict
accountability" and no BRYAN would
have been ready to assure Ambassa.
dor DrMBA that we didn't mean IT.
When the Imperial German En-
bassy printed in the newspapers a
warning 10 Americans not to exercise
their right TO travel on the high seas
Mr.. HUGHES would have sent for the
German Ambassador and notified him
that the threat to imperil American
lives must be ~disavowed. or we would
Instantly relations with Ger.
many.
Mr.. HUGHEs would then have been
ut the precise point which Mr.. WILL
son eventually reached. But It took
the sinking of the Lusitania and the
loss of over II hundred American lives.
and fifteen months filled with subse-
quent sinkings and losses of other
American lives. To get Mr.. WILSON
that far.
When Mr.. WILSON finally told Ger
many that submarine murder must
cease, 1t ceased. When Mr.. HrGHEs.
at the mere threat to sink the l.usi.
tania. had told Germany that murder
must moi occur it would never have
occurred.
That Is "what Mr.. IIUGHEs would
| have done"
The sun., 1916-10-14
The Parade That Paraded.

Mr.. CHARLES II. SHERRIIL. who or.
gunized the preparedness parade In
New York. has related fully the story
Of how the Wilson Administration
tried to call of that tremendous dem
onstrntion of belief In America FIRST.
1t seems that the Wilsonians feared
riots In the streets-something on
the Vera Cruz or Tampico order,
probably. Mr.. SHERRiLL says:
"Of course | was ~astounded and stated
that in my opinion sidestepping a crisis
was not the best way TO meet II. espe-
cially IL not assured that it really was
q crisis. 1t was made clear that the
extraordinary suggestion did not origi-
nate with the Mayor but came from the
Administration in Washington"
We are glad Mr.. SHERRILL stuck
to his programme, but his co%untrymen
will wonder why he should have been
''nstounded." How could he expect
the Watchful Walters 10 do other
than sidestep any crisis? The more
imaginary the crisis the more watch
fully they wait, wait, wait.
The sun., 1916-10-14
DEATH BY SHELL SHOCK.
4 Theory That An Alright Uniform
Would Prevent u.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sr: |
would like to suggest a method Of pro-
lection AGAINST high explosives which
would reduce the slaughter OF modern
warfare Hundreds OF men are killed
10y tn" shock Of a single explosion. and
Tor IN. most part their bodies are no;
manned or scratched. Comparatively
utti, injury * caused by the impact OF
iy -. explosive gases. The soldier
carries ~ his own person the elements
ri ne destruction. Tn" air Re breathes
hills him, The human body has Il
tendency to disruption and the life OF
every soldier is evenly balanced be-
tween two immense atmospheric
stresses. each amounting to about fifty
thousand pounds. over the whole sur
face Of the body. one stress is internal
and the other external. The slightest
inequality In stress is likely To cause
rupture Of the blood vessels.
At the centre of an exploding shell
there is terrific pressure. The air is
expelled In all directions until the pres
sure Of the explosive gases Is reduced
Tn" momentum impaired to the air
causes IL to continue to move from the
~ VI 'Nli''aNiis hiAi NAA' ~ ~
il succeeded by a vacuum. The area
through which this vacuum extends is
the zone Of death.
The method Of protection sugges
l. to insulttc the entire body from the
surrounding atmosphere IN an alright
uniform and helmet. \ light. rubber
izsd cotton fabric reinforced by thin
steel wire should cover the entire body
from the neck down. An adjustable
helmet Of the same material should be
fastened over the head and neck to
complete the alright insulation. \
mouthpiece which the slightest change
in atmospheric pressure would close
automatically should be furnished to
allow the soldier to breathe freely. Air
tight boots n gloves reinforced by
steel wire should he worn in connection
with the insulated suit.
\ regiment Of soldiers dressed In these
uniforms would he safe from nine
tcnths Of the destruction wrought by
the high explosives OF modern warfare.
II has often been observed that every
shred Of clothing has been blown OFF a
soldiers body without the slightest APP
parent injury to the corpse. The air in
side the clothing causes this havoc when
Il PUSHES into the produced
round the body by the explosion.
ROBERT J. McLAuGHLIN.
NEW YORK. October 10.
The sun., 1916-10-14
Jtnks's Coming Speech.

links, who's up for Congress. has written
n campaign speech
That. he tells his wife and neighbors. IL
an oratoricsl peach;
IT'S fun O. facts and hggers. It's the best
ever done;
And when I get II on my chest I'll have
'em on the run.
1T tells of our prosperity. but somethin's
left unsaid;
I'm scared that they may heckle me abou,
the cost o. bread
o. course ! dwell upon the fact that We
amt In the war,
But ! hope that they don't ask me what
We lost them soldiers for.
Republican extravaganza is allus pie to
I've labelled It tho party Of an unjust
luxury.
But l hope that they don't ask me whore
two billion dollars went
In the golden days when Woodrow wuz
our splendid President.
~ they will only let mo talk and keen
their faces shut.
And never mention villa or that old Car.
rama mutt,
II they will take my statements and not
question them at all
I may got a matority-but II ain't no
cinch this fan"
p. JONES.
The sun., 1916-10-14
NEW YORK. October 10.
Early Example Of the Wllsonlan Lit.
erary style.

To THE EpiToR oF THE SVS-Si: The
other day | found that the Presidents
excessive use OF adjcctives Is by no
means new for him. AS far back as
February 3. 1906. he was using them
profusely. as the letter he wrote 10
Colonel George Harvey, then owner OF
Hnrper's Weekly, shows
My DEAR CoLoSrL HARVEY: Before ! go
to bed Tonight ] must express - you,
simply but most warmly. my thanks for
the remarks you made at the I.otos dinner.
II WAS most delightful 10 have such
thoughts uttered about me. whether they
were deserved or not. and I thank YOU
with all my heart. with much SINGER. re.
gard. sincerely yours.
WOODROW WIIsoS.
The Colonel IL not only banked
warmly. but simply and most warmly"
1t was not only delightful. but most
delightful" Not only with regard but
with much regard" was the letter
closed.
Time Is flying and soon the people
will simply and most warmly well
come a new President who carries some
thing much more forceful than adjec-
tives and which IL not very pleasing to
the present Executive and his hand
picked Cabinet. composed mostly Of dim
museum material.
ROBERT f, TIlLEY.
SOUTH ORANGE, N. j.. October 10.
The sun., 1916-10-14

Guard. subjected them to the hard
ships Of war. and no mar to-day, not
even the President himself, can OFFER
nm excuse for this warlike action un-
less 1t was taken from political mo-
tivee so despicably selfish that they
must of necessity I've thrown out Of
court.
As Colonel ROOSEVELT says. war Is
not in itself either good or evil. It
Is the one or the other. according to
circumstances. There Is %justifable
war and unjustihable war.
Fortunately for the good name OF
our country the American statesmen
and captains who have been. despite
their pacific %inclinntions, forced to
wage war. WASHINGTON. LINCOLN.
GRANT, SHERMAN and others. have
been not only vIndicnted but revered
by posterity for the military exploits
In which pure, unselfish patriotism
obliged them to engage. 1t was re.
served for II President whom Senator
STONE describes rs n passionate lover
Of peace to stain our national es-
cutcheon by repeated wars. that have
been undertaken for unworthy pur.
poses nd'have not even accomplished
these same purposes.
President WILSON has employed
force when 1t brought dishonor to our
flag and failed to employ 1t when the
honor of our flag demanded 1t. He
has shaken his fist in the face Of the
weak and his finger when he CON
fronted the strong. If his is the
record Of n passionate pncifst. Is 1t
strange that the country should long
for n leader whose greatest passion is
for justice and who is equally in
capable of maintaining Il peace that Is
dlsbonorablc or wnging u war that Is
unJustifiable?
The sun., 1916-10-14
GARDEN OF THE HEART.
Its Destruction Would save Little
Money and spoil u Beauty spot.

To THE EDITOR or TuE SrN-Sir: |!
every one in New York city knew of the
Garden of the Heart. to the ives, II the
Belvldere. | am sure its number If WISH
tors would he greatly increased. Par
ticulaily 1t appeals to the older folk who
80 dearly love the Old fashioned flowers.
And what an education for the children
who al. taken to visit this wonderful
garden on thc rocks.
Let all who love oil fashioned gar
denS JOIN Ia protest against the pro-
posed economy, small, In money value.
which you'd destroy this Deau,. spot.
Perhaps the Park Commissioned does
not realize what the Shakespeare Car
den means 10 the children and the Did
folk in New York city. II he DID there
would b" 10 question Of stopping the
funds To- continue his excellent work.
pr. Southwick has created a mar.
vcllous garden and is worthy Of the high.
cs; praise. TERESA NJ SCULLY.
NEW YORK. October 10.
The sun., 1916-10-14
TRADE BRIEFS.

Alcohol can now be mai. IN this couu-
try at a very low cost BESIDES It's us. ~
a fu.l +: has made possible the production
Of synthetic ruhher at =; cents a pound
\ consular repor, states that the open
ing Of an American bank In Annoy, CHINA,
would BE- ~ great henen' to export 'raT,.
Coop.rag- matcr!a, T.. badly needed in
the Canary Islands. BARR! stock has In
creased In prize from $50 t. sius q Ton
The water system ~ the city Of l'arana
Entire Rios. Argentina, - being improved
and extended by the national Government.
This j. part OF "A pan to provide the prin-
,ipsl Argentine cities with adequate water
and scwerss" syst"mS.
EIcctricalr driven water pumps are
needed IN Holland.
The price 81 lumber in Sew Zealand has
increa ID 40 per cent. since the |besiunlus
OF hosti!ities IN Europe
There is n market Tor American ~clec'ri-
cal machiner, and appliances in Auckland,
New Zealand.
Plumhago il Ceylon's mos, important
mineral. Up TO 1u,y 80, 1910. 33s, 10 hun
~iredweight ~ this produc. were exported.
Prices ave increased from $50 a ton be-
fore the war to Sass a. IN. present TIM.
The United States army l. buying CHI.
mes. beef Tor use IN the Philippines SIX
million pounds Of frozen beef and 100. 600
pounds Of frozen mutton have been or
dared at nine and one-ha'f cents a pound
There Is n possible market for American
fountain pens In the barcelona district,
spain.
New Brunsw,ck's protato crop was a poo,
one In 1918. Potatoes are now selling a,
81 to So % a barrel
Through the efforts OF Consul +. s, s
JohNon at Kingston American table salt
has been introduced into Canada
Timed goods. such a. fish and milk. are
needed In the straits Settlements.
4 law has been passed by the Argentine
Government providing adequate heating of
passenger cars on the railroads of that
country, AZ present trains are unheated.
South African lockwood Ia making big
sales in the London market. For a long
time this industry was dormant.
American capital l. financing IN. cree.
tlon Of Il factory FOR tho production OF
calcium carbide at Saude. Norway.
Gold has been discovered near Wsratah.
Tasmania. II Is expected that there will
be - demand for mining machinery.
Drugs AMI medical supplies ere needed
In Peru.
Porto Rlco's sugar crop for 1915 tota.lel
4s3. $50 tons. valued at x53. 600. 900.
There Is a market for Ming cabinets In
Senegal, West Africa, At present ,Ncr.
are no Arms engaged In selling any nllng
devices in this vicinity,
The sun., 1916-10-14
UNCLE SANS EIGHT HOUR
PAY,
About $4,000. 900 Due Forgotten in
the Business Of Serving Humanity.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir. Your
editorial article entitled THE Eighty
Per Cent. Speak Out" in which II Is
related how the Sanction OF Society did
not extend to over 1900. 900 railway
employees, says: THE so per cent. are
aggrieved."
Let them not weep. 1t Is worth mil
lions to the cause OF truth in this re-
public to have the so per cent. realize
how unfair the United states as en-
ployer and az Investigator can be. I
hope IL is a nail In the coffin of Govern
ment ownership.
That s~uper-pious body the Federal
Industrial Commission held 15i meet
ings and spent half a million dollars /:
yet could not spare even fifteen min
utes to men, wage earners under Uncle
Sam. to whom the Government owes
some 10000 in wages.
The Secretary Of Labor. when a mem
Der of Congress. deplored the depravity
of the naughty Republicans for failing
to pay these wages to the navy yard
men. But three years in the Cabinet
Of the President Of Humanity seem to
have stilled his zeal for these wage
earners. They worked under Uncle
Sans very own eight hour law.
A widow writes me: 81 would like
to hear from YOU, as my husband was
working overtime when the overtime
was not given and has since died. .
And ! have two children under the age
OF sixteen which | have to go out every
day and work for. Hoping that I won't
DE forgotten"
ON. so per cent. weep not. You can
send some one to Jail II he cheats you
out Of our wages.
GEORGE HIRAM MASN.
New YoRk. pcfnber IL.
The sun., 1916-10-14
TESTING THE OPEN SHOP.
Gratifying Result Of One Contest In
WashlngtOn,S Strange Primaries.

To THE EDITOR OF II SUN-Sir: Two
Incidents in our recent State primary
may he Of interest to the readers OF
THE SuN.
In the State OF Washington the man
who received the second highest vote
for Governor wa ROLAND II. Hartley
of Everett.
lie ran upon a platform which advo-
Gated only the open shop. 1t was the
only issue he raised. and his next near
est competitor. a man or great ability.
a leading lawyer and one who had
occupied a prominent public position
with great credit. received nearly 10000
votes fewer than he. and 1t seems to
he the general opinion In this state
that IL the campaign had lasted an
other week Mr.. Hartley would have
received the nomination.
This would indicate that in this state
at least there are many sensible people
who feel that the labor unions. or So
called labor leaders, cannot coerce them
either commercially or politically.
The other incident refers to the work.
ings OF u primary law.
The two aspirants for the United
States Senatorship are George Turner
and Miles Poindexter. The former is
announcing himself as "A simon pure
Democrat. who win support the policies
OF President Wilson. The other de-
clares himself to be u good and whole
some Republican. who will uphold the
policies OF Judge Hughes. Both Of
these aspirsnts have embraced various
political faiths heretofore, but one was
running as the candidate Of tie Demo-
Gratis In their primary and the other
OF the Republicans IN their primary.
II Is conceded that many Democrats
voted in the Republican primaries for
ToindeAter. believing 1t wise to uomi-
nate him in order To insure the election
of Turner. regarding PoindeNter as the
weakest candidate Of the Republicans.
There are Republicans who voted in
the Democratic primaries because they
believed Turner to be the ADLER man.
although they do not approve Of Iresi-
dent Wilson's policies. especially Of his
attitude upon the Adamson bill. There
are Irocressivcs who voted In both pri-
maries. and yet who are secretly hoping
that Hughes will be defeated in order
that Roosevelt may be their candidate
our years hence.
To cap the climax. too. we have In
this state "A second choice vote which
beautifully nullihes you FIST choice
vote and which permits "A man TO be
nominated by the expression Of a second
choice rather than a first choice vote.
Consistency may he "A jewel. but II
never will be found in the Washington
state primary system.
SAMUEL x STERN.
SPOKANE, Wash, October s.