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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-30
Very Likely, Indeed

BOONE wonder is being expressed whether
80 the President referred 10 the spoliation of
sColombia. in the establishment OF the Re
public OF Panama, when. discussing the right
.of peoples to choose their own governments,
She said al Charlotte Like other nations, we
Ehave ourselves no doubt once and again Of
8-fended against that principle, when for a
little while controlled by selfish passion.
sSWithout being in the Presidents confidence.
we should think he did have the so-called
Panama revolution in mind. That "revo-
s1ution," engineered by William Nelson Crom-
well lobbyist OF the French Panama Canal
COMPANY, and encouraged by President
4sRoosevelt when he took" the Canal Zone,
Us one OF the darkest, because one of the
acheapest and meanest, incidents in American
History. 1t is impossible a man of Mr..
sSWilson's character should hold 1t otherwise
s.than III contempt
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-30

fails to concede that in learning and ability
he would be one OF the greatest ornaments Of
the Supreme Bench He does hold views on
certain public questions at varience with those
OF some other men-apd he holds these views
flrmly-but If his moral and professional fit
ness be admitted, this circumstance certainly
would not justify his rejection
If to differ radically and passonately with
distinguished persons had been, q hundred
years ago, bar to judicial preferment, John
Marshall never would have been Chief Jus
tice, nor have had opportunity to impress
his conclusions. which men innumerabl
thought revolutionary, on the Constitution
and the judicial system of the United States
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-30
DR.. Waite says he wants to die quickly.
Nobody else insists he shall wait.
James J. Hill

II AR more than very rich man, financial
power, was James j. Hill. That aspect
of his towering figure soon will be forgotten,
but the qualities that made him OF
Americas foremost men enabled him, i'm
peHed him. indeed, to accomplish things that
will make him long remembered.
He was that rare blend--a dreamer, who
had great visions and had also the brain, the
energy and the indomitable will to convert
his dreams, his visions, into realities. Nearly
fifty years go he entered on his life work,
and into the fifty years that elapsed between
that time and his death he crowded more OF
achievement than is often compassed by gen
erations OF workers. He developed SO highly
so vast section OF the country. the North
west, that the term "empire-buider," was
more justly applicable to him than to any
1rIHl 81 his day, except, perhaps, Cecil Rhodes.
He buided strongly, and his works remain
to bear witness that he turned wilderness
into productive land; that he created wealth,
rather than acquired It, and not SO much for
himself as for his time and the generations
to come. IN short, he made his great coun-
try greater.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-30
The r.. s. ".

The dear old summer time is here
With blessings for this earthly sphere:
II brings US countless summer JOYS.
Yet brings one pest who peace DESTROYS
And makes men wish. with visape grim
That they could stick knife In him
Or hand him out deep black eve
or drive him back into his sty.
His ways / need not catalogue:
You know him-he's the End Seat Hog.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-30
To-Dny's Hest Hund-ptck.d .,ok.

Don't seem TO be anybody at home Where's
the family?" asked the Bi!lviilc visitor
Well" was the reply. the children are off
at school. an last week the old lady left to
take military trhinin' In the preparedness camp"
"But--where's the old man.
Last seen Of him he vas crawlin' into a
stormpit an ashuttn the lid after him.
Atlanta Constitution.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-30
Caring for Goldfish.

w H. M--AN the alkali should he soaked
s,onc0 me "omGre,e basin ana under no cirGnm
, r,vn fec, Is the most desirable. In the winter
uf'e here should he about three four inches
~ mud placed in the basin. DO not overcrowd
H. GOLDFISH require very little food. 10-cent
n"h OF nhh food will last long time. Feed
mem VIM this and nothing else. and give them
aaiy littie at a time that none will be left,
w u VIII make the water milky, and overfeed.
Ing may Kill the fish, =
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-30
French Family Solidarity

THAT the business OF France, despite the
mobilization Of the men folks and the
permanent injury or death OF many of them.
has gone on II not as usual" at least with
the minimum of Inconvenience and demorali-
zat!on, has been due 10 the solidarity of tho
French family. The wife il the husbands
busineSG partner, sharing always his secrets
and participating frequently In the actual
conduct Of his business affairs.
This family solidarity. although the French
Minister Of Munitions says il ig not generally
known abroad az Il matter OF fact hag been
noted ana commented on By American
travellers tiIae after time. The tired business
man from this country has observed il with
surprise and. perhaps, not without a touch
OF envy. The spectacle Of husband and wife
tailoring Jointly TO make mercantile cstab-
ishment, or factory. or d restaurant, pros-
perous was always novel 10 the Ameri-
can / b. IN
We whO are interested IN prepa rednesg are
carrying the theory az far an We can We
insist on industrial az well az military readi-
meas TO fight the country'g battles Nav we
not now include the family in our program?
In modern war the duty ~ women rs not
confined to weeping. They have other and
great obligation. TO discharge. and one OF the
most important in 20 takc UP the work the
huaDand father or laya down. From
me French In thig great Etruggle We have
learned an amazing number of things We
Can learn nn". II W!!i, The tremendous
national utility If family unity
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-30
Parliamentary Rules.

q II. BIN case some one makes motion
and gets second to 1t, and there is an amend
mcnt made and seconded, the amendment should
be voted on first. and II 1t is carried; this adds
1t 10 the original motion. The only way to
make il part OF the original question is to
vote on Ii. II 1t Is carried. the original mo-
ZION stands as amended. and must be voted on
as amended. This may be carried or lost
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-30
ODIOUS COMPARISONS. I.
I never liked old Jeptha Gump, I.
Who wns too often on the Iump, I.
Hut liked less young Amos Small, I.
Who simply would not move Mt oil. I.
EHCeedInKlN Dulcet.

say. pop
Spring it
What does this man mean when he spea ks
of a concord OF sweet sounds?"
He Is referring doubtless 10 the voices OF
Republican Old Guardsmen endeavoring to recon
cile the various brands OF Republicanism now on
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-30
Greece Again on the Brink

WHETHER Greece shall enter the war on
w the side OF the allies continue her
uncertain and dangerous neutrality probably
Will be determined in the next few days. In
vasion OF Greek Macedonia by Bulgar soldiers
clashes along the border. in which there have
been some casualties, Bulgarian occupation
Of chain of Greek forts and the renewed
activities OF the allied partisans led by
Fenizelos are ghhe sufficient, i, would seem
to force King Constantine's reluctant hand
? All Greece knows that Bulgaria regards
Macedonia as her own. and that her bittcres,
disappoint ment in the Balkan wars was the
loss OF this territory, that her arms had
gained. Greece must be something of an
optimist II She is to prove capable of he
heving that victorious Bulgaria now would
retreat from! Il single foot of Macedonian soil
On the other hand. rumor has il that Ger
many has offered Greece slice OF Serbia in
return for continued neutrality. The bride
may or may not he sufficient. Endeavoring
goat this distance 10 probe the uncertainties
or Greek politics. rendered even more doubt
full by the activities of the censor, Is weary
work, hut II would seem that the next week
must bring final decision
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-30
ain These Dim-Tighted Days"
n these dim lighted days of shame and

"In These Dim-T.ighted Days"
In these dim lighted days of shame and
woe.
Pity wears weeds so densely spun,
so dark,
That nigh ner JOY forgets the spring
glad lark,
With glance subdued and gait re-
Taxed and slow
Going hor way; while comes her song
so low
That only hearts. not ears. an echo
mark.
And feel, reborn. upflash in them
spark
Whose oiden warmth set every pulse
aglow.
Yet through death-husky means OF
agony.
Billions OF ansuished mother-piead-
inSs hushed
BY steel and fire; Wives. orphans' last
hope crushed
Hark! Hark! The tread OF grief
redceming feet
Onward moving in rhythmic majesty,
AS Gods sonorous drums the roll
call beat!
civilian Struthers. in Boston Tran
script
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-30
The Voice Ct the People

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR should not he
over :o0 words In length. and the name and u d.
dress or the writer mumt accompany euch COM
InunIcntiOn. not necessarily pubIicu ton, but
as an evidence Of good faith. Our friends nre
asked TO write side of the pnper onI w.
and to inclose stamps II the return q unnvnii-
nbe manuscripts is expected.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-30

Every time we read undergraduates
resolution we feel new indignation with the
Post-Ofice Department. We always discover
we have been bought up by the munition
makers and yet never have received the check.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-30
SEEN ON THE SIDE
Light for the World.

-, The Statue of LIB Liberty. thu. stands at
be Illuminated by night. under the terms
e e bill. that hs has been Int,oaused IL
the the; light plant are to be supplied by free;
The old Bartholdi statue, that stands at Free
dom's gate
And lifts hand in welcome to prisoners Of
fate.
WIN send out through the darkness of all the
nights to DO
A shaft of hope, illumtned, to those who would
he free
Days past men heard the message this iron
maiden tells
And caught the inspiration that round her throbs
and swels
But night has hid her figure and dimmied the
torch she holds.
The stars CLEAN but darkly from out the
old flags folds.
Her torch has lost It's luster, her lgh, has lost
its fame,
And war clouds hide the glory that shielded her
from shame
Her hand. appraised in warning, no more is
Freedoms guide;
We yield to OWL passions-we turn from truth
aside.
But soon her light rekindied. will shine across
the sea-
And carry there the message of peace with
liberty:
OF peace past understanding by tyrant or by
slave,
or liberty resplendent. that lives to serve and
The Pcssinist Says;
Faint heart neer won fair lady"-which
circumstance probably accounts for some OF
pacifsm's present popularity.
Shakespeare Day by Day.
For the exceedingly prudent:
I'll make assurance double sure,
And take bond Of fate"
Macbeth, iv /.
For the too talkative
'Aiend your speech a little,
Lest it may your fortunes"
king Lear 4. J..
For the fond lover:
L will wear my heart upon my sleeve
For DAVIS TO peck at"
-othello /. l.
For the overcharitablc:
And oftentimes eXcusing of fault
Doth make the fault the worse by the eScuss"
king John. iv. 2.
No Trick All.
Grubbs-A scientist says that in less than
$4,000 years the worlds supply Of coal will be
exhausted.
Stubbs-That's nothing. exhausted my
supply and my bank account along with IL in
less than winter.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-30
According to the ONCE phlrosophcr.

If were able really TO answer half tho cues
lions that folks put TO me. should give up my
Job here and start In business as a Fount of
Wisdom. My output would make old Solomon,s
look like so cents.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-30
Queries and Answers
Masonry.

l.. r .H.--The Masons have a total membership
OF 1.f6o277. The supreme body is composed OF
thirty-thrce men. but at tho present time there
are but twenty-eight members. there heing Ave
places vacant.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-30

Colonel hooseycl, rGtusex 10 ray whether
he VII! lead third party in the event he IL
no, nominated ny the Republicans at Chicago
Thus We perceive The Colonel lis bccOnniUK
discreet In his old aye
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-30

RUSSIA IL In The mar ~ stay her Premier
aMhouncen We shall ezpect 10 hear more
H"rmhh criticisms ~ EuegiaH gtDbbornncgs.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-30

Convicts az Sing Sing have decided the
stock Exchange is an immoral institution
THIS is II the nature OF expert evidence
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-30

" Ne" York clergyman. IN connection WITH
program OF civic hcaDty be Was ,hdorsiDg,
saii II IL "cman's duty ~ Cleanup" EoIne
women think 1t IL theiy duty 70 "baint-uD.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-30

{. If Mr. James did not acquire the honor
of war he got most Of the honors OF peace
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-30

The Colonel has discovered a new iniouity
IN the navy bill 1t attempts To reverse one
of my policies
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-30

No Trick All.
Gruhbs-A scientist says that in less than
$4,000 years the worlds supply Of coal will be
exhausted.
Stubbs-Thats nothing. exhausted my
supply and my bank account along with 1t in
less than ono winter
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-30

PUBLISIiED every day In the Mt 10 South Tenth
q Street, Richmond, by The Times Dispatch Pub
& fishing Co.. Inc, Charles T. Hnsbrook. Editor and
MnnaEer.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-30

ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO The Times
Dispatch and not to individuals.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-22
VIM Blocks the Railway Lines:

Three residents Of one New Eng.
land city. fearing u miners strike.
bought 80 cars Of coal, which the
rGilrow1> delivered TO them. These
foresicilted gentlemen. treasured by
their possession of an ample supply
Of fuel. have been unloading the cars
81 the rate Of three n day. cheerfully
paying demurraCe in the meantime
on those remaining on the tracks.
Thus they have made an effective
contribution to the freight congestion
that menaces the whole country and
\, particularly acute In the East.
Here II n fair sample Of the prac-
tees that hamper the movement Of
freight generally. block the sidings
ana keep cars out of service. The
rolling stock used in this way ceases
To count. II passes from the rail-
roads equipment and should be- listed
~ part of the con>iguee's stora- e fu
c~ilitie>. He robs not only the rail.
i"ub bul every DINER business man
by Withholding the cars from per
f"rmance of their function. The rail.
roads. If not helpless. are seriously
handicapped IN dealing with him. and
his case can be- adequately treated
only 10y cooperation Of the roads.
the public officers having regulatory
power over them AMI the commercial
associations 10 which they belong.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion ha> already acted to relieve the
situation: the State commissions cat
u" something hut more than n
Of these agencies eau accomplish lies
within the power NJ the business com.
muniry itself. Without its cordial and
rcttte assistance the situation pro
duc'J in part by abnormal circum.
stances and in part lay private greed
cannot bs remcdi.i. and drnupcia.
ton of IN. carriers will bring no re-.
lief 50 long a> II j. moi associated
with Intelligent cfnrts to assist them
IN the solution Of difficulties for
Who's. creation they are 10y uo means
wholly responsible.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-22
Two Socialists.

sOnly pharisees talk OF war, say
Socialist DEBs. In Il johndonkeyi>h
Statement" he rails at the phrase
peace with honor"
Mr.. DEBs's utterance l. such as may
be expected from Il socialist issuer
of statements. 1t attracts attention
only by contrast with the TRADES Of
It's authors v In the PreSi-
Dental candidacy.
Where the former candidate con-
dnes himself I n view. however my.
Opic and distorted, Of broad prlnci'
pies. the present candidate INDUCES in
personalities in which partisan inter.
ests are served M the expense Of risk
10 the national safety, Mr.. Benson
gives a bad imitation If Herr Doktor
LIERK SECHr of the Reich>tug.
Measured merely by the contrast
IN these two %unloyely outgiyings. tho
Socialist party has distinctly taken
q step down from a low level in max,
ing Mr.. ALLAN l.. Benson of Yonker.
tn Fly Catcher in Chief.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-22
u. Y. c. "STANDS TO HIS GUNS
The suburbs. He says. Get q Lot More
snow Than the Town.

T. THE EpIroR or The SrS-Sir. The
pgomptu.ss y attack on error hy THE
SrS's minute mon was 4 fine cNhlhi-
ton ot preparedness. some misplaced
figures made 4 part Of my cslcula tons
irrelevant. a. they seetred q deal with
tho subject of hulN In relation 20
the whole depth of snowfall l. was
not Intended 50 10 use them. but s!ri-
ply to enlarge upon the body OF water
which a twelve mob precl pitation repre-
scented. and rs volume as a matter OF
general Interest. Nj Co-CorreSpondent-
have agreed with me a. To the bass of
calculation that j., the cubic foot, as
W approximately figure Il. contains
-. gallons. United states measure. and
50 $40 square feet IN Az acre multi
Piled by -! gives ~ N a twelve .ncil
precipitation u water c-6.700 gailons.
Applying these iyIres - the very ev-
tersiye area composing our watershed
IN Wes'ch"~te- county and adjacent ter
ritory, omittlng 'he Ca;skill Held. the
resulting body ~ Natcr is Interestingly;
large. and a twelve inch depth ~ this
needful element represents almost one
fourth o: our annual rrcrip tat.oa OF
moisture
r n bring TO 20 'he snow i~7i-. a
slippery subject AZ best. | desire 20
stat" again that the snowfall! thi- win
ter. beginning s~uhsti't'3lly with tho We
itttiun of the fourteen inch fsll OF De.
cemher II. has been carefully meas
ured from time 10 time BY ne. and be-
yoni question J.. has now exceeded sew
entv inCh.e.
TIE characteristics Of snow vary with
the condition. of the di'nospberc as to
temperature I have tested TIL, fire.
q~usutly IN the matter co., deNs - and
often fouud d differences In reducing i
OF ~ no. HsN'. ~ the t'all ~ y-t'S-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-22

the scandal swept over the country.
In the earliest sos, the subsistence Of
the excitement left him broken in
health and fortune. His defence IN
those trials is said. rather vaguely
and perhaps too modestly In the esti-
mate. to have cost him hundreds of
thousands If dollars. As "A cattle
king be made millions. which he spent
like n king who Is crazy. In 1907 he
went to England. peddling u copper
stock that had behind il not less If
sharp wits than of crude ore.
Senator DoRsEY's native New Eng.
land shrewdness fed fat on the oppor-
tunitieS of Arkansas In Reconstruc-
tion. Like other migrant Northern
ers of the time and circumstances.
he played the game of politics and
business with ms little sentiment a.
there IL in n wooden Indian. and a
never failing flow If the spirit of the
nervous adventurer. BECKY SHARP.
type of worldlines>. was eiherpally
other worldly IN contrast tn these
high fiers Of the Wild days NJ the
borderlands. forty-five years ago.
At Fort Donelson. shiloh. Corinth.
Chattanooga, Chickamnugu. the vii.
d%crness. Cold Harbor. and In q long
list If other hardly contested fields
of battle, the restless nature Of STE
PHE> W. poRsEy found n more credit
able outlet for its energies than in
the railroad development Of Arkansas
in the councils If n political party,
or in romnntically conceived enter.
prises of business for which the name
of get rich quick" had not yet been
tittingly invented.
In striking u balance for DoHsrv.
let II not he forgotten that as chair
mai of the Senate committee on the
District If Columbia his energy and
fertility VI idea counted heavily ia
ihc making ' and making habit
nbl" and p%rc>ent8blc. of the nations
capital city.
II Mr.. DoB>rN Ia, left tho written
chapters of his life for publishers IT,
deal with. Vt will he q rou>inc contri-
button Ia the prlitico biographical lit
cratur" Of RI" day. One good chapter
campaign. which D"KsEY managed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-22
Our Daylight Machine Guns.

From the War Dcpur,ment come.
,he subioin.d enliphteuing eyp,ann.
,i,n al ,h,. damned mucbine guns that
rr,,ed u..l.,. when Xur,', raiders
attacked IN. Ncw Mexican town of
,o,u,nhus.
80,
49,.
~
/" the n"h-mI'i'arS NINA the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-22
bond secured currency outstsnd,ngr

They are not primarily money earn
ing institutions. They pay no interest
on deposits. and the interest return
on their Government bond holdings
should he a suficient compensation
without q resort to the slight incre-
ment Of income obtainablc through
the employment Of the circulating
privilege.
The Federal Reserve act allows the
reserve banks 10 put out circulating
notes on the deposit of Government
bonds with the Comptroller of the
Currency. This seems to be an I'M
checked power. unless in the general
terms Of the authority given TO the
Federal Reserve Board there ie au.
thority to regulate bond secured note
issues. Yet In any case the issuance
Of circulating notes against Govern
ment bonds could 10 sanctioned only
In n great emergency such ns neither
exists nor imrends.
The latest addition Ia u alrVady
manifold varieties of paper money
carries lie further away than ever
from the currency reformation for
which the Federal Reserve act was
ostensibly intended to prepare.