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Honor 10 Ills Sons.

~ met them both on the Nuremberg
last night and had the JOY of telling
them about 1t. It was fine to see how
happy II made them. especially Heinrich,
PACIFIC OCEAN. Nov. 20. 19l+.-We
are all well. In fact. We are too we'll
OFT. when II considers the present life
Of our comrades OF the army. our daily
life is scarcely different from that In
peace time. certainly much more COM
Portable than that OF the army men. ON
the other hand II Is harder for us in
time OF peace than II is for them.
And We must not forget this: II we
out here had the inconvenience and
hardships OF the army in the field our
nerves would soon completely break
down, for we have no inspiring battles.
no news. no contact with the enemy.
and neither officers nor crews would
have the mental vitality TO serve the
intricate machinery in a battle.
In a sea fight. ! think. the tasks ~
the sailor and stoker are considerably
more difficult than those of the in
fantryman and artillery soldier.
Patriotic. inspiring enthusiasm means
much moro 10 the soldier, particularly
In attacks. than 1t does to the sea
fighter. With us all sentiment and
feeling take a back seat md cool. call
culating reason is the w~atchword. The
~ 80, - N''N ! ia VI tIlJ
leaders on land, Is to keep his men
cool.
Apart from the officers the man who
plays the most important part IN a
naval battle and who has the claim to
the lions share OF victory Is the man
who removes the general disturbances
which during the battle influence the
floating and moving capacity Of the
ship"
A naval surgeon tells Of his last
meeting with Count Won Spec. on VAL
paradise. whence the Counts squadron
steamed TO the Falkland Isles. He
says:
Our visit on board the flagship lasted
two hours, When We parted Admiral
Won Spec remarked Perhaps we will not
meet again He added that he had n
certain prefnonition that some day he
would share the fate Of the British who
were shortly before sent to the bottom
by him.
"'YOu must not forget. DOCTOR he
said. that | am absolutely without home
or base, ! cannot go TO Germany. and
we have no other safe port anywhere
in the world. ! must rove about the
seas and do as much damage as | can
until our ammunition Is spent or until
a superior enemy squadron gets me.
But it will cost them some heavy sac
rilces before they dispose Of me-"
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Hen Levy Dismissed.

Ren Levy, a resident of Chicago and
q member of the training regiment. was
dismissed from the camp to-day for de-
hherate dlsobedience of orders In that
lie refused to fall in rank for mess when
"rdered TO do so by the first sergeant of
Ms company. saying that he did lot pro-
pose 70 longer walk through the mud to
hs meals. his occurred several days
ago. and after a thorough investigation
MS discharge from the regiment was
ordered.
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house after Mrs. darkness died In 1908
was absolutely untrue"
The attorney pointed out that al
though the administrators asserted tha
their father did not regard New York as
MS residence for years he registered at
the Waldorf-Astoria in 1912 as IL. v.
darkness. N. Y" The children testified
that the signature was not written by
their father.
The Surrogate reserved decision,
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RECORD SHOOTING
AT P"LATTSBURG
Hughes Qualities as Marks
man: Private Rowe Makes
High Score.
BATTALION ON PARADE

PLArrssuRG. June 2~l.-To.day was
gwen up until late in the afternoon to
shooting for records by the members Of
the training regiment who had qualified
IN the preliminaries. The members.
numbering about 900. were out 10Th in
the forenoon and afternoon at infantry
drills, and at 40 there was a dress
parade OF the third battalion on the
parade grounds at P%lattsburg barracks
reviewed BY Major Murray. camp COM
mander. and Capt. Dorey. camp execu-
tive officer.
OF the men who participated In the
record shooting, ffty-scven made records
n 30 or better. thus qualifying as ex-
pert rihemen. 2O5 had a score Of 100
or better. qualifying as sha r%pshooters.
and 27l secured marksmen's badges with
scores of l60 or better out OF a possible
ESQ.
charles u. Hughes. Jr.. was one OF
the number who qualified as a marks
man. with a total score Of les. Conn
pany Il, Twenty-ninth Infantry. capt. w.
". Waldron commanding. led the regi-
ment IN high score with a total Of 23S.
This also had the largest num-
her Of men to qualify as expert rifcmcn.
there being ten members Of the company
IN this class.
Private Gets Record.
Private Rowe Of Pittsburg. a member
~ Company u. secured the score of the
regiment with a total of :3S. Private
Rowe stated this evening that until he
Joined the training regiment he had
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week salary from his father. He In
sisted that he Is willing TO live with the
plaintiff. but said she has refused to be
a wife to him because he told her about
his past. The court allowed only 81
aiimony.
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to pay for the poorest lodging or the cheap
est meals. The unemployed were mum.
bered not by the thousands, but the scores
of thousands: and was in active corrc-
spondence with men and women in other
cities, Chicago, Detroit and Philadelphia,
where the conditions were just rs bad az
in New York. Every kind of provision
had to be made. by private charities and
by the public authorities in order to
care for the multitude of people who wish
ed to work but who were in dire want be-
cause there was no work. The misery was
widespread. For instance, the Board OF
Health of New York. had to pass a spe-
cial resolution allowing the eating of horse
meat Il think the exact phraseology gave
permission to fatten old horses for slaught-
er and food. because every effor; had to
be made to give to those out of work the
cheapest food that would sustain life Re-
member that those times we're normal.
There was then no war. We were at
peace. We were simply experiencing the
normal results of legislative action under
Mr.. Wilson and the Democratic admins.
tration.
The suffering was widespread through.
out this country. Suddenly the war came.
At one stroke this country was granted
n measure of protection greater than any
it had ever received under any tariff in
its history. Moreover. the demand for
munitions of war was stimulated to such
an enormous degree as to completely re-
verse trade conditions. For example. com.
pairing the fiscal years ending June 30,
l9li. and June 30, 1916. that is the year
before the war and the year that has just
elapsed. the losses in ordinary exports dur
ing the last year. compared to the former.
were over two hundred million dollars:
whereas there was gain in exports of war
material of nearly two billion dollars. II
it were not for these artificial conditions.
the suffering from unemployment in this
country at this time would in all proba-
bility be as great it was in 1914. and
we would have seen two or three years
of an industrial crisis at least as bad as
any we have ever known in our history.
The present stimulus is artificial 1t will
cease with the war conditions coming to
an end. II will then he d: lficult to avoid
some suffering anyhow II Mr.. Wilson is
kept in office. this suffering will doubtless
be prolonged and ncute
In short. you miners of Pennsylvania. I
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appeal to you, att, .t,,,... -.
workers Of the United States ho,h !. u.
name OF sound American citizen,h, =
also IN the name OF vpur real and p.,n,,
neni selfinterest. No American e;,,,..
can afford to put the stamp Of Il. !.
proval on any law supposed In h. n, I,
for the benefit OF anybody witbou, ,,,.
tigation. under dure-s of threat, =, l..
fear Of the loss OF political power rs
any men who are tempted 10 ,n,,o,. II
the politician, big or little. whom III,
think has helped them by doing wrOn, |,
their interest. to remember 'ha, N, y,
who for his profit does wrong ,ou, !,
'crest will Just as unhcsitatingly 10 rnx
against your interest II ever he ,hIuh
to his profit to do so
In the old days. thirty years a.o skn
] lived on COW ranch in the short-,ns
country. the branding iron and the a..
hoy took the place OF fences. and "a,
herds were managed by branding al
calf with the brand Of the COW !, iclbva
" the calf was not branded III. s,s .
year. then the next year when |, vas ID I
unbranded yearling. it was called u,s.
erick BY range law we were .uppaed :;
brand each maverick with the bnnd d
the ranch on which it was found. o. 4
day ! was riding across neghbor', nsd
with a puncher | had Just hired, and u 4
came across maverick, We 20. dovnm
ropes. threw the maverick, and bult
little fire Of sage to heat oue I
the cinch rings, and the puneher slrd
to run on the brand. | said: "Pa :
the thistle brand"-the brand Of the ny
we were on. He answered: All ie
boss. | know my business" and n .
other minute he had put on my bnM, = Il
marking: ~ always put on tk ~
brand" answered: "Well-so hsi
the ranch and get your time" He iunpa
up and said: whats that for! ~
putting on your brand, wasn't II" ~
swered: "Yes. my friend; you vns ?,
ting on my brand, and If you will -
for me you will steal from mel!
This is good rule to remember =
laboring men, farmers, professiorall q
business men. for all citizens OF The uaas
States, in dealing with their publt =
ants. If public servant will % ~
to please any particular class. u MI
taken az absolutely certain that be y
do wrong against the intere-i o' ih' w
t,cuIa, class whenever it teceme' 70 ss1
OWN profit to do so.
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Chas. n. Rose
CANDIDATE FOR
District Attorney

Protection Of the individual
from the calumny Of a bass''s
secution is a. much tho d''' &,
District Attorneys ofioe = "a "a
lection of the community y /.
tion of offenders. If elected
careful and impartial CO..
of facts before tnot .ftef,
ton i. begun. If tho oa'ss
Quoted will not Yield fses 4
to pay the salaries-'o
worse for the salaries.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-18
News of Fifty Years Ago
tFrom the Richmond Dispatch Feb Is. 1861

m"tSrsgmrE kailr"ad company and the eitia"ns
xe ngSt ny. Of tn, Leg isa'%te to 20 Oh free
"tion Was accert"d and :: majority Of the he mem en
| hers will go. Tbe train will leave here by the
aftcr"o"n and arrvr j" Norfolk a, $40 40" ! rn
Norfolk harbor " at '"''''
\ bin incorporating ID. Peninsula Kailroad 10
"acea in 'ne OF %R@s Ssws was in"
yeniioh cy}r wIc GnIyr@ooG rresid"% asking king
sina; MAS Presented in the United states senate
rrobnhl, be the las, 10 he heard Of it, -
y, GGnSEn HohHr, r. lee r"a,hsd wIshinE,on
loint Reconstruction Committee. lie stopped 40
mv Msu,"n"l,tnn ii"icL and IN less than one
IIrown9d With cards aud notes OF callers who
s't ERR Tt TO saith, W ola ron. he sa,herci
'oo The pew%rr rH "' Shell ' sxpi n1sr
~. h I'm, hon" IN r"tersburt is minus roof
old iron All this happcned day before yes sr
:, william NJ. Clark WHO was in the brokerage
p"rts m me r%w 'rG" f'emT ana "'nsrs left for
away with $1,000 ''''' "' s''
ZION a G' ,Ta ,s sor .s1 wssh naGsr me
he 'S' meT %ss s no W@Ge bound o1s mn of
lancs II: Cox Of pctorsburr while assisting
r2iier ollie: in the good work Of parting two
small bone % .S'g' "htiycrs s'"' )" the left
The changing OF tn. gauge of tho ,,i.dn,or,
thl!r"Ad from banviilc To Greensboro to make
IL conform 10 The gauge Of the Richmond ana
'hnviii" was done in thro" days which was
vhi'S Wofk- Trains ar" running
ann there making pronpt connect tons with the
networks oi roads int North Carolina !cn,iiu,. 10
the, south. TINS Is tine thing for Richmond
ana her wholesale merchants
y bill to rciuhurS" IN" Stutcs that furnished
troops to the Union armies. ror the ..xuemso -
so 'o!hG mas neen r"nort.d in the House . Rep
l"S"ntattv"s bl the Committee on Military A.
fairs 1t allows West Virginia $3.50 200 for
.r."ru 'N'
General Grant SAYS The newspapers both
Norm an" S"H,h, ar" doing more to hinder IA.
work OF recOns truciio and Grafton and NOR.
70 keep alive the Spirit az hatred than ali othc,
influences combined. lie said this i'm explaining
Why hc recently ordered the sISpe.sion OF ia.
Richmond Examiner.
North Carolina has shipped beyond the limits
81 IN" stat" 100000 bushels of peanuts ih!s
season.
Wendell Phillips made ANOTHER speech in
Brooklyn night before last IN which he said:
II am for Cancellation. ! know as well as
know anNthiug that jefferson Davis cannot te
hung, won't be ban shed aud can't be convert
The UniI.d states Senate has paascd u hill TO
prevent the kidnapping OF negroes in ths south
"rn states. II amy body wants to kdEap mig
ger tie must 30 North where there seems lie
no law against it.
l:N -tiuvc.nor. Vance was in Raleir,h YESTERDAY
10 appear as a witness in civil suit This IL
the Governors FIRST visit to the capital OF his
state since lie hUrrieGly left there Iust an hour
ahead of Shcrman's army.
The legislature OF Maine voted down a reso-
luton calm" for the immediate. trial and nun
ishm"nt Of Jefferson DAVIS. II was defeated by
Z. decisive majority.
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English Snow Plough

me !ahor shortage caused bv m.
war has stimulated British Inventive.
ness The latest and most timely de-
wee Is new snow plough The need
ior Such a machine was SHARPLY felt
Wen the first winter storms tied IN
rrral trafDc
The new plough takes the place ot
scores OF men. 1t is horse-drawn. and
adjustable To almost any conditions.
For road work ii has an easily ad-
Unstable breadth of six TO nine feet
'y simple change it can he adjusted
Tor use on winding footpaths. II will
FOLLOW the horse any place he can go
4 change of blade fits II for screaming
out cutters.
The machine runs on cogged wheels
and gets its hcXibility by mcans OF
side wings on the scrapcr. which can
be raised or lowered. 1t clears i've
miles OF road at an average cost OF
$l5, and five miles Of footpath for only
-. Several of the municipalities which
adopted IL say that 1t saved its cost
I'm single day.
In the past. England has ALWAYS had
an abundance of unskilled labor TO
shoNei her snow, as we'll as the work
ers at outdoor trades which were tenn
porarily tied up by the storm. The
present scarcity Of men accounts for
the development of the plough There
would seem to be no reason why il is
not adapted for use on our American
country roads.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-18
WAsHINGTON's FINISHING SCHOOLS
One Of the Days Best Cartoons.
ny FREDERIC !. IAskIN

nar'es on the outskirts of washington
h"S a smaller thcatcr with u vide ,taue
and red plush furnishings exactly LIE
,h"st oil regular playhouse. IL inakc.
us own scenery no builds II on thu.
stage, and il equipped with foo,lirhtx
spotlight and boxes and even the us,ai
chccfless wings ana decrepit dressiny
room stairs Here the student. NJ
whom there are $50. have enacted Ro
into and Juliet and Twelfth Nigh, q,
.he'r hehr' content unconscious OF
me underlying practical purpose whicI,
is TO create seif-conidence and STA.
presence.
Few Controlled by Church.
None Of the seininaries in wa.hi-p
ION are controlled by religious dcu,,,
: iiaiiohs. WIN the exception Of IN. X.
,I"nni Cathedral School. which IN nm
"S ms Episcopal Church. This scbouI
Was built and. endu wed by MIR. pho.h.
!itaFst. or California. Every wear Mr.
, !'earst gives Il number OF scholarship.
10 western pirls pays their raiIrn,,I
'Spths"s across the continent and mr.,
,!uts 'h"nl with liberal monthly al
I ,oWahce or nooket money Trinity t.,I
lese. OF course, is "A C,,bo,jr
ton, but Trinity is 2 university 49, ="
no, seminary. ""'
IN" seminary may seem = Trim. ne,
OF cate IN lis firm belief in Tho f,,'
p'''ahcc or the sociu! grac.s ia ,i
! no"e' hnt N many cas"s (, has proy,I
p''H'. y former Instructor in ON
i"i IN" washington schools tells Of No.,
| ShocN at the arrival of q y,,u,,.
from 4 Western STATE mho.s
"s some unexpected chance had ,,,a.
/" p''e o' money Tho Young lady.
/ 'lOlhes were shabby, her hair v,,s ~,
WY ana IN" tutor said even her fac.
was not clean nut the hardest ,IIr.
~ l""h was the presence Of Iwn
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-18
The Voice Of the People
High prais. for Judge Isundle,.

To ,ne Editor Of The Times Dispatch
Sr,--Thr Communication Published ia your
paper few DAYS ago, dated Cumberland. Va.
February S. ami signed Citizen" relating 10
pensions for judges, is palpahly an stack on
Judge tuudlcy, of this circuit. IT docs not
rcpr. sent til" sentiment Of the people of this
judicial circuit, but merely voices the spleen Of
an Individual grudgc bearer.
IT, position of Judge. and il is doing him no un-
deserved honor to say that in all Of that time
lac mas uot only filled, hut adorned, his station.
II i"nsE"is We're To he given only TO those whom
years had incapacitated for the discharge Of
,hcf duties, Judge lIundlcy would not he en-
*air ." sax HAT there is no Judge in this State
W'i" would more speedily. crfcctualiy and Justly
administer the duties of his office than he. IT,
however pensions Were awarded solely upon the
sc"C". - reward Tor long and arduous duties
i2''mi I!y. impartaly and intelgcnty dis
chn@e'' there is no Judge in this State who
Noti0 hcttcr merit one.
y ls gross, nwarrant"d ANA cruel Islander
{" SAL that the people Of this circuit would pray
Tor bus removal; on the contrary. il may be
people regard hiun with the highest esteem and
every law bidinB, honest ana worthy citizen
IN this circuit knows that far as the law
Wi! do 50 his rights VIII he amply protected
hnn Invasion OF them Stcrnly punished In
the circuit over which Judge I!undley presides
observing his efficiency, prOmptncss and faith
FITNESS judge, and one who knows tho
oriii!on Of his fellows concerning him ana his
qualifications for The office which he holds /
desire 70 inter an emphatic protest to the letter
10 which have referred and to assure both
you and Your readers that il would be dif,icult
II not impossible, TO find echo ;,f that LEI
H. any heart OF all the thousands within his
"'Hii'' II. y. GARRETT
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physical nourishment Yet as the law
stands to-day, he may force on them the
hideous burden of ignorance. and wantonly
and selfshly keep away from them that food
for the mind that encourages their expansion
into high types OF citizenship.
II is Accountable that this should be so.
No prating OF personal liberty" will conceal
the ofenSe or hide the wrong thus done Wiz
snia and some of her men and women of
tomorrow. The Senators who oppose so
beneficent a reform as the compulsory edu-
cation bill contemplates will scarce reconcile
il with their conscences or with the enight-
ened elements OF their constituencies.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-18
The Fall of ErxeruIl

capture OF t.rzerum the Turkish strong
- hold that many experts call the key to
Asia Minor. rcr!ves two somewhat damage
regulations. The Russian armies show they
have not lost their capacity for a sustained
and victorious offensive. and The Grand Duke
Nicholas. transferred TO the Caucasus almost
III disgrace. when the egions of, Hindenburg
and Mackensen swept the Russians from Po-
land ana Ga!icia, again energies from OH
security as a military cheftain of high talents
Inquest ionabiy. the Russians have won a
great victory III the reduction OF the Turkish
fortress. Just how complete that victory is
Will not he determined until the fate OF The
garrison has been decided. If the so 600 men
who held The Erzcrum defenses have been
allowed to get away. destroying removing
most OF the armament and military stores
The Russian exploit will bear strong family
resemblance 10 the German capture of
Warsaw.
Doubtless junction Of the Russian armies
with the British troops hemmed in at Kut-el-
Amara is not impossible. now that ErLcrum
has fallen. but il will be matter OF time
and much lighting. The beeaguered BritonS
are some hundreds OF miles away across a
country VIGOROUSLY hard 10 traverse and but
poorly supplied With means of communities
ton. II would be foolish TO believe tina,
THESE weary miles are to he spanued or these
difficulties surmounted in the twnkIing
OF eye
bht frHerum 1ail does open 10 allied
vision Il great adventure Russia has plenty
OF men. and by now has plenty of munitions
II russian and Briton could join forces ~
or near Bagdad, Constantnople would be
menaced from the rear. Roumania strains
at the leash Of neutrality. If she should
break that leash and unite her destinies with
those OF Britain. France and Russia there
would be enough at home for Bulgaria 10
think about, and the troops now cOnccntru; ed
at Sa!oniki could be moved east ward agairs.
Tie turkish capital Even without the aii
OF Roumania, the allied hopes OF the capture
OF Constantinople would have a surer fouuda-
ton than they have ever had in the past
Erzcrum itself is but a station on long
Journey. Twice before, in 1929 and 1878.
the citadel has fallen before Russian on
SauShtS It's most recent capture probably
means the end Of Turkish threats against
liussia's southern boundaries but from the
viewpoint Of the allied offensive il is a mere
starting point.
Despite the qualifications with which refec-
ton loads the Russian victory, il is not diff
hcu!t 10 understand the enthusiasm with
which the news has been received in London
and Paris us we'll as in Pctrograd Ii is the
first considerable allied triumph for MANY
weary months. 1t comes when Germany IS
conducting some sort OF offensive on the
western front, and even winning minor sue
ceSseS. Ii puts now heart in the allies opens
broad vista OF opportunity and reveals again
the promised land.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-18
SEEN ON THE SIDE
Hence These Tears.

most charming young damseI named Sue
Admiration believed was her due:
So IL men failed 10 fan
At her feet, she would bawl--
o" may think this Il joke. but it's true
Eut the cause, she explained, of her woe
was not pique or Chagrin--oh, not sol
She felt grieved. She said
That to beauty quite dead
Men 70 little real Judgment could show.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-18

Why d" the officials Of government use
spite OF the fact that 't'ncc sam must be mas
culuc" f. T. WIAII.jSJI
The ola classical use to regard the MAJ mes
OF Counlr icS--amoug other uamds-as
feminine. rhis has brought about our ha bit Of
referring I" the state Of Nrsinia the Unite ed
states and all countries feminine and of
rcprcscntlns many of them BY female hgurcs
as Columbia; the NictriN figure of Virginia.
britannia etc rs 10 any use by the officials
you might remember that have some hum
drcds OF thousands and before one should give
himself amy trouble 10 follow to inquire into
official use, he would do well to specify the
official. we "a" quite sure that all the ''oii-
cal" papers of mcu iikc Governor stuart Of
Virginia, or president Wilson might be searched
in vain for the u8c Of she" as applied to the
United states. because the Cood taste of such
men would reserve this sort or use for the ora :
torral purnose or some speech. OF course.
neither OF the gentlemen named would dream
OF using the designation Uncle Sam" at all,
unless In II moment of such POPULARITY would
be little difficult 10 associate with the char
acter Of either. Nv "