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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-04
AMERICA BUT A STEP FROM WAR;
1T is UP TO GERMANY NOT TO TAKE THAT STEP.

! the accepted usages OF international
law. that ii would not sink ships other
than warships save after due warn
ing, with ample opportunity for Sc
such ships
Germany, however. indicated that
such moderation of her program was
conditioned upon the success of
American efforts 10 Stacker what it
has consistently held to be the unlaw-
ful starvation blockade of Germany
by the entente allies.
To this the President replied that
America could not consider making
It's diplomatic negotiations with other
nations condition in the premises $.
From that time to the present Ger
mauy has. with some exceptions Of a
minor character attributed to errors.
kept it's submarine operations within
the letter of the law.
ti'T Ati&t IA IfatIcu 10 biSl tAaI u Afie
terms Of the Sussex ultlmatum. mean
ing an tndiscriminate warfare on the
seas and the sinking Of all ships in a
zone Germany has marked out. with
ont regard TO their nationality. mis-
sion or character. has Icft America no
alternative.
Either It must break Off diplomatic
relations or stultify itself
The President. IN words no man win
m}sundersfaud. has served notice or
Germany that tho first violation Of the
terms Of he ultImatum OF April last
means the use Of any means that
may be necessary for the protection
# our seamen and our people in the
prosecution OF their peaceful and
legitimate errands on the high seas"
America, as tho President has 50
well declared, seeks no selfish ends.
We arc the sincere friends of the
German people. We would go to any
FshSoIablH leAEtH 70 serve tneI1 ana
desire to live at peace with the gov4
eminent which represents them. We
have no other object than to defend
the undoubted, the unqnestioned.
rights OF our seamen and citizens. We
seek merely 30 vindicatc our right 70
liberty and Justice and an unmolestod
life
We earnestly trust Germany will not
force US from our high position in the
neutral world to one OF partisan ac~
tivity
Our aims are toward peace. 1ur
ambitions seet No Others hurt: ou~
5os'res point to high service md not
to slaughter. We will not willingly
draw sword--bu., should W. hc corr
PEELED so to do. it might as well be
said now that the principle for which
We contend will be established beyond
peradverture boforr we seek tie sca W
bard
God grant us peace hut II not peace.
then arms Of steel and hearts cour-
aceous to bear aluft he cause Of tree
dom on earth and security for earth's
weaker peoples.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-04

VIRGlNlA.N PHONES;
Advertising Mad. l7sS.
Society Mad. ls2a.
Mad. 1894
General Mgr,--Rar 23l.
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-04
\ Graphic Picture.


over the blood stained battlefield
these shadowy figures move amid the
desultory barrage. There Is always
the same fetid atmosphere of over
turned earth and decayinS flesh The
figures stumble and curse amid the
mud and slime and filth, 1t Is a nerve
trying experience for the young men,
The veterans are more callous but
they feel the strain. too. AS they
near the front they enter the COM
municating trenches battered and
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-04
But one step from War.

But one step from War
That is the situation America
swakes to on this bright ssbb..Jh
morning.
This great. war-hating. tolerant,
Friendly nation. as ready TO do Ger
mans and Germany good turn AZ Il
we had never clashed. has served no.
fsce on the imperial government that
violation In fact Of the Sussex agree
ment means war.
On yesterday at 1857 O'Clock Am
bassador Won Bernstorff was handed
his passports. and AT o'clock the
SPresident began the delivery Of his
address to the Joint session o. Con-
gress.
His plans had been matured pr
xstely. There had been no leak.
Some speculation had existed as to
whether or not relations would ne
broken before an overt act The
President, we believe, has acted wise
ii in taking action now rathet than
awaiting violation of international law
by Germany.
Breaking OF relations may have n
restraining influence. as II shows, in
connection with the President s
speech, that an overt act will he a
casus belil rather than a cause for
diplomatic break
Whether war follow or not, no I'M
prsjndiced person will say that Amer
tca has acted hastily. The sinking OF
Tho Lusitansa, a deed which caused
civilization to hang It's head In shame.
would have been, under ordinary cir
numstances q casus belli. That It
was not was due In large measure to
the belief IN this country that It
would not be repeated; that possibly
the terrible loss Of life occasioned by
SNAo speedy sinking OF the ship was as
much OF a shock TO Germany as It
Was to America
Few outside Of rabid pro-Germans
n America have ever risen to excuse
che deed.
I But other outrages similar in char
AEter, II not so extensive In point OF
xAtAiities. followed from time to time
until the unarmed passenger ship Sus-
Aex was sunk in the British Channel.
! without warning. and many noncom-
B Aatants, men. women and children.
/ were ruthlessly Killed or drowned.
The case was carefully investigated
--by Richmond man, ny the way
Laeutenant n. l. Smith~-and The early
denials OF the German government
- to responsibility were shown to nc
4 false leading finally to a confession
! Of mistake" on the part Of Berlin.
The President, however. on receiving
Iieutenan1 Smiths report, served an
uffimatum on Germany, pointing out
nat further unlawful sinking Of ship.
would be at once followed by a break
4 1ng Of diplomatic relations
On MAY 4 last Germany assured this
i Ocuntry that II would thereafter wage
~ submarine war In accordance with
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-04

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-04
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HOW so
I've Just invented an attachment
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ment and run dyna mo. Florida
Times Union.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-13
SPORTS
STAR GAzER WINS AGAIN
Captures Manhattan Handicap nj BEL
mont for Second Victory
This Week.

BELMONT RACE TRACK, septem-
ner ls.-Star Gazer scored his second
victory OF the week when he won tho
ner drew to the front in tho final
quarter and was moving away at the
opening race between hiisen o. and
Wood Violet. The former won by a
tS the last st eirbtbs rueiiins drive through
y. E., Widener scored his second
stssspieshase event in as many days
contested victory over the two-miie
starter. opened up big gap in the
the sixth fence.
In the two-year-old race. Fragonard
closed with a tremendous rush in tho
Torchbearer won the Nth race. get.
ting into the lead at the start. ana.
after easing up. drew clear again in
Ths last race w ana won G1" by @H sum Flash.
which broke slowly. but came up when
heoEh. on Pickwick. eased up.
The SUMMARIZE.
Ai r,,s, ra ;n and y, ons-haf fgr'9nss,
~on Wood ~ Voices f62 Fo to Is TO TO
'ss s'?1 E.s, h!.ss 'S1 r.+ Tine.
;Ss;ssS. f." %i'::P':!s:
out: second. Only two starters.
,Lhi,rSd raee.nye and one,half furonss
! TO s., out: won: Masda; III tButwslD.
800 Babette and Artist also ran
hSI,eh To- l' 10 wo G:1 che 100
~ {KeoE6. 70 l. TO s. to & second;
third Time. 1883 Is. Meteorite and Runes
ITO tColIins,. to S, s.o 5, out. won; Char
even; to g. third. Time. l:27 is Fielder
IL Intrtsuer. Lady Little aiso ram.
Sixth raCe-onn mile-Sunhash H.. 1913
tBut~.lD. = to S. TO 3. out. won: Pick
Buckb board. rs tKnappi. TO /. sven out.
third Time. I:5o as. Babcock also
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-13
AMERICAN LEAGUE
CONTINUED From Fourth PaEe.)

for tho homo team, made a home run
and two singles. He scored three
runs and drove In two more, besides
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-13
ContestBulletin

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to-day's Contest Bulletin and adver-
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Read each advertisement thoroughly.
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week ending September 10, at 3 o'clock
p. M.
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For each com bination. 5000 bonus
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Keep the labels. wrappers, etc. from
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-13
KING GoRlN WINS FEATURE
Horse Owned by n. II. Baker CAPTURE.
Phoenix Hotel Handicap Mt
Lexington, Ky.
L EAIAGn(

LEXINGTON. KY, SepteInber Ia
King CORN. owned by r.. II: Baker,
this city. won tho Phoenix Hotel han,
dicap, feature OF the opening day OF
southern racing, hero this Afternoon
Tokay. owned by j. w. Fuller, cap
tured the Frankfort purse
viva America. owned by c. T
worthington won her race. the second
event. handily. Blind Baggage e. r.
I'rndleys famous old campo igner. after
Marion Goosey in hard fight. '''
Valor, owned by W. J. Young, unset
the talent by paying the longest price
of the day-33640
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-13

making a burlesque out Of tho contest.
PRESIDENT johnson. OF tho American
or four days before he would an
nounce n decision.
Dunn contends that Umpire Owens
should have expelled the ofrendine
players from tho game instead OF for
fcitlnE II. as there was no concerted
attempt of tho team as whole to
delay the game.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-13
FORFEIT is PROTESTED

President Dunn of Cleveland. Does Net
Think Owens's Ruling Was Fair.
Ban WithhoIds Decision.
CHICAGO. September 12.-President
Dunn. of Cleveland. to-day protested
tho game which Umpire Owens for
feited to Chicago last Sunday with
the score tied in the tenth inning.
Owens forfeited the game because he
believed the Cleveland players were
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-13

,Scofc by InnInEs: r.
Now York..,...'...f O O q a a nj
pssi n;n ,;:::::::::a.c . ! | -
ripp Homo run-Grifnn. Thrce-bas, hit
G;faover. Two, base hits-Bsker. Gcdeon. Sac
rince hlts.High. Grover. Stolen bases
Ss,runk. Grimm; Double piays-PeckinpauSh
Scncon and Pipp. Bases on balls-oN Ca1d-
We'll Z: OF Johnson }. Struck out-by Cald-
yell 2: by Johnson. Z. Left on bases-New
oTk' 10; Philadelphia. s. Umpires. Con-
The Detroit times., 1917-03-30

NHls purpose dragging sd
Il promises glass relating
who be
found The Times will print the letters which o't sppssss
reader Only giving the writer. and address % De
M printed withheld preferred Address
AdMror The Times Detroit Mich
philosophy which you onng about one being oo
"sih) active in Detroit
TO sells and for the most
damp island Sand Bay and
selected others
godbrcking scheme but being reader The
the Bobio agents operated Detroit
methods OF putting the proposition were
The agents make arrangements with some
ieye thru the skful display Gardens
populated beautiful
AS YOU enter the theaer OF
Arndave- handed small card
and your obligation
and there the likely
agents appears pamphlet artsc de
hd with views OF Pone Aux Boeo he talks OF
this wonderful
while dazzling he refers frequently 70 the
beauties Of Pins and BobIO Gardens
You led 10 believe by me agent mat you nave peen
special PRIVILEGE being given an opportunity to buy one OF these
os viii
this OF the goldbrckng
part scheme think that getting
thing for nothing
previous printed letter
Pointe Pins familiar with the Bobo
She
FIFTY CENTS OF IT,
The agents only
whom purchase description
for looks unusually attractive
msrepesented BY exaggerated and fabulous stories about
People who buying getting sTUNoi
The Detroit times., 1917-03-30
Compliment to States

II is a fine compliment that China
has Just paid 10 the United States.
In sending the little ox-emperor 10
this country 20 be educated. Tho
the Manchu royal family has been
divested OF political power 70 ap
pears still 10 be an object Of atten-
tion on the part OF the government.
and II was necessary 90 OBTAIN the
presidents approval. The dispatches
hazard the guess that America was
chosen because Il was desired that
the boy be educated in country
where he should not be prejudiced
against a republican form OF govern
ment A more plausible reason lies
IN the long friendship between the
two countries. and the fact that Of
al the great nations having deal.
ings with China the United States
is the only one 20 refrain from the
use OF force 10 obtain concessions
ard privileges n will be fitting
that the first president and the last
emperor OF China should have been
educated in this country The Pub
lie.
The Detroit times., 1917-03-30
Fixing Things

Chairman Charles Nesbit, of the treas
ury departments special food commits
sion, declares that there is just one way
to avoid coming food shortage. The
biggest crops ever raised must be pro-
duced; the government must guarantee
market to the farmer, fix minimum
prices for his principal products and buy
his surplus.
Sounds pretty good, Charles, but equi-
tably fixing prices for farm products
would require work enough TO justify
formation of another government within
our government
However, we're willing, for one, TO
sample this medicine.
There is a product that's a necessity
TO pretty near everybody.
1t is controlled beth as to production
and suppression of production, by few
men, all SO fat with money that this med
icine can't hurt them.
Government fixing of price on this
necessity would be as simple and safe
and easy as laughing at cat with her
head caught in an empty tomato can.
Let's fix a minimum price on old
Standards gasoline, Charles!
The Detroit times., 1917-03-30

treatment will prove successful.
Simple exercises in singing and ex.
erciscs in repeating easy sentences
are helpful IN this. The child's at
tention should be called TO even
the slightest sign OF improvement
II must be encouraged in every pos.
sIble way.
Tho suffering child often has
10 learn correct habits OF breath
INK Sometimes the trouble Il due
partly 70 adenoids. defective teeth
or enlarged tonsils. When these
arc corrected the child soon learns
10 talk properly.
In many European cities schools
Tor the benefit OF Sufferers have
been conducted for many years.
Teachefs are trained in the art of
curing speech defects.
Educators In this country are com.
inF b realize that the treatment OF
suffering IL more OF problem 'Or
parent and teacher than for the
physician The suffering child.
however. should be kept under close
medical supervision for the correc.
tion o' pecifo physical defects and
FOR toe upbuilding OF the general
health =.
The Detroit times., 1917-03-30
Oh, HO, Ha, Ha, HO! This Is
Positively the Best Thing
Oh, He, Howe Ever Heard

Ha. ha. hal
Ho, no, hol
He, he, he!
One of the best jokes of the season
comes from Fort Collins, out in Colo
rado. Ha. ha!
1t goes like this. Ho, no!
Fort Collins is in a potato-growing dis
trict- He, he.
Lots of potatoes grow near Fort Col
Inns.
Oh, no, no, no, he!
Well, when the price of potatoes be-
gan TO soar, potato growers began to
hold onto them. Ha, ha!
And held onto them. Ho, no!
And kept holding onto them He. he /!
And held them a little longer. Oh, no,
he, ha, hal
Then they thought they would sell
them. Ha, ha, ha!
So they took them to the commission
merchants. (Ho. no, hoD who said they
didn't want them. Oh, ha, ha, ha, no
whee
Said the commission merchants:
People have quit buying potatoes. .
Ha, ha, hal
The only way they buy them, (ho, no,
hob is in small quant-(he, he, he y
small quant-(oh, he, he, heD-small
quantities for special -(oh, ha, ha, ha
Oh, ha, ha-whee D-small quantities for
special occasions Ha, ha, ha, ha-
whewl
So the potato growers who had held
their potatoes-(ho. no, hoD-had to
taka their potat-ho-hos ho-ho-home and
they are rott-(ha, haD D-rotta-ha-ha-
ting in the pits.
Oh, ha, ha, hal
Oh, no. no, no, no.
Oh
The Detroit times., 1917-03-30
Pointed Paragraphs

Laws arc only as good as people
make them.
Fortunately for the average man.
his brain is not on exhibition
Every woman's plain duty is TO be
as handsome as she can
Popularity Is an article that isn't
displayed on bargain counters.
No wise girl marries n good look.
ing man, for he would monooolize
the family mirror
As long as the average woman's
instinct is IN good working order she
doesnt have much use for brain
power
Did you ever notice how few peo-
pie there are present VIXEN any one
happens to say nice things about
YOU?
The Detroit times., 1917-03-30

tlon. Some cases apparently oriE
lnate thru imitation and heredity
also plays q part.
A child often shutters because u
is certain be will stutter.
The very thought OF having 20
attempt difficult sounds throws iis
whole vocal mechanism into a
panic.
NagEing and scolding only Az
rrayate The trouble So do rapid
nrc questioning and reproof on the
part of fbo school teacher
soifconfdrncc must b. restore 3
90 The child before any method Of
The Detroit times., 1917-03-30
Let the People
Rule and-Write
BY Altman.
Speaking Of Patriotism.

speaking OF Patriotism.
To the Editor OF The times:
believe Augusta Peters hit the
nail squarely on the head in her
recent letter 10 your paper about
the signing OF this so-called patri.
otic statement Nine-tenths OF the
zigners would no deabt be The last
to go to the front in case OF actual
'hOsulities and I doubt very much
il You could get one per cent OF
tho instigators within twenty miles
Of the firing line
Their little bit would be furnish
ing the supplies, etc, all for their
own profit
on Grand Riverave last evening
I overheard an intoxicated young
selleE sAg AIS, sty----- ftsra f1~
triot I signed the petition 81
times"
STANLEY G. LAMP.
500 Second ave.
March 2s. 1917.
The Detroit times., 1917-03-30
Tennyson's Theology.
~ Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. BY Frank Crane)

Dear Sir" writes a gentleman from
New Jersey, IL have read your article of
some time ago. and wish to state be-
lieve | have a natural right 10 ask, Why
does your Almighty and All-merciful God,
who created the universe and even the
glittering stars, allow His Christian chill
dren TO perpetuate this horrible slaughter
in Europe Ii will not do TO say, Ii is His
way, etc. II is human judgment and rea-
son that this is infamous and hideous
Shall we, in this enlightened twentieth
century, worship, honor. and love this
.God?"
Answer: This is free country. and
you don't have to believe in God if you
don't want TO.
But suppose you don't; then what?
If the world is not managed by good
God then CD it must be controlled by a
vicious God. or (2) by no God at all, or
(3) by the devil, or (4) by the devil and
God in competition.
All these theories have been held at
various times and by different cults They
haven't given much satisfaction. Most
intelligent people fall back TO the belief
that there must be good God, altho
there are many things in the ways Of
providence that we cannot understand.
Tennyson's lines probably express our
common conviction as concisely as pos
sible: "A
o yet trust tha, somehow good
Win be the nnal goal of ll
We trust; we do not know. We be-
lieve, because to believe anything else il
infinitely worse There is no alternative.
To believe God is vicious would make
this horrible and sinister world
To believe that the universe is purely
material with mo divine, far-ofT event
TO which the whole creation moves"
would make of it what Carlyle calls "a
huge. immeasurable steam engine, rolling
on in its dead indifference to grind me
limb from limb"
The presence of evil in the world is
something nobody understands. Whately
called it the problem Of the ages"
But, after all, il is because of that, not
in spite of il, that we believe in the Eter-
nal Goodness. Our moral sense forces us
TO the conclusion that somehow" right
and justice must prevail
1t is in the bosom of man. not in the
events of the world. that the seat of God
n. y at Argue that there iS good
Governor Of all things because all things
are pleasant and right we believe there
must be good purpose overruling all, be-
cause SO many things apparently prove
the contrary.
We follow our inextinguishable in
stinct, rather than our limited powers of
observation and logic, because we are es-
sentially moral beings We have to be-
lieve in Goodness Almighty, simply be-
cause TO believe anything else presents
hundredfold more difficulties. Tennyson's
I'm Memoriam" is pretty good theology:
Hold thou the good define 81 we'll
For fear divine Philosophy
Should push beyond her mark and be
PrOcuress 20 the Lords of He'll
The Detroit times., 1917-03-30
Anniversaries

i7s9-House % representative 81
IN" fret congress organized with
Frederic A. Muhleuburg of Pennsyl-
vania a. speaker.
i19s-John SEWER was lnauEuratsd
first governor of Tennessrs.
1Xts--CouEresa awarded EoId
medal 60 Gen. William Henry ifarri-
son.
tS22-Territoriai government esta b.
llshcd In Florida.
ts3S-Post % grand vtaier Aboi-
ished by the sultan of Turkey
isi2--John Fiske, historian. horn al
Hartford. Conn. Died At Gloucester
Mas, July .. 1901
lb5S-Crimean war ended with the
signing ~ thc Treaty ~ Paris be-
tween Russia and the ALLIES
1ss3-Prince George - Denrna rk.
brother ~ Queen Alexandra of Eng
land. proclaimed kinE of Greece
iss7-Public announcement Of The
treaty by which the United states
pure hnsed Alaska from Russia
IkTt-Flftrcnth amendment 60 tho
Federal constitution went into force
1ATf-Ntctortoua British troopa
from the Ashanti campaign received
by queen Victoria.
issG--Iane @ Austin. novelist died
IN PoEton. Born In Worcester Feb.
fsiO-KinE George of Greece IS
sued n royal decree for the revision
~ the constitution. ending the re-
Eiwe % tho military league.
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY IN THE
war.
Italians and Austrians engaged Ira
severe battle At Gorilla
Allies reported discovery Of four
TrItpuic submarine bases among the
Greek islands
Of1ciai report ~ the sinking Of
the Franco Russian hospital shin
Portugal In the BLACK Sea. with loss
% nearly 100 lives
rODAY's BIRTHDAYs.
william - Bealsr. president and
general manager 81 the Central rail-
road ~ Now Jersey. born a. Gales
burg. lll. 53 years aKo today
br Alexander & Humphreys preHi-
dent - Stevens Institute ~ Tech
rulogy. born IN Edinburgh. Scotland
SO years ago today.
Mary Wilton Calkius. professor of
phIloFoph "a Wellesley college. born
at Hartford. Conn. Go years ago to-
day.
James A HnmiiI. representative In
congress ~ the Twelfth New Jersey
district horn az Jersey city. " J., 80
years ago today
pe wolf Hopper. one ~ the vstsr-
en- actors 20 the musical comedy
stage. horn In View York city 80
years ago today.
People with long faces absorb
much atfnentno ana rraarf porr
The Detroit times., 1917-03-30

how much you urge him, until he IS con-
vinced in his own mind that he is NEED
ED.
Then he will come without calling by
any press agent stuff that may be origi-
nal but whose originality, at the same
time, may be un-American and also very
bad taste.