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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-16
Liberty Loans Success

n MEklCA has won another campaign of
the war for human rights. Moreover,
this victory is the peoples victory as was
the response to the registration call for the
seiective draft. Not President or Congress.
not newspapers or bankers. have achieved
the triumph of the Liberty loan. bu, the
people Of the United States. President and
Congress and newspapers and bankers have
done their part. but the men and women of
the nation-nearly 5000. 900 OF them, it now
appcars-hare taken upon their shoulders
the coun;ry's financial burden.
That is the great and significant feature
of the contamination of the enterprise
When it is considered that scarce one Ameri-
can in ten thousand ever saw a United States
pond, and that the purchase of such evidences
OF national Indebtedness is foreign to the
ha bits OF this people, the wonder and the
pride grow. To us or Richmond it is espe-
cially gratifying that Richmond and Virginia
and this reserve district have measured I'D
to the nations expectation.
The Treasury Department has announced
that every subscriber will obtain at least one
bond. and that in scaling down the oversub-
scriptlon. the large purchases will receive
first attention. That is proper. So far as
is possible, this should be peoples loan.
Men OF great wealth have offered their mil
lions generously and banks and financial in
situations have pursued the same policy but
this loan will have it's largest utility in the
degree TO which it represents the savings of
the masses. The liquid assets of the banks
should be allowed to remain there to be
used in the transaction of the nations bust
ness. Wealthy individuals will be called on
to give to charity and to finance many ex-
tensive projects They should retain funds
Tor these purposes as we'll as to pay the
considerable taxes to be imposed on them
by Congress. The acquisition of a Liberty
bond is a privilege and benefit which
should not be denied to any citizen who an
plies. The wealthy. If they are truly pa
triotic, will be willing to step aside for those
OF smaller means.
1t is the belief of The Times-Dispatch that
this loan will be of incalculabe advantage to
the people of the United States The call
OF patriotism has led hundreds of thousands
from ways of prodigality to ways of thrift
those who never have saved dollar in their
lives nave started out to the price of
one or more Of the bonds Thrift is habit
like other habits. and good habits are as
easy to acquire as bad The lesson the
country will learn this year will not be for
gotten. 1t adds to mans personal salts
faction to feel that his country is his debtor
and gives him larger interest in the way
affairs are conducted at WASHINGTON
Germany will hear to-day of the success
of the Liberty loan. 1t will understand
that this loan is but indication OF what
America can do in financial way, and stands
ready to do. This enlistment of the Ameri-
can dollar Is as potent TO help win the war
as would be the actual landing of an Ameri-
can army in France.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-16
Unfolding n Wise Law

nEClsioN b" the Supreme Court of Ap-
- peals that the omitted tax act passed
by the last General Assembly is constitu
tionsi VIII settle a good many problems
"hlch nave been distressing tax officers as
well as taxpayers, in every section of the
State. The act, which forbids the localities
10 go back of 1912 in the collection of
omitted taxes is the product of a COM
promise. and the rule il lays down is rule
OF thumb but. nevertheless. the law comes
quite near doinr justice TO all concerned
Under the Old rates on intangibles, tax
dodging had become almost or quite respec
table for the rates were conGscatory of the
whole income OF many securities The new
rates are fair, although they might be smaller.
The omitted tax act gives the State and the
locality about the same amount OF money
from intangibles the former being allowed
to tax for twelve years before 1915 and the
latter for three. AS the State rate was AZ
cents and the average locality rate $40.
the total is about the same. The taxpayer
is held liable. in effect, for com bincd State
and locality rate Of 70 cents year for the
twelve years In which he forgot to make his
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-16
"Pershing" Worries the French

A CCoRDlNG to all reports. the French
have weseomedt. General Pershing with
unrestrained enthusiasm, recognizing him as
q present symbol of help to come But, in
one respect, Black jack already has given
the French great trouble: they don't know
how to pronounce his name Various com
pnmentary, though far-fetched, pronunca-
lions OF a fgurative character have been
suggested by imaginative writer's, but by
many others the question has been taken
very seriously. Indeed. serious considera-
ton was necessary, because until the Paris
Figaro stepped forward the French had prd
nounced the name-"Pare-shang
Sut, says special to the New York World
the great Partisan Journal has settled the
matter by announcing that the correct pro-
nunciation Is "Peurchigne." Although that
phoneticsm drops the final ga fault Of
which many in this section of the country
VIII not complaint is, perhaps, as near as
the French tongue and throat can come to It..
And besides when our own difficulty with
"Jof-fray." "Jof-fer" and "Joff" are recalled
the confusion into which "Pershing" now
throws the French seems a species of retribu-
ton.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-16
News Of Fifty Years AGO
From theRichmond Dispatch: June Is. 1867
Judge William Fl. Lyons is creticaIly III with
typhoid fever. His physician fears tba ,vorst

Judge William II. Lyons is CRITICALLY ill with
typhoid fever His physician fears the worst.
Governor Pierpont yesterday appointed Dr.
for the city of Norfolk The doctor will be re-
me,nbered as having cut extensive figure
and engaging in a fight the floor during
the session of the late Republican convention
in this city.
John NJ. I.ansston. the coored lawyer from
negroes in the Capitol Square last night Te
held forth for an hour His styIe WAS
highly oratorcal. his language choice, and. al
together. the radical party has few speaker.
as good as he.
A organ has been built in Baltimore for
the First BAPTIST Church Of this city i. ~
church will have to be built to hold it, The
cost OF the organ was $1,000
The Freedmen's Bureau issued in MAY $4,000
thousand pounds of meal and S,2S5 pounds Of
pork thus distributed.
r. r. Collier and John Lyon of Petersburg.
Freder icksburg. and Captain S. s. Weiseeer
qualified yesterday to practice in the circuit
Court Of the United States
Rev. Thomas Hume. Jr. of Peterspurs wnv
mas heen engaged IN teaching I'm that city for
two years. has accented pro fessorsnlp ~, t.y
Danville Female College "
Lynchburg is literally crowded with tobacco
and the auction sales Of the weed are enormou
The prices away up
The United States government purposes pur-
chasing several hundred acres OF land near
Fortress Monroe to establish there an artillery
school.
President Johnson and his Caofne. arr con-
sidering certain Objectionable acts OF the com
manders Of the Southern military districts. and
law. The idea seems to be to hold the com
manders strictly to the wording Of the recon
they go inch beyond the plan. language Of
the act. as the President and the Cabinet may
construs the ,h sane Me- The Washington CORE
is brewing right here = 80
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-16
"a Billion for the Air"

a present the governments program con-
4 templates the expenditure of some s7O,-
100000 for the development Of the aviation
service nut rumors are persistent that the
sum TO be appropriated will come close to
the billion mark. Nor would such an ex-
tension cause surprise or arouse opposition
TO any degree. From the beginning of the
war. certain school has contended that the
maj result would depend on operations in
the air. Conspicuous among the advocates
OF a great aviation corps has been Admiral
Peary, who has urged in season and out far
wider activity in this line than has been
manifested up to this time
1t seems that this school is now beginning
TO be Vindicated. To French and British
controi or the air during the latter period
OF the war Is attributed large part of allied
success on the western front Bravery and
Dig guns amount to little in this war unless
they arc directed by their eyes" which are
alrplanes But for allied supremacy in the
air Hindenburg's strategic retreat would. in
all proba bility, have been carried out with
far greater success than attended H. AL
most certainly, Germany's recent airplane
raids over England have been part of an
organized effort to weaken British superiority
In the air on the western front No Zen
pelns have been employed but only the
fastest and most highly improved airplanes
Germany realizes full we'll that no military
purpose is accomplished by The murder Of
clVlllans, but Germany knows that if in
order TO prevent that form CT frightfulncss
Great Britain detaches large number of
alrplanes from active service on the western
front, tho probable loss OF q few of ncr own
machines will have been well worth risking
SO that these raids supply another convincing
reason why the American and allied air
hghting forces should be very greatly aug
mented
moreover the airplanc is rapidly becom-
ing one OF the strong factors in the war on
submarine trlghtfulness. Apparently the
french have developed its use even more
successfully than the British in this respect,
Dnl with our greater resources we should ba
able to outstrip both British and French
But we cannot hope to do 1t il we adopt
higeardly methods. Rich as we are. "a
pl'hon 1or the air is not at all too large
| an order.
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Robert Bacon's Example

NY GRITTY Of note among the loyal Ameri-
w cans who are doing their bit incon-
spicuousy, regardless of their high status
IN time OF peace, is Robert Bacon, Of Massa-
chuSetts Though Mr.. Bacon has been
Secretary of State and ambassador to France,
hd Gid not stand on dignity when he found
opportunity TO serve, but seized it, though
IT necessitated his appearing in minor
capacity,
This man, who was a national and inter
national figure. is now merely major on
General Pershing's staff designed to be a
halson officer" He will act as military in
terpreter TO arrange immediate cooperation
on the field between French and American
commands. and will. of. course, be in the
thick OF danger Major Bacon furnishes an
example Of Decentralization that should
hearten many and shame many others.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-16
Health Talks, by Dr.. VIM. Brady
Copyright. 1916 National S-w-paner ssr'tee.'
Community Trentment of MnInrin.

There are vast sections OF the country where
the malar carrying breed of mosquito is not
found. and hence acquires malaria
in such sections. diagnosis of malaria is
never certain unless the malaria plasmodium
is found in specimen of the patients blood. by
microscopical examination of of fresh
blood great many instances OF septic infec-
ton, pulmonary tuberculosis. typhoid fever.
syphilis, and other germ invasions still
ignorantiy termed malaria or fever; que
the habit of using the microscope prevails in
direct ratio with the cheapness and ineficiency
the population. The higher the intelligence of
people, the greater valIe do they set upon
skillful medical services
Here few scientific and practical truths
about malaria:
l. ouinine kills the adult plasmodium in the
rcd corpuscles Of the blood
.. Quinine does not kill the plasmodiun in
spore form.
3. ouinine will prevent spores from develop
ing into adult plasmodia
4. Quinine. II taken continuously. consequently
keeps malaria spores in the body-preservcs
them.
5. Quinnc be absorbed into the blood
in order to he effective.
8. ouinne must be kept constantly in the
blood for al least forty-eisht hours. in order
to Kill all plasmodia of the one. two three
day type OF malaria
Z. Qunne taken by mouth will not be en-
tirely eliminated in three hours.
S. Hence Quinine must he given Night and
Day at sufficiently short int ervals to keen fresh
quinine in the blood continuously for forty
eight hours.
o The almentary canal must be in suitable
condition 10 absorb the quininc
10. The nuinine should he interrupted after
the fortE-eight- hour course long enough to
permit the iuaiara spores to develop into adult
piasmodta. that is. about week
IL. A doctor should supervise the treatment
DIR. Ochsncr offers the following rules for tho
community treatment of malaria. based upon the
above facts:
/. Exclusive diet of hot soup for ten days'
treatment.
2 Two ounces OF castor oil in fruit Juice the
evening of first day.
8. a two-Grain capsule OF quinine hi sulphate
at s \. NJ. the second day, with cover removed
followed by half-pnt OF hot water every two
hours. day and night for thirty doses never
missing dose-the patient must be reused
regularly at night.
4. The following five days and six nights no
quinine. go
5. The evening of the NTH day repeat the
castor oil. go
6. At a. NJ following the sixth night. start
another course OF thirty doses OF quinine lust
before.
Peoplc who expect to live in maIarious dis
apply the rules TO rid themselves and friends
or malaria. OF course. screening of all doors
and windows. and oiltng draining of stagnant
hodieS of water and looking well to the emptv-
ing or any little collections Of stagnant water
in old cans. caves. and the like about the Mace
or residence should always be attended 70 An
old tomato can under the weeds I'm the hacL
yard or In your neighbor's garden NAV harhor
the breeding place OF malaria CARRYING mos
quitoes
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-16
Presidents Addresses for Schools

THOUGH considerably shorter and there
fore less detailed. President Wilson's
Flag Day address is as much a part of the
history of the times as his great address to
Congress on April 2. For that reason it
should be read, studied and explained In the
schools of the United States. Before long
the youth Of the country will be required to
study these speeches part of their his
tory courses. History is in the making now,
and now is the time for the youth of to-day
to study it. School systems move slowly:
1t is not too early to prepare for next session.
and this feature should not be omitted
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-16
SEEN ON THE SIDE
No Din crence.

When all your woes are lifted.
And all your pains arc shifted.
You still Will use your breath
To hawl out your condition.
For In your new position
You will be bored to death.
Contcntment Is within you,
And doesn't como to win YOU
From what you have or lack.
SO don't let things distress you.
For Fate will curse or bless you.
Nor take what she gives back.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-16
What They Deserve,

My lyrics, said the poet loftily ARE ad-
dressed to the few. rather than to the common
herd. They meant for restricted class"
All have to say to that responded tho
unsympathetic friend lis that those who do
read your illusions will belong to re-
strcted class with plenty OF padding on the
walls of their apartments"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-16
returns. l, seems fairly satisfactory a

II is one OF the remarkable characteristics
OF American legislation that its compromises
and rules OF thumb usually servo the purpose
moro efficiently than laws framed In exact
accord with the dictates of logic and the
recommendations of the experts This would
seem to be case in point
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-16
The High Admiral speaks.

NOW. go ye forth. fair gentlemen.
And sail upon the sea; 8" ''i-'"
And fight beside me. sons Of mine,
Who still are one with me! ->.e.-.r
The spirit of the conqucror ...
1t lieth not in dust, 49,.
But still goes on from son to son r"
Who keepeth our high trust.
Yc name my name. rise again
Right glad and mcrrily,
Who for three hundred years have lain
In Cornwall by the sea. ~ o&.s
On. fair is young Virginia. .a..7S
And sweet ia Caroline: 80 n,'
And we'll I knew the skies were blus
That shone on me and mine! nosa,r-
AS swept the Great Armada -.
UP from the Spanish sea.
And melted like the morning, mist
Before my men and mo- ~
So shall this strange now sea.cratt
Be banished from the main.
When we sail forth as once we sailed
And fiSht the fight again! an
I'M. e. Buhler, In New York Timex.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-16

New York police have found use for the
anarchist and Socialist meetings being held
IN 'hat Dig town. AT each such gathering
the police now pick up some of the cutters
who failed to register for the draft
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-16
The Fcssimist Sayst

While tho way of the transEressor is hard. ht
has found It possible to accuStom himself &c
paving material of that character
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-16
0u-stion. and An,v.r,

Nasal Trouble Affecting the Eyes-Will YOU
htndly INFORM me whether polyp in the nose
dltects the eyes lad a polyp removed year
ago ana now feel as II another is growing MY
eyes trouble me great deal Several changes
or glasses have not helped n
Answer-Various nasal conditions affect the
eyes causing not only pain. but sometimes red
ness watering OF the eyes from slight causes
ana harHed disturbance of vision Polvp sim.
pc h2pertrophiee tur3nate bodies, and infec-
,iohs OF the accessory sinuses of the nose are
these ways "ei VI
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-16
Most Horrible.

That was mean trick somebody played on
visitor to our town the other day"
What did the man who played the trick dog'
Sold tho visitor bottle of cold tea"
Well"
ct cold tea"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-16
Getting Even.

Who was 1t told Binks that he ought to hay
his daughters voice cultivated?''
Some man who had ErudGe against til
BinkSS neXt-door neighbours"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-16

Putting vio!ators of the LIQUOR law under
bond not to do il again is about as near IA an
injunction as the courts can gct-and far
more effective.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-16

William Watson. the well-known
English poet. has recently been knight
ell. Mr.. Watson Is still actively en-
gagged In writing prose and verse. his
two latest books being "Pencraft. a
Plea for the Older Ways" and Ret
repression and Other Poems" pub
lished short time ago by John Lane
Company.
The publication Of Lively Rccol-
lcctions," by Rev. John Shcarme. n.
A, Canon OF Winchester. Is announced
by the John Lane Company. These
"reminiscences cover the Canon's stu
dent days, his work as a curate In the
diocese of the famous Bishop Wilbcr-
force. Continental visit. his Inter-
course with many interesting persons,
including Gladstone and other great
men OF England. one amusing anecdote
following another IN very easy and
delightful way. The book contains
eight illustrations.
One encounters such refreshing
breeze of originality in Allan Upde-
gran's Second Youth" just publish
ed by the Harpers. that one needs
hardly to be told that here is a first"
novel by writer advcnturing into
a new field. Mr.. Cpdegrun has some
hrst-rate short stories TO his credit.
and go puts his hand TO this larger
canvas with practiccd and master
full touch that is apparent from the
outset. But aside from an unusually
competent technique, that which lifts
Mr.. Updcsrans story instantly into
fiction Of the first rank is the orig
iaality OF his conception and the sus-
tanned fidelity of his treatment; more
over the whole is permcated with Il
quiet but rich humor--a humor both
OF character and incident-which fills
to running over the cup OF the read
er's enjoyment.
The Century Company has collected
the poems of Irwin Russell in an illus
trated edition to appear in the fall.
Writing of this great Southern poet.
in his History OF American Litera-
ture Since 1870" Professor Pattee
states that. whoever was pioneer. tho
author OF Christmas Night in the
Quarters was the one who first caught
the attention Of the reading public
and eXerted the greatest influence
upon the period. Page and Gordon
dedicated their .Bcfo dc War to Irwin
Russell, who awoke the first echo. and
Joel Chandler Harris. mapifcssiy an
authority, declared that Irwin Rus
sell was among the frst-if not the
very frst-to appreciate the literary
possibilities of the negro character.
and Of the unique relations existing
between the TWO races pelore the
war"
Isaac r. Marcosson whose new book
1.-The War After the War" is attracting
as much attention in England as in
America, has returned to London from
Petrograd. He was in the first party
that reached Russia from England. .af
ter the outbreak Of the Revolution,
and had a thrilling and memorable ex-
perience. Some Of his impressions
will appear first In magazine form. His
account OF the Revolution, The Re-
birth of Russia" which will be the
first one written out Of intimate contact
and knowledge, will be published ST.
multancously in Great Britain and the
United States by the John ,Lane Com
pany. Milyukon, late Russian Min
lister of Foreign Affairs. and ono of the
men who made the Revolution possi-
bic, has written special dedication for
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-16

It is impossible to say how the Germans
Will pronounce General Pcrshing's name, hut
II VIII not sound like blessing however
they DO II.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-16

The finest adornment civilian can wear
Is Liberty bond button on one lapel and a
Red Cross button on the other.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-16

mat great oversubscrlption to the Liberty
ioan VIII hurt the Kaiser more than the loss
OF an army.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-16
To-Day. Beat H.nd-pickes

Are you an advocate of prohibition asked
the lady with the Bryanesque chin
Yes ma'am" replied the individual with the
irrigated. carmin -colored eyes, II advocate pro-
hibition, in it's proper place.
In it's proper place What do you mean sir?'
she demanded, suspiciously.
II mean, ma'am." he answered, "at least
twenty miles from any human habitation.
ma 'am.'-Thiladc eli ha Star.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-16

Lots OF youthful loafers we're torn between
the draft and the poolroom.