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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-04
The Virginia Military Institute.
FLOR The Times-Dispatch.l

UT ne lcS-DlSpdtCn.
The buildings TudoresQue tho castel-
lated towers.
The sloping parapet. where frowned
the braZen guns
My thoughts abide there still. through
long. %nchante hours.
AS !, through winters past n by.
gone summer suns.
At morn the hfer's tune. the drums,
lights out at night
Inclosed the soldiers day: then boy
. hood slept and dreamed.
I could not we'll forget that rigid rule
of eight,
Which gave such strength to youth
still gcntler than 1t seemed.
Those barrack precincts, bare. were
palaces of thought;
There comrades nobly made the souls
luxurious life;
And letters, science, art, were there
in union brought
To Eild the scenes where trained tho
young for fields Of strife.
Illustrious names are bound with high
traditions there
There Maury taught, and died-that
genius Of the deep.
Who all the currents learned Of ocean
and Of air,
And made them slaves Of maj
throughout their hidden sweep.
~Soul-awed. as when a boy, I seem again
to bow
Where lay his form in state. the
room in mourning drest-
His gray hair curled about his broad
impressive brow,
Jewels and ribbons rich, from kings.
upon his breast.
Where Jackson taught in life, after hin
portrait hung.
And changed a section-room into n
glorious place
No standard equalled that. to hold
before the young
Exordium most sublime, that Chris
tian soldiers face!
A crown OF glory shone. and beauty's
diadem.
Above those youths in arms, as over
Judah, saved
Their high esprit du corps, and purpose.
won for them
Fame fair as that Of those who Gods
own banner waved.
Their sculptor-soul. whose own heroic
blood was shed
Upon New Markets field. 30 bsau.
ttfully limned
Virginia's mourning face. above New
Markets dead,
Not his. Ezekiel's, fame, nor theirs
can e'er be dimmed.
Therefore I view with hope-hish hope
and %boundless pride
My alma matters sons march forth to,
actual war.
Their valor must prevail. and urn the
battles tide
To their ideal true-a world con-
trolled by ,aw.
Then. may their sculptor carve, with
highest Heavens aid, .
One grand. victorious form, to last
till time shall cease
The prize for which a world its price,
less blood has paid
That world-wished boon. benign.
sublime. abiding Peacel 10.
WILLIAM EDWARD yAssER.
Belle Nina, Ala go
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-04
News Of Fifty Years Ago

Nrs A I. Pellets school had its closing ex-
e esssiSsd esriiscstes Of proficiency: Misses Helen
Bennett, A.P Bennett, Nora Pi hH Yoiiom Hattie tie
son. Sophia Bosher. Bette HarErove and Rosa
10 'RRa re- N. !Meeaniey. Andrew ,washburne. Samuel
as auth the ' RieRmo nd fEducationai Association, Rav:
ing as its object Ito eonaucs a hish ana normal
Virginia"
In the month Of June marriage LICENSES were
i t|eStv of which We're to white couples and
twelve to colored people.
on sa9 m11. ss s4o y sse a ci ssr% on the gH Nine rss Miis f Roaa.
committe suicide about II o'clock Yesterday by
f peath was a p ins9ant a nS The nam had fre.
quently threatened to take his own life.
The Governor yesterday appointed Leigh ];
T Matss sS De and nd H NorroSlk p equity. the CITY OF
although our people have about forgotten the
are detsrpined to eelebra.e the "birthday Of
e e5seSG% & holiday amusements To-Day. Many
e. the sh bssre aay. AND wIll oilers slsSs q for their a part stores 81 t fSs
day. and Ksssnich.s band will give a picnic and
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. elected A.
P,,er GoSstn Of the sa ssnsra im mason and education !; a. Do sa@n
mittee.
The wheat crop of Albemarle County has been
has been grown in that county for many years.
Speaker colfax and President Pro Tenn. Wade.
are ready to do their part in setting the wheels
Of Congress in motion; but very few members
chances. OF securing q quorum at the appointed
time are rather slim.
cemmittee that he had no conferences wwhuateveess
with the President or any member of the Cabi-
Of offiM mr.. DIVES pa BAN n pond.. a aedda tSsn hs the .sf sisnin ie
tell who he did confer with about 1t
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-04
BeerbOhm Treo

w HEN Sir Henry Irving passed away,
w, Beerbohm Tree stepped into his shoes
as the first actor on the Notwithstanding
stage and the foremost producer of Shake
spearean plays. Tree never succeeded in win
ming 1rving's popularity among the rank and
file OF theatergoers. but he distinguished him
self both as an actor and producer. His sue
cess as Cardinal Wolsey in Henry VIII
and as Sir John Falstaff in 1.-The Merry
Wives OF Windsor" showed his remarkable
skill In Disgusting his own personality be-
meath two of the most strongly marked and
widely divergent characters in Shakespeare.
AS producer Of gorgeous scenery and
magnificent stage settings, he had only one
rival, David Belasco, to whom he paid the
honor Of importing his Darling of the Gods
to London and presenting it at His Majesty's
Theater. Trees undoubted successor is F..
r. Benson, the founder of the Benson Reper-
toire Company, which has produced MANY
OF the Shakespeare plays. Benson is the
creator of the Shakespeare festivals at STRAIT
~ford-on-Avon. twenty-six of which have been
held. Z
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-04
Turmoil in China

WIAsHINGToN. for two or three very good
w reasons. has exerted its powerful in
fuence at Picking to keep China quiet at
this time. In the first place. if China could
establish and maintain a republican form of
government while the war lasts in Europe,
the achievement would constitute a certain
moralsasset in the final settlement.
II. on the other hand, a faction of mon
archists succeeds in restoring the Manchu
dynasty, as now seems to be the case. and
the country, as a consequence. is engulfed in
civil var, China is not only not likely to
be q factor in the struggle in Europe and a
member OF the peace conference, but her
internal strife may raise new difficulties be-
treensa5apan and the United States at the
worst slime to settle such difficulties. That
was the State Department had in mind
9 fewsweeks ago when it sent a note to
China Swarning the people to avoid strife.
1t cou9mitted the oversight Of sending that
mote without notifying Japan.
II China Is not ready for a republican form
OF goyxrnment--and there are strong indica-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-04
Books and Authors

Within a month or six weeks Paul
Elder & Company will publish a clear.
compact and concise practical flyers
manual. entitled How to Fly" by Cap,
tain d. Gordon z. Re Vley. licensed
pilot No. 1911. Federation Aeronautique
neer aviators, whose work at home and
abroad have won him a foremost place
in the ranks Of bird-men. The manu-
script has been arranged by Glad
Lewis, with n complete glossary OF
aviation terms by Alfred w. Lawson,
editor of Aircraft" This timely
volume will be welcomed by i%nstruc-
tors OF aviation and ambitious students,
for now. with the world at war, and
with a government appropriation Of
many millions for the construction OF
military aeroplanes. thousands OF air
men will be needed, and How to fly
sets forth a theory that instils self
reliance and instructive efficiency.
Among the interesting stories about
Mark Twain, unearthed by Albert Bige-
low. his biographer. is one relating
in Twain's own words how he started
on a writing career. The story IL told
as related to Mr.. Paine at Harper &
Brothers. Twain's publishers. who are
this year celebrating the one-hun-
dredth birthday OF the house. having
paragraph which Mark Twain wrote
when he began. his editorial duties
with the Virginia City Enterprise was
this: "a beautiful sunset made Beran-
ger a poet, a mothers kiss made Ben
jamin West an artist. and SIS a week
makes us a journalist" Another story
tells of a later joke. One day Mark
Twain was being shaved by a very
talkative barber, and was forced to
listen to many of the BARRIERS anec-
dotes. Stopping to strop his razor.
and prepared, with brush in hand. to
Shall I go e it again?' mo
thanks" drawled Mark. Its hardly
necessary. ~ think 1 can remember
every word"
A new novel which z. p. Dutton &
Co. have just issued, called Irene to
the Rescue begins In France. in the
days before the war, with English and
French men and women, boys and girls
in their middle and latter teens. living
happily and planning hopefully. The
reader quickly discovers hat the young
French heir to the property, instead
Of being, as he supposes. half English
is really half-German. Presently COM
plications n serious consequences be-
gin to result. and out Of these the
author develops a story full OF excit-
ing episodes and tangled events that
keep the reader absorbed as 1t carries
him through the early days of the war
to an astonishing climax. Irene, the
young English heroine, is a sparkling,
capable, resolute girl with a witty
tongue which can be caustic at need.
Whenever she is present there is plenty
Of clever and amusing conversation
In the gallery OF heroines Of tho sea.
son's Notion there is mono more dag
sling than eho.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-04
GENERAL CHANG HSUN
IS APPOINTED PREMIER

TIENTS1N, July 3.-Rcports reach
Ing here from Pekins say that tho En-
peror has issued an die appointing
General Chang Hsun. Premier and
Viceroy of the Province OF Chi Ii. and
that he has named members or the
new Cabinet. including Kang Yu Wei.
president OF the Progressive party, to
which millions OF Cinnamon belong.
and Hsu Shin Chang. former Secretary
OF State Of China, who will head the
ministry. General Chang Hsun sent
four delegates to President Ii Yuan
Hung to demand, his resignation, but
the President paid no attention to
them. The Manchus rave offered him
a grand dukedom.
1t is reported that General Chang
Hsun has forbidden the appearance Of
newspapers for three days. LANG Chi.
the famous reformer. declares General
Chang Hsun's coup suicidal. and says
1t cannot succeed.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-04
To-Day. hes. H..d-p,es.a yok.

Governor Livingston Beckman, of Rhode Is
land. said in Providence. apropos of tho gigantic
strides that tho temperance movement Is taking:
The whole country now seems to look at
excess as the young wife did. .
Jim. dear said a young wife. I do wish
you'd stop drinking. Every time you go to ono
OF those banquets of yours you get up the next
morning pale and silent, you eat nothing; you
just Eulp down ten or fifteen glasses of water.
Do stop drinking. won't you? I know i. can't
be good for you. dear
":All great men have been drinking men, said
Jim. Look at Poe. at Charles Lamb, look at
Burns. look at
well. Jim.' said the young wife, you just
swear off till you become a great man. too. and
I'll be satisfied Star.
Not Worth Mentioninx.
Men who have troubles all their days
To worry and perplex them
Have too much sense to let tho ways
or bores and meddlers vex them.
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To the Editor OF The 7Tines-Dispatch:
Sir.-The great majority of the suTraEists of
the country are entirely at one with YOU in
sondemnins the folly q the i%anatIeai women
our national and international president, Mrs.
an open letter to Miss Alice Paul. chairman OF
National woman's Party, Which alone is re-.
sponsible for the pickets and their future tao
Gait and DR.. Shaw have given out public state
ments characterisinE the picketing as .unwise.
suffrage" Eti ~.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-04
KerenSky

W. the smoke and the tears OF this
w sconfict have been cleared away and
the sun shines again on a world at peace,
there will be new figures in the Pantheon of
human liberty. Among them will be
K~erensky, representative Of labor in the pro-
yisional government of Russia. Frail, in
the, clutch Of what probably is n mortal ILL.,
ness, he has the vision Of the seer and the
spirit of the martyr. Willingness to die for
the freedom he helped to establish is not a
phrase with him. but a creed, held with I'M
faltering conviction. No wonder the Rus
sian army, spurred by his example as we'll
as by his e%loquence, followed this modern
Danton into the very jaws of death!
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-04
The Negro in the North

THERE will be no satisfaction in the South
1 that again it may point an accusing
ringer at Its %revilers and traducers. The
bloody tragedy of East st. Louis will bring
nothing but shame and grievous anger to
this part Of the country. That negroes have
been treated with more intolerance, more
injustice and more cruelty In this Illinois
community than they would have been in
any Southern State the country knows.
Their crime. be it remembered, was not
that crime of crimes which stirs the Mis-
sissippi or Georgia mob to frenzy. but, orig
inally at any rate. mere economic competi-
ton. These East st. Louis negroes had been
carried there to work in war industries and
had displaced white labor. The result was
inevitable. In whatever community, un-
accustomed to his presence in considerable
numbers, the negro becomes a contestant
for the white mans Job. trouble is bound
to occur.
The negro should be protected in his In
dustrial rights in Illinois as he Is in Vir-
gjnia. When he has been-when the shame
OF Illinois has been blotted QUIT will be
time enough for the North to resume its
discussion OF politics.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-04
SEEN ON THE SIDE

In Gfnter Park.
A quite dusky housemaid known ~ SHINY
In 30 weary she Just VIII not RAINY;
For the garbage men say
They'll take nothing away
That's not isft on the street or tho alley.
And rs where she's employed there's no alley,
And she with that big cask has to daily;
It's not hard to explain
Why she suffers such pain.
For It's really too much for poor Sally.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-04
The Richmond Times-D Dispatch
Information Bureau

Inquiries regarding almost my topic except
Ing on legal md medical subjects nre nnswered
free by The Tlnes-Disputch Information Bureau'
Through our Washington branch we Rre Tor
tunate In having access to the unparalleled re-
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Dispatch Information Bureau, Richmond, Va.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-04

eGroeers and butchers have been urged by
the Council OF National Defense to reduce
their deliveries. and thus save money for
themselves and their customers. This war
yet may teach us how large a part overhead
expense plays in the high cost of living.
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1CHMoND I1MES-DISPATCH: WEDNESDAY,, JULY a, 1917.

tions that she is not--the moro easily she
returns to monarchy, tho less embarrassing
+ will prove for the United States and Japan.
But the lamentable fact is that China is sec
ttonally as clearly divided In sentiment az
the United States was in 1860. The north
is nonarchist and the south republican, and
1t now seems that only by a miracle can the
sep: ration of the two parts be avoided.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-04
IsIPERIAL EMBLEM
EVERYWHERE DISPLAYED

PEK1NG. July 1.-The imperial en-
blem is everywhere displayed mark
Ing the restoration OF the Manchu
monarchy. There has been no disorder.
In a long edict Emperor IIsuan Tung,
who was restored to the throne to-
day. explains how. being youthful, he
was forced to relinquish sovereign
power to Yuan Shi Kai. late President
of tho Chinese republic. The country
being threatened with d~isIntegration
and party strife. and the people ap-
pcaling to him to take over It's adj
ministration to save the people from
suffering. the young Emperor says he
was compelled to take action. China's
future government will be based on
the following:
THE country hall be administered
according to the constitutional laws
promulgated by the late Emperor.
Expenses Of the imperial household
by the republic.
Blood princes shall not be allowed
to interfere in politics.
There shall be no differences be-
tween Manehu and Chinese. Marriage
between them is allowed.
All foreign treaties and contracts
shall remain in force.
The stamp tax and other petty taxes
arc abolished.
The republican criminal civil code
is abolished and hat introduced the
first year under Hsun TunE's govern
ment is reinstated.
Political offenders arc pardoned.
The wearing OF queues Is optional"
A hundred japanese have arrived
to strengthen the legation guard.
There is no news OF President Ii Yuan
Hung's expected resignation.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-04

Opponents Of the food control bill arc
pursuing the old plan Of 80 loading the
measure with amendments that It cannot
keep afoat. Unless the country keeps. its
eyes open, these tactics may succeed.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-04
Producing Recruits.

rs young Howler still trying to stir the war
like enthusiasm of the populace?"
Yes, and with success. too. One speech he
turned loose the other night fired the crowd with
such warlike enthusiasm they tried to lynch
him."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-04
Setting a Sound Precedent

THAT the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company. through its local Of
fees. has subscribed $4,000 to the Richmond
Red Cross fund furnishes a precedent that
deserves to be followed by other corporations
maintaining branch Offices in this city.
There are hundreds of them. and they do
an enormous volume of business with Rich.
mond people. They should bear a part OF
Richmond's burden.
1t does not suffice that these companies
contribute to the Red Cross at their home
Offices. We welcome them here in Virginia,
we aid,them to become wealthy and powerful,
and they ought to feel a sense Of RESPONSE
bility and OF unity with our aspirations.
They should not live on US and not with us.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-04
The Voice Of the People

As an evidence of good faith. letters must
give the name and nddreass of the writer. N.ne
Will not be Published IL writer 80 requests.
Make all communications short.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-04
Besides, It save. Enort.

I suppose" remarked the loyal constituent,
that you always practice what you preach"
Not Invariably" responded C nEressm
Hammfatt I'm some cases + find it politically
expedfent to permit my supporters to .bask in
the consciousness of superior virtue"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-04

This Is the nations natal day,
When all the boys delight to play
And raise a little Cain.
And that is why they hate the man
Who had the crust to &c and plan
A Fourth that's safe and sane.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-04

That Russian bear has proved, in Ma,
Twain's phrase. that the reports Of his deaf
were greatly exaggerated.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-04
h Pessimist Savt

II you really know your own business, you
VIII feel inclined generally to keep your nose
out Of that Of other people.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-04

With the selectiye draft in sight, enlist
ments In the regular army are likely to be-
come more popular.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-04

Spain does not take kindly to martial law.
This may or may not be due to Spanish OBJ
servation Of the effect of martial law on
Belgium and Serbia.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-04
Slipping Rubber Plants.

Mrs. p. T. H, Bedford City, Va.-To slip tn
rubber plant, wrap the base of the cutting in :;
ball of moss and plunge in a bed OF moss. l
may be done at any time.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-04

Meanwhile, we can all hope that the foo
lobby in Washington will suffer an attack {
acute indigestion.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-04

There was nothing unusual in the circum-
stance that the Boston peace parade ended
in q fight.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-04

while we are lending $500, 900, 900 a
month to the allies, no one can say we are
not playing an important part in the war.
But we shall have to contribute blood as
we'll as~treasure.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-04
PRESIDENT Il YUANHUNG
SUBMITS TO MONARCHY
Young Emperor, Restored to Throne
by Military Coup, Issues
Edtct.
OUTLINES NEW GOVERNMENT
Republican Criminal Civil Code Is
Abolished and Political Offenders
Acknowledgements Soldiers Ar
rive to Reinforce Legation Guard.

PEKING. July 1.-According to an
edict Issued In the name Of Hsuan
Tung the young Emperor. who was put
back on the throne to-day under the
prote -tion Of General Chang Hsun.
President Ii Yuan Hung has sub
follows:
L Yuan Hung memorializcs us to
take over the government, stating that
he was forced by the troops during
the first revolution to become the ma
tons head. He bemoans his defects
as head OF the republic, and asks us
to punish him. We recognize his mis-
takes and also his merits. We hereby
appoint him a duke of the first class"
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National Hymn OF Italy.

s. w. Richmond.-The only national hymr
(royal Italian march, played on all oricial
occasions. The famed Garibaldis Hymn" Is a
martial strain, and the other patriotic songs
are sectional.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-04

With American troops in Paris on July 4,
there ought to be "a hot time in the old
town tonight"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-04

And bow the survey VIM begin to survey!
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Cadets.

J. L n, Big Stone Gap, Va.-The word cadet
comes from the French. and means a younger
son." The former practice. Of providing for the
younger sons OF the French nobility by making
them officers OF the army gave rise to the mill.
tary use of the word. The students of the
United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md.
are called midshipmen. and those at the military
academy at West Point and other Shcools and
colleges under military discipline are called
cadets.
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norInr a Hole In GI....

A. r. C., Hopewell, Na.-Make a lubricant OF
r naraGin als su of p1oner a siae t to e chi Esef form Gn'" With 4
a rounded nose. and while supporting the glass
from the back, drill through. A brace or other
holder can be used with the file. Failure to
properly support the glass viii result In break
lubricant until the hole is through. When the
bit is nearly through, very little pressure on 1t
should be used. or the drilling should be started
from tho opposite side of the glass.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-04
Hoston Light,

j. B F., christiansburg. ya-Bos light
stands at the entrance OF Boston harbor. on
Little Brewster. or Beacon Island. sometimes
is one Of n group of rocky islands named after
the family Of William Brewster. a ruling elder
was established in 1915. and in 1776 was de.
stroyed by the British ships as they passed out
of the harbor after the evacuation of the town.
The present light was built in 1888; but has
been several times enlarged and RENTED. II
stands about 100 feet above sea level.