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yard. they will find that the informa-
ton they have acquired, ia Incorrect
When the Stuart Monument com
miitee prepared their inscription II was
thought worth while to repeat General
+. j. tStonewaiD Jackson's message to
General STUART after the former had
been wohnded ut ChancellorsvilIe.
4 short while back The Times Dis
patch carried Geographic dispatch
from small Virginia town To- the
effect that q certain Confederate vet
Gran had died from the effects of
wound received AT Appomattox. Tho
headline writer sufficiently scented the
absurd 10 announce that II finally
KILLED him.
In toe case Just mentioned arty-
three years elapsed from ,the date OF
the wound TO the moment OF death.
Jackson fingered for eight days. All
dictionaries agree that ito XIII means
70 deprive OF life; But where Is tho
line to be drawn between killed" and
wounded? How many members OF
the Stoncwall Jackson Monument com
intttee would admit that man who
died nifty years after receiving a wound
vas killed ut Appomattox?
CASTOR LICHTENSTEIN
Richmond. Va. December &c. 1918.
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News of Fifty Years Ago
(Trom the Richmond Dispatch. Dec. "a, 1sss)

On Sunday Rev. Dr. J. b. Jctcr pastor Of the
Grace street Baptist Church. performed ali tho
functions of the ministerial Office He married
n couple, preached two sermons, administered
night baptized two persons. 1t was very busy
day with the doctor
The monument presented by the HOLLYWOOD
Memorial Association and be erected 10 the
memory OF General Walter II. Stevens is now
exhibition at Rogers's marble yard The
tion of committee of Richmond Lodge No 10
a. l.. & y. NJ.
At the Masonic Hall In Manchester on sun
dAy, the Rev. Mr. Hammond, Epscopai minis.
ter, preached to the few who are faithful There
have been several Intellectual attempts made TO
plant an Episcopal church across the river and
it is hoped that this one will prove successful
before the Y. NJ. G. y. will he delivered in Dr.
IIores church at o'clock o-njCht nv RAY
G. Cranberry. d. d. His theme will be 'True
Manhood"
The concern known as the City Republican
Executive Committee last night passed resolu-
ment of salaries OF the disqualified" under the
the opinion Of the Attorney General upon the
subject.
On Sunday morning last Edward II. Gill. an
old citizen Of Richmond, well-known throughout
unexpected, as he had been lingering on tho
brink OF dissolution for many weeks. lilo had
been time superintendent of the Vir-
ginia and Tennessee Railroad. and for the past
Richmond and Petersburg Road.
A motion in the Senate Is add two to tho
Pacific Railroad committee. and thereby give
the South representa- ion In II, Enve rise 3ust
before adjournment to sharp sectional debate,
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Another jolt for "Kultur"

a ENCOURAGEMENT by the chemicals diyi-
"A sion of the War Industries Board OF the
discovery of substitute for platinum for use
IN the manufacture Of suphuric acid adds
further proof to the rapidly accommodating
evidence that the world in general, and Amer
lea in particular, is far from dependent on
tile German chemist,
For years the world has been fed up with
the idea that the German chemists held a
position of nnquestionable superiority in
science. This idea the German chemists and
the German government took good pains to en-
courage. 1t was as much part of German
propaganda as those boastful reports con-
corning the invincibilty OF the German
army. At the very outset this world war
developed as a war of chemicals, and Ger
many had the psychologist advantage that
went with the reputation of having the most
expert chemists in the world. 1t contributed
its part to the myth, valuable for n time
to Germany. that it was a nation Of SUPER
men, against which no resistance could sur
Yive.
Chemists in other countries, America in
Guided, never were willing to conceda all
that the German scientists claimed in the
way of superior knowledge and greater i'll
Ventive genius. but in this the Germans were
better advertisers, and the myth long re-
tanned Its hold on the popular mind in all
ginning to be recognized, much OF Germany's
success in chemistry came through the read
mess Win which German chemists exploited
the IDEAS OF Anglo-Sa1on and Latin scientists
anu inventors. A race to De inventive and
creative must have Imagination, and not
only in chemistry, but in the arts much of
the creative work in Germany has been the
product OF Jewish rather than German minds
Just as Germany did not invent the subma-
irnl .---l,s.
proportions, so many of the chemical theo-
ries which it exploited in such spectacular
fashion were borrowed or stolen from the
chemists Of other nations
fut 10 the test by the tremendous demands
Oh the war, the American chemist very
promptly showed the stuff that was in him
oulphurlc acid is an absolute essential in
the manufacture of high explosives The ac-
cepted method of making sulphuric acid in
this country called for the employment of
Il catalyst containing platinum But the Sud-
ply OF platinum was scarce and growing
scarcer So American chemists appealed
10 IN the emergency, set about to discover
substitute, and they did-a better sub
stance, in fact. for the purpose needed. than
platinum itself
win the customary supply Of potash from
Germany cut off, our chemists got busy and
discovered way by which they could meet
our demands by extracting potash from waste
furnace fumes and cement dust as we'll as
from hitherto INDICATED potash deposits in
TINS country; and now. so far as we are
concerned the once powerful potash mo-
hopoiy or Germany exists no more
The chemical industry in this country is
actually organizing to compete with GERMANY
In foreign markets in the sale of certain
chenpcals which. before the war, were i'm
ported from Germany. Truly there is ironic
punishment for Germany in many of the re-
suits of this war
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gin to beat their swords into plow-
shares or to transform their. spears
ready to pour contempt on an arrogant
pride of conquest, and combine to Keen.
the peace Of the world.
The assembling of the peace confer
encc at this time reminds us of the
coronation OF Charlemagnc In st.
Peters in Rome December rs, 500 A. d.
his head. all the people shouted Long
lifc and victory to Charles Augustus,
crowned by God. the great and pacific
Emperor OF the Romans"
win tho promising title. "Imperator
Iaciicns" no undertook TO represent
ne he, Prince Of Peace as head OF the
capitularies classed under different
heads. only thirteen werc previous to
December IS. 500; hfty-two arc com
The peace OF tho world is too big a
problem Tor any one man or nation to
preserve augustus and Charlemagne
to enforce peace by force. Each dem
onstrated the futility Of peace by milf
tary power alone.
Have we any surer hope for an en-
during peace from the coming confer
encc? President Wilson has declared
for peace on the reign OF law based
mankind" This is senui.;ely Ghristian q.
and is the only basis OF an enduring
peace.
Tho peoples of the world themselves
must be determined TO have peace;
they must be willing and ready tn
make all needed concessions to insure
II. Tho reign OF law based on tho
consent Of the governed" must restrain
all greed for territory that would tlis-
regard the will OF the people in any
given territory.
Italy must not be permitted to mako
tho Adriatic an Italian lake: Only
about 6 per cent Of the population in
the Italia 1rederta arc Italians In the
true sense. For Italy to hold the east
ern shores of the Adriatlc would lead
to inevitable clashes with the people
In Jugo Slavia.
Again. the Bolsheviki cannot be AL
lowed TO continue their program OF
lust. robbery and murder. That must
cease. for their program is not based
on the reign OF law. Tho Orlentals
have fought for humanity: the peace
conference must scc,rc for them fair
treatment. The Gloria in Excolsis" is
for all men. ON Garth peace among
men In whom God delights"
Tho night OF strife Is far spent; the
dawn of the dny OF universal peace
and world wide good will draws near.
Copyright, 1915.
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Books and Authors

An AMERICAN Crusader at verdun."
ny Philip S. Rice (princeton University
ing experiences OF an American am
bulanco driver who went over early
10 help France whip the Hun and won
the Croix dc Guerre Tor distinguished
voyage OF Philip Rice and continues in
ssPple aSee' style to after.
once more in America. This driver OF
car No. ID sees service at Epernay.
Ludcs. Verdun: Champagne and many
direct human touch make this book
intensely readable.
Some months ago several lectures
were delivered by Or. Isaac ]. Lansing,
PM ID; D. before prom,inentt New York
tanity did NOT prevent tho war. These
lectures were so good that tho Rotary
Club OF New York published one. cir
Institutions followed suit. MIR Edwin
Q; G;roSy,e!r. president Of tho PRANK Ar.
r{ Scao G COMPANY. Of New York and
ship for the author. at his own eN-
pense. printed thousands OF copies OF
h Three c addresses: These eetures have
under the title why Christianity Did
Not Prevent tho War" (Doran) as the
church's answer to this oft-repeated
question.
a very sensible and practical volume
comes from the pen Of II. Addington
Bruce entitled Nerve Control and
How to Gain It" Dunk and Wag-
nails Company. The author discusses
the whole question OF nervous trou-
bles, their causes, and their preven-
ton, in chatty. nontechnical manner
that will appeal to the laymen to
whom the book Is designed to be
help. 1t treats of food, exercise and
habits in their bearing on the ner-
yous condition Of the Individual. OF
Insomnia. irEAability, melancholia and
kindred ills. and eniarges upon the
value OF the right outlook. the bless
ngs OF relaxation. the curative quail
tiles of fresh air, and number OF
subject.
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The four Provinces OF Lerida, Corona, BARGE
Iona and Tarragona desire certain meas
ure OF autonomy, and some Of their tnhab-
tants are clamoring for absolute indie
pendencv These provinces constitute
what is called Catalonia, and this section
OF the kingdom processes to be the home Of
Spaniards who are something different from
other Spaniards. The Galatians have q unique
history, and those who are familiar with
Dumass Monte Crsto' will recall certain
references to them. At this time when many
Of the nations Of the earth are being split
into fragments, Catalonia is yoicing its claims
with more than usual enthusiasm. Z
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Railway employees may reflect with some
apprehension that under government owner
sup tney would be in the same position ~
are the 10000 department clerks in Wash
ington. Most of these are paid now the
same wages that prevailed seventy wears ago.
AFTER long struggle they have attained
some prospect OF an increase averaging s23
year each Congress is willing always to
he1p give dropsy of the pay roll to all private
ana corporate interests, but when it comes
10 government employees-reputation for
economy must be maintained and the pose
or wafchdogging the Treasury held At
tempts TO coerce Federal officials by strikes,
ooEcotts, picketing and disorders always are
ilkely to invite serious consequences in Fed
eral courts
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urahu Duke Nicholas, commander OF. the
husslan army during the trying days OF the
warsaw campaign, appears to have as MANY
lives as the proverbal cat In the ear,v
days OF the revolution he was reported ar
rested and imprisoned on several occasions
Lator, when the Kerensky government fell
and Lenine and Trotzky added to Russian
chaos the grand duke was reported executed
on several occasions. Now it is said that
Nicholas is In command OF force of Cos
sacks in Southern Russian. This nforma-
ton comes in wireless message via London.
Inc grand duke was one OF the most bril-
nant campaigners produced by the war, and
II ne had been given proper support by
the departmental heads at Petrograd, Ger
many would have been forced to yield be-
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Any American.


I have a hearth-the altar Of my
Dreams;
] have a garden where 1t almost seems,
AT night. L hear the flowers laugh and
And Beauty's fairy footsteps stealing
by.
! have q. comrade who is ever near
To comfort or to laugh in hours Of
cheer;
She Is my battle partner. brave and
strong as the torrent. gentle as the
These are the treasures which my for
Yet comes the old refrain: "I could not
love 49,
Thee dear; so much. loved I not honor
Az hark Il drum is beating tunes of
war.
All Frr o,,m3, thou art dearly. dearly
Asking The best! or old our fathers
And won thee with their blood. their
Womcn'S tears:
Thou must he won ngnin--shall we
have fears?
So for n little or j, longer while
'S"T com ,ry npW sm,sc my hearth. my
To fight so that tho weary waiting
world
May shout TO see It's last grim war.
flag furlcd.
And u come, and if I wait for thee
some"hGre beyond tho last storm.
Some day. dear treasures. shall hold
you all
Forevermcre Farewell. Hark. Free.
Paul Van Reed Miller,
Captain Fifty-ffth Infantry, q. 8. A.
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SEEN ON THE SIDE

A Final Appeal.
AS sit, three -qunrters manning
AT to-days instn ment tapping
h'nerins out these terrible trincs with
an oft-disEusted Muse,
Suddenly the thought come. DER IN.
Chrlntmns Eve is just before me-
And fear that san.h Clnus may not re-
member Henry's shoes!
Heavens: wouldn't Il he awful II he over
looked my shocst
Back MS fnr 1 remember,
Never, I'm my Iifcs December,
hnFe ever drnwn present that was
worth a piat Of peas:
Fo1ks who really might have pIensea nc
Have conspired to mag and tense me
TIL begged release from calendar, nnon
my Bonded knees,
And from silded pins and laundry-bnEs,
upon my bcndcd knees!
D the stun they always send me!
From another lot defend me!
don't need the felt pen-.ipers, nnd the
shaving pnds punk:
Please omit book -mnrkers; for ,cm
I've q hatred, 1 ahhor 'em!
And the pipe-rucl<s and their kindred O.,
the line of Christmas junk!
SKIP me If you will good Santa. but omit
the usunl junk!
o the shoe horns have gathered
And the soaps that never lathered,
Ana the knives that wouldn't cut, and
collar buttons by the score!
o the miseries I suffer
When some over-generous duher
Send. u club subscription for some eriodi-
Gals TINT bore.
There are times when even ChristmnH 4.
most depressing bore:
So, ns thrce-quartcrs mapping,
Sit mt sos stuff tapping,
Just thought co1ex unuernost ,.b.n
I'd invoke the lnEy Muse:
For the love of Mike, Denr Santa,
Leave me out rnise your mite
And deposit something decent in your
Uncle Hcnry's shoes!
tiou will find them b. the bedpost: thew
Number shoeao
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Wants Train Justice.

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-About ten miles above US is q
little branch road better known as the
buckingham branch. Every week or
so this train goes TO Richmond on
saturday returning on Sunday night.
What I want to know Is this: The
boys from Brcmo can 30 to Richmond
on this train or return on IL or come
down on No. 10, and this train will
stop for them just above us and take
hem back. Why is It these boys can
ride and the general public tx not
allowed to? They claim II Ia against
tho rules OF the railroad company 20
ride on this train. How can this be al
lowed? Give US Justice. is what we
want. G. W. NJ.
Columbia. Va. December 10. 1918.
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with new man at the head of the bureau
or war risk insurance perhaps some stops
VIII be taken to forward allotments to de-
pendents taken out OF the soldiers pay be-
lore rehabilitation is completed Appar-
emily the administration OF this bureau has
peen dlsgracefully managed. No reasonable
excuse can be offered for withholding these
aiiothents from the ones for whom intended
LOT months, especially since the data was suf-
hclently reliable to enable the bureau to de-
duct the allowances from the nav of Tho
soldiers
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National hotel men are holding an expo
sition in New York The most startling and
curious novelties described are New York
walters actually grateful for tips. but they are
women replacing strikers. Now if somebody
will put on exhibition hotel without a
Positively No Checks Cashed" sign on the
cashiers desk, the travelling public will be
refreshed and really encouraged
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Macmillan Harden, the angel Hun, try
ing to soften the allies, produces a plan
for political regeneration of the world which
sounds like combination OF Wagnerian
opera and an etude of attitude in A fiat. The
motif so to speak. is that every nation shall
use its debts as its chief asset and circulating
medium, and that Germany shall not be
asked to pay cent OF indemnity, lest the
holy calm and mutual love of the peoples
: of the earth be Jared
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fore the United States entered the thcater
OF armed conflict 1t is to be hoped that liza
is still alive, and will play an important part
IN the reconstruction OF Southern Russia, a
part or the former empire which has shown
mucn conservatism in its democracy, and
which, by reason of it's fertile lands. gives
promise OF becoming one Of the most pros
porous regions Of the earth.
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Certainly it looks fair that the Huns be
required to pay to the people they have
plundered and wrongcd the S175O, 600 900
year they have promised to pay to them
selves and their special adherents as interest
on their public debt. That arrangement
would enable them TO pay $50, 900 900 900 in
forty years-easy terms enough-and by the
time they got through they might have
learned some respect for the feelings, rights
and property OF others.
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Information Bureau

Inquiries regarding almost any tonic.
excepting on lcEnI and medical srb-
1cct.. are answered free. Az all in
.onai letter, sclf-nddrexned. stamped
envelope In required. Addrcsn The
Richmond, Va.
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For Historrcnl Accuracy.

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-Those members of the stone
wall Jackson Monument committee
who think that KILLED at Chancellors-
Vile" is historically accurate should
protest against the inscription on the
pedestal OF the Stuar, Monument
Otherwise historians visiting the city
VIII be puzzled. At Lombardy Street
these visitors will read one thing
and, after proceeding to tile Bouie-
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Graves Registration Service.

l.. w. Mex. Petersburg.-An insti-
tuition doing important work with the
American cXpeditionary forces in
France is the Graves Registration
Service. The mission of this service
is the recovery OF the dead, the iden-
tifcatio and registration of bodies.
the location and recording of graves,
the sending OF this information to the
families OF the deceased and the gen
eral care OF the American cemeteries
in France. Under orders from Cen
cral Pershing. the Graves Registration
Service also co-operates with the
American Red Cross in photographing
graves and in distributing. when prac-
ticable, such photographs 10 the fami-
lies of the dead. The Graves Regis
tration Service Is unit of tho quar-
termastcr corps and was established
by general orders. Each unit OF this
service Is composed OF one captain,
ONE lieutenant and fifty enlisted men.
There are now fourteen of these units
serving with the American expedition
airy forces in Franco under the COM
mand of Lieutenant Colonel Charles c..
Picscc. quartcrmaster corps. Colonel
Ircrce is retired chaplain. major
CT the regular army, and was pastor
OF an Episcopal church In Philadelphia
when the war began AS he had been
in charge of similar work in the Phil
ippines, upon the organization of the
Graves Registration Service. he VOL
untecred for this important task. in
the jealous performance of which ne
has been awarded promotion.
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Under the French law returning soldier
who takes out homestead claim on the
public lands must also take unto himself a
wife, provided he is not already SO encum-
bored. Evidently the government, while con-
verting him into farmer, would keep him
prepared for war.
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER "a, 1918.

One curious contradiction is that when a
Washington prohiDitionist officer catches a
man with ten quarts of whisky the prisoner
is regarded innocent if he proves he In
tends to drink 1t all himself. That seems,
too, to put premium on heartless selfish
ness.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-24

Although reports OF discomfort In Spain
reach this country from time to time, the
political situation In that country is but little
Understood on this side OF the Atlantic
While 1t Is not generally known, Spain has
"a hoIne-rnle question which In some respects
resembles the Irish problem OF Great Britain.
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Perhaps the Hun ex-crown prince really
has some sense, after all. When a mob OF
Dutch women advanced on him he avoided
the error OF supposing them to be trying to
make love to him and quickly and intelli-
gently made tracks
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herr Erzberger continues to pretend to be-
lieVe that his nation will be respected
factor In the peace conference instead OF the
chief and guiltiest malefactor.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-24

II 1t is to be Judged by the actions OF its
hepno iican County Committee, Kings County.
New York, is against the Germans and their
allies first. last and all the time Tho com
mittee few days ago adopted a resolution
urging that the immigration to this country
OF Germans, Austrians, Turks and Bulgarians
De prohibited for a period OF twenty wears
and that all alien enemies now interncd no
deported. The resolution recites that i, is
the Intention of many thousands of the enemy
populations to emigrate to the United States
in order to avoid their obligations under
the peace terms to be imposed and TO take
advantage OF the high wages expected n
prevail in the United States. Verify the wav
OF the Hun. like that OF every other trans
gressor, Is hard.
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count that day lost whose slow descending
sun views no new trouble for the beaten Hun.
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reversing the ancient fake news story
Holland has taken the Deutsch.
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Charcoal Isph. Daily Though,

liyar come Christmas" said Charcoal Eph.
AN den Ne" feahs. an den spring. an den
dc time when fool man 200 pound o.
woman in yawl an think he done havin' a
good time! Try sardine Mstah Jackson"
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o lovely maid, have magic key
BY power Of which try the lovers part:
But when try, find some other chap
Has gone and plugged the keyholc of 70,
heart