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!!cminninC TO Soak In

/ Herr. is unmistakahle evidence that the
German people at last arc beginning 10
see the hopelessness of their cause They are
teg!nnlnE TO realize. perhaps for the first
time, that their armies are not invincible
that little by little their great military ma
chine is being worn down and soon or late
II Will nave To give way under the pressure
which the allied powers will put upon it,
Already the press OF Germany is at work
preparing these people for the failure O: their
1918 campaign. They are telling the country
that the hope OF a victorious decision this
wear may be deferred They are explaining
IN their own peculiar way the collapse OF the
crown princes drive upon Paris, the drive
mat was depended upon to break the morale
OF the whole French people They are fore
casting great losses of men on the Marine
ana the Aisnc. but trying to make il seem
mat these losses are not immoderate a. COM
pared with those suffered by the allies
After assuming wholly contemptuous at
'Nudc toward America. dcriding the Amcri-
IN army as an organization and lying about
me american soldier as an individual. the
German newspapers are beginning TO show
respect Tor the new force. They arc citing
the presence of vast bodies OF Americans in
the battle as the only reason why the Ger
man general stans plans disrupted and
WIZ their powerful omruShing army was no,
"h'E heid III It's tracks, bat compelled to draw
BACK when the enemy began driving in it's
tanks.
This change Of policy on the part of the
German &ovcrnmcut--rcAcctcd in the Ger
man press-has deep meaning 1t indicates
very clearly that the government is losing
coincidence IN the future; tina, it is preparing
to assume only defensive attitude in the
war and II has become necessary for the gov
eminent TO give a measure OF warning to
It's people. No close reader OF the German
newspapers can fai! to see Significance in
me change OF tone in them and as we all
Know. this change is dictated absolutely hv
the power OF Berlin
When the United States entered tho var
there were many very sane people in this
country who expected Germany to throw mn
Pcr hands; To declare that she could MOI Il N,
IN" whole world and that she was ready IN
make the best terms of peace she could
Negotiate. In fact. some of these thourhifuI
Icople actually believed that the United
states had been forced into the conrirt r..
Germany IN order to provide her with = prn-
teAt Tor surrender This has not come 10
pass, of course, but it is not beyond the
range OF possibility that this excuse for unit
,ing the fight may yet he resortcd TO Whom
100000 Americans have landed in France
ana the German government, finally undor
stands that il is either case OF surrender ar
b" wiped out that government NAV of,or
all. throw down its arms with tho declaration
that 1t cannot triumph over the combincd
military power Of The world.
! Earring OF tourists from Washington would
| iFoNe serious blow AT the country's matri-
; monial industry Still. there alwavs Is
! Niagara Falls
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81 JUDGMENT; COD WIZ ask T,r,ot.s
h"s.ANoH whether he had boon IN
gnptr"r or democrat No ~"
-. "eiHaHG 81 N!cho.as. az OF you ard
~ me, w"At oCr deeds were wbon IN
I ',. BODY, No doubt the former g. 80.
"a wehE. hut / venture to say ,5..
,yoi ne wsrs St'!! on the throne the war
u" nave been over by nov Many
E"od witnesses suCh as a rr.ncbr5,,,
~ no VAS hostile 20 Nicholas, and wTii.
az Fctr"s!ad long time watched ~
'.HH o. AFFAIRS. testify positiveiy
nc i!!led cause as far as his own Is
ioT,s Went. You d.sp!sc him bcc.utc
ne vas born heir TO the throne al Et,.-
ia; say let US pity him. FOR ne ~,
a better friend TO good things than
IN" bC!sn"NikS, ana Let Us I-spis. MI
nam h"Aenzo!!"rn. not bccaus. ne is
~ Hinbei"E but hccaus. he IS a ,ruiy
VIE ana wicked man
LOVER OF JUSTICE
Richmond. Va. August !. 1915.
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Nearly six months have gone sin,@
the President publicly urged local al
thoritics I" help the electric railway
lines meet the deficiencies of their in
comes The responses are not en-
couraEinS. The President is left
holding tho help public utilities buc:i.
lie passed il to the local authorities
They passed il To the banks. the banks
passed it 20 the war Finance Boayd.
which passed 1t TO Congress. which
passed it back to the President Mean
while. the Labor Commission clearly
iudIcatcS purpose 20 order increase III
wages for electric railway employee,
and leave the managcuicntS TO sinh
or swim. OF clutch around for "A li:y
prcScrNcr
About 90 electric railways do bust
ness in the country They represent
capital Of $1,000. Ol0. 900 In twenty.
hi" they are directly under State e..
District control In fourteen States the
jurisdiction Of tho state is limited ~:
disputed. as in Virginia. where II HI.
mo authority except outside the cities.
In ten States the control Of these CT.
,"rrris-s is entirely with the cities
In" states have granted relief til,
year to 2li companies. cities have
@rni,tcd IL I" eighteen. This leaves 1iG
OF the companies supposed TO pu:I
through SOMEHOW by living on tn ia
own fat. or othcrw lSc--or to go ,,.-
"ecu tn" pincers with the rising costs
90 material and labor as ono claw. au..
Tic hostility OF iudineren nee Of t." local
authorities on the other II is undo
TODD that the President hesitate. 20
take over the electric lines, as he dl
,he steam lines and the wires. or I,
interfere with local administrations
IA few peculiarly desperate cases -.
muniti"n making towns 1t ..4carnc
new towns for the worNcrs or tending
ho electric lines money with wh!c1
to better Transportation The Hou.
ing Bureau has lent tho money IN
Bridgeport Philadelphia. south An
hoy and Elizabeth. y. j.. chicago SUB
IinS ana Indiana stcs! towns. 1t !
considering like action for SIEVE. Pine.
and twO or three other communities
fh;S is al! the hoip tho Federal GOV.
ernmcnt has given Therefore. there
appears 10 be prospect OF opportunity
Tor many Interesting experiments !.
ownership by the siuple
process Of indirect connscation Sucn
arrAnscn cn:s may give ''ih. Guy HAu
crowd Of various communities a anr
lot or new pay roll patronage and an
additional crack a, The taxpayer In
other instances, Doubtless thrifty can't
taiists viii he enabled 10 buy IN rtiine.I
properties for nothing and take larg.
prOtts at the expense OF the onicr,,r =
ing who undertook to build and l..
veIop towns. In yet other Instances
perfect success may he attained ans.
tho hated capital so thoroughly ove--
AVID by the majesty and might OF To-
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Paying The Price


AMES l.. SLAYDEN has served as a Rep
J rescniatirc in Congress from the Four
teenth District of Texas for more than :,
decade. He is man of marked ability gen
uine scholarship, well grounded in law per-
sonally popular and otherwise equipped to
maintain himself in public life for what
would seem to be indefinite period Until
the war IN Europe came, Mr.. Slaydcn $ record
was not only above reproach, but il was
one OF signal service. and he was looked
upon as both an asset and ornament in
the Texas delegation in the House of Rep
rcsentativcs.
BY one of those peculiar and unexpa Unable
circumstances, this very useful public
want, this forccful and learned leader of his
people went wrong upon the issues of the
wal He became an extreme paciist at the
outset which in itself was not blamablc for
the reason that this essentially paci-
fist country in the beginning. But Mr.. Stay
dens pacihsm carried him too far. He not
only arrayed himself against America s par
iicpation in the war. but in maintaining;
that position. he found himself in the at
ttude OF an apologist and defender of
German outlawry. Then came opposition to
those measures which the government found
it necessary 10 take in order to make itself
felt bcligcrcnt
All in all. the record of Representative
Siayden became one OF pro-Germanism. If
he could have forcscen the end to which he
was shaping his course. ii may be assumed
that long ago he would have faced about
but either the desire for consistency or OBJ
stihncy Of mind kept him from righting him
self, and now his public career is about to
come 10 an abrupt close. President Wilson,
thrce-!ine telegram, pronounced the
iSment that Mr.. Sayden's unftness TO sit
Congress had become manifest. and the
lnSressman voluntarily withdrew from the
ace for denomination.
The experience of Mr. Slaydcn is not far
who seemed less solcitous for their own
with which we at war. Representative
chairman OF the Republican Congressional
has just been defeated for denomination ~
his own party. His record was not different
in essential particulars from that Of the
most issues. and they have now met
the same fate at the hands OF their people.
The point about all this is that there is
no place in public life for men whose pa
tlotism is under suspicious. There IS no
place for men about whose sympathies in
this war there can be any possible doubt
There is no place for those who have failed
In any measure to give the fullest support
10 their government in its EFFORT TO destroy
a menace To civilization. This is not matter
OF parttsanship or OF politics, as shown by
the eases of Slayden, himself a Democrat,
ana Woods. n Republican. IT is solely a
natter OF straight 100 per cen; Ame:icanism
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Miss s. q. G. I.ynchburg.- one
or more Of the following may be named
as beneticiaricS by a person taking out
government insurance: Wife. husband
child. grandchild. brother. sister adopt-
ed brother adopted sister stepbro,hcr
stepSiStcr. parent Grandparent or step
parent of the insured, and parent
grandparent or ste pa rent Of the in.
sured's wife or husband. "a bill pend
ing before Congress proposes 10 in
clude. in the permitted class, u father
through adoption, mother through
adoption. and any person. who at any
time preceding Dctobei 6. 1917 or the
inSured'S enlistment or entrance into
or employment in active service in the
military or naval forces. has stood in
loco PARENTS to the insut I'd for period
Of not less than tive yealso
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questionable origin. or. in modern parlance.
gum shoeinE. Voters of Richmond to-dar
have Illustrations Of each method before
them One kind of campaign is being con
Quoted for the adoption of the City Coun-
ellis proposed charter changes. the other by
those interests which for selfish reasons
and by devious means would defeat ;hem
There should be no doubt as to which method
will win when the ballots are cast OH next
Tuesday.
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Voice Of the PEOPLE
Letters must give the mime and nd
dress OF the writer. Name VIII not he
punished II writer so requests.
Weak hut Not Wicked

To the Editor OF The Times u !spatch:
SRA certain unhappy. hut not
wicked. man. has recently been muir
de:cd in Europe. All the time he was
in prison tput there by some OF our
worst cncm!cs). you did not iccr at
him and his innocent children Sow
that he IS dead. accused OF a crime of
which his cap,ors possess the only
proof. you SPEAK in your cdltoria! to-
day with Coniemptuous Satisfaction OF
his end, and that Of hts little son. and
the misery OF his daughters, as !: they
were so many dogs WIZ is his Do
YOU mink that when Ne all give ac-
count OF ourselves on that Srca, ia =
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" aIutIt Timber.

W. L. G. Richmond.-Th War De
partmemt has issued a statement telling
persons who have walnut trees twelve
inches or more in diameter TO write
10 Captain X. /. Oakley. production
division small arms section, Ordnance
department, sixth and l. Streets Wash
inSion, -. &. He VIII advise you
where YOU can sell your walnut at Il
IA ir price.
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Diuc Sky I.uxy

Inquirer. Woodstock. are laws
to prevent fraud in the sale of stock 5
and bonds. They got their name from
the charge that some companies were
"capitaliZing the blue sky" Blue sky
laws were hrst passed by Kansas years
ago, following wild speculation in oil!
and gas stocks. Certain o. these laws
passed by various States have been
brought before the courts TO test their
conStitutionali-v The Michigan blue
sky law was declared unconstitutional
because 1t was said TO interfere with
interstate commerce and with indi-
Niduais right to NAL c binding con-
tracts
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to General p"rShinc a CON-, "'. ;t!sSouT a rs
iee "'eei2s2i 10 %hi n Eg9" y MTs Flor
wra1e .r,o ne e. noem In this the author
no. no. hSSr Nay you be Lee in ovcrythins a.,
Dina ye hear The slogan" Huns
nc voice once heard by Sh!lohs
The fierce South cheering on her sons.
"s;ar-Spansled" are your skies. the
Is ,sweepng. Serbia rise. rise.
LII, LII iSe!sium your blinded eyes.
Armenia your face withdrawal.
Know Lafayette. that I'VE are here.
ppG.ninHia far-Eathers France
kinFS Heauregard's ancestral lance
around the vineyards of his pore.
Did yc think. victims. we would fan
Nor rouse when late we knew the
Leave maneled. mnr,yred in your
Nor hurl avengers. Huns assault
But when nuns crucifed we've met
Lees Chambersburg Decree" again
sound round our front. a cry. re.
Lest we forget, lest we forget"
Shall your cathe1rals, rise again
In beauty Of the lilies ali
Your marbles; and your bells shan
call. 'S snail
in Flanders Christ walk 'mong the
When Berlin's gates arc battered dow
RE u stand IN simple Lincoln brown.
me center OF conuu'ring ring ''
And mankind's knight is Belpiu,,.s
king" SUM
When Pershng into Berlin rides
When guns. My country" 49,
across ''"f
deutschland ubcr allics'--schIose
stridcs5 mo
OF banner hearers that disclose
Under den Linden" by Gods might
Der Tag" no day but "dreadrni
night"
America through Berlin goes,
Flora Ellice stevens with Kansas City
journal ~
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u,he Nenr INith 80 Sumucr.

l. +. T. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES years
ago much was written about the year
with no summer. In Vermont. in June
ii heavy snow killed whole flocks Of
to drive his sheep into the fold was
frozen to death. Many such stories
were told of that year in which the
crops in many parts of New England
were destroy I'd by the cold and in
some places crops were not planted at
all
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Counties in Ercln u q.

Inquirer. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES names o.!
the counties in the four provinces in
ireland arc--Leinster: Carlow. Dublin.
kildare. Kilkenny, Kings. LonGford.
Louth. Meath. Queens. Wexford. Wick
low, Munster: Clare Cork and County
borough. Kerry Limerick. Ttpperary,
Waterford; Ulster: Antrim and Belfast
County Borough. Armagh, Cavan. Done
gal. Down. GcrmanaEh Londonderry
Monagahan. Tyrone, Connaught: Cal
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There are two well-recognzcd methods Of
Spoliticaf campaigning: one, open ana above
Board, in which honest, straightforward ar
speals are mado to the voters and arguments.
biased upon facts. addressed To their reason
gapd their interest in the welfare and con-
stinued progress OF their community; the
esecond, which might not unjustly be called
1.-THE German method. is made up Of nsid-
'9ouE propaganda OF doubtful vcracity and
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Questions and answers.

Pruritis. McdicnlcSc for itching.-What kind
"f disease is pruritiE and what treatment is
best |. A. W
Answcr.--lt is disease. II Is the medical
term for itching from various causes when
there is visible skin trouble. Successful
treatment therefore requires first an cNanina-
icn of tho patient. AS for EriEht'S disease. dia-
hctcS etc. and nve ,tiGation of the general
hygiene. have 1t little monograph on pruritiS
IT YOU want IL. send stamped self-addrcSSed
cmNc!c Pc and repcat SOI.r request.
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NIkIsicll Note,

Band Lcadcr-Wrl where's that snare drum
now; say. where's that snare drummer?
Coruct-He can't play to-day sir; he amt got
drumsticks.
Bard Loadcr--what, No Nrumstcks"
Cornct-No sir. no drumsticks. sir: tho Chi
cook is eating rice with en-. sir,
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nammation) of muscles of the outer and back
part of tho forearm and thumb. or about the
shoulder joint. from the constant strain of these
muse leS--and they generally call IT "rhcuma-
tisn.' too. and imagine the uampncsS of the
laundry is q cause. which II is not The remedy
Il; rest change Of work
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News Of Fifty Years Ago
from the Richmond Dispatch Aug >. 1869

y meeting of the board
of trustees of Randolph
Macon College was held in
Centenary Church Wedncs-
day. Rev. Bishop Early
presiding. The entire day
was taken up with Il dis
cussion of the legal diff
cultics in the way Of the
removal of the college from
Boydton to Ashland. y
committee. of which BishOp
Early was chairman. was
appointed to confer with
General Storcman. The
committee obtained from
General Stoneman author
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Sunnmcry.

Tnc waves roll high; the beach is white:
The moon shines on 4 starlit night
It's pleasure to commute:
But can't sec the waves. the things
rf Nature. when 81 inmcry clinEs
Milady's bathing suit!
Milady is a beaut.
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ton and so reported at another meeting of the
board yesterday. On motion of Darcy Paul of
Petersburg, the board declared that the question
Of removal being now definitely settled the
Ashland the first day OF October next. An
executive committee. consisting OF Richard Irby.
Bishop Doggett, Darcy Paul. Dr.. Head and
Thomas Branch was appointed and instructc ed
to take the necessary steps both to remove
the Libraries. etc. from the present location at
made at Ashland to receive them. DIR. Leonidas
Eoss-r requested by the board o become
general agent of the college for the collection
Of funds for its successful inaugurati at Ash
land. Colonel johnson rendered his resignation
president OF the college and Landon G. Gar
land, III. d. of Mississippi. unanimously
elected president.
At the grand rally of the German C>onserva-
tive Club and Seymour and, Blair Campaign
Cluh last evening, Rev Mr.. IIoyer spoke in Ger
man. and. Judging from his reception. rendered
himself with great ability. He was followed by
l.. H. Aylett and Colonel Johnson, who. of course
SPOKE in English
In about two weeks the Orange and Manassas
Railroad Will be rcopSncd TO Mount Jackson.
New counterfeit 50-ccnt currency has made
its appea rance in this city in large quantity, nd
ii viii he we'll for the people to look out FOR it,
The state Department yesterday issued
treasury check to the Russian .inistcr for ST.
zoo. 900 in gold in payment for Alaska, and that
closes the whole Alaska transaction.
Hon. Revcrdy Johnson will sail for England
tomorrow with Mrs. Abraham Lincoln under
his
General Storeman left Washington yesterday
for a short trip to the North. He will return 10
Richmond in about two weeks.
y valuable tract of land known as Alum
Spring near Frederick sburg has been sold by
a. p. Rove. of Fredericksburg to Mr.. Mc1-ecr. OF
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The General Commanding here. what's
that. The Americans cha ging and ]
dcred Il retreat
Orderly-It can't he helped sir. The Amer.
can general says his men amt got any for
music and they amt never learned but
bugle call.
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Give me the man who pays his debts.
Who postpones nothing. nor lOrGets.
And Will show you one full trusted.
Who never holicrs: Help! I'm busted
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cal statesmen that il will avoid public
utilities Of all kinds on any terms
Thus we mag see revcrsion to promi-
NV" conditions. with the rich and well
io-do. possessing automobiles. retirin:
Tor residence to the suburbs and the
employed classes tanning and packinl.
themselves as close to the business cen
tcrs as they can get. to save walking
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Information Bureau

Inquiries regarding almost amy topic,
excepting nlcSal and medical sub
JectS, are answered free. As all in
nuiries are answered directly by per
>ounl letter kclf-aidrcsscd, stanpc d
IL required. Address The
Times Dispatch Information Bureau,
l il. II mOnd, ta.
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Charcoal r:rh.s DniIy Thought.

''Ef man got uothiu' mo 'portant TO { do"
81 id Charcoal Eph. in mood. The jess materially
got I go home an fro" hri ,tDa,s at he wife
Try pickle Mistah Jackson"
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I'M son OF toll nd low the soil
And the things that sin laboI:
I'm up with the sun, like a SON "a gun
And liustie's my nearest nc. ghbor
!! YOU want 10 see how a fellow; can pioy
Just watch me and see 90 TO il.
And Al milking. o WOW: j. st hand me n COW
And you'll how an einert can do II,
Extract from the song OF a city guy who
has Just bought i0.2T foot lot next door To a
twehty-acre farm, and - thinking OF raising
bee for the honcyD
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II Turkey
Should
Quit

use o. her territory for military operations Ger
taIniy the use OF the Darda neles. This would
AUTOMATICALLY make her again a bclligcrcnt
Such Il detection from tho central powers would
pe OF me SraNest consequence them. 1t
wou!i place Bulgaria IN position OF peril ana
mat: IN turn. would menace Austria with a
greatest interest at this time. Her people are
uIciared TO be eNtremelr tired OF the war. and
some adjustment quickly King Ferdinand is
reported to nave gone tr foreign lands" for
some time for the benefit OF his health Tho
use OF the phrase foreign lands suggests that
II IS not III Austria or Germany that he ia So
JourninG. switzerland is the only remaining
region available for travelling bcll!gcrcut
monarch. II this be his abiding place the sur.
ScStion is strong that he is seeking pol!tica,
rather than physical health. possibly both
Washington S.ar.
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The Non-E.ScntInIs.

When the fever of chasing the Kaiser gets
into the American blood right recruiting men
for the army and navy will! l. Ii ted am-ng the
noncsscntial industries
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Allotment for Mother.

Widow. Richmond If son in the
military service a!!otS hal! .; his SAL
Any to his mother. the government VIII
supplement II with monthly allow
.nC- OF $40.
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Price of Mercury.

Reader. Point Bank .-Tnc wholesale
price OF mercury, or quicksilver. n
Ecw York is SLIGO an ounce.