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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-26

1855 W. " sand Ohio with all OF its
rights and privileges in and
PRESIDENT Fontainc and his directors finish their
work at the White Sulphur sessions they will
complete arrangements for the comp, elton of
tn: road to some point on the Ohio River.
Walter G. Fry, recently appointed gauger OF
spirits FOR this district yesterday gave bond
in the OF $4,000. and entered upon the
discharge of MS duties.
The Corn and Flour Exchange has changed
its business hours. Hereafter the exchange
will open at $3.50. sales will begin at o'clock
and close at 10.
Under the new tax law passed by Congress
Virginia and West Virginia will comprise the
tenth supervising district.
Judge Underwood in the Circuit Court at
Alexandria, directs that the Alexandria and
Washington Railroad be restored TO the lessees
sumo running this morning.
On Saturday government employees at Wash
ington pettioned President johnson overrule
Secretary Schofelds decision that if they only
work eight hours under the recent act of Con-
grcss they only receive pay for that time.
They argue that the debate and votes on the
bill when pending did not indicate that such
reduction OF wages was intended.
\ serious and mystifying cattle plague has
broken out in and about Cincinnati Seventeen
with ii. and these and other stricken ANNA Is
are dying rapidly there seeming to be no cure
for the malady.
General Sherman's dispatches from the Far
West corroborate the newspaper accounts Of the
Indian outragcS. General Sheridan telegra phs
him that they are too horrible for detail
The New York Board OF Aldermen. fifteen in
number were arrested Saturday by the Shcr-
IN for contempt Of the supreme Court. The
an Injunction OF court granted in response to
the prayer of William B. Astor.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-26
Richmond. August "a. "


To the Editor OF The Times Dispa ich:
S!r.-Ihe question whether or not to
Richmond is one for the City school
Board. in it's wisdom. TO decide Nat
10 any American child being forced 10
learn the language or our arch enemy.
At the best of times II is a barbarous
the model OF an inverted pyramid with
gendcrs mixed without the slightest
regard to sex. Yet il is essential that
learn II. as also some must learn
Chinese. Besides, IL is possible 10 con-
quer ones foes without forgetting their
language. We have defeated the Brit
ish in two wars without prohibiting
the TEACHING of English in our schools.
SEMEN.
Richmond. Va, August 90, 1915.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-26

Opposi 10 n to the "work-or-hght"
amendment Of the new draft bill coming
from leaders OF organized labor is unex-
pected and rather illogical. The objections
presented are that the amendment would in
dictate doubt of the loyalty OF the working
men, and could be misused by employers TO
coerce employees. The DIRECTORS seem to for
get that they are inviting against those they
undertake TO represent the unjust suspicion
mat they WISH To reserve power to halt war
work, while avoiding military service They
overlook. too, the fact that the government
not the employers, decides whether or not
men shall go TO the ranks and virtually has
the final decision in fixing pay working
hours and conditions.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-26
Health Talks by DR.. VIM. Brady
one-Handedners. Observation-Disclosures and
Two-H a ndedness.

We have before US two letters written by the
wife Of an army officer. One Of the letters is
written by the left hand; the other by the right
They are equally well written. The lady en-.
Ing. china painting. playing piano-but then all
piano players use both hands for work,
Don't they' the letters are newsy, bright
munications to a friend yet OF excellent literary
sonality She FITS in we'll evcryw and seems
to derive all the fun imaginable in any stu
alton. Equally at home bandyinE persihage
with her intirnates or carrying highbrow
playing her own accompaniment. and she can
whistle too. That is 10 say here is
happy disposition and two Drained woman.
Her right cerebrum liz educated nearly il not
content to educate the left alone and leave
the right dormant. Us there any relation be-
tween the two-han 1edness and the cheerful
temperament? ] believe there is.
is artihcia! right-handed man. He was nat
uraily ltft nded in childhood. but his teachers
mad: him suppress the left-ha ndcdness and de-
Y..op dezter!ly He is ploddcr physically
Lucky for him nc married a two-handcd woman;
she won't Jet him dwell on mis- symptoms"
great many neurotic individual ls--persons
shD interpretive, hypochondracs neuras-
,h.ricn dynpcptics. pcssimistS. antis-are arti-
nc!aiiy right handed
E,utter!ng often results from forced right
Ia hdsdncsB and may he overcome In 9uch cases
~ return TO natura! left handcdness.
Writer'S cramp often develops in artifcialy
right h3 nded pcrsODs-and doubt that II
wound ever develop In two handed persons.
Japanese children receive a two-handed cdu
cation. are told
Typ.writsrs employ both hands about equally
well why not pcnWriters? Writing may have
been accom- pl iahmcnt in ancient times. IT is
now merely necessity. our brain capacity
ought 10 be great enough to-day to compass
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-26

the present allied offensive is the fact that
many thousands Of prisoners have been taken
We are prone to judge armys achieve
ments by the number OF killed and wound ed
on the other side. While il is true that there
is no more efectual method OF weakening an
enemy than by killing his soldiers. this does
not hold true as to the wounded for a great
majority of these met! return to fgh, again
But captured German is an enemy soldier
permanently removed from the battle theater.
and, like the man who has just voted, has
ceased to become an object OF interest
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-26
Why Shouldn't They Work or Fight?

RGANlZED labor has vehemently protest
~ ed against the Thomas amendment to the
man-power bill, which, by legislative enact
ment, carries out the policy of the War De-
partment in enforcing the work fight regu
lation Representatives OF the unions have
contended that such a law would stigmatize
labor would enslave it, would place it under
the direct control Of mlitarists, and would
place strikers in the same category as loafers,
slackers and draft dodgers. This, of course,
is a rank exaggeraton of the case. The
Thomas amendment would do none of these
things any more than the present executive
order has delivered labor into the hands of
the military
But the average man fails utterly to un-
derstand why the organized as we'll as the
unorganized labor of the country should not
work or fight. II there is any sound reason
why any single class of Americans with the
capacity for war service and facing the neccs-
siiy FOR such service, should be exempt that
reason has never been given. Nobody has
yet explained why strikers should be per-
United TO hamstring their government in the
prosecution of the war while millions OF
Americans are facing death on the battle
field. Nor has il been explained why or
gained Dor should receive preferential
treatment at the hands OF a government
which has and exercises the right to COM
mand the whole power OF the nation in
this crisis
II is conceivable that men will suspend
work pending the adjustment OF bona fde
disputes between themselves and their en-
ployers, without meaning 10 bind or gag their
government. The government itself recog-
| nzes the possibility OF this and has provided
War Labor Board TO intervene in such dis
putes. That board, however, ingista In all
cases that the men return TO work leaving
the matter Of settlement 70 the fairness of
| the government. And il the men involved
refuse TO return 70 work then they should
lose their industrial exemption under the
draft.
The answer Ia Dor leaders make ig that n
| the government ptopOseh 70 draft labor in
| this fashion, 1t should !ikegiEe draft capital.
| And that anhwcr IL we'll taken Capital
| should be drafted u it failg In its obligations
| to the government. AZ q matter of fact 1t
I has been drafted in many ina,anccs Whole
| plants have been comEiaEdcefed when their
| owners lay down upon the goYernment And
President Wiison VIII not hetitate To com
mandeer the busincss u any man or set of
! men in this country II that husinesg H. peces.
| sary 70 the prosecution y! the war and II IL.
| owners fail 20 do their duty
Labor is absolutely f!rht IN Containing
| that capital that may be- recaicitrant ,.
drafted And The government IL abs1Iu,cIy
right in its policy Of consrripting any man
VINO refuses to WORK. whether ne he a union
striker. street corner loaie. q. a Eoyery
| rat"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-26

Admiral Won Hintze, the newly appointed
German Secretary of Foreign Affairs, is de-
pressed over the military situation In a
talk with representatives OF the German prcss
ne warns OF Impending disaster. Our
cause he says, lis an exalted one. hut il is
in great danger" Thus, in a single sentence
he combines a lie and truth The danger
TO which he refers is impossible of conceal
ment, hence it must be confessed: but his
assertion that our cause is an exalted one. -
will find acceptance nowhere outside of the in
fernal regions, and even there it will be greet
with sardonic laughter. Exalted cause -
indeed! a cause which inspired this utter
ance from German pulpit: Whoever can
not prevail upon himself TO approve from
the bottom OF his heart the sinking of tho
j Observation-Disclosures cannot conquer his sense
4 OF the gigantic cruelty of unnumbercd DER
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-26
SEEN ON THE SIDE
ny HENRY EDWARD WARMER
The Sand Piles,

Could we but start this life again
AS children. romping with our toys
Could We grown women and great men
Just DO again plain girls and boys
Could we turn back the hands of time,
Turn back those grim. advancing hands.
What games we'd play with painted dolls
And piling up our shimmering sands!
The sand piles fall, and scatter far
Their glistening grains; and foolish joys
Sip into dust bins with the dolls,
Fall useless with the painted toys:
But we who sit by open fires
SEQ pictures in the fiery strands.
And noddng. in life's twilight we
Pile up again our shifting sands.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-26

A viewpoint, Of the food situation, which
will AWAKEN responsive feelings in the hearts
Of some, but which will not meet with the
approval OF others, is contained in letter
which Western statesman writes to one OF
the Eastern periodicals. This Scion declares
that since it has been decreed that we must
eat barley and as the barley in a slice OF
bread would make four glasses of beer, the
people OF his State would much prefer that
they be allowed to take their barley in a
liquid form.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-26

South Carolina should show herself al,
least as patriotic as Mississippi, and refuse
TO send 10 the Senate a person of tainted
loyalty. Cole Blease attacked the administra-
ton as long as he thought it possible. the war
might prove unpopular and until the sedi-
ton act made it hazardous 10 impede the
work OF winning the war upon which the
country has so sternly determined Now he
is hedging and explaining, but, as President
Wilson says, it is too late TO mend his recor.
He has shown the cloven hoof and the saffron
streak. and State that honors its good name
should repudiate him with emphasis
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-26

Now that tell it to the marines" is be-
coming a national slogan We may we'll
remember that it is not American ex-
preston. many Of us suppose. 1t is old
Scotch smuggler slang. and is attributed TO
Sir Walter Scott in "Redgauntlet'' TO charac-
ter supposed to be speaking about 1765-Cap-
tain Manly, of the smuggling brig Jenny,
retor,ing TO Alan Fairford, Tell it to the ma
rines the sailors won't believe it,"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-26
In Flanders IrisId.

M rlanders feids. the poppies blow
hctwcen the CROSSES. row on ROW,
mat mark our place: and In tn. CIV
ne 'arks. still bravely singing. hy.
source heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead; short days ARC
we lived, felt dawn, saw sun.ot
Loved and were loved. and now ~:
In Flanders fields.
rake up our quarrel with tho foo
10 you from failing hands we throw
me loren; be yours to hold It high.
We shall not sleep, though nona,
grow ''
In Flanders fields.
BY Colonel John Mccraa !.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-26
Current Editorial Comment
Dircctor-Gencral McAdoo very
properly enjoins upon the rail-
ROAD employees the recognition
OF their obligations to the pub
Kicking
Dead Lion

=. mat courtesy and efiiccncv re
first considerations in the dischnrpe ~ -; =
duties. Nobody " i'll want to dispute With The
director 3 encral about that. but many p"rsous
VINO VINO read ms order with attention will wonder
"h! ne ieit II necessary to intimate that SUCH
d policy was a wide departure from the noIir,-
Oh o,, me roads under private ownership :..Thc
puonc 20 damned policy Will In no case hc
tolerated on the railroads under government
Sonroi. the order reads. The public should
nope NOT. IL has been a good many years since
any Ta,!road vas SO foolish as TO imagine such
or some OF them, may have tried IL OUT ar onr
u, but MIR McAnoo ought know that tho
CONAN IN which the public be damned" DO icv
nag us longest and mos, hopeful test was in
Times i>"hSas CilJ
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-26
Old Vets. With u.

To the Editor of Tho Times Dispa tch !:
Sir;-The suicide OF two inmates or
the United States Soldiers Home at
Hampton in one week IL worthy OF
comment because of the rarity OF such
occurrences among the Civil War vet
Grams on either side. The survivors OF
tho armies that faced each other in
the sixties arc about as hearty. con-
siderinS their ages. and as cheerful as
an? or our citizens. Most Of them are
following the present war with decp
interest and keen intelligence. Many
OF them. no doubt, arc only sorry that
they are not permitted TO fight
y. Y c.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-26
American Rcd Cros, Hospitals in Eng.

Mrs. T. K. j., Sunolk.-The Ameri-
can Red Cross has provided several
hospitals in England. One OF the finest
OF these hospitals is the Mossley Hill
Quoted by American army doctors and
nurses. The largest American hospital
IN Great Britain Will be that at Sails
structed on n fine old estate OF 1856
acres This will be used solely for
1000 beds. An American hospital in
. London is the new naval hospital on
Park Lane. American women in all
Britain visit the hospitals and supply
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-26
Conserving Railroad Inter.-..

% me Editor OF The Times-Disnatch.
:. olr'-kcports from Washinrton and
view y rk promise amicabIe acreement
on the policy of the government viz
Inc Inc railroads. among all the Interests.
EVidently the railway administration
VIII stand Loyalty TO the undertakina
20 continue payment to stock hnILnrss
OIL all dividends fairly earned II 90
serves the right to refuse or mndisv
dividends which have been paid anS
can be continued only by 'skinninn"
properties and leaving them viz Il
n ihs sovs yaus and efficiency Briefly,
me nice, just balance between obii eap
IONS 10 owners and duty to tho nmSsi;
required by sound business nrinn;nIia.s
ana judgment. l.. E. johnson. nf US
GINA. whose successful career a. ~ UT
dent OF the Norfolk and Westerp
familiar railroad history, is OF The LIS -. Is
That 1n,ttee fac 10 SUPERVISE this adjustmen
noioers. government and patrons IT.
proved by the results of his noIin. re
management that faithful and djiy,. ana
service to the public and mainfensssne
or h'SE efficiency make the hest nn ce
aioie service to owners in the ~
run. when the government d,u ,o.s
honey from dividends for nreded Sa US
manent assets for temporary paVma per
Norfo,L ", INVESTOR
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-26
Reaching After the prost..r

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-Secretary McAdoo has accurate
~ judi ed the sentiment OF the coun-
try when he says that il insists upon
a stif tax upon excess profits. Some
profiteering there has been in every
war The circumstances under which
purchasin~ must be done. the reliance
inexperienced purchasers and many
other reasons make the work OF the
keen and unscrupulous trader easy and
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-26
MONDAY. AUGUST 2e. 1915,

The Munich correspondent OF the Berlin
Tageblatt announces the arrival at Munich
from the front, of Crown Prince Rupprecht,
of Bavaria The prince, the announcement
states is enjoying brief vacation. AS Rup-
precht and his Bavarians have been subject
ed TO some rather rough handling of late, it
may be said that the use Of the particple
enjoying" is most fitting.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-26
Oue.tion, nna An.,x.,,

Questions and Answcrs.
Lotion Tor 'lackheads and Pimples.-Can you
give formula for n lotion to for black hea dis
snn pmpies on the face and back. preferably
Answer:-Suiphu potassium, zinc sui
pnate. OF each. one dram; rose water four
night. '''' W h"So eae"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-26
Commander in STANDARDIZATION war

w. p. y, SaIuda-MdJOr-Gc Nell
son A. Miles was the commanding gen
eTal Of the United States Army in the
Spanish American War. There were
time OF the Spanish American War
oklahoma, including the Indian Ter
ritory. New Mexico and Arizona hav-
ing been admitted since, increased the
number OF States to forty-eight. which
arc represented by forty-cight stars on
the field Of the newest flag. The Dis
trict OF Columbia is not represented
by a star on the flag.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-26
yalue,
Letter. OF {. F,tb,r =, M. g.

Dear Son,-Please congratulate vour .,,,y m
us mastery retreat from undesirable positions.
ana particularly upon the haste with which the
""Ssed Encouragement OF our rear Is being man
-. nave always felt that our advanced po-
sttions in France were too close 70 ~. ,,,r
ana the genius OF my generals is solving mo
p'oo'en' SO nicely that will soon be in Ber
I'm. "here we can make a stand until the on
en-. se's there. send you six fresh pair OF
socks II you haven't time 70 ch.r. -.
don't bother We mus; not be too convention.i
these days. Your father
"WILLIAI HOHESzO1IrDN.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-26
Profits or Rairrond..

s. b. r.. Round Hill.-Under govern
ment operation the railroads are 10 re-
ceive compensation equal to their aver
age net income for three years UP to
June 30, 1917. Any profits In excess
OIL that go TO the government.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-26
Information Bureau

Inquiries regarding almost my topic,
excepting on legal and medical sub-
jects, answered free. As all In
quiries are answered directly by per-
sonaI letter seIf-nddressed, stamped
envelope Is required. Address The
Times Dispatch Information Bureau.
Richmond, Va.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-26
News of Fifty Years Ago
(From the Richmond Dispatch Aup o. 1890 \

Colonel Edmund Fon-
tame. president of the Vir-
gina Central Railroad, and
all OF the members of tho
board of directors, are at
white Sui phur Springs,
~here they are holding a
series of very important
meetings that bear upon
the future commercial and
industrial interest Of Rich
mond and Virginia. These
meetings so far have result
ed in the final organization
or the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad and the ac-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-26
You're Truly, Farmer

rep we've gone and bought that r.-n e..
settled. ~ II all
For twenty years-to be exact since o,to,o.
-. 1928, at ESQ p. M-we've wanted So
Al mat hour on that day we sat in on, L.
cao'n on Bald Eagle Lake In Minnesota watch
ING the moving fellow load our things for ~
,lip PACK TO town to winter quarters 1t had
no allurements. We grumblcd
some OF these days" we said to Ours "wa.,,
GONG 10 buy farm and live in the country
until the finish" ''
The beautiful Severn stretches from, An,,no
us ana the BAY toward the setting sun az Z, ?
as Indian Landing You can throw .,ona
from Richmond into Round Bay IL Won arc
good stone-thrower
On the lef-hand side going up just beyond
'he short Line r. r. bridge, is It, On the
point in front OF the House is t;s Si,,,rr 49,
stump is Us. We have blisters on orr bs,d
An axe lies at our feet We have Just chonn.d
oo"h '~enty-Six trees by actual count Fen
m ca surfing EN-! Some were big. anyhow
BACK OF US stretch sixteen booming acres
OF weeds. "
We bought the location the view tbe r,,.
the SKY, the setting SUM- the wonderful trees
on front.
Lovely mornings listening to the birds
ch~eepinE watching the sun coming up; long
Gays uhoer the trees in the shade with book:
cool evenings gazing at the moon and counting
the stars; tree house for study-these things
and the view. and the river. we bought
We are still sitting the stump. gazing
out at the wonderful water. Harry's broad
inc sandy road We reflect. And then with
hope that springs eternal and keeps on SHOW
ing we pick up our take crack at
Tree Number Twenty -seven.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-26

fectly innocent victims and give himself
up to honest delight at this victorious exploit
OF German defensive power-him Judge
to be no true German" Such is the degraded
philosophy to which German Kultur leads.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-26

10 the Editor or the Times Dispatch:
ne street railway management
eeNNiuent!y has few friends in Buffalo
ne ciiy. by referendum vote. has
repudiaied the action OF the Common
1ouhcii in agreeing TO Scent fare
me vote stood 1861 for repeal and
800 against. We are informed that
one OPPOSITION was based principally
on the grounds of long standing in,
dneduate service by an alleged over
cdpita!iZed corporation There arc two
thinIS that the people are unable ~
understand In the consideration OF re.
CENT petitions OF public utilities. One
Wy pubic service corporation
Snould DC guaranteed a return nm -.
INVESTMENT. every year. when nri
n , concern has TO take its wears Of
TOSS as well as those Of gain The
otncr Is why the public service coz
nbisn should be relieved OF its fran
~ II , ,, rcqulrcmcnts in years when it's
expenses are heavy and yet be nerS
mit!ed TO insist on the letter OF IT'S
ontract during times when it's prodts
Norfolk, Va, August % reIe 80
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-26
Mixing Portland Cement
NfnthcmutjcnI ProbIru

DR.. p. 7. N, CarrOIIton.-We hay
not available the Information you re-
quest
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-26
Voice of the People

Letters must give the name and nd
arena or the writer. Name will not be
publishcd IL writer so reuuests
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-26

tive s%o-hondedness. such as the sculptor Landseer
mad. Landscer could simu ltaneously draw %
horses head with hand and a hounds with
the other. lie was SO we'll educated.
Two-handedneSS would be n wonderfuI a.
vance In the efficiency of tho race.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-26
The Ifabft.

whenever you read the opening OF an adj
vertisement that starts out thus: War cond-
ton; compel US to-" you may just stop read
ing. It's bad news. Brother bad news:
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-26

S. H.. Burkeville.-We cannot under
take the solution of mathematical
problems in this column.