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Disasters nj Sea.

AAGIC as Is the loss OF life on the troop
snip Otranto, lost in the North Channel
between the Irish and Scottish coasts. II is
comforting 10 know that the submarine
played no part in this disaster of the deem
n" transport was rammed by companion
F.i!p and while in sinking condition, driftcd
heIplessly upon the rocks. Rescue being al
most impossible, nearly 400 American SOL
diers went TO their death
The wrecking OF the Otranto was undoubt-
ediy due TO wretched seamanshp on some
nocy 5 part. 1t may have been the fault OF
the kashmir, which TANNED her bow into
me lost transport or of the dead master of
me otranto, who may have Unanswered badly
III the heavy seas. Whatever the crcum-
stances they were not as deplorable as they
would have been il an enemy submar ine had
bored its way through the CONVOY and
launched a deadly torpedo at the troon-lndnn
vessel
nc system OF convoy protection for Amer
'c"h transports has been SO superbly con-
ceived and so effectively executed that if
mas saicguarded the movement Of almost
-.po",ooc American soldiers to France tn
nav" predicted such contamination year
ago "hon the Atlantic was infested with
t-poats, when merchant ships and liners wcrc
being sunk daily and when means Of ado
quately combating the menace seemed total
~ impossible, would have convicted thc
prophet OF utter blindness.
the Impossible has again been achieved
Inc results OF the past years naval opcra-
mons speak for themselves. Vessels carry
ING troops have been sunk, il is true Trans
ports homeward bound have been successfully
"ssailed, but in no instance so far recorded
mas the submarine assault been chargeabl.
10 ineffective convoy protection The Tus
cam" sun stands out as the most distressing
case OF torpcdoing of n troopship, and in
Sha' instance the ship lost her convoy in a
fog, thereby making herself q fair ,ar.ot
TOT The U-boat. The same vas trne NJ tho
pros'dent Lincoln and OF every other troon.
snip which has fallen victim to tho enemy
Gubsca craft
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Health Talks hv DIR. VIM. Brady
breaking the Tobacco Habit.
'Copvrirht. 1918 By National Sew.nlr., ea,,,,.

mSa has tho t0GscGo habit quite
s is dDa s ssSa, "a
sGf SIa tho naS, has
'ass mn %f Sas hs haS ysry Si iSS
caught aH y ysIns ,a aRass the
dess for hs aIe t for
halle dsmons method OF breaking the tobacco
T TO aeissats TO wife the duty of SELECTING
:rfssns w,S !sa n
s ss II TIC s9s Il saSs
%s ss4s ssSs
S Mhen or n if the 5%s ' Wan, to
%,;ss%, sa IF sassy
Ss a'Ss TSs IS s nsofy
Say from I tho sos me Yen rntu NO rot
tas Tns s M ana ,6s y
hnaedIy or smn o. s up or roll cigarettes ono
e! hes 10 tns oiSst
s@ AK S1osSss ss s''sn
R m 5u' prs sSs na1 ho~sry
Or have ts so assa n1D for ,06asso you
Of taking cat ca mn aP nr sHs I'd
nsas!;'f IN ,lsl{ a1DSss
Ninsn tho mouth and shroat once or twice =
mthS WIN solution OF silver nitrate In Ivotor
M wa,n thirty grains in the pint OF distiiicd
ans taxes the pleasure out OF tobacco
1., 2ucstions aud Anawers
= Lcaknse or the IIeart.--1. Can hear. ,ca,,re
success. IN w It's inspeney with any degree Of
d's xssse slw1ys causes Mis- Il heart
Ha on Sy denosits Of new tissue or by eontrac
OF The hear, I Iinin,i Tissue foi9winE inflammation
ssneraity occurs sccordary 10 focus az ui IN
ection in tho tonsils. about tho t.nth sr o. IN
INC chest. B. Heart disease IS never in.
=, s.'eaaon lcgs--I am a woman fiftr-four year.
thlee W days 100 pounds. and go out washing
have smncred VIII witb f roT Twelve months
we're Of lead When | sit for n Wi,i,n my iess
rise again. have no variconit loo c al
o. nST Visible trouble in the legs nor do fhov Nv
sc mo relief? "N ~ "o 10 oDtain
Answer--You fail to mention yonr h. bc, e;i
49,, LINING Eon are the average height IsiSiv
days Week you mr. are far too heavy ,knrtil two
with your request. 'eu e"'eioPe
- rh ~ Has Two l2dges.-ls there any dan
eac! meal TO rcduccr II was casually adyisou Ter
=; doctor who AZ taking it himself He cer,einI;y
a nj n.ni iGGh oetier am sxty-four inches tan
Nnswer-h nounos. T. *.
inSheS tali should weigh about 40 nounS,
q, ;, ,oaI Is a t"o-edSed sword, TO be wieiucJ
~ d. All; Ply an expert under expcr, suner
N'"'on' Inc doctor you mention is an cyncrt |,
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Voice Of the People
Letters must give the name and adj
OF inc writer. Name Will not DO
| published II writer 40 reauests,
The Problem Of Servants.

10 the Editor or The Times Dispatch
Sir,--TaNing iuHurics and necessities
requires "a very fine limo to discrlrnin-
ave. MAY ] r;isli, is ;hcrc nothing 10
DC gone about servants. or. TO be more
explicit, tho lack OF servants?
What about those who never had a
maid. or only one. who, because the
var mas swclied their budget. require
several at Increased wages. thus de-
privlnS others not able TO compete
Win the present wage scale?
knoW or one tamonG many family
which always had one servant. but now
man, Sasherwoman, a big laundry ex-
elusive OF the wash, extra helm TO
wash windows and paint, six servants.
where ono did formerly. They live IN
the same house, but have expanded
considerably.
Is IL fair! not TO have servants
put At such timc when labor Is scarce,
not !" cconomiZe? Can't labor he rcgu-
lated Ia private homes. limiting them
To At tho most TWO and taxing thvac?
PEOPLE OF wealth and big homes are
forced TO give up chauncurs. ina ids
nurses etc. and are retaining only
sufficient help to cook and wash and
clean. many OF them voluntarily. Why
can't those less considerable OF public
demands be forced 10 conserve labor
OF share II. The six servants In the
home could easily scry..
FIVE families with proper system ana
management. Can't something be done?
Servants are Il dire necessity. Isn't il.
Il big enough question for the govern
mcnt IL regulate II. limit 1t and tax It.?
4 WORRIED SERN.AETLESS.
Richmond, Va, October Is 1918
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student Sa to n'f heip meet nas sSs
situation. adjustment is going on all
Also. tho ised Cross has modified It's
i former requirements for enrolment.
twenty-onc years. and In special cases
nurses over forty arc accepted. Small
or schools for nurses have boon put
average moro than 1000 nurses n
month nre now enrolling with tho Red
nroilmcnt. which is the largest OF any
nursing orEnnization III the world,
greatly exceeds 10000.
What II means to be an active SER
vice nurse in this crisis is a question
that hundreds, OF thousands of women
IS to kavS met 'e the dsSeo Of purse es
calls for duty from the authorities 0 as
are specified in the enrolment.
The Red Cross Nursing Service is
the s Of the the n,e e sta,ss A Army
United states Public Health Service.
service with the Army and Navy Nurse
,enance provided by law for these
corps and are entitled to tho same
war risk insurance as officers aud on
listed men.
All nurses assigned 70 duty in milf
tary and naval hospitals automatically
DcCOfiG members OF inc Army and
Navy Nurse Corps. and after their az
signmcnt to duty thoy are no longer
under the supervision OF the Red Cross
These nurFcs wear on tho collars OF
their uniforms tho bronze letters
u. S." indicating sovico under tho
government. Those serving directly
under the Rcd Cross, wear the Red
Cross insignia.
-, It is the day OF tho trained nurus.
She is meeting ne at It's great crisis
help; when all the world is crying to
her TO prepare for the trilliSE. siEan-
tic tasks OF reconstruction that viii
Immediately follow tho war. tasks OF
guiding public health administering
schools Of nursing and hospitals and
di6pensariee assisting In the social
progress OF All the stricken countries.
Never have women stood in such an
intimate relation to tho work and
hcaith md progress OF the whoIe
world. ~ the trained nuree OF this
very day and hour Sho Ia the soldier
Copyright 1918 -
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Tho Rcd cross Nurse has bocome a

Tho Rcd Cross Nurse has become a
symbolical figure to tho world. Courage
Is her tradition. Whilo countless
thousa nds of,mcn and women can only
follow the army and navy with
thoughts OF eagerness and ycarninE.
by Virtue of her knowledge and her
skill she becomes member OF one
group OF women permitted to belong
colors; sharing the fortunes and some
OF the risks OF war.
An the world Is needing tho services
Of tho nurse. Approximately 10000
or our own nurses have gone into
military service. thousands OF them
tthh lax care OF our own wounded, or; at
the British expeditionary forces.
Greece. are on their, way to Palestine
and and they arc somewhere near Saloniki.
The campaign call OF tho nursing SER
vice Is that we shall have $4,000 by
the first OF January"
ASKED US to supply this number before
that time. The United States Army
and Navy Corps. the Council Of Nat
ing service arc all calling to the
graduate nurse to enter military GER
That there may DO enough nurses for
tho army the nursing profession is
pressing every Individual uuaiioed
nurse to make an immediate decision
az to her Willingness to serve with
the army and navy.
NJ. Every day ut the headquarters in
w ashinEton groups of trained nurses
arc being mobiliZcd for military ser
vice for tho environments at home or
inc war hospitals abroad. They ARD
IKE soldiers and respond like
soldiers. Tho country Ia leaning upon
tnom as heavily as on It's lighters.
+ or the United States IS now fully
awake TO the realization that an adc-
luhtn nursing force is just NJ essential
70 victory MS adequate infantry, or
artillery or fleet.
So keen. indeed. is this realization.
ina, ,ihat every man and woman is involved,
inc government is calling on tho
general public 70 do rs sharc.-to
make the sacrifices. iii in tie caps
and promote all public and home health
measures in order TO release thu
trained nurse for war duty Those
VINO engage private duty nurses are
urged to give the preference to nurses
waiting orders of mobilization. thai
me financial burden may not DO too
treat. Practically cvcry training
scnool Tor nurses in tho United Stntns
Is pand!nE its Communications 10
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A Third European Union.

M"i'h md has ,ha j. DEEPEST
~ an" sf9u aa IF men ,n. Tnss :ns
no Just ons%ea the sn odia OF ,n
&; &c" nsadInarters It's president is Dr. Thomas
Gsesho siova National C9unc ts OF the
nirse,oT is Herbert Adorhus Miller formerly
10: NAM years close student OF the races OF
B Bn,H ., TIC puFnose o. the union is to effect
their differences; nnd plovde ''u co HI1mSi
together and 5s ttHnp eIs
from time 10 time. -'' - oo'e''S
tie unon the cz ssSS oya ,Say n ;ss
i;ouma!inns the Jugo siavs Tic Lithuani:,ns
oter nations will be miie sreaS e I
nisas Xnanans mr. Lsiss nns siho
@ ,ira I:ven the Eu,sari;,ns, if they SHOW n
TO hs aims Of Ir tie stsea dGsre e sub,
find the way barred to them "''' NOT
TO beg in with, the organization v.i,, ho,a
m meet , every ether Wednesday,. spccia ses
ons OF the SEEM TO mp S ,na, a4ss
men who SIT about the council table 1SilI he
Ella! national committees and coune fhe"1 w6 9nl
haze heen formed by these peoples since the
S on MO vSte hf eypenses The aonm III; H viii
irbutng frac ii "en1 snGh nationay
n GeSs So OF It's popuaion -; present about e..
oE r Ii" dsieEa5ss ,t the ,weekiy meetings
BEEN ne in ue lea Of ms nnor'ant federation has
It were only taken about threo weeks o. d"', II,
!: meeting in New York ON that secession pro o.
tsHior Masaryk presided at little raihcrjn..
81 Interested persons. and definite arran@e
mems mons were made to carry the project to Wash
in.tch ana seek the opera tlon of npcnr;es
.. 81 tic sovernment Tnero followed a lumber
u snort conferences and meetings at tho ma,
iiohal captal. and an impressive audience at
,ht W htic House. with President Wilson IA ~
resn!t the organization was perfected and quar-
i"rs were found to house the Office and routine
part of its activities. ~ '"i'ii'c
There is a large council room in which Tho
regular gathSrings OF tho committee will take
place Already number OF Interested ncraone
nave found their way into Director Mller.s
once ana some have volunteered their services
h sa %i be ysry busy place and
pected to be OF profound world mportancc.
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News of Fifty Years Ago
lFrom thc nichnona Dispateh, Oct. a. 1ses.l
General Stoneman yesterday APPOINTED Il. IT.
nAnnher OF thu C,iir C,nnrnu 70

General SLOVENIAN Yesterday appointed Il. II.
Gregory a member OF tho City Council to III!
the vacancy caused by. the resignation OF
Joseph VI. Hunpirtes. good appointment.
The accessors for this Cthc third) district of
Virginia yesterday handed in To tho collector
September on whisky. tobacco. licenses TO be-
ginncrs and legal SUCCESSORS, amounting in the
aggregate TO s1o4,zS:.4s.
Richmond manufacturers will DO we'll repre-
scnted at Augusta and Rockbridge County Fairs
Many arc taking advantage OF the half fares
ana Ohio Railroad to Staunton. Richmond is
fast becoming tho manufacturing center for the
whole state
a steady rain yesterday almost broke up the
Danvillc fair Or. Mallct's address which was
have been delivered the grounds in the
Hall to very large audience. His subject was:
Relations of Agriculture to Natural Sciences"
Tho weather hereabouts continues very un-
seaSonablc. Yesterday n bleak cold and
rainy day. Overcoats arc iii great demand, and
umbrellas
The general court martial continues to grind
out It's verdicts against the derclct soldiers
Three wcrc put over yesterday, and the 'dockct'
Is not yet completed
The United states Internal Revenue pepart
ment is preparing instr, CT ions whereby double
distilled Whiskcys will heLcaftcr not DO subject
TO double taxaton. Heavy investments hawe
been made under previous rulings and tho
80 charged, escaped from the Eauouier County
Jail last Monday night.
Governor Seymour spoke at Buffalo YESTERDAY
and then proceeded to Pennsylvania In rvhicb
State he will make two more spceches n nd
then go on a Speaking tour OF the West.
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NJ ENHPAPERS of the country are filed
with strange and startling statements ms
10 the cause OF the influenza epidemic wbic,
"espite eHorts to stop its course, has spread
10 nearly all sections OF the United States
Man! writers seem TO be sincerely of the
opinion mat the whole situation is one of
pas'"o'ohs -lhat VIC are suffering from
o.Seaseu mental condition, and tho sad state
of affairs is entirely due To our ,magi,at;or
one writer declares: This whole o-.aen;c
Is purely and solely psychic. aided Nv tho
.hedicai profession to control the pcople and
Keep themselves in the limcight. sine. the
,a''cr part Of August our atmosphere has
oech imprcgnated with meteor dust. the
breathing OF which has caused more or less
bronchial irritation. Incident to this dis
comfort tho name OF Spanish 'flu has been
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dent changes in suffrage laws BY State
lcCiaiatures certainly IS not inconsist-
eest Win equally strong opposition 10
ercss, yet Oniookcr seems TO supoose
ma, nc has caught tho "Anti's" in self
things. Ilo should look moro carefuiI,,
, "crore lcaptns into print. Again. he
OF nis;aking nero provisions OF iaw
for human rights" Such things a.
a merae aro y,o 9onbpns o. aenal1s chi.
riSnts. as all agree; so IL Is az 10
women. go it is as 10 men Children
ana young men below twenty-one arc
snpsrior. IN one way or another. par.
uculariy in intelligence. 10 many a
tsEHy n I5a yOicr ye,. social and
natural rights and interests OF these
;hSy are. arc as we'll renresen,ed. under
caci, or them was made n legal voter:
ana tho confusion. and trouble or many
y y0fcs. mat would attend making then,
ms seriousiy proposed to give them
i sne ballot. ihe fact is no, generally
ne ballot. deprived OF '' " hur1an
Whenever majority OF the people.
No. asowe!i as men. are convinced
OF women into politics will be morale
or otherwise beneficial, su,ficientlv SO
70 outweigh obvious evils that arc
pound TO attend Il. women will re.
the ha!!o;, but the argument, nov; heard
ahout their human right" 10 Il Is
iallacions The apparent assumption
mat there ara 10 bad and foolish wo-
men. o" that only the good and the
WIS.," ones would vote. and politicate
Is plainly absurd. The Acceptance OF
o"in .hesc notions by some people or
ABILITY. is an amazing fact A psycho.
dostcal contagion seems To be the only
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loisted before the public, and, in tho abb
normal nervous state OF the people. attend
ant upon tho war. hysteria has run wild"
rms IS but sample OF the various views
expressed upon what, next to tho war. is tho
lues.on OF the day. These press articles do
~. no SOU una may DO much harm, by causing
the people to think lightly of n ser;o,. nnnc.
zion and not to take necessary precautions
against malady which is taking heavy
toil or deaths throughout the nation. Any
one VINO has had real case Of Spanish in
nuenza realizes that there is no question of
psychology involved in the actual suffering
"h,ch attends the first stage of the disease
ana the physical prostration and mental de-
preston which follow the recovery and
e'ns ,or "eoSs afterwards We arc con-
fronted by condition and not a theorv and
iuii support should be given to those physi-
ciahs who are making their fight along prac-
teal, common-sense lines.
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Baron Won der Lancken, chief of the Ger
man political department. at Berlin, has in
formed Cardinal Alercer that when tho Ger
mans "cvacuate' Belgium the deported Bel
siahs anu political prisoners will be "spon-
taneously released" This announcement will
fail OF its purpose to create tho impression
that 1t Is favor granted. The Germans are
not "evacuatng" Belgium, but are being
driven out at the point OF the bayonet, and
their promised release OF deported Belgians
is not voluntary, but forced By cowardly fear
IN tho hope of partially appeasing the torrent
or wrath they now realize they must face
IN the punishment to be melted out to them
for these criminal deportations The Bel
gians arc not asking favors, but demanding
what is theirs by right.
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Retaliation Against tho German People


LOW far should tho alliod nations go in
4 making the German people pay for the
| barbarities and brutalities of its government
and its army? TO what extent would vic
torious allied army be justified in burning
the cities, towns and villages beyond the
enemy frontier as reprisal for the wanton
destruction which Germany has executed dur
ing the four years that sho has occupied
the territory OF belgium. of Franco and OF
Russia? viii the governments associated
against Germany feel that their sense of hui
mainly will permit the indiscriminate bonn
bardment OF civilian centers across the line
once those centcrs come within the range
OF their heavy artillery?
These arc not academic questions. They
are very concrete in their bearing upon the
war as it has now developed. The German
armies, with ruthlessness unparalleled in
any OF tho operations Of their earlier inva-
sion nave been devastating the territory from
which they have been compelled to retreat.
They have looted and ruined and burned
cities and towns without rime or reason
they have rendered hundreds of thousands
OF noncombatants homeless, driving many OF
the refugees before them like so many stolen
cattle.
Now the allies coming within sight OF
German territory. Within a few weeks, at
the outside, Marshal Foch's forces will he
be carried into enemy territory. This means
that some policy must be laid down govern
inS the operations of the allied troops The
ISSUE VIII be forced Germany may be made
10 suffer in the samo fashion France and
beigium have suffered or she may be spared
Her armies will be destroyed of course.
lhat goes without saying, but whether her
ciNiiian population will be made to feel tho
horror visited upon the French and Bel
vel
swercd
Two views have been expressed regarding
the character OF retaliation which should be
enforced, once il is within the power OF the
enemies OF Germany to wreak vengeance
upon that nation One view is that the Ger
man people who have stood faithfully behind
their criminal government and have sloried
i'll the outrages of their criminal army are
entitled TO no mercy whatever; that they
should be compelled to feel a measure OF
the anguish which they have forced upon
inc french and Belgians and that Germany
can never be made to understand that war
does not pay until it finds its cities in ruins
ana thousands OF its people driven from their
homes.
The other view is that one atrocity cannot
be cured by another, and that it should not
he the part of the allies to punish number
less German women and children who have
haa no voice in the war in order to avcnge
'he crimes OF their autocratic and outlaw
Goyernment. Those who cling to this con-
viction would lac. willing, no doubt th:. ! every
antocrat in Germany be driven from power.
or even hung, and, il they could be found
that the men who fired upon the Lusjtania
or applied the torch to French and Belgian
cities be Shot, but they do not want the
allies to be guilty of the same inhumanity
Tor which Germany is now being tried and
condemned before the world
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I,'armerettes.

'rhey arc through with suffrasgettiD..
They have laid aside their knitting:
They arc gayly farmeretting
Where the butterflies are hitting
ana mo Wisely, woolly caterpillar
When the little meadow sparrows
Chirp their morning oblisatos.
And tho turnips and tomatoca
They arc waging deadly warfare on
tho weeds.
And they'll bring finer order
49, To tho pleasant rural places;
They will trim the garden border
Wash tho cauliilownr's faces
And improve tho hcIfer'a quarters
oh, thoy'u fill tho land with brightn ess
And the bull will cease to below: e.
And they'll teach tho pig politeness. q
They Will put the young asparaga&
Arthur Guiternan In 1ltAM
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SEEN ON THE SIDE
ny HENRY EDWARD WARMER
Lonesome Man.

There is n Man, Lonesome Man. know
Who lives upon, but is not of the Earth
- chap who never lends himself to mlrth
Nor bumps his fellows they anu so.
Methodical, exact, precise and slow.
lie dots his rs and crosses all his t's
Feeling comfort in a summer breeze
Nor caring for the hooks where flowers grow
This Lonesome Man, within himself exists
Going his way from morning until night
Feeling his purse strings. drawing them in
tight,
Squeezing his dollars in his eager fists!
Heading his stocks, quotations, market lists
Checking his life by Changes clock, his head
Filled with It's closing when ne goes to bed
Spending his night in restless squirn,s and
twists
Never jest ptovo&es the .ntest smile
Never song persuade sill, blue lips;
Never a dance uniointS st: hips
Never thing upscts his si..... style!
50 ON his way this Man III single file
All by himself, worms through his narrow
way
Figuring whether this or that will pay
'sc'cssl% adding TO his useless pile.
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LOUkinE lrorrSnrl.

hate TO sec the winter CONS,
because it scems to say:
You'll have to loosen up. Old Top,
Come next Thanksgiving Dayr'
The winds that blow the leaves about
Are terribly unpleasant,
Reminding me that must buy
Some one a Christmas present!
And then, when other months have gone.
know full we'll that
VIII have 10 give the kids some thinrs
The Fourth OF next July.
And when I've bought thar Easter HAT
Paid summer board bins. then
Next fall will come. and must fret
About these things again!
That's why I say hate to see
The winter como, to worry me!