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FROM OTHER VIEWPOINTS
Problems Discussed Readers of The
Wrtcrs-A Feaur
NO TIME TO STRIKE.
BY ALFRED Il. WILLIAMS.

One OF the correspondents OF New
York newspaper cables from Paris the
story OF running. informal. con-
fidential talk with an American cor
poral back from the fighting front
The man is from Glens Falls. y. Y.
and was using part OF his four days
leave delving for news from home.
He wore two French decorations for
conspicuous courage. The first item he
noted was the talk of strike in the
paper mills. His spontaneous com
natural feeling Of the fighting man in
active service. II contained sugEes-
tons Of some serious proba bilities OF
the future. He said:
II says the paper mill men are not
going to strike. Well. they'd better
in America They're getting lot
more now than ! got in the paper
mills"
The day before this was published,
Senator Thomas. of Colorado. in the
brief session of the Senate. repeated
in parliamentary words the corporai's
sentiments. He warned the laborinS
people and the labor unions that in
different parts Of the country many
Of their men arc challenging suspicion
and inviting detestation upon them all.
Three million young men. or more.
* g.
Thousands arc and all will be facing
deadly danger for the protection Of
their country, government and fellow
citizens. They will endure privation
and suffering in many forms. They
have seen their comrades die They
viii offer and give their lives. limbs
and blood for the common and sacred
cause. While stormed at by the ar
tillery. poison gases and rifle fire Of
the foe at their front. they hear con-
tinually that those at home. FOR whose
safety. homes and prosperity they are
lighting. are stabbing at their backs
Then can and do understand that every
strike here now is Il stroke direct and
directed against the vita!s OF their
government and allies and strong help
FOR the Hun they hate The blow is
SO plain. it's effects are so obvious. that
II rouses inevitably and instantly
suspicion Of reasonable purpose and
secret Hun influence. That suspicion
viii live and ranklc in the minds OF
the general public and of the men who
do the hghting and who viii control
our politics and guide our policies in
the near and far years To come. Loud
declarations OF loyalty can not atone
tor nor bury open acts OF disloyalty.
They VIII strengthen rather than les
sen suspicion and viii heat rather than
soften the wrath II kindles.
All have seen the anN ious and eager
efforts of our government TO placnte
organized labor and obey its demands
iet the strikes have been continue!
ana rapidly successive. aimed at the
most urgent necessities for conduct al!
war relentlcsaly reckless Of conse.
qucnccs. Frequently. they have been
based on frivolous causes. or preteXts.
With the country IN desperate need OF
every ounce of strength and effort OF
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News Of Fifty Years Ago
From the Richmond Dispatch. July So 1869

AT a meeting of the City Council held yester-
day afternoon the bond of Mr.. Winnie. as col
lector of city taxes was proved. and he was
sworn in as collector. That settles the long
drawn out controversy.
Governor Wells returned from Washing ton
yesterday While there he succeeded in obtain
ing s6l50 for the State treasury that being a
small part of the amount expended by the Alex
andria state government in equipping troops
There some $4,000 still due Which the Gov
ernor thinks will soon be paid
. The German Conservative Club will hold a
Seymour and Blair ratification meeting
Dcuringcrs Brewery on Eighth street to- night.
Twenty fully developed tomatoes, growing on
one stalk, were received at the Dispatch Office
grown on the farm of MIR. John Stewart, in
Henrico County.
The Senate before adjourning confirmed the
nomination OF William Selden to be internal
Revenue Inspector for Virginia
Congress adjourned at noon yesterday until
the third Monday in Scpt,mbe The President
will probably not call the Senate in extra ses-
sion before that time.
. General Young. of Georgia seated in the
House just before the adjournment hour
Several of cholera have appeared in
New York In what is known the shanty dis.
trict. There have been three deaths so far
George w. Childs of the Philadelphia Ledger,
subscribed $1,000 for the relief of the sufferers
by the late Food in the city Of Baltimore.
family. has gone to Colorado to have good
time. He is letting his friends run the cam
paign Just to suit themselves. and apparently
Is giving himself no concern at all about the
forthcoming election
A long, heavy and soaking rain visited
terdsy. much to. the relief Of everybody, and to
the good OF the gardens. tF
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Books and Authors

18th. The Columbia University Press has recently
PSbe Law sepes iorS anG and
ing, by Robert l. Hale. rh. p The Enclosures
Bradsy sosia a"d rriva gs
by Georgia w,iiams lie Pn aeS a PS b
-. German Plans for the Next War" by j. Is.
WI W. a T;n the military critic Of the New
n int as Showns the dsp,h Of the schem
the outcome e the present struggle. unless it
future prescription of his power as to make " it
loreEer impossible for him to organize for
panied by number of maps illustrating the
extent of his plans. So
the The ysg w ri who ys,s her IDENTITY
has written another book to be called .Fmr,hcr
sM days. R!2 rs volume GS w
6 aneSd9eS and character sketches
poliical imteiieetral and social circles
tlle .Memores Discreet and Indiscr %1t and and
1 at or m%fh a,ten,on Thrre Is chapter
the Eighties in which the author says she
SAM ms so many bc"Stffu Somen be as at there shs
, were in English society during that period She
ian a n JfrsHy End marrateS interesting
about Ens Edward VII Queen 'e Alexandra,
Wilhelm He%ry labouehere the buRe of Fs coe
nausht and dozens OF other famous people
The story Of a recruits progress from high
crack nshtinS regiment. a story containtns All
sorts OF use.ul rules tor the many American
boys now setting iorth similar pilrrimarc
that IL the friendly tale told in The Sing
star by Captain r. -. Grerson tGeorEe H.
Doran Coz, John Edward Martin. most unseif.
conscious of heroes. is a Britisher. to be sure.
yet lie Is soldier OF the order and tho
new army. Napoleon stated that every private
soldic: carried marshals baton in his kuap-
sack-which must have added an additional
worry TO the troops burden ON kit inspecti oi.
days, whimscally comments Captain tiricrsou.
In the BRUSH army there is more than one.
distinguished general who commenced his MILL
tary career with rifle on the shoulder tina, to-
day bears the little golden crossed swords and
crown There Is no reason why the same thing
should not be true OF our National Army And
John might just as well be John. OF New York
as OF lUndon--hc insisted beginning at the
foot in the army, although ne doing govern
mcnt work which would have hccn "A perfectly
good abb TOR his absence from the front
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British Labor Disturbances

. AClFlSTS succeeded in creating serious
l if not an alarming labor situation in
Great Britain. They carried out a more or
less successful propaganda in both Birmng-
lam and Coventry, with the result that more
than 100000 munition workers walked out
strike in effort to hamstring their
government and force it to give considera-
ton TO possible peace with the central powers.
1t was England policy Of consumption that
sent tens OF thousands of nonightcrs into
her factories. These conscientious directors
and towards secured exemption from military
service by rushing into war industries
Securing their exemption by this doubtful
process, they seem to have taken it upon
themselves TO fix the policies OF the British
government by coercion They began a sys-
tcmatic campaign to end the war. They told
their fellow-workers that when the produc-
ton Of munitions stopped, the war would have
tc stop and then they tried to put their theory
into practice.
But the British government found a safe
and sane means Of dealing with such citizens
Ii was announced by the British ministry
that strikers would become immediate sub
jccts to CONSUMPTION. BY that it was meant
that the pacifist leaders Of tho ill-advised and
misguided thousands of men who struck
would soon find themselves wearing the
uniform with the English Channel between
them and the following which they duped
The threat had speedy results, and on Mon
day the great body Of strikers returned to
work
The great body of British workingmen was
not involved in this strike. The trade unions
rot only stood soldly with the government
but bitterly condemned their fcllow-workers
VINO lett their posts. All responsible British
labor leaders united in general demand that
the strikers return. The women workers of
the country Joined thcm in this demand all
of them pledging their loyalty TO the govern
mcnt.
This is indeed time for the munition
producers Of any allied country to Law down
their tools even for 4 day With the British.
French and American troops in France locked
IN lic-and-death struggle with the German
army over line OF nearly 100 miles; with
thousands OF lives being sacrificed on the
field o.. battle every day, il is reasonable for
any man who has something to contribute
to the military strength Of his country to
withhold that contribution. The tide of the
war has turned, and if the nations no, fore
ing Germany to her knees remain steadfast
peace VIII be brought nearer and il can
never come except through the success Of
the allied arms.
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New Orleans E.p~n.lve. Too.

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sr.-Thosc OF us who have visited
New Orleans in war times viii smile
!, your statement in Fridays papcT
that war prices OF food supplies have
been we'll held down" in that interest
ing city. The writer recently spent six
weeks in New Orleans and saw no
evidence whatever of the low range
Of prices SO far rs the consumer is
concerned. On the contrary. board.
consisting of two meals a DAY and lodr-
ing in a private family. will cost si5
a month. II IL is true that staples are
cheaper in New Orleans than in other
Southern cities. then evidently the
iandladics are reaping a rich harves,
During this month lemons have been
GO cents a dozen. bananas. 30: water
melons, - cents n piece. and boiled
han,e, 30 cents a pound. AS for cream.
It is simply noneIistcrt in New Or
leans. The milk is delivered at
o'clock in the morning and frequently
sDoils before it can be put upon ice
Even the Ramos gin izz. which has
solaced so many a weary traveller, has
scared to 25 cents
There are just two cheap places in
New Orleans. 1t should be said how
ever. that there is one good restaurant
in the old part Of town where a good
table d hotc Dime. with wine Is served
for Sl25. In spite of government sta
tisticS. every visitor TO New Orleans
knows IL is one Of the most delightful
one OF the dirtiest and withal one OF
the most expensive cities on the conti-
nent y w
Waynesboro. Va. July 81. Io1s.
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Ny beautiful Dream

Written for The Times Dispatch.1
! had beautiful dream last night
Last night when the world was still
ana the white moon shone through the
window
OF my house upon the hill
And my heart was filled with cladnnse
For il seemed that my dream was
true
Though to-day it may bring YOU sad.
ness:
My dream I will tell to YOU.
dreamed that the nations ceased
fighting.
That the plowshare was made from,
the sword;
saw the poor exiles returning
with Joyful song. treading the road.
ne l roses were blooming in Flanders
Shared alike by peasant and priest.
WIN the sunshine Invoking the bless
On the day Of the dawn Of peace.
l have sadness and grief TO-DAY
io-day. though the sun shines bright
f>Ia my hear' win sorrow is breaking
Because OF my dream last night
Goa grant mat my dream will coma
true, 'o
Our blood be not shed In vain
And that soon all the lads in kbaix, H..
VIII file down the home trail again
dreamed that the lilies were bloom;,1
Ger the grave OF our friend and omc
foe; wi
That the "Wacht und der Rhine
Had surrendered at last
And our soldiers were needed no mora
All hanished were envy and mau,s
For the sun smiling down from tho nas,
Saw the Kaiser begging the nercv
OF God ~
On the day OF the dawn Of peace
PRIVATE MERVlN NJ. MELTON.
One Hundred and Fifty-nfth Brirads
Camp Lee. Va. July IS. 1918.
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glazing and have been proved by continuing
ineticiency. But if progressive citizens wish
t. adopt the changes. then they must exert
themselves sufficiently not only to go to the
polls. but also TO exert their influence 10
the end that all others may go. No one can
slack on that day on the theory that his vote
Will not be missed. Be very that friends
OF the present government will be at the polls
III full force. They working quietly, put
ting their campaign largely on personal
basis which always is effective, and to the
last man they are qualified to vote. Only
lethargy. the brand Of poor citizenship. can
defeat reform now, but it is most subtle
enemy. To defeat it. plus the obstructionists.
is the task that lies ahead for the next few
DAYS
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late John p. Mitchell. former Mayor Of

late John =. Mitchell. former Mayor Of
New York.
Prior 10 and during the War Between
the states Mr.. Mitchell was known mere
as the Irish Patriot man of letters
and marked ability as writer. u !
remember correctly. he lived in Fitta
street. just south of Main.
When Richmond was evacuated BY
the Confederate government the two
Young and handsome daughters Of th!s
irish patriot had their beautiful! tresseS
cut close TO their heads as mark o!
Loyalty TO the lost cause" and conse-
uuently produced a profound sentiment
OF respect among their acquaintance
II was a pleasure TO the writer. IN
company with TWO young daughters o!
Colonel Joe l.. Darlington. 10 call and
offer congratulations for the penanoe
and respect shown the ConfederacS'
They wore neat puTed black Sill; caps
TO conceal their bare heads. These .wo
young ladies were aunts of the late
John r Mitchell Mayor OF New York
City PHILIP r. BROWN. SIR.
Richmond. Va. July %. 1915.
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SEEN ON THE SIDE

u HENRY EDM ARD WARNER


There was man whose liver
a little out OF gear
He read the ads of remedies
And bought them far and near:
He liked his hops and loved his Schnapps
But thought tn dodge his bier
His liver cranky part
And gave him great concern
To cure that liver his
And all-absorbing yearn
He earned his sitting ashes. but
Hoped not to ash his urn.
He took many remedies.
SO much concocted slop.
And took Nit so consistently
That he could never stop;
He was fully stocked
A-poth -e-ca-ry shop.
A. last he'd had his fill Of drugs.
Then something had to break:
There wasn't anything on earth
He hadn't dared take.
1t was a lovely funeral
With an imposing wate.
But though the things he took at last
Were too much for the dub,
II must be said. the liver dope
Cured livcrs-that's the rub.
They had 10 rout his liver out
And Kill il witt, club.
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Much Ado About Nothing
Bl ROY X. MOULTOS.

lie sat upon his porch and smoked his pine,
INC poor man who had done his daily chore.
y me example OF vlSor ripe
;, y swarm OF children played before his door
II ~ modest cot was bathed in sunsets glow.
Ihe housewife song was fun CON
tent
Content that only honest toll can know.
. Inc scene is one OF loves pure sentiment
We cal! him poor who lives in such 4 home.
because he's goaded by labor's switch
All. no. All tl-4t is worth while meath heavens
dome
He sat alone in melancholy state.
The rich man who rich naugh, but
wealth.
He dined from gittcring glass golden.
plate,
But dined as one who'd taken leave Of health
y thousand worries upon his brow.
The penalty of riches marked him deep.
y man VINO lived. but never had known how
10 lie him down unto peaceful sleep.
We call him rich who lives in such "A home
iecause his wealth and luNurieS endure
All. no: All that is worth while = cath heaven 5
dome
He's missed. You cannot call him richie s
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nnrx Wnnt Rccnrds

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Strive arc a lot OF boys from dear
old Richmond. and ": are all in the
base hospital annex and can't get out
10 come home. We have "A nice phono-
graph and also Il few records. Please
help Ls 10 get some more war and
camp songs, such as The tar-Spangle led
BANNER" Just Baby's Prayer at
Twilight" and Joan OF Arc" and any
other kind that they ere willing TO give
us. AS We hope to be well and in
France to help fight with the other
boys soon we will leave the talking
machine and records here in the ward
where the other Lo!s Will come TO get
we'll and hear them.
Also send some needles, as all OF Us
are broke.
Address Mr.. Hall. Assistant Ward
Master as. Boys Of Ward IS. Base Hos
pital Annex, Camp Lee. Va.
July &c 1915.
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l.itcrntI.

Sitting alone in the twilight of unproft-
able month gazing into the vista of thirty days
and netting the stack of envelopes with ISM
glass in the front; listening. nervously for the
telephone and Suspccting tie motive of every
furtive-cyed man with bulging pocket who
mounts steps. take pen in hand
write. But the spirit flags. the punch fades
and throw down the pen and reach for our
fishing rod. having barely composed these two
promising but chcerless lines
Before the day has broken
am broke!
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Bntticship Maine.

r. + a. Petcrsburg-The battIeshlp
Maine was mySteriously destroyed by
cypiosion in Havana Harbor on the
night of February Is. 1898. Congress
authorized operations for raising it
May Q. 1910. The after half Of the
hull all that was not tattered, was
fioated February Is. 1912. The relic
was towed to sea March is, 1912. and
sunk in 600 fathoms of water. while
monies were marked with all the pa
geantry and pomp of national mourn
ing. Before the burial Of the battle
ship the bones of siXty-four heroes OF
the Names dead were borne on the
shoulders of Cuban sailors and artn-
lerymen to the cruiser North Carolina
and were buried with impressive cere-
o. 1912
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Ch,cknbominy Indinns.

]. NJ. r.. Charles City.--Yes. there is
a tribe of Chickahominy Indians in
lister under the selective service law.
Several units Of American negro troops
have been engaged in the fighting Of
the past two weeks on the Aisne-
Marine front. The tallest building in
Richmond Is the First National Bank
building. which is twenty stories. The
German Empire is constitutional
monarchy consisting of twenty-five
federated states and an imperial ter
ritory as follows: Anhalt, Alsacc-Lor-
raine. Bavaria. Bremen. Brunswick
Hamburg, Hcsse. Lippe. Luheck. Neck
litz. Oldenburg, Prussia, Rcuss, Sake
Altenburg. SAKE Coburg Gotha. Sake
Meiningen, Saxe-W eimar. Saxony
Schaumburg- Lippe. SchwartZhurg- Ru-
dolstadt OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Waldeck, Wurttemberg
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SMi lacd.

Where we read it don't know but it's
about the cight-year old who had hit a dear
little neghbor with a brick.
Now. Johnny, said Auntie, you must go
and kiss him and make friends again"
You kiss him. Annie" said the Infant
ProdIgious. Il might bite him.
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TUESDAY. July 80, 1918.

( There is such thing as international
u Nv any more, declared the Kaiser 10 Dr.
.-1lvis in justifying the crimes OF his govern
ment The Kaiser to the contrary notwith-
standing. the time is fast approaching when
he will be made TO realize that there is both
International law and ample power to back
up its enforcement.
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The National War Labor Board will per-
form only half of its duty if it rules that
street workmen ere entitled to in
crease in their wages and fails to issue the
complementary ruling that the traction COM
panies must receive increase in fares.
The two cannot be separated without threat
ening financial ruin to the companies, and
thus indirectly to the very men it is sought
&c benel,.
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Sinking OF the transport Justicia. one of
the four largest i'll allied service, ,y 4 Ger
man U-boat after IL fight lasting twenty four
hours almost within sight of the Irish coast
Indicates that British naval convoy DISPOSE
tons FOR transports on the return passa ge
are seriously at fault. This fault the Ad-
miralty should correct al once, as it is of
the utmost importance that such ships be
protected by adequate conveys in both direc-
tions.
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statue o, Frederick the Great.

r ". Franklin.-Thc statue or !eu
f tn front nhe of f'r the Army war college in
Washington, was presentssId ,,,i to ,, tie n
United States by Emperor Wlillam J. H..
administration The Kaiser was never
i'm America. but he entertained MI
Roosevelt when the latter visited Ger
many after his retirement from the
presidency.
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The Ways and Means Committee of Con-
gress seems wholly unable to make dis
tinctlon between war profits and excess
profits, Therein lies the fundamental weak
ness of all its attempts AT arranging sound
revenue-producing schedule Of taxation So
Tong as the committee persists in this pur-
blindness, little progress will lie made to-
ward the framing of the just and sensible
measure the country has right to expect at
its hands
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Ing an examination by'your physician Perhaps
you have been told by some !:ar.atan that you
nave 'catarrh. If So remember that | have
assured you there is no such conditions The
term Is employed merely cainouilaEc, to con
ccal Indifference Ignorance. When n doctor
uses the adjective ''catarrha' he is simply Ia TX
Knows il. when ne stops to think.
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Information Bureau

Inquiries regarding almost my topic,
excepting on legal and medical sub
jectS, answered free. Az all In
quirieS nre answered directly by per-
sonnl letter n sc1f-nddressed. stamped
envelope In required. Address Inc
Times Dispatch Information Bureau
Richmond Va.
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Personnl.

Dear Mr.. Hoover. Yours received
And ! am in a mood
To cconomlZc. as you suggest.
And .ver waste my food
I'm on n diet anyhow.
SO it,: easy 10 be goodD
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J. D. Carsley.-The government ma
established no retail price for gasoline.
However. where there is plain evids ncs
OF protiteering. complaint lodged
with the fuel or food administrator
would receive attention.
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Import,nt Discovery.

We notice in recent advertisement the soul
stirring fact that is possible now 10 buy a
good bass drum for s16 1t is no longer neces-
Sary to pay SO o. So for bass drum for
family use. as most families do 1t is necessary
TO cut the corners these days and the SIG drum
VIII answer all purposes of the cXpcns we
ones and are just as ornamcntal when hanging
IN the parior. OF course the SIG bass drums
may not last long the better ones hut
then, one doesn't want bass orum 10 last for
ever. y chang. occasionally, keep up with
the style is desirable.
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Charcoal Epb.s Daily Thought.

Hit ain so fur de star s." said Charcoal
Eph. m IA mood. Hit ain fur goin' up, but
cfn No'all tcli from dar yo' would change
conductors passed. O. times. Try wing Mis-
tab Jackson"