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Gcrmany,s Schcmc in Russin

4 INCLUSIVE evidence of Germany's
- scheme for the complete subjugation OF
russia in economic and political vassalage
is revealed in formal note OF the German
ambassador at Moscow delivered 10 the
authorities OF the existing government. The
communication is said to amount to an
utimatum for an immediate exchange OF
war prisoners, the complete adjustment of
armament and the dissolution of military
units recently formed, as we'll as a stpula
ton Of agreement for the Immediate occu-
patton OF Moscow and other large Russian
cities by German forces.
From the allied point OF view this early
development Of the German scheme OF com
plcte conquest of the Russian people is
bound to force situation which eventually
may result in arOusing the latter to action
TO resist the menace by bringing them &C
lively into the war for the preservation OF
their freedom Moreover, German haste
in tho matter is regarded as certain proof
OF tho strcssful conditions TO which the
empire has been brought through the e1-
haustion of its resources, rcplcni5nmcnt of
which can be obtained from no other source
than conquered territory in the East. The
acknowledgements OF the present Russian gov
crnment probably will force its compliance
with the demands of Germany, but to do
that will be to hasten its downfall
Since this plight is duo to the folly Of
tho present authorities, their overthrow will
be the most hopeful sign OF Russian purpose
10 assert itself and establish government
capable OF organizing effectively 10 cxpcl the
invaders and regain control Of the country.
Whenever this purpose develops the strength
Of which it is capable the allies may be
depended on to lend all the assistance within
their power This assistance, in a military
-, hy, lar u,liir oh
stands ready TO cooperate to the fullest
measure Of her ability. Such cooperation
doubtless would be welcomed By RUSSIAN
government constituted OF real patriots.
| upon assurances the allied powcrs would
| readily give that the integrity OF Russian
rights and interests in all respects would
| bo fully respected.
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A Letter 10 Mother.

Dear Mother,-B- proud that I'm some
where in France
AT my post mid the battles din.
And I'll still carry on just the best
| know how
Till the glorious victory We win.
Mother dear. I have seen what war
does to a land
Which once was peaceful and FREQ,
And I'll fight till the very last drop Of
my blood
That such things you never may see!
have seen rolling hillsidcs. once
fertile and smooth.
Now cll-piowed and ugly and bare:
have looked upon churches and
shrapnci-torn shrincs
With the cross OF our Master still
there.
have seen the remains OF what once
were homes.
Now merely rude pile OF stone.
And the old open hcarths where love
once abode.
Oh, what is there left to atone?
have seen a whole nation bear arms
in its might,
All its industries working for war;
The peaceful pursuits and the progress
are lost In the great melting jari
And OH ] am glad to he In Il to stay
Till the end of the great epic fight.
For this struggles for all who are
allied with Franco
In the cause OF peace. Justice and
right.
Oh, mother OF mine. who gave TO me
life
Long ago mid thy travail and pain.
Dearest one. for the cause of all moth
crs earth
l shall give it. If need be, again.
For love you. dear mother. and feel
you are near
Mid the roar and resentment out
there.
And Iii fight the good fight Just as
long as can,
For l know i am Ger in your PRAYER!
EDGAR C.. OUTTEN.
Former v. NJ. L Student. Now In France.
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George Washington and His Kins-
people.

T.. a. w, Richmond.-lt is probably
not true that George Washington used
his influence TO advance any OF his
kinsfolk in a public capacity. II was
contrary to his nature TO take adyant-
age of his position in the public favor
in that behalf. However, IL such 4
charge was ever made against him. you
should be able TO find some account Of
it in the intriGues of the Conway
Cabal, details OF which are given in
Fiskc's The American Revolution"
We know of no authority for spelling
Latanc as described by you.
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important hearing on the hone now
cherished hy many good men that when
Prussia niSm" Is crushed. 4 league OF
armed nations. wherein democracy
rules. shall give tie world lasting
peace:
AN association OF men who will not
quarrel with one another 81 a thing
which never vet existed from tho
greatest confcdcraCv Of nations down
TO q town meeting or "a vcStrv"
Will associations Of armed dnmoc-
racics keep tho pcacc OF tho world and
be at peace together
BERKELEY MINOR.
Richmond Va. May Is. 1915
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Mcn of T,,entx-Onc for Drnft.

Mrs. +. Il. ". South Boston.-The
House and senate have voted TO eX-
tend tho sclcctive draft to young men
who have reached the age of twenty
one since June d, 1917. The House
added an amendment that young men
in This class SHOULD be placed AT the
foot OF the list in their classihcations.
General Crowdcr thinks 700. 900 or more
have come OF age since June 5.
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Information Bureau

Inquiries regarding almost amy topic.
excepting legal md medical sub
jcrth. are answered free. "A nil In
quiries nre answered directly by per-
sUpni letter a seIf-addrchsrd. STAMPED
envelope In required. Address The
1imes-Dispatrh Information bureau.
hic IA mUnd. tn.
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black PlnEue In IrcInnd.

Mrs. \. j. w. Portsmouth.-Th o
black plague broke out in ireland in
ll12. about Christmas time. when
Henry II was forced 10 quit the coun-
try: again in 1904, when prodig ious
number persisted; again in l347-l3J
great pcstilcnce in Ireland. called the
Fourth" destroyed a great number OF
people: again in 1866. superinduccd by
a famine, great numbers died. Asiatic
cholera again in Dublin i'll March.
1892: again in Dublin in March 1866.
Many persons died few hours after
seizure.
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The Methodist Episcopal Church. South
has elected six new bishops. Four were
elected at the preceding general conference.
The conference has just voted TO invest
women members with full laity rights. From
the ranks OF the laity the ministry is re-
cruited The spirit OF the times is toward
innovations. Tho church may yet witness
the election OF women TO the college OF
bishops.
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It Is announced from Washington that inc
Senate Committee on Privileges ana E'eI
tions. which several months ago began coA-
sideration OF the disioyalty charges against
Senator La Toilette, growing out OIL s'a.e-
ments made in his ST. Pau! speech VIII 'aho
the matter up again shortly ms uhseehliE
haste takes the country completely by sur
prise.
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NIenning of Soviet

G. r NJ. PetersburG.-Soviet is a
Russian word which means council or
committee. Tn. word is used particu-
ldrly at present TO dcnominate the
councils OF the workingmcn and
soldiers who are controlling the actions
OF the revolutionary government.
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kept tightly covered screened, Is tho breeding
place of flies. and wherever nies found
babies have a hard time surviving.
Dozen Rolls Before Breakfast-Do you
think 1t wise for very stout to try
somcrsaults before breakfast? l ann sixty four
inches tall thirty -sevcn wears old and weigh
1910 pounds. | find the karcll regimen 4
week not only reduces weight Il pound two.
but makes one feel so much better in every way.
IL. NJ. j.
Answcr.-Ycs. take about dozen rolls before
breakfast and another dozen at bedtime.
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A LL,tIe slice o. Life.

Next door TO us lives beautiful
Young maiden whose nance has
Gone away 10 tho Sanguinary wars.
or late she has been very nervous.
Like all tho rest Of us. concerning
The great German drive In France.
The situation has been painful
Rut, in spite of her ncrv G'ness.
Tho young lady has been hopeful.
She has kept saying to us:
''Ncver mind. tho tide Will turn soon.
Wen teach those rouEhnecks lesson
That thcv will not soon forget
To-day she burst in upon US. radiant.
She almost screamed; IT'S all right.
We arc safe at last The Germans
Will advance no further. Look"
Sue showed us n cablcgram which said:
arrived safely. Jack
SO it's all over now and We are saved.
Gosh IT must he fine to feel
The way that girl feels about Jack.
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The Navy Department stu has hopes OF
being able TO solve the problem OF the nys-
tcrious disappearance Of the collier Cyciop3.
II Is TO be hoped that It's efforts VIII be re-
wnrdcd with greater SUCCESS than has at
tended The search for the man who struck
Billy Patterson.
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Charcoal Eph.. Daily Thought.

"Ef a man swine git { heaven pass"
said Charcoal Eph. in mood. 20 all know jess
lax / know. dey ain Gwine enjoy dc perform
ance. Pursue dish o. pruncs. Mistah Jack
SON."
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To-Day's q. Henry.

"He the jug OF wine and loaf OF bread
and thou in the wilderness is about much
rest and pleasure to him sliding down the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-18
Voice of the PEOPLE
Letters must give the name and ad.
dress OF the writer. Name will not be
published II writer requests.
Jefferson on "pence League

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch
Sir.-rhc following from letter OF
Mr.. Jefferson in 1875. TO MIR. John Tay-
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Health Talks. bv Or. VIM. Brady
Copyright 1911 ~ @a'io..-, ~.~.psper servic.l
nkcr Sores

The ittl" painful ulcers that come I'm the
mouth "iihout apparent cause and give IN
distress are, llkc CornS warts. mOlcS
tribes. muCh more difficult than
serious diseases doctor encounters every day.
No on" seems to know the cause Of cankcr
sorcn. The books. in the well known way of
medical books. neatly cvade the subject. have
porcd through a scandaiouS number q
and modern medical tones. and nary a word
did md about tho cause OF cankcr sores So
] am compelled 70 advance Il theory OF my own
to account for 'ncSc LESSONS.
Cnnkcr aOrcs are Analogous 10 gastric (Which
means stomach not EaH) ulcers duodcnal
ulcers. Transport a crop Of cankcr 10 no
region Of M" py!orua or to the duodcnun and
yru ar" "a beautiful subject for an exploratory
Op"Fai!On.
Following this theory along ! assume that
canker Eor"", Ike gastric or duodcnal ulcers
are secondary 10 II focus Of infection elsewhere
In the body, Tho tonsii4 the teeth ha he
f0cuh. and from these primary dcpots the mic
robes sally fnrth. AZ soon They become
that yOD have Injured some little spot in the
IHucoua membrane by too vigorous brushing OF
autiHcptic In tho toilet Of the mouth taking
into the mouth excessively hot LIQUIDS The
microbes rev" the opportunity and lodge in
the area OF injury to sct up small necrosis OF
mucous membrane and the Inevitable ulcc ra ion
TIA" best treatment Know for cankcr sores
~ daily tourhinr of the sores with half strength
t.ucturc 81 icdlD" In America fhaif tncturc ha Z
aIcOhoJ or Fun strength tiuctur. in Ga nada tho
IDdiuc brInG applied on wiSp Of bsorbcnt
cutiou wrapped about tho end Of a toot pick
Tn"n The victim should rcIiEiousIy rinse tho
mouth before and after ting with a solution
lakc up. when cankcr sores frequently recur,
1t 81 iifnr. according to my theory. to have a
nearch IHab" Tor The septic focus in tonsis, teeth
y nasal Accessory cavities tsinuscs)
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Svnt!
o my,
Hous efy!

There are seven ways to become unpopular.
but the other six are superfuous
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We seven had a discussion.
The Essentinls.

First Actor tstranded)--Say. Hamlet I've got
n great idea for play.
Second Actor (Gitto)--Gods. II could only
trade Il for n ham sandwich,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-18

Congress f. booked 10 adjourn by Iuly 90
we move 10 amend by b,riking out July and
inserting Junc-or May
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AnpREss ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO The Times.
Iispatch. and uot individuals.
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Three Days.

Necessity ia the motive power OF nearly
everything that's worth being.
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PUBLISHED every day in the year at 10 south Tenth
Sec, Kithnopi ~ The Times Dispatch Pub-
fishing Co.. Inc. Charles L. liasDrook. Editor anu
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INC most Trustworthy war PRONE, In the
ieiIo~ who knows waGn nc haE guessed
enough
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Much Ado About Nothing
BY ROY X. MOULTOS.

Headline. ''e''
Cheerful news. The last three wrestling
matches we saw wouldn't ha We made nine fcni
Of film for the movies.
Several wel-known gentlemen are being
mentioned for the presidency. Better early tina n
never. - 1900
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NIatrlm ony.


We seven had discussion
Does matrinony achieve the ultimate Of mans
ambition? Does ii really make a man am
bilious who not before?
should genius marry7 Can opposites be
happy? DO children Justify a mortgage?
Is bachelor a miserable. lonely wretched
being?
We had n discussion.
Each OF us is OF the same opinion still.
A lot OF time wasted that might have been
employed packing shells.
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Remember the FIRST words you ever wrote on
a typewriter:
"No* 8 the time for all good men TO come 10
the aid Of their country
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Qur.,ion. md An.ycrs.

Dttofs. giles ana sick ncrr.--IH the air around
place offensive wiih garbage. chicken dirt and
Dibrr ftfufc Us"ly 10 in)urc tho health OF small
rnijdrnu mo play near Would IL be advisable
10 hIIow my baby. aged Six months, 10 sleep on
pofch aisO Gnitc ncarI MOTHER.
hDEWer.-v-Thc air IN all rig ~ Notwithstanding
any o!sskreeabl. odor But garbage. unless
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-18

The One BEST Rct.
The American Army viii make good."-Sec-
rotary Baker
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We have come TO the conclusion that there
is only one person connected with film
company who knows how to write. We
letter flashed on the screen. 1t is a letter from
Frank to Minnie telling her 70 meet him at the
pennsylvania station at half-past u and clope
to scranton. y few minutes later there is
flashed letter from Minnie &c Frank telling
him she Will be there. The writing is exactly
the same. Later there Is letter from Min =
MES father to the detective agency in the same
handwriting. Recently a letter from "A
German spy and the answer from Turk igh
army officer in the same handwriting. We
wonder II anybody else has noticed this pho
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-18

IEI.EI'IiONE Randolph L.
PRIVATE Branch Exchange
.ouurcunr Mitn ali depart
fncntS,
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BRANCH OFFICES: WASH
uSIvn l:Lo Sew York Ave-
nu>; .>cw lorn Cay. fiitn
avenue tSuiNihI: thiCasu.
l'ruI,ICs 1as buiiulus
i'n,..,ueiphia, Mutual Lie
l>ulilIink.
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We of the Scotch kilties but
We wonder II, by any chance somebody else
wears the pants in his family
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Entered january 81. 1908. at the rust-O tncS al
~ Richmond. Va. second-cInss mntter.
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our friend. Tony Faroni. who joined the army
and is now enthusiastically engaged in making
the world safe for democracy. was in town the
other day leave of absence. We asked him
II he had had any trouble in the training camp
But only once, mccster. ne replied 'Eet
about two. wick behind last. have
some troub. We da march by do gen
cral. an da top sarE Of my companec. he ecs
get mad me. He say: Tony, why for you
no keepa da step" | say noting. but march
along also like usual. Pretty soon da top
sarE. he come an he say: Tony. fan out. You
kcepa da step. Your lcf foot he eos up
when tho right foot should be w. Fall out
report by da Euardhouse' An done so.
"Fiut. tella you. meester. | was right l
kcepa da step fine. was da only one In
my compancc who right. All da rest OF
da hundred wrong"
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England now has pig controller. The
United states needs one to control the two
enEcd variety
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II our friends, Win 80.
~, tious fur nave
articles returned, the! must III AL c"h's s'n' 'f'
for that
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-12-06
Contained Twelve 5rand-New Base
balls.

tanned twelve brand-new basehalls, or
at least, eleven. and the remains of
one. This twelfth ball was stamped,
Opened by Censor" but search as /
could, could find no stamp reading
.'.Sewed Up by Censor We did the
sewing up, but that BAH looked like a
ducks egg when we had finished.
Stewart and roundly cusSed the CEN
sor. Later, we both cussed the inyen-
tor Of baseball. There was rea-
son.
The readers of the newspaper APP
pealed to had nobly responded to our
appeal. There were enough gloves
and balls for two teams. and even a
chest protector and mask. The mask
was an article of great curiosity to all.
Some Of them thought it was bomb
protector. Every one In turn tried it
on, and every one. upon learning that
the catcher was to wear the mask.
wanted Immediately to sign up for
the position. Stewart and could
have been elected to parliament right
there, If these Tommies could have
had their way,
The next afternoon the candidates,
forty IN all, aud the whole company,
turned out en- masSe on the baseball
field. which we had laid out during
our previous stay in rest billets.
From that day on. Stewart and
led a dogs life. Though on paper
everything looked bright. and the can
didates were letter perfect in the
game. or thought they We're. on the
field they were dubs of the worst cali.
ber-regular honeheads. If McGraH
OF the Giants had had that mob
wished on him he would have chucked
up his Job and taken the stump foI
woman suffrage; so you can appre
eiate our fix.
Stewart was a really good pitcher
plenty of curved stun. having rlayef
serai-pro BAH in the United States, Il
was my intention TO catch for him
end I'LL in the other positions with rae
most likely candidates. This scheme
did not work in with the popular yer
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-12-06

of the game. Their antics were awful
II we had used a regular baseball I
don't think there would have been a
Tommy in the squad without black
eye. Did you ever watch a girl trying
to catch balls Well, the girls team
alongside Of some Of these Tommies
would have looked Ike the winner in
our worlds series. 1T was hard work
keeping their interest up.
Two weeks later we went up into the
front line; then came back again for
another rest. The interest In baseball
was dying out and we were at our vii $
end. Time passed, and we figured out
that we ought to be hearing from our
appeal, but nothing came. Then, once
again we went into the front line
trench.
The Tommies were very skeptical
and every time baseball was men
toned they would gaze in our direction
with a sneering look. This completely
got our goats.
One evening we were sitting In a
dugout Of the support trench: it was
raining like the mischief, and we were
cold and downhearted. Pretty Soon
the rations came up. The ration party
| generally brings the rations down into
the dugouts. but the two men carrying
our dixie" set 1t down In the mud Of
the trench and almost 'sshot the
chutes" down the entrance to the dug
out. They were breathIess with ex-
citement. One of them yelled out:
''Yank, there's timber full Of par
cells down in the reserve dugout
They're all addressed to you, HIM
pey, and they're from America"
Stewart let out a shout and fell
warm all over. How we Iorded i
over those poor Tommies. That nigh
we were to be relieved and go bacE
to rest billets. We could hardly wal
for the time.
i The next morning was Sunday, anC
after church parade we made a mat
rush to the orderly room to get on
, mail.
Il The quartermaste1 sergeant wa
waiting for me, and behind him stoo;
every officer in the company, trying
: to disguise the expectant look on thei
, faces. Every eye was turned in tn
! direction of a heap Of parcels.
j thought the quarter" never woull
start. Even the captain could no
: stand it, and giving way to his eager
: ness, said: Sergeant, you had bel
ter issue the mail"
! Stewart and / were all anxiety.
; Then, stopping down, the sergean
, took up a parcel and read off: 'sEn
pey, No. 5203, and threw 1t over t
: me. 1 caught it on the fly. The SCI
geant kept on reading out "Empey,
and parcels came through the air lik
: a bombardment.
r The first parcel I picked up wa
$ | stamped Passed by Censor" and cor