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readjustment must be undertake.,
among ourselves The potency we have
VIZ exceeding heavy rcsponsibility-not
OH the President. nor on Congress bur
on us. the people. President and Con-
gress VIII do and speak as we COM
mand If we Will unite our sentiment
and make II felt and heard. II those
commands are in accordance with ren-
son and fairness. other peoples will
obey them gladly. regardless OF tho
schemes and ambitions OF rulers or dip
iomnts. The making of u just and stable
settlemSnt can not be as improbable as
uhquestionablc, looked to us this time
last year.
;. Christian unity is nearer now than
1t ever has been since the earliest daya
of Christianity. The Protestant. Cath
Ollie and Greek branches have been
driFen together by the storm and forced
spect and gratitude and helpfuincss In
GU, our army and country denominational
ines have been smashed. The knights
Sa,v 1oiG,'hns. me Y NJ. G; a. and the
me Eaptist preacher. have been forced
INTO intimate comradeship and ali have
yorheo IN good will and cooperation
ein,es OF Christianity. in their highest
and broadest sense, have behind them
"a united force the first time since the
clearly and faithfully declared, The
United force of this dominating natiom.
f.Nuiting notes of hope and con-
nnence for the year coming may minpIe
VT, Nth ;, the hymns of triumph and the
re Deuins' for the glory and the vic
i tory Oh the year so nearly gone. IA
tast year the ono voice> OF promise came
,ro,n bethiehem. 30 now the assur-
ahce Tor tho future IS in the spirit and
purpose represented by the story Of
helhiehem. 1t involves the doing ~
Justice and Justice requires the punist.
ineht or wrongdoing and the innking
OF ., i.H success impossible as we'll as the
aeiiverance OF the poor and heavv,
tnuen; and the comforting OF tho ar
nicted OF all races. America, above all
others Is able to illustrate that spirit
ana enforce the adoption of It's prin-
cipiea because she Is asking no heIn
ana seeking no gains and has proyea
.nat she can be terrible. The question
Nhe,her there shall be right and unai
solution OF tho many perplcxitics and
eonHicts That will develop Sits down
10 The question whether thi. pconIc
and demand It, '''
The past year should have laugh,
us to have much condolences In ths
task or tremendous issue
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-25

Secretary Of Agriculture Houston suggests
a revolving fund Of S6o0,000,0OO to keep
wheat up to S2.20 a bushel at the farm
with Australian wheat selling at $1.1S, the
need for such q fund is inescapably apparent
Ihis fund will have to come out Of the
pockets of American taxpayers, to be sure
but tho government must live up to it's con-
tracts, even If class favoritism is involved
Once peace conditions have been fully re-
established, maybe the government will find
way to encourage the growing Of bumper
crops without guaranteeing the price Farm
ing is not an infant industry that will not
sustain itself without direct tax upon the
whole population to support it.
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and courageously. when false step might
have meant embodiment, and at the same
time upheld the prestige OF his own country
and won the thorough respect bf that to
which he was accredited. When the United
States entered the war his labors were SIM
plifed, but they still were arduous enough
TO try any ones soul and strength and finally
the strain grew too great for his health In
his death the nation loses one of it's bril-
liant war figures, one who served as gal
iantiy and to as good purpose as if he
had led his country's troops to victory on
the battle field.
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Advent sn Germany.

What is the word from Germany
any regret for, children dead
Any redress for the broken slaves
,,, Or belgian, widows comforted.
what VII they say in the churches
When the people gather for Christmas
prayer?
0 star that led 10 humble place.
And Wise Men irho knelt bv the bcd
of u child! ~ e '
0 hclnicss Mother of Holy Grace.
Marie tho indebted!
What is the word from Germany?
~, thine Of the, bells that used to cry
ChrIstmas Joy In another land
hefore tix spoiicr OF earth came by.
Where will they set the candle light
That bfek9ns the Christ Child in my
Tho Christ fadst Child walked on the bitter
They are never forgiSen oros sed Shine ne
Who have offended Mine!"
The day of the Prince of Peace draws
Who studied to teach the chiidren
YIN WI TN they knoel by, a stolen crucihx
10y the light III their stolen CANDLE
sticks?
THIS Is the Kingdom of CHRISTMAS. You
day, 'Au ~
Al W. you would enter worthily
10 worship anu to pray!
What Is the word from Germany?
The mighty are put down from their
seats. $500
And Wise Men knocl and make Offer
the humble and tho contrite heart
10 thing that tho Lord has set apart!
The fallen towers and broken shr,nes
mo bells that the Hun has carried
Are they forgotten in Paradise
On q German Christmas Dav7 ~
r-I.ouise priscoll, in New York Times,
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Shall We Forsnke Our War Aims?

T is Il late day for any American to pro-
i pose that the United States abandon the
principal objects for which we entered the
war. Yet that, in effect, is what Colonel Theo-
dore Roosevelt Senator Phlander G. Knox
OF Pennsylvania and other critics of Presi-
dent Wilson in this country are proposing,
when they insist that the President abandon
his purpose to obtain at peace conference
formal recognition Of the principle of the
freedom of the seas and an agreement for the
creation OF league of nations to enforce
peace.
We went TO war with Germany because
that nation, by 4 series Of atrocious acts
committed against American citizens and
American ships, denied our right as neutrals
to traverse certain wide areas OF the high
seas. 1t was brutal challenge of the prin-
ciple OF the freedom of the seas, and we an
swered it. And in entering the war to vindi-
cate that principle, we determined that we
should bend every effort not only to attain
victory over the Hun. but to win a peace
that would be lasting. At the very outset
we proclaimed our Intention once victory
was won, to insist upon the establishment
OF Il league OF nations that would proceed
on the instant against any nation seeking to
disturb the peace
We had no other war aims, and have none
now. We desire no territory, and we have
no such claims for indemnity as France or
Belgium. If we abandon the issue Of free
dom Of the seas and a league Of nations, we
might just as we'll withdraw from the peace
conference and admit that have no in
forests in the settlement. AS the New York
World succinctly points out, it is as if, at
the close of the War Between the States, il
had been proposed that the settlement
should not undertake to determine finally tho
question OF slavery. Similarly it might have
been proposed to George Washington, at the
close of the Revolutionary War, that he
should not insist on England recognizing the
independence of the colonies
1t must not be forgotten that before we
we're drawn into the war by the outrageous
acts of the Hun sea pirates, we were in con-
troversy with Great Britain over the orders
in council issued by that nation in connec-
ton with the blockade Of Germany There
was nothing brutal about Great Brtain's
methods, and the controversy could never
have reached the point of break between
tho Two nations. But we regarded the Brit
ish policy as being opposed to the principle
OF freedom of the seas, just as were similar
measures which preceded the war OF 1872
In other words VIC were striving in this, as
We had for Il century, 10 uphold the principle
Of the freedom OF tho seas. and we should
be faithess to our traditions il VIC did not
uphold this principle as a paramount one
to be incorporated into the settlement of
the world war. In the interest of the peace
OF the world it is imperative that this rccog-
milton should come
In their anxiety to make partisan ca pital
out or their efforts to elnbarrass the Presj-
gent, Republican leaders cannot afford to for
get that they are Americans obligated, above
AL else, to uphold the interests Of America
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-25
Health Talks, by DR.. VIM. Brady
Why Only the Unidentified Infectionf
Copyright. tsls. by National Nowsp,por seryice)

A. s,$s
@ aSsHr who Write medisa BOOKS articles
ID c
Bu WIN is mae shl ,S is to my mind
the aaSss E 9
has It M TSa the Of The
liberia. tuberculosis. influenza, etc., ?D''
% fotRr aS psops Gua 10
%o se @ord ebon OF
aabeee Of
seShed ana modSrn superstions and facts
'1 We s M1a pre thap III ntnr,o
me at any iI as m afs
af sook 'S %ou ham ssb
to sas ssa thy
fsf,Gining cold phobia by increasing popular in
textbook wer lnds IS it '9 eNeee If g
noS,ng to pc compelled to reverse himself in
of If knoWielgs Of Iacteriology and of the means
It IS Of dssas pfae In the Sa ease
Ess WA
I'll 1he sor ease Of nh'Is5la oher resp
Mss az n!s ii the
beeause 5 the ola lS We cant
tss and go the ,mons of moycoddes in
Questions and Answers
Diet for i;rights Diseasc-WilI you please
more essential. diet or drugs? n r il
Answer,-There is no diet. SO far as / am
tn Ps diet m%s be carefully adjusted
ditions vary within wide limitations in this
ddisease; In a general way, the most harmful
toods are meat, fish, cheese and eggs because
of the pIoteins in such foods a diet largely of
MIX diet days each week, or skinned milk
SharelD days are helpful II there is dropsy or
nigh blood pressure.
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Our Turkey Conteat.

Again we have failed utterly to lure the un-
wary into net! Again our turkey contest
has fallen fiat! AS expected!
On two Thanksgiving and two Christmas
tides we have launched this Wonderful Contest,
by which turkey rasers were invited TO send
us turkeys, to reward the sender OF the
heaviest turkey with genuine autogranhed
letter OF thanks, sealed and posted under a
steel engraving authorized by Congress
Not one turkey was entered-not one! And
still, have seen people with less brains get
things easier than that, even and wondered
how they do it! On B-Not too late for ONE
BIG ENTRY, FOI.KSD
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-25

1t seemed that the depth Of naval degrade
lion had been sounded when the craven Ger
man fleet hoisted the white flag and sailed
to ahject surrender between tho waiting lines
OF allied ships. But il wasn't. That re-
rnained for the crew Of the submarine U-9,
which guided it into a British port for the
sake OF n money reward. And this was the
vessel which sank three British cruisers. one
of the few bright spots il tho enelny's abom-
inabe naval record.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-25

has not lost his mind, that the days of Teu-
ton dictation are over; that at the peace table
Germany Will get exactly what tho aIlios sec
lit to give 1t, and no more and there will
DC no use for it to grumble or threaten. He
also KNOWS that the treatment accorded to
Germany there will be far moro lenient than
IL deserves, and infinitely softer than that
represented in the treaty of Brest Litovsk,
or that which Berlin was planning to force
on conquered entente
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-25

Theodore Woiff is waxing truculent. For
merry recognized rs one OF the broadest and
most liberal editors in Germany he is los
ing MS sense OF perspective, and announces
"hat the allies shah not do at the peace
conference His utimatum is that IL Ger
many IS not permitted to have It's way about
certain cherished things it will arise in It's
might and again WELD the shining sword
iheodore should spbsde. He knows, If he
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-25
WAR Risk Insurance.

Mrs. T.. i. W.. Hoydton.--This RED
Cross statement answers your inquiry:
ping their war risk insurance because
the relatives they named as bcnefici-
aries have failed 10 receive insurance
certificates from Washington.
Such action Is entirely unwarrant-
ed and detrimental to the best inter
ests OF the lighting men aud their loved
ones.
Because OF delay in receiving in
lieve they are paying for insurance
protection which they are not receiy-
ing. This is incorrect. Government
insurance Is effective regardless of the
made and premiums arc being maid.
The certificate is no part of the con-
tract OF Insurance; it is merely evI-
dence that the contract exists.
THE bureau Of war risk insur,a nee
of the Treasury Department is mailing
insurance certificates as rapidly as nos
sible. To date more than $4,000 GER
tho daily output is constantly increas-
ing.
The bureau OF war risk insurance
now has on it's books more than s3b.-
ing approximately $1,000, 100000 of new
insurance every week.
1T is unne ssary to write to Wash
inGton asking for your certificate. It
need the certificate TO prove that you
have taken out insurance or to prove
that you are thu beneficiary named by
q soldier or sailor
tary and naval service OF the nation
has the privilege and tho opportunity
Of buying UP nt TO $4,000 of government
ton for him and for those that arc
Tor the future. NV s A"0
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-25

Secretary Of Labor Wilson strikes the key
note OF the season in his holiday message
when he says: christmas this year dawns
upon nation that has done its duty" THAT
is the thought which perlneates the United
States moro than at any time in the mast, and
Ut is the common knowledge OF duty we'll done
that is engendering sympathy between en-
ployers and employees and Will go far toward
eliminating their future misunderstanding
II this be ono result Of tho war then VIC
tory will not be confined to tho one achieved
in Europe
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-25
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER %, 1915.

With Commissioner PeterS's eagle-eyeu
and keen-scented deputies barring every
path whereby quart OF the nos might ma
ingress to Richmond, and with eggs mount
ing toward the dollar mark, this merry lule-
tide is going TO be robbed OF much OF its
merriment.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-25

There have been few truer exponents OF
that real, vrie Americanisrn which has
MADE tF'' nation great than Walter Hines
rage former ambassador TO the cour, of 81
James's, who died on Sunday His rise was
typicaiiy American and his career embraced
tfe successive steps from a writer on a small
hewspaper to the head OF great publishing
mouse and on to the worlds most cov.,od
diplomatic post His training. Amos, on.
tlrely IN private pursuits, was peculiarly of
Inc character to bring him to the fayorabIo
attention of President Wilson. who sant Kin
TO London. His services there. coyerinc no
period of the European war with the nycon-
ton OF few weeks prior to the sirnirc 10
the arm'stice' were In keeping with the Amer
lean traditions. He faced perhaps moca ,ry-
ing and delicate international ouestions in
the early days OF the connic,-,hose DAYS
when the United States was striving co 49,
nestiy to maintain It's position and sofeyrard
ats rights as neutral-than ever before hod
lalien to the lot OF any man who wen, forth
from Washington. lie mot them all sana,v
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that they, can cough and snecze a.,
are with impunity. all the work OF
,Sred VIII be lost. and an Increase in
viii be eInevitablc '"' oisc"se
ROY Is FLANAGAN
Aichmond. Va. December %, 1915.
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Information Bureau

Inquiries regarding almost any tonic,
excepting on legal and medical sub
1ects. nrc answered free. Az NIL In
quirfes nre answered directly by per-
sonhl letter, seif-nddrcsxed, sta mped
envelope In required. Address The
Richmond, Va.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-25
News of Fifty Years Ago
Orrom the Richmond Dispatch, Dec. %. 1865 ,

The Southern Opinion.
publication OF which has
been suspended since the
death of II. Rives Pollard.
VIII be revived early in
January under the man
agemsnt of w. d. Chester
man q Co.. who have pur-
chased the stock and good
will. The head Of the new
firm is an enterprising and
talented young man. and
deserves success. lie has
seen much service in the
newspaper field.
The funeral of the late
u. IT. Gill took place from
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-25

II Charles NJ Schwab could run the gov
eminent as efficiently as he operated its
shipbuiding plants he would make Pres
ident of whom the country could be proud.
His name has been suggested as a presiden-
tial possibility, and if it is taken seriously
no will have no mean following. by the way,
is he a Democratic or Il Republican?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-25

Now to the seedess orange, the coreess
apple, the cryless baby, the hitless ball game
the self-starting automobile and the janitor
superior to tips, are to have the squirt
less grape fruit as an addition to the de-
lights OF life
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-25

NJ: *. charlottesville. Va.--There are
100000 Czecho-Slavs in the United
States. a large proportion of them nat
uralized and most of those OF military
ages have heen incorporated in the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-25

Hindenhurg proclaims that the German
army did not collapse" that it was only
"vanquished, dissolved, disbanded" With
these few exceptions it may be taken that
it is just as super as ever it was
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-25

If George w. Goethals were seeking favor
able publicity. he could contrive nothing bet
ter than to have himself accused of some
thing or other by William Denman.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-25

The Great War might have performed ono
service, but it didn't. The German keeps right
on forgetting his verb until he's finished earr
ling the whole sentence.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-25

Government food restrictions are being
raised rapidly. Now, il the food merchants
Will take off some Of the financial restrc-
ton the average citizen soon may be able
TO sit down to an old-fashioned square meal
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-25
These Days,

"rhey say" said the Steady Worker proudly
that l am interchangeable toiler MY en-
ployer boasts that never look at the clock"
"Oh well. that's all right" said the Gentle
CRATER. soothingly. '1Ie means well and you
make living out of it, don't your"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-25

It's hard for ten dollar -a week Jim to realize
as he goes back to work. that he made S4s a
week stuing shells
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-25

Republicans and Democrats are charging
each other with playing politics in the rev.
ehue measure, and the evidence is that both
sets or charges are we'll founded.
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0ue,tiop, and an,w.r,
Much Ado About Nothing
ny ROY X. AIOULToN.

calves Tongues inside" is a sign noted on a
IS whfe ali 6 la NJ
be.
how To unit to live il is ~ Gexsrpors mansion
GoveFnorM1or Scott Scott (Kans> Tribune aHs run LOT
Age Will HIVE It's Fling.
to F SslE yes Ss Of H. rosie sho
IS the victim Of aIa Gd Iho
Camp Tragedy.
To SPOON Ma % pf fSss nP the phone
a soldier lad who boldly had
Deceived thia little queen.
Town the lass he tried to pass
"hG na Ms MniSn sof e nS the phone
TIT His on "am ss TsS my neaTs desire
The &c., answer ,s%. g, came Don't know tho name.
A private, we'll I'm glad to tell
You that know the sinner,
But sorry, gal. can't cali you, pal
Sergeant + A. ' With ftS'a GOOD p Luck sam.
band5 % Of a,s has Ra ia,
SHOULD get together how it could sing The
po Mw Y9r will add Of
:, Reported that LudendorT is to sail for the
Society Note in 1925.
Mrs AsforOlt wore. at the opera last even
eng but OF oa sFs Sc Sauabe ordinary
Old Socks and Slippers knows exactly what he
is going to get for Christmas, but what he is
going TO buy for the other half of his sketch
bothcrs him
Begins to look as though. for landsma H.
Admiral Cary T. Grayson Is going to see quite
a bit of the world after all.
The Germans ask for justice We hope they
Evidently Count Reventlow, war expert OF
tho Tages zetung Is hard of hearing RE
OF style and that Christmas dinners in Paris
arc strictly passe. "
MANY families have decided to go without
other christmas presents and have turkey
Latlies, Ladies'!
One OF the Christmas ads:
For miadyS dressing table, an ash trav
which may be converted into n pin tray"
scientist says every woman should bave ),
certain number Of hours of play every dav Has
this scientist never heard OF our Neighborhood
Whist Club? o'u
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-25

SuDHCTIDtF, IfOpeWcII, Va.-The Pc
can Is member OF the hickory nut
family, and after many thousands of
trees were destroyed has. at last be-
(b) To plant a walnut, hickory nut.
pecan or other nut-producing hardwood
thinner. is as easy as catching craw fish.
take a hrooTfistick and make a hoin
about two inches deep. drop in the
nut, and press down the dirt with your
foot, Use hoe IL you prefer. If you
nuts four times as close together,
as the trees should he, then turn the
SOD or dirt hcak To place. transplant
ing the second spring will adjust dis
tances between young trees.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-25

f.. w. r., Fork Union. Va-write TO
the \. w. c.. a, Richmond, Va, for
information about it's vocation classes.
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Not Had, Either.

IS O. S-Won't you please pass this sug-
gcstion along?
Bury the Kaiser face downward so that when
nc Is called ne won't have to turn around to
start toward where he has to go.
"EPICTETIUM"
"Richmond. December 81, 1918"
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Charcoal Eph's Daily Thought.

us "ori got mo- fakin' in hit every year"
SAID Charcoal Eph, in pcssimistic mood IAN
every time I look in de glass I see ono mo.
doggone fo'-husher Try "A biscuit Mistab
Jackson"
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The Next War.

IT wonder unused the Thinker, II wonder
when the Next War will begi.?"
That's easy" said the Practical Fellow at
began just soon as the first married soldier
got homo from France"
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iianGo;ph /.
Private BrARch EAchnnkc
connecting with uu depart
mentS,
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BRANCH OFEICES: Wash
nrtuD, l&lO New Serk Ave
nue.; New York CltS. Eifth
Avenue DuIiuuig; ChiruRo,
Peoples Gas Building;
Philndeiphia. Coloniai Arust
'SuIiQluE.
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4 Limerick.

When travelling fellow from Troy
Got wire that said: IT'S n boy"
He pleased with the news
When they wired Make it two"-shin
ahOy
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-25
Our Language.

They twain went out to take n row,
He In tho stern. she in the bow;
But silly Cupid broke his bow
And let them row into a row.
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Weight OF I'eteritn
CIas.e.

j. A., Petersburg, WA bushcl
fcterita weighs nifty pounds.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-25

Hartford Comm woman has had four hus
bands. all graduates OF Yale. II that quartet
should get together how il could sing The
Girl Left Behind Me"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-25

New York will add corps OF aviators to 4,
police course. ely cops" chortles Juliana.