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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-16
The Problems of Peace.
ny DR. JEREMIAH w. jerks,
Research Professor OF Government mt New
York University.

Of 6 ihs w
the worlds raw materials of which the United
States possesses great share.
ness men. is whether shall have an inter
eonmTson or other afs"ey for the
there shall be the old competition in foreign
e@ ny 9 IT'S a s af sne
has led Tit to HsH nave Sde dae d
The most nn D 1w of naynv ended
has show" the ~ subee "oT in Fhi
the world For Instance. an ipterna,ion com
products outside the central empires and their
%a n ns I"
predict that this plan will be followed for many
have also ailocated wheat, corn and all other
grains. among the allied He peoples ,,
s,.temen by an Important e british H staesman
hands Of an international body the authority
do gys & Moad %G"f he be links S
politics and net price would be The determini ing
by. such = system. he said, you'd be quite, suf-
might nave , h os to FORM "'"
This opinion. however Significant the source.
whether the danger OF future wars involved
IN a the N hs TO eh9a Of ba ra
is Il necessity Of our existence. or whether some
of bitterness which have borne such unhappy
it should be remembered tina, for more than
two Years Great Tan and FrThce
and elsewhere in this connection, and have laid
plans to hold and extend their influence in
those regions. The japanese. ever since 1914.
have been working vigorously, and apparently
with great success, to get 4 grip on the supply
of Chinese materials and natural mono
poles, and their object has been to make this
grip secure that ii could not be shaken
after the
The United states has done practically moth
few preliminary reports have been prepared.
Already the other nations are ahead Of us
Can overtake them?
America S. problem of peace rcorGa liza ton
will be complicated in many ways To
ganiZe on a basis meant the building OF
many factories for producing munitions. con
structins ships, sending troops and developing
the source of food supply 1t meant CrSan-
iZation for the distribution Of food, coal and
time the industries that we had to organize
relatively few and the demand for good,
When we go back from a AN, var organiZation to
to the, same industrial conditions that pre-
dustries of quite a different type and we shall
tries in far greater numbers than those that
viii there be strikes, and strife that will
both increase costs and cause great loss Of
wage? Only the coming days will tell. but
business men and workmen shall face the prob
lem in time and agree upon some wise policy
or both of them and the public as we'll will
be the losers.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-16

CANT letters OF recommendation from
prominent men in all walks OF life.
including some ministers. about men
who are entirely unsuitable. having 1T
tic religion and less experience or tact.
IL takes moral courage 10 decline to
write a letter OF recommendation. and
often people who are most critical
would be among the FIRST to write
those letters.
have son in France who was
writing to me about the Red Cross.
He said. One OF the men In my squad
ron said to me one day. II anybody
ever wants to start a scrap after we
get home. all he has TO do is to crit
for The same feeling exists with
regard TO the Y. II. c. a. though not
quite SO strongly"
another ~" man. stood a.: night in A
.ront-line trench at the entrance to
dugout making chocolate on their
little portable stove and giving IT to
that Margaret peland tells OF the Y
NJ. e: a. man who had such horror
OF tobacco. but when he saw the com
fort the cigarettes gave to the poor
wounded men went around putting one
in each mans lips. Suddenly. to his
horror. he realized that his matches
would not hold out. so he lighted a
cigarette and put il in his own lips
and went around on his knees for
the sufferers. That was ore form of
feroism. Quite number have sac
rifccd their lives. Why not publish
few OF the complimentary things?
could be multiplied indefinitely and I
think y would be only fair to publish
some OF them. H
Richm9nd. Va. December ~. 1915.
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The Spanish influenza.

+. w. b., Petersburg.-The Literary
Digest recently published this sketch
of Spanish innuenZa:
Spanish influenza" is very old
complaint. 1t is epidemic catarrh
characterized by acute infiamma ton Of
the mucous membrane Of the air pas
sages, attended by several constitu-
tional disturbances. followed by great
debility. sometimes continuing for sew
eral months" 1T is moderately infec-
tious and is caused by the bacillus in
fiucnzae. and has been known as Il
catarrhal disease since 1928.
In Andrew JacksOn's time (1829) It
was known as Jack sons Itch" When
Tyler was in the political arena his
opponents called 1t "Tyler's Erippc"-
name of which .he latter word has
survived for years and is still in use
in our own time. This word grippe"
Is one of the French names for infiuen-
"a To the Russians it Is known as
the chinese .catarrh." The Germans
were wont to call 1t the Russian pest.
Tho Italians appropriately called It
the German disease. for it reached them
through Teutonic sources, and the
French called 1t also the Italian fever,
no doubt associating 1T with the Roman
fever and Spanish catarrh, but to them
belongs tho credit OF Introducing the
term "infiucnza" as q generic name.
This they arc said to have done in tho
Seventeenth Century, when they at
tributed the disease to certain aatron-
omical influences.
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Excused.
EXCuRed. =.
(For The Times-Dispatch.)

(For The Times Dispatch.)
Before st. Peter stood a man,
Wrinkled and bent and worn: i
HIS Countenance bespoke the truth
That man was made to mourn" ~,
Hhe shufl1ed as he looked the Saint
Covertly in the eye -
And from his tired heart there came
long and heavy sigh. II
my si friend" said Peter. here you
This is your journeys end, 80
ana L suppose you wish to know
II | am foe or friend +
II VIII pass you through NV pntA ~
jnto place sublime, -
OF send you shivering and forlorn q:
10 expiate your crime.
For 1t appears when review VIA
Ihe record of your life, IL
on were q fair and honest man
a man not given to strife 4
sometimes you were. ] grieyc To sav. ~
Both angry and profane, ~
And wicked words came rolling out ~
Such words j cannot name" j.,
Now what excuse have you to- show
You should not punished be?
II tnero IN any valid cause,
Just mention 1t to me-" ~
An automobile. Saint, 1 owned 49,
Anu rode through thick and thin"
me SAINTS Jaw dropped, he waved his
And ordered: Pass him lnw 90
CMRS) ROSA n. GRAY
AshIano' va, December IL, 1oiS. ~.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-16
Danger From Floating Mines

a l.READY reports are beginning to come
IN OF vessels coming into contact with
noating mines, planted during the period of
hostilltlcs, and since cast adrft The British
warship Cassandra has been sunk by one
such mine, and steamer plying off the At
lantic coast recently reported having sighted
twenty-five OF these sinister engines of de-
struction floating along in the pathway of
peaceful commerce
1t was so after the Russo-Japancse War
For months after hostilities ceased disasters
were reported due to vessels striking drift
ing mines. The supposition reasonably NAV
be drawn that the mines now being encount-
cred away from the chartod fields are Of Ger
man origin for while the allies observed strict
ly the rules OF The Hague conferences re-
garding the sowing of mines, Germany no.
toriousy violated all restrictions Among
The Hague provisions was one that enioined
beligerents from laying any unanchored au-
tomato contact mines except when they are
so constructed as to become harmless one
hour at most after those who laid them have
lost control OF them" Also it was stinu
lated that no anchored automatic contact
mines should be laid which do not become
harmless as soon as they have broken loose
from their moorings."
1t is, OF course. impossible to estimate
how many free mines the Germans turned
loose. 1t is known that the German subma
rlnes which operated on this side OF the At
lahtlc last summer cast many of them uDon
the waters off our coast Fortunately in
the case Of those sown in the vicinity of
the British elsewhere most OF the Ger
man submarine activities took place-the
trend of the currents is toward the Gulf
stream, which in that locality flows north
ward 1t may be hoped therefore, that many
OF the mines will have been located and
dragged up before they are caught in the re-
turn current which passes down by Labra-
dor. Newfoundland and our own northeast
crn coast. Nevertheless, there is work ahead
and plenty, for all the mine sweepers that
the allied navics can employ
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-16

her reprimand for her had conduct towards
another negro woman on the place She
convicted and granted a new trial tech
nicality. On her second trial she was convicted
again and sentenced to be hanged, but Under
wood has turned her loose 30 go forth and burn
down more Henrico County homes What next;
give him steady employment for some time to
come. Since the 2Sth of July last the day the
fourteenth amendment was officially declared
to have been duly ratified and to have become
a mart OF the Constitution there have been
received at the penitentiary l59 convicts. OF
whom only seven have been Dardoned So
Underwood has at least $50 friends in the
nenitentiary whom he will doubtless turn loose
upon the country. If not restrained by the power
cannot too soon bring to bear upon him.
The grand communication of the Grand Lodge
of Nasons In Virginia begins at G O'clock to-
night mt the Masons Hall, on Franklin Street.
saturday was tho coolest day yet. There was
n Encn wind all day, and the thermometer stood
at ia above Tho leo was thick enough
for daring skaters to risk tho ponds in the
suburbs.
General Stoncman, accompanied by Speaker
CoIfaX, visited General Grant in Washington
yesterday. to discuss Virginia affairs.
Mcnard the lone negro member of Congress
Che is from Louisiana) complains OF cool treat
ment and Indifference to his interest on the
part Of his radical brethren in Congress-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-16

welfare of the inimigra:, has, latn1,,
n mnHn, evident In this country. and the
bounds under the stress Of ,n ebbpS d nHd
GSuitles. many OF which have their root
migrant. - '"' III
Industrial firms everywhere areiturn-
of classes in their factories Tor teao Up
Ing foreign.horn workmen to speak
and think American. and TO tell them
stands for In some cases an incre ana
Of wages Is offered to workmen who
attend the English classes. 80
Detroit motor company has 2:7O0
pupils receiving IIng::sn instruction
i've, I've hours week. "A attending 'o on
Pupils learn to. speak. English in SIX
weeks, a Accidents In the plat haye de-
have become able to read factory mo-
,ics e,, and instructions.
accidents in its plant are due to fgno
rance or carelessness. and that most
Of them can be eliminated through
cn The board Of directors OF the Mer;
In !. recent report or on T tSS n0rk said
problem In New York: I'VE recomms end
strongly the Institution OF classes for
during daylight hours, preferably win
ane an9 OF ,se schoo
during the brief daily periods OF in
Struction. IT being found that sixty
hours OF instruction Will enable an
illiterate person to read. speak and
write GOO English words In common
use: and TO add. subtract. multiply and
divide"
Here are three from list of signin,
cant questions asked the managers OF
its plants by the Rubber Association
Of America:
do you treat your native born and
forcign-born workmen alike in matters
of respect. working conditions and liv-
ing conditions when under your CON
trol?"
Are you making any attempts to
discourage the use OF such eplthets az
'dago 'hunkies' and other similar
rsion?"
"What~inccntive do you give your
workmen to stay with you. with re-
spect to safety provisions. first aid
lunch and Mushrooms. insurance. bo-
muses. and housing?"
Other employers OF labor on large
scale should be benefited by these sug-
gestions.-Copyright. 1915
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-16

Whatever may be the ultimate disposition
OF the telegraph and telephone lines, there
Is no doubt in the mind of Postmaster
General Burleson that at present he is the
one big and only boss. Instance his action
III barring Clarence Maclay from the slightest
vestige of connection with the cable COM
panies of which he is the owner. The gov
eminent eventually may become the pro-
prietor of these properties. but such arbi-
trary action will not work to the advance
ment of the Postmaster-General's campaign
10 arouse public sentiment favorable to TAX
ing them over.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-16

gradual restoration OF normal peace condi-
tions, here is presented situation for the
serious reflection of Richmonds business
men. Three railroads, with their productive
territory, lost In single year is blow to
It's growth and progress that the city can ill
afford. If the loss is not to be permanent
and the trade of these territories not to be
diverted to other trading centers, then def
mite steps must be taken, and soon. Is Rich
mond to sit idly by and do nothing to pre-
vent its choicest territory from being de-
limited to its own permanent disadvantage?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-16

In an editorial OH the death in action of
william Slnkler Manning, Oldest OF the six
sons of Governor Manning, Of South Carolina.
In service the New York Times suggests that
probably the young man, if he had lived.
would have been Governor of his State, as
his father, grandfather and great-grand-
father had been. Major Manning was on
the editorial staff OF the Times ten or twelve
years, and those most closely associated with
him knew the stuff of which he was made,
and realize that when he fell not only his
family and friends, but his State and coun-
try suffered serious loss
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-16

IN inc past year Richmond has lost three
railroads, each of them valuable feeder to
It's stores and markets. The Tidewater and
western won't first, and was followed quickly
by the Chesapeake Bay Line and the Rich
mona ana Rappahannock. The first named
mas been scrapped, and apparently is gone
beyond recall. The physical property OF the
chesapeake Bay Line lies rusting as 1t was
abandoned, and there is only the faintest of
hopes that traffic oven its rails ever will be
resumed. OF the RichmQQd and Rappahan-
mock line, that section extending from Seven
ilhcs TO the Pamunkey is being torn up and
the tate OF the section between Richmond
ana seven Pines. following the probable early
closing OF the munition plant, is in grave
ooupt' with the ending OF the war and the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-16
Musterlns Ont Units.

Mrs. a. II. T.. Newport News.-.It
would be idle TO attempt to predict
when certain military units will be dis
of the army doesn't even know that
about all units. Units in training are
being dismissed rapidly. though, more
turned to their homes just recently.
1t is not unlikely that soldiers doing
clerical work at army camps may be
kept longer than the other active
branches, because the clerica! work
must be continued during. and to some
extent after, the main demobilization
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-16
News of Fifty Years Ago
(Fro,n the Richmond Dispatch. Dec. 1G. 1861
Underwood, as soon as he

Underwood. as soon as he
opened the United States
Court on Saturday dis
missed Sallic Anderson on
the ground that the Judges
who tried her and the clerk
of the court over which
they presided were diSqual-
flied under the fourteenth
amendment 20 the Consti-
tuition of the United States.
Sallie was convicted in the
Henrico County Court Of
arson, she having set fire
to and burned to the
ground the suburban resi-
dence Of Richard Magru-
der, at Fulton Hill, because
n
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-16

Rumors appear OF extensive new peace pro-
paganda in this country and Europe, intended
10 bring soft peace. 1t is hard to ina CINE
who has any money with which to finance it,
put experience proves that no madness is too
mad nor badness too bad to attract mystic
rious cash TO its support However there
need be no alarm. The Huns handle con-
spiracy so awkwardly and the professional
pacifst is such born fool that invariably
they take the open switch and arrive at q
blow-up and a smash
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-16
Information Bureau

Inquiries regarding almost my tonic
excepting Oh legal and medical nIb
Guirics are answered directly by pcr-
sonar lerfer, self-nddressed, stamped
envelope ts required. Address The
Richmond. Va.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-16

Protest.
To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-l think it is most unjust for
a paper like The Times Dispatch 10
have in big head lines such state
ment as ~. NJ c. 4. Falls Down on
It's. Job in France--Returned Veterans
Bring Unanimous Story OF Criticism
OF WORK. without any qualifying
statement For n splendid organiZa-
ton like the y. NJ. c. a. to have such
Wholesale criticism is unfair and un-
just and untrue. l have heard and
read of dozens and hundreds OF stories
TO the contrary. / am not criticising
our returned veterans. supposns that
your reporter interviewed the whole
GOO. To US they are all heroes. but I
do not suppose they left all OF their
human nature in France. so we may
SUPPOSE that in that number Of men
there are few who cxaggcrate slight
~ and n few who walk around with
the proverbial chip on their shoulder,
and a few WHO were handing down
stories they had heard. With those
qualifications / am quite prepared TO
believe all that they said. but be-
iiev. that they were isolated cases I
hold no brief for the Y. NJ c. A. and
do not consider it infallible. have
Known them to reject excellent men
OF technicality and to accept most
sept tie latter?, Because they have
T. depend largely on references. and
they frequently receive most extrava-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-16

A ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS medal for General
,Peyton c. March is tribute we'll deserved,
for his service has been second to none
That he has been honorcd thus will be ap-
preciated particularly by the newspaper men
who have come in contact with him in Wash
>ngton, for by his frankness and tact he
quickly made an end to a situation which
in the early days of the war was anything
but agreeable to jhe"7!ress 'and the public
which it SERVES
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-16
MONDAY, DECEMBER IL, 1915.

President Wilson and Lloyd George may
have to excuse themselves from the peace
conference few minutes while thep step out
and lick Mexico The government there is
threatening again to seize oil lands long ago
sold to British and American citizens, and
we need the oil in our business.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-16

Lenine, present autocrat of what there is
of Russia announces policy of high pro-
.tective tariffs. AS nobody wants to sell any
thing there and the country has nothing with
which to pay and produces now nothing but
crime and Bolshevik oratory, the announce
tment puts humorous aspect on the hideous
face of tragedy.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-16

fruit that is borno in Russia. Bullets for
Bolshevik and food for it's victims is Rus
sia's most imperative need. That is the policy
that must be adopted to meet the menace,
first in Russia, and elsewhere as needed, if
il is to be overcome.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-16

Surely the strong waters OF CoblcnZ must
be strong indeed. General Won Einem of the
Hun army given feast there on the eve Of
his indefinite departure for parts unknown.
announced by proclamation that although the
enemy, by unfortunate circumstances, is
in the land, 'he is not the victor in battle
Which leaves us supposng that the entire
recent movement is only another strategic
retreat.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-16
Health Talks, by DR.. VIM. Brady
The Doctor Studies Nature.
fCopyright. 1915 by Sntl unai Ncwsu.n.r sorr,..


~ good doctor studies nature in order to beat
Potts disease Tuberculosis of the spine>,
n whinn occurs chiefly in children and Young
Or braces o, which keep the spinal at rest
tSbereuiouss "9 pr sp,aal con In
dour or five Years recovery follows in most
at rest, as is always necessary in tube rcuiosis
or any part of the body. then brings
of tuberculosis intelligently managed
SIN Nature 1,i Is a cruel doctor. though good one
have have been saved by Intelligent management
is intelligent, but blind and ' ruthess Na
ture does her best to choke child TO- death
nnr Of 1 sSs lary trns n
nS in haE GROUP but
never succunbs to spasmodic Group
cess Of is toured BY SLOW tedious
We; afteeted These vertebrae involved
Sen the and sh
nGuEh p"sshy d Sa surely il
or brace is applied to prevent excessive de.
hcr 1--we years, more or less to cure a case of
agcncnt. 1859
The surgeon nowadays cuts down on the
ee nn surfaces Of the
, {, diseased vGrte5rne all in few weeks. This
nqass Sai; a may A@s's'a
Grafton ,i, for one who knows how to do such
thinSS. ana IL causes little or shock In
eight weeks the pa tent Is allowed up but a
brace is kept on for six months.
Questions md Answers.
=, erin;S., kindly let me know through
trea tinent for child that stammers My girl
nearly thirteen has stammcred some years and
thought she would outgrow 1t. for is
healthy and above the average school but
the stammcrirg is great emba rrassment to
her. 1t is worse in school than anywhere else.
y. ~ o.
Answer--Scnd 3-cent stamped. self-ad-
dressed envelope for instructions for suffering
and stammerinr. Disease, deformity mental
defect is never "outErown" That is mere
bubble of the incompetent doctor weak
excuse for negligence on the part of the parent.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-16

Having halted Bishop Mcdowell, OF the
Methodist Church, and searched his au-
tomobile for contrahand, the Washington
police announce that their city is air-tight
against booze. If they are correct. casual
visitors are left TO suppose that some resi-
dents occasionally to be seen at large there
got tight on the air that couldn't get through
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-16
LIttic Orphnnt CONSUMER.

Little Orphnnt Consumer.
Once there was a little man
Who spent all of his dough,
Just buyin things to eat and wear.
Gee! How it used to go.
And after they took all his coin.
They took his hat and coat,
His shoes and his suspenders
And finally his goat.
And one day he was missing
And they seeked him ali about
And the profiteers will git YOU
If you
Don't
Watch
Out