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which she has attempted to rule. '''f
has ' been saaa RSS dyaSd 5 ha IL IT,
ter disregard or the rights Of weaker
nations. Austria preclpitated tho Sec
Of her hard won access 10 lie sea. In
1905 she annexed the Slav states Bos.
MA and IlcrzeEovinia with wanton dis
people. Sarajcvo the capital OF Bos.
ma, became the scene OF the assassi-
nation of Archduke Francis Ferdinand,
heir To the liapsburg throne, and his
wife "''
The IIapsburgs deliberately assass,-
lit,lo slav states. There. also. in 't that
Slnv capital. the doom OF the Haps.
PVT, 5hurig dynasty was sealed The war
mated In the utter ruin Of those re-
ssponaibic for 1t. Let 1, be Remembered
mat Ferdinand and Charles were the
unhappy victims OF seed which others
Germany under Prussian leadership
a s"" OF oer IKE na dispssar a,s for THO
sgsrcssion. she boosted cd Of oGfDgsHi amyar ana
humbling Austria. provoked the Fran
co i'russian war by fnlsifylng the Ems
welegram lie formed the empire and
tran. for .Wha,socvcr man a' s 20" s,S
'hHt shall he also reap"
damned for s;ngl. -;:t. but Tor a
long series OF onenses which bespeak
y liked purpose or life to do evil, The
determined injustice OF Germany
against Serbia aroused against her the
antagon!sm or Russia. while her viii
iul violation OF tho rights OF Bel
gium caused England 10 leap TO arm.
against hei. The violation OF inter-
national laws by her ruthless sub
marine policy, In spite of neutral pro-
test. forced the United States into war
with her. Her manipulation OF Bul.
>gnria and the Justification Of Turkish
Near East. The infamous treaties
maria made inevitable two-fold dis
as,er; The rise of the Slav s,stss
wrecked the Austrian empire, and
those treaties united the peoples Of
the allies TO fight such injustice to
the bitter end After Brest- Litovsk
80 nation would dare trust anything
nut an utterly defeated Germany. The
Kaiser and his associates dcvsioped the
art or human slaughter To tho Highest
degree or devilish perfection. Now
The nemesis OF retributiou Is tread
S/Icruan soil in the persons OF her
own people. The Kaiser lied before
his own soldiers came home.
=, Ge'man women In their appeal 10
Mrs. Wilson and DR. Jane Adams TO
intcrccde 10 have some of the hard
conditions OF the armistice set aside
nave evidently forgotten the time when
ihcy were asked 10 intervene IN behalf
Of Edith Ca|ell. and coldiy replIed thev
couId DO nothing. They arc rsapin.
what they sowed.
Copyright, 1879
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played an important part In tho views
q army officers from General Pershing
down. recognizing il as being great
'"ctor in the efficiency %! the army.
ana 1t was commended on every occa.
sion.
Through the Y. NJ c. A. over 5000
oVo letters were written. many OF
which would never have been had il
not been Tor this agency. and in many
ON Ways looked after the welfare
ne secretaries were killed while Civ.
Lng ala and comfort 10 the boys in tho
hont Trenches, and thoughts by the
pest and most honest minds have been
entered in doing for our boys
THIS great good has sbsen attested
20 by thousands of the mep in this
country md by our boys overseas. and
simply because n mistake was made
IN heIp!ns out the army canteen work
me 2dverse criticism became quite
notorious. II Is so easy to pull down.
as compared with building UP. and so
natural 10 find fault even when 80
per cent is good, that more Christian
chhrity and intelligent Investigation
shnuih be exercised before condemna-
ton is made.
r ". DARLINGTON,
~ State Chairman
richmond Va. December II. 1915.
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other causes, havo not had the money to pay
their fares to- the city anu return, that they
might have sorely needed amusement and
recreation. 1t would be comparatively
small matter TO give them transportation on
the Westhampton line, perhaps specifying
certain hours after the morning and before
the evening rush, so as to prevent added con-
Gestion. They would appreciate the courtesy
and 1t would be a token of Richmoud's thank
funess to them for what they have done and
what they have suffered. Perhaps tho street
railway company would be willing to grant
the free use OF its cars rs suggested; if not,
arrangements could he made through the use
OF city funds or by private subscription. 1t
would be money splendidly invested.
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Mayor Ainslie is deserving of tho cordial
approval and earnest support of the citizens
Tor his firm stand in vetoing the salary ordi-
i'ahcc The issue is clear cut Richmond
mas been demanding men of big calibcr for
four diroctorships provided under the amond-
ca charter The Mayor has met that demand
III so lar as is concerned his selection for the
ulrectorship of Public Welfare, his choice
pcihs Dr. Ennion Williams. The Council re-
spends by fixing Il fiat salary of $4,000 n wear
lor each OF the directorships, n figure which
precludes acceptance by DIR. Williams 1t NAV
DE presumed that the same Salary obstacle
VIII be encountered in filing tn, other thrce
olrectorshps If the Mayor names men of
aDllty equal to that of Dr. Williams. Mayor
Alhslle says he was given to understand TINT
adequate salaries would be paid if he named
Gapapie men, He has acted accordingly, and
MS program is thwartcd in the very begin
ning by niggardly salary. The whole prob
ZEN now is up to the Council 1t can save tba
situation If it Will by rcconsidering its action
ana Offering to pay generously enough TO Sc
cure those men whose services are so badly
needed Because it has the best interests or
Richmond at heart is sufficient reason for
reconsideration.
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General Marie FavoIIc

5. T.. To- AUnaRr0.--Until The ont :
break Of the war General Marie Fayoiic
was one of the abicst professors at
the French Ecole dc Guerrc. lie came
the war In the battle Of Grand Caour-
onne, which saved Nancy from tho Ger
mans. lie took q leading part in The
Anglo French offensive on tho SOM
me and was commander OF the First
Army IN the battle OF the Aisne and
commanded the French army in Italy
apd returned to Franco last Marcel,
armies assigned TO the duty of stop
ping the simultaneous drive on Paris
and Amiens, September 3 he com
manded the French northern group OF
armies,
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become good American citizens, so now let
them so back to tho Fatherland they lovo
and servo and forever relieve this country OF
their hateful presence. Their continued stay
mere would BIO constant menace, and tho
American people are in no mood to tolerate
them No better cargoes for the return trips
or those ships which bring American soldiers
home could be found than these despised sub
jccts of whomever or whatever inst now NAV
be ruling in Berlin
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Trnmc Signals.
In order that the automobilists wagon drivers
pedes,rans e and others may understand the sys
haye decided to publish them. - e'S'''
Signals given by traffic officers:
vigorously and Kick three times With the left
When signaling stand STILL" scratch the left
ear and reach around to the hip pocket for a
When signaling turn to the right" wiggle
the right elbow slightly and place left thumb in
whsa sEnsng LET, ufn to the ,sts tap
on wh sn and and 0 rs s os sEass s
shin.
Any automobilist who car, remember these
signals Will get into no trouble.
&C. Gently Ahe girl leaned toward him with an
How many ny lumps"' she asked
And she wrote down his coal order for the
coming winter
Said Ollie Morosco to Davie Belasco:
SAID Dav e"eG ea yoo to 6i on
You eat EN- alive like The late Mr. Bpscoe."
,o And Just lsso when he , were begnnng to learn
job director of railroads. Now we will have
TO start all over again under new
One westerneE says u prohibition elections
puts territory in the prohibition column.
Dirge.
We're i6S der ktngletS unit kaiserS unit Drinceiets?
Vot do they do. de paddles ISIS done?
How many's left Of these lemons unit qvinces?
Not Won!
Vere's der aristocrats. nourished on lotus
Iss there place for a nobleman's son?
In der government service l notice
Not Won.
Only one dress suit has been sold in Kansas
City In eighteen months. Probably all the
others who got married were soldiers
Quick Service.
Mrs. Nicholas Emmerling, who is president
of the food clubs of the city. asked for two
minutes of silent prayer and then announced
the lifting of the ban four.--Lake County
llL) Times
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Books and Authors

ENGINEERING Book" hinpinco,,s>. Just
punished was written for The zeal
n no, v ~, one who has his pockets bdig
pieces OF wire and a thousand and one
oth"r thtngs-it Is for the boy who
- nara on pockets. There Is nothing
descr.hed that you cannot make II you
work with Managing editor Of the
Scientific American. Mr.. Bond, has pro-
boy.
C. stead Harper q Bros3, gives the
romantic life of Dave Tlden, a ranch
eTs son. The story, tells. OF his va
DR. Hardy's daughter Irene. who had
TO stay at the Eden ranch for several
weeks until her father recovered from
set this b boS 81 the h9 Wes Of wo4Hs
his way to commercial success; but
the machinations of man and a .wo-
tell the rest would spoil the story
that is within. It's well worth read
ihs' ana carries a wartime message.
among Lippineott's Juvenile Christ
of "Gulliver's Travels" These fasci-
mating tales have never been more
beautifully presented for tho child's
he orss II 5ss n ne e snts
Maria L. Kinks full page illustrations
in color will delight all young readers,
and illustrate some of the Interesting
points of tho stories most cleyerly
The print is large. the paper good and
the binding in the well-known hand
some style OF this standard series, now
familiar to most children. 1t is a treas
ure that will he eagerly welcomed in
home and school.
Mexico From Cortez to Carranza,"
by Louise S. lIasbrouck Cd. Appleton
& COD. Is a popular history OF our
stormy Southern neighhor, beginning
with the invasion of the country by
Cortcz and that great adventurer's CON
quest OF the Aztecs in thrilling series
story of Mexico's part in the great
Spanish Colonial empire through the
empires fall and degradation. Mexico's
declaration of its independence, the
early days of the republic. the begin
ming and end of MaXimilian's reign,
the new republic. the country's recent
unsettled state, American intervention.
and finally MeXco's present condition
under Carranza. 1t is the history OF d
most unusual and picturesque country.
where ancient Indian civilization.
Spanish culture, and q well-dcyeloped
national Mexican sentiment working at
cross purposes have kept things seSth-
ing for nearly 400 years.
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: Anyway. if the Republicans succeed in de-
Slsring the office of President vacant because
Of. his absence at the peace congress, the
Vice President will find clean desk at the
White House. all accumulated business hav-
Ing been disposed OF before the Presidents
departure, and unless Congress makes better
progress than it shows any present inclna-
ton of doing none is likely to accumulate
during his absence.
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Subscriber. Abingdon.--The Eighty
Division" and is composed OF seIective
draft men from North Carolina. South
Carolina. Florida and Porto Rico. When
vcmber H. 1918, the time the armi-
stice became effective, part Of this dl-
vision was based on the towns OF
Somme Dieue and Is sur-Tiilc. eighty
five miles west of Bclfort, France.
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HrItiKh Forcc. I'm thc WAR.

w. L. T., ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS to a
recent estimated in an Eastern news
paper, England furnished almost 5000
oO0 men; wales, $4,000; Scotland. GEO.
tinGents from overseas were 800, 900.
India. Africn and other dependencies
gave native troops and labor corps
Isles gave 81 per cent of the armed
forces and tho dominions and colonies
16 per cent. The British Isles bore
93 per cent OF the casualties and tho
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-12

!. President Nicholas Murray Butler, OF Co.
lulnbia University, in an address in New York,
Said some things that to old-fashioned peo-
PIE will sound like Gospel. He remarked
that the elementary schools of the country,
bsing we'll organized, had been seized on by
faddists and enthusiasts Of every type as all
fundamentally not for better education, but
for accomplishing their own particular ends"
He concluded by pleading to have the ele-
mentary school given fair chance to mind
its own proper business" which We take to
mean especially the three RS
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ST. Andrew Goo. Down to the Sea.

ST. Andrew Coos Down to the Sea.
So at the dawnng, when the day first
broke,
He gai him DER tho sand-downs TO
The hca-
Valiant in heart. and with him went
hts thames
To walk upon tho single, where the
Loud Murdered. and tho streams OF
ocean beat
Against the shore Full glad avs that
To SEQ upon the sands a galley fair.
wide hosomcd. Then, behold. re-
brightest of bcacons, camo uopn her
way, -
Tasting from out the murky gloom OF
night,
And h SaYs candle shono across the
From "Andrcas' ttr. by II. X. Root.>
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Units of U. s. Army Organization,

Reader. Bentonsvillc.-There are
$4,000 men in an army corps, 27l53
men in an infantry division, S,A42 in
brigade. 1915 in regiment, OPS in
a battalion. 256 in a company, Go in a
platton. in a corporars guard, 1876 in
a Held battery. 20 in firing squad, 76s
in machine gun battalion, ,666 in an
engineers company. 55 in a field hos
ital. sc in medical detachment.
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Information Bureau

Inquiries regarding almost any tonic.
excepting on legal md medical sub
quirtes are answered directly nv nsr-
sOnHl letter. seif-nddrcssed, stnmpr d
envelope lis required. Address The
Richmond, Va.
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER ~, 1915.

: THE Nobel committee has decided not to
award a peace prize in 1918. There are not
H1ough prizes to go around among the mem
BETS of the America expeditionary forces
each OF whom most effectualy did his bit"
I'm bringing peace to the world during the
fear.
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Berlin officially announces that the British
army OF occupation in the German zone as
signed TO it requires all German men to raise
their hats TO British officers, and to do like
wise when the national anthem is sung. That
Is letting them down easy. Why shouldn't
they show that amount OF respect to 1.-THE
contemplate little army" which they once so
dertded? Let kuitur learn its lesson of hui
mtlity from the army that was too magnan-
I'M Gus to infct devastation upon the territory
OF an enemy that took fendish delight in
such exhibitions of hate when It was the
invader.
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IiiN AInIinr

The Mating
y little stream on tho hillside rcsc
y tiny Strcai.. with n smiling face
newborn thing with "A liquid grace
And rippics such as tho south wind blows
The stream went dancing to--Eoodncss knows-
] know don't, hut to some nice place
And fun of life was its merry race
AS some new thought that TO somewhere flows,
I watched the stream as il sped It's course
And bounded over tho pchbly stone
1hat barred lis path; ard with each trial
grown
To greater strength. IL became force
That down peil-ncll to tho Rivera sido
Rushed on, and became the Rivers bride,
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Mrs. SnirrIefritz

Gentlemen said Mrs. Snigglefritz, looking
Sterhly around the circle OF boarders Some of
YOU may wonder where Mr. Lucas Is tonight
and me being a lone widow far be il from me
to say but he is not here the reason for which
when gentleman owes three weeks board 81 nd
then has the nerve 10 say in a loud tone of
voice, iEutter come here. you're strong enough
walk to say the least / do not reerct hia
change OF address you will find the chicken
splendid this evening and anything you have
TO say about wishing chickens was centipedes
instead OF angels you will say it to me private
if YOU please follow Mr. Lucasr
Ono of the wiscst guys Earth ia the man
who knows when lac can't wigglc his fingers
Bachwa;cr always catches the slugEard
stuck in tho mud.
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suppose now, league Of nations with
Japan ana China in it and q provision for
luil access and equal treatment by the citi-
Iuhs OF each country among all the others
would California jump the league?
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Spain is trying to qualify for memborsbin
III the league of nations. That day has
PASSED. "hen 1T could have qualified with
honor to itself
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Charcoal Eph'. Daily Thought

! ain got no use fo' lazy man." said Char
i Eph in mood. but sure know heap
run deyselves Z death gittin nowhars maxim q
russ about noth!n' tall! Try banana Mistab
Jackson"
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King Nicholas of Montenegro follows his
deposition with statement This is getting
me cart before the horse. In law the de-
position usually comes after the statement
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Touching the Depths in Eussio

UTILIZATION recois with horror from
~ the latest report concerning the last days
OF the late Car Of Russia and his family
History fails to record a circumstance more
utterly revolving, and only in nation gone
completely mad with anarchy and blood-lust
could such thing have happened.
According to this report, which a Ukrainian
newspaper claims to have obtained from the
former Czarinas manservant, the Car, with
his wife and children, including the frail
and sickly cZarevitch, were murdered in the
dead of night in the cellar of the house at
Ekaterinburg, Siberia, where the ex-royal
family lived in exile. For several weeks
prior to the execution, it is told, the former
Emperor and his family were locked together
In one room containing a single bed, upon
which the Czarna slept a sentry Of the
Red Guard was on duty in the room night
and day, and frequently during the nighr the
helpless couple, with their son and daugh-
ters, would be awakened and compelled to
listen to grossly insulting questions Partic-
ulary brutal insults were heaped upon the
daughters.
The climax came July II, when, with Just
moments warning, the prisoners were taken
to the cellar, placed against wall and shot
The eX-CZar-pitiful relic OF fallen grandeur
died clasping his wcakling son in his arms
having been granted his request that they
NS6S'HNi'
first wounded with bullets and then dubbed
to death by her murderers
How soon Russia Will come back to its
senses is problematical. Undoubtedly in its
soberer moments it will look back upon this
incident with shame. Signs there are that
in some quarters Of the vast country, at
least, the orgy OF Bolshcviksm is nearly spent
Yet there must be suffering. frightfnl and
devastating, before the winter is over The
OF population have long since been cxhaust ed
and the sullen peasants OF The rural sections
have only wasted acres to which to point in
response TO appeals Of the cties for food
Civilization, which stands aghast at the
story OF the end Of the Romanoffs, must find
cure for Russia's ills ii worse horrors arc
, not to come.
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Does Not Use Tobacco.

Miss ]. e.. Lynchburg -President
wilson does not use tobacco in any
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President Carranza says that when his term
or once expires he will leave the Office and
not seek second term under any circum-
stances. Now ii Villa would do likewise
when Carranza retires, maybe the Mexicans
could get together on some candidate who
would bring the factions together and give
the republic the semblance OF orderly gov
ernment Either it must do that, or force
IRON Inc outside will have to be applied to
restore order. The cost Of maintaining a
conslderabie army on the frontier between the
two countries by the United States is ton
great to be continued indefinitely: hence il
as more than likely the policy of "watchful
waiting, which has heretofore prevailed. will
be abandoned for more definite and deter
mined course OF action after the European
peace treaty is out of the way
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A Deer Hunter.

Deer Hunter.
cool. collected man was Jones.
Just rs might no expected.
He was cool before the gun went on
Afterward he was collected
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Much Ado About Nothing
by ROY *. MOULToN,

mot guilty said the foreman OF the Jury
"provided the young lady promises TO stay out
OF vaudeville and the pictures"
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It's wonderful to think how much one little
weakened man with brain turn out in
laboratory
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~ was q matter OF course that Virginia
women, at least those represented by the AS
ISOLATION Opposed TO Woman Suffrage. shorld
protest against tho proposed seating of AN
American woman at the peace table a pro-
posal or rather demand, made by Mrs Gait
who, In addition TO being militant suffra-
gtst, is also remembered as leader of the
Womap's Peace Party, which stood for unpre
paredness, who was openly confessed pacj
fist now and forever as late as April 1917
ana friend and sponsor Of Frau Schwirpmer.
German propagandst. Mrs. Gait sought TO
fortify her demand with the statement that
women had performed 'thc actual war ser
vice in the battle line as we'll as in the in
3dnstries,' ana the Virginia women reply,
THE casualty list refutcs it," No one has
wish TO detract one iota from the wonder
fui service of love and devotion and mercy
the thousands Of loyal stout-hearted woman
nave per1orned IN this war, but the great
mass OF them have no patience with demands
such as that voiced by Mrs Gait, and tbcv
resent the assumption Of such leadership.
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Same Thing.

DO you pursue any occupation" demanded
the Judge OF the alleged vaarant al saw do
You pursue any occupation?'
Pursue occupation" exclaimed the culprit
II should say! That's all do-run around
afte. work.!
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Xmas Grcetings!

"Maudc and Jennie are such warm friends,
My, how they hate each other!'
Yep; see What 'smatter?"
Nothing at all. only each is crediting the
other with an intention to cconomize this sea.
SON"