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have wise and loving guidance IN ks.n
Eo IN risht paths and out of mischief.
vided for Johnnie's hands. brains r .ns
heart Every day Of iuleness and born.
tom a W,ai d De new period OF deteriora-
did american soldier. having i1eipes
win for his country and himself IN.
mortal glory and TO do the greatest
W. Mork eyer given to human beings to
40 Is allowed to relapse into AMI Idler
or casual job seeker. with the general
iaea that the public owes him a liv.
ing. there viii be most lamentable
- The Y. NJ c. A., the Knights of Co.
tunous; inc Red Cross, the Salvation
n ar . nave earned the confidence and
ana the organized churches the Ioc.I
social and patriotic organizations and
d dia sonernment VIII be needed. In cor
nared work. to look to Johnnie after
he has como marching home in siorv
and to see that he goes MARCHING nm
r rgns t To oe1id up to purify and make
an axiom that n time OF moral. social
and political generalization usuaiiv
a1iio@s prolonged war. That can be
changed. We have begun to change il.
On the side OF the allies this has been
the cieanest war ever fought, not ex-
csptins the wars of the crusades All
from dcbaucnery. immortality and looa-
ening of standards OF conduct. Now
the danger time of release from dIscl-
pine. OF the temptations Of popularity
and relaxation from battle and labor.
ls coming. 1t can BIO met successfully
S%niy by organized and earnest effort.
NOW Is not too soon to begin to pre-
pare: When Johnnie, who went forth
amid tears and fears and hopes and
warnings. comes back, let him be
greeted with all the cheers and graft.
tude and love our hearts may direct:
ana with all tho inspiration, tho guild.
ance' inc urging and opportunity our
pest brains can suggest. with all his
virtues and achievements, he is very
human. and generally young. He viii
In the country and In his own commu.
My according TO the influence quickly
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Force, and Yet More Force
in them

IT HE real answer of the American govern
ment to tho peace proposal Of the I'm
perial German Chancellor was not made in
the formal communication forwarded to Ber-
lin through the Swiss legation. The answer
that speaks loudest and the answer that the
military autocracy, now the master Of the
German empire, will most easily understand
was contained in the simple announcement
from the White House that 1.-The government
will continue to send over 900 men with
their supplies every month, and there will
be no relaxation of any kind"
That one sentence will mean more to tho
group of imperialists who control the fate of
the German people than all tho documents
which President Wilson or any other states
man can PEN For it spells force-force
without limit or stint. There is no need of
Chancellors to translate that single sentence
into the language of the manifested outfit in
Berlin. Nobody has to tell those military
monsters what the uninterrupted dispatch of
100000 men month to France means.
1t has Just one meaning, and that is
aefeat. Already the German army and the
men who command it have learned what
American armies can accomplish. They have
found this money grabbing" nation suddenly
turned into nation of unconQuerabc war
rlors They tested the mettle Of the Amer
lean fighting men at Chateau-Therry at ST.
Mihiel, in the Argonne forest, on the Meuse
and on the Aisne. and they know that it is
as deadly in its work as it is irresistible in
its advance.
This government has done no wiser thing
since this war began than to accompany the
latest peace note with the simple and direct
declaration that every month which passes
will find 4 fresh force of American soldiers
IN France equivalent in size to an army
corps. The note itself was intended to en-
tighten the German people upon the neces-
sites that they must face if they want peace
The announcement of the troop movement
plainly gave notice to the German nilitarists
that if they do not accept peace upon the
conditions now laid down, they will be made
to accept it when their armies are beaten
to pulp by the force which only America
can yet throw into the war.
Already approximately 100000 Ameri-
can soldiers have been landed in France
Not more than half that number, probably
not more than one-third has been in actual
battle, and yet Germany's armies have been
beaten. They have been thrown back line
by line until the roar Of enemy artillery can
be heard beyond the German frontier Mar
shall Foch has not applied the full volume
or his force to the retreating Germans He
has had no need to.
Soon the day will come-if Germany is
not on her knees before then-when the al
neo commander-in-chief will order his vast
reserve into action. When that time comes
the German army will be stunned as il by
thunderbolt. Meanwhile, the great French
general is slowly, but surely pressing the
enemy on He will soon have it with its
back to its own frontier. When that hour
comes, the world may look for the greatest
battle this or any other war ever staged
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Now that Germany is sick even unto death
IT is reaching condition OF unexpected saint
hness. Orders have gone forth that tho ar
iiies must devastate no more enemy territory
through which they retreat Such an order
remembering what was done i'm other ref roots
IN France and Belgium, is sufficient evidence
that the handwriting is on the wall and Ber-
lin has not failed to read it. With the work
or unnecessary destruction stopped and the
u-boats ordered home, there is little left for
Germany to do in this war except to tender
It's sword in token Of it's unconditional sur
render.
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Much Ado About Nothing
nv ROY X. MouLToN.
A Little Slice o. Life.

The lady billposter was fused
She was on q tall stepladder
And the wind was blowing,
And her hair had come down
And her Sheets Tapped violently
And her paste pail was wobbly,
And when she reached up high
To daub paste on the boards
The paste would drop in her eye,
And crowd of rude men looked on
And offered good naturcd advice.
When the paste was all on the board,
Except what was In her hair
And on her natty blue uniform,
She began putting up the sheets,
And the wind blew them and she
Pushed her hand through them;
But finally five of them were up
And She climbed down to sec how
Her sign looked, and 1t read:
KINS PILLSUSE BILL.
And it didn't look right.
So she peeled the sheets Off
And started all over again,
And this time the sign read
PILLSBILL USEKINS.
Not right yet. so she tried again.
The admi.;ng crowd grew larger.
Two hours later she solved
The big puzzle. and we read:
USE BILLK1NS PILLS.
The sign was a bit mussy
And frightfully wrinkled.
But the crowd cheered loudly
And the lady billposter smiled
And took her foot out
OF the paste pail and called it
a days work.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-20
every street in and around Richmond

every street In and around Richmond
Is kept clean.
II the head OF the STRENGTHENING
department Is not ablo TO handle the
situation, let him. for the sake of hu-
manly. turn his salary over to some
man or woman who Is capable Of ham
ding the matter; or II the force liz In
snincient let the men OF the city band
together, put on overalls, and clean
up the city. every section OF 1t; or IL
inc men are not willing to do this.
then let the women take hold and
give us n clean city
me public should also be reminded
al inc matter OF splitting on the side
walks and public steps; that there is
law against this vile habit and that
they nave right to demand OF the
authorities that this law be enforced
rms ~ another matter for tho Board
or Healths consideration
but whatever is done. let us have
them at once.
Richmond. Va. October IL, 1918.
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it matters not how soon Germany NAV
surrender, conditions for the permanent So
cufity OF the peace Of the world will MOI ba
fully established for some time thereafter
III is quite possible" says Frederic Villiers,
world famous dean of war correspondents in
the Forum, that she (the United States)
may have TO maintain a standing armv in
Europe after peace is Observation-Disclosures for
~.afteen or twenty years She kept her army
i've years in the Philippines. There will also
= De an army at home. Then there is Russia
to consider. You sending troops over
4 there now. The war and It's consequences
VIII be costly for some years to come" While
TINS picture may be overdrawn as to the diff
ncu!ty or establishing the safeguards of peace
the maintenance of large standing armies by
the victorious allies will not be aband oncd
suddenly. Their reduction will be gradual at
best. Not only must the enemy powers be
reduced to state OF military impotence, but
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the bow OF a mans hat on the left s;S %
r., - proDa ply survival from the DAYS of
Inc tnig Rhnnsh ,s of old. In those days the
hhntshts wore long feather on their
nats, "hich was. in all likelihood
placed on the left side to be as far as
practicable from the sword arm. In
, me Gays when the feathers we're par
fighting. If the plume had been on the
fflght SIDE 1t would have hndered the
free play Of the sword arm, and. in
cidentaily, would have been exposed to
would not have been practical to have
mad the feathers on the right side. Tho
sa me reason Is given for the fact that
tho right side-namoly TO rive fro"
play to the right arm while he is in
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cere or insincere The fact tb.+ baupbtv
Teuton despots have been forced to humble
their pride and to accept terms laid down
oy a leader of great democracy means that
mllitarism has become SO weakened that 1t is
ready to snatch any scraps from any OK
tehaed hand Tho war will not continue
long. The power which even expresses a
Willingness to evacuate Belgium, Northern
iahce ana other allied territory is a power
which knows that it cannot hold ;ts own
against Foch's onslaughts and that its army
Is but she'll. 1t realizes that the last card
has been played and the game is over. It's
notes but evidence it's inability to contend
much longer. The path of victory fast turns
into the broad highway of peace.
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Dcathbed Repentance Too I,o,o

IN q desperate effort to save the Austro
Hungarian empire from going to pieces.
emperor Charles has issued proclamation
providing for its reorganization on a fed
eralized basis. Sin which each nationality
shall form on the territory which 1t occupies
Its own local autonomy In this proclama-
ton the Emperor says that II am decided to
accomplish this work with the free collabo-
ration or my peoples in the spirit and prin-
clpies which our allied monarchs have
adopted in their offer of peace"
In his generous" purpose ito point the
way, as he says, ito the Austrian peoples
OF a prosperous development, unhampered by
obstacles which brutal force creates against
intellectual and economic prosperity" the
Austrian Emperor has missed the opportunity
by more than year Of any possible accept
ance OF his plan by the nationalist groups of
the empire. who after centuries OF oppression
nave made up their minds to throw off the
yoke OF Hapsburg servtude and establish
complete national independence. With their
right to independent existence already pro
claimed by the victorious allied powers, both
C%echo-Slav and Polish groups are going
straight ahead with their plans for seyeripr
all relations with the dual monarchy and
organizing free governments Of their own
creation. They determined once for all
TO accept, not what the crumbling mower of
autocracy in desperation sees fit to offer bnt
10 take all they desire. They have full faith
In the power OF tho allies to enforce the de-
mands or President Wilson for n united free
Poland. an independent Czccho-SIovak state
and the self-determination of the great Slav
ana houmanian provinces Of the south in
Whatever grouping they may decide upon to
secure homogeneous self-government.
Plans for the fruition OF these aee-old ac
plrations are being carried steadily forward
under intelligent leadership, in the creation
or the administrative machinery necessary to
the functioning OF the new states, with re-
he~ed confidence slime President Wilson g
reply TO the German peace offer sounded tho
death kncll Of autocracys rule over subject
races. The fear OF n swindling negotiated
peace, which should in part defeat the re-
ailzation OF the dream of these oppressed
peoples. no longer fingers as a specter to
haunt them. The breakup OF the Austrian
empire has commenced and no scheme that
Charles can devise will prevent Il from poine
to pieces upon the rocks toward which Hans
burg infamy has been steadily driving IL for
three centuries. The deatlIbed repentance of
the infamous dynasty is too late and will
avail 1T nothing The polyglot empire IL
doomed Democracy is nearing the hour
OF It's final triumph over autocracy, and when
inc military systems which the latter built IN
have collapsed, as soon they must. self
determined free government will be brought
10 all hberty-'ovng peoples OF the earth. and
IN perfect security they will have the fullest
opportunity to pursue their own separate
oesunies to nobler civilization.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-20

Cookies OF all honest hearts must warm at
the thought of the joy OF long-oppressed
Poles, Hungarians, Slovaks and Armenians
as they read President Wilson's last mes
sage to the Hun There is direct promise of
fuflment of the old, ng-cherished, and
but apparently impossible hope
for deliverance freedom and national ex-
istence; and with the promise of unQucstion-
s,.s bic power and purpose to Liake it good. and
= soon.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-20
Cost OF Norrhlc.s Cnr.

TO the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir..,Pay Il tax OF 81 on your dog and
turn MIN loose TO destroy 500 worth
OF foodstuns. We've got plenty.
in the United States. / am Il good
sport. and love dogs. In the last ten
years. dogs--just plain dogs-unfcd
and untaught by their owners, have
DESTROYED for me $500 worth of chick
ems and eggs. In addition they put
me out OF the sheep raising Industry
wool. chickens and eggs. Question?
HOW much in good "simoleons" have
a Few worthless ours cost the Amer
ican people in ten years? I could have
bought Liberty bond with my loss.
G. w. WALLACE.
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49, When the right time comes, all the victor
--pations should unite in formal tribute to
slarie, Queen of Roumania. Among the faith
--7ess she has been faithful. Amid cravens
Yielding to brutal power her courage never
has faltered. With base treachery all about
her, she has kept her honor and that of her
country unsullied. This world war has de-
veloped no more majestic, heroic or beautiful
character than hers, and she would know
OF the love and admiration felt for her by
brave and honorable people.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-20

certain German newspapers advocate
leaving it to the supreme military COM
mand." That suits the allies, for It is ex-
actiy what they are doing, and the results
are eminently satisfactory. Anyway, it was
Germany that wanted sit" taken away from
the military command and put in the hands
OF the diplomats
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TO Che EDITOR OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-Why do the peonlc of Rich
mond not rise up at this critical mo-
ment and dema nd that all streets and
alleys be cleaned? An epidemic is rag
lns' ana no one can foretell the extent
or It's destruction. The condition OF
the streets is appalling. and it seems
almost unbelievable that the Board of
Heaith did not take drastic steps re-
eardinE the streets at the very begin
ming of the epidemic. Is not the Board
or Health organized for the purpose of
looking after the city with an eye TO
Keeping 1t healthful place for peo-
pie TO live in? With this purpose In
view ] should think that full authority
ought to be given the board to see that
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information Bureau

inquiries regarding almost my tonic.
excepting Ga legal and EiedicnI uub.
Jecs' are nnswered free. A. ali In
Qulrfes nre answered directly nv ~
soma! letter self-addresaed, stnn,ned
envelope 10 required. Address Tn.
=, = Dispatch Information bureau,
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Unused Land. for the so,d,.r

~ w. " w, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
t ,ne interior Lane has recommended
20 inc government that it take charee
and W cu .li,.o and waste public lands
d,r eve our soldiers upon their re-
, WAGES in reclaiming and improyiUe
mem. after which they would be sold
10 10 mem for homes at low price ON
rnts time. The proposition has moi
yet been authorized by Congress "o'
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20. 1918.

That new King Of the Let's, brother-in
Jaw of the Kaiser, has the same kind Of
job that many free American citizen would
like to pick out for his own brother-in-law.
The opportunity and chance are the same
those OF a bashful amateur stranger trying to
umpire hot ball game in a roughneck town.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-20

Even our own agents minister's consul
general and vice consul have been employed
by the Huns TO help shut out our trade from
Central and South America. Investigations
along this line begun in Guatemala may re-
veal TO our business men interesting facts
showing some OF the reasons for our practical
exclusion from those markets. They also
may stimulate efforts to apply enterprise and
brains hitherto invinciblo to this new-old
held, now that fate and the fortunes of war
have dragged into light the mysterious ad-
verse influchce and have opened the doors
10 us.
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Tru.t tho Pre,Idcnt.

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-No one in the country to-day
dlrstrusts the President In his dealings
with the imperial German beast
through Prince Macmillan. We all
rejoice that the great disturbcr OF tho
world is coming to it's senses. Let the
beast do as Wilson has told II to do
and the lighting will be stopped. Let
no one hurry the President in this
matter.
Let 1t be remembered that this coun-
try is just getting ready to Sight. Let's
trust the President.
LEONIDAS STONE
City Point. Va, October 13, 1918
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-20

Turn and twist the situation as we NAV
the world has entered the road which leads
TO peace. cessation Of hostilitics may not
come in the next few weeks. 1t may not come
IN the next few months. but certain II is that
lhe nations arc nearer peace than ut any
timc since the fatcful days OF 1914. II mat
ters not whether the German offer was sin
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-20
InteIlIscnce Per.onneI.

a. M. r.. Horndon.-The Intelligence
personnel or an army unit at the front
~ an INVESTIGATING department.. In
teiligence officers are stationed Mt re-
ceiving stations behind the lines and
aoN questions OF prisoners, examine pa :
pers and materials found on prisoners
or war and take other steps to gain
knowledge of the enemy's strength.
disposal morale. movements. condition.
etc. Intelligence officers might have
to make sketches OF enemy Territory
maize reconnaissance into enemy fer
rtory, Investigate reported spy actiyi-
TICS WITHIN their own lines. etc. I'm
short. they are ready at command 10
40 any OF the nonmilitary tasks Of
gaining information and facts that viii
h ss IN the CARVING ON OF the campo Ign.
this service are very high, az IL RI.
CURES detective instinct, as we'll. as
sood Judgment, deduction and clear
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-20
Our Elevator MN saxa,

UHr IiIeVntOr Mnn Saysi
What has become of the souvenir matinees
every Friday when they raff1ed off barrel OF
-four ton Of coal?
When man sits down to fill out his question
nairc he finds that about the only secret he is
allowed to keep is why ne got married.
The main difference between trained seal
and a regular actor is that the regular actor
eats his fish with a knife and fork
1t don't do much good for a scientist to get
UP new disease. Some other scientist comes
along fifteen minutes afterward with cure
for It.
gone up in price.
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Wild Animal, In Arr,c,

~: l.. Dyes. there arc numerous
IN ing aS ann such as lions. tigers, etc,
been nas,,, most OF the country has
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-20

New Hun propaganda consists of an at
tempt to enlist and unite all the Christian
churches of the world in move for peace"
That is the most literal and exact stealing OF
the livery Of heaven to serve the devil in
that the world has SEEN
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-20

C. Wilson killed IN ontn,nan,nn r.
suddenly one day
Th hs l AL u shnli fail away.
our blood "S 20 AZ
from the bud '" ops
struggle through "N"'A
Ana spread huge branches underneath
In any mirror. BIO II BRIGHT or dim.
Man VIII see God, staring back athim.
iiy --Weatn,instor Gazette,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-20

Representative Little, OF Kansas, has in
troduced joint resolution for the establish
ment in Armenia of 1.-The republic OF Ararat."
mat would have come more appropriately
from Representative Flood
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-20

There Is Joy unrestrained in store for those
sleepy souls who have been drowsy-cycd ever
since they were robbed Of an hours slumber
last spring when the clocks were turned
ahead. for on October 81 they will be turned
BACK, and the lost hour regained Congress
slonal leaders and Chairman Baruch, of the
war Industries board, have decided that no
advantage would be gained by continuing the
present time schedule through the winter
months. and the original plan will be fol-
lowed. There is no denying that the extra
hour of daylight in the summer months has
served good end. and there will be q re-
ne"ed demand for it with the coming of
spring regardless OF wars necessities.
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Government AIIoxv,nc.

o r MIS-. y; L. c., Buffalo Station.-Yop
are entl,ied to an allowance from the
claim Tor it. The letters S @ s arc ia a
cooe letters used in distress cali i"e
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-20

With oranges in Richmond selling at $3.50
tue Dozen many persons have suddenly lost
their taste for that luscious fruit
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-20

communities and States are making war
RECORDS which Will count for or against them
very heavily III the near hereafter. Through
inc next ten or fifteen Years the service done
OF neglected. now viii be the fixed standard
OF judgment The returned soldiers will be
the power in commerce. in notifies and in
social life They will judge and weigh nv
the stern soldier measurement-"was duty
done or not done?" They will note Stacker
States and cities as they will Sucker mon
There will be 100 per cent. States, cities and
individuals, ready to make their achieve
men,s known and to point out, in the rival.
RES that will come. where there are so and
90 ana 40 per cent figures. Explaining will
be uphill work. Stacking communities and
persons alike, seeking commercial favors or
pfeslige or political help will find reasons
for lamenting