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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-18
Voice of the People
Letters must give the and nd.
dresk or the writer. Name will not 10
published II writer 40 rcnuesta


- Y OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
To the Editor of The Times Dis1atch
Sill am an old Richmond boy who
during the c.vii war pcddled the Dis
patch, the Wh!G and the Enquirer from
the Spntswood Hotter down Main Street
to Pearl street. ! recall THAI on July
-. 1850, during :: heavy rains storm ma,
VISITED Richmond a man named Balm
bridge Wa washed through the arch
from FRANKLIN street but my record
does not show whether or not ne was
drowned. ] thought the recalling Of
this incident might he o. Interest 10
some. OF the older res idert5 o. Rich
mond.
F. y T WISON
No:fo!k. Va. LMlE l.. lnla
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-18

The prohibtionists claim that rum and
efficiency do not so together failed TO hold
good IN the case OF the record fight OF the
R-34 on its return trip TO Great Britain The
corr ander OF the huge airship refused TO
depart for home until he had secured in dry"
America twenty quarts OF fine old rum as a
ration for its crew OH the way across Be-
hold the result.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-18

% Fool" said the weary King. the business
OF Kicking my Cabinet on the shns doth rk me
] would fa!n exchange jobs with you Hand me
your cap and bells and take my crown for the
nonce"
Not so. Your Majesty" laughed the Fool
Nobody can hurt your reputation much but II
you tried 10 crack joke you'd put nay business
on the blink Anybody be kins. but
it takes brains 20 be Fool"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-18
To End Cockroach NuI,,pcc

N"HUtT, RICNmonU 10 nd MOUSE
o. c0ckroachts take graduated sugar
and horaH, equal parts, and 10 cents
worth OF Paris green. Reduce 10
line powder and scatter I lightly a bou,
The haunts OF the reaches. preferably
Win puEer or blower. Paris green
IS deadly poison Be very careful In
applying this mixture.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-18

Representative Graham, of Illinois, discov
ering and reporting with dismal horror
that the advisory committee OF the Council
of National Defense actually made its plans
for the way in secret" suggests that in his
sapient opinion the Kaiser should have been
given advance sheets OF plans, estimates of
costs and tented statements OF conditions.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-18
Information Bureau.

Inquiries regarding nlmost any tonic
excepting ON legal and medical sub
jects, nrc answered FREE. An nil In
Guiries nrc answer red directly by rer-
sOnhl letter, IL Aelf-nddrcs.eo. stunned
envelope - required. Address Tho
IimeA- Dispntch Information Bureau.
Richmond. Va.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-18

Two weeks aso wrote inclosins FIVE two.
cen, cen. ssamps. ana reGuestins YOU to send me-
date ] have not ia! reply and would Xix.
YOU 70 TOOK into the matter (Mrs. Il. j. Nj
Answer looked into the Salvation Army
drawer, and such enough. there were live two
cent stamps all in one strip presumably yours.
LAD s, 10 FeLur, n, s,anps Il You vii. send a
stamped addressed envelope for the purnose
Eut really. my time is va iuab!e and ] canno:
use IL up directing envelopes
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-18
size of Steamers.

SubScrlbtr, Hope vel The former
North German Lloyd steamships kron-
pr!nzessit Cecil!e and Hamburg Amcr.-
can liner AmcrIka, according to the
I'ecord OF American and Foreign ship
ping, have the following chief d!men-
sons Cec!!ie, 6s5.4 feet long. ZEE
feet beam. +o.5 feet depth. 6,s54 ne,
tons, 1903 gross tons: America 66a
feet long. 1i3 feet beam AS fee,
depth. 1855 net tons. 22.6co gross tons
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-18

Trainman, Roanoke.--ln July. 1914,
n covering distance o. approximate
~ I'VE miles from EGG Harbor TO
Sc!gantinc junction. Il train on the
Philade lphia and Reading travelled at
the rate or 1880 miles an hour. The
tas;csttinle on record for a distance OF
over $40 miles Was made by the Lake
shore and Michigan Southern Railroad
from Euffalo to Chicago. IN June. 1906
distance os 5o5 miles nine cars and
TWO engines. including stops. at the
rate OF $3.50 miles an hour
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-18
rNIDAY, July IS. 1919.

Won -Hollweg offers to assume
respous visibility for ali the acts of the recent
Emperor Ill causing aud prosecuting the wal
Does Won suppose that if victory instead OF
disaster had come he would have led the
triumphal entry into Paris or been IN the
money in the race for first glory prize?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-18

In The Seven who slept" \, Kings
ss6asa" By Mayshs I I9s.s Ho &6m5 : naS
pines A.B-c-Book o. Funny Aui-
mails" Is the TILE Of the lates, NUM-
f 2s O. 81 bSoF A tdr gS,ia GomPsn
adapted FOR Christmas or hirthday
sit,s Tho book has ,wenty-stx Mus
trations IN colors IS printed from large.
yet duEa bly, bound.
"Kigg OF. the Ar" By .Elizsoe,h
Memoir" BY Heien / wtesat ar;
rectnty ssae b. Rie 2in4e & q saa stss
Boston Mass The poems cover n
variety OF subjects, each OF which will
tnd appeal as II suits the mood OF
the reader.
Richard Harding Davis soldiers oil.
Fortune - being given an elaborate
screen production this summer More
than = thousand horses and Ten thou.
sand people are being used in the
,ii1,S,,sr S, ,n. Jhe government Is
Fla eshir Minneapolis and bodies Of
cavalry. infantry. sailors. marines aud
aNiators for the battle scenes
john Fln'ey's e, Pilgrim in Pales-
tine. . being widely quoted by amt
Iion because OF The stand nr
FINLEY takes in one chapter on the
question Of the future OF Palestine
Whiie aNmpath'z!ng with th- desire OF
many Jews 10 make the country A
Jewish homeland, DR.. Finley urges tina,
the Jews mission Is rather the pene-
tTation into all lands We suggests
that Palestine be .nternationaiized or
.mutnalized" as spiritual homeland
for all the world
From Father 70 SON" by Mary $.
by Mrs watts presents young man
81 wealthy family. who. upon entering
Ir-e, hnds that the huge fortune
founded by his grandfather was main
~ made by proNteerins during the
Var Between the states. The question
and sensitive: the problem is a very
real and difficult one and out of it
III every way as anything Mrs. Watts
mas ever written and involves a NOV
ing crowd OF characters drawn with
her customary skill and insight into
human motive.
poub!eeday. Page & Co. published on
Exposition Of the League OF Nations
by william, II. Taft, George w. Wick
W. Tan. President Lowell thus ex-
plains the purpose OF the book: Most
of the objections raised against the
bodied in the treaty Of peace drawn
up by the convention at Paris appeared
TO rest upon misaprehension OF that
document, eseciaily since i, had been
amended 10 meet the criticisms made in
America. II seemed worth while there
fore. TO explain the meaning of the
several articles In the covenant, and
70 refute the objections against it,"
These letters bear the same relation
to the Paris covenant that did the
Federai!st to our Constitution They
most momentous question which hs
come before the American people since
the adoption of the Constitutions
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-18
Too Imrrcs,iyc.

Say said the stage Manager to the Heavy
Villain, you've got to cut down a little on that
murder scene With the Bishop. You had the
women in the house hystcrical las, night It
MAS 100 realistc!'
/ can't help it, srowled the Villain That
guy borrowed four bits from me last payday
and wont across"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-18

The Secretary Of War has issued an order
taking away the power of all commanding
generals 10 lntict the death penalty in the
findings OF courts-martial Hereafter. all YER
diets IN which the death penalty may be in
hloted must be sent TO the President for final
action The order will meet with hearty pub
&c commendation The life OF an American
soldier Is 100 precious 10 be forfeited, what
ever the charge, without sanction from the
source IN which highest authority to act is
lodged.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-18
Dfrd rulk.

The mighty hunter of the mountains the ba ID
headed, sharr-t aloned seeker of prey proud
emblem of free nation sat on his favor;te
crac picking the bones of sheep.
Over his head suddenly came a wh!rrnS and
a giant airplane darted in the skyline Drop-
pins his sheep bone. the monarch of the air
shr!eked
'tiiminy Christmas. 4. Some eagle"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-18
Pride In Williams.

To me EdltOr q The Times. NIsDltrh-
S.r-Every true born NirSiuIan VIII
read With pr!d. the vir!le letter OF
Comptroller Williams in The Times.
Dispatch OF this morning in mis- CON
troversN with Congress sman McFa6!nu.
Of Pennsylvania. This pride is not due
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-18
Prohibition in Canada.

Reader, Petersburg Canada had
wartime prohibition. but IN peace
iine II operates under 4 system OF To-
cal option. in which some Of the prov
!nces arc dry and some arc wet We
nave no exact Information as 10 pres
tnt We! and dry territory.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-18
News of Fifty Years Ago.
From the Richmond Dispa tch July Is. 1859
INC dislincuished nro.

The dlSIlnGulshed pro-
lessor of EugliSh in Rich.
mond College. DR.. j. l.. NJ
Curry, IL engaged in dcliV-
ering addresses upon the
subject Of education at va
riOuY points in the State.
and he will continue Tho
good work all sum mcr.
He speaks several times a
week. and viii cover a
large part of the state be-
fore he gets through. The
State exchanges are com =
ing IN with loud praises Of
turr"'S addresses.
The trial OF Dennis Cal
IIbun for he llIIrlc,. a {
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-18
Pure Fiction,

And SO they were married and lived hap
PLY ever after
she threw her wonderful eyes in his direc-
ton"
81 cannot tell lie. Father said George T
did it with my little hatchet."
"Dcutchland uber Allcs.'
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-18

60 still further and establish adequate bath
ing grounds at suitable places along the river.
The cost will not be excessive. and it will
prove paying investment in good citizenship.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-18
Health Talks by DR.. VIM. Brady
Copyright, 1913. oy National Newspaper sery. O.!
The Innicnknmf Truth.

Most serious diseases have steadily dimin she
IN frequency in the United States and Canada
III the past twenty years. one exception to the
ru,c Is cardioNaScular disease theart. artery,
kldneS deScncration). which has Increased
nearly 20 per cent In that time The other
per cent IN twenty years as Il cause of death.
nave harpcu on cardiovascular disease I'm
season and out OF season with the purpose OF
arouSinS curiosity about this great of
phEsical failure at middle age. Knowing that
there is such = condition. and suspcctinG that
YOU arc Threatened" with it, you likely o
TAKE measures to prevent check insidious
nlseaSe which YOU nigh otherwise have a;tri-
puted 10 your age" 'oNerwork''
ming. Iherc is similar excuse for discussing
canSef IN family ncwspapcr--to urge timely
ACTON upon those who might incline to pro-
cra>ttnate For the life-savinc aspect OF tho
cancer problem comprises these two facts:
J. cancer may occur in any family.
Early recognition of the disease Is indis-
pensa bic III order to obtain cure.
lancer Is neither contagious nor infectious.
mere is no evidence thar cancer has ever been
SECURED by contact with who has the
Cancer Is usually painless in the early cur
ahie stage. The general health Is not seriously
impaired in the early stage; indeed indiv-
luual developing cancer may appear robust and
Half of a! cases OF cancer cancer Of the
stomach. Therefore any man or woman forty
or more years OF age who begins TO have OBJ
stinate ''ndiGcstion' or dyspepsia" must bear
IN mind the possibility OF cancer OF the stomach
ANY woman. especially the mother of several
chldrcn, Who begins 20 suffer from any ir-
regular bleeding any unusual discharEe at
forty or !ater. owes IL to her family ncr-
sell 10 go a. once To her physician for advice,
ana not to be misguided by old wives tales.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-18

MISE IT. J. EsNont-.if'er separ4-
ton. residence %: one year Ia the
state Is required before divorce can
be obtained IN Louisiana
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-18
Twilight.

The day is done. Al eventide the hush
OF sacred twilight comes 10 bless the day.
Like good fairy queen. wand i, waves
And drives my worries and my cares away
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-18

Senator Hitchcock, peacefully departing for
ms summer home TO seek GOODNESS, gave
Washington correspondents promptly seized
opportunity 10 evolve the theory that he had
gone 10 escape the GOODNESS OF The President
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-18

Postmaster-Gcneral Burleson, after being
oloseted With the President for an hour a,
the conclusion of the first Cabinet meeting
since his return home, made a statemen, 10
the effect thai there was absolutely no tru,b
IN recent rumcrs that he was about 20 retire
from the Cabinet II the President has made
up ms mind to support burleson in his att,
tude OF resistance 10 well.nirh rniyerss,
public demand, it means that the Democratic
party vii! enter the coming national cam.
paign heavily Handicapped Moreover il
would seem 70 set a, rest any talk ina, The
President contemp!ates being a candidate for
third term in the White House
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-18

the more Senator Johnson talks the
remotcr become his chances Of ever being
able TO talk from the White House He null
tplics words without wisdom
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-18

Why should G. Washington have 50 much
cerdt for didA'ting wha, he said he couldn't
huh?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-18

First Aid for liurns.--I'case surces: good
hrSt-aid dressing to use for accidental burns
.tnswer-Apply clean ts,crilizcdS ya,ize o,
sott muslin vet with a solution of a heapins
tablespoonful of Salcratus tbicarbonat OF sou ~
N glasstui OF boiled water cooled 10 comfort
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-18

pio the Elks intend to proclaim them
selves wet organization when they elected
MIR. Rain, OF Nebraska, grand exalted ruIerp
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-18

Reports show that the United States Treaa.
ury Is full. II Is about the only thing in this
country permitted opportunity 10 get tina, wav
now.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-18

ADDRESS ALL CoMMUNICA-
TlOSS TO The Times-Dls-
path, and not To individual Is.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-18

BRANCH OFFICES: Wash
ington. lI16 New York Ave-
nue.. New York City. Fifth
Avenue Building; Chicago.
Peoples Gus Bu1ldtlG;
Philadelphia. Colonial Trust
building.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-18

TELEPHONES: Randolph l..
Private Branch Exchange
connecting with Ill depart
Ilclts,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-18

rCB!!sHED every day In the year at 10 South Tenth
llshinK Co.. Inc. Charles L. Husbrook. Editor and
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-18
Books and Authors

In The Seven who slept" \ Kings
ley Porter practices VIA, nc pre.chss
the quest % truth With IMAGINATION
!!c3t!ng lhe way, The hook Is pub
l!shed ~ Marshall zones Companv
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-18

-iiminy Christmas. Some eaEle'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-02

becomes able to live on Its wage. new
labor costs will not be forced into
the manufacture Of clothes and shoes
and houses and tools and baby car
riages and everything that popula-
tion of 10000, 900 people needs to
consume In addition to its daily food.
If the Administration will pull out its
wheat plug the whole swollen mass
and mess Of imitation will at the same
time fall as water sinks in barrel
with the splgot open.
Let the Administration begin where
THE SUN said Immediately after the
armistice It should begin, where the
great organization of railway employ
ees now say It must begin, where
every clear thinker and sound per
former knows 1t must begin.
II the Administration doesn't begin
right there-at the wheat-then its
pursuit of profiteerlng will be Of as lit
tie Importance relatively as a grain OF
sand on an ocean beach. It's profess
sion of wanting to solve this problem,
of wanting the American people TO
have cheaper food in a land and a
season of plenty, will be nothing but
political humbug.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-02
Temperance Of Caillaux.

The charges against JOSEPH GAIL
LAUx, a former Premier Of France, Of
reasonable dealing with the enemy
have reappeared after almost a year
and half. The case has been
under investigation for some time by
the Commission of Inquiry, and the
French Attorney General, THEODORE
LEscoUvRE, makes public the recon-
mendation, which is that CAILLAUx be
brought to trial before high court.
CAILLAUx was the most conspicuous
figure in a group to which the French
gave the name OF "defeatists." The
activity of this group, which compro-
missed many rather prominent French
politicians, became early in the war a
matter of serious concern for France.
CLEMENoEAU declared that it at
tempted to destroy the morale of the
army, and Immediately upon taking
the Premiership he set out with the
avowed purpose Of sitting the charges
of disloyalty in high places and of
Furnishing convicted traitors.
In the net which CLEMENcEAU ca st
were gathered about dozen men
of more or less prominence. LOUIS
]. MALvY, a member of four preceding
Cabinets, was found guilty and ban
ished from France. BoLo Pasha, a
Levantine adventurer who was the
paymaster Of the German propaganda,
and DUvAL, the director of the Bonnet
Rouge, a Paris paper bought to infiu-
ence French public opinion in favor
of withdrawal from the war, were
found guilty Of treason and shot in the
Vincennes forest; ALMEREYDE, the ed
tor of the Bonnet Rouge, committed
suicide, and a number of minor con-
spirators were sent to prison. GAIL
LAUx alone remains to be tried.
1t has not yet been stated whether
or not the recommendation of the
Attorney General has been acted upon.
But there has been feeling in France
that the "defeatist" element will not
be entirely disposed of until Gail
LAUx, whom many Frenchmen con-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-02
Mr. Wilson Hears the Things He
Likes to Hear.

The chairman of the Democratic
National Committee called on the d.
rector of the Democratic party:
chairman CUMMINGS said he told
the President the country was over
whelmingly in favor of immediate
ratification of the treaty and Its
League Of Nations covenant without
change or reservation"
This must have pleased Mr.. Will
SON, as 1t is In substance what he told
Europe about the sentiment in Amer
lea, the while informing America that
Europe hungered for his covenant.
Last October Mr.. WILSON demanded
Of this country that 1t keep in power
his docile Congress lest the election
then at hand be misunderstood ION
the other side Of the water" On the
eve of election Mr.. CUMMINGS issued
a statement which included the follow
ing plea:
There is only one issue. Shall we
help or hinder the President? He
has asked for a vote Of confidence.
Shall we give It to himT'
The peoples answer on the follow
ing Tuesday was an emphatic No! AT
that time Mr.. WILSON had not aban-
doned the Fourteen Points, had not at
tempted to strip Congress of its con-
stitutional power to declare war, had
not consented to a new and foreign
definition of the Monroe Doctrine and
had not attempted to bring this Gov
eminent under a superstate.
Yet Mr.. CUMMINGS tells the Presi-
dent that people who so strongly re-
scented the insult to their intelligence
last fall are now eager to swallow a
programme which holds genuine peril
for every soul and body.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-02
TRADE BRIEFS.

The formation of a Chinese American
silk company. with a capital OF $1,000, o00
is announced. The concern will have Offices
in Seattle. Wash.
Investigations in south Lapland seem TO
show that valuable copper veins have been
found, especially In the upper part of tho
Vilhelmina district.
The copra industry of the Federated
Malay States is soon expected TO revive
from the slump caused during the war
by the lack OF shipping space.
The collection OF nsh eggs for the fiscal
year shows an Increase OF ., 240 514, 800 as
compared with the record for the proceed
ing year, according TO a statement Issued
by the Bureau of Fisheries.
What is said TO be the largest airplane
engine in the world has been put under
It's nrst test at the Sunbeam" Works at
Northampton, England. 1t Is reported
to be OF 1000 nominal horsepower de-
velopIng about 900 horsepower at normal
working speeds.
The first place in imports of pen points
into Spain has heretofore been held by
Great Britain. which furnished approx
mately two-thlrds OF the total France
furnished about one-hfth and Germany
less than one-tenth These three coun-
tries thus practically monopolized the
trade.
British and German firms before the
war are reported to have sent shipments
OF pens to Spain by parcel post, billing
the merchandise direct to retail merchants.
The period OF payment granted was. as a
rule, sixty or ninety days. This method of
handling the trade is said to have seriously
cut into the sales by wholesale jobbers in
the larger centreA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-02
The Professor in the Ford Case.

The testimony Of the plaintiff
who pronounces all history bunk"
and does not know the difference be-
tween BENEDICT ARNOLD and ARNOLD
BENEFITS not the only curious fea-
ture of the trial of HENRY FoRD's libel
suit against the Chicago Tribune now
going on at Mount Clemens. in Michi-
gan. The evidence of Professor WILL
IAN A. DUNNING of Columbia Uni
versity is much more Of curiosity
from a legal point Of view.
Ordinarily the witnesses in a law
suit are called upon to testify only to
facts which have fallen under their
own observation. They tell the Judge
and jury about things that they have
seen and things that they have heard
what they have done and said
themselves or what others have done
and said in their presence. Until
comparatively modern times the ex-
preston Of opinions by witnesses In
court was rarely permitted. In the
development of legal procedure, how
ever. opinion evidence has come to be
receivable-and is received every
day--from certain classes of expert
witnesses, the most familiar example
being the opinions Of medical men as
to the effects of physical injuries or
the mental capacity of persons whose
competency is questioned.
We doubt. however. whether the