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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-02
News of Fifty Years Ago

order No. ga, removing raleigh r Daniel fTam
the office of City Attorney for Richmond No
appointment has been made to fill the vacancy
that L. II. Chandler. OF Norfolk, is to be the
No demand having been made from the county
authorities for Sallie Anderson. at noon yester-
day. this wicked woman, once convicted and
sentenced to be hanged for arson, was. BY order
OF Mayor Chahoon, released. and is now at large.
The Republican Executive Committee OF this
city met yesterday and rejoiced over the pros
pect Of Offices 20 be filed. They then set to
burne to succeed Mr.. Howard as clerk Of the
Hustngs Court; c S. Bundy. to succeed Major
clerk OF Judge Meredith's court They PROPOSE
also to make S. J.. Annable clerk of ienrico
County Court, and j. Amber Smith Common
New Kent Counties and - Talley Common
wealth's attorney for Chesterfield and Powhatan
The post-onicc open yesterday only from
Q to 10 a. NJ That is somSthing new for New
Years Day In this part of the country. The
banks and banking houses were closed all day
and that is new, too
Married: December 30 by Rey. P. A. Peterson.
Conference. to Miss Mary +. Ruth. daughter OF
Samuel Ruth. ESQ, OF Richmond.
In 1868 there were inspected In Richmond
extra superfne, 3.191 half-barrels of auperfine
1l,716 Of fine. 1907 of middlng and 5.034 barrels
OF condemned.
Last year 479 couples in Richmond were made
happy. or miserable SER ;, as the case may be. by
this number 26s were white and 40 coIored.
In Hcnrico County ! 81 weddings. equally divided
between white and colorcd took place.
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sum total of the policy OF "frightfulness.'
When the full story Of the invention and
mechanical composition of this, giant cannon
is written 1t will make an interesting chapter
In the history of the war. II It had been
In existence in August, 1914. the conflict
might have had another end. With four
years in which to bring 1t to perfection the
enemy might have manufactured thousands
OF the type. The principle might have been
applied to naval guns, and, if so, the German
high seas fleet might have ridden the waves
and babe defiance to the navies Of the world.
But the invention, coming as it did in the
days of Germany's exhaustion, when mate
rails for the finer parts Of complicated ma
chtnery were lacking, made this threatening
terror but a passing incident in the death
throes Of nation
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Health Talks, by DR.. VIM. Brady
scopyr,sh,. ls,s. ez N.uenal Ssw.psper Service,

According to u. s. Mortality Statistics tBu-
reau OF the Census) the annual death rates from
tuberculosis. which Is the cause of the most
deaths in this country from pneunohla. which
runs tuberculosis close second. from the In
testinal diseases. which are so fatal in Infancy.
typhoid fever, diphthera. whoopng-cough scar
let feTer and measles--arc steadily declining.
But the death rates from cardovascular disease
theart disease, Brights disease. apoplcxy and
enthusiastically steadily increasing, and
the death rate from cancer Is likewise imcreas-
ing
i is questionable whether the statistics lie
More accurate diagnosis nowadays Identifies
many of these causes of death which were for
merly Incorrectly reported In the death certifi
cate. The average human life Mas been length
ened twenty years in the past nifty years.
mat more people now live through middle age
the age OF cancer and Cardiovascular disease
1t Is a peculiar fact that the more intelligent
victim of cancer has better chance of cure
than the ignorant victim. because the Intelligent
person knows the value OF early medical adj
procrastinate through false modesty. fear, or
faith In some charlatans tempting promises.
The Intelligent victim saved by prompt surgi-
cal treatment generally remains silent concern
Ing his experience, for II is rather the ignorant
person who likes to proclaim to the world his
thereof And this silence OF tho intelligent can
Ger patient, unfortunately adds to the popular
pcsstmism concerning the possibility of cure
by surgery. for 1t must be evident to any
that II one Intelligent patient is cured. through
early radical operation. when half dozen ig-
norant cancer patients who postpone such treat
ment until the disease has progressed too far
dict VIII be against operation, especially IL the
cured patient refuses to testify.
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FROM OTHER VIEWPOINTS
National Problems Discussed OF The Timcs.p
Authoritative Wrters-A Daily Editorial Feature
AS STRIKE-BREAKERS
by IL. T.. FAIRCHILD,
Professor OF Sociology In Yale Uniycrsity

few days ago u metropolitan news
paper contained an advertisement
headed ns follows: "a Serious Strike
Is Imminent; Returned Soldiers Needed
to Save Serious Situation"
The remainder OF 1.-The advertisement
terfront workers. telling Of tho immi-
hence OF strike which would aim to
tie up the harbor OF New York. thereby
preventing the shipment OF necessary
supplies to the boys over there" and
seriously interfering with the govern
menrs plans; paragraph from m a, a
the concern which is felt in the mat
ter. and returned soldiers were as
Teeae at they hey w sSpod be for pTs
ment' The advertisement was signed
by the Boat owners Recruiting Office.
Of the most Significant cpitomes Of
the present critical situation which
could be found anywhere.
dustry In which the government has
man manifested est particular interest. not
ment concerning tho Importance of the
sands of returning troops, composed
regular occupations for number Of
months Offering their lives for the
sake Of their country. and assidiousiy
tternaiistic government. The great ma
Jorlty OF them must now look TO the
Ssmployments OF peace for their live
lihood. and to their independents ac-
tvity to make connections with those
employments. In many cases they
nnd their former positions filled BY
older men with families. or by women
who have faithfully performed the
work and who are not inclined to re-
linquish their positions.
over in Europe are other hundreds
Of thousands OF troops dependent for
tneir comfort upon the efficient func.
.ioning OF This industry, which now
openly proclaims itself in need or
men. What more natural than that
certain proportion OF soldiers with
oul employment should offer their
services for this work. or that The
boat owners should advertise for the m :,
but what OF the other side? Here is
a group or workingmen. with their own
,qeas OF their rights. and concep
Iion or their place in society IN.
uoubtediy modified by the enlIrh,en-
ing and disturbing influence OF the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-02
Were We Wrong?

WYE had begun to think that the American
w arm had rather distinguished itself in
France Bearing in mind what the boys did
at Chateau-Thierry, when they stopped the
cnemys advance on Paris; impressed by the
manner in which they cut the Huns jugular
vein. when they cut his line of communication
at Sedan and remembering that our SOL
diers had never taken step in the war ex-
cept TO advance, we had to be more
than proud of them
Also, when we looked back over that un-
precedented accomplishment of moblizing.
training and transporting an army of 20O0.-
600 men across 1000 miles OF danger-infested
sea without the loss Of single man and In
the remarkably short time of eighteen months
we were rather inclined to the idea that there
was considerable efficiency in the War De-
partment.
Now, it seems, we all wrong So
too, were the foreign military critics, includ-
ing Foch and Haig, who had committed them
selves to the extent of enthusiastic praise
Senator Chamberlain says we were. wrong.
he being the chairman of the Senate Military
Affairs Committee and a critic of indefatie-
able energy at the task of finding flaws In
a speech before the Senate on Monday he
Indignantly insisted that we were wrong
The war Department. declared he had most
iamentably fallen down, and thus had vindi-
Gated MS promise OF months ago that it would
fall down. Reviewing the developments of
the last SIX months, he asserted solemnly
that every criticism made by his committee
had been justified by the record of cyents
and that every charge made by the commit
| tee was true" Months ago. he reminded bis
hearers, he had told the country that there
was ''inefciency in every department of the
| government 1T was true then and it ia
true now he told the Senate
! So there you have it! We got our armies
TO Europe ahead of schedule time. and with
! them contributed the deciding force in tho
| winning of the war, but we were very ..inef
! hcient just the same. We wonder. 1houpb
! II the eX-kaiser, who had staked 60 mucb
on those criticisms Of the Senator six months
ago, will agree with him now
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war. Now that hostilities are over.
t wes ,o onre at to make use Of the chief
capital. weapon long ago recognized
ana sanctioned as Legitimate. and TO
sef,se ,h ior ths y, rights as they con-
tude toward the men, many OF them
Sun In uniform, who step In to block
In, me achievement Of their aims. or of
strike breakers?
NV, What Is really important is the light
upon the complex situation which now
c0nfronts the nation. One may ask,
Why do not the boat owners have
ment Service. established to meet i,ist
such problems" The answer is clear:
me United States Employment Service
they are plainly TO be used to AFFECT
labor dispute.
The moral OF this, so far as there
careful thought. and the mosti impartial
and unselish consideration on the part
OF al thinking people with reference
which naturally followed the signing
OF the armistice was one OF relief that
now at least the danger was over, and
" we CO. could relax GU rtension. The fact
ever.
1t is no longer the attacks OF a
3oreign foe that we must fear, but
tHc iHsiulouS workings or the internal
FORCES OF disntegration and degenera-
tion. Evidences OF this danger abound
on every hand for one who has eyes
to see well organized group OF men
In the uniform Of the Federal govern
ment trying to beat down the re-
sistancc OF the police force OF the
municipal government SO as to vent
their spite upon group of people
gathered 70 condemn all government
- not an edifying spectacle. When the
Mooney parade in New York passed up
Fifth Avenue. soldiers and marines
made eNtempore speeches to the crowd
protesting against the carrying Of the
red flag before the Stars and Stripes
Our nation is facing perhaps the
most critical period in It's history, the
only conceivable exception being the
period OF the Civil War. 1t behooves
every patriotic citizen TO fight OF the
ietharGy which follows victory, and TO
remember that the bugle cali In ser
vice is far from silenced.-Copyright,
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Municipal Opportunities.
BY r. j. MEIIREN.

Nineteen nineteen offers unparalleled oppor
eHess sna on
will be eager for employment. contractors and
siH and othsr n!
all
cipal improvements have been at a standstill.
dered by the unde q ersensivs ee e"
st S hose m nS
while the time industry will be stabil-
a H"i
"e Ed fd sese multiple
service sanTss careful
Ven under Way Diners Ssye sessreely begun.
sD Da I SrnS be US viii Men h. esan work
Gy and So village does ssa"S 10
Ss sos @ ~ay e earg m 9s sna
can be adjusted readily to the LABOR sapply and
PERHAPS , TO the ,de suPpiy asswe
for the demobilized as mere stop-gap work.
a Ths w be to n
fit into carefully devised municipal program.
AS sy
paper and set down needed rim 1mp5oyements and
1se Or hs as WIN ot
succeeding years must be selected with regard
Where city planning commissions with vision
5u seR
It behooves them to open their eyes and their
minds and point the way. Cities without plan
ming boards might we'll, create them. if State
Legislation permits. and seek statutory au-
thority. with the opening of their Legislatures.
where 1t is now lacking: But no city or village
planning commission. Cooperation among ex-
listing officials and the mere saying the word
plan" the city engineer may be immedia tely
productive Of planning results.
Where there's will there's way. The op-
portunites for municipal improvements. com
bined with UNPARALLELED service. are many and
and this country will not have been made safe
for democracy IL suitable work at adequate
for every soldier. sailor and toiler who helped
win the war.
The world expects every American munich
pality to do It's duty.
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Several Japanese attended the sessions 81
the American Economic Association. which
recently held its convention in this CITY Thav
listened attentively TO the addresses, and n.
these were OF an exceptional order, results
no doubt soon will be in Nippon. And
herein lies the difference between the Occi
sdentat mind and that of the Japanese The
american would listen with interest TO such
discussions as were heard here last week but
She would go no further Diminishing the plans
proposed as being mere theories which a,
fhe most could not be put in operation for
~ half-century or more. Not SO with the man
from Japan He would realize that the ideas
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-02
Books and Authors

t books ali 81 their @oSs pSPalar fali
persons by hooth Tarki hHnnee@ JOSIE am-
ilyyn's Wife" by Kathleen Norris "a
Ran lPnr,r OF the Land by Gene sirat,
~ Peter B. kyne. ana e Gd me f ssasss:
Si hGeriuI by REQUEST" are now in their
lic,ion the same publishers n pep an non ,mo
la BOOKS In their third printing and
s bsssador others hnrs In their second AM
LLo , =. Andrea's Food conservation
im MAJ Mhi,e are both in their third print.
Plans FOR the &e satH Msr aFs By ef r az
titled 81; An Appeal to Youth h.S en-
While Henry Morgenthau ,oru.r
author OF Ambassador Morgen,ha ana
P IS in su bsy in Biblical phrase "a
no means without honor" me In IS ny ny
oook Mr; Morgenthau. in commenting
f Force enc the earaTe Of the allied fleets TO
part: As for Constantinopie the poDu.
,he 1 mere and the best elements among
rive e or the lar a fEem n eeposng hhe
weicomcd II with JOY The Turks
ssb and G;s were praying that the Brit
Tor this would relieve them of tie
n 6ro% the asa hated s Sermans brinr abo sm
newspaper dispatches from Constant.
nople report that the common people
t dnei Welcomed the allied forces as
Even the genuine Turks want no more
aI urn'sn nrI Eover 1h. They learn for
colonial peoples of some - Eueone eae
power. They want some securi,y FOR
,neir persons and property. They want
desire the complete collapse of Con-
- - .a...'nopie rule Gould there be a
Gene EsfsP! s!! aa;sr %s,n the
psnetrating observation in comment ,
some very young CITIES: The mistaEe
OF OF ny ny two sG young friends tyouns ladies'
was perhaps in ju SigH ali th,e the More
of Gene Stratton- Porter not he NV VOTES fks
6 Sy is c OF all supreme
the standards Of one Of the litt TO
g srG Of lietion which they best like ike
a ana Understand: The keynote Of ali
analyst of Mrs. Porter's will and
ms ms udp PIPER in everything she
IN mas evid aGns: ,b and u nowhere s more
a Daughter of the Land, or. course curse,
one admits that in the vast field OF fic,
Ties of work, Rejecting different CASTS
OF mind and taste. There is the In
door novel, the psychological novel and
the novel OF adventure. etc, etc. Bnt
don't lose sight Of the fact that there
successful and good novels. The mar
rative must hold the interest undeni.
h ABLY ~ must prove It's truth to the
stituency. If work of art can get M
one TO look at 1t. 1t might as we'll NOT
exist. A successful and good nowoi
must inspire us to nobler life tnmch
the deer, tragic or humorous springs of
the soul. On analysis you viii 1nd
piece as Treasure Island gets mart
OF its. charm from this source. Even
Verne,s tales OF pure adventure are
tinged with the moral uuaIitv whiie
Monte Cristo.' Les Miserabies. .The
Antiduary-all of Scott and Dickens
In facteare just great sermons in the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-02

advanced were the best products OF the best
trained brains Of America. and he would not
delay putting them into practical operation.
His Oriental mind further would realize the
fact, so often overlooked by us, that n per-
iectly good theory must in the very nature
OF things be capable of being worked out
logically in everyday life. We are prone to
postpone the inauguration of matters Of
great pth and moment" on the ground that
the time is not propitious, and thus these en-
terprises are indeed "sicklied over by the
pale cast Of thought" and "lose the name of
action" But with the Japanese good theory
Is good practice and this explains the re-
markable strides made by these people in
adopting Western ideas and turning them to
account.
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Ohio has amended its Constitution so that
hereafter it will be impossible for the Legis-
lature to ratfy amendment to the Fed
eral Constitution until it shall have been APP
proved by the voters at referendum cleo
ton. Had the Virginia Constitution con-
tanned such n provision it would have pre-
vented the Legislature from taking the rat
ification of the nationwide prohibition
amendment out of the hands of the people,
and the desertion by the State of the time
honored principle Of States rights. 1t would
also be protection against similar legisla-
tion should the Federal Congress send the
suffrage amendment to the States for rati-
fcation. 1t will be a good thing if the Vir-
ginia lawmakers keep the Ohio precedent
in mind when they assemble next year.
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Question, md Answers.

to 'Fletcherize" w. r.
vocated temperance in eating and the mastica-
ton OF each morsel of food until its SAVIOR Is
entirely gone and swallowing occurs involun-
tarily. He demonstrates by his experience
durance and health on diet which contains
TAR less nutrtmen: than is generally considered
necessary One who follows his philosophy in
The Amusing Little 3attery.-I have a brother
forty-sx years old who has what the doctors
call hemipleEia, believe. His arm and ,eg
are paraiyzed His face acc. seems to have i'm;
it for two months. Would home electric APP
paratus like the cut enclosed be good for him?
Answer-There is no reason to suppose that
galvanic or faradic electricity is of any value
in paralysis. HemipeGia is due to apoplcXy-
hemorrhage in the brain-usually the result OF
cause Of the grave outlook for second stroke"
Shock second |hemorrhage The treat
ment should therefore be supervised by the pa
TENTS physician. and experiments INDUCED
sive movements and massage helps to prevent
contractures and deformity. More important is
regulation of the diet, skin activity and elimi-
nation and careful attention TO the state of the
circulation by the patients physician
A Peroxide Alphabetically let me know
through the paper whether the continued appli-
kill the roots of supcrhuous chair on the face?
II so. is one year enough? Do you approve the
electric needle foA the same purpose?
Answer.-Neither peroxide nor any other
known substance applied TO the skin will kill
the roots Of hair. The electric needle in skilled
hands Is the only effective remedy for superfiu-
ment is effective for the removal OF hair on
other parts of the body.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-02

The University Of North Carolina is Moth
ing if not ambitious. Witness the offer of
it's presidency to Woodrow Wilson after he
shall have finished his incumbency of the
White House. And the best of it is that the
Chapel Hill institution has the money where
with to pay the proffered salary of $4,000
year Wilson probably will not accept, but
it at least takes from him that uneasy feel
ing which accompanies the PROJECT Of being
out of job and the university is assured
sof unlimited quantities of high-class adver-
Using
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DO your Christmas swapping early
lrv cobb Long. Tor Those penr rr.neh.

irv Cobb Longs for Those Dear Trenche.
our poor. fat friend Irwin S. Cobb who 10
making the lamp and wick circuit on Mr. Nc
Adoo's more or less railroads and has nene
trated the heart Of Texas stopped long enough
between lectures the other day to emit the
following:
All the hustle and uncertainty OF travelir
over the country on lecture tour makes M
wish for the solitude of the trenches There
you are pretty sure you will be blown IN or 4,
least shot at pretty freely; but you don't know
anything for sure when You are travelling Evo,
the attacks on the front made ACCORDING = :,
schedule. but somebody writes new railro.d
schedule every day two.
81 have no sympathy with the Germans ,yb.,
they say they are hungry They are not hun :
cry. They would realize Just how lucky thew
are II they were forced TO fight their way
through sleeping cars and then eat one OF ,bo,.
foodlcss meals. Some bug among the railroad
officials has gotten the idea that fresh air 10
poisonous and has ordered that Puilmans he
Theoretically closed"
Irv has joined the O-Why- Did -I.Learn,
Lecture Club. STUFF life.
There isn't man in this world who wopIo,,t
conference and forget them and have littlc
fun.
Berlin has nifty cabarets in fun swing Jazz
. music liz very popular there. The sufrcrinRs of
the Germans arc greater than we thought they
were. $3.50
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THURSDAY, JANUARY ., 1919.

While the United States processes to- be
an enlightened country, committed to the
reign of law and justice. its record of sixty
two iynchings in the past year does not speak
we'll Tor it, 1t is particularly regrettable, from
the Southern standpoint, Of course, that Of
the total all but two of the mob murders
were committed in Southern States. OF this
number. only sixteen were for that crime for
which lynching has been popularity held
.iustifable. Even Nirginas clean record was
besmirchcd with one mob murder.
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An Error In Type.

An Error In Type.
10 the Editor OF The Times Dispa tch !:
Sir appreciate publication in this
mornings paper Of my letter concern
ing Mrs. Cats position with regard
10 inc world war. I beg TO call your
attention. however. TO an error which
occurred In the second paragraph OF
the letter. | wrote: Mrs. Gait has
publicly denounced" the militant ac-
lions OF the National Woman's Party.
no printed copy contains tho word
probably" in place Of publicly" AS
TINS materially alters the sense Of the
Paragraph. and as there is no proba :
Dility In tho case. but in no uncertain
terms and upon several occasions has
Mrs. Gait made her denunciation OF the
actions under discussion. shall be very
much Obliged IL you will print this
correction.
EDITH CLARK COWLES
Richmond, Va. December 81, 1918
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One Monument for Richmond. IChestcr-
neId and HenrIco SoIdieu

To the Editor OF The Times Dispa tch:
Sir,-RegardinE the viewpoint" ar
ticie TN your issue OF the 2ist on the
monuments to be built to our soldier
oead IN the great war. please let
woman oHer suggestion.
Inc city owns a grand new bridge
which connects Henrico and Chester
neid counties across the historic James
hiEer. Why not dedicate II TO the SOL
dlers OF the city and the two counties
anu icaFe 1t as memorial to them
an enduring structure OF ever-increas-
the three communities. always con-
spicuous and under the direct obscrva-
tion or thousands every day? /, can
De made and kept very beautiful Its
piiasters have embrasures in which
could be placed bronze tablets CON
lainins SUCH names and inscriptions az
might be desired. Abutments OF stone
or cement could be placed on each side
Or each entrance for the names OF the
heroes OF Manchester and ChesterfeiI
Richmond and Henrico
This could be done quickly and east