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Goebci md Powers Eeud.

W. H.. SmithAeid---Calcb Powers was
Secretary OF state In Kentucky under
Governor. Tayior in 1900. William
Gocbcl. the Democratic claimant OF the
gubernatorial 9i,icea, oN was shot about
in the State Capitol grounds. The
shot was fired from a window in the
DAYS later. Soon after Goebel's death
charging him with completely in the
murder. Governor Taylor ordered the
release OF Powers and others arrested
In connection with the murder. but his
Governor Taylor fled TO Indiana.
Henry Yontsey, clerk In the office Of
yicted OF firing the shot that killed
Goebel. and he Is now serving lie
sentence. 1t was charged, that Powers
planned the killing. At his first trial
he received a life sentence, but n now
trial was granted. At the sccond trial
bG was sentenced TO death. and again
4 new trial was granted. Tho third
mcnt: Once moro, q, new trial was or
dcred. This onded In Georgetown,
1905. nc was pardonsd by governor E%
WillBon after serving about eight
years in jail. fs
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Voice Of the People.
L@ttcrs must give the name md al.
mem 'ne writer. Name win not be
published 10 writ-r ~ reoursts
About In,n,irrutIo,


70 INC Eultor o. The Times Dispatch:
>, ST.! read ar article In The Times
aiSn, a,ch. ,ecr'itled "AbsorDing tho
NHen' ny Frank T-umbuN. chairman
o. %; me committee OF Immigration o..
chamber OF Commerce OF the United
S,A,cs lie say". the Immigrant has a
c!Iin on our sympathy and respect"
MAKE The assertion that the i'm
migrant Is a deadly competitor with
our ON people in the labor market.
Such being the case, 4; secms 10 me
cur sympathy should go GU: to our own
people. rather ;hln she dorar-chassr
rom foreign shores. who seldom prac-
tees the live -andlcl live priacipic
himself. ! believe in reciprocity. and
am sure that an American cniS-ating
to most any foreign country Except,
perhaps, Great Brittany would starve
10 dea!h for all. the SYMPATHY and
respect he would receive in trying 10
make living there II the imrn grant
comes 20 take advantage OF opportuni-
ties here no; found AZ home. Ivc have
:: right TO ask why he does not rcr, eds
such inequality Of opportunity by
revolution. rather than allow himself
10 be ground down Into such evil con-
ditions. but II would seem he prefers
10 move along the line OF least resist
aGcc, and cmigra:e from his native
and crowd!nI our labor market and
bringing about those Ills To American
labor shat every friend Of American
labor realizes very kecnly. The i'm
migrant lowers American wages in
dependence. onoortunity in obtaining
and retaining employment. brings
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Essentials Of Enduring Peace
ono. p
ny HON. ROBERT LANSING,
Secretary OF Srntc.

TO the problems OF the future which involve
aaSSTs '4h Of Sd
Y'omn1f -, ws nT Of nat9ns w' must apy
one Of which NO have become accustomed
ara 10 is "r the t" ve enX Of 5fa d
t IN, ~, cold caiGnlatimr matsrinIisin sows in
rather than those Of pr 'S "7 " ''ss''''''s
II Is not }sa ss, IN vSw Of The
dency. 10 apply matcrialstic doctrines 10 the
;hat ,Ssse aoeiSss W;'sh vii &c ,c "G S5
mnns W chrh MA ma FOR M RS
denied that the Christian church in la,er years rs
aher fstS InesS the escFna
yn oTee IN G nn be-
will not oc an enduring peace.
1t! safn i1Sah s 'si
sons 1t is eSsen,ialy selmsr II even bases
a state Of selnshness hardly fail to pro
sTaSify ITEM TSsse ne eyiis sS wh i'' sayS
eg sa r and Sey war are in hs ana so VII
men and governments Ma!erlaiism as the basic
!hose Very impulses to do evil Which tic Ii. ~orii
grsada ; 1n5l,Ha ,Tn9; %hieS saoala
state Of psace; War all lis appeal to The
compensate on; ii, that ii corapcis men who 90
whsh beyond this lie as hey realize IL ' its
uncertainty. Ana not alone those who face
danger ana sudden death in the service OF their
country do these thoughts come but also .
those millions at home who await with anxious
hearts ,, !" GEAR and in hope. for loved ones
been sobcred hy the peril of her sons. IN. mind
turns instinc;!vcly TO divine protection ana TO
the expectation OF eternity The spirits the
nation is reaching forward and upward to The
Supreme heinG for strength and counsel.
T., a;5ns ssryiss E; S% imp.a% 3"S
men. in the souls OF nations. The new era born
in blood and fire on the battle helds OF Europe
in namo. The must be years OF
fraternity and common purpose.
TO those noble Americans. our friends and
brothers. those who have made tho supreme
sacrifice. and to those who have dedica tcd their
lives 10 the cause Of their country. 20 the brave
died that liberty might live Il deb.
WHICH imposes us the obligation OF making
certain that their service and sacrifice have NOT
been in vain. They fought for a better world.
1t lies with US to do part TO make IL bet
tcr.--Copyrght, 1919.
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y sibilItics for the future. Where ~,
Jaw, Jaw required. somn men made ovcr
friends to be held for them. The
.r n,I were nominal. OF course.
come instances salaried men were n,ih
ny their employers. In full or In nar,
In others they had definite assurance =
Tor the government they were to be
restored. just as many a volunteer or
released from army or navy nc should
have his job back The government
had h, nothing TO do With that. VIVA;
was the brains. experience ard knowi
edge OF, their special work these men
hau ana were ready to give.
Then came the next question Wax
the government. because It had 20;
for nothins the services of these SOW
OF from dealing with all the nrst
class concerns with which they had
been and brobably again would be con
hcctcd? The answer TO that liz oh
vious. We were at war unpreparcd
and needed an infinite number and
c yariG's y, OF ,hi"ss quickly. and there
straiEht and fast TO the best sources
OF ifup PIX Or, orders were given by wire.
arnisticc caught us with more than
s. 600 o G9n az repr,e,se,ntns nearly
hardl: tho scratch Of a pen, and Con
grcsa is working now TO validate then,
ANA max" 'hrm legal so that they can
bc paid ana tho contractors and the
banks that backed thcm saved from,
ruin. "
Result: millions of dollars OF orders
and contracts went 20 corporations
and firms. with which "doilar-a ycar
men had hcen connected Disap
pointed business rivala pcrsonal
enemies. pcoplc who got none Of tho
ouinOW!nS streams or money or GO,
icss than they thought they should
maze. stuff members OF Congress- the
puhlic and the newspapers with storics
ot favoritism, graft and promotion or
trade under Guise OF patriotism
Tn" best and surcEt and culckcs.
way 70 suppress and XIII scandal t.
TO h"id II up to the light and lc,
everybody soc all the facts and wha;
Is inside 81 Il and behind H. Some
oihcial body should Investigate all tho
transactions Of those mcn-'inyestir,t,
thoT"ushiy and fairly and send for
persons and papers and e"erybodv win
a grieNanc" or a charge The proceed
ings and rcsulta ahouid he given IN.
fHilcE; publicity. All tho evidence ;hi,x
ih' ~ sight promises that tho dollar
a-ycar incn" would be trlim phantiy
cleared and stand forth accredited a,
tremendous factors In tho winning Of
ny war and az among the most uo
s'lhsh and iavishly generous patriot.
We had. Such n result would he 10
ihcT far moro valuable than frapcI
cncckS from the President or Their
names on The walls OF the rapitol. ana
"oui! be OF enormous general value
IN maintaining tho conudepc. ~
americans In each other
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-07

FIRST NATIONAL is gentle
man man whose energy, and business tale nts arc
that OF any bank officer in the city.
Anthracite coal retailcd ycstc rday at
from $3.50 TO $40 per ton: bituminous Glover
Hill at 81; hail at 81; average, $3.50; Smiths a [
$3.50.
The internal revenue collections in this the
Third District OF Virginia for january were:
taxes tobacco. SG5.965.13 on whisky SI7,-
@S2.o7 The contrast between tho above exhibit
and that OF the corresponding month OF last
OF this year exceeding the entire amount. col
cctcd on al! articles during the same month Of
last year The Xcess of total collections. in
January. 1863. over the same month of 1868 was
S91,3i4.4l.
Robbcrics in and about this city are on the
increase and personal property is getting TO be
very uncertain thing. man to-day hardly
knows what he viii have tomorrow. active
arc the thieves and robbers. Not less than ten
cases Of losses Icy houscbreakings and other
wise were yesterday reported to the police.
Some of the leading Radicals of Richmond
propose TO give Judge Underwood n compli-
mcntary dinner his arrival in tie city a few
days hence Tic spread will be the Spots
wood Hotel.
The new liaii~of Damon Lodge No = knights
OF Pythias. on Twentt fifth street, Church Hill
will he dedicated tonight in the usual mann
General Grant although protesting against
having an inaugural bail has notified the com
mittoc that nc will attond' II the night OF
March 4.
The announcement OF DR.. Mudd's pardon was
doncd him.. but has instructed tho Attorney
General to hasten HIS report on tho case. which
Is tnkon to mean that lie intends TO pardon tho
doctor before he quits tho Executive Mansion.
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SEEN ON THE SIDE
When skic. Arc Overcast.
! HENRY EDWARD WARMER


When winter skies overcast
And gray, and when the ducks ny hirh
Across the threatening sky:
when must make my lashincS fast
flsc lose my boats that. cut adr!ft
Upon cold and restless lift
iiacH out to sea-ruSh to sea-
Such gray days. days gloom so blue
Make me TO sit aud long for you
And do you long for me?
When winter skies dun and cold
shiecr through my toll. then race
In. 20 the fireplace:
Set firm huge backlog, and hold
y match close to the bark beneath
Then watch the curing, smoky wreath
Wind toward the !!ue--snaEe toward the huc {,
AND the clear flames leap ! see
The loncsomcness OF life for me
So far away from you!
The wndnEs of the flame portray
TIE outlines, and the smiling grace
or you-of Your Gear face.
Then though the winds may howl away
Md toss the upon my coach
1t seems that have but TO reach
Into the flames above the brand
Into the flames that leap SO high
So aTm--and, dear, II seems that
Can almost touch your hand!
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Books and Authors.

rat!on he's Msemiinn a5 Gsmpa nx Is
lure during the period l550ls5o. The
I author presents. with careful scholar
snp an1 u n1 bs ,srRry charm fns
ii.cra,ure with particular regard to
!ts significance in the soc:a! and eco
homie history OF the time.
The Century Company has JUS, pub
iin.hed the. second volume OF the series
OF fonr OF Racmaekers's Cartoon His
tory o. the War, in which are 10 be
cartoons arranged chronolog.cally and
sup7tcd with explanatory and supple
Inenttiy text, and sold a, popular
20 car,o"a. and 100 pages o.; text,
II deals with the war in It's second year
This FamishinE World" BY Alfred
Doran co. Mr.. Mccain bases his
solid scientific facts. His facts, how
ever. arc not couchcd in scientific
terms; the work is distinctly popular in
appeal. great deal OF hue and cry
about Ca iories" and such haIf-scicn-
5id is.a h "a theories has beer
this sort Of thing: by combination Of
good sense and indisputable scientific
AUTHORITY. lie shows how, well nature
man has mudded il with devitaiized
white -four. deyitalized polished rice.
comm ercialized foodsturs. The sensa
tiOnal stories such the "KronprinZ
Wilhelm affair Mr.. Mccain traces
directly to the source of tho insult
hcient average American diet. The
point Of this study, while never eIag-
gerated or OF the alarmist school, is
clear for every one.
Eating in Two or Three Languages"
GEORGE H. Doran Coz. is irwin :.
cobb's account OF the horrible ravages
OF war and wartime die, upon that
"smi making gentleman from Padu-
cab. IL IL were not 50 funny IL
would he pathetic. From the time Mr.
Cobb landed in England until he saw
the Statue OF Liberty, this once happy
gentleman never stiIled the CRAVINGS
That gnawcd HIS vitals. There Is a
screatringly funny account OF n
luncheon with the Lord Mayor Of Lon
don; there is an uproariouA descrip-
ton of why Frcnchman cooked the
coloners luncheon and dinner, but a
negro got breakfast. And there is
Irwin s. Cobb with all that that means
OH every page. Cobb IL now on a lee
ture tour at the Pacific Coast and
British Columbia. He is iecturing on
his var experiences at the front. which
he describes in his recent book, "The
Glory Of the Coming" He was re-
Gently made a cheyalier of the Legion
OF Honor by the French government Ior
his services as one OF the abiest wnr
correspondents at the front His icr.
turc tour Will last through March.
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Excess OF Partisan Zeal

HARDLY n day passes in Congress that some
hepubilcan member Of one branch or
other of the lawmaking body does not vent
partisan spleen against the administration by
charging reck!css waste and incflcency of
the public funds in the conduct OF the ma
tons war activities, followed by introduc-
,lou OF resolution for the investigation of
! the particular phase of expenditure which
may have excited his Indignation Senator
Frclhshuyscn. Of New jersey, is tho latest
10 indulge in such rancorous exhibition in
which, proceeding from a Wholesale charge
OF failure Of proper treatment of our SOL
diers abroad he particularizes with the af-
! llrmation that American soldiers had re-
turned ragged and pcnnless---"clad more
like tramps. The impression sought 10 he
created by such statements Of course is
that such neglect of our soldiers has been
general
vi course. there has been more or less
! waste and neticicncy in the conduct Of tho
present war NO war ever has been, or ever
VIII be, prosecuted without waste and con
SideraDie measure OF ineiiciency Waste is
! inseparable from war and forced haste in
! thc prosecution OF hostities, whether often
! sive or defensive warfare increases tho mrs
| siOilities OF such waste America wa. nm
prepared Tor participation in the war on the
'''sc scale 10 DC expected OF nation Of more
th'-n loo'0oO,000 people when it entered It
hao 10 make ready i'll great hurry When
one rejects On the stupendousness of the nm
| acrtaRlng OF mobiZing and euuipping nm
arm% OF millions from an unframed citizenrv
ana sending it across more than 5000 miles
OF water within the space OF few months
| as required by the eXigences OF the military
! SITUATION, the wonder is that we accom-,
p!ishea as much we did with so lille
waste. ~
! eS there has been e3trayayancc. ,boro
| mas oceh waste, and much OF IT, has resulted
; rom lheficiency-but thank Heaven en-
| ia:' mite OF ii has been charged 10 corrun-
: 'ioh-.nd ii is all right to conduct invocti
| S"''"hS 10 ascertain the cause and locate tho
sources OF these leaks and the Weaknesses NJ
| administration, that the, conditions com-
piaihed oil may he corrected and resnonsi-
o'l''y Tor wiilful wrongdong placed and MN
| 'Shen nut 1t is outrageous for excess partis,n
| "eai' seeking opportunity for campaipn c,n-
| i'"i 20 go TO the extremes il is now indnlginr
10 Deiltl!e inc achievements OF those intrustcd
! win the conduct Of the great war from which
we have emerged victorious after hurried
| preparation on the most stupcndous sc,lo
''o' hho"h IN the history OF the world
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-07
Tho Next Congress

HE Republicans havc succeeded apparent
~, in forcing an extra session OF Con
gress. BY dilatory tactics OF the kind in
which they arc SO well trained, they have
damned up the legislative channels to an cx-
tent that makes it almost certain that March
will find a good deal of essential legisa-
ton unpassed. Reports from Paris to
the effect that the President will call an extra
session for June /.
With this prospect in view the organi2a-
ton Of the Congress after March 4, when
the Republicans take over control OF the
two houses becomes a matter Of increasing
interest One has only to consider the va
riety OF subjects that must come before the
next Congress to appreciate the Importance
TO the country Of the question to how
the committees arc to be constituted Domes
tic legislation. which has been placed in the
background by the demands of the war, nat
uraly will come to tho front, and in many
respects the nature OF this legislation is going
to affect vitality tho future of the country
One can easily imagine the whettcd appettcs
of the old-lnc Republican leaders as they
contemplate the field and realize the oppor
tunity to direct this legislation in the in
tcrest OF those whom. for many dry years,
they have been unable to serve.
Already there is talk among the old-timcrs
the Boies Penroses the Smoots and tho
Fordncys-that there must by all means he
Il revision OF the Underwood tariff in order
10 protect our industries from foreign com
petition. To the uninitiatcd it seems n little
hard to understand why our industries, we'll
fed from the profits OF the last four years
and with comfortable bank accounts have
got to be protected from the impoverished
industries of Europe, but such inquiries
would be regarded as impairment by the
gentlemen who going to frame this up
ward-revscd tariff in the next Congress-
More important to the old-tmers in the Re
pupilcan party is the question as to whether
men of their own kind arc going to be al
lowed to run things. One fances they will
be. 1t is suspected that the Borahs and
kenyons and Norrises, who talk SO loudly
against the selection of Ponrose for example.
as chairman OF the Senate Finance Commit
tee, are more vocal than powerful The FL
nncc Committee is the body which, with
the House Ways and Means Committee will
frame that tariff. just as, too, it will frame
future taxation
And the matter OF taxation is going to he
an important one in the next Congress For
some time, now, it has been the fashion
among Republican members from the North
to complain that the Southern Democrats
were taxing the life out Of business If there
Is any way for tho gentlemen in Wall Street
10 Tighten those excess profits taxes and in
come taxes by shifting the burden to the
shoulders that have usually carried it under
Republican control-well it is Just as we'll
Tor them to have good, old reliable friend
like Penrose on the Job
Without wishing TO be unduiy pcssimistic
one is forced to believe that the public is
not going to sec many new faces when il
comes to locating the group OF Republicans
who will run things.
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Health Talks by DR.. VIM. Brady

.h hes os tho Of aaas g
Is 1873 pounds The villain Who piags s ws,sn.
sivsiy the roles of deceiver. sutor, lord slave
taller and nt,een bounds heavier and yet shes
her a M II hrm o nanG or a. rate IT. is
ply to persons old enough to have scnseHthirty
ceiwed by corsets and French heels. r. 70 Vi back
a., ways for data and base their conception Of
8nd ilye inches tall and weighs 1ss pounds nte
tip to Zip OF middle fingers live lee; and i've
,hGncs her own height Her foo; is not quite
from the top Of the head to the perinenm
to the The asA is trGH n G
wa, way between the perineum and the ground
including the arms. is forty three inches. The
tho wrist is six inches. The circumrercnec 90" of
INC thigh Is twenty-five inches, the calf is four
inches. All OF this refers 10 a woman u; The
ago of thirty years.
From thirty 10 forty five a woman is or should
be IN her acme OF physical perfection. and so
we lind her as general rule. but. alas Mrs.
sma TO" or oLiem manases TO- persuade her that
is chiefly state of mind.
Tho tendency is for reriluous fat TO accu-
n,h'hic about the abdomen. hips and Hanks. and
i've. With the insdious deposit of Stacker It's
, sue IN, between and over tho a,rophicd un-
OF cWcicncy in the general ipusculature OF tho
body including, OF course. the muscles of the
lady wrote mo recently that in the fifteen
months she had done without corscts and taken
SIN Somrisaui;s night and morning She had
2 irine She felt and looked ten years younger.
hou sec, she VAS again pNidi2inE fuel, n he
Stacker flesh naturally went first.
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Hbout commorciai depression bv non
c!rcn,at"n NJ wages and undercon-
Sumption or commodities. tends 10 in
.reaS" .AH common peoples burdcns in
ihe matter or house rents and cost Of
and FOR The hoTesccker
nave seen an influx OF Immigrant.
c"'HPei American working people 10
pay an increase OF IS a month or teno-
i9cnts renting for many years pre-
'l"us!y ~ ~ q month. and "a a result
they we're compelled to nave miles FUR
thcr away from their places os en-
pioEincnt TO cScape the cx,or.ion
nave seen American storehecpers IN
ihis same section close up shops tfpr
the same rcnSonp that they had done
business IN for thirty and forty years:
drug stores. plumbing shops and so
on. only u small and selfish minority
wish continuation OF the immiEra-
t!on evil. being willing 20 fattcn on
the misery OF the common people.
which is the whole thing in nutshell.
JOHN COSNEI.
Petersburg, Va. February J. 1919.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-07

Matthias Erzbergev, one Of the German
armistice commissioners, continues 10 set up
doleful howl about Germany being deprived
of its colonies. He insists that the DISPOSE
ton the peace conference indicates will be
made OF them will violate one of President
Wilson'S fourteen points, stipulated the
basis OF the peace settlement, and will be =,
deadly germ for the league OF nations before
that league is born. Mr.. Erzberger should
wait until called upon to speak by the peace
conference beipre undertaking to interpret
for it the meaiiing or any one or all of the
Presidents fourteen points.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-07

Announcement is made that tho War De-
partmcnt is examining into all court-murtiai
cases arising during the war to determine
whether any unjust sentences have been i'm
posed. This course of action is to be COM
mcnded. There is hardly any doubt that the
punishment in Il great many cases of con-
Viction OF infraction OF the military laws has
pccH unduly severe, with no sort of uni
iormity applied in sentences for similar Of
lenses There is no Justice whatever i'm nero
youth having to serve long years OF impris-
onmcnt after the retoration of peace for any
except the gravcst offcnses against military
law.
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Roads,
fFOr Tho hin, eopfs,.

tFor The Times Dispatch,
The roads part here. wide as the for
ever,
And one is the we'll known wav:
And ono is track that the pilgrims
learn. "
Where no pilgrim goes astray.
One road leads out to its pleaspres as
gay ~ -
~, AS the fire paints flame and Goals:
Ihe other with crimson from ashcry
Breaks stitches of wounds 1T holds.
The roads part here, and one road 10
way 20" W
-, That fuses o-day that Is dear.
That puts OFT tho dull for omirkcntnc
OF pulse. 'u''NehihFs
The sold for the gliding of near.
And the other " path that leads far and
SO harrow one treada 1t alona:
bnt IL reaches place that we eonso.
And not by a ero.. or stone
VIRGINIA STAT.
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from them IT tho country hopes to make
safe speed in rcadjusting itself to peace con-
ditions, the sooner the business or the coun-
try is released from the strange-hold Of too
much government interference. the quicker
will this hope DO realized. With tho gov
eminent functionng only In its proper sphere.
the necessity for n shocking tax bill, such
the business OF the country is now pro-
testing would automatically disappear.