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Books and Authors.

series OF novels iiustra ting Pup phs i;is
ana ana manners Of modern France. editad
by Barnet J. Eeyer Mono" bv Eaa
ION i Koupnel. is one Of the most rccen,
issues ~ is a forccful story Of life
IN, IN the wine growing district Of Bur
Sfundy' The rustic Characters vividiv
nI,rss that recall the work OF Tboma.
Hardy. simple peasant love Una" eina:.
bb, n,n out into deep drama OF
m ,!iih sorrow and redemption. rich
WIN sympathetic interpretations of
.ht9 and Illuminated with cnus, Il.
this powerful work stands out S ION,
contemporary literature by resson u,
rs s'aIk realism combined with the
ture. :" huHan ma
|Amalia." which e. p. Dutton & CO
pnbiished this week. is tramsiati GT,
o! Mary J. Serrano OF the fanoous
novel by the Argentine author Joen
Marmoi. which for forty years has
9een read IN their own tongues bv
R Ky sn Poles. Germans. French and
nemispheres. but has never before AN am
nearcd in adequate form In Enc,i.pb
some parts OF IL have been nssd
?eIected and condensed In school read
ing hooks, but Notwithstanding ira
morfd than generation of almost
i pSSop,e y have w. known almost nothing
thrilling adventure, denicts ,ifn o. o.,
Argentina during the dictatorshin ~
the tyrant Rosas. and deals especJaliv
Win the cforts. the intrigucs and tho
conspiracies OF the Argentine people To
ria themselves OF his bloody and ruth
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L.
so vindictive n creature Underwood fndinw
il impossible TO prosecute, prosecute any
further.
Rev. DR.. Earle will preach to the colored
people at Ebenczer Church this morning at / /
O'Clock At 1880 and 1880 he will preach in the
Second Baptist Church
IA faster schedule has been adopted for pas
Railroad. The through trains will leave Rich
mond at 2:40 a. NJ, arrive at Danville at 952
and Greensboro 1910. Coming this way
trains will leave Greensboro at ] 80 a. NJ Dan.
vile ut $3.50 a. NJ. and arrive at Richmond at
L 80 a. NJ.
General stoncman has appointed the follow
ing mag strates for Henrico County: Walter
Meade John -. Crcnshaw and G.; w West vice
w. Il. Wade and George Marsh.
Miss Nellie Grant. daughter OF General Grant:
Miss Tilt. OF Galena. H.. and Mr.. Casey tbroth.
er-in-l law of General Grant, and wife wcre in
the city Saturday guests of DR.. Sharp
Cutting of OF heads of county officers goes
bravcly on Saturday General Stoneman sp.
pointed the following sherifs: for Chesterfield,
Hanover, J. a. Wingned, vice Edward Vaughan;
for Pittsylvania, William Leahy.
Ole Bull the world renowned vioIinst is
coming TO Richmond He viii give two con-
certs on the tn and 9th OF March next.
The MIR. "a; Moseley, OF Buckingham" whose
political disabilities removed by act Of
Congress. Is not the veteran editor OF the
4 country home in Bucking CHAM.
has passed bill restoring capital punishment
In that State.
The cashier OF the Fourth National Bank OF
Philadelphia has He'd tho country beinr n de-
faulter for 10000 There was a run on the
bank Saturday.
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Libby Isri-on

MISS D. j., Richmond.--The site of
Old Libby Prison Is on Cary. between
Nineteenth and Twentieth streets
There is no marker TO indicate the
site. The building was taken down
listed here in the carly eighties on
Main. between Nineteenth and Twen-
tieth streets, is the Old Stone House.
built probably about 1850. II is now
occupied as a museum. where the
curiosity OF the visitor may he graft
fed with various relics OF older and
later days II has as much claim AS
some other places TO its tradition as
Washington's headquarters. but. as a
matter OF fact. the general was not in
Richmond during the Revolutionary
War.
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FROM OTHER VIEWPOINTS
National Problems
Authoritative Wrcrs-A dltoriai
TARTAR RAID DETECTED AND HALTED
III

When the newspa pcrs announced the
appearance at Washington thcatcr
OF Albert Rhys Williams and Miss
Louise Bryant. telling "thc truth about
OF the Bolshevists, The Times -Dispat h
suggested inquiry into their sources OF
sons Of that kind were hardly likely
10 DC conducting speaking and adver-
Using campaign. at their own expense.
suggestion. the Expressed o opinion and md
the Indicated suspicion
Williams was described in the i'm :
PRODUCTION to the American public
given him. presumably by himself. as
S,i!. G;o,rrespondent md author, and
and lecturer" Nos il appears that
the woman is the wife OF John Reed,
s VINO came to this country some mouths
York. and who was an active member
Of @, the pqishe,yist propasanda conf
congregational Clergyman. who aban-
eoms ,, violent radical" and hurried
disposal OF the Bolshevist government.
Both he and Reed served az propa-
beginning with 100000 rubics' 0 and
afterward extended indefinitely. Tho
money was stolen. of course. from
petroSrad: Doubtless the part Of it
intended for foreign use was IN gold
s as !, Is hardy likely that any body not
any, rate. Russian paper
The most direct and detailed cx-
posurc comes from !. 6. Phelps stokes
the rich New Yorker who became n
SOCIALIST and married Rose Pastor
she is under sentence for conspirinE
against the United States government
ana is supposed to DC a. large on bail
awaiting the result OF an appeal Mr.
stokes seems 10 have learned lesson
"hicn probably persons vastly more
lfnportant than he is will learn after
q wh!le-that the filthy froth gathered
~ the mill dam is treacherous and
unstable. and is not the power that
drives the wheel: tina, glib and pretty
dom ,,' and that it is prudent not to trust
Tic professional 'radical' until after
some close and definite SCRUTINY OF
moral principles and habits. r,en,ai
endowment and social and financial
Mr.. Stokes published Statement, is
oacked by testimony before the con-
Gresslonal committee of inquiry into
EoiSncrtst activities. Americans 20
Gently from Russia and long resident
there confirm the account OF tho ar
tiVities and connections or Reed and
Mrs; Reed and Williams. and show thai
as long nro as December OF 1917 tbc
stolen millions began TO nour out an,
me hired agents to 70 forth to spread
ne BoiSheyist teachings OF dnstruc.
ton o! the home. the law religion and
prooerty. Of rule bv murder and the
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profits and By tho demand OF consumers for
cheaper commodities. Perhaps there arc
Observation-Disclosures and strife-seekcrs on both
sides Present prospects arc that We will
como to a halt until somebody gives away
or mutual concessions arc agreed upon or
course. tho situation will adjust itself in
time, but il some man party would find
a way TO hasten tho adjustment without in
terval OF dismay and distress we would hayo
an illustration of really constructive states
manship OF priceless value
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use of women between the aye, OF
propersS a Tha armsns pSbs
justice that they now are the 'n moss
>, Signs OF the moral. and political
iiSSray-.rhore deadly and dcstruettS.
1aah any ny ~, Wild d., INVASION by Hun or
stealthy and hidden now-are to bs
seen in all directions. The strike at
ssheyist example and methods ' In 5 ;or
10TH the Junior League. an orsani.
committed. by the activities of few
n n,,np members. TO sanction and
be vicious and Violent nn~ i raa1d,I to
strikes strikes and asitations OF one kind and
hhn nSc srr In various cities and sections
E,na goes long way in work OF tina.
feners. " eonscfen;;,ou, w VI s vs.: ssin
cciilsts. all the organizations And
TO-, I5raes directed against the stability Of
ton OF society. arc abundantiy and
;rn my, riously financed. They find fees
iior i AND money for bail and travel
and a. ID Pamphlets. Occasional ei Ie,mn"
m aand some Kind OF co-operst rat 'n or
1 The ;.i from responsible officials.
channels and by every means that my
scrupuious and vindictive ingenuity
Yet the Bolshcvists are not 80 s,ronr
as INC Huns were. have not so mucS
money or brains nor so good a foi,n
cation or respectable standing ara
pIauSibie case. We know now ma,
INC Huns were at work through wear,
USING the same means now being used
ana more clevcrly. They did no, win
one American community from lis al
,,ccSiancc, when the test came. Even
M vas sound at heart dcapits
s sea,iie IN IN "a. municipal election
on tho continent for Bolshcvist si,c.
cess. and one strong man throtticd ~.
pretentiouS revolution there TO bn 70
warded with the applause O! a hun
urea million The movement has rx
nioded It's definite incarnation y,
:..ee;n,t,.e and. through Williams and
MISS Bryant" at Washington has
brought exposure which means d.afn
as surely as sunlight means death ~
certain germs OF disease The Net "
sni h VII VII be awakening of vigilance
ana Cleansing and clearing on minds
among the American people and Inter,
silcd loyalty TO our estn blished mir
cipicS OF government The silcn, ava
tTcacherous invasion o! filth and -nnr
der Is detected and halted rc,c,in,
low surely. va ioi-
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TO the Fallen Heroes.

1or The Times ispatch)
Dear France. with love we speal thy
For meath thy soil SO manv heroo,
lie;
They did their bit, and thus eternal
Is theirs. Twill last forever yes,
for aye.
For what they did will never fade, but
bright
And dazzling. like a flaming mctcor's
glare.
They stand and brighten lifc's mos,
drcary night.
Resplendent. grand. superb. surpass-
And pilgrims from afar will seek their
Their husbands. sweethcarts. sons;
TO them they owe
Their ail--their lives. their homes. A
Flanders stone
Will point them TO the spot, on
which engraved
viii be: They died that others might
be saved" I.
j. F.. GRANT
Camp Eustis. Va. February 90. 1919.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-24

Those who were in New York the five years
before 1917 will remember the glib. Sinking
ready and usually very dirty orators who on
soap boxes infested nearly every other corner
from Fourteenth Street to Central Park, al
ways in a sneaking way sneering at our
government and laws Now we understand
what their real purposes and hopes were.
Recent testimony shows that with the revo-
luton in Russia, from whence they came
here, they Hooked back and now are leaders
in the punderng and numbering OF the Boil
sbevists
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-24

10 the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
;. S'r,-Ihc time IL drawing near when
niond, and before he departs | wish
mat we may hear a sermon from him.
naHiNE ms subject concerning Luke
xviii, verses S-i5
IL seems as though il were time Mr.
SUNDAY might halt in MS Remuneration
g. oiher ministers OF the gospel come
down from his exalted seat and learn
lesson OF humility from the sinner,
ano thereby make his hearers know
that he realizes he has at least one
Ianit, aions with the rest OF the NUTS
VINO call themselves preachers" Quota
toh from one OF his recent sermonS)
CHURCH MEMBER
Hanover. Va, February IS, 1915.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-24

Mr. Edison on his scyenty-second birthday
was proud because he could kick his hand
with his foot. In the first place, a good deal
of the point depends on the elevation at
which the hand was held. In the second.
many an American citizen seyentyone years
younger than Mr. Edison puts his toe in his
own mouth every day and doesn't brag
about it.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-24

Next we may expect TO hear OF consrc-
cation OF rabbits rising and chasing all the
hounds out Of the country. The dcspised,
pluudered and prosecuted bourgeoisie have as
serted themselves at Dusseldorf and other
places in Germany, and have met threatened
strikes of the Spartacans and the proletariat
by striking first. Doubtless to their own as
constituent, they won easily. The proletariat
discovered promptly that with nobody to be
terrified they we're no longer terrible.
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Twenty-EIghth Infnutrr.

Mrs. w. j., Alberta.-The Twenty
eighth Infantry is in the First Di-
vision. army OF occupation. at Monta
Baur. The army of occupation num-
ocrs. tentatively. thirteen divisions
irst. Second, Third, Fourth. Fifth.
Seventh. Twenty eighth, Thrty-scc-
cnd Thirty-third, Forty s c o n d.
Seventy-ninth and Nincticth. We have
20 idea when the Twenty eighth In
fpntry will be ordered home.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-24

Now the suffrage leaders will have now
opportunity to extract from the enthusiastic
and the crcdulous another 100000 for dis
tribution among the workers to lead an at
tack on tho next Congress. Life in Wash
ngton on salary and allowances, with moth
ing to do but talk and get in the newspapers
is not entirely unattractivc
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-24
News of Fifty Years Ago
(From the Richmond Dispatch. Feb "a, 1869
Hon. r. n. T. Hunter. ex-

Hon. K. NJ. T. Hunter, ex-
United States Senator and
eS Confederate statesman,
now a quiet and unaSsum-
ing citizen of Essex Coun-
ty, spent Friday and Satur-
urday in tho city. 1t will
be remembered that MIR.
Hunter Was one Of the
large number Of Virginia
gentlemen who mad the
honor OF being indicted by
Inderwood's patent grand
jury for treason" against
the Union. In his case, as
in many others, "a nolle
prcseuni was entered at
the last term OF the Unit ed
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-24
Much Ado About Nothing
BALLAD Of the n. c. l..
BIZ ROY *, MOULToN,

Ballad the n. c. l..
Songs arc sung OF the cost Of living
Gutter and cheese and dozen esgs),
None the less we are quite forgivnE
Paying the price which the butcher bess
taiutton and lamb or in chops legs).
Yet wonder at prices veerins
(Meions and lemons and purple grapes)
Upward and on. Who's prohteerins?
Nothing, SO far as is known. escapes
Carpets and curtains and coats and cane :
! Where Will it end That is the question
tMufIins and rolls and loaf of bread
still, We free from indigestion
Since overeatins is done dead
'lIeltuces. cabbaSes green red)
Gone the days OF the happy smoker
90 pipes and makings and ciGaretes)
Even quiet game of poker
Faiters. for nobody pays his debts
tThe coin is lacking one for:cts)
Beer is taboo and wine a mockcr
tsauebaush, anisette. ininted cream)
Evry drink is Dock -shocker
Nothing is left but the old home stream
cocktails and hzZes golden dream)
--Perchi
The pictures of society leaders at Palm Do,o,
nave convinced us beyond the pcradv.ntu-o :,
any sort of doubt and beyond the chance Of
successful contradiction that there are about
as many knock knced ladies among tho sD,r,
sets as among the duller ones who ncv.- 49,
their pictures in the paper For az shake
speare SO patheticaily put it as he watched Az,
t'i'Ha"'' uash into the surf at Bawth
long
! The pleasant ladies
Can beat all Hadex
And lash the mast
But when knock-knced wimmen
60 in swimmin.
The truth comes out at last"
Fashion expert says that mems Transfers 49,
year will fare out at the bottoms like saiIore.
trousers.
But we know OF pair that won't. We
positively refuse TO have them changed
There's Limit to Everytbin-
"''"s 80" l'own TO Eight Miles Hour
Watkins IN. y Sign
According to the star Il force OF fifteen =,
pert question askers has arr,yoa -
Kansas City. But" adds the star .Gt.
more or less can't expect to make much ar
terence in city as full OF en- as this cty IS :"
Helen Rowland says good cook must hay
the nerve OF a Jess Willard. Huh! Is tna, all
the she needs:
The billiard and pool players will never T..
mand eiGht-hour day.
There's plenty room for any nation TO q,
pand. The trouble with some countries :. -,
wish to expand sideways. over the povertv or
their neighbors. If content to grow unw,rd
increasing poetry, philosophy. music. everybody
would rejoice. There is plenty room toward
Observation-Disclosures.
More Cannibas!
The Mems Club will be served in a big silver
,urcen donated for the occasion bv Mrs GO
hard.-Conncllsvlle Exchange.
Tight skirts creating a race of knock
kneed women."-N. Y. paper.
And cross-cyed men.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-24

During the war Norway cringed meekly
and merely whimpered remonstranccs while
the Huns sank sal OF its merchant ships
and murdered 1,120 OF its seamen. Now that
the Hun is thoroughly whipped, without help
from it, it perks UP and its sailors refuse
20 carry food to Germany until that country
pays s4ooo,oo4. to the families Of the U-boat
victims. Indignation SO long and prudently
postponed and now thrifty applied is
hardly likely to arouse general or acute
sympathy.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-24

With the Y. NJ. c. A. the Y. w. G. A,
tho Red Cross all the social leaders and a
considerable proportion of the clergy tcketed
by the Rev. Mr.. Sunday for hell, that place
will become such a desirable and exclusive
residence district that Old Nick presently
will be advertising corner lots there AT fancy
prices.
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Good Riddance

, turkey in Europe is doomed There is
every promise m the reports that come
from the Paris peace table that at last This
plot upon civilization is going to be wiped
out, ana this arch-murderer is at last going
10 pay In part the penalty of it's age-old
record OIL crime Not only will the Ottoman
empire be forced back across the Dardanelles
ana lose all footing in Europe, including the
city or Constantinople, but it's dominons in
Asia Minor are to be diminished No longer
VIII It's sinister and blood fouled rule hold
undisputed sway in the Caucasus, Mesopo-
tamla ana Palestine. Its territories will
dwlndle to half their former size; its rich
mineral and agricultural lands TO the south
and east will pass to other hands Truly
the Sick Man OF Europe never was so sicl,
before.
IL Is a beiatcd. but Divine Justice For
years the Turkish empire has been the great
anachronism OF history. It's crimes have
been reproach to civilization, and its vic
tins have cried TO Heaven for vengeance
Depraved and foul-smeling as it has been,
it has survived solely by reason OF that
balance of power, the equilibrium OF which
the Christian nations OF Europe feared would
De disturbed II there was any effort to punish
inc turk Tor his crimes. His government
rotten and corrupt, was but the expression
OIL nation rotten and corrupt. The crueltics
which be has practced for years upon the
helpless Armenians eliminated during the
war in series of massacres more frigbtful
than the normal mind could conceive And
now he is to pay the price
Constantinoplc and the Dardanelles are to
be lnternatlonalized 1t is far better that
this should be so than that the ARRANGEMENTS
hrSt liked by the entente for their disposi-
lion III the event OF victory had obtained
ihcSe arrangements, entered into at the out
set OF the war and before the United States
became party in the conflict. provided that
Russia should be given ConstantinopIe as the
tradiuonal goal OF that nation, seeking
water outlet to the south. So long as this
port could be made the prey Of any one ma
tion it would remain always Il possible source
OF trouble To internationalize it and make
it the common ward OF all the nations to
the peace compact is to give reasonable in
surance OF permanently satisfactory settle
ment
There remain, Of course, many difficulties
ahead before the Turkish empire is disposed
| OF finally and satisfactorily at the peace con-
ference. aside from the rival claims that
may be said to exist between France and
Great Britain as to this question, the Turks
resistance against the allies, and The chances
are that troops will have to be maintained
in Asia Minor for some time to come before
quiet finally is restored. Ultimately though
the final arrangements will be made. and
with the Turk finally out OF Europe FOR good
and all and under effective restraint, the civ
lzed peoples Of the world can join in
hearty good radiance"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-24

President Wilson was badly advised when
he urged the opponents in Congress Of the
league OF nations plan to be silent until he
could be heard The first desire OF every
skilled lawyer is to have the case OF the other
side fully disclosed before he speaks
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-24
MONDAY. FEBRUARY "a. 1919.

Seyenteen-year locusts due again this year
They will find some changes since 1902, when
they interned themselves voluntarily, includ-
ing automobiles, air traffic and a lew EN-
perors and Kings out Of business, but Will
liam Barnes, New York Republicans leader,
is yet talking.
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Only .JTIytlcr.

Sir,-By cal! Tor q conferen,... ~
Inc public school officials on February.
-; our Governor sounds the ,ocsin to
ire safeguard OF democracy"
Hence shall my MESSENGER go forth
horlh' south. east ana west. TO sum
mons inc array OF earnest teachers
and patrons so that n mighty CRY OF
justice justice 20 the child! shall arisc
20 ciash against the hardened heavens
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-24

Among other little jobs arranged for us
under the mandatory scheme Is that OF super
intending and policing Arabia, including, Of
course, the deserts. This work should be in
trusted exclusively to journeyman prohibit
uonlsts, that they may know the bliss OF
riding camels, taking but one drink week,
over territory positively and permanently
bonc-dry.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-24

Mr.. Gomdra. Parasuayan minister 10 Wash
ington, is urging that we use, under prohi-
oltion, "yerba nate" the nonalcoholic slim
ulant manufactured in his country. Our peo-
pie would be shy of it in the autumn 1t is
too suggestive of hibernate" as a conse-
quence of indulgence
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-24

Taking the Austrian view Of the assassi-
nation OF the grand duke in Serbia in 1914
the pretext for the starting OF the great wat.
and supposing the constitution of the league
Of nations to have been in effect then, with
Austria in full membership, would that coun-
try believing, or pretending to believe, that
The murder was sanctioned by the Serbian
Deople and officials, have postponed action
until submission and trial OF the case? Or
would we forbear pursuit OF Villa into Mex
leo. If he raided and ravagcd our territory.
untii our proper course had been considered
and determined by delegates or executive
council or secrctariat overseas?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-24
Information Bureau.

Inquiries regarding utmost noy tonic.
excepting ON ieEni mud medical sub.
Jectn. nrc answered tree. A. all in
ruirtes urc answered directly by pcr-
sonai letter, n scif-addreAsru, stau,red
envelope Is required. Adurcx. rho
tilC Almond. va,
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Let's All Join In the Chorus.

James H. Cain. a deputy State prohibition Of
nccr, reported to state Commissioner Walter II
IIailaman today that he and Deputy o. G. Movers
had arrested Keyser Pete Piccolo with five
half pnts of "Old Melody" brand liquor ,on
ccalcd in mandolin.
Justice Doyle. OF Keyscr played tho u,
chord him to tho tune of $3.50 as fine n nd
gave him two months in jail Deputy Cain
says--From ParkcrsburG Exchange
Manuel says he doesn't want to be King
That seems to make II unanimous.
Colonel House is our favorite speaker. He
mover makes speeches.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-24

Mr.. Garretson, OF the brotherhood OF Lo-
connective Engineers. favors operation OF the
railways on the Notwithstanding basis AS in
many and fast increasing instances there are
no profits to share. his views on division OF
losses would be entertaining