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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-03
LIVING WAGE FOR
SCHOOL TEACHERS

cole Hanson, Ex-Mayor OF Seattle.
in Leslies-)
Twenty million children leave their
homes every morning abcc. O'Clock
and go to shcooL For the best hours
of the dsy and for many days, through
a nine or ten month period, they are
under the training and control Of
the school teachers of the United
States.
OF course we have surrounded this
teaching class, building the corner
stone Of the future, the molders OF
our destiny. with the greatest oppor-
tunities and privileges possible
or course we see That they are
well paid, well housed. wei clothed.
well fed, well recompensed in every
way.
OF course we have made this career
of tn etcacher one incalculable in its
effect on our common fortune. so al
Turing that only the ablest and best
will choose it and follow it.
OF course we have set aside as In a
hallowed place, almost, the followers
Of such an Indispensable occupation,
and have surrounded them with every
appurt enanco of well-being, physical.
mental and spiritual.
OF course we have at least been as
wise as those savage tribes who
exempt all mentors of the young from
every species OF manual labor, all
forms of taxes and every compulsion
to barter for their daily bread.
But-have we?
No. We have done the exact OPP
posite. q have placed the teaching
class throughout America in SUBJ
ordinate place in our society. We
havo SO arranged that mon and women
teach only until they can get some
thing better to do.
We have so scheduled tho teachers
wage that tho bootblack who learns
his trade in two days earns more
money than the instructor of the
Young whose shoes he shines Our
street-car drivers get moro pay per
year than many college professors
The bridesmaids wife can and does
wear better dresses and lives on a
higher plane of real comfort than do
school teachers.
ttr test paid teachers are in the
larger cities. From statistics gather
ed In S2o Of our larger cities by the
National Education association it ap-
pears that the median salary for h9,-
020 elementary school teachers is
$8l6.19 per annnnn. the .naedfan salary
fart 4 zzaass,4 jtpteSE1e6ia fGnchnrnf q
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-03
THE ANTT-ADVFRTTSF.R

He swore he'd have nothing to do with
the cult
Nay. nothing whatever. And that
was his ult.'
He loa1hed tho sulgarity often dis
played
In drinks. toothpaste. undcrwear---
wretche1 OLD trade"
But yet when he fed he ate adver-
tised Good.
Wore advertised clothes SOS not TO go
nude;
Drank advertised liquids from adver-
tised cups.
And played at leisure with adver-
tised pups,
He wrote all his letters on advertised
linen,
Used dentifrice trade-marked with
somebody erinnin'.
He battIeas every ,sav ira an advertised.
tub,
And advertised SOAP helped him out
with his scrub.
He slept every night in an advertised
bed;
And when at the last they declared he
was dead.
And through wi;h his endless beratin
and scoflin'!
They laid him away in an advertised
coffin
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-03
by ANDRE CHERADAME.

tFrench Historian lust Returned
From An Investigation OF canai-
t''+'S ~ '''i ''i''i'F j.
fariS, oct. Ii crTnanY lis not
beaten. nor IS she repentant, Instead.
she IT'S again feVetishly lahoring in
preparation for new battle Of world
conquest
What Is more, the incredible blind
ness 'tnd stupidity Of the allied states
men, who are pinning their faith upon
he worthless treaty OF Versailles, Will
periult pan-EermaniSm as strong and
ruthless AS in 1914. to win
TIL" severest measures Of repression
on tho part of tha allies are imperative
now. Next year it viii be too late.
Delay means the ensiavement Of Eu
rope under the yoke Of the Hun.
Germany is armtng at tap speed this
very minute She has confessed the
truth through Herr. StogerwaId. ma
tional minister OF social economy, who
told the bhueiand delegates at CO.
}oEne ON September 49,
The Versailles treaty is a scrap Of
PAPER What does it matter Il in it We
DO recognize a debt of three or four
billion marks. as long as we are cor
tain that we won't pay u single pfen-
mig? Germany now has SOC 900 men
in the army, which will be . 600 90
strong within two months If necessary.
Now that Germany is rcVictualled she
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-03
WHAT THE FATHERS ADVOCATED

and enables us 10 neutrality.
For new and weak nation, such as
we were then. that was the only
means by which we could grow sum
GENTLY strong and united to cause
the neutrality we may at any time re,
solve upon to be scrupulously re,
s'nected." Even NJ that, Washington
did not advise against a European alli-
ance whenever 1t might prove TO our
advantage and to the adva ntare OF
right and justice How could he, hav-
ing 80 lately won our revolution with
the aid Of the King Of France? Bu,
he did warn us against making such
alliances permanent" TT in our
. true policy TO steer clear Of permanent
alliances with any portion Of the for
oign world" Yet even here there j.
qualification. and IT shows how dem
mite his concept was. how scrupulous-
~ it avoided loose Generalization $50
far, ! moan. MS we arc now at liberty
10 DO 1t: Tor let ms not be- understood
as patronizing infidelity TO existing On
Eagements." And this qualification is
repeated. $50 far as we have already
formed engagements, let them be full
hiled with perfect good faith"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-03
FREE STREET CARS.

He says. and seemingly thinks that
to make street cars free would BIO only
a logical continuance of the policy
that abolished the toIlgates, once SO
numberous on roads and bridges All
over the country. The benefits to be
derived from free street cars he com =
pare@ with Those r4linea from free
t;idew aIks ont Of doors and free ele-
vatora In hniIdings-they would facih-
tate by chea pcning tho movements of
the public and would ''s1elp uanoss''
by bringing more people To the shops
and bringing them with more money
10 spend after their arrival
There Ia certain. or a sort, OF
plausihiIity in all this. but, as MIR
Bauer say himself. Mr.. Bauer rides
around his own city in an aut ornobila,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-03

sSaa.42, that for 1876 high school
teachers In city schools is 81 1850.
II also appears that there 19.01T
teachers, including 3ss high school
teachers, In the large cities who re-
cetyse less than SEQ per annurrl There
are 2-92l, Including ~ hfeh school
teachers. who receive less than $500
each twelve months.
And that was the year that the
railway wage commission urged that
the lowest paid railroad man should
receive Mt least 81 400 IN the navy
yar4; IN tfia1 year" black~gdtths were
receiving $9,39s. electricians. S2.221.
laherers, $t,297 and char women,
1878.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-03

a Curious rerversions Of history. win
- mere wetrdH muddled argument
800 thereon. are set forth IN these
- ~ longwfnded senators IN op-
1kfon To the league OF nations
1VvHnant. Rorah, for instance, tells
Q ranfie scicrnuly that the president
|a31 abandoned definitely the attl-
f1Hs IL washtngton against entang-
al1taces' The senator from
apesaas not 10 know that it WAS
nI1oEnpn who us-d the phrase when
wired ''Peace commerce and
1900 fY4endssrip with an nations, en>
11ax alliances with none"
81 n = : questionable phrase. ZEN
Ie11ng Alliances" as the New York
- apffy says in discussing this
1oncy of modern Republicans To
1f11 MI mixed Up. No nation in its
would enter an alliance OBJ
- calculated To Snarl It up, There
0wsvsr. m idea behind this vague
auAstton begging epithet--an idea
washington had stamped upon
p4htc mind in his farewell ad-
four years before Like al
politicaI ideas. i, sprang from "A
111 A4lnite set of circumstances.
tn6n Genet had almost succeeded
III krpfffng ur in the war between
(ionary France and England
- vas in no sense ours. and
4nbious justice. TO mix In 4
n m 5eopardize. and proba bly, u
& cnr one great hope Of esta5-
1trcnx. united Republlc--the
- kind. The policy which
1ilgsea thsn steadfastly pursued
srh public clanaor. he en-
w. r. - n the address "our de-
linla1k situation invites
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-03

those senators Of today who blandiy
attribute both JefTerson's loose phrase
and their own loosen Interpretation
Of it to the statesman who transcribed
all others in the realism of his mind
as re did in It's high ideaIism.
Washmrton's counsel was speda-
cally gagged to the facts Of his ttrne
and of the immediate tnturc To-day
the basic situation is reversed. In
stead Of being the weakest Of nations.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-03

farther than that
without exception, the radical
press Of the United states Is com
ploteiv in accord n the one position
ir1plaeable hostility to President WI
son and everything for which he
stands. Whenever they mention him
at ali II Is in terms If tho most violent
d,zappraxal, often in words Of rey'l~
ing and abuse.
Perhaps in that fact is Tho key to
senator polndex,er's desire to Ink up
the Reds with The president What
thc.radicals say about him is so rfnch
of kind with what the reactionary
Republicans say about him that some
times i s,eoWs aS II thcrr might rs {. n
understanding between them. Foin-
dexter may have begun &C. realize that
fact. HIS slur at the president may
he merely an Effort to evade the OPP
prohrIum earned by ms own group.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-03

we are the strongest. In gaining that
eminence we have prof1ted by foreign
alliance-~for 1t was in fact, II not In
name, an alliances Washington die.
That he would abandon loyal allies In
their great necd--which is also ours
is unthinkable. Having formed en-
Esgements. shall we not .1et them he
fulfilled with perfect good faith ,"
Those who viii to do otherwise ignore
the high spirit OF the fathers, as they
ignore the letter Of their counsel.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-03
DE-sIER PHOTOGRAPHS
AUTO MIS- As ADS

st. Louis has an eRterprising and
reScurceful automobile branch man
Sger. He TOOK the advertising reins
in his own hands rather than use cut
and-dricd plat matter that happen
ed TO be sent in.
Here is his unique and rather hair
raising scheme
y photographer, a car and a driver
were sent arounJ St Louis to every
steep grade and impossible" road
barrier that might be imagined. THAT
automobile was made to do things
that no manufacturer would ever ask
OF n car But The things it did were
daredevil stunts that went to prove
nIgn invinciblo. The photographer
stood on tn" side lines and snapped
these feats If hazard
'or example. tie driver deliberate
" drove his car up a long tedious
hlEhf OF stone steps in Forest park.
Everyone in 81 Louis knew Of the
stairs. had puft2i up then and knew
now steep thc5F were. II an automo-
hi'o could ascend this granite handi-
cap 1t could 10 anything on earth
within reason.
Ihree column newspaper space was
used 10 reprodnoc the photogra phs
and a hit Of ne icr,ptiye matter. Each
al photograph was numbered, with
a suggestion thar the reader save
taeh as they rs 'rg Issued. completing
j remarkable series of twelve.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-03

R01nai Mercier's welcome had
w Dassed the first stage when the
- queen Of Belgium started to
11 sw ~ footsteps IN visit TO the
2r1 States. That thess heroic
area would be welcomed was TO
poc&Ad. whatever one may think
and such. AS such, every
kncws thai the rulers Of the Bel
|e ARE possessed OF very high al
49, which would command re
- md admiration anywhere, under
~ circumstances
s3hear reception has beer most cor
~ T1aere in every reason to be
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-03
THE KING AND QUEEN OF BELGIUM

licve that the same cordially Will
continuation hey viii not intrude
upon the cities Of Chicago and Nil
waukee. whose respective mayors,
violent pro-Cfermans. both, have ex-
pressed the most inhospita bic spirit.
America and the world owe too
much to Belgium and to those who led
it through Tho maelstrom Of war to
be diverted by the antics OF an in
dividual who. as the Republican
mayor of Chicago did. could GO out Of
his way 10 afrront Marshal Joffre ana
cast siurs at the outstanding young
man whose personality Kept the Bel
rians tofethef in these tying years
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-03

IN ash2r astonishing Is the sugees~
nG = made that street cars Re aboi-
$3.50 and that whoever wishes to ride
~ than should be allowed to do so
s1kAout any charge, the expense Of
~ lines TO be paid out of the public
|ts~@sury.
8. IL vas not parior pnlsheviSt VINO
advanced the idea, No mere SOAP
BOX orator promulgated the new the
! n. THE fgIffsY- ri this intriguing
is Ralph Bauer, who rs a
- Nassachusstts manufacturer,
GS1nt OF the Associated Eoarcs- Of
80 hi his county, which rs Essex,
credited with possessing his fair
OF the hard headedness and
seaon sense characteristic OF his
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-03
LOW VISIBILITY FOR sCRUBgFRs

How 70 garb the women who scrub
amt sweep stores is a matter which
has been solved by the Fair of Chi
caGn. The force OF scrubwonen,
cleaners and store cleaning help are
dttcdawith neat Khaki uniforms which
do not show dirt, bur give the wear
or husincsS-i like appearance in
stead of the usual sipshod, ill-kept
appearance Of people who do this sort
Of work
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-03

whereby one r,ay leave an order for
one month, three months or one year
for sweets to he sent each week as
designated. Thus the busy man can
leave an order for O box of his favorite
sweets that will be sure to reach his
homt regularly. This Is billed to him
Mt the end of each month and paid
for as would be any other article
charged TO his account
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-03
n TNIS y :
WALTER HAMILTONS
SUMMER SALE

As the man opened up the folder he
saw on the first inside page a picture
Of "a man in conv.ct's uniform peerfng
through the bars of a cell. Then OPP
positc this portrait and on the re-
naming two inside pages was letter
with the following to say:
Dear Wallie--Say. I'm sorry I can't
come over to your annual summer
sale | hoped to come. but the war
den insists that | stay here AS his
guest It's hard 10 break away from
q man who is as hospitable as he is
you know Bin Gerston, ! reckon and
understand how hard 1t would be for
me to turn down his entertainment,
And ! sure wanted to get pair of
those silk shirts You have on the
counter at S6.75. | know that they
src worth IS. And as my straw han
is gone, l would like to get one of
those you're closing out,
Underwear, too. ! need a little or
that Wish I could come over to In
vest in a suit or two to finish the sea-
son How about those suits You
marked down from $40 to s32 5o--do
you suppose you've got anything in
nice stripes that would fit me-, I'd
like to get another suit. and the way
you got them marked it's better'n the
place / used to get them.
Wen, Waffle. when you start that
annual summer sale next Monday
morning this viii tell you why I'm
not there-anG 7 suppose the early
corners will ger the cream of the pick
ing But you know how it is.
Confidentially yours,
ARTED- DARK BT1L, Cell 456.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-03
WANTED

Ninety calves by next Friday TO au
an order Fancy calves bringing zoe.
Let us have yours as soon ss s.e.ssyhja
HAzfLGRoyE Il CO.
Commission Merchants
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-03
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| T. ! HE BUSINESS |
\ = COLUMN T.
III k>-A EDITED MANSFIELD r HOUSE e~~443
- LNE.=-=z....=::=:.=

In this column which Friday
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-03
CAN BUY CANDY BY YEAR

The kaufman store of Pittsburgh.
Ra~~ has an Ingenious candy club
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-03

The pope's deilv average Of letters
Is 20. 600, and these are dolt with by
twenty-five secretaries.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-03
"MISSTNG CUSTOMERS"
LETTER A FULLER

One morning about the first OF the
month, the good customers OF a
Fresno. Calf, ciothier were tipped off
to a special sac put ON by the dealer.
And the tip appeared 10 come, not
directly from the clothier himself.
but from one man in the town who
could not come. And the sale was a
success.
In the envelope received by the pa
irons of the *tpre was six-raFe fold
er. On the corner was the printing:
THE ONE MAN WHO CANNOT
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-01
WOULD EXPEND TEN
MILLIONS PROFIT IN
IMPROVING SERVICE

NEW YORK. Nov. 3O.-Recommcnda,
ton that n large part of the SlO.puO,OQO
net annual profit shown by the mni-
grafton service be expended in lmprQN-
ing tho organization will be- made by
the house committee on immigration
which has been nvc%ilgatlng conulIionS
on Ellis Island. il was learned today:
This proposal Is one Of the results OF
the inquiry here which has been closeo
for tho present
REPRESENTATIVE Albert johnson, chair
man Of the committee, left today Tor
Washington with his colleagues. They
took with them a mass of testimony.
cores pOndcnCe, documentary evidence
and miscellaneous papers which VIII DC
usct, in helping them to frame their re-
port TO congress.
While the committee was dclving into
the customs in vogue at Ellis Island II
spccdcd UP action on eighty deporta-
tons cases which had been pending
The minutes and exhibits IN thcSe CASES
have been sent TO Washington by spc-.
cial messenger in response to IN" com.
mittccs LEmand for quick act9h.
Representative Isaac SieGel said touaE'
lIr indicated tit one OF the most ur-
gent recommendations of tho committee
will be- that the office Of commissioner
Of immigration be abolished and an as
yistant secretary Of labor be sent 10
Ellis Island instead.
Mt. Siegcl pointed out that inc com
missioner OF Immigration is prcsiden-
tiaI annointcc and receives salary oil
,6 zoo while the commissioner general
Of Immigration. who is supposed 10 DC
his superior. il appointed by tho sec
Rotary of labor and gets only So,uuO.
This has n tendency to produce lhSupor-
dinatiCn, Mr.. SicGei said.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-01
Many Ships Refused
To Aid German Vessel,
But BritiSher Responds

HALIFAX. y. S.. Nov. "0.--Thc Ger
man bark PAUL believed TO have been
foundcred ~ mid-Atlantic when calls
Tar hcIp elmer could not or would not
be answered 10y passing vessels arrived
here today, tn" first German craft 10
enter Halifax since the outbreak or emu
OF the war.
She brought with her a tale OF mis-
cry endured at sea that was ended ny
thu gallantry Of the captain OF brll,
i>h steamship whose former vessel had
boon torpr,!ucL. and sunk by Il German
suhIuarin. and her lifrhOatS fired upon.
The RAUL is commanded by captain
Wolf Kruger, pilot Of a German sea-
rlaur that operated in the North sea
during the war. His craft passed.
through several gales. Her sails were
torn tr tattcrS and her masts carried
away: passing ships refused to take
her in tow. and when tn" fate or h"r
crew seemed to hr scaled tn" BRITISH
steamship Manchester Merchant came
along and Captain MusGrarc sent our
wireless calls ana gave olh't dSsiSS-
nnCe. ,
CAPTAIN Kruger brought his disabled
craft To FORT without proper charts. ana
was ignorant Of tho coast. HIS "lte
was on the vessel. on November ] the
Paul was forced TO lay to for four
hours in n violent gale. in which
sailor fell from the furcmaSt anc broke
n leg ard an arm. The British steam
shin Idaho took him off, but the German
skinner said he could not induce pass
ing Vessels to take him in tow. Inc
bark lost twCnty-nno sails, ana rcache1
rnrt under n ma'usnil. Il lower topsail
and n fOrcsail.
The PAU is Z mastcd bark. She
lcft hamburg pc Is in ballast
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-01

CHARLESTON. W. Va. Nov. Co
The large majority Of mines in the Kan
awha district will be down tomorrow.
and mos, of those in the New river dis
,rict will be In opcrb ION tomorrow. &C
cording TO official "st':.ates made by
representatives Of the OPERATORS ton.Ehl.
"Pruductton in tn" New river fields
for Friday was over So per cent OF nor
NAL according To coal leading reports or
the Chesapeake. and OHIO railway, l:
l.. Lewis. secretary OF the operators
association said tonight The output
Saturday was fully so per cent OF nor
mai. and I predict greater tonnage Tor
the coming week"
Mr. Lewis said that he had infor-
nation that the federal government Will
soon round up all those who have been
active in hindering the production or
coal in the New river district. when
asked if he had any one in particular IN
mind who has been instrumental IN IN
ducing the miners to continue me
strike, Mr.. Lewis. said II was not his
policy 10 mention names.
Estimates obtained from the kanawnl
Coal Operators Association Indicated
that there was 50 per cent productI"h
on Friday. and about Il 20 per cent pro.
'duc,iou on Saturday. Officials stated
that there was apparently no intention
Of the miners to resume work tomorrow,
The situation has been somewhat bet
tor on the Chcsapcnk" and ONO mines
ct the Kanawha district than on the
mines of the Kanawha and Michigan.
~ y. Lyon, superintendent Of III" lat
Ter road. estimates that there was less
than 30 per cent production on Fri
day. and less than ten per cent OF nor
NAL production yesterday. No mines
on the kanawha and Michigan will b"
working tomorrow. according 10 his IN
formation.
The normal production OF tn" Kan
awha and Michigan is about 2O.OoO tons.
while the normal in the entire kanawha
district is about $4,000 tons dat'y. and
according To official estimates less than
5000 tons were mined yesterday.
The normal production in the New riv,
er fields is about 10000 tons daily, and
according to figures received by Mr..
Lewis. the production during the last
two days has been NOR" than lG.OuO
tons daily.
Secretary-trcasurer Fred s. Mooney.
stated today. that according 70 reports
RECEIVED at headquarters Of the mine
workers that all of the organized mines
in district II. employing 4l.000 miners
will be idle tomorrow.
This includes the kanawna, Cabin
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-01
LODGE FAv0RS
TREATY WITH
RESERVATIONS

WASHINGTON. Nov. 30. - Senator
Lodge. l;"pullican leader. declared IN
statement tonight he hoped TO 50"
prompt action trkrn on III" peace treaty.
hut that If President Wilson still re-
fused To accept reservations those de-
tnrminrd to "AmCrICaniZc" II stood
ready I" meet him on that issue before
the people
The general feeling in Massachusetts
Is Enthusiastically one Of great satiSfac'
tion that tn" treaty was not allowed TO
pass without the reservations put on by
the senate" Senator Lodg" said. The
sitautiun is perfectly simple BY de-
CiSivc majOriticS the senate put on four
teen reservations. all designed solely
TO protect the safety. independence and
sovereignty of the United States. They
did not nulify the treaty. They simply
Amcricaniz"d it. IF the president had
not int"rfcr"d and issued orders against
accepting tn" reservations the treaty
would have been ratified with the rcscr-
VationS on November 10. Those rescrra-
tinuS---th" work of months-represent
tho views Of the United States senate
and III my judmcnt. OF vast majority
Of the people uf the country. They con-
Stitutc III" irrcducIhlc minimum. I'M
material verbal changes would be fool
iSh and needless"