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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25
News Of Fifty Years AGO
Christmas celebrations were held In several
in at least two large Sunday School rooms

Christmas celebrations were held In several
churches last night and Santa Claus appea red
in NJ least two large Sunday School rooms
Christmas services will be held today in ST.
Johns Church, conducted by Rev Henry Wall:
in Grace Episcopal Church. by Rev. Mr. Baker
and collection Will be TAX en- in aid OF the fund
for relief of disabled minister's: in st. PauI's
Church Dr.. Minngerode will preach at ~
II, and ST. Johns German Lutheran, at IL
Catholics will have services AT st. pcters and
st. l'atricks early in the morning.
Five OF the negroes who took part in the
brutal murder Of Josiah Gray. in Isle OF Wight
County Oh the nth instant. have been arrested
and have confessed THE principal actor In the
tragedy has not yet been caught.
Messrs. Dowell and Paynter have been busy
for the past Few days putting up the fire alarm
boxes received from Philadelphia.
General Candy yesterday removed F: z. Whit
aker from. office as Commissioner OF State RcVe-
nue., at Petersburg. The order says the re-
moval must take place at once.
The pupils of the public schools will have n
full weeks holiday this good Christmas.
Charles Summers substitute bin for the ad-
mission OF Virginia offered in the Senate just
before Congress took recess, declares tho pres.
cnt state government is provisional only, and
directs the commanding general Of the militia ~
thirty days and exact tho test, oath from, the
Fifteenth amendment by tho Legislature thus
organized tho State shall be admitted. That
bin Will never pass.
The Senate before recessins confirmed the
nomination or Beverly g. Bolts to be collector
OF the Virginia district.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25
OLD Brnnswick All Risht.

10 the Editor OF Tho Times Dspatch:
ST. GU gave an excellent notice of the de
laycd nation wide campaign in Brunswick
county There was, however, a slight color
added TO the report which could cause msun-
outstanding. brunswick Tagging
The intonse desire in tho congregation TO do
It's bit had delayed the canvass about a week
IN order TO get a better running start and be-
cause they had been advised by an outside
friend TO call in experienced assistance. In
where there was no resident rector they were
invited 70 show what parish without rec
tor could do Clevery enough their vcstry
saw that they could put vitality into the game
by waiting till some Of the overworkcd neigh
boring clergy were through their own tasks
pro ten and aid them. Result: DR.. Hall
and Bishop Thomson responded o our invita-
tion to put on a whirlwind effort and the whole
thins eliminated In ono Of the most charming
social evenings. Neither Calaviilc. nor Coch-
season and took their places at the parish table
in numbers.
AS speaker of the evening Bishop Thomson
made most gracious reference TO tho great
activity going On in the parish and announced
THAT The Rev: Iiland Tucker would come there
IN June and that meantime there good hope
OF 9ta, resu! a supply Wish your ssyer Office
OF old Brunswick In the strength OF that
beautiful supper and the enthusiasm Of the
canvas he would have found material for live
STORY When left there on midnight train
5000 towards their quota OF Sl.o65 assured me
that when the country members were heard
top What Is the matter with Brunswics?"
She is all right.
NORMAN r MARSHALL.
Emporia, Va. December 20. 1913.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25
EGYPTIAN SITIlaTIN &c SAID
TO BE GENERALLY BETTER
Nationalist Lenders Nephew Denounces
Attacks on Trains and Other
LnwleAS Acts.
rBy Associated Press,

Is generally improved. following the
recent disturbances. In which several
persons were killed and others In :
jurcd.
Demonstrations are ccasinS. and the
students. who were accused of fomcut
ing much of the trouble. are returning
To tho schools
Amtncy 1usscf, q nephew OF the Ma
tionaliSt leader. has written TO the
no"spapeCs dcnouncing attacks on
rains ana urging the students not to
DC Builty OF acts OF lawlcssuess
IL Is announced that the member.
OF Of INC British commission. headed by
oiScount Miner. Secretary for tho Col.
incnt Egyptians and gatherinr ,rnt
hand Information as to tho sifuntion
put II Is believed unlikely that the
PloceculhGs viii be made public
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25
GOVERNMENT WILL PAY BILL
hesi"intion Urged by Secretary Baker
Tor army Participation in
Horse Shows

WASIiINGToN. Dec. o4-Leyisla,ion
70 enable officers and enlisted men 70
participate at government expense in
country and abroad. was recommcnded
ny secretary Baker In Il letter received
55oaa! ny Chairman Wadsworth. OF the
senate Military Committee.
Nj. Baker said the department plan
neu 70 enter team, os American Off
In the Olympic games at Antwarn and
me international horse show in Lon
ticipation OF officers In these Contests
would encourage the breeding OF
horses suitable for military purposes
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25

tacks by Kurds and Turks. While sentiment
in America is practically unanimous in OPP
position to undertaking a, mandate for that
or any other country in that part of the
world nevertheless il is felt that the obi
CATION rests on this country 10 extend Il help
ing hand to this weak and Impoverished re-
public TO get on its feet, and the plan pro-
posed by the committee would seem TO be
The simplest and best solution of the matter.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25

Christmas, 1918, month and fourteen
days after the signing of the arulistice found
the world chanting the familiar Peace on
Earth and Good Will Toward Men" and
more than ever before in all history the
words came from the heart. Now it is
Christmas. 1919 and still there is no peace
on earth. and the good will toward men seems
10 be diminishing scale
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25

The London Daily News is on firm ground
when it says that there is no halfway house
between the lcague--even if fate DEGREES a
league without Amcrica---and reversion to
the system Of armed preparation that would
carry us infalllbly into war com pared with
which The horrors and misery OF the last
war would pale into nothingness" sin
Republican leadership in the Senate is will
ING TO invite all OF this in order TO discredit
Democratic President.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25
SEEN ON THE SIDE
The Spirit or ,br,.,,,.

There's II huddIins place in u cor,or 90 ,,o
Earth, " ''
Where the curse and IN. tro,b,, no; ,,,
birth
Where poverty rcisns. aud whoevcr ,.,,,.. =;
Stands facing the East in tho Cour, OF Sin:
Stands facing the East. and wondering why.
""ere me packwaSh are born. whore the back
was! die.
And the Spirit of Christmas would step be-
That Death and the children and make them
There's Woman who walks, and the nigh; is
y pitiful soul IN its mockcry CAV:
Ter cloak it is crimson. . . F.. Her Inns thcv
There's jsunty false ring in the toss Of her
head. - -
And her sister who's sheltered 700, .,,
With sncer for the tear in the AIasda lene's eye
But the Spirit of Christmas is ever the hos,
" the lonely wayfarcr who needs i, the mos,
And the lights in tho mansion burn merrilv an
A'd Inc laughter OF man grects the smile of the
dawn; N
Eut the rich and the poor and the -r.., o.,
the small
are only part OF the scheme, after ALL
I'M. M" INC ,oshtef ana tears. they only part,
for the best Of the schemes buried deep in tho
heart.
And the Spirit of Christmas as light as a dove
Is the Spirit OF 1ielDfulncss, Pity and Love
Times Change.
Il goily, old man, times have changed i'm
mensciy, haven't they"
They certainly have. Fashions, science a..
social Notwithstanding has changed in ten
years"
Yes; but the biggest change is from the time
when could tell my grocer TO charge it and
he diIn't look nervous"
The Jester.
There is Certain Cruelty in the Merrinent
Of a Grocer we know. who when a Customer
has Ordered asks:
And how arc you off for sugar: Would YOU
like about ten pounds?'
we should have some kind of CURRENCY
scheme SO that change out OF dollar will leave
fellow enough TO pay his carfare to some
place.
Some Shock.
The patient madame said the specialist
Needs something to him. He is in
clned 10 yield too readily. He must be shocked,
strongly shocked III some way"
Doctor" suggested the nearly widow "how
would It do il You make out your bill now and
let him see it!.''
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25

With all its turbulence and unrest and it's
nigh cost of living, the little old L. S 4.
remains pretty good place in which TO
I'VE as has been discovered by hundreds OF
Italians who returned to their native home
after the armistice and now. TO escape intol-
eraoie CONDITIONS. are hockng back TO Ameri-
can shores The food OF emigration which
set in after the war is not likely to continue
and when the tide again turns westward The
Immigrants should find that the bars have
been raised sufficiently high 10 keen ONT tho
undesirabes
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25

Chicago awakes to find 6-cent street car
fare snugly tucked away in the toe OF its
Christmas stocking rather neat present
from Santa, in much it had been pay
ing cents for its rides. This may help
Richmond to appreciate thcs fact that it's
Christmas present has been distributed
throughout the 365 days OF the year'as rep
resented by the lowly scent fare it has been
charged by the local traction company
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25
MISSOURI EDITOR is CLAIM
.. wesley Robertson. OF the GaIistfn
Democrat. Is Shot Down Ia
His Office
icy .Nsnncinted Pc,

CIR -.LEN NsHnciated prca4l
ST. JOSEPH. MO-, Dee oj-IIurb =
Tarwater is in jail here. charged With
me murder at Galiatin. Mo-. OF j. Wes-
icy Robertson, 40. editor OF the Gala
in his Office yesterday.
a libel suit brough against the pa
per by Tarwater is said to have been
the 6asis or the trouble which culmi-
mated in the shooting
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25
WOODS HAT IN RING
Army Mnn Will Make Formal An
nounccment OF Candidacy for
President, january /.
LEY As.nciaind Pros 1

was received at Republican district
roa dQuarters hero today that M!ror-
General Leonard Wood. Endorsed for
convention ut Pierre. December .. viii
lie formal announcements az his can
didacy with the Secretary OF State be.
fore January I.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25
ADRIFT AT SEA TWO DAYS
W Wen ON Fishing Party Surcr for
ana Eood-Lsnded nj
key West.
!Ry- Assoclated pr.ss

MIMI I.i9 .NssocIhted prcssl
J., :. W i'tAi Fla, Dee. 24-After s,,ffo-.
tossed ie in n6 ob pslvah,ions from being
hhays without food or water. iSjcv o., ~"
n nt;n. John Cairns and S. M. Smi,,,, ~"
nam nnu Thomas stevens. Of tho r.
fatricia. We're rescued nv ,hc
british ship Magician and landed ING ne
hGy west yesterday. They were on .
nsnihi. Trip. but lost their sails and
oars IN Il sudden northwestern.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 70. 1919.

English spiritualists report message from
prer yonder that smoking is allowed in
heaven. The person responsible for this
communication should be required to verify
his location, the popular impression being
that what smoking is done after passing
across is III 4 place different from that de-
Scribed, and not voluntary.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25
cHATEAU.THIERRY LAUNCHED
American Transport Named for ia
moun Hattie Field, Takes to
Water at Hog Island.

-, b .NNSOclAtcd PTe5s
,, PHlLADELPHIA, Dec. 24.-The
United States army transport. Chateau
Thierry, named after that famous bat
tie field on which the army and ma
rine corps achieved undying fame. Was
launched today at Hog Island;
Mrs. George barnett. OF Washing
ton, wife of the commandant Of tho
Marine colps. was the sponsor.
The Chateau Thierry lis the fourth
army transport and the seventy
seventh, snip TO leave the ways at Hog
Island. The vessel is OF 5000 dead
weight tons
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25
Faithful Public Servant passes q,

IN the death of Walter Allen Watson the State
or Virginia loses one OF its ablest and
most devoted sons and the Fourth Congress
Sional District representative whose labors
i'll its behalf had been assiduously performed
until illness rendered further activity i'm
possible. When the end came in a Washing
ton hospital it brought to its close Il career
mat was entirely honorable and praiseworthy
for Judge Watson did not live in vain Per-
haps not SO widely known as some other Vir-
ginians have been, his place in history per-
haps more humble than some, yet il NAV he
SAID or him that the State never has had
more faithful or conscientious servant, and
congress has had no member from the Old
! DOMINION IN whom more implicit trust was
! placed. To the State at large and 10 the
| Fourth District especially his loss is a mis-
! fortune.
! Judge Watson was OF what is popularity
t called the old School" a school" that *
! passing all TOO rapidly He was indeed what
! has become known to the world as a cynical
| Virginia gentleman" lie was to the nlnnor
/ porn. On his fathers panta ton he first saw
| me ilghl of day, and that Nottoway County
! nome was the place OF his abode until his
| death. Except for the time ne spent in Wash
, ington or on judicial duties he never wa, far
| away from IT, Educated in the old ..deId
| schools later at Hampdcn- Sidney and the
| University OF Virginia, he studied law and
! AFTER Ten years was elevated to the Circuit
! bench OF the Fourth Judicial District, whore
! he served until chosen to represent his dis
! irict III Congress. AS judge he was able and
| .reiess' ana as tribute to his ability il may
| be noted that worry few OF his decisions eyer
| met with reversal at the hands OF the higher
| courts. The case which brought him put
! ilcity over The English speaking world was
| the trial OF Henry BcatIie for the murder or
/ his wife. No ease in Virginia ever was bar,or
fought the defense taking advantage OF
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25
CLUB MEMBERS "sTUCK upy
Three lioIdup Men Secure Sn.OM n
In New York Association
Rooms.
! 81 Associalod Press !

NEW YORK. Dec. 24.-Thrce boldr,
men men t,n The Eugene Il. Duffy AS
med up eighteen members ri ill.,:
point OF revolvers and escaped with
- GHo In cash and personal property.
cards when the robbers entered We're
oacHed up against The wall while one
ioiuup man went through their peck
us ana the other two stood guard
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25
WOODROW WILSON.

WILSON.
- Christmas prayer:
Sick from serving; worn with wrc.,li,.. ,,r
Meal
Toll unner,ii:g heart OF gold and hcnd af
steel.
se1f-cnNcinS, Universal Ia his pIan
All embracing; Nan with God and God with
Prophet failing: Nay charging in his pain,
words awaiting, faith and feeling lot in vain.
Sick from serving; worn with vres,Itnr f,,
veal;
Christ: Unswcrving Love and pux,
Strengthen, heal:
SALLY NELSON ROBINS
Christmas, 1910.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25
Voice of the People

Letter. must xivo the name aud address Of
tao writer. Name will not be publshe II
writer requests.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25

The procession OF prospective presidenti,I
caho'da'es, after flowing along in rising
volume during the past few weeks receive,
u setback with the definite announcement,
mat neither General Pershiug nor Herbart
f1oover VIII permit the use of his name Tho
icFshin6 booln is iattencd out by the cn
phatlc statement OF his closest friend that
the war nero has no desire for White Houeo
ihcumbency while Hoover speaks for himself
The pcrshing boom never has aroused on,
measure OF enthusiasm but in snj,o M
Hoovers disavowal OF any ambition in ,h.,
particular direction, it may be that his ham,
"as hol peeh shattered beyond hope OF re-
la"'ht"uoh- me American people like
mower ana u IS not impossible that he may
ne drafted to serve politically as he was
pressed into service 10 feed starving turo,n
senator Underwood Of Alabama &c ,,a
reading advocate Oh the Democratic side ~
compromise by which speedy ratification
Oh the peace treaty may be brought abou,
ne mas Il substantial following among Demo
cratlc Senators who are willing ia .,cccn,
RESERVATIONS winch preserve vital features OF
'"e 'feat!' ana me TACT that he and Lodge
are cOnierring in the effort 10 reach urrn..
incnt on compromise resolution nfers ~
courageMen,. especially in view of IN. roc,
cbat many Republican Senator's have, an,
houhced Willingness 10 make concessions
removing objectionable language from tho
Lodge resolution, for which they rrcyions,y
Vo'ed II any change i'll Lodges attitude i.
10 DC ehected, Underwood, and not Hitch.
coch' IS me man TO accomplish it. Indeed
IF Underwood had LED the Ggh, for rn,;Gn.
ZION, r is very probable the presen, JoaI.
iock would have been avoided
Ten members of the American Commute,
for the Independence of Armenia. headed u,
James W. Gerard Charles f. Hughes Alton
%. Parker. Eiihu Root and other prominent
chiSehs' nave autographed TO President vii
son memorandum opposing American man
dates in The Near East, but urging fla, IN,
United states AT once recognize the iuJcueu1
ehee OF the Armenian republic and extend
rs direct aid TO that country in the diifcul,
TASK 1T faces OF establishing stable govern
lnent capable Of protecting itself from n,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25

rms country Is not anxious TO 70 10 war
WIN Mexico; not that ii has fear as 10 the
,lii''ary result, bn, because Of its dread 10
nave me Sena," make peace alterward
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25

may accord with the fitness OF things
That Mr.. Ian. rctircs from The c,,hi,n, TO-
cause he found there no conncctInr nltics
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25

Attorney Palmer con,inncs =, .
Dict Il decline in the retail food prices nm,
nope III that respect has 50 often been dc
Ierrcd mat consumer are losing faith in big
promises ana are fast settling down 10 heart.
sickness.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25

BRANCH OFFICES: WISH
ingtun. iiI6 New York Ave-
puc; New York City, Fifth
Avenue building; Chicago,
Peoples Gas building !;
PhhaIctpiila. Colonial Tru,:
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25

Address ALL COMMUNICa-
TIOSS to Tho Tinics-Dls-
patch. md DOT to individuals.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25

TELEPHONE: Randolph I.
Private Branch Exchange
connecting with oil depart
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25

We should have some kind of cur-a,.v
scheme SO that change out OF 4 dollar will leave
fellow enough TO pay his carfare to some
place.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25

div in tho year at 10 South Tenth
Va, by The Times Dispatch Pub
Charles l.. IInsbrook. Editor mud
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25
The Jester.

There is a Certain Cruelty in the Mersi,nen
OF Grocer we know. who when a Custome,
has Ordered, asks:
And how arc you off for sugar" 1yould yo,
like about ten pounds?'
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-10-16
Printing establishments Close,

New York.-Every magazine print
Ing establishment in this city has been
closed as result of the quarrel be-
tween certain local unions and their
international unions" according to an
nouncement by the Periodical Publish
ers' Association of America. AS a re-
suit of the strike and lockout prevail
ing in book and job Offices, among the
publications which will not appear on
time are:
Golfers Weekly, McClure's Pic
torial Review. Cosmopolitan, Hearst's
Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, Harper's
Magazine, Metropolitan, Scribner's
Magazine, Century, Munsey's Popular,
Delineator, Everybody's Magazine, Nc
Calls Popular Science and 152 others
as well as many of the largest trade
papers in the country.
The publishers also announced that
three very large publications have
already completed plans for perma-
nent removal and their printing ma
chinery and paper supply is now being
shipped to Chicago"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-10-16
Truce in Labor War Asked.

Washington. Concrete proposals
designed to bring about better rela-
tons between employers and the en-
employed were laid before the ma
tional industrial conference by men,
bers of the various groups making up
the gatherings. The proposals in
Guided:
Arbitration of the nationwide steel
strike with return of the men to work
pending settlement; an industrial
truce starting Immediately and con-
tinuing three months; creation of an
arbitration board by the president and
congress and including among its
members all ex-presidents, and COM
prehensive plans for adjudication Of
industrial disputes through boards of
arbitration in the various industries.
The conference also took its first
concrete action in adopting motion
offered by Thomas L. Chadbourne, a
representative of the public, providing
that committee consisting of three
members from each of the groups Of
employers, labor and the public be api
pointed to investigate the high cost Of
living.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-10-16
REDS ARE v|CT0RS
/ CINCINNATI WINS WORLD BASE.
BALL CHAMPIONSHIP.
FIRST HONOR FOR OHIO CITY.
Men On Winning Team Get s5,2o7
Each. Attendance for Series is
Nearly Quarter Million.

Chicago, Ill.-The Cincinnati team of
the National league won the worlds
baseball championship by defeating
the Chicago White Sox, American
league pennant winners, in the eighth
and deciding game of the series here
by score Of 10 to 5. The annexing
of the crucial game by Cincinnati
made five victories for the National
champions to three for Chicago.
The 1919 pennant was the first cap
tured by the Cincinnati club in thirty
seven years and the laurels won at
Chicago give the Ohio city it's first
world champion baseball club.
The remarkably good weather Of
the series was again in evidence at
the final game, and 32,93O persons
paid to see the massacre of the local
idols. The attendance for the series
was 23692S, and the receipts, ex-
elusive of war tax, $722,414. OF this
the players receive $500, 349.7O of the
amount taken in during the first five
games.
The winners share is SILT, 1576S,
which will give $5,2O7.O1 to the par
ticipating athletes. This is more than
the salaries of most of them, it is said.
The Sox players will distribute "a
shares of $3,254.36 each.