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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-27

entire State within the FIVE years be-
fore another assessment is made
II is we'll known that land in the
counties OF this State Is assessed at
from Is TO 80 per cent OF its value
while real estate in cities is assessed
at from IS TO 100 per cent of It's value
The farmers Of this State are now
getting large prices for everything and
are more prosperous than for forty
years past. and IL is the plain duty
OF every member OF the Legislature 70
sec that the assessment OF land which
will compare with that IN the cities ia
mace.
'ihe only legislation that has been
propt seu that would apparently get a
fair aS csSment Is a centralized tax
board. 10 lass on all assessments aud
see that a fun and proper assessment
ts made.
1t has been demonstrated that local
essors and local boards OF review
will not make full and fair assess
mtnt as the law requires.
u. l.. TAYLOR.
Lynchburg, Va. June 30 1919.
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A Daily Once Over.
Getting ResuIta.

II ia possible that the reason you are No,
mare successful az man in charge OF several
workmHn ~ because you try TO do too much
AZ an executive you are not paid for what
you can DO with your hands '''
You paid 10 plan, and then see that those
plans ar. carried out ~ Tu!cIsly and accura tcIv
as possible under your supervision
suppose II III possible for you 10 make S. :,
DAY for your hrm ana your men lose from So
70 t1b day because you busy thar In e;r
work IL not laid out in way make time
You have idea that the concern which cro .
pioys you might be able 10 dispense with vomr
r.rvlcss s. IT should bs noted that you are walk
lnk shout and apparently doinE nothing
Tn. ltilH nfm. composed nf men who are
moi thorOu1hly rkYsed in busincss mana yen,ont
might have such an idea: hut large, sIceessf,,ii
noTpofxt,ons, or employers in big business
81 your department turns out better and big
E.r quantity of work than your Predecessor
1i1 yOY. WHO produce these good result
are yslU.d tor The hand which you chow in
anaEsme ~. --~E9DyT!1ht. 1919
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Little Boobies Pa.
BY WILLIAM r. KIRK,

Now that we have few acrost tho osbun ..d
Pa we must find sam way 10 ny TO them other
What plants? sed Ma
Venus Jupiter, Neptune. Mars & SO forth
on Oh psss rs sed Ma. you Planets
Mars. -
that distance & the line was bizzyY sed Ma. Il /
guess We VIII newer git to that stage. Ma sed
You doant know, SEQ Pa a lot Of nat-heds
E pser h ne Sc sed Ma DOES that meen me7
II wud be a bad dreem FOR Won {, you Al,
sed Ma think there is & limmi, tho Ma scd
to " hat human beeings can do:
Pa Man is constantly the up grade ged
Pa, climbing & climbing. Thare will be things
on THIS erin thousand years Hents sed Pa
wien we newer eeven wildly dreemed Of
sand yeers Hents sed Ma.
,,. No. ;ss Pa but our offspring will. &
forc-fathers was. thay was cropping IN the dark
compared to
skeein. '' - 'ue' s'a"a
You aren't such tiny part Of it. sed Pa you
got weighed at Coney Island last week.
You doant need TO be unpleasant. sed Ma
do hoap We will live see the time wen We
the Rcms OF Space Think what nice visits we
have.
talking TO Mssus Joans two hours this
morning oayer the tellefone. II you cud talk
newer rins off in time to git dinner.
Maybe by the Time We have Termed to talk
Termed do without food.
pa, That hoap is from my hart. sed Pa.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-27
Business Problems
SOLVED BY BRUNO Dixie
Author, Harold whitehead
Problem OF the EMMY Mansion
EHAE1IER NNIII ~ - 49, .'

tH:tfiER NNlIl. tContnued)
Saroara CarStairs broke down and cried and
certified check for $4,000 and re- s aye neF
pany, Inc" Ao'et SoH-
CARPENTER disliked the name Of The Ear
RACKS, so X was changed to The Karahv
Miss benks Kept her arm around the sobbinx
s.., There here, .hese dearie. have good cry-youl
worrying over that horrible place"
After q time she recovered herself nd s,;,oa
you must think me silly thing AIR DuLe
hnt on. II you knew what this"-she held M
the check and The certifcate-'means 70 M
l-l-oh, dear-thank you and Mr. Flnt-s1
Duke gets embarrassed when people thank
MIN, so we excused OURSELVES and left
- Come along. Peter; let's get back To Nav
= ork we nave only 10 pay friend Betterlv fnr
MS Work and one Or two odd items a nd then ,De
can cay that we have satisfactorily solved The
Going back in the train ! asked Rruno MI :.
away. "'e ''sht
.'Becsuse if not" he broke in with q mis-
chicvous twinkle in the corner Of his eves
his-father?" He laughed outright as he added,
n eo ahead Peter you've done good and
your folks-and to Mary Gillespie" 80 ~
wish didn't blush easily
He pursed his lips before answer THE next
problem wei have solve Will be one reIs, in, a.
10 rroft- sharing. a large jobbing hardwarss
concern wants TO pu, in a proGt- sharing pIan
cessfuy and Il We Can't ma ono ne" tba 1nsvG,
work trey viii throw up the matter in dsCmst
Think over proht-shar!ng. Pe,er"-ITo be-
continued tomorToH). "
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zncke, was dropped like hot brick. Now
there are only three nigs on the House ticket
and one the Senate ticket, and Wigand is
at last happy. being on the ticket. although he
polled only more vote than his next high
est opponent, negro
Just before the closing of the registration
there was serious disturbance; resulting in
known ward politician and sporting man." and
the receipt OF slight flesh wounds by two po-
iicemen William peaslcy and a negro had
some words. Peasiey arrested and then
released Kelly took UP the cause OF Peasley
and plainly denounced his arrest. Captain CAL
Iahan, Of the police force. ordered Kelly to keep
uulet, and threatened arrest him If he did
not Kelly continued to denounce the treat
ment Peasly had received and when he mildly
resisted arrest Callahan fred upon him, two
II not fataf callahan was confederate SOL
der his principal duty being captain of the
guard at Castle Thunder. He is one of the
very few men who swallowed the iron -clad oath
for sake OF Office. and since he did that he has
been rather arrogant, He and Kelly have been
at odds for long time, and kelly's friends
declare that Callahan's action in shooting him
Yesterday when he was really under arrest
and was unarmed was nothing short Of DELHI
crate murder. Kelly was removed to the house
Of a friend and is in a very bad condition,
Hon. James NJ. Mason. OF Virginia. returned
from exile. is now sojournng in Baltimore.
President Grant has decided to issue procla::
nation for the election in Mississippi to be held
September Is, and that for Texas, October !,
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This. however. Italy has refused to
40 &c, a and Until she yo,i.untarily does so
bound by their signatures. In order
10 Justify her refusal Italy has put
Nature, she declares. Intended tho
Alpine chain as Italy's natural frontier
Alps and the sea, therefore. belongs TO
Italy, whatever may be the race OF
the population inhabltinE 1t. DalmatIa
therefore It is Italian and the govern.
ment OF King Victor Emmanuel has
the right to annex II and enslave the
ooO.Ooo Jugo- Slavs inhabitinS II.
The Rome government does not deny
that the Italian speaking population
,nhauh,i,1ngs the the coast towns is a mere
ma inder of the population is Jugoslay.
italy does not deny that of the eighty
six municipal councils existing IN Dali
only. that of cara. is Italian. She fur
Their does, not deny that OF The forty
one members of the Daimatisn Diet.
town OF cara: thanks to an obsolete
and an;iquated system Of voting. while
the remaining ;hirty-tive were scrbo-
Groa!s Every one OF the Dalmat ian
deputies sent TO the Imperial Parlia-
ELECTED by universal suffrage.
government, does not count: IL Is out
weighed by strategical considerations
In OTuer 10 transform the Adriatic into
an ital lake. which the Italians de-
clare is necessary to assure the mill
tary safety OF the peninsula, Italy must
hold the eastern az we'll as the west
crn shores OF that sea. IL this ncccssi-
'atcs the enslavement OF several
hundred thousand Slavs, so much the
worse for them. Their demands for
freedom and independence cannot he
listened to, as they arc inconsistent
with Italian domination OF the Adri-
attic
Unfortunately for the italian claims
II iB just such demands for dominate
for military and strategic reasons that
are opposed by tho peace conference
unless IL Is prepared to make tabula
rasa of all the principles on which IL
pretended TO base it's discussions and
its decisions. In the name Of the prin-
ciple OF the self-determinationo OF peo-
pies the decision as to what state they
desire to belong must be left to the
population OF Dalmat;a.
The plea OF italy that In the name
OF military strategy per cent Of e.
population shall decide the fate OF IN.
remaining 81 is inadmiss ble and can
not be entertained. This is why the
JuEo Siars turn their eyes to the
United States and pin their faith in tho
american delegation at Paris TO see
that they obtain Justice 1t is an open
secret that France and Great Britain
also look TO the United States TO eX-
tricate them from the unenviable po-
s!tion OF possible oppressors of lib
e-ty loving people in which they will
be placed IL they have TO carry out the
terms of an immora! pact.--Copyright
1919
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Asses. Lands Properly.

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-The special session OF the Leg
islature will soon convene. and It is
expected to increase the tax rate 10
would like to call the attention OF
our lawmakers to the fact that We need
no raise in the rate Of taxation: but
zeal estate outside Of the cities.
The rural residents OF this State
need good roads more than any other
class. yet they have. through their rep
resentatives, ,pcrsistently fought any
nronosed law that would bring about
a fair and Just assessment OF land IN
the counties.
, al,es nlace next year. and IL some leg
is,at is enacted TO insure fair as
.essment OF farm lands there Will he
money enough to build roads over the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-27
Shall the Ships Be Sold?

THE program proposed by Chairman Hur-
ley. of the Shipping Board weeks ago
for the gradual sale OF the great feet of mer-
chantmen built by the American government
10 meet war exigency has become a matter
or legislative interest. This proposal has been
formally submitted to the committees Of the
House and Senate, backed up by strong
recomm endations, by an array of persuasive
facts and by widespread sentiment favoring
the governments withdrawal from the shin
ping business.
Ihe arguments which buttress the position
taken by the Shipping Board will convince
many people of the desirability of delivering
the great armada into the hands of private
owners. Much is to be said in behalf of
That program. Individual initiative and en-
terprise is powerful factor in any line of
business Privately owned and operated ship
lines will work with great energy and re-
sourcefulness in an effort to make their
properties profitable; to wedge their way into
foreign markets; to open up new trade routes
and create new business
II Is still debatable proposition whether
or not American shipping interests will be
able to stand the experienced competition of
the British, the Japs. the Scandinayians and
the French. The Germans are no longer 70
be reckoned with Their fleet has been wiped
Out. But the British, the Japs and the rest
OF them are on the high seas. They still
nave the advantage of cheap labor. of low
operating costs generally and Of established
trade channels.
1t is not to be assumed that Americans
must forever concede their competitors
superiority in ship operation and ship man
agement' but that superiority now exists, and
VIII continue TO exist until this nation has
established itself on a secure maritime basis.
mere VIII be many people who will feel
'hat IL Is the part OF good policy for the
government TO hold and to operate its ships
untli the overseas carrying service has been
placed on solid footing; until the trade
routes pave been explored. and until the bust.
ness Is IN sight upon which shipowners must
depend for their profits
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-27
Books and Authors

individuals studying the covenant OF
the league OF nations with view 10
be made to safeguard American Inter-
eats. will find good points in the argu-
ment on the protocol! In Tho League
Horace NJ. kallen tMarshali Jones
Company. The Marshall Jones Com
pany reports tina; for every seven
books II sold last year, IL is selling
twenty this year
The Home and the World" The first
long novel OF his TO be published in
Enslish Is being, enthusinstieally re-
the New York Times. as an example.
"a very modern, not TO say up-to-the-
minute tale. Its chapters are all here
Chicago and In Medicine Hat. as we'll
as in lHd!a-the conscientious modera-
tor the Prussian-minded agitator.
the ardent feminist. Tagore has touch
ed off their portraits. not only with
psycholosieal insight, but with dis
armingly innocent satire which adds
enormously TO the effect
New Voices" by Marguerite wlkin-
son the Macmillan Coz, Is both a
critical and n friendly work. IT is for
every one who wishes to know what
contemporary poets are thinking and
feeling, how they are saying what they
these ways. Contemporary craftsman
ship and The several schools radical and
conservative. are thoroughly discussed.
There Is also 4 chapter on How Poems
Are Made. The second part OF the book
Is devoted to consideration Of the
spirit OF the poetry OF today, with
chapters on Democracy and the Indus
trial Theme. Patriotism and the Great
War and Religion and Nature in the
Poetry OF Today. Nearly 200 poems
are quoted in full as illustrative ma
terial
Truth. an Essay in Moral Recon
struction. by Sir Charles Walston, Is
a thoughtful work published by the
Cambridge University Press. England.
and distributed in this country by
Charles Putnams Sons. The author
maintains that the efficient cause of
the late war is to be found in the de-
fective moral standards and moral ed
ucation OF the civilized world, and that
moral reconstruction is at least as
urgently needed as is industrial and
financial readjustment. 1t is commended
that the immediate influence of the
warm spite Of all the heroism and
seIf-sacrifice which it has evoked IN
millions of patriotic citizens--has been
10 lower the moral standards OF the
world. already defective and an
chronistic before the war. The need,
therefore. for a thorough reconstruct
ton of individual and public evalua-
ton Of true morality is emphasized
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-27
v.,,,,o ~ Word.

Mise l.. s., MoIusk. is
Russian word meaning belonging to
the majority" 1t is now applied in
in the plural. to desig-
nate all those radical elements Of So
ciety which seek to undermine order
Nv government by vicious propaganda.
Supportive OF violent methods.
Ukraine is a region in Russia CORE
spondtng nearly to Little Russia.
Esthonia and Lithuaria are provinces
Of the old Russia. Jugo- Slavia COM
prises the territory included in the
loosely defined boundaries of Serbia,
Crotia and Slavonia. Czecho- Slovakia
includes Bohemia and certain ada
cent territory inhabited mainly by the
Czech peoples. Burgeoise Is a term
applied to the middle class in society;
proletariat means the lower class, or
''mudsill" element. Plcbiscite means
vote or decree Of the people on some
measure submitted TO them by some
body or person having the initiative.
The other words you submit, YOU will
find defined In any standard diction-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-27

Chancellor Bauer tearfully commits his
unhappy Fatherland to the protection of the
msrciful God" And it probably is not the
good old German Colt" he has in mind
when he surrenders the future into hands
stronger than those which up to now have
guided the destinies of the empire.
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Voice Of the People
Letters mnst give the unme aAd ads
dress of tho writer. Name will not be
published II writer 80 requests.

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-In your editorial In this morn
ing's paper. "a Problem Solved" you
say there will be little sleep lost in
America over the Germans sink Y
their feet. but you infer there is rage
IN Great Britain because she wanted
TO add them to her fleet and faunt
them in the face Of the enemy. Moth
ing of the kind. Great Britain never
are obsolete. os Is we'll known. She was
the first TO advocate sinking them, not
America. Secretary Daniels being
strongly against sinking them till his
recent visit over there. when he
changed his mind.
AS to Haunting them in the face OF
the enemy. that Ia not the British way.
They neither boast when victorious
nor whine when defeated. They are
the best sports in the world,
MARY z. woLSTEEHOLME.
Ellcrson, Va, June 25, 1919.
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Slurnber Song.

Sleep; and my song shall build about
your bed
A Paradise of dimness. You shall feel
The folding Of tired wings; and peace
will dwell
Throned in your silence; and one hour
shall hold
Summer and midnight. and immensely
Lulled to forSetfulness. For, where
you dream,
The stately gloom Of foliage shall en-
bower
Your slumberlng Thought with tapes
tries OF blue.
And there shall be no memory Of the
sky,
Nor sunlight with It's cruelty OF swords.
But, TO your soul that sinks from deep
TO deep
Through drowned and glimmerine
color, time shall be
Only rhythmic swaying; and your
breath;
And roses in the darkness; and my love.
-Siegfricd Saesoon In the Yale Re-
"'sHs -..---.. --,--.. - .---
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-27

necessities. Now that the prohibitionists
have tho power in their own hands, they seem
not to have the courage OF their protested
convictions. At least, 1t is not sufficiently
strong for them to risk the reaction that
might come with q nation made really bono
dry.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-27
f;othenburx System.

z. r. H., New Kent.-Gothenhurs IS
a city in Sweden and VIVA: is ca leu the
Gothenburg system OF dealing %,oh
siderable extent throughout Sweden
and Norway. 1T aims at regulating
the manufacture of intoxicating
liquors by issuing licenses and the
sale of them and combining 1t TO GER
tain companies which possess sort
OF monopoly. and which account to
the government for the net prohts.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-27
News of Fifty. Years Ago.
(From the Richmond Dispatch June 81. 1852

The Radicals had their
convention yesterday to
rev ise their legislative
ticket for Richmond and
Henrico. They wrangled
pretty much all day, and
finally pulled down the old
ticket Of seven negroes
and one German white, and
put up the following in
its place: House OF Dele
gates, l.. II. Chandler. w.
IL. Lester. Lewis Lindsey.
j. NJ. Humphreys. Joseph
Cox, II. l.. Wigand, S. n.
Kennedy, Lewis Harris.
Senate, James Morrisey,
William Troy and w. @.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-27

While pomp and display will be absent from
the treaty signing, the very fact that the
final act of the world drama is staged with
the settings which surrounded the victorious
William l. when he was crowned Emperor
oftGermany will be sufficient to impress on
the minds of the losers the revolution in con-
ditions that brief forty-eight years has
wrought.
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o..,,.d Cod. ~ y.rrinia

Reader. Chester.--The Code of Fir-
ginia as recently revised by the COM
mission appointed for that purpSse,
without index. John r. Mott is a
Methodist: Robert Z. Speer and VIII
liam T. Ellis are Presbyterians.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-27
Alma GIuck.

Miss F.; H. S., Salem.-Aima Gluck.
the soprano singer, was married June
l5, 1914, Efrem Zimbaltst, violin
list She had not previously Deen mar
ried. We are unable TO say how many
Ameriran soldiers married while In
the service overseas.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-27
information Bureau.

Inquiries regarding almost any topic,
excepting on legal md medical sub
jectn nre answered free. As nll In
uufrfes nre unswered directly by per.
sonni letter. "A se1f-nddre.ned. ntamPsd
envelope II required. Address mo
Richmond, Va.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-27

Washington has ambitious plans for fits
Fourth OF July celebration, which. aside from
Its historic significance, is 10 commemorate
the coming of peace. Ii its plans do NOT po
awry, as unhappiy they have the habit OF
doing, the parade not only will be reviewed
oy PRESIDENT wilson, but he will have at his
siae Marshai foch, OF France, who may ac-
company him 10 the United States Either
one OF these world stars would he suaic,en,
to make a Fourth celebration record :
breaker, but with both OF them shining simn,
taneously on the same patriotic scene i,
would make the American capital on that
day the real center OF the universe.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-27

Little wonder that Great Britain suddenly
has awakened TO the realization that Germany
is not to be trusted. AS it looks out over
the barren, dreary waters of Scapa Flow, it
has reason apenty for its fear that the Huns
Will not fulfill the terms of the peace treaty
unless compelled TO do Had it's awaken
ing come a few days earlier the allies would
have been better of by nearly 100000, 900
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-27

That German officers organization banded
together 100000 strong to defend with
their lives the former Kaiser from falling
into the hands Of his enemies, as stipulated
in the treaty, is about eight months too late
in making its heroic resolve. If that many
Of them had stood by him when the armistice
was signed, he might not have become a
fugitive in Holland to escape the wrath OF
his own countfyment
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-27
SEEN ON THE SIDE
BY HENRY EDWARD WARNER
A Fool There Wa..

"A Fool there was. and he said his prayer
To rag and bone and hank OF hair"
And after he'd finished. she said You beast.
You've got big nerve. to say tho least?
What? You go out with the boys tonight:
Me the fsherman's bride with window light:
well. guess not! You stay right here
And help me to get the dishes clear!"
Which teaches u.s. friends OF the married clam
That sins q mans only half a man.
Ah1 man that's married, divided by two
Is / ouarter-and isn't /: plain to you?
The Lord robbed adam OF just one bone
because lie i!dnt wan. Kim to live alone
And run around hut that bone. I've u hunch
was the most important bone of the bunch!
And so 1t is. since the world was made
When man gets married he goes afraid
Anu trembies and starts with a stammer and
cough
When politely asking for night off:
And so II is that rag and bone
And hank of hair. on the Family Throne
Shall rule the roost till the crack of doom
Tapping her foot in the sitting room.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-27

Senator Poinde1ter has discovered the real
and holy mission OF the Republican party Ii
is to save the republic from disintegration
in progress during the present administra-
ton. But before it can accomplish it's self
appointed task, ii will be necessary for some
one to save the G. O. P. itself from the dis
integration that has set in since it set its
face against nations desires. Already the
process has advanced so far that many of it's
strongest elements are gone beyond recall.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-27

The chuckling INDUCED in by the Germans
over the treacherous sinking OF their interned
w&tships soon will be changed into a howl of
rage when they confront the allied judgment
that they must make full money reparation
fof the value OF the ships sunk.