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FROM OTHER VIEWPOINTS
National Problems Discussed
Authoritative Wriers-A Daily Editorial Feature.
THE TRAITOR IN THE CAMP
HY DIR. NEWELL DWIGHT HILLS.

From tire to time In every city,
country or century. the traitor" sud
denly appears In camp. Poor as was
s ct.as, Man Of aaliiee. one man. Judas,
Mnater 70. thirty pieces OF silver. At
the greatest crisis in the history of
Athens. that glorious city, with It's
TEMPLES: marbles and pictures, was be-
, arose IN his place and startled tho cit.
liens OF Rome by denouncing CatiIine
as traitor, plotting the overthrow
o. the sovernment, the footing OF the
e en y,, ane III the ps9clamat!on Of himself
France has suffered bloody deeds In
augurated by traitors who sought 10
overthrow the government. nor has
our country escaped.
States has declared that there are 900
DANGEROUS traitors In our country
who hate our institutions and are
plotting revolution. These traitors
include convicted criminals. German
dition, tomentsd strikes in factories.
planted oombshells in our ships. blew
up bridges. munition works. depots,
and recently filled the mails with
bombs. Two hundred Of this number
bers 6f anarchistic organizations.
Four thousand OF these allen enemies
are now interned, OF whom 500 short
~ will be released. while 1000 will
b. sent under gqarSd back to Ger
the laws Of 100 dangerous aliens ar
rested about the time OF the Seattle
and Butte strikes. some ninety have
been. released. and are now free to
brand, the hombsheli, tho pistol and
the strike club" Nothing proves the
stability OF our institutions and the
loyalty Of our citizens better than the
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Business Problems
SOLVED BY BRUNO DUKE,
Author. Harold Whitehead.
PROFIT Sharing.

CHAPTER vi.
over their knees and looked very uncom for a BILE
but they were so interested In Bruno Dukes
questions about their business that they were
torgetful of everything else.
Has your stock of merchandise increased
since the inventory which was taken the
beginning OF the last trading period?'
Charles looked at James and said:
All right. Charles It's perhaps little DIM
cult to explain. FOR stock is less but the
value is more You see. Mr. Duke. the has
tina t." he foundered for a IN expression.
Il understand Duke interposed. Now, tell
me. have you taken stock ut invoice prices or
at market prices"
That's where Charles and I differ" explained
Invoice price. bu, said ought take it at
the ntday price. You see. Mr.. Duke. IL
prices declined we'd take the loss right away
II prices advance we'd be justified i'm taking
the profit right away. isn't that SOP"
IF you could take the profit right away, yes.
But II is only Il potential profit and real
one TIL the goods sold and paid for and
All the expenses involved in the sale paid"
knew you were wrong, James. we ought to take
stock at the lowest figure whichever 1t may be,
either invoice price or market price. You see.
"loid on ~ a minute" Duke laughed Mgh de- please
Tell me what you really did?
Split it $3.50" James admitted. we ought
we called II $1,000. from the present profit
figure Of s2s 900. which leaves a real actual
not a potential Mr.. James--proht Of $1,000.
vide profit into two parts. Profit from buying
and profit from selling. Profit or loss from
buyng Is that difference in stock values which
occurs between the buying and the selling of
salcsman's skl"-ro be continued tomorrow
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A Tabloid Tale
Through Fire and water.

Eighteen fire companies were on the scene
within three minutes after the first alarm awoke
the city from winters snooze
The bells and excitement terribly ter
rife In their intenseness and the crowds were
kept back by an invincible barrier OF cops.
Forty-fve fire hoses like giant anacondas
were aimed at the Blazing quarry while the
burning stones shot their tongues of flame to
heaven and the stars.
The sight stupendously inspiring that
every eye was fixed upon 1t and with little
bit OF wgs!ing. man got through that solid
wall OF cops. He ran over and picked up an
idle hose.
Pointing, the nozzle to the awed crowd. he
yelled. What runs across the street without
any legs?"
than our friend. Oddsen Ends. the Riddle heud.
Instantly the soaked crowd scattered to the
four corners Of the street Nobody answered
turned and pointed the spouting nozzle at the
What the ground without
-???" yelled Oddsen.
Drenched to the shirt. the chief picked up an
and started for Oddsen Ends. who dropped
the hose and slidded across the street.
Water" he yelled. he Water runs
across the ground without"
Leaping onto one of the fire engines. Odd
accdently hit the gong, and the horses,
thinking 1t was time to go home. started on
at gallop.
The last seen OF, oddsen Ends. he was stand
ing one leg on the back Of each horse, urging
them to go faster, waving his Ben-Hur-
ishly and betting first and then the
other.
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going forward unmoved By threats and
undisturbed by the appeals to force
and revolution.
Ii. S ven, ua aas e ana n was
When Benedict Arnolds detection was
known. no began to be a fugitive and
q wanderer upon the face .of the earth.
Other traitors. once they realized that
their native land. havo found place
OF refuge in exile. Most OF them have
eaten their hearts out In tho mood OF
remorse, and. finding that life was
through the rope. tho pistol or the cup
TO have no COINCIDENCE and no sensc
Of honor. Few Of them have any stake
Alien in blood. In tradition and his
tory. they look upon our country lust
as woodsman looks upon the forest
when he lifts his ak upon the tree
Sos ship timber: or as the builder lifts
or as the hungry man goes toward
the granary for wheat Unfortunately,
certain men who are louaest in their
protestations Of patriotism and pub
tagonism to Germany and their love
for the United States. and claim to
be leaders Of loyal movements, have
been found by our government to BIO
enemies. and have even been the chan
messages. il not OF Boishevist money.
The time has fully come for the franz
aliens and the Acknowledgement OF
traitors who have been naturalized,
and the imprisonment and execution OF
plotting the overthrow OF our institu-
tons
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News of Fifty Years Ago.
(From the Richmond Dispatch. July s, 1869

Here is the white mans ballot for today: For
the Constitution tthe provisions submitted to a
separate vote excepted for Governor. Gilbert G.
Lewis: for Attorney General, James C. Taylor;
for Congressman at Large, Joseph Segar
The old. time barbecue has been In evidence
all over yirginia in this campaign. It,has ever
been popular among the best OF Virginians.
When honest men meet In the open air and
1t is only the dark plottings, the midnight
leagues datter day inventions In virginla), that
society has to fear The old Virginia barbecue
is free frank and manly. The league Is gloomy
tyrannical and devilish.
The funeral of Robert Ashby. killed in the
yauxhall Island disaster. was conducted at the
Leigh Street Baptist church at / o'clock yaster-
day. The church was thronged with people.
The solemn service was conducted by Rev. A. r.
Dickinson.
The closing exercises Of the Second Baptist
church Day School held yesterday under
tho man cement OF the board OF manag gers. pre-
sided over by Miss Sue c. Hooper, a faithful
and enicient teacher.
The New York Times says: General canby's
purpose to require the iron clad oath OF mem
6ers elected to the Virginia legislature is In
direct CONFLICT with the opinions of General
Grant, repeatedly expressed, and with the course
pursued under his orders In the State already
reconstruoted." "a
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mond cannot afford to refuse TO he
guided by them to Its own beneaE
They mako the 'Richmond Half Mil
lion" goal seem attaInabIe as never
was particularly impressed with
the article in Sundays paper. entitled
why Buy Goods Made In Richmond"
In my. humble way have for many
years been preaching the buy-at-home
doctrine, but sometimes 1t has seemed
that my seed has fallen on barren
ground. as I have seen hundreds Of
thousands OF dollars each year going
10 Baltimore, Philadelphia. New York
and other markets which ofrer no
better advantages than those right
Zero within our own doors. This state
ment Is true not only OF our manu-
featured goods but OF our retail
stores as we'll. know THAT 1t has
been considered the fashionable thing
for mlady to go TO New York to do
her spring and fall shopping, but when
she does she Is disloyally taking away
from Richmond money that riKhtfully
belongs TO II, and Is retarding It's
prosperity. at the same time getting
no greater values either tn materials
or styles.
Let's all pull together now, learn
the lesson Mr.. Tope Is trying TO teach
US that Rioamond should be our first
consideration. that we should spend
our money at home and give real
announcement to our home producers
and homo merchants.
RIcHMoNDER
Richmond. Va. July I. 1919.
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Little Bobbie's Pa.
BY WILLIAM r. KIRK.

1 am going fishing next week with sum of
h s he 1s' hos ws to sass Ssn
musky-unE.
%sa ess.t ss: sa that s Pa ever had
lung sed Pa It belongs to the pickrii family
% fs ssss saS Ss the
biggest In my day.
without dout is right sed Pa, landed
saem 81. ees sh It's bee ssa f Fl.
Sum minnow.
ss ns NJ was tho
e.. Who sod anything about the Prince of Wales:
thot maybe he was along. sed Ma: was
helping you with yure FISH story.
s s1qs ;te ssSrs ssd TIA!
r,S So sed Ma. you Joined the Noabei Order of
Ssns s asss to
see che.e
and l sounas h spe i s wss Ma xary simpe
fishing fleets. sed Pa. viii RELAPSE into "a a
osS You mite as well sed Ma. lie. me tell my
oss %sSu rs S sases weighed
al aid a sed s Ma You wuaden. su.peek i. now.
anse hu IN hass all a.. dsy MAS
dident stay thare long after went out to sit
s ia Ps 'ssS ;xe" @ sssss, them
ona!. sed Ma, two feet long
Thst . was ven, vary snqr ssd Pa
mean the fishes was all two feet long. sed
Ha ha. sed Pa, believe will believe that
o f 5s on, DO 10 ssd Ma s.
out yure arms & stretch story. Ma sed.
am also among anon them :, present ein sed Ma
lung as big as the fish that ate Mister Jonah.
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A Daily Once-Over.
II You Cnn't Golf, pitch Hor.exhoes.

MIR. Office Man, do. you realize that you need
moro exercise than you get?
You say IL you had time and could afford it,
You would play golf play tennis--an coca
sionGl game IL too strenuous, and you are too
tired after days work to do much walking
Why hot forget the petty annoyances, go
back to some OF the games of your boyhood
when you lived on the farm or in the little
country town. pitching horseshoes. for instance /?
Get pair OF shoes weighing about two
forty six and q half feet
You Will be surprised at the interest you will
soon feel In tho game.
And the exercise may make you lame for a
few days but pcrsevere.
Suppose you do have to walk quite a distance
In order to find space large enough to pitch:
you will ind that that game In prospect viii
tend to make the distance seem shorter.
few inquiries will find some mon in your
neiRhbothood who have played the game
others will Join your contest; and you can have
exsroiHe and enjoyment at little expense, with
improved hsslth.--copyrlght, 1919.
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Books and Authors

Just Sssn ,ssSsd 8, e HE fFsk's
sris,ocraey OF the under@orld. ' ana rs rs
ssass' ITS s, iss and 's homes are
isn't dull page In IT..
AN American Labor Policy" AZ prom
inent New York lawyer OF broad gem
eral experience. though he has made
1t was he, who designed and aided in
,ablished by the protocol in the gar;
for tho New York City Public Service
Commission during the street car
strike In 1915.
OUT ,Rrd ed, S9 h ssy 'ss' S,9usn.
Rpfes and Probiems in uS Nayies s,mISis
The eorsections and revisions have
tor Of navigation in the Hassa chn ni.I
Institute OF Technology. In this new
form form tn. the work y adapted for use in
be found Of great assistance in the
teaching of the practice of navigation.
schools Of the United stales sbipn0a
Board. 4pp"s
DO not feed for twenty-four hours.
Bring out gun and plate of food. Put
bols near taks subject 5des and IRE gun If he
keeps on eating. keep on nrinS whiIe
meal lasts. Come again few. hours
Eater and offer food again. frins gun.
in week OF gun and meal and the
pupil not only learns that tfrere In
n nfn to be scared OF in guntre but
or else lose n. mot De afraid Of IT,
the leg and gunnysack for bedding
may also help stubborn cases. Tho
reasmens outlined above L. to be found
Hunting Dog" (poran). Though do
signed for .quadrupeds. this technique
may we'll be thought to have mill
A Russell Bond. managing editor OF
Of On The Battle Front of Engineer.
ing." etc. in his recent interesting ana
stimulating, book. Inventions OF the
that the pressure of necessity set mon
to thinking along certain lines dur
ns 'ns Maf harder than before
the inventive faculties And much Of
what was invented for war purposes
can sns be IN made seryeeaoie for peaceful
th seS woz rae snca a, the that
ed with inventions that ordinarily
would have taken fifty years to pro-
Mr. Bond. eontrolled the s' eharaeteS SaS ss
tho fighting between 1914 and 1918,
and they were all American inven-
tens The ne submarine was gu! IN
war under the sea The airplane vas
an American invention; 1t carried he
war into the sky. We Invented tha
machine gun; II drove. the war intn
the ground" The post Important in.
vention made during the war for war
purposes was the tank; and that was
some pride in the fact that she offered
the Inspiration in tractor. The
much. heralded German dir:s.ble. which
was to paralize all enemies, proved a
comparative failure, Mr. Bond nointe
out, primarily because it depended for
It's bouyancy on q highly infiamm BILE
gas. American genius has met that
difficulty by producing a non-infIam
mable and comparatively Inexpensive
gas which promises much in the future
for aerial navigation.
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Breaking Another Record.

| HE achievement OF the United States gov
eminent in dispatching 100000 men
to Europe in little more than one years
time was hailed. as it should have been, as
monumental enterprise Europe did not
believe that such feat was humanity poss,-
Die Germany sneered at the American troop
movement until the very middle of the past
summer. Strong men here at home doubted
the possibility and were scarcely able 10
credit the official statements of the War De-
partment to the effect that at the height
OF the transport program, approximately
$4,000 men were being safely landed on
French soil each month
But the job was done. The men were
shippeo overseas; they were protected en-
route against the savage serpents of the
deep; they were provisoned from home basos
and thrown into battle in time to turn the
tide, TO put Germany on the defensive and
hnaily 10 win the war many months ahead
OF all prearranged schedules. This accom-
piishment Is Americas pride and long will
be regarded rs the greatest and most baz
ardous military undertaking in the history
of the world
While all this is true and is now part
oil tue past, the country should not fail TO
applaud the War and Navy Departments FIR
the magnificent efforts being put forward to
bring the troops home. Every resource OF
the government Is being employed to this
end the army no longer has the use of
countless allied transports in the homeward
movement OF its espeditonary force Eng
iand needs all its available ships for the dis
patch OF colonials to Canada, to Australia.
10 New Zealand and to India France re.
CURES It's tonnage for It's own purposes Italy
mas nothing to offer tho United States
notwithstanding this handicap, the govern
ment is rushing the tired and bronzed
veterans to their own shores with speed
that challenges worldwide admiration. More
IMAM $4,000 men embarked for home in the
monlh OF May greater number than was
sent over IN any single thirty-day period
Already the entire National Guard and
National Army force has been brought back.
only the regular army divisions remaining
abroad II peace comes in the near future.
the last American soldier will be- home or
en- route home before the end OF September.
according to the official assurances.
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Health Talks by DR.. VIM. Brady
infectious disease which de-
In some countries whore sani-
ChoIer. Infuntu.,.

Cholera Is an infectious disease which de-
s s.1Hys many in some countries whore sani
cs ssS, %sTsss is an ola-ts,a,onsd nam. 10.
% IA:
Cholera infantum is the old-rashioned name
s IS NOT wssn
., rule The 'fs asSs
the Milking xa's to the not m:0i i, /.
Milk in warm weather is an ideal culture
m MILK Ras for nnS Even good clean certified
as Of the MIX pod IL sa
s sp'a Z ess has m,os.
m mHdns b either tha the persons hanins the
s' Fs s II sH sa
M, 1t s only in tho most infan.ile dlar-
19xest Is called cholera nfantum appear.
stools in day the baby grows weak and list.
sunks1 The ereathisg is deep and siehins there
asse fa IS se es but aer tho
t Is cold Vomiting increases the loss OF water
e
s susg oR Ws,. sar sisos
sSsspnF cut aows only sos oaeasa
os s Geau fodH ,h is ss
e Of and in k or all Of
tui Of sodium biearbonate tssleratus). it viii
40 good or teaSpoonful Of chalk mixture
sMistura cretac) may be given: or a teaspoon
tui or milk OF masnesia; either preferably In
B1il al milk; except certified milk. for infant
possible scurvy from feeling a steriiize d food
give the baby teaspoonful or two OF orange
the baby Is three months old.
water the baby well in hot weather. Feed
milk feelings a Battle the baby every night and
cradle or basket out In the yard or on the
porch or In the park the fire escape
where II is cool and shady, and let him slice n
there as much as possible In hot weather
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They are lacking in neither foresight nor
patriotism as to the necessity Of stimulating
supply for the future, but they are unwilling
to 80 beyond their means to help swell the
present profits OF constituencies proiteers
that this result may be assured. Let the
government first find a way to stop the out
rageous profteering, then call on the>ultimate
consumer to furnish the. demand needed to
keep up the supply.
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SEEN ON THE SIDE
ny HENRY EDWARD WARNER
On a Hot Day,

Tn q Hot Day.
Blow. We breezes. blow!
In from sangre de Cristo. blow!
Bring US the breath OF your Ice and snow
That tips the crest OF your utmost peak
For my children die
And my women sigh
Gasping for breath in the city's street;
Feeling Hells blistering kiss,
Hearing the vapors, hiss
Dying!
sansre de cristo. dying of heat! !.
And you. Q Sangre de Cristo. speak!
You are SO cool where the brceses blow
Over your fields of ice and snow.
Pity. Winds. have pity!
Deaths In the sickcning city!
o the woe and pain in tho whiting city!
The walls Of the sick and dying
The infants groan,
The strong mans moan,
Painting and weak, praying to God /. :
Cursing the scourge OF the heat!
Cursns the scorching street,
Springs run dry in the cracking sod:
Curdled milk's where the babes cryinE
God! that people must sit and stare
At heat waves curled in stagnant air!
Blow, We breeZes blow
In from old Sangre de Crsto. blow
But a single breath from the icy pass!
For my children weep
And cannot sleep.
Sitting all night where the shadow lies
Praying with blisterins tongue
And nursing my suffering young.
For am The City! My loved one dies!
But you. cool where the ice-wlnds blow
Spare me breath of your ice. your snow!
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The permanent assignment of one-half of
the American navy TO the Pacific Ocean seems
to have put damper on Senator Hiram
Johnsons aspirations for the Republican
presidential nomination. He doubtless rea-
sons that it will now be difficult 10 throw
fright into Pacific Coast voters by holding
up the bugabSo Of ,saDanese invasion. More
over, il was a Democratic Secretary Of the
Navy who determined this division of the
fleet. thus relieving the minds OF Pacific Coast
people OF further apprehension regarding a
yellow peril"
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Insanity is more or less catching. To this
day some millions Of people are clutching
wildly at their ideas, trying to grasp the
confusion in the Hun mind that finds heroism
in the treacherous scuttling Of ships belong
ing to somebody else and without chance of
danger to the property or persons of the
ScuttlerS
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The President returns home today from
his mission abroad TO make the world safe
for democracy" and will Immediately begin
his work OF trying TO make democracy safe
in this country. It's foes have made con-
siderable Roadway during his absence, it must
be confessed.
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The Call.

The Call.
I've washed my hands In the wind.
my dear, to lay their love on vow.
rye washed my mouth In the rain.
to take your kisses:
I've cleansed these eyes, that shat,
drink you good. in sight OF the
And I'm ready to laugh as the white
soul OF your blsses.
ive put on robe OF roses stitched
with dream of seed OF stars;
rye put on shoes Of delight, with
prayers gen1med thiokIy;
Two put on your crown OF my little
songs with tho heavens held IL,
their bars,
To lay at your foet:---o Heart OF
the hills come qudoklyI
From The Way Of Wonder hy May
/ Doney. II. -.
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President Wilson is not likely to come to
the aid of suffering males, suggested Ivy
One of the sufferers, by appearing in public
lin mis- shirt sleeves. Whatever might have
been, it would no longer be in keeping with
American customs, for the President was
forced to abandon "shirt-sleeve" methods
when he found it necessary to mix up with
the older European brand.
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Princeton has launched a campaign for an
endowment fund of S14,000o00 Ostensby
it is to be used TO meet the increased cost
OF education and TO expand the university to
national scope, but it may be wondered if the
board has not in mind certain former
employee who possibly will be free to accept
job after March 4, 1921. and for whose
services other institutions of learning are
said to be bidding freely.
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Chnrconi Eph'. Dnily Thourht.

Come time in all mans life" said Char
coal Eph in mood. when he either got so
much money he amt happy. or he jess natchclly
got t thank God TO a nickel rattlin' against
the door-key. Try spud. Mistah Jackson"
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TUESDAY. July S. 1919.

With two nations busy colonizing the city
and ,suburbs of Fiume fifteen years in ad-
vance of the plebiscite that will determine it's
nationality those of us who live to see 1t may
expect really lively election day.
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Missing Member.

There is familiar face out of society
haven't heard from Friend Familiar for a coon's
age.
We rise to inquire: What has become of
the reformer who used to write letters to the
editor to elevate the stage?
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Mt Konencamp, Of the alleged Commercial
ieiegraphers Union, has had three strikes
now without making hit, which in some
games puts the player out.