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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-26
n,Orfey,

y freckied girl not three feet tall,
bouncing Christmas-coIored ball,
whose turned-up nose appeared to be
somehow. turned always up at me,
y Knocked kneed Venus of nv youth
An angel by the name of Ruth
one time the turnstile of my Fate,
one time my Destiny's swinging Gate:
The little boy she looked askance
Upon, 10 STAY him with her glance:
he was stub-toed runt, who sighed
When her disdai in assaulted his pride.
1 have a picture OF him now,
Such weight of love upon HE brow,
feeling the pangs OF mittened youth
Yet worshiping Relentless Ruth.
The gods will have their little jest
Who laughs last loudest. bluffs the besti
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-26
HERBERT KAUFMAN TAKES
OVER M'CLURE'S MAGAZINE
Poet. Author and Editorial Writer
Purchnncs All OF CompaBy's
stock.
INV Asyociatcd prc.s. l

NEW YORK. Dec. 25.-McClure.s
Magazine has been bought by Herbert
Kaufman, poet. author and editorial
writer It was announced tonight by
Frederick L. Collins. president of the
company. All the stock of McCiurc's
Publications, Incorporated, went to
Mr.. Kaufman in the purchase, Mr.. Col
Inns said.
Air Kaufman will nc editor OF the
magazine, II vas stated. and no other
change is contemplated in it's pres
ent staff.
Associated with Mr.. Kaufman in his
new enterprise will be the following
men, st was announced: George L.
storm. manufacturer; Leon Schinasi.
tobacco manufacturer: j. L.. Bresna-
han. manufacturer and former maya
zine executives; Frederick l.. Collins.
publisher OF McC,urc's for yerai
years: J. O'Hara Cosgrave. formerly
managing editor of Everybody's Mag
azine. and Edgar Sisson, former edi-
tor of the Cosmopolitan Magazine.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-26
4 Plea for Rntiilcation.

To the Editor of The Times d spatch:
d ST., u vital issue is at stake. II just won't
us us as a selfish nation-not Wiling to. assume
done their uttcrmost to try TO find possible
flaws in it, claim that * might drag us Into
argument Were we not recently dragged in
when ihere was no league? with this lea que
or nations In force there VIII be European
what will he peacefully and honorably adjust ed
under the good Old Scriptural phrase--"Reason
Se one with another"
Unfortunately there are few dissenting
Il is against the CONSTITUTION Of the United
not be sufficient reason for us not to adopt it.
when the Constitution was made, was then,
ferent age. and era. What afrects Europe and
the rest of the world affects either directly,
our avnK as n sns ssdu by
don't pay, physically. or financially. and this
militarsm, instead Of being a preventive. rather
proof of this fact staring us in the face we have
ever had for the reason. that IL Germany had
not so have become the mos powerful military
ever attempted to whip and control tho whole
OF Europe
Our nation was in position to assume The
have ratified the treaty long ago but for tho
sad fact that unfortunately have few Sem
ators who have allowed their personal or po-
sense Of their duty. They were elected to repre-
sent tho best interest of their constituents, but
they have grossly misrepresentcd them by try
ing to defeat this great and noble cause This
is not political issue-t is not even a national
Importance than great many OF you have CIV
EN- time enough TO think about but IL is your
D. B. SUMNER.
Richmond. va. December 10. 1919.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-26
is sEEkINs NEW PLANET .
HARVARD OBSERVER NOW
KEEPING CLOSE WATCH
Celestial nods's Existence. Outsid. nj,
Uranus, Hnn Lons been Suspected
by Astronomers. $500
fpy Assorlnte.i r,ress I

CAMBRIDGE, MASS, Dec. 25.-p.o-
lessor William IT, Pickering, of tho
Harvard Astronomical Observatory.
who Is stationed ut Vaudeville. Ia.
maica, is now engaged in n search for
the planet which is supposed bv
astronomers to exist outside Neptun5r
and estimates that lhls undiscuy.red
member of tho solar system Is some,
as Is the. Garth. according 10 statemnnt
made today by PROFESSOR SCION r
Bailey. acting director OF the Harvard
Have Long Looked for Planet.
Astronomers have suspected the
existence of u planet outside Neptune
for ut least nfty years said Profess
sagy an ss snss hs57 A.
usual method was to study tho pertur-
bations OF Uranus and determine from
the object which was DETECTING Uranus
from it's course. In recent years Pro-
lessor Pickering has studied the per-
turhations OF Neptune as we'll. and as
y result has ascertained what he be-
neVes to be the approximate position
Oh inc new planet.
systematic study OF photographic
plates of the area OF the sky in which
ne believes the planet to be situated at
SCOPE photographs OF "a certain small
sectlon OF the heavens taken ut short
.nterVais. sometimes taken only day
on top OF another to sec il any or the
minute points recorded on the plates
seem to have moved This is tho
surest method of conducting such a
search.
Now In Favorable Position.
1T is expected that tho planet viii
be In opposition to the sun this win
ter for. therefore. i'm favorable po-
sition to observation The exact date
set for opposition by Professor Pick
oring I'm an estimate was December 90
1919. 1t is thought that the planet
will be OF about the fifteenth magni-
tuoe. which means that II will prove
TO be several thousand times too faint
to be seen with the naked eye"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-26
SEND OUT APPEALS FOR AID
TO SIBERIAN WAR PRISONERS
Two Hundred Thousand Austrsnns
fer, Food or Clothing,
TBy AssocInte.l Pre,s !

GENEVA. Dec. 25-The Ipterna-
peal IN behalf of the prisoners Of war
In Siberia. Two hundred thousand
prisoners. for the most part Aus
were captured I'm 1914. are living with.
OUT shelter and virtually without
clothing and little food
ANY contagious disease may make
terrible ravages. Typhus has already
Killed 10000 of the 10000 men at the
Troitz camp.
to transport the prisoners to their
homes. the Red Cross fears too much
time would be required TO. raise such
can DO ameliorated quickly by assist
ance rendered from the outside, or ali
VIII be dead before relief reaches
them.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-26
SEEN ON THE SIDE,
BY HENRY EDWARD WARNER
nandIt Bin

uRnutt, BIN
Ihere's fellow 'iamed Bandit Bill.
Anu he's holding up trains ut win.
He's reguinr guy
with blood In his eye
Whoop. Sang! Bing.
Like everything!
Geo!
fte's a screcchin' and howlin' CAnk
Shoots quicker'n YOU can think.
And he's mighty familiar
To rob yuh or Kill yuh:
My G my!
He's n blood thirsty Guy.
Wow,
And III bet when he boards II car
where the tcndcr-hoofcd tourists are
When he hollers: Hands up"
When he levels his Krupp
All tho crowd
Just answer. out loud:
"Yassir."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-26
Nursery Lore,

y youth named John and girl called jill
were sent up the hill for n pail or water fatber
oeins very busy at the time smoking his pipe
t'csuTe the two little tots struggling up tho
n'ii! Having filled the pail they started home
"hen John. also known Jack, stumbled and
rolled down the Hill, and JILL having keen
sense OF humor, threw the bucket away and
came tum5iins after Then they went home and
suggested that father go after the water him,
self. A very interesting and Instructive story
but with gruesome ending
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-26
W0RKMEN FORCED TO BEG
T,0ckouts in Spain Turn Christmas
Season Into Joyless One
for Poor.
IBy Arsociate,ti P-ess, !

MADRID. Dec. 25.-whfle Spain is
generally celebrating the Christmas
season, workmen here. at barcelona
Valencia and at other cities where
lockouts are in force may be seen on
the streets begging for few pennies
for Christmas fare.
here, have there been more mendicants
on the streets OF Madrid than there
were tonight, while their more pros
porous neighbors were dining in lux
ury in their own homes or in the big
hotels. which mado the celebration OF
Christmas Eve an imposing occasion.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-26
DISTRIBUTES RELIEF FUNDS
Committee Approprintes More Than
$I,OO0.OOO for Relief OF jew
fsh War Sufferers.
TRY Asaooiated Preas. l

NEW YORK, Dec. z5.-The joint dis
fnss for JeWsh war surrere nsrisan
more than 100000 for relief OF 81
100000 Jews In Europe and Asia.
Tho largest share, $500, 900, goes TO
the Jews OF Poland. while 100000
WAS granted Austrian Jews and s110 :
600 appropriated for relief In Paies-
Roumanla. Turkey Persia. Cseeho.
Sloyakia and Syria.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-26
Nar.hau Fnmi1y in indiana

president Thomas r. Marshall. Mrs.
Marshall and their fostcr-son Morri-
son Marshall. spent Christmas Day
quietly here at the home of q friend.
ents for the child. which the entire
family enjoyed. Mr.. Marshall will be
the guest of honor at luncheon to
be given tomorrow at the Indiana
Democratic Club.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-26
LOCKOUT is DISCIPLINARY
Spanish EnipIoyers Say Step was
Taken ia Show workmen Adynn-
fnse OF Discipline.
Thy .Associatn ti Press. I

BARCELONA, Dec. 25-Employers
here have published manifesto in
which they declare the three weeks
lockout inaugurated by them was to
chow the workmen the advantage OF
order and discipline and to avoid a
condition of anarchy.
The manifesto states that as soon as
the general syndfcalist organization
Is dissolved the lockout will end and
employers will resume the system of
private contract with workmen in ac-
cordance with the needs of tho times
and In keeping with the social laws.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-26
THiDAY. DEcBMeER 20, lsls.

The only recommendation think
OF on-hand for Nicholas Murray Butler, head
OF Columbia University, Republican can
didate for President, is that the incumbent
of the White House presents the anomaly OF
a, scholar in politics who has made good.
Perhaps ne is the exception that proves the
rule.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-26

. Concerning the proposition that ii The
league of nations fail there shall be q world
vide league and union OF churches to secure
peace, it may be remarked that heretofore
the rancors, ferocities and bitterness of
statesmen and nations with political or COM
mercial antagonisms have been mild and
gentle compared with those developed among
gentlemen with theological and denomina-
uona. differences of opinion
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-26

Nice-President Marshall failed 10 get a
hand laugh in the Senate the other day
when he asked If he should give orders to
fraye the publication of the Congressional
Record suspended 10 help white paper.
20 the contrary, Senator La Toilette, panic
stricken by the suggestion, hastened TO de-
liver Few scattering remarks, occupying
eight hours and about forty pages
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-26

the teachers and professors organiza
ms union proposed for them. they NAV feel
S1fe OF The unanimous moral support and
approval by referendum vote of their beloved
pApH whenever they threaten strike and
country. '"e
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-26

victor Berger, Representatiyc-eiect Tia,
IS as lar toward Congress as he will ever
go, Tor there is not one chance In a rcillin,
mat a sei1-reSpecting House will permit I'M.
convicted Socialist and pro-Ger1nap /, IA
ms seat 1t has thrown him our soc. r..
ms disloyal ntterances, and it uill tbroz, Mn
out again The Fifth Wisconsin D.s,tylt raag
eject MN as many times as il Will s5oeA Il.
seems TO glory i'll its disgrace ana iu,s 80,
many tunes viii he be denied the -.zs. -.
sit IN BODY Of loyal American citizans 4,
is not particularly itiicult 10 under7.au6 ..J.,
this WISCONSIN district should De!sist In y,,t,
alhlng Its role as an ulcer on Inc g,sia =
political body, for it is made no I.ey.gv .,
Germans. who. despite their naturalJzs,t,r
vows, still pay obesance 10 Uunlard 100,
exercising The rights of Americans RI.
ana the fact that the district Is q bntt.a !.
anarchists Socialists and Bolsheyists wb,,s
sole desire is to defy and tear dawn ..,,t,
hshed government here and eyervvb.r. e.
suihcient explanation Of Berger's raalectto,
me only issue involved was thai q, .,,;
government vs.. government and IN. force,
OF disorder have achieved another temnorar,
victory. But Wisconsin is a loyal state a.
S1t4proved throughout the war and eventueIIr
1T VIII use the scalpel and remoyn nv ~
roots this political sore. In the meantim.
one effective measure towards it's rehahi,i
tatson Will be the carrying out of the court,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-26

Henry NJ. Robinson. of Pasadena, Cal. who
has been named by the President as the rep
rescntatiVe OF the public on the coal COM
mission, is a man Of quiet ability and force
He was connected with the Shipping Board
with the peace conference at Paris as an
economic adviser, and. more recently. has
been member Of the industrial conference.
Those who are we'll acquainted with him are
outspoken in the assurance that in so far
as he is able to pictect it, the public interest
is in good hands.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-26

Chairman Jacobs, OF the Rhode Island
Penal Commission, says that the State prison
now has the largest number OF inmates in lis
history. while the Providence County jeil has
IT'S snalieat recorded number Hence. his
inference Is that petty crime and drunken
ness are OH the wane while major crimes are
greatly increasing. This is in direct conflict
with The Anu-Saloon statement that prohibi
non would bring about great decrease in
crime This organization has insisted that
alcoholic beverages caused nearly all the
crime AND with their suppression there wonld
ne general disappearance OF the serious
as well as tic sighter oGenses The expert
ehce OF Rhode Island is being duplicated
throughout the country, as daily neyspaper
reports OF crime attest
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-26

- the beginning of the coming
year IL may be appropriate for the nonr,a 30
c" 'a.f o'a'es to chant to all prospective active
poIi'icians that admonitory hymn. Come liy.
."s men and view the ground where Won
Einst shortly lie" ~"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-26
Charconl Iiuh,. naIIr rhnnrh.

got notion eff l ever die said Charcoa,
hPh, ruminatively, II gwine right straight up
o. refer an say: is my fust wife hyar9 an
ne say she am. an I say: Is my second vito
hyar? An when he say: uh-huh,' gwine right
away an git me fan an settle down TRY a
sausage. Mstah Jackson
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-26

Richmond's nourishing new industry Of
nllclt disti}ling does not come heraIdc., by
DoastIul announcements Of the local trade or
CARNATIONS, although it seems to be- of more
or less pretentious. proportions, but it prom
ises to grow in activity and in money in
vested So long as thousands Of dollars a
DAY can be cleared and the people are thirsty,
'aN-Dreakers viii be found ready to take a
chance. and even the destruction of the Lake
SIDE plant may no. be expected to end locally
me pcrHicious business of supplying poison
10 IL bootleg trade
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-26
Voice of the People

Letters must give tho name and address of
tke writer. Name will not be nubiI.hea ir
writer REQUESTS.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-26

rhfchhSe OF TWO airplancs to be held avail.
""'e ior Inc use OF the Pope would scom
10 ehd the church fiction centering abont
the Prisoner OF the Vatican"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-26
Thc servnnt prohlen,.

certain New York publication is asking.
can the average society girl do hard days
work ."
Mcboe, Brother. mebbe; but we don't wan,
EN- They'd bus: too many dishes
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-26

france announces An army provisions
another sympathetic tic between
mat nation and the United Sta,ee
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-26

IL doesn't take much 10 amuse children
10Y eho"-choo ear at S27S6 will do i. this
year.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-26

rersonaiity helps the sa esman but 1t takes
goods TO keep the merchant out of the Sheriff.
Office " e' az .
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-26

mandate and sending Berger, not to Con-
/ gress, but to the twenty years imprisonment
to which he has been sentenced ON the charge
, of sedtion.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-26

memory serves to remind and warn and also
20 tempt and destroy. Personally. we like it
when it's giddy.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-26

rE]IEPIItkNE. Randolph l..
Private Branch RxchuIxe
connecting with all depart
The Washington herald., 1919-03-16
IA HUN PLANES
IN AIR CIRCUS
TO BOOST LOAN
Frank Wilson Announces
Famous Fliers viii Do
Stunts for Campaign.
COUNTRYWIDE EXHIBIT
Three Groups to Make One
Day Stops at Principal
Cities in u. S.

Demonstrations of show the aces
acted above the firing lines will be
given in, approximately hfty cities
during the Victory Loan campaign.
Three flying circuses have been OBJ
tanned from the French, English and
American war Offices by Frank R
Wilson, director of war loan publicity.
Wilson announced last night that
fourteen German Fokker planes will
be used by the allied aces.
Greatest Flying Program.
'I regard 1t as the greatest flying
program the United States ever has
witnessed" Wilson said. Each cir
Gus will have its quota of aerial fight
ers and can promise the folks at
home they will see some real stunts.
Eight Englishmen and six Frenchmen
are coming to aid. One of them has
record OF 73 German machines shot
down behind the allied lines"
The flying tours will begin April
10 in three sections of the country
The Eastern tour will start at Mine
ola, N. Y, the middle-Western Sec
tion will give its first exhibition al
New Orleans and the Western touI
will start from San Diego. Cal
Each squadron will travel in a spe-
cial train, giving show daily.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-16
LEAGUE LIKELY
TO DELAY PEACE
Opposition Develops to In
corporation of Wilson
Plan IN Treaty.

Conflicting reports from Paris as %
whether the league OF nations cove
nant is TO be an integral part OF the
treaty Of peace aroused much COM
ment here yesterday. The reports in-
dicatc a direct issue between Presl-
dent Wilson and the French repre-
sentstives. OF whom Andre Tardieu.
recent high commissioner TO the Unit.
ed States. is spokesman
The President is quoted in the mes.
sage given out in New York by Secre-
tary Tumulty as having stated that
the plenary council has positively
decided that the league OF nations "a
TO be part OF the peace treaty. E-
Directly opposed 20 this view Is the
statement made i'm Paris by NJ. Tar
dieu to the effect that "the league
covenant will have no place in the
peace treaty.
Senators who are fighting the league
Of nations proposal declare thai
II the Presidents statement Is true
the league plan will be beaten. The
position Of the Senators who are
against adoption OF the league con-
stitution is part OF the round robin"
resolution which thirty-nine Senators
have signed and over sixty have
agreed TO accept. This position is
that the important thing at this time.
Is TO make peace and bring tfre boys
home from Europe" Put OF the
league OF nations proposal until We
have made peace" is the demand
which has been voiced repeatedly by
Reed. Of Missouri. Borah. OF Idaho.
Hiram johnson. OF California Thorn-
as, OF Colorado, Knox. Of Pennsyi-
vanis and Poindexter. OF Washing
ton.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-16

With ten soldiers at Camp Lee, Va.
laid low by sleeping sickness" bac-
teriologists of the Army Medical
School are studying the cases in an
effort to find the cause of the disease,
which has become national in scope.
1t has invaded Washington with the
case of Mrs. Fiji Zoliotis. in George
town University Hospital.
Whether the disease is something
new. or whether it is a recurrence of
'1ethargia encephalitis," a sleeping
sickness which visited this country in
1895 and also was prevalent at that
time in nearly all countries of Eu-
rope. authorities are unable to state
definitely.
Several interviewed here, including
DR.. William c. Fowler, District health
Admiral E. R. Stitt, of
the navy. a leading authority on trop-
ical diseases, and DR.. George w. Nc
Coy, expert pathologist of the United
States Health Service, are inclined to
believe that it is.
To the experts at the Army Medical
School, whose research work has
made that institution famous in the
medical world, the government has
given the task of disclosing the Sc
cret of the new menace.
Mrs. Zoliotis, who for more than a
The Washington herald., 1919-03-16
SAY De VALERA
IS IN new YORK
Sim Feiners Declare He
Will Be in Parade
Tomorrow.

Cork, March 15.-Prof. de Valera
president Of the Irish Republic. who
recently escaped from prison has ar
rived in New York and will partici-
pate in the st. Patrick's Day parade.
according to a number of Sim Feiners
here.
New York, March ia nation wide
campaign to collect 100000 in aid Of
Irish freedom and to gain world
recognition for the so-called Irish re-
publican government, will commence
in a few days, Irish leaders here said
tonight.
Irish leaders were enthused by the
report De Valera, their president -
has escaped from Ireland and is on
his way to the United States.
Statements issued from the Immi-
grafton ONCE at Washington that De
Valera would not be permitted TO
land in the United States unless regu-
larly equipped with a British pass
port stirred Irish leaders to denials
the United States would have a right
to exclude him.
Leaders say he is an American
citizen because he was born in New
York
The Washington herald., 1919-03-16
HERALD ENTRIES
SHOW INCREASE
List of Contenders for Valu-
able Prizes Grows as
Campaign Progresses.

The Special Ballot offer is attract
ing more attention and more can
didates are realizing the importance
of reaping the big harvest of votes
before the close of this period next
Saturday night.
Saturday was an unusually busy
day at the Club headquarters. More
candidates called to register subscrip-
tions than at any other day so far
during the campaign. There were
many phone calls for receipt books
and the mail from the candidates
residing outside the District was un-
usually heavy.
1t is surprising indeed that more
candidates have not Joined the Sales
manship Club to take advantage of
this unusual opportunity to share in
the profits of The Herald's $500
prize distribution. During this week
there should be great many entries.
In fact, If you intend to join the
Club and wait until after next Sat-
urday, March ., you will lose the
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