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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
ON TOPICS OF THE DAY
Writer Fails to Understand Posi-
ton OF Pro-5rltish Faction
i'm the south

To the Editor OF The Times Disnatrh.
Sir.-Iour correspondent of last
sunday. the 26th Of this month, writ
ing from Tunstnlis, Va. and discuss
ing the Irish and other questions
was quite in line with modern Amer.
lean Tories. He absurdly takes the
position that what britain under
| takes is always right. From his view
point he quite naturally assumes that
the foreign policies of England are
always admirable. We can almost
hear him talk OF our mother coun-
try the protection of the British
fleet the preservation Of English
institutions" and he forgets every
other nationality under the folds OF
our nag. He knows as much about
Lady Violet" as some Sarrulo,s old
royal lady Of dear old Iontion. He
charges that Gladstone. because he
desired TO do Justice and because he
mated tyranny. was responsible FOR
the death of Chinese" Gordon at
khhrtum. lie argues thereby for the
wcil-known English habit Of mas
sacrinE first and attending To the de-
iaiIS afterwards. can we'll ina inc
that your correspondent Is entirely in
sympathy with the massacre at Am
ritsar. where the brutal General Dyer
irasSarrcd irst and explained after
WardS. II" charges the great Glad
stone upon an indictment for the re
snonsibility for he Rocr War, simply
because he desired 10 do justice To
the Boer people.
IL" would have Lady Nioict CAS-.
quithb Carter close her eyes to Brit
Ish oppression in Ireland. and be
cause she preferred To tell the truth
ABOUT conditions in Ireland he
charges her with revealing the con
dltl"nS there for the purpose Of con
founding the present party IN power
III England, because. forsooth. Lady
Violet Is Il daughter Of Mr.. Asuui,h.
the late Premier OF England and Mir.
Asuuith was a follower Of Gladstone
Your correspondent would have made
an excuse for English practices mn-
der any conditions. and his reason for
Lazy Niolets attitude to tho Irish
question is quite as good as if the
revelations had been reported by
some other lady or gentleman
Snt what ] cannot understand of
IN: present pro- British faction i'm
NirGl mia and the South is their sur
render OF our American ideals OF
course ! can understand the position
OF the bisot and the unlcarned. but
not the position OF the cultivated
were we not born, all of us under
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Health Talks by DR.. Brady
ncn,o,nI OF Tnnsll.,


] have observed certain throat speciaiists
VII" made the most noise about the Import
ancc OF complete cnuclcation or removal OF
the diseased or enlarged tonsils rather than
mere amputation or cuttinI or the tom
siis tonsillectomy rather than tonsilotomy),
doing "A spectacular but not very thorough
amputation nevertheless. There is no other
meuicai speciality in which many utterly
incompetent and unfit young men are meet
ing with great (nnanciaD success: am not
referring much the nose and throat
specialist, but to that too numerous and too
shallow class OF Specialists who choose as
q suitable field for their skctchy talents. the
eye. car nose and throat. The chin neck
feet and liver they leave to indiscriminate
practice An eye doctor has some concern
about the nose and nose doctor has some
interest in the eyes, for diseases of the one
are often found to produce disturbances of
the other organ But what or excuse
an eye doctor has for bungling ear troubles
or why a throat specialist should purport
TO lie also u Specialist in eye diseases. is a
problem which imaginc the late DR. Kidd
or some of his shrcwd Successors could best
solve. During the great war these al-around
specialists sort of blushcd and modcstly ac-
ceptcd the title Of head specialists" Which
rather left the cynecologists the urthopedists
the internists Untcrnists are honest to- good
ness all-around specialists ii, whatever ails a
man inside). and few other inferior sorts
IN rather embarrassing predicament
Whether the tonsiis should he removed com
p!eteiy ca rather radical opcration) or amp,.
tated, is AN individual problem In each case
and tho patients regular physician is far
better iit,Cd TO decide than is anv spccIal;st
y specialist may hc jealous of my method
my tonsii furccpS and my last hundred
operations. tut the patient Is concerned about
my" tonsiIs
y loca! ancsthctic is sufficient for mos,
such operations in adults ant IN many chill
drcn. For those who are undiscipiincd and
weak in self control general ancsthctic is
preferable. In either case il is best to re.
there will hc but sore throat for The
zion.
sils should dismiss from mind tho super
stitions too frequently heard. Diseased or
enlarged tonsils often spoil - voice; removal
OF the tonsils never does: accidental injury
OF the pillars OF tho throat, when tonsils arc
adhcren to the pillars. may possibly injurc
a singing voice. Removal of the tonsils has
no effect whatever upon general development
or the integrity OF tho sexual system Re-
moNal OF diseased enlarged tonSils never
diminishes natural resistance to infectious
d:cases. hut often seems to increase resist
ancc. No child is too yuu3c. adult too
old. TO season OF time ~ year is unsafe for
TINS operation am not denying that sad
accidents have happened and will happen now
aud then. in the thousands OF such opera
tons done; but the risks and dangers involved
IN the neglect of the disease condition are
infinitely greater than the remote dangers
connected with such operations
Copyright National Newspaper Servicc)
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-01
Removing l,urcnucracy,s Muzzle

HE meeting of President Harding with
department. heads and hundreds of bu-
reau chiefs. assembled under the direction
and in accordance with plans of Director
of the Budget Charles G.. Dawes for
cessfully efecting administrative economies,
marks new departure in efforts at re-
forms to reduce the expenses of govern
ment. and one that promises to produce
substantial results
In addressing the meeting. Director
Dawes. on the authority OF the President.
laid down three cardinal rules by which lie
hopes to gain unhampered cooperation OF
government bureaus in effccting the econo
mics upon which he has made up his mind
as necessary to give efficient admins
tration without waste OF the taxpayers
money Briefly stated, these rules are:
When the director OF the budget approaches
any government employee for information
needed in working out the economy pro-
gram, that employee must give the infor-
nation and will be protected; If gov
eminent employe has what he deems vital
information and is not asked directly for ii
by the director, he is expected to volunteer
ii, again being assured protection; if
government cmployc who is Intercepted
holds back necessary information and the
budget director finds out about it. that cm-
ploye will be deprived of any alibi.
This removing Of tho muzzlc Of silence, or
Of connivance. from employees in position
to know of sackerism and OF other forms
of waste of the public funds strikes at the
very heart of the time-honored burcaucra
tic resistance that has palsicd so mary cf-
forts at administrative economy. Dawes
was once a bureau chief himself and he is
onto the evils of bureaucracy. He knews
ius hnw tn
and from whom to get the information
needed to locate the leaks, and in extend
ing protection and Offering an incentive to
the employees to tell what they know, he
is pursuing plan that will produce de-
sired results. He has opened the way, as
he expresses it, for employees to arise from
their submerged state" and help put an
end to much useless expenditure Of the pub
lie funds.
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News of Fifty Years Ago

tF~om tho Richmond Dispatch. July |. 1910
In the liustinss Court yesterday morning
Judge GuiGon sentenced George Chahoon in
accordance with the verdict the jury rendered.
In reply to the usual question. Chahoon said
he had nothing 10 say. except to assert my
entire innocence the charge upon which I
have been found guilty lie sentenced %
serve two years in the pcnitcnttary. tut cxccu-
ton OF the sentence will lie held up pending
appiica ton to the Supreme Court OF Appeals
for writ OF error.
At the annual meeting OF the board of trus-
of Richmond College held Yesterday it
decided to increase the faculty and to
raise $4,000 for the erection OF additional
buildings.
For the quarter ending yesterday. -four was
inspected in Richmond follows 1851 bar
rcis of family, 21.157 extra supcrhnc. 1891
super. 2o95 fine and 1875 middings.
Sheriff II. j. johnson. OF IIenrico County
yesterday paid into the State Treasury tho
sam OF $4,000 of tax money. The balance in
the treasury at the close OF business yestcr-
day $4,000
All sorts OF excursions have been arranged
FOR the Fourth. They Will he down tho river
by toats and to West Point, Petersburg. Nor
folk and elsewhere by rail
The Married Mems club of Fell Islanders in
tend giving a grand soircc dansant at Ches-
terhcld Park the Glorious Fourth
John NJ Patton was Yesterday appoint cd
visitor 10 the Virginia Military Institute in
place of w. l.. owen of Lynchburg.
Married: On the 2Sth of June by REV T. c.
Dashiell s. Nice. Fisher to Miss Lucy A..
daughter OF David a. Cardwcil; all of Rich
mond.
Rev S $. Lambetn--not Rev 8. s. Talbot
is the name OF the orator OF the Franklin,
Literary Society of Randolp PHI Macon College
who made the fine effort night before last thai
was so hithly complimented ty our corrss-
'ondcnt, and who wrote the name right. TIE
printer got 1t wrong. III
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MINIATuRE ALMANAC.

the stars Of liberty? Have we not
grown great on our ideals alone: Are
we ready TO look with disfavor on
the aspirations Of ali other peoples
for liberty: We atoretirnc raced on
the very wings Of flight to the rescue
Of aspiring. liberty people
and are we now To turn our backs on
our own glorious traditions? If So
We should make amends 10 Spain for
our mcudling in Cuba, and for the
many other tranaprcssions of a like
nature.
on the tag day recently held to
! raise funds for the sufferers in Ire
land, Il certain wcll-known leader of
society. etc. in Richmond. turned
away In scorn one Of the outstrctched
hands of Il lady worker for this
worthy cause, saying he had no sym
pathy for ireland in it's attempt TO
gain its liberty at the expense OF
possible wreckinG of the British en-
pirc. Yet the writer saw this dis
Itingnishcd gentleman, standing in
his front porch on West Franklin
street. almost frantically waving a
Confederate flag AT n passing pa
radc nl our old Confederate soldiers
during the last Confederate reunion,
quite agreed with him in his fran
w 'bpiN ipl AIN IL
syInpa,h!Zer of Irish extraction. But
what | object to now is the closing
of this mans bowels of compassion to
another secession. that OF ireland
| from the British empire. Ii Confed-
crate secession was u virtue. how
does he convince himself that Irish
secession is a crime? Confcdcrat e
secession was a split OH II constitu-
tional question pure and simple. while
Irish secession is on the higher
ground of liberty. Ireland never
willingly Joined the British union.
and no man will say IL did so volun-
tarily. but Virginia and the South
were willing signatorics of our Union.
yet they seeded. ana fifty years
after, this scornfu pro British
sycophant, who spurncd contcmptu-
ously relief for suffering men and
children, nearly tore his hair in his
excess OF JOY at Virginia secession
from our Union.
Your correspondent should read our
Declaration Of Independence on the
Fourth OF July next; then take n few
LESSONS in American ideals. and pos
sibiy then he will not lend his pen
again in superciIious effort to
argue matter he knows not OF.
T.. i. II,
Richmond, Va. June 81. 1921.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-01
Navy Officials Back Battleship,
IBy the United Ncws.l

WASIilNGTON. June 3O.-An investigation
Americas modern battlcshps is susceptible 10
penetration by the shock OF an aerial bomb
exploded nearby may lie recorded as the first
result likely to follow the mock attack on
tho old battIcship Iowa
But In the minds of the high naval officers
who direct the United States sea policy. the
supremacy OF tho capital ship is more secure
than ever rs II result of the bombing tests
against the Iowa. Any practical belief in the
talk OF aerial superiority eimmcrlng,
they trumphantly assert when score Of air
planes registered only two direct hits on the
Iowa out of a total OF eighty bombs dropped.
AS the backbone of the feet" the tattlcahip
remains mistaken. they declare.
Ru; there were a number OF bombs in the
experiment off The Virginia capcs that fell
dangerously near to the lowas side GU, OF
this has grown a controversy. Defenders
of the hatticship insist that modern armor
would Withstand the force OF bomb cxplod-
ing near the hull. Proponents of air suprcm
acy rector, that bombs which struck close to
the Iowa's side sufficient i'm number to
have crippled her seriously had they been
the real article, and would have rendered her
useless for combat purposes
This difference OF opinion will be thrcshed
plate OF American battleships is vulnerable TO
Eomb explosions. steps Will be taken to
strengthen its resistance.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-01
MUCH HUMOR AND WIT
ON NEW ACADEMY BILL
Trick BiIliartlists Present Act DIFF
fcrcnt From Any Seen In
i{fchmnnI
2 IA, ;, =. r..,,.. ,.ry:e, ,.s =!

me we'k-cnd bill at the Academy.
scanning The program from top 10
""'tom hhd taking in by and large
: hs agood II vaudeville entertain.
mcnt NJ YOU have seen In a, lonp
time. and FAR better than good
many of them. First honors undouht-
cdly TO IN Mccarthy and S,ennard.
who have George Henry 10 assist
MON Tor their act Is literally
uIh-producing scream and ono
that vaults over most OF 'cm az n
maker. Matrimonial falicitIcs and
mialicttics furnish material for the
plots and those who put II over
know how 10 use their material to
III" best advantage.
The three kcryils have novelty
skit. the exact like of which Won
haven't seen before In this latitude.
Th"y get away with many trick
so dinicu!i that YOU arc left wonder
ing how they yet away with IL anu
remain altogether.
iruct. Kramer and Gruet have
clever little act called Circus Day"
Their musicai numbers are good, their
singing better, and their dancing cx-
Ccilcnt.
iIcrskind. Australian comic artist.
mas no difficulty in amusing the aud
fence. Ills is an act not often seen
on the vaudeville stage, and he dis
plays an abundance of ability in nut
Ting II over
Little Miss Eiva Lloyd. a baby-doil
type of actress. has such winning
ways that YOU just cant help hut
like both her act and herself Little
Elvn is certainly there
Ana then there's tho Pathc News
and comedy motion picture.
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SEEN ON THE SIDE
ny HENRY EDWARD WARMER
Nhcn trnmlmn MN. . .;lr,


GRANDMOTHER sat and told me this
In strictcst confidence.
She doesn't like to gossip and
She has u lot OF sense:
She told me this-I know she'd fret
II she knew l told you
Ana this is just between ourselves
So keep 1t entire nous!
My SON" GRANDMOTHER sad rive lived
Through many and many years.
Ana seen this nation in its JOYS.
Ana seen it in its tears:
And never. NEVER have seen
Nor thought TO Sec the like
OF girls a-straddlc on behind
y tcrribo motor bike!
rive seen the fashions from tho time
or crinolncs. il you please.
And never thought Id live to sec
skirts cut 10 womcn's knees.
I've lived through modest beauty spots
And dainty powders. too.
But n those days didn't paint
In smcars. moderns do.
I've lived through wigs-not brazen things
Nor hcnna hair. but We
Wore wigs designed to add a touch
or stately dignity.
never thought TO see such things
As modern women don
For instance lashcs for the eyes.
with paste to stick them on
And SO she sat and talked with me
Sadly. and swectly. too
And rI.EASF. don't lot tho dear soul know
! passed IL OH To you.
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NlilliOnnlrcs,

Subscriber. Fredericksburg. - Ac-
cordinG to the income tax returns in
lo21, there were two men in the coun-
IVY WHO had incomes above $4,000. I9G
annually: tweniy-eig with incomes
above S2,O0O.000, and thirteen with in
comes between $l,500,000 and $4,000
LOO More than 10000 residcnts of the
country reported TO the Internal
revenue bureau that their incomes
'ea.heu soo,olo or over in tho year
ending June 30. 1920. OF The twenty
cISht richest men in the country more
than half live in New York State. two
IN Delaware. one in Michigan. one i'm
Ohio. two In Pennsylvania and one in
Rhode Island.
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FRIDAY JULY 1. 1921.
ing the Consumers

dstration's permanent tariff
6orted to the House by the Ways
COMMITTEE, is distinctly pro-
asure. Unofficial estimates by
the committee place the ex-
I'm as high as 100000, 600 year,
q little more than S300.0O0,000
by the old Payne-Aldrich law in
al pre-war years. This. of course,
lat the consumers OF the country
hulcted in many times that amount
tocess of passing the tax on to the
consumer, with added percentage
separate collection Of the tax.
lie X, which i'll all the history of
lking in this country represented
hit of robbery, is restored in diff
isguise, but hardly less objection
ersaRre reductions in some Of the
Jon e whole the manufacturers
by this schedule get the equivalent
old compensation rates or better;
e wool-growing interests get some
n by having their produce removed
Underwood free list.
thej country as whole will be
ard hit, If the bill as reported should
law, the agricultural interests
South and West receive measure
elton long denied them by the party.
the South especially. by reason
Nm support given it throughout
Is singularly lacking in fore
d the incidental benefits to
lustry OF agriculture, in the
ing OF the term. is fairly en-
my system OF tariff laid for
)nf securing revenue for the
government.
hern and Western products OF
firm are taken from the free list,
sfhey were placed by a Democratic
Es and n tariff gate imposed that
ave stimulus to- healthy develop
without proving burdensomc to con
pnS as a whole On the other hand,
fnrai implements and numerous
items which enter largely into the
I'D rming operations. either remain on
or are placed there by he new
III thus removing tariff discrimina-
against number Of Southern pro-
If the farm, the Republican party fos-
growing Ssntiment i'll the States OF
18th agafrM the ruinous policy of free
eterials, with protection for Eastern
etures, 10 which foolish advocacy
ven during Bryan's leadership of the
ratio party; and, il goes without say
rat in extending this recognition to
I'm interests the G. O. +. makes Il
Z bid for the support OF Southern
In future elections.
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Imperial Conference Divided.

THE British imperial conference in dis
GUESSING the question Of renewing the
Anglo Japanese treaty finds The views OF its
members rather sharply divided. At the
outset Of the conference it was disclosed
that Australia and New Zealand favored re-
newal with notifications, Canada and South
Africa opposed renewal India, apparently,
is hostile TO renewal, but was not inclined
to express its views until later in the dis
cussion. The opposition to renewal implies
no hostility to Japan, but comes very large
~ from the feeling that continuance of the
treaty would harmfully complicatc relations
with the United States. However, the do
minion statesmen who present this view are
nutspokcn in expressing their desire for
amicablc relations with Japan. They APP
prcciatc that the rotations OF the British
outposts in the Pacific to Japan closely re-
somble those which obtain between Japan
and the United States, and they are chary
of any arrangement which might be mis-
understo God in this country.
Lord Curzon. Secretary for Foreign Az
fairs explained 10 the conference in n lucid
manner all the aspects of the alliance APP
prcciative of the division Of sentiment re-
speeding renewal, he showed no tendency 10
Influence the Prcmiers or overseas do
minionS. but CCnhncd himself to giving the
facts. political and otherwise. necdful for
Il full appreciation of the position as it
exists today. 1t is underst God that the Brit
ish government has suggested To Japan Il
post poncment of the date for renewal of
tho alliance from July to October, in order
10 permit full discussion and an opportunity
to consult the United States The Japanese
government is said to have agreed To this
course
As matter of fact, plausible reason
for renewal OF the treaty appears to he
lacking. Certainly, none has been officially
offered Austin Chamberlain, in a recent
speech explaining the situation TO the House
Of Commons, admitted that the conditions
which inspired the treaty no longer exist
hut said that ii is necessary to provide for
conditions which may arise in the future:
but the conditions he had in mind were not
suggested. In that portion OF the world
which would be affected by the renewal of
the treaty the United States has a great
ana growing interest, and with the German
menace; which originally inspired The al
lance, removed. British insistencc upon It's
renewal suggests a fear Of misundcrstand-
ings with the United States by reason OF
these growing interests
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"sunnysldc" ir,lnr.s Homo.

Miss l.. a.. anvillc.-Sunnys:dc.
the home Of Washington Irving on
tie Hudson. is etiil owned nv rcia-
;vcs Of the author. MIR. Irving never
married. He bought the property
near Tarrytown In 1892. on his re-
turn from long residence In Europe.
The house was originally built in the
scfcntecnth century and was known
as Wolfert's ROost. Irving modern
ICED IL somewhat and renamed 1t
Sunnyside. 1t was his home for the
remainder of his life and he died
there November IS. 1859. and is Hurled
there. In 1888 celebration in com
memoration Of tho 40 anniversary of
Ills birth was held there.
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INFORMATION BUREAU

Inquiries regarding almost INV
torie, excepting ON leEni and "a edicni
subjects, nre answered free. A, NIL
inquiries are answered directly by
personal letter, scif-Hddressed.
stamped envelope Is required. Adj
oress The Timcs-Dlspntch Informa-
lion bureau. Richmond, Vn.
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ruption to their own organization, with
never chance ito win the strike. Unem-
ployment in the country is too general for
Il strike to succeed where the grievance on
which 1t is based is not of sufficient mag
nitude to command the sympathy and sup
port of the public, which plays no fuvorites.