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Health Talks by DR.. Brady
The Menace of Typhu,. 1.

tCopyr'Eht. 1919. National Newspaper Service,
Three deaths from typhus fever, ono OF the
victims being Il brooklyn boy, have occurred
ia New YORK up to the time this is written.
rue New York health comm .ssioncr, appar-
chtiE uhihihdtul OF our established national
poi'cE oi watchiui waiting, has endcavorcd III
vain To protect the people OF New York City
ana "i the country ut large from fresh uc-
cession Of coolies from Europc-body lice tee
ihS me carriers OF typhus fever. The Federal
authorities In control OF the port have thus
FAR successfully supported the right OF the
c""tic 10 II place in the shirt OF the potential
american citizen. In an inspection of some
80. immigrants at the Battery after they had
Iced admitted by Federal guardians, the health
commissioners STAFF found thirty-two Infested
Win body lice. Which goes to show that
the European stock OF verm!n has friends
among the personnel of the Federal admins
tr"'i"h' or els" that immigration Inspector
need some new glasses, Twcnty-onc ca SEES OF
tJ'phus fever on ship and fifteen on an
other bearing pilgrims to the land Of prouis
ought TO arouse some slight concern for The
safely OF the country, no matter how many
coolies may be ruthlessly excluded Three
ONT OF Tour persons sent 10 Long Island Col
iego Hospital from the steamship president
wilson AZ cases OF pneumonia, were found
to have typhus fever. and were promptly re-
tuned To quarantine.
Hearing III mind the agency of the body
louise in transmitting typhus common names
for typhus fever assume greater Significance:
JAN FEVER ship fever. camp fever. and lin some
parts of Europc) hospital fever. Another
common name suggests a characteristic sign
Of typhus fever the rash spotted fever.
Sporadic cases were observed in New York
city for years under the name OF thrills
disease
Enidemics of typhus occurred in New York
in lSSi-S2 and In lS3.-'93. and In Philadel phia
III 1883. One of the peculiar features of these
outbreaks was the occurrence OF sporadic cases
ct great distances from known sources al in
Lection and at great intervals Of time from
the occurrence Of other cases. Likewise the
cas" of tho brooklyn boy ut the present time
there has been no chance OF contact with any
cooii"-carricr from these infested ships and
no vcrm!n wor" found the patient or in his
clothing. although some characteristics skin
marks suggested that vcrmin had been pres
ent. Nor could hcalth department inspectors
Nnd any evidence of typhus in district of
five square miles around the home Of the
Brooklyn patient
No O:hcr contagious communicates dis
has had many victims among nurses
and doctor caring for the patients as has
physicians attending typhuS patients iu Ire
land. $50 succumbcd TO the disease. That
Illustrates the great danger doctors have al
ways willingly undergone and never have been
known 10 iinch. one Young Chicago phySi-
cinn. Or. H. 7. Ricketts,. studying typhus In
Mexico. contracted the disease and died.
shall have another article on typhus to-
morrow.
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The Poets Corner
\ Lonely IIoiIse

A'phciS house.
''d he Inc me. door, the key slips from
HHnd or ] wander In an aimlcss ,,,,,
mere snail turn my footstens' "''
HeiE nnors and friends I visit Tin 7
Some Som one viii say. Pm tired of her"
AZ nome, within my lionel Gouso
At home? What is n hom.p
MOI tables. furniture and cmnt,
Beds ara nrimIy made. and spotloss
Dead pictures looking at me from rho
Stair steps that crcak, under a rho.,,,,
step; ehoSliS
\ clock. that ticks the silent hours nv
WIN measured strike and Glow.
wave after wave of silence all the
The outer sounds are but n moc,,crv
~ ITO ana living. One who dwcila
within lonely house is dcsol.tr
And something closes round ihcn,
what II is. only the soul that fe.Ia ~
understa nds. -
No words convey II to another souI.
Yet go into my lonely house I must
WIN inSginS feet take the back
Md slip tho key again into tho lock-
And enter '
Fearfuily I look around.
Longing, yet dreading, l may hear
y bar OF golden sunlight. bright and
clear, ~
dladdens my eyes; 1 gay. why. God
, ~ ROSA II. GRAY.
Ashland, Va, February 90, 1891,
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Mr.. Williams Returning to richmond

Mr.. Williams Returning To Richmond
= lCHMOND is glad tina, it is the decision
y of John SHELTON Williams To return TO
this, his home city. soon as he shall have
finished his public service In Washington.
Just how soon that will be even Mr. Will
liamS himself does not know. hut the
chances are that few days will see him
back in the city he loves. the city in which
he and other members OF his family long
have been distinguished figures and oc-
Cupying Responsible position with the
trust company whose presidency he resigned
TO become Assistant Secretary OF the Treas
my and later Comptroller Of che Currency.
That company is to be fClicitated i'll again
securing his services and the benefit Of his
rlpcncd financial Judgment. Nor. knowing
the warm affection Mr.. Williams has for
Richmond is it surprising that he should
decide To make this the scene of his future
business activity rather than to accept one
OF the many positions OF large trust which
might have been his elsewhere.
Mr.. Williams left Richmond with All es-
tablishcd reputation an able tnancier
and he returns not only as one OF the out
standing figures OF the Wilson admins
traton, but generally acknowledged. as re-
Gently stated by General Dawes to be the
best Comptroller of the Currency we ever
have had Yet he has been the center of
an onslaught as vicious as his powerful enc
mics could launch against him. He has
been the target for certain Wall Street in
tcrests, and through all the years OF his
official tenure little ours of finance and
politics have barked and snapped at his
heels. His name has been anathema to
those bankers whom he has forced TO COM
ply with the national banking laws. and
they have welded sufficient political in
fuence 10 prevent his confirmation by the
Senate, his place now being held by presi-
Dental recess appointment.
The interests that for years have sought
his scalp and failed to lift it are rejoicing
openly now that a change of administration
is about 10 bring his retirement They are
rejoicing because they hope to find in his
successor, even if they do not dictate his
nomination. one whom they can bend more
easily to their own financial plans. But the
new President will make a gricyous error
at the very beginning Of his administration
i: he does not name 10 the place-providcd
such a one is availablc---l man Just as big
financially, just as honest and one who
Will Gdopt az his own the rigid standards
ni banking honesty and compliance with
the letter OF the law set up by Mr.. Viii
liams
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Truth Quoted at $1,000.

WASHINGTON. Fen. 2@.-Thc American
Legion Of Texas stands TO mrrlc $1,000.
Representatives. Banton and summers of
that state. having engaged in considerable de
bate about each others veracity. are preparing
TO have The subject jud!c!aily settled. The one
proved to have juggied with the truth will
forfeit, the $1,000 To the legion.
The argument arose when summers attacked
lilanton on the noor Tor statements ne said
llanton had made about the attempt TO in
crease salaries Of Congressman,
summers offered to give $1,000 II the Banton
charges were not found false by committee
Blanton announced today he had borrowed
$1,000. and said he would post the amount with
Il Dallas bank to be turned to the legion
II tht truth % his contentious were not proved
The manner in which Il committee is TO he
selected TO lind out who told the truth is yet
TO lac determined. The two congressman are
speak 10 each other
Summers wants the committee named by the
Speaker Of tnc House. TO be composed OF
congressman named either by ElamIon or the
Speaker OF the House. by members o!
Texas Press Association Texas American
Legion. Hiant"no rejected these proposals in
Il letter, suggesting the committee lie COM
summer. said he hadn't received I:lautou's
letter.
But from a reading of newspaper mems
cIpis'. j. looks ike l:lanton declines my
challenge" he said.
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News Of Fifty Years Ago

From The Richmond Dispatch. Feb % lS7lD
y Memphis letter In the Cincinnati Com
mcrcia! says. Mir Jefferson Davis has taken
up his permanent abode in this city. He has
rooms at the Peabody Hotel where he trans
acts business dcvnving upon him as The
president OF the Carolina Insurance Co He
receives a salary Of ) 900 but no great anount
OF work fans 10 his lot. His name is what
the company wanted more than his business
capacity.
The railroad night that has hcen on in the
state Senate for week is at an end ANA ended
IN the defeat of tho icnnsyl vania Central The
vote IN the Senate was - against the Penn
sylvania cen'rai's proposition to get control of
The Richmond, FREDERICKSBURG and Potomac,
to IL for the hill
Major John w. Daniel. member Of the House
Of Delegates from i.ynchburs has so far re-
covered from Illness as to he able TO return
to his duties. He arrived in the city last
evening and Il stopping Tords.
Mumps and measles are very prevalent i'm the
"iy Just now. y suspension Of mos; of the
schools has been caused thereby
The House c"inmtrc" investigating. charges
ana rmmors Of bribery has so FAR gotten hold
Of nothing hut rumors no real evidence
against anybody.
Governor Walker yesterday appointed Lit
Teton Alien. OF Caroline, ana william IT. Clark
OF Halifax. 10 be notaries public.
Rev. j. VI. Eui!nr has received a ilatt.riny
call to the Fulton baptist Church. it havinl,
received the signature OF every male mcmbc r
OF the church
The celebrated Swiss Bell Ringers with the
assistance OF SOL Smith Russell the great
humorist will commence IA brief engagement
at the iheatcr Monday
The President yesterday signed the bill Civ
ing the District OF Columbia a territorial gov
eminent,
All ,hr Europcan states have recognized the
new French government
bismarck is employing dire threats in urG
Ing Theirs to sign his terms and it looks ms
II Theirs has no remedy. ..
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SEEN ON THE SIDE
ny HENRY EDWARD WARMER
I'nlly.

why mourn the withercd flower.
. Or Weep for one lost smile?
New roses grow most every hour
Smiles, every little while.
Why SO bewail the chance
THAT stint your grasp today?
with all the wild ones in the dance
Another'li como your way!
Why Kick w Ned because
Good Luck won't play with YOU"
y sulky spirit only draws
The luck it's mated to.
Cheer up: There is no JOY
In riding with the hcarsc.
The worst that YOU have had. Old Boy.
Might have been even worse.
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Echoes From Down Home

Roanoke Rapids sale of $4,000 in school
aouds indicates that one town wants schonls
and - no, afraid to nay for them ana ISM
afraid OF taxes II is a safe hct tia, Hn,rnk.
If any persons wants to h. mentioned in
tn" headlines he had better g,, busy within
tic nest month after tia, time the FIRST pa1.cs
TIL. Concord Observer ovcrs ina. wb., in.
ruliticin.s Of the LEGISLATURE wan, buls ,,se,d
whcn thoy are afraid to OFFER Themselves
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Orc;,,

NJ. u. NJ. Clarksville.--By n ,r.a,y
between Japan and Korea. on August
-. 1910. the Korean territory was for
ilail% annexed to the cmpirr of Ia
pan The Emperor was deprived OF
49, p"litlcal power and was accord
ed tn" tit.c Of Prince vi and hiA fnth
CT tthr former c&- E,mpcror) that
az Prince vi. Senior. Tn. lille
ni TIE country was changed hack TO
thoscn," from Tai Han, which had
hccn adopted In 1897, and the office
OF Japanc.c G0vcrnor-Gcnrral cstab-
!lshed. llcnccforth. Korea became an
integral part OF the japanese empire
Members o! the Korean InncrjnI
House and the late Korean Cabinet
nave had Japanese patents of nobi!-
!ty conferred upon them.
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Rlchmcnd, Va. Feb. !. 1871.
Tho SmIth-To,rnrr nil.

To the Editor Of The Times Dispatch
Sir'I read With much intcrcs,
gard Ia the smith Towncr bin Their.
are. however. some things that may
ho said IN objection Tho objections
are NOT on the surface. but they are
ON. objection is that this is an
other instance Of the tendency 10
lean on "ashinIton. Other things
l',derni government: ih"rrfor". .ic,
education, the most important OF all.
nave turn also. But ar" we no, at
least suspicious that this growing
tendency is an evil on" in our scheme
OF government" Is IL not tim. to call
Il halt, and is not education "a good
piac" AZ which to make the halt?
There is a danger III this country
and naturally 80 in any big country
O! forgetting that local sclf-r.iianc"
~ absolutely necessary for III. III. OF
the spirit which heG.ts and preserves
the democratic ideal.
Another objection akin To .hn, M
Federal Capitalization. is that our
public school system ~ already over
systeinai!Zcd. and that, however much
posed bill would almost inevitably
lead To more Of syAtematiziug and
stahdardi1inS, The elevation Of the
COMMISSIONS Of Education 10 posi-
creased paraph"rnaiia Of II national
department, would mean more power
al tn" center and consequently less
incentive 10 local initiative in CducJ
,onal methods. /, could not easily
De otherwise. The fact that the COM
missioner ~ present has no power is.
me strength ana virtue of his Office
lie may perform The nnc service of
adviser, !Hspircr and intermediary.
anu THIS ~ iust what tn" Office should
do. Nor" would u" harmful Edu
cation ~ becoming sick az overhead
power with It's standnrdIzinE So FAR
ntsn "a
out tn" country - hc alike ". SHOULD
wish them 10 V" as uHlilS" as poH
sihl". Tn" richness of civilization
d"n"nds upon variety la other
words, The rnrhgsis should not bo
upon rystrm. but upon frr"duln II
may ha All right for u Secretary az
Agriculture 20 uultivat. every row Of
corn alike, bat IL would not he all
riHht for Il Secretary Of Education 10
cultivate every boy AMI girl alike.
However captivating, therefore
'his bill may seem many good sun
rorters Of educational progress dis
lk" It's tendency toward more con
trtlizat!On and fear It's probable re-
suits JAMES H. DIIiApD
charlottesville. February 10, ieal
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"racilis;" Daniels and Baker

IT he country cannot fail to note the
sweeping change that time has wrour
in character Of the present Secretary o! =
Navy and the present Secretary OF War
To-day they stand forth as the leading cham
mons IN American public life OF a powerful
amamen; for the safety OF the nation on
land and sea.
1t is easy to recall the abuse that was
heanea upon these two officials in the days
when preparedness was being preached
ny imnasSioncd patriots in 1915 and 1916
No man in this generation has ever been
subjected 10 more ridiculc than was Jo-
sephus Daniels. He was the first OF the
Wilson administration victims" Then
came Newton ID. Baker as the successor I'm
the War Department OF Lndlcy NJ. Gar
rison. The same forces that had denounced
Daniels thereupon heaprd their dcrls!on
upon the new official They branded him
as Il weakiing, as pucifst and man of
straw. by comparison with Garrison, he
was mere pygmy, they detained, and they
sought To cruelty him as man unworthy
OF the title which he bore
All this, he il remembered, proceeded
from TN" organs and mouthpicccs of the
preparedness propagandists II proceeded
from til" men and women wwho demanded a
powerful standing army and rcsistlcss
American navy. Those people responsible
for this insane clamor had conceived the
notion that Daniels and Baker were ready
and willing 10 junk every shin in The navy
To level every seacuast iortiiiCatiop Ia dis
charge every soldier in the army and Ia
aurrcndnr America to any foe who might
threaten the country.
No such campaign Of INSTRUMENTATION
WAS ever carried on i'm this country. as de-
Z tt lgT, ,.;tI
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STEAMER DISABLED AT SEA
c"shntn. hrlonrinS tn shipping Hoard,
Is Towrd Into Newport News.
ituddrr In Lost.
icy Associated prcss.l

NEWPORT NEWS. VA, Feb. 22.-
The Shipping Board steamer Coskatu
was towcd in from sea last night by
Shipping Board tug. which found
her ruddc'l"ss and helpless in "A hcavy
sea. The Coskata VIII come here for
survey and repairs.
Pilots report that an unidentified
thrcc-inastcd schooner lurchcG In from
sea yesterday afternoon and dropped
anchor i'll Iynnhav"n Roads Her
forctop mast was gone, as was most
of her headgcar.
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Gone Strnttnn rnrtcr

AIRS. II. w. p. Lou;sa.--Alrs. G;cnc
Siraiton Porter, author ana illustra-
tor. was born on II farm in Wabash
county. Ind, In 1868, daughter OF
Mark and Mary tSha!lrnbcrgcr) STRAIT
Ton: was privately cducatcd married
Charles Darwin Porter. at Wabash,
in 1856. was two years editor camera
natural history staff OF Outing. four
Ncars Specialist in natural history
photography ON Photographic Times
Annual Almanac: member Society OF
Western Authors. Audubon Society,
National Geographic Society. Her adj
dress is I.imherloSt Cabin, Rome City,
Ind
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ltiglttD,

Just had mighty valuable two-word SER
non from a lone Waterman down on the
Severn. He has a little house, Il garden. his
coat. the blue sky, the water. Il comfortable
living. lonesome peace. Always singing or
wFistlinw: never complains.
How'd you like TO have a million doilars?''
we asked him.
What for he asked, without the slightest
interest
We can't get that ,wo-word sermon out of
our head
VIVA, fore" is right,
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M, CONTEMPORARIES VETERAN.
iiiusriile, Ella. February Is 40,
The League Point of yi,,,


To The Editor Of The Times Disnn,,.h.
S!f'--fo oar editorial In this mnrn
ing paper in regard TO tn, VIrpi,I,,
,,.oasue or Womcn Voters il evidcntiv
pt lho platform and purposes OF liz
i"aS"e. The organizers OF the l.al,,n
n , With you that each voter IL
"Wisjdc n nS within party than
Lt" que Tor Women Voters sayu IN
each member: Join the pariv ~ -,
I ,, and work through The party"
hut these women rruliz. tia, thcr.
are many funda mental human is.',a
whlch know no party Limitations .rbn
nh,lonal League of Women Vnt.Ts
100, 70 IN. Two great party convcn-
lions last summer platform en-.
nony'hB The social principles of Tia
women voters. II platform conrrrnrd
WIN human values and icgiAla,Ion
pF"tcct!Sc OF human lives and con-
"Ic!'e 70 human progress and ohucn-
ION rms platform Wus adoptcd hy
the republican convention a!inos, in
ne nhtirety: and tho Democratic con
N'htIph TOOK over the Wolncn'e ulunks
an whosr. cInbodying them I'm In"
democratic platform. II there b,J
bteh no national Womcn's oryHnizI-
ton 10 press the woInHu's uoIn, nr
view " would have been imDosslblc
10 nav" III" two conventions adopt
IN. womcn's huggestions.
The League OF Women Voters has
not been organized 10 further tho
political ambitions OF any woman mr.
group OF women. II has been organ
!Zcd 10 interest women in political
HE ana stimulate them TO a thorough
study in citizenship. IL has also bean
prSahlz"d In stand for legislation than
tends 20 promote human welfare
shi"tN. progress and huppincss-lor-
!slnttun on which Democrat and R"-
lubii'an can meet in perfect accord
II not antagonistic to party orsant-
zat!Ou.
Republican women work with Re
ruhllcan representatives for the leg
.Slai!on thry are Interested In, and
democratic women work with Demo
cratic representatives In like man
ncr
II IL an effective means OF crys,allz-
INK the kindly woman sentiment OF
me community and nation into social
action. II dos not attempt to coerc.
us membership into blind follow Ing
OF IT'S leaders. Rather IL sees TO In.
form each woman with the principles
involved IN any matter 10 acgua Int
them with the We've az asrlrants for
once, 10 l"av" Ia the Individual how
she vii! vote after she has given tho
subject careful thought
Thr Typ" of woman who has been
Interested in the league. both ma.
tionhlly ana locally. should he a guar
anttc OF It's good faith.
LUCY X. MASON
Richmond, Va. February -, 1921.
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who stand out in the pages OF the worlds
history. y nation prays that Warren Hard
ing never will have to face the things that
Woodrow Wilson has faced; Yet. should
Providence thrust even one-hundredth part
OF them upon lin, it may be wondered how
the man who believes government is such
II simple thing would acQuit himself.
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Notice to Readers of
The Tines-Dispatch

The Tlmcs-DiSrItrh. In It's "SDire
vi tue People" column, wishes to
give spncc promptly 10 all currcs-
poadents, hut tho pressure of let
iefS IN No great thnt the editor
S forced. In order To present tUDIcs
Mhcn they nro fresh Hnl or vital
ihtcrc~f, Ia ask cOrrcspundcnts 10
conucnsc their rOnmuntrntIunsI into
.oo words. This request TX mnde
In the spirit or fur play md we
IRE con hdcnt IL Will he met Ia TINT
spirtt By our readers.
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,'hc,y

Yep" said the young man at the look-'ern-
over counter I'm engaged 10 this wren and
l/wan;a buy her sumrn nice like silk stock
ings. huh"
That would be splendid said the lady
clerk Here's a nice pair. only $376. and
But y'undcTstand,' interrupted the swain
Il don't warta insult her get fresh or any
thing. y'undcrstand. | guess I'd better play
safe an Set her half pound o. candy"
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MINIATURE ALMANAC.
Theater Calendar
AcADE,IY-Keith vaudeville.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vaudeville.
RINFOIiD JU y ION IL III
SCIE0OI-Iittie Thcntcr lrnSuc
presentation of two onr-nct plays.
BIJOU-MadEc Kennedy, In "The
Girl with the Jnzz fIcnrt."
BLUEDIND-WiIii Fnrnuni, In
"The ScuttlrrK."
HROA Ray, In
"SIneteen and Phyllis"
LYRIC-Matt Moore, In "fhc
passionate Pilgrim"
ODEON-Clnra ItImbnii Young,
ia ..Iiusb."
ISIS-Chariic Chaplin, In "The
hid"
REX-"Thc son Of Tarkan."
NICTOIt-"rhc Green swamp"
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Cora Mny IInrris. Author.

Y. I. C., Kichmond.-Cora May IIar-
riS. the author. daughter of Tinslcy
Ruckcr ana Mary Elizabeth White,
was born at Farm iIlll. Ga. March
ricd Rev. Lundy Howard Harris Feb
ruary 8. 1887 twho died September
Is, 1900: is a Methodist: began writ
ing for the Independent 1898: contrib
utcd 'l!rasstown Valley Stories" to
the American Magazine 1868; has
since written several popular novels.
among them ~ Circuit Riders Wife"
Her home is 1T itydal, Ga.
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ftcl,lIkcl,

The prospective employer looked the appii-
cant over carefully.
and now" he said about the salary; what
would you expect"
oh couldn't consider less than $4,000 A
year" said the applicant.
Yen don't understand me said the en-
ployer. 81 don't want to buy you l only want
TO rent the OF you
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Old. hut InfcrcsfInr

SSir." said tho woman Indignantly II came
IN here last week and bought this stuff. and
you guaranteed that il fast colors"
That's right. Madame said tho clerk.
That's what | said
Then how comes IL that when took it out
in The rain. in twenty minutes the dye was
running all tho place."
only twenty minutes?' said the surprised
clerk. We'll. Madame. do you want any
faster coors than that