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Evening star., 1922-01-15
CHIEF ARMY CHAPLAIN
TOUR WESTERN POST

Col. John T. Axton. chief Of
Army chaplains, has been author
lied by Secretary Weeks to tour
the military field in the United
States in the interest of the re-
-ligious welfare of soldiers. Dur
ing the months of January and
February he will visit about thirty
western posts and confer with the
chaplains Of the Army. the Off,
GERS Reserve Corps and the Ma
tional Guard, and en- route will
visit many chaplains at small and,
in some cases, isolated posts.
The specific purpose Of these
visitations is to magnify the place
Of religion in the Army, to
strengthen local programs for the
moral and spiritual advancement
of soldiers, to inspect buildings
and equipment that now are in
use for religious work, and to
gather material upon which to
base recommendations for the I'm
provement of the Chap1ains'
Corps.
Conferences are to be held at
Camp Lewis. Wash; Preside. OF
San Francisco, Calf; Fort Bliss.
Tex, and Camp Travis. Tex. The
conferences will be noteworthy In
that they win be composed Of men
Of various religious beliefs, twenty.
different communions represented
in the Corps Of Army Chap.
lains. The UNCONVENTIONAL convic-
tions Of none will be disturbed.
but the faith and working pro-.
gram Of each will be strength
ened snd established.
Evening star., 1922-01-15
PAPER MAKERS CHARGE
RETAILERS PROFITEER

Paper manufacturers of the
United States. believing that they
are unjustly blamed for the high
retail prices charged for their
products. have offered assistance
to Attorney General Daugherty in
his campaign against profiteering
retailers, the American Pulp and
Paper Association announced yes
terday.
In q letter to the Department Of
Justice. DR.. Hugh P. Baker. execu-
tive secretary of the association,
says, in part: ~.
Information has come to us
from time to time during the past
year regarding the differences in
prices of paper as sold by the
manufacturer and by the retailer.
At a recent meeting of manufac-
turers of tissue paper one of the
manufacturers told. of going into
a store in the town where he
manufactured tissue paper. and
finding that rolls Of tissue paper
were, being sold at q price indi-
eating several hundred per. cent
profit on the part of the retailer.
THE Saiesmen's Association Of
the Paper Industry. in a recent
bulletin. gave definite figures
showing that while the cost of
print paper Of various kinds has
been reduced very materially.
the high cost of printing has been
maintained to point where print
ing is being curtailed because OF
high cost, reducing, Of course, the
use Of paper"
Evening star., 1922-01-15

Whatever the reasons TOT the res.
ignation of Premier BRAND during
the past week, personal piQue or fear
of danger of overthrow, the fact re-
mains that this resignation placed
France at the crossroads. Advance"
and "Retrogression." France must
take one or the other. The decision
will rest with former President Poin-
care, who has been selected by Presi-
dent Millerand to form q new cabinet.
Poincare is the avowed enemy of
close working agreements with
former allies II those agreements In
rywise undermine Frances dreams
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-03
The Ford Offer Goes to Congress

c ECRETARY WEEKS has sent MIR. Ford's
~ Muscle Shoals offer to Congress with
out committing himself either TO a favor
able or an adverse verdict. His accompany
ing statement probably will Impress the
average reader as being rather more con-
cerned with the disadvantages than with
the advantages OF the Ford proposal though,
OH the whole, it appears to represent a
thoroughly honest attempt to present the
matter without prejudice.
1t is disappointing to find the Secretary
of War unprepared TO give Congress the
benefit OF his own opinion. Though he lacks
the authority to dispose Of the offer, il re-
lates To matter of peculiar Importance
TO the department which he directs. and he
has had the advantage Of extended exami-
nation and consultation. He should know
more about tho project now than Congress
may be expected to know several months
from now. While it would not have been
proper or desirable for him to argue his
own conclusions to the exclusion of all
points supporting n contrary verdict, he
might have presented the matter more help
fully by adding the force of individual con-
viction. He turns the matter over to Con-
gress with much the air OF one saying Here
is all l know about it; it's too much for
me-"
There is, however in the secretary's
statement one recommendation based on
positive conclusions and which should inn
press Congress deeply, whatever its attitude
toward the Ford offer may be. This is the
recommendation that the Wilson Dam be
completed, even if Mr.. Ford's proposal
meets rejection The expenditure, Score
tary Weeks argues, would be fully war
ranted by the development OF power the
benefits 10 navigation and the assurance of
an always ready gar plant in case OF emer-
gcncy. He mentions also the far from
negligible argument that the undertaking
would give employment to very large
number. His appeal TO Congress for early
consideration" is fully justified by the
weight of this item alone
Unhappily the circumstances do not point
to prompt settlement OF the matter. Henry
Ford and Congress are both Institutions
and both affected by many and diverse re-
iatlonShips. Perhaps there is hardly a
member of Congress who will be able TO
approach the Muscle Shoals proposal en-
urcly free of bias. favorable or adverse
And the matter is one quite complex enough
10 encourage adherence TO the side that NAV
he chosen in advance. Nevertheless il must
be hoped that Congress will not lose sight
OF the high importance of utilizing the stu
pendous Muscle Shoals resources Ii would
be better TO make Mr.. Ford an outright gift
OF a lOO-year lease than TO perpetuate Il
policy under which millions already expcnd-
ed would be forfeited and one of the most
III omsing industrial developments OF our
history left to die
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-03
Passing Dchation Along

HE American farmer has been debated
TO point where further patience has
ceased TO be virtue with him He wants
the deiiation process passed along TO all
others in similar proportion upon whom the
obligation equally rests TO make sacrifices
10 get the country back to normalcy He is
getting his eyes opened. This is evidenced
by the persistence OF the agricultural bloc
III Congress. which is causing both Demo
cratic and Republican party leaders much
uneasness. 1t was further evidenced in the
discussions OF the late agricultural confer
encc in Washington and in some of the reso-
lutions adopted by that gathering Those
discussions put both the administration and
Congress on notice that the farmer will
make his power felt in legislation OF the
future.
Aside from giving the congressional bloc
unqualified Endorsement, the conference
showed that the farmer knows what is tho
matter with his business seller in the
markets of the country and the world and
"hat Is the matter with himself as "a buyer
in those markets when ii debated at higa
pressure the report calling on railroads and
coal miners to take reductions in wages so
that freight rates might be brought 10 n
normal basis. II showed that tho farmer
knows that the trouble in his operations
as seller and in his operations as buyer
is that while agriculture has suffered gem
eral ma drastic denation little or nothing
else has q; least nothing like in the same
proportion.
Hence the conference with only one dis
| sentinE voice, that OF Samuel Gompcrs pros
| ident OF the American Federation of Labor.
adopted the following resolution: I'VE in
sist that the railroad corporations and rail
road labor should share in the denation or
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-03
UnSOund and Unnecessary

NJ EITHER the General Assembly nor the
" public afford to overlook the i'm
portant principle involved in the measure
providing for the punishment of newspapers
that publish the name of woman who is
made the victim of criminal assault or
attempted assault. Opposition to the bill on
the part of the Virginia Press Association
is based upon recognition of that principle,
the right OF free speech. This right has
been guaranteed as one OF the fundamentals
of American liberty, and its abridgment
for any purpose whatever would be regard
ed with apprehension by every person who
understands how vitality freedom of express
sion has always been related to the develop
ment of American life and institutions
Aside from the issue Of unsoundness, it
may be said that there is no occasion for
the enactment of such law in Virginia. The
newspapers of this State like those through
out the South, have always shown the ut
most anxiety to save assault victims from
unnecessary humiliation. Exclusion Of their
names, except under extraordinary crcum-
stances. has been required by practically uni
Der Of the General Assembly, could possibly
feel stronger impulse to delicate restraint
in the treatment of such raattcrs than is
felt by the average Virginia newspaper edi-
tor.
Nirginia's experience has not been such
as to warrant serious consideration of Il
restrictive measure like that now proposed.
And it clearly represents step in the direc-
ton OF dangerous interference with the pub
lie press.
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the poor people and the poor localities that
have the most children with tho least money.
Governor Stuart pointed out in his message
to the special session of the Assembly in
1915 that free education Is the undertaking
of the State, that there are no county
boundaries in illiteracy, that subdivisions for
school purposes are merely for convenience,
that the burden Of public education can
never be eQualized, except that the poor
should pay according to their poverty and
the rich according to their abundance" 1t
would be unwise for the cities. where ntan-
gible wealth is concentrated, and which draw
their population Of tomorrow from the coun-
try, to agree to plan that will allow I'M
progressive localities to yield to the lure of
low local taxes and fail adequately to edu-
cate their children.
The internal remedy that the General AS
sembly must adopt some day, no matter how
long it doses the patient with liniment on
the outside, is equalization of assessments
on all property throughout the State ad-
minstered by centralized body, so that the
disgrace of evasion of the State tax burden
by the method of local high tax rates and
low valuations, will be eliminated and all
classes of property brought to bear their just
proportion of the costs OF progressive gov
crnment.
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FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 3. 1922.
Ideal. but It Won't Work

q ~ OMPLEI / l. segregation OF taxes as p'o-
- posed in the bill offered i'll the Assem-
bly, yesterday by Delegate Mayo G. Brown
/ and as drawn by Richard Evelyn Byrd. how
ever ideal at first blush, does not stand the
test of analysis. The bill is as short and
concise as one would expect from Mr. Byrd's
/ incisive habit OF thought and word. and
leaves no doubt as to its precise meaning. II
would result in segrcga,ing all the taxes on
real estate and ali tangible personal proper
ty, of every kind, except the rolling stock OF
steam railways, TO the cities and counties
where that property is found. The taxes
on intangible personal property, money, in
come. licenses OF insurance companies and
rolling stock would be segregated to the
/ State.
The plan OF partial segregation put into
effect in 1915 through the leadership OF
/. Governor Henry Carter Stuart has failed
even as partial plan because special taxes
I for roads. schools and tuberculosis have
( been added until the State tax on subjects
intended by Governor Stuart to be segre-
gated 10 the localities has reached 25 cents
on the 500, instead OF 10 cents as at first,
and as compared with 80 cents prior to
partial segregation. Whether Governor
Stuart's ideal OF final complete segregation
could have been attained by keeping the rate
on State-segr.gatcd intangiblcs down 10 his
original suggestion, is now n moot question
and the proof on one side or the other has
( been destroyed by subsequent events.
The Byrd Mayo bill would make il OF no
concern to any city or county whether any
other city or county assessed its real proper
ty and tangible personally at a high or low
rate. II would put the assessment OF such
property and the levying of the local tax
rate thereon entirely in+Ihe hspds of local
officials, who would .-gs.a,e at once the
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Health Talks by DR.. Brady
M.nrrx of NcEIcct.


Men undergoing; for the first time care
full physical examination. as for army service
for life insurance. are often surprised to
learn that they have some functional disturb
caused, perhaps. by cardlo vascular de-
generation. 1t may he trace OF albumin, or
blood pressure little too high, inability
to hold the breath forty seconds or faulty
heart action. Such men surprised by the
adverse report Of the examining physician.
They profess to believe that their health has
been all right up 10 the time OF the examina-
ton. But what the average man considers
fair" health is not necessarily the normal
physical condition for one of his age.
"Oh, yes the patient with cardio vascular
degeneration grudinSly admits when cross
examined, I've had stomach trouble. more or
less occasional headaches, n little rheuma lis m,
and such things, but not bad enough to have
n doctor"
What Is cardio vascular degeneration? 1t
is literally heart artery wearing out too early
in life 1t includes insid!ous heart muscle
failure. hardening of the arteries, high blood
pressure. chronic nephritis (Bright's disease)
but not the imaginary kidney trouble" the
almanac reader has when his back hurts--and
apopcxy Cerebral hemorrhaGe. stroke OF
paralysis'). All OF these varying expressions
Of cardio vascular degeneration come. not sud-
denly nor without warning. but very slowly.
insidiously and with years of the most un-
mistakable warnings. But, unfortunately. the
victims of cardio vascular disease usually pre-
fer to interpret these warnings in their own
way and to deal with them Tom. Dick and
Harry recommends Not until they are really
down and out do they at last feel i'll enough
to have care.
1t is the most incomprehcnsiblc thing
to- my mind tlrat most people. though shrewd
enough in general affairs. seem determined TO
gamble year after year until they have lost
the most precious thing in the world. and
then spenq their final days uttering libcls
upon the doctors who can't undo the harm
wrought by years OF sclf-experimcn Ia ton.
What a fool I should be, knowing nothing OF
the mechanical part OF an automobile to
drive the car to rack and ruin and never seek
the experts skilled assistance when little
troubles developed from time to time because
OF my own negligence!
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-03
News of Fifty Years Ago

(From the Richmond Dispatch. Feb 3. 1879
MIR. Spencer w, Snyder. of the Tredcgar Iron
Works. delivered a very interesting lecture
iron before the Normal School yesterday.
a snowstorm set in here at : o'clock last
night and at midnight the ground was COW
cred to depth of three inches with the
neecy INSTANCE and there at that time
prospect OF cessation.
Ice in James River is upsetting the sched
ulee OF all of the steamers They are flnding
1t hard 10 pillow through the heavy accumula-
tion that in all parts of the river be-
tween here and City Point.
Ground was yesterday broken in the work
OF the church Hill tunnel, ana three more
places and a much larger force put to work.
j. B. Pierce yesterday appointed to be
inspector of butter, lard. fish, pork. etc, at
Norfolk.
The City Council of Petersburg has before
1t a proposition to sell the city's stock in
the Petersburg and Weldon Railroad to Mr..
Reuben Ragland. Yesterday several citizens
applied to the court for Injunction for
bidding the Council to take any such action.
The judge OF the Circuit Court. after hearing
the case fully. sustained demurrer and dis
missed the application for an injunction. The
Council is now further considering the bid
OF Mr.. Ragland for the stock.
The Ice crop is simply abundant this win
ter and the people in and around Richmond.
almost without exception. have filled their ice
houses to overlooking.
Somebody eve about TO say some fooD
in Washington has written a hook to prove
that Tom Paine wrote the letters OF Junius
and also the Declaration OF Independence.
The Richmond correspondent OF the Balti-
more SUM- speaking of the Legislature now in
session, says: The last financial proposition
Is to levy n tax upon the dogs. hut the mem
hers fighting shy %. IT, as they are well
aware that for a man to vote in favor OF n
dog tax in Virginia is to sign his own po-
litical death warrant He would never be
heard from again"
The bitter attack OF Hoar, OF Massachusetts.
against the South replied to at consider
able length by Mr.. Critcher. of Virginia, In the
House of Representatives yesterday.
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who Fay. the Domnr,,

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sill wish to compliment you on
this mornings able editorial on the
halfway and Power franchise Your
stand is well taken.
have no interest in the HALLWAY
and Power Company or the jItneys,
but am large taxpayer and in
t"restcd In tho city's transportation
problems, particularly for the West
End.
AS you know, the city has taken
In miles of territory. collecting city
taxes on IL for years. but has made
no provision for street car facilities.
Is this right?
If present conditions continue much
longer. we Will have no stree, car
facilities at all. understand tho
railway company pays the city. di-
r"ctiy or indirectly, around 500, 600
per annum for franchises. city taxes.
paving. etc. and the jitncys around
$4,000. Who is going To pay for tho
vast damage which these jitneys do
to the city streets? The proDertv
owners are taxed to death ALREADY.
The worst feature IS that our
womcnfolk must be thrown into
crowded jitneys ut all hours of the
Gay or night. Jitneys may be nil
right on certain streets where there
are no street car facilities. but to
substitute jitneye for an organized
transportation company looks un-
reasonable To me. What we need Is
better transportation system, not
worse one a TASpAyrD
Richmond. Va. February 2, 1922.
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Written ON Ills own initiatives.

written ON His Own InItIntivc.
TO the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-lt has been brought to my
attention that report is being cir
culated on the streets that the letter
published by me In your paper and
The Evening Dispatch Wednesday.
February l, addressed to Mr. Edgar
Is. English. relative to the Virginia
hallway and Power Company, was
written by the railway company and
the expense of the advertisement
paid by them.
l desire to state that this letter
was written upon my own initiative,
ana the expense Of publishing same
was borne partly by myself and the
balance By friends of mine who are
not in any way connected with or
financially interested in the Virginia
hallway and Power Company | fur
Their state that the Virginia Hallway
ana Power Company had no intima-
ton whatsoever from me, or from
any other source. that had contcm-
plated publishing the letter
L feel that IL Is due all parties con-
cerned for me to make the above
statement. will appreciate II II you
VIII give this Information such pub-
Lefty as IL deserves.
l.. +. POWELL.
Richmond. Va, February 2, 1922.
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a Reply to "stockho,der."


To the Editor OF The Times DIspatch.
Sir,-ln reply to Stakeholder. II
ii. H." of January 81, 1922: First, he
wishes every member of the City
Council had every dollar he had in
vested in the Virginia Railway and
Power Company. How quickly he
would feel poverty and see right! I
am glad our city Council is a body
OF men who use good Judgment.
Any man or woman who Invests
every dollar they have in any one
corporation lacks business training
From the looks OF the stockholders
OF this company who reside in this
city-and l know a few OF them-I
think they look far from feeling
poverty. II this is the condition they
are In. according to II. II. H.. let
them cut out servant hire, telephone
and all luxurics Of life.
II understand correctly, Thomas
). Whcclwright told the committee
from the carmcn's union when they
asked him to suggest some plan
whereby they could exist. not live.
on 30 cents per hour, to cut out the
telephone and use the next-door
neiEhbor's; let your wife take her
basket on her arm. go TO 4 cash-and-
carry store and get her provisions.
II these mems wives have to do
this. let the stockh oldcrs' wives do
likewise, and head officials of the
company also. Then perhaps divi-
bends may be paid.
Don't try and cut the life out Of
the men who have been bringing in
the money. but start at the head and
cut some OF the SIS cooper men,
$4,000 per-year men, SIS, -per-year
men, and perhaps II. II. II. would not
feel poverty.
II. ii. il. seems to think AZ cents
per hour high pay and that the plat
FORM men want the whole loaf The
wise thinking men and women OF
this grand city think different, and
SHOW II by their actions.
H. II. II. also says II they did not
rut their money In this company
these men would not have jobs. Let
me say II 1t was not for the cit :
liens OF Richmond patronizing this
company I do not think any of you
would have jobs or dividends either.
The Virginia Railway and Power
Company cannot. pay these men AZ
cents per hour. but they can bring
strike breakers In here, pay them IS
per day. feed them on chicken and
all the milk they can drink to take
The bread out Of the mouths OF ZOO
| law-abidlng. honest voting citizens
and their families of our city. There
is something wrong. and some day
IL VIII come to light. Richmond is
waking up. and I do not think she
VIII let any one corporation rule her.
EDNA MERCER JONES.
| Richmond, Va, Jan. 81, 1929.
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ADJUSTMENTS
Good show Mt Lyric.

Good show Mt Lyric.
Gladys Delmar, aided by n quintet
Of prankish Observation-Disclosures. certain
ly lived up TO her title OF queen OF
Jazz" with h!gh-specd. fantastic
presentation OF syncopated melody
at the Lyric yesterday. The dashing,
versatile comcdienne impressed.
Natalie Dugan and Hudson Free
born. musical comedy favorites, were
good In "SpringtIme," playlct
handsomely costumed and with
vcritahle wealth OF scenic effects.
Ward and Dooicy. possessing n great
repute for fuumaking. though v!rtu-
ally unknown In this section. were
a big hit with their clever skit.
Grace D'Oro, really beautiful
girl. won considerable tribute with
songs and piano selections. She also
In new to this circuit. Lowry and
Prince. eccentric comedians. gave n
real laugh producing act with their
original variety offering. The motion
picture attraction comprised new ad-
venture films.
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"Fu,urts,,. AMI o,hc, r.rn.

Mrs. i. c. r., OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
are believers in futurism. 4 modern
cult which ignores established stand
ards and regards the imaginary de-
rclopncnts OF The future as more i'm
portant than the real achievements Of
the past. In art II Is placing OF
fantastic conceptions above approved
methods. Cubists arc artists of the
futurist school. whose pictures are
supposed TO represent art because
they do not represent nature. Higher
criticism Ia n term applied to an In
depreciation OF the Biblical writings
by competent authorities. using
scientific methods and treating the
subject as harmonious whole. New
Thought relates to theory that
ones external or physical conditions
can be controlled by a change of
moral attitude and mental activities.