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Kntrrirt January 27. IIIOB, at lllrhmond, Va.. an]
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Starch 3, 1*79.
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 2?. 191*.
A WORTH-WHILES tilFT?Yoa caa make
your frlenda happy every day In the
yenr hy Mending them a 'aubwcrlptlon
to THE RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH
Pleading for the School of Hollas
THERE Is something almoBt Incongruous !
to our modern vision In the sight of a j
railroad president addressing a classical so- |
ciety on "The School of Hellas" and making
cri eloquent and learned argument for those
classical studies that we had been led to
understand were anathema to every practical
mind.
It is true that Mr. Harrisop admits some
defects In the old system of Imparting the
little Latin and less Greek that once were
thought essential to the education of a gen- ;
tleman. Speaking for himself, he says he
"was treated like an old-fashioned muzzle
loading gun," and there are otherB, who have
had a like painful experience, who never
could consent to a reloading after the weapon
once had been discharged.
It is Mr. Harrison's prayer that the In
fluence of Hellas shall not die. He is him
self a living Illustration of why that prayer
should be answered. It is as unusual as it
is delightful to find a man of large affaire,
turning from rate sheet, and rights of way,
and troublesome stockholders and irritating 1
and unheeding Interstate Commerce Com- '
missions, and finding relaxation and inspira- j
tion In "the grandeur that was Greece and !
tlon in "the glory that wa? Qrcece and the ,
grandeur that was Rome."
Keeping tho Gus Ihhub Clear
THERE Is real reason for regret that the
Gas Department has seen fit to becloud
" the Issue whether or not owners of property
any longer shall be held responsible for the
i gas bills of their tenauts.
Spokesmen for the GaB Department talk
as though the fact that It may be put lo some
additional trouble by the repeal of the ob
noxious ordinance were ample reaBon for per
mitting the ordinance to stand. That argu
? ment Is ridiculous. The wholesaler would
be delighted, doubtless, If he could compel
the owner of the property In which the re
taller does business to pay tho retailer's
bills, but he cannot.
The Gas Department's campaign of oppo
sition has very uiuch the aspect of an effort
to stir 'up popular antugonism to a belated
measure of Justice and right. Perhaps the J
department will find It necessary to put In ,
?prepayment meters: or to exact deposits in i
advance. but. apparently, that necessity is j
not experienced by the Virginia Railway and
Power Company, which also sells light to
Richmond people. Municipal ownership, if
it Is to Justify itself, should be, at least, as
efficient as private ownership.
Tlie><plain .fact Is that the ordinance as it
statirtb IS a misuse of the city'B power. It
forces a class of citizens to pay what 1b in j
effect an extra' tax It should be repealed. '
for the municipal credit and the Gas Depart- j
meat's self-respect, as well aa for the relief j
of those it has oppressed.
Gaining Kcsperi for Kucli Other
NE of the bt-Bt ways to gain a proper
and healthy respect for another man is
to go out and fight him. The South and
the North learned thlB In the War Between
the States, and apparently the antagonism In
the struggle that now rocks Europe are at
taining on the field of battle the same point
of view.
When President Lincoln Issued his call
for volunteers they wore asked to serve
ninety days. That length of service, as the
event proved, was not quite adequate. There
Is also the old story of the Southerner, who
proclaimed, before the fighting started, that
he "could lick any three Yankees," but felt
compelled to explain, at a later day, that he
had been unable to do so "because they would
not come at him one at a time."
When we read nowadays of conversations
and exchanges of newspapers between
French and Germans In the trenches on the
Aisne or the Oise, It recalls how Confederate
and Federal soldiers swapped tobacco for
coffee when the Army of Northern Virginia
was ma..in*; its desperate resistance.
There aro other evidences of a return to
sanity. Official observers with the armies of
nil the nations now at war begin to speak in
terms of admiration of the conduct of the
enemy. This development 1h as gratifying
as It was inevitable, in the maws men of one
.country are about as brave as the men of an
other, and when they stand up and fight each
other, and die gallantly in each other's sight,
this fact becomes evident.
The Six-Daj fllcycie Itnce
HAT estimable gentleman, the future his
1 torian to whom is left the unravelling
of many conundrums, will be hard put to it
to find a satisfactory reason for the annual
recurrence of six-day bicycle races in New
York. They now appear to be ho firmly es
tablished that the local press, which..was
formerly a unit In condemning them, does
not now even raise a protest. That they
work any considerable harm either on the
contestants or tho spectators ts doubtful.
A physical contest has a suro appeal to
human nature, so'It lo understandable th^t
boxing or wrestling matches between skilled
opponents, sluiereiy desirous of victory,
should attract multitudes, even as baseball
games do. Even footbnll contests are wit
nessed by hundreds who have no clear under?
standing of what Ms going on before their
eyes. The contegt 1b the thing.
But these six-day bicycle races are only
one degree less unexciting and uninteresting
than u similar roller skating race would bo.
What is It that brings thousands of people
to Madison Square Garden every year?not
only from New York, but from other cities?
to sit for hours watching a form of dreary
treadmill torture, puuctuated by. an occa
sional spurt of speed? The hope that there
may be a collision among tho riders may
account for the presence of some. Sheer
lack of mental resource probably is respon
sible for the presence o? most. j
Merciless Mercy
WITH the viewpoint ot extreme militarists
like General von I-Ilndenburg, who de
clares that the swift, merciless crushing of
an opposing force will be the most merciful
kind of warfare, there inay not bo much
sympathy among the ultra-paclilclsts. But j
the fact Is that General von Hindenburg 1b
not far from wrong. If either side could
deliver a crushing, slaughtering, murdering,
utterly destructive blow at once, thousands
of men would be saved a horrible winter in
the Held, and as many women and children ,
would be spared starvation added to their
suspense. Tho cold-blooded, numerical fact i
is that as long as a sufficient number of men
to make war are standing, on their feet, j
the war will continue; at least, there has
been no evidence of weakening or pacitica- |
tion in any direction that would justify a I
hopd' to the contrary.
It is a most lamentable condition ot' affairs,
j that, built in as closely as they are and with
no neutral ground to act as buffer?with the
single pathetic exception of torn and bleeding
Belgium?the nations of Europe have been
straining at the leash for half a century.
Big and little, they have all an ax to grind.
Ruling cousins have hated each other with ;
a cordiality not concealed by the thin veneer j
of diplomacy or court exchanges. Govern-i
mental cliques have been built upon the hope
of personal and party glorification by terri
torial acquisition and commercial advancd-1
ment. Large and small pools have been i
made by the financial Interests, In this game '
J of International chess; the big gamble lias!
just been awaiting the most trivial incident,
to precipitate the conflict.
AVh?4 the rank and file, tho private, the j
women and children think of it?what, the j
' taxpaylng Infinite majority may feel about it;
?has nothing to do with the case. This is j
a family quarrel among rulers and cliques,'
backed by a blind obedience on the part of!
their chief victims in the mass. No voice in '
protest is raised as the instigators of It all
speak of winning if it wipes out a whole gen
eration of fighting men. Not even the ap
proachlug horrors of winter, and wolves, and
white-covered fields, and depleted commis
sary, make tho slightest difference. The
whole of Europe is tasting blood, and there
is nothing in sight this side of annihilation
to promise peace.
If this Is all true, it is perhaps equally
: true, as repeatedly stated by those of this i
I opinion, that the more merciless the war at
| this stage the sooner will coiue its ending.
Map-makers are awaiting the settlement, and
the world of commerce is anxiously wishing
to open the doors of exchange. Back home, j
where the real misery lies, are the women and i
children. Whatever the Issue, whoever wins, {
whichever side conies out victor, Is not quite '
of so great Importance as ^concluding the
conflict on terms that will be decisive. An
indecisive ending, or compromise, or agree
ment, would bring only temporary peace.
And It now appears that this decisive ending
will come only through merciless fighting,
which, from the point of view of releasing
these thousands from the reeking trenches,
seems to be now mqst merciful.
Tho True Spirit of Thanksgiving
IT is very easy to lake a wholly wrong view ,
of Thanksgiving. In the praises that as
cend to-day, even in some of those that aro
spoken In the churches and the home and in
others that well up unconsciously in the
hiimr.n heart, there will be a good deal of
the ppirit of the Pharisee, who thanked God j
that he was not as other men.
There. Is an essential difference, eomc will'
say, for. whereas tho Pharisee gave thanks
that he was better than others, it Is the cus
tom of the world, or at least of the worldly, ,
to express gratitude for being belter off.
But lh<- (iillenmc is not fundamental. In
some of those most richly blessed and, there
fore. most content, and therefore, perhans.
'< moBt Indifferent, ii is rank hypocrisy to thank
! Ihts Glvei of all good lor their quite casual
and undeserved freedom from want and woe.
It is Inconceivable that an omniscent God can
he pleas* d by such praises. I
i All about us there is suffering, agony,
death. Europe Is a welter of murderouo pas
! alons and of bloody battles. Belgium, which
; was a shambles, has become a desert.
Here in Richmond 10,000 or 12,000 men are
out of employment, facing a winter of destl- j
tution for themselves and their families. i
When you go to church to-day, or in the j
'comfort and plenty of a happy home, gather
wife and children about you for a service of
I praise, suppose you think for a while of
what you have done, or are going to do, to i
! carry Thanksgiving to some one else.. All
over the world, some thousands of miles
away, but some perhaps in Ihe next block, !
are persona whose reasons for thanksgiving
are pitifully few and small. What have you I
done, what will you do, to make these rea- |
sons somewhat more numerous and potent?
Would not God be better pleased by praise
for an opportunity, perceived and availed of, ;
to assist the less fortunate, than by the ex- I
pression of a smug satisfaction that In life
I or goods, morals or blessings, we aro not
| as other men?
j "Everybody's knitting," Pays a headline.
! Of couibe. Those of ua who are not knitting
; socks and mufflers for soldier.* in the Euro
pean war are knitting our brows In au effort
to meet the difficulties of business and life
thai the war bus caused.
Commuters aro hard hit, so it is reported
by recent increases in railroad passenger
rates. But just think what a boon their mis
ery will provo to the newspaper humorists,
who had almost run out of commuter jokes
with a novel aspect!
New York's city chamberlain, who favors
the abolition of bis office bocauso it Is a sine
cure. shows conclusively by his attitude in
i this matter that ho has no real uptitudo for
j politics.
| SONGS AND SAWS
Tarhpola, ""
It b moat a shdtno to bf&t you#
*ou best of gallant foomen'ln a flghtl
Wo love you like the dickens,
E en mb the scrimmage thlckons;
But wo Juot have to mako tho line hold .tight
TarheelB. we hall you I
But then we've got to frail you?
!wivr,.v,?.,is!.,?<1r!.dh.".t?*" ih?
| But we are driven to It
Wheno'er tho quarter back barks out the slgn(
Come, boys, let's win now!
I Got up and plunge right in now*
8 not. a b,,t of sense In waiting more,
larlieelp won t mtnd It greatly
They'll bear It quite sedately;
!? or we have. licked them many times of yore.
True Saerlflee.
He?Are you going to make
twa a ChrlBtmas of Belf
denlal?
She?Yes, indeed. Because
there Is so much suffering In
tho world I feel I should deny
myself the pleasure of giving
preFcnts, so I am going to
take the money I would spend
in that way and buy myself
a now set of furs.
"Fatlier!"
"Yes. my son?"
"Honesty Is the best policy, isn't Itf .
So I ve always heard."
That Is the promise."
? , i The n*?> Thlnjr.
naturally folllsh look' anyhow^n^lsT on "
themselves In the most foolish^arleUei 1
present-day overcoato and hats? .of|
nofdecbe3miveCaUB0 the,P ^"aranoe, sro j
T* Worked Doth ISndi.
J. Caesar was a lucky wight!
When he waged war uncouth and rouirh
No correspondents caused him fright
Jo wrote his own preea a*ent stuff.
THE TATTLER
Chats With Virginia Edito
rs
"All our differences with Turkey will h?
led Thur.o?,? u? Peteerbui ^"Z-App..;
informs Its renders. It is worthy of note Mmt
"bf* I .?V? ?f *>etersbure on this side of the
*w,,h
Th? Staunton Lendor Is not satis/led" with
the explanation offered by the Turkish govern
ment. Editor Haislip writes: "The explanation
made by the Turkish government of the firing at
ed"'Vbynath?en Am iimer,Can 'aUnCh W,U bo ac?eI><
h!??V 11 eovernmont, and the Inci
dent be allowed to pass, notwithstanding the
hnv?rMm<i and peop,? ff?n?rally will probably
J I .. !Xw?Wn op,n,on of sincerity of tho
Turks The Grand Vizier Is advised to caution
wm io lnlK ien?ff0rWartl noth,n* ?n alibi
win go in Staunton.
Tho Lynchburg Advance, too. has its fixed
opinion of that Turkish Incident. Says the Ad
vance which believes in an honorable retreat
any time; "Thoso who shrieked loudest for
drastic and Immediate punishment for Turkey I
for firing a shot across the bow of a United I
Sta es launch, have a sickly and embarrassed
smile on their facee to-day. All their lurid and
belligerent talk has gone for nothing and a
perfectly good opporunlty for the administra
tion In Washington to stand up on Its hind less
and yell bloody murder has been lost. The dan
ger of heroics Is acute In these days of war
and rumors or war." It was Kipling who re
proved the "loud-shrieking" Britons during the
Boer War with. "Don't fight Oom Paul with your
mouth: It's unsportsmanlike."
Norfolk has discovered that there is another
species of senfood Its citizens can't find In their
?;nck yards, and the Virginian-Pilot comments:
The pink oyster, which has mado Its appear
ance In Washington, and which Is said to have
a peculiar dellelousness of its own. will no doubt
>0 welcomed by those hostesses who strive to
make everything harmonize at their pink teas"
rhus nnture provides congenial companions for
even the pale lobster and the blase clam.
The Newport News Press. In an editorial un
do- the caption "The Time to Build Ships." says
"We must build our own ships That wan what
Thomas Jefferson said In his day, and the emer
gency Is greater now than It was then We
must build them and now Is the exceptional
time. The yards are not busy and the prlcea
are all marked down." Coming events cast their
hsndows before The Peninsula communities are
yet to be merged into the great oltv, but the
greater spirit Is upon them While the Winches
ter Star Is crying. "Buy a Barrel of Apples" and
the Williamsburg Gazette. "Buy a Bale of Cot
ton." the slogan of the Dally Press is. "Buy a
Fleet of Ships."
There Is much reason for bc
Vll'a Is Hevlng that the Washington
? \i?? administration haa long antlcl
01 pated the downfall of Cnrranza
the Hour and the domination In Mexican
affairs of the Villa faction.
That must bo the logical result of serious dis
agreement between an opinionated. none too
reliable, elderly lawyer and a remarkable neon
who has shown in connection with dashing
military skill a high degree of adaptability,
resourcefulness and enlightened decency In
public affaira. If there is any forro In Mexico
which Is Intellectually and materially strong'
enough to deal satisfactorily with the present
complex Mexican problem that force must be
somewhere within the ranks of the Villa con
tingent. Senor Villa's establishment in the seat
of government will give reasonable opportunity
for demonstrating whether or not such a force
exists. If It doesn't, we confess to a feeling of
Tearfulness that somebody outside of Mexico
will eventually be obliged to undortake the
worlc of pacification and direction. Too much
that is absolutely necessary to the progress of
the world' exists in the 707,000 square miles of
Mexico to permit a perpetual condition of
anarchy.?Hartford Times.
An Ohio man lias invented a
Sad Blow mechanical corn busker Tho
to Ileal device runs with a gasolene
onglno. Its possessor, who, pre
liomnnco suinably, is at the same tlmo
possessor of a shock of corn,
hauls the machine beside the shock, turns on the'
sparkor?if thfit's the way a gasolene motor is
started--and the shucker begins to shuck. " The
cleaned ear are elevated to .a wagon standing
near, and the stalks stripped of corn arc
deposited elsewhere. It all works very nicely,
according to the prospectus. - Clearly, this In
ventor has no romance about him. He may bo
an Inventive genius, but he never attended a
husking bee. What Is to become of the chief
social diversion of rural communities? Surely,
a mechanical husker can never be Invented with
acumen enough to distinguish a red ear when
one turns up and to appreciate the privilege
that goes with It. This patented husker can
never hope for popularity among those whbso
work It Is Intended to alleviate?that Ib, If tho
conventional view of huaklng be accepted. As j
a matter of unpoetic truth, husking is about'
tho mqst disagreeablo of farm chores. It comes]
when the weather I? cold. calling for
which the nature of the occupation forbtdB. and
unless one be hardoijed against *11 physical
discomforts, one hour of husking by hand imana
sixty full minutes of torture: The Jojouo
(tusking be* is largely a myth The meohanlcal
hunker ought to be a godsend.?Clo\ eland
Dealer,
War News Fifty Years Ago
(From the Richmond Dispatch. Nov. 26. 1864.
It Is now understood that the Federal plan
Is for a combined naval and land attack upon
the Confederato- defences at Chaffln s. below
the bluff, and, of course, all depends upon the
ability of Jho Federals to get their Iron-claas
through th?;Dutch .Gap Canal.
Northern papers announce tliat the Dutch
Gan Canal Is near to completion, and from
anoth.r source comes the further announcement
that the Iron-clad floet which was supposed to
have left Fort Monroe oyer two weeks ago has
moved some distance utf the river. Evidently,
the Federals are expecting great things through
the Dutch Gap Canal; but we happen to know
that the making of the canal was a bungling
Job. and It Is very doubtful |f the
can be made available by that route, and theto
Is no other for them.
The report that the enemy had made a demon-'
titration on Lee's extreme right proved last
night to be untrue. There Is absolutely nothing
doing In froftt of .Petersburg. j
.The New York Herald, the latest copy re
ceived In this city, says: "All of the Iron-clads j
previously reported at Fortress Monroe were on ?
last Friday morning sent up the James River,
to Dutch Gap. and this and other significant
movements lead to expectations of stirring
events In that vicinity within a very short
while."
Last week General ' Bumsidc visited his old
corps, now In front of Petersburg, and It la
said that he had a rather cold reception. He
oult the scene early and went back to Fortress
Monroo It Is said that Llumsidc is soon to be
assigned to a command which may necesslate
his operating in Eastern North Carolina. A yery
easy place that Ib, where there is but little
fighting on hand, and where but little brains
or military knowledge will be required. \ ?
Information has readied the Navy Department
of the drowning at sea of Past-Midshipman (
William B. Sinclair, of Norfolk. He was drowned
while trying to rescue a seaman who could uot
swim. Sinclair was only nineteen years of age. j
"The Richmond Soup Association" Is the title,
of a society that has been organized to relieve'
distress in this city. They propose to mnko ,
soup and such other eatables an with limited
means, they can supply, and sell the Bame at
cost to the hungry, and where the hu"*rv'
without the funds to meet the cost to distribute
the soup and other eatables free of charge.
We have no official news from Georgia, beyond
the official assurance that Sherman's movements
have been thus far obstructed with a degree of
success, which enccpirages the hope that onl>
a remnant of his army will ever reach the
seacoast.
The season of hot drinks Is upon us?the
season of hot whiskey punch, apple toddy, hot
gin sling, Tom and Jerry, and the whole fatnlli j
of hot drinks. Whiskey straight, for the,
nonce. Is unpopular alongsldo the aristocratic
hot drinks of tlje soaeon. ar.d is patronized only ,
bv old soaks and bummers. The Price Is hot, ,
too: nothing Is mixed under $10 per drink, and.
that marked, "Cash, positively "
The Voice of the People j
Say" Charity Should Bruin at Home.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir,?I see signs on every street corner. ' I lease
Help the Belgians." Most distressing cases, ,
most deplorable conditions exist in that unfor
'lunate country. I admit It Is a most worihy
cause to help, yet many giving to-day*** ,
giving without thought; on tho Impulse, many
fust ashamed to refuse. Possibly aome worklng
girl gives her lunch money bocause s.?e feels
she will appear badly. ?
But JuBt step across the dear old Jame..
River" with me, and see what I saw the o?lver
day on Fifth Street, South Richmond: A woman,
not over thirty years old, with an I"'""*. a,x
months old in her arms, suffering with ma
rasmus," and five other children, the eldest
nine years old. with not one mou.hful to eat,
save at that time a half n slice of bread that
two little boys were walling foi*. No\%. . Ir
Editor, if your mother or mine were poor and
HI and starving, would we be Justified In leav ng
her to suffer, hungry and 111, and go acrosa
the street and help a stranger. I trow not; I
believe God would smile approval upon us to
Aral help our own, and then what was over to
give willingly and gladly to the stranger In
need. Charity given thoughtlessly la not
charity. It Is Impulse, It Is conscience lulled.
I ko In manv buslni-ss offices and see the sue
cessful man with every luxury at home. In h *
office I se. most promln. nt. 1 Give to the
Associated Charities." He leans back in hl,8
large armchair comf.riable, satisfied. He has
discharged his obligations to God ma";
N'ot so 1 think "charity Is love. Has h? the
love for the individual sufTerflr, ? whode every
case needs dlfft rent aid? 1
I referred this poor woman of whom I have
spoken to the city charities She. with a look
of agony, said: 'They might take my children
from me. and that would kill mo." Now. I know
this ?se. I can substantiate what I say In
my small way I have helped th. woman and
that is the reason I was not j?0vES
Hflelans to-day. MRS. rRLD JUM>s.
Ueigiai.a io u?y 2aoo pwrk AVenU0
Richmond, November 26. 1916.
Clothe* for Bel?lo? Sufferers.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
cir Will you kindly let m?- know Just where
to ftddrtss packages of old cloth-s d? stlned for
tho Virginia ship to sail from Norfolk for the
ii f the Rilcinh needy? I hnvt* looktfl
through the Sunday Tlnu s-Dlapatch of thu 22d
ins'ant. but?no doubt, through my stupidity
failed to find definite directions, and so .am
forced to trouble you about the matter. I would
also like to know If th, Chesapeake and Ohio a
ofTer for fr? e transportation extends as far w ent
us lo Itonceverte. this Htate. the station Just
west of White Sulphur Springs. My last ques
tion .Is when the ship expects t^sall. ^
Lewlsburg, W. Va., November 24. 1914.
[Commissioner BoyUIn announces that within
the next few daya a warehouse will be secured
In Norfolk for reception of clothing, of which
j due notice will be Riven. Persons who have
j clothes should notify Commissioner Boykln. but
I make no shipment until official address taps
I and shipping Instructions arc furnished. All
j railroads In Virginia will give free transporta
j tlon only when packages are shipped under
; ofTlclal tags and addresses according to direc
tions. The date for the sailing of tho ship has
not been determined.?Ed.]
The Bright Side of Life
A Wfak Bnnb,
"Will," she said, "I am afraid my bank tg In
a bad way."
"How foolish, Mabel! It's one of the strongest
financial Institutions in the State. Whatever
j got the idea into your hoad?"
I "Well, .it's very strange," replied Mabel, un
' convinced. "They've Just returned a check of
mlno foi^ >40 ,marked 'No funds.'"?Harper's
Magazine.
Ills Arlntnrrntlc Tnnte.
"Doesn't your wife like automoblllng?"
"Slit- likeB It well enough."
"But I've never Been her In the car with you."
"She'd like to go, all right, but that bluo- J
blooded bulldog of hers won't ride In anything;
hut a ltmouBlno."?Cleveland Plain Dealer.
No Sjniputhy.
"Sir, your daughter has promised to bccoino
my wife." ' ~
"Well, don't come to me for sympathy; you
might know something would happen to you,!
hanging around ?horo flvo nights a week."?
Houston Post, j
THE SUICIDE RECORD OF 1913
SHE'S
--prom tha Buffalo Evening TfiaM.
CLIMBIN7*
Best Cartoon*.
Tho moat Interesting rocont contri
bution to tlte study of the ouleide prob
lem In Its relation to life Insurance Is
tho analysis of the American experi
ence l>y causes of death made In con
nection with the medico-actuarial In
vestigation. The table following cx
hlbits the proportionate mortality from
suicide by- three divisional periods of
life, as well us the rato of mortality
per 10,000 exposed to rink. according
to sex, na shown by the medlco-ae
tuatial Investigation of 1!M2:
Males.
Numbsr of Hate Per
Po.icltf. 1C.0C0
AK'jx at Terminated Kxpn&ccJ
l-.ntry. by D*>iith. to Hl?k.
:r.?2? hi 1.6
83?14 5-4 ii
15 and over 130 4.S
Total
Oil
Ajee pt .
l-.ntry. ?
U?.'y
Jr.)?4 i
45 and over
Fom al?'?.
Number of Hate Per
Policies l-i >09
Terminated 1 xpoboil
by Death. to IllsU.
70 1.1
s; P.O
CO
i.o
Total IM
Kor Insured malea there la a distinct
rise In the suicide rata with advancing
age from 1.5 per 10,000 at anas 1& to
2'J, to 2.8 at ages 30 to 14, and to 4.8
at ngos 45 and over, l-'pr Insured fe
males, howevet, the rate la practically
the same for each period of life. I'ro.
portionate to tho mortality from all
causes, the suicide mortality was high
est at ag?H 30 to 4 4 for males, or 4.1
per cent, and for females at ages ID
to 20, or 2.1 per cent.
The comparative ratcB of suicide for
100 American cities arc prevented In
the uwual form^n tho table below, first
for the decade ending with 1912, and
then, separately, for the yoar 191B:
cftj;.
9an Krnncisco. Cal. 1,951
San DIi-ko, Cal
Sacramento. Cal...,
Iloboken, N. J
I .OS Anue|es. Cal...
fit. I.OUlH. Mo
141
K
22j
s;c
:.:ai
D.,kland, Cal 4U'
SprlnKitelil, III.
Uenv?r, Cot...
143
MS
Seattle, Wash 670
Sail l.akc City. 17..
Dmnhn, Neb.
I lull inn polls, liut...
207
295
r-X)
r.K. oma. Wash 171
l'utib.o. Col Vi
Newark, N. J 745
Mi Keeaport, Pa.... 91
Auburn. N. V 71
ro.-t ..ml. Ore. 4)4
\V..Hhln!{lon, D. C. 710
Milwaukee, Wis.... 7?H
Atlantic City. N. J. ?3
Chicago. Ill 4.57!
IVhce lug. W. Va..* 0*.
Cincinnati. 0 778
I.oulsvlite. Ky 460
Haverhill. Mass.... bl
Concord. N. H 44
Hartford. Conn.... |PJ
Dayton, O 224
Spokane. Wash ISO
Columbus. 0 341
Tol?<V>. 322
Pittsburgh. Pn 1.025
Maiil)..t l..n & Bronx 6.657
I'.iRilru. N. V 7.
Memphis Tcnn *42
New li ven. Conn.. 2tJ
Hrl lRoport. Conn.. 179
Detroit, Mich 787'
I..i vt-l ml. O 909
New Orleans. I?a.. 612
Jersey City. N. J.. 167
Minne_po.lv Minn. 4al
Heading. Pa 162
Itoi h'-Htcr, N. Y..?. 351
yuliicy. Ill ' 65
Krioxvllle. Tenn..,, 61
t'atfrsnn, N. J 205
PrtiVl lonifl. It I... 363
Rprlncflelcl. Mass... 136
Fuchburff Mass.... f.9
Drange. N. J 46
Boston. Mass I.C39
Syracuse. N. Y
St. Paul, Mind
Petersburg V{?
Phi ailelplda. Pa...
H. Itlinore. Mti
Lincoln, Neb
Kllzaheth. N. J
Rrooklyn, N. V
Brockton. Mass
Trenton, N. i
Hull . .> N V
r.o
?J35
as
s.a?
Sft)
C7
102
1.2.15
73
ir7
foT
1912.
Hate
Per
U? ?>?
Popu
lation.
4J.0
4!.3
r.9.j
33.S
33.1
32.1
a:.?
3).i
2?. 4
??S.%
::..n
21.9
24. S
23.7
23.5
'.'3.3
22. B
22.7
216
22.3
22.2
22.2
22.3
21. S
21.4
21.5
10.6
r*
20.4
w.e
20.;
3).0
19.7
19.6
19 5
:?.3
19.0
119
15. 8
18.8
18.6
17.6
17.6
17.3
17.3
17.2
17.2
17.2
16.7
:*.<]
16.0
15.4
16. <
16. S
16.1
16.0
15.7
15.6
16.2
14.7
14.0
14.0
:a <i
'Jt
Sui
cides.
193
s:
IT
25
111
:37
66
15
67
37
23
76
D5
15
67
:o
6
?6
72
7.1
16
41J
10
C
!?
a:
21
30
4?
W)
UA
'?>}
16
91
103
M
ii
29
45
6
8
?6
37
16
if
91
&>
CI
6
262
117
6
11
176
S
?
13.
rtato
Per
!?/>,&?
Popu
lation.
45.1
47.7
?4.5
31.1
3). 6
32 9
32.0
S1.6
30.5
23.6
STi.4
17.6
3)0
25.6
3<.6
17.1
22 I
13.7
23.1
2).S
17 S
29.2
21.3
23.5
17.6
21.?
11.4
37.2
15.3
K.4
M.3
K.2
22.3
16.1
17.8
W.7
22.9
14.3
14.4
17.4
1K.S
11.2
r-.o
17.0
2^.7
15.7
13.6
21.4
19.4
15.1
16.3
4.9
12.0
13.1
?1.1
22.6
D0.1
I?.l
2).4
11.1
13.6
9.8
13.0
19.2
it r>
Mobile. Aln 67 13.9 8 M.I
Kauhvlllc. Tenn.... 143 13.9 26 -'1.8
l?rl<\ ('a h'i 13.6 11 15.6
Newburgh N. Y... 37 18.6 3 10.5
Portland, Mb 70 13. ?'? It 24.6
Holyoke. M.t?"> 73 13.8 G S.O
iKiwell, Hots 135 13.3 H 12.1
Worcester, Mass.... 179 13.0 26 16.6
MiihsI. oil, 0 17 17.7 1 6.3
Atlanta. On 173 12.6 M tS.S
Bavonne. N. J 61 11".4 6 9.4
Passaic. N .1 57 12." 6 S.2
G'oucester. Mass... .TO 11.ft 1 43
Altnnnu. Pa ?'>* 11.7 6 10.7
Havannah. Ga 7! 11.4 13 19.0
C.aiiden. N .1 1U1 1I..1 CO 19.8
I?iwronce. Mans.... >6 11.0 6 6.3
Chf sea. MaHH 37 10.7 3 lfl.2
Hlchmoiul, Va 125 10.7 iP 1S.5
Newport, tt. 1 77 lo.l 0 21.1
Wilmington. Del... hi 10.1 11 12.1
N*?\v Peiltoril. Mans S> 10.J 16 14.r,
Manclieator. N. H.. OS 10..! ir> 20.3
Scrinvoii Pa 135 '?*.3 8 P.8
Cambridge. Mufcn.. 101 10.0 16 13.7 .
Kulflm. Mue.i 40 P.8 3 C.3
I.ynn. Mans SO U.O ft 1>.3
M a ilcn M bb.38 P.2 7 14. S
WlUlrimfiport. Pa... 11 8. t 2 6.1
PltlsfleWI, Mass at K0 r. 13.7
Johnalown. Pa X> 7.7 f. S.2
CharlcHton. 9. C'... SK 6.0 7 11.7
Somcrvllle, Mum... 39 r>.3 4 4.9
Newton. Mjib* - in f>.0 7 16.8
Augusta. Ga 10 4.9 U 14.3
Total of 100 cltlen.?),7C5 10.7 4.470 1S.7
It appears that the rate for 1013 for
the 100 citics was 18.7 per 100,000 of
population, which compares with a
rate of 19.7 for the previous decado.
There wan, therefore, nn actual decllno
In the suicide rate of 1.0 per 100,000
of population. Out of tho 100 cities
49 show an incroase in the suicide
rate and 61 show a decline. In a gen
eral way tlto relative position of tho
principal cities, with reference to sui
cidal frequency, is maintained during:
tho year under consideration. Out of
20 cities, which during the decade
ending with 1912 had a sulcido rate
of from 22.6 to 49.0. eleven ehow an
Increase in suicidal frequency against
nine showing a decline. Tho rates for
each city have lp each caee been <*nl
, culnted In oonformlty to the moth-jO.
of the census otllco. It la fcelf-evldeiu
however, that errors in population
t limit es aro unavoidable in tho cuv
, of cities with unuhunl conditions, t.i\
this concluulon applies particularly ?
San Diego, Ca!., for which the sulcioc
rate 1b extremely high, ft la qufu
possible that tho actual population i
; Hun Diego Ib in nxcess of the estlntati
Ion aocount of the forthcoming: expo*
| slllon. hut it would be hazardoun for
J one not familiar with local conditio-..*:
to adopt a local population estimate
In the absence of an official ceneutj.
It has. therefore, seemed bent "not to
innko ?uih a correction, but to direct
attention to the reasonable probability
that tho actual eulcldo rate for Sail
! Diego may possibly bo below the rate
| given In the table.
Ah far as It Is possible to judge, a
maximum suicide figure for American
cities was attained In 1908, when tho
rate reached 81.8 por 100,000 of popu>
, lation. The rate of 18.7 for the year
i 1913 wan the lowest on record since
( 19M, with tho exception of 1006. A
! diminishing suicide rato may bo safely
assumed to reflect In a general way
nn Improvement In the social and eco
nomic condition of the country, and In
this respect tho evldenco available in
; quite conclusive that tho year 191U
was one of widely diffused prosperity
i It Is regrettable that there should
not be complete returns for the coun
try as n whole, hut for tho resist ra
' tlpn area for tho year 1915 the sulcldo
! ratu was 16.0 por 100.000 of population,
j which, when applied to the Continental
United States, Indicates an appro:.'
mate number of 10,000 deaths from
suicide per annum at tho present tlmi.
? This very considerable voluntary lus;:
j of human life Is best emphasized in
) the statement that tho correspondlng
j number of deaths from typhoid fever
; was approximately 16,000. While
much la being done through associated
effort to diminish the mortality from
thlH preventable disease, practically
; nothing Is being done to bring about
| a wholesome and necessary reaction
of public opinion against the most In
defensible of all crimes, tho wrongful
act of solf-murdor.
Belgian War Hero
PARIS, November 16.?No Belgian
i soldier Is receiving more acclaim in
i the French press than Emlle Sapln,
; who. at tho age of twenty-two has re
ceived the decoration of Order of Leon
' old and the cross of L?-glan of Honor. I*a
, Matin confesses It could not believe all
the brilliant exploits attributed to this
young man, who was a private when
war was declared, and who was made
a corporal only a month ago. but that
It has Investigated through Inquiries;,
not only of Sapln himself, who la no?v
In a Cherbourg hospital, but also ot*
many others, and It cheerfully rtcoft
nlzed the following achievements:
! First, during the elega of lytsge,
Sapln was In the fort of r>oneln. Cllmb
, Ing a tree and concealed by Ita leaves,
' ho killed an entire battery of he&vy
artlllery said to number forty-two men.
'It Is claimed that the commanding of
ficer of this battory reached the foot
of the tree, revolver In hand, only to
fall aa the rest had fallen from a bul
let sont out of Sapln's rifle.
Second, two weeks later, he person
ally captured the flag of a regiment
, of Hussars, whose colonel he also shot,
i Third, near Louvaln, sent out In a
J oompany of six other mon. Sapln suc
ceeded In capturing forty soldiers, in
cluding one officer.
Just how It has proof of such
achievements Le Matin does not cay,
hut It adds that General Loe, of th ?
Belgian army, and two Cablnot mlr.lt:
tcrs have personally gone to Ciioi ?
bourg to congratulate Sapln, who Sa
not dangerously wounded.
Hotel Cuts the econc's
NEW YORK, November $4.?-Willi.
Bryant, a bellboy at the Waldo:-:,
saved the day for CK-orge M. U'.'-u
melstor. a Seattle J>uslneao mar.. ';?>
tossing an envelope containing \i.: ,
ble papers from the Bay Statu exm\: ' "
as it flew past tho Bridgeport statin'.;.
Mr. Brommcistcr, who had bte: t
the Waldorf for several days, hi.
most Important engagement In Bot."
yesterday to close a big coal and can
ning deal. Ho also had to g?-' ; .
Bridgeport in order to get several bit?
men to sign papers needed to close thu
deal. A downtown firm failed to got
the papers to Mr. Brommeinter at tho
specified time, 9 o'clock, at the Wal
dorf. His train for Bridgeport was to
leave at 8:15.
"What shall 1 do?" exclaimed Mr,
Brommelster, tunning to H. L. Stewart,
the assistant manager.
"Take your train to Bridgeport," re
plied Mr. Stewart. "When the papers
arrive here I will have Willie Bryant
board the next train, which Is the Bay
State express. He will throw thein
from the baggage car. Bo on tho look
out for him."
Mr. Brommelster hurried away In a
taxicab. A few minutes later tho pa
pers arrived at the Waldorf. Mr.
Stewart handed them to Willie Bryant
and told tho boy what to do. Wllllo'
darted out of the hotol.
Mr. Brommelstor was at the Brlilgo*
port station when the express tralu
swept by. Wllllp was at his post It)
the bnggago caro and tossed out tj??
papers.

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