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cW M TIMES THE D1?J?ATC1I - V 1*88 E?t? I 8 a 0 iBbtofed Jonnirjr T7, 1D0S, ?l Ibl ro*t-01Hc? at . , UUlituond, Va. tut ?ocoDd-cl**? m4ll?. IptflBUSnKD ertry day In the ye^r ?t 10 tfcKHb Tenth ttieJimnnil. Vn. by Ttie T?roe*.pi*p??tcli Vith fUtitnx Co? Inc., Charles K. li<i?t*ook. l^diior at J 'Manager. vatcli. anil no! to InalvlduaJx l'J'.IJil'llO.Nhi Ifauuifllpb 1. l'rivst-p llmui'll t-.K-ll.trr.. cumifiUDi iviUi <vU cfuart UKMila. UR.IMU1 UiiittS: WatUi IlKtvD. 14il> .>ri? \ urk Ait nue: .Sen \ork Oti. Klftli Avenue iiuiiimis; t'nit-Hco. 1'cupio't Uu-i UuuiUnci l'ltiu?uritilli?. lulonuu JLTiut Uuuaius. ttHj-tuii'no.s hates i> by ui .ill; IteUy nod Sunuay. i-ui> jo-ur. Stf.iHi; ? Muntliit. M.,6; 3 kicIHII.i. ?>no montli. (tnis. l>a Uy oniv, unr jwr, (i iniwtii-. 5o.x>0: J mouiU*. fl.IA; due lULintn. 66 iOiiIk. Miimay only, tine jftur. fJ.-i: (< month*. fl.'j; 3 pjouiIls. t?0 cent*: 1 month. JO eent*. <ll\ I .OCA I. CU.liJU.UK si. K w \lCli: Daily, with Sunday. Hwn* t>t Tli? l.s icnto .? ur?k; Halt} with .. *line!?-I>iKDmch. nut Suuijuy, 12 crnw a Absolutely Fireproof. nccki Sunday only. 7 rent*. if onr frlcudft who fn*or u> ivllh mann?cr1pt? and ftlQstmriomi for publication ul^ta to lu?v? unu\?tiUL>l? Article* rttarnrti. thoy iuu.it lu uli cusc* kuud ?tump* for that purpuric mkmreb ok the associated fbess?an? A*t?oeJ3tc<l I're-> Is cxclithhcly entitled to Itac use for republication ol nil ncivw dl^pntibrt i-redilfJ to It or not ?ithcrivi*o credited in thin paper, nnd nlwo Clio local nciro publl&licU herein. All righto ol republica tion ol *prc Li) dUuutcbec herein are also rcNcrvcxi. THURSDAY, J-'liUKUAKY -7, ;M9. Mrs. Victor Berger has taken yp tho socia listic, anarchistic campaign whero licr con victed husband was compelled to leave olf by the courts, and is proving herself no less eapable than he as a firebrand. Sho -will not be permitted, because of her pox, to con vert liberty Into license, and tho courts prob ably will take early cognizance of hor in flammatory address. Those Senators like Borah, Fall et al. who perhaps expected that when Wilson returnod trom Europe he still would be "too proud to fight" are having a rude awakening. This time, ho says it himself, he looks on1 tho challenge to fight as an "indulgence," and ho has thrown hlmsolf into tho fray with all the ardor of his fighting blood. When the battle is over the Republican Goliaths will have met their historical fate. Weakness of Bolshevism in tho United States is demonstrated by tho 6peedy col * lapse of every labor trouble in recent months where ft apparently has had fortile soil for sowing the seeds of anarchy. In every case tho sound, common sense of the American ^?orkingman has prevailed and tho apostles of disorder have been routed. So long as labor remains sane and keeps its affairs in tho hands of men of sturdy Americanism there can bo no danger. The menace lies in the insidious Infiltration of foreign agi tators over a term of years, and against this there mast bo constant vigilance. Charles Evans Hughes, who some may remember as a one-time Republican candi date for the presidency, evidently has laid aside any aspirations he may have enter tained regard a future occupancy of the White Ho'jse He Las been regarded as a potential candidate, and probably tho logi cal one afier his party has hopelessly split ftwsl! by fa^tionai strife, but it is announced that he may head the antiprohibition forces in J>*ew York, whicfir^ wK3' those of every other State in the l/nion, will attempt to overthrow the "dry" amendment to the Cor> stttutlon. If he thus lines up the "drys" ?gainst him, he may as well Bay good-bv to any farther presidential dreams. Virginia's own boys are coming home. The Eightieth Division, composed of soldiers from Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, trained at Camp Lee under the command of General Cronkhitc, which has ?seen much active service in Franco, will sail for-homo in May. Here a welcome awaits them that will warm their hearts and convey to their minds a sense of the love and appreciation for their brave deeds and unspeakable sac rifices which the friends who staid at home feel for them. Some of the gallant Eightieth will not bo ?with them. They remain in-the sacred soil of France, to which unhesitatingly they gave their lives, and they will not bo forgotten even in the joyous celebration with which all Virginia will greet their Kurviving fcpmrades-in-arms. Out i.c Han. as City probationary policemen aTC paid ?6Ti {> month, patrolmen draw $70 and detectives get \ ) 1 f>. These do not seem to be unduly munificent talant;., yet inve stigation, following a demand lor more money, reveals the fact that every ditectivo owns and drives a motor car, ono of them three, while 25 per <-<Mit of the remainder of the police force n their own ear.- and rno: t of them wear diamond.- of ; uch t-i/o and bril / lianco that in ca:? of m-ee .. ity i hey could cut out their automobile lights and bfill run a risk of being pinched !"? >r violating the traffic laws. t-*o prosperous <r, tho fur<-o that Jtjetead of getting a salary iacrea; e it may Ue cuj, down still further and a legislative in vestigation ordered to determine how tho htgh-c<$st-oMiving problem lias t ern solved bo successfully. A-: ? ... ... .; _ . _ J Leaders of thr Republi'-sn party, v.ho only a tew week/, ago b'Ji vi-1 they were v ..iirod ;Ot an easy victory In the presidential elec tion of 19-0, now find them <elver? poised between the homo of a dilemma uih' r one of which will Impale them hopelc;:tly. If they lay aside partisanship and, tollowing the dictates of reason and .loyalty, support the league of nations plan, they vjii iiC con tributing to Wflson't victory, and ilirough him bring added glory and preaigo to that jM'rtT of which ho Js the chief If thoy $j>po*? the league of fiation.-i they wfll he counter to tho wishes of a vast ma Imlty ot tho American people* and thus lr~ iW. v retrievable wreck their party* j chances at the polls. No wonder, then, that thoy aro floundering about In a sea of troublo and dissension, their ranks split and their leador shjp rdlv1dcd. Senator Borah's Witness SENATOR BORAH, of Idaho, prcconvcn- , tion candidate for the Republican nomi nation for Prosldent, continues his attack on tho leaguo of nations. According to latent report, he will tour tho country during the recess of Congress, his expenses being paid by "certain \vealtliy men" of Detroit, and make ppoeches against tho leagxie. Eloquent as tho Senator undoubtedly is, he is apt to create considerable confusion in tho pnbllc mind becauso of tho particular witnesses ho summons to hl3 support In his efforts to indict President Wilson on the charge of forsaking the national Interests of America by his support of tho leaguo plan. Senator Borah accuses Mr. Wilson of hav ing abandoned the nation's traditional policy against entangling European alliances, aiul then proceeds to hold up in contrast, and as a model of trno Americanism, the late Colonel Theodoro Kooscvolt. No one will question for a moment tho Americanism of Colonel Roossvelt, yet Senator Borah appears to have overlooked certain items in Colonel Roose velt's career which certainly have a bearing on the mattors under discussion. In tho first place. Colonel Roosevelt took tho position that the United States should have declared war on permany when that country violated tho neutrality of Belgium, and when, of eonrso, Germany had as yet made no direct, or indirect, attack ou Amer ican rights. He based that contention on the ground that the United States was party to the agreement for tho maintenance of Bel gian neutrality. The point is this, that if wo were obligated to protect Belgian neu trality, and if Colonel Roosevelt would have had the United States go to war wilh Ger-. many on that accqunt, then surely, in that particular at least, the obligation had all tho aspects of an entangling alliance that one could imagine. * In tho second place, it must bo recalled that shortly before his death, Colonel Roose velt in a signed newspaper article declared that he was in favor <Jf a league of nations, but of one mado up of tho United States, 1 Great Britain and France, and differing as to i details from the league favored by President , Wilson. However much these details may 1 havo differed, onco tho concession Is made j that the United States should be a party to j a leagno of groat powers to enforce the peace ; of the world, tho policy of isolation i3 at ; once abandoned.. With more facetionsness than good taste, ' perhaps, Senator Borah attempted in his : latest speoch In tho Senate to make sport | of former President Taft by casting him in tho rolo of a somewhat ingenuous individual who was trying to persuade "Farmer Amer ica" to tear down his fences and permit his neighbors access to his lands. The alterna- i tive tho Senator pictured for "Farmer Amor- | ica" was a splendid isolation, off in the forest j lands whither "Parmer America" had gone to establish his home. The picture might have been accurate 100 | yoars ago, but hurdly now, so far aa the "splendid isolation" is concerned. The tbir.g ; which Senator Borah and the other critics of ? tho' league of nations persistently ignore i3 the demonstrated fact?demonstrated by the i most tragic event in history?that when tho j world is set aflame by war in these day3, j there is no nation that escapes grievous in- , Jury and none that can maintain indefinite neutrality and also its self-respect. One hun- j dred yeaj-s ago we could well allord, perhaps, i to tell Europe to war to her heart's con- J tent among the nations embraced in the East- ' crn Hemisphere, though even then, as his tory Ghows, we were drawn into a European quarrel when we wgit to war with England in 1812. But today wc canno* Ne indilferent i to the fact that we havo an intcreni in the j peace of Europe. , BeginnnJg to Economize I rSSRB is room for considerable comfort to ; one's thoughts in contemplation of tho I action which tl^c House Committee on Ap- j propriations has taken with respect to the , sundry civil appropriation bill. The esti mates that were submitted to this committee lo bo incorporated into the bill totaled 51, 1 22,92ft,735, most of which was intended (or tho oxpensos of continuing certain of the various war agendas. When the committee made its report, the total amount fixed in the bill was $850,766,849, of which .*660, 0 0 0,000 was for the necessary construction work of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. Many of the war agencies were entirely nit off and none received any of the additional amounts they asked to bo tacked onto their appropriations. Unexponded balances of $21, d'ofi,s 1were ordered turned back into the t reasury. It remains to be seen whether good judg ment. was lined with ^11 the eliminations 1 made. Four members of the committee, in n minority leport, complain'd particularly j again:,', the elimination of the item of $3 0, I 000,000 for the Federal employment service, i on the ground that it did away with an ] effect ivo piece of machinery for aiding the returning soldiers to find Jobs. Any real i rrors of Judgment can be cor j rrctrd on the floor of the Houno. Tho 1m , portant fart ir. that Congre-n :;how:i very definite sign of responding to the d' mand" r<t' the people for economy. Tho sundry civil bill always li.v been a carrier for .-ill sort of appropriations which eould not stand on tin ir own feet, and for years pa: t it ha:, eon stltutcd the bal;ie?t drain from the Tn .j nry. j Therefore, when the policy of r< trenehment j rtarts with tho handling of this bill there i" ' indeed can: o for satisfaction. A saving of j $300,000,000 on a fingle bill li a tremendous laving even though the people have got. in the habit of thinking in term:, of billions It. ir the equivalent, at government rat' i f the interest on the tir^t aud second Liberty ? loans. 1 "iaa no Democrat (Map' ' t.r.em to !i:iv be'-n adopted as the watchword of the uues tigatiou-mad Republican; Their late t vic tim marked ior the politkal slaughter la A. Mitchell Palmer, enemy alien curtodian and friend of Woodruw Wihon. Quito frankly and brutally, even gleefully, i hey admit that the proposed investigation U for uo othei reason than to discredit the admluisiration and all its works, and destroy Palmoi'tt chances of succeeding to tho attorney-gen eralship. Tills may ho good politics of tho old-fnshloned kind. but It la' bad patriotism, and Its hopod-for eCTcct will bo loot in tho awakened understanding of tlxo Amorican people. Ac usual nt this season, tbo cotton growers of tho South, in convention assembled, adopt ringing resolutions for tho curtailmont of cotton acreage. Tho annual effect is that thoso who believe tho resolution will be obfyod hasten to pitch for bigger crops than ever, In confident expectation of scarcity and higher prices. "Big Bertha," tho llun gun used to 3holl Paris, and now lying dismantled in~West Prussia, should bo taken to the city against which it was aimed and set up at tho como tery wherein its victims lie, as an enduring cvidenco of .lust vengeauco partly accom plished. Villago tendency to faction spirit in tho thoinr for much humorous aud dcrishvo dis course; but here is the great city of Brooklyn so split between Hearst and antl-IIearst that its proposed Victory celebration of the end of the war and the return of tho coldiors probably will bo abandoned. "\Vhilo tho taking is'good, Venice and Rome take advantage of the opportunity to lift back from Vienna the great rtoro of art treasures the Austrian* nolo from them in the last century, thereby achieving instan taneous restorations of old masters. Just because Admiral Sims has been courteous enough to fay in tho open what America and tho world at largo owo to tho British fleet, ho may expect on his return to bo met with a storm of criticism and branded as an Anglophile. Newspaper correspondents at Paris t-:eem to havo the same chance to sec tho big game as the small boy? who wait outride for l'oul flics to como over the fence. SEEN ON THE SIDE 15\ liCMU 11DWAUD \VAK,NEU A Sartorial 'I'raspiljr. Ero this tale 1 bc?-in, ! must tell yon distinctly That the Items herein, all related succinctly, Came to rne quite direct from a man who should know, sir? Twos tbo tailor's bea; friend, Mr. Pillson, tho Grocer. . Now tho tailor, he sat on a board used for pressing, And the fui of his cat ho was Idly carccsins. \S*fcen Attorney Q. Zipp hove lu sight, gaily sm'lir-.g. With a trivial flip his spare momenta beguiling. Tie began right way: ~II you vortced Cor the clergy A;nd your clothes were too cay, then their airger " would serga, eh?" I>at tlw tailor said naught nor cave way to h'.jj 1'oling. Ticngh h!r flashing eyes sought and vrere glued to tho ceiling. "Have you seer, th : whole cloCh tha.t the tla* from Nome spun!" N*vw the tailor waxed wroth?"or the new Woa li 11 Holraes-pun 7" Ther tho tailor acr 'arr-ed: "Bah! 1 ttmM have you to know, i-'tr?" f*aid the lawyer: "ila, ha! To your mtnd seams It sew, Sir?" Swtfl the ta'lor Jumped down with his g-ooae In his hand. Sir. And exclaimed: "Aeh, da clcraro! I vlI3 gif you mints anser! rwj bl.*t nicht but oln poote und der tenfel'a own bruddcr, TJnd I kvlck vill tcre Iool-o on one poose mlt an udder!" So be smote hip and thigh with the might crT his rnuf^cle. And he gouged otrt Zfrpp's eye m the eawroing tussle. Said the Judge: Til bo dangedl With such puns did he ti 11 him? Ijkt the lallor bo hanged . . . for neglecting to kill hUu!" <?harro!tI I'phS Oally Thorrg-ht. "When a man git so h* slip buttons Into de coTlec'.icn basket on purpose." said Charcoal Kph rumlnatlvoly, 'hit sure do look lak dc pr.ac;. .- done got t' holler a lot t' Jill heaven! Try a pone, M:stah Ja Wbor. a Poet get3 by with an overdraft on ar/j'-nt, the whole banking force ban to giggle. Practiced. "CaptH-ln," said the paie young lady on tho deck aft, "did you ever get seasickV' ?Wo, MIk sa,d tao Captain, "ne^eT'. Bat I've teen toe time when a couplc of trees or a hkybcrai'ftr wou! <; have hr>ipci my point of View a lot'." Horrible! We engaged n cfcap the other day to dig a well mj our Farm. Ho caught cold and la now down vilh the flu. What we're tryir:g to get at is, our wcll r 1m '..r from being u well digger. 31 ml era. ? Jack and Jill run up the btil To get a pal! of water, Eiut now they've put an engine ha At. I the water':1, pumped to the houset A man is never really happy until ho gets ::?>r.':efh!iig T> it is; n't. good for him. Dieting. 'The -?Tei of die.i.jrig i:- very simple." natd a M"! ??! J-'; lend the ot.r r my "I->iut la mado ri'-'.': j only by the e ircosalve unc of cortaiu food?, i lUBi'.K, in conjunction with other things, many troiibl":> all treated differently. Medical t en'} discovers, through symptoms, which In are > au;<iritl-e trouble. Always, oaces u. o i prompted by .'.pcclal liking. Natur :i: v. therefore, when one goes on diet ho simply ? ;*ig thai which hr l!l:en and begins ?I hi'n.elf with what >i??: nevor cared for. In ? ? h< words, on a re.ij diet you can cat any tJnug you ivirit. provided you carefully avoid f\i rytnlng that you like"' Kvery time it rooster crow:? ::f>me hen turns ?;? h <r pretty nor a. A ti Nnfiirs. 'Tn? !< to Nature, that's rnc!" shouted the eh tl ii ?! ;i he parsed by the barber shop with out i;olr.;: in. "It*el: to Nature? As io bw'r Inquired tho i-.Itc :>tic. o:ti' to let iny whlslcers grow?hooray!** At i tin ) ;n f.otb Joyfully ntroked three <l;ty..' rth and felt like Adam. i'lohing r.< a.ion approaches, and prevarication I tgn'l ? crime lilio regular l>ing. Ilinl 1 Hut Wlusn! II.I but wing,, to fly, dull Earth No ionwould enchain my totil, I I,T*t olf I'd soar on pinions strong , ^ To wh< re tho cloudy billows roll! ,'traight through tho grays to Heaven's bluo I'd cut my path to You, Bright Rtar, > V/ho elnco my early childhood day* Jluvo made mo wonder what you tur*4 Health Palks by Dr. Wm, Brady .Tho Podjcy Abdomen. opyrtght. lily, oy N.uun*, .vT?.Mt)w e?rrte?. s.f4, a? a heavy chntrop0other und*r | on tJio JiipK. Slowly draw vonrnluf0 hands I sitting poaiurt jvuiri ih???fc 4P to 11,0 then slowly let yourself Jown^ ftn) a owly, morning tho second week' and ?n?SA.n Bh.!. anU oa? do it rrotn flv" UnUl you z&h2tl.!2!?l " ,?&&ff#&r2Sl m?'?1 hffa'K ,^=0 ' l"ch J-r'Jeu nV1?,0 ' ^'S Of your foo? wli?n.er hKth? ,oor. front In.cos or not. Nowdraw?.n ^L? 1?h bnnd tho at tho uaxno tl tnes rfin? i.n^nrn ? p. breath and altlon and ^ ar bSar , 1? th? 11V?1 P?" twico night and morn ne the , "cP?at times tho secondweek in ? JZ ? woclc, three I can do ii twenty tlines at l ? iLn?^?S., unU1 you ooss. regularity and (lcntl, n? ? h UV. Smooth- I ahould bo cultlv.ua' iuSSKS.# vJ-r.h tttSfe'i hips."^"'plre^orUblhv Uirou^i^t,ro3t 1 riC on the and aquat down on tlio !?l> at L0pen mourn Immediately close th, m mu . l,1 10 time, through tho nose vi-iiii? and inspire deeply Position. KejVeot not ov&??v?CWf" lo ,tho '?>" morning the first w?ck anil lnrmien n|Sht and -n'r "-a&S and" r!u0rnuTtho*?stagnant?" plan 1?T?" kiftka S!oo^^rvrcruVu%;cl ^?h?hclicti?5:oiilll.l5? circulation") by "oniS* h^?r^?n3 wllh ,'r"'?r aaultfi. * rumus halt a dozen aomer ca!?c".? u?uft^rsr.flb'? '"<?'!? from the,, fully and enthusiastically for ???? tnen\ f*ith you follow Lhom tiiiii inn or >x weeks. if tV^'Soo'd0 mCXlS?'y?" cours^jWo?*~vurlou?1 ?nf ec 11 5?Un<?, ^'anjed^tho j Jarly typhoid fever aenUeemVaSCai!0f' P?tlou in certain types of Vu J i ^ malaria; also vcro anemia in which 1 n P7ni;!ry or rc* underlying cause j', th? . discover the | against ray ethical orlnclnle, pUo*' 11 ?? ' toma to correspondent! and Vr ?x??est suHlcJent. enlargementof th? r?nli?S.1 wer2 ,n* no symptoms. spleou produces eui^shy do 1 have tall, weigh 160 pounds and hav? nCC?l Slx 1lncl"'a appetite. Can Sn^fn^r ^^riy a .1 \ v??*? r ..reTn'The Ci^ You KVabWthra'io *wS" ^ ^?yPresent rlvo at perfection? Vou Ire \T^^Ucht lo ^r" more pound, overweight. KareU^od keff'Sen' Europe's Food Requirements. ra I WILL1A3I O. THflM puny Gil airman of CjununU.i?n to Kur^eto Mad, Agricultural Conditions. 7 agricul iurta?b^u"ied|o^- thp commission to study S3? 1 yearv Immediately following ai^ ^ tho j of ttfe' observations exhibit results i l>r|MVuppSUStouV.teufr'>"'!'1 hor 6om? Crown ! JSf. 0LS'?m?nk.?n,,"?c1' observation as crop conditions and' prosiicu ?i'>hfI>,air ',hll; ' rnr,'a.n,v?o.5rflrS"5i,?>reis:i' ss^y-c?& shipping1' facil ?t io o"' an d? "if <co^ o |fo rati*v? 'el? " r?r tho fiari ot the Aliiorf p,A1.Af. ?Porat|vo effort on that [hc^nd^ns 'ln^Russi^Vb0ar ',n mlnd ' many and JlSer^wbeat-nrodi^i^OUraanU- 0er' ' so uncertain t^r no nProd1etiorP Vounvlr;es ure as to thft influenoe f,r ^h...L c,J.n 1,0 made !uu^^ndth?^k^lr^^^ whenaV^yrn^^i,,V%Ce?tTi^t& ^-PT'car for a reasonable period'to t .""w^ wou'c! lsing and hopefuL Periou to be both prorn In the consideration of th? va^-tAH wi th'?thePe? ten'T to 'whtc'7*The ^"o Ui'aa 1 mpr?ssed UOf ^ n'l inforuiafton?,'ftva'Hai>le ^u^fs our producing countries of Europe is Jo^rrtn^hM ? SK.ffr.s*K;ufef~ ~ ? aiAftSSpa^lroHS ? It appear.s important, therefor.. wSlhSakea the"inriUa11"'0??^1 reV' the nai.ori^. which wore aasociatei U^an ^ *er for a:, a result of winning the? wan fr"U hopciJ Therefore we suggest that steps be take-. have the ally nations determine as accuratetS as rnay be, not later than Muy, 1019 what will be the world's needs for wheat f' ,XX!, harvest bo that appropriate provision mav he rn?iclo to ln?suro un itcleiiuato suiiniv . l ' ? V' prompt determination and dlssomlnathm ?f ft ?isn/ioi5 tej."ao?"d 5s?s^iif, H rr: s m i of post-war readjustment of industry in he saw a*2?'JR^?5fa and o lI j- H: be given adequate consideration if an lnteral'iUH agricultural council were provided, and wS recomme.id th?> creation of such q <?An^ii whleh the member from the United Statedshould ?Sl?.lh K"r<"lry ?< Asrlculturcilr'opyPSi! News of Fifty Years Ago fl'Vom the Richmond Dispatch, Fob. 27, 1869 ) . vi?,rpe? th,Tt JosfCP'? ilotcalf. who died In luHe, pa a row days ago at the age of nine v live, wa? the oldest Mason In iJie lilted States We have in Richmond a^fc-sntleman who is .ot lap behind Mr. Mctcalf. Considering hisV. ,i and nci;ompllshincnta. ho mum havo becun work as an "Ancient York* at a verv earlvVce- and wo should not, bo surprised to learn Hi'i't has been longer1 a Mason than any other .a,, h the Union. We, of course, moan Dr. John Dove Jacob rtotiabaggar, an old gentloman of cier man parentage, for many years a resident of Tfaoovcr County, died in that county on Sunday The heavy front of yesterday and the clear rold weather have oeriousjy injured veirct-11 trT.> and probably killed all of the peaches U C. Thayer, recently from the North (verv I recently) has been appointed Commonwealth^ [ attorney for Halifax County In place of t t Green, the worthy and learned gentleman who had bo long held tho offlcc. who | The body of Captain Wlrz was yesterday de | livered to ols frjende in Washington for burial I ui a decent place. UUIU1 The Senate Judiciary Committee has resolved to take no further action st tills tension 011 th? removal of political disabilities of Southerner? Th? Ho1u,R1? M?lt*ry Committee yesterday re ported a bill reducing the army to thirty rosri mentn ot Infantry and tl/e of cavalry The Fourth National Bank of Philadelphia fiuspended yesterday on account of the run on the bank following the defalcation of its cash lor The dopositr, which amount Lo $200,000 aro safe and wjll be made good. Fifty fomale clerks employed In th? loan d.?htrK?d otf J?r':iaUry Wl" b? .h?ffihmu,,h'sf fi, \:hv'oBr.tr?"c^;;" FROM OTHER VIEWPOINTS National Problems Discussed for Readers of The Times-Dispatch bj Authoritative Writers?4- Daily Editorial Feature. , MR, TAXPAYER SHOCK ABSORBER ON WHEAT, BY AJL*l''IU5D B. WILJL.1ABS. 'Wheat and cotton farmcro havo ex changed positions since laet spring with astonishing quickness ana with exactness that hac humorous aspccta. Th? reversed situation illustraiteo how completely eventa impossible to foresee may upcot tho most careful prepara tion and Lho wisest calcualtlons. In l-.tlG-lOl7 wheat was soaring around a bushel, and cotton was down be low cost of production. For protection of our allies and our own consumers, our government fixed a price on wheat?$2.20. It is said that this price was a compromise, the organized labor people demanding 52 wheat and con senting to tho ilgure adopted only after much argument and a stiff utrugRle. The diffJrenco between tho natural market prico and tho prico aa fixed cost the wheat growers f 100,000,000, their representatives say. About tho same time, cotton began to Jump. It continued to jump until If reached 30 and 35 centn a pound, paying enormous j prollts. The government refused to j limit its price. Now the natural price or wheat In | this country would be about 31.f?0 and | the guaranteed price la basis of j No. i Northern Spring, at Chicago | I2.3S Newport News). The wheat ; farmer who got from 75 to SO cents I less than the natural prl<- ? in 1017 and | IMS will got from Vj to SO cents moru j than she natural price tills year. Cot- I ton la fluctuating nervously wllhin j 50 to 70 polnte, and Jumps one way j or the other from to 27, nobody know- , ing what It will be when tho nettling, timo comes. The cotton people who j last year were protesting that it would j bo a horriblo outrage and robbery of the poor to tlx a price on tholr product, j now wish devoutly that a nrlce corre- j spondtng to that put on wheat, which ? would havo guaranteed them around I 21. had bi en made. It is tho wheat . farmer's turn to chuckle. In some j parts of the Woft people aro plow- j lug up alfnlfn and beets and putting j ever acre in Y'*10"'- because farm labor j and supplies pfobably will bo cheaper thnn they were during the war, und j wheat will continue to sell at war pric*-.s. It Is the cotton farmer's turn to swear, or say whatever ho uses to camouflage his swearing. It will be remembered that Congrera oariy bust slimmer passed an act llxlnu ' the prico of wheat at 52-50, and tho j President vetoed it. That veto did mui h to cost the Democrats the last < election. The President's reason for it never was made clear. The ligures he , gave to Justify his action wore ?" hope- | lcasly and obviously wrong that every- j body wondered where on earth he had , found them, and nobody attempted to defend them. Yet ihe final result is j that ho saved the taxpayers many a | million dollars. Already the winter and j spring wheat acreage Is ll.OOO.Oe | ahead of last year, At the average { yield of thirteen bushels to the acre, "we will have nearly l.Oiid OOO.OOf i bushelo-?moro than two barrels of ! flour for every head of population, while wo uco normally but one barrel ; per head. A quarter of a dollar a bushel, the difference between the t2 .'.0 . the President vetoed and the $2.20 | fixed Inst August, means $112.000.' Voice of the People. Letters malt utro tlie name nud sd drcit of the uriter. .Name ?lll nut?u? published If writer so requests. The Woman Socialist Vote. To the Editor of The Tirnea-Dlspatch: j Sir,?"Recorder," In a 1<-U< r appear ing in tho February 23 edition of your j paper, .states that a . Richmond .So-, cialist clalniB for tho Socialist party . the credit of winning equal suffragol for New York Stale. permit me to give the facts and figures concerning the New York vote on the equal kjx- ? frage arn'.ndincnt. (World Alm?nac, , mi!?) i There were 703,120 men In New ^ ork who voted for suffrage In November, i 1!>17. Tho highest recorded Socialist figures tor that year are, for the State, l?;i>,364 for Block, for attorney-general.. If every man who voted for l'.iocrc also voted for tho suffrage amendment, j there would still remain 533,76a Re pu Dllcanh and Democrats, with Pro gressivos and Prohibitionists who voted for suffrage. The soldier vote was very small ror Socialism. It was two to one in favor of woman suffrage. Wo havo as yet no figures for Cni rago as to the woman vote by party. The vote of the women voters oi .sew York City la recorded as follows: Of the 40S.671 women voters in New Vorlt City, 5 per ccnt enrolled with | the Socialist party; 32 per cent en-; rolled with the Republicans; .'-4 peri cent with the Democrats; l per cent , with the Prohibitionists; the remain ing 8 per cent being independent. The entire. State Socialist vote for Gov- i ernor In 101S, with women voting, was) actually less, by more than 40.000. than i the State vote for Block (Socialist) In 1317. ujoti only voting. EDITH CLARK COUTJES. | Richmond, Va-. February 24, 101&. j Old-Fashioned Fox Hunt. To the Editor of The Timer-Dtnnatefii: I Sir.?On Monday. February 17, J. T. ; Burk. E. TI- Burk and J. B. Wilson, of; Amelia County, camc down as tho guest; of W. A. Burke, tho veteran fox hunter of Varlna. On Tuesday and Wednes day tho wind blew and was very cold, but having such able dogs as Julie, Heck, Tussle, Sneak. Red, Carey. Crad dock France, Wade, Brutus, Spot and Rover, they wero rewarded with aj twitch each day. on Thursday, tho weather being! more favorable. It was easy to catch j Reynard. On Friday they went over into Fair Hill woods, the famous fox | ground of that section. ^ > Old Julio struck, and. with the aTti 1 of Heck, Wade, Tussle, Red. Rover, France arid Brutus, they soon had him moving. When he had Kono they knew Information Bureau. Inquiries regarding almost any topic, excepting on leual and medical sub jects, are answered tree. As (ill la fulries are answered directly by per sonal letter, a self-addressed, stamped envelope ia required. Audrejt Ihe Times - Dlspntch lntormatlou Ilureau, Klehiuond, Vo. nnlnbow Division. S. /V B., Trevillan.?The Forty- j second Division is known an the Rain- | bow Division. It Is with tho army of occupation at Ahrwciler, but ill cm-i bark tor homo in April. Three Hundred and Thirteenth Field Artillery. Misti W. IT. M.. Richmond.?The Pf?.0 Hundred and Thirteenth l-ield Artil lery, which la In ihe. Eightieth Division, In iichedulcd to return homo in May. ICfahl Hundred nnd Eleventh Pioneer Infantry. Mian D. E., Richmond.?Wo are unable to locate thtu unit. You may bo able to ascertain itn present location by writing to the adjutant-general, War Department, Washington, D. C. League of Nations, F M., Richmond.?The constitution of the proposed league of nations was printed in full In the Issue of tfhe Tlmes-Dlsnatch of February 15. The plan is fully explained In the publica tion of that date. Three Hundred and Seventeenth Ma ehlne-Gun Dnttallon. Mrs. G. T. M.. Richmond.?The Three Hundred and Seventeenth Machine Gun Battalion is in tho Elghty-Tirst Dlvlrlon, recently at Musuy-tur-Selne, Franco. Wo are unable to say when the division will embark for home. Three Hundred and Thirty-Eighth In fantry. Mrs, S. P-, Drakon Branch.?The Three Hundrod and Thirty-eighth In fantrv Reslmert la In tho Eighty fifth division, and It Is posslblo that your son's company Is with that regi ment. The dlvla'.on Is now at Toul, but Will omb**k tor bom? Id March. I "" eavcd to tho consumer auid taxpayer on tho 4-.0.000.000 bushels we will UBe. and o.*j much uiorc for the taxpayer for tho other 150,000,000 bushels wo will havo to sell at what wo can get Caaual discussion In Congress provo3 that all agreo that tho govorninont rnuat stand tho loss, whatever It may bo. Tho $2.20 rate wae proclalmod In August, when all of us thought wo would bo needing this year overy grain of foodstuff that could be produceeL The faj-mern baaed their preparation;* on |t, ami tho Just opinion 1b that they should not bo niado to suffer because tho war ended months bei'oru anybody thought It would. On tho othor sldet tho consumer ehould not be forced to pay for bread In time of abundance and poace tho prlco fixed In expecta tion of scarcity and war, Tlio one way out of an abnormal and unforeseen situation is the short way. That la for thu government to pay the farmer the promised price and bell to the con vumer at the prlco to be made by tho luw of supply and demand. Of course. it Is too early yet to know what the supply will be- All the signs and known facts promise that it will be large, and thai bread will bo cheap. Wc havo the curious condition that tho heavier the wheat crop Is the heavier the burden on the government wjii be. The taxpayer with the aver* age family will have tho coneolatlon of gutting back $10 to $20 of his money In reduced cost of flour for tho year. The Interest of the nontaxpay irig consumer will bo exactly opposed to that of the government. The more abundant arid the cheaper wheat Is the lesa he will pay tor bread, but the more the loss to tho government. However, tho latest arid most direct reports?not tlioi.u intended to rig the market for other grains one way or the other?indicate that there will be no glut of wheat after all. Russia, which wan tho heaviest exporter tn the world. i.?s out of it. India, former ly exporting 00,000.000 bushels a year, lit short this year and Is buying. Restoration of ocean traffic has made available tho supplies of Australia and Argentine, which would havo been shut out If th': war had continued, but thev, together, havo but 114,000, 0)0 bushels. The demand In the starved countries wijl he heavy. Australia, because of her remoteness, has guur nnteed but cents per bushel, but Frazil rnakfH her guarantee $2.1?. while iri Hwlt/i rlar.d. Holland and France it run:i from 53.1 S to $3.84 and iu Norway and Italy it Is above $4. The chances seem to bo that the tax payer and the Liberty loan subscriber at cost r.f something leas than $1,000, 000.000 will cave the country from the shock of a panic In wheat and ruin of great sections of the West, whilo giving the consumer cheaper bread and helping f< ed th? hungry part of tho world at reasonable prices. And the wheat grower may grin derMvoly a; h|.i brother of the cotton fields, who grinned derisively at h'.ni la^t year, maybe take tome of his extra automo biles off his hands and philohophlzo to the general effect that In the long run time and events Just about even things ??'P- , thoy had started the crnarteet foit In that section. l!e was a smart one. a professional d^'lger, hut tinder the master hand of J. T. Burk. another catch was added to the record of the best pack of houndn In Virginia. Ame>ng tho riders were E. II. Burk, .? H. Wilson, W. A. Burk. G. K. Lyne, Oscar 1'carce. Hiv<m Gon^er, J. E. \ar brough. N. F. Lyne. R. 12. Garnett. VI. Moi.by. llt-nry Se.trs, Sam Cumber and Charlie 1'ye and Lyne Burk. Carey. Wade. Julie and Erutus ara the famous Walker strain. E. O. P, Varlna, Va_, Febrtiary 25, 1513. Books and Authors. "The Highwayman," by H. C. Ball*" ' E. P. Dutton <??. Co.), is a tale of tho. days of ?";<K,d Queen Anne. Across the pagss flit the Queen, tho great Duke of Marlborough, and. almost the lae-t of hid ill-fated race, James btuart. the. Old Pretender?all those serve but for a background against which 13 shown as gallant a romance of villainy, mis understanding and high-hearted love as ever made crowns and kingdoms seem of little worth. "According to Ordera." by P. Britten Austin (George II. Doran Co.), is a unique collection of war stories. Cap tain Austin has had service abroad, and instead of taking the usual direc tion 1:1c talent for snort-story writing went over the ranks of the enemy and depicted the German attitude to ward the war. Of course, it has neen done before, but Captain Austin tells these stories in an apparently dir> pass.nnatc ruannor, which adds greatly to their effect. lie bases hio fiction on certain well-known strategic moves: there Is also a spy etory, a London air raid story and a U-boat yarn. "Peace" is Intended to give aorae Idea ox af fairs in Germany. "Lessons of the War and the i eaca Conference." by Oreste Ferrara ular p*r Brothers), is n refreshing innova tion. even in a period so prolific of war literature as the past year. Writ ten by a recognized authority on diplo matic history, it contains a mass of deeply interesting Information con cerning the political, geographical, economic and ethnological conditions of Continental Europe; a masterly analysis of tho complex Internationa! problems arising out of the war, and practical suggestions for their solu tion. baaed on an intimate knowledge of tho eiuestions. "Lessons of the War" accurately describes tho nature of this little book, which forms a readable and easily grasped condensa \ of the .results of long years o* biotly and research. "Tho White Horse and Red-Haired Girl," by Kenyon Gambler (George H. Doran Co.), is the story of tho under ground railways by which Belgians, French. English and Americans caught In captive Belgium, were spirited out of that country during the rule of ^,h? Germans. The t;tory opens with a young American aviator In French ser vice whose machine has fallen beyond enemy liner. He Is met on the 6treet and embraced as her husband by a pretty and strango English girl who taken him to dinner with a Belgian woman who flirts violently with a German ofllcir. Tho American Plays* up to the role an his only chance or escape and, a-a It proves, of tho girl's only chance. Ho soon llnds his simu lated love taking deeper roots than he had intended. The final plunge of theBo two through the barbed wire of Hol land. in company with the girl's wounded brother, whom sh? had come to fctoli, and his Belgian fiance. Is one of the mof.t exciting scenes. The sense of the imminent peril In which th* Iieltfian people continually lived for four years is a strong undercurrent throughout the book. It is the sort of story that is intended, ftr6t of all, to hold tho reader .13 an out-an-out ad venture rctory and as auch It takes Its place. It liaa humor and atmosphere as well. Peace. "Thcro if no peace, no peace,** the big1 Kunn shout To drown tho ltttlo voice that ev'ry hour. ? Persistent as tho mueszln from hlai tower. Proclaims that all la well, Yot wht> shall doubt \ The deep sea thunder In dha moonlit caves. The green hills singing to the monw Ing sun. The wild flowers flaunting till th? day is done, Or plaintive sea gull crloft o'er twlllt waves?? "No peace," they growl! Tho little voice plead3 on: A lark high ringing o'er the barrage .blast. A moonbeam on tlrS" lake's dark bosom east, ... "Lo! beauty, beauty may not, cannot oc??<, And beauty's thrlcc-starred crown ts peace. Is peacc." ?Pvt. .T. Poterson, Seaforth Highlan ders, tn "Moro Bongs by the Fighting Maa."