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si Massachusetts Republicans, demanding
ratification of the treaty unattended, but
m submitting a list of reservations, eased Sena
tor Lodge down as gently as possible, while
jpj saving their own reputation for sanity and
it gave John Sharp Williams beautiful material
for several sarcastic speeches in the Senuio.
fit It is said that the deportation of Emma
Goldman to Russia, her old home, is delayed
because the government is puzzled over the
qi question of sending her hack there without
officially recognizing the Lenine govern
jj, vent. Have we no leaky vessels that we can
or put her on for a cruise in the Atlantic
Occan while the puzzling proposition is be
to ing worked out?
V.
P? "
& Gabriele d'Annunzio may be a misguided
ot patriot and a tinsel hero playing to the grand
at stands, but that he is a mercenary and a
th potential traitor to his followers is unworthy
A: o? belief, liven a million dollars, the price
V. at which he is reported to have agreed to
'n sell out, would hardly repay this visionary
nr poet for the cargo of transitory glory he is
fo accumulating as the master of Fiutne and
perhaps the arbiter of Italy's future.
b: After giving the zone fare system a sev
eral weeks' tryout on its trolley lines
m throughout the State, the Now Jersey Pub
jj lie Service Railway Company has announced
A the experiment a failure, and asks permis
sion of tlie State Pubjjc Utility Commission l
to abandon the system. Evasion of the is- ,
a' sue of fair trolley fares is not one that may
fl be settled by makeshift experiments; the
? final solution will only be found after thresh- ,
? ing out the proposition of reasonable charges j
* on its merits. " ,
^ Senatoj Hiram Johnson, in a speech at
t Portland. Ore., attacked the. league of na*
J tlons' covenant on the ground that it "would ?
put the world in a straight jacket." Cer- !
"* tainly, it will put those nations which are
determined to criminally aggress upon weak i
peoples in a straight,jacket; but, as St. Paul
indicated, su<h-self-imposed restraint would
not b<i a terror to the world, but onlv lo i
evildoers. Kor that reason, the covenant
commends itself to the support of every une
wjio upholds the rule of right a gains: th*
rule of might.
Many of us persist in the absurd feeling '
that an act of Congress, approved by the
Prseident i6 final and binds the countrv per- !
manently to the policy it represents. Be- <
cause of this feeling the proposed l^gisla- '
tion for returning the railways to the'r 1
owners causes tremors and griever* The :
lZthtlBiu^\aUy mCa8,nc' ?r I,art <,f a mea3" :
ure, failing to give satisfactory results mav I
be amended within Hix months, if haste
te Indicated. The Cummin. Mil. now h"o o 1
hardly """nda to i?. more
an tentative an experiment in the con- '
duct of a very difficult operation'* \\> havo
i"'ri r? ,ht' "anki"K '??? ???de.? !n a
BVir in^ho"' Ma>' H,"'r"v"r defects ap
Jh?y will ? '"y r*storatIon law?and
tney will be many?experience and nnhii>
demands will _,?rce ,pw5y |
Secretary of Labor Wilson did not
aggerate when he told the capital
an7theC ""f"'"'"" "> S h?Zry
now threai.enu lo embroil the "world J' n
take rank with the Kroatr,, ?,Xm '
? consummation almost too ! ?,,,, J ,,
hoped for. but the conferem -it inno
,the beginning of the e? of
etanding, and this generation v 7"
restoration of industrial ' "C 'h?
a
Strike da.f.ri obtained from flir? r\e
of L.bor and other ?ourc?, a [vvhiJiZ
show that thorn . . '-hiugton
show that there are now 12 j strike* i t
? 'Win thl. country. ?ith dt.y^eo .1??"
r'ffif 1* " ha" shl,?'<?e tor orcaim-.l
i??r? " ?' ,be ?"??""?".<?? rtiu"!
.that all classes of workers strive to inert-. ,
production as one of'the surest m^^
< '.^ringing about a reduction in the cost of ? ?
foreea ofethrnhHraWa,f 'r?m ,ho Pr'?"ctlve
?I! i.Lniit,on of lhe ,u'-ge number ot
WMAM il 11 III 1)0
,. ? *nd womM engaged in these strikes
UiU ^dkion^ what, mUCh Wafite' b,,t en
? burdens no thosa who con
? ???. at work. I. It ,oy wonder that th,
not
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SATURDAY. OOTOHKR 11. l?lf>.
unorganized portion of the country's workers
Is beginning to show marked signs of sym
pathy with the groat employing corporations
in their resistance to demands for closed
shops, when such demands but mean idle
ness and added burdens to thoso who are
willing to work to meet the economic neces
sity of increased production?
South Pays Tribute to Jackson.
CAST in heroic mold, symbolical of the ex
alted stature he attained as a geuerul in
war. as an unconquerable defender of the
South, and as a leader in the hearts of men.
hi- face set sternly and steadfastly toward
the North, just as it was ever fixed when
from that direction came the invading ou
einy, the bronzed image of "Stonewall"
Jackson sits astride his battle horse in Rich
mond as if to guard it perpetually from every
foe. Today this masterpiece of the sculp
tor's art. tribute of a grateful South to one
of its best beloved sons, will take its place
among Richmond's most cherished monu
ments, there to stand for all time in loving
recognition of the valiant service he gave and
the life he willingly laid down for the causa
that was lost. And it is lilting that this
memorial to Jackson should rise majestically
near the monuments of those other warriors,
Lee, Davis and Stuart, with whom he fought
and suffered and endured even uuto death
for the maintenance of Southern honor aud
Southern rights.
The South has been tardy in offering this
material recognition to the memory of the
general who, next to Robert E. Lee. has
come to be recognized as the master strate- j
gist of the War Between the States. But 1
perhaps it is just as well. In the more than j
a half century that has passed since lie i
"crossed over the river to rest under the 1
shade of the trees," he has grown not only !
in the love of the South until now the rev- j
erence for him is second only to that held j
for the commanding general himself, but I
his fame as a master of strategy has in- j
creased until today his campaigns in the
Valley and in Northern Virginia are accepted
as models of war making by every civilized
nation. Thus it is that the years have added
to his stature; and now, with the unveiling
of his monument, friends and foes alike ac
cord him the undisputed distinction of*liav
ing been one of the really great generals of
all time.
To this one of their great warriors Rich
mond and the South, in loving memory, pay
homage, today. And it is not alone to his
soldier's art that they will do reverence as
they stand before his graven image. It will ;
be as well to the simple, austere, yet kindly, ;
Christian character, the abiding faith, the j
rugged honesty and the strength of purpose
that made of this manx a Cromwell to hi3 :
troops, and have given him a place unique
in the written history of tho world's leaders ;
in war and in the affection of those who loved I
and lived under the Stars and Bars.
It is idle to speculate on what Jackson's
death, at the hands of his own troops, meant
to the South. Volumes have been written on
the theme; other volumes will be, and still
the moot point never will be determined, lie
? was cut down at the highest point of his :
| brilliant and victorious career, and in his
i death Lee lost his strongest support. Had
I he been spared the final result might not ;
have been otherwise. Perhaps, after .the (
iapse of all these years, could his wishes be ;
known, he would not have had it so.
To this master strategist, this Christian '
gentleman, this defender of the South, in
I whose heart of hearts he is forever en
| shrined, let all do honor.
The Soldier Goes to Work
THE COUNTRY is entitled to feel gratified .
over the announcement from the War I
Department that of the more than 4,000,000 1
men who were called from civil life for ser- j
vice in the army, less than 30,000 of them !
have failed to find employment, and are now :
back in productive pursuits. This is indeed ,
a tribute to the nation as a whole, and it i
shows the elastic nature of the American in- ?
dustiial system as perhaps nothing elEe j
could do.
When the armistice was signed and the ,
demobilization of the great army was under- !
taken grave fears were felt and expressed
all over the land that it would be difficult j
if not impossible for the business of the j
country to absorb the great body of men re- j
leased by the army without serious dislo
cation. Hundreds of thousands of women
had been drafted by industry to take
the places of the soldiers. Old men and
young boys had been drawn into the system.
Vacant places had been filled, and it was a
matter of genuine doubt as to whether the
men who were turned back by the army
could find employment.
Because of the urgency of the matter va
rious agencies were set up to deal with the
problem. The Department of Labor paid
particular attention to the discharged sol
dier through its employment service. The
War Department and the Navy Department
set iij> bureaus to assist their men in find
ing work, and many private institutions took
a keen intore.-t in the matter.
The result of the joint, labors of all these
bodies has been most satisfactory. Almost
I as rapidly as the men were given their dis
, charge papers they were given work to do.
j Not all of them were replaced in their old
I positions, it. is true, hut. few of them have
been compelled to engage in less remunera
tive occupations than those which they fol
lowed before the war. The Bmall contingent
now put of work soon will be provided for.
Of that there can be no doubt, and when thin
i is accomplished the American people will
? have a right to feel proud of their service to
i the men who served tho nation in uniform.
It Is astonishing how many people are un
able to understand why it is that when
' working hours and consequent producing
power per person are cut and wages are
; raised, with consequent increase in cost of
production, prices to the ultimate consumer
j should not remain unchanged.
In New York the overwhelming majority
j of members of the Typographical Union sig
nified desire to strike against the employing
printers by raising their hands. But from
here it looks as if it was the employees who
, had been ordered "hands up!"
I "Prospects brighter," says sanguine W. Z.
i Foster, meaning to say that more men are
1 idle, more families suffering, more danger
i to the peace and commerce is in sight and
j prpducing capacity is to be further lessened.
At the rate lynching bees are being pulled
off in Georgia, the mobs are likely to be
? called to account for violating union rules
| by working overtime.
? j After all, would'nt the Oerman-Rusblan
? ' alliance we arc being taught to dread be
? merely a copartnership of cripples?
SEEN ON THE SIDE
?\ II KM It Y EDWAKD WARNER
Verse nnd Verncr.
Again the humble poet begs
To make his weekly nolo on egge
And similar things to cat;
Again be ell pa bis Muse's wings
And flops him down to sordid tilings,
And walks on common Icot.
If living's downward course were floater
The poet s meat would bo much meter.
ldfcVi KlevMtor.
CSOi"theU!ift ??>ne U?Wn! W? Hre crowded I"
An\iVtic ^'uirat the Icver eiyes the uunc a
And the cage goes shooting upward, or the cane
goes scooting down,
And a few of us will smile, of coursc. but most
of us will frown.
Ooing up? ... To feel prosperity, to taste
the joys of life;
Going down! . . . To dig for crusts along
tiio edges of the Strife!
And we re ever crowded in the lift, saint, sinner
sage and clown.
And the lever pusher bellows: -Going up?
Going down!''
Mternry Note.
An Annapolis (Md.. L\ S. A.) circulating 11
brar> announces that among the new books re
ceived is The Inevitable Balance Sheet" by
^atrina Trash. Wc understand about balance
I ,?,???! buC,\nJf incvitable a"ri^h?- hut unless some
s kiddln? we '? inclined to think Shakes
peare was wrong about nomenclature.
Caution.
I he Gobbler?Hey. you young yearling'
Go slow on that corn! You got plenty of time
to eat after November ?7!"
The Day's 1'roblema.
1. U'ilJ woman adopt bifurcated skirts?
-? Will lickcr come back, when, and in what
Quantities?
3- Will France prejent the Kaiser a Con
solation Dinner in Paris?
4. Will France take em all back after the
divorces, or did they get round trips?
5. Is the man who never had a cross word
w ah h.s wife ttill lying about it?
W?tph Out!
The Government talks of forcing all eggs out
c-i cold storage. What about gas masks?
The Rhyming Optimist
The Whinller
Learning's very necessary, cverv little ?>hiiH
must see he ought to know a cassowary from
-..JwhVnCj ' pbou,d know addition's tabic.
imn'v aMe fZ??X,0ld a!Ul rlch' he w?? ^en be
*i?^?7,i . .. ,l? ,'idd up h,s Sfld and sich. lie
? boit.d suteI> know some grammer letsi mi
dressing some learned guys lie might stutter
I... . cieme, too. he ought to master and
theology and stuff, so in talking to his pastor
h? *ould make a worthy blurt. There are manv
wcM>r r:itn-'ieKV?utry cl'Utl. should know quite
. * /^j!up and Commarichcs should
know how to write and spell. But, if bv m i'
?i mi hC a V uannot read archaic runs he
iiViiLJ rr'?i "ause.l? bellow if he just can w histle
tunes. If he early learns to whistle, vou mav
know he s not the kind with backho'no made
of gristle who will whirl with -Vry wind
Times when other folks are pining, saying'
What a gloomy day!" he will aeo the sun a-'
;in(1 wil1 whistle on his way. He has
troubles almost daily which would make an?
rerteHinrto -ot hv aV|ayS|u h'SUcS ealb" and he'*
tai? to Bet b>. He will never see the thistle
V i a,wa-'s n.ntl the rose.; so each child'
*know,"" l? whlstle, even though that's all
h
Si
ho knows.
F rom Other Viewpoints
BY \H\VKL1. DWIGIIT 1IILLIS
?My Sooimer \ ncation
i, ".utnmer vacation has been about as ex -
hilaraitng as a visit to San Francisco after the
Ca.thfiuake had toppled down the buildings, or
rwr 'Ui ^,' after that tornado had demolished
c\ery liou.-e and uprooted every vineyard and
'iro^ a ?r?'?a,Cik s.word of destruction
.-cross the Mate. rhink of making an itinery
. asummr vacation! Washington: race war
uh lhf' hh "tn the sidewalk, policemen washing
"anitoP lhis. hard by the national I
< upitol. Chicago, wakened up at nitrht hv
t h u i,deV of?/hP'hni,Mh?fl"s ,nusketry and the |
, thi- hoofs of policemen's horses with
??rV Vw X bodies dead after one night's war
Winnipeg; where only ;t few weeks hc
fh# fa'i " iWlt thc very ^'capons used hv
re?le.iuVu,nr?f?ilii njats,in 175?' demanded the
i ;on of elected rulers. Seattle* the com
mittee .showing the traveler where the machine
euns had been located, the sand bags piled up
and the minute men placed for the defense of I
the city against the revolutionists. Vancouver- '
w^ru" -v " leader is credited with theso
words, >ou may think I am the late and la
mented J. i. returned to earth, but lam not; 1
am simply tnc radical leader of Hie i. W W s "
"d k"f; ? Vr' bul!d,nff employees who won't
work ?nri ifiin1. J"? y' mobb''iK men who will
r\ ?,Killing hve men and wounding lifteen
others in a country whose Constitution was
conceived on liberty and dedicated to the pro no?
and?nilh^rtV-eV*rJ vLorkor has a r'oht to his life
f,! o u J* ? d, the Pursuit of his happiness
in such kind of work as he elects. Hostofi
where my friend found a big purple-faced "thug
marching up and down at 12 o'clock noon in
front of a woman s restaurant with the whlle
vfi and s^;:iretJ K'rl waiters at the window
while the thug chanted. 'This place unfair to
organ.r.ed labor! This place unfair to orgaii.ed
And while my friend stood there wonderintr
what heoc things might mean and askirig why
/: Mi?' Oil, and Fisher Ames and Wd..
i r.ViJ . i till 'I01 r,a)sV the tongue of thin
brute and wither his hand, two lioston police
men camc up to shout to the thug: "We're with
you now, we are all one." and used tholr au
thority to drive away customers and force tint
restaurant into bankruptcy. i?tr0 '? the com!
VoUr ,'!!! Co"H,UtluU",' 1);,v invited the Detroit
liv ^v./ I . to j0'" in the celebration
it., governing board answered that it would ioi>>
If I S president would be pern,itted to announce
that the tonstitution was all right when it was
V,d [W; lVlH,lKd,d not ,,,eM I'r^ent conditions
v had been wrongly interpreted by tho
j ?? Nftw York: Irving hired r*n
?? n't e'rV'^r I tabor uf,lo,,y. confessed that his
that liV'wn^ ??' at,n,'klng persons and
inai ne wns directed to hire three men -it u*.
Se'l'it r-0 'f^r,1rn|t a. mupler; to murder Mortimer
? foreman of a' wajst factory, and wo
men he hired proved to be cx-coi,victs Truth
,? !?u?t"?risstns
3,.rrf.
tion.il government in Washington ?naV i# .vi
socVali"'!! nVUrt> hy "nt Krt'Hl Bolshevistic sta te
of ;i I a bo r I e a d e'r'" ] Ike the head
^Ur-^rrlns'u"
pSSSffS
de can produce, not over 11 a .law \?V? ""V
ftra 'sta'rtr looting"
never' '"rebu'n!'.H ^
Alexandria-the groat city was n-ver rihul?!
* "10 looieajathens? it was never ??bu '
once more the Canary Is filled and the snVrii
of cupidity and fivar ce look lunrinirlv f,H .
moment when th^ looting can belt n uJ . h?
vlsin it. not n philosophy ; If W. win, il
philosophy; the revolutionary Stale socialiJt ?i'.?
Winnipeg a: d Heattlo had n.-verr'-adani^i^
Karl Marx; their State socialism and iholr
";\H,rvr' wer? "Imply a camounag" bel ind
ik Ihfty could start their looti,ltr. To? v
he so-called "bettor classeH" are acquiescent*
hey .ire simply trying to keep their annual
,Wh,rh for lh0 '? >50,000.000 000
Hut the awlean element in organized, turbulent
nflainable and la arming, contributing all of
their income and wages to the movement be.
cause their ntake in 5230.000,000.000. namely
the entire accumulated property of the nation.
Health Talks by Dr. Wm. Brady
The lOplleptic State
(Copyrtcht. 131S. uy National .Nowiinoor Serv* ?? %
Individuals who have convulsive seizures fol
lowod by stupor or unconsciousness at irregular
intervals through several years are frequently
In doubt whether the title of epilepsy should
bo applied to the condition. There seems to be
a stigma attached to the epileptic state and
hence oversensitive subjects of such seizures
are reluctant, to believe that the trouble is
epilepsy. Certainly it Is wholesome to conceal
one's ill health or physical frailties from the
world, and rather morbid and meretricious to
parade them before the public. Yet epilepsy Is
in no senso a more odious affliction than Is
neurasthenia or neuritis, only It Isn't a quite
bo popular.
Just what epilepsy Is nobody can clearly de
fine. It seems to be a name applied to cbrtain
periodically recurring convulsions with loss of
consciousness or without, or sometimes loss or
consciousness without convulsions, the seizures
being commonly preceded by an "aura." which
Is some peculiar sensation the subject experi
ences when a seizure impends. When no specilic
causo can be found to account for these attacks
the name of epilepsy la applied.
One reason for the stigma attached to epi
lepsy is that children of parents who indulged
In alcoholic beverages, even moderately?If such
can be termed moderate?arc more likely to
have epilepsy.
When attacks resembling epilepsy begin after
the age of thirty-five years, the cause is more
likely to bo some specific condition, such as a
brain abscess resulting from ear or iiushI dis
ease of years' standing or from some previous
Injury to the head; or the blood-poisoning or
toxemia accompanying obscure lead-poisoning:
or unrecognized uremia from kidney disease;
or diabetes; or unrecognized syphilis; or a brain
tumor.
In a typical epileptic seizure (called grand
mall the victim feels his peculiar warning sen
sation (aura) and perhaps groans or cries out,
then falls to the ground in a rigid spasm which
lasts a few seconds and ia followed by the con
vulsive movements. First the face is pale, but
during the convulsion it becomes livid, from
the interference with free breathing. The
pupils dilate. Usually saliva exudes from the
mouth (frothing at the mouth) and perhaps the
tongue Is bitten, causing bidding from the !
mouth. In u minute or two the convulsions
cease and stupor or unconsciousness continues
for several minutes. Then the subject sleeps
quietly for some hours, and wakes with a head
ache or mental confusion. Emergency treat
ment of such a seizure consists of non-lnter
fcrence, merely protecting the Individual from
injury.
Voice of the People
Letter* munt Klve the name and nddres* of j
the writer. Name will iiot be published If
? riler so request*.
A Reminder of Waterloo.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir,?It is announced that the King and Queen
of Belgium arc to be tlie guests of the White
Mouse on their visit to Washington this fall.
The presence in Washington of these royal visi
tors carries us back in imagination over the in
tervening century to the ball at Brussels, the
capital of Uelgium, the night before the battle i
of Waterloo. The description of this historic j
ball as given by Lord Bryon in hla "Chiide I
Harold" is as follows:
"There was a sound of revelry by night
And Belgium's capital had gathered then.
Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright
The lamps shone o'er fair women and bravo
0i an,
A thousand hearts heat happily, and when |
Music arose with its voluptuous swell.
soft eytts looked love to eyes that spake a ?a in |
And all went merry as a marriage bell,
But hark! A deep sound strikes like a rla- !
ing knell. /?
"Did ye not hear it? No. 'twas hut the wind
On the car rattling o'er the stony street.
On with the dance, l^et joy be unconllned,
No sleep till /uorn when youth and pleasure 1
meet
To chase the glowing hours with flying feet.
But hark! That heavy sound breaks in oncc j
more
As if the clouds Its echo would repeat.
And nearer, clearer, deadlier (nan before.
To arms'. To arms'. It la the cannon's open- [
ing roar."
L. S. MAR VS.
Charlottesville, Va., October 1519.
The Anll-Sn(Ir8Ke Viewpoint.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir.? A long-distance call was sent from Rich
mond to Massachusetts for an answer to "Mary
P. Clarke, a suffragist." who had said that wo- ,
Plan suffrage was working "peacefully and nor
mally" in most of the States.
This is wlmt came back from Margaret P.
Robinson, anti-suffrasrlst. "chairman of Public
Interests League of Massachusetts." Sh<* warns j
the people of Virginia (hat (lie public interests ,
of Virginia will be at stake when the women of j
Virginia git the vote. Why? Because (who j
would have thought it hut an anti-sufl ragiot ?)
thev will heroine "traitors" and "overthrow the
government," "destroy the Constitution": they
will be "Socialists," "I. W. W.s," "Bolshevists";
thoy will be. in league with all the powers of:
darkness: they will he "unscrupulous and radi- i
cal"; indeed, they are already a part of "the ;
serious dangers now threatening our country."
Sad! But is it true?
Can you believe it? Men of Virginia, are
these your women? Are these your mothers,*
wives and sisters? No further comment is
necessary in answer to this 'public interests"
lady. A BELIEVER IN WOMANKIND.
Richmond, Va., October 10, 1010.
Keyboard Touches
BY KRA.M\ II. BROOKS
(Jet nt the Knot*
The late Bishop Brooks, of Massachusetts, i
was accused by lady parishioners of snoring.
He asked how they knew. They replied that
they had heard him. The Bishop told then)
they should not believo all they heard.
There are those who are skeptical until they
knew the facts about trifles. One of the great
principles in common law Is getting at the ]
facts. Where testimony is not founded on fact .
it is not creditable. Bismarck oticc said, "I have
often outwitted people simply l>y stating facts."
The French have a theory that where a,crime
has been committed the solution is in finding !
the woman. They do not mean that the woman !
is the criminal, but she is the cause?the fact. I
If ?ome one comes to you in distress, unless tho j
distress is physical, asking your help, get at
the facia which created the condition. If your
subordinate makes charges "against some one
with whom you are dealing, the facts will aid
you in knowing whether to discharge your
subordinate or withdraw your affiliations with
I the accused.
I Some one in your neighborhood may he un
able to do others a favor and thereby incurs
the displeasure of the person who sought to
use a weak man as a foil. Where a false chargc
is made against an unprotected man. and that
fact is established, it strengthens a whole com
munity. If a new corporation asks for your
assistance, find out the facts for the organiza
tion. and if t hey warrent you in becoming a.
member, do It in spite of opposition. Granted
that your conscience has not been tampered
with too much, consult with it. and you will
he able to silence any denunciation. Moral
courage ia based upon the facts you have, in
any case.
It. takes patience to get all the facts in every
case, but as slowly aa the facta come out they
will eventually overtake tho swiftest lie that
ever started.
News of Fifty Years Ago
(From the Richmond Dispatch, Oct. 11. 18ii9.)
General Canby yesterday issued an order to
the State Treasurer to set aside $12,167 for tn?
pay of members of the General Assembly.$^90
for the pay of clerks, pages, etc., and 51.000 foi
lights, heat and other things.
The temperance people are rejoicing over the
splendid results of tho campaign of Rev.
Youiik the State lecturer for the 1< rlends or
Temperance. Over 1,000 new members have
joined the Richmond and Manchester Counc.ls
and Sons' Divisions. In the campaign the
Friends and Sons worked hand In hand.
In the Senate yesterday the president of that
bodv was authorized to employ a colored page
for "the accommodation of the colored senators.
Both houses of tho*Virginia General Assem
bly yesterday ratified the fourteenth and fif
teenth amendments to the Constitution of the
United States. They just had to do it, yon
know.
Married: On the <27 th of September last at
the residence of the bride's mother. J'},,1'1? city
of Stillwater. Minn., by Rev. Horace Hllls W. X
Conrad, of Richmond, to Miss Eliza C. McKuslck,
of Still,water. '
Franklin Pierce, cx-rroaldent of the United
Stales, died at Concord, N. H.. yesterday. This
leaves no e.x-Prcsldont clcctcd direct by the
people.
President Grant yesterday proclaimed Novem
ber 30 as a day of thanksgiving and prayer.
Ex-T'resldent Andrew Johnson writes to a
friend In Washington expressing certainty of
hla election to the United States Senate.
PAUL HMASTH10 DIE
IN ELECTRIC CHI
Jury in Dt.nvlllo Court I Icq u Ires B.tt
Fifteen Minutes to Docldc
Negro's Fate.
{?OLDIFHS KISCKIVK MKDAI-S
M.ro Tin i Five Hundred Arc
Handed Out at Harrisonburg Cele
bration?Other News Notes From
1'oints in Virginia.
(Special to The Tlmc?-V)lst>atch.1
OANVlLLiK, Oct. 10.?Justico - was
swiftly meted out this afternoon in
ttie llcnrv County Circuit Court when
I'aul Halrston. a negro not over seven
teen years of age, who on Wednes
day criminally attacked a fourteen
year-ohl while girl. was sentenced to
expiate his crime In the electric chair.
No further tight will be made for .the
defendant, who will accept his punish
ment. The trial occupied three hours,
ami the jury remained out less than
iifteen minutes.
A physician, who was designated by
the court to maIce an cxRiiiiimtloii of J
the negro's mental capacity on Thurs
day, reported to the court that while
the defendant was probably not alto
gether normal, he was not so simple
as not to realize the heinousness of
the ofTense.
The case is believed (o constitute a
record for swift punishment In Henry
County, no time being lost in arrest
ing the negro, empanelling a special
grand Jury and trying lilm in advance
of other cases on the regular quarterly!
docket. I
A large crowd of people attended
the trial at Martinsville today, bull
Judge Hughes Dlllard excluded from
the courtroom all save the jury.
Mednl* lilvfn to Soldlera.
HA R RISONBURG. Oct. 10.?Medals
for service in the world war were
presented in person yesterday to 550
soldiers and sailors of Rockingham |
County and the city of Harrisonburg,
who attended the. victory home-coming1
celebration here. Service mcd.ils for j
thirty-four who made, the supreme, sac-j
rifice were presented lo the nearest
of kin. i
It was one of the greatest celebra
tions ever held in the Valley, and was
attended by many thousands of clti- j
zens. A feature of the day was that
it marked the ?anniversary of some o: \
the most bitter lighting in the Argonne, |
in which many of the local soldiers
? anticipated as members of the:
'wenty-ninth or Kightleth divisions, j
The celebration consisted of a parade
of soldiers and sailors in uniform, a !
banquet, presentation of medals, a base-]
ball game, community sing and block:
parly. The address ot tlio day was!
delivered by John \V. Morrison, of.
Harrisonburg.
Full to Cut Meat 1'rlcp*.
I-YXCIIHURU, Oct. 10. ?Failure of
local ftesh meat dealers to cut 'he
retail prices of meats, as was expected
by the local food-price committee, will
cause this to be allowed to wait until
the committee disposes of the tiiioe
question next Monday, but after that
subpoenas will go out for the butchers'
to appear for conference. If, it is
understood, this does not work out
satisfactorily, the committee will ask
a Federal inspector to be detailed to
conic to L.jnchburg to make a survey!
for the benefit, ot the committee in '
order that it may have facts sufficient
for It to take a decided stand as to
nrlces. The committee understood the
butchers were to cut prices from 5 to
10 cents a pound, but most of them'
have failed to do this.
Kacm ChnrRr of Htenllnjt.
DANVJIXK. Oct. 10.?Mrs Dora
Mitchell, wife of Harry Mitchell. ;i fair
concessionnalre, was today held for
the grand jury on a charge of grand
lareenv. committed, it Is alleged. In
Uoanoke when the woman stole from
T. 12. I'arsall $7.10 last week. Mitchell.:
who was .tlho arrested with the wo- j
man. was able to show that he was]
Innocent, and a charge against him ]
was dismissed. The woman was placed i
in jail. The robbery is said to have |
taken place in a rooming house at!
Koanoke, chloral being- placed in some
liquor which was given to I'arsall.1
Mitchell, too, claims that he drank
some of the '?doped" whisky and knew
nothing for half a dav. During his
period of drowsiness, the woman Is
said lo have robbed I'arsall of his
earnings.
Would Annex Suburbs.
I. VN<"111'?!1R<;. iJet. 1".? A move-lias
been started in the City Council he?*
looking to the annexation of Campbell
? 'ouuty suburbs to the city. In case
the resolution is adopted by boih
branches of the Council, a joint com
mittee of three from the Common
Council and three from the Aldermen,
will be named to fix tentative boun
daries to be asked for in court pro
ceedings In Campbell Countv. Jt is
believed from 10,000 (o 15.000 people
can be added to the city. The scheme
docs not seem to include Fairview !
Heights or Madison Heights, the latter
an Amherst County suburb, which have
a combined population of about 0,000.
Hrniihllcnn* Ilecomr Aetl\r,
HAHRISONBt'RG. VA.. Oct. 10.?An
nouncement was made here last night
that Charles A. Hammer, an attorney'
of this city, has accepted the appoint
ment as secretary of the Republican
Slate <'ommitice. and that Republi
can Slate headquarters will be opened
here on October 15.
Mr Hammer succeeds George D.
Hart, of Roanoke, who resigned after
becoming a member of a law report
ing II rm in Washington. Mr. Ham
mer announces that Republican hcad
quar'crs here will be open the year
round.
I.arir Supply of Tobacco.
DAN VILI-K, Oct. 10.?Reports from ]
Chatham indicate that the tobacco
market there is being so largely pa
tronized by the farmers that glut sales
are in evidence. The general opinion is
that if the farmers continue to sell
their tobacco as quickly as they are
at present, almost all of it will have
been disposed, of before Christmas, as
it is a light crop.
Soldier* Oliacrvc Anniversary.
LY.VCHDl'RO, Oct. 0.?Survivors of
Company D, One Hundred anil Six
teenth Infantry, Twenty-ninth Divi
sion, here last night celebrated the]
first anniversary of that company go- ,
ing into the Meuse-Argonne offensive,
the occasion being a banquet at the
Virginian Hotel. Major II. I,. Ople, or
the One Hundred and Eighteenth. was
the guest of honor and principal
speaker. Short impromptu talks
were made by members of the com
pany.
Awnrdrd 57- Verdict.
DANV1I-.DK, Oct. 10.?D. D. Haas, a
traveling salesman, who recently in
stituted suit against the I-eel an d Ho
tel Company to recover $1,500 damages
for injuries sustained when he fell
through the elevator shaft, was award
ed a verdict for *72 yesterday by a
jury in the corporal ion court. This
amount covered the plaintiff's doctor's
and drug bill.
Fix Dnte for Convention.
HARRISONBURG, Oct. 10.?Thomas
C, Diggs, secretary of the Virginia
Sunday-School Association, announces
that the next convention of that as
sociation will be. held in Harrisonburg
on next February 10, II and 12. Do
ra! committees have been appointed
and arrangements arc being made for
the convention.
Will Raise Police Salaries.
LY.N'CHBl) 11G.' Oct. 10.?The. joint
Council committee on finance has rec
ommended an increase in pay for mem
bers of the police department, which
will require $2,MI0 for the remaining
four months of the fiscal year, l lie
increases biiftKCJ'tctl are uboul lo per
cent.
natd F.nprle Cnptorrd.
DANVII,DE. Oct. 10.-?A magnificent
specimen of a bald eagle was exhibit
ed here today by J. A. Green, a fann
er. of Rock Ingham County, N< < - W"?
shot and wounded the bird in the wing
several days ago on Smith River. He
succeeded in caging it, and the big
bird of prey was phown at one of the
tobacco warehouses, it being said by
many to havo been tho largest ever
seen.
CONFEDERATE VETERANS
L
Heninnnt of Leo's Armies March
Through Gayly Decorated Streets
in Atlanta, CJa.
SOLDIERS ARK OUTN'UMBJOmSl)
Hands, Civilian and Military Kscorts
Accompany Vurrlors of 180!-(Jo
as They Kefnse to Make L'se of
Offered Conveyances.
I f'v Associated I'roj? 1
A 1 LANTA, Oct. 10.?The Confederate
Veterans reunion of 131? came to u
dose tonight with a grand ball at tho
Auditorium Armory, but the crowning
feature of the; day was the sight of
old soldiers themselves inarching In
their annual parade.
i he remnant, of Lee's armies that
marchcd today was little more than
S.000 strong. Homo In uniform of tho
old Confederate gray and others In
civilian clothes. Tho streets, gayly
decorated for the occasion, wore liter
ally jammed with spectators who
cheered and went and laughed as the
Heroes of tho .sixties |>assed in review,
many of them for the last time.
Roy Scouts carried water for the old
soldiers and Red Cross umbuluri.es
followed In the wake of tho various
divisions, but few of those who started
out to |narch would accept a ride
oven though overcome. Hero and there!
veterans dropped out of line and rested
on the curb: then Joined the next
division that came along..
Two Hour* In I'nxnlriK.
The parade took nearly two hours
to pass the reviewing stand. the old
fV.. ?<5rs {?'??'"Solvi-s being almost out
numbered by their escorta o ? ho-ior
and members of bands that accom
panied them. Tho band and the ma
chine-gun battalion of the Fifth Di
vision ot regulars, stationed at Camn
? onion. was one of the escorts Lo<':i|
military schools sent their cadets, and
various civic and fraternal organize
lions also were in the line. Titer?
vvcro also a few representatives of the
i"aLy- hP?.'|,;<J l>y Admiral
>\ri|rnt. of Jacksonville.
ii.'rCinP,ki h' )an ^andt, comman
der-in-chief of the veterans, headed
the parade, a-companled by Brigadier
? ene.al La-vvis. commandant of Camp
j&rdon. As a toke.i of esteem for the
veterans, the regulars, on suggestion
of their olil- crs. saluted th<* Confederate
Mags, especially the score or more of
bullet-torn battle flags that were
?? i r,;rtl1 and curried at
the iierfd of companies.
Plaids Itldo In Automobile*.
decorated automobiles bearing
mud., and sponsors front cuch of the
former Confederate States, and fro?
Ih i",," T1'" daughters of
-' r "'y ^Presented, added
slon !',?1lft,0";r 14,1,1 ,l,c lo 51,0 occa
wa" Woi. V iW;,a ren'esentcd. as
-.l irslnia. Colorado and
others. I he cirs flew the Stars an.I
? tripes and tne Stars and Hits to.
fc!"L ' veterans carried both
! .V^ r,f. t!,c ^'''od nations also
i epi etc-ri.ed. due companv of
veterans was headed by a color-bearer
h.^ldiMK UP a frab.e from which lloafecl
thit w.V,,M",ra ty;>if> ing every nation
powers r 'Alth the central
<?'lrln Wrar Hoop Skirt*.
r'Aic City Guard
dre;Uri Vn'.t,nilKC BTlS
'eiio/nf t hoop iKlrts and punta
4 'r T.f cliiV.s.
i \ko contingents of veu-r:ina"?"Com
v'Yl'e "-A.. ,from ?Men,"h"!' ?'!>'! a Xauh
'trrvlnr .^-Vy~~.?ere .'Ully equipped,
beliefs fixed. " WUh ti,C
frV'\* u;is not entirely mllltarv
t i veterans yielded to the snira
?!t nr?i?v "ni<11!*houtet' *nd threw kisses
!?. . p,e,tJ girls. others stopped to
dance Jigs to show that they wore not
as old as they might seem. 'Every? "nn
among them seemed to be having th.j
most enjoyable time of his life,
NEED MORE JAfL~n00ivr
TO HOLD GAR" PRISONERS
"r?\ln" ???>"otlon and
Sentence* Are ilundrd Out lo
Arrented Rioter*.
i...... ,, I'nivrs?l S-rvIc- 1
t HICAUO Oct. lo?Attention of
mili ary authorities control of the
oV ,.f ^ -hitus,l,01" ln * greater part
pf the Chicago district todav was
turned to stamping out radical' influ
!'Ses; ?r' V more alleged radicals
and a quantity of revolutionary liter
ature worn seized by Federal opera
tives and soldier." at Gary. Ind
A majority were said to be aliens
ana military authorities announce that
MomY*'/0!! ,nB l>u"ding action by
immigration *.t iithorlties.
Little change in the situation In the
area was reported. Strikers continued
to return to work in small numbers
and company officials sai.l tiiut pro
ductlon was being gradually increased,
.-trike leaders maintHined the claims
that thw ranks were unbroken and
took an optimistic view of the situa
tion. ,\t i.iary, scores of strikers ar
rested by soldiers for infractions of
military rules were haled before, a
military court and several were sen
tenced to fatigue duty on the street-'.
rhe jails there were reported to be
overiTovydod. and it was said military
authorities were considering the e:ec"
tion of a stockade to house militaiv
Prisoners. Officials announced that
half ot the H'.oOO employees of the In
dian St.el Company were at work,
while smaller plants reported Improved
conditions.
RICT GuFsTrI^EADT
TO GREET THREATENING MOB
Reikldpnt* .Near Scene of Murder of
Andrew Klklns Indicate They
Are Heady to AcC.
., . .. I My Associated Prenn J
.\I.VO.N, OA.. Oct. If).?Reports that
residents of the country district near
r!,.?. scen?.?J ,h0 murder of Andrew J.
IMKiiis, \\ cdrif'sduy pvcnlngr. were* pr<*
paring to storm the countv jail late
tonight, has caused Sheriff Hicks to
Place a heavy sruard at the jail. J'rac
VjCcilly fill of I ho denutlos arr; on duly
Jnero, it was learnc/l. liiot suns have
been set up and the officers are ready
tor any emergency.
r'nr,< 'riwli on IIIU.
.. ? .NV' VA-^ ?ct- 1A ~a Street
cai accident, which narrowly averted
be:iiR a serious afTair. took place at
noon today in front of the First Bap
tist Church, when a summer car dis
charging Passengers was crashed
into by a car coining swiftly down tHo.
I'll'.. crank Hall, motorman of thn
moving car, made obvious efforts to
prevent the crash but failed. The.
front oikj or the*, closcd car whs do*
molished and tho motorman -was held
a prisoner by smashed woodwork,
which crushed hiH feet.
Hiiffo IIiinKe Hiullj- Hurt,
BIORLilX. Oct. 10.?Hugo liaase, tho
Independent Socialist leader, who was
wounded when flred upon vesterdav by
sin Austrian, will not.be able to l'eav'o
his bed for at least four weeks, ac
cording to surgeons in charge of th$
case. Ah X-ray examination of llerr
llaase's wounds shows that one of the.
bullets took a downward course anil
lodeed near his knee. It must be re
moved by an operation.
Consider Wiikcm of Miners.
I'HI LA IMSkPH I A, Oct. to.?Meetings
of the subcommittee, appointed by tho
joint wage conference of the central
competitive coal field to negotiate a
new scale for the hltumlnous mino
workers resumed its sessions here, to
day. Unless thoir demands are grant
ed. the miners threaten to #trlk<J on
fyovember 1.
l
! Wonder.
I cannot sec your vface, y
The fog makes such a wall,
Hut In my mind I trace
A sailor boy who's tall
And very fair.
With gold-flecked hair.
And winsome oyes thai/dream
And seem
To see beyond the mist-screened sea;
I wonder, Lad, do you see mo? >
?Lo Baron Cooke In Contemporary
Versp.