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lor the presidency no one has bad the tem?r" J
Uy to mention the name of lienry Cabot
Lodge as a possible white hopo. And yet
Henry adopted his present contumacious
course with no other thought in mind than
that it would lead him straight to the step* j
of the White House. ^
In Prince Edward Island the school
teachers, who there, as in this country, are
poorly paid lor their services, formed a union
and announced they would strike ia Decem
ber if their demand for more pay was not
granted. As there were already many vacaut
schools on the island, the government gave
the union representatives a hearing and ac- ,
ceded to their request for increased pay.
Tammany met n severe defeat in Tuesday's
election, but be sure it accepts the result
philosophically. U has always thrived on
defeats in oil-year- elections when the stakes
were not sufficiently attractive to cause it
to -put forth its strongest efforts to achieve
viddory. In next year's contest, it will go
into the fight fully organized and equipped
to \.iu, and the chances are it will gel every
thing it goes after.
The longshoremen's strike, which has tied
up shipping iu New ^ ork for the past month,
haS ended, following the action of the radical
faction in voting tu return to work at tho
ohl. rates, with the understanding thnt efforts
wiifj be made to hriug about a readjustment,
of .wage rates later. Thus, after four weeks
ofidleness, the strikers find themselves
forced by their necessities to return to work
under the violated contractual agreement,
with no gain in sight except what was prom
ised them at the outset if they would con
tinue at work. In the meantime, the organi
zation is so rent bv factionalism as to weaken
greatly its power for future action.
1
Even the. New York Federation of
Women's Clubs, ever ready to settle by reso
lution the most intricate and delicate of the
questions that have disturbed humanity from
: tho beginning of things, confesses itself ap
{palled by the women's apparel problem, pre
Imeriting the ever increasing peril of the two
ends coining mighty <-nea if. meeting. Tho
federation has fornudl>? rescinded its dec.lara- I
tlon of war on the filmy'camouflages of the 1
feminine form, the abbreviations, amputa
tions and contractions, and with a despair
ling, "What's the use?" leaves tho matter to
tho<\ vagaries of the supposed instinct of
modesty and the vagueness of tho police regu- '
lations. j
| Cardinal Gibbons strongly favors universal
military training. One of its advantages, he ?
^.states, would be to instill into young men "a i
spirit of obedience to lawful authority. It
f*;| will teach them," he says, that there is a
dignity associated, with obedience which has
Vibeen too often overlooked, and that, in obey- 1
g?taf^ their lawful superiors thev are render- j
ing obedience to God. from which all author
ity mes." With the habit of obedience to
jiiilttary discipline thoroughly instilled dur
ing "tho period of training, the young men
WilJ; the habit following them in civil
lifcf,- ere respect for lawful authority needs
rejuvenation. IteFpect for the flag brings ro
Ispect for all that the flat? typifies.
^ Every phase of prohibition gets some rom
,fort* out of Tuesday's elections, though on
jt.he- whole those who favor the wet side of
Jthe'^argurnent get mo: t encouragement out
if ?the result in the showing of reaction
igalnst the Sahara menace. Massachusetts
ftrote*l for -1 per cent beer. New Jersey elected
ap candidate for Governor committed to the
largest amount of wetness possible under the
lew order, Kentucky di feated a State-wide
Jproliibition amendment. Onio appears to have
fOted dry on ono or more of the different
jrofciosltion.s involving the issue, while the
jmccesa of numerous local candidacies in
Jyarious States were determined alternately
J ffor-tbc one side and the other, according to
fcfoapge in sentiment on the question.
['>? I^oth houses of the California Legislature
' fUavje ratified the Federal woman's sufirajri
i {.aniindment, making the seventeenth State
'Jip gratify. The resolution w;ifc passed by
'^unanimous vote in the Senate, and ir, tho
[ijHotise with only two votes In opposition
(VTo jmake it a part of the Constitution, nine
I"teen more States will have to ratify. When
!?.-Virginia refused to surrender to tho Federal
SOVCrnment its right to determino who shall
ktitnte its own electorate, it sonnded tho
>t^ of warning to its sister States of the
Inipn which will bo acted on by more than
I*? innmber required to defeat the amend
unless the future may see a radical
ige In tbo sentiment which looks to tho
Old Dominion (or guidance in matters bo
vitally affecting tho rosorred rights of the
SUites.
Richmond and Its Polico
A POLICEMAN iu a large community is
certainly the most indispensable of all
public servants," and "You need no othor
organization," two statements made by L. Z.
Morris iu his annual report to the Polico
Benevolent Association, are fraught with sig
nificance to the pcoplo of Richmond who
will take tho trouble to compare polico con
ditions hero with those in many other cities,
notably in Boston, where the Bolshevist seed
has taken root. Tho first is significant, not
because it expresses anything not already
known, but because, knowing it, the Rich
mond policemen realize tho dignity of their
positions as guardians of the public law and
order, and in consequence inviolability of
their public trust has been made their prime
care even above personal considerations.
"You need 110 other organization," conveys
the assurance that unionization or other mod
ern method adopted by private labor could
do nothing for the local officers that has not
boon done already for their present and
future welfare, and through the beneficent
efforts of thoir own organization and its
practical results, Richmond will be spared j
tlie sorry spectacle Boston has witnessed, of j
its sworn law guardians organizing to defy j
the law and turniug the city over to law j
violators. It is not that such a condition j
could have come upon Richmond, but the '
future always is uncertain, and this organi- |
zation, which belongs to policemen them- !
selves, is a dependable anchor ,against evil j
influences that some day might come among .
them.
The Police Benevolent Association is j
unique and wonderfully successful, thanks ,
to the men themselves and the directors who
have guided its destinies. Founded in an
unpretentious way, its purpose being to pro
vide pensions for policemen grown old in the
service?for their pay from the city is not
sufficiently largo to enable them to lay aside
the "rainy day" competence?it has grown
through wise management until now it of
fers freedom from worry over the future to
every policeman who is faithful to his trust.
The figures are surprising to those who have
not kept in close touch with its affairs. To
day, according to the report of Mr. Morris,
it has investments totaling $200,000, and (
from tho interest retirement pensions and j
benefits are paid. No encroachment is made
on the principal. The officers and directors
receive nothing for their services, no aid
from city or State ever has been sought,
nor in the twenty-one years of its existence
has a single penny of interest or principal t
been lost. It is a remarkable record that
tells of unflagging devotion in the past, and 1
it bespeaks uninterrupted and even greater 1
success in the years to come.
More than is seen in the purely financial j
aspects of the association, it has become a ?
bond between the. policemen and the public ?
they serve. Many citizens, attracted by the
city's efficient police service, have become
members and this number will continue to
grow so long as that service commands their I
ltdmiration. Richmond is peculiarly fortu- j
nate in the personnel of its police forc$, and
especially so when It is considered that their ?
pay is hardly commensurate with tho long ;
hours, the devotion to duty, the unselfishness
and tho personal risks that are demanded
of both officers and men. It has ample reason
for its pride, and that is why it congratulates 1
them on the success of their association, and
commends it to the attention of other cities 1
which as yet have found no solntion for their
police difficulties.
The Engineers Appe-al
THE government and the country should
not ignore or treat lightly tho pica of ;
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
for an immediate assembling of a new Indus- j
trial commission which shall undertake to
fix a standard for tho conduct of American
business in the future. That plea proceeds
from a body of genuine Americans. It pro- ,
coeds from the most conservative and yet |
the most progressive. labor union in tlie I
country.
In the statement just issued the engineers j
throw the weight of their influence into the
scale on the side of industrial order and
sanity as opposed to the strike mania which ?
Is now sweeping the country. They ask for :
(ho formulation of a new industrial policy i
In which "reason and Justice" shall supplant |
"passion and tho autocratic and militant I
attitude now being displayed."
Throughout the country the statement of t
these citizens must be recognized as a pro- '
grain reflecting more nearly the views of tho '
conservative leadership of labor and appeal- 1
ing more directly to the more American ele- j
merit of organized labor than perhaps any \
pronouncement of recent months. It comes j
lrom a union which has always prided Itself |
on a policy in which it placed just one thing !
?Americanism?ahead of its unionism. And j
in that direction it has pledged its support 1
to the government "in every just and reason- (
ablo effort toward stabilizing industrial con- 1
ditions." j
Tho engineers "deplore the action of the !
Federal government in its present attempt
at government by injunction," basing this I
attitude on the belief that the procedure
will not tend to improve the situation and
will only serve to delay settlement. That
was the. only reference directly to the pre
vailing coal strike, and in opposing the in
junction proceeding, theso men are in com
pany with many hundreds of thousands ui
their fellow cittzens, who are doubtful of
both the expediency and the effectiveness of
a restraining order in the case of the coal
miners.
Reiterating their support of collective bar
gaining as u principle, the engineers pro
pos'.* as a remedy for "present turbulent con
ditions" tho taking of immediate steps to
"assemble at Washington an industrial com
mission which will recognize the rights of
ajl citizens, and one that Is not pledged to
oppose collective bargaining, as this is a tiuie
for deliberate action on the part of all con
cerned for a peaceful solution of the present
conditions."
In urging -that the new conference be
called without delay, and that it be directed
to deal with the issues now acute without
any preconceptions against cither organized
labor or organized capital, the engineers sr-.
giving voice to a demand that is growing
throughout tllo country. The times are
alarming. The country is in the throes of
labor strifo and some power must bo exer
cised to bring order and good feeling out of
tlm chaotic situation which exists.
It might bo fatal to delay the summon
ing of such a conference. The men who cart
deal with the question are available and
certainly the question Is acute enough to
demand Immediate attention. Tho adminis
tration should take with the utmost serious
ness the advice which has been given It by
tliv Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineer*.
SEEN ON THE SIDE
BY IllSXRY EDWARD WAItNKIl
Tfcc Cong-reMalonnl I'nclflat.
I'd like to light the Mexican
With wild and fiendish grin.
If I could wear some armor plate,
And uniform of tin.
rd like to hear the rifles crack,
Tho cannon's thund'rous tone.
If I could do the hearing: by
I-ong-distanco telephone.
I'd like to camp out in the fields
With all our men of might.
If I could eat at a hotel
And sleep at homo at night.
I'd liko to "bomb" those Mexicans
At morning, night and noon,
If they would let mo lead the fight?
Afloat in a balloon! w. p.
A Itriulnder.
From one householder to another, this advice:
As winter begins to malic itself felt, don't over
look an Important item. Go now. before you
do anything else, go now and look at your coal
bin. Make sure that you have enough coal for
the winter! L?on't got up some morning and
try to pick out enough cindors to keep her
tolng until night. l^ut in eleven or thirteen
tons right now! A stitch In time save? old
clothes. If you haven't thought about coal, if
you haven't looked, go and look! Maybe you
haven't got nearly as much .is you'd like to
have! A word to tho wise Is deficient.
IZnmph!
"It's a shame, isn't it," said Jones, "the way
teachers and college professors are underpaid!
Don't you think their pay ought to be doubled,
at least""'
"Nope!" said Jenkins, emphatically. "I used
to think so. but 1'vo been employing some of
their graduates!"'
Back to Nature.
??rep, it's got to come," said Smythe, speak
ing to Smith. "We've got to go back to Nature."
"night," agreed Smith with Smythe, "and
every time 1 seo a plctufo of Eve I get to
thinking that if we men don't hurry up and
take something off tho women'll beat us to it!"
HI* Subject.
And, gentlemen," <?ald the new preacher,
patronizingly, at the board meeting, "what shall
I preach about the first Sunday?"
"About twenty minutes," growled the brother
who believed in being honest.
Modern Llfp,
Now the transit companies, meeting the scarc
ity of labor and funds, and having been granted
increased races, are installing one-man car
service, where you onter the front way and tho
motorman functions double. It cuts the crew
cost in half.
We're in favor of it. And when the one-man
car crew proves a success, let's go back to a
nickel faro, huh?
A Daily Once Over
Making the IMtc Fit tlie Bark
?Dad's bark is worse than his bite."
i ou have heard young persons use this ex
pression. And didn't you often say tho same
thing about your father when you were a child?
Hut how about your own methods?
^ ou storm around and make a lot of threats,
promise all kinds o? dire punishments, but in
reality you du very little of actual chastising.
And then you wonder why you have not bet
ter control.
Talk less and be more careful to carry out
your promises.
Weigh your words well.
Holster Hu m with a firm and just mind.
, hatover you say you will do, mete out ex
actly as you say you will, and you will find a
wholesome respect for your word.
'Jentle. Arm methods,'are far more effective
man constant sputtering* and scoldings.
*k/mf" \ r Vour t,hi'llrPrl rul* l'ou- -"Kid east
? u,d oul w ,u -vou ^ink you might
do to them in case they disobey and then give
3 0U iho lauffh publicly or up their slecvea over
1&10 ) k"ow you won't do. ? (Copyright,
From Other Viewpoints
.May Repeat Some Old lUstory
BY ALKHBU U. WILLIAMS
Congress begins with finger tips to touch tho
question of what ia to be done with the nogco.
A spcclal committee of the Mouse is to investi
gate proposition, presented by a delegation
If'1? 'j'V, f.VrI?'"c,'.ghl States, representing the
I' roe \\ ill .Methodist Church, for removal from
i Mis country of all negroes who may be willing
to go. The concrete suggestion is that a great
tract ot land be bought from Mexico and a new
Mate created there from which white men shall
l?e excluded. The State is to be first under the
immediate protection and general guidance and
direction of our government and finally to be
taken in.
Phis is the first definite shape given to an
Men almost as old a? the country and at which
'J? n,en have been hammering vainly,
and without an audience, nearly forty vears.
J1'*ff?rson. Oeorgo Washington and a
f.v. others who looked and thought a few inches
beyond their immediate noses knew that slav
Vf* i USi :ns['!u,ion could not be permanent.
i/rnviHH.i r, r'?.TC VCtt?r pUn men of that kin'1
provided for the freeing of their slaves, or of
?. Vr ,;lvo|'."e slaves, generally by will. L,ater.
? ' ' , '-''Civ'1' the nineteenth century, a
great number of the leading citizens of "the
?ocUM?lB!r.Md themselves in the. Colon,zalon
;,?'i bought and partly equipped a strip of
..tnu iji. the west coast of Africa estabH?sVif-fi
sere,rt?dUfi!C ^ !'ibcr,a an" begin"to send "here
?i ii-i.i'# , i ?'t'groea. The enterprise flourished
on i. \? ? *n?ney and time were spent
r'ce'it aff .'ri ,./te" (,fmnn?trated in some more
r ce.it arf.i r.. of even more Importance, theories
however beautiful to study and draw out on
i^r' Wo "?l 'sork against facts of human
nature. I eople newly freed from slavery and
'.\w |U/ 'mVi 10 dependence and direction from
iM ni<r;'f to create the Utopia
, Tv Th' fc,n'grants followed and
.r.m^. ,! ted faithfully the plantation customs
at.d t.joitions- on wnich they had been "raised"
tV/', ?y, V i ?n': on ?arth where reproduc
tions of the old .Southern plantation life can
be found is in tne republic of Liberia. There
is evt n slavery, or something very close to ii
as the original natives have no special ambi
safety and sustenance,and arc
VWriAu VJltlaX o7rthC;n!ndefi,"tC,y anybody
anJl'^Su^ s^r^.y'^Xn^
? i'K-CiV I 1 a'"! ma'"tjllnlng its government
.vhich is a miniature reproduction of our own'
Soon after the shock of the Civil War some
r rrV mie" i Kan to reali/e, as their fore
fathers had. that two races which could not
.ksaimllate could not continue Indefinitely to
occupy and work In the same territory an
thrive and grow in It. The thing never has
t.een don- and never will be. Carl Mc Kin ley
.. } brilliant newspaper writers
?n ?"funOWk'..1,b<)1l,t published "An
. in f [ittraoh, which artiAcr] wldo com
,T?m. U that the White people
? 1 th . (.tilt d States should let. the negro go as
the Israelites came o-u of Egypt, only bctcr
provided and in friendship. McKinley is dead
and his pamphlet Is forgotten by most even of
those who l,.ve read it. but his prophecies ami
and? Irrefutable.' Ar* sound and unr?futcd
The clashing between the races becomes
? /rr /"'y Uy ycar- 'n,e Nortb is bad as The
rioutn in treatment of tho negro, but its position
h? ridiculous than our?. Northern noni.l,->
frankly they do not want him We ?v
*'?? must have him. would bi> desolate without
nlrn. and do all we can to drive him aw?
of'tne law r'!,u"ft h,m u,? decent protection
H'jriin v'-ry wise people among us thoucht we
"/ijid not llv* without slavery l"??eht we
. parting inufit come, sooner or later It
Kif may
opportunity to b.illd and develop. The neiro
'he" XX ??' ha v oV ff? r ' h I in* "and' '^h eh 'p/aces' ? '
r> im both. lie did not corne here of hT? Z? ?
ciilJn"rhnn 'mo ??f "V?
th?rn*Kr*dua/ly?'*w!f'r?nn4t
.t^ii'me'^ th0c,^irorbVtlhb,?a^.lh,a{rablC'
Health Talks by Dr. Wm. Brady
Technic of Karcll lleRlmra
'CopyrJerht I9l? Nm tonal hJow?u?n?>r ? 1
One of tho saddest circumstances about do
mestic life for animals la that tho animal in
artltlci.il confinement noonor or later loses that
Instinct which toils a wild animal when ho lias
had enough to oat. In domostic nnimala there
Is a tendency for tho appotlto, artificially stimu
lated in innumerable ways, to outgrow the
metabolism. When you get fairly well up in
the animal scale the effects of this on the
metabolism are manifold and manifest: Obesity,
excossively high blood pressure, so-called
chroitic rheumatic pains, dropsy, slow heart
muscle failure from exhaustion under the con
stant overload on tho circulation; breaking
down.of the kidneys which are called upon to
eliminate an cxccsaivo amount of waste matter
and by-products, apoplexy, headachos. that tlrod
feeling?all from a tired metabolism. Meta
bolism means change?change of blood and oxy
gen it;to body material and energy for work and
play and growth. Life, In short, Pep. if you
prefer i^ shorter.
No better medicine has ever been discovered
for these manifestations of tired metabolism
than tho Karcll reslmen. This medicine is
strictly lllppokratlc?oven If it does no good,
it can do no harm. Kat people lose an average
of ono and one-half pounds a day while on
the Karell regimen. The medicine inay be
taken ono. two, or three days cach week, con
secutively or alternating with ordinary days.
Until the devotee outgrows that foolish, child
ish. baseless fear of "starvation," 1 counsel
but one Karell day cach week, and ordinary
maintenance diet on other days.
? 'n Karell days take nothing in the way of
food* or drink but six ounces (a glassful) of
skimmed milk, every lliree hours from rising,
until retiring, hot or cold, sipped very leisurely.
(Skimmed milk is ordinary milk from which
the cream hu? been removed?so many city hay
seeds really do not know what skimmed milk
means). Constipation is a good sign?siKiillies
that the milk Is being completely digested; it
may be relieved by a soapy water enema dally,
or by takitiK a tablespoonful of aromatic syrup
of rhubarb daily while on Karell regimen. There
is no objection to taking coffee with the morn
ing milk (or preferably instead of the milk) or
tea with or instead of tho evening feed, with
out sugar. Some stewed prunes or baked apple
may be taken at midday or In the afternoon
if Karell regimen Is continued several days.
The less taken, of course, the bettor.
Karell himself, who used to keep patients on
the regimen lor several weeks at a time, al
lowed only four ounces of skimmed milk four
times a day, and gradually Increased the allow
ance after tho tirst four days unt'.V the patient
was ultimately takinc as much as two quarts
of skimmed milk dally for several weeks.
In cases of grave dropsy this Karell regimen,
with tthe addition of any desired amount of pro
tein such as egg white (cooked as desired),
beefsteak, cheese, or other food rich in protein,
but poor in starch and sugar, gives remarkably
happy results.
Qnmtlona and Annrtrt.
To Olde Schoolrna'am.?What can parents do
to prevent a teacher from keeping children
after school? <13. H. W.)
Answer.?If the father has any nerve at all
he will sail into school and make it very clearly
understood that the principal's health will suffer
if it happens ever again. This is the twentieth
century.
Voice of the People
Lettrrn munt Rlvr thf none and nddrena of
the writer. Name will not be published If
writer ?u requentn.
Itrformn From Within.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir.? I note with great interest that Superin
tendent Hart claims our school system is faulty.
Therefore, he .suugfsts a change In tho method
of obtaining school trustees and superinten
dent. but even the perfect of these are power
less to remedy the many defects in the school
system, for tiie remedies must come from within,
not I'rnin without, where stand the county school
officials, who have been accused of nearly every- i
thing except of knowing anything at all about I
the school books, the vital issue of school |
success.
The normal child who begins school at the '
age of six should linish the seventh grammar j
jrrade during the age of twelve, else something i
is wrong. Let us pause here to consider that j
tho majority o? these pupils fail in one or more !
grades. Now, why is tJlis the fact?
Common-sense teaches that only those in i
close touch with the child can understand his .
lie.-ds and limitations, yet the grammar-grade
bonks are written by noted professors of great
universities, who think in technicalities and
write school books in a "conglomeration of
Creek and Latin derivatives," which English
speaking children cannot possibly understand '
from their own reading. Therefore, the teach
era or patrons do the hard work of the school, i
while the child learns not to study, for he can- !
no:, when he does not understand the ihcaning
of the words of his lesson.
Shall our "Mother of Statesmen" call In vain
upon some one to champion the cause of her j
fit"'.MOO school children, who can only sob and )
moan beneath the useless heavy burden laid j
upon them by the scribes and Pharisees?
I'AT HON. i
Front Royal, Va? November 2, l'JIO.
Keyboard Touches
The An*wcr to Pllate'a Qnerjr.
UY FRANK EL 11HOOKS
|
When Hamlet, pointing out a cloud, said it
had almost the shape of a camel, Polonius
agreed that it was a camel indeed. When the j
prince said. "Or like a weasel," the old cham
berlain agreed that it "backed like a weaBel."
"< ?r like a whale," quoth Hamlet. And Polonius
concurred that it was "very like a whale." LI We
many whose names are in the telephone direc
tory Polonius had no moral courage.
Dearth of moral courage comes from several
conditions. Some think they are doing the
agreeable thing in according with whatever Is
said. Others do it from a hidden motive. Some
are tempted to show the white feather. And
temptation is the avowed adversary of courage.
Thomas A. Kempis said that temptation doesn't
make a man mad; it merely shows him what
he is. l!ut if he yield, what then?
It is n pitiful commentary, though it be an
undervaluation of human nature that, while we
repeat "lead us not into temptation, we are
more inclined to be haltered than we are to
back up. And while a man convinced against
his will is of the same opinion still, to ring In a
grand-daddy adage, a big majority acquiesces
in what the other man says. Sometimes such
a man does it from laziness; he had rather
agree than argue.
A curious fact about a lack of moral courage
is that it is more likely to agree on trivial
things than on the more important ones. It is
n question whether it is better to be blunt to
the point of giving pain than to lack the back
bone of saying wiiut you have in mind. If one
goes to a supposed friend for assistance or ad
vice anil the friend In answer gives the impres
sion that lie will assist when ho knows. In his
heart, that he decsn't intend to do anything,
he is short on moral courage: And he does
the one in want an injury in withholding hi3
intention.
The answer to Pilate's query, "What Is truth?"
is moral churage.
News of Fifty Years Ago
(From the Richmond Disp.atc'n, Nov. 7, 1869.)
General Robert Ransom,
who for two years after
the war was a citizen of
Richmond. Is in the city in
the interest of tho Cape
Fear Agricultural Fair,
which Is soon to be held In
Wilmington. N. C. He is
offering fine Inducements
to exhibitors. General
Ransom wag ono of the
bravest of the brave among
the Confederate oflicers and
now, like the true soldier
j, h? is. his efforts are being
?en. lioht. Rnnftom, the agricultural
of North Carolina. a?d Industrial up-bullding
I860. of his native State?North
Carolina.
The banks of Richmond and nearly all of the
retail stores were closed yesterday to give em
ployees an opportunity to take in the big State
Fa I r.
Pickpockets have been very thick during the
Fair, but the police have been right on their
heels. Six of tho light-flngered gentry were
arrested yesterday.
The Norfolk Virginian learns on what it de
clares to bo good authority that the Methodist
Episcopal Church, North, offered to give Ran
dolph-Macon Collego an endowment of $200,000
on condition that the Virginia conference would
reunite themselves with tho Northern church.
Among the articles sent for exhibition at the
Stuto Fair was the cradle in which Henry Cliy
was rocked. Mrs. N. li. Griffin owns it. The
cradle was bought at Mr. Clay's sale by Captain
Nat Bowe, father of N. F. Howe, and has been
preserved by the family over "Hjhco.
Tho State Fair' will clono today.' Under the
able management of Major William T. Suthor
lin and his assistants it has clearly shown that
the fair in now a vigorous State institution,
destined to Impart the most solid advantages
to the Commonwealth. It will oertalnly do
great things (or Richmond.
PALMER SAYS DON'T FALL
VICTIM TO BUY-NOW IDEA
Dcclarcs Price Situutlon Is Illustrated
by Dog Chasing Ills
Tail.
WOULD HALT VICIOUS CIRCLE
Blames Profiteer Scamp, Who, Ho
Dcclarcs, Should Bo Exposed and
Scut to Prison?Stop Buying,* He
Says, and Prices Will Couio Down.
fBy Associated Press. 1
HARRISBURG, PA., Nov. C.?De
scribing efforts of tlfe Department of
Justlcc to drlvo down the coat of liv
ing, Attorney-General I'almer, speak
ing before a meeting of the fair-price
committees. Mayors of cities and State
oflicluls of Pennsylvania hero today,
declared that If the people wotild In
crease their savings by 10 per cent tho
cost of living: would fall 20 per cent In
a brief period.
Mr. Palmer attacked the "buy-now'
campaign, declaring that "our Job Is
to wait, both In our Interest and lit tho
interest of the nation* and the world ,it
large, that the demand may bo light
ened."
lie called upon "the plain people to
wear their clothes a little lonRor, to
relusc to buy until production had
caught up with tho demand." This, he
assured the otllclals, was one of tho
principal means of ending the spectacle
of "the dog chasing Its tall around in
a c'rcle."
Unless tho pcoplo themselves take
this step, the Attorney-General said,
the nation cannot expect to have any
thing but discontent and disorder.
Would Control Corporntlons.
Mr. Palmer urged that the country
vigorously support "some of tho now
legislation which would placo the
strong arm of tho Federal government
over powerful corporations, lie spoko
of the proposed licensinK of institu
tions doing interstate business and the
pending bills providing for inarkinc
production costs on package goods. If
the production costs were known, he
said, "tho American trait being
stubborn will end a lot of gouging, for
few of ua will be driven to anything."
Labor was called to account for any
lethargy in production by Mr. Palmer.
He branded Idlers aa "sinners," and
declared idleness could result In only
one thing at this time, discontent.
Mr. Palmer declared people had
taken advantage of economic condi
tions growing out of the war to ex
act in their particular lino a larger
profit than w<is their rightful due, and
hoped to justify this form of proiiteer
Ing by the excuse "that everybody was
doing It."
One Kind of Profiteer.
"That kind of man is one kind or
another of a profiteer," Mr. Palmer
added, "and he is, in my judgment, the
most despicable scamp that can live
in any community in this emergency.
He ought to he rooted out and exposed i
to public scorn, and if necessary con- |
lined In public prison. In the two i
months we have been engaged In the j
campaign to bring down tho cost of j
living, prices have not gone up. Jf !
we can keep prices stationary for a ,
time they will sag?they are bound to
come down. If we can stop the move
ment of this vicious circle?Increased
wages, increased prices and increased
cost of production, chasing each other
around like a dog chases his tail, and
hold the price Bteady, prices will drop."
CLERGYMEN ARE GUESTS
AT COUNTRY CLUB DINNER J
Sixty Covers Are l.nld for Methodist
Pastors and Illicit Church
Officials.
Covers were laid for more than sixty i
guests at u dinner given lost night [
at the Country Club of Virginia In
honor of the fourteen members of the '
ad interim commlttco of the unifies- >
tion commission of the Northern and |
Southern branches of tho Methodist |
episcopal Church.
Pastors of twelve Methodist churches ,
In Richmond, with their wives, were !
present. There were two laymen !
from each church also present, and a '
number of Invited guests. Bishop
Collins Denny, of Richmond, presided.
Pastors present included Rev. 11. M.
Maxey, of Central Methodist Church:
Rev. John Bray, of Decatur Street:
Rev. J. B. Proctor, of Woodland
Heights; Rev. Fred Pavls. of Union
Stutlon; Rev. R. M. White, of High
land Park: Rev. .?. F. Cary. of Grace;
Rev. H. C. PfeifTer. of Park Place;
Rev. Fred R. Chenault, of Broad Street;
Rev. J. P. Lumpkin, of St. James;
Rev. W. T. A. Haynos, of Barton
Heights; Rev. T. A. Smoot. D. D., of
Centenary, and Rev. George Wesley
Jones, or Monument Methodist.
TURKEY SAID TO BE ON
VERGE OF CIVIL STRIFE
Government and Nationalist Party
About to Fight Over Their
Differences.
[By Associated Press.]
PARIS. Nov. 6.?The possibility of
hostilities between the Turkish gov
ernment at Constantinople and the na
tionalist forces headed by Mustapha
Kemal Pasha, Is hold out In a dis
patoh received here from Athens.
"It appears from information gath
ered In well Informed circles," says
the message, "that Mustapha Kemal
Pasha'.s unyielding attitude will place
the Constantinople government in
such a position that It will have to
engage In hostilities against the na
tionalists. The outlook is considered
gloomy.
"There is reported, however, a con
siderable amount of disaffection among
the Mussulman population over the
military service which the nationalist
authorities are demanding from the
men. A large number of desertions
among these troops are said to be tak
ing place."
DRUG-STORE EMPLOYEES
STRIKE IN NEW YORK
Sevea Tbomiind Go Out In Effort (or
Shorter Hours and
llcttcr Pay.
fUy Associated Press. 1
NEW YORK, Nov. C.?Union drug
store employees, from registered
pharmacists to soda clerks and porters,
struck in Greater New York today to
enforce demands for higher wages and
shorter hours.
The strikers are enrolled in the
United Drug Clerks' Local, which claims
a membership of 4,000. No ligures
were made public early today as to
the number who obeyed the strike
call.
Dr. Royal S. Copeland, health com
missioner, ?aid nearly all tho pharma
cists owning drug stores had assured
him they would give their first atten
tion to filling prescriptions, and he
expressed confidence that public health
would not be endangered by the strike.
There are 3,500 drug stores in tho
city, employing 7,000 persons.
Declare Extra Dividend.
NEW YORK. Nov. 6.?Directors of
the American Sugar Refining Company
today declared an extra dividend of
three-fourths of 1 per cent in addition
to tho regular quarterly dividend of
1 3-4 per cent on the common stock.
A regular quarterly dividend of 1 3-4
per cent'on the preferred stock also
was declared.
Prepare for "Red Pepper" Riots.
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, Nov. 6.?
Deputy s/?erlfts appeared at tho en
trance to tho Youngstown Sheet and
Tube Company plant today, wearing
goggles as a protection against re
currence of "red pepper riots" by
women which occurred Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Wonld Erect Hospital.
RALEIGH. N. C., November 6.?
Raleigh and Wako County will vote
December 18 on the question of estab
lishing a "Wake County Tuberculosis
Hospital nnder tho proposal of W. H.
Williamson, prominent cotton mill
prosldent, to contribute 125,000 or more
U this purpose.
EXTOLtS LOYALTY OF
, POLICE OF RICHMOND
President Morris Pays II tali Tribute
in Address to Benevolent
Association.
BOARD OP DIRECTORS ELECTED
Report of Past Year Blums Organi
zation Has $200,000 Invested
Punds?Gold Watch Presented to
Sergeant Shoemaker.
Declaring that the pollco or Rich
mond had met tho problems of u.ir
with fortitude and unexcelled loyuit'y
L. MorriH. president of the l'olioij
Benevolent Association, yesterday 1,1
droKHed the association at its ann'u-Vi
meeting. when he urged tho member*
01 the association to assume tho tasks
of peace with greater vigor. Accord
Ing to his statement the association
i.i invested funds to its
credit.
Members of the bonrd of directors
who will elect the new ofllcers next
January were elected yesterday. Tho
hoard consists of twenty-one members
ami Includes the Chief of Police and
Tour life momberp. S. II. Hawes. W.
b. I-orbes, John W. Boyd and I..
.Morris.
Kcrsrrnnt Given Cold Watch.
? In appreciation of the services ren
dered tho association by Sergeant R.
it. hnoemaker in his erTorts to increaso
and strengthen the membership, niem
?ir3 0 u,e organisation gave the
onicer a gold watch, which was pre
sented through tho president.
In the course or his address, wh'.Ch
was a report of tho past year, Presi
dent Morris said:
..!1 alw,a.yB a pleaaure to meet
witn you at these annual convocations
when we review the transactions of
the past year and plan for our futuro
welfare.
"One year ago we met on the evo of
the armistice, tlie long prayed for
cessation of the butchery of the youth
of this land. Uur country Rained the
victory over autocracy. Twelve of your
comrades were in the fight, and all but
0110 returned to active duty. The one
cold star is to the memory of G. C.
Schutte, who was appointed on tha
force November 15, 1315, resigned to
enter army service September 17, 1917.
and who made the 'supreme sacrifice*
October 5, 1918. We thank our Al
mighty Father for his mercy In re
storing to un bo many of those who
went forth to the call of their country.
Tells of I'eaw Problems.
"Pearo problems arc difficult as well
as those of war. The world Is upset;
a spirit of restlessness prevails In every
kind of business. In this great up
heaval our city has so far stood up
?remarkably well. It is tho province
of a body liko yours to maintain tho
observance of law. A policeman in a
large community is certainly the most
indispensable of all public servants.
You represent governmental authority.
The lives and property of the citizens
are In your keeping. You hold a re
sponsible and dignified position, which
we feel will always be Bale in your
ha nds.
"In view of such incidents as have re
cently been witnessed In other cities.
It Is especially gratifying, and I con
gratulate you upon the fact, tltat
Richmond lias no cause for complaint
of her police .force, but rather feels a
Just pride in its loyally and patriotic
devotion to duty. We, therefore, re
Julce that our pollen force Is composed
of men In whom the cllizcns can ?afo
ly put their trust.
AjifMM'latioii la Mainstay,
"Our association is your mainstay.
You need no other organization, he
cause whatever may happen you will
be eared for, and the evening of your
llTes will be made happy thrqugh our
benefactions.
"When reliable information tells us
that 95 pc-r cent of the people who
reach the age of sixty-five become de
pendent upon others, ought wo not to
be grateful for this association, which
was formed 'or the purpose of sav.ns
you from such a state of dependence,
whether upon private or public char
ity? uur success is well-nigh phe
nomenal.
"We are paying at present $840 a
month to beneflciariop, and yet we arc
pleased to report that our Invested
funds have reached the large sum of
J200,000. Not a dollar has been lost
during the twenty-one years of our
existence, either principal or Intere-st,
nor has any member of thl-? T>oard re
ceived a penny or compensation for his
services, nor have we asked or receiv
ed aid from either city or State.
Cltr* Enviable Record.
"This Is a record which I believe can
not be matched by any other com
munity in this country. You must
bear In mind that your fellow-cltizena
are In sympathy with our work, as is
best evidenced by the large number of
life and contribntIng members, many
of whom have joined of their own vo
lition.
"Now. because of our great success,
we want to be very guarded as to
the future. The older men of the
force are. safe for their pensions in
due season, but it is our sacred duty
to so protect our funds that the
yotingeHt man may also feel assured
that he will enjoy a like benefit when
his time arrives. Do not be carried
away by the apparent large amount
we have accumulated. Remember we
must never touch tho principal, but
pay our obligations out of our income.
We started right; no one can inter
fere with you. and I tritst the institu
tion will flourish 'for generations to
come.
Grim Reaper Bujry.
"The Grim Reaper has Indeed been
busy In your ranks, seven deaths hav
ing occurred among the active men.
Young and old have surrendered to the
Power that will sooner or later over
como us all.
Claude L>. Tyler. December 19, 1913,
W. W. Martin, January 20, 1919.
Silas M. Carter, May 30, 1919.
Robert S. Davis, August 7. 1919.
Charles L,. Phillips, August 9. 1919,
G. M. Harmon, August 24, 1D19.
John II. Tyler. October 23, 1919,
"Our- thanks are duo to our secretary.
Captain George E. Pollock, and our
treasurer. Fred I. Williams, who per
form their duties with scrupulous care
and fidelity.
"Our board of directors meets" regu
larly with good attendance, and all de
tails are carefully looked after.
"In conclusion, I again emphasize the
importance of loyalty to the associa
tion. Remember that. It Is vour futuro
whic-h is being provided for. Be firm
in the discharge of your duties. Lei
It be said at all times that Richmond
has a police force that no city can
surpass in vigilance, intelligence and
trustworthiness."
Cnrolina Dallies to Organise.
RALEIGH, N. C., Nov: 6.?John A.
Park, of the Raleigh Times, has sent
an invitation to every dally newspaper
publisher In North Carolina to attend
a meeting at Greensboro next Satur
day evening for tho purpose of form
ing an association of North Carolina
dallies.
Daylight Saving,
Tho daylight saving now will stop.
For good? That's as you think.
Some think 'twas wise, but others say
The scheme was on the blink,
Some liked to rise at 5 o'clock?
'Twas not too soon for them?
While others much prefer to lie
Abed till 9 A, M.
At all events, the law's repealed,
And now time in Its flight
Will backward turn an even .tour
In one eventful night.
You'll go to bed at 10, perhaps,
And wake at 10 next day,
To Hnd tho clock's struck thirteen times ?
While you have been away.
Next year? Well, wo shall know hi
tlmo
What we shall have thon?
Perhaps the good old ' summertime
Approved by thoughtful men.
Meanwhile. t?^lo getting up at 7
Will seem moro liko a lurk,
For latterly at 7 o'clock
It has boon protty dark! ,
?Soiuorville Journal.