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TilUKSDAY, XUVlvMBISU 13, 1911>.
The American Legion starts out wisely
by tabooing politics. While its individual
members, broadened by their experiences at
home and abroad, will be a dominating in
fluence iu every campaign, a factor in the
creation of cleaner condition?, to permit the
organisation to be used as a football for any
political interest would be. fatal to those ends
which it hopes to achieve.
If tag days arc limited to one each week, .
as ii is proposed to do by Director of Public
. Safety Myers, the public will be thankful, '
even if a host of charitable and other organi- |
zations are crowded out of their opportuni- I
ties for street solicitation of funds. And
the director can go further and cut the num
ber still more, say, by one-half, without in
curring the danger of a protest on the part {
of over-tagged citizens. ;
Complete returns from the Fifth CongreE- j
; sional District of Oklahoma have not been ;
officially received, but the Republican can- j
didate seems to have a safe majority over
his Democratic, opponent, who ran on a plat
. lorm supporting the peace treat/ without
amendment. N'o doubt the rotten-egging of
Senator Reed at a public meeting in the
State had something to do with influencing
- the result Hi this district. A good cause is
never helped by a resort to rowdyism to i
support it.
North Carolina's Governor proved his j
' wisdom when, in the midst of ihe Armistice I
Day celebration, he remarked that, more 1
than "memorials, music and love," the re- i
turned soldiers need a "fair chance to make j
a decent living." That thought may well ?
he borne in mind by Richmond in its ccle- ,
* bration this week. More than all its festivi- j
ties, it Is important that every soldier in (
Richmond and Virginia today have a job. j
Dot the week's program not ho brought to j
an end without that having been accom- '
plished
?
? No more outrageous thing ever lias been ?
I perpetrated in a civilized country than the
wanton kilijng of Armistice Day celebratora j
by I. W.'-W.-'fc,- who, from ambush, flred into i
iheir ranks. Cowards, who treacherously '
sought to undermine this country while it
1 was at war, now as a protest against or
ganized government, they skulk in their
hiding places and shoot down those who
were its loyal defenders. Lynch law may
not be commendable, but. if ever there are
cases where it Ik justifiable, ihe Washington
outrage certainly is one of them. If the
I. W. W.'s insist on bullels nnd the sword,
then they must expect that similar weapons
will be used against them, and indigunnt !
citizens will not always await Ihe orderly |
procedure of legal justice.
Organized relief of the poor and ihe
needy in Richmond sustains a distinct and
permanent loss by the resignation of Dr.
James Uu .lanan as executive secretary of
the Associated Charities. When he" took
charge of the work hero many years ago. a
vast amount of Richmond's charity, always
generous, was wasted through misdirected
energy, to the end that often real harm was
done where only good was intended. Under
his careful management the city's charity
has been put on a scientific basis where every
penny counts and no one is permitted to
suffer. His has been a. great constructive
task, performed along the best lines of mod
ern thought and experiment. As a result,
t.he Associated Charities is n monument to
his painstaking and unselfish endeavor, and
through its ministrations there has been a
general upbuilding of the poorer classes and
the gradual disappearance of the professional
"down-antj-outer" who refuses to work so
long as a plenteous, though mistaken, charity
is forthcoming. Dr. Buchanan's hand never
has been withheld where the need was real,
hut whenever hi* hand has been stretched
forth in help and mercy it has not been alone
for the giving of alms, but to raise the
stricken ones to a plane where self-respect
is restored and they are brought back into
the fold of useful, self-supporting citizens,
llis work of construction has extended be
yond the bounds of the Associated Charities,
and in a large measure to him is due the
founding and successful functioning of the
Juvenile Court, the Home and Industrial
School for Girls and other organisations for
? the reclamation of the young. Throughout
his fifteen years of labor in Richmond he
has achieved far more in the realm of sorial
service than perhaps (lie public realizes be
, cause of the quiet, unassuming manner in
?which it ban been done. In quitting this
; held, it is good to know that he goes to an
other which offer* an even wider range for
W'
ISrk' ?
his exceptional talents as an organizer, anil
where his love for his fellow-man may boar
greater fruit.
A Grievous Loss to Virginia
Afr 1 BR a lifetime of servico to his coun
try. his StAto and liif> friends. Thomas
Staples Martin Is dead. Twcnty-fOnr years of
that active and useful life were spent as a
member of the United States Senate, and in
the closing of his career there is nono to
say that in brilliance of achievement and in
range of practical endeavor It does not com
pare favorably with that of any othor Vir
ginian who has served in that august body,
and the list comprises the names of many
and famous men.
Service was the keynote, the dominating
influence of Senator Martin's life, both as a
private citizen and as tho executor of his
gfeat public trust. It was the theme closely
intertwined with his mental being, a part of
the mail himself, and to that trait porhaps
more than to anything else was due hie al
most meteoric, rise from u more or less
humble beginning to the power that -was his
for more than a score of years before death
for all time ended his activities. A Vir
ginian by birth, his forefathers had helped
to make Virginia, and from them ho inherited
a sturdy and rugged honesty and a will to
dominate over all obstacles. As a cadet at
the Virginia Military Institute and as n sol
dier he began his service of devotion to Vir
ginia and the South. Ambitious, he came
under the Influence of Senator John S. Bar
bour and with his tutelage he learned the
gome of successful politics in the overthrow
of the Mahone Readjuster regime. Then,
even before the people of Virginia realized I
that he was ripe or ambitious for political
honors, following the death of Senator Bar
bour and the appointment of General Huuton.
he entered the race for the United States
Senate, and in the election by the General
Assembly he defeated that popular soldier
and political idol. General Fitzhugh L6e.
That was tho real beginning of his career.
A corporation lawyer, practically unknown,
he virtually leaped all tho barriers and stood
in the public gaze through his overthrow of
Lee. There were doubters then, many who j
bplieved nnd said that he would not make
good, that he could not remain in the United i
; tat?s Senat?* But he did make good and '
a the rapid passing of the years he became I
(he successful, trusted and honored repre- I
sontative of his State. A second time the !
Assembly bespoke its faith in his abilltv and
his trustworthiness when it re-elected him
over the able Governor Tyler, and the people I
themselves registered their faith in him when. |
n the first senatorial primary, they chose j
Ai?, Preference to the popular Governor!
^nn?/l!e', ?,DCC thal ,inie his plat'e in the
Senate had been assured, and had he lived
the honor would have been his just so lone '
as he cared to retain It.
ranv fnD vj3S- thC '0ader 0f the Democratic |
part> in Mrginia, its dominating influence.1
(ud he serve, but he came to be recognized 1
sunnor fs n?V* 1<?a,?ler- ?nC ?f lhe d<?PGndable i
ni T n t administration and its active j
ar. Respected by friend and fo6 alike he 1
one of the really big figures of 'the !
. enate, one of the notably strong men of i
ijLm* ry" Nevcr a seeker after the linie
iJght, nor particularly active as a sneaker
on the floor tho ,Scnatc ors 8^'
was a marvelous organizer, a real and !
Zln*11"0' ,me"' P0!S""<"S ??
hA mn ,P , t0 s0e trough and beyond j
tangles and iC3te P?,i,,Cal ?r e??nomic
has helned h, ,,a?oimin* Influence which I
cult pl'ice Tn ?napues over many a diffl- I
i.ic , . * ? fhe Senate and to his nartv ;
lhe p??blic m?re grlevous than ;
? Public at large will realize
<le.M, \,'rlJr1"' ani1 t0 a" Virginians. his !
There wa^LrdTv'T ^ I
II e neces'lil w, "r w?Bh'nston when .
lie necessity was present. He never wn? ton :
"ow "??? :
"o?V m? 'l """" """? l? Sive his per- 1
?!????" a'fairB <" "Is 'on- j
nuenis. in largo measure it wi? ihi.
dMan"1^ r" r* fnf'nil,:- hls devotion to !
mpaths* thal i? t0 llS,en and his insLftnt i
. mpninj that ^on people to him .u I
wo.!?0"'V and ma(,? hls naine a household
ow 'hat he has passed on, there '
comes a sense of real and lasting personal
loss to every _true Virginian. P?rso"-? |
Forcing Germany to Pay
WHh ?r with^ut authority from
the German government, its aeents
deliberately violated the ternin of the
armistice. The most flagrant Instance of this '
lhe carefully schemed and skillfully
ocuted sinking at Scapa Flow of moie [jfan a
?toie of German warships which had been
h'lh", ""of Go."16 encmy nn" Whlc1' ,vpre '
setUenient of pence U'Q Rnu]
I lie sinking of these vessels was a criminal
of hnrf ?h. The loss of the sMps does
not matter so much to the allies, if they had
remained afloat they would have been a
on /hi 01 ,dlspule a?>d Perhaps ill feeling
ie pait of the governments which would
7(i: ert8ken ,h0,r division. But (he
f that the German war fleet was a llabllitv
rrrfro,u?pure,y
? tandpolnt. in no sense mitigates the outrage
whicl, treacherous Oerm.,, seamen efff,
It may be impossible or inadvisable to float
lhe sunken ships. They are now only a mil,
1 vngVfrwn"1 arB pcrl|ni?> beyond sal
nge from a naval standpoint, but Germanv
yhould bo made to pay for them and to pay
full \alue with interest. She should m i
10 understand before ilnal peace win, her l?
f h fl,;",',eb1t0r" '"V" a"nm'-"1 "> ?>?.>ber
! 11,T, . . K"e nations, that she must
Mve up o her obllgatlona If she is to Hve on
| world. ,r'en""n?a nations of the
' .nlfT'wn tren."r"al0 to sub
J n.' a bill to Germany with the consent of
lhe allies. She will demand the delivery of
several hundred thousand toils of dock/
? i.ines, ,uga and dredges among other things
in payment for the naval tonnage which was
wantomy wiped out by lawless crews aboard
chnn? Tr WarSi,I>S- Shc wMl demand mer
, hant ships and other warships, and Ger
; many will have to pay just as she ought to
| Pay. she should bo made to understand
. nto and for all that she cannot keep on
h ivini .?8 T?r agfl,nRt decency without
I having to Buffer for them.
"Force will not allay the crisis," sava
j Mr. I^ewis, head of tho striking miners. And
1 will not be allowed to prolong It.
4 Anybody bringing into this State a suit
case at all heftvy, presents a case for a suit.
SEEN ON THE SIDE
u\ iiijnkv i:d\varu waii.vku
'I'b* tlo.r,
!!?,,W".S onl/ a h?y- He cheerfully went
1th the other two million, when they were sent
J o light
lror tho rig'.it,
? Over there.
And hl? mother wept, aiul his sisters, loo
And a- sweetheart sighed when the troop* went
through
Knowing: the tiling tlmt they had to do
And the l.iunt tlmt they had to bear,
rit^res i. Ifravc in i-landcrs. ami on it gro?-8
A bent arul twistod, but hardy rose,
That was born under troubled skies
It was crushed, but straightened and grew so.
well
I hat never a thin* is needed to teil
The story of bow he went through heil,
lSut the rose
That grows
Where he lies.
(hurt-on I K,,h*? Dally Thought.
I>ey ain- nuflln' In do worl' sweftUrn a
woman's .mile," said Charcoal Kph. |? a moofl.
but O Hoy, when she git on a high I.ops
yo all don need no lemons! Try a pickle,
^iis>taii Jackson.
Thr Lure.
l"rom Kipling: "Listen nou.; j M m noithPr
mad nor drunk. That book will make vou
ramoua!"
That was as Mcintosh said it to Mirza Murad
? ?li J?eg the Hindu; but many a man has
| Mid it 16 .1. smith the American, and J. Smith
| has gone plumb bust on the rooks of despair
Moral: Don't write n book; and it's a Pity
| nobody warned Von Tirpitr. or Ludendorff.
i
That Content.
I or three successive years, as Thanksgiving
, approached, we have started a Turkev
contest in this column. and so far not a single
(oggone Turkey has been entered. Surprising,
too .t is all so simple. Again we announce
ho Orand Turkey Contest 1 Get |n ,\OW and
avoid the Crush!
Ur[\?7 [l ,S: Tuu ,cmmp kn?* whafs your
best turkey, i award the pri,.c to the failed
f , ^ou selul ^ to me. I eat it. You get a
elrer of thanks under special inolosure. bear
hj'consress" ?u>!.orl,td
ii!f !lie.r,e Wen% anvJ,lin* complicated or dim.
lull in he plan we could understand: but it i,
?>"?" "">?
'vtl' ihen 1 ,OU ProuJ of your fat turkey?
AN el!, then. why not win the prize?
The contest is now open for entries.
Again, Yet. *
^withstanding and in 6pi,e of lhft
Sir*: d?n? U beforC
noes anybody know whether Willie Hohen
j
An Gxamiilf. I
MrtV6" .>r?Jr e>? ?n Knoxvl"e. Tenn., where the '
uniformed police have a union, and where 1
? genera, s.rike is on in support of the trolley!
men. T\ c used to live in Knoxville. and we
tuRP<n^ 'f .prcdi<t t,,al "niess somebody whis
.^u'Vl^t TcnnCn^ereft'" * " -???*??!
A Love Sons:.
O Maiden with the wondrous evCS
And lips or ruby tempting nic,
^ ou are my plane against the skle*
My cruiser plunging in the ?ea;
io.J are my diamonds and my gold
, Mv sapphires and my ton of coal
?ou are my staff when I grow old. '
lrtu ar<> niy soul, my very soul!
Vou are the apple of mv eve
And apples, they are scarc'e and dear;
o-i arc n?y pork, and porks so high
That porkless days are drawing near'
?" Ar* m>' butter and mv steak?
Y ur Precious worth my vision beg*'
lou are my roast, my mutton bake.
0,1 arp ?>y country fresh-laid eggs'
A Daily Once-Over
He Prepared for n "Rainy
-r,'"iny?,U?'Hr Pna"cialiy a mi" possibly?,. re
. nils, in deferred payments '
inattcrj*." ~ ' more .sensible in monry
If not. you should he.
T" l'om Other Viewpoints
??.??? ",4' of l>ntT
U* Al.HtliU B. WILI.IAMS
.. TJKVr,as,St:!I>1"s In Will not have In his
toi.\ the high place he won. He wau man
of action, n.-vur a sell-advertiser. Me crt^-nd
ii ,w aK, with achievement and cired
i./tiling ior applause. Ho was too sincere'ami
?*Dare'Vf? r f???" ????! no thne to
Kfn^'b^V^'fe,!^1 ifi^^rp^0'^ M
?v*
ass ici'^eT^isrrj
"n?V ol},errea!
atatesmanr with a statesmnn'u kI?^i re^i
^/0ntrPl,s ;ir?'1 comprehensive thought, 'a tireless
.tiid fiicnds. he rr>nc|uered IHk "wnv #*i8e
unanimous aOection and confident), ir .?
'WS.fiK;
"iMVoo'.'-'n t\'vS
r;? "? -v.'.',1 r -r, , , '? -??.>' "n i
of those difficult -in<i J; !c r.',l,Iirernents
sn
r.irV^.rr.s S;1"
'?'"Hi Z&W'WCa 1'ho ?.uU,h!flhlif !
and other administration ind u- r them
iSl!1 8om?times^f?ronenXink *br''?rP11 ^*
"'""f
rarely, always eliarnly brleflv i >< "Poke
exact point, makinlr tin MnnatniP #direct to the
aeftsatlons and no attempts Vo ^it/i 'hrl"? or
n.andlng aitentlon oarrvin^ }'.ui Cnm~
stirring to definite 'activities ' ouvictlon and
loJ^publlc "career'l?eRth' hlfl
mination and conclusion' > e.llmax, cul
high among the griitest Jr'J11 n' to rank
Rinians. The old f'ommonweait , .Srreat VJ.r"
ot. I justly claim for ihla n?"i oroiu1,.v
to ilie In the line of ?!,,,? ,1,^. of her nons
reverence of tho republic. ' gratitude andf
Health Talks by Dr. Wm. Brady
l.line Deprivation
niopyrlrhl 1914 t.v N?.Ui>rtt?l NetVsuapkr Kfcrv' ? 1
In recent work on the chemistry of food and
nutrition. Professor 11. C. Hhdnnan, of Colum
biH University. {Jives It as his opinion that tlie
ordinary mixed diet of our oltiaens. at least of
dwellers in oIUoh. is probably more ofte.i dell
clCht in calcium than In any other choihlcal cle
ment. ^
Calcium (lime) constitutes 2 per cent of the
bodv weight, so a man weighing U?0 pounds haa
or iiliitiliu have three pounds of lime In his
chemical constitution. This I line is contained
largely in the bones, which includes 9'J per
Cent of It. ,
Man eliminates a certain amount of limc'irom
his fcyetent in one way anil another each day,
and Tn order lo maintain a normal reserve of
the element in ihc body he must Ingest a certain
minimum quantity of lime in one form or an
other. The amount of lime required per diem
to maintain this reserve la estimated by good
authorities as about firtcfn grains. That amount
would be obtained In about one and one-half
pints of milk. Many other foods contain lime,
but not in such ample quantities as milk. For
Instance, the cereal*, the. roots and tubers, and
various meats are rather poor in litno. and these
are the food?s on which American people, es
pecially in towns, chiefly rely.
An expectant mother, us woll as a nursing
mother, must consume sVt least, a quart of fresh
milk daily if she means to keep herself and
her baby In the best of health, tor there Is a
considerable demand on her ilme reserve for
the development of the baby's bones ami later
for the secretion of milk, which is rich in lime.
A piht of milk contains as much liine as
seven oranges, three egg yolks, two ounces of
cheese, seven ounces of beans, ten ounces of
carrots, live ounces of oatmeal, or two ounces
of peanuts.
Koine competent students of the question ad
vocate the addition of limo carbonate to the
salt ill the salt-cellar for the table and for
cooking. Kqual parts of powdered calcium car
bonate and salt might well be used in this way]
In households in which fresh milk is not freely j
supplied for every person.
The physiologist llocb has shown that calcium ;
or lime diminishes nervous irritability, Atid I
clinically we believe lime salts produce a seda
tive effect In many health disturbances due to]
hyperthyroidism. Which condition overstlinulates
metabolism i?r the output of energy. Much milk,
then, Is good for nervous people. Well, much
milk is good for us all. 1 prefer mine skimmed
?1 mean I am doomed to take It that way, not
to grow any fatter. Hut all except fat. people
should take not less than a quart of fresh milk
every day for health's sake. This custom har
monizes with every good teaching from Metch
nlkoff down.
Pure fresh milk is the best food and medi
cine thus far discovered for man and especially
for his young. \
RneMlon* nn?l An?wfr?. i
Vibrators.?l'?o you approve of vibrators
<?;. G. J.) I
Answer.?They seldom do any harm. I never j
recommend them, however, if any other form j
of nmnsement Is available, such as pitching i
quoits or three old cut.
Voice of the People
I.tttera moat ttlvr ttic name and n4ArH* of
the writer. .\nme will not be published if
nrlttt a* requests.
Peace.
To the Kditor of Tim Times-Dispatch:
Sir.?Peace!?and J.t the word, rising clarion
like above me thunderous tumult oT the death
bestrewing irun*, the weary war-worn world, so
late a M.-uhing storm tossed sphere, subsides
i>i moment irv hushed an ! wondering aw<\
Peace! if'.er four yea'-s ami more of long pro
tracted. yet soul-finding agony such as this
world his never seen, and we pray may never j
sec again. Aye! peace at last to those who [
live, and peace to those who fought and those
Who died, for ah! it cannot be but they loo. one
ai-.d all. have heard the echo of the word rever
berating down the columned arches of the sky,
ttml stand a glorious host rejoicing that tiie
great cause, for which they passed through the
deer, earth shadows into the shining land be
yond. lias triumphed, und that forever right has
conquered might. Rejoicing that the lowering
cloud which hung so long over IJurope: a men
ace and a threatening wrath: has burst, even
though its path Is marked by crosses, crosses
everywhere, for now they know that every
j cross Is but a miniature of that great cross
which long has stood a symbol of supreme self
?mcrifice for sin-sick, sail humanity, and they,
now standing in the light that emanates from
Him. can say: "Behold! \ve too have striven to
do our duty and to follow in Thy steps." And
though, as time shall pass, the crosses all decay,
yet shall Ihoy stand forever an enduring monu
ment fresh in the memory of those succeeding
generations who shall live freo for all time in
the clear light of liberty.
Peace!?but what of those whose homes are
tU-.solate, where nevermore will sound the love-l
footstep on the floor, nor ho he rd again the
| dear remembered voice? Time henleth all! j
Anon, beneath the smiling skies, on fields once j
! ha*t|c scirrcd. how green with velvet sward, I
! the scarlet poppies, once all blood bedeived. 1
| will bloom ag.tin: taking maybe a deeper hue;
and birds trill out s paean sweet to the ?:un
Oiver and the l.,ord of ISarth, and peace?God's
peace?at last be over all.
Richmond, Va? November 11. 101 P.
ft OS K SCO RG112.
Keyboard Touches
Tinkering Historic Timepieces.
IIV Kit A XK II. lilt DDKS.
J There be some who consider themselves unlit >
for Kingdom Come until they have turned the I
| 'lanus of a clock backward or ahead.
i They ought io be classified with the man I
who, with hammer And chisel, goes into a ?
graveyard to disfigure a name or date.
Th^ other day?Columbus Day, to make the
date fit the idea in mind?we were informed
that Queen Isahtfle did not pawn her jewels
in order (to outfit the Genecse navigator.
Having lifted the laurels from tho Queen
who has been considered a philanthropist for
over H00 years, the author of the ?tory hands
the credit for putting the navigator under
sail to a rich Jew, Louis Santungal.
\\ c arc told that Saniangal, learning of Co
lumbus' plans, and learning also that Isabelle
would have to pawn her court gems if sho gave
the navitagor what he wanted, the .lew put up
the requisite cash.
Additional information is given that the
Queen had no jewels, anyway, having previously
"put up" all she had in her war against the
Moors. i
It may be so. It has beep a long time com
ing. Hut the man with the hammer and chisel
and the ? monkey wrench is usually late. The
later he Is tho more likely is he to gull the
pu bile.
Tite worli" is crowded with these dese
cratois and tink? rs. They have been on the
road ever since somebody "showed" that loot's
wife didn't face about for a last view of
Sodom, and did noi become a pillar of sVt.
The Society for Clianglug Dates and Manipu- I
latlng th j Timtpicoes of History is some
times Interesting. Put a story thif. hns been
over ion years on the pike Is always to bo j
taken with several pinches of Attic snlt.
News of Fifty Years Ago
(From the Richmond Dispatch, Nov. 13, I860.)
When the Methodist conferencc was called to
order yesterday morning by Bishop Doggett he I
made a short address, in which lie explained ?
why lie happens to be doing the unusual thing i
of presiding fit his home. If became necessary I
in order to straighten out the future circuits
of the bishops. Twenty-four ministers passed
the usual examination when the fifteenth regu
lar question was called. Rev. Paul Whitehead,
of Murfreesboro, N. C., was elected secretary
and P. A. Peterson, of Norfolk, assistant.
Married: At the residence of the bride's
father In Bdgefleld, Tenn., on Wednesday, No
vember :i. by Rev. T. V. Moore, D. D? John S.
Wise, of Richmond,'to Kva A? daughter of Hugh
Douglas.
Married: In this city on the 10th instant at
the residence of the bride's father, by tho Rev.
William T. T^indsay, Lemuel Gardner Uowden
to Mary ICIlen, youngest daughter of .Johnson
S j ii(ls.
The Buckingham and Farmvllle Railroad
Company war ^chartered at the last term of
Buckingham Circuit Court. The company will
build a road from Farmvllle to some point on
James River, with Buckingham Courthouse on
the line. <
A number of settlers from tho North have ar
rived at Manassas lo take possession of farms
they have purchased In Prince Willifim County.
Secretary Boutwell, of the United Slates
Treasury Department, Is sending clerks to New
York to overhaul the accounts of the custom
house there. Frauds arc suspected, aggregating
the enormous aum of HO.OUO.OOO.
General Wool died In Troy, N. V., yesterday,
aged eighty-six years. When the Federals dur
ing the war gained full control of Hampton
Bonds they named the famous Rip Rap fort In
honor of this officer, calling it Fort Wool.
Charles J. Folger succeeds General Butter
field as Assifitant Secretary of tho Troasury at
New York.
President Grant Is suffering from n severe
cold, and for tho past two days has been able
to gire bat little attention to public business.
ENGLAND HIS 210.000
M8RE WOMEN THAN MEN
I'l-oblcm This Condition PrcsMUn Is
One of Mont Serious in Wuke
Of War.
i HISTORY K10PI0AT1XG ITSELF
Situation Somewhat Similar (o That
In Ciermnny After Thirty Years'
War, Resulting I" ChoapnrtliiR
Woman In Teutons' Estimation.
I ?? . . .
nv !?:. n. ostton.v.
i LONDON, Nov. 12.?There are now
i\t least 2.000,000 more women than
men In England, 2,000,000 vviflnen who
Citnnot hope to win a malts and the
| precious privilege of motherhood in
any form of union sanctioned l>y the
law or by the churches. What will
heroine of them?
This the most portentous of all after
I the war problems, is being left to
solve itself.
Yet the fate of the superfluous wo
men?the odd woman out of OVery
twenty-one persons who cannot net a
partner in the danCc that makes the
world go roUnd--is of infinitely more
consequence than all the political
tumults.
Profoundly AITerlx Society.
It will profoundly affect society and
the Intimate life of us all for the next
100 years.
At various times in the centuries
gone by the loss of Manhood in great
wars, as ruthless ahd devastating as
the recent world struggle, has brought
about a superfluity of women.
It was so in Germany as a result
of the thirty years' war. which be
came a war of extermination. In some
districts^ the women came to outnum
ber the men by four or five to one and
Llgamy wag actually made legal.
Morality, as we think of 1*. t iday.
teased to exist. Illegitimacy was not
a fault?even hardly a misfortune.
As time wont on the old balance
of the sexes was restored, the old
unequal generation dying out, while
the male anil female birth rat'.s were
approximately equal.
floral MfVwt I'rr?Ut? In GeriuanT.
Hut the moral efTt-ct of t:ie great
cheapening of women in lh?* seven
teenth century Germany persists! into
modern times?It was. In fact, the root
of the insolence of men in so,- at r<?U
tions and the obsequiousness of their
women, whl^h were feature-* of tier
man life before the war.
After the Napoleonic wars, attain
there was a greet superfluity of wo
men in devastated France, and tnc
"mistress." though her pos'tior was
never legalized, became an accepted
institution.
J. HAMPTON MOOREliGAIN
HEADS WATERWAYS BODY
formal >lce<ltiR? of Association l-lnd nt
lliarlfnton?Auk Conjrrfiei lo
Continue liarlior \\ ork.
IB>* Arsocllteil Trry? 1
CHAIUjISBTON. S. C., Nov. 12.?Adop
tion of resolutions and election of of
ficers were the chief business trans
acted this afternoon by the Atlantic
Deeper Waterways Association. ?-?Ill
cers follow:
President, ,1. Hampton Moore, of Phil
adelphia, re-elected for tho twelfth
successive time; vlce-president-at
iarge. John H. Small, M. C.. North Car
olina: John M. Cole, chairman, Massa
chusetts Connnlssjon of Waterways and
Public Lands; Murray llulbert. Com
missioner of Docks and Ferries. of New
Tork; Frederick W. Donnelly. Mayor of
Trenton: William .1. Mroennlng. Mayor
of Baltimore; delegatcs-at-Iarge. J.
Charles Linthlriim, M C.. Maryland: Wil
liam K. McNeary, 'Massachusetts: sec
retary and trepsurer. Wilfred IT. Schoff,
Philadelphia: assistant se.-retary. Dur
nell Sehueater. Phi Hi del phi a.
Amone tLie resolutions adopted was
one declaring that thf? efTort In Con
pri'Ri to hinder development of jt forty
foot channel nt Charleston and to pre
vent cons*met ion of a 1.000-fnot dry
dock at the Charleston Navy-Yard was
not for the good of the country and
asking Senators Calder and Kenyon to
withdraw their resolution.
Tli'1 association ended Its formal
meetings this afternoon. Tomorrnw the
d??lfgates will be taken about t'-ic bai
bor. to th*> navy-yard and the port
terminal aboard tnrpedrt-boat destroy
ers. Tliey will inspect the terminal at
which r.0,000 oversea? veterans were
debarred in the spring.
Various waterways r>n?jee!s along
the Atlantic coast were given t.ie In
dorsement of the association The ner.t
convention will be held in VUnnt'c
CHy. probahp- in the second week !n
October.
requestsIFalues are
IGNORED BY ROUMANIANS
Beply to Supreme C.'onnrll Conchril
In Polite IiiiRRiin-r, lint
Indicate* Defiance.
(By Aamelato.l Prr?? 1
PARIS, Nov. 12.?The reply of Itou
mania to the allied note recently p:e
sente.d, in which it was anain demand
ed that Hungary be evacuated, is re
garded In peace, conference circles .is
wholly unsatisfactory.
The note, which was considered by
t.ie supreme council today, is charac
terized as extremely evasive. The Rou
manian* indicate a willingness to re
tire to the Oliver Theisp, but they de
cline lo respect the original armistice
lines and also decline to comply with
the allied request that they name a
member of the inter-alllcd commission
to compile the value of goods seized in
Hungary by t!ie Roumanians, so t'lut
this amount can bo deducted from t :e
total of the reparations duo to Cou
mania. While the note i* worded in
term." of extreme politeness. It i:< held
to indicate continued defiance of the
sunreine council
The council approved the report of
the commission, which /had investi
gated conditions In Smyrna. Referring
to tito incidents wiilcii occurred during
the landing of the Greek troops which
were declared to have been caused by
lack of precaution on the part of the
CI reek military authorities, the Greek
authorities are asked to insure that
order be maintained in the future, and
t;.iat there be no recurrence of similar
incidents. It is pointed out that the
military occupation of Smyrna by the
Greeks must be understood by them to
be merely provisional.
COUNCIL PLA*NS TO LEAVE
Stml-ilfllclnl Information Indicate*
Amerlesn Delegation \% 111 (lull
K,*rltr In December.
IBr Associated Press. 1
PARIS. .Nov. 12.?The American tlel
eEation of the peace conference has
informed the supreme council of its
Intention to leave France during the
flrs' davs of December, according to
seml-oflicial information from the
French Foreign OfTlce.
The British peace delegation has
also expressed the same desire, and
he general impression in French con
erence circles is that the conference
will conclude its work by the end of
this month.
Secretary DnnleU io Speak,
RALKIGH, N. C.. Nov. 12.?Secretary
of the Navy Daniesl has accepted an
Invitation to addres a mass-meeting
of citizens of Wake County here Sun
Sunday afternoon in Cic interest of a
proposed bond issue of $100,000, to
bo used in establishing a sanatorium
near Raleigh, where oftlaens of the
county suffering with tuberculosis
could obtain froe treatment.
r.lertlon* Fnvor Poles.
BERLIN, Nov. 15 (via I.-ondon).?Re
ports that municipal elections in l'p
por Silesia were favorable to lite Poles
were officially conllnncd hero today.
110 SHRINES FAILED
TO WIN WHR FOR TEUTONS
Von Capelle Toll* of German Efforts
to Starve England Into
Peace.
NAVY NEVER ENTHUSIASTIC
Gorman Sea leaders Never Relieved
l"'ootl or Aninmnition Could He
Kept From lteuclilng tlrltain, Eo?
ntOr Naval Minister Bays.
1 By Associated Press.1
BfcHLrN, Nov. 12. ? Vlco - Admiral
Kduard von ?-*niiello. former Minister of
the Navy, wus bombarded with ques
tions yesterday as to why more sub
marines were not built so as to havfc
made the submarine campaign suc
cessful.
Hecklers at the National Asscmbiv
subcommittee's investigation Into the
war having railed to get such informa
tion aa to why the submarine campaign
'\vat? not avoided, changed their tactics
io <iucsiioniiiK t.ie former Minister of
"*<?, Navy on submarine construction.
Count von HernstorfT this morning
ashed t.ie correspondent: "Are you go.
ing to attend the performance this
a 11 "rimon V"
A summary of his contribution to
?;-?oat construction wis rea<l by Von
l apolle at tho start of the session.
Unlit KIO Sntimarinen.
"Eight hundred and ten submarines
worn built before and during the war."
said the former Minister of the Navy.
Of t.icse forty-live were constructed
p>e I ore the war. J SO built during the ad.
ministration of Admiral von Tjrpltz
u.K f,,:i were built by me in the two
ami a half years that I was In odtce."
Herr . truve wrote to Ceneral von
, l.udendorff urging more U-boats Von
| t'apelle added. KililenorfT replied tha'
t.'ere was unanimity on this opinion
j in upper army circles, in the Admiralty
. and ainuiu members of the genera'l
! slafT.
Herr Kinshelmer attempted to elicit
the exact purpose of tho subinarini:
. ;impai?fi against England?whet.iftr i;
v..t? the intention to crush England or
merely to compel her t? sigrec to n
'usable" pcace.
Vo:i Capelle replied: "We believed we
eouid fun-. England to a "usable peace'
i within live months."
; "Was t.i?- submarine war planned to
j maku feeding of England impossible,
j ami. therefore, make possible the
I reaching by Kneland of her goal?"
! asked Herr David.
\nvjr Had No llopr.
j "There was no hope in the navy Mat
food or ammunition could be* kept'
' from England," replied Von Capelle
j sarcastieally. "Wo should have been
j more .suspicious of England."
Herr I?.ivld asked where the expres
sion. "force Kns la nd to her knt.i,"
originated, and what it meant.
I Von Ch pel le made an evauive re pi v.
saying: 'The expression can be in
t tcipreted in several ways: I Interpreted
1 it to mean making England pliable artd
wur-tireil."
CHEERS GREET HINDENBURG
ON HIS ARRIVAL AT BERLIN
I'leld Mfir*linl and I.udrndorff Kinhrarr
? nd IvIhh in Ituxnlnn-rrmth
Kan h Ion.
1 Itv Universal Service.I
rKflLlN, Nov. ll?Mueic and cheers
Rreeled Field Marshal von Iliudrnbure
on his arrival here todav. his (Irs;
appearance in the capital slnoc his re
tirement. He came to testify before
the parliamentary committee invostl
KHting the war.
I ?,<.!en0.rA,B LiUdendorflT, I<uettwits and
I Oljlershausen and former Vice-Chan
cellor llemcrich were among the large
I jjroup of ollicerii and oniclals at the
i station to receive them. A company
of .Sobke h troops was drawn tip on the
I platform to do him milltarv honors.
; \\ heb the spcial train, composed of
one salon ear and one mall cjr, came
in. IjUdcndorfT was the urat i0 greet
lit.- aci'il llcld marshal. For a mo
ment Ine two former battle directors
looked one another in the eves; lh<?h
I linden burg suddenly threw his arms
around I.udcndorft and the two did
I something unusual for Germans. Thev
i li i ?V.? ?"??ther on the checks, in
j UupBlan-)*renoh fashion.
! The large crowd at the station broke
' . ^"thustastle cheers at this Pieht
A little girl ran up with a bouquet of
i owers joj lUndenburg. There were
mud cries for LudcndorfT and shouts
vesUgat"ol.Vrth tl)C '>ar,,an??ntary In
Th* ?%ro\Vil hroke into son?:. As Hin
ajJ'I ^utJiijcJurrr drove jiwhv.
a poorly clad woman shouted "Ma?s
naVion!" "Lo"K live the inter
The adherents, of the* two f.irrM?>r
army ,-hlefs tool: up the chal.t,l?0'
r^ f r uM n'V'.18 ensued, and soon a
.n..lo h j ! f,flu was under wax. Hol
the flghfers! Sum,no,,ei1 to separate
NOW HA$TOWN ORPHAN AG E
Wri,??^,rf.,n,n S/nod Sup
port ?? rum I'rrnby teMnn InaH
fuilon at Lynchburg.
r.tl,S.r'^Via! !? T:ic Times-niepatch.l
OJ AltDOTTESVILLU. VA.. Not. 12 ?
At thr? second day's session of the Sr.
noil of Virginia a letter was read from
I !!'? ?tf}led clerk of t.ie Synod of West
; \ irginia in regard to the withdrawal of
j support of the Dvnchburg Orphanage
, It is understood that the West V|r.
Sinla Synod has already estal>lishpd an
orphnnnge of its own at Charleston
| nnd that pupils are being assembled.
i L f Brooke was elected a mem
i miM assembly's atl Interim com
, ni.tee on systematic bolieflcencc. wii \
Dr Russell Cecil as alternate
In Is :i fternoon I he-In terchurch wo-ld
movement was presented by I,r E ' C
jOronk. of New York, and tonight for-"
( fi n,'pmns was the theme of Elder
' of China.'" ? ^ Dr" V' K Prl?.
'I'he I'rlee of Idberty.
(' or The TlmesDIspatch.J
Thnnighout the land the drum's wild
bent, the bugle's reveille.
Sent shilling forth the call to ri3e and
fl Iff lit for liberty.
The answer rang from hill and plain
prepared to do and die.
They marched away, a hero host, with
banners floating "high.
Their hearts aflame with righteous
wrath and hate of tyranny.
Eager to serve, resolved to pav tin.
price of liberty.
They heeded not the cannon's roar ?iir>
shock or shot and shell;
Utit charged like demobs to the from
right through that awful hell
Of poison gas and liquid fire
turned the battle's tide ' *
And many n foeman bit the'dust and
cursed them ere he died
Vet many a gallant comrade fell
though crowned with Vlctorv
And died content to know he'd Daid
the price of liberty. paiu
Again the drum's loud beat, n10 oiiver
bugle's thrilling cry silver
The measured tramp of marching feet
the banners floating high, K ?1,
And wild huzzas I hat rend the air?
t'he victors welcome home?
Z ?,th ?r,l"?Ph. mad
* j i y'. for ')oaco lias come
A,,\sres2r,?vrbc,!"",o ""n4 r"
I pVlce?the 'price of* Ifberty^1^ th?
^ep.?a,U0t ,for, U,osc t,,at not
our, heroes linvo not died.
They live and triump gloriously; they
I) I s,lmro ?,,,r J?y and pride.
lo ao"-our
You
You men. who struck the tyrant down
and brought us victory;
For God our Clod?has hclpod us pav
t'he price of Jiherty.
Richmond, Vs., Nov. II, 1910.
JULIA IX, HENN1NG. |