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SATURDAY, DKCGMHKR ill. 1921.
Tlio Hoi en.so of Dobs
FOR Eugene V. Dobs, draft obstructor and
traitor to hlj Hag In time of Its great
est peril, freedom; for the American Le
gion, for the mothers whose sons lie mold
erlng in the sacred soil of France, for
every American citizen who followed the
nation's colors in the Great War, a slap in
the face; so has President Harding seeu tit
to apportion his Christmas offerings. In
this day of "Peace on earth, good will to
ward men," he has lowered the prison bars
to one who liaa deserved nothing at his
country's hands except ignominy and con
tempt; and he has aroused in the breasts
of thousands of men and women the smold
ering thought, "Was our sacrifice worth
while?" It is a dangerous thought, a thought
fraught with peril.
And (lie reason for jliis exercise of pres
idential clemency? There is and can be no
3 ti est ion of Debs' disloyalty, lie was con
ricted out of his own mouth. To this day
lie has made 110 denial. 110 retraction, ex
pressed no regret. So fur as the public
knows, he is as disloyal In his heart to
dny as he was when sentence was pro
r.nunced upon him. lint the President has
been the object of a clamorous campaign in
l;is behalf. The same storm for Debs' re
lease beat in all its fury upon Woodrow
Wilson, but he resisted the onslaught be
muse, he said, "If I were to release him I j
would not be able to look in the face any '
?: the thousands of mothers who sacrificed
their fotis in the Great War." That was !
Mr. Wilson's view *ft? tho 'appeal for Debs.
Hut Mr. Harding sees- things differently.)
Possibly the difference in views is generated ,
In his opportunism. Ostensibly he believes !
I ho ends of justice have been met," but ho '
forgets th<- ?crosses, row on row" in Fland- j
ers Holds. Hut is that the real reason? J
No! The President feels that because Debs
had twice been the presidential nominee of
u million voters he should have special con- j
Federation. Ilecauso ho had been honored
os a leader, and betrayed his trust, his '
.4hackles must be striken from him. ??- i
?use his influence was great, and his dis
loyalty thereby intensified and magnified
the President can see only that he has a
1 ?"W?<irlers to be appeased by his
,il" ,u>w "bout the other millions
whose patriotism never has been questioned
In war or in peace? is it possible the Presi
dent deliberately overlooked the feelings of
the hundred millions in his stroke for favor
with the one?
This sup!nonces of the President before a
group clamor Is as surprising as it J3 disap
pointing. For it is either suplneness. or
display of an unusual brand cf courage in
insulting the country and the memory of
Its soldiers dead by throwing open the prison
doors to the firch-representafive of all those
dishonored ones who sought to hold back
its arm after it had drawn the sword for
civilization. The eouwry will i,e the jud*o
of his motives; history will write the ver
diet. r
Ireland to Think It Over
S'NCK ll Was Michael Collins who pro
o posed adjournment of fh0 Dail ur,tii
January 3, adoption of that proposal is
genera iy regarded as reflecting superioj
strength on the part of the treaty adherents
and as foreshadowing ratification oarlv novi
month. This view may be Biibjyct to* noma
question, but no one may deny the signifi
cance of a Collins victory over I).. Valera
especially since It was achieved by the wide
margin of 77 votes to 44.
I he fact that the test of streugth de
v?Jopod on the point of delayed action un
doubtedly carries this meaning: leaders of
both aides were convinced that sentiment
favorable to adoption Is on the inorease i
BmonK the people of Irolnnd. Collins do
dlred to obtain by dolay a lurgor measure
oI boaoflt from this popular support; De
Valera wished to roach a final vote beforo
his star had descended further. This neces
sary Inference from tho linos of Thursday's
light and its result encourages the hope that
the Dall will resume Its deliberations ready
to ratify the treaty and cIobo the centuries
old feud with Groat Britain.
It is gratifying to road that tho interven
ing period will not bo used by either siile
for public agitation. Pledges against pull
He speech-making, it is said, have been ex
changed, "and tho only promised activity
will bo in aligning tho two parties and
bringing thorn more closely to their fac
tions." General campaigning during the
period of tho recess would inovitably lead
to bitter personal attacks and recrimina
tion, to agitation of tlio most dangerous
sort. Neither side could possibly sustain
any objection to an ngreemont by vhich tho
recess would be treated n? a period for quiet
reduction on the part of the Irish people.
Tho case has boon given adequate presenta
tion, tho arguments for and against tho
treaty reviewed by the Dall orators, tho
press and the wise men of tho streets. The
case may properly bo considered as in the
hands of the Jury. Though tho Dall v.i'.l
record tho verdict, tho Jury in reality is
the people of Ireland; and tho home con
tacts permitted by the adjournment should
soften the antagonisms of tho bitter-enders
or die-hards.
Versailles Over Again
?"pHkKE are increasing indications that the
A world is to witness n repetition of the
spectacle of the United States Senate ob
structing for weeks and months proposals
for tho promotion of international peace.
It IB far too soon to assume that tho oppo
sition to the four-power treaty applying to
he Pacific will muster sufficient strength
to defeat that measure, as a partisan minori
ty defeated tho Versailles treatv, but it is
not-too early to realize that the Senate will
stand in the way of ratification as long as it
may dare.
1 he ofllcial crossing of wires over the in
terpretation ,0 i,0 piuced upon the new '
compact, tho President excluding Japan !
rom its terms, with his own delegation to |
he Washington conference including the is- !
and empire has served to provide the op
position to the measure with exactly the I
ammunition needed to make an effective !
..ft" U A" Uot easy for tl,e average mind
0 grasp the issue raised in this instance, '
"it It is quite easy to understand how ad- 1
vantage may be taken of differences existing
between those who negotiated the instru
ment by resourceful opponents of anv and
all alliances, treaties, ententes or mere
agreements which involve America.
Moreover, it is easy to foresee the de
velopment of tho opposition which at first
seemed impotent and scarcely worthy of i
notice. When originally outlined, the Paci
i' treaty seemed innocent enough in its '
im Tl "? Se0mCd t0 lnvl,e the aPPlau-o i
? all those who sincerely prayed peace. I
was formally denied that an "alliance" '
was formed; that militarism played anv part ?
m the pact; that anything was concealed or '
untold about the proposal and, after all it :
part "ofrfo' a Wr,t'0n underata"dlng on 'the j
rlrhis If i Powers to maintnin tho Just
i ignis of each other. ?, i
Now comes the break between the Presi- !
dent and the American delegation as to the '
erprotation of the treaty, a break that I
has not been carried to conclusions of !
Hie handUof'Ih,Ch n?n" ,h? IeSS
he hand of the opposition by raising grave !
, " quarter.s where none whatever
had existed before.
U is to be remembered that a treatv must '
.t\.. j0 favorable votes of two-thirds of ;
while that0 b?fr CriM bo ra,iff?d, n?(, I
.! 'hnt number of Senators seemed in I
; r n.r 1,ORinnil,B "F? along" With S
e administration, it is conceivable that !
one by one members of the Senate m
de.?rt the treaty forces as they have dTme -
'luring tho past few days, thereby ra.sing a '
pact?"S <,U<iSMon as to ,,ie of the com- ;
?-h"
Datigherty oil tho Tr?i|
1 T has taken the Department of Justice a !
vr ^rnt'but nt
profi (Wring. ^
?.xha?,?v, study of ?s?or!?Sfa^
country "" c.on,,,t,oni? ??.ro?gho?i the
ti ? has cached the conclusion that
h i?iail trade is "unconscionable" in main
the i'h ' 7!Min? level of prices for I
of Iivini Ch C,,,6,,y e,,t0r int? U'e
To remedy the situation, he will detail a
large force of agents of the department to
conduct an investigation of P..inii .
charged in various parts of the co ntry fo"
food. fuel, shoes and clothing and expose
the profiteers in these commodities to mer
c less publicity. Where the law can be
applied as a penalizing factor it will ho
used o the limit, but pub?city w|? hfi b?
1. relied on as the effective weapon In
th? ,,,vo?*'KaHoii ho proceeds from
l o Uewpcunt tlKU prevailing prices are too
I from the'gr ^
<" ''oiiBiiiners, and in
l heli willingness to support the probe ilu-v
.?;.n be .lepended on to submit much data that
will be valuable in assisting to a renorr .i,- ,
should be enlightening as to the situation'
?Mr. Daughorty charges that the effoctivo
noss of sustained profiteering is r.bt ii,,..?i
through organizations of retailers. Those
associations, ho declared, were forme,, ?
smart men. who sold a scheme t? defe-.t
the laws of the country bv perfecting an or
ganization for fixing prices which concoaled
Us real purpose under declaration of a de
sire to help competition."
It is not his purpose to wage a general
war on tr.de associations. f?r n,an n
them, he says, aro showing a commend
able willingness to confine their activity
to improving their services ,o ,|,o p? ir
?ut for such of them as are no, conducting
their operations in conformity with the l-.w
designed to foster unrestricted competition
>?? proposes to exhaus, every power of hi"
department to curb their practices. i|o con
sLnre8 r ,",rfsion "f the Unito(] States
' P l? Court 1,1 l,'o hardwood case groat
A
i iy ntrongthons tho authority of hlB depart
ment to accurately doflne practices which
are legal and Illegal. It.. 1b to be hoped
thnt In thin undertaking Attornoy-Gonoral
Daugliorty is not tuaklng a more goatnre,
as did hlB predecessor lu a similar under
taking.
r
A Misclderous Hill
r.V Its consideration of Houso bill 6508 tho
I Senato Judiciary Committee has before It
a measure which, If not reported adversely,
will seriously reflect on the wisdom of Its
membership. The House has sent up sev
eral mischievous hills to that body, but none
moro fraught with public injury than this
onr. The bill is described In ofllclal language
?s being for "the exclusion of fraudulent
devices and lottery paraphernalia from tho
mails, and for other purposes." A reading
of section B of the bill discloses what Its
authors mean by "other purposes." It would
cripple every newspaper in the country in
the service it renders tho public.
Stripped to the substance of its proposal
in relation to newspapers, hero is tho way
section 5 reads: "No newspaper con
taining information, or statements, by way
of advice or suggestions, purporting to give
the odds at which bets or wagers are being
laid or waged, upon the outcome or result
of any horse race, prize light, or other con
test of speed, strength, or skill, or setting
forth the bets or wages ihade, or offered to
bo made, or which sets forth sugges
tions as to the odds ut which bets or wagers
should or may be made or laid, shall be de
posited In or carried by the mails of the
United States."
Concerning the general purpose of tho
bill, to exclude fraudulent devices and lot
tery paraphernalia from the mails, no one
could raise objections. It is perfectly legiti
mate to discourage betting, if that purpose
can be effected without transcending rights
that are inherently 'inalienable. Hut this
hill goes far beyond this. This section re
ferred to, if written into tho Federal
stututes, would prohibit publication of any
news likely to lead to gambling. Inter
preted by an unfriendly court, it might
readily be made to apply to financial Quo
tations, to baseball scores, racing results,
and many other things. All these items of
legitimate news may be, and doubtless often
are. used as a basis for laying wagers. Even
a weather report and the outcome of a
beauty contest may start an argument and
inspire a bet.
The press should get Interested immedi
ately and voice a unanimous protest against
this proposal to deprive its readers of a
legitimate, wholesome service to which they
have long been accustomed and to which
they are entitled.
Up With the Times
fly It. o. II.
Customs officials warn that most of the
stuff offered to tho thirsty by sailors Is "a
(lancrrnua synthetic concoction." Well, we've
pot to find nil antidote for this xynthetlc
land stuff.
rerhaps it is true that the millennium is
not Just around the corner, hut the down
right pessimistic may find food for reflection
ill the story of a doctor named Angel flying
130 miles In the dead of night to attend a
patient.
x on light wines and beer Is proposed as j
ans of raising l>onu?? money for the vet- |
Tax
a mei _ . ?
erans. There Is some doubt as to whether
the proposal was advanced by those who favor
the imiiufi or those who want to help pay
the tax.
Oreat Hrltnin wants to have tho submarine j
outlawed. Many of us had been under the i
Impression that the submarine accomplished .
that itself under the skillful direction of its i
German sponsors.
Many young girls, says an expert on the
subject, are suffering from maturlainania. i
Should say .they arc; they begin wearing knee- j
dresses and bobbed hair before they're 18. |
Many of the owners of automobiles will feel
the color of their new license tags the com
ing year?blue.
A Seattle rag-picker is said to have left
an estate of $50,000 a rnir-r,i.-lr . i
.. . ' ' rag-picker, mind you.
not *i t.ig-i'hewer.
It is* beginning to appear that the Irish
trouble will cover a period of 700 years and
fifteen or twenty days.
Philadelphia has a man who claim#: to have
solved perpetual motion. He is in jail right
now. tint probably will be transferred very
soon.
Spirit of Virginia's Press
The Virginia l.'nlon Farmer, a farmers' or
gan. says: "We do not believe our State will
advance to the first rank until it has good
roads and we favor the bond issue, therefore,
provided the law ran he so amended as to
guarantee that the large portion of tho peo
ple entirely dependent on county roads may J
have their roads improved in a reasonable i
time."
"It"* a good thing." observes the IJralianna
Sentinel, "thnt Wilson did not have his ideas
and policies patented, for ho could certain
ly get damages from the Harding administra
tion."
"It really doesn't matter," thinks the Hris
tol Herald-Courier, ''how much the Repub
lican politicians abuse Mr. Wilson, so long as
they continue to carry out his policies."
The Blaekstone Courier lir getting to be
a great prohibition organ, li says: "We be
lieve there Is a law against advertising liquor
in papers. It should certainly be enforced
against these dally papers which have been
l ubli.vhing about Herman liquor selling at L'O
rents a quail, and this right nt Christmas
times*, too."
Says the Woodstock Times: "As a practical
solution, to our mind the disarmament con
ference offers the greatest hope advanced in
this age for our civilization. If It should fail,
then it seems the only hope will be that war
will become so frightfully hideous, wltjj Its
aerial torpedoes, gases, liquid fire, long-range
guns, submarines, airships, and countless en
gines of war yet unhivented, that men through
f<ar that the population of their countries
will be annihilated will not dare to declare
The N'orfolk Virginian-Pilot Ia "dead agin"
tho Dyer bill recently offered In Congress, and
concludes a State's righto argument against
It thus*. "T/ynehlng Is an evil that calls
for unsparing suppressive effort. Put the
suppression should bo applied by the States
and their official*?not by the Federal gov
ernment."
SEEN ON THE SIDE.
Mr "WRT RIIWAHU WAIlNlCn
Tomorrow.
I'vo often wished that I could boo
Tomorrow;
"What an Illusion seonis to be
? Tomorrow!
It promlsos no many things,
Thon files awny on trembling wings.
Good fortune all my comfort brings
Tomorrow I
i
The best that I can do l?f dont
Tomorrow!
My noble efforts nro begun
Tomorrow t
The thing that I should do today
1-ludes nie, and I sigh and sny
X11 buckle to It, anyway.
Tomorrow!
When this vast wheel, has reached my last ^
Tomorrow?
TA hen all my Yesterdays have passed,
Tomorrow
Will wait, perhaps, and let me see
"\\ hat It hay held so long for me.
That day of nil Kternlty,
Tomorrow!
4, Chnri-ool ICph's I)nll>- Thought.
'Hey a In' no m?>n angels In heaven." said
Charcoal Kph. moodily, "an' ef dat's so doy
aln no woman gwlne be happy In Paradise.
I-at a prune cake, Mistah Jackeon.
I.ncnlnpiM'.
Money Isn't worth the trouble of worrying
about It. ' *?
Sacrifice l.?r love's noblest desire.
When peaco Is declared the fight begins.
one nn'Hh * ,)nd J?l> llmn h",f do a
The end or all things begins when man loses
hope and breaks out of the Everlasting Circle.
Of fours? It 1j?,
"Perfectly ridiculous. Isn't It!"
^ It certainly is. dear; what i??"
Oh, everything. AVe are living in the point
or-view age now. you know, and according to
how you look at it, everything is "
"Perfectly ridiculous!"
Health Talks by Dr. Brady
The Attack or Inrniitlle I*iirnlyn|k.
No harm Is done, though I am not sure-any !
pood can be done l.y the frequent rinsing of
he mouth and throat (gargling) with a solu
tion of as much boric acid as boiled water
will dissolve, several time* a day. when In-i
fantllo paralyse ls epidemic In the communl-I
IV, especially persons caring for. or who mav!
have come into contact with, one III of th?|
disease. No other known antiseptic is better
til.in boric acid for the purpose.
I have told how easily the feverish wtage
of inantlle paralysis may he mistaken for
tonsillitis ?r "grippe," or "just a cold." i?
any event, the child Is well treated with pro-,
onged warm packs, if the mother know., how
o give a "hot pack." or a prolonged warm
*?h or baths. This Is good' for the fevcr
Ishnesy. good for the restlessness and fonder
.. 1 ""'1 KO"d for the Inflainmatlon In
;r,^irrj" ",o wm" "*??"?" ?? "?
A grwat many parents saddened by a visita
tion of this cruel disease to a child and anx
ious to procure the best treatment, hnvo aaked
me whether planter easts should be applied
to the paralyzed limbs. As a general rule. \
they should. When the doctor puts the limit
temporarily In such a dresslnir, he Is giving
the most perfect rest to the muscle* a?d
nerves, and that is by nil means the best
thing that can be done at this ytnge of the j
disease.
The general treatment of the feverish stag*
of infantile paralysis cannot be set down ar
bitrarily. It must be determined by the cir
cumetances. The physician must employ rem-'
edles to meet varying Individual conditions, j
And the intelligent use of drugs I* of great:
value, although no particular drug can be
considered in any way specific against this'
disease or any other. Nor for that matter
is any known human agency, remedy or power1
to be considered specific against any known
disease or fault. Nature, spelled with a cap-'
Ital N, is In this war, agalnft disease, all right,
but though I recognize nature as a blind, j
treasherous. cruel, yet powerful healer, I feel |
sure the old charlatan is not tied to any!
"school," "system," or scheme of healing. Na-'
ture effects the cure, we way, in a kind of
bombastically modest way. Sure he doeH. And.
he efTects hlj? share of needless killings, too.!
A treacherous ally, nature, needs constant!
watching by an intelligent physician. Cures
croup In 100 per cent of cases, but how rough
ly. Nearly chokes the breath out of the child
effecting the cure. Doctor gives n little med
icine and relieves the attack without the'
rough work. Give nature a chance, always?
but don't trust the old murderer too far.
If some day we are visited with a strange I
disease, which the medical scientists find In
volving the heel and toe though the virus en
ters through the eye and lodges in the fingers,
the. liver, and the semicolon, why, I suppose
a lot of simple people will call in a shoe
store foot "specialist" to treat the disease
with a patent leather arch support, say. That
would be a.v logical as some of the maltreat
ment that is inflicted on children stricken with'
infantile par&l.vsis.
The putioat should be kept in bed at least
ten days HttGr the fever has gone, in infan
tile paralysis, thouch a child seems to im
prove with surprising rapidity nnd begs to get1
up and play.
News of Fifty Years Ago
(From the Richmond Dispatch, Dec. 24, 1871.)
Tito amendments required by the City Coun
cil to the contract with the Chesapeake nnd
Ohio for the building of the Church Mill tun- j
nel will bo accepted by the railroad company. I
President Huntington and Vice-President i
Wlckham attended the Council meeting last j
night and Mr. Huntington in a short spcech I
declared Ills belief that the board of directors'
would accept the contract as amended and
the work will be commenced at a very early
date. The cjty's appropriation to the tunnel 1
work is $300,000.
The joint resolution of the I.egislattire sus-!
pending the operation of the funding act was'
sent to Governor Walker last night. The Gov-i
ernor has given no intimation whatever as to!
whether or not he will sign the document.
The wife of one of the members of the j
legislature, growing weary of his failure
to write to her, sent him by mail a postage
stamp, making no comments whatever. The
honorable gontleman took the hint and at once
wrote her a letter that required two stamps, i
thus relieving her mind of the Idea that legis
lators do not get enough pay to afford postage !
Ktamps on letters back home.
Richmond's Council has acted most wisely In 1
appropriating $3'f0,000 for a double-track tun-|
nel under Church Hill instead of $200,000 for j
a single-track tunnel, as was at one time pro-J
posed.
Rain and sleet nro the order of the day all .
over the States of Maryland, Pennsylvania
and New York, and, In fact, throughout the;
entire Northern section. At the same time
the air Is bitterly cold.
Now York City's debt In now ascertained to
bo just 196,500.000, nnd it Ib proposed to Issue
yet mora bonds for publlo Improvements,
I
BRIEF CEREMONY MARKS
WATTERSOTTS FUNERAL
Body of Venerable Kentucky
Journalist to l)e Placed in
Vault Today Until Spring.
NO HI.OH A L, THIIJUTK8 SENT
Members of Fuiulljr Hcquest 81m
pllclty niul Only Those of Imme
diate JFniitlly Are I'rnrnt i?t Ser- i
vIith In Jacksonville.
[lly Associated 1'ress. J
JACK SON V11..M0. FX,A., J>cc. 23.?
With only tho members of his lin
niudlate family present and with tho
hour of the service unannounced, the
body of Colonel Henry Watterson,
tho venerable Kentucky journalist,
who died hero yestorday, will bo
placed tomorrow in ii vault to re
main until spring, when It will be
tukon homo to be given a final rent
ing plac.o beside his mother and
father In Cave J1111 Cemetery at
Louisville. ?
Hour Not Published.
Heeftuse of tho grief of his mother
and sister, and for fear many per
sons would attempt to attend the
brief and simple service nt a mor
tuary chapel, which preceded luylng
away of the body, Henry Watterson.
Jr., arranged that tho hour of the
servico not lie muile public, and the
family ie<iue?ted that there l?o no
tloral tributes, desiring that the
service and everything connected
Willi It be as simple as possible. The
Kcv. T. J. ltooue, pastor of tlie First
Christian Church here, of which de
nomination Mrs. Watterson is a
member, olllctntcd.
Mrd. Watterson did not attend the
service, which was held shortly be
fore noon, her son and daughter not
permitting her to do no because of
her condition as a result of Colonel
Wattcrson's death. An hour before
the service began Mrs. Watterson ex- !
tended a general invitation to news- j
paper men of the city to l>e present, j
and several Joined the son, daughter,!
several grandchildren, Judge Itob-|
ert King hum, publisher of the Louis-|
villc Courier-Journal, and u half
iloy.'-n close friends of the family In
?(t11e chapel.
l'V?v Floral Offering*.
In deference to the wishes of Mr*.
"Watterson there were only two
tloral offerings in uddltioii to those
from tlie family. These wero from
A. S. llouull, chief *.-ditorial writer
fur tin* Florida Tillies-I'lilon, and a
lifelong friend of Colonel Watterson,
and Mrs. I loin; h, and from the man
agement of tile hotel in which Col
onel Watterson passed away. A
tloral offering of calla lilies from the
family rested upon the canUet, while,
a cross of the slime blossoms was |
on a near-by mantel. A huge boo- |
ijuet of r<'d roses was at the head
of the casket.
I'lans tor temporary disposal of
the body were changed at the last ;
moment, and instead of being laid
away today It will be placed tomor- j
row In a marble vault In lCvergreen I
Cemetery. There "Marse llenrv" i
will rest until spring in the shade i
of huge oaks ami magnolias, ?ur
rounded by scores of his <>ld coin
radin of the Confederacy, who |
crossed tlie river before hlrn.
DEATHS IN VIRGINIA I
William Mflr* ">t u lllenn.
Telegrams ti> friends In Itichmond
brought tlie news of the death of Wil
liam Miles Mulligan, aged 27 years,
at Ashe.vllle, N. C.. yesterday morn
ing. Mr. Mulligan formerly resided
In Klehmond and was employed in
the valuation engineer's office of tin
Chesapeake and Ohio Hallway. He
was the only son of Mrs. Mamie Mul
ligan, who now resides in Washing
ton. Ills father died several years
hgo. The body will be burled in Wash
ington on Tuesday afternoon.
Wnlter Travis llunes.
N K W CANTON, VA? Dec. 2.1.?
Waller Travis Unties. Mi, for a num
ber of years a citizen of Cumberland
County, died of bronchial pneumonia
at 1:1s home last week and was burled j
ii the cemetery of the Trinity l'res- j
oyterirm church. New Canton, on j
Thursday. Mr. HaneK had bean In '
ft Li.lr health l'or sotlio time and hi* 1
death was not unexpected. Mr. ilanes i
was born in Hlrhiuond in 1S39 ntul in I
?a:l;.* life removed to Cumberland j
? 'ouniy. lie wits .i gallant and f. ar- '
less soldier ill the Confederate army j
an<l war In a large number of en
gagements. being an expert horseman j
and cavalryman who won the ad
miration of frieml and foe alike, i
After the war Mr. Ilanes married !
Miss Talley, of Cuml.erland County, j
who survives him, together with :i >
son. Walter Travis Huncs. Jr., and'
ti.iee (laughters, Mrs William J.an-|
caster, of Farmville; Mrs. HeorgeJef
feries, of Cumberland County, and
Mrs. W. W. Adams, of Cumberland
i 'ounty.
Mrs. Snllle ItrtoUer.
111:ATI ISVII.I,K. VA? l?ec. 23.?
Mrs Sal'.le Hooker, widow of Kras
iiiiik Hooker, died after a long illness
at her home at Farnham. aged "2
years. She Is survived by a daugh
ter and three sons. Itr. It. R. Hooker,
INFORMATION BUREAU
I
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Inquiries rrgnrdtng nlmost nn J
trrpie, excepting on legal nnd medi
cal subjects, nre answered free. As j
nil Inquiries nre nniMTerrri directly
hy personal letter, n self-addressed
? tampril envelope Is required. Ad. 1
dress 'l'he Tloies-Dlspnleh Infurma. j
Hon llurenn, Itlehinond, Vn.
Strength of lee.
F. C. H., Farmville.?It Is said tfiat
Ice one and one-half inches thick will
support a man; four Inches thick will j
support cavalry; live Inches thick)
will support an eighty?four-pound j
cannon; ten inches thick will nupport
a multitude, and eighteen Inches
thick will support a railroad track.
These figures, of course, presuppose
that the ice Is of an even thickness,
not having tliln places, and only to
true Ice, not to .s'.u&li ice or to Ice
where the temperature is above tho
freezing point. After a thaw sets In
I;ut little confidence can be placed on
the strength of Ice.
Pumper nickel.
Header, Hopewell.?Pumpernickel Is
! the rye bread used by the Wcst
| phallan peasants, which in some
parts of Germany is considered a
; great delicacy. The loaves are sornft
I times sixty pounds In weight. Tho
I name Is said to have originated in
j the saying of a French cavalry sol
dier, who rejected the bread with dis
gust, saying It was only "Hon pour
j Nicolas"?that Is, fit or good for
Nicholas, his horse.
"The Pnnhandie."
H. T. A.. 1 llackstone. -As commonly
used in this part of the country, the
phrase "the panhandle" usually refers
to the northwest projection of Texas,
though the name Is also given to the
narrow, wcdae-Bhaped strip of land
lying between Pennsylvania and Ohio,
which forms part of th? Stat* Of
.West Virginia, .
Theater Calendar
ACADEMY?Madgo Kennedy In
"Co me rod." ?
LYRIC?Keith vaudeville.
COLONIAL ? May McAvoy 111
"Morula." *
UltOADWAY?Harold McGrath'a
"Not Qullty.'
BIJOU?All-qtar ca?t In "After
tho Show."
IRIS?All-star cast In "Tho
Rago of Paris."
OI1KON?Special double offering.
The Weather
(KnruUlitd h? I'. P. Weather UariwgJ
\~/ niiil North Cnrollim?
lloln today) tomorrow
iN
olritrliiK and much
cvlilrr.
IxhiiI Trmperuture Yf?tfM?jr.
.1 P. 51. tnmperature 47
.Maximum temperature to s I*. M 47
Minimum temperature to 8 I*. M 25
Mran temperature yeaterdny 3<
Normal temperature for tlila date .. 40
Deficiency yeaterdoy 4
Kxt'Cea alnce March 1 (XI
Kacvna alnco 'J*nunry 1 S7#
T^irttl ItHlnfall.
Rainfall 12 houra ending S I'. M 2?
Rainfall 21 houra ending R I'. M !i4
Deficiency alncu March 1
Deficiency alncu January 1 11.01
loral Oliarrvalluna ul H I*. M. Yealerility.
Wind direction, nouth; wln<l velocity. 12; i
weather at k P. M . partly cloudy.
Kpedul lluln.
8 AM. I I'M. * I'M. '
Temperature, dry bulb . 23 HI 4.1
Temperature, wet hulb . ' 32 Si 42
llclatlve humidity !?tf H'j *j2
CONDITIONS IN I>11'OHTANT CITIKH. '
Temperature
8 1*. M. High. I.?w. Weather.
Aahevllle Id J2 Cleur
Atlanta f: Clear i
Atlantic City ... 3* 44 21 Cloudy
liunton 2 a ao 12 cloudy
??uffHlo 32 34 1 4 Cloudy
Charleston 14 CC 42 Clear
Chl?a?o 12 J4 21
Denver. * 2! * ,?now
Oalventon CI 73 6i <'leHr
Havre -* 0 -* Clear
?lackoonvlllo .... {, ? 70 11 Clear
Kiinsaa City 22 21 22 Cloudy
Montgomery 02 r,S U2 1?. cloudy
Cloudy
Cloudy
cloudy
New Orleana ... 72
New Vork 3*
Norfolk 44
Oklahoma 2S 34 cioudy
I'lttaliurKh 4V 4<* 30 Italn
Itfl'dKh 50 it rs Cloudy
3 2 3.5 2,, JU(?
Sati Kranclaco .. 00 S2 tc <*loudy
Savannah 44 >.4 44 Cle?r
Jam pa 72 n jj Cloudy
H aMiliiRton 3?, 3(1 22 Cloudy
Wythevllle 6g i() ls cloudy
MINI A TL'KK AIJIA N.\('.
December 24. 1J21.
? un rl*ea, 7:2*; *uti aeta, 4;$r,.
.. AM. P.M. 1
JIlKh tldea 12 IS 12:.10
l.?w tldea 644 4:29 |
of I^tt.HbtirRT. and Carrington and
Erasmus Hooker, of Richmond Conn-I
?y. Interment was In the cemetery
of Knrnham Haptist Church.
Pluto Wlnalrad.
JIEATH8VILLE. VA? Pec. 2*.?1
Plato Winstead, ?i6, died ftt his homo j
near Lodge Monday night. Ho In sur- |
vlved by his wife and several grown j
children.
Mr*. Sue Ditiixtnn CnrdiTell.
PETKRSHCRO. VA.. Dec. 23.? Mm.
Sue Dunston Card well, widow of
(ieorgo W. Cardwell, died today In hor
home, 324 Hlnston Street. Her fti- j
nernl will take place from the homo )
tomorrow nfternoon a? 3-30 o'clock.'
Tho burial will be in Klandford Cem
etery. Mrs. Cnrdwell Is survived by
one ulster. Miss Snllie A. Dunston, of j
Petersburg. and one brother, Daniel i
A. Dunston, of Hlrmingham. Ala.
Avlnlnr Dies of Injurlea.
SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS. Dec. 23.?!
Captnln Fred I'lacc, Kelly Kleld avla- '
lor, who was injured here Tuesday
when bis ship crashed to the ground,
died today. Lieutenant H. M. Lunt, ?
who was In the same ship, has recov- I
eretl from his Injuries.
John Itlchnrit Oenrlne.
LYNCHBURG, VA., Doc. 23.?John
Richard Dearlng, 75. died late Thurs
day here at the home of his daugh
ter, Mrs. W. A. Miller, 2504 Fifth
Street, death resulting front a second
stroke of paralysis. His wife tiled
six years ago. He Is survived by six
daughters and two Hons.
Dr. .lamr* Cope.
LYNCH HUrtf}, VA.. Dec. 23? Dr.
James Cope. 54, died of pneumonia
irt tho Memorial Ilospitnl here Fri
day morning-. He was a nativo of
England and his body lias been placed
in a vault preparatory to sending It
to England for burial.
Mr?, J. I,. Dcvlita.
DANVILLE. VA.. Dec. 23.?Mrs. J.
L. Levins. 7f>. a well-known resident
of the Mount Hcrmon neighborhood,
died nt her home at an early hour
Thursday morning. f?*ie Is survived
ly her husband and several children.
The funeral will bo held Saturday.
John T. Foster.
NORFOLK, VA.. Dec. 23.?John T.
Foster dlod yesterday nt his home,
Cumberland Courthouse, ngod " R4 {
years. He was a Confederate sol- 1
dler and a member of J. E. R. Stuart's j
cavalry. He had lived his ontire life |
In Cumberland County. Mr. Foster j
had been fiick for two or three weeks. ,
Ho Is survived by three daughters, j
Mrs. A. E. (iodsey and Miss Fannie J
Foster, of Cumberland, and Mrs. C. 1
D. Westman. of Norfolk; also three!
grandchildren and five great-grand- j
children.
HARDING SENDS WORD
TO nANFORD MACNIDER |
President Convey* Clirlxtmns Greet
ing* <0 l.eglon Coinmnnder anil
111m Colleagues.
[Ry Associated Press.)
INDIANAPOLIS, TND., Dee. 23.?
Hanford MacNider, national com
mander of tho American Legion, to
day received the following Christmas
message from President Harding;
"Many thanks for your messago of
Christmas greeting and good wishes.
In return, let me express 'to you and
through you to the members of llio
American Legion my earnest hope for
the prosperity nr.! --nod fortune of
tliem all, and II 1 v!r'i that the New
Year may be la "..-n villi blessings for
those who spleiu'.dtj served their
country."
Power Company Suffers Jt.'tnft.uoo I.oss.
RIO RAPIDS, MICH., IVo. 28.? Fire
which last nltfht destroyed the Rog
ers Dam plant of tho Consumers'
Power Company alx miles soulh of
here, did damage estimated at be
tween $800,000 and $400,000, It was
declared today.
Voice of the People
IitKcri for the "Voire of the
People" Column should not exceed
BOO nurdi In length. lleyond that
number the Kdltor reserves the
right to blug -pencil. Name and
add resit must accompany each com
munlcatloii, not for publication. It
the writer does not wish it* but
?a evidence of good faith.
Cnreleaa Driving.
To the Kdltor of Thu Tlmos-rMspatch:
Kir.?As ;i visitor In your beautifui
nrul historical city I desiro to express
myself upon t^o observation Impress
ing mo most; ami I would be very
glad to see my expression In your
paper, rh same might possibly pro.
veilt an nccldcnt soino tirno in t>io
futuro.
Uelng an automobllo owner and
driver In one of the largest cities In
Ibis country. I naturally observe the
traffic regulations In all cities In
which 1 drive, and I want to say that
less attention Is paid to cross street
Gallic In ltlchnioud than In anv city
I have visited of Ilk? *!*?. J have
no Intention of criticizing your traf
fic force or nny one connected with
fame, but I do desire to call atten
tion lo tho violations for which
drivers are heavily lined In tho
larger and other cities and I pre
sume I ho same applies In Richmond,
but 1 see so many violations, espe
cially In drivers crossing . main
streets, that is. coming out of a sido
street and running across a main
stre. t without even stopping to seo
If there is n chance to get across
without having an accident.
The above violation Is particularly
noticed among tho women drivers
and the colored drivers. 1 have had
several close calls caused by women
drivers In cutting In front of mv car
and turning corners without Riving
my signal whatever that they ,,r?
going to iimlio a turn. In Itlchmoncl
the women drivers seem to think that
ih-y have absolute right of wav |n
all respects, but In my city they |mvo
lo respect regulations tbo same ?*
tllO 111 f II.
one f,treel cf,rner i have notlee.J
iVWIch Is especially Inviting to ,,c.
cldents. |s the corner of Sixth Street
?nd Grace Street, and i a,n surprised
to see no trailic olilcer at that corner
as I have seen some very close calls
there. Only yesterday did 1 Iv
car full of men going north on Sixth
Street at about fifteen miles ,?.r
hour nntl cross Grace Street at Sixth
without even slowing up. Tho time
was about L':30 and several cars with
good brakes caved themselves being
wrecked. s
v,;V,?1,l,Pr' ?'hat to he a
i i i on, |H the headlight glare
rr ' '"i;Ioul't tur"-1 'l"?n When
trafll, "'n-efs are passed. This ap
r 'H;ldo city limits as well as
Ju.^t ott 12*1 <1 ?? of city Jim It i*.
If I resided here I would make my
i ? "J rc"or,l?K these cross
ft hoi,s ror my own safety, and I
would mention a few lady driver*
nlei,, ?"? A" IL JAMKS.
nichmoii'l. Vn , December 21, 1921.
ARMS DELEGATES
SPLIT DEBATE OVER
TWO RIG QUESTIONS
" ''hitinned From First Page.)
!!"",nk' V : i''K "r 1"r'luHoriaI meet"
.nks. The conversations )invo not
however, renched a formal stage.
it Is Die hope of conference? lend
ers that committee dlscuselon of the
propnt-al for abolition of tho sub
marine may be concluded tomorrow
ond In some quarters it Is believed
that after Christmas tho negotia
tions relating to the Far East will
I'" resumed concurrently with tbo
exchaiiKos on auxiliary naval ton
nage. The Japanese hope by that
time to have further Instructions
which also will permit resumption
of tho Shantung conversations.
At today s meeting of the naval
committee. Admiral do Hon pre
sented at great length the French
viewpoint regarding submarines,
arguing that under-water craft not
only were legitimate weapons when
properly used, but that they have a
defensive value that make them In
dispensable to any important naval
nat Ion.
Ilnve Min*b to i'rar.
Replying for Great Itrltaln, Arthur
.T. lialfour used Illustrations drawn
from the experiences of France her
self during the world war to support
his argument against the sub
marine's value as an arin of defense.
He added that both France and
Italy, who are opposing the Urlti?h
proposal, have much to fear from
the submarine if employed In tho
licet of an enemy in nny future war.
The opposition of Italy wss con
tinued by Senator Kchunxor. who as
serted that the long Italian coast
line made the under-surface wnrslilp
an important element of national de
fense. The Japanese delegates, who
also have expressed opposition to tho
Hrltish proposal, and the Americans,
who have refrained from taking a
definite position, did not Join In to
day's discussions.
Throughout the argument, however,
tho American delegates professed to
see an increasing tendency to fall
bnck on tho American proposal pre
sented yesterday for the drafting of
an international agreement which
will make Impossible any ruthle?is uso
of the submarine such as horrified tho
world during the last war. The ex
changes have not yet reached a point
where formal expressions on tho pro
posal are possible, but the Americans
appear to believe that in the ond the
whole subject will resolve itself into
a proposition to regulate rather than
to abolish.
?Needs Arc Varying,
The estimates as to auxiliary ton-?
nago received from 1'aris during the
day by the French delegates lire
closely guarded, but they are known
to call for considerable more In sub
marines and cruisers than would bo
allotted if the capital ship ratios worn
applied down through all classoa of
auxiliary craft. It is the view of the
French, however, and apparently of
some of "tho other delegations, that
such an application of tho proportion
ate strength tables would he Inad
visable, since different powers havo
varying needs for different classes of
auxiliaries.
Tonight Admiral do Don's address
was described by Albert Sarraut, head
of the French delegation, ns embody
ing "the entiro French thesis" as to
the lessor types of warships. Tho
admiral, ho said, made a presentation
of principles rather than figureB, in
the belief that tho bases of the dis
cussion should ho well established be
fore the delegates passed on to do
talls. In other French quarters a
hope was expressed that at tomor
row s meeting tho American group
would present aotno definite proposal
for regulation of submarine warfare,
including perhaps limitations on tho
size and cruising radius of sub
nierslbles that may bo constructed in
the future.
Until all the proposals involving
possible abolition of tho submariuo
and possible restrictions on size and
use have been disposed of, tho
French hold, it would he useless to
hrlng forward any concrcte estimate
for the future auxiliary fleet of any
nation.