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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-04-12
COLUMBIA

COLUMBIA. VA, April 1.-THE La
dies Aid society OF st. Johns Episco-
pal church held their monthly meeting
at the residence of Mrs. J. ]. Nell
son. There was a large attendance.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. r. Mosby were In
Richmond for several days this week.
Mr.. r. II. willard. OF Richmond. spent
the week end with his family here.
Misses Kate Beall and Grace Cooke.
OF Greenwood. were in town on We'd
nesday.
Mr., B. r. Cowherd was in Richmond
this week.
Mr.. Eddie Beall. Of Richmond, was
the guest Of his mother for the week
end
Hon. T.. T. Hughes and wife and
daughter were visiting friends in town
on Saturday.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-04-12

for the coming week in the Gray
Trio, consisting OF Walter, Celia ana
Norma Gray. Each has voice
which shows careful training. and
the selection OF their songs is ex-
ceedingly happy.
The kiddses have not been for
gotten In the selection OF our Easter
week program, and an act which Will
be found irresistibly funny for them
has been provided. This feature Is
Buckley's animals, which serves -
introduce Teddy. the roller skating
bear and the smallest roller skat-
ing monkey In the world
Macon and Murray In new songs
and the Inevitable tango dances. and
will and Kemp. two excellent aero
bats In series of novel stunts, to-
gether with the now Pathe weekly
pictures complete the bill
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-04-12
A Marvellous Example.

A Brazilian woman living In Rio
Tanerio, formerY member of the
Roman communion, brst who had
drifted away from that faith, was
two years ago confirmed by Bishop
Kinsolving Fired with a supreme
devotion to the church she has CIV
en- her own home, valued at 1000,
and gone with her companion to live
in two rented rooms. 1t is intended
to remodel the house that II may
serve as a chapel until better build
ing can be erected, Donna donzaya
sets a marvellous example OF loving
self-sacrif1ce
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-04-12
THING THEATRICAL

Academy. wedme sday--Ytddfsh play
rrs. Thursday. FRIDAY aaa friday
tsa laee-Lymmn How~'s panama
apHL'
AsNb'~ Lyric--I4iStle Chip and Mary
Nariaiee. and other gh-c'ass Keith
fsafrsyes.
erayce scott Bijou, all week. special
rr1asi se~ Moudmy--arayce Scott In "lNhe
Girl Of the Golden West"
1.-the Theater--Hig h-cisss motion
pictu re%.
superior Thcater--High- class motion
plcfs ecs.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-04-12

healthful, outdoor labor, the better
food, the Incentive Of the honor sys-
tenn. and, above all, the wage increas-
Ing in proportion to the profits OF the
State, all com bine to make him bet
ter fitted to re-enter society The in
vestigation proves conclusively that
the building of good roads can be
made a definite factor IN the upbuiid-
ing of man.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-04-12
Little Theater.

At the Little Theater Monday Dam
lei Frohman presents Mrs. Fiske.
Americas most distinguished artistic.
in her foremost success. Tess of the
p'Urbevilies A soulful portrayal os
q womAn's sorrows
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-24
SW|NDLERS USE
WAR AS AN AID
,...
Pretended Relief Workers
Get Money Out of Refu-
gees in Belgium.

London, Oct. 24.-Refugees have
been telling the American relief COM
mtttee queer tales OF pretended relief
workers operating in Holland. Most
or these pretenders are steamship and
motel agents working on commission
who circulate among the incoming
trains with badges on their sleeves.
Some OF them warned passengers that
rooms were .unobtainable at .Rotter.
dam and advised Amsterdam for a
reason overheard by one of the refu-
gees.
What do you mean by telling these
people they can't get rooms in Rot
terdam. asked one agent angrily Of
another.
I'VE want some of the business
too responded the Amsterdam man,
An American lady complained of
giving an endorsed check for 20
pounds to an American stranger who
treated her gallantly in Germany.
since he was going ahead of the party.
he volunteered to draw the money IN
London, and send her the rest after
paying six pounds to q friend In Ion.
don. NO money came. and the lady
proceeded to London, where she
learned that the gallatt stranger had
not only drawn the money for him
self but instead Of paying six pounds
to the London friend he borrowed six
pounds. His name did not appear on
the relief committees books.
Another case closer home was that
Of man who sold worthless tickets
to Liverpool to confiding refugees.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-24
TOUGH TINE FOR THIS
GIRL;;SHE ONLY WANTED
Her PRO RATA OF Cash

London, Oct. 24.-Major D. W. Ket.
cham, one Of the American army off,
GERS sent over to London to admin
lister the fund appropriated by con.
gress as a loan to stranded tourists
relates this experience, illustrating the
faith of a certain class Of Americans
In the generosity of Uncle Sam.
One day 4 young woman called at
the majors Office and said that she
wanted the $500 due her. :
Thinking that she was one Of those
for whom money had been deposited
by friends with the state department,
the otficer asked for proof. He got
it. The tourist produced letter
written to her by her father. In this
letter the father said that congress
had appropriated 100000 for the
Americans in England, and dividing II
by the number estimated to be there.
he thought her pro rata should be
$500, advising her to insist upon her
rights. .'!&- srs 1T
The applicant admitted having suf-
ficient funds. but said she considered
the money a form Of compensation
for the nervous strain Of being caught
in Europe in war time. She left
Major Ketcham's office with the air
OF one who had been deprived OF her
dues. &,
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-24
....7.
HARD WORKERS
They are Doing Excellent
&. Service, in Relief Of War
Victims.

London, Oct. 24.-The women suf-
fragists are doing fine work in re-
neving distress catiSed by the war.
The votes-for-women propaganda
has been abandoned completely for
the present and many of the organ
es at the service Of needy women. In
London alone there are some $4,000
women who were earning their own
living before the war but who have
since become destitute, many facing
starvation.
The active service league of the
National Union of Women's Suffrage
societies. which includes in its ranks
over 500 societies which have been
means, has an organized relief bureau
In Its ofilces in shop on Parliament
street, and the branch offices through
out the country are also. filled with
suffragists working for their country.
The workers distinguished themselves
by wearing uniform consisting Of a
dark green coat and skirt, green felt
hats, with badges and ties Of red and
green-the unions colors.
The assistance OF German women
and girls stranded in London Ia in
cluded in the relief program.
The union has had many offers of
hospitality for stranded people, and
many private school mistresses have
offered free education for daughters
Of officers killed in action. Several
workrooms have been started where
inxs q week Of 40 hours-the trade
union rate.-for making garments
which are given to destitute people.
Many pathetic cases have been aid
ed. A British girl, children's nurse
In Paris. arrived there after q four
years engagement in Chile. She left
Paris when q siege threatened, leav-
Ing her lnsgage behind; and before
ing for three days In London on bread
and butter and tea.
One woman offered hospitality "a
q Belgian for lone month certain" ex-
planning that her small income had
dropped one-third and she did not
know whether at the end of the month
1t would drop altogether or not. She
was anxious while she could afford it
Of giving shelter to Belgian.
Another woman who was at 4 small
inn received two Belgian children.
who were taken to her by a suffragist
In q rnotorcar. Suddenly the children
began to shout for joy.for they recog-
nized in the hostess of the inn their
mother from whom they had been
separated during the war.
An Englishwoman doctor, married
to q German DOCTOR has suddenly had
the whole of her income cut off as
her husband, having to live under the
restrictions for aliens, has lost all his
practice.
A journalist, who had been earning
$500 year and was discharged by
his. paper, enlisted, as he was penni-
less. If the wife gets all his pay and
her war office allowance she will only
have about IS a week. -
At Manchester work fs being found
in q warehouse for 500 women and
penny dinners are provided. At South
ampton the art gallery has been turn
ed into a women's workroom. In Dub
lin the suffragists by getting an army
contract for q jam factory where q
lot of girls are employed saved it
from closing down.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-24

be made against London. To make
this move with any effectiveness q
hold on the Belgian coast, while not
perhaps essential. was at least highly
desirable. This desiratum has now
been attained, and It is reported that
German submarines and torpedo boats
are being transported from .Kiel in
pieces. like torn down summer cot
tage. to the Belgian. coast.
None of the great ships Of the
kaiser's navy has 50 far been engaged.
submarines. destroyers, and smali
cruisers having. borne the brunt Of
what naval action there has been in
the North sea. The recall of the
marines to Kiel and the provisioning
of the fleet are taken by some Of the
experts to denote that the time has
arrived for combined attack by the
sea, submarine Ana air forces Of the
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-24
SCANDINAVIAN IDEA OF NEUTRALITY. r.
DIFFERS; HAS FLEXIBLE QUALITIES
Belgums Violated Neutrality, Hollands Beligerent
..:.: Neutrality, and Norway's frightened Neu:
:,::: .:::* trality Show the Wide Range -.

army. While citizens of this city
would not directly state that they ex-
pected trouble from this source there
were indications everywhere that Nor
Way ts now apprehensive Of al, Eng
llsh challenge OF her right to export
ana transmit products to Germany.
A partial mobilization has taken
place IN Norway. hut most Of the for
tifications which have acted as CEN
Of Europeai wax The Streets @ Az az
quiet. there is noNe of the feverikh
anxiety in 'front.' ~. newspape offices
that is common in the other capitals
and towns OF Europe and Christiania
seems to be holding herself from the
war with what cannot help striking
the observer as a conscious aloofness,
which is on the point of giving way to
something more genuine.
Financial Situation,
The most serious damage which
Norway has suffered from the war is
that which concerns her financial con-
dition. just as she was in the midst
OF developing her, railways. her wa
terpower and her agriculture. the war
borrowing from France. This left her
with her development arrested, and
with a public debt of GOO, 1000 900
kroner, or about. e150.o0U, 900. The
half-completed railways in Norway
show how her. development was re-
tarded before 1t could pay returns on
the borrowed capital invested. The
ehect Of this financial burden has been
felt by every business and industry Of
Norway. Immediately upon the dec
larations Of war, q moratorium was
declared. This continues, and though
all business Is going on as usual, with
the exception Of the sBourse. 1t is be-
Ing crantped. by scarcity Of money.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-24
TITLED WOMEN IN : :.
LOWLY POSITIONS

London. Oct. 24.-Lady Beatrix
Barclay the wife Of Sir George Bar
clay, British minister at Bucharest, is
one of the principal workers in the
ambulance department Of the order of
st. John OF Jerusalem which Is the
senior Red Cross organization. in. Eng
land. Lady Beatrix Barclay is an
American, the daughter Of the, late
Henry G. Chapman Of New York. and
great Observation-Disclosures of John
Jay, the first American minister to
England.
Five thousand men belonging to the
st. John ambulance brigade have
been mobilized and are serving with
the British army and navy as hospital
order1ies.. and several thousand more
have volunteered for the work. The
society has sent out 1873 highly train
ed nurses to tend the wounded on the
field and many more are In waiting.
Much. OF the work Of the ambulance
bearers, and. even the nurses, is per-
formed under fire: ~
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-24
.pURBAR SAVED BY
WORK Of NEGROES
Horse with a Remarkable
Record Spared From the
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,... ...:.' Germans in France.

London, Oct. 24.-While dramatic
story of the escape Of Durbar II,
winner of this years derby, from
German hands has already been cir
culated by the press, It's circum-
stances do not at all agree with those
vouched for by Edward johnson, the
head trainer of H. P. Duryea's stable
Durbar being spared because he wore
an American flag with the words
shoot me not" across his breast, the
trainer, who is now in London, says
the Germans never saw. Durbar, nor
did they see his companion, Shan
non. and the two American. colored
men In charge: The reason Of their
the German raid the two horses were
hidden in shed on a peasants farm
while the two negroes lay in q pro-
tecting haystack.
For ten days and ten nights the
negroes lay in fear Of the Germans.
By q mistake in the road, they had
led the animals into territory occu-
obtained the protection of the peas
ant, who told the hostlers that IL cap
turedI by the Germans they would be
mistaken for the hated Turcos Of AL
geria, who had been distinguishing
themselves with the bayonet work.
Hence the pair would be tried by a
drumhead court and shot dead. The
peasant promised to look after the
horses and to bring food to the 1lidsrs.
During the ten days uhlans rode by
frequently but they did not discover
the racers or their guardians .t-.sf'
When news first came to Paris
that the Germans were sweeping
south. Mr.. Duryea. as an American
citizen. obtained permission from the
French government to send his stock
to his stud farm in Normandy But
Durbar and Shannon were unequal
to the trip, as their legs: had been
fired and were badly swollen. They
were left with the two negroes to
follow up at leisure, Not knowing the
roads, the negroes went north instead
Of west. It was their unexplained
absence that led Duryea to think the
Germans had made a capture.
Durbar will never race again. His
legs have given away, although Inn
proved by the fire treatment. But his
value has not decreased on this ac-
count, as he may be the sire Of future
derbv winners -
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-24
TRIED TO MAKE f.
SPHINX TALK

London, Oct. 24.-At least two
American Newspaper. men have tried
to make the Sphinx talk. They have
tried to interview Lord Kitchener. 1t
u d task no British reporter would
set for himself One American. report
er received polite note from a1sec-
retary saying Lord. Kitchener was too
busy. With that he can prove that
he tried the impossible. - -.
The one, cabinet minister who 'is
easy to interview is the first lord Of
the Admiralty Winston Churchill. In
deed when on September IS, the press
bureau announced that it would have
q statement at o'clock in the even
ing, the reporters were ready as usual.
But when it turned out to be an in
terview that Mr.. Churchill had given
TO g representative Of a Rome Journal,
their faces fell, ar novelists say. On
ly few OF the papers seemed inter
eAted In 1t.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-24
bR|TA|N'S WAR TAX
| BURDEN ENORMOUS
Many Face Bankruptcy in Face of it, but Few Complain
Governent Exercising its Ingenuity to find Subjects
! For New Levies-Incone Tax Must Advance.

servant you pay fifteen shillings q
year for the privilege: II your wife
delights her soul by the contempla-
ton of your armorial bearings upon
the door Of your motorcar you pay
two pounds and two shillings each
year If your crest is merely dis.
played on her notepaper the cost is
a tax of pound or more must be
paid. If the youngster has an air
gun, papa must cough up ten shillings
annually. If there is q death or q
birth or a marriage or burial in
your family and the fact gets on the
records. a tax must be paid. When
you lease q house or inherit money
or go into an inebriates' home some
one must settle with the state. Maybe
some more sources of revenue. Just
now 1t seems that everything has
been taxed. from the dog to the
grandmother. The only way out of
1t is to raise the tax.
Every one agrees that the tax on
earned incomes will be not less than
half crown in the pound" said a
banker the other day.
That amounts to one-eighth of the
annual earned income. have a
friend here, working newspaper
man, who is in receipt Of $1,000 a
year salary. The rent of his modest
"matsonette" fs f125 each year. If the
half crown In the pound becomes a
reality he will pay to the state each
month for the privilege of vicarious-
ly fighting the Germans just the same
sum that he pays to the landlord for
keeping a roof over his wife's head.
The kid said my friend; comes
out OF school next. year. can see
that. His mother will teach him
what she knows, and I'll teach him
for the rest"
Taxes in One Case.
This newspaper man." 1 may add,
is an American: He's a perfectly
good nssas citizen an a,ef Of Uncle sam; But that
pony up his .f125 each year just the
same. His city editor presumably
gets larger salary. He also In
herited 100000 not long ago from a
distant relative, for which he. paid
IL LIZ per cent to the state. BY his
own savings he made UP the amount
to the original f10,0 and invested 1t
in 3 per cent bonds. They yield him
$500 income each year.
Today he pays 9 pence in the pound
on the salary he earns, and a shilling
and tuppence on the income on the
money he inherited and saved. If his
unearned income had been more than
$4,000 he would have been paying a
sixpence in, the pound for the differ
ence. Now he expects to pay half a
crown In the pound on the income he
earns and shillings in the pound for
the income he doesn't earn. What is
he going to do about it? The best that
may happen is that the war will come
to an end sooner than any one can
reasonably expect and that the in
come tax will not go as high as every
one reasonably fears.
"The net result of this war" said a
man in high place the other day, sis
that every one in Europe and Eng
land will be stone broke. One thing
Is certain: The more money one has
the greater proportion one must pay.
We are all resigned to that In Eng
land
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-24

Many military experts have thought
the purpose Of the Germans in taxi
ing Antwerp was to sweep on to the
English channel and there find a
base for an attack Of Zeppelins on
London. If they take the north Bel
gian cities like Ghent and Ostend
they may move on to the French coast
and eventually take Dunkirk and
to London would be very short, and
1t is likely If the Germans came into
possession Of 1t there would be a
panic in London.
With the failure of the first great
German rush toward Paris. when the
kaiser's masses were repulsed in the
battle of the Marne and driven back
to the present lines, military and
naval experts predicted that the next
great German strategical move would
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-24
GERMANS BLUFF
CARRIES THE day
3t, :. =.
Lieutenant Gets High Hon.
or Capture Made on Pure
.t

The Hague, Oct. 24.-Not since
1855 has the decoration known as
Pour lie Merit" been given q lieuten-
reason the bestowal Of this order upon
Lieutenant Otto Won der Line, serving
in the fifth guard regiment, is of in
terest. He was awarded this very
high and coveted distinction because
on August "a with~four men he took
Fort Malonne at Namur before it had
been subjected to artillery fire.
How Lieutenant Won der Line ac-
! complished this has been described
by him in a letter to his parents:
Il was ordered to advance against
the fort with 500 men. our course
lying across an open field without
cover" he said. EVERYWHERE loop
holes stared at us. and I expected
that IL we were. not annihilated from
them. the many mines about the fort
would take care of us. Many officers
had volunteered for the task Of at
tacking the fort, but was picked out
to do it.
Arrived near the fort took four
Of NV men and approached in goose
| march, picking our way carefully
through the field Of mines. The draw
bridge was up. and the broad moAt;
! filled with water made it impossible
for us to get into the fort.
I'VE soon saw the commandant,
and I shouted to him that had a
whole regiment Of artillery in a, near
| by forest and that the bombardment
would commence within minute in
case he did not surrender. After that
the commandant ordered the draw
bridge down and we entered.
| II then ordered the garrison of the
| fort before me. Every man was
searched and disarmed. All arms had
to be left in the fort. I ordered. All
this was done with my four men ready
| to shoot. We took five officers and
20 men prisoners. while another 400
had already taken to their heels, as
learned afterwards.
This done 1 ordered my detach-
ment to come to the fort. You should
have seen the faces of the officers
and men when they saw my force.
Then the Belgian flag was hauled
down. and ono of my men made a
German flag from a Belgian pair of
black pants. white shirt. and a red
French sash. This we lloisted. Mean
while We had inspected the wine cel-
lar and so were able to celebrate our
victory with a few bottles Of cham
pagne. The corks popped wonder
fully.
1.-The fort had not been bombarded
and I held it until was relieved for
other work. We took four heavy 21-
centimeter, guns, a large number Of
small caliber pieces. about 100 rifles
and .revolverss 500 hand grenades and
several thousand rounds OF rifle am
munition."
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-24

Candidate for commissioner Of the
Second Commissioner. district of
Grand Forks county, which includes
all Of Grand Forks city. and the town
ships OF Rye, Falconer. Brenna and
the affairs of the county the same
careful attention that L have always
given to my own business, and that. /
have etyen to the city government
during the six years that was o
member Of the city council. have
lived In the county twentyssix years
and know its condition and needs. =
Your support ana vote at the com.
Ing election will be appreciated.
Yours truly, go.
-K.-C. Hunter.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-24
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LAUGH WITH US.

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Peter Thompson went to visit hi.
son in Montreal. It was his first visit
to the city, and the young man showed
him all the sights, concluding Will,
an ascent Of Mount Royal. In burst
Of enthusiasm young Thompson said
See: father. isn't It wonderful
WELL" said his father, III IFS sc
wonderful down there. what did you
drag me UP here for?"
Skipper Of Tramp. (hayine lost hi.
bearings! on b dark. stormy night, and
trying to get his position ON an old
and hlthy chart) II that's Cardiff
Bill. we're orl right; but II It's q fiy
SPOT 'eaven 'elp us!
.IIow do you like your new home? p
Q friend asked man who. had5 re-
Gently moved into the village.
Pretty well.'' 80 - 4 ssF.,
Have you called on your neishbore
'fNo, !" the newcomer admitted. i. u
haven't. But I'm going to II any
more Of my wood Is missiug."
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-24

When P. r. Barnum was at the
head Of his great. moral show" it
was his rule to send complimentary
tickets to Aclergyraen,- orrd ,tata7-c,astbsm
is continued to this day. Not long Af-
ter the Rev. DIR. Walker succeeded to
the pastorate of the Rev. DR.. Hawks
in Hartford, there came to the par
sonage, addressed to DIR. Hawks. tick
cts for the circus, with the compli.
ments Of the famous Snowman. DIR.
Walker studied the tickets for mo-
ment and then remarked: a.
'Dr. Hawks Is dead and Mr. Bar
mum Is dead; evidently they haven't
met"
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-24

"Boy, take these flowers to Miss
Bertie Rohoo. room H."
My. but you're the fourth man
wot's sent her flowers today -.
Whats that? What the dickens 2
W-who sent the others?"
"Oh, they didn't send any names.
Thew a'' said: She'll know where they
We'll, here. take my card. and tell
here these are. from the same one
who sent the other three boxes
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-10-24

"A young fellow recently applied for
a job as life saver at the municipal
baths in Minneapolis.
AS ne was about SIX feet six inches
tall and very we'll built, the chief life
saver gave him an application blank
to fill out.
@"By the way" said the chief life
saver, ''can you swim 2"
''No." replied the applicant, but ]
can wade like everything"