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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-12
Charters Granted

The following charters were grant,
ed yesterday BY the corporation COM
mission:
Producers Fuel Oil corporation.
Richmond, Va. Capital: $1,000 TO-
s1,900,o0o. Objects: Oil business An
drew D. Christian. president: e. b.
F1ippen. secretary. both Richmond,
Va.
Mt. Athos Manganese Mining corr
poration Lynchburg. Va. Capitals:
$1,000 to sf5,0ea. Objects. Mining
business. Robert o. Morden. prest-
dent, Minneapolis, MINI. j. r. Skim
ner. secretary, Lynchburg. Va.
Freemason Apartments corporation.
Norfolk. Va. Capital: $4,000 to $10,-s
600. Objects: Real estate business.
c. NJ Barry. president; r. S. Cohoo1S
secretary, Norfolk, Va.
Hickory Hill Orchards. inccrp0r~,
ated, Staunton, Va. Capital: $5,000S
to $4,000 Fruit farming. II. w.
Brunk. president: J. Yost. secretary,
both stanton. Va.
The Eclipse, Amusement company.s
Incorporated. Culpeper Va CapitAl:
$4,000 to $4,000. Objects: Conduck
bowling alleys and picture shows H.
a. Tredway, president: Lewis p. Nell
son, secretary. both Culpeper, Va.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-12
MEMBER ALLEN CLAN
|SAOT WA|TtcAPPERS

Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
+ Wytheville. Va, June 11.-No later
developments in the case of the shoot
ing Of seven "whitecappers' In Bland
county a few nights ago, by a woman
and little son. against whom the
I"whitecappers." had made threats and
were trying Ito run outl of Bland by
forcing an entrance to her home.
The scene of the shooting Is some
twenty-five mile across the mountains
from Wytheville. The intimate as
ISOLATION of 4 prominent business man
of Bland Courthouse and the woman
was the cause of the shooting. No
arrests have been made. So far none
OF the wallpapers" have died,
though several are seriously wound
ed. The woman is closely related to
one of the principals in the shooting
up of the HilIsville fNa.) court by the
Aliens in which Judge, sheriff. Com
monwealth's attorney and Juror were
killed some two years ago.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-12
NEWS OF PETERSBURG
NEGRO THIEF ADMITS
/. STEALING AUTO TIRE

Petersburg, Va. June 11.---A negro,
giving his name as Charles Johnson.
alias Mack Ruffin, plead guilty to
stealing an automobile tire from DR.,
j. y. Osborne IN Police court this
morning and was sent on to the Hust-
ings court for trial ON felony
charge.
Early last evening DIR. Osborne dis
covered a. negro in his back yard at
his residence on Sycamore street.
who, when questioned, claimed TO be
Hooking for another negro. He was
ordered to leave and later the loss
OF the tire was discovered. The negro
offered the tire for sale at the store
of Newcomb & Co. on Boliingnrco ok
street. last night. where he was sus-
pected of having stolen it He
finally left, requesting that the tire
be kept for him until this morning.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-12
FIREWORKS EXPLODE,
ONE MAN IS KILLED

Petersburg, Va. June 1I--A Young
man. giving his name as Russell
Clements and his home as Lynch
burg. was killed almost instantly at
the works of the National Fire Works
company shortly before o'clock this
afternoon. Clements, who was APP
parently about twenty-five years of
age, came to the city yesterday and
applied at the fireworks manufactury
for a position, which was given him.
He was put to work this morning in
one of the little sheetiron HOUSES in
which only one man is allowed TO
work. 1t Is thought that his shoe
heels contained an iron on the neel
which may have caused the explosion.
The body presented a. ghastly sight.
The only property destroyed was the
house In which the explosion accnr-
red. 30
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-12
SUIT FOR DAMAGES
AGAINST RAILROAD

Petersburg, Va. June 1.-THE
Hastings court. Judge Mullen presid-
ing. has been engaged the past two
days in hearing the suit of J. T. Sarvis
against the Norfolk and Western Rail
way company for $500 damages
The plaintiff alleges that he was
severely injured while a passenger on
Norfolk and Western train. that
while passing from combination car
to baggage car. for the purpose OF
looking after some dressed hogs, the
train was stopped suddenly, throw
ing him violently against the glass
door. severely injuring his hand. The
railway company is represented by
Attorneys William b, McIlwaine and
'J. NJ. Townsend, while Messrs. Las
sitter and Drewry represent the plain
tiff
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-12
TOOK POISON FOR
HEADACHE; MAY DIE

Especial to The Richmond virginianl
Wytheviiie, Va. June 11.---Mrs.
Groyer Creger, OF Rural Retreat is IN
a critical condition in DR.. Gales hos
pital. Roanoke, suffering from effects
q overdose of bicloride of mercury.
taken through mistake for headache
medicine. She was rushed to the
hospital after local physicians had ex
hausted their skill to relieve her. No
hopes are entertained for her re-
covery.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-12
CHURCH HILL NEWS

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-12

The Marionettes, Misses Agnes Farrell.
Edith Martin. Alma Adkins and Thel-
ma Mcdowell.
The graduating class OF Chin borazo
school will hold their exercises Sat
urday evening in the auditorium of the
school, and a large audience of in
terested patrons. friends and parepts la
expected. Quite an attractive pro-
gram has been arranged.
Miss Louise SPANS music class will
give it's closinb recital Tuesday even
ing. June Is. in the Chimborazo audi
torium.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-03
PLAN STATE CENSUS
Plans for Taking Census Well
Under Way--Blanks Sent Out
MANY NEW QUESTIONS ASKED
information Sought Requires Church
Affiliations, Yearly Income, Edu-
cationaI Qualifications and
Many Other Questions.

Des Moines.-Supplies for the 1915
state census have been delivered at
the state house and are being sent
out to the county auditors. The enum-
Grafton is expected to begin in the
country districts on Jan. 1. While the
executive council can not order the
officials In cities to delay the taking
Of the census until May or June, the
instructions to be sent out will con-
tain the suggestion that the county
auditors cause such q delay II the
commercial interests Of the city de-
sire 1t.
The legislature will convene Jan.
IL and the proposition of changing
the law so that the census taking In
cities will come later in the year will
be taken up and disposed of probab-
ly before Feb. I.
The cards which will be sent out
by A. H. Dawson, secretary of the
executive council, differ considerably
from the forms used in 1905. when
the last state census was taken. Many
new questions have been added to
the list and practically all OF the old
ones are returned.
For the first time the wage Garner
will be required to give the census
taker report on the total income OF
1914 and the months of 1914 in which
he was employed. In former years
the state was content to know the oc-
cupation of every person. Now II
wants to know the full earnings and
the total time worked.
Each person must also give a state
ment as to the extent Of education.
whether It is common, grammar, high
school or college. In former years
all the census taker asked was wheth-
er one could read or write.
The state also wants to know the
church affiliations of every person in
Iowa. This is a new question entire
ly. Churches have previously attempt
ed to take a church census, but the
data was not complete, therefore the
state officials will attempt to get the
information.
A record will also be taken of. the
blind, insane, deaf and idiots In the
state. Formerly the only data obtain
able was as to the number of each in
the state institutions.
The other questions on the card
are: Residence. birthplace. also birth
place Of father and mother; do you
own your own farm or house? mort
gage on farm or house military serv-
ice sex. color and conjugal condition?
foreign born? naturalized? years In
the United States and years in Iowa;
months in school in 1912.
For persons living within cities who
have truck gardens or farms, there
is a special set of questions as to the
agricultural yields. This includes the
field crops. live stock. fruits and her,
ries, garden truck, poultry, eggs, milk.
butter and cream, extent OF farm ana
number of acres rented, II any.
In the county the farmer will be
required to give all OF the informa-
ton that is required Of the city
dwellers and a little bit more. He
must tell all about the 1914 crops,
live stock, farm improvement, farm
machinery and number Of silos.
In each county the county assessor
is the director OF the census. The
assessor will do the work under the
orders Of the auditor.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-03
STAFF MAKES NO BIG CLAIMS
Petrograd Official Announcement SLIM
ply Reports Victory Over the
German Forces.

London. Nov. 27.-The Russian gen
eral star still is withholding the de
tails of the victory which all .othel
dispatches from Petrograd say thu
Russians have won over the German
forces which penetrated Poland. To
nights official report simply says the
battle continues to develop to the ad
vantage of the Russians and that tbs
Germans are trying to extricate them
selves from an unfayorable position.
The Germans, on the other hand
claim they have inflicted heavy losses
on the Russians between LODI and
Lowicz 4Qs-- sls-S
Lord Kitchener In the house of lords
today stated that "the REINFORCED
Russian troops in this neighborhood
have been able to check and defea,
the Germans with, believe, heavier
losses than they ever sustained be
FORE" ~
The Russians are said to be con
tinuing their advances through the
Carpathians in western Galicia and
against Cracow and also are forming
q half-circle around East Prussia to
avoid the well-fortified and dificult
Mazurian lake region.
Russian Official Statement.
Petrograd, Nov. 27.-The following
official communication from general
headquarters was issued today:
I'm the battle of LODI, which con-
tinues to develop, the advantage re-
mains with our troops. The Germans
are making strenuous efforts to facili-
tate the retreat of their troops, which,
having penetrated in the direction of
Brzeziny, are now retiring to the re-
gion of Strykow under conditions very
unfavorable to them.
"A German corps has been surround
ed and is struggling to break through
to the northward, but the Russians
are keeping the pace and are gradually
drawing inwards. The corps has lost
very severely and many men have
been captured.
"On the Austrian front our action
continues with success. In the fight
ing of November 25 we took as many
as 5000 prisoners. including two regi-
ments with their commanders and
other officers"
Germans Claim 10000 Prisoners.
Berlin, November 27.-An official an
nouncement given out today by the
German army staff says:
There is no change in the situation
in East Prussia. &
In Poland our troops under Gem
eral Won Mackensen at Lodz and Lo
wicz inflicted heavy losse on the first
and second and on portion Of the
fifth Russian armies. In addition to
many killed and wounded we have In
our possession about 10000 uninjured
prisoners, 20 cannon. 160 ammunition
wagons and 1856 machine guns, while
we destroyed 80 cannon. In these
battles our young troops did brilliantly
In spite of great sacrifices.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-03
WORLDS
EV e N is
TER SELY and
BRIEFLY TOLD
Washington

Satisfied the ravages Of the hoof.
and-mouth disease have been checked.
the bureau OF animal industry at Wash
ington determined to lift the Quaran.
tine on 81 southern Illinois counties
November 30. The quarantine will be
removed in eastern Iowa and else
where as rapidly as possible.
President Wilson has communicated
unoficially to the diplomatic represen.
tatives Of the United States In Europe
his disapproval of attacks with bombs
from aircraft dropped on unfortified
cities occupied by noncombatants.
Secretary of State Bryan was In
formed at Washington by Ambassador
Riano of Spain that a number Of
Spaniards were murdered when the
Zapata forces entered Mexico City.
The United States government at
Washington has been asked by the
principal nations of South America to
cooperate with them in negotiations
with the belligerent powers of Europe
to bring about the exclusion of all bel
ligerent warships from the waters of
the two Americas and safeguard the
trade of pan-American countries with
each other.
United States crop estimating
board made public at Washington q
report showing United States has har-
vested bumper crops of all foodstuffs.
Report shows that all crops gave av-
erage yield 9.4 per cent larger than
last year and about 2.3 per cent more
than ten-year average
Prospects OF peace took on a much
brighter hue with the arrival in New
York from Europe of two ENJOYS, both
of whom, are believed to have made
the trip at the direction of neutral
governments that think the time has
arrived to start the movement to end
the war; Henry Van Dyke, American
minister to the Netherlands. was one
of the arrivals, and the other was Per
Ostberg. who came from Christiansand
bearing a special message from King
Gustav of Sweden to the Swedish en-
bassy in Washington.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-03
IMPORTANT IN RUSSIAN LIFE
Writer Pays High Tribute to the Sim.
pIicity and Sincerity Character
istIc of the Peasant.

In "The handspring Of Russia"
Thomas Nelson) Hon. Maurice Bar
ing declares that "The Russian soul
is filled with human Christian char
ity which is warmer in kind and In
tenser in degree. and expressed with a
greater simplicity and sincerity than !
have met with in any other people
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-03
Examination Ct Teachers.

Des Moines.-Of the 3.593 appli-
cants who took the teachers examina-
ton in October, 2.5S7 received pass
ing grades and will be issued certih-
Gates. The report Of the examiners
follows: 355 first grade certificates Is
sued; 1.441 second grade and 79f
third grade. There were 1.006 who
failed.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-03
Man EriahtfulIy Burned.

Laurens.-While ]. NJ. Staver was
loading a barrel Of gasoline at the
gas house here it broke into flames
very suddenly, causing a terrific ex-
plosion. Mr.. Staver's clothing caught
fire and he was so severely burned
that his chances of living are slight.
The team of horses that he was driv-
ing also caught fire, but they were
caught at once and blankets thrown
over them and the fire was extin-
guished with little damage to the
horses.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-03
anywhere else.

anywhere else.
The Russian peasant is the most
important factor in Russian life. He
constitutes the majority of his nation.
The peasant not only tills the arabic
land. but he owns the greater part OF
1t. This is fact which is practically
unknown. 1t is difficult to bring home
to the average person the way in
which religion enters into the daily
life of the Russian peasant. He be-
lieves in God as matter of course, be-
cause 1t is plain to him that 1t is the
right thing to do"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-03
Man suffers: KIN. Self.

Sioux City.-Fred Logan committed
suicide at grading camp at Correc-
tionville. He was suffering from tu.
bercuiosis and when he grew too weak
to work FASTENED his end with a shot.
He had wife living In Cleveland,
o., to whom he wrote pathetic note.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-03
England to RepeI Foes.

London, Nov. 27.-England Is pre-
pairing rapidly to repel any possible
invasion by Germany. Along the east
and south coasts Of England these
preparations. begun some time ago,
are being pushed forward as speedily
as possible. Emergency committees
of prominent citizens have been
formed in several Of the large towns.
The principal measures already plan.
ned look to the safe withdrawal of
women and children from tho areas
which may be threatened, and also
the removal of live stock.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-03
Farmers Losing Hogs BY Cholera.

Manchester.-Farmers in certain To-
cations Of Delaware county are los.
ing their hogs in large numbers by
cholera. Two years ago many OF the
farmers in this locality suffered heavy
losses through cholera, and again this
fall some these same farmers hogs
are meeting with a similar fate.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-03
Illness cause of Death.

Fort Dodge.-Because Illness robbed
Mrs. w. G. Stahl Of Waco. Texas, Of
the Thanksgiving spirit, she rushed
from the home Of relatives she was
visiting here and threw herself under
a great Western passenger train.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-03
Dies While at worshIp.

Northwood.-A. w. Colladay, aged
about 10. died suddenly while in
church from stroke Of paralysis,
which was his second. He was a re-
tired business man OF Northwood.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-03
European War News

ASs$s SPCNss W ~ kNS~S
The collier Khartoum struck mine
off Grimsby and went to the bottom.
A supreme effort to allay the growing
terror of the British people was made
in an extraordinary speech in the
house of commons in London by Win
ston Churchill, first lord of the admi-
rally. He declared new warships were
being finished SO rapidly in England
now that Great Britain could lose one
dreadnaught every month for a year
and still retain her present superiority
over tia Germans. Churchill said the
fact that British submarines had been
unable to produce results on large
scale was due to the seldom offered
opportunity to attack"
< Chancellor Lloyd George, in a speech
in the house of commons in London,
declared that England had rallied
from the financial depression caused
by the war and that conditions now
were of the very best. In evidence Of
his statement the chancellor pointed
out that the war loan of s1,750, OO0, 900
had been oversubscribed. Among the
large debtors Of England, he said, was
the United States, which owed $1,000
100000.
The Chilean government dispatched
the destroyers Captain Merino. Tarpa
and Captain O'Brien to the Juan Fer.
nandez islands, 400 miles off the coast.
The warships sailed to enforce Chilean
neutrality. An official statement said
it had been proved German warships
!. had violated neutrality by staying for
several days at Juan Fernandez.
British Indian troops along the Suez
canal have been defeated and Turks
are advancing to destroy the con-
structive works of canal and bottle up
British warships now in waterway.
The American steamship st. Helens
arrived at Colon, Panama, and report
ed that II had been fired on twice by
the British cruiser Berwick while 90
miles off Colon. Jg ems
An official Austrian dispatch admits
that Czernowitz, capital of the Aus
trian province of Bukowina, has been
evacuated by Austrian troops.
Thanksgiving day found 1000. 900
starving persons in warswept Belgium
crying out for bread and only half
enough food on hand to appease their
hunger. Three thousand tons of food
are required each day to feed the
sufferers.
The capture of an entire German
army corps numbering 10000 men by
the Russian troops in Poland was an.
nounced by the official Army Messen-
ger at Petrograd. II also stated that
another whole corps had been sur
rounded.
According to announcement made In
Berlin the Persian legation at Constan.
tinople has received information from
Iaorz that kurdish troops surprised
a Russian garrison and killed 1000 of
them.
An official estimate given out by
Berlin Of the losses suffered SO far
fy the allies follows: Russians, 1,i0O,-
coo; France. 100000; England, 10000.
The figures above include killed.
wounded and missing.
Tho Turkish government has mott.
fed the cable companies that mes.
sages from or to belligerent countries
viii not be admitted to Turkey either
terminally or in transit, according to
an announcement made at New York
by the Commercial Gable company.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-03
Smallpox Epidemic at Hoek,ro.

Albia.-over fifty cases of small
pox have been discovered at Hooking
and a few light cases have been dis.
covered In Abba. Physicians have or
dered all public buildings closed to
stop the spread Of the disease.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-03
Personal

Miss Evelyn Marshall of New
York is engaged to Marshall Field III
of Chicago and London. Miss Mar
shall is the only daughter Of the late
Charles H. Marshall, who was promi-
nent in the social life Of New York.
Richard Welsted Croker, retired
chief of Tammany, and Miss Beulah
Benton Edmondson, young singer,
poet and lecturer, who numbers
among her ancestors a Cherokee In
dian chief and Norman baron, were
married at the home Of Nathan
Strauss in New York. Mr.. Croker, is
seventy-three years old and his bride
twenty-three.
William Rockefeller, STANDARD Oil
millionaire. petitioned the federal court
at New York to dismiss the indictment
charging him and 20 other former
New Haven directors with criminal
violation of the Sherman law.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-03
LULL IN FLANDERS BATTLE
Both sides Claim to Have Made
Slight Progress, But With Little
Important Results.

Paris, Nov. 27.-Except for artillery
fighting the battle in Flanders re-
mains virtually at a standstill, al
though in isolated attacks both sides
claim to have made some progress.
There is no indication where the next
German blow is to be struck in the at.
tempt to reach the French coast.
The official French announcement
given out in Paris this afternoon reads
as follows:
mo important development marked
the day of November rs. In the north
the cannonading diminished in inten.
sity and no infantry attack was di.
rected against our lines. which made
slight advances at certain points.
In the region Of Arras there was q
continuation of the bombardment on
the town and its environs."
Berlin Reports Situation Unchanged.
Berlin, Nov. 27.-An official an.
nouncement given out In Berlin today
is as follows:
Tn the western arena of the war
the situation remains unchanged. The
French opened an attack in the region
of st. Hilaire with strong forces. The
strength of this attack gradually
dwindled and the movement finally
was repulsed with heavy losses to the
enemy.
1--WE have made progress at Apre-
mont"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-03
Mexican War

The force Of General Zapata entered
Mexico City and are maintaining or
der, according to Official kilograms
from Mexico City. Mr.. Silliman re-
ported Zapata forces. after sharp fight
ing. in which go soldiers were killed,
entered just as the forces of General
Blanco evacuated the city.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-03

According to the Paris Temps, a
German colonel, a prisoner Of war In
Belgium, declared IF we don't break
through by November 29 the general
stan has decided to retreat to the Sec
ond line of defense in Belgium. If you
find this untrue you may shoot me on
November 80"
The British merchantmen Malachite
and Primo were destroyed in the Eng.
fish channel by German submarines.
Their crews were saved.
The British battleship Bulwark was
blown up and sunk In the estuary OF
the Midway river. Between 700 and
800 men were lost, including Capt. Guy
Belater, her commander. and all her
officers. Only IL of her crew were
saved. 1t is announced officially In
London that the explosion was interior
and originated in the ships magazine
It is reported that in the great bat
tie In Russian Poland one entire army
corps Of Germans 100000 mem has
been captured. with all the artillery
and transports. and that another prac
tically has been wiped out. Thirty
six trains full Of prisoners are said tc
be on the way to the center of Rus
STA.
Russian Imperial Grand Duke
Dmitri, son of Grand Duke Paul Alex
androvitch, uncle of Emperor Nicholas
was severely wounded in an engage
ment on the River Warthe.
The German emperor, according to
a dispatch from The Hague, has or.
dered Gottlieb Won Jagow to notify
all German diplomatic agents who
hitherto have been employed in the
countries now at war with Germany
that they can consider themselves free
to choose another career.