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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-30
CLAIMS FORMER EMPLOYER
ASKED i'm no INI\E lNI IINNIE

Strayhorn informed the detective thut
Mr.. Baker, for whom he had once
worked, saw him on the stree, and had
asked him to take The car to the gar
age. He claimed he thought he was
doing a favo. to all tile parties con
cerned. Captain Mcmahon called
Baker over the telephone ana was in
formed by the mans sistcr-iu-law that
Baker had been sick IN bed for three
weeks, and had not been out OF the
house during the day.
Strayhorn was then formally placed
under arrest and charged with being
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-30
Reports Robbery.

Mrs. Alma e. Held, 3201 Monument
Avenue. reported the theft Of a s15
mesh bag from her room TO tho police
yesterday. Detectives will investigate
the robbery.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-30

Falls From street Cor.
Miss Mabel Lawman. 507 Monroe
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-30

Street. fell from Broad and Twenty
NTH Street car, near Sixth and Broad
Streets. yesterday, and suffered a
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-12-02

The fastest OF the English whtppets
can tear along oyer the ground at tn"
rate Of IL yards q second.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-12-02
GODMOTHERS OF FRANCE
ARE LOVED BY SOLDIERS

Paris, (by mail).-The godmothers'
certificate Certificate de marraine) is
the latest distinction originating in the
great war. 1t was invented by the
spasmodic publication entitled The
Echo of the Huts,' a journal of the
torials. 1t reads as follows:
II, the undersigned, certify that
Madame Cor Mademoiselle) .........
has been my godmother during the war
since. ..l91..
n
The golmother may be a woman or
a girl Of any age; h has in some in
stances turned out to be a man. Her
mission is to convey good cheer to
some soldier at the front who has no
family at home to look after him OF
who, through the vicissitudes of Wal,
has been cut off from all communica-
ton with his relations. She writes to
are practicable, and many that are
not. She is generally French, of
course, but many English women and
100 Virginian girls are said to have
their godsons in h French army and
are sending them enough letters to
keep all the interpreters busy.
What the ''poilu" thinks of his god
mother may be learned from he Echo
of the Hu.s.' 1t says: Their at
tentions are constant and full of
delicacy. They provide their godsons
with a little well being. with a few
luXuries that are not superfllous, and
with some enchanting dreams that are
not entirely useless either. AS the SOL
diers of old combatted for their ladies,
so the 'poilu' of today fights for his
godmother. The godmother must be
satisfied with her godson; in order
that she be proud Of him. that he be
worthy of her, the 'poilu' performs
heroic exploits.
1T cannot finish otherwise than in
"a contract in due and proper form.
Therefore, to immortalize these patri-
otto unions, we have decided to create
the 'godmother's certificate
Later on it will not, perhaps, be the
least moving Of the souvenirs of this
war;
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-12-02
WOMEN CONTROL PURSE IN
POCKET EDITION NATION

Zoe Beckley, in the New York Mail.
belnS n his wife calls a %"pickerup
unconsidered trifles," Lawrence
Ifaht finds himself the r~ediscoverer of
e on smallest and a known republic
on earth-Andorra, in the Pyrenees.
MT. Grant is an Englishman. He was
an ACTOR, and soon will be q lecturer.
,Andorra lies exactly south of Arriege,
etwee Spain and France" he says.
.lts story is shrouded in mystery. But
py enormously tr~anslating some prehis-
dorlc documents i earn hat in A. d.
800, Louis and Debonnaire gave the
Andorrans a charter of independence
TOR helping him in a fight with Spain.
,Andorra is one exquisitely beautiful
valley about 16 miles in length. The
ohe road TO II Is from Spain and over
Il you travel by mule. The road is fair,
but highly undependable, on account
OF avalanches n landslides. You
camp by the WaySide at night, for in
stance, and the road ahead of you is
entirely obliterated in the morning. If
you are lucky enough to be left alive
you and your mule make a detour and
pick up the highway again.
Some II tiny villages exist, scat
tered over six little counties, which,
despite their pocket edition proportions.
enjoy local option and a strong meas
ufe OF freedom in every respect. The
Andorrans even have a language of
their own, a sort of Catalan, or mongrel
Spanish.
The Andorrans and their funny little
country are full of quaint i%nconsis-
tencies. They nave thousands Of head
of cattle, yet butter, milk, cheese and
cream are unheard of. They breed the
animals entirely for the veal produced.
There are no bakeshops, but they
do have bootmallers and very good ones
ut that. They have no carts, but they
have quite modern electric lights which
they do not in the least understand;
they've had people from Spain to in
stall them. The power they get free
from h rushing streams that tear
through the valley. There are 20 miles
of these wonderful trout streams-full
of fish which nobody catches.
With all Andorra's opportunities to
be s~uperlatively quaint, she has bungled
her chances terribly. Her women for
Instance, are the business people Of the
places. Ma and grandma are the purse
holders. They attend to all financial
deals except the veal trading, which
must necessarily be conducted at a dis
lance, wherever the market ~is-chiefly
in Spain.
yet the Andorran woman would
rather plow a mountain field set at an
angle of as deereos than lift her voice
IN municipal affairs" 1
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-12-02
NOTHING SACRED
ABOUT INTERSTATE
LIQUOR TRAFFIC

From the indianapolis News

From the Indianapolis News.
The Webb-Kenyon liquor law has been
This is the first important ruling on the
act since it's passage, over President
Taft's veto, in 1913. Two attacks have
United States supreme court, where they
await decision. While the Kansas opinion
will nave no direct effect on the federal
significance. The Webb-Kenyon act is en-
titled IAN act divesting Intoxicating IL
quors of their interstate character in GER
state to another, (which = intoxi-
eating liquor is intended by any person
Interested therein, to be received. pos
in violation of any law Of such state
- is hereby prohibited" The case in
Kansas was on appeal of the Missouri
fined in a state district court for deliver
ing Intoxicating liquors within the state.
in violation of the Mahin law requiring
rail- mah,n TO ,a me w sapla rnaapdsa ss "a nn.n in
within the purview OF the Webb-kenyon
1t is understood that no appeals through
state channels had previously been taken
owing. to. the insignificant nature of the
ines imposed. But the Missouri Pacific
was fined 500 on each of 70 separate
kansas supreme court had, OF course. to
take into account the national statute.
Justice West, who wrote the opinion, held
that there is nothing more sacred about
whisky intended. for unlawful use than
there is about diseased meat and lottery
tickets, and, there. congress has the same
power to prohibit interstate traffic In one
as in the other" The two federal cases
on which the determination Of the constl-
tutionality Of the Webb-Kenyon act finally
rests concern the Adams Express COM
pany, the American Express mpan
Whitley county. Kentucky, a distill.ng
company In Cumberland, Md, and the
state Of West Virginia. The Adams Elk.
press company carried liquor into a 'tdry"
Kentucky county and was fined The
American Express company refused to
accept a liquor shipment billed to dry"
West Virginia, and the distilling company
seeks an Injunction compelling the ex-
press company to carry the goods. In the
two federal cases mentioned, liquor manu-
facturers have argued the unconstftution-
ality of h law, while attorneys for the
Anti-Saloon league and certain states have
commended for its validity. The transpor-
tat!on lines are placed In an embarrass-
ing position, being attacked II they de-
cline to accept disputed shipments, and
also II they transport the liquor. An
early definite decision is, therefore, OF im-
portance. No fewer than a dozen states
are now deeply concerned as to the. status
Of the aw.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-12-02

way during the war that makes power
full nourishment imperative. Especial
ly IS this the case with miners. A min
imum Of them must dc the utmost pos
sible work. IT complete nourishment
is not afforded them the work must
suffer. Without it, 1t is inevitable that
the workers will break down. and thai
their families health will suffer per-
manently. This damage must be
avoided.
We ask, therefore, that necessary
measures be taken. in order that the
supplies of meat and fat which are at
hand shall not be used up to too great
an extent by the upper and weather.
classes, who work far less thar the
miners. and that the necessary quanti-
ties Of such foods shall be made avail
able for the poorer, hard laboring por-
tion Of the population SO as to main
tain their working strength.
THE proposed measures announced
by the imperial government for sup-
plying cheap potatoes removes the ne
cessity of going into that subject now.
We wish, nevertheless, to Express the
urgent wish hat the supplying may
begin as soon as possible and at low
prices"
The petition is signed by represen-
of Germany" the Trade Union Of
Christian Miners Of Germany" the "Po-
lish Workers Association, Miners Di-
vision" n h Trade Union Of Mi
ners' HID"
The visible supply of lard, in Berlin
at least. has become so small that the
magistrate has forbidden its further
sale to the general public, and a di-
rected that it is to be distributed to
worthy poor families, those of soldiers
preferred. The National Woman's as
ISOLATION is to take charge of all avail
able lard and have control over its dis
tributinn
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-12-02
Chopin. Heart In Moscow.
From the London Chronicle.


Before the Russians left Warsaw they
sent away from that city Its most pre-
cious relic. the heart Of Chopin. which had
been kept in q casket in the church Of the
a place of safety at MOSCOW. Shelley's
heart was also preserved in a casket.
When the poet was drowned off Leghorn
in 1876, his body was cremated by Byron.
Leigh Hunt and Trelawney, and his heart
was rescued from the flames by the last
named. When King Robert Bruce Of
preserved in a casket. 1t was given to his
friend, Sir James Douglas. to be buried In
Jerusalem. On his way out Of Palestine,
Sir James Douglas fell. fighting against
the Moors In Spain. and as he fell he
threw the precious relic before him in the
battlefield. crying out. Now pass on
ward as thou vert wont, and Douglas will
follow thee or die" The heart was found
next day by Sir Simon Leigh, who brought
1t back to Scotland, where 1t was buried In
the monastery Of Melrose.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-12-02
War and Science.
From Science.

The Royal society Is compiling a reg
lister OF scientific and technical men
in Great Britain and Ireland. who are
willing to give their services in CON
nection with the war. The register
win be classified into subjects. and
will ultimately constitute q large panel
OF men OF standing. whose services
will be available whenever any gov
eminent department or similar author
ity requires specialist assistance. The
register is being co-ordinated with
those independently compiled by other
societies and institutions. but the Royal
society would be glad to have appli-
cations for forms from such members
Of the stats Of colleges and technical
institutions as have MOI yet been reg
istered by any society. The Royal 500
ciety Is also drawing up. with the co.
operation OF the principal societies. and
institutions. a list OF scientific and
technical men m active service in the
army and M
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-12-02
NAPOLEON WOULD MOUNT
ONLY GENTLEST OF MACS

London, (by mai]).-In connection
with the accident to King George, who
sustained severe injuries in a fall from
his horse, the London papers recall the
that We're taken lest Ma
poleon should appear at a disadvan-
tage on horseback. The emperor was
rot q first class ~horseman, and his
horses We're always specially trained.
Here Is a description OF the methods
employed:
They were trained to remain per-
tectly steady under t~ortures of every
description; to receive blows about the
mead; drums We're beat. pistols and
nre crackers We're fired in their ears,
Tags waved before their eyes, clumsy
packages, and sometimes even sheep
and pigs. were thrown between their
legs. None were deemed sufficiently
framed until the emperor could, with
u the least difficulty, pull them up
short at full gallop, which was his ia
vorite pace"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-12-02
THE SON OF HIS FATHER.
From the Chicago Herald.

a-Hrana SAtO iASoe
Readers old enough to remember heard
in Winston Churchill's speech in the Brit
ish on Monday the once-familiar
tones of his father, Fighting Randy
Churchill of the later sos. There was the
same refusal to apologize; there was the
same plain speakiDg-out of convictions;
there was the same disregard OF certain
polite and moth-eaten conventions OF the
British political game; there we're sen
fences that went to the heart of the sit
uation.
Whatever his defects Of character or
conduct, Winston Churchill is at least no
dodger. Even with respect to the Ant.
earlier, and knew nothing of its under,
taking when undertaken, he commended
that 1T should not be regarded as wholly
advance. and without it one of the great
battles would have been fought farther
south, han the ser.
AS for the Dardanclles attempt. he glor-
led in it, and regretted only that 1t had
not been pushed harder last summer,
with the utmost vi9or, fury and sustained
flow of re-enforcenlents,' since an ad-
vance there would nave settled Turkey =
fate. determined the attitude of he Bal
kans. cut off Germany from the east and
saved Serbia This was not prophecy
ing after the fact. 1t is of record that
Churchill urged the government to do
what it could in the west, but in any case
to take Constantinople while time re-
mains"
HIS remark tlldl lIc CdIlpdiSu VI i5lD
had been governed by the shortage of mu-
nitions, but that the campaign of 1916
ought to be decided against Germany BY
reason of the shortage of men" put in
n sentence the theory of the policy of
wearing down" in which the allies hope
of success plainly lies. And his declara-
ton that we are the reserve of the al
lied cause. and the time has come when
that reserve must be thrown fully into
the SCALE defined the course of action
that must be ~resoiutely t~aken-unless
Britons resign themselves to an ignomini-
Gus peace.
From the height of political power Win
ston Churchill goes to join his regiment
In Flanders; He may fall In the land
where by the bloody brook of Blenheim''
or "the ditch at M%alplaquet" his ancestor
directed the storm of battles in which
Englishmen died for England. But whetil-
pr he fall or win fame as a soldier his
place is secure as a man who neither
feared to act nor to take responsibility of
action, who like his father before him
up in courage to all issues that
challenged.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-12-02
Cost of Goyarnmant.
From the Saturday Evening

From the Saturday Evening Post.
The administration calculates that the
government VI spend about 81, 250, Co.,
900 next year. or nearly double what 1t
was spending 10 years ago-another notice
that government steadily grows more ex-
pensive.
To govern the world before the great
war probably cost $4,000. O00,O 600 a year. The
Statistical Abstract tabulates expendi-
lures of 20 governments. whose subjects
numbering one billion six hundred and
odd Enthusiastically make up the
worlds population. Before the war these
governments spent over $l3,0oo,000 a year.
which must now run well toward $1,000
O0os00O a year: 1t does not include expendi-
o eahes Small ai'' poli aaa a units. 'e Quite pe m 1iKelyy
the total would reach $40, Oo0,o 10000 900.
On a peace basis. the United States and
Germany appear to be the, most expen-
sively governed countries In the world.
Our total, when the new budget Is adopted.
will be with hailing distance of $1,000. OF, 900.
Expenditures of the German empire. the
to nearly 81, 500. 100000. But the German
states operate railroads, telephones and
other public utilities, which swell both
rsgsnas ans are P nearly al T for sove 9an ent
pure and simple-or impure and compli-
Gated. II Q like it that way. better. II
we took our total al at 81 ss;o SSs ;ooo,o 600 and the
guess-it would cost one-sixth as much to
govern 100. 100000 people in the United
States as to govern ], 500,0O0,00 in the re-
mainder Of the world.
AS to the national budget, the annoying
feature Is not Its size. but the susplcson
based on the opinion Of those who speak
with most authority. thai It involves q
great deal OF waste. Everybody In the
country. except the statesmen at Wash
ington, would III to know 10Y well
grounded that suspicion Is. It Is easy to
get the government to Investigate every
thing else, but practically impossible to
get It to investigate itself,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-12-02
LIFE AT
BIG FOOTBALL GAME

From the Newark News.

From the Newark News.
All morning the cars pour into little old
way for a pedestrian to cross from Gu
C to the campus is by areoplane. The
university has provided spaces near the
stadium for 1920 cars, but most drivers
still prefer the private parking places near
the main street. In one day the humble
householder Of Princeton can make
his rent for a couple of mouths. Even
some of the churches open their lawns for
The occasion. The grounds around the
club houses are packed solid with the cars
in town is used as standing room for au-
tomobiles except the lot where the game
is PLAYED. The good old perfume Of chrys-
there by thousands, and they may be as
fragrant as ever; but the characteristic
smell of a big football match in this day
Sitting comfortably in a parked car. it
IS pleasant to eat a shoe-box lunch and
watch the late comers. Out In the road
throng and points to his driveway. A big
car turns In, a woman at the helm. She
can't twist the wheel quickly enough.
want the vote!" remarks a stout young
man In the car next to yours. He Is one
OF a hilarious stag party; you are sorry to
b hom g y no1t Wtlf ge a : thar alea same e 9n .he na r1ad
in a ditch and partly In a wire fence,
and you win remark. And they have the
VOte! IhlS particular young man Is now
taking a guying from his companions; it
appears hat he was to provide fruit for
the lunch. and he has brought six sickly
looking bananas.
Around are other luncheon parties. Some
OF them have spread blankets on the
ground and are taking refreshment picnic
fashion. There are crimson catching flags
and orange remnants everywhere. Whisk
brooms are busy, for the roads of mid
die Jersey are famously dusty. A mil
l%ionaire Is trying to open a sardins can
with a pocket knife; he is getting oil on
his leopard I'll overcoat. and his lady
wife is jawing him--just as If he couldn't
bottles CLEAN in the sunlight. and there
chicken sandwiches. It is all very pic
turesque and agreeable.
But after the game. Four thousand au-
tomobiles with but a single thought, 1000
engines hat beat as one. The songs of
alma mater are forgotten in the feverish
rush for home. sweet home: It is more
than an exodus: 1t is a regular Leviticus.
What a scramble; What a fog Of smoke.
What shrieking Of klaxons. What heroic
deeds are lone by the local and the Tren-
ton police, compared with which the per
formances Of the gridiron men were
chfld's play.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-12-02
Tho Prime Requisite Of . Soldier.
Ralph w. Page in worlds Work.

The very ssence OF a good soldier
Is physical condition. That as a ma
ton we are individually not in such
condition was Very strikingly shown
at the business mems encampment at
Plattsburgh. This regiment al re-
5cruited largely from athletes-polo and
football players. militiamen. big game
hunters. and such people. probably far
above the average Of our citizens, They
had q months very vigorous training.
And yet 10 miles was the utmost limit
they could cover as q body on the
march In one day. Yet the Thirtieth
fore the amateur war began. arrived
at camp about $3.50 In the afternoon.
the band playing What the hell do
we care, having covered 50 miles to-
man since reyeille.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-12-02
PROBLEM IN
GERMANY SERIOUS
Speculation Partly to Blame
For High Prices, Claim
Even Rabbit Crop Is Short
Berlin Without Lard.

Berlin (Special)-From every part of
Germany come in increasing number
complaints Of the ever mounting cost
Of living-especially Of eating-and
coupled with them more and more fire.
quently the charge that the middleman
Is to blame. n that speculation, not
shortage Of food, Is responsible for
jack1ng up prices to an unprecedented
height.
Scarcely a day goes by but the food
question is aired in at least one of the
newspapers. The middleman refutes
the charge that he is at fault quite as
regularly as it is made. with the re-
suit. as the Tageb1att said, that the
more earnestly the true explanation is
sought. the more muddled becomes the
whole subject.
Butter has been the latest commod-
lty to &c up. 1t had reached a three
mark-a-pound (75 centS) figure and
was advancing daily when the author
tiles stepped in and anchored the price
at 2 marks, so pfennigs, where it still
main There is, further, a strong
agitation for the government seizure OF
al butter, just as grain and other
things have been seized and the dealt
out equally and systematically. One
reason for this agitation is seen in
South Germany, where a physician re-
ports that the largest in his
Ioy AhS IL CI t1lS
rate Of LAO marks for 10 liters of milk
that are necessary for one pound of
butter and is selling the product
wholesale at $50 in Saxony; conse-
quently the creamery refused to sell
any or Its butter at home. but, for
months. had been sending all it could
make to the north. An additional prof
TT came from the buttermilk.
Rabbit Crop Short.
October Is the rabbit season in Ger
many. and 1t had been anticipated this
year particularly, as the people were
in need Of this usually inexpensive, yet
appetizing, food. When the s~ason
rabbits were scarce. instead of plen-
tiful, and were to be had only at pro-
hlbttlve prices-rangiAg from $50 to 7
marks (s1.37 to S1.75). 1t was charged
that the middlemen had been holding
back the supply, with intent to increase
the prices, but that charge is met by
the assertion that the number of hunt
ers this year is smaller than ever be-
fore and the number Of rabbits shot is
correspondingly smaller. Hence, by the
law of supply and demand. prices have
gone up. 1t is also pointed out that
ammunition, guns and equipment for
the hunt are dearer h ever.
h recent experience OF a Berlin
banker indicates that there may be
some truth in the charges against the
a Berlin game store at 7sS pun w. - -
pound. his protest heinp mot WITH +ha
assertion that the farmers co,,ntrv
price was so high that II vas
Impossible to retail the bird for less
Yet the next day he IL he was able
1870. He took both birds To tha Chef
! Of a big Berlin and was as-
sured that in weichl. quality and
| every other particular the two were
Identical.
In the mime conntrv ns vastarn
he fns,r Arrest .ssociations
| Of miners nnmherine tho,,sands ~
members have feIt II necassarv to ma
tition the imnerial eovernment to