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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-02
RELIEF FOR WIDOWS.
Needy Because of Submarine Disaster
AIDED By President.

washington, June 1.--Relief for
widows of enlisted men who lost their
lives on the submarine F-4, which
went down in Honolulu harbor, has
been provided as a result of an exc
cutive order just issued by President
Wilson.
The women affected are: Mrs r..
Pierard and her sister. Mrs. Lungar,
who reside in San Francisco. Friends
of Mr.. Picard told Secretary Of the
Navy Daniels that Mrs. Pierard and
Mrs. Lungar, and the seventeen
month-old twins of Mrs Pferard were
In desperate straits as the result OF
the deaths IL Pierard and Lanyard.
members OF the F-4 crew. II was
suggested that Mrs. Pierard should be
given employment In the civil service.
Secretary Daniels recommended that
the President issue an order exempt
ing Mrs. Pierard from the application
OF the rules of the civil service COM
mission governing appointments. This
has been done by the President The
secretary of the navy has appointed
Mrs. Pierard to a place In the Mare
Island navy yard. Mrs. Lungar, who
Is an invalid and unable TO work. will
keep house for Mrs Pierard and take
care of the twins.
warm letter of THANKS for the
considerable action Of the President
has been received from Mrs Picard
and Mrs. Lungar.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-02
MEDICAL COLLEGE
FINALS ARE HELD

Despite the Indictment weather the
commencement exercises of the Med
ical College of Virginia, which closed
last night with exercises at the city
were attended by a mum
Der of friends OF the school and of the
graduates. The address was delivered
by Hon. Stanyarne. Wilson. following
a brief statement by DIR, Stuart Nc
CURE. dean of the college, who spoke
OF the work of the year and expressed
the view that the college has closed
a most successful season.
Diplomas were delivered to 144 grad
yates by the dean, assisted by DIR. J. p.
Monroe. OF the Charlotte Medical
school, which united with the Rich
mond institution this year.
The events of Monday night were an
address before the afunmnt society by
DIR. Cary T. Grayson. private physician
to President Wilson; and smoker at
the Commonwealth Club, The theme
of the address was the work of the
naval physician. A meeting of the
alumni society was held yesterday
morning.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-02
SONS OF VETERANS HAVE
INTERESTING SESSION
Discuss Question as 10 Whether Bust
ness on social Propositions
Come First
DELEGATE w ANTS EVERYTHING
THAT MAY BE COMING TO HIM
Election of General Officers Ia Take
Place at Session This Morning,
With Warm Contest for Place OF
Communicated Chief

The Sons Of Veterans will today
elect officers for the coming year, The
session yesterday was conspicuous Ivy
the absence of any fractional fights.
1t was understood, however, that there
was a fight on for the position of
COMMUNICATIVE Three names
were mentioned.
II Is said that ". j Brandon of
Little Rock. Ark is the leading cam
dtdate. He Is opposed, however, by
Garland r. Reed, Of Norfolk. and
Seaton Fleming. ef Jacksonville.
Sons Arc Not Numerous.
As a matter of fact, the Sons are
derelict AT none Of the meetings
has more than fifty appeared
Yesterday afternoon at the regular
session two hours was taken up by
an argument brought about by f. r.
Farrell of Washington. who wanted
to know why il WAS that all the Sons
had not been provided with tickets
to a private reception and dance given
by the local Sons. He grew dramatic,
and urged the comrades to insist that
alfSons should be provided with tick
cts and ladies for the dances arranged
for By the local committee.
Conrade Edwin Cox ameliorated the
Sit0dEloN pS -rneFFHE THE SentlbildD
from Washington n press ticket. which
admits TO everything. but MIR. Farnel
declined and then stopped talking
a bout social matters. when official
things were i'm progress.
The Sons discussed mHay things OF
Interest TO themselves aae were reg
ukGted to a remarkably hne extent by
Commander stewart. who appeared TO
Know every Hing = regafdins the. ny,
laws and constitution
In Good shape.
The reports of the committees show
ed that. the Organization is in better
shape than ever before. and that more
camps are coming In year after year.
There was a xerS slnashsttc expression
tending toward a larger circulation of
the Confederate Veteran" the month";
~ magazine of the TWO organizations.
Last night the Sons tas many as
could fill he place. and the maids held
o social session at the ] sffefs SON fiofsis'
This session was he one objected TO by
the member from Washington. who did
moi get u tfskse He was on hand
however. and forgaye himself for hay-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-02
CARRAhzA MOVES TO
HELP HUNGRY PEOPLE
President Wilson's Appeal Has stirred
Mexicans to Provide For
Their Own.
PROVIDES OPENING FOR
FRIENDLY INTERVENTION
First CHIEF Rcorganixing Territory
Under His Control. Establishing
schools and Food Depots.

FL Paso. June General Carranza
today. through his Secretary of War
and Marine at Vera Cruz, inform ed
the authorities in all territory com
trolled by him they would be supplied
with cereals and provisions whenever
it Is necessary for the people TO have
them. Six thousand tons of corn
were today purchased by the govern
ment. The Governor of the state Of
Queretaro has telegraphed CarranZa
that his State has sufficient supplies
to feed all the southern part of Mexico
until the next crop.
The Governor of Guanajuato tele-
graphed that they have big excess
that can be used to supply other To-
caIities.
The food situation in Mexico City
Is by Carranza declared pitiable, and
he saws he is collecting supplies te
meet the situation when the consti-
tutionalists enter the city.
All women and children in villa
territory. who are in need OF food,
will be furnished with supplies free
department of the division Of the
north, according to proclamation
issued by General Villa.
/ Americans returning from Tor
reon and vicinity declare that condi-
tions appear little. II any. worse in
that region and between here and
there than in the. days of revolution.
Condition Not Unusual.
while there is q scarcity of food.
as Americans would view IT.. said
an American who his lived for TWEEN
ty years in Mexico. and manufac-
turer and employer OF labor, ''condi-
Itions are no harder than usual for the
Mexicans. They are generally always
In want. i. If they can get food for
nothing they won't work; Ii they. have
to work for it. they get along on just
a.s@lirtfe as .lusSshie:rrefe Is. no worse
now than any either time, that 1 can
see
Emphatic denial OF the report that
Consul Silliman had protested to Car
rama regarding anarchistic conditions
in constitutionalist territory IL con-
tainad ina message from Vera Crux,
Representatives Of both factions
here show keen inserest I'm the de-
yelopment of the Washington-M Mexican
policy. A number Of villa representa-
lives have recently left for Washing
ton TO be in elsser teach with Develop
ments and extensive reports are being
made daily between the border and
Washingt sssss
villa is said to have recently issued
d violent anti-American proclamation
which his legal adviesr1 surpressed. \
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-02
BALKAN STATES ARE
READY TO PULL TOGETHER

Rome. June 1.-The prevailing
belief. i'm government and dfplo-
matte circles here, is that all the
Balkan States will be found on
the side OF the allies shortly.
Greece andn Bulgaria ssg cxpsss@s'
ed 10 join the entente powers
first, the intervention of Rumania
being purposely delayed owing
to . prcconceivd war plan against
Austria This plan calls for "a
simultaneous invasion Of Austria
from every side
According to advices from Vienna
the situation in the Austrian capita
has become alarming since Italy
declaration OF war. There have beel
anti-war demonstrations almost ever,
lay and bread riots which have heei
luelled with great loss of life. Tn
.ity is under martial law. The gov
has forbidden the introduc
ion OF foreign newspapers. even Ger
man. The news of Italian successe
on the frontiers Is withheld from tn
public.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-02
MADE It UNPLEASANT
FOR AMERICAN DOCTOR.

New York. June German sur
geons and hospital attendants made
his situation SO unpleasant that Dr.
Clarence II. Neymann. of Martin
Grove, Ills. Heideiburg student who
offered his services 10 the German
Red Cross at the outbreak OF the war.
was obliged To ask for passports and
leave the country.
DIR. Neymann, who arrived here to-
day on the Italian liner Duca Degli
Abruxxi. says that the use of American
ammunition by the allies has so in
censed the Germans against citizens Of
the United States thai in his opinion
an American Is not sare In Germany
at the present time.
lit was not until after the battle
of the Marne that this feeling Of
hatred for Americans began To de-
veiop.' said DR.. Seymann this after
noon. Then the German doctors.
among whom ! was working, began
remarking IN my presence. Here Is
another American wound when n
German soldier would be brought in
for operation, or Another of our men
killed by the Americans. when one
of the wounded would die"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-02
VETERANS TREAT ILL
WEATHER WITH SC0RN
Men Who Marched Through Driving
Sheet Find Rain Unable 10
Dampen Their Ardor.
THOUSANDS STILL POUR
INTO CITY FOR REUNION
First Estimates of Number of Vet
Grams and Visitors Seem Not to
Have Been Exaggerated--Events
To-day.

Craving driving rain and raw
wind as light-heartedly as when they
marched under the Stars and Bars
Atty years ago, the 1000 veterans a.
ready in Richmond 10 attend the
twenty-ffth annual reunion OF the
United Confederate Veterans carried
out the first DAYS program as If the
skies were blue and the sun were
shining refulgently.
Discomfort and inconvenience was
experienced, but no damper upon the
spirits Of the Veterans and Sons of
Veterans was apparent yesterday
morning. when the first session of the
convention was called to order In
fact, in speaking of the convention
being called to order" is figure of
speech. 1t was never called to order
Rebel Yell Breaks Forth
With the first strains of music the
four thousan nd veterans present found
1t impossible 10 repress the yelling
tides of emotion surging up within
them, and they did not try. One
gray-haired old soldier from Georgia
lost all control when Governor Elect
Harris began to speak and from his
throat came that shrili. piercing
rebel yeif' that on SO many battle
fields carried terror TO the hearts OF
the enemy. Immediately he was Join
ed by others, and soon the rafters rang
with wild echoes from thousands of
throats.
That pandemonium. at the City Aa-
ditorium was typical of the day The
veterans enjoyed themselves to the
utmost indoors and out, where the
rain came down now In fine drizzle
and now In torrents Civilians might
stay in the house toasting their shins
before open fires and sponsors and
maids and their SWANS might stroll
through the hotel foyers, hut NOT FOR
the old "rebs" Outdoors for them.
ard there many of them were seen.
In pelting rain. without TaincosI or
umbrella ard WITH 'thefF .@p4a sieaeh
grass pulled down over their eyes,
they moved along, singlv and IN twos
and threes taking In the town.
First Estimate Verified.
First estimates of from 10000 to
$4,000 veterans In attendance upon the
reunion was. borne out by he number
OF arrivals yesterday. Again special
and regular trains scared into the sta
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-02
FRENCH REPUISE
ALL GERMAN ATTACKS

Paris, June AFTER two days of
heavy fighting north of Arras, in
which the German losses are said to
have been very high. the French re-
main masters of Souchez and the
neighboring woods. The lighting in
this region was especially fierce
around a sugar factory in Souehez
which was alternately held by the
French and the Germans. IL Is now
definitely in the hands of the French.
There has been heavy fighting also
in the regions known as the ''laby
rinth." series of strongly fortified
trenches held by the Germans
Ablain ST. Nazaire Is now entirely
in the hands of the French. After
weeks of the hardest kind OF fighting
since the German drive the town. with
ali its defenses. as welt as 500 prisons
ers, manition and foedstuffs. was
taken. The announcement of this
victory came. tonight in an official
communique which was as follows:
Our troops have now entirely con-
.duered Abfain st. Snzafre. On May
IS the same divisions which had pre-
Vicusis captured GafeFrey agafr sifsa
magnificent work With hxAa bays-
nets they charged through the Gene
terry which had been fortified. each
tombstone having been raised and
stood upright in the ground. But our
charge was too much for the Ger
mans who soon surrendered -Four.
hundred OF them. including seven Of
ficers. ran towards US lifting their
hands In token OF surrender while
they lodged the fire OF their own
artillery. which was turned and aimed
Al them.
During the night and early morn
ing OF the next day the rest of the
village lying behind the cemetery.
was carried. We found d lot Of rnuni-
tons and foodstuN ~ the Afternoon
- the 2Qth II 4 Y - - s.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-02
Five Are Killed and Many
Injured In Attack of Mon
day Night
MODS TAKE REVENGE
ON GERMAN RESIDENTS
All Balkan States Prepare For
Simultaneous Spring 0 n
ustria In Aid Of
Italy

London, June i.--Detailed in
formation of the Zeppelin raid
over certain districts of London
cannot yet be given. With only
the Official statement, issued this
morning by the press bureau, IL
may be said that four persons
were killed early this morning. a
NTH Will die, and many were
more or less severely injured by
the ninety iBcendiary bombs
dropped by the German aerial
squadron which few over certain
districts near together.
Many houses were set afire, but IN
only three cases were the firemer
called. sNo public buildings nor gov
eminent works were bombarded.
Whether there was any counter-at
tack by the British airmen cannot b.
learned, but the admiralty announces
this morning that Flight 81 blieutenan
Douglas NJ. Barnes. attached 10 tbs
British aviation camp at Hendon
fell with his hiprzre Last night and
was killed
Anti German Rioting.
The aftermath of this attack wal
seen today when antt-German riot
broke out again IN London. Larg.
mobs attacked the shops and homes
of Germans, ind all the avaiia bl.
special constables had to be called
ont 10 -auell the disturbances Mann
shops were looted. but whether an,
were injured or killed is not known.
Details are not to be revealed 70,
a time. IL was seen when the officia
statement was issued after night o
reticence.
The names Of the killed are mo-
obtainable from the authorities, moi
IF the woman who Is dying at hos
pital. but later in the day II was
known that among the injured are two
young German tailoresses of the name
of SchraGer who were quite nadi,
hurt. One Of the bombs dropped upor
the house In which they lived They
are at a hospital In the east end. Full
Information about the noting IL no.
ohtainabie at this time. All that i,
known In the mohs suddenly appeared
In the districts where the demonstra
tong occurred after the destruction
Of the Lusftanfa. In that district
many OF the German shops had beer
mp. but these projections
were pulled down and the GROVE
rushed into the buildings. The con
stables were sum moned at once ant
they finally succeeded ir
sI bduing the crowds considerable dam
age was done. There were some ar
rests.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-02
MUST PAY NOW IF
BAGGAGE IS VALUABLE

Washington. June f.--Beginning with
midnight tonight the travelling man or
woman who carries more than $500
worth of baggage on q railroad journey
will have to pay the freight This 10
required by the cummins amendment
to the rate act. which prohibits rail-
road from making any limitation on Its
liability in either the transportation of
baggage or freight. The railways were
satisfied with the old conditions. They
placed an arbitrary value OF sieo; and
very few complaints were registered
by the travelling public. The new law
is one of the reform notions written
into the statutes by Senator Cummins,
author OF the Iowa idea"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-02
WEALTHY SOCIETY
MAN TO PEAITENIIARY

Especial to The Richmond virginian.l
Baltimore. Md, June I.--James
Walsh. wealthy society man. club
man and autoist. AGED thirty. was
today torn from the elaborate sur
roundings of a rich mans home and
sent to the penitentiary fer two years
on the charge of u,ansla lighter. Last
March. while IN his machine and in
an intoxicated condition. no ran over
and killed Mrs Anna Mel. Seymour.
aged sixty eight. who was well con-
nected in Maryland. Walsh did nor
render any assistance. but kept on his
way. He pleaded guilty TO the charge.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-02
GERMANS DEVISE. -
ANOTHER TERRIBLE GUN

London. June THE Daily TeIe-
graph publishes a dispatch from an
unnamed place In Belgium, that the
Germans for some time have been ex-
perimenting with terribly effective
explosive bullet for small arms. They
are especially adaptable for machine
guns and S25 of these built TO use
the new explosive. have arrived, at
Tn Til ole for issse when required. :
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-02

Fast trains for Norfolk leave Rich
uapnd 400 A, NJ. 1870 noon. 400 r.. NJ,
iixhtfui sadl across Hampton Roads.
'-sens cf MsEsimae.a Ioalsor naval battle.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-02

daily. Free reclining chair cars and
ruIlmans $50 Esst Main 1txsst
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-02
BALTIMORE sY cHEsAPEAkE BAY.

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First estimates OF from 1Q.O00 TO
f2ooo veterans In attendance upon the
reunion was borne out by he number
OF arrivals yesterday Again special
and regular trains scared into the sta
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-04-16
COMFORT FOR THE sCHOOLMAM

COMFORT FOR THE SCHOOLMAM
Alabama and Washington are fol-
lowing the Texas idea and erecting
cottages for the teachers of the rural
schools. The idea is to do away with
the old and never satisfactory plan
of ~"boarding round" a relic of pion-
eer days. In Texas the school direct
ors erect these cottages near the
school house and one county has six
of them. In one town the citizens
bought the land and erected the house
by public subscription. This place
has six acres of land around it. In
other places the teachers have five and
six room cottages, live together on
the cooperative plan and hire a wom-
an to do the homework. Texas has
over 100 teachers cottages. The plan
gives the teachers a chance for pri'
vacy and a touch of home life that is
lacking under the system in vogue
in other places. It is likely thai the
plan will continue to extend until
there is a teachers cottage in every
school district.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-04-16
IMPORTANT NEWS FROM THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL
IN OUR WEEKLY LETTER FROM WASHINGTON, D. c.
April 9. 1916.

April 9, 1916.
President Wilson has expressed his
intention Of being present at the OPP
ening ball game here, if his official
duties will permit.
The United States Government has
made a demand on Germany for COM
pensation, to the amount Of $685.
059.54 for the sinking Of the Amer
lean vessel William p. Frye by the
German Cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich.
The Eitel Friedrich, which has been
in port at Norfolk for some time un-
dergoing repairs, will be informed un-
til the end Of the war. The time limit
for her stay in port expired without
the looked for assistance from other
German vessels to help her to escape,
materializing.
Clifford Pinchot, former chief for
ester, who has been in Belgium aiding
in American relief work as a repre-.
sentative of the State Department
has been expelled by the Germans
This, together with the rather curt
note received from Germany in rela.
ton to the Odenwald, which attempted
to escape from San Juan harbor with
out clearance papers, has tended t.
train the friendly relations hereto
fore existing between the govern
ments.
Secretary McAdoo, who is recover
ing from an operation for appendicit
is, has been directing the preparation
for the Pan-American financial con
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gress, though confined to his bed. Yes
terday the Secretary was allowed to
sit up for the first time since the op-
Grafton.
The Central Railroad of New Jersey
has been fined 5000, 900 for granting
rebates to the Lehigh Coal and Navi-
cation Company, in violation of the
Elkins act %forbidding rebates.
Experts of the Department of Ag-
riculture estimate that the crop of
winter wheat will be about 619,O0O,-
600 bushels. The number of acres of
winter wheat sown last fall far ex-
ceeded the average.
A report of the Bureau of Naviga.
ton shows the 1876 vessels, with gross
tonnage of 485,586, have been regis.
tered under the ship registry act
These vessels were valued at $31,
1O7, 27O.
The trade balance in favor of thu
United States for the week ending
April 3, 1915, was approximately $21,
621 .172. Since December / the inn
ports of the United States hav,
amounted to $522,152,255 and the ex
ports $1,117,239,6 28, the excess Of ex
ports being 1896, 1887, 1915.
At the cabinet meeting this weel
Secretary Redfield submitted his us
ual report on business conditions. Ac
cording to the report the tone of bust
ness is much better than it has bee
in many months, the improvement be
ing more general than heretofor.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-04-16
Wanted to be POliet

A young woman prominent in the
social set of an Ohio town tells of a
young man there who had not famil-
iarized himself with the forms of po-
lite correspondence to the fullest ex-
tent. When on one occasion he found
it necessary to decline an invitation,
he did so in the following terms.
"Mr. Henry Blank declines with
pleasure Mrs. Woods invitation for
the nineteenth, and thanks her ex-
tremely for having given him the op'
portunity of doing so."-Pittsbure
Chronicle Telegraph.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-04-16

NEED COPPER FOR AMMUNITION
Twenty-six million shots are being
fired daily by the Germans alone, &C.
cordiny to estimates credited to zone
Of the worlds foremost authorities on
"copper"" whose discussion of the i'm
portance Of This metal is published il,
the London lines, with his na.ne
withheld.
His estimate Of $4,000, 900 German
shots every "a hours is based on the
belief that the German firing line ex-
tends in all about $50 miles and the
conservative" guess that 100000
Germans are taking part in the en-
gagements daily, to the extent at least
of firing 20 shots each. This would be
a low average, he believes, as during
real engagements hundreds of shots
are fired to each man.
Since a rifle cartridge, unloaded
weighs 184.5 grains, the total wastage
of brass in this form would amount te
687,578 pounds, or roundly 305 tons
per day. These figures made no al
lowance for the machine guns, which
spit out bullets every second.
Owing to the mud and water il
which so many of the battles have
been fought, the writer believed i
was doubtful that S per cent, of thu
cartridges used were recovered TO,
remelting.
"Not even Germany's huge prepare
tons could have provided for such
waste of copper for any length o
time," he declared.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-04-16
Fact and Fancy

Appropriations amounting to 81
O82 ,827,768 were made for army and
navy expenditures for 1894 by the
government of Germany, the United
States, Russia, France, Austria, Italy
and Japan.
Home is the dearest spot on earth,
counting rent and breakages.
Every torpedo costs $3.50.