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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-17
FIGHTING IN PROGRESS
SOUTH OF NOGALES

FL Paso, Texas. Aug. i6.-Fighting
is in progress between Maytorena and
Carranza troops south of Nogales, the
Carranza troops under General Gales
attacked the Maytorena outposts south
of Nogales
American troops took precautions
to close the port, and artillery was
moved into position to protect the
inhabitants of the town or Nogaies,
Arizonagin the event Of bullets cross
ing the line. The firing appeared TO
be confined to the outposts, however.
and Americans did not express any
great fear.
General Hugh L. Scott chief OF
staff of the United States army. re-
mains in Ell Paso. It is rumored today
that he may go to Vera Cruz for a
personal conference with Carranza.
Additional news reached the border
that the troops under General villa In
Chihuahua are protesting against
further active service and that 1t will
be impossible to get them to march
south in the event OF an attempt on
the part of Villa to reinforce Torreon.
The Carranza forces are reported al
Jimulio, sixty miles south of Torreon.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-17
CONFER SIGNAL HONOR

was finally consulted before the in
novation was finally decided upon,
the trusteest finally hitting upon
something like - short business
course for merchants as explanatory
of the scope Of the department. Then
came, the difficult task of selecting
the right man for the place-one
which naturally presented no few
problems II Is understood that no
less than 800 men of prominence in
the commercial and educational world
were consulted as to Ihe best man to
fill this new and important chair In
the college. and ii is OF no little in-
terest to note the fact that 95 per
cent of those consulted recommended
Editor Norman Fl. Johnson as the
man for the place.
DIR. Johnson Accepts.
So, yesterday Editor Johnson re-
ceiver a formal tender of the honor,
much to his surprise, and announced
to a Virginian representative in the
modest way editors have, that he had
decided to accep.
The University of Tennessee, which.
as all men know, is located at Knox
vile. will open for the regular term
early in September and on September
Is, 16 and II Professor johnson will
the new course, which provides three
letures a month during the year In
sum and substance the course aims TO
teach the student who aspires to be-
coming a business man how to turn
over a dollar profitabi and that Is
what Professor johnson will strive to
do Those who know the man appre-
ciate the fact that the trustees of the
University of Tennessee nave chosen
wisely and well, and that If the gradu-
ates of the college In future do not
know the practical side OF business 1t
will be their own fault,
Mr.. johnson, who made the Mer-
chants Journal and Commerce. in in
fluence and circulation second only
to the Manufacturers Record in the
South, has won national recognition
of his worth and works He Is an
easy. graceful speaker, who always
commands rapt attention as one who
talks most charmingly of those sub
jects upon which he is best informed,
and since his splendid publication
became one OF those institutions to
| which Richmond has pointed with
pride. he has been much in demand
when conventions Of business men
sought wise counsel
| In addition to his duties as editor
and publisher of the Merchants Jour
nall, Mr., Johnson holds several po-
! sitions as secretary and counsel OF
! Southern Mercantile organizations
and is identified with the South S
business life.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-17
-FOUR BATTlEsHIPS
TO Be RECOMMENDED
Next Congress WIN he Asked 60 Make
Provision For Increase OF Record
Size In Navy.
MANY SUBMARINES AND
DEsSTRoYERS ON PROGRAM
Administration win Bend Every Effort
10 Increase Country's Preparedness
For Defense Against Possible In
yasion

Washington. Aug 16s-The report oil
the Secretary of the Navy concernine
the needs OF the navy, called for by
President Wilson just before his de-
parture for Cornish some weeks ago
wilt be forwarded 10 the White House
the latter part of the week, BY that
time Secretary Daniels win be able to
inform the President tentatively Just
what additions to the navy should he
authorized by Congress this winter In
order that beginning may be made
for such naval preparedness as win
enable the United States to cope with
any frst-class power in case OF emer-
gency
Admiral Benson, a member of the
general board is working on the re-
port. which will he placed In the hands
Of Secretary Daniels In a day or two.
The report will represent the views Of
the general board and other military
advisers of the executive head OF the
department.
IT is possible, of course. that Secre-
tary Daniels may not favor the build
ing program proposed by the general
board. but the views of the board will
be submitted to the President as a part
Of the general report now in course
of preparation. In other years both
Congress and the secretary have In
variably ignored the recommends lions
of the general board. Last year, for
example. the board recommended an
authorization for four battlnshAps and
many auxiliaries. Secretary Daniels
recommended two battleships, which
were authorized by Congress. II is
considered highly probable, IN view OF
the apparent determination of the ad-
ministration for a big naval program
for consideration by Congress at the
coming session, that the administration
will recommend four battleships NJ
least one battle cruiser, q considerable
number of submarines destroyers and
Runboats and additional appropria-
lions for the naval aerial service.
II is known that Secretary Daniels
is favorable to larger building pro-
gram than La usually submitted 20 Con-
gress. but final decision will be, oil
course, made by tho President
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-17
MEXICAN POPULATION
LARGELY REDUCED
Many Undesirables Take Their Leave
From Towns and Rural Dis
tricts in Rio Grande
Valley.
DRUNKEN MExIcANs srART RIo1


San Antonio. Tex, Aug. IRE
ports reaching army headquarters
here from points in the Rio Grande
Valley, Indicate, as result OF the
recent bandit raids in that section.
that several hundred Mexicans have
been killed and that the Mexican pop
ulation in all towns has been greatly
diminished, many Mexicans having left
for other parts of Texas and other
States. 1t is estimated that 1000 have
left the lower Rio Grande section.
Within the last three days. accord
ing to reports here. score or more
of Mexicans In Brownsville and sur
rounding country have received no
toes from leaders of bandits de-
manding that they join or contribute
funds to a movement against Texani.
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ALDERMEN CALL ON
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Byrd has declared in writing that the
report of the interview Is absolutely
and literally correct, ,
"Be IL resolved by the Council or
the city of Richmond, the Common
Council concurring:
al. The Council of the city OF Rich-
mond repudiates with scorn the foul
aspersions upon It's patriotism and IN
tegrity implied by the said interview
and with sense of outrage places
upon it's records an indignant denial
of them.
%. The Council of the city of Rich-
mond hereby declares that the asper-
sions upon it's integrity implied by the
said interview are utterly end abso-
lutely without foundation or 5ustihca-
ton. and records it's amazement that
an ex-Speaker of the General Assem- e
bly of virginia should be willing to
assaii public legislative body with
such reckless disregard OF the facts
and such objectionable Ignorance OF
the truth as is displayed by the Hon.
r. r. Byrd in the interview aforesaid.
"s. That the Council of the city OF
Richmond invites the most unsparing
scrutiny of the facts and contents IT.
self with the adoption of this resoiu-
ton in place of more drastic action
only because II liz satisfied that the
utter lack of foundation and justifca-
Ition for the said statements OF the Hon
r. E. Byrd has been recognized and
accepted by the public"
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that the nlassing of Teutonic
troops on the frontier Is q political.


There have, however, been two de-
velopments of Importance during the
day. One In the fact, learned in dis
patch fromCettinje, Montenegro, that
the Austrians have shown increased
activity along the entire frontier or
Herzegovina. The other Is that King
Constantine, OF Greece, is insisting
that the new cabinet must continue
the policy of neutrality so far en-
forced by that ruler on people WI
asnve shown strong desire to join
the entente powers.
The Austrian activity against Mon
tenegro is highly significant. 1t is
held by. the observers here to indicate
yet more positively that general at
tack on Serbia Is intended and that
the Austrians meanwhile propose to
prevent the Montenegrins from aiding
Serbia by keeping them thoroughly
occupied on their frontiers.
The overthrow of the present Greek
government Is practically assured by
the election yesterday of NJ Zavitzanos
as president of the Greek Chamber OF
Deputies. He is An adherent of ex-
PRIMER Venizelos. The majority of
his party was indicated by the vote,
which stood 1872 votes for Zavitzanos,
as compared with ninetythree for tho
candidate for the government.
whole Situation in Middle.
SO 1t appears, say the dispatches from
Athena, that the final disposition OF
Greece In the Balkan hodgepodge is TO
be decided only after a bitter struggle
between the King and the majority
party undr the leadership of NJ. Veni-
zelos. 1t remains TO be seen whether
the King will be strong enough to hold
out against the will of the people as
represented by the yenIzelos party or
II he will be forced to concede his pro-
German sympathies to the new politi-
cal ruler, who Ia admittedly in favor
of the entente powers.
An unofficial dispatch to the Lon
don Evening Star is significant, IL II
speaks the truth. The correspondent
says that Servia has at last agreed to
meet the demands of Bulgaria for
portions of the Serbian territory. Up
ii the present all dispatches from
Nish have indicated that the Serbian
government would under no circum-
stances agree to these demands. But
meanwhile the allies have exerted all
possible diplomatic pressuere on
Serbia to concede this point for the
sake OF her own safety as well as the
common welfare of the Balkan States
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-17
BATTltsAIPs AT VERA

can soldiers. The firs was returned
General Funston reported that he was
strengthening guards At all crossings
and increasing river patrols
While no word has yet come from
Carranxa In reply to the pan-Ameri-
can note the impression here is grow
ing that the first CHIEF will refuse to
yield. or at least will answer with
counter-proposals which win not be
acceptable to- the United States.
Bound for Vera Cruz.
1t was admitted for the first time
at the Navy Department today that the
batt1eships Louisiana and New Hamp-
shire are bound for Vera Cruz Last
week, when the vessels steamed out OF
Newport, 1t was explained that the
vessels were going to southern waters.
Orders TO the vessels to move south
ward were issued Immediately follow
ing the receipt of a dispatch from
Commander McNamee, of the Y. s. 8.
Sacramento. that the popuiace at
Vera Cruz was In a state of great ex-
element. owing to reports that the
United States was about to intervene
in Mexico. Commander McNamee
urged that the American naval forces
on the east coast of Mexico be en-
larged Since then Vera Cruz mas
quieted. and the mayor OF the CITY,
who maze an lHceHuidTy spVoSh
against the United States has been
ousted from office by Carranza.
While officials decline to admit that
they are fearful of trouble at vera
Cruz, should Carranza send q nat re-
fusal to enter into peace parleys with
the other factions in Mexico. as sug-
gested in the pan-American note for
warded Saturday. 1t is known that
decision was reached to enlarge the
naval forces on the east coast as
matter of precaution.
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today, Monday being generally poor
business day,
AS soon as the visitors arrive they
are taken to the Chamber of Conn
merce, where they registered ana were
given tickets TO all of the entertain
ments of the week.
Wholesale merchants and manufac-
turers reported yesterday afternoon
that they had already done consid-
cradle amount of business with visiting
merchants. and they confidently expect
that the daily sales will increase az
the visitors come in larger numbers
during the week.
One wholesale shoe company repvtl-
ed yesterday the booking OF $4,000
order for fall delivery. This order
came from a merchant who had never
bought in Richmond before. and he was
so pleased with his purchase that he
visited other wholesalers on Cary street
and distributed orders for an addi-
tional $4,000 worth of goods. Getting
such a permanent customer is worth all
that Better Acquaintance Week" costs
To Hear Good Talk Tonight.
Perhaps the most valuable entertain
ment. from q business point OF view,
provided for the visiting merchants lie
scheduled for tonight at $3.50 o'clock In
the auditorium of the Jefferson Hotel.
Mr.. Max Holtx. president of the Econ
only Service Company, of New York
city. will address the assembled mer-
chants on Frequent and Profitable
stock Turnover" and he will be as
sisted by one of the experts of the
Dry Goods Economist In a demonstra-
tion of window stock display. Music
and a buffet lunch will be provided for
the visitors.
Tomorrow afternoon there will be a
boat trip to City Point and return
This will give the visiting merchants
chance to get a glimpse of the big
powder plant there making munitions
of war for the allies as we'll as for
their Uncle Sam. The steamer leaves
the wharf at the foot of Main Street
at 4 p. NJ, returning by 10 p. NJ.
Music, refreshments and continuous
entertainment Will make this outing a
big one for the buyers and their fam
lies.
Big "Get Together Party
Thursday night the big get together
party" on the roof garden OF the Rich
inond Hotel viii take place. vaude-
VILE, cabaret, music. refreshments. cool
breezes and fun win be handed the
guests of the evening in wholesale
quantities. In addition 90 all of these
features. merchandise prizes and SOU
venirs Will be distributed.
Friday and Saturday theater parties
IN the various motion picture houses
viii be given the visitors.
Admission to all OF these entertain
ments will be by badge and ticket No
admission by badge or ticket alone;
the visitors must have both.
This Ia the third Better Acquaint-
ance Week" that the business men Of
Richmond have attempted. and they
have been successful from the start.
With bumper crops In the South. and
many OF them bringing top-notch
prices, wholesalers here are looking for
a great amount of business this week
Reception Committee.
The reception committee, composed
OF J. r. Paimatary. chairman: M. NJ
Anderson. w. r. Northsrn, r. l. Pow
ers. Charles z. strauss. Jr., W. d.
stuart, J. &. woodfn. John c. Freeman.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-17
HAS BEEN INCREASE
IN SIZE OF NAVY

Washington. Aug. 1T.-Secretary
Daniels today made public a statement
designed TO show that there had been
an increase in the size of the navy de-
spite the assertions to the contrary.
He makes a comparison between con-
ditions in 1919, the last year OF the
Taft administration, and the present.
IN 1913 there were in commission In
the navy 1874 ships of all classes. To-
day, according 20 Mr.. Daniels, 214 ships
Of all Glasses are in commission. Fur
thermore. Mr.. Daniels pointed out,
there has been an increase of more
than 5000 men in the navy personnel.
SO far as material is concerned, there
are twenty-seven battleships in CON-
mission today. as compared with TWEEN
ty-one In 1913. In 1919 the navy
boasted of six cruisers: today thirteen
are In commission. The number oi
destroyers have been Increased from
twenty eight to thirty four: monitors
from one to FIVE: submarines from
eighteen to thirty-eigh-, and gunboats
from fifteen to twenty-one.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-17


riot between American soldiers and
Mexicans here. The disturbance hero
was started by half dozen intqxi-,,
Gated Mexicans, armed with knives
and guns. who announced their IA
tention of cleaning up" the ss'gs4n@I
goes" Two soldiers were pushsd ffuniT
the sidewalk by the MexicaTis. ~
Groups of soldiers gathered imne-
diately from all parts Of the town
and attacked the Mexicars. THIS con1 :
manding officers of the American
troops sent a detail to round UP the
men and bring them into camp.
After quiet had been restored. coun-s
ty officers raided gambling houses /
arrested several men and connscAfeds
gambling paraphernalia- Gamblers
from the Mexican side have overrun
the town since General r. Elias Gales
.Carranza commander, recently began
the investment Of Nogaies. SonorA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-17
ALLIES DROP BOMBS
ON CONsTANTHNoPLE

London. Aug. 1e,--An Athens dis
patch to the Daily News SAYS: French
and British aeroplanes have flown
over Constantinopie. They threw
bombs on Galats, causing heavy casu-
alties.
{Galata, on the north side of the
Golden Horn, near Seraglio point, is
constantinopfe's largest suburb, and
contains the custom-house The in
habitants before the war were mainly
European Christians.)
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-17
AMERICANS REFUSE TO
QUIT HOMES IN DANGER zoNR

San Diego. Cal, Aug. l6.-Although
the situation is quiet now, attack on
foreign property in the State of Sina.
loa, Mexico by Indians Is feared whe.
the Mexican property on which the In
dams are now foraging is exhausted,
according to word received today by
the L. 8. s. Colorado from Los Mochfs
The commanding officer of the United
States cruiser Cleveland held a consul
tation with a number of prominent
Americans at the headquarters of the
United Sugar Company at Los Mochis.
There are 1900 American men, wo-
men and children at present in the
Los Mochis district. the commander OF
the Cleveland was told, and they all
refuse to leave their homes
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-17

Brownsville. Tex. Aug 16---The
outbreak in the lower Rio Grande
Valley, reported to have followed the
plan of San Diego" appears to have
been completely quelled. Captain j.
NJ Fox, of the Texas Rangers, believed
all the leaders of the alleged plan had
been driven into hiding or killSa.
Rangers still continue to search for
them on the American side of tn }
border.
Captain Fox estimates that about
l 90 Mexicans participated in the raids,
and other estimates are higher. but
the number killed in the cleanup o.
the raiders is not known. The au-
thorities have not given out any fig
ures. and residents of sections where
skir1mishes took place usually refuse
to give information.
Threatens Woman.
Two armed Mexicans appeared at a
farmhouse twenty miles from here
and threatened the housewife. who
was the only person at home. that the
entire family would be killed If they
did not leave the country by sunset.
They said activity by the farmers
in assisting the officers TO run down
bandits caused the threat A detach-
ment of United States soldiers was
sent to guard the family.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-17
ARTILLERY ARM OF
ITALIAN ARMY IMPROVED

London. Aug. 1.-THE Berne,
Switzerland correspondent OF the
Morning Post. says that Italy has more
than trebled her artillery regiments:
also her new quick firing guns. which
fire forty shots a minute. This gun
is said to be excellent for use on
rough ground.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-17
FIVE THOUSAND WOMEN
At WORK AT KRuPrs

Geneva. Switzerland, Aug is.--Ofi-
ciai figures show that on June about
5000 young women were employed at
the Krupp works at Essen. as COM
pared with 1879 on January /. Ths
whole number OF employees on June I
liz not given. On January the total
In the associated Notwithstanding
and ahiphuildtng--and in the Annmuni-
ton works owned by the Kruppa
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-17
GREAT DAMAGE TO
ISLE OF PINES PROPERTY

Havana. Aug. 1.-THE recent cy-
clone caused damage on the Isle OF
Pines amounting TO 100000 to Ameri-
can owned citrus groves. The pas
senger steamer James Campbell,
which was blown ashore on the south
coast of Cuba, has been pulled off by
Cuban gunboats, and safely conveyed
to Batabano. The James Campbell
piled between Havana and the Isle of
Pines
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-17
-FOUR MORE TOWNS
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HURST. The fact OF this resistance
~ held to be encoura ging in that kovno
sfx the hrst point on the new Russian
front that the Germans have reached
Sxn force. In a word, as the observers
&Are have 1t, II the rest Of the new
sa3rfusssan front is able TO demonstrate
E&3ch strong resistance powers, the en-
s32fre Teutonic advance may be expected
%x0 come to q halt
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-17

C, Rose. Percy C. Christian, Felix NJ
Marks. Halves Coleman, Ira q. stern
NJ. d. Hoge and Milton NJ. hioorhpeiS
ara working hard to make this week
the Greatest OF it's kind so far.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-17
x2AIIANs NAVY TO BE
FURTHER STRENGTHENED

Nome, Aug. 1.-THE official Ga
It's publishes 8 decree authorizing
6Gecsai nsw naval credit OF se.2ss,-
Ire fsie.2ss.e7s).
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-17
NORWEGIAN
CRAFT SUBMARINE VICTIM

3 Lcndon, Aug. is.--The Norwegian
>6te4mer Abba. 1881 tons gross. and
owned IN Christiania. has been sunk
~ b submarine Her crew was saved.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-17

with Beaumont. Port Arthur, Waco.
Houston and other Southern Texas
cities.
For several hours an effort has been
made to reach Waco by wireless. but
thus far there has been no response.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-17

Drunken Mexicans Start Riot.
Nogales Ariz.. Aug. I6.--Quiet pre-
wallis on both the Mexican and
American sides OF the town. after a
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-17
ALLIES AND SERBIA
|Ss TO Hc- X TEUroSS I

Belgrade The general
xontier of Serb "w guarded by
1xreneh ayiators So river boundary
I*n protected by an English naval con-
S&$nx%nt. and there are two Russian
Ea.teries of artillery entrenched be-
Hind Belgrade.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-17
THE WEATHER

Virginia: Partly
cloudy Tuesday
and Wednesday:
probably oc-
casional thunder
showers; moder-
ate s h ! fiji n g
winds.
North Caro-
lima: Local show
ers Tuesday and
probably Wednes-
day. moderate
winds; a mostly
southwest and
; south.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-17

Local Temperature Yesterday.
10 noon temperature ......... 81
rs p. NJ temperature .....+...... 81
3 r. M. temperature ........ SO
Maximum temperature to r NJ. 20
Minimum temperature to s r. M. rs
Mean temperature .......A...... So
Normal temperature -. ,...... as
Excess in temperature yesterday 4
Deficiency In temperature since
January ] .................- 132
Local Rainfall.
Rainfall last twelve hours. ..... o
Rainfall last twenty-four hours. o
Deficiency In rainfall since March
49,. -. AS5
Deficiency in rainfall since Jan. II. ~
Local Observation 1t 3 r. NJ. Yesterday.
Temperature e.s............... 81
Humidity .........,.......- 80
wind. direction ...... ~. .s.w
Wind, velocity ............. ~
Weather .,................. Cloudy
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-17

United Doctors City:
Some ago liz contracted very bad case OF
Eczema from working acid fumes. treated by
number prominent physicians in Richmond. and none
gave relief in fact steadily growing worse when
United After very first
treatment could Improvement. and today am
on rapid road
feel that II had consulted that life would
today torture for and fully my
appreciation for your wonderful work. #asH
WALTER FORD aeos o 81
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GALVESTON IN

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