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The Washington times., 1915-09-06
CHARGES OF GRAFT
SET FOR WEDNESDAY

When the grand jury convenes We'd
nesday first steps toward linking GER
tain "higher-ups'' with the accusations
of graft in the Police Department will
be taken by United States Attorney
John E. Laskey.
The preliminary investigation con-
Quoted by s. McComas Hawken. as
sistant United States attorney. is un-
derstood to have developed evidence on
which the investigators expect at least
one indictment involving an officer
above the rank Of sergeant will be re-,
turned.
Whether there will be other indict-
mentS besides the one against the
''hieher-up' In question is still conjec-
tural, although the Government prose-
cutors have p mass of evidence point
ing to irregularities Of petty nature.
Mr.. LaskeY declined today to discuss
the subject. Neither would he make any
comment on the allegation contained in
morn'n~ newspaper to the effect that
fagrant immortality EXISTS In certain
block within the shadow of the Capt.
tol." II IL known, however. that vague
and intangible accusations have been
made to the authorities.
The Washington times., 1915-09-06
Franco-Flanders Front
Shaken by Terrific
BOmbardment All Day

PARIS. Sept. 6.--The Franco-Flanders
front was shaken by unusually heavy
bombardment during yesterday and last
night.
In the Artois and Champagne regions
the artillery duel was most fierce. The
French played guns OF all calibers upon
the German trenches around Arras.
Roclincourt. and Brctercourt. The Teu-
tons replied with an almost equally
violent bombardment.
The mine combats at several points In
the Champag gne and In the Argonne and
hand grenade fighting Of great fury
were reported In official dispatches
The Arsonne wooded regions were
swept by artillery fre throughout the
dav and night.
This afternoons official communique
reported the successful bombardment of
the German barracks at Disuze and
MorhanGe.
The Washington times., 1915-09-06
American, Who Drove Car
For Gen. French, in u. S.

NEW YORK. Sept. S.-J. Armstrong
Drexel. Of Philadelphia and London.
who gave up aeroplanins at the start
Of the war to become Gen. Sir John
French's chauffeur. arrived here by the
Anchor liner Cameronia for a visit with
relatives.
Mr.. Drexel. who is the son Of An
thony J. Drcxel, OF Philadelphia. was
one Of the most successful Of the anna
teur aviators. and four years ago he
engaged in a heated dispute with the
Aero Club Of America, which refused to
accept what the aviator asserted was
q new altitude record set by him.
He went to the front in August, 1914,
but became Ill and left the service the
following December. He has since been
staying at the home Of his mother in
Portland place, London.
The Washington times., 1915-09-06
Dog Makes a Speciality
Of Climbing Big Trees

ST. ALBAN'S. VT. Sept. 6.-W. l..
Plumley. Of North Clarend has a
freak dog whose speciality is climbing.
The highest climb he ever made was
thirty-two feet. Veterinarians and
others who have examined the dog S
feet are at loss to understand how
he grips A tree trunk In climbing.
His nails are like those Of the ordi-
nary dog, though possibly a trifle more
pointed, and the fieshy pads Of his feet
are perhaps q little broader.
So. accustomed to height is the dog
that he sleeps In tree branches twenty
feet above the ground. He Is three
years old and part pug and part bull
The Washington times., 1915-09-06

The Austro-Ge drives against
Riga and Wilma have been checked, and
at both points strong Russian forces
yesterday made vigorous counter-at-
tacks.
The military experts Of the entente
allies express the opinion that the Of
fensive of the invaders has exhausted
itself. and that the Austro-German
armies are preparing to dig themselves
In for the winter.
From tho Gulf Of Riga to Grodno the
armies OF Field Marshal Won Hinden-
burg are at a standstill. having made
no attempt to cross the Dvina after
carrying the bri,igeheads at Lennewada
and Friedrichstadt.
To the north. southwest. and south Of
Wilma. the fall Of which had been pre-
dicted to be a question Of a few days
at the longest. the Russians have con-
centrated large bodies OF troops. who
have taken the offensive and are hold
ing back the Germans.
Object Not Obvious.
The Germans are massed between
Grodno and Kobrin on the Brest-Pinsk
railway. but their immediate object Is
not obvious. unless they are looking
for a good defensive position on which
to hold the Russians throughout the
winter.
Further south the Russians are MAX
ing an effective resistance, as they are
firmly established in q fortified area
Of which Rovno and DubEo are CEN
The Washington times., 1915-09-06
Two Ducks Cost SIG,

COGSWEIL.. n. D.. Sept 6.-John
Ciesynski. living two miles north OF
Geneseo, is Of the opinion that s7s in
cold cash is a good bit to pay for two
small ducks. But that Is what ne paid
and did not raise any objections to the
price.
Ciesynski was arrested by Deputy
Game Warden Lyhen when he was dis
covered with a gun and two wild ducks
that he had shot. He was fined $50 and
costs, making a total Of $76.
The Washington times., 1915-09-06
SENAT0RLEW|S|S
TO VISIT WAR ZONE
Goes on Mysterious Trip Alter
Having Visited Secretary
Lansing

Senator James Hamilton Lewis has
been issued passport and will sail for
Europe on the Ryndam. of the Holland
American line. September II. He hal
special letters addressed to various
American diplomatic representatives In
Holland. Germany. France. and Eng
land.
What his mission y. Is a mystery. 1t
Is said he had no intention of going
abroad until he had a conference with
Secretary Lansing. Saturday.
In an interview. Senator Lewis says
he Is for sane" preparedness. He says
the Republicans will fail II they attempt
to make an issue Of unpreparedness In
view of their own failure In the years
thev were at the helm to prepare.
The Washington times., 1915-09-06
Russian Armies Check
Invaders New Drives
Riga and Wilma Saved by Latest Offensive of the
Cars Forces-Germans Are Reported
Ready to Dig I..

ters. In Galicia they still hold the
with the rainy season a few weeks
line Of the SSrcth river.
OF. the opposing armies. especially IN
the marshy region OF :he center. can can,
nS, Iomser e's snd ,s On /. rcpcrsed rep that the Ger
mans and Austrians already are NOV
Ing troops to the Serbian. Rouman'"n
and western fronts.
tinued to she'll the German lines and
the mining operations were pushed
with inereassd .yiEor For twelve
ssfn s1tery IN rs ss Sst vet
ops snins o2 the predicted general
Paris reports that the Turk. have
tack against the British positions
near the Anzac region at the Darda-
Reports from Athens reiterate that
Germans at Constantinople continue %
and that the Turks are depressed as
the result Of the heavy losses in Gal
lipoli; Constsntinople asserts the
utmost stubbOrnness.
Balfour Gives Recognition.
Arthur J. Balfour. frst lord Of tho
British admiralty. in a letter to the
press, gives official recognition to the
belief In London that the German
promises to America not to sink any
more passenger steamships without
warning were brought about by the
realization that the submarine warfare
against merchantmen had proved .
failure. He again intimates that many
German submarines have been ac-
counted for, and adds that British mer-
camille tonnage II now greater than
before the war, despite the damage done
by the submarines.
The Washington times., 1915-09-06
Holland to Purchase
Many Aeroplanes Here

NEW YORK. Sept 6.-Lieut. Comdr.
Henri G. Van Steyn. OF the Dutch
navy. was one OF the arrivals here
on the steamer Noordam. from Rot
tcrdam. He said he held q commits
sion to purchase an unlimited guam
tity OF aeroplanes and hydroplanes
for Holland from American manufac-
tureTs.
we have concluded that the American
aeroplanes and hydroplanes are the
best" said Commander van Steyn,
"All Of the machines will be used by
Holland as part OF the national de-
enter any war. but wish to be pre-
pared"
The Washington times., 1915-09-06
RUSSIA TO FIGHT ON,
Ten YEARS IF NEEDED
Duma Head Says Enemy Sol.
diers Must Be Driven Out
Before Peace Is Considered.

BERLIN (via London), Sept.
6.-The German war Office this
afternoon admitted that the
Germans have made no import
ant progress toward Riga and
Wilma In the past forty-eight
hours, describing the situation
from the Baltic to east of
Grodno as unchanged.
The Washington times., 1915-09-06
War Excuse for Rouge.

LONDON. Sept 6-War Is driving
women to cosmetics. The authority for
this statement is London cosm etic
who says rouge Is now
used freely by women who looked on
makeup of any kind as in bad taste.
his explanation Is that the present
stress and worry tell on looks.
The Washington times., 1915-09-06

PETROGRAD, Sept. 6.-"Russia is
determined to fight Ave. even ten.
years, II necessary" declared NJ. Rod
zianko. president Of the duma. in an
interview today. III 1t should hap
pen that we are forced to give up
Petrograd and Moscow. we will retire
to the defenses Of the Ural mountains
and continue the war.
Russia has 10000. 900 soldiers who
will night to the last drop OF blood.
They will not think Of peace while a
single enemy soldier remains on Rus.
sian soil"
Russians More Optimistic.
Petrograd newspapers are becoming
more optimistic over the military sit
uation since the failure of repeated
German assaults on the Russian posi-
tions before Wilma and along the
Dwina river. Some Of the military
critics take the view that the Ger.
man attacks are only weakening. be-
cause the ensmy's troops are being
redistributed. but others believe the
German offensive is about to end.
Though the Slavs have been forced 70
retire across the Dwina on a twelve
mile front southeast Of Riga. the Ger
mans have not succeeded In crossing
the river. In the wilma section tho
enemy's advance Is being held up,
Northeast Of Brest-Litovsk. the slavs
are making an orderly retirement with
out pressure by the German troops.
Austrians Suffer Severely.
The Austrians have suffered severely
in attacks on Russian works before the
|fortresses of Rovno and, Dubno. They
have been unable to make any progres
In this region. and further south, alons
the Screth. Russian counter-attacki
have resulted In the capture Of 900
Austrians
The Washington times., 1915-09-06
CAL|FORN|ANS OFFER
TRIBUTE. TO FRANCE
Country Declared to Have Kept
Faith With Panama-Pac
Exposition.

France is highly commended for sus-
tanning the efforts Of the. Panama-Pa-
cIfc Exposition to obtain foreign ex-
hibitors, in a telegram sent to Presi-
The Washington times., 1915-09-06
A Berlin wireless dispatch last night

A Berlin wireless dispatch last night
carried the report from Constantinople
that a British submarine had been sunk
off the entrance to the Gulf Of 1smid. In
was impossible for the Turks to save
the crew Presumably this Ia the same
engagement. later dispatches reporting
the capture OF members Of the crew.
Athens DISPATCHES to the United Press
on Saturday reported British sub
marine had entered the Gulf OF Ismid
and had sent ashore a landing party to
destroy a railwRr bridge.
The Washington times., 1915-09-06
SUBMARINE
SUNK IN DARDANELLES
Twenty eight Officers and Men
Captured by the Turks, Con-
stantinopIe Reports.

CoNsrANT1NOPLE (via Berlin wire
less), Sept. GA British submarine has
been sunk In the Dardanelles. It was Of
f,cially announced here today. Three Of
ficers and twenty-five men Of the crew
were captured.
Enemy torpedo boats attempted to
approach" the official statement said.
but were forced to retire by our bat
teries"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-02-12
News of Pounding Mill.

Mr.. A. j. Myers, an old Confeder
ate soldier, of Hollins, Va, is here tn
guest of his son, +. Myers, who ha
been very ill with rheumatism fo,
/ sometime. Two others who are sim
ilarly afflicted are w. NJ. Mitchell anC
Davis Ward.
G. C. Shamblin's baby is recovering
from pneumonia.
Miss Lois Hurt, Tazewell High
School student, has been confined Ia
her room for the past two weeks will,
meas sles, and now bealed ear.
Miss IVA Steele, who has been con-
fined to her bed for several days by
illness, is somewhat improved.
Mrs. Rebekah Williams, who has
been ill for the past few days, is re-
ported better.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Quisenber-
rvs three months old baby died Sun
day of pneumonia. The child had
been very delicate from birth. Buur-
ial took place in the public cemetery.
Mrs: Mary Brown spent the week
end with homefolks Mt Cedar Bluff.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan Tates' two
children, who were ill from colds, are
much better.
Mesdames r. X. Gillespie and w.
u. Gillespie spent one day last week
at the home of Mrs. Sanders Giles
pie.
DR.. Zimmerman has been quite busy
for sometime waiting on the sick.
He made flying trip to Richlands
yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Robinett Wis
tied the latter's father, Mr.. John
Lowell on Little River Sunday.
Messrs. Claud and Mercer Thomas
are erecting n nice eight-rom resi-
dence near the old home site.
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. w. Farmer have
moved their little family of nine chill
dren to the Williams home above the
tank, and will farm for DR.. Williams.
j. IL. Williamson was Interviewing
the dentist at Richlands yesterday.
w. Il. Sparks, who holds posi-
ton at Dante, came home Sunday for
repairs, and to visit his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. X. M. Sparks. He has been
suffering for sometime from tonsi-
iitis, and will undergo an operation
soon. He returned today to Dante.
Rev. II. r. Greear, of the Method
list church, who lives at Maxwell, has
an appointment here for next Sunday
night.
Not as many attended the w. C. II.
U. meeting Sunday as should have.
The date for the next meeting is in
the afternoon Mt $3.50 p. m. the first
Sunday in March. We notice that
Arkansas is the sixteenth State with
statewide prohibition law among
its statutes. A saloonless nation in
1920 is predicted by many temper
ance people.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T. Altizer are hav-
ing their residence improved. Mr..
Alex Altizer, of Richlands is doing
the work.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-02-12
News of Cedar Bluff.

Cedar Bluff, Va, Feb. 1O.-C. H.
Peery was a business visitor to Taze.
we'll Saturday.
Watt Fugate returned from a busi-
ness trip to Denver Monday. His
wife and daughter will accompany
him home to Pilot Mountain. Tenn.
this week.
Cecil Mccall, of Raven, spent Sun
day with his parents, MIR. and Mrs.
R. G. Mccall.
>, George Hurt spent the week end at
Tazewell.
Miss Kathleen Abbott, who teaches
at Laurel, spent last Saturday and
Sunday with Mrs. Schwartz.
Mrs. Beverly Wingo has been suff-
ering the past few days with Sc
we're attack of tonsilitis.
James Godfrey, jr., spent the week
end with his uncle, T. II. Logan.
Eugene Thompson, of Berwin6,
was here Friday enroute to Taze-
we'll to visit his parents.
Miss Elizabeth Reed, of North
Tazewell, spent the week with hel
grandmother, Mrs. Margaret Nc
Guire.
The Missionary Society of the M
b. Church will meet with Mrs. J.
Albert Mcclure Thursday afternoon.
f. A. Lewey spent the week end in
Bluefield.
Alex st. Clair spent the week END
with friends at Indian.
II: w. Houchins and family arr
moving to Swords Creek.
Mrs. III. w. Bane and daughter
Virginia, spent the last week will
Mrs. AL Higginbotham at Pisgah.
Jim Russell spent Friday and Sat
urday at Raven.
Mrs. Wade Peery, of North Taze
well, came Monday to spend a few
days with her mother, Mrs. Maggie
Mcclure.
Misses Sadie Mcclure, Stella Kane
Elizabeth Reed, Bess Hewey and Mrs
l. o. Perkins "hiked" to Richlands OF
Saturday afternoon, returning on No
6.
Miss Mary Brown, who teaches 6
Pounding Mill, spent the week en-,
with her parents.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-02-12
EFFICIENCY.
(The Indenonlont ,


Efficiency is the power of doing
ones most and best, in the shortest
time and easiest way, to the satisfac
ito of all concerend.
Mr.. Purinton says:
FOR our ignorance, we pay. IL ia
estimated that seventy-three men out
of every hundred are in the wrong
job; that most men utilize only about
third of their mental and spiritual
forces; that the average American
family could live on what they waste: :
that our business firms lose SI0O.
10000 year thru Ineffective adve,.
tislng; that in the United States there
are always 100000 persons on the
sick list, that the number of preven-
table deaths each year is 630, 900; that
the annual waste from preventabic
death and disease is 81 500, 900 900:
and that somewhere in this country "A
workman is being killed every four
minutes and another being injured
every four seconds. DO we not need
efficiency?
1t is safe to conclude that, if you
are engaged in II large enterprise and
have not applied efficiency methods
to yourself and your associates you
are losing from $1,000 to $4,000 n
year. " you are an individual or
iindpstrinl lworker, your loss will, per-
haps, rulTfrom 500 to $4,000 n year.
Why So pp wasting this money?
The difference between hod-cai-
rier and the head of million dolla,
corporation is that the hod-carricr
works his hod instead of his head.
For the bod he has trained his mus
cles, to the hod he is bound. To get
ahead-get head The leader cf
men has trained not only his muscles
but as well his nerves, his brains, his
lungs and pores and organs of di
gestion, his thoughts, actions and
emotions, his instincts, habits, aims
and ambitions, his financial status
and his moral sinew.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-02-12
POcahOntas Police Court in Ses-
sion for Twenty-Four Hours

Pocahontas, Va, Feb. 1O.-Police
court has been in almost continuous
session for twenty-four hours. The
most interesting case was that of
George Spears, who was accused of
having started a rough house on the
coke yard Friday night. From the
evidence it seems that he and two
other negroes appeared on the wharf
about 8 o'clock in the evening and
flashed a gun on all the people they
could find and searched for money.
Officers Lowe and Tinsley were soon
on the ground and when they ran on
Spears he fired shot at the police
men and dashed behind some cars and
disappeared. There were several shots
exchanged, but all went Wild. He was
located at Keystone and brought back
and his trial is still in progress. All
those who saw the man holding up the
coke yard employees testified that
they knew the man and recognized
him, but did not know anything about
his make up except that he was flash
ing gun. They all told of exceed
ing the speed ordinance when the bad
"nigger" introduced himself, and if
the story as told was reduced to mi
leage some of them made at least
thirty miles an hour.
lhimP Smd,madeufhI taoin taoi tao
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-02-12
RECESS FOR TWO
WEEKS PROPOSED.
Legislature May Give Commit
tees Time TO Perfect Details
of Tax Code-Adopt the
Conference Report.

The Times Dispatch of Wednesday
says:
The final vote on the administra-
tions tax bills, constituting the new
system of taxation to be established
in Virginia, may be delayed two
weeks.
This does not mean that sentiment
IN the General Assembly in favor of
the partial segregation scheme has
suffered setback. Conditions not
entirely unforeseen have materialized
that make inadvisable, if not reck
less, the adoption by the legislature
within the brief time Intervening be-
fore the prescribed time for adjourn
ment OF the thirty days special sess-
ION the adoption of new tax code.
Indications now point to the ac-
acknowledgement today that an absolute
necessity exists for recess of two
weeks and the appointment of n Joint
committee of the two branches of
General Assembly to examine the CO.
dilied laws, to ascertain wherein the
various features of the segregation
scheme of taxation are in conflict with
the statutes and to make the proper
revisions.
The situation is annoying to the
ssegregationists and to many of the
followers of the tax commission. But
it is neither pcrplexing nor discourage
ing. 1t means simply that Mt least
two weeks more must be consumed
in consummating the important work
for which the extraordinary session
of the General Assembly was called.
If Il is decided that the way out of
the dilcma is the appointment of n
Joint committee and ordering the two
weeks recess, there is no doubt as to
the perfected tax bill being ready for
acceptance when the Legislature is
reconvcncd.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-02-12
Shawvers Mills News.

Shawvers Mills, Feb. 10.-January
is passed and it has been n record
breaker for bad weather.
Rev. ID. A. Lcffel delivered an inter-
esting sermon at Concord chapel on
Sunday at 3 o'clock.
Mr.. j. A. Leffel has been i'll at his
home for several days, but is i'm
proving slowly.
All services at the Christian church
have been suspended until the first
Sunday in March on account of sick
ness.
Mrs. w. A. Newberry, of Bland,
was called to the bedside of her faith
er, r. j. Kidd, who is no better at this
writing.
Mrs. George Lambert is reported
very ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Lambert, p.
w. Lambert and Ebert Ruble are now
on their way to Maryland. They are
renters for this year.
Miss Rosa Burton and Pauline How
ard, the Rocky Dell school teachers
spent Saturday and Sunday with Miss
Rosa Compton.
Miss Katie Gillian spent last Sat
urday night with Miss Della Leffel.
The 16-day old baby of Mr.. and
Mrs. S. j. Cundiff died at it's home or
January 22nd. 1t was laid to rest al
Kincer's chapel.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-02-12
News of Unaka.

Unaka, Feb. 11.-This is orr first
attempt III tho Now Year. The old
year of 1914. with all of its Joys and
sorrows, has come and gone. Many
40 'hc ho.nes that were made sad,
because Of the death angel crossing
the hearth stone, taking aboard the
train of salvation some loved one of
that home, leaving vacancy which
can never be filed; leaving aching
hearts which time only cnn wear
away. But the Great Being doeth all
things well. While this is all true.
we are glad that all is well MS what it
now is. May he who rules us all pre-
pare us for all duty before us in this
New Year and help us to do the right
thing at the right time and among the
right people! In so doing, make our
community, people and our friends
and all better. And when its all ov-
er the record will be so good we will
be glad we lived in it.
S. w. Bourne and r. T.. Burton
went to Tazewcll horse day. Mr..
Bourne sold fine team for fine
fine price.
Mr.. Billion Peck seems to be ON the
rond to recovery, after long and
serious illness.
Walter Bourne left Tuesday for
Richlands, whore he has accepted n
position az clerk in IL hotel.
Mr. w. II. Barnett continues very
low. Little hope of his recovery is
entertained.
MIR. Gerald is just about as usual,
not worry well.
Mrs. Baugh continues about the
same, still suffering with rheuma-
tism.
Henry Young is at home for n few
days visiting his family and friends.
5. B. Yost was home for Il few days
last week visiting family and other
relatives.
Rev. Mr.. Spring will preach Mt Mt.
Olivct Sunday at If II. m., and Con-
cord Mt 3 %. IN.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-02-12
ATHLETIC MEET TO
COME HERE IN MAY
Several Schools Will Meet in
Competition On Tazewell Fair
GrOundsin Basket Ball, Base
Ball and Other Sports.

a meeting was held in Bluefield on
February 9th, composed Of represen-
tatives of n number of the High
Schools, for the purpose of arranging
a track meet of the athletic clubs of
these schools. The High Schools at
Princeton, Bramwell, Pocahontas,
Graham, Pearisburg, and Ta2eweii
were represented, and il was finally
decided to hold the meeting at Taze-
well the latter part of May, the exact
date to be announced later.
The object of this meet wi. b. TO
have contests in all kinds of athletic
sports, base ball, BASKET bali and any
and all l.inds of athletic games.
This occasion will bring to TaZewell
n large number of people besides
those immediately connected with the
association. The citizens of the town
and community will be Interested, and
give all the encouragement in their
power. Athletic sports and contests
attract great deal of attention these
days in all the schools, up to the big
universities.
1t is suggested here that the Taze
we'll Fair Association let the Fair
Grounds free for the occasion. No
doubt the association will be glad to
do so. Other definite notice will be
given later.