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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-05
Christmas i'm Business.

In one of the busiest streets or
Picking this sign is hung out every
Sunday: To-day is Worship day
This is striking to the Chinese, who
for forty centuries, have worked
without ceasing. bartering and selling
every day IN the year.
The ten Chinese girls. the arst sent
TO America TO be educated on the
Indemnity fund. are all Christians,
and eight ERE daughters of Chinese
pastors They were chosen by COM
petitive examination In Picking,
There has never been a greater
opportunity for American missions
than today. There is nothing better
known to all the Chinese than Mr.
Wilson'S peace policy. I am thank
full as never before for being an
American citizen and missionary to
China. China sees Christ in Ameri-
cas- foreign policy. Al educated Chi
naman told me the other day: only
America and China are not involved
vet not for the same reason China
IS not able, America Is not willing >"
II. II. MCMILLAN.
SooChow. China.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-05
Missionary Education In China

A spirit OF great friendliness ex-
lists between the Government Of
china and the mission schools. and
missionaries have been almost over
whemed with opportunities for car
rying out the recommendations 90
the national missionary conference OF
1913 In favor of the cooperation OF
missionary Institutions with the Gov
eminent.
The Shansi education officials re-
Gently offered the entire charge of
the public school system in eight
counties with a population OF 4. 900
GOO to tho American Board of Com
mission"rs For Foreign Missions full
liberty being granted TO teach Chris
tianity
The board has sent rrissiona ries
to take charge In Fukien appeals
are being made to missionaries all
over the province to undertake the
direction of schools. One village has
given them It's Buddhist monastery,
the endowment OF which is devoted
TO Christian school.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-05
ADVANCES Of FRENCH
WESTWARD CONTINUE.
Further Narrow German Wedge a"d
cain control of Nncndm-
snized Hopd.

Parlz. April f--The French adVante
westward from Pout-a- Mousson, nav
.nu for It's obvious purpose the further
rarrovfnE Of The German wedge which
extends south 10 81. Mihiel, and the
cutting off of that town from the Ger
man base at Metz. continued TO-DAY with
sHt .tapture OF BeEnieville
TbN village iS just west OF IN" bols-
Ie-l,retre where the hghtiug has been
almost continuous for some time \
marked gain was made by the French
on &prH with the taking OF Fay
Eu-HAyo. ON the western edge or the
forest ReEuleVille IL TWO and half
Kilometres tone and five Fights milesi
further vest ia a straight line running
east AVID west from Font-a Mousson.
THE faNIne of this Village not onlN
means tnat much gain for the French
and that much narrowing Of the Ger
,7a1, wedge which puts into tho French
iiue east Of the fortress Of Nerdun. but
also nuts che French troops ON the
u,acadamtzed road 10 Thiaucourt, 81.
penoit nud lHtesnes. in the Woevre.
This road crosses the So. Mihiel Meta
road at St BERNARD and any advance
along IL mast be matter Of concern
so the Germans through the danger
which it threatens to their line Oh
communications
am the res; Of the front there has
been 40 aetNttN.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-05
STATE RIFLE TEAMS
BEGIN SHOOT TODAY
Each Nilitia Company In the state
VIII Participate In Pour
Weeks Contest,

l;tlc teams representing companies
in each of The local military orEani-
cations which will participate III the
rife shoot for the mpionship of
the State VIII begin the contest to-
night. when the first shoot viii take
place upon each Of their local ranges
Captain Daniel Porter. Of stanton.
and Lieut. .uant Leroy Brown. OF the
r"gimental staff. will be present at
he shoot ~ Judges The shoot will
last for four weeks. Each company
entering team in the match Will
shoot on its own indoor range under
q supervising officer. The scores made
Al cach nf the four shoots, which
viii be held fuf four successive weeks
will he tahulated and forwarded to-
Acknowledgement Sale. Bulletins of
The result will he sent the contestants
After the shoot the figures viii he
compared aud he winner announced.
The casn prizes aggregate more than
s200 with gold medal 70 each mem
Der OF the winning team, II is ex-
pected that the winning team will
be forced to make an average of
over ninety out OF a possible one hum
dred It will be possible to score
10 600 points and ii is expected that
the aver9y' score will be around eight
thousand points,
Companies from both the Richmond
Grays and Elues are represented by
teams. ana tho local shooters are ex.
pected to make n high score At
practice and the elimination contests
which have been held to pick a team
composed - the best shots. several
exceptionally good records have been
made, and MANY of the members of
The differe-t local ORGANIZATIONS expect
to SEQ a Richmond team win
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-05
MANHATTAN IS RA|DED
HAM REID ARRESTED
Warrant Sworn Out in Complaint OF
New Yorker Who Had
Lost His Roll.

Ham Reid, manager Ct the Manhat-
tan Club. at 4l2 East Broad Street,
was arrested last night by Detective
Sergeants Wiley, Kcilam and Atkin-
son on the charge of running a dis
orderly house resorted to for the
purposes of gambling. The arrest
was made or a warrant sworn oat
by Arthur Hughes, Of New York, VINO
claims that ne lost large sum in
the place. When the detectives on
tered the club" only few men were
found there, and these were sitting
about tables reading magazines ana
papers Conversation did not lag at
the entrance of the detectives. and
their coming seemed to occasion no
surprise.
Hughes complained to the police
two days ago that he had lost large
sum in the club He is employed at
CITY Point. and told the police that
he came 10 Richmond a few days
ago with a large roll.
The first complaint in regards to
his losses is said to have reached the
police through his wife, who came on
10 Richmond from New York about
two days ago to join him here. She
found him without funds when she
reached the city, according to her
statement and when she asked him
what mad become OF Inc money ne
had earned at City Point she said that
he told her that he had lost 1t at the
Manhattan Club.
Hughes swore out the warrant upon
which the arrest was made, before
Magistrate Purdie. The detective raid
ed the club shortly afterwards, As
nothing wrong was going on when
they entered, no other officers of the
club were arrested. and the men
caught in the place were released.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-05
Christianity In japan.

The growth OF the Christ AN Church
in Japan has been marked. The
number If missionaries has increased
during IN" past fifty years from 1910
600: the Christmas from none 10
tS4 oUe. Including G66S9 Roman
catholic ana 30 246 Greek Catholic
christians whilt the Christian com
munitv of adherents is two or three
times az large "a this The Sunday
schools Pvew from none 10 t. 500.
with leo 600 children under instruc-
ton. leading Japanese estimates
chat tn are In Japan 100000
persons who are fakhioninE their
conduct according TO the principles
Of Jesus Christ Fifty years ago
there was no Bible in public circu-
lation. TODAY It's circulation IS num-
bered nv millions. There was then
hardly hospital or asylum in the
land Christianity has been the pi-
oneer in establishing homes. hospi
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-05
ROTAR|ANS To LEAVE
TONIGHT FOR NORFOLK
Secretary h0scpdorf Advises All to-
Get In Touch with Him by
Noon Today.

An the Rotarians who expect to
leave Tor Norfolk tonight. are re-
quested by Secretary Rosendorf to
get in touch with him by noon today.
SO reservation may be made on the
boat which leaves the Old Dominion
wharf at r O'Clock tonight
More thar one hundred Rotarlans
have already announced their inten-
ton Of Joining the party.
Wireless from Norfolk indicates that
there Will be some big time in that
ttt,apor1 town tomorrow.
The local Rotary Club will be the
guests of Tom Palmatary nFriday
lie expects the whole
membership to he on hand. and says
he viii spring surprise upon them.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-05
RAIL WAY COMPANIES
LOSING J|TNEY FREIGHT
Despite Opposition There Are More
Iva the United States Than
Ever

Already more than goo companies
with street car lines have hoeh form
ID in this country. In New York
one company nof operates 1885 such
buses and ri least ono city in America
has established municipal bus line
In which approximately ESQ 900 pas
scnscrs were carried last year
Those asc few Of he facts work.
ed cut by ,he Commercial Vehicle, a
meteor journal published in New
York, in recent issue devoted TO he
growth Of the pilney transportation
IN this country.
Detroit Is the city that has cstab-
lshed it's municipal bus line, opcrat-
ing nine cars between Belle Isle Park
and the downtown district The route
is 2 IL miles ia length and during
the rush hours Of the day a fine
minute schedule is maintained. Each
bus VIII seat tweuty-siX passengers,
with a maximum loading capacity Of
dozen more. Inst year the total re
eeipts of the lire were $26,olGIl, and
the city made an actual profit OF APP
proNimately $1,000 after paving all ex-
penses of operation. upkeep ana de-
probation.
The street car companies have
raSed all of the notable bus line fail
ares from the charitable past and pa
raded them before the eyes OF the uuln=
formed reader" the magazine says.
They have gone into legislatures
and fought for class legislation. re-
strictive legislation for the privilege
of monopoli2ine, not only street car
operations, but all public transporta-
tuu in the cities. when their own
figures show that the form of trans
portattun they adhere to cannot pay
unless a large percentage Of the pas
sengers carried ride without the seats
they pay for, Their profits are in
proportion 10 the discomfort of theH
passengers
''Yc ct. with what result There ore
today more jitneys in operation than
ever. The second city Of the land tCht-
caEo). has decreed that the Htney bus
may operate on the public streets,
provided 1t is licensed as q motor
vehicle and public hack. other cities
have made the same decision
The chicago regulations require the
payment of city and State motor ear
license fees. the licensing of the driver
and the payment Of e. cahstaud fee,
The corporation counsel OF Chcaeo re
Gently declared that franchises for the
Jtney were not required
The bus lines Of London prohahly ale
the largest IN the world. Figures show
that the lines there in 1913 carried
ia 0H0. 600 passengers, 30 per cent OF
the number carried ny the traction
lines The total number Of motor
husses in London that wear was S3.565
as shown by the licenses issued
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-05
NEGRO FOUND DEAD
MURDER SUSPECTED

With his nose mashed and another
wound across one of his hands, G@or&e
Banks. d negro. Whp liSes on 1iAfNs
Road. Chesterfield County WIS found
dead last night on Thirty FIRST street,
about seveaty-five feet west of Davis
Avenue, Woodland Heights, whether
the man was assaulted and left 10 die
ia the street. or whether he fen and
sustained injuries that caused his
death Is rot known
After brief examination. Coroner
John W. Brcadpax announced that ha
would hol1 a post moftepl this NORM
ing. at which time some light VIII
probably De thrown on the case as
to whether the man was murdered
or not,
The mans body was taken TO
South Richmond undertaking estah-
Iishment, where it wlil remain until
Coroner Broadrax can exafhinate the
wound this morning
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-05
Pennsylvania Mine Leaders Meet.

Wilkesbarre Pa. April THE mem :
bers Of the executive boards OF the
three anthracite districts covered by
the agreement between the United
Mine Workers and the operators meet
hert Monday 10 formulate the demands
which will be made In the new agree
mciit The leaders Will name date
for the convention. Mt which the min
ers dena nds viii be made. The pres
ant agreement is an extension of the
agreement which expired April ].
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-05
by Southern Missionary News Bureau
Idn ClNdc Clarke Editor.

tua ttAUS ttdFkt, FABiN'T.
The following statement as to the
position In Palestine has been made
BY the Key. =. G. Webb. Of the
Church Missionary Society, who has
recently arrived in England from Je-
rusalem.
with the exception of DR.. Ster-
Ing, VINO was imprisoned FOR six
days in GAIA, We were all well treat
ed said Mir. Webb. Mr., Sykes
stayed on in the mission house right
UP 10 ,hc end while DIR. and Mrs.
Sterling. Miss Webb and myself. of
our own free will, stayed at Hens
mans Hotel. Miss 1Awford. who
was under Instructions to leave MAJ
areth with Dr. Scrimgeour. elected to
stay ON, she wrote to Mr.. sykes each
week and We also heard about her
just before leaving from a Nazareth
woman Who came TO Jerusalem. She
was living In the lower part of the
oFphanage with about six girls and
two servants, unmolested and APP
parently safe and well 1t may he
she did not get away because there
was no American influence on the
spot 10 furtl er her departure. or she
may have preferred to remain. I
doubt whether we should have got
off If Or. Glazebrook had not ex-
ertcd every power on our behalf.
Naturally. all the Christians were
very much frightened although on
the whole they were seldom treated
worse than the MosIeme There IS
no enthusiasm or fanaticism over the
war In Palestine, and | think q mas
sacre very unlikely occurrence.
Moslems who were pro-Germans in
August are now heartily sick of the
present state of affairs and would
gladly welcome lis back. Our Mos
lem friends in Jerusalem were just
as cordial as ever and were Disguised
with the way in which We were
treated
Imported foodstucfs were very
scarce. bat there was plenty Of
wheat. 50 at the present there is
no great distress, The Government
allowed a transfer OF the money 10
the credit Of the G. NJ s, in the
Credit Lvonrais to the name Of the
Rev. / Raz); this money will last
about another FIVE months at the rate
~ two Napoleons for ordained agents
and Que Napoleon for lay agents per
month Mr. Gardner also managed
to get 200 pounds sterling To MS
Through the American consul inst be-
fore We eff With the exception Or
doctors very few of the native
Christians have Joined the colors, the
Government being very keen on their
buying themselves off
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-05
Turkeys Population.

CoLstantinople has about l,Oo0.0oo
inhabitants. But OF these large
portion are Greeks, Armenians and
Jews--non- Mohammedans. Asia Mi
nor, the important part OF Turkey.
has only 1I.C00. 900 people. Armenia
and Kurdistan have population of
abeut 100000. The Armenians are
mistrusted. and have been so long
raided by the Kurds that they have
little loyalty to the Government. The
kurds. while destructive as raiders,
of the Armenians and intensely cruel.
are valuable chiefly az irregular sol
diers. and are not good material for
n modern army. Arabia, though
large country. has only 10000 600 in
habitants, who live in deserts. They
are impatient OF any restraint. and
proba bly, add little To Turkeys mill
tary strength. unless I'd repel an in
vasiot. of their territory.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-05

Chicago NpriI 4-Eondlti0ns OF en-
ploNment for conductors and porters ON
the cars Of the Pullman COMPANY will
be the FIRST subject considered by the
United state Commission on Industrial
Relations at public hearine which
opens tomorrow and viii continue for
two weeks. The relations OF the tele-
graph companies and their operators
and the strike in the shops of the
Hartman road viii also he prohe6
Conditions ~ the Chicago stockyards
may also be investigated This hear
ing will be one Of the last and IN
The opinion of the commissioners one
OF the most important OF the series
which has been in progress by the
commission,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-05
SIXTEEN LIVES LOST

f(,out5nued from First PageD
e.ttse cane ana Little Island reached
him.
Cane and Little Island stations went
out 10 olsen They had made repeated
attempts to reach him only to have
their little boats dashed high up on
me beach They fought the elements
for twenty ours and when the winds
shifted from the northeast to the north
west the high seas subsidized sufficiently
70 hermit tne launching NJ their fife
craft while one crew of lifesavers
vcern rescueinE Olsen. the crews OF
SVashe God stations We're taking OFT the
crew OF the barge Joscphus which
yas driven ashore six miles from
where the Luckenbach foundered The
{fe guards managed 10 get lire to
the stranded vessel and brought the
three men OF the crew ashore in the
trpeches buoy.
Tei~grapbs His wife.
One OF the first things Olsen did when
ne was survived waa TO send the fol-
lowing telegram 10 his wife
Mrs Harry Olsen, 400 Forty ninth
street. Brooklyn. n Y. / am saved: :
viii reach home Wednesday. April Z
t@Igned) Harry"
The Atlantic ocean is strewu with
wr4ckage from Cape Hatteras to Cape
Henry The crew OF the schooner
Alice Murphy was last night rescued by
the coast guards or oregon Inlet sta
on The crew Of the schooner r. p.
Presley were taken or their sinking
vessel BY the crew OF Diamond shoals
1feht ship and the fate of two other
sehooners one at Gull Shoals and the
Other OF Hn& ISlppd. are unknown. The
steamer cotnos today in latitude 34.as
west. longitude 1855 west. rescued
the crew Of an unknown vessel sup
posed TO be bark.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-05
Boost Resources OF the south.

Atlanta, Ga, April AT the Cham
Der Of Commerce tomorrow a big boost
viii be given to the movement for
developing the resources Of the South.
Arthur -. Little. the Boston engineer
ing chemist. who liz said to haYe de-
veioped more chemical indusWies in
America Than any one otner rtafi, il
the principal speaker His topic will
he industrial Resources and Oppor-
tunities OF the south
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-05
TRAVELLING SALESMAN
KILLS WIFE AND SELF

Columbus, O.. April I'D G. Epp-
stein. forty five, trsveling salesman. of
New York, shot his wife. Mrs. Marie
Johnson Eppstein. In a rooming house
late yesterday and then shot himself,
dying Instantly. Mrs. Eppstein died on
the way to a hospital
The Eppsteins came to Columbus
about six weeks.ago. He was a sales
man OF leather goods.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-05
Iowa WoOdmen to Meet

Sioux City, Ia. April 4-The bien-
NAL meeting OF the Heaf Camp of the
Woodmen OF the World. in Iowa, and
the biennial meeting OF the Woodmen
Circle VIII open here TOMORROW. More
than 500 delegates are expected to be
present.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-05
digging" Hook Delays Service

A majority OF telephone patrons do
not know this to be fact, and it ~
through their ignorance of il that they
themselves cause delay In the SER
vice.
But in spite OF all handicaps. the
service given during the storm period
was but slightly slower than the aver
age.
The Richmond exchanges, under
normal conditions. give a three and
one-quarter to three and one-half Sec
ond service. that Is, within four sec
onds of the time that the receiver Is
lifted off the hook by the subscriber
the operator has plugged" in. learn
ed the number wanted and has
raised" II. Speed in service also de-
ponds largely upon the promptness OF
the party called In answering.
About fifty per cent of the calls re-
ceived have to be handled by two
operators, going through e second ex-
change, one other than that upon
which the call is made. During the
busiest period Of the average day. be-
tween and 9:45 in the morning,
about twelve per cent Of all the day S
calls are handled. II is at such period
that 4 fo1r-second service IT, nfssin-
tanned. When the traffic is not so
heavy the service is quicker. averag-
Ing q little more than three seconds.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-05
PALESTINE. CHRISTIANS
ARE WELL TREATED

tails and refugees for the poor. the
blind. the fathcriess, the insane. the
leper, the outcast and the criminal.
Such institutions we're practically un-
ki.own in old Japan. Revenge was
one of the cardinal virtues of Bu-
shido. the moral code of the upper
classes: but new Japan praises Chris
tian:a for its philanthropic fruits,
and the adherents of the old faiths
pay tribute to ii shrdlu
Sherwood EDDY
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-05

washington, p.
e.. April 4 Vir-
giHia; Fair aad
VI ariner Monday.
Tnssday. fair and
moderate south
erly winds.
North Carolina;
Fair weather and
rising tenipera-
ture Monday and
Tuesday, light to
moderate varia-
BILE, Winds.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-05

At chatting dish suppers II is almost
impossible to serve n second portion
81 Welsh rarchlt because IL gets tough
as soon as It ccols II "a beaten egg is
stirred into What remains and II Is
covered closely and reheated mo-
ment over small FIRE using he hot
water pSn. IL win be found quite ~
good as when first made Catherine
Cain, in Southern Woman's Magazine.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-05
Over 100000 Calls Handled.

On the average $50. 900 calls are
handled per day. On DAYS when traf-
fic is heavy the number often runs as
high as 10000. The amperage re-
CURED to hold such service ranges
from zoe to ESQ, Amperage Satur-
dav went above $50.
Three hundred thousand calls were
received at the three local exchanges
during the period that a record Of
the number was kept Several thou
sand calls were handled after that
time.
The day. on the switchhoards, was
continued flashing of the little
lights that burn when the receiver is
lifted from the hook or when the
hook Is "jigrled" or moved up and
down TO get the attention Of the OPP
orator.
With the storm raging and lines
going out OF commission at the rate
of several scores each minute. many
subscribers TO telephone service, kept
indoors by the weather. attcmptd to
give thir orders for the Sunday dim
ner or 10 do other shopping or trans
act other business by phone.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-05
JERRY LOVING. THE st1Hor1

The article in the progress al
tion of the Nirginian sunday p|
Ing ON the, contribution of GtA
roads toward The advancement
civilization was written by jet
Loving, of the oulpeper uIEh sehof
inadvertently the credi, line wa
omitted. The composition won tn
FIRST prize offered by the Virginia
to~operntise Education Association
for the hest essay GA good roads.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-05
Local Rainfall.

Rainfall last twelve hours ..,....
Rainfall last twt ntS-four hours
Deficiency in rainfaiI since March
! .,..4..'..a.. ..s- ,..,--.. .-.... /
Excess in rainfall since January
1 .....-.... ...........,.