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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-27
GIRL LOCATED BY
SALVATION ARMY
Young Woman Missing From Midio-
than Is Now In Care of Police
Matron--says Was Ill Treated.

Eighteen-year- old Sallie Preyer who
suddenly disappeared from the home Of
C. II. Post. of Midlothian. Va. Thurs
day night, and for whom a search was
being conducted, was found in a board
ing house at 2205 East Main street
last night by Detective Sergeant wilt
shire and placed in the care of IA
motherly police matron for the night
II developed that the girl walked all
the way from Midlothian to Richmond,
distance of seventeen miles, In or
der to escape the "lil treatment" OF
her foster parents.
The girl told the police that she had
been forced to milk the cows split
the wood, and to do other chores
about the farm house. adm that she
was determined to leave such sur
roundings. As evidence OF that fact
she spoke the truth. the girl held out
her hands to the detective and with
tears streaming down her face, said :;
Look at these Large corns mar
hands. and she told the detective that
these came from having to use Il
heavy axe tn chop wood.
The girl first came to the atten-
tion of the local Chiidren's Aid So
ciety when she was fourteen years
old. She was taken to their home. and
cared for. Four years ago she was
placed in the home of G. r. Post.
Since that time she said that agents
of the society had only visited her
twice, and she said that they were
supposed to call every six months
at the home in which the children
were placed in order 10 see whether
or not they were being properly cared
for.
Determined that she would live the
life no longer, she left home Thurs
day evening for Richmond She walk
ed the country roads to this city, and
upon her arrival applied at the Sal
vantion Army headquarters for as
s!stance. There she asked for help
until she could secure employment.
4 helping hand was extended her and
the home at 2205 East Main street
was provided for her. until, such Il
time as she was able to pay her own
expenses.
Mrs Johnson. of the Saivatio Ar
my, last night notified the police that
"A girl answering the description OF
Mis-. Preyer had applied TO her for as
ststance there Detective Sergeant
Wiltshire investigated with the result
that she is now In the care OF the po~
lice matrom. Just what disposition
will be made of the case Is as yet
unknown. but 1t is thought that Inc
girl will be allowed to stay in Rich
Ynond The attention of the social
Service Federation will be called 10
her case and she will no doubt have
a position secured for her. The girl
positively refuses TO return TO her
home at Midlothian.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-27
Appltcation of the Lesson.

The minister WAS addressing a Sun.
day school class. and trying TO Inn
press on the little ones the doctrine
that their hearts were sinful and need :
ed regulating Taking out his watch
and holding II up he said. Vow here
is my watch; suppose it does not keep
good time, now goes too fast and now
TOO slow. What shall ! do with it?'
With one voice the class shouted,
Sell II Is
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-27

dress. The message the day before,
too. had been an hours address on
Christ the Hope OF the Individual
and the Nation" VI was a wonderful,
wonderful sight to see that large
theater crowded and emptied again
with men. n vast majority Of whom
had never heard gospel message be-
fore. TO hear addresses on Jesus
Christ
wish you could have seen their
eager interest. Many of their faces
were hard set in grimaces of atten-
ton that scarcely changed through
out the meeting. Many of their
bodies were tense with interest and
hardly relaxed through the hours ad-
dress. Row after row of them were
leaning forward with elbows on the
seats in front lost in the message Of
hope that was coming from the in
terpreter's lips. Words were not
minced. They were told plainly that
unless China becomes Christian ma
ton. she must go the way of Poland,
Here and there in the audience I
could spot Buddhist and Taoist priests.
No matter. about their motive in conn
ing, they, too, were interested in this
strange message that one day will
empty their temples and take the
bread from their mouths. This sounds
like n pen picture, but | write 1t as |
saw II. Were they really interested?
There are at least three things that
make me think they were. First. they
came in such numbers that the re-
peated use OF the more than two thou
sand seat theater could not accommo-
date t.lem Second more than thsr-
teen hundred men indicated in writing
their desire to make study of the
four gospels under the direction OF q
Christian leader Third. after the de-
cisons had been taken the theater
vas packed and others who wanted
TO hear the final message were turn
ed away"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-27
EVANGELICAL
HAS SPECIAL MUSIC
splendid Program In Arranged For
Palm Sunday. Good Friday
and Easter.

A special musical program has been
arranged for the Palm sunday ser
vices tomorrow at st. Johns German
Evangelical Church by Leslie +. Wat
son. a. A @. o., the organist. Con-
firmation services VIII be held in the
morning and music VIII again feature
nj night. Musical services will also
be held Good Friday night and Easter
Sunday.
The choir. which ts under the lead
ership of Mr.. Watson, is composed of
tho following;
Sopranos--Mrs. j. r. Anderson. Jr..
soioist. Mrs. NJ. +. Lindner. Mrs. III.
Price. Mrs. George stein. Mrs. Dun
stan. Misses Jeanette Lindner. NAL
wine Battige. Frieda Battige. Mamie
Herbig. Minnie volkman and Clothilde
Hassel,
Altos-Mrs. III. e. Rpeger, soloist
Mrs. f.. w. Lutx. Mrs. William zeise-
mer and Miss Pauline Coepfarth.
Tenors-Mr william Herbig. solo
list: Mr.. Dreher and Mr.. Charles Bat
tiFe.
Basses-Mr. H. c. Rueger. soloist
Messrs r. w. Lutz and william lei
semer
Following is the program for the
week
Palm sunday.
nor" torganl. Bach: "Benedictus.
Gounod; Ride On In Majesty" Allen;
unfold We Portals" Gounod; sonata
No. First Movement" (organ>. Men
deissohn.
Night Service--"Prelude in A. Mi
nor" torgan). Faulkesi "Benedictus,
Gounod; Jerusalem" Parker; TN
fold Ye Portals" Gounod; Festival
March" (organ), Bruno Hum.
Good Friday.
Night Servicc-~-"Lament" (organ).
Watson: 20 Haupt Vol Blut und Bun
dem" Hassier- Bach; ''Du Mann ans
Kreuz Geachiagen." uberiee; There
Is a reen HILL" Gounod
Easter sunday.
Morning Service -- Resurrection
Morn" torsan). Johnston: Der Tod
LIST Nerschiungen." Blumenthal; 'Lobt
den Herrn." Handegger. "As 1t Be.
gan to Dawn" Truetta
Night Serylce--"Sonata No. First
Movement tcrgani. Buck: las II Be
gan to Dawn Truette; The Risen
Christ" watson.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-27

makes a break for the circle: they SIT
down with the food in front Of them ~-
the ants. caterpillars and other delica-
cies are all bought in few minutes.
Our having something like 100 men.
ADDED 10 the population. has placed a
premium on all foodstuffs, and al
though there Is plenty Of food for all
II takes some scraping around TO ma
II sometimes. Crops will begin to
come in again soon. and. hope the
market will be much larger then
J. A. Stockvell, Wembo- Mama. Africa
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-27
students Dictionary for koreans.

Dr.. George Heber Jones Is the
author of "A new English Korean die
tionary just issued by the Methodist
publishing house VI Tokyo. Japan The
dictionary consists of scientific. tech
meal. literary and general theological
terms.
The main part contains over five
thousand English words. with twice
as many subsidiary terms, These are
defined both In Korean and in Chinese.
and the whole il indexed by list OF
Korean terms, with numbered eta
tions that refer back TO the body OF
the text. thus making the volume
available for. Koreans WHO desire 10
find the English or Chinese equivalent
Of scientific or theological terms in
their native language.
There are fifty thousand students
In the modern school system In
Korea to whom the volume will be
of service
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-27

The ninety-eighth annual report or
the American Bible society Saows that
the issues for last year amounted to
Ave ana half million volumes. More
than a million and a half volumes
were issued in China alone and the
society maintains twelve agencies in
foreign lands.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-27

Whistler was once taken by friend
to the home OF a newly rich millions
ARE who had been gathering coilec-
ton OF dubious paintings supposedly
by old masters. After Whistler viewed
the collections HIS friend aid: Nov.
Whistler. Mr. Blank wants to make
provision IN ffis will 10 <beKueatn tasene
paintings. and he would hike 1ueeee.
ton from you AZ 70 which lnmtifntt0m
to give them. sromptlf canno ill0I
Answer. The EAst HI I1C1
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-27
Her PRAYER for the Kaiser

A visitor to Glasgow WORKING
woman whose son was at the front
was treated to a fluent harangue on
the misdeeds of that "auld black
guard" the Kaiser. She ventured TO
mics and pray for them. "Oh. but 7
pray for him. too What do you
say ~ II say. Oh. Lord. deal vi yon
aud BLACKBOARD. saften his heart, and
damp his poWther.' = u Il
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-27

/ wish you could see our market.
1t is held every Saturday just outside
of the concession. The natives with
food to sell bring II there and the
workmen buy with salt. Money Is
never used in such cases. We have
quite q time keeping the people who
are not working from buying all the
stiiff offered Tor sale before onr men
4 of, So we have to appoint SEN
tries who let only those inside who
hsve food e sell until ne horn !:
~ ~ ruaA. Evsryons yslis and
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-27
Unworthy Influence.

North Americans coming TO the
canal zone writes a missionary, go
rather hysterical over bull fights and
Chinese lottery. Through curiosity
to see what are the vices of the
isthmus these travellers occasionally
patronize questionable places OF
amusement and sometimes demoraiize
the natives. This condition makes
Christian work difficult.
"Of course. visitors do not realize
what a responsibility rests upon them.
1t Is a matter of thoughtlessness.
rather than deliberate purpose"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-27
Found the Reverse True.

Ifx-women are suspicious crea-
lures,
Wix-My experience Is 10 the con-
trary. For instance, there's my wife;
she's q woman and she trusts me,
while my grocer, who is man,
decentralization Transcript
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-27
Fifteen EMPLOYEES OF
CITY GO TO JUNK PILE.
Administrative Board Receives No.
tice That They Have Become
physically Incapacitatcd."
HOPE FOR A PENSION SYSTEM
Streets Superintendent Cohn VIII Dis
miss Old Employees From Service
Next Wedncsday-Iast Council Let
Pension Fund 60 to Sleep.

According to notice filed yesterday
with the Administrative Board by
Superintendent OF STREETS Cohn sotne
fifteen members of his force will be
dismissed on March 81 because they
are physically incapacitated and I'M
fit for service in this department"
The Administrative Board. receiving
the communication. approved it and
referred the matter to Council for
whatever action that body may deem
proper.
1t is regarded as probable that
Council will again take up the propo-
sition to provide a pension fund for
employees of the city grown old IN
service. A similar proposal was be-
fore the body about year ago. but
1t got shelved or misplaced or for
gotten and the Council passed out
Of existence without action having
been taken. The new Council has
come into being and il may be that
the matter of pensioning "worn-out
city employees will again come to life
and that the present Council may do
something
AImshouse Not So BAD.
Thoguh Superintendent Cohn does
not specify the length of time that
the men to be dismissed at the end oil
this month. have been in the city
service. In his department. his state
ment that trey have become 'physi-
cally incapacitated' is eloquent IN IT,
self.
The dismissal of these men, who
have iitrealiv worn themselves out IN
the service OF the city and who have
been consigned by the city to the
Junk pile" means that they will be
thrown upon their own resources, re-
gardless OF how poor they may be.
A number Of these men have others
deuendeut upon them. Some of them
have none but themselves to look out
for. and. after all. the almshouse Is
not such bad place when man has
worked for barely enough to get the
food necessary to give him the
strength he must have that he can
work 10 get the money required TO
buy the necessary food that he may
DELAY the arrival of the day when he
Is physically incapacitated" and must
be dismissed from service.
In referring the matter to CITY
Council the Administrative Board
hopes that Council will provide fund
for the pensionlng Of city employees
who wear themselves out in the ser
vice of the city.
May Create Pension Fund.
II Is nroba BILE that "a resolution.
paving the way to the establishment
of pension system for the beneft or
city employees. will be introduced at
an early meeting of Council. and IL Is
believed that such proposition COM
ing TO life in this Council will not go
the way of that given consideration
a year or so ago.
The fifteen men of the streets de-
partment to he let go next Wednesday.
and their wages. are Carl Illig, as
sistant pound master, $50 per month:
and the following iaborers at $40
per day: a. X. Jones. 4. S. Godsey.
John I-anarri. A. Gianotti. y. En-
roughly. ". f, Applewhite. J, F..
Roberts. " w. Cole. Edward Ginter,
Sol Parsley. j. IT. Kelley. Mike Col
Inns. S. b. Herndon and william Hall
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-27

There are 100000 Indians in the
United States, OF whom $4,000 are
wholly or partly civilized; $4,000 are
church members. and $4,000 are alb
solutely pagan.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-27
MISSIONARY DAY" IN
ALL BAPTIST SCHOOLS

Sunday March - Set Apart As Day Upon Which Home and
Foreign Missions Will Be Emphasized-New Students
Dictionary for Koreans Americans Influence in
Canal Zone Marvellous Work in Chna-Market Day in
The Congo Bishop Nuelsen's Visit to Saxony-From
Many Lands.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-27

In Chaagsa. Human Province,
China. in October. 1914. posters an
nouncing IN. evangeiistic meetings OF
Mr.. Sherwood Eddy were hung upon
the same notice boards that In 1900
held the dowager empress edicts
pronouncing death to the foreign
devils
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-27

Korean cGict 1904; IF you see q
foreigner. kill him. If you see a ma :
tive reading the Christian Book. Kill
him"
This edict was posted and similar
others. by imperial order throughout
Korea,
The Japanese ediet of 1858 against
Christians Is as follows:
"As for the Christian sect. as II has
been prohibited tnus far. in Ike man
ner II must be strictly suppressed. for
hidden and prohibited. AS for the
Jesus religion. 1t also must be strict
ly suppressed"
The eiict Of 1910 saws: $50 long as
tho sun warns the earth, let N.
Christian .e SO bold as tn come to
Japan; and let all know that II the
King Of Spoin or the Christian God
or the great god OF all. violate this
command. We shall pay for 1t with his
head"
1'he-e has never been a Greater OPP
portunitv fo- American mission than
TODAY. There IL nothing better known
10 all the Chinese than Mr. Wilson's
peace policy. I am thankful as never
before for being an American citizen
and missionary to China. China sees
C,',rist IN Americas foreign rnllcy, An
educated Chiraman told me the other
dav: "Onlv Amerie. and China are
not involved, vet not for the same
reason china IL not able: America -
not willing Missionary III. II. Nc
MILAN. Soochow. China.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-03-19
THE FAILURE OF THE SCHOOLS.

Intelligent opinion is that the present state of affairs
in this country exists spite of rather than as result
of the public school system This country is prosperous
citizenship of high Standard culture reaches all
classes In attaining this high standard the public schools
have had little to do They have failed miserably
A generation ago the factory in the home
The apprentice system prevailed generally. Under such
conditions the free public school served useful purpose
in giving the youth of the country the rudments of
learning In the home and factory the boy learned his
trade by which he his livelihood. Owing to
the great undeveopd natural of the country
the matter of making living in the world was of minor
Importance but spendidy taken Of in the home
factory great economic change has taken place in this
country during the past few but the public schools
have kept pace The schools teach those things and
only those things which in the curriculum fifty years
ago. and is charged do teach studies thorough
ly They have tried equip the youth for refined and
polite society when those young and should
have been taught the methods of earning and the
of living.
The first important consideration is to know how to
earn living the second live decently the third to
live comfortably and happily while live in refinement
and culture is long way down the list
1t is far important the average boy or girl to
know how and when hen or plant bean than hv
the Roman empire declined This important fact we COM
mend to the board of and teachers of the Cad
well public schools.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-03-19
REvALUAT1oN OF GOVERNMENT PROJECTS.

Secretary Lane in the director and chief en-
neer of the Reclamation Service which appears else
where in this issue of The Tribune expresses desire Tor
retaliation of all government reclamation projects we
understand that the local users have provided the
committee suggested by Mr. Lane. This revauaton II 1t
be a retaliation at ALL must be great deal more than
computation of the of the project 1t should give
the valuation the project it stands today In short
the settlers are entitled and should be credited with
mistakes made by government employees 1t has been
charged and denied that costly mistakes have been
made by the government Young inexperienced men were
placed in charge of important work and in consequence
much of the work had be done twice in many instances
three times in some and four times in other in
stances Incompetency is not the only charge that has
been made 1t charged that there has been graft
in many cases The settlers should be called upon
pay for graft errors
In Mr. Lane the west has great friend. He is
who stands head and shoulders above the other members
of the Presidents cabinet On more than one occasion
he has shown that he stands ready to give the people of
the west square deal He will probably do in this
instance if the law permits.
The committee appointed should, and will insist upon
getting credit for waste mistakes and graft We urge
them to prepare carefully for the work they have in hand
Ample time is allowed the committee it starts work
April 1st and has until July LIST in which to report
the secretary of the interior.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-03-19

from his sewing of ruthless govern
mental ideas. He never imagined
France could financially recover from
the awful indemnity he imposed on
her in 1870, and thought its weight
would sink the Republican govern
ment; and it was his lifelong policy
to keep England and France at odds,
as well as England and Russia; he
could not have believed that those
three countries would ever be allied
against Germany. Let us Americans
be thankful that no leader, be he
called statesman, or King, or Emper-
or, can sit in his office and dictate
dispatches which will plunge us into
war, whether we will or not, and in
matter which does not concern us,
and about which we know next to
nothing. We control Congress and
Congress controls the State Depart
ment.
| have also read Churchilps In
side the Cup" and like it the least of
any of his books; and have sub
mitted myself to The Eyes of the
World to my mind it is far
short of the Winning of Barbara
Worth" A whole shelf-full of other
books, including five or six war-books
written by both Southern and North
ern men and women, Ida Tarbe1Ps
Life Of Lincoln" in four volumes
and others, | will have to defer till
another time. HOY
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-03-19
SHOULD KEEP RECORD AT POOR FARM

While the board of county commissioners dis
cussng the county poor farm its management and
came to light that the county knows nothing of what is
produced the farm and consequently has a small idea
of the exact income of the superintendent All that is
known is that the county paid the superintendent $4,000
by of salary and 65 per day for the keep
Of the inmates.
We suggest that the present board of county com
mssioners require the superintendent of the farm to file
quarterly statement of the receipts of the farm
Only in this way become known whether 65
cents or 80 cents is the right pay for keeping
the poor. Ordinary business principles demand that the
county commissioners know what it costs to keep the
inmates OF the farm Vague guesses and rough estimates
in this in other matters conductive extrava-
gance pasimony Further the superintendent will re-
ceive too little too much.
Some men worth $4,000 per year while others are
not worth third of that 1t is poor economy to
employ cheap solely because they are cheap On the
other hand the county poor farm should be allowed
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-03-19
to become easy money"
THE WAR DID NOT CAUSE THE DEFICIT.

Senator-eect Broussard of Louisiana says that rlSed
culaon on the part of the administration is the cause Vi
the treasury deficit Representative Fitzgerald, the wen
known Democratic leader in the house says that pork
barrel methods and extravaganza the cause FreS-
dent Wilson blames the in Europe 1t is quite GER
tain that there will be deficit In spite of the dehc
Congress- at presidential dctation rolled merry along
png one appropriation another until the total ex
ceeded billion dollars The administration was many
halted by the determined opposition of Senator Burton
and other Republican leaders President Wilson wanted
100000 more for ships; $250OOOOO for Columbia ana
a few more millions for incidentals
Representative STEVENSON of Minnesota who has been
in Congress for ten years and reelected to the sixty
fourth congress has exposed the aacy of the plea that
the deficit is due to the European His facts and hg-
ures as published in the press show that during 1914 the
duties collected under the Underwood tariff amounted
to 1862 per cent of the total imports In 1872 under the
Payne Aldrch tariff the collections 1914 per cent
During the FIVE months ending December 81 which were
the first FIVE months of the war; imports were Sl5493o4A
less than in the same period of 1913 If those goods had
come n additional duty 1862 per cent would have
been $89570 The decrease of imports for the whole
calendar year 1914 only about $3OOOOO Hence the
decrease of imports does not explain the deficit.
The chief cause Of the deficit the reduction Of duties
and the additions to the free list This cut the customs
revenue 500 6 42 in 1914 than in 1913 But that
was all for Mr. STEVENSON showed that the treasury
balance had shrunk from nearly $l5OOOOOOO when Pres
dent Wilson inaugurated to $45433,746 February
IS, 1915 This expediture of the present fiscal year to
February Is exceeded receipts by $OO75S6 and the de-
felt is growing from day to day.