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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-18
TEN THOUSAND MEN ARE
CAPTURED BY GERMANS
Russians Sparfng Officers by Not NJ
lowing Them to Fight
at the Front.

London, Oct. 1.-THE capture of
10000 men and five officers north
and northeast of Great Eckau is
claimed by todays German war Office
statement covering the operations in
the east. Great Eckau lies a few
miles east of Mitau and southeast Of
Riga The fighting here is evidently
for the Mitau Riga railroad. The re-
markable portion between men and
officers reported captured---the num-
Der Of officers being exactly one two
thousandth part of that of mems
the matter of much discussion of mill
tary experts. the consensus of opin-
ion being that Russia, having lost an
extraordinary number of officers in the
Galician and Poland campaigns. Is
sparing her officers as much as pos
sible. not allowing them to Join in
the actual front lighting
The Russian official report asserts
that the Germans crossed the Eckau
River. but were repulsed. Petrograd
also claims German losses In the fight
ing around Dwinsk and the Lakes Dem
men and Driasty have been very great
recently. Berlin reports further sue
cess before Dwinsk with the capture
of four officers and 40 men in repulsing
strong Russian attacks. The Russian
statement. on the other hand, calls Ger
man attacks around Dwinsk unsuccess-
full. In the southwestern theater a
success is claimed by General con Lin
singen's army, while the Russian report
also reports several local gains.
A dispatch from Petrograd says a
state OF war has been declared for
Moscow by an imperial ukase.
This action is believed to be the re-
suit Of recent riots. disturbances. sew
eral violent clashes having occurred
between civilians. especially students
and the police. There are also indica-
tons that the manufacture OF war sup
plies, great deal of which come from
this important Russian city, has not
been proceeding at the rate necessita-
ted The influx of refugees from west
ern Russia also has hampcred the nor
NAL progress Of affairs In Moscow
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-18
DARDANELlES CAMPAIGN
DESCRIBED As FAILURE
the Conception IL of Doubtful
Paternity.
PAYS TRIBUTE TO TURKS
Mr.. Bartlett IntimAtes That n Con-
tinuance OF the Program Will Soon
Exhaust Finances of the Allies.
Try For Better Luck Elsewhere.

London, Oct. 17.---Ellis Ashmeade-
Bartlett. the correspondent who for
months represented the London pa
pers at the Dardanelles has just re-
turned to London, and in an inter-
view published in the Times, comes
reconsideration OF the Dardanelles
campaign He implies that this cam
paign, IF 1t ever had any hope of
success. now has been completely
robbed of it, In similar dealing
with "a good gambler and the mad
and the headstrong," he suggests the
allies should take what troops they
bad left to try for better luck else
where. OF the few divisions in
Salonica he speaks contemptuously,
saying they could do no good.
Giving up the Dardanelles' opera
tons in Mr.. Ashmead -Bartletts opin-
ion, would not hurt the allies pres
tige. Their prestige in the Balkans,
he adds, has been reduced to mir
as a result Of faulty diplomacy.
He assails politicians in general and
those who have voiced threats and
made promises in particular.
He intlmates a continuance OF the
Dardanelles action would go a long
way toward completely exhaustine
the allies financial resources. Mr..
Ashmead- Bartlett said:
England's Blunder.
Reverting to the Dardanelles, Bart
lett says:
Apart from the question that the
conception is OF doubtful paternity. we
committed a blunder in our methods
of carrying out the plan. Few minds
were engaged that had any knowledge
of the character Of the Turks fighting
qualities and the geography OF the
country. Never before in this war has
the situation been more serious.
Our boosted financial expenditure
in outlasting our opponents is going
fast to ruin by excessive expenditure
in enterprises which. il they ever had
any hope of success. now have been
finally robbed of all such hope.
"A good gambler, when he loses
much. can afford to stop. He waits
for a turn In his luck and fresh
set of cards and clears for another
table. The mad and headstrong losses
trying to recuperate and has nothing
left to make a fresh start anywhere.
The correspondents asked, which is
England to be, the former or the lat
ter. he insists that the first and fore
most thing to do Is to enforce a rigor-
Gus censorship of all speeches of min
listers about any definite undertaking
There must be no more threats
against our enemies and promises to
our friends until the naval and the
military authorities have given writ
ten certificate that there Is reason
able prospect for carrying them out,
concludes the letter
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-18
TWO BRITISH WARsHIPS
SEEK GERMAN OFFICERS
Appear on Virginia Capes In Search
of Yacht With kron Prinx'
Men.

Norfolk. Va. Oct five British
warships appeared today of the Vir-
gtnia capeS 70 search for the missing
yacht ECLIPSE en- which six German
ofYicers from the informed cruiser
Kron Prsnz Wilhelm are believed TO
have gore to sea
The United States coast guard cut
ter onondaga steamed up Chesa peake
Pay at dayhreak to joint IN the hunt.
She will search one side of the bay
going up and the other side coming
down Other cutters engaged in
searching for the missing yacht along
the coz 81 are the Seminole and Ros-
cogg4n pamhco. Mohawk. ltasca and
Seneca.
The report that one Of the officers
obtained several photoRrap hs before
Ealing Ia not credited in naval circles
Admiral Beatty said tonight that he
believes the men sailed up Chesapeake
BAY. ran aground and have not heer
able In get back.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-18

separating two houses me en-
~ fronte were blown out. the upper
1rcom floors collapsed. In one OF the
a Ter bedrooms a mother and daughter
SSre sleepine They were thrown INTO
sANA street through n place wher" 'he
aNround fioor window should have been
\ 2na both escaped injury.
e1u the next house little boy was
n1ane on his cot. buried under the de-
1r1e of the wrecked roof. In oroer 10
gfelease him the whole roof had 10 ne
ukked up
SS mo furniture nor any pieces of emma
WNre left whole in either of those two
houses: only small pictures or glass
had remained unhroken. one botno
fell into the cepter 81 large mouse
killing instantly two children ana Sc
vereiv in3uring third, ard the father
ana mother Twenty houses III TINS
netghhorhood were rendered doortess
ana windowless Every house WAS
heavily pitted with shot marks.
AT one place where BONN 1eii'
4 young man saving good night u
woman in front Of the door was Killed
nv fragment of a bonlh and the WON
an was severely injured. An old man
walking on the pavement had his arm
blown off and died in the hospital
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-18
SOCIETY IN NEWPORT
IS RAkED OVER COAL


Newport. r. l., Oct. 17.--At a mass
meeting planned by Rev. Stanley Car
nagham Hughes. rector OF Trinity
Church. Frederick F. Garrettson. New
ports former society mayor. and others
OF Newport was raked over the Goals
this afternoon In a local theater. Rear
Admiral Austin NJ. knight. command
ant of the Narrangansett Bay Naval
District. and Captain Roger Wciles,
commanding officer of the naval train
ing station made references to a change
from Newport as base for the Allan
tic Fleet. II conditions are not reme-
died In the city.
Rev. Mr.. Hughes, who has headed q
private investigation. startled many
Newporters in the audience by reading
affidavits of detectives which described
Illicit liquor saloons, gambling dens
and scores OF disorderly houses which
the average Newportcr had never
dreamed of.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-18

night as hurrying back from Casas
Grandes to take a hand in the situa-
ton. did not arrive. Evidently con-
dtions in Juarez did not excite the
brother, for shortly after his arrival
he went to the bull ring and put In
his afternoon watching a matador
kill four bulls and seeing that the
villa treasury got its share of the
receipts.
When Colonel Hipolito villa was
asked why his brother did not hasten
to Juarez. as reported yesterday. he
said tonight:
Everything is quiet here now. Be
sides, If it is true mat General Fierro
| is dead. this may have delayed him.
At the offices of Hipolito Villa in
Juarez it was said that the campaign
into Sonora was under way and that
General Villa might not return to
Juarez. He is still at Casas
Grandes." II was said. although he
had previously been reported we'll on
his overland march to Sonora and
also on his way back to Juarez.
At. the same office 1t was said that
nothing was known regarding the
death by drowning near Casas
Grandes OF Rodolfo Fierro. known
unofficially as Villas chief execu-
toner" At the Juarez telegraph Of
flee II was denied that any message
had been received of Fierro's death
The bloody deeds of Fierro have made
him hated even by the high officials
Of the Villa government. Fierro is
known to have killed William Ben
ton. the British subject whom villa
arrested and ordered sent to Chihua-
hua City, under command of Fierro
He is also known to have killed wives
and children OF soldiers captured in
battle, and Is said to have shot per-
sonally forty eight Carranza officers
among one contingent of prisoners
taken in battle.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-18

honor Of virginia Division. Sons Of
Confederate Veterans: dismissal
prayer by the Rev. r. G. Gilmore
chaplain r. S. Chew Camp. Sons Con--
federate Veterans. Fredericksburg. -.
Wednesday--9:30 A. NJ. business
meeting; II A. M. visit to battle neias
OF Fredericksburg and vicinity. free
dinner at Wilderness Church. =
Thursday-10 A. NJ, business ses:
sion; prayer. by the Rev j. w. c.
Johnson, division chaplain; election OF
officers.
Sponsors and Maids of Honor. :.
The following are the sponsors and
maids of honor for the Sons of
Veterans:
Sponsoring Chief--Miss Ria Thomas
Roanoke, Va.
Maids Of Honor In Chief--Miss Leila
Ellis. S,awsville. Va; Miss Laura Ger
monia Corbin Lee. Fredericksburg,
Va. Miss Rubinette Lee, IrvinRton.
Va.
Matron Of Honor-in-chief--Mrs ].
Garnett King. Fredericksburg, Va.
Chaperones-in-C hief--Mrs. John T.
Goolrick, Fredericksburg. Va; Mrs. b.
8. Herndon, Portsmouth. Va. Mrs. n.
r. Evans. Salem. Va. and Mrs.
Thomas NJ. Darnell. Roanoke. Va. -
IhdluS anu SPohSoTS IoT DIcttiNAOr-
First, Mrs Eleanor w. Kent. sponsor;
Miss Flora Mason. Fredericksburg.
maid. Second. Miss Ellen Maury. Nors
folk. sponsor: Miss Mary Seldom.
Portsmouth, maid. Third, Mrs. Jamrs
Easley Lipscomb. Richmond, sponsor:
Miss Dora Taylor. Richmond maid.
Fourth. Miss Nan Richardson. Farm
Vile, sponsor: Miss Charlotte Tomlin,
Petersburg. maid. Fifth, Mrs Louisa
Barksdale Watkins. South Boston,
sponsor: Miss r. G. Maury Danville.
maid. sixth, Miss Helen Sheahan, Roa-
noke. sponsor; Miss Eliza beth Adams.
Lynchburg. maid. Seventh, Miss Rosa
Rogers, Roanoke. sponsor; Mis-
Agnes Starkey.. Roanoke. maid
Eighth. Mrs. w. Wirth Smith. Louisa.
sponsor; Miss Blanche Stansbury.
Alexandria, maid. Ninth. Miss Mary
Lee Honaker. Abingdon, sponsor; Miss
Catherine Stuart, maid. Tenth. Miss
Bessie Wilson Arthur. Winchester,
sponsor: Miss Virginia Martin Paul,
Harrisonburg. maid.
For Brigades--First Miss Julia
Coleman Churchland. sponsor; Miss
Lalla Jones. Norfolk, maid. Second.
Miss Mamie b. Allen, Richmond.
sponsor: Miss Jean Gregory, Rich
mond. maid. Third. Miss virginia
Fickley. Cluster Springs. maid. Fourth.
Mrs. William Ingles, Radford sponsor
Representatives from r. s. Chew
Camp, Sons of the Confederate.
Veterans, Fredericksburg, Va: Miss
Kate Newell Doggett. Miss Dorothy
Freeman, Maury Camp. Confederate.
Veterans. Miss Amelia Woods Miss
Susie Mallory Bradley
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-18
FOR UNIVERSAL PEACE.

bridgeport Conn. oct. l7,---Refore
600 members of the Loyal Order of
Moose from all over Connecticut to-
day William J Bryan made plea
for universal peace.
Difference Of opinion does not
necessarily mean difference OF pur-
poses" declared Mr. Bryan.
: IF one-tenth of the money that SIS
being spent for frhtns We're applied
TO promote the brotherhood OF man
and an understanding between ma
tions. there would he no such scene
a. Is being enacted now in Europe,
Men would he united with common
purpose. progress and policy, They
would learn that il Is not necessary
to slaughter each other The woI Id
would reach the stage whore war
could not be declared unt!l the facts
ware weighed by an international
tribune" -.c
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-18
FREDERICKSBURG READY
FOR THE C0hFEOtRATtS
veterans and Representatives of I,o.
cal Bodies Leave Rich
mond Tonight.
REUNION BEGINS TOMORROW
splendid Program Awaits Those Who
atsend Joint Session Of Veterans,
sons OF Veterans and Daughters OF
Confcieracy.

Inc GRAND Camp. Confederate Vet.
Grams OF Virginia, and Grand Camn
sons OF Confederate Veterans. will
meet IN joint annual reunion at Fred.
ericksburg tomorrow, Wednesday and
thursday Local representatives Of
the three bodies will leave Richmond
tonight and tomorrow morning
Many entertainments have been
arranged, including tours OF the ba,-
tiehelds, by Fredericksburg peop,e ~,
the visitors. and homes have been 90.
cured for the visiting veterans their
sponsors and maids Of honor
Program For Reunion.
The program follows:
Tuesday--Grand Camp meet. - =,
A. NJ; meeting called to ords- b.,
Commander A. b. Bowertnx =,
Maury Camp, Confederate yeterans
rreoericksours; prayer. by grand
chapiain; address Of welcome in he
half OF the city of Fredericksburp nv
Mayor j. P. Rowe: address OF wei,
come from the veterans OF F,reder.
ieksburg and vicinity by John -
Gooirlck; response by grand com
mander; introduction by Commander
towering OF Grand Commander Grit
nm, who takes charge of the session /:
music by Confederate choir; roll-call
OF onicers and standing committees.
appointment Of credentials commit
tee; report OF grand commander. 5
r. Anticipation by grand com
mander OF Veterans. Sons of Veterans
sponsors, maids OF honor and citi
gems at Princess Anne Hotel, p
M-lntroduction OF sponsors and
maids OF honor Of the Veterans and
Sons or veterans to the public at the
oIera house.
Wednesdays A. M.-Grand s-smp
tlefields Of Fredericksburg and vtcin-
ity. p. M.--Reception by Daurh-
ters OF Confederacy Mt Princess Anne
Hote. to Veterans and Sons of Vet
Grams. sponsors and maids OF honor.
'sday-lo A. M.--Grand Camp
session. 3 +. M--Grand parade.
$3.50 =. M.--Grand ball at opera
mouse TO Veterans. Sons OF Veterans.
sponsors. maids of honor and Dauyh-
tiers of the Confederacv Of Freoeric.,-
burg and vicinity
Fiesday-Virginia Division Som.
Confederate Veterans: 4P. M.-Bua.
mess meeting p. MANUAL
meeting of Son. in opera house;
prayer by the Rev ]. w. G. John
son. Roanoke. division haplain. ad
dress Of welcome by c. O'Conor Cool
rick, Fredericksburg: response by
commander; presentation OF William
Brandon, commander in chief Sons
confederate Veterans OF Texas: bre-
sentation of sponsors and maids Of
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-18

will see 10 given goes under fsne namc
of protection or not. He would care
little whether the Republicans charge
him and his party with stealing the
tariff doctrines of That party. AL
this would be immaterial to him In
the face Of accomplishing a neces-
sary and vital object.
May Change Thrift.
Strong Democrats today are In
clined 10 believe that before the mex;
campaign for President Is well begun
the country will be startled by of
son on the tariff that will indicate
his willingness. II necessary. to re-
wise any schedule Of the tariff along
protective lines, but not, OF course.
along lines that will fatten special
interests as against the interests OF
the people. Action may he taken In
advance OF the campaign by legisla-
ton that will materially change por-
tions Of the tariff and satisfy bust
ness that the administration will not
stand by harm TO legitimate indus
try.
Those who claim TO see such solid
backing for the President In all parts
of the country believe that the Amer
lean business man will he for the
reelection of the President in pref,
erence to n change TO another party
on the general principle that 40 long
as things are going we'll II is best not
TO make change. showing his con
fidence in the ability of the President
to meet foreign conditions as they
come up.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-18
PREACHERS EVIDENCE.
DIVORCES A COUPLE

New York Oct lion the testi-
mony OF Philadelphia clergyman.
Supreme Court Judge Lehman has
granted divorce decree Ito Mrs.
Lillian Mathewson, sac West One
Hundred and Twelfth Street from
Ernest Thomas Mathewson. a travel.
ing salesman. The clergyman, who
testified somewhat unwillingly. was
the Rev. VIM a, Ferguson, Of 622
East Indiana Avenue, Philadelphia.
pastor Of the church attended by the
Mathewsons. when they lived in the
Quaker City several years ago.
Mrs. Mathewson sued her husband
on the ground of his misconduct with
Miss Evadine NJ Sager, OF 4504 Wal
nut Street. which was the Philadel-
ph.a nome OF the Mathewsons in 1918.
The Rev. Mr.. Ferguson's testimony
was taken under a commission issued
In the supreme Court here. Mathew
son did not defend the suit.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-18
The Worlds Work for October.

a summary of the first year of the
war is contained in two articles in
the October Worlds Work, entitled
The Military Balance Sheet in Eu
rope" and "A Summing Up OF the
War at Sea The balance sheet of
the war to date points to long war.
and ii shows another fact of great
significance: The proportion OF loss
TO the military strength on land with
which they entered the war Ia less
with the Teutonic allies than with the
Entente allies. = Germany ap-
pears to have more than made up It's
losses to the end OF the first year Of
war by its annual contingent. Though
Germany's casualties In battle have
been large its losses in prisoners have
been comparatively small. On the
seas. the Allies are supreme and have.
since the outbreak OF the war, in
creased their supremacy In dread
nauehts nearly 100 per cent. Their
present preponderance is seventy six
as against thirty for Germany and
Austria. The story OF General Botha S
great victory in German Southwest
Africa lis described in an article by
Lewis X. Freeman. "Germany's Ext
from Africa." How China is prepar-
ing for national defense and is retail
atng by boycott OF all japanese
goods for her recent humiliation In
having to accept Japans demands is
described in an article by Willard
Price. entitled, "China's Fighting
Blood Up" Other articles in this is
sue are, Who's Who in Mexico" con-
tanning brief biogra phies of it's presi-
dental possibilities, by French Stroth-
er. The War Wall Street and
Water" showing the absurdity of the
recent stupendous initiation of market
values of the so-called war stocks !.
"A League TO Enforce Peace by
President Lowell, of Harvard; War
Chiefs OF the Army" "An Americans
Impressions in Russia" by Robert r.
THE Intellectual Stimu-
lus of the War by Theodore H. Price
Helping Foreign Merchants to Sell
American Goods" by Walter F. wy
man, etc. etc.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-18
NORFOLK RAQUtTERS
DEFEAT R|cHMONDERS

Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
Norfolk, Va, Oct. lin the tennis
matches between Norfolk and Rich
mond racquet teams concluded today
on the courts of the Norfolk Country
club. the local players scored COM
plete victory over the State capital
aggregation, taking seven of the
eight matches pulled off. In the sim
giles they scored six straight victories
In the doubles. played this afternoon
the two cities broke even.
In the first match, Erskine and
Buford, OF Richmond defeated Bun
dy and Mcintosh in two straight sets
by the scores of GA and SIS
The second match was closer and
longer In doubt. Whitehead and
Lewis were forced to extend them
selves and go three sets TO dispose of
the Richmond racqueters, Christian
and Johnson
The scores were: 81 6-s and ia.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-18
EVEN THE AIR PILOT
MUST OBEY THE NEEDLE

London, Oct. 17,--An amusing story
is going the rounds of the flying corps
officers, who at present are in London
in great numbers
A certain young officer of one OF the
flying squads was ordered to fly to
France from certain Ilace In the
South. so he followed the coast to the
East 1oohing for the corner where the
dtI ection of the coast line changed and
Indicated that he was at the Strait OF
Dover. Somehow he missed the cor
nef' and went on along the coast.
His compass showed him that he
was going north. but being skipper
of the ship he told the compass II
was wrong. and went ahead till he
did conre to corner. There he
struck out across the sea and after
the regulation twenty minutes or so.
found himself over land again Fly
ing on, he came to some tents and
when he had spotted a good field
near them. he landed in II 10 ask
his way
a number OF peasants arrived and
surrounded the machine. He open
ed on them with his best French and
they replied In some incomprehensi-
bic tongue. which he took to be
Flemish. Presently a British sergeant
and couple OF men with fixed bayo-
nets came up AS 500 mas they were
within ear shot the officer said: Il
say, sergeant, can you tell me the way
To our headquarters. can't max
these fellows understand French ~
French yelled the sergeant II
should think not. Why you're about
four miles from X----- mentioning
town in tho Eastern coUntries), and
these folks thought you was n Ger
man and sent us to get you"
The officer had bravely flown across
! the Thames at it's mouth aud landed
in Essex
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-18
SENATOR WEEKS WANTS
CHEAPER LOCAL POSTAGE

Washington. Oct. 17.---Senator John
w, Weeks, of MassaC husetts, in an in
teryiew given out in Washington to-
day, declared In favor of cheaper post
age for local delivery letters The
senators views on the subject are re-
Earded as significant because Of his
membership on the Senate Committee
on Postoffices and Post Roads While
a member of the House he was the
chairman OF the committee In that
body.
The senator expresses the opinion
that cheaper postage for local delivery
would greatly aid business and be
Meves that the revenues from one cent
postage would be greater than the
government new derives from the two
cent rate because a greater volume
OF business would result from the
cheaper rate.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-18
1. loo. 600 TOOK PART IN
CHAMPAGNE OFFENSIVE

Berlin Oct ~ THE war office
made public today copy Of secret
order found some days ago on a
French STAFF Officer which shows that
three quarters IF the French army
partieipate1 In the great offensive be-
9gun In Champagne and ArtoAs on
81 ptemi,er Is Tire order specifies
nlnety-three divisions TO join in the
movement, making a total Of about
$50. 600 men. not including the Bel
Kian army The British forces sup
Piled eighteen divisions 10 the attack
Dr about 3s0 geo men The grand
total of nearly 2,o00.000 men In
sG1uAes both French md British
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-18

Congress, of giving our country full
measure of defense. l ain willing to
go to any length in order to secure a
proper measure Of preparedness"
Representative Geo. w Edmonds.
of Pennsylvania: II favor legislation
which will place our country In a
state of preparedness commensurate
with its greatness, and to preserve its
standing among the other great ma
tions"
Senator Boise penrose, OF Phila-
delphia: Il am in hearty accord with
the purposes Of the National Security
League. and ! am an earnest advocate
OF national preparedness"
Representative Alfred G.. Allen, of
Ohio, stands for an adequate navy a
standing army of 100000 men fully
differed and for reserve of citizen
soldiery representing the Swiss plan.
Representative f. NJ Chiperfield. OF
Illinois. says he is in favor of ade-
quate national defense.
Military training in high schools lie
suggested by Representative Sydney
Allen. of Minnesota.