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amount OF the current cotton cror
brought into sigh; dut ing the eight
months ending March ~ was i2.2Gl ASA
to-day by n g. Ilcs,r:. secretary Of
The New orleans cotton Exchange.
During the same period in 1914. Their"
was brough; into sight l3.SS4. G3d bales.
iS.o2o,93" IN 1913. and li.GSoi6. in
1912.
The movement since August shows
rcc"ipts AZ all United States ports of
".ie".Ito bales against 9.sli.@5G dur
Ing the same period in 1914. overland
movements across the Mississippi, Ohio
and Potomac Rivers 10 Nortchrn mills
and Canada totaled SG5,Ii2 bales
against l.loi,ls3 last season. southern.
mill takInsS. cNcluSiV" Of consumption
at Southern OUtf.Ults. (Mcrc o3SG 600
bales against ;S5hr O;iu bales in 1914
while interior stocks j.! excess OF those
held at In. close of the commercial
year were Slo.iI6 bales AGAINST 46J.li7
last year.
Including stocks irft over a, ports
and iutcri"" points from The last rron
and that part OF the current cror
brought int" sight during IN. last
elTht months tn" supply was l3,G0nGi7
naies rms was dcCrcus. Of 81 cnG
bales under isl+. ana an increase Of
:56,o bales over 1912
Foreign exports Tor The eight months
or the season wef. 650i .2@l bales, a
decrease Of l,&o%.7SS bales under l,si
Inc i"tal movement for tile month
ending March 81, was l.3GI.i,7 halls
as against 90 .1"- last year and l.ll4-
lol the year before. Stocks AT sc,bnuri
ana the twenty nine leading Southern
interior points AT The close u IN,
month were 2,423,735 bales as aruims,
l,%5l.936 last year. and .2SaS0g ~,
Year before '''
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WOMEN STOP TALK
AND PLAN TO FIGHT
SufirmGl>iS Arc Preparing TO storm and
Capture Congress for
Their "Cause."
Sn.cial 10 The Times Dispatch

Special to The Times Dispatch
NEW YORK, April Flour mill
lion womem voters have made up their
minds TO stop talking and to fight tooth
and toe nail for a suffrage amendment
10 the United states Constitution. Mrs.
Jessie HARDY Stubbs told go members
Of The Congressional Union assent lea
III q war council here
Mrs Stubbs, who is III cnarce of the
publicity end OF the campaign for the
adoption by Congress OF the Susan r.
An'h"Iy amendment. s:4"ci,. the key
not" OF the meeting when she said.
we viii scale the political wall
which surrounds that medieval fort
rvsH known as The Congress o. The
United States.
Tin" whips OF the political PARTIES
nave always controlled the situation.
and Nc women have waited" Mrs
S'uhhs vent on. growing more firerv
w" Viii wall no longer. The breach
made during the siXty-third Congress
was so "dc chat il only remains for
us 10 capture tn. fort in tn. sixty
fourth by concentrated endeavor"
The women spent all day and far into
me night planning TO carry OH the fight
III Congress. Veteran warriors nj bap-
Nzcd III the BATH" fire Of the various
suffrage states. they have donncd their
VAR paint and arc preparing to carry
on silent. but none the less violent
battle for the cause"
After "a luncheon at Peg Wofington's
where the delegates heard speeches in
FAVOR o: the Anthony amendment a
business meeting was held at the resi-
d"ncc OF Mrs O H. l.. Belmont Mrs
John Rogers presided and Miss Florence
KELLEY, one OF the fair orators brought
from Washington for the occasion dis
"ussed the Anthony and Shafroth-
fnimer amendments. Mrs DonalG Il.
fooicr Mrs. William Colt and Mrs
ellison Gardner hammered home the
call TO battle
The Congressional Union has estab-
iish:6 Headquarters IN tie white mar
nle hu!idiNc occupied by Mrs. Bclmonrs
'oiitical equality Association ir East
of'N-iirst street Among those at
tending the conference are: Mrs Rhcta
Chi!de Dorr, Mrs Frank Cothrer. Mrs
Jessie Hardy Stul bs. Mrs Marie Jenny
Howe. Rose Winsiow. Mrs Helen ROY
ir"ely. isabella Mott. organizer for the
district OF Canada; Mrs Emily Sar4ct
Lewis, president OF The Equal Fran
chtac League. OF Philadelphia. ana Mrs
Harvey W. Wiley.
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French.

F.\RIS. April Cvia I.ondonp.-
The War Office this afternoon gave
out this report:
a struggle is going on at numer-
Gus points on the front Opposite
the town of Gompierre. to the south
west OF Peronne, we blew up sue
cessfully four mines. Near the
farm OF lie Cholera. north of Berry
au- Bac. we blew up mine saphcad
AT the moment the Germans were mt
work on it, and we followed up this
explosion by a storm of projcctiles
from. our seventy-five- millimetcr
guns. German observation post
disappeared in the gap caused by
this explosion
belgian aviators during the night
Of March 3O-3l bombarded the avia-
ton camp n Handsaene and the
railroad junction al Cortcmarck"
The official War Office statement
Tonight says:
There have been artillery duels
4; different places along the front
III the Woevrc district. TO the west
OF the forest of lie Pretre we have
occupied the village OF Fey en- Have.
and have maintained our positions
there. despite several counterat-
tacks
I'm Lorraine and in the Vosges
there is nothing to report.
TO the south Of Dixmude. .Avia-
ton Lieutenant Garros brought
down an acroplanc by machine gun
ire In the region OF the Aisnc an
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CHRISTIANS ROUNDED UP
BY TURKS AND MASSACR6Q
Rcmuiuing 1000 or I5.O00 in lrumiah
Expect Snmc Fate Unless ANrrtrr
ny Orders from tonstnnttnOpic.

TAERlZ. PERSIA. March n CVia PC
trovrad ana London. April D.--rrec"d-
ing the reoccupation by the Russians of
SalfnaC Plains in Azerbaijan Province,
northwest OF Urumiah hundreds of ma
tive Christians were rounded mp lay the
Turks in the village O. Hlaftdcwan and
maSsacrcd. Many oil these We're
searched out from the homes OF friend
IL Mohammedans. who tried 10 hide
them. The Russians on entering the
Village found go bodies, mostly NAKED
and mutilated Recovery OF bodies
from wells. pools and bitches and their
burial kept 500 men busy for three DAYS
The wailinc % women intensified
Nhe horror of the scene. Widows. able
10 identity the bodies of their nus
lands, insisted on digging graves ana
;,urNinr them. Some OF the victims
had Ecen shot others had been hound 10
ladders and ihcii heads, protruding
through. hacked of. Eyes were Sougcd
out and limbs chopped on.
\ general massacre Of tile 10000 or
15.00c Christians remaining in trumiah
is expected, unless ii should be averted
by orders from Constantinople
Verbal messages from trumiah con-
firm reports That more than 500 persons
already have been killed in that neigh
borhocd and that more than 1000 nave
died Of disease. These messages also
confirm the reports OF the maltrcatmcnt
OF the Rev. T.. T. Allen. J.. D.. an Amer
lean missionary ~ Urumiah.
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KING GEORGES STAND
APPROVED IN MONTREAL

MONTREAL, April liking Georges
stand on the liquor question In Great
Britain has been warmly approved
here. Several eminent Canadians to-
day declared themselves in favor Of
restricting the use of alcoholic drinks
Dispatches quoted Premier Clarke. of
New Brunswick. as saying his govern
incht was considering the prohibition
OF the use OF alcohol in that province
during the war. Premier Murray. OF
Nova Scotia. to-day assured a delega-
ton. which asked that an advanced
step toward prohibition be taken. that
his government had the matter under
consideration.
Saskatchewan has abolished the bar
during the war. Manitoba and Ontario
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-02
JUDGE 0VERRULES MOTIONS
IN ELECTION FRAUD CASES
Mansus Higgins Opening Argument for
Government in Charges Against
Tcrre Hautc OmcinIs

INDIANAPOLIS. IND, April AT
ter Federal Judge Anderson had over
ruled motions to instruct the jury TO
bring in verdicts OF not guilty, Milton
w. Mangus, for the government. began
the opening argument to-day in tho
trial of the Tcrre Haute election fraud
case. Each side was given ten hours
for arguments, which means the case
will not go to the jury until next Mon
day or Tuesday
Clarence Nichols. attorney for will
liam Doyle and George Woodall, moved
that the court instruct the jury to
bring in verdict of not guilty for
his clients. on the ground that evil
dence introduced against them was not
sufficient to constitute n prima facie
case.
A. Q. Stanley. attorney for Mayor
Dom NJ. Roberts and the majority of
the twenty-eight defendants, made a
similar motion on behalf OF George
severn. Pearl Mckay, Andrew O'Brien.
Joseph O'Mara and Richard knuckey.
Judge Anderson ruled that the evil
dence against Doyle was the weakest
link III the chain. but that it WAS suf-
hcient to be given to the jury to decide
Dom Roberts was the real leader
or the conspiracy, and had his finger
III all the dirty outrages." asserted MIR.
ManBus. He had direct charge OF the
conspirators."
He asserted that money was the
motive for the conspiracy. He CON
tended Eli III. Redman Joined the con-
spiracy for the salary he would receive
as Judge: that the city employees en-
tered 1t in order to hold their positions
ana draw their pay, and that the
saloonkeeperS and gamblers were in
the conspiracy because of the favors
they would obtain from the city ad-
ministration.
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ESPECIALLY COMMISSIONED
TO RAISE. SUBMARINE

lSpeclal 10 lne Times Di Spatch
NEW YORK. April Chief Gunner
George II. Stillson, United states Navy.
champion deep-sca diver of the world.
ana Passed Surgeon George r. W.
French, United states Navy. with
crew OF four men, the pick OF the
navy. LETT Grand Central Terminal last
midnight especially commissioned by
secretary Daniels 10 raise the sunken
submarine Fl. Secretary Daniels's
order followed unsuccessful attempts
OF divers under Rear Admiral Moore to
bring the submerged craft from the
bottom of Honolulu harbor
Sullson has Il record of diving ga
feet. the feat being accomplished in
the waters OF Long Island Sound, con-
Quoted from United States ship
Mate Stephen Drellishak, who, with
Stillson, walked along the bottom Of
the sound; Fredrolin Nelson. Frank
Criliey and William LouGhman, also
record holders.
At his home in Brooklyn Gunner
would raise the FL.
The failure SO far to bring the cub
marine to the surface is due to the fact
that the men there have not the i'm
proved diving gear With the appara-
tus perfected by DR.. French and nv
self. we can easily work at depth OF
over 400 feet. the distance we under
stand the ship to lie.
While the task is n dangerous one
feel that the confidence our superlors
hold in us has not been misplaced. OF
course. | don't know anything OF the
conditions we will have TO face, but
we all agree that we can work at any
depth.
Our first task will he TO ascertain
the exact position of the sunken craft:
If she is filled with water. and other
conditions, which will determine our
course in raising her.
Included in the outfit we are taking
with us Is an improved decomposition
chamber devised by DIR. French and my
self This corresponds to the hospital
lock- in caisson work. when diver is
overcome he can be brought to the
surface resuscitated. by releasing the
air pressure
Instead OF the hand pump. such as
they are using in Honolulu. we use
power pressure. This is the only prac-
teal way OF working at great depth.
In fact. it is impossible by any other
method.
Several months from now I will be
able TO work 1000 feet below the sur
face We are now waiting for this new
outfit to be completed"
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SUBMARINE SUPPLY SHIP
Is BELlENED CAPTURED

81 LoNDoN. April IA dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company. from
NewhaNen, a port on the English
Channel. in SUSSEX. says large Dutch
cargo boat. the Lodcwijk van Nassau.
has been brought into Ne&haven by
two British torpedo boats under tho
suspicion that She has been supplying
German submarines with fuel oil.
The torpedo boats gave chase 10 the
Lodewiik van Nassau. and captured
her near Brighton.
1t is said the members OF her crew
appear TO be Germans. The name o.
the vessel is painted on each side III
huge letters. She has cargo OF oils,
which now is being examined
When hailed by tho British torpedo
boats, the Dutch steamer refused to
stop. bu, she eventually was brought
To n halt
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UNION UNIVERSITY WILL
PLAY HAMPTON ON MONDAY
strong to!"rcd Teams VIII s,,,
strong Contest on IOcnI
Grounds.

Monday VIII he q gala d.y for mo
Goiore Hl. peopie Of Richmond and vicm-
Nersity, has arranged two Games To-,
the loyal fans OF Richmond TIC frot
MO wt,, be nsiWesn 'he mines Of the Hen
Hill School Rotn arc we'll inatrm,,G
and close contest is expected. Thosn
interested IA the future diamond ar
fists OF coior-d baseball in Rirhiunnd
VII! be highly entertained by witmcss
ing this contest
meet Hampton. That the visitors have
a strong team this year is not deni, d
Dut Union naS squad as strong. if not
stronger: The lineup is entirely com.
posed Of regulars, Win the cXc.ntinn
OF shortstop. Bcecher Taylor is an old
knight OF the wiuGpad Iio was IN
ago, and served until las, wear ,,hnH
he was shifted to third. captain Dan
two seasons, and mas never mad. -
treaty of peace with an error AZ va,
This Is Halls second season in icfi
garden; ne Is fast and sure as a fielder
and is very promising with IN. stict
Home Run" Jenkins is coppIup ne,
over IN right luke. in tie midway.
t curately from almost amy nosi,in,
Nothing can come too dif'icul, for him
10 ha an I'm ~ ms terr'tory Ills back
(. asset 10 the team. Ola Reliabl. ~.
ten, in ne garden spot. is starring as
the wagon tongue.
The keeper s;;X TX ; OF the in
and IL one Of the coolest IS p @a'n cas-. ,n
team. He has Improved greatly v.ith
,hs am; - Just VINO WI finally land the
The three candidates Duck wilder
Lawton and k!rby--secrn TO be i'm -
neck-and-neck race for that ofice.
the secret az to who will do the mould
work against Hampton on that dan
All the slahmen are in perfect condi-
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Austrian.

VIENNA. April l (via London).-
The Austrian War Office statement
tonight follows:
I'm the East Bcskids the enemy
during the night attempted several
attacks in the Laboroza Valley.
which were repulsed. Between Lup-
kow Ridge and UZsok Pass the
lighting continues.
Near 1nowlodz. on the pilica
River. strong Russian forces this
morning attacked our troops After
they had reached the acknowledgements.
the Russians were driven back with
considerable losses
IN the southern war theater
there has been no change.
Tie open town Of OrZova having
been bombardcd, We replied BY bonn
harding Belgrade"
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Russian.

PETROGRAD. April tvia Lon
dom.-An official report issued to-
day by the Russian headquarters in
the Caucasus said:
I'm the region OF Artvin tforty
miles south of BatunD our troops
have occupied Tsira. During the
fighting At Artvin we captured two
guns from the Turks. Elsewhere
there is no Change in the situation"
The War Office tonight made
public the following official commu-
nication:
"On the front OH the west bank
OF the Niemcn Wednesday we gained
an important success over the Ger
mans In krasna region. west Of
Simno. the enemy began II rapid re-
treat.
lin the Carpathians our offensive
continues, with very substantial
gains. ON Tuesday in region of
Miehova and Lutoviska our troops,
wading through snow up TO their
lons. climbing almost perpendicular
prccipices and lighting their way
through forces fortified with wire
entanglemcnts, dislodgcd the Aus
TRANS, step by step. from their
trenches and captured the fortified
heights in the principal chain OF
the ieskid Mountains.
I'm the direction Of Butoviaka,
despite the cnemy's violent fire and
the deep snow, we also drove the
AuStrians from their fortified posi-
tons to the west of NaSiczne and
southwest OF Devernikow.
ON Tuesday We captured in the
Carpathians eighty officers and $500
men and four guns and fourteen
machine guns.
In the direction Of Cholin several
Austrian battalions holding a forth
fled position in the region OF the
village OF Szilowcy and Maliney we're
surrounded OH March so and partly
eNterminated. We captured l.50U OF
the survivors,"
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strians and Germans from reinforcing
the armies trying TO hold the Carpa-
Sthian passes against the onslaught OF
tho Russians. who daily report the
capture of 4 large number OF prisoners.
Sbus who apparently are making slow
Roadway in the operations against
9Lupkow and Uzsok Passes. The Rus
slams also are slowly pushing the
Turks back in the Caucasus.
Belgrade again has been bombarded
by Austrian guns. while Austrian air
men have dropped bombs on Ccttinje
the Montenegrin capital
Operations in the Dardancilcs are
still IN a state of allegiance
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-02
SPRING MEDICINE
Hoods Sarnnpariiis, the Great Bloo,
Purifier, In the Hest

spring sickness comes In some degree
10 every man. woman ana child in Our
climate. "
IL is that rundown condition OF tho
system that results from impure. i'm.
poHerished. devitalized blood.
IL is marked by loss Of appetite ana
mat tired feeling. and in many cases
by some form Of eruption
The best way to treat spring sick.
ne ness IL TO take Hoods Sarsaparilla.
rms old reliable family medicine puri
hes. enriches and revitaliZes the blood
IL is an all-thc- yeGr-round Alternative
ana tonic, and is absolutely the best
spring medicine.
Get your blood in good condition at
once-now. Delay may be dangerous
ASK your druggist for Hoods Sarsa pu
rilla. and insist on having ii. for noth
ing else can take it's place
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NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
IN kITCHENER'S HOUSEHOLD

LONDON. April War Secretary
Kitchener is among the first of the
prominent men in England to respond
TO the suggestion OF abstcntion from
use OF alcohol. contained in the letter
sent yesterday by King George to
Chancellor of tho EXchequer Lloyd
George.
The War Secretary to-day issued in
Structions that no alcoholic beverages
be served in his household for the
duration OF the war
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ZERBST SUCCEEDS MOYER
becomes Warden OF Federal Pcniteu-
fiary Mt Atlanta.

ATLANTA, GA. April Fired r..
Zerbst to-day succeeded William H.
Meyer as warden of the United States
Penitcntiary here. Warden Zerbst
formerly was deputy warden at the
Federal Prison at Leavenworth. Kans.
Mr.. Meyer, who has been actively con-
ncctcd with the government prison ser
vice for twenty five years, was warden
of the penitentiary here for the last
twelve years. lie has announced that
he will engage in business in this city.
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have initiated restrictive legislation on
the sale of liquor
PARIS CORRESPONDENT
RECEIVED BY WILSON
Continued from First Page.

ana Letters. in reply to ono from 'rcs-
ident Poincare, OF the French Academy,
brought to this country In person by
Emile BrieuN, the French playwright
The letter was made public at the time
White House officials recalled, and con
tanned only Fluctuations of a general
character
jules Jusserand. the French ambas-
sador. retired early tonight. and EN-.
bassy officials would not disturb him
when dispatches containing the al
legged Interview in the Temps arrived.
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REPEATED TESTS MADE
OF NEW DINING. EIrHE

HONOLULU, April l.-Repeated tests
were made to-day OF ;he diving tube
constructed by engineers for the pur-
pose OF facilitating the work OF rails
ing the submarine F-4
1t IL understood the tube proved sat
sfactory, and II is expected that the
divers Will use II tomorrow At the
spot where the F-l is believed to have
been located.
\ movement was begun in Honolulu
to-day to raise a relief fund for fami-
lies Of tho crew entombed in til. sub
marine.
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TAKES $500 PRISONERS
Record of Gcrman Eastern Army for
Month of Murch.

BERLIN, April ,via LondonD.-rhc
German headquarters staff in todays
official statement says that in the
month OF March the German eastern
army took 55.Soo Russian prisoners.
inCludinE officers and soldiers. and cap
iurcd also nine cannon ana sixty zone
machine guns.
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ton. and any one OF them may me used.
The probable lineup:
hampton - Moore center f.IG.
brown: left field; Owl. first base: White,
right field: Williford. second base; Pal
mer. shortstop Hill. third base:
Wright, pitcher: Williams. catcher
tnion-B Taylor. catcher: Daniel.
second base: Hall. left field: Jenkins,
right field; fluclcs. third base: Bayton'
center field; :. Taylor, first base: Duck
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Withdrawal of Florida Limited
Trains
r., Il. & p. Il. II.

Tho Florida Limited Trains arc n.;,h-
Drawn for the season. as follows:
SSoo south last trains arrive Main
street ll:I0 p. W: and Byrd Street
ii:30 r. M. April l: Northward, leave
Byrd Street. 7:l0 A. VI. and Main Street
1927 a. NJ, April S, 1915.
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WANTED. good violin player for mo-
ton picture work. Apply Manager
of Regent Theater at 10 A. NJ.
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WHAT WARNING NATIONS CLAIM
IN THEIR OFFICIAL STATEMENTS

other German aviator was brought
TO the ground by the French air
man. Navarro"
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TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.
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PHE THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION
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World Gives so Much at So Low "A
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