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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-12
own before i ,resches the main line

town before / breaches the main line.
The German movement in Kovno
and Courland continues to develop,
and II Is significantly stated in thu
Berlin statement that Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg is in command OF
the army group" Undoubtedly this
group In cooperating with the Ger
man battle feet of the Baltic, and 1t
may delay taking Riga until de-
cislve engagement is fought on the
water.
The presence OF Won Hindenburg in
Courland naturally gives rise to a
report that the German plan includes
an advance next spring upon Petro-
grad itself Military observers an
swer to this that Riga would never
become the base of such an operation.
Overland IL is $40 miles to the Rus
sian capital, while II the Russian fleets
were wiped out, there would be many
ports at which troops could be landed
far nearer. The former belief that II
is all part of great turning move
ment, a drive to get TO the rear of the
main Russian forces in Poland. still
prevails.
General Won Meckensen continues TO
drive towards Siedlce and Brest-Lit-
ovsk. He has now reached Lukow, and
will shortly reach the railroad going
to Moscow. but the Russian troops are
still to the east of that point.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-12

tCOnItnueu from Ittst paBc-J
munique. redoubled In intensity with
large numbers of asphxiattng gaa
shelis at the break of day. The bonn
bardment was followed by a violent
German infantry attack. in which at
least three regiments took part, de-
livered against our positions between
the Binarv1lie- vienne-L Chateau road
and the Houyette ravine. At the cen.
ter of this sector the Germans sue.
ceeded in penetrating Our positions.
They were driven out by our counter
attacks in the course of the day. hold
ing only an element of our first line Of
trenches. We captured men belonging
TO Wuerttemburg corps.
Farther east, In the region Of La
Fontaine AUX Charmes, the enemy de-
iivered an attack against our trenches
and was completely repulsed.
I'm the forest of lie Pretre and in
the vosges. at Lingekopf and Hilse-
first there were rather violent bonn
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-12
GERMANS SINK PATROL
CRAFT-REVENGE is SPEEDY

London. Aug 11,--Some place out
in the North Sea small armed patrol
vessel, II. M. s. Ramsay. met the Ger
man auxiliary steamer Meteor on sun
day, and there was a battie---a naval
battle OF significance. II not greatly
important. because II was the first
clash In those waters for a long time.
But the details of the battle are
wholly lacking. All that is known of
the engagement Is the admiralty
somewhat laconic report that the
Ramsay was sunk. four officers and
thirty-nine men OF her crew, which
probably numbered 100 or more, being
saved.
The victorious Meteor. however. did
not long survive. A squadron of quick
British cruisers, attracted by the cam
nonading soon nosed cut the German
steamer and made short work of her.
At the outset the Meteor's captain
realized that he had no chance, and
preferring to sink his own ship to hav-
ing II fall into British hands, ordered
his men to take to the boats and then
dynamited the vessel.
This Ia the admiralty's announce
ment of the episode:
III. NJ s. Ramsay a small armed
patrol vessel. was sunk by German
armed auxiliary steamer, the Meteor
Sunday in the North Sea. Four officers
and thirty-rine of the Ramsay's crew
were saved.
''The Meteor was subsequently sight
ed by a squadron of British cruisers
The commanding officer. realizing that
escape was impossible, ordered his
crew to abandon the ship and then
blew her up"
Naval records contain no mention Of
either the Ramsay or the Meteor. II
is probable that the Ramsay was the
British steamer OF that name owned
| by the Bolton Steamship shipping
Com pany She was reduisitioned oy
the British Government and turned
into a patrol boat She was 431S tons
displacement.
The Meteor was probably the Ham
burg American steamer of that name,
a ship of $500 tons displacement
| known to have been commandeereu
by the Germany navy at the outbreak
OF the war.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-12
CONFER ON J|TNtYs
This MORNING

The conference between ATTORNEY
NJ J. Fulton. representing the inde-
pendent jitney drivers; Assistant city
Attorney George Wayne Anderson and
Judge Ernest H. Wells. OF the Hustfngs
Court. Part II, which had been ar
ranged for yesterday afternoon. was
postponed until 10 o'clock this morn
ing.
This conference will be- held for the
purpose Of perfecting Judge Wells re-
cent decision. which was adverse to
the jitney drivers, so that future ac-
ton by the jitney people and the city
attorneys may be determined. As 1t
stands now, the case may be dismissed
or Judge Wells decree may be en-
larged. giving the city a chance to
appeal.
Judge Keith's injunction means pro-
lection for another week for the jitney
drivers, and they returned to the
"jitney lanes" about 1o:45 yesterday
morning.
The fact that they were not out
earlier was due to red tape required
by the law before an injunction goes
into effect. Judge Ke.th's injunction
had to be served anew on the city of
flcials and the drivers were unwilling
to run any risks In venturfng out be-
fore this was done.
Hundreds OF passengers missed the
busses on Grove Avenue early In the
morning. but they were hailed with
delight when they reappeared for the
midday and afternoon traffic
1t has been said that II the Councils
holds such protest will
come from the multitude Of former
patrons of the jitneys in the West
End that Councilman Haddon's
amendment to the ordinance relieving
the drivers OF the bond requirement,
will have easy sailing in the City
No matter what happens. the
jitneys are here until rext Monday.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-12
CLOSER Censorship
OF FILMS NECESSARY
Character OF Pi,otcpIays Being shown
Frequently Degrading tn Their
Tendency.
UNDERWORLD Is FEATURED
Lessons OF Uncacanness, of the Sewers
Mouth. Are Taught Young People
On Screens-TNNo Typical Plays
Here.

There appeared at Richmond play
houses last night two Aims which were,
to say the least. of questionable ma
ture, of more than doubtful value.
These films were The Blue Mouse"
and "A Fool There Was" appearing
at the Virginia and Isis Theaters, re-
spectfvely. Both of these films show
scenes and feature characters from
the underworld. The seam yside OF
life Is uppermost.
II must be said. in all justice, that
of the two the Blue Mouse" Is the
less Objectionable. despite the fact that
in this part of the country 1t has a
had reputation. The drama of this
name was barred In Richmond. In
film form the ridiculous features. the
exa ggeration, the palpable comedy,
often hide the indecent side. In fact,
the reputation of the piece is one or
the chief reasons why IL should not
be shown NOR patronized.
There Us a good deal of comedy In
the Blue Mouse" some rough hui
NOR. several chases, and a good deal
Of enjoyment for the crowd that was
not over critical of the morals or
showing as the feature of play q
woman of the underworld.
Sewers Mouth Advertised.
The serious side of the situation is
that large number of plays present.
ed every night in many places. ana
often In Richmond. contain different
formS about as much objectionable
matter as there Ia in the Blue Mousse
In this instance the notoriety of the
piece brings out the under side.
In "A Fool There Was" while ter
ribIe lesson of the evils of dissipation
is taught TO those who see the picture
for the sake Of this lie sson the mum
her who saw II in Richmond for this
purpose was small The picture Is
based, as was the drama from which
IL was taken. on Kiplings poem. The
Vampire" In film form this picture
was shown In Richmond once before
during this summer. The central fgure
IL the Vampire. a notorious woman VINO
fastens herself on a man of wealth.
position family and drags him in
, few short months from honor to death
in disgrace The picture is much more
/ to be condemned than The Blue
Mouse" for there is no relieving farce
TO distract attention from the sensuous
! picture presented at almost every turn.
4 Little is left 20 be supplied by the
imagination Of those who see the pic
/ ture The whole tendency 10 TO pre-
/ sent the full picture OF debauchery.
| Feature Of Phets plays.
! Again IL must be stressed. however
that scenes OF underworld ilfe such
as are given at every turn in "A Fool
There Was" and several times In The
Blue Mouse" are becoming more FREE
auent in the photo dramas, which are
being features all over the country
II does seem that the moving
picture faIms might retain their
popularity and still remain cleaner
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-12

hyphenated, mo army and peace a.
any price folks.
Same Action Necessary.
az hope" General Wood went on
"that when you gentlemen go away
from here YOU will use your influence,
AS good American citizens. in CONTRAST
10 the ignorant masses. by whom you
must not be influenced. and uhat you
will do all In your power to help Sc
cure sane. good legislation for the
establishing of an adequate armament.
.sThe system of volunteers has al
WAYS been a failure. Washington
warned us earnestly even in his day
against depending upon volunteers
for our national defense. 1t might
have been well enough In Washing
toms day to depend upon volunteers
when ocean meant isolation for US;
but now when the ocean Is only nvc
days wide. 1t Is instead of means
of isolation, a ready means of access.
Volunteer Talk FOolishness.
This talk of volunteer arms is all
foolishness. There Is no such thing
as an adequate volunteer service
Every citizen owes an obligatory SER
vice TO his country. The trouble Is
that this fact is not recognized as it
should be.
The district In which we manufac-
ture our munitions of war and our
ruppowder is all embraced In a small
area on our eastern seaboard. You
can very readily imagine what a forca
of say 10000 trained soldiers. once
landed on our shores, could do to US
under the circumstances, You know
as well as I that II you strangle hold
a mans throat II doesn't make much
difference how much he kicks and hits
out wildly at you.
The nations we apprehend are pre-
pared. The nations who are coming
TO US are ready"
General Wood did not elaborate to
the extent Of saying outright that he
expected war. His hearers, however.
took this meaning from his phrase,
the nations who are coming to us"
and In his next sentence he did not
mention Mexico by name. but again his
audience took II for granted that he
had the Mexican situation In mind,
1--WE can take care OF the little ones
said he after speaking OF the nations
who are coming to as and the danger
their coming poftends, an our good
time, although we may be little
bit slow In getting to them.
Now retur .,g to the question Of
armament. we never got a quota Of
volunteers In Sthe Spanish-American
Both the Confederate and the United
States government were forced to re-
sort 70 the draft systsm in iss2. dur
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-12
PRESSING ACTIVE CAMPAIGN.
Mrs. b. II. Valentine. Suffrage STATE
Executive, On Speaking Tour.

Mrs. b. n. Valentine. Suffrage State
Executive, On Speaking Tour.
Mrs. II. B. Valentine. president OF
the Equal Suffrage. League OF vir-
ginia, organized aG equal suffrage
league at The Plains. Fauauier Coura-
~ on Monday night. August .. where
she addressed a large crowd in the
town hall Not only was the hall filled
to capacity. but many men stood in
the windows and outside the door. Mrs
valentine was introduced by. DIR. Rich
ard Mason, who made strong speech
endorsing woman's suffrage. Mrs.
Valentine was the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Randolph Turner. who, with Miss
Virginia Corse. Mrs. Mary Turner.
Mrs. Marshall and Mrs. Mason. were
seated on the platform during the ad-
dress. Miss Corse Is president of the
new league and has a strong ex-
ecutive committee. Many men and
women signed the petition to be pre-
sented to the State Legislature.
Mrs Valentine spoke in Middlebnrg.
Loudoun County. Tuesday night. and
on Thursday will speak In Warren
ton. At the Warrenton meeting,
which is to be held in the town hall.
Mrs. John B. Grayson also will read
war Brides" by Marion Craig Went
worth. Mrs. Grayson is a member OF
the Equal Suffrage League OF Warren
ton. Of which Mrs. Edward w Hilleary
Ii president.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-12
GERMANS HAVE NOT YET
RAGGED LARGE BODY

London. Aug. 1.-THE German
forces on the eastern front continue
to make advances to the east of War
saw, but there are no indications that
aey have succeeded in their object Of
cutting off any large BODIES of Russian
troops. Announcement in the German
official statement that they had taken
the railway junction to the southeast
of Ostrow, was accepted by some &c
mean that they had cut the Warsaw
Petrograd Railroad. but II was not SO
definitely stated. The railroad which
goes through Ostrow has junction
with a small railroad southeast OF the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-12
ing April in the South and August in


the North.
Enemy Prepared TO the Minute.
THE country we have most reason
to dread is prepared to the minute.
Today we cannot depend upon the goo1
will of unknown peoples who are COM
ing to us from everywhere. AS Thomas
Jefferson recommended In a letter TO
Monroe. we must train and organize
all of our male citizens and. make mil
itary instruction compulsory in our
colleges. Until we do. we will not
be safe. That Is as true today as
1t was in Jefferson's day.
The men here have done perfect
wonders in two days. but to raise an
army for our defense we would re-
quire 10000 officers to begin with.
Therefore. you must see that how in
training you we have made only a
small beginning"
General Wood followed this by say
ing that the United States should have
risons" and from 1900 to 10000
mobile troops with the colors to do
police work" in the States proper.
There Is nothing in Gods world
General Wood concluded impressiveiy.
that takes the place of the trained
soldier on his feet
The men were dismissed at the con-
clusion OF General Woods address,
and they ambled up the grass terraces
toward their tents talking over the
address in tones which showed they
were deeply impressed.
Bacon Gives Interview.
Just before supper in the mosquito
barred tents which preceded General
Woods speech the reporter happened
Upon Robert l.. Bacon, ex-ambassador
to France, while Mr. Be- was work
ing with knitted brow over the in
tricacies of his pack and poncho.
Thereupon Mr.. Bacon, who has two
sons in camp, gave forth his first in
terview since last fall.
This poncho." he began. rs tne
most useless thing issued to u.s.
mean that you go out in the rain
wearing 1t and begin to sweat. They're
hot. In a few minutes you're wetter
inside than out. I am here" Mr.
Bacon continued. when asked to say
something for publication about the
camp and wars and rumors of wars
"as a protest against this country's
unpreparedness. / hope that the idea
back OF this cftnp will strike into
the people out here" said the diplo-
mat, waving his arm. north, east,
south and west. Evidently it hasn't
or we should realize the, fact from ef-
fective legislation Throughout the
States.
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time to prevent his defeating Them ana
securing the nomination for himself
II he is not able to do 30 he with bet
strong factor In the next Republican
National Convention. and will exert a.
powerful influence In naming the man
who will be nominated
Sees Era of Prosperity. 80
But this prospect does not scare me.
much as Democrat. Mr.. Wilson will
succeed himself in the White HousA@
Nobody Is opposing him now, and thA
opposition 10 his reelection will b
surprisingly weak. The country Ii go
ing to do splendidiy from now Ola
Business Is improving rapidly and
there Is so much money in the country
that nobody knows what TO do with
IT, As the skies begin 10 clear and
these millions go into business to de-
velop things there will follow the
greatest era OF prosperity the United
States ever knew"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-12
ALLOWS S0ntADYANcES;
TURNS DOWN As MANY
WILL GIVE 100000 INCREASE
Affects Freight Rates Mainly West
OF Mississippi, But Indirectly Every
Railroad In the Country.

washington. Aug, 1.-The Inter-
state Commerce Commission today
gave its decision In the West
ern freight rate case, allowing
advances in bftumfnous coal, coke.
fruit and vegetables and denying in
creases on grain, live stock, packing
house products, fertilizers and broom
corn. The decision allows some OF
the increases asked and denies almost
an equal number.
The decision affects freight rates
mainly west of the Mississippi and in
the Southwest II affects, Indirectly,
very railroad in the United States.
and the commission today servde no.
tice of it's action upon 1880 great
and small lines. The decision denies
all the more important increases. The
advances granted are, in the view
point of the commission. of relative
ly little significance.
Increases Asked.
The commission itself has no final
estimate of the amount of the in
creases in dollars and cents. From
various estimates of record, however.
made by witnesses for both sides and
based upon the higher figures where
the estimates disagreed. the follow
Ing table announced in the decision
indicates roughly the annual increase
in the railroad revenues had the In
creases been allowed to go into eff
feet:
Grain and grain products. $500
237 live stock, $1,000, 200; packing
house products and fresh meats, 81
100000; coal. st,226,t22; making.
with other items, total of s7.6o4.247.
Differing from the attempt of the
Eastern railroads TO Bet s per cent
increase. the Western roads, instead
of asking uniorm increased charges for
out particular commodities, moving
mainly in carioa DIS, and proposed spec
flied increases. changes affecting min
imum weights. increased charges for
special service and increased rates
on a number of miscellaneous ar
ticles.
Reasons Assigned.
They based these Claims for addi-
tional revenue on the ground of finan-
cial needs, the downward tendency of
their net earnings and because the
commodities involved do not bear their
equitable share of the burden. Tho
State commissions ard other bodies
denied that the financial condition of
the roads warranted increase rates
Railway Oficials Disappointed.
Chicago. Aug. 1.-THE western
freight rate adjustment by the inter-
state commerce commission was large
ly disappointing to III heads of the
railroads affected.
The advances are much less than
we had right 10 expect. as Commits
sioner Daniels who heard the evil
dence and filed dissenting opinion,
said" commented e. %. Sewall, vice.
president of the Chicago. Milwaukee
and St Paul However. we are thank
full for all small favors."
MT sewali's remarks were typical
of others
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-12
GOING TO THE
SEASHORE?

Every Sunday morning two fAst
trains leave Byrd Street Station Tor
Norfolk. Virginia Beach and Oesnasl
View. via the Norfolk and western
Railway. They are well flIled With
happy folks going to the seashore..
15 cents more to Virginia Beach
These trains leave Byrd .treet ata-
ton every Sunday morning ~ eIA
and o; returning. leave Norfolk 4:1E
and TAO r. NJ, landing the hnpuy
outing parties safe In Richmon4
s:35 and 1925 r. d.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-12
HEAVY FIGHTING is
REPORTED BY HAMILTON

London. Aug. iI.-General Sir Ian
Hamilton. commanding the land forces
In the Dardanelles. reports severe
fighting on the Gallipod Peninsula yes
terday. mainly in the Anzec zone.
Some of the north positions were oc-
cnpied in slightly varied places.
The general result. he declares. 10
that the area held at Anzec has been
trebled. owing chiefly TO the galiantry
and dash Of the Australians and New
Zealander army corps
No further progress has been made
to the north
The troops have inflicted heavy
losses on the enemy.
The French battleship ST, Louis Is
reported to have put five of the six
guns of an Asiatic battery out of ac-
ton.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-12
AIIered Arson Charge Dismissed.

~ the outcome OF fire which oc-
g&urred during the month Of October
Mst year. Antonious Ferrentia. an
Italian and his wife were arraIgned be
ore Magistrate Chatham. In Chester
014 County yesterday afternoon on
I'D charge OF arson. the charge being
e&srrea by Hughes & Green. insur-
cs agents. After the evidence fur
led BY the accused and witnesses
re hsard the ease was dismissed.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-12
ALLIES P0UR TROOPS
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Aug. II fby wireless to sayvilie. N. II
-Enver Pssha. the Turkish minister
OF war. declared today that. according
TO his information, the entente Allies.
IN their latest operations at the
Dardaneiies. had landed three div
isions OF troops comprising about b0,-
600 men. The losses among them,
however. he asserted. already had been
very heavy
Turk commander Not worried.
Enver Pasha's statement was made
in an interview with q correspondent
Of the Associated Press The Turkish
war minister said:
II am fully confident that we Will
be able to keep the Allies In check
on the GalIipoii Peninsula, even IL
other large endorsements are COM
ing. We knew that the Allies action
OF two days ago was due and we pre-
pared for 1t, with the result that we
were not caught mapping.
According to my information the
Allies landed three divisions. about
$4,000 men. No doubt part OF them
no longer count, considering the heavy
losses they sustained in attacks in
cident to the new offensive. The allied
losses have been very heavy SO far
in this new attempt to force the
DdFuahetles.
Rcpulse OF Allies Claimed.
Turkish troops completely dispersed
forces which the entente Allies landed
near Karachali. on the north of the
Gulf OF Saros. in Dardanelles opera
tons Saturday night, according to an
official statement issued by the Turkish
war department Troops landed north
of Arr Burnu made slight advance
under protection of the Anglo-French
fleet, the statement adds.
The text of the statement Is as fol-
lows:
I'm the Dardanelles Saturday night.
under the protection Of the feet, the
enemy landed a part OF his new forces
in the environs of Karachali, on tn~
north of the Gulf of Caros, and the
remainder on two points north of
Arr Burnu. We dispersed completely
the enemy forces which landed near
Karachali. which left behind some
twenty dead.
North of Ari Burnu the troops
which landed made a slight advance
under the protection of the feet. We
repealed attacks and took some
soldiers and officers prisoners
I'VE achieved considerable success
near Seddul Bahr In beating back at
tacks"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-12

Pretoria, Aug. 10, via London. Aug.
Colonel s. @. Maritx.
a leader In the Union Of South Africa
rebellion. who was arrested late In
February. was imprisoned at Wind
koek. Cape Colony, but escaped a
month later. has been arrested by the
Portuguese authorities at Angola,
West Africa, with a handful OF follow
ers according to an official state
ment.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-12
LAW SCHOOL
Richmond College
Forty-flfth Sessa0li Opens
September 10.

FOfty-utn SfS1AOH OpGm
September 10.
Two years course .of study leading
to degree of LIB. Able faculty Of
four professors and two lecturers.
Moderate expenses. Send for catalogue
to w. 8. Mcneil. Phi. D.. Travellers
Building. Richmond. Va, or f
President r. W. BOATwRIGrIT.
Richmond College. VI.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-12

FoIkee. suddeniy, at St. Luke's
Hospital. Tuesday, August. 10. at
$50 p. NJ. MINETREE FoLKES,
Funeral will be conducted this
fThursday) afternoon. August II.
1915, from the Broad-Street M. r.
Church. at O'Clock. Interment
HOLLYWOOD Cemetery.