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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-20
LIMOGES Lambasted
By Bryan Before
Crowd Of 10000
NATION Lucky 1T HASN'T PREsI-
DENT WITH HAIR TRIGGER
TEMPER" HE DECLARES.

Boston. Mass. Sept 1s.--Ten thou
sand people sat In the spacious grand
stand at Braves field today and heard
William j. Bryan lecture on the war
and its lessons. They heard the for
mer secretary laud President Wilson,
criticize the advocates of greater pre-
paredness, depiore the folly and honor
of the European, lambast the lingo
press and iingoes generally, and re-
mark that 1T was lucky we did not
have q lingo President with hair.
trigger temper in the White House"
There were among those present
persons who agreed with the pacifisr
and others who dissented from his
views. However there was nothing In
his speech which would cause offense
to those who were pro-GermAn or
those who favored the allies. His was
a neutral attitude.
There are th4ose In this country
said Mr.. Bryan. who propose to pre-
vent war by preparing for it. II there
had not been 30 much preparation
there would be no war in Europe to-
day, And. my friends, believe IL we
had been prepared as some OF those
people would like TO have us we would
be In This war now. The trouble Is
you can't have a period OF prepared
ness except through woe.
III you want to know what the
country will be when this doctrine
prevails. just imagine what our con-
dition would be now II We had in the
White House a lingo President with
a nair-trigger temper instead OF q man
like President Wilson, who loves peace
and Is trying to And a peaceful way to
solve our problems.
While no one can say" said Mr..
Bryan in closing, what may come. II
is not diffichlt to adopt measures that
will give far greater assurances Of per-
tnanent peace than the world has ever
known
Mr.. Bryan received $1,000 for his
speech today.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-20
AUSTRIAN, SUSPECTED
SPY, SHOT IN CANADA

New York. Sept. is.-From Mar
burg. Austria, comes the news printed
In the Prayer Tageblatt OF the exc
cution in Cans la OF Ernst Sackl, re-
serve lieutenant In the infantry, who
was by profession a civil engineer
He was accused OF being a German
spy and Il said to have been snot
on or about June Is near Toronto.
eackl was employed by the North
ern Pacific RanroaI. and soon after
the war starred in Europe he was
interned In Canada, as he was on the
point OF setting out for Austria to
Join his regiment. In combination
with other irterned Austrians and
Germans he founded society for the
benefit OF the Austrian Red Cross
and printed advertisements In the
English papers asking for aid for
this purpose The Canadian authori-
ties were advised about these adver.
tisements and publications. and Sackl
was arrested, charged with pernicioua
activity and on suspicion OF being 2
spy, tried and sentenced to death
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-20
NO CONFLICT WITH EITHER
PACIFICITTS OR ADVOCATES
OF NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS
League to Enforce Peace Asserts Efficient Preparation Fol
Adequate National Defense Is in No Way Incon-
sistent With Purposes Of League

New York, Sept. lin response ia
the many inquiries which have been
received by the League to Enforce
Peace, of which ex-President William
II. Taft Is president, regarding the
leagues attitude toward the subject Of
military preparedness, statement
was given out today by the executive
committee In which 1t Is asserted EFF
feient preparation for adequate ma
tional defense Is in no way inconsist-
ent with the purpose OF the league"
The League to Enforce Peace IL an
organization formed in Philadelphia
by ex-President Taft and others on
June IL Of this year.
The statement authorized by the ex-
ecutive committee. Of which President
Lawrence Lowell. OF Harvard. is chair
man. Is that there In no conflict on
the part of the league. either with
the reasonable pacificists or with the
advocates Of a larger armament. The
league. the statement asserts. avoids
the two extremes.
The entire logic OF its declaration
of purpose shows the necessity OF hav-
ing military power. while It's plan Of
action would, Il realized, exempt the
nations from the necessity OF main
tanning great and burdensome armies.
Collective and not competitive meas
ures for security. as proposed In the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-20
SENATE MAY HAVE
EXTRA SESSION TO
CONSIDER TREATIES

Washington. Sept. 1s.-President
Wilson may call the Senate in extra
session next month for the considera-
ton OF pending treaties.
Senator Stone, Of Missouri. chair
man Of the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations, arrived In Washington today
and will have a conference with the
President tomorrow or Tuesday on the
subject OF an extra session OF the SEMI
ate for this purpose. 1t is thought
probable that some announcement will
be forthcoming after the Senator
visit to the White House.
The treaties pending are those with
Colombia and Nicaragua. They were
both vigorously opposed during the
last Congress 1t IL expected that II a
special session is called for the con-
alteration Of these treaties. the ad-
ministration will also place before the
Senate the treaty with Haiti, signed
last week, providing for an United
States protectorate over the negro re-
public.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-20
SUBMARINE Was SUNK
|. AFTER DESTROYING SHIP
Captain Of Steamship New York City
Tells Thrilling Story Of
Chase.
GERMAN U-BOAT WAS FASTER
THAN FLEEING MERCHANTMAN
After OvertakinS Ship Submarine
Pumped Many Shells Into Her.
British Patrol Boat Took German
Unawnres.

New York, Sept. is.-rhat the sub
marine which destroyed tho steamship
New York City last month 10 herself
now resting on the bottom Of the sea
10 tho statement made In a.letter made
public today by Captain Thomas Flen-
ing Day, OF New York. which he re-
csived from the skipper Of tho lost
vessel.
The New York City's captain was
Horace Barclay. and in his message he
tells graphically of the pursuit by the
undsrssa craft and Of the methods ON
pIoy ID ~ tsse mana ~ hicsa alAtAF, In
the day resulted in tho loss Of the sub
mArfns On ths APPROACH " British
patrol. In hts letter to Captain Day
he sAyst
II expect yeu have seen that the New
York City was sunk by German sub
marine on the 18th. We left swansea
the previous night and sighted ths sub
marine at r. ~. ON tbs 18th. We
were then about sixty miles south Of
the Kiasaiei the weather WAS very fina
Gnd clear. The subnartna WAS about
eight mile Ssuth Of ID Immediately
Va turned north, doubling. and In
struetod the Aremsn to set all pcssibll
spsea. hoping to bs abis te gain the
r. 80
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-20
Twenty Thousand Eli
sibles Fail to Pay For Sup
port Of Schools
RECEIVE FREE BOOKS
CONTRIBUTE NAUCHT
City and State Loses Nearly
$4,000 Through Neglect Of
Citizens Who Cannot Vote
But Get Advantages

The Civic Association will have
mother aeid to work In when the asso-
{iation learns that there are 1855 men
81 the city of Richmond who have not
laid a cent toward the support OF the
Ich0ols 1t 10 certain that q large per-
IentaEe OF that number OF derelict citi-
{ens send their children to The pubic
chools, where they receive free text
looks and obtain an education,
By failing to pay their share Tor tne
'upport of the schools this same 1926
ben relieve themselves OF the duty OF
Soting. For the poll taxes paid BY the
Iitixens goes TO the maintenance Oh
he public schools
with an approximate polling list OF
! /, 900 people, and nonyoting list OF
!bout 10000. 1t Ii evident that the men
khu take no interest In public Affairs
hid who never go to the polls are large
Y In the majority.
That this Is fact. and an astound-
hg one, is borne out by figures given
fhe yirginian by Deputy Treasurer j.
,. Craig. Jr He was asked to show
he difference In the number OF voters
nd nonvoters, the latter owing TO the
|tty not only their poll taxes. but their
hanks for the free education of their
hfldren.
Inc ueahquenss, II theFe De any IN
he newly ANNEXED territory. are not
hciuded in this list The table as pre-
AIRED by AIR. Craig Ia most interesting.
/ shows that the city loses $2s.slS
.lean money. This is nearly equally
Iivided between the white and colored
ettnQuents. 1t shows that among the
Mites. Jefferson Ward shows the
reatest loss, while Lee Ward shows
he greatest loss among the eoiored
eople.
For the benefit OF the citizens at
ArKe and the Civic Association In par
calar the tabie II herewith printed.
tnyons may verify the axurss by ex-
mining the bco&h Ii tAs once Of tbs
Jerk 81 the Hsstfhxs Court The names
nd addresses OF the 1884 may be
harmed. Here ii the table:
Bmount CapttatlOn Tax inquent for
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-20
FRENCH SUCCESSFUL IN
REPELLING THE ENEMY

parfs sent. ls.-Gcrman infantry
made an attack today In the region OF
Faye southwest of Peronne. follow
ing the explosion Of a mine described
in the French communique 40 very
powerful" The French infantry. sup
ported by artillery nre. rcpulsed the
attack according to the ofncial state
.ment and took a number Of prisoners.
The German ofYicial statement OF yes
terday says regarding the explosion of
stha mine and the attack which follow
ed:
Southeast Of Bray, on the 6omme. a
widespread explosion effected In and be-
hind the enemy positions was success :
full. During the battle Immediately fol-
lowing and which xaa succeaaful 10
us. the French suffered sanEuinary
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-20
WANTS NAVY EQUIPPED
FOR RESEARCH WORK
Secretary Daniels Addresses Letter to
Members Of Advisory
Board.
NOW POORLY FIXED FOR
CONDUCT OF EXPERIMENTS
Requests Newly created Body TO Pre-
sent Recommendation and EST.
mates That Congress May he Asked
to Provide Laboratory.

Washington. Sept. 1.-THE first
problem to which Secretary OF the
Navy Daniels has asked the members
Of the newly created Naval Advisory
Board to turn their attention 10 thai
OF providing the navy with an ado
quate laboratory for research ana ex-
detrimental work.
Mr.. Daniels tonight made public Z
letter he has written to each member
of the board. asking him to formu-
late his ideas ~ to the sort OF an
experimental laboratory the navy
,shousdrs hawai-. He Asked.the. n4AsaSsEa
TO como to the first meeting Of the
board on October = prepared To make
recommendations. Mr.. Daniels ID
particularly anxious TO ret estimates
az to Inc amount OF money needed
for such building and IT. equipment.
40 that he can prepare recommen-
dalton to Congress for an apprOprta-
ton,
In his letter and his comment on
the letter Mr.. Daniels points out that
the navy ts now poorly equipped for
tho proper conduct Of the experiment
|tal and development work which # II
|constAntiy CARRYING on In some spe-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-20

to the American public pleading the
cause of the German allies and not to
the United States government. The
document is regarded here as an un-
fortunate yielding upon the part of the
Austro Hungarian ambassador to a
desire to relieve himself at length and
in public, of the feelings caused by the
consequences Of his entrusting his now
famous official communication to the
hands of American correspondent. ]. F.
]. Archibald.
A Final Parting Shot,
AS matter OF fact 1t was indicated
several days ago by one close to DR..
Dumba. that before he left the country
he would proba bly, issue a statement
dealing with his case. His purpose in
planning such a statement II was ex-
planned, was to Justify himself in the
eyes of the sympathizers of the cause
of the Germanic allies In this country.
1t was pointed out that the ambassador
would naturally desire before leaving
the United States under such circum-
stances as those which have led to his
forthcoming departure. to deliver a
final parting shot which would be ac-
cepted by his people in the United
States as proof that their amba ssador
did not submit without protest. to the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-20
PILOT, MISSING SHIP
LEAPS TO HIS DEATH

New York. Sept. is.-While at
tempting. to board a Standard Oil
Company tank steamship by Jump
ing from a small boat which was
riding on the crest OF q huge wave,
James II. vanpelt. one OF the oldest
Sandy Hook pilots. was drowned
early today. While the rain storm
was at Its teight the steamship.
which was lying outside Of Ambrose
Light. signaled for q pilot. vanpelt.
who was on the lightship Sandy
Hook, started With another man to
bring the vessel in. They put on In
a small row5oat. despite the heavy
sea.
AZ they nea-ed the steamship Van
pelt saw that his boat could not be
brought to = stAndstill because OF
tho high waves. 90 he fenped for the
ladder ~ the boat rode on wave.
.He miseed. his hold end fall Antcs the
water.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-20
0KEIN IN PLACE
OF TURKISH BATH

atlantic City. N. j.. Sept. Ia
Fay0r William Riddle has ordered a
pmn 20 sleep In instead OF going /,
Turkish bath after -hMrouets so NJ
be ready for his ofIlcial duties In
fe morning. Talking OF the expcri-
Sent today he said:
when = fellow goes out with the
pys and kind. of gets by his um.t
should have something to remind
I'm OF II the next morning. I'm rDine
have this coma made ana placed
my apartment. When / ret home
tier o'clock in tho morning non
tms banquet or like. II will Be my
keeping place.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-20
One American and
Seven Mexicans
Killed in Battle
LYNN FfTZSTMMONS. RANCH EN-.
PLOYE, SHOT FROM HORSE
WHILE CHASING BANDITS,

Galveston. Tex. Sept 1s-The
calm following the battle between
Mexicans and Americans at Dona Fri
day was broken today when three
different marauding bands of Mexi-
cans ciashed with as many citizens,
patrols and Texas Rangers In Hildelga
and Cameron Counties AS result
Lynn Fitzsimmons. a ranch employe,
near Armstrong, was killed. Seven
Mexicans are known to be dead and
reports are that other bodies will
be found"
Fftxsimmons was killed when seven
bandits We're attacked near Martins
Ranch. He became overAnxious In
chasing fleeing Mexicans and was shot
from his horse. Three Mexicans were
killed in this battle, the others es-
Gaping in the cactus.
Two Mexicans were killed In the
Dona District. These were approa CHI
ing the pumping station when citi-
zens who thought the bandits meant
to dynamite the station ordered them
to halt. The Mexicans attempted to
escape and were killed
There was another fight in the De-
fina country this morning Rangers
and citizens located some fifteen Mex
leans near a ranch house. A running
fight ensued In which two Mexicana
were killed and two wounded. The
bandits were pursued but escaped.
South Of Cha plain twenty miles an
other band Of Mexicans were sighted
Others were seen near San Benito
and Ringold. and ranches in these
called for help. which could not be
furnished because Of the location.
The citizens are armed. however, and
little fear Is felt for their safety.
There was some firing on the river
north OF Brownsville this afternoon.
but late reports mention no deaths.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-20
Colonel McGraw
Of West Virginia
Twice Indicted
LEADER CHARGED
WITH BORROWING 94oo, 900
FROM WRECKED BANK.

Cumberland. Md, Sept 19.-The
Taylor County grand jury. after a ses-
sion of nearly five days. late yester-
day at Grafton, w. Va. returned in
dictments against the directors of the
Grafton Bank. State institution,
which closed its doors nearly a year
ago, and which at the time, it was
stated. would liquidate without loss
to the depositors.
Colonel John T. McGraw. member
of the Democratic National Commit
tee OF West Virginia. and for years
the Democratic leader in the State.
was president Of the institution.
McGraw was the Wilson leader In
the State in the last Democratic presi-
Dental campaign. Two indictments
were found against him. one for felony
and one for misdemeanor. while If
teen indictments for felony and one
for misdemeanor were found against
Charles H. Durbin. the cashier, who
Is McGraw's brother-in-law.
The others indicted are Clyde A.
Cole, felony: Thomas r. Joyce. Tay-
lor Cole and A. s. Ward. Jr., misde-
ueanor
The assets OF the bank were in the
neighborhood of s1,00o.000. Liabiii-
ties are said to be $s4e, 600 and assets
1901 900.
Colonel McGraw borrowed from the
bank in the neighborhood of 100000.
1t Is charged.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-20
Fall Of Latter Stronghold on
Russian Main Defense Mo-
mentarily Expected
RUSSIANS IN RETREAT
ALONG ENTIRE FRONT
Gar May Lose Substantial Part
Of His Army-French Claim
Successes in The Region of
Faye

H. H.
fled city ana fmportA Mt rai,r al CEN
ter, which has been the roal ~ The
Austro Ce, MAJ armies ey.r .,r,,.
ts,ey took TAG lat stronphols ~ tie
main Russ;e.n fina of defensa ..u
into their hands TO-DAY TIL. f., n.
Ewin2k. northwest of wilma. il cx
pected r1of,1enfa rfiy. and with II the
Teutons will be In control of the rail-
road which runs al the way from
the Austro-G German border to Petro-
grad. Riga Will b cut off from re-
Endorsements that might stem the
storm OF the drive of the German
army toward the big Baltic port.
late oispatcn from Petrograd to-
night denies the capture OF Wilma.
Inc German war once In announc-
ing ,ne Ian q VIVA. which II says
WAS s.ronAlI 40rA!lea. SAYS the en-
p. ss "so1esa mas Iorceo the
.s,,is - - .ser-.t 4ul.eS as pos
rh s.ns,., q -......n "
c,.,n,s .,,c.s.... - ~ so,,.,a as
snn,hwss,arr n.s-as = ar,ataa AZ" ~
mention - m.a~ .,4Seyi,,a a. Dw,rsw
hut II may - 1890 ssumed thai tha
Car Will h. cou4eSfled nv the com
certed advance Of tKs Austro-German
armies against the most important
Russian railway linz to revise eiis en-
tire program and possibly to give up
the so-far successful offensive in Ga
licia to rush the bulk of his forces
northward for the supreme effort OF
stemming the tide OF invasion.
The predominant question conse-
Quent to the, fall Of wilma is whether
there is force OF any extensive nu-
mericai strength left for the city's de-
Tense after Petrograd realized its Inn
pending capture, The daily reports
OF the last few weeks told OF violent
fighting around the city especially on
the Viiya. The Germans admitted re.
peatedly that their operations. which
finally effected the closing OF the iron
ring. were continually hampered by
extremely stubborn counter attacks on
the part OF the defenders. 1t has not
been made clear. however. whether
these attacks were those OF the Rus
sian rear guard, screening the retreat
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-20
STEADY IMPROVEMENT IN
CONDITION OF NEWMAN ERR

Long Branch. N. T., Sept. Ia
Newman Erb. the railroad magnate
who Is suffering from mercurial pois-
oning, continues to improve. DIR.
Sternberger said tonight that there
was q steady Improvement In his con-
di.ion and everything is encouraging
for his recovery.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-20

Venice. Sept. 1.-THE military trt-
bunal has sentenced TO seven years
of hard labor Antonio Peron. Million
aire army contractor, who was found
| guilty OF graft.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-20


According to Mr.. Craigs calculations
he total sum indicates that there are
P.sff white delinauents. and 9.433 COL
red delinquents.
With an enrolment of $4,000 pupils
pr the present term, IL is significant
Pat the captfation tax delinquents
hould number almost that plumber
Free books for the children of the
hcols OF Richmond cost many thou
Ands OF dollars. The maintenance OF
be schools costs hundreds Of thousands
dollars.
1T To- up to these 1884 deiinouents
get busy commented Mr.. Craig yes.
frday- NO man should be mean
Rough to accept the advantages with
IT at least contributing his little $l.50
hcA year. BY doing this. he can vote
x the men OF his choice, help In the
pnduct of the government. have a
ght to kick about the way the NUM-
pAlity In being run, and feel that the
~ II not engaged In charitable work
hen Il gives his children their text
boka."
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VA. 40
WHITE AND CoI.oRED
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WELL QUALIFIED LEADER.
Bright Future Predicted For Rev. DR.
w. Sampson Brooks.

Bright Future Predicted For Rev. Or.
w. Sampson Brooks.
The Rev. w. Sampson Brooks, D. D.,
minister of the St Paul A. NJ. e.
church, St Louis. has returned to his
home after moss interesting trip to
New York and other large cities Of the
east. While In New York DR.. Brooks
was kept very busy with matters per-
tanning to the International Order Of
Mystic Shriners, which held its annual
session in New York the early part of
August. He is a member Of the order
and shows great interest in its work.
DR.. Brooks also attended to much Inn
portant business connected with his
denomination and his church. From
New York he went to Washington,
where he was also warmly received
and kept busy. He Is one Of the most
prominent of the many able young
ministers Of the African Methodist
church. His rise and success in the
ministry have been almost phenomenal.
He is well educated, eloquent and gift
ed as a preacher, and Il one Is to judge
from his past record it is safe to pre-
dict fer him the highest honor In the
gift Of his denomination in the near
future.
He is man of courage, fine common
sense and energetic to degree. DR..
Brooks Is not only scholarly, but a
\ trained writer. He has Travelled ex-
tensively In the Holy Land and has
4 put the results Of his travel and study
\ In writing His new book, entitled
Footprints of a Black Man In the
Holy Land" has recently come from
the press.
/ DIR. Brooks is not only interested In
the immediate work Of his church and
denomination, but in all good move
ments for the good of the race. He Is
also much interested in the young peo-
pie and believes In giving them a
chance to be trained along both reli-
gious and secular lines. His friends
throughout the country are watching
his progress with keen interest.