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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-16

in many years past. We are proud of
our navy as IT is. We are resolved TO
give our cooperation in making it
better and greater"
EFFICIENCY OF NAVY
NEVER so HIGH AS NOW
Admiral George Dewey. president of
the general board of the navy for the
last fifteen years sent n letter to the
dinner In which he said: The efficiency
Of tho fleet has progressed steadily.
ana never has been so high as it is to-
day"
the letter was read by Secretary
Daniels. The people OF New York
have just cause for pride In the fleet
now assembled in their harbor." wrote
ADMIRAL Dewey. Not only il il COM
posed of the finest and most efficient
wayships that we ever had. hut il is
not eNccllcd, except in size. by the fleet
al any nation in the world: our officers
are as good rs any; and our enlisted
men are superior III training. education,
physical development and devotion to
duty to those OF any other navy. AS
president of the general board for the
!ast fifteen years / can say with abso-
lute confidence that the efficiency OF the
Meet has progressed steadily and never
has been so high as to-day
However, we need more ships mora
oflceiS and more men,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-16
Especial to The Timcs-I

Especial 70 Inc Tlmcs-Dlspat ch.
ACCoAlAC, VA, May l5.-The funeral
services of Loudon Is. Derby who died
on "Wednesday night OF pneumonia. were
conducted in ST. James Episcopal Church
here on Thursday. Rev. Jefferson RAN
dolph Taylor. rector of the church,
oficiated, assisted by Rev. A p. GRAY,
Jr., of Lawrenceville The interment
was in Edge Hill Cemetery. Mr. Derby
was thirty-seven years old He mar
RED in 1903. Miss Harriet Wise Wilkins.
OF Acoomac. He leaves three children,
Loudon b., Henry Wise and Moriella
Wise: ono brother, VIM. Perry Derby.
of Clendcnin, w. Va; four sisters, Mrs.
J. F. Snow and Miss Harriet \. Derby.
of Wicomico Church, Va. Mrs j. IA.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-16
DANIELS DEFENDS NAVY
FROM ATTACK OF CRITICS

TIT
visits one OF our leviathons of power
49,, "i,' " sour an" disappointed visagc'
LOOKING for something upon which he
can hnng tale Of woe and wall a
jeremiah.
The navy and It's head have been a
target of much criticism of late. some
from those honest IN their belief, but
sadly ienoran, or misinformed. ind
much from purely partisan and politi-
cal sources which had no interest in
facts whatever. As ror such criticisms
as concerned myself, | have kept ST..
ien'' li'he must justify or time con-
oc'nh'
tor n,tn, 'u,u ,. 'o''"'''"'' '' me ships
,,I.it, ,,, 'SP"i's'"+ inc
,n,, b.,,,o .n,i,e, '''' 'e"S "hich
rar ,o,, '''""' 'o-"aE q
cnuia ,,a,.a ,, any, ming
49,, ~ S,'N' AS theE
90, IA III" 'iFef' let
IA -, Wv" SP"h'Stneh'
.r,, % my P't"Surc 70
ch,os amer IN
un., 'e"' N"iHiral
-,
"Eo NJ" organization
,,,, va" N"'l"hai Sc
,i.o,,ro,1 80 -" "p'n 'e'''r' an
,, o' 'hN'S' Isation
~ '''e "orid TINS state
,s.o.,a mas "'ScioSed' II IS
,''" '"' nav - neither ade-
- - '"''" LOT war mat II
i"''''H manned IS short Of
$50 ~" anu mas no organized re
h'e" mat the sub
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-16
S.RS.L i7er1Meza9a1 LaaN173TEvR1aA nit

Dii o the losses Yme.ev
10 front pM enwhent
Mmrch
f MAY
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-16
DEATHS IN VIRGINIA
Mrs. Kntc Terry Green.

iSneClal TO Inc Tlmes-DiSpatch.
WYTHENILLE. VA, May 15-The re-
mains OF Mrs. Kate Terry Green. who
died In Lewis Gale Hospital In Roanoke
last night, arrived in Wythcville to-
day. Mrs. Green had been in i'll health
for several months, and was taken to
the hospital for a second operation
about three weeks ago. She was the
wife of Or. =. Il. Green, n prominent
physician of Wythevlle; tho daughter
of General William Terry. one OF the
commanders of the Stonewall Brigade,
and was always All active member of
the u. d. G. She is survived By her
husband. one daughter, Miss Katie
Green; two brothers, +. II. Terry, of
Wytheville. and benjamin Terry. OF
Seattle. WASH and one sister, Mrs.
Dennis, the wife of Rev BENJAMIN
Dennis, former rector OF the Episcopal
Church In South Richmond The funeral
viii take place from 81. Johns Episco-
pal Church on Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-16
DR.. DERNBURG DECIDES
TO LEAVE UNITED STATES
CONTINUED from First Page


DR.. Dernburg himself, that he YVES a
spokesman for the German government,
or that he had had official standing
In view. however, of tn. fact thar hn
formerly was Colonial Secretary In the
German Foreign Once and has heco,no
prominently active in behalf Of the
German cause since the outbreak Of
the war. officials here believe German
Americans attach official weight to his
utterances.
DR.. Dernburg himself issued a state.
ment in New York yesterday DECLARING
he never had discussed matters tina,
had arisen automatically between the
United States and Germany Omcials
Mere made no comment on that hcyond
pointing to DR.. Dernburg's specch f.
Cleveland recently seeking TO JUSTLY
the attack on the Lusitania
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-16

Ayres of Accomac. and Mrs A. P. Gray
Jr., of Lawrenceville.
The active pallbearers wore Charles
Ayres. James w. Eichelberger Alfred
Gunter Ayres, Of Norfolk; DR.. Howard
d. Lilliston. John w. Hickman, Herbert
ID. Hickman. Warner Amcs, OF Oman
cock. and William L. Ross The hon
orary pailbcarcrs were Maurice Garri-
son. OF Cape Charles: a. j. McAiath
W. l.. Burton, VIM. Baldwin, Charles
Dunton and Hardy Taylor, all of Onley
va; Thomas IL. Nelson. John a. Pay
SAINT, Barton Is. Lilliston. Thomas w
Blackstone and Thomas b. ScarburGh
W. L. Bell and Edward j. Ayres were
ushcrs.
Mr. Derby vas assistant secretary and
treasurer of the Eastern Shore Of Viz
ginia Produce Exchange
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-16

WASHINGTON, MAY l5.-The Inter-
state Commerce Commission to-day
suspended until September j. proposed
changes In regulations by the Sea-
board Air Line Railroad, governing the
transportation of berries In less than
carload lots from points in North ana
south Carolina 10 New York and other
Eastern points
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-16
VANDERB|LT'S VALET
CAVE LIFE FOR OTHERS
Like His Master, Ronald Denyer
Sacrificed Himself in Saving
Women and Children.
VILLAGE IN SURREY MOURNs
Euston Station, I'm London, Crowded
With Persons Going To Sec on
Friends and Relatives, Who Later
Sail From Liverpool for New York.

Especial Cable 10 The Times Dispat oh. ]
LONDON. May l5.-Hambledon. a
little village In Surrey. is mourning
the death OF Ronald Denycr. who for
six years was valet TO Alfred @. Van
derhilt. and who, like his master, lost
his life on the Lusitan'a. doing gallant
service in helping the women and chill
dren. Denyer was the younger OF two
brothers who supported a widowed
mother. The other brother, Robert. Is
now serving with the naval brigade at
the Dardanellcs. and also took part in
the defense of Antwerp.
Mrs. Denyer's last letter from Ron
aid was addressed from SaEamore
Lodge, April %. II read:
'Nly Dear Mothcr,-We were up here
for week. but arc going TO New York
Saturday. and II all goes well MIR. Van
derbilt and sail on the Lusitania May
and set to London on the 9th. | Will
send YOU wire from Liverpool II we
land NIL right
Mrs. Dcnycr tcarfully told the cor
respondent how she had been looking
forward to seeing her son who left
home last August. "He had n sDlcn-
did master in Mr.. Vanderbilt" she said
and was very fond of him. It's Just
what 7 expected Of him. TO stay with
Mr.. Vanderbilt until the end. and help
him get all tho women and children
into the boats. lie could easily have
saved himself II ne hadn't stayed be-
hind. like Mr.. Vanderbilt. for he was an
excellent swimmer"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-16
DERNBURG DECLINES
TO DISCUSS STATEMENT

NEW YORK, May l5.-Dr Bernhard
Dernburg declined TO-DAY 10 discuss
the statement from Washington that
ne soon would leave the country He
refused to see newspaper representa-
fiVes, and In answer TO a note Enclosing
q copy OF the Washington dispatch he
xAturned this reply:
mo Comments"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-16
Mrs. Hnttie BnumEnrtner

LYNCHEuRG. VA. May l5.-Mrs.
Hattie Baumgartner. widow of Conrad
Baumgartncr, who was about forty-six
years or age. died this morning at 9
O'Clock at her home hero after n long
illness. She leaves one daughter, Miss
Elizabeth BaumEartner. Mrs. Baum
Gartner was prominent worker In the
Sunday school and congregation of Cen
tcnary Methodist Church
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-16

tiary Bottom by the detectives a few
hours after he arrived in Richmond.
The detectives are of tho belief that
Preston Logan alias Preston Smith. n
negro now doing time on the country
roads. was connected with the hold-up.
and n retainer will be entered for him
by Detective Wiltshire to-day Logan
Will lie arraiCncd in the Police Court
tomorrow morning.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-16
CHARGED WITH HOLD-UP
Fleming Logan Placed Under Arrest
Had Just Returned to City.

Fleming Logan, colorcd. was arrest
cd early this morning by Detective Ser
geants Wiltshire and Atkinson on a
warrant charging him with being one
.oi the men who held up Elijah Moore,
on cary street, near Eighth, during
the day of March 20. and robbed him
of 50
The man was arrested in Peniten-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-16
T. II. Denton.

Especial to The Times ispatchJ
LINCllBCRG. VA. May LIT r
Denton, an cmploye OF the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railway at Norwood, died on
Thursday at his homo a short tino after
his throat was paralyzed. He Is sur
vived by his wife.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-16
EHcrctf IL. Inrc.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.]
LYNCllBCItG. VA. May 15.-Everett
r. InCe died at his home here on Fri
day afternoon and his funeral was held
this afternoon. His wife and mother.
Mrs. c. a. Holmbers. and three chill
dren survive him.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-16
SAIL FROM LIVERPOOL.
on AMERICAN LINER

Euston Station was crowded this
morning with persons going to see
off friends and relatives who later i'm
the day sailed from Liverpool for Now
York on the American liner New York.
Every berth was occupied, and II is
expected that many would-bc VoNarorS
were disappointed. owing 10 the rush
for accommodation. There was II
CHEEKY spirit of optimism among the
crowd. albeit there were some fearful
farewells.
Naturally. the situation between tho
United States and Germany was the
principal topic of conversation. and. in
fact. 1t accounted in no small measure
for the rush of passengers homeward
bound. President Wilson's note TO Ger
many was applaudcd OH all sides for
its dignity and firmncss, but nobody
present could be found who, believed
that Germany's reply could he salts
factory to the United States.
Among the passengers were Mr. and
Mrs. Adam Beck, Mrs. G. BrreIl
Pierre Lorillard. Mime. Jane Catullc
Mendes. DR.. and Mrs Edward Ache
son, Francis Il. Blair, Robert III. Burn
side. John w. Doorly. Mr.. and Mrs
Francis Dyer, the Rev. Samuel Edgar.
MIR. and Mrs Laurence Grahamc H.
T. Greedy, Mr.. and Mrs. Hnrcourt
Palmer. Frank Henius, MIR. and Mrs
j. w. u. Hepburn, Mrs. Theodore J.
Hoover. Fred Lands Mr.. and Mrs Rcu-
ben Marks. Mrs. r. W. Mcmillan. Mr..
and Mrs. f. d. Morgan. Captain Louis
Sorcho, Mr.. and Mrs William Scully,
Leo Nogel and Miss Clara Winthrop.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-02
TO.MORROW'S TOPICS
A Philosophical Surgeons Opinions and
Speculations.

MICROBES AND MEN By Robert r. Morris
VI D Illustrated. l2mo ID Wv 53s Double
DAY Page & Co.
A SURGEONS PHILOSOPHY BY Robert T
Morris VI d. With a FrOntspecr. l2mo. pp
VI. 5sl. Doubleday, Page Co.
These brilliant tours dc force the
first and second volumes Of "To-
morrow's Topics Series" irresistIbly
provoked the unconventional thought
that the author must have had world
of fun with himself in writing them,
Indeed, on almost every page there are
the unmistakable earmarks Of conf
dence and satisfaction. These do not
by any means indicate a cock-sure, dog
matte conceit, but rather the far more
impressive qualities Of authority, sin
cerity and expert knowledge. With
these characteristics, the pleasure
which DR.. Morris undoubtedly had in
writing the volume is multiplied many
times to his readers.
1t is always a pleasant and CRATE
full thing to find what is ill-termed a
"professional" man applying himself
TO literary and philosophical pursuits,
and bringing thereto the wealth and
discipline of his vocational life. True,
there is, or was, law which pro-
nounced Madison upon him who should
use the terms Of one art for the de-
scriDtion or discussion of another,
than which no other known ordinance,
human OF divine, has been defed,
ignored and violated with greater
unanimity, enthusiasm and persistence
Instead, therefore, Of austerely re-
buking him we must gratefully com
mend Dr. Morris for treating Of practi-
cally all the interests of the human
race in the terms of his own profess
sion. In the doing of this there is no
pedantry nor obscurity. Though often
technical, the author is always lucid
and convincing, even to the layman.
In Microbes and Men human life
and activities in their multtudinOus
phases are explained and demon
strated, as in an elaborate laboratory
lecture, sometimes clinic, in bac-
teriology This is done with an in
genuity which amaZes and delights, but
which does not so far dazzle as 10 blind
US to the substantial logic and basic
truths which lie behind the deft and
nimble play of thought. And upon
what an array of humanity's phases
does he touch, Alcohol and the Super
man. marriage and Mexico, cosmetics
and Treitschke, the scientific basis for
literary criticism and the regulation Of
population. Through all runs a fine
and sympathetic vein Of humor,
punctuated with occasional smashing
of idols chiefly modern ones and
flashes of demonstrative revelation.
Above all is the apostleship of san
ity as against abnormality and deca-
dence, and of optimism against pes
simism. The difference between the
two is described as largely physiology
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-02
Legendary OF THE WAR.

Perhaps the most unexpected result
of the war has been the creation of a
body Of supernatural tales. The best
known of these is Arthur Machen's
"The Bowmen." This story OF the APP
pearance of heavenly host, led by St.
George, to bring victory to the English
on the battle field, was, according to
Mr.. Machen's own testimony, q work of
the Imagination only. But no sooner
had it been published in a British
periodical than there began to come to
the author scattered inquiries from edi-
tors of occult journals as to its origin.
When Mr.. Machen denied that his COM
position had any basis in fact some OF
his correspondents maintained, to his
amazement, that he must be mistaken.
In provincial papers a hot controversy
was waged regarding the exact nature
of the appearances, and the pulpit ac-
cepted the poetic invention with zeal.
Bishop Weldon. Dean Hensley. Bishop
Taylor Smith, the chaplain-ge general, and
many other clergymen have occupied
themselves with the matter. DR.. Horton
preached about the "angels" at Man
chester: Sir Joseph Compton Rickett.
president of the National Federation of
Free Church Councils. stated that the
soldiers at the front had seen visions
and dreamed dreams and had given
testimony of powers and principalities
fighting for them or against them. Mr..
Machen's tale holds the leading place
in his The Bowmen and Other Legends
Of the War" which the Messrs. Put
nam have ready.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-02

cal or meteorological. Temperament
depends upon microbes. Between the
atrabiliousness of Strindberg and
the buoyancy of Noltaire ut is mat
ter of comparative metabolism." As
for the decadents, doubtless there IS
much in their work 10 be appreciated.
But they are not propagatiye. paul
Neriaine and Oscar Wilde made strong
efforts TO develop the beautiful. YET,
if we consider the end of their work,
can we ut the same time picture them
as having a large flock of rosy-cheeked,
healthy children Nor does he regard
their work and influence as destined TO
endure any more than their physIcal
generation. "A thousand years from
now. of whom will people hear the
most OF Ibsen and Strauss, or OF
Phidias and Aristotle" To sum up
deca dencc:
II we make a modern classiilca-
ton of much of our popular litera-
ture and arrange it in acrostic form
for purposes of augury the acros-
tic reads as follows:
Erotic,
Neurotic.
Damrotic.
The first letters Of the lines por-
t.nd the direction of this ltera-
trrc. and the middle syllable de-
scribes its character.
In the companion volume, "A Sur
geon's Philosophy" the same spirit
prevails, though the SMILES and the
explanations slightly differ. Life and
its problems here find Interpretation
not so much in terms of bacteriology
though these are by no means aban-
doned-as in those of surgical and
functional physiology. Vesicles, gan
glia and what not are shown to be the
dynamic centres not alone of physical
but also Of psychical activity. 1t has
become a commonplace of corrective
penology and of operative surgery that
in many cases the trepan or the seal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-02
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However ephemeral tho value OF
much Of the mass Of war literature that
has seen the light during the last year;
however unreliable the statements q
many other books written for imme-
diate partisan effect. We have already
two or three excellent works on the
diplomacy that ended in the struggle.
so far as the governments Of the bel
ligerent nations have seen ~ 20 make
public or suppress the official docu-
nents. And now there comes TO Us, in
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-02
SIR JAMES MURRAY
A Tribute TO the Memory Of the Great
photographer.


The new volume Of the Oxford Dc
tionary -Stead"0, about t
be published. will contain the follow
ing note:
Sir James Murray died on the
26th July, 1915. lis great wish
that he should live to finish the
Dictionary on his eightieth birth
day, in 1917, has not been fulfilled;
the unceasing labor of three and
thirty years has ended when less
than a tenth part OF the work re-
mains TO be done. Almost within
week of his death he was still
hard at work, showing, as DR..
Bradley wrote Of visit made 10
him. mot little of the zest and
mental lucidity that ! remembered
Of old" IL the preceding months,
while barely convalescent from an
illness that seemed TO bring him
TO the gates of death, he had pre-
pared, and at the appointed date
of July ] published, his usual
double section" "The words
contained in it," DR.. Bradley says,
present an extraordinary number
of difficult problems, which are
handled with the editors char
acteristic saPacity and resource;
the section is a piece OF his work
of which he might be proud"
II has always been the rule that
each of the editors should be ex-
clusively responsible for the por-
tions of the Dictionary issued un-
der his name. The sections in the
hands of DR.. Bradley. DR.. Craigie.
Mr.. Onions, and their stats, will
not be affected. But Sir James
Murray at the beginning laid the
lines and drew the PLAN in the
prosecution of the work, when it
became clear that it must be
shared. his amazing capacity Tor
unremitting labor enabled him TO
take more than an equal part. and
the volumes 7 -oduced by himself
show characteristic excellences
which cannot be exactly matched,
though they may be rivalled by
merits of another kind. He will
not write the last pages, but more
than that of any other man his
name will be associated with the
long and efficient working of the
great engine of research by which
the Dictionary has. been produced.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-02
THE MONEY MASTER.

tn. MONEY MASTER BENZ ,hr curious rs ,
tor ~ Jean Jacpue' Barol5e; ms LA.ofs. MS
rated by Andre Castaigne l2no. ID. 800
Harper Bros.
Sir Gilbert is so completely master
Of the field ne has made his own that
he cannot fail Of his effects. What IS
more. through him, we. too. have be-
come familiar with the country OF the
habtant and its people-men and
women both. SO. il there be no ven
ture into new pastures here. the return
to a lovable. simple folk and their
shortcomings. to n picturesque, quiet
village in a hospitable landscape. IS
welcome The great man OF a small
place. important, vain. weak. kind
hearted. successful. that is the Money
Master, ean-Jscques Barh'lle, who
boasts that he is philosopher, and
dares even TO confound he new cure
with his philosophy. Farmer and miller
he is. the owner Of sawmill money
lender 70 the neighborhood. with plans
for even greater ventures, cheese
factory, a general store. The grand
tour he makes In early manhood does
not abate his self-esteem. What II
Paris fails 10 notice MIN; WHAT III MS
ancestral Normandy doubts his claims
with cynical Norman ard-headedness?
He is philosophe. quot? And then, or
the way home. he meets the Spanish
girl; mis- downfall begins with his mar
riage to her. slowly at first. then with
ever-increasing momentum. lie pre-
vents his wife's elopement with an
other, but she leaves him nevertheless.
His daughter marries an Englishman,
Protestant and an actor His great
enterprises crumble. he is sold out. and
at fifty, lonely, broken, goes out into
the world.
Here the author deliberately enters
upon the melodrama of coincidence. but
one forgives him that episode at Mon
treal because it links the past to the
future For. of all the characters in
the book. the reader is likely to care
most for Virginie Poucette. the valiant
Young widow, who, rising to great
heights, would have comforted Barbille
in his loneliness and disaster. The
book is good reading; atmosphere and
local color have lost none of their
charm az Sir Gilbert's hands.