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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-17

Why, America, Of course"
Mr.. Whittoek, American Minister
in Brussels, set the ball rolling: h.
enlisted the keen interest and pow.
erful aid OF pr. Page Ambassador II
London; committee of prominent
American citizens In London was
formed. The British and Belgian
G"Vernments promised their aid the
German Government gave It's sane
uon~zso necessary and essential t.
the work; Italy ana Spain declared
their eagerness to help to the extent
OF their ability, the cooperation ot
tho native Belgian Relief Committees
was obtained aud organized, Thus
not more than four weeks ago from
the DAY on which / wrote-the COM
mission for Relief In Belgium came
into existence anj--qJite simultane-
ousiy--set to work, 1t rlia*t well
have been appalled, at the task be-
fore it--even parAlyzcd, unable to see
how even to begin how to set about
so vast a job. Ii showed in fact, nc
sign IF such A state or mind ON the
contrary, IL showed every Indication
Of an intention to make good"
What Americans Have Already Done
Wonders have been achleved--~it IL
TO my interest 10 eXaggerate. and
am not exaEgerating. "A network oi
organization covers Belgium from the
CnpAal to the remotest districts
Thirty-eight steamers, aggreeatine
$50, 900 tons. are-or shortly will bt
no doubt they Will be by the time
these lines are read--~carrving about
12S geo tons Of relief supplies. valued
at over eight million dollars and in.
volvlng an immense expenditure ir
transport. Very large sums Of money
have been received. In Brussels
alone 600, 900 meals a day are being
provided An organization has beer
built up In the United States capa.
bis Of dealing with and forwarding
into Belgium about one million
pounds worth of food every month
while. at the other end the Belgian
organization is adequate to secure 1t;
proper, honest, and careful distrihu
ton Such results, achieved In az
brief a space OF time. proves tina
for once, anyhow, a committee Ger
Act not only wisely and energetiealiy
blt--quickiyi A matter of nomen
when famine is the enemy II fights
/ Well begun's half done, In tru'
sense we may comfort and encourage
ourselves with the old saying. Pre-
liminary difficulties --- international
and diplomatic-have been overcome
The organization is there. The mer
land women to work u are there. The
thing which looked impossible ha,
been shown to be possible
Hurry tho Fleet of Mercy
II you glance through the reports
which the commission receives from
its represe natives in Belgium. yot
come on striking facts simply stated
In brussels, rich and peer stand In
la line waiting for meals at half
penny head--to those who can pay
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-17
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS.

! White Sulphur Springs, w. Va. Jan.
1s.-SeveraI formal dinner parties in
! the Tudor room of the New Green
brier and numerous old Virginia and
game luncheons and suppers at the
Log Cabin and Elmhurst Farm have
been the diversions of a throng that
has arrived to take the "kur," and
plans to live out of doors and at the
kurhaus
a. NJ. Post Mitchell, of Tuxedo, who
arrived from France a month ago, and
has been here taking the baths. has
entertained at several farmhouse at
fairs, as have George r. sheldon, ALI
son ". Armour, Mr. and Mrs. Julian de
Cordova, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Sharpe.
Mr.. and Mrs. pliny Fink, Colonel
James Ransom Branch. ]. r. Thomas,
Mr.. and Mrs Cornelius Rea Agnew. Dr.
and Mrs. William II. Vanden Burg,
Herbert l.. Denny, Mr.. and Mrs. c. s.
McVeigh. and Mr.. and Mrs Lyman l..
Alexander.
George w. Stevens. president OF the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. who
arrived this week fer tho baths. gave
II dinner for a big company in the
Tudor-room. and other entertaining
dinner companies included ]. Stuart
Mackie. Frank II. Davis and Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. L. Akers, who leave next week
with Miss Jane Akers for Aiken, s. c.,
where they will spend a month at the
New Highland Park Hotel.
William n. Colt, of the Hooking
Valley Railroad. came this week to
take the kur here and will spend a
month.
George r. Sheldon and Allison v.
Armours, who arrived at the New
Greenbrier early in the week for the
kur. Will remain about six weeks
Mr.. and Mrs. Pliny Fisk, who were
here last winter for the kur, have re-
turned and viii be here through Feb
ruary. when the early spring season
starts with the arrival Of visitors from
the Far South en- route home North
and West
number who are going South dur
ing the coming six week will stop here
/ en- route to take the kur, while others
viii simply stop off for a fortnighrs
visit, while breaking the journey from
the Icy @intry weather of New York
and the North to the summer weather
OF Florida This Ia about half way
and the mi1der climate is not quite as
sudden n. change, and many And Il more
desirable not to affect the change In
straight journey to the Southern re-
sorts, which will have a big season
IL advance bookings here for the stop
| overs count for anything.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-17
-FOUR CONv|CTS
BACK At WORK
ONCE AGAIN THEY ARE MARK
ING AND CUTTING MATERIAL .
FOR ovERALIS

Had stranger walked through
the overall factory at the State Pen
itentiary yesterday he would have
seen four experts markers and cut
tiers OF overalls at work, as If moth
ing had happened, and as If they were
hot the one that Monday escaped
from that prison tying the hands OF
guard. night-watchman and fore
man. Nothing except the sideiong
Eiances of admiration OF their fellow
prisons that sometimes flashed
across the room when guard was
not looking would have told a strang
er that the men We're being watched
that everything they did was noticed
and that every little word that they
let fall was gobbled up eager by their
interested comrades In stripes.
Siler Adkins, Allen Burton, Harry
Hamilton and r. u. Hanley, the big
four, in the eyes Of prison mates
worked steadily and their def fingers
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-17
THE FLEET OF MERCY
nv ANTHONY HOPE.

Belgium wants food. She wants It
On . scale. with an urgency and with
IN intensity which tho Imagination
rAn hardly conceive, Even when
aided by the vivid. yet strictly husi-
; neas-like reports furnished by the
Representative OF the Commission for
R0hef In Belgium, we find It difficult
70 grasp what the situation really is
A multitude 81 BelgianS have taken
refuge in Holland. and have been re-
cetved with a noble hospitality An
other multitude have succeeded In
reaching Great Britain and Great
Britain ia doing her hest for them
But the bulk of the nation is still
on its own soiI---not merely or main
" for lack OF choice hat by com
inand of their King and his Minis
&ers. They cannot leave their coun-
try derelics they cannot let their
claim to ii go by default. They must
stand by the ship, however fierce
the tempest
They are roncomhatants these peo-
pie women, children. and men not
eligible for military service. It IL
tho civil population OF Belgium which
puffers famine and is threatened with
absolute starvation. And their num-
her amounts TO some seven million
souls.
Seven millions! To Virtual them
Tor a day needs the cargo IF n good
big ship. But they have to be vic
tualled for months. For, "a matters
stand with her Belgium can grow
nothing, make nothing, sell nothing
buy nothing Consequently she can
eat nothing. and must dic--unless
somebody comes To the rcsCue True,
she II doing what she can for her
self. Belgian Relief Coml.-ittees and
Belgian men of means have Ruarau-
teea three n Mon dollars towards the
work Of the Commission for Relief
practically every efficient person in
Belgium has volunteered for relief
work. Admire bile as these efforts are.
They are totally Inadequate 20 meet
the case; they do not detract from
BeigIum's claim on the worlds gem
erosity: nay. they strengthen =.
A ubnnsrs That Can't Help Itself
Whe Is to help them? Neigh bor-
ly Holland is doing all and more than
could be asked of her: herself smal'
country she can do no more Ger
many, Austria Hungary France and
Great Britain are all helligereut pow
ers. that fact stcrnly limits both heir
means and their opportunities For
example. Great Britain. though she
welcomes refugees. and though she
is In position TO give assistance in
money, finds herself obliged for mill
itary reasons. to prohibit the export
of fooGstuffs to Belgium who is to
help. then, and who can help in a
measure realty adequate? That ques
ton was asked Some weeks before
started TO write these iines--aske ed
and answer al The answer came
with all the characteristically national
ciearresa, promptitude. and conf
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-17

Washington. u. c., Jan. fs---Dur-
ing the period beginning with the
capture of Constantinopie. and end
ing few decades threafter- the Gold
en- Age of Turkish dominion dawned
and began 10 decline.
Constantinople crowned it's con-
querors life. as 1t has remained the
chief jewel won by the Turkish arms:
and. today, the Ottoman Is trembling
lest this trophy OF his former yigor.
the vantage point of his oriental
world upon the continent OF Europe.
be won away from him and brought
back within the sphere of it's native
West again. The life which devel-
oped In this city since the possession
of the Turk, dating from lA54. In the
subject of u paper prepared by FL g.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-17
RECOMMENDS LOCAL
EDUCATION CONTROL
UNITED STATES BUREAU RE.
LEfES TT ADDS LARGELY
TO PUBLIC INTEREST,"

Except for New England. where
the township plan works admirably.
county control OF education Is recom-
menoed by the United States Bureau
OF Education as an important factor
IN the Improvement of rural schools
According TO A. G. Monahan.
author or bulletin Just issued. the
county IL the unit of supervision in at
least thirty-nin States of the Union.
and some form of county control OF
schools is now found In eighteen
States. Comparing county control
with district and township control.
the county unit seems to have most
to commend it," says the bulletin.
the most common form OF control for
the county at large. The district
unit of organization is in practice in
twenty EIGHT States.
Mr.. Monahan's investigation shows
that county control has been adopted
by most of the Southern States. while
the district Is the unit of organiza
ton On most States west of the Missis-
sippi River.
In the New England States, where
cities and Incorporated towns are in
cluded In the township. and where
the township is the unit Of local taxa
ton and government in nearly all
civil affairs township control has
proved very satisfactory.
Where conditions are not excep-
tional. as in New England. Mr. Mona
han finds that county control recon-
mends itself because 1t Is already the
unit Of supervision in most of the
States; It gives the schools better sup
port by giving the entire county the
benefit of taxes paid by corporations
such as railroads.; 1t gives the schools
better teachers with better salaries,
yet schools are run more economi-
cally; 1t removes the school from I'M
wise local influences and gives op-
portunity for the selection of teach
ers from a wider range and upon their
merits; 1t intects business into the
management of the schools with no
axes to grind. no favorites to reward,
Il small board for all schools of the
county provides the best possible
schools for all the children"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-17
PALMISTS GET IN
ON LOW LICENSE

Staunton. Va Jan. 16.--Actiou by
the. Aldermen in raising the license
fees OF palmists from fifty to Ave hun
dred dollars proved aborrive so far
as concerned the two men who have
been in Staunton for several days
seeking "a suitable location for the
practice of their art.
YestafdHY after GonsufrarIOn WIFI
the City Attorney license was grant
ed the Two soothsayers at the old
price of fifty dollars. The ordinance
of the Aldermen could not apple at
this early date because II has TO be
submitted to Council and then signed
by the Mayor before 1t becomes Ell
fectiyR
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-17

The directors of the Century The
ater in New York are contemp plating
the reorganization OF the New The
alter movement, for which the hand
some building was originally de-
signed, and II the plan mature,
Granville Barker. the English actor.
will have charge of the theater.
bringing his own productions given
in England with his wife, L!lah Nc
Carthy. Among the authors repre-
scented in this series OF plays will be
Shakespeare, Moiiere, Maeterlinck.
Bernard Shaw, Anatole France and
Maseiield. number of American
actors have protested on the ground
that the enterprise should have given
the preference to native players and
authors.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-08-26
GOLD BELT SUED FOR
 CLAIMS

Charging that A. B. Dodd. manager of the Alaska Gold Belt company, and R. P. Nelson and Harry Lott have wrongfully proclaimed themselves the owners of a group of eleven con tiguous claims in Upper Sheep creek Basin. suit was today filed in the U. S. court asking for permanent in- Junction against the company. by Charles Goldstein. F. B. Hyder. A. D. Nash and John Welch. who anege that they filed notice of location of the first four of these claims on May S1st. 1915. and of the remaining . claims on June Sth. 1915.
 The plaintiffs further allege that the Alaska Gold Belt company has erected false posts and monuments proclaiming the claims as their prop erty and by extensive publication has given out the impression that it Is the sole owner of the properties. This action. the complaint says. has materially hindered its chances of developing the property owing to the fact that outside assistance is neces- sary to enable them to undertake such development. they point ou.
 Attorney John Rustgard will rep resent the plaintiffs in the action.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-08-26
COL. ROOSEVELT
 cENSUREs U. S.
 IN LATEST SPEECH

PLATTsBURG, Aug. 26.-Address- ing the new business and prolession- al mems military instruction camp here last night Colonel Theodore Roosevelt bade the citizen soldiers not to applaud. unless they felt a burning sense of shame because the United States had not stood up for Belgium"
 Roosevelt declared that the manu- lecturers of this country who refused to ship arms and ammunition to the Allies should be put on the roll of dis honor. and he charged the "profes- sional German-Americans." with be- ing guilty of treason to the United States.
 Charging that the United States for the past thirteen months had played an ignoble part among the nations of the world" the Colonel exclaimed that this country had 'seen It's own men. women and children mur- dered on the high seas, without talk ing any action to prevent a eontinu- ance of the outrages against American civilization"
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-08-26
GEN. WOOD REBUkED BY
 GARRISON

WASHINGTON. Aug. 2s.-Express- ing keen regret that on opportunity was given Col. Theodore Roosevelt to deliver what he characterized as an ''infammatory outbursl." before the military instruction camp at Platts- burg. Secretary Garrison of the war department. today telegraphed Major General Leonard Wood, who is at the camp. that nothing similar shall be permitted at any of the other in- slruction camps"
 In part, Secretary Garrison's tele- gram said: q have just seen a news paper report of the speech made by Ex-President Roosevelt at Plattsburg Camp. It is difficult to conveice of anything which could have been more detrimental in it's eiIect upon the real value of this experiment, than such an incident. This camp. held under government auspices, was successful ly demonstrating many things of great moment. Its virtue consisted in the fact that 1t conveyed its own im- pressive lesson in its practical and successful operation and results. There must not be any opportunity given at Plattsburg or any other sim liar camp for any such unfortunate consequences.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-08-26
RUSSIANS MAKING
 SUCCESSFUL RETREAT

PETROGRAD, Aug. 26.- Grand Duke Nicholas has accomplished his aim of holding the railways into the interior necessary for the orderly re. tirement. As the Russians retire. they destroy the lines and wreck the roadbeds. Government railway offic- lals estimate that more than 5000 miles of lines built in Poland at an enormous cost have been wrecked. As the railways constitute the only route of advance in many parts of Poland, the Germans will be material ly delayed after they have taken the second line of Russian defence.
 With the cities practically denuded of civil inhabitants. who were in- structed to leave before the German onrush became e menace to the Rus sian positions in Poland, and the fac tories removed to the interior. the Germans will be disappointed in the hopes of taking property of great val tue.
 The evacuation of Bielestok is pro- gressing satisfactorily Banks and other important institutions have al- ready been taken to the interior The evacuation of Riga continues. The famous church bells have been taken to Moscow.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-08-26
INDIAN VILLAGES
 SOON TO ORGANIZE

There Is @ lively movement on foot among the natives of the Hoonah and Rake villages to take advantage of the bin passed by the recent legisla- ture which makes 1t possible for the natoves to organize their village if they SO desire, the government to be entrusted to @ native council which is to be almost an exact parallel of the council of the white han. The law provides that a petition signed by ff- teen natives, # granted by the Com missioner in the precinct concerned. is all that is necessary to make it possible to call for a vote of the na- tives to determine whether or not the village as Q whole desires to be or ganized. Several young men of Hoo nah are circulating a petition of this sort. and it is probable that within the next few days 1t will be present. ed to the Commissioner at Sitlza.
 Speaking of the probability of or ganized villages in the near future. Superintendent of Native Schools w. G. Beattie said this morning that he expected to see Hoonah and Rake or ganized early in the fall.
 If they do organize under the new law" said Mir Beattie, their native council will have, in the case of those two villages almost as much power as our own council has here. And l look for a very decided improvement in the management of village affairs and coalitions generally among the inhab- itants of the village"
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-08-26
TAAFE TO
 PILOT FLOTILLA

Capt. Martin Taafe. veteran Alaska merchant mariner. has been commis- stoned by the government to pilot the United States destroyer dotilla back to Seattle through the Inside Passage. He reached Juneau last night. on his way to Sitka, where the torpedo boat destroyers are waiting.
 Capt. Taafe will be assigned to Che Paul Jones, flagship of the fotilla. The Paul Jones will be followed by
 the Whipple. Preble. Stewart and Perry. in the order named. The for nation will be in single file. and they win steam only in daylight As each ol the destroyers IS capable Of about 26 knots speed under forced draft. it is estimated they wm reach Seat tie within three days The hotilla win then take to the open sea, for their return to their base in San Die so Harbor. California.
 The destroyers Paul Jones. Preble, Stewart and Perry reached Sitka yes terday from their cruise to the West ward. The destroyer Whipple, which visited Juneau Harbor last week, left here Sunday. to join them. Captain Taafe recently was pilot on the S. S. Northwestern. and is stin in the em- ploy of the Alaska Steamship Co.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-08-26
ENGLAND DEPRESSED
 BUT UNDISMAYED

LONDON. Aug. 26.-F. A. Macken- zie, the noted journalist summarized the war situation as follows:
 Britain is passing through the darkest hours which precede the dawn. This weeks continuous bad news has naturally somewhat depress- ed the public, but those best acquain- ted with the entire situation remain markedly optimistic. The German na- val defeat on the Gulf of Riga has encouraged the spirit of optimism. Our preparation in thea various fields are already nearing completion and are making themselves felt. Confi- dence is expressed in the highest cir cles here that within fortnight the aspect of affairs will show marked change. The new German submarine campaign will be conquered, as the previous campaign was conquered, and conditions in Flanders and the Dardanelles will show great i'm provement Canadians will share prominently in the work in the Dar- danelles as well as in Flanders. The renewed Zeppelin attacks and the in- creased activity of. submarines are taken as evidence that German is be- ing driven by the direst necessity to attempt to force the war to an early conclusion at any cost. But Britain faces the prospect undismayed and unafraid."
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-08-26
FOREIGN
 CREDITS
 GLUT MART

NEW YORK, Aug. 26. - The for eign exchange markets were plunged into decentralization again today by a wave of foreign bills that broke early in the business day and threatened to carry rates down to depth hither- to untouched. The banks are loaded with hundreds of millions of ex- change, and none of them is willing to carry more until some adequate arrangement is made for covering the indebtedness of Europe to Americans.
 Mover in the history of the coun- try has European credit gone begging in New York as it is at the present time in spite of the arrangements that have been made for the ship meut of gold to the United States.
 New York bankers contend that one of two remedies must be forth coming to settle Che disturbed condi- tion-either gold must be sent to the United States in tremendously in- creased quantities or a big British loan must be noated in this country.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-08-26
 RETIRE TO
 NEW LINE

LONDON. Aug. 26.-According to The Times Petrograd correspondent the Russian armies will make Q de lermined stand at a line extending north and south, just east of Wilma, 100 miles southeast of the captured fortress of Kovno.
 The Russians have evacuated Biely- stok. but will hold Grodno until the bulr of the armies of the Grand Duke have reached their appointed posi- tions. Confirmation of the fall of Brest Litovsk was received today from Berlin.
 The Austro-German troops are re- ported to be pursuing the fleeing Rus sians through the marshes east of Brest Litovsk.
 Now Have Ammunition.
 According to The Chronicle, Rus sia's munitions famine is now a thing of the past. Chairman shingareff, of the defense committee of the Duma told The Chronicles Petrograd cor respondent that the shell crisis in Russia is now over and that the mu- nitions supply has been doubled, ac- cording to news published here to- day.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-08-26
INFORMATION OF
 DEATH IS SOUGHT

Billie" Germain, of Juneau, who drowned near Lituya Bay a year ago, when his boat was wrecked in a storm. is the subject of an inquiry just received by the Governors office, which seeks information of Germain's death.
 The Governors office has sent out a bulletin, which says, in part:
 "Germain was a French-Canadian, 62 years of age, 5 ft. in in height. weighed about 155 lbs. and was car penter and woodsman. He was of dark complexion. Anyone knowing anything concerning Germain or the circumstances of his death will con fer favor upon relatives by writing to the Governors once Juneau"
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-08-26
STEAMSHIP COMPANIES ASKED TO LOWER
 THROUGH TARIFFS

SEATTLE, Aug. 26.-At O meeting yesterday Of passenger officials, to consider the Prince Rupert, B. C., rate situation, 1t was suggested that the steamship lines operating to Alaska pro-rate the difference between Prince Rupert and Seattle on through business from Alaska. Another con ference will be called, and 1t is ex- pected the steamship companies will ratify the plan.
 The Grand Trunk Pacific railroad is carrying freight from Juneau to the East for nine dollars less per ton that that now charged by the Ameri- can lines by way of Seattle, and four teen dollars less than the rate from Skagway.