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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-03
Washington Hears That Allied
Governments Regard Mevt-
nent With Suspicion
INTENTLY WATCHING
EVERY DEVELOPMENT
Expedition Under Closest Scru-
tiny--f ord Himself Said to
Be of German Descent His
Teutonic Aides

Washington. Dec. THE allied
governments are very suspicious
of the Ford peace expedition, and
are watching every move In the un-
dertaking intently. Definite word OF
the suspicious attitude of the allies
reached Washington today. They are
inclined TO view the Ford peace triI
as Il part Of the German propaganda
to bring about peace negotiations at
this time, or at least TO throw upon
tbe all'es the onus for continuing the
war.
So Tar 3s could be learned hefe the
suspicious OF the allies are based
chiefly OF surmises. but there Is no
doubt the entire expedition is now
under the closest scrutiny
The fact that Mr.. LochEer. Of Chi
cage a man OF German descent. haa
been very active in the movement az
the secretary of Nj. Ford. and that
Nine. Rosika' Schwinmer. one or rre
leaders in the movement, is q subject
o: Austria Hungary. has had con-
don Mr.. Ford himself is said to be
paetlN III German .fnsceni.
Scandiuavians I'ro-Gcrman
The fact that Scandinavian coun-
tries which lean toward Germany also
seem to welcome the movement Is an
other factor that apparently has ops.
rated 10 arouse the suspicious Of the
allied governments
With an official announcement
made today by the state Department
that IL would refuse TO issue any pass
ports 10 members Of the Ford peac
party which would entitIe the holders
to visit hell!gerent countries, It was
learned that Mr.. Ford himself has
failed thus far TO make any applica-
ton for a passport. Unless his APP
plea ton lis received before noon ~
morrow he Will either have to forege
the trip himself on the Oscar II. ri
TAKE the risk or entering the North
Sea war zone without proof of hi:
American citizenship. It was ATS
learned that in refusing to issue pass
ports 70 members of the party to Sisli
the warning nations the State De-
partment's decision was not based, Of
ficially at least, on its belief that the
expedition would. il II visited the bel
ligerent countries. violate this coun-
trys neutrality.
Mr.. Bryar's Policy to Apply.
In other words II was explained Mr.
Bryan, when Secretary Of state. adopt
I'd the policy Of discouraEinE applica
.ions for passports from Americans who
wanted tovisit the helligerent ccun
tries for any but business reasons
Mr. BRYAN himself has not applied FOL
passport. but the Inference was al
lowed to he drawn that even he, as
private citizen, would have to comply
with this requirement. and unless NJ
could show any stronger need fol
his presence in the belligerent coun-
tries than his desire to call out the
troops from the trenches by Christ
mas. his application would be de.
MED.
Up to the time the bureau of citizen.
ship closed at 1850 o'clock this after
noon, less than hundred appfica'
tions for passports from members Of
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-03
TROLLEY CAR TURNS
OVER IAJUR|he DOZEN
Young Woman Probably FATAL,
Hurt in Norfolk Actident-Dthcrs
VIII Recover.

Especial to The Richmond virginian. J
Norfolk, Va. Dec. 1.-Two were SO
rissns,y iniurtf one probably fatally,
and a half-scorc bruised tonight when
h ley ear r,.anaing a curve, COM
plctely turned turtle.
Mis- Georgia Waia 90, young white
woman. was crushed internally and il
exss-Tted 10 die.
James pettis. coiored. sustained a
frat inred coliashena. The other in
snsea passengers needed no medical
attention and their gatues We're not
secured.
fshs, aecinert occuTrei on the shar;
curve at Forty Street and
~, Ass'nee THE rear truck,
jumped the track in rounding the
curve. The speed az the car was sueh
sl Il completely turned over before
coming to . standstill. That q score
were not seriously injured Is consiti-
cred miraculous.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-03

ans was not idle. When the deputies
left 10 call aid. the three outlaws cut
all the telephone and telegraph wire
to Rhinelander, and prepared for a
long seige. Their friends supplied
them beautifully with baskets of cart
ridges and then they barricaded them
selves in the house waiting for devel-
opments. 1t Is the belief OF the at
tackers that two of the three were
wounded, else they would have fled
deeper into the woods. while the deputy
sEeriffs were gone.
Sharpshooting Militiamen Assist.
AS soon as word of the attack on
the two officers reached Rhineiander
squad of militia headed by Se-.
geant L, l.. Russell. who scored
forty-eight consecutive bulls eyes at
1000 yards in this years national
rifle shoot at Jacksonville. was called
| together and started on its way to
surround the bandits cabin Sheriff
Crofoot and hundred men used to
! handling rifles gathered here. too. an
picking Az others on the way. rushed
to GagcN
Reports rom Gagen are fragemen-
tary thus far, though the seige has
been on for twenty-four hours. 1nhrae
clashes with the men in the swamp
hidden hut have been reported. APP
parentiy as soon as the big posse
reached the woods surrounding the
hut the attack began. but Il was
hopeless TO try 10 accomplish any
thing before daylight. All night the
beseigers and the three men in the
cabin kept UP an exchange OF rifle
fire.
sheriff Probably MortaIly Shot.
At dayhreak another hundred men
from Sparks and Gagen joined the
attackers encoirclinc the hut, and q
vigorous attack was made. The pv.se
advanced under cover of the trees and
none was injured. Sheriff Crofool
! led another sortie about noon and
a bullet put him out of the fight A
messenger returning from G;agen late
this afternoon. reported that Sherifl
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-03

Heavy voting takes place in todays
issue. Nearly every one of the can
didates changed his standing. In one
instance as many as $4,000 votes
have been added at one time. This ex-
ceptionally heavy voter Is Mr. w. T.
Ford. Zone No. As energetic candi-
date, Mr.. Ford's score al the last
publication was a3,S25: IN today's
issue he has better than $4,000 votes.
He says that this is just beginner.
and he is expecting to add thousands
more votes to his score before Satur-
day. December 4.
The Increase in each zone Is most
steady. and II seems as though the
candidates in each zone are competing
with the others. and the list today
shows that they are all about even.
The high candidate in each separate
zone has better than 1900 votes, and
less than $4,000 votes. and in the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-03
.UNLlCHTED JITNEY HITS
| MAN, FRACTURINC SKULL

Especial TO The Richmond yirginian)
Norfolk Va, Dec. Ak. S, De-
loachc. residing at 613 Colonia. Ave-
nue. GhenI. was struck by a jitaey
tonight III front Of his home and
hurled ten feet to the pavement. His
skull was fractured. Attending sur
geons hold out no hope OF his re-
covery.
1t is charged that the car had no
front lights. The accident occurred
about shutdown. The driver OF the
jitney has been held pending an In
vsstigAtion.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-03
ELECTRICAL PAGEANT
ATTRACTS. THOUSANDS
Crowds Line franklin Street to Wit
ness the Chief Feature of Pro-
lserify Week.
FIFTY FLOATS PARADED:
MANY BRILLIANTLY LIGHTED
Three Bands and hoy Scouts Drum
Corps Make Music-Shop Windows
and Manufactures Exhibit Arc
Attracting Attention.

The trades parade--the chief
feature OF Electrical Prosperity Week
was witnessed last night by throngs
that absolutely packed Franklin
Street all the way from Seventh to
the Lee Monument, a throng so dense
that II was necessary for squadron
of mounted police to precede and
make way for the pagent.
There were over fifts floats in the
parade and some of them were very
ambitious in the matter Of decora tion
and lighting effects. especially notice
able being those OF the City Electrical
Department and the Virginia Railway
and Power Company. Kessnich' .
Municipal Bank. the Virginia Railway
and Power Company's Band AID the
drum corps of the Boy Scouts furnish
ed the music for the procession.
The Rejuvenated Sons OF Juve. in
red dominoes and with pitchforks sur
mounted by red torches. acted al
equerries TO the parade and lent q
glamor TO the pageant that reminded
the onioolsers of the festal nights OF
the Mardi Grns. ard their, float. with
means the least attractive In the
show.
Thousands See Parade.
The parade, which formed on
Third, Fourth and Fifth Streets. rest
Ing on Franklin. moved promptly at
T:a0. and found gathered crowd
waiting TO receive It SO dense thai
the police had TO cieave a pathway.
IT WIS the same seething mass OF hui
mainly all the way to Lee Monument,
ARA 4then the crowd liked across 10
Broad Street and followed the pageant
to the City Hall, here il lisbanded.
Some Of the local firms made the mis-
take of entering undecorated. un-
lighted delivery wagons possibly to
emphazise the old and the ncw--but
these simply detracted from what was
expected to be an electrical pageant.
and for the most part was
A prize is to be awarded the best
float in the parade and the special
rornmittee which has charge Of this
feature will announce its decision Sat
ulday
View shop Windows.
After the parade had passed last
night the crowds Of sightseers put In
the time viewing the Broad Street
shop windows, most OF which. In ad-
dition to having their Christmas goods
displayed. haTe elaborate electrical
effects Another committee will pass
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-03
TtaIy with Allies To End.

Rome. Dec. 2.--In addition 20 tho
official announcement in the Italian
parliament today that Italy had sigh
ed the agreement with her allies not
to consider separate peace, Baron
Sydney Sonnino, the foreign minister.
made the definite statement that
Italian military aid worsl be sent to
Serbia, and limited at a much greater
activity ON the part of the italian
army and fleet in the eastern Madt.
terranean.
italy will make Albania her base OF
operations. Already a detachment OF
Italian troops have been landed At
.Avlona. Besides. she will co-operates
with the entente powers in the cart
ern Mediterranean" which means an
expedition to the Dardanel1es. opera
tons on the Daimatian coast OF tbs
Adriatic, or even eventual aid against
an invasion of Egypt.
|. The position OF the Italian govern
n,ent was SET forth today by Foreign
Minister Sonnino in parliament. AZ
the outset of his declaration he am
nounced that Italy formally signed on
Monday the agreement to act jointly
with the allies to the end. Second. ha
asserted that Italian troops will b
dispatched to the aid Of the Serblan&,
adding that the Italian flag on rAiI-
ira sponda' (the Dalmatian shor41 a.
the Adrietic will reaff1rfn Italian In
terests in Albania, whose Independents
is indispensable to the strategic -
Tense OF the Adriatic.'
Italian Troops Land at Aylona.
Thus, the foreign minister implied,
Italian participation in the forthcout~
ing operations in Albania whore tho
allies will ight shoulder to shoulder
with the remnant Of the Serbian army
and the Montenegrins. Baron Sonntf0
likewise announced that Italian Cos
operation in the eastern Mediter-
ranean. thus foreca.sting impending
events due to the extension OF the
Balkan war.
Athens advices based upon reliable
military sources, report the landing OF
Italian troops at Aylona, the chief
Alban MAN port, excellently suited both
u Il naval base and as a point from
which to initiate and reinforce an In
vasion of the little country's intel'totss
ITALY Is not insensible to Serbia.A
distress. She is preparing to aid that
heroic country was one of the out
standing points in Baron Sonntnu's
speech.
Simultaneous with the foreign aain-
listers speech was the issuance ~ =
statement by NJ Ristch. Serbian mtn-
lister to Italy. emphatically denyin1
reports of capitulation In Serbia.
Serbia win win with the aid OF thu
allies, or die fighting" the statement
said. "In short time Serbia Will w
III position ~ hurl 100000 men
against our enemies.
II am authorized to deny any ness
port of the capitulation In Serbia. The
eord surrender Is not known tharNs
Serhians are confident that they Win
soon be supplied with guns and af5ks
munition by the allies" A
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-03
AIR TANK EXPLOSION
CLAIMS TWO VICTIMS
Sulphuric Acid Plant Near Whining
ton. Del, Scene OF
Blowout.

Wilmington. Del. Dec 1.-Two
men were killed by the explosion OF
an air tank at the works of the Gen
erai Chemical Company. Ciaymont, to-
day. They are:
M. r. Goodwin. of Wilmington.
and Patrick 'McGlom, Of Chester. Pa.
Goodwin was killed instantly, the
top OF his head being blown off. Nc
CLONE was fearfully injured and died
tonight in the Chester Hospital.
The tank was being filled at high
pressure when 1t exploded. The com :
pany manufactures suiphuric and
1the: acids.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-03
German Supply Depot at Mir
aumont Is Damaged by
Twenty Aviators
ARTILLERY ACTIVITY
Is ALSO SUCCESSFUL
Italy Agrees With Allies Not
to Consider Separate Peace.
Will Participate in Albanian
Operations

London. Dec. Twenty British
aeropianes took part in a raid male
ON Tuesday on a German supply depot
AT Miranmont, behind the German
lines, damaging the railway and build
ings used for storing supplies at that
point, as well as the stores of NUM-
ton.
Theannouncement of the raid IL one
Of several announcements of activity
on the part of the British flying corps
in the past few days. British airmeu
brought down two German aviators
In Belgium on Tuesday. Two Brit
ish .tviators are reported missing at
ter setting out on reconnaissance
fights
In addition to reporting the aerial
activity. an official British hearquar-
tiers statement issued today tells OF
successful bombardments of enemy
positions within the past. four dayr.
and of mine activity In the vicinity
OF Givenchy and of the Bots lie Fran
Gals. The official statement follows:
In the past four days successful
commandments Of hostile trenches,
strong points. and gun positions have
been carried out and considerable
damage has been inflicted upon the
enemy The reply Of his artillery
has been weak.
Mines Arc Sprung.
"On Tuesday we sprung two mines
opposite Gfvenchy. While the craters
were being consolidated the enemy
sprang q mine burying ten OF our men.
~ esterday we exploded a mine TO
the east OF the Bots lie Francois. The
enemy replied with q mine In the
same neighborhood.
ON Tuesday two hostile aeroplanas
were brought down by our aeroplane
fire. one falling to the east OF Hooge.
the other near Hanin Lietard. On
the same day twenty of our aero
planes bombarded an important Ger
man supply depot at Miraumont. and
did considerable damage 10 the storeH
buildings and railway. One OF our
aeroplanes which set out on Il recois-
naissancs on Wednesday, and AM
other setting out today, have not re-
turnad' -
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-03
RETREAT OF SERB FORCES 81
MAY COMPEL GREEK ACI1OA

London, Dec. 2.---imminent retrAN4
Of the hard-pressed forces In Soukh%
western Serbia through Greek terx3~
tory Is expected to force tho hAnA9&
Greece in the negotiations now b1k9o9
carried ON at Athens regarding t1e
future stand Of the Hellenic g0Sox
ment s s III
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-03

OF Instances Il rather close
margin separate the candidates totals.
This one feature makes this friendly
tug-of-war most interesting, and II ia
a nip-and-tuck race for first honors.
Everyone is putting forth a determined
effort for new subscriptions to apply
under the double vute offer. and quite
a number OF the candidates have in
formed the Campaign Department
that their report for this present
week will be "a good one.
What's the use of putting off until
tomorrow that which may be accom-
plshed today? Absolutely none.
Today's work can never be done to-
morrow, as tomorrow will have sepa-
rate duties of its own to be taken
care OF, and the person who negIects
securing subscriptions that may be
CONTINUED on Seventh pageA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-03
DEMOCRAT TO RE NEW YORK'S
POSTMASTER IN TWO WEEKS

New York, Dec. New York
city will have Democratic post
master within two weeks" said
Een. or O'Gorman today. after he had
held long conference with POST
n1aster-G eneral Burieson regarding a
successor to Postmaster Morgan.
whose term will expire within few
aAys. Senator O'Gorman appeared to
be satisfied with the result Of his In
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-03
VERY BEST OFFER THAT WILL Be
MADE WILL CLOSE ON DECEMBER Il
Special Effort Being Put Forth During Present Week For New
Subscriptions Generous Offer Will Prove Great Help
WideAwake Candidates Positively the Best Offer
That Will Be Made
Photo by Foster.

Special effort is being put forth by the
ish the home in North Richmond Terrace by the the
paign closes 1t will be beautiful property and val
liable When finished it will include all modern
nences will have slate roof, and will be of the
tractive homes in Richmond Is residence section
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View Shop Windlows.

tcontinued on sixth Page,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-03

Nave you something -
sell? The virGsntan's want
AL Columns win md q
ready buyer. Call Mad.
1853.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-03

In each issue OF The
yireihinn there u sorne-
thing advertised that you
may want. Read 't.c
Advertisements regularly
cnch day.
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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-04-30
our CHANCE N CASE or WAR.
New York Commercially

If this great nation is at the mercy
of any invader, rs some former army
officers are saying, why Is it that
three real invaders. Russia. France
and Great Britain. are unable to crush
poor little Turkey and capture Con-
stantnope right off the reel They
are on the ground A great ocean does
not lie between them and their feeble
prey yet the road to Constantinople,
short as it Is, is no joy ride.
New York and Boston are defended
by better and heavier guns than the
Turks possess In spite Of all that
our alarmists say, a hundred thousand
soldiers cannot be landed quickly or
easily at any unprotected port along
our coast. ocean transports need
ocean ports Before an invading army
can be landed in this country suit
able port must be captured.
No great power except the British
empire can drive our navy from the
scas, and We hold Canada as hostage
for peace in that quarter. War with
Great Britain is the remotest of all
possibilities With her neutral, no
other power or combination Of powers
could get near us except in the Philip
pines. We are TO have combined army
and naval maneuvers near New York
this summer, Let the experiment be
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-04-30
Irrational Defense" in 1912

The present lack Of adequate prep
aratiuns for national defense Is real
enough but II is no new thing. This
country seems To have a habit of be-
Ing in such condition. We all know
how grossly unprepared it was In
1879, for the war OF Its own declaring,
toward which II had been expectantly
looking for years. so that il was una
Bile TO protect It's own national capital
against n handful Of invaders We
can remember, too, the fine blue funk
IN which so many OF the dwellers on
the Atlantic coast were for a time In
the late Spanish war But those cir
cumstanccs were characteristics. Back
In 1893, only ten years after the con-
clusion Of the revolutionary war, we
had let some of our most important
dcfenses fall into almost hopeless dis
repair.
There has recently been made pub
lie the text Of an old letter written to
Governor Clinton. Of New York, 1893.
w Sebastian Baumann, a colonel Of
New YORK artillery upon this subject.
Apparently it was not the first time
he had written, either, for he began
with Il reminder that he had written
before to the governor about the same
matter. "fhe carriages Of the brass
field artillery" he said, "are much
out Of order. and unfit for service UNI
LEGS they have thorough repair.
These carriages have been hi use
throughout the late war and exposed
to the weather, which has caused the
wood TO be spongy and rotten. The
horses harness wants uyerhauling,
such as oiling and stitching.
The lack of ammunition, which Is
so serious feature of the present sit
uation, existed at that time, also.
I'VE have wrote Baumann, mo can-
non powder IN the magazine, and as
the state III frequently called upon TO
return that point Of honor which for
cign nations pay To our flag on en-
terlng our port 1t would not be amiss
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-04-30
With Scissors and Paste
COIIlECIlvIsM ny COMMAND.
fNpW RppnhliCl

Coliectivism introduced by COM
maud is a very different thing from
the cullpctVism OF a radical demoes
racy In peace there is no supreme
national purpose. There are many
purposes, but none thai Is really pow
erful enough to dominate all others,
Men win die for their country who In
time OF peace shirlI Jury duty. II IL
as II danger slnpitied the human or
ganism. as If all interests and habits
suddenly focused In a single pur-
pose Think OF Anatole France guard
ing q bridge, and Fritz krelsler crawl
ing around Ia trench
This democrat watching the spec
tacle says. mo, thank you, II this Is
what a national purpose means, If this
is solidarity give us again the old
chaos ana the All diversity. The coli
lectivism we are seeking cannot be
imposed with an iron fist and run by
martial law. 1t must be the product
OF our effort II must be made by
experiment, by argument demonstra-
ton, II must be the work of peo-
PIE that Is training itself IN co-opera-
ton. Europe may be creating a mag
nlfivent machine, but il is not Great
Ing "A people ready 60 operate and
dominate it,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-04-30

TO have some powder In store for that
purpose, as well as for any other oc-
casion. What such other occasion
might be was directly suggested. IT
would not bc improper" he wrote, TO
remind your eXcellency here that our
port is the first in the union, most
conspicuous abroad and most fire.
quentod by foreign nations on account
OF It's safe and easy access particular
" in the winter season Yet the port
Of New York, with all these advan-
tages, Is the most defenseless, ana
cannot afford any Shelter to a vessel
which misfortune Of war may cause TO
ny hlther for protection Nay. . ship
Of war may capture another in the
very port These ideas suggested
some time ago To the surveyor gem
eral Of the state, and from the pres
ent complexion of things in Europe
they may soon he verified Thus sit
uated, would II not be advisable to app
ply TO congress for a few iron IS
Founders. OF which there are num-
Der at West Point of no use, and have
them advantageously placed here to
prevent any undue eneroachment? r.
1t viii not escape observation that
the state of unreadiness for defense
which then prevailed did not. as some
In these days affect to think it
must, prove a preventive against war.
on the contrary, in spite of our un-
preparedness we speedily drifted into
war with France
Col. Sebastian Baumann, who prob
ably was denounced by some ultra
pacifists Of those days as lingo. Il
miilarist and what not was a close
a., ..If
the revolution He was a preccptor of
Alexander Hamilton IN artillery prac-
ticc ana he was postmaster at New
York and postmaster general. His
letter has been made public by his
great grandson, George A, Brennan,
principal Of the Van Nlissingen school
Chicago.