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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-30
CLAIMS HE TOOK POISON,
BUT DOCTOR HAS DOUBTS.

Declaring that he had taken a dose
OF btchloridc of mercury. Lynwood Me-
Dowell was given heroic treatment
last night about II o'clock by DR..
Doggett, OF the city ambulance SER
vice. and lives to tell the tale.
Young Mcdowell was visiting at No.
20S South Harrison Street 1t was at
that place he made the statement. Some
excitement was occasioned. and the
ambulance was summoned. Despite
McDoweii's assertion. DR.. poggett has
doubts. Tho usual effects did not fol-
low the heroic treatment. The young
man was taken to his home On North
Twcntyrseccnd street His father sx-
planned to the doctor that HIS son had
those nervous spelis" frequently. ard
that he weuld eens aFesnd sll right
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-30
Colonel House Is
Out Of Presidents
Kitchen Cabinet

Chicago. Aug. 2s.--The Tribune to-
morrow morning Will print the fol-
lowing:
Washington. Aug. 2s.-Colonel Ed
ward NJ. House, of Houston. Texas.
and New York city. is no longer chief
cook in the wilson Kitchen cabinet.
Colonel House aEd the Presi lent have
broken over the formers espousal Of
the claims to recognition presented by
General Carranxa. heal of the Con-
Istitutionalist party in Mexico
For some weeks 1t has been i'u-
mored In Washington that Colonel
House no longer had the influence at
the executive mansion which he had
enjoyed up to the time of his re-
turn from his trip to Europe. where
lhe sounded the various governments
on their views as to a peace confer
ence In the near future. Notification
of these rumors came from high Of
tfcial sources tonight.
Although he has never held n place
Fin the Wilson administration, Colonel
House, up to two months ago. was tn 2
Presidents most intimate adviser.
During the past two months. however,
his influence has vanished. Along
with the break between Colonel House
land the President over the recogni-
ltion of Carranza there was a break
between John Lind, former Cover
nor Of Minnesota. and the Presidents
first personal envoy to Mexico over
1.-THE same proposition. In many GAR
tiers II IL believed that Lind influenced
House to insist upon the recognition
OF Carransa and that the two ad-
visers lost caste at the same time.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-30
PEANUTS USED FOR FODDER.


British Farmers Urged TO Substitute
Them In Fattening CattIe.
London. Aug. 2s.-Peanuts, locally
known ~ monkey nuts" are recon-
mended as cattle food by the Inn
periments with = view to finding q
substitute for the higher priced
foods.
Before the war these nuts were i'm
ported In great quantities both by Ger
many and France. They were crush
ed and pressed for oil. and the residue
pressed into cakes for cattle. But
England used but q small quantity. az
the people, when they eat them ct
all. eat them raw. being ignorant OF
the fact that they are improved by
roasting.
India. China ana Africa are the
great producers OF peanuts, although
they are being introduced into British
tropical dependencies.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-30
SEARCH FOR BOMBS IN
BAGGAGE AS LINER SAILS

New York. Aus. 2s.--rhe baEgage
Of all passengers who sailed FOR
Liverpool today aboard the American
liner Philadelphia was closely In
spected before It was taken aboard
the vessel an precaution against
bombs. PAssengers were required ia
exhibit passports and none but those
who had secured passage were allowed
to board the steamship.
There were Ss7 passenkers on the
PILLS delphia. among them being sixty
I'VE Ameficapa
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-30
sN0EElEsS POWDER
MILL HAS EXPLOSION

Acton. Mass, Aug. 3s.--wfth dsax-
sning roar the glasing mill OF the
American Powder Company here blew
up early this morning. For forty
miles around me shock could be felt
ana In many Of tho neighborinE COM
munities windows wAre Jared out and
considerable damage caused
Immediately there were wild rumors
that the plant had been exploded by
German sympathfxsrs. This idea Was
dispelled, however. when from ofacials
Of the company Il was learned that
the company had not been manufactur-
ang any powder for . warning nation.
Instead all Of their output was for
sporting use.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-30
SUBMARINE F-4 RAISED
lowed In Two Parts Into Quarantine
Dead Sill ON Board.

Honolulu, Aug. 29.--The American
submarine F-4. raised In two parts.
was lowed into quarantine. at O'Clock
this afternoon and will be taken into
dry dock probably Monday. The
bodies will be taken out then. No
inspection OF the hull was made to-
day as the wreck is still six feet un-
der water.
The pontoons worked spiendidiy
and there was no hitch whatever. The
flags on the Aemerican and German
ships In the port were lowered to
half-mast MS the tugs slowly towed
the wrecked Submarine into port.
Admiral Boush. Of the investiga-
ting board, will begin work imme-
diately.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-30
REACH SAN FRANCISCO
FROM ALASKA IN DoRY

san Francisco. AuE. 2s.-Q n.
Thompson. mate 81 cod usher. ana
aahn Abrahamson. fisherman, ar
rived ia port last evening In an eigh-
leen-foot dory. forty-five days from
Unga. Alaska
Their only fresh supplies were OBJ
fained from the steam schooner
cninauit
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-30
BATTLESHP WYOMING
TAKES FUEL THROUGH
PIPE WHILE RUNNING

Norfolk, va. Aug. 3ss--Ecr the fsrss
time In history Of any navy . battle
ship has taken on oil through = pipe
1T sea while making fourteen knots an
hour. This feat was accomplished hy
the battieship Wyoming. and tho col
iier Cyclops, 1T sea. before the fleet
came into Hampton Roads on Friday.
Tho Cyclopa. was about nifty yards
from the Wyoming during = moderate
sea.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-30
Submcrslbles Inactive.

London. Aug. 29.--Since August ~
Gast friday when one British
merchantmen was sunk by German
submarine. not single attack by Ger
man submersibles has been reported
by the British admiralty. 1t Ia COM
jectured in some quarters that sud-
den inactivity of the German sub
marines Is the immediate consequence
of the recent German-American crisis
over the sinking of the Arabic, the
inference being that the German adj
m.ralty has instructed its submersible
commanders to discontinue their at.
tacks--or at least to confine their ac-
tivity 70 small British merchantmen
and fishing trawlers--pending the con-
c1usion of a definite agreement be-
tween Germany and the United States.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-30
Former Congrcssmen Dead.

Nashville. Tenn. Aug. 29.--Joseph 3
Washington. former congressman from
Tennessee. and one of the States most
prominent citizens died yesterday at
ternoon at wessyengton. near Cedar
Hill, Robertson County, Tenn. His
death was caused by typhoid fever at
ter an illness of one week.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-30
Car Entered and Robbed.

A commissary car standing in the
s. A. l.. yards was entered yesterday
by thieves and about $50 worth OF
clothing and supplies was taken. No
clue to the robbers had been found
last night.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-30
FOREST AND SWAMP SEEM
NO BARRIER TO GERMANS

London, Aug 29.-The Germans are
still pressing their offensive in RUS
STA, and there is absolutely no indi-
cation, to date of any intention on
their part to stop, The German OFT.
cial statement. published at Berlin
today, speaks of advances of varying
Importance on the entire line south
OF Kovno
Perhaps the most important OF
these is the advance of the troops
under Prince Luis of Bavaria. These
troops are now well east of Rrest-
Litovsk and Bielostok Railway and
on the outskirts of the forest. One
wing of the army is nearing Schere-
schowo. thirty miles east of the rail-
way and sixty miles northeast Of
Brest- Litoysk. Farther south the ar
mics under Field Marshal won Mack
ensen are meeting with but little re-
sistance, according to the German
war office. and are advancing appa-
rentiy even into the swampy region
which Is so extensive in the district
lying south OF the Pripet
1t has been expected here that thu
great Biaioz forest and the Pripet
marshes would serve as a natural
barrier against the German advance,
beyond which the Russians might
take shelter. Such however, does not
seem. from the wording of the ON
ciai Berlin statement today. to be tho
case.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-30
Of 1000 Men on Board Half
Were Saved According 10
Dutch Liner Ryndam
GREAT BRITAIN NOTES
SUBMARINE INACTIVITY
Believed Orders Following
Sinking Of Arabic Cause.
Germans Press on into Rus
sia-Itahans Advance
Is Ofictally Denied.


Ottawa, Aug. 29.--The report
that Canadian troop transport
had been sank OF the Scilly
Islands was Officially denied here
tonight. 1t Is said that not since
the end OF July has transport
left Canada with more than 800
men aboard, and all of the trtlns-
ports sailing previous TO August
Is have reached their Destination
safely.
Berlin. Aug. 28.--By wireless to
Sayyfllc, l.. I.-Passengers on the
Holland American liner Ryntlaln
arriving In Amsterdam bring a re-
port that a British transport with
two thousand Canadian troops on
board wits torpedoed of tho
Scilly Islands on August Is.
1t Is said about f.000 men were
saved.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-30
AND
STORE GUIDE
TODAY

Readers win ind the advertisements
Of the merchants listed below inter-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-30

DIT. Browns Vacation Ends.
DIR. Alex @. Brown. Jr. who has been
out OF the city for the past three
weeks on a vacation, has returned.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-30
Fierce Fiehttng Reportea.


Paris. Aug. 29.-Fierce hand 10
hand lighting is going on for the vast
excavations left by mine explosion
last night at Marie Therese and west
of the Forest of Maiincourt The
French troops, having first gained q
footing in these excavations retained
possession of them in spite of the nu-
merous German attacks. Elsewhere
on the French front there were heavy
bomhardment at various points. Tho
night communicate was as follows.
There was the usual activity on the
part OF the artillery along the ma Tor
part of the front Particularly fee-1
tive bombardments of the enemies.
line are reported in the north 1.-THE
sector Of Hetsas and Steenstraete) In
the region of Chaulnes. north OF the
Aisne, In the environs of Allies, al
Courcon. In Champagne. north OF the
Chalons camp and between the Meuse
and the Moseiie In the neighborhood Of
Pannes. Euvexfn and the Mortmarls
Wood.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-30
Wreck Austrian Aviation R.se

Rome. Aug. 2a.--=Italian ayaatofa
have completely wrecked the Austrian
aviation base at Diyassa. east OK
Triest, according to the officiai state-
ment of the war office. The hangers
on Friday and yesterday the work
was completed. All of the Italian
aeronauts returned safely.
The military authorities have or.
dered compulsory anti-cholera vacct-
nation for all men and officers hi
both the army and navy. A good
many Austrian soldiers who had been
moved from Gaiician front to fhS
Italian front have recently been made
prisoners, and there has been feaf
that they might bring the diseace with
them.
The war ONCE statemnt tonikht
says: In the Valley Sugana the Ans.
TRANS destroyed some railway And.
highway bridges between HOnceUonos
and yovaliado. The enerny's akAcM
against Monte Armentera onk Aaanek
~ was repulsed.
ION the upper fsonxo our noun.
tain division attempted an ar4u9u1
attack west OF MontemaGgtore against
the trenches on the summit 81 ~
Rombcn. After heavy resiStance 18
succeeded by artillery nre Ia dfn16&G$
Ing the enemy from soma ~ ~
trenches. Aerial exploxatinn cl1ox N
that the enemy &swS ACTIVELY en1 ~
in repairine the dAmAxe M1at IT. = mi
The UiyaxxA aviation GeI6
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-08
Raising Poultry in America--Making 1t a Profitable Business

this should be clean and cool. Access to
a small stream is ideal, but unfortunate
ly suitable brooks are not commonly
found on poultry plants.
Let the fountains be liberal In size,
wash them daily, set them where the
suns rays cannot strike them. A small
box, with the open side turned toward
the north, makes an excellent shelter.
Get the coop ready before the chicks
hatch, with everything shipshape. After
the hatch Is over and the babies art
thoroughly dried off, move the family
to their new quarters.
Garry the chicks in a box or basket,
the hen under your arm. Place the chicks
in the coop, then introduce the hen. II
the latter is first put in the coop she
will usually be greatly disturbed while
the chicks are being removed from the
basket and she may crush some of them
in her excitement.
Where several hens bring off broods
at the same time the chicks may be
doubled up" If necessary and any sur
plus hens returned to the laying flock
From 10 t. IS chicks may be given I
hen, depending upon her size and the
season of the year. | have had very
good success from placing three hens and
SO chicks together in small houses.
Curiously enough, there seems to be less
quarreling under this plan than when
two hens are kept in the same quarters.
Confine the chicks to the coop for q
day or so, then give them their liberty.
They will not wander far from home
until they gain strength and experience.
Release the broods early In the morn
ing. It Is rank folly to keep them con-
fined for many hours after daylight. One
of the most successful poultry growers
| have ever known made it an ironclad
rule to let his chicks out just at sun
rise.
Keep an eye on them during the day.
See that they have plenty of feed and
fresh water. Keep coops and yards clean.
Close the coops up snugly at night. And
watch the little chaps grow!
Copyright. 1918, by Matos-Menz Adv. Co. Incl
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must be protected against the attacks of
the many enemies that beset them.
Dryness is merely a matter OF careful
construction. A cheap box may be made
weather-proof by merely lacking on a
covering Of tar paper or roofing mate
rial. Board floors, especially when slight
ly elevated above the ground level, will
prevent dampness from working up IN
derneath.
Ample ventilation may be secured in
a variety Of ways. A small coop which
is virtually open in front will always be
we'll ventilated, while free from moving
currents of air.
Make Brood Coops Roomy.
Possibly the greatest fault of the aver
age brood coop is its small size. A coop
Is inches square will serve as a sleeping
room for a hen and brood of usual size,
but it is entirely inadequate during
stormy days when the flock must Of
necessity remain under cover. When a
thriving flock is confined in such small
space for two or three days at a time,
as in the case of rainy spells which so
frequently occur during Spring and early
Summer, the results will be noted In
checked growth and general unthrifti-
ness.
Since a well-built coop will give good
service for many years and the saving
of only two or three chicks will pay
for the additional cost of a roomy coop,
it is mighty poor business policy to make
this structure too small for comfort and
efficiency.
Virtually all night-prowling enemies
will be baffled through the use Of a tight
floor and having all openings in side
walls covered with close-meshed wire
netting.
A necessary adjunct to the coop is a
small run or yard which confines the hen
while permitting the chicks to have their
freedom. AS a rule it is best to keep
the mother at home until the chicks are
well started in life, strong enough to fol-
low her on the long journeys she will
usually take if given her freedom.
OF course, the hen may be kept con-
fined in the coop itself, but she will be
more contented and keep in better con-
dition If permitted to exercise In the
open air and scratch and wallow in the
dirt. Further, if permitted to get out
side where she can survey the territory
around her home, she will often save
many chicks by sounding the alarm when
danger threatens.
A very satisfactory yard may be in
extensively constructed of ordinary laths,
by lacking these on A-shaped frames.
The end next to the coop is left open,
but both sides and the other end are in
closed with laths nailed on some three
inches apart. In such a run the hen can
see all that is going on, can take the
exercise she requires, and the chicks may
run in and out as they please.
In Europe commonly, and to some ex-
tent in America, the exercising yards are
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dispensed with and the hens kept at
home by lettering them to the coops, to
weights or to pegs driven into the ground.
A stout string of sufficient length is at
taehed to one leg, the other end being
secured as above. The hens very quickly
learn just how far they can travel and
they seldom, IL ever, injure themselves
by too vigorous pulling on their tether.
Cleanliness is also necessary. The
coop floor should be cleaned at frequent
intervals and coop and run moved to
fresh ground every few days. 1t is al
ways advisable to keep the floor covered
with fresh, dry earth. This serves the
double purpose of sealing up the drop
pings and making easy the work of
cleaning.
An occasional coat of whitewash, or
spraying with some good disinfectant
are desirable in order to keep the in
terror in sanitary condition and dis
courage the activities of lice and mites.
These little pests will, II not checked,
virtually ruin any brood they attack.
The various kinds of body lice are best
fought with good lice-killing powders or
ointments. Hen and chicks should be
carefully examined at intervals and Wig
orous treatment given as required.
The blood-sucking mites live in cracks
and c~revices in the walls and floor Of
the coop. Cleanliness and frequent spray
ing with powerful disinfectants will at
tend to them.
Growing Chicks Require Shade.
The chicks should be given access to
plenty Of shady places under low-grow-
ing trees and bushes, tracts of growing
corn or other similar crops. BY early
Summer the scsntily clad youngsters
suffer from the rays Of the sun. and if
natural shade is not available, cloth
covered frames or heaps of evergreen
brush should be provided. Piles of brush
covered with pumpkin or squash vines
make ideal shelters and furnish safe re-
treats against the attacks of crows or
hawks.
The chick range should not be too
thickly populated. Overcrowding is a
most common fault and brings on a train
of evils. Allow each brood plenty Of
space. You will grow more and better
chicks under such conditions.
Frequently circumstances compel the
chick raiser to grow many chicks on a
limited area. 1t then becomes his duty
to pay particular attention to the task
of keeping the soil in good condition.
This is best accomplished by frequent
and thorough cultivation, using either the
spade or the wheel hoe to turn the sur
face under and bring fresh earth to the
top. Growing green crops are a big help,
too. Patches of grass, clover or rape
may be started under wire-covered
frames, the latter being removed as soon
as the plants have become thoroughly
established.
Watch the water supply. The young
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-08
NIodesty.

1t must not be supposed that because
the Kaiser quoted Shakespeare-"To be
or not to be"-in his original manifesto,
His Majesty is a good Shakespearean.
The contrary may be surmised from an
incident which occurred at a lunch at
one of the Berlin embassies.
An English diplomat was discussing
some big affair of the moment with q
lady. CAS- our immortal William has
observed" the diplomat remarked,
There Is a tide in the affairs of men
that, taken at the flood, leads on to for
tune"
The Kaiser looked puzzled.
THAT is quite true" he Is said to
have acquiesced, "but don't remember
saying it."-London Tit-Bits.
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Many experienced poultrymen contend
that hen-brooded chicks are better, stronger
and more vigorous than those grown in
artificial breeders. This question Is GER
tainly open to debate. but it Is undenlably
true that hens viii. under proper on
ditions, rear chicks of high quality and
with a small percentage Of loss.
The following contribution Il full Of
helpful information regarding the proper
management of the mother hens and their
broods.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-27
Boy Hiker
Taking a
Long Trip
Is Now on the Second Lap Of
Double Trip across the
United States.

JEFFERSON, Ia. July 27-Law-
renee Benz, eighteen years old, and
champion boy walker Of the. world, =
stopped over night at Jefferson on
the second lap of a double trip across
the United States. He is out on a
wager with the Holman Athletic As
ISOLATION OF San Francisco and II he
arrives in that city on September 1.
he will complete a trip of $500 miles
and get $4,000.
He is required to go without mon
ey and is not allowed to sell any
thing. At different points he gets let
tiers and when he arrived. here he ex-
hibfted nineteen, one alleged to have
been written by the mayor OF New
York.
September L, 1914, reached New
york in 142 days, remaining there
for one month and is now on his
way back. He has worn out four
pairs OF shoes so far this time over
and his brown suit is covered with
names and addresses written in ink
by friends whom he has met.
Last winter. he was not allowed
to wear gloves, ear tabs or an over
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-27
And the Other Half is Smok.
ing is the Way an Alabama
Senator Puts 1t.

WASHINGTON, July 26.-"Half
the worlds on fire-and the other
half is so hot it's smoking"
1t was Senator John II. Bankhead,
of Alabama, who gave this terse and
graphic summary of the present sit
uatfon, adding the fervent hope that
the United States will be able to keep
out of the conflict now raging in Eu-
rope, Asia and Africa. Senator
Bankhead did not care to talk a
great deal about the war, at least for
publication, but there was another
subject on which he was ready and
willing to talk until it was time to go
to the White House to keep an ap-
pointment with the president.
Down in my state, a few weeks
ago." said Senator Bankhead, more
than 5000 people gathered on the
banks of a river to celebrate the COM
pIetion of a remarkable dam. 1t is
the highest commercial dam in the
United States; makes a lake sixty
seven miles long; creates one hun
bred miles of slack water navigation;
completes a waterway nearly $50
miles in length, making one OF the
longest canalized rivers In the world;
and gives direct connection with the
sea, by the cheapest form of transport
tation, to a region rich beyond de-
sources but in coal, iron ore, lime
stone, lumber and cement.
Reward for Work.
When a man has worked steadily
at a thing for nearly thirty years;
has been derided and laughed at; told
that the river hadn't water enough
to float boat and wouldn't have any
commerce anyhow; has had 1T strong
" limited, II not openly charged, that
: 1sA1g n
thusiast or a "pork-barrel grabber,
because he wanted that kind of a
river improved-and then has lived to
see the critics silenced, the opposi-
ton overcome, his Judgment ytndl-
Gated, his dreams come true and the
Improvement OF the river completed
at a cost Of 100000, 1t is only
natural that he should feel pretty
we'll satisfied with the outcome.
THE Improvement of the Warrior
river" continued the Senator, was
begun some twenty-eIght years ago,
the engineers planning to provide Ia
cilities for barging below Tuscaloosa
for nine months in the year. Above
Tuscaloosa were great distractions,
the drop at Squaw Shoal being nearly
eighty feet to the mile. But there
were also great deposits of coal, so u
new project was adopted, including
the stretch above Tuscaloosa and
providing for a six-foot channel the
has just been completed at cost OF
Big Dam Opened.
THE dam at Lock II, which was
opened May 10. is sfxty-three feet
high. There are 100 miles of slack
water navigation above this dam. the
main lake heing sixty-seyen miles