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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-07
TURKS PERSECVTING
INTERNED CHRISTIANS

Rome. Sept. 6.-The Premier Will
shortly preside at a most important
council meeting. which will prelude
developments in the Aegean. Dis
patches from there indicate that tho
Turks are prosecuting the Christians.
WAC have been informed, as well as ell
Europeans.
Owing TO the local famine the city
Of Smyrna is in total darkness at night.
Railway communications are cut Oft
entirely.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-07
GERM potHT
U-EoAT SUNK LINER

Amsterdam, Sept 6.--fiermany will
disavow thr attack on the Hesperian.
II English reports OF the circum-
stances are fully corToborated by her
submarine commander. according 20
a d!9patch fram Berlin today.
Germany . explanation. the dispatch
81. r Il ati}ft4ati tor
-pa&nad t.}e LHpF- @ltha9t @asaIng, Il
was because the boat had left its
base aof0ra she rev Instructions were
issued through the admiralty.
Or the WeaEer i0f0Tm8 Ton = hand,
the 5ispatls1 stated officials were very
reticert %1+t inclined 10 doubt LON
don reports that the liner was tor
Dedoed Thew co1sl dered il highly
probable that she mad struck a drift
ing mine
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-07
GREEK CONGRESS GOES
-HOME-ALLIES SLACK EFFORT

Athens (via Paris), Sept after
passing q stringent law against con-
traband. congress adjourned until De-
toner e, 1T rtre close OF an aIi-night
session.
Premier Nenizelos hos not yet ma de
statement regarding the foreign
policy his Roverrnent Will pursue
The pressure of the allies on Greece
regarding territorial concession to Bull
garia, apparently has siackened. In
terested diplomats declare II now IL
zip TO Greece TO act.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-07

Within the last three weeks the
emperor has raised an army of mes
senger boys, surrendered to the United
States Government when they were
vanquished. been confined to sana-
tarium. and been reConfined and
legally set free and declared en- en-
barge on money with which TO pay
his wife's bills to all tradespeople Of
Hampstead.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-07

variously reported TO have been torpe-
doed by a German submarine and sunk
and to have been water-logged ana
abandoned. In being towed into port
Although dying the Britisbh nag. the
bark was recently acquired BY San
Francisco company.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-07
RUSSIANS MAKING
CONTINUED from First Page.

Ter, called the battering ram in rec
ognition Of his capture Of Antwerp
and Novo Geogrieysk, Ia to direct the
land bonn ha rdment
Right Wing Near The Nicmcn.
Field Marshal O.. Won Hindenhurg' $
right wing is reported by Berlin TO
he approaching the Niemen In its
drive on wilma. Advance OF Prince
Leopolds armies across the Ros and
through the swamps northeast of
Prushovy also is reported by the Ger
man war office as is progress of Won
Mackensen's forces toward pinsk.
In the Austrian official statemc nt
tho capture of the last Russian forti-
fed positions south Of the JasioId +.
River is reported and is regarded as
significant.
Dispatches from Petrograd state
that Genreal Alexis Evert. who has
been in command of one Of the Rus
sian armies has been appointed to
surceed General A1eXIeff as command
er-in-Chief on the western front OF
the Russian theater of war.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-07

A small blaze In tho Office OF the
Southern Express Company early yes
terday did damage to the extent Of
$50
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-07
THE WEATHER

Virginia and North Carolina---Gen-
orally fair Tuesday and Wednesday,
Hight 10 moderate variable winds.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-07
A Native of Ohio.


Justice Knowles was born In Hook
import Athens County. Ohio He en-
tered Ohio University and studied three
years there. In 1899 he removed to
Boston. coming here three years later
In 1905 he was elected to the bench.
The Justice had planned to leave
Thursday for visit of a month TO
his birthplace.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-07

Local Rainfall.

Rainfall last twelve hours ......
Rainfall last twenty -four hours.
Deficiency in rainfall since Mar. /. 3s
Deficiency in rainfall since Jan. 6
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-07

Justice Knowles was forfv-eiE b I
years OF age and unmarried, His legal
residence was at Cranston, but he had
occupied the bungalow at North Soitu-
ate this summer. His office was in
Providence.
The police are proceeding on the
theory that he was killed in revenge
by some litigant against whom he had
given n decision. His circuit was made
up OF the city of Crauston and the
towns of Johnston, Foster and Scituate,
In each OF which he held court once
a week,
According to the police he recently
complained of the conditions under
which a saloon a short distance from
his bungalow was conducted. In re-
cent years there have been many ar
rests in North Scituate OF alleged pro-
~ Se,b
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-07
PROVIDENCE JUR|ST |
ASSASS|M'S VICTIM
Three Bullets Fired Into His Body
as He Was leaving His Home
Yesterday.
sLAYERs MAKE THEIR ESCAPE.
Police Believe His Murder Was
Planned by Angry Litigants Against
Whom He Had Given Decision.
Born I'm Ohio--Went TO Bench 1908.

Providence. r. I, Sept 6.--Justice
Willis s. Knowles OF the Eighth judi
cial District, was assassinated just af-
ter he had left hts bungalow In North
ScItuate TO take trolley car for Provi~
dence today.
He received three bullet wounds. two
In the back and one in the jaw, The
attack occurred about hundred yards
from the house and. spparentfg, the
shots came from hushes that lined
the village road leading to the car
line.
After having been wounded at least
once the justice turned back and near
lv reKained the gate opening into his
place when he fell dead. The murder
was witnessed by no one except the
assasStns. who escaped Later the pe-
lice detained two men on suspicion.
They are italian lahorers, and. accord
ing TO the police, one Of them carried
a loaded revolver.
The body was found by Knowles
housekeeper, Mrs Warddell, who had
run from the hous. when she heard
the shots fired AS she reached the
lawn she says, she heard a mans voice
with foreign accent cry: Now, Judge
I've got you" She saw no one, but
thought the voice came from the shrub
berry
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-07
EMPEROR OF SAHARA

CONTINUED From rirst Pare.1
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-05-07
Oldest Chess Problem.

The oldest chess problem on record
is thought TO be that contained In an
ancient Persian manuscript attributed
to Caliph Kalifen Mutasin Billah, who
reigned In Bagdad A. ID. 1913 to S42.
But the reader would have to learn the
old rules before it was Ineligible. For
example, the queen could make move
OF only one square at time and that
on n diagonal, but queen promoted
from pawn was allowed to make n
move OF two squares diagonally. The
bishop had no power over ANY square
except the third from which 1t stood
on its own diagonal line, but 1t was
allowed to vault over any piece that
happened to be between. In short, 1t
was totally different game. Chess in
the precise form in which we know 1t
and play 1t today Is a comparatively
modern game.-London Strand Maya
zine.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-05-07
The Almanac Trust.

The sale of almanacs was once In.
cratlve monopoly. Queen Elizabeth
granted the sole right to publish al.
manacs and prognostications" to the
Stationers' company. and James |. ex-
tended the privilege to the universities
of oxford and Cambridge. but for cen
turtles only these three bodies were per.
mitted to issue printed calendars. The
monopoly ended when the claim Of the
king to the privileges of granting or
Withholding permission to issue calen.
dars-a survival. perhaps. from days
when kings asserted their right to reg
ulate all things, including even the
times and seasons-was definitely dis
proved and proclaimed nonexistent.
Now anybody can say who's who any.
WHARF Spsctstos.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-05-07

Rev. Father Nagel has new automo-
bile
The Baptist Parsonage has just been re-
painted.
Adelina Rainville of this village, has a
touring Car.
Mrs. Edward Bushee, who has been con
fned to her home by illness, is improving.
John E. Whipple, who sustained a
stroke OF paralysis last week, remains
about the same.
The committee of the Smithheld Health
League met on Thursday of last week with
Mrs. I. S. Cook.
The Georgiaville Schools began the
spring term on Monday with the same
teachers as last term.
The recently installed electric lights a
the Free Baptist Church were used for the
first time last Sunday evening.
1t 10 believed that the Providence Ice
Co. will rebuild the ice houses here that
were recently destroyed by fire.
Miss Alice Cook of Woonsocket and
Sherburn Cook of Springfield, were guests
of DR.. and Mrs. /. S. Cook this week.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-05-07
Modelled After an Ancient Tomb.

The temple of the Scottish rite In
Washington is a handsome white mar
BILE structure about $50 feet square and
rises to height Of $50 feet above the
street level. At either side Of the main
entrance Is an immense marble sphinx.
A row of tall Ionic columns surrounds
the second story. The architects fol-
lowed closely the design Of the ancient
tomb OF King Mausolus, which stood
In Halicarnassus and was one OF the
seven wonders Of the world. 1t was
built by the wife OF the king and was
decorated with hundreds Of wonderful
statues. This old tomb became so ia
nous that many buildings were model
ed after II, but this Is the only struc-
ture In America In which the design
has been used
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-05-07
ARMS OF ANTWERP.
They Recall tho Queer Custom That
Gave the City Its Name.

Gave the CITY IT'S Name.
Historians relate that Antwerp takes
its name from q castle which In Frank
ish times marked the site Of the city.
This castle was built to protect the
entrance to the Scheldt and to pre-
vent foreign traders introducing goods
into the country without paying toll to
the sovereign lord.
The penalty for theft and smuggling
was In those days the cutting or OF a
hand, and, as In this case the severed
members were thrown into the Scheldt,
the castle came to be known as And
hunerbo-or, I'm Flemish, Antwerpen-
''the place OF hand throwing" AThe
castle and two severed hands appear
on the city arms to this day.
Antwerp cathedral's tapering spire
was once compared by Charles V. to
mechlin lace. The towers Of the old
Steen castle, the fortress palace Of the
former counts Of Antwerp, break the
center Of the line OF docks and look as
stolid and formidable as In the days
when the castle was necessary to guard
the shipping. Here were held those
great fairs which during the middle
ages served to attract merchants from
oil parts Of the civilized world.--Lon.
don Standard.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-05-07
Stoppinq the Idle Talk.

Pardon my interrupting you, old
chap, but really you're wasting your
time"
whats the matter? Aren't you In
terested In what I'm sayingW
mot particularly. Besides, 1t won't
accomplish anything"
II don't understand you"
ITS no use telling me how your boss
ought to run his business. Tell 1t to
him or keep still about it."-Detroit
Free Press.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-05-07
Trial by Jury.

The New York Law Journal says on
the subject Of trial by jury:
while we do not think that trial by
Jury ought to be abolished or that there
is any increasing sentiment in that di-
rection, we do believe that the system
should be modified by dispensing with
the requirement. for unanimous verdicts.
This would obviate the element Of in
dividual eccentricity as an impediment
to the administration Of justice. Men
tai idiosyncrasy on the part Of judges
Is constantly exhibited and scarcely
excites comment An eminent and
very able judge will dissent from the
ruling Of his associates when II Is ex-
tremely difficult to understand how so
gifted q mind could have gone OF on
that particular tangent. BY permitting
affirmances or reversals, notwithstand-
ing dissent. the personal equation is
eliminated"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-05-07
GREENVILLE.

The Greenville Grange has May Bas-
ket Social Tuesday evening OF next week
Rev. Gideon A. Burgess preached at the
Free Baptist Church at North Scituate
last Sunday.
Thomas Gordon, a former resident o
this village, is confined to his home in
Harrisville by illness. He sustained a
shock of paralysis last week.
Temple Lodge at meeting last Satur-
day evening, elected the following members
40 committee to inquire into the cost oI
building new hall for the Lodge and re-
port at later meeting. Henry s. Turner,
Edgar Williams, c. II. Mathewson, Elisha
Winsor and John Capron,
N, S. Winsor, Of this place, Harry +.
Huestis, summer resident of Greenyille
and Harry B. Bornside of Providence, have
recently incorporated company under the
firm name of the Pilgrim Shoe Machinery
Company. The concern is authorized to
manufacture, repair and sell at wholesale
or retail, shoe machinery, shoes and leather
goods. 1t is to be located in Providence
and is capitalized at $780, 900.
The funeral of Peter Sebile was held
ON Tuesday afternoon at his home near this
village and was attended by many rela-
tives and friends. Delegations from
Temple Lodge of Greenville and Scituate
Royal Arch Chapter attended the service.
The services at the house were conducted
by Rev. J. II. Roberts of Greenville and
Rev. G. d. Cutler of North Scituate.
Several selections wore sung by the
Orpheus Quartet of Providence. The
burial was at Chepachet.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-05-07
BRYANT'S POETIC CAREER.
Two Facts About His Greatest Work,
"Thanatopsis."

Bryant was nearly twenty three
years old when ''Thanatopsis" was first
printed In the North American Review.
So much has been said about the as.
founding precocity OF this poet and 30
many errors have accumulated around
the publication OF his masterpiece that
1t may be well TO state the facts.
We know just two facts about this
work. First, II was published when
Bryant was almost twenty-three-not
young for a poetic genius; second. that
In It's original published form In the
North American Review It IL not a re-
markable poem.
1t was I'm the 1921 edition OF Bryant's
poems, when the author was twenty
six or twenty-seven, that the work first
appeared In Its universally known
form. Only few minor changes were
made after that date. This disposes Of
the generally accepted statement that
"Thanatopsis" Is juvenile master
piece
Bryant was, however, a precocious
poet, although his precocity Is not dis
played In his greatest work. One Of
the most extraordinary facts about his
poetlcal career Is that he actually pub
lished verse during the administration
OF Thomas Jefferson and during the
administration OF Rutherford B. Hayes.
SO long a period and so slender an out
put speak well for his fastidious taste.
North American Review.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-05-07
Court Dress of Tennyson.

Tennyson's court dress when he re-
ceived the laureateship did not cost
him much, for it was the same court
dress worn by Wordsworth, who In
turn had it from the old poet Rogers,
and 1t is still in the Wordsworth fam
lily. 1t is a wonder how Tennyson and
Wordsworth got into it, for Rogers was
a little fellow. Tennyson had no pas
sion for courts, and so he went In sec
ond hand to save cost.-New York
Press.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-05-07
SKILL OF THE BEAVER.
AS Canal Digger He Is an Engineer of
Rare Ability,

Hare AbIllty.
According to a legend. the beaver Is
supposed to be reincarnation of man,
put back on earth TO eXpiate past Of
fenses by work, and in some of the
early drawings it is depicted with the
face Of man. And when we consider
its extraordinary intelligence and skill
rs woodcutter. engineer dam and ca
nal maker), house builder and food
storer the notion does not seem at
all farfetched. Describing the canals
which the animals make by scooping
out the earth with their hands, A. II.
Dugmore in the Romance OF the Bea-
ver' remarks:
1T might be presumed that these ca
nails are only run through level coun-
try, but here Is the greatest evidence
of the engineering ability OF the bea-
vers: They build their canals uphill by
means of weirs or dams, the distance
between them varying according to the
gradient. Yet they never work uphill
unless 1t Is made absolutely necessary
by the contour Of the land. The width
Of these canals Is usually about three
feet, with n depth from one to three
feet, seldom deeper except when small
pools are made, evidently with the idea
Of providing Il hiding place I'm the event
OF danger. The direction of the canals
must necessarily be variable. Wher-
ever conditions are favorable they are
as straight as though laid out by hui
man engineers. but when there is any
advantage to he gained by curves they
make curves"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-05-07
GLORY IN THEIR GLOOM.
rhsss Psssimlsts Love Mlssry and
RsvsI In Wretohsdness.


RsvsI In Wrstohsdness.
vowing never to admit that passing
time has given the world any cause 20
rejoice or that II has brought or ever
can bring any good TO the human race.
Liverpoops "Pezzers' society" stands
out unique among the many organisa-
tons which have come into existence.
It's members are true pessimists, and IL
appears that the brotherhood was
known originally as the Liverpool Soci-
ETY. Of Pessimists. Later the name was
contracted to its more academic pres
ent form.
Curiously enough, the original men,
bers did not set out to be preachers Of
gloom. Quite the contrary. They were
amateur social reformers and dabblers
In abstract science who met occasional
ly In an obscure coffee house. The ap-
parent futility of their efforts to i'm
press the world, which did not desire
20 be reformed In any way and which
evinced no taste for their abstract SCI
ence. caused the little band to organize
to take what comfort 1t might in pes
simism.
None Of the members must be cheer
ful on pain of immediate expulsion.
They are only optimists about one
thing, and that Is their pessimism.
They revel In their gloom and are only
happy In their unhappiness. The soci-
ETY. Is well conducted. 1t has its rules
and its officers. The greatest event in
the pessimist year Is the annual "Pez-
GERS razzle," when the members make
q gloomy pilgrimage, which lasts
throughout the night On this occasion
they 90 forth In costume as nearly ap-
preaching sackcloth and ashes as pos
sible, and dark, dismal night is chos-
en-. Supper overland there Is nothing
gloomy about the food-the tables are
pushed back, the cheerful lamps are
extinguished and the company sit
round the fire smoking churchwarden
pipes.
A little later the harder "Pezzers"
embark on a gloomy tramp, which lasts
throughout the night Down country
lanes, across the fields and through the
woods they go. never missing grave
yard or anything really depressing. In
the churchyard Of very ancient par
ish they halt and remain for an hour
or 80 while Gray's "Elegy" Is solemnly
recited by the arch-Pezzer and other
Pexzers less arch recite gloomy poems
Of their own or some one elses compo-
sition.
II the night Is unusually dark and
they are able to lose themselves In con-
sequence they are as happy as sworn
pessimists may permit themselves to
be. It Is then that the society's torch
bearer Is allowed to exercise his sole
and rare-prerogative Of lighting up.
The ''torch" Is very ancient horn Ian
tern stuck on the end OF pole and
containing pessimistic candle. 1t Is
only to be lighted when the Pezzers
are utterly lost and cannot possibly
find their way without Illumination,
and when their bearings are ascertain
ed It Is promptly extinguished.-Argo-
naut.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-05-07
Alario the Goth.

Alaric, the first of the barbarian
kings who entered and sacked the Eter-
nal City and the first enemy who had
appeared before its walls since the
time Of Hannibal, Is said to have re-
ceived as the price Of his departure
from the city during the first siege, in
A. d. 40S) 5000 pounds weight Of gold.
1900 pounds weight OF silver, 5000
silken robes, 5000 pieces Of scarlet
cloth and 1000 pounds Of pepper. In
order to furnish a portion of the ran
som demanded by the invader It be-
came necessary to melt down some Of
the statues of the ancient gods.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-05-07
Maaellanio Clouds.

The Magellanic clouds are two
cloudy masses Of light oval In shape
and unequal In size, seen at night In
the heavens In the vicinity Of the
south pole. They are supposed to be
nebulae, or dense aggregatons Of
stars, so far distant as to give to the
unassisted eye the impression of cloud
like masses. They cover areas Of AZ
and 10 square degrees respectively and
are SO named In honor Of Ferdinand
Magellan, the great Portuguese navi-
gator, who first observed them In 1879
during his voyage around the globe
Exchange.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-05-07
ANCIENT MEDICAL SKILL.
Peru Had Clever Physicians and Cur
eeons Ages Ago.


eeons Ages Ago.
Both cocaine and quinine were first
discovered and used by the prehistoric
inhabitants Of Peru, Ecuador and Bo-
llvia. A cup made from the wood Of
the tree yielding quinine was filed
with water and allowed to stand over
night. In the morning the liquid had
become saturated with the medicinal
properties possessed by the wood and
It's bitter contents were drunk. The
country during the past century were
the early method used to administer
Quinine.
The leaf from the tree giving cocaine
Is chewed today by the Indians living
In the mountainous districts Of Peru,
Ecuador and Bolivia. 1t acts as a
heart stimulant In those high attitudes
and deadens the pangs of hunger so
frequently felt by the half starved ma
tives.
The Chumus, who lived In Peru, ac-
cording to some authorities, 2500
years before Christ and whose domin-
ions extended into Bolivia, Ecuador
and parts of Brazil and Colombia, had
a pharmacopoeia OF their own. Most
of the articles used by them as medi-
cines aeons ago are used by the physi-
clan Of today. Their surgeons were
highly skilled too. have seen skulls
dug up in their old cemeteries that
been injured many times In battle by
blunt instruments, presumably clubs,
and their lives had been saved by
trephining. | recall one skull with four
silver plates, several with three, very
many with two and hundreds with one.
-Leslie's Weekly.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-05-07
Yrsditions of Sandwich.

0Nndwich Is the hub of the universe
~ golf. In times medieval 1t was
0no ef England's Ave gates, through
which passed heroes and saints, priests
and kings. Here It was that King
Arthur set out to play the emperor of
Rome with Excalibur, and here on his
fsturn Guinevere welcomed him. st.
Paul, says tradition, landed at Sand
wich, but It is history that marks 1t
@ the landing place Of St Augustine.
Picts and Scots were here beaten back
By the army Of the eastern Julian, and
Theodosius landed to repel the Saxons.
Beckett escaped from England via
Sandwich to France. Here Richard |.
landed after his Austrian imprison'
nent and John, king of France, came
% q prisoner Of the black prince
Inodon Chronicle.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-05-07
Slams Peculiar Order.

Some years ago his majesty of Siam
gave an Italian, for painting one OF his
wives from n photograph, "the grand
cross Of the Siamese crown" 1t Is a
rather large order. This cross" said
his majesty graciously. will entitle
you to marry twelve wives. 1t is a dis
tinction l seldom confer, so hope you
will make good use OF it,"