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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-05
Latest Figures Indicate Noni-
nation of Dr.. Hening Over
Senator Watkins
MUCH OF GOOCHLAND
STILL TO REPORT
With Nine Precincts to Hear
From. Seven Of Which Are
in Strong Hening Territory.
He Has Lead of Twelve

Returns from the major portion of
the State, although slow in coming IN
on account of the delay and destruc-
ton Of wires caused by the storm, in
dictate a great gain by the dry forces
in the Virginia state Senate, giving
them, with the other elections to
come off later, a good working ma
jority in the upper house something
they have never had before.
The fact that the dry senator's are
in the majority. and that temperance
legislation will be such an important
item of the next General Assembiy's
work, indicates that there will be q
reorganization OF the Senate at least
so far as committees on temperance
matters are concerned.
A clear gain OF five seats for which
dry men were elected over vets and
only one wet man replacing a dry
senator indicate the nature of the
victory. At the last Senate vote on
the enabling act the vote stood q tie.
1919, with one pair. Thus II is seen
that the drys have a majority, al
though one or two of the twenty
counted for the enabling act may not
support dry legislation throughout
The new dry men win give the desired
control.
Another Temperance Victory.
The campaign marks another great
victory for the temperance people.
After the election OF September last
the vets attempted TO argue that the
prohibition issue was dead. and should
not be considered in the election of
the Legislature. Prohting by the ex-
ample of other States. the Anti Saloon
League and other temperance organ
izations decided that the Senate must
contain dry majority, and the sue
cess of the campaign La attested by the
result OF the primary.
There are two changes from yes
terday's reported results. Julian Gum
has defeated Sheriff Walter Ware for
the nomination from the Peninsula
District. Ware carried every county
save Henrico. He came to that with
majorities from every one of the
country districts. but Gums majority
in Henrico. which alone was carried
by the latter, proved too large to be
overcome, and Gum is nominated by
a majority OF about two hundred.
Wares fight has attracted much at
tention. as il was not thought at first
he had a very good chance. However.
his support in the lower counties grew
by leaps and bounds, and for q time
he seemed almost sure of victory.
The greatest surprise Of the neigh
boring situation Is the failure OF SEN
ator J. 3. watkins. of Chesterfield, to
sweep the district composed OF this
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-05
|nspiring Civic Event Marks
Real Close of Triumphal
Trip of Virginians
PARADE
PRECEDES GATHERING
Girginia's Natural Wealth Is
Greater Than That of West
ern Country---Better Farmers
and Mere industry Needed

That mere threatening by tho eie-
hents does not deter Richmond when
he civic mind Is made up TO do some
hing In the way of making a.
demonstration was conclusively shown
ast night when business and civic
EXAMINATIONS assembled, mid the
|bund OF rumbling thunder and the
are Of intermittent sheet lightning,
b Broad Street between Sixth and
ourth Streets for the great parade
the City Auditorium, where Cover
br Stuart. Major Bowles. W. T. Dab
" and Past Imperial Potentate d. c.
t'F1ahsrty, of Acca Temple. Mystic
urine. told some four thousand Rich
bond citizens what Richmond's rep
esentatives In varying walks of life
arned on their recent trip to the
acifac Coast.
Lowering clouds gathered over the
by shortly after O'Clock. but mem
ers OF the various organizations that
Ad planned TO participate thought
I little other than that they were
Eheduled to form under the direction
Major E. w. Bowies. OF the Blues.
rand marshal for the event, at 1880
clock. and they assembled at their
espective stations.
At s O'Clock promptly the process
lon moved toward the Auottoriom,
HERE the mass meeting was called 20
tder by President w. T. Reed, of the
hamber Of Commerce. Immediately
her Governor Stuart. the colonies OF
b stan. and the Richmond Laght In
kntry Blues had been crested with
ke Rotary yell. The seats in the
lace reserved for paraders were the
bly, seats available when the Blues.
hriners and various civic organiza-
bns nied into the building.
An Imposing Spectacle.
Though the procession passed along
Ia citys streets In the darkness that
kuaes lust after twilight, 1t was an
npcsing spectacle. Led by squad
mounted police. under command OF
kntain r. B. Soweil, there came hrB
ssiAtferfng Of hoofs on the cobbles,
an the sounds of distant band. and
dull thud of measured steps. The
arching men. the Blues. Just back
ON n long trip across the country,
unx into sight before large crowd
thered at the Auditorium and halt
They stood at salute as Governor
uart and his staff in automobiles
hiied UP.
Each Of the civic organizations sp-
artng in the demonstration made
lowing worthy of the bodies they are
la unafYsliated citizens were im-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-05
ADMINISTRATION WILL
NOT YIELD inch IN
ENGLISH CONTENTION
violations of Rights OF Neutral Trade
ny British VIII he ms Little Toll
Grated ms German Barbaritfes.

Washington. Aug. A considerable
period of time is likely to eiapse be.
fore the United States replies to tina
terfering with neutral trade contained
bin the several notes from that govern
ment published today.
While Ii is considered desirable that
the British contentious he answered as
quickly as possible. II is admitted shs
notes received will require careful
study. The data prepared at the de-
partment before the notes were re-
ceived will have to be gone over again
and revised.
1t is the present intention of the adj
ministration not to yield an inch TO
the British argument While 1t is adj
mitted that the British government has
made an able presentation of its case.
and has offered much reasoning that 10
plausible. the administration intends to
stand Arm for the position 1t has al
ready taken in reference to the British
practices. II is therefore thought wisa
that the British government be in
formed that this is the fact as soon
as possible. Another reason for desir-
ing to expedite the reply TO Great Brit
ain is that the Germans are openly
declaring that their attitude toward
the submarine issue will be largely
governed by the character of the next,
American note to Great Britain on thaa
question of British interference with
neutral trade.
WIN Declare Csnteatien IflexaI.
There are many Indications that tn,
note to be sent TO Great Britain on fhik,
subject will not meet the German views
OF what that communications should b.
While the United states 10 determinA6
10 adhere to its contention that the.
British proceedings are Illegal thjn
government draws q sharp diatfnctton
between the controversy With Car
many and that with Great Britain. ~
the issue with Great Brttain NJ merely
4 legal controversy. both govornments
agreeing - TO the pxfnetp1ea ana dr.
agreeing only ~ y ~ ensl N Mi ~
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-05

The general campaign for a
genuinely "dry" Legislature has
been In progress for several
months. Immediately after the
Statewide election last September
the And-Saioon League of Viz
ginia announced as Its general
policy that. the general prohibit
ton law to put into effect the VIII
of the people. as expressed at the
polls on September ~. should be
framed by sits friends and not
by its enemies"
SUSPICIOUS ZEAL.
The sswet" newspapers of the
State, especially those OF the city
of Richmond. declared that the
prohibition question was settled.
and that II should not be made an
issue I'm the election OF members
of the General Assembly. These
papers all sang the same tuHsf,
and used words of practically the
same meaning. Those who knew
their treachery and 1ndtcftve-
ness during the Statewide cam
paign were not deceived by their
sudden real for effective temper
ance legislation.
FAVORITE WEAPON.
The favorfte weapon OF the
liquor traffic In prohibition States
is the nuIlihcstion Of prohibition
laws, and to better accomplish its
purposes with less danger to Its
agents. the bootleggers and blind
tigers, the effort is always made
to weaken prohibition legislation
50 that IL will be as ineffective and
contain as many loopholes AS pos
sf,Ie. Therefore tire special eff
fort fin every State is 70 secure the
election, usually to the Sfate
Senate, of as many men rs pos
saf,Ie, who, while agreeing to sup
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-05
DECL ARES FRYE. SINKING
DID NOT CONSTITUTE A
VIOLATION OF TREATY
CLINCHING THE NAILS

port prohibition legislation. have
no real sympathy with the aim
of the prohibition law. and hence
will be of no real service I'm franz
ing the needed legislation.
FAILURE.
But this effort signaIiy failed.
The people of Virginia have not
been deceived. nor have they
been caught mapping. Senators
Hobbs, Brock and Massie have
been defeated and replaced by
''dry" men. Senator Bowers has
been reelected against the bitter
opposition of strong liquor in
tcrests; and IL now appears ex-
ceetiingIy likely that Senator
Watkins. who denounced the
Anti-Saloon League so bitterly
and unjistly i'm the Senate of
Virginia i'm 1912. has also been
defeated. To the honor of the
good old county of Fairfax. IT has
retired MFR. Walter TansiIl Oliver,
and sent a thoroughly "dry" man
to take his place.
THE FIRST DRY SENATE.
Such results Justify the con-
ctusion that the sentiment of the
people of the State In favor of
Statewide prohibition Is stronger
than ever before, and indicates
fixed determination 10 elect men
to the General Assembly to make
the Statewide prohibition law who
themselves fully believe In the
prohibition principle.
The Senate OF Virginia for the
first time In It's history appears
likely to have majority of
genuinely "tiry" men.
JAMES CANNON, JR.,
Superintendent Anti Saloon
League of Virginia.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-05
Distinctly Declines. However.
to Pay on Basis That She Is
Settling for Broken Treaty
SAYS SHIP WAS
LAWFULLY SUNK
Suggests That If America IL
Not Satisfied Hague Tribunal
Be Given Matter for Final
Arbitrament

Washington, Aug. 1.-The dis
agreements between the United
States and Germany over the In
depreciation of the treaty OF 1898,
arising from the Frye case. is
sharply emphasized, rather than
lessened by the latest note from
Germany on this subject The
text of the German note was given
out at the State Department to-
day.
The Frye case arose from the
sinking of the American ship of
that name by the German cruiser
Prinz Eltei Friedrich, when the
Frye was carrying a cargo of
wheat TO Ireland. Germany
promptly admitted liability. hut
insisted the case should be passed
on by a prize court 10 determine
the legality of the sinking. The
United States objected, declaring
IL was a case of treaty violation,
over which the prize court had no
Jurisdiction and suggested that
the amount OF damages be fixed
by negotiations between the Ger
man Embassy and the State De-
partment.
Germany Is Determined
The German note made public 10
law contradicts almost every poin
aised by the United States in main
aiming its view of the case. The dis
greement between the two govern
nents on questions affecting Tn
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-05
WATcHfUt RANGERS
AGAIN PUT QU|EIUs
ON NEW REVOLUTION
Number OF Armed McxicAns Arrest
ed Near Border-E Paso Hears
villa Ii About to Omit Me1ico and
Move to United States.

ed Near Border-E Paso Hears
villa II About To Omit MEXICO and
Move to United States.
Ell Paso. Texas, Aug. <.--A second
effort to launch . Huerta-Orozco rev.
olution Is thought TO have been stop
ped near Fort Hancock.
Twenty Mexicans were brought to
Ell Paso late this evening from Fort
Hancock. fifty miles east OF FL Paso.
and arraigned before United States
Commissioner Oliver. on q charge Of
conspiracy to set on foot . military
expedition to Mexico IN violation OF
the neutrality laws.
The Mexicans were arrested near
Fort Hancock by United States
rangers, while going In the direction
OF the border. They had forty rtfies.
a quantity Of ammunition and q
wagon filled with commissary supplies
when they were arrested.
This afternoon Alpine FariaS was
arrested by United States Deputy Mar
shall J. duBoee. on similar charge.
and appeared before the United States
commissioner. His bond was nxed At
SIS. 900. He 10 alleged to have been i'm
plicated in the organization Of the Fort
General Orozco. and the movement IL
believed to have started 20 take adj
vantage Of the chaotic conditions In
Chihuahua to launch the Huerta-
Orozco movement which was stopped
here when Huerta and Orosco ware
arrested
Richard Aguilar was Also arrested
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-05
|R|E'S DEATH Loss
| NAY REACH EIGHTY;
| PROPERTY Loss HEAVY
49, Hundred Dwellings, and Fifty
|Dusiness Houses Were swept Away
n Tuesdays Terrible Flood.

|Erie. Pa. Aug. 4--with seventeen
kown dead. fifteen OF whom are AT the
hrrue Identified, and with seven miss
\, ana known to be dead. though their
Idies have not yet been recovered.
n death list up to midnight az a
L.ult Of the cloudburst which late yes
rday SAINT a yellow food raging
|rourh the heart OF the city ts twenty
mr. although the estimates OF total
la run from forty to eighty.
tThe fact is. the police have failed
properiy handle the task OF can
|ssine the stricken district. and the
'ath lat. which probably will be found
fatal som ew here between the gen
n estimates, will undoubtedly ne
kNiled far beyond present fiEures.
ones At the morgue are heart-rend-
Scores OF grief-stricken men ana
bmen and children stand in a row
tside the door scanning the faces
the dead ~ they are brought in.
with more than one hundred fami-
ID In temporary quarters and with the
kte militia patrolling the food dis
Let, where hundreds Of men are
hrching for bodies Of victims, Erie
now recovering from the worst ca
ktrophe in its history. All day long
Continual stream OF people has passed
rough the morgue, where the bodies
laid in rows on the moor
Famiiy Almost wiped Out.
prxuftcaffy all of this bodies found
~ have been Identified Cur oil
family Of six only two children
esred. John HigEins. his wife. four
wears old. and fourteen -months-
baby were drowned when their
- was lifted from thA foundation
y hurled against the culvert on East
En- street.
r4fty business houses and three hun.
" dwellings were swept away
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-05
Nation Can No Longer Safely
Rely on Commerce Carriers
Under Foreign Flag
MEASURE NECESSARY TO
COUNTRY'S WELLBEINC
Must Protect American Rights
With Firmness. Justice. Cour-
age and Enterprise, Says
Secretary of Treasury

Greensboro, n. c., Aug. A.
The program Of the Wilson adj
mintstration to revtvc the effort 10
pass ship purchase legislation at
the next session OF Congress was
disclosed In a letter from Secre-
tary McAdoo, read before the
Pan-American dinner of the
Greensboro Chamber of Com
merce here today. Secretary Nc
Adoo, who was sponsor for the
ship purchase bill. was TO have
been the principal speaker at the
dinner, but being at his summer
home. North Haven, Maine, he
sent n letter 20 be read. which was
devoted almost entirely to an APP
peal to Southern people to work
for the passage Of legislation pro-
viding means for transporting
the South's great staple cotton TO
the South American market. The
McAdoo letter Is regarded here as
all the more Significant because
OF the fact that he has just con-
ferred with President Wilson ON
this subject
The Administration at Washing
on" wrote McAdoo to the banquet
'foreseeiag .aie serious injury that the
f our country would suffer because
# the lack OF American shipsand the
rates for freight charged
y foreign ship owners since the
European war broke out. submitted
o the last session OF Congress, a bill
or the creation OF an American
merchant marine"
Situation Would Have Been Better.
After referring to the failure OF ths
hip purchase bill in the last Congress
liz. McAdoo said
Had this bill been promptly pa&s
d there 10 no doubt that a very con
iderable number OF ships could have
,een bought at that time: that Others
ouid have been chartered and tbs
Company would have been ready By
his time TO begin rendering a sub
tantial service to American COM
nerce.
Orders for other ships could have
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-05
Russians Retire to Inner Line
of Forts. Main Army Having
Left City
GERMAN DRIVES In
MANY DIRECTIONS
Russians Preparing for Hasty
Evacuation of Riga-Britain
Vows to Fight TO Victori-
Gus End

London, Aug. 4.--GoseIy fol-
lowing upon n news agency report
from The Hague, that the Rus
sian embassy there had announced
the evacuation of Warsaw by the
forces of the car, there came
tonight In the official statement
from Berlin the statement that
the army under Prince Leopold,
of Bavaria, had driven the Rus
slams back from the Blonie line
into the fortresses of Warsaw
proper. This Is the first statement
indicating an actual break in the
Immediate defenseS of warsaw.
and the fact that it was accom-
pIished without more desperate
struggle Is taken 10 mean that the
main bodies OF troops have been
withdrawn from the city.
Blonie is only sixteen miles south
and west from the city, and the Rus
sian line, holding 1t up to this time.
has held up the advance of the Ger
mans. The report further says that
the Bavarian prince IL asSaulting the
fortress, meaning the outer chain OF
forts which combined to form the
fortress The movement Is regarded
here as only a step towards the irf-
evitable and Is not considered signi.
ficant
German Drives Continue.
Far more interest Is felt in the
other German drives towards this
railroads and all report today indicate
mat they have not yet cut off any I'M
portant communication between War
saw and the interior OF Russia. Moth
ing IL reported of the drive of General
Won Maiiwicz. supposed to be ap-
the Bug River over the
Bux-Narew triangle. 1t IL briefly
stated from Perrograd that a German
force Ia driving in a northeasteriy d.
rection TO get behind Ostrolenka. as
IL 20 isolate that fortress. while
another force In endeavorfng to en-
velop Lomza, another strongly fortf-
fed point.
There al. no Indications that Gen.
er~l Won Mackeusen. or the Archduke
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SINKING OF A BRITISH
TRANSPORT is REPORTED

Berlin, Aug. 4. via wireless to Saw
viile-The Overseas News Agency has
made public an Athens dispatch say
ing that German submarine had SUNK
the British transport Arneuron and
that a majority of the crew OF the
vessel were drowned
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-05
WORKERS CLEANING
UP STORM AFTERMATH
Building inspectors Examine An
Structure Throughout Inundated
Section.
NO OTHER BUILDINGS
.....a SAID Txsm RE+ IN DANGER
Charitable People Are Relieving Needs
of Negro Population Driven From
Their Homes BY Invasion Of
Shocikoe Creek.

AS the flood waters receded from
East Main, Seventeenth, East Frank
lin Streets before daylight yesterday
morning, several hundred men went
to work in all parts Of the Shockoe
Creek bottoms. cleaning away the
debris and wreckage OF buildings that
had collapsed after having been UNI
dermined by the force of the torrential
rains Of Tuesday night.
Az the day advanced the work pro-
coded more rapidly and last night
the situation was again well In hand.
Street car traffic. cut of Tuesday night
BY water to a depth Of seven feet on
Main Street in front of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Depot. was resumed
during the morning. Pedestrian trar-
and vehicles were forced TO
use the street car tracks.
Saviile & Claiborn. engineers. who
have the contract for cleaning away
the still standing walls of the wrecked
buildings in the 1900 block of East
Main Street. got their machinery.
donkey engine. derricks. and large
force OF men on the Job early and
the work was begun OF clearing UP the
brick. stone, metal and heavy tim
her that made up the fallen struc-
lures.
Clear Up Danger Points.
The force of men that had been at
work since Monday morning cleaning
up the wreck of Sunday afternoon.
Yesterday afternoon concluded the
work of getting away the hanging
roofs and loosened portions or the
standing walls. The new force will
have the clearing away OF the more
solid, yet dangerous skeletons. The
work progressed rapidly yesterday. but
this job will require. the remainder OF
the week.
City Engineer Boiling and Building
Inspector Butler yesterday morning
made an examination of the arch over
Shockoe and OF its side walls out OF
the bounds Of which the stream has
twice gone since Sunday. Examina-
ton Was also made OF the buildings
In the inundated belt. The opinion ex-
pressed BY the ofI1ciais on the conclu-
sion Of their Investigations is that
no other buildings are In danger as
result OF the two heavy storms and
that danger Of occurrences will be past
"a soon a. the driftwood IL cleared
from the creek and on the hanks be-
Eyond it, wallis. and "a lonea - thS
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-05
NEED OFFICIAL COUNT
IN SENATE CONTEST
Wendenburg's Majority Over Hard
wfcke So Small Few Errors May
Change It
OFFICIAL COUNT WILL
BE MADE, THIS MORNING
Change OF Twenty-seven Ballots From
Wendenburg to Hardwicke Would
Give Nomination TO Latter.

While the unofficial returns re-
ceived at the City Auditorium Tues
day night gave satisfaction and dis.
appointment to many citizens, and all
left the building satisfied that what
had been announced was perfectly
correct, there IL a chance. on account
of the close vote, that some OF the
votes may have been counted wrongly.
and that there may be a change In
day.
The Electoral Board win meet this
morning in Hastings Court. They will
canvass the votes and will swear to
the returns. The result OF this count
will mean that those who received the
greatest number OF votes stand
nominated for the places to which
they aspired.
There is no question as to the re-
suit OF the Administrative Board cleo
ton. Mr.. Gunst made fine run. but
forces.
Close Vote for Senate.
But. on account OF the close vote
for State Senate. there may be some
chance on the part Of the friends
CT those who were shown TO have been
beaten by the unofiicial returns. The
unofficia1 count gave wendenburg
4.42s. and Hardwicke 4.373 votes.
Secretary Duke. OF the City Dem
|ocratic Committee. was in despair at
the meeting Tuesday night. He had
not heard officially from several OF
the precincts. What was presented
on the platform from those precincts
was gained from the information FUR
n.shed by The virxinian. which had
been received through its local
sources. *
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-05
DOLLAR DAY
Wednesday Aug. IL

Bargains will be found at all
the leading stores. Every reader
of The virginian should watch for
the announcements Wednesday.
August II.
In the mean time the merchants
listed below have message for
you.
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