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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-05

sister-in law Mr.. and Mrs Stuart Lot
tier in Newport News, has returned
to her home.
Mrs. Charles l.. Petit. Of Norfolk
Is spending several days with her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. H. seldom Tay-
Tor. here.
Miss Mollie Lottier. of Richmond.
who has heen visiting her brother and
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. G. Proctor and Miss
Ea1y Proctor. nf Portsmouth. are
the guests of Mrs. K. l.. Proctor, in
North Richmond.
Rev. and Mrs. Daniel r Merritt
and children. of Smithfeld, Va, are
visiting Mrs. Merritt's parents n. w.
Starke. 1920 First Avenue, Highland
Park.
Miss Rubenette Lee. Of Irvington,
Va. and Miss Evelyn Stewart. of st
Louis, who were among the sponsors
at the reunion. are the guests for
few days of Mrs. Morgan.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-05

| left Immediately after the cercmon,
for an extended VIC iding trip IN the
south. Later they will make thei'
home In Mississippi whore Or DE
Miller has accepted a call 20 church
Mis- Wise Honor Cues.
SAYS an exchange from Atlanta;
"The tea dance az She DRIVING
Cmh was bright occasion OF yes
,erday afternoon.
Miss Ellen Wright Wise. of
Richmond. who is visiting Mr. ana
Mrs. John : Cohen. was the guest
.of honor IN party given by Miss
Isoltne Campbell Invited To meet
her we're Miss Katherine Ellis. MIR.
and Mrs. Marion smith Mr. and Mrs.
Jerome simmons, JT. Mr.. Dan Mcs
DouEsld. MIR. James Raglan. Or +. c.
3allenger and Mr., Rankin
Miss Bonham to spend Week end
Miss Madge Bonham. the lovely
Young SPONSOR for South Carolina,
who attended tho reunion IN the par
~ af the Governor and Mrs Man
ming. on their private ear. will he the
guest OF Mrs George !. Euli for the
weekend. and a number 81 smart af-
fairs have been planned in her honor
during her stay lu Richmond. Later
Miss Rouham VIII visit IN Washing
ron.
Approaching Weddings.
Mr. and Airs. J. Craig Miller. Of
Huntington. W. Va. have issued in
vitaunnS to the marriage of their
dausbt~r sally Rutherford 90 Nh
Holm Rutherford Bennett, Of
Charleston. $. G. The ceremony VIII
take place at = O'Clock on Tuesday
evening. June %, in the home of the
brides parents in Huntington. and
Vii be large and brilliant affair
Miss ,filIer is very We'll known n
Richmond. where She has spent
great deal of time with her grand
father. Mr. James TiDsIcy. of piece
uoCaue.' near the city Mr. Bennett
Is widely and prominently connect
ed in both Virginia and South Caro-
lima, and many distinguished guests
wiN 80 10 Huntington TO he present
at the wedding.
Mr. and MIS-. William Is. Spratt.
of Riehlsnd4 Va have issued jnvl-
tations to the marriage Of their
daughter Margaret stuart TO MIR
take place IN the residence Of the
noon june 30 ~ o'ieek and VIII
be followed by = large and brilliant
reception Ar. hewitt and his bride
Will he at home after July /. at Bar-
louisville Ky
Reunion Functions.
a prominent social feature OF the
Confederate reunion WAS "A reception
given Thursday night IN the parlors
Of the Jefferson Hotel by Miss Cora
Benedict in honor Of Mrs Iusephus
Daniels, wife ~ the secretary of the
navy. and Mrs. Daisy MeLausin
Stevens, president general of the
United Daughters Of the Confe1eracy.
and her star. The reception was given
that these distinguished women Of the
South might meet James II. McCreary,
war governor OF Kentucky.
Miss Bcudict IS corresponding sec
retarv az the James g.. McCreary
Chapter. United Daughters Of the
Confedracy, state president of the
Wnman's National Rivers and Tfarhore
Congress and a member IF rs national
board If directors
Mr.. and Mrs Robert & Thornton
entertained informally in their home,
1872 Monument Avenue. on Thursday.
The house. which was decorated in
the Confederate colors, twas throwH
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-05

Old Point Comfort, Va, June So
Within an hour after leaving here
Thursda ynight the smokestack of the
Old Bay Line steamer Virginia was
blown down by the wind and she I'M
mediately anchored of Back River,
about fifteen miles distant.
After several hours the wind abated
and the Virginia slowly returned here
under her own power. She arrived az
lilo o'clock this morning. and at e:3e,
in tow OF the tugs Rescue and Resoiuts,
left for Baltimore.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-05
BODY OF HOPKINS
REACHES NEW YORK

Newport News. June 4---The bodies
of eight victims of the Lusitania
tragedy including that of A. L. Hop
kins. president of the Newport News
Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
arrived at New York yesterday on the
American line steamer Philadelphia.
r. j. Gauntlet. of Newport News, a
survivor of the Lusitania. was among
the passengers. He brought home the
body of Mr.. Hopkins
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-05
SOCIETY

| open to their friends. to witness the
parade, and lul cheon was served TO
/ so guests. The dining room was
decorted in Richmond roses and the
bonhons and all the refreshments
carried out the color scheme of red
, and white
Agon-BaskerTiilc.
Invitations are out to the approach
ing marriage OF Miss Virginia Basker-
Vile daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Thompson Baskerville OF Champe.
Dinwiddie County. TO Mr. Joseph
Henry Lyon. of Mckenney. The we'd
ding win take place At high noon,
Thursday. June Z. II the Good Shep-
herd Church. D.nwiddie County. MIR,
Lyon Is cashier Of the Bank of Din
widdie of Mckinney, Va.
Reunion Functions.
Among the many little social func-
tions incident TO the reunion were
dinings at The WcstmCreland Club,
one given Tuesday night by Com
mander-in- Chief Seymour Stewart Of
the sons. to a few OF his Official
damily and another by Mr.. Carl Hin
ton. Of New Mexico, on Thursday
night to a like coterie.
Personals.
Miss Natalie McFaden has returned
to her home on West Grace street
from i{ryn MaWr, where she is at
tending college
Mrs. Grace Shields ana her daugh-
ter Mrs. Russell. are spending the
summer at the Burbank cottage, VII
ginia Beach.
Misses Julia and Helen BarnweM. of
Stewart Han. are the guests Of Mrs.
". c. Williamson. Of 10 North Laurel
Mr.. and Mrs David English Dallam.
.ir.. Of Germantown, have returned to
their horne III the North. after
Miss Lucy Beveridge, OF Richmond.
Griffifh az her home in Iouisa.
Misses blanche Brownlee and Alice
attending the reunion. are leaving to-
dav 10 visit friends In Washington.
Miss Ida Belle Erame, sponsor
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-05
RECORD FoR puNcTUALrTy
ny VALLEY RAILROAD

Staunton, June THE Shenandoah
district of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road. embracing the line through the
Valley of Virginia, from Harper's Ferry
to Lexington. made perfect record for
punctuality of passenger trains during
May. when 400 passenger trains arrived
at their terminals on time. Ten sched-
uled passenger trains are operated In
the Valley Of Virginia each day ak OF
them running between Harper's Ferry
and Strasburg, and four between Har.
risonhurE. Staunton and Lexington.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-05
Average Life SNORT.

London. June 3.--It has been fg-
ured out that the average life of the
British officer when once he has
reached the firing line is only twenty
three 4aaxs .4s.44.. sia,sa..-s.
1t has been Inquired out that a cav
airy .hofee only iastsf rem days in ac-
.aa4s fighting. and an AGtansnhAtar al,
moxk- d. month. iAAa T. 3 NJ 9. 80 !,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-05

Newport News. June George Ds-
Wis. alias George Neiahbors. was ar
rested here yesterday afternoon by
Patrolman Hudson and charged with
being fugitive from Justice from
Charlottesville. where he is said TO be
wanted on a charge of forgery. The
arrest was made at Twenty eighth
Street and Washington Avenue.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-05

Houston. June 4. $500 The Houston
school hoard has reelected Miss Ellen
Bouiden principal of the school for the
next school session. Commencement
exercises are under way this week.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-05

Miss Sarah Izard, who has been the
guest Of Mrs, L. G.. Caldwell Is leaving
today fer Fredericksburg.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-05

Miss Ida Belle Erame. sponsor
from Mississippi and Miss Ruby
Starting Toomb. of Memphis, sponsor
from Tennessee who have been stay
ing at the jefferson. are now the
guests of Miss Katherine Gordon, on
West Franklin Street
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-05

Mrs. Grace Shields and her dansh-
ter. Mrs Russell. are spending the
at the Burbank cottage, VIZ
ginia Beach
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-05

Miss Mary Wright. Of Goochland. Is
visiting friends here.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-05

Miss Dorothy Courtney. Of Rich
mond who has been visiting Miss
Luta Belle Spann. in Raleigh. n. C.,
has returned home
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-27
Not an Octet.

Cyril Maude, the English comedian was talking about class distinctions.
 "They are jess marked with you than with us," he sail.. Here you all talk alike-the shopgirrs accent differs ill no wise from that of a Stuyvesant or q Roosevelt. But with us the lower classes talk disgraceful jargon.
 "The 'h' especially. The lower class es can never master that h. In my youth l once heard a stage manager rehearsing Faust He had sprung from the people, >poor chap, and he conducted the rehearsal like this:
 "''Old your 'ands OH your lips, 'old up your 'eads and look aughty. You're not on 'Ampstead .'Eath, now-youre in Aides. Now, 'asten off 'urriedly with a look of 'ate.'
 "'But, sir said l. there's only six of us.' '"-Washington Star.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-27
SHOULD ENLIST
 REST 0F FAMILY

WINNIPEG, Man.-Lance Corporal Michael OLeary, First Battalion of the Irish Guards, who has been award ed the Victoria Cross, is a veteran member of the Royal North Mounted Police, enlisting as a reservist last August. He is a big, strapping, good natured Irishman, popular with both officers and men. The exploit for which he has just been distinguish ed occurred February 1, when form ing one of storming party which advanced against the enemy's barri- cades, he rushed to the front and him. self killed five Germans who were holding the first barricade, after which he attacked the second barricade about sixty yards farther on, which he captured after killing three of the enemy and making two more prison CTS. O'Leary thus practically cap
 tured the enemy's positions by him. self and prevented the rest of the attacking party from being fired on.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-27
NeWspaper Waifs.

Milly-"If you kiss me, I'll scream"
 Billy-"WelJ, so long as you don't scream first it's all right"
 Trouble may come ter teach you lessons. an it ain't his fault eff you's too hardheaded ter l'arn. Do you feel certain the defend ant was intoxicated?" Well, I'll tell
 you. He carried home one of those sidewalk coalhole tops with circular
 corrugations, and tried to play it on
 his photograph"
 is quite an athlete, I understand. Great at throwing the hammer.
 Farmer Hawbuck-"Yes, gol durn it. Last time he was daown I gave him a hammer to fix the barn, an he threw it so far hain't seen it sence." !" The Aide-"General, I have the hon.
 or to report that we have taken the enemies position" The General;
 "Fine. And how many prisoners did we capture?" "Three thousand"
 "Fine!" And how many men did we lose?" "Six thousand" "Fine!"
 What are you going to tell your
 constituents when you go home?" "I'm not going to tell them anything"
 replied Senator Sorghum. "Out our way the people used to expect a course. Now they require him to keep
 quiet while they tell him few things"
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-27

Wrangel Sentinel By contract let yesterday, F. Matheson will soon be the owner of the finest runabout speed cruiser in Southeastern Alaska. The new boat will be 36 feet long and will be powered with 36 to 50 h. p. Lowe-Victor six-cylinder high-speed engine. She will have a speed of from 15 to 20 miles per hour, and will be very complete in every de tail, having electric lighting system and the automobile control from the pilot house The contract was award ed to William Fletcher, and calls for delivery by the middle of April.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-27
THE OLD TIME "YE."
1t Was Simply an Abbreviation and Was Always Pronounced "The."


 How does it happen that in copying and reading ancient manuscripts we call the character our ancestors meant for "the' by the ridiculous "ye?'
 They said the" just as we do, and the only apparent reason for mistaking the character is that two centuries ago the letter "h" was usually written with tail below the line and with a razeed top, which made it look like our "y. Then the word was so frequently used that it was contracted, just as the word "and'' was then treated and con tinues to be treated to this day by many of us
 When I was boy, more than eighty years ago, the alphabets in our school books always ended with the "short and" We called it "ampersand" and considered it fine snapper when we rattled off the alphabet. Sometimes when sufficiently cultured we gave it the full title "and-per-se-and.'
 Now, it is likely that our X" will become obsolete, just as "ye' has be- come. Then our descendants of the next century or two will be puzzled perhaps, but I do not think they will be so foolish as to say "ampersand' when reading our manuscripts and coming to the little quirk we meant for "and." Do let us drop saying ''ye.' Dial,
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-27
NEW YORK IS SAFE
 FROM BOMBARDMENT

WASHINGTON.-A that the long-distance bombardment of the Dardanelles forts has demonstrated that New York City could be bom- barded, with entire safety to them selves, by hattleships of the type of the Queen Elizabeth and the Agin- court, whose guns outrange those in the forts defending New York, are based on transformation and miscon- ception, according to experts here. They said that such assertions have been made before, and have been shown to have been founded on CT roneous ideas.
 ''In the first place." said prom inent officer, the effective range of the guns of the Agincourt or Queen Elizabeth is not 26,000 yards. The best has ever been claimed is 23,- 900 yards, while 21,0OO yards is much the safer figure. Now, on the other hand, the effective range of our 12- inch guns is 13,O00 yards, as they are now mounted and operated
 "The enemy attacking New York would be afloat, and the advantages in range finding would be with us. In the next place, We have many mortars in all those Notifications with an effective range of 19,O0O yards un- der ordinary circumstances, and for which range of 23,00O yards can be safely claimed if put to the cru cial test.
 "Now if any one who is at all exercised on the subject will take the trouble to get a map of New York and the harbor and with a com- pass strike off the radii showing the effective range of our guns, they will find thatt he 12-inch guns of Fort Hancock will reach to point two miles south of Coney Island and a mile west of the western point of Rockaway Beach. That is the spot rom WHICH IL IS suggested vessels of the Queen Elizabeth's type would turn loose on Wall street. From that point to the Times building is about 26,000 yards, the exaggerated range of the guns of the British dread nought As matter of fact the 12- inch guns at Fort Hancock on Sany Hook can reach effectively some dis. tance beyond the point where the bombarding ship would have to take position.
 And that is not all. There are 12- inch guns at Fort Tompkins and Fort Wadsworth that could reach past the point where the vessel of the Queen Elizabeth class would begin her fire"
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-27
HAULED BY A LION.
Ar Unexpected Attack and PeriIous
 and Exciting Mixup.

| anu EHCItiu9 mI%uP'
 Captain c. H. Stigand was once mauled by lion, and he recounts the adventure in his Hunting the Ele- phant In. Africa" The captain had shot lioness, and while watching the body from tree he saw two lions ap- proach. They stood over the lioness and roared alternately for half an hour He succeeded in shooting them both, but on approaching the body of his second victim he found that it was not quite so dead as it had seemed. q ap- preached the edge, and immediately the inert mass assumed life and, with roar, sprang on me with one bound. The orderly, who was few yards be- hind me, Immediately retired precipi- tately. AS the lion sprang l fired into his chest, and he landed on me, his right paw over my left shoulder, and he seized my left arm in his teeth. As my left arm was advanced in the firing position, it was the first thing he met.
 '"The weight of his spring knocked me down, and 1 next found myself ly ing on my back, my left arm being worried and my rife still in my left hand underneath his body. I scram- bled around with my left arm still in his mouth until I was kneeling along side of him and started pommeling him with my right fist on the back of the neck. He gave me final shake and then quickly turned round and disap- peared in the grass a little nearer to the station than l was"
 The author adds that he was drench- cd with blood, and upon examination he found eight big holes in his arm and three claw marks on his back, q damage that partially disabled him for two years. He remarks modestly that since that adventure he has baggcd seven more lions.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-27
The Practical Side of Music.

He was a lover of music who had just been to hear Puccini's Madame Butterfly and he was expatlatlne upon its beauties to an unresponsive friend whom he observed to yawn' The music lover was hurt. "LooE here, John," he protested, "don't you think that music is of some practical benefit in life?"
 "Oh, yes," said the unresponsive one why, judging from the portraits have seen of eminent musicians, es' pecially pianists, should say that music is great to keep the hair from falling out."-Ladies' Home Journal.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-27
SATURDAY MARCH 27, 1915.
TWO SIEGES.

1t was 462 years ago next montt that the last great siege of Constan tinople began. Mohammed II. moved on the city in February, but the pon derous character of his artillery made it impossible to get his weapons in place for three months longer; and the real siege began in April, 1453 It lasted fifty-three days, and Mo hammed entered the city and extin. guished the last remains of the Ro- man empire on May 20.
 Cannon were still in the experiment. al stage, and there was a belief that the bigger the gun the more de structive it would be; so Mohammed had cannon made the diameter of whose mouth is said to have been two feet and half Stone balls were still in use in those days. Mo- hammed had 10000 men, while the force of the Christians did not ex. ceed 5000 The Turkish fleet consist ed of 32O vessels. The Christians were inadequately supplied with gun powder, ,and every repulse they in- flicted on the Turks brought nearer the day of their own downfall.
 Battering rams, cannon and liquid fire were used constantly in the at tack upon the half-ruined forts of Constantinople, and at one time the Turks sent forward a wooden turret on rollers, which was destroyed by the Greeks and their allies. A Chris tian squadron of only five ships re- pulsed the Turks in desperate na- val engagement, though Mohammed himself, sitting on horseback on the beach, yelled reproaches at his sail ors and even spurred his horse into the sea.
 Mohammed conceived the desperate operation of carrying his ships over- land from the Bosporus into the high CT part of the harbor In one night the Turkish fleet climbed a hill and was launched, and the upper har- bor was occupied. The Ottoman can non demolished the Greek forts in forty days, and the final assault be- gan in the morning of May 29. The Emperor Constantine fought to the last and died like a hero; and pitt less sack of the city began the mo ment it fell, under the explicit per mission and even order of Mohammed himself.
 An invasion of Serbia began with in a few days, and the Turk was placed firmly on his European throne, the throne of which he has made so little use that is of any benefit to the human race. If the operations now being conducted against Constan- tinople end in victory for the Al lies, retribution will have come at last after four centuries and a half, the Turk will give up the power he has misused, and the Eastern empire, under another name, will come to it's own again; Nicholas will take over what Constantine Palaeologus fought to save and died vainly to protect New York Times.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-27
Not Guilty.

Lawyer-You understand what you are to do in court now, don't you! Client-Yes, guess SO. Lawyer When the court asks you whether you are guilty of manslaughter or not you say guilty" Client-But I can't do that, my conscience wouldn't allow it. Lawyer Why? Client - Because it wasn't a man I killed, it was wom- an.-New York Globe.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-27
Very Thrillinq.

She-The life of secret service man must be very thrilling. He-Yes, that's what thought when read of one of the presidents guards falling asleep standing up.-Buffalo Express.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-27

Aim only at that which is within reach and trust the big things ts time and the spirit--Towue.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-27
lmpatient.

"Do you tell your husband every thing?" Why, I can't. He won't lis- ten to me over two or three hours on stretch. h."--Washington Herald.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-03-11

Get the Neidich Process ribbon, the
best that's made for typewriter pur-
poses, at the Register office.
Postmaster and Mrs. Oyloe enter
tanned the post office force and wives
at a splendid dinner on Saturday even
ing, after which the evening was spent
pleasantly in games. ,
The Rebekahs initiated a class of
six new members on Tuesday evening,
the work being followed by the serv.
ing of a nice lunch. A delegation from
the Elkton lodge were present.
Mitchell is patting itself upon the
back in all the dailies because its high
school girls are making their own
graduating dresses, but they have
nothing on ~Brookings. Not only are
the senior girls Of the high school
making their own dresses, but the
junior girls are getting a little prac-
tice for next year by making their
gowns for the various festivities of
commencement week.
The Bank of Brookings started work
this morning on some splendid i'm
p~rovements to the interior of the
building. The partition in the rear will
be torn out, giving a much larger
working space, and the present rail.
ing will be replaced by one of hand.
some marble. A new tile floor will be
laid in the lobby, with marble vain
scoting and fixtures. The improve,
ments will give the institution one OF
the finest equipped banking buildings
in the Northwest.
Dorothy Earle-Russian Actress, is
now in musical comedy. Her father is
in Jail in Siberia and she would like to
get him out. If any man in Brookings
has the slightest influence with the
Car of Russia it is his duty to call or
Miss Earl who will be at the opera
house with the September Morn" com
pany next Monday evening, and Offer
his aid. Miss Earl's right name is
Tharmara K~almoutsky, which for a
Russian name is as simple as Bill
Jones would be in English. She was
born in Moscow. Her father was the
editor of a paper threre until one day
he denounced the Jewish massacres
and then the gendarmes came and took
him away to Siberia where he now
langu'shes in a dungeon.