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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-16
RUSSIAN ARMS FACTORY
BLOWN UP BY TREACHERY
Germans Blamed For Destruction OF
big Munitions PInnt mt
OI<htn.

LONDON. September l5.--The Daily
News to-day says ii was through Ger
man treachery that the great Russian
ammunition factory at okhta. a suburb
of Pctrograd, was blown up some
months ago. Okhta was the only mu-
milton factory IN Russia.
This had a determining influence on
the Russian military situation" the
Daily News says, ''aS the allies had TO
come to the rescue by the circuitous
ArchanSel route. Thousands of work
men were killed and the destruction OF
the plant caused such an extreme
dcarth OF ammunition that nothing
could be done against the German
general. Won Mackensen's artillery.
Russia, quite crippled. had 10 light
for thine aad the striking power Of
France and Great Britain was checked.
All thought Of the proposed great
spring offensive had to be given up,
and the chief energies of the allies
bent to the task of supplying Russia
with muni,ion which suddenly had he
come to her matter OF life and
death"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-16
SHARP FALL IN EXPORTS

WASHINGTON. September 15-E1-
ports fell of sharply during the week
ending September IL. They amount cd
TO s@a.5?3.7os. tho lowest for one week
this year and drop of s27, 900
from the week preceding. Tho trade
balance for the week fell TO $6,672,24f
Imports for the week were s26,a2l,467.
No DEFINITE explanation is available
In official quarters for the change.
Some officials believe trade has slack
ened whilo the British loan is being
negotiated.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-16
GETS BULLET FROM HEART
DR.. Charles Infroit Describes Sur
Eical Feat to Paris Academy
OF Medicine.

PARIS. September 15.-Means by
which he cXtrated shrapnel bullet
from the right auricle Of French SOL
der's heart were described to the
Academy of Medicine last night by DR..
Charles infroit This surgical feat was
accomplished by the use Of a radio
graphic compass, invented by the sur
geon.
This instrument enables DR.. Infroit
TO locate foreign bodies in the tissues
with mathematical precision, and per
mits their extraction without injury to
the ncishboring organs. he told his
colleasu
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-16
IN SOME PLACES FRENCH
MAKE SJaSTA VITAL PROGRESS

throughout the summer months the
French have held their own along their
lntrenchcd line OF the front, and in
some places. notably near Arras and
in Alsacc, have made substantial prog
ress. IN the struggles around Arras
carly in June they captured whole
we'll as a number of strongly fortified
villages around this high ground
thereby securing All area of great tact
iral importance. in view of the future
operations. IN Alsace number of
dominating emincnces have been
wrested from the enemy. and have
been substantially held in the face OF
formidable counterattacks
French trenches along the entire
front have been developed and
strengthened. and now everywhere
present network OF almost impres-
nabie fortilcations. Of this / was able
TO satisfy myself during n visit lately
To our allies. at the invitation OF Cen
erai Jo!fre. when was profoundly i'm
pressed with the high state of efficiency
and morale of the French army. II
was evident that officers and mon
recognized that the only possible
termination TO the war was TO inhict
on the enemy n thorough defeat. Their
resolutions 10 do this was never frmer
or more intense.
our allies aircraft have been par
ticu!arly active. They have carried
out numerous effective raids on a large
scale. penetrating far into hostile ter
ritory."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-16
DELAY OF FEW HOURS
CAUSES NO SURPRISE.

WASHINGTON September l5-Scc-
rotary LansinG's note asking recall OF
Or. Dumba was cablcd week ago
to-naS TO American Minister Stovali.
al berne. Switzerland. 20 be forwarded
TO Ambassador Penfeld. at Vienna. A
delay OF twenty-four hours or moro
an delivery was expected. and the fact
ina; Mr.. Penfeld has not vet acknow
iedgcd receipt Of the message has oc-
Sasioned no surprise. Officials said to-
nlsAt' however. that the note must have
neen received in Vienna several DAYS
ago.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-16
.HAY-FEVER SUFFERERS
ADVISED TO GUT WEEDS
State Board OF Health Says Free
Use OF Pruning Hook Will
Help.
RAGWEED is CHIEF SINNER
Pollen From Ambrosia !artemisiil
Folia, Say Learned Doctors, Found
in Vacant Lots, Responsible for
Many DiScomforts of Sueezers.
Observation-Disclosures,

The much-eXcoriated golden rod, abb
/ horred by hay-fever sufferers is not
| wholly responsible for the prevalence
OF the aggravating ailment. according
| TO me experts OF the State Health De-
partment. Hay fever is caused by manv
species OF common weeds the doctors
OF the Board of Health assert in a bull
letin just issued treating the subject
Nh chew,
The remedy suggested by the State
health experts Is simple enough and
cheap enough to try. Ah-ou-ou-c chew.
The remedy says the bulletin. lies
more In the moving blade than In the
drug store. and relief IS to be had
through cutting weeds rather than TAX
ing medicine"
POLLEN OF RAGWEED
IL CHIEFLY TO BLAME
Hay fever is due 10 the pollen Of Ger
tain weeds, ana particularly of the rag
weed. which flowers 4: this season This
pollen blown by the wind. gets into
the respiratory passages and causes the
sneezing and inflammation typical of
hay fever.
Many weeds. the board states. have
pcen indicted from time TO time and
charged with responsibility for the
spread OF hay fever. In former years
1t was believed that the common gold
en- rod was the flower whose pollen
caused the Inflammation typical of hay
iNNci' III recent years, however. m
rcstigation has led to the belief that
golden rod plays little or no part in hay
fever The wormwood raewced Gam
hrosia artcmisiil folia). which grows on
vacant lots in the city and seems TO
have special fondncss for the soil on
which oats or wheat have hcen Grown
the previous year. is now regarded as
the responsible agent in the disease
The ragweed, health officers say. is
not dangerous until ii begins to flower.
which is usually soon after the middle
OF August. From that time until frost
kills the las; Of the -agweed. the pollen
Is in the air. For these reasons, the
Board Of Health advises sufferers from
hay fever TO see that the raSweed
around the promises where they live he
cut down before it begins 10 flower. As
far as possible, persons susceptible TO
the ragweed should not walk or drive
along streets and roads where II
tiour!ShaS.
Ah-ou-ou-chew.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-16
NO REPORT or ANY NATURE
ABOUT DUMDA IN VIENNA
austria-Hungary Ardently Desires to
Avoid Making Matter P0-
litical Issue.
TO KEEP FRIENDSHIP OF U. S.
Penfield, American Ambassador. Has
Not Vet Presented Secretary Ian
sings Note Requesting Recall of
Enroy-CensorsIiip Very Strict.

VIENNA. September l5-tVia Cou-
rier to Berlin via I.ondon. No admis-
sion is yet oDtainable in any govern
mcnt quarter that anything more is
known about tie United States gov
erhments request for the recall OF AM
bassador Dumba. than is printed in
the Swiss. French and German news
papers reaching here.
IL appears to be II fact that no re-
port OF any nature has been received
from the ambassador himself. nor has
Frederic c. Pente1d. the American am
nassador received Secretary of State
i'ahsinS's note requesting the with
drawal Of Or. Dumba.
Conversations with various persons
IN nigh position strengthen the i'm
preston that Austria Hungary ardent
~ desires to avoid making the Dumba
matter an actual political issue, or al
lowing II to effect relations between
Austria and the United States
The persons interviewed pointed out
many prcccdcnts where the recall of
uiplomatic representatives had been
requested or even demanded by the
governments to which they were ac.
creoited. and that such incidents had
never led to any Interruptions of pleas
hnt relations between the governments
OF even been considered as raising an
issue of any nature
In The absence of detailed report
ON or. Duipba's activities. there is an
Inclination here 10 believe that he
merely did his duty in warming his
countrymen of the possible penalties
to which they subjected themselves by
assisting in the making of munitions
for the allies
NEWS NOT PUBLISHED
IN VIENNA NEWSPAPERS
BERLIN. September 15-tVia Lon
don "A dispatch fled In Vienna Sep
TENDER L. bur which was not permitted
10 he telegraphcd 20 Berlin. has now
been received by courier. This dis
patch says that the news that Wash
inston had requested DIR. Dumba's re-
call had not yet been published in the
Austrian newspapers.
The censorship at Vienna is of the
strictest character. and at prescu, IL
is virtually Impossible 10 send dis
patches or letters OH any subject be-
tween Vienna and Berlin
The newspaper correspondents at
Vienna have been warned TINT no dis
patches whatever dealing with tho
Dumba affair will be permitted TO
pass.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-16
Tent Meetings ON onhwood Aycnu.

The tent meetings on lakewood Ave-
nue.. conducted by Rev. w. a Ayres,
secretary OF the Baptist Council Of
Richmond, are being well attended and
will continue until further announce
ment. Mr. Ayrcs, who recently came
TO Richmond from Lynchburg to take
charge of the Baptist missionary work
in tho city. VIII hold a series OF re-
vivals at a number of Baptist churches
during tho fall and winter.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-16
\ Pe,roerad dispatch April 80 last.

y Petrocrad dispatch, April 80 last
said scvera! persons had been killed
and many injured and much material
damage done as the result of an cX-
plosiOu in the okhta ammunition fac
tory II was added that several work
shops were destroyed. hat that the
stores OF loaded shells were not ar
fectcd, and that work in the factory
would be resumed in "A few days
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-16
GERMAN GAIN IN RUSSIA
LESS THAN MILE A DAY
Earl kitchener Says Tcutons Appear
Almost to Have Shot
Their Bolt.
FORMER AVERAGE FIVE MILES
Declares Response OF Country to
Calls for Recruits Is Little Short
OF Observation-Disclosures of Wur in
House of Lords.

| LONDON. September l5.--"The Ger
bolt said Earl Kitchener. Secretary
for War, to-day. Their advance in
| Russia. which at one time averaged
| five miles day, now Las diminished
/ to less than one mile a day"
! Earl kitcheners statemen; WAS
made In review of the war in the
| House of Lords.
The response of the country to calls
/ for recruits has been little short Of
! Marvellous he said. but the problem
how to insure the field force being
kept at full strength is engaging our
close ..,.~....-.. and Vii. | hope. soon
receive a practical solution. | do not
for one instant doubt that whatever
. sacrifice may prove necessary will be
undertaken chcerCully by our people"
This was the only portion Of Earl
kitchener's speech which might he re-
Garded as reference TO the posi-
bility Of CONSUMPTION.
Regarding military operations the
| War Secretary said:
For the last few months the front
held by the allies in the west has
not mean that there has been relaxa-
tion of active work on the part Of the
forces In the field for the continuous
local lighting which has taken place
all along the line has called for the
display OF inccssant vigilance.
LINES STRENGTHENED by
PLACING OF HEAVY GUNS
Meanwhile our positions have been
much strengthened. not only by care
ful elaboration Of the system OF trench
fortihcations that already existed but
also by large increase in the number
of heavy guns which have been placed
along our lines.
The Germans recently on several
occasions, used gas and liquid fires
and have homharded our lines with as
phyNiatinG shells, bat these forms OF
attack, lacking As they now do the
element OF surprise. have failed in
their object and lost much Of their
offensive value, owing to steps taken by
us to couutcract the effect OF these
pernicious methods.
"-As new armies have become trained
and ready to take the field. considcra-
bic e-enforcencnts have been sent ou,
10 join Field Marshal Frcnch's com
mand You will he glad to hear his
opinion Of these troops. communicated
10 me. He writes:
The units appear to be thoroughly
we'll Differed and commanded Tho
equipment is In good order and Ell
cient. Several units OF artillery have
been tested behind the firing line In
the trenches. and I hear very good re-
ports of them. Their shooting has
been extremely good, and they are
quite mt 10 take their place in the
line"
With these additional re-enforce-
ments, amounting 70 eleven divisions
'ahout 100000 mem, Sir John French
has been able 20 extend his lines and
take over from the French approx
matcly seventeen miles of additional
front
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-16
GRAVE PART OF INCIDENT
SUBJECT TO ARBTTRATION

Therefore. the grave part of the in
cident is subject to arbitration
1t is stated that Germany has within
the past week reiterated her view that
the subjects of neutral countries have
no indisputable right TO travel on the
ships of belligerents. The contrary has
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-16
AUTHORITY DEFINES
POINTS OF DIFFERENCE

The exact points of difference be-
! tween the United states and Germany
on the Arabic case, which heretofore
have been vnriously stated. were de-
! fined to-day by an authority.
The United States. it was said. holds
First. That when the German sub
marine commander ,orpedoed the
Arabic without warning. he violated
the agreements between the United
States and Germany. AS conveyed in all
German notes and specifically in the
recent letter of Count Won Bernstorn
Second. That there is no question of
fact involved, and that. therefore, the
| United States must look upon the in
cident as violation OF a principle
Third That Arbitration may he con-
sidered when the German government
has disavowed the act OF it's submarine
commander. as II has done in tn, re-
cent case of the Orduna.
The German contentious are:
First. That the torpedoing OF the
Arabic is question Of fact. as we'll as
OF principle. and that the two are
separable.
Second. That Germany has repeated
~, in formal notes and in tho letter of
the German ambassador on the Arabic
$500 "S' """esio'a W TIC piiHClpie
that no liner shall be torpedoed with
out warning or the observance Of the
other restrictions laid down by inter-
national law.
Third That. in view OF tho clear at
titude of the German government on
the question of principle, IL Is prac-
tically disposed of in the Arabic Gaze,
leaving TO be considered tho question
OF fact, namely, the justification of the
German commander in apparently
ignoring the rigid exactions of the
agreement.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-16
DOES NOT RELIEVE SCHEME
WOULD REDUCE EypI.vSrS

~ is not true that this scheme
would rcduc" expenses Look n, tho
i,n"i'lpllcation OF boards YOU womb
hhN" The plan is the work OF ,heor.
ISIS and diilctantes. IF / could tnko
~ heiore ~" people would snow 4,
Gh"'r so deep that IL would never he
FOUND The people who run banks AND
insurance companies on Main S,r r,.,
,hihk theY arc the people Of the civ.
nNt II you presented this scheme mn.
Ger which 10 run their institutions va,
YOU'D har" riot at Ninth and Main
streets II the Council has an cndur-
ing contempt FOR this preparation Then
me people and the Council are TO.
Eetn"r w.
If thought tina, there were any
serious danger Of this plan heipr
adopted would 20 GU, and do VIA,
mas never ncHn done bcforc--orcauiZc
GER city lahorer In body TO destrov
'A"S vain imhHiuinss. I; would be ot;r
GNtE TO annihi!atc such an absurd
Seheme Instead o: Greeks hearing
S'itS' they oncr Us colossal Greek 10
Dear all the gifts"
lh"se theorists" he continued,
nave CON" h"r" without single point
10 prove the present city government
defective. and they arc am,nhlv a..
meat" "''''
II" SAID mar half of the prcscn,
"Uo.e over inc city government is
M '.rat'd by the Newspapers and that
t"''rhc' could never be mad so long
Us editors based 'noir articles on false
statements written by reporters
Ano This" ne said IN conclusion
- calm "onc!!iatorv preliminary
statement 20 some real things would
Ike 10 say"
Inc meeting adjourned 10 NEE,
Tuesday night al o'clock
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-16
Especial to The Times-Dispatch.,

H.
WASHINGTON. September l5.-Aftcr
conference between Secretary of
state Lansing and the President to-day
on the case OF the Arabic and other
diplomatic issues. il was announced
for the first time b. the State Depart
ment that II had cahlcd the evidence in
the Arabic controversy 10 Ambassador
Gerard. at Berlin. for presentation to
the German Foreign Office.
with this important announcement.
II was stated also that the United
states had not made any representa-
lions TO Germany on the evidence II
was explained by the highest authori-
ties In the State Department that the
Object in cabling the evidence 10 Am
hassador Gerard was simply that the
German Foreign Office should have not
only it's own evidence from It's sub
marine commander. but also all the
testimony which has been furnished 10
the state Department from sources on
inc Arabic. This government appar.
entity has decided TO res. the case for
the present and Will await the effect
or its evidence on tho German Foreign
once. Secretary Lansing will in a
day or two go on 4 ten DAYS vacation.
during which period Germany is ex.
pected TO consider the case and prepare
q communication to this government
II may he delivered by Ambassador
Bernstorf 10 tho State Department. or
may come direct from Ambassador
Gerard.
In the meantime there is nothing in
the sugg eStiUnS OF any official com
petent TO speak on the subject, that
indicates decision on the part OF the
administration To break off diplomatic
relations or adopt any other drastic
course IL Germany fails 10 concede the
arguments of the United States
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-16
LIKE HtNGMAN WHO SAID
'.rtI<I, CARE 0I' NoIpSI,t T.,

"f>r. Sam Johnson said once that
amy man could be amicablc ana pleas
ant toward his antagonist if he had
nothing TO lose. The fathers Of this
plan come Ia YOU in a most AMIGA BILE
spirit ana with z most seraphic smile
to eat Your throats They proceed
under the idea that the Council Is cor
rWpt and is filled with graft. 7, Is
an insult 10 our honor. to our efficiency.
ana 10 our dignity. II is a game of
anhIhiiation, and Yet they saw they
nave nothing personal against any
Mcnnoer OF the Council and mean no
orense individually or collectively
IheN are like the hangman, VINO aftrr
Tying the moose around his victi,n.s
neck tanped him on the shoulder and
said Take care OF YOURSELF
DR.. Anderson SAYS that the bicamsr-
80 system IS an accident He forpcts
men th"r, tho British Parliament is y
'"""-Standinr accident lie ror-c,s
,h"' IN" bicameral form OF CITY GOV
r,"h,'hl IS direct importation from
hh@!hnd don't believe any one man
can write a city charter II IS nor ,
'Fea'io II is not made. Charters
STOW as the result OF experience. of
tFlal modification. alteration and
.hahsc. The man who prcsumes rhat
ne can cr"nte charter ont of his
nriIliant brain and hy rcadinos s,o.l
looks Is weak. There is no hook on
earth mt rs IA guide for this civ mat
authors know nothing Of tn. histo,,
ana tradition Of this civ
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-16
What Great War
Is Costing England
Fr"n Premier AsquIth's Specch).

Average daily cNpcndi-
ture. April 1 to June
30 observation-disclosures I".5U0.OOO
Daily expenditure. July
and August. ....,. 17,SO0.0OO
Present daily eApendi-
turc OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. aI,GOO.0OO
Estimated daily cost
hereafter, not to cx-
coed NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. :5.OOO.O0
Amount asked for to
finance war to middle
of November. .. I,2Jo, ono, 900
Total credits since
outbreak of war. s. G,3IO,Ot.D,OON
Number men enlisted In Brit
ish army tncurlyD 3.UOO. 900
Munition workers employed S0O.O0O
olunitiOn factories controlled
by government ...... 715
New shell factories built by
government .... 20
Shell factories now being
built ............ IL
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-16
AVS PRESENT CHARTER
GIVES MAYOR WIDE POWERS

The charter declares that the gov
eminent shall consist OF Mayor and
city Council, and, In simple, unc-
quirocal language. that the Mayor is
the chief officer and chief magistrate.
There is scarcely any power conferred
on the Mayor by the associations plan
that cannot he conferred by ordinance
y charter is not effective merely be-
cause il ia passed by the Legislature
The Council must put il into effect,
and some of the most vital points in
the old charter were ignored for TWEEN
ty-hre years. and some in the present
charter are not now in effect.
AS 10 tho separate departments. the
Administrative Board can take up the
Health. Fire and Police Boards and il
would not consume an hour of the
hoard s time. and Yet more time would
he given to them than Is given by those
now in control Sut we ought TO call
In the newspapers to get their advice
We ought 10 have the reporters and
the editors, who are especially anony-
nous. arrogant and inSolcnt Let Them
come here. SO We may see who they are
ana find out what they know. The
papers have already begun 10 denounce
any man who questions the Civic AS
socia TONS plan, and If another is adj
"ocated by city official they call him
a spokesman.
In the first place, the associations
plan is not charter. II any one saws
II Is he is suffering from childish sim
iiicitN IL is proposition to elect n
Mayor with power To create u char
ter. II does not give the Council Tho
slightest iota OF authority don,
know whether they meant that the
Council should legislatc. suck corn ,r
play cards
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-16

(Continucd From F'irst PngeD
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-16
POINTS TO .ISIQIIIYr
OLE RECENT i-IL.I-,I.In =.

on August 3" h. said we saw ,b.
iniquity Of having the Administrative
Board elected by The people, though II
l had been member ! woulc nave done
the same thing. don't agree with
the Civic Associations committee that
city government Is business promo
sition ] think II IS a governmental!
propagation. pure and simple"
Commiss!oner Mccarthy was called
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-16

on. and he spoke for more than an
hour, criticizing the associations plan
and inveishinS against the press and
newspaper men in general.
IF l thought" he exclaimed that
the Council committee had the slight
est intention Of considering this plan
| would ask for two audiences and
speak 10 each an hour and Il half. |
have never been able TO get my mind
10 agree 10 this political moonshine
and this political confectionery that
would he considered by the committee.
Dr.. Anderson says nc has lived here
six years. ! have lived here eleven
times six years, and have had the adj
vantage of observation. He said that
he has studied the subject for two
months and that he has read lot
OF books ] have studied it Cor fifteen
years and read all the books could
ind. and | believe ! know as much
about the subject any man within
the borders OF the State. He wants
simplicity. Our present charter is COM
prehensive. But no one realizes what
the powers of the Mayor are.