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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-06
POPE CONTINUES HIS
APPEALS FOR PEACE
President. Vatican and Queen of Hol-
land May Prove Factors In
Cessation OF Hostilitfes.

Rome, Sept. 5.--The vatican, while
confirming that it has received cable
report from Cardinal Gibbons OF the
later's visit to President Wilson in be-
half of early peace. today withheld
all details concerning this report.
which was stated to be of "A conf
Dental nature. Nor is any informa-
ton obtainable at the vatican with re-
gard to possible initiative by the
American executive for putting an end
To the present conflict, ~af,a- not hing
will be given out until something
definite has been decided upon.
Whatever the Pope has done in the
matter thus far has been tenta tive.
and all hints of definite results would
be premature.
Your correspondents informant,
whose reticence on the subject of
vatican activities for peace has be-
come somewhat diminished, but who
is most careful to make only such
predictions as are justified by the
facts. admitted today that there is a
possibility of the Pope joining Pres.-
dent Wilson and the Queen of Hol-
lands efforts for peace, the success of
which is necessarily doubtful at this
time, owing to the almost insur-
mountable difficulty to approach the
various belligerents on the delicate
subject. since the first step naturally
consists in diplomatic negotiations
between the belligerents, which in
turn are confidential and slow.
The document sent by the Pope to
President Wilson consisted in The ex-
hortation for peace addressed to the
heads of the various nations and was
accompa MED by an autograph letter
exhorting the American President to
persevere in the cause OF peace. The
text of this letter is confidential and
hence will not be divuiged except by
mutual consent A similar autograph
letter from the Pope has been ~ad-
dressed to the Queen of Holland.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-06
BERLIN.

Berlin. via London. Sept. 5.--The
text of the German statement issued
today is as follows:
I'm the western theater-The sit
uation is unchanged.
I'm the eastern theatcr. army
group of Field Marshal Won linden
burg--the situation between Fried
richstadt and Merecz, on the Niemen,
is unchanged. East OF Grodno the
enemy reiterated behind the kotrap.
tributary of the Niemen, south OF
Jesiory. The number OF prisoners
taken in the battles around Grodne
have Increased to more than $500.
The enemy was again defeated south
of Mzoihowo. southwest of Wolk-
dwysk. by troops under General Won
Allwitz. and so prisoners were cap
tured
Army groups OF Prince Leopold,
Of Bavarta--Our troops gained their
way out of the marsh district AT and
southeast OF Nowydwar and north of
Pruzana, Further north progress WAS
made. more than 400 prisoners and
three machine guns being captured.
Army group OF Field Marshal Won
ems kaftusga was evacuated by the
enemy under pressure of our attack,
In the region of DrochicZyn and
south OF that point the enemy again
offered resistance yesterday.
Sounthea stern theater--The army
- General Rothmer stormed a row
Of advanced positions on the western
bank OF the Sereth"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-06

PARIS.

Paris. Sept 5.-The official state
rnent OF the French war Office issued
today says
The silenciug Of the German bat
ieries At several points IN the sec
tors mentioned and the checking Of
q German fnsillade in front of the
French PCS tons al Linge are asserted.
The texe OF the statement follows;
There was violent canuonading
at ! @ o'clock last night 10 the south
Of Arrss. ia the region OF Wailly
Mine fighting was partlculsrty ac-
tive on the border Of Sornne ane in
The neizhborhood of Frfse.
Reciprocal actions with artillery
and trench naortars occurred IN the
s-as--.-s- - .iG4..aa.a-e&.- A!a and -Nn-x-
ron. Our batteries silenced those Of
the enemy at several points. The
bonn hardmen; in the Champa gne, to
the north OF the comp Of Chaions was
quite intense.
"In the Vosges the Intervention IF
our artillery put stop to a German
fasillade in front ~ our positions At
Linge"
The following official oommunique
was issued by the war Office tonight:
Marked artillery activity continues
sroand Melville and Roclincourt, IN the
region Of Roye and one the Cham
paaGne front between Aubreve and
Soua!ne.
'In the ArKoune q violent artillery
duel Is In progress and lively can
nonade IL also reported In the forest
Of apremontand North Of Fliey.
AT Dardanelles. since the end of
August the situation has been calm
in the southern zone of the Gallipoli
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-06
Commander Given Credit.

Montreal. Can, Sept. 5.--The Allan
liner Hesperian sailed from Montreal
peel August -a.tl.- pas
sengers. but no war material vas en-
tered on her cargo manifest and she
had no troops on board. She was no.
expected back again, as IL was be-
lieved the admiralty intended 10 COM
mission her as a troop ship Her
name does not appear on ths adver-
ltised saiHngs from Montreal for Sep
tember. The plans, however. were
apparently altered, for she left liver
pool last Friday with passengers Tor
Montreal. The Allan line Offices have
ella med all on board were saved,
Captain Main. her comm eadef, was
one Of the oldest and most expert
enced navigators crossing the Atlantic
line, having been forty-two years at
sea.
! Seamen and port officials are great
8ly Rratifed that the Hesperian has
not gone down, and attributed its es-
Icape TO the captains skillsul nay!ga-
; ton and II is known that he ha !
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-06
Murmurs of Dissatisfaction
Taking New Bellevue For Juniors High School Criticised
Church Hill
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tage of It, All the same, there's no
necessity Of this annoyance, and I
hope there's no cat in the meal tub
about this thing
On these snatches Of conversations
thereby hangs a tale, without In any
wise attacking the wisdom OF the
School Board. II Is fact that there
are mntterings on Church Hin over the
new move whereby the school building
recently erected on the old Van Lew
homestead lot to relieve the conHea.
ton in Springfield and old Bellevue,
is now to be utilized as n Junior High
School for the East End. This will.
of course. necessitate Encouragement
Of districts. and the present uncertainty
as TO where the children who must
now leave new Bellevue will go. N
well as the annoyances of changing
teachers and companionships occasions
murmurings OF decided dissatisfactton
and discomfort. Some Of the protests
are rather vigorous and outspoken.
while yet some Of the dissentera seem
littly shy OF speech for possibly pru-
Dental reasons There IL no abuse OF
the School Board or city authorities or
any imputation of motives other than
the best. but there IL n strong current
OF sentiment to the effect that the new
tapNSs ~ HNSCSSdF9, COulu CA8liy HANG
been foreseen when the new Bellevue
was set apart for SPECIFIC purpose.
which was 30 pleading to the masses
OF the hill. and that new High school
building should have been erected In
the East End. A. was done in the
West End. and the neceaaity Of .'con-
fiscating' the new building avoided.
The Mothers' Clubs have t,ken much
interest In now Bsllsvus--providine .
nice motion picture machine and other
appurtenances. Perhaps there would
not be q unanimity OF opinion Of the
membership of the federated Mothers
Clubs concerning the new move a.
probably II has It's attractions and a6-
vantaRes tor some AZ we'll az fta An.
noyAncos and disadvantages for othora
OF course many OF the present ooho1-l
Arr Of new Bellevue VIII F0maIn fk1lH
- s4g!biss- Of the Junior High oeAoo&
but many OF them. doubtless the UA5@f:
portion. will be scattered amone 60
district schools that are not - ht4lk
The same can be said OF the teAeAoeM
There has been no mass -mAetln9 Al
citixens called to take action % IT,
ss>s.ect. and II perchance one should ~
held. there will probably b no nsceer
sity for putting In . police patrol can
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-06
SCHOOL CHILDREN ASK
PRESIDENT FOR PEACE

Los Angeles. Cal, Sept 5-Strick
States Is required by 500 school chill
dren OF San Eernardino in a petition
forwarded to Prnsidtnt Wilson throus h
Amba ssador Bernstorff by twelve
year old Matter Beebe. She wrote the
petition and circulated among her
school mates. The petition reads az
follows:
president Woodrow Wilson:
We are 500 little school children and
we beg YOU please To save tho United
States from war We, 500 little school
children, want our country to be neu-
trail.
"Tf ii should happen that the United
states goes to war with Germany we
have to expect Mexico and japan to
jump on us, We could get no help
in this world.
Tex President Roosevelt passed
through San Blarnadino. July 4. I
begged him not to talk about the war
and he promised me he would not.
President Wilson. we believe YOU are
n good Christian church member The
Holy Bible does not teach us to let the
people suffer You are the only man
who can save the childrens father |
guess all the children in the United
States are thinking just the same as
us soc little children in San Bernardino.
With kind regards.
MATTE BEEBY.
and her 500 little friends"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-06
TWO CANDIDATES MAY
Bolt THEIR PARTY
Ready TO Stand BY Rights Of
People.

Should the City Democratic Com.
mittee determine to nominate q can.
didate for the Commonwealth A.
torneyship. 1t ia very likely there will
be several candidates for the once
at the general election on Novem-
Der O.
Two men who are mentioned a.
20 satellites have stated that they do
not believe the laws of the Demo-
Cratic Committee contemplated that
committee to take upon itself the
right to name man for the oliice
under existing circumstances. not
wtthstanding tho opinion Of the City
Attorney or the Attorney General.
One Of the gentlemen said he would
enter the race at the general election,
no matter what action il taken by the
committee. The other said he had
practically made up his mind 10 place
his name upon the ticket.
Leading Democrats fear that X sew
eral candidates appear In the field, q
Republican may be selected. Upon
this hypothesis, it is hoped by citizens
who do not wish to appear in the at
titude OF boilers. that the committee
may wisely determine to leave the
question open to tho people.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-06
FINE SCHOOL EXHIBITS
At GREAT STATE FAIR
Interesting Displays by Municipal
Departments of City OF
Richmond.
FINE AGRICULTURAL DISPLAY
Most Attractive Collection of County
Products Ever Gotten Together Will
Be Seen at Coming Exposition.

One of the most interesting de-
partments at the State Fair this year
will be that OF the public schools OF
Richmond. superintendent Chandler
has arranged for a mprehensive ex-
hibit of the results of the vocational
department of the local schools.
This exhibit will prove interesting
ito those who study the progress being
made by children in this department.
The work accomplished by the pupils
reflects pleasingly upon the instrHc-
tors. and shows wonderful progress
along mechanical lines.
Another exhibit which will attract
general attention will be that of the
health department of the city of Rich
mond DIR. f. G. Levy has gotten to-
Eether a wonderful collection OF
charts, photographs and tables Illus
trating the rise. progress and down
fall of disease germs.
Still another worth coming a lo1g
distance to observe and study VIII
prove to be that presented by the
State Department of Agriculture. in
charge of Commissioner Koiner and
IA large staff of experts
! State Director Sandy, OF the farm
exhibits department. reports that the
various county exhibits viii show re-
markahle results of scientific farm
ling along lines laid out by the de-
ipartment of agriculture.
! Work OF getting the grounds IN con-
dition has already started. Scores of
workmen are rerairing breaks IN
! fences. barns and other buildings
tcaused by storm and age. The fiower
l plats are being put into shape. and
lit is believed the grounds this year
will be most attra ctive and beautified
/ Those who have not vet secured a
premium list may get one by apply
ling to Manager Ahram Warwick.
room Z, Mutual building, Richmond.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-06
Something to Step On.

We don't get very nigh in this world
unless We have something to step on.
That is why we put ,risers in stairs and
rounds in ladders
When We were. noys. III We could
stick our toe-nails into crevicc H.,
the bark of n tree. he II evrr sa' stra
low, we could shin up to the top all
right, When we got to the lowest
branch we were all right. After that
We could pull ourselves up easier. but
u did seem long ways to the lowe =
limbs sometimes
That is the story of all life--get-
ting the feet on something and Then
springine up.
Life is fine. or it is tragedy. Jus:
according to whether we see the mean
ing of the experiences whit,a come
TO us and use them to climb UP by
f T. Vincent. in Farm Life.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-06

ideas Of his own on how TO- nutwit
submarines. The Hesperian was a
well-known and popular boa.. and was
on the Liverpool and Clyde route.
The two American citizens on
board were employed as ship stewards.
One OF them whose name is Meal
lister, of Grand Rapids. The other is
Dolan. of Pittsburg. said he was sure
no submarine had been sighted. Some
of the passengers say that after the
boats had put off and left Captain
Main and his officers on the bridge,
the captain called TO some of the crew
to return. They refused to do SO.
The vessel was hit near the forward
engine room and quickly went down
thirty five feet by the bows. One
story told by some of the passengers
is that the explosion threw the WIRE
less apparatus out of fear and thar
for this reason Captain Main had to
use rockets as distres signals. After
a short lapse of time one OF the ope-
rators climbed into the rigging and
managed to repair the wireless. after
which s. o. S. signals were sent out
and straightway answered,
The first rescue boat arrived about
one hour after the explosion inme-
tisteiv set about taking passengers
from the lifeboats,
One of the Canadians was Bugler
A A Royal. He said that a concert
.xsAs-taking- place tn-the-s alon-When
explosions occurred and every one
dashed onto deck to get a place in a
lifeboat
One of the boats was hanging by
the stern when Royal reached the
deck and il was apparent that its
ropes had become jammed and all
the occupants had been thrown into
the water. Later Royal found an
other boat In the same condition. lis
only occupant being very small
child whom he lifted out and put
in another boat
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-06

Two mothers met and the follow
ing conversation ensued:
Where will Mary go to school next
session? You know they've taken our
new school. Bellevue. for the East
End Junior High school, and there's
TO be rearrangement Of ciassinca-
tion?"
I yes, and I'm in no good humor
about it either. Here we had to take
our children from their old schools
and put them In new Bellevue and
as soon as they get settled, become
attached to their teacher and the prin-
opal, the school Is 'confiscated.' as
1t were. for Junior high Why
couldn't they build high school over
here and save. all this vexation?"
80 say 1; and everybody knows
that the school population hasn't so
NOON increased beyond the expecta-
ton of the authorities when they gave
us new Bellevue for grammar school!
Now neither you nor l knows where
cur children will go: it's, unfair and
untust!'' y
well. of course they'll say it's for
the good of us AN in the long run, ana
the children who may have to leave
new Bellevue now viii get the advan-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-06

without regarding them as vessels Of
of war.
Not "A Troop Ship.
This was particularly to be the case
II the number and position of such
guns on a vessel indicated they were
purely for defensive purposes. Under
these rules -ene- fnur-ineh gun mount
ed on the stern, would. have been
passed without question as for de-
feRsa.~anly- and permissible without
subjecting the vessel to treatment in
United States--ports as a vessel of
war That there were invaded. I'M
organized Canadian soldiers on board
cannot be accepted by the United
States as proof that the vessel was
transport according to its policy here
tofore.
This government has held that ii
soldiers went aboard steamships as
individuals, unarmed and not organ
ized, they did not constitute troops in
the sense OF making such vessel a
troop ship. Reservists and volunteers
have been permitted to sail from
United States ports under such ron-
ditions throughout this and other
wars.
II was recalled that all was re-
joicing of last week at the sstisfac-
torily settling of the submarine ques-
ton. The nearest approach to any
thing OF this sort came last Wednes-
day when the German ambassador in
formed Secretary Lansing that he had
instructions stating that liners will
not be sunk by our submarines with
out warning and without regard for
the safety Of the lives of noncom-
batants provided that the liners do
not trySto escape or OFFER remittance. y
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-06
SCOUTS ARE
TO HAVE RALLY TO-DAY
Athletic Events and Tests of Skill FIJI
an Interesting Pro-
gram.
CHESTERFIELD COURTHOUSE
Many OF Boys Are Already in Camp;
others, With Friends or Relatives,
Will Leave on O'Clock Car This
Morning.

Ihe Boy Scouts Of Richmond are
having 9. big Scout Rally Day at
Chesterfield Courthouse today. fea-
tured with many athletic contests and
both troop and individual competi-
ton in scout craft.
Many of the boys left Richmnna
saturday afternoon and thus will get
two days and nights in camp In ad6it-
ton to the fun in the contests OF
today
Special cars leave South Richmond
this morning at Z o'clock. which will
carry a large number of friends and
relatives of the boys. They will be
met at Centralia by automobiles and
carried TO the camp near the court
house.
Many Events on Card
The first events of the dav will be
the races which are scheduled to
begin at 10 o'clock. Scouts over six
teen yeats old will compete in n
fiftyyard dash. This is followed by
a fifty yeard hurdle race. also for
scouts over sixteen. The third event
Will be relay race with four scouts
to team. no age limit. The prize IN
each case Is a bronze medal to the
winner
AT II o'clock the boys will take
their morning swim and at IL a
bountiful dinner will be served 10 the
boys and visitors.
crat. consisting of tree climbing, chop
ping a log in two. and fire by fric-
ton. bronze medal will be given
TO each boy who does the above
named pieces of work IN the leas,
time
Tests in signaling.
Contests in signaling. using the
Morse, semaphone or wigwag code
will follow A message of 100 letters
will be sent by each competing team
and two and one-half minutes are
allowed for the semaphone message.
with five minutes for the Morse and
Wigway messages. One point will be
deducted for each error. Judging on
the basis of 100 per cent.
Perhaps the most interesting and
valuable contest will be the Fir st
Aid" demonstration. One of the scouts
will act as patient with a label tied
to him. denoting his injury. The CON
tesrants viii carry slaves In their
hands and will wear their coats but
toned up. The signal being given the
team runs to the patient, attends 10
the injury, makes an improvised
stretcher and returns with the patient
on stretcher to the starting point.
The decision OF the judges will be
based on the following points. Cor
rect treatment, lifting and lowering
OF patient. making imrrovised stretch
sr neatness and detail Of work. The
improvised stretcher is TO be made
OF scouts uniforms only Each MEM
Der will be provided with the triangu-
lar bandage. the leader TO carry the
splints
Afternoon Events.
In the afternoon. beginning at 3
O'Clock. the aquatic contests take place
These consist of long distance diving.
form diving, swimming races, fancy
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-06

Little Jimmie had Just returned
from a two months vacation spent at
"Granny's," in the beautiful country.
and was espied by his school chum,
johnnie.
Hello. Jimmie! You back? What
sort of time did you have. ole chum-
my?"
WHY, howdy-do, Johnny. boy: so
glad to see you Had the finest kind
OF time fishing, swimming. eatin
melons and peaches aud riding horses
to water, How're you been?''
"Oh, fine. But l missed you more'n
/ can tell your
II missed you, too. hut Wen soon
be on the old job at school and will
have some more good times
A look of sadness came into John
mes face as he remarked: But l
dunno that we'll be together again in
school Haven't you heard about their
nabbin our pretty new school for Il
high school and mixing up everything
SO We don't know where were going
to be next session."
With a look OF bewildering surprise
the little chum replied: "Oh. go away!
You don't mean TO tell me they've
gone and cribbed our school for a
high when they've just built it TO re-
lieve the old fre-trap Bellevue and
crowded Springfield, and we were get
ting on so nicely"
Yes, Jimmie, that's what / say,
and after the mothers clubs had
taken so much pains to help make 1t
pretty and scufiied to get the pretty
picture machine and all that. Now
mamma don't know where I'm to be
sent. and who my teacher will be or
anything about IT. She's mighty wor-
ried about it.'
Well" said Jimmie, Il don't under
stand it one bit and I'm going to
run now and tell mother ana see
about all this mess. They're always
doing something for the oity's good.
as they put 1t. but this doesn't look
that way to me, nor one bit fair!
Why didn't they tell us that Mt nrgt;
they must have known 1t all alOng!"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-06
Facts That Count.

The Moravian Church, which has Its
central missionary offices in Herrnhut.
Saxony, Germany, has about 5000
members of the home church and
nearly $1,000 in the mission field.
Eighteen hundred Bible study
classes are carried on regularly In
Korea. The portions of Scriptures
sold in that land during 1914 amount
cd to million copies
T,le British and Foreign Bible So
ciety have presented an English New
Testament and Psalter. bound in khaki
and stamped with the red cross. for
each OF the 1850 beds in King
Georges Hosnital Stamford Street,
Waterloo This magnificent hospital
for sick and wounded soldiers. WHICH
- housed in the newly erected sta
tionery office, London. is said to he
one OF the most perfect and complete
of It's kind in existence.
A Protestant church for lepers was
recently dedicated in the louisiana
Leper Colony. This is the first Prot
estant church ever created for lepers
IN North America. This colony of
lepers Is located at Iberville Parish.
bout seventeen miles south Of Baton
Rouge. The grounds and buildings
are on a tract of land comprising
eleven hundred acres
The American Bible Society is with
in NJ centennial
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-06

-- tcot1sinued From First Pagr. -
of the foreign exchange situation. has
left ENGLAND
The British representatives on the
commissions are: Lord Chief Justice
Sir John Simon. Str Edward ,Hopkin-
son Holden, member of parliament
and chairman Of the London city and
midland bank: Sir Henry Darlington
Smith, president of the National Bank
Of Turkey, and Mr.. B. p Blackett.
The French delegates are: Messrs,
Octav Homher and Ernest Mallet. both
influential Paris bankers.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-06
DUMBA DECLARES
Continued From First Page.>

Continued from F1rst fage.l
twelve hours a day, II II difficult to
get at these workers except en- masse.
and a peaceful walkout of the work
ingnen would he of the greatest ai
vantage to my government as we'll as
an indemnity to themselves
1T is my duty as the representa-
tive of Austro-Hungary 10 commu-
nicate and make known these facts
to the imperial government. and in
so doing / am performing the SER
vice for which | am sent to this coun-
try.
The dispatches or letters carried
by Archibald contained nothing moro
than a proposal that we attempt to
call out the workingmen of our own
country from these steel and NUM-
ton works and provide for them
other EMPLOY. ent."