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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-09
Harry NJ. Head.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.]
ALEXANDRIA. VA, June Starry
NJ. Head, thirty years old. for many
years employed as a conductor on the
Washington Virginia Railway. died this
morning at his parents home here. His
funeral will take place on Thursday
morning.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-09
Annronchins Marrinre.

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Parkinson have
issued invitations to the marriage of
their daughter. Grace Gordon to VIII
liam Edwin Morrison, OF this city.
The marriage will take place at $40
o'clock on the afternoon of Wednes-
day. June %, at Battersea Place, the
residence OF the brides parents. Peters,
burg Va.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-09
CONVENTION OF LABOR
IS LARGELY ATTENDED

FREDERICKSBURG. VA. June s.
The convention Of the Virginia Fedora
tionosofs Labor ais SO largely attended
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-09
RICHMOND LUMBER co. Inc,

Fourth. between Decatur md Stockton.
LUMRER AND MILLwoEK.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-06-01

PARIS, June 1.-The following let
ter, giving evidence of the brutality OF
the German soldiery towards the CIV
ilians they have in their power, is
published in lie France de Domain, "
The writer is a woman, who says:
They made us prisoners at ten in
the evening. The pretext they al
legged was that a woman had given a
wrong direction to a German soldier,
with the result that the latter was
killed by the French, and that the
woman had been standing at our door.
Fifty of the soldiers came and looked
at me, and if any of them had said
that was the woman in question they
would have shot me in the kitchen.
What the soldiers said was: That is
not the woman, but she's like her and
was with her. 1t was quite untrue.
Then the officer in command, tapping
his sword said if the woman was
not there in five minutes l would be
shot. So l ran to try and find her,
but as the charge was untrue, I did
not know where to go.
My father, Caroline and l were
then hedged in by soldiers, who had
their revolvers and rifles ready, and
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-06-01

the roof was destroyed. We stopped
close to the wall. l was praying and
waiting for death. At midday there
was pause and we went back to our
cellars. We had been there about an
hour, and then my father wanted to
go up into the house.
CAS- soon as the Germans saw him
they fired two shots at him. He re-
turned to the cellar. 1 asked if the
soldiers had shot at him, but he did
not reply. Then four soldiers began
firing. l was at the bottom Of the
stairs. Caroline and | tried to escape
through the other door. All the SOL
diers who saw US began to fire, and
it was then that Caroline rot hit in
the leg with a bullet. She fell in a
pool of blood, and the soldiers took
her off, do not know where.
Then they forced us upstairs, hand
ling us brutally and saying that we
were all going to be shot. Julia and
Madame Graves were with us. They
took up to Cheres Soeurs and put
us against well. AS my poor father
left the house they took his clothes
off and tore his hair. / do not know
what became of him. l think he was
killed.
1--WE were all against the wall, and
suddenly there was a shout. There
are the French" They lost sight of
us, and so we crossed the house and
hid in the cellars of a brewery We
passed the rest of the day there and
all night without food or drink. Next
day Julia escaped and l do not know
what became of her"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-06-01
Italians Slowly Driving
Austrians Back From
Former Italian Province

dustries of the plain. Vineyards are
everywhere, and the wines rival any
of those produced in the Dual Mon
archy. The climate of the valley
which almost bisects the crownland
is one of the mildest, dangerous and
delightful along the Mediterranean,
famed for its many lovely northern
stretches where the softest weather
reigns.
"In the west and north, and in the
east, the country is mostly mountain
Gus. or bewilderingly broken and
billy. Higher mountain ranges almost
enclose the crownland, the Julian Alps
crossing it in the north, the Venetian
Alps breaking deeply into its eastern
border, and mountain series running
along its eastern boundary. Within
the province are a number of peaks
of more than 5000 feet. The chief
rivers of the province are the Isonzo
and the Timavo, the last named, the
river that issues fully formed from
the mountain side, the mysterious riv-
er to which the ancients paid whole
some respect.
"The Goerz and Gradisca crownlan1
is not inhabited principally by ltal-
ians. More than two-thirds, about IS
per cent of the people are Slavenes,
and the remainder are Italians, with
an intersprinkling of some 2,400 Ger
mans. The poulation, according to
most recent statistics, is $4,000 peo-
pie. The population is mainly an agri-
cultural one, being distributed through
the provinces in small villages. Goerl
the capital of the crownland and its
largest city, only has a poulation of
$4,000. Other principal towns are Cor
mons, Monfalcone, Kirchheim, Grad
isca and Aquileia Not one of these
places counts 5000 citizens.
"The crownland has no port of any
consequence, it's short coast line lack
ing any good harbor site. Grade, its
first port, is accessible to the larger
Continued on Page 81
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-06-01
Especial to Times-Recorder.)

Especial to Times RecoTder.)
WASHINGTON, D. c., June Par
alleling the mighty drive from west
to east that the Germans are making
in Galicia, hundreds of thousands of
fresh, well-equipped Italian troops are
pressing a rapid invasion against vital
points in Austria's Mediterranean en-
pire, and according to news dis
patches, the early great battles in this
new war theatre will find the Italians
widely spread over the first of the
coastland provinces, well on their way
toward Trieste, a port more valuable
to Austria than New York to the Unit
ed States. A bulletin dealing with
the Austrian crownland Goerz and
Gradisca, prepared by the National
Geographic society, says Of this re-
gion:
Through Goerz and Gradisca runs
the valley that forms the main artery
of traffic of the northwestern Aus
trian coastlands with the interior.
From the Austrian province of Carin-
thia, in the north, Goerz and Gradisca
is bordered by Italy to the Gulf of
Trieste. In the northern and central
parts, this boundary is very noun
famous, way almost impossible for
armies and their supply trains, a way
of sharply developed ravines and gull
lies, precipices and bare rocky sum-
mits, and way broken through by
but few wild, Indifferent passes. In
the south, is a coastal plain which
allows of far easier access into Aus
tria, 1t is in this plain that the Ital-
ian troops captured the first Aus
trian towns.
"Carniola, Istrian and the Triestine
territory bound the province on the
east and south, excepting it's % miles
of coast along the northern shore Of
the Gulf of Trieste. The crownland
has an area of 1925 square miles, all
the southern part of which is exceed
ingly fertile and abundant in wine
grapes and in fancy fruits. Silk pro-
duction is, also, one of the rich in
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-06-01
French Woman Wildly
Describes Rescue AS
She Faces German Guns

; we were kept waiting for three hours
| was In tears all the time and in ter
ror that / should be delivered of my
child. My father and Caroline sup
ported me, as | alone could not have
kept my legs. An officer of hign
rank hearing me groan took lamp
and looked at me- He took pity on
me, and asked the soldiers if l was
the culprit When they said no, but
that was with the other woman, he
said, If it is not her, take her home.
We passed the night hidden in the
fields among the corn. At daybreak
as our house had not been burned we
came back to it.
House is Wrecked
Prays For Death.
"On August %, in the morning,
everyone was escaping towards.
The first people got through, but we
were turned back, as the bombardment
had begun. We had no sooner got
back than the French, some thirty
chasseurs and dragons, opened fire.
The bombardment began at nine in
the morning.
while the battle lasted cur house
kept trembling, and soon nearly all
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-06-01
Especial to Times-Recorder.)

Especial to Times-Recorder.)
ATLANTA, Ga, May 31-The closing
chapel service of Brenau, unique fea-
ture among the commencement cere-
monies of the South, was held yester-
day at Gainesville with large numbers
of Georgians in attendance.
The most interesting feature of the
gathering proved to be the talks made
by members of the faculty and of the
student body
The Brenau spirit was manifest in
the expressions of devotion to their
alma mater by the students. Among
the students who spoke were Miss
Katherine Lumpkin, of Columbia, S.
c.; Ethel Harrell, of Roanoke, Va,
Rita burden, of Graymont, Ga; Ellen
Altha, of Lake Charles, La, and Octa
via Hunter, of Shreveport, La.
Miss Hunter is the retiring president
of the student union, and Miss burden
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-06-01
BRENAU COMMENCEMENT IS
NOW IN FULL BLAST

is the newly elected president.
The commencement exercises proper
are being held this week, and twelve
states are represented in the gradual
ing class, namely: Georgia, Florida,
Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia, South
Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana, Mich
igan, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Cali
fornia.
The class of 1910 of which Miss
Carol Dean, of Gainesville, is presi
dent, will hold its reunion this week.
The literary address will be deliv
cred tomorrow morning by DR.. E. c.
Dargan, of Macon.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-06-01

A man no longer pleads with a
girl to marry him; he merely pleads
guilty to loving her, and then closes
his eyes while she passes sentence"
and decides when he shall begin "serv-
ing time"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-06-01

Alas! Nearly every woman is wise
enough to see through a man-and fool
enough to let him know it.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-06-01

Cures Old Sores, other Remedies Won't Cure.
The worst cases, no matter of how long standing,
are cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr.
Por.ers Antiseptic Healing Oil. IT relieves
Pain and Heals at the same time. 2Sl. Soc. 81 90
The weekly Iberian., 1915-05-29
WHAT IS
DIvERS|F|CATION?

One of the specialists of the de
partment, who has been given at.
tention to the dlversification of
crops in the South, recently defn.
ed diversification as follows:
Few people understand what
"dlversification' means. bad a
farmer say to me not long ago. 81
want to diversity, to quit cotton;
what crop shall | change TOT" |
heard some time ago Of a sugar
planter in Louisiana who wanted
to diversity. He quit sugar and
planted 500 acres of tomatoes.
Surely, that is diversificatlon
with vengeance Now, nv
friends, we have got q good thing
in the South if we will only go to
work and make the agriculture
self-supportiDg. The departments
plan is to foster the production of
home gardens, to encourage thrift
by teaching people to can fruit
and vegetables for home use, az
they do in every thrifty communi
ty. To have farmers grow their
own corn, oats, hay, peas, beans.
potatoes, aud some cane or sor.
shum for slrnp, and to produce
their own meat supply from a rea
sonable industry in poultry, hogs.
and cattler. Of course this would
require some reduction of the cot.
ton acreage unless more acres
were taken up, but under this plan
we would established q live stock
industry sufficient to utilize the
waste products Of the farm and to
make productive it's waste land.
On every farm there is waste land
which could be made productive
with live stock. This is pure
business proposition, but one
which has been sadly neglected in
all our southern territory.
The weekly Iberian., 1915-05-29
IRRICATINC RICE.

"The United States Government
has prevented several planters
from using the water from the
leche for rice irrigation, when
there is a large amount of water
being wasted. All the pumps
have heen in operation during
this dry spell, and this did not
prevent the water running over
the dam several inches high, on a
width of 175 feet. If all this WA
ter which is wasted was used by
the rice plantere, it would mean
several hundred thousand of dol.
lars to the parish"
The above clipping is a murmur
from the columns of our esteemed
confrere, the st. Martlnville Mes.
senger We are well aware of
the { act that the Keystone dam is
located " itb d he bon deIs of our
neighboring parish, aud that 1t Is
of greater vital interest to them
than it is to the people of this
parish; but it strikes us that our
Deighbor takes the wrong view of
the situation.
Ii Batiste, needing water for
his ? acres Of rice, were granted
the privilege of getting the need
ed supply from the upper Teche,
then all others of similar needs
must be treated in the same man.
ner. From the Keystone dam to
Port Barre, on both banks, there
are enough acres, If demanding
irrigation, to exhaust the surplus
water of the Teche in less than a
fortnight, and make it necessary
to throw the lock gates wide open
so that the water might again
flow up stream from the Atchafa.
laya. when, as of old. the naviga
tion OF the upper Teche would be
impossible.
The Keystone locks were not
built for the sake of cultivating
one acre, nor a half million acres
of rice, but rather as a means of
regulating the transportation of
the section so favored, without
the necessity of appealing to reg.
uIating commissions or courts.
Ii the land owners of the eaet
bank of the upper Teche would
join in an undertaking to put ia a
number of canals leading back to
the Atchafalaya waters, they
would reclaim thousands of acres
of good rice land, improve the
drainage of the whole section, and
supply the needed water In an in.
exhanstable supply for the needs
of all.
The weekly Iberian., 1915-05-29
CAMPAIGN FOR MAYOR.

Mayor Fontelleu bad served but
a scant two years of his fouryear
term of Office, when the Angel
of Death summoned him from the
activities of this life This left a
vacancy In the l913-19l7 city
council. The new city charter
provides in paragraph as. Section
3, as follows:
4S.--lf vacancy occur in the
Office of any such Trustee, save
by recall. the Board of Trustees
shall appoint an eligible person
to fill such vacancy pending an
election to fill such vacancy for
the unexplred term. Said elec.
ton shall be held in not less than
thirty, nor more than sixty days
from the date of the vacancy. A
vacancy shall exist when an elect
i've officer fails TO qualify Tor
thirty days after notice of his
election, dies, resigns, removes
from the City, absents himself
continuously threfrom for two
months, il convicted OF a felony,
judicially declared a lunatic, or
fails to furnish bond as herein re-
CURED.
Under the charter clause an
election is to be called to fill the
vacancy On Monday motUing
several candidates were already
In the field and many others were
spoken of as possible entries later
on for the coming contest.
Ii should he remembered that
our system of voting for town Off.
cials is by the preferential sys-
tenn, and that regardless of the
number Of candidates who may
enter the race for Mayor there
will be but one election held.
The weekly Iberian., 1915-05-29

The most remarkable display of
gowns, millinery and other arti
cles of fashionable dress ever
made by an actress, is achieved
by Betty NanseD, the stately and
beautiful tragedieDne, and the
create st of living artists of the
stage, in the wonderful series of
film dramas in which the celebrat
ed player is appearing under ex
elusive contract to William Fox,
New York's famous motion pic
ture magDate. In THE OELE
DRAFTED SCANDAL, Jose Eche
garay's widely discussed drama of
passion. intriDgue and revenge,
with the evil powers of gossip for
a powerful background Miss Nan
sen literally astoDishes Ivy the
RICHNESS and variety of her gowns.
In the greatest scene of the dra
ma she appears in her famous
"Golden Gown" THIS cost Sl0,-
600 to "buildo in the ateliers of
Paul POiret, the Partisan WIZ ard
of women's gsrb and was the last
gown designed by him before be
left TO serve his country at the
front. This gown contains mate.
rails from twelve different coun.
tries and ia of cloth of gold, gem
encrusted brocade and silks and
fabrics all painstakingly hand em
broidered with skill and artis-
try that makes this dress stand
absolutely in class by itself
At the Hotel 2 aza in New York,
where Miss Nansen and her rete-
nue., occnpy a suite, it created
sensation when she first wore it
in the palm room Of that fashlona.
BILE hostelry. The 'tunic" por.
tion Of 1t alone weighs forty two
pounds 30 heavily bedecked is 1t
with dazzling fabrics and various
precious stones.
ObUCl SNN uc tbH'hiutu III AOlty
five trunks and which the Collect.
or of the port Of New York IN
sisted be bonded at $500 are
equally noteworthy. Women the
country over are due for seDsa
ton when they see them on the
screen for every unit of the vast
wardrobe brought by Miss Nan
sen will be worn by her in the va.
rious Fox productions and will at.
ford every woman a chance to see
the latest creations of Doucet,
RedferD, Worth and POirOt,
which on account of the war can.
not be seen over here in any other
way. Among them are evening
gowns of striking beauty, morn
ing gowns Of distinction, wraps,
riding habits and Deglgees of ev.
cry conceivable variety and de.
sign. In all 1t makes rare fash
ion show, impossible other wise to
be seen, in addition to the most
wonderful acting ever bebeld on
the screen or the "legitimate"
boards.
The weekly Iberian., 1915-05-29

It Ia announced that the Iberia
q st. Mary Live Stock Assn, will
meet. in Franklin on Wednesday,,
June 2nd, at $3.50 p. m Agreea
BILE to previously adopted plans
the Association will meet alter.
nately In the two parishes, hut
not oftener than twice year for
stated meetings The coming
session it is expected will be well
attended, marking a growth of in
terest in the work of the AssOeia
tion.
The weekly Iberian., 1915-05-29

When your food does not digest
we'll and you feel "blue,n tired and
discouraged, you should use a lit
tie HERBINE at bedtime. 1t opens
the bowels, purifies the system and
restores a fine feeling of health
and energy. Price soc.
Sold BY ESTVRGE DRUG co.
The weekly Iberian., 1915-05-29

Stiff neck is not only painful but
annoying. To get rid of it quick
ly rub the affected part with BAL
LARD'S SNOW LINIMENT. 1t pen
atrates the flesh and srelaxes the
muscles SO that the painseeases inn
mediately. Price 25c, f50c and S1.Ot
per bottle.
Sold BY ESTORGE DRUG co.
The weekly Iberian., 1915-05-29
sUBSCRIPTION:
lhs Weekly Iberian .... 81 per yea
STOCK HOLDERS MEETING.

Office of iberia & Vermillion RR
New Iberia. La, April 2Sth 1915,
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the iberia & Vermiaon X r
Co., will be held nc the Compapy's of.
fee on Monday June eth 1915 at Il M
m29 ID. A. DIMITRY, Secty.
The weekly Iberian., 1915-05-29
TO OUR FRIENDS, THE PUBLIC

The Iberian is always willing to
serve the public by printing con
tributions on any subject OF gen
eral interest, but PLEASE, don't
expect us to RUSH copy which you
hold back. Contributed articles,
reaching us after Thursday morn
ing, If not previously arranged for,
will in all probability have to be
held back till the. following issue.
Come early and avoid our week
end rush. Ed.
The weekly Iberian., 1915-05-29
Malaria or ChiIIs & Fever

Prescription No. e66 = prepared especially
Tor MALARIA or cHlLIs Z FEVER.
Five or six doses will break any case, and
II taken then as = to9ic the Fever will not
return. 1t acts on The liver better than
Calomel and does nj fripe or sicken. 25c
The weekly Iberian., 1915-05-29
HER COSTUMES AMAZE.

Wonderful Gowns, Undupli-
Gated and Exclusive Crea-
tions of the greatest dress
makers of Paris, worn by
Miss Nansen for the first
time in any country in the
Fox American made Great
Nansen Feature Films.
The weekly Iberian., 1915-05-29

From Shoe-peg to ship spar.
BERTRAND LUMBER co
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-05-19

/ Finding in one Boston paper nine col
,lmns Of advertisements Of summer homes
and summer resorts in New Hampshire
we are inclined to believe that our folks
realize the possibilities the coming season
has for hem.--Coneord On. H. Monitor
Moreover, they show themselves thor
oughly alive and cognizant Of the value
of publicity. Therein, we regret to say
they show more progress than do Yer
mont people, who also have splendid ad.
vantages to advertise and who thus fal
have failed to grasp realization Of the
benefits which might accrue to them
through well placed publicity in the news
papers of the large cities. Comparatively
few OF the keepers of summer resorts in
the Green Mountain state have seen fit
to place the attractions OF their places
before the people who would be most
likely to come into Vermont. This fail
ure is not due, we feel sure, to lack Of
desire to attract more people, but rath-
er to unfamliarity with the best meth
DDS OF going after the business. Where
one paper carries nine columns OF New
Hampshire advertising OF this nature. it
carries less than half column of Yer
mont advertising of the same sort. The
proposition ought to be more nearly
even.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-05-19
MoREToWN.

Miss Florence Pierce is detained from
her school at Montpelier by illness.
Miss Hildah Washburn OF Montpel
Ter is guest of Mrs. G. t. Evans.
Several from this place attended thu
Washington county Sunday school con
vention at Middlesex Wednesday.
Mrs. +. l.. Slayton of Barre was q
guest of her daughter. Mrs. w. /. Will
cox, several days the past week.
Miss Addie l.. Foss spent the week
end at her home in Hyde Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. II, Russell and daugh-
ter, Lillian, of Montpelier visited at B.
r. Griffith's over Sunday.
Rev. A. A. Mandigo and Mrs. NJ. S.
Ward are attending the Vermont Com
gregational conference in Barre this
week.
The many friends of Mrs. r. j. Fer
ris will be pleased to learn that she is
from her illness with pneu-
monia.
The Moretown baseball team played
the Waitsiield high school team Satur-
day, resulting in score of 10 to in
favor of Moretown.
Mrs. NJ. $. Ward and Mrs. b. S. Ward
were in Waitsiield Saturday to attend
the funeral of Mrs. A. d. Bragg.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-05-19
F. H. Rogers & C
We Clean. Press and Repair Clothing

such an adventure has been made by the
Transylsania's officers. In times like
these, the element OF excitement is apt
to- become so prominent that persons
somewhat lacking in cool -headedness will
see things which are not SO and will re-
port on those things as if they were seen.
Such stories as they arc telling tend to
complicate a situation already mixed mp
in a very complex mass; and clear jude-
ment of the situation demands that moth
ing but the actual facts should enter
into consideration. Therefore, the stories
of some of the passengers of the Tran.
sylvania ought to be traced out to deter.
mine whether they arose from miseppre.
hension brought out by optical Illusion
or whether a real submarine tried to
block the ship which, although under or
ders of a British company, carried q
large number of American people. The
official report of the officers OF the steam
er is eagerly awaited.