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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-22
ALL AMERICANS
SHOULD bACk-STAHO
PRESIDENT, SAYS TAFT
Former President Declares That This
Is No Time for Politics to &c
Considered BY Any.
RECALLS (TENEI.NND'S
STAND IN NENEZUEIAN CASE
When He Bluffed Great Britain There
Was Ono Coast Defense Gun ON NJ
anti, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Prcpar-
alton Urged.

Chicago. April 21,-Former Fresi-
dent Tart ia "A speech before the
Mystic Athletic club this afternoon
urged everybody regardless Of party,
TO supporl~,I2Esstdent Wilson against
Germany
Personally. as a Republican" he
said. Il trust that We may effect a
change in the complexion Of the ad-
ministration next November bot this
Is neither the time nor the place 10
indulge in political personalities. II
Germany refuses 10 heed the warning
that has been sent her, and Count Won
BernsloVn is given his passports, ii
does NOT follow of necessity that war
Will ensue, But. II Germany con-
tinues her submarine warfare in such
wey as to drown noncombatant
Americans. as in the case Of the
Lusltania and the Sussex, it Is difficult
10 see how war can be avoided
No ane prays more earnestly than
that such a result may be averted
and that Germany, facing the CON
sequences OF needlessly making ar
other enemy. shall change her policy
and enable us to keep OUT friendly
rela tons with her In view of the
critical nature of the issue. however,
is there anything for = clear-headed
patriotic American TO do but 70 back
up our President man who Is our
chosen constitutional leader?
Immediate Preparedness Necessary.
Careful consideration of present
conditions emphasize the necessity for
immediate and adequate military pre-
paredness, Conditions now are little
better than at the time President
Cleveland bhlffed England In con-
nection with the Venezuelan incident
1t took colossal nerve to tell Great
Britain to keep her hands off when
our total provision for coast defense
consisted OF but one gun to protect
the entire Atlantic coast
mparatively speaking We are no
better off now--we have not enough
battle cruisers, torpedo boats. sub
marines aeroplanes. ammunition or
men. These things cannot be created
In a moment. II takes time and
money and the earnest support OF a
united people.
Mexico, the international nuisance
on our southern border. has taught us
a Lesson that American citizens should
take TO heart.
Practically every soldier In the
country Is either IN Mexico or on the
border
'Wc need and must have
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-22
SHAKESPEARE LOSES
HIS CASE IN COUR |
Illinois solomon Decides Immortal
Bard Never Wrote works Bear
ing His Name.
HONOR is ALL BACON'S
Is COURTS DECISION
Case VIII BE Appealed and Friends of
shakespeare Hope 10 Obtain Re-
Nersal of Judge Tuthiils Decision.

Chicago, April 2I--It Is decided at
last $500 Francis Bacon wrote William
shakespeares WORKS. The controversy
OF gene atoms, the one discordant
note in the melody OF poetry has been
passed upon finally by an Illinois
court. And the decision, coming from
the lips of Circuit Court Judge Rich
ard s. Tuthill today. is that the lyrics,
the tragedies. the comedies. the
wisdom that dripped from the quill
of William Shakespeare" were real
~ the product OF tho genius OF Lord
Francis Bacon.
brought by moving picture promoter
10 restrain Colonel George Fabyan
from publishing book supporting the
Baconian theory II was alleged that
the production of this book would act
TO the aetriment Of certain moving
picture productions
After listening ID. ,heee weeks to
the testimony @. experts who ex-
pounded or attacked the famous
cipher on which the Bacon!an theory
rests. Judge Tuthili today held:
The court finds that in the published
and acknowledged works of Francis
Bacon there is given II cipher which
Bacon devised IL his. early youth when
Ia Paris, called the 'Biliterar cipher:
that the witness, Elizabeth Wells Gal
lup. has applied that cipher according
IN the directions left by Francis Bacon
and has found that the name and
character az Shakespeare was used as
mask by Francis Bacon to publish
philosophical facts, stories and state
ments contributing 10 the literary 70
naissance In England which has been
the glory OF the world.
THE courts further finds that tho
claim Of the friends OF Francis Bacon
that he is the author of said works
of Shakespeare. ana the facts and cir
cumstances In the vast photography OF
the controversy over the question OF
authorship and the proofs submitted
herein. convinces the court that Fran
lis Bacon Is the author"
William N, Selis. who brought the
suit to restrain the publication of the
Baconian books WAS ordered by the
court TO pay Fabyan $4,000 for damages
dous In deiaysrx the books publica
tlon. Sells will appeal.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-22
HANDSOME NEW PASSENGER STATION To
&c BU|LJ AT COST OF S1,50O,00O At
HERMITAGE SITE BY R.,F.&P. ANDA. C.l
Decision Reached Conference of Directors of Two Roads Dis
poses of Union Station AgitatonPlans Will Not Permit
Through Trains to Pass Richmond By-other Objections
Met-Charnber Directors to Meet.

That resolution and the fact that
the r.. r & p, seventy per cent OF
whose total business originates In
Richmond. possesses trains north of
the James River and could not at
tempt anything so suicidal as let
ting trains pass Richmond without
stopping, II is believed, with meet the
objection made by the chamber that
were the Hermitage made the station
would soon be giving Richmond the
go by.
Not Back In" station.
second objection by the cham Der
and other interests--that that a sta
ton at the Hermitage would be a
back in" station--is met In the plans
which call for additional tracks be-
tween the A. C, L. Belt Line and the
tracks of the r.. + 6 p, near Acca
that will bring Coast Line trains into
the new station head on to a point
where the operation of a ~" sixteen
car lengths long, would put all trains
directly into the station structure it.
self with engines headed out That
there will be some backing necessary
In the operation of trains on this "Y'
is admitted. but the backing will be
reduced to the minimum of one train
leDEtns which *, r. q pHitlaiS uS-
clare cannot be Objectionable. The
short time required for putting the
trains into the station shed will not
lie lost as the change OF locomotives
customary at Richmond on through
trains. will take place on the "Y."
With trains operated into the station
over the "Y" and the simultaneous
changing Of the engines she Pull
mans and other passenger coaches, at
the rear of the trains. will be brought
much nearer TO the waiting rooms and
the concourse OF the depot and afford
greater convenience in the shorter
walk before boarding the cars. than
would be permitted were the engines
TO pull their trains directly IN to the
shed. The plan converts what had been
considered Objectionable into a decided
advantage
will 90 into the joint station deca re
that the arrangement is not that OF
a back In station in the accepted
meaning of that term. They point
TO stations in other cities in which
trains are backed for a mile or more
before they are stopped in their prop
cr places in the station.
shows Realty Enhancement.
The seleotion of the Hermitage site
for the Joint station of the r.. F. 4
r.. occasioned surprise in some cir
cies. In others such a decision had
been anticipated. The R., r. & own.
some nfty-s.x acres OF land on the
north side OF Broad Street in tract
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-22
GARNET DISCUSSES
MEXICAN ITUATIoN

Washington, April 2l.-The cabinet
today discussed the critical situation
of the American forces in Mexico.
Admissions made by high officials
after the cabinet meeting leave no
room to doubt a crisis is approaching
which will compel this government to
decide definitely whether IL will con-
tinue the pursuit OF villa or withdraw
the punitive expedition.
Dispatches to the State and War
Departments furnish the administra-
ton with ample information that Car
ranxista officers have warned General
Pershing and Colonel w. c. Brown
that they must not advance step
further into Mexico
These dispatches were Considered
by tho cabinet almost to the exclu6l6s
Of other Ynatterr. II was said. II wAo
declared they caused thu viEt 81 0eu-
erai Scott. chief of star. 70 0sneeo8
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-22

\ million and half dollar pas
senger xka will be built within the
next year and a half on the Hermitage
site on the north side Of West Broad
Street by the Richmond, Fredericks-
burg and Potomac and the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroads The decision of
the boards Of directors Of the two
roads 10 authorize their executives 10
let contract for the building of the
big new station along the lines of the
plan submitted three years ago by
Architect Pope disposes for the time
Of the union station agitation which
has conVulsed the city Of Richmond
for several weeks past
The board Of directors Of the Cham
Der Of Commerce. which organization
has insisted for the last several years
upon union station--preferabl bly, Ut
Fifteenth and Main. or at the Belt
Line and Broad Streets--for all the
railroads entering Richmond will meet
this morning at 1880 o'clock. to dis
cuss the action OF the TWO railway
companies and TO take such action
as may appear wise The meeting
was called by President Coleman
WORKMAN. OF the chamb Der, as soon as
he received the news yesterday OF
the decision OF the r., F. & p, and
the A C. l.. direetorates.
\ meeting of the full membership
OF the chamber which had been
called for next Wednesday night. at
o'clock In the Jefferson Hotel audi
torium. will be held and the union
station question will be aired just as
though there had been no definite &C
ton taken BY the railways. These, at
least. were the plans of the chamber
officials Yesterday. and 1t is possible
that they may be changed somewhat,
after the chamber finds that it's two
chief objections TO station at the
Hermitage are met by the two rail-
roads plans
May Dispose of Objections.
In reaching their decision at the
recent conference in New York the
directors of the r.. r. q r. and A. c. l..
according to the statement issued yes
terday agreed that;
when the trains of the Atlantic
Coast Line, northhound. cross the
river they become the Richmond.
fredericksburg and Potomac Rail-
road Company trains ana south
hound trains remain the Richmond.
Frede rieksburg and Potomac Rail-
road Company trains until they
reach the river.
.eThc hoard of directors of the
Atlantic Coas: Line Railroad Conn
pany at it's meeting passed a re~o-
tuition that all through passenger
trains interchRnged between the
Richms0nd, Fredericksburg and Pc
tomae and the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroads shall run into and out
of this uhe Hermitaxet station"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-22
Win Back Much Ground on
Both Sides of Mouse by
Splendid Efforts
GERMANS BREAK
LOOSE AT YPRES
Points North and South Of
Historic Town Defended by
British Under Heavy As
sault Yesterday

London. April 21.--Thc French
army at Vcrdun not only conun-
ues to strike, but Ii Is striking
hard.
On this, tho sixty-first day of
the great battle, the Paris war
Office announces the capture of
more German trenches and pris-
oners west of the Mouse and an
equally complete winning on the
cast side OF the river
The expressions of Impotence
over General Joffre's "ovcrpIay'
of the waiting strategy are now
succeeded by fervent belief that
the commander in chief is con-
WINGED tho moment for a concen-
trnted offensive has come.
Meanwhile. the Germans are alsc
active. Following terrific lombard
ment OF the EauX front, cas-
of the Meuse. the Kaiser's troops yes
terdaN launched a furious attach
which enabled them to capture Ger
tain trenches near Douaumont Blu
It was only a temporary gain, snc
under cover Of darkness the French
assaulted the new German position
and completely drove them out
Activity Around Ypres.
Renewal Of activity by the German
around Ypres is reported In Dutci
frontier dispatches Advices receives
by the Daily Telegraph from Rotter
dam ere 10 the effect that following
tremendous artillery duels there ha
been In the las; two days, sever
fighting near the ruined town.
1T Is believed the Germans mad
severe attacks On the Ypres Salients.
says the Telegraph dispatch, ''po'nt'
on the north and south OF the British
Hue. whore II bends around the tow'
we're under assault
There Is evidence that the Ger
man successes have been only tenn
porary and secured AZ heavy %acri
fees"
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The Classified Page

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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-02

A gate les table is charming addition
to almost any room. These tables are
to be had in mahogany. walnut. OF even
dark oak. Pie crust tables and tip tables,
too, are lovely. as are the little kidney
tables that decorators fairly dote upon.
Ther there are the card tables that fold
IN the middle and may be set back shelf
like against the wall.
High boys are convenient articles and
convincingly colonial. They are chests
upon chests Of drawers and will be found
most desirable in the average nat which
haS never sutiicient drawer and closet
room Low boys arc the same only as
the name indicates lower in height ".
NE v minor iaccesioriss 81 colonial fur-
nishinrs are fascinating. Fire screens,
though they may not be needed Tor
actual use IN steam heated hats, nerFily
commit the subterfuge Of hiding the
Ihidecns Ga logs, scteens the aame
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-02

within the means OF the most limited
ppties. II Is delightful TO know that
copies Of some pieces. exauisltely de-
signed BY chippdndale and other artists
of undying fame may DO had for the
ssmp. price that Is too often paid for
the most execrable scrolled. curved and
glued on ornament bedizened mopstrosi-
ties. which ignorant bungling and
tasteless furniture designers have pro-
duced within the last few decades.
But little study will sufice to acquaint
ono with the types Of good old fashioned
American furniture. Sometimes people
do not get what they want. simply be-
cause they do not know what to ask
for, Nearly all Of the best stores now
carfy q line Sf Attractive colonial things,
lo'why not have : look at them II you
are NOT already familiar With them. and
learn 70 IKE, them for tier real merits
aAWeiI sthsiF enable cont Windsor
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-02

chairs, to begin with. may be had about
50. They mako excellent dining room
chairs and come both In the low round
and high fared back. They are being
made In fine mahogany by one concern.
but the model is the same ana really
more In character when carried out in
weathered oak at the price mentioned.
Rush bottom chairs afe lovely With their
straight backs. Often these arc painted
and then they are too cunning for words.
The decorations am usually quaint little
baskets of fruit or flowers. or 1t may be
small design stenciled on either black
or In brilliant colors.
I, 4,
But all Of The colonial chafls are not
Of the straight stift. upright variety.
Notics. for example. the big upholstered
fresidG chair In the picture. with its
gay slip cover Of chintz, Could anything
Be- more comfortably inyitihgf
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-02
Too Tiredb Play
BY HARRIET LONG.
1>vDoN'T want e. plsy-I'mso tired"
W a child xhispsf'.a

m DON'T want e. plxy-pmac tired"
W. q child whispers. ~
Nonsense" rsrlies !, mother.
~ brisliy. what have you done to
tire yonrssifi, Young things like
you don't know what the word lpeansl
Run OF and play u . ninutsl +.
So of the unfortunate ilttlsmcrtai goes.
, to make believe ii Is enjoying itislf. until
exhausted natye AndI rplies jnta fit Of
screaming, general naughtlneeg aud bad
temper. It's parents when tired expect
leisure 10 lie or ST down, and % ting With
cups Of tea or something stronger. Not
50 many Of tho juveniies, II faiieu6 makes
them contrary .hey are IWardeds mild
slap or two or ars whisle6 off to bed.
Tho latter puuishmert, by ths. nay, u
quite, good. - At any rate II enfcfces the
needed rest "a,
Children, Of ccurae, lssSA tnHcA exer-
else. but It can DO overdonc. Watch some
little ones, hardly past btpyko6e. and
note that they are barely ottsthclr feet
from the time they gvt up nntiionpo more
put to bed. Yeu couldn't ~ TIA aincunt
Of standing. running. md jumping that
thsy do every day without. feeling half
dead. ar n. 9ss 4 siy
Look well after these hitg cf human
quicksilver Be en- your guar then thar
little faces look heated. their| bali. fore
heads. and round thar ipcHtA Damp and
dark circles benaath thelr cyqIhfight' a.
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shape as the one In the drawing IT viii
be- noticed that tho frame can be raised
or lowered on the rod that supports ~
are much reduced in size when used
for candle screens. They are sometimes
used instead Of lamp shades for electric
lights, when placed on any shelf or table
near the wall.
Brass candle sticks are, Of course, 2
part Of the scenery Colonial mIrrorsadd
character to the rooms they adorn. and
clocks offer an endless field Of interest
and inquiry.
All together II is not to be wondered at
that the colonial style Y !sal 70 90
iansssiduousiy. It has 8 fine ffsline sef'
simpIiclty and sincerity. combined with
eraGe. line, and proportion that never
Th5rs 4 an element Of 4 Home Sweet
Home . about i that no other s,yio q
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-02
The Home Harmonic us.
i ZONE furnishing all over the civ.
ilized world has been more than
passingly affected by the present

ilized world has been more than
passingly affected by the present
i war. The average householder Is
probably but partially conscious
Of this fact. yet the circumstances have
only to be cited to be instantly realized
Types Of furniture are distinctly ma
tional. This is particularly true Of period
furnishing Of all sorts. And 1t istbes
cause Of this that the war has such direct
bearing upon the different national sorts
Of furniture. Germans are no longer
willing to have Louis XIV. or XVII
teriors. or Jacobean or William and Mary,
or early Italian While the allies are
vehemently crying down the modern +"
furniture that had Its incipiency in Ger
many during this Observation-Disclosures
that because Of its simplicity, suitability,
and structural beauty would, IL prejudice
were set aside. be entitled to the favor
Of the whole home loving world.
Neutral nations refusing to take sides
with any Of the furniture factions, revert
to their own national types. and'so the
vast majority Of people in this country
have spontaneously, as 1t were. revived
what has never been more than a par
TALLY dormant interest in American colo
NAL furniture.
4 y
Great arguments may be raised about
the national origin Of colonial furniture.
We may be reminded that when America
was hrst colony no furniture was made
here, but that 1t was all imported; that
Marie Antoinette sent aboat load Of fur
niture from France for her own use,
though fate prevented her ever using II;
that Washington's home at Mount Vernon
was distinctly Louis XVI. in style, a fad
Of the day. brought about BY the influence
of Lafayette; that plenty Of furniture
came from the Netherlands and loads
from England, and that much Of the Eng.
lish was partly Chinese through the work
Of chippendale, who allowed the Chinese
influence' to prevail In his best work.
Yet when all has been said. 1t must DO
admitted that usage has made colonial
furniture thoroughly American, and We
habits return to fdvor with aiittle OF
the exalted feeling Of genuine national
pride,
So taken for granted is 1t that the whole
country shares in this enthusiasm for
things colonial, that landlords every
where are decorating the houses and
apartments at their disposal with neutral
sldswails, white enatneled woodwork,
and mahogany doors and balustrades. aa
q means Of what 10 technically known
a. "itying" this background to the colo
NAL articles that are supposedly to be
placed In Sthe quarters for the sake Of !
unity, Ceilings TO be correct should
match the woodwork exactly; that 10
they should bs tinted not dead white,
but delicate creamy old ivory. FOr
floor covering the most popular rugs are
the braided. cfocheted. or woven ones,
In which the predomlnating color repeats
In deeper tone. the color Of the wall
These may be either round. oblcng.i or I
oval. and che simplest are made cfIags.-
q
Manufacturers are making really !
faithful reprcductlons OF good colonial
things at popular prices that bring AiesR
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furnishing could quite 20 Adequately
axnrAaa. ...'.a ~

furnishing could quite 80 Adequately
express.
MISS GnNEvIEvE H.: ! can only
ray in answer to your letter that ! indcrle
your ideas quite completely. The use Of
white linen In your beauty paflee will Give
a sense Of cleanliness that no other fabric
could impart swell Yes. you can UNI
doubtedly buy your chairs unhnished and
have them painted. II you are going 70
use ohintz for cushions, ETC.. asyou speak
Of doing. sprigs Of the flowers could %
traced By laying tracing papeF over tho
chintx and then transteffing u to The
backs Of tho chairs or whatever parts q
IA furniture YOU wanted 20 orpalnorti
I'D painting then 10 simple any child
could do II. For your easy chAifs s,,e
vicktr. IT would 10 nice % have tn'
SottSfy for your lamp base 70 mattel, tho
other srby eIsen pottery that you have
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-02

n M n lIl11 q Al N Z Is1II + 4
The color scheme TINT hss hal1 used by
Fashionable modiSts a 4 oqmhInni|o1 Of
The peislt gray and dep purple. Ia one
Of TN. gray rooms ihs hos b|aoI c.ip1.
bcrdsf.d 10 bright Nile 1iS>n. ua||., you
are going Ia ioE sIaborsl. DECORATION
shopld SdvifS you 10 Keep 70 quit. ample
cffect1 Light neutral I1ne4 oe'io1-''/
tinted pastel IhndsI ~ Iai. ana p'.'|
i1f. and vilI have III ''||.. .n'- you
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-02

Tho accompanying design Is 70 " embroidered ON e
separate boero which Is detachable and which may be-
applied after the frock Is made It could DO embroid-
cred in white in dainty colors and the pattern Il
as effective as IT is simple and easily made.
Tho detail drawing shows the method Of working
In using the printed design from the paper the drec
lions are as follows: II tho material is sheer tho
eusest way is to lay II over the design, which win
show through plainly, and draw over each line with
sharp hard lead pencil If your linen is heavy buy
piece of impression pnpcr-tho kind that does not rub
of-pncc the design over 1t and trace with 4 hard
pencil.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-24
REPUBLICAN PARTY
 CALLED WAR PARTY

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. Oct 24.-- United States Senator Reed. of Mis- souri, in a speech here last night, said that the republican party is becom- ing the war party of the country.
 Roosevelt is in supreme control of the republican party" he said. "Roosevelt's speech delivered last Saturday at Battle Creek. Mich., is a battle cry. It is a demand for war against Germany. which no rational human being can mistake. His words either are the demand of a sincere man who believes our national hon. or was sacrificed when we failed to go to war, and who proposes to wipe out the stain of blood. or his words are the mere vaprings of a demagogue who hopes to gain political advantage by arousing a war spirit with no pur- pose of actually bringing on a con- Hict with Germany"