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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-28
ITALIAN PRESS REFLECTS
THE NATIONS REJOICING

Rome, Aug. 27.-The Gioranale
d'Itaiia. commenting upon the declara-
tion of war on Germany, says:
Public opinion has been long pa
tiently awaiting war against Germany.
and is now fully satisfied. The decla-
ration constitutes an act of sincerity
and loyalty toward the allies and a
proof Of our deep faith in their tinal
victory"
Idea Rationale says: ITALY rejoices
over the end of an equivocal and hu-
initiating situation and Is welcoming
the opportunity to openly fight the
common enemy to the finish"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-28
HARTMAN KIDNAPPING
PLOT IS FRUSTRATED

st. Anthony, Idaho Aug. 2T.-Plans
70 ktdnap Roland Hartman son Of
Mrs. f. H Hartman. hold him for a
ransom of 100000 and in case the
ransom was not paid tu blind the boy
and otherwise disfigure him for life
have been frustrated by the arrest
here of fhe parties Of the plot
Three r1en Marion A. Lufkin
David Mcr>cy. Nd Ralph Zufelt. alias
Ralph Ma ors, are now In Jail charged
with conspiracy to steal young Harri-
man from Island Park where he is
spending his vacation. and hold him
Tor ransom,
Two OF the trio have confessed
The men were equipped with guns.
knives and on one was found the
letter which was to be sent after the
kltdnap Ring, sdesIpap ding -lhs-raasQIn s.u
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-28
MOTOR TRUCK LOADED
WITH ICE CATCHES FIRE

Suffolk, Va. Aug. 27--The big
motor truck owned by the Shoop-
Withers Company. loaded with ice,
caught nre this morning on Bank
Street, and when the gasoline tank
Just filled with fifteen gallons Of
gasoline exploded. the two men on
the truck jumped from the car. and
turned in an alarm Of IRE.
The department responded and put
out the fire, not before. however. the
truck was badly damaged.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-28
RECORD AS GOVERNOR
ARGUMENT FOR HUGHES

New York, Aug PA min ETY. page
record Of Charles E. Hughes admin
fstration as Governor of New York is
being circulated by the Hughes al
lance. Tens OF thousands OF copies
have been scattered through the
country with the note:
Tipon hts record as Governor the
Republican party asks the people 10
elect him President"
These are described as among the
Hughes achievements" Protection
of children In industry. workmen's
compensation for accidents: protec-
ton OF aliens from shysters; eighty
cent gas; putting public service cor
por%ions under commission control !;
banking and insurance reform !;
establishment OF an immigration
bureau; anti-race track gambling
legislation"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-28
SERMON AND
DINNER AT CONCORD. VA.

Lynchburg. Va, Aug 27.-The
Fisher Memorial Church at Concord
was dedicated today and dinner was
served on the grounds to a large
crowd
ed by DR.. George Braxton Taylor, who
was assisted by DR.. A. B. Conrad. OF
this city, and DR.. r. F. Fisher.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-28
CHICAGO'S SCHOOL HEAD
HI RT IN AUTO ACCIDENT

Chicago. Aug 27.-John y Shoop.
of schools of Chicago.
was probably fatally injured, two
companions were painfully hurt. and
Mr.. Shoop's son bad miraculous
escape tonight in an automobile
wreck twenty miles south of Danville.
Ills.
Mr.. Shoop suffered nine fractured
ribs, a broken leg. cuts on the head
and both shoulders are believed to be
broken.
Mr. Shoop was taken to ST Eliza
beth Hospital in Danvillr
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-28
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
IN RtGTiME Is BURNED

New York Aug. 27.-There is s1o.-
600 worth less OF ragtine in the world
today than there was yesterday Fire
in a studio building at az West
Forty-eighth Street destroyed several
of Irving Berlin's unpublished songs.
AT least Berlin puts the value of the
burned manuscripts at that figure.
The studios occupied most of the
building, a fve-story affair. but the
song writer had an Office on the third
rioor
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-28
COTTON OIL REFINERY
ENPLOYE is BURNED

Portsmouth Va, Aug 3T.-Bishop
McNeely, colored. living In Pine
Street was badly burned carly yes
terday in the plant of the Portsmouth
Cotton OIL Refining Company on the
Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line
Railroad. where he was employed 4
vat boiled over and McNeely was
drenched with a solution OF potash
and enveloped in steam He was taken
to his home for medical attention
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-28
YOUNG GIRLS ESCAPE
FROM DETENTION HOME

Sliding down the back porch,
Catherine White. sixteen years Old,
whose home is in Norfolk, and Rosa
WoodcoCk. fifteen years old. of South
Richmond. made their escape from
the Juvenile Detention Home on North
Twelfth Street last night. The escape
has been reported to the police and
officers arc now on the lookout for
the girls.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-28
EXPECTING BRITISH
REPLIES THIS WEEK

Washington. Aug. 27.-Great Britain
is working at top speed" on her re-
plies to the American protests against
the blacklist and interference with the
mails. This information has been con-
veyed to the State Department In re-
Spouse to the various requests from
this government that the answers be
expedited.
The inference is drawn. therefore. at
the State Department that the replies
will be received early this week.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-28
QUARTERS BURN
AT SWEET CHALYBEATF.

Sweet Chalyheate Springs. Va.
Aug. 27.-Fire at 1880 o'clock last
night completely destroyed servants
quarters at the hotel here. The hotel
and cottages were never in danger and
the prompt assistance OF the $50
guests at the hotel and cottages and
OF the servants. prevented the flames
from spreading.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-28
BREMEN NOW ON HIGH
SEAS WITH DYES CARGO

London. Aug. 27.--A dispatch from
quotes Alfred Lehman,
head of the Ocean Rhederei which
promotes the submarine sea freight
~rs as saying In an interview in the
koelnische Zeitung that the Bremen,
the Deutschland's sister ship. is now
on the high seas bound for Baltimore
with cargo OF dyes.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-28
ANOTHER AMERICAN NURSE
TO RECEIVE GOLD MEDAL.

Paris. Aug. 27.--Following the deco
ration of Mrs, w. K. Vanderbilt for
distinguished nursing services. the war
minister has decided to award the
gold medal to the Duchess de Choiseuil.
nee Claire Dourdet. of New York. who
since the outbreak OF the war has daily
risked her life tending troops suffer-
Ing from infectious diseases.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-28
ITALY BEGINS WAR
ON GERMANY TODAY
ITALY SEXES FAMOUS
PALAZZO DI VENEZIA

Rome, Aug. 27-The famous Pa
lazzo di Venezia, property of the Aus
tro- Hungarian government since
1897, has been seized by Italy as an
act of retribution for the violations of
law by Austria, IT was
announced today
The Palazzo di VeneZia. a historic
and magnificent structure dating from
the year 1856 when 1t was begun by
Cardinal Piestro Barbo. who later be-
came Pope Paul II, was presented in
1850 by Plus " to the republic of
Venice with which 1t came in 1877
into the possession of Austria. Since
then, up to the break between Italy
and Austria. II served as the residence
Of the Austrian am bassador to the
Vatican
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-28
MEXICAN BANDITS RAID
RANCHES; GET CATTLE

FL Paso. Tex, Aug 27.--Randits
crossed the Rio Grande near Preside,
Texas, tonight and drove off nineteen
head OF stock from American ranches,
Troops OF the United States cavalry
are searching for the marauders who
are thought TO have reCrosscd the
line into Mexico.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-28
ARTILLERY FIGHTING
VIOLENT ON S0MME
Intermittent Cannonading Becomes
Violent On Sector OF the Ncrdun
Front
GERMANS ARE REFUSED
BY BELGIAN GUN FIRE
Dispatches From Paris Announce That
German Attack In Apreanont Forest
Is Rcpulsed BY Heavy Artillery
Fire.

London. Aug. 27.--Following heavy
the night. there was little hut ar
tillery activity on the Somme 'front.'
today, bad weather hindering opera
tons. The British. In a strong attack
yesterday evening, gained a further
OF Bezentin le Petit, capturing a ma
chine gun. For the greater part.
however, all attacks on both sides
resulted In no change of front. The
war office at Berlin today announces
that the British were repulsed In
numerous actions south of Thepval.
northwest of Pozieres. and around
Foureaux wood. while the French
were driven out of trenches they
seized for 4 moment north OF Clery.
The French attack was preceded by
furious bombardment and was car
ried out under cover OF burning liquid.
German surprise attacks in the
Arracourt sector in Lorraine and in
the Apremont forest was repulsed
Paris announces. while at verdun
there was only artillery fighting. In
several sectors, especially on the
Thiaumont- Fleury lines. the big gun
duels reached high pitch of inten-
sity.
Immense Number OF Troops.
The immense number OF troops en-
gagged on the western front In indicated
by an estimate from Berlin which sets
the allied electives on the Verdun
front between February 81. the open
ing date of the German offensive and
on July 20, at 100000 and on the
or tho latter twenty-thrse divisions or
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-28
ZEPPEILNS AND WARSHIPS
PATROIiLING FAR NORTH

Copenhagen, Aug. 27.-Two Zeppe-
Inns. accompanied by two cruisers and
four torpero boats, passed Bergen to-
day. 1t was the first time during the
war the Zeppelins have been seen
patrolltng 20 far north.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-28
Declaration Not Unerpec,ed.

London. Aug 27.-Declaration Of
war by italy on Germany has been ex-
pected for several days. owing to tho
fact that Italian troops are now fight
ing against the Germans In Greece
The declaration will make 1t posi-
bile to employ italian troops against
the Germans in France IL General
able.
Italy's declaration of war on Ger
many brings to an end one of the
strAngest situations recorded In the
history Of nations: the mysterious and
unnatural retention Of peace between
these two countries for more than two
years after the outbreak OF the Euro
pean conflict which burst the triple
alliance and which resulted on May
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-28
ONLY SO NEW CASES
+ IS NEW YORK REPORT
Infantile Paralysis Decrease Almost
100 Per Cent In Last
Two Days.
ONE DIES IN LYNCHBURG;
NEW YORK TOTAL 1881
Mystery Surrounds Source of Fatal
Case In MISUNDERSTANDING
Suspected New Cases In Virginia.

ficials expressed confidence that the
infantile paralysis epidemic Is at la st
on the decline
Twentyone deaths were reported
today against twenty-five on Saturday.
Within the last two days there has
been decrease OF almost 100 per
cent In new cases.
The toll of the epidemic to date is
1896 cases and 1871 deaths
Death In Lynchburg.
Information was received last night
from Lynchburg unofficially reporting
to Or. Ennon G. williams. State health
commissioner. the death of white
child there yesterday afternoon from
infantile paralysis. Although details
of the case have not been made to DR..
Williams, 1t 10 understood that the
case was one of unusual severity. death
coming to the child In less than TWEEN
ty-four hours after It was taken III.
Health authorities In Lynchburg are
at loss to understand the source Of
closely at home. and in no way sub
Jected to the disease. 1t Is likely that
DIR. Williams will receive a full report
on the case today
OF the two cases OF suspected infan-
tile paralysis reported TO the State
Health Department Saturday from
Newport News and Caroline County
DR. williams was without definite dag
nosis last night The health authori-
ties OF Newport News have the prob
able case In that city under observa-
ton and will make their report TO the
State health commissioner DR.. Will
liams has sent Or. w A Brumield
to Caroline County to investigate the
bell. II these two cases develop to
be poitomyelitis, with the death which
occurred In Lynchhurg yesterday, the
total number of cases of the disease
reported for the month will amount to
seventeen.
To Guard Automobile Roads
To establish an effective State quar-
antine against the entrance OF children
from Northern States into Virginia by
way OF the many automobile roads be-
tween Virginia and Maryland. Or. Will
liams has sent his assistant, DR.. Roy
K. FlanagAns-sto arrange~~with~ the au-
thorftfes Or VII the counfies on the
northern border OF the state to pro-
tect the automobile roads entering vir-
GINA Or. Flanagan will have tho
county officers question every auto
mobile party carrying children enter
guaranteed sections entrance VIII be
refused.
In all sections of the State the quar-
antine regulations have been put into
effect They prohibit the entrance into
the state OF children from areas in
fected by infantile paralysis. Only
children who are residents OF Virginia
will be admitted. and even they must
be placed under fourteen days quar-
antine.
Or. r. Edwin Baird. State ouarsn-
tine officer at Norfolk, Is making an
effort TO require all transportation
lines entering that city to furnish a
report on individuals brought into the
State who seem to be suffering from
any Illness. The question is being
taken up by the Board OF Quarantine
Commissioners. which may issue an
order carrying out DR., Rairds wishes.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-28

tcontinued on Second Page,
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-12-07
A NEWARK VIEW

Goyernor-elect Edge will have an
abundance of persimmons to hand out
during his term and, believe us, it
will be a case of Loves Labor Lost
to attempt to pull anything across on
him. He knows all the side pockets of
the game and can play it blind-folded.
So don't work any shenanigan tricks
on this young chap from Atlantic City.
He will know what to do and will
do it with eyes wide open to the out
come. You can all tell him how you
elected him and how your magnetic
influence and personal popularity and
sagacity turned the scales in his di-
rection. He will know all about that
before you tell him. So save your
breath.-Newark Town Talk.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-12-07
CALMING ONESELF

A Chicago physician SCOTS at the
almost universal notion that tobacco
has a calming effect on its users. 1t
is common experience of smokers,
he says, to balm themselves by smok-
ing when they are nervous, but he
attributes the effect to auto-sugges-
ton and mechanical action rather
than the sedative effect of the, drug.
The expectation of quieting their
nerves, together with the purely me-
chanical process of smoking, are
what make the nerves quiet
Occasionally" he says, "the same
effect is produced by a dry smoke.
Other accomplish the same object by
assuming certain position. What
the nervous man needs is to cultivate
control of the mind, and that is just
as easy without tobacco as with it."
Another authority, without discus
sing tobacco at all, justifies the Am
erican habit of gum-chewing as an
easy and harmless way of working off
nervous energy. There's something
in the mere motion of the laws, he
says, that calms the chew2r. If the
soothing effect of tobacco is so large
ly mechanical, it seems natural
enough that gum should produce a
similar effect. And it's fact of COM
mon observation that when men stop
smok ng, they are likely to take to.
gum.
No doubt the ideal thing to do is
to master our nerves by "cultivating
control of our minds But controll-
ing ones mind is about the hardest
work in the world. Isn't it fortunate
for weak human nature that We have
these mechanical substitutes?
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-12-07
ENFORCE THE TRAFFIC LAWS!

ENFORCE THE TRAFFIC LAWS!
Something is radically amiss in the
regulation Of street traffic when a
motortruck runs full tilt past troll
ley car brought to stop at corner,
knocks down a pedestrian who has
passed in front of the car and contin-
ues on its way without even halt for
interrogation by the police officer sta
toned at the crossing to compel COM
pliance with the ordinances aimed
at making the streets safe for pedes-
trians as we'll as for occupants of
vehicles. The concrete instance cited
in which the victim was merely
bruised, not mangled, is but one of
many daily cases of the reckless driv-
er and the "shut-eye" sentry who is
callously Indifferent to indignant
complaint because he knows that no.
body higher up particularly cares
who is run down or who isn't
The policeman who passes the time
Of day hobnobbing with his friends
and chatting the fair sex when he
ought to have his eyes in his head and
his wits about him is to be distin-
guished from the officer who is legiti-
mately engaged in answering the
thousand and one questions hurled at
him every day or in helping timor-
Gus, frail old women from curb to
curb. The regulator of traffic at a
congested corner never has an easy
time of it. From the nature of the
task it is a constant strain for ear
and eye, for mind and muscle. But
there is no sympathy to spare for the
officer who let's truck go whirling
like a juggernaut directly past a
standing car, to knock down a pc
destrian and proceed unrebuked upon
a trail of potential manslaughter.-
Philadelphia Ledger
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-12-07
NOTHING LIKE 1T HERE


! Delinquent taxes are bothering mu-
nicipal authorities in many places.
There are many townships and bor-
oughs which have enough delinquent
zeal estate taxes on their books to ex-
tinguish their floating debt, il the
taxes should be collected A few mu-
inequalities go after these taxes as
soon as they are overdue, and as
they become a lien on real estate if
i, properly recorded, they succeed in
making the collections. Other muni-
cipal officials neglect to take the ne
cessary legal steps to enforce pay
ment and have as result many years
of accumulated taxes. To allow these
delinquents to go unpaid is unfair to
taxpayers who pay promptly.
On all these taxes whether. collect
ed or not. the municipalities pay their
share of county and school taxes
which cuts into local appropriations.
Many officials dislike to push for the
collection of delinquent taxes because
it is unpleasant to distress persons
who find it difficult to pay, although
in many instances the non-payment
of taxes simply becomes habit with
people who are chronically slow in
the rayment of all their bills.
A few municipalities in Salem
county succeed in collecting practi-
cally all the taxes due, while a ma
j,rity of the municipalities have had
eel nGuent taxes accommodating for a
nimbea' .9f years. The longer these
deliaqdents are allowed to go, the
greater the difficulty in making col
leciian. In some adjoining counties
delinquent 1915 taxes are already be-
ing advertised and number of prop
critics will be sold unless the taxes
ately forthcoming. Elmer is said to
have its share of uncollected tax, and
adjoining municipalities are some of
them in the same boat. 1t would ap-
pear to be the plain duty of Borough
and other municipal officials to take
up the matter of collecting these de-
linquents regardless of the unpleas-
ant features connected herewith
Elmer Times.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-12-07
AN EMBARGO

Can any one doubt that if We now
refuse to sell to Europe, Great Bri-
tain and France will arrange here
after to get their grain from Russia
and from their own colonies and de-
tendencies? Is there any room to
doubt that our refusal to sell food to
the Entente allies now in their hour
of need would cost us their friendship
and their future trade? If our far
mers could not market their surplus
grain abroad would they still contin-
ue to raise il in such quantities as
sufficed to keep the price down here?
The people who want an embargo
on foodstuffs may be divided roughly
into four classes. There are those
who would embarrass England, those
who would help Germany, deluded
people who think it would be states
manlike and profitable thing to do,
and pacifist visionaries who imagine
fact is that we should hurt ourselves
far more than we hurt the allies. Nor
should we help Germany. If she can
live with nowhere to trade, the allies
can worry along with all the outside
nations except our own to trade with.
But an embargo on our foodstuhs
would accomplish something and very
suddenly 1t would put all our far
mers out of the buying class, and the
result would be such a prostration of
our Industrial life as the country has
never known since our ill-advised en-
barge experiment in 1So7-9.-Roches-
ter Post-Express.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-12-07
Children Cry
FOR flEIcHeR'S
casio RIA
NOTICE TO cREDIToRs.

Estate of Phebe R. Frazer, deceased
Pursuant to the order of Frank F.
Wallace, Surrogate of the County Of
Cumberland, made on the tenth day
OF October, 1916, on application of the
undersigned Administrator C. T. A
OF said deceased, notice is hereby Civ
en- to the creditors of the decedent to
bring in to the subscriber their debts,
demands and claims against the es-
tate of said deceased, under oath
within nine months from the date OF
such order, or they will be forever
tarred from prosecuting or recover.
ing the same against the subscriber.
Dated October 10th, 1916.
ALBERT r. McALLISTER.
Administrator with the will
annexed of the estate of
Phebe r. Frazer. Decd.
io-11 sw
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-12-07
PRUNES AND PEANUTS

From the northwest and the south
respectively come cheering reports of
unusually abundant prune and peanut
crops. In Oregon it is reported that
a five-acre orchard yielded $4,000
pounds of prunes, for which nearby
packing plant paid $2,34O.19. Other
orchards have been even more profit
able.
In, Texas, ,thrashers are running
day and night on the peanut farms
where harvesting is going on at an
/ unheard of rate, according to reports.
In one vicinity about $500 acres
were planted in peanuts. The yield
is from 20 to 35 bushels per acre and
the price paid for the raw peanuts is
from $1.18 to $1.25 a bushel. Palo
Pinto farmers have found peanuts a
paying diversification.
Prunes and peanuts are such COM
mon, ordinary, homely edibles that
we don't often think of them as part
of thriving and profitable industries.
And yet it's rather cheerful now and
then to realize that the humble break
fast prune and the nickel's worth of
peanuts have histories as thrilling as
the more expensive grapefruit and
the salted almond.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-12-07
IN C1aDCeTQ Of New JeIsel

TO NORRIS GIZANG AND ESTHER
GIZANG HIS WIFE:
BY virtue of an order OF the Court
OF Chancery made on the day of the
date hereof, in a cause wherein Will
liam Wilde is complainant and you
and others are defendants, you are
required to appear, plead answer or
demur to the complainant's bill on
or before the Sd day Of February next
or said bill4will be taken as confessed
against yOu
The said bill is filed to foreclpse a.
mortgage given by Nathan Cashvan
and Abraham Rosenfeld to one Louis
P. Hieronimus, dated March II, 1908,
on lands in Deerfield Township,
Cumberland County. New Jersey.
which said mortgage was subsequent
ly assigned to said complainant; and
you Morris Chang are made AIDE.
fendant because it is therein alleged
that you are the owner of said lands;
and you Esther Chang are made a
defendant because as the wife of Nor.
ris Chang you may claim to have an
inchoate right of dover in said prem.
ises.
Dated December 2, 1916.
HUGH l.. REEVES,
Solr. of Complainant,
95 East Commerce St.,
BridgetOn, N. J.
1
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-12-07

The death in two years of 10000
war prisoners out of ] ,663 900 in Ger
many is an annual death rate of per
1000. The rate for white males ol
military age in the United States var
les from 1898 at eighteen to 9.S7 at
forty years, averaging between and
6. A rate higher than normal is ex-
pected of war prisoners. Certainly
the German rate shines by compare
son with past records.