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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-08
ENORMOUS DRIVES
DIRECTED AGAINST
KA|SER'S ARMIES
British Carry Trenches at
Three Important
Points.
RESUME OFFENSIVE
IN THE SOMME SECTOR
Russians HurI Vast Forces at
Teutons Over 800
Mile Front.
MAY HAVE TO YIELD LEAIBERG
Violent Assaults i'll Thiaumont Re.
gion Without Result, Ac-
cOrdinG to Paris.
MAY HAVE TO YIELD LEMBERG
Violent Assaults in Thiaumont Re.
giOn Without Result, Ac.
cOruing to Paris.

For the first time since the war
began, Germany is facing enormous
drives on two fronts-the west and
east
The British have resumed their Of.
fensive in the Somme sector, while the
Russians are hurling vast forces
against the Tcuton!c line over a 500
mile front from Riga to Baranovichi.
Gains for the allies on both fronts
are chroncled in the latest official
statements After day of terrific
lighting, the British carried trenches
at three points along the front, while
the Russians also took three important
points
The British gains. while not result
'nE in any substantial advance. are
characterized by the War Office IS i'm
portant from n tactical viewpoint
On the other hand. military critics of
the entente allies assert that. unless the
Germans can halt the Russian advance
In the immediate future. they will have
TO withdraw their lines on the entire
eastern front, and probably abandon
Lemberg. .'S-r'F" 81 : sslIS'fi - iS:st'sas
The violence OF the British offensive
on Friday failed. however. TO divert the
attention of the Germans from their
desperate efforts to capture Verdun.
Assault after assault was delivered In
the Thiaumont region. but, according
TO Paris, all We're in vain
On the French end of the Somme sec
tor there was n lull In the fighting.
The Italians claim continued progress
for their offensive against the Aus
trans In the Trentino district, but
there apparently has been no great
change in this field of the war.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-08
THREE: OTHER EXAMINERS
REMOVED FROM OFFICE
CONTINUED on Fifth PageD

HOTEL RUEGER ROOF TO-NIGHT.
Dinner-supper. mus!c. dancing. e;ao to IA
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-08
EASLEY SAYS CHARGES WE'RE
TRl MPED UP AS a PLO7

Late last night Mr. Easley made the
following statement:
The charges preferred against me
We're trumped up as n plot and SUBJ
terfuge. They were met by my reply
and proven untrue. with the exception
OF my failure 10 report some of the
funds held by special commissioners of
the courts
The new law makes the reporting
of these funds the imperative duty of
the clerks, and imposes on the judges
the duty OF seeing to the payment Of
the taxes thereon. The Auditor stated
to the board in my presence that the
funds We're omitted by all the ex-
aminers OF the state.
The aCtion Of the state Tax Board
in removing mo is but another evidence
that the authorities do not desire the
enforcement Of the tax laws The real
cause OF my removal was my activity
in assessing omitted property in Lynch
burg held by those who had the ears
of the authorities who ousted me"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-08
LYNCHBvRG PROPERTY OWNERS
E'OHCED TO PAN BACk TANES

Among the I.vnchhurc propertv
owners referred to by Mr. Easley are
Craddock. Terry e Co. large shoe
manufacturers. against whom he as
sessed unreturned taxable property
for the year 1915 aEgrcgatinG $1,000 600
The Local Board of Review reduced
this amount to 100000. Examiner
Easley appealed to the state Advisory
Board on Taxation. which referred to
Attorney General Pollard the legal
question involved. Mr.. Pollard sus-
tanned the construction placed on the
law by Mr.. Easley. The taxes i'm this
case are still in process of adjustment.
Craddock, Terry & Co. as well as
other large Lynchburg manufacturers
and johhers. Joined in recommending
the appointment of Mr.. Watkins
Friends Of Mr.. Easley freely made the
charge that his removal was due pri :
marily to combination of powerful
interests in the Sixth Circuit, whose
hostility he had incurred by his yea alous
enforce of the laws relating to
unreported taxable property
THREE OTHER EXAMINERS
REMOVED FROM OFFICE
Tho board met in executive session
II II o'clock in the morning in the
office of Governor Stuart. AT the end
Of two hours IT adjourned and made
public the following official statement:
Resolved by the State Tax Board
That II will. at the end of the present
calendar year. consider the appoint
ment Of all examiners OF records, and
will earlier, from time to time, re-
move any examiner of records now in
CONTINUED on Fifth Page.D
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CONTINUED on Third pageD
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continued on Third rageD
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-08
QUESTION Of AMMUNITION
ANSWERED by I<EI.I.AwAY

The question whether Great Britain
will be ablo to maintain an adequate
supply of ammunition ut the present
rate OF wastage received an answer. In
part. to-day from Frederick q. Kella-
way, NJ. p, secretary to Or. Christopher
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-05-05
"UNTIL DEATH DO US PART"

Mrs. Anna BacEus waited IS years
hoping deserted husband would re-
turn before she filed suit for divorce.
Mrs. Annette Jacobson found hUs-
bands handwriting on hotel register
with land wife" Identified it. Di-
vorce.
Peter Pullman, pres. soap CO., and
wife ordered not to visit each other
by judge. He charges cruelty. Di-
vOTce pending.
Mrs. Marion Weaver, told court
husband, chef of Ill Athletic club,
had roaming tendencies. Divorce.
Chas. Cronin spends all he gets on
booze charges divorce bill filed by
wife.
Albert Gunderson sued for $4,000
by Ernest Huebner who charges Gun
dersOn lavished attentions on his
wife.
Mrs. Marie Marsch wants increased
allowance for self and daughter from
railroad contractor husband. Says
$3.50 allowance a month is INSULT
cient.
Mrs. Bessie Taylor slapped face of
husband and his attorney because
her charge of non-support was con-
tinued
Light promotes cIeanIinG J..
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-05-05
BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE WILL
PROBE SULLIVAN ARREST

London, May 5.-FOreign Office, at
request Of American Ambassador
Page, today wired to Dublin for in
formation concerning arrest of Jas.
NJ. Sullivan, former U. S. minister to
Santo Domingo, in connection with
Dublin rebellion.
Sullivan is now understood to be
in an English prison. It was report
ed today that a relative of Sullivan in
Dublin was closely affiliated with the
Sim Fein movement.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-05-05
RAILROADS AND WIREMEN TO
ARBITRATE DIFFERENCES

N. Y. Central, Lake Shore and
Nickel Plate railroads have decided
to arbitrate and conferences will be-
gin tomorrow in New York to effects
a peaceabIe settlement of the pending
strike of telegraph operators. U. S.
Com'r of Mediation G. w. w. Han
gar, who is called one of the fairest
men in government service by the
unions, briUght about the offer from
the company.
G. Dial Jones, head of the Order of
Railway Telegraphers' here in Chi
cago, says the offer to arbitrate was
undoubtedly caused by the lack of
stTikebreakers.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-05-05

WOMEN AND MAYOR TO MEET
Mayor Thompson has decided to
see the women who are to present
him with afidaYits regarding vice in
cabarets and dance halls at II o'clock
today.
Yesterday they visited the mayor,
but he was attending the funeral of
Andrew ]. Graham. The mayor has
revoked the saloon and restaurant
license of the Olympia cafe, 1860 w.
Madison st., owned by VIM. DOlat-
kosh. Women patrons given as the
reason.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-05-05
TELEGRAPH BRIEFS

PottsVille, Pa.-Anthracite miners
approved wage agreement reached in
recent series of conferences in N. Y.
Westinghouse would cost $6O4,-
O12,179 to bring U. S. navy up to the
fighting strength of Germany's navy, =.
according to estimates laid before
house naval committee. by navy gen.
eral board.
WEATHER FORECAST
Fair with continued mild tempera-
ture Friday; Saturday partly cloudy;
moderate winds, mostly southwest to
west.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-06-16
NEW THEORY OF EVOLUTION
Points Evolved by Author May Give
Rise to Some Most Interesting
Hypotheses.

In q book entitled THE Natural The
ology Of Evolution" ]. N. Sherman
pointed out that nothing In the Oar
winian theory precludes design; II
only requires the supposition that the
designing mind works slowly through
many ages. As to those variations
which have turned out failures-the
flying reptiles and other extinct crea,
lures of early periods-the author
makes the suggestion that the direc-
ton of varieties may to some extent be
deputed by God to angels, in the same
way as free will and power is granted
to man; and that these failures are the
experiments of the angel-subordinates
But" writes the editor of Nature
in recommending the book to scientific
readers, "the authE is not in the least
crank, and he puts forward this fresh
and interesting hypothesis (Which
some would call fantastic) as specu.
lation only. His main point is that
though the Darwinian natural selection
is true cause of change in species,
the variations which tend to progress
toward greater completely cannot be
attributed to chance. They are evil
dence Of a guiding mind which sees
and knows before it produces on the
rial plane"
Science has ceased to sneer at the
spiritual, and many of the deepest
thinkers Of today are turning to the
supernatural" for explanations of pho
nomens they cannot understand.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-06-16
GRAFT FOR THE PANHANDLER
He 10 Making Charity Pay
Him Well.

A brand new kind Of panhandler has
been developed by the European war.
He sails the ocean blue. He clusters
around the quays Of Rotterdam and
Southampton, with bandages on his
head and on his arms and legs. He
shambles and shunts his way into the
steerage of the big liners going to
America. And on the way over he
tells pitiable stories of the frightful
suffering the war has brought upon
him.
He starts the telling of his harrow
ing tales in the steerage and tells
them necessarily, SO that finally they
get to the ears of the steerage stew
ards, then to the ears of the second
class, then to the first-class stewards
and presently the afluent passengers
Of the upper deck know the stories.
And these may be depended upon,
with their sympathies thus quickened.
to look up the unfortunate and pour
lavish charity into his hands.
The feature of the story of this
brand Of panhandler that always calls
out the biggest flow of gold is when
they say they are coming to America
to try to build new homes and send
for families left half starving in their
wrecked native land, but that they
are without the wherewithal-the $50
Of cash necessary-to permit them to
be admitted to the new country They
usually get about five times $50 from
the wealthy passengers.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-06-16
DENY EVER KISSING A GIRL
Forty Out Of 200 PrincetenIans Think
That CIRCULATION 10 Morally
Wrong.

The senior statistics. with theil
usual tumble of fact, humor and fancy
have been announced. They show that
Of 230 men, 10 are supporting them.
selves wholly and 3s partially.
vassar is the favorite girls college
The record breaking total of 43 men
declare they have never kissed a girl
Their inability to Swing it" is given
as reason by most, but some consider
it "unhygienic." While $50 deny ii
is morally wrong to kiss girl, 40
think it is. This number contains II
only who have never kissed. Thirty.
five seniors do not correspond with
girls; the others have various num-
bers of correspondents. Dancers mum
Der 1874, while SO consider dancing
morally wrong.
The favorite dramatist is Shakes
peare. George Bernard Shaw comes
second.
Prof. George B. Mcclellan, once
mayor Of New York city, is favorite
professor. Marguerite Clark is the IA
vorite actress, and is followed by Elsie
Ferguson, Martha Hedman, Mary Pick
ford, Maude Adams and Anita Stew
art. John Barrymore and Charlie
Chaplin head the list of actors, with
Forbes-Robertson and Leo Dietrich
stein following-Princeton IN. j. Dis
patch Philadelphia North American.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-06-16
happIest Man in World

The happiest man in the world lives
in Pittsburgh, according to Charles NJ.
Schwab. In other words, Mr.. Schwab
gave out name conundrum that not
many New Workers could guess, but to
which almost any Pittsburgh school.
boy or girl could give the answer with
out batting an eyelash. Here is the
manner in which he conveys his mean.
ing without mentioning any names:
I'm Pittsburgh is an old friend Of mine,
an astronomer, who at thirty or forty
was known as master Of his chosen
field. He has hardly any money. But
I'd give up mine If l could be a su-
premely great scientist like that man."
Mr.. Schwab predicated his guessing
contest with the statement that riches
do not bring wealth, although brains
do. You get your real enjoyment out
Of life If you possess brains, the ability
to do productive, creative work." he
said.-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-06-16
Concrete to Hold Back Water.

Concrete will be extensively made
use of in the future in the revetment
work on the shores Of the Mississippi
river, taking the place of the willow
mats which have been used for some
time with considerable success. These
mats are effective enough in protect.
ing the banks against the action of
the current. but they are difficult, te-
dious and time-consuming to weave
and sink in place. The cement proc
ess has been developed by investiga-
tors of the United States bureau of
standards, who have found that a
four per cent addition of calcium
chloride to the mixing water increases
the strength of the concrete at the
age Of one day by 100 per cent or
more. In some cases the strength of
the. concrete in which the calcium
chloride was, at the age of two days,
was rs per cent or more of the
strength normally attained in one
month. This rapid hardening is what
has made the concrete available for
the work of combining the wandering
Missouri river to it's banks.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-06-16
Human Sacrifices,

In battle the Aztecs strove to save
life so that they could use their pris-
oners as human sacrifices to the got.S.
They had the art of ambush reduced to
such a science that it was nothing un-
usual for them to bring home $4,000
prisoners after u campaign. Their bat
ties were not fought for the sake OF
any principle. nor yet to gain territory.
They fought in order to capture prison.
ers, and the hot headed young soldiers
were given wooden swords. for fear
they might In the heat Of battle unwit-
tingly STAY foe. A dead enemy was
already dead. and hence of 10 value
for sacrificiai purposes. Were the Az
tees humans? Well, not so that you
could notice But their destruction of
prisoners on the affairs of their beauti-
ful temples WIS done in the name Of
religion and hence not reprehensible.-,
St Louis GlobeDemocrat
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-06-16
STRICT ETIQUETTE IN KOREA
ern Eyes Are There Looked Upon
as the Proper Thing.

A recent Washington dispatch de-
clares that good many changes have
taken place in Korean manners and
etiquette since the Japanese came into
control.
A Girls High school was esta blished
at Seoul in 1908, and the girls who
were admitted, 81 in number, were the
daughters Of noblemen. The teachers
were women at first, but as the needs
of the school grew and became more
exacting, few male instructors were
appointed. The community in gen.
eral, and the pupils parents in par.
ticular, were enraged, alleging that
it was an objectionable offense for
men to enter the gate of a girls
school, If they were teachers.
The school authorities, therefore
made a concession that the male
teachers should veil their faces when
they passed the gate Of the school
1t is an absurd evasion, but the stu.
dents parents were satisfied with it.
Some of the girls are attended by two
or three chaperons, or maids, even
when at their studies.-Youth's Com.
panion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-06-16
Animal and Plan. "a. In erin..

Just west of Promontory Point sta
uon, Utah. Is a pond cut OF from the
Great Salt lake by the railroad en-
bankment At times Of high water In
the lake this reservoir 6lls by percola-
ton through the embankment, but dur
ing the summer this water Is c0ncen-
trated to a brine by evaporation The
deep pink color OF the brine Is 8 pho
nomenon that appears In salt ponds
generally when certain concentration
is reached In the salt ponds Of San
Francisco bay this color is due to Q
certain bacillus which lives in satu-
rated brines and also In the heaps Of
salt as It is. piled for drainage and
shipment. Prohibitive to life as such
an environment might be considered.
strong natural brines are, In fact in
habited by Il number of minute organ
isms. animals as well as plants. Tine
pink color disappears in winter or
when fresh water is introduced into
the pond.-united States Geological
Survey.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-06-16
Leap Year Guile,

When young Popshaw called round
at Acacia Villa on a recent evening
he found Angelina wearing worry
lines on her forehead.
20 Arthur" she said, II had such
a terrible dream last night"
Silly little girl."s answered Pop
shaw blindly. Fancy letting q dream
bring wrinkles to such a sweet face
Dreams always 60 by contrary, you
know"
"Oh." she cried, in tones Of relief
I'm SO pleased to hear that"
pray, what was this terrible dream
pet?" blundered Popshaw.
"W-well, Arthur" she stammered
with a vain assumption Of maidenly
coyness, II dreamt I wasn't going to
be Mrs. Popshaw."
There was no help for it then. Pop
shaw simply had to pop"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-06-16
N PRAISE OF THE oNlt'n
enc Writer, at Least, Brave Enough
to Defend the HeaIthful But
Odorous Vegetable.

Why Is it that so beautiful and de-
licious vegetable as an onion causes
such horror among humankind when II
has once been consumed?
Why is 1t that ones wife shudders
when she sees her husband gnawing
ut the juicy interior of big Bermuda,
when the scientific chaps so strongly
recommend the onion as a most
healthful and proper form of grub?
Why-oh, why-does an onion taste
50 much differently in the morningi
Nobody knows!
There are few people who abso-
lutely detest the mere idea Of an on.
Ion, but the antagonistic attitude ia
generally a precautionary measure.
Many people would like to eat on.
ions, II they dared, and only refrain
from doing so when under heavy
pressure. They are told that the odor
Of mild and companioncble onion
upon ones breath stamps him as one
Of the rabble.
II he reeks with the perfume of a
15-cent cigar It II o. K. Likewise It
Is all right II he has been reveling in
some of the more deadly varieties Of
cheese, but as for the onion-never!
Onions are mighty handy vegeta-
bles in the kitchen Of the elite, and
are used to flavor most salads and
dressings and things, where they are
duly appreciated, but, like the com.
mon workingman, while useful about
the house, they must not be brought
into the drawing room unless in dis.
guise.
This outrage against the onion
spring. Bermuda and Spanish-when
properly studied, is likely to make q
socialist Of almost anyone.
Vive ponion!-Omaha World-Her
aid
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-06-16
Church Directory.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOUTH.
Every Sunday at II A. NJ. aud 7:3t
2. M. Rev. ). r. JACOBS.
Pastor
PRESBYTERIAN.
Woodstock--Every Sunday II A
NJ. and 1880 P. M, except2nd Sunda,
Mt. Jackson-Second Sunday II a
Nj. and 7.30 p. NJ.
New Market-2nd Sunday at 3 p. m,
REV. J. A. MCMURRAY.
Pastor
LUTHERAN.
Every Sunday II A. NJ and 7.3C
P. NJ. Rev. S. w. KUHNS, Pastor.
CHRISTIAN.
Second Sunday, II A. M. and 7.3C
P Nj. REV. j. D. HAMAKER
EPISCOPAL
There will be services in the Epis-
coral Church on End and 4th Sunda. 6
1t Il A. NJ, and on lst and 3rd Sun
days at P. M.
Rev. G. B. PALMER, Rector.
REFORMED
ST. Paul's Woodstock-2d and 18th
sundays Am. Every Sunday night
Calvary-1st and Bird SUNDAYS A M.
Rev NJ M. NOACKER. Pastor.
Services will be held at the follow.
places
WHITE CHAPEL
Preaching every LIST Sunday 1896
a. m. 3rd Sunday 7:45 p. m.
Sunday school, every Sunday 9:3(
a. m. Epworth League. every Wed.
nesday 7:45 p. m.
OAK LEVEL
Preaching I'd Sunday 1880 a. m.
4th Sunday 1870 p. m. Sunday schoc
every Sunday $50 a. m.
SLATE HILL
Preaching Bird Sunday 1880 a. n.
ELMER P. SLOANE, P. c..
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-06-16
SETTLED A KNoTN POINT
sity Has Made Somewhat I'm.
portant Decision.

On what day does one become Of
age?
This question was suggested by q
story in the Missourian which told
how couple had to wait "a hours for
marriage license, because they ap-
piled on the day before the prospective
brides eighteenth birthday anniver.
sary.
OF course no one thinks of having
. birthday celebration on any day ex.
cept the anniversary, but. according to
Manley o. Hudson, professor Of law
in the university. persons age
changes legally the first instant of the
day before the anniversary of his birth
day.
THE reason" said Professor Hud-
son, is that it is not convenient to
count the fractions of day as would
have to be done in case the change
were determined by the exact time the
person was born. On the day before
ones birthday, one has completed an
even number of years of life, and 1t is
figured that the age changes on that
day. Missourian.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-06-16
Test Eor n Eieid Giass.

Inquiry has 1t that the absolute and
lnfallible test of field glass by the
purchaser is to see what size letters
can be read across the street from the
opticians shop
It isn't The real test is to climb up
a long and bushy hill until the breath
comes a hundred to the minute, then
snatch for the glass, reposing in a
shirt pocket. to see whether the buck
Is the one you want before you fire.
If 1t won't go In your shirt pocket 1t
Is not the glass you want; Others are
made that viii. If it shakes In your
agitated hands it is not the glass you
want You cannot see enough more
with high power glass to pay for
the times when 1t Is unusable, because
you cannot hold 1t steady
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-06-16
Geographical Changes.

Biologists tell US that during the
Eocene era. when the shores of the
Gulf of Mexico lay considerably farther
inland than at the present time, a long.
baylike extension Of the gulf filled the
present valley of the Mississippi up tc
the mouth of the Ohio, says bulletin
Of the United States geological survey.
The boundaries Of this ancient bay
were not stationary. but shifted slowly
back and forth from time to time. 80
that open sea was gradually replaced
by brackish water. and this by swamps
and peat boys. The succeeding ad.
vance of the sea buried these old peat
boys beneath accumulations Of clay
sand and sea shells