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The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-03-16

little details have all been buried by
and bullets. But some idea OF the in
tensity of the struggle may be had
from the stories told by those who took
part and who have returned to Ger
many and France from the battle front.
One Shell Wrecks Fort.
The Berlin Tageblatt correspondent
duction of Fort DouaUmont:
'The giant block OF cement and steel
armor plate that was Douaumont lies
In ruins. A second fort not far OF
blew up. just as did Fort Loncin at
Liege. as the result Of a single large
calibered shell crashing through to the
ammunition magazine.
THE organization of the attack on
the north front Of Verdun was a mas
terpiece In itself Preparations OF vast
extent had first TO be carried out In
complete concealment from the enemy
II the fight against the invincible for
tress was TO succeed
ITO the great distances over which
heavy artillery had to be taken with
out using railways were superadded
the great difficulties resulting from con-
hnuously bad weather and the conse.
quent condition of roads Hundreds
of men had first To build good roads.
Another of the difficulties was the
proper laying OF the beds on which the
great guns rest and on whose tirmness
depends in the first line the accuracy
Of our heavy guniire. How unbeliev-
ably accurate was their fire Is now
known.
Prisoners said that the effect of our
artillery was indescribably frightful.
Nobody could hold out long against IT,"
Battle In the Lake.
Another correspondent at the Ger.
man headquarters says:
THE Meuse valley In many places
had been transformed into n lake by
Hoods. The woods ON the rolling
Meuse heights, everywhere sown with
barbed wire entanglements. are mown
down by artillery. The battle-ground
Is distorted by explosions. The cap
tured French trenches. which had I'M
dereOne severe bOmbardment, had
been very extensively developed. but
showed signs of less secure construc-
ton than ours.
Contrary 10 assertions which have
been made, the heavy snowstorm did
not stop the progress OF the battle In
the slightest degree. Our artillery cor
tinued to lire uninlerruptedly through
the veil Of SNOW. Toward middayNhe
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-03-16
French Work New Maneuver.

Then came the infantry In great
numbers. During the next two days
he fighting waxed fercer and tlercer.
AT first fourteen German corps
were engaged. then sixteen and finally
seventeen corps (3i00O0 mem. Tho
French command at this point carried
out maneuycr which will be recorded
as a masterpiece In military history.
The German movements had been
made under the cover OF woods. In
ravines and patiently prepared com.
municating trenches n the French
had tried 10 keep In touch with the
enemy they would have been more or
less In the dark and the operation OF
their own artillery greatly hampered.
III the Germans had been only fif-
teen yards away the French could have
been submerged by the attack. provid.
Ell the attacking forces were prepared
10 make any sncrihce. hut the distance
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-03-16

being 1900 yards there was litth
chance against the opposing artillery.
The French troops were accordingly
swung back to positions from which
they could see the Germans approach
Ing over exposed ground.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-03-16
Front Reduced to Nine Miles.

The effect was that the immediate
front OF the attack. which was origi
nally twenty-five miles In extent, was
reduced to nine miles. but even this
soon proved too wide. The German
losses were 50 great that the attack
could not be Kept up at all points.
"0n Friday. the critical day. the front
was reduced to six miles and then to
five. ON Monday. Feb. %. the offen
sive dwindlcd to fragmentary attacks"
The following description Of the
French retreat from Ornes, six miles
northeast Of vcrdun. was given by n
wounded French soldier who was In
the engagement: -
ON the 2ist we $, ed giving ground.
with the Germansht our heels. No
sooner had we trnversed Ornes, nring
as we went and taken the road to Mon.
court than our artillery opened on the
advancing Germans. I've seen some
bloody lighting In this war. but they
were only sham battles compared with
this conflict. Shell after shell ripped
gaps In the German lines.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-27
AUSTRIAN BLOWS OFF
HEAD IN NEWPORT NEWS
Coppersmith Said to Have Been
Despondent Because Wife
Left Him.

Newport News. Sept, 26.--Frank
Ramosch, aged forty years, a copper
smith. was found with the top Of his
head blown off by a pistol which he still
grtpped in his lifeless hand about 5
o'clock yesterday afternoon at his
rooming house. 21o Forty-third Street.
Coroner 3. r. Gary said the man had
been dead several hours. The police
found 1881 IN cash in Ramosch's
room.
Coroner Gary said that Ramosch's
wife left him several years ago and
since that time he had been despon-
dent and several times had threatened
to take his life. Report has 1t that
Rarnosch went back TO Austria, his
native home, to visit his family and
that his wife ran away with another
man while he was away
Several letters from Austria were
found the dead mans trunk. None
Of them were of recent date. which
exploded the theory that Ramosch
killed himself because OF the proba-
bility OF his people having been killed
during the severe fighting now raging
in Austria.
II Ia believed that Ramosch shot
himself Sunday evening while the
other occupants of the house were al
dinner. He had been dead a Ions
time when discovered. so long that
Coroner Gary could only approximate
the time.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-27
MEMS BIBLE CLASSES
IN QUARTERLY SESSION

Suffolk. Sept. 26.---A body OF men
mems Bible classes of tho various
Sunday Schools OF the city, met at
the Baptist Church under the aus
pices OF the INSTRUMENTATION Bible
Class Union in It's quarterly session.
The main auditorium of the church,
beautifully decorated for the occasion,
was Allied to overlooking to hear an
address by DIR. w. J Young, profess
sor Of philosophy and psychology of
Richmond College The classes rep
resented were from the Main-Street
Methodist. Christian. Baptist, Presby-
terrain, st. Psuls Episcopal. Oxford
Methodist and Bethlehem Christian
Churches and men OF every profess
sion of life were there. all meeting
on n common level-~tudEes, Congress
men, lawyers, doctors, business men,
farmers. carpenters, hricklayers. COM
mon laborers. and artisans OF all
classes of trade--meeting on an equal
ity, with the same high purposes and
aims.
Hersey Woodward. teacher Of the
Bible class of the Christian Church
presided. and John X Hutton, teach
er of the business mems class OF the
Baptist Church, introduced the speak
or A six-piece orchestra. accom- pan
/ led on the piano by Mrs. Rogers, made
the music.
DR.. Young's subject WAS The Spirit
of the Cross. or. the Uplifted Christ.
based upon the Scripture, And l. Il
I be lifted up"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-27
PRAISES ROANOKE'S
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

Roanoke. Va. Sept 3s.-Ths Roa~
noke City Health Department has been
declared one Of the most effective ana
thorough organizations OF its kind In
the State by DR.. w. A. Plecker. STATE
registrar. DR.. Plecker visited the city
some time ago. and. after inspecting
the workings OF the local Health De-
partment. declared II second to none
in the Common wealth. With the prob.
able exception of one city. Roanoke
possesses the most modern and up-
to-date health protection system In
Virginia
1t is incumbent upon the Health
Department to keep records and sta.
tistics Of all births, deaths, contagious
diseases diaries, markets, weights
and measures. and the garbage de-
partment. There are a number Of
o. her matters which come under the
supervision OF the health officers,
such as laboratory reports on milk
and water, on diphtheria, typhoid fe-
yer, tuberculosis and many other dis.
eases, and ailments which threatens
the good health of the community.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-27
NEW SYSTEM OFREVENUE
RAIDING INAUGURATED
Highly Successful Raid Conducted Last Week in Patrick
County With Minimum of Hazard to Officers and It Is
Believed, Lasting Results to Department.

Roanoke, Va, Sept. 26.-Following
a policy recently adopted and which
1t is believed will prove highly effec-
tive within the next few months, Reve-
nue. Agent s. r. Brame, of Richmond,
and a force of deputy collectors and
special employees operating in Patrick
County from Wednesday to Friday.
book ten complete Illicit distilling out
fits, spilled $500 gallons Of beer and
made at least one arrest after a long
and exciting chase. Two OF the plants
were in operation.
Officers operating with the revenue
agent were Deputy Collectors H @.
Stultz, G. O. Monday. J. D. Hylton. C.
w. Woleman, Special Gauger c. P.
Carter. Special Employees T. r. Ross
and Fl. B. Stebbins.
This was the first extensive opera
ton along the lines laid down in the
revenue agents newly adopted policy
The plan will be pursued until all
Southwest Virginia, where efforts
against Illicit whiskey -making have
cost the Government millions of dol
lars and not a few lives of officers
in past years, is freed of the bugaboo
of the Internal Revenue Department
Go for Men High Up"
Briefly stated. the new plan, de-
signed to go to the very fountain-he cad
of Illicit distilling. Is nothing more
than an ultimatum so sharp, so we'll
based and so we'll presented that Its
acceptance so far is proving general
and it is believed by officers that 1t
will continue to prove SO until all the
heretofore troublesome territory in
the mountain country will have been
cleared of blockade whiskey manufac-
ture.
There is no raiding No shooting
No particularly hard feeling engen-
dered between officers and offenders
Just a plain statement Of facts to the
men higher up'-so plain that they
appear quickly to see the handwrit-
ing on the wall and express q will
ingness to follow the. safe course and
quit making liquor or being respon-
sible for its making
For years Federal officers have been
coming more and more to realize that
the unfortunates who yearly are
brought to court to suffer fines or
imprisonment for Illicit distilling op-
erations were merely tools in mercs.
nary hands. Under the new plan of
campaign it is towards these direct
ing influences that the officers are
pointing their efforts
Quietly. without trouble or friction,
the officers set about to locate all
fountain heads of Illicit operations.
Then they put the whole matter up
to headquarters. viii you quit, or
must we act drastically?" is the ul-
timatum delivered when the case Is
made and the burden is on the de-
Tense.
It usually meets with ready acquies-
cence
No outfits are delivered. hand to
hand. but the officers receive a quiet
tip as to the location of an outfit
They know TO a practical certainty
that this information is authentic, vol
untary for the moment and that
there will he no defenders of copper
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-27
STATE CONVENTION Of
v. c. I. U. IN TAztWELL
People of Pretty Southwest
Town.
PROGRAM is INTERESTING.
Number of Distinguished Guests and
Fratcrnal Delegates to he Presented
TO Convention Today-Jubilcc Night
Tonight.

Tazewell, Va. Sept. 26.-This pretty
session OF an invading host this even
Ing and the capitulauon has been
marked by splendid courtesy and
grace. The political battles between
the Republicans and the Democrats Of
the famous Ninth Congressional Dis
trict while hever wage with intense ac-
tivity and hold the stage as n popu-
lar attraction arc for the nonce for
gotten IN Tazewell today, as the partt-
sans of both parties vie with each
other in welcoming the coming OF
tho White Ribbon army. The recep-
ton committee OF the hostess local
union have met all incoming trains
and escorted the delegates and WIS.,
ltors TO their homes. Many OF the
guests from other general divisions
OF the State have not visited this
beautiful southwest before and all are
charmed with the picturesque scenery
and the cordially OF the reception
rendered them The town is pretty
and It's situation Is splendid.
The Richmond contingent left home
at $50 Monday morning. and after
A ton hours delightful journey on
the Norfolk and Western Road. spent
the night ar Bluefcld and came
htther this morning
The convention was called to order
at 8 o'clock tonight by State Presi-
dent Mrs. Howard NJ. HoRe. Devo-
tional exercises were conducted by
Rev. r. p. Plat. Tho remainder of
the nights program was special music
by local talent; addresses OF welcome
for the Southwest, by Hon. J. p.
Rozal for the town, by Mayor II w.
Hawthorne; for the churches, by Rev.
w L Bullard; for the schools. by J.
r. Martin; for tho Anti-Saioon
League, by Rev. c. r. Brown for the
local w. c. r. U. by Mrs. Sallie Har-
rison; for the County w. c. IT. t.,
Mrs. w O. O'Brien; solo, by Mrs.
A. s. Hisginbotham response to well
como, by Mrs. DIR. w J. Maybee, Of
Chesterfield: doxologv
Present Distinguished Guests.
Tomorrow morning the convention
will get down to business when the
report Of the executive committee will
be read, review OF the years
work presented and reports received
from all the State officers and de-
partmental superintendents.
In the afternoon there wifi be an
Introduction Of and remarks by dis
| tinguished guests and fraternal dele
gates, including Mrs. George ST. Clair
| president OF the Woman's Club; Mrs
| Mary O'Keefe, Of the u. d. C, Mrs
| Lncy Tyner, president Civic League'
| Mrs. John St, Clair, president Meth
odist Missionary Society; Mrs. Rose
! Kiaer. president Baptist Missionary
+ Soci ETY.; Mrs d. r. Hurley, Of the
Young Peoples Society of the Meth
odist Church; Mrs. Ella Bowen, o.
the Young Peoples Society of The
| Presbyterian Church.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-27
EVERY SUNDAY EXCURSIONS
To NORFOLK

Via Norfolk and Western Railway
will be discontinued after next Sun
day, October /. Just one more trip.
Take advantage. $3.50 round trip.
Leave Byrd Street Station $40 and
800 A. NJ
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-27
and ingredients when the deputies
visit the scene.
| Enuirment vr&tcriv Dc~.-o,,aa

and ingredients when the deputies
visit the scene.
Equipment Utterly Destroyed.
When the visit Is over there Is
nothing left. Fermenters are burned
every particle of minor equipment Is
effectually destroyed and the copper
instead Of being "deviled" full Of
woods, Is brought In, as well as all
sheet copper that may be found in
hands not thoroughly trustworthy
in the view OF the officers. There il
nothing left with which to start OPP
erations again and with the prom
Uses OF the former offenders tfat they
are done, the officers believe an end
to their years of trouble is in sight
especially since drastic steps are taken
to prevent material for a new plant
reaching law-breaking hands.
Some time within the next few
weeks, perhaps. there is going to be a
sudden increase in the available sup
ply Of copper in Roanoke, and copper
is long since classed along with gold
and silver as q precious metal. be-
cause of abnormal demand due to war
needs. All the copper secured by the
officers Is going to be brought to Roa-
noke in carload lots and so disposed
of that 1t will be almost as far from
the channels of Illicit distilling as II
II remained in the ore.
Field officers who spent the past
week in Patrick County returned to
the work this week in the same gen.
eral section. 1t is said by persons in
a position to know that all South
west and Western Virginia will be
subjected to similar campaign be-
tween now and the first OF next year
and the belief is confidently expressed
that by January l Virginia will be dry
In fact so far as the blockade variety
of liquor Is concerned.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-27
jubilee Nxhs.

SUukG NAEuN-
Tomorrow night will be .Jubiiee
Night" when the prcsident's annual
address will be read, jubilee songs
sung. short talks by presidents OF
counties having made a net gain in
membership and presentation OF
honor badges to unions having made
n net gain of twenty-five or more.
Thursday mornings program COM
prises symposium, How my depart
ment will help make prohibition ef-
fectve," addresses by the superinten-
dent OF the several departments OF
medical temperance, scientific tenn
perance instruction. Sunday School
work. temperance literature. etc.
Other Features.
Among other features OF the con-
vention, which will be In session four
days, will be an essay contest. n tenn
perance cantata- grand gold medal
contest. a young peoples night, illus
trated lecture on The story of a great
enterprise" matron's gold medal con-
test, various symposiums providing
for every phase of the w. G. T. L.
work. report Of resolutions commit
tee mapping out work for the year.
election of State officers and delegates
10 the national convention, which
meets in Indianapolis next month
The business sessions are held in
the Presbyterian Church and the night
exercises in the opera house, which
has been decorated for the occasion.
Decorations and banners of well
come abound and It Is evident that
Tazeweii Is glad the convention Is
here and the convention Is likewise
glad. Good news is brought from
every section Of the State, and 1t is
evident that the white rlbboners will
never relax their efforts until the
drink curse IL driven from their fair
land
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-27
Engagement Announced.

MI. and Mrs Robert Hackott an
nounce the engagement and approach
ing marriage Of their daughter, Co.
rhine. to Horace Rutledge Powell. son
OF Mr.. and Mrs Joseph F. Powell. also
Of this city. The wedding will DO cele-
brated early IN October
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-27
TIME AND TIDE
WAIT ON No MAN
Neither Does Opportunity. and Soon the
Great Vote Getting Period of The
Richmond yirgtnian's Petersburg
Subscription Campaign VIII Have
Passed,

Have you counted the days7 Just
eleven of them. Have you seen or com
-Anunicatsd " tn all of your friends, I'M
tho period which closes at 0 p. NJ. o.
tobar - Do they understand that their
subscriptions and their efforts mean
more to you now than at any other
time during the campaign.
Have you made and are you now
making that determined. persistent eff
fort that the reward In this period war
rants7 Do you realize tho absolute
importance of opportunity period?
Don't you know that T. Is possible and
even probable that the candidate who
gets the greatest number of extra votes
by o'clock Saturday night October
r Will be a prize winner. and maybe
the grand prize winner Perseverance,
spells success.
Perseverance IS that form of energy
" INCH cra bles us 10 develop sufficient
strength Of will never to be disoour-
aged hy the labor we have to face in
accom- pl5shing what we set out to do.
Practically speaking. everything sue
ceeds for tho person who has WILL
can ever come to = successful deter
nination in the hands Of a person who
ignores his opportunity Of
making every favorable slant of for
tune serve his purpose, Now is your
candidates. Don't ignore
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-27
NORFOLK PLANNING MILL
IS DESTROYED BY FIRE
Spectacular blaze Levels Big Plant,
Causing Loss Of approximately
$4,000.

Norfolk, Sept 26.-Twcnty-f five
thousand dollars Is conservative
estimate OF the damage caused by the
ore which destroyed the planning mill
Of the :. f Etheridge Llnoer Com
pany's plant alongside the Norfolk
and Western RAILROAD, north OF Jack
son Park Sunday. The damage is
partly covered by insurance. The
origin Of the blaze is unknown.
The FIRE was discovered IN tho plan
ing mill Sunday morning about
1910 O'Clock by the colored watch
man A telephone message called out
Company No. Of the Fire Depart
r1ent, When Chief r. F. McIAugh-
lin reached the scene, the planning
mill was enveloped IN a mass of
flames Recognizing the imrn1neI%
peril of the adjacent lumber yards
and warehouses. he turned in a second
and a third alarm, calling ont Com
panies s, 2 and 6,
The untirlng efforts OF the flremen
prevented the blaze from gaining
Roadway In the piles or wood ans
lumber 10 tho south of the burning
building. although II appeared at sew
eral times that II would he inpos-
sib!e TO save them. Sone Of the
stacked wood was charred The big
warehouse 10 the north OF the plan
Ing mill was also seriously threatened
by the flames The planning mill was
burned TO the ground
The mill that was destroyed was a
two-story frame structure built of
pine, and had tin roof. 1t was
erected about twenty years ago, The
fire Sunday was the first one of a
serious nature That the J. r.
Etheridge Lumber Company has had,
w. r Santos, president of the com
pnny. said that modern brick build
ing would be built In the place OF
the one that was burned.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-27
To Entertain at Dinner.
Interesting House Party.

Miss ESQ WAITS, daughter of Mrs
Arthur r. T 14sokie, whose wedding
to Thomas A Cassidy, Jr.. win be
celebrated this evening. has been en-
Pertaining house party for the past
week AZ her home in Belair. Nd. A
number of handsome functions have
been giVen for her guests who are:
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Forsythe and
Mr.. and Mrs Francis L Wright, Of
Baltimore: Miss Ursula Harrison. Of
"BeFvoir." Loudoun County, Va; Miss
Josephine Tunstall Smith. Of paIti-
more; Edward Ellsworth. Of New YORK
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene = du Pout Mr.
and Mrs, Francis Written, and Baron
Niles, all Of Wilmington Mise Marie
Yearley and Miss Bernice Bercna. OF
Phiia delph5a
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-27

evening was the theatre party given
by Mr. and Mrs. Coleman WORKMAN In
honor ~ Mise Alice Burweil Reed a
bride OF next week, and her guests,
Miss Elizabeth Carroll. Of New Or
leans. and Miss Josephine Dawson, OF
Houston. Tex The party witnessed
the performance OF Watch Your
Step at the Academy of Music and
later went to the Commonwealth Club
for supper. Those present besides Mr..
and Mrs. Workman and their honor
guests were Miss Anne Myers, Charles
G., Harris. Richard Workman, John
Cecil and DR.. Robert s. Preston.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-27

An interesting event of this week
VIII be the opening recital of the
Richmond Conservatory OF Music at
John Marshall auditorium tomorrow
evening al $50 O'Clock.
Mas Clar.ce Marshall Bibb one OF
Richmond's most brilliant and popu-
lar pianists, Will play MncDoweIs ia
NOUS Kettle Sonata. The program In
4 eauden several beautiful selections
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-27
Farewell Party.

On Mouday evening the Misses Mar
garet and Elizabeth Poe Hart. Of
South Laurel Street, were hostesses at
delightful parry Tho affair was
given in honor Of their departure for
Washington. where they will resume
their studies this season.
Those present We're Misses Mary
8. join, Irene Tyree. Mary Victoria
Southall ana Marion and Genevteve
Clark Hart; Lawrence Meyers, VII
liam southall, AUBREY Calhoun, Roger
Freeman, Spencer. George and Cor
oon Hart Bruce and Jack Wells.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-27
PROMINENT Encngerne1,t.

Or. and Mrs william p. Anderson
have announced the engQ cement of
their daughter. Dorothy. 10 John Man
ming Rattle. % New York, con % GHs-
ton Rattle. q Rocky Mount. ~. G. Miss
Andersen made her formal bow 10 New
York society AZ a dance given by her
parents st the Metropolitan Club two
seasons aEo. Mr.. Battle, who is at
fached 10 the District Attorneys Of
fee IN New York. is a nephew OF
George Gordon BATTLE, No date has
been set FOR TIE wedding
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-27

played by pupils OF the conservatory.
Miss Lawrence, Of the American Con-
servatory. will he heard In Richmond
for the first time.
The public Is cordially invited 70
attend.