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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21
BRITiSH TRENCHES OCCUPIED
ny GERMAN TRnOU

bhfl.iN. April 20 (via Lonuon) -
British trenches for distance OF GOO
meters between LanEemarck and
Nprcs. Belgium. have been occupied
pE German troops. according to tho
official statement given out at the army
headquarters day
The official statement says:
wv cstcrn front: In the Ypres salient
German patrols succeeded at several
points in penetrating the English
trenches. In one instance on the high
road between Lane cmarcx aud Ypres
they occupied about Gn0 meters of tho
eheny's positions, and firmly main
tanned them against several grenade
attacks NJ this point and near
Wteltjc and south OF Yprcs the num-
Der OF prisoners taken amounted AL
t"Scther TO ono officer and. los men
we also captured two machine guns
East OF Tracy Mont quantity
OF gas directed by the enemy last
night against our trenches only spread
into tho trenches of The French them
selves
I'm the Meuse sector the enemy d.
rerted lively artillery fire against
the positions which we had captured
from lam on the east bank of the
river
III Tue t"iiir:tr wood u preparatory
artillery fire OF the enemy devclopcd
toward evening int" "A strong attack
III Il s"licnt corner the attack reached
mi" our trenches. Otherwise, il was
FePuiSe" with heavy. sanguinnry losses
|" Tue French y few prisoners also
We're taken.
"ln the Woevre piaiu and on ,b.
Nils east of Nerdun. an artillery
battle is being continued with The
greatest violence by both sides. but
there has been no infantry activity.
Eastern and Balkan theatcrs: .rh.re
~ nothing to report"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21
"aikcr-Dirckhcnd.

Special To The Times Dispatch
CHARLOTTESVILLE VA. Anril %
T. W. Walker and Miss Sallic Masru-
der Birckhead, OF Profit. this county.
wero married this morning at the par
sonaSe OF the First Methodist Church,
Rev. L. I. Williams officiating.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21
NEGROES PLEA FOR LIFE
AVAlLS HIM NOTHING
Continued from First Pagc.)

Oh the CIR! assaulted. and at whose
house the prisoner spent the night be-
fore the assault, AMI from whom the
gun with which he terrorizcd tho chill
dren was borrowed, was asked IL he
could identify the negro. lie replied
y es. dar he is and pointing a finger
OF scorn at the prisoner. said directly
70 MN: You are Il mean niger; YOU
lied 10 me: YOU told Inc you was a
good man and Il member Of the church
and would do nothing wrong"
The Judge and lawyers called to Cook
TO stop. but old Jim had his say be-
fore he could be hushed up. The hon
esty and straightforwardness or the old
darky made OF him one of the hest
witnesses and impressed all with his
sincerity.
Another dramatic incident took place
when the twelre-year-oid brother Of
the negrn's victim was asked 10 iden-
fifty the accused from among the sew
'eral negroes sitting in row. He first
pointed to the prisoner, and. upon he
ing asked TO go close TO the one he
pointed at. walked up to Williams and
putting his hnger upon his head. said:
This is the one" When the boy
touched the head of the prisoner with
his finger the man was seen to shudder
as with a chill. ~ murmur OF satis-
faction ran through the courtroom
when this scene was enacted.
The girl upon whom the assault was
committed was not brought to court
as witness, il being deemed unneces-
sary to subject her either to the gaze
OF the crowd or the ordeal of reciting
the occurrence. as her sister and bro
ther were both eycwitnesscs to tho
crime. When her sister was placed
upon the stand the room was cleared
OF NIL except officials and newspaper
mon. Her mother was allowed 10 sit
with her while she was giving In her
testimony.
Immediately after the trial the pris-
oner was placed in an automobile and
the return trip to Richmond was he
gun. The prisoner was brought up By
automobile from that city last night.
reaching the courthouse about 5
o'clock this morning
NEW JURY SUMMONED
TO CORRECT INDICTMENT
After the beginning Of tho trial i,
was discovered that the indictment
stated that the assault was committed
upon the sister, the Commemorative
attorney having gotten her name in
stead of the name of the girl actually
assaulted.
A new grand jury was at once sum-
moned from the crowd and a new in
dictment was brought in. This de-
layed the trial considerably. as every
preliminary had to be gone over again.
The case finally was given to the
jury ri 4;95 and the verdict WAS re-
turned in thirteen minutes
In making his address to the iury
the Commemorative attorney conara-
tulated tho people Of the county on
the very orderly manner in which they
had conducted themselves during the
tying o'dcal through which they had
passed, and especially on the good or
der prevailing during the trial.
Sheriff Sullivan, of Nottoway County
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21
JUDGE SMITH BADLY INJURED
WHEN CAR TURNS OVER

Especial to The Times Dispatch
WILLIAMSBURG. VA. April 20
While driving his car from his home
in yorktown to WILLIAMSBURG thI,
morning Judge Sydney Smith was bad
~ injured about the back and spine
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21

Sheriff Sullivan. of Nottoway County.
brought the prisoner TO the Henrico
County Jail last night shortly after 9
O'Clock, arriving by the Norfolk and
Western train from Nottoway Court
house. He will be held in thazj hero
for safekceping until taken to tho
penitcntiary.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21
Going DoUn
the Line
at Berry's

How about this Berry
Suit for the younger
element, with it's small
pointed lapels, and it's
touch Of distinction at
t n e cuffs? this
clean-cut arrangement
whose lines are as clean
and as smooth as a close
shave?'-and here's an
other model of the same
sort, cunningly design
ed for men of robust
build who want to look
leaner than they are
and deceive the town!
and what snap and
style radiate from this,
the new Berry pleated-
back Suit, which is a
busin ess proposition
with a strain of sport
ing blood thrown in!
and so on, ad infinitum,
which is Latin for lati-
tude and then some!-
m O d e S innumerable,
fabrics without end,
colors everlasting, and
style incarnate - they
are great, and that's all
there is to it, and if you
are seeking the unusual
in clothes Berry's is
your only hopel
Popular Prices
SIS, $40, $25, to SIS.
.E@e
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-21
RUSSIAN TROOPS
ARRIVE IN FRANCE
TO ASSIST ALLIES
Continued from lfirst Ia

In. France. ! bow before the Russian
Hags, upon which there soon will I've
inscribed the glorious names OF our
victories
No exact details are yet available re-
garding the number of Russian troops
brought in They will be used TO MI
In gaps on tho western front caused
by the recen, tshting.
Tho arrival Of these soldiers has
made a profound impression in France.
which is deeply moved by this mani
feBtatiun OF Tussia's good will in the
substantial form OF lighting men
Their arrival is regarded here as an
event of Erea, Importance and of
significance, both from n military and
political standpoint. 1t represents
realization Of hopes aroused early in
the war by reports that large bodies
Of Russians .were coming.
The Russisns came on a great
fottlla Of transports. Not single
word OF their coming was permitted
to become generally known until they
actually had concluded the journey. and
were landing on French soil.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-18
Mountain Districts Pro-
vide Best Education, Sen
ate Committee Hears.
BENEVOLENCE PLEA
RAPED BY EXPERT
PIoughing Barren Farm with
Brindle Bull Better than Work
in Cotton Factory.
fTrom The Tribune Bureau

Washington, Feb. 17.-An atmos"
phere fairly reeking with benevolence,
sketched by the eXploiters of chlld
labor in Southern cotton mills TO the
Senate Committee on Interstate Com
merce, was blown away this afternoon
BY a fresh, vigorous breeze straight
from the North Carolina mountains, as
W. II. Swift, agent Of the National
Child Labor Committee, began his testl'
mony.
Mr.. Swift was born and reared IN
Wautauga County, in the heart OF the
mountains. lie went TO a mountain
school before going to the state uni
versity. where he was graduated with
honors; was superintendent OF city
schools for Greensboro, y. c., for sew
eral years. and is an acknowledged
authority on educational matters in his
own state With few figures drawn
from recent state ard county reports
he dissipated the claim Of the cotton
mills as the advance agent Of education
He proved not only that the rural com
munities Of North Carolina were a long
way ahead Of the mill communities as
regards school enrolment and school
attendance, but that the mills, with
their claim upon the services of the
child as soon rs the twelfth year was
reached, were mainly responsible for
the illiteracy Of the white children OF
the state.
incidentally, Mr. Swift exploded the
theory that life for the child is harder
on the farm than in the mill. He was
New-York tribune., 1916-02-18
SUFFRACISTS WANT
BILL RECONSIDERED
Mrs. Rocssing Says House Com
mittee Should Vote Again.


Washington, Feb. l7.-Pointing out
that members Of the House Judiciary
Committee who opposed woman suf-
frage instead Of voting in the recent
committee meeting to kill the question
for two years merely voted to post
pone it. Mrs. Frank NJ. Rocssing. first
vice president Of the National Ameri-
can Woman Suffrage Association, is
sued statement to-day outlining the
next step in the campaign.
Because four members of the commit
tee favorable 20 suffrage were absent
from the meeting. mn effort will be
made 10 obtain reconsideration IN
the committee.
I'VE want not merely a vote on the
matter in committee and Congress; we
want favorable action by both the COM
mittee and Congress-" said Mrs. Roes-
sing. "The action Of poStponement is.
Of course. open for reconsideration
by The committee, and the Congress
sional committee has already taken
steps toward that end.
"Postporement by committee is not
defeat Of woman suffrage. There were
votes enought in that particular meet
ing Of the Judiciary Comittee to have
buried our amendment for two years,
instead Of merely delaying committee
action.
81, speaks volumes for the cause Of
equal suffrage when men in Congress
who are avowcdly opposed TO II refuse
10 defeat it,"
New-York tribune., 1916-02-18
HOBBY CLUB Dimes
FROM 2.F0OT MENU
William B. Osgood Field Enter.
tains Members at His Home.

Members Of the Hobby Club dined
last night at the home Of William b.
Osgood Field. Gas Fifth Avenue. The
organization is composed Of million
aire art collectors distinguished for
their various hobbies. After dinner,
Nj. Field exhibited his collection of
the work of early illustrators Of the
nineteenth century, which includes rare
copies of the first editions Of color
books.
The dinner menu was printed on a
card two feet long, bordered with
Cruikshank's drawings taken from the
original wooden blocks. These are in
Mr. Fields possession. Each guest re-
ceived from the host copy of a pre-
viously unpublished essay by Tnacke-
ray or Napoleon, bound with five re-
productions Of the authors csricatures
of the Emperor. The book was prefaced
with @ letter TO Mr.. Field from Lady
Richie, Thackeray's daughter.
Darwin =. Kingsley president OF the
New York Life Insurance Company,
presided at the dinner. The members
of the club present were Archer NJ.
Huntington, John G.. Milburn. Adrian
II. Larkin, Alvin w. Krech, X. T. H..
Halsey, George A. Plimpton, Winston
II Hagen. Phoenix ingraham. Albert
Gsllatin, William VI. Schnitzler. Henry
S. Van Duser, John T. Tomlinson, Dr.
Rashford Dean, Professor David Eu-
gene Smith, George +. Kunz. Professor
+. X. A. Seligman, j. c. Tomlinson, jr.,
and +. I. Newell.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-18
u. S. ACTION URGED
TO SAVE ARMENIA
Missionary Fears Loss Of
Prestige by Silently Con-
doning CrueltieS.

BY refusing to make an official state
ment on the Armenian atrocities, the
United States may lose its right 10
speak for humanity and justice, writes
DR.. William A. Shedd. returned mis-
sionary from Persia. in letter to Sec
retary of State Lansing. Such a crime
perpetrated against innocent non-com-
batants is as worthy OF notice by the
American government as the rights OF
neutral travellers on the high seas, he
thinks.
His lettey. containing observations
made during his twenty years Of work
under Turkish rule for the Presbyter-
ian Board of Foreign Missions. is made
public by the American Committee for
Armenian and Syrian Relief, 10 fifth
Avenue.
81 am sure there arc a great many
thoughtful Americans who. like myself,
feel that silence on the part of our
government is perilous," says Dr..
Shedd. "and that for our government TO
make no public protest against crime
of, such magnitude perpetrated by a
government on nOn-combatants, the
great majority of them helpless women
and children, is TO miss an unusual op-
portunity TO serve humanity, If not to
risk grave diShonor on the name Of
America
New Workers will have their last op-
portunity to see the relics lent by the
Lafayette family and the French gov
ernment TO the Panama-Pacific EXposi-
tion on February %. in the old hnick-
erbocker Club building. Fifth Avenue
and Thirty-second Street. II is not e%-
pected that the relics will ever leave
France again. The proceeds from the
exhibition Will go TO the families of
French artists wounded in the war.
Mayor Mitchell will lend the portrait OF
Lafayette that hangs in City Hall. An
unusual feature will be room for
music and dancing, which VIII be dec
grated in black silk by Arthur b.
Davies.
The Joint distribution committee OF
the Jewish Relief Fund has made these
concentrations: 100000 for Russia,
$1,000 for Poland and Lithuania,
$3.50. 600 for Austria Hungary and Cali
cia. $4,000 for Palestine, $1,000 for
medicine for Palestine, $4,000 for
Epirus Northern Greece and Sl,OOV
for the Dardanelles, a total of S6l4,OoV.
Contributions received by the up.
town branch of the American Red
Cfoss. SCI Fifth Avenue, include: Mrs.
Chester Munroe, $50; Mrs. +. NJ.
Whitehouse, S35; Miss Mary p. Fen
wick. s35. and Miss Ballentine: for
home preparedness, S25. Mrs. NJ. W.
O'Brien has shipped case Of supplies
to France and two cases have been re-
ceived for home preparedness.
Frieda Hempel, Nine. Schumann,,
Heink. Nine. Malta Niessen stone and
Carl Joern will sing at the Artists
Carnival for the benefit Of war sui
ferers, TO be given by the German
Press Club. Saturday night.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-18
SULLIVAN ASSERTS
HE IS STILL LEADER
Sends Out Call for Election of
State Convention Delegates.

The Irish in Paddy Sullivan. deposed
Democratic East Side leader, is fighting
back. He announced yesterday that he
was still the leader of the Sd Assembly
District, and he has issued the call
10 his followers TO meet tonight in
Arlington Hall, 23 st. Marks Place.
+. 7. A. Vacarelli. OF she ways and
means committee Of the organization,
Immediately issued second denial.
He displayed an affidavit. signed by 1876
Of the county committee members, that
tic cousin OF Big Tim Sullivan had
really been deposed. Last night a
handful of those who had signed the
affidavit met at the Italian Gardens.
24l Broome Street. and announced that
the new leader would be Representa-
tive George W. Loft. 1t is understood
that Mr.. Loft will accept the Office.
The meeting at Arlington Hall to-
night will be TO elect delegate-at-large
TO the Democratic State Convention IN
Syracuse. Sullivan's rivals have al
ready elected their delegates.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-18
What Are the Philippines;
Who Are the FilipinOS?
A Distinction with Dference-Responsbit of Amer
ica to the Non-Christian Tribes-The Dis
armng Of the Moros.
Bv WILLIS FLETCHER JOHNSON, L. H. D.

Century Expansion Amercas Foreign Relations etc
Philippine bill the Philippines unit That fact alone
sufficient damn regardless of all other objections also
the reckessness of those
who are They the Philip
lines with differences which make their
vastly than would be they followed exactly the Cuban
example.
In Cuba the did insist the establishment of a
republican FORM and capable of dschagng salts
international duties and provided for the
perpetual that at standard of efficiency
according But in the Philippine BILL unless
some obscure equivoca furtve Interpolation there hint
Of such the islands have democ
dos or utter anarchy.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-18

raised on n farm, has lived next door
TO some of the best mills in North
Carolina for several years. has children
OF his own of mill age, and he en-
phatically does not agree with Or. I.
W. Stiles, quoted yesterday as prefer
ring to put his year-old child In a
cotton mill 20 leaving her cope with
the hookworm on the farm.
Before Mr.. Swift would put his chill
dren TO work in cotton mill he
"would 20 back TO his mountains, build
a shack by the side of spring and
plough with a brindle bull on barren
farm" he said.
Mr.. Swift showed that at Roanoke
Rapids mill, the superintendent OF
which. Sam Patterson, boasted Of its
educational facilities, the percentage OF
school enrolment was tifty-one. the at
tendance twenty-eight. In the rural
districts of Halifax County, in which
the mill village is situated. the en-
rolment is seventy-fve and the at
tendance forty-seven. The average en-
rolment for North Carolina rural dis
tricts. white children alone considered.
is seventy five, and the average daily
attendance is 81 per cent. In one
mountain county, which another mill
owner described is illiterate, the en-
rolment was 80 per cent, the attend
ance AZ per cent. The same contrast
between rural and mill districts was
shown in n report from Caldwell Coun-
ty. one mountain district in this county
having every one of school age en-
rolled.
Mr.. Swift will resume the stand to-
morrow and give first hand information
Of the results Of three-year study Of
North Carolina mill conditions. The
mill owners appear to have given up
hope of exempting from the operations
of the Federal bin the Southern cotton
mills.
Preceding Mr. Swift's testimony, Pro-
fessor Thomas |. Parkinson. director Of
the Legislative Drafting Research De-
partment of Columbia University, made
an argument maintaining the constitu-
tionality of the Keating-Owen bill.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-18
-, F H. Hartman Gives
,s Necessary S24,OOO-Ex-
'osct 2 More in Week.
uOs. REID'S MEETING
""' HEARS COL. KEAN
..,,;sr Urges Medical Pre-
'''' oareduess - Army in
Bad Shape.

-.. base hospitals and hospital
!. vii he New YOrk's share in the
.t .,ocrsnme for military relief out
I, - By the American Red Cross.
~ = :, ,se hospitals is already as
Wv Ms =. Il. Hartman gave the
''''. - $4,000 yesterday afternoon
60 r,e,ins st the home Of Mrs
,-'...I,p s,'. , Reid. at 54l Madison Avenue
,'', ,osooo for each of the two other
- .'.',,l, is hoped for within week
''''-,, ',3,r tha; work may be begun at
=. coward the assembling Of equip
-s,t v..,,s r,os.
s..,,ial citizens, men and women
- Mrs Reid's ballroom TO listen
e,,lsnstion Of the new plans OF
Z. Red Cross by Colonel jefferson
-'.sl,b Kean. Of the United States
- MEDICAL corps. who was recently
- ...;,.sd director general Of military
~, for the Red Cross. Joseph II.
..,.s introduced the speaker.
Solou,l Kesn Urges Medical Relief.
col,,,l Kesn said it was his inten-
ian 70 orgsnize three hospital units
+, New York City from the stats of
n. Prs.by,erian Hospital, the New
fox Hospital and Bellevue. lie said
ls, ,he heads Of these three hospitals
|.,rs heartily in favor OF the plan. Each
,.,r;tal unit VIII consist Of twenty
,...ors. forty-six nurses, and one hum
ri or more lay women to assist in
u ,on.rrofess,onal activities of the
,,,l,sl The doctors will be commits
,sd IN the medical corps of the
-.si States army.
h addition 90 the organizing Of the
yornel of the hospital units, Colonel
..sr said he would hold them respon-
u Tor the complete hospital equip
.r-.. which -is 20 include five hundred
u, bedding and ward clothing Tor
hundred patients, surgical dress
=. cooking utensils and surgical in
---srts and drugs. The cost VIII be
.-, $4,000 for each hospital.
.Ao,her thing we expect Of New
Tgssa hospital ship he said. pos
els sou could buy interned ships
asi' Just now, or permission might be
s.a-ei 20 use them for Red Cross
,.-'esss. j. costs S2.O00,O00 to build
llss1l ship. but YOU ought 20 buy
ri g.ip ono for about S1,500.OOO.'
Tells Women TO Study Nursing.
MA Anne Morgan and Mrs. Frank
ir-r chairman of the Wes'chester
laCnss, asked what lay women could
ar1s present time 20 help ia the
rsizl weparcdncss campaign.
'ETsV woman should join the Red
Cross said Colonel Kean. "aud take
ts msfse as nurses assistants now
bs', gwen az Red Cross headquarters.
-I,rs will be am enormous amount
q sssirg necessary 10 equip fifteen
t-rtiei hospital beds. Now that cot
2, g used for making gvnpowder, IT
vi ss the first thing requisitioned in
'r- 50 you must buy It now
Among those present were Jacob II.
N.if Otto Barnard. Miss Anne Nor
a, Miss Maudc Wetmore. Miss Ger
ne Robinson Smith. Mrs. Richard
a'l.th, Mrs William Kinnicutt Draper,
s;rt:sry Of the New York Red Cross;
lis. lindon Bates. Mrs. Leonard Wood
ni Yrs. Bayard Cutting.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-18
BARS CHURCH UNION
IN LATIN AMERICA
religious Congress Says Ad-
artes Would Be Misunderstood.

''nsms, Feb. 17.-Under present
~tiions in Latin America coopera-
n between Roman Catholic and
lH'''isni missionaries is impossible.
Y Commission on Cooperation and
'''noiion Of Unity stated to-day in
s''H TO the Congress on Religious
'''s IN Latin America. During the
ss.'sT'sss I discussion Of the report
4. llaifman Of the Commission said:
% view Of The position Of the
4. .-an Catholic Church toward Protest
y, y evangelical work. the Commission
~ nat any suggestion on our part
.''ia cooperation with that church
y p Organization would be likely to
= Misunderstood and provoke re-
,-. ,,.-se'. j would tend to defeat our
ig.'s We have 20 approach indi-
- - members Of the communion who
l.. ge wiling 20 cooperate with any
N orr missionary activities"
New-York tribune., 1916-02-18
FIRE RECORD.

- A. $50 e-l Ieno1 sv John Ssmen. trifing
~ s6-2q23 Eighth az. james Cofey s. 900.
i9.s0-6ie Leno1 sy.. Berris Sieir damage ho'
I oo-iia Lincoln s,. Tstsy Fisno Co.. slight
s.s--oO4 Fast 65th ST.. Charles Boiling son
54o-ia-5i East 1924 s.. HeTkoWs Raines'
no damage. ,,. ., ~,
~ fcs- ustheafe av Solomon Algasc irfinr
q s0 -Isfo. ~ Madison sv Harry Lippman. sNSh
10 20-i36l Intervsle az. J.. Irsse ulnlhs.
i ~ co.
il 2s-23 Grand s.. unknown; 50
! r. "a loo Rivingtoa 81 Mrs. Il Isaac ir.niHs.
II s0-South end Bl.ceNells Island. pitch shop
frlfinR -. .,.,
Ieo-ias seventh sv Louis BLACK. trifins
5l5-q6 Christopher - Mm BIe'enteho IlninF
1 30-In front Of 32 West 5lst st. auto EH"au
j. Glies unknown. ..c.
r. -.2o-97 Nest s7th ST. A Pris4nent: i1flns
St5-2l6l Third av. :. W. Bauinan; trinins
900 East 10th ST.. NeN Way Manufacturing
Company. $500. .o.o,
10 .f0-3oe Fourth sy. Abbers Putsoher s2ooe.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-18

with the injured. declared that beyond
doubt several passengers would have
been killed outright except that all
the cars were of steel construction,
with not enough wood in them to kindle
q fire.
An official statement by the rail-
road said the cause OF the wreck had
not been definitely determined.
G.. c. Iiannahan, Of New York, and
David F.. Drake, of Newark, y. j.,
were among the injured.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-18
WRECK ON SEABOARD
INJURIES FOURTEEN
Florida Flyer Leaves Rails Near
Richmond, Va.

Richmond. Va, Feb. 1.-THE Sea
hoard Air Lines Florida Limited, No.
10, northbound, was wrecked to-day a;
Kingsland Bridge. ten miles south OF
here. while running at high speed. No
enc was killed. but fourteen persons
were badly injured and others less
seriously hurt.
The engine tender jumped the track.
ripping up rails and ties, and four
coaches went down a steep embank-
ment.
The injured were brought to Rich
mond hospitals.
DR.. Armistead Gills. returning here