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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-06
Gi0esAssurances of Desire
TO Reach Friendly Ad-
justment Of Diff
culties.

WASHINGTON. July 5.-The reply
of the de facto government OF Mexico
to the demands of the United States,
conciliatory in terms and giving as
surances Of desire TO reach a friend
ly adjustment of the difficulties be-
tween the two countries. was delivered
TO the State Department to-day by a
Mexican embassy attache.
Brief and free from all superAuous
language of diplomacy. the communi-
cation points to the release of the
American troopers captured at Car
rizal as proof of the Mexican govern
ment's sincere desire to avoid a con-
tiict; states the outstanding issue
the reasonable belief of the United
States that the insecurity Of its from
tier is source of difficulty, and. on the
other hand. the belief of the Mexican
government that the presence OF Ameri-
can troops in Mexico is a trespass on
that country's sovereignty and the i'm
mediate cause of trouble.
In offering to consider in quick
and practical way" the remedies which
should be applied. the note gives no.
tice that Mexico has accepted in prin-
ciple Latin American offers of media
ton, and awaits information that the
United States is disposed TO accept
media ton, or still is Of the belief that
the same results may be attained by
direct negotiation.
HOPES UNITED STATES WILL
TAKE SIMILAR STEPS
Assurances are given that in the
meantime the de facto government will
employ every effort to avoid Il recur-
renee of incidents which would COM
plicate and agGravate the situation,
and the hope is expressed that the
United States will endeavor to have it's
military and civil authorities do like
wise.
This is the reply of Carrauza to the
demand of the United States for Il
statement of his intentions. y specific
response TO the question of whether he
stands upon the instructions to General
Trevino to attack American troops
moving other than northward is
evaded and there Is no mention of the
reprimand administered by Secretary
Lansing in his note of June 20 on ac-
count of the offensive insinuations and
communication demanding recall Of
the American troops.
Although the note is signed by Cen
of the Mexican embassy believe 1t was
dictated by General CarranZa himself
The text of the note follows:
Washington. D. c. July 4. 1916
"Afr. Secrctary.-I have the honor to
transmit in continuation the text OF a
note have just received from my gov
ernment with instructions to present
it to Your EA :ellency:
"'Mr. Secretary,-Referring TO the
notes of June 20 and 25 last. l have the
honor to say to Your EXccllency that
the immediate release Of the Carrlzal
Prisoners was Il further proof OF the
sincerity Of tho desires of this govern
ment to reach pacific and satisfactory
arrangement Of present difficulties.
This government is anxious to solve
the present conflict. and It would be
unjust II It's attitude were misinter-
preted.
"It was also tho Mexican govern
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GERMAN LOSSES, 10000
Estimate Based on Number of Prisoners
Taken Thus Far In Anglo
French Offensive.

PRESS CAMP IN FRANCE, July 5.
noon tvia London) The total mum bcr
or prisoners taken thus far in the
Anglo French offensive probably has
reached $1,000. Judging from these
fgures. the German losses as whole.
1t is estimated here have been at least
$4,000.
The British have taken eleven guns.
The relatively small number captured
is duo to the fact that the Germans, In
anticipa ton of the attack. withdrew
their guns TO longer ranges.
1t is reported by prisoners that tho
Germans are sending in reserves
hastily from many points on tho
western front.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-06
RAMOS KILLED IN BATTLE
WITH VILLA FOLLOWERS
Carranza General Fights Until Shot
Down, Cheering His Men
to the Last.
HEAVY LOSSES ON BOTH SIDES
Encounter Continues During Day at
Corral Ranch, Southwest OF Jimi-
ncZ-Grcater Part of Government
Command Dead or Wounded.

CHIHUAHUA wi, FL p,so Junction
Tex, Iu,v 5c.r.r,, 1c,oio p.s
80 - " CIV" "'''"S ""'
Tie that RACED all yesterday between
4 small force of de factor troops and
n large hand NJ vi,,, fo,1owor. ,t Gov
raj Ranch oft.a villas ,,.
'" SUES H"heic" "e'ES
losses
Rather than retire TO Jiminez with
out carving on, his orders vbi.h wcr.
""' w
report success Heneral fahos iouEht
in his entrcnchments until killed,
cheering his men on to the last.
1,o ro ,
." 'io''o'S AT "aEo'e"H' an" LOT more
than twelve hours held their position
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-06
PARLEYS BETWEEN
TWO GOVERNMENTS
MAY BE RESUMED
Washington Expects This to
Be Next Step in Mexi-
can Situation.
NO FORMAL COMMENT
MADE BY OFFICIALS
President, After Studying Reply,
Will Determine Course
to Be Pursued.
LANSING PLANS LONG VACATION
State Department Satisfied With Defi-
milton of Matters as Outlined
in Communication.
State Department Satisfied With Defi-
milton of Matters as Outlined
in Communication.
Part of National Guard
to Be Sent Into Mexico

toLt MBIS, y. VI. July I.-Parts
OF tho Massachusetts md New Mcx-
leo National Guard organizations
mObiliIcd here VIII be sent into
Mexico within the next few dnys
to nssist In gunrdinE General Pcrsh-
fnG's line of communication. This
wns announced officially ut military
headquarters here late to-day.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-06
FRENCH FORCES NowI
OUTSkIItTS Or PEROSNE,

PARIS, July 5.-The full force of the
French offensive is again being eyerted
both north and south Of the Somme. hut
principally southwark In this djrec-
ton the French are now in the out
skirts of Peronne, the great railway
center which is their first objective in
their effort to cut the German COM
nunications.
Sormont farm, taken by the I,rcncb
S only two miles from Peronne. and
adjoins its suburban houses. The i'm
Portance which the Germans attach to
his point Is shown in their fierce
eounterattack last night, when they
rushed the French lines back to tho
village OF Bclloy-en- santcrre, which
they momentarily held. This village
les between Asscvillers and Estrees.
both held by the French, so that the
German rush temporarily made a dent
IN the advance. This dent was quickly
straightencd out when fierce hand to-
nand hshtins placed the town again in
t'rench hands.
The number Of German prisoners
kaken Ia now close to 10000. while the
extent OF the munitions captured Is
shown In the fact that sixty guns were
aiken by single army corps.
Meantime. the movement north Of the
Somme is necessarily retarded, In order
that tho French left wing may act
simultaneously with the British right
wing.
Tho British have been facing an cx-
remely heavy resistance, and larger
German re-enforccmcnts are still being
.ushed forward.
Tho French have now I'm somo places
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-06
wv NvAFt Z GA,
First Regiment Entrains
This Morning, and Second
Follows This Afternoon.
SIX TRAIN SECTIONS WILL
CARRY MEN TO BROWNSVILLE
Guardsmen, Mum bering 1000
Men and Officers, Will Reach
Border About Monday.
CAMP is THRoNGED ALL DAY
Thousands Come to Say Farewell to
Soldiers Ordered South as
Frontier Patrol.

Under orders from tho Department of
the East, the troops OF the Virginia
National Guard. about 1000 men and
officers. will begin movement from
Camp Henry Carter Stuart to the bor-
der this morning at o'clock. The
First Regiment viii cutraiu first The
Second Regiment VIII begin entrain-
ment in the afternoon at o'clock.
Each regiment will move III three sec
tious. each section 10 be under COM
maud of Il commissioned officer The
border viii be reached about Monday.
The First Regiment struck camp
this morning at o'clock. being allowed
four hours in which To load equipment
and cntrain. The Second Battalion.
Major j. Fulmcr Bright commanding,
VIII hav" the honor of moving first
Major Fright being the senior major
in the regiment. The second section.
carrying the Firs, Battalion. Major
P"ytcn commanding. viii cntrain at
.:lc o'clock. or AS soon thereafter as
the tracks are cleared The third see
tiun VIII he taken out at go o'clock
carrying regimental headquarters and
the third battalion, all under Colonel
w J. Perry.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-06
MOBILE AND PENSACOLA
CUT OFF BY HURRICANE.
Efforts to Learn Extent OF Storm
That Sweeps Inland From
Gulf FruitlcSS.
SOME LOSS OF LIFE FEARED
Anxiety Felt for Residents and Tour
lists on Low Coast Points-L. & n.
Annuls All Trains Out of New Or
leans Because of Washouts.

NEW ORLEANS. July 5.-With Mo-
bile and Pensacola cut off from all com
nunication since morning, efforts to
learn the extent OF the hurricane that
swept inland from the Gulf early to-day
have been fruitless. High winds and
tides were reported from many coast
points east OF here, but. with the eXcep-
tion of small shipping. the damage
seemed to have been nominal.
Communication With Pensacola was
lost at $50 o'clock this morning,
shortly after word had come from there
that the wind was blowing seventy-two
miles an hour, and increasing in We
locity. All wires 10 Mobile failed at
II o'clock. at which time seventy
mile e-an-hour gale was blowing there.
Attempts TO get in touch with these
points by wireless have failed
The center OF the main hurricane
early tonight, according to estimates
by Weather Bureau officials, was
thought 10 be still in the Gulf about
$50 or 200 miles off the southeast Louis
lana coast and moving at probably
eighty miles an hour. Weather Bureau
officials. however. said it was impossi-
BILE TO give the location or velocity
accurately.
ANXIETY FELT FOR PEOPLE
At LOW POINTS on COAST
Some anxiety was felt here for resi-
dents and tourists at Grand Isle, on the
southeast Louisiana coast. and also for
residents OF Barataria and surrounding
low country along the Gulf. where IL
was feared the high tides and wind
might cause loss of life.
AS soon as the hurricane uarnin,,
was ordered by the Washington
Wea ther Bureau to-day the local bureau
sent out warnings by telephone. telc-
graph. by boats and courier. to all
places which might be exposed to the
storm. and ii was believed most Of the
people in the lowlands We're given time
to move to places OF safety.
The Louisville and Nashville annulIed
all trains out of New Orleans Tonight.
owing TO washouts. Railroad officials.
however. said they expected to run
trains to Mobile and through trains by
tomorrow morning.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-06
Cal, for Bank Statements.

WASHINGTON. July 5.---'rhc Comp
troller OF tho Currency to-day issued
Il call for The condition OF all national
banks at the close OF business Fri
day, June so.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-06

HOTEL RUEGER ROOF TONIGHT.
pInner.supper. music. dancing. $3.50, to IL
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-06
POSITION
| OF GERMANS FALLS
| TO FRENCH HANDS
Represents Approximately
Six-Milc Gain South
of the Somme.
VILLAGE OF HEM ALSO
CAPTURED BY ALLIES
British Apparently Fail to Ad-
vance, but Lose None of
Ground Already Won.
COMPARATIVE QUIET AT vERDuN
Talk Revived OF Possible Entrance
of ROumania Into War on
Side OF Entente

The 1atire second position Of the
lGcrmaus south OF the Somnc, over an
| Atent OF npproxima,elv six miles has
|fallon into III. b,rd. ., ,r rr,,
|Nbo have. also ran,,,r,d ,ho ,.iii,, -,
|Iic,n. n.nr ,b. rn-,bo,, o>,r.n,t, =,
their lino ANA bay. c.n.,,.,.d ,hi
|conoucs, Of Ics,r..s
Tho Hri,nh Itro b.s ,n,,,,,r,i. f,,o,
no .dv,nc. .xc.,., ".li,,i,I g. .,,
SECTORS" us tho y.i,;.b w. oo,oo ,,,..
|i,. Nou. OF M. ,,,ou,,d ,..,ir.d -. 49,.
|Eri,i.,, I,, t.,,a
further s,,,.uon, rh,, ,bc och,i,, -,
E.long the b,,,ie frn,., v.,s ,o.,,,. 60
|tle na,ur. of local s,ruyric. ,or ,,,
of ,,,c,,r noi,,s ,.o,,,d .oo,,,
Ito indica,. ,h;,, .acb sid. :. d.vo,i,',,
|par,icrlar attention IA nc ,r,,,;y,,,,a,,
lof H.. poyi,tors nnd m. s,r.,,,,h.,i,.,
fof It's hand for fur,bor o,,.nk mr. do
|icnsc.
Tne number of German prisopcr. 20
(ported by IN. BRUSH AND t.r.uch h.,,
reached :.bo,,, II. QUO vhiI. no ,:.r,,,n
casualties h.y. bcou ,,ro,,;ci,,iy cs,i-
mated AZ 10000
on their mar, tn. Germans rcnor, ~.
3,aking Of :, cousid.r.bIe ,,,,,hor -,
british soldiers
nr.t,,r
sr,,.r,,.. , ~
-" ''"''N
ooh'pa'a'''* iutst ior tn" time being
"S se','e" "'e' Nrrdun' although the
pom pa Fu'hehts continue but the Ger
.'a's nave opehed "a new attack on the
o''oh 4t"es near 'he Lorraine from
s'..e n''!cs 70 the east Oh Lune-
iheS ae'i'eteo strong assaults
f'sa'"st 'he frehch trenches In this
Hn" e'eo 'he'n AZ thtee
|, o.'' 'e o"t shoFuy
-
-. '"fot '""ce Is
D., n bavn o,,, 80 ,i. "''o .!''''' ~
Il .,,h. t,,n t,a, ''.'
o,atvn tn. - ~, 80 ~
,,nn,o.,to .'''F - I'm
Forces dcf.,Ii,r r,,.,. -,
|,ril,,,rv cri,,cs ~
(c,u,inp of M. r,i,,,,d ,,.o,,,, oos,
|,he central po,c.r forc.s "a f,,r hacl.
lon a wide front ana r,iar. rar,hcr,, j.,
Imminent u,.,u
The !:uss.au Ny.- Calo- in q I,,.
also Claims .h. ron, az
the enemy forces on the rtg..l hank Of
the Dn!cster.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
How DIAMONDS
Are FOUND How
They Are CUT to
Bring BRIL- LIANCY'

cut brilliants with So facets, and have
made some very brilliant stones, but
so facets is the maximum now aimed
atieyen in America.
The fiat top Of the diamond Is called
the table, and in the American cut
stones this is reduced to a low point.
The real purpose OF all the cutting
and shaping Is to get as much bril-.
llancy, as possible, and this means
the breaking up Of the light into as
many rays as possible. In the dark
the diamond does not shine, for It
is only the rays Of light, caught by
the diamonds many facets, which
give. 1t brilliancy. Just because Of
this the color Of the diamond is very
important, as well as its purity and
lack OF flaws. The most brilliant Ola,
,Inond is the absolutely flawless, pure
white stone, one free from any tlnge
OF color whatever. This is extreme
ly rare, for diamonds are found. OF
all shades from dark brown, almost
black. to steel.gray, blue and yellow.
The fancy stone, that is the dia-
mond of a pronounced shade, may be
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23

TT is practically impossible Tor the
average physician to familiarize
! himself with the four or five thou
sand drugs and drug preparations IN
everyday use in this country, one
Of the difficult problems of the medl'
cal curriculum has been to give the
student a sufficient superficial ac'
ouaintance with a large number oil
such medicaments to enable him to
answer questions likely to be asked
about them by the state medical en-
aiming boards. The number OF such
substances also initiates against
their intelligent use by the practlc'
ing pbyslcian and their correct prep
aration and dispensing by pharma'
cIsts In order to meet this sltua'
ton. a, committee Of the American
Medical, Association some time ago
drew up a list of about 450 drugs and
preparations, selected OH account oil
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23

there we're 994 individuals admittod
from 1890 onward. These were taken
torepresent an equal number OF mar
riages Welding altogether 5915 chill
dren. The proportion OF feeble-mina-
ed was thus / to 5.95. Using TINS
ratio. the theoretical proportion Oh
feeble.minded among the first anu
later born can be compared with the
actual proportion. These comparisons,
show that the actual proportion OF
first born among the feeble-minded
is far in excess OF the normal.
If this excess we're due to some
condition connected solely with the
first birth or first conception, then
the second born should be on an
equal footing with their successors.
But the second and third children
were more frequently represented
among the Predetermined than they
should be II the inferiority Of the first
born were connected solely with the
first birth or conception. This con-
clusion Is confirmed by report from
Keller's asylum. where it was OBJ
served that the earlier children, and
not merely the first child, were In
ferior to the later children.
The author Investigated 1922 cases
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23

T~HOUGH the science OF today
has determined with some &C
curacy the handicaps that beset
the first born-a baby In veritable
sea Of troubles-and has furnished
mountains of data concerning the
subject, and though as high an au-
thority as Soren Hansen, of Copen-
hagen, considers the inferior quality
of the first born has been proved, he
regards It as an unraveled mystery.
AS to the rating Of the first born, like
testimony Is given by Dr.. Carl Pear.
son OF the Gallon, Eugenic Laboratory
in England. The findings of these two
investigators make a most interest.
ing and instructive presentment, at
this time when the subject Of Gu
genics ID OF worldwide discussion.
The first born comes into the world
handicapped by many things Of which
the layman has little or no concep-
ton; and the wonder is. after these
things have been made plain, that 1t
survives tail.
In the light OF the modern revela.
ton, one seeks an explanation to the
popular custom, which has been crys-
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23

there may be enviropmental infiu
ences acting detrimentally, compare
lively speaking, on the first born
which affect the younger children de
cidedly to a lesser extent.
The important question, however,
whether the first born is actually
handicapped in the struggle for exist
ence; and, II so, to what extent, and
In what particulars?
To this question Prof. Pearson has
applied himself and his results are
full of interest. The problem he set
himself to solve is complicated by a
very great many intercurrent factors
which have to be untangled from the
influence of the pure and simple or
der Of nativity.
Thus the handicapping Of the first
born In small families may be part
ly due to the inclusion of many small
families in which the first born is
also late born; that is, the first borns
Of women who marry at 40 (say)l may
he especially handicapped because
their mothers are nearing the end
Of the reproductive period: and. such
women are all the more likely to have
hut one child.
Both First and Late Born.
Obviously the influence of factor
such as this must be discounted In
considering the chances OF the first
born to parents who marry at
younger ages. So, too, there is an
other factor which weights the small
families; they may be due to exhaust
ed vitality in the parents.
Certain types of parental degener-
acy seem incapable of producing
more than one or two children, and
the children OF such parents are
themselves feeble. Families such as
this contribute much more to the
mass of first borns than to that Of
second borns, third borns and later
horns; but it would obviously be I'm
Just to ascribe the (average) hands
cap of the first borns to purely ordi-
nal considerations when part Of it is
due to parental degeneracy such as
this. And there are many other dis
tlrhing elements in the problem
which require to be sifted out before
results can be reached which. are I'm.
assailable.
He showsby statistical tables that
the proportion of still births is twice
as high among first babies as among
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
Juice ofthe Camera Plant

a CCORDlNGTto,Jl M. Petrie and
~ H.G, Chapman, the dried milky
4 = juice Of euphotbla peplus
acts on sensitive Photographic plate
in the dark. Some Of the juice was
spread in the form ofletters on glass
and separated by a space Of three
millimeters from the Photographic
plate. Sharp images were produced
after an exposure Of IA days. while
faint images were produced by as
short an exposure as "a hours.
The interposltion Of black paper,
impervi6us to, light, between the let.
tiers and the Photographic plate, did
not prevent the formation Of Images
or diminish their intensity, and the
same result followed the Intervention
Of paraifined tissue paper, thin alum.
mum foil or gold leaf, and thin sheet
glass. q ~
In, an attempt to ascertain tho
cause Of this action, the authors ex.
amined the dried Juice With a sui.
phide screen. but no sclntillation OF
PARTICLES could be seen.
On testing the Juice in a gold leaf
electroscope there was no apparent
increase In the rate Of discharge Of
ionized gases; With sensitive cleo.
trometer no action Of the dried Juice
on,ionlSed air could be detected.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
WIN FRSTBORN BABIES Are Likely to Be HANDICAPPED in Lies RACE

second; and that It is lower still
among third children.
The percentage rises again for the
fourth and succeeding children; for
the seventh and over children (all
Jumped together) it is fractionally
higher than for the second children,
but still only shade over half the
rate for first children.
1nfantile death rates during the
first year of life tell much the same
tale both among the professional
classes and among the proletariat.
Regarding Insanity.
Prof. Pearson is disposed to admit
that while there is weighing Of the
elder born even in epilepsy, this is
due to selection Of families rather
than to a selection of the elder born
in each individual family. AS for in
sanity, the conclusion is very similar
namely, that there Is a distinct bias
against the elder born, though It is
not very great
Albinism is another of the handi.
caps against which the first born has
to contend. TIE critical analysis Of
a52 albinos of European races shows
very definite excessive proportion
among the first borns.
Criminality is yet another case in
point. Here the handicap affects both
the first and second born about equal.
ly, whereas the later born children
supply less than the due proportion
Of criminals relative to their numbers
among the population.
tuberculosis is yet another Of the
bugbears of the early born. Accord.
ing 10 Prof. Parsons statistics and
interpretations of them, there is a
definitely greater liability to tuber.
culosis among the first born, and this
exceedingly unpleasant disability is
shared to some extent by the second
horn; the third and later born chill.
dren are all less likely to develop
clinical manifestations of tubercu.
losis than are the first two of each
family. Congenial cataracts, a dis:
ease Of q very markedly hereditary.
character, is also shown to affect the
first born unduly often.
The applications ofsthese facts, II
facts they indeed be. are of enormous
Importance. The handicap with which
nature loads the first born means
that the small family, SO much on the
Increase among civilized nations, Is
detrimental to race progress.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23

-HE editor Of a medical journal
ha. been searching the !, 1 ,,ns
one who has been exclusively vese'
tartan. He has found several VINO
tried a vegetarian diet and gave II
up but failed to find any who per
sisted In 1t.
Benjamin Franklin, who stuck ZOE
a year or more to his resolution 70
eat no animal food, looked upon the
taking of animal life for purposes OF
food as "a kind'of unprovoked muir;
DER But when he saw small hsh
removed from the stomacbs OF larger
ones he reasoned, "If you eat one an
other. do not see why We may not
eat you," SO he dined upon cod very
heartily, returning only now and then
occasionally to a vegetarian diet.
Then there was Herbert Spencer,
who after six months of vegetarian
ism, found himself deteriorating and
returned to a use of animal food. He
says, 81 had to re-write what had
written during the time l was vese'