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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-10

kiver. Cabin Creek and Paint Creek.
(Which streams are tributary 60. the
n DEAnawha River. These side streams
s4Fpse very rapidly. and in addition to
xfAusing severe damage to mining
Fscommunities along their valley. caused
d Aeverai slides and washouts along the
I Hines of the Chesapeake ard Ohio
Railway. Vtrginlan Railway and other
{ Hines in this territory, the DAMAGE be
Ing mainly confined TO the branch
4 lines alons these streams No serious
{ interruption OF traffic is anticipated
over the main lines OF the railroads
affected.
A"Considerahle property loss is an
uctpated in the communities along
these streams, and some loss az life
Us thought TO have occurred in the
Il Faining communities i'm the several
valleys where floods occurred. but no
definite confirmation has heen pos
2Aihle account ef telegraph lines In the
terTttory destroyed by floods -
e Bodies Are Recorded.
An earlier report Of the disaster,
coming from Charleston follows
charleston. W Va Aug. S-That
eight lives are definitely known 10
! have been lost ir the Cloudhurst IN
kanavha and Fayette Counties today
was stated tonight when T.. r. WIN
tiers, chief railroad inspector Of IA"
Pubilc service commission reported
thai three bodies had hecn found at
Cabin Creek Junction.
Abe a Cassls. Of Dry Branch. re-
ported that every coal company store
along the creek had been washed away.
He stated that the water was twenty
FIVE feet deer and that II came fast
He was only able 20 get s. few records
from the store and fee fr0u tho writer
TO the hills He estimated mat IA"
loss from the water would Ice. largo.
Four Bridges Carried Away.
The water WAS carried from ~"
mountains throUEh Cabin. Faint and
armsfronr creeks ard cha' River into
the KannW rs- The four fr3dee~ ACROSS
Cabin Greek and Creek Junction wt"r"
the creek emptles into thr Nanawha
River. were either washed awa' or
SO badly damaged SIS tn w11r them
useless The oain Hire ri il" O. g. ~
crosses ou "a tell stcme structure and
wing Of IT'S branch Iue uu th, Dr""'S
ever csmsut structure.
TIL county bridge and tGc charles
ton IutrrgrlAu's steel and cement
bridges were washed away. Consider
able damage WAC also done ~ fa'Hl
Greek and nearly aU the points whore
small streams empty w the N"n"" Fla
p4vqr which -hc g.. a 81 parallels.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-10

French artillery Ore. resulting In
great confederation, which rnreatex
to wipe 1t out. Already the fine col
lection of paintings of Italian an
Flemish masters has been destroyd
by shells which landed sauarely in It'd
City Hall, where the most valuabI
art objects from the museum hd
been housed for protection.
In addition to the paintings Wild
were torn to shreds, the shells ID
stroyed unreplacable collections I
medieval Germanic silver and SEM
precious stonework, Celtic coins daI
ing from the time OF the Roman "A
vasion and medallions. Houses
some streets have been reduced
ashes. 1t Is considered doubtf1
whether Peronne's celebrated wod
houses in the late Gothic style an
the Cathedral of st. John can
saved from the flames.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-10
THUaSIOS IMPLICATED
IN ADAMS CRIME
Automobile salesman Arrested and
Taken TO charlottesville Last
Night.
WILL HAVE HEARING TO-DAY.
Young Cashier VIII Make Sensational
Disclosures, Ii is Dssrlnrt1l--Thurs-
tom Says He Was Only Selling Car
TO Adams.

Charlottesville, Va, Aug s.-James
+. Adams, the young cashier of the
local Chesap eake and Ohio freight Of
fee, charged with embezzling 81, 500
Of Ccmpany's funds, will be given a
preliminary hearing before Justice
ShaCkelford tomorrow M or / II <,
Ernest l.. Thurston, OF Richmond. who
was with Adams when he was arrest
ed in Baltimore. viii be one OF the
important witnesses at the hearing.
Adams today limited at sensational de-
velopmeHts tomorrow. whicn may in
volvc another party.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-10

Health Commissioner Emerson
warned residents Of this city to keep
away from sullivan and Ulster Coun-
ties. This request came from the state
Health Department. and followed an
appalling outbreak Of the disease In
the lower Catskln resorts.
Delaware today declared n quaran-
tine against New York. New Jersey and
Pennsylvania.
Among the New Jersey victims were
two ADULTS New cases were 1879. uiaA-
ing the total to day. 1,2f3. Newark re-
ported 1r5 new cases.
e. Upstate totals are now 1913 cases
ana seventy three deaths. Babylon and
Douglas Manor adopted strict quarau-
tines
Connecticut authorities declared that
3 200 New York children have evaded
quarantine and are summering In New
London and Windham Counties. New
victims In Connecticut included for
ty-year-old woman and a thirty nine
ytar-old man. The latter died.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-10
Street rmprovement Ordered,

Protest by property owners against
the grading Of Meadow Street betwee,
Ashland and Amelia Streets having
been withdrawn and waivers to dam
ages having been signed. the Admin
istrative Board yesterday ordered I'm
provements on Meadow Street to pro-
coed. The city engineer Is assured by
Contractor John J. Curley that the
work will be started as soon as prac-
ticable
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-10
No Immediate Danger.

Atlanta. Ca, Aug 9.--The condi-
tion of Thomas B. Fielder, Atlanta
lawyer. who was stabbed following an
alteration with G.. X. vason, door
keeper for the Georgia House Of Rep
resentatives. last Thursday. was re-
ported as unimproved. but his physi-
clans say he Is In no Immediate
danger. Vason was yesterday indicted
on a charge Of assault with intent to
murder and is at liberty under a S.
900 bond
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-10
LITTLE GIRL VICTIM
OF SHOOTING ACCIDENT

Accidentally shot early yesterday by
her brother, Kendall kellar, little
Louise kellar. whose home is in Mid
dleseN County, died this morning
shortly after 2 o'clock in Stuart Cir
Gle Hospital.
The boy is said to have been clean
ing gun, when 1t was accidentally
discharged. the entire load taking eff
feet in his sisters body. She was
rushed to the Richmond hospital. but
the best medical attention could not
save her.
The body has been turned over to
local undertaken, who will take it
10 the Middlesex home this morning
for burial
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-10
Death Sentence COMMITTED.

London, Aug 9.-The war Office Is
sued the following statement today:
1.-TWO prisoners c h rged with
espionage and tried by a general
court martial in London during July
were both found guilty.
TN ono case n sentence Of death
was passed The sentence In the, other
case was penal servitude for ten
years.
The findings OF the sentences have
been confirmed. but the sentence of
death was committed to penal servi-
tude for ten years
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-10
Headauartern Ren0rt.

London, Aug. 9.--Night report fro
headquarters In France: Northwest
Pozteres the Australians advanced o,
lines zoo yards on a front of 800 yard
Otherwise there Is no change in II
situation. AS result of aeroplar
cooperation with our artillery. sever
enemy guns were destroyed and SON
magazines exploded. A train was a,
afire by bombs from our aeroplane
The hostile aircraft were more activ
but obviously have been trying
avoid combats. Several enemy m,
chimes. however. were damaged by o,
aeroplanes and infantry fire.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-10
French Official Report.

Paris, Aug. 9.-Midnight officia
North of the Somme We have entirel
reoccupied the trench north of He
Wood in which the Germans took
footing during the night. In this a,
ton we captured fifty prisoners. o,
progress continues In the region
the north of Hem Wood. where q vi,
lent combat developed to our adva,
tage. On the right bank OF the Meu,
there was great activity by the a
tillefy of both sides In the infantry a.
lions. On the rest of the front II
day was relatively calm.
The French aeroplanes which bon
barded the powder factory at Rotwe
am Neckar was operated by Adjutal
Baron and Adjutant EmmanuelH.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-10

Washington, D. C.. Aug, 9-In the
War Department the feeling Is grow
ing that General Pershing's punitive
expedition will be out of Mexico by
September Is and that the national
guard win begin its movement home
ward by October Is 1t was said there
Is no longer military necessity for
an American military force in Mexico.
and that its only use would be to In
fluence the deliberations of the Joint
commission. 1t was believed that the
force on the border would serve the
same purpose.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-10
HEALTH OFFICERS TO
MEET ON AUGUST IL.

Washington, Aug. a.-The eurgeon-
general Of tho United States Publ,
Health Service today sent out a call
for conference Of all the state and
territorial health authorities 10 be hsld
In Washington on Thursday, August
IA.
The purpose is to coordinate the
ehorts OF the various health uu,hcri-
Ties In prevention of spread OF irfan-
tile paralysis.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-10
Additional Fire Protection.

Mercantile and manufacturing con-
Germs desiring additional fire protec-
ton may install new sprinkler
system. It was decided by the Admin
istrative Board yesterday. when 1t
gave permission to a number of estab-
lishments to make installations and
connect with city water mains
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-10
SEVEN HUNDRED TAKE
Continued From First Page,


States 1t was OF the DAYS when
Nallna had the first courthouse erect
cd IN America, then colonies of Great
britain west of the Atlantic. It was
OF The days in which experiments
were being made in representative
government and in preparedness for
defense defense against an enemy
whose weapons were tomahawks and
arrows and stealth, not to mention
clubs, with which one John Smith
might has been dispatched to other
spheres Of exploration and settlement
at an unsecmiy and immature time.
II was of Pocahontas. who fell in love
with the man she rescued from the
wrath "f her parent. the Emperor
Fowhatan. of John Rolfe. whom the
indian princess later loved and
welded. and of their home al Varina.
some of the stones of which are Vet
standing.
Hearers OF the address will long re-
member II for II was possessed of a
wealth OF information much eff which
I Is not to be found in the school text
! books of today
! The boat reached It's wharf on the
/ return at 9l5 last night and visitors,
tired and happy. and hosts, also tired
aud happy retired to the places in
which they are guests or to their
homes. for the hours Of rest that en-
sue between tho times of pleasure and
of business
Week fs Successful.
business has been brisk Visitors
are buying Bureau members are find
ing 1t a pleasure to attend to the
wants Of the visitors. Better Ac-
quaintance Week" this year Is proving
successful to degree far beyond the
mark reached in former years
! For tontGht there will be educational
addresses at gathering Of visitors
and hosts In the ballroom OF the Rich
/ nond Hotel The speakers will be
| Frank Stockdale, advertising engineer,
! whose theme is How to Speed I1p.
/ Turn over and Increase Earning Ca
paeity Of Your Business" and w. A.
| Clarke. Jr., secretary OF the Richmond
Retail Merchants Association. who will
talk on "OrRanization."
! Tomorrow feature viii be the pub
| lie dance on the pavement of Tenth
| Street, between Broad and Marshall.
Saturday there viii he miscellaneous
entertainment. embracing movie shows
theatricals and ball games---a double
header AT Broad Street Park
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-10
HIS THROAT STRAINED
(Continued From First PaEe.)

ganization should be the reward or
the people.
The meeting was one of the most
enthusiastic of the trip. In Launching
a new attack on President wilson, ne
declared the National Guard, caileo
10 the border to do essentially the
work that q police force performs.
were neither properly armed nor
equipped and that in sending 1t to the
border under the circumstances the
administration was guilty of inef1ci-
ency of the first magnitude.
Tremendous cheering following his
statement:
I'VE are not war-like people, but
we are a spirited people and we are
not too proud to fight
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-10
IMMIcRATro~ FAILS OFF.


q Washinetor Aug 9-Increase IN
population by immigration amounted
sao only lsa.o6i during the fiscal year OF
gJais. Statistics announced today bv
sfhe immigration bureau show the In -
! nnx of aliens was lower than 1T had
been In eighteen years.
Aliens arriving in the United States
/ In the year which ended June 80 mum
bered 3e6,1&s. Of whom 2aSs26 we're
Immigrants and 62.s22 non-tmmigrarhS.
Aliens departing numbered 240so7 of
whom 1875 were emigrants leaving
without intention Of returning and
1I1.043 non-emigrants who intend to
come back TO this country In time
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-10

Detectives Wiley and Kellam are
still making an effort to apprehend the
party who struck Oscar Mccullough
over the head. inflicting wounds that
resulted in the mans death from te-
tanus Tuesday night. The wound was
at first regarded as trivial until It
became infected.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-10
FOOD RIOTS IN PETRoGRAD
Berlin Report Says Twenty Eight Per.
sons Killed. and 100 Nounncd

Berlin. Aug. g. by wireless 10 Say
vilie.-Twenty-eight persons were
killed and more than 100 wounded in
Petrograd during serious disorders
which took place there July 30 be-
cause OF almost complete exhaustion
OF the food supply. according 10
Sleek A<a ga ri -r-
Overseas News Agency
Many houses and shops were looted
during the disturba noes. which were
finally rspressed by the military, the
ndyices add.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-10

Salt Lake City. Utah. Aug. 9.--The
National Association of Master Bakers
I'm session here. is on record today in
favor of the ten-cent loaf Of bread
Asresolution favoring the increase In
the size of the loaf was unanimously
adopted last night
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-10

The condition of Colonel Thomas r.
McAdams, who r. Ill with typhoid fever
at the Stuart Circlt Hospital. was re
ported AS greatly improved last night
He is not yet out OF danger, how
ever.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-10
Officer Clarke Doing We'll,

, Policeman l.. n. Clarke. who was Sc
verely burned. when his automobile
turned over and caught fre Monday
night. was reported as getting along
we'll at the Virginia Hospital.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-10
PERONNE NOW PERISHING
UNDER FIRE OF FRENCH

German Great Headquarters (via
Berlin), Aug s, and London. Aug. o
Since yesterday the famous old French
city Of Peronne has been under
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-10

on the Italian front since. Both he
ard the Austrian heir apparent have
been sent to the Russian front. 1t is
possible that General Won Koevess
taken General Won Pflanzer- Baltin's
place.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-10
RUSSIA'S GRIP ON
STANIST4NU TIGHTENING

London, Aug. 9.-The Russian grip
upon the great military railway city
of Stanslau, in Northeastern Gaficia,
was menaCingly frightened during the
last twenty-four hours by further
headway OF General LetChisky's army
from two directions. His forces south
east of the city pushed their lines TO
the River Verona. -~aptur~d the town
of Tismien!ea. only n little more than
six miles from Stanislau ana AT one
point crossed the river, driving due
west toward the. intersection of two
of the five important railways which
converge at Stanislau. Only four
miles now separate them from this
intersection. They took 1900 prison
ers. $500 OF whom are Germans, or
this figure, 1000 were announced yes
tcrday.
simultaneously with the advance
from the southeast Lechitsky's right
wing succeeded Mt last in breaking
Austrian resistance on the Koropiec
River, crossed to its western bank
and cleared 1t Of Teuton troops down
to where the Monasterzyslta- Nijniuy
Railway crosses the Dniester. ahont
seventeen miles northwest of Stanislau.
In this advance they took series Of
heights between the Koropiec and the
railway sector and captured five Teu-
ton officers and Az men.
; The Austrian war Office in It's reEli-
lar statement tonight admits the with
drawal south OF Stanislau saying the
defenders retired to prepared posi-
tons"
Carpathian Army Advance.
Meanwhile the Carpathian army oil
the Austrian throne heir, Archduke
Karl Franz Joseph, who is now com
mander-in-chie of the Teuton armies
from the region south of Tarnopol to
the Carpathian foot hills continued its
advance, driving the Russians east
wards from the Capuli mountain and
capturing further heights on the
upper Pruth, to the east of Worchta
Vienna asserted officially this after
noon that the Russians are held we'll
in check In Volhynia and in the
Seroth valley, south of Brody on the
latter front, the Austrian war urt,c-
says; Every inch of ground is dis
ruted." while Russian efforts TO cross
the Stokhod northeast of Kovel, at
Stobyehwa, broke down under the
Teuton fire. Bitter fighting Is in
progress west of the Volhynian for
tress of Lutzk. On this front the
Austrian official report declares. the
.Teutons continue to recapture the
lost positions" maintaining the upper
hand in hand-to- hand fighting with
superior forces.
Today's Austrian statement contains
the name of General Won Koevess as
heading one of the Galicia armies
around Delatyn, twenty eight miles
southwest of Stanislau. Koevess who
headed the Austria Hungarian army
which invaded Serbia last fall, has
been commanding one of the armies
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-10
Vein OF Oxide Iron Ore Discovered

OIL City, Pa Aug s.--A vein OF
oxide iron Ore ranging IN thickness
from SIX 70 eight feet. has been dis
srprered in yenango County. near
hare. and shipments OF the mineral
90 now beinf ,.A--s-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-10
DIR. Strattnn Worse.

DR.. Thomas E. STATIONS condition
was reported somewhat worse than it
has been. ---
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-10
NEW YORK WILL


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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-10
GOR|z|A'S CAPTURE

CONTINUED From First Page.)
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-06-23

His audience appeared to be as
anxious to hear and understand the
record of the Democratic party and
its president as Senator James was
to persuade them that it was big with
brilliant achievements and had
saved the peace, dignity annd prosper.
ity of the country. He spoke for more
than an hour, not counting the time
he was forced to pause for big dem
onstrations and prolonged applause,
and closed with his high tribute to
President Wilson.
William Jennings Bryan addressed
the convention at the night session,
and, in reviewing the struggles of the
Democratic party, said:
After sixteen years of waiting, our
party entered the White House and
fortunately, we won the senate and
house at the same time. Our party
became responsible for national af,
fairs, and now we come, after three
years of labor, to make our plans for
the future, and to submit to the
American people the claims of our
party to continued confidence.
Whatever differences of opinion
may exist, or may have existed, as
to particular measures or particular
acts, we are here to begin the fight
of 1916, united party in every state
in the union, ready for battle"
In his keynote speech, Ex-Governor
Glynn declared that:
The president of the United States
stands today where stood the men
who made America and who saved
America. He stands where George
Washington stood when he prayed
that this country would never I'M
sheath the sword except in self-de
Tense so long as justice and our es
sential rights could be preserved
without it.
Wilson's name will be the name
of the great president who has made
Democracy proud that he is a Demo
crat and made Americans proud thai
he Is, an American"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-06-23
PRESIDENT CALLS
OUT STATE MILITIA
HUNDRED THOUSAND NATIONAL
euARDsMEN MAY BE SENT
TO MEXICAN BORDER.
Militiamen VIII Be Used for Border
Guard Duty In Order That More
Regulars May be Sent Into
Mexico IL Necessary.

Washington Virtually the entire
mobile strength OF the national guard
Of ali states and the District OF Co
lnmbia was ordered mustered into the
federal service on Sunday night by
President Wilson About 100000 men
are expected to respond TO the call.
They will be modified Immediately
for such service on the Mexican Dor.
der as may later be assigned to them.
Frederick Funston, commanding the
border forces. will designate the time
and place for movement OF guardsmen
to the international line, as the occa-
sion shall require.
In announcing the orders, Secretary
Baker said the state forces would be
employed only to guard the border and
that no additional troop movements
into Mexico we're contemplated. ex-
cept In pursuit OF raiders.
simultaneously with the national
guard call. Secretary Daniels OF the
navy department ordered additional
warships 10 Mexican waters on both
coasts to safeguard American lives.
Az the war, navy and state depart
ments II was stated that no new ad.
vices as to the situation in Mexico had
come to precipitate the new orders.
Within the last two weeks. however,
tension has been increasing steadily.
The crisis presented by General Car
rams note demanding the recall OF
General Pershing's expeditionary force
has been followed by a virtual ultima
tum served on the American officer by
General Treyino, Mexican commander
In Chihuahua. To this was added the
possibility that American and Next
can troops had clashed across the Dor
der from San Benito. Texas.
Administration officials made no at
tempt to conceal their relief over the
safe return OF Major Anderson's cav
airy squadron to the American side of
the border.
The troopers crossed In pursuit OF
bandits in the face OF limitations that
they would be attacked IL they did SO.
General Funston himself reported that
he anticipated lighting. presumably
with Carranza troops.
Mobilization OF the national guards
men to support General Funston's line
win pave the way for releasing some
10000 regulars FOX immediate service
In Mexico in the event OF open hostili-
ties with the Carranza governme' y.
The guardsmen themselves could not
be used beyond the line without au-
thority OF congress and until they had
volunteered for that duty. as they are
called out under the old militia law,
The new law, which would make them
available for any duty under the fed
eral government, goes into effect
July /.