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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-07
President Is Given
: Broad Powers Over
National Guard

Washington. Aug. 6.--Broad powers
over the national guard are given the
PRESIDENT and War Department under
article 1l6 OF the army reorganization
act. This article reads:
Whenever any State. within a limit
OF time to be fixed by the President
have failed or refused to comply with
or enforce any requirement Of this
act. or any regulation promulgated
hereunder and In aid. thereof by the
President or the Secretary of War. the
| national guard OF such State shall be
debarred. wholly or In part an the
President may direct from receiving
krom the United States any pecuniary
or other aid. benefit or privilege su-
thorfxed or provided by this act or
any other lava"
Other articles Of the act REQUIRE that
the organization. equipment, arnn-
ment., discipline, instruction, physical
| examination. and. In fact, practically
everything which obtains In the req
ular army shall be applied to the ma
tional guard.
Under the new national defense act
tho War Department can detail medI :
cal officers Of the regular army 70
re-examine every man en!isting in the
national guard soon after his enlist
| ment. During times OF peace, th&re-
fore. where defects exist. and they can
be waived, 1t can be done without in
1ecting into 1t political influence.
| 1t Is expected the act will reruit
In throwing out not more than one per
cent Of the organized militia. Under
the old system reflections have varied
from ten to fifty percent 10 the States.
Under the new act the Secretary OF
War IL empowered to require the
| States. In order to attain money for
the militia. to organize nuxiiinr v
troops signal corps. engineer corps,
artillery corps. cavalry. etc.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-07
IN DESPERATE NEED
OF REINTORCENfES

I'VE have come 70 the place Wild
we nriw have reinforcement
writes Rev. r. e. McAIp1ne, . Goue
ern Presbyterian missionary Z
toned at Nagoya, Japan. ~
years we have been astrin1 and PR
ing for them. Now we are majEil
a desperate effort to make people
the home land understand that b
previous calls. werc in no sense ps]
functory. and that the need has q
come 80 pressing that further der
looks like disaster.
For nearly twenty years We M
been getting only a man or twoS
year. barely enough to keep q
numbers at the same short hand
figure. In the meantime we are
getting older. More than half Il
number are lowering round the h]
century mark and many are In Il
Ginning health. This year we Il
losing one OF our most valuable mi
and two ladies' through Ill heal
possibly never TO return. On Il
other hand. openings for work d
increasing in number and urEen1
Let me quote you a note which
received three days ago:
Dear Sir: ] am not. AcQuainsI
with you. and you cannot know II
for am stranger here. Il
neither Christian nor a Buddh
but helpless. trreligious sinner,
which am quite ashamed. 0ia
heard Miss II. preach 4 sermon
g., but II that time und<rafs
nothing about God. and now l d,
entirely ignorant Of Christ. But
cannot help feeling something
spectacle and longing for Him.
most earnestly wish to- be Z III
Christian. but don't know how.
am I'M earnest and most sincerl
beg you to head mes. Nomura-j
do you wonder that within
hour I was on my way to the q
dress? The young student VI
wrote Il opened his heart to d
seemed to appreciate AL told III
and later the same day came 20 On
chase a Bible and receive other
erAture. We are surrounded by Ion
Ing hearts and are ever on II
watch. searching them out
''Rut there are 90 few OF N 1
meet these calls. May the Lord h
guide You who read these lines az
many will be ready 10 Come US
into Macedonia and help IN.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-07

After q day yesterday that ~
quiet to . degree Of monctcny, thin1
! In Camp Stuart will enltven thlo IT.
Ing with the resumption of driila. ~
the court martial procce0tnou echa1
uled to begin It O'Clock this an
noon. The case Of Robert =. Prnir2
charged with threatening IN on
and several other counts, Wa ooI
tinued from last THURSDAY on redu6
OF Captain Branch Johnsoh, o. r
Portsmouth Battery Of Field AFtiilG9|
attorney for Prairie. who claimed III
he had not. had time to prepare q
defense. Captain John A. CutchisI
Of the Cavalry. IL the Judke-Advoca1
and Major +. M. Workman, IN who,
command Prairie II enlisted. 10 bre1
dent. Thirteen other officers are q
ting In the court. Prairie II q mesl
Der of the Richmond H6witSers, ~
his alleged unbecoming conduct
said to have been toward his oflc@
Captain william M. Myers
Interest IN the proposed hike Of q
Blues Cavalry IL growing - Wednd
day approached, when the men N
start out under full equipment for
march Of not less than fifteen mild
Horses have been secured. ana q
tEtP Will Uo Huappcu Uus AOu8y
Major Bowles and LieutenaI
Earnest Either three or nve al
can be consumed in the hike. and
win be the first genuine practice
be engaged In by the men. A det(
of the Signal Corps will accompa}
them.
Several additional recruits VI
received at the camp yesterday, a
II II likely that sufiicient TO an
tourist car viii be at the camp befu|
Saturday. the day net for tho ne
movement. There are already seve
teen. and twenty-five men are on
needed to iii car. This number N
be gotten about the middle OF h
week.
The Rev. w. w. Iandrum. OF KeI
lucky, preached to- the soldiers In II
Y. M. c. A. auditorium last night, al
in the morning services were held
the Blues and Artillery Camps. Sd
cial moving picture and musical Cd
certs have been arranged for q
men during the week.
The usual Weekend leave Of two
ty-four hours for each man In csYl
was allowed yesterday.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-07
ALASKA DOUBLES SALES
N YEAR JUST CL0SDt

Washington, Aug. 6.-Alaska's
sales to the United States in the rs
cal year 1915 aggregated nearly $780,
100000, a sum double the annual
average since 1919 and only exceeded
by those of ten countries when meas
ured by their sales to W in the last
year prior to tho great war. In ad-
dition TO this Alaska shipped to W
in 1856 gold valued ct $4,000. 900
and silver to tho value Of $7So. 600.
both from its own mines.
! The predornsnant feature OF the
years trade. according to An analysis
made by tho Bureau Of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce. Department of
Commerce. wAa the r1se Of copper to
staples. thereby supplanting salmon
and gold a. the leading items. Re-
ceipts Of copper in ore. mater. and
regufuS from AlAs1ra aGgregAted IT.
100000 pounds valued Ak 80, 500, 900.
This = four times the average tor the
preceding three yeaGu and exceeds the
combined imports OF that claas from
Chile, Cuba, Canada, ana Mexico, the
United States In the last fiscal year
leading f5relgn sources o. this form
OF copper.
Canned SALMON shipped 70 the
United States In tho last fiscal year
vaiued at s1s,soo. 900, an increase OF
24.oo0.ooo pounds over 1915 and Of
| 100000 over 1914.
| The shipment Of $16,2oo,oo0 worth
of Alaskan gold to domestic ports vs =
larger by $1,000. 900 than the total for
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-07
LONDON HEARS RUMORs OF
WAR IN SOUTH AMERICA

London. Aug. 6.-ReynoIds News
paper today gives prominence to a
rumor that there 10 likely to be war
In South America.
"A diplomatic source reports" says
the paper, that Peru and Venezuela
have secretly agreed to take vast lands
from Colombia and Ecuador"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-07
INFANT PLAGUE CLAIMS
IS MORE; i08 NEW CASES

New York. Aug. 's.-rhe greatest
number of cases OF infantiie paraty-
sis In Sunday figures since the epi-
demic started was reported today nv
the health department. Figures IN
cluded 1913 new cases and 80 deaths.
an increase OF twenty-four cases ana
q decrease Of eight deaths.
To date there have been h.O23 cases
and 1909 deaths
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-07
POUGHKEEFssIE BURGLAR
DECLINES TO NAME +

Poughkeepsie. N. r.. Aug. \
Brought to bay by two bullet won
and a deputy sheriff while he
Eritn c rsom vnssrt toT: e. ~
gang Of burglars to which ~ beloI
tates OF millionAircs north Of I
town.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-07
DR.. LEVY ASSUMES
CONTINUED From First Page.)

Continued From First Page.)
another member to his permanent
staff.
Every Precaution Imperative.
DR.. Levy pointed out last night that
every agent is regarded as n factor
In furthering typhoid fever Is inten-
siied at this time. the season being
called typhoid year. The hard
rains. oppressive heat and other con-
ditions have been particularly favor
able to the disease. and on account of
this every precaution Is necessary TO
prevent it's spread The city has put
into operation every means that can
be used to combat the fever, extra
inspectors having been employed to
watch the many sources of disease in
the city. Every safeguard for the
city's health Ia being employed.
Corporation on the part of the
citizens is particularly desired by tha
authorities. In his statement made
public yesterday. DIR. Levy pointed out
several precautions to be taken by me
people. advising particularly the boil
ing OF all water used for drinking
purposes the utmost caro- in personal
cleanliness. especially on tho part OF
those handling foods. the elimination
of flies and vaccination. All OF these
can be used as supplementary precau-
tions to the work OF the health au-
thorities.
Vaccination In Urged.
Vaccination is particularly urged
by DR.. Levy, this being the ono real
preventive of tho fever. A large guam
tity of the boxes OF vaccine were dis
tributed yesterday morning. and a new
supply will be on hand today Tor dis
frfbutiOn The health llama rfr napt Il
on the fourth floor of the City Hail.
where the vaccine can be obtained at
a small sum. and injected by any ply
sician.
There are perhaps fifteen or twenty
cases of fever that have not been de-
c!ded by doctors to be typhoid. Blood
cultures are being taken for tests. and
IL IL not known whether they will
show the presence OF the fever or not.
Yesterday only one case OF fever was
reported. but this had been on the
suspect list. Due to II being Sunday
full reports were not made, and to-
day may bring several new cases.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-07
HOLDS GERMAN DISADVANTAGES
WE'RE SUNK OFF JUTLAND

London. Aug. s.--Reynolds' News
paper today revives the controversy
which followed tho naval battle Of
Jutland.
Positive proof has been found. !.
says the paper. @that the German
dreadnaughts Kaiser and Kronprt -
we're sunk u sthe JstlAed aghes
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-07
Charged VITA Bost,esr..<.

Cornelius Davis. colored, charged
with selling liquor on Sunday, was
arrested by Detective Bsrtucci, ana
carried to the First Station. He viii
will be heard in Police Court this
morning.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-07

The condition Of DR., Thomas e.
stratton was reported early this
morning as being considerably worse,
although It was believed hs would
live through the night. DR.. STRAIT
ton has been III Il his home for sew
erai weeks.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-07
BY FRANCE

Para Aug. s.--AYternoon ofnciAl:
How<h Of the somne two small local
SEPARATIONS have enabled us TO make
pso&resa into German trenches south
W~ux cf Estres-
NORTH of the Alsne an enemy sur
pwSns attack on our positions on the
EaEs&rr Plateau failed under our bar
ra@e ere.
On the right hank of the Mouse
Awrfng small operations at several
posm&s We have sensihly enlarged the
&rUund conquered by us at the north
W1sG 81 Thiaumont work. We have
euDuised q counter-attack in the same
Sue1on- In the region OF F'ieury ard
r. ~ sectors OF ChApitre and
CA1nots artillery lighting continues
without any infantry actions.
Last night our air sQuadrons drop
- forty shells on the region Of
C1nblAs. eighty-four on the station
~ Noycn. thirty on the stations Of
I utocay and Sedan. forty one the sta
xtOn of Contains. sixty on the station
\ ood railway establishments of Metz
Sabscns and forty on the military de-
po4s Of Rombach north of Metz.
s Dome OF our air squadrons made
st1o successive sorties and one fiosilta
nade no less than seven sorties dur
~ the night.
Our aeropianes destroyed two Ger
man captive balloons on the Somme.
n German machine threw four
y homba on Baccarat. causing no losses
80 insignificant damages.
Paris. Aug. 6.--Mldnight ofYicial:
On the right bank OF the Mouse the
B 4oFmAns violently bombarded from
Il Osclock in the afternoon the Thiau-
1nont work and our positions at
]. N5oury and in the Chapitre wood.
here were no infantry attacks DUR
- the day.
On the rest OF the front there was
#1tormtttent cannonading.
Aviation. This morning one OF our
13ets excessively brought down two
N 10fmAn aeroplanes In the region of
&NoHAun. One fell within our lines
ID nA the other between the German
X&na French lines.
s Iris morning also after q battle
313atn one OF our aviators a German
1x1nplAne was obliged TO come to
M41Sth within our lines at Moyenvilie.
aho two occupants were taken pris-
80mer and tho machine. OF new
&10Ae5, WAS found to be intact.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-07
MIKE Marchina Asaia Arrestea.

Mike March1na Again Arrested.
Mike Marchina was arrested for the
fourth tins yesterday for selling Gig
arettes and chewing gum on Sunday.
ms former cases have gone to Hust.
officiating IN the arrest yesterday
were serweant Brown and Palicsnaan
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-07
Pri.oner Kiiis Tcxu. shcvtfy

Seymour, Tex. Aug. 6.--W. l.
Ellis. sheriff OF Baylor County, was
knocked down near here today by a
blow from the handcuffed nst Of
Steven Brown. a negro priaoner. The
sheriff died two hours later. Brown
vas Qyertaken by'a mob and sh>< -
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-07

The fashionable summer season at
the White sulphur Springs begins in
August. and many charming functions
are given the younger set visiting
there each year, and then the annual
horse show takes place this month at
the White. which brings its attendant
Eayetaes for the guests at the Green
hsssr and the cottages. Visitors from
tbs nearby watering places will m rotor
erer for the chow and entertalnt,
rsecssx Of early August, and a full So
caa1 calendar has been arranged for
tie coming weeks. Among the re-
osxs arrivals at tho White Sulphur
are: DIR. and Mira. Randolph Tuck
81 Warwick. OF Washington and Vir-
rnaa. who motored up this week for
al extended stay. They were Joined
there yesterday by Miss Maria Ad-
kirs. the attractive young daughter OF
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Adkins. OF 824
I Park Avenue. who will be their guest
Cor some time. Mrs. Fred Peasants
has joined the Richmond colony also.
and Is spending several weeks with
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry LAndon Cabell
at their cottage at the White. which
they have each summer.
Mrs. Frances Loring, who Ia at the
White Sulphur Springs for the season.
entertained at auction bridge In honor
VI ME- janice SaTTOll ETA66T, OF
Washington. d. c. AT the conclusion
OF the games boxes of conserves were
awarded the successful contestants at
each table. Those invited were Mrs
Garrett Buckner Wall. Mrs. Henry
L4andon CabeIl, Mrs James Ransom
Branch, all of Richmond; Mrs T'hos
y. Yuille. Mrs Sanford Kellogg, Mrs.
l.. w Watson. Mrs. William Wheat
ley, Mrs. John Chisholm. Mrs. Henry
Rutledge Buist, Mrs. Kellogg Bradley,
Mr. Lewis Hancock. Mrs. Thomas
Paine and Miss Sarah Poe.
Concerning vfrginians.
Says the Washington Post.
Mrs Ollie James. wife OF the sena-
tor from Kentucky. will accompany
DIR. and Mrs. Post Wheeler, the for
mer the nrst secretary of the United
states embassy In Japan, when they
return 70 Toxic sailing the last Of
august. Mrs. Wheeler will spend a
few days in Washington shortly en-
route to. Amherst. her parents old
htsne. to make farewell visit to her
fAther. Mira. James Will be absent
Il ON this country for several months,
and will visit China before return
irg. Mrs Wheeler Is known In the
literary world as Halle Ermine ,Rives.
Her marriage to Mr.. Wheeler took
place tn, the embassy in Toxic during
the regime Of General Luke Wright
A. Amtassador.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-04-25
CITIZENS URGE
SC0TT-0BREGON
MEETING HERE

II j. within the realm Of possibilities
that the proposed conference between
Major General Hugh l.. Scott. chief Of
the United States army. and General Al
varo 0brceon. Mexican minister Of war. on
the situation III general, may be held In
Brownsville Matamoros.
Messages today indicate that the con
ference will not be held earlier than a
week from now.
Upon learning that a conference bet
tween the two commands would take place
af some point along the border, members Of
the Board Of CITY Development last night
got busy and framed telegram to
Major General Frederick Funston. com
mander Of the Southern department Of the
army. inviting General Scott and himself
IL arrange 10 make this place the point
for the conference. The attention Of Car
rama Consul j. r. Cara also was called
10 the matter and today he wired General
yennsfiano Carranza At Mexico City stat
ing that Brownsville and Aatanoros had
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-04-25
War Vessel Sighted
Off Mouth OF River

What appeared To have been cruiser.
or some other war vessel of medium size
spent nearly all ot Sunday maneuverine
off the mouth of the Rio Grandc. accord
ing ia Frank &. Pierce. who has returned
To fhe city after = trip 10 the mouth of the
river Mr.. Pierce said the vessel when
first seen was headed toward the Mexican
coast but well out Of the three mile limit
II suddenly stopped and turned. heading
directly for the sea. Soon II returned
again of the mouth Of the river, and ma
nenvered IN the district for several hours.
CarranZa soldiers IN an automobile and
other IN a wagon appeared on the Mexican
beach and from tower un the south side
of the river observed the vessels move
ments for a time.
Whether II was IN American or foreign
vessel could not be asccrtained
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-04-25
GERMAN CRUISERS IN RAID
ON ENGLISH COAST DRIVEN
OFF BY THE NAVAL FORCES
Hostile WaysIips Retyeated In Twenty
Minutes, But Opening Fire On
Coast Before Leaving


LONDON, April 25.-German battle
cruisers appeared of I.oweStoff, almost
opposite The Hague early to.;a~ and were
engaged by the local naval forces. Tie
German war~hIp~ retreated ~ twenty MN
ute~. hu; opened fire An the coast before
leaving Two men. one woman and one
child were killed. The material damage
apparently wa- small.
The German war~hip- have made pre-
viou~ attacks on the English coast in dnv
time. The most important RAID was De
ccmier l6. 9ll. when the town. of Scar
borough. Whiby and lIarilepo"l were
bombarded and l3o persons killed. The
German vessels escaped IN fog. January
-. 1915. another attempt ~ this kind was
made off Dosgcrbank. hut the Germans
were driven on bv Admiral Beatty. fleet
Two light British cruisers were hit. but
none were sunk.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-04-25
Concentration of Troops Adds Interest
To Coming Scott Obyegom Conference

When Funston and Scott will leave far
the meeting place j. not stated, hut IL i
Indicated they will remain here for two or
three days IN order not 10 arrive az thr
border too much ahead of General Obre-
gon. Specific instructions governing the
conference have not vet been received, hni
they are expected tomorrow.
General Funstcn's participation IN ihc
border negotiations was ordered by the
war department, believing that the purpose
OF the conference will be better served II
General Scott has with him ore who !.
more Intimately acquainted with the a.
tails.
Three MINOR engagements between Major
howze's picked squadron and Carrunza
troops were recounted in the dispatche.
from the front 70 headquarters today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-04-25
THE WAR SUMMARY

The Associated Press war summary to-
day says
The Germans after a heavy lombard
ment drove home three violent attacks on
I,rndman~ I'LL during last night. Paris
claims a complete repulsc ot the first two
attacks. and the third. assisted hv gas.
broke down.
Another contingent of the Russian
troops arrived n Mar~cillc~ for use on
the western front
Eight British arroplauc~ raidcd hos
tile camp ~ Quatia ncquiita. Egypt. near
the Suez canal. The camp was DESTROYED
German positions on the Bc-ian coast
were attacked by war~hp~ today. The
bamba rdmcnt j. described a. one of the
heaviest Of the war
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-04-25
BOTTLE OF STRYCHNINE TELLS STORY OF END
0F LUIS ANZUALDA, AN ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR

With an empty bottle NJ ~irychnlne lying
nj hI~ side. the body of I.uis Aazualda. tor
many YEAR we'll known a. conductor 1T
orchc>,ras in Brownsville, was found
Monday afternoon M 3:45 in what H.
known a. the ''Ramircna' bend. near the
water and light plant, and more than three
miles from his home IN Jefferson street.
who conducted the inquest and found that
AnzuaIda came to hiS death through poison
SELF administered, found IN the hand of the
dead man music score on winch was pen
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-04-25
DO
NOT WANT WAR
25.000 SWAMP ILLINOIS SENATORS
+ WITH TELEGRAMS PROTESTING
ANY ACTION MEANING WAR

WASHINGTON. ID. C., April 25.-
Twenty five thousand telegrams protest
ing against any action which meant war
with Germany began pouring in on Sena-
tors Lewis and Sherman OF Illinois last
night and continued arriving today
Although signed by Illinois Individuals.
the telegram> followed Il certain form and
were prepaid. There i nothing to indi-
cate who prepared the forms. The tele-
graph office was swamped and the mes
sageS were delivere din bundles of one
hundred
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-04-25

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 25.-
Added interest was given the Scott Obre-
eon conference today by the receipt OF
news that more Mexican troops are being
concentrated IN Northern Mexico. Ii j.
realized that General Obregon will have
placed the forces by the time he meets
General Scott and that he will have be-
hind him and within easy reach no less
than 10000 men.
Failure by General Obrcgon 10 convince
General Scott of the soundness of dplo-
matte arguments could be followed. army
men asserted by the practical use Of this
combined force.
IL was announced at department head
quarters that General Funston will accom-
pany General Scott for the conference.