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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-22

prices were not high. Present condi-
lions must be changed. before there
Is much chance for any radical reduc-
tons
We have here in virginia sufficient
land. with sufficient fertility. to pro-
duce an unlimited amount OF food pro-
ducts OF all kinds Our farmers are
far above the average in intellect.
common sense and industry But the
shortage OF help on the farm was
never more keenly felt than now. In
some sections OF the State. it is almost
an impossibiiity to secure labor of
any kind. and as n result. the farmer.
dependent upon his own time and
strength, is compelled to reduce his
acreage 10 a minimum.
On the other hand, country people
are fiocking TO the city each year,
which but adds TO the amount Of food
necessary for city consumption. who
Is TO take their places on the farm?
Where Ia our food to come from, II
not from the farm7 With the de-
mands for food products increasing
yearly. and the supply decrea sing each
year. what OF the future? There can
be but one answer: present conditions
will have 20 change. The farmer must
have help to enable him TO furnish
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-22
PEDDLERS TAXES WILL
NOT BE REFUNDED

Refund of peddlers' taxes. amount
ing 10 1915. was denied yesterday in
Hustings Court to the Corby Baking
company It was argued on behalf
OF the company that inasmuch as IT
was selling psrishahle products man
ufactured by itself II did not come
under the act regulating peddlers. On
tho strength of ruling by Attorney
General Pollard. an assessment of s25
Was placed on each of the twenty
seven wagons operated by the bread
company in the city. who admitted
that they We're operating without PIE
vious order. This placed them within
the jurisdiction of the peddlers act,
so Commonwealth's Attorney Wise
said.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-22
RcqlisitiOn For Lee,

Governor Stuart yesterday issued a
requisition on the Governor Of North
Carolina for the return of William
Lee, wanted at the Virginia peni-
tentiary for escape from the road
rorce In Washington County during
November Of last year. The man was
serving three years from Henrico
County for larceny. He is now in jaiI
IN Charlotte. and D. F. O'Neil will
bring him back to the State.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-22
Raise EOllfierE' Pay

Editor Virg!nian,
sir,-So much having been said re-
Gently about filling the depleted ranks
or the army and navy. I feel CON
strained to say that II our Uncle
sam will increase the pay of these
poys n1ty per cent--which is Justly
Cue them-there would. in my iudg-
meht. De no trouble in bringing both
these branches up to their full
strength. Respectfully
r. II. POWELL
Louisa. Va, Dec. 90.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-22
NO CHANGE IN AMERICAS POLICY.

Apropos OF Secretary Lansing's
4 statement yesterday that the acts OF
beIligerents invading the rights OF this
country endangered our own peace,
8alarmist reports were telegraphed out
of Washington indicating that Amer
lea was on the verge of war.
Fortunately or unfortunately 1T was
not shown whom we were to fight an
omission the war news makers have
thus far failed 70 supply.
AZ a matter of fact every thinking
man has held the views several times
very clearly set out by the President
that the danger Of our own country
becoming involved through some
overt act OF one or the other OF tho
helligerents was. and Is very present
one.
As the President declared In his
note to the nations at war conditions
which are becoming intolernble
threaten neutral nations
We have strven very earnestly to
keep tire conf1agration within its pres
ent limits. We have no guaranty that
We can continue SO TO do. Outside
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-22

and beyond our high humanitarian
aspirations we must needs take steps
to extinsuish these fires of sratricidal
war II we would assure our own safety.
Should present peace overtures and
the Presidents efforts fail. we may. 1t
might be we'll TO say. prepare TO ese
the war take on new phases OF
desperation.
Under the recent declaration of
Bonar Law that all British merchant
men should be heavily armed. II is
believed Germany will consider itself
freed from the restrictions placed on
U-boat warfare by President Wilson.
and will declare it's right to treat
every entente craft as warship.
This may mean q revival Of the U-boat
question in all OF It's msnacinx aspects.
However, at the moment, there
exists no more reason for alarming or
sensational war-scare stories than at
any time In months past
In fact, the Presidents determined
attitude for peace may create an at
mosphere among the cabinets OF
Europe. which may soon remove all
danger
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-22
GREAT BRITAIN GOING DRY.

that
OF
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dry notwith-
tho howlso Of the
that the beaten
aced already tndi-
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In
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-22


- MADE the subject Of will
al time
1000 groouc
prices But present cond'~a~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-22

vIRGINIAN PHONES,
Advertisine--Mad. i7ss.
Eociety--NAd. is31.
Editorial--Mad. 1879.
General Mgr.--Ran. 2i1.
Circulahon--Rsn. fa3.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-08-31

the r dSulOu AT. League VI AuSIACd
tells me.
RAISING A CHILD TO-
BY MRS. GEORGE BEcH,
Mother of Zoe Rae, Highest Paid and
Most Famous Child Player
in the Movies
Every mail brings me letters,
many of them from distant corners
of the earth, asking how made my
child a movie star. didn't. / only
helped.
Child actresses are not made.
They are born. No mother can ever
hope to MAKE a motion picture star
of her baby unless her child is en-
dowed with natural talent. This is
a fundamental quality, Unborn, and
unless little girl is blessed with it at
birth, parents have absolutely no
chance of ever arbitrarily moulding
her into a motion picture actress.
My little daughters talent to act is
her birthright. It made her star.
But talent alone would never have
kept her a star. After six months on
the screen she probably would have
glimmered, grown faint and finally
faded out. Such is the fate of most
child actresses. However, in Zoe's
case, the training 1 have given her
has spared her this misfortune.
My little girl, whose right name is
Zoe Bech, was born in Edgewater,
right here in Chicago. She is of
French extraction and her talent l
think, is inherited from her grand
mother, an aUthOress, who wrote un-
der the name of Alice Plumbley. Herr
father is printer and neitherhe nor
I have dramatic ability.
A child to be clever and successful
as a photoplayer has to be natural.
A mothers training consists in pre-
serving this haturahess. Self-con-
seriousness in a little girl is the buga-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-08-31
RAISING A CHILD TO BE A MOVIE ACTRESS

BE A MOVIE ACTRESS
boo again which the parents must
fortify. Once a child becomes self
conscious, her naturalness fees and
her career as a movie actress is
brought to disastrous ending. Adu-
lation, idOlizing and hero-worshiping
make children unfit for the screen.
Mothers, you cannot TRAIN a
child to be clever enough to- act. If
your baby is talented, others will
discover the fact without your call
ing it to their attention Under no
condition will you ever be able to,
force people to recognize ability in
your little especially if what
you THINK is ability is merely the
clever baby characteristics manifest
ed by every normal kiddie.
Practically ever family in America
thinks it has in its Household a di-
mihutiFe movie star-and one can't
blame mothers and fathers for such
an opinion as we all have a right to
be proud Of our children. However,
talent to act is rare endowment
anu n q Ae-AAAy 10 AO4IuudJ0 enough
to have among its members a nat
Ural child actress the fact will be so
outstanding that people will COM
ment about it.
l never had to call attention to the
fact that Zoe was talented. It was
always apparent. And I never had
to. seek a position for her in the
movies. The movies sought her. She
worked in her first picture in Chi
cago for SeHg when she was but 3
years old.
She was just a little bundle of dim
pies then, and whenever I see that
picture always regret that Zoe is no
longer baby Of 8.
Zoe has put in three, years in the
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-08-31

This model from her studio shows
how charmingly the striped and
plain materials combine. The coat
is rose and white velvet, The skirt,
which has the new ripple, rather the
too-popular flare, is plain rose vel
vet Bone buttons give a special bit
of adornment.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-08-31

dressed women gather.
Sometimes it's a striped skirt and
plain coat and sometimes this
scheme is reversed.
1--WE can scarcely meet the demand
for striped velvet" Nine. Jayne of
the Fashion Art League of America
tells me.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-03-08
FIGHTING A LA BOWIE
IN EUROPEAN TRENCHES

One of the developments of the
trench warfare in Northern France
has been the employment of dirks as
weapons for offensive use at close
quarters. In narrow traverse and par
ailels, where there is not room to
swing bayonet-tipped rifle, the
tactics of our own Colonel Bowie
have been found well adapted to the
needs of the moment. There was at
first much objection to the idea
among British soldiers. who did not
regard it as sporting" proposition
and stigmatized it assassination. I"
But this first feeling has since been
overcome. The problem confronted
by the French and British military
authorities now is the procurement
OF an adequate supply of knives and
dirks. Most of those on the market
nave proved too fiimsy for the VIC
ious usage demanded in trench fight
ing. 1t would seem as IL the hunting
khire, widely known in this country,
would amply fill the requirements
OF the case. For a time the French
Tried knife devised for a .thrusting
blow held by loop handle that pass
ed around the knuckles; but a fey
experiments developed that a cutting
edge and some length of blade were
necessary as well as sharp point.
The dirks so far used seem to be
from six inches to a foot in length.
The idea is traceable to the Ghurkas,
OF the Indian Army Corps. whose ku-
Kris were employed with savage eff
feet In the few chances the Indians
had at close order fighting they pre-
fer. 1t is suggested that the dirks
should be kept In leather sheaths
siung under the soldiers armpits.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-03-08
MOTHER WAS BORROWING
AS CHILDREN Persisted

Cleveland, o., March 3.-Three
children, covering together under a
mattress in an upstairs room of
their home, were suffocated here
while rescuers were battering down
the doors in an effort to reach them.
The tots, children of Mrs. Rose
Ehrbacher had been locked in the
house while the mother had gone
to a neighbours to borrow a cup of
flour for use at supper. While the
mother was away fire started in the
kitchen. The children, unabye to get
out of the house, ran up to bed
room and crawled under a mattress
on bed. The flames attracted
neighbors and the fremen were
called.
Mrs. Ehrbacher was frantic when
she returned and found the house i'm
flames with the children inside.
Firemen managed to extinguish the
blaze and fight their way upstairs.
They found the three children, Fred,
3 years old; Joseph, ), and Martha,
6. dead under the mattress. The
flames had not reached them, but
they had been suffocated.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-03-08

the field, the Germans seemed to be
quite close, but II was an optical IL
fusion. They advanced very bravely,
waving their rifles or leaping az they
passed over the heaps of dead. I
was knocked over by shell and had
my arm broken and as the trench
was completely destroyed. / crawled
away and fortunately met an armor-
ed automobile which took me to
verdun."
do you know about the trick we
played on the Germans in Caures
wood?" was the question with which
a French soldier who had been in
the verdun fighting introduced to-
day his account of an incident at
the 'front.'
"Well, to the north of Verdun,"
he continued, "a little beyond Beu-
mont, lies Caures Wood. II was a
point to which the Germans devoted
special attention and therefore ev-
ehh6 vas uOhC W 6iNC ShChi 90 6OOu
reception as possible.
while our infantry on the fringe
Of the wood held off the enemy, a
lieutenant of engineers and his men
made their final preparations in the
wood which had been carefully min
ed beforehand. When all was ready
the infantry fell back and the Ger
mans, convinced that our men were
boiling, tore after them into the
woods, yelling exultantly.
when the last Frenchman was
safely out of the wood on the other
side, some one posted near Beaumont
pressed a button. There was hea-
Wy boom and trees mingled with bod
les shot into the air. Virtually ev-
cry man of the enemy in the wood
had been killed.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-03-08
U. s. FORT PLANS ARE
FOUND IN WRONG PLACE

New Yory, March 3.-Plans of
United States Notifications have
been found In the possession of
Richard Won Arend and Rudolph Won
Kracht, two young Germans arrested
here on a charge of operating the
mails to swindle, according to a
statement made by Assistant United
States District Attorney Macdonald.
Won Arend and Won Kracht, who
claims. according to the Federal au-
thorities, to be German army Lieu
tenants, were arraigned before a
United States commissioner here.
According to post-office inspectors
the two men had conducted a syste-
matte begging campaign through the
mails, asking for help on the ground
that they were detitute German
army officers. They are said to have
refused the aid of representatives
of charity organizations, because they
did not wish to make public their
as required by such or
CARNATIONS.
Won Arend and Won Kracht were
held in $4,000 bail each. They de-
MED ever having had any plans of
forts and said the only
things they owned were pictures sent
them from Germany by relatives.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-03-08

lucky and they know that the sys-
TEN OF Loose Leaf Floor Is meeting
with condemnation on every hand by
the intelligent and thinking men,
consequently they must offer to the
growers another system and they
are going to do It in the form of a
new cooperative tobacco company
the exact name of which I do not re-
call. It originates from the same
source that the Consolidated To-
bacco Organization and the Loose
Leaf Floor system originated from
and the same results can be expected
Men of Kentucky should realize
the benefit derived from the or
ganization that has stood firm
through all these years, the organi-
zation that Is today the most pow
erful, the most active farm organi-
ization in existence-the American
Society of Equity. Much as would
like to see these men forget all
about tobacco, which is really the
cause of all your troubles, and COM
mence raising other crops and go in
to the live stock industry for which
your State is well adapted, If you
must raise tobacco, sell it through
an organization and the conditions
that | have pictured and that you
know are true, will never exist
again.
The Loose Leaf Floor system
must go, and it will go just the same
as any other system that does not
originate nor is controlled by the
organized producers.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-03-08
Exploded BY Drop OF Sweat.

A single drop of sweat from the
brow of a workingman, dropped into
tank containing "a pounds of cot
ton saturated with nitric acid. caus-
ed loud explosion at the Atlas
Powder Company's plant at Mt. Car
bon.
Workmen near by narrowly escap-
ed injury when the explosion came
and immense rolling clouds Of smoke
passed through the building. A drop
of water on this preparation will
cause 1t to explode. The plant
makes large shipments every week
of high explosives for the French
army.-GPottsville (Pa.) Cor. Phila.
North American.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-03-08
HOW LONG WOULD WE
LAST IN SUCH A CASE?

After Is months of exhaustine
war, after kingdom which contains
less than two-thirds of the popula-
ton of the empire has lost close to
100000 men. Germany is launch
ing an attack on Verdun with $780,
600 infantry and hundreds, perhaps
thousands, of guns.
How long would our present arm
ed forces last under such an impact /?
How long would it take $4,000
veteran troops, landed at unprotect-
ed points on our coast and backed
by sufficient artillery. to take Bos-
ton, Philadelphia, New York, Seattle
or San Francisco?
How long will it take Congress to
act on facts which every intelligent
citizen knows, and provide an army
and a fleet sufficient to protect this
land from insult and invasion?--
[Chicago Journal.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-03-08
A Specific Against Colds.

The nearest thing to specific
against colds is a sleeping porch or
open bed room and a cold. sponge
bath every morning when you first
get up. Even then you will occa-
sionally take cold, especially when
colds are epidemic, and when you do
you will find Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy great help in enabling you!
to get rid of it. Try it. Obtainable
everywhere. m
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-03-08
500 Reward. slOo

The readers OF this paper will be
pleased TO learn that there Is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure N all its stages. and that Is
positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a CONGREGATIONAL
disease. requires q CONSTITUTIONAL treat
ternaily. acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system. there-N
oy Destroying the foundation Of the dis
ease; and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and aSsisting
nature In doing its work. The proprietors
nave 20 much faith In its curative DOW
ers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
t tor Any Any case that y fails to cure. Send
A1drsss; =. CHENEY Co. Toledo. O.
1sks hairs Ssnils Ptlis Cor eonssipation.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-03-08
For Your ChiId's Cough.

If your child has a cold, nose runs
or coughs much, get small bottle
of DR.. Bells Pine-Tar-Honey. It's a
pleasant Pine-Tar-Honey syrup, Just
what children like and just the med
icine to soothe the cough and check
the cold. After taking, children
stop fretting, sleep good and are
soon entirely well. Insist on DR..
Bells Pine-Tar-Honey. 25c at your
druggist. m
Advertisement.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-03-08
OPPOSED TO THE OLD
ROAD WORKING SYSTEM

To the Fiscal Court of Ohio County:
Gentlemen:-We, the undersign-
ed voters and road hands of Beaver
Dam Magisterial District No. 2, of
Ohio county, Kentucky, do earnestly
request said court to meet us and the
road hands of the other respective
Magisterial Districts of the county,
at Hartford, KY, March II, 1916, at
the County Union of the A. s. of E.,
at l o'clock p. m, for the purpose of
advising together whether or not the
plan adopted by the Fiscal Court at
its last session in regard to working
the roads, will be acceptable to the
people. In justice to all concerned
and in fairness too, we, who have
the burden to bear, that is, the farm
ers of this county, and more espec-
tally, those between the ages of IS
and so years, feel it would be put
ting more than their share on them.
Therefore we, the committee APP
pointed to get this matter before the
honorable court and the people of
this county, trust and believe that
the Fiscal Court will give this mat
ter due consideration.
The following are a few of the
reasons we have against working the
road under the old SYSTEM
1. The law is not just that CON-
pels the overseer to take the place,
Git is fine of from $500 to $500
If he refuses), without compensation
except his road poll tax. Said over
seer to warn in hands. keep UP his
section of road and all culverts and
bridges under 20 feet. Said over
seer to be liable to Indictment and
fine If he fails to keep roads and
bridges free from obstruction and in
good repair.
2. We don't think it right for the |
boys to work on the roads before
they are of legal age, nor would we
think much of any one who would |
cry back to the farm" and encour-
age such a system. We think it I'M
fair to the road hands to ask them
to furnish their own tools and with
out any compensation whatever to |
keep up the roads and bridges. The
old system would be less than half |
Of the wealth of the county keep
ing the roads.
4. The roads of this county are
public property, same as the court |
house and jail, and it would be as
fair to ask the road hands to keep
latter in repair. AS we understand
t, the Fiscal Court went back to the
Did system for two reasons, viz:
Lack of funds and public sentiment.
Without censuring any one, we fear
t was not made public enough. We
EEL that there should be an express
sion from the "boys in the trenches"
And if a majority of them are
against keeping up the roads by the
I'D system, We don't think the fiscal
'ourt should ask it, nor do we be-
ieve they will.
JOE BARRETT,
c. N. TAYLOR,
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-03-08

four weeks IL the importation Of
food were stopped.
THE need will continue great for
many months after peace is declared.
Factories have been stripped of their
machinery. There is complete
Of industry. It will take
months to rehabilitate these indus
tries and to start the wheels again."
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-03-08
Keep Your Bowels Regular.

As everyone knows, the bowels
are the sewerage system of the body,
and 1t is Of the greatest Importance
That they move once each day. II
Your bowels become constipated,
take dose of Chamberlain's Tablets
Just after supper and they will cor
rect the disorder. Obtainable ev-
erywhere. m
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-03-08

A sore throat can be treated best
from the outside. The throat should
be rubbed gently with Billiards.
Snow Linment. Apply at night and
cover with a cotton cloth bandage;
by morning the soreness will disap-
pear. Price Csc, soc and 500 per
bottle. Sold by z. Wilbur Mitchell,
Beaver Dam. m
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-03-08
Stomach Turns To Leather.

Arthur r. Green. an Auburn at
torney, accompanied by DIR. r. F..
Rooney, is going to San Francisco,
where he will have his stomach re-
moved by San Francisco specialist.
Green's case is one of very few
OF its kind on record. His stomach
is hardening like leather and has not
performed any Of its functions for
months.
Specialists believe II possible for
him to live a number of years with
out a stomach. the other organs do
ing its work. II he is careful about
his diet. He will have to eat less,
but more frequently.-[Auburn
(Cal) Cor. San Francisco Chronicle.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-03-08
The Usual Way,

links is fighting mad. What's
the matter?"
He's just come from peace
meeting"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-03-08

Even II a man Acknowledges that
ne has faults he seldom owns up to
those his friends accuse him of hav-
ing.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-03-08

But when 1t takes a young man 1
minutes to assist girl to put on her
jacket. she is neither his sister by
birth or refusal.