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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-08
DANIELS URGES FORMATION
OF STATE NAVAL MILITIA
Writes Governor stunrt About orKnnf-I
1"t1on of Companies in Virginia.
WSu Loan Use OF Ships,

writes Governor stunrt About OrHnnf-
1"tfon of Companies in Virginia.
Wil Loan Use OF Ships,
Suggesting tho organization OF oom-
panies OF the naval militia IN Virginia,
Secretary OF the Navy Josephus Daniela
recently wrote lotter to Governor
features OF that branch Of the service.
Tho navd militia is tostered by the
government for the purpose OF de-
velopins a capable reserve to man
oattlosh!ps up 10 was strength i'm.
ncdiatoly In time OF need AT preesnt
there are In al about 500 o'icerg and
5000 enlisted men throughout the
United States. II Is intended to take
advantage Of thu enthusiasm for pre-
paredness now stirring tho country to
Increase the number and efficiency OF
the naval militia.
Virginia Is ono OF the comparatively
few States along the scabonrd which
! have no naval militia organizations
Saortly after the close of the war with
0VWHh there was a company at Nor
! fo!k. Il is understood. bur for soma
/ reason Il was allowed to disband
I NaFn! nlilttiamen will receive ruu
! equipment, arms and clothing from the
government, and while IN service will
draw full pay. equal to that received nv
/ INC regular officers and men Of the
/ Navy department. After organization.
/ arc recognized by the department. and
I nav" gone through preliminary drills
and obstruction. they VIII receive boats
/ 10Y active practice on tho water
II The efficiency and size OF the com
pauiea Justify. the Navy Department
WIN lend tettleshlp for training
such cruise has already been taken
this summer by mlit!alnen from n mum
Ger OF states ON the Atlantic Coast
NO action has boon taken yet on .he
proposition by the military authori,ie.
o! the State. so far az has been learned
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-08
VIII pny Men in Mlli,ia.

Kegu!ar pay VIII be given 10 an
employees of the Virginia Hridgo and
Iron Co, OF Roanoke, who are serving
in the State militia, Il !e understood
from q Communication reconuy received
by .diuta0t General Sale, from tn,
general manager of tho company.
About ten employees are said TO be-
long 10 tho Roanoke company OF In
fentTy low Ia Ero hDsv.!,a,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-08
Fire nonrd Ruxr Hosc.

Tho Board Of Fire Commissioners
last night voted To purchase 2,bO0 feet
of two and one-half inch fire hose from
the Il. Il. Goodrich Company, and $500
feet Of three-inch fire hose from the
Hewitt Rubber Company. Both con-
tracts will aggregate $4,000. The board
also made several transfers OF men
in the ranks.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-08
In Annual Retreat.

The sisters OF Monte Maria Academy
have entered upon their annual re-
treat, under the guidance of Row.
Father White, S. j., of brooklyn, N. Y.
It will last from August to August
Is, inclusive. The friends Of the sis
ters are requested not to call during
that period.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-08
Suit Instit,,trd.

Suit FOR $500 damages was filed We
tcrday in the city Circuit Court by Il,
Stokcs-Grymes Grocery Company
aGains, the Hill Live Stock Company
and Is. +. and J. =. Hin. An attach
mcnt was Levied against money of the
defendants on deposit in the American
National Bank, all being mon-residents
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-08
nody Not Yet Rccoycrcd.

Tho body of Paul Bonini. drowned
early Sunday afternoon in the James
River. three miles below Richmond,
was not recovered up to yesterday If
will be held from tho residence Of Mrs
N. A. Vonderlchr. 400 1-2 Eas, Clay
Street. to-day.
Bonini lived at 26lo West Main
Street. He was employed wine
clerk at Stumprs Hotel.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-08
southern Railway Earnings.

The estimated earnings of the South
ern Hallway Company for the fourth
week OF July were S1,440,951, as COM
pared with s1.7S5,506 for tho same
week OF last year. showing a decrease
of s34I,555. according to figures made
public yesterday by Comptroller a..
III. Plant
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-08
Is RUSHED TO VIRGINIA
HOSPITAL. FOR TREATMENT

When the officer was drawn from
beneath the burning machine he asked
the negroes to notify the City Amhu-
lance, the Second Police Station, to
which he is attached; the Fire Depart
ment and Police Surgeon st. julien
Oppenhimer. The City Ambulance was
called first and Chauffeur John Drake
notified of the seriousness Of tho ac-
cident-that policeman was burning
up-reached the scene and had Clarke
in Virginia Hospital in nine minutes
DR.. Oppenhimer arrived few minutes
later and he and DR. Hinchman, am
bulancc surgeon, and Chief Inferno
Fletcher administered immediate med
ical treatment. They found Clarke to
be badly burned about the back and
legs and to he suffering from shock
1t was thought at the time that there
were no internal injuries. It Is prob
able that he will be laid up for some
time. He was visited by his wife.
Captain r. r. Sowell and friends of tho
department until sleep had been in
duced.
The scene OF the accident was visited
by Captain Sowell, and he said that
Clarke was fortunate to have escaped
Clarke has been on the force for
some years. and is now attached to
the automobile traffic service. He has
a good record.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-08
POLICEMAN |. N. CLARKE
HAS MARROW ESCAPE
Automobile Turns Turtle and Burn
ing Drops OF Gasoline Fall
on Pinioncd Man.
HE is SERIOUSLY BURNED
Automobile Is Total Wreck-Acci-
dent Occurs at Mitchell and St.
John Strccts-Ncgrocs Come to
POlicemnn'S Rescue.

Pinioned beneath his automobile so
that he could not move, and with his
clothes afirc from burning drops of
gasoline falling on his body. Police
man l.. y. Clarke narrowly escaped
death last night nj ? O'Clock. when his
machine turned turtle on Mitchell
Street, opposite 81. John. and caught
fire
Fortunately for Clarke--for it is an
unfrequcntcd ncichborhood there
were several negroes in the vicinity
of the accident. and. after a hard
officer from his perilous position and
to eNtineush the flames about his body
The car was destroyed 10 it's bare iron
frame, and is now n worthless heap
OF scrap.
Clarke was driving down Brook
Road when he struck IL bump, swcrv-
Ing his car into Mitchell street The
car lifted itself over an embankment
and jumped IL ditch. and then turned
turtle. There was a small fire burn
Ing In tho grass where the machine
came to n halt and Its end. and this
set the gasoline Of the car into
blaze. Clarke was thrown face down
ward. with the machine on top of him
In such r manner that he could not
move. Drops of burning gasoline
struck his revolver. and the cartridges
were exploded. None of them touched
Clarke.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-08
FOR ICE MISSION
Contributions Yesterday Amount 10
Ssi64, bringing TotnI for the
Summer tO S413.03.

Additions yesterday received by The
Times Dispatch bring the funds OF tho
Ice Mission now to s?i3.o3. we'll on the
way toward $1,000 The contributions
for the day amounted to s34.64. How
many frnil women havo been preserved
and how many babies, some day TO be
the strong men of Richmond have been
recalled to life as result OF the Ice
distributed by the mission can, OF
course. never he known: but 1t is
certain that death is averted daily by
just the little bit of coolness provided
by the ice fund. All contributions will
be acknowledged promptly.
Yesterdays contributions were as
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-08

MONTREAL. August lord and
Lady ShauGhncssy announce the en-.
gaGenent OF their daughter. Margue-
rite, to Edwin l.. Sanborn, OF Havana,
Cuba.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-08
In 81. I.uke'N.

Charles James Faulkner. Ir., o!
Chase City. Is In st. Luke's Hospital
whore he Is satisfactorily recovering
from an operation for appendicitis.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-08
FALLS FROM STREET CAR

Total contributions .........t
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-03-20
GEN. PERSRING PERSONALLY
DIRECTING OPERATIONS
Supplies Are Being Moved BY Auto
mobile Trucks.

. San Antonio. Texas, March 10
General Pershing led the greatest part
of his force beyond Casas Grandes to-
day and personally began the direction
of operations that it is hoped at
headquarters would terminate in the
capture of Francisco Villa. according
to army headquarters here. AL the ev-
idence Obtined indicator that Villa
WAS not many miles away, but wheth-
er he intended to continue his flight
or stop and fight still remained un-
known to the Americans.
General Funston withheld all in
formation as to the details for the
active pursuit of Villa.
Two troops of the Twelfth cavalry
arrived at Columbus yesterday and
have been sent forward to patrol this
line along which detatchments of in
fantry also have been stationed. From
Columbus to Casas Grandes supplies
viii be moved by automobile truck and
wagons, and. if permissions is OBJ
tanned that means of transportation
will be supplemented by shipments
over the Mexican Northern railroad
from FL PaSO
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-03-20

With the slackening of the fighting
around Verdun the Russians have
started a big offensive movement
against the Germans on the eastern
FROM y raid by German seaplanes
on the east coast of England and by
French airmen on Metz and other
German towns, the. sinking of a
French torpedo boat destroyed by
submarine in the Adriatic and the
reported torpedoing of an Austrian
hospital ship by an entente underwa-
ter boat are recorded in official and
unofficial communications.
Violent Attack by Russians.
Berlin chronicles an attack of great
violence by the Russians around Dris-
wiaty Lake and Lake NaroCZ, but says
the Russians were repulsed with great
losses, 9.270 Russian dead having been
countered in the Lake Narock region.
Teutons Driven Back.
Saturday the Germans in the Vaux-
Damloup sector northeast Of Nerdun
began another spirited attack against
the French, but the French bringing
their curtain of fire into play drove
the Teutons back. The attack was not
pushed again during Sunday, and
only intermittent bombardments took
place. - -=a-'1' =1Sf7>-- --z- - '~- '---- ~
Berlin reports the recapture of some
ground from the British northeast of
VernlelIes. in the region Of La Pas
Sc and the driving Of the French from
a position northeast Of Badonviller in
the Vosges. London admits the cap
ture by the Germans of three craters
at the Hohenzollern Redoubt.
The French guns have been busy
h0 q n n
Champagne and German depots rortn-
east Of St. Mihiel.
French Aircraft Raids.
Five French aircramt dropped
bombs on Metz ammunition depots
near Chateau Salins and the aero
Grome at DieuZe, while % other ma
chimes attacked the aviation camp at
Habsheim and the freight station at
Mulhausen.
In tho battles in the air which fcl-
low Ell the Germans and the French
eacn lost three or foIsr machines. \
German a:rshir attacked tt" entent.
a.;"d fleet south of Saloni:-i, b11t
with what result Berlin does not say
French Torpedo Boat Torpedoed.
Three officers and A men of the
crew of the French torpedo boat des-
troyer Renaudin were lost when q
Teutonic submarine sent the vesse
to the bottom in the Adriatic.
German AeropIenes Raid Dover.
In a raid by four German aeroplanes
over Dover, Ramsgate and West
gate at least nine persons were kill
ed and 81 injured. One OF the sea-
planes was brought down thirty miles
at sea by a pursuing British aviator
The German aviator was killed.
The German admiralty Officially ue.
MES th1t a German submarine wa;
responsible fer the sinking OF thG
Dutch passenger steamer Tubantia.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-03-20
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
BETHLEHEM STEEL CORP.
Net Earnings Amounted to $24,S921,-
4o3, an Increase of 260 Per Cent.

New York, March 19.-The annual
report of the Bethlehem Steel COTpOr-
alton for 1915, issued here today, dis
closed that the net earnings of the
corporation and its subsidiary COM
panies, after deducting expenditures.
amounted to S24,SS21. .4OSS as compared
with $9,649. 667 in 1914, an increase of
nearly 260 per cent. Orders on hand
Dec. 81, 1915, aggregated S1T5, ,422. .S95,
as against $46,513,1S9 on the cores
ponding date of this previous year \
statement by Charles NJ. Schwab.
chairman of the board of directors,
and f. G. Grace, the president refer
ring to the remarkable recovery of
the steel industry from its low ebh
prior to the outbreak of the European
war declared that today there exists
an actual shortage of steel-makinG ca =
pacity in this country"
An interesting feature of the report
was the statement that the averag ge
number of employees of the company
in the United States had increased
from 1856 in 1914 to 22.O64 in 1915
and that wages paid in 1915 amounted
to $21, 800 664 as against $14,312, ,94SS
the previous year.
Calling attention to the bill pend
ing in congress for the building by
the government of an armor plant
! Messrs. Schwab and Grace declared
that If such a bill is passed the value
of existing armor plants in this Coun-
| try will be virtually destroyed"
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-03-20
Villa Has Been
Driven Into Trap
BY THE RAPID ADVANCE OF
AMERICAN TROOPS
BANDITS ARE HEMMED IN
carranza Troops On Three Sides and
the Fourth-TrooPs in Good Shape.

Ell Paso, Texas, March 19.-F'rancis-
co Villa has been driven into a trap
by the rapid advance of the American
troops, according to information re-
CeiVed today in wireless dispatches
from the front and in telegraphic deS-
patches to General Gabriel Gavira, the
CaranZa commander at Juarez. Ev-
erything seems now to depend on the
ability of the CarranZa garrisOns to
hold their end of the net. on three
by strong Carranza columns, while
on the fourth the Americans are driv-
ing forward with amazing speed.
Villa at Babricora.
Villa was reported in the BabriCora
Mrs. Phoebe Hearst which he has
ravaged several times in the past.
Babricora is about 50 miles south of
Galena, where one section Of the
American CXpeditiOnary force has ar
rived and is pushing forward At the
rate of 80 miles a day. a few miles
to the west of the bandits position is
NamiquipI, which is held by a pow
crful CarTanza garrison. On the east
are the frowning barriers of the Sicr-
IA Madre Mountains, barring the way
to Sonora. General Luis Gutierrez,
Carranza's field chief, declares that
he holds all the passes to Sonora.
Blocked by carranza Garrison.
To the south, Villas way is block
ed by TIE Carranza garrison at Ma
dera, q town of considerable import
anCe as the headquarters of the Ma
dera Company, Ltd, an American con-
Germ which has vast lumber, mining
and railroad interests
On account of the importance or
this town an exceptionally heavy Car
rama force is said to hold il.
Problem of Bringing Up Supplies.
While Carranza and his military
authorities have succeeded so far in
avoiding any friction there is one Sc
rious question which may arise at any
time to threaten the entire situation.
As the lines of communication of the
American force lenSthen the problem
of bringing up supplies becomes in
creasingly more pressing.
To grant the United States permis-
sion to use the Mexican railroads for
atippiRg suAflfes.- 10 IS thourfrt- fleT;s.
NAV be miSdbnstrued by many Mesi-
cans. on the other hand refusal
would scarcely harmonic with the
prJfesSed desire capturing Villa if he
remains from coming out and meeting
the punitive forces.
There is no reason to believe. army
men explained, that Villa and his mon
/ viii suffer for want Of food in the
/ district into which they have gone
/ The country Is much more heavily
! timbCred and watered than that i'm tho
! north through which the American
/ columns moved and deer and other
"ame are abundant
! Our Troops in Good Shape.
! General Pershing's men were re-
! ported in good shape and his animals
{ for the most part. stood the fas-
J march into Mexico well. The eNpcdi-
( ttOnary force has reached a higher
! elevation so that instead of suffering
! from the heat they have found tn,
nights chilly.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-03-20
MEXICAN BANDITS HAVE
MURDERED ITALIAN SUBJECT
Enrico Nisconti, One of the Best
Known Foreign Ranchers in Mexico.

Known Foreign Ranchers in Mexico.
FL PasO, Texas. March 19-Enrfco
Nisconti, an Italian subject and one Of
the best known foreign ranChcrS in
Mexico, was murdered by Mexican
bandits on his ranch at Euciuillas.
Chihuahua, last Tuesday. News of TIE
murder reached here today in tele-
gram sent by Nincenzp Nisconti.
brother of the murdered man.
Nisconis ranch Of $4,000 acres in
extent and located one hundred miles
south of OjinaEa and about an equal
distance east of Chihulla CITY. The
bandits who murdered him seized his
cousin. Juan Bilbao. a Spaniard. en-
his ranch sixty miles southwest of
! Encinillas a week previously and held
| him for S1.5O0 ransom, which was
paid from FL Paso.
II is supposed Visconti refused their
demands for money, but no details
/ have been received here vet. 4 grown
up son of the ranchman is thought to
have been with him on the ranch. but
nothing is known as to his fate.
The murder of the ranch owner
aroused deep Indignation in the Italian
SolOny here, where h was was known
and respected. He had lived twenty
lve years in Mexico, never having been
moleSted before. His brother Eircpn-
20 sent the following telegram today
20 the Italian ambassador in Wash
| ingtOn:
Il am sorry to notify Your Ex-
cellency that my brother Enrico Wis
CONT, an Italian citizen, has been
murdered on his ranch in the state of
/ Chihuahua, Mexico. by revolutionary
| soldierse. ! beg Your ExceIIencv to
| protest to the state department against
/ this outrageous crime. which, like
many others, are committed daily
/ on foreigners in that country"
Visconti said that his telegram
would be forwarded by a oint pfrotest
to Secretary Lansing by the leading
Italians here.
| I have large number Of relatives
| in Mexico" he said, "and there Is not
one Of them who has not been held
ter ransom or otherwise maltreated
| Some OF them / have been unable 10
| get in touch with at all and do not
| know whether they are dead or alive
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-03-20
FRENCH TORPEDO BOAT
SUNK BY SUBMARINE
Three Officers and Forty four Mem
hers of Crew Lost.

Paris, March 10, III p m.-The
French torpedo boat destroyer Renau-
din has been sunk in the Adriatic by
a submarine. Three officers and A
Of the crew were lost. Two officers
and "a of the crew were saved.
The ministry of marine made the
following official announcement to-
night regarding the loss Of the de-
stroyer:
THE squadron torpedo boat Renau-
din was sunk in the Adriatic by an
enemy submarine on the morning of
March 19. Three officers. among them
were the conmardant and second Of
f1cer and A seamen. We're lost. Two
officers and thirty-fOur seamen wer2
rescued by a French torpedo boat,
which accompanied the Renaudin."
The destroyer Renaudin was built
in 1913. She measured 1855 tons and
was 256 feet in length. She was a
thirty knot boat. put in her trials
had developed 60 knots.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-03-20
NC GERMAN SUBMARINE
IN VICINITY OF TUBANIA.
Official Statement BY German Admir-
atty So Declares.

Berlin. March 19-By Wireless to
SaTvilIe.)- German submarine
could have been in the vicinity of the
spot where the Dutch liner Tubantia
was sunk and no German mines had
been laid ir this region, the German
admiralty announced. The official
statement issued under date of March
18, says:
"Tfe Dutch navy department has
stated that according to the sworn
declarations of the frs and fourth Of
f1cers and the lookout men of the
steamer Tubantia. the course of a
torpedo was clearly seen.
"a German submarine is ont Of the
question in connection with the
sinking of the Tubantia as the place
where the accident took place is less
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-03-20
AGITATION FOR MILK FOR
BABIES IN GERMANY,
Declared by Lord Robert Cecil to Be
lnsincere.

London, March 10. 3.15 p. m.--"The
agitation in America for the export of
milk to babies in Germany is the most
dishonest and insincere feature of the
proparga which Germans have con-
Quoted in your country" saiy LORD
Robert Cecil, the minister of war
trade, in discussing today with a
representative of The Associated
Press the charge that the British
blockade was having a serious effect
upon the milk supply of the central
powers.
Lord Robert C%cil said: 81 have
been unable to find any evidence of
honesty in the German claim that
their babies are sueffring for the lack
OF milk. The whole agitation is
wholly Il political move, designed to
discredit us with philanthropic Amer
cans"
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-03-20
ALLEN FAMILY DIFFERENTIATED
BY VIRGINIA FEUD
Jack Allen, Last of the Noted Allen
Clan, Was Shot Friday Night.

Roanoke, Va, March 19-JaCk Allen,
last of the noted Allen clan of Carroll
county, was shot and killed Friday
night in the home of Mrs. Roberta
Martin, five miles from Mount Airy,
\. c., by viii McCraw, a blockader.
on his way Home from Mount Airy,
where he sold n wagon load of lum-
ber Allen stopped at Mrs Martins
home to spend the night. After Cup
per he and Mrs. Martin and a neighbor
were sitting before the open fire talk
ing when McCraw came in and took
part in the conversation.
Discussion of the Allen trials of three
years ago. which resulted in some of
the clan being put to death for the raid
on the Hillsville courthouse, led 10 Il
quarrel
The women and their children ran
/ from the room. \ shot rang out, fol-
lowed by another. McCraw, hatlcss
and without his Overcoat, plunged from
the house and disappeared.
Accompanied BY some wa@oners who
were camping in the neighborhOod, the
family returned to the house and there
found Jack Allen lying on the floor
| his face in his own blood and bullet
! hole through his head.
Officers are hunting for McCraw. He
! is believed to be hiding with friends in
| the mountain wilderness.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-03-20
SALVADOR IN FAVOR OF
PAN-AMERIcAN TREATIES
For the Mutual Guarantee of Integrity
Of All Nations.


Washington. March 19.-Salvador
has gone on record in favor of Pres
ident Wilson's proposal for treaties
between the pan American nations for
the mutual guarantee Of their integri-
ty.
In the recent address of President
Melendez to the SaIvadorean congress.
received here bv Rafael Zaldivar, the
minister. hearty endorsement was
given not only 10 the presidents pro-
posCl but to the general policy of
pan n-AmcriCanism.
This government" President Me-
landeZ haid. in his address, "sees in
the project of the Northern American
government n very laudable and sim
cere effort for preserving peace among
the American nations eliminating from
Diplomatic relations many obstacles
that impede harmony among the
states and sow lack Of confidence
and suspicion"
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-03-20
DENIAL THAT BRAZIL
HAS SEIZED VESSELS
OF German Ownership Which Have
Been Interned in Brazilian Ports.

Rio Janeiro. March 19.-From a re-
liable source il is learned that the
Rr1ziliau government despite re-
ports to the contrary to circulation in
the United States, has taken no ac-
ton towards requisitioning merchant
vessels OF German ownership interned
in Brazilian ports.
According to information published
in the newspapers the Brazilian gov
eroncnt would not consider taking
slIch action without an amicable
agreement with all interests con-
cerned.
The neutrality of Brazil in the war
between Germany and Portugal has
been decreed.