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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17
Ian for "Rationing' Neutral
Countries Will Cut Down
American Commerce
ETALIATORY MEASURE
MAY BE NECESSARY
orway, Sweden. Denmark
and Holland Subjected to
Rigid Supervision of All Inn
ports

Washington. Sept 1s.-The State
'partment today cabled to the Amer
"a embassy in London for informa-
q concerning the embargo reported
have been placed by Great Britain
goods shipped from the United
etes to Norway. Sweden. Denmark
a Holland.
Neither the State Department nor
p British embassy would confirm
D report. The belief was expressed
et 1t referred to Great Britain's plan
"rationing'' neutral countries. A
patch from Consul General Skin
3. in London, made public yester-
y, gave list Of articles whose ex-
IT to Holland and the scandinavian
nntries has been suspended in fur
rance of this plan.
scandinavia and Holland have been
& on rations by Great Britain since
Re in 1915. but the United States Ia
bre seriously affected than hereto
Re. the long list OF articles whose
|portation to Scandinavia and Hol-
I'D lis prohibited being important
hong the commodities figuring In
.nerican commerce with these coun-
es. A State Department official
ia today that this government was
3sfjael tn taking issue with this
Her
.rne position of the State Depart
int is that the blockade Is illegal,
. II does not conform TO the require
hits 81 international law and Is not
part al as it covers only he North
b and does not prevent trade be-
zen Sweden and Germany.
It's action likely 10 be taken, II was
Ia, is the application of the retatia-
n measures passed by the recent
ngress and directed at the unlaw-
| Interference by Great Britain in
icing commerce.
Through the system OF blockade
eat Britain is enabled to supervise
] foreign commerce OF the United
Ates al It's source and also to shut
entirely from other countries, and
some Instances from the United
Ates. their imports and prohibit ex-
rts OF such goods to European coun-
~ and in some Instances other
lntries.
No Ofiiciai Information.
-hevaiier van Rappard. the Dutch
mister had a conference with
eretary Lansing at the State De-
ktment this afternoon. They dis
ned the new embargo. Both con-
oed they had not received official
efce OF II, A report that the United
ties and Holland were planning
nt action in relation TO II was de-
a. Secretary Lansing. II was
a, would take no further action
10 he HAD received reply to his
kuest from London for further IN
matton.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17
ANGRY WOMEN RAID
HAMBURG SHOPS

London, Sept. 16.-An Amsterdam
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
Company says:
Serious food riots occurred al
Hamburg recently. According to
Berlin reports, a mob of angry. women
ratded shops which had been closed
owing to a shortage Of meat and veg
etables, while another crowd made
demonstrations before the Town Hall,
shouting:
Down with the junkers! Down
with the peoples torturers"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17
TARHEEL TROOPS ARE
ORDERED TO Ell PASO

Washington, Sept. 1.-THE North
Carolina National Guard was ordered
to the Mexican border today by the
War Department The guard consists
OF three regiments of infantry. two
troops OF cavalry. one ambulance
company and one field hospital. The
guard viii go to FL Paso. No ad-
dftional Withdrawals of guardsmen
from the border were ordered today.
but more are expected soon.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17
SPAIN MAKES SHARP
PROTEST TO GERMANY

Madrid Sept. 1s-spain has made
sharp protest TO Germany against
its practice of sinking peaceful Span
ish ships, II was announced today and
has demanded that here be a modi-
tication OF the submarine campaign.
The government took this action
after three Spanish steamers, inciud-
ing rhe Olazzari, ASS tons. had been
torredoed in; two days
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17
Another pnrnlvxts Increase.

New York, Sept 16.-Another slight
increase In infantile paralysis ID
shown in the bulletin for the twenty
four hours ending at 10 A NJ. today.
Forty-one new cases were discovered
and there were thirteen deaths, a
jump OF three. Federal officials
found announcements in the stats
tics for the week showing only asa
new cases as compared with $50 the
previous week.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17

London. Sept Tx g. Wells, the
novelist. in an article in the Sunday
Pictorial. stakes his reputation as a
prophet on the prediction that Ger
many wifi sue for peace IN November.
I'm the statement as cabled Mr..
Wells does not mention any particular
year.-Editor)
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17
wed In Washington.

Sfes Edith d. Jenkins. of Hanover,
n Lloyd Htll.ard. OF Henrico. were
kried In Washington. d. c.. last
SredAy afternoon at 1870 o'clock by
REV. H. C. Downs. Of 500 Fifth
W. Northwest. They were accom-
~ by Mr.. Harvie billiard and Miss
SaSn billiard.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17
Ia supporter Of the Allsuss

Athens, Friday. Sept. Is VIA Lon
don Sept 1s).-King Constantine
called Nicolas CallagvyerpolouloA \
lawyer. and president Of the board Of
directors of the Ionian Bank. to Tatoi
to discuss the possibility OF forming
a cabinet. He Is a well-known sup
porter Of the entente cause.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17
CALLAGVYEROPOULOS
MAY FORM CABINET

London, Sept IA Reuter- dis
patch from Athens today indicates
that II. Callagvyeropoulos summoned
to Tatoi by King Constantine has
been entrusted withe formation Of a
new cabinet In succession to the
Zaitnis ministry. He was a member
of the Theotokis cabinet.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17

Paris. Sept. 16.-Announcement was
made today that Kitten Rockwell. Of
Atlanta. Ga, had been made . lieuten-
ant In the American dying squad for
shooting down HE fourth adversary on
the yerdun fEonk
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17

Washington, Sept 1.-THE new
battleship Arizona will be sent to sea
about October /. II was said today.
The department wired today for the
crew of the Memphis. OF which about
500 will be available. to repor, at
New York for duty on the Arizona
Some OF the Memphis Grew will be
sent to the Olympia.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17
NOTICE.

~ w. saAshorc excursions will con-
~ every Sunday until October /.
around trip. Phone Madison at
r&hee particulars.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17
At His Mothcr'v Bc,isidIc.

J. Wilson Howe, coal freight agent
Of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway,
residing at 1<l4 Grove Avenue. had
bsen in New London at the bedaide
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17
INVESTORS

WILL FIND THE VIM
GILMAN OFFERS Many
OPPORTUNITIES ron
WISE INVESTMENTS.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17
FOR SALE

OR FOR RENT YOU WILL
FIND THE vIRGIN1AN
ABLE TO QUICKLY SELL
OR RENT YOUR HOUSE.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-08-11
BIC CROWD HEARS
JOE POTTLE SCORE
HUGH NJ. DORSEY
Candidate for Governor Makes
a Powerful Vote-Getting
Speech and Wins Hundreds
of New Supporters Here

To one of the largest audiences that
ever crowded the Grand Opera house, the
largest theater in the state, which seats
between $500 and 5000 persons, Joseph
l. Pottle, of AIilledgeville, candidate for
governor, Thursday evening delivered a
powerful speech in behalf of his candl-
Gacy.
Included in the audience were delega-
lions of Pottle supporters from Athens,
Augusta, Macon. AIilledgeville, Madison,
Greensboro and various other north and
middle Georgia cities. Several south
Georgia cities and towns were also rep
resented Owing to the size of the
crowd many were unable TO gain admit
lance TO the theater
Marion Smith, son of senator Hohe
Smith, and one of the leading attorneys
Of Atlanta, introduced Mr.. Pottle.
Seated on the stage with Mr.. -PotIle
were representative citizens of Atlanta
and many other sections of the state.
Mr.. Pottle made a vote-getting speech
and hundreds of those who heard aim
were outspoken in declaring themselves
his supporters. He made a profound
impression and received the congratula-
tions of hundreds who came forward 10
shake his hand at the conclusion of has
speech.
That Mr.. Politics. speech here has CIV
en- a tremendous impetus to his cam
paign throughout the state is admitted
or every hand.
Mr.. Pottle vigorously assailed the rec
ord of Hugh NJ Dorsey and insisted that
his public and official acts disqualified
him TO be governor of Georgia. He
also scored Mr.. Dorsey for failing 20
meet him in joint debate in his CDor-
ca,-.-N bnpna CITY
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-08-11
SENATOR SMITH REPLIES
TO CHARGES OF HUGHES
Commends Appointment of
Harris and DurandS' Re-
moVaI From Office
by RALPH SMITH.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1O-The effort
of Candidate Charles E. Hughes to make
a national campaign issue of the re-
movaI of E. Dana Durand as director of
the census and the appointment of Will
liam ]. Harris. of Georgia, fared up in
the senate today. Senator Townsend, of
Michigan, from which state Durand halls,
sought to sustain Candidate Hughes in
his contention respecting Durand's re-
moval and the appointment of IAN mex
perienced politician to administer the af-
fairs Of this statistical office"
Senator Hoke Smith accepted Mr..
Townsend's challenge, applauded the re-
moval of Durand commended the ap-
pointment Of Harris and very clearly
demonstrated that President Wilson dis
played rare judgment in the selection of
the Georgian for this position.
The senate spoke as a former secre-
tary of the interior, under whose i'm
mediate charge came the census bureau.
He declared that observation, study and
inquiry developed very clearly that Du-
rand was wholly inefficient and lacking
in administrative capacity. Moreover,
he asserted that his experience with the
census as a cabinet officer, charged with
lLS BupeTNlSlOHs Hdu COlNluC6u MN lIdl
a business man and not a statistician is
better qualified and equipped to admin
lister its affairs. He showed that Har-
ris' administration Of the census bureau
had proved far more satisfactory and
had been much more efficient than had
Durand's, and challenged any one to sus-
tain contrary contention.
In the course of the debate Senator
Smith ridicUled a nd poked fun at he
plight in which Candidate Hughes and
the Republican party finds itself for an
issue. He suggested that if 1t is to be
the policy of the country, and the gov
eminent, to retain only tried and expert
enced officials in office, and never to ele-
vate an inexperienced man to high Of
flee in the government service, Candidate
Hughes should be entirely consistent and
retire from the presidential race in favor
Of President Wilson, whose sane and sat
isfactory administration has we'll estab-
lished his efficiency and given him and
the country the benefit of valuable eX-
perience. Judge Hughes, he pointed out,
is entirely without presidential expert
enCe.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-08-11
BODIES Of q VICTIMS
OF FLOOD RECOVERED
Total Loss of Life in West
Virginia CIoudburSt Is ES-
timated at 100
(sy Associated Press.)


CHARLESTON. W. Va, Aug. 10
Twenty-three bodies have been recovered
from the debris carried down by the
ley near here yesterday.
Rescue parties have penetrated some
distance above Cabin Creek Junction and
meagre reports indicate that the loss
OF life has been heavy. Persons driven
from their homes to the mountains are
returning to find whole villages of min
ing cabins swept away, while distress
and suffering is seen on every hand.
Two companies of the Second West
Virginia infantry left Camp Kanawha
by trolley this morning and were taken
to Cabin Creek Junction with orders to
penetrate the valley and extend relief
They carried provisions and tents.
A special train was being made up
here on the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad
and will go as far as the hastily repair
ed tracks will permit. From that point
numbers Of men provided with provisions
Will seek out the spots where restitution
is most pronounced.
Reports reached here today from
United States Commissioner Howard c.
Smith, who led a relief party for
number of mining companies last night,
that looting had commenced and a num-
property recovered.
RELIEF NEEDED BADLY.
Coal companies with mines in the
valley estimate that many thousands Of
dollars will be needed to feed and clotha
the helpless miners and their families
as scores Of them have lost all of their
possessions.
r. Jaco, a lineman Of the Chesapeake
e Potomac Telephone company, reach
ed Cabin Creek Junction shortly before
noon after a walk of over thirteen miles
of the company's lines between Miami
and DeSoto. He declared that forty per-
sons had been drowned and twenty bod
les had been recovered.
Jaco was unable to get up the Kay
ford branch of the Chesapeake & Ohio,
but expressed the belief that damage
and loss of life there was greater than
in other sections. The entir valley be-
tween Miami and DeSoto was devastated,
he said, everything movable having been
washed away.
The excursion train carrying 40 per-
sons, mostly women and children, :na-I
rooned by the flood, was located today
between Main Horse creek and LittIel
Horse creek, with washouts on both
sides. Relief was sent from st. AL
bans.
Soon after II o'clock the soldiers
reached Ronda, where headquarters were
established and from which point the
relief work will be carried on. An esti-
mate of the dead remained at 100
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-08-11

house Thursday morning:
To repeal town charter of Leon in Dodge
county.
To amend Lafayette city charter.
To amend Madison city charter.
To create recreation commission in city Of
Savannah.
To abolish Bryan county treasurer.
To amend Helena city charter.
To provide for county depository In Bryan
county
To repeal act authorizing clerk and sheriff of
Bryan county to keep their offices in their
residence.
To create new town charter of Milan in coun-
ties Of Dodge and Telfair.
To abolish Walker county treasurer.
To incorporate Rockingham school district In
Bacon county.
NEW HOUSE BILLS.
The following bills were introduced In the
house Thursday morning.
BY Mr.. Walker of Ben Hill-To authorize ad-
ministrators to obtain loans upon the security
OF property OF their intestates.
By Mr.. Hopkins of Thomas and others-To
appropriate $4,000 to employ an auditor to form
ulate a modern fiscal system for the state.
By Mr.. Aver of Bibb-to authorize the state
board Of education to receive the state OF
Georgia 'sshare of the federal appropriation IN
der the Smith-Hughes act
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-08-11
MILTON SMITH MUST
TESTIFY To CAMPAIGN
DONATIONS OF |. & N.
Chief Counsel Folk Files Brief
in Supreme Court to SIS
tain Interstate Commerce
Commission
CBy Associated Prsss.l

WASHINGTON. Aug. 1O.-The right
OF the interstate commerce commission
70 inquire into the political eXpendi-
rsgres OF 4 railroad was upheld today in
a brief lled in the District OF Columbia
supreme court by Chief Counsel Folk in
the commissions action TO compel Pres
Ident Milton H. Smith. OF the Louisville
and Nashville railroad. 10 testify in re-
card 10 that carriers campaign contri-
buttons Mr.. Smith refused 70 answer
questions prOpounded by the commission
during an Investigation based on sen
ase resolution and resort was had TO
the courts to compel answers. Mr..
Smith in brief fled several weeks ago,
commended that expenditure OF funds by
a railroad official for political purposes
vas a private matter and that it was
beyond the power or the commission 70
20 into such questions.
The brief filed by Mr. Folk denies
that campaign contributions by a car
rier can be considered private and says
the commission has authority 10 inquire
into any railroad expenditure
The commission under the powers
delegated 70 il by congress through the
act to regulate commerce" says the
orief. has a legal right and is subject
10 the legal duty 10 he informed as to
carrier expenditures. and Il is a step
toward the abuses OF the past for any
carrier serving the public 10 attempt 10
keep them secret That secrecy IN the
matter of expenditures and rates has
been the principal source OF evils IN
the railroad business cannot be denied
Corruption. discrimination. and fayorit-
ism breed in the dark and shun the
light. The evils TO be fairly apprehend-
ed from the governmental information
as 10 the expenditures Of the funds OF
interstate carriers are not TO be COM
pared with the eyils that would surely
result from secrecy.
There can be no effective regulation
Of interstate carriers If they may seep
their expenditures covered up With
out information regulation would be I'M
uotent and blind
The operation Of a railroad is not
the private concern of those who run
IL. but IL IS subject TO the public use and
20 governmental regulation and govern
mental visitation. There can be nothing
private or confidential in the eXpendi-
lures OF the funds OF q carrier engaged
In interstate commerce as against the
.isitoriaI power OF the government. II
must submit all OF its business and all
OF its expenditures to the commission
upon suitable demand being made. That
demand has been made in this case
and IL Is 10 enforce that demand and 20
compel the carrier 20 perfom its duty
under the act TO regulate commerce by
informing the commission as TO its eX-
penditures that this proceeding is now
before this court"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-08-11
Negroes Attempts to
End Her Life By Setting
Fire to Her Clothing

Matilda Tucker. a negro woman about
forty years old, is believed 10 have at
tempted suicide in the most terribly
grewsome way Thursday at noon. when
she set FIRE 10 her clothing while alone
in her house in the rear Of $40 Central
avenue. She was found, her body
charred all over. still breathing. and was
rushed to the Grady hospital, where
authorities said she could live only a
short time.
Last Saturday night the woman went
70 a negro undertaken and asked TO be
buried. saving that she was going to
die anyway and burn in hell" The
people in charge Of the establishment
carried her to the police station, where
she was recognized as being demented,
though thought TO be harmless. At that
time her hands were bandaged up with
rags. and she declared them TO have
been already burned in the flames OF
hell"
She was found Thursday, her clothes
burned completely of, unconscious and
in a dying condition
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-08-11
Berlin Reports RepuISe
Of Russian Assaults

BERLIN, Aug. IOWA London. y
Heavy attacks have been made by the
Russians at various points along the
Stokhod line in Volhynia, east of KoveI,
the war office announced today. All the
Russian advances were repulsed with
heavy losses, it is declared
Attacks by both the British and the
French on the German lines in the
Somme region yesterday and last night
were repulsed, according to today's army.
headquarters statement.
Heavy damage was inflicted by bombs
dropped from Zeppelin airships in the
raid over England Tuesday night, says
an official statement issued today.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-08-11
Grand Jury Indicts
Officials and Citizens
OF Russell Co. Ala.


COLUMBUS, Ga. Aug. 10.-The Rus
sell county August special term grand,
jury made its first returns today in the
extraordinary Investigations 1t is max
ing into the county's affairs and return-
ing a large number of true bills. 1t Is
stated they were against officials as
well as citizens of the county, charging
a wide range of violations of laws.
Some of the others already indicted
are on hand, one of whom is expected
to turn states evidence, while many
here put the line Of other states be-
tween them and Alabama.
Thursdays session of the court prom
Uses to be the most productive. Sheriff
Lindsey is in Girard with a batch Of
papers to serve tonight.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-08-11
Engineer Loses Life
In Head-On Collision

]. G. Harris. engineer on No. IL pas
senger train OF the Southern railway
which crashed head-on with north
bound freight at Crowell. S. C., late
Wednesday evening, was killed Instant
Iy. A few passengers were slightly In
iured. Mrs ]. Z. Smith, Of Greenville,
: G had her lips cut by her teeth; l..
o Gilliand suffered a sprained shoulder,
and ]. b. McBayer. an Atlanta negro, in
attempting to jump from the train, had
two fingers cut of in the vestibule
door.
According to Southern officials in At
lanta. Mr. Harris was a resident of
Greenville, S. c.. and his body was taken
there.
The trainmen on the freight gave as
a reason for the collision the fact that
the brakes refused to hold when they
attempted to stop in time to avoid an
ccldent.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-08-11
TWO CASES OF
YELLOW FEVER
FOUND ON SHIP

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 1O.-Two cases
of yellow fever were discovered today
among the crew of the Ward line
steamer Borglum, which arrived at the
federal quarantine station near the
mouth of the Mississippi river yester-
day from ProgresO, Mexico The quar-
antine officers stated that the SICK men
are the second mate an dthe second en-
gineer.
The two patients and twenty-three
other members of the crew have been
placed in isolation wards at the sta
ton. Two passengers on the steamer
and the crew will be held at quaran-
tine until the period of incubation has
passed
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-08-11
by Associated PressO

(By Associated PressO
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10-News from
the Isonzo front indicates that the army
Of the Duke OF Aosta is rapidly follow
ing up the notable success won by the
Italians in the capture of the Austrian
stronghold of Gorilla, with some 2o,-
900 prisoners
Italian troops are reported In force
over the Isonzo, vigorously pursuing the
retreating Austrians, whose big seaport
of Trieste, twenty-five miles to the
southeast, is threatened.
Along the. Somme the British and
French are making slow but reasonably
steady progress in their thrusts to-
ward Bapaume and Peronne.
Last night French troops pushed for
ward farther in the Hem wood sector,
where the most telling blows have been
struck in the recent fighting.
The British pressure continues to he
eXerted northward from Pozieres where
they are struggling to gain completes
command of the ridge overlooking Ba-
raume. They made a new advance last
night. =
Another important advance for tho
Russians in Galicia is announced today!
General Letchitzsky's army has pushed
west Of the Stanisl1u-Kolomea railway
line and cut the Stanislau-Nadvorna rail-
way at Kryplin.
This progress brings the Russians to
the southwest of Stanislau, whose
speedy evacuation by the Austrians is
now considered probable.
The drive Of the Russians northwest
of Stanislau has brought them to the
junction of the zlota Lipa river with
the Dniester This point is barely
twenty miles from Halicz on the Dnies-i
ter, one of the strongest of the outlying
defenses of Lemberg.
Northwest of Lemberg the Russian
offensive is again developing activity.l
Berlin today reported a renewal of the
battles in the. Zalecze region, southeast
of Brody. where the Russians have been
comparatively inactive since their nota-
BILE advance west of the Sereth.