davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-20
WESTERN BANKS IN LEAD
Have Average Surplus of 132 Per Cent
In Excess Of Legal Requirements
on June 30.

WASHINGTON, August 1o--Bani in
Western States. with an average sur
plus of 1872 per cent in excess of the
legal requirements, led all the banks
OF the reserve system in surplus on
hand June 30
\ geographical analysis of the re-
turns for that date. made public to-
night, shows the following figures:
New England States. $iS,000,000, an
excess of 81 per cent above require
mcnts; Eastern states. $SS3, 000,0 900. cx-
cess "A per cent: Southern States. SELL
100000, excess 1903 per cent; Middle
States. $500, 900. 900. excess 60 per cent:
Western States. Sl65.000.000, excess 1872
per cent: Pacific states, $i56,oo0,000,
excess Ill per cent.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-20
Enn1ity Of Nations
in Europe Probably
Will Suruiue War

in spite of all we might have read,
heard. repeated in good faith and per-
suadcd ourselves to believe, it is man
that imprcsscs man.
PERMANENT SIMPATIiIES
or \NlIRSIONS DOUBTED
History is my authority for denying
permanent national sympathies and
diversions. ! viii not go back further
than to the beginning of the last cen
fury. How the English and the French
hated each other under the Pitt ad-
ministration and during the first years
Of the reign OF Napoleon, But scarcely
was the peace Of Amicns concluded.
when real migration OF peoples set
in between England and Paris, and
the greatest cordiality prevailed be-
tween the French hosts and their Brit
ish visitors
After Waterloo the table cloth
seemed definitely cat between France
and England The flames Of wrath
burnt perhaps lower after some time.
but they did not die and they were
violently famed again by the Pritchard
incident, which. under King Louis
lhilippc. threatened To kindlc war be-
tween the two countries Yet, half a
generation later Frcnchmen and Eng
lishmen fought in Criinca shoulder to
shoulder against a common enemy and
embraced each other in unrcscrvcd
determination Gladstouc's ahstcntion
In the war Of 1870 cooled the relations
considerably down again, and when.
under The government Of Lord Sails
ourE the gallant Marchand marched to
faShoda ana confronted poor Kitch-
chcr' IL looked as II there should he
orcthihS or n""kS once more. This
however prevented neither the alliance
OF i'if nor friendship which has been
worked up :" inutual passionate adj
h'rh''oh' we ar" almost tempted to
cS'apilSh 4 law 81 pcriodicity in the
fluctuations oil feelings between the
wv" nations me cycle "t currents
from hlSh I" low TIA" of affection
seems To 10" regularly complete every
'"nvc '"S'"'S
P'"""'"S "S'H much
Wv" France an" Russia
S'"'" army 'hN'"ed
hatred of th,. Nnscn,;,. ..arn.,.',,,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-20
NUMBER OF SHIRTS
LIMITED BY LAW
Residents Of Berlin Must Obtain
Official Permission to Pur-
chase Clothes.
PAPER SAID TO BE SCARCE
Many Newspapers Have Been
Obliged to Cut Down
in Size.

BERLIN August la-Slucc the mrs,
OF this month l!orliucrs have bccn nm.
abIc l" tnF any new clothes or under
wear withou, having first obtained Of
fetal permission. and this is only given
after rovcrnment inspector having
inspected your wardrobe, has come to
the conclusion that the clothing YOU
want 10 buy IS urgently needed
Fortunately happen to possess a
pretty good stock Of underwear ana
socks. on" of the clothing inspectors
whom asked the other dag when he
would certify man as being in urgent
need OF shir, or "a pair of socks re-
piled without moments hesitation
that II he found man in possession
Of three shirts and. say. four pairs Of
socks. b" would certainly refuse to
issue e certificate TO him. If he were
an officer or belonged 10 the ar!etoc-
racy, however. the case would be diff
ferent. ana tho inspector would be In
clined 10 say that he would be en-
titled to half dozen shirts. or per
haps "A little more.
The new rule does not apply 10
articles that come under the heading
Of Injuries. but merely TO articles of
~ cry day wear of average quality.
Thus Won may buy all the silk UNDER
wear YOU lik"-if YOU can get any.
Girls about 10 marry are still al
lowed 10 buy thcmtelves q trousscau in
accordance with their social position.
but the trousseau must not consist of
more than they need.
Wool being Very scarce it will. I
am afraid. prove very dIff!cul', even If
YOU have It permit. to buy suit or a
new overcoat. and should the war last
another year. our Berlin men about
town undoubtedly will present sorry
appearance when they stroll along.
The scarcity Of paper IS beginning
to- make itself felt very much, and
prices have Increased enormously
Many newspapers have found them
selves Obliged to cut down their size
In Bavaria the editions which contain
the official communicates from the front
have been given up entirely.
In nearly all shops notices have been
posted asking you to bring along your
own bags or baskets in which to take
away your purchases, as wrapping pa
per and twine have become expensive
and are often impossible to get.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-20
WAR GAME OFF NEWPORT
Entire Atlantic Reserve Fleet Ia T'nkc
Part Ia NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Helm In Charge.
Especial TO The Times Dispatch


NEWPORT. r. l., August lo.-The
frst great war game Of the year will
start off Newport tomorrow. The en-
tire Atlantic reserve fleet will be
brought into play. besides the active
fleet. comprising hattlcships. destroy
crs, mine layers. submarines and fleet
train.
Because OF reduced complement Of
officers and men. the reserve ships will
have to run under a lower speed than
In war time, and the up tot date ships
in the feet will lower their speed ac-
cordinEly 10 make the problem the
orctically complete.
The reserve fleet. in command OF
Rear-Admiral Helm with the destroy
or notilla, will defend the approach
to the vital parts Of the coast from
an attack by the present Atlantic Fleet
with the submarines AS auXiliarics.
Rear Admiral Austin NJ. knight will
act as umpire on the new super Dread
nouGht Pennsylvania, and particular
stress Will be laid upon the value OF
hattie cruisers as am attacking force
against slower but heavier armorcd
defending squadron.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-20
HONOR DEAD ENEMY
British AIrmcn Drop Box Containing
Flowers M Tribute To Lieutenant
hmm lmnnn.

BERLIN. August i9.--It has just be-
come known that Lieutenant Immel-
mann. the famous German flyer who
lost his life nearly two months ago
i'm battle in the air on the western
front. was honorcd in a touching man
ncr by the British airmcn after his
death
y correspondent reports that on
June 80 British acroplanc threw a
large tin box into the park of a cas-
tie III Northern France. The box con
tanned Il wreath of fresh flowers with
black ribbon and the following note:
~ tribute To First Lieutenant I'M
mclmann. who died in battle June IS
We honor the memory of Il brave and
honorable cncmy.-rhc British Fight
ing SQUADRON"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-20
TO WAGE WAR ON MALARIA
Hurkrfcllcr Foundation InnuEurntcs
Two Sets Of Experiments in :.
Southern States.
Especial to The Timcs-Dispatch.


NEW YORK, August f9.-.John y.
Rockefeller has launched fight
against malaria, the scourEe of many
portions of the South. Through the
International health board of the
Rockefeller Foundation, two sets Of
experiments havo been lnauguratcd. it
was announced to-day to determine
how effectively malaria may he con-
trolled' In a temperate climate under
conditions prevailing In typical farm
Ing communities Of tho Southern States.
The first of these experiments. to
test the practIcability OF malaria con-
troll by detecting the carriers and
freeing them OF tho parasites Is being
conducted at Bolivar Miss. The Miss
tssippi Board OF Health and Tulane
University Medical School are coop
Grating with the Rockefeller scientists.
Another sot Of experiments. designed
to test the practicability Of malaria
control by commission of relicf meas
ures is being conducted in Arkansas.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-20
YOUNG SOLDIER AFRAID
HE WOULD SHOW FEAR

Major -, second in command OF a
service battalion which has made % fine
name for itself. said:
II heard you asking that lad what
was the bravest act he saw in the
break through the Boche second eys-
tenn The man I'm telling you OF was
rather like that lad who's Just COMO to
look at; no older, bit thinner and In
temperament about as different as, T.
imagine. rather overtrained inbred
race horse is from prize OK.
I'D never had any particular truck
with Compartments. Well, L recognized
the signs fairly early in young --;
from things one has read. YOU know.
But. somehow. it didn't put mo off
him at all. 1 liked the boy from the
first when he came to us.
lie told me all his troubles He
hated the sound OF his own voice, You
know parade; that kind OF boy;
but, begad. he fathered and motfered
his platoon. I'LL. upon my word, he
knew the precise condition Of every
mans socks. Simpson I heard him
say to one OF his men one night when
neither OF them knew any one was
within hearing. YOU haven't given me
n letter for your mother for three
weeks. and you've written half dozen
to girls and pals this week Nothing
to do with me. butch? ] should IL
were YOU
Nobody could find fault with the
discipline OF his platoon. either, for
he'd only to lift n finger and the whole
lot OF em would have walked over
a prccipice for him
cit was two nights before the frst
advance that | first learned he was
Fundamentally afraid. No ono else
had ever guessed it. I'm certain. and
Bochcs. or OF being killed. but ne was
mortally terrified OF being afraid
afraid OF Fear
You hay have heard that our bat
TALON rather distinguished itself We
We're in the first advance, and others.
Ten minutes before I was knocked out,
young ---- was killed by n bomb. fIe
lived for about three minutes after he
was hit. and Gied in my arms.
II was glad he died, and think he
tasted greater happiness In dying than
he'd ever known in living. He'd lived.
without being wounded. through nearly
n fortnight OF the most hellish fight. &
ing ever known.
But so did thousands OF others, you
say. Yes. But IL was different with
-. Now that boy who's just eone
ashore-b!ess his heart! His kind sres
the salt OF the earth. and the 9iory or
the army. The whole business was
giorihed football to him. the breath Of
Continued on Fifth Page1 +.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-20
GERMAN PRISONERS
ARE DISCOURAGED
Many of Them Show Inclina-
ton to Criticize Their
Officers.
SOME ARE IN MIDDLE LIFE
WEAKNESS From Useless Efforts
and Constant Moving
About Evident.

PARIS. August lo.--"For tho first
time during the war" writes q CORE
spondcnt Of q Paris newspaper. who had
opportunity TO talk to Germans cap
turcd In one Of the battles on tho
Somme. have found among prisoners
any sign OF falling moral"
There were prisoners there OF ages
varying from eighteen to forty-eight.
fathers who had been defeated side by
side with their sons In many Of them
found WEAKNESS OF tho useless efforts.
WEAKNESS OF tn" nccssaut travelling
from one from, To another and moral
WEAKNESS because Of loss Of confidence
in their officers and leaders For the
first time did hear words like these:
I'VE were at Hardccour,. In the
Sabot wood, when were subjected
to dreadful bombardment The shells
literally fell on the ground in heaps.
We were there without any cover what
ever. The few dugouts were occupied
by our officers. who remained under
ground We did not know where to
go. so ran in disorder along the long
communication trench, attempting to
escape from tho avalanche. Not one
word Of command was given.
1T was little old man who spoke
IHcSe WORDS, rowing his head with SO--
row. II was evident that he was living
over again the whole terrible scene
.. bog was taken before the Alsatian
officers. who acted as interpreters. to
be examined. His lean cheeks which
had never fcl; the touch OF razor
wer" covered with a reddish. downlike
growth Of hair.
The French we're about 500 yards
away nc said. .rhcy advanced In
front and on our TANKS at the Sam.
time. They came down upon us. The
part OF our regiment which was still
Intact was In tn. trench We had been
sent there after our artillery had
started to fire at another part Of tho
field. When We looked across the
parapet We could just see the French
soldiers very far off. still. our lieu,en-
ant and the commander OF our company
agreed that IL was OF no use TO fight, so
we put down our arms. IT was fully
half an hour lattr that the French SOL
d!ers arrived and We were made pris-
Oners'
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-20
CROWN PRINCE NOT HURT
Report That lie Is In Hospital at Yer.
dun tx AUthOrifativcIy
Denied.

PARIS. August 19.--'rhc report that
the German Crown Prince. Frederick
William. is wounded and is in n hos
pital at Vcrdun is authortativcly de-
MED. The report that he had been
wounded is based upon Zurich dis
patch TO the Italia Of Milan. saying that
Swiss officer returning from tho Cor
man frontier was told by n German
officer that tho Crown Prince had been
wounded i'm the head and one OF his
legs with splintcrs OF a shell, and that
he was being treated in an unnamed
hospital. No confirmation OF this re-
port Is obtainable hero.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-20
CAMBRIDGE COLBY NAMED
VIII II" Chairman Of the Progressive
branch of Wilson Campaign
Committee.
Especial to The Times-Dispa,ch.1

Especial 10 The Times Dispatch
NEW YORK. August l9.--Ba inhrid { .
Colby is TO he chairman Of the Pro-
grcssive branch OF the Wilson cam
paicn committee This announcement
was made by Democratic National
Chairman Mccormick on his return
from Washington yesterday. Henry NJ
Wallace. OF Michigan, is To toe vice.
chairman. and J. y. II. Hopkins. Of
New Jersey, secretary.
The Progressive branch will organ
i2e all Bull Mooscrs who favor the re-
election Of the President.
Francis j. IIcncy and ole Hansen
will look after Pacific Coast Progress
sivcs Albert Norton, OF ST. Louis, will
have charge OF Chicago headquarters.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-20
CRITICIZES CONDUCT
OF THEIR OFFICERS

The tone in which this boy spoke
showed plainly enough that until then
he had had another conception OF the
duties Of AN officer II was the first
time he took their true measure, but
he was not alone in doing SO. The
little old soldier | just mentioned held
the same opinion Of the conduct of
his officers and so. when found, do
many of the prisoners We have taken
In Picardy
This Judgment. which is not formu-
lated In words, is all tho more damninE.
when men who possess so little intel
lIgencc and personality rs these pr!s-
oncrs and who have been under such
iron discipline. begin TO sit in judg-
mcnt on officers who stand so far above
them on the human and social ladder,
II means that something must have
gone radically wrong in the very solidly
constructed engine which is called the
German army.
"a German noncommissioned officer
told this story Of how he arrived In
tho trenches In front OF Ham:
LIT took us nve hours TO reach the
trench. although soldiers in 1T condi-
ton would have been able TO cover
the distance easily in one hour 1t
was night, and our officers lost their
way. We had been sent forward to
relieve the til Regiment but that
regiment had not seen ut to wait for us
and had left. When we arrived In the
communication trench there was q per-
feet chaos of disorder. as the French
guns hailed shells on MS Nobody had
any idea Of where our lighting positions
were All kinds OF contradictory and
confusing orders were given. We re-
manned there for more than an hour
huddled together in a corner and un-
able to find anything useful 10 do. 81
even to snatch Il little rest"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-20
personal STORIES
Of BIG ''DR|VE"
Experiences Of Some of the Men
in British Army Told
Graphically.
IN GERMAN TRENCH
Officer and Few Followers Form
Themselves Into Bomb
ing Party. ~

LONDON. August 1e-with tn. be.
ginning OF July came the "bie: pusb;' or
allied offensive, on the Somme, and at
the same time the British government
inaugurated a new departure In pub
llcity methods. Before then only fleet.
ing glimpses OF activities at the front
had been allowed to the public. Now
Il somewhat greater latitude was given
to correspondents. and at tho Same time
properly qualified writer's were sent TO
the great port of Southampton, where
the wounded are landed to be dis
tributed by Red Cross trains through
out England.
These writer's every day turn out
official stories OF the 0fHeustve. While
newspaper representatives are not
allowed to talk to the returning troops,
these official representatives ara given
every facility to gather and write
heart-to heart accounts OF how 1t feels
to be in the thick OF the iron storm In
FLANDERS
Following are a few ou-tfese official
stories:
In the fighting round ThiepvM an
officer with few men got into the
German third-lne trench and was cut
off The subaltern at once organized
his men into IL bombing, party. and they
went along the trench bombing tho
Germans out One or the party, a ser.
geant seemed to bear a charmed life
He walked along the parapet for three
hours, throwing bombs here and there
over traverses and into dusouts with
terrible effect.
At 10 o'clock i'm the morning the
subaltern was wounded in tho leg by
a bomb. lie was bandaged by his men,
and the party carried him on Until
they fell in with an officer and three
men from another battalion. The party
numbering by now eleven, worked up
and down tho German trenches the
whole day. All the time the Germans
were trying to bomb them out into tho
open.
The little band finished their own
stock of bombs soon after midday. hut
they got hold Of rifles, some British and
some German, and still held out. AZ
evening drew on they were still going
strong, until the officer wns wounded
again, this time in the head. A little
later the officer who had Joined tho
party had his hand almost torn away.
and few minutes afterwards was shot
through the head.
At o'clock the officer, who already
had been wounded twice. was shot
through the chest. But even then tn q
little party bravely held on. The men.
numbering now only five. did all that
| they could for their officer: they dressed
his wounds under a heavy nre. and
after Il short rest the party moved on
| down the trench. Later. under cover
of darkness they managed to get into
touch with a British battalion on their
left, which gave them a great recep-
| ton.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-20
SENATOR MARTIN GRATIFIED
Calls Passage Of Federal Worimcns
Compensation Bill Act Of
Great Justice.
Especial to The Times Dispatch. |


WASHINC:ToN. August l?-'rhc Sem
ate this afternoon passed the Federal
workmcn'S compensation bill for which
Senator Martin. Of Virginia. has been
working for years The measure as IL
now stands contains every essential
feature Of the bill which the Virginia
Senator offered at the beginning Of the
session. though il was slightly modified
in committee.
In discussing the matter to-day the
Senator said:
"I have repeatedly called attention to
tho fact that the Federal compcnsa-
ton laws are far behind those OF other
nations i'm the benefits extended to gov
crnmcnt employees injured in line Of
duty. am much eratiiicd AT the ac-
ton Of the Senate to-day. Its vote is
an act of great Justice TO Federal en-
ployees.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-20
NEGROES FOR WILSON
Senator Martin .trrnnEes for Visit Of
Giles -. Jackson and Other Race
Leaders at White House.
special to The Timcs-Dispatch

WASHINGTON. August l9.-C;ilcs Is
Jackson. the negro lawyer and race
leader of Richmond. to-day was ad-
viscd by senator Martin that President
Wilson viii receive him and n delega-
ton OF negroes on August IS. Jackson
asked Senator Martin to arrange a call
for him at tho White House. stating
that he and his friends intend To sup
port the President for election. and
wish TO offer their services on the
stump in tho Middle West if the Presi-
dent desires them to speak in his he
hal
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-20
AIR RAID ON AVLONA
Austrian Admiralty RepOrts Successful
Attack ON the Night OF
August tf-I5.

BERLIN. August ~ (by wireless to
Sayville).--A successful air raid on
Avlona. Albania. held by the Italians.
IS reported in an Austrian Admiralty
statement to-day as follows:
ION the night Of August 1915 an
Austro Hungarian naval aeroplano
squadron attacked Avlona. Definite
hits were obtained on n shore bat
terry and on the barracks, a camp. a
storchousc and a ship. Numerous fires
broke out. MI tho acroplancs rcturn-
cd unchanged. despite violent shcll-
Ing"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-20
CAVALRY CHARGE
WILDLY DESCRIBED
Officer, Writing to Wife, Tells of
British Dash Into Enemy
Country.
GALLOP OVER DEAD BODIES
TROOPERS Come Under Terrific
Machine-Gun Fire in Two
Directions.
GALLOP OVER DEAD BODIES

LONDON, August lo.--Cavalry is
used rarely on tho western front. The
British were able 10 employ 1t once
In their Somme offensive. IN a letter
to his wife IN Ireland. an officer on
the Dcccan Horse gives the following
account OF the charge made by de-
,achments OF that regiment and Of the
Drhgoon Guards
AT $3.50 sc started our famous ride
into the enemy couhtry. every now and
then coming under heavy nrc, shrapncl
and high explosive. No one can he
lievc. without seeing. what a state the
ground is in. There is not room for
:. tablecloth on any part OF the ground
there without some part OF il touching
a shell hole. so YOU can imagine the
regiment xailupcd over II at fun gal
Top. barbed wire, we'll cut by Are; old
trenches. dead bodies and every sort
of debris lying In every direction.
Words fail me 10 describe it. That
was for about three miles. Then We
joltcd down a steep bank. Ike the
1faggard Field, but sleeper. Into Il very
famous valley, where the shrapnel was
worse. as we were spotted by one OF
their sausage balloons. This Vas soon
driven down by the fire of batteries,
which just smothcrcd ~ with shrRpnrl
Here We went through our infan-
try. who chccrcd madly a. We galloped
By, all wishing us luck. We went
past the remains al guns and every
thinG--tons Of ammunition aud aban,
doned material. dead Huns everywhere
And We passed here an enormous gun
they had left behind
UNDER TERRIFIC FIR:
IN LITTLE VALLEY
we were under cover here for half
a mile. but. suddenly coming out OF
tho valley. We had 10 turn sharp to
tho right into another little valley. and
here we came under terrific. bu, rather
Inaccurate. machine-gun FIRE in TWO d.
rcctions.
- cannot tell you anything about
casualties. but IL was here my chest
mt mare was killed. We went about
u mile UP this valley. and then got
some cover under a bank. BY we
this time. mean the regiment and
our British regiment Here we stopped
for ten minutes. and then We got or
dcrs for our squadron 10 go on as adj
1T was now abou, : 30 IN the even
Ing, and there were twcnty-four
acropianes lowering over us. and one
monoplanc came down to about 200
feet and fred his machine guns on
The Huns Just over us going round
and round, tho finest sight I have ever
seen. Well. moved out under a
heavy fire. and got on about half a
mile. During this advance We rounded
Nh eight prisoners. while between MS
and tho British regiment. suppose
we stuck with sword and lance at
about forty Of them glorious sight.
our men were splendid. and didn't
want 10 take any prisoners. but these
eight had Chuckcd away their arms. so
we couldn't very we'll kill them. They
were simply terrified. and one hung
on 10 my leg and kept calling, Pity!
Pity! his eyes starting out OF his
head. Poor devil / piticd him. and
we sent him back 10 tho regiment"