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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-07
TO ORGANIZE CHURCH
TODAY AT GRANITE

This afternoon at $50 o'clock a com
mission named by the East Hanover
Presbytery will organize Presbyter-
ian Church at Granite, in Chesterfield
County. a Presbyterian mission and
Sunday School has been conducted
there for a number OF years, but there
has been no church organization. Rev.
w. s. Campbell has been preaching
each Sunday at this place for the past
two and one half years. He with Rev.
Drs McCIuer. f. T. McFaden. Rev
Wesley Baker Or. Fletcher and W. r..
Lecky will have charge Of the or
ganizing work this afternoon.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-07
UASPEAkAbLY AWFUL
CONTEST WAGfD FOR
DEAD MAN AND 3O4
Terrific Tornado of Explosive and
Poison Shells Deiuges French
Trenches
TREMENDOUS OFFENSIVE
PLANNED By GERMANS
Titanic Struggle is On For Possession
of Strategic Point Comma nding
the Defences of Nerdun.
BY c. f. BERTELLL

Paris, May 6.-Coincidcnt with
the reply of the Kaiser to the
Wilson note, the Verdun battle
has leaped up with far greater
ficrcencss than has character
lied IL at any time since Febru-
airy.
A terrific tornado OF explosive
and poison shells deluges Mort
Homme and Hin 3O4, and during
the past couple OF days the
Crown Prince has launch ri
several divisions of his finest re-
manning troops twho. during the
last few days have been strongly
reinforced), against Hill 3O4.
which is two and ONE half miles
southwest OF Mort Homme. and
1000 yards southeast OF Hau-
court.
The object OF this great onslaught
was to turn the French at Nor
Homme and force a general retreat
In this region.
Unspeakably Awful Conflict
Unexpectedly awful WAS the bonn.
bardment of Hin 304, which was fol
lowed by six infantry attacks, all OF
which were repulsed except the IL
one, when the Germans succeeded IL
obtaining a footing In one of the ad
vanced trenches. Everywhere else IL
this section the French threw bach
the attackers after an epochal bayo
net battle which win live in French
history as an engagemen
which cost the Germans tremendou.
losses.
The German tactics show plainl,
to the French staff that new offens
i've is pending. This offensive. 1t /:
foreseen. will be of terrific force, per
haps even greater than the first one
In February against Avocourt
To Repeat Titanic Struggle
The titanic struggle for the blood
drenched Deadman Hill Is to be re-
peated at Hin No. 304, where tn,
Crown Prince evidently has resolved
to launch battalion after battalion
until, he captures the position. ~. +.
= The greatest confidence is felt here
where the new effort to break through
is considered only as political move
designed to impress neutrals and al
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-07
MOTHER DIES BEFORE
FUNERAL OF HER SON

New York, May 6.--Whlie the
friends Of Clinton H Stage, the young
scenario writer who Was killed IN an
automobile accident in California.
were talking about the arrangements
for the funeral. his mother died yes
terday OF heart disease.
Mrs. William F. Stagg, who lived
in East Orange. y J was devoted TO
her son. She was in a weakened state
of health following an operation. and
the news Of his death proved too
great a shock for her When the
young mans body arrives al East
Orange on Tuesday there will be
doubie funeral
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-07
Mrs. Roosevelt Abandons Trip.

Havana. May s.--Nrs Thsedors
Roosevelt sailed yesterday for New
York on the steamer Mexico, having
a abandoned her proposed voyage ~
Panama, whittier she was going TO
meet her son, Kermit. and his wife
and child, who was Ill A cable dis
patch received here said the ,onal-
ton Of the child had improved, max
Tag unnecessary Mrs, Rnoxevelt,s YoY-
age to Panama.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-07

Mr.. orteg, vissts Parents In Havana
Mr.. camilo NJ Ortega left Friday
to spend several weeks with his par
snts In Havana. Cuba
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-07

It was pointed out today that the
return to Germany of Prince Won Bue-
low, former German ambassador in
Rome, the conference of Ambassador
Gerard with the German Emperor and
the sending OF a communication by
Pope Benedict to President Wilson, all
coming practically together were timed
Tor . purpose.
Prince Won Buelow. It was said. has
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-07

A vIRGINIAN WANT AID
WILL OBTAIN JUST WHAT
you WANT, WHETHER n
BE SERVANT, REAL ES-
TATE OR A SECOND HAND
AUTOMOBILE.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-07

econtinned ON Third paxs.,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-07

SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
COVERED BY EXPERTS
AND THE COMPLETE BOX
SCORES OF THE BALL
GAMES EVERY DAY IN
THE vIRGINLAN.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-07

scon.inued on Second Pass.1
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-08
EVER A FIGHTING PEOPLE
Fierce Nomads of the Argentine Plains
Show Strains of Moorish
Ancestors.

The gaucho, the Argentine plains
man, sprang from the Spaniard and In
dian. He was a nomad. His life Of
frugality, activity and hazard favored
the tittest and fiercest. He knew no
law save that of might. He was indie
pendent, daring, familiar with violence,
and careless of life. Had he through
Spanish parent some Moorish strain,
he represented in the pampas his an
cestors who had galloped over the
plains of Arabia.
In Argentina's wars of independence,
1S10-1S16, the gaucho played an impor-
tant part under Gen. San Martin and
General Balgrano; in the civil wars
that followed he fought under captains
of more or less authority, such as Car
rama, Villa and Orozco are today, and
in the tyrant Rosas, 1S30-1S52, he be-
came the dictator over the lives and
fortunes of the higher classes of So
ciety.
Both in Argentine and Chilean his
tory the tyrant now belongs to van
ished past.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-08
ALL PRESIDENTS LIVED LONG
Except Three Who Were Assassinated,
Each One of Them Attained
Old Age.

An anonymous letter to the Lancet,
discussing longevity among great men,
recalls that the longevity of the presi-
dents of the United States is remark
able. Their ages were as follows: Six
ty-seven, ninety, eighty-three, eighty
five, seventy-three, eighty, seventy
eight, seventy-nine, sixty-eight, seventy
one, ffty-three, sixty-five, seventy-four,
sixty-four, seventy-seven, tifty-SiX, six
ty-six, Sixty-three. seventy, forty-nine
fifty-Six, Seventy-one, sixty-Seven, fifty
eight years. Those at tifty-six, forty
nine and fifty-eight We're, respectively,
Lincoln, Garfield and Mckinley, who
were assasSinated. The ages of these
"a men totalize 1868 years, or an aver
age of sixty-nine years each, showing.
as Is believed, that the stress and re-
sponsibility of leadership seem TO have
no effect on longevity. The following
causes of death are those popularity ne
cepted: Washington, pneumonia (more
correct accounts state edematouS af-
lection of the windpipe. or msmhra-
nous croup): J. Adams, debility: lefer~
son, chronic diarrhea: Madison. aehtl-
ity; Monroe. debility; J. =, Adams,
paralysis, Jackson. consumption and
dropsy; Van Buren,. aSthaatIc catarrh:
Harrison, bilious pleuriSy: Tyler, bill
ious attack with hroucnitiS): Polk.
chronic diarrhea; Taylor. cholera NOR
bus and typhoid fever; Fillmore. 6ebil-
ity; Pierce, dropsy and Inflammation
Of stomach; Buchanan, rheumatic
govt; Lincoln, assassination Johnson,
paralysis; Grant, cancer of the tongue
and throat; Hayes, paralysis of the
heart; Garfield, assassination; Arthur,
Bright's disease, paralysis and apo
plexy; B. Harrison, pneumonia; Nc
kinley, assassination.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-08

Much, IL not most, Of American
humor In the sixties and seventies was
farce or burlesque. The laugh was
the thing, and the style of the slap
stick clown fetched the laugh. Today,
however, American humor has become
more genuine and genial. 1t is sun
shine pervading the book, rather than
a bolt of lightning from the blue of
the intellect or of wit. The resultant
merriment is more quiet and contin-
uous chuckle, a glow through all the
arteries of the spirit, than an cleo
trio shock that tingles all along our
nerves and then is gone.
The new humor is natural, and bub-
bles spontaneously from the normal
experiences of life. 1t seizes one with
reSiStleSs longing for laughter. Its
honest fashioning Of human existence
into literature runs the humorous
gamut from chuckle or smile to mex
tinguiShable laughter or actual orgies
of merriment. Its modern evolution
suggests that, though the fashions of
humor change with the generations,
huror itself abides forever. So long
as man experiences the incongruities
of life. humor will remain an ever
sweet and flowing neutrality-suspicious.
SpokeSman-Review.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-08
CHANGE In TABLE MANNERS
Things Which Would Have Been Bad
Form in OIden Times Are
NoW-AIl Right.

Formerly it was forbidden to absorb
gravy with bits of bread stuck upon
ones fork, and so to wipe the platter
clean. Good manners required that
one should not take excessive pains
to get this gravy, however fine it might
be. One might, indeed, dip piece of
meat or potatoes in it. At an earlier
period, in the times of our grandfa-
theirs, manners were even more strict.
A good tone at table then demanded
that one should always leave some
thing on the plate. This stupid fashion
had long disappeared even in times of
peace, and it is now regarded as bad
manners rather than good to leave
anything on the plate. But in peace
time one did leave the remains of the
gravy. War time and the scarcity of
fats has produced a change, and doubt
less this is right.
The fate of otheI, table customs has
been similar. Gnawing at bones, If it
is not done in quite too ugly fashion,
will hardly provoke disgust today, and
today it will be hardly possible to JUS
tify the leaving Of pieces Of bread,
which formerly was in many places
rule. What eyes hotelkeeper would
have made two years ago if guest had
brought a piece of bread with him to
dinner! Today thousands of people do
it, and nobody minds.-Berlin Loka!an'
zeiger.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-08

tube under the North river having re
ceiyed many complaints from patrons
about delays at the ticket windows,
started an experiment recently, de-
signed to prevent the late conner from
missing train because Of delays in
the ticket line, a New York CORE
spondent of the Pittsburgh Chronicle
writes.
The experiment applied only to the
station in Jersey City. The ticket
chopper at that point was authorized
to allow passengers to drop coins in
the ticket box. Either tickets or coins
were accepted. The practice did not
prove satisfactory, however, for the
ticket chopper was no cashier and, be-
sides, he could not help chopping the
nickels instead of the tickets. So the
company installed a separate slot for
coins. This worked better, but over
burdened the ticket chopper with
duties, and still another correction
was necessary. The railroad company
then installed a motor in the coin box.
This motor counts every penny, nickel,
dime, quarter or other coin which is
deposited in the box. All the ticket
chopper has to- do is to turn crank
once in a while. The experiment, 1t is
said, has brought satisfactory results.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-08
CAME AS DOUBLE SURPRISE
She Wrote in Jest, but Boyhood Lover
Took Her Letter Very Much
in Earnest,

About fifteen years ago q little girl
came from the city for two weeks
stay in the country with other fresh
air kids.
She was taken by a farmer, who had
son about her own age, and they be-
came great friends before the two
weeks were up. One day while they
were playing house the boy told her
that when they both got big she would
have to come and keep house for him
all the time.
Of course, when 1t came time for the
girl to go back to the city it was
very sad day for both of them, and the
boy made the girl promise not to for
get him.
That was a long time ago and the
girl had almost forgotten her promise
when one evening she was in a movie
show and one reel was Of farming op-
erations, and in one picture she saw
man that she recognized as her little
boy friend.
As soon as she got home she sat
down and wrote to him at his old home
and he was greatly surprised when he
received q letter asking him if he
wasn't about ready for housekeeper,
and more so when he found his little
girls name and address at the bot
tom, He got ready and went to the
city and surprised her just as much
when he called on her and told her
that he had come after his housekeep-
er,-Chicago Tribune.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-08
Baskets in Short Supply.

The basket man has been having
troubles of his own since the begin
ming Of the war. Baskets which were
imported from France and Germany
come now in uncertain quantities from
Holland, which has no willows. Some
of the old stock from earlier importa-
tons still remains. Among these are
baskets which came from Germany
and go largely to the South, where
they are used for small market bas-
kets. They are the old-fashioned kind,
high and reticul-shaped, with a cover.
A basket in it's cheapest form, which
Is devoted to the baby, is of splints.
1t is an extra-size market basket with
the usual handles at the ends. This
is swung on a simple iron frame and
makes a baby's cradle. Others of
these with ribs for hood top are
placed on the floor, having no stand
ard.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-08
APHORISMS OF GREAT MAN
Trite Sayings of Napoleon Have Been
Collected and Classified, and Are
Worth Attention.

Among the Frenchmen who have
contributed to gnomic literature is Ma
poleon: Adversely is the midwife of
genius" Love is folly committed by
two" ut is imagination which loses
battles" "a good philosopher makes
bad citizen" 1.-THE man the least
free is the man bound to party" These
and several hundred other of his truths
and half-truths were collected and
classified by Jules Bertaut. They have
been translated by II. E. Law and G.
L. Rhoades as Napoleon: In His
Own Words" The collection does not
pretend to be complete nor to add any
thing new, but it is sufficient to mirror
the man of action in striking way.
The aphorisms, of course, lack con-
sistency and continuity, because Ma
poleon had no profound moral convic-
tons. He was no philosopher nor a
publicist seeking to mold events by
political reason. He was man Of &C
ton, who spoke for the immediate eff
feet which his words might accomplish
"a Roman Catholic in France and a
Mohammedan in Egypt. "Simpletons
talk Of the past, wise men Of the pres
ent, and fools of the future" The
TRANSACTIONS are good, but many read
er would like to have the date, chap
ter and verse cited; for half the sig
nificance of saying often lies in the
occasion on which it was uttered.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-08
THROUGH Sewer on a Bike,

Not since the fctional days Of Jean
Vatican has a trip through a sewer
occupied so much space in print as
the one made recently by the engineer
of the newly constructed six and one
half miles of sewer at Pasadena, Cal.
The trip was an inspection tour and
was made on a motorcycle. To have
walked the full distance would have
taken several hours. So the engineer
conceived the plan of lowering motor
cycle into the pipe at the clean-out
hole in the beginning of the main ar
terry and making a trip de luxe.
He had never before ridden motor
cycle. Hence he chose one equipped
with a tandem seat and selected an
experienced driver.
A gas headlight on the motorcycle
Illuminated the passage. The distance
was trayersed in two hours, in spite Of
the numerous stops made to investi-
gate walls and manholes.-Popular
Science Monthly.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-08
The "Great White Plaque"

At the present time about one in
ten, or 10 per cent, of all the deaths in
England and Wales is due to some
form of one disease Tuberculosis.
About 10000 die of consumption in
England and Wales each year, and an
additional 10000 of tubercular disease
of the bones, glands or some other
part of the body other than the lungs.
There is good reason to believe that
there are a quarter of a million con-
sumptives in our midst continually,
and 10000 persons suffering from
some other form of tuberculosis.
These are appalling figures, and they
justify the name of the "Great White
Plague" that has so aptly been given
to Observation-Disclosures Tit-Bits.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-08
WOODEN SHIPS COME BACK
Demand for Ocean Tonnage, With
Other Good Reasons, Has Brought
About Their Return.

Demand for ocean tonnage bids fair
to bring back the wooden ship, which
undoubtedly has it's merits, even in
an age of steel. Economy is a factor
to some extent, and then there is the
fact that timber is available, while the
steel mills are rushed to capacity on
other construction orders. The wooden
ship, too, as is we'll known, is good for
a long life after she has begun to take
the downhill grade, while the steel hull
disintegrates more rapidly, once 1t be-
gins to get out Of repair.
The interest Scandinavian capital Is
taking in Pacific coast shipbuilding is
an earnest of what Is to come. 1t Is
especially significant in view of the
position occupied by Norway, for in
stance, in the iron world. Recent an
nouncement of the activity of Copen-
hagen firm has more than passing sig
nificance. These interests also are con-
cerned in the construction of twenty
steel vessels, but wood Is to have its
place In their calculations. The fleet
of seven wooden auxiliary schooners
being built at Astoria may be the be-
ginning Of such an industry as gen.
Grafton or so ago made Bath, Me-, ia
nous all over the world. The rumor
that some Of the vessels now under
construction on this coast will be sent
on their first voyages as wind-jammers,
pending the installation Of machinery,
indicates, also, that the world may see
a return to the old-style seamanship
which lately has become so rare.
Extremes meet in the shipyards Of
the Pacific Northwest. Although there
is a return to the older pattern of
wooden hulls, the most modern tools
are used in constructing them. EN-
ployment of compassionate hammers
for driving nails and bolts and cleo.
trical planes and other machine tools
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-08
AeropIane on Flying Boat.

A most unusual aeronautical expert
ment is being carried out by German
experts, according to Popular Mechan-
les. 1t deals with the development of
a powerful flying boat which carries,
for both defensive and offensive pur-
poses, a swift, mcsquito-like aero
plane on it's back. The machine, when
last heard Of. was being put through
test flights, but had not at that time
been sufficiently refined to warrant its
actual use.
The new machine has such remark
able stability, carrying capacity and
cruising radius that its engineers think
it can be made to replace the bulky,
highly expensive Zeppelins which have
proved disappointing.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-08
What Good Housing Entails.

Up to a recent date 10 case OF in
fantile paralysis had appeared among
the 5000 occupants of the 365 dwelling
houses owned by Trinity Church cor
poration in New York city, although
the disease has been in the neighbor-
hood. The houses have advantages in
their freedom from congestion, as ap-
proximately two-thirds of them shelter
only one or two families, and in their
back yards, generally used as flower
gardens, where the children play with
out exposure to other children. Trim
ity is taking precautions in the way
of issuing information on health to its
tenants.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-08
NO JOY IN GREAT WEALTH
AItooether Powerless to Confer Happi-
ness on Owner, According to
Charles M. Schwab.

Money for moneys sake" Charles
M. Schwab, the steel magnate, ex-
claimed, according to writer IN
American Magazine, sis a futile goal
to aim at. Money is merely one way
In which a man may measure his
achievement; but there are many 9TH
er ways.
sT always pity the man who says,
when I get so much money l am 60
ing to retire and enjoy life The
greatest thrill that can come to any
man is the thrill of successful accom-
plishment.
"In the last year have had oppor-
tunities to sell out Bethlehem for al
most fabulous sums. They did not
even interest me. If gave up my
business I would be resigning my
greatest interest in life. I want to
make Bethlehem bigger and better all
the time. I don't want to make 1t
money mill. T want to make it the
greatest success possible, the steel
standard of the world.
"There is no enjoyment in great
wealth." he went on at last. "One of
the greatest happinesses of life Is In
having something to look forward to
something just out of reach-some-
thing that you are not quite able to
afford. When man reaches the place
where he can get any of the worlds
purchasable things simply by writing
out a check, he has cut loose from
happiness unless he is fortunate
enough to have powerful interests of
a constructive sort quite apart from
his money.
"When a reasonable man Is getting
$4,000 or $4,000 year he is getting
the most he can possibly want to sat-
isfy his needs. When he gets more
he begins to invite unhappiness, and
the more he gets the more unhappiness
he invites. One soon loses the enjoy
ment of spending money. One soon
wearies of riding about for pleasure
in private yachts and private cars"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-08

on wooden ship represents two wide.
ly separated generations. Building Of
ships to carry sails for any other pur-
pose than to steady them also is re-
turn to an era that it once was predict
ed had gone to return no more.-Port-
land Oregonian.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-08
The Eternal Feminine,

Manager of Bus Company-And so
you want to leave?
Conductorette-Not If you will put
me on service IS. I'm tired Of being
asked if I'm As London Opinion.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-08
The Test.

81 suppose when you went out in
your new touring car, you felt 1t was
q turning point in your career"
sit was. My wife turnel pale and
the car turned turtle"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-08
STYLES IN HUMOR CHANGE
That Popular Few Years Ago Ia
Today Looked Upon as
Extremely Dull.

In Harper's William Dean Howells
observes that it would be difficult to
find an American mirth-provoking book
of half century ago which retains it's
potency for laughter. This remark falls
into line with the statement of the
Spokesman-Review several months ago
that humor, racial or national humor
at least, is a changing quality. 1t is
like the effervescence of soda water or
champagne. When bottled too long it
is likely to evaporate and leave the
stuff "fat."
"Innocents Abroad" for example,
was so excruciatingly humorous that it
e h. frnr q
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-08

OF laughter from the
Twain's query to the
!: "Is Columbus dead?"
commissions of merri-
kand the fearful lament
- leave young Amer
nd today. 1t con-
kgerated, forced
kSame verdict,
Kingly, upon