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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-16
SUFFOLK LOSES BIG
:. PLANT BY FIRE
IatmniI- Peanut Factory Wiped Out
With Loss of Hundfes Thou
sand Dollar.
HEROIC FI4sME-F1GHTERS
AVERT GREAT CALAMITY
Southern Railway Depot and Mnch
Other Property In Grave Danger.
Building Burned Four-story Brick
Structure.

Especial 10 The Richmond Ntrginian.)
Suffolk. Va, Jan. l5.---F'ire tonight
destroyed the Lummis Peanut Fac
tory, "a feur-story brick structure,
and one OF the lar, est and oldest
plants of It's kind in. the lily. The
loss is estimated at between 100000
and $4,000, insurance unknown.
The liant was located between the
Norfolk and Southern and Southern
Railroad tracks and the building was
regarded as one Of the best construct
ed in the city. II was completely
wiped out. despite the heroic efforts
of the Fire Department.
The Southern Railway Station, the
Lummis Storage Warehouse, In the
rear of the factory, and adjoiiing
structures seemed doomed at one time.
but excellent work by the fire-fighting
forces OF the city finally saved these
structures.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-16
BIG LAND DEAL IS
CLOSED At H0PtWtll
p,cbuona and Petersburg Men Pur'
chase Two Blocks OF Lots For
$4,000.
LAND
LEASE.
pUPONTS
Have Arranged For Ground on Which
70 p,ild Additional Cottages---Indi-
cations of Gas Plant soon.

Especial to The Richmond Ftrginian.p
Hopewell. Va, Jan. l5.--One OF the
biggest land deals ever pulled of In
Ho3ewel has been contaminated by
purchase of two blocks of lots by NJ.
Nnstadter, of Richmond: and Harry
Iavenstein, of Petersburg. from Rich
ard Eppes. on Broadway. just west OF
city Point. The price paid is said to
aggregate $4,000. These gentlemen
purchased a block OF lots from Mr..
Eppes some weeks ago for $4,000.
which they have sold ut a neat profit.
In connection with this deal. IT is
also announced that Mr.. Eppes leased
to The Dupont Company twenty-seven
acres of land adjoining th- lots sold
to the Richmond and Petersburg men
for a period OF ten years, with the
privilege of twenty. for the purpose of
building additional cottages. The
terms OF the lease provide for the
furnishing OF gas to the new cottages.
Tho sale and lease also provides for
the paving of broadway from A to b
villages IA distance IF nearly mile
Steps have been taken 10 install q;
All early date complete gas plant at
Hopewell. An engineer representing q
substantial corporation is now at
HcpowciI negotiating for the consfruc-
ton OF the plant.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-16
Losses on Both Sides Are Re-
ported Appalling in Hand
to-Rand Conflict
RUSSIANS ARE NOT
CONSERVING FORCES
They Drive Their Men En-
Masse Against Teuton En-
trenchments With Great Cas-
ualties as Result

London, Jan. increasing inten.-
SHY marks tn lighting in Eastern
Galicia and O.. he Besserabian 'front.'
The Russians .epeatedly charged en-
masse against the Austrian positions.
Vienna reports that all the attacks
were repulsed. the Russian losses be-
ing enormous before one AUSTRIAN
brigade. according to vienna is1eVs
Russians were left dead.
On the other hand Pctrograd statea
that along the Strypa the Teutonic
losses number no less than 100000.
The Austrian report says:
THE battle in Eastern Galieia ami
along the Bessara hian frontier is con-s
tinuuus Fighting In the Toporonss
district and east OF Rarenozie Is fnprss
bitter than ever russian columns
twelve ard fourteen lines deep att
tackled the Austrian positions nj some
nut the desperate engagements always
resulted In the reputse OF the RVS
slams. The hayunet WAS frequently
used In hard-to- hand fighting.
The losses OF the Russians have
been appalling. More than 1000 dead
Russians were counted before the
positions of one AuStro- hungarian
brigade. We took two officers and
/ 30 men prisoners
The Austro- Huncarians have mains
| tanned all their positions and not an
! Inch Of territory has been gained by
! the Russians.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-16
MURDERER ARRESTED
In NEW YORK

New York. Jan. 1b.--Louis Bianchetti,
. neatly dressed italian, sat in the
Second Branch Detective Bureau to-
night and calmly told Inspector Gray
how he had murdered pretty nineteen
year-old Deloes Evans in Cleveland
last Tuesday, He exhibited no trace
Of nervousness nor regret as he related
details of the crime. To the contrary
he gave the Impression of being content
over having suitably revenged a fan
ced wrong.
Bianchetti was arrested after a
SQUAD of detectives had surrounded the
home of his sister at No. 3l5 West
Thirty fifth Street. To tempt the man
from his lair, Detectives Guinta and
Rillc. attirsd as Italian workmen. en-
gagged in a fake fight in front OF the
house. Banchetti was attracted by
their cries and came to the door, He
was Immediately seized by half a dozen
detectives and hurried away.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-16
Colonel Barksdale Dead.

Washington. D. c.. Jan. 15.-Of-
icials of the Pennsylvania Railroad
stationed in Washington and some of
the older newspaper men on duty here
are making arrangements TO go to
Philadelphia tomorrow TO attend the
funeral Of Colonel Francis Nelson
BARK sdale, advertising agent OF the
pennsylvania system and for some
time a newspaper man. who died In
Philadelphia at his home At the Con-
tienntal Hotel there yesterday morn
ing. The funeral will take place to-
morrow afternoon. and internent VIII
be in West Laurel Hill Cemetery,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-16
TEXAS FARMERS In
FRAY---ONE is DEAD

Waxahachie. Tex, Jan. 15.-One
man was instantly killed. one prob
ably fatally injured and four others
seriously wounded here last evening in
pistol and knife fight between a
father and three sons on one side and
two brothers on the other.
The dead: Robert Thompson.
Probably fatally injured: Artie
Thompson, shot.
Seriously injured: Bert Thompson,
Bolie Cunningham and Clearance Cum
ningham and Andy Thompson.
All OF the participants are farmers
and lived near here. Hard feeling had
existed between the two families for
some time.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-16
SECOND MESSAGE
FRO N GOVERNOR
IS FULL Of MEAT
Would Strengthen Educational
System and Inaueurate Pre-
ferential Primaries

Governor Stuart yesterday commu-
nicafed to the General Assembly his
second message Though shorter than
the first, which dealt at length upon
the matters of taxation and prohibit
ton. the message yesterday tonehet
upon numerous subjects.
Chief attention is paid In the second
to the needs for strengthen
ing the school system and the estah-
lishment of an institution FOR the
higher education for women; to neei
for a system OF rural credits To pro-
vide cheaper money fur agricultural
poor farms and segregation of the
feeble minded. the desira bility OF pref
erential voting, and the mandatory
provision in the Constitution for the
redistricting of the State into SenA-
tor!Al and House districts, which the
sessions of 1872 ard 1914 failed to
obey. The Governor recommends also
iekisla tiou requiring railroads to han
die troops promptly in emergencies.
The third message of the Governor
to the General Assembly is now in
course of preparation. and IL Will be
gent to the Legislature within the next
few days.
The text of the second message is:
Text of Governors Second Message.
Jan. IS, 1915.
of the General Assembly,.
In addition To the matters referred
to in my initial message TO your hon
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-16
-FOUR DEAD, ELEVEN
=. So. HURT IN EXPLOSION
Internal Works of Submarine E-2
Wrecked Presumably, Result of
Escaping Gas.
lsRtpk4sSN NAVY YARD
HAS SERIOUS ACCIDENT
Rear Admiral Usher Confident That
Trouble Was Not Due to ANY Anti
American Propagandist--IDqu
Being Made

New York, Jan. 15.--Fomr men
were killed and at least eleven
others injured To-Day I'm an explO-
sion on the submarine f. in the
drydock at the Brooklyn navy
yard. The dead:
r. H. Scabert, thiri-cia%s cleo
trician, E-a.
John H. Peck, civilian work
man
Joseph logan. civilian work
man.
John schultz. civilian work
man.
The cause of the explosion has
not yet been officially determined.
after hasty survey. naval OIL
GERS tonight stated unofsic4aliy
that the disaster probably Was
caused by hydrogen gas.
The E-2's commander had previous
" reported the new Edison batteries
were developing too much hydrogen
gas while being charged. 1t was to
remedy this that yard workmen were
installing a new ventiiating system AZ
the time of the accident.
Thirty-two men. under the direction
of Lieutenant c. A. Cooke. in charge
OF the E-2. were in the vessels hull
at the time of the accident. They
were engaged in overhauling her and
in discharging her batteries.
First with New Equipment,
The E-3 was the first submarine IN
the navy to he equipped with the new
Edison storage batteries, designed to
eliminate tho danger OF asphyxiation
by cholorine gas.
Admiral Usher, commandant at the
navy yard. declared tonight that the
new Edison batteries could not have
been responsible for the explosion.
The accident occurred at l:15 p. NJ.
lust after all hands had turned to for
the afternoons shift. The E-2 had
been brought into the drydock on De-
cember 80.
Three other submarines undergoing
were lying III the dock
A score of persons--sailors ana
idlers at the yard-were standing on
the edge of the drydock watching the
work that was going on below. The
coming tower and the hatchways OF
the E-2 were open and the sound OF
busy hammers inside could be dis
tinctly heard.
Then barrel rose into the air.
Directly beneath those rose the arm
and the leg of a man. One man had
been working on the deck OF the sub
marine He was lifted into the air by
the force Of the explosion. was pitch
ed up at least twenty feet and landed
back on the deck. unconscious and
cripped.
Panic spread throughout the yards.
The terrific boom had brought every
one In the neighborhod TO airy dock
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-16
Carranza Commander Assured
Murdered Men 1t Would Be
Safe to Return
ALL MEXICAN FACTS
WILL GO TO SENATE
Senator Gore May Introduce
Resolution Monday for Es-
Enlistment of Neutral Zone
Policed by Both Countries

Washington. Jan. l5.--Evidence
placing ON the Carranza government
the responsibility for the death of
seventeen Americans last Monday at
Santa Ysabel. was received today by
the state Department
1t came in the form of dispatches
from the American consul at Juarez
and government representatives. at FL
Paso, reporting that General Qbre-
gon, Carranzas commander at Chi
huahua, had given the Americans an
invitation TO return To their property
with assurances of their safety.
In quiry was made of high State
Department official as 20 whether this
would place the responsibility on Gen
eral Obregon. His reply was;
III it Is true that General Obrc-
gon extended the invitation and gave
the assurances, the responsibility for
the murders viii rest not only on
General Obrcgon, but on the Car
rama government"
The position OF the state Depart
ment is that If the responsibility is
placed on the Carranza government
because of its failure to take proper
steps TO protect the Americans. this
government will he able to ask for in
demnity for the families of the vic
tims.
Examination OF the files of the State
Department tonight failed to produce
a telegram, which. it was reported,
had been sent TO Consul Edwards at
Juavez. asking him TO obtain rom
Carrauxa guarantees of safety Ter
Americans rs-anterlnE Mexico state
Department official said that a teie-
gram had been sent to Edwards on
January s. the date ON which 1t was
reported the request for guarantees
of safety had been made, but it did
not contain any such request
Many Orders Issued.
rhis examination of the files of the
State Department came close on the
heels OF the discovery that more than
one order had been issued to Amer
lean officials along the Texas border
without the knowledge OF the Secre-
tary of state. Among such orders, II
was learned on reliable authority to-
day. may be one requesting the Car
TaaAxa. authorities tn furnish a guard
for the train carrying the seventeen
Americans. Secretary Lansing denied
this report tVo days ago, but this
afternoon n repetition Of the denial
wuuld not be given.
First word that the slain neu had
received invitations to re-enter chi
hl!ahua came in the form OF -tele-
Tram for Consul Edwards stating that
he obtained from Gavtra. CarranZa
commander AT .jtarez, guarantees OF
Americans. Tho Edwards report con-
tinucd thar IL was through General
Gavira that a special train was pro-
cured for {. II Watson, manager OF
the Gust Mining mpany, and his AS
sociatex.
Give Renewed Asa frances.
According tn this report, State De
partment otflciais say, Genersj HaVira
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-16
ITALIANS AND AUsTRIANs
FIGHT AT LONG RANEsss

Rome, Jan. t5.--Artiiiery activity
has been slack on the frontier In Tren-
tlno and Carnia, but lively on tiseI
fsonzo front. Violently artillery Aght-s
ing has occurred on the heights norfit-s
west of Gorilla, especially against our
positions at Oslavia.
On the front we bombarded the AUS
trian trenches in the region on Mems
San Michele. destroying 400 meters u3s
them. ssg
Despite the fire of numerous anti
air craft batteries, the squadron rexs
furned safely without damage. VIII
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-16
STORAGE PLANT OF
ATLAS COMPANY BURNS

Pottsville. Pa. Jan. l6.-The cotton
storage plant and tank houses OF the
Atlas Powder Company. At Mt. Car
bon. were destroyed by IRE this evsn-
ing. Pottsville fremen ha6 hard bat
tie to keep the flames from the acid
house and magazine. whore $50. 600
worth of gun cotton was stored.
The fire vas duo to spontaneous
mbnstion. Tho Atlas Company IL =
subsidiary Of the DuPonts and fur
nishes explosives for the French army,
he loss amounts to about oto.ooo.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-16
Negro Fails Dead.

Richard Dickarson. a. negru, aged
ffty years, dropped dead In front of
Is South Pine Street, yesterday after
noon at s.45 o'clock. Dickerson lived
with hts family near Ridge Church. on
the Three Chapt Road. His body was
turned over to an undertaken after
examination by the coroner. He died
OF ffcart failure,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-16
Won BERNSTORFF MAKES
INDIGNANT PROTEST
Say. seizure by british ut NoD Pa
pcn's Paper> Violated safe Con-
duet Held by Him.
STATE DEPARTMENT
TAKES DIFFERENT VIEW
Paper Only Covered His Person and
Not His Beiongings-tsernan AM
hs,ssador says He Is Not Involved
by Disclosures

Washington. Jau, Is. ( AM Won
Bernstorg. the German AMBASSADOR.
made protest 10 the state Depart
menJ against the action of the British
authorities in seizing the personal be-
longIugs and papers OF Captain Nou
Papen. the recalled military attache OF
the German embassy here, upon his AT
rival AT Falmouth two weeks ago. Ii
is complained that the act was IN vio-
tation of, the safe conduct assurances
given to Captain Won Papen by the
allied powers.
Commenting on the case, high
German official said today:
The British safe conduct seems to
be a mere scrap OF paper"
In this connection. II has become
known In official quarters that the
German government VIII name no sue
cessors to Captains Boy Ed and Won
Papeu.
whether this decision Is due To pique
or something else was not disclosed
1t is believed, however, that Germany
assumes that the usefulness of such
attaches would he impaired by the
fact that Boy Ed and Won Papen were
recalled by request
While ambassador Bernstorff main
tains that there WAS nothing iner!mi
mating in the documents seized by the
British authorities and declares that
nothing disclosed in the CORE spondcnce
casts any cloud on the embassy. his
attitude as set forth in his protest to
the state Department, is that the terms
OF the safe conduct papers issued to
Captain Won Papen were fagrantly vio-
lated. as they denied the right of
search.
says English Broke Faith.
II liz further contended by the Am
bassador that Great Britain virtually
broke faith with the United States
government In searching Captain Won
papen and divesting him OF his per-
sonal belongings, as the safe conduct
granted at the instance of this gov
eminent carried with II the presump-
ton that the ettachs would not be
molested.
The German position is that the SELF
ure OF the attaches belongings IL ut
terly without Justification from the
viewpoint of military exigency. and
that both the confscatfon of his pri-
waite effects aud the rights he had In
this country as diplomatic represen.
tative were grossly contravened. In
cidentally IL was pointed out today
Emitted States come into possession OF
could not have been taken from Cap
tain Won Paper while he was in thly
country.
safe Conduct OF Person onI,
state Department officials take
different view. They say the safe
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-16
MONTENEGRO TO FIGHT
TO HER Inst MAN

London, Jan l5.-- Montegro never
will make a separate peace, acsnftt-a
ting TO official iItterIfaees eantaffod IN
Rome dispatches tonight. They ds-
clare that King Nicholas and his army
will fight until the last man.
Scutari advices state that the Mon~
tenegrin capital will he established ~
Pogoritz. following the fall Of Cettinje.
Pogorltz is rhrty-eight miles north
of Scuri on the Albian front.
The Montengrin diplomatic corps
has arrived at Scntari. The fleeing
remnants Of the Montengrin army are
threatened with captuye by a projects
81 drive If German and Hulgariansi
troops into Albania from the Monastir
region.
The Montenegrins. after abandoning
Ccttinje. rctreate on the whole south
and west front toward the Albanian
border. according TO an Austrian offi-7
rial statement Struggling bands OF
-Ae4ftetfegrins which crossed tflp ST.
hanian frontier also are being has
rassed by Albanian guerillas Ffsht-s
ing Is going on northeast of Scutari,
The purpose of the new movementi
of the Germans and Bulgarians west
from the Monastir district is said t01
be the occupation OF Albania. as Ser
bia and Montenegro were occupied.
The Bulgarians are rapidly e1aeu-
ating Monastir. where their places are
being taken by Germans. Fifty thou-s
sand of the latter have already ar-s
rived
To Sweep Over Albania.
According To German officers. say:
Saioniki dispatches, the Buigariana,
will cooperate With the Austrians In
sweeping over Albania and then will
ioin in the advance on Saloniki.
For this latter movement the Au-S
strains and Germans are moving large
numbers of dig guns over the Hew'
railway from VeIes to Monastir fcr
use in the campaign against the Greek
port.
Athens dispatches says a squadron
of German acronlanes from the di-.
rection OF Uskup has made another
raid over the camp of the allies at "a
lonik The French report that no
damage was done.
The Austrian attack on Mont LtD*S
veen was carried out by $4,000 men
who attacked directly from catfar0l
Harbor and the 12-inch guns mounted
on the height of Czermatz bombarded
the mountain
The Vienna official report states:
that the cannon taken on Mount Lo-8
veen amounted to 40. At Cettinje 1S4s
cannon, 10000 rifles. 10 machine guns
and great quantities OF ammunition
We're captured.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-16
ENTIRE CREW OF s ss1ss8S
AUSTRIAN CRUISER LDs5

Rome. Jan. i5.-The entire crew
the Austrian cruiser of The NpSMk
type Was lost when the wMynhip WM4
sunk by the French subn1nrtu9 N94
cauit. An allied tieet Il crutnlnk N
Adriattc, i; 2 DIS
There were four cruisers " Nss
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-16
BRITISH AND GERMAN
nATTER EACH OrH1sns

London, Jan. 16.--British headquAts
ter's report M
Except for some reciprocal homhArN@
ments about Maricourt Givenchy, Hun
So and Hoilebeke, there was today onfX
the usual artiiieSy activity along oS
line f
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-16

Thomas Is. Holmes. the only sur
vivor member of the party of Ameri-
can and British mining men mas
sacred by Niilista troops in Chihua-
hua last Monday. He escaped by hid
ing in the lavatory OF the car In
which the men were riding and later
made his way back to FL Paso to
tell OF the fate OF his companions He
is "A graduate OF the Massa chusetts
Institute of Technology and is a son
of Judge w. l.. Holmes, of Keerfv.
y. II.
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Have Jon -s,suetfsiaa So
~eii7 The virainlsn's Na,Sf
.Ad Columns win and -
ready buyer. Caii Mad.
1888.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-16
Give Renewed Asa -ances,

Continue: On Second page J
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-16

In each Issue OF Thr
yirgfntan there IL some
ching advertised that you
may want. Read the
advertisements regularly
each day.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-04
CRUELTY's OF GENIUS IS
EXPOSED BY WIVES IN COURT

Yesterday might have been called
the day of genius in the court of do
nestle relations, wherein physician
and a musician stood on trial while
the tale of their ''temperamental cru
elites" was told by their respective
wives.
DR.. Nathaniel Schaeffer, 1916 N.
Robey st., according to his wife Ida,
comes and goes" but mostly
goes" She said they have been
married since Sept. 81, 1914, and in
that time he has made a practice of
living with her a month or so and
absenting himself couple of
months, and she makes the further
claim that her mother made "ge-
MUS" of Nathaniel and paid for his
diploma.
Not only was the doctor charged
with nonsupport of Ida and their g.
months'-old baby, but there was also
a disorderly conduct charge, which
Ida explained by declaring the doc
tor went up on the roof of her house
in a Sherlock Holmes effort to fasten
some of his charges of Irritation upon
her and the following night conduct
ed himself in such suspicious man
ner that the neighbors thought he
was a robber and sent for the police.
She said the temperamental cruelty
of Nathaniel resulted in an upper-cut
on her dads face and shaking that
she received before the officer nabbed
Nathaniel and the temperament was
confined in a cell
On his part, Nathaniel said it was
all a mistake. He had intended to
pay her 81 a week as the court pre-
viousIy ordered, but she had come to
his office and asked him to leave his
parents, who were paying all of his
expenses, so that his practice was
clear gain, and he expected to have
wonderful practice soon and go
somewhere with her, since she want
ed her husband and not the 81 a