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The herald., 1917-11-29

Rev. C. c. Wier, Pastor; Residence
25S Vallette; Phone Algiers 1873.
Last Sunday marked the closing
Sunday of the Conference year 1917.
The pastors text was Dan. 1878, "And
they that be wise shall shine as the
brightness of the armament; and
they that turn many to Righteousness
as the stars forever and ever"
The Juniors made their usual con.
tribution to the worship.
At night the pastors text was Heb.
11:S-10, by faith Abraham, when he
was called to go out into a place
which he should after receive for an
Inheritance, obeyed; and he went out,
not knowing whittier he went. By
faith he sojourned In the land of
promise, as in q strange country,
dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac
and Jacob, the heirs with him of the
same promise. For he looked for a
city which hath foundations, whose
builder and maker is God"
The following names were an
nounced as coming to the church by
certificate: Mr.. and Mrs. W. Foulk,
from McDonoghville; Mr.. and Mrs. A.
w. Barton, Misses Lucille, Catharine
and Mary Barton, from Parker Memo
rial Church, and Mrs. George Hillard
from Los Angeles, Cal.
It was announced that next Sunday,
at IL q. m, the Missionary Society
would hold service. At 1880 p. m.
Mr.. Writer. secretary Of the Army
Y. M. C. A. at the Naval Station, Al
giers. win speak. The pastor will b.
day late at the Conference on &C.
count Of 4 marriage at the Gruneva1d
The herald., 1917-11-29

Rev Father Larkin, 8. NJ, Sunday.
Father Doolin was on his way to Bos-
ton to deliver lecture on the mis-
sions in China" Father Doolin has
spent eight years In the northern part
of China, laboring in the Catholic
missions. He likes the work and is
devoted to his neophytes, but, never
theless, he admits that in common
with the other missionaries there are
moments of lonesomeness. Father
Doolin felt most lonesome, and longed
for home most of all around the
Christmas and Easter holidays. He
missed the pomp and solemnity OF
| the at home services during those
periods of the year. The Chinese
eeem to lack musical taste and the
s-~iQnaries have found 1t practi
,esible to organize choirs
The herald., 1917-11-29

Hotel at p. m, November rs, 1917
the contracting parties being Mr.
Percy Spiller of Donaldsonville and
Miss Ethel Levy of White Castle.
The prayer meeting tonight will be
led by Mr.. H. H. Gibson. The Ep.
worth Leaguers will go to the Naval
Station tonight and hold Thanks
giving services.
DR.. w. H. La Prade of Gulfport,
Miss, will lead the Union Thanks.
giving services at Louisiana Avenue
Methodist Church at IL a. m. to-day.
The Boy Scouts have been very
active of late. Mr.. Owen has rendered
them considerable assistance and adj
vice in their recent drive to make
their entertainment a success. They
appreciate it and hope to have him
with them regularly.
The ladies of the Algiers Methodist
Church will have a gift sale Deem
Der 10 at the home of Mrs. ]. B. Mil
Ter, $40 Pelican Avenue.
The Cleaners of the Methodist
Church have changed their meeting
nights from the third Tuesday to the
third Wednesday of each month.
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Next Sunday is Missionary Sun
day, and We will start to raise the
500 which we propose to do in the
coming year, December, 1917, to De-
cember, 1918. New officers for the
coming year will be appointed, so
come out, maybe you are one.
Sunday morning the meeting of the
Workers Council was held and
Christmas matters were talked about
and We are beginning to work for the
Christmas program. The entertain
ment will be the Friday before Christ
mas, the 21st, so come and hear
about it.
Once again you will have the pleas
ure of reading something which you
have read before in these notes, but
something which We are trying to do,
and that is have Everybody in his
place. You know the first part, "A
place for everybody" and this We
have, but We want to fulfill the last
part, so il you have not been out
lately come and join us. Will you be
there?
EPWORIH LEAGUE.
The regular monthly business meet.
ing was held at the home of Mr.
Streuby Drumm in Olivier Street
and many leaguers were present.
After the meeting the leaguers were
entertained, many games were played
and refreshments served. Among
those present were Misses Inez
Daniels, Emma George, Thelma Ca
yard, Ruth and Roberta Hafkesbring,
Ada Malone, Annabelle Kirkpatrick,
Hattie May. Armstrong, Messrs.
Drumm, Wells, Edgar Cayard, Rus
sell, Whalin, Sanford Hebert, Eldred
and Roy Drumm, Mrs. Zatarain,
Mrs. Cunningham, Mr.. and Mrs. L..
T. Dunn, Mrs. j. B. Miller, Mrs.
Edgar Lorio and Mrs. Drumm. One
new member was taken in, this being
Miss Ada Malone.
Sunday evening the Mission Study
Class was led by Mr.. Lester Dunn
and the service by Miss Eta Petit
grove.
Anyone over fifteen years of age
can join the league, SO why don't
you come out and be a member. 1t
will help you very much.
CLEANERS.
The Cleaners spent a delightful
evening at the home Of Mrs. Gar
land. The meeting was changed
from the third Tuesday to the third
Wednesday of each month. Cleaners
take notice.
The herald., 1917-11-29

Mount Olivet Church announces
the approaching marriage of the rec.
tor, Rev. Sidney Lee Vail, to Miss
Mabel Clare Moore of Homer, La.
The ceremony will take place in St
James Church, Alexandria, La, on
Thursday, November 20, 1917, Rev.
William S. Slack, NJ. A, officiating.
The Rev. and Mrs. Vail will be at
home to their friends after Decem.
Der 8.
Services at Mount Olivet Church
as follows:
Thanksgiving Day-Holy Commu-
MON at 8 a. m. Very Rev. William
Alexander Barr, d. D., Of Christ
Church Cathedral will officiate.
Sunday, December (First Sunday
in Advent) -Holy Communion at
a. m, Sunday School at $3.50 a. m,
evening prayer and sermon at 1880
o'clock.
The Rev. A. B. Berkeley, rector of
st. Paul's Church, will be in charge
Of the Sunday services and also of
the parish during the rector's alb
sence. In cases Of need ring up
Jackson 4S2 (residence), Jackson
1929 (church).
Died: Burton,-At his home on
November rs, in his sixtieth year,
Lea ]. Burton. Burial Office read in
Mount Olivet Church November q
at 2:30 p. m. Interment in Green.
wood. Rev. s. L. Vail oficiated.
BE thou faithful unto death. and
I will give thee crown Of life.'
Mr.. l. ]. Burton was loyal com
municant of the church. Faithful
and true to his religion, he was {
regular attendant upon the services
The herald., 1917-11-29
PERSONALS.

PERSONALS.
!. ssfher Cassagne, s. NJ, has
several days. DR.. Lowe,
tending him, Is confident
1ient will be up again in
Father Cassagne suffered
-. sunday and Monday night.
'on was slightly improved
~; Father Stenmans was al
Name Rect -<ar a shora
1nday. -
e1aer Doolir
chl., va
The herald., 1917-11-29
LEA BURTON.

the death Of Burton ers loose honest sincere religious
citizen He stood for "the under dog
his time, Of his and
and benefit charity He
s church WORKER good Christian In his death
its best workers. and
n he live
g. or memory
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-03
CHIC CO HAS NEW
HOTEL FOR WOMEN

Chicago. March s.--The new Mary
Dawes hotel for women. a simple,
dignified stone and brick building OF
four stories and an English basement,
is open for business
Charles @. Dawes has spent $3.50
coo on the building In the expectation
OF demonstrating that clean, COM
Portable and even beautiful hotel &C
commodations can be furnished
women at rates much lower than
hitherto have been offered anywhere
in the world The hotel will be ope-
rated on the same plan as the very
successful Rufus Dawes hotels for
men In Chicago and Boston.
The hotel for women has separate
rooms for ESQ guests. The rates will
be from ten 70 thirty cents a day on
the European plan. The dining-room
will be managed on the cafeteria
basis. II Will serve nourishing and
substantial meals at less than the pre-
vailing prices. Breakfast will be pos
slble for five cents, and dinner with
a considerable variety Of dishes. for
ten and twelve cents.
There will be no attempt to make
| the dining-room profitable affair
beyond bare expenses. The expense
OF operating the hotel, an allowance
for depreciation and dividends OF not
more than per cent on the in
vestment, will all come out OF the
rental of rooms
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-03
LA TOURAINE IN WITH
BIG PASSENGER LIST

New York. March 2.--Ia Touraine,
of the French line. the first French
steamer to reach port In two weeks
locked tonight with PTS passengers.
Her delayed arrival was due, Captain
Caussin said, to the fact that a U-boat
had planted mines at the entrance OF
, the Gironde river La TouraIne wait
ed to hear the mines had been re
moved, Spanish freighter ran foul
of one and was blown up. A mine
sweeper got the other.
AS soon as the French liner had
cleared the mouth of the Gironds
Captain Caussin ordered all passen-
gers and crew to don life belts He
ordered the passengers not to undress
that night and also ordered dinner
served at 80 2. NJ so that ii would
not be necessary to light up the ga
loon. The passengers found difficulty
in sitting in their chairs with life
belts on.
Among the passengers were Lieu
tenant Francois dc Chezigne assist
ant naval attache the French embassy.
Captain Fortescue. his wife and chill
dren: Paul Hornung American am
bulance driver, and Fritz Meichoir, a
silk buyer.
Captain Fortescue said that the
French have been using recently with
terrible effectiveness a gun known as
our Resale" This weapon, he adj
ed. fires a millimeter shell which
weighs one thousand pounds Ger
many's big guns need platforms from
which to operate. but the new French
gun Is carried on a motor truck and
fred without special mountinFs.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-03
ROTARY CLUB ADOPTS
GIRL MUSIC PRODIGY

Chicago, March 3-violet Bourne.
n fifteen -year-old musical prodigy,
has been adopted as a protege by the
Chicago Rotary club and incidentally
by 36, 900 Kotarians belonging to var
ious clubs over the country. of which
the Chicago club is the parent organ
ization
Little Miss Bourne attracted atten-
ton when she was nine years old by
her mastery playing of the piano
and won high praise from Teresa
Careno and FRITZ Kreisler
~ OIL have a wonderful tune, a
great gift God bless you" said Mme.
Careno, after listening to her play
ing Of the dfiicult Mozart D Minor
concerto.
Later Miss Bourne acquitted her
self creditably when she appeared as
soloist with the Seattle Symphony
orchestra and on the same program
with Maggie Teyte.
The Rotary club will stand sponsor
for the girls musical education and
In advancing her In every way pos
sible
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-03
THINKS GENERAL STAT,
REPORT NJ ST WISE

Washington, March 3-"The gen.
raj staff should have been court
nartialed II II hal made any other
'eport than that which has been sent
o congress by the secretary of war,
aid George Hewitt Myers, secretary
IF the Army league. in COM
nenting on the general stairs recon-
aendaoons on universal military
raining. In recommending univer-
al liability to military training and
service the general staff only fol-
lowed the policy advocated by every
great military leader from Washing
on down to the present Every
secretary OF war, from Knox to the
present head OF the war department,
after mature consideration has en-
lorsed some system OF universal mill
itary training and service. This was
he central idea of the first military
act OF congress providing for the
establishment OF the militia system.
The report OF the general staff
places the respon: biIity Of giving the
country an adequate system OF ma
tional defense upon congress. 1t now
has before IL a thorough study by
military experts OF all problems con-
nected with land defense. If, in the
present international crisis, or at any
time, the country meets with disas-
ter 1t will be the result of the failure
OF congress to meet the situation with
the courage 1t demands. BY no large
and indiscriminate appropriations for
alleged national defense or pork bar
rel purposes can congress escape this
sIaVe Responsible
I'm Its report the general staff pro-
poses to give the Young men of the
country just one-half Of the training
that is required in time of peace by
all OF the great European powers and
Japan, We may think that in six
months this country can produce Il
force OF trained citizen soldiers. but
none of the foreign military authori-
ties will entertain any fears of such
an army. What we should have is a
military policy which will impress
other nations that the United States
is prepared to defend itself against
all attacks. Such a policy will do
much to keep the country out of war
while inadequate training only invites
attack.
Economically the report OF the
general staff is sound Under the
policy proposed, We can secure three
times as many soldiers with four
times as much training by the ex
penditures OF the same amount Of
money as will be required for the ma
tional defense act In making this
comparison II is assumed that the Of
flcers and men can he secured for
the regular army and national guard
which are authorized by the defense
act The house committee on military
affairs in it's report has taken the po-
sition that the regular army and ma
tional guard cannot be raised TO their
authorized strength by refusing to ap-
propriate sufficient funds for the sec
ond increment OF the defense act. II
even went so far as 20 reduce the
number OF officers that were to be ap-
pointed in the regular army on July l.
II sincerely hope that the mem
bers of congress will at least read
the general staff report before they
vote on the army appropriation bill
now pending in the senate"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-03
RICHn0AD'S TAX RATE
IS LOWEST IN COUNTh.
Fact Established by w. II. Dabncy, On
Compilation of OficiaI Figures
From 22 Cities.
now OTHER CITIES COMPARE
Only Three Cities In This Class, In
Guiding Richmond, That DO Not
Charge Costs of Highway Improve
mcnt to Abutting Property Owners.

That the net total city, county and
state tax rate per hundred dollars of
the city of Richmond Is lower than
that of any other city in the United
States having population between
/ 80. 600 and 100000. was established
yesterday by w T. Dabney, business
manager OF the Richmond chamber
OF commerce, when he completed his
compilation of figures received in the
last sixty days from official sources in
the twenty-five cities in this class.
The figures show the city. county
and state rates of each of the cities.
the percentage of valuation on which
assessment is based. the school tax In
what proportion highway improvement
IS paid by abutting property owners,
and the net total tax rate. Ten OF the
Twenty-Five cities have a total rate Of
less than s200. Rlchmonds net to-
tai rate is Sl.31. Rates in twelve of
the cities range from s2.02 TO sS.4l,
the rate In Houston. Tex
Rjchmond's city rate is 81 SIS; there
Is no county rate; the statA rate Is
ten cents; the percentage % yalua-
ton is seventy-five; there is 10 school
tax rate; no part of the high wpv i'm
provement is paid by abuttiag .'rop-
erty owners The only 9th n cities
in this class which do not charge
abutting owners with highway i'm
provement costs are Fail RIVER. Mass,
whose net total rate Is SO 80, or sos
larger than Richmonds and Dallas,
Tex, whose rate is s1.69, or thirty
eight cents larger than Richmords
Property Owners Pay.
The whole amount of highway i'm
provement costs is paid by abutting
property owners In the following
cities: San Antonio with net total
tax rate Of sass: Houston, with a
rate OF So Al; Syracuse, $230 Scran-
ton. $225; Akron, 1892: Colum bus.
81 o3; Dayton, St.75; Birmingham,
s2,35; Oakland Cal. s2.09: Paterson.
n. j., SO 10; Grand Rapids, $1S9:
and Omaha, s1.71.
Atlanta. with tax rate OF $3.50, re-
quires that abutting property owners
pay two-thirds of the costs of high
way Improvement; Toledo, with a rate
OF $i.56, requires abutting owners to
pay so per cent. and Memphis. with a
rate of Sl.55; Nashville. $202; Hartford.
1882: New Haven. s2o2. and Bridge
port s2fe, require payment by abut-
ting property owners OF two-thrds the
highway Improvement costs.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-03
\. & v. INCOME SHOWS
GAIN OVER LAST YEAR

The monthly statement OF revenues,
expenses and net income Of the Nor
folk and Western Railway company
for the month OF January. 1917. shows
an Increase over the same period In
1918.
During January. 1917. the average
miles operated was 2oS522 as com
pared with 2.04s0i
The railway operating revenues
were S4.962. 1914. as compared with
s4.63S,36e.35 for January, 1916. an in
crease OF per cent. The railway
operating expenses were *2.S4s.40423
for January. 1917. as against s2.643.-
63s79 for the same period In 1916,
which is an increase OF s per cent
Net railway operating revenues for
the initial month this year were So
ll3,74TlS, For the same period in
1915 they were si,SG4.71750, an In
crease OF IL per cent
The net income was S1.Sos,l25.ee, rs
compared with $15SI24s.o1 for jan
uary. 1915. an increase OF IA per cent
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-03
PORTER ARRESTED
FOR ANOTHER S CRIME

While carrying baggage filled with
liquor belonging to a travelling man
who walked few feet ahead Of him,
William Faulkner. a negro porter.
was arrested yesterday afternoon by
Officers Bertucci. Sweet and Frayser
on a charge Of having more ardent
spirits In his possession than the law
allowed When the case came up
before Justice Crutchfield It was post
poned until March II.
The circum stances OF the case are
new to the Richmond police. 1t ap-
pears that Faulkner frequently car
r.es the suitCases or bags OF travellers
from the station TO the car or hotel.
In this case, the owner Of the bag, a
white nan, was walking just ahead Of
him when the negro was approached
by tine officers The negro told them
that the baggage was the property of
the white man, and on opening the
case tt was found to contain twelve
quarts OF whiskey, The officers in
looking around for the white man,
saw him board a street car and he
was soon out of sight. Then the
negro was arrested The police are
ondeavoring to locate the owner Of
The spirits.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-03
Caribbean sea and thus TO the ATTAIN
tic ocean.
GERMAN HELD ~ HAVANA
FOR AIDING REVOLUTION.

Havana. Cuba. March 2.--Pahio Ore
her German. was arrested today by
Cuban authorities here charged with
conspiracy.
Drehcr IS an intimate friend Of Cen
eral Jose Miguel Gomez, formerly
president Of Cuba. and now hcading
the revolt against the government 81
President Menocal, which rs upheld
by the United states government
United states warships are surround
ing the island. A destroyer LEFT Ha-
vana harbor today steaming westward.
Gomez Indicted.
General Gomez was indicted on a
charge OF sedition by q Havana court
today Although Gomez Is sull at
large the court fixed a bond Of 5000. e
Geo. Evidence showed that the plot
included seizure of the palace and As
much property as possible
Havana newspapers predict that Co
meg soon VIII surrender. Desertions
among hts men continue in large mum
hers.
Cot. pujol loyalist commander, re-
ports that he twice has defeated the
rebels near Neuvttas His column con-
tinues to move into the territory dom
mated hy the revolutionists.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-03
And dowr at sunny .LeavenWprth let
Dutch professors rule;

And dowr at sunny Leavenwprth let
Dutch professors rule;
And build model brewery--an an.
mex to the school
marble bust of Won der Goltz re-
splendent In the hall,
And photographs of Kaiser Bill
adjoining ev'ry wall.
And he who seeks promotion must
subsist a solid year
On pretzels, cheese and wienerwurst
and good old German beer;
And notify the colonels-sound the
warning near and far!-
That they've got to sing Die Wacht
am Rhein" before they get the
star.
When he was twenty-five years old
Captain Steunenberg had a desire for
service in the navy, and applied for
the position of stoker. He did his
work so we'll that when he was mus
tered out he was an engineer yeoman
and a finely educated young man for
one of his opportunities. At the be-
ginning of the war with Spain he
was living in Idaho. and was APP
pointed a second lieutenant In the
First Volunteer infantry Of that
state. Wien the regiment was mus
tered out in September, 1899. Steun-
enberg was a captain
Steunenberg liked the army so well
that he refused to go back to civilian
life, and six weeks after he was mus
tered out Captain Steunenberg was a
private in the Eleventh United States
Volunteer cavalry. He was soon
made corporal. then a sergeant and
nnaliy first sergeant of Troop A. IN
December. 1900, he became n first
lieutenant In the Forty eighth United
states Volunteer infantry. and was
appointed first lieutenant in tho
thirteenth cavalry in February, 1901.
lie did not accept the commission UNI
I'll october in that year. and In 1908
went to the Tw >nty- eighth infantry
tie received his captaincy in the Sew
enteenth Infantry In 1911 and was
transferred to the Twenty fifth in
fantry a year later. His retirement
Is real loss to the army
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-03
OCTAVE THASET DEALS
WOMAN SUFFRAGE BLOW

savannah Ca. March 3--Miss
Alice French, author, better known
as OCTAVE Thanet," has startled Sa-
vannah suffraeists by declaring that
equal suffrage does more harm than
good, She thinks women are more
nearly perfect than men, but does not
think they would accomplish as much
by direct influence as by the old
time indirect beguilding methods. In
stead Of the ballot, she said. women
or America need moro common sense.
Miss French thinks equal suffrage
unwise in the North and suicidal in
the South, where she believes the
vote OF the negro women would be-
come a powerful and undesirable fac
tor ''s'a"'r - wv
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-03
Democratic Congressman Dice.

Washington. March Michael +.
ConTey. Democratic representative
from the Fourteenth New York district
In the house. died at a Washin s~-7
hoarttal tonight Of kidney trouble H
had been III only few days. although
his health had been bad for several
years. He was forty-seven years old,
and is survived by a wife AND three
children. Representative Conrey was
one Of tho leaders OF the so-caUed
TammRny group Of Democrats He
had been In congress for eight years.
His death lessons the Democrats
chance Of controlling the house
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-03
POET WHO OFFENDED
KAISER OUT Of ARMY

Washington, March s.-Captain
George steunenberg, famous army
poet. often IN hot water on account
OF his verses and once Eaid to have
been rebuked because his poem. THE
German Trained Army of the Turks"
offended the kaiser Is out OF the
army.
He has been In III health following
a nervous breakdown two years ago
and is now TO be retired at his own
request He is a brother of the late
Governor Steunenherg. OF idaho. as
sassinatei some YEARS ago.
Here are verses from the poem that
angered the kaiser and almost
brought Steunenberg before an army
court martial:
Away FOR Constant'nople the hosts
OF Allah sped,
And the only ones that halted were
the ones that stopped the lead.
Quoth Serbian lieutenant then:
TITS evident TO me,
That yon army has been studying the
books OF Won Molt-kee"
Said a painting Turkish corporal
from German teaching freed
we amt much on formation. but we
sure are HI for speedr'
So they sprinted night and morning
till their lungs were fit to burst.
But they won the six-day marathon
they reached the city frstt
A tale that points a moral Mos any
one can see
That It's time to disregard the ways
OF Jackson, Grant and Lee:
For the sacred scripture tells us: "Ye
shall know them by their works.;
So we lift our hats to Won der Goltz.
the man who trained the Turks,
And now. while Europe trembles on
the verge Of deadly fray
The dove OF peace Is cooling In the
good old U. s. A.
For. YOU bet the foreign powers will
leave Uncle Sam alone
While our highbrows down at Leav-
enworth are studying Won Rohne
And while the German eagle scars
above the Balkan storm,
It strikes us as fitting time to
change the uniform
Let's get one OF those shiny things
they wear across the breast,
And add cleaning helmet with an
eaple on the crest