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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-07
.PoIIy of the Circus" mt Strand.

"Polly of the Circus" mt Strand.
Polly of the Circus" tremendous
Goldwyn picture. made from Margaret
Mayo's great play, with famous little
Mae Marsh as it's star, will be shown
all fair week at the Strand as its
reopening feature.
The picture is the first release of
Goldwyn Pictures Corporation. formed
by Samuel Goldfish in association with
Edgar Selwyn, Margaret Mayo, Archi-
bald Selwyn and brilliant group of
authors and Dlaywrights.
The story of Polly" which has been
given tremendous production in its
picturized form. is that of a mother
less girl of the circus, and Of the part
she plays in the drama Of life in
small American village. 1t is a ro-
nance of the sawdust ring and has
been termed the classic of the big
tops"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-07
AZ the victor.

At the Victor.
Richmonds favorite screen comedian,
Harold Lockwood. Will be seen In The
Haunted Pajamas' AT the Victor on
Monday. Ty Cobb, the worlds great
est baseball player. will appear in a
special drama.
Molly King and Creighton Hale will
be seen on Wednesday in The third
chap;rr OF THE Seven Pearls" AMI
Bryant Washburn in 'Skinner's Baby"
on Thursday. Friday is the usual
fo!nilyt program day, and Pearl White
will wind up the weeks Offering on
Saturday in the Fatal Ping" and the
Pathe Weekly and Keystone comedy
will be added
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-07
ROY STUART.
at the Blucbird.
MONTAGUE LOVE.
mt the Colonial,
"Wednesday ind Thursday

set for the feet of the unwary by
shrewd confidence men and women
will be seen
On Thursday Gail Kane will be seen
in The Serpents Tooth" On FRIDAY
William Fox presents William Farnum
in American Methods On Saturday
only that bewitchng Viennese, Emmy
Wchlen. will be seen in The Trail of
the Shadow"
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-08
DAVENPORT MAY BE IN CAME
 AGAIN
(By United Press)

NEW YORK, May 8. - Dave Daven- port, burly pitcher of the Browns, is wearing a Brownie uniform today to the surprise of several hundred thou sand fans, who expected to mourn the death of one of the games iron men whey they read that he had drop ped a gun and received a wound in his huge frame above his wrist.
 Perfect physical condition probably has helped him out considerable, for he declared a few days ago that he would be ready to help Fielder Jones' team this year just as much as ever.
 That statement probably is stretch ing it little, for there are few men who can receive the wound that Dav- enport did and live to tell about it. He can hardly be just as good as ever.
 Davenport is weak and walks with a limp, but the news that he was go- this summer was considerably encour- aging to the Browns. It is possible Davenport will carry the marks of his accident all his life. He can't move his body in the long, swinging motion essential to pitching. He cant open his mouth to it's full extent be cause he received part of the charge of shot in his chin. Outside of that he's nearly all right The wound that carried him through a double header last summer is still there. If he can pitch with anything like his former form, the Browns will be much more dangerous than anyone ex- pected.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-08
GIRL R00klEs IN CAMP NEAR
 WASHINGTON
(By United Press)

WASHINGTON, May 8. With girl rockies from 25 states present in khaki, the annual spring encampment of the National Service School - the women's Plattsgurg has been opened. The girls are equipping themselves for war service.
 More than 500 young women an swered the first roll call. as Mrs Hugh l.. Scott, and other leaders of Wash ington society reviewed the prospec- tive ''rankers" who will serve their country.
 Over half of the regiment are girls from out of town; the Pacific states, the south and the middle west being we'll represented. The girls will live under rigid army discipline, sleep in army tents and for twenty days" taste the luck of the army"
 Daily instruction in "the arts and crafts of war" will be given by army officers. and doctors and nurses of the Red Cross. Picked men from the Washington police force guard the 27 acre camp loaned by the govern ment.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-08
FRENCH WILLING
 ID WORK FUR
 VICTORY
(By Associated Press)

PARIS, May 8. - The courage, the joyousness of France, has been the aspect of the war most remarked ty lessee Benedict Carter, director of the American Academy of Rome, who has been visiting provincial uniyersi ties in France as lecturer for the Hyde Foundation.
 Nowhere have I found any lack lack of courage, any lack of joy, any of courage, any lack of joy, and tory" said Mr Carter "The joyous ness of France in this moment of crisis is not the superficial thought lessness of those who are afraid to think. It is the calm happiness of those who cannot fail and who know that they cannot fail because they are seeking after those things which are not of the earth and must, there fore, continue for that very reason because, without them the earth would become a madhouse. The greatest things are always simple, and the French today are simple as Abraham Lincoln was in our Civil war.
 There is no hatred for the Ger man, there is instinctive abhorrence but no wasting of words over symp- toms and acts which belong in the realm of pathological psychology Com mon decency draws veil over these things, and leaves them to the physi- elan, who at the end will doubtless write the verdict and give his full skill to drawing up the post-mortem; it is day and we must work in the day while our strength and our courage is with us.
 "Of course there is a natural objec- tivity about any people engaged in great work. They forget themselves in the enormous importance of what they are doing. This is natures anaes- thetic."
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-08
CARDINAL GIBBONS FOR
 UNIVERSAL SERVICE.

(By James, Cardinal Gibbons)
 I believe in preparedness in com pulsory military training for all men of the nation. Universal military ser vice Is the best means of prepared ness.
 The discipline which young men ac- quire will develop their character and improve their physical condition; the daily exercise will invigorate their manhood the habit of early rising and retiring to rest will strengthen their will to resist evil. Discipline will instill into them the spirit of obedience to lawful authority, too often forgotten in our land of free dom.
 The few years our youth will spend in military training will not indefinite ly withdraw them from the active and pacific pursuits of life.
 The association of poor youths with wealthy youths, of the sons of Ameri- ca with the sons of foreign lands, can not fail to create spirit of fraternity of incalculable value to the citizens of a common country.
 am persuaded that universal train ing in the United States will tend to protect peace rather than to cause war. For If any nation is disposed to attack our country, it will be de- tered by the knowledge that our coun- try is prepared to resist invasion.
 For these reasons l am intimately persuaded that the military training of American manhood is of vital i'm portance for the welfare and security of this nation.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-08
ND SMALL COINS ARE SEEN IN
 GERMANY
(By United Press)

BERNIE, May 8. - German papers report a vexatious and almost mysteri- ous disappearance of small coins, mak- ing it constantly necessary to issue new provisional iron money, which must be "cashed" in after the war.
 The government, since 1916, has coined and issued 1O,603,OO0 marks worth of silver 50 pfenning pieces, most of which have disappeared from sight almost as fast as put out. In addition it has put out 116,O00,000 10 pfenning pieces and about as many five pfenning pieces made of iron, and even these are disappearing Busi- ness firms are known to have in some cases as much as 10000 marks worth of iron money.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-08
ADM. BENSON |S |DOL ENT|RE:
 NAVY
(By United Press)

WASHINGTON, May 8. - What has come to him, he has won by hard work always" This is what the navy department thinks of Admiral William Shepherd Benson, chief of naval op- erations, president of the general board of the navy, and the one man above all others, upon whom rests the success or failure of the fleet.
 When congress recently wrote into the law that Admiral Benson's orders were to be considered as emanating from the secretary of the navy and have full force and effect as such, it showed what it thought of him.
 The chief of operations is truly a southern gentleman. He was born on a small plantation in the heart of Georgia in 1855, and has carried with him throughout his brilliant career the best traditions of the old South
 Tall, spare, with a most courtly bearing and full white moustache, much like his predecessor, Admiral Dewey, the admiral presents the most distinguished appearance, His rise has been meteoric during the past few years.
 His first cruise as captain of bat tleship was in 1918, when he piloted the Utah to the fleet pennant. He then assumed command of the Phila- delphia navy yard, where he did his bit" with such great labor and excel | lence," as to be called to Washington in 1915. when a man was sought to create and take charge of the new vital office of naval operations. Admiral Benson is not a man given l to epigrams. especially those of the | first person. "I' seldom falls from his lips. If he can be induced to ad- init his services in Washington to have met with flair success" the ad- miral will immediately impress it upon you that it is solely owing to the loyalty and cooperation" of his as- sociates.
 This is what his brother officers say of the present ranking officer of the United States navy: This is the happy warrior; this is he, whom every man in arms would wish to be"
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-08
BA I I LE CRY IF PEACE WORTH
 SEEING

A crowded house greeted a thrilling film production at the Empress theatre last night, and "The Battle Cry of Peace" which showed what might happen to the United States if for eign foe landed on her shores, aroused keen feeling of preparedness and patriotism amongst Cordovans. The arguments of a peace loving people were torn to shreds, after viewing the convincing argument for prepared ness against war. The film Hays the methods of certain peace propagan- dists who believe that peace can be obtained by disarmament, and pro duces realistic story of the downfall of New York and the fall of the ma tion, as an argument for preparedness against these conditions.
 MT. Blacton, who is responsible for the picture, has piled his pen tren- chantly. Obsessed by the fear that the United States through present lack of mobile army, and an adequate navy, would be at the mercy of an invading power, he has laid his ideas on the screen, with heavy and unsparing hand. He reviews page after page of natural history, to impress upon the people of this country that in propor- | tion to the nations resources, wealth and possible fighting force, we are so meanly equipped, and so woefully unprepared to cope with and resist invasion that our position as a nation is ridiculous and portentious of pos sible annihilation.
 Although this picture was filmed some time ago, it is of special interest
 today, on account of the fact that the
 main teaching portrayed prepared ness against war has become an actual fact, and the United States | is preparing because of similar argu- ments that are advanced as the basis for this picture. Don't fail to see it
 tonight, if you have not already done
 so. It will broaden your ideas regard
 ing your duty to your nation. Tonight
 for the last time, at the Empress the atre.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-08
NJ W EXPERIMENT IN COMMUNAL
 FEEDING
(By Associated Press)

LONDON, May 8. - Communal feed ing will be established on a large scale in London this month, under the direction of the food controller. The kitchen of the largest hotel in Lon don will be utilized for preparing the food, which will be distributed over a wide area by means of local depots.
 The intention at present is not so much to provide cheap food for poor persons as to provide economically prepared food for all classes, the idea being thus to conserve available sup plies. Mrs. Pember Reeves, woman director of the food controllers of flee, defined the purpose of the new move as follows:
 "We shall have a central kitchen where food can be cooked in the most economical way, so that the best pos sible use is made of the supplies available. We shall not bake bread. We shall hope by providing nourishing and palatable meals to get people to eat more Of their meat ration and so tighten the consumption of bread, which is the most important thing just now. We shall take foods that are comparatively plentiful, such as the salted fish which is coming on the markets in large quantities, and make it into a great variety of attrac- tive dishes. It is not a question of money saving, but of proving that the sound scientific handling of food by skilled staff is economy in food"
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-08
SP PAIN WILL. NIT ENTER INTO
 THE WAR
(By Associated Press)

l MADRID, Spain, May 8. 70 Spain has
 entered into a settled policy of keep ing out of the European war. of ob- serving neutrality despite and tempo rary complication and endorsements this policy may cause her, and of thus occupying vantage ground between the belligerents which will naturally turn them towards Spain az the medi- ating power when the time comes to settle the conflict. This is not only the view of the party in power. as stated by it's leaders in the govern ment, Count Romanoes, president of the council of ministers, and Senor Gimena, minister of foreign affairs, but also by Senor Edouard Dato chief of the Conservative party, in the course of a talk today with the repre-. sentative of the Associated Press.
 Senor Dato was president of the council of ministers at the beginning of the war. and it was he who first put into operation the policy of neu- trality which has since been fol- lowed by his successor, Count Roma noes. Since retiring from the presi- dency, Senor Dato has been the strong directing force of all the opposition elements in the cortes, and if there was to be any change of present po- Hey it would have to come about large ly through his direction. But instead of combating the government Senor Dato is supporting it in it's present course.
 There is, in fact, little or no divi- sion of opinion among parties or in the sentiment of the country at large as to the observance of absolute neu- trality," said Senor Dato 'It is the accepted view of practically all the parties and groups with only here and there some individual view in opposi- tion. And it is that which has aroused the belief when the opportune moment arrives for terminating the conflict.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-08
ID G ORDINANCE AGAIN BE|NG
 DISCUSSED

The city council held a very lengthy meeting last night, at which many matters of interest to the public were considered. The dog ordinance was one of the principal topics discussed and opinions seemed to differ as to the enforcement Of the present law and how would be the best way of controlling or regulating the dogs about town. It was finally decided to refer the matter to a committee con sisting of Howard. Council and O'Neill. with instructions that they file their report at the next regular meeting.
 The sewerage question also occupied the attention of the local legislators and the necessity of providing drain. age for the properties between A and E streets was urged and some action will likely be taken in the near future
 An ordinance regulating the speed of automobiles to eight miles an hour withi nthe city limits passed first reading.
 The street committee was instructed to make the necessary improvements on First avenue, between B and c streets, and also to repair the ap- proach from the ocean dock.
 Monthly reports of the different of. ficials were read and ordered placed on file.
 It was decided to allow the assistant lire chief salary of $25 per month. and the council also appropriated s25 a month to the fire department to de- fray current expenses.
 The police committee reported that It had ordered plaeards printed in order to notify all offenders of the law, as we'll as those found drunk or disorderly on the streets that they will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
 As clerk Medley will be absent from Cordova for a month or six weeks. H Lewis was elected to fill the office during the interim.
 rrvsl, nl.s seasl ef tsreritr traaalsses
 An appropriation of $S5O was made to the school board after the bond of it's treasurer had been received and approved. in the sum of $1,5OO.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-08
COURT MARTIAL SENTENCES NUT
 NFORCED
CBy Associated Press)

PARIS, May 8. - Two-thirds of the court-martial cases at the war front and immediately behind the front have developed from either drunkenness or fear, sometimes from both, according to Monsieur Rene de Planhol, who has had more than two years experience as counsel for the defense in such cases. Drumhead court-martials, with summary executions of spies and de- serters, have been far less frequent than might be imagined. Not only have sentences to death been infrequent, but extraordinary as it appears, the verdicts of justice at the front are seldom executed.
 The general in command of the sec tor has the power of suspending all court-martial sentences until the end of the war, and he exercises that pre- rogative nearly always, even in cases of second offences. The only penal ties immediately applied are those of death and punishment that involves military degradation. Even in these cases the condemned man usually begs to be sent back to the battle line and his request is sometimes ac- corded after a certain lapse of time.
 Sentences to prison and hard labor are few. It is considered absurd to lodge in prison rugged soldiers whose misdeeds would thus have the effect ! of relieving them from fighting. while lives. That is why military jurisdic- ton at the front has become essen tially a jurisdiction of honor.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-08
CANADA 5 TRAD [ EQUALS WAR
 EXPENSES
(By United Press)

OTTAWA, May 8. - The outstand- ing feature of the session of the Do miniOn parliament now in session will be the annual budget statement pre- scented by Sir Thomas White, min ister of finance. Sir George Foster, who opened the session, is acting pre- mier during the absence of Right Hon Sir Robert Borden at the. imperial war conference in London.
 The budget will show that Canada's trade for the past twelve months has been well over the two billion dollar mark for the first time in history. It will also evidence the Dominion's won derful war vitality for the balance of trade in her favor during the fiscal year will be shown to be in the neigh borhood of $35O,OOO,OOO - a sum al most equal to the years war expendi ture, which has averaged somewhat over one million dollars a day.
 It is regarded as unlikely that there will be any considerable changes in tariff, but it is probable that an addi- tional impost will be placed upon mu- milton makers. In addition there may be a fresh levy upon race tracks and other amusements as war measure, although it is almost certain that the Wilcox bill, to prohibit racing will be dropped.
 New legislation will, it is under stood, include provisions for returned soldiers. The dtails of this are still sub rosa, but will probably include federal schemes for vocational train ing and the settlement of such as de sire upon the land under a system which will provide the necessary capi- tai for the development of the grants made.
 A scheme for assisting in the rapid development of Canada's shipbuilding industry will also be brought before the house. It may take the form of federal subsidy or the relaxation of uuty Ou dil lldltiidl neCtSSdTy lOl tlc construction of tonnage Canada is ideally situated for the construction of vessels, both wood and steel, and plans are to be laid for the perpetual. ing and extension of this industry. At the present time contracts amounting to over sixty million dollars have been placed in Canadian yards, including a British government order amounting to 25,000,000.
 A further debate on the Ross rifle the original arm of the Canadian ex peditionary force is assured, and it is a foregone conclusion that Lieutenan General Sir Sam Hughes, former min ister of militia, will be Johnny on thu spot in the defense of his favorite arm. This will probably prove one oi the /warmest debates of the session.
 The opposition is likely to introduce the Justice Galt report, censurint Hon. Robert Rogers, minister of pub lie works, and may even go so far al to demand his removal.
 Railway legislation will be intro duced for the purpose of consolidating the Canadian railway acts.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-08
RA|S|N G NINE EASEMENTS OF
 ENGINEERS
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, May 8. - The war department is raising nine regiments of engineers for duty at the earliest possible moment on the communica- tion lines of France. These engineers are additional to the forces contem. plated in the administration army plans.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-08

Not guilty was the verdict rendered by jury in the district court at Fair banks In the case of the United States vs. Dr. F, NJ. Hall. The case was tried more than two years ago, when a yer dict of guilty was returned. The case was up for retarial by the appellate court a short time ago. Hall was charged with illegal relations with nine-year-old Selmi Lappi.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-08
MANY OF GERMAN PRISONERS ARE
 BUT BOYS
(By Associated Pressl

LONDON, May 8. Half of the German prisoners taken by the Brit ish are boys aged nineteen years. The boys realize the hopelessness of the struggle, therefore they are poorer soldiers than the older men.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-08

Mike Stepovich arrived in Fairbanks a short time ago with roller mill for use on his tungsten property on Gilmore creek. The mill has capa- city of 75 tons per day and will be at work within few weeks. Stepo- vich has about 200 tons of ore on the dump at the mine. He also brought in a sawmill and will get out his own mine timbers.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-08
U. S. CABLE IS STILL DOWN
 AND BE REpAlRED-soMETIMe

The cable is still down and so far as we have been able to learn, no at tempt is being made to repair 1t. In the meantime the radio station is handling limited amount of business. but for some unaceountable reason the Daily Times appears to be the heaviest sufferer from the break in communica- ton with the states.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-08

The organization of a Red Cross so- ciety will be effected in Cordova very shortly, and as number of energetic ladies are at the head of the move ment 1t is sure to be a success.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-08

Owing to the high price of fish the Alaska halibut fishermen are reaping a harvest these days. The fishermen work on shares and are reported to be averaging from sl0 to S20 per day, and in a recent instance they received 330.7l per day for the trip.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-08
: . . ' ' ~ ' {
 WHATCHAMA COLUMN.
Suspenders.

. Suspenders are used by man to ' . support his self-respect. And . . the amount of his self-respect . . was in direct ratio to the number . . of trouser buttons he had to at . . tach to it. If he had eight but . ' tons he was all right. But if he . ' had only seven buttons and a ' ' nail he wasn't very respectable. . ' Or else he wasn't married. Or . ' if he was married, his wife didn't . ' care much about him. Which . ' amounts to the same thing. . > But those were the days before . ' it became fashionable for the av- . ' craze man to bulge in the middle. . . Since then we have abandoned . ' suspenders, hung our trousers on ' ' the top rung of our stomachs with . . belt and let it go at that. . . . z . . c . c . . . . .