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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-21
SMALL GAINS MADE
WEST OF StRETH
Teuton Reports Tell of Capture OF
Rumanian Town of Nanesti In
Hand-to-Hand Fight

The Germans continued their at
tacks in Rumania, said today's off,
cial dispatches from Petrograd. and
were successful in some quarters. II
was admitted by the Russians that
the enemy gained ground west of the
Sereth and southeast of Foksani. but
failed in concentrated attacks at other
points. The Russo Rumanian forces
were driven back toward Sereth. the
Petrograd adyices said.
On the French western front, Paris
reported brief artillery actions of
violence" south Of Lassigny. near the
Disc River, The Italian official re-
port mentioned artillery engagements
on the Carsb.
The Berlin advices told OF the TAX
ing OF the town OF Nanesti on the
Sereth In a hand-to-hand encounter in
heavy snowstorm. In the eastern
Carpathians. the German report said,
small Russian detachments made un-
successful attacks
'Hand-to- hand fighting In that
quarter also was reported The Ru-
manians also We're said to have re-
peated their desperate attacks" north
of the Suchiten Valley.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-21
Withdrawal of Pershing Pun
tive Expedition Makes Move
ment Possible
FORCE OF $4,000 MEN
WILL REMAIN ON DUTY
Units to be Sent to Home Sta
tons Will Be Selected by
Funston Start to Be Ma de
Soon

Washington, Jan. 2o.--Orders 10
facilitate the Withdrawal Of the, Perish =
ing punitive expedition from Mex 60
were issued by the war Department
today.
General Funston was instructed to
select $4,000 men of the militia
organizations now on duty on the
border to return to their homes. The
fact that the withdrawal of the PERISH
ing force will eliminate the necessity
for heavy supporting troops on the
border was assigned as the reason for
today's order
At Eunston's Discretion.
The department declared that the
selection OF the troops TO be sent
North would be left entirely 10 Cen
accommodate tho withdrawal of the
militia to the general military situa-
ton.
1t was stated however. that the
movement OF the troops To their
homes would be started Just as soon
as General Funston selected the units
10 he re-. aTed. 1t Is expected that the
troops for discharge viii be composed
from the militia of states which now
have the greatest representation
among the forces now on the border.
leave 10000 state Troops ON Borutr.
The withdrawal of the $4,000 mill
tiamen will leave about fiftv thousand
state troops on the border. This
number il was stated tt the War De
rartment would remain on duty for
the present
No further withdraw orders are
expected for the militia unul the
Pershing expedition has beer safely
brought back To American soil and
conditions on the border haze as
-sumed saYne sfabie form.
The State Department is expected
to send Am i,a ssa dor Henry +. fetch
er 20 Mexico City within short time,
and with diplomatic relations once
more established between the United
States and Mexico. an effort viii he
made to settle the border troubles
through the regular channels
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-21
Ship Said to Have Been Equip
ped With Three One-Man
Submarines
STATE DEPARTMENT
ASKS FOR FACTS
Wants to Know Whether or
Not Americans Are Held as
Prisoners-Yarrowdale Is at
Prussian Port

Amsterdam, Jan. 2o.--The British
steamer Yarrowdale, captured ana
manned with prize crew by the Ger :
man raider IN the Atlantic, put INTO
port at Swinemuende, in Prussia
This was announced today In the
ColoTene Gazette, which quoted an
ofYfcial announcement In Berlin to that
erect
washington, Jan. 2o.--A report on
tho American citizens among the
prisoners taken by the German COM
merce raiders in the Atlantic was
asked of AmbaAador Gerard at Ber-
lin today by the state Department
The ambassador was requested TO
ascertain the status of any Americans
among the prisoners sent by the raid
or TO Germany aboard the captured
British vessel Yarrowdale- These
Americans are held as prisoners or
war, but II ts expected that demand
from the United states will bring
their prompt release.
Germany under the contention that
armed merchantmen are auxiliary
warships maintains that the captured
crews If such vessels are properly
prisoners Of war 1t Is known that
several Ameti ans I'm this status were
also among the survivors taken Into
pcrnambuco by the captured 81.
Theodore in charge Of German
prize crew from the vessel believed to
be t,8e raider Moewe-
I.Npee-t No Trouble On Question.
state Department officials said to-
day that thev expected no difficulty in
SCOUTING le release Of these Amert-
cans tt was also stated that there is
little likelihood of the situation de-
yalUping an acute recurrence OF the
armed merchantmen controversy be-
tween this country and Germany. Di-
plomatsc circles here tonight were
confident that the German raiders are
now either on their way to German
ports. or have already arrived there,
Have Accomplished Mission.
They have accomplished their mis-
sion In the Atlantic. having conduct
cd an extraordinarily successful raid
and have aroused the avenging cruis-
ers of the allies. Unless they make
their escape promptly. Il In practi-
caily certain that they Will be caught
.n the entente dragnet which Is
sweeping the sea.
A dozen fast French and British
cruisers. in addition to fleet of con-
vertej merchantmen, are comhing the
Atlantic. The only safe port for the
raiders is a German port. and IL was
stated here tonight that they were in
n position to make "A successful dash
through the British blockading feet.
With the assistance OF submarines
cent out for that purpose. II was be-
1ieyed that they might make their
way back to Germany safely.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-21
To OELVE FOR FACTS
IN HEART Of GOTHAM
HOUSE Rules Committee Will Reope,s
Examinations Tuesday In New
York Custom House
FORMALLY RETAIN BOSTON
LAWYER AS COUNSEL
The Ways of Wall Street VIII Be Ex-
plained BY Many OF the High
Finance CircIe-Stock Exchange
Members Preserve Records.

Washington. Jan. 20.-~-Right into
the very vttais OF Wall Street the
House Rules Committee tonight pro-
posed to drive its probe OF the alleged
leak OF secret information on govern
ment and International matters, from
headquarters OF high otficiaidom TO
the hearthstone of high finance. The
committee determined TO postpone
the examining of Mrs. Ruth Thomas
son Visconti. who Thomas W. Law
son says knows all about q leak from
the White House, and move bag and
baggage to the metropolis.
It was announced today that the
next meeting of the committee would
Be hsld in the New York custom
house at 10 O'Clock Tuesday morning.
January %. Coincident with this the
committee made the official an
nouncement OF the engagement OF
Sherman L. Whipple. OF Boston. as
special counsel TO conduct the probe.
To Delve Deeply.
After an extended executive session
the committee decided that il would
he better to hear all Wall Street testi-
mony in New York. They have now,
under subpoena. distinguished ar
ray OF the captains Of finance, and
they expect ito delve deeply into the
books OF the brokerage houses and
those banks which handle exclusively
Wall Street business. The investiga-
ton of the intimate details of how
advance Information eludes It's guards
and janitors will not be resumed until
after the Stock Exchange houses ana
the bankers have been thoroughly
grilled.
The committe now has under sub
poena j. p. Morgan, Frank A. Van
derlip, H. P. Dawson, Sol Wexler, J.
s. Bache, Malcolm McAdoo, Stewart
G. Gibboney, Bernard NJ. Baruch.
Pliny Fisk. Archibald s. White,
Arthur Upper. member of the Arm of
c. d. Barney & Company. Donald
Macdonald, of the Boston Financial
News, and James Reilly. of the Wall
Street Journal This list of witnesses
will be materially augmented when
the committee arrives in New York.
Preserving All Records.
The president of the New York
Stock Exchange has already been d.
rected to preserve all records of stock
traneactions during the period of
M r.. activity. which is thought to
i.uve ireerf created by the leaking OF
in irrational news Items from Wash
ington. The Stock Exchange itself
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-21
GREAT CIVILIAN ARMIES
FORGING MORTAL WEAPONS

1t Is not difficult after twenty nine
months of war to grasp the fact that
armies Of vast size are in the field;
what is not so apparent even in the
big cities Of bcllIgerent countries Is
that civilian armies equally immense
are silently forging mortal weapons
for the uniformed legions Present
proportions have only lately been
reached. though the tendency has for
some months been for the rear armies
to -svertop those In the field ~~----r-
This state Of things can only re-
suit In an appalling orgy of death and
destruction in 1917 1t is likely to
come by surprise and to begin In
France. with the entente armies taxi
ing the offensive. As the fine wealth
er opens M 1t VIII spread out over
a much larger area than that of any
previous offensive. and crescendo to
a pitch Of unimaRnable fury till one
side or the Other Is exhausted and
admits defeat. The dramatic num-
lions race now silently proceeding
throughout Europe and In a large
part of America is only a prelude to
titantic fighting next spring and sum-
ner.
NIyFLLE AND HAIG WILL
RETAIN INITIATIVE.
Military men here look confidently
to Nivelle and Efaig to retain the
Continued on Twelfth Page1
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-21
MANY DIFFERENT STORIES
OF PLYING DUTCHMAN''

Rio Janeiro, Jan. 90 All ship own
FRS today announced indefinite can
cellations pending what they believe
will be q pursuit OF the unidentified
German commerce raider which dur
ing the last few days has paralyzed
shipping. Difncuity OF locating the
dying Dutchmant of the South AT
lautic is evidenced by refugees OF the
vessels sunk. The raider is said to
have differing number OF tunnels.
but all agree that she la painted black
ana there seems to be no evidence
Of the story told in the Journal Pc
Queno, Of Pernamouco. that she car
fied three one-man submarines with
which she sinks ships attempting to
escape, or defends herself against
hostile allied ships Of war.
A photograph OF the raider. taken
secretly by q pocket camera by one
OF tho crew Of tho Dqamatist, doubt
less will aid the search OF the British
cruisers believed to be combing the
waters OFF the east coast. The baby
U-boats' are the cause OF unusual
interest In maritime quarters, not
only on account Of their novelty, but
because of the danger they may cause
in the pursuit Of the raider
Previous raiding expeditions into
the Atlantic have found the commerce
raider accompanied Dy re2uiatlCIl
German under sea craft. The U-boat
consort was compelled to keep up
with tho speedier raIding vessel.
which in event of pursuit might cause
a break In the alliance. But II is be-
reved that the one-man submarines
are equipped so they may be lower
ed quickly from the raiding ship. and
after doing their scout duty or work
of destruction can he loaded or lowed
10 some new field of operation. The
one point on which all narratives
agree is that the officers and crew OF
the raider treated the crews OF the
victim vessels with courtesy and con-
sideration.
No Intentional Misuse.
Some OF the seamen complained Of
not receiving enough food. but none
o. what was considered intentional
misuse. The captain Of the raider
told those of the Dramatist that he
was sent out to sink only y3~rchant
ships and would not run the with
passenger ships of CAUSING sasters
which would involve the res of
women and children The official ad :
vices of the American consular SER
vice which were forwarded to Wash
1ngton asserted that the German
raiders activities showed ''prede-
termined plan" tn avoid. passenger
ships and possibly of loss Of life and
'.any International complications"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-21
NORFOLK SYRIAN
FREED BY TURKS

p Washington. Jan. Ex-senator Mar
state Lansing that the State Depart
ment has received a cablegram from
Beirut saying that Anthony +. Tablet
the Norfolk Syrian. has been released
from Turkish prison and is now safe
with his family. Tablet and his family
went back to Syria a year ago TO visit
their native home. He was promptly
thrown In prison by the Turks.
Norfolk citizens got Senator Martin
interested in the case. and he asked
the State Department to try and Sc
cure Tablets release.
A years efforts by the state Depart
u1tslt finally brought Tablet his free
dom. Tablet Is a naturalized America
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-21
NOMINATIONS COMING
IN FROM ALL SIDES
Candidates Galore For Sir2inian's
Valuable Prizes Ready tn Put In
Early Active Efforts.
REWARDS LARGE FOR
WORK WHICH WILL BE DONE.
Interesting Feature of Great CirCu-
lation Campign Is That No One
Need Lose, Those Failing To Win
Prizes Receiving Commission On
Business Gotten.

The interest IN the Statewide sub
scription Campaign of The Virginian
increases daily aud the nominations
still come in by lunches. so to speak
and the payment of the drst-year sub
scriptions are being made in many In
stances when the nominations are
made.
The hundred thousand extra votes Of
fered for the payment of the tirst-year
subscription from in old or new sub
scriher are an extra inducemeat to pay
subscription at this time. and the
offer holds good every day for the com
Ing week, There is no time like the
present to pay the subscription and get
the start that Will be an advantage.
and big one, in making a good show
ing in the vote standing in this cam
pnign.
Week For Nomination and Sub
Scriptions.
The coming week will be devoted
largely to the making OF nolninatio
and the payment of the first-year sub
scriptions. two SIX months or four
three months counting as the year and
securing the extra vote. TIL saving OF
coupons will be another feature of the
| week, and there will. nA doubt, be
quite number of the contestants who
VIII send in nice vote for next Sat
urday. the time for the first series OF
the free newspaper coupons to expire
The coupon must be brought or mailed
to the office by 10 o'clock Saturday
night in order to count for votes. A
new series of coupons will be started
Thursday morning next.
Amounts That Can He Earned.
The lady who accumulates the larg-
est number of votes during the entire
campaign in any of the districts will
earn car that is valued and is worth
every dollar of it's value-SI5s5, the
King Eight" or the Studehaker six"
worth $l,iS0 This is right good pay
for ten weeks time and effort "oh,
someone will buy the carr" has been
the suggestion of some Of the ladies
who are considering entering the cam
paign for competition for the valuable
prizes. There. will positively be no
buying of cars" In this campaign.
There will be no votes sold, and votes
can be secured only from two sources
the payment of subscriptions and the
saving of coupons clipped from The
Virginian. The vote offered Is very
large at this time. both for subscrip-
tions and the coupon in the paper, but
they will decline very rapidly, and
t""S0 WI" siaie III tHs campaign AT
this time VIII be the ones who will
have many times the advantage OF
those who wish to spend money
sending the paper to friends at later
date. There was never known such a
thing as anyone spending money in the
beginning of campaign. but the
spending money spirit gets in on the
last go round; but In this campaign
the vote will be so very small during
the last days OF the campaign that the
| money spender'' will not be attracted.
Payment Of $12 at this time will
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-21
FREIGHTER HIT BY
TWENTY-SIX SHELLS

New York, Jan. 2o.--A battle which
lasted an hour and forty minutes be-
tween the British freighter LindenhaL
and q Teutonic submarine in the Med
iterranean. with nearly 400 shots ex-
changed between the two craft was
described by officers OF the Lindenhall
upon her arrival here today from
Naples.
The freighter came in so severely
shelled that she looked as II she had
been in an explosion. Twenty-s
shots from the U-boat hit her. and one
OF the shells still protrudes from the
woodwork above the stewards bunk
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-21
DRINK DEALERS FAIL
IN "7tS1n CASE PLAN
Commonwealth Declines to- Be Drawn
Into Police Court BY Malt
Liquor" Distributors.
PROHIBITION COMMISSIONERS
JUDGE OF MANNER OF TEST
Commonwealth's Attorne Wise
Comes Back At Attorney III. Nj.
smith. .Tr.. Who Criticised Conduct
of Office, When Case Is Dismissed.

on motion of Commemorative At
torney George T.. Wise. Police jus
tice Crutchficld yesterday morning
disml ssed from the docket the cases
Of Earl French, secretary of the
Alpha Distributing Company, and. of
w. C. Herbert, distributor OF Tan
hauser The two beverages, Alpha
and Tanhauser, are among those re-
Gently put under the ban of the pro-
hihition law by Commissioner Peters,
following the report by chemists of
the State Department OF Agriculture
that they are malt Iiquors-malt
liquors, whether intoxicating or nom
intoxicating. being held by the at
torney- general as ardent spirits" as
defined in the Mapp prohibition law.
The cases were brought into Police
Court through the submission OF the
agents of the beverages manufaCtur-
ers to arrest at the First Police sta
ton a few days after Prohibition
Commissioner Peters had issued his
communication instructing all officers
OF the law in the State TO permit no
sale or handling of Alpha" Tan
hauser" and "Bevo," after January
IS.
Mr. Smith Warns Up.
Before the cases were thrown out
OF court by Police Justice Crutchfield
yesterday morning there was a tilt
between Attorney Harry NJ. Smith.
Jr.. OF counsel for the self made de-
PENDANTS and Commemorative At
torney Wise. Mr.. Smith made an at
tack upon the conduct Of the office of
the Com monwealth's attorney. assert
ing that that officer had mo control
over his office IN matters of this kind"
t,nfc 1ixtty,c
less he consults the prohibition COM
missioner" He asserted that the pro-
hibition commissioner was the guard
ian of the commemorative attorney
Mr.. Wise came back at Mr.. Smith in
court and explained for his benefit
that the case was one In which the
Commonwealth had brought no action
against French and Herbert. and In
which IL was not interested at this
time.
Mr.. Wise later issued statement
defining hts position as common
wealth's attorney in this and similar
cases.
Asked that Cases be Dropped.
Mr. Wise told the court yesterday
morning that he had not ordered the
arrest of these men and had not lni-
tiated this prosecution and that after
comforting with Mr.. Peters, who said
he would have nothing to do with this
proceeding. he told Mr.. Peters he did
not propose to enter into a trial of
the cases.
Mr. Wise asked that tho whole pro-
ceeding be dismissed. because it was
an effort on the part of the counsel
for the defendants to force a test case
In the wrong forum and to make the
Commonwealth decide that their
clients were within the law
Declined to Enter Test.
Commissioner Of Prohibition Peters
yesterday afternoon told or the his
tory of the cases, saying that he had
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-21
"LLTTLE DICK" HARRIS
RELEASED FROM JAIL

Little Dick" Harris, who was con-
victed here for being one OF the prin-
cipais In the Richmond postoffice rob-
berry when stamps amounting to some
thing like $4,000 were stolen, has
been released from the Federal prison
at Atlanta, he having completed his
term. Harris was supposed to return
to Richmond to visit Rev. c. II.
Gootee. his spiritual adviser, but up
to this. time he has not put In his APP
DearancA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-21
Scale IS TIPPING
TO ALLIES SIDE
Twelve Million Munition Workers Turning Out Death Dealing
Weapons On Scale Never Before Appropriated stagger
ing Losses Must Result From This Years Fighting.
Entente's Great Lack Is Leader of Napoleonc
Grasp-No Peace In Sight Until Result of
1917 Campaign Is Learned.

than the slaughter of the User, the
massacres before Warsaw, the CHASTITY
sacrifices OF Ferdun, or the heca-
torhs of the SOmme.
For it is a little realized fact that
at thts moment something like H.
000 600 people are engaged in the
manufacture of guns and shells. rifles
and cartridges, bombs air torpedoes
and the other death-dealing material
for war. all of which are to be d.
rected against some - GOO, 600 troops
For every soldier in the field there
Is at least one civilian working on
a rents for his destruction
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-21
PREPARE TO FIGHT
PORK BILL IN SENATE

Washington Jan. 20,--Senate oppo-
nents on an omnibus public buildings
bill were preparing today to marshal
their forces fer the coming fight on the
measure which passed the House late
yesterday. carrying $50. 900. GOO for
buildings. improvements or sites in
cities and towns throughout the eoun-
try The bill is certain to meet with a
strorg opposition in the Senate. and
President Wilson has served notice he
would veto 1t.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-21
MANY VICTIMS OF
GREAT EXPLOSION

London Jan. 20.--The explosion In "A
munitions factory near London. last
night involved practically all tbs tx
plosives I'm the factory. which was de-
stroyed entirely. The effects were felt
at great distance. and three rows or
small houses In the neighborhood were
ain ost demolished
Between thirty and forty bodies have
been recovered thus far and about Toe
persons are reported to have been I'M
jured seriously
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-21
TO PROBE DISASTERS
ON PACIFIC COAST

Eureka. Cal. Jan. ga high rank
ing court Will he designated by Admiral
Caperton TO inquire into the stranding
near here OF the submarine HIS and
The cruiser Milwaukee. Il was made
known today. Rear-Admiral William
F. Tullaru, commanding the reserve
force. Pacific fleet will be president
Of the board.
The Milwaukee had keeled over to-
day 10 an angle Of 2e degrees.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-21
Funeral OF q. ", sa,nrv

The funeral Of q. Y N.rory, sixty
six years old. VIII 'ts Thursday night
at his home. so, " 81 Twcaty-seventh
Street. Woodland l.eia ats. will be con-
Quoted this afternoon At o'clock from
the Woodland Heights Baptist Church
Interment will be In Naury Cemetery.
Mr.. Savory was a widely known citi-
zen OF South Richmond. He Is sur
vived by three daughters. Mrs Florence
Butler, Mrs. g. r. Napier and Miss
Alma Savory; two sons. NJ. W. ana c.
r. Savory: three sisters and one
brother.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-21

New Revenae Bill Provides Big Bond
Issue as Well.


Issue as Well.
Washington. Jan. 20,-Profite OF cor
porsttons and o-partnerships IN ex-
cess of per cent OF the capitalization
would be taxed per cent and inherit
ance taxes would be raised to produce
$sss.ooo, 300 by a tentative draft of the
administration revenue bill awaiting
consideration by the House Ways and
Means Committee Monday. A bond is
sue Of s2ss. 100000 also Is provided.
Exceptions from the excess profits
,..N would apply to concerns having not
more than 5000 profit annually, to
agricultural pursuits and to incomes OF
professional men. The rate on mini
mum inheritances nov taxable would
be increased from one to one and a
half per cent. and those Of more than
$4,000. 600 would b. taxed Is per cent.
House Democrats may caucus on the
bill next week.