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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-04
BITUARY
Funeral of John Dnbney Allen.

John Dabney Allen. who was for
number of years engaged in business
as a tealnster. died Monday at
II o'clock in his home. 5l1 West Clay
street. His funeral took place yestef-
day afternoon Al o'clock in Riverview
cemetery The obsequies were con-
Quoted by the Rev Leland w Smith,
pastor of Emmanuel Baptist church.
Mr.. Alien was the son OF william
Lindsey Allen and Mrs, Mary Anne Al.
len. of Hanover county. Besides a
widow. who was Miss Mary f. Thomas
son. of Hanover county. he is survived
by two daughters. Mrs, Ryland Mitchell
and Mrs L. b. Slaughter. and two sis
tiers. Mrs. Ellen Iarhrough. of Rich
rnond and Mrs. Matte Smith. OF Ash
land
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-04
HANOVER STILL IN
SAME OLD FIGHT

Once more the Hanover county d.
vision superintendency hangs in the
balance The last appointee selected
by the state board of education. r. NJ,
lrby. of Blackstone. has announced
that he would not accept the position
unless the salary was 1920 and all ex-
penses paid. and then comes the ac-
ton OF two members OF the board OF
supervisors OF the county to the effect
that the salary of the superintendent
appointed by the board would not be
paid under any circumstances. since he
was not a resident OF Hanover county
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-04

from $4,000 TO $4,000 from two TO
four per cent. The exemption was
formerly $4,000. The exemption on
married men has been reduced from
81, 900 TO $4,000
Between $4,000 and $4,000 the mar
ried men pay two per cent and from
$4,000 to $4,000 a graduated scale
Up 10 four per cent
The excess profits tax applies TO
individuals, corporations and partner
ships with incomes exceeding $4,000.
The basis Will be the average net in
come of-th e-rFe-~at- years iaiii ieii
and 1918, deducted from the net in
come OF 1917 and after years There
are certain exemptions set forth.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-04

several South American countries
Germany has established powerful ra-
do stations and there IL believed TO
be a possibility that a harmless"
commercial message containing the
news to the trained eye OF a German
spy meant that the American troops
were sailing. II might then be re-
layed by radio to Nauen. But where
the inside information OF the routes
tAer-~eafd- take and their plans FEE
rendezvous leaked from IL something
to be determined by the proposed
probe
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-04
Miss beatrice v, Cerxley.

Miss Beatrice Nernell Cersley,
twenty-three years old. formerly OF this
city. who moved 10 Washington about
four months ago. died thsre Monday,
Her body was brought to Richmond
for burial yesterday afternoon AT 5
ociock in Maury Cemetery. Besides
her mother. Mrs. NJ. Cersley, Of Wash
lngton, Miss ,cersiey Is survived by
two sisters. Miss Ora Cersley. OF Wash
ington, and Mrs. r, r, Morello, of $40
West MAIN street. this city.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-04
!. CuIlen Carrtnxton.

Lynchburg. Va. July ii. Cullen
Darlington, clerk of the Charlotte
county circuit court. died suddenly at
his home at Charlotte Courthouse yes
terday afternoon. A brother. W. G.
Darlington formerly commonwealths
attorney OF, that county. died May II.
Mr.. Darlington 10 survived BY HE wits
ard Aumhsr q children,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-04
The Weather
(Unitel states weather DuSonu.
Department Of Ag1icultare.l

Forecast for Wednesday and Thur
day:
For Virginia-FAir Wednesday. pr
coded by showers in southeast portiea
Thursday fair. little change In tempe,
ature.
North and South CarolinA--xxeol
thunder showers Wednesday ana psu1
ably Thursday.
Generally fair weather will prev1
Wednesday and Thursday In the -
region. the Ohio valley. Tennessee. q
Middle Atlantic states and New Gm1
land.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-04
SECRETARY DANIELS THANKS
SIMS AND GIsEAFES

Washington, D. c.. July 3.--Secre-
tsry Daniels tonight cabled message
of thanks and congratulations TO
Rear Admiral Gieaves, commander of
the convoy. and another to Vice-Ad-
miral Sims, who commanded the
force of American destroyers that met
the transports and the conveys.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-04
VIRGINIA WOMAN FLIES
. ACROSS HAMPTON ROADS

Norfolk. Va. July 3.-Mrs. Vaughan
Woodward, wife Of the navy lieuten-
ant, today few over Hampton Roads
at a height Of 1000 feet. She declar-
ed she would Join the aviation corps
In France il her husband would per-
init her. She 10 4 leader in society.
and one Of ytrgtnia's prsttisst
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-04
NEGRO CHARGED WITH
NUMBERING WI

James Miller, cotored. was you11
day arrested by officers Of Henri
county. charged with the murder
his wife. Fanny Miller. The No.
1t 10 alleged. beat his wife, witch I
suited in injuries causing her del
stantiate this. he cited nguree 80
ing that although the company e L
CURED to run not more than 100 e.
or 2.006 car hours during an eightoo|
hour period. II was ~ Z matter
fact operating eighteen mora ~
during such periods or an excess
$40 car hours.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-04
RUSSIANS SWEEP

Continued from First rage,)
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-04
WAR REVENUE BILL

CONTINUED from First Page
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-04
TEMPERANCE HOSTS

Continued from Firs, PageD
The Washington herald., 1917-04-25
By MARY ROBERTS RINEHARr.

The most dramatic thing I saw at the
war was a terrified and rather dazed
correspondent. exactly half way between
the hostile trenches in No-Man's Land.
was the correspondent.
Now, l know that the usual idea Of a
war correspondent is of cool-eyed indi-
vidual who is as handy with a gun as a
fountain pen and who never makes notes
in his notebook with hands so shaky that
he cannot read those notes later on.
Alas! have some ten pages of notes
made at various times that 1 shall never
be able to decipher!
The truth about that No-Man's Land
excursion Is this: was offered a chance
one night to 60 into the forbidden strip.
How far was not specified.
should, I think, have been quite sat
isfied with ten feet on q dark night pre-
ferably rainy. But the Belgian officer
kept on and on, and am a proud per-
son and ashamed to say when am
scared. So we walked and walked and
walked. And stood still when fusees
fared overhead-all but my teeth, which
are my own, but which behaved abom-
inably. And prepared to lie fiat when
the snipers began, because there was a
full moon as well as fusees.
And now and then the officer asked me
NO" because could not speak.
1t was no comfort to me to know that
I was getting a good story. I felt that
it was all a mistake, and that I should
never have gone to the war at all. And
felt. too, that the Belgian officer was
intent on suicide. but that life was still
dear to me.
And still we went on.
Before / knew 1t the German trenches
were in plain view, only 600 feet away.
Now. 900 feet is a good bit OF ground to
pay taxes on, but a mere bagatelle to a
German who has been reared with a
rife instead OF a nursing bottle, espe-
cially in a strip of territory which Is con-
siderably natter than the palm of a
hand and has not SO much as a bush by
way OF shelter.
fell once, going nat. I was quite GER
tain had been shot. because one is sup
posed never to hear the gun that does
the damage.
It was horribly still. East and west
there was desultory firing, but there was
nothing here-except the fusees, which
hung over US constantly. The Belgian
officer observed, in a low tone, that they
were watching us, AS my French had
left me twenty feet in front of the barbed
wire, and. as he knew no English, I re-
piled in atrocious German. which he
spoke well.
have always thought it rather anus
ing that our whispers, from that time on,
were in Germanl
Then at last We reached the outpost
And stood behind the shattered wall of
The Washington herald., 1917-04-25
MOVE OVER"

Move overt You hard-hittIn' sons Of
King George,
Move over! You heroes Of France,
Make room for the legions Of old Uncle
. Sam.
we've been waitin' two year. for tn.
chance
In spirit we've been by your side right
along,
Cause we never we're keen for the Hun,
Now we've Joined. well keep scrappin'
with you to the end,
And back up your play with a gun.
Hey! Little old Belgium. weu take the
right nankI
Well get back your homeland for you.
For the Star spangled Banner in glory
shall wave,
Backed by a million or two.
Put 1t there, brother Serb, you're a
hard-hghtin' kid,
VIII we muss up the Bulgars a bit?
Come on, brother Russian, let's jam the
line hard,
Ard show Kaiser Bill he. aIn't IT.
"An right now. Together. let's end tn.
Fix bayonets! The bochs don't rk.
steel.
Wen help you to finish the thing now
we're here,
And show them our army Is reL.
Two million Yankees can make quite a
dent,
When they're trailin' q yellow treaked
lCnave,
And there's eight million more who wnl
come at the call,
Fran fha lanH ~ ~ .
brave"
-Kenneth Maenourau
The Washington herald., 1917-04-25
All Hail, JoHre!

Te the gallant hero of the Marne
Was lington extends a brilliant spring
welcome today.
His name evokes all the tenderness,
all the affection, all the enthusiasm
of which the American spirit is capa-
bic. Revered az a demigod, almost,
by his own countrymen, he will be
loved by America, He belongs to the
immortals. His fame is imperishable.
1t was Joffre who saved Paris. How
he did it, what genius of strategy he
unfolded is a story whose true vivid
ness and romance has not yet been
fully disclosed to the world. What
we know is this:
The Germans swiftly advanced
through Belgium and Northern
France, nearly wipins out the British
at Mons, pounding the French back
ward on the Aisne and Disc. Despite
the tremors of despair that passed
through France, Jofre held his
nerve, kept his retreating army in
tact, forcing the enemy to accept bat
tie at the point he chose.
So rapid was the advance of the
Germans that they arrived at the
Marne, within striking distance Of
Paris, with their lines of eommunl-
cation dangerously extended and not
fully developed, their supplies of am
munition and their reserves running
low. 1t was then that Foch sent the
word to Joffre, my left is retreating,
my right is giving way, my center is
being beaten back; I know of moth
ing to do but to attack"
Joffre struck. How Gallieni impro-
vised an army out of the garrison
guard of Paris, and took it to the bat
tleheld in taxicabs; how Manoury ex-
ecuted a flank movement and so wor-
ried Won Kluck that he was afraid to
bulge, while Hsusen committed sui
eide by frontal attack on the French
center, crying to heaven for rein
forcements; how the French strategy
50 threatened the German line oi
communications that Won Moltke'.
attack on Paris collapsed and the
whole Prussian army was ordered to
retreat; all these contribute to the
romance of the historic battle of the
Marne.
1t is on this fight that the fame oi
Marshal Joffre rests. By it he saved
Paris and saved the war, for the fall
of Paris would have meant the fall oi
France.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-25
Gen. Bridges.

The 1uster of the Balfour name is
so brilliant that it perhaps obscures
the other members of the British
mission. but there is at least one sol,
dier among them who will leave q
great name in Washington.
We speak of Gen. George Bridges
He is the simon-pure military type
but so different from the staggering
rapacious Prussian, the arch-exem.
plar of militarism. Here is a mar
who sustains the traditions of English
chivalry, so unaffectedly modest, F
soft of manner, so restrained oi
speech, that it requires more than :
first glance to see the steel of battle
shining in his eyes.
He is fighting man, and a great
one; but we may fairly assume thai
he detests with all the fire of his ma,
ture the monstrous tragedy of thi.
war. He is a survivor of that terri
bic disaster of Mons, one of the lead
ers of what the Kaiser called "Gen
French's contemplate little army
He was wounded at Ypres.
No one has painted a more graphic
picture of British unpreparednes.
than he did yesterday. Before tn,
first German onslaught the tiny Brit
ish expeditionary force wilted, anc
with it was sacrificed some of tn,
best blood and brain of the empire
In the utter disaster that overwhelmed
Sir John French's army is the an
swer to that silly German charge tha'
Britain "willed the war;" that sh,
struck at Germany Extensively. TIL,
British have paid so dearly for un
preparedness that it is little wonder
the vision of peace evoked little rap
ture in the British soul, unless it b,
accompanied by Thea demolition o
that degenerate military autocrac,
that has so narrowly missed success.
in its conspiracy against Democrat,
civilization.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-25
Dramatic Incidents of the
World War As Told by
Some Famous Writers
in NO MAN'S-LAND

a tower and tried to forget that would
have to go back again over that terrible
strip of land.
It was there, at that outpost, that /
met the bravest man saw at the war.
He came down out of that ruined tower
by a rope ladder, and was, I am sure,
more astounded by seeing a woman be-
low than he would have been by any
thing short Of the Kaiser with white
Dag.
Day after day this observer, who had
been a priest, who was still a priest, al
though he wore a soldiers uniform,
stayed in HIS lookout with a telephone
wire connecting him with the batteries
behind. Morning and evening the Ger
mans had shelled his tower until there
now remained OF it nothing but two
sides, and those filled with great holes.
OF the church there was nothing left but
a>>feap OF stone and plaster. Up what
had once been the rear of the tower was
a rope ladder. All around was the
stencil of DEATH
He was a little man, with a matter-of-
fact manner and a cheerful smile. Now
and then around the base of his tower
there was hand-to-hand fighting. He
came down at night when II was all
over and buried the dead, and, true TO
his faith. he put up a wooden cross over
each grave.
There was no hope for him, none what
ever. He held. alone, the most advanced
post in what was left of Belgium. In
front of him crouched a savage and
ruthless enemy, using every resource TO
destroy him. Behind him was the weary
army of his countrymen. a fragment.
even II a glorious one.
He was, I think. Belgian.
We left him there, watching him as he
climbed his rope ladder to his vigil above
the little wooden crosses left to him, TO
his prayers and his telephone and his
DEATH which was Sinevitable-left him
there in the Shadow Land between life
and death, in that border where to set
foot Is to face eternity and to remain is
to meet 1t.
Standing there in the moonlight on that
sad and blood d-stained fragment that was
once the Field of the Cloth of Gold, I am
not ashamed to say that l. too. said a
prayer German or Belgian, French or
English, this was that holy place where
men had died for an ideal, were indeed
dying then.
For as we started back in the moon
light, heavy artillery firing commenced
east and west OF US.
So we left the soldier-priest TO his
shadow-Iand. and his telephone and his
prayers And. triie cold in the spine
for II Is hard to turn ones back TO a
hostile gun, set out on the return trip
And a cat that had once caught mice in
the church and was now an animated
skeleton. but black-which is a lucky
sign-went with us and brought US safely
through.-New York World.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-25
Business, Bonds and Taxes.

That the initial issue of the new
81 bonds will be s., SOC, 900, or
at least $z,ooo.ooo.ooo, is generally
conceded throughout the country, al
though Secretary McAdoo has not
yet announced definitely what ar
rangements have been made. Finan-
ciers would be much more pleased
should the initial Issue be ST, 500, ,ooo,-
900, or, better still, $1,000, ,ooo,o 900.
But whether the sale is for the
larger or the smaller amount, the
success of the issue will depend en-
tirely upon the wisdom of the scheme
which the government will use in dis
posing of the bonds.
Owing to the fact that there is very
little surplus left waiting for invest
ment, due to the industrial funds of
the country being fully loaned up,
business must mortgage the future if
it takes billion or more of these
bonds. If the scheme of issue is equi-
table, however, there will be no fault
to find, as future earnings will pay
for it.
But, on the other hand, these
bonds, which are issued at a rate
which would not be attractive were
it not for the patriotic flavor which
accompanies them, if coupled with an
exorbitant tax, equal to a large part
of the current expenses of the war,
will prevent industry from earning
enough to pay for the securities. as
The Washington herald., 1917-04-25

Les Darcy, the Australian fighter,
has given the most effective answer
to those critics who call him a
Stacker" by enlisting in the service
of Uncle Sam. All honor to the new
est recruit for our aviation forces
and wish that he will be as success
full as an aviator for the Red, White
and Blue as he is a fighter in the
istic world.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-25
FLING OUT THE FLAG

Fling out the old banner
Let all the world see
That Clevelanders honor
The nag Of the free.
From the heat OF the tropics
to poles cold and icy
Let Old Glory be known,
As veni, vidi, vici.
When despots were armed
To enslave our fair land
Tint nag was waved high
BY q strong mailed hand
As Il was IN the past
Let II be 80 today
Let the soft winds Of Heaven
Round It's stras and stripes play.
When the patriot In battle
A. last look gave the sky
His heart beat with Joy
Az that nag met his eye;
He had seen It's folds wave
Ia the midst OF the fray
Let it wave from ehe houseto
And steeples today
JOHN cgTLER COVERT
The Washington herald., 1917-04-25

they will be deprived of a good bit
of their earning power.
Every American, however, will put
his shoulder to the wheel in an eff
fort to make the issue a success, but
it is hoped that those in power will
ease the way by keeping the amount
within reason and by removing all
fear of enormous increases in the
taxes on business.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-25

Maybe the high cost of print paper
is justified, but the fact that the In
ternational Paper Company's imam
cial report for 1916 shows incr ased
profits of $4,344,I46 over the pr :ced-
ing year will undoubtedly be st died
closely by the Federal Trade Com
mission.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-25

A hearty welcome to the confer
ence commissioners of France, due
to arrive today. Always our friend
since Revolutionary days, now our
ally against a common enemy. The
representatives Of the tri-color should
be made to feel they are not on for
eign soil.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-25
SEED AND HARVEST.

Through boughs whose hedging buos
Made but a winters shade upon the sod
That throbbed with summers sun
Called out host Of worshipers. And one.
A white-haired man who yet uprtghtly
more,
In, musing mood found
Beside a patch Of bare and clayey ground.
Beyond, among the poplars and the oaks,
I saw the little folks
with violet trophies. hunters innocent;
And, skulking near at hand.
A hang-dog, furtive band
or young bucks, on their game Of dice
intent.
All these and more were sharers Of the
sun
With him-the ancient one.
Upon log, beside the woodland way.
He sat and scribbled something on the
clay.
could not read his message. passing by;
But there was invitation in his eye,
And on his lip the shadow Of a smile
That very plainly said:
'Stopl Read it." So I read:
What stirs with Aprirs sun
Will flower in July;
What sowing have you done
For profting thereby?
He met my look of question with a laugh
And said, with chin on hand upon his
star:
NO doubt you make no sense of lines
like these
And stare to find them here.
Ah' we'll. the Sabbath bells through April
trees
Have always made me queer
| On such a day as this in 81
Mfd-April. was the time
This Northland caught the echoes Of that
gun.
Whose now-forgiven crime
Through four gray years bedimmed our
glory's sun.
And was one who took with little care
The news that came upon the shuddering
air;
This shall be checked / thought the
works but play;
We are so migAty and how weak are
they
And went my needless way.
Spring grew to summer and my young
| strength bore
| No burden OF the war.
For always when minded me TO 60
Indifference whispered: No;
| Enough have gone; they cannot need
| them all
! To do task so small
And so 1t happened when the word was
| passed
That now there was in store
One battle that was rko to be the last
And surely end the war
was OF those who went
From Washington, that Sabbath IN July,
To see the foemen hy.
Nainglorious fools We were and wholly
bent
| On picnic merrtment
I blush to think with what unhoIy Eiee
climbed m ywatchtower tree;
With what wild cowardice consuming me
I fled before the victors, when the sun
Sank redly on Bull Run.
All! then 1 knew how deeply had
| sinned;
And later when the leaden death had
thinned
The ranks of those I loved, nv own soul
| felt
The blow which my indifference had delt
Too ate strove to make my valor whole
| By fighting to the end.
| For there is that awry within my soul
| Which only death can mend.
I am too old for other planting now.
| But when the sap-tide climbs
And April buds are swelling on the
bough
I SOW this soil with rhymes"
He rose and with his steeI-tipped stan
| once more
He scratched above his lines the one
word-"War!"
What stirs with Aprirs sun
| VIII flower IN July:
| What sowing have you done
For prohting thereby?
watched him pass among the noble
| trees,
| His hair upon the breeze,
And martially he swung his walking
! stan.
| Behind me rose a laugh!
| The young bucks with their dice were
gathered round
| His rhymes upon the ground;
They laughed; a rude foot rubbed the
rhymes away
And they resumed their play.
rom DAILY, in The Philadelphia Even
| ing Ledger.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-25
RECIPE.

RECIPE.
II you'd stave OF advancing age
A mighty goodiy plan
No matter II you've reached the stage
OF patrizrchal man
Is just to spend one hour each day
Immured In Memory
with that rare spirit blIthe and fay
The Boy you used to be.
tCopyrixhf f4fJ
The Washington herald., 1917-04-25

Jess Willard appears to be more
anxious to sign up to fight in the
squared circle for seventy-6ve min
utes and gather $4,000 than to sign
up to fight for Uncle Sam at SIS a
month.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-25

Berlin Still Has Hope in Amer
lea" says a New York Times head
line. America gave up hope as far as
Berlin was concerned some few days
ago.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-25

There's an old saying that they
never come back, but let's hope it
doesn't apply to the normal prices for
potatoes, coal, flour and such.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-25

That threatened additional tax on
the motion picture industry has put
the move in the movie" men.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-25

Buy Your Coal Now, Is Dealers
Advice" says a contemporary's head
line. But when did the dealers ever
advise differently.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-25

No, when spring offenses" are spoken
OF. raw onions are not meant.-Chicago
NewA
The Washington herald., 1917-04-25
I'D Rather Work n Calling Gun Tha,
Wnrk a Gardsn Hal

I'D Rather Work n Calling Gun Than
Work a Garden Hoe!
Ihey say the patriotic fire, is smolder-
ing in our land:
And husky kids are yellow now-they
haven't got much sand!
Sut try to dodge the issue, and refuse
to volunteer:
And so conscription is in vogue, TO get
an army here!
Some claim they couldn't shoot a gun,
no matter how they tried.
And others that they are knock-knee'd,
and don't know how to ride.
Well you can say for me Old Pal, here's
one who wants to go!
I'd rather work a gatling gun, than work
a garden hoe!
1 wonder what's the matter with the
fellows on our street?
Americans were never known to mani
fest cold feet!
Why when the bugle used to blow,
they'd quickly gather round;
And not single Stacker, in the country
could be found!
But now they'll do most anything. to
dodge the trumpets call!
And the girl that weds a Stacker. IN
the meanest girl OF all!
So Annie, Fanny, Kate, and Cloe; /
want you all to know,
I'd rather work gatling gun, than work
a garden hoe!!
CHARLES H. TURNBULL