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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-14

louo flkhting Is expected before
a10tect can be fully attained. For
D9ue fAteful hours intervening be-
1en the initial great onrush of the
4tAns Monday morning and the
- blow at which Monchy lie
fell. Hindenburg had time to
~M reserves into the gaps. The
u1phAnt confidence OF the British
- has been heightened rather
~ weakened by the events of the
few days. There exists in all
NJ Of the British army an infiex-
~ will to victory" and an equally
em conviction that the striking and
4eensive powers OF the Teutons are
- tina wane, that the German morale
- 6elng slowly but steadily impaired
the continuous backward move
Moro Success Late in Day.
III A. the day wore on the British
@xtended the line of their attack
'MOrthward. and a violent battle de-
veloped on the twelve-nile front be-
4Ween the river Scarpe and the region
40 the south of Loos. Six more VIII
Masses fell TO the British storming
columns in the course of the after
moon. among them Vinly, at the foot
OF the redoubtabie ridge.
Prisoners and guns were Sc ptured,
&S0 APcCiuC DFiib kiNSH hh-iHS
tntEht report Sir Douglas Haig's
troops gained a Arm footing In tho
Norman trenches to the northeast OF
Lens. in the neighborhood OF which
lie the important French coal fields
Roth east and northeast of Ftmy
ridge they pushed their lines forward.
BY nightfall the British had reach
ed = point seven miles southeast OF
Arras. their positions now being
astride the Hindenhurg line rs far
~ that Ooint. wancourt tower. TO
the east OF the village of the same
name, was captured. The villages
melted BY the days advance. besides
the four taken earlv this morning and
last night are Railleul. Wf]lervac,
vimy, Petit virny, Givenchy-en Co
helie and Angres
Long after dusk the French and
Germans were still locked in furi-
ous battle south OF St. Quentin. where
the fighting OF the DAYS earlier part
had brought the French important
gains The Germans are offering
stubborn resistance the Paris night
says Along the Aisne
and in the Champagne violent artil-
aery duels are raging.
Since the beginning Of the present
offensive up 70 late this evening the
British had taken $4,000 prisoners
and les guns.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-14


food problem were taken by Sccre-
tary Houston when he recommended
that newly created state councils OF
defense shall appoint food control
branches in every state. In turn such
boards shall designate subcommittee
on food control in every town, village
and hamlet. Thus will he brought
into existence a huge organization
reaching into every productive field
TO stimulate the output of staple
crops. Requests sent out by the
council of national defense to the
governors of all states urged the i'm
mediate appointment OF state coun-
ellis to aid the national body in pre-
pairing the country for defense in
war on Germany.
Secs etary Houston, after comforting
with other members of the cabinet.
fastened plans for the quick enlist
ment of 100000 volunteers in the
farm army. No one capable Of per-
forming military service will be ac-
copied. Secretary Houston and his
aides are mapping out details to put
the army where l. will accomplish
great results The army will be shift
ed from one section to another in
such numbers rs are necessary to suit
season conditions.
The governors of all states are
urged to speed the movement for
greater production by designating the
period between April 10 and May Is
as planting month" Representative
Fisher, of Tennessee, heading a dele
cation Of Memphis business men. late
today called at the White House and
urged the president 10 issue a proc
lamatiNn calling upon the people OF
the South TO raise more foodstuffs
this year. even at the expense of
cotton. The president promised 70
tale the suggestion under advisement.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-14
General McAlpin Dies.

Ossining. \. Y, April 12.--General
Edwin A. McAlpin, head of the
American Boy Scouts since 1911. died
at his home here today of cerebral
hemorrhage. He was seventy one
years old and was part owner of tho
Hotel McAlpin in New York city.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-14
Big Shoe FACTORIES Close

Lynn, Lass. April Thirty five
of the lGrge., shoe factories here will
close for a.n unlimited period April 90
Il was anncr1ced today by the Lynn
Shoe Manufacturers association. The
factories employ nearly 10000 men
and women.
The high price OF leather due to the
-'ar WAS given thu cause
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-14
Mrs. Matte Gresham Pollard.

Stevensville, April 13.--Mrs. Matte
Gresham Pollard. wife OF r. N Pol
lard. died here today in the Sky
eighth year Of her age after an ex-
tended illness. Funeral services wiil
be conducted in Mattapon BAPTIST
church. King and Queen county. 30
morrow afternoon at s o'clock.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-14
Observation-Disclosures
TakN1 Own Life.

Fredericksburg. Va. April I2.--John
Surles. aged thirty years of Woodford,
Caroline county. shot and killed him
self Tuesday. He was son OF r. II.
Surles, overseer Of the poor in Stat
ford county, and is survived by his
widow and several children,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-14
yToa..,a accidentally Shot

Marta Drarch. 3oiored. was car
~ to the Virginia hospital last night
IA 4 bullet in her right hand. She
bal .saAxe 10 statement cthsr than
N s-z accidentally shot -@nen a
)etcl ~ ia4e lands Of Harv!e John
". cci1r'sd. vas aischsrse= The
tdent occurred az ieS Souta IAn-
street.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-14
Martin to Make Run.

Lynchburg, Va. April l2.--Petitions
are being circulated here for S. Duva1
Martin, for a place on the Democratic
primary ticket for nominal ton for COM
monwealth's attorney. r. ID. Yancey.
incumbent and d. III. Kizer are avowed
candidates for the nomination.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-14
Check No Good: Arrested.

c. j. Sewage, a young white man,
was arrested yesterday by First sta
ton police and charged with cash
ing bum" check. Complaint was
made TO the police by Max Cohen.
who alleges the youth cashed $66.55
check in his store, and 1t was Of no
value
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-14
NO BUTTER AND EGG FUTURES
Chicago Board Decides to Abolish
Speculation.

Chicago April 12.--Speculation in
butter and eggs through the Chicago
butter and egg board was abolished
''as a patriotic duty" by unanimous
vote Of the directors yesterday. This
was accomplished by abolishing all
rules covering deals In these products
for future delivery.
Dealers desiring to assure stock for
future delivery may deal directly with
shippers as individuals. but the ac-
ton of the board will. it is said, prac-
tically eliminate speculation.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-14
Athletic Club to prcpar.

New York. April l2.--The New
York Athletic club has taken steps
to organize two divisions of its mem
bers with the object of fitting them
for active war duty, 1t was announced
today.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-14
THE WEATHER.
} UNITED states Weather Bureau.
Department. of Agriculturc.l

Washington, April 1S.-Forecast:
Virginia--Fair Saturday and Sunday;
rising temperature Sunday.
North Carolina-Fair Saturday: cold
er in south portion. Sunday fair wit.
rising temperature.
The Indications ara that the weather
will be fair Saturday and Sunday east
of the Mississippi river. except that
rains are probable Saturda" 10 the
South Atlantic states.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-14
At Palm Beach.

You life-savers have q good time
here. don't youa"
"Oh. yes, we go in for everything"
lack o,Lantern.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-14
DEATHS.


Died at Stevensville. Va.
MRS MATTE GRESHAM POLLARD.
wife of II. \. Pollard. in her sixty
eighth year.
Funeral from Mattaponi Baptist
church. King and Queen county.
THIS Saturday AFTERNOON, April
IA 1917. at 3 O'Clock.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-14
ABSOLUTE CONTROL

Continued From First Page)
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-14
Local Temperature Yesterday.
Local Ralnfa

Rainfall last twelve hours. 49,. o..
Rainfall last twenty-four hours. o.:
Excess in rainfall since March O..
Excess in rainfall since January L.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-02-02
Conservation Society Reports
Breeders Are Renewing Sup
ply of Birds.
WILD DUCKS AT 81 EACH
1t Is Suggested That New Industry
of Raising Game May Reduce
Cost Of Meat-Encouraged In
35 States.

New York.-The raising of "wlld
game" is comparatively new indus
try in this country, but has been max
Ing remarkable strides in the past -
months. according to the report of the
Game Conservation society, which re-
comfy held It's annual meeting here.
The society's membership includes
many breeders who have established
game farms for the purpose of renew
Ing the country's supply of game fowl
for table consumption. This supply,
according to members of the society,
was rapidly diminishing until year
or so ago, and many of the most delec-
table forms of wild food that had
formerly been plentiful in this country
had become rare dishes even for epi-
cures.
Wild ducks and pheasants are
among the varieties of fowl that are
being raised by the breeders at the
present time, and according to the So
ciety's report the former have become
so plentiful through this method in
some states that they have appeared
on the market at prices which place
wild duck within the range of the pub
lie generally instead of the rich alone.
In Minnesota, the report states, wild
duck sold at 81 each this year. 1t Is
suggested in the report that at the
erly rare fowl may actually tend to
lower the cost of the more common
place meats of daily consumption.
Many States Permit Breeding.
'Thirty-five states now have laws
permitting the breeding and sale of all
or certain species of game, and many
game farms have been started in other
states in anticipation of laws encour-
aging the industry" the annual report
says. Reports coming to the society
Indicate that all of the states and some
of the Provinces of Canada soon will
permit and encourage game breeding.
Reports coming to our game census
indicate that our members have over
million game birds-there were few
er than 100000 reported last year
and that they have several times as
many deer and elk as they had last
year. The membership of the society
has doubled during the year. and our
list shows very rapid increase.
1.-The breeding of quail and grouse
has been started in the western states.
and there is much interest in quail
breeding in the southern states, which
are well adapted to the production of
quail In big numbers"
Despite the fact that hundreds of
thousands of pheasants have been
raised by the breeders, the report says,
the prices have continued to rise be-
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-02-02
OLD PRESCRIPTION
FOR WEAK KIDNEYS

A medicinal preparation like DR.. Kill.
mer's Swamp-Root, that has real curative
value almost sells itself. Like an endless
chain system the remedy is recommended
by those who have been benefited to those
who are in need of it.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root is physi-
clans prescription. 1t has been tested
for years and has brought results to count
less numbers who have suffered.
The success of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root
is due to the fact that it fulflls almost ev.
cry wish in overcoming kidney, liver and
bladder diseases, corrects urinary troubles
and neutralizes the uric acid which causes
rheumatism.
Do not suffer. Get bottle of Swamp.
Root from any druggist now. Start treat
ment today.
However, If you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-02-02
PETROLEUM MAY LAST IS YEARS MORE


problem. the bureau of mines has been
considering the conservation of the
nations petroleum resources for a
year and a half. The work of our
department has been along two lines
first, the reduction of the waste every
where prevalent in drilling the oil
wells, and second. the development of
methods of better utilization of the
petroleum products by converting the
less valuable products into the more
valuable.
'The best example of the first .di-
vision of our work has been the intro
duction of the mud-fluId process of
drilling. At the present time, how
ever. 90 per cent of the operators In
Oklahoma and Kansas are using the
mud-fiuid process of drilling developed
by the bureau of mines. ut an enor-
moul annual saving.
THE work of the bureau along the
line of better utilization of the prod
ucts of petroleum has succeeded In
developing the Rittman process ns
commercial success for the manufac-
ture of gasoline, toluene and benzine
from Kerosene or any other available
fraction of petroleum. The bureau
of mines Is now able to give to the
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-02-02
sxxx<xxse<x,xsxoe<<<&xs<<a,
GIRL WILL CLAIM 100000
Quits Job as Domestic and Hurries to
Bedside of Dying God
mother.

Pittsburgh.-Mary Gooda, aged sew
enteen, domestic employed in the
residence of DIR. II. III. Turner, Swiss
vale, departed for Whiting, Idaho, car
rying in her grip letter which told
her of the impending death of her god
mother and of her inheritance of an
estate of $1,000,000. The girl received
the letter and left so hurriedly that she
neglected to tell her employers the
name of her godmother.
The letter stated that the only heir
to the godmother's estate, consisting
chiefly of coal lands, died a week ago,
and that the girls godmother had re
quested that her will be changed to
read in favor of the girl. She also
requested that the girl be brought to
her bedside Immediately.
The girl is a daughter of John
Gooda of Pardee, Va, a coal miner.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-02-02
CAN YOU FIGURE THIS 0UT7
Four Young People Embark on the
Sea OF Matrimony and Puzzle
Their Neighbors.
Cleveland.-Read this twice:

Cleveland.-Read this twice:
It's happy coincidence and dou-
BILE wedding. Rose Bernstein was
married to ]. III. Schulman. At the
same time and place Hattie Schulman
became the bride of ]. M. Shulman.
No, 1t wasn't brother and sister mar
rying each other, yet twas brother
and sister wedding.
Hattie Schulman and j. II. Schulz
man were related (notice the division
of IS" and "h" by "c") and the sec
ond bridegroom, ]. M. Shulman dts
minus the "c'D became the brother
in-law of ]. H. Schulman and the hus-
band of ]. HIS sister.
Can you figure 1t out? Oh, well,
anyway. four young people, three of
the same name, embarked on the sea
of matrimony, with Rabbi Wolsey at
the helm.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-02-02
LAD OF TEN YEARS
IS REAL "COWBOY"
Did His Share of the Work in
Driving a Large Herd to
the Ranch.

Pierre, S. D.-Perhnps the youngest
real cowboy" in the Northwest is
Maurice Paul Gowdy. ten, son of Ches-
ter Gowdy, who, with Bert Waite of
Sioux City, is the owner of the Fort
Sully Cattle company, the biggest cat
tie ranch in the central portion of the
state. located along the Missouri river,
26 miles northwest of Pierre.
Maurice is ten years old. He and
an older cowpuncher took a trainload
of cattle from Pierre to the ranch
over the river buttes. The boy did his
full half share of the work of driving
the cattle the long distance, so as to
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-02-02

Mr.. Francis Burke Roche has sue
ceeded the Baroness De La Grange
(formerly Emily Sloane, daughter of
Henry Sloane) as secretary and treas
urer of the Lafayette fund. Mr.. Roche
is here shown wearing the Poncho (oil
skin coat), which is included in the
Lafayette kit. The kit is packed in a
bag such as Mr.. Roche is holding.
On account of the inclement wealth
er, the almost continual rainfall ut
certain seasons, the oil-skin coat is alb
solutely necessary as part of the sol
dier's equipment. This is only one of
the projections for the health of the
soldier.
The Lafayette fund was so named
in order to perpetuate the memory of
General Lafayette, and what ne did
to help us in the days of the Revolu-
ton. The headquarters of the Lafay-
ette fund is located at the Hotel Van
derbilt, New York city.
MIR. Roche said that more than S4,-
600 kits had already been furnished
to French soldiers since the start of
the war and that the work was going
on at a greater pace than ever.
The kit includes the following ar
iticles:
z One Poncho Coordination raincoai
land blanket)
One pair of fieece-lined drawers.
One pair of wooden socks.
One handkerchief.
y; One cake of soap.
One pipe.
One package of cigarettes.
One package of note paper.
z One pencil.
One can of cresol ointment.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-02-02
But Only Through Development Of
Processes to Minimize
Waste.
OIL sCARcER; DEMAND GROWS
Bureau of Mines Working on Sub
stitute for Gasoline When Petro-
leum Supply of the World
Is Exhausted.

Wnshington.-That the petroleum
resources of the United States will last
for at least another 10 years through
the further development of processes
for the commercial utilization of much
of the present crude product now mar
keted at loss was the prediction
made to the New York World by w.
A. Williams, chief petroleum technolo-
gist of the bureau of mines.
In discussing the work of the bu-
reau of mines In the Inst two years in
conserving the oil resources of the
country, Mr. Williams said that he
had every reason to believe that gaso-
line would be produced in sufficient
quantities for many years to come to
permit 1t to be sold at price not high
er than % cents n gallon, and that the
automobile industry need have no fear
of going out OF business in the near fu-
ture through the high cost of gaso-
line.
A Serious Problem.
1.-THE United States geological sur
vey," said Mr.. Williams, has recently
estimated that. with the annual con-
sumption of oil remaining stationary
and present methods of production,
there is only enough oil to last the
country for another % years. AL
though 1t cannot be definitely said that
no more oil fields will be discovered in
the future. II is safe to say that the
greater number of them are already
being worked. The problem, there
fore, which seems to face the country
g very serious one owing to the al
most universal use to which gasoline
is put in developing the industrial re-
sources of the nation. And notwith-
standing the fact that the production
of gasoline is getting relatively
scarcer, the demand has steadily In
creased. On January 1. 1915. there
were two and a quarter million auto
mobiles in the United States, and 1t is
estimated that there are now over
3,250000 in use.
Realizing the serious nature of the
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-02-02
is SLAIN DEFENDING WOMAN
Oscar Helbig Tries to Save Girl From
Man in Her Room,
Police Say.

Chicago.-Oscar Helbig, sixty years
old, former owner of n rooming house
at 759 Milwaukee avenue, was shot and
killed while struggling with John Bud
ziak, nineteen years old, in an effort,
the police say, to prevent him from mis-
treating woman roomer. After kill
ing Helbig, Budziak fired a shot into
his own head and will probably die.
Miss Pauline Seldus, nineteen years
sd, the woman, told the police Budziak
attacked her and Helbig came to the
rescue
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-02-02

public commercini cs-ucking process
free from royalty. which will make
available for internal combustion en-
gines large quantities of petroleum
otherwise unavailable.
Much Sold at Less Than Cost.
up to the present time seventy per
cent of the crude petroleum product has
been sold at less than cost. the profits
Of the operators being made entirely
on selling the remainder as gasoline
and lubricating oils. The Rittman
process, though commercially a sue
cess. should be developed further. The
bureau of mines wants to have avail
able a large centrally located plant so
that experiments en- commercial
scale can be carried on In further de-
veloplng our cracking processes. The
problem which faces the oil operators
Is TO use and develop the Rittman
process. which the bureau of mines has
invented so that they can convert into
gasoline or lubricating oils fifty per
cent at least of the seventy per
cent of petroleum product now COM
mercially Improbable. If they can
do this, as / think they can. the gaso-
line resources of the United States
should last for seventy-five years.
''The bureau of mines is working
on the problem of a substitute for gas
oline when the petroleum supply
of the world begins to be exhausted.
as 1t undoubtedly will be some day"
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-02-02
FORTUNE IN ELOPEMENT

San Francisco, Cal.-Through
publicity attending the wrecked
romance of their eighteen-year-
old daughter Signe, the Gerstad
family of Bellingham, Wash, it
was said here, is about to come
into fortune.
The girl recently became a
temporary ward of the police
through the arrest of d. NJ. Del
mas, with whom she had eloped
on his promise to marry her.
After being arrested on bad
check charge, Delmas was iden-
tilted as an escaped convict
from a penitentiary in Texas,
where he had wrecked a bank.
The girl was sent home.
Attorney Sydney P. Robert
son of this city told recently of
having received letter from
firm of Chicago attorneys ask
ing for the address of Hilgar
Gerstad, the girls father, sought
for years as heir to an estate
in Sweden. The Chicago attor-
neys, the letter said, had read
of the girls escapade in a Chi
cago paper.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-02-02
ONE GIRL HE COULDN'T FOOL
And "Turn Down" Made Reporter Feel
He Had Lost the Confidence of
the Others Also.

She was one of those twentieth cen
tury young women who knows how she
gets what she has, and who keeps a
sharp eye out for laggards, especially
of the opposite sex.
A newspaper reporter, on his daily
round in search of the small news of
the county seat town, entered the de-
partment store where she had begun
work that morning. She watched him
enter several notes in a scratch pad
as a number of the girls gathered
around and spoke in rather excited
tones. When he had finished he made
his way toward her, and by way of
Introduction said in his most pleasant
manner:
"Do you have any news for the pa
per?"
"Not muchl" she answered, after
casting a whitening look at the inquir-
er. "There's nothing doing. You fell
lows on the newspapers go around to
the stores every day and have the girls
give you items, and then you go back
to the Office and write them up and get
paid for it. But you can't work me-"
And he wondered how 1t happened
every girl on the floor was looking at
him when he turned around for an
avenue of escape.-Indianapol News.