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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-01
SEALED PROPOSALS.
Office Of
The City Engineer.
Richmond. Va, Feb. %, 1917.

hlcnmOnQ, Va, Z eO. 10, 1911.
Sealed proposals will be received at
this ONCE until IL O'Clock noon March
2, 1917. for the construction OF GER
tain sewers.
Forms OF proposals can be obtained
on application.
A certified check for amount stated
on proposals must accompany each
bid as a guaranty of execution OF con-
tract.
The Administrative Board reserves
the right to reject any and all bids.
Yours very truly
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-01
CUT RATE SHOES
WOOD AND COAL

u You Want the Hest Anthracite. Lump
Splint and Pocahontas or New River
coal. call TYLER RYAN. Linden
and Cary, Floyd and Bennington
Mad 1919. Ran. so1T
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-01

Absolutely Best Quality I'm All Kinds
coal and wood Prompt service.
LYME a HARRIS. INC. Fifteenth
ana Dock Streets. Randolph 4S76
We give 6. H Green Trading
Stsmps.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-01

St---boARD AIR LINZ hwy. 10.
"Ihe Prog rcssiye Hallway of the
South"
Trains leave 0aiiy A. NJ. Norlina
local, l2:6p p. NJ. sleepers Atlanta
and Jacksonville: 6;s5 r. NJ. sleep
ers. Jacksonville. Tampa and Key
West. ll:l0 F. NJ. coaches. l2.45
A M. sleepers. Atlanta. Blrrning ham.
Jacksonville. Tampa and St Peters
burg. Trains arrive $40 A. NJ, $50
A. NJ. 1890 NJ. 5!20 p. NJ
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-01
Be 1t Ordained by the Council
of the CITY Of Richmond:
AN ORDINANCE
To grant permission to

TO construct and operate upon the
conditions hereinafter specified an
electric street railway within the city
of Richmond connecting with the
tracks of the Virginia Railway and
Power company on Broad street, at
First and Broad streets, thence north
wardly on and along the streets here
matter named to the corporate limits
and requiring certain traffic. contracts
to.be made with the Virginia Railway
and Power company which will ex-
tend and enlarge some of it's franchise
rights and relieve 1t of the obligation
to maintain and operate certain OF
its lines:
Be II Ordained hr tho Co1,nnil
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-01

RICHMOND AND CHEA PEaKE BXY
RAILWAY COMPANY
Schedule effective January :. ysls.
superseding schedule Of April II. 1914
schedule subjec< to change without
nntirA
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-03

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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-03

Hedge.
when we desire it," replied Con-
stance.
And in the music room also? pa
Certainly. I also have a plano up
stairs"
He made another note.
II suppose that's too much music"
growled Billy, with glance at his
sisters.
Exactly" said Mr.. Hedge evenly.
He continued his exploration and
presently arrived at button, let into
the wall.
What is that for?" he inquired
1T calls the butler
The efficiency man pressed it. then
took out his watch and kept his eye on
the dial. He looked up as Horace en-
tered the library and stood 1t atten-
ton.
'Thirty-two seconds" he observed.
Where did you come from, Horace ?"
II was in the dining room, sir
"A distance of some twenty or TWEEN
ty-five yards. You occupied thirty
two seconds in walking that distance.
Now, while do not require you to run,
hereafter I shall expect you to cut
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-03
THE MOVIE CHILD.

Oh. villain of the movie show, hold
no brief for you;
In point of fact 1 disapprove most
everything you do;
But let me give you this advice, when,
with your baleful eyes,
You look about to pick the prey whom
you would victimize,
Select that simp. the hero-he is
matched with four-inch bone
But If you've got good sense you'n let
the Movie Child alone.
saw q Villain just last night who
caught Child off guard
And locked him in a prison cell. with
railroad iron barred a
The Child. with not a qualm of fear,
performed a closeup smile,
Dug in his little pinafore, produced a
rat-tail file.
Sawed through the bars like so much
cheese, departed from the Jail.
And set Central Office man upon the
Villains trail.
saw another Movfe Child a Villain
just had tossed
Head foremost off ferryboat, and
gave him up for lost.
But no; the Child appeared above the
foam encrusted brine
And clambered on q rusty tramp,
straight up the anchor line.
And later, when the Villain sneaked
across an alley dim,
The Child walked up a Cop and cried,
Hi, officer. that's him!"
I've seen no end of Villains try with
all their blackguard arts
To win the simple trustfulness of
. Movie Children's hearts.
But never mind how smart they were.
no matter what they did,
The one that finished second was the
Villain-not the kid.
The hero's never quite all there-he's
easily beguiled,
But pot a Villain can outguess little
Movie Child.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-03
SEEING 1T THROUGH.

If all the headlines that we read
Are true, as they are writ,
We're out of everything we need,
There is no doubt of it.
Our Greatest Need" screams one bis
head
rs Known to Be Hard Coal"
One says: Our Greatest Need l!
Bread"
Another: I'VE Need Soul"
AS they line up our greatest needs,
According to their whims,
They mention everything that feeds
Or flies or grows or swims.
Efficiency experts have got
The figures all down pat
And they are daily on the spot
With needs hot off the bat
If all these rumors we withstand,
Defying gloomy gents.
The greatest real need In this land
Is common sense.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-03

Most adult diabetes woUld do we'll
II they would obey their doctors or
ders. But it is very considerable
medical experience that such pat
tents are hard to control; they are
very prone to do as they please as
soon as they get beyond the doctors
observation. Every diabetic must
be under a doctors constant care.
Each must be treated according to
his own peculiar constitution. Worry,
excess, great exertion, exposure must
in all cases be avoided. Tea, coffee,
and, indeed, all food must be sweet
ened with saccharin ito be had in
100 tablet bottles Of the druggist)
instead Of sugar. The bowels must
move once a day. There are medic
ines appropriate to the individual
case which the family doctor must
prescribe. And the diabetic dietary
must be faithfully adhered to. Such
an one Is the following:
Soups or broths Of best, chicken,
mutton, veal. oysters, CLAIMS, terrapin
or turtle (not thickensd with any
farinaceous substances) beef-tea-
Shell fish and all kinds Of fish,
fresh, sailed, dried, picked, or other
wise preserved (no dressing contain
ing hour).
Eggs in any way most acceptable.
Fat beef, mutton, ham or bacon,
poultry, sweetbreads, Calls head, sau-
sage, kidneys, pigs feet, tongue,
tripe (all cooked free Of -four. pota-
toes, bread, or crackers).
True glutens-gum gluten, for in
stance, gluten foods of known gluten
percentage, whole wheat containing
gluten beyond that Of ordinary fari-
naceous foods (so-called gluten
breads sometimes contain quite ~
much starch as ordinary bread),
oatmeal, almond bread or cakes.
String beans, spinach, beet-tops,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-03

my lie IN danger, convert
him into beef. I don't enjoy my slay-
ing; much rather I'd be haying, or
milking brindled cows; but forth / go
a-scooting to kill the foes by shooting
and leave some widowed fraus. In
tales of blood and thunder the hero
is wonder who fairly lusts for gore;
in every shilling thriller the soldier Is
a killer who seeks for victims more.
But is there any mortal this side the
red hot portal who truly loves the
fray, who. does not shrink and SILVER
when shooting lights or liver from
some unlucky jay? II any gent Is kill
ing because he's glad and willing to
leave dead men behind, he may be
some ones hero; with me he's down
to zero-I do not like his kind. Not
gayly, but with sorrow some rusty
nails I borrow and load my ancient
gun. not smilingly, but weeping. I am
to ambush creeping to pot the passing
Hun.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-03
WHATCHAMA
COLUMN
Pc P 8

r + 3
Whenever the mourning paper doesn't
slam the city, let's all join in singing
"The Knockless Day."
%
In cauipping himself for a run from
the senate. Bob La Toilette didn't over
look the self starter.
Hope the telephone girls don't take
to knitting on duty. Imagine getting
this: Yarns tangled" instead of
lines busy!"
Some prominent people who are al
ways worrying about their kidneys
simply have bright disease in the
head.
When the bankers and farmers get
through rolling the prices around,
maybe the common consumer will take
hand.
None of the conservationists have
yet suggested that we save the banana
peels and send them to Europe as slip
pers.
With skirts SO short, how can so
many slackers hide behind them2
Mother Goose outdonel The COW
has actually jumped over the moon,
and so has the steer.
o.
The thirteenth child was born to an
Idaho couple the other day. Suggest
that the parents call her Cornucopia,
meaning plenty.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-03
THE REAL DIFFERENCE

NNVI has committed in the war7
Do they prove that Germans are different
species of human beingsf
This would do violence to the observations which
nearly all broad minded have reached who have come
into contact with many breeds of men.
Scientists travellers and just plain folk pretty well
agreed that in his home in normal surroundings the
average of one cline race is very much like the
man of any other breed Certainly the has proved
that in the primitive qualities of courage, endurance and
loyalty the rank and file of the combatant very
much alike.
Relying on these facts the defenders of German crime
have continued to whisper "Oh all soldiers alike i'll
the allies had been German soil they would have done
just as badly
This is SANDER on the living heroes every army
except the German Even the Turkish fighting man has
better record 1t is also SANDER on the dead of our
American armies of the revolution and the civil
No such outrages the German crimes recorded
in any American war, by either side. =
Even in the track of Shermans march across Georgia.
today there not tradition of anything like the helsh
In the South African there not instance of
British soldier insulting black white
The Germans in 1870 did not do such things in France
To match the atrocities of 19141917 travel back
to the and rapne of the religious of the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
The to the whole anomaly is very simple and
doubly damning to the ruling caste in Prussia today
All soldiers very much alike, but, ARMIES and
OFFICERS are not.
Any army contains percentage of men who WILL if not
held by rigid discipline perpetrate ourages of the black
est kind
Every city, every village every countryside has ind
viduals of the sort.
But every army in the world today and for 300 years
back, except the German army has been controlled by
set of officers and system of discipline which held such
troops check and kept them under the control of the de-
cent majority.
The fact that the German army with its iron discipline
LIBERATELY ENCOURAGED, and ORDERED by the
government through it's officer class.
That is the real lesson of the German atrocities They
teach that the German government and its military sys
tenn are different from all other governments and all
other military systems. FOR ENDURING SUCH A
SYSTEM the German people and the German private
soldiers must bear full blame
In that all soldiers not alike. We can hardly
imagine the clean minded and independent young fellows
gathered in training camps committing any such
Gets the loot of Louvan their officers told them
to. Military discipline in the American French and Brit
sh armies has well defined limits because Americans and
their allies reared to believe that any set of
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-03
no ESCAPE THE pRAFT. MA

TO ESCAPE THE DRAFT, MANY
A MAN WILL DECLARE THAT HE
IS THE HEAD OF A FAMILY,
WHEN HE KNOWS RIGHT DOWN
IN HIS HEART THAT HE IS NO
SUCH THING. AND HE WOULDN'T
DARE TO SAY 1T IF SHE WERE
AROUND.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-03
POOR DOPE.

We asked a well known editorial
writer to tell us what the war is about
and he said:
THE war is about over"
He may be right. Editorial writer's
sometimes are, but we would hate to
make arrangements for pleasure trip
through Europe on his bet.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-03

.
DR. B.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-03

chicory, kale. lettuce plain or dressed
with oil and vinegar, cucumbera.
onions, tomatoes, mushrooms, aspa-
ragus, oyster plant, celery, dands-
lions. crosses, radishes, pickles.
olives.
Custards. junkets, jeilies, msama
(a1l without sugarh, walnutz, Al
monds, alberta, Brazil nuts, COCOA.
nuts, pecans- /
Tea or cofee without sux1RN
pure water, peptonissd milk, BllsaS
ian sour milk, lemonade. ssltsss NJ,
ter with lemon Juice (no susa1).
Avoid: liver, sugars, sweets a
starches of any kind, wheaton besaA
or biscuits, corn bread. barisy, rlcs.
rye bread, arrowroot, sago, mAoaron1l
tapioca. vermicelli, potatoss, paTl
nips, beets, turnips, peas, carrots.
melons, fruits, puddingA pastry. pias.
ices, honey, jams, sweet or sparkling
wines, cordiais. cider porter, lAcaA
peanutA
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-03
|UncIe Walt Has for
You This EVENING"
A SAD BUSINESS.

SHOOT my Germans sadly;
do not butcher gladly, but with
with a poignant grief; l hate
to meet a stranger, and, while
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-03
Questions and An0vW
SYSTEMIC MFDorDox

I Adue been troubled fAs past year
tctfh my nerves. Hdce heodscAa
qxsfe frequently, sotth patNs Just
back OF my ears And my ears rnn
soGT more than eper IN the last feso
mo"ths. MY eyelids become pxDy and
my onkles stoeH. seem to ssoeot pery
easily and lock ny 1ss0I o@SttioaL
Anstcer-Ears never run waxs
there is a purulent discharge, some.
thing more than nerves. There II
an infectious process going on in
Jour system. See a doctor at once.
'est you come to serious pass. You
have neglected the signs Of ear
trouble, probably also Of the mas.
told process behind the ear.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-03
GOOD REASON.

Though Jane would make poet sigh,
Though Kate is coy and cute and
canny,
Though Norma's Initiates the eye,
I spurn them all and turn to Annie.
Though Myrtle is a wondrous peach,
And so Is Gladys, Lill or Carrie,
turn a scornful back to each
For Annie is the one I'll marry.
The others all have wealthy pas,
And lovely wives l know, they'd
make me,
Yet Annie is my choice because
She is the only one who'll take me!
M. M.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-02
TROOPS ARE FINE
SAYS PER5HING
Work of Army Organiza
ton Under Way; Con
strUction at Ports.

American Training camp ln Era--a
. Au-. --Ger- Pershinr yesterday gave
the American eNUeditionary force au
example Of the strenuous life Joy
sweeping through nearly q dozen VIII
lagos where United States soldiers axe
living DO France and visiting nearly
all training ceaters which have been
established from Americas first great
contribution for the war for demo-
cracy.
Il was not O -ursory inspection He
went into minute details all along the
line. questioned private soldiers. COM
pan- cooks md various other ranks
as 10 how things were guln- and
what. IL anything, could be done 20
improve the situation
To Move Headquarters.
The general is also inspecting Eari-
GUS places suggested for his field
headquarters for ne expects before
very lous 10 remove from Paris .ear
the troops in training He VIII Ie-
turn TO Paris late tomorrow.
AT the end Of the first days irsqec-
-iou Cen Perslius said
Our principal concern just now, or
course. is Jo perfect the army or
-lulZatloD- This ls big task but lt
is ucFlnG along smoothly and in
most satisfactory manner
Railroad Material Is ArriNinG-
The work al certain ports OF alS-
emharEarL1n is well started Railroad
material is coming over as rapidly as
can he arranged The progress we
have made thus far with the assist
aura OF the French is source or
great satisfaction 10 me. Hlll--s and
training ground for men are as well
located as could be expected at this
time Of the year when space is limited
by crops fv the fields.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-02

IL ~ II ASA .aH.. ..a"H ~. 10
w The report Of rear admiral
Gleaves. commanding the
naval convoy Of the first American
army expedition TO Europe. Gescrib-
ing submarine attacks on the convoy.
has been made public by secretary of
the navy Daniels.
The first attack was made ON adj
miral Gleaves's flagship. lesdiu- the
first group Of the ezpeIiGouary force
and at least two submarines We're In
dicated 10 be engaged. The admiral
stated the belief the the U-boats had
knowledge Of the coming of the troop
ships and were on watch for them.
The second group Of transports also
were attacked by two submarines. one
Of which apparently was sent TO the
bottom by a bomb dropped from an
American destroyer There is dis
agreement among officers o. She third
group as TO whether they were at
tackled. but much evidence IS pre-
scented TO Indicate that they also were
assaiel
Secretary Daniels made the report
public. with certain military iufOrUa-
tion deleted after ne had sent am uu-
censored copy in confidence 10 the
which recently inquired as TO the
truth Of charges in the senate that
the official account Of the attack pub
lished on July was greatly eLag-
Eerated.
Text Of Report.
The report was prepared by admiral
Glesves while at a French port and WAS
submitted TO admiral Mayo. I'm COM
mand OF the Atlantic fleet. who for
warded ir 20 the navy department
Its full text as made public follows
81 About 1o-l5 D. M, June q. the
first group OF The eNpelltlouar-
force. OF which the flagship was the
leader. encountered the enemy's sub
marine - in Lat. - n, Long. - w
-2 At the time It was extremely
dark, the sea unusually uhoErlor-
~sceut. a fresh breeze was blowing
from the northwest which broke the
set into white caps The condition
was ideal for submarine attack
50 This paragraph gives the for +
nation and names OF the vessels to- .
Eether with the speed they were max I
ing and method Of proceedinr. moth .
ing else Tt is therefore omitted FOR .
obvious reasons.
Description Of First Attack.
a. Shortly before the attack the .
helm Of the flagship had been iauwed .
and she took q rank sheer TO star
board the whistle was blown 10 in
dictate this sheer In a few minutes
the ship was brought back 10 the
course. AT this time the officer OF .
the deck and others on the bridge
saw a white streak about so yards
a head OF the shin, crossing from star
board to port at right angles n our
course The ship was Immediately
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-02
j. 8. SAILORS
T0EQUIPGLUB
Get Authority From Navy
Department To Spend
Ali Money Needed.

Base American Fi0ulias in British
Waters. Aug. Standardization TO
spend all The money necessary prop
erly 90 equip their new clubhouse
with athletic apparatus and musical
instruments has just been received
by the American sailors from the
navy department IN Washington The
news was received with the greatest
enthusiasm by the men. Il gives them
what amounts TO carte blanche IN the
matter OF providing for their shore
nrs over there
The first step upon receipt OF the
welcome news was 10 dispatch an orr
der To- the Julted States Tor $1,000
worth Of musical instruments 90 au--
ueur the string orchestra which en-
rer-aiu~ the men every saturday night
l1 their new clubhouse Their order
also calls for q plentiful supply Of
the latest ra-tlme and other typlet
American music which has made Do. e
hit with the native population
The next order VIII be for athletic
apparatus TO equip the EyUuasl Iu
feature OF the club now nearing COM
pIeri0u. This equipment VIII include
wrestling mats. punching bags, box
ing gloves. weight machines, horses.
rowing machines and other fixtures
essential 20 an uproCa-e gymnasium
ll'Nt- EeS--yH S-A H-l'" '-'N7r
there viii be tea room and a place
where the mon can purchase tOhaccos
and light refreshments at pre-Wcr
prices
The concert hail feature Of the club
has been playing moving pictures and
concerts TO crowded houses for y
month II is generally pat-ouiZeI
not only by the men but their Off
GERS The British commodore of the
port was the houored guest at q show
the other night. the feature of whi-h
was lecture on flying at the west
eru battlefront dsHvered by q Cana
dian major in ths+ROyal flying corps
from Toronto. The major cut short
his lecture tour iu a nearby city 20
come over 10 entertain the American
boys His picture took the hluejack-
cts up and down the British and
French lines I'm France Correspond
euce OF A. Pr
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-02

Advices from Syracuse. y. ". where
Cen Charles c. Morton. formerly OF
El Paso. is commanding the training
camp, say that unless city Officia Is
there prevent soldiers getting iutoNi-
cauts the war department viii de-
clare a military zone embracing the
sntire city The sd infantry Went
ments.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-02
NOT FIXED FOR
RAINY WEATHER
Company A Gets a Soaking
On the Mesa; Men Are
Short Of Clothing.

Bedding and cots OF the members
of s. company. first Texas infantry.
camred at Kern Place ON the mesa.
were Thoroughly soaked by the rain
storm Thursday morning Half Of the
men iu the company are sleeping uH-
der shed without protection on two
sides and the rain deluSed their cots
and clothing. The remainder are
CHARTERED iu pyramidai tents. the
covering of which is condemned cam
vas that has been discarded by the
regular army Most of IL contains
holes that let boz the rain and none
of the tents are rainpront- As re-
suit every bed lu camp was soaked by
The storm this morning.
Fears Pneumonia Attack.
81 guess well an have pneumonia
before we get 10 Fort Worth. if this
thiu- keeps uu. said one OF the
cor 90 let the water run off IT, Hope
this dries before ] have 90 sleep iu %
tonight"
only one blanket and no raiucoats
have been issued 90 the Euardsmeu Of
s. company For several DAYS past the
early morning hours have been chilly
and the bedding supplies TO the men
has not been sufficient TO keep them
warm As result half OF them are
sleeping fully dressed Men on guard
duty have no protection against the
rain. unless they supply raiuCoats ont
Of their own funds. Hardly any OF the
BOYS are able 90 dD this. so those ON
guard duty during rain must do
their tour wet tp the skim
A srrouE gust of wind Wednesday
night blew down rhe small hospital
tent belonging 20 the COMPANY
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-02
The Var AtA Glance

~EH1TtN-V is battling with a
s.--
ees per --i'- F'''@-'
- paralieied in the war 10 hold
fa- lines in Flanders against the
...-, - r,-----t- ---..l-
'-
Withstand lAe nrtN-
handicap which the atrcci0ls
,..r-.- Boo ----,-.4 ON rra-.
however me entente forces nave
made good their most important
q-5-s and .-.-r-.t-rr.- are only
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IT.-- H. 80 -.,-rba- mo +r4
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800, rse-l1r.5.i s,, -..--,4 ~ ne Jar
sT,-.r..sd fc-ra.s of tie allies he
inc pusbed bscTy
f.,.-,,,-,- rRlc,,- N...-,tf,-,,4
T-I5,,- bor-.,-.--- '.~11as the ar-
r,.,-,-.-..-T..-- iron, oT5o~ +f-r
fasnfre me- hawrerin.- rainfall
the Tsri+fef, have uar.4-iy-ad me re-
s-Trs If one Of tho German conn
fer rhruere rouuferer- reeetab-
fishing their line in the neigh
bor6o0d Of tho GouIer=-Yures
railway as The outcome OF A night
attack
While there may he some In
cTfnation on the mari Of Law critics
TO regard with some miScfvfngs
stress laid upon the bad weather
by the official reports that fulf-
cate a holdup OF the allied advance
military Observers 90 the front
apparently are in entire agree
meut with the seriousness OF this
handiCan