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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-16

Mans Land, where a thousand shells
arc bursting with stream of fright
fnI slaughter wounded comrade
battling weakly for life where death
has all the odds. and to creep unhesi-
tatingly out Of safety and drag that
fallen brother In behind the lines
thats more heroic than the term can
ever imply
That is what happened in The ro-
mantle and adventurous career of
Hugh Gerow, a young dispatch rider
with the Canadian division. who is
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-16
ESSEN ORGANIZES IT'S
COUNCIL OF SAFETY

especial to The Richmond Virginian
huntsville. Va. May 15.--Under the
call for n county organization for an
agricultural council of safety there
was meeting held in Tappahannock
today over which Division Superirten-
dent of schools ". q. Reynolds pre-
sided
professor g, F. Raiston. of the de-
partment of agriculture. of tho V. +.
l., acted as organizer. The districts
OF the county were all represented and
much interest was shown in the work
to be done
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-16

The American farmer who raised
the wheat secured an average price
Of $3.50 a bushe' The speculative
gentry have dealt in it NJ TO $3.50.
BY reason OF remarkable lack OF
vision on the part Of the government
and congress. the consumer is paying
tlT barrel for -four. with prospects
Of $40 price prevailing.
The government has finally awak-
aned TO a sense Of its responsibility
to the public and is now squirting a
slow thinking congress "a action.
And now congress, long our Pet
despair. shows signs OF an awakening.
We really believe IT will act by the
time bread gets up "a % cents Il
loaf
M Now. there are z few things we de
sire to get of our breast. We would
nse small caps and virile language f
10 thought it would do any good. We
don't believe we are big enough, how
6uer. TO hlildaze -eeasress-not 33tlss
~.
AM So We are going TO use the most
Sp0Iit@ English we are capable Of writ
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-16

Russia is floating liberty loan
of three billion rubies (k1,645.e0n at
the normal exchange rate OF s0.515 to
the ruble). 1t is being marketed at
S. per cent of It's nominal value. bears
forty years, a syndicate Of banks
will take one-half the loan and the
remainder is offered for public sub
scription. which will close June 2.
The provisional government hopes by
means of the loan to inaugurate Rus
regime left the treasury bankrupt
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-16
BAPTIST CLANS ARE
RAPIDLY MQb;LIz|NG
Virginia Well Represented At Southern
Baptist Convention. Meeting To-
day in New Orleans.

(Specia, to The Richmond Virginian.)
New Orleans. La. May 15.--Though
the Southern Baptist convention is net
to open its formal sessions until to-
morrow the clans are gathering in
great numbers. Today has been spent
in social intermingling and in certain
preliminary meetings of subsidiary
boards, such as the trustees OF the
seminary, the Baptist Press associa-
ton and the committee on consolida-
ton of the boards
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-16
AN UNPLEASANT DISCOVERY.

motors of light weight and great
power such az have not been intro
duced yet In America. and we antici-
pate that therein lies the secret of
the proposal to build the first big
batch of airplanes In France,
Then, again. they will be needed IN
France in conjunction with our ex-
peditionary forces, making II more
convenient 10. have them built there
1T this time.
America. of course. will not be con
tent TO turn out an inferior product
in this or any other branch o. human
cndeaVor.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-16
Virginia Nurses Graduate.

Especial to The Richmond Virginian.l
Baltimore, Md, May 15.--Graduating
exercises were held today by the nurses
training schools of Mercy hospital and
the Union Protestant Infrmary. two
o. the largest hospitals In, the city.
Among the graduates were number
OF young ladies from Virginia. At the
Mercy school, the Virginians were:
Beulah u, Atkins and Mae Agnes Fan
MN. AT the Union Protestant: O'Neill
Byrd and Mary Crump Davis.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-16
Nincty-six Quarts Seized.

Policeman Sweet yesterday seized
TWO trunks containing ninety-six
quarts of whiskey. at Byrd Street sta
tlon The liquor was taken to Second
police station and stored.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-16
GET OUT LAST SUMMERS
STRAW-AND TAKE 'EM OFF.

Warrington. May lE.-Throw
away your top coat and get out the
"trnw hat. The cold spring II over.
Warm weather - here. The wealth
ef bureau says 20. II ought TO
know. 3
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-16

ators Martin ana Swanson have
stood with the dry forces in every
fight made in the senate at this ses-
sion, and in doing so have faithfully
represented their constituents. Viz
gina adopted prohibition nearly three
years ago by majority of more than
thirty thousand This sentiment has
grown steadily since, Many who op-
posed prohibition now see it's benefits.
and If there were a vote taken in vir-
en!a now, prohibition would sweep
the state by overwhelming odds. It
is interesting 10 note that the Cum
Minis provision IS likely to be brought
up again In the consideration Of food
conservation legislation. such n pro-
vision ought 10 be adopted. Indeed
congress should 20 further and pro-
hibit the manufacture and sale OF
alcoholic liquors during the war.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-16
"Crex Rugs

HerTin2iJone Gre vt h Z
ideal summer RuE--in all the
popular patterns, in blue,
green and brown
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-16
DEATH OF JOSEPH H. CHoATE

az the loss of a distinguished citizen
and patriot.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-16
Hodges Fiber Rugs

Ono n1rcti 9xt2 feet
Hodges Kajah Fiber Rings at
the special low price of S7.95
each. In small patterns or
medallions. blue brown and
green com hinations.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-16
La Belle" Rush
Rugs

For porches. bungalows,
etc. These Rugs are woven
of a very heavy rush. IN n
pretty basket weave effect.
thus creating Il double thick
ness and a rug that 10 much
more durable than the aver e.
age shown in "a big assert
1nent Of patterns and color
lngs, and at very attractive
prices.
siza sxT feet t. S2s5
Size sSt0 feet S6.-a
Size 9xt2 feet 1915
New Britain herald., 1917-02-07
U-BOATS ACCOUNT
FOR 44,457 TONS
Fourteen Merchant Ships Is Total
for Single Day

London, Feb. 1.-THE sinking of
fourteen ships with total tonnage of
44,457 was reported yesterday by
Lloyds's Shipping Agency. One Of the
vessels, the British steamship Port
Adelaide, was a passenger carrying
ship. Ninety-six passengers and crew
were picked up at sea- Whether any
lives were lost Is still unknown. The
captain of the vessel is said to have
been captured.
OF the vessels destroyed six were
neutrals, five of them being owned by
Norwegians. The other neutral was
a Swedish vessel. In the matter of
tonnage, Britain suffered most, the
five ships destroyed under the flag
having a total Of 30,079. The vessels
as reported sunk by Lloyd's yesterday
were:
The Port Adelaide, British; the
Palmleaf, British; the Californian,
British: the Thor H., Norwegian. the
Cerera. Russian; the sailing vessel
Bedford. British; the bark Tamara,
Norwegfan: the Marley Pickering,
British; the Floridian, British; the
Vartenfels, British; the Bravalla,
Swedish; the Rigel, Norwegian, and
the Norwegian banks Wagedale and
Sonzdal.
In the case of the last three vessels
-lovd.s announced that twenty two
members Of the crew of the first,
nineteen of the second. and twenty
five of the last were picked up at sea.
1t is unknown whether any of the
crew of these vessels are still missing.
The admiralty announced that the
crew of the Belgian relief steamer
E;uphrates, the sinking of which was
announced February /, has beer: land
cd at Gibraltar. The Euphrates had
delivered cargo the Belgian relief
commission and was returning to the
United States in ballast wnen she was
tOrnedOel.
New Britain herald., 1917-02-07
0'RYAN ORDERS ALL
ARM0RIES CLOSED
Ruling Causes Changes in Indoor
Athletic Games Program

New York, Feb. 7.-More than fifty
athletic meets were cancelled and the
annual games of the New York Ath-
letic club were postponed yesterday
consequent upon an order Issued by
Major-Gen. Organ closing all the
state armories to the public. The or
der came as a great surprise to the
New York A. c., and negotiations
were begun to change the scene OF its
meet to Madison Square Garden. IT
the various out Of town athletes are
willing to compete here next week the
meet will be staged III the Garden on
Tuesday or Wednesday night.
While Gen. Organs orders is =
sweeping one, it bestows certain dis.
cretionary powers on the command
ers of the various regiments by al
lowing them to issue permits for semi
private affairs, such as they might
want to hold in their buildings.
When the general was asked il It
would be possible to classify an ath-
letic meet as semi-privare affair he
replied that it absolutely would not,
and that all athletic games were barred
until further notice.
In regard to the national indoor
tennis championship tournament,
which is scheduled to start at the Sew
enth Regiment Armory on Saturday,
the general was in doubt. lie SAID
that that event might be termed semi
private If the colonel prevented .
gathering of spectators. .l
New Britain herald., 1917-02-07
CASINOS BEATEN
THRICE BY LOCALS
Home Season Of lnter-City League
Opened in Auspicious Style

With every member of the quintet
bowling to total scores over the three
century figure, the local representa-
tives in the Inter-City Bowling league
administered to the Casino five OF
Meriden sound drubbing on the
Church street lanes last evening, the
home boys winning all three games.
The vanquished five put up q gallant
fight, the closeness of the scores in
dicating the brilliant brand of bowl
ing served up to large attendance
Of rooters for both teams
Individual honors were captured by
Ray, the crack anchor man for the
Silver city team, with two scores of
1T and a total of 325. Connors of
the visitors was next in line with 11e
for high single and total score of
315. For the locals, Hines secured
high single and high total scores.
Larson hit the wood for century
marks and over in all three games.
The second match for Dutch
supper between the married and
single men of the Ranger club, will
be tonight out tonight on the Aetna
alleys. In the previous contest the
benedicts were the victors by II pins
owing to a heavy handicap, but
Jimmy, Clark. ct al, expect to re-
verse the outcome tonight.
Last nights scores follow:
DIT ~tv
New Britain herald., 1917-02-07
DAMAGE TO Ships
IS DONE IN Vain
America Never Intended to Use
German Vessels

Washington, Feb. 7.-Every one of
the seventeen war-bound German
merchant ships examined by American
officials at Philippine ports since the
break with Germany has been dam
aged by her crew so badly that six
months or more would be required to
make any Of them seaworthy. An
official report says that of the twenty
three vessels tied up in the islands all
but three had been inspected, and
none had been found which could be
put into condition without a large ex-
penditure of time and money.
So widespread and thorough has
been the concerted disabling of Ger
man ships In American ports that
some officials think it could be ex-
planned only by a blanket ORDER from
Berlin. 1t is suggested that such in
structions might have gone forward
early in the war, or might even have
been issued as standing order be-
fore the war. to cover such an
eMgency as now has arisen, There
has been no indication, however, that
the American government has authen-
tic information on the subject.
The policy of the government is to
make no use of these ships, even if
war comes. 1t was said authoritative
ly that there had been no decision
even to take over the ships in the
event of war, much less use them.
Under the present intention of the
government, therefore, the net result
Of damage to the war-bOund ships
will be the expense and delay for re-
pairs their owners must face before
they can get into the rush for after
the-war trade. Officials here believe
the Gripping of the big German mer-
chant fleet in the Pacific will offer
Japan an opportunity she Will not De
slow to take, to put herself at least
six months ahead Of Germany IN the
trade struggle in those waters
The basis of the administration :
position, it is stated, Is President Will
sons determination to conduct the
affairs of the nation so that no talnt
of commercialism can attach to the
governments action if America is
drawn into the war. He Is anxious
that no ground be given for charges
| that a desire for acquisition of Ger
| man merchant ships, admittedly OF
| inestimable value for establishment OF
an adequate American merchant
marine, was in any way a factor in the
| situation.
The crippled German vessels in the
| Philippines probably will await re-
pairing for a considerable period
There are few facilities for repairing
| them in the islands, and no steps
| iowa rd sending them to the United
States or sending men and materia
from the United States to do the work
| are contemplated. After the war they
| could be repaired possibly at japanese
| plants, but the attitude Of officials her,
| IS that this is problem solely for tn,
owners Of the vessels. o.,
New Britain herald., 1917-02-07

players on the team was declared
ineligible on account of scholastic
deficiency. This Is the second time
that this player has been removed
from the squad this season, and his
absence will be keenly felt. Reynolds
who has been subbing, will fill the
vacancy.
Sechrest, who started the season at
center and played excellent basketball
until removed by study difficulties,
may be back with the team in the
Hartford game, thereby making up
some Of the loss through Barton's re-
moval. Kallgren who has essayed to
fill the center position has not come
up to expectations.
The first Of the inter-class basket
ball games was played at the school
gymnasium yesterday afternoon, and
resulted in a victory for the freshmen
over the sophomores, score Is to 13.
Dancing preceded the game and a
large crowd was on hand to witness
the contest. The score and summary:
Sophomores Freshmen
Faulkner Burns
Left Forward
Sexton Japlln
Right Forward
Elcock Jofte
Center
Bachulus Appel
Left Guard
Miller Kylamder ..... Kleese-Taylor
Right Guard
Goals from field, Faulkner I, Sex
ton /, Elcock /, Burns 2, Taylor 4;
from fouls, Sexton 7, Taplin 1, Taylor
2; referee, Moorhead; timer, Mills;
scorer Peterson.
The second of the series will be
played either next Tuesday or Thurs
day afternoon between the juniors
and seniors.
New Britain herald., 1917-02-07
COLGATE DATES ANNOUNCED

Schedule Which Includes Contest
With CorncIl-Illinois is Left Out.
Hamilton, N. Y, Feb. 7.--Colgats's
football schedule for next fall, as rat
flied yesterday by tho athletic adviS-t
ory board, consists Of eight games.
Cornell appears on the schedule after
q lapse Of two seasons replacing IL
linois.
The schedule follows:
September 20, Susquchnnna at Ham,
ilton; October 6, Maine at Orono. Me-;
10, Bucknell at Hamilton; 81. Cornell
at Ithaca; 27, Yale at New Haven;
November 3, Rochester at Rochester;
10, Connecticut Aggies at Hamilton;
IT, Syracuse at Syracuse. ~.
New Britain herald., 1917-02-07
G HARTFORD AUTO
HOW OPENS FEB. 10
Hiant Opening at Armory Is
Promised for Saturday Night

NTH the State Armory on Broad
|set, Hartford, gaily bedecked as it
Ter was before, the decorations and
|rninations typifying "Cupid's Rose
fthe Hartford Automobile Dealers
Ociation (auspices First Infantry, c.
+G.) will open Saturday night and
ttinue the following week daily,
IN 1880 a. m. to IL p. M. There
q be more than 100 separate ex-
Fits of motor cars, practically every
Presentativc make in the United
ties being represented, while over
III exhibits will contain accessories
h everything that pertains to the
Rustry. Snow cars in all their gay
lors will make tho scene a most
hutiful one and vie with the Cupids
N 10000 excess electrical candle
liver in a grand Kaleidoscope of
(or
Mayor Frank \. Hagerty will for
kily open the show Saturday night
is O'Clock, after the Naval guns
|om welcome on the outside. His
bnor will be escorted to the band
Ind in the balcony by the show
mmittee, Mossrs. Ben r. Smith,
airman; Russell Z. Taber, secretary,
id John ID. Evans, treasurer, and
& military committee led by Colonel
J. Goodman. Mayors of several
lies in the vicinity of Hartford have
zen invited to attend the opening,
hich will be designated Military
lght." These executives will be es-
rted by detachments of companies
ON the First Infantry in their re-
,ective cities. Hatch's orchestra will
rnish brilliant concert program
Lturday night, as we'll as every aft
noon and evening during the follow
q week.
1T has been estimated that more
an 100000 worth of cars and &C.
ssories will be on view during the
Iow. For the comfort and convent
ice of patrons there will be smok-
q parlor and rest room and an up.
date restaurant.
Every day at the show will have 6
,ecial designation, the calendar fol
10 week being: Monday, Lincoln
~: Tuesday, Dealers day; Wednes
ty, Hartford Chamber Of Commerce
"; Thursday, Society day; Friday
,burban day; Saturday, Cupid's day
Ii indications point to record crowd:
Id the greatest autom obile show tina
has ever seen.
New Britain herald., 1917-02-07
LIE TRIUMPRS
over TIGER five
FOR prom" Crowd Watches
|liant Playing by Both Teams

NV Haven, Feb. IA double ath-
8program was offered by Yale yes
ey afternoon for the entertain
i of the host of visitors. most OF
n feminine, who have invaded the
bus for the annual junior prom
nc. The fair visitors saw a double
game with Princeton the Ellis
n were successful by % to 90 The
|1hst was not 81 championship affair
he intercollegiate league, but an
I'd event that has no bearing on
[Nitle. A swimming meet resulted
Hn easy victory for Yale over
IN. by forty-four points to rhine.
4 the basketball tussle the teams
hit evenly il the first half. which
Ed IL to 12. but after the second
H was well started Yale took q dc
III brace and went into the lead.
hey and Olsen did some fine bas-
shooting for Yale, while Paulson
Parmelee starred for the Tigers.
lineup:
i Princeton
hey ............. Paulson
| Right forward
In Parlenec
Left forward
held EDDY
Center
........ NuHeo
Right guard
ION I@etilll
Left guard
Ioals from hoor-Parlemce 4, Eddy
leo, Olsen 5, Kinney. Mallon, Taft,
Is from foul-Paulson 8, Kinney 8.
eree-Mr. O'Snea, st. Johns. Um-
-. Deering, G. c. n. Y. Time of
,es-20 minutes.
New Britain herald., 1917-02-07

and 5000 on other tracks within the
state on the ground that it was dis
criminatory. The injunction was re-
fused.
There will be thirty days of racing
at Hot Springs The Oak Lawn track
open on March Z and will continue
for thirteen days. Essex Park will
then follow, with seventeen days.
Both tracks will be run under the
auspices of the Business Mems Rae
ing league of Hot Springs. Old Rose
bud, the Kentucky derby winner. who
has been lame for two years, will
make his back start at Hot
Springs. Manager O'Hara of the
Bowie track sent word to the horse
men here that no purse would be less
than $500 at the spring meeting,
which opens in April.
Brown began it's second semester
yesterday with slightly increased at
tendance and a renewed interest in
the various branches Of varsity sport
The week will be a particularly busy
one for Coach Higgins swimmers,
who reported early for the dual meet
with Yale at New Haven yesterday
Friday night the swimming team Of
the college of the City of New York
is to meet Brown.
Andrew Norma, a right handed
amateur high school pitcher of Chi
cago, was signed last night to play
with the Chicago American league
team.
The midshipmen will begin baseball
Ralph Z. Needham, formerly a pitch
er at the Academy. William l..
Lush, the professional ball player
and college coach, has been engaged
to take full charge of the squad and
is expected in a few days. Lush
coached the midshipmen for one sea-
son some years ago.
Should war develop with the United
States it will be keenly felt in sport
ing circles, for it would automatical-
ly rule off the track George Archi-
bald, Germany's premier jockey, and
others, who would then be enemy
foreigners" Archibald, who is an
American, has already contracted to
ride for Baron Won Oppenheim. He
holds the record for winning mounts
on German tracks and has been the
most popular rider. Another success
full jockey affected would be Charles
korb, also an American, who is not
far behind Archibald in popularity.
New Britain herald., 1917-02-07
ST. ELMO WINS AGAIN
League Leaders Increase Percentage
at Expense of Temple OF Honor
Team-Losers Start on Fast, But

St. Elmo lodge, K. of P, carpet
bowls team, further increased the
lead for championship honors In the
Fraternal league last evening, when
the Temple Of Honor went down to,
defeat, score 40 to rs. The defeated
aggregation started off at fast clip,
Skip Hoffman's boys topping Skip,
Ptolomeys by two points in rink l.
but after that it was simply canter,
for the Phythians who cleaned up de-
cisively on Kinks 2 and 3.
The scores are as follows:
Rink 1, st. Elmo lodge. skip Ptolo-.
mey ~; Temple Of Honor, Skip Hoff i
man IA.
Rink 2. st. Elmo lodge. skip Spence
1S; Temple Of Honor, skip Hoffman z.
Rink 8, st. Elmo lodge, skip Boy
ington 49,; Temple of Honor, skip
Peterson.
Tonight's games will be between
Washington L. Morgan lodge, X. of p.
and lexington lodge /. o. o. #.