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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-01
BINFORD NIGHT
SCHOOL TO OPEN

The night session of the Binford
Junior High school begins tonight.
The registration, so far. shows that
there viii he "A large increase over last
years attendance. Mr.. Saunders, the
principal, announced that already 239
pupils have enrolled. OF these ninety
eight are in the grammar grades. 100
fl the commercial department and
forty-one in tho household arts de-
partment.
Subjects taught in the night school
are the regular grammar grade sub
tects. bookkeeping, typewriting. short
hand. business English, business arith-
metic, penmanship, Spanish, cooking,
millinery. sewing, crocheting and knit
ting and mechanical drawing and shop
work The school is filing a need Of
of the West End community, and many
citizens are taking advantage of the
opportunities offered.
The Binford school is rapidly be
coming a social center. During the
summer three companies of the home
guard used the HinfoTd gymnasium as
a training camp. In the auditorium
on last Thursday night a large and en-
thusiastic gathering of the home guard
was addressed by Major Louis Wer-
ner. chief Of police. on '"The Duties
and Responsibilities of Policeman"
In the day afession of the Binford
reached 400. which is more than the
combined totals of the Bellevue and
the cambridge Junior High schools,
demonstrating the very rapid growth
Of the western end Of the city.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-01
Women in the War
MARY GOIOUBYONA.
Nv G. KAY SPENCER.

The sun. has suddenly shot up from
the siberian plains and begins its
work OF dispensing murky fog from
the Baltic, blanketing the city of
Petrograd.
The streets OF the capital are de-
serted with the exception of the mill
t1ry trains rumbling through on their
way to and from the various field
headquarters.
AS the city awakens and hestirs it
self the shrilling of WHISTLES re-
sounds through the barracks on Torg
vaya street n. c. O.'s soon have the
women Of the Death Command pre-
pared for inspection
If they find it difficult to keep an
alignment when ordered 10 '.Atten-
tiou" we might find the cause in the
fact that they have endeavored TO
find sleep on rough boards with no
blankets There is no time 20 iuure
the girls gradually to hardshtps, SO
Spartan regime is imposed from the
hrst. and the weak are Immediately
eliminated by the method, And the
smallest breach Of discipline brings
expulsion in disgrace.
Two weeks before this particular
inspection ono. Mary Golouhyova. an
erstwhile hlue-eyed. blonde haired
high school girl had had little con
versation with her old white-haired
mother She stunned her with some
thing like this:
My mother, Mademo!selle Butch
karef Is In from the front She re-
cruits women before the Ka2ab ca
thedraL The bulletins at the war
office show our men still are forced
| back, so | enlisted to serve Russia :"
| That mother encouraged her daugh-
/ ter.
She had encouraged the girls
/ father
! She had encouraged herself when
the husband and father was reported
killed at Pr2emysI.
! The daughter left for training
and three DAYS later her mother, brave
to the end, succumbed to the over
whelning burden Of sorrow oppress-
Ing her.
The daughter. stern in that melan-
choly romanticism so typical of the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-01
BULLS In CORN MARKET
HAVE FAVORABLE WEEK
nv JOS. p. PRrTcHaRD.l

Chicago, Sept 3G-- Bulls in corn
finished the week with prices 5-sc 10
1c in their favor Weather has been
a big factor in the trade during the
the past week, Food conservation Will
demand. a greater use Of corn for hu-
man food than ever before, and this
IN a way, will offset the reduction In
the demand from distillers.
Oats finished the week with gains
with the September delivery cleared
away II Is probable that a nervous
and irregular action will he noted.
The record breaking crop must he
taken into consideration when fore
casting the future trend Of values. and
this win always hang over the mar
ket as depressing factor. However.
n is stated that the export demand
for oats will be greater than in normal
times
Cash values are being readiusted to
a December basis. and, with No. 3
white oats showing premium of
l 1-2c over this delivery, it Is artici-
pated that the cash article viii con-
tinue to sell above the futures for
some time TO come
Provision values attained high go.
levels on record last week TIL big
cash demand for produce was a fac
Ntor Government buying Of meats has
practically wiped out stocks. and with
a continuation OF this demand there is
no prospect of the accumulation OF
any depressing amount Of product.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-01
THE DEADLIER ENEMIES

THE shot and shell ana poison
agaSes Of the Germans at The front are
s1nore easily net tnan the instdious At
tfacks in camp Of the devils Of last Of
sgsn1bnng and Of drink i, saws the
s.Tashington Evening star in current
ssdnorial strongly setting forth the
spesd for the protection at tho front
kf< the soldiers ard sailors fighting I'M
hdAs the banner Of the United States
Tho editorial IS headed. Going 70
kHnr WITH Our Soma" It says IN part:
ssEot only ns soldiers hut IN the
Ercess Of becoming soldiers we know
6hat they are subjected n the assaults
s<f the enemy. II is for us who re-
buDxan al horne to cooperate by person
ndsxsrv1ce and money contribution to
txntninnize the evils and hangers to
g1z4ch they are exposed. and TO pro-
bnote in every way possfble not only
nnssr military efficiency. but their
ppornfort. their happiness their mental
nnd moral wei -befns."
The Star editorial suggesting among
Sut1,er things me need for support for
1he fund 10 provide libraries for the
,Gci6iers In camp. says;
S,such libraries will give wholesome
nsentai recreation to the weary soldier
1snss muscles ache from unaccustona-
~ demands upon them. They viii Of
~ the homesick. unhappy and renpt-
6'soldier q haven OF refuge from the
sup Devils ~ lust and drink
] Ihese temptations % lust and drink
i - Star pronounces some ~ The
o2dIiestywar periis TO which they Cthe
\ oldiers> are exposed
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-01

who would fight were. indeed. a
eodsend to the sorely perplexed and
disguised major officers,
In three days Mary Golouhyova was
registered at the base hospital with
several pounds of German steel IN
,zrious parts of her anatomy. She
had been fun tilt on her way into a
German trench when a careless Hun
dropped a grenade so near that she
received the full discharge She re-
taliated by being the first of the
Death Legion" to XIII a German,
She did not imm ediately realize she
had been hit and continued in her
course. All the Germans were not
going south, and one unlucky Boche
engaged her with his bayonet. She
parried his stroke and lunged under
his guard with her full strength. As
her blade crisped through his back
she also fired.
She had an interesting story tore
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-01

Russian, steeled herself to render fur
duty to Russia.
Her battalion left for the front =
a sickly day in July. when even tAe
sun shono unpleasantly and - fac
tory dust held close To the streras and
eddied on the corners under stray
gusts of air.
The religious services at the ca
thedral We're received In silence ny
thousands Of bowed, short-cropped
heads. every one busy with thoughts
wandering from the liturgies to scenes
of home and brown Russian fields.
Opportune or inopportune was the
hour they arrived at the front; that is
according 10 the perspective. But ar
rive they did. and were Immediately
assigned their portion of the defense
line--for sedition and corruption were
rife in the army, and men--or women
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-01

late OF the treachery Of wounded
German officer. On trip over new
ly-captured ground she noted an en-
envy officer apparently wounded and
helpless She went 10 comfort him
when he jumped To his knees and
pulled out his revolver--but that's the
farthesf he got. for her own gun
found a conclusion TO the argument in
her favor,
As She lies on her little white cot
she sometimes toys with q little bag
on a string at her neck. III you no.
ticc II she will turn the glance and
quizzically explain its purpose, II
carries cynaide of potassium. All the
members Of the Death Legion" carry
similar bags in order to avert a fate
worse than death II captured.
She is tense little body. and
healthy. Her wounds are nending
rapidly.
She is going back to theefront.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-01

Not all the men who are going 10
uAr will achieve the insignia Of q gen
i<unYs rank. nut the chance "a there
s4.o, -, .nn ec,a ir recognition
.,-- - -.u...-.os
ths e"''i''''s'''''''e
''''s " e~'0~''''
aAe ''i'N - NJ
asoUrce OK insptFatioh 4" ms f""" d"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-01
Delegates Arc Named.

Bristol. Va. september 20-The Dem
ocrats Of Bristol responding to the call
Of Chairman IL G, Iavinder. met in
the city Hall tonight and named dele
gates TO convention to he held in
Abingdon Monday, when candidates fer
the virginia house Of delegates are to
be nominated.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-01
EVERY AMERICAN PRIVATE A POSSIBLE GENERAL.

grade as commissioned officers, are ex-
cessively punctiltous IN demanding
from their subordinates every outward
sign of respect for their standing. The
gloer officers. especially those who
have seen active service with the
,An,ertcan soldiers. while not relaxing
discipline In the slightest. know bet
fer Every attempt to initiate the
Frussian ideal Of blind and slavish
subserv}ence tand there are reports
that these occasionally occur among
very young and inexperienced ana 11n-
wise lieutAnants) gets prompt treat
mont from the offenders superiors the
moment the facts are learned-and
mighty few things can occur in the
camps without the knowledge Of ON
GERS who can be depended upon To act
promptly and couraeeously in defense
Of the rights Of the men.
The soldiers who so to France win
go as free men. yielding obedience
willingly for the sake Of the great
cause for which they are to fight
There is too much actual democracy
among the men themselves for Junker-
isra TO have thp slightest chance to
get started And there is always the
possibility that. on hard-won field.
the private may be called from the
ranks 10 receive coveted honors.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-01

II is TO be admitted that Colonel
R0oeeyelf's drumfre Of oratory direct
ed against the Hurs within our gates
Is effective. The ex-pres4dsnt has
found a way TO 90 his Oft
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-01

Whoever causes strike where war
work IL In progress is proionging tho
war This applies alike TO employees
whc strike needlessly and employers
VINO goad them into striking.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-01
Sergeant Accused of Msn.fauxbt.r

Jamaica. N. y. September 30.--Ser-
geant Raymond w. Cove, attached to
tho ouarternraster's corps. Governors
Island Is prisoner here today in st.
Mary's hohpital. charged with honai-
eide George Y Mcdonald. eighteen
years old. OF Manhattan, was killed m
an automobile collision while riding
with Cove.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-01

Can the busy Mr. Heain he fairly
called true son Of Alabama, whose
state motto Is There we rest"7
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-01

The kaiser must not be left In a Do
Sition TO demand recount after the
present contest is ended
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-01

Fifty dollars is a lot OF money to
pay for draft dodgers. considering
what they are actually worth.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-01

responsible, there would have been not
enough big type in the newspaper of
fees to tell about 1t.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-01

Six children were killed and 215 in
jured In the streets OF New York Last
week. If German airpianes- had been
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-01

Philadelphia has Joined Chicago in
The list Of cities which elect mayors
first and find them out afterward.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-01

Why stan dardise the size Of a loaf
of bread when the price. keeps right
on Jumping
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-01

Moving day will lose It's terrors II
11&x1nE bags continue 10 grow until
- esp4eznber.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-01

The roll Of enemies within" is be-
ginning TO tally with lists OF Jail oo-
cupants.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-01

II the editor or the Savannah Press
could not be punster he would no
doubt elect To he q handful Of ashes in
= bronze or marble urn.-AIbanv Her
aid.
II we coulH not 6nd II any eaHier TO
urn living that way we would.--Sa-
vnnnRh preas-
We advise you 10 spend $50 fr plao-
ing hahv tn home, 70 see we BYRD
towne Gossip" Sunday. and not to be
horn In September,
r. s. H
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-24
TomOrrow,s Louisville Entries

First race. claiming, 500. maiden three
i9S Bonnie Isssie l05 Sophia Gstsswo9Sy I0iR;
oPsy los safety First ll3 PreGisoR
SSHd and up, furlongs-May W. 90; Kipg Fisher her
1905 MaNean s.. 1Ol; Flitaway lO3; Peter Jaag,
i9Si .Lusky r, lQ5i ,DEoIE 1873 otheilo' lOS'
- Third selling ssQ9 LSG,yea,To,SSdSSl ,oS "a =
EE,llwanger, 1915 'ouartette. 1Osi Mistress Polly
IEosIts race purse $1,000 ,ISoE 50
Rsi High Gear lO8. Guy Fortune le9i Top
e. T9s Ways loss Opportunity 100 Sol Gil
SEh ,5sss Kentucky OAKS ssreeiyssTaolft ht
RPTesTTs 100; aiAWs,, io5 Sgn6onppif55; bia
%ynd lie; ttbiNorlumbesa lI ga li2i GrspuSsls, liai
ll2I gsistar Maid, III. G) ii. II. Hewitt entry
sTtb rass ssa eaimhs fa HAND cap $1,000 three
yeaf-olds ana up, i-I6 miles-Gleipner' VIZ
66snTod, 100 orandy, lO4; Star OF Love no.
ssysStS race. S Claiming, $500 three,yssr-S9bldas Sba
hna ups ~ miles-Duphess 9f ilsMsea,s io9,
hsnes loe sssu Psre log o EfsSdb.06 Issb 5ehts I
msni ll2i .oood Counsel l9s Masrs@Fei ~ loi'
-tpprentlce allowance claimed
weather, clear. track. fast
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-24
FRED MITCHELL
HOT UNDER COLLAR
Cub Ldder Has to Take 1t
Out on Somebody, so He
Picks on Gar johnson
OFFERS TO PUSH HIS NOSE.
NEW YoRK. Mar aI

NEW YORK. May "a.
III Ban johnson was quoted correctly
when he said | deserved to be sentenced 10
the worlhousc for thirty days II ordered
my pitchers TO use the bean BALL / am
liable to push his nose up on his forehead
" We ever happen 10 meet"
rms was what Fred Mitchell boss OF the
TUBS, announced last night after President
JohuSonS s. interview had been read to him
The Bruin leader is all wrought up over
the controversy and he doesn't care who
knows H. After the nosc-p lshing threat he
told the scribes to print H. az he wanted to
be sure Fan gets his answer and gets in
straight Mitchell also asked how johnson
happened to horn into National League
business. saying that b. II johnson, spresi.
dent of the American League, meant moth
ing to his young ne
81 am not going to back down on the
further " some pitchers continue to shoot
at the heads OF my hattlers. They are all
doing IT, and II we don't fight fire with fire
how are we going 20 stick IN the league?'
continued Mitch. 81 want my ball, club
'u win games " the rival pitchers are
stopping MS by using the bean BAN then
We are going after them. and when | say
after them mean with the bean ball
Nouc uf your parlor baseball for the Cubs.
and once We get out there on the diamond
every thing is even between two ball clubs e
Since leaving Philadelphia with a record
Of four straight defeats there is a report
running rife among the Cub players that
| the Phillies are not only using the bean
| ball, but also are stealing signals
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-24
W. A. SINlONTON WINS
IN WILMINGTON SHOOT
Takes Delaware Amateur Cham
pionship With Score of 96
Out of 100

WILMINGTON, Dol May g4--Onc or
the features Of the first days shooting was
the match for the du Pont Amateur state
Championship cup between l.. T. Beau
champ. Of Harrington bel J. B. McIIurh
and w A. Simonton. Of wilmington The
cup has been in competition for three years
aud each Of the above marksmru had uur
leg on the trophy The winner thla after
noon, w. \. Simoutou, with q score o' 9d
out " 100, takes permanent possession or
the cup. Bcauchamp was ruuucr-up IN
the event and had % targets to his credit,
while McrIugh. the other competitor broke
90 of his 100 targets
The shoot for the Hercules open state
championship cup proved to be the most in.
teresting event of the program with seven
previous winners uf the trophy shooting
for its permanent possession.
BeauChamp, of Harrington, Del. proved
the most consistent shooter in this event
and took the cup by breaking 96 out oC hi,
100. Calvin was runner up with 20 bird,
to his credit, The regular program start,
tomorrow with the du Pont Amateur stat,
Championship cup event as the fcatur,
| Of the program.
Summary.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-24
MATHEMATTC MARATHON
AT WILLIAM PENN HIGH
Girls in Concentration Contest
Cipher Against Ukulele Rag
and footing of Auto Horns

Imagine trying to add a column Of figures
a yard long while squad of brain dis.
tractors whstled, strummed on ukuleles,
banged on pianos sounded automobile horns
and beat time with their feet on an oakcn
floor!
But 800 girls did this thing today in
concentration contest at the william Penn
High school for Girls Fifteenth and Mt.
Vernon streets. All of them survived the
ordeal but many suffered considerable men
tai agony before it was through.
The first problem in the contest was "A
brain-TacIing one i'm addition The girls
were handed a column of figures that would
have staggered an intrepid douole-entry
bookkeeper. The ukuleles tuned up imme-
diately the girls started on nelr mehtaI
marathon. Ragtime music on pianos strove
10 push the young women from their mental
speedways and piercing whistles )umbled
nm figures on the mental blackboard ana
made contestants start all over again
Students would be swinging nicely down
the race course when froggy blast from
an automobile horn would cause their
mathematical carbureters TO go wrong and
they would have to swing back to the be-
Ginning of the course. All of the contestants
stroye heroically TO make their brains mn
mune from the noise and few succeeded
quite we'll
After the stunt in addition the girls were
given some knotty problems in quadratic,
eouations linear equations, simple interest,
nercsntage, factoring and bank discount.
And all the while 1t was a running
sI,irrnish Of 800 agile brains with noise
THE way those tantalzing ukuleles upset
calculations and piled up figures and equa-
tions in distorted heaps was spectacle
that would have rumpled the patient spirits
of the pedagoguest Of old.
Pretty girls wrinkled their brows and ran
their fingers through their tresses as they
Fought against the upsetting of their mental
eouilibriums. Some of them were almost
over the tape when an unusually sharp
Hast from an auto horn would bring about
totaI mental collapse. All Of the contestants
looked relieved when they left the mathe-
matical trenches -,
professor Jonathan T. R0rer,- head OF the
densrtnent Of mathematics, was in charge
of the contest .. :"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-24
Tomorrow,s Moodbine Entries

First race thTee-veGr-ulds and up, u iurlongs
s-ExhOrter, los; Victrola l03 PaTr, lO9 Thistle
queen, lOS; Miss Shot, 1903 Gay Life, go;
lynett, 1903 Beauty Spot, 1893 Spring song iO5.
Second race, two-ycar-Old Allies. IA fur
i,onss.7-storm Bound, l95i Eintaesi 100; Near NsaE
iO5; Hattie CroXton, 100: Fern HandleN, lOo'
Third rece selling three ycar-Olds and up,
foaled in Canada, mle-iHornett. lOGi Dandy ANDY
Detention. los; Alecto, 49, J. w. Hunley, 100.
Fourth race, throe-year-olds and upi mile
All Smiles, l0S: Iron Cross II, lOOi Or. car
i1en 1OS; Bondage. 0s; Baby Lynch lO5.
Fifth race. steeplechass, handicap, four-yead.
siueco, las; Welshman 49, shannon Riys1,
it1l Charles F. Grainger, lSS ColonSt1tSs' 49,
hbrchcourt, 1873; Muscatel Honours, 1913.
Sixth race. handicap. thTee-year-olds ana up
furlongs-Water Lady, liz, Sands or Pleas-
ure, iO3; Kama. 100; Waukeag, lO5; A. N
akin IFS.
Seventh race selling. three-year-Olds and up,
ln miles-Hampton Dame. llO; Bogart, ia
Athena ia; Boxer, no; Tito; lOi; Queen o9 9t
The Sea, 100; Buzz Around, los; Repton lOgi
Lcrseus. lO3i Alex Getz. III; Burglar III
hudweiser, l05; obolus ll6; sam SICK lo'i
Weather. cloudy; track, heavy
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-24

,,l,Tst First race. two-year-olds, maidens selling j
er eNrqoaRIHIlsSry IIs is; Fr2ni KcoFh ll5 Str Rob
hi99mestead, 10; Billet Doux, ll2; Tumble In
Second race. thrce.year-olds and up. II, miles
EGIranby ump), "a; Nashville, lOG; Saad
foiD' io'' n"So'rrS '"h'''' l-'' sea wave
hazard naaird race; three-year,olds and UP, mars
Oaks, Ii5; Madame Herrmann iOS Fairy Wand
iOg Teetotal (impD. 1902.
,.Ngr ESgrth rGce 5hrseIjyear-oldsi, the Highland
Gus. Ill master McGrath. 100 Election, l06
RRP9wa' lOl DunGa Din, l0i; Fciicidad lO3
iol: Polly J., 90; star Finch, 1903; 'Teetotal
imp \ 81; Counsel 1O5.
- Firth race. two year r-Olds. selling. furlongs-
Hsponde, ll2; Frank Kcogh. ll6; Woodthrush
li5 Roederer l15. Treasure Troye, ll2; Afri
Sixth race. thr'p-Eear-Olds aud up. fur
iongs-Kentucky Boy. 116; Brooklyn ll3; Nash
Vile, ll3; Hathor (mp.D. lOG; Starlke, lO9
Eorntassel 0mp) l1G: Woodtrap, llG: Philippe
Vmp'l ll3 Gunpowder timpD, lO1i tlickqrynut
100; Admiration, lOS; Square Set, llB; Harvest
King, l16; Lively. 1lG; Amaudite. l05
Apprentice allowance claimed.
Weather. clear; track slow but drying out
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-24
WILL LOOK KINDLY ON
SUNDAY BALL GAMES
Commissioner Brownlow, of Washing
ton, Promises Sympathetic Con-
sideration" for Move

WASHINGTON. May 24.-Sunday base
ball for the national capital, under the plan
proposed today by President Tener of the
National League will receive "sympathetic
Consideration" Commissioner Louis Brown
low said today.
The local law prohibits Sunday baseball
II admission is charged. The matter will
De taken up, however, by the commissioners
ana the corporation counsel to see II there
is way around the law, because Of the
nature of the proposal