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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-14
BRANCH SPEAKS N
BEHALF OF BONDS
Property Recently Purchased by
Richmond Corporation Said to
Contain One With Larger
Percentage of Metal.

| Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
Charlottesville, Va. oct. lathe
Kathleen Mining corporation Of Rich
| mond. Va, has recently purchased the
STONY Point" or Mason mine In
Albemarle county. which mine. &C
cording to geologists sent by the
United States government 10 visit this
property and other biologists who
have examined it, is the best copper
mine in the eastern part of the United
States, shaft has been sunk To a
depth of 290 feet and the ore con
tains 20 per cent. copper.
Active operations were started in a
small way about the middle of July
for the purpose of developing the
mine SO as to enable the production
Of large amount of ore daily. This
work ls progressing and within sixty
or ninety days shipments OF this high
grade ore will be made regularly to
the smelters.
The Kathleen mine embraces ahou,
100 acres and Is situate In Albemarie
county, eleven and one-haf miles
northeast OF Charlottesville on the
| 4itfAli tAEbptEE between Ih8FlOftsS~
vile and Orange; and only two ana
one-half miles from the Southern
Railroad.
It is reported that before purchas-
ing the Stony Point" or Mason"
mine, now known as the Kathleen"
the Kathleen Mining corporation had
an option on the property for some
time and had some Of the hest au-
thorities in the United States to visit
this property. and from reports pv
these biologists. were convinced that
the property is a very rich one, and
the records in the clerks office OF this
county show that the corporation paid
$4,000 for the property, which In
Itself Is evidence that the reports from
tho experts were good 1t liz com
monty reported that the property
even In its undevelopea state. as nj
present. IL readily worth $1,000. 600.
The main office of the companv il
located at III North Eighth street.
richmond, Va. and the officers are:
A. J. Britton, VIrso. Va, president.
n : Barrow. Alberta, Va, vice
president; n. w. Darden, Richmond.
Va, secretary, u. T. Kennedy. Rich.
mond, Va. treasurer: J. NJ McSween.
charlottesville, ga. manager.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-14
MANY GROW WEALTHY
IN WYOMING OIL BOOM

Casper Wye, Oct l3f--On. not war,
IL the feverish topic or conversation
in every nook and corner Of this
former center Of wild and Woody
Wyoming
With railroad trains bringing con-
stantly increasing numbers of oil
seekers and investors from every part
OF the United States, as well as from
foreign lands; with old mining men
coming TO make a last attempt at ii
lucky strike; with brokers and pro-
meters crowding the hotel Hobbies. the
fame OF Wyomtng's oil fields is rapid
~ spreading.
With the more important opera
iions being conducted in the Big
Muddy and Salt Creek fields, near
here. Casper lis the whirlwind center
OF dealings in hundreds of newly
formed development companies. II is
estimated that the population of this
erstwhiie sleepy sheep market city
has Increased nearly nifty per cent in
the last ten months, going from about
5000 Inhabitants to nearly $4,000.
apartment houses ami hotels fail TO.
provide accommodation for the new
corners, ard building construction is
going forward at a rapid pace.
Business enterprises of various
kinds are spr'nging UP 0vernigh- and
the entire come unity Is enjoying
boom conditions that followed in the
wake or discovery OF the Industrial
lubricant In the Beaumont tTexaa}
Oil fields. and In Oklahoma and Kan
sas. II is a prosperity that trans
forms obscure Spectators Into pos
SCISSORS Of ample fortunes in the course
of a few days and bids 4ats to replace
wind-swept plains with teeming and
hustiing towns In the territory ad3a-
cent to Casper
In place OF the sure-footed burro
and saddle horse that had for years
been almost this exclusive mode of
travel, Casperfs streets now hum with
the ehiIgchug Ct. automobiles 1t is
estimated that close TO Geo machines
are driven IN Casper alone. while there
are said 10 he 2,o0N tomobiles Ia
the wyoming OH fields in this dis
triet. not including humid OF mo-
tor trucks Automobile statesmen COM
plain OF their inability TO fill the large
volume Of new orders for buzz
wagons.
sheepmen from all sections of wy
4onssng are seen daily discussing oil
WITH rf1r wet gruouHEr brokers ard
promoters IL The streets and hotels
here. And ROM attic are the stories of
substantial wealth piiing up as re-
suit az the bringing in OF large pro-
dacing wells in the Big Muddy and
Salt Greek fields While many OF the
wealthy sheep herders retain their in
serests in the sheep industry, they are
t'pioytrg the oil game enthusiast
caliy
Ex-Gapernar Il. u Brooks, eft thia
stake:, "Joe" Kinney. millionaire sheep
man, State Senator .Pat" Suiiivax,
Jeremiah Mahoney and many others
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-14
THE SALESMAN
WHO KNOWS 1T ALL

with every Eood selling talk they hear
You've Got TO do II Yourself.
No enc " i'll ever DO anything for you
that y0G can do for yourself The sales
manager in your house has teo much
to DO to go running around posting
lazy saleemen that have no disposition
to learn anything new.
HoB show me a salesman that feels
he IL alI-sufficient In his own knowl-
edge. one who doesn't have to keep
pUSted on the latest and best Of every
thing that VIII aid him In holding and
gaining prestige wish his trade and his
house, and will show you an air-gun.
write with safety. for. Of course, there
are ne air-guns around your house. /
refer 70 those in the house OF your
neiRhbar down IN the next block
TIE aext thing Ia an alr-Run is an
cid powder-gun No trade Ia eytr Sc
cured. With that The pnwder-gun sales
man shoots II his trade without any
shot. His customers enjoy 1t rs much
a. ha docs--none Of them ever get
baErFd. But whenever salesman nuts
a shed allied with shot into the maya
zine ~ his sslling-talk and lays the
barrel or solid Judgement and takes
careful air. training the sight on the
sale he is bent on securing and flres,
ne is sure 10 hit the buli's~eye
After his shot tells. he can stop and
)
there ] aimed here" That IS a sAles-
man who aims where he hits. and hits
where he aims
The greatest power any house ever
had is game saIesmau--never afraid
Of competition. And the greatest draw
back Is the shutless salesman who aims
at nothing In particulaw ana rnisses
everything lie Is In the Game category
N~ih his fGssv friend who Ia afraid Of
hurting somehody's feelings IL he takes
careful aim.
Don't let any one say Of you that you
tafF too much Of yourself and your at
fairs
Didnf TGif where }&s Aimed.
reasonable degrees NJ seff-aasurance
ie 81 good thing; the best u statesmen
prAct lGP and live coincidence and
: ~"Et-assertiveness to "a certain measure;
+ h9t The overworklng or these qualities
is TIE cause Of the failure Of many a
bright salesman. You are obliged to
have something more
S&je4mankhtp does not consist or
4 what you profess, but it consists Of
/ what yon are, what you 90, and how
wen Won do IT, when the doing follows
! the being, the result swells your sales.
increases your chances for ultimate
i success
i There is no objection to a man pro-
/ Tossing craftsmanship There is no
/ guarrel with "a salesman as long as he
/ lives on a-Ievet with what he processes.
hut when he gets DOWN below that. the
sales manager should 20 for him
/ Self Assurance Ia All Right
When the salesman mixeR too much
or himself with what he 4s trying 70
sell he II not living on q leve, with his
profession it-sufrlcfency does not
secure efficiency.
/ The man who either will not or can
not efface himself enough In perform
{ ina HIS duties will fnr n exceedingly
/ difficult 10 get along. He cannot hone
J "a win the approval Of those above him
+ vs. authority or to make lasting friends
7 NJ hts customers, Tie ts like a man toll
ing up an hey glacier without the aid Of
an a1penstock. The most ardunus eY-
/ fort too often saa&es q sudden plunge
/ INTO the Fawnfng abyss Advertising
News
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-14

pack
The foremost gun crews OF the
Broke were now reduced from twenty
to seven men. MIdshipman Harold
Giles, wounded seriously In the eye,
was able to maintain all the fore guns
in action, Ia the meantime con-
siderable Number OF crazed Germans
swarmed over from their own boat
and swept to the stern of the British
er. With a splitting automatic the
midshipman met the attack Of the
shouting mob. With the aid OF one
seaman the midshlpman received the
full force OF the German attack. AS
the German attack came aft the men
systhedica1ls began to drop as the
automatic deliberately cracked out IFS
contents. Then. with cutlasses and
bayonets slashing in one mad orgy
OF blood. breaking bones and crisp
ing knives being wrenched in enemy
muscles. the onset was gradually con-
quered The invaders were all killed
except two. who feigned death and
were taken prisoners.
Two minutes suTiced for the gan
culinary action. The Broke now
wrenched herself free from her sins-
ing adversary and turned to ram the
last of the three remaining German
boats. She failed in this object. but
in swinging around. succeeded in hit
ting the boats consort on the stem
with a torpedo, Hotly engaged with
these two fleeing destroyers, the Broke
attempted to follow the swift in the
direction she was last seen. but "a
shell struck the Broke's boiler loom.
disabling her engines.
The enemy then tsa7peared in
! the darkness. The broke, altering her
ANI IT, asz&
destroyer, which few minutes later
was seen to he heavily afre, ard
whose crew. on sighting the British
destroyer, sent up cries for mercy.
The Broke torpedoCd the German
amidships and rescued the surviving
members of the crew.
Meanwhile the Swift continued her
pursuit, HIT slight injuries which she
received earlier In the action prevent
ed her from maintaining fun speed,
so she abandoned tire chase and
sought fresh quarry. She sighted the
dim outlines OF a crippled enemy and
warily drew up to her AS she was
about to launch a torpedo the Ger
man suddenly began to plunge, bow
first, under the surface. The engage
nent was ended
No other enemies remaining in ac-
tion, the Swift began the difficult
work Of rescune the few survivors
of the enemy crews. While engaged
in the work. the Broke, which had
been trying to locate her sister ship
glided into the scope of the Swift's
spotlight The most dramatic mo-
ment of the battle then occurred
Each had thought the other lost The
crews cheered each other till they
were hoarse.
Captain Fans. OF the Broke, In the
noted Arctic explorer and was the last
man TO look upon Scott when they
parted ! As miles from the South Pole.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-14

| the air actually seemed mellow.
There were other scouts abroad In
the channel that night. A squadron
Of six German destroyer units was
making a laundering patrol of the
channel
AS fate ordered 1t. the two little
fiottilas met out on the black waters.
AZ 500 yards the English units sight
ed the mysterious enemy vessels. who.
on their side, made out the British
at the same moment and Immediately
opened a hot fire. The British OBJ
served that while outnumbered In
separate units. their two boats were,
In size, about twice as large as tie
enemy forces. The English destroy
ers engaged were the Swift and the
i~Broke,
Searchlights We're stabbing the jet
with nervous rays of light. No soon
er would a light be fixed on n vessel
than Il stream of shot followed with
precision and accuracy on account of
the short range. The boilers puffed
and the stokers groaned and bells
rang and hoarse orders were given.
A pandemohium OF sound assailed the
ears OF all the crews. And the prows
of the destroyers ploughed over great
white burrows tinted yellow under the
CLEAN of spot lights
AS the Germans let loose their hail
OF proJectiles, the Swift replied, and
dashed at the leading enemy in an
attempt TO ram. She missed ram
ming, but shot unscather through the
entire. German line while torpedoes
impotently slid past her stern and
before her PROV. She turned and let
loose a torpedo at convenient Ger
man. 1t found It's mark. The boat
exploded amidships and foundered
The Swift again smashed out after
her first quarry, which fed precipi-
lately, with the Swift in hot pursuit
In the meantime the Broke had
launched a torpedo at the second boat
in the line. which hit the mark, and
then opened fire with every gun she
could bear.
The remaining German boats were
stocking furiously for speed. The Broke
swung around to port and rammed
the third boat fair and snuara abreast
the after funnel. Lock ed together
thus the two boats fought desperate
hand to-hand struggle. The enemy's
decks were swept by the Broke with
every gun she could bring to- bear.
Her main armament, Maxims, pistols.
rifles and pom-poms at point blank
range, cleaned the enemy decks. +
Three of the other German units
now began a terrific fire into the
Broke. The Britisher was larger and
stood high out of the water and pre-
sented q spectacle somewhat resem-
bling a moose attacked by wolf
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-14
NAVAL BATTLES OF THE
+ WORLD WAR
by q. KAY SPENCER.
tWritten for the International
News Scrgice)
Rattle ON Lake TnnganyiSn.


1t was a naval battle. virtually 3
naval campaign that. In the anal an.
alysls, secured TO The British South
African forces the ascendancy n
German East Africa.
Lake Tanganytka, one Of the Afri
can Great Lakes. lies in position
| which offers the opportunity Of f,anls
ing The Germa East African colonies
similarly, while the Germans holl
control OF the water they would bf
( enabled TO 1ank any advancing Brit
ish invaders. 80 -
The situation on the lake was an.
alogous to that of the conquest ri
/ Lake Erie by the American Comno.
oore Perry who. with raw force al
/ men. conJured from the virgin for.
ests' feet, and conquered a FIRST
class enemy squadron
The British invaders into the Ger.
man colony determined TO accom-
push me conquest of Lake Tanganv-
ika. There We're no British boats
afioat on the water while their enemy
maintained small squadron OF yari-
Gus lake craft, all equipped with ef
hc.ent light guns.
with nothing To work with and or
ders to get" tho sake for the crown
Commander Godfrey Simsou. the of
ffcer TO whom the project was in
trusted, had only his own resources
to depend on In the dilemma Rut
they proved ample, as will he seen.
Two motor launches were shipped
To him In sections AT the lake shore
the launches were assembled and set
In the water A smaller motorhnn I
was found In foray along the shore.
IT was rotted and water logged but
rad n "a o.. 1T
cessfully launched One small one
FOUNDER was fixed IN the bows of
each of the boats They ware ready
10 do battle.
Before dawn OF n sluggish African
mdrning the fleet set out fighting
swarms OF voracious mosquitoes as
they gtided over the water IN a ll1rch-
ing, unbalanced fashion Every few
seconds one OF the engines would
wheeSe and choke and come to a
dead stop Volleys OF curses and
pouring of perspiration accompanied
the laborious repairs. Then the boat
would get in motion again and chur
its way against the sIapping. oif-li
surface on the water for several miles
only for the process 10 be repeated
The men were In fine fettie indeed
to fight any enemy by the time they
neared the supposed location Of the
enemy fleet"
Several hours OF sailing up every
cove and creek entrance and exam
lining every indeutation in the shore
at length brought them within sight
OF small beach. brown end sandy.
and decorated by a small white hut
about furlong from the waters
edge. 1t soon became evident that
the Germans had every efficient
lookout, and that he had scurred
into the hut and unburdeued the
choice news a British fleet sailing
mp the lake. The man WAS trust
and the rum supply had been
for Il fortnight. And then,
the situation If true. was not one
10 levitv. So. several ath
Ietic young Germans scrambled ont
~ the shelter and promptly hurried
In again. terrifying the sentiners in
The crew fled out ard soon Eng
Iisf binoculars were interestedly fol-
wing some two dozen Germans dash
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-14

ing down to the lake and piling inta
their navy" The boats were squat
ty white things and carried very
grim looking gun fore and aft. Soon
the two fleets were gingerly advan-
cling toward each other and scanning
each others armament.
The English entered the battle
promising their motors an extra drink
Of petrol or whatever motors like,
II the contrary conglomeration Of
springs, cylinders and wheeze noises
would only stay in action long enough
for The men TO capture good motor
from the enemy. The Germans were
evidently superior, though the vessels
engaged We're equal in number.
AS the fleets met an indiscriminate
melee ensued. Revovers, Maxlnis,
one-pounders and rifles cracked, roar
ed and smashed. There was very lit
tie blood shed. for the opposing sides
were very much more interested in
sinking enemy craft. Therein lay the
whole destiny on the lake. After sew
eral hours of mutual hammering, both
sides withdrew exhausted About one
fourth of the Germans were killed,
wounded or drowned, and the British
losses somewhat less One German
Ati1t "a ttie tiHe lay VI Suuktn NlHSk
in shallow water. There was no more
fighting during the day. but during the
night the British succeeded in rails
ing the wrecked enemy. For week
both sides prepared for the decisive
engagement, The erstwhile wreck
was transformed into a serviceable
little unit"
The second melting resulted in a
complete victory of the British
The remaining German boats were
destroyed by the English. who now
held the ascendancy One of the sur
ViVors Of the fight tells an interest
ing story OF a chase around the lake,
which eliminated In n bitter little
battle, the result OF which was that
both enemy boats were captured by
the English when the Germans
grounded them on a beach and
plunged into the iungles. rather than
be taken prisoners
II Was This conquest that secured
to the British the German East Afri-
can colony. 1t was probably one OF
the most difficult tasks in the African
fighting ana the stakes were well
worth il.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-14
EXPERTS GIVING CANNING LESSONS TO GIRL soosrrs
AT CAMP OF HRS. Delaney NIcoLL OssINTNG N "

Carl Scouts Of America with membership Of approximately
2o are taxing an active and practical part the
United States Food Administration - ~
All through the summer they have made gardens their
own crops and have canned the perishabe products
TO Save For Soldier heading of the snacal n,sa
cards which they signing patriotic end thew
10 use self DENIAL IN the matter of wheat candy and sweet
drinks to vegetables place Of food which
may be shipped the and our allies and 70
help In securing milk for the children of soldiers
The Girl Scouts Washington c. Labor Dav at tbs
u FOOD Administration building mail captains in
all parts OF the country photographs of the Administer
ton uniform the pledge card special Scon PLEDGE card
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-14
DRAFT LEAVES ONLY
ALIENS IN w. VA. TONN

Weirtown, w Va. October Ia a
selective draft will leave only foreign
ers in this steel mill town. or The
ESQ reaistrants here II has been fo,1nd
that 200 are aliens who are exampt
from military service Practicaliv
every physically At American will ~
taken In the arst national army,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-14

1t was the night of April 20. 1917.
The waters of the English channel
Mapped and slapped the sides OF two
stern little .destroyers pursuing a
westerly course at a fairly slow speed
off Dover. The night was intensely
dark, but calm. An unusual condi-
ton prevailed: there was no wind and
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-14
Thinking Ahead of the Boss.

IHIHkIHg AHtsad OF The boss"
A young man who in less than
dozen years has raced up through
the organization of a great cor
'poration and out of 1t into one OF
the most responsible public posi-
lions In the country, says he al
ways tried to figure out in advance
what the boss was going to want
50 as to have 1t ready for him when
he asked for 1t.
wouldn't you enjoy pushing
ahead a man like THAR
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-27
Miss Clara Lloyd to
Go to Northern India

Miss Clara Lloyd who had been 10.
Gated in Kansas City, Mo-, ior the
past several months engaged In Mss.
ionary work arrived in til Getty jester.
day to spend several weeks with ISL
sisters, Misses Florence AM Sadie
L,nyd. ana her tIother, Frank a L!cjd
Miss Lioyj speI. the past tw' wcgis
in New YOih where she attended a
in New York where she attended a
missionary conference Of the Presby-
terrain church. Miss Lloyd was COM
missioned by the Presbyterian Board
of Missions to go as missionary to the
Northern India field and will sail on
August 16 for Northern India where
she will assume her duties as miss
ionary. She will spend the intervening
time in this city. Miss Lloyd attend
ed the Moody Bible school in Chicago
for some tiny in preparation for this
work.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-27
HOUSE HUNTING IS
KEEN GAME IN HAGUE
All Over Holland Rents Are
High and Houses Very
Scarce.

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, June
27.-The house-hunter in Holland in
the days of the great world war of
1917 is assuredly an object Of pity.
The scarcity of houses for rent at
Amsterdam, The Hague and other
centers has greatly increased because
Of wars interference with the house
building industry and OF the influx of
foreign population into the Neither
lands. At The Hague, for instance,
Of Belgians alone there are thousands
who have temporarily settled. The
lack is particularly felt in respect of
apartments, the Dutch upper house"
or lower house." ranging between
5000 and $500 in rent.
So keen was the hunt after houses
in Amsterdam recently that high re-
wards are offered for addresses OF
houses to let. Races have taken place,
and bribing has been practced to find
homes. If in the morning house
was to let, in the afternoon it was let.
In the brief meantime thirty or forty
prospective tenants had rung the bell
and asked to see it.
The result is that landlords have
become more and more particular,
and their demands have multiplied.
A special law was passed by Parlia-
ment to prevent the undue imitation
of rents, so that the natural effect OF
the demand has been artiflcially pre-
vented. Certain classes Of houses are
unobtainable save by purchase, and
the purchase prices have risen enor-
mously, certain houses changing
hands rapidly at ever mounting
price.