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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-29
AN OPEN LETTER FROM
YOUR UNCLE SAMCFT

Washington. u. c., Oct. IS.
Mr.. Ultimate Consumer;
My Dear Sir.--You are due for some
terrific jolts about the end of this
week, for by November many o!
the new war taxes will be In effect
and your pocketbook will grow
smaller each day,
Some OF the axes are dated No
vember !. Others go into effect
thirty days after the passage OF the
war revenue act, which would make
cb> da.- approximately November s.
Many OF the new leytes are now in
eAytence. Ard. while others have not
gone into effect. dealers In the taxed
articles are beginning TO protect them
selves. This is noticeably due In the
case OF tobacco, which should not
properly be taxed until November 3
From and after November l., these
taxes become operative:
Three per rent upon transportation
of property py freight.
One cent for zach twenty cents ex-
press cost.
Eight per cent OF the cost of rail-
way and steamer fares.
Ten per cent Of the cost of berths,
staterooms and chair car seats.
Five cents upon telephone teie-
~
more than fifteen cent?.
Eight cents per sleA or fraction on
amount OF life insurance policies.
One cent per dollar on premium
paid for marine. fire. casualty and In
land insurance.
One cent on each ten cents or frac-
ton paid for admissions Children
under ten years pay but one cent
total tax. Free passes carry tan
equivalent TO that paid by the pur-
chaser of a ticket. Shows whore the
maximum is five cents are exempted
~ are amusement paris charging no
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-29
EYESIGHT RETURNED As
RESULT OF OPERATION

Long Beach. Cal. Oct. 2s.--As the
result OF a marvellous operation. J. n.
Lenhart, Of this city. who has been
blind for twenty years. can now see
and make trips about town without
tho aid OF his thirteen-year- old daugh.
ter. Doris. whom he saw recently for
the first time.
Lenhart lost the sight Of his lefs
eye when young man. A flm crew
over tho other eye and caused total
blindness. Recently It was decided
that there was sight in the right eye,
II only the light could be admitted.
Physicians. successfuily Installed IN
artificial pupil. through which Lam
hart sees instead Of through the eGaols
nal onAs
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-29
THE ARMY AND NAVY INSURANCE.
LAVA PARTIAL SUMMARY

A division of military and naval In
surance of the bureau OF war risk in
surance has been organised as part
of the treasury department and Is in
active operation. A number Of poll
cies on the lives OF soldiers have al
ready been issued. aggregating nearly
SIS, 100000 In insurance. The benefits
of the law are available to all OF the
members OF the United States army,
navy. and nurses corps.
A short summary of some OF the
main features Of the law follows:
Premiums for = $4,000 policy begin
with $3.50 per month ut ages nfteen.
sixteen and seventeen: increase to
$40 per month for the ages eighteen.
nineteen and twenty: to $3.50 per
month for the ages twenty-one. TWEEN
ty-two and twenty-three: to $40 per
month for the ages OF twenty -four and
twenty 1--WE: tc 1870 per month for the
ages of twenty-six and twenty-seven:
to $3.50 per month for the age OF twsn-
ty-eight: to $3.50 per month for the
ages Of twenty-nins and thirty: to 81
per month for the age Of thirty -one.
with progressive increases for ages
above those given. The minimum
amount of insurance that may be taken
out Is $1,000.
The compulsory allotment to q wife
or children. which is separate from
the insurance. shall not be less than
SIS a month. and shall not exceed one
half Of mans pay. A voluntary AL
lotment. subject to regulations, may DO
as large as the insured desires. within
the limits of his pay.
In addition. the government will pay
monthly allowances a.. follows:
Class AIN the csse Of man to his
wife Including . former wife al
vorced) and to his child or children:
(a) II there be = wife but no child.
SIS.
to- II there be wife and one child.
saJ.
tc> II thsrs b : wifs and two chil.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-29

Dudley Field Malone, recently in
the linelight as the volunteer cham
pion of the misguided women who are
serving terms In Occoquan work
around the White House gates, now
announces that he viii support Nor
ris Hflquit, Socialist. pacihst and
ka;serist candidate for mayor OF New
York EASY Is the descent TO Aver
ms" and Dudley ia certainly takina
the slide,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-29

10 discuss war needs. Today this or
ganizntion employs nearly as large
An ONCE staff as does the navy de-
partmsnt.
There is very little war work car
ried on In the United States that has
not at some time or other gone
through the mill of the council OF de-
Tense. The work OF tho council Ia
starting things" It has no power &c
execute. but 1t lays hundreds OF war
plans. and those plans are the basis
for the great war preparations of the
nation.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-29

forty-fiv years Of age. Besides q widow
he is survived by ono child. Funeral
arrangements have not been COM
pleted.
Clyde E1lerson bailey.
Clyde Elierson. youngest child of Mr..
and Mrs. william Bailey. died at the
home of his parents. 323 Main street.
Blandford. last evening. after lin
sering illness. Funeral services were
conducted at the grave in Biandford
cemetery, at 3 o'clock this afternoon
by the Rev. James A. Mcclure. OF the
Second Presbyterian church.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-29

Germany is 20 spend million dol
noighbors that the liberty loan Was q
failure. Won Bernstorfr evidently ism!
the only kaiser-agent with moro mon ey
than sense available,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-29
AS EXPRESSED
IN THE LIBERTY LOAN


billion dol
Of
10 mposi- much
before
in
hAseo Of pines, he couda
individual boering
to
and lent for
stons MUST our
uhcraity when
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-29
MEETING A WARTIME MORAL EMERGENCY.

ELn Hohenznllern Or pancho Villa at
the selling end of the transaction with
all his shooting irons ready7
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-29

"a tough fowl should be praised, -
writes one of these. now, food CON
servationists Tive and let llve," say
we.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-29

The kaiser ffoated his bonds. hui
what OF ~ Are they anything more
than mere scraps of paper?"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-29

surTorter of La Toilette. had his
wife arrested for taking part of his
wages TO buy a liberty bond.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-29

Bexsides. what Teuton wouldn't buy
= German hcnd--or a Mexican bond.
Tor that matter-~w1th a person like
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-29
HEAVY GERMAN BLOW AGAINST rraIY-erraanxa tranendo

GERMAN IRENE
drive directed
1t
of a a COST
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-29

vIKGINrAN FHOSES:
Advsrtising--MAd. fTse.
business CfYic@--Mad. 1fe3.
eocisty~-MAd. 1913.
Editorial--Mad. 1854.
General Mgr.--Ran. AL.
Circulation--Ran. a21.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-12-17
HOW TO PREVENT RADIATOR
FREEZING

Farm and Fireside, the national
farm paper published at Springfield,
Ohio, says;
Il have tried the various anti-freez-
ing radiator solutions with Indifferent
success. Winter temperatures have
the habit of falling just about the
time a portion Of the alcohol in the
anti-freezing mixture has evaporated,
and the result is a frozen radiator
This does not always mean injury to
the radiator or water jacket, because
if there is some alcohol present the
ice will be soft and slushy. But it
stops circulation, as the lower hose
connection freezes first, and what al
cohol remains in the unfrozen water
boils away by the time the car has
been driven a mile or two. SO after |
had purchased and used up three gal
Ions of alcohol, at 81 a gallon, | de-
cided that draining the radiator at
night was the safest course to follow"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-12-17
A UNITED GOVERNMENT

Not voted against the resolution declaring
Hungary There evidence that of the few
who absent opposed the resolution 1t apparently
in spirit well as letter the of the senate The M
tie handful of wfu men who bitterly fought declaration
against Germany early military preparations showed
signs of wlulnes Nearly all of them actively
enthusiastically in favor of prosecuting the with and
President Wilson's phrase ready go wherever the necessities
Of the carry u.s. ~
In the house representatives there but negative vote
east That represented nothing but Socialnand spurious
Socialism that repudated by the intelligent rank and file of Amer
Socialists This single exception emphasized the striking
toward complete manmty which characerzes the house h
than the senate.
This remarkable exhibition of concerted opinion and acto
which hardly be matched today any other belgeren
immensely rassurng 1t shows that has ea
ed much entered the And particularly reassur
at the beginning of a session.
Coming after shows the spirit of the country e
than the spirit The legislators have been home talking
to their constituents What they have been doing and saying since
they returned Washington simply reflection of what they earn
ed home Their nanmiy proof of the unanm Of the nation
Thus congress has RESUMED its big task under fine auspices
last clear in its mind about the Of public support
eager cooperate with the CommandernChef We
rapid progress this winter
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-12-17
THE STAR IN THE EAST

In the capture of Jerusalem from the Turks the Christian world
Christmas gift that far compensate for the losses and su
gs war The of the Ninth Crusade coming
rtcular me happy for mankind, foretelng
umph of the mingled ideals of Christian virtues and world dem
cy.
"Peace EARTH appears now and good will to
hethng than dream.
The sentimental value of this immense greater
s than that Of victory yet by the Allies this comp
fung touches the hearts of hundreds of millions 1t
lists the interest of good Mohammedans well Christians
they Christ second only to their Prophet pow
fully affects the Jews because their most sacred lana
and memorials from Turkish pollution and sures the restoration
their Fatherland position of freedom and honor.
Only fools scott sentiment 1t chiefly by sentiment that
fought and Viewed broadly every be
this wartheater the triumph Of Gen. Aenby British
Palestine probably may outweigh the Austroeman drive
Italy and all the other Teuon the present year.
The star of the Allies has risen in the East
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-12-17
CAUSE AND EFFECT,

1t may be that the disaster at Halifax can be e
planned as due simply to bunder made by
momentary misunderstanding Of signals the casual turning
steering wheel in the wrong direction The collision
the Mont Blame with its ncacuabe tragic consequence
may have been simple as that
But it is almost impossible for the human mind
explanation incredible that catastrophe could ha
had trivial origin We prone think that the
OF an event must be important the human effect of
Every day ship signals misunderstood traffic rules
vessels seered awkward Ordinarily craft bumps anot
hamey aground with little loss Why this case
thousands killed and millions Of dollars worth of property destroyed
and big military and commercial interests damaged directly and
Nirectly, in nearly every quarter of the world
Was momentay lapse of clearheadedns the part
one normal human being that did all that?
We do not know We get to the bottom of things
gby OF the of this and that but they always s
Harry Unless very shallow hater
that have down basic In the presence
like this the of the big ITSELF driven
init humbly that do know why things happen The
explain the explanations sound like empty words
Some call "chance" But logical minds do believe
wee accident. -.
Others call ate and thereby dodge the trouble of thnki
fate If it that the disaster had to hi
pen, why did it have to happenG
Some, inclined toward astroog say that written
stars But what then? Was the that blew that munt
ship?
ntegerent inquirer likely fall back First Caus
God If do not believe Chance Fate must
conclude that God did it, deliberately and purposey But why
We don't know All do know is that it absurd to
that any human being do tremendous thing tina
do easily would bow mistaken Good morning to
stranger the Surely ordered world things
happen in crazy way.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-12-17
RED CROSS
Christmas Membership Drive In Ma
son County.

The coming membership drive for
the American Red Cross is the biggos .
Campaign ever planned.
The goal is fifteen million membt
who will form civilian army of
triots, the like of which was ne, l
known.
The legion of workers required (,
enlist this army will exceed any siuit
liar force.
The amount of publicity of vari u
types used will surpass any previcu
advertising campaign,
The purposes of the drive are cor,
prehensiye and far reaching thar
those in the earlier campaigns duriu
The war.
Success means driving home f.
Germany the fact that the Americo
people are standing firmly behind The
American Government in the present
situation.
It means inspiration to our soldiers
II means practical aid on the battle
| field.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-12-17
TO AILING WOMEN
A Little Sound Advice Will Help
Many q Sufferer In Maysville

No woman should consider herself
healthy and well il the kidneys are
weak. Poisons that pass off when
the kidneys are we'll, are retained in
the body when the kidneys are disor-
dered. If the kidneys and bladder be-
come inflamed and swollen worse
troubles may quickly follow. This is
often the cause of bearing-down pains.
lameness, backache, etc.. Uric pois-
oning is also frequent cause of head
aches, dizzy spells, languor, nervous
ness and rheumatic pain.
When suffering SO, try Doan's Kid
aey Pills, remedy that has proven
effective in thousands of such cases.
Let a Maysville woman tell of her
experience.
Mrs. J. c. Hays, 493 W. Second ST.,
Maysyille, says: About six years
ago, suffered from a severe attack of
kidney trouble. My back first became
lame and ached dreadfully. Pains shot
through it clear up to my shoulder
blades. My kidneys were irregular
In action, too. A few boxes of Doan
Kidney Pills, which got at the
Chenoweth Drug Co., helped me a
great deal. My kidneys became nor
nal and the pains left my back. |
have used Doan's Kidney Pills for a
similar attack since and they have
proven satisfactory"
Mrs. Hays is only one of many
Maysville people who have gratefully
endorsed Doan's Kidney Pills. If
your back aches-if your kidneys
bother you, don't simply ask for a
kidney remedy-ask distinctly for
DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS, the sane
that Mrs. Hays had-the remedy banl-
ed by home testimony. 60c all drug
stores. Foster-Milburn Co., ProI =,
Buffalo, N. Y. when Your Back
tho Name"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-12-17

1t means uniting the spirit Of
Christmas with the Red Cross.
1t means promoting education, en-
thusiasm and the determination to
win, among the American people.
Finally, it means tremendous
drive toward victory.
Impress your leaders with the fact
that this is the biggest of all cam
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-12-17

paigns.
Have them impress the workers
with this fact all along the line.
1t is a onderful opportunity for
each to play big part in the orlds
biggest campaign!
WILLIAM GANSON ROSE,
Director Christmas Membership
Drive.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-12-17
LICKING THEM

One of contemporaries suggests by way Of comfort that aft
tSeuhls 70 lick three-cent stamp than twoceut
fs that there nourishmen
Nr kind than from the od.fashoned rel
Nptor in the situation Whenever yoi
le at the stamp window buying tle
the solid satisfaction Of known,
stamp you are helping to lick the
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-12-17

Because of the scarcity of men, a
master house painter of Flushig, N.
Y, has hired crew of women pain
tiers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-28
Warner Is Star of Wrath"
PLAYS His Own Father in Sixth
Of Seven Deadly Sins

"Vrath." the sixth OF the seven
Deadly Sins, was shown yesterday oy
the Mcclure Company, and things are
beginning to straighten themselves out
and prepare for happy ending
Shirley Mason is discovered to be
II. B. Warmers daughter and surely
if she had searched the world over she
could rot have made a better choice
for parent.
Not only does Warner play the hero
but the villain as well. He IS his own
father. but il enc did not consult the
programme one would not know It, Tor
a beard DISCUSSES him perfectly.
The story tells Of the Grand Duke
of Tran scaspia and his son. Feodor'
handsome. aightforward young man
with a sense of humor. in fact, II. Is.
Warner at his best. He loves and mar
ries an American girl whom he rescues
from the terrible Turk Ashraf Alb
dallah.
The grand duke has other plans Tor
his sons future, however, and when he
finds that Feodor has dehed him he I'M
prisons him and packs the young bride
OF 20 America. Here a child IS born
and this later proves to be Eve Leslie.
Wrath" is easily the best OF the
Seven Deadly Sins.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-28
Bernstein's LA Rafale'
At French Theatre
PIav at Garrick Not Without
Effective Scenes

Henry Bernstein's Ga Rafale," when
,yas nIsved ar the Garrick Theatre last
night By the French company, is in the
tradition of ardoodledom-so much SO
t1at the audience incoRsiderately
laughed at the wrong place several
times. IL is full OF carefully built up
tragedy. which does not harrow, Of ro-
mantle love and antique snobbery.
There is the traditional climbing par
emit who sacrifices his daughters nap
piness 20 social position. There IS the
daughters lover who CANDLES himself
into dishonorable debt. and there is,
enally. the daughter herself, who makes
the utmost sscrihce to save him. At no
time does the play seem more outworn
than when the dramatst permits MS
hero to assume, unchallenged, that be
cause he is the scion OF an Old family
he is better man than self-made
bourgeois, despite the waste oil
gambling life
The play is not without it's theatrl'
cally effective scenes, provided one 10
willing to assume the same lndlHerehce
TO PROBABILITY lndl HahcS lotNNS ~
sible. The daughter throwing herseii
upon her fathers mercy. begging him
for money to save her lover; the stern
parent whose selfshness recoIls upon
him in the final tragedy of the young
mans suicide, the calculated retarda-
tions which bring about the suicide,
are so many opportunities Tor the
stressed emotional acting Characters
tica Of romantic drama
Although the members Of the COM
pany were obviously not in full posses
sion of their lines, and had sometimes
TO play echo to the prompter, Edgar
Beckman was able to play Robert de
Chaceroy with certain degree Of Dig
nifty, and Edouard Cassin to give some
suggestion OF the shallow egotism OF
che father.
Gilda Darthy deserves mention for
her Helene de Brechebel, although she
took refuge in the emotionality Of her
part At times when her lines failed her
Georges Saulieu played Amedee Lee
bourg with effective dry irony.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-28
Arliss Acts Old Barrie Play
In Just the Proper
Manner
By HAYWOOD BROUN

"Oh, Barrie was old Barrie when
Pinero was a pup, and Barrie will be
Barrie still when Jones is all gone up"
as the boys used to sing in English AZ
Unlike Topsy, Sir James never did
grow. He was just born. THE Pro-
fessor's Love Story" was written twer-
ty-two years ago That may be little
enough for wine and women, but horses
and plays grow spawned and whcezy
n less time. Yet the revival at the
Knicke, booker Theatre is debonair.
It's whimsy and charm are fresh. Its
sentiment is fragrant.
Only in invention is there evidence
Of the inferiority of this play to later
Barrie work. The man who wrote Peter
Pan and "A Kiss for Cinderella" could
have thought up some better device
than the letter which slipped into the
zinc lining of the box and was not
found until a critical moment many
years later. At that, not all the later
hOIA VI DdEflt OGCCldSStS Tue L AO-
fessor's Love Story" Personally we
like it much better than "The Little
Minister" or Quality Street"
Arliss is admirable as the Professor.
As youngster we saw +. 5. Willard IN
the part, but we remember almost
nothing of that production except that
We considered it far less diverting than
piece Of the same period called
Cherry Pickers," in which the herr
was torn off the mouth of a cannon
in the third act. III Mr.. Willard was
indeed better than Arliss he must have
played very well. The present por-
trayal seems to us in the proper mood
and manner throughout. IL is hardly
probable that any actor could excel
Arliss in the little business with which
he endows q character. His panto-
mime when he holds the stage for
many minutes with various minute
demonstrations Of observation-disclosures is
charming in its immediate effect and
almost startling as a bit OF theatrical
virtuosity if you care to analyze it.
willard, we understand, was some
what more mellow than Arliss. IL is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-28
"The Money Mill" Shown
Mis-. Kelly and Evart Overton
in New Vitagraph Film

THE Money MILL" with Dorothy
Kelly in the leading feminine role, was
shown yesterday az the Vitagraph
Studio. In these days of cracking I'M
der the strain, IL was notable fact
the hero was Evart 0verton. Overton
is as frank and open as mis- name would
suggest. On the screen he is Jack
Burton, a newspaper man. with a sal
airy of SIS a week. Nine times out Of
ten the handsome man who marries the
heiress in the movies is a reporter
perhaps because most scenarios are
written by newspaper men, and they
wish to make the reel as unlike the
real as possible.
Roy McCardell furnished "The
Money Mill" 1t is a charming little
story of beautiful girl who owns
gold mine in Nevada and does settle
ment work in New York. She loves,
and is in return beloved by Burton,
whom she rescued from the bread line,
but her wealth stands between them.
Finally Helen's mine is taken from her
by swindler. but when her gold flies
out of the window true love knocks at
the door and they resolve to try life
together on Jacks s1S a week.
This is not necessary, however. for
the mine refuses 20 work for any but
it's true owner, and all comes out right
in the fadeaway.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-28
Jowett Confirms
Report of a Cali
To London Church
Fifth Avenue Pastor Declines
to Discuss Attitude--Has
Had Many Offers Before

The Rev. John Henry Jowett, pastor
of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Church. yesterday confirmed the report
that he had been called to succeed DR.
G. Campbell Morgan, pastor Of the
Westminster Congregational Church
London, but failed to discuss the mat
ter further.
Since DR.. Jowett assumed the pastor
ate Of the Fifth Avenue Church. in
1911, coming to New York after fifteen
years at Carr's Lane Congregational
Church, in Birmingham, he has re
ceiyed many calls TO return to England.
In September, 1915, on mis- return
from a trip abroad, he denied that he
had been called TO the City Temple,
London, and declared that had he been
offered the pulpit there he would have
refused it, More recently, however,
British dispatches have announced that
he was not unwilling TO return to Eng
lard if the right opportunity should
present itself.
DR.. Jowett was called twice by his
present congregation before he came TO
this country As president of the Free
Church Council, in England, he felt,
for long time, that he could not leave
and officials of the city of Birmingham
and bishops of the Established Church
urged him TO stay.