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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-19

Although accused In the German
newspapers of being a spy and other
wise attacked, he kept his temper and
observed all that he could for the
benefit of his own country. AS he
had had an opportunity to observe
the Russo Japanese war. his expert
ences at that time, coupled with his
experiences in Germany, make him
perhaps our greatest American ex-
pert in modern war.
1t was with the greatest pleasure
that / heard from SECRETARY Baker that
he had determined to promote Colonel
Kuhn to the rank of general and make
him head of our War college, where
his teachings will prove of the great
est value to the armies of the United
States.
Colonel House and his wife arrived
to pay us Il visit on March 10, 1918,
and remained until the 2sth. During
this period the colonel met all the
principal members of the German
government and many nren of fnfiu-
ence and prominence In the world of
affairs, such as Herr Won Gwinner.
head of the Deutsche bank, and DIR.
Walter Rathenau, who succeeded his
father as head of the General Elec-
rric company and hundreds OF other
corporations. The colonel dined at
the house OF DR.. Solf. the colonial
minister. and lunched with Won
Gwinner.
GERMANY JUSTTFTES
BRITISH BLOCKADE
In April negotiations were continued
about the sinking of the William p.
Frye, an American boat loaded with
food and destined for Ireland. The
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-19
BY JAMES w. GERARD
American Ambassador at tho German
Imperial Court, july IS. 1918,
to February 4. 1917.

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Cuted
THE kaiser lery Berlin on August
le for the front. v-ote to his mas
ter of the household. saying that
wished an opportunity to he AT the
railway station to sa$ good bye To tho
emperor. but was put off ON various
excuses Thereafter the emperor viz
tuaiiy baBdoned Berlin and lived
either }n Silesis- at Pless or some
other place near the western front
At first following the precedent Of
the War Of 1870, the more important
members Of the government followed
the kaiser 10 the front, even the chan
oellor and the minister of foreign af-
fairs abandoned their offices in Der
lin MOI long afterward, when II be
came apparent that the war must he
carried on or several fronts and that
IT was not going to he matter Of II
few % eks which the Germans had
FIRST supposed these officials returned
To their offices IN BerJin. In the
rneantime, however much confusion
had been caused ny this rather rtdicu-
}ous effort to follow the customs Of
The War Of 40
When Won faEow. minister 81 for
cicn affairs was absent at the great
general headquarters the diplomats
remaining behind conducted thck ne
gotiatfons with Zimmerman. who in
4-~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-19
WAR ADVENTURES
'OVER THERE

BY RICHARD BOECKEL

BY hIIf "A KID 81 ES1hGl
Washington, Sept. fs--''It's rather
curious ring you're wearing"
remarked to lieutenant ---, of the
royal flying corps. Yes, 1t is" the
admitted. II am. quite fond of 1t.
1t is made from the nose cap OF
German shrapnel shell.
when I was In the hospital after
my machine had been felled behind
the German. lines they brought me a
queer chunk of metal 1t was the
aluminium nose cap of a shell. II had
pa ssed through my petrol tank while
was up in the air and had landed
on the floor OF my car.
II gave ii to one OF the mechanics
around the hangers and he made me
this ring of It. The ring was nm
from the holes Fritz put in my leg,
wore II for the first time the day
began to hobhle around back Of the
lines again.
That day I saw an accident that
made me want TO get out of the n.y.,
ing corps. Two OF my best friends
had gone for n s0rtie back of the
German trenches They were return
ing, when their machine was hit by
the shell on an Archibald The ma.
chine fell Just back OF our own lines.
1.-THE machine struck the ground
noes down and the two men in IL
were thrown some sftv feet ahead.
I never have seen any men more
closely resemble jelly than those two
did We couldn't pick them up. They
would have fallen apart. We had To
roll them over into blankets. Tho
sight made me very sick.
1T was then that 7 got out of the
flying corps temporarily. They
shifted me to the Forty ninth Can
adian regiment. at any rate. we II
call 1t the Forty ninth We got into
some hot infantry fighting down
around Ypres and ! rather enjoyed
the experience for a time ! STAYED
in the infantry for nearly year,
but now am In the flying corps
again. 7 try never 10 think OF the
fate of those two men who were like
jelly. II always makes me nervous"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-19
Mysterious Moues for Peace Meant Nothing
and Game to Nothing-Rebufs From the
Emperor


glasses; man of mcdium he SHIT and
not at all OF strong build. In the
numerous Interruptions made by him
duriug the debates in the Reichstag
during the first year of the war his
voice sounded high and shrill. OF
course. any one who defies the heavy
hand nf autncrAcs must suffer from
nervousness. We all knew that soon
er or later autocracy would get
Liehknecht, and its opportunity cnme
when nc appeared In citizens clothes
at an attempted mass meeting at the
BntAda II or platx
For the offense OF appearing out of
uniform after being called and mo-
hilized and for alleged Indictment Of
the people he was condemned for a
long term OF Imprisonment.
One cannot but admire his courage.
believe that he earns his living by
the practice OF law before one of the
minor courts. II Is hard to say just
what role he viii play In the future.
L. Is proba BILE. when the Socialists set
tie down after the war and think
things over. that they viii consider
the leadership Of Scheidemann has
been too conservative. that he sub
mittcd too readily to the powers of
autncracy and too easily abandoned
the program of the Socialists In that
ease. Liebknecht. perhaps, will be
made leader Of the Socialists and 1t is
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-19
KAISER REFUSES
AUDIENCES TO GERARD


The ambassador is supposed to have
the right to demand an audience with
the kaiser at any time, and as there
were matters connected with the
treatment of prisoners as well as this
coming submarine warfare which I
wished to take up with him, I had
on various occasions asked for an
audience with him; on each occasion
casion when he left for the front
my request had been refused on some
excuse or other. and I was not even
permitted to go to the railway sta
ton to bid him goodbye on one oc-
When our military attaches. Major
Langhorne, left I'm March 1915. he
had farewell audience with the kali
ser, and | then asked him to saw to
the kaiser that l had not seen him
for so long a time that I had for
gotten what he looked like. Lang
horne reported to me that he had
given this message to the kaiser and
that the kaiser said, Il have nothing
against Mr.. Gerard personally. but I
Will not see the ambassador of a
country which furnishes arms and
ammunition to the enemies of Ger
many"
Before the departure Of I4anghorne
had succeeded in getting Germany
TO agree that six American officers
might visit Germany as military OBJ
servers When they arrived | pre-
sented them at the foreign office, etc.
and they were taken on trips to the
east and west fronts
They were not allowed to see much
and their request TO be attached to
particular unit was refused Nearly
everywhere they were subject to in
sulting remarks or treatment because
ont fNF
10 the allies from America, and finally.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-19
MYFOJR YEARSMGERAlA AMBASSADOR GERARDS BOO


The rooms In the navy department.
When | was alone with Won Tirpitz,
however, he had nothing definite to
say or to offer; If there was any op-
portunity at that time to make peace.
nothing came of 1t. 1t looked some
what to me as II the whole idea had
beeen to get this American to go to
Paris and Petrograd, certify from his
personal observation to the strength
Of the German armies and position.
and thereby to assist In enticing one
or both of these countries to desert
the allied cause. All of this took
place about ten days before the eigh-
teenth of February. the time named
for the announcement of the blockade
of England
Medals were struck having the head
OF T1rpitz on one side and on the
other the words Colt strafe Eng
land, and picture oe sort of Nep-
tune rising from the sea to blockade
the distant
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-19

within the bounds OF probability that
Scheldemann and certain of his party
may become Liberals rather than So
cialists.
The rush OF getting the Americans
out of Germany was over In the au-
tumn of 1914 The care of the Brit
ish civilians was on a business basis,
and there were comparatively few
camps of prisoners of war. Absolute
" tired by working every day until
IL at night. / went to Munich for a
two weeks rest
Germany announced on February I.
1915, that on the coming of February
IS the blockade OF England through
submarines would commence,
MYSTERIOUS
NEGOTIATIONS
Some very peculiar and mysterious
negotiations thereafter ensued. An
American. who was very intimate with
the members of the general staff.
came to me about February s. with
statement that Germany desired
peace md WIS ready TO open HsEn-
tiations to that end. 1t was. however.
to he made a condition of these peace
negotiations that this particular
American should go to Paris and to
Petrograd and inform the govern
ments there Of the overwh Ginning
strength of the German armies and
of their positions, which knowledge.
1t was said, he had obtained by per-
sonally visiting both the fronts. II
was further intimated that Won Tir-
pitt himself was anxious that peace
should be concluded, possibly because
of his fear that the proposed blockade
would not be successful
OF course. informed the state de-
partment of these mysterious maneu-
vers.
was taken by back stairways to a
m Meeting with Won Tirpitz at night In
The Tupelo journal., 1917-04-20
DIZZY SPELLS


Whitwell, Tenn.-Mrs. g. P. Cart
wright, of this place, writes: about
four years ago the dizzy spells got SO
bad that when I would start to walk
l would just pretty near fall. l wasn't
past doing my work. but was very
much rundown. !
Istold my husband I thought Cardui
would. help me, as a lady who lived
next door to me had taken a great
DEAL and told me to try It. This was
when we were living in Kentucky. 2
Ny husband got me a bottle and I
took 1t according to directions. It
helped me so much that he went back
and got me another bottle. I got a
whole lot better and just quit taking
it. | got oyer the dizzy spells. II took
no other medicine at that time NOE
since for this trouble. No. I've never
regretted taking Cardui.
I felt just fine when I finished the
second bottle"
Purely vegetable, mild and gentle
in its action, Cardui, the woman's
tonic, may be the very medicine you
need. II you suffer from symptoms Of
female troubles. give Cardui q trial.
All druggists. NC-129
The Tupelo journal., 1917-04-20

Advices from Stockholm,
Sweden, announce that contrac-
tors in that country who have
been constructing submarines
for the German government have
been notified to discontinue work
after June LIST. The reported,
order from the headquarters of
the Hamberg-American line of
steamships in New York to all
captains of vessels to report for
duty on July first, taken together
with the other signs of peace, in
dicates that an undercurrent is
at work which may bring the
war to a sudden close. Austria
is practically exhausted and is
anxious for peace. Every indi-
cation now is that three months
will bring about such a situation
that the Central powers will be
forced to realize the hopelessness
of their cause.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-04-20

Henry Ford has placed his
factories for the manufacture of
automobile trucks and tractors
at the disposal of the govern
ment1 during the war. Great
Britain has been granted author
ity by Mr.. Ford to manufacture
any of his patents without royal
ty. A paciit of the first line,
Henry Ford has proven himself
to-be a patriot when war is fore
ed on his country. His recent
efforts to get the world together
in a universal pact of peace
failed, but he does not sulk in his
tent when the enemy is at our
door.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-04-20
ARequest

The Mayor and City Council
has appointed the writer as street
inspector, andI earnestly request
every citizen of Tupelo to assist
us in keeping and having a clean
and sanitary city. The business
men have done so, and as a con-
sequence our streets and alleys
in the business part of our little
city, are absolutely clean and
sanitary. There is an ordinance
against the placing of cans, trash.
paper or anything of the kind,
on our streets or alleys. How
ever a few Of our citizens will
clean up their yards and throw
the trash in the streets or alleys
and wait for the garbage wagon
to pick it up. This is wrong. I'M
less you have a large tin can for
placing your trash. Do not put
on the side walks. streets or al
leys, any trash, limbs Of trees.
or anything of that kind. Leave
It in a pile on your own property
and the garbage man will get it,
# i is in front of yard or where
he can reach it easily. Do not
place it On the street to be blown
about and look unsigptly and be
The Tupelo journal., 1917-04-20

unsanitary. If you can't wait
for the garbage wagon, hire q
wagon and have it moved at your
own expense, but do not put it
on the streets or on the curb.
There are certain alleys which
have been used as a dumping
ground for ashes, trash. barrels.
etc., and this is to notify each of
you who have been using the al
leys and streets for such pur-
poses. to immediately discontinue
the practice, and clean up such
places. III each Of you will give
US your cooperation. we will
have q clean and sanitary place
ia which to live.
Cleanliness is GodIiness,
and while We can't be Gods
certainly can keep our streets
and alleys clean.
R. H. MULLEN
The Tupelo journal., 1917-04-20
Retail Equivalent Values Of a Bale Of Cotton

CONDITIONS BEFORE JULY, 1914
In an average year with 12c cotton,
q $50 bale is equal to:
The Tupelo journal., 1917-04-20
The man with the hoe is just
as important a factor in war
times as the man with the gun.

The first indication of the ap-
pearance Of a German submarine
being in American waters since
declaration of war with this
country. was reported by radio
fromthe United States destroyer
Smith Tuesday morning from her
position in the Atlantic 100 miles
south of New York. The tor
pedo fired at the Smith missed
its mark by thirty yards, when
the Smith trained her guns on
the submarine which immediat-
ely submerged.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-04-20

These prices may not correspond exactly with the prices pre-
vahing in every locality. but they are intended to represent aver
age conditions.
Will you read the above table and give the figures some care.
full consideration before making your last and final decision? Will
Lit be wise to plant too much cotton and leave off food crops? If
cotton should be 4Oc a pound and eatables correspondingly as high
and you having failed to provide your farm with the required
amount to take care of home and live stock. and this shortage has
to be supplied from cash obtained from the 4Oc cotton, | just want
to ask you if cotton is high at any price? Plant plenty to eat and
then plant all the cotton you can. and we will grow prosperous
The Tupelo journal., 1917-04-20

Congress passed the appropri-
alton bill for seven billion dollars
for war purposes. Three billion
of this money will be loaned to
the allies principally to France
and Russia, at the same rate of
interest which this government
will pay on the bonds to be float
ed to raise the money. The
house passed the bill unanimous
ly and of the "a senators pres.
ent when the bill was passed
there was-not a dissenting vote
against the measure.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-04-20
Card of Thanks

Tupelo Chapter u. D. C.. de.
sires to thank the Powers that
Be" for taking charge Of im.
provements around the Confedel ]
ate monument, where two Of the
Main streets intersect.
This has been q long felt need,
and is appreciated by the entire
chapter and all who reverence
the sacred and beautiful.
Secretary
The Tupelo journal., 1917-04-20
Prepare Now For the Future,

You have Often heard the ex-
preston. Prepare for war in
time Of peace" It is necessary
to prepare for the future in any
line Of business that q man may
be ID. The farmer is or should
be a business man, and unless
he isshe cannot make . success.
He should use good judgment in
planning his crops. and especially
so when farming is undergoing
q revolution as it is now in this
section. We are having to change
from q cotton system Of farming
to q diversified system, and it is
the farmers business to make
plans for disposing Of his crops
before they are produced in order
that he may get the most out Of
them.
The farmers Of Lee county are
going to produce a large number
of feed crops this year and these
crops should be sold in a way
that the farmers will get the
most out of them. A large num-
Der Of the farmers can sell these
crops at a good profit to stock on
their farms. Hogs. beef cattle
and dairy cattle will furnish q
good market for a large number
of the crops that will be pro.
duced. There are a number Of
the FARMERS who have not the
beef cattle or the hogs in large
enough numbers to utilize all the
crops at a good profit, but most
of the farmers have a few milch
COWS that would furnish an ex.
cellent market and at the same
time give the farmer a salary
that would be paid every twe
weeks if the cream was sold to- q
creamery. Few of us realize
what a cow will do when she is
put to work, so we will just see
what an ordinary COW that will
produce one and one half gallons
of milk per day for ten months
would do, the milk testing only
As per cent butter fat:
Such a cow would produce g.
1874 pounds of whole milk, OF
1857 pounds of skim milk and
1T pounds of butter fat, a cali
and about SOS worth of manure.
At the present price of butter
fat the butter fat from such q
cow would be worth $77.88. the
skim milk if fed to hogs with
corn would be worth $25, but il
The Tupelo journal., 1917-04-20

fedstospoultry it would be worth
q great deal more. AT the pres
ent price of feed it would cost,
if the feed was bought. around
$65 to feed this COW. hut it the
feed was raised on the farm it
could be sold to the COW atthe
market price and the farmer
would have about $13. the skim
milk or calf. and the manure for
his work of milking and feeding
the cow. In other words. such
q COW will pay the farmer around
$50 yer year above the cost Of
the feed she consumes. Ask the
farmer who has been milking
COWS if they pay when they are
fed.
The dairy cow gives the. farm.
er employment for the year and
he gets pay for his work every
two weeks. Some of. the farm
ers of<this county have realized
as much as SO per cow per
month. Ten such lows will give
q farmer an income of 800 per
month. The writer was told by
one dairyman in this county that
he sold more than $1,000 worth
of milk and butter from twelve
COWS one year and the feed he
bought cost around $500. This
money was spent for cotton seed
meal, which can almost be dis.
pensed with if velvet beans are
raised.
Find a dairy section and you
will find a prosperous section
and a section that is continually
getting better. This is a good
time for the farmers to do dairy
farming as the prices are good
and will continue good for some
time because the consumers of
dairy products are increasing
and the number of the dairy
| cows is decreasing. There are
6, 0OO. 600 less dairy cows now
in the United States than there
was two years ago and the pres
ent high prices of beef cattle
will likely decrease the number
of dairy cattle still further. ]
I Grass will soon be here so put
the cows you have to work and
make them pay for the grass
they are eating and this fall
market your surplus crops
through these COWS and get your
salary and pay for your feed in
the form of a cream check every
two weeks.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-04-20

Death Lurks in = Weak Heart.
SO on first symptoms use "Renovine
and be cured. Delay and pay the awful
penalty. Renovene'' is the hearts
remedy. Price $1.00 and 5sc.-Adv.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-04-20
Prime Meal
Feed Meal
Chancery Court

The April term of the Chan
Gerry Court was opened by Chan
cellor Mcintyre Monday morning.
was considerable business
before the court but the Chan.
cellor has the facilitity of getting
through with matters before his
court and not unnecessarily con-
suming time. Several important
cases were compromised.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-04-20

S. ]. High, D. w. Robins and L. M.
Boyle attended the meeting at the A.
& M. College yesterday where the
questions of food production were dis
cussed by a number of leading bankers
of Memphis and other Heading business
men.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-25
RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE
ALLOWED AT COSMOS

Cosmos Theater patrons this week are
exercising the privilege OF suffrage a.
10 the class OF entertainment they prefer,
while at the same time they are being en-
tertained with a genuine novelty in the
form OF a fuIl-hedged musical comedy In
three acts by a big and talented com
pany comprising more than a score Of
singers, dancers and funmskerS. many
Of them unusually pretty girls.
II is not the tabloid musical entertain
ment cutie common in vaudeville. but a
real musical play, with a plot, elaborate
stage settings and handsome costumes
in abundance. entitled Six Little
Wives" Heading the company is Isks
Mur1, a prima donna OF charm whose
voice will match those Of the big musi-
cal comedies
This type Of entertainment has had a
wide popular vogue IN the West. and
Manager Brylawski has announced his
willingness 70 bring Il TO his patrons II
they wish II in preference TO the usual
bills OF continuous vaudeville. The pro-
grams this week contain coupons which
the patrons are asked TO I'LL in indicating
their preference.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-25
Purely Personal

Arthur Ruderman has been transferred
from the Department OF the Interior to
the Census Bureau.
Margaret c. Cameron has received a
temporary appointment as clerk in the
Bureau of Standards.
]. Bohnlofink was transferred from the
Department If Agriculture to the Coast
and Geodetic Survey.
c. W. Smith has resigned from the
Bureau OF Mines.
]. Richardson has resigned from the
Geological Survey.
Clyde wyckert has returned to Wash
ington after spending a week on his farm
below Mount Vernon. Va.
Clarence L. Whitson has returned from
a trip to the coast by auto.
R. NJ. Alderton has qualified for the
ONCE Department.
G. NJ Lyles. Of the Navy Yard. has
gone to the hospital for an operation.
Andrew L Oehmann has received an
appointment in the Government Printing
Office.
Edward P. Barrett has received an ex-
tension OF appointment in the Bureau
of Mines.
George L. Woodblne Is on leave OF
absence from the Patent once.
Clair V. johnson has been appointed
in the Patent ONCE.
Lawrence E. Smith has recently been
appointed in the Geological Survey.
Miss Blanche Sullivan, of New York,
and Menomiee. Mich, Is in the city for
a few days.
Earnest Martin has been appointed in
the Geological Survey.
David c. Reinchl. OF Pennsylvania,
has been appointed in the Patent ONCE.
Hortense Russell. of Washington, Pa.
who has been spending a few days in
the city, left last night for Pittsburgh.