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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-11
FREIGHT CARS ARE
DERAILED AT GLEN ALLEN

Derailment of several freight cara
at Glen Allen on the Richmond, Fred
ericksburg and Potomac railroad, de-
layed for some time the afternoon
train coming into Richmond from
Washington. No one was hurt when
the cars left the track.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-11
INDICTMENT AGAINST
MONET DISMISSED

New York. May 10.-Sensations
were rapid today in the trial Of Cap.
tain Franz Won Rintelen and his co.
defendants on charges of consr tracy
First Judge Cushman dismissed this
indictment against Frank s. Monet
former encouragement OF Ohio. be.
cause of lack of evidence against him
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-11
H|STORY'S BIGGEST WAR
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mother who Is going to pay an ad-
vance Of fifty per cent on the cost
Of the letter she is going to mail to
her boy in the trenches fighting fol
his country" he said. NOR from this
little girl who will pay an advance
OF 100 per cent on the souvenir posta
card she malls TO her brother in tbs
hospital. But we hear wild wal
fran The millionaire publisher ti'",,'
paying his share of the war cost
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-11

4 TWO
3 No authority for the president to
nccept the services of volunteer army
divisions such as Colonel Roosevelt
u slammed to raise. Increased pay Tor
I, rsnlasted men The conference reg
81 suited in a victory for the house.
Il Nayarths.ess several important amend =
I snents introduced in the senate have
prevailed and the question Of mini
mum age limit for recruiting under
the selective draft was aCjustct by
Compromise. The house had held out
. Tor a maximum age If forty carr,
81 The senate WAS insistent upon drafnng
! oaly troops between ~ entH-on2 and
y twenty-seven.
Ne Roosevelt Army
i The question Of four army & yts,ons
of volunteers beyond the age af t~cn-
ty-five for immediate service a. The
:. front was stricken out This vas a
senate r-ov tsion, the anendntu- of
Senator harding of Ohio In ter IS
terms. the mobilization Of the so-calied
.'RooecSeu army" would have n"''n
y permisSi tle The senate haG vate ii Il
into Inc bill Ii had been aefetict IN
the house 1t VAS the point upon whttt1
the nfxs g~ePrneut had been shaEpeS-,
The house provision for the ad-
vancemcnt Ia the pay Of enlisted men
OF the army hey horizontal increase.
Of SIS per n3 onih for the period ot
the war was materially m2dibed-
Under the cCNpcamise VgoN3so the
advances III the pAy of soldiers Will
.be as follows;
All enlisted meu ol The army of the
United states ln active service. whose
base pay does Not exceed Sal per
5zssT
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-11

Washington. May 10.-The navy
DEPARTMENT announced tonight IT is
without any information regarding
the Norfolk rumor that the torpedo
boat destroyer Davis had been sunk
by German submarine.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-11

this war this can be avoided. Do
your part to this end Make ~acrt-
Ace of your personal ambitions on
the altar Of efficiency"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-11
Stolen Auto Recovered.

Detectives Atkinson and Thurman,
of Richmond, yesterday recovered an
automobile in Chesterfield county said
to be the property of the Overland
Akron Motor Car Co, OF Akron. Ohio,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-11
|RuM0RtO TORPfOOING
| OF AMERICAN CRAFT

Norfolk, Va. May 10.---An uncon-
firmed report is in circulation in naval
circles tonight that the torpedo boat
destroyer Davis was attacked by a
German submarine near the war zone
and torpedoed. The report is said
20 have originated from an american
hattleship which Is said to have IN
tercepted a wireless message.
Naval officials here said they had
no information regarding the loss.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-11
1IOtWATtR { WESTERN

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-11
FRENCH MISSION AGAIN

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Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
WOMAN'S PART IN THE WAR
Her Work Important, But will At
tract Little of the. Lime
lipht.

You may think of the war nursing
service as pyramid. The apex, which
alone comes in contact with the fight.
ing forces, is the small group of pro-
fessional nurses. Behind these comes
slightly smaller group of nurses
aids, nonprofessional women selected
from the Red Cross training classes,
who will have charge of the house,
keeping arrangements of the hospitals,
and who will also to some extent be
permitted to give nursing attention to
soldiers in convalescent homes and
camps.
But the base and most of the super
structure of the pyramid are the tens
of thousands of capable women every.
where in the United States-in the big
cities and the small towns and on the
farms--who will keep the small pro-
fessional service supplied with hos
pital necessities, attending in various
capacities to their manufacture, col
lection, packing and shipment to CEN
trail depots. Here the average woman
must find her opportunity. The sacri-
fee Of time and money for such serv-
ice is not as inspiring as the direct
ministration to mangled and bleeding
men in khaki--the movies will not
pay so much attention to it-but who
shall say that because Of its prosaic
drudgery it is not after all the more
heroic? Who can measure the pa
triotism which will keep women on
lonely farms day after day bending
over this work, with none to applaud
or even to know of the loving care
put into those stitchesi-Red Cross
Magazine.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
Welded, STRICTLY NEUTRAL
Denver Couple Occupied Separate
Rooms and Didn't Speak for

Growing weary of living single,
though married, Mrs. Martha v. Crag-
head sued DR.. w. Spencer Craghead
for divorce. The action came 10 for
hearing in District Judge Denison's
court the other day.
Mrs. Craghead's testimony revealed
an odd state Of affairs as between her.
self and husband. Though the pair
lived in the same house, they occupied
separate rooms, and for more than a
year neither spoke to the other or
manifested any sign of the others
presence. The kitchen in the divided
home was a sort OF a Community"
affair, one doing the cooking during
the absence Of the other. Sometimes,
however, there was silent conflict
when both wished to prepare meals
simultaneously. Both depended upon
the same food supply, which was or
dered by Mrs. Craghead and paid for
by her husband.
By her own admission that she had
remained in the same house with her
husband Mrs. Craghead defeated the
purpose Of her suit. Judge Denison
held that the couple had not lived
separate and apart" as comprehend
ed by the divorce laws Of Colorado,
and that therefore divorce could not
be granted.-Roeky Mountain News.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
LEONARD Is GLASS
OF LITTLE FELLOWS
Certain to Win Championship
Over Long Route from
Freddie Welsh.
HAS FOUGHT HIS WAY UP

New York, May 5.-Benny Leonard
stands revealed as the greatest light
weight In the world. Freddie Welsh
Is still the champion of that division
and despite his general unpopularity,
Freddie has been pretty fair cham
pion. He could box and fight when
he took the title from Willie Richie
in London, and make no mistake
about it.
Welsh has passed far beyond the
height of his career. however. He
does not compare with the youthful
Leonard today in eleverness, speed,
endurance or ability to hit. 49,.
Leonard's knockout of Richie
Mitchell in Milwaukee was the great
est feat of his career. The boy from
the Bronx Is unquestionably the
American lightweight title holder. If
Welsh will box him twenty rounds to
decision he is practically certain to
become the champion of the world.
He would make a great champion
we'll worthy of the best traditions OF
boxing. He Is clean living, clear
headed youngster, who has fought his
way up through the long line of con-
tenders to his present position. New
York has not had champion boxer
since the days Of Terry McGovern.
It was proud OF the prowess Of Terry.
1t will be equally proud of Leonard
when and If he attains the champion
shin.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
TRICKY FOLDING BUNGALOW
Lively Prospect Of Being Shunted
Half-Dressed From Bed Room
to par1or.

Our Imagination 10 greatly taken
and likewise Initiated by the descrip-
ton OF a folding bungalow just put In
operation, which may contain two
rooms or FIVE, at the owners pleasure.
The partitions run on ball bearings,
and can be shifted as easily as the
trick doors and ceilings in that an
cient spectacle which YOU may remem-
ber--Hanlon's "Fantasma."
In this phantasm Of bungalow you
may have a room 13x25 feet In case
you desire to give a party or enter
tain your friends at a musicale. II re-
freshments are served, the remainder
of the house contains the kitchenet.
After your guests depart, you begin
showing partitions about--clack, elack,
elackl- -just like that, and two bed
chambers appear completely fur
riished, the bed room furniture OPEN
ing out from the walls, where it has
been as neatly packed as the wings Of
a butterfly In Its chrysalis. In this
wonderful structure, we understand,
walls fold together as handily as four
sections of FIRE screen, with hinges
working both ways.
We suppose, when several persons
are In the house, due warning must be
given before the riietamorphosis be-
gins. One wouldn't like to be shunted
half-dressed from his bed room into
the parlor or dropped gently on the
flower bed in the front yard by his
apartment Unexpectedly turning
wrong.side out. Then, too, is there
danger OF being inadvertently packed
against the ceiling for whole day,
and left there until evening, when the
house takes on its nocturnal shape
again? ..
The folding bungalow impresses US
as an up-to-date improvement, only to
be excelled by one that can be col.
lapsed, laid upon a truck and carried
about the country whithersoever one
wishes to wander.--St. Louis Globe
Democrat
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
SOX BEAN BALLERS
BUSTING EN- AGAIN
Carl Mays Knocks Thrasher
Cold With a Drive Against
His Head.
CONNIE MAKES CHARGES

New York, May 5.-The old cry
| against the "beaning" proclivities Of
the Red Sox pitchers is again heard
throughout the land. Ever since Carl
Mays dropped Outfelder Thrasher
for a long count at Philadelphia sew
eral days since the Mackmen and
their leader have insisted that Mays
took deliberate aim at his victims
head and that the accident" which
might easily have resulted In seri-
Gus injury, was in reality premedi-
tated application Of the dust 'em-of"
policy long in vogue among the Bos-
ton slabsters.
This Is not the first time Mays has
been accused OF this sort Of thing.
More than one American league
player has thrown his bat at Mays
after jerking his head out of the way
Of a ball thrown dangerously close to
his top piece and great many more
have threatened to do the same thing
under similar provocation. Mays con.
tinues to "dust 'em off," however, and
there is no particular reason for be-
lieving that he will soon abandon his
campaign OF ruthlessness.
Nor is Mays the only Boston finger
addicted to the use OF the "beaner."
dutch" Leonard has been a fragrant
offender ever since he came into the
American league. A weak hitter has
nothing to fear at his hands, but the
slugger who faces him in pinch
is almost certain TO draw a shot In
tended to "drive him away from the
plate" to use Boston's own designa-
ton. He uses his "beaner" less fire.
quently against the Yankees than
against any other club in the league,
but only because several of Bill Don
ovan's young men have promised to
bend their bats across his legs any
time he throws a ball at their heads.
Connie Enters Knock.
II may have been his rage at see
ing Thrasher laid out that provoked
Connie Mack to declare that the Red
Sox do not size UP as we'll this
spring as they did last and that they
do not begin to compare with his
own worlds champs.
"They did not look especially good
against Bush" Connie Is quoted as
saying, land the only reason we lost
was because Of the breaks and some
cratic fielding. II / had just two
more pitchers to 60 along with Bush
and Meyers I'd like to play the Red
Sox every day In the week. I be-
lieye I'd beat them regularly.
1.-THE Red Sox are great team In
some respects, but are not in the
same class with my old club. They
have a wonderfully strong defense,
where any individual on the field is
liable to pull a sensational play at
any moment, but their offensive power
Is not what II should be. They can
be beaten by any club which will
match or come close to matching the
pitching shown by Ruth, Shore, Leon
ard, Foster and Mays--and that's
something that no one could say OF
the Athletics OF few years ago"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
WANT COFFEY TO
CHALLENGE jess
Friends of Dublin Giant Be-
lieve He Has Glass to Con-
test for Title.
WON EDGE OVER MORRIS

New York, May 5.-Friends of Jim
Coffey are urging the Roscommon
giant to issue a challenge to Jess Will
lard. Coffey was decidedly the fresher
at the end Of his ten-round bout with
Carl Morris at the Manhattan Ath-
letic club.
The Sapulpa mountaineer's work in
the early round earned him a draw
against Coffey.
Coffey's last round squirt was a re-
markable show of grit and determine
ton. As he went to his corner at the
end of the ninth he Topped into his
chair dog tired, He bounded out of
his chair at the beginning of the tenth,
however, with as much vim as he
could have displayed in the first.
Morris made Coffey look like the
under dog at times because of his
headlong, bul1-like tactics. Never a
clean, straight hitter, Morris depend
ed entirely on his weight and close
body work to wear Coffey down.
When Jim found the rough work not
TO his liking he simply backed into a
corner and either held or covered.
At times Cofey's mouth popped
open from exhaustion. The harder
he hit Carl the faster the Oklahoma
monster BOWED in. Morris brought
down a storm Of Emerald roars when
he held James with one hand and
whacked him across the back of the
neck with the other. 1t was fair
enough, though it lacked all that neat
ness and dispatch in fistiana, and
Jim's friends resented 1t as being foul.
1t was the only effective blow that
Morris employed, save for few solid
whacks to the body. Jim took them
all in good grace, always waiting to
shoot clean punches.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
Berea College Becoming
Military TRAINING Camp

Correspondence OF The Associated Pfess,)
Berea, KY, April 26.--Berea college,
with its 1000 students from the moun-
tains Of the southern states, has been
transformed into a miniature military
training camp. A number OF the stu
dents have already enlisted and prac-
tically all Of the others are now drill
ing on the campus. Each OF the FIVE
departments Of the institution, includ-
ing the college, normal, academy,
vocational and foundation has its own
company. -
President William Goodell Frost in
referring to Berea's relations to the
country's preparation for war, said.
1.-THE students OF Berea college, COM
ing from all parts Of the mountain
regions OF the south, represent the
best fighting stock in America. Their
fathers were with Jackson at New Or
leans and in the civil war kept Ken
lucky in the union and made West
Virginia 'secede from secession The
mountaineers, though landlocked, have
always had many representatives in
the navy"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
TRAP vi.
FIELD Fl ~
By PETER p. CARNEY.

The South Shore Country club Of
Chicago, the blue ribbon country club
OF America. is staging the Grand
American Trapshooting tournament
this August, and this trapshooting
tournament, by the way, is the blue
ribbon event Of that sport, and Is al
ready planning for that comfort Of the
1000 or more expected entrants.
Everett c. Brown, president Of the
South Shore club, is very mitch inter
ested III the event, and he contem-
plates furnishing the trapshooters
quite some entertainment of high
class nature while they are away from
the traps. An entertainment commit
teen composed of one member OF
every Chicago gun club will soon meet
and plan for the occasion. Mr.. Brown
contemplates, too. OH having some
OF the best American swimmers give
exhibitions in the South Shore clubs
outdoor pool daily at noon and to fol-
low this with track and field athletics
BY the best performers OF the middle
west. 1t is the idea Of Mr.. Brown to
PITT on these events for the benefit OF
the men and women who are out Of
the competition for an hour or more.
Committees selected from members
| of the Chicago clubs are now touring
the adjacent states interesting the
ltrapshooters in the tournament. Last
year Illinois sent more than 200
trapshooters to St. Louis. 1t is ex-
pectcd that Illinois will turn out more
than 500 for the classic at the South
Shore club. II is the feeling that the
additional publicity will bring about
500 at least from the other states.
Sixteen traps are to be erected, with
Lake Michigan as the background
Five OF these traps will be ready the
first Of June, FIVE or more on the frs,
OF July and the remainder the week
previous to the tournament. Ten oil
| these traps will be used in the Grand
American events, two by the PROBES.
sional shooters, two by the women
land two "joker' traps. II will be 9
great week in trapdom.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
AL MCCOY INSISTS
HE IS REAL CHAMP
Middleweight Title Holder Says
That He IL Ready to Meet
ALI Disputants.
HELD IN LITTLE ESTEEM

New York, May Sal Mccoy is
on the war path. Mccoy is the pseu-
acknowledgements champion of the
world. He is the guy who knocked
out George Chip, the man who fiat
tened Frank Klaus, who previously
defeated Billy Papke, and on the
strength of that and other victories
came to be recognized as the worlds
titleholder in the lsS-pound class.
Although it is argued that Mccoy
succeeded to the universal champion.
ship by direct descension, there are
fans and experts loath to concede him
the prestige his conquest of Chip
gained. While Mccoy defeated Chip,
a man who, II was conceded, had q
hard and fast claim on the worlds
title, many people refuse to recognize
him as the champion. IT'S a peculiar
situation. There Is no denying that
Mccoy succeeded to the crown by
direct line, but II Is contested, In spite
OF this fact, that In ability he is fat
removed from the championship
state. This contention has been more
or less justified.
Still, Mccoy claims the worlds
championship at his weight, and he
has Just come out with the declara-
ton that he Is ready and willing to
defend II against all disputants.
There may be better men In my
class" says Mccoy, "but Until they
defeat me they cannot declare them.
selves the champion. know that l
am held In small esteem around these
parts. I am not complaining against
the injustice Of Il. | can only say
that / conclusively defeated the man
who was recognized as the titleholder
at his weight. II that doesn't give
me the championship what CAM"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
GREAT KENTUCKY
DERBY SATURDAY
Thoroughbreds Are Ready for
Richest Three Year old
Race in America.
MANY FOREIGN. BRED MACS

Louisville, May 5.-Just week be-
for the date set for the forty-third
Kentucky derby finds practically
everything ready for the bugle to
call to the post on May II what may
be the largest international field for
the richest 3-year-old race in America.
Fine weather has permitted the train
ers to key their charges up to the
racing point and if the race was to
be decided today, a formidable field
could be sent to the post.
Almost all of the twenty-five for
eign-bred colts that were nominated
are doing all that their trainers ask
of them and it Is likely that the num-
Der of starters will be greater than
ever before.
Probably four countries will be rep
resented. TreVisco is Irish bred; La
Chesesne came from France; and Of
the twenty-three others bred In Eng
land, the most prominent are North
Star III, Omar Khayyam, Jack
Mount, War Star and King Herod.
Against these foreign stars are en-
tered, among others, such eastern
cracks as Rickety, Ticket, Tumbler,
Crack o'Day, and Top o'Wave, and
Harry Kelly, Cudgel, Green Jones,
Midway, Berlin, Milkman, Westy Ho-
gan and Acabado from the west. Most
Of them are now in Kentucky and
some Of the trainers will send their
charges to Lexington for a race or
two as final preparation for the
derby.
Matt VIM, general manager Of
the new Louisville Jockey club, is
preparing for the largest ciowd that
ever visited historic Churchill Downs.
All the boxes, including forty built
this spring, have been sold.
Free Paddock.
A free paddock is an innovation to
be introduced Derby day. All persons
entering the track will have access
to the paddock without the customary
extra charge. The fence separating it
from the grandstand has been re-
moved, thus adding further space to
the extensive lawn.
1t is estim te that 10000 persons,
who lack the 81 admission to the
track, will take advantage of the CEN
ter field, which is free on Derby day.
Arrangements have been made for
seventy pari-mutuel machine ticket
sellers and like number of cashiers
to care for the betting. This is the
largest single force that ever opef-
ated these machines in Kentucky.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06

A farmer tells story OF his shooting.
Says he;
II was very much troubled with those
winged thieves h(the birds) for they made
terrible havoc among the corn. ! put scare
crows up TIL was tired. so took my gun.
loaded with powder and pellets, and YOU
should have seen the quantity I brought
down In one day. one morning my boy
rushed indoors and yelledi
dad, hundreds Of birds among the
oorni'
II took my gun, put In powder, but could
not find the shot, so thrust In q handful
Of tacits and or ran. Getting to the corn.
yelled pretty hard and up flew the birds
into tree. Being excited. I fired. and be-
hold every bird was nailed to the tree, with
with the sight. stood watching them. when
the blessed things pulled Up the tree and
few away with It. leaving me In disgust. -
New York Globe.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06

The seafaring young man had written
his mother an unusually affectionate letter.
He was coming home. he said, and was
bringing her a striped Japanese kiniono.
The mother got the sense Of most Of the
letter unaided. but, finding herself unable
TO graphic with all her sons big words,
shs handed It TO the district visitor for a
second perusai.
"A striped Japanese kinono" the visitor
exclaimed. when she came to that part
of the letter. How nice!'
"Nicew exclaimed the perplexed old lady.
''You may think SO. but will you kindly
tell me what I am to do with such a
thlng7 I suppose can keep 1t tied up in
the back yard; but what on earth am
to feed Il on goodness only knows.
Topeka State Journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
Whitley Witt Makes Hit
With Fans by Confidence

The fans can't help admiring Whitley
Witt, OF the Athletics, because of his
cocksure ways and breezy style. Witt
Is still trihe crude in his fielding, but
is getting better all the time. At bat
and on bases Witt fairly shines. He
hits all kinds Of pitching and isn't
afraid to take chances on the bases
Witt Is an ideal lead-of man.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
Cleveland Sends Petty
To New Orleans Club

The Cleveland club has released
Pitcher Jesse L. Petty to the New
Orleans club under an optional agree
ment. Petty was obtained from San
Antonio, Tex, last fall.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
Cap Neal Acts as Scout
And Business Manager Too

Cap Neal, the Pirate scout, is act
ing as business manager, as no Sue
cessor has yet been appointed to Peter
Kelly, who held the job last season.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06

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