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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-18

ana small school population annually
Sc thousands Of dollars of their tax
money transferred TO ard Distributed
amongst counties and cities in which
conditions are reversed
Total ReAlt, Assessment.
Tne total valuation OF real estate
in Virginia for 1915. assessed for
,axaoon. amounted to 1856 8S4.0ss.
This was an increase of $s,344,0as
against tho valuation placed for taxa
ton In 1918.
An increase OF 32.is7,71s is shown
In the assessments Of tangible per-
-sonal property for 1915, over that OF
1915. when a total of s104224.233
was returned. The assessment for
1915 Is s10s.421.s4s Tangible prop
erty includes all live stock vehicles
furniture, machinery and other such
itema
total assessment Of st95.360.432
FOR intangible personal nropertv. in
ending bonds. shares and capitai was
returned for 1915 For 1915. the as
sessment was s1s5.sss,so1 or an in
crease in 1915 of 80 72sss1. There
was. however. decrease In the
smount OF capital assessed in the
cities OF s6.S34. a47, this decrease be-
ing caused by smaller assessments IN
1915 In Darvi',e Newport News. Pc
tershr-e and Richmond
For 1916 a total Of Sal 3ae esn OF
monev was ass~ssed for taxation,
apa.rat saA o1eA-a for 1915 an in
crease Of $s.41S.3s0. An increase Of
st8.ha5 TOO was noted In the assess
ments - tnco-~s. the figures for 1919
being s3s.e22 485 against $21,32677s
for 1915.
The report shows that for 1915,
467,475 capitations were assessed,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-18
RESERVE BANK
discounts S2,72S,2OJ
nsseurc~s Moro Than sss.ooa.oee, with
~ Per Cent Geld Rcserye--Col-
Ieetfens sIs7 ,ssa,seo.

N More than two and half million
s4oliars In commercial paper were re-
s1incounted for member banks IN the
sEtfth Reserve district by the Rich
mond Federal Reserve bank last week.
the statement of condition of the IN
stftution at the close OF the week Z
business. made by Governor George J.
Seay yesterday, shows resources are
SASS. ses5T. Bills rediscounted dur
ing TIE week totaled S2,72S,2o0.s0- To-
tai outstanding redtscounts arc sass
1860. The geld reserve against All
liabilities is = per cent
The transit q partmeut % the Rich
mond Federal Reserve bank handled
4oa.7s1 items totsling $is7,S*e,5eo dur
Ing the month from January Is to
February Is IT was reported BY me
bank Yesterday s---fi-ii he sFesASe auo ant
per item WAS $4S3 and the cost per
$1,000 for making the collections was
two and afty-eteht huudrelths cents,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-18

newport News. Feb. 1.-THE VII.
Riots association today receive
orders from the United States govern
ment not to give out any Information
whatever regarding tho arrival or d.
parture OF ships In Virginia waters
The customs officials and immigra
ton inspectors state that they hav
received no such instructions. ShIpptn;
men here have raised strong objec
tons to the orders issued to the pilot.
savinr that It greatly interferes Wit
thee work Withholding informatio,
on incoming ships
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-18
THE WEATHER
tUait~a stRtes Department of
Agriculture. Weather bur~sa.t

Forecast for sunday and Monday;
Nrginia-- Rain colder Sunday, Mon
iay rain or SNOW.
North ard South Caroiina-Rain sun
7ay and Monday colder sunday
The indications are that there Will
he rain SUNDAY in tho Middle and
southern states east Of the Mississippi
FLYER and snow og rain Monday in he
ohio valley. Tenn ssee, the Middle Al
iantic states and ,hc southern Lake
region ana rain N the South AtIanti
and East Gulf states
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-18
s7,7Oo,s1s Is

hundred millions Of dollars to assessed
values
There were also ascertained and as
'eessed during the calendar year Of
1915, property. moneys and income
omitted Tor years prior to 1916 In the
hands OF hduciaries. which were VOL
unfairly returned. and invoiuntarily
assessed where not voluntarily re-
turned aggregating s1l.242.727. The
total value of omitted property.
money and income assessed ~ taxas
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-18
Voluntary Returns.

Under the law which permitted tax
payers to voluntarily return by August
omitted for taxation for years prior to
1916, the total value returned was
s492Ss 1854 The value OF such prop
erty not voluntarily returned but
ascertained during the calendar year
1915 fQr taxation. was S9O.i70,332.
these two items adding nfATJ1 Ons
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-18

Raetfef ffssk'7s coIored. was sent
on 10 the grand Jury when arrni.yr %
In poiie@ court r"s'e-dsv on cha-r-
ri HAVING an excess apantlty OF ardent
3eptrits ir her possession
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-18

Especial to The Richmond virginian
Lvnchburg. Va. Feb. 17.-E. ] Stutz
of near Dryfork. Pittsylvania ,ounty
committed suicide yesterday by shoot
ing himself In the head with a shot
gun. No cause has been given for this
act. He is survived by his wife. one
brother, C. A. Stutz. of Chatham, and
one sister, Mrs. Eugene Carter, OF
near Dryfork. The burial took place
near his home this afternoon.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-18

A"cged Check flasher Acquitted.
J. P. Tinsley. arrested Friday night
on charge of check flashing on the
Motors Supply company, was acQuit-
led when arraigned In police court
Yesterday morning.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-18

fall The structure will he seven
stories high. of steel and brick con-
struction, with reinforced concrete
throughout, 1t will be absolutely
fireproof. This much-needed pavilion
Is being built out or the fund which
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-18
Miscellaneous:

Migce aneous
bonds of clerks ofces at Richmond;
collecting old Judgments etc. rees
recording In connection with real
estate delinquent fuel Ice public buiIdngs insane
OF maintaining JAIL OF clerks Tor registering
marriages. printed of printing 10 pay back
taxes enormously assessed print virginia reports dec
ions Of supreme court OF appeals
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-18
NtV TAX SYSTEM FURNISHES AMPLE REVENUE
Continued from First Page.)

able value of money has increased
from s25.820,97s In 1914 to s41,336.-
$50 in 1916. and taxable income has
Increased from s19,346.512 in 1914 to
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-18
s39.922,845 in 1915.
Estimated Income and Outgo.

AHN AoiioVAhs 10 tlbt NSNiiilaISS lNFC-
nue. and expenses incident to the OPP
Grafton OF the state government:
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-18
Income Il Adequate.

ton for years prior to 1915, during
the calendar year 1915, was Sll0.6so,-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-13
WOMAN GIVEN TEN YEARS
FOR MANSLAUGHTER

Orange, Va, Aug. 12.-Annie
Gotham, alias Annie Pinkard. charged
with the murder OF Beverley Gotham
was tried at special term Of court
and sentenced to ten years in the
state penitentiary. The woman had
been In Jail since April. when the
shooting occurred, and could not be
tried at the last term of court on
account OF the principal witness be-
ing In the hospital at Charlottesville
The woman not being able to hire
counsel. the court appointed Attorney
Roy w. Carter to defend her. and
Commemorative Attorney Alex. T.
Browning prosecuted the case. After
the jury had been secured the taking
OF evidence began and the case was
in the hands of the Jury by 6:15
o'clock. After celebrating for about
forty five minutes they returned their
verdict OF manslaughter and fixed her
punishment at ten years in the peni-
Tertiary.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-13
ROANOkERS INSTITUTE
DEADLY OFFENSIVE

Roanoke. Va. Aug, 1.-Two hun
dred and thirty-two thousand, seven
hundred flies have been trapped and
killed here within four days. it was
learned from the city health depart
ment yesterday.
The flies, which have been placed
in two large bags in the laboratory,
were caught in five traps placed at
various points about the city by the
colored laboratory boy. In quantity
the flies measured thirty-f1ve and A
half dry pints. dry pint is consid :
erably larger than liquid meas
ure pint.
They weighed 1869 grams, or
thirty-seven and a quarter ounces
In order to hnd out the number of
flies contained In the bags DR. Fos-
ter first placed them on a large pair
of scales and secured their weight in
grams. Next fifty flies were weighed
on smaller pair OF scales. the weight
of this number being 0.227, and by
using a slide rule it was found that
one fly weighed 4.54 Kilograms, or
s2-1000's OF grain, or to be more
mathematical. one-twelfth Of a grain.
BY further mathematical manipula-
tions It was found the estimated
number Of fiies contained in the two
bags was 232.7o0.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-13

The expected is happening Thu
dry voters of Virginia divided and the
triumph of the only wet candidate ir
the field is instantly pounced upon &c
discredit the workers for national pro,
hibition
The dry voters who went so far AZ
10 help swell the majority for Mr.
Davis may now view their handiwork
and repent at leisure and the dry
voters who were so absorbed In fac
tional interests that they forgot for a
moment the prohibition cause will
doubtless learn q lesson from the pri-
mary just past which they will no,
soon forget. And yet there are some
temperance people who blame The
Nirsinian for trying 10 prevent thi,
! result Nevertheless. Virginia is still
dry, aud by the grace Of God will be
I kept dry.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-13

largely saved in the eyes Of the Ger
man people. Which Is just exactly
the sort of peace, in all its ramiflca-
tons. and with all such a peace would
imply. the entente allies have been
l. ding three years to prevent.
To save the prestige of the kaiser,
which means the prestige of Prussian-
ism. in the eyes of the German peo-
pie. means in the net summing up
the German people will have TO see
their government has gained some
price as the fruits OF the costly and
unprecedented war they are now en-
gagged in. Every prin ciple of right ana
justice. every base upon which an
equitable and tolerable interciviliza-
ton OF neighboring nations may rest
cries out against any such peace Tor
the world The whole end of this
war now is to make the great Ger
man foray for world loot so boot
less, so costly and so monumental
failure that never again will a shrewd
and aspiring Prussian bund be able
to fire the ox-lke German population
to try 1t again. The very existence
of any form Of civilization, the security
and the environment of our children
in the years to come, the very estap-
lishment of dem ocracy itself depends
on the German people being taught
this lesson. They can only be taught
ID at the mouth Of the howitzer and
in the area OF distribution of the
trench bomb.
or course, Germany wants peace
a, peace with loot" Hearst is carry
ing on an insdious and outrageously
un American and sophistrical propa-
ganda for German made peace in
America at the present time. Every
German agency every agency friend
" to Germany the world over, and
by no means least effectively in
America. is CRYING for peace. to stop
this awful butchery," to save civil
ization," to conserve the world 8
man power" Some people may be
honest in It. The great majority we
can safely assert is not honest about
t. Until Germany offers a peace that
will drop from her hands all her loot.
that will draw from her pockets rep
aration for the damage she has done
and will freely and without suspicious
conditions offer guarantees that will
prevent her from ever trying any
thing OF the sort again there can be
no peace
Her effort TO come will be her last
to get away with the swag.' She
has able and influential help in
America In this audacious and pal
pable attempt to make her war a
paving proposition for her In such
agencies as Hearst and the German
American press But the America n
people will not be fooled They will
not listen to those who cry Peace,
peace when there is no peace"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-13
AFTERMATH AND CRUMBS OF
COMFORT
I thank YOU.
r s n.

Editor. Virginian:
sir,-Whilst regretting that Hon J.
Taylor Ellyson did not receive the
nomination. | am not disappointed as
1t is what | stated as early as 10th
of July, would happen II one of the
dry" candidates did not withdraw
had such been done the dry" can
dictate could have been nominated by
about 10000 majority. as shown by
the votes cast
Only sixty seven counties and nine.
teen towns and cities had reported
at the time | picked out my grains
OF comfort as follows Out Of the
sixty-seven counties reporting, forty
two gave dry majorities and Of towns
and cities reporting. fourteen gave
dry ma jorities.
notwithstanding the very large
number Of dry votes (so-called) cast
for Davis at this place, we had lis
dry majority. We also captured the
citadel OF the vets" Richmond be-
Ing so considered.
suppose that not less than thous-
and so-called "drys" voted for Davis
IN your little town. notwithstanding
which YOUR dry majority shows up as
ll-such thing was never before
done in Richmond. II shows, however.
that tho good people OF your little
town are beginning to show their ap-
probation of the benefits OF prohibit
ticn.
10 sum up, the election shows by
thr vote as cast that our old state il
stronger for prohibition than In Sep
Ten Der, 1914, by near about $1,000
additional dry votes.
Very truly,
J. TYLER JACKSON, SR.
charlottesville. Va. Aug. II, 1917.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-13
PoMERENE CLEARS UP PEACE TALK.

An some things we have disagree ed
ssronSly with Senator Alice Fomercne,
OF Ohio. sound Democrat though he
is. But in a statement which he gave
YESTERDAY about ,he piffi:ne or worseJ
talk about peace he SAID soma things
worth repeating
Il am very clearly Of the opinion
said he, that any talk Of peace now
would embarraSs rather than aid the
cause of civilization and Of peace
The kaiser and his war tund
would regard it as an evidence Of
weakness The more unity OF purpose
we show in the United States and
among the allies the quicker the world
will see permanent peace,
while there is some talk OF peace
among a few Germans ana few
Austrians 1t Is noticea bic that neither
the kaiser nor his war office. nor his
foreign office. nor his admiralty talks
Of any kind OF peace save and except
peace TO be dictated by them as
! victors. Real Americans know this TO
be true. the civilized world is not de
L ceived by that kind OF peace talk and
! these attempts that are being made
N the United States now in the So
called interest Of peace will embar-
r1ss the president in the prosecution
\ OF the war. In my Judgment most
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-13
THE LORD HATES THE
APATHFTyC. TOO

DAILY Telegraph. Bluefeld W. Fa.l
We must every one Of us realize
that the war has to be fought 70 q
finish, and that every man must be
sacrificed and every dollar spent II
necessary. TO win and be able 10 die
tate terms Of peace. There is no
other way--the die is cast Those
who are not enthusiastic over II
should stir their own patriotism and
getting right should aid their neigh
bors 10 the highest pitch OF deter
mination. II does not matter what
disagreements We may hold over the
way things are being conducted or
whether congress Is weak and vacil-
liating and the administration un-
decided and changeful II such things
exist, then for that very reason we
must exert ourselves to greater ef-
fort. II there is an iota OF apathetic
sentiment in this country 1t aids the
enemy. and there is not single
American citizen but who. II ne was
to land In Germany this morning.
would be In TAIL in fifteen minutes
and IN eternity in a few hours The
Russians who retreated were as
mercilessly shot down as were those
who were faithful to their homeland
and stood on the firing line. There
is nothing to do but to fight, and ex-
ert every effort. and the quicker We
get Mt il in dead earnest the earlier
the war will end Every dollar the
unpatriotic squeeze out Of the people
every Stacker who escapes, weakness
the security Of American homes and
the safety Of American property as
we'll as the welfare OF the human race
in the years to come
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-13
MCCOY AND PH|PPS TO
Be TRIED FOR TREASON

Roanoke. Va, August 12-William
Veron Mccoy and John W. Phipps, the
TWO mountain men who it Is alleged
planned open defiance to the United
States and who were indicted on six
counts OF treason against the federal
government In time of war at the last
term OF the United States district
Stone Gap probably tomorrow
United States officials who will es-
cort the men to the place where they
Will be tried are not communicative
as to the manner or time when they
will start for the court with their
men.
Phipps and Mccoy have been con-
fined to the Jail here since shortly
after their arrest May IS last.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-13

o. the efforts in this behalf are In
toaded to embarrass him.
1T IS noticeable that most Of these
uor who are talking peace now were
opposed to the sale and delivery or
,!ru5s ny osrr nationals 10 The allies
ia the carly history of the war though
Germany had always insisted upon her
rgt' TO cell and always Gid sell to all
beul0erents in all the wars that have
been waged in the last twenty i've
years. These same men insisted upon
Americans surrendering their right
10 travel upon the high seas and de
manded the passage OF the so-ca He'd
warming resolutions These same men
for the most part opposed all appro-
priations for our national defense
These same men fought the resolution
declaring that state of war existed
and were quite willing that our ships
should continue to be sunk nv Ger
man submarines upon the high seas
without notice"
There YOU have In nutshell the
facts about the peace propaganda
which has a pro German Nasis and
the clear and logical reasons why they
should be ignored. Senator Pomeren
has done something worth while in
cinctlv in these DAYS of noisy talk and
muddled argument
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-13
Peoples Forum
NATIONAL PROHIBITION.

NNiilCdSo ITlDunc.)
The armies move slowly but the
people back OF them move rapidly.
Back OF the shock is the progress and
the change. There is a two-mile gain
on twenty mile front and behind 1t
Is ten years change on a nation
wide front. The force at the from.
is the yeast. The nations behind sre
the dough
Europe has been changed politically
and socially more than it has been
changed by military movements. The
same phenomenon is conspicuous here
although American troops have az
Yet no part OF the front.
The destructive force Is really ere
ative. In the United States we have
been accelerated in progress. incred-
IDLY impeled in extreme fashions and
hastily toward objects which in ordi-
nary times would not have been APP
preached for years,
For expediency, We are modifying
forms OF government We are sub
hitting to autocracy because we must
have efficiency. We are changing So
cial orders and habits, to what de-
gree of perr,anencv we cannot know,
but the rapidity of the change Is an.
parent,
We doubt that the submission OF
a national prohibition amendment to
the constitution. without the war. was
within the reasonable expectation of
this generation. Now. with the war,
ii may be expected Social purposes
are changing rapidly Not all changes
Will be permanent, but we shall not
escape from the new regulation Of
custom and habit the new ordering OF
government affairs. entirely.
A reaction will follow the war. nat
urally. but. politically and socially. the
world never will so all the way back
in its tracks. It already has ascend
cd, by destructive force to a higher
plane and-it will not climb all the
way down.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-13
ALREADY AT IT.

The successful candidate for the
f Democratic nomination for gov
ernor in the Virginia primaries is
opposed to the prohibition amend
Ment- HIS victory may be due,
however, less 10 local dissatisfac-
ton with prohibition than TO pop
ulAr disgust with the antics of the
prohibition lobby New York
World, August 8.
Virginia. having voted for state
Wide prohibition. now dominates
for governor in the Democratic
primaries. the nomination being
equivalent TO election. man who
imposes national prohibition by
constitutional amendment APP
parently the drys are not 10 have
everything their own way even in
the states where their victories
have been won.--NeW York Sun,
August s.
M A careful analysis made OF the
causes which led TO Davis nomi-
nation indicates that the Virginia
4 voters stamped their disapproval
upon the Reed bone-drs law
/ passed by congress. which null
. 6ed the state Law permitting the
{ shipment Of certain quantities Of
+ liquors into the state Baltimore
Sun
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-13

II appears that Germany loaned
Greece large sums while Mrs. Con-
stantine, the kaiser's sister, was run
dom We understand now why "all-
highest" was so loud In his promises
that he and God would put Kaiser
Bits ex-ktng brother -in-law right
hack In the job the rude Venizelistos
had fred him from
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-13

..~.o.,. OMAN had never a pun
,.s .so .btepar-ups" who. in the
,s,or. the nresent war. infu-
80. ,,a sss,,,,4s Of aspiring youths
j. ~. ,,,,1o town Of Washington y.
u,ara he grew up Several rea-
.ons, In retrospect. suggest themselves.
The o'Neills. respectable and indus
trious folks. lived quietly minded their
own affairs. vo;ed the Democratic
ticket when voting time arrived paid
their taxes and other honest debts,
and otherwise couported themselves
AZ millions Of other families We're do
ing all over the land All Of these
shings were so entirely normal and
unusual that "Coo,y" grew up without
attracting more than passing attention
from anyhoaY bat his home folks and
his comrades in school play and work.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-13
Won't someone please invent:

i A blotter that fellow can lay his
/ hand on when in a hurry:
/ A howlless cat;
/ An easy way to make living;
+ 4 teet0tler muZzle,
An anti grasping politician:
/ An old age preventive;
| A poor mans automobile.
4 bill dodger with guarantee;
! An elastic dollar:
An honest Turk;
/ 4 humane German;
4 real congressman;
A fountain pen that's worth it's price
A kaiserless Germany;
\ consistent Russia;
Just one entirely harmonious family
A brother who is as good a friend as
pal;
Just anybody who hasn't the touch
/ habit;
An acceptable peace policy:
A submissive and meek insurance
agent;
An "unprotesta check;
A square meal for a dollar;
A poet without a Windsor tie:
An amateur artist who never even
took a lesson;
A wagless female tongue;
An antidote for the U-boat;
Patriotism for pro-German congress
men;
An honest get-rfch- quick scheme:
A real good luck piece.
| Time to fish;
A wife with plenty of clothes
A butcher with conscience,
4 pension for a chronic lazy;
A universal blanket railroad pass;
A responsible cook
/ Corn on the-cob the year around
A menu minus coliard green's
An unscorchable Palm Beach suit;
A tipless waiter:
A respected international law;
A quick way to raise our army;
a poor mans luxury tmovies barred)
An anti-tag crusade;
More ice-cold lemonade:
4 winning Richmond ball club
Another John Paul Jones for this
emergency;
A non-leak censorship american
rights only
Just one house that is not made of
glass
4 dry Inauguration day;
4 dry nation;
And a patriotic Hearst" paper
And then, good friends. millennium
shall have arrived.