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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-14
MAJOR JOHN SkUSE
Is CAMP COMMANDER
VIII Have Charge Of STUDENT. Mt
BlackburE When v. r. ]. Openn
October I.

BLACKSBURG. VA. September Ia
Major John c. Skuse. L. S. A. has been
detailed as commanding Offices OF the
students army training camp. which
opens at the Virginia Polytechnic In
st!tute October !.
Major ". r. Stone, who has been
camrnandant of cadets at Virginia Poly
technic institute for the past year. has
been appointed in charge of military
science at William and Mary College
and left for Williamsburg to-day.
Ma jor Skuss has been commanding
officer of the training attachments for
the United States soldiers at the col
lege since June and brought his men
up TO the very highest state OF EN-
cheney.
He was promoted from the rank OF
captain 10 major last week.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-14
Aviation Lieutenant Killed.

FORT WORTH. TEXAS. September
13.-Lieutenant c. r. James. of Chica-
so. was instantly killed, and an en-
listed man named Lentz fatally Injured
here to-day when their airplane crash
ed to earth in spin. Lantz died
shortly after the accident.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-14
Kosher Restarrnnt for c,w,.

NEW YORK, Scptember IA
kosher restaurant has been recon,-
mended, and will probably be estap-
lishsd at Camp Upton for friends ana
having the largest Jewish u,iiitaryy
population OF GnJ cantonmnnt In the
country. It WIS stated ut the oficsx az
1a0. EkAk1kAe b0Axa. "
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-14
Deny Murder OF czarina

COPENHAGEN (via London). Sep
TENDER 13.-The Bolshevik Foreign
Minister. NJ. Tchitcherin. officially de-
MED to-day that the former Czarina
and her daughters were murdered. ac-
cordinG TO the FolketS Dagblad
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-14
LOCAL BOARDS BEGIN TODAY
TO PREPARE FOR CALLS

Local boards will to-day finish mark
ing the registration cards with serial
numbers in preparation for the call OF
men in October Few or no changes
will he made in the method OF con-
Quoting the different steps over which
cards have to pass before the call Is
local boards for examination, it was
announced last night at the headquar-
tiers of the FIVE boa rda
Duplicate cards will be forwarded to
tho office of Provost Marshal-Gcneral
Crowder and the Adiutant-Cicneral OF
Virginia for tho usual purposes. CUES
tlonnaires will be mailed those OF the
ages that will BIO called first. upon in :
structions of Provost Marshal-Gcneral
Crowder. ard this step, ii is thought
by local boards. will be taken before
the order numbers are drawn in Wash
irSton. in the belief that as little time
as possible may he lost in calling the
ncw men TO the colors.
by divisions, the registration was as
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-14
SnIone,

Theda Bara Is coming to the Acad-
envy Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday
IN a massive production OF "Salome.
Josephus. the Jewish historian. who re-
lates in detail how the daughter Of
Herodias so charmed King Herod with
her eerie dancing that he promised her
anything she might ask, even to the
half OF his kingdom. She chose the
mead OF John the Baptist in a charger.
why this weird maiden chose such
d bloody reward for her dancing forms
the plot OF the spectacular and dra-
matic story of "Salome." the latest and
greatest production in which Theda
para has yet appeared. 1t was filmed at
hollywood (Cal) Studios Of william
Fox. Under the supervision OF 7. Cor
don Edwards. who staged Cleopatra"
and other productions in which Miss
sara has appeared. There will be
oaily matfnees at 1880
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-14
ADJUSTMENTS
1.-THE Very Idea

The neaEer audience which attended
the hTst performance OF The Very
Idea" II the Academy las, night were
probably not fully enlightened as to
the nature of the play they were TO
see The little suggests nothing. while
the preliminary press notices conveyed
warded by something Of a surprise,
since the play was novel in character
and while verging on the scientific. or
humor OF the most subtle variety. The
play itself when first presented in New
York at the Astor Theater. and
stoned much comment as much for the
unusual treatment OF its subject for
the somewhat hazardous nature OF the
subject itself.
its application. the plot is unusual: Il
Is essentially comedy. but with i strain
of serious import. Told in few words:
Alan Camp is believer in eTgenicS,
but his book on the subject is SCORED
Mt by his sister, Mrs. Goodhue. and her
friends. Mr.. and Mrs. Goodhue are
about 10 adopt founding. when
Alan pcrsuades them 10 allow him to
arrange with his chauffeur. ine
specimen of manhood. and Nora, the
Goodhues' maid. for n consideration of
a perfect baby for their adoption. The
Goodhues travel for year. and find on
their return that Nora, who in the
meantime has married the chauffeur.
refuses TO part with her baby in pur-
suance OF the contract
Thus considered. 1t may be that the
play should be seen only by those
Scientifically inclined. or the middle
aged, and avoided by the young and
the over-prudish. but 1t that event.
these would miss the fine quality of
humor which runs brightly and clev-
erly through the lines and action OF
the play. Skillfully handled. the play
is quite antiseptic. 1t pleases one to
say that THE Very Idea" is free from
the buroonery and the cheap humor
which is found in so many plays of
farce comedy description.
The cast is excellent throughout. The
several participants arc we'll chosen
for their roles. especially apt in his
part OF Mr.. Goodhuc is Chester Clute.
who contributes most of the humor.
Mr.. Downing as Alan Camp is ade-
quate and satisfactory. Symonia Boni-
face, who. ] am told. is known in Rich
mond proved an excellent maid and in
her final appearance on the stage as
the mother. pleased with her sincerity.
Others in the cast we're Russell Clark.
Augusta Perry, Irine Antel. Marion
Rapp, John Lyons and Auburn Lee. All
were good.
The play is given in matinee and
evening performances to-day.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-14

Many n man found his opportunity
I'm the "Business Opportunities" Ads In
The TimcH-Dispatch.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-14
COLORED MES HENDEN AID
TO CENTRAL COMMITTEE

Thanks arc due also to the COM
mittee OF colored men. acting as as
sistant registrars, the value OF whose
services is recognized not only by the
central committee. but by the chief
registrars OF every precinct TO which
they were assigned
TO the woman's auxiliary OF the
War Camp Community Association
which furnished lunches 10 the reg
istrars and others employed at regis
tration precincts, and committee and
board headquarters, especial gratitude
il due. These women's contribution to
the success OF registration day was
most real and substantial as we'll as
most appetizing. and they had the
thanks OF zoo hungry men.
Chairman Ellcrson praised highly
the spirit that was manifested by the
reEistrapts when they appeared for
registration. and was much pleased
with tho manner in which the regis
trars handled the situation. lie doubt
ed whether any city in the whole OF
the United States that registered in
the neiGhborhood of 10000 men could
produce such record as was Rich
monds. Not the slightest disturbance
o. any kind resulted. and there was
never word OF dispute that arose be-
tween registrar and registrant. For
this he was much Eratiied.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-14
RICHMOND REGISTRATIONS /
TOTAL LESS THAN 10000.
Official Reports Last Night Place En-.
rollments at 1905, With
Few Moro to Come.
DEFERRED CLASSES LARGEST
Men Who Give Ages at Eighteen anil
Thirty-Seven More Numerous Than
Othcrs--Chairman EIlcrson Issues
Thanks to Registrars.

The latest official report Of the num-
Der that registered In Richmond on
registration day between the ages OF
eighteen and forty-hve years was is
sued last night by the five divisions.
tically complete. but few cards are
expected by mail to-day. and the grand
total will probably reach 10000.
An interesting fact connected with
the registration was revealed when
the registrants were being classified
according to ages. and this was that
those eighteen years old and thirty.
seven years old. Just below and above
the ages TO be called first, as announced
by the provost marshal-general. are
at least % per cent greater on an aver
age than amy of the other ages. In
nearly every instance in every division
this happened 10 be the case and was
declared by Chairman ~. w. Eilcrson
Of the central registration committee.
rather remarkable disclosure.
Chairman E;llcrson last night issued
the following statement:
The central registration committee
desires to return it's thanks TO the
more than 700 citizens of Richmond
who gave their services AS registrars
for the enrolment OF Richmonds man
power These men toiled with unset
fish devotion. many Of them in advance
of registration day, and 10 their In
telligent and patriotic work the suc-
cess with which the task OF recistra-
ton was accomplished is TO he credited
COLORED MES RENDER AID
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-14

Resinol Ointment heals skin irrita.
tons that if neglected become serious.
One small pimple or slight blotch
mars the most beautiful face. A patch
Of itching eczema or other skin all.
ment causes great discomfort and
much misery.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-27
NO CHANCE FOR PEACE

vYON HERTLING'S speech holds
" out no hope for ar1 early peace.
He deliberately closes the door
President Wilson held open for him.
His address was intended for home
consumption only. 1t abounds in
false conclusions and deliberate lies.
1t is hypocritical and cynical. 1t as
cribes to the Allies war aims that
none of them hold. 1t prolongs the
conflict indefinitely and spells utter
ruin for the Hohenzollern dynasty,
for Won Hertling makes it very clear
that America, at least, cannot make
peace with Prussianism; that democ-
racy cannot live in peace and har-
mony with an autocracy which pre-
tends to be making war for defensive
purposes only at the very moment
it is looting and pillaging the ruth
lessly annexed territory of a helpless
neighboring state.
With only one paragraph of Won
Hertling's speech are we in entire
harmony. that part being in which
he says: THE blood of the fallen,
the agonies of the mutilated and the
distress and sufferings of peoples will
fall on the heads of those who in
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-27

again to the choice of dry" or
wet" legislators, just where it stands
now.
The prohibition movement has
reached stage where it will come
before the Legislature next session
automatically. The Legislature can
not dodge the responsibility placed
upon it, even though it would. Tenn
perance sentiment is growing by
leaps and bounds. The candidate for
House or Senate who does not reckon
with it will make a sad mistake. The
legalized liquor business is unpop-
ular, not only with men who do not
drink, but with thousands who do.
Its evils are admitted. Its days are
numbered. It remains to be seen
whether Pennsylvania is to be first
or last to adopt the amendment, or
whether this State will permit the
reform to be made without having
had a voice in it
Every candidate for the Legisla-
ture must make his own decision as
to where he will stand, but If he
choose to be wet" he must be con-
tent to abide by the consequences. A
majority. of the great newspapers OF
the State are on record that they
will support none but dry" candi-
dates for House and Senate this
year. In every county non-partisan
organizations for the promotion of
prohibition sentiment and its crys-
talization around dry" candidates
of all parties are being formed.
Never in the history of the country
has there been such a wave of public
opinion in favor of the abolition of
liquor. Wise political leaders will see
to it that it does not leave them high
and dry on a desolate beach. Dodging
the question is impossible.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-27

1t seems to ME a remarkable thing
that in going about here in Paris for
two weeks 1 should have seen but
one soldier who was the worse for
drink, and he was not an Ameri-
can. The Yankees are notably SER
ious and businesslike in their be-
havior.
True, saw one playful New York
lad at the Follies Bergere the other
evening, standing in the front rows
and with baton in hand doing what
he could to assist the leader of the
orchestra, but he was a real come
dian and contributed to the joy of
the night. A lot of young men in
khaki who had learned few
French words were tossing them at
the actors. The danseuses or sing
ers were frequently interrupted by
shouts of "Pourquoi-pourquo 2"
from the boys. 1t was obviously
just a sample of newly acquired
goods and it amused the players.
Everywhere the too playful SOL
dier is treated with good natured
tolerance. The performance was
partly in English and there were
many compliments for Uncle Sam in
it.-Irving Bachelor in the Inde-
pendent IN. "
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-27
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
Gov. Pennypacker,s Autobiography

Gov. PennypackerS AuCODlOSfapny
The John C. Winston. Company,
Philadelphia announces for issue,
March is, in book form, 1.-THE Auto
biography of a Pennsylvania" by
Samuel w. Pennypacker. The work
will be published complete in the
exact form in which it was written
by the late Governor. including the
humorous and pungent references
to numerous Pennsylvanians.
1t contains the stirring personal
memoirs of a fighting Pennsylvan-
ian. 1t is the intimate history of all
his encounters with other promi-
nent men. Friends and foes alike
are described with frankness that
reveals the late Governors remark
able insight into the hidden motives
of his associates.
The autobiography will be pub
lished in full. Shortly after Cover
nor Pennypacker's death, number
of prominent Pennsylvanians. in
cluding Governor rumbaugh,
Hampton L. Carson, George Whar-
ton Pepper, Mayor Sulzberger and
others addressed letter to his fam
lily, requesting that no part be omit
ted out of a desire to avoid contro-
versy or to protect the sensitive feel
ing of those bruised by Governor
Pennypacker's blunt rrankness.
This request has been granted.
Beyond the verification of certain
names, dates and minor incidents,
there has been no editing. What
ever or whoever may be MANNED, the
autobiography goes forth unchang-
ed.
The wide range of interesting ex-
nnUnrnd hV fxnUarn0r
Pennypacker's narrative is suggest
ed by the following excerpt from his
"Foreword:"
81 have been brought into rela-
tions with the Presidents, from Lin
coin to Roosevelt; with the Generals
Grant, Sherman, Hancock, Sickles.
Howard and Sheridan. and have
corresponded with Darwin, LIE
Compile de Paris, DeHoop, Scheffer,
Bayard Taylor and Lloyd Mifflin. L
have made addresses at Stony Point
and at Gettysburg. 1 have presided
over the Law Academy, the Histori-
cal Society of Pennsylvania, the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, a court.
and the Commonwealth. I have
walked one hundred and seventy
five miles on stretch and have
ridden down Pennsylvania Avenue
from the Capitol to the White House
at the head of ten thousand men.
have carried on\my back at one time
twenty pounds of putty and at an
other a musket. I have made pills
in Kensington, thrown a load of
wood into a Chestnut Street cellar,
kept the books of an oil company,
moved weeds in a meadow. gather
ed a great library, written eighty
books and pamphlets, tried men for
murder and sent sixty-six criminals
to be hanged. Therefore is this
story begun"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-27
LESSONS IN MODERN WAR
LEARNED IN ANCIENT YPRES
Wife of Bath, he merely wrote:
OF cloth making she had such a

Wife of Bath, he merely wrote:
OF cloth making she had such a
haunt,
She passeth them of Ypres and
of Ghent.
Ypres suffered by the wars in the
Middle Ages. At one siege at the
end of a single days fighting there
enough arrows to fill more than two
great hogsheads. In one century
the city was captured four times
by the French. Under Spanish oc-
cupation it suffered frightfully. Yet,
through all the Middle Ages it could
look back at one glorious battle-the
Battle of the Spurs.
With riches came city betterment,
and broad streets and its great struc-
lures were built, and it's Grande
Place, the finest in the country, with
the exception of the wide square in
Brussels, was conceived. Ypres was
now at the height of it's prosperity
in 1925. Then evil fell upon 1t and
armies despoiled it periodically. FL
nally, in 1888, jealous Client be-
sieged it's walls, captured it and al
most destroyed it. 1t was done to
destroy business rival Many thou
sands of artisans fled to England.
From that time the city has con-
tinued to decay.
Silkhs Saved Day For British
When, in October, 1914, the Ger
mans had to evacuate the city, be-
gan the first great battle of Ypres.
1t, in reality, overlapped the battle
of the User. The Germans attempted
to take Ypres from the British.
Those were dangerous days for the
Allies. The Germans were attempt
ing to break through the British
and French lines, the objective being
the French Channel ports. October
"a the allied lines ran from Dix
nude, in a great arc, through Lam
gemarck, Gheluvelt, through the
woods southeast of Ypres, along the
eastern ridge of the Mont-des-Cats,
across the -Lys, to La Bassee. Day
after day the Germans made terri
fic attacks, using some of the crack
regiments of the old Prussan Guard.
Now for the first time in this war
East Indian troops entered the
trenches to do battle for the British
Empire-Ghurkas and the Sikhs,
those powerful mountaineers from
the foothills of the Himalayas, in
the northern part of Upper Burma.
The lines of battle swung back and
forth for days along this battle
front. The defense made by the
British, outnumbered and outgun-
ned, against the successive attacks
of the Germans will ever remain re-
markable in the annals of this
war. These attacks came very
near succeeding, but the third day
the half-savage Sikhs and Ghurkas,
who know no fear, made a terrific
drive and recaptured the village and
held 1t.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-27
DIR. SAMUEL G. DIXON

TT is impossible to calculate the
loss Pennsylvania has sustained
in the death of DR.. Samuel G..
Dixon, State Health Commissioner.
1T is not too much to say that it will
be impossible to match him as health
executive of the Commonwealth. He
was at once a creator, an organizer,
an administrator, a laboratory ex-
pert, a medical specialist and a
businessman of great ability and Wis
ion. These talents he combined with
a warm sympathy for the sick and
unfortunate, conscience of the old
New England type, lively sense of
Justice and a passion for detail and
hard work.
DIR. Dixon has left his mark in
hehbly upon the life of the Common
wealth. His anti-tuberculosis meas
nres alone have saved the lives Of
thousands and have sent hundreds
of hopeless consumptives back rosey
checked and happy to families that
looked upon their cure as little less
than miraculous. And this is but one
phase of his many-sided career.
When DR.. Dixon was appointed
Pennsylvania had no such branch of
government as a State Health De-
partment. He not only organized the
department but made it one of the
most efficient and far-reaching or
ganizations in the world.
With powers second only to those
of the Governor, in many respects,
DR.. Dixon exercised them so dip
lomatically and so equitably that he
won popular support where a less
able or a less conscientious man
would have aroused antagonisms. He
was an ideal public servant, such a
one as appears only once or twice
in a generation. If Governor Penny
packer, who first appointed DR.. Dix
on, had done no other thing, his ad-
ministration would have been justi-
fed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-27
THIS YEARS ISSUES

The Tribune is convinced that
those Democratic and Republican
leaders who are so very anxious to
bring war issues to the front in a
state campaign are really interested
in sidetracking important state is
sues. They are wise enough to
understand, we hope, that the over
whelming majority of the people
of the Commonwealth, regardless of
party affiliations, are loyal and true.
Indeed it is our conviction that If
and IL the Republican platform
treated President Wilson in a criti-
cal way, many thousands of Repub-
licans would refuse to vote for can
didates standing upon such O plat
form. President Wilson is not per-
feet; he is a very pronounced parti-
SAM he is very tenacious of his
own opinions; but, for all that, he
has the confidence of the American
people of all parties and any effort
to embarrass him by criticism hav-
ing for it's motive PARTISAN advant-
age, would recoil upon it's authors.
The people of Pennsylvania are
asking political leaders to deliver
them from rum rule. They want a
legislature that will adopt local OPP
tion as a temporary expedient and
likewise ratify the prohibitory
amendment to the national consti-
tuition. Give them prohibition and
they will very soon make an end
of the rich mems clubs" concerning
whose existence Mr.. Secretary VIII
son is so greatly concerned. They
want to vote for a candidate for
Governor who is not afraid of the
brewers or the politicians. and they
are anxious for legislative candi-
date of the same caliber.-From
the Altoona Tribune.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-27

= f WILL II. HAYS, the new Re
publican National Chairman,
continues as he has begun, the
party will go before the voters in
1920 united and harmonious. In one
breath Chairman Hays naively tells
reporters that he has called on Col
onel Roosevelt, Mr.. Hughes, Mr..
Taft, Senator Penrose, Senator
Smoot and Senator Johnson. "I am
going to- get into touch with all the
leaders and bring them together in a
closely united party" he says, and
Republicans everywhere wish him
the best of luck in his endeavors.
The rank and file of the Repub-
lican party are tired of pickering and
sick of inter-party strife. Petty
politics has no place in America to-
day. Bigger things occupy the atten-
tion of the public and big issues
alone can hold attention and mold
opinion. The Republicans next cam
paign not only must show a firm and
unbroken front, but they must be
prepared 10 lead the way toward the
new era of national life that is just
around the corner on the road to
tomorrow. That way lies victory.
The party must find some issue big
ger than mere faultfindings. 1t must
be affirmative, not negative.
Mr.. Hays is moving in the right
direction. First organize thoroughly;
then take the offensive.
National prohibition is anything but
D. dry topic Just. now.