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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-21
Seeks Funds for
Annual Reunion
Mrs. Randolph Calls for Contri-
buttons TO Send Confederate
Veterans to Tulsa.

In order that expenses OF Confeder
ate veterans who desire TO attend the
Confederate Reunion at Tulsa OH"
september 25-27. may be betrayed. the
Confederate ORGANIZATIONS Of the city
nave undertaken to raise the sum u;
"''. Mrs. Norman Y. Randolph iS
neral chairman OF the movement 10
is. this sum.
10 tides Mrs randolph. contribution,
~ he received by Mrs : Dors..
~N"n":. treasurer OF lcul West Ora
''r""' and n" !Cliowius chairmcu of
her organizations:
MIS-. j. H. Hug hes. o:kwool: Mr.:
= j. White. hollywood: Miss Nellie
iHr&anlin and airs ~ e. Redford. -.
Lee Chapter. L. H. e.: Mrs Arcrcs
lhIradc. Mrs. Sulas I.arradc ana Nj.
j. Nl"n. Chesterfield Chapter.
h.tc" Daughters OF the Conf"deva " ::
Mrs. samuel Cohen. Hebrew Memorial
'S""!ation: Mrs, c. w. Massie. Oak
'"I Juniors; Mrs. Samuel Dew IIoiiv-
'I juniors. ANA Mrs. L. T.: Mom"i.
'H"w Fontainc Maury Associatio.
,hhn'ncin" her appeal for fun *
"i Hnmdo'Hh said that Il WAS direct, d
",iculauly 10 Veterans. ronr,dorn.S
n"n. Sous az veterans and d:u.ht ,rs
OF veterans.
IN" GoNcri'neni has very .cnerou ~
Yen I" vri"rinS u rate OF ! ccnl :,
lie ana privilege Of thirty DAYS 20
Z D. reunion" >nid Mrs. Raudolph "r.w
tn" old cnutcdcrA;, veterans ,.r
''o even !" pay his: no greater. pleas
could hr given thcn. and we w.sn
90 nave contributed NOT less ;h,n siup
*"hu thes- men - this mo: ,,roh-
Idly IN" las, C"uf"L~;:,,c .euni ~. A.
representatives. of Confederate organi
CONS We feel that ii * only ncc,s-
90! TO make the statement .n.,i 81.
authorized 10y Il. L.. Lee t,anp. \,
)" receive contributions az Won.
"'uNH:lee' Civ" literally ~ vo,,..
: l'"''ei means something in melnur.
'' dcar one who served his country
ia state aS these few survivors di.,
'"tH were our boys Of fifty Yea >
- an" Will" ~ need not ,lcnv ny.
boy of to-day. rerlomber our ,.i,.i..
i"nS Ia tho Confederate veteran
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-21
PRESENTS FRENCH FLAG
rternn of trinca md Of Confederate,
Makes .ift to City. OF
Richmond.

Completing The Representation Of the
quartet OF great nations that are
now ngh'inE side by side Oh the bat
lie field OF Europe in behalf Of human
ny and justice. the national banner
OF France was yesterday presented to
the city through the Administrative
Board by Raphael fcrrnndini veteran
tighter in the Crimca and on the side
of the conf"deracy ia the War &c
tween the States.
The banner viii he suspended from
the north side Of tho city Hall over
the Broad street entrance. where wave
Old Glory and the national banners
OF Great Britain and Italy.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-21
CITED FOR GALLANTRY
Captain David y. DarEcu 10 Receive
Distinguished service
Medal

According 70 information received
yesterday by his father q. l;rnokc
Qoggett Of 1905 GROVE Avenue. c.,p
tain David 8. Dorgctt has hccu ci,rd
for the 'distinEuished Service medal"
for gallantry ia action. and appointed
to the command OF the hcadguar,crs
guard. 18TH Field Artillery. rnitcd
States regulars.
in a recent letter 10 his father can
tain Doggett stated that his regiment,
was engaged for three days without
rest or sleep. his dugoUt being nearly
blown in one night; that il vs. am
everyday occurrence for shells and
shell fragments 10 fall like hail but
that up 20 the date OF the letter the
casualties in his regiment had not
been excessive.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-21
ALEXANDRIA WATER CASES
SETTLED BY COMMISSION
Company Ordered to Build FILTRATION
Plnnt and TX Granted Increased
Rites.

Disposing of two cases involving
complaints of Inadequate service. in
sanitary water supply and unrcason-
ably high rates, against the Alexandria
Water Company. and of compiIints OF
the company that it's rates are 100 low
the State Corporation Commission yes
terdtE ISSUED an order partly sustain
ing both sides 1t is held that the
water supply Is not sufficiently guard
ed against infection. and. by order
issued some weeks since. the company
is required to build Il filtration plant
at once.
The commission holds that the sup
ply or water is now sufficient. but that
as soon as construction conditions be-
come normal after the war. il will he
necessary to build Il pipe line between
the CITY ana the dam at Bancroft. Fair
fax County. where the water shed is
located
1t is held that mains in the city
streets are of sufficient size 70" domes
tic purposes. but not to furnish pressure
and volume through fire plugs for fire
protection purposes. Lack OF pressure
in houses Is held to be mainly due TO
the company's failure TO require stand
ard service pipes of adequate size. The
company is required to clean its mains
OF rust.
on the question of rates. The COM
pany is allowed an increase. though
not to the level ii had asked. and the
commission says that any schedule
adopted at this time Is more pr less
necessarily tentative.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-21
MOOSE TO GIVE DANCE
VIII Hold Entertainment and Water
melon Feast mt Now
PumphOuSr.

Richmond Lodge No. $40. Loyal Order
OF Moose will give Il dance and water.
melon feast. Thursday night from $50 /,
1880 o'clock at the New pulnphouSo foi
its members and amy Moose in ScrNicc
at the various camps. Women will mo-
be admitted at the dance unless viii
Moose escort. Arrangements have hcci
made to convey the crowd to and from
the PumphouSc. by automobiles viii
banners reading Moose" which VIII
meet the street ears at the Reservoir
The committee in charge consists OF
w. G. Crosier. 7. w More. Oscar oliver
Joe IL. Long and &. g. Pearson.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-21
BAD s.ii:N >ENnN uo>y:IS
~" l'>I.i.It, ,.-.- =,

i.i"utorarr sands was ~ nc rrs,
'me'ican nursuit group. the Tw.mtv-
seventh Aerial Squadron. and ".d al
ready made remarkable r"ro-d lie
attended tive ground school at Cornell
h%H'nE enlisted a week after war Was
declared. and later took his diving
training At Camp Sclfridgc. near be
troit having been made HRS, lieutenant
October !. He landed in France ON
Christmas Day and had seven months
foreign service to his credit
Lieutenant Sands completed his train
ing in sunny Italy. just outside his
toric Rome. He refused an offer TO
become instructor in ono OF TIC avia-
tion camps hc'c. so impatient was he
to give battle in this the greatest OF
all crusadcs GayIy. gallantly with
brave hearts ana stainless shields thew
have gone foith to the encounter these
Youthful k:irhts of the air. and their
names and service are forever craven
on tho golden tablets of their country's
rouor lull
Friends and relatives OF I.i"utcuant
Sands are daily expecting news that
he was forced TO descend in SwitZcr.
land or possibly Holland lie MAY
even be prisoner behind tho German
lines.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-21
Acknowledgement to speak.

Acknowledgement John K. Saunders
will speak Al prayer meeting tonight
at Tie Broad street Methodist Church
at Sis o'clock.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-21
SANS SHEHirI PROMISED
IMMUNITY TO DESI;RrI:It

The whole trouble it appears grew
out OF the descrtion from Camp Lee OF
"A son OF Arthur Mullins. a wealth,
farmer. Sheriff NJ G. Swindell prom
ised the boy practical immunity from
punishment If he would come TO tho
county seat and leave with the Nom
days increment TO be sent from tina
county TO Camp Lee. In the meantim.
special agent of the Department OF
Justice appeared on the scene and de-
handed OF the boys father that he be
produced at once The sheriff and ths
agent were wogkin independently of
sch other. and the sheriff alleges that
he did not know of the agents acti
vi,ies there.
The result was that the boy was not
produced rs speedily rs the agent de
sired. When he did come he was ar.
rested and placed in Jail His father
and the sheriff were also arrested.
charged with ,phst-ucting the draft.
Another arrest was that of John r.
Mullins. who, in the dispatch from Roa-
noke, was said TO be a relation OF
Coombs. This according TO Senator
Chase, is not true. MIR. Mullins is the
father OF two sons mo are alleged 10
have purposely manned themselves 10
escape army service. One is alleged
to have shot one of his feet off. The
other had all OF his teeth extracted.
The first says he shot his foot acct
dentally while hunting. The other says
his teeth were decaycd and that il was
necessary that they be pulled. MIR.
Mullins was arrested. charged with har-
boring and encouraging slackers
These instances, Senator Chase says.
are about the sum total OF draft truu-
bles in Dickinson. We never had
but four desertcrs." he declares. and
one OF them voluntarily returned 10
camp"
Dickinson County has zone over the
top in every patriotic campaign waged
since the war started. except in the
matter OF war savings stamps, the
Senator says, and in that instance We
| are not behind other counties OF the
State"
Please let the people know that my
county is always ready TO do its Bit
he concluded.
The Con5ndnrata 5IuSourn
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-21
sa7s,oco 10 1000 Pensioners.

Benehciaries OF the Virginia pension
law will receive their checks for the
last half Of the year about the middle
OF September. Auditor Moore stated
that the warrants would BE mailed on
September lG. The amount to be paid
out 10 Confederate veterans and their
WIDOWS VIII amount TO approximately
$4,000. The number Of benefciarles
Is about 1900.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-21
Game rIcntIruIin Alexandra,

II. 7. TIhII, OF NltNnnlria wanna
warden for that county. said yester-
day III the Office of the Department, OF
Game and inland Fisheries. that there
would he plenty of birds in his county
inns tail lie said that the cold wealth
er failed 10 freeze hard enough to hurt
tn" :.athercG crop in his vicinity.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-21

Timcs-Dlspntch Want Ads circulate
seven days II week among thousands
Of people. They result producers.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-21

TO buy or sell. exchange or trade
Ttmrs-Dispatrh Want Ads are the
statesmen efficient. Call Randolph I.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-24
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.
Continued.

ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS cash purchases a
good paying, small manufacturing business:
owner going to France; equipment and stock
worth more than price asked government con
tract: immediate possession with orders In hand;
no time for agents triners; will stand X-ray
investisation. Address Box COP. Star once Is.
PARTIES with from 500 to 81 900 can, IL they
net quickly. get in a proposition that should
double their money in 80 days: prominent local
28S-P Star office o6s
PARTNER wANTED-Good office manager TO
invest $500 in the business. Address p. O. Box
1928. city post Office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-24

Poolroom: best location in city; worth s. so
price, $1,000. We secure for sale places wor
while. We don't have to list the dead ones
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-24

Stationery. cigars and school supplies neal
schools. For particulars apply at this Office
Lunchroom. transfer junction; open day ani
night. price reasonable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-24

ON ACCOUNT OF being called TO the colors am
compelled 10 sell a cash grocery and meat bust
ness: weekly sales, $S00-$J 100; reasonable rent
and up-to-date fixtures. address Box 59-r, Star
a6lce. %
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-24

WANTED-At once. Pennsylvania Il. R.. y
and Virginia s.w., office and warehouse
clerks: also messengers: good pay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-24

SHADEs-Gocd quality Opaque shaded. lifted
your Windows. only Sc; the best quality .
Opaque shades. 75c hung free. We call Wit
samples. kLEEBLATT'S. 18th and 81 SITS. NJ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-24
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.

BARGAIN-Soft drink and bottling business in
GLIDING machinery. stock. office fixtures, horses
wagons, small mint for right man; owner called
away, will sacrifice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-24
FEMALE-Confin1ed.

INSTRUMENTATION experienced. for
-permanent position: state age and experience
apply by letter only II. s. W. TBS 18th st.
u.w. "a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20
FIRE FROM. BOATS
AirpIane Gunners Shoot From
Moving Platforms. \
T. s
Selfridge Field Is Scene of Few
Air Accidents.

Mt. Clemens, Mich. July 20.-One
year ago the expanse of marsh land,
now the site of Selfridge aviation
field, was tenanted by two thousand
laborers, working day and night with
hundreds of thousands of feet of lum-
Der to give the United States war de-
partment a school for the training OF
its airmen.
Today Selfridge Field, the finishing
school for gunners and observers, is
generally considered one OF the most
ATTRACTIVE camps in the country.
Se1fridge field this year is training
no pilots, but is purely gunnery and
reconnaissance school, the cadets COM
ing here from ground schools and
those of them who are candidates for
commissions as gunners go onto the
range and learn the use of machine
guns.
= When gunnery candidates have
Shown the required proficiency on the
on Lake st. Clair where they practice
shooting from speed boats, averaging
forty miles an hour thru the water.
This accustoms the men, to the use OF
the guns from a moving platform.
The next step in completing the
air, in charge of an expert pilot FIRE.
quently these pilots are foreign officers
who have seen actual service. In the
air the gunnery student In drilled in
the use of the camera gun which
takes picture of its objective. instead
of shooting cartridge. The gunner
shoots" at another airplane or at a
balloon towed by another airplane.
Candidates for commissions as OBJ
servers fly with a pilot over the sur
rounding territory and then report
what they have seen to an officer at
the field.
Citizens of Mt. Clemens and nearby
towns have not yet become accustomed
to the sight of seeing planes, con-
the field, tumble and spiral and hurtle
down, apparently to their destruction.
All of the Selfridge field pilots are
seasoned airmen with training of a
year or more and accidents are rare.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20
LICHTLESS NIGHTS
After Next Week, Mondays and
Tuesdays Will Be Dark.
Rules Will Be Same as Last
Winter Except Different Days.

Washington. July 2o.-Resumption
of "lightless nights" inaugurated last
winter to save fuel, will become eff
fective next Wednesday, 1t has been
announced by the fuel administration
All outdoor illumination, with the ex-
ception of necessary street lighting.
will be discontinued after that date
on Monday, Tuesday. Wednesday and
Thursday of each week in the New
England states. New York, Pernsyl-
vania. New Jersey. Delaware, Mary
land ana the District of Columbia. and
on Monday and Tuesday of Zach week
in the remainder of the United States.
The regulations under which the
"Hghtless nights" will be carried out
are the same as those put into force
by the fuel administration last winter
with the exception of the nights de=-
ignated. Street lighting will be re-
duced to that necessary for public
safety. Roof gardens and outdoor res
taurants and motion picture theaters
are not affected by the order.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20

but I am heartbroken. so goodbye.
God bless you for I know you have
had hard time in life. Your heart
broken son, David Johnston"
Johnston had been persistent in his
attentions to Miss Haigh, altho she
had discouraged him. He thought her
mother influenced her against him.
Friday when he called at the
Haigh. home the girl returned his
watch and ring she had been wearing
and told him she could have nothing
further to do with him. as it would be
unfair to her soldier sweetheart in
France. The shooting followed.
The Ada whom Johnston refers to
in his letter to his mother as having
deceived him is his wife in England.
Whether he was divorced from her is
not known here. The rumor has been
current in Radley that Johnston was
a Stacker from the English army, but
it is not verified. Miss Haigh is in a
local hospital in a critical condition
The. bullet struck her in the back just
above the waist line and lodged in the
right chest. She has been kept in ig-
norance of her mothers death.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20
Casualties Few Considering the
Number Engaged.
HOSPITAL FACILITIES TAXED
First Time Many Americans
Have Participated.
French Greet American Wound.
ed With Flowers.

Paris. July 2O.-The back-wash
from the battle on the American front
is flowing into Paris.
American Red Cross hospitals are
filling up with cases which can be
rushed from the dressing stations at
the front direct to Paris. All the
American hospital are scenes of in
up cots on every available spot
Casualties Light considering"
While this preparation is going on.
however, hospital officials declare the
number of casualties. considering the
extent of the American operations. is
wonderfully small. But this is the
first time our Joys have participated
on such a large scale and the hospital
facilities are being taxed.
French Greet Wounded.
At twilight yesterday. long lines Of
American ambulances crawIed slowly
along a boulevard in the eastern part
of the city toward tho hospitals.
Crowds of promenaders halted and
walked to the edge of the sidewalk.
Silently and reverently. military men
saluted each ambulance. Old men
raised their hats. while yomen waved
handkerchiefs and children tossed
their nosegays into the ambulances.
Bandaged Americans-those slightly
wounded-waved back. Others smiled
wanly at the demonstration of affec-
ton.
AS the news of the Franco-Amerf-
can success spread thru the city 1t
was a frequent sight to see the French
halt Americans and shake their hands
sometimes kissing them before the
abashed Yankees could retreat.
Nurses Work Day and Night.
The American Red Cross IS meet
ing the emergency in a wonderful
manner Doctors and nurses are
working day and night. Twenty thou
sand pounds of surgical dressings and
five tons of special food have ieen
rushed to the front. Two new hos
pitfalls of nearly a thousand beds have
been opened in the environs. Another
will be ready Monday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20


sky was specked with allied airIlanes
darling in various directions. many re-
turning from over the German ines to
make quick report ON observations
and the result of the fire of the big
guns From the hillside the smoxe
and dust thrown UP by the allied shells
could be seen aw-y beyond he ad-
vancing Americans.
Behind the advancing troops came
American trucks loaded with choco-
late, tobacco and various foodstuffs
These went Jack and forth steadily.
Other trucks went from place 20 place
providing foodstu'fs and water for
the Americans who are to follow their
advancing comrades.
Twenty-Five minutes after the
Franco-American advance began. the
rattle or German machine guns could
be heard in the distance, but it did
not affect the Americans. who only
appeared more eager to progress
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20
Dryden IN DEMAND
When State Officials Goes Out to Cam
paign They Talk Rates to Him.


Some weeks ago WI. Dryden en-
tered the campaign for the Republic,
can nomination for state superintenS
dent of insurance. Now he has found
that he has devoted a large portion
of his time to the explanation OF new
rates and classifications adopted by
the state. Dryden assisted in the es-
Enlistment of the new rates and
schedules and in almost every town he
visits, he is called upon by local agents
for information concerning application
of rates.
Dryden started on a new trip today
after g. short stay in Topeka. Don't
know whether I win see many voters
or not" he told a friend. ''It usually
requires most of my time to explain
these new rates"
But Dryden has been able to demon
strate and explain the operation of the
rate schedules in a manner which
making game. AS consequence in
surance men in a number of Kansas
towns have rather indicated their ap-
probation of his help by organization
of their own Dryden clubs or making
personal campaign in the state act
uary's behalf.
Rates are just when they are fair
to the insurer and the insured" said
Dryden, land that was the purpose in
the establishment of the new CLASH
fications and schedules. OF course,
it will require some time to put the
rates In tforo operation, but I have
been glad to explain the order to the
agents"
Dryden is regarded as one OF the
most thoro and expert insurance rate
men in the state. But in a degree he
has paid the penalty for his knowledge
of the insurance game. While making
campaign at his own personal ex-
pense, he has devoted most of his time
to work of the state in aiding local
~eOfa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20
Failure To Regain Initiative at
Once Means Ruin.
Whole Allied Front Awaits Sig.
nal To Attack.
GERMANY HAS PUNCHES LEFT
But Allies Know the 'Duck an,
Hit" Game.
Result in Doubt Until Luden-
dorff's Reserves Are In.

D Ell. L. hGEN.
London. July 2o.-Germany's lone
chance of retrieving the initiative and
renewing her offensive is to strike soon
Nth full force working like lightning
Failure to do this means that Won
,Iindenburg's 1918 offensive dreams
With Paris and the coast ports as OBJ
ectives are shattered.
Already the French and Americans
nave begun the looping movement de-
;igned to trap the Huns located in the
pocket between scissors and Rheims
Along the whole front the signal is
awaited from Foch to begin the drive
against the boches. Tomnies and
colonials on the British front are
thrusting here and thNe to keep in
trim.
German Position Growing Desperate
The Germans position is growing
more desperate each day. The pass
ing OF time witnesses a constant in
crease in air raids on German terri
tory. Every now and then the allied
avtators go bit further. Talk is
growing regarding the possibilities OF
raiding Berlin and Vienna.
Germany undoubtedly has several
punches left, but the freshened allies
have the duck and hit" game down
to science.
London Papers Conservative.
Morning newspapers recalling the
over confidence at Cambria cautiously
advise the public to await develop
ments.
TT is still within Ludendorffs grasp
to concentrate his strength for a thrust
that will tax every resource of the al
lied defense declared the Daily
News. but the day is past when the
Germans can hope to reach the ulti-
mate detectives of their offensive"
''Foch has forced the enemy's hand
and has deprived him of the initia-
tive" the Mail said. "Ludendorff has
no time to lose, but untii>his forty re-
serve divisions (4S0,000 men) are
used up and beaten, we must not let
down our suspense"
THE taste of victory is SO good 1t
will tempt the people to think the
turning point of the war has arrived"
said the Graphic