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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-21
ANOTHER right" DENIED.

the rights of foreign nation away.
II Miss Rankin had secured her hearts
desire by the passage OF the bill, and
afterward married a Japanese. she
would have occupied the double ma
tionality of Japanese and Amer!-
canese This would have tied a
doubled and twisted knot in the laws
of inheritance, land laws and tax laws
OF both countries.
! Miss Rankin may succeed in getting
such a law passed in the state of Mon
tana. and. II she does, what a triangu-
! lar confusion would obtain, The wife
would then be an alien TO the United
States government, a citizen of for
eign country and. AT the same time.
citizen of Montana
But our congresswoman thought
not OF these things She had got in
the groove of general hysterfa for
right" and she was swept along IN
/! the thin surface of reason. II lis wen
that her bin was defeated. even II
some women in the country may have
to lose their citizenship in honor OF
some allen. To all such, America will
give the parting salute with gratifying
and joyful relief.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-21

off1ciai ihoties s given out through
t,se unit&d states bulletin that Amer1-
can py4soners in German camps are
MT nkrrnssted to send out letters with
x.3f gsfntsrg In those letters that they
- wen treated. that the food is good
A4tfAt4sat they are contented.
OF course one of the purposes IL
- dsssemnate suggestions az to the
humane character OF the Germans,
Is order to slacken the morale OF
Her enemies in their determined pur~
D0se 10 carry on the war tin Germany
Srrrenders-
Another motive may exist, though
With less likelihood. that such informa-
ffnn would effect considerate treat
msnt OF German prisoners in Ameri-
eaa hands.
Whatever the design. 1t is false
The kaea of an American soldier i'm
prfeoned in Germen camp being
contented is false on its face. and the
Huns will have poor chance to get
nys with such tricks. The text of the
offsciai bulletin is quoted;
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-21
MORE GERMAN FRAUD.

Colonel Churchill. chief OF the
military intelligence branch OF
the general STAFF, directs the at
tention OF American editors to
recently published letters from
American prisoners of war in
German camps in which the pris-
oners speak of the excellence Of
the food and general treatment of
the prisoners.
An officer of the military in
telligence branch. who spent two
years OF the war in Germany, re-
ports that there are certain rules
laid down for all prisoners in
letter writing. The price they pay
for transmission of their letters
Is that they must state that they
are we'll treated, also that the
food ia good and that they are
contented. The letters of the
prisoners are carefully censored
at the camp, and any statements
made contrary TO the rules laid
down for letter writing simply
means destruction of the letter.
1t Is therefore concluded that
any information coming from
American prisoners in Germany
is absolutely unrelia bic and
should not be published in Ameri-
can newspapers or magazines, as
in any way authentic.
II is urged that all editors give
the above very earnest considera-
ton in handling prisoners letters
that may reach them in any way
whatever.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-21

Probable, the most strenuous enort
/ 81 congresswoman Jeanette Rankin
Daring the present session of congress,
~,1s her heroic fight 10 create law 10
provide that any American woman
4 mo might marry foreigner would
4 retafn her citizenship in America. The
/ hin was reported out of the committee
I unfavorahly,
II is said that Miss Rankin can
j ~as.ed almost the entire membership
!, " The house. during a period OF sew
4 aral weeks. devoting her exclusive
i 49,. and attention. and, seemingly
z .k..,sstrr her whole energy. mind ana
khsart into this one great cause 'ha'
weighed so heavily upon her soul.
We do not know that Miss Rankin
Y, eantsm plated any personal change
! fron, her own status Of single blessed
]; $3.50 by marriage with Some foreign
q eafdidaae for her hand. or whether
81 - WIS pressing generally along the
k1ines for woman's rights" In the
* 80 ease, without proper legislation.
ss - would ipso facto become for
Il Algnsr, since, as matter OF law the
d 80 becomes nationafized with her
~ 1band, and this would necessitaie
800 alection OF someone TO take Miss
nj n nkfn'e seat in the lower house II,
90 vsover. che was simply looking after
IA " general rights" OF women, as was
9Ifi1eG likely the case in view of con-
1Hs <&lons unnecessary TO discuss, shcn
would seem that Miss Rankin is
S4her mixed in her Americanism.
~ We do verify believe that any wo-
~ who prefers some alien as her
rather than an American eiti-
ii13 II she should be consigned without
nlightest regret TO rne nationality
Iher foreign lord and master.
M ame difficult puzzles might arise
M union IL one side Of the house
American and the other Japa-
for instance. II child were
on the high seas. what would
aAtonaiity be---wuuld 1t partake OF
mother or father II born In any
GkY foreign to both parents, what
- n AZ 4
Go born. even in the country o.
~ parent. what would be the
l d1miciie OF the newcomer?
~ could our congress lsgisists
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-21
BURSTING SHELLS CAN'T DRIVE RED
TRIANGLE MAN FROM HIS TRENCH JOB

the supplies left in that advanced
post exchange.
Il figured the truck would be up
tonight" said the owner Of the dug
out, but no chance now II the boche
keep this up. They won't be allowed
down the road"
That bird'l come If he's allowed"
For an hour the two men crouched
in their places while shells screamed
overhead and plunged down in all
directions. They were showered with
Fearth. but escaped missiles of harder
character Suddenly the Germans
ceased firing.
There. I'm going home" said the
visitor
II got to stay. Bon chance"
He did have to stay. and that woods
was no comfortable place TO stay in
that night. Beginning late in the
evening the boche showered it with
high explosives, with shrapnel, and
then began sending over gas. Gas
was reported TO the right; it was re-
ported TO the left. 1t did not need to
be reported on the spot. because II
| could be shifted very quickly.
The Hun has a way of sending over
sneeze gas. This irritates the nose
and throat and sets up spasmodit
| sneezing and coughing. He will fol.
! low this with ordinary gas Of Hur
commerce. fatal If breathed in suf.
| ficient quantities. and then to finish
| the matter off with true humanity ht
sends along the dreaded mustard.
| In this deluge the Y. NJ. c. A. mar
was compelled to sit all night MOI
was he the only man of the organiza
ton. The motto of the secretaries a
the front is. Where the boys can stay
| we can stay" and they do stay.
] In the morning, when the firing hat
ceased or when it had been silenced
the Y. M. G. a. man crawled out o.
his shelter to help with the wounded
II was part of his job. Anything tina
was asked Of him was part of his job
from sewing on button to givint
advice in a troublesome love affair
| or holding the hand of boy who hat
| gotten his and was going west-i
was all in the days work.
This was just one incident in the
life of front line secretary. 1t goes
on for days and weeks. He stays be-
cause the boys want him there, anc
because he has marched with then
for months and slept with them an6
eaten with them and gone hungry
with them for months. They are hi:
men. There is saying becoming
more and more current with oul
army 1t is this: Them Y. M. c. A
guys have got CUTS"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-21
GOVERNMENT MAY AID
ON HIGHWAY BR|OG|

=,
Petersburg, va Aug @o'--I the
regular meeting of the board of al
darna, last pirbt the question of the
oe' "'Vh '''s' n'S'i'
| concrete N'aouo' "0i ''' Wv
mattox river. from Bollingorook street
Ito Colonial Heights. was taken up and
s.,., ~. w. ,,e,,hers Alderman
~ =,
fooie explained 'hat me oi's ""o
ready voted 100000 fer this project
and that the railroads had agreed to
,.o so,,, s,,,r, for tho bridge and
save Wv -,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-21

Paris, Aug. 19.--The air was filled
with Il tremendous shrek which con-
tinued while one might count ten;
then came defamation that ripped
the air to sbreds. il was a boche
shell of the sort called, not anec-
tionately the two-hundred- and ten
the first of the evening hate. FRITZ
always picks out the mess hour to
begin his bombardment. The men
claim IT is to spoil their appetites, in
which he succeeds.
The shells came one after another
plunging into the soft earth and send
ing up huge geysers of earth, sod
shattered trees "a hundred feet into
the air Particles of shell-casne
whizzed and whistled through the air
sometimes falling q full hundred
yards from the point of the explosion
The men. abandoning mess kits al
the mouths of their tiny dugouts
Owed into the ground The little
patch of woods looked like village
occupied by startled rabbits. Pres
emily heads poked up and curious eyes
peered about. for curiosity is the be-
setting sin of the American soldier.
One man, with a red triangle On his
sleeve and bundle OF newspa pers
under his arm, was making tracks as
Hey. YOU Y. NJ. G. A. guy. what;
the hurry" a voice beloved to him
Dive, buddy, dive! Make believe the
ground is a lake. and dive right in"
But there was no place for him to
go. Swap you a paper for a dug
out" he yelled
NO trade" came the answer.
Your pals got dugout yonder -
n sergeant said. His place was
blown up last night when Lieutenant
----- was killed. He was busy all day
digging a new place. Maybe he's got
it done
The secretary hurried in the indi-
Gated direction. Not far away he saw
a red triangle hanging to a tree be-
side decent sized excavation
roofiess excavation. Down in the hole
was the other Y. NJ. G. A. man, sitting
on the ground, looking up disconso-
lately at the place where his bomb
proof roof should have been, but
wasn't.
"One consolation" he said. "if they
register a direct hit with high ex-
plosve. I'm as well off as If had a
roof Come ON in. Scrooch down
and you'll be out of the way of splin-
tiers, anyhow"
Side by side the secretaries
"scrooched. On soap box in a
corner of the hole was pitiful little
stock of cigarettes and chocolate--al
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-21
STANDARD CLOTHES
FOR ENGLISH WOMEN

London. Aug. ls.--Standard gar
ments for women--an eventuality In
the United States--will soon become
reality in England.
Under direction of Sir Charles
Sykes director Of Great Britain s
provide dress lengths OF standardized
cloth for women A nationwide sys-
tenn similar to the standard-suits-fo for
men plan now tp effect in Grea,
Britain will be inaugurated for
women soon according to b. Turner
president of the national unions and
societies of textile trades.
Reports have reached British OFT.
cials that tentative plans are under
way in America to adopt the English
| system of government controlled
standard suits and standard prices fol
men. according to Turner. This may
be followed by plan for standard
suits for women in America. 1t Is said
Mems clothing Is about 100 per cent
| per cent for womens clothes" said Mr.
Turner 1T looks as II somebody was
making prof. which should net be
the case"
! Under the new English system mer
have half dozen or more different
kinds of goods to choose from fol
their standard suits. These suits
average In price from SIS to S22.
| The price for womcn's suits prob
ably viii be about the same. The con.
sensus of feminine opinion inciines Il
] having the quality and price OF mater.
| ial fixed and also the price of making
/ in certain simple styles. The womer
are unanimous, however. In demanding
that they must choose the cuts them
/ selves.
/, The ciumsiness of mems standars
suits, says one woman. shows u:
that men must not attempt to die
| tate the cut Of our clothes but some
thing must bedone before winter Il
ensure every worker warm cloth "A
! reasonable prices. II standard clotl
/ is not introduced before winter. ther
put us all into khaki"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-21
BLUFFTNG- FRENCHMAN
TAKES GERMAN TRENCH

German army orders found on
prisoners taken In the recent
fighting demand that the Noyon-
Lassigny line be held mt all costs.
The Teuton high command IL
sending Prussian guards and the
choicest Bavarian troops into the
hattie, Crown Prince Rupprecht
using up his shock troops that
were supposed to be reserved for
his grand offensive In the north.
The French, on the other hand.
are using ordinary line troops I'm
their steady advance, and are cx-
ercising wise economy In the use
Of their man power resources.
Many stories of individual hero
ism come from the front. One
lieutenant with handful Of men
captured whole German trench
and thirty German machine gun
hers by threatening to blow up
the trench with minenwerfer,
though he and his men had only
rcvolyers and bay0netA.'-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-21
SAD SEA DOGS ARE MADE
WHILE STUDENTS WAIT
Typical Surrounding Confront CAndi-
dates for Sea Work On Every 4
Side at Chicago. g

The United States navy has devel-
oped on the municipal pier In Chit
cago, one Of the most important Of at1s
naval training stations. school Tor
the making Of ensigns and quartarss
masters to man the new ships which
Schwab and Hurley, and the shtrs
builders are turning out In record
breaking time. And the Thousands Of
visitors at the National Tsnck, Tractor
and Automobile Equipment e1pCSi-
ton. September IA to 81. will probably.
divide their interest equally beeweefts
the North half Of the immense pies,
which will shelter the exposition, and.
the South half. which shelters the
budding sailormen.
| The quarters of the future snsisns
and auartermasters have been eetah-'
lished in ship formation on two decks
OF the great pier, and. nautical terms
are in use For example: Floors are
called decks and left Is port while
right In starboard. Blue Jackets arm
| ed with bayoneted rifles patrol, the
! decks and no one gets past them on
the South half of the pier except al
visiting hours
! Nevertheless there will be plenty Of
opportunity for exposition visitors %
| hear the crack band recently organic
| ed by the school, which already takes
rank with the famous Jackie baud Of
the Great Lakes naval training sta
ton. The band will give concerts IN
the big auditorium on the pier and
on the promenades with which this
IS. 900, 900 recreation center 10 pro-
F, yited. 1t will ako be possible to
watch the jarkies at their drills. for
/ the mile-long roadway which sepaA
rates the North and South sades OF
the pier is being utilized as a drill
ground
| That the pier will be the canter OF
class in Chicago the third week ~
September, while the big expoaftton
| Is on. goes without saying. for the
young men who are admitted to the
| naval training school there arc AL
carefully selected from among thou
sands OF applicats They must have
at least a high school education, and
the majority are college men, many
of them leaders in college activities.
but all working like trojans to learn
the ins and outs OF the most imports
ant game they ever played.
And on the other side OF the pier
will be assembled the class Of
Americas trucks. tractors and Acces-
sories Manufacturers and dfsrfbu.
tors are taking keen interest IN thin
great showing Of wartime equipment;
and farmers. threshermen, hardware
men and local dealers from all ovei
the country have written that they
would not miss this exposition fcr
any consideration.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-21

The annual tournament of the Vir-
ginia Trapshooters' association will be
held at City Point September and 3,
and very interesting program has
been prepared. T.. Reed Shaner. sec
rotary of the association. has issued
notice that the state tournament will
be held at the City Point club at that
time. A sum of $500 has been con-
tributed for the tournament by the
Interstate association.
W. p. Allen, manager OF the du Point
plant at Hopewell. Is president OF the
Hopewell club. which Is one of the
best equipped in the state.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-21
Petersburg
NOTICES!

In case of any failure on
the part of Petersburg sub
scribers to receive The Rich
mond Virginian promptly and
regularly. they are requested
to call Russell A. Parkinson,
agent phone 1861, Peters
burg, who will see that all
such complaints are prop
erly attended to.
MIR. Parkinson Is also the
authorized collector for The
Richmond Virginian in the
Petersburg territory and Will
see that all collections are
made promptly from both the
subscribers and News Dealers.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-21

city editor Of the Evening Progress.
has given up his position at the city
desk and has entered the United
States army as a volunteer. He will
attend the Line Officers Training
school at Camp Lee.
Mr.. Land is the son of w. A. Land.
editor of the Blackstone Courier. will
known in journalistic circles for many
years
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-21
Funeral OF Mrs. Short.

The funeral of the late Mrs. George
w. Short, took place this afternoon
at o'clock from the residence, AIS
Hinton street the Rev w. T. Water
field, pastor of the High Street M. f.
church officiating. The following were
pallbearers; Messrs. w W. william
son. w. C. Alley, W. A. Brockwell, w.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-21
Two Young soIolsts.

Two young soioists have made their
debuts into the society of choir sing
ers In this city. Miss Alice Duntcn
has come from the Eastern shore OF
Virginia. to be soprano solofst- and
Mrs. T. Fl. Terrell has come from Dur.
ham, N. c.. to be contralto soioist In
Seventh Street Christian church They
are both studying under Marcus KALI
lerman.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-21
Lieutenant Mcclellan killed.

Another Richmonder has answered
the last roll call. Lieutenant John
Murray Mcclellan. the son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. A. l. Mcclellan. of Hampton Gar
dens, of this city. has been reported
killed in action in france on July IS.
He would have been twenty-one years
old on August Is had he lived. He
was senior captain At Virginia Military
Institute.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-21

Harvey c. Harrison, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Sidney H. Harrison. of High
street, this city, In writing to his pa
rents, says that he has recently been
made chief yoeman on the United
States battleship Rhode Island. Young
Harrison entered the navy over a year
ago.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-21

city. was wounded in action in the re-
cent fighting around Chateau-Thierry.
Mr. Markell is well known in this city,
and enlisted last December in the
United States marines, sailing for
France on April 2.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-21
Farewell Sermon.

Rev. c. H. Poage. formerly pastor
LOT the Washington-Street Christian
church. last night preached his fare
well sermon at that church. The Rev.
~. A. Mcclure, pastor Of the Second
Presbyterian church, assisted in the
services last night. A large congrega-
ton was present to hear the Rev. Mr..
Poage, who leaves the church to ac-
cept the chair of English at Milligan
college.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-21
Wonnfiefl In France

Word has been received here OF the
wounding in France In the recent
drive on July IL. OF George Seymour
Battaile, son of Mrs. John and the late
John Battaile. OF this city. He Is rapid
ly improving in the hospital at Vichy.
Private Nelson II. -XaxkaA az this
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-21

AS a chairman of the sinking fund
Roosevelt Page. second
auditor. has purchased $4,000 of Rid
delberger bonds at lightweight and he
has bought slT.soo of Virginia century
bonds at seventy four for the literary
fund. xl3Ei
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-21
Dan Cupid Gcts Busy.

Cupid has been unusually active In
this vicinity within the past few days
Sixteen licenses to wed were issued In
the local clerks Office today and sew
eral wedding we're solemnized here
the past two days.
At the Memorial M. e. church par
sonage Saturday at s o'clock, Daniel
Perry, of Pratt. w. Va. and Marie
Allen, OF Malhope. w. Va, were mar
ried by the pastor, Rev. z. v, Carson
Mr.. Perry is stationed at Camp Lee.
Lima Lois Rosensteel, daughter Of
Mrs. s. j. Rosensteel. Of l25 Henry
street, and Linwood Branch Arnold
were quietly married at the home o.
the bride yesterday afternoon by the
Rev. j. B. Winn, of the Washington
Street M. E. church.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-21

r. Wells, r. e. westmoreland and II.
H. O'Kennon.
Intcrment was made in Blandford
cemetery
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-21
Military Notes.
uuituTy sNoeNS.
(Special to The Richmond virginia.

Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
Petersburg, Aug. 2o.-Pending the
selection of a successor to Col. II. G.
Davies as provost marshal of Peters
bury and vicinity. First Lieutenant
John J. Collins is acting as provost
marshal
Col. Davies, who In addition to act
ing in the capacity of provost marshal
of this vicinity, was also commander
of the second section, depot brigade, at
Camp Lee. Recently he was pro-
NOTED to the rank of colonel from
lieutenant colonel. He left yesterday
for Camp Dix, n. J.. where he will be
in command of regiment OF a divf-
sion at that camp. 1t Is thought that
his successor will be chosen within a
few days, and in the meantime Lieut.
Collins will act as provost marshal oil
Petersburg, Camp Lee and vicinity.
The Moose hall on w. Bank street,
part of which has heretofore been used
as military police headquarters. has
been taken over by the military au-
thorities and has been fitted UP As
headquarters for the provost marshal
and the military police. Offices for
both the provost marshal and the To-
cal officer of the war department com
mittee on training camp activities Will
be provided in the new headquarters
as we'll as a clerks room, a guard
room where soldiers under arrest will
be kept until they can be taken to
Camp Lee.
Barracks for both officers and en-
listed men of the military police have
been fitted up in the rear of the build
ing
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-21
Word From Wounded Son.

Lieutenant Robert G. Butcher. son
of Mr. and Mrs. f. w. Butcher, OF
this city, attached to Company F
Seventh infantry, who was wounded in
France recently, writes to his parents
here, telling them of his wound and
his treatment in base hospital.
Lieutenant Butcher was wounded
by a machine gun bullet in the arm
and by shrapnel in the breast and
lungs. He is now in base hospital
in southern France and writes tina,
he and the rest of the fellows and be-
ing treated royalty. Lieutenant
Butcher is one of this city's best
known young men. He attended the
University of Virginia, leaving there
to enter the Fort Myer officers train
ing camp. He was commissioned &
lieutenant in the regular army ant
went over with the first American
troops
Ashby Land Enlists.
Ashby B. Land, for the past veal