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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-03
NEWS OF VIRGINIA
WOUNDED AT NEW MARKET:
LIVED TO rs YEARS OF AG1

Mount Scion. Va, Oct. IN organ
Blizzard died at his home on Thurs
day last. aged seventy ght years,
from a complication OF diseases.
MIR. Blizzard served in the Confed
crate army and was severity wound
ed at the Battle of New Market. He
was a member of the Sixty second
Virginia regiment, which suffered
more than ons-half of the loss Of the
entire command, according to the
official report of General John G.
Breckenridge. Mr. Blizzard was pres
ent at one OF the recent anniversaries
of the memorable Battle of New Mar
ket, and in passing over the battle
OF his company when he was shot
through the lung. He told of how
he was carried to the barn on the
Or. Rice farm, where he remained
until found by Miss Strickler. living
on smiths Creek, near New Market,
who took him to her home. where
he was kindly treated and well cared
for This -iheiasat-he never forgot,
and in his declining days expressed a
sincere desire to see those people
who had been so kind 10 him Seve-
raj of his friends arranged to take
him to New Market The Strick4er
family learning of his presence, sent
carriage for him and took him to
their home, where he Jared sump-
tuouSy.
He leaves widow and several
brothers living in West Virginia.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-03
PUTS OFFICER
IN CHARGE OF UTILITIES

Norfolk. Va, Oct. I'm an effort
to make the public utilities OF Nor
folk adequate during the winter the
government has assigned Lieutenant
W, Stoutner. L. S. N, to represent it
in the installation Of improvements
and in the operation of the gas. cleo
trio light, power and transportation
agencies of Norfolk. Lieutenant
Stoutner, while he will not have alb
solute charge of all utilities, will act
in a supervisory capacity and will
direct the operation where there ap-
pears to be danger OF shutdowns.
The reason for the assignment OF
Lieutenant Stoutner TO the job of
supervising the utilities Is the short
age OF man~power now being expe-
rienced by officials Of the traction
Company. The improvements which
are being installed AT the city gas
works have been held Up because of
the shortage Of men and 1t was sug
rested by the officials of the com
pany that the government take a
hand in securing men Lieutenant
Stoutner was selected to get the men
as his first job.
Lieutenant Stoutner will also see
that the improvements to the street
railway and ferry service are made,
for which the government Will pay
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-03
JOSEPH LEE, OF SINGERS GLEN.
DIES AT CAMP MERRITT

Harrisonburg, Va. Oct Mrs,
Frank Lee. of Singers Glen, yesterday
morning received a telegram from the
commanding officer OF Camp Merritt.
n. j.. which stated that her son,
Joseph Lee. had died there Yesterday
morning at 10 O'Clock from pneu-
1nonia. and asked as to- the disposition
of the body Mrs ] ZEE Immediately
wired to send the body home for in
,erment and it is supposed the re-
mains will arrive here this afternoon
This young man was twenty six
years of age, having been born on
March 10, 1892. He entered the
military service Of his country last
June. being first sent to Camp Lee
He was transferred 10 Camp Holhert
Md, and later to Camp Merritt, where
he died yesterday morning about 10
O'Clock
While the telegram did not state 1t
is believed that young Lee contracted
a case of Spanish influenza. which
later developed into pneumonia
which caused his death
Surviving Mr. Lee. is his mother
Mrs Frank Lee. OF Singers Glen, and
the following brothers and sisters:
George Lee, of Edom: Robert and
Ross Lee. at home, Benjamin. Of
Iowa, Mrs. Claude Richie. Of Singers
Glen, and Miss Ella Lee, at home.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-03
BRAGS OF SOLDIER BUT
COULDN'T TELL HIS NAMT.

Waynesboro, Va, Oct. c-Last
week, after Doctor Parrish. who
claims old F'luvanna county as his
point of origin. read in the papers
about the U. s. soldier from Fiuvanna
county. Virginia. who killed the Ger
man soldier with no other weapon
except his naked hst. the Doctor wax
ed eloquent about the benefits Of he
ing born and reared in Old Fluvanna,
which neck Of the woods. he claimed.
raised the biggest and strongest
things. including persinnons and
onions, in the r. s a The Doctor
claimed TO have been A boyhood
friend and com panion of the young
soldier who did the great deed in
France, and went on to give an ac-
count of some of their frolics to-
geiher as boys, but the Doctor was
unable To recall the name OF the sol
der or any little details like that,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-03
J. 4. NICHOLAS. OLDEST MAIL
CARRIER IN STATE HAS FLU

Harrisonburg. Va. Oct. 2.--J A
Nicholas. the wellknown r F, D,
carrier on Route / from this city is
i'll at his home on West Market street
with a severe case Of Spanish in
tiuenza. He was reported yesterday
morning to he quite Ill, but last nigh,
was reported as being somewhat i'm
proved.
Mr. Nicholas Is the oldest carrier ir
Virginia in point of service He has
been carrier OF the mail since the
rural free delivery routes were estab
lished in Rockingham county. and
the first rural routes established IN
the state were Nos. / and . from
Harrisonburg
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-03
CAMP STUART TO HAVE A
HUGA TENT HOSPITAL

Newport News. Va. Oct. Camp
Stuart will be enlarged by ten acres,
the land having been leased from
Mrs. Martha p Taylor for the dura
ton of the war. il has been an~
nounced from authoritative sources.
This extension will be a huge tent
hospital, il is understood,
Since the added territory Is to be
the site of hospitals, it is believed that
the land leased is adjacent to the
present embarkation hospital at
Camp Stuart.
When the appropriation to cover
this extension was made ny Wash
ington, it was also provided that
several acres should be added 20
Camp Humphreys. the total cost for
the two extensions will he in the
neighborhood OF s2S0,00o, it is un-
derstood,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-03
|IlRtGUlAR
lOER ACID TEST

Gxk. Oct. a.---Stocks we're ir-
GU0Gy ~ one class AFTER
esOuA euAjectsd to the acid test
- srSwa win street believes
x&1kax3sebie victories beinE re-
fae smean peace in few
- a. not waiting for the last
~ ~ a. tcday's market meant
- ~ nroyed that the oils, mo.
~ - -f0Aaccos are At the head 81
SS1q.1A stock list There was much
&oA q opinion regarding United
&onol. but the trading was DE-
AkGiHSt such stocks IS sefhle-
xn C6mpaniAs that have large
Gf1Sf II 6fnnts useful for Way work
A2631n bonds were up A. was
1SS4maA and Austrian exchange IN
Sthna while neutral exceanEe
E6Ak. Cotton was irregular sno
4tan weak. Panic was repoTtea
!u8eSl1An lsuniticn shares in berin'
l&yNfat&tf as / whole was stTons
turned weak about nstn
\ and grew strong toward tSe CLOS"
most iesues, although there was
at-tAKinf in the stocks tr7t ~eFe
1n9nat.
rkSAx ~AH still hard To get altnnns
I a coming from the West IN ire
~ loans made there on STOCK :
yot N4r& for Western customers ~
NAxkhAnge houses. II was the DC
ssNf 4hN AldNst market observers thst
~ -euid have been Wild demon
wM aud very much higher prices
~ had been plentiful Some talk
|*F-NhAr6x Of professional caught
n 0f OIL shares but no evidence was
~ IN any issue The o'ls acsen Yer
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-03
FOXES RAID TURKEY YARD
KILLING THIRTY-SIX FOWL

BazZle. who was the poSseSsor of a
fine flock Of forty young turkeys. a
few DAYS ago had the misfortune 10
lose all but four of them by having
them eaten by foxes. She would
have lost the remaining four had she
not penned them M II is said that
these sly animals have their lair in
stephens Cave and that the ground
around there for quite a distance is
covered With feathers where they had
eaten their victims.
Mrs. Bazzle also kept six choice
guineas as A nucleus for next year.
flock, but along came a car on gaso
lineless Sunday, killed Ave of them
outright and crippled the sixth one
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-03
SOLDIER UNDER QUARANTINE,
MARRIES GIRL At Is PAGES

Camp Leo, Petersburg. Va, Oct I.
An unusual wedding ceremony in
which the bride and officiating clergy
man could not approach within fifteen
PAGES OF the bridegroom, was solem-
nized here when Private Leon Well
river, of the infantry replacement
camp, and Miss Mary Smith. both of
wyoming Pa. were married.
WellriYer was under quarantine
which will extend until time for his
regiment to depart for France, so the
ceremony was performed from a dis
lance of fifteen PAGES of the soldier
The minister wrote the questions to
be asked as intermediary. read them
to Wellriver, who signalized yes" by
raising his right hand Miss Smith
stood by the side OF the clergyman
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-03
Hon. John ChaIkley Leaves.

Big Stone Gap. Va. Oct. Hon
John w. Chalkley will leave this week
for New York, where he will Join the
Pollard unit of Richmond, which will
sail in few days for Somewhere in
France" where they have offered
their services to the Y NJ g. A. Mrs
Charley and two little sons will ac-
company him to New York. where
they will spend a few days before
Mr. Chalkiey sails.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-03
Mnle Kick Cuts Ternnln

Harrison burg. Va. Oct. 2,-Carl
Hartman, the twenty-year- old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs J. u. Hartman. of New
Erection. was kicked on the temple
by a horse Yesterday afternoon. re-
ceiving a nasty cut on the temple and
receiving conclusion of the brain
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-03
DRAFT WILL CLOSE large
STORE IN LYNCHRURf;

Lynchburg. Va. Oct. 2.~The draft
will close one of the largest retail
shoe stores here. for the partners In
the business and the entire staf of
statesmen will he caught in the early
drafts here. The business is that Of
the Bennett Shoe company, which is
hurrying the disposal OF its stock
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-03

Crozet, Va, oct liberty loan
bond sales have already reached the
total Of $4,000, which puts this tight
little town" over the top for its allot-
ment on the fourth loan.
Other communities are now Just
on their mettie in doing their part In
the drive" 10 aid The government
and The men at the front.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-03

Automatic Machine company. incor-
porated Ridgewsy, Va. CAPITAL stock,
500 oo0. Object. manufacturing bust
ness Officers, T. t, Coleman preki-
dent: ID. n Mason. secretary. both
Ridgewsy Va
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-03

Fairview, Va. Oct. 2--The people
OF Fairview have shown their pa
triotism by subscribing so literally in
the war saving campaign. Their at
lotment was $4,000 and they sub
scribed s2s.400. going $500 over
their quota
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-03

- sYOyk. Oct. c-Excellent news
1fS 49, hattie front led to a good de-
Z ~ .1etton today and the mar
EsS1a1DNA .nrner after II had shown
- was only a little furry OF trad
{oiiowinrs the publication Of the
Rnatien report. II raised the Indicated
1-nNarIy 7AA.n bales and attracted
ned Attention from trade i.'tsr
WhO felt that with ,nroh&ete
~ 10000, 900 bales and the carry
from last season there was no
Sason w worry over the question OF
~ rfXf,ing hrures Of s.7ia. neo
NIT q little less than looked Tor
4 - t4had steady erentHS Al
- - D0fnss decline to ten advance and
Rn fnerAak<d the advance to sixteen
~ net higher on active positions.
7ExEYd lyIfdafternoon the genera stss
800 - net decline Of ten TO hfteen
k11vns..r wsre fair buyers on the ad-
- The close was steady at net
vance Of nfteen 10 t~enty-seTfh
ncAiDte at the ports for the aaE
1a,lec bales compared WIN -a,'+'
~ g week ago. and 53,t1s bales
"a ago.
enc1xx II, New York warehouses are
- bales against $4,000 bales year
so Axnorts for the day aggrcsated
sxeE h1IeG all to the continent. For
~ reason the cfearances amount 70
hales against st2.1A bales IN
~ Sorrexponding period last season
- New Orleans was firm M un
rod II 3sfsc: the sales were 80.
~ Frat here was quiet at an az
k1s6f Afteen points At 5*f3c Tor MO
fkH. there were no sales
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-03

eans4 IS 7ts IA n35
In nearly every case the frst column
under consumer pays" is' the maxi
mum price for cash and carry stores.
The second column the man imuna for
credit and delivery stores
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-03
WEEKLY MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Suggested Food Prices.

The prices below are considered bs
the local food administration to he fair
and reasonable. They are issued by
DR.. l. Eaton. local director OF markets
and TRANSFORMATION. and apply tc tina
market only. October T.
Richmond, Va. Oct. 2, 1918.
Consumer
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-03


- York. Oct. 2.-The curb mar
80 Nominated almost wholly ny
war news and by strong
of earlv peace which
ia efIorts to unload the war order
- and IL increase speculative par
lion ir, other issues which are re-
~. - in the pece group,
stocks had only shadow
~ Aetna Explosives ranged from
\ ~, but about the only business
HSaf stock came from group OF
IS1n Who constantly shifted their
-. Wright Martin was another
1eature beinx without an active
Z, although there we're some dc al
s1EY professional traders al 10
~ -etccws were all placed IN
y SaaA group and we're in fairly
n6sas4d, although without I'm por-
Y 11nngA In prices,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-03

Wing you see man trying to hold
up Mfnp post 1t shows that he SYM
pathiSts with anything that y tight
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-03

a Nebraska farmer has posted his
farm with signs reading: mo hunting
Aloud" Take your Maxim Sileucaxl
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-03

Total sales day. s29.5ho shares
sales for (three days). 222a20o shares.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-03

|nU SsRAfN ExCn
0ooeaftsas - 'ChaRge.s
&AQ0N6. Va. Oct z. 1919.
n1&nS EsOts:
* (y1nter1. -. Prices
3Aoft Wtntsrs ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-13
Fashions for Fall Differ Only in Details

which are to be exceedingly fashion
able when they are cut off at the hips
and have big pockets that serve as
substitute for a mum.
The American suits have a waistcoat
blouse that is founded on the KIND
the French women wore all last vim
ter and spring. 1t is usually in beige
and 1t is made of any material, from
embroidered satin. 1t runs up to
straight line across the collar bone.
follows the lines of the figure with
out curving in at the waist, and hts
tight over the hips. Srme of these
blouses have elbow or shorter sleeves:
but the long sleeves, tight fitting and
Wrinkling in at the wrist, Is better.
New coat suits avoid collars II they
can. 1t is considered smart to fasten
the new Jacket at the side from
long decolletage or else top 1t with a
coachmans collar of fur. The ma.
jority OF women prefer the neck or
the Jacket unfinished. so that lur
pieces can be worn when desired.
When the jacket is open down the
front 1t often has buttons only at the
neckline, say two or three. and De
ponds upon loose belt to holo II III
at the waist.
The turnover collar seems to have
ments. except dinner gowns, where 1t
Is made of exquisite fabrics.
Evidently the designers expect WON
en- Of all classes to own or buy DIT
Of fur for the neck. for they make no
effort to modify the severity OF a
neckline that we attribute to the nj
teenth century Italian fashions.
When a frock has collar 1t Is OF
fur, for white collars or those OF any
light material, such as satin or georg-
cite or chiffon. are taboo. II fur Is
not used to break the severe line then
nothing Is used. The neckline OF
gowns may be embroidered In wooden
or metallic threads. but those on coats
are merely braided or finished with q
fiat strip Of soft peltry.
Therefore, do not go out on thu
street today in suit and white or
cream shirt waist the broad collar of
which you have pulled outside the
jacket. The fashion Is dead.
AS a compromise between the coat
suit and the slim frock which many
women choose for autumn street wear
there Is costume which may soon be
overridden by popularity. 1t consists
of a narrow skirt and a tunic blouse
that falls below the hips, and is loose
ly girdled with monastic cord. The
blouse has no visible fastening. 1t
apparently does not open. In truth
some of them do not open. They slip
over the head and adjust themselves
with the carelessless of a PEASANTS
smock. If they were tightly banded at
the Waistline with yards of brilliant
material they would be definitely
Arabian and quite brilliant in effect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-13

upon the subject Of the chances Of
the tailored suit as against the one
piece frock. The conservative people
win be worn by the majority ' Of oIS Wome
en-. Those, however. who feel that
conservation in purchasing as well as
in materials Is needed lean toward the
one-piece frock II there is to be only
They feel that 1t can be worn now
with large neckpiece Of fur, and all
winter under q topcoat of fur or
velours.
years tailored suits to be worn this
year, unless a woman was sufficiently
fortunate then to buy an advance
model. The changes. while they do not
appear significant at first. are very
of the season. 1t IS true that last
years suit may be altered, but there
is grave doubt that tailored coat and
skirt viii bear alteration with equa-
niinity. 1t may be. therefore, that the
piece frock left from the spring will
wear 1t for the autumn and put her
money into one of the exceedingly
new and smart coat suits.
The one-piece frock is undoubtedly.
In fashion, and If you purchase one
you can take your choice of these
three NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. tricolette
ana serge. All the new designs seem
TO be based on these three foundation
stones.
While the extreme French fashions,
especially those that come from Cali
lot. show the baglike frock that was
invented by this house last February.
still! there 10 q feeling among the
v1sionists that these chemise lines
will wear out their welcome before
thanksgiving, and such accessories as
n0ating panels and chemise tunics villa
appear less and less as October drifts
into November.
1t is well to harken to the visionists.
They often keep a woman from vast.
Ing money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-13
A Butterfly Gown.

T ANvN makes a butterfly gown
IL with metallic embroidery, and
puts soft nat artificial pink rose where
the embroidered butterfly alights. She
also has lovely black gown of chif-
fon in straight lines. with lines of tiny
silver bugles running from waist to
hem and flashing like lightning
streaks down the back. There Is n
square train, unlined, Of the chiffon
edged with these wee silver bugles.
Down each side of the front there arc
long fiat loops of Nattier-blue taffeta
ribbon.
The odd trick is the long loop of
black chiffon edged with bugles that
drops as q panel from hips to side OF
train. These loops rest on the floor
when one walks. For dancing they
are lifted and slipped over the arms,
which brings the train up into a kind
of Spanish cape. 't''t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-13

over it. 1t Is a return to all the primi-
tive fashions that this planet has be-
gotten.
Cheruit, for instanc, has startd a
strong demand for brilliant metallic
blouses which are Byzantine. and
which, instead of extending over the
hips, wrap themselves just below the
Is a remarkable and brilliant fashion.
1t gives a woman the chance to re-
move her coat and look gayly and
smartly dressed at luncheon or at any
afternoon affair.
frankly built in the cuirass fashion,
and these extend as far below the
hips az the coat permits. The woman
who wants a short jacket. however,
will take up the idea OF Cheruit. 1t Is
bit less informal than the cuirass
idea. and such blouses can DO worn
with any kind Of Jacket. especially
with those new square Jackets Of fur
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-13
FASHION NOTES.

FRINGE may have passed the hey.
dey of its smartness. At all events,
added to smartness. 1t now possesses
popularity as well, and sometimes
that means that smartness must soon
go: But anyway there are still fringed
trimmings on many of the smartest
frocks. Heavy jet fringes on evening
frocks OF rich materials are especially
effective.
Many of the new collars are really
of huge proportions. Some Of these
sometimes they are made of fur. some
times of velvet. sometimes of the fab
ric Of the frock or coat itself. what
ever that may be. These collars are
throat, but rather biilow out in big
folds or rolls and so give an impress
sion OF even greater size than II they
We're compactly bound against the
Colored lingerie has been the subject
OF much discussion within the last
year; So long rs We kept to flesh pink
the white Of our imm Mediate ancestors
nobody criticised us: but when we
took up such combinations as red and
BLACKWELL, then We were criticised.
seek for psychological reflections in
our choice OF colors. say to the new
green that Is used in underw ear? Not,
of course. that there are any. or at
But green has actually become one of
the trimming colors Of lingerie. and
bits OF green are appliQued on gar
ments Of pink.
Why Is 1t that womankind loves the
black hat? 1t must be that, after all il
said and done. we really look better In
black hats than in colored hats. Even
thn
consulate IL street costume, or dull
and pale In black evening frock.
looks well usually In black hat.
Then. of course. there Is the fact to
to considered that the black hat
looks we'll with all colors, SO that with
whatever frock or suit it may be worn
it Immediately becomes part of the
picture. Probably these reasons ex-
plain the fact that the black hat is
much more in demand than the hat OF
any other one color this season. To be
sure there are many lovely colored
hats in the shops. many lovely ones on
the heads of smartly dressed women,
but still black hats outnumber those
of other colors, both in the shops and
on our heads.
The French models, some of them.
show lace. This Is an interesting an
nouncement just now. For one thing.
we haven't used lace for a good MANY
years. excepting bit of filet or valen-
clenneS IN our lingerie blOuSeS There
were a few black lace evening frocks
a few seasons ago, but on the Whole
lace has not been in high fashion for
long time. Another interesting phase
OF this lace question is this: Lace Is
scarce: At least with the lace workers
Of Belgium out Of the market, and
with the lace workers of the Euro
Dean fighting countries presumab ly
winding bandages or making NUM-
tons. 1t Is difficult to see how much
new lace can be produced. For lace
making takes time.
Probably there is a certain piquancy
In using lace just now when it is diff
cult to obtain. Just as we are deluged
we are thinking Of cotton added
frocks and fur coats to save wool, so
we md 1t fascinating to use lace now
that 1t costs more than usual and is
afternoon and evening frocks that lace
is to be used. and much Of it Is to be
black-black lace used in frocks Of
black