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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-24
ITALIANS REPORT SHARP
PATROL PARTY CLASHES

BY Associated Press
ROME. Wednesday, IIay 23.-The Of
hcial statement from the Italian War
Office reads:
Along the mountain front the &C.
tivity OF our reconnaissance parties
continues with profit. South of Asiago
British patrol penetrated the enemy's
lines and brought back some prisoners.
our assault troops captured an out
post northeast of Monte hi Valbell and
entered the village OF Stoccareddo.
where they inflicted losses on the enemy
garrison and blew UP an ammunition
dump.
The actions of both artilleries was
fairly intense east OF Ponte di Pave
and at Zenson. our fire against hostile
batteries being particularly effective.
The activity Of our own and allied air
men was considerable. and eight enemy
machines were brought down"
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HALF SICK, HALF WELL
Condition That VIII Not Imoroxc
Upon Itself.

In the Spring the depressing condi.
ZION that many call Spring fever orten
runs through families and neighbor.
This indefinite. hard to. describe
s.a.e OF poor health. probably means
that you arc thin Hooded and .n.r,;n
exhausted thin blood gets thinner.
10" vitality falls lower. poor appetite
becomes poorer. Then the Thoroughly
exhausted system can no longer resist
and on comes the prostratins illness or
serious disease
Treat the half-sick, Sprinr .tired con-
oitioh with that splendid course Of
medicine-Hood's Snrsaparilla. to for
t!ty the whole body: Peptiron. to IRON
lze and make rich red blood Hood
phis TO rouse the liver to It's regular
daily duties.-and the half-well reviycs
TO perfect health. Each medicine ia
valuable in itself. but ia trebiy SO
when used in this combination.-Ady.
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ONE LONE MACHINE


s helm.
ONE LONE MACHINE
ABLE TO REACH PAItI.
PARIS. May 23.-Gcrman aviator
i made another attack on Paris las
IS night and this time succeeded In reach
xiiaS the city. Bombs were dropped a
= various places. an official statement re-
rorts.
The following official announcement,
was given out:
- Several bodies of enemy aircraft
excessively made for Paris. Our
lookout posts opened a very heavy
curtain of ere. our airplanes took the
air.
"a certain number OF bombs were
thrown on Paris and in the Paris dis
trict. The all clear signal was given
at. $3.50 o'clock"
The casualties so far as reported are
one dead and twelve injured.
About thirty German airplanes at
tempted TO reach Paris.
The text of the statement on the raid
reads:
The German airplanes taking part
in the raid numbered about thirty.
HeS were met ny powerful DarEdSe
fire from our artillery posts acting in
conjunction with our defense squad
rons. ffty-four OF our machines Ia.
i.ins the air. Only one enemy machine
reached the capital, where it threw
down some bombs. One death and
twelve injured persons have been re-
,1arted.
,ss"A number Of bombs were thrown on
riCfi
i1-The explosion OF one of the raiders
bombs killed woman and injured {,
Ssdo5en people. 4 she'll from a 75-milli-
meter defense gun fell through roo.
and landed beside A cradle in which
.here was a sleeping infant The mis-
sile failed 20 explode and the baby was
not harmed.
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HEAVY ARTILLERY FIGHTING
~. PROCEEDS IN tSCuE VA,

LONDON. May 23.-Heavy artillery
hshtins In the Ancre Valley. sop,b-
east OF Lens. and in the Flanders salt.
ent is reported in ,o-day's ofsc,a,
statement.
The statement follows:
: Inc enemy rushed one. Of our posts
IN the ANeluy Wood sector las, night
Two o. our mel. are missing
We carried on, successtu, raids T.,
the ne!ghborhood Of Aye,te and r.nr
st. Marc Woo. intiicting a number n,
casualties on the enemy and Capturing
a machine gun.
p The enemy also attempted 70 raid
our positions IN the vicinity OF Rtez.
gu. mag re VS. driven OF by rife
and machine gun nre.
The hostile artillery was ac,,v. loo,
night in the Ancre Valley. sou,h n,
Lens. east OF Robecq and east o, ,hs
forest OF Nieppe"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-24
BRITISH HOSPITALS ARE
I, BOMBED DY HUNS
tRy Associated Press

by ASeoClateN IEcS
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, May 23.-German airmen
4 again have bombed heavily British
hospitals in the area behind the lines
and this time have killed and wounded
l some hundreds among the personnel
q nd patients OF many different hospi-
ta1s in the group.
], Recorded IN the casualty list are the
names OF several sisters. who. with
other women nurses, stood bravely By
their posts throughout terrific deIuge
OF explosives.
There is in the neighborhood one
large American hospital and another
= IN which there are American workers.
but neither o! them appears to have
suffered. Last summer a number OF
American doctors and nurses were
killed and wounded when these same
hospitals were raided by the Germans.
LATEST HORROR PERPETRATED
BY -FOUR HUN SoUADRONS
8 This latest horror was perpctrated
Sunday night. apparently by four
squadrons of enemy planes. which ap-
pear TO have comprised more than 4
score OF machines. a great number
of honbs were dropped, about 80 per
cent OF them huge affairs. which dug
vast craters III the hospital grounds
land the rest high explosive shrapnel
which sent their death-dealing bull
lets tearing in every direction through
the crowded hospital tents and build
ings.
A threeseated airniane was brought
down nv ~ra u.bil In
altitude. and the occupants were made
prisoner. The enemy captain ana the
piloi sustained comparatively light
shrapnel wounds. while the observer
was not hurt. When questioned Why
he had directed his men against hos
pitals, the captain explained in mat.
ter-of-tac' way that he did not see
the Red Cross signs He said he was
seeking military detectives. and had
no desire to modest hospitals.
With shrus of his shoulders. the
German captain added that il the
. British choose TO build their HOSPITALS
5near railways they must expect to &c,
them bombed. ~.
CAPTAIN CkPrtRED
SPOKE EXCELLENT ENGLISH
The captain spoke exccuen, English.
Asked where he had learned it, he
replied he had been IN diplomatic ser.
vice before the war
sunday nights raid was divided into
two phases. tho tirst OF which BEGAN
shortly after 10 o'clock and lasted un.
Ill II o'clock. No, satisfied with this.
the enemy returned and heavily bonn
barded hospitals filled with wounded
men. In one building which wal
damaged most seriously. all the m
tents were suffering from COMMON a
fractures. which made necessary their
hmhs being strapped in the air. 40,
a woman deserted her ward, bpt
throughout the terrible bombing each
one kept going her rounds and quie,in-
the unfortunate men. who might cas-
ily have done themselves lasting harm
by spFiAEtns from their beds.
One sister was killed Will. admin
is'erins 10 the soldiers wants and an.
other was so seriously hurt ,ha, she
died shortly afterward. sui ano,bs,
was d>,ng to-day
Several more sisters were smo,,
+ the wounded Many other workers
: were wounded. including several med.
. lea! officers.
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AMERICAN ENGINEER

AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS ON
THE BRITISH FRONT. Wednesday.
May % tby the Associated Press)-
Colonel J. \. Hodges OF the American
engineer corps. has been awarded the
British distinguished service order In
recognition OF his services during the
period from March 81 to April 3.
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Colonel Hodges is one Of the frs

Colonel Hodges is one OF the first
American officers TO receive the .. S.
O. from March ~ TO April 5 was the
period dur!LG which the British were
stemmng the tide OF the German Of
tensire Begun on March Il. The lat
est ub!ished United States Army list
gives John =; Hodges AZ a captain in
the first engineers
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VIENNA REPORTS DRIVING
BACK ITALIAN ATr.r,,u,
tBy Associated pres.

~ ~ N>S0CllttG Prs. 4
VIENNA, "Wednesday, May 90 tv,a
London).-The Official s,a,emcn, FROM
Austro-German Headquarters today ON
operations on the Italian from, s,ys.
On the mountain front Increased
hEhttns activity continues. During
Aonosy night two enemy companies
penetrated our positions northwes, al,
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II
CHIEF WAS GIVEN CHANCE
QUIETLY TO RESIGN

As he handed his letter to Major
So"eil, Mayor Ainslie remarked.
'"n' Old fellow. can't tell Won how
ms hurts me-" and forthwith walked
INTO the Office OF Captain POLLOCK across
'"e man Major Sowcll took some lin.
!" reading the letter, and then walked
INTO inc once. letter in hand and said
'dp'ain. wnen does this take cff.c, ."
me Mayor replied: Right now. Jim
and turning to reporter commenta1.
g! hate this"
heiore notifying representatives Of
the press. Mayor Ainslie made II plaio
that ne had given the Chief of polica
t"en'y-four hours 10 resign. but as he
han tailcd 20 take the easiest wav OH,
nc was compelled TO dismiss him. Mavo-
A!nslie said that he had had an earrAs,
conversation yesterday with an init
mate friend OF Sowell. and recommend.
ed that the best policy for sowcu :,
ADOPT WAS TO resign Immediately
WISE PROMISES
GRAND jury INaUIRY
Commonwealth Attorney Wise lac,
night issued the following Statement,
in response to 81 question AZ 70 bic
position in the matter:
''"' '''i''' iliii' ago intended
call Tor grand jury investigation OF
conditions in the Police Departmcn,
whether other action was taken
haa then reached the conclusion tina.
matters had reached point that
something must be done. AS ii is
"as asked TO call for "A grand Jury
investigation. which chcerfully as
sented TO. At present | am so com
p!etely tied UP with the johnson trial
mat am almost exhausted
But the public may know that
intend TO do my fun duty in this in
vestigation. am ready to go to the
bottom"
GRAND JURY WILL RECEIVE
ALI INFORMATION JUNE g
me other members of the Police De
partment involved in the ao-called no.
lie" scandal viii he given their chance
10 TESTIFY before the grand jury which
| conHenes June 3. In this matter tho
! MAYOR stated that he would let the
state law take It's course. and that
II any members OF the department had
been guilty OF any ofensc they would
receive their just punishment. So far
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-24
AMERICAN PILOT Is

WASHINGTON May 2S.-General
Pcrshine's communiquc. transmitted to-
day TO the War Department. reported
that Lieutenant Kurtz, an American
pilot, has heen killed within the Amer
lean lines.
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On WY TO Helm Serb.

oo''f u Wednesday. May 2e.-An
american mission. which has been semi
10 assist the Serbians. arrived here
.o'oaF on The way to Saloniki. II is
neaded by Major Francis lager Of the
Red Cross VIC
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-24
SOWElL REMOVED
AS POLICE CHIEF:
SHERRY APPOINTED

-- -ILtInutd from First PaeeD
ant position Of Chief If Tol;,.n ,,,a
re!uctdntly conclude ,h.t il is my 1u,,,
10 remove YOU as Chief OF poiica 81
the city of Richmond
Respectfully.
's.sncd) GEORGE AINsL1E
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CONFESSION STORY
ATTACKED IN COlJRT

LCon.inued from FEST rageD
having madc statement that he had
killed n girl.
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headquarters where he has been sta .
toned Tor several years. Was carpen.
ter.
Unlock the Doo,

Unlock the Door
Times Dispatch Want Ads unlock.
me me door TO vast selling and buying
Call Randolph /. 'oi'doIy.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-24

Col Del Orso. They were driven back
with heavy losses by counterattacks
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-24

town in Rhenish Prus-
lsisia. ON the Maize. not far from Mann
: helm.
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- Narr"oIRI I.
MS. - 800 -
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-15
Honey Of the Bible.

II Is Interesting to note that the
wild honey named In the Bible may
not have been altogether the stores
packed away by the bee in the hol-
lows of trees ana between the rocks.
There Is a clear. sweet liquid called
honey dew found frequently on leaves
and comes from the arhlds the tiny
"cows" cared for and ''milkedv by the
ants for their saeeharine substance,
There was SO much Oft on the leaves
of the trees In oriental tcllnAes that 1t
dripped down In considerable quanti-
ties to the ground. This must have
been the kind famed In the book OF
Samuel where n says: "And all they
of the land cane TO a wood and there
was honey upon the ground. And
when the people were come Into the
wood behold the honey dropped"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-15

basis and for the New England States
are as follows:
! Fine delaine, $1S5
Fine clothing, sl.75 choice, $40
average.
Half.blood staple. $l.6S.
Half.blood clothing, $3.50. s1.62.
Three-eights staple. sl.45.
Threeeights clothing SLAP.
Quarter.blood staple. $l.32.
/. Quarteriblood clothing $3.50.
Low quarteriblood. sli7.
I Common and braid, Si.07
Since the wool grower offers his
wool in the grades. the difficulty is to
reduce the prices above named to the
wool in the grease basis, To assist
in this problem. the following table OF
hrinkages has been ISSUED as cover
ing the grades grown in the New Eng
land States:
Il Washed fine delaine, 50 TO So per
lcen;
Washed fine clothing, SO to 81 per
lcen;
Unwashed fine delaine, IS to 65 per
cent
+ Unwashed fine clothing, 81 to Go
per cent.
Unwashed half blood staple, SO to
IS per cent.
1 Unwashed 1-2 clothing Sc to 60
PEI cent.
| Unwashed S-S staple. As to 40 per
cent.
Unwashed S.S clothing. 46 to so per
ceni,
unwashed IA staple, AZ to IS per
cent;
Unwashed IA clothing. 43 per AZ
Der cent
Unwashed low Ia, 40 to "A per cent
Unwashed common and braid, AZ to
IA per cent,
To make practical application of
he above tables, IL farmer has wool
which will grade as S-S staple, the
lorices on the clean secured basis is
Is1.45 per pound. We not in the table
Of shmkages that 3S staple. in the
crease. will shrink from 45 to 49 per
cent. Lot us assume that a particu
lar LOT will shrink AZ per cent. There
'ore. 50 per cent. of the weight of the
lwoof IN the grease will be clean
secured wool So per cent of Sl45
equals 1856 cents. which should ht
he price of 3-S' staple In the grease
| Out OF this price, however, must be
deducted an allowance OF l IL cents
per pound to cover dealers charges
from grower TO loading wool ON boart
liars. II the grower sells toaa countr,
dealer, also the Freight from tlie ship
ping point to the market and an al
1 lowance for moisture shrihkage ant
lnteEest. The freight from northern
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-15

The sword came from ancient Egypt
and was used .traugh Palestine. Syria
and Asia Minor, India and throughout
the western world. II was In Egypt
that the three shapes of the sword
blade originated, these being the
straight, the curved and the half
curved. The Roman sword was larger
than that OF the Greeks and III the
days of the empire many of the sheaths
were so covered with precious stones
MS TO he veritable art treasures. Among
the Moslefiis the highest title given to
= warrior of ren6wni IS ''the sword Of
AIah.m The Chinese made swords OF
Iron as carly ns 1879 Il. G.
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Order nerapesD for Germans.

"A curious development of the war
in the villages near the front Is de-
scribed as follows by Preston Gibson
in 'Batterlng the Boche:, "As the
Germans and French have a perfect
system of listening in on telephone
by means of an instrument which is
stuck in the ground and which enables
you to hear conversations going along
on the other side OF the trenches, all
villages near the lines have been re-
named. The street names are comic.
Here in this village, mile from the
firing line. we have the street Of New
York, the street of Chicago, the street
Of Paris; it is also necessary that Curl
Gus numbers and foolish codes be en-
ployed. Thus, when sending for small
ammunition message win sound
something like this: Send to New
York street five baskets Of grapes
which would mean five wagonloads OF
small ammunition. The detail OF the
war is almost greater than the war it.
self"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-15
nswat the Ratlp-

Since the Introduction of the house
rat IN the United States they have
become extremely abundant and widely.
distributed throughout the country,
where they destroy annually many
millions of dollars worth of food
products and crops. These losses
occur alike In cities, villages and
famasteuds. Their inroatis upon food
products occur in freight departments
ofrailroads lines, stor-
age places of grain and food dealers,
commission houses, Wholesale drug
houses, candy shops, bakeries. -four
mills, cold-storage houses. city and
country dwellings, gronarlcs, fields
and poultry yards. The loss Of food
and other products in the United
States from this source amounts to
not less than S2eoOO0O0o annually.
which amount does not include indi-
rect losses accustomed by human dis
ease disseminated by rats and the
necessary expenditures in combating
I them.
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PRIMITIVE WAYS IN ARABIA
Mode OF Life Differs Little From
What II Was in-the Time Of
Abraham.

4
1t appears that in certain parts Of
the Arabian desert life is as primitive
as In Abraliam's time. Sheen are
still slain to seal a vow. The salt or
bread covenant Is observed and when
man dies his tent is torn down and
destroyed.
aOldnames like Joseph. Moses. Alex.
ander, etc. are still in common use
among Arabs, although pronounced
'Yusuf.'" "Musa" and "Skandar." To
divorce his wife n man may repeat the
formula "Ent telek" three times; usu-
ally uttering 1t once makes the woman
behave and the repetition is not nee
essary.H The evil eye superstition is
common, and the first injunction CIV
en- foreigner by experienced Arabian
travellers is that he must not point at
animals or persons in Arab settle
monts.
Arabs say that man possessed OF
this malign power can look at bird
flying in the air aud 1t viii drop dead;
that II he chooses to cast his wicked
spell on a camel Il may 20 lame. or O
child may be strnck blind. None Of
1 The lower class can read or write, but
| the Arab is noted for his ready wit
and his habit of speaking in allegory
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-15

Vermont points to Boston is rs. II
cents per cwt, A lot of .3-S staple
wool in the grease should, therefore.
bring the grower slightly over IA
cents per lb.
a grower may consign to an APP
proved dealer on HIS own account, in
which case he would have the benefit
OF the ! ~ per pound allowed the
country dealer. Nv hose. ser vice would
be dispensed with We shall be glad
to furnish lists of approved dealers 90
Vermont wool growers who desire to
ship direct. Farmers should post
themselves on grades Of wool and
methods OF computing prices so that
they will be in position to demand
what their wool is worth.
E. s. Brigham.
80. GommisslonarA.of. Agriclllture.. :.
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Monday, July IS. 1918.
AFFAIRS IN MEXICO

President Carranza of Mexico sneers
at ITcsident Wilson'S address TO the
Mexican editors that visited the
after in Washington a few weeks
ago What he really believes is
known only to himself What he is
trying to make the people of his
country believe Is that President VIII
sons assurances Of friendship are,
hypocritical and false This is the
only inferenco that can be drawn
from the editorial utteranccs of the
only leading newspaper in Mexico
that is owned outright by the Next
gan government anu edited by one OF
the cabinet officers. That paper
says
Comparing the personal state
ments OF President Wllson1with the
notes issued byehis diplomatic repre-.
sentative, 1t inevitably follows that
in his conduct towards Mexico there
is dou5le-dealing and a tendency to
deceive, unless he is not aware of il.
which OF course, we cannot believe"
1t also says 1--WE may say without
fear of exaggeration that the protec.
ton which the American government
means to impart TO the property of its
citizens in Mexico must necessarily
andifatally lead to war;
No doubt the fine hand OF German
influence entered into the inspiration
Of the editorial. but the utterance is
there and to all appearances sane
tioned by Caranza. This gives the
people OF the United an insight into
the Mexican situation not found in
the reports sent out from Washing
ton. Thus far it's impossible for us
to see where this country has scored
in any attempt she has made in the
asst few years to induce Mexico to be
more friendly and respectful towards
ug. The sending of war vessels into
Mexican waters with the avowed pur
pose of compelling Mexico to apologize
and to salute ourrfag was fizzle
She has not done so yet Sending
an army into the interior If Mckee
to capture villa resulted in practical
~ nothing accomplished. And nov
the Observation-Disclosures" meth
cd is getting only sneers forus. VIII,
not let the Mexicans severely alon,
until after this war is over; then
something is necessary to, be done
lot there be no halfway business
about tho doing it,
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r. Buffalo Park.

Canada's chief herd of buffaloes IS
At Buffalo park in Alberta, among the
foothills of the Rockies. This park
contains herd of buffaloes, which, ac-
cordihg to the latest report of the de-
partment of the interior, consists of q
i02 head, of which 476 are bulls, $50
COWS and ,446 young stock With the
exception of few old crippled ami
mails, which are gradually being weed
I'd out, all are in splendid condition.
The elk, moose, and mule deer are all
healthy condition and have increased
turing the year.
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DO NOT APPEAL TO VISITOR
Writer Frankly Expresses Feeling Of
Disappointment at Sight Of Build
lnas Within kremIin Walls.

To me none OF the ten churches with
In the Krcmlln walls is impressive.
Ivan Velikl towers the highest, but 1t
is far from Imposing. writes Maynard
Owen Williams In the Christian Her
aid. From one.sideit resembles tow
err rather than church, yet 1t has no
such quiet dignity as one finds in the
Kutah Minar, near Delhi, or the tow
ering dome of st. Sophia with It's
flanking needle minarets.. The other
cathedrals are dropped around with
careless abandon and a nice disregard
for the cost of gold leaf, but none of
them dominates a vista or gathers
about Itself the other masses In pleas
ing array. The Kremlln is a mighty
whole, composed of many unimposing
parts. Its long red walls and splendid
gates produce an effect Of simple
strength which cannot be found within
theft portals
The interiors are as disappointing
as are the groups of domes which dis
tlnguish the exteriors. None is large,
none Is truly Intimate. The effect is of
surplus gilt and multiplicity Of saints
which remind one Of the gopurams OF
India. Spindle-shaEked saints, whose
emaciated figures seem too weak to
support their gilt haloes, alternate
with knights in arnor.
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Husband Was Ready.

Before we were married." she COM
planned. "you always engaged cab
when you took me anywhere. Now
YOU think the street car is good enough
for me-"
mo, my darling | don't think the
street car Is good enough for you;
It's because Pm so proud of you. In
cab you would be seen by nobody,
while 1 can show you or to so many
people by taking you in n street car"