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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20
RICHMOND MAY FORM
A TANK CORPS soon
Captain. +. d. Cunning, War Departs
ment. Washington, VIII Send
All Information.

Amy young man who thinks there
may have his wishes for real excite-
ment gratfied by joining the tank
service. A man operating against the
enemy in tank gets all the excite
mont he wishes and he Is in CONF
parative security, He may not be able
to take a nap during the trip but he
can at least have the satisfaction that
he is doing one great big thing for
his country. of which he is a part
Captain f. D. Cunning {good name
for a soldier) Is looking for young
Of the service. Tank com panies are
being organized all over the country.
and as Richmond is always In the
forefront OF everything that makes
for the good of humanity. Captain
Cunning is making arrangesnents for
the organization of company here.
These tank boys were the real things
at Chateau Thierry and scissors, and
around Metz, and most OF them are
living to tell about 1t. The boys ovor
there want more tanks, for they are
doing much toward bringing this war
TO n close. *g1
Raleigh. N c., has a tank corps. 80
has Gettysburg. What's tbs matter
with Richmond not having At least
one c>rps.
Send the word to Captain h d.
Cunning, Office OF director Of tank
corps. war department. WA3h1ngtDnv
u. c. He will do the rest
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20
ITALIANS WILL UNFURL
SERVICE FLAG SUNDAY

italian citizens Of Richmond VIII
hold a great celebration Sunday In
Columbus hall, al 2o+7 West Broad
street. when the service flag honoring
their men with the colors will be IN
furled The celebration will begin al
$50 o'clock and the public is invited
10 be present Father Hannigan viii
be in charge OF the program and VIII
introduce the RI Rev Dennis J,
O'Correu. who viii present the flag
and DIR. Douglas Freeman, who Will
deliver the address OF the occasion
Miss Lena I. Massei will have charge
Of tire musical program.
e etaoin shrdlu cnfwyp shrdlu puc
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20
WOMEN TO Be TAUGHT
MECHANICAL DRAWING

| A class. in mechanical drawing is
being offered by the vocational edu-
cational department of the Young
! Women's Christian association for the
coming term. The class is planned
for more mature girls and women
who wish to learn a profitable and
necessary profession and one which
will help relieve men for the firing
! line.
Drafting is a profession much need
ed in times of peace and more so In
time of war. Until the last few years
! ii has been studied almost entirely
by men. but for some years the
United States government has opened
examinations in certain lines to wo-
men and has found tho experiment
very successful. so successful, in fact,
that nearlW every line of office draft
ing is now open to progressive women
who are capable of doing the work
Industrial firms have been quick 10
follow the lead of the government and
even those who were slow to take up
the idea are now considering the
change as they realize the draft will
soon take nearly all their trained men
for more necessary duty.
Two instructors will have charge
Of the work--one teaching the use OF
Instruments and mechanical drawing
and the other the necessary arith-
metic to fill out the course. Both are
engineers in the employ of a large
Richmond concern. Their many
years OF training and experience in
sure their success as teachers of
draftsm anship.
The course will cover a period Of
six months with two lessons a week
Glasses will be meet Tuesday and Fri
day evenings from 7:45 to 9:45. be
ginning October ! The work is SO
lintensively arranged that at the end
or the six-months' period the students
should be able TO earn some of the
excellent salaries which The profes-
SION now offers, A fair education is
necessary to undertake this work and
In order that the intensive course
may not be delayed by those who are
unsuited tn the work the instructors
VIII be In Room s. Y W c A central
building. North Sixth street. this
evening from T.20 to 30 and also
/ Tuesday and Friday Of next week at
the same hours to fully advise those
who wish 10 increase their usefulness
and their income at the same time
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20
TO PUBLISH NAMES
Of AUTO SLACkERS

Fuel Administrator A Betrn4 Blair
announced yesterday that all vfolatofo
Of the governments Request to con-
serve gasoline on Sunday would Be
published to the world. An accurate
list OF the automobile numbers Will
be taken by experts as they glide
along the highway, and the numbers
will be compared with the namA1 on
the official list in the offlce Of th0
chief OF police and the secretary OF
the commonwealth. The numbers
and names will both be printed. and
unless the owners of the cars can
give good reason for being abroad In
automobiles on Sunday they will be
put down as unpatriotic and slAckers.
The administrator will be aided by
numerous patriotic citizens in his
wish to show the slackers that they
must get down to business" in help
ing America win this war.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20
Southside Items
Red Cross HEADQUARTERS.

New South Side Red Cross head :
second floor over the w. j. Carter
Drug store. 110e Hull street Workers
will meet today from 0 A NJ. to r.
NJ to rush work on supplies to be
sent to Camp Lee. Hereafter the
headquarters will be open for work
between these hours every Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday
The special work today is the max
ing of 900 cause face masks for the
men at Camp Lee to prevent the
spread of influenza or Spanish Grippe.
This is an interesting task and il is
expected that many women will be at
work today to finish il.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20
INSURANCE men
SHOW PATRIOTISM
Virginia Insurance Agents Make Drive
in Rural Sections to Sell War
Stamps.

a,ezo,.ia r,roi1, ir,nosed
,vn,,ranoa r,en Of yir-
oil any one, ~" III 49, ,,.tns,.. ~ ,heir
Ss ~. g.. $50 .omn,oted
..' ~. r,r,i dis
a.! in.ehs Nv ~ ,rar savings
uic's ol o'e s'a'e ~. '''e - al
CAiipais H. "a , ing 'ne a;,.aS,,,, 70
@ @i VI w ..a.tn tar,itories
Ia 'n.l 'nu . thods NJ
.ess'pie W '"'. -r, -,'arLars ali
So,li'i' " ~ a, iol.a -, s,,ocase If
80 "'' ~. ~ .r,o,tc on
. ,het elAo.N GU ~. ,ccented
~. WIN WIZ 49,, avooiIe,t
Ine TASK j. a''ssten C ~ Thnmas
results ,eported ~ s;-a,e. for
~, -, McH"ai''9' wal sd - 0''
"sinia'
Many insurance men are continuing
their endeavors, and II has heen mn
possible for the headquarters 20 com.
pile as yet definite report OF tne,r
sales. but they are known To -,
far into thousands OF doiiars' lne
time OF the volunteers was contrlou.-
ed by the companies they representa-
but many sacrificed their entire Vaca'
tons to the work These men sup.
= piled the needed 'personai-con'ar'
feature to the war savings camPals"
and surmoun'ed innunerahle oo-
stacles in interesting farmers III w
drive and obtaining their investments
in stamps
The work was conducted IN th' lo'-
lowing counties;
Aceomac county, O. a SW,HF'
Richmond. Augusta county, /. 'far
nett Tahh. Richmond, tarohna cour-
". Thomas b Reynolds, NeiI ~
sills, Richmond; Chesterheld county
6 " Diess. Oscar swineIord' l' lch'
mond. Dickinson county, II. DAVIS,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20
Mafonee--FowikeS.

Yesterday afternoon at AIS o'clock.
at the Decature-Street Methodist par
sonage, Miss Lucy EaDes Fowlkes.
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. John f.
Fowlkes. Of Amelia county. became
the bride of Andrew eileen Malone,
formerly of Petersburg, now a pros
porous farmer Of Amelia county, Rev.
Samuel l. Dunvile, pastor of the De-
cature- Street Methodist Episcopal
church. wass the officiating minister.
The happy couple, accompanied by a
number OF friends and relatives.
boarded the afternoon train for their
future home in Amelia county.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20
Chewing Orders

How is this for ohevinr orders :
r. J Beasley, motornan Of the
Virginia Railway and Power company
has been arrested and is held for
ohstructing traffic by running his
street car TOO slow in passing Seventh
and Broad streets and on the mex,
trip running SO fast as to imperil
traffic Traffic Policeman Lear. sta
tiones at seventh and Broad. made
The charges He had told Motorman
Reasley to drive faster the first time
and the notorman promised TO speed
up on his return trip which he did
with the result that he has been ar
rested for reckless driving The case
was continued in police court yes
terday until September IS, Motorman
fscasfcy being granted bait IN the sum
of 800 The case ia an interesting
one
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
Advice On Qnestionnaircs.

The mem hers and associate mem
bers Of the legal advisory board for
division No. 5, have arranged to as
Eist in every way that may ne practi-
cable the registrants in filing out
fneir auesttonnaires, particularly those
who have registered with local board
No. >. and for this purrse a mum Der
Of mem hers OF the legal advisory
board for division No. will be in at
tendance AT the courtroom of the city
circuit court second floor OF the city
Han each day from 10 o'clock TO s
o'clock. beginning today
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20
Bottle C1inked in Satchcl.

r Albert, OF Eighth and Cary
streets. was taken by Policemen J, ].
Smith and ]. l.. Stone at Elba sta
ton Wednesday, for bringing liquor
into the city, Albert might have got
ten by had he not attempted to bring
ore than he could we'll carry in his
grip and tire bottles clinked in a tell
tale way There Were fortv-f7ve pints
In the little bag and it was no wonder
that Alberts found il pretty heavy.
Aiberts was locked M Wednesday
niRhf.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20
Industrial School Directors

The following members OF the
board OF directors OF the virginian
Home and Industrial school for Girls
at Bon Air. VIII succeed themselves
on rhe board
Miss Sarah n Roller Rev. J. J.
Sherer. Jr.. Carter y, Williams, al
OF Richmond. all for six years. Sena-
tor i; G., Mathews Norfolk. for SIN
years Mrs. George Cameron. Jr OF
Petersburg, and Rev, C. p. Arerdau
Richmond for four years. and TO Mrs.
is. NJ. McNeill and Benjamin ". Wii-
son, both Of Richmond. for two years
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20
Frederick William Wagner.

Frederick William Wagner, thirty
nine years old, died in Memorial hos
pital Wednesday night He Is sur
vived by his wife and four children
Gladys. william, Alice and Alise; a
mother. five sisters-Mrs. Fred kohn
Of Newark. y J., Mrs. Edward Brit
ton. Mrs Charles SneliinEs, Mrs VII
ham Jennings and Mrs L ". krouse,
and one brother. Charles II. Wagner
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20
Sunday Sings Sion.

The news will be welcomed by
IN ousands--Sunday sings, 30 very
popular that they outgrew the largest
auditorium in the city last spring. will
be continued October under the
auspices of the local war camp com
munity service. 1t is expected that
the Belgian minister, Monsieurs F.. de
Cartier. will be the first speaker al
though he has not yet arranged to
come to Richmond on this date If
he can not so arrange il he will be
heard at one of the following sings,
The sings starting on the day before
the orening of the state fair will
probably draw a crowd of our rural
cousins to the city for the affair and
within n few weeks following, the
sing" fever will spread all over the
state, and Jolly thing il will be for
the country folks,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20
Fqusiirc Freight Rates.

To classify freight and regulate the
rates so that they will he the same
on each line in the southern district
4 conference is being held in Atlanta
this week shippers have been want =
ing this common charge Throughout,
4 certain district for years. The
United States Is divided into three
freight districts Attending the con
ference from Virginia are Commits
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20
Soldiers Disorderly.

For disorderly conduct in Forest
Hill park Wednesday night Louis
Sacks and Roy Shinnell mem hers OF
the aviation squadron near Fulton,
were turned over to the military au-
thorities yesterday by Police Justice
Maurice They caused much trouble
when placed under arrest by Police
man Anthony.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20
POLICE, TO CHECK UP
STREET CAR SCHEDULES

The administrative board yesterday
sent request to the chief of police
asking that the schedules Of the Vir-
ginia Railway and Power cars on the
First street and the Marshall street
viaducts be checked up, particularly
east OF Twenty-third street and In
Fulton. Complaint has been received
by the board that the schedule as pro-
vtded for in the charter u not being
maintained.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20
Makes Coed investment.

For the literary fund Second Audi
TOR Page has bought state bonds TO
the amount Of s30.5o0 tCenturies}
for which he paid IS. and he has also
houEh, $500 of ddlebergers for the
sinking fund OF the state for IS, The
price paid for the bonds includes the
interest accumulated TO date
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20

The case Of George Allen, coiored
charging him with breaking open cars
on the Seaboard Air Line railroad and
stealing and selling goods from them.
was sent TO the grand jury yesterday
by Justice Crutchfeld. John Kosma,
eonfec toner. was put under bond yes
ferday or having stolen cigars in his
possession.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20

The case against Thomas Ma pier.
white. and Jerry Lyon. colored charg
ing them with stealing several thous-
and pounds of copper from a Sea-
boar Air Line freight car, was con-
tinued until October 8 yesterday by
Judge Wells. The cour. will pass on
the case against Marshall Savory. who
pleaded guilty of the same offense. at
this time
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20
Tacky Party Tonight.

Many young" South Siders will go to
the home OF j. p. Johns. 3ol1 Mithlo-
THAN turnpike. tonight for the tacky
party to be held for the benefit of the
West End Methodist church. The pro-
ceeds will put paint on the parsonage.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20
Suit Against Theater.

II is understood that because OF
an alteration when she was request
ed by An usher in the Academy OF
Music to take, her baby who was cry
ing out in the lobby Mrs Pearl Rosen-
fielder has entered the suit against
the leath theatrical company owner
Of the Academy Of Music, for the sum
Of $4,000 damages No declaration
has been filed by the plaintiff
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20

Fifty-four firemen have been lost
to the department within the last
few months The resignation of Lieu
tenant Is. l.. Brown. OF No, I engine
company. made the 6fty-fourth yes
terday, These vacancies are all wait
ing to be filled. The cause of so many
men leaving the department has been
explained by the firemen The salary
they say. Is too low for the high cost
of living conditions today and at least
twice the pay may be earned in one
of the war work plants. The fact that
the men in the fire department are
not allowed to do any extra work out
side is also n handicap and limits
them to the regular pay they receive
from the city. An old fireman said
that ono Of ths things that u holding
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20

Don't forget that while the allies are
lighting 10 make the world fairly de-
cent and democratic place to live in.
as worlds GO. the Germans are fght-
ing to reeiect the whole Hohenzollern
tick~t--Rochester Post Express
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20

Tonight The South Richmond chap
ter Of the w. G. T. L. Will hold the
meeting which was postponed from
last night in Central Methodist
church.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20

Isioner Alexander Forward. Of the state
corporation comm ission, Oscar l..
Shewmake, council 10 the comm ission.
and T. G. Strachan, the Fate expert
of the commit ssion.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20

Any plain cook could tea the Ger
mans that II they go on putting more
shortening 10 their front Il won't hold
ogether-Philadelp North Ameri-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20

those still in ranks is the pension
which they forfeit If they leave also
FORGETTING all money paid into the
Firemen's Mutual Aid association.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-05-31
SAFER IN TRENCHES
THAN IN THE CRADLE
Campaign On to Conserve Childhood
Maternity Insurance Aids in
Allied Countries

NEW YORK, May 25.-Being
baby in the cradle is more danger
Gus than being a soldier in the
trenches, according to s. Josephine
Baker, director of the Bureau of
Child Hygiene of the New York City
Health Department.
There are four casualties in the
allied armies out Of every 100 men
engaged in the course of the year,
said DR.. Baker at a meeting of the
Health Committee of the Mayors
Committee of Women on National
Defense opening the campaign here
for Federal Children's Year which
aims to aid in saving the lives of
100000. children in the United
States.U
an the United States, IL babies
out of every 100 die in the course
of the year." she added. $50 that
one way of putting it would be to
say that it is three times safer to
be soldier in the trenches in this
horrible war than to be baby in
the cradle in the United States.
ut is not only necessity but
patriotic duty to see that our chill
dren are well cared for" she con-
tinued. "We are spending our man.
hood in the war but we cannot af-
ford to lose the next generation.
The children of this generation will
take up the affairs of the world
in the period of reconstruction and
carry it on.
"In Europe they have seen fit to
save more babies and to devote more
time and money to child welfare
work, than to anything else ex-
cept fighting"
Conservation of child life in the
allied countries is aided by their
systems of maternity insurance, it
is being pointed out. Health in
surance, as proposed in the United
States and now being officially con-
sidered in nine states with a view
to legislation as a need accentuated
by the war, includes maternity ben
efits with medical, nursing and OBJ
stetrical care and cash benefits to
safeguard motherhood and childhood
against suffering, impaired strength
or fatality.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-05-31
HANSON DEMANDS
BETTER SERVICE

Mayor Hanson, of Seattle, sent
the following forceful letter to the
manager of the Puget Sound Trac-
ton, Light & Power Co., of Seattle:
81 desire to ask you when we
may expect decent service on our
street car lines. . Conditions are de-
plorable, your company apparently
making no effort, at least meeting
with no success, in taking care of
the people.
when your franchises were grant
ed, your company agreed to give the
people of Seattle adequate service.
You have not only failed in giving
such service, but are still dilatory
and delinquent in carrying out 9TH
er franchise obligations, which the
highest court of our state has de-
cided are binding on your company.
your letter of April 90 has been
carefully considered and l desire to
say that you come to Seattle asking
for mercy and at the same time with
yelled threats as to what you will
do in the way of service in case
your demands are not granted.
"The time has gone by when your
company can terrorize or intimidate
the officials of Seattle.
CAS- the executive officer of the
city, | now make the request that
you at once comply with your fran
chise provisions without further de-
lay or equivocation."
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-05-31
"MITTEL- EUROPA"

"Mittel-EurOpa is in existence to-
day." says Frederick Naumann, a
prominent member of the Reich
stag.
He is right. Germany stands
possessed of all she hoped to gain
when she forced this war. She has
reduced her allies to military and
economic dependence. She dominates
Belgium, Northern France, Poland,
Russia, Serbia, Montenegro, and
Roumania. More than 100000, 900
people are under the dictation of
Prussia.
If the war ends with conditions
as they are at present, Germany's
brutal policy of force will dominate
the world.
Italy, France, and Great Britain
have a combined population of 49,
100000. They are much smaller
in area than the Mittel- Europa en-
pire would be, are detached from
each other, and confined within mar
row limits on the south and west
of Europe. Necessarily they would
become second-class powers.
The United States, practically
alone, would be left to face the ag-
gression of power with about
twice its population, directed by au-
tocratic rulers toward further con-
quest.
The only way to make ourselves
safe is to win the war.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-05-31
EULOGY ON THE DOG,
MANS BEST FRIEND

His heart filled with bitterness, a
"wise man of the east" summed up
his pent-up feelings with the fol-
lowing random hot shot at false
friends, walking liars" whose rep
tile souls crawl in the grass to
spend their venomous ingratitude up
on those who have given them fried
ship and love: "The more l see of
men the better l like dogs"
The late Senator George Vest of
Missouri, doubtless having in mind
something like. the above thought,
thus addressed jury when he was
practicing law in the long ago.
Gentlemen of the Jury-The best
friend man has in this world may
turn against him and become his
enemy. His son or daughter that he
has reared with loving care may
prove ungrateful. Those who are
nearest and dearest to us, those
whom we trust with our happiness
and our good name, may become
traitors to their faith. The money
that man has he may lose. 1t
flies away from him, perhaps when
he needs it most. A mans reputa-
ton may be sacrificed in a moment
of ill-considered action. The people
who are prone to fall on their
knees to do us honor when success
is with US may be the first to throw
the stone of malice when failure
settles it's cloud upon our heads.
The one absolute, unselfish friend
that man can have in this selfish
world, the one that never proves
ungrateful or treacherous, is his
dog.
Gentlemen of the Jury, mans
dog stands by him in prosperity
and in poverty, in health and in
sickness. He will sleep on the cold
ground, where the wintry winds
blow and the snow drives fiercely,
if only he can be near his masters
side. He will kiss the hand that
has no food to offer, he will lick
the wounds and sores that come
in encounter with the roughness of
the world. He guards the sleep of
his pauper master as if he were a
prince. When all other friends de-
sert he remains. When riches take
wings and reputation falls to pieces
he is as constant in his love as the
sun in it's journey through the heav-
ems. If fortune drives the master
forth an outcast in the world,
friendless and homeless, the faithful
dog asks no higher privilege than
that of accompanying him to guard
against danger, to fight against
his enemies, and when the last
scene of all comes, and death takes
the master in it's embrace and his
body is laid away in the cold ground
no matter if all other friends pur-
sue their way, there by his grave
side will the noble dog be found,
his head between his paws, his eyes
sad but open in alert watchfulness,
faithful and true even to DEATH"