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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-28
ATROCITIES IN GERMAN
CAMPS FOR PRISONERS
OF the Sights He Encoun-
tered There.
FOOD PARCELS ARE STOLEN
prisoner With First Signs Of Tu-
berculosis Might as Well Dig his
Own Crave" Declares New York
Pastor.

NEW YORK. July 27.-The Rev.
Spencer Kennard described In the Mad
ison Avenue Church here recently some
OF the sights he had seen in seven
months work among prisoners OF war
in Germany. His address, entitled "A
Challenge From tho German Prison
Camps" tended to confirm the suspicion
that the stereotyped messages OF re-
assurance recently received from p-is-
oners were to be accepted with a grain
of salt
Saying that he would tell only Of
what had come under his personal OBJ
servation. Mr.. Kennard told OK Brit
ish officer. a former pugilist. who
Knocked out with his bare knuck.es
one of his German guards who drew
saber against him and his compan-
ions.
White and his comrades struck
work." said Mr.. Kennard. because
their food parcels from home were
not delivered to them. No food, no
work. they said. a German soldier
drew a saber and White. with his bare
fists. fought that armed German until
tie latter was carried t. i hospital.
The Britisher was sentenced to death,
but our Intervention got his sentence
committed to life Imprisonment IN a
fortress. where he now Is.
"A prisoner with the first sign Of
tuberculosis might as we'll dig his
own grave. I saw these men. for want
OF proper food. dying all around me.
offered. through the Y. NJ. {. A., to
purchase food for these poor wretches.
and to do so without one cent leaving
the country. His excellency. who con-
Il oiled such matters. refused to see me.
but sent out message tad. nc such
privilege could be granted"
Mr.. kennard said that when he was
in the prison camps the Germans piled
Irish prisoners with favors and allur-
Ing offers to accept service in q spe-
cial battalion against the British. Both
were accepted with Hibernian winks.
the speaker continued. and when 1t ap-
peared that no more OF the former we're
to be had. the prisoners coolly informed
their captors that they preferred to
remain prisoners OF war. Poles, on
the other hand" ne said. were coerced
by the most contemplate methods"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-28
RATES TAKE A LEAP
Southern Cities Asked to Pay More For
Car Fares, Light nnd Gas
Supplies.

MONTGOMERY. ALA. July 81
Practically every city in the South is
face to face with the problem Of a
radical increase in street car fares
and light and gas rates. An effort is
being made in Shreveport to increase
the gas rates and hard fight is in
progress to prevent it, In Meridian,
Miss, the street car company has al
ready increased the fare to six cents.
The people of the city are up in arms
and bitter fight is promised.
In this city an effort is being made
to increase the light and car rates.
In Birmingham fight is now in prog
ress over the proposal TO increase the
car fares to six cents. An increase
In gas rates has been granted, and
now tho light company is making an
additions! effort to get an increase Of
80 per cent in its heating rates.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-28
ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTFUL,
SAY BRITISH MA|DENS
Americans Eagerness to Please
Proves a Great Revelation to
Girls of England.
CONTACT CHANGING HER IDEAS
Many Of Center Sex Are Obtaining
New Outlook on Life, as Well as
New Confidence in Herself, Says
Writer.
CONTACT CHANGING HER IDEAS
By MISS NJ. T. HoGG.

LONDON. July 27.-The English girl
has had time as we'll as opportunities
OF making up her mind about the
American man who has come over here
TO take part In the great adventure
Her verdict is brief. but highly salts
factory. She finds him absolutely
delightful"
Engiishmen. most Englishmen at
any rate, have always gone on the
apostolic principle that woman was
made for man. Most English women
have meekly accepted the consequence
OF such view. The result Is that to
the average girl IN this country the
American, with his eagerness to please
and his readiness to fall in with her
iightest wish. Is a delightful revelation
OF what young man can be. HIS po-
likeness delights her heart. His can
DIV" and fiower-giving propensities are
source OF continual delight. It is a
new sensation for her to be made a fuss
Of, and she is enjoying 1t to the full
From her earliest youth Miss Eng
land has been imbued with the neces-
sity of doing everything in her power
to avoid being voted a bore" by he>
male acquaintance. Only so long as
'Hey "ele piedseu was Sne at liberty
to feel happy Contact with Ameri-
leans is helping to change such old
fashioned ideas, and is giving her a
new outlook on life as well as new
confidence in herself.
This is how youthful debutante
who had plenty of opportunities OF
judging. but no time to grow blase,
summed up her impression Of Amer
lean officers now in training at one
OF the camps in England:
American men are charming! They
make you feel you are Success right
away without any trouble on your part.
1t is lovely to feel that some one is
out to amuse and please you. and so
long as he succeeds in doing that is
perfectly happy and not expect you
10 be continually making efforts on
his behalf. l could never be bored
with an American. To begin with, you
couldn't with any one who was so 90
viously anxious for your enjoyment.
Besides. Americans. the ones l have met
are SO vital and alive and so keen to
accept any suggestion you make, that
going about with out OF them is like
! having the most attractive kind OF rest
cure. You just let yourself be amused
and don't have to bother to see whether
your partner is amused or to try to
keep him in good temper. like to feel
am person OF some Importance
love the American man for making
me feel that am"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-28
AMERICAN RED CROSS
TO OPEN SIX HOSPITALS
New Institutions Back of Fighting
Zones VIII Care for Yankee
Soldiers Only.

PARIS. July 27-S!x new hospitals
Immediately back of the fighting zone
are under construction by the Ameri-
can Red Cross, which is to build and
equip them. Each will be used as
field and evacuation hospitals. and each
will have q capacity OF from $50 TO
400 beds.
The new institutions will care for
American wounded only. Already the
Red Cross has three other hospitals in
operation. two handling American
wounded. while a third was opened In
an American center in France to care
for those OF the towns civilian popu-
lation who were victims OF an cpl
demic of contagious diseases. Thus all
possible chance OF the spread of the
disease to American troops was pre-
vented.
Following up It's plan to place
French speaking American girls in
French hospitals where American
wounded are taken. the Red Cross now
has more than twenty such hospitals
covered in this way.
The report of the organization on
equipment provided to American hos
pitalS alone during a period OF little
more than three weeks shows that
213,SOS splints were sent out. During
the same period the Red Cross provided
French hospitals with $1,000 suits of
underwear, 1900 pairs OF socks. o.
900 handkerchief. 1880 towels. 1000
pairs of boots. 1900 pairs OF slippers.
675 sweaters. 900 blankets. 145 beds. lS5
mattresses, $500 pillows. 5000 sheets.
$500 tooth brushes and $1,000 surgical
dressings
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-28
Has First Outing in
Fourteen Years; Arrested

NEW YORK, July 27.-Aftcr four
teen ycnrs of labor. William T.. Lnw-
Tor, n blacksmith, of Boston, decided
that his conscience would allow him
to Take vacation.
Accordingly, he put out the forge
IRE, packed his grip and went ven
turing into strange lands, penetrate
Ing as fnr into uncultured Willis rs
New York City. He WINS stnndinE mt
Brondwly and Gates Avenue, mnr-
yelling Mt the metropolitan aspect
OF brooklyn, when he found himself
firmly propelled toward the Gates
Avenue Police Court.
Fourteen conBecutIvcs years of
labor had toughencd the muscles Of
Lawior. but he WINS too dnzcd to
rcsist, until he was tnken before
MnEistrntc Eolweli.
"Whnt's the charger, Hin Honor
mixed.
"He's n Ionfer." Lnwlor's captor
replied.
For few minutes Jeremiah would
have cnvicd the sounds OF Inmentn-
tIon TINT issued from the courtroom.
The blacksmith finally followed them
out md headed straight for n rail-
why station to return TO Boston,
where they snll let n man tnke one
vacation every fourteen ycnrs.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-28

newspapers contained paragraph
thnt strawberries were on the mar
ket for TINT day only, weekend
trent, md TINT each week end would
see the release of the dninty for Sum
days tnblcs.
buyers descended upon the market
places with orders loudly voiced In
boacs, pounds, hundreds of boxes,
even tons. Frantic bids and plen.
were mnde, while frantic marketmcn
stood Eunrd over n few dozen bns-
kets and dolcd out the prizes. Sat-
urdny continues to be n .',var baby,
day In the market places. Price.
rise us tho crowds gather md II In
certainty TINT strawberries nrc
bought md aold. But the cnsuni
restaurant diner might we'll be con-
WINGED that they go into tho family
sock or the cracked tcacup on the
mnnteI. Certainly six berries for a
nhilIinE no longer conK quarters
from the pocket.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-28
KING AND QUEEN FRIENDLY
WITH EMPL OYEES IN PLANTS
MinElc Freely With the Working Folk
In Factories Making Munitions
and Motor Trucks.

LONDON. July 27.-King George and
Queen Mary. either together or with
one or more OF their children. often
visit factories making munitions, air.
planes, Il. tor trucks or other war
essentials. The royal family, includ
ing't the Prince OF Wales. mingle freely
with the working folk. and Queen
Alexandra is largely occupied with hos
pital and other relief work.
At an East London motor-truck
plant, where 5000 persons. third OF
them women. arc employed, Queen
Mary remarked that the girls appeared
10 be OF a very superior typ1." \
member Of the shops force replied:
YES. we are some stunt or these
girls!'
The Queen Didn't understand tho
slang. so was informed tho speaker
meant that employment OF the women
had been altogether satisfactory. At
the Same shop the King introduced
Princess Mary to n forcwoman simply
as my daughter"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-28
ARMY Halls MUTES
AS IDEAL A|RMEN
Experiments on Aviation Field
Prove That They Are
Best Fighters.
HAVE NO SENSE OF MOTION
Never Become Scasick or Dizzy
in High Attitudes, and Lose
Sense of Dread.

MlNEOLA. l.. l., July z7.-Army offi-
lieFe that the ideal air fighter has been
found-the deaf mute. AS n result OF
tests made with recent graduates frolr
the New York Institution for the Deaf
and Dumb it is believed that the War
Department will soon authorize their
enrolment in the flying service and
that new field OF war endeavor will
be opened to>thousands OF young men
all over the country.
Curiously enough II has been dis
covered that deafness eliminates one
OF the most dangerous factors in the
training of military aviators The
man who was born normal. but who has
lost his hearing has no sense OF mo-
ton. 80 1t is explained by Major VIII
liam II. Van Tassel assistant principal
of the institution. As a result he loses
the fear and the feeling of dizziness
which a great altitude often causes In
the normal man.
"a number Of our graduates have
been tried out in a!rplancs at MineoIa
for several Sundays past" said Major
Van Tassel. and the tests have been
SO successful that it is quite likely
they Will be allowed to enlist. It
will depend upon how further expert
mentation. which Is no win prograss.
turns out
The deaf have no sense OF motion.
II they lose the sense OF hearing. after
once having possessed it. they cannot
tell. for instance. whether they are
swinging in a hammock or whether II
Is stationary. They never become sea-
sick or dizzy in high attitudes and lose
all sense OF dread. such as is expert
enced by normal persons. The explo-
sions OF airp!aue engines are entirely
unheard by the mutes. although in all
other respects they are exactly as keen
as anyone.
BLINDFoLD MEN IN
TESTS AT MISEOLA
They have seen testing our boys at
M!neola by having them fly blindfolded
70 see II they can tell when they are
ascending or descending. or when they
turn to the right or left. The army
officers have told me they have been
greatly pleased with the result and
that the mutes have made good in
every respect"
Added concentration is obtained by
the deaf aviators because of their In
ability TO hear the engine explosions.
It was explained. and a lack OF d!zzi-
ness renders them particularly intrepid
almost Immediately they take to the
air.
Scores OF recent graduates OF the In
sutution nave sought enlistmcnts in
the army and navy since the war be-
gan. TO be rejected for physical dis
ability. The idea Of trying a deaf and
dumb mute as an aviator is said to
have originated at the War Department.
and a young man named Radclin was
first experimental with. Nhe result was
so successful that others were taken
to Mineola. and in every instance the
deaf flyers astonish their instructors
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-28
LIKE NOTE FROM CRAVE
IS MESSAGE FROM GIRL
Lieutenant George Dinges Receive
Word From Sister Stolen
Years Ago.
SPENT MUCH MONEY IN SEARCH
People Who Kidnapped Child When
Two Years Old Make Provision in
VIII Demanding Burial OF All I.c-
gal and Other Papers.

TRENTON. y. J.. July o7.-Like Il
note from the grave was a letter re-
ceivcd a short time ago by Lieutenant
George Dingcs. stationed at FULLY
town. Pa. from his sister. Mrs A
\. Haywood. Of Long Hill, Conn. who
was kidnapped thirty-four years ago
when she Was baby. and who was
long since given up as dead.
Tho story Of Lieutenant Dinges and
hts sister being reunited reads like
Action. George Dngcs and his sister,
Ida MAY. were ;hc only children Of
M. and Mrs. william Dinges. OF Mount
Kisco. wcstchestcr County. " Y. When
Ida was two years old. while she was
playing about the house. she suddenly
disappeared.
II was later learned that she had
been Kidnapped. Tho parents spent
considerable money and effort fo-
many years in search for her y
description OF her was sent broad
cast. but she could never DC located.
The sir! had been picked up some
whore and adopted by Mr.. and Mrs
Hcobard and taken with the family to
New York. where she lived for Ave
years. The family atterward move3
to Long HILL about eight miles from
Bridgeport. Conn, where the Heb
bards recently died. In their will they
requested that all their legal and other
papers be buried with them.
Meanwhile. the missing child had
grown TO womanhood and had married
=. a. Haywood. One child resulted
from the union.
Following the deaths OF the Heb
bards IL leaked out that M-s. Hay
wood had been adopted when a child
and that her real name was Dinges.
This news surprised the woman and
she at once began looking up all the
families named Dinges throughout the
country. She learned that a lieuten
ant named George Dinges was in the
United States Army. and she COM
municated with the adjutant-general
being informed later that the maa
she sought was stationed at Tully-
town.
Mrs. Haywood went to Mount Kisco
and from older residents learned more
about the case. until she established
the fact that Lieutenant Dinges was
her brother. She then wrote to the
lieutenant and he hurried to Long Hill
to visit her. Mrs. Haywood inherited
both money and property from the
Hcbbards.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-28
NURSES MINUS FOOD CARD
FED BY ONE THEY AIDED
Badges Cause DiEnihed French Waiter
10 Quickly Change His Mind
to Their Advantage.

LONDON, July 27.-After travelling
for days. several American nurses, tired
and hungry, entered a Strand restau-
rant. But they were couponlcSs and
their appeals for square meal" had
no effect upon a dignified French
waiter.
one of the nurses shoulder badges and
his attitude changed You shall have
all you wish. l will find the food cou-
pons. 1t was your hospital that made
me over"
1t transpierd that the waiter. a shat
tered wrecl: from the French front.
had had his face made. over" at the
hospital stated by the nurses corps.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-28
YANKS AND POILUS SWAP
FLOUR AND THE 'MAKINGS'
Americans Prefer Bread Furnished to
French Army Because 1t Is
Conrser.

LONDON. July 27.-Sammies here In
Blighty say there are two short cuts
to the friendship OF the French poilu.
They are flour and tobacco.
The Americans are supplied with ex-
cellent white -four. from which they
make very good bread. Yet curiously
enough. they prefer the darker and
coarser article served to the French
men. There Is. 1t need hardly be said,
no difficulty in arranging an exchange.
AS to tobacco. Sammy enjoys an
unfailing supply OF 1t. He is willing
to swap 1t for a share OF the French
wine rations. and many are the deals
arranged privately on this basis, 1t is
said.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-28
WE'D AT MONUMENT
New Craze Strikes Capital. of Indiana
With Dan Cupid ms Central
Figure.

INDIANAPOLIS. IND. July 81
With high ideals" emanating from
aviation, marrying on the top of the
Soldiers and Sailors Monument here
has been revived by young couples en-
tering upon their matrimonial voyages
I'VE got a high start, anyway" said
Arleigh L. Eckhart shortly after he
had been married TO Lydia Holmes on
the top OF the monument. His bride
was born at Coney Island. n. Y. and
said she liked the sensation OF little
thrill even when getting married.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-28
Strawberries in London Weekend Dainties,
for They Sell at Half Dozen for Quarter

LONDON, July 27.-strnwberry
day in London resembles Broad
Street when n submarine bout In on
rampage.
For weeks rumors were banded
about, then denied, then renewed,
with renewed deninls. On a certain
day In June strawberries were to be
wiped on the market and thereafter
the entire crop wns to go direct to
the JRm pots, dealers md retailers,
md the avid strawberry fan seeing
nary berry.
When the denial hnd gained
weight and become accepted gencr-
nily. London awakened ono morning
to find the crop was nnklng Its way
to Jnm manufacturers. The usual six
strawberries with custnrd-thcrc Is
no cream outside hospitnIs-which
Ernccd the bill of fare of an average
restaurant mt about one shilling per
hn1f dozen, wnn scrntched.
Then one Saturday morning the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-28
IRELAND's CROPS GOOD
Favorable Weather Is Putting Potatoes
Ahead Nearly Three
Weeks.

DUBLIN July 27.-The first heat
waves which are driving city folk to
the seaside promise well For the crops
Of Ireland. Irish farms are r big fac.
tor In the problem OF feeding England.
so the news that favorable weather Is
putting the new potato crop forward
:hree weeks Is matter OF interest To
England as well rs Ireland.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-28
nurlcd Rc.lde He Victim.

GARY, IND. July 27-John Lazar.
who hanged himself in tho Lake
County Jail at Crown Point after con-
Tossing he murdered his cousin, Merca
Lazar. Is buried beside his victim in
the cemetery here. John shot Merca
during a quarrel
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-25
PRINCE At WHITE HOUSE
Arthur Of Connaught. on Way to ia
pan, Calls on Wilson.

Washington, May 25.-Princc Ar
thur Of Connaught, first cousin o.?
King George Of England, who is on
special mission from the king to
the Emperor of Japan, came to Wash
ington yesterday and paid call OF
courtesy on President Wilson.
The prince, who is major in the
Royal Scots Grays, and has seen much
service at the front, is accompanied
BY staff consisting Of Capt.and Hen.
Joseph st. Clair. Master OF Sinclair,
Lieut.. Gen. Sir William Pulteney,
Major and Earl Of Pembroke and
Montgomery, and Capt. +. Bait, OF
the Royal Berkshire regiment. He
is going to Tokyo to present the en-
peror with the baton O. British field
marshal.
President Wilson today entertained
the prince at luncheon at the White
House.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-25
JOHNSON TESTiFIES
Dentist Blames Over-Study, Sick
Mother and Draft.

Richmond, Va, May 25. = His
strength exhausted by over-study in
his dental course, his mother critical
ly i'll, about to be inaucted into the
National Army and nervousness as
the result of loss of sleep were rea-
sons assigned yesterday by DR.. Lem
uel Johnson, MiddleseX, \. c., dentist,
fer attempting to take his life in a
Wilson, n. c., hotel several days after
his wife had died in this city from the
efferts of poison.
Dn Johnson showed the effects of
the strain he has been under during
the ,past ten days. He broke down
several times while reciting his view
of the situations preceding and sub
sepuent to the death OF his wife whom
he chad married three months before.
""I felt no PAIN" said the witness,
imdescribing taking the poison in the
Wilson hotel. l just began to get
numb all over. The next l recall was
when woke up in a hospital.
Johnson identified the letters Of
ferei in evidence and admitted they
.mere his writing, out denied any
of having. written them or
knowing their contents. Il had wor-
ried unit! | was absent-minded," he
said.
The witness was on the stand from
10 a. m. until o'clock yesterday eve
ming, and when the state rested for
the night he had told of the happen
ings up until the time Of his arrest
Johnson was visibly affected wher
he told of the last meeting with his
wife. 1t was on the night of Decem'
ber 8, when he placed her in taxicat
at the station and bade her goodbye
while he took the midnight train fol
Midilesey.
Relative to his letters to Miss Ollie
White, Zebulon music teacher, 1ol
whose love the state expects to es'
tablish a basis for giving his VIII
poison, Johnson said:
eve have always been close FRIENDS
since our school days. I went IN hel
company frequently and learned t.
care a great deal for her, but | neVe'
asked her to marry me-"
Il admit testified Johnson, Una
| made a mistake in not telling ne
I was married, but the way thing'
were | had not the heart to DO u.
Johnson denied he did not love nj
wife. or that he had been trapped lnt'
marrying her, or that he married ne
when she was in trouble.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-25
"By order L. A. Blackner,
"Capt. Engrs. r. c."
BRITISH SHIP ATTACK ED.
Transport With Americans Sinks
While Troops Stand in Line.

diiHPOit WITH it.NtlNcHs toiHhS
While Troops Stand in Line.
London, May 25.-The British arm
ed merchant troop ship Moldavia,
with American troops on board has
been torpedoed and sunk, according
to an official bulletin issued by the
Admiralty The text of the Admiral
" statement follows:
"The armed mercantile cruiser
Moldayia was torpedoed and sunk
yesterday morning.
"There were no casualties among
the crew. but of the American troops
on board Sc, up to the present, have
not been accounted Tor. It is feared
they We're killed in one compartment
by the explosion"
Queenstown, May 25.-The Cork
steamer Inniscarre, bound from Fish
guard 10 Cork, has beer torpedoed
and sunk. Thirty-seven members of
the crew are missing and are suppos-
ed to have been lost. Five survivors
of the disaster have been landed.
Washington, May 25.--The United
States ship Wakiva, convertci
yacht, was sunk in European waters
in collision on May p with a loss
CT two men.