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The public ledger., 1918-06-28
LEAVE FOR TENNESSEE

John A. Murphy. Ward Wallingford,
Otto Starrett, Walter Gibson and
Red" Meyers leave Sunday AFTER
noon for Cooksville, Tenn, to enter
training in polytenical school op-
Grated by the government. They will
be given six months course in what
ever branch they are best fitted for
Kentucky's quota to this school was
l3O so Mason county is amply repre-
sented.
The public ledger., 1918-06-28
F0RTy.1wO REG|sTRANTS
From This County Left This Morning
For Camp Taylor = Robertson
Cunty's Quota Went With
Them.

Forty-two Mason county boys left
this morning for Camp Taylor TO en-
ter the U. s. military service. They
we're mostly farmer boys. The list
follows:
Emery Adamson.
Robert Snyder.
John T. Welch.
Robert II. Wolf.
Bert Williams.
Lawrence A Mcnamara.
Ira d. Hicks.
Lawrence Elliott.
Henry Doyle.
Carl G. Robertson.
John T. Walton.
Mark Collins.
Clarence Il. West.
John T. Collopy.
Orville G. Gill.
Leslie W, Williams.
James ID. Ball.
Earl Fritz.
Emery L. Poe.
John T. Morgan.
Claud Pabst.
John R. Wolf.
Charles A. Marshall.
Harvey W. Berry.
Mathew Guilfoyle.
Fred Fl. POllitt.
George James.
Robert Stevens.
Carroll H. Jarvis.
Adamson r. Downing.
Garrett c. Jefferson.
Glenn l.. Ravencraft.
william o. Faul.
Newton II. Haughaboo.
William T. Hef1in.
Benjamine Hall.
Kenton Insko.
Fred William Huber.
Harry Perkins.
= Clarence j. Maley.
Charles s. Maley.
Francis V. Thomas.
The public ledger., 1918-06-28

Mrs. Gladys B. Flora, age IL, died
at her home near Fernleaf, last night,
after an illness of several months of
tuberculosis. The deceased is survived
by her husband and one child. The
funeral will be held Saturday MORN
ing at II o'clock. Burial in Shannon
cemetery.
The public ledger., 1918-06-28
CHAurAuQuA TICKETS

Wow on sale n this eiIice. Phsne us
The nunh>r yen want and We win see
that yss fef them. Renenber TIE
prsspn s(aFta tsnsrrsu as6 n h .
eee6 - pen'l sveriesk W beys
81 49, Ike9 shssl< ~ hsve ~.
The public ledger., 1918-06-28
SOLDIER DIES

Charles Hiatt of Orangeburg, age
81 years, died of tuberculosis at the
home of his brother-in-law, John Hill,
Orangeburg. Mr.. Hiatt had been in
the service of his country, having
seen service on the Mexican border,
but returned some time ago from Ill
health, thinking rest would revive
him.
The public ledger., 1918-06-28

MY Four Years in Germany" at
Washington Opera House today and
Saturday. Every American should
see this picture regarded by many as
the finest on the screen today. If this
picture does not arouse sentiment in
any heart that heart is not American.
The public ledger., 1918-06-28

The large Chautauqua tent Of the
Coit-Alber Chautauqua arrived. yes
terday afternoon and will be erected
today at Beechwood for the opening
tomorrow.
The public ledger., 1918-06-28
n. q. MARINES WIN

See this and all the latest war news
in Pathe's News at the Pastime today.
Also Pearl White in "The House of
Hate. A Kartoon comedy and Har-
old Lloyd comedy.
The public ledger., 1918-06-28

Mr.. H. E. Schatzmann has returned
to his home at Dayton, KY, after
spending several weeks with his
mother, Mrs. A. E. Schatzmann, of
Lexington street.
The public ledger., 1918-06-28

TWO DRAY LOADS of back order
Edison Photographs received today
by j. T. Kackley & Co. and will be
sold at the old price as long as they
last. The difference will buy your
records.
26-St J. T. KACKLEY G co.
The public ledger., 1918-06-28
FOR SALE

10 young Black Minorci Hens, first
class stock, winners at three State
Fairs. Overstocked, will sell reason
able. JUDGE II. p. PURNELL.
The public ledger., 1918-06-28

Mr.. Harry Esley Ennis has return
ed home after a weeks stay at Rich
mond, KY.
The public ledger., 1918-06-28

Mrs. Howard Parry spent the day
with Sudie Ennis en- route to her
home in Dayton, Ohio,
The public ledger., 1918-06-28

Mr.. D. N. House of Dayton, KY, is
visiting Mrs. A. E. Schatzmann Of
Lexington street.
The public ledger., 1918-06-28

JUST RECEIVED
A shipment Of Grain Cradles. Phone
your order. NIKE BROWN,
26-2t The Square Deal Man.
The public ledger., 1918-06-28

DR.. and Mrs. W. H. Taulbee and
daughter, Florence Knight, will re-
turn today from weeks visit with
relatives in Baltimore.
The public ledger., 1918-06-28

Remember to call and see the new
City Mission tonight.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-16
SAk1MY'S SMILE CHEERS;
IT'S A FINE CROUCH KILLER

way OF living. moving onstruceaou 10
their progress. They were one. two.
three for size: or, rather, ave. Ave
three quarters and six foot tail. the
latest one looming way above the
lesser one. as his slender build gave
the impression of being much higher
up in the world than he really was.
evidently the long and the short OF
II were not familiar with the city. for
medium" said. Here. let me 20 ahead
and show you the way" The slight
confusion attending the change in the
single file movement would have filed
most of us with fury.
Not SO our boys The tall ana yeu
in behind the leader and they seemed
20 be moving brightly ahead. when the
snort OF ii put in his oar with. Here.
you tall thing, I can't see thing with
you IN front of me" So again the line
was revised and the Jolly fellows
swung along. laughing and INVITING
each other merriIy.
And Yet these soldiers were headed
for the railway station, perhaus Ia
board train that would take them
nearer the field of action abroad. via
a transport that would swallow them
up from their loved ones and land
them with the allies to help fight for
the triumph of democracy They
were not adding to the worries az
their fellow-men by intrudin~ thar
annoyances and inconvenience. but
INSPIRED a general spirit OF good fell
! iowship that shamed those in the
CROWDED passageway who considered
their own comfort about the most i'm
portant matter In the world. Who INT
a grouch could help but be infected
with their spirit of cheerfulness?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-16
RADFORD NORMAL NOTES

Especial to The Richmond virrfnian-N
East Radford. Va, Sept 1s.-The
Normal school will during the pres
eht session use several one, two and
tnree-room schools as Observation
ana, 10 some extent practice schools
TOT me young women who are look
ing forward to teaching In the rural
SCHOOLS and Virginia high schools.
rms work viii be under the direction
or Professor w. B. Coggin, who comes
10 this institution the present session
from tne Normal school at johnson
Gity, Tenn, where he has had a very
successful career as teacher ana .n-
pervlsor OF rural school work. Pro-
lessor Coggin was for a number OF
years division superintendent of
schools in Charles City county. Va.
where he made a most remarkable
record in the development OF rural
and village schools.
Professor J. v. Avent. who has
heen member OF the faculty since
the opening in 1913. will he director
of the training school for the coming
session. The training school faodli-
ties will be considerably enlarged.
This is made necessary by the con-.
stantly increasing numbers Of the
senior class and junior class. who use
the training school for observation
and practice purposes.
DIR. ]. F. Mcconnell. director of the
Junior Red Cross work for the state
of Virginia. is devoting much time
to the promotion of this work for the
coming year. An appeal is being
made to all division superintendent
and teachers 10 establish junior Red
Cross auxiliaries in every school in
the state. Most encouraging reports
are being received from every section
OF the state.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-16
BY ZAYDA GLOVER.

New York. Sept. 1.-THE CHEEKY
way those boys of ours have of meet
ing the little annoyances that con-
front them daily, the helpfulness they
exhibit toward our visiting allies and
the general air OF aiertness, in evil
dence everywhere, is a positive inspra-
ton. They may be facing-WHAT? p
yet they are not moping and wearing
a downcast appearance, suggestive of
the desire for sympathy and pity that
they must do what those of us who
stay at home will not have to meet
No, indeed; on the contrary, they fill
us with inspiration. new courage and
unbounded admiration for their spirit
'resentments appear too small for any
thing.
Where do we see a soldier. going
over. in service or training here. or
returned perhaps MANNED - who
shows any 'smallness" of disposition
in his countenance It can't he done
He does not indulge. This very fact
should shame us out OF our pet or
imagined woe. whatever it is
This contrast doomed up big in one
OF the narrow passa geways the pub
Tic is obliged 10 use uptown where the
streets are all torn UP due to the fac.
that construction work is going on
for subway building. Two people can
scarcely pass each other in comfort
let alone hurry toward the station TO
catch a train, and many are the mut4
tered words of discomfort and impa-
tience 10 be heard from the passer- by
They Were soldiers three, evidently on
the way to catch a train, and their
needs must pass through this narrow
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-16
Pan-American Solidarity Is
Now Assured, Says Writer
All Indications Point Fact That Overwhelming Majority of
South Central American Countries Are AS One With the
United States and Her Allies In the Great Worlds War

contend that they have the same
right.
A careful scrutiny OF the leading
newspapers in the neutral countries
shows that an overw h Inning majority
Of them are most friendly to the
United States and the European allies.
II is lso believed by many that the
so-ealfed neutral countries are able to
be of greater service to the United
States and the European allies by be-
ing neutral than by declaring war.
If they took the latter step they
would be involved in vast expenses,
in conservation, of their own supplies
and IN the shutting down on what
they can send to the United States
and the European allies They would
MISC require large sums of money for
armament and protection and these
sums would necessarily have to be
supplied to a considerable extent by
the United States and the European
allies
Western Hemisphere O. n.
A careful consideration of the edi-
torIal comment in the representative
papers~tn all parts of Latin America.
of the special articles which are ap~
pearinS i'll its press of speeches that
are being made in its congresses, of
special addresses that are being de-
livered, and of pamphlets and books
which are being distributed, would
lead TO the inevitable conclusion ths
the war has justified beyond all ex-
pectations the best principles of Pan
Americanism. and proved from a
popular standpoint, the actual
solidarity oEsthe Western Hemisphere.
Canada, technically speaking, is not
claased as officially belonging 10 Pan
America but II We include it
geographically under that term and
add it as u national entity. in addi-
tion 10 the United States and the
twenty Latin American countries, we
have total of twenty-five ali-Ameri-
can nations. fifteen of which have
formally broken relations with the
Central Allies and ten have officially
declared war on them. AS showing
the combined weight OF Pan-Ameri-
can cooperation. under this classifi
cation in the war. 1t can he said that
four tifths OF the population, fiye-
seventies of all its governments, eight
ninths of its immense area and nine
elevenths of its enormous foreign
com merCe have allied themselves
against the Central Allies. According
to the best statistics. moreover, the
Pan-American allies. aside from the
United States and Canada could pro-
vide. If required within two years an
army OF two millions of competent
lighting men. AS it is. they and the
neutral countries of Pan America as
well are supplying vast quantities OF
food products and raw materials
which are absolutely essential for the
successful conduct of the war.
Certainly. the above is a showing
for Pan America which will interest
all those who are watching the atti-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-16
CENTRAL POWERS SPAR FOR BREATH.

Tho Tcuton mind cannot avoid the
conclusion that tho same scheme
will work anywhere else just as
well. The imperial German gov
er1,ment has spent millions for
propaganda. II quite clearly
regards tho, mind of all the peoples
outside of the central powers as
on the same low Icvcl---infinitely
below the intelligence of the Ger
mans II this were trne, the
Huns might win another victory
like that ut Brt>st- Bitovsl BE
ing quite otherwise. tho kaiser
has been luckicr than he deserves
in having sutScrvicnt Austrian
government fo put out peace
fcclcrs.
Ia such an emergency as now
soufronts him, the Hun is ready
To grasp any opportunity to get
ont Of the war with whole. skin
and his eastern cnnquests intact.
lac IT, hi the position of crooked
gambler trying 10 get ont OF the
frnf,,p with his WINNINGS
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-16

Whether the Austrian proposal
THAI all the helllgerent powers get
together sornev,c aud make n
@free exchange of views ahout
peace is accompanied for a suE-
xestion of an arrnisaioe. we are
not informed.
Certainly, an opportunity for
the central powers to get their
breath. rcorgantzc their battle
tines snd their internal affairs and
80 get ready for further combat
would be natural.
More likely. however, is tho
essentially TcutoniC thought that
such a discussion will give oppor-
funity for raising differences of
opinion among the entente nations
which will tangic their military
plans and destroy the morale of
their home fronts as well ~ of
their xrTnies.
The scheme worked very wei
in Rnssfs, where German gold and
general ignorance combined tn
give the Huns cheating Victory.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-16
U. S. PRISONERS FED
WELL BY RED CROSS
OPERATING VIA BERNIE

London, Sept 15---American wigs.
mothers and loved ones of captured
Sammles confined in German prison
camps need have no fear their boys
viii suffer from lack of food. With
characteristics. live wire, modern bust
ness efficiency methods the Ameri-
can Red Cross has perfected great
organization which now forwards
weekly supplies of food to all Ameri-
can prisoners in Germany through
Berne, Switzerland.
AT Berne the Red Cross has leased
large warehouse which now con-
tans sufficient food to supply ten
thousand American prisoners for a
period of six months. similar ware
house has been leased in Copenhagen.
which Will contain five thousand
weekly rations. and will be ready to
take up the work of prisoners relic
at moments notice.
AS soon as man is reported a pris-
oner of war a twenty pound parcel of
food is sent to him. and this is fol-
lowed by a shipment of the same size
each week thereafter. The parcel
also contains a supply of suitable
clothing. toilet articles, tobacco and
certain luxuries The American war
department has furnished clothing for
the enlisted men, and the Red Cross
has tailor shop at Berne to provide
officers uniforms.
A typical individual weekly pack
age sent to a Yankee prisoner of war
includes the following articles:
Two pounds corned beef.
one pound roast beef
TWO pounds Of salmon
Two pounds corned beef hash.
Two pounds pork and beans
one pound dried beans.
Two pounds tomatoes. corn and
peas.
Five pounds hard bread and bis
cults
One pound granulated sugar.
One pound prunes.
One bar soap.
Salt and pepper.
Cocoa. jam, raisins or figs, choco-
late
One hundred cigarettes.
special invalid's ration, approved
by the United States army surgeon
general. is issued to prisoners re-
ported ill.,
!. The work is-cent ralined at Berne.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-16

People continue to ask the cause
OF tho constantly soaring high prices
From woek to week some raise takes
place is This or that article of neces-
sity The price is generally paid with
out a nurmur. and the dealer pockets
the cash.
Certain things do not rise In price
because the government has said the
last word. hut everything else con-
tinues to climb The answer is plain
Men have grown money mad They
have gone wild to Pile up the dollars
while the war lasts
We Witnessed few days ago a
barber shop crowded with soldiers
in Virginia city where every man
was charged twenty cents for a shave
This shop was operated by the same
man before the war when ten cents
was the price. He is under the same
lease for tho same rental His work
men are employed upon the percent
age basis Just as before. and in no
WAY is he put to one cent increase
for shop expenses,
This is only specimen This bar
her is simply doing what all the rest
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-16

America unless We repudiate civil
ration and abandon humanity and put
q premium on savarery and brutality.
can make no covenanted peace. no
peace ny agreement or negotia ton
with Germany. II woule be cove
nant with hell. a partnership with
infary.
Nor would such peace secure
peace, except SC long as il suited Ger
many. we can Judge the future only
by the past. and 70 Germany sacred
treaties are scraps of paper only
Germ anys whole history is record
Of national treachery. national bad
faith, national dishonor, national n1ur-
ASr. and national infany,
Article SO Of The Hague convention
~ which Germany soiemnly subserib-
ri. -. Family honor and rights, the
1kyn o. psrsons and private property,
~ wen - religious convictions and
reaGttae, mua be respected Private
oxopees1 can not be conhscated"
1hG world knows how Germany has
1ceSsd s<Ah szz3cie. There are mall
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-16

the destruction has been far greater
than the confscstion.
OF the old men and children rnur-
dered, Of the women and girls ravish-
ed. OF the noncombatants taken from
their homes and deported 10 work for
their conduerorS, OF the merchant
ships sunk and passengers and crews
murdered. of the hospital ships sunk.
the hospitals and unfortifed cities
bonn bed of the multilation and muir
der by crucifxion and otherwise OF
wounded aud captured soldiers--of
evidence. evidence that no one can
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-16

proposes to make consumers pay
the cost of it. estimated at Some
thing like loss OF So 600 600. 900
in revenue, by imposing con-
sumption taxes en- coffee sugar,
tea and other breakfast table
necessities as If the cost Of living
had not already become an al
most unbearahte burden, AS the
weight Of these prospective taxes
comes "a ne increasingly felt. IT
is NOT likely that the masses will
he enraptured with the quality OF
statesmAnship that committed the
objectionable folly OF loading This
extra burden on them
Saws the miserable paragraph. So
100000 600 will he lost in revenue
and congress- proposes now to take
that from coffee. tea and sugar Great
has been the liquor establishments in
tho fuddled and maudnn mind Of the
Lieker Tee-Dec 1t has been known
to see double, hut the terrible relapse
TO autI-booze has brought three or
four pronEs TO thc forked tail Of de-
vouring thirst
People OF Virginia are asked to
read the editorial gibberish Of fell
low who does rot kr'ow that the fed
eral government in all its history
never collected in one year as taxes
on malt or spurious liquors even close
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-16
NO covENANTED PEACE WITH GERMANY.

lions OF individual witnesses to her
aarrant brooches Of it, Every acre OF
foreign soil Germany has occupied
bears mute, but unimpeachaole evt-
denoe Of It. There is plenty Of Ger
man evidence of II. too.
The goods Of different sorts seized
in tho enemies territories are~in such
large quantities that the difficulty of
knowing where 10 put them increases
day by day. Al the request Of the
Prussian minister of war. all cham
bers OF commerce have been asked 10
give all possible information with re-
gard to atoreheuses sheds etc which
could be used temporarily 10 ware
house The spoil" From the Frank
furter Zeitung. January, 1918
The German papers have been
crowded with advertisements of sale
OF property taken from France and
Belgium. Mem bers OF the reichstag
have boosted OF. others have censured,
the amount Of booty brought to Ger
many from the occupied territory. and
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-16
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.sTTIEDA KARA"

Theda Bara in "Saiome" is the at
traction at the Academy today. Tues
day and Wednesday, with matinee at
40.
Reports from New York where they
Iefer to the version adhered to in film
ing the new production, say that It is
not really version that lis employed,
as has been the case in stage pre-
sensations OF the tragedy. The pic
Irritation of "Salome," the report says,
is based on the history of the period
as related by Flavius Josephus, fore
most authority on the subject
On these facts many literary versions
have been based and Salome has been
immortalized in prose and verse and
music
Her story has had a marked effect
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-16

dishelieve.
The best answer to German peace
propaganda is sinking more U-boats,
sending more men to France. speeding
up our work along every line. and a
heavy subscription to the fourth lib
erty loan. Peace must mean the trf-
umph OF right and justice, the defeat
Of Germanism. not truce with IL not
a compromise with It
Our soldiers In France are gloriously
doing their part toward victory,> the
liberty loan subscription must show
them that the people at home are do
ing theirs.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-16
WAITS sCOTCH COMEDY
COMPANY AT THE LYRIC

Jack Wyatt's Scotch lads and lassies.
a company of native Scotch troub a =
dours. will have prominent place on
the new bill which opens the week at
the Lyric this afternoon Among the
interesting features of the perform
ance given by the Scotch actors and
land baepipers The pipers play the
rollieking dance tunes for the buxom
Scotch lassies and the accomplishments
for the hilarious sons of the Killed CO.
medrans. The act is one of the most
deliberately staged seen here in a long
time
Marie Stoddard the song car
toonist' is another interesting feature
OF the new show. She has an extern
sive repertoire of original character
comedy songs, Farber and Taylor. a
droll comedy duo will he seen in a
quaint comedy offering. which bristles
with laughter-provokinG numbers.
Then there are the Misses Martin
and Bayes, dainty and graceful
dancers, offering a series of graceful
and handsomely dressed terpsichorean
creations.
Rounding out the diversified enter
tainment will be the Peterson Broth
ers. daredevil gymnasts and all-round
athletes, giving an exhibition of SEN
sational acrohatic and gymnastic feats.
aloft and allow.
experimenting the new vaudeville
show viii come new motion picture ex-
hibits. including the latest releases of
tho Hearst-Pathe war film series.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-16

Sacramento. Cal. Sept. 1s.-Sfxty
I. w. w. members under indictmants
charged with the wholesale destry,c-
ton OF property m California ana
hampering the United States war pro-
gram registered for the draft Thurs
day. Every one expressed a willtn9-
meas to go to war.and s1ghts the6nn1 :
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-16

, and there Is further reserve supniv
stored in France. which NAV hs
shipped to Berne or Copenhaeen- as
needed
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-16

Kentucky colonel who went all
the way to Philadelphia to sample It's
famous mint discovered that it was
too big to put in a julep.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-16

Mrs. Serviss Starr-Pooh. A piece of
cheese can't catch cold.