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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-15
SUSPECTED OF MURDER
SAYS HE is INNOCENT

New York, March 13.---Before GO
ing into a room filled with detectives
prepared 10 put him through q
erueling examination DR.. Walter X.
Wilkins, aged sixty-seven, forueg
Californian. said today that he knew
that he was suspected Of the murder
OF his wife near their Long Island
country home on the night of Feb
ruary 25. Or. wilkins said that his
finger prints had been taken by the
police but that he did not fear the
outcome Of their investigation. He
repeated his original story that he and
Mrs. wilkins were attacked by three
robbers as they entered their home.
Mrs. Wilkins was beaten to death
with blunt instrument. DR. Will
kins says that his wife's death was
the worst thing that could have hap
pened to him. She was a good wife,
good nurse, companion and the
person from whom ! got my money"
he said today. under her will--at least
under the terms Of the only will
found thus far--r am left practically
penniless. At the age OF sixty-seven
I will have to go back into active
practive.'
The will Of Mrs. wilkins dispossn
OF an estate valued at $4,000 with
the exception of a small bequest to
a nephew and niece, the estate is
left to the German hospital of New
York and to charitable institutions.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-15

he added hastily. There's movies az
terwards.'
That's fair enough. Only Buddy
was fortnight young man. you
don't need 10 camoufiase 1t. Id Just
as soon go to church again. / like
To hear EN- sing
So they went into the theater. They
sang more old hymns, the words OF
which were thrown on a screen and
The tunes. it seemed. Doughboy had
always known. Then n tall soldierly
. .pokins man preached, The
theme was Living for Others" And
here again was talk in terms of
poughhoy's own experience. Why.
when you came down to abrass tack.
that was Just what had been doing:
nVing--doing hard things. even TAX
ing his chance og being bumped Off
for others. And the Y. NJ. C A. man
was right. There was a good deal
of satisfaction in that. OF course you
grabbed while you were going through
it. but now 1t was all over, and YOU
were policed up inside and out, you
were. glad, mighty glad, you'd done
your bit.
After all, they didn't stay for the
movies, though many others did.
buddy said he WAS sleep, and dough
boy somehow didn't feel In the humor
for movies. They went to their hotel
and turned in Snug under the covers,
Buddy gave a sigh of deep content.
This sure is the life.' he asserted.
II hope" said Doughboy
lie turned out the light and lifted
his eyes to the moonlit hills: he liked
The hills. After a bit, they began to
recede and Doughbey fell into the
sleep that comes only after q day
we'll and happily spent.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-15

ter. Then cornetist stood in the
theater entrance and blew bugle call
Machine Gunner arose. Doughboy
arose, too, and without saying any,
thing about. they both went into the
theater. That was the way YOU did
at home: Went TO church without
com ment, quite as though no one
could have thought OF anything else.
Ana others drifted in, until the thea
ter--it holds thousand--was almost
full
They began by singing. led by the
band, Onward Christian Soldiers Of
course. and Jesus Shall Reign and
Abide Win Me-" and half a dozen
other old hymns and the music of ID
nlled the theater and streamed out
through the great Casino and brought
In other boys, who added their voices.
DougRboy had forgotten what a.
well, Sort of clean, uplifted feeling
" gave YOU to sing the old hymns
But maybe they had never meant
quite as much before; something's.
especially IL you have lived in the
DARK Shadow. mean more over here
. Then. they. said the Lords Prayer
together, and a psalm was read. and
they repeated the Apostles Greed.
Just as they did at home. The scrip
ture lesson was read, a prayer said
and very good quartet OF Y. NJ. c..
a, men and women sang an anthem,
beautifully, Doughboy thought.
Then Chaplain preached, or rath-
CIR talked. The text was Il hava
called you friends" Doughboy could
understand that There was Buddy.
for example. good scout seven days
a week and willing, any day Of the
seven, to take a chance for a friend.
Doughboy would have gone very
thirsty one day In Belleau Wood il
Buddy hadn't shared the last gill
N his cantoon. They sang again:
me benediction was pronounced. and
Doughboy was surprised to And it
was nearly dinner time.
After dinner he suggested billiards
Tor Buddy.s sake--Buddy was a bear
Al billiards. The ''Y" reserved the
tables for soldiers. But Buddy had a
aunch that Doughboy wanted to. hige
along the lake. and insisted upon that,
so they went on a long ramble thar
brought them back to the hotel just
IN time for supper. After supper
Buddy said. "Well?" Doughboy hest
ated; he wanted to be square with
Buddy.
But he said at last, I'VE could play
'illards But l kind o. thought I'd
Ike 10 90 ~ th~ thsats- sSain.,' ana
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-15
A TYPICAL SUNDAY WITH
THE DOUGHBOY IN FRANCE
Written
Leave


Aix-Les-B ains. France, March -
Doughboy awoke with the day that
morning and he felt rather pleased
with himself and the world ! think
he had a right to feel that way. For
five days he had been at Aix-les- Bains,
getting his youth back. and already
the hard hikes. the grim fightine,
the terrible tension of the Ferdun
hills had become juet an ugly dream
and diversions provided by the Y. NJ.
G. A. in all leave areas had done
that for him
real Sabbath peace lay upon the
world Doughboy liked it. 1t remind
ed him of home. If he were home
now. he would Ito n bit later than
usual. do Il few chores. eat a special
breakfast. then get into his Sunday
best and--let's see---go to church. I
guess. All that made him quite home
sick. He had been homesick before.
q terrible ache that almost made him
want TO die. 1t was not less poign-
anat now but sweetened by the
thought that now he was going to get
home. .. .A. eaa-..s
Buddy too, awoke early asked
what day II was, then in "a jiffy was
out Of bed. dressing.
what we goin' to do today"
Mass at thirty" said Buddy.
An me. I'm going. Buddy, good
Catholic that he was. made the state
uent calmly, quite without apology.
Doughboy was rather disappointed.
He had thought of a hike along the
lake, but IL q guy wanted to go 10
church. he wouldn't be the one to
stop him. So he got up meticulously,
improved the shine Of his boots and
when the breakfast gong rang, had
become a very nice-looking dpughboy
indeed.
After breakfast and a smoke, Buddy
parted to the village churcht
pouShboy and machine gunner Joined
forces and strolled down 10 the Casino,
the great gaming place which the
Y. NJ. G. A, had converted-the phrase
10 happy--into "A club for soldiers on
leave. They sat in the lounge room
and smoked and remarked again that
they were "sittin' on the world" A.
hiking party came along. bound for
the lake and asked them to go along
Machine Gunner said, II guess not to-
day. boys" Doughboy said. mo"
too.
Then canie the sound of music with
out. The band entered and, headed
by the chaplain. marched playing,
aAs~nsh tha Casino xnA iUtn the thea
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-15
MAYORS ARE y I'D To
HELP REL. &c SOLDIERS

washington, W lS--ArtLur
WOODS, assistant to L.. 8ecretary of
war, in charge of The welfare of SOL
diers returning from abroad has sent
circular letter to the mayors Of the
principal cities of Tho United States,
suggesting plans by which the econo-
mic status OF the soldier can be ad-
vanced. In this circular, Mr.. Woods
says:
AS business man / believe that
the service OF a discharged soldier is
an excellent buy" for AN employer.
lie lays stress on the fact that the
discharged soldier is not looking for
charity" charity is repugnant to
HIM"
Mr.. Woods calls the attention of
mayors specifically to the following
direction of The secretary OF war:
That instructions be issued to all
commanders of camps and stations at
which discharges are effected, direct
ing that all discharged officers and
soldiers be notified that the governors
of several states have asked that men
register on returning home with the
respective town, city. county clerks
or other appropriate official that
this action Is requested on the part
81 all those returning to communities
In which opportunity is afforded for
such registration with a view to the
establishment of both complete lists
both for convenience in making plans
to welcome returning soldiers and also
for pertinent historical record.
Referring to the above Mr.. Woods
says:
Through this system of registra.
tion, the bureau Of registration could
operate in close and prompt contact
with the returning soldiers, The
local newspaper press. could help by
the attention OF returning
soldiers to your bureau as we'll as
the attention of employers
to any clearing house for men which
you have in operation.
Mr.. Woods asks from the mayors
any suggestions of constructive SER |
vice which might be applied nation.
ally"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-15
HOW TO GET RICH.

Do you want to be capitalist?
It's eaAy This Is the definition of
shew capital is originally acquired, as
SkaaHned BY Hartley withers in hi. au-
textbook Poverty and
s1es.s
AD1tsi is defined by economists
II wsaith set aside 10 be used in nro.
A. certain amount OF it liz
eeaasary before any industry can be-
l. .s u - work; because Industry implies
a1Jng or growing something. ard
uslng the process Of making or
Moving. those who are AZ work have
E4 ~ Kept alive out of store thai
eNen get aeide beforehand to tha,
Professor Walkers wellknown
n1nle y that of member of a
A&s Tribe. living precautionary on
cAught from the rocks which IN,
W ~ aaA which lays up a store O.
aGh. and keeping itself alive
makes himself canoe. and
can paddle in 1t cut 10 the
Which lie two or three miles
asre, where in one Gay he can
much nsh AZ he could catch
- the rocks In a week"
ntors OF dried Ash was his CAPT
ech ne reserved from consun,p-
~ Kept to live on while king
Having done 80. no has
capital into canoe and ear
- HI nsishbors. taking pay
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-15
LEAGUE OPPONENTS ORGANIZE.

Is never forgotten for "a moment
With him is Senator Reed OF Mis-
souri,, man of like type, with whom
he generally agrees, though Reed Is
cIassed as IA Democrat,
SO runs the roster OF the arch
plottcrs against the league Diverse
ia many respects. they are curiously
alike in one--they all dislike Presi-
dent Wilson and have done all they
could within the limit Of their pow
ers 10 discredt him and his admins
iration
What do these men think they can
accomplish? is 1t possible that they
are So obscssed with their passion for
obstruction that they really believe
they can hold back tho tides of hui
man thought and human aspiration D.?
Watterson, at least. ought to know
az q holder back OF tides he has
probably the largest list of failures
ever charged against the record OF q
single Individual in America.
Will any large number of thought
fii people be misled by them? 1t
does not seem possible. The ''old
Ways to which these men would re
turn il the same way whereby this
world Of ours entered into four years
of unmeasurcd agony. A better way
is open, and tho ancient order Of
things has passed. The struggle OF
these roactionaries cannot change the
course Of destiny.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-15

mens from them in the form OF part
OF their catch. on which he can live,
while he himself builds more canoes
ana cells them In exchange for labor
Of the rest OF the tribe The poln, a,
which he left off being a mere bspe.
to-mouth worker and consumer and
became capitalist, was when IN
stead OF eating all the fish he caught
he saved some and dried them an
elhl he might be kept alive while h.
carried out his canoe-building ven
'ore' AZ every step of Its progresy, :.
says Walker again, capita, fo,,ows
one law. 1t arises solely out of saw
ing"
Every man. woman and child can
lay aside part OF the proceeds OF
his labor. beyond what is necessary
FOR his present maintenance, and thus
start on the road to capital A new
but safe and sound way of putting
aside your dried fish" today lies I'm
the purchase OF war savings stamps.
Even the smallest sums can be nut
into thrift stamps which grow into
war savings stamps
Capital arises from thrift and
thrift means future happiness.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-15
WEALTHY LIQUOR DEALER
GETS TERM IN JAIL

Chicago. March 13.--Fred Gray.
wealthy president of Hannar and
Hogg. wholesale liquor dealers, today
was sentenced to ninety days In jail
and fined 500 on a charge Of aiding
transportation OF liquor into Indiana
dry territory. Gray pleaded guilty
but claimed he knew nothing OF the
destination OF 1000 ptnts of whiskey
he sold. He was tried In indianapolis.
Officials of Hannah and Hogg insis:
Gray was innocent.
The liquor was bought and paid
for here in Chicago" said one. HE
did not know where II was going.
The decision would make every sa-
loon-keeper who innocently sold 4
bottle OF liquor to man who took II
into dry territory liable to Indictment
md Dnfish M ent."
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-15

Glad news comes from Washing
nm. The enemies OF the league o.
hAktcna Intend to organize. Presum-
Nh6 they have already provided
Wstd& wherewith TO carry out the
1870 propaganda plans which they
S1Ss said to contemplate
a will be vastly useful TO all Of US
Esxe have these narrow -visioned indi-
xl6Mas* get together. all in the same
sxsiare, JUST onee SO that We can look
thtm over and see bow they ut AZ
Nth the spirit of present-dsy Ameri-
eafsm.
Henry Eattersou IN 10 Ice tho head
I'M The new movement, il Is under
Mood. He has always been ciassed ss
IL Democrat but on divisions within
Ethe party has been invariably with
sx2e minority. He belongs to an ape
SNow past and gone, about which hc
writes with entertaining grace, bat
ne lives In those other days--not to-
9My. II would he hard tn find an
editor anywhere less in touch with
ne times than the Kentucky colonel
who formerly, but no longer. die
stAted the policies of the Louisville
SEouftAr-Journai.
Senator Borah of Idaho is another
leader Ia the anti-league prora-
GAndA: 4 man who has allied MIN
Ioelf strongly with the most reaction
ny Republicans. whose craftsmanship
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-15

uon to the general assembly. but will
devote himself to his law practice.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-15

Ancient of Days. beneath whose brooding eye
The unfolds,
Who, IN Thy tinsess immortality
The night and shadow gather lord
FoTsake us not, still lend Thy guiding night
Lest forever tread the abhorred
Lost In the darkness of eternal night
Lord God of Battles. Thou whose
Inst summoned before Judgment Seat
Forget agony,
The trumpets and the drums, trampng eet
Long heard the gulf blood years
The fiery wrath on tortured peoples poured
brmmed
These. not n lust Of conquest, barred
And If, forgetfu with mailed we seize
The proffered of pride, and, drinking deep,
Empty the poisoned chaiice to the lees
Till dream of empire ulls y
In let Try red right hand be
Nor veil Thy face forever o
Plindly mistake weakness Thy
Write with Kings who Thy
Drunk with the purple splcndor of their pride
Nor heed the Law Thine ancient
Thundered from darkened Sinais
o
Lest be added the heightened
OF aforementioned empires DER whose
Oblivion and the dust OF roll.
Thy Be still"
When lust of life and of battle
In that dread hour when shall
Grant Thy
D b. Van Buren,, in New Times
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-15

Ths often pititul contrasts .s
brought out in army training camps
betwsen Americans OF long and pure
lineage and foreign born men or men
sk alien parentagc has quickened the
nation to a new appreciation of what
Aducation IN worth and to an under
standing of the fact that II liz no
tongor = local issue. Nation, state
md community alike are vitality con.
csrnsd. Some way must be found by
which every American may obtain
without fail al least the rudimerts Of
- education.
The number Of illiterates who came
Into Camp Lee from Virginia was ap-
paiiing. Fine men they were. by
avery right OF inheritance from those
11urdy pioneers who. 800 years ago,
k&sTeA on. a place for themselves In
me wilderness. And they could
'A0i4her read nor write because the
xFeat state and the nation founded
- equality Of opportunity had left
tducatson 20 be handled largely rs a
local ISSUE" In the camps they Ynet
many foreigners unable to speak our
sAnEuRge, but they met other sons %
ne foreign born. the first generation
Az this country, and these latter, be-
tause they had landed in Boston or
New York or some other rich mort
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-15
GOSSIP OF THE CORRIDORS

Chairman Rorer "A. james. OF the
Democratic state committee, was in
Richmond yesterday on his way TO his
homo in Danville, after spending sew
eral weeks in Florida. He Is greatly
improved In health. he says, by his
vacation.
II. st. George Tucker spent yester-
day at Murphy's hotel having 1ust re-
turned from an extended stay in New
York.
Delegate r. W. Hudgins. OF Meck-
lenburg county, was In Richmond this
week, having just returned from over
seas service with the Y. NJ. C. A. He
asserted with great positiveness that
he will not be a candidate for re-elec-.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-15

, where the schools were the pride Of
the city. these first generation Ameri-
! cans we're educated. the products
| many Of them Of tho best high
schools of the land MANY of them
university graduates in full posses
sion OF all the benefits Of this land OF
equal opportunity. suppose they did
have to live in crowded quarters. edu-
cation was worth Il. and so the local
Issue, education" has its share o:
blame in creating the siums OF largo
cities and their opportunities for ex-
pioitadon, for no immigrant father
and mother, much as they desire
country life. will willingly take their
children away from the educationa.
advantages of the great city and bury
them in the ordinary country school.
The nation can no longer exist part
learned and mostly ignorant, for tho
problems Of reconstruction will call
for the votes OF all men, and many
women, and cannot be solved wiselv
by an uneducated electorate. The
continuance OF our representative de-
mocracy depends on our making
good those ancient pretences Of
equality of opportunity and on think.
ing OF education in the terms of the
nation and not of distinct localities.
Virginia must do its share.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-15

Senators Lodge, Reed. sherman and
rev others probably don't know
JUST how lucky they really arc. Think
OF the police records they'd have now
Tor picketing the white house had tney
beam horn xirlS>--AAEon ral~aranA-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-15
LIVE FOWL

Ship live fowl to arrive on Thurs
days and Fridays. ~ the demand for
butter. hides and egxs In good demand.
We set the highest market prices
HAZEIGROVEA 4. Co,
1910 East Cary st.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-10-22
MUSHERS MAKE
EARLY JOURNEY
FROM KOYUKUK

The Koyukuk country will be the
scene of considerable mining aetiv-
ity and prospecting this winter, in
spite of the fact that many of the
oldtimers have left that district, ac-
cording to r. D. .Averill, who ar
rived in Nenana on Sunday after
noon direct from Coldfoot, accom-
panied by four other oldtimers of
the Northern camp-Jack Thomp-
son, Charles A. Peterson, H. F.
Wannamaker, and Ernest Seaberg.
They left Coldfoot on September
20, mushing across country, by way
of the Chandlar, to Beaver. on the
Yukon. From Beaver they drifted
down the Yukon with the ice TO
Stephens Village, thence across coun-
try again to Brooks, and from that
point to Nenana, by way of the
Happy trail and the Government
railroad
In conversation with a representa-
tive of The News, Mr. !Averill esti-
mated that about 125 people would
winter in the Koyukuk, scattered
over the various streams in that
district. At the time .Averill left.
several outfits were waiting for snow
so that they could move machinery
to BEETLES river, where $1,000 was
taken out of one hole during the
summer. a number of holes will
be sunk during the winter, above
and below discovery. and pumps are
needed TO handle the water, which
flows freely through the gravel.
Where the pay was found, it 5
about eighteen feet to bedrock. but
at other points along the river the
ground is believed to be somewhat
deeper. BEETLES river is a stream
Of considerable size, somewhat ike
the Hammond. an oldtime producer
Of the koyukuk.
Some work also will be done this
winter On Nolan creek, one of the
operators being Nellie eastman. who
has been mining in the district for
many years and who persists in the
belief that there is paystreak un-
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-10-22

Iderlying the deep bedrock of Nolan
creek With q view to proving the
correctness of her theory, she has
let contract to sink in the solid
bedrock at the bottom of a shaft
$50 feet deep. One contractor
threw up the job earlier in the
season, declaring that the bedrock
was tougher than his drills.
Smith creek, a tributary of Nolan,
also will be the scene of some ac-
tivity this winter, and some pros
pecting will be done on the tribu-
taries of BEETLES lake, on one of
which Rooney took out $4,000 last
spring Four or FIVE outfits will
spend the winter on Porcupine, be-
low Coldfoot.
Regarding the Hog River district,
where a number of outfits will pros
pect this winter, Averill says he was
informed by Harry Owens that only
prospects have been found thus far.
Provisions for the district are sup
piled by Sam Dublin, who has es-
tablished a store and trading-poSt
on the koyukuk river, just below
the mouth of Hog, and about 25
miles from the diggings.
Twelve or fifteen men will win
ter in the Chandlar country, mostly
along the West fork. Some of the
work contemplated will be done on
Little Squaw creek.
Contrary to the general belief,
prices in the koyukuk this year
are normal. lower in some instances
than those prevailing along the Yu-
kon and Tanana rivers. Bacon is
selling at IS cents pound. eggs al
$50 a case, and -four at s22 Cloth
ing and shoes are especially cheap.
Game is more plentiful than usual
this season, the residents of the
koyukuk having been able TO stock
up on meat for the winter with
scarcely any effort, as a result OF
moose and caribou invading the
creeks. Several of the miners on
Myrtle creek did their shooting from
their cabin doors
Miss Wanda Coffey. who journeyed
to the koyukuk to take charge Of
the new territorial school, arrived
some time before Averill and his
companions started out, and the in
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-10-22

dications were that the school would
be we'll attended during the winter.
mostly by native children, who were
gathering at Coldfoot from many
miles around.
4 new doctor also was expected
in the district. but he had not ar
rived up to the end of September.
Jack Flower. who was transferred
from Nenana to the Northern Com
mercial company's store at BEETLES.
was laid up with rheumatism at the
time the Averill party left
The party engaged a native guide
at Stephens Village to direct them
across country from that point TO
Brooks, and made the journey with
out difficulty, although compelled to
follow an old Indian trail. They
had more trouble making their way
from the logjam to Dunbar's. owing
to the absence of proper markings
where the trail leaves the lakes.
They overcame the difficulty by
spreading out along the lake shore
until one of the party located the
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-10-22
TWO MAILS MAY COME
ON TRAIN THIS WEEK

The train arriving from Fairbanks
on Friday may bring TWO consign-
ments Of mail for Nenana. There
is first class mail awaiting ship
ment in the upper town now, and a
consignment of second class matter
IS expected from the coast tomor-