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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-19
ACCEPTS
Nf1W MOTHERS CLUB

Westhampton Mothers club was
accepted as new member in the
Federation OF Mothers Clubs meeting
held Yesterday afternoon the
mothers room in the administration
building, Mrs. IL p. Poindexter is
president of the new club April 2s
was the date set for the election Of
officers OF the federation. Matters
regarding the revision Of the constitu-
ton were discussed and the various
clubs commendeded for their good
work this winter. Mrs. j. Il. Spiers IL
president.
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MAJ" She has said: THAT is the cry
of human being" and she has
poured out her gold. This is not a
Jewish relief meeting. There is no
longer a Jewish relief meeting There
Ii no such thing as French or Ser
bian or Belgian RELIEF meeting We
are all united in n common cause.
FIVE MILLION STARVING.
The fund which IL being raised. he
said, IL for alienation Of the suffer
ing and starvation Of 100000 Jews
in that part OF erstwhile Austria Hun
gary which will be Poland, and 1.-The
unpronouncable portions of Russia
This Ia not Jewish cause; It In the
cause of humanity"
The money will buy food and cloth
ing and shelter for the stricken Jews.
he said II won't multiply the stories
of agony that would make you stop
breathing momentariiy and ask, Can
these things be possible in the TWEEN
tieth century,? Those for whom this
money is being raised are naked: they
have no clothing. they arc hungry;
they have no milk, no bread. no food
They are starving. they are dying,
dying, dying. Even as ! speak they
are dying. Every, day relief head
quarters in New York city receives
cahlegrams from the stricken zones
abroad. and they invariably say: For
Gods sake. send us money, money.
more money. We can use every dol
lar you send and more"
The speaker pictured 100000 Jews,
men. women and children. including
widows and orphans, on the verge of
starvation. humiliation, he'll.
Atlanta raised $4,000 for Jewish
relief.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-19
PLANES IN
VICTORY LOAN DRIVE

Washington. March 1s--rourteen
German planes captured by America
flyers in France, arrived in Baltimore
this afternoon. They are to be used
in the victory loan advertising cam
paign, Five will be sent to Mineoia,
l.. l., five TO San Diego. Cal. and the
remaining four to New Orleans.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-19
Tired Of Living.

Giving as his reason that he was
tired of living, Thomas Dunford,
white, twenty-five years OF age. resid-
ing on Boilingbrook street, attempted
to commit suicie Sunday night by
taking fifteen grains of bichloride Of
mercury tablets.
When DR.. W. p. HOY entered his Of
flee Sunday night he found the young
man sitting there foaming at the
mouth and in a critical condition
Upon being asked what he had done.
the young man told the doctor and
was Immediately rushed to the, Peters
burg hospital where he was given
the necessary treatment.
Today he was reported as resting
favorably.
The young naR refuses TO tell any
thing about himSelf or where his
native home. Is but is believed that
he Ia from Richmond. He lived at
32s Bank street, this city.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-19
rAvDRTTE SONS BEE
IS MELTED FOR TIME

Albany, " Y, March tS.~-Former
Governor Charles w Whltman's
aspira lions for the presidential nomt~
nation was placed in the discard to-
dasr. together with thte aspirations o.
an other "favorite sons" when the
executive committee Of the state Re
nuhncan committee decided 1t was too
early to discuss presidential possibili~
ties and that the Republican party or
thfs state would do better to address
'Ytueis to the mcnding of it's fences
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-19

fCeusinued From Page One.1
towns OF Janos and Asuncion and That
warren and ccmpany's foreman Is rails
esnE the money for the ransom. Two
dsre bs>ore the receipt Of Representa-
tive Hamilton's telegram the depart
rrent requested the embassy 81 Mex
leo City urgently to request the Mcxi-
ran government to extend proper pro
lection 20 the lives and property in
question.
- Al the state department gave out
today all the information II had In
II h~se rases OF outrage II seems that
* The government has yet no answer to
the request for the protection Of the
~ Warren ranch.
K IL stated today 1T the war depart
rneat that A good deal will depend on
what force Ca-ranza has to dispatch
sfser the bandits The presence Of the
Siliistss at various places, IL is point
I'd ont. must have been known 10 the
Mexican government long ago for the
reason that the press here has been
printing stories of the activities of the
cd snurderous robber gangs of Wills
tss
c~rranxa May Awaken.
f%E ii IN possible. however. that Car
x saaxaawiii make n very DEFINITE cana
paign IN force against the viilistas IN
brdey 70 prevent another diplomatic
:. tissh With the United tSates and the
r.ps-.tisn Of the crossing of tho hor-
4 der W United States troops.
7. occurs again to army authorities
*ast villa is trying the same tactics
1ae used just before the Pershing expe-
frion into Mexico. To embroii the
a i-nttNd states with Mexico
i VIZ Ia tire meantime the American cav
a.fe T. closely watching the points
7S,s The border where 4 Ia thought the
xllfztas might make q sudden dash
~F-nss the frontier 10 prectpitate n
atrtoanatic clash with Carrarra.
lhn rresent occurrences are regard
RI witt great regret by officials for
saea reason that Carranxa has called "A
aoecisl session of the congress to dis
v Eugs ai3 taxes. labor problems and
y various other domestic problems. The
eeiatians between Mexico aud the
rhiisd tSates are ideal in almost every
respect. no, 'un that, basis -tsae hope la
~ expressed today that as Carranza for
4neriy has advised specifically Of the
new attacks on American interests and
= 3sXe. he will hurry his army TO the
4 front nd get villa and his entire BAN
iii outfit
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-19
TO Commission

/ Continued from Page Gne.l
Virginia. I had hoped TO return with
y 1he EiEhtfefh division. bat f1le tjre9fn
.sesma to have been dissipated.
Again. nay dear governor, permit me
to express my appreciation OF the
honor which you have conferred on me
ss Respectfully and sincerely yours.
49, JENNINGS G. WISE.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-19
slave MIN DesalS,yc

Harrisonburg. Va, Marc. 1sr-Et
night or two ago tosnliv aastroy]
the large stave and heaii-is mill
Jerome, Shenandoah county. bef0nl
Ing to II. b. yelling a Co., ana Wi
the mill was burned all Of the machi1
cry and thousands Of feet Of head q
stave timber, entailing a soss Of -
erai thousand dollars, part Of whit
was covered by insurance with
Woodstock fire insurance agency.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-19

n. r. Thousands Of persons. both ss1sf
ing snn6, etc. have been slsddsnea ~ IN
free book. Getting rid Of tobacco habit sftel
means better health, cain nsfves.. psaeslu
creased physical power. clean breath. LONG1
Err LIFE, greater earning edlcsency. content J
nest and other benefts. just try II. Gs1
psrior ability! Show others this advsrtiscnasn1
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-19
HUN LEADER

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mental and moral hunger sickness.
The best remedy Is bread and justice.
Those WHO SOW national hatred today
will reap Bolshevism tomorrow.
Germany has accepted President
Wilson's fourteen points. but 30 have
the allies
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-19

The untitled tonnage of the steel
corporation at the beginning of Feb
ruary was s,6Si thousand tons COM
pared with 1879 thousand tons n
month before and s.47s thousand tons
on February l 1915
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-19

Quicksilver production for last ye(
totaled 33,432 fiaskg valued at 80
thousand dei!xrs cen pared with pr
:, ,ss -fF4.f-- X ss>sSs - fr-N ~ ~, Z
which was valued at 3,s0S THOUSAND
dollars.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-19

Washington, March is,--~Forccast;
ytr3insa and North Carolna-Fair
Wednesday and Thursday; warmer in
tHe interior Thursday
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-19


w F Hawkins, the only person in
Petersburg known to be suffering
with sleeping sickness" died at the
Petersburg hospital last night. after
suffering with the disease for about
rAs man nau j pc rpa-ea evvfss
time he took nourishment but inn
would go back into the deep
siumber. He talked very little and
seemed very indifferent to events
around him. When he was firs.
with the disease Hawkins
was thought to have typhoid but after
his case was investigated by local and
Camp Lee physicians II was pro-
nourced sleeping sickness"
The dead man leaves wife and
three children, residing at $40 Han
non street.
This il the first case of the disease
to be reported In Petersburg but 1t
is said there are about eight cases at
Camp Ice and one case in Dinwddie
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-19

department returned this afternoon
from Newport News with Louis b.
RAines. brother -in.law Of the accused
man, who II expected to throw adj
ditional light on the case. The police
refuse 10 give out any information
concerning Raines' connection with
the murder. He has been It work at
the ship-building plant at Newport.
News for some time. but IL said to
have made several trips to Petersburg
during the past several weeks.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-19
He Quit Cigarettes

A wonderful RELIEF tfen lle1
cry to cigarettes 10 TspsYteA d
= Gas. Ohnesergs, who bad bee
addicted ~ years. aAA aft<
trying various se-caI1eA eur(
In vain found just the Info
- nation he wanted In . boa
Published and sent free I
snylody by Edward J. WooA,
TC- III .;Staffon r. New Yan1
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-19

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-19
CAMPAIGN FOR

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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-11-21
PAGE TEN
Cost OF Living item.

a prominent banker and commits
pon house partner in discussing the
high cost OF living yesterday said that
Tor several years he had been giving
Investment advice TO n friend who is
IN the egg business. Despite the fact
that the egg merchant kept a good
sized amount invested in securities in
the bankers firm the latter presumed
that amount to be about the extent of
MS wealth. few weeks ago the egg
merchant confided that he wanted to
quit business and was advised by the
banker to put his money into Gov
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-11-21

Driven by easterly winds which had
prevailed for several days, the highest
tide in the memory of waterfront
workers backed into the Hudson and
East Rivers and flooded large areas in
lower New York and Hoboken. For
several hours ferryboats were unable
to hake their slips in New Jersey and
thousands of commuters We're forced
to take the tube. The water in some
places was knee deep in the streets.
This photograph shows rubber
booted traffic policeman s+bing
lift.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-11-21

eminent bonds.
What will II total?" asked the
banker.
"oh, about si.5Oo.oOO guess" was
the nonchalent reply.
Did YOU make all this on eggsg'
he was asked.
Yes. every dollar on EGGS
How did YOU do it9'
simplest thing in the world" was
the answer. Il bought eggs when no.
body wanted 'em, and when they
were cheap, put them in cold storage
and waited until 1 got my price,
New York sun.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-11-21
28 YEARS AGO
(From the Daily East Oregonian
November 81, 1919

Saturday evening Charles Hamil-
toms new bachelor apartments in the
Frazier building on Court Street were
dedicated by a party of gentlemen.
They spent the evening in eating an
excellent lunch smoking cigars and
drinking sparkling champagne provid-
ed for the occasion.
The contract for the new assembly
building and laundry at the Indian
school has been awarded to Dupuis G
McDougalL s@iS
F. w. Stensloff, H. L. Hexter, DR..
Whitaker, J. H. Durham, John Will
leke, L. c.. Frazier, Joe Basler, r. NJ.
Turner, A. r. Holmes. w. S. Bowman,
r. Sargent, Ben Hagen and o. b. Hen
derson went to Weston today to assist
in the organization of a new knights
of Pythias lodge.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-11-21
DIR. Carter's X. & B. Tea
Great Tonic Laxative
Purely Vcgetable-NIal1e it Yourself
at Trifling Cost.


Keeping yourself fit and fine bowels
regular, liver active and Stomach
sturdy is a simple matter.
Just get package of DR.. Carter's
X. and b. Tea and brew a steaming
cup every other night for q few days.
You'll feel better, that's a sure thing
Your skin will grow clearer, your eyes
brighter and you'll feel more energetic
and ambitions.
Everyone in the family can take II,
including the children, because it acts
gently and is purely vegetable. It's
much better than salts and harsh ca
thartics.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-11-21

"My husband has been very i'll. SO
1 have to do his shopping, and want
a nice shirt" Certainly, madam,
Stiff front and cuffs?" "Oh no! The
doctor says he must avoid everything
with starch in it."--Topeka journal.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-11-21

And there are some men who Will
never be happy in heaven unless they
can hold meetings occasionally and tell
what a time they had a getting there
News.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-11-21

They say that when the breeze is
from the South, IT is Cincinnatis GUS
tom to gather on the banks or tho
riv"- and vhiFr the brcezcs that arc
81: fted from the old Kentucky shore
Huston. POST
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-11-21

WASHINGTON-One of thu
charming ladies of Washington
society this winter is Nine. ]. Va
reia. wife OF the new minister to-
the United States from Uruguay.
She is expected to be one of the
popular hostesses of the season.
She Brought her three children
with her
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REV. D. H. EDWARDS
TO SERVE D. C. CHURCH
Coming From Attica, N. r, as As.
sistant at Church Of the
Covenant.


Announcement is made from the
Church Of the Covenant. 18th street
and Connecticut avenue. that Rev D.
Hughes Edwards Of Attica, N. z, has
accepted call to become the assist
ant pastor. Mr.. sEdwan until re-
Gently in military service. and. while
stationed in the vicinity OF Washing
ton served for "a time as volunteer
assistant pastor. late last summer
and last autumn. His services were
found 80 acceptable that the formal
call, now accepted. was issued to him.
The preceding assistant pastor.
Rev, John Carruthers, left last spring
to become chaplain in the Navy.
Rev. Mr. Brookhouse, special assist-
ant pastor In charge OF the church's
extensive war work program, Is on
leave at present, taking q much
needed rest, and for some weeks past
the large congregation has been
without the services Eof an assistant
to relieve Rev. DR.. Charles Wood. tho
pastor. 8.
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WOULD LET THE HUNS STARVE.
JUST AS THEY LET US STARVE''
Sentiments Expressed by Leslie Pentecost,
Briton. Who Was Prisoner, In
Letter to Uncle Here.

The Huns are asking help in feed
ing their own rotten countrymen. Let
sem starve. is what say, just as they
let us starve."
The "us'' referred to are British
prisoners of war. recently released.
The man using the bitter phrase is
Leslie Pentecost, Tommy" nephew
OF John Rule, s15 street, this city.
Pentecost, who wrote his uncle the
middle of December. was mourned as
dead by his relatives. That he did
not die is apparently not the fault of
lis captors.
Has Sample of Their Cruelty.
writing from Courtrai, Belgium,
while awaiting transportation to
Calais and England, the British sol
der says that all one hears about
the cruelty of the Huns is true. and
no zone knows it better than former
British prisoners.
The others were not in it with Us"
he writes. eff there was any dirty
work to be done it was for the Eng
Hnh. The French would bear out this
statement.
There are lot of things that I
shall not forget in hurry. There is
D little place in the department of the
Aisue, called Reimicourt: it's the
grave Of many an English lad. killed
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SUPER CARGO SOON TO RETURN
TO JOB IN MERCHANT MARINE
Of Controller Of Ship Cargo, Sec
ond Only to- Captain, Reopened With
Rehabilitation Of Shipping.

to the captain. 1t will be his duty to
make direct report to the division of
operations regarding the performance
of the ship on each voyage. the ham
ding of the cargo. and in general all
other matters in which the division of
operations as representing the own
ers of the ship may be expected to
have an interest.
Positions Are Open.
To fill this important and response
BILE position the division of opera
lions needs alert, ambitious and in
teliigent young men of good charac-
ter. A certain amount of sea expe-
rience and training and knowledge
of the steamship business and over
seas commerce in general is desira-
BILE, although not essential.
In return for this the shipping
board offers an initial salary of SITE
per month. in addition to subsistence
a remarkable opportunity to see the
world and acquire experience in over
seas commerce, and excellent oppor-
tunities for promotion in it's service
to those who demonstrate their capa-
bility. The shipping board plans the
establishment of agencies in foreign
ports, and it is from these supercar-
goes that most of these important
posts will be filled.
George Eggers, chief of the bureau
of accounting personnel. division OF
operations. of the United States Ship
ping Board in Washington. has been
placed in charge of the selection OF
men for these posts and reports that
much good material has already beer
secured
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with the rehabilitation Of the
American merchant marine will be
brought about the return to his
ancient duties of the supercargo.
Landsmen in the United States have
almost forgotten that such func-
tfonary every existed. Modern sea-
men have but dim idea Of the duties
he performed But his position is
second in Importance only to that OF
the captain.
Responsible for Cargo.
He is controller of the ships cargo
and as such is not subject to orders
from any but the captain. His place
since the Office had fallen into disuse
has been taken partly by the purser.
But the purser Is not clothed with all
the responsibilities of supercargo.
He is In reality the cashier of the
ship. But the supercargo is held re-
sponsfble for every dollars worth Of
goods ON the vessel
merchant ship will bear a relation
ship to the captain somewhat SIMILAR
to that which the controller Of a
business corporation bears to the gen.
eral manager. He will be subject to
the captains authority in all matters
relating to the safety of the ship or
her cargo, but in no other.
He will wear distinctive and dig
nifiad uniform and eat at the cap
tafnss table, and will be assigned
quarters as nearly as possible equal
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split up between divisions and I
heard from some of the men in his
company that he had gone west"
That was enough. The hospital au-
thorities stepped in and the welfare
worker got busy. Williams condition
was found to be not so bad and it
was an easy matter to get him into a
wheel chair. Down to ward 80 he
went and all day New Year day the
two brothers were together. William
, sitting beside Louis bed. They went
over the various phases of the same
battles in which they had participant
ed. though separated in units. The
last but not least important detail of
the day was the letter home.
Down in the hills of Joanville. Lee
county, Va. between Powell and Lit
tie Rock mountain. Mr.. and Mrs. Joel
Roberts, parents of the two wounded
. heroes, recently received a letter from
, their son William that brought back
to them out of the shadow the boy
whom they believed had lost his life
on the Marine. and the news of the
recovery of the boy they thought 30
severely wounded later on in the
Champagne sector.
At the hospital It Is said that both
boys after boing on their backs for
months are on the road 70 recovery.
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BROTHER BELIEVED GONE WEST
WAS IN WARD NEAR ROBERTS

During Christmas week Private
william II. Roberts, Company L. 3sth
Infantry. was admitted to Walter
Reed Hospital with wounds in his
hack and shoulder from shrapnei
sover there" According to the hos
pitll paper. Come Back, almost the
Arst question he asked was how a
He1low could locate a brother whom
- believed to be in some hospital on
Eh1a side. The matter was taken up
IND Il was discovered that there was
. Private Louis Roberts. Company II,
1Sth Infantry. lying in ward 81. his
bedy twice pierced, his left leg still in
. east fractured by machine gun fire,
nd his right arm in a frame. from a
amflax wound.
Secretary Gittler of the Jewish We'll
Aase Board hurried over to ward 50
ard questioned Louis Roberts.
Yss,s said Louis. Il had a brother
Inn ana he was in Company l.. We
yago separated in May last and the
~ ] heard Of him he had been NOR
faaHvsgnds1 IN the MAxna W. got
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by cruelty, starvation and exposure.
1t was cold FLOODED murder. Dying
men were forced to work and often
had to be carried by their comrades
to the station where they shaved. and
in many cases they died there.
Il was not in this camp myself, but
was only half a kilometer away, so
knew what was going on. They made
it perfect hell for our lads, who
were mostly boys of twenty years. If
any reported sick he was driven away
and logged with the butt end of a
rife.
81 have seen them hardly able to
crawl along. with their thighs hardly
as big as healthy mans forearm, Sc
weakened were they by dysentery,
ETC., and then the Germans would jeer
at them and laugh as if it was some
thing very funny. 1t used to make
my blood boil, but could not do
much to help them. I was very thank
full. however. that I had fallen into a
pleasanter spot than, these poor lads.
lat first they numbered 1900. but
recently saw the remainder, which to-
tailed forty -eight, the rest being eyac-
uated or sick.
Things Are Different Now.
THAT hungry feeling has now left,
and since we have had a bath. a COM
plete rig-out, etc. there is no need of
looking for coolies. Looking for
them. did I say? They used to come
out themselves, and in parade order. -