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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-24
SEEKS TO CHANGE
VA. CONSTITUTION
Governor Would Put War Vet
Grams on Voting Basis With
Confederates.
GO BEFORE SPECIAL SESSION
Wishes to Relieve Doughboys Of
Poll Tax Payment as Ballot
Prerequisite.
GO BEFORE SPECIAL SESSION

recommendation will be made By
Governor Westmoreland Davis 10 the
special session Of the General Assem-
n!y. which has been called to convene
August l3. that it pass the frs: reso-
lut!on necessary in the process of so
amending the Constitution of Nir-
ginia that all voters who served hon
orably in the world war may be eligible
10 cast their ballots without the pre-
requisite OF having paid their poll
taxes six months prior TO the general
election.
This announcement was made last
night hy the chief executive, in giving
out an opinion By Attorney General
General Assembly has no authority to
enact valid legisla tion waving, for the
beneht o! former soldiers who have not
qualified in accordance with law 10
vote this year. the legal requirements
laid down for participation in the
August primary or in the November
Provisions InfcIible.
The Attorney-General is Of the
opinion that II Is an unfortunate stu
alton in which the service men find
themselves. but declares the provisions
OF the Constitution are inflcxible, and
cannot be changed except in the man
ne7 prescribed; that is. b. joint resolu-
ton, passed by Two successive Leg!s-
iatures. the second of which shall be
IN regular session, and then approved
by vote OF the people.
The Governors recommendation to
the Legislature. If acted upon favor
aoiy aud the resolution is finally rati-
fed by the voters, will have the ef-
feet OF giving to men who served hon
orably in the world war precisely the
same privilege relative TO voting as is
War Between the states His idea is
that 1t can be acted upon by the Legls-
ature at the session this summer at
the REGULAR one which convenes In
January and then ratified by the people
at the earliest opportunity.
Sought Relief for Men.
LAS soon as the unfortunate situa-
ton confronting the service men was
brought TO ms, attention" the Governor
said last night. Il set about 10 see
them OF the requirements which the
law lays down. Their appeal entered
! into my consideration In liking the date
! for the. convening OF the special ses-
! sion OF the General Assembly.
! II was told. however. that the poll
! tax requirement is plainly a constitu-
so far az the action of one session .oi
the Legislature is concerned. with
mat fact before me. l saw there was
only one thing 10 be done, and thl:.
our service men this year"
Might Repeal LAWS.
The Attorney-General advised The
Governor that one session OF the Leg
is lature might temporarily repea! the
primary law, which is based so far as
voting requirements are concerned.
upon the Constitution. and the party
authorities migh- allow the service
men TO participate in party elections,
according 10 rules and regulations pre-
scribed by them.
The chief executive, however, did not
think the service men themselves
would consen. to jeopardize the whole
fabric of the primary law by having
il repealed in order TO vote once in a
party election.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-24
EXPERTS nv GERMANY
COMPLETE FINANCIAL
PROGRAM FOR FUTURE
lrcnty-Fire Billion Marks IN Bo
raised Yearly Under Plan
decided Upon.
lBy Associated Press.l

c,. iEhLlN, July 23.-Germany's 6n.,
- nop ppIosram o,:sram calling for the raisinn - 9
upop I,ou0'GTo'oIo h" marks annually. agreed
.! Matthias ErzberGer Mjnisicr
w.. nance. nance. and group Of eXperts
r;rrp CO pup! p!lshed today by the North
stid 'rrinan an Gazette. The conference w was as
ina Inn dn to be in complete agreement on on
III" hnanc!al reforms "
Eisht billion marks will be obtained
oH Wal ta%eS, according to the C;azette.s
summary summary Of the proposed plan. Thc
ishialn!nS 1900 100000 must he ra sod
!lnih new sources. The first OF thcsn
VII be heavy increase i'm the tax
on business turnovers. The second
m.w mw source OF income is called the
'mEerial sacrifice TO needs" The third
ne" set OF taxes will be on the neccs-
III, AZ important part of the program
WEI be the imperial income tax. which
VII be tax on profits from invested
capital These capital profits will be
taxed from % to 30 per cent, accord. .
is intended TO eliminate incuiialitins
;hd protect small capitalists from he :
ing overDnrdened. The new imperial
oneration by April |. 1920. a large
army OF officials will be needed TO
pandle Inc tax system
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-24
SENATOR FALL. SAYS
MENlCANS ARE IIAnS

n, WASHINGTON, July o3-"Thev are
10 OF course. as usual" said Sena-
shown MeHxico City dispatches an
n%uncins that letter purportinr ro
otier ,hra pNertures 10 Fransicco Villa.
tai. " -icA1cah capi-
The New Mexico Senator said tba,
w!tHoul, MS consent or aDprova1 tba
!ottc: was written TO Villa hv al, - the
charies r. Hunt. When he learnnS ~
Is scnator igi7 roPa Fail said he sent. on March
along with a letter OF trnoinaehce, transmi,.ai e.
me ,i state Department, for its INFORM
ssid s.Id ana Nm niles, On May 26, 1911 he
published Mexico CITY disnatch ape a,?,.
ing me text OF this letter. which be
asserted. Is the same one that c;enerai
nthIIanza nnhIina mad announced would be made
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-24
rRv Associated Press1

WASHINGTON. July "3.-Preri-
dent Wilson today denied published
reports that he had told Senators he
was responsible for the ShantunE
settlement i'm the treaty with Ger
mnny.
An official statement issued at
the white House Sn!d the President
chad excrtcd all tho influence he
was at liberty to exercise in the
circumstances" to obtain u mOdin-
cntiOn OF the ShantunE provision.
The statement follows:
"Ihc President authorizes the an
nOuncemcnt that the statement
Carried In several OF tho papers this
morning that he originated or for
mulnted the provisions with regard
with Germany Is altogether false.
He cNertcd aIl tho influence he Nvns
ut liberty to exercise In the cIrcum-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-24
MEXICAN GENERAL SAYS
REBELS RESPONSIBLE
Ricardo Gonzales Declares American
Jackies From L. S. S. Cheyenne
Nenturcd Too Far.
SUBMITS OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS
Asserts He Has Letter Saying Colonel
Hunt Would Visit Senator Fall in
Behalf Of Campaign by Villa.
Senator Makes Denial.

MEXICO CITY. July 23.rOficial ac-
counts Of the robbing Of America n
sailors from the L. s s Cheyenne July
and Of deaths Of Americans were
given out today by General Juan Bar
ragan. chief OF the presidential staff.
III the form Of governmental dispatches
one or these stated that the sailors
went up the River Tamcsi into rebel
territory.
General Ricardo Gonzales chief Of
/ the iampico garrison, in Il dispatch re-
porting on the murder OF John ". Cor
rell near Tamp!co. June Is. stated the
murder was committed hy Tarncsi ban
dits He said he had ordered a pur-
the bandits had been killed and twenty
horses recovered in a fight at the ban
dts headquarters
Other official dispatches on deaths or
americans placed the responsibility
tor the incidents in some eases unon
the men killed.
Gi,cs Out Letter Today.
General Barragan also announced
| lhaj tomorrow there would be made
public various documents belonging IN
the archives Of the bandit Villa reCoy-
cred in Juarez. including a letter ad :
dressed TO villa by Colonel Charles F.
ftun', oucrinS Villa a visit to Senator
faii and other persons in an effort 10
aid Villas campaign"
Among tho dispatches furnished by
/
INF the cheyenne case. in which the
chlet OF the Tampico garrison says:
es.ithout advising with Mcxicar
miiitary headquarters. where they
could have learned how far they could
! nave passed safely up the River Tam
es! they Cthc American sailors1 ven
,nred beyond the last outpost into rebel
leffliorE and were robbed OF one
"a,ch a iitile money and their shoes
Genera! Gonzales reports that he has
called the attention of the American
consul 10 this fact and also tha, n.
mas given orders that nobody shall
pass the last Mexican outposts in the
future. - '''e
The killing OF Hiram Hughes. a,
Anerican. near Tampico, on July l. oc-
cured according TO the Gonzales dis
patches. after Hughes, While intoyi
Gated mad insuited passersby and had
,Ine death of Peter Catron ION or
( ABOUT July y is blamed by General
III%a,es r"hhon s on Catron's nsishbors. who
me slaycrs are known, and GonZale.
mas promised their early capture.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-24
Says Bethmann-HoIlweg
Is Guiltiest Hun Of All

GENEVA. July 23.-IrofcSSor Sip-
poiu. prom lncnt authority ON In
ternnfionn1 law, holds TINT the
former German Imperial ChnnceIior,
DIR. Won Bethnnnn-IioIiwcg, IL the
Euilnest OF MI war criminals. "morc
generals lie warns the Swias
government not to allow HoIIwcr
nnd other Gcrmnns resp0nslblc for
the wnr tn enter the country.
Switzerland now hnrb0rs six Ger
nlhhS wanted by the allies, among
them Crown Prince Itupprccht, of
baNhTih' 'rnnd Admiral won TirpItx.
Count Won BcrchtOld und Herr
bernstein.
Many Austrian, bulgarian and
turkish cH-n'fnfstcrs nlsO are In
switzerland. most Of them under
false names to avoid detection.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-24
REFUSE COMMITTEE INCREASE
Enlargement CT Republican Legislative
Steering Body Is Voted
Down.
IRy AssocIntnd Press.

WASHINGTON. July 23.-EMlarge-
ment. of the Republican legislative
tonight at a party conference. Pro-
posals to increase the committee from
i've TO seven and from five to .nine
members each were disapproved by
margins Of ten votes or more.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-24
COMMITTEE FINISHES WORK
internIIicd Comm iiSSiOn Concludes Dr.
taiis OF German Territorial
Evacuation i'm East.

PAR1S. July 23.-The interallied
commission in charge OF the details i'm
the execution of the German peace
treaty has finished its work with
reference 10 the territories Germany
must evacuate on her eastern boundary
another of the peace conference
6odies. the committee on Jugo- -Slav and
.ouinahian affairs. met this afternoon
and continued the discussion of yarions
questions within it's domain
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-24
FORMER PRESIDENT TAFT
PROPOSES MIDDLE COURSE .
TO SECURE RATIFICATION
President Wilson Denies Report That
He Was Author Of Shantung Settlement

stances to obtain n notification OF
them, md believed that the u1ti-
mnte action of Japan with regard
to ShnntunE Will put the whole
matter In It's true light"
Senators calling mt the White
House today were the lnsc on the
original list of fifteen selected by
the President, hut invitations for
the other Republican Senators to
call nt the White House will go for
ward from day to day, II being tho
Presidents desire to confer with
NIL OF them before he starts on his
tour of tho country.
President Wilson hns bcen de-
voting some of his time recently to
getting together documents used by
the American peace delegation mt
Tnris which have hccn asked for
by the Senate in it's consideration
OF the treaty. Secretary Lansing
LIS expected to assist In this work.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-24
DANES ORDER so ENGINES
First Signs Of Relapse OF British Trade
In Purchase From This
Country.
f,opL,N-tIAcEN IN,

COPENHAGEN, July 2S.-Fifty loco
motives ordered from America consti-
tuto the hrst tangible direct result
OF Brta!n's Industrial relapse The
placing OF the order by Danish rail-
way interests was announced today.
Great quantities OF coal for DENIM. rlz
also nave been contracted for with
American hrms. Denmark was for
mcrly an almost exclusively British
market for coal.
America is also supplying immense
Quantities OF railway material, cars
and locomotives to Schlcswig,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-24
TROOPS GUARD BRITISH NAVY
MEN AT COAL MINE PUMPS
Hopeful Feature of Strike IL Refusal
Of welsh Miners to Go
Out.
IBY Associated Press.1

LONDON. July 23.-Troops were
moved today into the Yorkshire area
affected by the coal strike. Sir Eric
Geddes. the governments representa-
tive. explained that the move was for
the protection of the navy men en-
gagged in keeping the mine pumps in
opera ton.
The most hopeful feature OF the coal
strike situation is the decision OF the
Welsh miners at conference at Car
din not TO join the Yorkshire move
ment There was no great accession
of strength 10 the strike movement to-
day. The men on strike total about
275.000. Yorkshire Derbyshire. Not
tingham and Monmouth being the
counties mainly affected.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-24
JAPANESE ENTER DENIAL
Paris Delegation Says Shnntung Set
tlemcnt Was Not Forced by
Racial Clause Action.
lev Associated Pressl

PARIS, June 23.-The Japanese dele
CATION to the peace conference totia "
issued denial of assertions that the
Shantung settlement in the Germa n
peace treaty was in exchange for the
withdrawal Of the Japanese contenetion
regarding the racial clause in the
league of nations covenant,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-24
STRIKE MAY END SOON
Tie-up of Norfolk Telephone Seryic.
Expected to Conclude Within
Few Days.
IBy Associated pross /,

NORFOLK, VA, July 23-reIephone
service here continues seriously Grip
pied becanse or the strike of 800 opera
exchange. International Organizer
Rose {. Hickey arrived here today
In conference with Assistant Pos,fnas.
ter-Gcneral Koons.
MISS Hickey announced that she had
received assurances that warranted the
statement that the strike would end
within a few days.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-24
READY TO FLEE PETROeRAD
Nine Trains Prepared for Flight by
Doisherists In Famine
Stricken City.

WASHINGTON, July o3.-Nine trains
are being placed in readiness by the
Bolshevist authorities in Petrosrad.
with the expectation of making a quick
departure from the city, the State De-
Dartment was informed today in Swed :
ish press advices. The food situation
in Petrograd continues to grow more
serious. and some of the popula tion
have been going practically without
food for number Of days.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-24
FREE ENEMY ALIENS SOON
Intcrned Civilians. Except Those
Guilty of AnarchtStic Moves,
to ne Released,
(By Associated Press.l

WASHINGTON. July o3-All in.
termed civilian enemy aliens. except
those guilty of advocating doctrines
and those who desire to be repatriated.
will be. given their freedom soon by
the United States.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-03-22
WAR, PESTiLENCE AND FAMINE
IN AFRICA.

Let everyone read this letter and
he that hath the substance of this
world let him do more than read.
To begin with it comes from about
the hardest mission field in the world
Sierra Leone, and it was penned at
Freetown, by Rev. Joseph Noirjean,
G. S. Sp.:
This year we are threatened by a
dreadful famine. The rice harvest has
completely failed. We are now at
what we call the rice season, or sea-
son when rice generally comes in in
large quantities and the price is low
1t is already twice as dear as usual
and hard to get at that. What will
it be in few months or at the be-
ginning of the rainy season?
First we had the war, and, like
everybody. suffered much; we were
next visited by the terrible influenza
that caused great mortality among
blacks and whites: and now we are
threatened by famine. and this.
from all that experienced people say,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-03-22
OUR DUTY TOWARD THE NEAR
EAST.

The Procurator of the missions of
the Assumptionists in the Orient is
Rev. Victor Bossu. He writes from
Paris, regarding the desperate condi-
ton of the distressed missionaries in
the East.
1T was hoped that reconstruction
could soon begin there, under the
more favorable conditions brought
about by the world peace, and at the
request of the Government the SUI
perior of the Assumptionists with two
priests and three nuns set out from
Marseilles for Constantinople for the
purpose of infusing new life into the
expiring works of the apostolate.
I'm very material, as we'll as a
spiritual, manner were they to do
this. for they took with them large
quantities of vegetables and other
food stuffs, for the necessities of life
had almost disappeared from Constan-
tinople, and the priests were starv-
ing. Happy was the little company
on leaving France, because they were
about to resume their missionary &C
tivity and to bring much-needed
assistance to their fellow Oblates.
But they never reached their
destination. In the Straits of Mes
sina their steamer struck floating
mine and sank in a few minutes-in
four minutes according to newspaper
reports,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-03-22
THE BELGIAN MISSIONARIES IN
SOUTHEAST MONGOLIA.

Bishop Van Dyck, B. F. NJ, VINO has
charge of that part of Mongolia called
the Ortos, is not pessimistic, for mis-
sionaries never are, but he feels JUS
titled in painting a true picture of
present-day conditions.
ut was in 1874 that the first Bel
gian missionaries arrived in the coun
try of the Ortos. Entirely unknown
they took possession of a region
where Satan reigned absolute master
The history of these forty-four years
of apostolic endeavor shows clearly
that Divine Providence watched in q
special manner over the enterprise.
because human effort alone would
never have been able to secure the
results obtained.
Our population is composed of
Chinese driven from their country by
misery. Every year the troop grows
larger and their misery greater.
Owing to this they have not the
energy you are accustomed to see in
the United States. They seem able
to do practically nothing for them
selves, and charity among pagans is
a dead letter. They must rely on
Mother Earth to secure living, and
while the soil of the Ortos is good
under favorable conditions, lack Of
rain often renders it unproductive.
During the past summer we had only
one heavy rain, and therefore the
harvest is not good. Last year the
crops were satisfactory, but they fol-
lowed three years famine.
During the past year we baptized
almost thousand grown persons, so
there is plenty of scope for our apos-
ties. The work is hardest during the
winter months, for the population is
mostly engaged in farming and is
therefore idle during the months of
extreme cold. The past winter, how
ever, was unfortunate in this respect,
on account of the thousands of rob-
bers who in organized bands terror
we the country, SO that no one dared
to venture out.
"The bandits were finally driven
away in a most terrible manner, for
the pest spread through the country
and more than three hundred Cath
olics and three missionaries persisted.
AS for the pagans, it is thought that
about eighty thousand died"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-03-22
A GOOD BEGINNING, BUT DON'T
LET IT STOP THERE.

In Bangalore City, India, Father P.
NJ. BRAND, is trying to put up a
structure that will serve at once as
an orphanage and an industrial school.
with possible corner for dispen-
sary. This list shows at once how
great the needs of the Bangalore
mission are. The plan of the build
g WAS three times larger than what
Las really appeared. but the Father
Says: Il shall be able to give shelter
to the destitute pagan girls | meet on
my way. In the various branches of
rly new establishment, | can accom-
nodate three hundred girls. The half
Ct my work is not yet accomplished.
However, | think it is good begin
ming. But you can scarcely Imagine
the trouble | have had to get together
money enough to even make a start.
Il hope that the Sacred Heart of
Jesus will send me some assistance to
continue, my work and enlarge my
new establishments
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-03-22
FROM A NON-CATHOLlC JUDGE

Judge n. B. Conrad is none atho-
lie Of Nevada. We heard Judge Con-
rad speak at a degree dinner of the
knights of Columbus at Montrose,
Mo-, and we never even suspected he
was a non-Catholic until so informed.
says writer. His talk was made up
of the many reasons why he is an
admirer of the Catholic Church. The
first part of the talk was merely
Church hiStory-familiar to all Catho-
lies but entirely foreign to many non
Catholics. The latter part of his talk
he brought in several illustrations
which were magnificent in their SIM
plicity. We quote:
9. And so I say, | am proud
of the Catholic Church and of the part
it has had in the building of our coun-
try, the freest in the world. i love it
because it is one of our great institu-
tons for good. The Catholic Church
is a world institution. It's member is
loyal in temporal matters to the gov
eminent under which he lives. In
spiritual matters he has supreme
court, the Pope, a good and holy man,
wise man and a learned man. The
Church has to have a head for the
same reason that we have to have a
supreme court, and they have to re-
gard him as infallible in matters of
religion for the same reasons that we
regard our supreme court infallible in
matters of law.
Some people think the Catholics
don't read the Bible. that they keep
the Bible chained to the altar. | know
that Catholics love the Bible. The
Catholic Church preserved it for 1900
years. When a pagan emperor de-
manded of monk that he tell where
the Bible was. so it could be burnt
or that he would be burnt himself
the monk said, burn me, my body is
not for long anyway. but His Word
shall live till the heavens are rolled
up as a SCROLL and he went to the
stake. Maybe the Bible was chained
to the altar. That was before the in
vention of printing. The parchment
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-03-22

it took to make a Bible and the la
borious work of copying a Bible with
a goose-quill cost thousands of dollars
at that time. A Bible now can be
bought for few cents.
There are three learned profess
sions, medicine, law and the ministry.
IF | wanted to know whether l had
the influenza, and went to find out
for myself from DR.. Miller's or Dr.
Jewels books, | would probably be
dead or we'll before ! knew as much
about it as they, yet l would be using
the same books.
IF you planted pumpkin seed on
your land and the vine ran onto a
neighbours land and there produced a
pumpkin, whom would the pumpkin
belong to? My law books answer that
question. and | can find it at once, but
unless you are a lawyer, you can read
my law books for long enough to grow
three crops of pumpkins and not find
the answer.
$50 to compare small trivial things
with great and holy ones, | believe
that the Catholic layman believes that
he is using better judgment to con-
suit his doctor, his lawyer and his
priest than to undertake to read their
books himself. The priests of the
Catholic Church are scholars and gen.
t,emen, and they are learned in the
Holy Scriptures. The Bible that Lu-
Their translated, he did not find in the
Pyramids of Egypt, or in the ruins
of Ninevah or Babylon. 1t was the
Bible he had got possession of while
a Catholic monk.
But, it is of small avail to defend
the Catholic Church as great and
good institution of our land before you
who are practically all Catholic.
Il want to say that / never feel
safer than when in the shadow of the
cross of your great Church.
Il know the kind of men and
women that come forth from this
Church and school. They are a credit
and an honor to the community, the
state and the nation. They go forth to
their duty like men, and when the
time comes, they die without fear OF
the hereafter