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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-16
MURDERED SOLDIER
IS IDENTIFIED

New York. Aug i5.--The mystery
surrounding the murder of a soldier
in the Hotel McAlpin Thursday was
only partially dispelled today when
the body was identified as being that
of c. E. I.andon. a student at the Uni
versity of Oregon, whose home was
in Portland. Sergeant Nos. who has
just returned from overseas with Ian
don and AS discharged from the
army with him on Tuesday made the
Identification.
The police believe that Landon,
who had $500 in back pay with him
was lured to the hotel by Broadway
"fioater," who killed him to get tho
money from him. This theory is
borne out by the fact that only 81
cents was found in Landou's clothing
No explanation can be given. however
of the reason for the removal of the
mans collar. tie and socks
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! Continued from Page Ons.)


ton. head Of the meat division Of the
food administration, had once been
employed by the packing arm.
Mr.. Tlncher then charged that the
food administration's action In fixing
the minimum price to be paid to the
producer for pork ut II l-2 cents a
pound mad bcnefited the packers anil
worked to the disadvantage OF the
producers.
THE PACKERS, PRICE.
This was denied by Mr.. Weld, who
declared the packers paid the hog
growers more than the minimum
price. II 1t had not been for the mini
mum price, he commended, the return
to the farmer would have fallen much
lower during some periods OF 1918
Mr. Tincher retorted that the mimi
mum price for pork benefited the
farmer about as much as the govern
ment's fixing Of the wheat price today.
His plain intimation was that the
farmers are very greatly dissatisfied
with the policy of the United States
Grain corporation in carrying out tho
guarantee of $2.2S bushel.
Swift and company were not los
ing money when the minimum price
was in operation. were they the
Kansas representatives asked
Mr.. weld admitted that his firm was
making money under the minimum
price arrangement.
And the same man that regulated
YOU regulated the consumer. Mr.. Cot
tom Mr. 1'incher continued.
Il object to the possible implication
in the statement Mr.. Weld replied.
The food administration limited our
profits to what they amounted TO on
the pre-war basis. The implication is
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-16

"orth-while method OF utilizing corn
cobs on large scale has been thought
OF up to the present time. Every year
nearly 5000. o00.0 900 bushels Of them
are thrown away. 1t Is . frightful
waste.
Recent Investigations by chemists
have proved that corncobs cooked 1t
high temperature will yield a fuid
which. on being evdporated to a sirupy
consistency. makes an excellent gum.
suitable for use Ia bill-posting. for
cumming labels. IN tho paper box in
dustry. and for many other employ.
msnts.
For this purpose they are .preased.
and the cake left behind. whom
ccarse-kround. mixed with molaases
and dried. makes first rate feed for
stocks Chemists say that. when GER
tain incidental problems have been
solved. It may even be utilisabis Tor
human food.
This cake" by simple chemical
treatment. can b made 20 Yield rs
1er cent ~ ~ WelGAt II Sus~ s1n111A.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-16

for which there are many uses: ana
the glucose. II yeast be added, ttll
produce alcohol. The above-m Mentioned
cake" left over after pressing. i
convertible into an excAllent art.neial
leather. Being maini, composed II
ceiiulose. It Yields irstclass ARTIFICIAL
silk.
Manifestly there = money u ox1n.
cobs. Their contemplated utilization
affords one OF many illu.trations ~
the way In which American manulAc.
turers, taking hint from the Treas-
ury's idea Of promoting the saving 81
little sums Of money By the sa1S-41
Thrift Stamps ana war GAvings
Stamps. are soins into the busin1ae 81
turning apparently inconssqusnt trS6~e
TO profitable account
In days soon 70 arrive ~ max -
wearing cosneob stockings a.A eos~.
cob dreasea Lot ~ hope that thev
viii eheApep the prices oe 49, -
dlspSasabse aSttelae q a1tisel
DEZ * r. iI,I !, u
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-16

I / g.
and buildings have oeen turned oveI
to the Rockbridge farmers. through
the Kindness Of Mr.. Bentck, for the &C.
casion.
Every farmer In Rockbridge county
his wife or sweetheart. IL invited BY
the picnic committee to be present on
this day Of days. All union farmers
are urged to bring out their neighbors
who are not members of the union.
The Farmers union is planning to
make this affair a great Rockbrtdge
extraordinarily and with this In view
all are urged to be on hand =
Addresses are to be made by prac-
teal men on practical subjects or the
day. Every talk will be directly re-
lated to Rockbridge county and it's
farmers There viii In addition. be
an address by a lady who will have
the interest of the women OF the
county at heart.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-16
STAuNTOh MAN
ENDS HIS OWN LIFE

stanton, Aug. i3.--The people OF
S.s.unton were startled this morning
when ii was learned that some time
during the night q. NJ. Collins, a we'll
know retired business man Of this
city had ended his life by shooting
himself through the head with a IS
calihre revolver. No one of the family
heard the shot, but when the man
was found in bed he was cold in
death with the revolver still clutched
in his right hand.
Before retiring last night Mr.. Col
Inns was apparently in the best OF
health and the hest Of spirits. He
talked with his son. Preston Collins.
at the Collins home on North Augusta
street shortly before retiring and
nothing unusual about his condition
was noticed then When he was
called for breakfast about o'clock
he did not respond and upon going to
his room his son found him cold in
death
Mr.. Collins was aoout forty six
years of age and since last fall had
been griet stricken over the death
of hts wife. who died during the cpl
tiernc of influenza. 1t is thought thai
worry and grief over her death caused
/ his mind to become unbalanced dur
/ ing last night and he committed thu
/ deed
| The body will be taken TO Hunting
/ ton. w Va. for burial, beside that o
i his wife
! Mr.. Collins was not engaged &C
/ lively in any business but was largel,
+ A,terested in coal mines In West Vir
! ginia. and made his home in Staun
! ton.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-16
FETHER IS CHARGED
WITH KILLING GIRL

Ithaca. N. Y. Aug. 15.--Dona.d r
Fether, twenty-one years old Cornell
university freshmen, Is in a cell here
today, formally charged with murder
ing Miss Hazel GRANGE. the beautiful
8 1 e h tee n-year-old girl who was
drowned from a canoe in which Fether
was her companion on Cayuga lake
near Glenwood. the night of July IL
The girls body has not been recov-
cred The water has been dragged re-
peatedly.
1T was an accident" was all the au-
thorities could induce Fether to say
after his arrest
Fether Is son Of r. A. F'ether,
wealthy Los Angeles oil man. The
students parents have been appraised
of his arrest and were tonight re.
ported to have started for Ithaca,
Feeling against the accused stu
dent was running high here tonight
and to forestall any attempt at mob
violence city and county authorities
were reported to have sworn in spe-
cal deputies
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-16
Sketch of the Province In China Which May Cause
Trouble for the League of Nations.


suit the natives.
At kiaochau. the Germans spared nj
expense, but saw to II that everything
used was made in Germany" Al
Tsingtau they made a great naval and
commercial port. and the grand bat
teries Moltke and Bismark guarded
the harhor.. Three thousands Of Ger
man marines were always kept there
and In summer many battlesh!ps.
The Chinese are the oldest Twins
nation in the world, and OF all the
human family her people have the
longest story. They have probably In
vented and originated more than any
other people, whose history We have
read. The people called Chinese are
a composite race formed of hundred
tribes and nobody knows whence or
how the first settler came to China.
They are az present a frugal. tenn
perate, laborious people. who are In
variably honest.
Rich Province
Shantung Is one OF the richest and
most beautiful provinces OF the
Chinese Empire. portion of which
consists OF a mountainous promontorv
one hundred miles wide which pro-
jects eastward into the Yellow Sea for
nearly two hundred miles. The
province has an area OF $500 square
miles and a population OF over 81, 0oo..
600. Owing to the fact that II wac
the birthplace OF both Confucius and
Menciub 1t has played an important
part in the history OF the country.
Neither the Christian religion nor
our system OF education has made
very much progress In Shantunx. One
missionary OF the Christian religion
declared that a Chinaman and an sls.
plant were alike. They would do
what you wanted them to do when
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-16
AND CHILD
PAINFULLY BURNED

g stanton. Va. Aus 1S.--Richard. the
dx-month>old son Of Mrs. Donald Rog-
sytto, and his mother were pain fully
hcAided Tuesday at noon when the
baby pulled pot of boiling coffee oft
the dining table. He was seated on
his mothers lap and the entire CON
ftAnts efnptied itself on the infants
body, and drained off. scaling Mrs.
Rodgers also. Both were taken to the
Kings Daughters hospital and re-
REained there over night under treat
sh1ent. The baby was burned very
cAinfully, but II is thought not seri =
\ 2ss1iy. Mrs Rodgers Is less seriously
lA5ured.
- ]. W. Lawrence. Mrs, Rodgers
AGher. where she and her son have
seen visiting for about three weeks.
\ shey are from Toledo, Ohio. Mrs.
todktrs was Miss Halle Lawrence.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-16

tlnguished man or woman. They are
usually octagon In shape. eight steElss
high. each story being nearly thirty
feet. and surmounted by 4 gilded ball
fxed to the top with an iron bar
Besides pagodas there are great
temples wholly unlike those found in
Japan. but quite as beautiful. The
When one becomes thoroughly &C.
quainsed with the Chinese people. sans
finds that they have some excsllnnt,
qualities and seem ready to follow the
Golden Rule.
We have been told that the Chinese
have no national feeling, no, patriot.
ism. This may have been true once.
but II Is no longer true. The Chinese
today are fervid patriots.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-16

ment.
The waters TEEN with nsh and the
fishing junks are particularly inter
esting sight at shutdown as they lay
out in the waters. The fauna include
small animals such as badgers. wolves
foxes and several species OF poisonous
snakes.
Among the birds are the quce.
Manchman Cranes. wild ducks and
turkeys. The climate is healthful and
there seems to be little sickness and
Shantung Is one Of the few Provinces
in China which the Red Cross has
not felt Its duty to aid.
There are many beautiful ragodas
n Shaptung towns and cities. built to
perpetuate the memory Of some dis.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-16
~Ths Hog o. the Hour"

tUV EVV0 " bssO EVWss
National Crop Improvement servicel
4 LII OF the Poland China hogs
n have descended from the old
Warren county co., hog, and
the hest types have been bred up
through the Russian hog which was a
large white animal and the big Eng.
lish Berkshire with about four other
breeds in between. Originally the
Poland China was very large, heavily
boned and Of considerable length. 1t
became the custom for breeders to de-
velop a smaller and shorter and more
quickly maturing type. so now there
are three or four kinds OF Poland
Chinas. Many complaints are being
made, however, that where the old
fashioned hog was raising litter Of
from nine to twelve pigs easily, the
smaller hogs are producing from
three to six or eight pigs and not al
ways successfully.
80 therefore there has been a great
reversal in sentiment and breeders
are returning rapidly to the old type"
says Mr. Fred L. Obenchain. Balm
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-16

ANE OF the smaller and yet quite
significant points in the Treaty
OF Peace was the disposition OF
tho German interests or right,
"a China. On more than one occasion
the German Empire had used a trivial
MISTER ~ pretext to extort from
China some territorial or commercial
concession When the Great War
broke out Japan sided with the En-
tente, ana proceeded to capture what
the Germans possessed on the main
land OF the Chinese Empire, In the
tsettlement OF many conflicting inter
ests and demands. Japan was given
the German holdings in the Province
~ Shantung, with all the rights and
privileges which that nation had ceded
10 Germany.
Birthplace OF Confucius
Al the foot of the Imposing Tai In
Western Shantung. the thrice blessed
bones OF confucius have rested these
four thousand years. Westward from
~ mountain retreat The spirit Of the
SAge-never TO the mind OF the de-
vout Chinese far distant from the hal
owed spot--has viewed the wide.
Y bread land which after many years
i II Chinese were compelled to give
g p. But not many miles from the
tesnAl hills. wild but peaceful in
hesr solitude. comes the echo and the
\ BABEL Of International strife. This
- besn ever since Germany exacsed
16ae - discipline OF consequences" for
~ 1lves OF the two German mis-
NonAyses who we're killed by Boxer
sAeh ~ 1887. No martyrs were ever
1870 bitterly avenged. for there close
M tAs sacred spot where the head OF
- Chtrase religion rests. the Ger
MAs bsilt grest city. and its Teu-
o inhabitants took good care to IN
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-16
SAVING THE CORNCOB
, HINK Of getting patent for a

n HINK OF getting patent for a
corncobl
- The examiners Of the u. S.
Patent once are fairly alert off,
cials. but once In while something
gets past them.
They did. few years ago. allow a
patent to be granted for a perpetual
motion machine--the last thing in the
world that they would be likely to
recognize.
In 1878 a patent was granted for
punching pinholes in eggs--the idea
OF the inventor being to deal Ia this
way with stored eggs. in order to pre-.
vent them from exploding when
boiled.
The corncob was patented In 1891.
According to tho inventors notion. Il
was 70 be covered With corundum
paste and used for polishing dental
plates. But essentially It was nothing
but corncob.
CoFncob pipes have been In common
use In this country for centuries.
Rat anAalsinx n xanAsal way. no
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-16

they fully understood It. NOW" hi
aaid, there are some things in thu
Christian religion that one cannot ex
plain. and It must be taken on faith
Here IL whore the dinlculty with thu
Chtnaman comes in. He wants te
know"
Besides the Christian religion In
troduced by the Jesuits in the sixth
Century. and by missionaries many
years later. they have Confucianism
Buddhism. Taoism and Mohamme.
danism.
Confucianism has enjoyed state pa
tronage and protection for more than
2.1oo years, and is perhaps the most
popular. Enormous numbers Of the
adult population cannot read or write.
The reform In education Ii Just now
occupying the minds of the educated
people of the nation. Hundreds OF
men and women have been sent to
different parts Of the world 10 receive
finishing courses. and Picking has q
fns university. ShantunE has few
schools. mainly those taught BY mis-
sionaries. 30 life goes on thare much
in the old-faahioned Chinese way. al
though all parts Of China are waking
up. and those who saw China twenty
years ago and see It today md 4 differ.
ont China.
Ancestor Worship
Ancestor worship still exists ana ~
this u one Of the teachings Of Con.
fucius. Shantung 10 near his graSs II
perhaps one Of the places to - It At
its best. Every Chinese household has
within it. doors an ancestral hall. .
shEins In which are Aspositsl the tab
lets Of the deceased ancssters. Every
clan has alsa an ancestral taannlo which
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-16

Paris, Aug 15.--Today begins the
evacuation of the twenty thousand
British troops in the Caucasus. Their
withdrawal leaves Armenia again at
the mercy of Mustapha Kennels muir
derous bands and a new massacre of
Christians, indeed the determination
of the million and half that are left.
Is threatened
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-16
ROCkBR|OGE FARMERS
UNION ANNUAL PICNIC

Lexington, Va, Aug. 15.-The Rock
bridge County Farmers union will
hold it's annual picnic on the grounds
Washington and Lee university, Sat
Lrday, August %. The entire grounds
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-16

| forms a rallying point for its members
who come to join in the ritual as new
shrines are to be &c, up. These TAB
let's are slips of wood about one foot
high and three inches wide. placed
upright on a pedestal. and having In
scribed on each side the name. rank
date OF birth and death. They re.
mind one OF Tombstone kept in a
home instead of being placed at 3
grave. After the conservation Of the
tablet q dinner Ia spread for the dead.
Then money ana clothing are set out.
These are left ON tho table for several
days. The eldest son is compelled to
80 through an elaborate ceremony in
carrying food and wine to the burial
place for several days. and to say
prayers before the tablet when ne re-
turns home. For this reason the
Chinese are anxious to have a son. II
there Is no son and no one to perform
the ceremony. the ghost. hungry and
ill-ciothed. 10 destined to wander abou,
the earth.
They are especially particular In
the observance Of ceremony and have
. set etiquette. For instance. the nrst
thing one man does upon meeting an
other IL to ask what each member Of
the family IL doing. his age. his full
name. and II he IL married. his wife's
name. ana whether they have any sons
tfoY Il seems that girls do not COUNT.
After that they talk about anything
they like.
Flower Lovers
They love dowers and every Chinese
garden 70 hlled With flowsr beds and
the women always wear flowers IN
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-16

The greater part of the city of AM
sterdam is built on piles, the famous
town hall standing on no fewer than
thirteen thousand
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-16

They love nowers and every Chinese
garden 70 filled With flower beds and
the women always wear flowers In
their hair. All along the Grand
Canal which runs through the uhols
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-29

M. I-ef1ingWen. and Roy L. Beard ofl this place
 Frsns E Baker spent Thanksgiving in New London Mf. and aIrz. Washington Morgan. tlletr son. Leroy Morgan. and 6rand- Een, Reginald Morgan of Groton, were recent callers of MT. and Mrs. Joseph Eltiottss assss s..Ti.. Mr. and Mrs. Forrest c. LefIinguen spent Tllanksgiving day witH taeir fsnn. Clarence ELefzingwell. of Groden. l Mfr. and sairs. Jesse E. Rogers and 1 son. John, spent Thanksgiving day a with a1f. and Mrs. Jerome Taylor., : Mir. and Mrs. John Ross, wit. Mrs. Phoebe Reynolds were ThanksgiTihg hg I guests of AEr. and Mrs. Joseph FL ! Iiott.
 There was no B; Y. P. '. meeting
 last Sunday. A large nurnper frczr
 There attended the Central Baptisi I Mr and Mrs. c. F. E;sllis. and Mis. -l Myra (. Ellis attended the. wedding O 1f 4 Miss Florence Airline Ellis and Georsi Y Arthur Anderson in Westerly Thanks
 giving day. Mss MEra Ellis was he cousins bridesmaid
 f Mrs H. $, Young and Miss. Witte ,lspent Thank stiNing fn PoquetaAneh lat the home of Charles. D. Geer.. | Mrs Harold. Rose and. two da1gh f bters- Doris and Muriel. are spending
 few days with Mrs Rose S parents
 Mr. and Mrs. David McGee of L4swel : Mass.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-29
Japan Resents Comparison to Germany

peace pact and might any time ,betray her allies and shake hands with Ger many when an available opportunity presented itself. But the ministry considered the diet interpeliations more of political attack on itself than as opposition to the London pact. Parliamentary attacks for political purposes are frequent in almost all countries. In Japan this Is an un- fortunate tendency.
 "The current of the tide of the worlds affairs now flows in one, and the same direction and no country is any longer a distant neighbor in these days of closer international relations Every utterance of any individual not lonly in parliamentary discussions but also at public functions outside par i liamentary halls and in the columns fof the press, is echoed and e-echoed
 abroad and very frequently It reflects
 on international interests of the coun- itry, occasionally eliminating in the
 birth of wild ard groundless runners | The famous Germano- -Ja panese rap | proachement' story is nothing but . | tcrystallization g.of s- fabricated rufnor.
 and suppositions.s Viscount Ishii expressed sympath, with Marquis Saionji who, on his re l turn from the Paris conference, re.
 marked with great regret that acci dentals are prone to compare Japan tt
 Germany, regarding Japanese as na
 tion of war-like, propensity and strong 4 military principle like the Germans
 The viscount agreed with Marquis Sa
 ionji in saying that this "misconcep stion" -of the oecidentals was deep lrooted and that thes Japanese peopl
 should& seek to remove it. The gov ,ernmen authorities: he declared
 should pay more attention to the mat I ter
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-29

Tokio, Now ss.-eBy Int A AP.a. Viscouht Ishii. formefly Japanese am- bassador to Washington. asserts in magazine article published here that the reports which have been circulated in some other countries of an alleged secret alliance betwsen Japan and Germany are directly traceable to the interpel ellations whichtwere made in the Japanesf Diet in theF winter of 1916. These ,inqufries were in relation to the London compact betwsen the allies to make no separate peace with Ger many. It will be reealled that this was formed in the early stages of the Viscount Ishii says; the rumor has causedr serious harm to Japansss war time diplomacy and has fhjured Ja- pans. interests in her post-bellum. di- plomacy. @ .sess 6 He points out that in the interpella- tions prominent members of the diet contended that JApan9 had shouldered
 a grave responsibility of nols separate peace at a time whei13the issue of the great war forbade any forecasts The 1 l.visceunt. who was fereigns-s minister when the London pact was signed, says, the Japanese cabinet answered these criticisms by declaring that the government had no intention whatso- ever of concluding a. separate peace
 with Germany Adherence to the pact,
 ministers pointed, out was in conso-
 nance with Article of the Anglo-Ja- i panese alliance. a
 Tt was but natural" writes Wis
 count Ishii, that foreigners should be 1 impressed with the notion that thezJa- l panesef nation was feally opposedgt
 the London declaration, and that Ja- l panese had; an intention to conclude a 1 separate peace with the enemy, and teven, perhaps, to form an alliance
 with GersnAhy after the war.
 -sQf course. it is the height of vio- Ilation, of international morals for g E-eountfy to betray her ally or allies ! and shake hands with the. enemy. 1T 1 the course. of war. and yet history fir
 nishes, us. examples of such violation
 of international moralftyas in the case
 of Russia in the. Seven Years War. Il '. is not unreasonable that foreign peot
 pie should. have ben impressed with : suspicion that the Japanese natioI had a dislike for the. non -separatt
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-29
GRIs,MOLD

Miss Gladys Gallup of Ekanlz spent Thanksgiving with Mrs. E. A. Geer-
 Mrs l.. H. Ladd with her family had dinner Thursday with her daughter and family of Foluntown.
 l.. Fred A Edmond and family dined Thursday with Mrs. Edmond < brother, Stephen Peckham and family of Norwich.
 Rev. and Mrs. J. P. Richardsot dined Thursday with Deacon and Mrs Elmer Starkweather of Hopeville. |fs Mrs. Edwin Benjamin entertained a dinner Thursday. her sister, Mrs Spencer Johnson and family of Jew. lett City. William N. Saunders of Hopeviile i in feeble health. Mrs. Jane Lester is visiting Mysti relatives. Frank Browning is home and is pre- paring to open an office in Jewet -City. aid Miss Mildred Montgomery of Hart 1 ford came home Monday, sufferin
 with diphtheria. but is thought to D improving