These articles are from the Richmond Times-Dispatch, of Richmond, Virginia, on September 15, 1918.
RADFORD NORMAL
RADFORD, VA., September 14—The Normal School will during the present session use several one, two and three-room schools as observation and to some extent, practice schools for the young women who are looking forward to teaching in the rural schools and Virginia high schools. This work will be under the direction of Professor W. B. COGGIN, who comes to this institution the present session from the Normal School at Johnson City, Tenn., where he has had a very successful career as teacher and supervisor of rural school work. Professor COGGIN was for a number of years division superintendent of schools in Charles City County, Va., where he made a most remarkable record in the development of rural and village schools.
Professor J. E. AVENT who has been a member of the faculty since the opening in 1913, will be director of the training school for the coming session. The training school facilities will be considerably enlarged. This is made necessary by the constantly increasing numbers of the senior and junior classes, who use the training school for observation and practice purposes.
Dr. J. P. McCONNELL, director of the Junior Red Cross work for the State of Virginia, is devoting much time to the promotion of this work for the coming year. An appeal is being made to all the division superintendents and teachers to establish Junior Red Cross auxiliaries in every school in the State. Most encouraging reports are being received from every section of the State.
HAS WORKED FOR MISSION CAUSE QUARTER-CENTURY
Rev. S. H. CHESTER, D. D., of Nashville Gives Many Years in Aiding Gospel’s Spread
HAS WITNESSED GREAT GROWTH
Has Occupied Position With Executive Committee of Foreign Missions of Southern Presbyterian Church Since 1893
(Special to The Times-Dispatch)
MONTREAT, N. C., September 14—It falls to the lot of few men to sustain a relation to a single cause in the business of religious world for twenty-five years, without interruption, but this is the record of Rev. S. H. CHESTER, D. D., of Nashville, Tenn., in his relation to the cause of foreign missions of the Southern Presbyterian Church. It will be twenty-five years in October since Dr. CHESTER was appointed by the executive committee of foreign missions acting secretary to that committee, and he was elected secretary at the meeting of the general assembly in May of the following year, 1891.
Dr. CHESTER has served this committee and the church efficiently and unselfishly from 1898 as secretary, as executive secretary until 1911 and from that year until the present time as secretary of foreign correspondence, and no one is more thoroughly familiar with the needs and the accomplishments of this cause of the church during the part quarter of a century than he.
During this continuous service Dr. CHESTER has seen the Southern Presbyterian Church grow in membership from less than 200,000 to almost 400,000; he has seen the per capita contribution of the membership for foreign missions increase from less than $1 to $4; he has seen the foreign missionary force of the church on the fields of Africa, Brazil, China, Cuba, Japan, Korea and Mexico increase from a few more than 100 to almost 400; he has chronicled the increase from less than 300 to more than 5,000 in the number of conversions reported for one year as the result of the work of the foreign missionaries.
HAS WIDE ACQUAINTANCE WITH MEN IN FIELD
Dr. CHESTER is acquainted personally and by correspondence with every foreign missionary of the church, and no man more than he is the confidante of the missionaries; they tell him of their needs and their trials, of their accomplishments and their joys, being assured always of his sympathy and encouragement, for he is distinctly optimistic regarding every phase of the foreign mission enterprise. He hides himself behind his work and is honored and loved on account of his work for others.
In all of his work Dr. CHESTER is ably aided by his wife, and he and Mrs. CHESTER are one in every undertaking in life.
They have four sons, three of whom are in the service of the country, and were the other son a few years older, they would wear four instead of three service stars. Their two daughters, attractive and helpful to them in their work, complete their family circle.
WIFE OF SENATOR EXPERT IN ART OF CONSERVATION
Mrs. SWANSON Entertains Guests, but at Same Time Shells Lima Beans.
IS ALSO PRACTICAL FARMER
Raises Wheat and Corn, Produced Beef, and Justly Famous Hams That Add to Deliciousness of Her Dinners Are Home-Cured
STAUNTON, VA., September 14—"And when guest come, we sit under the trees and one reads while the rest of us shell young lima beans."
That is the way Mrs. Claude A. SWANSON, wife of the senator from Virginia, describes the entertainment of her distinguished guests on her farm south of Lynchburg.
The next morning the Senator’s wife takes such of the beans as are not destined for the table that day up to the roomy attic, and there they are spread in thin layers on old screens or framed cheesecloth. As successive crops are planted and the beans are picked daily, this means an ample supply of butter beans throughout the winter that, declares Mrs. SWANSON, are as delicious as if freshly gathered.
But that is only one of many ways in which Mrs. SWANSON not only practices conservation, but adds to the country’s resources. Her work was not begun as a war measure, but is the outgrowth of Mrs. SWANSON’s own ideas of citizenship and housewifery.
Mrs. SWANSON, known beyond the national capital and her own State as a successful hostess, is a practical farmer as well. She raises wheat and corn and grinds the latter, produces beef, and the justly famous hams that add to the deliciousness of her dinners are raised and cured on the place. Her production program ranges from luxuries like French endive, grown in the cellar, to seventeen varieties of winter roots, which are stored for use during the long unproductive months of winter.
All this is accomplished by Mrs. SWANSON, the practical farmer. But Mrs. SWANSON, the housewife, quite matches that record in conservation. A season, for instance, during which 600 quarts of preserves are put up besides jelly and fried fruits, is nothing exceptional on the farm, and all of this work is overseen and the larger part of it actually done by Mrs. SWANSON herself.
The policy of economy has always been to Mrs. SWANSON, the only one compatible with good citizenship and housewifery. An instance of this is the use she makes of windfall apples. These are collected day by day, and the result is great glass jars or pale golden apple sauce for winter use, made from a product that usually goes to waste.
When the special appeals for conservation began, on our entrance into the war, Mrs. SWANSON’s need was merely to adjust, not adopt, a program. A greater proportion of her wheat was marketed, and more of the cornmeal used when wheatless meals were instituted. There were porkless days when that was the special need, and now the bees of the farm are getting their stings into the Kaiser by making honey to replace the sugar that must be conserved.
The accomplishments of Mrs. SWANSON are especially interesting because they illustrate one important point. Some people have been inclined to look as conservation merely as a measure for the relief of pocket books under the strain of war-time prices. But a woman who, without any personal necessity, practice diligent conservation, gives a clear example of conservation’s real purpose, and that purpose is to stretch the resources we have to draw on now the sooner we shall conquer the Hun; second, the less we deplete our resources for personal use, the more we shall have to aid us in that great day when we shall help to build a new and fairer world on the ruins of the old.
Respond Liberally to Society’s Appeal
Organization Raising $10,000 for Aid of Destitute Children of State
Richmond people are responding generously to the campaign to raise $10,000 immediately for the Children’s Home Society of Virginia. Canvassing is being conducted by teams of women who are busy in every corner of the city. They have been pledged several thousand dollars already and have not yet visited a number of old and tried supporters, who have promised not to allow other war emergency funds to stand in the way of rescuing the youth of the State from poverty and neglect.
Those who have contributed already to the fund, which is being supervised by Miss Florence KELLY, executive secretary of the patrons clubs of the State, are Langbourne M. WILLIAMS, Johnson and Company, Dr. Moses D. HOGE, Jr., Sunday school classes of Ascension Episcopal Church, Sunday school class of Broad Street Methodist Church, Emmanuel RAAB, Leroy S. COHEN, H. L. DENOON, George VOSE, Woman’s Missionary Society of Barton Heights Methodist Church, Kresge and Company, H. W. WRIGHT, Thalhimer Brothers, Thomas S. WHEELWRIGHT, Dr. TEMPLE, Fred GIMMELL and many others whose names have not yet been given in.
No amount is too small, but $20.00 is the fixed sum, although a number of people are giving ten times the amount. The cost of maintaining the home is $5,000 annually, and owing to the high cost of essentials, the treasury has been exhausted. No child has yet been turned away, but there are 10,000 in the State whose cases should be investigated, according to the statements of the Rev. William J. MAYBEE, superintendent.
Checks should be made payable to the Children’s Home Society of Virginia, and sent to the headquarters of the society, 2605 East Franklin Street.
Visitors are welcome to the home, where a number of attractive boys and girls are waiting to be placed.
Journeys Many Thousand Miles
SEATTLE, WA., September 14—So that he may "do his bit" for his country, Fred FAUQUIER, an American, whose nearest of kin resides in Seattle, is making a journey of 17,000 miles. FAUQUIER gave up his position as manager of a great rubber estate in the Malay Peninsula to come here for enlistment in the United States Army.
EXPOSED HIMSELF TO FIRE TO GIVE MEN CIGARETTES
Bravery of Y. M. C. A. Secretary BROWN Wins Personal Commendation of Battalion Commander
PARIS, September 14—Repeatedly exposing himself to terrific shell fire giving first aid to the wounded and going without rest or food that he might help those on the firing line with cigarettes and sweets, were only a few of the things that won the personal commendation of a battalion commander for Stephen R. BROWN, of St. Louise, a Y. M. C. A. secretary.
The battalion commander writes:
"On a recent severe engagement Stephen R. B ROWN displayed undaunted courage by time and again exposing himself during terrific shell fire. Employed during the whole of one night at a medical station, the following afternoon he brought up gas masks, traveling across a shell-swept area in full view of the enemy. He administered treatment to the wounded. His fearlessness and untiring endeavors came under my direct observation.
"I cannot speak too highly of his spirit of self-sacrifice, his bravery and his calm disregard of all dangers. He supplied men in the first line with cigarettes and chocolate, even visiting advanced observation posts, helping all men he found. The gratitude of the officers and men of my organization toward him knows no bounds.
"He later assisted in the disposal of the dead. In every possible way that he could he assisted, refusing to go to the rear until the troops were relieved, though he had not slept or eaten for many hours."
STATUE BRINGS FRIGHT TO PEASANTS OF GERMANY
Discovered at Confluence of Rhine and Moselle, and Bears Date of Time of Caesars
PARIS, September 14—Theodore REINACH, of the French Academie des Inscriptions, reports that a monument of the days of the Caesars has been discovered at the confluence of the Rhine and the Moselle.
The discovery of the monument has created a superstition among the German peasants of the locality, who see in it a sign of the approaching defeat of the German army.
The monument shows on one side the Mother of the Gods with a lion, and on the other a bearded head, that of a conquered German. An inscription in Celtic contains a dedication of a military tribunal. The monument has the first Celtic inscription found in the Moselle country, and commemorates a victory of the Gauls and the Romans over the German barbarians.
The statue was placed for a time in the square of a German village, and the peasants for miles around came to view it. The discovery was interpreted as a bad omen, and created such an impression upon the superstitious natives that the town authorities asked that it be placed in a museum until the end of the war.
A German officer in the town suggested that the statue be destroyed, but before his suggestion could be put into effect it was removed to the cellar of the Town Hall, where it awaits the oncoming of the descendants of the ancient Romans and Gauls—Italian, French, Breton, Norman, Welsh, Irish and Scotch.
WILL RECORD WAR SERVICES OF ALL PENNSYLVANIANS
Data Is to Include Keystone State Men in Naval, Military and Marine Corps
HARRISBURG, September 14—Pennsylvanians participating in the great war are to be recorded by the history committee of the State Council of National Defense.
State Senator William C. SPROUL, head of the State Historical Society, is chairman of the committee in charge of the work. A. E. McKINLEY is secretary.
The date is to include Pennsylvanians in the naval, military and marine corps service in this country and overseas. Names and services of those in Red Cross work, with the Y. M. C. A. War Work Council, Emergency Aid, Liberty loan and war stamp campaigns and all kindred patriotic organizations will be included.
A permanent record of Pennsylvania’s war work is to be preserved in the State Capitol.
HAWAIIAN VOLCANO SHOWING SIGNS OF A NEW ERUPTION
Caused Sensation in Scientific World Last February by Suddenly Discharging Lava From Pit.
HONOLULU, T. H., September 14—The great active volcano of Kilauea on the Island of Hawaii, which caused a sensation in the scientific world last February by suddenly discharging a lava flow from its inner pit, is now showing preliminary signs of another eruption.
The molten lake within the crater mouth is steadily rising and gas pressure is increasing enormously. Spectacular displays are daily being witnessed by visitors.
Scientists stationed at the observatory on the rim of the crater expect that another great overflow of lava will soon take place, with a possible recurrence of activity in some of the fourteen neighboring craters. The lava has already reached to within 100 feet of the overflow point, and is steadily rising.
STEFANSSON Bringing Back Eskimo’s Telltale Hair
SEATTLE, Wash., September 14—Blond hair from the blond Eskimos—alleged proof of the existence of that strange far-away tribe—is being brought back to civilization by the explorer Vilhjalmur STEFANSSON, according to P. C. LEPETICH, a miner who recently arrived here from Fort Yukon, Alaska, where he saw the explorer. STEFANSSON, it is believed, will arrive here this month.
STEFANSSON is credited with the discovery of the light-skinned natives far up on Canada’s Arctic rim. He found the tribe in 1908 while commanding an expedition fitted out by the Canadian government and the American Museum of Natural History.
The party penetrated into the white lands marked "uninhabited" on the maps, far east of the Mackenzie River, and in 1910, on Coronation Gulf, found Eskimos who had never seen white men from the outside. According to STEFANSSON, they numbered probably 2,000. Unlike their dark hued brothers of Alaska, they had white skin, many had red hair, the men wore full beards, and all had light eyebrows.
News of the discovery was brought back to the outside world by STEFANSSON in 1912. In 1913 he set out again for the north on the trip he is now bringing to a close. From LEPETICH’s statement, it is believed the STEFANSSON during the past two years made another trip to the land of these little-known natives.
CONGRESSMAN MONTAGUE URGES MORE GOOD ROADS
Was One of the Pioneers in Movement for Federal Aid in Highway Construction
WASHINGTON, D. C., September 14—Virginia needs more good highways. The Old Dominion should have a greater mileage of more permanent roadways than at present.
Representative Andrew Jackson MONTAGUE, former Governor of Virginia, emphasizes this in a recent interview. It may be recalled that when the Virginia representative made his campaign for the governorship two of the planks of his platform were good roads and good public schools—the two leading aids to education, good health and prosperity.
"People are rapidly awakening to the necessity for adequate highways," said ex-Governor MONTAGUE. "There was a time when the railroads and waterways were considered sufficient for all transportation. Now we know better.
"Highways—good ones that will stand the wear an and tear of modern traffic—are needed to-day as never before. We need them for transporting wares and products from one place to another and to the railroads and waterways of the country.
"Virginia had a few good roads at the beginning of the war. But the (?) of the increased traffic due to the war has badly damaged the roads in general. These roads must be repaired or rebuilt and more must be added."
It might be stated that Representative MONTAGUE was a pioneer in the movement for Federal aid for highways.
Epidemic of Influenza
BOSTON, September 14—The epidemic of influenza among officers and enlisted men in the First Naval District which began recently continued to spread to-day, reports of 210 new cases reaching headquarters. A total of 1,693 cases had been discovered since the disease became prevalent, resulting in thirty-four deaths.
ALLEGED AUTO THIEVES SENT ON TO GRAND JURY
Two White Men, Charged With Attack on Negro Chauffeur, Held
(Special to The Times-Dispatch)
PETERSBURG, VA., September 14—In the Police Court this morning the two white strangers, J. B. PURVIS and Charles MONTGOMERY, charged with assaulting Jesse HARPER, a colored chauffeur, on the highway, gagging and tying him to a tree and stealing his automobile, were this morning committed to jail for trial at the next term of the Hustings Court. The auto is a new one, owned by Henry WADE, colored, and recently purchased at the price of $1,180. It was running the streets for hire. The two men engaged the driver to take them to the country at night. They were arrested this week and the automobile was recovered in Baltimore. The men claim to have bought the car in Newport News.
Three young men from North Carolina, arrested several days ago on suspicion of implication in the theft of the automobile, were discharged today.
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Notes of Interest
The Rev. Dr. E. N. CALISCH, of Richmond, officiated at the funeral of the late Benjamin C. ROSENSTOCK at the residence yesterday afternoon.
BRIDGES Leaves Commission
D. C. BRIDGES, first assistant in the tax department of the State Corporation Commission, who has been with the commission for ten years, left last night for Charleston, W. Va., to become cashier of the Citizens’ National. Mr. BRIDGES came from this bank to the Corporation Commission.
VROOMAN GOES OVER TO SEE HOW THEY DO THINGS
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Makes Trip Abroad—The Good Wife Has Also Enlisted
WASHINGTON, September 14—Carl VROOMAN, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, has landed in England with a commission to study agricultural production abroad. The itinerary will include Great Britain, France and Italy, and the work of the commission will consist chiefly of investigations of war problems of agricultural production to the allied countries in their relation to similar problems in the United States. The object is to bring about unity of purpose in allied agriculture toward the winning of the war.
The members of this commission are the first representatives of agricultural authority in the United States that have been in Europe since this country became a party to the war. There have been military, naval and commercial attaches at every European capital, and the food administration, from time to time, has sent representatives to investigate and present the problems of the consumer, but this is the first time that representatives of the United States government have gone to Europe in the interest of producers.
Assistant Secretary VROOMAN was accompanied on his trip over by his wife, Mrs. Julia Scott VROOMAN, who is entering upon her duties as a Y. M. C. A. worker with the American soldiers at the front. Mrs. VROOMAN’s determination to give her services to the American soldiers will come as a surprise to most of her friends, as no notice of it was given prior to sailing. Just before leaving Washington, Mrs. VROOMAN said: "I have no children. I am in perfect health. I am fortunate enough to be able to speak both French and Italian. If, instead of looking for an opportunity to get into war work, I were looking for an excuse to avoid it, I could not find one.