Richmond Times-Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia • 1

FOOD PROBLEMS I FASHIONS IN DRESS Am luriniiiulv illiiilr4tei dally uk' liuui lioUl 4 THE TIMES-DISPATCH Are entrrtalnlnily diKUHJ on tiu retail by Martha 1 Wseteier hi THE TIMES-DISPATCH NUMBER 19912 RICHMOND VA FRIDAY NOVEMBER 27 TWELVE TWUKH CLOUDY PRICE 2 CENTS CROWD OF 15000 PEOPLE WITNESSES BATTLE ROYAL Governors of Both States and Gold-Braided Staffs Cheer Rival Teams SECRETARY DANIELS A ROOTER Comptroller John Skelton Williams Stands By to See Alma Mater Win Admiralty Announces Belief That Explosion Originated in Magazine W'KXK Wlien Smoke Clean Away Great Fighter Haa linapeared Under Water KHtSEHNEfW EJCG (via London) November The Brltlah battleship Bulwark wu destroyed by an explosion a sh lay off hero to-day Thera are only fourteen ourvjvora front the t-rrw of 700 or 1)0 men who wore aboard The explosion fat believed to have occurred In her forward magaslne Whether It wai caused by accident or design la a question to be determined by a commission appointed to Investl-ate In the opinion of naval men It waa an Internal explosion that put an end to the battleship which for twelve year had done service at home and (abroad and lately had been guarding England's ahorea There waa no great upheaval of water aucb aa would have occurred if aha had been torpedoed or (etrock by a mine Inetead the ehp waa enveloped In smoke and flame and when thla had cleared nothing could be Been but wreckage floating on the water lloueeeln towne erven and eight milts away were ehaken by the explo- aion and even befer men on ships! anchored near-by could reach their own I The1 a' wU si wif wdi reck ge C4th YEAH AND AUSTRIANS MADE CO MPLETE I'etrograd Declares That Decisive Victory Has Been Won in Poland GENERAL STAFF GIVES NO DETAILS OF FIGHTING Berlin and Vienna Do Not Admit Reverse to Their Armies VUET WEHTERX FRONT Nome Minor lIvKuneiiinti but for Mont Part Calm Prevail Russian Poland Holds Centre of War Stage I ASIAN Poised mill bolds the rest re of the war Mage la peb lie lateral but It la ImpmisIHIr ta ay definitely what la transpiring there er what the pant tew itaye development hate heea anWelal reports atlll maintain that the tier-Man have swffrrrd a great defeat la thr trrrliaryr lying hrtweea the Nlstnla Bail Wart he Miters Oflletal PrfregMid haweter haa aiatle rlalat ta a decisive tlrtary -la the hatlla at Lada whlrh eaa-tlauea la dc-velo the advantage rf Nialaa seen red ta oar troops" aaya the lateat Haaalaa atatcaieat This rommoslratlsa odds that the tier-Miaaa are aklc atrraaaaa eflorta ta faelllfate the retreat af their rorpa" treat the vlrialtr at re letter aarthward ta the region at Miyktai "oodrr raadltlaaa tlrtaally oofovoroble far Iheai" Haw aiaar earr are la retreat hrrr la Mat atated by Prfrograd Herlla doea oat arhaawledue a defeat la Polood On the eaatrarr the fiemaa War tlMee aaya lia-perer Wllllaata fareea at aad at lomles have la dieted heavy eaa-aaltlea aa the Itaaalaaa aad la nd dltlaa have eartared dflaoa prison rra aeveatr eiMi Ida anataal-tiaa waaaaa aad IM aiaahlae goon aad destroyed thirty: atiaaaa 7" Aa ta lighting farther aaath the ftunelaaa aay that aa the treat they have raytared twa rrglmeato aa-areaatlaa tdW aira taartber allh their eeaiBiaalerB aad alher officers Thr alHelnl taatrlaa declaration la that 3SMNW prisoners forty-alae ma-rhlae aaaa aad a quaatltv af war aateiial have heea fakaa hv the Ntrsfiian la Haaalaa lolaad la (telalaai aad la Krnr except far artillery dnrla here nad there aa csgascmreta are taking place -n i vit Ull of the victory whici all other dis- flclsl XJJSVtOS No vcii her The lluselan gri-rsl etuff silll'is wllhholdlug de-! reperl Simply ys the hslth of the Russians and that the Hermans are trying to xtrlato theaiK-b rs from an unfavorable position Tin? tiermaiis on th otiir ha'id claim they have inflicted bcavy losses the Russians heavy louses briwmn Lolt and ll MMa M-vO Jjowicg tmilM IXOFKlt lAI IIIIFOIITS Aim TIUE Military authorities In retrogrnd assuming that the unofllclal reports of a tlctory are' true express astonishment that the Germans should have attacdrJ Ixtds for they ear defeat there wxa inevitable The Germans who advanced from the north and south these military observers add doubtless in-fi'Uilcd to seise the railway and Interrupt communication between northern and southern Russian armies but that Urn nil I hike Nicholas with an enormous number of men ut his command sandwiched Un-in and directed his attacks from all points except due west The reported failure of the German crown prince's army to advance on tho I'rarow front is i 1 I 1 "First last and foremost" upon other eeepea and In other' times the but- tailor of North Carolina have been: but when yesterday afternoon tha boats of tha Old North Stats met the legions of tho Old Dominion on th gridiron tho eleven of Chapel Hill was only last only In thephy sleal sense for In spirit they were unbeaten still 'I' Not oven Virginia has Crushed that spirit which fifty years ago brought forth tha encomium which describes the North Carolinians mors than would -columns of praias Tha score of lb to- I which Virginia wrote against her most distinguished and most resjfect'' ed rival does not tell the story -U doe not tell how Governor Locke Craig of North Carolina hla heart overflowing with pride In his boys left the Governor of Virginia1 between the halves and down to- th bleachers to tall tha Carolinians that tho light had Just begun that he would rather have it written upon the tablets of time that North Carolina had won thla game than to sit in th Governor's Mansion BECRKTARY fROVEg GAME LOIfSE vr does not jtU bow ioaqphua I feist tifetary of the Navy- -with I liklK'upon hla lacs want down tr 7 those same bleachers and fold the North Ca Uhlans that only the hydro-aercplanea bad been used In the flrst half and that th submarines rare yet to come It record how lr Allison I-toges president of the North Carolina Society in Richmond urged tbost boys to root Ilk h- I Krom City Evacuated by Americana He Will Direct light Against Enemies GIVEN GENEROUS WELCOME Thousand qf Hfizena Swarm 'Into Brought to Vast limit while ptfega ship were thrown six or-seven tolled on to OnK'lSsaeeZ shore r---onld'Tingv tbc alar- of her navy flrest Britain haa been singularly free from disasters of thin character Nerertlicleas whm Uie French war- chip Jena waa destroyed byaq Inter- Vcnuetinna reached here late nal tiylwlon in 1ST all cordite ammunition va tak-n from all the British Htieets -to-Greet First Chief Force pf AreFrramlngrr to day from t'ordoha Ills arrival fTho the flTld cAavgrowM GRABBERS AND AGENTS Tliey Are Convicted of Misusing Mails In Connection With Sale of Everglades BIG PROFIT IS CLEANED IT mYvTlwnaaiMl AnJtnunvd TMtVtl nnniflP tfiin fMivatlila uU Florida and Disposed Of at High Prices Sentence Deferred KAXflVS CITY November Chambers'of'Kansas City -president of thp Chambers Land Company' and four of hla agents were found guilty here to-day of 'misusing the mails In connection with the sale- of Everglades land' in Florida' Mchtence" deferred In addition te hambers the -defendants were the Rev 'A EL Gammsgc of Kansas' City F-W-Harper Fort Lauderdale" FIs 7-' t- Russell' Mlamli Flitu and Cliurlcs -II Hubtiard' Tltts-trqrg Kansas Jl'HY ilAP HHKX OIT MM'E PREVIOm EYENIXG The Jury had boen out since i last night and early to-day It waa 'reported that a disagreement was Imminent i Chambers and his agents were -In- Hted December 8 1811 The govern ment charged that Chambers purchased from -the State of Florida 58000 acres of undralnsd land In thn iwamtia nf the drainage of the and geclara mo uieiiik ui mic iftuu rhu qvciErR ilons were mid that 'the lend tie i 1 "i- RAGING FOREST FIRES Arkaneaa la Swept by Flames and Hna la Obscured by lienee Clouds of Smoke HEAVY DAMAGE ALREADY DONE Flreia Have Started In LpuiHlsna ad Trafllr Mloel ber Tracts Hunting RvihfJS LITTLE ROCK ARK Because of the' threatened destruction' ofrume and wild fowl In Arkansas aa the result of 'forest: Urea VlaarL Federal game! warden left Little Rock early tids to make an Investigation of the eonititlona existing In the eastern parc-of the State: Beer grouse quail 1u k' and tdher wild fowl and anlmeJs have' been driven from their haunts by tho Ibimts' If was Intimated Umt requests might be "tnTade to the' Stales gdvernment to employ men out of work for 'asslstknce In checking the flames The Mate -penal farm at Cummins Ark sixty miles southeast of Little Kook Is entirely surrounded by forest flr-s according lo TP Murrey penitentiary commissioner but tha 1500 of more prisonera there for two days have been clearing the- timber away on land adjoining the (Rate farmland the) spread to the penal Inttltutlon la not now a Trout editor of a Jonesboro nsiaransiter nnr tkl burning In Arkansa for the last ten days- continued- unchecked to-day and for the-eighth day the ann has been obscured In Little' Rock hy the dense clouds of smoke overhanging the Pity The most serious losses yet reported came from Helena last night where I hips and carefully examined Ttetrlg erators wero Installed In the ships to keep the powder cool 1 The Bulwark which was one of the obtest battleships cost ft60S0n0 (f I-ObOOW) iiom ok utmKiiir Is DKKH MILV IMUlXKD IXDON November 26 ft was of- hal th vwoins tae amn trait uie which resulted In th deslruc- of Bulwark Is believed to originated In her own magiulne The announcement of the disaster! 110 bulwark waa made by Wlnaton In short (ho score ean never tell In its mere figures how the gam waa won and lost how Captain Mayar and -Bobble Gooch and Billy Word slashed ripped and cut their way through the 1 opposing line rolled ift It ends and outflanked it time and time again nor how Bridges Tayloe Tandy and Home-wood with the 'odd ever- against them hurled themaelves Into th plays and repeatedly halted Virginia's forward march Tlist part of the story will be told 'in other columns Hero may he told only tne tale of victory oulv the heartbreak of defeat I't was Virginia's game- almost from the be- ginning hut It was a game as hardly and bravely lost aa It waa fairly won It was th -flrst time luthu history of Virginia the flrst time in the bis-'' lury of 11 th South that two Gouer- nr met and sat together with their clUsenry and their gold-braided col-onela to watch a football game between their States It wae th first time that a Cabinet officer witnessed a ballgama In Virginia tha flrst Urns nrifc umi Delivers Address Before Teachers' Association on "Education for Culture" MANY DIVISION- MEETINGS ih'eiirjy SjBOb rijiaU oat! Buperioteudeuta ja'Hw jkbiii Here '-From 'All Ovft: HtMe Mna Publig Meotlnk To-Night' on the topic "Education for Culture" I)r Alphoilao' Siuttli ad dressing the' fltstc Teacher Ayooclatlqn at the Joh WhalJ HW Brheol Building" last that there srein reality' only two In 'the thr one' a means of a livelihood and the other a'stepplng stofle' to higher thtnga" He divided Into those who drudgei along from day to day without looking to the dqtgre and those who regard their opportunities a a ladder to' greater possibilities He lamented the fact that culture to-day Is often defined as a sort of well-bred Inefficiency and said that no man should be described as cultured wbo has no: merited tbu title by efforts of hid own In some field of endeavor IXPEPEADESrK COMES KHUM Cl'LTl'RE -n Jhe PfwPt time Ho eald 77 a wefunt tlmee only epldlers and Th nirpdUction of Smith Of tho itsso- i elation want fhe Signal for "Vigorous thoita'rze atidlgncu that tilled practically j-very seat In the siidltorlum Dr- i Bmlth In his most tiitbrtaJn(hg manner -anJ It was evident that be -made -q -prqfound Impression upon hi hearers The meeting was' opeped wIMi the reaflhig of (ho gnnuil message of th head ef thu- association hy ryijiiident Russidh He' dec la rod that ''the work of th association during tye -past your i ut" 1 urt in dlt faithful support and Ppencer Churchill First Lord of lioiport frn A picric Consul Csrothsrs flOIt frnni A mabiiti si CAiiattl waa suitable for air kinds of agriculture 1 cultured but The laud was sold on the Installment i fwt the speaker asserted has plan' at from 150 to 865 an acre' plan' at from 150 to 65 an acre' and alatssman praa Nulla1 mall IiaI kS 5 a The explosion which destroyed the Bulwark occurred at 7:38 A Af A vice-admiral and a rear-admiral a-ho were at Kheerneas reported that they were convinced that the disaster was cauacd by a magaxlne explosion There was no upheaval of the water When the smoke had cleared away thu ship had entirely disappeared An inquiry will be held to-morrow i damoge of 1150000 waa caused by the Ofltmls-belli red the entrance of the destruction of the Central ldsttllJng pwthcpii army In Mexico City was to Company plant and the Dinning Furnt- and the admiralty believes that it may i be expected at any time and that 1 lure Company both destroyed It Is be-throw some light on the occurrencs Eulallo Gutlerrrs I 'resident ad Interim I lieved as the result of wind-driven Mr Churchill speaking In the House 'immediately would proceed to the cap- sparks of Commons concerning the disaster Hal and ba formally Installed in'otneej From Northern Louisians also cqmrs General Zapata The government maintained' that th land was unfit' for cultivation and never was drained The operations of the Chambers Company ceased tn February 1018: The defense maintained that th reports that the Arcs which have been Flat of Florida's plana for 'draining burning In Arkansas have swept into (the lands were: feasible and that It that Rlt and concern la felt for the sold the land tn good faith Governor rtv park TrsipmelL of Florida and other fliath officials 'test Ifted I that tile' afety of men Engaged and plants used In the ell Industry In the Caddo field government maintained that th The loss of the ship considered by tliseu militury critics our military position But I aiding in the cheeking of Hip POkrct the loss of life which was It Is said In rtrug'ad that one If not heavy Only fourteen men were saved of General Zapata himself No men-two German corps arc almost on-' AH the officers nnd the rest of thetlon of Ills presence In the-capltal has telipi-d and that arc making which I suppose amounted to hci-n made brought thouehnds of'cltlxans Info the streets "uiul whcn'hc from' the balcony of l)ta municipal palace he waa greeted with loud cheering To-morrow the general will take up his official duties and from tills city as his temporal? capital will'dlrect the esni palgn' egalnst Generals Villa' undi SSspata OltUBIt IS I'HKSKIIVHIt BY KOIlt ES UK It FATA November Za- WAKHINUTOX Mexico and Villa uaents sVIni to Male sdvbis to-night It waa whether it Jj the efty An official re not trotpe fronl the vicinity -of Mexico City (Secretary Bryan said and while It did not' say when thej northern- expected to enter It-wss token to'lndtcat that be wap fully advised as to conditions here and was acting In harhiony there with the reasaembllng of' the ukaeh L' Ft Astuvp Font Ek liowi A wurrsv fT 1 vvJlh'uL Cristowi'i lh th dHg trlnc MIT ri eigliteen priest and twenty-one nuns pa trick Jlrt'lellun Kan-an and Sura- ner The Sunnier wae the last tu ar Among the refugees were many cue loin employes from Vera Crux A clerical party iKrtdnJ by Bishop Vin- ont Castvlhtncs of the Roman ath- guild ItlMtoAa a i-mal a l- I Rnnui vimrn cr in VIIISI AnerSi liomtt loy Th combany weioted of Pr sidcnl Wilson Mr and Mr flayer Dr Stock- ton Axson brother of Ike lute Mr Wilson and lr t'nrey Grayson Mr I i 1 i cooperation of the teachers -Of the Htute apd to the officer -of fhe 'association He! said tbat-'Uie report's tydfii the va- rions district iiicctlng held In tllffT-ent parts of- the ttliitn Indicate that increasing 'Interest is being ahown-'Jii the work of the organisation and that its membership I coreiantly working to Improve the educational system if the Stair i NEXT PRESIDENT TO KAYE LONGER TERM Tbs president recommended that the i of association be electel i 0 wv erin of lWQ years Instead of year and that the organisation I to on a that a Comptroller -of the Currency sat kl 9 with jits little children among the people to cheer for the Orange and Blue for John Bktlton Williams was among the' rooters Ills voice was not so strong and loud as the voice! of the children who sat about 'him Yet be rooted and thereby came down to common things again CAROLINA1 PRESIDENT 1 ONE OF THE ROOTERS Edward rail am president of University of North Carolina was i ihere and for a while a smile played bout hit pa as In the first onrush of Chapel lllll the Virginians seemed lo fall back But with ths coming gloom of departing day and the -quickening pain of a seeming victory turned defeat the smile left his face and sought sympathy In Governor kindly eyes But Secretary Daniels even though hts promised sub-' marines failed to mature smiled on apparently Ignorant of the silent agony beating In the hearts of twenty -four colonels braided in gold and blue President Edwin A Alderman of the University or Virginia wae the only lacking In the" party Ill bealth prevented him from coming to wltnvsa victory repeated since 1005 Th two Governors and their staff President Graham and Kocretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels sat together the first three rows In the west end the w-esl-sldo bleachers BRASS HAND HELP WITH STIRRING RISIC On tbe apposite side of the field were massed the rooters who bad coni down to see Virginia win again Each bad a hand and h'lween tho mournful melody utd Lang flyne' with which Virginia Hrt a rested tr rivals- and ilia ir-jn-mlrg t( Carolina drama their Fettle rries eon ode-1 across th ttchl wrlle above tho human-lined fences srd floated out to where the tIIdnt stars play their eternal nuslc 1 It a medley of 1th ere turn'd t-er sound and color Every where tha: the government charged that a total of the sale profit was realised from imle of 17 000 acres age plapa not only were possible but would he carried fo certain completion Only unfavorable criticism to "the Everglades drainage' project nipklng it difficult tq obtain fund had dfUred the work the Florida officlala maln- faired JKlf foIVD os TO KLVE rot NTS Cbanilier Ruascll and Harper were foouff guilty on' twrlvo counts and not two -counts Gammags and rcre found guilty on on The Jury rtconuuended amnuige and Hubbard be given sentences possible The rase was on of -several up by the government Involving sale of Florida lands Tha defendant subject to maximum seuteiil of five rears in the penitentiary and a fine of 8I0S0 fln each count on which they were found guilty The court allowed th defendant fifteen days in which to perfect an afi peal apri said srut'iire would net ba ms furnislwl bond and were relcssea pending the filing of their appeal UcrtNdt BILL AMkraULU Iiari i(irrp un IM1IU ur ID nrrjullre list relations with foreign powers' Under the bill In Its original form th' govomment wss able to suppress -alt ecticbwe of -its toember iw tho press er on the pisiform worked -lng tbs tnniAni said between 700 apd £00 perished i9rw of thfl explosion aboard tno boat waa so yraat that liousaa lu and even In feuuthend uevenl miles away and on the other side 0f 1 smoke and as the veil slowly lifted a handful of men were seen struggling in the water Fmall craft rushed to their aid and picked them up Koine of the crew wore badly mutilated A touch of the dramatic was added to the catastrophe by the fact that the band of the Bulwark waa playing when the explosion cam- a ai txruciR LA IN AT AM HUH Tle disaster occurred white tbc Rul- Irlng at anchor off the naval port of Kbeerness imar the mouth of Thames but the officers of the port thB nWic mireMinn Ul- tlK rfMiivi'B ir uurvmit rAPrrzPC'i in liU fympai- Uy and eorrew The Bulwark In her! areer wae quite a favored ship i long time she was the flagship of rir t'harlre Hcrexford In the I For I I I Mtsslsalppl River- traffic south of Memphis is- said to be almost at a standstill because -Of -the difficulty In operating stsnicrs through the dense tmoke overhanging-the river GREAT rTPRKSM THFEM ATROt ED Mtr lonirll nrsus 'TTLB FORT SMITH ARK November A light rein that started early to-day Is expect'd to eld greatly In checking the forest fires sweeping this section of Arkansas A heavy cloud of smoke bung over Fort Smith to-day VAST TIMBER thoptw THRKAIENEU Rt FIRE SPRINGFIELD Mo Novcmb-r SC- Reports to-day from Herrv Co-nity told of the first outbreak of forest Arcs in the timber lieli of Fourherp Missouri ltM tv ur oil fUWSa nl nOnn br frewt fire m-rorliig to statements to-day oil tren from thst secMon I It in said there are no fires in N-rth- we? l-oulalsna pit fields and a 'steady rain Is general throughout the region i emp0r to devote ths F0'1 Yhers were so ms ny i rr part of his time to the work mHRsry men that room for other had i thu president voiced the i reserved scats In front i111 tbe vompstent teacher are the 00 the field besides the colonels who I noot bbl class of professional 4on thejr uniforms only In times of 1 m'orkfera lierc nre some wrc officer of the i 101 North even the! R- Powlc of th i1'' otrlve i i a hadVe honal I RU i Hme commndw Near the gubernAtortal traordlnary ttractlons at the the- otres rival magnets of Thanksgiv party and hair a TSflmcnl of colonels sat the rooters ot tbe Whit and Rips In desperate HTort to light their way out to tin' north Already large -number of prisoners In reported to have passed Uiruuffh Vnnrtw TUia in in London to coiiflrtn unofficial reports gainst Cracow nnd naril I'arcs the British representative with the Russian head-' narters staff said: -Thc Muscovite' lorrcs arc rorming half clndn around I Kaat Prussia to avoid the well-fortl- ml diflli: jit Masurian Lake re- i They rlso are declared to bo i apcrnilng with -succ-se Hgulnit the Turks in tha aiirasiys Foil ARTIIIFIIY ml rX ml rTa jt- ienixted st- arks both Wes claim progress Th re Professor Ir- government's i men would be required Tnrke ten tnlcs ft le Cat si (Continued on Second 1 1 romis of the Mgh school were crowded f011 1'1" had arrived If was evtiraatsd text be i Lou's physician (Conti iiuc-J ea Third 1'sge) (Lombutil on Fifth l'sgs) a A -1.