Staunton Daily Leader from Staunton, Virginia • 1

No Venture Will Pay You The Same Returns That Will Accrue From a Judicious use of the Leader's Classified Advertising Columns. Save work and worry with a want or for sals Ad BMW STAUNTON. 1916 D. A. To Sell Belgian fFlags For War Relief SENT POISONED CANDY TtiROUGH MAIL TO WOMEN POSTOFFICE'S NET GAIN FOR mm WHOM SHE HATED VPSyS- fnHV'J.

i X1, v. mW Mip i p- MD; A 1 i HAM Fi immuit CTnDv I PRESIDENT GENERAL, NATIONAL SOCIETY, DAUGHTERS AHtRICAN RE.VOLVJTIQN 4 AFTERNOON EDITION sold at seven cents each, this being the cost of one day's allowance to war sufferers, and each individual in th: community will thus have an opportunity to contribute a day's food -to one of the victims of the war's devastation. The Staunton women who have responded to the call of the national society of the D. A. R.

are but a fefw among 100,000 who are working for the cause, as never before' in the history of the world has such a concentrated physical effort on so va.it a scale been made by women. The scope of this unprecedented move ment in humanity's cause will cov- er every point of population and every line of human endeavor in the country, if the plans of the Daughters succeed. 10,000,000 Belgian flags are being distributed from national headquarters, and it i.j hoped that Staunton will take her full quota-Mrs. William Gumming Story, president-general of the A. is directing the Flag Day campaign.

EEEZELL OUT OF RACE FOR TREASURER Harrisonburg, April 4. Former Senator George B. Keezell yesterday issued a statement announcing that he will not be a candidate for nomination for the office of state treasurer in the democratic primary of next year. Senator Keezell takes this course following his decision to devote his attention to other L-iviness. With Senator Keezell out of the race, there are still three candidates for the democratic nomination.

Treasurer Asher W. Harmon is a candidate to succeed himself. Tho other candidates are James M. i'oits. of Roanoke, and -Charles H.

Johnson of Montgomery county. Branner consulted D. O. Dechert and Charles A. Hammer and, it is understood, has retained them as his attorneys in the prosecution of the "night riders." KODAK FINISHING We take orders for KODAK developing and finishing.

Order left any time to-day can be had at five o'clock the next day. -All Work Guaranteed We. carry at all times an assortment of HAWKEYE' FILMS. (Eastman's Best.) PRICE ONE CENT. 200 V1LLISTAS BY 1EU5 San Antonio Hears of New Defeat of Villa's 300 Losses.

ADDITIONAL TROOPS CROSS THE BORDER Scott Admits That New Force Has been Dispateh" ed To Pershing. San Antonio, April 4. Two hundred Villistavj have been captured by Pershing's forces, according to reports reaching Fort Sam Houston to-day. The Villista3 were taken, reports indicate, when the American cavalrymen encountered a fleeing force near a Chihuahua town the name of which has not been made public. The1 Villa force lost 300 in total casualties.

In the San Geronimo battle laat week, 60 Villistas were killed, and more were shot down in the running fight which followed. More Troops Cross Border Washington, April 4. General Scott, chief of staff, announced today that additional troops have been sent into Mexico to aid Pershing's expedition. Details were not announced, but it was admitted that the troops have already left Columbus, New Mexico. The forces recently there were" the 5th Cavalry and the 20th and 24th Infantry.

It is believed that all of the cavalry and part of the infantry comprised thxJ new column which was cent. II! Monterey, April 4. W. H. Matheny, clerk of the circuit court of Highland, met with a singular and serious accident while returning from, Staunton Saturday afternoon.

Mr. Matheny had been absent for a week attending annual conference at Alexandria and visiting the big tabernacle in Baltimore. He was on the last lap of his travels the most tiresome and slavish at thi3 season of year and was occupying a iitney. driven by Billy Jones, a Monterey boy now employed in Staunton. When near West Augusta me mue macniue ran m- some sort of obstacle which cau ed a terrific rebound, for Mr.

Matheny, who was the only passenger and riding on the back seat, was bounced high up in the car, and came down in such a position as to injure hi6 back and render him helpless. The hotel at West Augusta was reached with difficulty and the sufferer carried from the car. It was then that his family and friends here got first word of the accident, and, supposing that he was th victim of a wreck on the road, there was much excitement and uneasiness. Immediately on receipt of the news, Mrs. Matheny, J.

C. Matheny and Dr. C. B. Fox left for West Augusta in a high power machine, making the run In record time, roads considered.

Although Mr. Matheny spent a restless night and symptoms were Continued on Page Two. ART THEATRE TODAY "The Strange Case Of Mary Page" Episode 2. Presenting Edna Mayo and Henry B. Wathall.

Helen Gibson In "The Broken Wire" Episode of 'The Hazards of Helen. Railroad series, a death defying act. "There Was The Good Old Day" Vitagraph comedy with John Kelly and Kate Price. "Billies Lucky Bill Comedy" ARE CAPTURED HURT 111 TO MONTEREY AUTO TUESDAY, APSIL 4. Budget Showsf; That Government Anticipates Continuance.

BERLIN ADMITS BRITISH GAIN Take Mine Crater; British Munition plant blows Up, Killing: 200. London, April 4. That, the British government expects the war to last a year more was shown to-day when Reginald McKc'nna, chancellor of the exchequer, introduced his budget, providing money to carry on hostilities throughout the iiscal ydar. Fierce Artillery Fire Paris, April 4. Preparatory to further attacks on the northeast Verdun front, French artillery dretiched the Douauniont and Vaux regions with shells throughout the night.

British Make Gain Berlin, April 4. After a sevenl hours' battle to-day, the British succeeded in recapturing the mine crater south of St. Eloi which the Germans had previously occupied. Munition Plant Blows Up London, April 4. A large munitions plant was blown up to-day by a nexplosion.

Two hundred were killed. TAFT ASKS THE BUSINESS LEAGUE TO SEND DELEGATE Albert Shultz, who is president of the Staunton Business League, has receive'd a communication from ex-President William H. asking that delegates be sent from here to the first annual national assemblage of the League to Enforce Peace, to be held in Washington on May 26 and 27. Mr. Taft is the president of th.d League.

He has also invited Mayor Wayt to attend the meeting. With a view to having the country's business men well represented at the League's first annual conference, Mr. Taft has sent a like invitation to all of the commercial organizations which have a membership in the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. The national Chamber of Commerce adopted through a referendum held recently, an international peace plan similar in character to that outlined in the platform of the League to Enforce Peace, which consists of the following four proposals; an international court; an international council of conciliation; an agreement to use the joinf armed and economic forces of all the signatory powers to1 compel a submission of internatinal disputes to tho court or council before beginning hostilities or declaring war, an international code. The point of difference between the Taft League's plan and that of the national Chamber of Commerce, lies in the third proposal, the latter organization having failed to adopt by a two-thirds vote, the "joint armed force" clause.

The idea of an e-eonomic boycott, however, was sustained. THE NEW THEATRE Today Blanche Sweet IN "THE UAGMI I FIX" Produced by Lasky on the Para mount Program One of the Finest Photo-Dramas Ev- er Produced 5 And 10 Cents WEDNESDAY Triangle Plays Julia Dran in "MATIUMOXYi" "HIS FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS" With Ford Sterling "THE IlATTliECIJY OF PEACE" Seats Now Selling. BRITAIN PLANS TO FINANCE WAR IfOR YEAR MORE ierrlce. WAR NURSE TO GIVE ILLUSTRATED LECTURE ON SERBIA The needs of Serbia will be the subject of a lecture to be given by Julia Sabine, of New York, at the Mary Baldwin Seminary on Thursday evening, April 6, at 8 o'clock. Miss Sabine went to Serbia last September and took part in the Red Cross work.

She recently returned to the United States to a-rouse interest in Serbia. The new Serbian relief committee is working for a field hospital. Miss Sabine illustrates her talks with stereopticon pictures that show vividly the condition of the suffering country. The lecture is open to any one interested in the subject. No admission is charged, but contributions will be gladly received by Mi3s Sabine.

She speaks under the auspices of tha History Club of the Mary Baldwin Seminary. then gave complete details. Suspicion was first directed toward Mrs. Sipe because of her known ltred for Miss Kyger. Another link was added to the chain of circumstantial evidence when it was learned Monday that Mrs.

Hat-tie Baugher, of Basic iCty, had received a box of candy Saturday afternoon, the contents of which bore evidences of having been poisonctl. Mrs. Sipe also intensely dislikes this woman. Only one chocolate drop was eaten from thci second box and the person who ate it became ill. Replying to the question of why she had sent the candy, Mrs.

Sipe said that her son, Leemoer, was too friendly with Miss Kyger and Mrs. Baugher, and that the matter had been preying on her mind for more than a year. She did not want her son to keep up acquaintance with cither of the women. Mrs. Sipe said she was very sorry whefa she heard that Cora Kyger fourteen years old, had eaten the poisoned candy intended for her older sister.

Then, thinking again of the arrest, she remarked that she couldn't understand how anybody could suspicion that she had Bent the candy. Mrs. Sipe admitted that the poison sent with the candy was strychnine. The influence which she supposed" Misfy Kyge'r and Mrs. Baugher had over her son, she said, had worried her "until the devil got into me." The strychnine was a part of a quantity she had bought five years ago.

The younger Kyger girl is recovering from the effects of the poison. Neither of her sisters ate any of the chocolate drops. APPEARS AS GIRL OF THK NEW YORK SLUMS Instead of wearing the modish gowns in which she is usually seen, Blanche Sweet, the beautiful Paramount star, appears in tonight's feature at the New theatre as a girl of the slums. The picture is "The Ragmuffin," a story of great heart-interest which offers a ntriking contrast, as the scenes shift from high New York society to the city's slums. The character interpreted by Miss Sweet te different from anything she has yet attempted, but it is again seen that her name is no misnomer.

HINT'S BUG DESTROYER. There are plenty of things sold to kill bed bugs but there are few that do actually kill them. Hunt's bedbug destroyer is one of the few. Conies in pint bottles with sprinkle top at 25 CENTS A BOTTLE. It is a liquid and all you have to do is sprinkle it in the cracks and crevices.

IT WILL DO THE REST. WILLSON BROS. DRUGGISTS. Steady Growth of Local Post Business Noted In Donald's Report. $2, 924.

55 INCREASE IN TOTAL RECEIPTS Business For Year Ending March 31st Amounted To Over $50,000. Another substantial increase in postal receipts at the Staunton post office is noted in the report of Postmaster S. M. Donald for the year ending March 31st. Postmaster Don ald has just summed up the figures for the fiscal year, and a total busi ness amounting to $50,153.77 was done at the Staunton office, in the past twelve months.

This is an in crease over the previous year of 924.55, which shows a steady growth in the postoffice business and is indicative of a corresponding growth in the city generally. $20,000 Cleared Approximately of the re ceipts was cleared, over and above the expenses of operating the office here, this including the pay of offi cials, clerks, railway mail clerks, etc. Postmaster Donald says he has succeeded in reducing operating ex penses to a minimum, and again this year has saved a considerabla amount of the fund allowed his office for auxiliary help in rush seasons. The healthy condition of the Staunton office is this year indicative of the showing of the postoffice department all over the country, though last year Staunton was one of the comparatively few cities' in which there was an increase in postal receipts; the increase for that year was $1,246. The postoffice department had a deficit of for that year, owing to the demoralizing effects- of the'.

European war on -business in this country, but as the country has begun to reap the harvest of business created by the war, the1 postal business -has responded accordingly, and Postmaster Donald is in receipt of a letter from the department which states that if the postmasters' reports now being received continue to show the steady increase of which Staunton's is an indication, the deficit will be overcome, and the department will at least "break even" this year. Parcel Post Grows Mr. Donald says that the increase noted represents the normal growth of the business, though it is double that of-1915. The increase is attributed to some extent to the parcel post, which continues to grow, as more and rriore people are taking advantage of the service for market purposes. LADIES MATINEE AT SKATING RINK Wednesday afternoon a special ladies matinee will be held at the Skating Rink.

Ladies and their escorts only, will be admitted to the skating floor. Competent instructors will give lessons to lady beginners. FIXED FOR LARCENY Arthur Brown, colored, was fined $3.80 in the morning's police court for larceny. YOU SAVE 10 PER CENT On Gasoline and Oil By us" ing our Coupons. BEVERLEY GARAGE, Ine.

ABSOLUTELY COMPLETE. Grottoes "Widow, Mrs. Margaret Sipe, Arrested On Charge Of Attempting To Poison Neighbor, And A Basic Citv Woman. SHE CONFESSES TO AUTHORITIES Says She Resented Her Son's Interest In Her In" Tended Victims; Child Eats Some Of Poisoned Chocolate, But Is Recov- ering. Charged with sending poisoned candy by mail to Miss Lillie Kyger of Grottoes, on the Augusta-Iloek-ingham line, Mrs.

Margaret Sipe, afso of that place, was arrested last night, and the authorities say they have secured a confession. The woman, who is the "i iow of Wesley of Grottoes, not only admitted sending one box of chocolate drops containing strychnine to Miss Kyger, but also told of having mailed a box similarly poisoned to Mrs. Hattie Baugher of Dasic City, a sister of Miss Kyger. KoMi are daughters of "Bud" Kygor, of Grottoes. Hated Both Women Hatred of both women because her son, Leemocr, had been friendly toward them, Mrs.

Sipe said, prompted her to send them the candy. She iiad brooded over the influence she believed both had over the young man and she could not resist temptation, she told the sheriff. Mrs. Sipe was taken to Harrisonburg at 1:30 this morning by Sheriff Croushorn and Robert Long. She was placed in the Rockingham county jail to await a hearing.

Woman Under Suspicion The arrest of the woman followed Investigations conducted Sunday and Monday by Town Sergeant S. Newman, Postmaster Prank Lit-tell, and Mayor W. A. Leethe, of Grottoes. The sheriff was called to Grottoes late in the and after going over tho situation with thelocal authorities, decided to question Mrs.

Sipe and her daughter, Lessie. Suspicion had been directed against the elder woman almost from the beginning. It was the daughter who first gave the most direct evidence a-gainst the woman. She told of having written the addresses on the packages of candy, which were mailed to Mrs. Baugher at Basic, and Miss Kyger at Grottoes, at her mother's request.

The mother, who cannot write, denied any knodledge of the. matter until after she had been placed under arrest and the officers had started with her to Harrisonburg in an automobile. Makes Full Confession "I lied to you Mr. Croushorn," she suddenly told the sheriff almost before the piachine was outside the limits of Grottoes, adding "I sent both of thosei boxes." She NE DOLLAR OR A THOUSAND IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE IN THE CHARACTER or our service. We give the Best In protection and facilities to all depositors.

Rate of Interest paid on both large and 3xnall accounts. Tim Farmers ancl Merchants Bank, STAUNTON, VA. Upholding the spirit of their organization and the ideals for which tiioir grandfathers fought, the Bev erley Manor Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution to-day decided to take an active part in the nation-wide campaign of the D. A. R.

to relieve the suffeiings of the 3,000,000 non-combatants in Belgium and. northern France. The board of the local chapter held a called meeting at the Virginia hotel, and arrangements were begun for the1 observance in Staunton of the birthday on April Sth of King Albert of the Belgians by the sale of Belgian flags, the proceeds to be devoted to the cause of war relief. Flag Provides Food Mesdamcs Franklin M. Hanger and O.

S. Marden were appointed co-chairmen to arrange the details of the Belgian Flag Day here, and they are enlisting a number of the young women of the city in the campaign, which will continue for but the one day. Saturday, the 8th. On that day, Belgian flags will be BRITAIN WON'T FEEE GERMANS TAKEN OFF U. S.

SHIP Washington, April 4. Tho Unit ed States is expected to make an other strong protest to the British government, following receipt" today by the state department of a British note refusing to release 38 German civliam? taken from the American steamer China, near Shanghai. SAYS 'WHITE CAPS' HEAT HIM Harrisonburg, April 4. Alfred B. Branne'r, of Broadway, brought to Harisonburg yesterday a story of "white caps" and a "merciless lashing on the naked back" of which he was the victim when half a dozen disguised men invaded his home "shortly alfter midnight Sunday of last week.

lie emphatically denies the charge of cruelty to his" wife, which tho men gave as their excuse for their unusual visitation. While in Harrisonburg yesterday SAVE MONEY BY BUYING AT NOON'S CASH MEAT AND PROVIS-. ION MARKET An opportunity to nave n.ov.ey and have plenty of Rood thlnss to eat. By purchasing your fresh meat. Butter, Kgfcs.

Chicken, Oysters and Fish at Noon's. We buy best the market can afford and sell at reasonable prices. Standard Oysters 35c luar Select Oysters 45c (tuart Pure Fork Sausage Per I'ouml Home Cured Sliced Breakfast Bacon 25c Round Steak 2c Porter House Loin Tie Beef Liver 12 1.2 Koast Beef .....12 1-2 to lKc Corn Beef 15e Chuck Steak lc Sliced Hum i 25c Home Made Sour Krout, Eggs, Butter an1 Chickens. Pork Chops lb Noon's Cava Mrat and Provjaltm Marktt. No.

13, North Central Arcane. I-BOBC 104. Thos.Hogshead Corner Drug Store We have good price3 now With Billy Rivea. I.