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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-24
Telegraph Companies in Far
West Ara Badly
Crippled.
URGES FEDERAL OWNERSHIP


d SAN FRANCISCO. June 9 s.-Every-
thing was quiet in the telegraphers'
strike to- day. Samuel Small, presi-s
dent OF the Commercial photographers
Union, said: "
'The real fight will begin on Mons
day, when the earl week rush of busi-j
ness Is on. The out,of-tow1 munag-
ers and chief operators who can be
induced to ia ke the places OF the
strikers will have arrived In the city
by Monday or Tuesday, but should
they 60 to work the companies. with
the additional force will be IN q worse
predlcament than they wereg$on Fri
day and Saturday. days on which tele-
graph business Is light Our reports
from various points show that the ties
ppfis complete. Los Angeles was /, =
800 messages behind at midnight Sat
urday. From Portland comes the re-
port that there is q blockade or bust
ness on the northern route.
BY Wednesday OF this week the
ongestion5 OF telegraph business be,
tween the Pacific and the Atlantic
coasts will be as bad as during thu
earthquake and fire period. 81: Already
report are coming to us that tele.
grams are being mailed In bundles to
eastern points.
To Pay Strike benefits.
ON receipt at Denver, Los Angeles
or Portland. the messages are put on
the wires II there is room for them
We estimate that every one can take
care OF himself financially until July
LIST. After that we Will pay weekly
i strike benefits. Before leaving the
East. 1#arranged with Treasurer Rus.
j sell to send me q certified check 70,
/ ST 900 each w eek y s
1--WE have the best OF the bargain
so far, There were two desertion.
from the Western Union to-day a
4 West Oakland, and others will follow
Power With Operntorn.
''l' telegraphers Of this country
I have 1t within their power to bring thu
Telegraph companies to terms or t
force governmental ownership OF tn.
telegraphs. 81 4.
None Is so familiar with the inside
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TO REVIVE WARTIME SONGS
AND AID NEEDY VETERANS
-omnander;in- Chief ofs CIV Confederate Organiza
ton Issues First General Orders Defining OBJ
jectsq Of. Associations

9 The action OF the recent Confedel ate
Reunion in authorizing the formation
of Confederate choirs, witha definite
charter, Is producing Its fruit. Airs,
y. Griff Edwards, OF Portsmouth. Vas
who has been selected as general and
commandment -chiet OF tho ortlnlza-
ton. has published her. general orders
No. 1, providing for a constitution for
the United Confederate Choirs % 6
America. !5 Il f
The Dixie girls. whose Confederate
suits attracted 80 much attention on
the streets Of Richmond during the
rounion, have become encouraged to;
extend tllpir organization and in-
qulries are coming from all parts o
the South with regard to the formation
Of chors, as provided by the recent
Confederate Reunion.
a federation was organized. in Rich
lmond on June LIST, following the action
loE the convention, and the name OF the
Organization was determined upon as
ltho "united Confederate ChoIrs Of
America" with the motto, Song for
bids glorious deeds to die.
Mrs. Edwards. who Is the pioneer
lin the formation OF Dixie ehoirs, and
who has been called the queen OF the
AI!A4S AflrAsi f 1ilHhSss " ivy AASstNA 49, y
lat. her, home, 421 London Street, Ports,
mouth, where she la already recely4 \ g
4 "a large amount Of correspondence VIII D
regard to the formation of ch0lrs
II T he constitution, which has Just been
promu lgated, provides that the objects
Iof the. association shall be benevo-
llent, HISTORICAL, social and memorial;
to aid the Confed crate veterans by
lyocal entertainments and anusaments
for the encourag cement OF camp work
which choered them around the camp
fires; to aid the needy Confederate he.
roes and assist at the services In
memory of the dead. S III.
The clause of the constitution relat-
ing to membership proVides that nern-
hers shall he selected by the nom-
manding officer for ypcal iaualih catlons,
good character interest in the OBJ
ljeots of the association, and q majority
4 of each cholg must be ladies. There ~
no prayision, hoWeYer. that any lnetn-
her Of the choir shall IA IN any way
relatedBto tho Con rederate cause or
,descanded from q Confederate soldier
lProyislQn Is made that an tho upa-n-
4 imoua vote OF the association, dlsttn-
lguished vocal!sts may be made honor
ary members, and may bo entitled to
wear the badge Of the association.
The annual Meeting Of the UNITED
ICnnfederata ChQirs Of America" viii
he held at the time and place Of tlle
annual reunion Of the United confed-
crate Veterans
Mrs. Edwards, the commando N,
|ehI has appointed Miss Bessie II isl
lley. Eof Portsmouth as ner I'D pta'at'
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SOUTHERNPRODUCTS
IN AS|AT| TURKEY
Excellent Market There fo1
Goods if Exporters Make
Effort,
RAW COTTON LEADING f: ALL

WASHINGTON d. c., June 23.--Asi-I
attic Turkey is an excellent market
for Southern products. according to
the report prepared on trade conditions
there by Charles NJ. Pepper, the spe-y
cial agent OF the Department Of Com
MERGE and Labor, #
Tho report, after giving general i'll,
formation In regard to tho geographic
cal relation OF the Asiatic Provinces
and their producta and imports, takes
up the question OF steamship service.
Though the special agents inyestiga-
tions into trade conditions was limit
ed to Asiatc Turkey and therefore
the portsaof tho Leyant the question
Of transportation facilities includes
the Mediterranean. Mr.. Pepper says
that the leading Imports from the
South into the Mediterranean coun-
tries and the Leyant are raw cotton,
rosin, phosphates. pitch pine, tobacco,
sponges and cotton fabrics. Some Of
the steamship companies. particularly
those with Headquarters In, the SAdri-
attc.@ have sought to develop a direct
trade with the Southern ports.
In their View tho saving OF railway
frelghts would be considerable II they
received the cotton and otnnr pro-
ducts at the ports nehrcst whore the
crops arc raised, Notwithstanding that
a3dlrect service Is maintained With one
or two OF the Southern ports. these
steamship companies haaN not re-
ceived the encouragement which they
hoped In tho way OF assured cnrgoes
at definite dates This IL especially
noticeable since Austria and Italy arc
INCREASING their imnortations fnf raw
cation and tho 4inlunemtairV. cor dirant
communication are growing. AT some
seasons the shipmcnts OF agricultural
|machinery from Southern ports to the
Leyant and the Hack Sea arc largo
lAttentlon Is directed in tho report
| to Immigration from syria ana other
Mediterranean countries. The value
Of Immigration in stimulating COM
merce 10 recognized by tho ,tanmship
companies. and IT Is noted. TINT owing
Ito the large number who return to
their native Countries for Temporary
Visits, a demand ia created Tor Ameri-
can products, III IL
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PRESIDENT SMALL SAYS
. WIRE STRIKE WILL GROW

workings of the telegraph system OF sss
this countryaas the OPERATOR and none
Is SO loyal to the interests Of his en-
ployer. For many years we have borne
with patience the many abuses exist;
Ing in the service. Things have
graphers Union became power In VI
tho trade union NOV ement.
We have decided to procure JUS,
ttice, first through conferences between
employer and employe; and. II that Il
fails. We will then start a movement ~
In favor OF government ownership, and 4
at the same time have bills introduced
In Cong ress and in State Legislatures N
having in view the imp royement of thor
telegraph service. Two of the most,
Important measures we expect to ia th 49,
or and work to have pass ed are II living
to the Interotate Commerce. Comn,i s-s
sion til g power to + regulate telegraph
rates, and another recurring that both
the fling and the receiving time bog
shown Eon all telegrnms." # GA
What Postal officer Says
II W. storer. general superintendent
of$the Postal Telegraph Cpnpa ny, said n
he Postal Telegraph Company has
made no effort yet to employ snon5union
Itelegraphers. and 1t believes that thes
strike OF the TO-. operators wiliscurez
erall do. Things will propab bly, remain
chaot tic for a few days to come Them
photographers will begin to drift IN from
different outside points and no trouble
Will be experienced In filling the ,;iaIess
vacant. It viii no. t&keB the unieuS
operators long to realize the mistake
they have made by striking. and they
iYill come hack to JUS. = NJ sss5s
Western Union Is Hopeful. & H
IT. May, district superintendent
OF the Western Union, said \:
W. have about a third q ffour entire
force OF opera tors at work and are
able to handle the business we are
receiving with compare tive expedition
Of4course. all business Is assumed SUBJ
1ect to indefinite delay, but thus far
we have been able to piece things out
Remarkably we'll. Tho Western Union
Company does not intend TO treat with
the telegraphers' unton In this matter.
! Our shop is an open one. 81 We may be-
Induced to take old man back, but we
are making no prolnisSs Of any kind;
We have always been willing to give
1.-The utmost onsidaration to grievances
presented by any Of our employees, and
in many Instances we have lncrea sed
salaries without solicitation. believe
4 that the strike Will be over so on, s. aa q
lacks the tasic principles essentla to$
Il such nlOyemen tS ''6tl fSIsss5
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SUNDAY WORK
AT t HE I-I.AG CUE.
General Horace Porter Discussed
Matters Affecting the United
States,


THE HAGUE. June aa,----lho A.neri-
can delegates to tho peace conference,
although they did not hold q general
meeting, spent the whole Sunday dis.
ousslngB the proposition OF the United
States relat!ng to the contractual Pc
auniapy debts, while General Horace
Porter talked over the matter OF tho
projected doctrine with The leading
European plenlpotentlariea, General
neithar Great Britain. France Ger
many nor Auss!a would oppose It, HI
2wlllssnbmlt tho result Of, his eonYer-
IN tlons to the American delegation at
a meeting on Monday afternoon for n
definite draft.pf the propositions (which
IN fyesterday'ss written communicable
ia the second committee were rneraly
outlined, II uropean support ot s'tilA
American doctrine will remaye lie ON
position Of some Of the soutl, America Nj
Icountr! es. EN- II " ri 81 II sts fssi:
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by one man and an assistant. but the
to keep pace with the growth and
greater educational needs OF State and
city, has justlf1ed the wisdom of Viz
ginia lawmakers. Under the new State
Constitution, the present Library,
board. with one exception, was ap-s
poi1te July 1, 1908. The members OF the
boafd then were Armistead G. Gordon,
OF staunton, Va. chairman; j.. "A. C.
Chandler and S. Up, 7Patteson, OF Rich
|lottesvlle. and Theodore s. Garnet,
Of Norfolk. Va. Or. Chandler was sue
ceeded by Charles V, Meredith. who
Will soon be succeeded by Edmund
Pendleton. No other changes on the
board have occurred.
On November 2,s19O3. Mr. w. w.
Scott, having resigned as state Lib
rarian to take supervision OF the law
library OF the Supreme Court. Mr..
John Pendletpn Kennedy was elected
| librarian. md has associated with him
! Edward S. Evans. Mrs. p. G.. Minor, Dr..
H. G. Eckenrode, Mr.. f.. B. Beverly
and a number OF assistantsg In the sew
pral departments,
4 Under this able and efficient force
and by means Of an appropriation
wisely mado by the General Assembly
OF Virginia, one of the most valuable
/ of the States assets has been made SO
/ available that 1t Is now the daily help
and the unfailing source Of informa-
1 tiona sought by teachers, students. and
all classes of technical, literary and
historical seekers after what they need
along their lnultifarious lines Of oc-
lcupation.
i The great wealth OF the Library. in
archives. books Of reference and rare
/ volumes pertaining to carly State
i colonization has never before been
correctly apprehended or appreciated,
because, until the Legislature gener-
oualy gave the money which, under
the administration Of the Librarian and
4 the present Library force. has been
i judiciously expended In the purchase
4 Of new library furniture and book.
i cases, and in the entire Encouragement
OF the archives and other valuable
books, such convenience and accessi-
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bility as at present exists, could nxver
hesve been possible.
81 GrentM Educational lnllueunc.

billy as at present exists, could nxveri
hive been possible.
Great Educational Influence.
81 The Legislature never legalized OK
.pendIture for State purposes that has
had q happier5Sor more far-reachinE
educational innuence,stlle publication Of
the Journals of the Virginia House Of
iBurgesses. from $50 to 17s2 and from
March Is, l773,8tDj May 6, 1776. being
Of inestimable value. covering, as they
do. a period of the greatest historic
Importance.
The reading-room of the Library Is.
now in charge OF Mrs Il. G.. Minor, OF
this city, who renders It extremely
pleasant by her ready courtesy and
Willingness to meet the desires and
needs OF visitors and by the many inns
provenents sho has introduced Re-:
cords are kept by her of the attend
ance in the reading-roo,n and the nuns.
Der of books used. Through her a
card system, has been inaugurated by
which a question may be sked through
and answered by either Of these
methods, as the 4quostioner prefers.
A bulletin containing items in re-
gard to tho most recent book Access
sions and other news Of interest has
been also successfully and probably
introduced into the reading-room,
among the other attractions ofSwhich
are the strangers'}:iJtab BILE, where
strangers find much that they desire
! tqqs lknoYs "a loYt r edmond, and college
stldents athaue'rtfer enca " SITS and spe-
c!al book COLLECTIONS kept with refer
encafto debatei bjects and other needs
most helpful. ssi 3B. II IA 81
At present the Library seems on the
eve of a change In regard to its man
Lagenent. With a. sense O all that has
been accomplished by means which the
Legislature, that has fostered tho
growth Of the Library SINCE its found
ling In 1923, has supplied 1t is be-
keyed that the question before the
board at its July meeting will he not
SO much q librarian s the Library.
Librarians s. pass but the Library re-
mains, and its good work and its In
4 fluence are matters of#prides anu prime
4 Importance to every rig ht-feeling man
and woman in the Old Dominion.
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MANY MILL ATTEND
FROM THIS CITY.
Large Delegation Of Riclhmonders
to Go to Brotherhood Of st.
Andrew Convention l II
SESSION in WASHINGTON
/ IN WASHINGTON

= - 4 +
The brotherhood OF Il St. Andrew, an
Organization Of laytnel % the Protest
ant Episcopal Churcil, Will hold Its
convention In washington, .. g, this
year September 26th to 2ath. It is q
custom of the organization to hold an
international gathering once every ten
years, the last one having been held
in Buffalo in ! s97. The convention Of
the organization this year. 1t Is re-
ported, will be the largest held, and
possibly the largest gathering Of the
Of any one religious body ever
asse mbl ed, ~ III ss! t. ~
One Of the principal features Of the
washington convention Will BIO an Inns
mense open-airS ma IS -moatlng. to s. DC
held on. Sunday afternoon, September
29th, at Mt st. Alban, on the Enclosure
| Of the Cathedral OF stu. Peter snd
Paul, atwhich the address VII pc de-
livered by the Right Rev. A.. N
ington- Ingram. Lord Bishln 'oY lrol don.
The location atSwhich this meeting WI
be held oyerlooks the citykof Washing
ton and affords a magnificent view o.
the historic Potomac 81 lvpr. and 5also
1.-THE States OF Maryland and Virginia
The General Convention OF the Fro
4 testant Episcopal Church. which Is helt
every three years, will assemble a
Richmond on Wednesday, October : q
!. AT this convention will he celebrated
4 the three hundredth annlvcrsar ~ a5i Q
the founding OF the chureh ct y an mes
town, and it Is said that a. large 3 ma q
iliority OF the bishops, clergyMan nnt
5Ilaymen as delegates to the Genera
4 Conyention will attend the Brother
4 i,nnd q cnnyent ion ut washington Il er
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PREMIER WILL BE
FORCEDsTO RESIGN
Movement Against Franco Has
Now Spread Over Entire
Country.

II MADRID, June 23-Deflnite news
from Portugal Ia Of the most meagre
character, owing to the censorship,
hut 1t has been established that no
further rioting has occurred since
Wednesday. The latest word from
Lisbon seems TO indicate that Premier
Franco Will resign. The movement
against him has now spread over the
VIII ole country, and 1t is reported that
he will be succeeded by q coalition
ministry headed by the Independent
Yilhema,
PEI The newspapers Paiz ana Mundou
have been suspended, and several po-
ilitical clubs closed. Premier Francois
house 10 surrounded byga strong guard
OF police. s3is
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the principal grievances OF the wine
growers win bs removed by the
clauses OF the vine frauds bill. which
passed the Chamber OF Deputies last
week, The government believes that.
it will he In q position 10 prevent
watering or sugarins tho wine,
~ Oxford University viii confer a num-
her az hunorary degrees on distingulAh-l
ed persons on June 28th. when lord
Cur2oM. OF kedleston, vii. ba publicly!
Installed as chancellor Of the nniyer-ss
slty. Among the REGIMENTS az honofss
vii be Mark Twain. Hpdyard Klpling.
Premier Campbell, Zimmerman, AInbas,
fsador Reid, Prince Arthur cf Con
.naught, Augusta Rodin and Admiral
Lord Charles Raresfofd. sisssss III
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TERRIFIC sNOllNIs /. /. 7, :,
Is B no GREAT DAMAGE

mr., IA /. II, June GA violent
storm swept over part OF indian ne e or Y
ritoryl early to-day, causing dana Sc 20
property estimated at nearly halt y
million dollars Lightning struck OF
tanks all over the slnld -c :,
sfieId. In Glenn Pool near Tulsa, y
Il ooo.barrel tank OF the Quaker Oh
and Gas Company, q 100, 000-b barrel
earthen storage tank of the Victor ,o'l
and Gas Company. and a dozen other
small tanks we're struck by lightning
and are still burning iiercely. I,
At Cooley Bluff. the Standard Oh
SCompany's tank farm was almost de-
Estroyed. <J
Reports from Cnmona. Ocllelutela,
&Nowatn and other points tell OF heavy
damage by wind, but sof no loss ls' OF
slife, gll8
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uOUNDED FROM NIACIanONIAl
MURDERED IN AMERICA.

COLUMBUS, O.. June 2s.---The body
OF Wnrne Stepo. Macedonian, with
bullet wounds In the head, was found
to day in n field, tn which the police
believe the man was lured and muir
dered, proba bly, as the result OF a Efeud
I,apers found on the body indicate that
Stepo had left Macedonia because no
had been holnded,
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LurgcI ,rerlrItnryy peyn.tated.

n TX ANsAs CITY, MO. June 2s,--Severa
storms IN Kansas last night injured at
least three persons, unroofed and de-
molished farmhouseg, uprooted trees
and did great damage to crops.
AT st. John eight square miles were
devastated, doaen or more houses
being demol lshod, 3,
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G. Preston, Of South Carolina, another
visitor: during the same year 10 the

g, Preston Of South Carolina, another
visitor during the same year 10 the
Library,
One wonders what Charles Dickens
thought as he sat beside the Library
hearthstone early In the year 1912, and
What President Zachary Taylor had to
say when he came to the laying OF
the Washington Monument c0rner-
stone, February 70, 1880,
Echoed Jenny I.ind'n Voice.
Jenny Lind sang at the Richmond
Theatre the next autumn. and the LIZ
brary was frightened by her graceful
sweet voice. Thackeray, the great
English novelist, came the next yeas.
and one Ia sure that he must nave had
the pleasant surroundings OF the Lis
brary in mind when he wrote that ha
was delighted with Richmond. the
comfortable, friendly. CHEEKY little
tow " picturesquest he had seen
In America, ~ s as.39sss
When King Edward VII, sas Frinee
Richmond on April IL. 1860. 1T Is re-
corded OF him that after he attended
service at ST. Paul's Church. he was
shown the Capitol. OF course that
means that he, too, stood within the
precincts OF the Library.
In 1883, on January 15th the Mar
quis OF Lorne and the Princess Louise.
HIS wife, daughter Of Queen Victoria
Of England. passed through Richmond
on their way from Canada to tho W est
indies. and the. MARQUIS spent a short
time at the Library. ;sf
Charles Dudley Warner expressed
pleasure over his recollectlons of II
lin 1890, and Chief Justice Fuller in
lisO1 set the seal OF his approval upon
! II.
New and Enlarged Library.
In 1925. the new Library Building
WAS completed and the hooks We're re,
moved there. Since then tho Capito
building has been remdoeled and Its
! interior plan of construction sc
4 changed that the old Lihrarypi SNOW q
thing Of past memories. yielding stata
overwhelming need in the limo OF
| growth and expansion.
Formerly. the Library was SUPERVISED
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STOP EVERYTHING
ON SUNDAY THERE
Street Car Conductors, Peanut
Vendors, Telephone Operators
4 and Others Arrested.

WASHINGTON, June ?a.---Aayor Gar.
tett and Marshal coll!na, Of Glen Echo,
y suburb of this city, arrested about
ninety people to-day and tonight, on
the charge of violating the Sunday
law. The arrests Included street car
lconductor~. peanut Venders. telephone
pperator and other Sunday workers,
whose numerous arrests Of ,automobll-
syse tas teaafesaas nsd 1Rtsss '
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BOAT CApsIzEn AND
POUR WEIR " %DN0 Jed.

n alUsIlEG ON, NJ II. June 2a,-v.Gus Ham
n.oy. Ola Paterson, Lydia olIn ana Anna
Johnson, all reslaen1e Of this CITY, were
In AIuskegpn Lake this afternoon.
pho quartet hired d row boat for q nleasure
trip ON theS lake, md Az was ca pslzed,
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August Wilhelln1. the famous ylollnist. OF
London, discovered a little boy ny the mama
of Leopold I.uaIls playins the .ylp!n on tho
streets Of the nlotropolis, He took him
home and gave him some inHtruetlop, and
thu. bay wi shortly make h.s debut 81. the
London concert piatforsn, sSS II AZ ss9 vi
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General M.aW.l Duflleld.

NYAsHIN GTC)N, "a June 29,-General
William w. sDu!tield, who for n number
of yanrsg WAS Superintendent, of tho
United States Coast and Geodettc Sur
YeY died hnre Yesterday. li8
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-02-28
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
Fitzpatrick Primary Election Bill With
Amendments Prohibiting Passes
to Conventions Passed Senate.

Topeka, Feb. 22.-The Fitzpatrick
primary election bill, amended so as
TO prohibit the issuance Of free passes
to delegates to conventions by rail-
road companies, was passed by the
senate late Thursday AFTERNOON by q
vote Of "a to 10.
The grain inspection bill was com.
pleted in the committee Of the whole
at noon Thursday and Is ready for
the third reading IN the house subject
TO amendment and debate,
The house IN committee o. the whole
Thursday afternoon recommended for
passage the senate biif prohibiting ex.
elusive contracts This is aimed at the
international harvester company and
sther alleged trusts. u''i'f7 ~ a. -
The honsA nrfused 70 paAg, the stock
yasds bill - lga Rad beeausefthe
MissouEi la aauFe hasinet ~ enact
ed O. law on this aae1eCt Mo Leland
declared thai the Missouri legislature
was not attsnpttpg ,toi ph0B ,KAnsAs
and that this WI Opght not p pAse
'unrl NiAsouq FAOESa; - deposition 70
perlorm 2fssg r. 1aael