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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-18

would rather look upon the matter as
an investment than as an item of ex-
pense. Our association Is now COM
posed Of the representative laundries
OF the country. and Ii Is certainly
within good business Judgment to use
our membership as permanent as
set"
Increasing Membership.
Since the last annual convention
President Purdy's paper showed that
the following organizations have voted
TO afaliate~with the l.. ~. A.:
The Laundrymen's Association of
Oklahoma, the Laundrymenss Associa-
ton Of Florida, the Laundrymen's As
sociatinn Of Maine, the Lanndrymens
Association OF the Carolinas. the
: I1aundrymen's Association OF New
Hampshire and Vermont, the Laun-
dlrymen's Association OF Indiana. the
Laundrymen's Association Of Ken
lucky, the Laundrymen's Association
of Wisconsin. the Laundrymen's As
ISOLATION Of Connecticut. the Laundry
mems Association OF Missouri, the
I.aundrymen's Association Of Ohio the
Laundrymen's Association of Virginia
and West Virginia, the Northwest
L.aundrymen's Associations coanpris-
ing the state Oh minnesota ing Daho-
las ana NepFasha-
The actual increase in membership
secured through the utilization OF these
new organizations cannot be exAetis
determined at this time. said Presi-
dent Purdy. However, IL may be
conseryatiyeiy estimated that the TO-
tai INCREASE Of new members during
the year has been not less than 6oo
and l am confident that the report OF
the secretary will bear me out IN
this statement. To say that am
proud OF this splendid achievement
is to express but feebly the sentiment
which I feel upon that subject. and
trust that the record when we nave
made Will stimulate those VINO VIII
be intrusted with the future interests
Of our organization 70 still greater at
tainments in that direction. l hope
L. n. A. will be extended clear to
the Pacific coast. not by isolated mem
berg scacttered throughout the ferri-
tory beyond the big mountains OF
the West. but BY an unbroken chain
linking all the States OF the Union
into a harmonious confederation of
laundrymen. regardless of distances
and geographical barriers"
Convention Opens.
rnn a.,,,.en.,.r II r,,n,,,ran. u.ss
called 70 order At 10 e.cioek Monday
morning. October II. by Presiden,
Purdy. the assembly han In the JET
ferson Hotel being crowded consider
ably beyond its seating capacity, with
the members and the visiting ladies.
DIR. T.. ". caIisch. rabbi Of Beth Aha
bah Synagogue. opened With an eio-
auent prayer. He was followed by
Mayor pavy Crockett Richardson.
who extended the launderers an I'M
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-18

caG0. This year It II meeting IN
Richmond. Between these two dates
rapid strides have been made In tho
laundry business, and even greater
strides are In store for the future.
Hardly more than 100 members at
tended tho Chicago convention. and
thoy practically comprised the ASSOC
citation at that time. To-day III Rich
mond nearly 1900 laundrymen are
on every hand q heard comparison OF
the old days and the new.
Improved macAlnery. careful sys-
tenn In handling large numbers Of arr
ticles ana general economical meas
ures for doing the work. make the
modern steam laundry what It II to-
day--a necessity for five-sixths OF the
population. There In responsibility
about the laundry to-day that was alb
sent when the wAsherwoman took
the clothes = generation or 70 ago.
" an article ID missing or damaged.
there IL one to talk about II. But
there II moro care taken with the
clothing than In the days when II was
entirely cleansed by hand.
Modern LAUNDRY Is Sanitary.
Then, too. this Ii an age that has
been educated to believe In SANTA
ton. and tho modern laundry meth
DDS are entirely sanitary. There IL
real economy In the way the laundry
new handles. not only the personal
wash" but In the manner In which
1t makes white and clean the whole
household weekly washing. 1t re-
moves q great deal OF the uncom-
Portable effects OF an cld-time wash
ing day about the house. and where
one resides In apartments the modern
Ia Awx- To- al Iv% n ~
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-03-17
HELENA BLOODGOOD
DROWNED IN A LAKE

New York. March I7.-Clad only in
The nightgown she wore when she dis
appeared, the body of Miss Helena
EloodgOod was found Saturday in
Lake Carafalgo by men who had been
dragging the bottom for three days.
The body lay in about IL feet Of wa
ter 80 feet from the shore, near a
small rustic span known as kissing
bridge 1t was fully identified by the
two nurses who had charge of Miss
B~loodgood when she fled last Wednes-
day night from the cottage Of Leslie
y. Fort, son OF Governor Fort, OF New
Jersey.
cursory examination by Coroner
gave no Indications Of MUIR
der, and 1t is supposed the girl rar
barefoot through the woods to the
lake, half 9 mile away, and threw her
self into the water.
Miss BlOOdgood's parents have been
securing the neighborhood In automo-
oiles In search of their daughter, and
We're away when h body was found.
When notified they both became pros
itrated.
Miss Bloodgood had been here for
two weeks under the care Of q physi-
clan ana nurses. She had suffered
from disOrdered nerves for a number
OF years and exhibited q constant dis
pleasure ct h restrictions put upon
fner liberty. Wednesday night she
eluded Ia nurses, Jumped through q
window on b lower floor and escaped.
Her sdtsappearance was not noticed I'M
I'll two hours after she had rome,
Nine years ago Miss Bloodgoodg dis
appeared mysteriOusly. but was found
. few days later.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-03-17
PEACE IN SIGHT IN
QUAKER CITY STRIKE
Arbitration Is Making Headway
and Labor War May Come +
H. 49,. to an End. .

Philadelphia, March 1.-THE fact
that representatives of the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit company and officials of
the Central Labor union and Amalga-
mated Association of Street and
Electric Railroad Employees were
brought together late yesterday after
noon for a friendly talk" and become
better acquainted. is expected to lead
to some definite proposition upon which
negotiations can be opened looking to
a speedy settlement of the strike.
All o in the conference declared
themselves as satisfied with the pro-
gress of events and while no predic-
tons were made, they express them
selves as hopeful OF a speedy ending
of the trouble.
The committee of seven of the Unit
ed Business Mems association. which
last week began a movement for peace.
Is still devising a plan Of settlement.
Unless the contending parties get to-
gether themselves the committee will
meet tonight to decide upon a plan that
may bring about an adjustment of the
differences.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-03-17
WOMAN IS THROWN
INTO TURB|D RIVER
Clings to Shrub Where She Is
Rescued by Husband
Team Is Responsible.

centerville, S. L., March 1e.-Thrown
from a carriage on the edge of a steep
bank OF the Vermillion river, rolling
over h bank into the swollen stream
ana and eiingins to ORANGES OF will
which Mrs. E. L. Syverson. wife of DR..
Syverson, Of this city, will never for
get. That she is alive today and in
usual health, excepting a bruised arm.
a U over the left eye and a few
miraculous.
Or. syverson was returning from a
professional call 6 miles west, accom-
panied by his wife. Driving q livery
team Of the conventional type, they
mad just turned onto a piece of road
from town, when some part OF the pole
connection with the buggy broke,
frightening the team which became I'M
manageable. The doctor tried to turn
the team into the fence opposite the
river bank and in SO doing the tea
turned completely around in the road
nearly ~overturning the carriage and
barely escaping plunging headlong over
the steep bank.
The swaying Of the carriage threw
mrs: syverson out and, being bundled
up IN the doctors big, fur coat, she
rolled over the bank like a football
into s feet Of water. Mrs. Syverson
learned to swim when attending college,
but not in a big. fur coat. She man.
aged, however, to keep her e above
water and saw a clump Of willows
nearby which gave her q clinging
chance for life until rescued by the
doctor soon after. In the mixup the
horses had freed themselves from the
buggy and started for town. The doc
tor lost no time in rescuinR his wife
and after taking an inventory Of the
wreck they walked to the home OF
Frank Logue and phoned to town for a
team.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-03-17
KELLOGG ExCoRIATEs
STANDARD on TRUST
Government Attorney.opens His
Argument for Prosecution
Before Supreme Court.

Warrington. March 17.-"They have
waved b black flag over the land as
others have done over the ocean. Do 1
deny they have demonstrated their
ability? No. they have completed with
an ability unequalled in this country"
IN these words Frank b. Kellogg, for
the government, arraigned the stand
ard OIL company before the supreme
court OF the United States today in
the second days argument OF the case
for the dissolution OF the New Jersey
corporation ~ decreed by the United
States circuit court for the eastern
district OF Missouri.
With IT. tamiilcations, its influence
and IT, money power. give 1t carte
blanche, let II combine as Mr.. Watson
su1gests. n let It cut prices as Mr..
M1ilburn speaks about. and / predict
Is will control every industry in this
country In ten years. yes. in hve years.
Whist makes q great country?' he
aaked.NO great corporations. It IL
the individual: the independent pro-
6prietor with the star OF hope that has
salways been held out to man before
him.. Your hOnors, It IL but a step from
combination to socialism, and but an.
sstherssfrom socialism to anarchy"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-03-17
BANKS INVOLVED IN
Big LABOR STRUGGLE
Philadelphia Union Men Declare
War on Financial Institu-
tions of Country.

Philadelphia, March 17.-1nterest in
the ability Of the labor unions to
hold the striking workmen together
and prevent a break. as predicted by
employers and city authorities. EARLY
reports show that, while some men did
return to work after a weeks idleness,
there is no indication of a general
break, but on the other hand. some
unions which had hesitated about join
Ing h sympathetic strike in aid OF
the trolleymen cast their lot today
with the strikers.
The move Of the labor leaders in
calling upon working men and women
not only in this city, but throughout
the country, to withdraw their depos-
its from banking institutions and thus
deprive capitalists. they say of one
weapon with which to fight organized
LABOR, is being watched with great i'm
terest.
No apprehension is felt in banking
circles, because the greater amount
OF workingmen's deposits are in saving
fund institutions. which require at
least two weeks notice of withdrawal
of money.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-03-17
WIFE OF AN ARTIST IS
SUING FOR 4 DIVORCE
Daughter Of Admiral sigsbee
Accuses William B. Ker,
Her Husband.

Stamford, Conn, Mch 17.-That Will
liam Balfour Ker, h artist OF New
York, is being sued for absolute divorce
by his wife. Mrs. Mary sigsbee Ker. q
daughter OF Rear Admiral eigsbee, be-
came Known here when q hearing was
held to take testimony of witnesses who
reside In Stamford and Darien.
Testimony was given to the effect that
Ker and . woman who was not his
legally welded wife, lived in q house
owned by Edward b. Robinson, in the
Oxridge section Of Darien, from early in
May until toward the end Of October.
1909. The real estate agent who rented
the house and the other witnesses agreed
or this point.
Mrs. Francis Davis, a neighbor, said
that n day when she emerged from a
woods she beheld Ker and the supposed
Mrs. Ker standing close together by a
rustic we'll. She had her and on the
artists shoulders, witness said, and was
looking up into his eyes with an ex-
preston Of complete contentment and
Ker stopped suddenly and
kissed h woman. Mrs. Davis said she
hurried away. A little later she saw Ker
the woman seated by the well SHELF
ing peas and laughing gayly.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-03-17
KNOCKED SENSE[ESS.
he BROWNS IN GREE
David Sparks, Found Dead
Three Feet of Water-vic.
tim of a Runaway.

Sioux City, Ia. March 1e.-co,,
pletely submerged in three feet
water in a stream near Anthem 1.N
and with a large cash cut in his head
David Sparks, a farmer living thraI
miles south of Anthem, was found dead
yesterday morning at 4 o'clock. He wal
evidently the victim of a a,S
though there were no witnesses to tn
tragedy. His team was found in q pas
ture a half mile away and his bupRJ
was found in a demolished conditioi
near q bridge.
The last seen of the deceased man
was Saturday night. when he left town
about 9:15 o'clock to drive to his homeI
He had a spirited team but always kenI
them under control. About a half mifies
road track run parallel, and it 4,
thought that the evening freight train
which comes at about that hour. fright
ened his team and caused 1t to rnns
away.
Probably Hit Bridge.
There is a steep incline in the road
with a bridge and a sharp turn at the:
bottom. 1t is supposed that his team
after getting beyond his control, upset
the rig at the bottom of the hill, and
striking his head against the bridge he
was thrown into the stream below. He
was probably rendered unconscious and
was unable to saw himselfy from.
drowning.
Mrs. Sparks became alarmed when
her husband did not return and after
learning h he had left Anthem she
asked the neighbors to help her in the
search. After looking several hours
they discovered the horses in the pas
ture and closer Investigation led to the
finding of the body. The remains Were
removed to Anthem and DIR. ]. Z. Car
Yer, county coroner. was notified. No
inquest will be held.
Badly Injured Once.
The deceased man is survived by a
wife, two sons and a daughter. The
sons are farmers and live in South Da-
kota. One of them was on his way to
South Dakota at the time of the
tragedy, but was notified at Kingsley,
Ia. The daughter, Mrs. Mel David.
lives at Anthem.
Mr.. Sparks was 81 years of age and
has lived near Anthem 40 years. Sew
eral years ago he had a leg amputated
as a result Of an accident. but was a
strong man for one of his years. The
funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon
at the house.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-03-17
MAN ALMosr MARRIED
THE WRONG WOMAN

Albion, Neb.. March III. H.
Nixon. a travelling man of Oma-
ha. came within an ace of mar
rying Miss Minnie Belcher, the
wrong young woman, a night or
two ago.
The other day he t~elegraphed
Miss Belle Davis to be at the
depot on the arrival of the eve
ming train, that they would be
married and continue north on a
honeymoon trip. When the
train arrived it was dusk and the
platform dimly lighted. Here the
train stops less than two min
utes. Upon this occasion Nixon
left the car and hurried onto
the platform. accompanied by
Rev. w. b. Schuman. who had
accompanied him from Omaha
for the purpose of performing
the ceremony. A young woman.
In travelling attire. was there
and grasping her hand, Nixon
exclaimed: Here we are, Belle;
now Mr.. Schuman be quick!."
The preacher was just in the
act of pronouncing them man
and wife, when down the plat
form rushed another young
woman, screaming: Don't do 1t.
John; here 1 am"
With one ceremony half per-
formed, the preacher quit and
hastily married the right couple,
finishing the Job Just as the con-
ductor called "All aboard!"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-03-17
NINE. STEINHEIl Will
MPEkR the STAGE
Notorious Partisan Woman viii
Make Merchandise Of Her
Reputation.

Paris, March 17.-Mme. steinheil,
whose trial for the murder Of her hus-
and stepmother. and whose &C
quittal created q sensation on two con-
stinents, will Q 20 on the stage.
Her wonderful voice, with which she
thrilled the audiences at her trial: cher
notes of liquid gold,'' az a French re-
porter described her voice, will be heard
In . music hall here. She viii repeat
the r~ecitations she used to give ia her
salon where some Of the most power
4ui politicians In France gathered and
paid court TO her recently.
Madame came mere recently In nm
elaborate disguise. She wore q white
Wig, and was made up otherwise az ~
old, feeble woman She posed Al he
decrepit nerve racked French aunt of
2 young Englishman who accompanied
her. But her disguise was OF no avail.
The newspapers all knew of her pres
ence, reporters swarmed around her
hotel and in motors followed her au-
t0mobfle.
After : day and night here she r..
turned to- London.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-03-17
OFFICER ENDS
LIFE WITH A BULLET


Manila, March 1%6.-Second Lieu
fantry, killed himself Saturday at
Fort William Mckinley. Considerable
mystery surrounds the cas- and it is
not known whether the killing was
Intentional or accidental. Army in
spectors are now holding an investi-
cation.
Lieutenant Janney, accompanied by
his wife, attended a dinner party al the
house OF Lieutenant Colonel Ames,N on
the way to which he fired one shot,
presumably in the air. He entered the
There was an explosion and Janney
fell with a bullet IN the head. He died
instantly.
1t was al first reported that Lieu
tenant Colonel Ames had shot Janney,
and guards placed him under arrest,
but he was subsequently released.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-03-17
ROOSEVELT VIEWS
SIGHTS AT SUDAN

khartum, Mich 17.-Bent on making
the most of their brief stay. in this. h
capital of the Egyptian general govern
ment of the Sudan, the Roosevelts were
early astir today. Colonel Roosevelt
was especially busy, occupying the in
Y excursions to points OF
historic interest in receiving callers and
making reply to such of his voluminous
correspondence as he had Deer able TO
examine.
After breakfast he summoned to him
the native servants who had accompa-
MED him throughout the expedition and
bade them good bye. Each received a
present of cash from Colonel Roosevelt
and a gift from Mrs. Roosevelt.
The sightseeing program began with
a visit to Gordon Memorial college.
built at h east end of town in 1902 by
subscriptions solicited from the British
people by. Lord Kitchener. From the
of the town. Colonel Roosevelt. Mrs.
Roosevelt, Miss Ethel Roosevelt and
Major General Rudolph Baron Won Sla-
tin, the inspector general of the sirdar's
star, made up the party. They occu-
pied q carriage drawn by a handsome
Egyptian lancers. During the drive
they were Joined by other members of
Major General Wingate's staff, occupy
ing two carriages.
Later in the forenoon the Roosevelts
abandoned their carriage for a motor
a and, unaccompanied, drove into the
suburbs. This afternoon the Rooseyelts
planned a visit to Kerreri, the scene Of
the great battle on September 2, 1888,
when the Anglo-Egyptian forces de-
feated h khalifa and ~econquered
Egyptian Sudan. The trip to Omdur-
man will be made in the sirdar's yacht
Elm.
The tontoti,a plon. 80 ~. po.a-
provide for their departure from here
on q special train Thursday night. On
h way to Cairo a stop Of one day will
be made at Assuan, upper Egypt, on
the east ban of the Nile. and two days
will be given over to a visit to Luxor.
Colonel Roosevelt stated today that
he could not return to the United States
by the way of San Francisco, but IL
possible would visit Denver and Chey-
enne in August.
F. G. Bonf1ls, OF Denver, who came
here to meet Colonel Roosevelt, today
had an interview with the latter, and
presented him with a petition from the
chambers Of commerce of Kansas City
and other western cities asking the for
mer president to return to the United
States by way of San Francisco.
Mi. Roosevelt replied it would be i'm
possible for him to accept the sugges-
ton. owing to his engagements, inculd-
ING his presence at the marriage Of his
son, Theodore Roosevelt, jr., to Miss
Eleanor B. Alexander, which is to take
place in June. II possible. however, he
said he would visit Denver and Chey-
enne during the frontier day celebra-
tions in August.
Colonel Roosevelt, upon his visit to
the Gordon Memorial college. addressed
the students informally, expressing
great interest in their work and re-
marking upon the splendid progress
made by British energy within the few
years that its influence had beer ex.
erted in Khartum.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-03-17
ELECTRICAL WORKERS STRIKE:
.MARNESS MAKERS TO FOLLOW

lincoln, Neb., March 17.-I4abor trou-
bles have begun in Lincoln. Yesterday
the electrical workers employed by the
Lincoln Gas company, who desire a So
wage for an eight-hour day, walked
out, and the harness makers are wait
Ing for orders from headquarters to
quit.
The manufacturing harness men here
say thai they cannot and Will not pay
the wages demanded. being an Increase
of Is per cent in money and a reduction
of 20 per cent in hours.
We will not have any STRIKE said.
]. c. Harpham. head of the biggest
out, we shall not attempt to fil their
places, but will simply quit manufac-
turing and wait till they come back to
work
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-03-17
HEIR TO THE THRONE
IS BADLY AFFLICTED
Son of King Alfonso Reported
to Be Almost Deaf and
Speeches..

Madrid, March 17.-well informed
persons are discussing the painful ru-
NOR that both the speech and hearing
Of the little Prince of Austrias. heir to
the throne. are seriously defective.
The prince is a particularly hand
some, we'll grown child Of 4 years, but
he cannot %articulate. it is said.
This report Is denied in court and
government circles. and It's circulation
is attributed to enemies of the mon
archy, who wish to give pain to the
king n queen.
An authoritative statement on the
subject will be issued soon, it is ex-
pected, for the m gains wide cred
ence among the people, who are say.
ing that the kings second son, Don
Jaime, must succeed to the throne.