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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-01

MANY SMALL TOWNS
l., DEEP Under WATER
Herkinur Pumping Station out of
Commission Causing Scarcity
of Drinking Water-Flood
Worst in Valleys History.

UTICA. MY. March THE Mo-
hawk Valley east or tisis city is in
desperate straits ,-ta-<as..g-4i .f,--t.,--t 3se
unprecedented Hood raging In tina,
section. The Mohawk river. which
began rising Sunday morning follow
ing a thaw and rainstorni, is far be
yond It's banks to-day, causing ap-
palling properly damage, heavy loss
among live stock and driving hun
dreds Of persons from their homes.
The flood is the worst in the his
tory of the valley. The Mohawk river
fed by dozens OF swollen streams
has risen 1s feet In twenty-four hours
and the rise continues, No relief
Il In sight. for the mild temperature
is melting the mountains OF snow
and Ice in the Adirondacks and in
the Mohawk valley. and each hour
adds to the seriousness OF the situa-
ton.
Perhaps the most desperate condi-
Hons prevail IN the village OF Her
ktmer. fifteen miles east OF Utica
There scores cf homes were aban
doned TO the Hood during the night
the occupants being rescued in row.
boats or an raf$s- Half 4 dozen
frame dwellings. scores Of barns and
other buildings we're swept away dur.
ing the night. ana bur for the vigil
lance Of rescuinR parties. pafrclfins
the streets IN boata. there would have
been serious los Of ike. In some
sections OF Herkimer the water IL
feet deep In the highways.
Hts~ty,~9x ~
Hundreds OF families have moved
INTO the upper stories Of their homes
but they win probably have TO aban-
don their houses entirely to-day. fes
the waters hi many casxs are IL.
ready encroachtu9 on the second
doora Practicaily ~ the n1nnuf9es
turing nlena4 In n zAsix "a sess "a
down to-day. the 6oiler rooms bsihl
under water.
A serious phase Of the situation i,
the fact that the water pumping sta.
ton has been forced out Of commits
sion. leaving the village with barely
enough drinking water for the pres.
emit on hand.
The Herkimer authorities sent oui
this morning calls for assistance In
saving human life and property from
the rising water. and the appeal wal
promptly answered from the sur.
rounding communities. Carloads al
rowbonts were rushed there from
here Water stands on the New
York Central tracks ut Herkimer Il
the depth of several feet and train
are being detoured over the wesi
Shore tracks at that point The vii.
lagos OF lion. Frankfort and st
louisville are also facing severe
foods to-day.
Elcns Falls I'm Danger.
A heavy, warm rain, which fel
all night. following Sundays down.
pour. has made conditions n Glen,
Falls the most serious In years The
upper reaches of the Hudson and
tributary streams are flooded. and he
cause of the unprecedented amonn
of snow in the Adfrondacks. which
In melting rapidly. Il 10 feared tina
the river win reach the highest iiunt
record OF 1857. Great damage wal
done at that time. and the threatened
loss of property Is even greater nov
because of more extensive improve,
ments along the river. Mill men art
making heroic efforts To combat ths
rising water.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-01
AsTOR DIVORCE CASE
NEAR Final CHAPTER
Mrs. Aston Outlets Rumors of
Reconciliation by Seeking
Permanent Decree.

WHITE PLAINS. n. Y. Mar. 1.-The
report that Col. John Jacob Astor and
his beautiful wife were to become rec
oncsied and that the decree OF divorce
obtained by the latter would never be-
come effective. WAS set at rest to-day
when counsel for Mr. Aston Med In the
court here q note Of issue for mo-
ton to make the decree permanent.
Mrs. Aston, through her attorneys,
will appear Friday before Justice Mills.
WHO GRANTED the interIocutory decree
ask that the decree be dnAIiy signed
and entered. 1t Ii Understood the
proceedings viii be- purely formal and
that Col. Aston Will appear by counsel
but will not oppose the motion.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-01
EXPECT ALDERMEN
TO GIVE APPROVAL
Board Likely to Concur in Amend.
ment to Consolidation
Ordinance.

There La strong likelihood that the
Board of Aldermen. at the special
meeting OF that body called for
Thursday evening, will concur with
the Common Council in adopting the
amended ordinance providing for the
consolidation OF Richmond and
Manchester.
This opinion was expressed Tues
day by a member of the lower
branch who has been working early
and late for consolidation.
However" he said. adoption OF
the measure by the Aldermen Is not
absolutely certain at the present
time. We hope, though. to have u
vote or two TO spare when the show
down comes Thursday evening
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-01
OPERATION PROVES
FATAL TO PASTOR
Rev. DIR. Benjamian Triiitt, of
Baltimore, Dies After
Long Illness.

BALTIMORE, Md. Mar. Rev
Benjamine Parker Truttt. pastor OF the
First Methodist Protestant church. OF
WASHINGTON. y. c.. dted 81 the Union
Protestant Innrmary Ia this city to-
alton II. ma been n III heaith for
seventeen months and eutered the hos
pital seven weeks ago. DR. Truitt was
born In 1861 and WAS : native Of Mary
land
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-01
WILL END Strike
WITHIN 40 HOURS
Philadelphia Traction Officials
Have Consented to Arbi-
trate Differences
CITIZENS PROTEST
FINALLY PREVAIL
Business Men Confer With Com
pany Heads and Persuade Them
to Yield in Order to Prevent
General Walkout.

PHILADELPHIA, March IA
.Striks--eissfstr- fvrty-eignt hours; by
means Of arbitration, was promised
this afternoon by one of Philadei-
phia's millionaire merchant princes az
ence now on In the Office Of George
IL. Earle, a city representative on the
board oil directors of the PhiIadel-
phia Rapid Transit Company.
Present at the conference besides
MIR. Earle were Charles O. Kruger,
president OF the company; Clarence
Wolfe. State senator ana vice-presi-
dent OF the company. and Richard y.
Cook. president OF the Guaranty Trus,
and safe. Deposit Company.
AT various times different promi-
nent business men appeared before
the conferers to urge the company
officials to accept the arbitration offer
ed BY the strikers as q means Of pre-.
venting u general strike. One of the
men who appeared was the owner OF
a department store known all over the
world AZ he emerged he said:
The strike will positively be ended
In forty-eight hours. Arbitration will
be rcstorted to. The company viii
agree.
The conference is still on and nc
ofYlctaI statement haH hen made. 1t Ii
intimated that Chief Justice Fell. Of
the PENNSYLVANIA Supreme Court, viii
be one OF the arbitratorS
Sympathy With Strikers,
All the sentiment s6efne to be with
the men who have offered TO settle
the strike by arbitration and against
the company which has refused II
= believed this very public sertimens
brought to head at Thursdays
meeting will force the Traction Coma
paMY 20 Yield.
reF1 hesskaAR~x In Philsf&fx.l
has jOAned III demanding tiaaf the 0in'
ciais of the Philadelphia Rapid Tran.
nit Company deal with the men. Pub
lie sentiment. which during the earl,
stages Of the strike seemed to be
evenly, divided. now seems to be with
the men, and all Glasses are joining
in a demand that the general strike
be ayerted.
That the general strike will occur
II the street car strike is not ended
Ia assured. just how general II
VIII be In probiernAttcaf The stre~'
car people say union men. who Tough.
for years to secure recognition oil
their unions In the various trades
viii not endanger their contracts D,
striking and facing an open shop
when they return.
Plan Parade.
workingmen are talking of mon
ster street parade to end At the City
Hall for Thursday Councils have
not forgotten that other street parade
and demonstration under the Weave,
regime. when rope nooses were low.
cred from the galleries by angry spec
tators during the vote on the gar
question. The people are sure eoun-
ellis will act.
No disorder occurred last night, the
flr-t that has passed without some
kind OF bloodshed and riotinE since
the beginning OF the strike. Rain fei
in sheets and thousands of persons
who had been walking were com
PEELED to use cars. The company de.
clared to-day II operated nearly 81
per cent. of Its normal number of cars
Yesterday, while nearly 500 were In
operation during the night.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-01
KEY MEN ADJUST
ALL DIFFICULTIES

BALTIMORE. Nd. March lit
was officialiy announced this after
noon that the conferences between the
COMMITTEES and otficials
OF the Baltimore and Ohio railroad,
regarding wage scale had been con-
csuded, and that an amicable settie-
ment, satisfactory to both sides, had
been reached. The operators asked
for a ten per cent increase In salary.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-01

Vaudeville houses In Rhiladelphia
closed their doors lant week, and
but few engagements were booked
for this week Happy Htily Baird, !
black face comedian. who u we'll
known in Richmond. fatarned here
Tuesday. his engagesnent Ia the
Quaker city having bean cancelled,
He viii remain hers until Saturday.
when he will 90 TO HARRISBURG, w.
Va. where he was buoIked "a 20 from
Philadelphia.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-01
.BLINR TIGER. MEN

LYNCHBCRG. VA. Mar. CHARGED
with operating "bting tiger" r, W.
Timbrook and fam Perry. negroes. who
run an undertaking establishment. were
arrested In reid by the police, They
hsd been under surveillance for long
time "
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-01
MASHED nr HoGsHEAD.


Lfttie Child N PWWh0ta1 CrWNked ny
Heavy Packages
Dallas Richardson, the six year old
son Of Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Richardson.
OF Powhatan county. was mashed to
death by hogshsad ut Dorset. Mon
day afternoon
The little fellow was playing near
the station when hogshead tumbied
from 4 wagon, ana pinned him AgAinst
tho side OF the house. Tee accident
was witnessed by several persons,
rone OF whom were able TO prevent It.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-01
THOUSANDS WORK
TO SAVE VICTIMS
Hope to Dig Out Victims of
Terrible Land Slide
Alive.
GREAT PERIL ATTEND
EFFORTS OF RESCUE
Heroes Sacrifice Lives--Number of
Dead Still Unknown-Second
Disaster Narrowly Averted.
Financial Aid Refused.

WALLACE; IDAHO. March L.
One thousand men and boys. with
huge hnnfirex built FROM -d~bris
OF wrecked cottages. worked franti.
caiiS all night at Mace. Burke and
Murray, where houses were DESTROYED
ana men, women and children have
been rescued alive and there Ia still
hope for others.
Early to-day twenty-four bodies
had been recovered and the work wa.
being pressed with the utmost vigor
X 10 very perilous. as is shown b,
the entom bling of rescue parties Al
both Mace and Burke.
The worst disaster to rescuers oc-
Cured at Burke. David Shepherd
Dick Richot. William Painter anc
James Rogers were overwhelmed al
this point. They were among the frs,
to reach Mace after the disaster and
We're working there when the reporl
came that Burke had been hit by d
side. They headed the first volunteei
party that went there and were assist,
ing a number Of women out OF q
wrecked house at the bottom of this
slide when the avalanche started
again and they we're caught under
timbers and killed
Many Heroes.
Bert Clement. Of the Heckla mine
was one Of the heroes OF the caiamtt,
AT Burke. He was in the shaft house
=af1AEnizzzEa4sH a4=AEAFzf9
for above and rushed into the village
awakening the sleeping people. Man,
heeded his warning and reached tbs
side hliis
Among the known dead here art
Gus BeFeiand and JehHE Holland
n IL rkz Al fp hi Il
trying 10 give the alarm In the lower
section Of the village.
All Of the small mining towns "
the canyon have snffered from slides
which have followed tbs warm winds
Of the part week. AT tdurrEy zrhaf
piacA Twenty-Five miles north Of Wal.
lace. i slide carried away all Of thu
surface plant Of the Paragon mtrs
and caused damage Of $4,000. Othei
points report similar occurrences. II
ii Impossible to say Just how man,
we're killed. ~ 1t will be several days
before the slides can be cleared away
Pro6ered and Refused.
Proffers Of assistance are being re
ceixed by both mall and telegraph
one offer coming from the Chamoei
q Commerce at Spokane, but all have
been refused The property damage
outside of the demolition OF mine
structures. IL comparatively small. afae
the communities affected have beer
ENJOYING unusual prosperity. go tina
they are able to- take care or theii
own people.
A serious disaster was narrowly
averted at Mullen last night. Man,
refugees had been taken To the opers
nouse there for shelter from the hiix'
xard that has ragged for twenty-foul
hcurs While they were being placed
n the building the roof timbers gave
nav and the entire structure col
Ia psed. Fortunately it gave way slow
iy and ALI inside managed 10 mak'
their way to the street before the tota
collapse came.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-01

Cotton Mills Closed.
LYNCHRURG, VA, Mar 1.-The
Lynchburg Cotton Mills closed down
this week for repairs to boilers About
seven hundred persons are employed In
the mills.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-05-03

In the late eighties, Rudyard Kip
tlns was writing "T~urnoIers' for the
Pioneer. 4 turnover" as
used IN India journalism, is a text,
begins On one column and turns over
TO the next. These India Journals
considered taRd probably do stilll that
the tlt-bit Of advertising position was
the top Of the column, hich pra.ti-
caIly broke into the tale itself.
Young kipliHg, in those days a sort
of Observation-Disclosures in the Office.
Used to dash off iurnoVers in lengths
to fit the demands Of the local ddver-
tseF. These were usually done al the
last moment before going % press.
Some OF them, in fact. were actually
written on the ~"rnaKe-uD" stone 20 fit
a space as the forms were being made
up.
IT was in this way. as many people
KNOW, that most Of the Plain Tales
from the HIS came into being. Be
fore they were republished IN book
form. however. the author went over
this old material. carefully revising
ana r~eaFTaRglng il. Recently q liter
airy scavenger has uncarthed the old
numbers OF the Pioneer sorted out
the material anew and made I'D r
book from which Mr.. kipiing had re
Jected and decided should remain in
oblivion. This hook has been Christ
ened "ADafr the Funnel ana con-
vincingiy advertised us a new volume
Of stories by Rudvard kipling," stimuli
t~aneously with he appearance Of
Mt. kiplingss volume Of new stories,
Actions and Reactions \ full des-
eruption Of all the thirty stories has
been ca bled to Mr.. tipiins by Double-
day, age & CO.. who, after able
consultation, have now undertaken TO
publish these same stories III d library
book at less than the cost Of nlanufac-
/ ture SpVeI4 critics have u1EaY (halx
opinion that they contain some very
characteristics samples Of Nj. kipling'@
early work. At all events. readers
VINO may be interested III them Will
have q chance to set them in an
authorized edition.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-05-03
GNl-LzzF
TRE. TiIJS Or HI NEW
WOMAN.

Margaret Deiand. in thr AfIaEtfc.i
To my mind there are several things
which point to the conclusion thai
this amusing person. who is called the
New Woman, is to he reckoned with
as a reality which is not entirely
eInuSing: but ! shal mention only two
Of them: h first is q prevailing dis
content aInOng women; and the sec
end, q change n what We might call
the feminine ideal Once grant
these two things. the ~discontent and
the change. and we find ourselves
face to face not only with the lady
herself, hut with certain SOLDERING pos
sibilties which accompany hex. For
that d~iscontent and change are in
themselves SOLDERING is as certain IS
that they are in themselves hopeful.
There is always a threat where there
is Il promise. That the condition Of
women is fall OF hope, Is obvious
enough to any open minded person,
50 obvious that we need not dwell
upon it here. We axe all of US, l
think. conscious Of a certain lifting
ND of the heart when We see what the
women of today have achieved, and
what their influence has accomplish
ed. We believe III the new oman
and we are proud of her; indeed, the
last thing that is needed Is to give US
q good opinion of ourselves. And that
Is Why ! am going to attempt the un-
gracious task of speaking only Of the
threat which her existence expresses;
the hope may be taken for granted.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-05-03

Literary Man in Paris Finds 5000
Francs Between leaves.

Few literary finds have proved more
interesting than one mentioned in a
recent Paris paper when "A book buy
er. wandering among the stalls along
the side Of the Seine, bought an old
volume for a couple Of francs That
night he discovered Two of its pages
purposeIy glued together. Opening
these carefully. they disclosed inside
three banknotes Of 1000 francs each
and this message: Friend, whoever
thou art, thou hast read this
book TO the end: be lesatee, without
remorse, of this Iittlefortune. 1t Is all
nv pen has brought me in 80 years.
NAV the muses. be more favorable TO
thee. for thou art surely a man OF
letters" Then was signed the initials
"H r." and the date, Jan. 10, 1915
IF this story is true, there Is clue
enough to discover the former owner
and author of the book in its probable
publisher's mark and an address, ado-
cd of a street II number III Paris.
Another discovery. which also comes
from Paris. claims to be that OF q
hool a volume OF go pages intact, a
history Of the world from the creation
to 1892 and a manuscript note "ii,.eiI
in latin pasted in the END, statlne thaS
i WAS owned succeSS1veiy bH ~JohalliitS
Carestinus Of Bologna ana - hA
miIian Sforza, and he to Francesca
ofo,1a-nkes of Milan, both or them
tho last of WHOM sold it, with other
volumes, in 1884 to one Baldwin, d CHI
=, the year 1900 it was purchased
- yUiIliarn shakespeare, described IN
t y note as 'ignotus ct insgni Aoon-
ms ernn,1s.: and it passed from his
nasessston into tina OF the physician
pp;an in 1897. Then it made ITS way 20
france as the possession OF n anor
cin,on family: and when Mohs'shol
SiIi o. bishop Of Agde, was
DC "anea in 1894 and his library vas
ssn;s,pl.esed, two Of his friends, the Vicar
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-05-03

THE WAY TO READ.
iThn


i was Oliver Wendell Holmes, was
il not, who owned up to Iis prefer
ence for reading in 0 TO reading
hrourh them? When ] set cut 70
read Trough a book. the Autocrat
wrote, I always felt that ] had q task
before me-bu when | read IN q book
II was the page or the paragraph ina
wanted, and which left its impression
and became a part Of my intellectual!
furniture." If we We're only frdnker,
,osr of US would comics to being like
Holmes in this matter Of our readlng-
To he sure. We have an old-fash1oned
aisincIinatfon to set down a book in
the middle of it; we feel 1t our duty
to finish whatever we have ones be-
gun at the beginning; yet If we yield
to our New England conscience here
in. we are only deferred from begin
ming very many books. And by be-
ginning books I mean neither read
ing straight through their tedious
opening pages, nor fastening, like q
woman 70 learn by the concluding
chapter how it all turns out Open
vo:r book in the very thick Of It: that
10 the true way Of getting at tts soul
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-05-03

Genera GohfD and II. Peliier. clerk
10 the local Justice Of the peace, So
curing a portion Of it. in which this
volume was Included.
The binding bears the signature OF
All the book previous owners, II
on the ffy-leaf there IL an antique
mask bearing The inscription IN
Shaksp Lbr." with many passages Of
the text annotated. There IS almost
too much here for the mere modern
American mind to credit. and u may
pause to ask why the record should
have ceased in 1892. the Year OF the
discovery of his continent. But Il is
well to preserve d little c~reGui-y.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-05-03
CCURRENCEAND
NArUREOFCOMET
Fac. Nature of Constituent Efe-
o,aots Composing Comets
Still Largely a Matter of
Conjecture

.THOUT entering into =
discussion of the con-
eternation and dread
that cOmetary vista
tons have always in
spired, / shall explain
briefly the nature OF
comets, and the phe-
romena attending their
occurrence.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-22
GIRL TRIES SUICIDE
In SOUTHEAST CAFE
Marie Gordon Drinks Poison,
but Will Recover.

Calmly saying to her companion.
Here's where die Marie Gordon,
twenty-one and pretty. living at 1226 D
street southwest, yesterday afternoon at
tempted suicide by taking bichloride OF
mercury in an upstairs dining-room OF a
cafe at 100 Eighth street southeast.
She was hurried to Casualty Hospital
in an ambulance. where the prompt ef-
forts OF the physicians saved her life
She will be able to go to her home with
In a few days.
The girl was one OF party of four
who were drinking in the cafe. Her COM
panions say that she showed them the
poison and told them she was going to
take it, She left the room for a few
moments, and when she came back
reached for a glass OF water and tossed
off the tablets.
No reason can be given by any OF the
girls relatives as TO why she tried to
end her life. The girl herself refuses to
talk on the subject She said that she
won't try It again"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-22
ARMY AND NAVY.
Army Orders.

The following-named officers are detailed 10 enter
the next class at the Amy Signal School. and
viii report IN person 70 the oommBndaut Of that
school at Fcrt LeayeIWoTth, Kans.. or about
August l5 1910 fer duty accordingly: First
Lieut. WILLIAM S. BARRIGER, Eighth Cav
airy; First Lieat, CLARK LYNN. Twenty-sec-
end lnfanty. and First Lieut. JACOB W. S.
WUEST. ThiTtieth Infantry.
Special orders relating TO Lieut.. Col. CHARLES
L. PHILLIPS, Coast Artillery Corps. and Lieut..
Col CHARLES &. WOODWARD. inspector
general. is revoked.
Special orders as relates TO Lieut.. Col WILLARD
F. HARMON, Coast ARTILLERY Corps, acting in
spector general. and Mai. FRANK G. MAUI
DIN. Coast Artillery C0Tps. acting inspector
general. Is reTos Il
Capt PETER E. TRAJB Twelfth Cavalry is de-
tailed for duty at the camp Of instruction 70 be
held at Fort Riley. Kans August Is 10 septem-
Der l5 1910
Leave Ct absence for one month Is granted First
Lieut.. ALBION Ned. COFFEY. Medical Re
serve Corps.
Special orders as relates 10 First Lieut THOMAS
T. DUKE. Twenty-third Infantry. is revoked
Second Lieut.. FREDERICK HANNA. Coast Ar
tillery Corps. is relieved from assignment 70 the
Ninety-irst Company and placed on the unas-
signed list. He viii report in person to the COM
handing officer, artillery district Of New Or
leans.