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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-18
DISCUSS AFFAIRS
OF MUN|C|PA l|T|Es
INTERN tTIoNAL MUNICIPAL CON
GRESs AND EXHIBITIONS
MEETS ToDtY
PROMINENT MEN THERE
PRESIDENT TAFT, AMBASSADOR
bryce AND OTHERS WEI.
SIZE tN->fAFAN SENDS
DELEGATES

CHICAGO I'LL. Sept ls,-with
the arrival Of exhibits and deleEa
tons from al OF The Important cities
Of the United States and many Eu-
roPe8n countries those tn charge Of
The International Municipal Congress
and EXhihitfons, which "opens Monday
and continues in session TIL septern-
her so, claim for the convention not
only record attendance. but de-
lucrative Importance that will be felt
throughout the TnHcd States,
The aim and object Of this gather
Ing Of city heads IS an exchange of
Ideas upon the adn1instratio ton Of mn
nlcipa affairs the formation Of model
code az municipal ordinances gov ern-
Ing every department. Of CITY Govern
m"ntt the PRONUNCIATION and ratta
cation Of The model ordinances adopt-
ed. ana the distractions Of delegates
among the many prominent men
VINO are interested in the work nf
Ihe international Congress and who
va eaorFss me delegates are Presi-
ufhl thtI james Bryce. Ambassador
81 Great Britain. Governor John
Xix, Of New YORK. Senator Ia nj.
ieue. Or W. A. Evans Mayor psv-
nor. 81 New York CITY, Brand WIZ.
lock, Mayor NJ Toledo. Ohio. r9r =.
'rfahde Powers. head Of the eovarr.
3hehf statistical bureau. Pion r Ar.
ho'u' 'hicago's traction expert. and
many Others al"
Many delegates Appointed
Ns4teS nave been appointed 10
'i,e congress from all the important
stt47S IN the nted States. and many
are sending exhibits Of municipal ad-
's'-, ,.'si.s to be shown in the great
tNhihfdon hall Of the Coliseum
Among the many dalegatfons ,bat r,.t,,
htteha VIII be party OF japanese an.
pointed by tho Mikado, 10 study the
administration OF American r3fia~ a
Ue4eea'lon Of municipal officials from,
Few YORK and Representatives fron,
the International Association of r{ra
Engineers convention. whirh o,ul
convene on September 18Th st Mn.
yankee '
The meetings OF the International
W ~ ipsl congress and Exhibition
~ 7" DIVIDED and undivided 40
that each and every departr3er,
CITY government Will he renrass,tes
and may be attended by those tptor
esIea IN that particular branch Fonr
sessions VIII be- held daily. Two ~
THESE VIII he sessions OF the conpr.ss
Who'll in the great t-onerosa
1891 Of the Coliseum. The ~
TWO sessions Will each consist az q
h tHIl Der or divisional
smaller apartments j., ~ t Iis held tn
mental Arrnorv ISL iNegi-
Prominent Mem as c,.,
Prominent men in +n I'neh'
government OF rbtoaaa 'e municipal
asked to serve ma enafry laS neen
DIVISIONS of the congress. The snoal-
tfS VINO appear before the s,pafia,
meetings VIII lead general dtsr,ts
each speaker n.,l1 adoresses And
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-18
WOMAN DECLARES
HER INDEPENDENCE
MRS, sIiDAN SIGNS DECIsR.TIoN
WHICH FREES HER FROM
UNCONVENTIONAL CALLS.
HAS LEFT HER HUSBAND
THEN SHE DISMISS PROTECTOR Az
TER DRAWING Up REMAIN
ABLE AGREEMENT wfrH
HER LANDLORD.

NEW YORK. Sept. l7.-Mrs
Louise T. suydam woman of moods.
some time wife of Millionaire Cluhman
Walter Lispenard Suydam, who eioped
with Frederick Noble, a plumbers
helper and who only Yesterday told
her husband that she loved Noble bet
ter than life and would never leave
hin, declared to-day that she will live
f.one. AS one of her ancestors sign
The Declaration OF Independence that
freed America from tyrant rule, Mrs.
ou3eam has tonight signed IA new
declaration OF independence which,
she declares in an amazing statement,
VIII free her from the visits of all
t"Iant nIen--at least in the apart
neht house IN which she now restd ~
Mr.. Noble, said Mrs Suydan this
evening has returned to tac home
OF his father No. $50 Decatur street.
BreokiyI ! Wiz remain here throuSa-
our the winter. the owner Of this
apartment house having agrcct Ok
to MODEST me.
You may know, perhaps, thar /
ana from a family that for genera
TONS has held its head high in this
country and that has in It's numbers
members that have done great things
one OF them, an ancestor on my
iathers side, was one of the signeTs
OF the Declaration OF Indepe ndence-
mat great state paper that brought
on the trials resulting finally In bliss
Tor all concerned
Declaration OF independence.
nov 81. 4
OF Undergraduate the owner OF this
apartment, having told me TO get out
or become more conventional. de-
cIded that the latter cqurse--as far as
surface conditions go-Ls best and 50
let tred--or rather AIR. Noble -
go back TO BROOKLYN, and then / drew
up paper, something To this purpose
!, Mrs. Louise l. SUDAN, one
time wife of Walter Lispenard SHy-
dam, Jr., but now free and indepen-
dent, being Of age and possessed a.
my legal reason. do hereby declare.
tor the benefit Of the owner Of this
apartment house and for the conten-
uonaI people that dwell herein, that
| viii observe certain rules laid down
by the owner for my observance.
First. l wifi not allow my hus-
band to come to this place To cause a
disturbance or lry to see me. lie
won't anyway. because such visit
VIII interfere with his excursions IN
me great South Bay
Second ! win not allow Fredar- i
lex Noble. my protector in my dim
cuIues with my husband, to again visit
me under this roof.
Third. | viii never ALLOW any men
callers 10 visit me in my apartment
at TINS address,
Fourth. Will take upon my own
shoulders the responsibility for the
furniture in thus apartment that was
"a the rooms when Mr.. Noble signed
me agreement last week He being
gone n"" l promise 10 return ia good
order all things he receipted for.
Fifth. | win meet All expenses AZ
AIRS. say dam now, not as Mrs. Noble.
ana any eAs >nses incurred by either
NY PROTECTOR MIR. Noble or by nv
Noble -
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-18
William I.uti,er Tucker.

Especial 10 The Richmond Nlrglnian
CHASE CITY. VA. Sept. 17.--WJf-
liam Luther Tucker died suddenly at
his home near here Friday night. He
was So Years old and his entire life
was spent at his ancestral home. where
ne was born. He was man or high
character, genial disposition and az
an upright and generous nature. AS
eiti1en he was prominent. hospitable
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-18
FOOD RIOTS CAUSE
BATTLE IN VIENNA

VIENNA, Sept. 17~~SeNeral persons
were Killed and hundreds were wound
Ell in vicious battles to-day between
troops, and hundreds OF thousands of
people Of the working classes VINO
began rioting In protest against the
nigh prices Of food and other neces-
sites.
ne city and its suburbs has been
: battle ground all day long. and to-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-18
Views ON Niarrin re.

10y rational conditions cf getting
unmarried ! mean that married peo
PIE should have the Right to became
unmarried when they are no lonqar
happy together. without giving rta
sons to the state or the church. which
IA my opinion, have no Ssht plIb
neatly to interfere In personal mat
ters of the heart
III was suggested to Mr. Lectallienne
1n~t some little new legislation would
be necessary 10 carry, out his theory
mar would be simple he .nswer-
ed. We must go to the State or
the Church for a certificate Of mar
rage why then would it not be Il SIM
PIE matter Tor a board of registration
or some wise Judge to issue a certId-
cate eleasines parties from the Loaas.
Of marriage, without the p.ihlfcity and
oftehtines the indeconcy that attend
divorce proceedings, Gnhappily mar
ried persons could call on s.ucn a
BOARD or such Judge and state that
they wished the union dissolved
think 1t would be we'll for The haari
or the Judge 10 give them two or ruree
months In which to think the matter
over, ana then cone back The rose.
luton to dissolve a marriage may
often be reached By persons in mo-
ments OF pique and, therefore, time
for reconsideration might he wise.
think the whole spirit Of the times
faNors new legislation GA the subject
of matriu0nN We don't want lave
that run counter to human nature
As to the problem Of the children.
which arises, it seems to me it viii
always adjust itself whore decent ppo-
pie are concerned. At all events there
shduid always he provision made for
them IN any arrangement for divorce. /
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-18

PARIS, Sept IT, Rioting in pro-
rest against the high food prices was
widespread through France to-day. In
rarls Inc meetings of labor unions
We're guarded hv strong forces of
police and several arrests ver, made
during dem onztrations
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-18
The Virginia Home
for Infants,
100 West Clay Street.
Phone Mad 71oO. Richmond Va

We have several fine babe.
from a few weeks to one year old
which we want adopted by re-
sponslble people. Write Or call
for further information.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-18

Soda crackers are
more nutritive than
any other flour food.
Uneeda Biscuit are
the perfect soda
crackers. Therefore,
Uneeda Biscuit.
Five cents spent for
a package of Uneeda
Biscuit is an invest
ment-an invest
ment in nourish-
ment, in health, in
good eating.
Though the cost
is but five cents,
Uneeda Biscuit are
too good, too nour-
ishing, too crisp,
to be bought merely
as an economy.
Buy them because
of their freshness
buy them because
of their crispness-
buy them because
Of their goodness
buy them because of
their nOurishment.
Always ) cents. Al
ways fresh and crisp
in the MOISTURE
proof package.
Never sold in bulk.
NATIONAL BISCUIT
COMPANY
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-18

wants 10 find Miss Helen he doesn t
search ju the elegant drawing room
Tor her. but makes bee line far the
kitchen.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-18

and useful and his loss VIII be greatly
aepiored b. the community lie leavcs
q WIDOW. TWO sons ana two .aauahlers
Milford chronicle., 1911-04-07
Can You Furnish lean and Waeon :

WANTED-Responsible young men, who are able
to furnish team and wagon, to sell on commission
to farmers the best line Of household necessities
for the oldest. largest and most responsible COM
pany Of the kind in the world. About two thou-
sand statesmen now working earning on the average
over Sl00 per month net, clear Of all expenses
Net earnings OF best men, over sSVO per month
Two million farmers now using these Thoroughly
advertised goods Established 1868. Capital
s2,OO0OeO. Address. = The J. r. Watkins Co,
l13 South Gay Street, Baltimore, Md. Mch Nth-lbt
Milford chronicle., 1911-04-07
CRAY AGAINST
INCOME TAX
Delaware JuriSt Opposes the
Federal Plan.
MEANS DOUBLE TAXATION
Declares Proposed Amendment to the
Federal Constitution Is a Menace to
the Rights Of the States.

Judge George Gray, of Delaware,
believes that the proposed amendment
TO the constitution OF the United
States providing for an income tax is
a menace to the rights of the states.
In a letter written by him to Aus
ten G. Fox, in New York, he dis
cusses the subject at length and comes
to the conclusion that a tax of this
kind levied by the federal government
must be double taxation, unless the
states give up the power to levy in
come taxes.
On this part Of the subject he has
this to say:
The proposed amendment is not a
mere grant of power to the federal
government 1t is a practical surren-
der Of the power heretofore reserved
to the states. What the states give in
this instance they practically deprive
themselves of, for, as ] have pointed
out, it is not a mere sharing by the
states of this power with the general
government as the necessity of avoid
ing an oppressive double. taxation
MOui" MANI II H0NS'9"4 " 'HN oe"o0
TO yield to the paramount authority
OF the national government | think,
therefore, Governor Wilson, for whose
opinion l have the highest respect
was mistaken in his short message to
the legislature OF New Jersey in say
ing:
They Cthe states) will thereby be
sharing with the federal government
one of the few powers of taxation
which under the latest decision of the
supreme court of the United States
in that matter they may now regard
themselves as entitled to exercise to
a certain extent exclusively"
Milford chronicle., 1911-04-07
SW WALLOWED STEEL
POINTS FOR MEDICINE
Mans Mistake Nearly Cost
His Life.

Thinking that he was taking medi-
cine which the doctors had prescrib-
ed for him, Instructor John T. Will
liams, of Cornell university, in Ithaca,
n. Y, put his hand into his pocket the
other day, pulled out a capsule and
swallowed it. Not long thereafter he
began to hunt for sixteen points of an
architects compass which he had mis-
placed and recalled that he had put
them into a capsule for safekeeping
and dropped it into his pocket.
He could not find the capsule, but
in a day or so sharp intestinal pains
gave him an inkling as to what had
happened. He had swallowed the cap
sule with the sixteen compass points
by mistake for medicine.
He was rushed to a hospital, where
surgeons worked over him for two
hours. They finally succeeded in re-
moving every one of the pins by draw
ing them through the small intes-
tines
While Williams is still seriously i'll
it is understood that he will recover.
Had the pins remained in his intes-
tines he would have died in three
days, the doctors say.
Milford chronicle., 1911-04-07
FRAME WANTS DUlltS
WE OFFER CANADA
Raises the Nest Favored
Nation Cry.

At a meeting of the joint commits
sion on customs OF the French senate
and chamber OF deputies in Paris. Dep
uty PIchon reported that during a
study of the American Canadian reci-
procity agreement he had found that
the United States gave TO Canada ad-
vantages not accorded to France on a
variety OF articles.
The commission instructed their
president to call the attention OF the
cabinet to this discrimination under
the Interpretation of the favored ma
tion clause OF the Franco-Ameiican
treaty.
Milford chronicle., 1911-04-07
EnaIand AS wants to Know.

Sir Edward Grey indicated in
the British house OF commons that
the English government contemplates
asking the United States to accord
to Great Britain the reduced duties
granted to Canada under the Ameri-
can-Canadian reciprocity agreement.
He added Significantly: There are
complicated points involved in the
question of the most favored nation
treatment, row under examination.
These must be settled before / can
say what steps we shall take in laying
our view of the matter before the
United States government"
Milford chronicle., 1911-04-07
Shot Fired In St. Peters.

A man, who was subsequently iden-
tilted as Pietro Pesanti. and thought
to be insane, entered st. Peters, in
Rome, armed with a revolver, and
without warning fired upon the canons
who we're engaged in the recitation
of the breviary lin choir" The shot
went wild and the man was arrested.
He fought savagely and slightly in
jured a policeman.
Milford chronicle., 1911-04-07
WOMAN is MAYOR
Declares She Is Going to Clean Up
HunneWeII. Kan.

Declares She Is Going to Clean Up
Hunnewell. Kan.
Mrs. Ella Wilson is now the mayor
of Hunnewell, Kan.
At the election she and o. NJ. Akers
were tied. At first it was suggested
that the two candidates draw lots
for the Office But that did not appeal
to the male voters They said if Mrs.
Wilson could race to a tie she ought
to have the office. Therefore the
judges of election declared her as be-
ing elected.
Now she says she is going to clean
up Hunnewen. She proposes to correct
alleged infractions of the liquor and
gambling statutes.
Milford chronicle., 1911-04-07
weaIthlest NEGRO Dead.

After a long illness John Trower,
reputed to be the wealthiest negro in
the United States, died in German
town, a suburb of Philadelphia, aged
sixty-one years. Mr.. Trower, whose
fortune is estimated at S1,5OO,0O0, was
prominent in church work and had
founded a Baptist seminary in Down
ingtown, Pa.
Milford chronicle., 1911-04-07
Balloons to Kansas City.

Kansas City was selected by the ma
tional council of the Aero Club Of
America as the city from which the
international balloon race this year
shall be started. Omaha was a strong
contestant for the honor, and the
claims Of San Francisco and st. Louis
we're also considered.
Milford chronicle., 1911-04-07
Jaw BONE NOT IN COFFEE
Doctor Used Mails In Attempt to De-
fraud Company.

Whether parts of a human jaw were
found in a package of coffee was a
question adiudicated in the federal
court at Springfield, Mo.
The court decided the bones were
not in the coffee and fined DR.. T. NJ.
Callan, OF Kirbyville, Mo, S25 and
costs for fraudulent use of the mails.
The complainant was an eastern coffee
company.
Callan wrote to the company, saying
he had found a piece of human jaw
bone and several teeth in a package
of its coffee. He asked S. to keep
quiet, threatening to prosecute under
the pure food and drug act.
The company demanded proof. Cal
Ian refused it. The company then ap-
piled to the postofice department.
Milford chronicle., 1911-04-07
elrIs pIsquised as soys.

Henrietta Wakefield and Hattie
Conklin, both inmates of the New Jer-
sey State Home for Girls, who es-
capped from that institution recently,
were captured in Princeton, N. j., at
tired in old overalls and other articles
of clothing worn by males.
Milford chronicle., 1911-04-07
URGES TIE LINCOLN WAY"

Representative Lafean Reintroduees
Measure For Memorial Highway.
Representative Lafean, of York, Pa,
reintroduced in the house of represen-
tatives his bill to provide for the con
struction OF highway to be known as
Lincoln Way" from Washington to
the Gettysburg battlefield.
The measure provides for a road 200
feet wide. with a terminus at the Lin
coin memorial, which is to be erected
in Washington under the terms Of the
act passed last winter.
Milford chronicle., 1911-04-07
New customs court Marshal.

The customs court of appeals has
elected Frank H. Briggs, of Maine, a
son-in-law of Senator Frye, of that
state, marshal of the court to succeed
John Elder, OF Ohio. who recently re
signed
Milford chronicle., 1911-04-07
IS THIS TRUE
OF YOUR SCHOOL +?

A woman, who is interested in a
study which is now being made Of
the health provisions in the public
schools, recently wrote to her small
niece, asking several questions in re-
gard to general conditions in the
school she attends. She received the
following reply -
MY Dear Auntie I will answer
your questions about the school
which I attend. The teacher opens
the school by reading and saying
the Lords Prayer. Yes, the boys
and girls have recess together. The
children are not taught to march in
and out Of school. No. the children
are not examined by a nurse or doc
tor, No, the teacher did not tell us
to stand or sit up straight. No, they
are not told about splitting on the
floor. They are not sent home to
wash if they are dirty. Our water
was brought in an old rusty tin pail,
and kept in the boys entry. The
scholars all drink out of the same
dish. The floor was swept every
night. The floor was dampened,
but not busted. The floor is not
scrubbed during the term, and only
once a year The old seats that were
left are so low that we cannot sit
comfortably.
"Wen, l will close now, with best
love from
"Anna NJ. "
The school thus described by this
eleven-year-old girl is a school where
twenty-th1ee boys and girls are re-
ceiying their elementary education.
The state requires their attendance,
but it does not safeguard their health
or make them comfortable.
The conditions described are not
at all unusual conditions. They ex-
ist in many schools, both rural and
graded. These conditions were once
accepted as inevitable, but school
boards, teachers, and parents are
now coming to realize that the school I.
house can and should be made
clean, comfortable, and safe place.
They also realize that their duty to- /
ward the child is not confined to
carrying him through the elementary
school course, hut that they are re-
sponsible for his physical welfare
and his health habits
Recent reports received by the
Russell Sage Foundations from 75S
cities and villages show that 337 Of
them have established systems of
inspection; 76 employ school
nurses to supervise the physical well /.
fare of the children 449 provide for
vision and hearing tests, which are |
made by the teachers 81 have in [
stalled sanitary drinking fountains /
1856 provideindividual drinking gcups;
So have school buildings equipped .
with vacuum cleaning outfits; 644 /
use dust absorbing compounds for
sweeping; 462 enforce the use Of
moist cloths for classroom busting
and 35S have adjustable desks which
are adjusted to fit the size of the
children occupying them.
1t is not only the larger cities that
cad in the physical welfare work.
Many of the smaller places are doing
more to give their children a good
start in life than are the larger cities.
Every city, village, and rural school
AN be made clean, comfortable,
md attractive place 1t cannot be
lone through the efforts of one per-
on alone, but it can easily be done
through the combined efforts of the
BOARD Of education. principals, teach
RS and parents.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-07-20
AN INQUEST At soUAW CREEK

Wasn't none Of US denied It that we played
the leadin' hand
6endin' Mexican Rinaldo to the greaser
promised land
He had played up provocation for us dom
of the same
BY a-palinin' all the aces in an honest
poker game
FLYNN rumors O the lynchin' in some un-
known manner got
To the county seat below US an precipi-
lately brought
The oil coroner a-salin' fur to take the
needless pains
OF a-holdin' of an inquest on the weather
chilled remains
Said 1t was a legal duty an the jury's
verdict might
Gilt the reckless perpetrators in tangle
purity tight
Fur the student elevation of a mortal to
tree
Was a crime, as per the statutes. of quite
serious degree.
We endeavored to convince him that the
statutes didn't go
In the Squaw Creek jurisdiction, but he
wouldn't have it SO.
An he asked US all to Ticker in SIGH gen
tlemanly way
That we modestly informed him he could
make ms regal play.
So he summoned up jury. an It started
on it's work
BY electn' me the foreman. a posieh
couldn't shrk.
An we met in solemn order. every face
a-wearin
Quite befittin an event of SIGH solemnity.
you know
Then the witnesses was questioned. an
they all expressed surprise
At the startlin' information of the Mexi-
cans demise
An upon their oaths asserted they was
more than satisfied
That he jes' got tired O Twin an COM
mitted suicide.
All the skill of the official couldn't shake
their evidence,
An the coroner vas puzzled at their ig
nrance so intense.
Fur twas proved beyond question that
we'd neither heerd nor read
Fore the coroner's arrival that the Mexi-
can was dead
He remarked In snappy manner that he
thought it mighty queer
That a thing like that could happen in a
camp an no one hear
Nary cussed word about 1t. an to bolster
up his view
ny concurrence we tOlQ MIN Inat US Eel
lers thought so too.
After due elaboration in a strictly legal
way
An considerin' the evidence brought for
ward in the play
We returned a proper verdict to the coro.
ner, which read,
I'VE the Jury here assembled find the cold
remains Is dead
When handed him the same TUX occa-
sion to remark
That some tragedies had happened here In
SQuaw Creek after dark,
An the sun was jes' a-settin', an the way
his bronchos feet
Hit the landscape down the mountain was
pleasurable treat.
james Barton Adams in Puck.