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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-25
R|CHM0hO'S PUBLIC
SPIRITED CITIZENS
RUSH TO THE FRONT
Chamber of Commerce to
Meet in Annual Session at
jefferson on Thursday.
Many Matters Of Importance
to Be Discussed, and Sug-
gested for Advancement in
the Line Of Progress.

Leading business men and the mosi
pub1ic.spirited citizens OF Richmond
will hear of and discuss what al
present appears to be the ten greatest
needs OF Richmond during buffet
luncheon to be held at the Jefferson
hotel Thursday night when the an
nual meeting OF the Richmond
chamber OF commerce Is held.
The annual meeting will see the
election Of officers and directors Of
the chamber for the coming twelve
months. and the members attending
will hear the reports OF the officers
and several committee heads on things
accomplished during the last year.
All the needs foreseen at this time
will be provided in the near future. In
the belief of the chambers members
But to have them provided, the
chamber insists, every organization
and every citizen possessed Of the
proper civic spirit must Cooperate
with the chamber Of commerce in Its
efforts to advance the material vel
fare of the city.
At Thursdays meeting one of the
first topics to be taken up for dis
cussion will be scheme for the
STRENGTHENING and covering OF Shockoe
creek. There Is at this time reeeiy-
ing attention by members of the city
council plan for the walling In OF
the creek. and the talks Thursday
night may give the movement i'm
petus-
/ The chamber Of commerce insists
that Richmond needs more manu-
featuring plants and its endeavors ir
this direction during the coming year
will bring several new and large estab'
lishments to the city.
Dock improvement.
The chamber is also working fol
the Improvement OF the cftys dock
The STRENGTHENING and deepening o'
the James river cahnnel Is another Of
the needs the chamber see6
Efforts are TO be made during the
coming year TO supply the need o'
homes with modern conveniences fol
wage learners, ranging In rentals OF
from $40 TO SIS per month and or
saiahle terms. This topic will be one
OF the most interesting OF the ten dis.
cussed and II is expected consider
able item win be given the problem
/ 1t presents.
Other Needs
Five other great needs OF the cit,
for which Immediate effort Ia to b.
made, and which will be given full
discussion Thursday night are:
A good bridge In place OF the pres
emit antiQuated FREQ bridge.
A public library. This proposition
In another that IL before the council
for consideration and action supply.
ing 1t win probably soon te taken.
Extension Of the street car lines
A modern motorized fire depart.
ment. motor-driven fire-fighting ap,
paratus replacing the present horse.
drawn equipment.
MoFc farmerS and greater produc.
ton Of food stuffs Of diversified ma,
ture on the landA in every direction
within q hundred miles around Rich.
mond.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-25
mitchell SURE OF
GETTING COCKTAILS

NEW YORK, Jan. 24.--Mayor
Mitchell is perfectly sure OF Colonel
Goethaf--sure that he wants to tackle
the meanest police b in the world.
and sure that the conditions he laid
down will be met. Mr.. Mitchell said
as much today.
This is the way the mayor replied
I to a question as to whether Colone1
Goethals would turn down an offer
from the president to make him gov
! ernor of the canal zone, and take In
lieu of it the police commissionership
OF New York.
II have his written word for It. II
| language means anything 1t seems te-
tme- tf1at ti1at rs the sttuarton. He says
that If two conditions are met, first,
his retirement, and second full power
to remove members OF the force. ho
will come here. In my opinion both
OF these conditions are sure to %
met
Mr.. Mitchell did not set to work -
bring Goethals to New York without
letting the administration 1T Waah-
ington into the secret. The aasump-
ton was today that President Wilson
knew perfectly well what Mayor
Mitchell was about. Mr.. Mitchell heA
many talks with representatives e.
the president, and while no ono would
say today that Mr.. Mitchell had toA4
Mr.. Wilson that he wanted n make
of New York, theTe vas ~ rcOm 1p&
doubt that Mr.. Wilson Nan per1ec4lx
aware OF the mayor'a fnteNtiOAe.
| Mr.. Mitchef Maa perfactiY c0mu&M4i
AZ the phrase in CQlnnef GpVy
letter, which indicated that m W1
not come Ia New York until ~
~ ssols1d 1ncs s.!1II H.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-25
DAILY INCREASE IN
BRITISH STRIKERS

LONDON. Jan. 24.-The labor un-
rest shows no signs OF settlement. and
It is likely to become more acute next
week when IL Ia feared 100000 men
will be involved. At the present time
1900 coal porters. and $4,000 men In
the building trades are out. The men
In the building trades were locked out
to-day because they refused to sign an
agreement to work with non-union
men.
While the leaders OF the coal strike
will not issue permits to any II their
members to carry coal to the hos
pitfalls, they have so far made no OBJ
tectinns To the hospitals sending for
'vM6fr supplies THIS has Been dome IN
some instances. but at least three Of
the hospitals will be without fucf BY
Monday unless the strike leaders yield.
With coal costing two and three
shillings . hundred weight. the poor
Of London are feeling the pinch Of
the cold weather. ~ this price Il
really prohibltive. Despite the vigi-
lance of the police quantities OF coal
have been thrown from carts by
strikers.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-25
ANTLSALOON LEAGUE
FIELD DAY IN NORFOLK
After Greatest Meeting in History Of Organization Leaders
Go to the City by the Sea- Where Efforts Will Be
Made to Impress the People.

churches morning and evening. each
being assigned to a certain church in
the morning and another In the even
ing.
At the Norfolk Academy of Music at
3 O'Clock this afternoon a mass meet
ing will be addressed by Revs r. L.
Davis of the North Carolina Anti
Saloon league. and by Rev. j. D. Nc
AHster and Rev. David Hepburn, of
the Virginia league.
They will return, TO Richmond to-
morrow and resume their work at tine
local headquarters of the league. All
the field force of the league will re-
main in Richmond until after the fate
of the enabling act in the senate has
been decided.
The fight on the liquor traffic in
Virginia will be the theme for sermons
in several of the Richmond churches
today. In addition to the sermon of
DR.. Cannon at the Broad-Street church,
the following appropriate services have
been announced:
Mrs. Mary Harris Armor. the "Geor-
gia Cyclone" one of the greatest and
best known speakers on the temperance
platform, will address a mass meet
ing at the Lyric theater at O'Clock
this afternoon Tonight Mrs, Armor
will be heard in st James Methodist
church, Church Hill.
Saloons or Souls" 10 the subject of
the sermon to be preached by Rev.
William r. Hall. pastor of Emmanuel
| Baptist church, at that church to-
night.
Rev Clayton o. futile. in the High
! land Park Methodist church, tonight
| will preach on How Can Eek Governor
Patterson Be a Champion of Temper
ance?"
The charts and literature of the
| Anti Saloon league exhibited in the
Seventh street Christian church during
the convention were removed to the
| Anti Saloon league headquarters In the
Foster building yesterday. The exhibit
which proved one of the interesting
| features of the convention. was In
charge OF Miss Newell, secretary TO
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-25
ISAAC HELD Be
BURIED TODAY

The funeral of Mr.. Isaac Held will
be from Beth Ahabah temple, this af-
ternoon at a,so o'clock. Rev. DR.. f.
N. Calisch Will conduct the servecs
The burial will be in the Hebrew
cemetery. and the pallbearers viii be
as follows:
Honorary-Charies Hurzler. r. Whit
lock. Marx Gunst. Sol L. Bloombcrg
Moses May. Isaac Thalheimer. Joseph
Wallerstein. E. Raah. Israel Stern,
Henry s. Hutsler l.. z. Morris. DR.
H. d. Levy. Q. A. Hawkins. S. Gaieski
James B. Pace. Jonas Marcuse. Judge
f. G. Richardson, Henry Clarke, NJ
Rossnb1oom. Joseph 3. Welsh. Henry
Tresnon.
- Active==af. f. Marcuse. Leon NJ. Net
son. Arthur Levy, Leroy Mittledorter
T. c. Walford. Edward Whitlock
Douglas Craig. q. M. Schwarzschild.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-25
Continued on Third Page.)
HOSPITAL OFFER
COMES UP MONDAY

On tomorrow morning the admins
efAtive board will consider plan TO
NJ presented by Commissioner Hirsch-
|serg, who has the proposed accept
Ance Of the Virginia hospital from
HIS Medical College Of Virginia under
by wnlcn the city and
Inc college may work together on a
|satiSfact0ry arrangement.
The college authorities offered the
hospital to the city free Of cost for
y term Of years. The city council
~ accepted that offer, upon recon-
|1Sknda4iOn Of the administrative
|A1n n. With the HEaNtsa. hat the Ast1-
|1nlnt8trative board make all arrange
|nsenfn with the Medical college au-
g60FIfIes.
s N. Hirschberg. who had the mat
|ter Ii hand, has completed his plan.
|aSd will tomorrow morning present 1t
|{6 SXf16 administrative board for ratifl-
|ix1lon. The board VIII agree with
Whatever Mr. Hirschberg submits. az
|he has been in touch with the situa-
|@I6n from its incipicncy.
E Tho main bone Of contention In the
|1h0le proposition was ~ to whether
pakient who might he taken to the
k3fr hospital might have the right OF
|3StIing in his family physician. II
II believed that both the college men
"a the administrative board will
~ that whenever such an occasion
r such = patient may call for his
pr1te Doctor.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-25
WOULD REGUlAR|zE
MEXICAN FINANCES
European Powers Getting To-
sether for the Purpose Of
Meeting the Situation.
Default Of the. Huerta Govern.
ment in January Interest
Leads Great Britain and
Other Powers to Point of
Repatriation.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 24.--An-
nouncement from London that mem
bers Of the London chamber Of COM
merce are being canvasseJ az to their
opinion on the advisability of urging
the British government to negotiate
with the French and German govern
ments with view to "regularizing'
Mexican finances. was regarded here
today a most interesting development.
1t is understood that the desire of the
British for governmental action grows
out Of the default of the Huerta gov
eminent on the January interest on
the Mexican foreign debt.
There is no doubt in Official quarters
here. but what the British financial
interests will be found to be heartily
in favor of such action as is pro-
posed. Similar sentiments have been
already expressed by interested par
ties in Germany and France. where
the default on the Mexican debt is
said to be causing distress to nany.
That the British government will be
inclined to act on such representations
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-25
FORBES-ROBERTSON
SAYS FAREWELL
Greatest English Actor Gives
Valedictory Performance of
Great Roles.
Messages of Regret Read From
Public officials and Demon
stration by Huge Audi
cnce.

NEW YORK. Jan. 2A-Forbes
Robertson's farewell TO the New York
stage at the Manhattan Opera House
tonight was an historic event. The
theater was crowded to the doors, not
withstanding Its size. the weather. and
the fact that double prices were
charged. A mixed program was pre-
scented. comprising the first act of
The Passing of the Third Floor
Back" the first act of Bernard Shaw
Caesar and Cleopatra" the third act
OF Kiplings Light That Failed" and
terminating with the entire last act OF
Hamlet" showing the greatest Eng
lish speaking actor and his wife, Ger
trude Elliott, In their most popular
roles
Extraordinary enthusiasm was
evinced throughout the evening, and
both were repeatedly recalled after
each selection. At the close Forbes
Robertson. standing at foot OF Ham
let's throne. was addressed by Mel
Vile Stone. who read eloquent letters
OF appreciation from Mayor Mitchell
and Governor Glynn, of New York,
followed by beautiful tribute from ex-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-25
300 SHOTS FIRED
WITHOUT A HIT

ALPINE. TEXAS Jan. 24.--The re-
port was received today by telephone
from Teriingua that rebels on the
Mexican side of the river yesterday
fred three hundred rounds of am
munition at ave United States soldiers
on the American side
II was supposed that the rebels
were under command Of General Con
Eales. who the American soldiers had
arrested and later released. None OF
the Americans were killed
News of the rebel attack was tel
ephoned by Will Murphy, a cattle
importer at TerlinEua TO his partner,
WIN Stillwell. in Alpine. Mr.. Muir
ply told his partner that things were
in such an unsettled condition that IL
was useless to bring down money to
be used in their cattle dealA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-25
ROAD MIDDLE IN
NEW YORK STATE

ALBANY. N. Y. Jan. 24-District
Attorney Harold ID. Alexander and
Attorney General Carmody are al odds
with Governor Glynn's State graft
hunter James w. Osborne, on
the question OF whether or not State
Engineer John A. Renscl. State Sup
erintendent OF Public Works Duncan
w. Peck. former State Superintendent
OF Highways c. Gordon Reel and his
deputy. Charles r. Foley. had violated
the law in the contamination o4 the
ais road repair contracts. which cost
the State $2,500.oo0 In 1ei2.
A week ago today Commissioner o.
borne directed his assistant Arthur T.
Warner. TO submit to District Attorney
Alexander the evidence taken before
him regarding these contracts, show
ing that they had been executed by
Foley without public or private bid
ding. and that the work was oom-
pleted and nearly all paid for before
Bensel. Peck and Reel knew Of the
contracts ofiiciaily and before they
were asked to approve them.
Commissioner Osborne pointed Out
that these contracts were approved by
the highway commission during the
course OF an hours session. and that
neither the terms OF the contracts OF
the manner In which the work had
been performed were familiar to the
commission. He declared that Bensel
and Peck had acted as rubber stamps
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-25
DR.. CANNON TO PREACH
ON FIGHT WITH LION

Rev Dr. James Cannon. Jr., SUI
perintendent OF the Anti-Saloon
League Of Virginia, will preach at
Broad Street Methodist church to-
night on "A Fight With a Lion
While II il not definitely so stated II
Is expected that DR.. Cannon will ad-
dress himself to The temperance is
sue. which Ii attracting 10 much at
tention in Virginia at this time.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-25
SWEEPING BILL TO
STRENGTHEN TARIFF
WASHINGTON, ]

WASHINGTON. Jan. GA bill
was introduced by Senator Stone. OF
Missouri. late this afternoon, strength
EeninE the provisions OF the tariff act
for he exclusion Of importers made by
convict labor. The bill proposes to
exclude goods wholly or In part the
product Of convict labor, goods the
materials for which are wholly or In
part the product of cnnxict Labor. and
the same prohibition extends 10 any
class Of imports produced BY convict
labor or slave iabor.
~ salf u ~ .very sweepfnx on -
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-25

WASHINGTON, Jan. z4.-The plan
to form . special house committee on
woman suffrage was finally defeated
today by the house rules committee
BY four to four vote, Suffrage MEM
bsrs promised TO renew tho fight to
report out the resolution. and pre-
vent It being pigeon -holed.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-25
waIl~ts I. Convsrtea.

NEW YORK. Jan. 24.---William Will
lets Was convicted at l1;30 tonight on
charges Of bribery in connection with
an attempt to purchase the nomfna-
ton for Supreme court Justice in
Queens county. He will be sentenced
next Friday. The jury was out forty
minutes.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-25
wouId Rob Maxnate.

NEW YORK. Jan. 2A.---An attempt to
break into the house of James J. HILL
at No. East Sixty-Fifth street was
made today by a man who said he was
Adalph GesterAr. cabinetmaker
Gesterar was traiied to the house by
Detective Panevino.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-25

Miss King Is one Of the most dis
-tinauished women In the country in
her line OF work. She holds an A. B.
degree from Bassar college. and an
A. NJ degree from Brown university.
She has accomplished further grad
uAte work 1T Radcliffe and Bryn
Mawr college, and 1t the American
School Of Archaeology at Athens.
The Richmond Education aasocia-
ton committee 10 composed OF Mrs.
III. c. Brown. Mrs. Joseph ~. Rosen-
baum and Mrs. William y. 6tanard.
The local committee on the eatab-
lishment Of 4 coordinate women's
college at the University Of Virginia.
consists OF Mrs b. b. Nunford, Mrs.
william ]. Stanard, Mias Katherine
HAwes. Mrs w. c. Patterson and Miss
Virginia Kenny. Of Petersburg.
Mis- King will give particular at
fenft0n In her address 70 4he aeht,
whirh n being made tor thA estab-
1lishHAont of = co-Or0tAAta NQynon.a
IS0lIoGp u IN lJIllversIt n 1inia,
u ~ En0 IN = ~ - r.
! & 81 l: I
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-25
NOTED EDUCATOR
TO SPEAK HERE

At the invitation OF the Richmond
Education association committee. and
the local committee interested In the
establishment Of co-prdinate wo-
mems college at the University of vir-
ginia, Miss Ida Shaw King. dean OF
the Wemen.s college In Brown uni-
versity. OF Providence, r. T., will be in
Richmond Thursday to deliver an add
dress on Higher Education Of Wo-
men" in the hall OF the house of dele
gates Thursday evening at s:15
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-25

Continued on Third Page.)
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-08-20
GENTLE SPIRIT HAS POWER
One Of the Best Signs Of Mans Re.
iiglon Is the Tone of
His Voice.

One Of the fruits OF the spirit is
gentleness. Do not think 1t Is an In
dolent virtue. having neither infiu-
ence nor power. 1t has an opposite
quality. The mild power has an easy
sway. Select from ones acquaint
ances person OF benign and tranquil
demeanor and you feel at once he has
an influence over you. You like to be
with him. You incline to listen to him.
II, however, he is loud of tone and
violent of manner, you are with him
as little as possible. Why? Because
his temper is animal. 1t doesn't touch
a single melody in ones nature. He
Is harsh and discordant. That is net
one Of the fruits of the spirit which
the apostle commends. 1t IS one OF the
works of the flesh which the apostle
condemns, such as enyyings, wrath,
strife, etc. There Is not one OF the
prescriptions OF the Scriptures that
gentleness practises. 1t belongs to
the spirit, the divine spirit, which
banishes loudness and yociferation
from It's daily life. 1t may be coun.
terfeited. but that is because 1t is of
great worth. One Of the best signs OF
a mans religion is the tone of his
voice. If that is eruptive and volcanic
he wanders from the true path-Ohio
State Journal.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-08-20
NEW EXPERIENCE FOR BARBER
Whose Face Fad an Equal
Growth Of Hair.

Capt. w. v. Lucas, who was an off,
Ger in the Fourteenth Iowa regiment,
tells an amusing story of an incident
that occurred during General Prices
raid into Missouri In the last year OF
the Civil war. The story appears In
Pilot Knob by Messrs. G. A. Peter
son and J. M. Hanson.
"On arriving at Pilot Knob the aft
ernoon before the engagement OF the
Twenty-seventh, went into a barber
shop to be shaved. Suddenly, when
the barber had shaved only one-half
OF my face, the long roll was beaten.
! left my chair instantly, and reached
my company. half block away, with
one side Of my face shaved smooth,
whereas the other displayed two
weeks growtg OF beard, l did mol
complete the shave until six days
! afterward, when colored barber did
| the job at Rollo, rs miles away
While working the dirt and sand Out
of the long side the fellows curiosit,
was excited, until he could no Longer
refrain from comments.
! nevah see a face befo', sab, sale
he, dat one side was richer dan do
odder, but yos is, suah!'
MY explanation seemed to AFFORD
him great relief" Youths Compan
ion.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-08-20
UNslGHTLY PImPLEs ON FACE

New Sharon, Iowa.-"Two Or three
years ago pimples began to come on
my face and had dandruff. The PIN
pies made a very unsightly appear
ance. They were red and numerous.
some came to head and festered and
the itching caused me to scratch them.
The dandruff on my head could be
plainly seen.
II tried several remedies but they
only temporarily relieved me. l had
been bothered with the trouble two or
three years when decided to try Gu
ticura Soap and Ointment So sent
for a free sample and noticed relief
from them. and bought more. used
two cakes of Cuticura Soap and two
boxes Of Cuticura Ointment and am
now free from pimples and dandruff."
(Signed) Clyde Firebaugh. May IL, IA.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world Sample of each
free,with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept L, Boston ADV.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-08-20
NOT A PROMISING MARKET
seasickness Probably Responsible for
Actors Disposition of Cargo
Of Potatoes.

The late William II. Smith of man
agerial fame and Charley Backus of
minstrel fame many years ago en-
barked from San Francisco for Aus
tralia on a business venture.
The captain of the boat, who was
an Intimate friend of each, suggested
that the voyagers lay in cargo OF
potatoes to dispose OF on their arrival
there. The "Murphys1 we're accord
ingly purchased and placed on board.
Now, Mr.. Backus was always recog-
nized as great comedian, but with
the deck Of ship instead OF stage
as his rostrum he wasn't SO funny.
In short. Mr.. Backus was seasick.
Mr.. Smith proved an excellent sailor.
md while Backus was stretched out
Oh chair Smith said, Charley, IN
case you die, what shall Il do with
those potasoes?"
And Poor Backus, who thought he
was dying. said: 60 to hades Will
them"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-08-20
VOICE OF CONSCIENCE DEAD
All the Fault Of Nurse That Small Girl
Could Not Walk in the
Straight Path.

Maria had been naughty and mother
seriously demonstrating with her
thought to press home needed sug
gestion.
4 can't think why you persist in
doing wrong, my DEAR" she said, sol
EMMY. 1T always makes us unhappy
when we do wrong"
"But-but / often don't know it's
wrong till I've done IT," sighed the
small culprit.
But" mother urged again. you
should know, my darling. Your con-
science will tell you II you listen"
What's my conscience and how
will it tell me?" wide-eyed and eager.
Your conscience Is the little voice
inside you that says MOI when you
shouldn't do things and makes you
feel sorry when you've made mis-
takes"
''Oh, then I'll never be goodl"
moarned the troubled sinner. Il had
a voice like that once. but nurse said
1t was indigestion and she gave me
some medicine and it died"