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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-15
NIySIG in THE PARIS.

Comes again the peoples concerts In the pub
lie parks Comes again Professor Kcssnich and
his aids and abettors toward helping the men,
women and. children of the city who cannot get
10 the big resorts pass the hot Summer nights
IN some pleasure Comes again the happy hours
Tor the youngsters who ronp and play ia the
parks while their elders enjoy thu music. Comes
tae spooninE and the incoming TO the music Of
LIE bard
Richmond people are blessed In many ways,
ana one Of them IS the fact that there is city
council ard an administrative board with fellow
feeling ard sympathetic notions City fathers
VITO love 10 help the humble citizens we'll
Az the one higher up Who gladly contribute
toward few hours happiness during the swell
tering DAYS .of July and August while Others
are mlngliug in the throngs At Atlantic City or
the White sulphur SPRINGS.
Here's 10 Professor Kessnich and his band
May tie whole lot Of them feel satisfied after
The ten weeks If music has passed that the peo-
pie have blessed them and tossed their hats in
the air 10 them and may We see them again
next summer ana many more summers.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-15
HAaIrr vrrn HAMLET LEFT OFT

''he O mountaineering ti'ueS @oon' tne recent
'neffins 1ef }te organization 3" 'he s"eaiiea
Local Nsii ''oFeFn'nent Ie'tsoe was t7e "hsenee
q Inc liquor ptop'@ "0Fo was passed around
ffat '2sae @ea4Ae1'eA "oIa no' h9 "ei'o'ne
Is ! 5.'a -' N = @ll-iei A-il +'--'l-lel lei
co. f'a' Ie5'o@ ii' '.'''o not pe present al ms
own praaeh'atiaa. n was Pialn case OF a
fahefa #1A"2t corpse or "eoalhS "1th-
o'' bF'ea 'ooF7. Parsons plenty or judges
Y take '3e place Witnesses eaioFe- hest men
A!' ~ @''4'l'''''''''' ''''N "lth 'he
Aeens+ q TAFT ot2de "l'' maine "1'F hyphena'ed
'tiss 10. a '''Ne'' League n"' no
pi'oesf'9A4 ''A''' f'e'' ~ merry making
u @1s eAp''5s' ana '"' @Fo'iu oafFed Out
men see 1"# me AZ "o8la nave sounded IN
o'e Pa''tc pfao'S, SAT- 9'S''e"'1e '4Fuor -Fa'ac
- -a47f' iNf'at f''si' F0't 'li'ieht LEAGUE.
me "7''oF "' me SAtoa'''A grows with lhe
lapse q niue iRefe were grave ana Tepre8en-
taf1Fe men o. hlehh3eha- Judges ana docIors~and
~ imported -He1A"a'sJ steward Or eT-Ste"ari
from A4aha'na 10 give = iltse haYoT Of right
eodseas I" IN" proceed fes' doabt'e9s' or - keep
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-15

the representative liquor men from the stage or
the meeting? DO they seriously entertain for
moment. the idea that every intelligent man
viii not understand the situation and see
through the transparent trick?
Do we not all know that the liquor men were
thcre-if not on the stage or in the audience,
yet back Of the whole movement? Their in
fuence was there, their interests were there.
theft business vas represented by those repre-
sentative citizens. II WAS q liquor meeting,
gotten UP in the interest Of the liquor traffic IN
Virginia. II was gotten up with flourish of
trgmpeta, with Platform and high-sounding
name. None Of the Ehts<ey gentry were pres
ent Thu company gathered was far 200 rcspec-
table for that But We all know. even the i'm
ported Methodist steward know, that The whole
hing was staged by the liquor people. for the
liquor people, and in The interest Of Statewide
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-15
Some More Facts About Captain JOIN"
A Story of the Yesterday

commencement until the finish and
/ e.rately The emancipation grounds
were crowded and there were hun
dreds Of white people who had gone
out TO see the sights.
I Do Some Fine Drilling.
I Captain Sessums had his company
out there for an exhibition drill Late
+ in the evening the cornst player in
the band sounded the 'asse m bly, ard
everybody tried 10 get front seat
The band struck up and then the
great company marched on the field.
Captain John walking in front, fac
ing the company with drawn sword.
I RI was walking backward and dur.
y ing the whole program II he ever
walked any other way ] did not sea
him The company was scrossing thu
I field marching company front and
Captain John was hopping along
backward, with left arm half extend
ed while his right arm was raised
high, above his head with his drawn
sword cleaning In the sunlight. There
was strong wind blowing which
spread the tail Of his long military
coat out on each side. making a most
imposing picture.
The band was playing stirring
march and i, was plain 70 see that
Captain John was just at that moment
the biggest man in the United States
The band played. the wind blew tha
tail of his coat tapped. and Captain
John hoped along the envy Of every
buck and the admiration OF every
belle on the ground.
But pride cCmeth before fail
As the captaiA hoppeds along back
ward a big. fat negro woman standing
near NE said: Lord. child look al
Captain John. He shore has got his
wings spread" Although the remark
was not addressed to me / did look
and she was correct. his wings We're
spread. But while looked, disaster
overlook the gallant officer. Disdain-
ing 10 take his eyes off his company
he failed to see what was behind aim
and tbs next hop he made he went
spread out as he was, into the big
fcity ditch that was filled with dirty
water enough TO float beat
Not knowing OF the disaster thu
band kept right on. but the Rifles aid
nothing Of the sort The company
came to q sudden halt without orders
and fired a volley of laughter that A
most shook the earth. Those colcred
troops were well drilled. hxt thew
could not let an Incident of that kind
pass unnoticed
Captain John was rescued from the
ditch. covered with mud and water
and the exhibition drill. ceased to ex-
hibit right there.
when the finish came / thought /. |
would kill me, ] laughed so ir1mod- |
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-15
BY s. O. yOTNG.

Some time ago I met Captain John
Rifles, the crack colored military
company Of Houston. The captain
for some reason. always salutes me
and calls me captain, On this oo-
.cas.on he was very pronounced in
his military salute and knew at cnce
that he wanted something.
Captain, he said, Il got favor
to ask you. wants your help,
asked for particulars assuring hin,
that would be glad to help him II
il was in my power
Taint much he said. Only a
little wr!t,n / want You 10 do for me.
San Antonio who think they can drill.
! hears they got SIS they want 10 put
fup. and me and my company wants
that money
/ told him, that | was surprised 70
hear that the Davis Rifles were still
in commission that l thought that
they had dtshanded when the war
with Spain occurred. He assured me
THAT the disbanding lasted only while
the war was going on and that when
lpeace was declared they got osether
again and were. as good a company
as ever.
| What I wants you to do Is to
write something in the Chronicle that
will make them San Antonio niggers
wiggle II You can get EN- TO put
/ that money up we shore will git it,
/ We needs II, too
/ Captain Changes Mind.
/ That was some time ago, as | have
STATED The ether day met the car
itain again anc asked him about those
pointers he was going to give me
about his company so ! could stir the
San Antonio niggers up. He swore
that he did not know what ! was
talking about and when ! told him
he asserted that he must have been
crazy to talk about military COM.
pary that di.i not exist. ] remember
ed that the Light Guard had been
X rdered to the Rio crande and Know
ing Captain Johns aversion TO bloody
fields of battle, I was prepared to be-
lieve hinl-whcn h, said that the Davis
Rifles no longer existed. Trouble be-
tween our country and Mexico had oc-
CURED between the first and last in
terviews that the captain and ! had
had and that explained everything.
/ have told already how the cap
tain refused to go to war with Spain
and how he declared that between
himself his company and the Span
yaFCS there was not n SefnplaNC2 OF
trouble, and of how he finally dis
banded the Davis Rifles and retired
to obscurity until the war was over.
Now as q matter Of fact the Davis
Rifles was q well drilled company.
John Sessunla had been drummer for
the Light Guard so long and had
been helped by all the officers so Oft
EN- that he had absorbed a lot of
sound military training. He was
good in1tator too, and aped both
Captain Scurry and Captain Reichardt
faithfully As a result he had the
Rifles well and correctly drilled
1t was a great trsat~to see the cap,
tain drilling his company when they
would give an exhibition dria on
Emancipation Day On such occasions
the captain was absolutely wallowing
in glory from the nrst to the. last or
der remember one OF those exhi-
bition drills that was = treat from
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-15
PARTY PLEDGES

Following up The ri7gin3anS endorsement Of
It's own stand in the matter Of party pledges
the Newport News Daily Press has more to say
in q recent issue on the same subject that is OF
interest regarding the cltthroat methods adopted
by The so-ealled Democrats Of that city in the
recent election.
"our position" says the Press, '4s that the
pledge ought 10 be enforced or abolished. AS tho
case now stands, it is disregarded ny many
voters, and some 60 so far as to boast that they
vote they please in the regular election. re-
gardleSs Of the pledge attached to the primary
election ballot and if the party allows that prac-
tice 10 90 on, without so much Az making a
protest, it viii not be long before the pledge
win be regarded by all voters as perfmctory
The party owes it 10 lis own dignity to enforce
its rules and those who are known 10 violate
their obligations and eoquette with the party
at pleasure, should be excluded from the pri-
mary"
We quite agree with the Press but how would
the party authorities GO about the task of locat
ing these disloyal voters under the present sys
TEN Of balloting? That would be perplexing
problem.
Continuing, our contemporary reeounts the
almost unheard Of example Of dasloyaity to party
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-15
Virginians Show Theis Mettle
showalter. in Harrisonburg News

tW. J. Showalter. in Harrisonhurg News
Record)
Those pessmistic prophets Of gloom who,
few years ago. lamenting that fall Of
Virginia from ascendency in the affairs of the
nation have been banished in disgrace The
newspapers have been telling now for a year
the story Of Virginia's prinaacy in the affairs
OF the government at Washington, where Nir-
tinia president lives true TO Firginas reputa-
ton. where a Virginia senator is the most in
hnential figure in the appropriation OF the bill
lion dollars year that Is required to run the
government where a. Virginia banker is the
praCtica head Of the national currency system,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-15
SMALL TOWNS SoNcHa1avr.

The elections last week in Virginia developed
some rather amusing conditions IN batraying
the lack Of interest in municipal affair in some
OF the smaller towns
At Amherst Courthouse, for instance the town
charter provides for a mayor and ten council
men. The requisite number Of candidates was
gotten together tor the Offices and the election
was held according to Hoyle The polls were
open for fourteen hours. from sunrise TO sunset
and during the time just twelve soeereigns exer-
cised the right of suffrage and I'VE election Off
Gals spent the day to record those twelve votes
for eleven candidates.
AT Duplin the people forgot all about the cleo
ton, and didn't put up any ticket until it wac
TOO late, so the town saved the expense CO.
incident 10 rhe printing aud disteibution-of of
fetal ballots The voting place was opened
however. and the people voted IN ree.for-all
fashion. There were thirty-seyeu ballots polled
and for the six town oouncimen Seventeen DIFF,
ferent citizens received votes
At Dayton, in Rockingham county. there was
a regular candidate for mayor whose name was
printed the official ballot bur the people
went back on the announced aspiraat and elected
man who had only been q resident Of the town
two years, In another Rockingham town.
hridgewater, no citizen could be found with the
brazen aHrontery to run for mayor and so the
official ballot came out with only he names Of
the counciimen. The citizens Yot=d freely, how.
ever, and 1t is said that every prominent citizen
in town got at least one honorary vote for
the high office, one of them lile more popu-
lar than the others, mastering cough votes to
see him through.
But after all. for pure unadult4rated honesty
hin elections commend us to the small towns
There we get away from the spellblnding the
brass bands. the buttonholing and the rigors
OF a real campaign that the City aust UNDERGO
The small town way is all right
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-15

Another clarion call for the electorate-wt
vote in Tuesdays primary for congressman fol
the Third district
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-15

Those Englishmen seem to know something
about polo even if they don't know joke when
they meet it in the road
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-15

No Gertrude, Rusheh1 Beys is not the name
OF brand of cigarettes lie is the new
Turkish ambassador to the United States
United labor bulletin., 1914-04-11
AN ARTISTIC PIECE OF PRINTING

The annual style Book for the
Spring and summer of 1914 issued from
the press of the Western Newspaper
Union for the May Company is a most
artistic demonstration OF how the Ar,
Preservative" is advancing in Denver.
typographical effect and presswork are
of the highest quality and furnish con-
vincing evidence that Denver can COM
pete with any other city in this class
of printing. Foreman Alfred 7. May of
the composing room and Foreman A. T..
RocaP Of the press room. with their
stafis Of superior artists. are 10 be con.
graduated upon this finished product
United labor bulletin., 1914-04-11

of the early 1t said labor
the from deep well has cheering uplifting upon
those who need the effect
that other bring Then the
ing to the fevered brow and the gurgng flow
TO the Certainly the authorities
suffering manhood by ordering this great improvement
considered Also would be ad to send throughout the
would do
and thus aid the merchants building
Der OF prominent citizens
meeting and
fathers eloquent and convincing large
number who will be glad serve on committee
United labor bulletin., 1914-04-11
PRINTERS HOME NOTES.
Union Printers' Home.
Colorado Springs. April .. 1914.

Colorado Springs, April o. 1914.
Hamilton Graham, resident member
from typographical Union No. @, New
York City. went to Denver last Sunday,
intending TO visit the beautiful city for
three days.
The reconstruction of the south half
Of the main building. work upon which
began last November, will soon be COM
Pleted and il Is expected that about the
iirst of next month il will be ready
for occupancy. II is intended for hos.
piial and sanatorium patients. On the
east side of the building there will he
cory balconies. SAM BOIL
United labor bulletin., 1914-04-11
BooKBrNDERs.

committee representing the local
Bookbindcrs' Union and Bindery
Women's Union appeared before the City
Council Monday and asked for a dona-
tion Of $3.50 toward the convention fund.
Tho International Brotherhood of Book.
binders convention will be held in Den
YER the second week in June. Action
upon the request was deferred. though
a motion to appropriate similar
sum for the Spanish War Veterans
meeting was adopted.
United labor bulletin., 1914-04-11
PRESSMEN.

Printing Press Assistants Union No.
II held lively election of Officers
Wednesday night. which resulted in the
following being chosen:
Prcsident-Paul O'Brien.
Vice Presidcnt-william C. Richards.
Secretary, Business Agent-Thomas
p. Rodgers.
Recording Secretary-Earl Il. Hoage.
Executive Board three members. to
act with vice president and business
agcntl-E. NJ. Ferguson, Harry lie
Grande, John Harris
Trades Assembly Delogates-E. r.
Hoage. Thos. p. Rodgers. Jas. ]. Torpey.
Paul O'Brien.
Label League Dclegntes--Jas. !. Tor
pey. +. r. Hoage, 7. p. Rodgers, Paul
O'Bricn.
Allied Printing Trades Council Dele
gates-Thos. p. Rodgers, Mike Fcnnone,
Earl r. Hoage.
Sergeant at Arms-otto Huber.
Correspondent to American Pressman-
j. Fred Cole.
United labor bulletin., 1914-04-11
OPEN TO ALL NuIoN MEN.

II you are member of labor organ
iration you are eligible TO membership
in the Trade Union Benefit Association
club It's a place worth while. Second
floor Quincy building. There's where
You meet the people You know.
United labor bulletin., 1914-04-11
TOLD in A
FEW LINES

Roy Ryan of the Waters Union is
confined to his apartments, 1894 Glen
arm place, with severe attack of ton
silitis.
United labor bulletin., 1914-04-11
Important Notice

THE UNITED LABOR BULLETIN is the only
cational Paper published in the FINANCIAL MORAL.
interests of ORGANIZED LABOR in Denver and vicinity
Without the cooperation of the Merchant and Business
hope for but Place
the columns of this Paper and thereby you
pecay for the of the thousands working
people which they the purchasing
broad Universe
WORD TO THE WISE:
He that is not with me is against me.-I.uke XII. "a,
United labor bulletin., 1914-04-11

Try Principe de Lees cigar for an
after-dinner smoke. Union made.-Adv
United labor bulletin., 1914-04-11

Beats them all. la Belle SC cigar,
union made in Dcnvcr-Adv.
United labor bulletin., 1914-04-11

Pete Van Hekken this week resumed
his run as dining car conductor on the
Colorado & Southern between Denver
and Amorilla, Texas.
United labor bulletin., 1914-04-11

lin (Rubel Ferns. former wclter.
weight and lightweight champion pugilist
OF the world. now national organizer
OF the United Mine Workers of America.
came TO Denver this week from his home
in Pittsburg. Kan. "Rube" was in his
prime as fisfic fighter about fourteen
wears ago, Now he is fighting to gain
better industrial conditions for the coal
diggers. He will remain in Colorado for
an indifinitc period.
United labor bulletin., 1914-04-11

Miss Harriet johnson. for seven years
employed in the Kistler company bindery
department and member OF the Bindery
Women's Umon. left yesterday for six
months trip to eastern points After
visiting relatives and friends in Kansas
City for six weeks. Miss johnson will go
to detroit and Chicago.
United labor bulletin., 1914-04-11

Will the Chicago Grand Opera Com
pany and the Chicago White Sox Base
ball Club in Denver this week at tn
same time a three-day snowstorm wa
not surprising.
United labor bulletin., 1914-04-11

William II. Bryant. former city at
torney and law partner of Senator
Thomas. died in John Hopkins hospital
at baltimore Monday of tuberculosis of
the bladder. Bryant was one of the
best known attorneys in the West and
n prime factor in many OF Denver's mu-
uicipal reform measures.
United labor bulletin., 1914-04-11

VI. II. Ropkey, foreman OF The Bulle-
TINS high power mechanical department,
has evidence of the painstaking honesty
OF the Mountain States Telephone COM
pauy. When the operator gave him the
wrong number on the pay-as-you-go go
phone and he had to hurry away, the
nickel was returned by special messen-
n.r in a scaled envelope.
United labor bulletin., 1914-04-11

senator Helen Ring Robinson is visit
Ing the Huerfano and Las Auimas coal
like districts this week, collecting data
fer an eastern magazine article she has
been commissioned tn write. The sen.
atorita" will no doubt find sufficient ma.
terial to print several good stories of how
the miners are oppressed by John d
Rockcfellcr's agents.
United labor bulletin., 1914-04-11

H,lp the Bakers Union in it, organiz-
ing elmpaigu by insisting upon getting
unior label bread from your grocer or
delivrry wagon. A list of union label
balc-Aops. with phone number. will be
found iu this issue OF The Bulletin. Show
it to YOUR grocery man.
United labor bulletin., 1914-04-11

senator Charles s. Thomas has writ
ten to President Earl Il. Hosge of the
Tudes Assembly saying he is emphati-
cally oppose.' TO any increase in second
class postal rates. A resolution calling
OF representatives and senators in Con-
grrss to oppose this movement was
adopted at recent meeting OF the As
sembly
United labor bulletin., 1914-04-11

Organizer J. p. Mckinley of the Hotel
and Restaurant Employees Alliance and
Bartenders' International League organ
lied a mixed local of these crafts at Ra.
mona, Colo, last Sunday.
United labor bulletin., 1914-04-11

W. w Hayden, a member of the
Blacksmith's Union. has established him
self at l629 Curtis street. where he is
engaged in the curio and razor sharp
ening business. Mr.. Hayden is well
known to the trades unionists of the
city and will make a success OF his
new vocation.
United labor bulletin., 1914-04-11

Edmonton. Alberta, is considering the
commission form OF municipal govern
meni aud the secretary of the charter
commission writes to President Earl r.
Hoags of the Denver Trades and Labor
Assembly for information as to how the
plan operates in this city.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-10-10

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DIS
TRICT.OF THE STATE OF NE.
VADA. IN AND FOR TIL
COUNTY OF ELKO.
SUMMONS
JOHN H. SMITH,
Plaintiff.
VS..
MARY A. SMITH,.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-10-10

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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-10-10
VIII EN- 1T
IS OVER

When the war Is over Europe must
rebuild. Buildings Of every kind, rail-
roads, bridges, roads, factories are be-
ing destroyed daily and they must be
replaced II the nations of Europe are
again to become factors in the indus
trial and commercial life of the world.
Much Of the construction material
needed to rebuild Europe will come
from America. Thae is one OF the
things which make 1t certain that,
soon after the war is over, there will
be greater industrial activity and a
higher degree Of prosperity in the
United States than has ever before
been known.
The warning nations will not begin
to recover at once. When the end
comes their will be exhaus.
ted, their energies p~aralyzed. But
o they will begin to recover and
start the task OF rebuilding that which
they have destroyed Then the re.
sources of the mines and manufact.
uries OF America will be taxed to the
utmost.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-10-10
FRUITS OF
D DEMOCRACY

Today the fruits of President Will
sons administration, not yet a year
and six months old, are piled high
before us. We were warned that the
passage of the tariff act, which was
its first conspicuous achievement,
would flood American markets with
foreign goods, but the import Stats
eics of the first nine months of its
operation show that the normal an
nual increase of our import trade has
not been equaled under the new tariff.
We are about to put into operation
a banking law acclaimed by the fin
ancial wisdom of this country and
Europe. Our national good faith has
been indicated in the eyes of all the
great carrying nations of che world
by the repeal of the Canal tolls ex-
emption act. Our relations with
South America have been brought to
the best condition they have presen-
ted since the Mexican War. And now
with all Europe ablaze with war, the
United States, thanks Woodrow Will
sons good sense, wide sympathies,
political tact and colossal Indifference
to detraction and criticism when ser
vingf his nation as God has given
wisdom to serve, is at peace with all
markind and ready to serve the
world with trade and treasure, with
food and implements of work, as only
a mighty nation at peace can serve a
world broken and distracted and pan
ic-stricken by war.
Some men have to wait until they
are dead before the quality of their
public service appears. To Woodrow
Wilson's countrymen has been given
the vision Of the value of his work
while he is yet alive. We cannot heal
the grief which is his portion, but, in
view of the harvest of his labor which
Is before us, the least we can say is
the words: We'll done" We can at
least join our wishes and our prayers
that the sense of work faithfully
wrought may nerve his hand and
brain for the tasks which still con.
front him, and that, with all the
weight of his personal griefs, some
thing of the deep joy of the reaper
among the garnered sheaves may be
his in these autumn days.