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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-31
Darlington and Bryan
Ask That He Be Left
Off Hospital Staff.
HORSLEY JOINS IN
SECOND PROTEST
Fear Expressed That Merger of
Medical Schools Would Put In
stitution Under Control of
Richmond Surgeon-Craw-
ley Case Is Basis of
Complaint.

The Administrative Board received
Sesterday by registered mall a protest
against the reappointment OF DIR.
George Ben Johnston as n member OF
the visiting stafr Of the Virginia Hos
pital, which is to be taken over by the
city and conducted under the direction
of the board. The protest Is signed
by Or. Charles V. Darlington and DIR.
Robert c. Bryan.
Copies of the letter to the board
were inclosed in communication
. mailed yesterday TO President Edwin A.
Alderman. Of the University of Vir-
ginia, and nine members OF the board
Of visitors OF that institution, signed
by DR.. j. Shelton Horsley and DR.. Car
rington. Referring to the plans for
the consolidation of the medical de-
Medical College of Virginia. Dr. Hors-
Icy and DR.. Darlington assert that
DR.. Johnston will in every way en-
dcavor to dominate and control any
such school with which he may be
connected. regardless OF the means by
which he accomplishes his ends "
Chairman Whittet. OF the Admins
trative Board. said yesterday that the
protest would be laid before the Ad-
ministrative Board on Monday He
declined to say what action. IL any.
would he taken.
The letter sent TO Armistead c. Cor
don, rector OF the University of Vir-
ginia. to President Alderman and mem
bcrs Of the board of visitors Is as fol-
lows:
Hon. A. c. Gordon. Rector of the Board
of Visitors of the University OF
Virginia, Staunton, Va:
Sir,-It Is n matter of common re-
port that very shortly steps will be
taken In the Legislature whereby n
consolidation of the medical depart
ment OF the University of Virginia and
the Medical College OF Virginia at
Richmond VIII be effected
One of the chief factors In this much
talk ed of consolidation is DR.. George
Ben Johnston, OF Richmond. Va, Dr..
Johnston Is a most astute politician.
and We know that he will in every
way endeavor to dominate and con-
troll any school with which he may
DO connected, regardless of the means
by which he accomplishes hts end.
His motto Is rule or ruin" and woe
TO the man. or men who dare have in
dependent thought, unless they are for
tunate enough 10 be beyond the reach
OF his Vaccinations.
Both OF us are graduates of the med
ical department of the University OF
Virginia. and we have always had the
welfare of our alma mater depely at
heart. We love and cherish the dear
old place, sand 1t would be desecra-
tion and sacrilege ito see the spirit
which has always dominated the Uni
versity Of Virginia controlled by a
man whose chief object would be to
further his own political and profess
sional interests
We are inclosing you a copy of let
ter addressed to the Administrative
Board of the city Of Richmond, which
is self-explanatory, and shows what
manner of man DR.. Johnston Is when
duty and not political preferment Is
involved.
Yours very truly.
CHARLES V. CARRINGTON,
j, SHELTON HORSLEY.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-31
Protest to Administrative BOARD

The following letter was sent TO the
Administrative Board:
Richmond, Va. January 2S. 1914.
TO the Honorable Admin strative
Board Of the City OF Richmond,
Richmond, W.:
conference.-the recent ordinance
empowering your honorable body to ac-
quire the Virginia Hospital for use as
Il City Hospital having been passed
and the necessary contract in connec-
tion herewith having been executed. it
developed upon the board to consider
the matter of rules and regulations
for the proper conduct of the institu.
ton. and for the guidance and control
of the staff. Because of this fact and
the further fact that you will soon be
called upon to select a staff of physi-
clans and surgeons for this institution,
we respectfully beg to call your atten-
tion to the following:
The existing ordinance under which
the staff at the City Hospital is elect
ed and the rules governing the staff
requires, among other things, that each
member when elected shall be sworn in
for the faithful performance OF his
duty. The rules further require that
each member of the staff when on duty
shall visit the. institution and the pa
tients therein once daily
On January IL. 1913. Jesse Crawley
was admitted as a patient, with a COM
pound depressed fracture of the skull.
The records show that this man re-
mained in the hospital for seven days
before an operation was performed
The records also show that the opera
tion revealed an abscessN of the BRAIN
occurring as result OF the injury. and
was performed by an assistant not on
the hospital staff. The man died n few
hours later. DR.. George Ben Johnston
was visiting surgeon on duty for the
months OF January February and
March. 1913.
= The records show that from JAM
uary II to January IS no visited tho
. institution three times, and 1t is to
be presumed that he did not even ex-
anime this case, as his experience
would certainly have impressed him
with the necessity for early operation.
What examination and attention the
Continued On Fourth Page.)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-31
Stricken Vessel, Gored by Prov Of Nantucket,
Turns Turtle and Disappears in Oceans
Depths So Quickly That All Life
boats Cannot Be Launched
STORIES OF FIEROISM ARE TOLD
BY SURVIVORS OF THE DISASTER

Of [Starred Ships Passengers and Grew, Ninety-Nine
Are Picked Up and Brought to Shore at Norfolk
Among Those Reported Lost, Eight Come Up as if
From Dead When Nantucket Makes Port, One Of
Them E. P. Lyons, Of Richmond--Old Dominion
Steamer Is Picking Her Way Slowly Through Dense
Fog Bank When the Merchants and Miners Vessel
Rams and Sends Her to Bottom
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-31

Norfolk Va January story orty-one
went down to death in the chill
liner Nantucket rarnned early
was brought to port tonight by survivors of
sunken ships brought by
Nantucket 1t story of awful sweeping
out OF the dark and fog and taking the doomed haun
dred with the heavness of sleep still upon them
stricken Monroe with her side gored deep by
of the Nantucket filled rapidly side
in few minutes turned completely plunged
to with her the ed passengers
crew, who failed to get clear of the wreck
Tonight by Captain Johnson who
survived the sunken vessel, showed
Lost: passengers, total, IL.
Saved: passengers, Co. total. &c.
Under the thick heavily running sea
both ships making their way slowly difficulty
early morning The Monroe, Captain johnson bridge
peeng fog ahead was edeng under
half the nortward having Yoks
last evening with neveackng fol voyage prospect
The Nantucket heavily laden with freight passen
aboard nosng her way
Norfolk Urged through the dripping fog the vessels slowly
drawn toward each other
WITHOUT WARNING.
warming gray
black fog that shut
ripping and crashing Of plates that threw the stricken shin hack M Tb N
sight fog Captain
then nfeboats. - ~ -
asleep
a Ip 40 Johnson and the watch on deck were up and about But the
her side awakened the
deck Warned by the officers they hrriedy
o the ss a too she
FORGOTTEN
Baggage clothing vauabe
eot
who the
the mping Nantucket at her dock late here to-day
heded toward ifeboats
boats gotten reghed
aS sha the %s"iss s"s rolling over
With a
Of
the side of the
Meantime the Nantucket,
Berry aroused
osearch
Monroe They found only the struggling
frantcaiy
UNABLE HELP. THEMSELVES &.
themselves Thomas
her in
-
Captain Johnson of Monroe all
both
Of the
Federal steamboat inspection service
If
OF
whom wireless had
York. John of p. of
lately Rhmond Vernon. New
w.
whout
everything however
being a local.
hotel until with
beautiu
or
in
"NIy husband and all were lost ! know not what
On pase) s.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-31

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The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-10-06
ECLIPSE OF THE EFFLokEscENT COLONEL

Few persons America suffer acuey from the effects of the
European Colonel Roosevelt is suffering The colonel is
the warph who there that really knows just what he is
doing why he doing yet again what he is talking aboutf
Whereas sixty days he able at will to break IN on the
front page of almost any newspaper today he lucky when he
gets wonch notice tucked in obscure corner
small head His eoquece is summarized frequently only
Indicated His threads of ruhlessy chopped to
pieces Little interest taken his health and less in his itinerary
And how people reading with than perfuncto
interest the small notices that still allowed the coonel? His
work scientist and explorer still commands general in
intrinsic value of it, but considered militant
Bull Moose worrying about him. He is headiner gone
stale under the bghng influence of greater sensations
really large topics for the public consider The clever phrase
maker the dsrupter of parties and master of nvectve sinking
obscuy beside who doing and saying things of last
ing historic significance and beside events which will be emem
bered long history survives - fEh - @'
is all forget the colonel because before
catastrophe overlook him his ardent political admirers be-
ginning their hearts grow weary ohm His prestige through
country gaining anything but strength result Of
his vareof attitudes in the New York campaign The country
getting sure of the colonel His bag OF tricks had grown
stale, and he had nothing to substitute
For the first time in good many Colonel Roosevelt in
definite eclipse political personality The vital question
is Will the occuaton pass -or is it permanent? #
The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-10-06
npERsoNAL1sMr IN MEXICAN AFFAIRs

eve are not prsona but defenders Of prn
pes says Francisco Villa raising the sandfd 81 Mexcos
four hundred and Despite this is
to see that personal politics the greatest to the
peace of Mexico
There something in the Mexican character that sets aside
solemn plans Of like Plan Of San Luis Potos and
Plan Of Guadalupe after victory has bee attained and it IS
time TO put For century the Mexeans have been
preparing government including the Plan Of Iguaa
1872 the Ayota in 1884 the Plan Of Tutepec in 1876
and down to that of Madero ssstA
Personal politics remains the Of the Mexican people 1t
always personality the his pciresqueness his mill
ary capacity Of his troops that weighs at the
Mexican affairs Today the great personalities in Mex
and Villa There to be room in the
Republic for The domnany Of one has always
the domnancy Of the other in the past and outward
there is little change in Mexican characteristics lnhedend II
comes to the sword sssi 900 ,st.
Mexcans ridden by rulers and priests since time
days and the change has not yet
come there indications that it at hand warrior may
still gather army $4,000 but he finds to
give his most capable followers something definite to fight for
These beginning insist that these plans and programs
be carried at the end Of the struggles,
When all Of Mexico any considerable part Of it. gets this
viewpoint the day personal politics in Mexico will Villa
and CarEza may may not believe in personam but they
following the traditions Of the who have before them
in Mexican affairs as 4ab ss
The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-10-06
CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR WAR CHILDREN.

The chamber Of Los Angeles going des-
patch Santa Claus ship Europe recently announced here
will there be such ship sailing from the west number Of
the leading newspapers the middle West and East have taken
the Santa Caushp plan howevef and in all probability such yes
sci win despatched from New York early in December bearing the
gifts the children of America the children of ridden Europe
The Advertiser attempting get definite information the
subject for those of Honolulu who anxious to take part in the
Christmas giving whose overflow with sympathy for the
phans war the little children whose fathers in the
bloody trenches busy the field searching the fathers of other
little children Stay capture them On Thursday this ad
dressed Marcongram the Los Angeles chamber of
asking If that the chamber is endorsing and backing
the scheme send Christmas ship and requesting behalf OF
the Honolulu citizens that the Los Angeles body allow gifts from
Hawaii to be consigned TO Europe in its - ...
Yesterday reply received by The Advertiser the Marcon
gram stating that the Los Angeles chamber had abandoned the
Christmas ship plan. 7" A.. p: ..."*..
This makes necessary for definite information to be sought
elsewhere information which this paper is after.
In the meanwhile and until something definite be
learned it would be well for the people Of Honolulu go slow
One suggestion The Advertiser desires make Ii and
be found send bit of Christmas cheer the
children of Europe from the children of America suggest
the Man Christmas Tree Fund be collected usual but
diverted from local the of the European toy fund This
could be direct gift of the children of Honolulu and could
such Suggestions from others this point invited We wish
particularly hear from the children of the city if they
favor giving the Mahn Christmas Tree this year in Europe in
stead Of before the Capitol H. f,.t5. sar t-
The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-10-06
WOUNDS OF MODERN WARFARE

tits losing which medical and humane principles
warfare make against military There comedy in
the contests which visitor from another planet might appreciate
With hand civilization hospitals its bull
lets with steel jackets to lessen wounds and with the other it in
newsnd cunning instruments Of wholesale slaughter that
would make savage shudder. .h
The tendencies plain in the from the French bat
ees Both the advance of the Germans and their have
largely artillery duels At the high tide of
there several days of rifle and DID, andohand bayonet
fighting Then the numbers Of slightly wounded became emen
dous But before and after the fight largely shrapnel
and machine which slaughter and rip and and destroy
beyond the possibility Of repair. 49, st,I
The current Lancet gives interesting review of rife bullet
wounds in the Boer The read like miracles One
ent wounded while lying down taking The bullet
tered above the left coarbone and left outside the left knee No
serious damage done and completes although the
bullet have through many important organs In
other the bullet passed through the diaphragm liver and kidney
Recovery complete in three weeks The impact of the modern
rife bullet is terrific and the initial shock great Men been
thrown from the saddle and reported that they felt they had
been hit by crowbar But the small wounds normally clean
and easily repaired by nature vital is destroyed
very different story be told of the injuries from hrapne
and quick er There the masts have far ahead of med
cal aid and Hague regulations the from battefeds
are likely to prove with appalling force sS IN t..-
The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-10-06
REwARp FOR ANAMERIcAN oFFIcER.

the interesting pages which have in
that rather posy publication The Congressional Record relates
Captain Henry Gibbons u N It gives the life Of that officer
unadoned language taken from official documents and the opn
supeors 1t shows from the tire of his graduation
Annapolis 1879 active and distinguished service OF which
any country might proud He commended for galanty
Vandaa the SAMOAN hurricane of 1888 As
lieutenant he served throughout the Spanish led brilliant
expedition the Philippines and participated in the Boxer
campaign China While in command OF the Dolphin that vessel
was awarded trophy gunnery attaining the greatest
apdy hitting and the highest final merit Of all vessels in her
class tti&.ss ...s,,1ltt 81. Ss..
Despite preference service Captain Gibbons
was 1911 selected superintendent the Naval Academy where
he again proved efficiency He detached in February of
this year command the Louisiana and later the Dreadnought
of the first regiment of landed
work there he singled for especial
commentator by his brigade commander .s .9 A ~
for this long and distinguished servicel Cap
tain Gibbons July 1914 retired by the puckng board
and his the navy brought abrupt close Why? Be
least, said the 4plucking board" .ss ,g s.5 IA
The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-10-06
A POSTCARD ANNIVERSARY.

The Advertiser has received in late aIsa number of the pic
ora postcards being circulated in the various countries at
Europe the vendors of these patriotic cards being apparently busy
making hay while the camp CLEAN In this
interesting that the original picture postcard born Of the
ago. when the country
witnessing the devastation of being fought
by two of the same nations now involved.
Foryve years ago Thursday the worlds postal card
issued by Austrian posoce officials Vienna The
the United States appeared four years after public demand
forced this government concession The principal official argument
against the postacad that open
excellent opportunity for the writer of libel exercise his neaou
work Official opposition with popular clamor other
and the methods force governments follow
s lead An English army officer India where he missed the
he had become Indian
captuae The had claimed there was pop
lar demand for postal cards The officer demonstrate
that there He had postal cards bearing his rank
printed and used them entirely for his correspondence
obeying the postal regulations by axng stamps equal letter
postage. He induced his friends follow his example
The army officer ordered to discontinue his cards He
piled that he chose to write his messages apiece ocardboard
instead sheets paper the postoce authorities could
pei him to enclose the card envelope The adserso the
government sustained and India was forced adopt
postal card reducing the half of the letter postage
Today the postal card is universal In the United States nearly
government postal cards. enough supply every
Expressed in another that the American people
spending nearly $0OO0O00 carry their correspondence by
of postal cards In the forty that postal cards have
cuaed throughout United their
the United States 1873 being about 100000 Each year wit
messed gradual increase their popularity until demand grew
great for the private print shops formerly printed the cards
under and the Public Printing Office Washington took
the task Today great rotary presses each capable print
cutting and distributing the postal cards into packages of
ve EACH each package bound with band turning them
out at the maximum of 100000 every workgday of eight
hours. - r. .-4.ts E~E K#E&s KIP.
1t claimed that the picture post card born the Franco
German the first card making appearance 1870 the
Madgebug Germany In the last decade the card
become worldwide institution An of
Der has not yet been made although Germany recently reported that
that country alone than 100000 published in
year IA. #E-,s .H.& s..... d. -.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-10-06
DAY OF FoRrREssEs NOT PAST

Predictions day of past are for the
present premature No doubt the wonderful German siege
artillery the surprise of the has done wonders in
cracking forts which had been expected to offer rotaed resist
yet Maubeuge held twelve days and twelve
days be of the utmost Moreover even to secure
such effects there be for considerable time undistubed
mastery Of the field At Verdun there such opportunity
and Verdun held making immense difference in the
situation Nor need ii be assumed that the superiority OF
the oense which these morars have created is necessarily
been such fluctuations between
guns and Nearly all existing forts including those designed
by Bramont for Belgium constructed against smaller guns
than successfully brought into the field They out
assed follow that the limit Of defensive works has
been reached there is in fact such fixed limit the weight OF
imposes upon battleshps Against horizontal lire modern
protected and it only in recent that
indirect pngng fire has become scientific and desucve It
would be hay that the last word meeting had been said
The theory of hostile to Notifications yet OBJ
ace aggressive it to be hoped that they be strength
ned against the KuPps And it is to be noted that
by depses forts barrier to the Russian advance
on Berlin. .' ", ~. =, p. H." ,H..ZtE. HaE.Har
The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-10-06
SOME CHANGES MADE BY WAR

The appointment of Jews officers in the Russian army, the
promise of civil rights the the prospective abolition Of the
pale instances of the good that come out OF the
Looking optimstaly is all loss, 1t breaks down
old barriers and opens human progress 1t
values When life itself is cheap when homes
abandoned when Blow after blow falls in numbing succession in
situations that looked precious easy dispense with
Old pejudes disappear night The despised Jew fights
brave as the Sav and fsass fighting man is good as
the world when nations existence its vital interests
a stake ..r..s"". ri ....# -9t--.
of the revauaion that goes because
things their essential light when brought back the primal
struggle for bare place the sum- that the hopeful
dctions heard Of the consequences that will flow from the
great struggle such that this will be the last great
and that if Germany is beaten mtasm will end and
that democracy will forward the powder carts now being
hurried Europe. a@'e 4 -=aeg
Not only does remang Of geographical maps usually follow
great but change takes as>w in the boundary lines
IDEAS institutions and ancient peudces The decline OF anti
Semsm in Russia is the first step this kind OF new map making
The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-10-06
HoARDER AN ENEMY OF SOCIETY

Though thrift the ability to is at the bottom OF civilization
civilizations arch is the practice of boarding The
outwardy similar fundamentally dissimiaras dsslar
prudence panic In their effect modern indstralism
they Numerically opposed as food and poison
At such time this it important that this distinction
be generally recognized with the docaton OF business and
unemployment threat of it, the temptation to hoard
becomes ovesrong Those who buy huge quantities OF provisions
for the purpose storing them for the winter when prices be
higher helping powerfully send those prices to the
injury may be- of their neghbors Those who hoard
their money instead and refuse satisfy reasonable wants in
NAL quantity lending all the aid they to further COM
me and financial paralysis which will bring about for them
Others that which they unemployment.
An appeal shoppers being made by the Depart
Store Education Association strikes extremely timely
: and to the point ~ 49,, i4s sst ~ I'll
Don't hoard either money supplies @Sls =
BUY usual within your and pay your debts promptly
These every housewife should keep constantly
mind for the welfare of the entire community. s% @
The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-10-06
MINISTERS OPPOSE
PLEAsANTON PERMIT

Fifty or more delegates TO the annual
Oahu convention Of the churches OF the
Hawaiian board in session in kaneohe,
passed resolution strongly condemn
ing the application of the Pleasanton
Hotel management for liquor license.
After listening to an address by the
Rev. J. w. Wadman on Temperance
Issues in Hawaii, - the convention re-
solved TO protest against the granting
OF the Pleasanton Hotel permit, and
after citing the reasons for such ae-
ton. the delegates appointed a commit.
tee Of three TO appear before the liquor
license board when the Pleasanton APP
rlication is heard, and register their
protest.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-10-06
.GUSTAVE SCHUMANs
LEAVE WAR CENTER

A letter received here from Mrs. Gus
tave Schuman by William Schuman has
cleared up all doubt as to the safety of
Mr.. and Mrs. Schuman, who are-or
were at the time the letter was written
lin Berlin.
The communication was sent under
date Of September 4, and stated that
they planned to leave Berlin for Hol-
land soon, to take a steamer for New
York. u" y sc WV rrn, ~.
eve were in Karlsbad, Austria,
when the trouble first began, wrote
Mrs. Schuman, $50 we left for Ores
den.n E3 s'isy & 3, M F.ess sjss,f
y From there they managed TO make
their way to Berlin, suffering nothing
much more than a few Inconvenience
because of the war. 49, s1-