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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-20
Miss sarah E. wilkes.

Charlie Hope, Va. Oct. ia-Miss
Sa rah T. Wilkes. who served az post
master OF this place for forty years.
died yesterday after a lingering Illness
and will probably be buried tomorrow.
She was appointed postmaster by
President Grant and held the Office
until few years ago. when she re-
signed because OF advancing years
Daughter of the late Burwell a
Wilkes, wealthy planter in ante-bel-
ium days. she was born here eighty
four years ago and enjoved remark
a bly, good health all her days until
her last illness, For many years she
was one of the mainstays OF Union
Presbyterian Church whose first pas
tor was the Rev. Theoderick Pryor,
father OF Judge Roger A. Pryor, OF
New York
She was lifelong friend OF the
late Mrs. F. r Buford. OF this coun-
W. being associated with her in hos
pital and educational work for the up
lift of the colored people OF Bruins
wick.
She was the last survivor of her
immediate family The late Mrs. Will
liam A. Madison, Of Petersburg. for
meriy Miss Lucy Wilkes, was her sis
ter. Charles Wilkes. one of her broth
ers. a lieutenant in the brunswick
Guards during the War Between the
States, died OF fever contracted in
the trenches around Richmond.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-20
Mrs. jesse J. johnson.

Hampton. Va. Oct I9.--Mrs, Jesse
i johnson died this morning in her
home in Locust Street, following a
long and painful Illness She was the
daughter OF the late Patrick Eddins
and was a woman very much liked by
a large circle OF friends. She is sur
vived by her husband and the follow
ing chtldrn: Mrs. Irene Rhodes, Paul
johnson and Miss Rosalie Johnson. of
this city, and Mrs. Cecil BURNER. of
Harrlsonburg. Her surviving sisters
are. Mrs. W. V. Wood, Mrs Branch
and Mrs L. o, Pulley. Arrangements
for the funeral service have not been
announced
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-20
SAM COHEN BACK
FROM LONG VACATION

Sam Cohen. Of the big Cohen de-
partment store. and an active men,
Der OF the State Penitentiary Board,
and also interested largely in other
business enterprises, returned to Rich
mond yesterday. after an absence of
several weeks in Atlantic City and
other Northern resorts
Mr.. Cohen's health was somewhat
impaired when he left on his vaca-
ton. but he returns TO his business
and official activities fully restored
and looking better than he had In
years
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-20
Hold Negro On Murder Charge.

Newport News Va. Oct 1a-Jam 80
Borkenburg, a York County negro. ia
held in the city jail to await trans
portation back TO York 70 answer a
charge of murder A white man
named Malone was his alleged VIC
tim.
BrokenburE wac arrested by detec-
tives Bosworth and Johnson and Pa
troiman Price, yesterday,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-20

principal once OF the company ~
this city on November IL for the psz-
pose OF ratifying the merger b.
tween the company and the Caroliner
Atlantic and Western Railway ana
TO approve a mortgage for $780,
00o. 900 in connection with the con.
solidation.
The. condition OF Mr.. J. NJ. Beck,
who was operated on at the Peters
burg Hospital on Saturday last ~
Drs. j. Boiling Jones and e. l. Gill,
shows satisfactory Improvement
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-20
REVIVAL IN PROGRESS
AT VENABLE STREET

A special series OF meetings have
been started by the Venabls-Street
Baptist Church. located at Twenty
first and Venable Streets. Services
every night. DR.. Lloyd T. Wilson. OF
Grace Street Baptist Church. is doing
the preaching. The congregations are
large and the chorus choir is directed
by Chorister S. S. Perkins and will b
one of the helpful and inspiring fea.
lures of the meeting. The public
is cordially invited TO attend and get
the blessing of the meeting.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-20
EDMOND PEOPLE TO
larry IN WASHINGTON

|Rashlngton. D. c.. Oct. ls-Licensed
marry: Emmett W. Rollins. twenty
10. and Elsie I. Kern. both of Rich
bnd. Va; the Rev Hugh T. Steven
Frank E. Baptist. thirty-six. Of Rich
hid. ". and Marguerite NJ Woods.
ltty -ave. OF Anne Arundel County,
\; the Rev. william Harris.
William NJ. GrfGsby, twenty-four. Of
Va. and Mary d.
LYLE. twenty-four. Of Richmond. Va. !:
6ANv, Edward e. Richardson.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-20

Bill Whaley, owned ny David Dun
lop. of Petersburg. won the b-S-mtle
dash.
Entries For Today.
Three harness events and two run
ming races are scheduled for tomor-
row. The entries in the harness
events are.
Class 4. ais tros-purse. $3.50:
Walton CD. H. 5. F., shaws-
willie. Va.
Ruth Palmer-A. A Slagle. Peters
burg, Va.
wemple-w. L. Bull, Me1fa. Va.
Baby Ruth-W 1. Bull. Melfa- Va.
Baron Bedworth-E. NJ. Blake,
Tatties--w. H. Chambers, Rich
Kelly KING. r. McDonnough.
Richmond, Va.
Prince B.--J. ". Bell. wacha-
prague, Va.
Grace Cummer--A j. Kelly, New
Church, Va.
Lottie Bedworth-Jamcs Bros. Ex-
more. Va.
Borden scout--A C. Beckman,
Cranberry, n. J.
Stormscud-F. Summers. Snow
VILE. Va
Akarline--A. T. and ID, T. Grinfith.
Class S, three-year-old trot or pace
purse, $3.50:
Golden Frisco-Ed. H. s. F., Shawe-
vile, Va
j. Brook--A. A. Slagle, Petersburg.
Va.
Russell Bedworth-E. NJ. Blake,
Matthews. Va
Jane Cochoto-A. J. Kelly. New
Church va.
September Morn-F. Summers.
Snowville. Va.
Glass 8. 2:a5 pace-purse. $3.50:
Joe E. Johnson-Ed. II. s. F..
ShawsSiilesS Va.
Lady Chalton-E. NJ. Blake, Mat
thews, Va.
Virginia Boy-E. NJ. Blake, weems,
Va.
Star Mel--v. Turner. Richmond, Va
Idaroe--J. n. Belote. Keller. Va.
Luelia-W. H. Eden. Fayetteville
N. c..
Louise Princc--James Bros. Elk.
more, Va.
Mary Cumminer-Floyd Bros.
Bridgetown. va
Big Jim-Petersburg Va.
Devil Hale. r. Bass. Richmond
Va.
Kappola--N. ]. Sewage. Richmond
Va
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-20
Funeral Of Mrs. J. W. Lawson.

Brookneal. Va. Oct fs-Funeral
services for Mrs. Lou Andrew Law
son, who died In Lynchburg were
conducted yesterday afternoon at Hat
Creek. She was the wife OF J. W.
Lawson. She is survived by one
brother. p. a. Baker. OF Hat Creek.
and two sisters. Mrs. F.. NJ Drinkard.
of Appomattox, and Mrs A. NJ. Moon,
Of Petersburg
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-20
u1GAN MUTUAL BUILDING;
LOAN ASSOCIATION ELECTS

fhe German Mutucl Building and
"a Association. Inc. at its annual
Seting. held recently. elected of1icers
! the coming year. a. followsff DR..
10. 0arcin, president. Charles e.
khr, vice. preaident: d. W. Bowles.
4 eecretary-treasurer: Ivan Mueller,
Eeph Happert and r. H. Stoltz,
;Gteea and A. Z. Cohen. solicitor.
4 Airuetors elected were: r. p. Gar
! C.. y. Lo4hf. c. Haseeil. Ivan
Eeliar, \. 4. ateits, h. c. Evsussn
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-20
CrS,k Prince Hurt.

Athens. Greece. Oct. 10. via Lon
don Prince Alexander. second son OF
King Constantine has been injured
by fal! from his horse.
While riding TO battery maneuvers the
Prince. who is twenty-five years old.
was thrown and fractured a leg. Queen
Sophia and the Crown Prince brought
Prince Alexander Ia Athens in an
ambulance.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-20
CHIEF STREET CLEANER
rs HDNORED ny OFFICE

Superintendent Henry Cohn, Of the
Street Cleaning Department, has just
returned from New York, where he
attended the national convention of
the Association Of Street Cleaning
Superirtendents- He was honored with
the position OF third vice-presiden
which he hopes In the regular order
af events, may lead 70 the holding OF
the convention In Richmond within
4 he next wear or two
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-20

Funeral services for w D. Roper,
sixty-one years old. who had many
friends In this section Of the State.
will he conducted in Norfolk, where
he died yesterday morning 4.
o'clock. his death occurring in his
home, I'll Duke Street, that City. Ee-
sides widow. Mr. Roper leaves two
'fRuRhters--Mrs ". Lee Rookie, Of
Victoria. Lunenburg County. Va, and
Mr. b. D. Fine. Of Toledo, O. He
49, Z brother oS !. Stroud Roper.
~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-20

Thursday. October ~.
1915. MRS. JOHANNA COLE. widow
OF the late John Cole. She is sur
vived by her two sons. William Cole
and David J. Cole.
Her remains are 1t her sons resi-
denee. No. 2o2o West Grace Street,
ana the funeral Will take place from
the SACRED Heart Cathedral Thurs.
D ~ - 1880 - ~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-20
OBITUARY
Mrs. John Patton spead.

Fork Union, Va. Oct. i9~Mrs.
John Patton Snead. Of this place, died
a day or so ago in the home OF her
daughter, Mrs L. r Earar She ia
survived by four daughters, who live
in the Carolinas. and one son. John
p Snead, who lives in Virginia,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-20
Funeral OF Mrs. Andrew Sigh.

Bedford City. Va. Oct. is.-Funerai
services for Mrs. Andrew Sigh, sister
OF Charles Oliver. OF Bedford County
and Curtis Oliver. OF Roanoke, were
conducted Saturday afternoon in Big
stand Methodist Church She was
the mother OF Miss Myrtle Sigh and
Mrs. Leila Tinsley.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-20
Roalis Needing CalIed.

Charlottesville. Va, Oct. ia
mass meeting OF the citisens has been
called to meet Saturday At Greenwood,
i. Ainsm.rls County, 70 consider the
from Woods Cteas Roads - Char
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-20

Chase City, Va, Oct i9.--Funerai
services for Mrs. J. o. Rainey. Of
Buffalo L.thia Springs. were conduct
ed this afternoon in Buffalo Baptist
Church. She was before maria ge
Miss Maggie Wells. OF baskerville
She was the mother OF Hubbard 0.
Rainey.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-20
Italians to Entertain.

Members Of the local Italian colony
will entertain themselves and their
friends at Colombo Hall tomorrow
night. The occasion vii, be a 'get-tc-
gether" affair for the Italian-Ameri-
cans, and promises to be most en-
joyabie one.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-20

Catherine Dorothy Kelley. Oldest
child of Robert y. and Mrs Rosa
Hallbut Kelley. died Monday after.
noon at 5:l5 o'clock in the home Of
her parents at Brook Hill, Henrico
County She wa= nine years and six
months old Her death has caused
much sorrow in the community In
which she lived.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-20
DEATHS.

funeral Of JOHN NJ. S.
LEACH. son-in-law OF Mrs. Bobby NJ.
Gwathmey. viii be held at the grave
in the family section In Hollywood
Cemetery At o'clock this afternoon.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-20
Mrs. JohAnna Cola.

Mrs. Johanna Cole. widow OF the
late John Cole. died yesterday at
the residence Of her son. No. 1920
West Grace STREET. She IL survived by
two sons. William ]. Cole and David
8. Cole. The funeral will take place
from the Sacred Heart Cathedral to-
morrow morning 1T 1880 o'clock.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-20
David S. Cowlee.

Willlamsburg, Va. Oct. l9.--David
s Cowles. who had been Ill with can
Ger for several months, died few
days ago and was buried Thursday Of
last week 1t was not generally known
that he was dead until after the
funeral Mr.. Cowies was q son Of
the late D. s. Cowles. prominent citi-
zen OF James City County. He was
unmarried.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-20
GREAT CROWDS ATTEND
BIG PETERSBURG FAIR
Largest Opening Day Attendance Ii
History of Exhibition Fills
Grounds.
EXHIBITS VERY ATTRACTIVE
Brilliant F1reworks Display Made
From Lake Within Race Track En-
closure - Good Sport In Days
Races.

Petersburg. Oct. 1.-THE largest
crowd that ever attended an open
ing day Of any fair ever held at this
place was In attendance at the South
side Virginia Fair here this after
noon and tonight. All during the day
the shows did a landslide business for
an opening day. and the optimistic
view held by the members of the
Fair Associations seems to have been
justified The midway. with It's hum
dreds OF amusement features was
crowded as never before.
Judging in the various departments
was begun today. and will be finished
early tomorrow The exhibits were
pronounced by all as being credttabie
to a snow much larger than the one
OF this city. The Acca Farm at Ricn-
mond was a heavy winner with its
Jerseys In the cattle department The
Arts and Crafts Building Is crowded
with displays Of local merchants. and
presents the most attractive display
that the building has ever seen. Tho
machinery space Is crowded, and 1t
has been only by the most economical
management that the shows and ex-
hibits have been crowded into the
grounds.
Tonight the fireworks display was
brilliant success. Rockets, set
pieces. dragons and pieces represent
ing fish. skinned over the water OF
the natural lake, around which the
race track has been built. and from
which most of the fireworks were
discharged. All OF these fireworks
were made by q Petersburg concern
one of the varied industries of the
city.
The Race RegultA
The races this afternoon were fea-
tured by close finishes in each heat
Jamison. driving for the Edge Hill
Stock Farm, OF Shawsviiie. won both
Of the harness events. In the 2:30
trot he drove Cuba Dillon. the fastest
heat being 2:19 IA. Slow time marked
the ALA trot. Nancy Alto with Jami-
son driving winning IN three straigh,
heats.
The summaries.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-20

EXCSBB III t0ITpSF HtUTc yesteIudF =
Deficiency in temp. since Jan. 1.24
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-07-09

Mrs. r. c. Williams returned to
the city Saturday from Spartanburg
where she had been with her sister,
Miss Mollie West, who was operated
on at Steedley's hospital for appen-
dicitis. Miss West is recovering rap
idly.
Mr.. L. b. Gibson, who with his
family moved to Seneca last week,
orders his Times sent to that place.
Mr.. Gibson has been with the Union
mills for several years and has been
given responsible position in the
Seneca mills.
Miss Sara Ida Knight, who has
been teaching in Chicago for a num-
Der of years, has returned to this
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-07-09
Whenever You Need General Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as
General Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic properties of QUININE
and IRON. 1t acts on the Liver, Drives
ont Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. SO cents.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-07-09

Mr.. f. A. Marshall, the Gospel sin
ger, is visiting his brother, MI. 4. W.
T. Ravenscroft. Nr. Marshall is iu,;
from the big revival meetings held
In Anderson by Rev. Mr.. McLcndor.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-07-09

city to make her home. Mrs. rricr
of Chattanooga is spendinr the
summer months with her.
Evening journal., 1915-10-18
JOHN WILBUR BROWN.

From the Newark Post
Men loved him. Not without rea-
son. for he loved men. Nature is sell
dom so kind that when a man dies,
people can say he was without enc
miles, j. w. Brown was such a man.
Actively engaged in business and pub
lie life as postmaster, he was truly
a friend of man." So much so that,
old or young. boy or girl, it was
uncle Bill" to all. His kindness was
a habit Of nature. To him, all men
were brother; all children he address
ed as "son" or daughter" AS such
we knew him.
A bit personal, going back to fresh
man days at college, when all men
seemed foreign, it was Uncle Bill
who stopped for a chat and made us
feel that we had our niche to fill in
the world. Through all those years
he has always had an inquiring inter
est in our welfare. Thus was he
with all men. Official duties and
strain of worries wore, but his genial
disposition remained the same. He
shared the anxieties of his friends
and bore his burdens alone.
Newark, every one of us, has lost
a friend. To have known him is q
privilege. Men loved him-for hC
loved men.
Evening journal., 1915-10-18
FINANCIAL MAGIC.

nY the magical method Of changing its system Of
ID bookkeeping, the Treasury Department October
l made the net balance in the general fund jump
from less than $41OOO000 TO S12SO00 00O This star
ing announcement comes at a time when the net bal
ance has been dropping at the rate Of nearly half mil
lion dollars day for three months The principal
change made the transfer of SCI OS9 1851 which
would ordinarily be carried the liability side of the
ledger, to the asset side This amount has been
ried under the item Of "Dsbursing Officers Balances"
Another change that has been made transfers the
tona bank note retirement fund from the liability to
the side of the ledger This is the second time
the Treasury Department has made important changes
in methods Of bookkeeping, with the result that inn
mensely larger net balances shown. On Septem-
Der 30, 1916 the net balance in the general fund
S4Os9sS9497 compared woth $12S.416,61S on the
date two years ago, when Republican revenue
laws and appropriations In effect Hereafter, It
Will be impossible to compare the Treasury balance
with the balance that existed two years previously.
While the change in bookkeeping does not take dollar
out OF the Treasury. add dollar theretv. 1t does
make better looking balance, and prevents compari
sons with conditions they existed under Republican
administration.
Evening journal., 1915-10-18
PRESIDENTIAL ALTERATION.

GGT INTEND to vote for woman suffrage in New Jer-
sey because believe the time has come to ex-
tend that privilege and responsibility to the OF
the State Of New Jersey but shall vote not as the
leader Of my party the nation, only upon my pr
conviction a citizen to express his conviction at
the polls. think that New Jersey will be greatly
benefited by the change President Wilson in public
announcement. October g.
Il have not yet presented any Legislature my pr-
vate views any subject. and I never SHALL because
conceive that to be part OF the whole process OF gov
ernment that shall be spokesman for somebody. not
for myself'-President Wilson to the National Woman
Suffrage Association. when headed by Dr. Anna Shaw,
they called at the White House. December g. 1913 to
enlist his aid in the Of woman suffrage.
Until the party such has considered a matter Of
this very supreme Importance taken it's position
am not at liberty to speak for It; and yet am not at
liberty to speak individual, for not ndi-
vidual AS you seer either speak to It in message
or do not speak at all.'-Presdent Wilson TO a depu-
tation of working women who requested Presidential
message TO Congress favoring woman suffrage Febru-
airy 2. 1914.
II is remarkable how the approach Of a political
campaign will enlighten the views Of asprant for
reelection.
Evening journal., 1915-10-18

There could no no more exact measure
of the change that has come since Au-
gust J. 1914, than the comparative c5lm
with which the world receives the daily
expanding reports of the execution nf
tine whole Armenian race. Two years
ago an appalling tragedy such as this
would have stirred the protestsi Of the
whole planet; today il occupies only a
fraction of the attention of the reader
OF the daily press, who turns to it from
the more striking details of some new
battle. nct in Asia, but in Europe
Today the world looks neither with
surprise nor with incredulity at the
terrible history that comes TO us from
the remote regions of Asia Minor Why
should there be surprise that the Ma
hommetan is doing to the Armenian
Christian what the German Protestant
and Catholic alike did to the Bel.
gian Roman Catholic. Why should
there be increduhry over massa.
cres in Asia, perpetrated by The semi.
civilized Osmanli which fall short in
method and surpass only in bulk those
of the Kultured Teuton in the Low
Countriesl
What the world has come to asso-
ciate with barbarians, with the heather
and the infdel the yellow and th,
black races. Germany has demonstrated
is quite as much the prerogative of th,
Christian and the white race. # IN,
Sultan is now numbering his Thousands
of babies, the Kaiser has killed his hun
dreds. II the Kurds are dishonorinS
women il is only in the number oi
women ravished that the Moslem cal
vaunt his superiority over the German
Christian. If the Turkish officers ar
acting in a systematic fashion In th'
destruction of a population, they caI
only surpass in bulk, not in method tn
achievement Of the Germans in Lou
vain.
The offending of the Arms iians Il
identical with that of the Belgians
They desire TO live and live according
TO their own ways and their own rclig
ion, but they lie across the pathway o
Turkish power; they resist the benef
cent aim of the Turk to subject then
to his tyranny; they prefer their own
Prophet to his, Just as the Belgian
preferred their own King TO the Kaiser
and ventured to defend home. family an'
frontier.
Terrible as is this new Turkish mas
Evening journal., 1915-10-18
MONDAY OCT. Is. 1915
DEMOCRACY AND BANKRUPT RAILROADS.

THE latest entry into the list of bankrupt American
Il railroads is the Missouri, Kansas and Texas,
with 1886 miles of tracks; and among the superla-
lives to the credit OF Democratic administration we
may now add the fact that the United States today
has more miles Of railroad in a receivers hands than
Dver before in the history of the country.
On the frst day OF October there were eghty-two
railways. operating 41,9Ss miles Of line under receiv
ershp. These roads present total capitalization Of
S2,264O0oo0o These figures represent more than one
sixth of the railway mileage the United States and
exceed the total railway mileage of any other country
in the world, except European and Asiatic Russia
combined.
outstanding securities Of these railroads repre-
sent substantially fifteen per cent OF the total capta
zaon Of the railways of the United States which is
record Of insolvency unparalleled in fiscal history any
where
The nearest approach to Il previously recorded was
in 1s94-another year Of Democratic administration
when, according to the Interstate Commerce Commits
report 1s2 roads, operating 4OS1s miles of line
and with capitalization Of about $25OOOOOOOO, or
about % per cent Of the total capitalization at that
time being operated under the direction OF the
courts It will be noted that with greater mileage
the capitalization Of the roads in receiverships is
less than that Of the roads bankrupt In 1894
II is interesting TO note that almost one-half Of the
Z railroad mileage insovent became since Jan
uary 1915 there being 2o94O miles Of road to go into
a receivers hands in that period
Railroads. has been often pointed out, reflect
the general business conditions Of the country When
times good the people travel; they buy. sell and
ship goods; and the railroad are sweed ac-
cordingy. When times bad people economize; they
stay quietly at home; they buy little and there
large quantity OF freight For two the railroads
OF the country have wthstood the impairment Of their
business which began when Wilson entered the White
House. When resistance longer possible they
sought refugeas in 1ss4-in receivers hands, there
to remain until rescued the country will be also by
a restoration Of the Republica party to powS-.