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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-25
MRS. LoNGwoRTH SETS PACE.
Visits Chicago Clad I'M the Latest
PanfalcfteA

Chicago, Sept. 24.-Mrs. Nicholas
Longworth. who gave the country
alice blue when she was Miss
Roosevelt, came into Chicago yes
terday in pantelettes. They were not
lace trimmed and ruffled. Instead.
heavy skirt material. with wide tuck
in each leg, and reaching to her
ankles.
They would have been noticed II
they had not been pantelettes. because
they were longer than the skirts Chi
cago women are wearing. A long
heavy travelling coat, with a broad
cloth collar and conspicuous for the
absence of fur of any kind. was worn
with the "skirttish" looking trousers
Ties of the cloth protruded from
either side of the collar and made a
warm knot at the neck in case of
cold winds.
Mrs, Longworth wore laced low
shoes and a hat Of straw. with silk
front. Her travelling purse was a
large square leather one.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-25

Nineteen pretty girls were hailed be-
fore police court Justice IN New York
this week because they declined TO be
classed As freight.
Responding to fire drill cali, three
hundred girls descended from the
tenth floor OF a sky scTa per next to the
Holland House. All landed safely by
way OF fire escapes, freight and pas
senger elevators. When the return trip
was to be made, however, the manager
OF the building who had ordered the
IRE drill decreed that the girls must
ride back on the freight elevators and
ordered all the passenger elevators
locked against them.
The girls kicked: they kicked hard;
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-25
FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO SAY.

Whether omitted taxes as far back
as 1875 shall be collected wherever
evidences OF omission IS uncovered by
officials, Is question which can be de-
termined for all the State only by
how far hack II proposes for the coll
Nctios, Of omitted taxes TO extend.
Until that body meets. the chief aues-
ffon at Issue will remain unsettled.
vyaen the legislative voice OF the State
has declared the viii OF the state the
executive branch will he able to pro-
coed 10 enforce that Will.
In the meantime what Is the situa-
non- Here in Richmond omitted
taxee for several years are about to be
assessed and reported. In other parts
OF the State, acting on the advice of
the State Advisory Tax Board, such
taxes have not been assessed, but only
those for 1915. Shall the Richm ond
ofscia.s turn In their reports and no
reports OF a similar nature he made
anywhere else In the statsT VIII that
be fair to Eicanond7
n is not 30 much tho question Of
whether the taxes are legally due or
not. They are due. But they are due
all over the Etate Just ~ much as they
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-25
WEEDS Bridesmaid.

Ashley. Pa. Sept. 24.--Jilted at the
altar when his bride-elect failed to
appear at the appointed time, Michael
Ziegler, of Larksville, married the
bridesmaid at the home of his
promised brides parents. The BRIDE
to-be. 1t was learned, boarded train
early today for Buffalo and on the
same train was a young man from
Wilkesbarre. 1t is said, and news of an
elopement is expected.
Every arrangement for the wedding
OF Ziegler with Margaret Goblin had
been arranged and the guests were
arriving when the disappearance OF
the bride-to-be was noted
Ziegler then appealed to Mary
Nobel, who was to have been the
bridesmaid, and after few whispered
words. a ceremony was performed, the
bridesmaid becoming Mrs. Zeigler.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-25
Faces Swindie Charge.

Norfolk. Sept. q Accused of be-
ing implicated in scheme where
by the Dupont Powder Company and
some of it's employees were swindled
out OF 100000 by forged meal tickets.
p. c. Dearborn was arrested here to-
day and taken back to Hopeweil. Va,
where the Dupont Companys plant is
located. According to James NJ.
Dallas. of the Dupont Detective force,
thousands OF meal tickets were forged
and sold to foreign laborers employ
ed by the Dupont Company.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-25
CITIZENS MAY NOW
PAY PERSONAL. TAX

City Collector Hulce advises all citi-
zens that now is tho time to pay per-
sonal city taxes.
I'm order to avoid the rush and the
congestion" said Mr.. Hulce yesterday,
every citizen should take advantage
of the opportunity at any time be-
tween A. M. and p. NJ, except
Saturday. when the Office closes early
in the afternoon. This will save time.
trouble and penalty
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-25
paign. but In addition, We understand
contributing to the work himself.

The Council Charter Changes Com
mittee remains convinced that 1t
would be a crime to make any reform
OF the city government except to
strengthen the powers of Council
Itself. t...
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-25
Arms Plant Strike Sought.

Wheeling. w. Va. Sept. 24.--A
movement to have nit hustro- fTunga-
rians quit the plants where they are
employed making war munitions for
the enemies of Austria was inaugural
ed here today, when 1t was announced
that a speaker representing q Cleve-
land society would address such work
men at Bridgeport. Ohio. SATURDAY
night
MIL managers fearing the men
would walk out, arranged TO have their
places taken by workmen of other
nationalities. Important contracts for
shells are being filled by factories in
the Wheeling district
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-25
MINERS WOULD JOIN
WITH COAL OPERATORS
Want .mcndmcnt to Sherman Law
Covering Prices For
Coal.

Charleston, w. Va, Sept. "a
Thomas Haggerty, of the information
al executive board of the United Mine
Workers. announce that his organiza-
ton has appointed a committee to
call on the coal operators of West Vir-
giiift and urge the appointment of 3
similar committee to go jointly be-
fore Congress and ask for an amend
ment to the Sherman antitrust law,
which prohibits the operators from in
tcreasing their prices to correspond
with increases in the production cost
brought about by the demand of labor
for increased rates.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-25
Wheeling to spend s.. 900 900

Wheeling. ". Va, Sept. 24.---The
Board of Directors Of the Wheeling
Steel and Iron Company at a meeting
there yesterday authorized the expen-
diture of $4,000 for improvements
most of the money will be expended
at the new tinplate plant at Yorkville.
Ohio, where ten hot mills will be In
stalled.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-25

The administrative Board. we note.
has saved the city some seven hundred
thousand dollars in three years
Where Is the seven hundred thousand
now?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-25
Southern Car Co. Works Full Time.

cpHtH|Fn SHT 10. w OFhS uiI liUlSt
Ttie' Point, Sept 24,-The South
ern Car Company here is working
full time with a complete force of
hands in every department as the re-
suit of an order for fourteen steel
cars that are to be finished this
week.
They also have orders for six
twenty passenger jitney buses, three
of which are to be used In this State.
the purchasers being the Fayetteville
Traction and Garage Company, of
Fayetteville, and three for the Argenta
Street Railway Com pany, Little Rock,
Ark. These are to be electrically
lighted and heated from the exhaust
from the engine of the trucks upon
which they are mounted.
This jitney bus building Is a new
undertaking with the Southern Car
Company, but, Judging from the six
already built. 1t will certainly prove a
success .
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-25
Sims Out of Race.

Nashville. Tenn. Sept 24.--Thetus
w. Sims, congressman from the Eighth
District today withdrew from the race
for the Democratic nomination for
senator, announcing that the time was
too short for him to make a canvass.
Three candidates are left. Senator
Luke Lea, former Governor: M. r.
Patterson and Congressman X. D..
Mcclellan
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-25

Also wanted to know--what Is the
political appendix" of Richmond,
which City Attorney Pollard says some
body strying TO remove?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-25
The Norfolk virginian- Pilot Is re-
sponnhle for the following statement:

The Norfolk yirginian Pilot Is re-
sponnhle for the following statement:
"Tt is announced that Hon. Will
liam Jennings Bryan is to accept
the presidency Of a Western col
fege lately sold under a decree Of
bankruptcy and now to be re-
organized by It's purchasers. Tn
less the new owners are prepared
70 guarantee MIR. Bryan Il nnuni-
f7s.Ant salary they will have to
look elsewhere for a president.
He works In no cause. religious.
yallan,hropie or political. except
for large wages and money in
sight He regards az an inspired
uttsraree the Scriptural declara-.
ton that lah0rer ts worthy OF
his hire, but he gives no heed 70
the Apostolic injunction Put no
rims In thy purse even when going
forth to preads the gospel Of
peace Acquisitiveness has grown
49, ia hs his ssaling ps-ssi onr'' sg5asa
The facts in the case happen to be
nrst, that Mr.. Bryan has not been
elected to the presidency Of a college
at all. The organization is the Winona
Assembly Of Summer Schools. which IL
N Organization connected with the
Presbyterian Church by the fact that
It's owners are leading ministers and
taymen Of that denomination. The
purpose Of the organization is to al.
Aasd = Sunamer resort for religious
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-25
Teaching chinese to Raise Cotton.

Washington, Sept. 24.-The Chinese
Government. through the Bureau Of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce. has
employed an American cotton-growing
expert to encourage production of the
staple in China.
II. H. Jobson. assistant agronomist
Of the Texas agricultural experiment
station at College Tex, has entered
into three-year contract with the
Chinese Government.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-25
Trustee Gets Appointment,

Norfolk. Sept 24-John White
head, one OF the school trustees from
the Third City District, in few days
will send In his resignation as a mem
Der of the school board Mr., White
heads resignation is incident to his
acceptance Of a position In the internal
revenue service. Information of his
appointment was received yesterday.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-25

Wanted to know: What lis Bulgaria
up to. Send answer to any European
power, Bulgaria included.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-25
millionaire Fined for A,.nult

= &sheyillc. Sept. 24-S. Sternbay
and A. j. HuvarA. millionaire foundry
man and prominent contractor res
pcctiyeiy, were fined IS and the costs
for assault In the city Police Court
1aAn&AeAAR lA---e.l-.s
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-25

The Atlanta Constitution rejoices
over the news of eleven cent spot
cotton.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-25

are duo here Shah Richmond be
penaaized because officials have been
active here and inactive over the rest
Of the Slater
Some RECOURSE should be found from
this situation. The State board has
advised tex officials in the State not to
go back OF 1915. This Goes not release
any obligations prior TO this year, but
merely delays action. The State board
In aware, and the Attorney General has
ruled. that the law does not permit
the comprom,ze OF taxes, and that in
the strictly legal sense Of the word oil
omitted taxes back to 1876 are due TO
the State now. Tho question is whether
the State will eventually lose more
than It will Immediately gain by in
stst.ng that those taxes be collected.
There should be and there doubtless
Is some means Whereby tho whole
matter may be postponed until the
Legislature can take action which will
set everybody straight and put all
sections on an equal footing, Then
Il Will be the duty Of all officers, In
Richmond and in all the State. to
push TO the limit set by the Legisla-
ture the examination into omitted
fn
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-25

The Columbia State reproves us for
saying the Evening Journal has pass
ed the buck" We submit that the re-
proof is justified If the Journal did that
thing, and unjust If 1t didn't
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-25
ARE THEY EXCESS BAGGAGE?

that had a kick coming, hadn't they?
Should they openly and publicly con-
sent to being CHASED as freight, ex-
cess baggage. undesirable passengers7
Not theyi Three hundred strong they
oamped In tho halls and doors OF the
skyscraper and argued the matter.
The police came. The manager order
cd the girls removed The ttmorous
departed for home. but not for the
tenth floor via the freight elevator.
Nineteen OF the fairest neither went
home nor took the freight elevator.
They dened the police and went to
police court and there they arc still,
so far an present Information goes.
The question hfeore the Judge Is.
are tho girls excess baegage7
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-11-21
lost CIPHE..R||'|SI'
Transmitting a Telegraph
Message Are costly to
Farrnerin Hay Sale.

Correspondence Of the Associated isrcss)
< TlAHABURG. Nov. 20. Through q
most unusual legal ruling. which, IN
many quarters Is assailed as incor-
rect a farmer has been obliged to
sell a carload OF. hay for two marks
$50 cents). He had telegTaphed to his
would-be customer that the price
would be 200 marks, and some en-.
ploye OF the telegraph office lost the
two ciphers In handling the massage.
The astonished customer lost no time
In accepting the go, mark offer.
When the customer declined to pay
200 the case went into court, and the
telegram was produced as evidence
that only two marks had been asked
for the hay. In vain the farmer plead
ed that it was through no fault Of his
that the ciphers had been ..iost IL
transit The answer was that. he
should have spelled out the sum In
telegraDhing. The supreme court de-
cided that the imperial telegraph Of
ice cannot be held responsible for the
mistake and that the sale must stand.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-11-21
SKI Clubs
And Alpine Climbers Make
Themselye Useful BY Max
ing War Observations.

Correspondents Of the Associated i,rcss)
\ ROME, Nov. 90. Alpine climbing,
the favorites sport os the Italians, has
been put to good use Ia the army by
many members Of the Alpine and Ski
clubs. Lieutenant Marco Elter, who.
in the past. has made many pefilnus
ascensions, iatsiy tnck an important
Austrian cntrenchment, and post Of
observation. climbing barefoot With
three Airline guides from the ntor,n-
famous neighborhood o. the valley Of
Aosta the face OF an apparently per-
pendicular precipica from which hesiet
down rope over tssaaty yards long
with which he pulled ,lpstwoS platoons
OF less agile soldiers who were at the
bottom. When they; Eel, upon the ,in-
suspecting ;entrenshment OF the en-
envy and took 1t by storm the Aus
trians thought they must have dropped
from the clouds as they said that It
was utterly impossible that any human
being could have made his way mp the
hare wall Of rock which they described
g; g sas steep Dc the side Of d house; r,
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-11-21

OF Embargo on German Medi-I
cal Books IS Sought by Pub
lisiliilg ASS citation.

Stcorresp Of the Associated Press)
BERLIN, Noys 20. The Association
Of Publishers and the Union Of Med
tcal Publishers have joined In petit
ton to the Prussian and Saxon war
ministries for the revocation OF the,
export sof German med deal books and
other publications. These may not
now be exported even to neutra! coun-i
tries. The petitioners assert that Ger
man medical literature stands, at the
head Of the world's literature on med
ical science, and that, through the ex-
port prohibition, 1t is menaced With
the loss Of its position at Is also to
be considered ss'ssays the petition, chat
II the fruits Of German medical SCI
ences are withheld from enemy coun-
tries, the wounded and sick German
soldiers who have fallen into captivity
there will have to suffer from tn
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-11-21
MUST SUBMIT
ITS PR| ! | | 10
THE G||E|'''||l| { !
Hereafter Because II Printed a
otest against Action of
the Red Cross. II

Correspondence Of the Associated Press
sBDRLlN, Nov. The Crefelder
Zeitung Of aCrefeld has been placed
under the so-called preventive censor
ship meaning that II must submit its
proofs TO the censor- for printing d
communication from . reader protest
ing against the action of the Red Cross
In buying 81 wreath for the CONN Of
an English major Nicholson by name,
who had commit ed suicide IN war cap
sttvity. The commanding general Of
the district embracing Crefeld;, in
mmunicating his order to the pa
per, wrote, in part
Major Nicholson had u severe
wound in the spine. He feared com.
pletes paralysis and became melan-
choly. In q ut OF melancholy as has
been established by physicians he
took his own life: Nicholson was an
officer commanding high respect, who
bore his captivity with dignity. He
had made himself beloved among the
officers in captivity by his lovable ma
iture and had won the respect Of the
German officers placed over him
through his always correct conduct
The general says ENicholson even
left anote saying that his suicide had
nothing to do with his treatment. IN
order that his CONN might not lack
every decoration, q wreath was bought
for four marks by the Red Gross
since no other funds were
available. Il II X < ~
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-11-21
Will RD ~ EASED
WITH so. "A FFAIRS

=
plants had come from coal men in
Baltimore. He referred to the fact
that rates on coal were not affected
by the increases in rates asked Tor,
and that at the, time these higher rates
were requested he suggested to the
coal shippers that they. acqliesce IN
the application Of these higher rates
to fuel so that the increased returns
which would result could place the
carriers in better position to protect
them in the handling OF their business
OF having SUFFICIENT funds to purchase
additional cars when needed.
Despite the fact that the full rate
advance was not allowed, Mr.. Willard
says that the Baltimore and Ohio has
gone ahead and expended millions In
improvements and that it Is today IN
an excellent position to handle all bus
mess offered. = \,
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-11-21
WOMAN ! ! | Named
IS I||s|||s|||| / J
10 SECRETARY ] |'| I
IN British Legation at Chris
tia1a Thus Mark ilg Depar-
ture I'M BritiSll Policy.

l(Correspo Of the AsxotaatAd Prcss)
LONDON Nov. 20 The appoint
ment Of . prominent sutfragist leader,
Miss Presley Smith, as an assistant
secretary IN the British legation at
3Christiania is a departure in British
policy and q tribute to the work Of
British women in the war. When the
campaign for suffrage WAS being
waged before the war, Sir Edward
Grey declared himself q supporter Of
equal rights for the sexes. and sew
ieral members of parliament asked Il
the minister Of foreign affairs would
dare to show the courage Of his con-
ytctions BY appointing women to the
diplomatic service. "A practical an
swer to the questions has now been
given. Norway itself was the pioneer
nation In this movement, having a wo-
mon secretary OF legation on its own
diplomatic roll. 4
Miss PRESLEY Smith has been the
organizer Of the National Union for
Suffrage in Edinburgh for the last two
and Q half years, and since the war be-
gan has shown fine organizing abil-
ity inlthe management Of societies for
the relief Of soldiers and sailors, and
their families Prominent advocates
OF the woman's movement have been
urging the government to open the
higher branches OF the civil service
to university women and have urged
their SUITABILITY for diplomacy. There
Is no doubt that Miss Smith will be
persona grata In Norway, since that
is q suffrage country, where women
are eligible to all branches OF the pub
lie service, except the army and the
church. t';;s X
Miss Presley Smith was one Of a
band Of women who went into the
fields as berry pickers to obtain first
hand knowledge Of the condi tionss I'M
der which women worked. The re-
suit Of their experience was to per-
suade employers to raise wages, and
to furnish decent shelter and food for
the hundreds Of women and girls who
are drafted from the cities In sum
mer by the great canning firms.
: e.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-11-21
Tourist
Business in Switzerland So
DWindles on Account of War
as to cause Big Loss.
s:crrespondence Of Associated Press.)I

fCgtrespondence Of Associated Press)
GENEVA, Switzerland, Nov. 90
7,yisst railroad companies and hotel
6eepers are feeling severely the pro-
iongation OF the war. The tourist bus
mess has so dwindled that hotel keep
ers estimate their losses at 500, 0OO,-
600 while secondary railways lin
cludinE the fi1niculars) reckon theirs
at about one-fourth Of this sum, due
70 the loss! of both passengers and
freight traffic. The Swiss government
IS helping, as far as possible, to al
|tviates the distress, but 1t has itself a
great burden TO support and its state
lines suffer from the diminution in
transit trafiic. The Swiss are cutting
down expenses in public matters to a
n'ininasirn, but II the war continues the
outlook for Switzerland Is black. In
q large number Of cases It even threat
ems bankruptcy. & Z
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-11-21
DAILY RIOTS
IN PORTUGAL
TAKE PLACE
For Food Which is Scarce AL
though More Remote Than
Other Countries. i

Correspondence of the Associated FRESH
LISBON, Portugal, Nov. 920.Portu-
gal is more remote from the seat of
war than any other country in Eu-
rope. but 1t Is sufferingsa scarcity Of
food that is as serious as that in some
OF the belligerentS countries. N
" Provision stores and depots are the
scenes Of almost daily riots in pro-
rest against the conditions. On the
night OF October 81, for instance, a
mob Of 1000 men, some OF them armed
with pick axes and other implements,
stormed the provision store Of an Inn
Dortant English dealer in the Armada
district and plundered the place. The
Republican guard, which crossed the
river to restore order, was received
by the mob by shots and guns. The
guard fired several yol1eys and numer-
GUS persons on both sides were wound-
ed. 81 Is Z
The scarcity OF food is due In part
to the fact that successive govern
ments OF Portugal have bound them
selves to supply Great Britain with
certain quaint ties Of provisions sent to
Gibraltar. Under this agreement large
numbers OF cattle and Iniscell aneous
provisions are sent ont Of the coun-
try every week with the result that
there has been almost no meat in the
markets OF I.isbon. Tho egg supply IS
also less than half OF what, Il is In
ordinary times, the shortage being
partly due To the feet that a good
many eggs are sent s,irreptit iouslyi
ovar ffff hn,..,c,. f,1yf, ssnai,, rrf,a,.n fy,ev