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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-16
GRADO CELEBRATES
REUNION WITH ITALY

Udine. Italy, June, Is. via Paris
The MAYOR of the town of Grade,
twenty-five miles southwest of Corr.
recently captured from the Austrians.
issued proclamation today declaring
the loyalty of the population to King
Victor Emmanuel. The reunion to
italy was impressively celebrated by
the people.
The inhabitants driven from their
homes by the war are now returning
to the districts captured by the Ital-
ians In some places Italian names
are being substituted in the streets for
those bearing Austrian names.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-16
RUMANIA SAID TO BE
READY TO JOIN ALLIES

London. June 15.--It lie reported
from Rome that Rumania has signed
a tentative agreement with Russia
which removes the obstacles prevent
ing Rumania from entering the war
on the side of the allies. Tie re-
port is unconfirmed Press dispatches
from Bucharest today said that the
negotiations are continuing.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-16
LIVING COST HIGHEST
N C0UNTRY'S HISTORY
ABNORMAL WORLD CONDITIONS
MAKE NECESSITIES COSTLY.
Meat Prices Have Continued to Soar
Until Beef Has Become Luxury.
1914 Proved Record Breaker on
Living Expenses.

washinston. June 15.-The cost
~ ,,ar. a. ,ha 1rr,,.a s..... .. ,,~,r
ou ses . ms nor
now IMAM ever mas peen oerore.
This fact is shown in statistion which
the United States Department Of La
hor h.. .,.t r,,n,,.h.a - ..s !.
~
These statistics show that for flf-
teen articles which are served on
the table OF workinSmAn IN the United
States the average prtce for the wear
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-16
DIR. MEYER GERHARD FAKE.
New York Tribune Prints Astounding
Story.

New York, June 1.-THE Tribune
says this morning that DR.. Anton Mey-
er-Gerhard, Count Won Bernstorn .
special envoy to the German govern
ment, is not in fact bona fide agent
acting for the German ambassador to
Washington, but DR.. Alfred Meyer,
privy councillor OF the first rank, and
chief of the Department of army sup
plies of the imperial German ministry
Of war.
The real DR.. Anton Meyer-Gerhard
the Tribune SAYS. has not been out
of Germany during the war, and has
been reported among the wounded
on the east front, DR.. Meyer came
here lass August with Count Won
Bernstorff, Ito purchase war materials
and to learn the condition of military
of the United States"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-16
GOOD TIMES
FOR VISITING DEALERS
"Better Acquaintance Week" Program
Ii Outlined In Meeting Of Trade Elk
tension Burceu Executives.
GREAT TRADE EVENT
WEEK OF AUGUST ..
southeastern states VIII Be Flooded
with literature Advertising Trade
Business Event-Splendid Enter
tafnmsonts Are Being Arranged
GREAT TRADE EVENT
WEEK OF AUGUST o.

Program Of entertainment events
which will mark the next Better &C
qusintance Week" to be observed In
Richmond August ola. under auspices
Of the Trade Extension Bureau OF the
Richmond Chamber Of Commerce. was
outlined at a meeting OF the executive
committee OF the bureau had yester-
dav afternoon. The meeting was held
at o'clock, with luncheon. In the
dining rooms of the Business Mems
Club and was largely attended.
plans for the coming trade week
event were outlined by Chairman w.
Il. Broaddus. who presided ana re-
turned the reports and Recommended
tionr Of the recent general meeting OK
the Trade Extension Bureau. These
plans were discussed and additionai
suggestions were made. Chairman
Broaddus then delegated 20 various
members Of the executive committee
certain portions Of the work TO be
done In perfecting the program.
Az outlined. the program for the
coming Better Acquaintance Week
will be:
Outline Of Program
Monday acknowledgements AT the
rooms of the Business Mems Club for
the visiting merchants. The registra-
ton committee will be in session ana
all of Mondays arrivals will be or
ficiaIly registered during the evening.
Tuesday evening-Roof garden re-
ception, entertainment, refreshments
and music at the Richmond Hotel
roof.
wednesday evening--Meeting In
a. - A.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-16
HOSPITAL ORDINANCE
CONTINUED TO FRIDAY
Aldermen Give Contending Factrvns
Much Lceway. But They Refuse
to Take Advantage of 1t.
CLOSE VOTE ON PROPOSITION
If TT COMES TO SHOW DOWN
Question Is Now Up to Opponents Of
Ordinance and Those Who Feel
There IL Class Legislation, with
Chances For Latter.

The Board OF Aldermen last
night. without hearing argument
by anyone and without acting
upon the ordinance. postponed
consideration of the hospital pro-
position, and decided to meet
again on Friday night, on motion
of Alderman Mitchell, to dispose
of the matter This action was
taken in order that the parties I'm
controversy might "get together
and thus relieve the board from
performing q duty which might
be dfstasteful TO either one side
or the other.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-16
MADE NO CONTRIBUTION.
Bryan Corrects Report Sent Out From
Toronto.

washington. June 15.-william j.
Bryan today denied a story Gent out
from Toronto that he had made a
personal contribution of $500 s'for
the alienation of distress among in
termed Germans"
'srhe story Is an error" said Mr..
Bryan. II know nothing of the mat
ter"
The statement from Toronto said
that the check had been returned to
Mr.. Bryan.
ut may have been that I have
signed a letter with the State Depart
ment In my former capacity as Secrea
tary of State transmitting money to
the relief fund contributed by some
one for whom the State Department
was acting. The State Department
has acted In that capacity for Ger
many in transmitting money to In
termed German prisoners"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-16
BRITISH DENY LOSS
OF AGAMEMNONs

London. June 15.--The report
circulated I'm the United States
last night that the British battle
ship Agamemnon had been sunk
In the Dardanelles by q German
submarine. was ofIicialIy denied by
the admiralty today. 81
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-16
CONFLICT AS TO EXTENT
OF NEW TEUTON VICTORY.

London. June i5.--The extent or
the new Austro-German victory IL
Galicia is In doubt. Although Berlin
and Vienna assert the whole Russian
line over a fnrty-three-mile trent
north and east of Przemysi was
broken down. II is said officially at
Petrograd that the Russians recap.
tured on Sunday almost all the ad-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-16

Fronting by the innovation Of the
committee of the whole session the
Board OF Aldermen last night. rather
than go into the committee of the
whole. In the question of the hospital
ordinance, permitted interested per-
sons to lobby and button-hole mem
bers of the board during an intermis-
sion, so that, possibly, an understand
ing might be reached by the advocates
OF the Tucker sanitorium and the OPP
ponents.
There was no debate upon this ques-
ton. IT was generally understood that
the ordinance was aimed at the Tuck
er sanitorium. IT did not carry general
restrictions. Alderman Paul called
attention to the fact that the ordi-
nance simply protected neighborhoods
in which rhere were churches. hotels
or schools, but there was no protection
to strictly residential neighborhoods.
Under the proposed ordinance it
was shown by Mr.. Paul, hospital
might be built in the midst of
thickIy-settled neighborhood. IL no
church. school or hotel were ada
cent
Adams. Peacemaker.
Before vote was called on tbs
ordinance, President Adams. in his
effort to be liberal to all concerned,
suggested that the matter be passed
by for a while, 50 the contending ele-
ments might get together. 1t had been
known that opponents of the location
of the hospital at Madison and
Franklin Streets had offered to take
the property off the hands of DR..
Tucker. Letters had passed between
the two parties. Even as late as yes
terday evening notes had passed Due
to the short time. the interested
parties could not get together
Therefore. II was that President
Adams. aided by Alderman Paller
suggested that the matter be passed
by for an hour. so the interested
ones might get together. They re-
tired to the ante-rooms. The Tucker
side agreed to accept the propositions
ceived by them late yesterday. Then
the anti-Tucker element halted. They
were not willing to comply with some
of the details of the proposition.
Change In Opinion.
Up to that time the vote on the
ordinance appeared to have been six
to I'VE for the ordinance. Advocates
OF the ordinance grew impatient One
member of the board who opposes
the ordinance was called away on an
important matter OF business That
left the situation In the hands Of the
advocates of the ordinance. Con-
fusion reigned, however. for a few
minutes. and II the question had
reached a vote. both President Adams
and Alderman Powers would have
voted against the ordinance. which
would have killed 1t.
In order to be fair. however. Mr..
Mitchell, who is against the ordinance,
and who realized at the time that
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-16

Chicago, June fS.--Trains viii
be operated on the Chicago and
Oak Park elevated road tomorrow
under the protection of the United
States court.
The entry OF the Federal gov
eminent into the strike of the
1880 operating employees of the
surface and elevated roads In
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-16
BRYAN At WORK ON
PLANS FOR PEACE
VIII Deliver Three Broadsides Against
War. One Each Day Beginning
This Afternoon.
GREAT DEMOCRAT HAS
BEEN MUCH Misunderstood
Amy Campaign Against the President
or Attempt to seige Party Reills
Is Furthest Prom His Thought. 81

Washington, u. c., June 15.-Mr. Bry-
an returned to Washington this morn
ing after being absent since Saturday
night, with Mrs. Bryan, resting at Old
Point Comfort. He Immediately re-
sumed the numerous conferences he has
been holding with all sorts of persons
in public and private life, at his home.
Calumet Place. since he left the Depart
ment of State. Many of these. 1t is
said. have been ministers of the gospel
and others connected with religious
work. One prominent minister. ii was
said today, has informed the former
Secretary that he does not see how all
the leaders of religious thought in the
United States can fail to support Mr..
Bryan and HIS ideas ut this time
Mr.. Bryan announced today that he
intends to go shortly, perhaps at the
end OF the week, to Miami, Fla, with
Mrs. Bryan. to put In ordr a place
which he owns there, where he and
Mrs. Bryan, to put in order place
ters In future. Mr.. Bryan said today
that this plan does no take into con-
sideration his plans for the summer,
which will be announced later. nor
does II imply that he will give up the
State of Nebraska as his home. Neither
Mr. or Mrs. Bryan have seen much OF
their Florida place since they acquired
1T. and friend stated today that some
time ago Mr.. Bryan promised Mrs,
Bryan that when he reached the age
OF fifty he would begin to take little
care of himself"
No tdea Of Lradfmg Patty.
1t 10 understood that Mr.. Bryan now
has In mind this idea of taking little
care Of himself. The past few years
have baen strenuous ones for him. al
though he does not show Iii but. from
what his friends say. there is nothing
on tina surface to indicate that he has
In mind any sHch tiInsseeHsumfnE or
exActing idea a. leading another poiit-
icai party sr diyiaiaE Of a party, reports
concerning which have recetly gained
corculation.
ms circle Of Mr.. Bryan's friends
there 10 growing an idea that he is
greatly misunderstood. They declare
that he cares nothing for criticism Of
himself and that he intends to pound
AWAY 81 the idea pf peace. permanent
peace. among the nations of the world.
to such IN extent that that idea is now
the dominant note in his character II
Ii understood That Mr.. Brxan il deeply
imbned with the possibi,tty OF being
OF transcendent service ~ the people
Of the woxld 1t this juleture In inter-
|nsfipna; p ssirS, ard ~ II ~ xffth0ritA :
lively stated today th6t he has seized
the present oppcx1pefsy 10 hammer
-.
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-09-04
SLOTH AND DILIGENCE.

Sloth said to Diligence You
work too hard For two days now
you have been busy blowing that field.
| hear ingenuity has invented pIow
driven by steam. Why not get one
to pillow for you while you Sit With
me in the shade and enjoy life?"
Diligence bought the pillow which
would pillow a field in a fraction Of
the time it had taken him to do it;
but, instead of sitting in the shade,
he put more land into cultivation,
and it took all his lime tc attend to
the pillow and see that it worked
properly.
When harvest tiuIe came he had
more to do than ever OH account of
the new land he had cultivated
Harvest over, Sloth went to pay
Diligence visit. saying to himself:
Now he will have a little more time
to talk to me" But he found him
comforting with Ingenuity i'll regard
10 larger, more powerful plow, that
he might next season put still more
land in cultivation.
Moral: There is no cure for dill
gence.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-09-04
A SPECIALIST.

"I've got new place." said Gertie.
"Where?" asked Sadie.
In the Right & Left glove fac
tory
Isn't that nicer" said Sadie.
Make me pair OF gloves some
time. will your"
Yes, maybe, after a while I like
the work awfully we'll"
"But isn't there a lot to it?'
No, not much It's real simple.
And we girls have lots Of fun"
But how do you ever get those
little pieces sewed in between the An
gers?"
20, you mean the-the-we1l, I've
forgotten what they call them; but I
don't do that"
20. you just do the rest Of it?"
''N-no, not exactly. You see, the
cloth is woven in one department
it's just like silk gloves, you know
and the gloves are cut out in another.
Then they send them to another de-
partment where they put in those lit
tie pieces you spoke Of And then
someone else puts on the tips of the
fingers, and someone else does fancy
stitches on the back, and someone
else closes them-sews them up, you
know, and someone else puts the but
tons on, and-and-O, there's lots
more to i'll And it's so interesting
And then they all have to be looked
over, and the mean old thing that
inspects is always sending them back
to the girls to be done over"
And what part do you dor" Sadie
asked
90, me? When you buy pair of
gloves they are always stitched to-
gether in pairs. Well, that's what I
do"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-09-04
THE REAL REASON.

When c. & B. went of ten points,
And started stocks to tumbling,
The wise ones said-and shook their
heads
r was due to wafiike rumbling.
The papers wrote at length upon
This explanation sable
But in reality twas done
To get house for Mabel
When F. & S. shot up one day
Until il hit the ceiling,
The wise ones cried, in unctuous
pride,
IT was due to healthy feeling.
Reports on crops the papers then
Did print to prove the tally
But It was done to foolish Inen
To get yacht for Sally.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-09-04
INADEouATE.

So fast was history made, and in
forms and aspects so manifold and
various, that Clio, the muse of the
same, began to feel the disadvantage
Of being a woman.
Il can remember" quoth she,
what year big sleeves went out, but
if anybody were to ask me who
played third base with the Giants in
1897 / fear / should be at a loss"
The entire neurological system of
the Greeks, in fact, while exquisitely
beautiful, was nevertheless made
quate to the demands of the more
exigent modern order.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-09-04
LIMIT.

Wi1liG-Doesn't this stunt of chew
ing everything seventy-hve times
make you tired?
Gillis.-Not if they'd stop then,
but my wife will keep chewing on a
bit of scandal for weeks at a time
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-09-04

Dis life am what we makes it. To
de bull dog dis am a fightin' world.
De pusson wild red hair b'lieves dar's
suppin wrong uh-kaze everybody
else amt redheaded. De rat in de
cellar draws up resolutions dat de
sun has done gone ont O. bizness. A
drunk-rnan is sounded to see ladies
and gentlemen staggerin' along
whilst he hisse'f walks straight De
eullud pusson prowlin' round chick
en-houses at night gifts de notion dat
de world am full o. white men wild
guns. And so it goes, Brudder Wad-
kins, all down de line"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-09-04

Sec. TIP. R. Acres Amt,
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1915-12-11
EASY COFFEE GROWING.
The Plant Fleurishes With Little Or
No Attention In Haltt.

The Plant Flevrishes With Little or
No Attention In Haiti.
Coffee the great staple product OF
Haiti. the West Indian island. grows
with little attention. IL supplies tho
bulk Of the revenues OF the govern.
menk together with the meager do.
mands Of the simple pensantry Of the
mountains aud valleys whose business
u ", especially tho women hnd chill.
dren. 20 gather II aud bring II TO the
seapoff towns on their heads and on
the backs of sionkoys and horses
This plant IN seen on nearly all the
uplnpds aud mountain sides of the coun.
try. and ~ tho product IL ensily port.
able Il II brought 20 market from fur
and near In all conceiyabl. quantities,
from one or two pounds up TO 200
pounds. accordingly ns It ~ carried on
the bead OF child. the back of a
horse or In sacks IN OK carts.
Aotwtthstnnding that the cofrec plant
10 scarcely cultivated Nc Rll Il goes on
reproduoing itself from fallen berries
80 successfully that the crop only va.
rios from yaar 10 year through cx.
trnneops Influences like variation IN
the rainfall-ibe lHck ~ or too abun.
dant raiE nsar or during the towering
season. London Telegraph.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1915-12-11

one W The grenlest trials visitor IN
flnland has 10 unlufc IA a Finnish
bnth. The method or proccduie IL
unlquo. Divested OF outer clothing
and nttlred IN light and airy cotton
garment, you are slung IN sort OF
hammock composed OF cord above q
large receptacle like the boilers IN pub.
llc laundriea. This is almost filled
with cold water. into which at the
right moment IL dung large redhos
brick or piece Of iron. which. OF course,
causes nm overwhelming rush OF steam
TO ascend and nlmost choke you. Then
when that process has gone on sum.
ciently long You arc shaken out OF your
hammock, immersed IN cold wnter, and
after very drastic trcntment you re-
snme your raiineft. sadder ana wiser
than before your novel experience
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1915-12-11
uNpERsEA CRAFT.
The Strength and the wssknsss of the
Modern epbpArips.

The Strength and the Weakness of the
Modern Submarine
Tho CHIEF advantages elalmed for the
submarine Include comparative invis'
ibility when submerged. coupled with
immunity from gnnfire while iu that
condition. il carries weapon agninsi
which no adequate protection has been
found. u presents small ana difficult
target when itself asseiieq ~ torpedo
attack. Other elements ia tts faygr ese
low cost. handiness. soawoffhipsns ~
rough weather. comparative Immunity
from floating mines ~ well ~ those
laid In very deep water and tho possI'
hilities OF use ms mine layer.
on the other henG. the submarine h
hapdlcanped by many Disadvantages
and limlfations. its radius Of action i
small Its speed 10 low, about - knots
on the surface and 10 knots spbmerged.
The perlscopc Is useless during GAEk.
ness. and 10 operate at that time tbs
vesaels mtst therefore come TO thu sur.
face. thas rendering themselves very
vulnerable 20 ibs siipcks Of surface
craft Once the submarlns's bpll is
damaged by gunfre. rnmmiDg or 9ih'
erwise. u is no longer able 70 submergs,
aud It's usefulHsss ~ war vessel y
ended until repairs can he made.
when nying al an elevation of lass
than 1000 feet alr craft can usually sse
submarines operating near the surface
Worlds Work.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1915-12-11
IN, seorpIeo., wend.rtul Ear.

have studied the habits OF the scor.
pion for many years and have often
noticed how very sensitive scorpions
are 10 the most delicate sound. musical
or otherwise Under the tborax the
scorpion has two ccmblike appendagss.
which are tue antennae tpectinatael
It Is pretty well settled BY physiolo.
gists and eDfomoiogssts that In insects
the antennae represent the organs OF
hearing. Tiese delicate structures are
easily affected by the vibrations OF
sound. and there can be no doubt what.
ever that they arc also affected By
sounds quite inaudibis 10 the human
ear. The slightest vibration OF the at
mosphere from any cause whatever st
once puts in motion the delicate Struc
lures which compose the antenpae. TO
which organs insects owe tbs power OF
protecting themselves against danger
as well as the means OF recognizing
the spproach OF one snother.-London
Spectator
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1915-12-11
sEnTRIEs FOR CHURCHES.
a Custom Forced by Native Fsuds In
tho Msisnssisn islands.

a Custom Forced by Native Fsuds In
tho Mslsnssisn islands.
In the Melanesinn islands the natives
carry on fends with more relentless
hatred even than the yendcttistes OF
Corsica. Ia these isiands Christianity
has been made. at least IA outward
aspect. the religion OF the people.
That II really does mean something
TO the Melanesian Is evidenced by the
reply received from an intelligent old
chief when asked him why he did not
become a Christian.
"f'm 20 be-" he said. when KIN the
devil who kill my boy Ave years ago"
So relentlessIy are these feuds car
ried on that II Is the custom for a ma
tive OF wealth with grievance against
another. but who sinds Il impossible or
inexpedient TO kill his enemy and Sc
cure his head himself. to hire profcs
sionai murderer and pay him upon tho
delivery OF the head.
Often In the years that are Just gone
fndlscriminate killing went on with
such savage persistence that even dur.
ing church service spot shots" were
taken at marked worshipers through
the doors and windows.
The situation became so acute IN one
village that the government was neti.
toned. and the response was the loan
60 the missionary OF rifle
The missionary took the hint aud
armed one of his natives who stood
guard outside the church during sery.
ices.
And so 1t became the fashion ON many
OF the Islands to add sentry to the
church rolls Cleveland Plain Dealer
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1915-12-11
Spanish cosr. cps.ems.

There is no court In Europe more
tenacious OF It's etiquette waa
lnaugnrnted several hundreds of years
ago tllnn tIini of Spain u IN said that
King Ferdinand VI. once made min.
lister resign becnpAs ba had accidental,
iy touched his bnnd ODe OF the quaint.
est ceremonies Is the closing OF the
royal palace gates Nc Madrid every
night Electric liRbt has been IN use
In the palace for quite long while.
but nevertheless every evening at II
o'clock the officiating gentleman In
waiting appears, accompanied by sew.
ernl servants. who carry npcient Ian
terms. 10 demand q huge key from
higher official 10 lock the doors OF the
palace This IL al tho more amusing
as the huge key does not 6t tho mod
crn keyhoies. The key Il then return
ed 70 third official. and every night
gentlemen In waiting have TO patrol the
corridors OF the palace, though su'fi-
Client guards are about, 10 watch over
the nlumbers OF their royal master.