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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-07

The forces Of decenev Save won a
decasave victory in their conatct with
the discredi,ed element OK the Police
Hoard. thanks n the activity and de-
Termination az Commissioners Parker.
Ihomas ard Gordon.
On last might the board hy aaant-
muns wore Of those present. COMMITS
ssoners Goode ard Royal being absent.
re-elected sereean's Kreneel and S'ln-
maker 10 s.seir positions on the police
force. after Commissioner Gordon had
raised the point that the previous
action Of the board hsvaae been
taken at special meeting called
specincally fer another purpose. was
Illegal
Mayor Ainelie. acting en- the ad-
vice OF the CITY Attorney, as eS-
cfseie essirmau Of the board sa~tsin-
ed she point
TITS restored the status as It OK
listed before The night II September
~. after which the officers we're duly
elected. including Sergeants krengcl
and Shomaker.
Comnnissioners Gordon. Thomas and
4 Parker deserve the very cordial
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-07
May Never Appear Again.

Proctor Otis. one OF the best Ameri-
can character actresses, may never
appear on the stage again. Crippled
and emaciated from a two months
siege OF neuritis. she is confined to
her bed at the st. Paul Hotel. Co.
lumbus Avenue and Sixtieth Street,
under the care OF a nurse. whose SER
vices are paid for out OF weekly al
lowances sent by the Actors Fund OF
America.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-07
Gallows Chcater Makes Getaway.

Montgomery, Ala, Oct 6 Irwin
Pope, negro, six times sentenced t.
death. and each time saved from the
gallows by the Supreme Court, or By
executive clemency, has escaped from
the State mines in Shelby County.
Two hours before the last time he
was due to mount fae gallows Gov
ernor O'Neal granted a stay OF exc
cuuon and later commuted his SEN
tenre to life imprisonment. Pope
was arrested six years ago on charge
Of killing James McLurkin, a farmer.
He has always maintained his inno-
cenCe.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-07

Paris. Oct Raymond Swoboda,
WHO was arrested last March. charged
with setting fire to the French Line
steamer Ia Touraine on voyage
from New York to Havre. and later
was accused Of being a German spy.
Will be sent to a concentration camp
The charges against Swoboda were
not proved, ans Major Julien. OF the
Paris permanent court martial, re-
Gently recommended to the Military
Governor OF Paris that the proceed
incs against him be dropped.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-07
Hold pbotorrnnper As spy.

newspaper photographer of Chi
cago. who went to Europe to get war
pictures. Is a prisoner In London,
charged with being German spy,
according to word received here to-
day.
Federal autkc rifles in Chicago and
Washington are conducting an inquiry
into the case, It was said. A man al
legged to have been the double OF
Reese landed In Plymouth. England.
in June. exhibited his passports and
disappeared.
Soon afterward the Chicago pho
tographer landed in England, and
when the duplication in passports was
discovered, he was arrested.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-07

China talks OF going back to tho
monarchical form OF government
China Is China, even though rapidly
gained from the, Chinamen's wonder
ment at Americans going to all the
trouble and perspiration of a baseball
game when they could be enjoying
themselves sitting quietly by tho
graves OF their ancestors
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-07
WITH PUBLIC SENTIMENT AROUSED THE
VIRGINIAN EXPECTS BETTER CONDITIONS

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-07
THESE BE PIPING DAYS OF PROSPERITY
FOR EQUAL SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT

With Characteristic tact President
NI1spn on yesterday made his views
known on the subject of Equal
Suffrage The itu,ar head 81 the
Democratic party declares that ne will
vote al the coming election in New
Jersey In favor of comforting the bal
lot upon women. hat that his supper.
and private matter, expressive Of his
conviction as citizen OF New Jersey
that the time has come when the
right Of suffrage should hr conferred,
upon the women Of the State The
President expresses the belief that the
state Will be heartily benefited by the
schange.
We believe he has correctly
diagnosed the New Jersey situation. II
has been hut few years since New
Jersey was one of the most pur-
chasable States in the Union. where
the buying and selling Of votes was
10 common as To hardly cause com
meEt--and there was no especial Inn
prcvement in political conditions until
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-07

winston Case Poctponcd.

Hearing OF the charge against Luz
raer II. Winston. the young man al
legged to have attacked Mrs. Nora
Salmons at her home near the Belt
Line Bridge Saturday night. was post
poned until next Monday by Magis-
trate Thomas ]. Puryear yesterday
afternoon In Henrico Courthouse. The
case could not be given q hearing
owing to the absence OF material Wit
nesses. Winston Ia out on a $500
bond for his appearance in court at
the nearing.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-07
Heads Passenccr Agents,

Boston, Mass. Oct 6.--William D.
Woods, of st. Louis. was elected pres
ident of the American Association of
Travelling Passenger Agents at the
closing session OF their annual conven-
ton yesterday
Gordon G. Noble. OF Philadelphia
was elected president. and Elliott
Monnett, of Chicago, secretary treas
urer.
Philadelphia was chosen as the con
vention city for 1915.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-07
Speaker Disperses I4ynchers.

Bowling Green, Mo. Oct. 6.-Speak-
err Champ Clark and his son were in
posse that dispersed a mob OF
twenty men which today attempte d
10 lynch Harrison Rose, negro
charged with numbering a farmer
The mob attacked the Jail broke
the outer doors, and were poundinS
with a sledge hammer on the inner
eoor when the sheriff appeared with
mis- posse.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-07

Especial TO The Richmond iVrginian
Freezing, Va. Oct. 6.-Hogs are
dying of cholera in this immediate
section. 1t was estimated that last
year at least so per cent OF the hogs
one year old and above died Of this
disease. A small per cent of the hogs
that escaped tn ravages of cholera
last year were inoculated with serum
in the spring. As it was rather diffi:-
cult to have this done. but few owners
of hogs took the precaution.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-07
Finds Father Dead in River.

Parkersburg. w Va, Oct g.
Thinking his father. David MatlaeK,
Of Jackson County. who came here
week ago today 10 visit him. had
gone home Thursday, David Matlack.
,Ir., of thic city was shocked when
he learned that the body Of the Old
man had been found floating in tie
Ohio River here How he came to
lose his life is not known
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-07

ceeding meetinE-ths personnel Of
these committees to be changed each
month. These committees will decide
upon the time, place and form each
months meeting or entertainment
shall take and 1t II expected by this
method to develop considerable rivalry
among each succeeding committee a.
to which shall provide the most in
teresting unique or noval form Of on
tertainment for tho members Of the
society.
1t IL expected naturally that there
will be many North Carolinians in
Richmond on the occasion OF the vlr-
ginia Carolina football game next
month and the society will likely
adopt the time and form Of its meeting
for November 10 as to play host to
the visitors and show them why Rioh-
mond Is such good town, and how
North Carolinians have helped to make
II 10.
societyss Memberahip.
Tho society. which was or4anised
less than = year ago. now has a mem-
bership OF 102, numbering some Of the
most prominent people Of Richmond
who are actively Identified with its
business. social and professional life.
Dr.. J. Allison Hodges II its president.
Henry =. Ltchford. FIRST vice-prea1.
dent; DR.. N, Thomas Emmett, second
vfce-president: Norman N. Johnson.
secretary and Herbert w. jackson.
treasurer.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-07
wiIIiams succeeds Dinkey.

New York, Oct. 6.-Homer Will
liams. now general superintendent OF
the Duquesne Works at Pittsburg, has
been designated as president of the
Carnegie Steel Company to succeed
A. c. Dinkey.
This announcement WAS made to-
day by f. II Gary. chairman OF the
United States Steel Corporation. Of
which the Carnegie Company Is q
slIbsidiary
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-07

Governor Henry C. Stuart and his
stan left yesterday afternoon at 8
o'clock for Danville to attend the
.Pittsylvania County Fair. which
begins there today. Nine members
OF the stan accompanied the chief
executive ..sss 49,.
The party viii be entertained to-
night at dinner by Colonel Howard
Hairston at his country home In Henry
County. special arrangements having
been made for the conveyance OF the
Governor and his party from Dam
vile.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-07
LEG PLANT
HAS BIG BUSINESS
tracts From Allies TO Furnish
Limbs For Legless soldiers.
Artificial Ier Fnctory Busy.

St. Louis. Oct. 6.--One hundred and
fifty artificial legs week are being
manufactured for the British and
French governments by an American
firm that has factories in st. Louis.
Washington and Atlanta. Twenty five
legs week are shipped from uhe st
Louis factory.
The total contract Is worth $15,-
00000 The British Government is
paying SIS for an artificial leg, and
the French Government 500.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-07

President Wilson rose to power In the
State by the sheer force OF intellect
and merit afTordlng man anom
whom the decent element could rally
But New Jersey has shown the
etoyen hoot more than once since thu
schooimaster Of Princeton turned his
attention to national affairs. There
is not that deep seated determination
evident 10 keep the State politically
clean SO necessary in order to pre-
serve the purity Of the ballot 1t Is
doubtless the Presidents belief that
TIE forces 0r righteousness WITH be
multiplied by comforting the vote upon
women. We trust he is correct.
His declaration that the question
should he one with which the States
individually should deal expresses
the southern, and we believe. the
proper view Of the matter
The suffrage workers certainly have
enjoyed a landslide in their direction
during the past week. with declara
TORS in their favor by several cabinet
members. and now Of the President
himself
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-07


..leSe conditions and recommend such
steps as were necessary to improve
them. The task of the Vice Com
mission was an arduous. onerous, dis
agreeable. and seemingly endless one,
but we had a good commission and il
did its work we'll Unswerved by
any other influences than its own high
sense OF right and justice, the COM
mission adopted all means possible To
go 10 the very bottom as to conditions
existing here and to fearlessly place
responsibility for these conditions as
far as was possible and practicable.
The FIRST report Of the Vice Commits
sion surprised the people, The sec
ond report shocked the community.
and subsequent reports made those
who were responsible for the nom
erforcemcnt Of the law and for rne
existence of evil conditions tremble
with fear TIE commissions report,
backed by evidence that in long and
tedious Council investigation was not
materially shaken. satisfied the
community that at least three mem
hers Of the Board Of Police Commits
sioners, whe. with the Mayor, had the
entire direction Of the Police Depart
inert. were unworthy To fiji the re-
snonsible positions to which they haa
heer elected
The character Of the men and. wo-
men constituting the Vice Commits
sion and the evidence which they sub
mitted satisfied the people that these
three commissioners were unfit for
their office and raised mtsgiving as to
oy'ler members Of the board who had
consistently stood with these dis
credited members.
The Nirginian. from the start en-
dorsed the work Of the Vice Commits
sion and insisted that the men, whom
II had shown to he UNIT for official
positions should be removed The
Mayor evaded taking the responsible
ity Of acting and the Council with
some reluctance ordered an investiga-
ton. This was long. tedious, drawn
out beyond reasonable length but
quite thorough The Vice Commits
sion was sustained, The Council. af-
ter much delay aud the exercise OF
every possible influence on behalf of
The men under censure. only partially
supported the conclusions of its own
committee. 1t made the very serious
blunder of not promptly removing
term Of Commissioner Mccarthy hav-
ing expired. SO that it would not lie in
their power to bring further reproach
upon the Police Department. Failure
( to exercise this plain power TO per-
form t'nts duty permitted Commits
sioncrs Wcn 3na Goode 10 remain
members of the Police Board, al
Though the resignation of the latter
had been demanded by the vote OF
the Council and the manner in which
they avenged themselves against the
tofficers who had testified against them
accounts for the widespread indigna
tion TO which the people will give
expression III tonights mass meeting.
The Vireinian rejoices that the peo
pic are becoming aroused In matters
Of 'lis kind and that they are givins
their endorsement to the fight which
this paper has made for law enforce
ment and better civic conditions.
looks with hope for the people To shop
q new zeal n public matters affecting
their 'nomes and children and conf
IDENTIFY believes that better day
dawning in the moral life of Rich
mond.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-07
RUSSELL WALKER CASE
GOES OVER TO OCT. II

Commonwealth's Attorney Wise
has asked that the ease of Rus
sell Walker. charged with killing his
father. be continued to October 81.
The continuance was given, i'm order
that Mr. Wise might familiarize him.
self with the details Of the case.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-07
WANTED

1000 bushels good Irish potatoes.
Good stock bringing Sc per busl,ea.
HAzELGRoyn : CO
nisAAeaA. "
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-07

The Norfolk County folk are going
to scotch Fusionism by a land slide
that day decent interment will be all
that will be necessary In the premises
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-07

Carter Glass seems to think ne has
a man-sized Job as chairman OF the
House Committee on Banking and
Currency He doesn't have to get into
a gubernatorial or senatorial cam
paign 10 keep from getting lonesome.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-07
Ships Going Round Horn.

Panama, Oct. 6,--Owing to the
blockade in the Panama Canal, due
to earth slides. dozen vessels a.
Balboa and Cristobal received orders
today to proceed to their destinations
around Cape Horn. and nave depart
ed Other vessels expect similar or
ders
Major-General George w. Goethals.
Governor of the Panama Canal Zone.
who is a passenger on board tho
steamer Cristobal. from New York.
sent a wireless dispatch today to
Lieutenant-Colonel Chester Harding,
engineer of maintenance, requesting
information concerning the condition
of the slide and asking when the
canal would be reopened to traffic.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-07

The cheerful idiot rises TO rS
that most of rne fair weather is prov
ing rainy.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-07
Helm for Russia,

London, Oct. 6.--Financial help is
TO he given Russia by England. An
arrangement for commercial credit
for Russia Is being made. It was re-
ported today. by which Russian Gov
eminent bills will be discounted up ia
sI00000,000
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-07
Roat Burns Mt ChrisficId.

Chrisfieid, Md, Oct. b.-Ine large
gasoline boat f. Golston caught fire
Monday night about one mile north
east of James Island lighthouse ani
was destroyed. The boat was the
property Of the ChrisfieId Sand and
Dredging Company. The fire broke
out while the crew were trying to
clean a gasoline pipe. A lighted Ian
tern was near, which ignited the gas
oline vapor
The crew. consisting of Louis Boz
mango and three men. escaped from
the boat. bat one OF them. Billy
Ralls. "A negro, was drowned after
iln3pinR oFerboard. The survivors
we're pa-ked liz blythe schooner Cap
tain Captain McCready and brought
to C1risfield
about $1,000 The boat was fully
quipped with life preservers and
boats ---
No Negroes Allowed In Forsyth.
Cumming. Ga. Oct. 5.--When a par
" of automobilists, comprising the
annual Seeing- Georgia Tour" of the
Georgia Chamber of Commerce. yes
terday drove into Forsyth Coun T.,
into which no negro has been allowed
10 enter since four negroes criminally
assaulted q young white woman here
two years ago, four Of the tourist au-
tomobiles, driven by negro chauf-
feurs, were made targets for stones
and sticks. thrown by a crowd Of men
and boys. An attempt was made &c
take one of the chauffeurs from his
car. No one was injured.
The tourists speeded up ard hast
ened into Cumming. the county seat
of Forsyth, where an entertainments
planned in their honor was carried
out.
Racial feeling ran high at the time
Of the assaults and two of the negroes
were iyuched. The other two were
tried and convicted They later were
hanged Ali negroes were ordered TO
leave FORSYTH County.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-07
Special Price, $1.19

including the valance shown In the illustration
These Curtains win At window up IS inches
wide Originally they priced much more than
this
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-07

Hegnl1fiy N % and $6.00.
This remarkably low price 10 for imported Irish
Point, Tanbour Novelty Point Curtains in NEW
DEsIGNs-made for fall, 1s1s-in white ivory
Arabian and two-tone effects.
The lengths Ia and 8 Yards and There ara
from 2 to pairs OF kind. A bargain at e4e8 a
pair. Third Floor.
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-11
NOT REPRESENTED UNTIL NOW
WITH MILLION INVESTED

The pUrumN Mutual Of Hartford
one NJ the hlr Ifr Insurance companies
oi the country vns today licensed to
do husmr.. I'm uklahoma This IS tho
company represented by George c.
SUNNY until rprently advertising
manager Of the Brock Dry Goods com.
puny and W Daugherty, who have
opened an offinr In this city
The Phoenix MUTUAL has not been
represented I'm Oklahoma since state
hood although II had a state agency
here lu territorial days The company
now hns Sl@3iOl3 invested In OK
lnhomn only three states having more
than that amount Invested within their
borders 10y the same company
The EMPLOYERS Liability company
NJ London with a branch office in
New York uso applied today for ad
mission 70 the state
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-11
PYTHlANS WILL
PARADE TONIGHT
Nearly 500 Delegates Are Here For
9Th Annual State Convention. Pro
gram Mostly Routine

Nculy five hundred out OF town dele
gates had registered this morning for
the ninth annual state convention Of
the grand lodge Of the Knights Of
pythius and the grand temple Of the
PythiHu Sisters, who began n three"
duNs session Monday The Lee Nuck
Ills hotel. headquarters Tor the two
orders. were thronged all day with IN.
coming knights and Sisters. who VIII
attend the sessions today aud Nrdurs
day A reception was held In the pnr
lprs of the Lee Huckins last night for
tine Pythian Sisters They conferred
degrees and heard the reports uf the
supreme representative this morning
ut the grand temple meeting In the
hotel parlors The program Wrdnes
day for the pythInn Sisters will con
Stat Of mainly routine work. with the
installation OF grand temple officers
The Pythlan Knights held their ses.
,ious I'm the Wcstfnll hail today Grand
Chancellor Frank DouuoIly called the
convention 10 order nj . O'Clock. after
which the grand lodge rank was con
frrrcd on new members The regular
order NJ business WAS attended To this
afternoon and ceremonial session
win be- held tonight The location Of
next years convention will be- decided
upon tomorrow, with final adjourn.
meut lnte In the afternoon On ne.
count of the amount Of work to he at.
tended to- Few social features are con.
npctcd with the meeting this wear
A grand parade NJ the two orders
now meeting I'm this city will be given
tonight the line NJ march starting
from the rear " the WestfnIl huild
inn