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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-14
REFERENDUM in NEW
YORK ON SUFFRAGE

Albany. N. r.. July is.-The
which In TO be presented
to the voters OF this State next fall
on the question as TO whether or not
women shall vote ives given out here
today in ite ANAL form by Louis Mar
shall, the delegate to the constitutional
convention who drew IL up. The
amendment was accepted by the suf-
fragists two or three weeks ago, with
the exception of one or two minor
points of verhiage. and these have
now been corrected. The amendment
In its final form is as follows:
Provided, however, that IL at the
general election held in the year 1915
q majority of the electors voting there
on shall approve and ratify the
amendment TO section of article III
Of the constitution now In force. here
tofore proposed by the legislature. sec
ton of article III Of this constitu-
tion shall be deemed thereby amend
ed so as TO enabody therein the new
matter contained in said proposed
amendment so approved.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-14
CROWN PRINCE is
AGAIN VERY ACTIVE

Paris. July 1a.-The army Of the
German crown prince attacked In
great strength the French positions
along the road from Binarviiie "a
Vfenne IL Chateau as far az Ia
Haute Chesauchee this afternoon. and
by the use OF Asphyxiating bombs suc-
ceeded In temporarily driving the
French troops from portion Of their
trenches. As soon as the gns fumes
had cleared. however, the French
troops delivered counter-attack and
threw the Germans back Into than
original positions.
II The war once says that great
many German troops were employed
In the attack, and that 1t was pushed
forward with immense vigor. Five
regiments Of the Sixteenth army corps,
under the crown prince. were recog-
nized during the close quarter fiGhts
ing. s' 's's 80 -s''l
Last night the Germans, following
their victory In the Souchez Ccme-
terry, hurled an enormous number
Of shells into the French positions
In the labyrinth, south Of N1uvfIls
81. vaast. later charging In great nuna-
beers. The onrushing troops were
trapped this open By the French nnA-
chine gun and rifle fire. however. ana
were moved down by the hundreds
Their losses ware 20 great that the
survivors fell back and aid not at-
tempt to. renew the attack
The night communiQue was ~ FOL
lows;
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-14
EMPEROR SAYS WAR
WILL END N OCTOBER
Crown Prince. Using Poisoned Gas
Makes Another Desperate Drive
Against French
TEUTONIC ALLIES WOULD
HAUL GUNS ACROSS RUMANIA
Lulu Continues In Southern Poland
But Activity Is shown BY Germanie
Forces North Of the vistula.

London. July 13.-Emperor Will
liam, OF Germany, Is quoted in dis
patch as declaring to committee of
financiers that: The war will end by
October"
According TO the information re-
ceived by the Times 1t appears that
the financiers called upon the Kaiser
to point out to him the grave financial
difflculties Of the situation. and the
risk of attempting to continue the
campaigns for another winter. They
are said to have declared that even
II the war were brought TO an end
at once the position would be most
dinicuit, while II It be prolonged, the
German empire will become utterly
bankrupt.
The declaration Of the time limit for
the war came after the last assertion
In the foregoing.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-14
CAROLINE SUSPECTS
N HEhRIc0 JAIL
Two Men Have Been Identified BY
Their Victims and VIII Be
Speedily Tried.
JURY ALREADY SUMMONED
TRIAL BEGINS THURSDAY
Clarence Roy and John Lewis Rollins
Believed BY Ladies to Be Men
Guilty OF Fiendish Attack.

Taking no chances of trouble
Sheriff j. r. Gill. of Caroline County.
yesterday evening quietly brought TO
Richmond John Lewis Rollins and
Clarence Roy, two negroes who had
earlier in the day been identified by
their victims as the men guilty OK
attempted criminal assault on Mrs.
Burnley Coleman and her daughter.
Eula.. The men were locked up in
Henrico Jail last night and will be
kept here until their trial, which viii
begin next Thursday.
The people OF Caroline are very
much wrought up and threats have
been made by some that there might
be a Iynching bee.
Last nig41t the following special was
received by The virginian from ks
Bowling Green correspondent:
The ave negroes--James and Lewis
Coleman. Clarence Roy, John Lewis
Rollins and George Mathews--iodged
in Bowling Green jail last night by
Sheriff gill and Deputy Sheriff Col
Inns suspected OF assaultfng Mrs.
Burnley Coleman and her daughter.
Eula. IN their home at Rappahannocx
Academy Sunday night. were exam
ined slngly before Justice Coghtlf here
this afternoon
The examination was held IN tine
presence OF Commemorative Attorney
Ennis. who had spent the day yester-
Cay In the vicinity where the crime
was committed. Constable BouIware
was very active IN the roundup Of
the negroes. ~ well % OMcers Gill
and Collins Mrs. Coleman was
brought the fifteen miles from nsr
home ii an automobile. but Miss Coie-
man was not recovered suniclent from
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-14
Report Of Council Committee Appointed to
Investigate City Police Department

7. Your committee IN OF the
oDiniop that the efflcicncv OF the
police force will he enhanced by
increasing the members of the
force and nv proytding for the In
aururation of what is known as
the thrce-Dlatoon system.
~. 1870. .,.,r.,,r,s,,a.
.,.a. ~, r,o.....,ss 1890 ts,s rsca -
80 pnls.,s Tn.,,.,,;sstr,,.rs r. .Aonf
-. .s..,ss,,,.~.- &c. ~. ,lss,,,isssI
az any r,olfes. ofyicrr unon a Sec
ond convection on a charge OF
drunkenness.
FROWNS ON TRADING.
-
III. e .,.sc M .-ss
acLtpn IN y,cr,handtse WITH citi-
yers rr other y,eysons ana recom-
r.erds that the Tsnut,s,sI rrnuest
the Hoard Of Po,ir,s Cnmr,fssion-
crs To ndont rmIe nros,ihisinr the
came
10 your e.omu,ittee "a az the
onin,,n thar the Mavor. Chief OF
Police and nil members Of the
noI,ce .ienarfuent are deserving
~ rcnsure for NOT having cIoscd
ali houses ~ assirnation outside
~ the sr-caIled serrecate(i district
In Conformity with the order of
the police Coumissioners. which
a c .....-ss o ~. 49, -s~s,r.,. ~ the
department and also by reason OF
their failure TO suppress tne II.
ili-fame.
~. Your committee IL OF opin-
ion that section I OF chapter SO.
Richmond City code, WV. pc 20
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-14
State Rests Case and Every
Appearance Is For Freedom
For Noted Prisoner
THAW BELIEVES HE
WILL BE FREE TONIGHT
State Alenist DR.. Flint. Makes
Himself Ridiculous. De-
cIaring Thaw Attempted To
Hypnotic Hin On Stand

New York, July l3,--"The people
rest, SO declared the State two or
three minutes before O'Clock this
evening. at the end OF the third week
OF the insanity hearing of Harry *.
Thaw.
Thaw thereupon went up town and
had his first Broadway dinner for
more than nine years. Thanks to q
court order issued by Justice Hen
drick, Thaw. for many nights, re-
Gently has been dining in hotel res
taurants situated in the tenderloin
neighborhood. eHhad been spend
ing the evening pleasantly In the Bflt-
more. the Waldorf and other hotels.
but none OF these were situated right
out on Broadway.
Tonight. after a hot day In court,
Stanford whites slayer, shot up to
the glass enclosed roof garden on the
twenty-fourth floor of the Hotel Nc
Alpirk Thaw stood at window after
checking his hot and looked south
ward over the city. 1t was the first
time he had seen the Woolworth
Tower, far away. lighted UP, or had
seen the three-stoEy high electric
lighted clock on the Metropolitan
Tower. all ablaxe.
Fascinated BY View.
He was fascinated by the night
view. Thaw said. Also he was very
happy. because. so he told those stand
ing around him, at the same hour to.
morrow night he win. he thinks, have
beaten the State Of New York and
will be free.
And what will you do ffrst?" Mr..
Thaw was asked---the question being
prompted by Thaw's confidence that
he ia to be liberated.
I'll go down on Long Island for
two or three days" Thaw answered
in a way that showed that he had
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-14
Mayor. Chief and Police De-
partment Generally Censur-
ed For Failure To Enforce
Law
ALDERMEN WILL HOLD
. SPECIAL MEETING
Report of Committee Epoch
Making in War of Forces
of Righteousness For Clean
City, our Signed
Report

The report Of the Special CoHncfl
InvcsttHntinE Committee, which has
been fnvestfgatfng Vice conditions
In Richmond, which was last night
presented TO the board OF Alder
men, delivers . great blow 20 the
influence of cemmerciaitzed vice
In Richmond politics and govern
Saent and marks q notable victory
for the forces that have been hEht-
ing for the enforcement ~ the lnw
and the moral cleanliness Of the =
city.
The report rccommends that the
Council ask the designations Of
two members 81 the Board OF Fe-
lice Commissioners. CIiH Well and
y. n. Goode, declares . third naem-
her, ID. r. Mccarthy II not above
criticism, and censures Mayer
George Ainslle, Chief Of Police
Louis werner. ana the whole Poo
lice Department for failure to sap
press assagnatisn houses and the
illegal sale of Iiauor.
The report declares that while
COmunansfcner Mccarthy has net
been guilty Of ntsfeasanee or mal-
feasance, accsrdin@ to the evidences
aaduced before the cemnlittee, HIS
conduct has not been above crfta-
cism.r
1t Ands Commissioners Clin Wefx
guilty of .indiscreet conduct, and
that the Council call for
his resignation. mentioning his GUS
tom of freguenting disorderly housed
as the chief cause of for his removal.
Commissioner ]. r. Goode is found
guilty of grave misconduct and of mis-
feasance and malfeasance In once. and
his resignation Is called for The May
or. chief of police. and all members Of
the department are censured for not
the regulations of the po-
lice Board against the illegal sale of
liquor In disorderly houses and against
such houses outside the so-cailed dis
trict.
ComnAittee Recommendation.
Besides these personal elements Of
the report. which constitute the sew
crest arraignment OF public officials
In Richmond for many years X not
for all time, the committee recom-
mends the following: Abolition of the
Police Board: appointment of a single
Of police: abolition OF
attendence of police ofh-
GERS at Police Court and the substi-
tuition OF magistrates court at every
police station: charter changes to put
ali recommendation into force
1t recommends that the Police Board
pass rule which will remove offlcers
on trial a second time for drunked-
ness. Deprecates the custom OF pos
lice officers trafficing In merchandise
with citizens and others, believing this
should be stopped by Police Board
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-14
FOlkES SAYS PUT
CHANGE UP TO VOTERS
Suggests in Speech last Night That
Referendum BE Had on Question
Of City Government.
CANDIDATES ARE HEARD AT
BARTON HEIGHTS MEETING
Two Hundred North Richmond Sow
creigns Brave Humidity and Give
Patient II Not Enthusiastic Hearing.

About zoe men heard the candi.
dates for Office. city and State. las,
night in the school auditorium in
Barton Heights. The meeting was
held under the auspices OF the North
Richmond Citizens Association. end
Notwithstanding the hot weather,
most OF the voters remained until the
end.
O. A Hawkins. president OF the
association. presided and introduced
all Of the aspirants for once, the in
cumbents coming first, H. r. Beck,
candidate to succeed himself on the
Administrative Board, was the first
man up. He briefly recounted his
experience in various positions In the
city government and asked the voters
to return him.
The outstanding feature of the
meeting was the address Of Mr.. E. G..
Folkes. also d candidate for re-elec-
tion to the Administrative Board. He
stated that with its hands tied the
board has proved its value and that
X given greater authority the bene-
ficial results for the city will In
the present agitation Of the question
of changing Richmond.s form of gov
eminent was no new thing and thai
We have had Il time and again.
Mr.. Folkes became eloquent - ne
defended the board and offered ~
suggetions that the voters In the Au.
gust primary ~ allowed TO state Their
opinions on the present system and
that optional changes be printed On
the tickets 20 that tho 1900 voters
here could express their Wishes.
He claimed that such plan would
~ worth more than the work Of my
= ~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-14
REVIVE TALK OF USING
JAP TROOPS IN EUROPE.

Paris. July f3--The Gauiois Ia the
only newspaper that comments on the
revival OF this Japanese question
iauachsd by stephen Pinchon in ths
Petite Journal. IT II NJ Pichon who
has insisted since the beginning Of the
war that Japan should send troops 10
Europe TO support the allies.
Today the Gauiois said In response
to statements made In the Petite Jour
nal. that Is was not question OF COM
pensation demanded by Japan which
nu1ff1ed the negotiations with the triple
entente.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-14
ALL LIVE CONTESTANTS
N P0nY-CAR CONTEST
WORKING At Full TILT


ursiAy. i7th-This y Splendid
Time For You to Make : special
Enors TO Pile Up Woes Against Day
Of FINAL Count.
Can we class you among one of the
live ones? Are you calling on all
your friends and asking them for their
subscriptions and to save you the
votesy Or are you content to be
classed among, the deed ones. which
ualIy pushed down 10 the bottom OF
the list and eventually dropped out
on account OF inactivityf
From our point or view the contest
has % far been q gratifying snccess
and has reached far above our ex-
pectations FOR the limited time Il has
been running. But th4re are q NUM-
Der Of contestants who have been
nominated by their friends who have
- far failed to take any active part
IN tbs contest other thAn clip out and
send In voting coup0ne which appear
IN The yirgsnian daily
Why not send in your nomination
ak once and get started on the road
which will lead to victory for you
when II ID all over
We have had . number OF inquiries
over the phone A. 70 Whether or not
Ne can guarantee 4 satisfactory de-
LIVERY AZ The yirEiniaA Iii An parts
of Inc city. and ws doubiy nssure and
guarantee that We can IN View Of the
fact that under our Improved carrier
system that we are having very fsw.
X any, complaints ck non-deitvery. ~
under our new system 10 are thor
|oughiy investigating Al complaints
and seeing that the papers are de-
lIvered promptly.
Remember, boys and girls, that Sat
|urday, July IL, enda the f1rst and
Largest vcte-getting period Of the con-
test. when so will xet you ~ many
Oct right but after your friends 10
day and Gee. il you cannot secure ~
|1n subscriptions by 44tur4 ay. July 4
|so that you can 81 a 1oaet one o3 ~.
10000 bonus xofln0 1l6t1
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-14
RELIEVE WILL NE GREAT
BLOW TO COTTON GROWERS,

. 6salxestons Texas July l3s--Unless
something - done BY the United stafes
xoverument to control the high hand
"a methods OF England In OBTAINING and
stopping the cotton exported from this
Eccuntry TO neutral nations. and done
Ut once. thu cotton growing states will
suffer one or the most severe blows
ii history. ana the South will be finan-
ciaIly ruined. IL the opinion Of the
principal bankers. cotton factors. brck-
era And clippers here. and all ever the
South.
commsrctel organizations over the
south ArS preparing messages o. pro-
test Which viii W ssrat ~ washington
in rexard tu the methods England and
The aliisd natiens m enaployins -
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-14
Rumor Apparently Well :
Founded That Raid On PEN
itentiary h Intended
PROMPT STEPS TO
FORESTALL ATTACK
Deep-seated Bitterness at
Marietta Gives Rise to
Another Attempt to DEFY
State Authorities

Macon ca. Julv ts.--Reports
.s, -, Z. xnn
that an orsan11ed oano VI ooo
men INTENDED 10 storm the
Georgia State Prison at MiIiedge-
xs,r. .c,,,. .s,.... scrtgt,t rut the
-.-.-... -. ....
nins"s ',''o
here just before shutdown tonight
nv O'Clock tonight the entire
c-..x,,,s tso.c~ss. Rec,n,art wns
under arms. ~ o:So ocaoch 0-
eral Walter A. Harris. SON Of the
Governor. had arrived here from
a..... y. 49, r,erSor.r rh.r~e
49,
Of the ulaassA spessAA ueAn
wns In readiness TO take the three
locaI military companies and
rs,,.~ ,,.~r..s~. az tho Sexond
-
ne8unens 20 sse ssa'e p1is
Reports Of the plot to get Frank
apr,ear 70 b well founded. From
1880, 4. - zl~.-xa.s ~. . ya.a.
,.vr-.,s ~ ~ Srs~vto, ~ tbe rrsson
sh~r-,r- -. 5r,e.ticn ~ Frnnk
Utshtr ~. vrnIls n that instltu-
stra1 IL m flrs l.nf,ds n s0me OF
the uexrons mo had planned
The raid.
Marietta Fotk Harmed.
n su he,,evea hare that MARKETS.
,ear,s ~ tha ones Who contemp late,
~ rasd n 80 Il MARIETTA that til.
virtiu ~ fhe Atlanta pencil factor,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-14
Thomas H. Pegram. Member
Of Fire Department, Killed
When Auto Strikes Pole
FIRE COMMISSIONER
MANN BADLY HURT
Chief Joynes Also Badly In
jured When Auto Rushes
Up Broad Street AT Express
Train Speed

Running nj some forty or fifty
miles an hour 10 the SCENE OF
q fire, alarm Of which had been
sent In soEne flfteen minutes fsc-
fore, the car Of Eyre Checf W.. III.
Joynes ran into light pole In
the middle OF broad street NJ
Adams about $3.50 O'Clock last
night. Thomas II. Pegram. MEM
her Of the Fire Department. and
driver of the chiefs car. wsss
almost instantly killed and Chief
Joylcs and FIRE Commissioner
John Mann, Jr., were seriously
hurt.
Damage done by the fire, In
the living rooms OF NJ. ID. Bloom.
over Eib1 Market. at s02 West
Broad Street. the occasion for the
excessive speeding Of the car, was
small.
The chiefs car, driven by Fireman
Pegram. and with Chief Joynes and
Commissioner Man on the rear seat,
was running rapidly. west on Broad
the horn buxxing loudly and con-
tinucusly when II approached an au-
somobiie running ahead OF II at about
fifteen miles an hour. just east OF
Adams Street There was no appre-
ciabfe ie.-up In the speed OF the
Enact , Gaf SA 6t AAtEhfR& WINS NtsoNs@ ~
swerve In on TO the Street railway
tracks and TO pass the automobile
near the middle OF the street
Car shot Into Pole.
The point at which the turn to-
ward the center or the street was at
the west end OF the roped-o1 spaces
OF safety xoness bordering the troll
lev tracks. There was barely twenty
feet Of space between this end OF the
rome and the light poie---a space large
enough for the maneuver had the car
tesH running III speed even a .
great a. twenty or twenty-five miles
an hour.
Into this space the chiefs car was
shot by It's driver. The turn was
either too quickly made, or too short.
Tor tho nose OF the car Owed into the
light pole. Earring il and leaving a
mark showing the force of impact
to have been great. The metal base
at the bottom Of the pole. resting
against the street pavement was split
IN two.
Hurled Several Feet.
Chief Joynes on the left side OF
the rear seat. and Commissioner
Mann on the right. were eatapulted
several feet netc~e they struck the
ravemert, and then they rolled OF
std TO points almost dfrectiy oppo-
site each other, coming to stop witn'
ing few feet OF the curbing.
Chief Joynes was assisted to ms
feet by Frank Haywood. se4 East
clay, ana others who were on the
south xidewaik when the accident oc-
Cured
Several pedestrians from the nortn
sidewalk stepped off the enrbing %
the side Of Mr.. Mann and gave MIN
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-14

1, The report OF the committee
shall be first submitted to the
Board or Aldermen. that being the
proper body to receive the report
under the rules of the Council,
and the committee being author
lied 10 report TO either branch OF
the Council.
2. Your committee Is OF opin-
Ion that there II not SUFFICIENT evil
dence before Il to convict Police
Commissioner ID. r. Mccarthy OF
mfsfcasance or malfeasance In Of
Ace, but Is OF opinion that his con-
duta In Office has not been above
criticism.
3. Your committee il OF opinion
from the evidence that Police
Commissioners CHI Well has been
guilty Of indiscreet conduct I'm Wis
itfng houses Of assigliafiOn In the
city and that ne should resign
from the Board Of Police Commits
stoners.
4. Your committee is OF opinion
from the evidence that Police
Commissioner II. N. GoOde has
been guilty OF grave nfsfeasance
and nalfeasancc in Office and that
he also should resign from the
Board OF Police Commissioners.
WOULD ABOLISH BOARD.
s. Your committee recommends
that mn anncndmcnt to the char
ter Of the city Of Richmond be
sought sabolishin4 the Board OF
Police Commissioners and substf-
tutiug I'm their stead one commits
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The day book., 1915-06-16

chances there 1Uould haze been settlement by 0rb
tration, but rather a finish fight. And finish fight
Woud meant of the most disastrous street rail
lOay strikes in history
In taking the stand that he represented the entire c
zensp of Chicago and particularly those Oho Uere not
parties to the street rallOay uUar, Mayor Thompson
asserted the rights of the people; and Chicago is for
tunate because he stuck to the job until he out
Chicago has pointed the LUay. Other cities
may profit by the Chicago example and the Disdom
of barring Rockefeller tactics in the settlement of indus
trial uUars-the of hired criminals to shoot dOuOn
honest Oorngnen Uho making stand for decent
iUing and human rights.
Arbitration in Chicago U be easier in the future If
the arbitration of this street railway goUerned by
the square deal. 's
The employees of the street railway entitled to de-
cent uOOreing conditions and a iOing Wage They
entitled to lUages that % enable them to marry to haze
children and raise and educate them up clean
wholesome American standard.
The constitution guarantees them, WeH all cit
zens, the right to e liberty and the pursuit of happ
And that should mean the right to tOage that
uUW good, comfortable sanitary housing, good
food and enough of it, and health happiness, comfort
and education for their uDiDeS and children.
AND EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THE STREET.
RAILWAYS ARE GATHERING IN ENOUGH NICK
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-06-18
demolished His Iucls.

Though not very strict Hindus, the
Gurkhas are very superstitious. 1t Is
on record that the beautiful wife OF a
certain rajah OF Nepaul contracted
smallpox. The rajah vowed tons OF
milk and butter sweetmeats to the gods
If they would cure her. She recovered.
but when she saw her Disagreement
she killed herself. The rajah fell into
a passion. and had all his gods set up
In row outside his walls. Opposite
them he ranged his artillery. Having
abused the gods and reminded them
of all the milk and sweets he had
given them. he ordered the guns to
open fire. Some OF the senior officers.
Mortified at The sacrilege. rushed
shrieliing away, but after n few gun
ners had been cut down the guns open
ed fire and the gods were blown to
bits.-EOndon Graphic.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-06-18

on the board of trustees OF the col
lege. The members elected are:
Mrs. s. R. Sackett, Lafayette. three
years; Allen ]. Mills. Glencoe. ILL.,,
two years, and Richard Warren Bar,
rett New York, one year. The total
number of votes cast was 2.016.
A motion was passed that an ex,
preston Of the appreciation of the
alumni association be EXTENDED to
Ebert Russell for his faithful work
during his long stay at the college as
a member OF the faculty The asso-
citation elected officers for the coming
year as follows Benjamin F. True
blood, president; Alvin f. Wildman
vice president; Carrie l.. Charles. sec
rotary; Barbara Beckman. treasurer;
Robert Study, trustee.