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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-01
MIGHT WIDEN BRIDGES
WITH SIORNGENtRDs

WITH VA
.. The plan presented by the Rich
monI, Fredericksburg and Potomac
Railroad Company for the elevation OF
its tracks SO that they can cross The
streets between Locmor Avenue and
Cary Street overhead is objectionable lc
in this respect: namely. that while the
bridges proposed to he erected provide
for four tracks, there is pothing tina;
Will prohibit the extending OF these
| bridges over the streets by the con-
struction of additional tracks and
sidiags, thereby further shutting out
light and ventilation from the street
surfaces below them. AS the side
tracks are rarely ever used for any.
thing except the storage Of box cars
- can readily he seen that the horizon
in Monument Avenue and other streets
woulG be III time nbscured ny uuSlghtly
freight cars
3. The unit prices named for the "a
rious classes of work in the Hankins
proposition arc more than verified by
current contract prices for similar
classes OF work in this immediate see
tion, and by the further fact that let
ters will be presented to the Street
Committee from very responsible con-
tractors Offering and guaranteeing to
do this work at prices not in excess Of
tho Hankins figures.
| 4. 1t nlst be borne in mind that
while the total cost of the work as
outlined by the Hankins, plan is s65l.
| 600, yet this work can he reduced by
about 100000 If the Richmond. Fred
erick ksburg and Potomac Railroad Com.
! Dany accepts the modified grade for
the railroad tracks through the cut irn-
mcdiately north of the James River
bridge, Us shown on an alternate Plan
| of the Assistant City Engineer.
WILL FOREVER PROVIDE
FOR STREETS AND ALLEYS
.. The depressing OF tho Belt Line
tracks TO the grade as shown in the
tiankins plan will forever take care
OF and accommodate all street cross
ines. and, if necessary, alley crossings
can also be provided for, thereby pre-
serving the continuity OF the city plan
Doth east and west of the great belt
/ line barrier, which. everybody must
admit. in it's present location. is a
serious drawback to the future develop
mcnt of the city In westerly direc-
tion.
q. The liankins plan provides for a
material reduction in the present awk.
ward and nnsfghtiy overhead crossing
Of Broad Street across the Belt Line
tracks by lowering the present grade
Hof Broad Street at this point some ten
or twelve foet, which is admittedly a
most desirable thing to be done.
Z. ykthe adoption of either one OF
the Belt Line grades as proposed by
the AssistnnttCity Engineer. the drain-
age OF the Belt Line tracks Will ,bo
positively secured, while the sewer
plans and lay-outs already designed by
the City Engineers Department. VIII
not be interfered with 10 any material
extent.
S. IL has been doubted by the officials
o. the Richmond, fredericksburg and
Potomac Railroad Company whether n
four track belt line could he construct-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-01
MCCARTHY OBJECTS TO
DRAWING TERM nY LO


Carlton Mccarthy said that he had
no objections personally TO an amend =
ment such as was proposed. but he was
compelled TO object, he said to that
provision which proposed to make four
members of the present board draw
lots to see which two shall have their
terms shortened by one year in order
that they may go at the proper time
before the people for election to five
year terms as provided by the amend
meut.
Mr.. McAdams replied that in drawing
his amendment hc did not take into ac-
count its personal application to the
present board-that he was more con-
cerned about the principle involved
Mr. Mccarthy replied with some heat
that, unlike the patron Of the amend
ment. he was Immediately and person
ally concerned, aud that he recognized
in tho committee no right to abrdge the
full term for which any member of
the board was elected by IL vote of the
people. Mr.. McAdams was entirely
willing that tho amendment shall bn
rcdrawn so as to provide that no pres
cnt member OF the beard shall suffer
Il shortening Of his term--a change
which the City Attorney said could
easily be Incorporated.
ipOLLOCK's DEPARTURE
nLOCI<S FAVORABLE VOTE
In this form the amendment was put
to II vote. Mr.. Pollock. who had stated
during the discussion that he would
support the change, had n minute be-
fore secured permission from the chair
to retire for tho night. feeling certain
that the amendment would carry by n
substantial majority.
On the roll call. however Alderman
Christian and Councilnen IIaddon and
Ratcliffe voted for the amendment. and
Aldermen Adams and Councilmen Peters
and Jones against IT, and 1t was de-
clarcd lost. having Nfailod to poll ma
jority OF the members voting, Council
man Pollock, who hadereach the ele-
vator on his way out, heard echoes Of
tho defeat through the open door and
hurried back. &t&
Chairman Jones heard .sympathctic-
Continued on Third pago5
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-23
PERU NAMES DELEGATES
FOR FINANCIAL CONGRESS
First Latin American Republic to
Follow Lead of U. S.-Approves
Date and Place.

Peru is the first republic of Latin
America to follow the lead of the
United States. appointing representa-
tives on the international high COM
mission for uniformity of laws relating
to trade, commerce and the proposed
establishment of an international court
of commerce. Peru has also approved
the designation of Buenos Aires as the
conference city and November 1 as the
date of assembly.
Creation of the commission was pro-
posed at the recent pan-Amerlcah
financial conference in Washington
The United States appointed its mem
bers several weeks ago. communlca :
ton received by Secretary McAdoo on
the Treasury Department from tne
Peruvian minister of finance announces
the action taken by that nation
The Peruvian members of the com
mission as designated in this commune
cation are:
Antero Aspillasa, economist; N'canor
Carmona, mayor of Lima; Eulogio fer
nandini Aurelio Garcia Lastres ana
Pedro Gallagher. business men: Mahuc'
Montero. physician; Mariana frado:
lawyer, and Felipe Pardo. brother OF
the president of the republic ana
former minister to the United STATES
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-23
BRITISH CABLE SCHOONER
WRECKED IN PACIFIC
Strathcona Founders Near Fiji Is
handsome Boatload of
Crew Missing.

HONOLULU. T. H., July 23.-The
British cable. schooner Strathcona, Ell
route from Auckland. New Zealand. to
the flaming Islands and Honolulu, is
total loss in the South Pacific near
the Fiji Islands. according to informa-
ton brought here today by the Union
liner Niagara.
officers of the Niagara said that a
wireless message had been received a,
Suva July IA from the cable-layer Iris
that she was searching for the sur
vivors. One boatload of the Strath.
cona's crew was picked up by the Iris
but a second boat. which was thought
to be making its way to Tongatabl
or one of the outlying Fijis, was still
unaccounted for.
II was believed at Suva that the
Strathcona piled up on Minerva reel
and foundered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-23
A. L. EMBREY MISSING.
Relatives Greatly Alarmed by I'm
accountable Disappearance.

Alpheus l.. Embrey, twenty-six years
old. disappeared from his home, 263
14k street northeast, Monday, and his
continued absence has greatly alarmed
his relatives and friends. Relatives
made a hunt for the missing man with
out finding the slightest clue to his
probable whereabouts. and this morn
ing the assistance of the police was
asked.
Embrey. who has wife and three
children and was employed as clerk
in grocery store. was at his place
Of employment Monday. He left the
store at o'clock. the closing hour.
but did not go home. and his wife
has received no word from him since
he left home that morning
The police were told that the missing
man probably had between $50 and $50
on him when he went away. He has
fair complexion. dark hair and brown
eyes. When he left home he wore a
blue serge suit. black derby and black
shoes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-23
FAMOUS n. Y.AH0RNEy,
BARNES DEFENDER, DIES
William M. wins Was Prominent in
Politics-One Time G. 0. P. Can
didate for Mayor.

NEW YORK, July Civilian NJ
WINS. well known lawyer and for
many years prominent in politics. died
at his home here today. He was sixty
four years old. Mr.. WINS recently was
taken ill after his 1abors in behalf OF
William Barnes in his libel suit against
Theodore Roosevelt.
Mr.. WINS died in the early hours OF
the morning. Acute Bright's disease is
given as the cause.
Mr.. WINS, after the strenuous trial In
Syracuse. returned to this city and
busted himself for time with framing
an appeal for Mr.. Barnes. Then he an
nounced that he felt tired out and
would rest for while. He had not
since been at his downtown office. Mr.
WINS for years was one of New Iorks
leading lawyers. He held the offices OF
judge advocate general of New York
state and city chamberlain. In 1905 he
was the republican candidate for mayor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-23
NEW DISEASE OF FOOT
APPEARS IN NEW YORK
Twenty-Eight Gases of Endarteritis
obliterans Under Treatment
in Hospital.

NEW YORK. July ga new foot
disease known as Endarteritis obliter-
ans has made its appearance in New
York and twenty-eight cases of 1t are
under treatment in the hospital for de-
formities and joint diseases. The dis
ease. physicians said today. is fire.
quently mistaken for rheumatism or
govt. 1t is believed to have come here
from Russia, Poland and parts of Aus
tria, virtually the only countries where
1t has become common.
The disease is characterized by the
cutting or of the blood supply by a
fbrous exudate in the veins Physicians
of the hospital are seeking to discover
the cause of the trouble. Injections Of
salt solution have been found to give
relief. but II is not yet known whether
this treatment is a cure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-23
PLANNED HOUSE TOO COSTLY.
Henry Ford Thinks $4,000 Too
Much to Paw for a Home.

DETROIT, Mich, July c3.-Henry Ford
automobile manufacturer, testified before
a special master in chancery in United
States court here yesterday in a sui,
brought against him by Won Hoist & Fyfe
Chicago architects, who recently started
construction of country home for Mr.
Ford near Detroit. The plaintiffs were
discharged by Mr. Ford and now are
suing for payment for services rendered
Mr. Ford said the plans called for ar
expenditure Of $500. 900. which he though,
too much to pay for home" and he
ordered the estimate cut about s275. 900
Estimates calling for expenditure
of $4,000 for the house proper were
read into the evidence. the swimming
pool alone amounting to $73,50o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-23
SMITHSONIAN NATURALIST
LOSES BOTH HIS HANDS
Johann Koren, in the Arctic, Suffers
Great Hardships From Freez-
ing Weather.

NOME. Alaska. July 2s-Johann
koren, a Norwegian naturalist in the
arctic for the Smithsonian Institution,
suffered the loss of both hands by
freezing last winter, while his ex-
petition was fast in the ice in kolyma
river, Siberia. The news was brought
by the steamer Corwin, which has re-
turned here from a walrus hunt
The Corwin also reported the Rus
sian steamer Kolyma's crew suffering
from scurvy. from which the first en-
gineer and second assistant engineer
had died.
Johann koren was shipwrecked in
the power schooner Kite Wake. near
Cape Serge, Siberia, in the autumn of
1912, while he was collecting arctic
flowers and birds for John E. Thayer
of Lancaster. Mass, and the Harvard
Museum. Koren made his way along
the coast. and after incredible hard
ships crossed Bering strait to Alaska
and journeyed to Nome. arriving there
in March. 1913 His hands and feet
were severely frozen then. He had
made a speciality Of exploration OF
Kolyma river and had assembled the
stream 500 miles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-23
BUILDING NEW ALASKA TOWN
Citizens of Anchorage to Make It
Model Village.

SEWARD. Alaska, July 23.-Citizens
of the new town of Anchorage. the
Cocks inlet headquarters for the Alas
ka engineering commission. began
preparations today to create model
village, following the completion yes
terday of the governments sale of
town lots.
Out of 1.173 lots offered 635 were
sold for a total of s147,233 There will
be another sale next month.
Under the supervision of the United
States land office Anchorage is to be
a model town in every respect. J. A.
Moore, manager of the town for the
government. is mayor. He has issued
strict rules regarding building and san
itation.
The engineering commission there is
directing the construction of the gov
eminent railroad between Seward and
Fairbanks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-23
Auto Speed Kings to Race.

PEORIA, ILL.,, July 23.-Illinois repre-
sentatives of the contest board Of the
American Automobile Association have
issued a sanction to the Chicago motor
speedway for a match automobile race
between Dario Resta, winner of the auto
mobile derby at Chicago in June; Ralph
de Palma, winner Of the 1915 Indian
apolis five-hundred- mile sweepstakes race
and Barney Oldfield The race will be
held Saturday, August Z, at Chicago
The race will be over a distance of roo
miles, for a purse of $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-23
NORDICA's WILL PROBATED.
Dispositions Read Showing Singer to
Be in Right Mind When She Made It

NEW YORK, July c3.-Surrogate Co
halan has admitted to probate the
will of Nine. Lillian Nordica Young,
the singer. who died in May, 1914, in
the far east. following an illness
brought by exposure due to shipwreck
Dispositions were read from govern
ment authorities of Thursday Island
where Nine. Nordica made the will.
that she was in her right mind at the
time, contrary to the statements of her
husband George w. Young, who was
cut off by the terms of the will and
contested it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-23
TOLEDO MERCHANT DIES.
John D. r. Lamson Victim of Heart
Failure.

TOLEDO, Ohio. July 23-John D. r
Lamson. one of Toledo's first citizens
owner Of large department store
here and interested in stores in other
cities. died here yesterday from heart
failure. Mr.. Lamson was born in Ell
bridge. N. Y. June %. 1859.
He came to Toledo in 1886 and with
his two brothers esta blished the LAM
son Brothers Company, of which he
was vice president. Mr.. Lamson was
also vice president of a local savings
bank and prominent In fraternal and
church circles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-23
Partial Heir to $50, 900, 900 Dies.

NEW YORK. July 23.-Charles Jame-
son, one of the two ultimate heirs to the
thirty million-dollar estate Of the late
John Arbuckle, has died in Roosevelt
Hospital after undergoing two operations
for intestinal disease. Mr.. Jameson was
forty-hve years old The entire estate
will now go to William A. Jameson, a
brother of the deceased, in case he sur
wives his mother and his aunt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-23
BUY ALLU.S. COTTON
|SPLEA TO BRITAIN
London Paper Would Have Ma
ton Take Over This
Country's Exports.
CITES POSSIBLE DANGERS
IN PRESENT SYSTEM
I'VE Are Heading Toward Sharp
Differences" Says Article in Dis
cussing American Situation.

LONDON. July 23.-AdvocatinG the
purchase by the British government
from southern cotton exchanges of the
amount of cotton that would normally
have gone to Germany and Austria
Hungary at an outlay of $4,000, 900
tS1Jeoo0.00o) and also of American cot
ton exports TO Holland. Denmark, Nor
way. Sweden and Switzerland repre-
senting another 5000. 900 (s25. OOO O0o>.
at the same time declaring cotton alb
solute contraband. the Times in spe-
cial article declared that such solu-
ton would be acceptable in the United
States and would remove a serious
cause of friction
Heading Toward Clash.
Along our present lines" the Times
continues. we are heading straight
for very sharp difference of opinion
with the citizens and government of
the United States. Such disturbance
of American sentiment cannot he to our
interest. 1t means that the United
States may be hampered and weakened
in dealing with other issues from other
quarters. 1t means while the war
lasts an accompaniment of diplomatic
friction, and when the war is ended an
entation of a great bill for damages.
I'VE should then be in a position to
deal with all shipments of cotton to
neutral countries adjacent to Germany
by means of the highly effective prec-
edents established by the Americans
themselves during the civil war. Hav-
ing acted ourselves with businesslike
generosity, we should expect and re-
ceive similar treatment in return
Cotton Should Be Stored.
1t must be understood. however, the
Times adds, that the cotton so pur-
chased must be stored by the British
government until the end of the war.
The south. it says. would inevitably in
sist on this stipulation, because if the
cotton were resold to British spinners
the southern planters would gain
nothing. 1t must be additional to, and
not instead Of. orders placed in the
southern states by British manufac-
turers.
ITO declare cotton contraba band, how
ever" the Times concludes, lis to con-
fess that the order-in- mcconnell of last
March has failed of its purpose. But
we could do nothing more appealing
to the best American opinion than to
rescind that order and rely upon the
lists of contraband and the recognized
doctrine of continuous voyage as our
the enemy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-23
Of BELGIUM
URGED BY WANAMAKER
Great Merchant Offers Plan to Ma
tional Security League for
Kingdoms Redemption.

+ PHILADELPHIA. July 23.-The pur-
chase of Belgium from Germany by the
United States and the imposition vi
high duties on imports and exports ny
this country were among the susses-
lions made by John Wanamaker IN an
address here last night at a meeting at
which prominent business and pro1es-
sional men formed local branch OF the
National Security League
Mr.. Wanamaker. who was later eject
ed president of the Organization sara
it is now the duty of the business men
of this country to do all in their power
to restore normal conditions in Europe
and proposed that 100000 100000 be
loaned without interest to the govern
ment for the purchase of Belgium. He
suggested that later the government OIL
that country could be turned over to
it's own people.
United States Mistake Cited.
Mr.. Wanamaker declared that the
United States had made it's first mis-
take when it had failed to protest
against the violation of the neutrality
of Belgium
Upon the formation of the local
branch of the league a resolution eX-
pressing confidence that the president
of the United States will find an hon
orable and. if possible. peaceful solu-
ton of the grave problem with which
we are confronted and that we join in
pledsing him our loyal support in any
course which may prove to be neces-
sary in order to preserve our national
ideals and vindicate our national honor
was adopted unanimously.
S. Standwood Menken, national presi-
dentA and William Macomb. national
secretary. explained the purposes of
the league.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-23

TIL hardest thing is t pay too
much fer somethin' like you WIZ
used t it.
Miss Tawney Apple has a new
green veil. but no friend with an
auto.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-02-21

ton but their own proves. They may
invoke laws Of nations or of human
ity, but it is for them to enforce them
and leave judgment to the world and
its history. With the neutrals It is
quite different They have a right
to sail all the seas, for the seas are
neutral areas. Neutral ships are under
obligations to account for themselves
and to prove their identity. and, if
they bear cOntraband they may be
arrested and held to trial, according
to the rules of war. If they fail to
submit TO examination they may be
sunk without shrift. If they are sunk
without warning, a heavy accounting
will be required OF those who are re-
spOnsible for their destruction. The
same holds true, perhaps. of the de-
| struction of the lives of neutrals on
the ship of belligerent. Mistakes may
occur, Of course, but the burden Of
proving the genuinencss of the mis-
take is upon the perpetrator for the
sailing OF the seas is always legitimate
and the sinking Of ships is an act of
violence to be justified by proof In
theory the German contention of a
preponderant right to beligerents by
reason of neutrals' neglect to assert
rights against Britain and their prac-
teal consent to the supremacy of bel
ligerent interests is admissible but it
avails little against the universal sen
timent concerning the sanctity of hui
man life.
Germany has declared no purpose
to injure the ships or the citizens of
neutral countries; rather the contra
ry. Her Officials and her naval aft
GERS know the laws of nations and of
humanity. II they give no offense to
these, all will be well, and the prob
abilities are strong that they will give
none. A deliberate or an unguarded
act may convert a neutral nation into
a bellgerent. and against that trans
formation Germany should, above all
Others, have interest. May nothing oc-
cur that will fire sentiment and dis
perse reason, none too firmly seated
in the shaken world. May the look
outs on the German submarines have
keen eyes and clear heads and be able
to distinguish an American by instinct.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-02-21
In the War Zone.

The arrangement entered into be-
tween the Democrats and the Repub-
licans for shelving of the ship pur-
chase bill in the senate until February
~, when il is to be returned for de-
bate, provides a gentle death for that
much,mauled measure. The am
nouncement that the president has de-
termined not to call congress into cx-
ira session, regardless of the fate of
the ship bill, means that the country
will have period of rest and oppor-
tunity for reflection upon the volume
of legislation enacted in the past two
years, term of unusually fruitful
and helpful lawmaking.
When the ship bill comes back to
the senate the fiibuster against it will
certainly be renewed, and. as there
will be but a week to the end of the
session. it is reasonable to suppose
the measure can be talked TO death.
/ Il is not even certain that the Dem
ocrats will make strenuous fight to
put it through Evidently moderate
counsels have prevailed, and il has
been deemed best to let the situation
tske normal course The country
is weary OF the struggle i'll congress
and of congress generally. 1t wants
period for digestion and assimilation
of the reforms that have been insti-
mtcd,
Another thing. the anxious, if not
critical, situation created by the def.
milton of war zones" by the European
helligerents is a burden upon the pa
thence and wisdom of those responsi.
BILE for the welfare OF the United
States that can hardly be oyeresti-
mated, The president is entrusted
with a great care, that may wen oc.
enpy his best thoughts and wisest re-
! Elections He should not be distract.
ed by legislative struggles or partisan
questions. For the next few weeks.
particularly. and perhaps, for pc
riod of months, the national safety
will be AN anxious charge upon him.
Better that he should have no prob.
lens Of legislation to add to his bur,
den and distract him from the main
consideration Of his office Doubtless
that is the controlling reason for the
moderation that seems to have come
over the shipping bin policy OF the ad,
ministration
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-02-21
Getting Rid of Congress.

The date fixed by Germany for the
beginning of operations under the new
code of maritime warfare introduced
by that power to fit the capabilities of
the submarine has come and gone, A
war zone. in the definition OF Ger.
many, has been created about the
British Isles and the coast OF France.
and in that zone, 1t is proclaimed, CIV.
cry ship that plies the seas moves at
its peril. The enemies Of Germany
have nothing TO look 10 for protec-