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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-04

yours needs in our line We presume
sour enterprise and activity and wonder
full growth makes possible the large
amount of goods tina, you have been
buying from us We appreciate YOUR
business, and Richmond would grow a
great deal more than she has and is
doing if We could get new enterprises
in our midst, and who buy their sup
plies i'll Richmond as YOU do.
Wishing you continued success, we
arc,
Very truly yours,
SOUTHERN STAMP AND STA
TIONERY CO,
SAN'L s. ROSENDORF.
THE BAUGHMAN STATIONERY
CO.,
Richmond, Va.
Purity Company,
Richmond, Va.
Gentlemen, We take this oppor-
tunity to thank you for the business Won
have favored us with during the past
, three Years. We recall very distinctly
when you first commenced business
YOU came to us to take care of ,our
wantsin miscellaneous printed FORMS and
shelf stationery, and within the course
of a few weeks our invoices amounted
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BINSWANGER & CO., INC,
Richmond, Va.

Purity Ice Cream Corporation, City,
MIR. l. ii. Fiji, Manager
Dear ,Sr-Wc are very glad have the opoor,un;,v
hpE WIN your request and state that YOU have kndl;
800 US preference OF your patronage for your rcnuirc
ms1S IN our line which has been entirely Satisfactorily
wv greatly appreciate this spirit OF cooperation bv Won
o merit it, ~ 'us'iousiy ehdeaVor
we would also state Incidentally that wc keu,;s, 49,
the policy, and take particular pains to nrs nave
extent we consistently can ~ t''e iu'iest
ours very truly,
BINSWiNGER a 90
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STANDARD AUTO EQUIPMENT
CORPORATION,
Richmond, Va.


Richmond, Va.
Purity Corporation,
Richmond, Va
Gcntlcmcn,-A the beginning OF or
new business year we desire to thanl;
you Tor the nice volume OF business given
US during the year 1914
We consider you one OF our very
best customers, and hope that we have
mcrited a continuance of your patron
age.
Wishing you much success and pros
porous new year, we remain,
Yours very truly,
STANDARD AUTO EQUIPMENT
CORPORATION,
B. w. RAGLAND,
President
SOUTHERN STAMP & STATION
cry CO.,
Richmond, Va.
Purity Co.
Mr.. Fill,
Richmond, Va.
Dear Sir,-We appreciate the bust
ness you have been giving us, which
has been considerable considering the
limited amount of goods concern like
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q. A. GRASBERGER & CO.,
Richmond, Va, u. S. A.
Purity Ice Cream Corporation,

Purity Ice Cream Corporation,
City.
Gentlcmcn,-In looking over a list
Of out customers throughout the United
States and Canada, we find that tho
numb,r OF paper ice cream dishes and
thin ice cream spoons which your COM
pany purchased from us compares
very fa,orably with the number used
BY the larger ice cream manufacturers
in the North and West.
AS our line is in its very nature a
pretty good barometer OF the conditions
prevailing in the wholesale ice cream
trade throughout North America, VIC
think Richmond can we'll be proud To
possess ore OF the most modern and
hustling ice cream concerns in the
country.
We thank you sincerely for your
patronage, which dates back to the
day of your Opening" and solicit
continuation OF the same, and trust the
cordial relations existing between us in
the past may continue in the future
TO our mutual satisfaction.
Very truly yours,
B. A. GRASBERGER & co.
b. A. GRASBERGER.
THE R. A. CAUTHORNE PAPER
W. tiN>'S
Richmond, Va.
The Purity Co.,,
City.
Gentlemen,-As we enter tho rev
year cannot help but look back on tho
pleasant relations that have existed
between us in the past, and on my re-
turn to the office this first day OF labor
in nineteen and fifteen, it gives me a
great deal OF pleasure to express our
sincere appreciation Of the many
courtesies extended In nineteen and
fourteen.
am forever being reminded in my
own home Of our business dealings
by the delightful freshness Of your
wrapped products. and it is very, very
gratifying to realize that VIC are both in
Richmond.
Wishing you very prosperous new
year, and lots and lots of success to
the new offspring, am,
Very truly yours,
r. A. CAUTHORNE,
President.
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Chr Rirhnrnmh Ghalnhrr nf Cntuutrrrr

no Purity cospny.
Richmond. Vtrsinia
aentlereni
I. 10 nos. gratifying to TIE Chamber CT co'ssr''
e. hye and expansion OF your
.r,es In CITY Richmond. particularly co. "heh
realize that inception Of THE ds'eloPnen' GEO
cn..ssr vas about cooperation
o.allz end facilitating other respects ito beginning
Tho suoossstul operation Of this enterprise 10
IN. another 1llue.ration OF tho faos
tint aieh-ona peculiar and Hoat abrasive cd
., for sucoespsal industrial operations divsreifiea
n character.
Nth bset u.shes for oont,uuoa euooess Ne bog to
rerh.r,
You're very truly.
a1cEuosD callaER c0rgaoH.
2.1.0ahE1i.ss v.,..
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And as further evidence of close cooperation with
the people OF the South and Of this city publish here some
OF the letters have received We thank the men who
wrote them, AND WE THANK THE THOUSANDS
WHO, BY THEIR PATRONAGE, HAVE MADE POSI-
BILE THIS ACHIEVEMENT.
Fair play., 1915-11-13
Administrators Program.

Retention of the import duty on SUI
gar, and extension of the war emer'
gency" tax beyond December 81, are
the only two revenue measures de
cided upon by the administration.
In an official announcement from the
treasury department Secretary Nc
Adoo states that these two measures
will be recommended to congress at
the opening of the session.
Just what, If any, additional meas
ures will be taken, has not been de-
termined by the administration
Though Secretary McAdoo and other
advisers have consistently frowned
upon bond issue, it is possible tina!
an issue of Panama canal bonds will
be made to finance the army and navy
In the preparedness program, and kept
as a separate transaction, leaving the
ordinary receipts to care for ordinary
disbursements.
Secretary McAdoo will recommend
that the free sugar provision OF the
Underwood Simmons bill, which place:
sugar on the free list May l, 1916, bt
withdrawn for several years, and tha
the emergency tax be continued until
the close of the war in Europe.
Fair play., 1915-11-13
PARTY'S RECORD BAD
Country'S Revenues Wasted by
the Republicans.
Millions Thrown Away on "Pork," and
Yet Leaders Presume to Advise
Democrats as to Proper Method
Of National Defense.

National defense is not partisan
matter, but it is Just as we'll to say
right now that the administration and
the Democratic majority In both
houses of congress would do well to
pay scant attention to Republican
counsels.
The present comparative helpless
ness of the United States is directly
and specifically the result of Republi'
can blindness, Republican carelessness
and Republican pork"
The Republican party had absolute
control of the nations affairs for six
teen years. 1t managed so well that
at the end OF that time the trained re-
serve of the United States army con-
sisted of sixteen men. 1t saw the Span
ish war increase our responsibilities
and difficulties at least tenfold, yet
was content with an army less than
four times as great as had sufficed dur
ing our previous isolation, while our
fleet takes lower rank among the
navies of the world today than 1t did
In 1898.
Through all those sixteen years, In
spite of repeated warnings. the Re
publican party was spending enormous
sums on pork" putting $5,O00,O0O into
a single fort" on the bleak, inacces-
sible plains of Wyoming for the ben
eft of Senator Warren; building navy
yards in Maine that no battleship
could reach, for the benefit of Senator
Hale; wasting the nations money on
every side. And yet this is the party
! which comes forward now and claims
monopoly of wisdom in the matter
! of national defense!
Such impudence is sublime, but not
convincing. President Wilson and the
Democratic majority in congress can
get all the advice they need from
trained experts in the army and navy
They do not need any counsel from
Senator Warren, Reed Smoot, Gussie
Gardner, or any other Republican
wiseacre.-Chicago Journal.
Fair play., 1915-11-13
Good Angel of the Aviators.

There is French woman who hides
her identity, who for months has been
sending generous contributions or
money through lie Figaro of Paris
to the French army. and most partic-
ularly to the aviation corps.
For some time no more money was
forthcoming, but few days ago the
Figaro received this letter from her:
MY savings are all gone, and l am
grieved to the heart at not being able
to help our beloved soldiers any more,
especially our aviators. l wish above
all things that the airmen should be
warmly and comfortably clothed. But.
in spite of everything, have managed
to do a little more for them. Please
excuse met is such little bit.
llclosed with the letter was the
French woman's check for $4,000.
Fair play., 1915-11-13
HAD HER OWN WAY
Mothers Peculiar Method of Co.
ing Through Magazine.
She Surely Did Her Best to Find That
Article on King Albert, but Fate
Seemed TO Be "Agin'
Her."

II don't seem TO find that King AL
bert article you spoke off, said moth
er, looking across the sitting-room ta-
BILE round which the family gathered
in the evening. Are you sure this is
the right magazine?"
Quite sure" said father briefly,
without raising his eyes from the war
news, which happened to be impor-
tant. Mother turned the leaves of her
magazine for a time, while a gently
worried pucker appeared between her
brows.
But | haven't come across 1t yet"
she protested plaintively at length.
"and don't see how could possibly
have overlooked 1t If it's here. I've
turned every page"
Look for it in the table of con-
tents" suggested father. That's
what it's for"
We'll, but if I've been through the
whole magazine and it isn't there,
what good would that do?" argued
mother mildly. 81 suppose If I'd
looked there in the beginning ! might
have saved myself trouble; but if 1t
| isn't there, 1t isn't, table or no ta-
BILE, contents or no contents. sup
pose you'll try to convince me I'm
mistaken, but"
Now, mother, you know how often
you miss things in magazines through
Just this same performance; fiuttering
the pages over in that absurd, aimless
fashion, instead of going straight to
the table of contents to find what you
want. You've done it once more,
that's all. What you have against a
table of contents that nothing short
of sheer force will drive you to one,
can't imagine.
ITS unworthy of your general in
telligence, put there for your benefit
l don't believe you know yourself the
reason why you do it. Reason! There
isn't any reason. It's nothing but the
Unborn contrariness of woman"
Mother laughed amiably. why, no
father, it isn't just like to potter
along my own way, dipping in here
and there. This time, though, real
ly do want that particular article, and
1t isn't here--truly, John, it isn't"
That" announced father firmly, "l
refuse to believe, partly because
know better, and partly because yor
haven't looked in the table Of con
tents. Come now, Mary. be sensible!
What's the objection?"
There isn't any, and l suppose In
rather a goose" assented mother com
fortably. She added presently, will
some surprise. But, father this mag
azine hasn't got any table of contents
: How odd!"
| Father, with an air of tired, but dig
. nified patience, reached for the mag
azine, found the table of contents, fiat
tened 1t conveniently open, and hand
/ ed it back. Mother thanked hin
} sweetly.
Page 1885," she murmured. No
that belongs to the article above
. Page 1884," She turned the leaves
briskly, then slowly, then backward
Fair play., 1915-11-13
BRITISH METHODS
ARE |NDEFENS|BLE
BLOCKADE DENOUNCED BY SEC.
RETARY LANSING IN NOTE
TO GREAT BRITAIN.
U. S. WILL SUBMIT NO LONGER
Three Points Emphasized in Long
Document viii Either Cause
cessation Of Practices or
Open Break.

Washington.-The United States In
ing exhaustively British interference
with American trade since the begin
ming of the European war, declares
that the so-called blockade instituted
by the allies against enemy countries
on March II, is ineffective, illegal
and indefensible." Notice is served
that the American government can
not submit to the curtailment of it's
neutral rights" and it cannot with
complacence suffer further subordina-
tion of its rights and interests"
Ambassador Page to whom the note
was sent by special messenger for
delivery to the London foreign office,
was instructed by Secretary Lansing
"to impress most earnestly" upon the
British government that the United
States must insist that the relations
between it and his majesty's govern.
ment be governed not by a policy OF
eXpediency, but by those established
rules of international conduct to
which Great Britain in the past has
held the United States to account
when the latter nation was a bellig
erent engaged in a struggle for ma
tional existence
The note is nearly $1,000 words
long, and the three points emphasized
are:
1. It is incumbent upon the
United States government to give the
| British government notice that the
| blockade, which they claim to have
| instituted against the enemies o.
Great Britain under the orders II
council of March II, cannot be rec
ognized as a legal blockade by the
United States.
2. The United States government
feels that it cannot reasonably be ex
pected to advise its citizens to seel
redess before tribunals british priz'
and appellate courts) which are, IL
its opinion, unauthorized by the un
restricted application of internationa
law to grant reparation, nor refrain
from presenting their claims directl!
to the British government through
diplomatic channels.
8. The United States has no othe
course but to contest seizures of yes
sells upon coniectural suspicion ant
the practice of bringing them int
port for the purpose, by search o
otherwise, of obtaining evidence, 70
the purpose of justifying prize pre-
ceedings, OF the carriage of contra
band or of breaches of the order o
March II.
Fair play., 1915-11-13
Simple Process the sest.

The great purpose of the collection,
at.source" provision of the income tax
will be equally well served by a simple
provision for information at the
source. The corporations may fairly
be asked to furnish information ot
salaries and stock and bond holdings
on which the government can proceed
in the performance of its own plain
duty to collect its own taxes. The cor
porations cannot fairly or econom
ically be required to do the collecting
when with the same information in
hand, the government can do it with
fewer chances of evasion.
No tax gains in certainty or justice
through confusion or duplication in
methods of collection, The simpler
the process the better.-New YorR
World (Dem.).
Fair play., 1915-11-13
Poor Policy to Advocate.

The trade balance in favor of this
country for the month of September
is S146.343,919, or at the rate of about
SLIGO, 100000 per year. Such a com
merce is too one-sided to be healthy
England and France already have be
gun paying with bonds for supplies
which in ordinary times they would
pay for with goods. We need larger
imports to keep exchange steady. tC
make permanent trade.
Yet this is the time which Republi
can "statesmanship" chooses as appro
pirate to raise the tariff and cut dowr
still further our already too scanty
imports!
The party which advances a scheme
like that must be hard pressed for al
issue.
Fair play., 1915-11-13

and forward In perplexity. OF course
know youll say It isn't so, father,
but It is," she announced. Page 354
look at it for yourself A scientific
article about oil and engines and com.
parative fuel resources of belligerent
nations, and not so much as a word
of King Albert anywhere!
She sat back with folded hands
while father again took the magazine,
again found the table Of contents, and
again handed it back, remarklng mere
ly with corrective emphasis;
Page 345."
"Ohl" said mother. well, l never
could carry figures in my head" Muir
muring under her breath, "345-345-
345," she turned the pages, and pres
entity began to read. Father, soon fin
ishing the war news, s,..nced across
and observed complacently:
Told you you'd find it mighty alb.
sorbing article. Looks as If | was
right Well, ought to know my own
wifes taste in reading by this time"
Mother started guiltily. Yes. dear,
of course, only hadn't got to King
Albert yeti ran across something on
the way-Let's see: page 453. wasn't
it?"
1T was mott" said father. Page
345."
oh, no, I'm certain it wasn't. Il
remember now it was 35i-why, no, it
couldn't have been. Page 354-'Ode
to a Dancing Faun;' that's not King
Albert"
Turn to the table of contents" said
father wearily.
Mother tried to find It. But sput'
ter of laughter from young Tom.
across the table, and a giggle from
Helen put her into a hopeless fiuster.
I've lost it," she cried. ITS all
those horried advertising pages in
front; they oughtnt to allow them.
Father, you'll have to help me again
| Only, please lay 1t open to King AL
bert this time, and put mark in it
that's what you ought to have done
at first. | never have the least trou
BILE with the magazines except when
someone tries to make me bother
with pages and tables of contents!
mo one ever shall again, my dear,
father assured her. passing over King
Albert with an envelope tucked in. g
am not an irresistible force-and
know an irremovable objection when
bump it."-Youth's Companion.
Fair play., 1915-11-13
Excellent NJ otion,

There are now in existence so
many societies for the prevention of
so many different things. and so many
more being formed all the time for
the prevention Of other things" said
old P. G. Poster, lat it would be a
good idea to inaugurate a few socie-
ties for the prevention Of societies
for the prevention of things. This
could be carried on and elaborated un-
til we had societies for the prevention
of societies for the prevention of ev-
erything; somewhat on the order OF
tropedo boats and torpedo-boat de
stroyers and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
destroyers. Then after the last so
ciety had done it's duty we might
abolish it and have period of rest
for the weary. kansas City Star.
Fair play., 1915-11-13
Hardened.

"Mr. Editor, the mayor spoke very
feelingly when welcoming us here and
sympathized with us in the hardships
we endured while prisoners in G. S.
w. A., but l can assure you all those
hardships can be considered as a
pleasure when comparing them with
the magnificent reception that was ex-
tended us."-Letter from a released
prisoner of war in the Capetown
(B. S. Al Cape Times.
Fair play., 1915-11-13
Cattle Nearly Burned.

Peoria, Ill.-A fire, for which no
cause has yet been found, and which
burst out in several places at once
destroyed the Manhattan warehouse,
a section of the H. H. Suffeld canning
establishment, causing a loss of over
100000, and endangering property
valued at more than s1,0O0,OOO. Nine
thousand head of cattle chained to
stalls in the feeding pens of Morris
& Co. were saved only after a heroic
fight.
Fair play., 1915-11-13
Four.Year.OId Fire Hero.

Chester, Pa.-While playing with
matches Ida Green, 2-year-old daugh-
Ter of Benjamin Green of this city.
set fire to her clothing and was
burned to death in spite of the eff
ferts of James, a 4-year-old brother,
who tried to save her.
Fair play., 1915-11-13
To Exhume Mrs. Aliens Body.

Joliet, Ill.-Joseph Campbell, the
negro convict, being tried for the muir
der of Mrs. Maizie Odette Allen,
signed an affidavit in support of the
motion for the exhumation Of Mrs.
Aliens body for the purpose of a
medical examination.
Fair play., 1915-11-13
lmnorts Now Too Low.

The object of high tariff is to re,
duce imports or, as the st, Louis Re.
public well puts it, ito keep foreign
products out of the United States.
The one serious danger TO the coun
try's prosperity today is that imports
are already too low.
Fair play., 1915-11-13
Volcanoes Emlttinu Smoke.

Seward, Alaska.-The great vol
oanic peaks Iliamna, 10000 feet, and
Redoubt, 1900 feet, on the west
shore of Cook Inlet, are smoking.
These volcanoes were active in the
summer of 1913.
Fair play., 1915-11-13
$500 for stopplno Nos. Bleed

Chicago. - A jury before Judge
Cooke returned a verdict awarding
DR.. Richard ]. Tivnen 5000 for serv-
ices rendered Bernard Mahon, retired
mason contractor in stopping a nose
bleed
Fair play., 1915-11-13
Underwear for Father.

mo, that amt loud enough. | want
the loudest underwear ever made"
What for, no one ever sees it."
81 want it so loud that I'll be able
to find it mornings when it's got my
wife's and all the childrens clothes
piled on top of it."
Fair play., 1915-11-13
Leaves s1a5,ooo to Pastors Fund.

Chicago.-The late Mrs. Fannie
Mast Gamble of Cincinnati left $125,-
600 to the pension fund for preachers
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
it was announced here.
Fair play., 1915-11-13
IMITATION IS

IMITATION is slNcEREST FLkTTERY
but like counterfeit money the imita-
ton has not the worth Of the original.
Insist on La Creole" Hair Dressing
it's the original. Darkens your hair In
the natural way. but contains no dye.
Price s1.00.-Adv.
Fair play., 1915-11-13
Turkish Merchants Held for Ransom.

Naco, Ariz,-All Turkish merchants
in Cananea, Sonora, have been ar
rested and held for ransom by Villa
authorities. according to adyices re
ceiyed here.
Fair play., 1915-11-13
viii Oppose FIIlbusterina

Congress will find many serious
questions before it, and a public senti
meat behind 1t that is constantly
growing less patient with tilibustering
methods
Fair play., 1915-11-13

A boy thinks when he reaches the
age of twenty-one he'll have his own
way, but he usually gets married.
Fair play., 1915-11-13

Nearly two.thirds of the farmers in
New York state buy butter instead OF
making it.
Fair play., 1915-11-13

A girl, after she is engaged, can see
but one man. But, thank goodness, a
mans eyesight is good as long as he
lives.
Fair play., 1915-11-13

Thought Him Fresh.
Helm not earning my salt
She-Thats unfortunate, when you
need salt so badly.
Fair play., 1915-11-13

Mrs. Amos Reynolds, so years old.
ended her life at her home at Wa
bash, Ind, by building big bonfire
and leaping into the flames.
Fair play., 1915-11-13

Louis Bundy, who murdered a mes
senger in Los Angeles, and Earl
Toomis, who murdered a Sacramento
woman, were hanged Friday.
Fair play., 1915-11-13

Sir Frederick Edward Smith has
been appointed to succeed Sir Edward
Carson as attorney general of the Brit
ish cabinet
Fair play., 1915-11-13

1t was announced at the White
House that the marriage of President
Wilson and Mrs. Norman Gait would
take place near the close of Decem-
ber."
Fair play., 1915-11-13

DIR. Thomas Adds and Ralph X.
Blair, both of San Francisco, convict
ed of violating the neutrality of the
United States, were fined $1,000 each.
Fair play., 1915-11-13

Fire in the plant of the W. F. job
bins Chemical company. Aurora, H.,
which manufactures glycerin for use
in high explosives, caused damage
estimated at 100000.
Fair play., 1915-11-13

Mayor Newton d. Baker of Cleve-
land, o., was elected president OF the
National Consumers league.
Fair play., 1915-11-13

Austro- Hungarian losses In the
great Italian offensive are estimated
at $4,000 in killed, wounded and cap.
tured.
Fair play., 1915-11-13

The Federal Council of the Church
es of Christian America has an
nounced that Sunday, Nov IA, will be
a day of prayer in behalf of the Ar
menians,
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-08-12
Planting Sugar Cane.

Sugar cane II planted, not soWn, a
SINAI! piece OF the cane, long enough
TO include two or three Of the rings
or nodes is laid lenethwise, or stuck
In suuting direction. along a tuf.
row which runs the length OF Inc
field ,u some sections the primitive
fashion NJ planting in holes il stiIi EN-
ployed When the trench Is planted
the pieces Of cane are lightly covered
with earth In lew weeks they sho"
growtH above the ground, the germ
buds 81 the rings having begun 10
Shoot out In the form OF young cane
the rauE having at the same time
throw out rpotlets into the sol! he
parable trenches are made far enough
apart saw at least three feet, 10 'n.
able the workers when the "loe'
spreading canes are getting ripe 'c
40 between the rows and remove the
DYING leaves which burden the rpen
Ing cane. thereby enabling the nakeo
cane to mature faster.