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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-20
IMPROVE CATAwBA ROAD.
Highway From Railroad Station TO
Eanafoffum Macadamized.

The most valuable piece OF road
made in Virginia in re-
cent years IL the work which has
Just begun on the road connecting
Catawba Station. on the Norfolk and
Western Railroad. with the Cataw-
ba Sanatorium. This road. nearly
FIVE miles long. will be macadamized
throughout Its full length. and pa
tients going to and from Catawba
viii find practically none of the dis-
comforts formerly experienced.
Credit for this much needed Inn
provement. says Highway Commits
sioner Coleman. is due entirely to the
efforts Of DIR. r. @. williams. State
Health Oh1cer. who has been work.
ing for some time to have this road
put in first class condition.
The State furnishes the convict la
Dor that Is necessary. as well as the
road engineers. while the sanatorfum
puts up the money required.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-20

San Diego, Cal. July 1.-TWO
thousand members OF the Loyal Order
of Moose are In San Diego today at
tending the opening session of the
national convention, which will con-
tinue throughout the week.
Today's session was devoted to the
hearing Of reports and disposal of
routine business The most import
ant sessions will be held at Tecate.
Mexico. tomorrow. where the dele
gates are 10 journey over the San
Diego and Arizona Railway.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-20
Two RESIGN OFFICE.
Pulaski Mayor Unable to Act ms First
Lieutenant of Company Il.


First Lieutenant N. W. Calfee, of
Company L, Second Virginia Regi-
ment of Infantry. has resigned.
Lieutenant Calfee is mayor Of Pu-
laslSi, and he gives as his reason for
resiEnfng. the pressure OF his pri-
vate business Governor Stuart has
accepted the resignation, and has Or
dered an election to be held within
thirty days to choose his successor.
Second Lieutenant c. r. Hantz-
man, of Company @. First Regiment
of Infantry, has rendered the Gov
ernor his resignation. which has been
accepted. An election TO choose his
successor has been ordered held
within thirty days.
DR.. b. r. White, of Strasburg, has
been DESIGNATED to conduct the physi-
cal examination of recruits for Com
pany e, Second Regiment Of Infantry.
Virginia Volunteers, until further or
ders.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-20
Mrs. Grirr,s Money s,se.

Mrs. william r. Grigg. of No. 10
West Grace Street. has received in
formation from Oriental. ". c., that
her deposit of some $4,000 is safe
in the Bank Of Oriental. For several
days after the suicide of Cashier J.
Will Miller 1t was feared that theere
would be great loss. An examination,
however. shows. 1t is said. only very
small shortage
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-20

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cral Calles' subsequent occupation OF
Cananea indicates he won the Toll
meter Ten battle AZ well.
The State Department today de-
cliaed to take seriously the reports OF
another revolution headed by. Manuel
Armenia against the Carranxa 9ov-
ernment, which Is believed 20 be noti1-
ing more than q sporadic uprising.
The Carranxa agent secuted the Ar
menta story. Armenia" II was
stated, lis not interested in any FAC
ton In Mexico. Some time ago.
Armenia declared that II the fght-
ing became too thick around his vast
estate near Vera Cruz. he would take
steps to defend his property. He or
ganized troop. and that's all there
e to the story. He Is Immensely
ests.
On the other hand. Villas con-
fidential agent insists that the Ar
menta movement Is directed against
Carranxa and claims that Armenia
has been Identified with the villa
cause since the beginning of tho
trouble in Vera Cruz.
Consul Siliiman. OF Vera Cruz, re-
ports that $4,000 pounds of hour.
and 5000 sacks Of corn, with large
quantities Of lard and soap have been
imported by the government. presume
ably from Havana. The consul also
day OF two Woivin line steamers
Establishment OF wireless communi-
cation between Vera Crti1 and
Mexico City also was expected
Consul Hanna at Monterey has ask
ed the State Department to inform the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-20

age was done r.. r. & p. wires near
Seminary. Va. few miles south OF
Washington
Twenty Circuits Broken.
Principal damage done to the lines
OF the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company Was at point about
six miles north Of Dumfries. whore a
tree fell ACROSS the. scomRany's. lines
and carried away twenty circuits. The
trouble was located about o'clock last
night and By . o'clock. trouble" men
from Washington and Fredericksburg
had restored telephone communication
on the Richmond Washington lines.
Other telephone troubles were report
cd from point near Roanoke. Va,
and at a point north of Rocky Mount.
". C. Calls wera routed around the
breaks In circuitous lines and long
distance business was continued BY the
telephone people despite the handicap
put upon them by the storIns.
For nearly four hours the only way
that Washington could be reached by
telephone from Richmond was BY way
Of Lynchburg.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-20

Henry Eban. colored. IN held re-
sponsib1e for the death of John Phillips
coiored. who was shot and killed Sat-
urday night after a quarrel. which is
said to have started over dime. The
coroner's verdict holds Eban as the
guilty man
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-20
Funcral Of Mrs. W. O. Basrc4a.

Funeral services were conducted
over the remains of Mrs. w. A. Bar
rett, who died In Baltimore Sunday
morning. at Riverview Cemetery yee~
terday afternoon by Rev. q. w. Ken1-
per. pastor of Hanover Avenue Chris
tian Church. Mrs. Barrett was for
merIy a resident OF Richmond and -
survived by a son, Mr.. Raymond Bar
rett, and one daughter, Miss Mabel
Barrett, both of Baltimc--. three sis
tiers, Mrs. w. A. Mathews. Mrs. J. B.
Haskins and Miss Minnie Vaughan,
and one brother, H. NJ Vaughan. all
Of Richmond. also survive.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-20
NO INQUEST OVER two
NEGRO LADs' DROwNINGs.

In cases OF II. L CrIttendsn. fifteen
year sold. OF 800 South Loanbardv
street. and Sterling Dowden. sixtoef,
years old. living On Fourth street.
south Richmond. both colored who
wsrs drowned In thn James River SIM
day Afternoon. Coroner Taylor has
both boys met death In almost fha
Same manner. swimming ont In the
river and whsn taken with crAmps.
were drowned before heipS could reach
them.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-20
RICHMOND CAPITALISTS
LEAVE FOR WEST POINT
sgiH spend Today Going Over Route
Of Proposed West Point-Ur-
hanna Railroad.
ARE GUESTS AT LUNCHEON
Richmond Men Entertained BY Wess
Point Chamber of Commerce.
Early Morning Auto Trip Followed
By acknowledgements speaker.

A party Of Richmond CAPITALISTS
led by Thomas Gresham. Oliver ].
Sands, r. H. Bruce and A. 1. HAYES.
left here yesterday afternoon In au-
tomobiles for West Point and ur-
hanna. where today will be spent in
going over work preliminary to the
establishment of railway between
West Point and Urbanna. Last
night was spent in West Point. where
local business interests and the
Richmond men conferred.
Today the Richmonders will go
over the course over which 1t Is pro-
posed to build the West Point-Ur-
hanna road, and at Urbanna will be
met by the Miiddlesex Business Mems
Association. Plans already worked
out and others which are to be COM
pleted between now and the time
gone over. and definite action will be
determined upon II satisfactory ar
rangements can be made.
Later today mass meeting Will
be held at Urbanna. This will be
addressed by F. II. Sprague. vice.
president OF the West Point Devel-
opment Company, who has been
spending much time In Richmond
during recent weeks working up the
enterprise and interesting Richmond
capital. Others will also speak at
the meeting. among them Messrs
Sands and Gresham, and possibly
Congressman Montague.
The establishment and operation OF
the proposed road will open up TO
the Richmond markets large and
rich territory In the peninsula coun-
ties, whose products have been GO
ing to Baltimore by bay and river
boats. Application for charter Will
be made to the State Corporation
Commission within the next few
days. Capital stock is to be from
100000 to 100000.
West Point, Va, July Ia.--Rich-
mond business men who motored to
West Point this afternoon to begin in
spection of the proposed West Point
Urbanna Railway were guests OF the
West Point Chamber of Commerce
AZ luncheon in the City Club rooms.
Aftertf1e entertainment, during which
local business men met those from
Richmond. the visitors left for Ur-
hanna, where they will spend the
night
They were accompanied TO this
place by r. III. Sprague. an official OF
the West Point Development Com
pany. who went on to urbanna with
them tonight Among those in the
party are Thomas Gresham, Oliver j.
Sands. A. l. HAYES. Warner Moore,
Carl Boschen. l.. O. Miller, W. C.
Camp and Secretary Harwood. of
Post A. r. +. A.. OF Richmond.
Crosby Thompson. president OF the
Old Dominion Industrial Corporations;
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-20
M. T1ouisa !. Jone.

Buckingham. Va. July 1e-n1r&
Louisa T. Jones' died It her hoN14
Thursday morning and was buried ~
the presence Of a large concourpe ~
In her seventy-seventh year ana II
survived by eleven children. She w.
the widow OF the late Louis DibrcIk
of New Store.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-20

Funeral services for Mrs. Leon n
Nelson. wife of Attorney Leon II. Nei.
son. of the local bar, were conducted
by Rev DR.. Edward Caiisch Sunday az
ternoon DIR. Calisch spoke with deep.
feeling and read Wordsworth poem.
she Was a Phantom of Delight" Tho
pallbeares were: William Fl. Schwarx-
schild. A. L. Straus. c. NJ. Schwarx-
schild, DIR. c.. A. Iabenberg. Edward
whitlock, Gordon Straus, Martin EicheI
and Moses l.. Straus. of Baltimore.
Besides her husband. Mrs. Nelson ID
survived by two sons--Sathan A. and
Leon NJ, Jr; her mother and three
brothers, of Cincinnati. Before her
marriage, Mrs. Nelson was Miss Hens
rtette Adler, of Cincinnati.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-20
Funeral OF MRS. Edmenia A. Belehe.

Funeral services for Mrs. Edmonia
A. Belche. who died In Stuart Circle
Hospital Saturday afternoon. were con-
Quoted this afternoon at 4 o'clock from
the home. 425 North Thirtieth Street.
Burial was in lakewood Cemetery. Mrs.
Belche la survived by her husband, J.
B. BeIche; one son, T. Edgar Terry;
her father, John H. Duke. and one
brother, J. Haywood Duke.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-20
.sHelln. Cash Gone.

The money box Of the Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephine Company's
pay station at the c. & o. depot was
stolen Sunday night. according to a
complaint lodged with the police yes
terday.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-20

this city about four weeks -
for the first week followins - e.
dition improved rapidly. but no
she suffered relapse and cont14
Officially III with varying con0lll
until the end came al aforcstated.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-20
DEATHS.

funeral of MRS. An
ME HooMEs BRIDGES SCHULTZ
will take place at IL o'clock this
morning from the Tabernacle Bap-
tist Church.
The interment will be in Hoily@
wood
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-20
Herc 10 Atses,d 8Gothex's F,uncs

Hero 70 Atxend 8Gothexss Fun0ral.
Harietgh b. 6chuitx. y well-known
Boston xsewSpAper man, on the STAN
OF the Boston American. II IN the city
Mrs. Annie Ho0mes Bridges schultz,
which takes place this morning &c II
o'clock from TAbernacio Baptist
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-20
Miss beatrice stnuffcr.

Clifton Forge. Va. July 1s.-afiss
Beatrice Edgar stauffer. aged sixteen
years, died at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. C. o. Stauffer. at 209
Alleghaney street Friday afternoon at
$3.50 O'Clock Miss stauffer was OPP
Grated on in the c. & o. Hospital in
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-20
tIIss Ieona scdwick.

Luray, Va, July fs.--Miss Leona
Sedwicl. daugter of the Rev. @. w.
Sedwick. a Methodist minister of this
county. died Saturday at Ell Paso,
Texas, where she had gone for her
health. She was about twenty-five
years old Burial will take place in
this county "Wednesday.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-20

Immediately following arrival OF the
$40 Chesapeake and Ohio train from
Miilboro. Va. yesterday Afternoon SER
vices were conducted at the grave IN
Hollywood Cemetery over the body Of
Mrs. Matte Redd Lamb, wife of for
mer Congressman John Lamb. The
services were conducted by Rev. Hugh
Sublett. rector of st. Johns Church.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-20

NJ. II. Cecil of Harrodsburg. KY.
Oldest brother OF the Rev. Russell Cecil
of this city, died Saturday. He hiss
been In Ill health for two years He u
survived by his wife and four chill
dren.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-20
OBITUARY
N. p. G. C,ockcy.

Especial to The Richmond virgtnian.)
Wytheville. Va. July I'm p. c..
Cockey. formerly of Frederick, Md,
died here this morning, aged seventy
five. He was spending the summer in
wytheviiie The body will be taken
to Baltimore for interment.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-20
Mrs. Annie Hoomes Bridges Schultz.

to Baltimore for interment.
Mrs. Annie Hoomes Bridges Schultz.
Tine funeral of Mrs. Annie Hoomes
Bridges Schultz, widow of the late
August r. Schultz. of Richmond, will
take place this morning at IL o'clock
from the Tabernacle Baptist Church.
the pastor. Rev. william Lockhart
Ball. officiating. The interment will
be at Hollywood and the active and
honorary bearers will be: Franklin
l.. Kerns, Alvin D. jackson, p. E.
Eubank. Robert M. Smith, w. Eugene
Roane, Albert II. Robins. j. r. Z.
Steinman. Herbert Brown. Philip
Colavita, DR.. st. George T. Grinnan.
Henry Marshall. Humphrey Calder,
w. r. Robins and r. l. Tanner.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-20
STORMS KILL Two

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-20
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-13

Germany under the control of the gov ernment. Taken together these two acts were accepted as confession that Ger many feared defeat by starvation unless she could break the iron ring about her To do this she must compel the British to raise the embargo on food supplies, and Ter only weapon was the submarine. by which she might hope to intercept food ships bound for Britain and by compell- ing the English to suffer from food short- age force the abolition of the food block ade.
 As to English ships Admiral von Tir- jitz had, in January, frankly proclaimed a policy of submarine aggression which contemplated sinking ships and crews. the high seas. In February the cam paign opened, not by sinking crews ana ships, but by torpedoing several ships at very mouth of the Mersey and setting their crews ashore. Such course must and did provoke unfavorable criticism amongs the neutrals, but to extend this policy to neutral ships was to open new horizons, was a frank confession that the German campaign to win sympathy abroad had given way to a stern neces- sty to make war as terrible as possible for the foe even at the expense of neu- trals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-13
No More Congestion at the Polls

The election bill enacted by the present legislature, providing for a uniform system of voting precincts with a maximum of 300 voters to a polling place, is a good measure and one that will be greatly appreciated by all the citizens of populous cen ters who exercise the privilege of the ballot.
 Such a law should have been adopted long ago. But after each gen. eral election the voters, who were up in arms, so to speak, because of the congestion, cooled down and forgot about it. What was everybody's busi- ness seemed to be nobody's business, and legislatures came and went with out any action for polling place relief. Birmingham, Montgomery and Mo- bile were the worst sufferers. The congestion in this city was particu- larly bad. There were only four poll ing boxes in the central part of Bir- mingham, when there should have been IS or 20. As many as 15OO ballots were received and deposited at one place.
 Even if the ballots had been short the voters would have been unduly delayed, but in these office-seeking days the ballots are always long, and when the names of 40 or 50 candi- dates were to be voted for, much time was consumed in marking the ballot and sometimes election officers were kept working AS hours-working night and day-in order to count and tabu- late the vote. The public was under strain of suspense and the whole business was intolerable.
 At the next election, no matter how great the number of candidates, the voter will experience no discomfort. Three hundred votes can be cast in a few hours and the result of the cleo tion will be known shortly after the polls close.
 This remedial legislation was slow in coming, but the voters will feel truly grateful that somebody took it up at last and got it through.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-13
MAKING .ANT1aUEv RUGS

From the Rochester Democrat and
 Chronicle.
 For years it has been no secret that g. good many so-called oriental products are just about as oriental as Sheffield blade. We know that merchants from the far east in this country lay their rugs in the street to be tramped on, and the same trick is employed even in mystic Bagdad, that new rugs may thus be given an ancient appearance. For eign manufacturers in Persia now make rugs, and, that their profits may be greater sell them through Bagdad. It Is said that there fine rugs may be seen lying in the filth of the streets in front of the bazars, and the usage they receive in that way makes them
 more highly prized by rich Americans Citizens of this country in search oi aristocratic trappings have long been a prolific source of revenue to fakers but they are becoming wiser than they were. Undoubtedly the shake-up that will result from the war will contribute to modernizing ancient crafts. but thf production of antiques" will not cease as long as the supply of gulls holds out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-13
Birmingham's Varied Industries

1 There has been steady increase in the number of small industries in Bir- mingham within the past few years, but there will always be room for more. The industrial bureau of the Chamber of Commerce will, it is understood, strive to make a high rec ord this year in assisting to establish new manufacturing plants. It has a splendid opportunity.
 The Birmingham district as the cen ter of large mining operations and iron and steel works is in a class to itself. But in addition to it's extensive plants it has many varied industries of the smaller kind that contribute greatly to the volume of production and the volume of the pay rolls.
 Some persons have a habit of say ing, What Birmingham lacks is the small manufacturer-the small shop and the small factory"-just as if we had only the big plants. If they would inform themselves they would find that Birmingham has made marked progress along the very lines they refer to. The variety of commodities manufactured here widens every year and will continue to widen; but with renewed efforts on the part of the Chamber of Commerce Birmingham's progress will be all the faster.
 The newly appointed industrial bu- reau of the chamber could make a good start by ascertaining the num- Der and character of the manufactur- ing plants here, together with the operating capacity and the average monthly pay roll of each. This work should be thorough. It may cost something, but comprehensive re- port showing what Birmingham has would be not only a revelation to many, but would be the basis for campaign seeking to obtain such ad- ditional industries as this field especi- ally invites.
 Let the industrial bureau "get busy" and make signal reputation for it. self and at the same time help to make 1915 banner year in Birmingham's upbuilding.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-13
Originated by Billie Burke

Miss Billie Burke originated the scheme of copyrighting her stage dresses that so many actresses have since adopt ed" said an attache of the Jefferson theatre.
 T just had to do it. said the ac- tress. I used to be proud of the fact that the dressmakers copied my clothes for their customers, but l found it made it very expensive for me. I had to be getting new frocks all the time to keep ahead of my audiences. So I have seen my lawyers in New York and they tell me it can be done and that after my dresses are copyrighted I can prosecute anyone who copies them
 Miss Burke, it is well known, is one of the best dressed women on the Amer ican stage. She designs most of her cos tunes herself and so they have 8 dis tinctive touch that differentiates them from the prevailing fashions. Dress makers in New York especially-but in other cities, too-were quick to observe this and whenever Miss Burke appeared in a new play in New York there were always a lot of the fashionable costumers of the city in the audience and it wasn't long before a lot of imitation Billie Burkes were to be seen on Fifth ave- me p
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-13
VINTAGE AND VANTAGE STORIES
 OF THE NEWSPAPER CLUB

Smith, city hall reporter for the Ledger, immediately took up the phrase and every day for about week he ran a story to the effect that the commissioners would in all probability be given a clean bill of health.' It finally got on G. Wards nerves and one morning he called Paoli into the royal presence with the full in- tention of blacking his eye.
 " 'Pooli.' he started in. rolling Lack the cuff of his right sleeve in preparation for the onslaught, I'm getting d. tired of you stating every day that we are going to get a clean bill of health. That phrase is conveying the impression to the public that there is something down here that might smell to the high heav- ems if uncovered and u l-t here is a frame-up with the Investigating commit tee to keep it covered and give us, as you say, clean bill of health s
 "He spat four times on the costumer hanging full of garments, threw his cala- bash onto the table and cleared the deck for action. Paoi saw the inevitable and started a flanking movemen. with the idea of keeping the big glass covered desk between himself and the mayor The two or three others Tn tho room Set- tied back prepared to enjoy the scrap.
 Tt was then that MT. Ward turned to one of these and said:
 "I feel as if I had literally been picked to pieces by pifflin' Pool's pid- dlin' prophesies!'
 And in the laugh that followed Pool' made his escape and the next day the two made up."
 while standing in front of the Jeff ferson county bank building few days ago waiting for car,'' said newspaper woman, q overheard the following con- versation:
 An old negro man was bewailing the fact that his savings of lifetime-$35 were tied up in the Jefferson County Savings bank. A white man near said: Why, Uncle, I wouldn't worry about that if I were in your place. The closing of the doors of this bank is only tempo- rary.
 "'Yes sir, boss replied the old negro, but I hears um singing round here, Hits Long Way to Temporary. "