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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-05
SUPPORT THE REUNION.

Richmond once the center Of the Confederacy
and still holding the center of the stage when
Confederate questions are at issue. is again the
Mecca for the ageing hosts of men who wore
the gray from '61 to 'e5 II viii be a distn.
guished honor that comes to Richmond and her
citizens will wear It as BELTS Vrginians and
Richmonders There must be and will be no
lack OF means for entertaining these grand old
men who gave so much and received so little.
There remains to be raised by Richmond
and Virginia men and women the balance OF
sixty thousand dollar fund to be used for en-
tertaning the Confederate Reunion. The State
Of Virginia appropriated ten thousand dollars
for the entertainment Of governors and their
stats In attendance at the convention, and the
city OF Richmond, by municipal and individual
contribution, has brought the amount to forty
four thousand. Let us quickly and willingly
give to the managers of the entertainment fund
that which We have for this enterprise
As matter of fact why cannot the ten thou
sand appropriated by the State be made avail
able for the general purposes of the convention
The appropriation bill stated that this amount
should he used exclusively for the entertain
ment Of. visiting governors and their staffs. Is
il possible that 1t will cost ten thousand dollars
TO entertain this relatively small number Of
people when fifty thousand dollars is all that
Is asked for the entertainment of ten thousand
veterans OF the cause? Cannot the General AS
senbly next week alter the wording of the bill
and make the sum available for the general
purposes of the convention. with the under
standing that the expenses of governors be paid
from the appropriation and that the balance be
turned into the general fund.-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-05
VOTE FIRST. LEASE LAST.

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-05

A resolution passed in the last hours OF Con-
gress gives to the President In the interim of
Congress very markedly increased power over
foreign shipping The extent OF the Presidents
powers in time of great national stress has
never been strictly defined As matter of ac-
tual practice our system of Government has
never advanced restraining powers against any
president when the national safety demanded
that he act for the welfare of the nation. There
probably never viii come time when the peo1
rle will in great crisis, be unwilling to trust
their chief representative to administer the nun
est powers with the completest fidelity.
Lincoln never hcstated TO make use of every
power he felt necessary for the advancement of
his countrys work. Although We of the South
were the sufferers of enlarged police powers
exercised at that time we would today be the
last to deny them to President Wilson when a
great national necessity arose. II Is worth While
to note that men like Senators Root. Lodge. and
others of territorial and political ties similar
TO The ties of Lincoln. were the leaders in OPP
posing the grant of powers felt to be necessary
by President Wilson.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-05
Rev. Pembroke w. Reed
Lenten Speaker Today

Labor Law preventing the employ.
ment of alien labor on public works
This injunction Will permit the carry
ing on subway construction.
The injunction Is against the Pub.
lie. Service Commission Tor New York
City. 1t will be operative until the
Supreme Court rules on the decision
of the New York State Court OF Ap-
peals that the alien clause is consti-
tutional.
Representatives of the Public Ser
vice Commission. and of the contrac-
tors engaged On the subway work
united In petitioning the court for
the issuing of the writ which will pre-.
vent delay in completion OF $780,
100000 worth of subway work. The
injunction is. therefore. entirely agree
able to the Public Service Commits
sion.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-05

A large congregation was present
at the half-hour services, to 1880
yesterday. in St Paul's Church, when
the Rev. Wilson r.. Stearly, of ST.
Luke's Church, Montclair. N. j., de-
livered his final sermon. DR.. Steariy
was the speaked Monday. Tuesday
and Wednesday, also, and attendance
at the services has increased each day.
He spoke yesterday on Punishment"
and the various views concerning 1t.
The speaker Friday and Monday will
be Rev. Pembroke w. Reed, of St
Johns Church, Petersburg. Mr.. Reed
was Portsmouth boy, and was grad
uated from the seminary at Alex
andria. He went West, where, under
Bishop Funston, he rendered abe SER
vice to the Church.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-05
FRIDAY

needs not only OF the city, but OF the rural popu
lation for dairy products.
Cannot that was not shown TO be dis
eased be treated and isolated for such a time
IS would give evidence whether not she is
diseased? Must they sill be destroyed on sus-
picion without proof that they are diseased?
win not the present policy foreshadow the ex.
termination OF the very best cattle in Virginia
merely on suspicion?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-05
Is THERE REMEDY?

The danger that threatens Virginia cattle
mouth disease has been strongly combatted by
the State and Federal authorities We commend
these officials Cor the steadiness, earnestness and
determination with which they have fought the
disease, and taeir very manifest anxiety lest 1t
spread to other farms in the neighborhood Of
Richmond or at different points IN Virginia
It is well that the officials are so greatly in.
terested in this problem. but We raise the very
serious question Of what steps have been taken
or being taken not much to kin every
animal possibly threatened with an attack Of
the footand-mouth disease, as 10 save those that
have been exposed 10 bat have not contracted st.
On farm near Richmond for instance there
were, until yesterday, about 300 OF the finest
cattle In The State, About half Of them were
shown to be suffering with the foot andnouth
disease. The remainder had been contaminated
by association with the rest but had not al the
time they were killed broken out with the dis
case. Nov this represents very serious situa-
ton With medical science advanced TO its pres,
cnt point, is 1t possible that the only remedy
for such disease is the determination of all
rattle which have been near the source Of in
lection? With cattle as high as they are III
present and as scarce rs they are yearly beconl.
fffg. IT ~ a gfate problem nov 10 supply The
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-05
tbolishing the Red-Iight.

Largely through the efforts of The Richmond
Virgnian which of the severa, daily papers
there has fought single handed fer that reform.
the red light district of Richmond, Va, has
been abolished. That paper. February 10, re-
views the steps which led to the appointment
Of vice commission some time ago. and gives
some idea of the startling and fearful state
of affairs which has existed In that city Of
about 80, 900 people, under the so-called "regu-
lation" plan.--Ala bama Christian Advocate.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-05
May Repeal Law.

New York, March 4.--Chairman Nc
Call. OF the Public Service Commits
sion, when informed OF the action OF
fication that the possibility Of delay
In the completion of the dual subway
system had been obviated. He de-
clined to comment on the injtnction
however, until he had seen copy OF
II.
There is now pending before the
Legislature at Albany a bill for tho
appeal OF the anti-alien clause. n
i as I'LL passes II will. settle tina tnoatad
question Without action by the Fed
era Supreme Court.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-05

The House locked itself for ahsenteeism and
then paid itself extra for coming back. Which
is not new way of beating the old boy around
the stump
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-05

The sixty-thtrd Congress having done the work
and held the sessions of two, what do you think
Of skipping number and calling the next one
Sxtyfiye?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-05

Goodbye. dear Washington: farewell, Avenus
Penn. It long way to the backwoods, but
I'm going right there.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-05

Siberia for Souses" is the new Russian slo
gan If anybody doubts Russia's sincerity, let
him go over and get soused.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-05

Funny thing that contractors who CONFESS TO
violating their contracts should expect the crty
to uphold them against inspectors who protect
the city's interest
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-05

Newport News and the Daily Press viii think
they some PUMPKINS" hereafter
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-05

The foot-and-mouth disease is spreading Which
might have been expected from the nature Of
the thing.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-05

body else wants and wish off on them what you
can't handle
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-05

The pendulum has swung back from Germany
to Russia.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-05

Our gas plant must lie Of some value, or two
Concerns wouldn't be trying 10 get ii away from
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-05

"Hamil Bey says fight to finish turkey
finish
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-05
" 1.-The Shopping Center"
Today and Tomorrow
Last Days of
Mrs. Rorer's Lectures
On Cooking

TODAY. from to 6 p. NJ. special lecture for Col
Cooks.
TOMORROW. from II o'clock. lecture for
Ladies'
The price of admission those not already holding
tickets for the course is 75c.
Mrs Rorer talks most Interestingly and instructive
ly the many phases and problems of better house
keeping this last chance to hear her should be
missed
All the Cooking Appurtenances; such Moulds.
Dishes, her latest Cook Book, etc, In
the Basement Housefurnishing Goods Department
Miller & Rhoads
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-30

TY EMPLOYEES
Men employees in the city hall
giggled and snickered when the al
legged tests were made" said Miss
Edna L. Foley, superintendent of the
Visiting Nurses assn. Many seemed
to know an attempt was being made
to put something over The womens
Of Chicago won't stand for such in
dignities. It is an insult to woman
hood"
ut is wholly unnecessary" said
Miss Minnie H. Ahrens, superinten-
dent of the Infant Welfare society.
There is no reason for such a pre-
posteroUs examination. But if the
board feels that it must be held then
we want a radical change in the con-
ditions of giving it. If it must be held
it can be held with less humiliation
and more decency than it was given
last week"
Miss Elnora Thomson, director Of
the Mental Hygiene society, says
there is no precedent for such an ex-
animation, that it is held no other
place in America.
The women have as of one accord
taken up the cudgeI of the nurses.
They are waging war upon a physical
examination of young women by
masculine city employees; an exami-
nation that is stricter, they say, than
that given by an insurance company
or any municipality in America. If
the tests are to be made they want
them made with much more privacy
than was the case last week.
Miss Vittum, Mrs. Jas. E. Guam and
Dr. H. B. FaviH compose a committee
which is today prepared to take for
NAL action against the test.
Civil Service Commissioner Joseph
P. Geary said: THE standard Of
nurses necessitates the examination.
We will have to change the standard
to do away with the examination"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-30
WOMEN PROTEST INTIMATE EXAMINATION OF
NURSES BY CITY EMPLOYEES

women who took the last eXamlna-
ton for city nurses have reused a cry
of protest frOm~nearly every wOmen's
organization in Chicago.
To the ordinary rigid examination
has been added another called the
secondary examination. This has
been decried by leaders of women as
an outrage to human decency.
The second examination was given
for the first time last week when
examinations were held for school
and tuberculosis nurses. While old
er nurses had protested against the
new stunts as nOnsensical, unnecces-
sary and indecent, they did not fully
grasp what it was until those who
took the examination related it's
horrors.
When the facts became known
wave of indignation swept the nurses I
organizations and spread to other
wOmen's bodies. The storm bTewed
slowly till it broke today with a fury
of vitriolic adjectives heaped upon the
head Of the examining board and all
responsible for the now thoroughly |
obnoxious examination.
Most all who took the eXamina- |
lions last week were young nurses.
They were not prepared for what |
they were to encounter. Some of |
them were thrown into an extremely |
nervous state because of the shock. !
Physicians Of renOwn of both sexes |
have expressed the opinion that such |
an examination of the pelvic organs
of candidates for city nurses is IN
necessary.
People like Miss Harriet Vittum,
chairman of the Civil Service Reform
assn committee; Miss Jane Adams
and Miss Mary E. Mcdowell, presi-
dent of the WOman's City club, have |
termed the examination an out |
rageous insult and are today working
for its abolition. They say that I'M
less it IS abolished self-Fespecting
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-30

Two Clearing schools, annexed to
Chicago, made part of two nearest
city schools for purposes of super
vision.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-11

FT1HERE will he no increase in automobile
i license fees this year, thanks to the COM
mon sense of the House of Representatives.
If 1t is necessary to increase the fund avail
able for highway improvements some other
way must be found than by putting a
heavier tax motor vehicles. It is pos
sible to argue for a special tax on horses
because their hoofs injure the highways
There is not a small town in the Com
monwealth in which evidence cannot be
found Of the damage that the horses have
done to the roads. Beside almost every
hitching post there is n hole stamped out
by steel-shod hoofs 1t gathers water when
1t rains and is mud puddle after the
shower and an offense to the sight all the
time. But no one will ever seriously think
of taxing horses for the privilege OF using
the roads.
The automobile is so common as a busi-
ness necessity that it has ceased to be a
rich mans toy. The tendency of taxation,
therefore, must be toward lower rates rather
than higher. The House of Representa-
tives really represented the most advanced
sentiment on this subject when it rejected,
by vote of two to one. the proposition to
raise the license fees.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-11
It Is safer to listen to foolish things than to
utter them.

TNHERE Is no situation now existing be-
4 tween Germany and the United states
that cannot be solved by diplomacy There
does not exist an inevitable casus belIi. Our
national interests are wrapped up in peace
not war. The passions Of the mob will not
dictate the policy OF this Government. It's
course will be mapped out by responsible
men, whose heads are cool, who can think
clearly and who are not partisan. There will
be no war unless the mob spirit prevails It
is the duty of every good citizen, whatever
his party and whatever his prejud!ces, to do
what he may to check that mob spirit! This
Is a Government of common sense and not
q Government of hysteria
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-11
He Died Like a Gentleman

IF WE may accept as accurate the defini-
i tion of gentleman as one who always
forgets himself and never forgets any one
else then Alfred c. Vanderbilt went to his
death justfying his right TO the honorable
title. AS the ship was sinking he was seen
handing his life belt To a woman without
one. He was willing to take the chance OF
getting another but his first thought was
for the safety Of those who needed such pro-
lection as it was in his power to extend.
The most splendid traits of humanity
manifested themselves in the great tragedy
brought about by the most brutal exercise
OF power in the history OF modern civiliza-
tion. and they shine lumlnousIy by contrast
with the blackness of the background be-
fore which they were displayed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-11
An Admiralty of Excuses

FT1HE British Admiralty warned the Lusi-
i tania of the presence of hostile subma-
rines. But Mr.. Churchill explains that he
was without resources to furnish it with
armed protection. That is fatal admission.
IT means that England must leave her mer-
chantmen exposed and let them trust to
luck.
There is no control of the seas in such a
course. 1t will do England little good to ruin
the trade OF Germany If her own is ruined
also That is what her navy Is for, the pro-
lection of her trade. If 1t Is unable to per-
form that function, then certainly the En-
pire has fallen on grievous days. But most
Englishmen will conclude that the situation
is not due to any lack of competency in the
navy, but to n very obvious incompetency
in it's management.
Where are the BIakes and Nelson's? The
Revenge, in days gone by. fought a whole
Spanish fleet There was dash and daring
then in English fleets No odds were too
gree. for them They saw their work and
did 1t; they did not waste time In explaining
why they could not do things. England
has the ships and men, but gravely needs a
better Admiralty.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-11
Another Try for London

TT is generally believed in Germany that
i the date has been fixed for raid of air
ships upon London, when bombs are TO be
dropped upon the city from the sky, and
German sympathizers on the ground are to
start Hres simultaneously in three or four
hundl ed places
But whether the date Is definitely fixed or
not there is no doubt that the raid is in
tended The appearance OF airships at the
mouth OF the Thames several months ago
was accommodating expedition, and in
tended also TO test the ability OF the airmen
- reach the British coast. The raid on Mon
day when a feet Of zeppelins and aero
planes few up the Thames valley from
aouthend TO within 70 miles OF London itself,
dropping bombs the way was also
only . scouting expedition to familiarize
lhe men who are to do the work with the
nature Of the country ana with the land
marks to be followed Ia the fnal descent OF
sfeaf aerial feet upon the British capital
Ghefe has been q disposition outside or
niaH9 te regard lhe TAX Of the effective
aess = ~ = ekz ior anything but scout
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-11

the North American station notified the
President that he had ordered on board the
Families hundred prisoners of war, who,
IN the event of the effort to destroy the
ship by torpedoes other Internal inven-
tions being successful, would share the fate
of himself and crew."
In book published in London in 1918, the
author, James Kelly commented with great
severity on some infamous and insidious
attempts to destroy the British men of war
upon the coasts of America by torpedoes and
other explosive machinery" The reference
is to incidents of the War of 1872.
Exploit of the David"
In only one instance prior to the outbreak
of the European war did an underwater YES
sci ever succeed in sinking hostile craft in
actual warfare and even then it was being
navigated in the awash condition and not
completely submerged This occurred on
February u, 1864, when the Confederate div
ing boat David, armed with a spar torpedo
sank the Federal frigate Housatonic off
Charleston.
The submarines of the Revolution, the War
or 1872 and the Civil War were crude affairs
compared with the submarines operating to-
day in European waters, but they were the
forernnners of the mode of sea fighting which
is now giving the world SO many tragicaI
surprises. The torpedo itself has undergone
remarkable transformation since Bushnell
invented the explosive case.
The submarine has been used in some of
the third-rate South American wars In the
war between Chill and Peru a torpedo was
launched from a submarine only 10 hack
through the water and nearly DESTROY the
vessel from which 1t was projected this
back-fring being, due to the unimproved state
OF tho gyroscope or balance control. within
the destructive missile
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-11
THE PLEDGE

From the New York sun.
In common justice TO the President the fol-
lowing form OF pledge promise is proposed
by The Sun for the serious consideration OF
all concerned:
I'm case war between the United States and
Germany and her Allies should result from the
course now taken by President Wilson's Ad-
minstration with regard to the German mas
sacre OF noncombatant American passengers
ON the British ship Lusitania, !, - -, an
American citizen by birth Tor naturalization,
pledge my entire fortune, II required, and my
life II needed. for the prosecution Of hostili-
ties / promise, on my honor, to put my per-
son at the disposition OF the United States
Government for military or naval service i'm
mediately after the declaration OF war or the
beginning OF a state OF war thus Induced"
we maintain that any citizen willing to
back his sentiments with a pledge OF this
character is entitled TO demand OF the Presi-
qualified to urge the Administration 70 lose
not an Instant in swinging wide open the
doors OF the Temple of Janus.