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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-10
WANTS Mr.. DRYD TO

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scnet Grundy had notified the body
that he would prepare and present
resolution calling upon Richard K.
Byrd TO appear before the Board of
Aldermen TO offer an explanation OF
certain things attributed TO him in an
afternoon newspaper. purporting TO
{ have been an interview concerning the
jitney situation.
81 Major Christians point was that In
m article appearing In an afternoon
paper referred to members or the
Committee on Ordinances in an undig-
niftd and Insulting" manner. He said
they had been called "Shylocks" and
were otherwise referred 10 in a man
ner unbecoming gentlemn.
Should he Treated as Gentlemen.
No gentleman should lrse such lam
guage,' said Major Christian II feel
that we should conduct ourselves with
more or Less dignity. and we should
be treated as gentlemen. The dignity
OF the Council should be upheld The
time has come when such things
should be stopped"
How are you going TO stop it7"
asked Mr. Powers. Il am with you.
and would be glad TO follow out what
you may suggest. But how can you
Ffs'N' NHE RNfSfH w. ARE "Abt tH'J
please p
Il think" replied Mr. Christian,
that all OF us are gentlemen, and /
am sure the members of the press are
gentlemen. We get together and agree
upon some line OF dignified procedure,
and ] ana sure such articles as this,
and others to which ! have referred,
may bediseontiuued."
Colonel GrHndy broke into the de-
bate in an attempt to spread oil upon
the waters He smIlingiy said that
he was once newspaper man. aud
he knew the fluctuations and the hard
ships the gentlemen OF the press were
&up aga inst He knew OF the long hours
AND the sieepiess nights while the
readers of the papers were sleeping
i peeaefuily. the newspaper man was
using his Drawn and his brain to pro-
duce readable paper the next day
And IL the paper has no news In u
the poor news gatheFer gets II for
Who lasts the longest
The newspaper men have always
freated me with courtesy" said Colonel
Grundy. "and ! have nothing person
ally TO say against them. They arc
III good fellows. But here is an article
which ! think should be paid attention
to-
Read News Leader Article.
sof article in the evening News
Leader. OF July z4th. in which II was
i stated, IN connection with she Htney.
ordinance that Mr.. Richard e. Byrd
had stated that large number NJ
%Counciimen were the creatures of the
virginia Railway and Power Com
pAny. and that company got whatever
J II desired through Council.
The reading of this paragraph ex-
he 4xa Of xa4 kap Mt
the board as well as several Council
men who were in the chamber
IS This oontinuea Colonel Grundy.
l*1houid receive some attention.
shall nj the meeting OF the Board of
Aldermen tomorrow night. present
sresciution calling upon Mr.. Byrd 10
appear before this body and explain
A5mself IL he has BEEN Incorrectly
Z &uetsas for one will be glad 70 be
9& infcrred, n the paper has mis-
N&Nd him. ~ we have Just bean In
1zn&d ~ Mr. Pnlisr that IL waa In
III
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-10
GILMAN FLEET DRIVEN
AVIAN FROM RIGA HARBOF

Petrcgrad. Aug. s.--A German fleet
o: nine battleships. twelve Cruisers.
and a great number OF dsstroyers.
sought in vain to enter the Gulf OF
Riga on Saturday.
The attacking warships' were driven
back in spite of repeated efforts to
break through the Russian naval de-
lenses. Russian sea planes aided the
Russian naval boats greatly BY drop.
ping bombs on the hostile warships,
A German cruiser and two de-
etroyers are rcportod N have been
damaged bv m3nan.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-10
PRESIDENT GIVES
continued from Flrst Page,
win move rapidly toward a clearing

will move rapidly toward a clearing
OF the Mexican situation,
Senior CORDOBA Coming.
) within the next ten days a new
figure will appear In the conferences
to be held in Washington on Mex
can affairs. This man will be Sc
nor CORDOBA. the brazilian minister
to Mexico, who has been represent
ing the United States at the Mexican
we're severed Mt the time of the oc-
cupation of Vera Cruz. The minister
has arranged to leave Mexico City IN
a day or two. and viii come 10 the
United States.
The Navy Department today m
structed Commander Mechanics. Sc
nior officer at Vera Cruz, TO Ien1 tne
Brazilian minister warsnip hor
transportation to New Orleans. Mr.
CORDOBA Ia understood to have an In
teresting story to tell about conoi-
lions In Mexico City. Months ago
he urged the United States 10 act.
but his advice was ignored.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-10

snbmarfnes Sink Three ships.
London. Aug .e.--Iloyds announces
that the British steamer 0lenravei OF
Belfast. the Swedish steamer Malm-
land and the trawler Ocean Queen
have been sunk The crews Of all three
vessels have been landed.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-10
VOTE UNANIMOUS

imply imposed upon him the censur
4 the body and relieved him of III
demand that he resign. that porto
Il the original resolution having bee
tricken out by Mr.. Workman.
Text Of Resolution.
The amended resolution, with poi
ion of the preamble. follows:
Whereas. the eald committee,
after q patient and full investiga-
ton, have repoTted that Il IL OF
the opinion from the evidence
that Police Commissioners CHI
Wen has been guilty OF indiscreet
conduct and that he should re-
sign from the Board 81 Police
Commissioners; and
Whereas, while the report Of
the said committee shows indis-
Greet conduct on the part Of Po-
lice Commissioner CHE Wen II
falls 70 charge any misfeasance
and malfeasance I'm ONCE ON his
part:
SNOW, therefore. be Il resolved
by the Council of the CITY q
Richmond. the Common CouncA
concurring,
.sThat the Council of the City OF
Richmond deems the action OF
Police Commissioner CHI Wei
indiscreet and prcjudicial TO the
best interests of the Police De-
partment, but does not constitute
sufficient cause to call for MS
resignation.
at Is resolved. further. that
the said Police Commissioner CHI
We'll be, and he hereby b. GEN.
sured and rcpriMlanded for sucn
fndiscrect conduct"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-10
WHITE HOUSE CALLS

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-10
SEPARATE

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The Austrians claim to have taken
5000 prisoners of I'll classes and
some munitions In This engagement.
--
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-10

The accommodation that all police
men be discharged from tine rorce unon
second conviction for drunkenness, sas
well as that prohibiting any poIfeenfa n
from dealing in merchandise. were re-
ferred to the Police Board.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-10

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-10
PRESIDENT RENDERS

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-16
Plays Home, Sweet Home ON Engine Whistle

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AZ. 49,. 49, to.., - .,.~.o;o.aI WAX .:.;,
loo. Tho farr,or .,,rro5 oyor a,d c,osod III. .Ys,
For nesrlv an bour mont roorninc no rofpsod ~
co,oo % ifo He said he boarJ tho arcbarcoI
CabrioI y,clcor,ir,, bi,, ~ tho other land and
Gabriel would never fool him
Uomo Su.cot Homo Pobcr broka into rairro,d
inv .. .bo o,., ~ e,.oo, H., b ;,.. .oou .L;..,.
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engsood with his mann ~ viol,, III, homo
which is ncar Poadin- lies about a ouarter ~
mile from the East PENNSYLVANIA branch Of the
PHILADELPHIA Reading Railroad Years ago hi.
uttle son. now An cmnlovod telocrapbcr. would
play in the ward all day. waiting for his father
TO 90 by. And this was the inspiration that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-16
WILLIAM B. WILSON, Secretary of Labor.

Office Department tho Interior Department.
the Department OF Agriculture and the Depart
ment Of Commerce.
But it was Mr.. Wilson's plans for the future
that interested me most, because. If the Secre-
tary carries them out, as he hopes to, the re-
suits will be far reaching so far as the welfare
Of the worker is concerned.
There are two things on which Secretary
Wilson has set his heart. One is the establish
ment Of substantial back-to -the-soil move
ment with government aid; the other, the fos-
tering OF seasonal vacations for workers in the
cities
l reminded Mr. Wilson that in late years
many back-to-the soil movements had been
started, none OF them apparently making much
Roadway.
That may be true" Mr. Wilson said, "but
the causes for the failures can easily be traced.
For instance, it is not an easy task to take
men from the city where they have become
used to the life there and put them on farms
expecting them to stay. 1t is only question
Of short time when they will get back to the
city again. 1t is almost the same with irnmi-
grants who come to this country after hav-
ing lived and worked in communities on the
other side. They, too find the life on the farm
monotonous there seems to be something
lacking, and in course OF time many Of them
also drift back to the cities
HE WANTS THAT TEN MILLION FROM
CONGRESS.
I'VE have a plan, however and II Congress
will only help US, am quite sure It will be
successful. You know that every immigrant
coming into this country has to pay head
tax OF four dollars, and since this tax has
been in effect it has yielded Slo,000,oOo, or
more than the cost OF the service Now II
Congress will give us that surplus Of $4,000
900 to help in our back-to-t he-farm movement
| think it will be question Of only short
time when the present congestion in the large
cities will be reduced, and the cost OF living
cheapened considerably in addition. While our
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first cortumelous and condemnatory stone. Posi-
lively. it is too often bad; comparatively. II is no
worse than the rest. On the face of the case,
indeed. il seems TO have more excuse for its inn
projections than has the literature Of books and
magazines Working at high pressure, at breath
less speed and in Instantaneous circumstances,
II cannot be expected TO induce nicely of speech.
The damning feature Of the case, however, is that
most OF the errors made in the direction not
OF conciseness, but OF diffusion and proxity. In
these days, when the Simplifed Spoilers denouncs
even one superfuous letter anathema mara
natha reporters and copy editors persist in insert
ing letters and whole words which are not merely
unnecessary, but positively incorrect.
For example: To while" away the time Why
should that superfuous N" be put in, TO waste the
writer's time and ink, and incidentally, TO make
nonsense OF the phrase? Or: That much" Why
waste time and ink in writing the incorrect word
OF four letters, instead of the correct word; so,
Of only two? Again: The richest OF any in
the state" Why squander time. ink and space
"of any," which is not only quite needless, but also
hopelessly absurd?
Nor is the substance less Grant than the style.
! hesitate TO say how often told that as
the result OF fall or some other accident every
bone in his body was broken" when it is perfectly
obvious that not one-tenth of his bones were
broken. II a fell from the top OF the Wool
worth Tower not half of his bones would be
broken. Nor are such errors made by reporters
alone. II accomplished special writer who
the other day referred to Corn, Colonel in the
Leguminous army; and it editorial writer
who seriously declared that Great Britain organ
lied the Holy Alliance against France"
These things, and others like them, are shock
ing and dsgrsceful, and will not concede that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-16

errors such as these were confined 20 the present
day. They have been common in all ages, among
distinguished writer's. One OF the most note
worthy examples has been provided By Shake.
speare's reference 70 the "seacosst OF Bohemia
Note that | say, however, that it has been pro-
vided by, not in, il. For the error is not Shake
speare's but his critics. who have regarded that
phrase, some of them as poetic license and soms
of them evidence Of Shakespeare's technical
ignorance In fact, it was and is neither. The
critics themselves quite overlook the fact that
not long before Shakespeare's time, probably o.
the period in which the action Of the play was
supposed 20 have occurred, Bohemia was mari
time power and had extensive frontage, nos
only upon one sea but upon two seas.
There are innumerabe examples Of notable
bIunders on the part Of eminent writers. Scott 10
place, makes the sun set in the east. Dickens
makes Captain Cutie put both hands TO his mouth
ir giving "haloo" unmindful Of the fact that
he had long before left the gallant tar only one
hand. Victor Hugo makes Charlemsgne speak OF
the Sorbonne. which was founded more than four
centuries after Charlemagnes death.
jules Janin, as a most exacting critic, should
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-16

A WESTERNER in Philadelphia recently
~ strained up in bed with sudden fright
For nearly three minutes he clutched the
bed clothes, his ear rigidly TO the open window.
any heavens, Harry" he gasped, shaking his
bedfeow Philadelphia. What was 1t, siren
from Mars or dragon"
What did it sound like? ," grunted the sleepy
one
81 couldn't describe it typewriter" whis-
pered the Westerner, still ashy. at sounded like
mixture Of ghost, angel and bansheo singing
Home. Sweet Home"
"That was Home, Sweet Home Reber," he
grunted, freight engneman. Crew Sixty-threc,
p & R. Railroad. on his way to Port Richmond
with forty or fifty loaded steel
Reber IL the only engineer in the knowledge OF
railroad men who plays a tune on locomotive
whistle But Reber does more than play tune
he PLAYS half dozen. To hear Nearer, My God,
10 Thee" come wailing ten miles across the hills
M midnight is enough 20 scare d saint But one
feels better when Reber. for encore, crows like
q rooster and executes number OF bugle cSHs'
including 81 Can't Get En- Up In the Morning
A noted engine authority, when asked for ms
opinion on Reber's achievement, declared II an
absolute impossibility for any one TO get reeog-
nized tune out OF q single steam whistle more
over. he asserted that the loss OF power which
such a monkeyshne would entail should not be
tolerated on any railroad.
A MUSICIAN WHOSE INSPIRATION is TIE
OPEN ROAD.
ASS matter Of mention, Harry Reber or Home
Sweet Home Reber, as he is Familiarity known
from Tsmaqus 20 Philadelphia and from Harms
burg 10 Allentown, does more than deliver the
tune Once In g million months he strikes the
wrong note. And Il must be remembered that he
rides a rocking engine. without music rack or
tuning fork He does. however, have the Joy OF
III. open road and the eIhilaration Of guiding the
front end Of twenty -thirty. forty miles an hour.
Tn. whistle Reber employs for his entertain
rent is found upon the type of locomotive which
% rsilroaders term Long John. The tone
:. ,r.b. hut not screech. By an almost i'm
nerc.p,bls opening and closing Of the whistle
valve Reber raises and lowers the pi'cn' perform
inc IN. delicate transitions with his shoulder
.n.d AGAINST the warm boiler and his arm
hooked in the throttle
A. for the outlay Of steam. Bob b!sSh' nis'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-16

nIans for this hack-to-th farm movement are,
OF course in an embryo state just now. con-
hdently hope 20 have them in shape by the
time Congress meets in December.
How will this SlOOOOOOO help your plan; do
YOU intend to buy farms and five them 10
PERSONS of good agricultural training living
in the cities?" / as6ed.
No. not exactly that" the Secretary said,
"but we plan to help them financially to get
start. In starting the back-to-thc-farm move
,ncnt going our first efforts will be TO bring
about community lie We intend to gather
together a number Of families who arc more or
less congcnial. They may or may not be all
Of the same nationality. Then we will buy
the land and lay il out giving each family
whatever allotment they need, of course charg-
ing them for it. In addition, we also plan to
supply them with farm implements. and, II
necessary, with the means to keep them going
until they are able to get return from their
farms
A ROTARY FUND TO BE USED MANY
TIMES.
But how is the government to be protected
so that it will secure the return OF the money
it has used for this purpose | asked.
There will be little difficulty about that
Secretary Wilson said We propose, in the
first place, to have the individual owner OF
each farm give us a mortgage or note for the
money advanced, either for the purchase OF
the land or implements or the means advanced
70 keep them until after harvest time. In
addition to this, these individual mortgage
notes are to be endorsed or supervised by the
other members of the community, so that we
will have a double guarantee that the money
will be returned 1t would thus become
rotary fund that could be used over and over
again"
DO you think that the banks will object
to the government doing this?'
"I don't think So" Mr.. Wilson said, "for they
will be form Of securities on which the banks
themselves would not lend"
DO you think, then, that will also help
to reduce the cost OF lving?'
Certainly. 1t is bound to do So" Mr.. Will
son said. 1T is not our intention to establish
these farming communities in places tar re-
moved from large cities. On the contrary, we
propose to get as close as possible to the
large centres OF population. I mean, OF course,
as close as the price we believe we can pur-
chase the land for will warrant. Why, have
been told that there are 100000 acres OF tillable
land within a hundred miles Of New York City
that can be purchased for SIS an acre or less.
See what the establishment OF farming com
munitics in this area would mean to the people
Of New York"
Have you considered asking the Agricul-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-16
By WILLIAM r. KEOHAN.

</VV THAT is the Department OF La
M Dor doing for the men who are
w responsible for its creation2'
When l asked this question
of William B. Wilson. the first man TO occupy
the post Of Secretary OF Labor in the Cabinet
he settled back in his chair and answered:
I'VE are doing lots Of things to help wage
earners in this department. but they are moth
ing compared with what hope to do in the
future. You know, this is a comparatively
young department"
Mr.. Wilson dislikes very much TO talk about
the work OF his department. He believes in
doing things in quiet and unostentatious
way and letting the things that have been done
speak for themselves In the two years that
the Department Of Labor has been in existence
comparatively little has reached the newspa-
pers concerning what has been done to aid
both the workingmen and employers. More is
the pity, for through the efforts OF the Secre-
tary and members OF his department dozens
OF strikes have been sverted and others have
been settled to the satisfaction OF both en-
ployer and employee, with consequent saving
in money TO both that was enormous.
Few people know that last summer all traf-
hc on the Great Lakes was threatened with
one Of the biggest teups in years. Secretary
Wilson heard about it. He sent conciliators
70 talk to the tugboat men and 10 the tugboat
owners. It wasn't long before both sides were
In humor TO negotiate. Negotiate they did,
and they came to an immediate agreement, with
the result that the threatened tieup Of traffic
on the Great Lakes was averted.
HEALING THE OLD WOUND OF CAPI-
TAI AND LABOR
The bringing together Of employer and en-
ploye is only one of the many activities OF
the Department OF Labor. The department
is now engaged in securing employment for
men out OF work and is meeting with much
success, due to the cooperation Of the Post
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-16

((VX7HAT is the Department Of La
M Dor doing for the men who are
w responsible for its creation"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-16

tural Department to help in this scheme" I
asked the Secretary.
Yes. / am glad you mentioned that. Our
plans call for considerable aid from the De-
partment of Agriculture. We propose to ask
the Secretary OF Agriculture TO assign special
lists in the production and marketing OF farm
products 70 these various communities. there
to aid the farmers in every way to produce tne
finest crops at the lowest cost
Secretary Wilson was exceedingl" enthusi-
astic over his back-to-the farm movement. lie
discussed it earnestly and he seemed to regret
very much that his plans had not reached the
stage where they could be put into active
operation at once.
I'VE are working these plans every day
Mr.. Wilson said, land hope that they will be
successful, because they mean lot to the
people"
But the back-to the soil plans which Secre-
tary Wilson is developing are no more inter-
esting than his plans for what he calls mar
vest vacation clubs. In brief, these clubs would
consist of groups of toilers from workshops
and factories who during the summer would
he sert to farms for vacation periods to aid
in such things as hop picking, berry picking
jr,1it picking, and the like, as we'll as heavier
harvesting.
The idea for this form OF recreation was
brought home to Secretary Wilson when as
a little boy. he worked beside his father IN the
coal mines of Pennsylvania. Still later, when
emploved in the iron mines OF Oneida County,
New York. he received further demonstra-
ton OF its efficacy.
A LITTLE BOY LEARNS THE MEANING OF HIS
FATHERS PHILOSOPHY.
"When was a little boy" Secretary wilson
said, my father would say to me quite frequent
IL william. while you are resting drill hole
or, William, while you are restin set prop
and so on. At that time | did not understand
the philosophy of my fathers words. 1t was some
wears later that my fathers philosophy became
clear to me, and learned that change Of work
Is often rest number of years ago worked
in an iron ore mine at Clinton, Oneida County, \.
Y At that time 1t was the centre OF the hop
growing industry. One day was told that the
mines were going 10 shut down, and that every
other industry in the neghborhood was going to
shut down and we were all going hop picking.
didn't quite understand what II all meant until
I got out into the hop fields. There we lived
several weeks in tents, picking hops in the day
and attending hops at night time, and there
learned that each year all of the employees OF
the industrial plants at Clinton took vacation
by going into the hop fields. II vacation
that helped the hop farmers, because 1t supplied
them with the necessary labor to harvest their
crop. and il was vacation that proved of great
physical benefit to the employees Of the indus
trial concerns because it something new. 1t
was out in the OPEN and everybody seemed TO
enjoy It immensely, and returned to their work in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-16
Bv WILLIS FLETCHER JOHNSON.

FORTH, my SON." said Oxensterna,
~ land see with how little wisdom the
~ world is governed Go forth, my son.
,ome later Chancellor might well repeat, and see
with how little wisdom our literature is written
II is, if err not, now nearly a generation since
We were all making merry over Senior Pedro
Carolinos delightful English As She Is Spoke"
but not yet have We learned to appreciate its
unconscious, but exquisite, irony, or TO under
stand that ourselves are greater offenders
against even the technical letter OF our speech
than the most IMMERSED alien can be; while, as for