davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-11
Tic-Up Over Bond Issue.

:
Suffolk. VA. Sept. 10.-After spend
Ing two hours on the resolution con-
corning the 370.00o bond issue the
Suffolk Council adjourned 1t dead
lock- on the matter, two councilmen,
j. Walter Hosler and DIR. L. g. Hol.
land. voting against the resolution on
account OF one phrase In which the
erection and equipment Of new Po-
lice Station" seemed to be the Stun
bling block. Dr. Campbell offered AZ =
compromise amendment tho improves
ment of public buildings" in the
place OF the phrase erection OF new
Police station. Stating that they
looked upon this amendment ~ I
Joker the two councilmen still voted
against the amendment Discussion
Of the resolution only complicated the
matter and motion to adjourn end
"a one of tbs warmest earakops -
C1Uneil - Sveg held
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-11
Omen Air Meeting Tonight.

An open air meeting will be held
under the auspices of the Equal Suf-
frage League of Richmon. tonight at
$50 O'Clock at Second and Broad
Streets. Mrs. r. l.. Jobson will pre-
side and among the speakers will be
Miss Mary Higgins. Of Nebraska; Miss
Mae SchaiIl and Mr. j. c. Duke.
The Charter Committee. appointed
by the Equal Suffrage League, will at
tend the meeting Of the Civic Asso-
citation at John Marshall High School
tonight at s:30 O'clock.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-11
ALLEGED HICHWAYMEN,
DETAINED IN STATION.

Some excitement was occasfoned In
Shockoe valley last night when the
report spread that William Smith and
John Floyd. colored, had held up Ira
Howerton, and taken $3.50 from him.
Officer Bertucci appeared upon the
scene and escorted both the negroes'
to the First Station.
The officer had some trouble In
landing the men, owing to the SUR
rounding crowd of curiosity seekers,
but he managed to get there withouts
bloodshed, They will appear in Pos
lice Court this morning.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-11

IIesiucHt GteNeUE, OF the GneSa-
peake and Ohio Railway Company,
has received many letters from promi-
nent men all over the United States
expressing their regret at the loss
sustained by the railway company In
the recent fire at Newport News
Among others who have sent such
expressions is Mayor Wyndham r.
Mayo. of Norfolk, whose letter Is as
follows:
MY dear Mr.. President:
las Mayor I am writing to extend
to you Norfb1k's sympathy in the
loss which the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad has sustained in consequence
of the fire at Newport News on last
Saturday night
The interests of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad are so thoroughly
wrapped up and Identified with the
interests OF the State of Virginia that
an injury to II Is essentially an In
jury to the whole State and particu-
larly to that section OF the State and
Its people who are domiciled around
the shores OF the joint splendid har-
bor Of Hampton Roads While ofrer-
ing you sympathy. Norfolk. at the
same time. knows the splendid spirit
which actuates and directs the great
Chesapeake and ohto Railway system.
ana she, therefore. KNOWS tlldt the
Chesa peake and Ohio has no harps to
hang on willow trees and none of the
spirit of wailing, but with a true spirit
OF progressiveness. which ever actuates
1t. that which was essentially good will
be replaced by that which IL essen
TALLY better and absolutely in keep
ing with the requirements OF the age.
This is written. Mr.. President, with
the feeling and appreciation that the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Is one
OF Vfrginia's great trunk lines. having
its terminus in Norfolk.
With this city's very best wishes
always. and particularly now. for the
Chesapeake and Ohio. and with my
own high personal regards, l beg to
remain, Mr.. President, as ever"
These evidences Of the friendly and
cordial relationships between the rail-
way company's officials and represent
tative citizens are sources of great
qualification to President Stevens.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-11
STATE CONVENTION q. d. C., DAN,
WILLIE. VA, SEPTEMBER
2f-2S, 1918.

Southern Railway announces re-
duced round trip fares on certificates
plan basis account the above OCCASION
Tickets to be sold and certincate1
issued September II to 23, inclusive:s
final return limit September 20, 1915.
For further information, call on near.
est ticket agent, or write. II. L. Bishop.
Division Passenger Agent. Richmond.
Va.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-11
Room "a ROBBED.

George Cabbel reported to the POI
lice Of the Second Station last night
that his room at No. 400 West Frank
lin Street. had been entered and a
pair OF trousers and $3.50 in cur
rcncy carried away Oficers are, on
the trail OF the thief.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-11
n. & w. Income Increases.

Comparative statement OF the reve-
nues. expenses and net income of the
Norfolk and Western Railway for the
month OF July. 1915. and Of July, 1914.
shows that the net income Of the road
was 10 per cent greater In July of
this wear Net income in July, 1915.
was S1.351,1ss35. as against $7S7.-
os562 a year ago. The increase Is
s554,112.73.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-11
FURNISHED BEER TO GIRLS.



swer Charge.
Following developments in the Ju-
venile Court yesterday. Ofiicers Colds
by and Camr odonica arrested Glenn
Seay and T. ]. Morris, young white
men. on the charge OF supplying two
young girls with beer.
The girls had been taken In charge
several days ago by the officers as
suspicious characters. alleged to be
street walkers. They were placed In
the detention home. One Of them
was turned over to the probation Of
fcer, while the case OF the other was
continued to Tuesday. Owing to the
youth OF the girls, and the respecta-
bility of their families, their names
have not been made public.
When the case was heard in Ju-
venile Court the girls stated that they
had freQeutnly taken dinners and
drinks with young men, and the
names of the two accused men were
mentioned
Neither man denied that he had
procured beer for the girls. but both
Of them stated that they believed
them to have been OF age. and did
not think they were doing wrong
They were bailed for their appear
ance In Police Court this morning,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-11

Liverpool. Sept. lO.--The local
municipal court fined 345 workmen
works twenty shillinss each Ter -.
fusins to work overtime
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-11

Profanity Leads TO Stauon House.
Profanity in the street and obscene
Language in the presence OF a lady
led Y. Seal to the Second Station last
night He was bailed to appear be-
fore Justice Crutchfield this morning.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-11
would Keep Them In Cages.

Boston, Sept. 10.--At the meeting
OF the Women's Homestead Associa-
ton today. Mrs. Charlotte Smith,
president demanded that girl steno-
graphers be kept In wire cages while
at work.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-11

Rosa Gaines. colored and very
noisy. was taken to the First Station
last night upon complaint of Hem
rietta Jones. colored. who claims that
Rosa threatened to abuse ana assault
her. Because she just "threatened''
to abuse Henrietta. she was hailed
for Police Court.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-11
Cruelty to Mule,

E. S. Kellam was reported yester-
day for cruelty treating mule. He
was taken to the First Station, where
he was bailed for the Police Court. 4
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-11
Two Of SEVEN HOBOES
BfAT|He c. { 0. SHOT.
Negroes Resist Ohfcers of Railway in
huntington Yards-Enginecr
Killed in Ashland, Ky.
FOUR NEGROES BOARD TRAIN
President Stevens Receives Many Let
tiers Of sympathy in Heavy Loss by
Fire at Newport News-N. 4 W.
Income Has Large Increase.

While a Chesapeake and Ohio Rail-
way Company's freight train was TAX
ing water near the company's shops
at Huntington, w. Va, yesterday. the
railway company's special agents,
Murphy and May. assisted by three
men Of the Huntington police force.
arrested seven trespassers who were
beating their way on the freight train.
Grant Lewis, colored, aged forty, of
Roanoke. Va. no occupation. resist
ed arrest and was shot through the
hip; John Stevens. colored. aged
twenty-five. residing at Charleston. w.
Va. was shot through the shoulder.
Both Of the men were taken to the
county Jail. and 1t is reported that
neither Is seriously injured
Near Ashland, KY, Thursday. j.
c. Gibson. a Chesa peake and Ohio
Railway engineer, was shot through
the heart and instantly killed by one of
four unidentified negroes. who board
ed the train and robbed Gibson and
another engineer named Clarence
Griffith. who were en- route from
Ashland to Russell KY, to take
charge Of their respective engines.
The railway companvs special
agent. L. l.. johnson. with the as
sistance of the county and city author
tiles OF Ashland, are endeavoring to
locate the murderers.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-11
Overloaded TNim.

r. e. Cosby. teamster. was bailed
for his appearance in Police Court
This morning, on the .'1arSe nf cver.N
loading a team or no. day.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-29

to take action. The bill in question con-
templates the formation of n board Of
managers to establish clearing houses"
for detectives Institutions for the exami-
nation and study Of persons believed TO be
feeble-minded similar to the institution in
this city of which DR.. Max G.. Schapp is
director. This board of managers may
establish these clearing houses only when
specific appropriations are made; its in
itial duty will be to formulate a plan for
submission TO the next Legislature. Such
a plan inevitably must provide for lnstitu-
tions, probably some form of farm colony,
to care for those persons deemed defective,
in which they shall be kept segregated.
The longer the state postpones action on
this subject the more difficult and costly
it will be TO handle. Science points the
way. 1t remains for this Legislature to
authorize the beginning of the attack.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-29
A Bread Lines Good Work.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Having observed that the daily news
papers have been devoting considerable space
of late to the subject of charity and various
charitable organizations, I would like to call
your attention to the bread line recently
established at 80 East Nineteenth Street by
Mr. +. De Grandmont.
From February II to March 20 over
twenty thousand men. women and children
were served with coffee and bread. The line
is open daily from to p. m.
Up to date the entire expense of this most
admirable work has been borne by Mr.. De
Grandmont alone. who originally intended TO
discontinue the line after March 20. How
ever, as several we'll known manufacturers
have offered TO donate various small sums
Of money TO aid in the work, it has now been
decided to run the line as long as possible.
Should any one desire to contribute TO the
fund maintained for this purpose they may
forward their contributions 10 Mr. De Grand
mont, 80 East Nineteenth Street, or to the De
Grandmont Fund, in care Of THE Women's
and Infants Furnisher," 313 Fourth Avenue,
New York City. K. c. HULL.
New York, March %, 1915.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-29
Help for Horses.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Magnificent work has been done BY
The Red Cross in helping bellgerents. May
7 now appeal to your readers to help the
Blue Cross Fund. which has bosn organized
by Arthur J. Coke, secretary Of Our Dumb
Animals League. IS Victoria Street. London
When We think Of the horrors Of war and
there rises before our minds the awful pano-
rama of the battlefield. our brave men are not
the only pathetic figures. There are those
noble animals, who. guided by riders hand
face the cannon's mouth. II is for those
dumb animals, who cannot speak for them
selves, that now ask your help. The Blue
Cross Fund has already established four
horse hospitals at the base OF Provins.
Troyes. Vernon and Serqueux by special sane
tion OF the French government. All horses
are cared for regardless OF nationality.
LUCY ELPHTNSTONE MAITLAND.
New York, March %. 1915.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-29
Shaving Living's Cost.

There is comfort for many in the pre-
diction of Mrs. Heath, Of the Housewives
League, that this spring and summer will
see a bigger loaf of bread for five cents,
low meat prices, very cheap eggs and much
fruit at low prices. She foresees bounti-
full production and expects little eXporta-
ton of foodstuffs, owing to war conditions.
To some extent that has already been
the experience Of this city. Not for many
a month have choice cuts of meats been so
low in price TO the consumer, nor eggs so
cheap, as this winter. The explanation
given by dealers is that trade has been
slack. because of dad business" conse-
ouently prices have fallen to meet the les
sened demand A continuation of this
mitigation of the high cost of living will
give needed help to many families which
have been hard put to it to scrape along
through this period of psychological" de-
preston. If Mrs. Heath prove right, the
supply Of plentiful and cheap foodstufs
will make glad the ultimate consumer" in
spite Of depleted incomes.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-29
a Friendly Ncighbor.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: In all this comment anent the Great
War here is a fact for Americans to con-
slider: England has been a good ncighbor to
US for a hundred years in Canada. No war
ships on the Great Lakes, no fortresses on
border three thousand miles long, no
British standing army. What, think you,
would be the case were Canada part Of the
German Empire? And should the Allies lose.
do you think hundred years or ten would
pass before we would see German warships
on the Great Lakes and German fortresses
and a standing army on the border?
| suppose this is so obvious it has been
generally overlooked. At any rate, the So
called pro British" press has made no COM
ment that / have seen. OF course. there is
the Monroe Doctrine. Would it stand unchal-
lenged hundred years cor ten) if Canada
were a part Of the German Empire:
J. J. S.
Philadelphia, Penn. March %, 1915.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-29
Relief Work Which Ought Not to
Stop.

No work of charity could well be time
lier or finer than that now being con-
Quoted under the auspices of the Church
of the Heavenly Rest. Mr.. Cleveland Mof
felt, in the admirable advertisement which
has appeared in several issues Of The
Tribune. characterizes it as "work Of
constructive kindness" That is a phrase
which tells the story of this very de-
serving labor of relief.
Since January II last men have been
engaged in a basement room of the church
making all sorts of bandages for the use
of wounded soldiers. Up TO a week ago
10000 dozens of bandages and $4,000
gauze rolls had been shipped to the field
hospital bases in Europe. As many as 200
men, recruited from the ranks Of the un-
employed, have been working daily. The
enterprise has thus fulfilled double
mission Of charity. 1t gave relief to suf
ferers abroad and It also provided wages
for many needy persons here who would
otherwise have been forced into the bread
lines. 1t is practical philanthropy of the
most fruitful sort.
Now the funds which have kept the
undertaking going are exhausted. 1t must
suspend tomorrow morning, unless the
generosity of the public gives it new
lease of life. The Red Cross is calling
for more and more hospital material
and the deserving unemployed are still
with us. Those who are able to give
to this relief fund can do so with the as
surance that their subscriptions will allay
misery in two fields-one here and one
abroad-and will bring return in results
down TO the last penny. We are confident
that the appeal for continuance of this
work Of constructive kindness" will be-
generously and enthusiastically met.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-29
"Tvphoid Mary" Reappears.

II is great hardship that no better
means than Imprisonment or prolonged
isolation has yet been found for dealing
with such cases as that Of Typhoid Mary,
who through no fault OF her own is a
constant menace to all about her. There
is something savoring of the old way OF
treating lepers in the conditions she was
forced to live under for the space OF three
years and may now be obliged to return
to for still longer period, possibly even
for the remainder Of her days. In the case
of such carriers Of disease the penalty
seems the more intolerable for the reason
that there is no regular provision Tor
them, that they have no hospitals set
apart TO receive them, and that they them
selves are not sufferers and stand in no
need of any care for their own sakes. The
one thing to be provided against is the
danger to others.
This danger is only potential, however.
and may easily be minimized with proper
care. The sympathy which would nat
urally be granted to Mary Mallon is large
lv modified for this reason: The chance
was given to her five years ago to 1--we IN
freedom. and. if the Health Department
is rightly informed, she deliberately elected
to throw it away. The condition exacted
of her was that she should give up the
profession of cooking. Not only did she
fail to live up TO her promise, but, accord
ing to the information in DR.. Godwater's
hands. she contrived under an assumed
name to secure employment in the kitchen
of the Sloane Maternity Hospital. Twenty
five cases of typhoid fever occurred there
after her coming, and there were two
deaths. Then, it seems, she "mysteriously
disappeared" and it was with difficulty
that the Health Department found and
captured her.
If all this is true it is impossible tc feel
much commiseration for her. Doubtless
Typhoid Mary" herself healthy woman
and evidently not a wise one, does not be-
ieve in the danger of carriers. Doubtless
there are others no wiser-there were
many. and they were very noisy, when her
ease first came to public notice-who think
it an outrage that her liberty should be
nterfered with. But the plain and OBJ
sious fact is that we have no way of deal
ng with these unlucky persons except by
leepng them where they cannot do harm
o others. Many epidemic outbreaks of
Uphold fever have been traced indisput-
ably to carriers. These may involve hun
lreds of people and cause many deaths.
Are such sacrifices to be made on the
score of individual liberty where we have
o deal with persons that do not know
now to make a reasonable use of their
liberty?
1t is unfortunate. no doubt that no way
mas been found of disinfecting carriers,
and that they sometimes continue TO be
dangerous even for as long as thirty or
forty years. But so 1t is, and when the
Danger has been so clearly demonstrated
as in the case of Typhoid Mary there can
oe little doubt as to the right course TO
follow.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-29
No Nation-Wide Primary.

Washington dispatches say that Mr..
Pomerene, one of the majority members
of the Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections, has made an adverse report to
President Wilson on the latter's scheme
for a nationwide Presidential primary.
The Ohio Senator holds that there is no
constitutional authority for a primary Of
that sort.
1t is hard to find any shadow Of a
warrant for federal control Of the pre-
liminary processes through which Presi-
dent is elected The Constitution gives
Congress the right to regulate the manner
in which Senators and Representatives are
elected, except so far as concerns fixing
the place of choosing Senators. But 1t
leaves to each state the power "to appoint
electors in such manner as the Legislature
thereof may direct" merely providing that
Congress may fix the day on which the
electors are to be chosen (the day to be
the same throughout the country and
the day on which the electors shall cast
their votes. Since the states are left free
as to the manner in which they select
electors, they must under a fair construc-
ton of the Constitution be left free to
follow their own wishes in expressing
preferences for Presidential candidates.
Evidently a constitutional amendment is
needed to nationalize either the process
of election or the process Of nomination.
Even were the Constitution not bar
to a federal primary, the experiment would
be surrounded with many practical diff
culties. Congress would have to prescribe
uniform qualifications for voters, create
nationwide election machinery and guar
antee equal treatment for all the states. If
one vote should count the same every
where, the states which have restricted
suffrage would exercise far less power in
the primary than they enjoy in the electo-
raj college. Suffrage states would have
great advantage over anti-suffrage states.
The whole federal system would be stood
on its head.
There Is no need for so revolutionary an
innovation. The game isn't worth the
candle. Most of the states now use the
primary in electing delegates to Presi-
Dental conventions, and, so far as popular
control of nominations is concerned, state
primaries fit the situation far better than
any national primary would.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-29
Trench Warfare Diseases.

DTrotu tlS Manchester Gucf6tdn.l
Trench warfare has produced special
set Of diseases, Of which frostbite is the best
known. Up 10 January "a there was nearly
10000 cases in the British army alone, and
so serious is this ailment that it is calcu-
lated that half OF the sufferers will not re
tdru to the firing line An interesting point
brought out this afternoon by DR.. L. King
Brown. in his lecture at the Institute OF
Hygiene. was that The disease is not really
frostbite at all; il is not caused by frost
but hy continual moderate cold combined
With wind and wet and by tight boots and
ru;tccs restricting circulation in the legs.
The fact that the soldiers in the firing line
cannct get exercise has much 70 do with l..
The medical papers arc continually trying
to ind a proper name for II, the variations
including trench foot chilled foot, anC
water bite" f. seems 70 be more an eNag-
ccra.cd form of chilblan than anything else.
The Army Medical Department has now Is
sued spccis' instructions 10 the soldiers
advising looser lacing Of boots and rubbing
the feet add legs with animal grease. Many
ingenious devices are being tried for keeping
the fec. dry ir the trenches. The Japanese use
mulberry leaves and i'm our army many sol
d,ers arc now supplied with "waders' made
or fb~c and worn over the socks. Or. King
R,ovn described the useful invention Of
Professor Delepine, Of Manchester. which
consists Of a roomy stocking or bag Of China
silk stecped in linseed oil, and wore IS a
layer between two pairs Of socks. This
stocking is quite watertight, and non-con-
ductins protection against cold. 1t is sig
Meant that the Highland regiments, with
their more hygienic clothing, suffer hardly
at all from "frostbte.' Recently an eX-
perimen, was made, and it was found that in
a trench where there were 500 soldiers IN
pu.,ees and 500 Hirhandcrs there were 200
cases NJ "irostbite" among the English sol
dier~ and only three among the Highlanders.
Il should, perhaps, be added that the au-
t. GRITTY for the story was Highlander.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-29
Teutonic Italians.
II Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial on "Italy's Terms" was
admirable. but take exception to the state
ment that the people Of Italan-speaking
Trentino are "by race. language. sympathy
Latin" In language and sympathy, yes. for
the Trentino has always been associated
with the civilization OF the Romans
But in race they are ndeniably Teutonic,
as history and ethnology will tell you. In
fact, the Lombard type even infltrates
VeEetia, though 10 a much less extent. But
The Lombard strain in Lombardy and the
Trentino is evident. c. S. b.
New York. March IS, 1915.