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what the Railroad Men Mean By
On ElGht Hour Day.

President WILSON Is reported TO
have offered as a basis Of settlement
In the dispute between the railways
and their employees an Arrangement
BY which the railways would grant
their trainmen the Eight hour day."
putting aside the question Of punitive
overtime for the present.
Punitive overtime Is 20 called be.
cause 1t Is proposed to make the rail-
ways pay half as much again as the
usual rate for excess hours OF work.
1t Is punitive In the sense that it
penalties the management by making
1t pay n 80 per cent. premium for
such work.
But just what do the railway men
mean by the eight hour day? Obvl.
ously they do not mean that they
shall work exactly eight hours in
twenty.four. no more. no less. That
Is only practicable for the men In the
railway yards, who could. Of course.
work In eight hour shifts. 1t Is i'm.
possible In the case OF men operating
trains between terminals at widely
varying distances. v divisions Of
differing lengths, on changing sched-
ules and at all sorts Of speeds.
The railway men formulated their
demand In these words:
'In all road service 100 miles or less,
eight hours or less will constitute a day,
except In passenger service"
This means that the men In road
service are to be paid their present
days pay for every eight hours they
work or for every 100 miles run. The
full significance Is best expressed in
the words OF SAMUEL q. DUNN. editor
Of the Rdil,edU Age Gazette, writing
In the issue OF the North American
Rcricr for July. Mr.. DUNN says:
Passenger service Is excepted because
those in II already work less than eight
hours. The words one hundred miles
w isNANNu Nau knC iIclkHt eIl'
ployees wish to retain the mileage as
we'll as the hourly basis In order that all
who run more than one hundred miles
in eight hours or less shall get extra
pay for the extra miles. The use OF
or less after miles and hours is de-
signed to Insure a days wage to an en-
ployec II he Is called for duty. no mat
ter how few miles he runs or hours he
works. The plan provides for eight
hours as a maximum but not as a mini
mum basis. Under it all OF the passen-
ger and many OF the freight employees
would work less. but nom would work
more than eight hours for a days wage"
1t will be seen that by the 'eight
hour day" the railway employees
mean n standard Of earning and not
of labor. The present days work on
which their pay Is based Is generally
ten hours. They would continue In
many cases to work the ten hours.
For the first eight of them they would
receive the days pay they now get /;
for the remaining two hours they
would receive one and n half times Il
quarter Of a days pay. Thus these
workers would receive under the sim
plest condition Of ten hours work one
Ind t~hree-elghths as much pay as
they receive now. Without punitive
overtime they would receive only one
ard one-quarter times present pay.
The public ought to understand this
In order that 1t may form an intelli-
gent opinion upon the merit Of the
railway mems demands.
The sun., 1916-08-18
The Expletive Corrective Defended.

TO II t;nlTor OF THE SrN-Sir: t'po.
consideration OF the editorial art DO
"Flattsburg Ideas from which Ngs
]. Hughes In n letter 20 THE SrS quote
"the occasional cxpletivc, wh!cA Was -
ways uttered with composurc and good
temper proceeding then to spill, lsr
about tho word 'eNpletivc.' may | herr"
suggest why the writer Of your art'''
made no mistake"
An eNpletive uttered with 'Composu-e
and good temper is by no means O. h'
considered an oath, Hut instead o' 80
c~uphemistic distinction feared hN NJ
Hughes, the writer OF "llat'Sh TX
Ideas" used merely tho original s'"s-
VI expletive. SERVING To fill W.
j. ROBERT MCLEAN
York, Pa. August II.
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Tho Nuissnces Of Nassau Street.

To THE EpiToR ov the srS-Sir: The
vendors Of junk not only almost completely
block Nassau street. but their barking Is
almost uncomfortable. II has been neces-
sary to make Nassau street . eouthbound
ira nc street on account OF the congestion.
and yet these takers do more to block
traffic tran vehicles, DAVID SAITH.
NEv. YORK. August ~.
The sun., 1916-08-18

The war has cost France forty bill.
ion francs, or eight times the indem-
nifty cXacted Of her by Prussia in
1871: IL gocs on at a monthly cost ~
two billion francs. France paid on
the Trussian indemnity in three years.
Az she will undoubtedly seek In re-
ducc the principal OF her war debt her
most heroic struggle may come in the
years after peace shall have been de-
clarcd this time.
The sun., 1916-08-18

To THE EproR or THE SrN-Sir; One
reason why the population OF Manhattan
Is decreasing Is the dirt: another. the
disorder. and a third. the Internal. un-
necessary noise made by both adults and
children. The borough is simply no longer
q pleasant place In which to live,
NEW YOnK. August ~. OLD RESIDENT.
The sun., 1916-08-18
The Comment IrOnicai.

To THE Enron or THE srS-Sir' Your
esteemed journal remarks: Mount .h.tna
Is again In eruption. l. the Gulf Stream
responsible for this new calamity" ?"
No. kind sir. Prussian m!litarism and
German frightfulness are responsible.
Nav Y0RK. August ~. AoEais cuKos.
The sun., 1916-08-18

The man who held M the subway
for twenty minutes because a train
marked for Brooklyn went no further
than bowling Green should select a
Thoroughly hot and humid day for his
next attempt to blockade the thou
sands of New Workers who are not too
proud 10 change cars.
The sun., 1916-08-18

Another Sing Sing convict escapes
Newspaper headline.
Fled. perhaps, to tell the world how
beautiful the Welfare League has
made everything.
The sun., 1916-08-18

When all the great periodicals which
steer human progress, culture and
conduct have decided that twilight
sleep is the thing, how dares Johns
Hopkins Hospital to say that it can
he safely used only under exceptional
conditions?
The sun., 1916-08-18

Premier AsorITu Is willing to give
the suffrage 10 English lie
realizes that his country has had all
the var IL CAn stand.
The sun., 1916-08-18

Dairymen are anxious to sell skim
milk.-NcTspdpcr headline.
Its only use at present Ia to keep
the cream at the top OF the bottle.
The sun., 1916-08-18

II Mr.. HUGHES say as a lawyer
that the anti-dumping bill can't be
made to work a lot Of people are going
to take his word for It..
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The country would like TO hear from
Secretary LANSING as to how many
apologies are nov overdue.
The sun., 1916-08-18

The attitude Of the Administration
toward the charge that II has trafiicked
IN public offices is hat IL is not guilty
but won't do II agdin.
The sun., 1916-08-18
Josephus summarized.

Kn'cker-What is pAr'"iss sl's :' '''
Botkcr-SuI heads. drlaks, berth A"i
Words.
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Why not an eight hour law for
campaign speakers?
The sun., 1916-08-18

Atlas bore the world on his shoulders.
ut Is much easier than having Il on
your conscience he explained.
The sun., 1916-08-18
All checks, money orders. &C.. 10 -
made payable to TINS SUS.

London once. lo-s3 Fleet street.
Paris once. Q Hue de 10 Michodiefs' on
Rue du Quatre septembre.
washington ONCE. Hibbs Building. -.
Brooklyn ONCE. Room 2O2. Eagle Build
Ing, sos Washington street.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-12
PLEASED WITH SUCCESS
OF BABY WELFARE EXHIBIT
Will Probably BE Made an Annual
Event, Says Mrs. W. \.
burrows.
WHAT FEDERATION HAS DONE:
RcvicwS Activities OF Mothers in Bet
tcring School COnditiOns--Dr. Levy
Speaks TO tolored Mothers To-
MorrOw-Intcrcstin Exhibit.

Mrs William y. Burrows. president
OF the Richmond Federation of Mothers
Cubs, under whose direction the very
successful Baby Welfare Exhibit
was given. told those present Yesterday
IN her lecture few things that the
federation has accomplished for Rich
'""nd. In the ten years that thc or
r"nl2ation has hccn in existence, she
saii. the women have s;riy"n hard in
h'''"rinE the conditions 'nat Altered
.!drcn.
INcso accomplishments, SIC nointe.:
oc', are now commonly thought 70
have always been in existence, but in
!o"Ning hack in rctruspcction for the
last ten years. the hard wori: of Sc
curing them can be traced. The first
$40" given I" Fairgrounds was from
the Mothers clubs. The fight FOR bet
icr school BUILDINGS, so that the chill
drcn would not hc compelled to study
in ov"rcrowdcd schoolrooms, was ac-
compllSh"d by tho women
libraries in every school in the
CITY have been started through the Of
tor;" OF the association" she continued.
We have hacked cir Fuller in mis-
''Eh: for free textbooks: VIC have aided
IN the work ot .stlb.iahin.- fresh air
schools, md "" started the Baby Saw
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-12

'or n child suffering from tuberculosis
50 that the infection shall not spread
Instructions in nursing children sur
ierlns from pneumonia We're given. a
mustard plaster was placed on the sub
Jet and its feet were bathcd.
The exhibit will remain open to-rnor
row from 10 in the morning until 4,
o'clock in the afternoon for tho colored
mothers. Mrs burrows said that IL
viii be free 10 them and mat all of
'he EXHIBITS and demonstrations will
lac given just as during the past week
chief Health officer Lew will lecture.
Mrs. Burrows ut the conclusion Of
tho exhibit yesterday said Il wish to
thank all who made possible the sue
cess OF Baby Week. especially wish
TO speak Of tho nurses. who so willing
u gave M their time. Also 10 the
mothers. the physicians. and the other
lecturers. Baby week Will. in all prob
ability become an annual cveu,"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-12

Winfrec lived in Il onc-room Clubhouse
on the premises OF his sister In Iaw
Mrs. Athicus Winfrce. lie had been
drinking freely tonight, and the sup
position * that he either fell over
the wood heater or knocked his lamp
over. The Clubhouse was almost COM
plctcly destroyed and Winfrcc WAS hor-
Flply burned, both hands being burned
on ana the lower portion Of the body
burned 10 n crisp.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-12
NORTHSlDE MEETING
\tt"rn"T-GcncrnI Pollard VIII Sneak
H"f"rc citizens Association on
Tuesday

The monthly meeting OF the North
Richmond Citizens Association Of tho
seventh Precinct Of Lee Ward will be
held on Tuesday night in tho Barton
Heights School. In order that there
may be no conflict with tho simultan-
eous church services which are In prog
rcss in the city tho hour OF the meet.
ing has been advanced from to o:i5
o'clock.
Attorney General John Garland Pol
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-12
MISREPRESENTATION.

Mrs Ann Smith stockton and Robert
Baldwin Meyers were married ycster-
day at the homo OF Mrs. John Muck OILS.
Shenandoah County, hv Rev. James w.
Norris - y. Amon" those who wit
l.,Ss,d the ceremony were Mrs. Joseph
j.. smith, Miss Katherine Smith. Miss
.snllic Smith. Mrs. Edwin Piliuton. Mrs.
". IT, Sadlcr Mr. and Mrs. Barton
Meyers, Miss Katherine Meyers. MISC
Frances Meyers and Barton Meyers, IT.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-12

smiled when they spoke OF Joe Wei
come II" was Scnt 10 prison for the
murder OF Mrs. Mary Mclean in a
lodging house. Welcome. who had led
q s"dd"n If" came TO demand money
of lIS W'fc. There was a quarrel, and
IT." Shot her Mrs Mclean, proprietor
Of On" boarding. house, stepped in TO
r''u"ustiatc and he shot her dead
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-12

: lard will be tho principal speaker. Mr.s
Il. NJ. HudCins and Miss Ada NJ. Kuyk
Will sing.
Following the business meeting there
wi!l II" Il social session. Refreshments
viii b" served
The committee in charge OF the ar
fair is composed Of the following mem
bcrS: w. :. Petit Julian G. Anderson,
f.. T.. Bates. .Ir., II. G. Toonc and Rev.
GGurEr ". l\rmnrr.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-12
Meeting for Colorcd Men.

E"v A. = DAILY viii address the
mons meeting. under the auspices OF
tho Culorcd Y. VI. c. a, n tho Ebr-
rezcr Baptist Church this afternoon a.
..HN o,clOclk.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-12
inc Exhibit anl Habv Contcs, NJ tie
sat. Fair thr"" years ago.
NGKk or ASSOCIATION
NpT YET COMPLETED

NoT YET COMPLETED
Ms. Burrows said that The work Of
the association was not going T. stop,
hul that II would continue IN ex-
am'lc OF the wor'! OF the organization
- the present successful Baby Welfare
Week. II may b. continued as al an
nual event.
DIR. w H. Street yesterday lectured
Oh The Care OF the Teeth" He pro-
NiceG charts "nich he placed on the
wells OF the exhibit room. Tie was
questioned by tho mothers on the proper
cave Of childreas teeth
DR.. w. y. Plcckrr State Registrar
OF Vital Statistics. lccturcI again YES
terdav and had a large number of
yemen l!Stenin,; 10 his talk He OK
Iinlncd that man; diseases common TO
children In the first year Of Iifc could
he prevented. 1T Is a mistake 10
think" he said. tina; babies must have
;hc measles and whooping cough. Give
proper attention. and tho baby can be
reared without its having auy OF these
diseases"
lilo read "A table showing the per
centaGe OF infant deaths from infec-
tiouS diseases. Measles: onc-half from
this cause under two years; nine-tcntha
from this cause under Ave years
Whooping. cough: one-half from this
cause under one year; nine-tcuths from
this cause under five years. Diphthcria:
over half from this cause under five
years. Scarlet fever: half Of all who
died from this disease under five years
OF age.
"LITrLE MOTHERS" SEE
now BABY IL RATIFIED
The members OF the Little Mothers
Club from the Bellevue School, were
present yesterday and Witnessed n
nurse demonstrates live child
Proper methods of bathing, NJ dressing
OF feeding. and Of handaginE were
shown. Also the proper wnN 10 cnrc
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-12
PETERSBURG. CITIZEN
- ~ RNE.D TO DI:trII

Especial 10 The Times pspatch.l
rErEISHCIiG. VA. Marcn ll.-Rob-
"rt Wiufr"c. aged hfty-"iGht years. WAS
burned to death Tonight At his home,
III Tho rNnr of NJ. 90 IIiMtO Street
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-12
Dumy'. Condition ,mprov.d.

The condition OF Policeman John
Duly. VINO was operated on ut =,
fii%abeth'S Hospital for appendicitis
SeVerai Gays ago, was reported as i'm
proved last night
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IRISH REBELLION LEADERS RECEIVE SUMMARY
 PUNISHMENT

10 death for high treason al sun rise this morning.
 The additional executions were Thomas ]. Clark and Thomas McDonaugh, All four were signers of the proclamation call ing upon the Irish to rise against the authority of Great Britain. The premier also said that three other signers of the proclamation received prison sentences of three years for their share in the rebel lion.
 The men were granted hearings before a military tribunal pre- sided over by the British com mander. The premier said that the final disposition of the other prominent members of the revol- utionary body will probably be left to later period.
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BIRREL RESIGNS AS RE
 SUIT IRISH UPRISING
A. P. A. Service

A. P. A. Service
 LONDON, May 3.--Augustine Birrel, chief secretary for Ireland, handed in his resignation this morning as result of the severe criticism visited upon him since the Irish outbreak. Many of the papers openly charged Birrcl with making no attempt to in- vestigate the reports of the Sein Finn preparations for war which are alleged tQ have been brought to his attention weeks before the actual beginning of hostilitics. Birrel was also unpopular for other reasons and has been se yerely exceriated since the begin ming of the troubles in Ireland
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EMBASSY OFFICIALS
 BELIEVE WILSON
 DEMANDS GRANTED

WASHINGTON, May 2.-. Officials of the German embassy profess to believe that the de- mands of President Wilson have been wholly acceded to by the Berlin government. Admins tration officials, however, atc in clined to think that if such were the case Germany would not have delayed her answer for such q | rgthy period. Reports from Ambassador Gerard indicate that he has no definite knowledge as tc whom the answer will be re- turned.
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HOUSE REJECTS ADMINISTRATION PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE BILL

The bill limiting the time of the American occupancy was one Of the pet measures of the ad' niinistration and was intended to carry out one of the principal pledges of the Baltimore plat form. It was announced today that the senate and house confer ence committee engaged in the task of attmptin2 to reconcile the army increase bills passed by the upper and lower houses have practically reached an
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-05-03

On Saturday evening, May ( at 9 o'clock promptly the curtain will roll up for the performance of the Grande Duchessc.
 For humor and wit interspersed with high class music this opera has never been equalled in Nome and probable never will Reserv ed seat sale now going on at Rose Candy Kitchen.
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NIGHT GAS ATTACKS MARK
 FIGHTlNG-ARC0NNE DISTRICT

this section commenced immedi' stelv after darkness shad fallen and continued at intervals during the night. The war office com munique says that all attacks were repulsed with heavy losses. Desultory artillery fire continued along the Verdun front but there were no infantry attacks
 Headquarters dispatches indi- cate that the Germans are again
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A. F. A. Service.

LONDON, May 3-Swift and sure has been the punishment in' flicted upon the leaders of the Irish rebellion, according to statements made in the house of commons by Premier Asquith to- day.
 In solemn tones the premier told the comnons that four of the leaders of the insurectiOn, in cluding Patrick II. Pierce, presi- dent of the provisional govern ment declared by the rebels at the commencement of the dis turbanccs, and James Connolly, was was the commander in chief oi the Sien Finn army, were shot
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A. P. A. Service

DUBLIN, May 2.-Augustine Birrel, chief secretary for Ire land issued statement shortly before his departure for London this morning during which he said that there was jvery little left of the rebel uprising and as far as the reports show there is general quiet throughout the country. Troops are in control at every point where the rebels have raised disturbances and the ringleaders arep ractically all un der arrest
 Birrell says there is now wide spread clamor on the part of the
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PREMIER ASQu|TH
 CALLS FOR GENERAL COMPULSORY SERVICE

ton.
 It is accepted that this is the ;government method of seatling the general complaint over the drafting of the married men which for time threatened the disruption of the cabinet. The failure Of the government to en- list all unmarried males before issuing the call for married men has tended to bring the conscrip-
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GERMAN POLITICIANS SUGGEST ARBITRATION OF
 SUBMARINE ISSUE

agement but it is believed that it would be entirely acceptable to ;i.e government. It is generally accepted that the kaiser would ,selcomc anything tending to shift the issue on to other should CTS because of the strong under current of hostility throughout Germany against making further .oaccssions to America.
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REPUBLICANS ATTENTION

An adjourned meeting of the Seward Peninsula Republican Club will be held on Thursday evening, May 4, at s p. m.
 W. DARCY CHACE, Pres.
 CHAS. II. MILOT. Sec.
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s3COTT'OBREGON
 CONFERENCE BRINGS
 UNEXPECTED RESULTS
A. P. A. Service

A. F. A. SerVlCe
 WASHINGTON, May 3..- Scott and Oregon reached an agreement today which permits the retention of the American forces in Mexico, gives the troops permission to utilize the Mexican railroads and assures co-opera tion of the Carranza government in the pursuit of Villa. It will be formally ratified today.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-05-03
A. r. A. Service.

AMSTERDAM, May 2.--Bef lin dispatches state that proposal to submit the submarine contro' versy between the United States and Germany to the king of Spain for arbitration is being discussed in German political circles. So far j,he proposal does not seem to haze received any official encour-
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By A P. A. Service.

LONDON, May 3.-Following the announcement of Premier
 Asquith in the commons yester day that it was the intention oi the government to call for gen eral compulsory service, the pre- mier today introduced bill for providing for the enrolment in the military forces all males oi service age and physical condi.
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ion law into great aisiavor and there is now manifest much ill., feeling against the government. It is believed in official circles that the Irish outbreak was the prin- cipal factor in bringing the gov ernment to the present decision to enlist all males of military age
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agreement after long series oi discussions during which the committees were several times ready to give up hope that a sat isfactory agreement would be at tained It is understood that the conferers have have decided On a bill calling for an army of one hundred and eighty thousand
 men.
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NOT MUCH LEFT OF
 IRISH UPRISING

rebels to be allowed to turn kings evidence and save them selves from punishment.
 A number of the leaders are reported 10 be facing immediate execution and hundreds of the lesser lights will be tried by mil itary courts. The work of re- pairing the immense damage done in Dublin during the week of fighting is now under way, The military are still patrolilng tie city and martial law still prevails throughout Dublin county.
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A. P. A. Service.

A. P. A. Service.
 PARIS, May 3.--Heavy Ger man night attacks in which the Teutons employed poison gases as the principal means of reach ing the French lines, were the feature of hard fighting occur ing in the Argonne region, ac- cording to the official reports this morning.
 The attacks of the Germans ill
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showing signs of considerable activity in the Arras region and il is expected that an offensive may soon develop in this quarter
 Numerous aerial engagements again marked the fighting in the Verdun section yesterday and several thrilling air battles occur red.
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A. P. A. Service,
 WASHINGTON,

WASHINGTON, May D. After undergoing various vicis- sia.ics and becoming the cause cf much disputatious contention the administration bill fixing the lil.lit of Philippine depndency to four years was voted down in the hous- today in favor of the Jones b.ll which provides for the ulti. mate independence of the islands hut specifies no date for relin- linquishing control.
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IRISH LEADERS ARE EXECUTED
WASHINGTON DEMOCRATS
 HOLDING CONVENTION
By A. P. A. Service.

NORTH YAKIMA, May B. The morning. session of the demo cratic state convention, now in session here, was given over al- most entirely to routine business and to sudden flights of oratory over the Wilsonian policies.
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All performers taking part in the Grande Duchesse are request ed to meet tonight, "Wednesday, at 7:3o PROMPTLY for stage rehearsal.
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