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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-01

increased from about SO ~ arrs b
| $3.50 and $1,000 per acre. The Du-
Point company is paying out fr MONTH
Iy wages about si.soo,ooo and . large
portion of this Ia being spent In Pet
ersb.lrg.
From Idleness to Activity.
At the beginning of 1915, tho car
penter. the bricklayer. the trunk
maker and nearly every other class
of l~bor in Petersburg was idle. The
beginning of 1916 will find every man,
woman, boy or girl, who are able
to work at any employment. busiiy en-
gagged at wages never known before in
| this section.
The population of Petersburg,
which had stood for many years
around $4,000 souls, is now estimated
at more than 10000. During the
ing dwellings. stores, warehouses.
hotels, etc. have been erected to a
total value in excess of 81. 600. 600, and
year buildings of all class S. includ-
the several banking institutions in the
city, from which 1t was hard to bor-
row money with good collateral at
| the beginning of the year now find it
difficult to find borrowers at a mod
crate rate of interest.
The year al q whole has been one
for which the good citizens Of Pet
ersburg should give praise and thanks
and the future of this good old city
| Jocks brighter than ever before.
Spillman Identified.
The case against Thomas Spillnan,
arrested by once Fuller last night.
and two other white men arrested at
Blackstone, who are charged Jointly
with assaulting and brutality stabbing
| Patrolman Thomas M. Evans, of the
local Police Department last night,
was continued In the Police Court this
morning until Tuesday.
The stabhing of Officer Evans fol-
lowed his arrest of two white mon
charged with grossly insulting Mrs.
w. II Upton. of Dinwiddie County.
Mrs. Upton has identified Spillman
as one of the two men. He has en-
gagged Attorney Paul Petit to defend
| him when his case comes up next
Tuesday.
Negroes Dischar red.
Charles williams and George Bur-
nett negroes who-were arrested
| Thursday night upon suspicion of
| being guilty of the murder of Daniel
White, colored. whose body was found
on the tracks OF the Richmond and
] Petersburg Electric Railway. were
| discharged by the authorities this
| morning, there being no evidence to
| justify the suspicion. An autopsy de-
| veloped no evidence of violence, and
| II is now believed that White who
| was an excessive drinker. was either
! dead from the effect of alcoholism or
was killed by a car while lying in a
/ drunken sleep on the tracks.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-01

New York. Dec. 31.--Marrisg e
licenses suffered slump in New York
in 1915. according to Edward H. Hart,
chief marriage clerk at the City Hall.
There were i.s33 fewer licenses than
In 1914, but Mr.. Hart said more Amer
lean couples were wed than In 1914.
Only 32,SSI licenses Were issued in
1918, against S4.Ss4 in the preceding
year. .-.-.
THE war hit the marriage market
hard" said Hart we used to get
from FIVE to fifteen couples from Ellis
Island after the arrival OF every ship.
Hart frightened discussing the
American applicants.
Americans are making more
money now" he said. land the first
thing the average young man seems
to think OF when he gets raise is
his girl
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-01
DISASTROUS FIRE
RACES At M'kENNEy

fSperial 10 The Richmond yirginian.t
Mckinney. Va. Dec. 31.--Fire of
an unknown origin started In Cyrus
Dunn's store yesterday morning, burn
ing his store. the store and dwelling
of c. H. Zehmer IL Son. and the dwell
ing OF Mrs. r. r, Heartwell. consun-
ing the entire contents of the build
ings burned The loss Is covered by
about three-fourths insurance
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-01

Washington. Dec. 81.--Bitter feeling
is being voiced by members of Con-
gress over the action of the St Louis
hotel proprtetors in boosting rates for
Democratic national convention week
So stronEiy do many members of Con-
gress feel on this subject that they
have fled complaints with represen-
tatives of the national committee. and
some of them have even taken the
matter up with the White House.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-01

Petition In bankruptcy was filed yes
terday in the United States District
Court by Charles r. Brooks. laborer
SIS North Twenty second Street Debts
are scheduled at ss12.2s and assets at
nothing.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-01
THE WEATHER

MISUNDERSTANDING cioudiness and
warmer Saturday. followed by rain by
night Sunday rain: moderate south
and southeast winds
North Carolina--C1oudy Saturday:
probably rain In west portion. Sum
day rain; moderate east and southeast
winds.
Local Temperature Yesterday.
IL noon temperature ...........,. "a
3 p. NJ temperature ....-...~.,,. 40
y ~ temn~rature " IS
Maximum temperature TO P. NJ. 40
Minimum temperature to r. If. 80
Mean tenpsrature .... 81
Normal Temperatures .....--.-....- 19
Deficiency In temperature Yesterday
Deficiency in temperature since
January ] ..-........-....... '..... Low
Local Rainfall.
Rainfall last twelve hours ........ q
Rainfall last twenty-four hours
Deficiency in rainfall since March
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. S.3S
Deficiency in rainfall since Jan.
! .........-.- $500 ''es
Local observation at r. VI. Yesterday.
Temperature -....'...'...'.'. ''t--@- %
Wind, direction -..-...,...-.* ...- >. T..
Wind. velocity ...........,.'...-.
Weather ....+.........' $500 tSieaI
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-01
|PET[RSBURG'S MOST
NOTABLE YEAR, 1915
Began Blue as indigo BY Reason OF
War Hurting Local Industries.
But Soon Began to Boom,
DUPONT WORKS RESPONSIBLE
Undreamed of Development I'm Entire
Section---Man Who Grossly Tnsuited
Dinwiddie Lady Is Identificd--Other
Arrests Made.

Petersburg, Va. Dec. 21.-The
good year 1915. which goes into
history at midnight has been one of
the most notable in the history of
Petersburg and this vicinity. When
the year first dawned upon this sec
ton the business outlook was any
thing but suspicious. During 1914 the
DUPONT Powder Company had pur-
chased a large tract of land near City
Point and erected thereon number
OF small houses and a plant for man
ufacture of dynamite, but just as II
was completed the European war
broke out and the project was anan-
doned with a suddenness resembling
. the birth Of the new year
ION account of the European war
which proved to be serious menace
to the shipping to foreign countries OF
plug tobacco and cigarettes. the man
ufaetare- Of which was a large part OF
Petersburg's industrial life. and the
poor demand for trunks and travelling
goods, due TO depressed condition of
the money market, the business out
look in Petersburg and vicinity Tor
the year was blue.
Rift In the Cloud.
Early in the year with practically
the same ssuddenness with which the
DUPONT dynamite plant had been
abandoned it was announced that the
company had determined to divert the
property into gigantic gun cotton
plant. which meant the expenditure
of many lnillions OF dollars. Early
in February active operations were
commenced and since that time the
prosperity of this section has been the
greatest In its history.
For number of years the Norfolk
and Western Railway had maintained
at loss of a kind of dilapidated
single track railway between Peters
burg and City Point. which soon be-
came totally inadequate to be used
in handling the immense amount OF
business of the DUPONT company.
Since the first of 1915 or in recent
months the Norfolk and Western has
replaced the small and badly worn
steel rails with larger and heavier
rails and has double tracked the en-
tire road. and In addition. has in
creased Its yard trackage at ePters-
burg, Hopeweil and City Point until
its combined length will now more
than double the length of the City
Point Road. The company for several
months past has hauled over the road
each day more freight than it had
handled before in twenty years and
more passengers are being carried
over the City Point branch daily. 1t
is generally believed. than had been
hauled over that piece OF road since
the surrender of General Lee at APP
pomattox
! 1t is estimated that the DUPONT
company employs In lite various
branches Of the gun-cotton plant fully
20. 900 operatives and there are from
8. 900 to 10000 other persons VINO have
been attracted to Hopewell and that
community since the plant was estab-
lished.
Land values in this section have
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-01

authorized from January
l TO December 81, 1915. s a.244,f52.0V
Increase in new work In December
1915. as compared with December. 1914,
amounts TO s7s.253.e0; decrease in al
iteration and repair work in December.
1915. as compared with December. 1914.
amounts to $5,5eS.0o: making a total
increase of all work authorized in De-
cember, 1915, as compared with De-
cemher, 1914 of s72.sS5.o0.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-01

:
Total number of examinations and
reports for the month of De-
Gem Der ~
Total number of examinations and
reports for the year 1915. ....... esq
Amount Of new work from
January TO December
81. 1915 ..........,...s2.f5 eoe.oO
Amount of repair work
from January / to De-
cember 81, 1915. ... 4s0,746.0o
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-01

Total cost OF work au-
thorfxed in december s 2s5.IsT
Average value of permit for
new work in December. $685.
Average value of permit for
alterr ions and repairs In
Decf s1ber ~ 394.a
Average value of total per-
mtts issued in December IS s,s95,e
New Structures.
"a
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-01

Total amount of work
from January
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-01

increased from about $40 ~ sore b
$3.50 and $1,000 per acre. The Du-
Point company is paying out fr month
Iy wages about s1.soo,ooo and Q large
portion of this Ia being spent In Pet
ersb.irg.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-09-15
O1O(
Mr.. Charles F. Berg has been
elected director of the Portland
(Ore.) Chamber of Commerce.
Spends $4,000; Cure Fails.

Three tubes of mesathurium, a sub
stance similar to radium, but more
rare and costly, were used ineffectu-
ally at the Michael Reese Hospital
to ward off the fast approaching death
of Charles Silk, 81 years old, a
wealthy department store owner of
ST. Louis, who left for his home last
Saturday still suffering from a tumor-
GUS growth in his bladder. The tubes
cost $4,000.
The mesathurium treatment was
said to be the last resort In the
treatment the metal, inclosed in con-
tainers, is applied to the diseased por-
ton. The rays, like those of radium,
filter through and exert healing in
fuence. No pain is felt. Mr.. Silk
passed away in his St. Louis home on
Monday.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-09-15
Zionism Recognized in Austria.

A case of great interest to Zionists,
which has been in the courts of
Austria for several years, has now
been decided in favor of the Zionists.
Some time ago the community Of
Komotau decided to contribute Of its
funds the sum Of 50 crowns to the
Jewish National Fund A member of
the community protested against this
action, declaring that Zionism was a
political movement and a foreign
movement, for neither of which the
community is allowed to spend any
money. The case was carried to
court, and the decision was only re-
Gently rendered. In the opinion of
the court, the Zionist ideal aims at
helping poor Jews everywhere, in
Guiding also that particular commun-
ity, and hence every Jewish commun-
ity is entitled to assist the movement
financially.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-09-15

The Military Medal was awarded
to Lance Corporal M: Harris "for
gallantry in taking out stretcher par
ties in front of the firing line and
removing three wounded men who
had been lying out there some days.
Henri Bernstein, the well-known
known play author and writer, who is
lieutenant in the French Aviation
Corps, has received special mention
for distinguished service on the
Macedonian front. 1t will be remem-
bered that M. Bernstein once served
in the army and left it, on account
of which he fought a duel with Leon
Daudet, son of the famous author,
who accused him of disloyalty.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-09-15
Jewish Financier Arrested.

A great sensation has been caused
in Petrograd by the arrest of the
wellknown Jewish fnancier, M. Rub
instein, who was recently appointed
Persian Consul-General. He is also
an important shareholder of the No
voc Vremya and the Birzhevaia We'd
omosti, a director of the Russo
French Bank, and the holder of an
order from the Gar for his philan-
thropic work, especially in connec-
ton with the erection of military hos
pitfalls. The official reason given for
his arrest is unauthorized financial
speculation Together with him, his
wife, his brothers and other fnan-
ciers were arrested, but the release of
his wife is assured. A group of
Petrograd hnanciers offered 100000
rubles bail for M. Rubinstein. 1t
is also reported that the director of
the great Russian Relief Fund, bear
ing the name of Princess Tatiana, re-
turned the donation of M. Rubinstein
to that fund.-
That the work is directly traceable
to the activities of the Black Hun
dred, who could not tolerate the idea
that the Novoe Vremya, which has
hitherto been the mouthpiece Of the
enemies of the Jews, should, to a
large extent, be controlled by the
Jewish fnanciers, is plainly obvious,
according to the report as published
in the Russian paper "Novi Put"
Another sensational arrest was
made recently at Penza, when the
academician and sculptor, M. CUM
burg, was placed under arrest, be-
cause during voyage on steamer
he was found conversing with a sus-
picious German baron. The author
tiles, however, soon discovered the
innocence of the sculptor and re-
leased him.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-09-15

Hundreds of Jews of LODI ap
pealed to the German military COM
mander to allow them to emigrate
either to America or to Russia. All
of these are old men and women who
are unfit for military duties and there
fore it is considered likely that their
request will be granted. It appears
that there is absolutely nothing to do
for these people in that town now,
and they hope that, by going to
America or to Russia, where they
have relatives and friends, they may
be assisted in their present plight.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-09-15
THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD
NEWS ABOUT JEWS EVERYWHERE

In competition with the first honor
men of all the law schools of the
United States, Louis E. Levinthal, of
Philadelphia, recent graduate of
the Law School Of the University of
Pennsylvania, was awarded a Corpus
Juris Scholarship of $500 in cash.
The scholarship is offered annually
by the American Law Book Com
pany for the best thesis submitted
by a first year student, and is
awarded to enable the holder to spend
one year in postgraduate work in
law
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-09-15

During the past two years the
Jewish National Fund has RENTED
more than 100000 francs to Palestine
for the maintenance of it's farms and
other institutions, also for various re-
lief objects.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-09-15

Signor Ugo Anconia has been made
a member of the new Italian national
ministry, his office being under sec
rotary of transports.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-09-15

The Hampton Club, an organiza-
ton composed of North Side Jews
of Chicago, ILL.,, have just completed
plans for new club house to be
built on the lake shore at the foot
of Buena avenue The building will
be one of the most luxurious of its
kind and will call for an expenditure
of over $125,O0O.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-09-15

President Wilson has nominated
Co.. Charles H. Lauchheimer of Bal
timore to be brigadier-general, car
rying with the rank the post of adj
jutant and inspector of the Marine
Corps 1t is expected that the Senate
will confirm the nomination, and Colo
mel Lauchheimer will become the only
officer of that rank in the corps. He
graduated from the Naval Academy
with highest honors in 1887.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-09-15
September IS, 1916.

Messrs. Paul L. Feiss and Richard
A. Feiss have been appointed by
the Cleveland (Ohio) Chamber of
Commerce, respectively, chairman of
the Committee of Housing and San
itation and chairman of the Com
mittee on Industrial Welfare.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-09-15

Mrs. Henry Seesell, ST., of Mem
phis, Tenn, recently had the dis
tinction of being present at the gol-
den wedding of her daughter, Mrs.
Morris Fuld, of Little Rock, Ark.
Mrs. Seesell is lightweight years of
age, and her daughter, Mrs. Fuld, six
ty-seven.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-09-15

Mr.. Mortimer B. Davis, president
of the Imperial Tobacco Company, of
Montreal, has been elected as direc-
tor of the Royal Bank of Canada.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-09-15

The Apollo Club, organized at
Schenectady, N. Y, about four years
ago, will in future be known as the
Young Mems Hebrew Association.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-11

dcrtook to help that country back to
peace and prosperity they were worse
III Nicaragua when we assumed the role
OF guardian But even in Nicaragua
they were mild indeed compared with
those obtaining III Haiti when our coun-
try finally stepped IN there
Our agreement with HAITI goes fur
thcr than those with Santo Domingo
and Nicaragua II provides for an
American constabulary which,
shall have control of the country and
the regulation OF all matters pertaining
to arms and ammunition Furthermore,
It provides for the appointment of .
sanitary engineer whose recommends.
tons, as approved by the Urf1ted States,
are to be carried out in the cleaning up
OF the cities OF the republic.
This new departure probably will
insure peace quiet honest administra-
ton and II IT does, Haiti certainly will
go forward as few small countries ever
have, Its mountains are filled with
mineral wealth; its valleys are so fer
tile that the slightest attention can
make them produce like an Eden its
forests contain vast stores OF precious
hardwoodS and dycwoods. Ii is. indeed.
a region where nature has lavished its
richest gifts, where simple popula-
ton, under firm, yet gentle. bcneficcnt
guidance, may realize the blessings Of
TRANQUIL abundance
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-11

rincs on shore and naval guns trained
and pointed on the ports, that the
country return TO state Of quiet. And
SO ;0day ,he Dominicans. realizing that
the Monroe doctrine is determined TO
afford them protection from their own
eNceSseS, their own bitter passions and
blind purposes, have accepted the in
evltable and have obtained the bless
ings OF peace from without when they
could not attain that end themselves
II IS a reluctant acquiescnce they Weld,
but a wholesome one, none the less.
Proud of Results.
1T has not been without effort or
without expense, nor vet without the
actual sacrifice of blood and life that
our country has stepped in to play the
role OF Good Samaritan to the peoples
OF Santo Domingo, Haiti. and Mica
ragua, who had lost the blessings OF
peace and were unable to regain them
lr Haiti alone We lost one officer and
six marines and several were wound
ed. But OF this al,ruiStic effort are
growing results OF which a nation that
covcts no territory, that seeks only its
own security and the welfare OF It's un-
fortunate neighbors, may well be proud
Following Porto ico.
"ln Porto Rico We have reduced the
death rate from iorty-iiyc a thousand
to nineteen thousand, and beginning
along the same line is being made in
these new fields OF American endeayor
In Porto Rico wages have increased
from 10 cents to rs cents. and stable
conditions show encouraging results in
the samed ircotion in our new ward
lands In Porto Rico the school at
tendance jumped from 70 percent to
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-11
HAVE COLOR IN YOUR CHEEKS
Bs Better Looking-Take
Olive Tablets

II your skin is yellow--complexion
pallid-tongue coated-appetite poor
you have bad taste in your mouth-a
lazy, no-good feeling-you should take
Olive Tablets.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets sub
stiiute for calomel-werc prepared by
DR.. Edwards after u years OF study
with his patients.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets arc a
purely vegetable compound mixed with
olive oil. You will know them by their
olive color.
To have clear pink skin, bright eyes,
no plmples, feeling of buoyancy like
childhood days you must get at the cause.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets act on the
liver and bowels like calomel--yct have
no dangerous after effects.
They start the bile and overcome con-
stipation. That's why millions of boxes
are sold annually at l0c and 2sc per
box. All druggists Take one or two
nightly and note the pleasing results
ADV.