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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-11
THE NATIONS AT WAR.

OF the twenty nations OF Europe
thirteen are at war. The entry of
Rumania into the Hghtng ranks
leaves only seven neutral nations, Of
these thirteen belligerents, nine are
enrolled as what the world knows as
the allies and four constitute the force
.a6f the central powers The seven ma
Norway, Denmark. Holland, s~isner-
land. Spain and Greece. and OF those
the last named Is expected soon to
tofn forces with the allies. who al
ready occupy a part OF her territory.
In addition TO the nine allied European
powers Is Japan. whose part IN the
war. however. has been chiefly that
OF a maker of munitions,
Commenting on this situation the
Washington Star says;
NO other accessions TO the
ranks OF the fighting powers
seems likely, with the exception Of
Greece The inclination OF
Sweden is undoubtedly strongly
Teutonic. while that Of Norway
Is problematical, with a tendency
toward the allies on account OF
friendliness for England and
against them because Of appre-
tensions Of Russia Historical
reasons impe' Denmark to dislike
and distrust the Teutons but
there is no evidence OF any dis
nnsiftNn enter thu Atrt
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-11
WASHINGTON STAR IN LINE.

Following the footsteps Of all tn,
great newspapers. the Evening Star
OF Washington. declines TO print ad.
vertisements OF intoxicating liquors.
The announcement appeared con.
spicuously on the front page of Yen.
terday's issue of the paper
One by one the leading papers OF
the country are finding out that the
larger element OF people in the coun-
try oppose the distribution of liquors,
7 and they are aiding In the suppress
sion OF the trafic, by declining to ad
vertise the same.
The great Washington paper, in its
! announcement, states that II will here
after refuse such Advertisements
because . large number Of IL
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-11
OLD VETERAN BEGs TO DO
wOMEN's WORK FOR VICTORY

London. Sept. $50 eager is a Brit
ish army veteran living in wallsend.
on-Tyne to help in the war that he
is willing to do women's work. He
writes TO q newspaper which has ap.
pealed for 10000 women to do Red
Cross needlework
Il am not \ woman, but I have
knitted two pairs Of socks. The wool
Is OF tho best and cost five shillinrs
N1.ss). but I want to do something
for the benent Of the Red Cross.
7 am seventy-three years Of age
In November and have served my time
In the army and am a pensioner since
December. 1854. II you will let me be
woman IN this show shall teal
much obugeAs
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-11
CUT DOWN on WALLETS
FOR FRENCH OFFICERS

Paris. Sept. 10.--French officers
serving in the rear of the great battle
line are to be relieved of their ordert
lies. In lieu of these WORTHLESS the
servantless ones will receive twenty
francs 0D per week. expendahle on
the services of an auxiliary valet,
whose duties 1t will be to wait. not on
one, but several officers. The economy
in men thus obtained. utilizable in
more pressing work. 10 said to be
equivalent to several divisions.
The now ministerial order will not
affect combatant officers, however,
who will enjoy the exclusive call upon
the services OF q manservant These
latter are to be fighters while in the
trenches and orderlies when necessity
calls.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-11

Holland Ia drawn toward the al
lies on commercial grounds and
her people as a whole are anti
German. though the wealthier
classes are pro-German. The
government has been strictly
neutral from the beginning OF the
war. Switzerland has every rea-
son 10 remain neutral Her popu-
lation IL divided in sentiment.
with perhaps a slight majority
pro- Teutonic and the remainder
friendly to France and Italy
departure from a neutral position
by Switzerland is practically un-
thfnkable in view of the essential
~ non partisan international
Character of that country. There
remains Spain, which Is Latin,
and, therefore, would naturally
incline to the SIDE OF the entente
allies as against the Teutonic
powers as matter OF racial
sympathy. but whose monarch is
of Austrian descent, and, there
fore, bound by strong ties Of blood
70 one Of tho central nations.
This factor, however. has been
fallacious in Rumania and in
Greece az we'll. Indeed. Spain is
much in the position Of Greece.
save as to the actual presence OF
fighting forces on her soil, the
moparch having welded a rela-
tive OF the English king, Just as
the Queen Of Greece Is sister Of
the Emperor of Germany. There
Is no reason at present to look
for departure by Spain from
neutral position Nor In there
any military reason for such an
act. or all the neutral nations OF
Europe those most likely to be
drawn into the wars maelstrom
by the current OF events are
Sweden. Norway and Holland"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-11

readers request such action"
This must be encouraging news 10
those at tho nations capital who are
hghting the traffic. and II must have
some effect upon the minds OF those
members or Congress who oppose the
elimination OF liquor from the daily
life of that city.
We look for other papers of other
wise good intentions. 20 follow the
foot steps of the Evening Star,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-11
RICHMOND WASHINGTON HIGHWAY.

Automobile owners, speeders. and
dealers may now place their ears 70
the ground and hear good news, roy
work on the Richmond Washington
highway Is again progressing, with
every prospect OF completion before
snow falls
The man who has been digging
holes in the highway. thereby de-
irving a princely income Tor helping
autoists out OF the mud, has gone
into his hole, and all looks bright
and gay.
here IL III estimating ire good
th.a highway will do for Richmond. II
will not only be a source OF conf fort
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-11
rect. Captain McMeachan had been

suffering with heart trouble for sew
eral months. but at noon yesterday
he appeared to be in his usual health
and did not complain of feeling ILL., He
retired to his room about o'clock.
Shortly after o'clock Mrs Moger went
to the room to call the retired navy
ofhcer. He failed to respond to the
knock and Mrs. Moger opened the door.
only to find Captain McMeachan dead
In his chair. He had just completed
a letter to his brother and had ad-
dressed the envelope. when the pen
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-11
ROLLS LIVE BOMB FROM
MORTAR OVER PARAPET

London. Sept. lot 10 Officially
announced that Private w. J. Brown.
of the Canadian infantry. seised a
burning shell and threw It over the
parapet Of a trench. where II 1t once
exploded Corporal r. A. Edmunds. of
the same regiment, picked up an enemy
trench mortar bomb and rolled It over
the s,d psrspet OF IN the trench where re-, It
were undoubtedly saved. and distin-
guished conduct medals have been
awarded 70 the men.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-11
OBITUARY..
J. L. Thompson.

The funeral of J. l.. Thompson. who
died at his home. No. 3o5 Louisiana
Street. Saturday afternoon. will take
place from Denny Street Methodist
Church this afternoon at . o'clock. In
torment will be in Oakwood Cemetery.
He leaves. besides his mother, Mrs.
Mary Lear Thompson. the following
brothers: Edgar Warren and Nathan
lei Thompson. Jr.
Mr.. Thompson was secretary to ].
D. Potts, general passenger agent Of
the c. O. Railway. and was held in
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-11

An epidemic OF toothache, head
ne, tummy-ache and sore teet may
he looked for this week. The schools
open Thursday.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-11

Buy your next summers straw hat
now. and don't forget to do your
shopping early.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-11

TIonfon-John Waller Hills, Union
list members of the House OF Com
mons for Durham, Is reported killed
In action. Mr.. Hills was born in 1867,
and was a major in the Twentieth
Durham battalion.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-11

Raltimore--Mrs. Annie w. Howe,
only sister of President woodrow
Wilson. is seriously Ill In hotel in
New London, Conn, according to a
telegram received here by Joseph r.
Wilson, a brother. Mr.. Wilson said
his sister had been In declining health
for some time and had been spending
the summer in New England. Her
home Is In Philadelphia.
misunderstanding is no longer
an issue. in tho light Of President
Wilson's speech at Atlantic City. Only
the liquor question is the big national
problem which remains to be solved.
speakers on the prohibition special
train told Wisconsin crowds.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-11

Norfolk-Fritz Schultz an escaped
German seaman from the informed
cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich, who was
caught In Baltimore by special agents
I OF the government. will be court
martialed at once. and II convicted
will be given Ave years in prison. He
is technically charged with desertion
from the German navy.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-11

Saratoga-An increase In assess
ment rates was authorized by the
supreme council of the Royal Aroanum
here. The new schedule, provides a
graded increase in virtually every
class of insurance the order offers.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-11
Boiled Down Items
From Everywhere

Iondon--The Swedish steamer
Ga1nen of 2,617 tons register, has
been sunk, according to a Iloyds' re-
port. The crew was saved.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-11

Especial to The Richmond yirEinian.f
Warsaw, Va. Sept. 10.-Hon. John
NJ. Lyell. aged seventy-one years dies
this morning at 1890 at Walnut iAwK
the home OF his son. DR.. r.. O. LyAil
near Warsaw. He Is survived by three
sons--Dr. r. Q. LyelL OF warsaw; J.
Milton Lyell and O. Peyton LyelI, oe
Baltimore--and ono daughter. Mra 2.
@. Hundley. OF Pembroke Va
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-11

The Richmond delegation to the
waterways Convention are all dry
men.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-11

Birmin notwithstanding today. 20
ounces of loaf bread will be sold in
Birmingham for ten cents The pres
ent 1o-cent loaf is "a ounces. The
advance In price is attributed to al
legged high cost of -four and in
gradients
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-11

Berlin-Germany has accepted an
offer from the Dutch government to
give shelter In Holland to French war
babe" young chldren--from the
occupied districts of France.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-11

man wearing derby hat ana a
Palm Beach suit is like a chocolate
ice cream with a straw in II.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-11

Twenty eight more days to thu
Great State Fair.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-11

Rockland, Me--A topspeed at the
rate of 327s knots, with an average
on the high speed runs OF 8177. was
made by the torpedo boat destroyer
Davis On her standardization trials
Contract requirements are 80 knots.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-11

Washington-Two hundred and
twenty-one firms are holding nearly
FIVE million cases of eggs-about one
hundred and forty-threo million
dozens-in cold storage, according to
latest reports to the department OF
agriculture.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-11
PRAISE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD.

Reasonable citizens must agree that
tho Administrative Board Is right IN
damages to anutting property. where
valuable improvements have been
made IN paving, grading and gutter
ing.
Why should the city be called upon
TO pay property-owner for some
slight temporary damage, when the
city gives that citizen such improve
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-11

Next Friday is the offlcial date for
calling in the straw hat
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-11

which to have. a parade or a BAN
quet.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-11

and convenience to tourists, but In a
business way Richmond may expect
TO derive much. Progressive farm
ers are using automobiles in hauling
their truck. With good roads this
custom will extend, and by It's extern
sion, Richmond may be able to Sc
cure more. and. consequently, cheaper
farm produce.
Good roads help the farmers 70
moro completely develop their acres,
and with that development the CITY
folks gain In lower prices.
The Virgtnian congratulates tho
Richmond Automobile Club for its
energetic Offices in helping largely to
secure this highway
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-11

Mayor Joe Powers takes his seat
It noon today. He has not asctdeA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-11
c.pt.in Alex. @. McMsaeha..

Hampton. Sept. 1o.-Captain Alexan-
der Charles McMeachan. sixty-nine
years old. U. 8. N. retired. died sud
denly yesterday afternoon In his apart.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-11

ton OF the property? True, the citizen
must pay more taxes on the increased
forts and conveniences through the
improvements
Many patriotic property owners de-
cline 10 ask for damages They feel
that Improvements must come, and
they are glad to get them. and they
something which. as a matter OF fact
the city is doing for their benefit
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-11

fell from his hand. following the fatal
heart attack.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-11
VIRGINIA STATE FAIR.

risons is interesting, in that 1t wifi
lead thousands OF Virginians to come
10 Richmond, and to see and study the
great displays. thereby learning much
from demonstration and observation.
II will bring kindred spirits together
for the exchange OF views. and for the
forming OF new friendships. and II
Will bind old ties.
Richmond can take care OF any
sized crowd. And Il can send the
crowd back home feeling that IT has
taken trip to the metropolis not In
vain.
We invite the people OF Virginia to
ONE 20 this greatest OF all fairs. and
we stand ready 10 welcome them.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-11
BATTLE OF LABOR
WORLD QUESTION
Jim Larkin Addresses Tri-City Work,
ers at Their Annual Picnic at
Suburban Island.
CARPENTERS WIN TUG OF WAR
Defeat Silvis Organization I'm Hard
Match, But Lose Ball Game to
Invaders, to 8.

Comparing the laboring people and
the labor conditions of Ireland with
those or America, Jim Larkin, noted
for his connections with the cause of
the laboring people of Ireland and the
part he played in the Irish rebellion.
addressed the union carpenters of the
tri-cities at their annual picnic held
yesterday at Suburban island.
There is only one principle for the
laboring people the world over" de-
clared Mr.. Larkin. and that is a liy-
ing wage" Mr.. Larkin, who claims
10 be the only living signer of the
Irish declaration Of independence, as
serted that the fight of the American
working classes and organized labor
IS the same as that of the Iaboring
folk of Ireland, only perhaps with the
exception of Certain conditions"
''In this COZ Lltry." said the speaker,
you have the freedom of speech and
certain rights that are not enjoyed by
the workers of Ireland Here you are
ground down under the oppression of
capital and there they are held down
by the capitalists and restricted by
governmental laws"
He only touched lightly upon the re-
cent rebellion in Ireland and confined
his address mostly to organization
showing its purpose and declaring it
TO be the only weapon within the reach
of the lab0ring classes all over the
world by which they could hope to bet
ter the working conditions Of the
masses.
Carpenters Win Tug-Of-War.
The picked team of the carpenters
defeated the Silvis shop team in a tug
of-war at the picnic, which is the first
time the vanquished have been beaten.
and they have tugged with nearly ev-
cry organization in the tri-cities. The
members of the team have boosted
much of their ability in the Juggling
game and it was considered a big
feather in the caps of the carpenters
The Sflvis men put up hard fight to
the finish, but were finally drawn over
the line by the superior strength and
agility of the carpenters
The baseball game. which was one
OF the big features OF the afternoon s
program, was won by the Silvis shoD
baseball team by the score of to ).
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-11
HAMLET.

Mrs. Earl Boultinghouse and Miss
Josephine clearinghouse were shop
ping in Rock Island, Tuesday.
Miss Lila Kershner of New York
came Monday to visit at the home of
John Reaber. Mr.. READER went to
Rock Island TO meet her.
Leck Cain and family visited with
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Marston in Aledo
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Gray. Jr.. ar
rived home Saturday from Des Moines.
Iowa, where they attended the fair.
Miss Bessie Cooper came home Fri
day from Chicago where she attended
the university this summer. Hiram
Cooper mOtOred to Rock Island to meet
her.
Riley Talstead returned home Satur-
day from Gibson, Iowa, where he had
been working this summer for Marion
Boyles.
c. L. Boyles and Myron Stockberger
motored to Deep River, Iowa. Satur-
day. Miss Milicent Boyles, who had
been visiting in Iowa accompanied
them home Monday.
John Nichols came home Monday af-
ter visiting friends at Gibson and Deep
River, Iowa
Misses Wharton and Houghton of
Rock Island spent Saturday night and
Sunday with Miss Addie Bovles.
Rev. Mr.. TidbaI and family came
Tuesday to visit few days with
friends
Mrs. Ben Ha1stead of West Liberty.
Iowa. returned home Sunday aftec
spending a few days at the homes of
c. b Halstead and Meigs Kendall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ashley Elliott spent
Sunday with Prentice Halstead and
family.
Hiram Cooper and family and Riley
Halstead spent Tuesday fishing near
New Boston
Miss Leona Timm of Reynolds spent
Saturday night and Sunday at the
home of Hiram Cooper
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-11
HAMPTON

! Mrs. Lloyd King and daughter, Miss
/ Clara of Moline. were in Hampton
Friday visiting with Mrs. Emily White
head and daughter. Mrs Mabel PloOg
Mrs F. f Wichall and little son re-
turned to their home at Woodruff, III.
after a two days visit in Hampton al
| the home of her sister, Mrs H. c.
Hanewacker.
/ Mrs. Frank Hogan came up from
/ Moline Thursday to visit her sister
} Mrs. George Gilman.
! The Hampton public schools opened
: Tuesday morning with an enrolment
/ as large as that of last year Miss
/ Alice Marx is absent this week. She
| is suffering with ivy poisoning at her
home here.
Mrs Laura Mohr, Mrs. Tina Her
man and daughter, Miss Leone, re
turned to their homes here Sunday
evening after a weeks visit with rela-
tives at GAINESVILLE, Wis.
Floyd Taylor. the u year old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. L. F. Taylor, who has
been very i'll, is better.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maniel Smith return
ed recetly from a three days visit at
LeCIaire, Iowa, at the home of their
daughter, Mrs. j. NJ Benson.
Mrs. Mabel Ploog and two little
daughters returned to their home in
Minneapolis, Mimi, Monday after a
six weeks visit with Hampton rela-
tives.
Rev. and Mrs. j. V. Kennedy re-
turned Monday from a two weeks
vacation trip.
Mrs. G. F. McNabney spent Tuesday
and Wednesday in Rock Island visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. Louis Siemon.
Ruth, little daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. William MOhr, was delightfully."-
surprised last Thursday afternoon
when IL of her little girl friends ar
rived at her home to help her cele-
brate her eighth birthday anniversary.
After merry round of games, refresh
ments were served which was at the
close of very pleasant party.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Hermes and
little son spent Sunday in Rapids City
visiting their daughter, Mrs. Earl
Adams and family.
The funeral of Mrs. Harriet Bly,
Schildecker was held from the Hamp-
ton Methodist church at 2 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon. Rev. ]. V. Ken
needy officiated and burial took place in
Hampton cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-11
WHAT WILSON HAS
DONE FOR LABOR
Stand for Eight Hour Day for Rail.
roads Consistent With General
Policies.
WELCOMES HUGHES POSITION
Pleased Over the Fact That Opposition
Presidential Aspirant Has Joined
Issue in the Campaign.
Ri gibson GARDNER.

Washington. Sept. 1.-THE White
house is frankly pleased that Charles
z. Hughes has accepted the eight-hour
day controversy and the settlement of
the railway strike as one of the cam
paign issues. Chairman Vance Nc
Cormick is also pleased and has tele-
phoned his congratulations to the pres
ident The democratic campaign COM
mittee intends to help Mr.. Hughes give
as great publicity as possible to this
subject. They are planning to circu-
late what Mr.. Hughes said in his
speeches IN the south. referring to the
passage by congress of the eight-hour
law; particularly his statement that:
Il am opposed to being dictated TO
either in the executive department or
congress by any power on earth be,
fore the facts are known and in the
absence Of facts"
Also his statement:
u stand here firmly for the princi-
pie of arbitrating industrial disputes
and ! would not surrender it to any
body in the country"
Opposed TO this statement by Mr..
Hughes. Mr. Mccormick intends to cir
culate President Wilson's declaration
that:
1T seemed to me- in considering the
subject-matter of the controversy, that
the whole spirit of the time and the
prepondeTant evidence of recent econ
omic experience spoke for the eight
hour day"
The committee calls attention to the
statement by Mr.. Hughes that:
1T may be very important that here
and there there shall be a change in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-11

the wage scale. know not. It ia a
matter for careful examination.
The committee will contrast with
this statement President Wilson's ac-
complishments in behalf Of labor. in
GLIDING:
What Wilson Has Done.
Etght-hour day legislation for rail-
road trainmen; act requiring an eight
hour day IN contract work for the
government; eight-hour day for all
government workers: the eight-hour
law applying to women in the District
or Columbia; the eight-hour provision
for postoffice clerks and carriers: the
eight-hour provision applicable to CT
villains engaged in the manufacture of
ordnance and powder for the govern
ment; the eight-hour provision as to
mining OF all coal to be used by the
navy; the creation of the department
OF labor and the appointment of W. B.
wilson, former secretary of the United
Mine Workers, as secretary of labor:
the Clayton antitrust act with its lin
ltatlon upon the power of the courts
to issue injunctions in labor disputes;
the provisions for the protection of
miners in the Alaska coal leasing law :;
the organization of the mine rescue
work of the bureau of mines; the
"phossy jaw" legislation TO protect
workers in match factories from poi
soning by phosphorus; the appoint
ment of the Walsh industrial relations
commission and the printing and cir
culation of its valuable report: the
seamans bill; the child labor law
increased appropriation for the chill
dren's bureau; and the federal work
mans compensation act.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-11
DR.. Coffee Coming,

DR.. ". Q. Coffee. the Oculist and
aurist, will make his next regular visit
10 the Harper house Tuesday and
Wednesday, Sept. y and Is. He will
see patients until 8 o'clock each night.
He wants every person afflicted with
eye, ear. nose and throat trouble
especially eye disease, deafness and
Catarrh, that have not tried his treat
ment, to see him and try it one time
free. He has special method of
strengthening crOss-eyes and removing
adenoid growths that he does in three
minutes without using chloroform. The
doctor has very large practice here
and has been quite successful in many
severe chronic cases.-(Adv)
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