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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-01
100 GRAVE DICGERS
in CALVARY STRIKE
Seek Higher Pay After Winning
Raise Last Spring.

Grave digger IN CALVARY Cemetery
sho Won al increase in wages last
spring b. e strike, have quit work
again. They want more pay and
shorter hours. About 100 Of the $50
digger; are out The strike was de-
'lsrsd On Friday.
Their chance Of winning this time is
'nall, according 20 Father william J.
stewart managing director Of the cor
porat!on. Although burials average
'l1ty-fys 9 day. there are always
enough graves ready in advance for at
.ess' one day, and the receiving vault
ass capacity Of 200.
II ne strikers remain obdurate there
aye I'D older employees Of the corpora
Won Who have been virtually pen
spheo, Who may be called on 70 take
Ip The spade again.
besides having a virtual pension sys-
en- me men get full pay if they are
e.asbied. They get from 81 70 $3.50 a
N@s Tor nine nours' work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-01
HE WEATHER REPORT
omeisI Records and Forecasts for the
Next Twenty-four Hours.

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-01
Answer Accuses President
Of Seeking to Divide
His Countrymen.
pFFUTES ATTACK
ON HYPHENATES
Word Coined to Insult
Americans, He SayS-"U.
{. Interests Ignored

chicago. Sept. sO.-Jeremiah OLeary
.-,.,5ent Of the American Truth So
.;.,v replied to-day 10 President Will
49,. sttack BY charging the President
nd the word hyphenate TO insult
,ssI Americans. He sent this telegram
20 NJ. Wilson:
aIp your telegram Of yesterday you
,.ys eyaded every question that
-.;..d In acting thus, you have fol-
,owed YOUR usual method Of carrying
controversy with an opponent.
yox YOU seek, by an indirect charge OF
si.loyalty-s charge which you dared
-, directly make-to escape the ques-
ion, which you cannot answer.
81 challenge comparison, both by
,s,sdity and environment, Of my life
ard sntecedents with yours. While
.L-ss Of nv uncles were dying in de-
se,,e Of the Union, those Of your kin
vbo dared to fight were struggling to
destroy it.
Follows Washington's Advice.
81, nv brief contact with public
Affairs have sought 70 follow the sd-
vice and example Of Washington OF
rerersoD. Of Lincoln and Of the other
Great Presidents. TO the end that all
Americans might stand upon one plane
- eouality and fraternity.
81. has remained for you 70 break
new Ground as o President and TO seek
20 divide your countrymen into Iaclal
and religious groups. Inc word ny
pbenate' was never heard IN American
ngblic life until you coined 1t 10 insult
~our hosts. real Americans OF Irlsn
blood ~ the dedication OF the Commo-
dors Barry monument IN Washington.
"Nov- Won speak Of dislOyalty, What
IN Won mean -disloyalty 20 America or
Gsioyaltv 10 England? II the first. /
throw the charge back in your teeth;
7 the second. call your attention 70
lie historical fact of the Revolution
,-.;eh the fathers thought had de.lv-
cred rs for all time from England.
United States Interests Opposed.
"I stand. as men Of ny blood have
always stood. .u favor Of America as
against eyery foreign power. Do you
ana particularly. ] stand against the
present ageress,0us of that power
rom which We have wrung our free
Jon in Tire Revolution and which has
,,ai since, bv force and guile, at
snu-ed % take 3. from Us.
Of charge again that your foreign
sofces. your Mexican entang. ements,
~o1r act'on on the Panama Canal,
your failure 90 sustain American
rights. your trucking 10 England, your
aIprcva. Of var loans, and OF the mu
li,ions traffic. are all subyers.ve o.
The interests o. America.
You have made your record and no
c.-yelnsss IN the use Of words can now
change you, acts.
"You may take advantage Of your
exalted position, 20 which you were
CHOSEN only by q minority OF the Amer
can people 20 abuse great masses OF
yogr coUntrymen. who adhere 20 the
principles upon which this great cOun-
~ has always rested. but warn you
that you are being weighed in the bal
snee and that adherence 70 your poll
cles will carry you down 70 deserved
Cefeat on Election Da-'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-01

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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-27
TO MAKE SAWDUST FURNITURE
.Iokcsters Will Pick on SheboyEan In
stead Of Grand Rapids
Now,

\ report comes from Sheboygan.
wis. that three concerns have hcen
organized there for the purpose OF
manufacturing furniture from sawdust.
Fascinating pictures como to mind OF
chairs and tables constructed Of a
composition Of sawdust and glue. which
might offer new problems to house
wives during the humid period OF mid
summer. but the new scheme is rather
less primitive than that
The Federal forest laboratory at
Madison has been working on processes
which will utilize sawdust in the MAX :
converted into furniture The form
ing of corporations to engage in this
new industry indicates the success "f
tho experimental work. Sawdust or
paper furniture ought to have some
manifest advantages over the old
"a shioned kind. and yet for some time
there is likely to he a prejudice against
it. This will naturally wear down
gradually, as most prcjudiceS do, and
in the course Of Il few years w. may
De TfJclCiuE III tnt POSSESSION OF new
s:twdust pulp sidcbuards with claborate
hand carved effects produced by "A
heavy stamp. After all, for all prac-
t!cal purposes. what is the difference
whether our furniture is cut by Il Jig
saw from the original wood or com
pressed from the by-product of "a shin
gle MILL More and more we are be-
coming dependent upon by-products,
and perhaps we ought To he grateful
that our future furniture is coming
from Sawdust rather than from coal
tar.
Anyway, there ought To be graft
tud" in Grand Rapids, Mich. which
has long been an undcservinS victim
OF jokes about the furniture business.
AS matter of fact, much admira Ill g
furniture is made in Grand Rapids
and the town may be relieved If the
brunt Of the humor on the subject is
transferred Ia SheboyEau and it's saw
dust Observation-Disclosures OR. ID
bulletin
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-27
FLY AND HIS BRETHREN
FEAST WHERE THEY PLEASE
Insect Pests Infcst Markets and
Carry Disease From House
to House.
Ordinance Requiring Protection Of
All Goods Offered for Human
Food Constantly Violated Without
Protest in City's Own Markets.

In it's investigation OF market condi
lions and OF confectionerics in general
the Housewives League according to
interested observers. eslectcd TO no.
;icc that the ny. convicted criminal
that he is. travels through both
markets and lights wheresoever he
pleases
The ny screen. cheap. it is said. at
any price and actually costing only a
few cents yard. is practically un-
known. SO that the fly and other ma
raudinr insects whom scientists have
burdened with the guilt OF dozen
plaEucs. peck IF flies peck-on apple
and pear. peach and prune. garden
| vegetables. meat and fish. undisturbed
leaving behind them. SO the scientists
say. a microscopic trail OF germs. Oc-
casionaliy. very occasionally. little
| negro boy may be seen brushing the
hies away with a fan. He dare not
swat them. for fear of damaging fruit
or vegetable or leaving a bruis. on n
| tender outlet Generally the boy is
half asleep, and flies and insects gorge
themselves during his maps.
This condition is TO be seen not only
in the markets Even the most casual
observer may notice lnal street llult
stalls also are left unsheltsred from the
sun and uncovered from the lilies. Not
long ago war TO the finish was de
clared against the most noted and most
freuucntlv accused OF all disease car
ricrs. iropri"torS Of stalls in the mar
kats aud confeotion"rs selling from
street stands were ordered to cover
their foodstuffs with ny screens. and in
both markets fly traps were eS,a blisE Ell
and. in addition prizes were offered to
children who brought the greatest mum
Der OF defuuct iIes into the head =
quarters OF the Health Department. The
war was conducted with severity sur
passing that on the Mexican border.
with the result that several billion
iies We're put to death. But. like the
rope, they came back in increasing
numbers. Swatting seems navalliug,
the fecundiiy OF the NY being its
strongest asset. SO tn" little insect
wings his way from the stables sur
rounding the markets. has dessert IN
he fruit stalls and then proceeds to
light OH baby's nose. Baby drives hin,
away with his little fist, and n few
days after. perhaps. crepc is hung on
The door where the little tot was
Graded.
Behind the fly comes the grimy-
handed son OF toll Iudiciously he
picks up and weighs in his palm all the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-27

prices and Shortweigh to the balance
OF proiit. Trade with dealers who
weigh everything instead OF using
measures. as measuring depends upon
che mans Judgment as 20 how much
ne gets In. and his judgment may be
poor.
All goods in package form have or
should have the net weight marked
on them. Read the weight or measure
stamped Oh all packages so YOU can
ascertain whether you are getting your
moneys worth. Don't let your grocer
hand you a package of raisinS or other
package that is market fifteen ounces
when you ask him for q pound OF
sixteen ounces. good business man
checks up his weights and measures.
y good business woman should follow
the same example.
Ask your legislator 10 cooperate
with me in revising and amending the
state law on weights and measures.
having in view square deal and the
protection OF the vender and the vendce.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-27
PREPARING FOR TOURISTS
Europe Anticipating Inroad of Proat.
E"l and Guflible Amevi-
cans. >,

An American. recently returned frons
relief work in Belgium and Northeyn
France said that he had not q shadow
or doubt that. in the course of the
mex, Ten years the tourist OF the
world will have left more than enough
money in the war devastated regions
TO pay for all the damage done there
by the Germans
me same man is authority for the
statement that the thrifty French ~
the shell-Shattered towns Of the 49,
zone are already taking serious aceonnf
OF the tourist trade OF the futuye IN
connection with their plans for 70.
building after the war
French company has been formed
"hich Is now making plans for the
establishment OF temporary houses ana
hotels on the present battle fronrl
which. OF course, is at present antirsiv
without facilities for reoetyinr tbS
army or visitors which, it is felt sura.
Will pour III when the belIigorenes Law
aside their arms. Negotiations arc be.
ing carried on with American manu-
facturers for the construction OF port.
able one STORY dwellings and host elrieE
fians. specifications and prices have
been requested for structures Of die
fereht types ranging from ono. two and
three-room houses TO community, or
hotel. buildings having from twenty.
itNe 10 200 rooms. in addition to kitch-
Ems and dining halls. Tho company
anticipates expanding about - 10000
FOR the buildings. which. it la planned,
VIII be set up ut various points of in,
terest along "a line extending from the
shores of the English Channel to
Switzerland
brisk trade in fragments OF sh fla.
shrapnel bullets. bent bayonets, broken
rifles and other war relics has already
sprung up in the rear OF tho French
and British lines. and fur the supply
ON the grouuds--has kept we'll
abreast OF the demand {
In spite of the .rapidity with which.
the genuine article Is being turned
out Mt the front. the fact that palpably
faxed relics are already being offered
In Paris and London seems to indicate
that when Europe again becomes tho
playground of the world-the Mecca
of the idle. the curious, the Gullible-
there will be a and lucrative in-
dustry added to those already exisiting
before the war The manufacture sof
imitation war relics bids fair to be car.
ried on upon scale that will dwarf
the manufacture OF the old masters
| and Egyptian searabs as the presenS
mighty struggle dwarfs all other warS
OF history.-Popular Mechanics Mara ;
zinc, ~
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-27
,irl Hides Jewels While Asleep.

Eleven days ago jewelry valued nj
$500 disappeared from dresser in the
room OF Mrs. Charles CORTLAND Smith
Police could find no clew. The daugh
ter. Icnorr. fourteen years old. has
lust told her mother that she dreamed
she had hidden the jeweiry on shelf
IN one Of the clothes closets. \ haSty
search was made and the jew"lvy was
found In It's chamois bag intact The
girl said she had dreamed that burg
lars were about TO enter the house and
that she went 10 the dresser ana LOOK
the iswelry. This passed from her
memory. she sscrted.-Chicago Tri-
hume.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-27

vegetables and fruits in the tray, feels
the chicken he proposes to buy, and
then. AFTER a satisfactory handling OF
everything in sight, he makes his Dur.
chase Comes then milady from the
West End. She walks along the mar,
ket streets. lifting her lingerie from
the pavement Udorous with tobacco
juice and decayins vegetables. and goal
through the same procedure adopt ed h..
the careful. economical knight of labor.
She perks up her chin. takes snifr or
two. places thumb and forennxsr
around peach. punches a chicken in
us rios, datntily presses a steak, and
then makes her order-tncludinr the
germs.
so the fly and his brethren In arns
teast in silent comfort where they
please.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-27
Movie Actresses
and Their Hair

Did il ever occur to you that
every movie actress YOU have seen
has lovely hair. while the most
popular count their curls as their
chief beauty? In fact tthis is
sccrcD. many are leading ladies
just because Of their attractive
locks Inquiry among them dis
closes the fact that they bring out
all the natural beauty of their hair
by careful shampooinG. not with
any soap or makcshift, but with
simple mixture which they make
up for themselves by putting tea
spoonful. OF canthroX (Which they
get from the druggisD. I'm a cup
Of hot water and applying this in
stead OF soap. After it's use their
hair dries rapidly, with uniform
color Dnudruff. excess oil and dirt
are dissolved and entirely disap-
pear. The hair is SO iiuny that ii
looks much heavier than IL is. Its
lustre and softnesS is delightful.
while the stimulated scalp gains
the health which insures hair
growth ADV.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-27

for American rights and the main
tenance OF international law. lie al
most single handcd has maintained
international iaw-aEainst other ma
tons. against some OF his own party
and against u large number OF Rcpub-
llcans, who, after the I.usitania dis
astcr. showed By their votes on the
McLcmore resolution that they were
willing to surrender our right to travel
on foreign vessels
> There is another great danger to
our national efficiency in voting the
Republican ticket. II MIR. Hughes Is
elected. IN" Senate vii! probably re-
main Democratic. Only Il Republican
landslide can make the Senate Rcpub-
lican, and OF such landslide there
seems no prospect. II seems unlikely
that the Republicans can retain all
sixteen Of the Republican sents which
viii be vacated. and at the same time
win half OF the eighteen Democratic
vacancies. let victory as complete
az this must he won in order even TO
obtain Republican majority Of one
vote.
hone III" time may come when We
shall correct political system in which
such deadlock tx possible but at
present NC voters are confronted by a
condition. not theory. and must act
accordingly.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-27
,h,. CIGAR s,x,y-s..en Year. old.

Among the curios left by General
robert Burns Brown, OF GAINESVILLE
who died few days ago, was hugh
handmade cigar said to be siNty-sever
wears OLD, and claimed to be the oldes,
niece OF tobacco in the state. IT had
been In the posse ssion OF General BrcTr
sirce 1912 and was highly priced.
The cigar was presented TO MIN NJ
Steubenville while he was In that city
on one Of his speaking tours while n
candidate for Governor. 1t was one OF
n box that was brought back from Cali
fornia by Captain John +. Oliver. OF
Steubonville, who was one of the
'49ers when the gold fever was at
it's heieht-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-27
WATCH nuTCIIEH WHO
TRIMS YOUR Br:EF

Don; leave tho trimmings OF Your
meat with the butcher. Many Of them
are very accommodating about trim
ming the meat. especially when ordered
10y telephone. Then ii there is any
complaint about short weight, they
claim that they have trimmed it. which
would make up for the shortage. Be
cause of this excuse for trimming the
meat. ii is hard for both the weight
and measure official and the buyer TO
ascertain tho weight OF the meat on
rcweiGhing. II YOU complain 70 the
butcher that YOU have been short
weighed, he will promptly tell YOU the
difference between the weight of tho
YOUR scale was that he trimmed the
meat and deposited the trimmings in
a box beneath his counter. Doing that
he removed all necessary evidence in
n short-weight easy. If yen have them
trim he meat. insist on the trimmings
going in your package The butcher
sells the same trimmings tho next day.
and they mean source az profit to
him.
Don't let your milk dealer deliver
bottles Of milk that are not filled.
Keep a good. accurat" scale in your
house. tested by the Sealcr of Weights
and Measures. and rcwcigh everything
YOU buy Learn To read scale If
YOU don't know hew. ask somebody 70
show you, and keep Al it until You
learn how. Put more than 80 cents into
u scale, as a 5O-cent scale will not
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-27
FRECKLES

Now Is the Time to Get rid Of These
Ugly Spots.
There's no longer the slightest need
Of feeling ashamed Of your freckl les.
as the prescription othine-double
strengths guaranteed To remove
these homely spots.
Simply get an ounce OF othine-
double strength-from any druggist
and apply n little OF 1t night and
morning and you should soon see that
even the worst freckles have begun TO
disappear, while the lighter oncs have
vanished entirely. 1t Is seldom that
more than an ounce is needed to com
plctcly clear the skin and gain n beau
tiful clear complexion.
BE sure to ask for the double
strength othine. as this Is sold under
guarantee OF money back IL 1t fails to
remove freckles.-Adv.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-27
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM MORE
PROGRESSIVE. AND EFE'Et"rINE;

PROGRESSIVE AND EFFECTIVE:
g. The Democratic platform is moro
progressive and effective than tho Re-
publican. IT'S plank On public health
for instance, is the best which we have
got had in any national platform.
This means. | hope. that this great
subject. the basis of the stateYmanship
Of Lloyd George and other European
leaders. will soon bc brought before
the American people az never before.
the plank on woman suffrage is also
more progressive than the Republican
Mr. Wilson is more careful than Mr..
Hughes TO avoid giving the impression
OF making promises beyond his pa:ty's
platforn--promises which he cannot
give any guarantees OF Keeping. But
ne is, have reason to believe, AZ heart
more Of sunragist than Mr.. hughes.
Mr. Hughes seems TO accept woina n
suffrage sort OF necessary evil
h" would marry the suTraectte TO get
lid Of her.
!. think the Democrats have kept
faith with the peopl" and deserve re-
election on their record Taken Az a
whole the Wilson administration has
been moro constructive than any previ-
GUS administration for a generation.
The Federal rcs"rv" act. the Under
wood act. the chilli labor act and a
half dozen others Of Importance are :,
monument. and an imposing one. TO Mr..
Wilson's efficiency in proposing. prepar-
Ing and pushing Legislation throug II
Congress ], ia also an earnest of
what We may further expect Of him
in carrying out his party pledges II
reelected
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-27
KEPELLED ny CAMPAIGN
OF CARPING CRITICISM

g. Like many other voters. am re-
PEELED. rather than attracted, by a cam
paign %! carping criticism. in which
the speeches Of the Republican candi-
date consist chiefly OF fault-iinding.
even where faults are not 20 he found :
ignoring virtues. even where they are
obvious. and proposing nothing definite
OF his own. Ridlcule is cheap politi-
cal device which Ill BELTS Mr.. Hughes.
10. Finally. whatever mistakes have
been committed constitute safeguard
against further mistakes. All expert
cnce consists Of trial and error. In
other words, tour years experience
constitutes in Itself a reason for re-
election. | am strong believer in re-
elccting To Il second term any Presi-
dent who has in the least merited re-
lection. Eighty years continuous office
holding affords considerably more OF
that efficiency in administration OF
which Mr.. Hughes speaks than turn
ing the rascals out every four years.
And few administrators learn more or
faster from ,helr experience than
President Wilson.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-27

by the quart. instead Of By the box
or basket one of the favoritc methods
OF short-chanE YOU is To sell bcr-
ries by the box. which might look to
YOU Xix. quart. hut may be only three
fourths of quart; The present law
does not stop dealers selling by the
box. but insist on buying by tile quart.
Selling by tn" box encourages diShon-
eSty.
INSIST ON DEALER
SUPPLYING FULL MEASURE:
Tho difference in dry measures is as
follows:
fieaped bushcl means a box. basket
or crate containing ISIS cubic inches
Stricken husncl means q basket con-
tanning 2.l5o.i cubic inches The diff
ference is 5&7i- cubic inches less i'm the
stricken bushcl
Apples. potatoes and other vegetables
are sold by heapcd measure Peaches
plums ana other fruits are sold by
stricken hmshcl Don't let "a dealer sell
YOU potatoes or other vegetables by
stricken bush"l lie is short changing
YOU 53' ~ cubic inches OF measure, one
NTH OF Il bushel, which at 81 bushel
means 20 cents Don't let your dealer
sell you potatoes by the basket. Insist
on buying by the bushci Keep a
hushel crate. l2Xlixl6 inches. contain
Ing 2.GSs cubic inches, which is n
heapcd bushel when level full Have
it tested bv the weights and measures
official and when a bushel OF apples
potatoes or other vegetables is de-
livered 20 you hay. it dumped into the
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