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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-01
CHARTER CHANGES
EFFECTIVE TO-DAY
Police and Health Boards and Board
of Public Interests No Longer On
Municipal Map.

The amended charter OF the city of
Richmond, approved by the General
Assembly at it's last session, became
effective today.
Mayor Ainslies powers are enlarg-
ed; the board OF police commission
ers: the board of health and the board
OF public interests pass into history
The board of fire commissioners
settles down TO membership OF four,
as required by the charter, one from
each ward of the city, and the Ad-
ministrative Board takes over control
of the Health Department
Police Commissioners Bradley.
Parker. Davis. Thomas, Royal and
Gordon will retire into private life. as
will Health Commissioners Open
himer, Garctn. Gordon and Hoge
Fire Commissioners Keppler and
Tyler, representing Henry and Mon
roe Wards, whose terms expire also
go back to the bushes" as baseball
men say.
Strenuous activities Of the citizen
members OF the board OF public in
terests, embracing Moses Rose. Joseph
B. Bliley, Henry Lee Valentine,
Thomas Palmatory and Harry Tucker,
Will cease. and these energetic cit
liens will no longer stand In the spot
light.
But the city will get along very
well, thank you. And the Civic AS
ISOLATION will proceed toward still
further amendment TO the charter
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-01

Adtutant Elmer Johnson wishes TO
announce that the Salvation Army Will
conduct a service of music and song
at Byrd Park on Sunday afternoon at
a:45 o'clock
Adtutant Mamie Johnson, the gifted
woman speaker OF the Salvation Army.
will give a short, but interesting talk
OF the subject, Soldiers oof Two
Wars" She extends cordial invita-
ton to the soldier boys now In Rich
nond to attend this service.
The regular Sunday night service
will be held in the new Salvation Army
auditorium at 40 North Seventh Street
at Sis. This meeting is open 10 the
general public. Good singing and nnu-
sic Is provided with short talk at the
close; No collection taken at this
service All are cordially invited
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-01
Local Rain fall.

Rainfall last twelve hours n
Rainfall last twenty-four hours
Excess In rainfall since March i.
Excess in rainfall since. January
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-01

washinstou. June 1os
are that there win ~ sc1<1d
der showers In the ueuxM
States and generally fair N
the Middle Atlantic etate6
lures near the seasonal nveR56061
continue over the eastern hn3e u
country during the next sevefu1
virginia--Partly cloudy o9tW
and Sunday. "
North Caroiina--PartIy c3oudyS
probably scattered thunder aGUN
Saturday and Sunday. 81.
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day ......... 1888, ~.
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January /
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-06-01
ATTENDS J. J. HILL FUNERAL
James A. Norris Pays Last Respects
To Chief Under Whom He
Served SO Years.

James A. Norris, who for 38 years
has been in the employ of the Great
Northern railway, one year in the
general offices at st. Paul and the re-
naming 81 years at the Sank Centre
station, attended the funeral services
in st. Paul on Wednesday of the late
James ]. Hill, builder Of the great Hill
system of railways and dominating
head up to the time of his death. Mr..
Norris is one of the oldest men in the
employ of the Great Northern in point
Of length of service and with about
twenty other employees who could not
go to st. Paul on Tuesday was permit
ted to review the remains of Mr.. Hill
Wednesday morning at the Hill home.
During his service with the Great
Northern,s Mr.. Norris has seen the
system develop from struggling lit
tie line to one of the greatest systems
in the United States.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-06-01
WEDDING ENDS AUTO TRIP
Miss Julia Hartman and Gurdeon Car
penter Motor to St. Cloud and
Are Married.

According to advices received from
st. Cloud, Miss Julia M. Hartman and
Gurdeon E. Carpenter, both Of this
city, were united in marriage at the
county seat on Wednesday. No de-
tails were given. The young couple
left here by automobile Wednesday
morning and will continue on to the
Twin Cities for honeymoon of one
week. On their return they will be
at home in the L. Myott residence
near the Great Northern tracks. The
bride has been employed for some
time in the Levin store and is popular
in large circle of friends. She was
reared in this city, but number of
years ago went with her parents to
Pine River, Mimi, where they still re-
side. The groom is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. D. Carpenter and follows his
profession Of painter and decorator
in this city,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-06-01
EMPIRE BUILDER UNABLE TO
RALLY AFTER SURGICAL
OPERATION. ~
WAS FINANCIAL AUTHORITY
LIFE RECORD CLOSELY IDENTI-
FLED WITH DEVELOPMENT
OF NORTHWEST.

st. Paul, May 3O.-In the death OF
James ]. Hill the Northwest has lost
its foremost citizen and the United
States one of it's leading railroad men
and financiers. Although nearly sew
enty-eight years of age Mr.. Hill con
tinued to guide his numerous branches
of industry until a few days before
his death.
Mr.. Hills illness dated from May IT,
when he returned to his home suffer
ing from a bad chill, the outgrowth
of hemorrhoids. On May % a slight
infection Of the bullock was noticed
the result of the hemorrhoids. This
infection spread rapidly. and two op
erations failed to retard it's progress
From this time on Mr.. Hill lost
strength rapidly and hope for recov
cry was abandoned some hours before
the end came.
Mr.. Hills wife and children were
present at the end, together with Dr.
Herman M. Biggs of New York and
Rev. Thomas J. Gibbons, vicar general
of the Catholic diocese of st. Paul.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-06-01
DULUTH BOOSTERS
Will VISIT. HERE
MEETING OF COMMERCIAL CLUB
CALLED TO ARRANGE FOR
THEIR RECEPTION
TRAVEL BY SPECIAL TRAIN
TO ARRIVE ON AFTERNOON OF
JUNE Z ACCOMPANIED BY
BAND-ONE HOUR STAY

A full meeting of members of the
Commercial Club is urged by the club
officers for Friday night, June 2, at
8 o'clock, in the club rooms, for the
purpose of arranging reception and
entertainment for large party Of
Duluth business men, who, travelling
by special train and accompanied by
the Third Regiment band, will be in
Sank Centre on Wednesday, June Z,
from 1925 p. m. to 4:20 p. m.
The coming of the Duluth visitors
was heralded in letter to the Herald
from Hubert v. Eva, general secre-
tary of the Commercial Club of Du-
luth, the Herald, in turn, giving the
information to the local Commercial
Club officers. In his letter Secretary
Eva sets forth the objects of the visit
as follows:
"A trip of about 100 miles is to be
made through Western and Central
Minnesota on special train and the
party will visit 115 towns in five days.
Necessarily, the stop in each town will
be brief, but the Duluth people hope
to meet the business men and get &C
quainted with the people generally.
"The object Of this trip is to cement
the pleasant relations already exist
ing between Duluth and the surround
ing country. The Duluth men will be
representative of all interests in the
city and will bring greetings from Du-
luth to the towns visited"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-06-01
BIG CATCHES OF BLACK BASS
Season Opens Auspiciously But Fish
Soon Become Wary and Re-
fuse to Rise.

fuse to Rise.
The season for catching of black
bass opened on Monday and ever since
that day this toothsome game fish has
maintained its reputation for capri
ciousness. Monday he struck at a
green frog with the force of a mus
kallonge and fought gamely for every
inch of line. Tuesday no bait what
soever would tempt him to rise. We'd
nesday he was cautious and wary and
only occasionally would he fall for the
lure of frog or patent fly. Old time
fishermen accordingly are again skep-
tical about "sure signs" of good fish
ing as protested to be accurate py
novices. Some good catches were made
on Monday, however. A party COM
posed of Ed. Hansen, George Borg
mann, and A. C. MacGowan and Gill
bert Nelson of Minneapolis motored
out to Long Lake and came back with
hamper of A beauties, the biggest
specimen weighing Ga pounds. Will
Peglow and Hi Johnson went up Sank
Lake and brought back "a big fellows.
On Tuesday and Wednesday the aver
age catch of a party was one or two,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-06-01
HILLS LIFE RECORDS
HISTORY OF NORTHWEST

To make record of the life of
James Jerome Hill is to write the his
tory of the great Northwest for near.
ly three-quarters of a century.
For the development of almost halt
continent has kept pace, step by
step, year by year, with the building
of Mr.. Hills own career-a history
that stands out in strong relief even
in this new world, where thrilling
personal histories have been so many.
Born near Guelph, Ont, Sept. Is,
1888, ]. ]. Hill had perhaps rather less
than average early opportunities.
His father and mother, James and
Anne Hill, were plain, hard working
people, who did the most they could
for the boy when they sent him to a
neighboring school-Rockwood acad.
emy-until he was fifteen years of
age.
Just at this time his father, the
mainstay of the family, died, leaving
his fifteen-year-old son to confront the
necessity of working for his daily
needs and he took the first opening
that was offered-a position in the
nearby country store. where he stayed
three years.
Reached ST. Paul in 1856.
In July, 1856, Mr.. Hill reached St.
Paul. He was a stranger from a
strange land. No technical prepare
ton had 6tted him for a definite line
of endeavors and he took the first
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-06-01
DEATH CLAIMS J. J. HILL
q
FRIEND OF NORTHWEST

chance of profitable employment that
offered-a clerkship in the Office of a
Mississippi river steamship company
and this he held until nine years later
when he became agent for the North
western Packet company.
Two years later-the same year in
which he married Miss Mary Theresa
Michigan of st. Paul-he went into
the general fuel, and transportation
business on his own account, being
the first man to bring coal to st. Paul
And it was about that time that he
commenced his specific railroad edu.
cation by becoming station master for
the only line entering the town.
By 1869, by virtue of tremendous
application and persistent study of
commercial conditions in Southern
Minnesota, he found himself at the
head of what was known as the Hill.
Griggs Transportation company, which
also handled fuel, and he continued
in that position for six years.
Begins Railroad Activity.
The activity of Mr.. Hill, which has
since made him worldwide trans
portation genius, began in 1870, when
he organized the Red River Transpor-
tation company, and began the devel.
opment of the great Red River valley.
It was in 1873 that Mr.. Hill entered
the railroad business in earnest. The
Minnesota and Pacific road, which had
been forced to stop work at the time
of the 1857 panic, had mortgaged its
properties. The mortgage was fore
closed in 1860 and the property and
franchises went to the state.
Two years later the legislature con.
ferred them upon Edmund Rice and
other ST. Paul men. The name of the
corporation was changed to the ST.
Paul and Pacific Railroad company
This same year the ten-mile road to
st. Anthony was completed.
The road got into financial Difficult
ties again, however, and in the coursa
of ten years had seven mortgages on
it's property, aggregating $33,OOO,OO0.
When the 1873 business disturbances
came it was unable to earn interest
charges.
Studies Out Details of Pet Plan.
Meantime Mr.. Hill had acquainted
himself with the details of the situa-
ton, keeping in mind his pet plan for
making trade connections complete
between Canada and the United States.
AS he himself told it.:
after long and close study OF the
situation the slender beginning was
made upon which we risked our all
Failure would mean immediate and
final disaster. My associates were
George Stephen, now Lord Mount
Stephen; Donald A. Smith, afterward
Lord Strathcona, and Norman w. Kit
son."
The trio of commercial adventures
bought the defaulted bonds from the
Dutch holders, an agreement with the
committee representing the latter be-
ing executed March Is, 1878, and all
outstanding indebtedness, practically,
YVES subsequently secured.
The property secured consisted OF
completed lines from st. Paul, by way
Of ST Authonv tc ye'rose. and frop1
(Contin,Ind on mage 81
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-06-01
FAIRY LAKE RESTOCKED j

Twenty cans OF wall-eyed pike fry,
containing approximately 100000 fry
to the can, were turned into Fairy
lake on Tuesday morning. The fry
came from the Glenwood hatchery and
were brought in special fish car in
charge of three experts from the
hatchery who superintendent the de-
posting of the embryo game fish. The
experts predict that about one in a
hundred of the fry will develops The
fry was obtained at the request of E.
H. Hansen
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-06-01
INSTRUCTIVE Sen.
Tor CLASS SERMON
CAPACITY AUDIENCE ENJOYS
BACCALAUREATE SERVICE
SUNDAY EVENING
REV. W. ]. BROWN The SPEAKER
LIFE AND WORK OF JOSHUA IS
FOUNDATION FOR INSTRUC.
TIVE DISCOURSE.

The Baccalauerate services at the
Caughren theatre Sunday evening at
tracted a capacity audience. The SER
vices were simple and impressive. No
attempts were made at decoration.
The High School orchestra furnished
music for the occasion. The sermon
was delivered by Rev. w. j. Brown,
pastor of the Congregational church,
assisted by Revs. Duel and French.
Rev. Brown selected the character
and lifework of Joshua as the basis of
his discourse, around whom he built
a very strong and practical sermon.
The subject of the discourse was
Preparedness and the Call for Ser
vice" The text:
Joshua 1:2: Moses my servant is dead;
now therefore arise, go over this
Jordan, thou, and all this people, UNI
to the land which 1 do give to
them, even to the children of
Israel"
Rev. Brown said in part: "A mans
worth may be said to be determined
by the way in which he responds to
the summons to great duty. We
have before US in this text a sublime
example of this truth. The call of
leadership Of his nation-to take up
the work of the greatest man of his
age-came as a surprise to joshua
perhaps still more it was surprise
to the people. This call was the call
of progress. Men perish, but the work
goes on; great men pass away but the
qualities of greatness are found in
men hitherto unknown. It is from
the young that the great men of the
future must be constantly recruited.
"The measure of manhood is his ca
pacity for progress-the alertness
with which he listens for the call, and
the readiness with which he obeys it.
The mission of men collectively, Of
man individually, is very simple one.
1t is to do his best in carrying on the
program of universal progress. The
past may be our inspiration, but the
present is our battlefield, and we have
a right to claim the future as our vic
tory. Much is done, but we must re-
member that for each of US the proper
spirit is that of the noble utterance
of Ulysses:
Something ere the end,
Some work of noble note, may vet
be done.
IT'S not too late to seek a newer
world
"This was the spirit of Joshua, the
spirit of wisdom-the wisdom of pres
ent duty, energy and optimism. None
knew better than he the greatness of
Moses; no one was more conscious of
the difficulty of taking up his work
In a worthy fashion; but he also knew
the greatest honor he could pay the
dead was to strive for the fulfilment
of his hopes, and when the trumphet
called Joshua was ready.
s "There are men who turn their eyes
to the past and forget the present;
men who are more interested in causes
that were settled years ago, than in
than those which are being fought to-
day. They are incapable of revering
the past without depreciating the
present, assuming that the great herr
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-06-01

Miss Hazel Friedman, who has been
visiting here for several days at the
home of her aunt, Mrs. A. E. Dubeau,
left Monday for her home in Minneap-
oils.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-02-19
.Punx'y Hotel
ReCentlySOld

A deal has been consummated
whereby DR.. j. P. Benson and w.
+. Wehrle become the owners of
the Whitney hotel building in
Punxsutawney. The room former
ly used as a barroom, which is be
ing remodeled, will be occupied by
the ROwbOttom Bros. shoe store.
The room, formerly the hotel of
flee, has been rented, but the own
ers are not at liberty to divulge
the name of the renter. 1t will be
opened the first Of April. E. E.
Shaffer will continue to live on the
third floor Of the building No dis
position has been made Of the sec
ond floor and the barn has not
Lcen rented.-Punxsutawney Spir-
il.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-02-19
COLVER men
GIVEN fines

The cases of officials of the Eb-
ensburg Coal Company at Colver,
charging with having assaulted
Union officials who visited the
place to organize the field, were
finally disposed of in court at Eb-
ensburg, the men having been SEN
fenced to pay the costs when they
entered pleas Of nolle contendere
at the December term of court. j.
# Wilkinson paid $25; E. F. Sax
man, 5000; E. S. Saxman, $50; R.
F. Sweixele, $25, and Leo F.
Grouse, $25. In the second case
the defendants were ordered tO
i ay the costs and further sentence
was suspended.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-02-19
DIRECTORS ARE WORRIED.

The Indiana board of school di-
rectors are in a quandary on ac-
count of the crowded conditions
Of the two ward schools. Every
room is crowded to capacity and
the teachers cannot give the time
necessary to each pupil. A new
room is badly needed in the grades
but necessity will be more pro
nounced at the opening of the
may mean the erection of new
building. The crowded condition
in the high school has been allevi-
ated to a considerable extent
the converting of a room
used as a library into a class
room. The new teacher is Miss
Marian Hunter Of Leechburg. and
she is qualified to teach all High
School subjects.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-02-19
Man
Has Chance
to Recover

Altoona, Pa, Feb. 18.-Lugi Ga
bello, 80 years old an Italian min
er Of Indiana, was struck by To-
ccmotive at Kittanning Point west
Of here, Friday. He is in the Al
toona hospital suffering from a
fractured jaw, fractured clavicle-
fractured skull, fractured nose
crushed right arm at the shoulder,
decorations Of the face, forehead
and scalp, decorations Of the chest
contusions and decorations Of the
legs and numerous minor contu-
sions.
The right arm was amputated.
Despite the multiplicity Of hurts,
he seems to be getting along nice
ly and doctors believe he has a
fair chance to recover.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-02-19
Washington Bureaus Figures AL
low Pennsylvania 8,453,004,
On January 1.

Washington, Feb. 1S.-The Cen
suS Bureau estimates the poplla-
tion of the United States on Jan
uary l, 1916, at 101 ,20S,315.
The estimate for July l, 1916, is
102,017,312.
Both estimates are based ON the
assumption that the rate of annu-
al increase since 1910 has been as
great as it was from 1900 to 1910.
The government estimates of the
population Of the different states
on Jan. l, 1916, includes:
Pennsylvania, S,453,004; New
York, 10,179.971. The government
estimate for July l, 1915 is TO-
.086,56S as against 9,6S7 IA, the
revised estimate Of the state cen
sus taken for June l, 1915. Hi
nois, 6,110,S88; Ohio, 5,119,491 !;
Texas, 4,3S6,63S; Massachusetts,
$500, ,748; Missouri, 3,401 ,241
Michigan, 3,O35,148 New Jersey,
2,914,926; Connecticut, 1,234,031.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-02-19
1O1, ,2OS,315 Population Is
the U.S.. Census Estimation
Bridge Regarded
Unsafe byCOuntians

Citizens residing in the vicinity
of the Conemaugh river in Indiana
and Westmoreland counties are
backing a movement asking for
the construction of a joint county
bridge to take the place of the
one now spanning the river at
Blairsville. The present bridge is
regarded unsafe and is the sixth
bridge that has been erected in
that vicinity.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-02-19
Train Citizens
For the Navy
AS Many as $500 Can Cruise in
Warships for $50 Each.

Washington, d. c., Feb. IL
Secretary Daniels decided today
to inaugurate a system Of civilian
naval training similar to that ON
which military training camps
have been established at Platts-
burg and elsewhere 1t is planned
to use six battleships to take g.
500, if that many present them
selves, for training for a month 8
cruise, beginning about August 10.
The plan, which was drafted by
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, pro-
roses that the cost to the men,
shall be sufficiently low, not eX-
ceeding $50 each, to enable those
in moderate circumstances to join,
The only compulsory requirement
is that each volunteer declare his
intention of giving his services to.
the navy in case of war.
The object of the plan is to es-
tablish naval reserve Of vivilians
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-02-19
Bars Opened
Wednesday

The doors of the barrooms
throughout Indiana cunty were
thrown open to the public We'd
nesday morning, after having been
closed for more than a year. All
the bars in the town were opened
excepting that of the Central ho-
tel which is undergoing extensive
improvements. Thousands of dol
lars were spent by Indiana coun-
" hotel men in the last few weeks
in repairing and rebuilding the no
tells and cafes.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-02-19
LIST OF LETTERS

Remaining uncalled for in the In.
diana office February y, 1916:
Miss Mamie Black. Mr.. Mahlon
Craft, Miss Beatrice Cassidy. Mrs.
a. E. Covade, Mrs. Martha E. Dor
myer, Miss Cora Hanna, Miss EN-
ma Oravis, Miss Sara Richards, E.
T, Robbins, Miss K. Rummel, Mr..
\. Slater, Mr.. Ernest Strandquist,
Mr.. Carl Stewart, Miss Mamma
Snyder, Mr.. Charlie Weilfert. Mr..
Daniel ". Williams. Mr.. Bingham
Winner.
When inquiring for letters n
this list please state that they
were advertised, giving date.
HARRY w. FEE, P. M.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-02-19
Men Drowned
In Soft Mud

Philadelphia, Feb. 18.-Andrew
Surab, aged 40; his son, John, ag-
ed 10, and John Carpenter, aged
g, were drowned today in Darby
creek, near this city. The boys
were skating on thin ice when
they broke through and fell into
the water. The elder Surab at
tempted to rescue them, but hiS
heavy boots caused him to sink to
the bottom where he stuck in the
soft mud.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-02-19
ChcrrYtrcc Works Have Been Sold
Pittsburghers Are Purchasers

A deal has been closed whereby
the property of the Cherrytree Ir-
on Works at Cherrytree, Indiana
county, has been sold to William
Brown and associates, of Pitts
burg. The new owners, who will
incorporate under the name Of
the Cherrytree Machine Co., have
taken charge. The company, it is
said, has orders for Is months Of
work from an eastern ordnance
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-02-19
Another New Building

Plans are completed for the new
three-story brick apartment and busi-
ness block, 5Ox59 feet, which Mrs.
D. H. Tomb will have erected on the
corner OF Carpenter Ave. and Comp
ers Alley. Bids will be asked for
the erection at once, as it is planned
to start the erection March l. One
of the storerooms on the first floor
will be occupied by the E. R. Lums-
den Company.