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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-14

Especial 10 The Times Dis patch.
DANNlLIE. Va. September I3.-The
funeral az William benjamin Hancock
who died yesterday afternoon in his
siNty-siXth year at his home on West
Main street. was conducted this after
noon by Rev. r. NJ. Stimson and Rev.
j. Z. Hicks, y. T.. Intcrment was in
Green Hill Cemetery.
Mr.. Hancock was Il native OF Glade
hin. Franklin County. He settled in
Danvilie in 1871. and for many wears
was travelling salesman in the whole
sale shoe business. For a year he had
been in failing health. and recently an
operation was performed at the Cen
cral Hospital. lie is survived by his
wife, who was Miss Eleanor Robinson
TWO daughters. Mrs. G. Howard Guer-
rant and Mrs Eugene Withers; three
brothers, j. r. Hancock and \. q. Han
cock, Of Virginia. and w. Scott Han
cock, Of ST. Louis, Mo. and a sister,
Mrs. Frank McCau. OF Missouri
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-14
DECLINE TO CONFER
WITH UNION MEN

The lnterborough and the New
York Railways Company formally re-
lected To-day the Public Service Com.
missions recommendation for "a strike
settlement.
The two companies. controlling the
subway, elevated and green car sur
face lines. declined 10 hold further
conferences with union represcnta-
lives. and announced their intention,
TO continue To operate their lines on
the present basis.
The formal rejection read:
The Intcrborough Rapid TRANSIT,
Company respectfully represents to the
commission that il cannot arbitrat. it,
rights TO enter into agreements with
1895 Of its employees out Of u total
Of !l,Soo when the employees who
have signed are content with thos.
agreements, and are cudcavoring to
carry them out in good faith"
The agreements referred 10 are thu.
master and servants" contracts which
bind the mon not TO ask for wage i'm
creascs or bcttcrmcnt in working con-
ditionS for two years. The diS,ribu-
ton OF the contracts among the In
terborouSh and green car employees
forced the strike. union leaders claim.
Although traction officials claim
more trains than normal are in opera
ton. congestion at express stations
was cXtrcm,
Platforms Mere crowded and many
marrow escapes were experienced by
passenger. There was little or no
violence during the night. largely due
10 the fact that policemen were sta
toned on roof tops where attacks had
been made OF elevated trains
Hugh frayne. state organizer. of tho
American Federation OF Labor. an
nounccd to-day that between - 900 and
10000 men viii take part i'm the parade:
and demonstration Tomorrow AL
though lie declined to discuss the pro-
posed "sympathetic" strike other un-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-14
ired, Aching
Feet and Limbs

are promptly relieved by applying
Absorbinc. Jr.. the antiseptic Imminent.
II is soothing. healing and invigorai-
ing-pu,s vim and energy into jaded
muscles. one Of the many enthusi-
astic users writes: 81 received the
trial bottle Of AbsOrbinc. Jr.. all right
and at that time WAS unable to wall
without cane, just around the house
I used IL freely. and inside of two
days could walk without limping.
something had not done in two
months. | went to the drug store and
procured Il $l.00 bottle. and to-day can
walk as good as ever I'll never be
without ii. am recommending ii to
every one can. for am Il living
witness.
Absorbinc. .Ir., should always be
kept at hand for emergencies.
At druggists. $500 and $500 a bot
tic or sent postpaid. Liberal trial
bottle for Toe In stamps.
w. +. YOUNG, i. ID. T..
2'' Temple ST., Springfield, Mass
ADVERTISEMENT
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tanned, and one enemy destroyer sank
immediately. Despite heavy shcilims
all the acroplancs returned safely
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-14

several German naval acroplancs at
tackled the en"my's sea force in the
CUR of kiEn. Several hits Wore oh.
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Especial TO The Times Dispa;ch1
PETERSBURG. VA. September Ia
In the siNty-tifth wear OF his age.
Archibald Graham McIlwainc Martin.
ono OF Petersburg most honored citi-
Zcns and merchants. died this morning
ut his residence on South Sycamore
Street. after an Illness of several
months. Mr.. Martin was the head OF
the commission firm Of Martin X Sons.
whose business connections extend GU; :
side of Virginia He was born in Pc
;crsburg OH June Ii, 1852. the son Of
Robert A. Martin ana Anne l.. Nell
waiuc. and from early life had been
prominently identified with the bust
ness interests OF this city.
Mr.. Martin * survived by his wife
who was Miss Kate : Booth. and six
children-Robcrt ~. James Dunn. 4.
G. NJ. Jr.. Mrs. c. y. Spotswood. Mrs
William y. McIlwainc. Jr.. and Miss
Mary l.. Martin. The funeral will take
place at noon Tomorrow from old
Elandford Church.
Mrs. Martha ). Going.
LYNCHBURG. VA. September Ia
Mrs. Martha j. Going, aged siXty-Se
wears. died this morning at her home
in Madison iJciwhtS
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DEATHS IN VIRGINIA
Mr>. ,Inry y. ,Inrfin.

Mrs. Mary r. Martin died YESTERDAYS
morning at 1880 o'clock at her resi-
dencc. $40 West Thirteenth street. IN
her siNty-scvcnth year. She is sur
Nved by three sons. T. Il. W. II. and
j. T.. Martin. The funeral viii take
place from her residence this after
noon AT o'clock. The iutermcnt Will
hc made In Maury Cemetery.
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NEW YORK STILL IN GRIP
OF STREET CAR STRIKE
All Traffic on Surface Lines in Man.
haitian and the Bronx Sus-
pended at Night.
$ VERY INFREQUENT DURING DAY
Mayor Declares Something Must BE
Done AT Once, and lie Hopes to
Devise Some Plan by Which Cars
Can BE Run Again.

NEW YORK. September 10 The
failur" Of Mayor Mitchell and the Pub
nc Service Commission to-day 10 in
ducc street railway officials to arbi-
trate differences with their employees
found this city tonight still III tho
grip Of the transit strike. now in it's
sixth day. Suspension of traffic on all
surface car lines in Manhattan and
the Bronx at night, and infreUuent
cars during the day. has packed sub
way and elevated lines. and caused
great Inconvenience 10 the travelling
public.
Mayor Mitchell said late to-day that
something would have to be done i'm
mediately, and that he hoped to devise
some means by which all cars could
run again. The Mayors plan TO have
h. Board OF Estimates grant fran
chise TO the New York Motor Bus Com
pany. permitting omnibus traffic
| throughout the city, did not give rlucn
hope Tonight. as il takes thirty days
for the franchise To be granted. and
to put buSs"S in operation.
William Il Fitzgerald organizer of
the carmens union. tonight accused
Theodore l.. Shonts. president of the
In;crborourh Rapid Transit Company.
Of fearing defeat by his rcfus;, To ar
hitrate the strike He declared arbi-
tration would be the surest way TO
prevent both misunderstanding and
public deception
Examination by the police and In
terborough engineers of a stick sup
posed to be dynamite found to-day in
IA subway tub" revealed that il was
nothing NOR" dangerous than a piece.
Of carbide.
Samuel GoIup"rS and other labor
leaders VIII address Il masS-mcetinc
tomorrow after q parade of the stril< =
ing car men, who viii march to refutc
tn. assertion Of railway officials that
the number OF men union leaders de-
clare are on strike is exaggerated
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about 10000 I'm the first primary The
heavy vote pollcd in the first race by
Robert \. Cooper apparently was
thrown to Governor Manning in yes
tcrday's contest.
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DUNE IS RENOM|NATED
BY ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS
Early Returns Indicate That incum-
bent Wins Again i'm Ruce
for Governor.
REPUBLICANS NAME LowDEN
Congressman Mann, Minority Leader
In House, Renamed by Big Ma
J0rity-Iorimer in Close Race for
Nomination to Congress.

CHICAGO. September I3.-Foriner
Congressman O. I.owden OF oregon.
jill. and Governor Edward T. Dunno,
incumbent. We're nominated by large
piuralitics for Governor by the Rcpub-
hcans and Democrats. respectively. in
me Illinois primary to-day, according:
to estimates based on incomplete re-
turns tonight
I.owdcn carried Chicago by Il plu-
rality Of 10000 over Morton ID. Hall
of Chicago. second man. returns from
one-third Of the city indicated Frank
j.. Smith. Of Dwight, Ill. ran a poor
third IN Chicago. Down-Statc returns
indicated Il heavy plurality for Dow
den. with Smith running close 10 Hull.
Estimates based on incomplete returns
from the entire State put Lowdcn'S
plurality at more than $4,000. Returns
from own-State counties carly indi-
Gated Lowden won there by ll2o0o.
Dunno apparently carried Chicago
over william H. Brinton, Of Dion. III
by more than 10000. and running on
the basis Of about two TO one over
Brinton down-State. Approximately
one-third Of Chcago's vote gave Dunno
3l.laG. Brinton lo.997 and james Tray
nor, OF Chicago. the third man. ESQ.
Early returns Indicated DUNES piu-
rality for the entire State would equal
or exceed Lowden's in the Republican
race. Brin,on was Endorsed by Rogc,
c. Sullivan.
WILLIAMS AND JENNINGS
FOR CONGHESSMEN-AT
Early estimates apparently assured
tn. nomination OF william Elsa Will
Hams OF pIttshcld, ILL.,. nnd Everett
Jennings. OF Chicago. as Democratic
candidates for Congressmcn-at-i large
Former Senator william T.. Mason and
Burnett NJ. Chipcrfcld. both OF Chi
cago, were rolling up pluralitics down
State for the Republican nomination
FOR Congressmcn-a large. Medili Me
Cormick. OF Chicago. WAS running fair
ly strong in some counties Tor this
place.
Congressman James r. Mann. Re
publican House leader. has been re
nominated by big maj ority over Rev.
Nclbourn +. Boyntou. minister who
was backed by the Anti Saloon
League.
William L.orimer. whose election to
the United States Senate 4 few years
ago was declared illegal. and Arthur
". Fulton were running close race
for the Republican nomination for
Congressman in the district from
which l.orimcr served several terms
in the House. according to early re
turns. Fulton was li5 votes ahead.
with approximately half Of tho dis
irict in. but the ward which formerly
gave Lorim.r his strongest support
WAS yet TO b. counted. Lorimcr has
mad. a sensational attempt To come
back
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-06
4 III E. JIFF CURTATN
Howard LRann

The llffy curtain is a treacherous ar
tlcle which for pure cnssedness is out
done only by the oneman top. When
the two are found III combination and
have to be tackled at the same time.
they are capable of driving a patient,
NEE k-faced citizen to the point of spon-
taneous combustion.
The jiffy curtain derived its name
from the fact that it is supposed to be
erected i'll that length of time. The
truth is, however, that this process re-
quires more agility and mechanical
skill than assembling a readv-cut hen
house. The jiffv curtain. which repos-
es peacefully under the rear seat. ;. Is
perfectly useless to the owner. who Is
usually man who couldn t put set
of alphabetical blocks together, without
calling IN an ex-school ma am.
When happy husband has his
family out for a drive fourteen miles
IN the rural precincts, and sees a thun-
derstorm approaching on the dead run,
he proceeds to remove the occupants
of the tonneau and fish for the iiffy
curtains. As these curtains are only .
per cent interchangeable it is harder to
make them fit anything inside of the
ear than 1t is to put crazy quilt to-
gether on horseback. As rule, the be-
glnner gets all of the curtains on ex-
Protected by The Ada
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-06

Evidence that the railroads expect to
see great pressure on the steel mills for
many months to come is presented in
contracts for rails calling for delivery
as far ahead as the first quarter of 1918.
1t is learned that the Steel Corporation
has sold in the last few days 10000
tons Of rails for 1918, although the con.
tracts provide that if it is found pos
sible to make deliveries late in 1917
the buyers will accept the rails as fast
as they are sent from the mills. This
situation, according to steel men, is not
exceptional i'll times of great activity
in the market, although the carriers do
not make a practice of placing con
tracts more than year ahead. In eff
feet contracts of the sort bind the man
facturers to deliver rails as fast as
they are able, inasmuch as the mills
are "sold up until well into the last
quarter of next wear.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-06
BE PRETTY, TURN
GRAY HAIR DARK
Look young! Nobody can tell if you
use Grandmother simple recipe
of Sage Tea and Sulphur.

Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur, properly compounded.
brings back the natural color and lustre
to the hair when faded, streaked or
gray. Years ago the only way to get
this mixture was to make it at home.
which IS mussy and troublesome. Now
adays, by asking at any drug store for
4" Wyeth y Sage and Sulphur Com
pound, you viii get large bottle Of
this famous old recipe, improved by the
addition of other ingredients, for about
so cents.
Don t stay gray Try it, No one
can possibly tell that YOU darkcned your
hair, as it does it so naturally and
evenly. You dampen a sponge or soft
brush with it and draw this through
your hair, taking one small strand at a
time; by morning the gray hair dis
appears, and after another application
or two, your hair becomes beautifully
dark, glossy and attractive.
Wyeth S Sage and Sulphur Com
pound is a delightful toilet requisite
for those who desire dark hair and a
youthful appearance. 1t is not intended
for the cure, mitigation or prevention
of disease.-Advt.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-06
llDDY,S EVENING
h4lR1 LAt q WARY
~ g, Y1n G SS
ROBINS BREAKFAST PARTY.

The Robins" said Daddy, chad a
Breakfast Party yesterday morning in
honor of the Fairies who had invited
them so often to Concerts and other
entertainments.
You must come very early said
the Robins the afternoon before. we
can get much better Breakfast early
In the morning, and we want YOU to
enjoy it.
And then they sang a little Song
which they called their Song of Wei
come
We'd love to come said the Fai-
ries. And We'll all be there right
on time. By the way added one of
the Fairies, where is the Breakfast
to be?'
On our favorite Breakfast Lawn
beside the old-fashioned Garden. You
remember the place. don't your
Yes, | remember said the Fairies
and the Robins flew off to make grand
preparations.
Inc next morning, bright and early,
all the Fairies went to the Lawn the
Robins had chosen for their Breakfast
party.
"Tr-i-l-l,' shouted the Robins with
glee.
Woodworking sang out the sill
very voices of the Fairies.
WELL said Mr.. Robin Redbreast.
Breakfast is readyr
S'Nhatv o~olo;-,oI ~
surprise. How quick you are!'
THE Robins were delighted to re-
ceive such praise from the Fairies. AMI
they made little bows and sang soma
more.
Now said Mr.. Robin Redbreass,
our Dining Room Table is to be this
Lawn. Quite big enough, ehY
Indeed it is laughed the Fairies.
For the Lawn was very long and wide.
"'We always believe in having
Fruit for our Breakfast PARTIES said
Mr.. Robin Redbreast. Here are some
delicious Berries we got yesterday in
the Woods. They looked so good that
we decided at once to have a PARTY,
$50 all the Robins hoped about the
Lawn, and the Fairies stepped in be-
tween, and ell picked up the delicious
wood Berries which were scattered
over the Lawn!
There are some Folks continued
Mr. Robin Redbreast. who Hike to have
Cream for Breakfast. For my part, I
don't see much sense in Cream. Pretty
stupid stuff to drink or eat I think
But we have something better than
cream, and we drink it all by ITSELF
Oh. what?' asked the Fairies. is
it surpriseT
We'll, continued Mr.. Robin Red
hreaSt- mot ayart1u a. SnrnriSa-for
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-06

cept three or four by the time the rain
mas stopped and the entire family has
gathered IN enough rainwater to fiji a
hundred barrel cistern.
new and pleasing type of jiffy cur
tam is swung from the top and slides
INTO place on wire. Any man who
has taken course in plain and fancy
plumbing can erect set of these cur
tans without getting ont of the car,
simply by climbing into the laps of
the people in the back seat and extend
ing himself over the front one like an
angleworm. 1t is no Job at all for two
or three strong men to put the jiffy cur
talns back where they came from. if
they have good wind and elastic legs.
Some automobile manufacturers are
trying to circumvcnt the iify curtain
by leaving it out of the car entirely
and using plate-glass windows. This is
a great Improvement, but it will never
be popular with people who are obliged
to deprive themselves of canteloupe and
pm olives i'll order to buy gasoline.
Therefore, we may expect the jiffy cur
tam to remain with us for quite a spell.
1t more people would practice putting
up the 1iffy curtain in the privacy Of
the garage, there would be fewer water
soaked tourists strung along the pub
lie highway.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-06
IheMeddIer
II the coat fits you. put i on"

Main street from Elliot street north
has received its annual patching, which
raises the question of how long it will
be before the town will feel like spend
ing the money necessary to give this
particular stretch of thoroughfare the
kind of a surface it deserves. Every
year the present surface becomes a
little more uneven and irregular in
spite of the efforts of the highway au-
thorities to keep the holes filled up,
and it is only a matter of a wear or
two before new surface will be abso-
lutely necessary. From what The Med
der has been able to learn about the
subject he is convinced that nothing
would be better suited to Main street
than brick paving of some sort, and
yet If any form of paving is to be laid
with the expectation that it will be
kept in good condition something must
be done about the numerous water, cas-
and sewer pipes beneath the street. 1t
Wouldn t do to have them strewn about
as they are now, with excavation like
~ to be necessary at any time. Before
any permanent surface is laid on Main
streets all the pipes ought to be put in
q conduit and it wouldn t be a bad idea
to have the electric wires taken care Of
III similar manner.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-06

Public opinion has some effect, even
in the ease of the German governor
Of Belgium. The sparing of the lives of
condemned Belgian spies by Won Bis
sing, at the intcrcession of United
States and Spanish ENJOYS, illustrates
the influence which it is still possible
to exert. 1t is possible that Germans in
authority recognize the danger that
they will ALLEVIATE the good will of all
the world if they continue their horrors.
They ought to have thought Of this be
fore shooting Edith Cavell and Captain
Fryatt.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-06

although it ought not to be difficult to
make it so.
The advance in the price of milk by
local dealers comes at time when the
people Of many other places, particular
ly the large cities, are faced with a
similar problem. In view of the fact
that so many of the milk producers of
TINS section arc Withholding their prod
uct from the city markets just now, it
would almost seem as if the local sun.
ply should be larger than usual, vet it
cannot be gainsaid that the cost of
milk is much higher now than it was
even year ago. In the case of local
dealers who buy their supply it is as
sumed that they are having to nav
more than formerly, for it is the pro-
Queer rather than the dealer on whom
falls the burden Of higher feed prices.
more expensive sanitary regulations.
etc, and there would be no realereason
for an increase by the dealers unless
they were feeling this increase at least
indirectly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-06

How would you manage home and
husband when in possession of both is
question preliminary to a more prac-
teal matrimonial beginning. This qnes-
ton is included in a course of home
economies, recently established at Lee
land Stanford university. The Saera-
mento Bee is so impressed with the
new course that it adds: ''Each GIRL
takes an imaginary husband, with a
stipulated income, furnishes home for
him, feeds him, takes care of imagin-
airy children, settles all domestic prob
lens, and must come out at the end of
the course on the right side of the bal
ance sheet. They are being taught to
live within an average income and to
live wisely
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-06

Picked Up Delicious Wood Berries
you've had it before at our Break
fast Parties-but we think it's particu-
larly fine
Dew-Drop Waterv shouted the
Fairies.
You're right said Mr.. Robin Red
breast.
Look about you on the Grass, and
on the Flowers. There are Dew-Drops
everywhere. And especially many
Dew-Drops this morning, too! Hurry,
hurry, before Mr.. Sun starts chasing
them away
such feast of the wondrous Wa
ter as they all had. The Fairies alight-
ed with the aid of their wings on the
Grass which was holding Dew-Drops
and on the Flowers and their Leaves.
The Robins had a fine time hopping
about from one blade of Grass to an.
other, and all the time they sang their
JOY.
Were sorry continued Mr.. Robin
Redbreast, that you don't care for
Wormsr
"The Fairies smiled to themselves a
little at this. We don't mind in the
least If you eat them, though, said the
Fairy Queen.
All, but you don't know what you
MISS said Mr.. Robin Redbreast, who
seemed to be quite sorry for the Fai-
ries.
It's too bad he continued, that we
must be SO rude and eat them but you
know we never feel well unless we
have Worms for Breakfast. And there
are very fine ones in this Lawn and
around fhis Garden. Very very, very
tine oneS!' And Mr. Robin Redbreast
Smacked his beak over the thought of
the Worms he was soon to pull out
of the Earth.
ITO the Fairies great surprise and /
amusement they found that the Robins !
ate whole Worm at a time. When |
they fed the little Baby Robins, they |
gave them small bites, but a big Robin |
TOOK the Worm from the Ground and |
gobbled it up at once. Not only have
we had splendid time, they said, but
We've learned something of the ways
CT Robins. too"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-06
VETERANS TO HAVE CAMPFIRE
Public Invited to Reunion in West
Chesterfield Next Friday.

A quarter of century ago the
camphres of the Uaion veterans large
ly filled the public eye. They were a
unique institution, entirely peculiar
to the survivors of Uncle Sam s grand
army, that upset more evil and set up
more good than any other army for a
thousand years. Decreasing numbers
and increasing infrmities have mostly
relegated the vastly popular campfire
to the list of things that were. A big
proportion OF those whose talent con
tributed to the brilliancy of those
gatherings is now silent in death, but
there are many still who deplore the
passing of the campfire and there is a
disposition to show that it has not
sunk to utter desuetude.
At any rate the veterans of Com
pany +, New Hampshire Volunteers, at
their coming reunion propose revival
of the campfire, and in lively fashion.
too, The reunion comes next Thurs
day at the home of l.. ID. Farr, and on
Friday evening, Oct. -, the campfire
will be held in the public hall in West
Chesterfield. All veterans, and espe-
cially those of Brattlcboro and vicia.
ity, are invited to join in the festiv-
tiles, and a substantial representation
of the grand old army is expected
The popular features of the old-time
campfire will be reproduced, compe-
tent singers will render the favorite
war songs, stirring addresses will be
given by men familiar with the heroic
events of the Rebellion era The sons
and grandchildren of veterans will
give patriotic recitations. Now let all
the old "coffee coolersD turn ont and
renew their grand memories. The pub.
lie in general is invited. Everybody
come. +. II. B.