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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-16
PASSAGE OF MEASURE
WOULD WORK HARDSHIP
Captain Smythe Tells Senate Com
mittee II Would Drive All Chill
drcn From Cotton Mills.
NO WAY TO ARRANGE HOURS
manufacturers Point to Injustice OF
hoDbinS Young OF Means OF Earn
ing Livelihood Just at Time They
Are Learning Trade.

WASHINGTON February 15.-Cap-
tain Eliysou S.nythe. president OF the
South Carolina Textile Manufacturers
Association. to-day told the Senate
Committee on Interstate Commerce,
considering the child labor bill. that
tho passage of the measure would mean
the driving from tho mills all children
under sixteen years. There was no
way OF rcarranginG hours. he declared.
by which those children would be al
lowed 10 work eight hours. and great
suffering would result to parents from
the loss OF their labor
For this reason, lac said. and because
OF an Willingness for Federal regu-
!ation Of their state affairs the cotton
manufacturers were opposing tho meas
ure.
Captain sny,he IL president OF sew
erai cotton mills. including one at
Pelzer. :. c.. The children greatly
prefer tn" mills to schools he said and
In tho absence Of compulsory cduca-
iion Ia tho company has induced tho
children 10 attend It's school by pay
m"nt % a premium OF 10 cents n child
month for pcrtcc. attendance rec
orda
lie said that in his mill there we're
cighty-onc hoys ana ffty-eight girls
from fourteen 10 sixteen years and
stx,y-nirc boys and forty-nine girls
from twelve 10 fourteen years Thcy
wort. clc"cm hours a dag four days n
week. ton hours ono day and ak hours
on Saturday. sixty hours "a week Tho
average daily wage paid the 1000 en-
,l"rcs Of the mill Was statc' as Sl.3I
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-16
MINE RUN AND WAGES
POINTS OF CONTENTION
With These settled, Agreement Could
He Rcurhcd ON All other
Demands.

MOBILE. MA. February l5.-Cpcra-
'oi' hno MINERS OF inc central com
pcttiNc b!tunIhous coal hclds. VINO are
mere 10 arrange ne" wage scale tor
western tehhsS Mania ONO. Indiana
an" 'H'n''". were E'hcfi'!lF oil the
OPINION '"-h'"h' tha' inc present Joint
'o'''''c'''' VII '"J 'urh I'M" week WIN
oH' hH hE'etN'c''. o"' WIN an uH!cr-
"'"h''"e 'n"' negotiations "'' be con
uhH"6 "a some "'hcr ci'E aft'r the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-16
AMERICAN SECURITIES
ARE SEIZED BY ENGLAND
Valued at Many Millions, They Were
Part of AiniI Taken From Moor
dnm and Rotterdam.

NEW YORK, February 15-American
securities consigned to bankers and
banking houses in tho United States
were declared in financial circles to-
dag to be included in tho large amount
OF mail seized by the British govern
n,cnt from the steamers Noordam and
Line, in British waters several weeks
AGO. Tho securities. Forwarded from,
Amsterdam and other cities In Holland.
arc said TO represent in part tho offer
ings Of German institutions and in
diviGuals compelled TO sell through
Dutch bankers because of pressing
financial requirements. IT was said by
bankers that Il large part of these Sc
curities. now in British hands. have
been rcsold in tho American market,
subject TO delivery, and that heavy
Losses may result.
The British government, II is report
cd. bl ,hcen subjecting TO severe
.,cruJ American securities bearing
t;crr.ar stamps which came into their
possession. Dutch bankers have hccu
buying or acting as brokers for Ger
man interests In the sale of American
securities In this country for several
months. Purchases have been made in
the United States apparently without
thought OF possible seizure or confscn-
ton by the British
Aid Of tho State Department prob
ably Will he sought. IL was said to-day
in an effort to induce Great Britain to
release the securities. declared to be
valued at many millions OF dollars.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-16
Might Does Not Make Right in
Taxation, Either


nmHe
yet a a in it is
Mh HER CITIZENS THE d becomes
d cMha it hnmnb
VIII" first anaaed
enrd%n written against
HAGRANr INJUSTICE done the dHenty
EHr
TUITION AND which h pd
RrEH HR1HN1
Always hope good results lin
nlg7 Her scauedh
THE OWNERS
a O. Al THEM
by reo ad
only just RIGHT
a her Gtums
fanda
e"y for Virgin" for
ADDENDUM
Objection made
% the
H tened nmtIe
OF the tn
e~
continue PROPER
Hannobe
bee pesntdb y ganned Interests"
r of So OUR they organized and they
hay to d
The Washington herald., 1916-09-16
Fire and Police Pensions.

When Congress, just before adjournment
wrote into law fremen's and pocemen's pen
sion fund act providing sufficient revenues to
pay the pensions of superannuated and disabled
members of both departments, there was gen.
eral satisfaction at the just recognition given
these public servants.
Now that the law is about to be put into
effect, there is some msgiving the part OF
members of both departments as to just how
the District Commissioners will interpret the
broad powers granted them under the act
The Commissioners have had placed in their
hands the right to retire members of the depart
ments who have given twenty-five years of service
and have reached the age limit of 60 years. The
amount of pension to be granted is also left with
the Commissioners, with a proviso that 4 does
not exceed so per cent of the salary received
at the time of retirement.
Some doubt exists as to whether the Commis-
sioners will grant the maximum amount to PEN
sioners and whether they will force members
of the department from the active to the pension
list There should be no doubt about the mat.
ter.
Commissioner Brownlow and his associates
fair-minded men and have no disposition to
work injustice on any member of the depart
ment. They have been given wide discretionary
power in the enforcement of the pension law and
they will use 1t wisely, as Congress intended. II
man is vigorous and capable of performing to
the full the duties of policeman or fireman. there
is good reason why he should be placed on
the pension list, even though he has reached a
certain age. Fitness alone should count, and we
believe that fitness will be the main consideration
with the Commissioners in deciding the question
And in the matter of the amount of pension
to be granted, the Commissioners must be fair
for 81;
penurious policy is to be established in the en-
forcement OF the law and the pessmists who are
prone to feel this way probably will find them
selves mistaken.
Congress has remedied law that was entirely
inadequate to meet the purpose for which it was
created. In the new draft it has placed power
in the hands of certain officials and those who
are skeptical about the manner in which it will
be used, should take courage in the knowledge
that Congress still has the authority to take that
power away
The Washington herald., 1916-09-16
AFTER-DINNER POLITICS.
An Interesting Coincidence.
By DR.. e. J. EDWARDS.

Among other interesting events of
which Hannibal Hsmlin long had vivid
recollection which occurred while he
was serving his first term in the United
states Senate was the appearance Of
John NJ. Clayton and Edward Everett
before the presiding officer OF the Sem
ate TO take the oath as Senators. There
was no Vice President, for Gen. King,
OF Georgia. who had been nominated
for Vice President on the ticket at the
head OF which stood the name OF
Franklin Pierce. died shortly after
having taken the oath OF office in
Cuba, whittier he had gone TO regain
his health.
The president pro tempore. in admin
istering the oath OF office TO Mr.. Clay
ton and Mr.. Everett, seemed to Sena-
tors to be especially impressed by the
extraordinary coincidence which the
appearance Of these two distinguished
statesmen in the Senate chamber sug-
gested.
It was without any precedent that
two men who had served as Secretary
Of State should later and upon the
same day have appeared in the Senate
before the presiding officer to take the
oath Of Office
Mr.. Hamlin was acquainted with
both OF these statesmen, although he
Clayton than with Mr.. Everett. He
was brought into touch with John N
Clayton shortly after he became q
member of the Senate and while the
latter was serving as Secretary OF
State in the Cabinet Of President Tsy-
lor
After the death Of President Tay,
tor, his successor. Millard Fillmore
reorganized the cabinet and mad,
rhnFna ~ NJ nf NFp
achusetts, as secretary OF state. Be,
| fore the end Of the administration o.
! President Fillmore, Webster died. Th'
| President named Edward Everett, o.
Massachusetts as Webster's successor
in the office as secretary Of state
A few weeks before the expiration o.
President FiIlmore's term. Massachu
setts elected Edward Everett United
States Senator.
John NJ. Clayton. while Secretary 0,
State under President Taylor. neEo
tiated with Sir. Henry Bulwer th'
treaty which became traditionsIly
/ known as the Clayton -Bulwer treaty
which was not changed until undel
John Hay as Secretary OF State, a new
treaty relating to the isthmian cana
was negotiated Here. then, were two
distinguished statesmen Everett
deemed by many the most scholarly 0,
American orators, ana Win mgr
record Of public service and who haC
served as Secretary OF State. and Johr
NJ. Clayton, whose name will slwayi
| be remembered as one OF the author
Of the Clayton Bulwer treaty. who wal
also Secretary OF State two years be
| fore Edward Everett entered upoI
that office.
Naturally the appearance Of thes'
two men before the presiding Officer
I of the Senate and the eTtraordinar!
| coincidence that both should have beer
! Secretary OF State between ls4s ant
1852 made the ceremony especially i'm
pressive. 1t was one which long ling
/ cred in Hannibal H8mlin's memory
and forty years later. he spoke Of {
! to me as one Of the incidents OF hi
life as Senator which he should neve
| forget
| Copyright 1876, BY the Mcclure Nsvsrsp,r
syndicate
The Washington herald., 1916-09-16
ARMY ORDERS.

Second Lieut. Louie A Beard will proceed to
Fort Riley. Hans.
Lieut. Col. Robert L. Howe is detailed a. q
member Of the General So1f Corps
Mai George c. Barnhardt is detailed in the
Quartemsster Corps. vice Mai. Frank S. Arm
strong, QuGrtemAster Corps. who is relieved from
detail in that cOrps
Second Lieut.. Nincente Lin Is detailed as In
structor to the CoDstabulary Academy. BAggio.
Philippine Islands
Leave of abs nee for ten day, is granted Mai.
Robert S. smith
The resignation Of second Lieut. Bursne Warner
Is acct pteG.
Capt Philip Yost's retirement from active service
announced
Leave Of absence for ten DAYS is granted Second
Lieut.. John A. Brooks. jr.
Orders relating to First Lieut.. Henry n. Sum
mer revoked
Capt George A Taylor will proceed to PrOri-
dence. r. ].
Leave q absence for fifteen days is granted Capt
David H Biddle
capt Carl H. Muller. Eleventh CsTalry. 10 DO
tailed professor Of military science and tactic.
at the Agricultural and Mechanical College Oh
Texas College Station. TeI
Leave Of absence for three days is granted CAPT
W liam y. Hughes. ir
Gel Nathaniel T. McClue will report 70 thc
commanding grners Central Department
Capt Halbert P. Harris will report to the com
handing officer. LettermRn General Hospital. the
Preside Of San Francisco Cal
Mai Fine W. Smith is relieved from further
duty recruiting service.
The resignation Of Mai James NJ. Hsnlcy is a.
cepted.
The leave of absence granted First Lieut., Walter
L. Spauldng. extended fifteen days
Orders relating to First Lieut.. Charles G. Strure-
want revoked
Lieut. Col. Francis A. Winter will proceed ;r
san Francisco. Cal.
board Of officers TO consist Of Maj Allie "
Williams. Medical Corps aud First Lieut.. James
W Hart, Medical Reserve Corps. is appointed n
meet at the Army Medical School 40 Louisiana
avenue northwest. this city, for the purp~e vi
conducting the physical examinations Of such q
fcers may be required to appear before it,
Orders announcing the acceptance Of the IesIE
nation Of First Lieut. Albert J. Hoskins revoked.
Mai John c. Macarthur will proceed 10 Fort
Jay, n Y. relieving Csp. Frederick W. Coleman,
who will repair 70 this city
Maj Jens Buggs will proceed to his home.
Capt Eugene G. NorthiDgtou will proceed TO the
CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN
The Washington herald., 1916-09-16
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
best Service Column I'm city.

-Four or five types OF rolling kitchens.
suitable for use with troops In the field,
are soon to be given a comparative test
at San Antonio by board OF army offi-
GERS detailed by Mai. Gen. Funston.
One of these special subsistence ve-
hicles is Of the Buzzacott pattern, a
vehicle which was demonstrated here re-
Gently with favorable results. Another is
a vehicle that has been developed by
the quartermasters at Jeffersonville de-
pot. Two other types are the McLeary
and Mayor machines, which are under
stood to have been used in the Canadian
service. A fifth is the Ilitz rolling kitch-
en-. designed by an enlisted man of the
Army Hospital Corps in the Philippines.
These rival types possess. in general,
a similarity in what they aim to accom-
plish, the main purpose being the furnish
ing OF a hot stew and coffee. One OF
the types. the Buzzacott, is more pre-
tentiOus. and varied menu is possible
under reasonably favorable conditions.
The adoption of a rolling kitchen as
n part OF the outfit OF the army in
the field depends OF course, upon the
Judgment of line officers. and involves
the question of additions to the system
Of military transportation. II may be de-
termined that the advantages derived
from thus obtaining hot food for troops
cooking apparatus Of garrisons or camps
are not sufficient to Justify the expense
Of acquiring more vehicles, with cores
ponding difficulties that must inevitably
be encountered In such a system.
The Medical Department OF the army
has supplied every need and request along
the border, according to reports coming
from army officers, who have recently
inEnnRfnd N a tFnnTg In IA
partment.
Base hospitals have been established al
Fort Sam Houston and Fort Bliss, Tex.
in addition TO the very small hospitals
at minor posts along the border. Base
hospitals have been authorized and nov
are being supplied with personnel anC
equipment at Brownsville, Eagle Pass
Laredo. Nogales and Fort Crockett. The
hospital at Fort Crockett is not In prog
| ress of organization. Should It be neces.
ssry to establish this hospital, It viii
| occupy the buildings OF the post.
There are also hospitals at Forts lIua.
| chuca. Clark. Mcintosh. Columbus. Cal
Douglas, Maria, Del Rio, and Deming
In addition there are seven field hos
pitfalls with the troops on the border, each
| with a capacity of ne beds. This doe,
not embrace the field hospitals Of the
organized militia now on the border. Field
hOSpiNdLS' "HIle TlODlle HoSpltdlS. are al
ways available to take care Of the sicl
with troops until they can be transferred
| to base hospitals.
The Federal government has expended
| large sums Of money constructing new
hospitals and increasing the bed capacity
OF the hospitals already built. The South
ern Department has at Its disposal. II
addition to the money already expended
| on hospitals. $3OO.OOO to oe used at thu
| discretion of the department @ mmander
In addition. the department has organ
| lied. and is now having completed, Z
| hospital train for the transports ton q
the sick and wounded from the border
stations to the base hospitals
The Washington herald., 1916-09-16

Public opinion is a difficult thing to gauge.
The most astute politicians from the conception
Of the American government have endeavored to
isel the pulse Of the nation with varying sue
cess Modern students of politics are not suf-
fciently advanced to feel flattered that they have
solved the problem. States Attorney Hugh M,
Dorsey, of Georgia, who prosecuted Leo Frank,
has been chosen by such substantial majority
for governor of the State as to leave no doubt
that the people Of the Commonwealth indorse
his official record On the other hand States
Attorney Ralph Dady, who prosecuted VIII
Orpet, in Chicago, and Fred Wolfe, of Adams
County Illinois, who prosecuted Ray Pfanz-
schmidt, accused of numbering his father, mother
and sister, fail of denomination. What is the
answer
The Washington herald., 1916-09-16
NEWSPAPER COMMENT ON
RETURN OF THE MILITIA


Guard has spent a long, hot summer
under tropical conditions and We have
no doubt that they are eager to return
home"
Philadelphia Record-"They have not
served in vain. Their presence at the
border was the means Of making the
Carranza government amenable.
The men have received a three months
military training which will be productive
Of more efficiency than they could pos
sibly have obtained by six years OF drill
ing in their armories."
Philadelphia Public Ledger-"There can
be no doubt that the mastering into the
service OF the national government Of
these bodies Of citizen sOldiery has been
productive OF valuable results"
Buffalo Commercial-"There is one fea-
ture about this return OF the troops which
will strike military observers as unfor-
tunate. The first chance afforded in
many years for war maneuvers on a com
prehensive scale is thus tossed away"
Savannah News-'It appears reasonable
and safe to begin gradual withdrawal
Of the civilian troops"
The Washington herald., 1916-09-16

As a rule, a majority of from $1,000 to 10000
IN Maine has been considered favorable to the
Republican chances in the nation. In recent
elections the Republican party has been so shot
to pieces in that State that an abnormal ma
JoTlty was not to be expected, and the Re-
will take from majority which, if much less
than they have received in other years, is more
than they counted upon. The vote in Maine
does not decide Presidential elections, and, save
IN landslide years, is great indication of their
decision. Even in landslide years, as was demon
strated in 1908, it is no safe barometer. Such
comfort as this election does give however
Is Republican comfort. 1t remains to be seen
whether in other. States the Progressives will
return as generally as they did in Maine, OF
whether, as in 1876, 1880, 1884 and 1908, Maine
has merely shown that she was out of step with
the naton.-New York Times.
The Washington herald., 1916-09-16

\ German writer complains of the effect of
the war in enlarging wonlans sphere, as follows:
The masculine charter of the German state
and its fourshing condition arc cause and re-
suit, and the general effeminizing that is going
on will mean its fall"
After all Of Bernhardls talk Of the beatific
effect OF war upon masculine virtues, Germany
finds that it is making her cfeminatc Norman
Angel must have been right when he called
var THE Great Illusion"
The Washington herald., 1916-09-16
NEW YORK, DAY BY DAY
BY o. o. MeINTYnR-

epeeih Gorrespou1ent oS Ths wssh,,y.o, -.
NeN hork. Sept. lA-The Frovtb ~ ~
ho'les ano the appeal the aim 6rs1.s
- h the public, is ably illustrated
Mirror. At one time Il was the 1890 1870
biple, almost. They looked forvs.S -
three-neal-a-day fare " resaiL
Not long ago Il dropped fts vs,,d.,.,,,.
department. which was once d. ..,ts
ieature' and the space was deyot.I -
me ne screen. Gradually the screen -,
Se 10 encroach upon the Iegit,-,s,.
snnn',. pase oy page. And then csrns ~.
s,i inouhcement ooent that Il had been bo1st,
py moving picture interests sns S-.s,It
world. 70 the movie
eoerlck schrader has left the .5,,,...,
chslr. He is known 20 every 80 ~,
aS'ress probably in the world ss 4. -
WIG, VINO also wrote. and VIZ :.
sIsso at the same time. II IL on. >, e..
~. Staee Weeklies in the United s,st.,
NOt lohg ago man WITH -
ior discovering new thinRs - ~ ~
Sne New York newspaper. w.r. -.
,He twice as much news about o.. -
ls p.Clure industry as about the Isgitt-
- uFama-and so Il goes. T-br., -
ago predicted that the y,o,.,. 800 800
nAa reached the top pinnscI. a.. ~.
II HNe years more Il would ~ -.
- Ihe COCO and bicycles. Ana ~,
Is picture msSnate suggested 3, -,
eyar,t,os Ihat l should have nv bes5
r1I,sIo s--To'rr or words to that effect soff
words OF eating my
James Murray Allison. who u,-,.
SI2ILoao"ay for Mr.. Taft's Times-st.. %
~ S-in-I was lynching with a 80
iIiehos IN the McAIpin grill w. - -
me lnS most prominent bore. ~ 49,
y,oInani,L o.ilsLiSelc younger set dropped in en-
opohzed conversation He
| encyclopedia afoot Aftsr tL an
gave him a run out" poudsr .I,S,1o
told a story. oer' Allison
IN little town near Cincinnati =,
sSiu negro preacher was pTesrh,sS
! ABOUT Daniel in the lions den L,,a-
ne had finished, a member OF his 60
greEation came up 'o".
Farson'' he said. do yo all n.,,
ma. una. ihem was regular lions in m.
lions" ''-''' '''Ousiy' Neguls-
~, DO >. you mean them African wild
Most suppositiously indeed tb.v Va.
Inc kind that We see roarin' at IN.
NO no indeed-n0t thrm circus linn,
This was B. c. Before clrcuset"
To what lengths will the fair "a, o, o,
reduce? ] was dining Al the Mstes+Ir
and at an opposite table I saw two
women, gowned for the thestsr sIf7
little brown bottles out Of their jev.Ie5
vanity cases Having read much OF how
the drug habit had broken through In.
upper crust OF society and claimed man
! vlctims-I wondered
| curiosity overcsme me. so I called tn.
waiter over. He had seen the same thinr
that attracted me. The little peIrett
| were dropped into the coffee. What ar.
\ they doing asked the waiter.
Just sweetenInE their coffee. cir"
And that is what they per. doing
There is a preparation Of sugar called
| crystallose which has no fatteninr
elements- Women who are reducing
carry them around when dining out n
is being done everywhere and is an old
stunt in New York
sign on a quart bottle OF whiskey
in Cortlandt street liquor store reads:
Take this home to your dear old
mother
The Washington herald., 1916-09-16
WHAT'S YOUR HURRY2


What's your hurry, Mister Man?
Slow down somewhat if you can.
Lies no sprint by swiftness won,
But a lengthy Marathon,
And the prizes of the race
Go to him Of steady pace
With the long and sturdy stride
Ger life's cleaning countryside.
Stop your hurry! Heed this rhymel
You'll be old before your time,
Using up your strength and powers
Pushing on the worried hours,
And tho prizes may be had
Thro' this pace so swiftly mad,
What's the use of prizes won
With the zest of laurels gone?
Copyright. lOlSi
The Washington herald., 1916-09-16

1t is reported from New London that the
Mexican peace commission is making very favor
able progress. 1t is stated that circumstances
are favorable to understanding with Mexico" "
When that understanding is obtained we will
welcome news that understanding with Villa
also is in sight
The Washington herald., 1916-09-16

A generation ago it was supposed that the
learned professions offered the best chances for
making money. But it is coming to pass that
there is many struggling professional man
whose. gross income is less than that of a menu
Der OF powerful labor union Meanwhile, if
Mr.; Root will tell us just how to make justice
and equity within the reach of the thnnest purse
the information will meet with acute attention
from the general publie.-Boston Advertiser.
The Washington herald., 1916-09-16

The Republican Club of North Yakima, Wash
ington, held banquet and charged each candi-
date for Office 81 for every minute of his speech
This is the kind of a banquet which will never
be popular with William Jennings Bryan
The Washington herald., 1916-09-16

President Wilson says he never felt better
in his life and Candidate Hughes says he feels
immense, the hospital population will not
contain statesmen of great prominence unless
something unforeseen develops before Novem-
Der 7.
The Washington herald., 1916-09-16

Those convicts, hopeful of pardon, may be
excused if they pass a resolution of sympathy
for former Gov. Cole Blease, of South Carolina,
who has just been defeated because of record
of 1900 pardons in two terms