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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-15
RICHMOND SH|VERS
IN GRASP OF WINTER
Cola Blast Out of Northwest Brings
Chill and Suffering to
Many.
KEEPS BELOW FREEZING POINT
Weather bureau Predicts Clear Skies
for To-day. With Rising Temper
aturc-Drop Of 20 Degrees Below
Normal Finds Manu- Cnprcparcd.

! With Il stiff wind still biting it's way
from the North. yesterday was one OF
! tn" coolest DAYS Richmond has en-
| pcricn"cd in this winter. and though
there was lack of snow and slcct and
rain which characterized sunday. the
experience WAS more painful than any
which has been felt since winter first
| LAID its heavy hand upon the city. The
: THERMOMETERS was throughout the day
lar below the freezing point. and only
on those streets on which the sun shuuc
! from tn" southern heavens Wis there a
kindly breath OF warmth 10 rcliVc thoS"
VINO were forced by business and duty.
I" face tn" icy blast aud the little
curls OF snow blown from high roofs
and scattered tree tops. In the city
proper tn" snow was swcp; from most
of the larger streets. and II safer.
though still Insecure. footing was ar
torded. In the suburbs the snow last
, night lay in its original depth on the
ground, and in the glare OF the far
separat" street lamps, trees and polcs
appeared like whtcd scpulchrcs or as
winters fair adornmcmt. as ones imagi-
nation directed and appealed
But scasonablc as the weather was.
1t brought ailictions to many, for the
people were unprcparcd. Many "A coal
cellar remained untitled in the West
End homes, and in humber domiciles
tn" wood baskets were empty and the
. harder WAS bare. II was easy to fill
the coal cellars: hut il was matter
OF difficulty TO see TO ii that the III :
tie baskets were filled with kndling
enough TO start Il fire which would
warm one enough to go to bed and
leave cmbcrs in the morning by which
one could dress to 20 to his toll.
1t had been stated by the Weather
! Bureau that there would he a rise in
the temperature. That hopeful prophcc Y
! failed to matcrialzc. AS the day wore
! on II became colder. and at night the
! blast bit through ones bones. and ears
and checks tinGlcd until they were red
and numb.
ON sunday night street thermometers
! registered 20 degrees: at noon ycstcr
! day the Weather Bureau THERMOMETER
registered Is degrees. and at o'clock
, the mercury had climbed only to 81
degrees, which was colder than il had
! been on the night before. The maxi
mum temperature of the day was "a
degrees, degrees below freezing point
and the mean temperature for the day
( was lG dcgSccS. The normal tcmpcra.-
| turc Is 10 degrees, which will give one
| an idea Of how cold il was ycstc-da Y
and Of what suffering must have come
ITO those who were unprcparcd. whose
doors rocked on loose hinges and whose
windows We're stuffed with rags and
|picces Of paper. II is promised to-day
that the weather will he fair and that
the temperature will rise. so that com
| fort to those who have suffered the
most in the scvercst stress which win
tier has brought may come.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-15
ABANDONs ITS FIGHT
ON CHESTNUT BLIGHT
State Entomol"gi>t Says Appropri-
alton May he Stopped, ns Com
test Is Hopeless.
WOULD CUT DOWN THE TREES
State Wins Its Right to Remove
Cedar Trees Which Show Traces
of Rust i'm Order To Save Valuable
Apple Orchards.

The tenth biennial report If tho
State Entomolorist and Plant Patio
10, list for the years 1914 ANA 1875 was
submitted to Governor S,uar; on YES
,.rday. The most Interesting item dis
cussed ia the report WAS tn" advice shat
the annual appropriation for funds to
tight the chestnut :rc" bligh; hc
stopped.
The report went ou To show that for
tn" vast year or more the Virginia
Legislature has given mou"y for The
eradication Of this blight. aud NAT in
conjunction with tn" Federal authori-
ties the department has mad" 81 thor
ouGh investigation. The iiGht against
the chestnut tree blight is said to be
hopeless. and the farmers and timber
owners ar" urged to sell off. ~ rapidly
as possible, their chestnut trees.
The history aud effects OF In. blight
arc treated. and II vas stated that
otner states. especially IN" Northern
tomrm"nw"althS. hav" abandoned tn.
N:sh, as being hopeless. TT. G.,cASc
which WAS thought to hay" b-ru i'm
ported frou China, has practically
ruined the chestnut trees OF the North
and is rapidly spreading soutnward.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-15

TO pay them. but they are not goiul,
TO be so nigh that we viii have 10 rais"
wages and salaries. We shall probably
Introduce few mouopoljcs and other
Indirect taxes, and we are going to
have a commercial! field Such as wc
never have had before.
In place Of higher wages. We shall
practic. To a greater extent than ever
tn" saving for which Germans are
noted. Economy. you know. sits in tho
Germans blood 1t makes almost no
difference how Germany comes out,
from military standpoint for France.
Italy ANA England are going to b..
weakened and broken that they wont
b" ah!" TO compel. with US. We are
loolL.M. toMarG Tho fmture comtdnniII---
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-15
STATE: WINS FIGHT
TO CUT DOWN CEDAR TREES

The cedar rust, which affects and
ruins apple orchards, was also dis
"uSscd az som" length This die"a Sc
depends upon the cedar tree for it's
existence. and whenever the rust is
discovered the only way to eradicate
J, Is TO cut down all cedar trees near
pN. The state had TO cut some trees
belonging TO Il farmer near Frcdcr.cks-
bnEc, and was, III turn. compelled to
establish its right to cut the trees
tn" report shows that the stat. won
IN" SUIT. and went forward To cIca n
up tn" cedar grove which was "au-in. =:
great damage to III" u"ie hhorin" ami.
crops. II "aS estimated that in co.,
Tain sections Of the state the rust had
caused rs much damage as all the other
causes put together, both as 10 dis
ease and Insects
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-15
NEW TAXATION SYSTEM IN
PROSPECT IN GERMANY
PROBLEM Now Being Discussed IN
Almost Every Newspaper
in Empire.
VIEWS OF CHIEE ECONOMISTS
Majority Confident That Wages Will
Not Advance Beyond Their Present
Height After War-All Believe Alb
S0lutcly in Economic SoundncSs.

BERLIN. February ii.-Ncw taxes.
are In prospect FOR Germany after IN"
war. What Is to bc their cmcc; on III.
great mass Of the working population:
VIII salaries and wages have to go up
10 enable the workers 10 pay them?
VIII retrcnchmcnt in personal cXpcudi .
lures, alone. be sufficient to cover them?
How, probably, viii salaries after the
war compare with those paid before
tho conflict started" VIII I'll. before
thc-war Industries that ar" all hut dead
now revive Immediately 50 as to givr
employment and money TO men. now
soldiers, who mus, pay tile taxes!
These arc questions rGt by an AS
sociated Press correspondent To some
OF the leading Industrial m.n and
economists OF Germany In an effort -
get at least q Hypothetical solution Of
the problem tia, is being discussed in
almost every newspaper in the "nirir.
under IN" hcnding. NV Taxes
The majority OF men 10 whom the
foreg ding questions w.r. pat seemed
TO be unanimous in the opinion mat
salaries and wages after the war prob
ably will no; advance beyond their
present height which is far beyond
what there were before the war in the
case OF wages--bccausc thcy arc hi.:h
enough to care for all proposed In
creases in taxation. This majority Is
so confident in Gc~many's thorough
economic EoundncSS and in her ccouo-
mic future that they maintain. IN effect.
no increase is roiu, TO he necessary.
a combination az frUgalIty, which the
average German l. easily CaOhhl. Of
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-15
Sly Men SnxcIl

WASHINGTON, February 14.-Siy
men OF the crew of the schooner Emily
l. White, which went ashore FRIDAY
about twenty miles cast or the Sui
hvans Island life-savinE station, on
the South Carolina coast, have been
rescued. according TO message re-
ccived to-day at coast guard head
quarters here. '.'-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-15
rui-cr Tennessee Dc.,,n.

WASHINGTON. February l4.-Secrc.
'"E Daniels to-day designated IN,
cruiser Tennessee to carry Amcric,,
delegates 10 Bucnos Aires next Anri
Tor the meeting of the pan-Americ,r
Joint High Commission.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-15
HAIR COMING OUT?

Dandrun causes a fevcrish Irritation
OF the scalp. the hair roots shrink.
loosen and then the hair comes out
fast. TO stop falling hair At once and
rid tn" scalp OF every particle of dan
drutf get 25-ccnt bottle of Dam
dcrnc at any drug store, pour littla
in YOUR hand ana rub 1t into the scalIi.
After y few applications the hair stops
coming out and YOU can't find any.
dandruff.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-15
WORLD IL COMING
CLOSER TOGETHER

Colonel iialford said that the one
lasting impression that would be car
ried away 10y the laymcn was that there
is but one cod. This great universal
truth. ne said should not come trip
ping off the tongue in a loose way. but
should ne both apprchensihlc and com
prchcnsiblc. Tie speaker told OF the
growth of the wo"ld and What signifi-
canoe the saying, THE world Is small
place after all' has for him. When
he was u boy on his trip from PhiIa-
dclphia To Cincinnati il took from
October g. 1915 to February, 1919.
The Congressman from his district
i'm IS4G was defeated for reelection
because he voted 5000 Cor telegraph
line from Washington to Baltimore so
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-15

Thou contest TO Thy Kingdom Tho
a'onement was the eternal purpose o.
cod"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-15
MUST TAKE CHRIST
INTO MARKET pISCt

The answer that Blanche Cox. the
salvation Army leader AT Colorado
springs. gave to the chief of polio.
when he asked her not 10 speak on
the main streets OF the city, but 10
mold her meetings on the side streets
was: i propose 20 take Jesus Christ
into The market place That is the
meaning OF this r.aymcns Missionary
Movcmcnt-thc taking OF the word OF
Christ into the market place
IF the business man took the church
as seriously as he takes his business.
things would be different. The bushes;
man must rcaiiZ. that religion and
business are not separate: that the
days Of the week are like watcr-tirht
compartments. and that he can live in
six of them and be a business man and
then crawl into another one on sun
dag.
II hope for the time. as it has been
said before, when the money power of
the world is converted into aiding re-
liSion. The time that the business man
brings TO the church. the system. the
organization ana the brains OF business
then the church. and only then. will the
church ariEr in all it's strength. II
was only last year that An announce
mcnt WAS made that $4,000, 600 was
spent in advertising in this country.
About Sale OF this approximately was
spent in church advcrtistug Why
should not the church lie in the fore
| front
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-15
lAYMEN EMPHASIZE
TRUTHS OF RELIGION

CONTINUED from First PaccD
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-15

! that MESSAGES might be sent along a
/ clothes lanc. Now the hJrnan vote" can
! travel from New York to honolulu
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-15
iI:Ut.MtNN MAKES
CERTAIN RESERVATIONS

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wages are h'gh enough 70 cover what
ever taxation may unless the
countries now al war WIN Germany
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hi'ef inc WAT %" SAYS expect I"
see ii tremendous boom IN electrical! ard
mechanical industries n general. We
shall need That uUcn time merely TO
rcstpply our own countries WIN ,i.
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The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-08-19
TRADE PAPER DEFENDS UNIONS

Chicago-The Inland Printer, jour
nal devoted to printing and allied indus
tries, objects to the position of a relig
ous paper in its attack on organized la
Dor, which it claims, represents but one
tenth of the workers. The Inland
Printer says:
1--WE have yet to learn that the men,
bers of any union are so enslaved by
their officials that they are on the whole
so badly off as the great sweated and
that long work days, low wages, I'M
healthfu conditions and insecurity OF
employment are compatible with liberty
in the true sense of the word
The Inland Printer editor suggests
that his opponent Should mingle a lit
tie practically with his cast-ron inter-
probation of the rights of men to do as
they like, for it should surely be clear,
even to one totally ignorant OF industrial
conditions, that if labor unionists con-
sented to work side by side with free
laborers who would undercut them, their
proper organizations, which it is their
(the unionsts') duty to form, could not
possibly exist. 1t almost seems a log
ical corollary to their argument that
free worker ought to be allowed to
go about and do just as he likes, even
if he has the smallpox.
"As a fact, nine-tenths of the charges
arise from the fact that the principles
of trade unionism are applied too mar
rowly. They are the same principles OF
brotherhood and of cooperation which
are preached but too seldom practiced
by the churches, and applied, though
imperfectly, by the various fraternal
bodies
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-08-19
MINERS JOIN UNION
ON LUDLOW'S FIELD

Trinidad, Colon the site of the
Ludlow tent colony, where a half score
OF men, women and children were muir
dered by coal company guards and mill
tiamen in April, 1914, several hundred
miners made application for member
ship in the Mine Workers union, after
listening to addresses by well-known un-
ionists.
The incident was fitting memorial
to those who died in the fight OF south
ern Colorado miners for the right to or
ganize.
Notices OF the meeting had been post
ed throughout the various mine open
ings. Outwardly the only objection was
shown by the Victor-American Fuel
company. which worked its employees on
Sunday for the first time in its history,
thus preventing them from attending the
meeting.
Most of the miners in attendance are
employed by the Colorado Fuel and
Iron company and these workers declare
that they will take John d. Rockefeller
Jr.. at his word-that he has no objec-
ton to them joining a union.
The first break against the Rockefeller
union" came when the miners of Sopris
and Piedmont organized and applied to
the United Mine Workers union for a
charter. Similar action was taken at
Starkville, and now the miners at Ber-
wind Tabasco and Tollerburg meet at
Ludlow. Miners union officials predict
that within short time practically ev-
cry miner in Las Animas and Huerfano
counties will be enrolled. This means
that after years trial the Rockefeller
union" has failed in its alleged high
purposes and that while mine managers
and superintendent have delivered pret-
ty speeches to these workers, the latter
have noted that their wages and work
ing conditions remain at lower stand
ard than that set by the United Mine
Workers union.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-08-19
GARMENT STRIKE STILL ON.

New York-Locked-o -out ladies' gar
ment workers refused to accept settle
ment agreed to by their representatives
and the Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manu-
facttrers' Association. The agreement
made no provision for arbitrating future
differences, but the union officials CON
ciates, who rejected it on the ground
ployers to arbitrate, and that they would
continue the fight indefinitely to estab-
lish this principle.
Association showed he was unacquainted
with trade-union methods when he pub
licly declared that "the association tri-
umphantly achieved the purposes of the
lockout" This statement has been used
OF the employers chief who now real
izes his mistake and is assuring the
public that the workers were offered
wondrous gains.
Robert w. Bruere, a well-known New
Yorker who is assisting the strikers,
declared that "the revolt of the workers
against this concession finally demon
strated that it is impossible in this highly
complex industry to arrive at an agree
ment that will be fair alike to the en-
ployer and the workers, and will secure
durable peace, without intervention of
Board of Arbitration"
The employers locked out their work
ers last April by abrogating an agree
ment signed July 23, 1915, and which
stpulated "This agreement to continue
for a period of two years" The agree
ment provided for conciliation COM
mittee to which all differences were tc
be referred About 10000 employees are
directly affected.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-08-19
P. o. employees MAKE GAINS

ashington.-The postal appropria-
ton bill, passed by congress, contains a
number of remedial features and wage
increases for clerks, carriers, printers
and laborers. Thousands of clerks and
carriers will receive annual raises un-
der the salary classification law, and IL
printers can be promoted to 200 and
300 clerks to 300. Post office laborers
will hereafter receive $50 annually, the
lower salary grades having been abol-
lshed, and the postmaster general is or
dered to restore denoted collectors to
their former salary grades This action
sustains the position taken by President
GomperS when these men were reduced
IRON $1,000 to $1,000. The A. +. of l..
executive protested in person to the
postmaster general without avail and the
fight was then taken to congress.
The obnoxious 150-day limitation
placed by the department. upon en-
ployes incapacitated by sickness has been
repealed. Under this rule employees,
when unable to report for work within
$50 days. or who had recovered from an
illness extending over that period, were
dropped from the rolls. Congress heed
ed the request of the organized en-
ployes and extended the time limit to
one year. Clerks and carriers will here
after be assured release from toll upon
the principal holidays.
Thanks to the ardent support of the
American Federation of Labor the pos
tai workers have made noticeable prog
ress during the present session of con-
gress," said Thos. F. Flaherty, secretary
of the National Federation of Post Of
flee Clerks. Due to our affiliation with
the trade union movement, members of
congress are at last realizing that we
are wage earnerS-not pampered poll
teal pets-and our requests are treated
with greater consideration than former
". Ever since we affiliated to the Amer
lean Federation of Labor in 1906 we
have made progress and we are still 60
in ahead"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-08-19
TO HEAR KEY MEMS COMPLAINT

Toronto, Ontario. - After waiting
nearly two months for the Great North
western Telegraph company to act, the
government has appointed f. II. Nc
Guigan, of this city, to serve as repre-
sentative of the company and attempt to
adjust the demands of commercial teleg-
raphers. These employees have appoint
ed a representative and the two will
now select a third.
Under the law it is illegal for public
utilities employees to strike without first
giving notice to the government, which
shall then appoint mediators. Where one
of the parties fail to appoint repre-
sentative, the government shall act. In
this case the company, following its
usual dilatory methods, ignored the gov
ernment's notice to comply with the law.
The telegraphers request working
agreement, $50 minimum, all eight
hour day, vacations with pay and that
the company furnish its own typewrit-
ers. The company controls lines from
Campbellton, New Brunswick, to Cal
gary, Alberta.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-08-19
MEAT TRUST DEFEATED-NOW
FAVORS PENSIONS.

East St. Louis, Ill.-After 5000 en-
ployes of the Armour, Morris and Swift
packing plants defeated these concerns,
as the result of short strike, the Swift
Company, thoroughly alarmed at the
growth of unionism, announced pen
sion plan that would be absolutely free
to employees who are 60 years old and
who have been with the company for
25 years. As these workers are a rarity,
the company has secured valuable ad-
vertising at practically no cost.
The strike was precipitated by the dis
charge of score Of employees because
of union activity To check general
suspension of work, the companies
agreed to reinstate the victimized work
ers and all strikers, to dismiss strike
breakers, that unionists shall not be dis
criminated against and that all griev-
ances shall be settled through joint COM
mittees.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-08-19
UNORGANIZED BENEFIT.

Toronto, Ontario-Unorganized en-
ployes of the Toronto, Hamilton & Buf-
falo railway have secured wage in
creases after committee appointed by
them waited upon company officials.
While the officials are claiming much
credit for their generosity" they neg
lect to state that a strike of organized
shopmen is now giving them all the
trouble they care to handle. These shop
men include machinists, boilermakers,
carmen and blacksmiths and helpers.
They secured an award from a board Of
Cancellation, which the company reject
ed As a result the company's rolling
stock is mixed up in all kinds of kinks.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-08-19
SAYS STRIKERS ARE JUSTIFIED.

Wilkes Barre, Pa. - State Commits
soner of Labor and Industry Jackson
has reiterated his former statement that
motormen and conductors of this city
were justified in insisting that an arbi-
tration award be reopened, and which
resulted in the present strike, which has
been waged for several months.
The strikers originally demanded
wage increases, and the matter was re-
ferred to an arbitration board. Mr.,
Jackson served as chairman. The
boards award was based on sliding
scale. The employees representative pro-
tested against this decision which ig-
nored the purpose for which the board
was created Later Mr.. Jackson ac-
cepted this viewpoint and reversed his
decision which the company refused to
accept.