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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-28
OBITUARY
Mrs. Rosa Rebccca Ruehrmund.

Mrs Rosa Rebecca Ruehrmund,
wife OF Carl Ruerhrmund, a widely
known architect, died Monday night
at IL o'clock In her home. 2021 West
Grace Street. Her funeral toow place
from the home yesterday afternoon
at o'clock. The burial will be In
Hollywood
Mrs. Ruehrmund Is survived by Mr..
Ruehrmund, one sister--Mrs. Lizzie S.
Phillips; three daughters-Mrs. w. D.
Selden, Jr., Mrs. K. l. Mayo, Jr. and
Miss Mary Ruehrmund, and three sons
Charles F.. Max +. and Paul L.
Ruehrmund, all OF this city.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-28
PRESIDENT TO TALK
REAL POLITICS

a. Asbury Park. Sept 2s.--President
Wilson. besieged from almost every
Democratic quarter to answer his Re
publican critics, has agreed to discuss
the real issues of the campaign next
Saturday. On that date he will ad
dress the Young Mems League of
Democratic Clubs.
The announcement WAS made today
by Secretary Tumulty. who said that
Mr.. Wilson was preparing a smash
ing speech. The subjects to be taken
up were not disclosed.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-28
THE RICHMOND Observation-Disclosures SEPTEMBER 2s 1915

is going to be one great. big demon
stration."
Tonight Mr. Bohm declared that
| twenty-four local unions, with a COM
! bined membership of $4,000, an
nounced their purpose Of striking be-
fore night. or tomorrow, In the course
of the afternoon. Hugh Frayne. com
menting on the announcement, re-
ported that the International Lace
Workers and the Metal Trades Union
had Joined the movement. The
Brewers, he said. will meet tomorrow
in Brooklyn and Manhattan, to con-
tinue their sessions.
Both Mr.. Bohm and Mr.. Frayne
refused to name the other unions ac-
tually involved. or contemplating ac-
ton, in the general strike.
They don't want their names men,
toned yet" said Mr.. Bohm. Not
until after things get going right"
Labor Convention Resolution.
The labor convention adopted an
extended resolution, closing with the
following:
And finally we declare that so
long as the street railway companies
Of this city will persist In their AFRO
giant and hostile attitude toward their
workers and SO long as the street cars
of the city VIII be worked by scabs
operating under police protection TO
union men or women will ride on
the cars, under penalty of strict dis
cipline as we'll as the deserved con-
tempt of their fellow union men and
women"
MOtormcn Won't Strike,
Motormen employed by the Inter-
borough, holding membership In the
brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
VIII not strike. The emphatic an
nouncement TO this effect was made
late yesterday afternoon by Theodore
p Shonts, president Of the INTERIOR
ough and New York railways Com
panies.
The attitude Of the motorrncn at
Inflated with both the locomotive en-
hineers and the IntcrborouCh Rail-
way system have been problem that
both labor leaders an; lnterborough
officials nave been seeking to solve for
some time. The labor leaders re-
peatedly asserted that when the show
down, or cali for general sympathetic
sffike 81 n" the mo,crmon who hoid
cards in the engineers brotherhood
would walk out en- masse, thus DEM
onstrating their loyalty to unionism
Although the strike call has been
issued, Mr.. Shonts emphatically stated
today that not one of these men had
quit their positions. and Furthermore
ne had positive information that they
would remain loyal to the INTERIOR
ough brotherhood. which he ..harac-
terixed as their first love-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-28

The prohibition side of this one
sided debate appears on the editorial
page OF the mornings Sun under e
double column head. The first article
relates to the effects of the dry law
In Colorado. The succeeding articles
Will be printed at the rate OF two
each day, one in the morning Sun and
the other in the evening Sun.
The editor of the Sun saws that the
vets may still come in If they feel
so disposed. Nobody expects them to
do so.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-28
Mrs. TAYLOR Tate.

Montpelier. Va, Sept. 27.-Mrs.
Taylor Tate died in one of the Rich
mond hospitals a few days ago of
blood poison. which developed from
a sprained ankle. Mrs. Tate was
taken to the hospital for an opera
ton, but was too near death to I'M
dergo the ordeal, and died in a few
hours after reaching the institution.
She Is survived by her husband and
three children. ..-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-28
Funeral of Thomas w. Pugh.

Funeral services for Thomas w
Pugh, sixty eight years old. who died
in a. Richmond hospital, were con-
Quoted at Madisonville. Charlotte
County, Va, He leaves a widow, who
was Miss Thornton; one son, Clar-
ence T. Pugh; four daughters. Mrs
w. d. Hunter. Misses Bessie and An
ME Pugh. of Charlotte County, and
Mrs. S. NJ. Rhodes, of South Carolina
two brothers. A. J. and w. w. Pugh
and one sister. Mrs. Sallie Thornton
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-28

In mechanical drawing. is offered to
railway apprentices free Of charge.
The class held its second meeting
last night at 1880. The instructors are
Mr.. ]. Horace Brown. Of John Mar
shall and Mr.. Fred Broad, educational
secretary of the Railroad Y. NJ. C. A.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-28

was beautiful and talented and had a
large circle Of friends on the North
Side. Her talents brought her before
the public as a singer and she ap-
peared In public at the gold room of
the Congress Hotel three years ago as
a singer and made highly favorable
i'm preston. but she limited her engage
ments in favor of her happy life
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-28
TOBACCO EXCHANGE.
ELECTS OFFICERS

The members OF the Richmond To-
bacco Exchange on Tuesday elected
The following officers and directors
President. Nat Frazer. OF Frazer
and Tompkins; vice president, s. r.
Rose; secretary, Edward Winfree
directors. Nat FRAZER S X. Rose
John NJ Taylor. John l. Wingo. l. n
Vaughan, w. W. Merton. r NJ Car
rington, VIII l.. HAZEL and /. l..
Strauss
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-28
FUGITIVE MURDERER
CAUGHT IN COLUMBIA

headquarters last night that James
Hopkins. colored, wanted here for
shooting Wesley Harris. coiored, on
September Is at Eighteenth and Ven
abla Streets had been hrrrsted in
Columbia. S c. He will be held for
officers from Richmond.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-28
HAS ALL KEYSTONE


Supreme Court OF the United States.
Before he had been going one hour
this afternoon. his face was so be-
grimed as the face Of any OF the mill
hAnda he talked before. The coal dust
snveloped him and the smoke sub
merged him. There were times. liter
ally, when Mr.. Hughes breathed with
dimcuity admist the fumes and orders
and smoke clouds Of the Monon gaela
Valley. There were times when he
seemed very weary. But he stuck to
Il TO the end and fiinched from none
~ the engagements made for him.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-28
Funeral of Mrs. n. M. Faulkiner.

HHVTHI OF NITS. II. VI. HUIkIIItT.
Funeral services for Mrs. Louisa
Marcella Faulkner were conducted
Tuesday afternoon at o'clock in her
home, "Springhaven." Seven Pines car
line. Mrs. Charlotte Hubbard and
Miss Ida Faulkner. of Newport News,
were among those who attended the
funeral, Mrs. Faulkner was the wild
ow of William r. Faulkner
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-28
Observe State Mission Dav.

At New Bridge Baptist Church this
afternoon. beginning at 1850 o'clock.
State mission day will be observed.
The woman's missionary seniors will
have charge of the afternoon pro-
gram. while the young peoples socie-
ties will render an interesting pro-
gram tonight.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-28
NUUIICy.
Funeral of Joseph l.. Barker.

Funeral services for Joseph E
Barker, twenty-five years old, an cleo.
trician who was formerly employed
IN richmond. were conducted Monday
afternoon in the home of his father
F. II. Barker. in High Point. N. G.
Mr.. Barker died Sunday afternoon af-
ter an illness of more than a year OF
tuberculosis. He leaves a widow and
a little SON
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-28
Enroll In Educational Glasses.

TWenty-three railway apprentices
have enrolled in the course in mathe-
MATES in the Educational Institute of
the Railroad Y. NJ. c. A.
This course. together with the course
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-28
$3.75-LYNCHBURG AND
RETURN-$3.75
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Account Interstate Fair

Account Interstate Fair
Tickets will be on sale October
End to 9Th. inclusive, good on all
regular trains going and returning
and good for return passage until
October Z, 1916. Pullman parlor and
sleeping cars. Full particulars al
company's ONCE at S38 East Main
Street Richmond. Va. Phone
Madison 4S7.
G. H. BOSLEY.
District Passenger Agent
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-28
Funeral of Mrs. Ellen Morgan.

Funeral services for Mrs. Ellen Nor
gan, who died in her homo in Apo
mattox County. We're conducted Tues
day afternoon at her old home near
Darlington Heights. Farmville, Prince
Edward County. She is survived by
her husband and four brothers, Mat
thew. William and Ray Mickle. of
Prince Edward County, and Edward
Mickle. of Halifax County.
Funeral of Joseph Il. Barker.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-28
BREWERY HORSES
Continued from First Page).

Read the truth from day to day and
vote for prohibition.
Prohibition Arpurpcut
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-26

Methods used by trade unionists to
promote their interests are often
adopted by men in other organizations
for their own good even when those
very men condemn their use by the
unionists, says the Minnesota Union
Advocate For instance, the Pitts
burgh Underwriters Life association
refuses to recognize any person as a
legitimate insurance solicitor who does
not continually "work at the trade" >"
The association has unanimously re-
solved to protect its Jurisdiction by ex-
cluding from field service all temporary
insurance writer's. The members Of
the association consider this a proper
and justiflable stand for them to take,
but when members Of labor organiza-
tdons take 1t they infringe on the lib
erty of the individual citizen" and ''im-
pair the sacred right of free contract" !"
The whole matter appears to depend
on whose OK is gored.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-26
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RESTRICT IMMIGRATION.
Passage of the Burnett Bill Would A.
ford a Sadly Needed Reiief.

Passage of the Burnett Bill Would A.
ford Sadly Needed Relief.
To the mind which is not satisfied
with the desire for half starved and
wholly sub1ugated labor to perpetuats
bidding labor market the literacy
test In the immigration bill is the In
strument that will give the country q
breathing spell that has been badly
needed for some years. Conditions
promoted by large employers on land
and the steamship companies had
reached a pass where O slowing down
process was absolutely necessary. The
congestion in the labor market was not
the only thing that was affected, but It
was necessary that the country at
large should have time to take an ac-
counting of its stock In citizenship and
the permanency and character of I'm
migration inflow. The immigration
most wanted was not always that
which came, but under the existing
law we have to take what comes, with
a few exceptions.
1t is not claimed by the proponents
OF the Burnett bill that it is perfection
itself. but It will offer an opportunity
to takn a measure Of the existing con
dftions and bring about q readtust-
ment that portends for the good OF the
country as whole. The employing
class have profits In mind and the
keeping down of organization OF labor
M hn nj Wiz % u
relations between capital and labor.
Capital has an Unborn desire TO be
the dictator as to the amount that Ia
Dor shall receive, holding that 1t Is In
a position TO know. 1t forgets that that
is only one side Of the question. 1t
wants to sell its product at large
profit and TO do so feels that It must
hold the whip In hand
Labor, on the other hand, must have
the same thing in mind when selling
its only natural gift. 1t must live, not
only exist. 1t has a right to live and
care for those It is responsible for and
fit them for future citizenship and pro-
vide for the inevitable rainy day and
the time when time incapacitates them
for further earning power This point
Of view makes it imperative that labor
shall have right In negotiating the
price at which 1t will sell its only God
given asset, "its power and ability to
produce and fashion natures stores
into sahble products" There is no
other way for the realization of an
equalization of proportion in the result
OF production than through the medium
Of contractual relations between en-
ployer and employed Tobacco Worker.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-26
STORY or A SEANCE.
In Which the Medium Predicted
Royal Assassination.

Eleanor Calhoun was an American
actress who went to London when
James Russell Lowell was United
States minister. In 1903 she became
by marriage the Balkan Princess
Lazaroytch Hrebelianovich. Recently
she wrote a book which bears the title
pleasures and Palaces"
The book contains the strange story
Of a spiritualistic seance held by an
Englishwoman, which was attended BY
W L. Stead, who afterward went
down on the Titanic; the princess and
her husband and some others. The
prince handed to the medium some
sealed envelopes She selected one
sat for moment pressing it in her
hand, and said "This is from person
Of Importance king
Mr. Stead then asked her to describe
him. She gave a very good descrip-
tion of King Alexander of Seryia,
though she could not tell his name or
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-26
TOLD BY THREE FIGURES.
A Sum In Arithmetic That Would Take
Many Lifetimes to Work Out.

Many Lifetmes TO Work Out.
What Is the highest number that
can be expressed with only three fig
uresf Such is the question put by
the Journal Of the Astronomical So
ciety Of England At first glance 1t
would seem that the number was 999
But it is nothing Of the sort; 900 is far
away too small. What, then, is the
number? 9S-that is to say, the ninth
power Of the ninth power Of 8.
To ascertain what this number actu-
ally is we must refer TO a table OF
logarthms, for it would take several
lifetimes to do the multiplication The
number contains 369,693, 100 figures.
To write it out we should have to fill
% volumes of 800 pages each, with
14,000 figures to a page, and the mum
Der would be greater than that Of all
the atoms in creation
Henri Coupin points out In La Ma
ture that there are stars SO distant
that their light, travelling at 1S6, 800
miles q second takes a million years
to reach the earth Astronomers have
taken this as a unit and called 1t a
million light year" The number of
atoms in a sphere Of platinum that
had that radius would be 90. fol-
lowed by 8S zeros. Now, a sphere that
contained the number of atoms ex-
pressed by the ninth power Of the
ninth power Of 9 would have to have
d radius Qn million light years. OF
1899 followed by 3.231, 900 zeros.
And vet this colossal number can be
expressed by three figures.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-26
Progress In PennsyIvanla.

The strength Of organized labor and
its steady progress was evidenced al
the recent meeting of the Pennsylvania
State Federation of Labor. President
James M. Maurer read his annual re
port. 1t showed that In the year just
closed organized labor has made more
progress In Strengthening organiza-
tions and obtaining legislation than has
ever been accomplished in any two
years since its existence The report
of Secretary Treasurer G. f. Quinn
showed that the treasury has $8,712 IL
and that there was a gain Of 1o2 un.
ions for the year
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-26
She Liked Gloom.

It is matter for thankfulness that
widows Of this generation are more
sensible than the dowager Countess Of
Buchan, who passed away in the year
1886.
On the death of her husband she
dressed herself entirely in black Grape,
engaged two black servants to wait
upon her, ate nothing but black pud-
dings and drank for one whole year
nothing but black cherry brandy. Yet
she survived this gloomy diet twenty
one years before the grim reaper gath
cred her int P's London Weekly.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-26
FAMOUS HORSEBACK RIDERS.
Men Who Won Fame In the Days of
the Old Pony Express.


Buffalo Bill Cody, it is believed, holds
the record for the longest horseback
ride Of which there is authentic rec
ord. He was one of that gallant band
OF fourscore pony express riders in the
sixties. On one occasion young Cody
he didn't become Buffalo Bill until
some years afterward-rode without
rest for 322 miles.
When the pony express was started
for the purpose Of carrying mail from
st. Joseph, Mo-, to Sacramento, Cal, a
distance Of 1866 miles, it was planned
that each rider should cover seventy
five miles In a day on three different
horses.
1t was soon found that twenty-five
miles was too much for the horses for
regular unbroken gallop, and the
distance was reduced to from ten to
twelve miles. For that distance ev-
cry horse was pushed to his limit
The shortest time in ~hjch the en-
tire distance Of 1866 mites was COW
cred by pony express riders was made
In March, 1861 They carried Lincolns
duuIeSS 10 lue iTOiuel state
In seven days and seventeen hours, an
average speed Of over ten and one
half miles an hour,
A rider named Haslam dashed off
120 miles In s hours and 10 minutes.
Another pony expressman covered one
ten mile stretch in 81 minutes, which
is better than most of the Rocky
Mountain railroad limited trains can do.
The news that Fort Sumter had been
fired upon was flashed from st. Joe to
Sacramento in eight days and four
teen hours.
Jim Moore once rode 2S0 miles at an
average speed Of eighteen miles per
hour. The horses We're the best that
could be obtained, and, as stated be-
fore, they made short runs Of from
ten TO twelve miles
No wonder that sometimes a letter
had S27 worth of stamps upon it when
carried under such extraordinary con-
Observation-Disclosures Ledger.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-26
Lame SIX.

There is more silk in the world than
the silkworm ever knew. AS a matter
of fact. much OF the silk" which is
worn is merely guneotton in a new
dress. II is merely cotton dissolved in
a bath OF nitric acid, kept water free
by the strongest vitriol. The jelly
like result is then forced through very
minute tubes, and the fine threads so
produced are dropped into water and
rendered innocuous by ammonium sui
phide. This tame silk" has fine lus-
ter and has all the fexibility of the
worms work. In fact, so close Is the
resemblance that it needs an expert
to distinguish them.-London Chroni-
Gle.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-26
Two WAYS of studyino Music

Picture to yourself a little girl of
seven or eight seated before that pom
derous and portentous mass of iron,
steel, wood, wires and hammers which
we call a 'spianoforte' Sixty pounds
of tender, delicate humanity trying to
express itself through a solid tom, her
legs dangling uncomfortably in space
her little fingers trying painfully to
find the right key and at the same
time to keep in a correct position
struggling hard the while to relate to.
gether two strange things, a curious
black dot, on page and an ivory key
two feet below 1t, for neither of which
she feels much affection. And then
picture to yourself the same child al
Its mothers knee or with other chill
dren singing with joy and delight q
beautiful song.-Thomas Whitney Su,
rette In Atlantic.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-26
NOTES OF LABOR.

Low wages are as fatal to business
as they are TO labor.
The International Union of Railway
Postal Clerks has a membership OF
9TH.
There are twenty-five locals, with a
combined membership of 1,04o In the
Wood Workers International union.
The new Office building Of the Ameri-
lean Federation of Labor at Washing
ton wifi be officially dedicated on July
next
The International Union Of Steam
Shovel and Dredgemen consists OF for
ty-three locals, with total member
ship Of 1,774.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-26
HIS FORMAL REPRIMAND.
lt Was Not Exactly the Kind He Was
Asked to Administer

ASkGG TO AQFntnISteT.
DR.. Simon Parvin, an English clergy
man, was at times absurdly absent
minded Once while he was visiting
in the home of very great lady who
employed a large staff of servants,
whom she kept under extremely rigid
control, 1t chanced that two young
footmen fell out about pretty house
maid who had coquetted with both
and so far forgot themselves as to en-
gage in fisticuffs. The old countess
was indignant Her first intention
was to DISMISS the culpritS, but they
were excellent servants, and, more
over, the repentant maid tearfully in.
terceded for them. The countess re-
Tented so far as to reduce the sentence
to formal reprimand before the 9TH
er servants-a reprimand in the ma
ture of a moral lecture to be duly ad.
ministered by her distinguished guest
At her earliest request-she was her.
self confined to her room by gout-
DR.. Parvin, a man of imposing pres.
ence and resonant voice, permitted
himself to be escorted to the servants
hall. On his return she sent for him
result of his mission.
"a fine couple" said DR.. Parvin. 81
should say, an excellent match"
Match" inquired the countess
"What match? Has the silly gir
made up her mind between them
then? / VOW, l thought she meant tc
jilt them both, and serve the boobies
right Pray tell me, how did John and
Thomas receive their reprimand?"
John Thomas? Reprimand?" echoed
DR.. Paryin vaguely; then, with sud
den dismaying fash Of memory: "Deal
me, fear | have made a singular mis-
take! When ! entered the room the
younger servants were at the far enc
in group, and the butler and house
keeper We're together, quite near, i'm
mediately in front OF me, in fact
standing side by de, and-in short
madam, married tnemr'
He had, indeed; but, although aston
ished. they were fortunately not un
willing. They had it happened, Ion,
been contemplating matrimony ant
were deferred only by fear of the coun
tess disapproval Believing that sh
would not disapprove the act Of he
eminent guest, they had readily abet
ted Dr.. Parvin in his error. Th
countess was angry, but her anger fel
chiefly upon the absentminded divine
She gave him piece of her mind tha
If he had been any one else b
would not easily have forgotten
Youths Companion.