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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-26
mo IDEA Of COERCION
IN CAMPAIGN WORK
No City Employe Under Slishtes,
Compulsion In Matter OF Con-
trfbuting to War Chest.
LETTERS ARE SENT OUT
Campaign Committee in Strong Com
munication Declare Woodrow Will
sons Fight Is the Peoples Fight.
Dollars OF the MANY Needed.

Committees appointed by the Rich
mond subcommittee of the National
Democratic Committee are rapidly be-
ing completed and will shortly begin
their canvass of the city for contribu-
tons to the Woodrow Wilson cam
paign fund. Every line of trade and
profession will be reached. it being
the intention OF the committee to give
everybody an opportunity to subscribe
to the fund.
Yesterday morning Secretary George
w. Rogers. of the local committee,
was in conference with Chief Werner.
Of the Police Department.; Chief
Joynes. OF the Fire Department, and
the heads of the various city depart
ments,~ asking their cooperation in
reaching the city employees 1t was
agreed that subscription lists would
be placed at police headquarters and
all of the stations; in the various en-
CINE houses. and also one given to
the head Of each department. This
will facilitate the work of the COM
mittee, and make it convenient for
the men employed by the city.
Mr.. Rogers said yesterday after
noon that he could not understand
how any person could interpret his
arrangements with the heads of city
departments to make contributing
convenient to employees a coercive
measure.
1t is no more a demand on the
city employees" he said. than the re-
quest We are making of the real es-
tate men or lawyers. We are simply
making thorough canvass of the
city, and in asking the cooperation
OF the heads of the city departments,
We hope to make it convenient for
The employees to contribute to the
campaign fund II they desire. There
Is no coercion about it"
Letters Sent Out
Hundreds Of letters asking the peo-
pie of Richmond TO contribute to Wood
row Wilson's campaign fund were yes
terday sent out from the office of the
Richmond sub-com mittee of the Ma
tional Democratic Committee Since
all of the people of Richmond could
not be reached through the mails, the
following is addressed to the public
generally:
Woodrow Wilson's fight is your
fight
He has put equal justice above
special privilege. human rights above
property rights. national honor above
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-26
SOUTHERN EXCURSION
WILL Be RUN TODAY
Richmondcrs VIII Be Given Special
Rates by 4. {. L.. Southern
and 5. A. l..

All arrangements have been COM
pleted for the annual Southern ex-
cursions to be run today by the At
lantic Coast. Southern and Seahoard
Air Line Railways. Many reserva-
tons have been sought by local peo-
pie and from present indications the
annual excursion event will be ex-
tremely well patrontzed.
The Southern trains will go to
Jacksonville, Tampa. ST Petersburg
and Sarasota by way of Atlanta or
Colum bia and Savannah. Tickets will
be good on all regular trains.
The Atlantic Coast Line train will
go via Charleston and Savannah.
Tickets are good today on the trains
leaving here this morning at Sis
o o'clock and at 6:35 this evening.
The Seaboard Air Line trains leave
at 1880 o'clock this afternoon and
s:35 tonight. A large number of
Richmonders will take advantage of
the low rates to make the trip and
many extra Pullman cars will be OPP
Grated by all of the railroads.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-26
FUNERAL HERE TODAY
Of COLONEL PURCELL
services VIII he In Holy Trinity
Church at 4 O'Clock This
Afternoon.

The funeral of Colonel John B. Pur-
cell. president of the First National
Bank, whose death occurred Sunday
In Lexington, and whose body arrived
In Richmond yesterday afternoon, will
be conducted at 4 o'clock this after.
noon from Holy Trinity Episcopal
Church
The pallbearers will be:
Active-James Ball. Alex Ryland r.
7. Gwathmey. T. Norman Jones. Jr.
Walter Claiborne. Beverly Randolph
Hampden Chamberlayne, George Glib
son.
Honorary-Colonel Archer Ander-
son, Decatur Axtell. w. s. Archer. Gem
erai c. J. Anderson w. NJ. Addison
George Bryan. Colonel w. Miles Cary
DR.. C. V. Darlington. Judge B. T
Crump, H. L. Cabell. r. NJ. Darlington
T. A. Cary. Judge George l.. Christian
S. d. Crenshaw, Charles Davenport, G.
A. Davenport. F. D. Dunlop, John C.
Easley. o. H. Funston. J. B. Harvie
S. II. Halves. W. NJ. Habifston, George
A. Holderness. Eppa Hunton Jr.. j
- Joplin, n. w. Jackson, q. watson
James, Conway Knox. H. e. Litchford
e. @. Leigh Jr.. Colonel W. Gordon
McCabe. w. r. Meredith, L. e. Morris
John NJ. Miller. Jr., O. s. Morton. F.
E. Noting. Bishop D. ]. OConnell
Colonel w. Fl. Palmer. L. r. Page. VIII
liam T. Reed. Augustine Royal. z. A
Saunders, Jr.. Arthur Scrivenor James
F. Smith. r. II. Smith. l. Stern. F. Sit.
terding. Charles Selden George W
Stevens. Edgar D. Taylor. John NJ. Tay-
Tor, 8 W. Travers. James G.. Tineley
Judge Edmund Waddill Jr, William
H white. r. b. Wood, B. Rand Well,
ford, Thomas s. Wheelwright, F. d
Williams, John T. Wilson, T c. vii
Nams Jr. Coleman WORKMAN, II. w
Wood. w. p. Shelton.
AS one mark OF respect to the mem
DRY OF Colonel Purcell the flag on the
First National Bank was at hslf-stan
yesterday and last night The board
of directors of the bank. the Ciearin z
House Association and the Chamber oil
Commerce. of which organizations Col
onel Purcell had been president. Will
have meetings and adopt suitable res
olutions.
These organizations and others In
which he occupied prominent places
during his lifetime. will be represented
at the funeral services this afternoon
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-26

organized greed and democracy over
all.
THE Federal reserve act, the axrf-
cultural extension act and others es-
sential to the well-being Of the many.
are the fruits of the present admins
tration
Richmond has received immeasur-
able benefits and Is asking for fur-
Their consideration in the location OF
the armor plant and increased appro-
priation for deepening James River.
we can only hope for these great
things through a Democratic admins
tration.
What are you giving him?
How much does 1t mean to you
that business is no longer at the mer-
cy of panics, that credit and enter
prise have been released from cap
tivity. that the standards of America
are now the standards of civilization
and that the heart Of the land is not
torn by the wailing of widows and
orphans. the slow shuffling OF the
blind and the manned?
-Four years ago S9,s54 Americans
contributed to Woodrow Wilson's cam
paign fund. 1t was the dollars OF the
many that financed thu campaign.
1T was a new idea--a great idea.
1t was an emancipation proclamation
that took elections off the auction
block. that took candidates away
from the back doors and back rooms.
Strengthen Richmond's position
and Wilson'S chances by sending your
contribution today"
All contributions should be mailed
to O. J. Sands, treasurer. American
National Bank building.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-26
MESSENGER BUILDING
SOON MAY BE RESTORED

While no one directly interested in
the preservation o. the old Messenger
building at Efficiently and Main
Streets where Edgar Allan Poe did
his first editorial work has conferred
with Building inspector Butler Mr.
Butler stated yesterday thar he would
hold of proceedings in the case until
Wednesday. The property owners are
anxious to proceed with the removal
OF the dangerous bui d -ng. SD WORK
may proceed with the erection Of new
structures. BY consent of AIessrs
Cheatwood. Ellsner ana Bi,lups who
own adjoining property. the work OF
raztng will be suspended until to-
morrow
II Is the purpose OF those intereste d
to remove the '.uilsilng and restore
Il in some convenient place. Photo
graphs and measurements will be
taken in the meantime
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-26
GREAT ACTIVITY
At STATE FAIR OFFICES
ders to the Miniature Office
boy.

score of clerks are busy this week
at state Fair headquarters in Mutual
Building winding up preliminary busi-
ness incidental to the getaway from
the building to the fair grounds next
week.
The offices resemble the show rooms
of big department store. with the
rush and the hustle, and system pre-
vailing withal. Every one has his and
her specific business to attend to. Man
ager Saunders right hand man, Blair
Meanley. who knows as much about
such matters as any man In the coun-
try, Is up to his ears In business.
What with the amusement bookings.
the race entries. the closing OF con-
tracts for space the farm product.
the poultry and stock entries piled
as high as your head. there is some
work going on.
All hands are enthusiastic They
are working with the ginger which
makes success OF every effort, and they
are happy over the outlook for the
greatest exposition ever pulled off by
the association.
Even Chief Counsel Judge Leigh r.
Page Is beaming. Director j. r. An
derson has passed that stage. He is
constantly shuckling with glee. while
Director Spilman has almost given up
his own private affairs to get busy
with the stock department. of which
he has been director for a number OF
years.
The committee having Automobile
Day" In charge reported great prog
ress last night. Autoists from every
section are coming to-the big lair
Some of them will come by road from
New England and the Far West. while
others will come from the South.
A trip 10 headquarters any old hour
will do one good.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-26
|INTERMENT OF. B|SH0 !
PETtRk|A HERE TON
Funeral at Parkersburg w. Va -
terday--Bishops Gibson. BrUvwn e
and Tucker to OMiciate.

Following funeral services at IN
late home in Parkersburg, w. Va, yens
terday afternoon the funeral pak<N
escorting the body of Bishop Geor94
William Peterkin left for this citye
The body of the bishop will reae1
Richmond at 12:4o o'clock this aftef<
noon, over the Seaboard Air Line
Railway. and II will be taken from
Main-Street Station, Immediately ~
Hollywood Cemetery. where with slime
pie ceremony, it will be inferred ~
the Peterkin plot. a
Services will be conducted at tina
grave by Bishop Gibson. assisted BIZ
Bishop Coadjutor w. c. Brown ans
Bishop Tucker. of Norfolk. The palf~
bearers will be members of the EpiS-|
copal clergy of this city %1
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-26
DELEGATES co AFTER
NATIONAL CONVENTION
Mitchell and Dabney Leave For Gin
Cinnati to Attend Meeting of
Carriage Builders.

Alderman John Mitchell. of the
Advertising Committee OF City Coun-
ell, and w. T. Dabney. of the Cham
BERT of Commerce. left yesterday for
Cincinnati. where they 60 to make
an effort to secure the next annual
convention OF the National Carriage
Builders and Supply Men. which
meets In that city this week.
From assurances from delegates
from various sections. Richmond has
a splendid chance to secure the con-
vention for next year This Is one
OF the large bodies. and will bring
an interesting convention here.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-26

DR.. H d. C. Maclachlan, pastor IN
the Seventh-Street Christian ChurcMs
will deliver his sermon on Wins10Ms
Churchilrs celebrated novel, The 1n~
side of the Cup" before the TuesdAyl
Club of the Railroad Y. NJ. c. A. TO-
day at l p. NJ.
The Committee of Management 81
Mr.. f w Grice, assistant to tn
president of the c. & o.. Is chairma4
held its regular meeting in the RAIN
road Y. NJ c. A. building yesterday
at $40 P. NJ. Supper was served A4
$50 after which the committee 60
tered upon the transaction OF bus
ness. 100
The first meeting of the Chrisf1o4
Workers Training Club will be hea3
in the railroad association butldim0
this evening at O'Clock. Secretary:
s. L. Thomas will conduct the meet
ing, which will be held weekly.
DR.. F. c. Caldwell, of Union The
illogical Seminary. and Mr.. n. 81
Scott. field secretary of the VirGiniM
Conference. Methodist Episcopak
Church, South, will speak at the Sum
day School Institute at the Rai1roA4
Y. NJ. C. A. this evening at $50.
Work began in earnest yesterday 81
the Seabrooke Warehouse propeftxS
which will be converted into q play
ground for the children of the Oh
Market section. It will take ten dms
to clear the stones and rubbish on tn
lot after which the lot will be fenco6S
and the playground apparatus insta1t
ed as quickly as possible. VI
Twenty-one apprentices have oMS
rolled in the course in mechantCm4
drawing which the Railroad X.
c. A. is Offering to railroad appreM
tees fire OF charge. The class held r.
second meeting last night at 1:9N9
Mr.. J. Horace Brown, OF John 49,
shall, is instructor. als@#
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-26
ZIONIST INSTITUTE
WILL OPEN ON SUNDAY

The formal opening of the Zionis.
Institute for the session OF 1s16-17
will occur on Sunday. October /. with
"a sacred concert and moving pictures
az the Theato. Fifth and Broad streets
The institute. was organized last
year and Is devoting its energies 70
the field of religious and social en-
beavers
The work of the institute consists
as follows:
Hebrew and Yiddish fresh-air school
for boys and girls: religious instruc-
tons along the lines OF congressional
Jewish customs and rituals; kosher
cooking national embroidery and
special national club work among the
children residing within the neighbor.
hood.
Besides the work among the chill
dren very novel and unique activities
has been Instituted, among them be-
ing the revival of ancient and beau.
tiful Jewish customs. as the Public
Sedar. Slichoth Festivals and Succoth
celebrations in which the whole Jew
ish Othordox colony has cheerfully
participated.
The sacred concerts and motion pic
lures on Sundays have proven a great
success last year and will he repeated
TINS year, commencing OCTOBER l. al
the Theato. Fifth and Broad streets
due TO the generosity of Mr.. Tony
who has offered the theater free OF
charge.
Performances will be given at ;
p. NJ. for children. and at 1880 p NJ
for adults.
The following pictures have beer
engaged: The Life OF Moses; Joseph
and his brethren: Saul and David
The Melting Pot; Bleeding Hearts; A
Daughter In Israel; The Coming OF
Columbus. etc. The public is cor.
daily invited.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-26
THE WEATHER
(United states Department q
Agriculture. Weather BureAu.)


Washington. Sept. 25.-In the Mid
die Atlantic States the weather will
be fair. with rising temperature Tues
day and Wednesday. In the South
Atlantic and East Gulf States the
weather will be fair without material
change in temperature Tuesday and
Wednesday. In the lower Ohio and
lower Mississippi Valleys the weather
will be overcast with probably local
showers Tuesday and Wednesday
Forecast for Virginia and North
Carolina-Fair Tuesday and probably
Wednesday.
Local Temperature Yesterday.
- noon temperature .... 72
= p. n. temperature -. .., rs
p. NJ. temperature .......... IS
Maximum temperature to p. NJ 20
Minimum temperature to 8 p NJ 40
Mean temperature ,........... So
Normal temperature -. ... IS
Deficiency in temperature yester-
day .<.... s
Deficiency in temperature since
January ......... .... 49,. 1876
Local Rainfall.
Rainfall last twelve hours $500. o
Rainfall last twenty-four hours. o
Deficiency in rainfall since March
Deficiency in rainfall since jan
nary 1........ =. ...... 1.sa
Issal Osservatiea NJ p. N. Yesterday.
Xomporaturo ....-. ......... -
I Auml0lSy S3...s.. 49,. s......... -
d. Lii seton go. ........k- ~
s nj. Il . sss'g !;
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-26
CAPTAIN A. VI. SHIPP
FINED FOR SPEEDING

Captain A. VI. Ship. mustering-in
officer at Camp Stuart, was fined $40
yesterday by Magistrate Puryear. In
Henrico Court, for auto speeding on
Saturday. He paid the fine without
protest Other speeders caught in
officer Iawrence's dragnet were:
Z. w. Durrett, s25; S. H. Lewis. $40;
w N. Barbee, $40, and E. Ebert. SIS.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-26
FYrsmen Get Check.

The Richmond Dairy Company yes
terday handed to Secretary L. s. Jones,
Of the Fire Department a check for
s25 in recognition of the good work
of the department in saving the sta
BILE of the concern from destruction
when the Cosby junk shop was dam
aged ten days ago. The money will
go to the Firemen's Aid Association
fund
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-05
FIGHT PLATINUM FRAUDS.
jewelers. Seek Legislation for Marking
Precious Metal

NEW YORK, Feb. ). - Substitutes
for platinum are becoming 50 numer-
Gus that the National Jewellers
Board Of Trade has decided to seek
legislation providing that all alloys of
the precious metal Be- marked as such.
There are national and state laws al
plying to the marking Of the grade Of
gold and silver, and now that plati-
mum IS worth at least five times as
much as the yellow metal the jewellers
think it should come under the same
rules.
The practice of foisting the fraudu-
lent compounds onto the public under
a false name has become such an
abuse that the jewelers. are up il
arms. One Of the best known subsfi-
tutes is white gold. which usually con
sists Of 10 parts of gold and four Of
palladium, with other material for
hardening purposes. This is worth $50
an ounce, as compared with the price
! of pure platinum, which varies from
/ 500 to SOP an ounce Another ALLOW is
known as "333, which contains a
I small percentage of platinum, with
| tin and other metals
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-05
BEATEN BY VERMONT BOY.
Michigan's Champion Potato Grower
Raised Less Than Roy Wilcox.

In the current issue of Leslie 5
Weekly on the page entitled People
Talked About is the picture of Howard
LaF'rance, of Hersey, Mich, and the
brief explanatory note below the pic
ture states that this young boy raised
30 bushels Of potatoes on half an
acre of ground last summer and has
been awarded a scholarship at the
Michigan Agricultural college, paid
for by the state. His home county,
Osceoia, will pay his expenses at col
lege for two years.
Now there is a boy who lives in
Georgia, VT, and who attends the high
school in st. Adams who last summer
beat the Michigans boy s record by
80 bushels to half acre or 90 to the
acre. This boy is Roy Wilcox. who
won first prize in the recent potato
growing contest, most of the prizes
for which were given by the st. Al
bans Business and Professional Men s
association. SO far as known Mr. Will
cox is the champion potato grower
of Vermont.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-05
WEST NORTHFIELD, MASS.

Mrs. H. V Martineau is i'll and Mrs.
Eva Smart is helping her.
\ party went to Vernon Tuesday
evening to the old folks dance, Mr..
Wilson taking them.
Mrs f. A. Leavitt went to Worces-
ter Monday to attend the wedding of
a niece and to visit friends.
Cecil Wilson went to Boston last
week to see sister who was going
soon to Los Angeles, Calf.
Harry Gray and family moved back
to Brattleboro the first of the week.
They lived at the South Vernon House
the past few months.
Mrs. Harriet Johnson, who is with
her son, T. w. Johnson, this winter,
has been i'll with the grip over a week,
but is some better now.
Fred Bassett was taken to the Me
mortal hospital last week for treat
ment. Miss Ellen Johnson was taken
there Sunday. She had been i'll sever
al days with appendicitis.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-05
THIRD MAN ARRESTED.
L. Hans, Lumberjack, Alleged to Be
Connected with Burglaries.

RUTLAND, Feb. "a lumberjaek,
who goes by the name Of L. Hans, was
arrested Thursday night by Deputy
Sheriff Pascal Rieci and Deputy
Sheriff David \. Barker on a warrant
issued on complaint Of States Attor-
ney c. Y Poulin of this city charging
him with completely with George Par
ron of Orwell and Joseph Martin of
this city, both under arrest, in burgla-
ries at the w. F. Byrne store at Center
Rutland and the y. NJ. Burr store in
the town of Rutland recently. Hans
is confined at the city Jail, waiting to
be interviewed b. the officers. 1t has
not yet been decided when the three
respondents viii be arraigned III city
court.
1t is believed that Hans can be
shown to have had some part in the
distribution of the spoils even if he
is not convicted of the actual bur
glaries.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-05

I have this sorrowful knowledge of
one instance at least where such a
thing was only too true.
The wind during June, July and
August of 1916 was continuously from
the north, and it blew fiercely and
cold Farmers wore heavy overcoats
and mittens while about their work
every day during these months. There
was but little use of planting any
thing, nothing grew to speak of, but
they did plant corn as usual, and
planted with mittens on.
Ice and Snow in August.
There was very little rain during
the entire season. The great piles of
firewood that always accumulated dur
ing the summer months at the farm
house back doors in readiness for
winter didn t accumulate in 1916.
They were needed for current use.
July was colder even than June, and
August was colder than July Ice half
an inch thick formed in July, but in
August it froze an inch and more
There was a heavy snowstorm on Aug
ust 80 The whole summer was bleak
and dreary as November. There was
not green thing to be seen anywhere
The first two weeks in September
brought the first real warm weather
there had been during the year. Their.
mometers registered up to 20 degrees
which was % degrees warmer than il
| had been since May.
| The general opinion had been thai
the cause of the cold summer was {
sudden and rapid cooling of the SUI
| by some violent disturbance, and many
believed that the end of all thing
was at hand. The appearance 0.
the warm spell in September
though, dispelled that fear for tim
but on the 10th of the month the col,
weather returned suddenly and the
calamity believers were once NOR
made miserable b. their old fear. On
/ old man, james Gooding by name, wa
so hopeless over the prospect that h
killed all his cattle and then hange
himself after vainly trying to Undue
more a bushel.
Cold increased from the middle 0
September until winter returned, an
it may truly be said that in Vernon
at least, the year 1916 had neithe
spring. summer nor autumn. Their
WASH It grain grown enough that yea
to seed the next year, and those VIII
were lucky enough to have more tina
they wanted for their own use. ha
no difficulty in selling it for So an
his wife to make way with hersel
; also, to escape the terrible and gradl
al death by freezing and starvatio
which he believed was TO be the con
mon doom.