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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-30
"FII;I:" Is SPREADING. SAYS
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS

Tho general situation" said Health
Commissioner Williams yesterday, re
svmblcs that in which 1t fire is spread
ing from the sparks Of the original
con iiagration. As long as the fire was
confined To New YORK at season when
there We're comparatively few children
passing between tins state and New
York, we OF course. viewed IT with
profound sympathy, hut without grave
apprehension. 1t was reasonable to
supposc that the fire would burn it
self out--pathctic though its consc-
qucuces were.
In recent weeks, as the outbreak
has begun t" decline in New York. II
has spread North and South. just as
the sparks are carried from "A fire.
These sparks in turn, have started
new fires Of cpidcnics, some OF which
are close 10 Virginia. II is these we
are watching, and IL is from these that
We expect troublc. if any comes. The
'hTc' rs getting close to our block and
u ~ time In take precautions tina; were
f'latFc!y unnecessary 80 long the
arc was confined 10 Ncw York City.
Another factor in the situation
which makes this the most important
tlinc for precautions is that Virrini:,
children who have been summcrinr in
tho North are beginning to return
horn" We had no statistics az to tho
/ number Of these children when we de-
ciar"d quarantine. but We can see from
/ the requests aud appeals made to the
I hoard during the last few days tina,
TIL" nunhcr Is large. The schools arc
/ so": 10 oDen: ~" vacation p"riod is III
AN end For one child that came
south during the first weeks in Aug
lust there will probably ho ton who
come during the nrst weeks In Sep
| t"mbcr. AZ som" Of these have doubt.
less been exposed to tho disease, tho
state must be protected against them
/ This IL peculiarly tn" time for doing so
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-30
All. CHILDREN WILL.

All children will he questioned ana
when il appears that the passenger
has come directly or indirectly from
any one Of The three states aEa'ns'
which the quarantine has Seen ne,
,.lared. agents viii refuse 10 sen
tickets and conductors Will refuse to
accept cash fare for transportation.
The regulations do not affect travellers
from any other than the ihre" states
that have been barred--New York;
PENNSYLVANIA and New JcrseE Chil-
drcn under sixteen from any u these
Infected states may pass through Nir-
rinia. providing that they do 50 by
first connections, and do not dctrain
longer than is necessary &c make CON
nections.
Though the quarantine seems TO be
effective. the state Board Of Health is
watching with grave concern the ten
dcucy of the epidemic 10 work its way
10 the South. The mere fact the board
thinks. that the disease is becoming
less prevalent in New York City is no
guarantee that the states to the south
OF New YORK vii. escape it's rava%es.
Recent outbreaks are close To Viz
pTriu
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-30
MONCURE WILL WITNESS
NOTIFICATION OF WILSON
Accepts Invitation TO lie I'rc.cnt nj Ex-
crcIs~s Saturday Mt "Shnd0w
Lawn

Collector OF Internal Rcvenuc r. G.
l.. Moncurs yesterday received an in
Nitdtion To be present at the ceremonies
on next Saturday afternoon incident
!" the formal notification OF President
wilson of his denomination by tho
Democratic party for the presidency.
Collector MonCurc WAS in Norfolk ut
tho time attending to the auction OF
the seizures Of !ntoXicautS and other
products offered for sale in violation
Of Federal statute. lie was informed
OF tn" Invitation. and. by long distance
telephone. replied that he would attend
the notification ceremony.
The exercises nr" to he held nj
shadow Lawn President Wilson's
summer home, IN Long Branch. " j.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-30
Must Ite,novc CITY stnnrc,

superintendent; Cohn. or tho Street
Clearing Department, was yesterday
directed by the Administrative Hoard
20 Vacate the stables Ut the state Fai.
Grounds. now being oocumod by his
department.. as soon aa Doas.uIo SIN.
Conn said that lac eHuc.fsG to c.,,,-
tor portion OF the W,s EaG ln.t..
and carts in Barton Hcfhtg O,tor.
VIII be taken 10 the city Stabics Il,
Fifteenth and Marshal! S,rcetg.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-30
CoMPANN'S PHYSICIANS
TO MEET ALL SUSPECTS

Where persons board trains or for
rieS q, points outside the state OF
virginia with or without tickets, ana
the conductor or pursor has rcaSonanle
ground to suspect that such person.
is suffering from infantile paralysis,
tho conductor or purser is instructed
TO wire the nearest company physician.
requesting him - meet the train ana
examine such person.
Where tho physician ccrtifcs ;hat a
,erson is suffering from infantile pa
ralysis. ,he person will b" r"q"ired 70
l.avo the train before il enters me
STAT. a.: virginia, or NJ IN" hrSt S''-
ton after being discovered where ne
NAY h.. cared for properly. In sue@
rasns The conductor or purser - m
s,ructed to notify tho local health a"-
,bori,ies Immediately.
should the sick person %" a chiid
,,1ar tho age of sixteen years, NOT
arrn,npnnicd by an adult the station
arcnt is instructed TO telegraph ms
division superintendent for Specinc IN
rtructious. and in tho meaniims |"
safeguard and care for such rhlia a,
tn. compauy's expense unu! INC chiiu
Is taken i'm charge by the local near II
authorities OF other RESPONSIVE P"F''tS'
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-30
Negroes skull Frnctured.

John Anderson. colorcd, was reported
III serious condition At Virginia Hos
pital last night as a result OF an as
sault said TO have been suffered at
the hands OF Charles Akers 1t Is
alleged that Akers struck Anderson
over the head with piece Of iron pipe
while they were in "a stable near Mon
roe and Broad Streets. He was treated
by an ambulance surgeon. who found
that the skull had been fractured
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-30
y. Il w. Reycnu.. p;..

|pGLa'InE revenues Of tho Norfolk
ard western Railway for Tho mann,
'uiH aggregated $4S45l2O, as CON-.
pared with $i,fG7,34i for the same
month Of last year. showing An ~
crease or $277.776. according 70 firurcs
'H"Me pnbltc yesterday hy Comptroller
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-30
RAILROAD T|E-UP STRIKES
At C|TY'S COAL SUPPLY
Dealers Announce Increase uf % TO
80 Cents IL Ton, beginning
Friday.
NO GUARANTEE or DELIVERY
Municipal Gas Plant Is Supplied by
Contract. Which Protects Dealer
in Event OF Strikc-Situution Is
Viewed With Concern.

Shortage OF cars. scarcity Of labor
and an impending national strike OF
ABROAD employees on September J.,
threaten the coal supply OF Richmond.
Local dealers arc looking forward to
aud preparing for cvcntual'ticS bc-
ginning on Friday, prices on coal viii
advance from - to 80 cents II ton. Ec-
cause of shortage al the mines ana
slow hauling those who order now may
receive a sufficient supply for tho win.
ter or lie pro rated as deliveries ar
rive
Hauling on account Of car shortage.
is already SLOW. There Is Il sufficient
supply Of coal iu kichmoud for pres
cnt needs il * stated, hut there Is no
f"rctclling what may occur should the
strike come. The city schools arc as
surcd II supply up To December /. Tho
city departments. supplied under con-
tract. carr practically no surplus
and receive their coal day by day. Tho
same condition exists among the hos.
pitfalls
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-30
SCHOOLS To ALLOW CREDIT
FOR HOME BIBLE STUDY
state Board OF Education Approves
Plan Followed In Other
States.
ADOPTION WILL BE OPTIONAL
One Unit to BE Allowed for Course
Upon Examinations Treating Only
Literary and Historical Aspect OF
Scriptures.

The state Board of Education yes
tcrday approved IA plan under which
high school students may receive
credit of one unit for Bible study pur-
sued at home 81 under the auspices Of
the religious denomination with which
they are affiliated. The adoption Of tho
plan by the high schools OF the State
will be purely optional.
The scheme provides for four full
courses. two in the old Testament
and two in the New Testament. The
boards Bible study committee has pre-
pared a full outline of the work which
will be supplied to schools taking adj
vantage of the new rule.
Credit for Bible work will be AL
lowed only upon the successful com
pletion Of examinations prescribed by
the State board. The tests will treat
the Bible from historical and literary
standDoints only
NONSECTARiAN COMMITTEE
RESPONSIVENESS BIBLE PLAN
The committees which recommended
the plan is composed of the following
members: DR.. W. NJ. Forrest. of the
University of Virginia; Dr. r. +. Black
well. president OF Randolph Macon
College; pr j. G. Metcalf Of Rich
president of the Richmond school
Board: Rev. George =. Mayo. OF Dyke,
and Father Charles. Of Bcnedictine
College, Richmond.
Upon motion Of superintendent
Stearncs the board decided to allow n
more elastic course Of study in the
high schools. Instead Of eleven. only
eight subjects will be required, the re-
manning eight being elective. Moth
ing in this change will prevent local
school authorities from requiring any
subjects in the course outlined by the
State for high schools.
Twenty-Five high schools in various
sections OF the State were added to tho
official list Of accredited schools
The board was unanimous in in
dorsinG the measures recently adopted
by the State Board of Health. for pro-
lection against infantile paralysis. and
requested local school officials to carry
out these regulations.
y large number OF applications for
loans for new school buildings were
disposed OF j. n. Binforh was named
as acting secretary in the place of Evan
r. Chesterman. who is i'll and on leave
| of absence
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-30
SOUTHERN FOLLOWS
ACTION OF H., T.. & +.

The Southern Railway. following an
I extended conference yesterday in
Washington, announced that il was
, taking the same action as the Rich-
mond. fredericksburg and Potomac. 1t
Will he impossihlc. however for the
Southern to hold its trains hut con-
ductors were ordered to use unusual
precautions against accepting passcn-
gers At points at which they might be
expected TO make connections from the
barred states. Both roads have sent
broadcast over their systems placards
carrying the proclamation of the state
Board OF Health. together with tho
special instructions and the forms Of
health certificates.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Yesterday issued detailed instructions
TO all ticket agents. train conductors
and ferry purScrs. Ticket agents out
side the State of Virginia were in
strmcied to decline TO sci! tickets to
points in the state to any person SUI
FERNS: from or who is suspected Of
suffering from infautilc PARALYSIS.
Where there is reasonable grounds for
such suspicion. the person rs t" he
referred Ny tho station agent To the
nearest physician FOR Il health ccrtih-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-30
RAILROADS PLACING
HEAVY COAL OuDI,, =

That coal shortage is expected +,
indicated in the fact that carly orders
are being placed by railroad officials
acquainted with conditions in the coal
telds of West Virginia, where mining
operations were interrupted by the
Cabin Creek flood. and in pcunsv1-
vania. whore operations were halted
by strike and are now hampcred by
me departure Of miners of alien race
TO light under their respective flags
Inc tendency towards higher prices
is Indicated all over the country. In
ChlcaS" concessions upon spot coal
nave ceased 10 exist and at leas, in
one case premium of % cents has
been asked. Efforts OF some or no
troits large coal users to add to their
reserve stock of steam coal arc han
dlcapped by deficiency in car SUNNY
and the Detroit Public Lighting COW.
mission instead of receiving four car
loahs daily is averaging about one car
i dhN. In philadelphia there is prac.
'tcaiiN no coal 10 be had at the loading
piers for spot market trade Prod,,c.
uon in the Cabin Creek coal section
OF west Virginia was decreased by t,s
mood Icy 100000 tons. and the oper,
TORS arc now making every effort :,
catch up with the deficiency.
II the situation does not become mora
serious it's believed by the local deal.
e'S 'hat The demand in Richmond ear
| ne met If the railroads are tied ur
| W St:ikc. II was agreed, there vii
| chS"e Il shortage of roal that will h.
! icN ny every Individual and industr,
in the city.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-30
GAS PLANT WOULD BE
SERIOUSLY EMBARRASSED

The City Gas Department would he
among the first TO he seriously en-
barraSscd by coal shortage. The
plant carries no surplus, and il opcr-
atins: on a hand TO mouth" basis, con-
Stunning the installmcnt that is dclv-
cred every few days by the firm that
has the contract, just about the time
another delivery is due.
In the event OF tic-up." said Su-
pcrintrndcni Knowles last night. the
Gas Department would fare like every
body else Its contract contains the
usual strike clause While it is de-
signed 10 provide the gas plant with
coal sufficient for its needs until May
l. 1871 II IS by no means an absolute
guarantee Wh-n The supply is cut Off
To other Industries our supply will bo
cut too
should a shortage occur we would
fall back on our coke supply and
make water gas as long as the coke
lasts When that is consumed and coal
is not I" he had. there will bc nothing
to do but shut down. We would prob
ably have enough coke to run the
plant a month before a crisis came
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-30
CITY Engineer Out

city Engineer Boiling. who has been
confined To his home for several DAYS
on account Of illness. was able to re-
."rh I" ms duties at the City Hall yes
tcrday.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-30
Nrrcxtcd ON Street Car

= y. Hector colorcd. was arrested
by Sergeant Wh!tlock and Policemen
Cltn" and Inman last nipht on charge
OF being disordcrly on a street car.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-30
Chnr-c Ucc,,Ics. Driyiuu

Jake Nolask! WAS arrested yesterday
afternoon by Policeman Brown on Il
charge Of recklessly driving horse
through the streets.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-30
CAN'T STOP EN-
Headers Insist on ~cudiuu S,n More Pm,
Ice Fund. tI,houri the
Treasury Is Full

ne Times Dispatch received $40 v.s.
'tIaaE Tor the benefit Of the leo Mia
sion The total amount receiver ,his
summer IS Si,&l3.a5. Announcement
"T 1ndo" Monday by the chairman az
tAs mission that the fund on -, 81 ~
W.. he efficient TO meet al need
te;day'h contributions were as
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-30
HOTELS AND INDINID,tIS
IN SAME ruEDICt NEWT

Hotels may find themselves in the
sam" rredicament as the city Depart
la"ntS II present delivery is still fur
'hcr hamp"red. and the domestic con
SWln"rS, most Of whom have deliveries
twice during the season. arc likely to
De as seriously Inconvenience
iirc:,uSe OF the car shortage accord
ing I" the leading coal trade Journals.
Inc mines. rs a rule. are not takin:;
on new business except at premium
over the regular prices and the de-
mand ~ now exceeding the supply
We arc sure" said +. T. Murphy.
OF r. T. Murphy X Son yesterday,
that orr supply will compare with
that OF any dealer in the country. and
we nope TO be able TO take care Of our
uSnai business. The advance in price
takes place on September /. but We
don't see that there is any reason why
"" VIII not he able 10 I'LL our usual
demand unless something unusual ham
pens strike OF the railroad en-
pioNceS. however, would seriously cur
tail the supply"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-30
RAILROADS PRESCRIBE
STRINGENT PLAGUE RULES
Issue Orders to Conductors and
Ticket Agents in Furthcr-
anCc Of Quarantine.
STATE MAINTAINS CLOSE wATCn
Abatement OF InfantiIc Paralysis
SCourgc i'm New York No Reason
for Feeling Secure, Warns Health
Commissioners.

Thorough enforcement of the 0,laran-
tine declared by the state Board OF
Health L. protect NirGiuia against in
fautiic paralysis is assured. SO far us
tho railroads entering the State is
concerned. Instructions having been is
sued yesterday to conductors and tick ct
AGENTS through the state and country
advising them under what conditions
children under sixteen years OF arc
could secure transportation into Nir-
E inia. Special instructions instruct
railway employees what to do in tho
event that 4 suspected person should
lie discovered.
The Richmond. Frederick hurc and
Potomac Rajroad will cndcavor to pre-
vent suspected persons from passing
through the gates at the Union sta
ton III Washington. The trains Of this
road Viii hc held for several minutes
in Washington while the conductors
pass through them for an inspection
OF tho passengers. Suspected persons
VIII hr removed from the train.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-03-03
SCARCITY OF FARM LABOR,

One of the difficulties which will be
experienced by farmers the coming
season more than in previous years,
is the scarcity of farm labor lmmi-
grafton of this class of workers is
found to have decreased by about 90
p, r cent from what il was before the
war. This is matter in which all
farmers organizations will do well to
use their efforts in cooperation with
the State free employment bureaus and
other agencies interested in the distrib-
ution of help. There has never been a
time before when the difficulties in the
way of getting satisfactory farm workers
in sufficient numbers was as great as
now, The heavy foreign demand for
our fam products has caused increased
acerages TO be planted, and this, of
course, aggregates the help scarcity.
A nd the activity of large urban indus
tries, also due to the heavy export trade,
MAKE it much less easy TO recruit farm
labor from the cities.
The country farm bureaus will find
this Mt ed an important field foi their
endeavors and the division of Informal
ton of the federal bureau of immigra-
ton will be look ed to for the aid it may
afford the farmers. One effect of the
present experience will be to cause
farmers to seek these agencies of dis
tribution and rely less upon chance and
endeavors to adjust such diff
fl culties.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-03-03

getting rich. We believe they are good
rules for keeping out of debt rather
than for getting rich, They are
spend less than you earn; pay ready
money, never run in debt; never antlei-
pate certain profits by expanding them
before receiyedistart savings account,
Someone has also computed the
amount Of money which one will have
by systematic saving of a few cents
each day, If you persistently deposit
every week in the savings bank, as-
Stunning that the interest rate remains
at four per cent, the result will be
as follows; 81 week in five years
will be 1886, 90; in ten years S634, Ca
Five dollars a week in five years will
be 81, 43O, AZ, and in 10 years SO, 7l4,l0,
If everybody saved money for the
"rainy days" there would not be the
need for the agitation for a national
"pay.up" week, Everbodyy would be
paid up,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-03-03
SEPARATED FIFTEEN YEARS.

After nearly fifteen years separation,
during which there was no communica-
ton between the mother and her two
children, Miss Louise Brown of Will
Jamestown and her brother, Harold
Brown of Alburg, and their mother,
Mrs. Alice Brown Grant of Ellensburg
Depot, N. Y, are about to be reunited
at the last named place. Miss Brown
left Barre Monday morning for Alburg,
where she met her brother, and they
proceeded to Ellenburg Depot. Nearly
fifteen years ago the woman placed the
two very young children in the Warner
home at st. Adams and said she would
return for them in three weeks. The
officials of the home were never able to
locateher. Six years ago the girl was
placed in the home of o. B. Wood of
Georgia, now of Williamstown, and she
has made her home there until a year
ago, when she went away to work. The
latter has just received a letter from
her brother, enclosing a letter from
their mother, and this is the agency to
bring about their reunion.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-03-03
ADDISON co. AND THE PRIMARY
Burlington Free Press.

burlington FREE iGets.
Two influential citizens of Addison
county while in Burlington yesterday
expressed the opinion that their section
would favor the direct primary. One
of two, in speaking of the reasons for
desiring a chance said that Middlebury,
for example, might elect delegates to
the county convention on the strength
that they were for certain man for
States attorney, and the result was
that the Middlebury voters did not know
what candidate for senator, side judge,
sheriff, judge of probate, and so on,
they might be helping for all the other
positions on the ticket.
In the directprimary for county officers
the voters would elect all the candidates
themselves directly by voting to make
one man senator, another, assistant
judge, another, probate judge, another,
States attorney, another, sheriff, and
so on, through the whole list of nom-
tons.
The names of all candidates for the
republican nomination for each office,
for example, would be put on the primary
ballot, and the voters would have oppor-
tunity to make their own individual
choice for each individual office, the
same as in regular election, except
that they would be choosing from their
own party and nominating instead of
eecting.
That is correct, and what is true of
Addison county is true of Chittenden
and Washington and every other county
in the State as regards the nomination
of a county ticket. Sooner or later we
shall wonder why we did not use the
Australian BALLOT in primaries for the
voters directly long ago just as we now
wonder how we went without it so long
in elections.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-03-03

Elliott of the New Haven railroad sys'
TEN will not relax one bit In his efforts
to lnculcate in his $4,000 employees the
idea that safety is the first considera
ton in the operation of trains, Ever
since Elliott has been at the head of the
great system he has preached "safety"
first, last and all the time and for two
years ne was successful in securing that
safety, record Of two years of com
paratiye freedom from serious accident
having been broken by the Milford
wreck, Elliott is on the right effort,
He should not give 1t up,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-03-03
RESCUED BY DAUGHTER.

While Fred F. Crosby, who owns a
mill on the Putney road, Brattleboro,
was attempting to clear away the ice
from his dam Saturday, an ice jam
started and swept him over the dam.
He was rescued by his daughter and is
in badly bruised condition. The rain
fall for the "a hours ending Saturday
forenoon was more than three inches,
exceeding any other one days rainfall
in that locality in years. Brooks and
small streams overlooked their banks
and the West River branch of the
Central Vermont railroad was under
water between Brattleboro and West
Dummerston. The Connecticut river at
Brattleboro rose four feet, reaching its
maximum Saturday noon. A dam in
Milestone brook, back of the street
railroad car barn was washed out.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-03-03
HOME MISSIONARY.
Rutland News,


A murder in Sharon and a murderous
assault in Mendon inside of two days
brings Vermont into unsavory reputa-
tion again. Both crimes are outerop-
pings of the legitimate offspring Of the
same condition; Ignorance, Just plain,
low.down ignorance such as will be
found among the alcohol'drinking, hard
cider-soaked mountain whites" in the
rough, sparcely settled sections Of the
country everywhere, Both crimes en-
phasize the vital need Of what all news
papers and some educators notably
President John NJ, Thomas Of Middle
bury college have been contending for;
Home missionary.educat effort for
the reclamation of the neglected deni-
zens Of the waste places, This work is
of infinitely more immediate conse-
quence than missionary schools in China
and Siam.