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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-28
Ak WILL FALL FREELY
AMONG CITY EMPLOYEES
Because Of Scanty Appropriations in
budget, Board Gets Out
Pruning Hook
MANY SLATED TO LOSE JOBS
Engineering Department Will First
Feel Effects of Stringcncy In AIu-
nicipul Treasury-SlIilled and Tn
skilled Alike to Go.

Following the reduction III the
street Cleaning and Water Depart
mcntS to meet the decrease in the
amounts appropriated. the Administra-
tive Board will next turn it's attention
to The City Engineering Department.,
the number OF employees of which will
he reduced Ia meet the appropriation
given il by the Finance Committee in
this years budget.
1t is stated that the board will he
gin with the engineering force itself
and its clericn, help, and, after reduc-
ing that. go to the iaburing force
showing no partality between
skilled and unskillcd labor
During the last two years tho I'm
EineerinE Department has expended
s.. 600, 900 in street. alley and other i'm :
provement; hut this year tn. Finance
Committee appropriated only Sl5o.o0o
for street Improvement. and as a re-
suit, a greatly reduced force will he
able to handle the funds under the
supervision OF the Administrative
Board
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-28
ENGINE-R0OM SW'tMpsU
AND SHIP IL UNMhN NktEtBI.l.

The steamer had just passed A6-
niralty Pier ut Dover ana was oppo-
site Shakespeare Ciin When mn y plo-
sion shook her from cr,l l.. cnd She
lest cd Immediately 10 port rli-h seas
We're running. and tho captain tried to
iun the vessel aground. bui the engine
room was swampcd, ami the shin be-
came unnaIa Geaolc.
The plight OF The vessel wa ob e.
served. ana dozens o; craft went at
full speed TO her rescue. ono of them
the Eritish tanker Empress .: FOR,
William. OF 2.lSl tons. struck another
mine and sank nearby.
aboard tho Maloja every thinc possi-
bic Was done 10 get the passengers and
crew off All tho boats had already,
Been swung out before sl" struck. as
a pr"caution against accident. ana all
those aboard had sufficient time 10 pu,
on life belts, instruction in the use of
which had been given the previous
cv.n ming.
Boat after boat and q number @,
RATS We're sen, away. while several
persons lcapcd into the water and we're
picked up by the surrounding crafr.
t, was ~ iirst thought that al had
been saved. hut later bodies were
washed ashore, and their number was
gradually added to during tn, day.
owing 10 the fact that Dover is un-
dc !strict military law. il was possible
TO obtain only meagcr details from
those rescued. The captain said ,ha,
passengers and crew behaved snlcn-
diu!y
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-28
MAINTAIN SIMPLICITY
or OtU FOREFtTHEtS

Senator Harding WAS saying just
zoo. 100000 strong to act in the same
simplicity Of principle that our fore
fathers acted III when wc were 5000, 900
strong. ! heard somebody say do
not know the exact statistics-that the
present population OF The United States
is lUS. .UU00 900. If there are 5000. 00U
thinking the same things that the orig
viii! lie saved for an illusirious future.
They We're ready to stake everything for
an idea. and that idea was not rX-
pcdicncy, but justice. And The Infinite
difficulty OF public affairs. gentlemen. is
not TO discover the signs of the heaven
and the directions Of the wind. bur Ia
square the things YOU do hy the not
simple but complicated standards OF
justice. Justice has nothing TO do with
cNpcdiency. Justice has nothing to do
with any temporary standard whatever,
IL is rooted and grounded in the fund;,-
mental instincts OF humanity
America ought TO keep out Of this
war. She ought 10 keep ont of tho
war ut the sacrifice OF everything cX-
ccpt this single thing upon which
her character and history are founded
her sense OF humanity and justice.
II She sacrifices that. she has ceased
to be America: she has ceased TO en-
tcrtain and TO love the traditions which
have made us proud TO bc Americans:
Continued on Second paSc.)
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-28
FIVE BRITISH SHIPS
IS SUNDAYS TOLL
Four Sunk by Mines and One
Abandoned on Fire
at Sea.
SCORES OF LIVES ARE LOST
The Maloja and Empress of
Fort William Go Down Two
Miles Of Dover.
Estimates Dead al AZ
LONDON. TrnrWar, "1.-7hc Times
estimates tho Mniojn dcnd ut liz.
Uf whom IL. were LaScars.

DOVER. r'cbruary 2..-.The steam
Ship Maloja. Il l2.;3l-ton vessel belong
ing 10 the Pcninsml.r and cricuta,
steamship Company. STRUCK minc aud
sank within half-hour Two miles OF
Dover to-day More ,ham fort per-
sui, "f the accident.
Near -hy tho Malcja AZ the time ot the
;.ccidcut was the steamship Empress
of For, Wiiliam. Sh, hurried L" the
assistance of the stricken Maloia. met
"a similar fate and sank IN half an
hour
/, was day of casualties az sea.
Thrc" Other steamships We're lost,
making g total OF five.
Tho British mail steamer Meek len
hur.. OF the Zc.land Line. struck :,
min" on q voyage from Tilhury 10
Flushing. and went TO tho bottom. uf-
f"ials Of the line say that the pas
scur.rs and crew were saved.
'rhr steamship 1irrit. according to
official reports. mas been sunk" The
same report saws that seventeen sur
vivcrs have been landed. hut fails to
mention the fate Of The Others
rhe British steamship Su-v'cr from
Ncw York TO lIavi", has been ahan-
d"ncd at s"a. rhc :rcmbers Of the
crew are reported "a have been taken
off by another steamship.
The Maloja left Tiltury only yes.
tcrdar for bombay with mails. ia pas
song"rs OF all Glasses and crew NUM-
herring about 100, nlost Of them Las
cars. Other passengers vcr. To ;cin
ht chin Mar..ciiinS
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-28
FALL. OF DOUAUMONT
DESCRIBED ny GERMAN

Especial Gable to The Times Dispatch. ]
LONDON, February "S.--The Daily
Mail prints the following from its cor
respondent at Rotterdam:
y German war correspondent. de-
scribnG the alleged fall OF Fort Douau-
mont, says Il was entirely destroyed
by the concentrated fire OF twelve-inch
and sevcn,een-inch guns. which blew
the steel and concrete cupoias to fraE-
mcmts.
One fort nearby was blown up by
n heavy explosive she'll which pene-
tratcd the magazine.
"Hcforc the attack. hundreds OF Ger
man engineers had been constructing
roads for the conveyance OF the seven
tccn-inch guns.
French prisoners. dazed said the
terrific fire quickly made Fort Douau-
mont untenabic,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-28

The great battle raging around Ver-
dun in which 800. 900 men are engaged,
is still being fought at some points
with the same fury rs charactcrizcd
it several days ago. Champncnville.
TO the west. and the fortified works OF
Hardamont, TO the east Of Fort Douau.
mont. have been captured by the Ger
mans. Berlin also claims to have cap
tured the Cote -de-Talou. to the west
OF Douaumont. but. according TO the
French official statement. tho artillery
fire coming from both sides has rem
dered this position untenablc for
either French or Germans.
The French are hurling attack after
attack upon the Douaumont positions
held by the Germans, who are declared
TO he maintaining themselves there
with difficulty, but in the Woevre re-
eion, to the east OF Nerdun, the French
advanced posts have been withdrawn.
The losses on both sides arc mount
ing by tens of thousands. Tho Berlin
report puts the captures of unwounded
prisoners 10 date at $1,000.
Large rc-enforccments are being
brought up probably by both forces.
and il is reported that tho British lines
are being extended in Belgium and in
France. in order that troops may be
released for tho Verdun battle.
In the Nosges Mountains tho Ger
mans also started a heavy offensive
southeast Of Celles, but it was COM
plctely checked by the French. On the
other extreme end of the limo around
Ypres. a British attack was repuised
by the Germans.
Between scissors and Rheims a
vigorous bombardment has been car
ried out against the German positions.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-28
BERNSTOUTE' NAY PRESENT
INSTRIGTIOSS ORALI.N

Willie Count >on Bernsiorfl and other
officials OF the German embassy de-
clincd 20 discuss the instructions from
Berlin IN amy way. il is believed the
ambassador VIII present them orally to
Secretary Lansing Tomorrow
They will not. il Is said, take the
form Of "a not. unless Secretary i.anS-
inG desires il Coun, won E.rnstorff
received his Instructions iu reply TO
a request from the United States for
ASSURANCES regarding the ccnduc, of
submarine warfare III the future. oC
Casiorcd by Tho memorandum announce
ing the intention Of Germany TO sink
armed ships without warning. which
the administration considered 70 lie in
consistent with The assurances pre-
Viously given.
Regardless Of the form in which the
matter is presented 10 Secretary Lans-
ing, the German ambassador will lay
much stress upon the assurances re-
yarding the arming OF merchant ships
which were givc, to the United states
by Great Britain in memorandum
signed by Sir Cecil SprinG-Ricc the
British amba sSador. on August %,
1915. In this the British ambassador
wrote the following:
Il have been instructed a, the same
time by His MaJcsty's principal Sccre
tary Of State for Foreign Affairs to
give the United States government the
fullest assurances that British mcr-
chant vessels will never bc used for
purposes Of attack. that they are merely
~ peaceful traders. armed only for
defense. and that they will never fire
unless first fred upon. and that they
will never under any circumstances at
tack any vessel
Germany claims that Great Britain
has deliberately violated these assur
anccs. and Secretary Lansing will be
SO informed.
REALIZES WHERE RESTS
BURDEN OF PROOF
The Ecrlin government is said to
realize that should it sink an armed
Nship, upon il will rest the burden OF
proof regarding guns. but to contend
that upon the government owning the
ship would fall the burden Of proof
regarding the nonoffensive character
of the armament,
Ambassador Won Eernsiorf Is under
Stood TO have hecn given no instruc
tions 10 request from III" United States
a definition of what il considers under
existing conditions may he considered
defensive AZ .mcut. lie is understood
however. to have prepared TO discuss
the question with Secretary Lansing
',shouid it, hc brought up durin. the
coming conferences.
Confidential adviccs from Berlin in
dicate that the German government
might he willing TO treat as peaceful
merchantmen ships with armament so
light and 80 placed that il could not
possibly be used extensively. For in
stance, il was intimatcd that Germany
might should the United States insist
upon it, agree Ia grant immunity to
vessels armed with Il single one
ponnder. placed on the stern anG so
arranged that such a gun could swirg
CONTINUED on Second Pagc)
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-28
'.MISiC or FOOD
WIiCI:" ASKS OFFICIAL

AS The matter stands row said =,
city official yesterday. the question
is whether some of these poorer REQ.
pie would prefer music To food. with
me There could be no surh question.
unfortuuatc> who have lost their Jobs
YOU will mud that they Won't car. a
hang about music IN The parks .f you
give Them back their jobs. Music or
food which is il 10 be-"
The Administrative Board has AL
ready dropped Twenty-Five men f~,ni
the pay roll OF the Water Department.
ana sixteen from tho Street Cleaning
Department, making total OF forty
ON" mcU. most of them heads Of fam
lies who arc NOW without .mploy mcut
This numbcr win lie largely Increased
when tic pruning nook touches ;he
other departments, ana there viii IT,. n
wall greater thar that which forced
tho establishment OF the Employment
Bureau. In passing, il might be stated
that the pay roll nf the Employment
bureau is s.. i"D. and ,hn; 81 400 has
been appropriated toward its expense.
For streets generally the Ftua.lce
Committee appropriated sa06.S53.0o.
winch includes for unpaid bills brouuht
fn.ward from 1918. Sili,l6U.96 and for
streets in annexed territory. $ic.l9i OF
leaving balance To be expended OF
that with this limited amount. /; viii
be unable to spend money for improve
'ncnt OF sidewalks and alleys.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-28
CONTINUED on Second Paec.) }

THROUGH SIEErER T0.NEN ORLEANS
account Mard tiras lcavin; Rich ~!
+. M. FEBRUARY IS. VIA SOUTHERN RAIL
WAS. 32S5b round triD. Phone Mad. 272,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-28
MANY OLD EMPLOYEES
WILL. EEEI. Az FALL.

other departments will come in for
and in the next few weeks Richmond
will be confronted with II small army
of mcu. many OF whom have spent the
best years of their life in tie city's ser
vice. who are without employment.
The ma ujority Of them are married men.
with large families dependent upon
them. and unskillcd except in the sort
OF work they have performed for years.
most OF them are untitled for other
employment.
They will form a tax on the Employ
tics and on other relief organizations.
The Administrative Board can do moth
ing for them. for the board is com
PEELED TO live within the limit of the
funds appropriated to its use. And the
board is forbidden to come back to the
Finance Committee save for an cmcr-
Eency need.
II is Sisnihcunt that not withstand =
ing SO many are TO bc thrown out OF
employment. the city has appropria cd
81 600 for music in The parks This APP
mon Council 10y clyde Il. Raicl:nc, Of
Lee Ward, on the ground that ,hc
money would lac more Serviccabic If
turned over 10 the Street Cleaning De
p:,rtment. i!ut large majority dis
agreed with him, because, they said.
the poorer classes found this their
chief means Of enjoyment during thr
summer months
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-28
TNL,lS or NATIONS AFFAIRS
WITH UNUSUAL GRAN ITS

The President spoke of the nations $
affatrs with unusual gravity. Ills
hearers. including several hundred
members .! Congress, government Of
'i"ials. business men and corrcspvn- :
dents. were brought to their feet cheer
! ing when he concluded with these
words
n would he just as much ashamed to
be rash as | would to u" u coward.
Naior IL Sclf-rcspecting. Nalor is cir
cuInspcct. Nalor strikes only when IL
is right to strike Naior wi,hho!.ls
itself from all small implications and
entauglcIncnts. and waits for the great
opportunity when the sword will fash
as If il carried the light Of Heaven
upon it's blade
The address follows:
- have very little 10 say tonight,
except To express my warm apprecia :
ton of tho invariablc courtesy of this
club and Of the reception you have so
generously accorded me. Ind that |
am seldom tempted to say anything
nowadays unless somebody starts some
thing. and tonight nobody has started
anything.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-28
PASSENGERS FOR MOST
PART BRITISH OFFICIALS

III. y? sS.nSers were for the most
part British officials in the In'ian s.--
vice ;hc most in'omincnt being Judge
Olitcld. Of The Indian High Court
Only one OF the crew of the EinDress
OF Fort William was drowned
Up {" midnight the bodies landed
from the Maloia include eighteen men.
eleven women ana four children. in adj
ditiou to eleven Iascars. Among tn.
dead is Mrs. Mcleod. wife of General
Mcleod
1t vas about 10 o'clock in the morn
ing when the accident occurred The
Maloja was steaming down the sea
children playing on the decks and the
passengers carrying life belts in their
hands. suddenly there was a terrific
explosion.
Jus; before she went Ia the bottom
the vessel turned turtle, ana for a
few seconds the keel was visible hove
the surface. According To eycwit-
ncsscs. there was a second explosion.
and while under the water the vessel
riGhtrd herself the mas,s became
visible. and then she went down.
the captain and officers stuck by The
ship 10 the last Though all were
saved. not one of them left the shin i'm
the boats; they were all picked out
of Tho water
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-28
LOWERING or BOATS
DIRECTED BY CAPTAIN

The captain from the bridge directed
the lowering Of the boats. and called
on everybody To keep calm. and every
body ohcycd. though the scene immc-
diatcly after the explosion was one
sufficiently terrifying TO cause a panic.
several children were blown to pieces.
and the deck was covered with wreck
age and wounded. but there was no
sign of a panic.
Only few boats could be lowered.
and the heavy sea made the rescue
work difficult Tie majority OF those
saved were on RATS. of which the ship
carried large number. Most Of the
women and children lost their lives
owing TO the fact that one boat already
In the water drifted under another
which was being lowered and capsixed
The CAPTAIN remained ON the bridge
Continued on Second Page.)
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-28
III; WHO SEIFISHLY SEEKS
OFFICE ~ NUDtCIOUS FOO

" our talk. Mr.. ToaStma stcr. has been
great deal about candidacy for the
presidency. II is not IL new feeling on
my part. but one which entertain with
Il greater intensity than formerly. that
man who seeks the presidency OF
the United states for anything that il
vii! bring to him Is an audacious fool.
The responsibilities OF the office ought
TO sober man even before he ap-
proachcs ii. One OF The difficulties of
the office seldom appreciated. dare
say. is that il is very Difficult, TO think
while 50 many people are talking. and
particularly while 50 many people are
talking III a way tina; obscurcs counsel
and is entirely of the point.
Tho point III national affairs. gentle
men. never lies along the lines Of eX-
pcdiency. II always rests III the field
of principle. The United States was
not founded upon any principle OF eX-
pediency: il was founded upon "A pro-
found principle q. human liberty and
OF humanity. and whenever il bases its
policy upon amy other foundations than
those, il builds ON the sands and not
upon solid rock. IL seems TO me that
the most enlighicnine thing IAN Ameri-
can can do Is suggested by something
which the Vice President said to-uight
He complained that he found men who
when thei" attention was called 20 the
signs OF spring. did not sec the blue
heaven. did not SEE the movement OF
the free clouds. did not think OF the
great spaces OF tho quiet continent, bat
thought only Of some immediate and
pressing piece Of business. |, seems
to me that If YOU do not think Of the
things that lie beyond and away from
and disconnected from this scene in
which we attempt to think and con
rludc. you will inevitably be led aStray
would great deal rather know what
they are talking about around quiet
fircsidcs all over this country than what
they are talking about in the cloal: :
rooms of Congress. | would a great
deal rather know what the men on
the trains and by the waySidc and in
the shops and on the farms are think :
ting about and yearnins for than hear
any of the Vocifcrous proclanIationS
OF policy which il is 50 easy I" hear
ana so easy 10 read by picking up amy
scraps OF printed paper. There is only
one way 10 hear these things. and that
is constantly to go back 10 the foun- =
tainS OF American action. Those foun
tainS are not to be found in any re-
Gently discovered sources.
MAINTAIN SIMPLICITY
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-02-04
Republicans Meet.

The Jenkinjone- Republican Club mel
on February with Mr. l.. w. Hairs
ton. TEMPORARY chairman. lie called
the horse to order. The first in order
as the election Of officers, which result
FL ~ follows: Mr.. l.. w. Hairston.
President; Prof, j A. Cyrus. vice-Pres-
ident; Ms. n. : Dent. Secretary: Mr..
X. X. ~imms, Assistant Secretary. Mr.
X. A, Hevill, Treasurer, and Mr.. j. II
Farcett. Jsritor. The club was NAMED
the Jenkinjones Republican Club and il
was decided TO to meet the fourth Thurs
day night in each month.
IL was agreed that an account o. on
organization BE- sent to the Mcdowell
Times for publication. The i--ue- Of til.
day were very ably discussed 10y Prof. j
III. A. Cyrus. After some remarks b,
the President, We sdjourned
l. w. HAIRSTON, Pres.
u. : DENT. zee.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-02-04
LINCOLN DAY
Great Celebration Gov.
Hatfield to Speak.
Negroes to Commemorate the Life
Of the Great Emancipation
on February IL

Committees composed Of the leading
completing arrangements for the great
s-st celebration in the history Of Mellow
I'll county in conmenoration Of the life.
of Abraham Lincoln. the great emanci-
pator and martyre,i President. This is
the irst time in the history of the state
that Negroes have attempted on a larry
scale to do honor Ia the life of the great
est of all Americans presidents and in
xeeping with the spirit of tine "ccasion
they have invited Governor Henry
Dreury Hatfield. true disciple of the
great liberator and the cOntemp AIRY
.tatesman, Who holds tie place IN the
hearts of the Negroes OF West Virginia
hat Lincoln has in their memory To- be
,rsskor Of the o~casi"n. and GoNtrno
Hatfield has con zen e to'ome nd So
At Northfork, SATURDAY. February l., AT
I O'Clock and at kimball at p. M
Music will lie furnished 10y the leading
GRASS bands of the coalfieids and the
Committee is arranging for qusrtette G
sing some of the old war songs. Ladies
are cordially invited to attend both OF
these meetings and nothing will he said
pr done to insult the sensibilities of th'
most modest and the committee statesi
hat many ladies have signitied a desir'
70 lie present and participate in thir
great celebration and listen To the ora
zion Of the greai Governor OF Wet Nir-
xinia, who il a great favorite among tie
women not only OF Mcdowell county hut
he state at large. Members OF the com
nittess Of both Northfork and kimbaii
stated t. a reI r -entJtlve OF the Times
that nothing will be left und"ne Ia rEake
hese the greatest meetings of their kind
yer held i'm Mcdowell cOrnty and thOus-
,nds Of people of both races will be-
present.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-02-04
IDOL OF NEGROES
Says Toledo Man, Speaking Of
Former Senator Foraker.

Cincinnati. Feb. -"Jo-eph Benson
Foraker is the id.l oi tile Negroes NJ,
only of the state, hut Of the nation. -
said Charles A. Cottrill. Toledo. Ohio,
former Collector Of Internal Revenue al
Hawaii, Who Was ia the city last night
o. address the Ninth Street Branch Y.
VI. q. A. III lie d-cides to t.ecslme =
candidate for delegate at large to thu
National Convention. he will have their
snpp"rt. The Negroes will give him all,
thing i'm their power
This is a Republican year. Burton
will have q solid Oh delegation. He
stands tile hest chance Of any man for
the nomination for the Presidency
feel sure that he will make a good Presi
dent He shall he President of all thu
people, instead Of part. Ms President
Wilson is. He is we'll equipped.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-02-04
HATFIELD
ROBINSON
Republican Club to
Meet Called Issued

All members Of the Hatfield Robinson
Republican Club sf Mcdowell county
tiose who desire to Income mernters ant
all citizens in sympathy with the pur
posrs and aims Of this club are earnest
" reqnestsd t. meet at Nos;hfork, W
Va. i'm the Grand Theatre on Saturday
February IL. st 10 o'clock a. m. for the
purpose 81 completing the organization
selecting committees, agreeing mp
plan Of campaign and transxctiny such
other bnsine~s ~ may properly come be
FIRE the body for consideration.
Psss the wor,l along that the club will
meet and de~ide upon a course Of action
70 keep the enemi-s of Hatfield Robin.
son and good government on the run II
Jon want the Republican party to h.
snccessful nm November, come; if you
want good laws like the Workmen's
Compensation law enacted for the Irene
nc of the Iaboring man, come; n you
want better educational facilities fen
your children, come; il you want fhs
door OF hope and of opportunity" kept
open Tor the race. come and agree upoI
how To accomplish these things.
Yours for the surcess of the Repnbli.
can party,
:. H. MOON, sc.