The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-16
PRESIDENTS SPEAKING
DATE IS CANCELLED
Continued Critical Illness Of Mrs.
Howe Causes st. Louis Meeting
To Re Cancelled.
ADAMsoN LAW EXPLAINED
Merely Intended To Establish Prin-
ctple of EtQht-Hour Law and Not
Merely y Wage Law" As Indicated
BY Candidate Hughes.

Asbury Park. N. J.. Sept. 10
President Wilson's plan to enter
actively in the Democratic campaign
by speaking in St. Louis on September
20 again has been disrupted. Reports
from New London. Conn. late today
announced that Mrs. Anne Howe, his
sister, was likely TO succumb to the
ailments from which she is suffering,
at any hour.
/. During the morning a bulletin re-
ceived at the executive office said Mrs.
Howe was not likely to live through
the day. The President and Mrs. Will
son were at the time on Spring Lake
golf links. While messenger was
on the way to inform him of the
situation. Secretary Tumulty arranged
for a special train TO carry the White
House couple TO New London at once.
The President returned to shadow
Lawn and communicated with DR.. II.
l. Lee, Mrs. Howe's physician, by tele-
phone. Soon after this the tentative
arrangements for his immediate de-
parture was cancelled. 1t Ia under
stood the physician repeated to the
President he could accomplish MOTH
Jng by going to New London now.
Mr.. Wilson devoted the afternoon
to an accumulation of correspondence
The Democratic leaders throughout
the country wh have been In touch
with the executive offices here during
the last twenty-four hours are in
sisttng that the President defend the
Adamson eight-hour law which Re-
publican Candidate Hughes has char
acterized as merely wage law"
They were greatly concerned to hear
that the st, Louis speaking date IL
1 ly oil 70 ha al a o n
entirely.
Establishes Eight-Hour Principle.
Word had been sent out to the
Democratic speakers to explain that
the Adamson law was only intended to
establish the principle of an eight
hour work day. and meet crisis
which meant catastrophe to the COM
merce of the country had II not been
averted, Additional legislation will be
enacted at the short session of Con-
gress, which begins in December to
balance the situation between the rail-
road employees and the security hold
ers
Postmaster General Burleson spent
today in New York comforting with
members OF the National Demo cratic
Committee. He will see the President
tomorrow morning at Shadow Lawn.
sNo WIS fIlddc On lHS OUT
come Of the Illinois primaries held
yesterday Secretary Tumulty VOL
unteered that both factions of the
Democratic party in Illinois had
pledged their support to Wilson. The
most encouraging communication re-
Ccived was telegram from Senator
Hitchcock. of Nebraska. He said re-
ports indicated that Wilson was al
most certain to carry that State.
Caught In Rain.
While returning from the golf links
at Spring Lake this morning the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Wilson were caught In
a rain squall They avoided a drench-
Ing only by running to the clubhouse
several hundred yards away from the
point where they were playing at the
time. Both were wfnded by the time
they reached shelter, but laughed as
though they had enjoyed the excite
ment OF the sprint.