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The sun., 1916-08-31
LITTLE FEAR STRIKE
WILL TIE UP PRESS
Paper Manufacturers Not
Worrying Much Over the
Railroad Situation.

Leading manufacturers Of white paper
seemed to be dist urbed very little yes
terday when their attention was called to
ominous stories which had reached Park
Row to the effect that a railway strike
and the consequent Interference with
paper shipments would mean that many
II not all the daily newspapers would
have to suspend publication temporarily.
wen II the strike lasted only a fort
night.
A prominent member OF one Of the big
gest paper manufacturing concerns said
last night that the paper men have good
reasons for believing that even in case
OF a tieup the trainmcn will not inter-
ferc with the transportation Of white
paper from the mills to the newspaper
publishing plants. Both sides to the
railroad controversy. said the manufac-
turer. especially need the newspapers In
times Of trouble IN order to get their
arguments and grievances before the
public.
Most paper manufacturers keep at
least two weeks supply Of the paper at
tho various destinations throughout the
country. according to the sales man.
ager Of another manufacturing firm
visited yesterday. This particular sales
manager said his firm was little bothered
about the ominous stories. largely be-
cause his superiors did not believe that
the trainmen will strike at all and were
morally certain ut any rate that the
strike will not be called at the beginning
Of next week. As TO "A statement that
even should there be a general railroad
strike the lake and scaboard cities could
still obtain paper by boat from Canada
a leading manufacturer said there would
be no such discrimination in case Of
trouble.
III the inland cities cannot get paper"
Is the way the manufactures put this
phase Of the case. then l feel safe In
saying the paper manufacturers will not
ship by water to coast and lake cities.
That would not be playing square with
inland customers"
Lincoln Is. Palmer. manager Of the
American Newspaper Publishers Asso-
citation. said that at present there are
between $4,000 and 10000 tons Of white
paper in the whole country. this estimate
including all the paper now In the mills.
In warehouses or In transit. The news
papers of the country. according to MIR.
Palmer's figures. use about s 900 tons Of
paper a day. and therefore. II shipments
were stopped. would use up all the avail
able paper In less thar two weeks. Mr..
alrre believes. however. that even IL
the worst came u the worst the lake
II seaboard cities could still keep their
presses going 80 long as bottoms were
obtainable TO bring the paper from
Canadian ports. But even the most
pessirnistic among manufacturers and
others could see nothing worse ahead
than a possibility that "A serious tieup
might compel publishers for a time to
print smaller papers.
The sun., 1916-08-31
"TRAINMEN ~BLUFFING."
''There VIII He No Strike,'' says
High Railroad OMciaI.

HAITIMoRE. Aug. 30.--On the highest
railroad authority II was stated IN Balti-
more tonight that the railroad heads
had the very best reasons for believing
there would be no strike.
a high railroad official said:
There will be no strike. Tho train
men are b%lutting, They are playing poll
ties t. the limit, They themselves fear
a strike, They will soon make their
grand stand play. There will be no
strike.
at is expected with the fullest conf
deuce that the trainmen. having I'M
pressed the public with the enornity of
the consequence of "A strike and rcaliz-
ing they are regarded with disfavor by
the public, will play their final card.
"They will announce. probably within
forty-eisht hours. that In view OF the
earnest efforts OF the President OF the
United states they will make IA tremen-
dous concession. They will aaree to post
Oone action for a week.
This Will bc done 10 recstablish them
selves In public estimation. in the belief
that all desired ends will also be Sc
cured"
The sun., 1916-08-31
MOVIE FILMS BY AUTO.
Even II New York Goes Hungry
silent Drama Feast Goes On.

In the movies they do II. Honest !
Railroad strikes don fr!ghtcn Thorn.
You may need bread. coal. face powder
and gasolcne. but you'll still have your
movies. for the largest movie men met
yesterday and decided 10 operate II motor
service between Los Angeles and New
York. kokowakee and lnc!Gdelphia will
be served the same way.
Just as soon as Charlie Chaplin and
BESSIE Love finish their latest reels and
the hundreds of thousands Of feet OF
film are dried in the laboratory some of
Henry's little buses will he piled high
and wheel OF across the continent, stop
ping for neither man nor beast. Yes
Stree, the public shall have its nightly
thrill or slapstick no matter whether il
has eats or not.
The honest TO goodness press agent
said that II the movie exhibitors decide
not TO close their 2i,0O0 theatres through
out the United States pending the strike
one billion feet OF him will be loaded on
motor ears every weeh and rushed from
Los Angeles to New York. Twenty OF
the largest manufacturers OF movies had
a conference In the Universal Film Com
plny's Office yesterday and said they
would put II up 10 the exhibitors.
The sun., 1916-08-31
WESTERN ROADS
AWAITING STRIKE
Inevitable. Leaders Believe =.
Preparations Are
Mace.

CHICAGO, Aug. 30.-A s,r.l, a., ".
oay Is regarded as inevitable by official,
or western railroads who returned ,.os.
washington to-day. They v,l, ,oo.
the Chicago Club tomorrow r...
their fnal plans for meotin, b, pa.
spokesman, T.. +. Ripley. rre,idcu, .,
the Santa Fc. said they could soo
hope of a settlement before I.,b,, n,,.
and preparations are being mad. u,o,
the assumption that the bro.aehood.
VIII not accept postponcmen.
virtually every importan, ra,lrooa IN
the country has given or h. prcpariry 80
give notice OF einbargocs on r.ristah,.
freight n live : ick, W.! II cop..L
tute about one-third II the business, .,
most Western roads. Agent. arc bsi,o
insti +. ;ed to warn Passengers ~ n,o,,,.
BILE delays and not to ac,cp; u,risb,h,o
freight which could nu' normal Ao Dc.
livered before September 1, or .,,,.
cases September . or 3
Every sort of Industry Is rgurirp b,,,
to keep moving IN the .mcrscurv. Ir,cr.
urban trolley lines VIII use every hy,jI.
able car. hut can do Compiratlyc,y mn.
toward relieving the congestion Motor
trucks VIII a.So serve ~ !uur,,t.,a
freight lines. but IL * realized ,ha
amount of good tIcy can t..tt...r, .,u
be no more than Il dgo, ~ iu. ...f.,
The Standard Oh COMPANY mas ,,r.,,.
trated unusually large supplies OF r,s,.
lene at It's depots.
In a statement outlining the ~ ,ro,is
The sun., 1916-08-31

road In the United States and Canada
had Issued a complete ~. partial EN-
barGo on all classoeof freight. In almost
every Instance pcrishablc merchandise.
live stock and explosives were refused.
this order TO take effect within the next
-four hours. The complete list OF the
railroads throughout this nation and
Canada Issuing such embargo orders fol-
lows:
Northern Pacific. Baltimore and Ohio.
Toledo. Peoria and Western. Queen and
Crescent. New Orleans and Western,
Alabama and Nicksburg, Nicksburg.
Shrecveport and Pacific. Oregon Short
Line, Sal, Lake, Norfolk and Western.
Grand Trunk, Montpelier and Wells
River. Maine Central. Boston me Maine.
Central New England. Nashville, Chat
tanooga n 81. Louis. Tennessee Cen
ira. Chicago. Milwaukee and 81. Paul.
Great Northern. International and Great
:hcrn. Texas and Pacific. Walss sh.
Denver and Rio Grande. Hooking Valley.
Florida East Coast. Boston and Albany,
Louisville and Nashville, Louisville. Hem
derson and 81. Louis, Southern. Cinciu-
natl. New Orleans and Texas Pacific,
Quincy. Omaha and Kansas cay. Union
Pacific. Kansas City Southern. Michigan
Central. Western Pacific and Illinois
Central.
The sun., 1916-08-31

to be precipitated to embarrass the Ad-
ministration and play a Republican CAM
paign game. Later he modified his state
ments, explaining that his observations
were not directed at the two Republican
members Of the committee. Thu incident
raised such "a storm that the committee
adjourned.
Fearing n dangerous delay in the SEN
ate Representative kitchin and Repre-
sentative Adamson to-day agreed upon
a substitute bill embodying a part of the
Presidents suggested legislative pro-
gramme. The Adamson-kitchin bill
contains only two OF the Presidents
recommendations: First, that an eight
hour day shall be established on railroads,
and second. that a commission Of three
persons shall be appointed TO investigate
the effect of this legislation and the
transportation problem.
The sun., 1916-08-31
May Halt Ocean Trade.

Where the blow Is likely to fall hard
est is on the transatlantic liners. There
Is not enough coal on hand now to I'LL
the bunkers OF these boats beyond the
number now awaiting departure. The
liners carrying supplies and passengers
TO Europe require for each trip from
1000 to 5000 tons Of coal. None of the
lines has coal yards sufficient in s!ze to
hold such amounts; reliance has been
had on railroad shipments from day to
day.
The sun., 1916-08-31

Agents Of the Mallory. clyde and Nor
gan steamship lines said yesterday that
they had agreed in the event OF "A rail-
road strike to place an embargo IN all
fre!ght destined for interior points. but
that there would be no interruption of
the existing service IF their ships.
On the other hand they announced
they Were prepared 10 add to their
fleets in the event that coastwise freight
traffic increased on accoun; Of the striKc.
These lines have twenty-five ships in
constant service between Boston and
Galveston n intermediate points.
In the general Offices Of the Buffalo.
Rochester n pittsburg railroad in
Rochester /, was said that beginning to-
day all freight would be accepted sub
ject Ia owners risk Of loss. damage and
delay. and that ~ pcr.shablc freight Of
any kind would be accepted by the road.
The sun., 1916-08-31

their controversy to arbitration In &C.
cordance with the provisions OF this act,
the said controversy shall be referred to
a board OF Investigation, which shall con-
sist of three members, Of which each of
the parties 10 the controversy shall rec
ommend one, and these two, together
with the third member, who shall act as
chairman of the boa rd. shall be appointed
Ipy.,on no,,o" ~, ,,a pros,dor. ~ ,ha nm.
pointment Of the board Of investigation
the Board OF Mediation and Cancellation
shall arrange a time for the beginning Of
the investigation and a place where such
proceedings may be held.
q SNAIL Act.
.:Tbe Ina rd of lnvestipatior shall or.
ganize ana make ali necessary rules for
CONDUCTING ita hearin9x ,rhe hoard shall
fully and carcfulIv ascertain ali the facts
and clrcunstances and ,ts findings
,berefrom. Including the cause OF the
dispute and tho boards recommendation
for the .ettlenent Of tho dispu,e accord.
ing TO the merits and s,bstan tial Justice
of the case Its Recommendations shall
deal with each item of the dispute and
shall state what. I'm the boa rd's opinion
ought or ought not TO be done by the
respective on rites concerned.
"'Whepeyer IL appears to the board ex-
Incident TO 80 do its recommendation
n.nnnsaJ .,,.,onon, .,.or,a .or,,n,o In
force and the date on which 1t should
commence. The report shall be made to
the Board of Mediation and Cancellation.
which shall cause the same TO be pub
lished.
All Testimony Under Onsh.
.Au Testimony before the board OF in
yestiyation shall be given under oath or
affirmation and any member of the board
shall have the mower TO administer oath.
or afrrmations. II shall be furnished
s,ch assistants ms NAV be necessary in
on its work.
Each member OF the board OF In
v~cstigation shall receive such compensa-
ton ps may no axed by the board of
mediation and conciliatIon. together with
his travelling and other necessary ex-
penses. So much as may he necessary
of the appropriation of the board of
mediation and Cancellation for the fiscal
wear ending June 30. 1917. is hereby
available for the aymen Of the
necessary and proper expenses OF boards
OF investigation. Authority for incur
ring expenses, including subsistence by
boards Of Investigations. shall first he
oota'hc from 'he oo"r" VI ''e"'"''o"
Penalty Placed ON LockOuts.
.Tbrao-Anv railroad comnanv de-
c,o rIny or causing lockout. mr. any off,
cor or agent Of any railroad conpany
uho .ssis,, ar nar,icinatas i'm decia ring
or cams,pv n ,ockout contrary To the
nroyIsinn. of This act shall he liabl. Ia
= ono ~ no, less than $500 nor more
than az ooo f,- Zach a,y ar mart Of day
tina, such lockout EXISTS.
.Anv o,bcer. agent or employee of
any o~rvan,zed body of Labor or labor
orvanlzo,ion who declares or causes A
strike contrary TO the provisions OF this
ac, shall, he liable To "A fine of not less
than $500 nor more than $4,000 70,
each day or mart Of a day that such
strike exists.
"Auv oerson who incites. ENCOURAGES
or aids in any manner any employer 10
declar. TO continue n lockout. or any
p.rson who aids I'm any manner any Of
fcer. agent or employee Of ANY organized
body of labor or ,sNor organization In
The sun., 1916-08-31

QUEBEC, Aug. 3o,--The street railway
emuloyees went on strike here to-day.
But few cars are running and jitnsys
transportation
The sun., 1916-08-31

Tho increases proposed were on fruits.
vegetables. dry goods and many other
commodities. More than 600 shippers
protested against the increase.
The commission also to-day suspend.
ed until December 80 n proposal Of
Western roads to make II charge OF ~
cents n hundred pounds for loading and
unloading shipments of less than car
load lots. "A charge which would have
materially Increased revenues.
The sun., 1916-08-31

In addition these various consumers
Use 5000, 900 tons OF bltuminous or soft
coal. Yet in spite OF these enormous fg-
ures there is enough coal In the yards
to keep New York alive and warm for
q full month.
The sun., 1916-08-31

The bill to provide for Government
operation Of railroads in ease Of mill
tary necessity IL as follows:
"If at my time any railway engaged
in Interstate commerce or In the trans
portatiOn OF the mails shall cease to
operate or be seriously hindered In It's
operation because OF a strike OF its em-
ployees the President shall have power
to direct the operation Of such railway
whenever in his judgment essential for
military purposes. and to that end he
may employ such part of the military
forces or such civil agents or draft into
the services OF the United States such
persons as may be necessary.
ANY person refusing TO perform such
service shall be guilty Of a crime and
punished by Il nne or Imprisonment or
BOTH
Amendments proposed to the existing
arbitration law include the following
III the Board OF Mediation and Con-
ciliation l. unable to induce the parties
to submit their controversy to arbitra-
ton II shall he referred to a board of
investigation. and 1t shall be unlawful
for the employer or employees to declare
or cause u lockout or for tho employees
to declare or cause Ii strike on account of
the controversy prior to and during
mediation and Cancellation or during the
Investigation OF said controversy, and
the report thereon, as hereinafter pro-
Nided,
1.-TWO, Whenever a controversy shall
arise bet ween AN employer or Employers
and employee subject to this act which
canno, he settled through mediation and
conrliiation In the manner provided In
section 2. ana the Board of Mediation
~ 'nspls 70 induce ths parties - submit
The sun., 1916-08-31

1850 Manhattan venue.
1870 Pitkia Avenue.
JERSEY CITY ~ Newark Avenue
sHOBOKEN 100 Washington -.
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sNEWARk S.;i Broad street.
PATTERSON 1902 Market street,
sTRES rON-l0i r.. state ST, cor B,HSa
D0500 OAOo0 foe OssON
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1916-09-18
.BLACkMAIL LEADERS
CAUGHT BY FEDERAL
OPERATIVES WORK

CHICAGO, Sept. dissatisfied that
they have under arrest here the
brains" of the million dollar black.
mail syndicate, federal operatives to-
day delved deeper into the workings
of the organization. And with some
thing to work on through the arrests
here, secret service agents in New
York. Philadelphia and st. Louis ST.
multaneously redoubled their efforts
to capture other members of the syn
dicate who are known to be operating
in those cities.
The four men and three women in
custody here-Edward Donahue, Mrs.
Edward Donahue, Mrs. Helen Evers,
Henry Russell, James Christian, Geo.
Bland and Mrs. Frances Allen or
Chapman-have taken their arrests
cody. They refused to talk and have
engaged Charles E. Erbstein, one of
the best known criminal lawyers in
the city, to defend them. They are
exceptionally well dressed, educated,
good looking and polished. In their
apartments were found wardrobes that
might make the most fashionable so
ciety bud or boulevardier envious.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1916-09-18
U. S. PREPARES
TO OPEN TRADE
IN THE ORIENT

WASHINGTON, Sept 1s.--A com.
prehensive campaign Of American
trade extension in China has been or.
ganized by the Bureau Of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce of the department
Of commerce. Commercial officials be.
lieve that the Japanese aggressions
can be offset, In some degree at least,
by inducing American merchants and
manufacturers to enter Chinese mar.
kets now largely monopolized by Jap.
anese products.
Preliminary work on the trade ex-
tension campaign already has been be.
gun. Julian Arnold, commercial at.
tache at Pekin, now is on tour of the
Pacific states. explaining the possibil.
tiles of the Chinese trade to business
men there. He will spend several
months in this work, and when 1t is
completed, will come to Washington
to organize the campaign, before re-
turning to China. The cooperation of
Chinese merchants in the United
States, as well as of Chinese diplo-
matte officers here will be sought in
an effort to increase trade relation
between the two countries. as a means
of strengthening the diplomatic bonds.
While the commercial officials plan
aggressive steps in China, the state de-
partment has determined to make no
immediate protest of recent Japanese
aggression in China. The diplomatic
negotiations incident to recent Jap.
anese demands on China will wait un-
til the end of the European war.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1916-09-18
BRITISH MAIL SEIZURE
LEADS TO COMPLICATIONS
INU. s. TRADE RELATIONS

WASHINGTON. Sept. 1S.-The inter.
national situation loomed up material
ly complicated. With British inter.
ference with American trade being
strengthened all along the line, pres
sure for retaliatory measures by this
government was increasing. And, to
add to the complications, comes the
announcement through German
sources that NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
edly acting under orders from the gov.
ernment-are demanding acceptance
of goods made to American orders un.
der contract.
In connection with the latter propo-
sition, cable advices from Berlin say
that the agents of the American firms
In Germany whose liability runs we'll
into the millions, have made an appeal
for relief to Ambassador Gerard, who
is forwarding the facts here for the
state de~artment to President Will
son.
Try Diplomacy First.
1t finally has cen decided by the
state department not to take any ac-
tiol. regarding the retaliatory meas
ures permitted under the recently
adopted revenue act until after all of
the resources of diplomacy are ex-
hausted The department is CO.
operating with the treasury and COM
merce departments getting all of the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1916-09-18
RICHMOND CONTINUES
TO GROW STEADILY:
FIGURE IS 30,825

An effort to bring an unofficial popu-
lation report to date will be made by
mail carriers through observing the
number Of new families, new houses
occupied. and vacant houses on every
route. The city's population figured
today from schedules made up in
April, Is 30,S25.
According to directory clerks, the
number Of families on record as serv-
ed by city carriers has increased
steadily this year and has been de-
creased only by few families and in
dividuals who followed the Westcott
Motor Car company to Springfield. O.
Instead of basing the population on
an estimate of five persons to each
family, four and one-half is figured as
the average. The number of resident
deliveries, $3.50 by the April sched.
ules, showed that the city had no less
than 10000 population almost six
months ago. Prosperous conditions in
factories, railroad construction work
and new business institutions have ma.
terially increased this number, it is
believed
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1916-09-18
BUREAU P0STpONES
ANNUAL CAMPAIGN
To RAISE $4,000

Because OF the 100000 Industrial
Development association campaign
and the Fall Centennial celebration,
October 1921. 1t was decided at the
annual meeting of the Social Service
bureau, Saturday night to postpone
the campaign for raising its $4,000
budget.
All reports given Saturday showed
that the bureau has had a successful
year. The general program outlined
for next year will be the same as dur
ing the past.
Trustee Edgerton was asked by sew
eral members of the board why he
had decided not to cooperate as close
ly with the Social Service bureau in
the matter of poor relief as had been
planned in meeting with the county
commissioners.
Mr. Edgerton informed these mem.
bers that close cooperation already
exists between the trustee and the
bureau. What Mr.. Edgerton objected
to was the part of the agreement
which required him to get permit
from the Social Service bureau be-
fore he could give aid to people who
really needed help.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1916-09-18
PARKERS take
WEDDING vow
AGAIN TUESDAY

Pledges and vows made half cen.
tury ago, will be repeated by the Rev.
Addison Parker and Mrs. Parker on
the first day of their fifty-first year of
marriage tomorrow night. The golden
wedding anniversary, today, was cele-
brated yesterday with q family gather
ing and will be observed tomorrow
night with a repetition Of the marriage
in the presence of the congregation of
First Baptist church.
Rev. w. o. Stovall. pastor of the
First Baptist church of which Rev. Mr..
Parker was pastor for several years,
was arranging today to have the bride
of fifty years given to the bridegroom
again, and to repeat the marriage cere-
attending wedding will be repeated
Wedding music will be played by a
small orchestra.
The Rev. Mr.. and Mrs Parker re-
ceived many gifts from their friends
who came to congratulate them.
Ladies of the First Baptist church sent
a beautiful floral piece this morning
and smaller gifts of flowers were sent
by many individuals.
At the wedding anniversary dinner
last night Rev. Mr.. and Mrs. Parker
were surrounded by nine relatives
from Indianapolis. including their only
son, Wilson Parker, an architect. The
Rev. Mr.. Parker's sister. Mrs. E. c. At.
kins, wife of an indianapolis saw man.
ufacturer. remained here and will
spend the week visiting.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1916-09-18
FRIENDS PRESCRIBE WORK
FOR ACTIVE MINISTERS

The sessions OF the Meeting on
Ministry and Oversight, Of Indiana
Yearly Meeting of Friends, were held
today in East Main Street Friends
church, preliminary to the formal op.
ening OF the Yearly Meeting proper
which will take place at 10 o'clock to-
morrow morning.
The body Of ministers and elders
which has to do chiefly with the spir-
itual welfare Of the meeting. today re.
ceived reports from the sixteen quar-
terly meetings composing Indiana
Yearly Meeting. There were statistics
presented showing the activity of
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1916-09-18
PROGRAM FOR 500, 900 BANQUET

Here's the program of speeches for the Commercial clubs
100000 dinner to be held in the Masonic temple at $50 o'clock
tonight.
Invocation by Dr. Somervile Light.
Musical selections by Runges orchestra.
Opening remarks by Chairman John M. Lontz. .
Address-The Richmond Industrial Development Company
by Charles w. Jordan.
Informal three minute talks by local citizens.
Address-"Industries and City, by Anderson Moore New
Albany Indiana.
Address-"The Building of City," by Edward F. Trefz of
the Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Closing announcements.