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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-07
'Ul(l TALK bF P0IGS
FOR DAY At vAR|hA


The Business Mems Club will be
the scene OF the next meeting Of the
Rotary Club. which win be held to-
morrow evening At $3.50 o'clock. A
lZrge n3mher Of new members will
be formally received into the mys-
teries Of Rotarianism. Special warn
ing has been issued 70 the members
to put on their armor and come pre-
pared to have 'Good Time"
Everything 10 getting into shape for
the next following meeting Of the
Rotary Club, which will be held at
varina. Tuesday, August %. It will
be known as varina Day. and every
member is urged to arrange his at
fairs 80 he can be on hand. It II
whispered about that there will be
abundance Of Brunswick stew, hot
corn, music. stunts. fishing and swim
ming 70 satisfy every member Of the
club. who are asked to make up their
mimic now TO go.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-07
NET INCOME OF c. { 0.
SHOWS BIG INCREASE
For Last Fiscal Year Per Cent OF
Cain Was f5S, and For tho Month
i Of june i80.

Railroad revenues continue to show
tncrease. All railways operating In
the South making their reports show
larger buaness - being done, that
mileage II being extended and indica-
tons are that business will continue
70 expand.
Tho Chesapeake ana Ohio Railways
net income for the fiscal year ended
June 80. according to statement lust
issued by Comptroller l. r. Sullivan,
vas 3s.S7s.2l6.S4. A. compared with
33.6s3.t3S.62 for the preceding fiscal
year. ! gain of more than four mil
lion dollarn or 1853 per cent.
FOR the month Of June. 1915. net
income was 38e0.283.0s. as compared
With 4370,e3<.el. an increase OF near
" half million dollars. or 132 per
cent
FOR the month Of July estimated
gross revenue OF the c. & O. were
13,S7o.837. and for the week ending
July 81, 4l.<0B.470,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-07
THE LINOTYPE IN
THIRTY YEARS HENCE

Just what the linotype will be Hike
in l946 and what 1t will be doing in
the way of speed and adaptability
Is q business secret The editor of
the Mergenthaler Lines o. Type News
says that he Is not prepared to deny
that 1t will be trotting around COL
lecting its own news and advertise
ment copy.
Reporters and advertising solicit
ors shossld not hasten to commit
murder or suicide because OF this
prophecy. BY that time advertising
will no doubt. have become 30 plen-
tiful and advertisers 80 enthusiastic
that the advertising solicitor will be
needed more than ever to placate
those whose announcements the
newspaper Ia obliged to leave out.
Az to tho reporters, the world will
be ever so much bigger and there
write. In 1885 there was no news
from Alaska. because there was no.
body up there to make any The
Philippines were so newsless that
even Manila did not appear as a
date line very often in year. j.
Guam date line would have been que
ried by even the most accomplish.
proofreader.
It seems hardly a daring assump-
uon Cnat the newspapers or 1916 VIII
contain daily items by wireless from
new metropolitan areas in the valleys
of the Euphrates and the Tigris. and
from brand new towns in deserts now
nameleas along the branching mile.
age OF q European-Asiatic railroad.
This does not seem to be very
fantastic prediction. the only really
fantastic and apparently incredible
prophecy that the Lines O. Type
News can offer IL that In 1915 the
tariff question win have disappeared
from the news. That does sound like
whopper.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-07
WIFE OF MAN WHOM HER
DOGS ANNOYED GETS DIVORCE

New York. Aug. 6.-As an excuse
for taking bachelor apartment in
stead OF living with hts wife. Ru-
dolph H. Kahn. Of the banking fam
lily. complained to his father-in- Law.
that the dogs annoyed him.
Mrs. Kahn, who Is a granddaugh-
ter of James Seligman and niece Of
Mrs Benjamin Guggenheim. has beer
granted a divorce, 1t was learned TO-
day, on the recommendation OF a
referee. Kahn, who Is a cousin Of
Otto II. Kahn. Is a banker W y e>-
adjustments In New York and Pa, is
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-07
FALLS FROM FREIGHT
CAR FOOT IS MASHED

white playing In the Chesapeake
and Ohio freight yards, ut the foot
~ Bslvidsrs street, yesterday morn-
lng. Arttoa Cocker son of Esau Cocker,
! 81 e1s South Bslvidere street, fell
from . freight car and suffered = se
sious liberation Of his foot. The am
bulancs was summoned. DR.. Hughston
aAintnistarsd nrst aid. and the boy was
eaksn 70 Grace Hospital. where Last
Night late 4 was reported be was
Sstting. along nicely.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-07
NIGHT SESSIONS FOR "a
SENATE BEGIN SOON

Washington, Aug. 6.-The Sena14
will begin holding night sessions IN
the near future. to speed up the tegtssS
lative program. and hasten adjournSS
ment. Leaders today were dtscuae*a
ing the prospect of an adjournn1ems*
the first week in September. PractlxA
cally all hope has been abandoned feN'
an earlier adjournment as had heeltS
planned by the Democratic caucus %S
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-07

Chicago. Aug. THE heat wave,
which had been diverted from Chi
cago by the timely rainstorms Of last
week, swept over chicago again %.
directly due TO the heat were r1portx
ed to the police before night ana
number Of prostrations were recorded.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-07
Error writ Rcfu.ed.

Judge r. II. CariweH. of the STU
PRONE Court OF Appeals. refused a
writ Of error In the case of w F.
Loehr against the Norfolk and West
ern Railroad Company. for damages
altered to have been sustained by
plaintiff when he was arrested on a
charge OF being d!sorderly on the
defendants train. and on charge he
was acquitted
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-07
M.y Noafy Prs.sdsne sepeember ).

May Modify PrcaidenG EepGember 8.
New York. Aug. s.-vance NcCor-
mick. Democratic national chairman.
announces that President Wilson's
medication ceremonies ct Shadow
Lawn. Long Branch. n j.. possibly
Win b held Saturday. September I.
Mr.. Mccormick Also states that west
srn heAdQuAr<srs In charge Of soma
tor Thomas WAlah VIII b conducted
IN the aAme way - the national head.
quarters here. and that Senator
Wh1eh Will hayt fun charge OF AZ
t.irs IN the wsdk - Tar - the Pa
ctdc coast.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-07

Rocky Mount. Va. Aug. S.--B. Al.
Davis. Of Rocky Mount. was monte
mated for Congreas from tho Fifth
District ~ the Republican district
convention here. The nomination
Wa ~ acclamAtion. Resolutions en-
doratug the Republican national plat~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-07
POSTAL IND Rail
OFFICIALS ARE PLEASED
NEW POWER TO COMMISSION
interstate Commerce Commission
Authorized to Inquire Into All
Plans ANA TO Fix just and Proper
Compensation.

Atlanta, Ga, Aug. N.-Railroad Of
ncials In this territory have heayed a
great sigh Of relief upon the adoption
by Congress, at last. OF q common
sense solution Of the perennial con-
troversy over railway mall pay by
empowering the Interstate Commerce
Commission to investigate all plans
and NIX proper and just compensation
for all service required by the Post
once Department. whether same be
on basis OF weight or space or COM
binatton OF weight and space. or even
upon q partnership percentage Of the
postal receipts, such as prevails In
England and also with the express
companies In the United States.
This fnaI solution seems to be a
most happy one, for both the Postof-
fice Department and the railroads are
expressing great satisfaction over the
outcome Of years Of agitation: the
department feels 1t has won d great
victory because the new law specffi-
cally provides for q practical test
OF the space basis in such territory
a. may be selected for the purpose,
while the railroads profess entire
willingness to have the space plan,
or any other basis. tried out, because
they say the new law. unlike the
previous proposals OF the department.
does not leave the rates of pay IN
the hands Of the department, subject
to unjust mAnipulations but makes
1t the duty Of a disinterested tribu-
nal to flx fair and just compensation
for whatever service Is required by
the department.
Heretofore the method of carrying
the mails by the railroads and the
compensation has been prescribed by
Congress, and in voluminous and
much detailed regulations" issued
from time to time by the Postoffice
Department. All this has been abol-
ished by the new law, which contains
the following. among other provis-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-07

The Interstate Commerce Com
mission 10 hereby empowered and
directed as soon as practicable to Ak
and determine from time to time the
fair and reasonable rates and COM
pensation for the transportation of
mail matter by railway common car
riers and the service connected
methods. by weight or space.~o or both.
or otherwise. for ascertaining such
rate or compensation. and to publish
the same, and orders 30 made and
published shall continue In force un-
til changed by the commission after
due notice and hearing"
After prescribing in detail the pro-
cedure for hearings by the commits
sion between the various railroad
companies and the Postof1ice De-
partment. the law then provides:
AT the conclusion of the hearing
the commission shall establish by or
der fair. reasonable rate OF COM
pensatton to be received at such
stated times as may be named in the
order. for the transportation of mail
matter and the service connected
Herewith and during the continu-
ance OF the order. the Postmaster
General shall pay tho carrier from
the appropriation herein made at
SuCfl IAtC OF compensation.
Either the Postmaster-Generai or
any such carrier may at any time
after the lapse OF six months from
the entry of the order assailed apply
for denomination. and thereupon
substantially similar proceedings
shall be had with respect to the rate
or rates for service covered by said
application, provided said carrier or
carriers have an interest therein.
For the purpose Of this section the
Interstate Commerce Commission is
hereby vested with all the powers 1t
In now authorized by law to exercise
IN the investigation and ascertain
ment OF the business and reasonable
ness OF freight passenger and ex-
press rates to be paid by private
shippers"
The law contains the following
clause:
Pending the decision of the Inter
state Commerce Commission, as
hereinafter provided for. the existing
method and rates of railway mail
shall remain in effect"
1t then provides that 'in order to
properly present to the commission"
the questions referred to. the COM
mission itself may approve Of certain
tests or experiments being made upon
selected mail routes or railroad sys-
TENS for the purpose OF furnishing
Information 70 the commission re-
s.ruIng enc pest metnoos. whether
ns or space or otnerwise
INA. ~ anouiu adopr me commits
sion may nnany oecioe upon the part
norship pan TOT DIVISION OF the earn
.nss. such a. - now universal be-
.ween me ranroads and express
COMPANIES, ana as mas been In force
TOT many years upon English rail-
ROADS IN ming their pay Tor carry
ms parcel POST. In England rail-
road company receives 50 per cent
OF the postage receipts OF the govern
ment as its compensation for the
sranaportaaon OF parcel post matter.
Inc express companies In this coun-
try pay the railroads. from 40 to so
per cent OF oneir receipts upon each
road Tor It's compensation for the SER
From the foregoing 1t will be seen
what revolution has, by the Cum
MINIS amendment. been accomplished
regarding the transportation Of the
mails over the railroads Of the coun-
try.
The outstanding fact Ia that the
suo1ece mas oeen taken out OF poll
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-07

Col. McAdans Improves.
From the Stuart Circle Hospital II
was learned early this morning that
the condition of Colonel Thomas B.
McAdams was somewhat improved.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-07
No CAanxe tor DR.. Bagby.

There has been no change in thu
condition Of DR.. b. B. Bagby, of WeS%1
Point, who Is a patient In the Stuax4
Circle Hospital. according to repcFtNS
from that Institution early this mer1Iss
ing. NJ
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-07

LocaI RnlnfaIl,

Rainfall last twelve hours ..... O
Rainfall last twenty-four hours =. o.
Excess Ia rainfall since March 1 1.49
Excess n rainfall since Jan. l...I45
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-07
THE WEATHER.
(Usitea States Department Of
Agriculture weather Dureau.)

Warrington. Aug. s.--Forecast for
Monday and Tuesday:
Virgtnfa--Showers Monday and
probably Tuesday: continued high
temperatures.
North Carolina--showsrs Monday
and probably Tuesday.
The weather Monday and Tuesday
east of the Mississtppi will continua
warm. with showers In the South end
local rains in the Middle Atlantic
States. No appreciable moderation in
The prevailing high temperatures In
the West il anticipated.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-04-01
A Mysterious Cable Dispatch.

A cable dispatch from London states that Brit
ish officials much impressed by the high
percentage of German successes against British
vessels route to and from America all of
which, in accordance with the wishes OF the
American government unarmed." The opin-
ion is expressed in the British capital that the
Englshman, the Manchester Guardian and other
vessels probably would have escaped destruction
if they had been equipped with defensive arma-
ment The dispatch is calculated to mystify the
people OF this country, where there has been no
public announcement Of any modification by the
Washington government OF the specifications
which it announced in two formal communications
to the Berlin government it would recognize as
constituting the defensive armament OF a merchant
vessel
If it is true, stated in the London dispatch
that merchant ships with Americans on board are
sailing from our ports without single defense
gun, then it is wonder that they have fallen
easy prey to the submarines lying in wait for
helpless craft of all nations, while taking care to
shun those defensively armed vessels which were
to be sunk without warning after March l.
1t is possible of course, though scarcely con-
ceivable, that this government has required a
certain class of merchantmen to discard their de-
Tense guns. If this is the case the recent bastard.
ly attacks, in which Americans were sufferers,
have furnished sufficient evidence of the gravity
of the mistake that has been made What has
happened to the Englishman and the Manchester
Guardian indicates plainly what would be the
fate of any OF the great passenger liners re-
duced to similar condition of helpessness Ger
man submarines have amply justified this govern
ment in not only permitting but requiring every
merchant ship of belligerent or neutral nation
moro especially those with Americans on board
plying between our own and European ports, to
be armed for defense to the extreme limit recog.
nized by international law and custom
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-04-01
Gags That Slip.

Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske told the House
Naval Committee Monday that in fighting strength
the United States navy was about half as strong
as the German navy; that the United States re-
ceves a return of only Is per cent the money
spent for naval purposes; that navy efficiency
is made impossible because of the faulty organi-
cation of the department, and that he resigned
as aide of operations because the Secretary re-
fused to accept the Fiske plan for reorganization.
There is nothing in this testimony, for
Admiral Fiske has said it before. There is moth
ing, new, either, in the fact that many other
highly competent navy officers fatty disagree
with his opinions and reject his judgment
The main point of interest about the Fiske
testimony is that he discussed the navy and its
administration with the utmost frankness; yet he
is the man who is supposed to be gagged" by
ruthless secretary. Hardly day passes that
Admiral Fiske some of his friends fail to
burst into passionate sobs over the iniquity of
Secretary Daniels in keeping this great and good
man from telling the American people about their
navy; but he manages to do more talking about
the navy than all the other officers combined.
He may be gagged by unsympathetic Sec.
rotary, but il he is, Col Roosevelt is gagged too
New York World.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-04-01
n5zhz~
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY

Special Correspondent Of The Washington Herald.
New York, March 3.-Amy Lowell was
Missed at the poets dinner last week at
the Hotel Majestic. Amy is rebel and
she wanted to be Kissed. To have the
other poets hiss her would prove that
she was different from them. So she
asked them to hiss ard they Missed her.
Kissing seems to be sort of vers
libre poem. Amy's followers say: I'VE
will use consonants that chime more
grandly than petty clinking of the old
rhymed poems" So Army sought to
draw sibilants that Kissed more sweetly
to her ears than the fat-handed applause
that stupid bores might desire.
John Masefield. the great poet. together
with Alfred Noyes and Edwin Mark
ham sat on the same platform with
the rebel poet when she announced all
rhymers as haCkneyed cyclists without
humor and without ideas. The other
poets were hostile all right. She asked
for Kisses and they were at her service.
They gave the Kisses as eartily as
William Winter would give three cheers
for Shakespeare.
James Murray. one of the bright young
writer's on the American. saw two aspir-
ing fixtures Of the Great White Way
meet in front of the Claridge the other
morning just before noon.
Had any breakfast YETI" queried one
invitingly.
No" answered the other fervently.
land II | don't get some soon I'll die
of thirst
1t takes genius to do the obvious New
York is planning to raise an army of a
million bottled mosquitoes to fight the
uncorked billions. Set thief to catch
a thief, fire to fight fre-thats the
motto.
In the hazy dawn the other morning a
policeman, passing Sherry's well-known
beanery, discovered an overturned
limousine resting against the curb. The
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-04-01
ARMY ORDERS.

ba's I" absence Tor three month"; 10 take .~.-.
- NJ HIlNsl IN the United SiRUes i sn.ut~d
@. I Noi' FHnE W. C0s, Co~st Artiilsry Corn
COi- Seogse N Dunn, Judge advoaie ,r.,r
1'si IN The United stsie- in conrilisnr. .ftb M.
ofoeN VII proceed to San Autouio Te. -.
slon Al thst paoe. and report 10 IN. cornmsnding
sshe.' southern Department for duty A. iudg,
advocate Of that department
lNesii Coi. BobCrt D. Ns.h Elshtb Csr.l-, :.
itleea IRON assignment TO that ry,imspt ~ 4,
oeNheo ior general recruiting sorricr he win m
oea 10 . Ihird avenue, New Yu-f City and .-B,,r
% FeSTuittns duty al that plsor. Lieut. C5I Wis
sHointed an acting quSrTermasssr for the tim,
ne may Fe1lsin on recruiting duty
ar-srsIn SPECIAL OrUers. No. u D-c-ply-
I,;,, LlS' war DeTa-tment. rrlat5ng TO Lieut. 90.
Nllaru 4 Holbrook. osuh7. y revoked Ii.It
tcL holbTcok is sszigned TO the Eighth Csr.I-y 4,
take erecz Msrch q 1915. He Is rrIi.-g6 fr,Tn
ooN al the Army Service Sclluoly 70 tsks s~sTl
AM Il. isle, md will then tEoceed 10 oap de
reg1ment 70 which he is s-agDed
Leave ~ absence for OBs month Or slsrur,.r. ~
uhc1te Of disability is ETsntnd FIrzt LIeut AIb-t
n: . falnner FIrst ECld ArtiIIery
tl'S1 L4eut Henry h siIlren. r.. Cas- ArlIer,
SofI1' upon ms rrlief non duty at the Uuitrd
ot2te MhttsiC Academy 90 or sbolt NAV 2 .p5
upon The e1ptrStiOn Of the leave q sb..prr ~birb
hAs ten srAnted him. viii rspor1 10 the e,n1,.pg
lns onlcer. coast defen-cs o. Panama fo- assivr-
meHt to a oompany
The following Promotions q Officers Of IN. Cos,.
Artllery CrDs arr ANNOUNCED Ll1yd B M,s-7rs4r
NON ms lieutenant To czrtEin- TbomAs Il Iops-
I&urtzcT Watts. and Henry n Sumnar rom -
lieutenant 70 cAr1si.. CsU. MaF-ld-r IA .ss,rT.7
company upOn the expiration a hi, rreseBf -.
O. hbseoce- Lie5ls Jones, Watts and SUNNI Mn
remain On their TrUsnt duties al their p---.pt ..
tionS
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-04-01
HISTORY BUILDERS.
A Long-Remembered Kindness.
BY DIR. T.. j. EDWARDS.

Former Postmaster General Thomas
l. James was when young man the
editor Of a paper at Hamilton. n Y
He became acquainted with James W.
Nye, who at that time was prominent
as a lawyer in New York. Afterward
Mr.. Nye was appointed territorial gov
ernor of Nevada and was elected United
States Senator as soon as the territory
was admitted as state. His colleague
In the Senate was William M Stewart
who gained national reputation as an
advocate OF the silver interests OF
Nevada.
l happened TO mention to General
James that l saw and heard Senator Nye
at a time when he was campaigning in
New England in support OF the first cleo
ton of General Grant to the Presidency
said that it then seemed to ne tnau
the Senator was in personality and in a
certain charm of oratory about as fas:
cinating a political speaker as / had ever
seen or heard.
He was indeed" said General ia mes
There was something about him that
always reminded me of Henry Ward
Beechcr. Perhaps il was the WAY he
wore his hair. His eyes were the black
est i ever saw. but they were full or
sparkles, for he was a man who loved
fun He would have made a very great
actor had he chosen the stage for his
profession.
Senator Nye was q man OF unusual
Kindness of heart, and he never forgot
favor done to him. remember that
he was riding on a train near Syracuse,
n. Y, year or so after he was elected
Senator from Nevada. His eyes fell
upon an elderly man whose face he seem
ed to recall He stared steadily at the
man for few moments and then iden-
titled him. He went to this man and
asked If his name was not Baxter. And
the man replied that 1t was. Then Nye
asked him If he remembered him, one
cold morning in winter forty years be-
fore, he took compassion on a little boy
who had been walking all night on the
towpath OF the Erie canal. He gave him
a hot breakfast and plenty Of IL and
his wife gave him > pair of shoes and
a tippet for his neck and filled his pock-
cts with doughnuts and cheese.
THE old gentleman reflected mornent
and then said that he did recall some
thing of that kind. Thereupon Nye said
to him that he was that boy, and he
asked If his wife were living and II all
went well with them.
He learned that the wife was living
but the man had been unfortunate. and
had been compelled TO mortgage his
farm for about one thousand dollars.
He was, in fact, on his way to see IL
an arrangement could be made to lease
the farm from whoever bought II on
foreclosure sale, so in that way his wife
would not be compelled to leave her old
home
"Thereupon, Senator Nye said that he
WAS a lawyer and that he would look
into the matter for the old gentleman
He did do so, and he bid I'm the property
at foreclosure sale and the deed WAS
made out I'm the name Of Bakers wife.
The old gentleman was simply over
whelmed. Tears came to his eyes and
the first time he asked the Senator who
he was and what hts address was. Nye
tod him tina; II he would address q letter