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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-17
EMBARGO IS DECLARED
BY SOUTHERN RAIL WAY
Dead Freight Shipments Win &c
Rcceivcd Only When Subject to
Damage ny Delay.
DEVELOPMENTS ARE AWAITED
should Strike Occur. c. IL o. viii
Handle Fuel and Foodstuffs-R., +.
a +. Officials Declare They Are
Ready to Meet situation.

In an effort to meet the proposed
strike, which has been called for 6
0 CLOCK tonight by the brotherhood.
southern Railway company officials
announced yesterday afternoon that
an absolute embargo has been de-
cared ~ inst all freight to foreign
lines, while all live stock and perish
abies not delivered before s O'Clock
this morning were refused yesterday,
1t was also stated that shipments OF
I dead freight will he received only
subject to loss or damage by delay.
mis- announcement OF the Southern
freight officials follows the rigid en-
bargo declared Thursday afternoon by
/ the Chesapeake and OHIO railway. and
which became effective yesterday
morning. The c q .. embargo on
freight blocks all connections with the
southern and other railroads. Sew
eral months ago, It will be recalled,
the Richmond, Fredericksburg and
Potomac company issued an order TO
accept no freight for connections
where embargoes exist, mainly heavy
freight destined Tor points on the
Pennsylvania and other Northern
lines
There was still an air of uncer-
tainty in the Richmond railroad Of
ices YESTERDAY and all OF the officials
in the general offices here are merely
sitting back and awaiting develop
ments. Up to this time the G. & Q.
and Southern companies are the only
railways entering Richmond that have
declared embargoes, but Just what de-
yelopments along these lines will he
Forthcoming today is a matter of con-
lecture.
Many viii Volunteer
Up to the present time no local EN-
barge has been ordered by the Rich
mond, Fredericksburg and Potomac.
but there is hardly probability OF
any freight being received for points
that are affected
Railroad officials with Offices In
Richmond asserted yesterday after
noon that they are OF the opinion that
there will be some men who will re-
main loyal to the companies In the
event the strike really occurs, and at
least some OF the trains will be run.
w. D. Duke, assistant TO the presi-
dent OF tho R., F. e. p, declared yes
terday afternoon that this company Is
ready to meet the situation. Loyal
men remaining in the service and vol
unteers from Office, shop and road
forces will give US almost three men
for every position necessary in the
event the strike Is actually put into
erect" said Mr.. Duke. He explained
that these figures were compiled when
the strike was threatened last Sep
TENDER, and he thought that they
would apply at the present time
| Should the strike actually occur, il
was announced yesterday that neces-
sary coal for the operation OF public
utility plants will be handled ny the
/ G. & o. This statement was made on
the presumption that there will be n
SUFFICIENT number Of loyal men to vol
unteer their services for the handling
OF fuel and foodstuffs
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-17
HALF DOZEN NEGRO
IENfMtNTS BURN


Fire. starting from an unknown
cause In small house. in which there
was no one at the time, last night
destroyed six ,houses. and practically
wrecked two others on Carlston street.
lie ween Dinneen street and I.ombardy
street. The buildings were occupied by
colored tenants. and number of fam
ilios were driven into the rain nv the
flames. A little wind famed the fire
and in less than an hour after the
alarm was sounded. the damage was
complete. totalling approximately ST.
500
1t was i0:i2 o'clock when the alarm
was turned in. Some time previous to
that, however, it is understood the
fire started. but the negroes. so intent
on removing their furniture to places
OF safet-, were thong tess reea riding
the necessity OF sounding an alarm
, so when the fire department reached
the scene, it was found that the houses
were doomed
Due to the out-of-~ay location Of
the fire, the department found IL diff
ficrlt to get within lighting range. Fire
plugs in that vicinity are few, AMI
il was necessary to run hose about
seven blocks before water could be
turned on the blazing buildings One
of the engines succeeded in getting
within a square of the fire later. and
with this stream the Roadway OF the
blaze was checked
Three of the houses were the prop
crtY of Taylor Cook. colored man.
who occupied the building. in which
he fire started. Ii could not be learned
last night who were the owners of tho
other houses. Large crowds OF people
were attracted to the Rre by the re-
Election that lit up the lowered clouds
of the night, and all about the fire
was strewn furniture and clothing,
practically all of the worldly goods
of the negro tenants. Towards mid
night the rain started. and the negroes
were taken in by neiRhbors for tho
night
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-17
APPEAL IS MsOt
CONTINUED from First Page.)


the old common law provisions as TO
conspiracies. Under the recent CLAW
ton laws, the antitrust laws cannot
be invoked against labor unions. and
the encouragement sought to find
means of meeting the situation out
side OF the recent epactments No
announcement as to possible legal
proceedings was forthcoming tonight
but II WAS stated that the department
had so far found little encoura cement
In Its researches.
May Take Over Roads.
The clear determination of the
president to prevent II railroad
ue-up tonight led to serious dis
QUESTION of the possibility of HIS
taking over the railroads and
operating them under govern.
ment control
IL was stated that by exnrtinr The
fun scope of his constitutional au-
'hority the president could 20 10 al
most any lengths without legislative
authorization to prevent the choking
or the channels ot interstate com
merce Some member Of the preei-
dents cabinet even suggested an an
nouncement by the president to the
effect that he would take over the
III.
The vigor OF the presidents views
on the situation were made clear in
his telegram 10 the heads of the
trotherhoods and the railroad man
ayers It was addressed to Presi-
cent Stone, Of the engineers: Presi-
dent Carter, of the hremen: Acting
President Sheppard, Of tho conduc-
tors; president Lee, OF the trainmen.
and Elisha Lee, chairman OF the CON
ference committee of railroad man
ayers. ana said:
Presidents Direct Appeal
II deem 1t my duty and right
to appeal to You I'm the midst OF
peril TO open again the question
at fs$uc between the railroads
and their operatives with a view
to accommodation or settlement.
With my approval committee OF
the council OF national defense Is
about TO seek conference with
that end In view. The general
fnfefruDtion OF the railroad traf-
fic of the country at this time
would entail danger to the ma
ton against which I have right
10 enter my solemn and earnest
protest. II Is now the duty of
every patriotic citizen to leave
matters of this sort to mediation
Tor accommodation. The safety
OF the country against manifest
p"riis affecting its own peace and
the peace Of the whole world
nakcs accommodation absolutely
Imperative, and seems to me to
render any other choice OF action
Uncomfortable"
The president tonight waited
anxiously for word from Secretary
Lane in New York. The administra-
non was determined to have some
definite answer to its demand for a
settlement of the strike before morn
ing, in order that definite and drastic
steps TO meet the strike might he
ordered, If it could not be avorted by
negotiations
Railroads Willing.
In reply to his telegram of pro-
est Presidents Wilson received. tho
Following telegram from Elisha Lee.
chairman OF the national conference
committee Of the railways, tonight:
In harmony with the spirit of
Your message the national confer
cncc committee OF the railways
Will cooperate with the commit
tee Of the council OF national de-
Tense In an earnest effort to avert
the national calamity which
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-17

Mrs. Amos. of 2009 Stuart avenue. re-
ported to the police last night that
while walking near her home in com
pany with another lady. negro man
suatched her handbag. and fed down
the street The bag contained s. IN
currency. a key and four yards ~ lace.
The police are on the lookout for the
man.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-17
would result from an Interrupt.
ton of railway traffic"
SPECIFIC PLANS FOR
CARRYING ON STRIKE

New York, March 16.--Specific
plans for the conduct of the strike in
the different districts were formed at
number Of meetings today More
than 100 shops and general chairmen
for the Eastern district gathered to-
night at the Broadway Central hotel.
Strike Instructions for the New Eiry-
land states were issued. George II.
Sines, vice president of the Brother
hood Of Railway Trainmen, presid-
ed.
Under the general plan completed
today the four vice presidents of the
railroad brotherhoods will direct the
general strike from the headquarters
established in Herald Square hotel
All plans of this srecial strike COM
mittee will be submitted to the four
brotherhood chiefs now at the Hotel
Belmont so long as they remain in
the city.
Three of the four vice presidents
were al the headquarters today. They
are George II. Sines. chairman; T. r.
Gregg, vice president of the Order of
Railway Conductors. and George X
Wark, vice-president of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen and
Enginemen. l.. c.. Griffing. assistant
grand chief of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, acted as the
fourth member of the strike commit
tee, in the absence OF Vice President
: NJ r. Montgomery who is in Chi
cago.
Railroad officials and brotherhood
chiefs today received advices that the
. employees of the Atchison. Topeka and
Santa Fe railroad. in all departments.
and the engineers of the Union Pacific
as we'll as employees on other lines,
will refuse to obey the strike order.
Announcement was made that some
Of these will withdraw from the
brotherhoods
Depend On Chicago.
brotherhood officials admitted to-
day that great dependence for the
success of the strike is placed in the
'leing up of the Chicago switching
yards. The strike in this division is
10 take effect tomorrow night, and
may have a serious effect upon the
passenger service in spite of the fact
that no strike on the passenger lines
is TO he called until next Wednesday,
Hundreds Of messages We're receiv-
Oh today hy Elisha Lee. chairman OF
the national conference committee Of
the railroads. and the four brother
hood chiefs, urging that a settlement
of the strike he reached. The tele-
grams came from all parts of the
country. FROM organizations OF bust
ness men, bankers and farmers. They
appealed to the opposing forces IN
the threatened strike TO effect some
compromise for the sake of the COM
mon good and for the welfare and
safety OF the nation
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-17
GERMANY CtlLS ON
ITS PEOPLE FOR CASH
nv WILLIAM RAyARD HALE.

EerHn, March lb.--Today the fol-
lowing advertisement appeared in all
German newspapers:
To-day begins for us who have stayed
ut home a new possibility to helm our
brothers and sons on the front aud
hasten the victorious end of the war
Everybody must lend as much az
possible to the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
according to his ability; the rich
much. the poor less: none must be
missed
ON with the subscriptions for the
sixth war loan
Transform your money into t.
boats, barbed wire. guns, grenades
machine guns and bullets and you will
preserve thereby the lives of our
heroes NJ the front
ut means to prove to our enemies
by the result of the war loan that
Germany's economic strengt,, Is I'M
weakened, so that they lose courage
and abandon the hope of being able
TO crush us
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-17
Funeral of Rev. T.. Wallace Cave.

fuutfht III heN. IL. Wallacc NHVc.
l.. wallace Cave. a Confederate
Neteran. died at the home of his
laughter. Mrs. r H. Bib. near
Louisa. Va. March 10, aged seventy
nine years and six months.
Funeral services were held at the
old home place, Rose HILL" now the
home OF his SON. J. ID, Gave.
Surviving him is his wife, Mrs Ella
s. Cave. and eleven children. namely
-Mistresses Ashhy Waddy, NJ T.
Johnson. e. II. Bib, Il. II. Powell,
Ct Louisa. James Dickinson. Of Fred
ericksburg; r. A. Dickinson, OF Cow
ngton. Ky, and Miss Irene Cave, of
Richmond Messrs- p. a. Cave, OF
Washington. d. c.: r. L. Cave, of
Charlottesville. J. p. Cave. OF Louisa
and T. l.. Cave, Of Delta. Pa. Two
brothers, Rev. r. Lin Cave. OF Nash
vile. Tenn. and r. c. Cave. of St
louis, Mo.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-17
Seventeen Quarts Found.

y. S. Hazel. W. NJ. Sims and Tshia
Pollard were arrested last night by
officers Harris and Eddlebert charged
with transporting ardent spirits. The
Officers caught the men near Tfba
station with seventeen quarts of liquor
in an automobile.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-17
No Change In Hood Situation

washington. March ls,-~There was
little change in the food situation
today, the weather bureau announced
The crest OF the Hood in the Ohio
river was between Huntington. w
Va, and Cincinnati.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-17

What Public Offictnis In Oregon and
Portland Think of Prohibition.
James Whithycombe, Eovernor-1t
Is proving n phenomenal success from
an economic and moral standpoint.
II r.. Aibee, mayor OF Portland
II Is one OF the greatest forward steps
ever taken by the city.
l.. r. Alderman, city superintendent
of schools, rortland--The school chill
dren are better clothed. better fed
and better shod. Attendance has I'M
proved materially.
Walter II. Evans. district attorney.
Multnomah county tportland) -Crtme
has been cut in two.
John Clark, chief of police. Port
ian'i-From the police standpoint 1t
has proved 4 good thing.
r NJ. Huriburt. eheriff. Multnomah
county CPortiand) Tho moral effects
have been wholly good.
Dr. X. r.. Leo Steiner. superinten-
dent oregon state Hospital for In
sane--It has already decreased the
number OF insane commitments, and
Is bound to decrease the prevalence OF
paresis.
Arthur IAngguth. municipal Judge,
Portland--It Is a good thing in every
particular.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-17
Motor LNpert To Speak

The Richmond Salesmanship club
Will be addressed Monday night by
Lee Anderson, vice-president Of the
Hupp Motor Car corporation, Of De-
troit, Mich.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-17

WHITEHORN.-The funeral of MRS
MAMIE c, WHITEHORN VIII take
place from Billups' Funeral Parlors
Twenty fifth and Marshall SITS, THIS
Saturday AFTERNOON. at 3
O'Clock. Friends invited. Interment
in lakewood.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-17
BRITISH. ADVANCE
IS STILL UNCHECKED

London, March ia portion OF
the town OF Bakubah. ON the right
bank of the Dtala river. about thirty
occupied by the British, It was an
nounced in report received today
from General Maude. in command OF
the British Tigris forces.
The Turks continue to fall back on
the right bank of the Tigris
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-17

London. March - INC VAR Of.
nee announces tia p: a:3e today a
os,'le airplnne DE 9prd bombs at
Westsate. There We're 10 casuafttes
and the material damage was report
a as slight
Wcs,@,'e is watering place close
10 MarRutc AMI about eighty miles
from London. On March l Ger
man airplane dropped bombs on
8roadStairs. another watering place
in the same neighhorhood us West
safe. Tho British offi2ia statement
said that on this occasion one Wa
man was injured. According TO the
German version t.sr raid on Broad
stairs was carried out by a number
Of hydro-airplanes which attacked
merchant shipping and the railroads
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-17

work just as hard the other way; that
men are now buying better clothes
and a greater percentage are paying
cash for them,
Every credit man reports that col
lections are better under prohibition
This is particularly true OF the srn"ilef
stores. The big Wholesale houses re
port that their collections are better
The passing OF the saloon has lef1
no abnormal number of vacant store
r. ons. In the main business district
ALI but three of the rooms formerly
occupied by saloons are now hlied
by legitimate lines OF business. More
than rs pert cent of the OLD saloon
locations were snapped up by other
business men within a month after
the saloons went out of business
Prohibition Portland has attracted
more tourists than Portland win its
saloons ever did In normal year.
All frst-class hotels report better
business this year than In any normal
year before the saloons were wiped
out. Naturally those hotels that made
a heavy profit from their bars are
suffering Just that much loss, but
their other departments continue to
make money. Some of them are alb
rbine the losses due to the elimina-
ton of the bar by the increased bust
ness IN tI1ClT TuDinS anu feStAui ans
Hotel men say there is no reason why
a hotel should depend on It's saloon
10 carry along the rest Of the house,
any more than a good department
store allows It's shoe business, for in
stance. 10 carry the losses of its
dress goods department.
Employers assert that those of their
employees formerly inclined to drink
have gained fully % per cent In erfi-
cheney. This IS particularly true OF
logging camp operators.
Practically every state, county and
city officer OF Oregon bears eloquent
testimony to the fact that prohibition
In Oregon prohibits and that its eff
fects have been ben~ficent, as wit
ness the following data taken from
the Portland Sunday "Oregonian" of
December 81. 1915, paper which,
at the time of the campaign, was not
friendly TO prohibition:
Iconor tic Conditions in Portland Year
Before and Year After Enforce
nient Of Prohibition.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-17

French Advance.

Paris March 16.--A French detachs
mcnt advanced last night between tn
ANre and the Disc and occupied a num-
/ Der of points. taking prisoners. tn
war office announces
German raids on the Nerdun front
were repu)sed. Artillery cnga gements
occurred In the Che r}pa ne.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-17

Petrograd. March 16, via London
British Admiralty per Wireless
Press) Russian troops have dis
lodged the Turkish forces from their
fortified positions on the summit OF
Narleshkian. to the west of Herman
shah, in Northwestern Persia, SAYS
AN official statement issued today bs
the Russian war department.
French Entr Enemy Trenches.
Berlin. March Is. via Sayvillc.-~Ar
attack with strong forces was begun
by French troops on the Macedonia.-
front yesterday, IN the region Of Mon
astir. Todays headquarters repo.i
says the Frenci entered advanced
trenches at one point. but otherwise
were rspulscd.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-17
COMMITTEE NAMED

Continued from First Pcse.)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-04-28

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich, April 2s.-
The Central League championship sea-
son opens next Thursday with Muske
gon playing at Springfield Grand Rap
ids at Dayton, Fort Wayne at Evans
vile and South Bend at Richmond.
Umpire Daily will officiate at Day.
ton, Slear at Springfield. Holmes at
Evansville, and Mckee and Kuhn at
Richmond. DAILY and Holmes were In
the league last year. Kuhn comes
from the New York State League.
Slear is former Central and South
ern Michigan association umpire.
He was not In baseball last year
Mckee has been umpiring in leagues
in the south and west and Is new to
the Central League. He halls from In
dianapolis, DAILY from Chicago, Slear
from Jackson, Michigan. Holmes from
Dayton. while Kuhn makes Milwaukee
his home between seasons.
Two Changes Made in Circuit
Two changes were made in the cir
cult during the winter months. Fort
Wayne, Ind, takes the place of Wheel
ing, w. Va, and Richmond, Ind the
place Of Terre Haute, Ind. The
changes give the league the most COM
pact circuit II has had during its 16
years Of existence. making 1t one of
the oldest minor leagues in the coun-
try
Harry Smith, former Pittsburgh
catcher, at one time manager of pen
nant winning team at Newark, N. j..
in the International League, and last
year manager Of the Wheeling team
Of the Central League. is at the helm
at South Bend this year. Carl Wanda
grift, former Central Lacquer at Fort
Wayne. and second baseman for the
Indianapolis Feds when they won the
first pennant in that organization. is
manager and president of the Fort
Wayne club.
Manages Pennant Winners
Muskegon will introduce a new man.
ager In Jimmy Hamilton, former West
ern League player, and manager in
the Michigan State, Cotton States and
South Atlantic Leagues. He takes the
place OF Babe Myers, who will man.
age the Richmond club.
Babe managed several pennant win
ming teams in the Central League and
had several others up among the first
three. Joe Dunn. former Brooklyn
backstop, will manage the Springfield
-'nh for the second season in success
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-04-28

the checker title. to meet Myers in a
battle royal in this city. The chal-
lenge has been accepted by Brant's
manager, E. w. Dickerson, league
president. Bill Wilcox, Quaker left
fielder, expects to bet $4,000 on his
boss.
The Muskegon papers are still raw
ing over Myers action in refusing to
permit the Musk Oxen to play here
last Sunday with the Mccain team
and are promising a warm welcome
for Babe when he brings his Quakers
to Muskegon. AS Myers has only been
out twenty-five seasons he is natural
ly very much perturbed over these
threats. "They tell me these fans can
get awfully rough if they don't like a
player, so l believe l will keep away
from Muskegon all summer" re-
marked Richmond's timid manager.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-04-28
DENTISTS
FORMULA
VEGETABLE
CALOMEL

Vegetable calomel, extract Of the
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stimulator, it's great. It's a per-
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because its action is gentle instead
Of severe and irritating - and it
leaves no mean, disagreeable after
effects. Physicians recognize this
and prescribe may-apple root (po-
dophyllin, they call it) daily.
Combined with four other stand
ard, all-vegetable remedies, may
apple root may now be had at most
any druggists In convenient sugar.
coated tablet form by asking for
Sentanel Laxatives. II you forget
the name, ask for the box that has
the picture Of the soldier on it.
These tablets are small, easy 70
take and are really wonderful lit
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They quickly clean out the poi
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They are mild. They never
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as well as q cleanser and liver
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son Ave-, Covington, ~.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-04-28
Fifty Prizes Posted
For the Best Corn
Raised by Youths

A boys corn club is being organized
this year by ]. NJ. Jones in addition to
the regular Wayne County Corn club
All boys between the ages of IL and
Is are eligible to membership. Each
boy is to farm one acre OF ground
and is permitted to use any and all
methods which he may desire.
Fifty prizes ranging from $40 In
cash to 81 worth of merchandise will
be offered to the boy raising the best
acre of corn for the least amount OF
money. Blanks to be filled out can
be secured from F. M. Jones az the
Jones Williams implement store.
During this summer Federal Agent
Linke, who is sent out by the govern
ment, will visit this county and help
the boys. Names should be in by May
if possible and by May 10 at the
latest.