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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-05
RUBBER STAMPS TALK
As Business barometer the Time Saver
Says All Richmond Is on

The rubber stamp IS kind OF busi-
ness barometer. When the men who
make and sell them are busy 1t Is
very good Sign that all other branches
OF business in the community are &C.
tive. Every businoss-house uses rub
ber stamps. some of them n large num-
Der of them. They are great time saw
ers and all around conveniences
The rubber stamp makers OF Rich
mond report that for the past six
months business has been unusually
good with them. Some of them are
actually rushed and find 1t hard to
keep up with their orders. This may
be taken as n sure sign that all classes
OF business is good in little old. solid
old Richmond.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-05
Richp,ond Mu.t Sec rh.n,.

wholesale lumber dealers have been
advised by the Southern Pine Associa-
ton that, as a result of the specIaI an
thorization by the War Department. ar
engagements are being completed for
showing throughout the country a Sc
rie3 OF motion pictures of the American
army in camp. Efforts will doubtless
be made to have these pictures shown
in Richmond
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-05
Insurance nusincsx nourht,

John +. Lay & Co. have recently pur-
chased the renewals and good will OF
the Fire and Casualty Insurance bus
mess Of Mrs. V. a. CARRIER
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-17
Gan Austria Hold Out? Travellers View of Life In Vienna Things Not So Bad
 As Generally Thought
(From Our Special Correspondent)

formed of Serbia proper and the Aus trian Serbs and Greats finds no favor. l found no bitter feeling either
 against the French or English. One hears both languages in the restau- rants and tram-cars, and the phleg- matic Viennese do not manifest sur prise. During my last visit to the bureau of the Chief of the Vienna po- lice an elegant and stylishly dressed lady addressed a question to me in German in the crowded waiting-room Her foreign agent prompted me, after answering it, to ask her her nation ality, and she replied with a smile she was English. She told me then and there, speaking in English, that she was we'll treated. The Austrians have heard that the English treat their fe1- low countrymen now in England with consideration, and the Austrians hope i to renew friendly relations after the war.
 Life in Vienna is amazingly gay The city until midnight is blaze ot light. The cafes and restaurants are crowded with gay, stylishly- dressed habitues,' thousands of people go nightly to the concerts at the famous Prater Gardens, the cinemas and theatres do enormous business. The night life" establishments and gam ing houses are mainly frequented by officers on leave, who are recklessly extravagant. I expostulated on this point with an officer to whom I was introduced and he replied with a smile: Tomorrow I may be dead"
 Side by side with this display o1 wealth and luxury are heart breaking contrasts of misery and want. l saw nightly long queues of housewives as- semble outside foodshops in the hope that they may be served early when the shops open at eight o'clock on the following morning. The members o1 families relieve on another, taking turn and turn about, till dawn.
 The intuition workers earn large salaries, but among those workers whose salaries have not kept pace with the enormous increase of prices there is certainly great misery. Per sonally I had an excellent room and Comparatively good food at my hote, 1 for 5000 a day. Food substitutes
 abound, and clothing is extremely ex- pensive. A good pair of boots can still
 be had for about $20, but mans
 suit costs at least s100, and a woman
 who wants to be well-dressed would
 have to put down anything from $17E
 to $200 for a costume.
 The Russian retreat arouses no en.
 thusiasm among the people. The pub. lie buildings are duly beflagged; bu1
 no one takes any notice of the artifi.
 cial excitement which the government
 tries to whip up. "Kein, Schlachtfeld
 aber ein Rennplatz" (''Not battle field. only a race-course''). I have heard men say wearily of. the Rus sian retreat.-Copyright 1917, by tn,
 international News Bureau, 15 Schoo ] Street, Boston, Mass.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-17
UKRAINIAN RADA
 IS ATTACKED BY
 REVOLUTIONISTS

London, Dec 1.-The Petrograd railroad mems union. according to Reuter- dispatch from the Russian cap ital, has received telegram to the effect that the Maximaiist troops in Odessa attacked the arsenal where the Ukrainian rada was assembled.
 The officials of the rada summoned the Ukrainian troops quartered in Odessa These attacked the Maxi malists, who were defeated after street fighting in which there were many casualties on both sides. The sailors of the Black Sea fleet participated in the fighting.
 Afterward the Black Sea sailors di- vided, the majority going over to the Ckrainians, who are preventing the Bolsheviki from sending troops from Odessa against Gen. Kaledines.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-17
WHY THEY SLANT GO!-WHY THE
 BRITISH MERCHANT SEAMEN WILL
 REFUSE TO CARRY PROTESTS
Written by J. HAVELOCK WILSON (President of British Seamen's Union)

Ing us with view to playing the part of dirty spies. This incident will, to some extent. prove my statement. We had for some time agitated against the employment of cheap Asiatic la Dor on British ships. The Interna- tional Transport Workers Federation had instructions for lover two years to take this matter up, but little or nothing had been done by them. Some four days before the war commenced, however, l received communication from the Central Council in Berlin asking that I should furnish them with detailed information as to the number of ships carrying Asiatics, the trades in which they were engaged, etc. Why was this information be- ing sought just few days before war was declared, when the Central Com mittee at Berlin had had over two years in which to look into the mat ter? There is not the slightest doubt in my mind, and in the minds of many others, that this information was being sought for the benefit of the German naval authorities. I did not furnish the particulars asked for.
 The British seamen contend that there can be no talk of peace until the Germans admit the wrongs they have done and sue for terms. We de- cline to acknowledge the rights of pacifists to try to settle terms of peace which would ignore the wrongs done to the seafaring men, and will pre- vent their sailing on such mission. We maintain that every commander and crew of German U-boats who have been guilty of the horrible crimes charged against them should be tried by an International Commis- sion and, If found guilty, should suf- fer the punishment that fits the crime. No matter what the end of this war, our seamen are determined to have justice; and I think 1t will be found that the sailors will resolve that for a period of years they will refuse to sail on any ship on which a German is employed. Further. they will en- deavor to the best of their ability to induce their fellow-workmen employ ed in the Transport trades, to boycott for a period of years any German ship arriving in a British port. They will expect British Masters, Mates and Engineers to refuse to give em- ployment to any German subject. This we can do lon our own''-whatever decisions governments may arrive at in settling terms of peace.
 Copyright, 1917. by the Interna- tional News Bureau, 15 School street,
 Boston, Mass.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-17
(By Georges Baccalis)

was surprised to find that condi- ticns in Austria were not so bad as I expected them to be-.
 Food is scarce, and there is misery and some discontent among sections fectly convinced that economic diff culties win never compel Austria Hungary to sue for peace. think, too, the possibility of a revolution up- on Russian lines Lay be excluded. l found a genuine desire among all classes for the democratising of the dual monarchy, and the curtailment of the Emperor's powers, more par ficularly those which invest him with the right of making war and peace. but of revolutionary propaganda not a trace.
 Both the Emperor and the Empress are popular, and each in different ways plays the cards extremely well.
 The general amnesty which the Em- peror granted, by which hundreds of arradentist leaders were set free, is re- garded in official circles as master stroke. The Emperor's personal affa- bi1ity (whether real or assumed is an- other qnestion) wins him many friends. During his recent visit to Tri- este he spoke to the local notabilities in fluent Italian, a-e seemed to sym pathize in a vague manner with cer- tain of their aspirations. The Elm press, on her part, visits the hospitals, gives largely to charity, and generally behaves in a modest, biameless sort of way.
 My impression is that the Austrian government sti11 hopes to solve the almost insoluble problem of conflict ing nationa1fties on the basis of trial ism-Austriana Hungarians, and SIavs, with certain concessions to the smaller natfonalifies.
 My greatest surprise was the com paratfve absence of the feeling of hate against Italians. with certain admir- ation for the Italian troops. Among sexnf-offtcia1 circles I detected indica. tione of desire to come to terms wftk Italy. Everyone said, and I think with sincerity, that Trieste could nev. CT be given up, but there was less ob. stinacy on the question of the Tren. tino. On the other hand. feeling re- garding Serbia seems to have harden ed. and the idea of Greater Serbis
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-17
MEANS CLEARED BY JURY AFTER
 LONGEST TRIAL


 Concord, N. C.. Dew. 1T@''7Cot guilty was the verdict returned yes tsrday morning by the jury, before which Gaston B. Means has been on trial for three weeks, charged with the murder of Mrs. Maude A. King, whose trusted financial agent he was. It ended the longest criminal trial ever held in North Carolina. Judge B. B. Cline was breakfasting this morn ing when Sheriff Caldwell brought word that the jury had reached de- clsion. The court room had few in it half an hour later when the judge took his seat on the bench and sent for the jurors.
 The defendant, his wife and his father, William B. Means, were the only members of the Means family present. Beside them sat Frank L.. Osborne. ''brains of the defense" ]" Solicitor Hayden Clement was the only representative of the state pres ent.
 The jury reac11ea { verdict after de- iibcfating for IS hours, &
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-17
BAKER BELITTLES
 REPORTED DRIVE |OF ENEMY FORCE

Washington. Dec. IT = Reports heralding an imposing German offens- i've on the western front are attribut- ed to "bold enemy advertising by Secretary Baker in his weekly review of the military situation, published to- day,
 "The German higher command is apparently very eager to have us be- lieve he is about to win a great vic- tory says the statement, "but no ele- ment in the military situation should lead us to conclude that the initiative in the west has passed from the Allies to the enemy"
 The review is devoted largely to German advertising of the impending great offensive.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-17
CAuCACUS OIL
 TOWN IS FIRED
 BY WILD TRIBE

London. Dec. 1.-The town of Gro- snvi .,r +ba caucs.As,s nj, ree;on ac. cording to a dispatch to the Times from Odessa, has been attacked by a chen. The town was surrounded and besieged, after which there was a des- ultory fighting between the tribesmen and the garrison. The oil wells caught fire and some are said to be burned out completely. Many persons were killed and injured.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-17

J. HaVelock Wilson, President of the British Seamen's Union, says that British sailors will re- fuse to work ship that carries delegates to any Pacifist Conven- tion. He claims that the British sailors, who have never been giv- en 8 chance for their lives when attacked by German submarines, will demand justice after the war and for years will boycott the German ships and men. The British sailor will not forget that when the announcement was made to German sailors in an tn- ternment camp in England, that 800 of their British fellow-work- CTS had perished in the Lusitania, they remained perfectly quiet un-. til MT. Wilson left the hall and immediately after they broke in- to cheering and laughter.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-17
THE WEATHER

New Haven, Dec. 17-For Bridgeport and vicinity: Fair to- night; Tuesday partly cloudy and warmer, followed by snow. S Connecticut: Fair and contin- ued cold tonight; Tuesday increas- ing clOudiness and warmer, prob- ably snow; increasing south wind.
 Cloudy and unsettled weather with light snow or rain prevails along the Atlantic coast this morning from North Carolina to Maine. Light snow was also re ported from the eastern part Of the lake region. The temperature IS rising rapidly between the Rocky mountains and the Missia. sippi river, but continues low from the Mississippi eastward to. the coast. Zero temperatures were reported from Ohio, Ver-s mont and Maine.
 Conditions favor for this vicin- ity generally fair weather and continued cold tonight, followed on Tuesday by partly cloudy and somewhat warmer weather. z 4
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-17

M. George Baccalis, promin- ent merchant in this city, of Greek nationality, has just re- turned here from two months stay at Vienna. The rupture of relations between the Central Powers and Greece did not at first affect M. BaccaliS mOVe- ments, but one day he was forced to leave at two hours notice. The impressions formed during his visit to the Austrian capital do l not altogether agree with what one usually hears.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-17

The Presidents proclamati defn- ing the status of Austro-Hungarian subjects in the United States has been awaited with some apprehension in the coal regions of Pennsylvania be- cause of 10000 coal workers in the district
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-17
Bolshevik Leaders
 Not Treating With
 German Socialists

Stockholm, Dec. 17.-M. Vorovsky. said to be the representative here of the Bolsheviki government, is quoted at saying the story published by the Social Demokraten concerning secret negotiations between the Bolshevikt and Philip scheidemann. the German majority Socialist leader, and other German Socialists. is untrue. He says 1t is true that Scheidemann and other Socialists are in Stockholm, but no secret conferences have been held nor are any contemplated. No confer ences will be opened, he added, unless the Entente powers agree to enter the negotiations for a general peace.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-17
To Prevent the Grin

To Prevent the Grip Colds cause Grip - LAXATIVE PROMO QUININE Tablets remove the cause. There is only one "Bromo Quinine." E. W. GROVES signature on box. 30c.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-17
5, 5 ss=s &zs ss DILLONS 's sas s,.' ss Hartford Paris
 Wholesale and Retail Leading Mi3liners
FURS!
FURS!

There is nothing more acceptable for Christmas gift than handsome Fur Scarf or Mutf We offering an immense variety of reliable and dependable Furs at manufacturers prices.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-17
GUATEMALAN HELD IN CUBA AS SPY;
 ARRESTED FOR U. s

Havana, Dee, 17-Luts De Shelly, a native of Guatemala, arrested here taA week at the request of American Authorities and whose extradition is said to have been requested in con- nection with eounterfeiting. was in. termed today in Cabanas fortress, He is accused of being German spy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-17

Norway has lost 5000 sailors during the war.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-17

Farmer want Ads. one Cent wot,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-17

Gloves Of washable
 cape neatly stitched with white and black silk. White, Ivory and tan S2.2S pair
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-17

Gloves of fine wash able cape in white and ivory only. Dres- sy as well as warm
 S2.OO pair
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-16
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-16
OoU, ,0OO, REAL MONEY,
ON TAP FOR KIDS FUN
City Playhouses to Be Erected
When Orphans Court Grants
"a Permission
WILL OF RICHARD SMITH
Fidelity Trust, Executor, Plans to
Carry Pleasure to Children in
New Building Scheme

Therell be sandpiles an roller skates an
merry-go-rounds There'll be the story hour
when all the folks who live in books will
creep out OF their pages into the twilight
and talk TO the real live people who come
4 TO listen! Therell be--this is Just maybe
wading pond where even II your feet are
eusty you can just go in and splash
This may sound like a kids Utopia, but
II Is not. II is a real live place that is
going to spring up right in the heart of
Orphans Court grants the Fidelity Trusts
petition for permission to spend $500. 900
Tor the building and maintenance of a num-
Der OF city playhouses
The situation was outlined today by Mr..
William Gest. president OF the Fidelity
Trust, executor for the will Of Richard
Smith, from whose estate the basis OF the
playground fund will come.
RICHARD SMITHS PLANS
THE will of Richard Smith. the type
founder" said Mr.. Gest, provided for tho
erection OF the Monumental Memorial in
West Fairmount Park and for the Chill
drens Playground In East Fairmount
Park. After the building of these two
memorials the estate has still sufficient
sum arising from accumulated income to
justify the establishment of other play
grounds. The opinion of the trustee, as
stated in the petition. Is that these play
grounds could be more advantageously
A. erected In the congested parts of Phila-
delphia, rather than in Farmount Park,
and the petition has therefore been pre-
sented to the Orphans Court for leave
to do so.
The idea is TO bring the Fairgrounds to
the children rather than to make the chill
dren go to the Fairgrounds as they do
now TO the Childrens Playground In Fair
mount Park. We need playhouses and
Fairgrounds where the children may get
to them easily The city play places will
be composed OF buildings and grounds. They
probably will be conducted along the lines
OF the Park playhouse, with the exception
that only young children may recreate
there. while In the new Fairgrounds it is
Just possible that older children also may
be given the opportunity.
100000 TO SPEND
How far 100000 will go will depend
upon the amount paid for the sites, and
as no sites have yet been selected by the
trustee 1t is impossible at the present time
TO say how many such Fairgrounds can
be established, but it is hoped there may
be three"
The children's playhouse in Farmount
Park Is a two-story Colonial building de-
signed by the architect, James H. windrim
Exteriorly and interiorly il affords every
conceivable amusement that the heart of a
boy or girl could wish for. 1t is to be ex-
pected that the generosity and personal in
terest characterizing the maintenance of
the Park playground will attend the new
enterprise and guarantee the fortunate little
youngsters the best playground in the land
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-16
BOYS LIGHTHOUSECLU
SEES MARVEL OF POOL
William A. Curwen Gives Exhibi.
ton, Tied and Done Up
in Sack
Photographs Illustrating this appear Ia
the Pictorial Section today.

HhutbEFbpns tnIs appear IN
the Pictorial Section today.
"whew. will he ever get out? Gee Look
at de guy all tied up and In n sack He's
a regular Monte Cristo. Can you beat
that?"
These and many other remarks greeted
William A. Iurwen, of 40 Church lane, last
night. when he was tied hand and foot by
volunteer members of the audience, tied in
sack with all his clothes on and thrown
into the swimming pool at the Boys Club
OF the Lighthouse, Howard and Somerset
streets.
Curwen then. in the twinkling OF an eye,
In some mysterious and secret manner. un-
tied his hands and feet slipped out of his
street clothing out of the sack and APP
peared on the surface In his bathing suit
Curwen Is as much AZ home IN the water
as he is on land lie is now thirty-t1ree
years old and has been swimming, making
records and winning prizes. ever since he
was boy. He began his swimming in his
native country. England, and when he was
ten years old held all records for English
schoolboys from fifty yards to quarter
mile for many years
In 1904 he entered the ranks Of the pro-
fessional swimming instructor. Since
coming to the United States he has trained
some of Americas best swimmers Miss
Olga Dorfner. of Philadelphia, woman
champion in the United States up to n
quarter mile. and Middle Atlantic A. A. w.
championship. was one of his puDils.
Mr. Curwen is firm in the belief that
this nation would he far healthier II more
women knew how to swim.
The demonstration last night was the
first event of n three-day celebration OF
the twentieth anniversary Of the Boys
Club Of the Lighthouse. This organiza-
tion has more than 1000 members now. II
has had 5000 members, most of whom are
now too old to be in the Boys Club r. ID.
hlees is in charge Of the Boys Club.