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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-25
.C0MPERs REFLECTED
HEAD OF FEDERATION
All 0niccrs Except Treasurer Lennon
Returned to Office With
President.
LABOR STANDS WITH NATION
Tobin, New'Treasurer, Says I'VE Arc
Trade Unionists, but Americans
First" - Willing to Make Every
Sacrifice for Country.
TBy Associatcd Press. /

BY Associated Press.
BUFFALO. n. y. November 2i.--
Samuel Gompers. president of the
American Federation of Labor for
'hirty-nve years, WAS reelected to-
day virtually without opposition. and
with him every officer of the fedora :
lion except John Is. Lennon. treasurer.
who was defeated by Daniel j. Tobn.
president Of the International Team
stcrs' and iChauffcurs' Union.
An effort to read into the defeat
OF Mr.. Lennon weakening Of tl"
position Of President CIompers as lead :
or ana a partial victory for the small
group of pacihsts which has opposed
him. was secuted by prominent fed
Grafton men.
1t was further stated that the unions
which lined UP against GomperS on
the Endorsement of his war policies
carly in the convention. to-day divided.
The majority OF them voting for Len
non. The vote for treasurer s.aod
Tobn. 1916: Lennon. ?,l02.
To make his position clear. Mr.. To
bin, III accepting office. declared there
Vas no 'pacifism and anti-ism' in him.
Stnr" war WAS declared" Mr. To-
bin +:''u Il have tried to carry out
the WISHES OF President GomDers. OF
the American Federation OF Labor. and
or President Wilson. OF the United
states want no misunderstanding
As 10 my position. With thousands OF
mon in our union. there has not been
ono strike. We have not crippled in
dustry during the war. We have been
hghtinK an enemy from whom We NAV
expect no mercy If he Is victorious.
VIC arc trade -nnionists. but we are
Americans FIRST. and should 10 will.
ing TO make any sacrifice III ,ni:;
cause
NO DOUBT WHERE
UNION LABOR STANDS
Mr.. Tobin's statement was greeted
with cheers. and there vas another
demonstration when President Com
pers spoke. plcdGinE his undivided 10y
atty and effort TO the cause Of men
who toll in tho most crucial period
In the history OF the labor movement
and of the world
NO libsrtylovinE man" Tic said
would ask or seek peace now, until
the purposes for which the United
States entered the conflict mad been
accomplished"
we have declared ourselves I'm the
light TO the end for freedom and de-,
mocracy ;there,is no doub. whcrcvunion
labor stands" he said
There were a few seattle: ing votes
againsts Mr.. CompcrS and ono aga .,s;
Frank Morrison. for secretary.
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DEATHS IN VIRGINIA
j. I. drill,

}. j.. Drill. aged sixty-scvcn years.
died AT 1870 O'Clock last night At his
nome. $500 Hull street, South Rich
mond. MIR. Drill had been i'll for
about two months. lie Is survived by
his wife. two daughters. Mrs. Viola
Wilkinson. Of 80 Fast Twelfth Street
lteora. at home. and two sons, John and
Robert. Mr.. Drill was member OF
the West End Methodist Church.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-25

MIR. and Mrs. J. Doc. Sears. of sunny
Hrook. announce the engagement OF
their daughter. Ruth Arberda. TO John
Jennings Gibbs. son or MIR. and Mrs.
X. a. Gibbs. The wedding will take
place in December
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-25
William \. wayn,nck.

William y. Waymack. aged sixty
three. a former resident of Richmond.
died Thursday night at tn. state
Epilep,ic Colony. his. death being due
to pneumonia. His body was brought
10 Richmond for burial
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-25
Ncws of Interest
In and Outof Town
Notes About Things and Poo
pie and What They Are
Talking About

Miss Louise Watkins. of Clarksvillc.
Va who has been quite IN at Stuart
circle Hospital, Is improving
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TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

FOR rent. furnished s-room house every
modern convenience Owner willing To
take or rooms. owner. care Times Dis
patch.
For sale to manager. half interest in mall
order fairy stone business. Profit over 100
cent. J 81 care Times Dispatch.
EXCEPTIONALLY bright. attractive hot
water heated rooms, electricity. 90 West
Grace.
FOR rent. desirable room. bath Meals
be had in building References Nj
dress i 92t. caro- Times Dispa tch
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-25

Ing the past year. making "a total Of
eighty-four now in the institution.
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Mrs. Ada Tcvn,, Moore.

WINCHESTER. VA. November e.
Mrs. Ada TeNalt Moro thirt n =,
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WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
WILL SOON BE ON SALE

CONTINUED from First page.1
The Washington times., 1917-10-26
my Four Years in GermanyBy Ambassador James Watson

others, and in American men ike A
]. Hemphill were his devoted sup
jorters-
Early In 1915 Ernest P. Bicknell.
Who had FIRST come to Germany repre-
senting the american Red Cross re-
turned representing not only that or
Sanization. but the Rockefeller Foun-
dation. With him was wickliffe Rose,
also of the Rockefeller Foundation,
and with these two gentlemen took
up the question OF the relief Of Po-
land NJ. Rose and Mr. Bicknell to-
gether visited Poland and saw with
their own eyes ths necessity for re-
lief. A meeting was held In the
attended by Prince Hatz-
field, of the German Red Gross: Di-
rector Guttniann. OF the Drcsdner
Bank: Geheimrat Lewald. Of the I'm
oertal ministry Of the interior, repre-
senting the German government. and
many others connected with the gov
srnment. military. and financial in
.erests Of Germany.
The commission for the relief Of
Poland was organized, of which was
The Washington times., 1917-10-26
ReprOVed When He
leases Sisters, Boy
OF II Shoots Self

ANNAPOLIS, Nd, Oct. 2e.-
Giving way to his temper after
his mother reproved him for tan
talizing his younger brothers and
sisters, Ernest W. Miller, jr..
eleven years old. shot himself in
the head with a pistol at his
home at West Annapolis. He was
sent to the Emergency Hospital,
where he died.
The bullet was fred into the
skull just above the right eye.
The five children of the family
were playing downstairs at the
Miller home when the mother re-
proved Ernest for taunting the
younger ones and told him that
unless he desisted she would in
form his father. The lad grew
angry and rushed upstairs. He
knew where his father kept a
pistol, got 1t, locked himself in
a room and fired the shot. The
mother heard the report and
forced the door. The father OF.
the lad Is a Pullman car conduc-
tor and arrived in Chicago two
hours after the tragedy.
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flag they have never been discrim-
mated against, where not even a
prejudice existed against them on
the part Of the great mass OF Amer
lean citizens prior to the war.
Would Tie Up Industries.
"This reasonable press has, also.
with subtlety, but with force and
effect, circulated matter calculated
to create a hostile attitude to-
ward the Government on the
part of various other classes OF our
citizens. Some OF this matter Is circu-
lated for the purpose OF arousing the
prejudice against one or more OF the
nations now cooperating with US.
"Other matter is being circulated
for the purpose OF causing internal
and the tying up of our
great Industries at this critical time.
The manifest intent and often avowed
purpose OF this literature is to cripple
that government in the conduct of
the war. The circulation of all such
matter necessarily gives aid and
comfort to the enemy"
The Washington times., 1917-10-26
PRESIDENT PRAISED BY
VIRGINIA PRESBYTERIANC

ALEXANDRIA IVA. Oct. 2s.-High
praise for President Wilson's noble
and valued servies in the interest OF
our beloved nation" IL expressed to-
day in resolutions to be forwarded to
Secretary Tumulty by the Prssby-
terian Synod Of Virginia. In session
here yesterday q resolution OF eulogy
to the Presidtnt was adopted amid
cheers.
The Rev. DR.. John Lee Allison. pas.
tor Of the Second Presbyterian
Church. has been appointed chairman
of q committee to invite President
Wilson to attend the synod. The
sessions Of the synod viii end this
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to the ship.
Seven OF the crew Of the Luckenbach
and two members Of the armed guard
were wounded"
The Luckenbaeh, her engines disabled,
her superStructure riddled with shell
hre. staggered into a French port yes
terday.
The Navy Department has cabled
Vice Admiral Sims for further infor-
nation to identify the Luckenbach
steamer. There are about twenty
steamers OF the Luckenbach line, all
with Luckenbach as part of their
name, and the Navy Department was
unable to identify the steamer from
the brief, but dramatic, report FIRST
cabled by Vice Admiral Sims.
The identity of the ship and the
armed guard, which fred 26o shots in
the four-hour battle with the subma-
rine, Is desired SO that the Navy De-
pGrtment can give official recognition
to the heroic action OF the American
sailors in fighting OF the more
heavily armed submarine.
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war, no one stands higher than Her
bert c. Hoover.
1 cannot find words to express my
admiration for this man, whose great
talents for organization were placed
at the service Of humanity. Every
one knows OF what he accomplished
in feeding the Inhabitants OF Bel
gium and northern France. Mr.. Hoov-
er asked me to become one of the
chairmen OF the International Com
mission for the relief of Belgium, and
I was happy to have the opportunity,
in Berlin, to second his efforts. There
was Considerable business in connec-
tion with the work of the commits
sion. had many interviews with
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little to be had In these countries.
The allies, however. refused to allow
food to enter Germany fer the pur-
pose Of this commission. and 30 the
matter fell through Later, when the
allies were willing TO permit the food
to enter II was the German Govern
ment that refused TO reRhirm this
treaty and refused to agree that the
German army OF occupation would
nor requisition food in occupied lPo-
land. OF course, under these eircgm-
stances no one could expect the allies
to consent to the entry OF food. because
the obvious result would be that the
Germans would Immediately, follow
ing the precedent established b1 them
in northern France take all the food
produced in the country for their
army and the civil population OF. Ger
many and allow the Poles to be fed
with food sent in from outside, while
perhapS their labor was utilized In the
very fields the products OF which
were destined for German eonsump-
tion.
(Continued Tenerrow.)
The Washington times., 1917-10-26
GERARD PRAISES
WORK DONE BY
HERBERT HOOVER

ment agreed not to requisltion either
food or money within the limits of
the territory to be relieved. which
territory comprised that part OF Po-
land within German occupation up to
within, as recall II, fifty kiiometers
OF the firing line. The one exception
was that q fine might be levied on
q community where an, the inhabi-
tsnts had made themselves Jointly
and severally liable according to the
provisions OF The Hague conyention.
The Rockefeller FcGndation on Its part
agreed to pay all the expenses Of the
executive work o. the commission.
This treaty. after being submitted
to General Hindenburg and approved
by him, was signed by DR.. Lewald,
representing the German government;
by Mr.. BickneIl. representing the
RockefeIier Foundation, and By me.
representing the new commission for
the relief OF Poland d. i.
Work was Immediately commenced
Tnder. this arrangement. and, 50 far
- possible. food was purchased In
folland and Denmark. but there was
The Washington times., 1917-10-26
AMERICA HURTBY
BLOCKING OF RED
CROSS IN RUSSIA

unit, belonged to that branch. Others
settled in France, and among these
was the last holder OF the title and
the Duke de Dino, who married two
Americans, first Miss Curtis and sec
ondly Mrs. Sampson 1t was q Gus
tom IN this family that the holder Of
the principal title, that OF the Prince
OF Sagan. allowed the next two mem
bers in succession to bear the titles of
Duke de Dino and Duke de Valencay.
Before the last Prince OF Sagan died
in France his son Helie married the
American, Anna Gould, who had d.
vorced the Count Castellane. On the
death of his father, and in accordance
with the statutes of the House OF
Sagan, the members of the family
who were German citizens held q
family council and, with the approval
OF the Emperor of Germany. passed
over the succession from Anna GouId's
husband TO her son, so that her son
has now the right to the title and not
his father. but the son must become q
German citizen at his majority.
Did Not want to Fight.
The younger brother OF the hus.
band OF Anna Gould bears the title Of
Duke de yalencay, and Is the divorced
husband OF the daughter OF Levi p.
Morton. formerly Vice President of
the Unitsd, States This young Tai
leyrAnd to whom I have referred and
who was, assigned to the American
Red Cross unit, although he was q
German by Nationality, did not wish
to fight In. this war against France.
in which country he had 90. many
friends and relations. and. therefore.
III
Cross was most welcome to him
On the arrival of the American doc
tors and nurses In Berlin II was de-
cided to send both units to the east
front and to-put one In the small ST.
lesian town OF GleiwitI and the other
in the neighboriag town OF Kosel.
Count Talleyrand went with these
two units, Goldsehmidt Rothschild
being attached to the Prussian lsga.
tion In Munich.
We had . reception in the embassy
for those doctors and nurses, attend
cd by Prince Hatfield, Duke OF Ira
chenbsrg. who was head Of the Ger
man Red Cross, and other Germans In
terested In this line OF work. The
Gieiwitz and KoseI units remained IN
these towns for about q year and
until the American Red Cross with
drew its units from Europe.
Withdrawal Of AneT1eaa Red Cross.
At about the time Of the with
drawal. OF these units / had heard
much OF the sufferinEs of German
prisoners In Russia had many con-
versations with zimmermann. of the
German foreign office, and Prince
Hatfield on this question, as well as
with Prince Max Of Baden. the heir
presumptive to the throne of that
country, and finally arranged that
such of these American doctors and
nurses as volunteered would be sent
to Russia to do what they could for
the German prisoners Of war there.
Nine doctors and thirty-eight nurses
volunteered.
They were given a great reception
In Berlin The German authorities
The Washington times., 1917-10-26
PROMINENT TOBACCO
MAN MARRIES NURSE

SYRACUSE. N. r. Oct 2e.-Miss
Sarah v. Baker. q trained nurse of
this city, is today the bride Of George
w. Watts. millionaire tobacco man Of
Durham, N. c. the marriage having
taken place yesterday.
Miss Baker was 4 nurse IN the
home OF Watts in 1915 during ths
fatal illness Of his first wife. After
the death Of Mrs Watts. the nurse
returned to Syracuse. Later watts
also, came here and q codftship BE-
gan Watts In the second largest tax
payer in North Carolina
The Washington times., 1917-10-26
FOUR CLASSES ATG W.U
ANNOUNCEMENT OFFICERS

-Four classes at George Washington
University today announced election Of
officers as follows:
Freshman medical cIass-President.
Hazen H Wilson vice president, Gladys
Rain; secretary, +. BUXTON Colonna I;
treasurer. /. J. Hopkins; serEeantat-
arms. Paul SchWartz.
Sophomore medical class-President.
A Freeland; vice president, @. X.
Darcy; secretary, z. L Bradley treas
urer. @. v. Minnlck; sergeant-at-arms.
Hirst Hayes.
Junior dental class-President, Charles
V. Sdefel: vice president. Thomas A.
Reilley; secretary-treasurer. Samuel
Katxman; sergeant-at-arms, E Harold
Donovan; editor. Charles R Witt
Sophomore class Of Columbian Col
lege-President Leslie n Adams. to
succeed William K Wilbur. now
coxswain in the naval reserve forces
at Charleston. s. c.. and sergeant-at-
arms, Paul Waring. to succeed Fred c.
Reed. who has Joined the Ambulance
Corps ~
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those in authority with reference to
getting their ships through, etc. Mr.
Hoover and / called on Chancellor
Won Bethmann-Hollweg and endeav-
ored to get him IL remit the fine Of
40. .00O,O 900 francs a month which the
Germans had imposed upon Belgium.
This, however, the chancellor refused
to do. Later on in April, 1915, 1
was able as an eyewitness to see
how efficiently Mr.. Hoover's organ
ization fed, in addition to the people
Of Belgium, the French population
in that part Of northern France in
the occupation OF the GeSSdans.
Mr.. Hoover surrounded himself with
an able stan, Vernon Kellogg. and
The Washington times., 1917-10-26
Marriage Licenses.

George A. Grass, %. U. s. N, and 'M.rEArst
p. Robb, %, both Of Washington, d. O.
The Rev. John z. Briggs.
Thomas c. solloway, 2s and Frances A.
Matthews, IS, both Of Baltimore, Nd. The
Rev. Titus z. Davis
Clarence T. Wilkinson. n, Of Baltimore, Nd,
and Mabel GeneYra Orriso. q. Of Magnolia,
W. Va. The Rev. John J. Jefries.
Bourn L. Harp, 30, and Daisy Saylor. %, both
of Baltimore. Nd. The Rev. William NJ.
Lyon.
Lester E. Frazier %. and Elizabeth N. Dent.
Is, both Of Washington, d. c. The Rev.
Harry d. Mitchell
Elmer o. Harris, %, and Mabel A. Taylor.
20, both OF Washington, d. C. Tho Rev.
z. Hez Swem.
Joseph Everett Miller. rs. and Eudora N.
MIlstead, 49, both OF Washington, d. c.
The Rev. walcott s. Harsell.
O. w. jackson, q. and Mary B. Wilson, IS.
The Rev. J. J. O'Conner.
o. knight, 81. and Mary Ida Bowman, n.
L. Charlton, Il, and Beulah Savage. 20.
The Rev. A Willbanks.
L. ". Quill Is, and Gertrude Coate, 2s. The
Rev. w. Westray.
The Washington times., 1917-10-26
AMERICAN SHIP IN
THRILLING BATTLE
WITH SUBMARINE

The story Of the thrilling rescue by
an American patrol Of an American
freighter Just as It was nearing defeat
AFTER q furious battle Of four hours
with a German submarine Is told in
dispatches from France. and in an ofti-
cial statement issued by the Navy De-
partment
The Navy Department is informed" !"
says the official statement. that the
American steamer Luckenbach was en-
gagged by an enemy submarine on octo-
ber ia.
The engagement lasted from 7:35 a
m until n:lo g. m. and was broken on
by the arrival Of an American patrol
vessel The Luckenbach was hit several
times. but no serious damage was done
The Washington times., 1917-10-26

placed a large credit in the hands of
this mission. and, after had obtained
through our State Department the
consent Of the Russian government
for the admission Of the mission, IL
started from Berlin for Petrograd-
The German authorities and the Ger
mans a. a whole were very much
pleased with this arrangement Of
tcers Of the Prussian army were pres
emit at the departure OF the trains, and
gave flowers to all the nurses.
1t Is very unfortunate that after
their arrival in Russia this mission
was hampered in every way. and had
the greatest difficulty in obtaining
permission to do any work at all But
many Of them managed to get In po-
sitions where they assisted the Ger
man prisoners. For instance, In one
town where there were about 5000
Germans who had been sent there to
live one of our doctors managed to
get appointed as city physician, and
aided by several of the American
nurses, was able to do a grea: work
for the German population. Others
Of our nurses managed to get as far
as Tomsk. In Siberia, and others were
scattered through the Russian en-
pire.
wouId Have Prevented III Feeling.
Had this mission, under DR.. Snoddy, |
been able to carry out its work as
originally planned It would not only !
have done much good to the German /
prisoners of war, but would have \
helped. q great deal to do away with
the bitter feeling entertained by Ger
mans toward Americana Even with 1
the limited opportunity given this !
It undoubtedly materially
helped the prisoners.
on arriving In Berlin on their way
home to America from Gleiwitz and
KoseI the doctors and nurses OF these
American units were all awarded the
German Red Cross order of the sec
ond class, and those who had been
in Austria were similarly decorated
by the Austro-Hungarian govern
ment
Among those who devoted them
selves to works Of charity during this
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to be chairman, and included the
Spanish ambassador, His Excellency
the Bishop of Posen, the Prince
Bishop of Cracow, Jacob H. Schin. OF
New York and others. Messrs. War
wick, Greene, and Wadsworth were to
take up the actual executive work
Drew Up Sort Of Treaty.
In conjunction with Messrs. Rose
and RickneIl, drew up q sort OF
treaty, having particularly in mind
certain difficulties. encountered By
the American relief comniission in
Belgium. The main point in this
treaty was that TIE German govern
The Washington times., 1917-10-26
RUSSIANS DECLARE FOR
BHGUM'S FREEDOM

PETRoGRAD, Oct 2s-~Untram-
meled sovereignty, Independence In
all foreign Affairs, and compensation
from q proposed international dam
age fund" is what the Petrograd cen
fral council Of workmsn and soldiers
believes should be Belgium's future.
These views were formally expressed
by that body In answer to q letter
from the Belgian minister, n Destrse.
The Washington times., 1917-10-26
Vital Records
Births.

Charles +. and Anna C. Rupert. girl.
Thomas and Margaret N. hcGinn. boy.
Benjamin O. and Lula Sacrey, girl.
Stuart and Freda L. Womeldorph, girl.
winfield and Viola c. Jones, boy.
Chester L. and Gladys c. Belding, girl.
Earnest H. and Jean NJ Coolidge, girl.
George and Selma George. girl.
Frank and Almay Kenner. boy.
Lloyd Z. and Irene L. Michell, boy.
Alonso and Bertha L. Maynard, girl.
James and Corine A. Clark. girl.
Howard and Lena Blake, boy.
Samuel z, and Luvenia jackson, girl.
The Washington times., 1917-10-26
ELECT MISS WILSON.

Miss Margaret Woodrow Wilson
was elected vice president of the
American Civic Association at the
annual meeting in St Louis, Mo-, ac-
cording to word received here today.
Richard B. Watrous. OF this city. was
elected secretary. ]. Horace McFar-
land, of Harrisburg. Pa. will head the
organisation.
The Washington times., 1917-10-26
Deaths,

William L. GaddIs. IS yrs, rs A st. Sc.
Joseph Smith. 2s yrs, Emergency Hos
Alice Schultz, 90 yrs, Wash. Asy. Hos.
Joseph N. Baker. 81 yrs, st. Elizabeth.
Thomas J. Hatch, IS yrs, St. Elizabeth.
Louisa Schneider. 81 yrs, 5o4 Florida ave. NV.
Inf. Of Spiro and Elsie T. Chaconas, l day,
Providence Hos.
Inf. OF Thomas and Margaret n. McGinn, /
day. Providence Hos.
Inf. Of Charles F. and Anna G. Rupert, 4
days. Providence Hos.
Katie woodward, 50 yrs, Providence Hos.
Jennie Coleman, 80 yrs, 2524 Eye 81. NV.
Mary NCale. 90 yrs, 32ll Grace st. NV.
Vine Hoston. IS yrs, Wash. Asy. Hos.
Mary T. withers, IS yrs, 1914 VT. ave. NV.
Cyrus Clay, u yrs, st. Elizabeth.
William II. Johnson. s. yrs. SO 10Th 81. ne.
George G. Miller. IS yrs, Kennelworth and
Polk SITS. ne.
Eliza ]. Mason, 81 yrs, 1255 Wylie st. ne.
John Devon, so yrs, Wash. Asy. Hos.
Jessie Jones, 2 yrs, Children's Hos.
Helene Cooper. Vt, 1l35 Government Ct