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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-06
STATE INAUGURATION
DAY FALLS ON FRIDAY

The fact that Hon. Westm oreianh
Davis. Democratic candidate for gov
ernor Of Virginia, will be indicted into
office on Friday, February l. is not.
expected to have any evil effect upon
his administration. The Democratic.
candidate is not superstitious.
Governor Stuart took the oath Of
office on tho evening of January 81
1914. owning to the fact that February
fell on Sunday. Formal Inaugural.
tion ceremonies were held at the Capt.
tol on Monday February 2.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-06
ARE MADE HONORARY
MEMBERS OF SOCIETY

Louis Krackle. Erdie B Amos and
Fra pklin Richie. who are doing SER
vice for Uncle am. were made honor
AIRY members of the Phi Kappa Epsi-
lon1 Literary society Of John Marshall
High school Thursday night. The trio
we're steadfast members of the society
and honor students at the nights high
SCI DOL Kracke and Amos Joined the
navy as yeoman. Richie has joined
the naval medical corps
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-06

View York October 5-Nfouev m
call onenad at per cent hteh 49,
rer CEN 'ov, PER cent; closed. 2 per
cent Most ~ IN. DAVIS loans we're
made ~ per cent T1rTe money was
loaned In rors volume - per cent
for short time on iudustrials of high
class, which seemed. 10 comprise the
bulk of business done Demand was
not urgent. but amply good 70 absorb
all available funds Rates. 81. % per
cent for all dates.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-06
Parrish Elected Tech Cantain.

Cspecial to The Richmond Virginian.
Blackshurg, Va, Oct 81 r.
Parrish, of Bristol, Va. was unani-
mouslv elected captain of the Tech
1917 football team by the letter mee
here tonight Speed" Parrish. as he
e IA miliarlv known around college.
succeeds CAPTAIN Gregory who failed
10 return this season He VIII he
seen at left tackle the position made
vacant by Polly Hale who Is now
in the aviation service, Parrish is
great favorite with the "a diets and has
all the qualifications for great
leader,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-06
I ottonseed Oil.

New York October 5-~The cotton
seed oil market was Hrmer with lard
and OF claims that there was little
crude oil to be had 1t under s125 per
gallon, Trade was lighter here this
morning than for many days past,
Closing prices were October, 1850
SO. November 1726d2S. March. 1871
n So; MAY. 1856 so. Spot. 1850 b,
Sales. $500 barrels.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-06
Money for Can,p Activities

Especial to The richmond Nir9lnian
Newport News Va. 0c, 5.--The
efa m her Of commerce has taken the
let5 in a movement to raise $40 900
here sor army and navy training
camp activities. Every civic aud com
rnercial organization in the city will
be asked 10 participate in the cam
pAign, which viii be run by the New
port News war service bureau.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-06
Drsfar Wins Marathon.

Brockton, Mass. Oct. 5,--The an
nual Brockton marathon was won to-
day by Clearance DeMa~. of Boston.
Nillar Kyronen OF the Mtllrose Attn
letic club. New York. vas second.
Carl w A Linder. of Quincy, was
third. DeMar>s time for the twenty
FIVE miles was hours, "a minutes,
= seconds
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-06

Rronkline. Macs Oct 5-Francis
ouimet western amateur golf cham
Mon was drafted here toda = for the
National arr'v with the Brookline
contingent He left with the man Of
the Forty first regiment. Tor Camp
Devens at Aver
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-06

she governor yesterday refused
pardon to Tom JEFF Boyd, sentenced
to the penttentiary from Franklin
county in April 1910, on a murder
charge for an eighteen-year term. to
which had beeh added one year for
attempt to escape.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-06

Especial To The Richmond NirEfntan1
Etsunton. -oetnber s.--The clos
ing racing program at the Stauuton
heavy rains
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-06
Players Tell Experiences.

Dan OLeary. the old time ball play
sc. who never fails to cali on McGraw
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-02-23

was finished possessed in a larg'
way what Blackfoot men need in al
large measure as they can get.
1t is more desirable to have thu
nerve and fortitude to hold ones
of ones existence, than merely tt
have the ability to build UP bust
ness organization while things are
running smoothly.
Blackfoot hasn't any men of the
caliber of the Armours and the Cud-
ahys, and if it had one he would
probably be the target for as much
opposition as could be thrown in his
way If he survived and remained
able to kick us into shape and make
us respect his rights. The Black
foot business men have developed a
custom of opposing each other, and
fighting among themselves, making
their own lot harder and driving
business and settlers and capital
away. Men who do things in this
way are generally men of small cali
Der, and they do things by small
methods. Their methods develop
customers into small practices, and
there is nothing big or broad or pro-
gressive in the whole sphere of its
influence. 1t is not enough for
man to be able to build up his little
world and operate it as did the
Armours; the real test of character
and capacity and fiber is to be able
to meet the unexpected storm and
have the nerve and patience to hold
it together while crash follows crash
in swift and unprecedented severity.
1t doesn't necessarily follow that
because we are a good ways west
we must be small and petty in our
ways. That is matter of environ
ment, of training, of associations and
OF determination in ourselves. If
your grandfather rose up and said
to himself, 81 will be great II
your father said the same thing and
worked to that end all his life,; If
you have followed the same yearning |
in your career, there is pretty good
chance that you will amount to some
thing if you keep right on bucking
the game of life on big, broad
plane. If you are trying to build up
a business, try to build it on a clean
basis. If you patronize a firm that
Is trying to render good service, you
help yourself by helping them to de-
velop. You enable them to do more
for you. 1t is because we have
thought a great deal about these
things and have observed the results
Of both kinds of service that we have
written these articles on what the
public think of the Blackfoot bust
ness men and their methods, and
what the business men think of the
public and their methods. We want
people and tradesmen to understand
each other better and to profit by it.
In our inquiry among the mer-
chants we did not always receive
'esponse. The grocers in particular
could think of plenty of useless an
loyances and needless sources Of
,rouble and expense, but when it
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-02-23

ward, or large measure of it in tn,
mere doing of what he does, and il
the development of himself by wha
he does or causes to be accomplished
In 1894 the writer visited thu
Chicago plant of the Armour Pack
ing company and learned a few
things that it might be worth while
to pass on to you, Most of the PEG
pie who visit their plant are impress
ed with the details of how they
butcher animals and pack the meat
and that is worth while, but it is
not the part that bears the richest
lesson for business man to study
or for study by one who wants to
learn how to do his part best in bust
ness transactions.
At the time we speak of, the name
of Armour stood for business that
was consuming train loads of fat
animals, always had thousands of
them in transit coverging on their
various packing houses. had humid
reds of acres of stock pens filled and
awaiting slaughter, had trains load
ing, had hundreds of buyers buying,
buy, had factories operating to use
the by-products, had other factories
operating to supply cans and crates
and other wrappings for their prod
ucts, had trains and ships bearing
their products to five continents for
distribution in the markets, had
banks operating to keep the money
moving as it should, had an informa-
ton system studying rain and drouth
and plant growth in many states and
nations so they might better estimate
the demand and supply, and while
the service rendered by the firm was
important, the methods by which
they made such service possible
were more important. Back of all
that was the brain and nerve and in
tegrity mat conceived and built and
operated the system.
But even that was only sport COM
pared with what was to follow. At
the time we speak of. everything
was running smoothly, and finan-
cial storm broke. A railroad strike
went into effect. Banks failed. Peo-
pie stampeded Business paralysis
set in. Not a car could be moved.
Stock pens could not be emptied. |
of animals stood on the
sidings Multitudes of them were
burned alive in the effort to force |
agreements and secure relief. The
Armour company, like many others,
had to fight for existence, and the
brain and nerve required to direct
its affairs was the DriceleSS thing in |
the whole organization. The men
who sat at flat-top desks day and
night receiving and debating tele-
grams and cablegrams to keep the
business from crumbling under the
pressure; the men who held every
thing to it's course or protected it
best where it was caught; the men
who played the big game for big
stakes during the long siege, with an
EYE to keeping the organization in
act and ready to render service
again when the big fight for existence
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-02-23

e mind of the person who rang. Then
she pushes a button and We editor
, leaves his work, gets on the phone
3 and finds that this person wants to
) know how much his account is or
l he wants to know how many times
: MS advertisement has been publish
: ed, to know how soon he could get
200 letterheads or butterwrappers
: printed, or he wants to dictate news
item or want ad for publication
or any one of a dozen other things
that the bookkeeper is paid for do
ing and which she could do better
than any one else in the house be-
cause she has those things in charge.
In little town where one man
starts business and runs it till he
gets it to where he can hire a help
er, and finally gets to where he can
hire two helpers and those two help
ers settle down and become fixtures
In the business it is only natural for
people to want to deal with the one
who has been with the business long
est. II you owe the groceryman a
big bill you would rather pay it to
him than to his boOkkeeper, for you
like to nave him know that you paid
1t. II you pay your newspaper SUBJ
scription year in advance, it is only
natural and human for you to prefer
to pay it to the head of the house.
But II the head of the house attends
to all the details of the business.
that business never grows big enough
to give you fine service. A man
can't plan big things and organize
his working forces to carry them out
unless he Is relieved of the detail
work. Be assured that the grocer
or the editor who is doing anything
worth while goes to the office early
In the morning and looks over the
books to see who remembered him
with payments the day before. If
he is running a newspaper that is
worth paying for he has proof sheets
laid on his desk once month so
he can examine them and see who
ought to have paid him but didn't.
II mis- business is built up on sound
principles he starts it by never hiring
done that he can do him
self, and gradually gets to where he
never does anything himself that he
can hire somebody else to do He
can put in his time to better effect
planning work for others to carry
out, and training these others to do
it the way he wants it done. A news
paper is one of the things that is
never worth very much to COM
munity till it gets big enough so it
requires number of persons to OPP
crate it. And the amount of real
service it can do a community de-
Ponds also upon the integrity of it's
whole working force and on the pub
lie knowing as much as possible
about how to make use of it. 1t is
because we hold these views, that
The Republican keeps taking the
public into confidence in ways that
10 many publishers ridicule. If we
are making money you will know it
BY the improvement we make in the
paper and by the new people you see
being added to the office force. If
you ring or come into The Republi-
can office, don't hesitate to state
5our business, whatever it is, to the
person who answers the phone or
who offers to wait on you. If that
person can't attend to it, the right
me will be called. Every one in the
louse wants to render Dependable
Service"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-02-23

This paper has criticised public of
ficiais, candidates for office, people
back yards and the adjacent street.
and alleys; we have opened up ou
columns for the public to CRITICS,
the methods of Blackfoot business
men, and paid them for writing theil
best opinions, and now, as announced
a few weeks ago, we are giving thu
business men chance to have theil
views expressed in public print sc
the customer can see himself al
others see him. In doing so we con
ceal the personality in all instances
and seek only to make the publica.
ton educational and not personal;
constructive and not destructive;
beneficial and not malicious; bring
ing people to understand each other
better, and thru better understand
ing, bring them into more pleasant
relations.
Blackfoot business men are as a
rule harder workers than one might
suppose If he made his observations
in business hours only, for the head
of the house in many cases works
early and late, but during the busy
business hours seems to have a de-
gree of leisure that enables him to
do quite little visiting with folks
from out of town. But he makes
up for that early in the morning and
in the evening.
This life and all it's vocations are
full of equalizing conditions; things
that come as compensation. The man
who does the heavy manual labor
usually has freedom from RESPONSE
bility. The man who wears the clean
neat suit and seems to have an easy
job, and lots of smiles, probably
holds that job because he is able to
smile and be pleasant under the
strain and provocations that go with
the position. There was time when
the editor of this paper thought that
because the bank did not open till
9 o'clock and closed at 4, that the
banker had snap. But by closer
observing we learned that while he
was locked in was when he did his
bookkeeping, letter writing and the
tedious, aXacting work that goes with
the job. Pass a bank on the last
evening in the month and each man
is generally bending over his desk
till most people are in bed asleep.
AS boy We editor looked on with
lively interest when the local editor
passed in free to the lecture that
others paid dollar for We didn't
know that the editor had paid two or
three times that much in advertising
to help the good work along, and that
he would go home and write it up
briefly from memory before going
to bed, so the readers down the
country lanes could get some of it's
benefits from the paper.
But the desirability of vocation
is not to be measured by the ease
or comfort connected with it, nor by
the money that is handled. The true
measure Of business and methods is
the amount and character of the
service it renders. The man who
owns the business receives his re-
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-06-17
PERSH|NC FINDS
TIME FOR WORK
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PARIS, June 16.-Major General
Pershing found an hour for work when
he returned late this afternoon from
French General headquarters where he
had luncheon with Marshal Joffre and
General Petain, the French commander
in chief
This evening General Pershing at
tended the opera comique where after
the populace in the streets and the po-
litical and official world in parliament
and elsewhere. Partisan society had its
turn to honor the commander of the
American expedition force.
General Pershing was greeted with
the widest enthusiasm and the orches-
ira struck up the American national
anthem as he appeared in a box which
was draped in American flags.
Cheers of the crowd were drowned
by the music as the curtain rose, and
Nine. Richardson, holding a large
American flag, sang the Star Spangled
Banner in English, while the cheering
burst forth with greater vigor after
each verse.
Nine. Martha Chenal followed by
singing the Marseilles and then it was
the turn for the large representation Of
American officers and soldiers to chez:
for France.
General Pershing ~as the obia:t Of
another enthusiastic demonstration IN
leaving the opera.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-06-17
HOOVER NOT To WAIT
FOR CONGRESS To ACT
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WASHINGTON, June 16.-Congress'
delay in passing the administration
food bills drew from President Wilson
today an order directing Herbert c.
Hoover to proceed Immediately with
organization of the new food admins
tration insofar as it cOntemplates food
conservation and elimination of waste
through the cooperation of volunteer
forces.
while it would in many ways be de-
sirable to await complete legislation
establishing the food administration
the president wrote, sit appears to me
that so far as volunteer effort can be
assembled. we should wait no longer"
Plans for enlisting every housewife
in the country as a volunteer member
of the food administration have been
announced by Mr. Hoover, who plans to
reach the women through state defense
councils and through various women's
organizations. Every woman will be
taught to save food in the kitchen and
how to purchase food for her family.
President Wilson's insistence that
the food bills be speeded up, caused the
senate today to put the food control
bill next on the calendar and the
measure will be taken up Monday when
the house also begins debate on the
bill. The measure was reported to the
senate today without recommendation.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-06-17

governments of its allies and by means
of an international conference IF So
cialists.
Let the army by it's energy anc
courage give power to the voice Of de-
mrocracy."
Fresh attempts on the part of Ger
many to conclude peace with Russia
have been exposed with the result
that the expulsion from Russia has
been ordered of a prominent socialist
nationalist, a citizen of SwitZer
land, Robert Grima.
Two days ago the provisional gov
ernment received from a reliable
source a copy of d dispatch addressed
by Hoffman, a member of the Swiss
federal council, to Grimm. Apart
from the separate peace offer con-
tanned in the dispatch, Hoffman re-
ported that Germany and her allies
were ready to begin general and i'm
mediate peace negotiations if Rus
sias allies we're willing.
The provisional government appar-
entity was informed that this dis
patch had been handed to Grimm by
the Swiss minister at Petrograd. The
government requested the socialist
mem 3ers of the cabinet, NJ. Tseretelli
and NJ. Skobeloff, to demand explain
atoms from Grimm, who was their
colleague, inasmuch as though for
eigner he was beginning to play a
prominent role in FetrO9rad as the
moGtnpiece of the international pa
cifist propaganda.
An official statement issued today
declares Grimm denied to the cabinet
members that the Swiss minister had
transmitted to him such dispatch,
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-06-17
ARE OPPOSED
To SEPARATE
PEACE PLANS
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PEIROGRAD, June IS (Via Londonl
A stirring proclamation placing the
council of Workmen and soldiers dele
gates on record as irrevocably opposed
to a separate peace was adopted by
the council today. The proclamation
was prompted by Austrian eff3rts to
lure Russia into a separate peace
Separate peace and eXpur,s russian,
Ito rally around the banner of reVolu-
Tx and increase the energy of the
military power for the defense OF free
dom"
The proclamation cites the receipt of
a wireless telegram from Prince Leo
pold Of Bavaria, commander of the Ger
man armies or tie Russian front, as -
sertlns that the central powers are
ready to conclude peace with Russii,
and asking Russia to seAu delegates to
confer with them. The reply of the
council is declaration Of It's attitude
md Minister of Var Kerensky has
caused it to be sent to all -tr DDS on
land and sea, and it has been widely
circulated throughout the country.
Prince Leopold says he offers a
peace which need not heces state d
b. with the allies. He So 5 that be-
cause he knows an offer OF a separate
peace W tn German " i'll lie rejected by
our troops reads the proclamation
Disc ,ssing the projected truce with
Al ria, the delegates, declared tina;
they have not forgotten the Stokhod
ana continues:
Leopold has forgotten. The Rus
slams know to what places 6erman di-
' lolu.s nave been transfeireG-the Rus
slams hear the roar of bloody fighting
on the Franco British front. know tina I
the wreck of the allies means the wreck
of the free armies of revolutionary
Russia-that it means not only new
graves of our brothers but the wreck
of revolution freedom"
The proclamations declares that Rus
STA will follow its own way to a general
peace in spite of provocatory efforts.
ana says
Russia has undertaken to unite the
democracies of all fighting countries III
the struggle against world autocracy
but her plan never will be realized if
German Imperialism is able to utilize
Russlas longing for peace to disunite
her from her allies and ruin her army.
The revolutionary democracy OF
Russia is seeking "a route to peace
through an appeal by the government
created by democratic Russia 10 the
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-06-17
NEW UNION CLAIMS
1900 MEMBERS
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BUTTE, Mont, June 16.-Sixteen
hundred miners, it was announced 10
day. are members of the Metal Mine
Workers Union which is about a week
old. The unions speakers, at an open
air meeting attended by more than 5000
miners. appealed to the miners to con-
tinue to keep away from the mines
The unions officials said more than
3000 miners are on strike for an in
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-06-17
LYNCH NEGRO WHO
ASSAULTED WOMAN
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, june TO.
Henry Comfy, a negro, was lynched
by a mob of 1000 men and women
near Holdenville, Okla, late today
after it is said he had been positively
identified by Mrs. Jesse L. Burford,
wife of a well-to-do farmer as the man
who had assaulted her one week ago
today.
Comfy was taken to Holdenville
early this afternoon from the vicinity
of Randolph, where he was captured
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-06-17

crease in wages and improved working
conditions.
No disturbances were reported to the
police today, but several arrests were
made for distributing without a license,
circulars issued by the union attack
ing the local newspapers and urging
all miners to join the union.
The mining companies reported all
the mines working but with reduced
forces.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-06-17
NATIVE OF HUNGARY
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GENEVA, June 16 (via Paris).-
Raymond Ruff Swoboda, who was ar
rested recently by the police in Zurich,
has been identified by the local police
as a native of Hungary, whose real
name is Gschwidt The police declare
his spy system on behalf of the central
powers extended not only to France
but to America. Further arrests in
connection with the case are expected.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-06-17

denouncing the whole affair as a
clumsy German maneuver. Grimm
added that when at Berne and Stock
holm he had refused to enter into
any such negotiations, and that as
socialist he refused to let himself
be made the instrument of imperial
istic plans.
The two Russian ministers reported
othe cabinet that GTimms explana-
ton was unsatisfactory WhereupOn
an immediate expulsion order was
issued