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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-17
DA MEREDITH DIErZ, Editor.
Telephone Madison 1923.

Thomas Pearman Stuart Eanes, Stuart
Sorg, Ramon Garcin, Pat Quarles and
Ernest Hunter.
+ Carfer-scherer.
A pretty wedding took place last
night at O'Clock In the First English
Lutheran church. when Miss Helen
seherer. daughter OF Mrs. Luther [.
Scherer. became the bride of John
Archer Carter. Of Illinois. The cere-
mony was performed in the presence
of group OF intimate friends ard
relatives OF the two families bv the
grandfather of the bride. Or. J. J.
Schercr. assisted by Rev. J. J. Scherer.
Jr.. pastor of the church and the
brides uncle. Before the ceremony
Miss Helen Leland played 20. Promise
Me-" and " Dawning." and vested
choir sang thu Leheagrin chorua This
was followed by the wedding march
The ushers were J. E. Dunford l. L.
scherer. Jr,. ]. w. King and Robert
Vhittet, and they preceded the bride
to the altar.
Miss Scherer was given away bv her
brother. Hamilton scherer. and her only
attendant was her cousin. Miss Eleanor
Copenhaver. At the altar the party
was met hy the groom Bnt htE beg.
man, Joseph a. Leslie. Jr. The bride
wore a simple gown Of white Georgette
crepe and pearls. and carried a shower
bouquet ct lilies 81 the valley. Miss
Cope nhsver wore gown OF white
beaded Georgette crepe and carried
white sweet peas.
A number Of out-of-.own guests
witnessed the ceremony. and were Wis
ting in the home Of the brides mother
They we're Mrs. O G. Sprinkle. Miss
Painter, % Marion. Va Mr.. and Mrs.
George J Johnson. Of New York; Mr.
ard Mrs :. NJ walter, Colonel s. Brown
Allen, and Miss Francis witz. Of staun-
ton: Miss LavinIa Startzman. Of Ralti-
NOR. ettrt Mrs Esfst~ Norton Fl -cf~ee-
land. Ohio. Shortly after the cer~-
monv Mr.. and Mrs. Carter left for
tour Of the West and a visit to Mfr
Carriers home in Illinois
House Party Mt walkers.
Yesterday afternoon party %
young people. members Of socia!
club. went 70 Walkers. where they
will enjoy a house party for a week.
returning to this city next SATURDAY.
Boating, fishing ard bathing will m
terest the party The following club
members are enjoying she outing:
Misses Dorothes Rueger. Margaret
Scott, OF Atlanta TIA; JAlta Lfndner,
Kathryn Lindner. Elsie Hasse1 Frleda
RattiEe. Zuls Gregory. Eniive schott
Nessrs Jake Ehel. Edward Miller. Ed
ward Spiiling. Edward Anderson, Allan
Wills. Max T3nduer Fred EGrnere and
Herbert Rueger. Mrs. l. Schott and
Mrs. John Anderson are ehaperoning
Leaving for Indiana.
Mr.. and Mrs. John y Clark OF 1894
Fsey,d avenue, ami Mrs. ana Mrs VIC
ter p. Gilbert. Of .inl Stuart avenue.
sre leaving this week for Fsve.te, In
diana to SPEND some time with the
parents OF Mrs Clark and Mrs. GIL
bert. i----
Miss Woodward Plano Recital.
Miss Georgia Woodward, pur,l Of
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-17
Mis-. Woodward. Piano Recital

Miss Georgia Woodward, a pup,l Of
f. l. Boiling rave piano recital a.
the Corlev auditorium last week. ter
performance being admired for brill
liancy of tecknic and artistic nntsh
For encore Miss Woodward repeated
'p'nah shadd. K!plinT Reminiscence,"
a composition By Mr.. Boiling The
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-17

The religious school, Of the council
~ Jewish women holds tie annual pic
mic az Forest Hill Park on Tuesday
All children and teachers are request
ed TO meet in the Sunday school room
at o'clock. In case OF rain the pie
mic will take place the next day. Wed
rexSHv
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-17

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-17

Tuesday evening. the Ladies Ala So
clety Of Woodland Heights Methods.
church will give a lawn party on the
beautiful grounds of Fonticello Lithia
Springs Vocal and Instrumental mu-
sic VIII entertain the guests. japanese
lanterns ~iIi iish: the lawn. The party
IS for the benefit Of the church build
ing fund. The public Is invited.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-17

The annual pilgrimage 10 James
town, made by the Association for the
Preservation 90 Virginia Antiquities,
viii go down me James on the Poca-
hontas. SATURDAY, June 20 Luncheon
r7ar he taxi secured ar hoard Ar~
Harrison VIII come from the South
10 welcome ths pilgrims at Brandon"
on the return trip.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-17
House Party Mt walkers.


Mr.. and Mrs. John y Clark. OF 1894
Fsexd avenue, ami MIS- ana Mrs VIC
tor p. Gilbert. Of .inf Stuart avenue.
sre leaving this week for Fsve.te, In
diana, to SPEND some time with tn.
parents OF Mrs. Clark and Mrs GIL
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30

trating the public school system OF New York
City in relation to the teachers"
"The Providence Journal" maintains
that "the substance of the matter, at
any rate, is that neither New York nor
any other city can afford to keep on It's
teaching staff any person who is not a
100 per cent American. There can be
20 lukewarmness in this hour Of national
crisis. If an instructor feels himself
conscientiously, or by his engagements
with Germany, unable to instI unaduI-
terated Americanism in the minds of his
pupils, he should promptly resign--or be
dismissed" Continuing, the editor writes
ut is our business as loyal Americans 70
tear the evil out OF our schools root and
branch. Free speech must not be permitted
to become free treachery. Academic liberty
must not lend its fair name 70 poisonous
autOcracy. Wherever there ia a disloyal
teacher IN our public schools or in our col
leges he must be removed. Wherever there is
something short of open disloyalty, something
occupying a middle ground between mere
crooked thinking and pure treason, we must
give the Republic the benefit of the doubt
The Journal has repeatedly called attention
to the subtle German menace in our institu-
tions of learning. IL is time to make sure
that only thoroughgoing Americans are in
structing our boys and girls
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
Out of the Schools

appeal goes from that decision 90 the peopie
or the city
"The New York Evening Post called
the trial "an inquisition,' and declared
that the men were "found guilty on n
series Of hypothetical indictments Con-
tinuing. the editorial read
There Is a reminder Of the procedure com
mon I'm Russia under tho Gar when men we're
sent 90 Siberia by administrative order; ihat
ia 10 say. wncn no case could be made out IN
n court Of justice, men were sent INTO eXiie
because the Gar did not like them
Professor John Dewey, in a communIca-
ton to "Thc New York Evening Sun
wrote:
"We find n considerable number Of persons
whose methods will not attempt TO descrioc
who are wasting n great deal Of time ana
energy OF their own and % other people by
running about making irresponsible accusa-
tions against peoplc with whom they do not
agree have come 20 the conclu-
sion that IL is not the teachers who are under
real Indictment; it is tho method Of admins
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
Women and the War
NSWERING a Kansas Citv railwo,.

4 NSWERING Kansas City railways
"A advertisement, eighty women an
piled for positions as streetcar
conductors. They were told that if ac.
cepted they would be required to wear a
gray coat, short Khaki shirt and a conduc.
tors cap.
Ruth Law has started to organize
woman's flying corps of thirty-one mem.
berss
Women will fll vacancies in the ranks
Of streetcar conductors in st. Louis as
fast as they occur after January !.
Zero weather, several inches Of snow
and the heavy pre-Christmas mail have
caused four Of the ten women in Chicago
who recently began trial as mail car
riers 10 turn in their designations and
ask for inside" jobs.
The New Jersey Woman Suffrage Asso-
citation is endeayorng TO bring about the
passage Of legislation providing maternity
insurance for married women Of the state,
who, because Of war conditions, are being
forced into industrial pursuits.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30

THE so-called "open shop decision by
the United States Supreme Court
has attracted the lightning Of crit
icism and protest from organized labor
and its leaders, from Mr.. Gompers to
local radicals, throughout the country.
The gist Of the decision, which was rem
dered in the cases Of the Hitchman Coal
and Coke Company and the Eagle Glass
Manufacturing Company, both Of West
Virginia, against the United Mine Work
ers Of America and the American Flint
Glass Workers Union, was that, while
the court upheld the rights of workmen
to organize for lawful purposes, it also
held that employers may operate their
plants as open shops and may lawfully
prevent efforts to bring their men into
labor unions under certain conditions.
The underlying facts brought out were
these: That while the Hitchman company
in 1913 was operating its mines on non
union basis, employing its men on the
stipulation that they should not join the
union, the union secretly persuaded many
of them to join, and when enough were
secured attempted 10 coerce the employers
into choosing between complete unioniza-
tion or a strike An injunction was grant
ed against this by the lower court, and Is
now sustained, the Supreme Court holding
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
Tearing "Kultur

Of German propaganda conceived years
ago in Berlin" Educators who have read
the textbooks from cover TO cover de-
clare that tucked artfully throughout the
pages are these sentiments:
I. Adulation Of the Kaiscrs fpast and
present..
.. Hatred Of France.
3. Praise and justification Of The
policy Of blood and iron.
(. Germany paramount, predominant
and unconquerablc.
After the nine members Of the Board
OF Superintendent presented marked
passages from the textbooks, the Board
of Education on Wednesday voted TO take
prompt and drastic action for the re-
moval Of the Objectionable German text
books. Publishers announced their will
inrness to cooperate with the school au-
thoritics. Objectionable books in the
schools have been recalled by some pub
fishers and will be recdited before being
placed on sale.
. If the study OF German should he abol-
ished in the New York schools it would
p feet 215 teachers Of German. giving in
struction to 1900 children in the ele-
raentary schools and I7,O0O in the high
schools. The cost to the city is said to
he S1G5,O00 annually.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30

g8je Ollcn Iib Sic 9ranten Obne 2r3t erbOlen?"
o0u ober,' Gdne!" bat @onS.
,@ene6f1lmb 6 brir8e 6rit unO }lnnden mi uenn iie
Qult baben gGonn irOet Die 6eier itatt?"
lin brc llbr 9b nub ia UOrtr0gen - fonlmt bod"
rN6, 10? Damn fonnen mir 9epib, oanSdeu. Nbcr
oeb iebt, &nol Cont fommit bu 5u ipGt."'
@unf I'M Orei llbr iaben lie eripart9SpOll I'M &laenz
5imn1er.
rSebt &u6er iagte 2ebrcr Braun, aS oeS 5ur Ibe ees
fOnmen mar, rn mir ueren 6rcun6en 5ei9en, baB mir
Oreben purm mir Oicien Sag cjern. @orum buben mir
belte unier &loiienmmer nit 6obnen oeifmud lnO bic
gltern 5u ms einaeloOen? N}uI Ou Ourfit c8 io9en
Gin runOer, rOtbddocr }un0c iprn9 in sic 66be unb eb
terfngeOOe.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30

said and did nothing treasonable.' Quite
possibly they remained within the letter OF
the law. Yet the question existed whether
they were desirable members of the teaching
force of this great city, and that question
was, and was bound to be, bigger than tech
nicalities Of phrase in answering questions
or of refusal TO answer any, Freedom OF
speech had nothing to do with 1.-THE issue
was one OF obligation, OF duty 20 'tne city and
nation which gave them freedom, protection
and livelihood, rather than of abstract privi-
leges. What the Board Of Education was
called on 10 decide was whether they had
been as loyal to the United States as a SOL
der IT, the trenches would be expected TO be-"
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30

70 our children and to our government II we
do not safeguard the coming generation oy
teaching loyalty
"Thc Now York World voiced ITS ap-
proval of the recent dismissal Of the three
New York high school teachers. tor
teachers to profess to be neutral IS only
another way for them to be anti-Ameri'
can. and they deserve 10 be treated a'
such. They should not be tolerated on the
public payroll, living at the expense OF
taxpayers while exercising a harmful IN
Huence over the minds Of pupils
"The Brooklyn Eagle declared the
board did fright in dismissing the three
teachers" and The New York Tribune
wrote
"The plain fact is that these teachers be
long 10 certain class Of citizens, small but
tremendously large yocally, who seem ablo
10 see all the faults Of the United states and
its course in the war and events leading up
10 Il but 10 have had astigmatism when they
looked At the encmy. Quite possibly they
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30

labor's reception of the decision. which.
however, received little editorial attention
generally. Looking more broadly over the
field, "The Denver Rocky Mountain News
remarked:
"A year Of court decisions in this country
on industrialism generally should be of in.
terest They are the most important ever
handed down within a given time, If not in
any time During the transitional period
from peace to war and greater recognition
OF the state, a number of vital issues were
presented to the high courts, naturally. and
we believe it will be found that as whole
the bench dealt with them in broad gauge
manner Former decisions were revised; a
new reading was given to the relationship Of
capital and labor to the people II was not
revolution; IL vas evolution, which makes
sure the foundations Of liberty and eonsti
tutional government"
1t is felt that after the war the 70
adjustments needed will be vital in all
legislation governing capital and labor and
their relations, and that each incidental
decision such as this may be ultimately Of
wide significance.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
eCThe Call" Pronounced 1t
l "A Lynching'

But "The New York Call" Socialist
newspaper, saw in the dismissal of the
three teachers "a challenge to every real
American in New York" For
"They did not get fair trial. it was
lynching. And il was blow struck in the
face Of every real American in New York.
VIII the city accept the verdict without
protest? Or will there be such a vigorous
protest that IL will result in generating the
teachers and furnishing those officials who
have held the city in such contempt that they
have done this thing? The Board Of Educa-
,ion has been on trial. And it has brought in
a verdict upon itself Of guilty. And nov the
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
The u. S. Supreme Court Rules "Open Shop"

leaders OF organized labor. Negotiations are
carried on with responsible union officials,
standards arc established ard agreements are
effected which govern labor conditions on
war work from coast 10 coast. The policy of
the Administration is that OF recognition Of
the union and collective bargaining"
"The Minneapolis Journal on the other
hand, argued that "the recognition of the
right Of employers to maintain an open
shop and to be protected from unfair
attempts at unionization is notice from
high quarters that labor, no more than
capital, can be permitted to exceed its
rights"
Mr.. Gompers, calling the decision "far-
reaching and unwarrantable," is quoted
as saying:
"To hold that the United Mine Workers Of
America is an unlawful organization or that
70 is a conspiracy is TO hark back TO the days
when employers were monarchs of all they
surveyed and their employees were servants
or slaves. The miners union undertook BY
perfectly lawful methods and means TO reach
the unorganized and underpaid miners OF
West Virginia so that they might be treated
as men and as citizens with responsibility OF
families u9on an American
standard"
The courts ruling is based on the con-
clusion that "the methods and means" en-
ployed by the union we're unlawful and
malicious"
"The New York Evening Call" using
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30

"LIMINATION Of the study Of Ger
Il man in the elementary schools, re-
~ moval OF Objectionable German
textbooks from the classroom, and the
dismissal Of disloyal school teachers who
maintain "a neutral attitude" or who
voice sentiments against the United States
government i'm its prosecution Of the war,
are measures now attracting nationwide
consideration. "Thc Providence Journal
declares that it is a propitiOuS time FOR
loyal Americans 90 tear the evil out Of
our schools. root and branch" And, quite
In keeping with the spirit Of this counsel,
comes now the action Of the New York
Board Of Education which. however, does
not stop at German, but DEGREES that the
teaching OF all modern languages except
English shall he discontinued in ffty-two
Of the sixty-two elementary schools Of
New York.
Newspapers IN all sections OF the coun-
try commended tho earlier action Of the
New York Board Of Education on Decem-
ber 10. when three high school teachers
were dismissed for "holding views sub
versive Of discipline and tending TO under
mine good citizenship
Franklin B. Giddings, chairman Of the
Board Of Education Committee on Text
hooks, who first suggested that the study
of German be discontinued for the dura-
ton Of the war in the lower grades, now
deems it practical to eliminate entirely
all foreign languages from the elementary
classes. lie believes that German VIII
rot be taught in the lower grades after
this term. Other members Of the Board
make it plain. however, that they oppose
the study Of German in the schools mainly
because the textbooks used spread the
doctrines Of Hohenzollernism," sing the
praises of "Kultur,' and place "Deutsch,
land uber Alles."
The reading matter in the books. in
the opinion of many, is "a far-fung piece
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
With the American Bolshe.
wiki

TIME recruiting committed of'hs
|. w. w. is selling tickets 70
anarchistic, radical and various
labor unions in New York City for con-
cert which is being held tonight IN tns
city. The funds will be used TO aid toe
1G6 /. ". w. on trial in Chicago
How the !. ". ". last summer plsnnea
reprisals for prosecutions in the sOuh-
west by poisoning cattle and hogs WIN
concentrated lye and roach powder nss
been unearthed by the government secre'
Service men working in the fields.
Thirty men were arrested in Sae!s'
mento, Cal, in a raid on the !. W. ".
headquarters, suspected by the police y
being implicated in the explosion at 'N
Executive Mansion.
Three truckloads Of documents, NAN
Of them pamphlets printed and ready =.
distribution, were hauled from !. ". "
headquarters in Chicago in a recent raw
which added to the government eyIdene'
against that organization.
Harry 6. Wheeler, sheriff Of Coenl'.
County, in Arizona, at meeting IN tns'
state recently, stated that the Presiceh,' ;
Mediation Commission lied in its repor'
the President on the Bisbee kidnapping. .
July -. He also accuses Felix franA,
furter, secretary OF the commission "
being a pro-German.
The seizure in Cleveland, recently '"
Federal officials of the plant Of the ih.s'
national Publishing mpany, togetns,
with the destruction large number y
posters, dodgers, post cards and otnef
W. W. circulars, etc, viii. it is oells'es'
70 long way toward eurtailing the seu''
ties Of that organization. The raid ~
made following orders from United s'A''
District Attorney Wertz's office, and u " 80.
one Of the largest Of its kind made ~ -
country since the beginning OF inc
Seven men were arrested and u " ~
pected will be interned until the en
the war. %
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
One View Represents an Outlaw
~ ing of Organized Labor

"The Cleveland Citizen" labor paper,
thought that the decision absolutely en-.
courages employers to operate open shops,
that they will be fully protected in so
doing, and outlaws organized labor and
makes it criminal offence for unionists
to endeavor to organize workers in places
announced as open shops. In other words,
the open shop has become as sacred an
institution as ever was chattel slavery"
This paper therefore called for a political
campaign that should "revolutionize" the
country and gain control by labor of all
legislative and judicial functions.
THE Denver Labor Bulletin" calling
the decision as "unwarranted as the Dan
bury hstters' case" said:
"It Is. indeed. unfortunate that reaction
airy members OF the nations highest tribunal
should permit their prejudiees and sympathy
with corporate interests TO sway their minds
in u question Of such moment at this period of
national crisis"
This was the general tone Of organized
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
n crman in the Schools OF
" Cincinnati and Milwaukee

In Cincinnati the study OF German in
the elementary schools has been discon-
tinued. The Milwaukee Journal com
menting on this action, deplored the fact
that the Milwaukee school board had not
taken similar action instead Of merely
dropping the study from the five lowest
GRADES. Two facts indict the study Of Ger
man in the lower grades, according to the
editor of "The Journal" The first is
that children cannot get enough English
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
There Was Dissent Presented
/ On Many Grounds

The decision was given, however, 10y a
divided court, Justices Holmes, Brandeis
and Clarke dissenting, on various grounds.
Mr.. Justice Brandeis argued, dissenting
that "if il is coercion TO threaten to strike
unless plaintiff consents TO a closed union
shop, it is coercion also to threaten not
to give one employment unless the appli-
cant will consent to closed non-union
shop"
Socialist and labor papers everywhere
were loud in denunciation of this decision.
1t is also regarded as breaking the truce
between organized labor and the govern
ment". by "The New Republic" which
further observed:
zone of the striking facts in Americas
organization for war has been the intimate
relation between the government and the
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30

The government Of Uruguay has ap-
pointed commission to investigate the
feasibility of scheme proposed by Senior
Alexandra 0taegui to turn the locust pest
into blessing by using these insects in
the manufacture of fertilizer, soap. lubri-
cants and stock food Scientific American
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30

that the acts of the union were unlawful
and Malicious adding:
at is erroneous TO assume that all meas
ures which may be resorted TO in the effort
90 unionizc a mine are lawful if they are
reaceable that is, II they stop short Of
physical violence or coercion through fear Of
It, The purpose Of the defendants
70 bring about q strike at the mine in order
TO compel plaintiff through fear Of financial
losses to the unionization OF the mine as the
lesser evil was an unlawful purpose"
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30

the decision as text for an attack on the
Supreme Court, said:
There is no need 70 argue that The court
vas mistaken. Of course it was. OF course,
Us decision is in line with the thought that
was current before mankind awoke and re-
allied that there has been progress"