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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-23
HEALTH CONSERVATION
WORK FOR SOCIETIES
New Jersey Charitable orwnBtxatsens
Urged TO Aid In Passage of
Insurance Law. q

Newark. y. J., April 22.-Calllns
upon all charitable agencies to aSsist
in the passage Of health insuranc.
law at the next session Of the New
Jersey Legislature so as to relieve
them Of a very great burden" and aid
in child welfare. Robert L. Ftenmine,
prominent Jersey city lawyer who has
had wide experience in social legisia-
ton. in his presidential address,
opened the state conference of chart
ties and correction hers Sunday night
with an appeal for speedy adoption OF
m ca sures emphasized by war coudi.
tons 70 conserve the health OF the in.
dustrial workers
The various charitable ockties Of
the state are overburdened by thu
demands made on them for the care Of
families whose breadwinners, through
sickness, are unable to support them"
President F1emming declared IRE
war has forced US all to take = tsf.
ferent view Of life. II has taught ne
that we must protect our army Of
working men and women and the com
ing generation against the ravaRes
and waste of illness A practical
method for securing this result has
been onered in the imam irTous report
OF the New Jersey Legislature coma
mission which recently reeomrn@n ded
as war measure the iunra e~finta
enactment of a health insurance aaw~
without health insurance. the wage
Garner who Is sick very oftan contfrne~
until he is forced to cease work. whsw
II is too late to effect y cure. ASSERTED
Mr.. F1erhrning, whereas he might have
been saved by securing IN time tire
necessary medical and surgical treat
rnent at slight cost to birnsAsf snS to
his employer under a haiti. trzsursxrcssS
law.
This system ne said. ~wfTf r~o-
vide doctors and surgeons for the Efck
wage earnerH and a cash bAwsat 60 care
for the family. that the taborer viii
be returned to his work fr At enmdi~
ton at the earliest possible nom srt
and the family will be cared for rits-
out being a burden 10 the oornnsr rity"
THE stress Of industry tn war 10
making increasing demands upvr ply
steal endurance" states the report Of
the New Jersey commission In recon-
nendInE health Insurance. legizistion.
cited by President FIemmins. In orr
hour of necessity we hare been
shocked by the hfEf, percentage Of
draft reflections on account of physical
d lisa bility As never before we need
now to conserve. for present a nd flu
ture generations. the health and ply
steal vigor of our people-"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-23
FIRING OF PRACTICE GUNS
HAVE EARTHQUAKE EFFECT

Norfolk. Va. April 2c,-- Firing of
big guns at practice at noon yesterday
led some people to believe that this
section had experienced a slight earth
quake shock. AS matter of fact the
entire city did experience a shock, or.
rather. series OF shocks but this
was caused by the conclusion from
the guns The fact that the air Nihra-
ton shock reached this city some five
or six seconds ahead of the report Of
The gun was sensibly felt and mani
tested by the rafting of doors and
windows. aud that the report was
rnufficd and for the most part IN
heard amid local noises led many to
believe the tremors due TO an earth
quake. Indeed. houses shook very
much after the manner or a slight
earthquake visitation, and AZ the resi-
dence 7s7 Malthv avenue "A loose win
dow-pare was blow out and dashed
10 fragm rents in the yard below
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-23
DENIES SHE DROVE OFF
AFTER RUNNING OVER CHILD

Roanoke. Va, April :2--Louise
Aesy. the six-year- daughter of
Charles Aesy. proprietor OF grocery
store at 5lS Commerce street who
was struck and seriously wounded Fri
day evening about 1850 o'clock near
Eigth street on Patterson avenue by
an automobile driven by Mrs. II. NJ
Luck. 912 Commerce street, is much
improved this morning, according to
hospital authorities.
The report that the woman drove
OF at a rapid rate after striking the
child was denied by Mrs. Luck this
morning. Mrs. Luck who LIS confined
to her bed at her home, declared to
A reporter this morning that her car
was stopped within fifty yards OF the
accident. Immediately upon strfk-
ing the child | tainted" said Mrs
Luck, and as ! swooned away my
foot pressed against the accelerator
and the car speeded up. My little boy
pulled my foot Off the accelerator and
my little daughter put on the emer-
genCy brake and the car stopped
within fifty yards of the accident"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-23
'CAOMAN'S NEW OPERA
CONTAINS RAGT|hE
First Performance OF "SsIancwis"
Welcomed rs American in Music
and Theme

According to the latest music prop
bets the great American composer
will not be a spiritual descendant OF
Edward Mcdowell nor of kin 10 De-
busy, Stravinsky, or others VINO are
leading the van in Europe; he will
be an exponent, in some degree, of
Rag Time which is held to be truly
by Hiram Kelly Moderwell and Carl
Van Vechten in recent writings.
seems to some extent to be portentous
at this time when America has Just
heard the latest opera, written by
Charles Wakefield Cadmar, truly
American composer, performed last
week at tho Metropolitan Opera
house in New York.
Mr.. Cadman's opera "Shanewis,"
Is American, and it contains some
Rag Time"--st least some OF the
instruments that produce it--for in
an interview quoted tn Musical Amer
cha. Mr.. Cadmsn says: For stage
effects in the powwow scene I need
also an Indian drum. an Indian sand
rattle and gravel rattle. four ukuleles
and a JAZZ band"
Mr. Cadman has made a long STUDY
OF American music 10 the songs Of
the indian. In tho interyicw he goes
on to say: 'Shanewts' deals with
corten porary people In contemporary
surroundings, and though the princi~
pal woman character is Indian and
the second scene passes in Oklahoma
in an Indian reservation, tho work
does not in any way fiji the ordinary
definition of Indian opera Mrs.
Eberhard has made me wha- I be-
neve to be a dramatically efTectual
stage work of rich musical poSsibili-
ties For the story-that OF the for
tunes of a highly educated, modern
indian gtr-we owe credit TO TsIan-
ina, who not long ago suggested to
history as her own"
Just few days before the long
herslded debut of his opera Cadrnan
wrote 10 one OF his friends
timely and il is at least American II
nothing else, in story and musical
treatment, even though in structure
1t may follow the technic of the Ital-
ian operate nodus operandi. which
Is all one has to foilow-unless one
initiate the German style. Well. we
shall s@s what we shall see | make
no plea for kindness on the part OF
critics. l want my work to stand on
its oun legs or else die a quick death.
don want II an uncertainty I
hope IL Is either big bowling sue
cess or an instant dismal failure.
can't stand an Indifferent success
am tnst that American
The enthusiastic welcome accorded
Cadmans new opera last week re-
moves all uncertainty as to ITS sue
cess and vouches a long succession 81
years oe popularity.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-23
Stork and Cupid
Cunning Plotte,-s


Cupid and the stork are held up to
veneration; they are rated as cunning
piotters to herald the coming of the
little sunbeam to gladden. the hearts
and brighten the homes of a host of
happy families
There is a most remarkable prep
aration, known as Mothers Friend,
which has been used by women for
over half century before the arrival
Of the stork. This is a penetrating
external application for the abdomen
and breast. BY daily use throughout
the waiting months, strain and ten
sion is relieved. The muscles are
made elastic and pliable so that wheE
baby comes they expand with ease
and the pain and danger at the crisis
is naturally less,
s. Then, too, the nerves are not torn
and drawn with that usual wrenching
strain. and many distresses. such as
nervousness, nausea, bearing down
and stretching pains. are among the
discomforts and debilitating expert
ences women who. have used Moth
er's Friend say they have entirely es-
capped by the application of this time
honored remedy.
Thousands of women have used
Mothers Friend and know from ex-
perience that IL is one OF the greatest
contributions to healthy, happy moth
erhood.
Write to the Bradieid Regulator
Co., B sol Lamar Bldg. Atlanta. Ga,
for their Motherhood Book" There
is a wealth of instruction and com
fort to be derived from reading this
little book. 1t is plainly written just
what every woman wants to know.
Get bottle Of Mothers Friend from
the druggist today. and thus fortify
yourself against pain and discomfcrt.
kdw
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-23
y ATTy-r, O- ROANOKE KILLED
BY SHE'LL FIRE At MESSiNFS

Roanoke Va APRIL 22--Captain
tieorce F. Adams of this civ. has
been killed in action with the British
army in France. according to a letter
received here TODAY by his mother.
Mrs. Fannie l.. Adams. 1lt5 Orange
avenue, n w The letter states that
Captain Adams was killed instantly
by shell fire on the morning OF March
is while in command of his com pany,
which was endeavoring TO hold nor
ton of the British front near Mes
sines.
Captain Adams is survived nv his
nNother. Mrs Fannie J.. Adams. three
brothers, two sisters. and his widow,
Mrs. George. Adams, of Louisa. Ky.
He was twenty-eight years old. had
been in the British army for three
years. and had received the military
cross Tor bravery.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-23
sSm<wNs9H OWLS ATTACK
MAN SITTING ON PORCH

Harrison burg. Va. April 32.-The
South Main street German owls have
opened their spring offensive on the
defenseless heads of the loyal resi-
dents OF South Main street or anyone
who passes along that thoroughfare-
While sitting on his porch Thurs
day night Frank z, Stating was at
tackled by one of the vicious devils
OF the air" the OBVIOUS screechious."
Without sounding warning the
bioodthirSty bird swooped upon the
defenseiess head OF Mr.. Sailing and
inflicted a severe wound on his cheek.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-23
ENORMOUS INCREASE IN
TOBACCO SALES OVER 1915

Darville, Va. April 22-The auc-
ton sales of loose leaf tobacco closed
for the 1917 crop season on the 18th
instant The few scattering remnants
OF the crop will be disposed OF by pri-
vate sale.
Sales for the month of April from
the LIST to the 18TH inclusive, amount.
ed to 372.144 pounds. for S1n3,574.I2
at an average of S27.S3.
The total sales for the season from
August Is to April lS. inclusive, are
3s,s2%-510 pounds, for s11.2sO,316.67
at an average OF s31.12. These fig-
ures show increases over the e1s crop
season of 5.760,2so pounds. $1273 in
the average and $5,T62vSSQlS
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-23

with the quartet Of the Broad Street
Methodist church on the program
ScribbIerS Change Meeting
The Scrihh}ers Will meet tomor-
row evening at s:3n O'Clock with Mrs.
Henry Ayiett Sampson. 1t27 Wcst
avenue. for their evening of shortest
stories. a program ia which every
mem Der Of the club will take part.
This meeting was to have been held
May /. but due 70 the Wednesday
club concert that evening Il has been
advanced n week Mem 5ers are
asked 10 note the change
Wcsthampton slumuac.
There will be an inlporta M meet
inr at the Wcstham pton A!unnAe
Association Of Richmond college on
Wednesday Of this week at o'Clock.
the home of Mrs Valentine Lee,
-AI4-A Pax avenue.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-23
INSURANCE AGENT FAILS
IN, ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE

Tanyilie, Va. April ga s. Hara-
way. aged forty years, insurance agent
In this city for several years, failed
in an attempt at suicide yesterda
evening at his home on Moffett street,
when blow on the head with a ham
mer failed to do any injury.
Relatives said they could give no
reason for his attempted suicide other
than the fact that he had been de-
spondent recently over bad health,
which had caused a nervous break
down. which precipitsted = tenn porAxy
mental d1sxxrangmonk
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-23
v. P. I. TO CONDUCT
GOVERNMENT COURSE

Especial TO The Richmond virTinsan.)
Blacksburg Va, April 22-T'he
Virginia Polytechnic institute today
entered into a contract with the
United States government to have
summer camp for the instructions
OF approximately 500 men at the
college. to begin June I and continue
for four months, Courses will be
given for auto mechanics. black
smiths, wood workers. rnachiniSts,
concrete workers and wireless con-
structors
Beca use ~ this the session will
he shortened two weeks and the BAG
calaureate sermon will no preached
Sunday. NAV 2s Simple commence
rnent exercises. with the delivery OF
diplomas TO the graduating class. will
be held Monday, May ct. There
win he no other program Of com .
men cement.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-23
STEPS OVER M&NHOLE OF
HYDROCHIORIC ACID

Radford, Va. April a2--John l.
Patterson. OF Radtord a construction
foreman at the plant OF the General
Chemical company. Marcus Hook, Pa.
sustained 4 serious accident by step
ping on the cover OF a manhole con-
tanning hydrochloric acid The acid
had eaten the manhole cover until it
WAS too thin to bear his weight and
he went through into the acid up TO
his knees. infiicting serious and pain
full burns
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-23
ROANOKE COUNTY BOY
ABOARD LOST CYCLoPs

Roanoke. Va April sc.-J S.
Erooks of Route 5, was in the city this
week Rnxiously inquiring concerning
the fate OF the Cyclops. the large
American collier. which mysteriousiy
disappeared. and has been overdue
since March rs Until the present time
the ship has not been located Mr..
Brooks son william Bryant Brooks,
was member of the gun crew ON the
Cyclops,
Young Brooks enlisted in the navy
at the local recruiting office in De-
ceuber, 1916. when he was sixteen
years of age. He was a member OF
the gun crew u the Cyclops when II
aided in conveying the hrst Ameri-
can expcditionary forces TO Europe.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-23
NARROWLY TSCAPTS DFATH
PICKING UP WIRE on STREET

Woodstock. Va. April 22.~-H err bert
T'rotter, manager Of the ]. I. Triplett
min. narrowly escap ped eloctrocution
TUESDAY afternoon while attempting
to get a broken electric wire of the
street The wire. which carried 2.20o
volts, broke and fell in the street,
Mr.. Trotter thinking it was not
charged, took hold of it to remove
It from the street Fortunately he
was on dry ground He was thrown
violently to the ground and rendered
unconscious He also sustained severe
burns on the hands.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-23
MAN HIDES UNDER ROPE FOR
SEVERAL DAYS AND STEALS

Newport News. Va. April e.
What is thought 10 nc the FIRST clue
as to who has or have been stealing
sums OF money from the wilkins Rob-
inson wholesale establishment was
discovered last night when one OF the
employees, searching one floor OF the
building for ''stowsways.' placed his
hand. in the darkness. on . real live
colored fellow hidden away under
coil OF rope. More than $3.50 had
been lost during the two days proceed
il &, il is said,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-23
To Grade Northside Streets

City Engineer Boiling was directed
by the administrative board yester-
day to prepare an estimate as to the
cost OF proposed grading and improv-
ing streets in the Northside sub
division of Roslyn Heights. II was
stated at the meeting of the boa ri
that some of the property had not
been dedicated for public uses, and
this phase OF the situation win be
looked into by the board.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-29
JAP Peril IN PERU
Nation Worried Over Spread of
PeligrO Amarillo.
Girls Attempt To Hide Trait by
Wearing Glasses.
RUN NATIVES OUT OF WORK
Japs Replace Men in All Lines
of Work in Peru.
To Protect Labor Against Inva-
sion of Cheap Help.

Correspondence of the Associated Press)
Lima, Peru.-The newspapers of
Peru are much concerned with the
rapid increase of what they call the
"peligro amarillo" or yellow peril in
Peru.
1t is said that in Peru today there
are no less than 5000 Peruvians
who have Chinese and Japanese blood
in their veins to such an extent that
the Oriental characteristics are prom1-
nent in their features and many Peru
Wan girls attempt to hide this trait by
wearing dark glasses.
Formerly the Chinese exclusively
overran the country, but during the
last few years the Japanese have been
arriving in numbers that alarm Peru
VANS.
The newspapers point out what they
describe as a dangerous situation aris-
ing from the Asiatics forcing the
native Peruvians out of almost every
trade by working much cheaper than
the Peruvians.
Japs Taking Upper Hand.
The japanese own and operate the
majority of barber shops, the Peru
Wan carpenter has given way to
Japanese, and japanese servants are
rapidly replacing the diligent Andine
servants. Doctor Pardo, the president
of the republic, has thirty Japanese
servants in his mansion, a fact that
has been much commented upon in
recent newspapers.
The japanese also have forced the
native workers out of the small trades
and minor industries, such as 1aun-
dries, diaries, tin shops, news stands,
messenger services, small cafes, etc.
Ell TEMPO, of Lima, is one of sew
eral newspapers which have opened
their columns for discussion as to how
the Peruvian laborers can be pro-
tected against this invasion, in view of
the fact that the invaders appear to
be perfectly contented to work just as
hard as the native for half his wages
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-29
TO LOCATE STACKER ACRES
International Farm Congress Will Help
Get Men and Land Together.

Kansas City. Mo, June 29.-Owners
of wheat lands who anticipate that
they will be unable, for any reason, to
plant their entire acreage next fall
now have an opportunity to secure
assistance without cost. Believing
that it can serve a good purpose in
the general plan of increasing the
wheat supply in 1919 and during the
continuance of the war, the Interna-
tional Farm congress has decided to
use it's well equipped organization for
the purpose of bringing together the
man who has more land than he can
farm, and the man who can farm
more land than he has. The plan fur
Their contemplates interesting new
men and new capital, in the effort to
prevent further shortage during the
period The war.
The general offices of the Interna-
tional Farm congress are located IN
Kansas City, and land owners who
foresee difficulty or impossibility in
getting labor or capital with which to
operate are urged to report the facts
Immediately. The farm congress also
desires a report of all lands being held
for speculation and not used for pro-
ductiye PURPOSES
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-29
EAT PASTE ON POSTER
Terrible Hunger Scenes Enacted on
Streets in Russia.

London, June Prussia is in a
state of Undesirable suffering. 1T is
a frequent sight" says a Petrograd
despatch, quoting the Novya Viedo-
mesky, ito see people drop dead on
the-streets from starvation. Hundreds
of starved and famished citizens are
ravenously digging among the rubbish
heaps, others lick the paste off the
street posters. Meanwhile, bands of
armed workmen are sent by the COM
mune to prowl around the country
side and seize food from the peasants"
A new periodical called 1.-The Stom-
ach," advertises itself as the organ of
emaciated and hungering readers
Armed clashes. killings and burglaries
are the order of the day. Everything
political and military pales before the
famine. The masses are making no
pretense at resisting the iron grip of
the soviets but are merely clamoring
for bread, caring for nothing else.
Heirlooms and family treasures go to
the curiosity shops and pawn brokers,
SO money may be obtained to buy a
few small pieces of what passes for
bread. A small lump Of sugar sells
for fifty cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-29
Summer Tourist and StOpOver
Privileges to Frisco.
Fourteenth Annual Convention
of World July 2 to IL.
NATIONAL PARKS TO Be OPEN
Combine Vacation Outing With
Business Meeting.
Government Plans War EXPOSE
ton for the Visitors.

San Francisco, June 29.-Delega-
tons in scores of cities, forming for
the trip TO the fourteenth annual con-
vention of the Associated Advertising
Clubs of the World, July 7 to IL in
this city, have been notified that the
National Railroad administration has
ruled that travellers to the Pacific
coast may choose one route for the
westward-ho journey and another Tor
the return trip, taking advantage at
the same time of summer tourist rates
and stop-over privileges. The summer
excursion fare is but slightly in adj
vance of last years rate.
Delegates to the convention of As
ISOLATED Advertising clubs also are in
terested in the fact that the National
parks are to be open as usual Those
who plan to combine a vacation out
ing with the serious business of at
tending the war convention of the
Associated Advertising clubs will take
advantage of this government conces-
sion to the travelling public.
War Exposition.
A service flag will be presented by
the San Francisco Advertising club
to the Associated Advertising clubs in
honor of more than 1000 advertising
club members who have Joined the
army or navy. This presentation will
take place at a Voice of Victory
session in which high representatives
of the Washington embassies of the
allied nations will take part. 1t is
hoped Lord Reading or Major General
Bridges will speak for England and
Canada, and Stephane Lausanne, edi-
tor of LIE Matin, has accepted an invi-
tation to speak on behalf of France.
Belgium, Italy. China and Japan are
expected to be represented.
The great inspirational meeting,
with Secretary Lane of the depart
ment of the interior as chief speaker,
is set for the Greek theater, Univer-
sity of California, July Z, in the
afternoon.
A $4,000 war exposition under
the direction of the United States COM
mittee on public information, will be
opened at the time of the convention
of the Associated Advertising clubs
This exposition is under the manage
ment of Chester I Campbell Of the
Pilgrim Publicity association, Boston
1t will include 5000 American soldiers
and allied contiugents