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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-30
Mrs. Gill Resigns
as Asylum 5 Head
Superintendent Of the Orphans
Home for Thirty-thrcc Years.
III Health the Cause.

Mrs: J. r, Gill. for thirty-three years
superintendent of the Richmond Male
Orphan Asylum. has been forced by i'll
health to resign. Her sister. Mrs. Tai
bolt, is acting superintendent of the in
SSt ns Ut, ns Unit, until the meeting of the
derson is president. when a successor
TO Mrs. Gill Will be chosen If Mrs
Gill still thinks that it will be impos-
sibie for her to resume her duties.
The Richmond Male Orphan Asylum
was founded seventy-fve years ago.
rs superintendent Her first report
to the board was made in July. 1885.
The asylum has housed as many as
fifty boys at a time, and at times APP
plications to have others placed in the
institution have been numerous.
Although the asylum mas been sup
ported by the interest on money in
vested. it has been necessary to raise
% per cent of the expenses in various
nous excursions to Washington to OBJ
tain funds.
Under Mrs. Gilrs direction. the Rich
mond Male Orphan Asylum has been
less OF an institution and more of n
home. to the hundreds of little boys
who have been cared for there. Mrs.
Norman V. Randolph loves to relate
toward the children under. her care.
ut was strawberry time" says Mrs.
Randolph, "and Mrs. Gill was making
preserves in the kitchen. The little
boys were. all crowding around and
their mouths were all sticky with pre-
serves where Mrs. Gill had let them
take turn about licking the spoon
that Mrs. Gill was not good to those
little fellows"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-30
BOARDS WILL BE GIVEN
MORE PAY IN FUTURE
Draft Officials viii Draw One Dollar
an Hour After
September 1.

tei At,sr esgtsVes
t tan Stern from Provost.
tho rate of 81 an hour. subject. OF
course, to maximum amounts The
telegram outlined the general plan.
or fewef resistrants swift viii be- $50 ga a
mo- month III Or sra 10 e sss member. Those
more will have as asa masfEm srans' $500 70 to
u board, or 5000 a month to a member.
From March to July 1 the mem
S.. for each man indicted into int De ser W
ice and accepted at camp in addition
to the compensation for their services
Fro elasIifyins AND pegstter1s the men
compensation viii apply except that 1t
Will be in addition to the 80 cents for
each ear d,ggn nessionnaire and the origina
day nor the. monthly limits.
,o Mere eton the local boards have
member for classification after study
OF questionHaire. In many cases this
meant that from December till the
task.
Officers at the office of Provost Mar
that the local board members had
made real sacrifices to do their patrio
TIC service. many Of them having given
compensated. After Provost Marshall
General Crowder explained that the
must initiats deferred ID cl ass iffaH
claims. the conferees stuck out for the
regislrants be not required TO mako
OF refuse to make such claims.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-30
LOCAL PRINTERS PREPARE
FOR LABOR DAY PARADE
No. 90 Invites All Members to Get In
Line-Certrnl Council Issues
Circular.

Cards were sent out yesterday to
members OF Richmond Typographical
Union No 90 by its committee on the
Labor Day parade ana celebration urg-
ing them TO participate. AT meeting
in July the union decided by unani-
nous vote To take ac--ve part in the
celebration and appointed the commit
tee to have charge Of arrangements for
representation IN the parade.
Typographical Union no. 20 will have
a float i'll line decorated in national
coiors from which VIII fy its service
flag. Details OF formation are expected
10 be announced today by the Labor
Day committee of the Central Trades
and Labor Council. This committee has
sent out a circular Invitation to bust
ness blishments that they join the
line TO show that acor Is behind the
men behind the guns"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-30
FIREMEM REGISTER EARLY
Because Of Shortage In Department
Men VIII Go Before Draft Boards
before Others.

Members OF the Fire Department
who will be affected by the new draft
limits from eighteen 70 forty-nve Years
VIII be allowed TO register on the day
preceding the day that viii be Officially
named, owing TO the FACE that the force
has become shortened within the pas,
few weeks and because fire might
become serious before the nremcn could
be assembled from the various precinct
registration booths.
This step was resolved upon yester-
day by the central registration com
mittec. Under the plan the men az
fected Will go 70 the registration head
quarters at the Grays' Armory 10
register.
The same exception Of the official
day has been made with respect 10
members OF the Police Department.
where a shortage IS also distinctly
felt. For instance. II tho official day
happens to DC September Z, these men
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-30
nida for Now seu.r,

City Engineer Boiling. was yesterday
directed BY the tAs dI Board
ton of a sewer on the eastern Side Of
Franklin School. at 1907 Midlothian
Turnpike.
In a letter to the board c. P.
Walford. Supervisor of Public Schools.
estimated the cost of the Improvement
at Sl,371.l5. The bids are returnable
at noon on September IS.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-30
DISREGARDS HUN COUSINS
American Receives Names
OF Twenty-Five Who Are Fight
Ing I'm Hun Country.

Some Germans make good men, II
Kaiseristic bug is inoculated into them
This is evidenced by the fact. as stated
by Robert Lecky, an insurance man,
that a weli-to-do naturaliZed Ameri-
age Of six. and who had entirely for
gotten even the names of his relatives
over there, received a letter from the
German government which contained
the names OF twenty-five of his cousins
serving in the German army. But this
piece Of German propaganda fell on
sterile soil. II was utterly disre-
Earded.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-30
Smallpox cn.e Reported.

Static, nine-yearSold daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Lofts, 400 Third
Avenue. Highland Park. has been re-
moved to the smallpox hospital by
Health Department officials. She is
suffering from a mild type of the dis
case. DR.. p. NJ Chichester is now in
vestigating the case as to how the dis
ease was contracted.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-30
WIFE OF GOVERNOR
WORKS IN "NOMANALLs
Mrs. Westmorcland Davis Takes In
struction Course at u. S.
Bag-I.oading Plant
SHE CARRIES HER OWN LUNCH
Twenty-Five Women Take Federal
Oath as Ordnance Inspectors, and
Begin Special Training-Work OF
Reserve Is Highly Praised.

Wide interest was manifested yes
terday when it became known that
Mrs. Westmore,and Davis, president Of
the Woman's Muntion Reserve, had
donned "womanalls" and gone to work
in the school of instruction at the
United States Bag Loading Plant, No
3, at Seven Pines. Mrs. Davis not
only went to work with will, but
went to work prepared to do days
work. She provided and carried her
own lunch. just as the other muni
tioneers and quit with them when the
whistle sounded at o'clock. She will
pursue the usual training course.
Miss Winifred G. Crenshaw, eNecu-
tive seSretar% Of The w S reserve rye
immensely satisfied because the ord
nance department is looking toward
the. organization TO furnish ,he ma
tors, for service at Seven Pines. Will
be made.
In compliance with the request for
fifty ordnance inspectors, twenty-five
took the Federal oath and began spe-
cial training yesterday morning. They
were as follows:
Mrs. Nellie Garter Mss BESSIE Lee
Mrs E.s A'e hss MIS- M 5hmsn
Fiss fa'Ss klp es @ M1'eF
Miss Miss Ess %n eenE Miss h ues Si s
Mrs. Alvin Harris Mrs. c. NJ Thomas
Mis- Mis- ee sI. ca neso MIS- k knpy MSs
Miss M Hancock
SECOND QUOTA WILL
START IN THIS MORNING
The second quota Of twenty-five will
start In this morning. Women for this
work are carefully selected. Each has
to be above twenty-one years Of age.
and. preferably, unemployed in order
that she can report for duty without
delay. The list OF names of the second
quota was not complete last night, but
those who had agreed TO be on hand
this morning were as follows:
NJ NJ Io s. dSa Hs Mr.: H HShn With 5SGh
Miss Jennie avery Mrs. Leoncie BARLOW
& NJ Eva NJ At Hss Ms MIS- tf lEinia kendall
Mrs. T. ?. AltFiead Siiss sarah JOB
SIs: klls d4FIsna ME- annie T. Sa.ne.
Mrs. Grace Br;stow
High officials OF the ordnance depart
ment. who were in Richmond yester-
ing done by the Womens Munition
Reserve. Work wn CHI is being done
by the women.s reserve Is second only
TO that OF the men in the trenches"
not second TO that OF the men at home.
Really. what has already been accom-
plished by this organization is truly
wonderful. Richmond women have
women to follow. They have set an
example not only for their sex, but for
the nation"
The fourth call for regular muni,ion
day. when nifty girls ahd women will
ne told 10 report for Immediate duty
This lis, is now being prepared.
the. age OF eighteen years contin,,ne
daily at reserve headquarters, Centrai
SIational Bank Building, Third and
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-30
Suit In.t3fufcd.

Memorandum Of suit was filed yes
terday in the Law and Equity Cour: by
Pollard & Smith. attorneys for the
Richmond Motor Company, Inc.
against r. c. Rogers to recover the
sum OF $500. An attachment was also
issued against the defendant. who was
declared nonresident in the memo
randum and who had the amount in a
local banking institution.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-30
whisky Seized Mt Byrd street.

A suit case containing fourteen pints
and ten quarts of whisky and one quart
OF gin were located at Byrd Street Sta
ton yesterday morning by officer r.
w. Allen. and taken by him TO Police
Headquarters. The owner could not be
found.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-30

MovtnR dny" suggests n lot OF odd.
nnd ends around the house you vouId
Ike TO sell. 4 TimeS-Dispntch Wnnt
dolph I.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-30

To get n position or MI position,
mcs-Dispntch Want Ads have no
cGuni. Rcnd md use the Help Wanted
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-18
Daily Ho, 0sc0be

This Is a day of conflicting infiu-
ence. according to ~astrology. Al
though the Sun. Uranus, Mercury and
Saturn are in benef1c aspect. Jupiter
and Venus are strongly adverse.
The rule Is peculiarly unfayorable.
sl. = :, .f-iSs fortunate conditions.
only that they may be spoiled. The
sway presages hopes suddenly shat
tered and ambitions thwarted.
IT Is a sway especially sinister for
politicians or any persons who invite
public approval. since they may seem
to win attention only to be passed by.
The seers again prophesy many sur
prises in the elections and many mar
riw escapes from defeat. This issaid
to be due to the insidious power of
Uranus, which encourages suspicion
and pessimism.
This same m~alevolent star will also
bring about the discovery of some
form of treachery hat 1t has encour
aged when in a different aspect. Rev.
Citations that concern more than one
class of traitors are foretold. These
will come some time In the early win
ter. 1t Is asserted by the seers., M
y Saturn is in a place that is read, as
presaging many anxieties about, mines
and minerals. A new discovery of ore
in a Western State will be a boon to
commerce..
With the full moon of this date may
come a sensation Of national moment.
Increase OF crime is indicated as the
winter approaches n many women
will be victims.
Mars in S~agitarrius still nay have
a disturbing influence on Spain and
Hungary. There may be riots and even
revolutionary tendencies in Spain.
Persons whose ~birthdate It Is should
not speculate or risk any money in the
coming rear. They nave trouble in
business and domestic affairs.
Children born on this day may be
proud. hasty and careless. These sub
jects of Scorpio are usually bad man
ayers and extravagant in financial
matters.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-18
Famous Women
Isabella of France.

lshDCiia Vi CIhhhSN
Isabella, daughter of Phillip the
Fair of Franco, was born in 1895, n
at the age of twelve was married 10
Edward. later Edward III OF England;
She was beautiful, but licentious, anu
her conduct embittered the last year
of her husbands life. She nduce
Edward to abdicate in favor or tneir
son Edward III, then a boy. she
sought to secure the power in her W
hands and in those of her
favorite, Roger Mortimer. History
generally attributes to her the murder
of her husband. Having seized the
reigns of government after her nus
bands death, her son turned upon her
and with his barons attacked Noting
ham Castle. where she n Mortimer
had taken up their abode. The queen
was taken prisoner. while Mortimer
was executed on TIE spot. Isabella
was confined for the remainder of her
life in Castle Rising. where she lived
for twenty-eight years and died In
1883.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-18
Fire Alarm Boxes

23-Raritan Copper Works.
24-Market n Sheridan Streets.
25-Smith Street and Central r. r.
26-Market n First Streets.
27-Madison Ave. n Paterson st.
2S-High and Lewis Streets.
36-Smith and High Streets.
36-New Brunswick Ave. m New st.
37-Smith and State Streets.
43-Atlantic Terra Gotta Works.
43-Buckfngham Ave. and Hartford 81
45-Commerce and Front Streets.
46-State and Washington SITS.
47-High and Washington Streets.
54-State st. and Buckingham Ave.
55-Parker ST. and Pulaski We
66-Hall Ave. and Charles st.
57-State and Wayne Streets.
58-Near United Lead Works.
5s-Maurer.
6f-washington and First Streets.
s3-New Brunswick Ave. and Elm st.
64-Smith Street and Watson Ave.
65-Commerce and State Streets.
72-Front and Smith Streets.
73-water and Gordon Streets.
74-Kearny Ave. and Gordon Street.
S1-Brace and Hanson Avenues.
S2-Smith and Herbert Streets.
SS-Amboy Ave. and Washington st.
-S4-Lehfgh Ave. and Stanford Street.
S5-Near City Hospital.
86+Cleveland m Brace Avenues.
s7-Amboy and Hall Avenues.
92-Amboy Ave. and Inslee Street
9s|Lawrence and Francis Streets.
at-Neville and tombstone Streets.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-18
Walt Mason's Ripping Rhymes
AXES TO GRIND

KIND. 0 sweetness he Is fun; and he indorses all I say, however far
1 roam astray from truth. which Is all wool. The friends I usually
meet when 1 go bullying down the street, their own views entertain:
and IL l say the day Is grand; when there Is rain to beat the band,
they say I've gone insane And II I talk OF politics. and stand up
for a lot hicks these friends of mine detest. they "a my dome is
fun OF bats and prod me roandly in the stats until they spoil my vest
I surely like the honest skate who doesn't pause or hesitate at
speaking of his mind: but l dislike tho urbane gent who is always
In saiaams bent; who has an ak to grind. He is so passing sweet
this morn that ] might tranpie on his corn. and he would only
smile: but 1 most certainly Will find what sort OF n q he has 10
grind. in Just q little while Some day hen grab m by the coat
and ~ he'd like my vote. he needs II, forty ways; and when 1
gently urn him down he'll sheive the smile and spring a frown,
ind hate me all his days.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-18
Lake McIuke Saws

ADAG -J
Misery loves company. But COM
pany doesn't reciprocate he affection
so you could notice 1t.
When a man and woman are walk
ing along the street n the man
seems to be in a bad humor n in
such a hurry that he keeps about two
steps ahead of the woman, they are
married.
Nothing is sacred to a man. II his
wife happens to leave the hand-em-
broidered towels and the hand-em-
broidered napkins where he can find
them. the brute Is likely to dry his
face on one OF the towels and wipe his
mouth on one of the napkins.
They say trouble drives a man to
drink. And maybe that Is the reason
a rummy is always hunting for
trouble.
And you can't make a woman I'M
derstand that shoes should be larger
than the feet that wear them
A groom wears conventional black
when he is being married. But he
doesn't do his mourning until late-
on.
Every woman is finnicky about her
personal But after she
has been married for a few years IL
doesn't take her so long to dress
For every girl who is disappointed
In Love there are ninety-nine who
are disappointed in Marriage.
The reason why a man is prouder OF
his ancestors than he is of his de-
scendants Is because his wife had
something to do with his descendants.
A lot of men are like needles. They
never get through their work unless
they are pushed.
Did you ever stop to think that
maybe the other fellows faults that
you see 50 plainly are merely refiec-
tions of your own faults.
Every woman is anxious to shine In
society. But hat doesn't keep her
from powdering her nose every ten
minutes.
In these days OF easy divorces. when
many a roman is living with her
fourth husband, 1t Is a wise child that
knows its own father.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-18
Weak womanhood.

Some married women are so weak
that they allow their husbands to
keep part of their salaries--ldaho
Statesman.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-18

Most of these little flats are poorly
lighted in DAYTIME. SO 1T doesn't sur
prise us to find the following ad In
he Buffalo News:
wanted-Light or red-haired girl
In small apartment.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-18
Bits of By-Pldy
BE Keerfuli
BY LUKE McLUKE.
Copyright 1915. the Cincinnati
Enquirer.

You mustn't cough. o mustn't
sneeze,
You must keep out of draft or breeze;
You mustn't laugh, you muslin cry,
And you must guard both mouth anu
eye.
You mustn't breathe. you mustn't
drink.
And o must always stop and think
What next to do. or not to do
So you'll avoid the dreaded Flu.
Be keerful, men, both day and night
Or else the doggone germ VIII Dite.
You on your unprotected head.
And then they'll cart you off to bed.
AS soon as you begin to sniff -.
For old friend Doctor o should
shout;
The Spanish Full git you IL
You
Watch ou.,
fgs,sssS Obi
esMrsfNagg was suing Mr.. Nagg for
divorce, and the Judge was question
ing the defendant. .
Your wife alleges that you haven't
spoken to her for more than a year,
the Judge. rs that true?"
1T is" replied MIR. Nagg.
fa'-WThat reason did you have for not
speaking to her for more than a
year," asked the Judge.
sT~didn't like to interrupt her" re-
piled Mr.. Nagg.
Another Victim.
"Achow! Aehot!
Atchiff! Atchoo!'
/ think I've got
The Spanish Flu!
Beats.
why do they refer to the down
town section as the or a grea
city 2" asked the Old Fogy.
because there are so many beats
in it, 1 suppose" replied the Crouch
| No more we hear his voice in glee,
He's on a bed of pain:
| When he was in a ballroom. ne
Stepped on a moving train.
Wuffi
They tell me that over In Germany
they are so hard up for materials thai
they are putting up sausages In bark
said Brown
Huh" replied Jones. w are no
hard up for materials over here and
we are putting up bark In sausages.
| All, Gwani
Archie Shor of Kane, Penn, me
| Henry Shorter of Philadelphia. And
| of course, Henry had to say to Archie:
Your name may be Short. but mine
Is Shorter"
Saving Light Bills.
Most of these little flats r poorly
1 1,rbtad In davtime so IL doesn't sur
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-18
You Wfni

You Vim!
Dear Luke-You v had every
thing and know everything. seen
everything and know everything. But
there are two things you missed. old
timer. You never saw Maggie Cline
play "Rosalind," and you never sa =
Ada Rehan- sing THROW Him Down.
McClosky."-Ball Crank.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-18
Quick, Doc. the y

Slang Is all right" said MI. Blaws,
For / have often heard 1t said
That we call money dough because
We need 1t for our daily bread"
Luke McLuke.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-18
OUGHT

There was a young woman name
Runyan,
Who possessed a remarkable bunion.
When she went out to walk.
All the people would talk.
For twas big as a Bermuda Onion.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-18

All right, then. be 1t slang or no.
Let's to the bakers drink a toast;
Though they are getting all the dough
IT'S surely they who knead 1t most.
Newark Advocate.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-18

why do they refer to the down
town section as the heart OF a grea
city? % asked the Old Fogy.
Because there are so many beats
in it, 1 suppose replied the Crouch
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-18

Archie Short of Kane, Penn, met
Henry Shorter OF Philadelphia. And,
of course, Henry had to say to Archie:
Your name may be Short. but mine
Is Shorter"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-18

This Would Be A Fine World II
Sense Was AS Contagious As
Influenza
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-18
Bangi

No more we hear his voice In glee,
He's on a bed of pain;
When he was in a ballroom. he
Stepped on a moving train
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-18
Obi
Another Victim

Another Victim.
"Achow! Aehoti
Atchiff! Atchoo!"
I think I've got
The Spanish Flu!
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-18
WuHl

They tell me that over In Germany
they are 50 hard UP for materials that
they are putting up sausages In bark"
said Brown.
Huh" replied Jones. I'VE are not
hard up for materials over here and
we are putting up bark n sausages."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-18
Policet

Poltcef
Judge Corn of I~ronton. Ohio. wants
to know IL, when a colored girl mar
ries a man named White, 1t could be
said that she turned White when the
parson pronounced them fatal words
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-18
Onlr Daily Special,

Fraida Mousey lives In st. Louis.
MoMo.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-12-14

NEW APRONS-With lace
and insertion for trimming.
The chic serving apron with
bib or without. Made of
India linen. Makes a sens
ible and practical gift. All
very new-S1.50 to S1.95.
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money power had been used against
him. Mr.. Towne also gave a brief
history Of Rena Mooney, wife of Tom
Mooney.
Duty of Labor.
Following Mr.. Towne's address, w.
D. Croker, printer, touched upon the
duties of every member of union la
Dor and what was expected of labor
in the nation. 'If." said Mr.. Croker,
".by December 9, the governor doesn't
grant Mooney a new trial or an un-
conditional pardon. it is labor's duty
to hold the wheels of production until
some one thing or the other is
granted this man Mooney"
The next speaker was Mr.. Jensen
of the Machinists' union. He also
touched upon certain events in Moon
ey's life.
The last speaker was Jack Carney,
editor of The Truth. He cited Ger
tain labor troubles in Dublin and the
troubles of the English labor party.
He concluded with an appeal to the
workers to stand by Mooney, claim
Ing that the evidence had been
framed, as shown by the recent dis
closures made by Mr.. Densmore, the
agent Of the Federal Labor depart
ment. ..'
Resolutions Adopted.
After the speeches were over. there
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-12-14

was motion made and carried
unanimously that telegram be sent
to President Gompers.
The telegram follows:
AT a mass meeting held by the
Duluth Metal Trades council, the I'M.
dersigned committee were instructed
by a unanimous .vo,e of the assem-
blage, to notify you that it was the
demand of all unions represented that
you call a general strike Of all unions
affiliated with the American Fedora
ton of Labor, on December 9. unless
Thomas Mooney is granted new
trial or is given his freedom.
(Signed) &c. H. FRANKLIN,
Nv. LEONARD,
HAROLD HANSEN,
"NELS Peterson,
"EDWARD O. ADAMS"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-12-14
DULUTH LABOR
IS FOR MOONEY
Mass Meeting Held By Metal
Trades Counci|-Telegram
Sent to Gompers.

A mass meeting to protest against
the Incarceration of Tom Mooney was
held at Woodman hall last Wednes-
day evening. The meeting was
largely attended by representative
union men from nearly every organi-
Zation in the city.
Sentiment for Mooney was strong
and the meeting lasted until nearly
midnight.
William E. Towne, president of the
Typographical union. and one of the
best known trade unionists at the
Head of, the Lakes, was the first
speaker. He touched upon MONEYS
life and described his earnest. efforts
70 organize the workers. and how the