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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-09
Kiwanians Climb
Ten Long Flights
to Elect Officers

Ralph Harrison was formally elected
president OF the Kiwanis club At the
Business Mems club last night d. C..
O'F1aherty was reelected vice-prAki-
dent, Maxine Ducharmc. secretary ana
George 8. Barnard, treasurer
The dinner and subsequent electicn
NM, ,|l - M ..|s, - ss :.
Inc which string halted stenokfaphArs
all over the downtown district had
Max Dpchrane and his staff Of servitors
ma rooned on the top floor OF the bank
building with the great vats Of steam
ing vfctuals- Gloom was knee-deep
on the floor and dripped soegily from
the ceiling. Every skyscrarer in town
was a morgue from the fourth floor
up
But the Kiwanis spirit which In fire.
Quently referred ~ et these dinners
supplied the needed motive power II
did not operate as swiftly or noiselessly
as do the elevators and il caused shoot
ing pains and dumb aches in the
calves and thighs. but ii brought an
unusually large number of kiwanians
80 the remote tenth floor Crunt'1g
and rruinblng putting and laughing.
they cra~le3 their way up the twist
ing. tortuous stIirs Lanterns we're
placed on few of tho 1856 landings
Aua MANY "a tblttfl were ttftibPSu III
Stygian darkness. causing the pill
grlms to slip back two steps for every
one advanced
One big fellow who resembled the
after using" advertisement of q pa
tent cure for thin folks stood propped
against the elevator. gazing mourn
gully at his moro Gctive brothers "a
IA - mounted the Iadde~ to food and
laughter He ate at the Capital City.
RARE TURKEY DINNER
Those who ciirlbed were rewarded
with rare turkey dinner and Il regu-
lar entertainment A reception com
mittee stood at the head OF the stairs
and helped the gasping heroes tn soft,
inviting seats. Those who tainted
were quickly brought to. Once on the
top hoor, the dropping brothers had
their spirits revived Ny the strains OF n
full jazz band. admirably unprecedented
by Ed Shunyway,
President Norman announced that
the roll call would be dispendedfl
oweinS to the shortage of coal and
the consequent famine OF breath and
time
Midst rousing cheers, the four Of
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-09
Scene of Sobbing Joy When Deputies
From Alsace and Lorraine Enter the
Chamber in Paris and Are Given Oath

bune. and with hating voice road the
collective declaration of the repre-
sentativcs: of the two provinces.
He recalled deputy keiler's pro-
test in the Bordeaux parliament In
1871 against the German annexation
and emphasized that Alsace-Lor-
rainc was mistaken in its fidelity TO
France throughout the past As years.
He expressed the rrofoundest graft
| tude of the two provinces to the
french army for their liberation and
declared that Alsac~ and Lorraine
were determined to mount guard at
the Rhine outposta of French
thought"
The declaration paid tribute both
Ito President Poincare and Premier
Clemenceau The .Tiger" who was
an alert and rising politician here in
Paris at the time the treaty. Of Frank
fort was concluded, fought visibly to
keep back tears Of joy over this con-
summation Of his life-long hopes.
Other venerable ministers and sena-
tors massed on the right hand side
Of the chamber were equally affected.
The thunderous cheers which
greeted tho new deputies declare ton
were followed by u few throhbing
words of bratitude from Clemenceau.
Tho aged premier today reached
the apothesis of his public career.
! He never had a more touching per-
, sonai tribute paid to him than hat
which tho newly elected member OF
chamber accorded him at the close
!, of the ceremony.
! A discordant note was injected into
| the joyful scene, however, by the So
cialisis. who refused TO rise when the
deputies from Alsaee- Lorraine en-
tered.
Marshal Foch manifested his dis
approval of this attitude OF the So
soialists by Immediately quitting the
chamber In visible disgust.
All nou-socialist members. how
ever, jumped to their desks in solid
mars and drowned the sociAlista
Kisses and catcaIls by thunderoos
cheering.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-09

Indianapolis, Ind. Dec S.EGorts To
bring to an end the nationwide Of
hiturninous coal strikes through a
compromise agreement conferred in Il
series of conferences here tonight be-
tween Federal authorities on the one
band and officers Of the miners union
on the other.
In the offices OF Federal Judge \. +.
Anderson a conference VAS held BY
Attorney GeneraI A. Mitchell Palmer.
his assistants. Charles II tp1es and
n. s. Mitchell ard District Attorn*T
Slack. From 3 o'clock when they went
into conference with department Of jus
tice operatives behind guarded doors
until late tonight not one mixing OF
what transnired was Forthcoming.
The attorney general said there
would be no statement as to the gov
ernment's program with the quashing
of contempt citations against tho
miners leaders. This Indicated the
governments program WIN not be DIS
closed until the defendants appear in
court
At the officers of the United Mine
Workers President John l.. Lewis and
Secretary william Green conferred
with IA dozen chieftains from various
parts of the country,
To none did they unfold the nature
Of the agreement reached mt Wash
ington, il was announced.
Meanwhile the scores Of early ar
rivals who are to hear the text of the
agreement at general meeting to-
morrow, let 1t he known emphaticaliv
that any proposition not more liberal
than Dr. Garfelds IA per cent in
crease in wages would run up against
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-09
b, ROBERT j. PREV

Paris. Dec. S.---Se ptuagen7ri ian
Frenehmen. with Premier Cienceau
and Senator he Freyrinet as their il
iustrious leaders. had their greatest
JOY day today when the hopes OF
noarly half century we're fulfilled
IT, Inc bosom of the French national
family.
The ceremony marking the read
mission Of the Representatives of
these provinces to the chamber of
deputies gave rise to one OF the most
remarkable and moving scenes in the
history Of the republic. Young and
middle-aged deputies sounded the
clarion note of rejoicing. but the
most resonant and touching note was
supplied by tho pathetic thankfulness
OF the aged statesmen when they were
confronted with visual evidence that
the treaty OF Frankfort which had
lain y cold. dead weight, upon their
hearts for forty-eight years, was now
truly dead.
The whole chamber. was pulsating
ee Ger expectancy when at 5 o'clock
this afternoon the twenty-four depu-
tics returned from Alsace-Lorraine
solemnly filcd In through the left en-
trance. Tho tense silence that had
reigned In the crowded h0use--the
diplomatic, public. and press tribuncs
were filed to oyerfiowifig-was sue
eeedcd by a sudden voliey of frenzied
cheering. nrd then for several min
utes the chamber echoed with shouts
OF viva rAisaee Lorraine.' "vlve Ia
armec." and viva In RepubliQue!''
the cries were inraediatelv taken up
by tlls crowds tnassed outside.
When the emotion had subsidized,
Y..i f~s< 4 a
of the chamber WAS presiding. Of
ficiall. welcomed the new members
who We're grouped behind the minis
teriai benches IN this center room.
4 solemn hush fell upon the as
serNbly rs DIR. Charles Francois.
deputy from Metz, detached himself
from the delegation. mounted the trt-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-09
Anti-Saloon League Not Fighting
Tobacco Declares Wayne B. Wheeler


B.
effect that the League Is BACKING
ton Association to confuse the issue law endorsement and try to
$
be
which public nuisance
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-09
No Matter What May Be Result Of Con-
ference in indianapolis Today the Peoz
pie Must Practice Close Economy and
Sacrifice q
If There Is Prompt Settlement OF the Coal Strike
Time viii Be Required to Adjust the Country
to Its Normal Basis e



bill windows
public
bowling alley shall permtted
TO m. M
is
only battery charging outfits
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-09
Freight by Truck Helps Break Back of
the Coal Strike in the West Says B. c.
Van Hayde, Just in From Out There

Especial tc THE R,chmocd Vfrginian1
,eresttng Gree nsboro visitor Is r. C.
EauHeyae, Of Springfield. Ohio. who
arrived Yesterday. Mr.. NanHeyde is
one of the advance delegates TO the
North CatolIna state conference Of the
woeld Prohibition and Law Enforce
ment movement to be held here Tues
day. lie comes direct from Wester-
vile, Ohio. headquarters of the ma
ttonal orranixatfon.s He says that he
found railroad schedules working well
the ~hole way with tho exception of
late trains; but he doesn't know how It
Will he after Tuesday. when one-third
of the passenger trains viii be called
off. thereby dfsaYrauErng schedules fer
local points, terribly.
Mir. yanfIeyde's work az field lee
turer and organizer for the national
organization takes him into all parts Of
the union. and therefore. he is we'll
posted on conditions everywhere.
BETTER COAL NINE CONDITION.
Discussing the coal famine. he op-
timistically said; Il was In Pitts
burg. Kansas. when Governor Allen
made ar address to over l. $50 coal
minera, When the governor had an
sshed telling the strikers what tina
5nf fuel from man. women
/, 49, i1nG1ros = Gonntx7T
,ncaXs ~ynn n~veT saw MA6 beG64ne
mare attnntsvn The urshcf Of 1t wsa
when tho governor called for an en-
preston of their sentiment. 1,4oo Of
.nena' lined up for work. and for join
ing the volunteers that had been called
for arr satisfied, from this incident
that witnessed ana from what saw
at other points. that the coal farntr Q
has passed the acute stage. and that a
general resumption Of work at all
mines Will result. this week I am
the more confident ri this b~cauSc Last
week was in the coal mining sections.
nd at one IT the shsie mines. "waEost
Mines We call them because theF
ere OF the railroad and hauled by
wagons in tide old days BY trucks now,
saw Z. train - sixteen trucks loaded
with three taas Of coal each. arrive FER
shipment any they were making regu-
lar schedules TO and from the station
and ths mine, fogr time day
HAUL ny TRICK.
Mr.. vanHeyde, at this point. de-
into a freight by truck booster.
for he said Il had broken the back
bone Of the coal famine. Al ali these
wagon mines in Kansas. Ohio, Illinois
and Indiana remote from railroad
transportation gas driven trucks.
come Of Ave ton capacity. Were now
busy hauling coal from mines that
otherwise would he practically closed.
but fo- this means of heavy and re-
peated transport to shipping point OF
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-09
Lewis Confident
Strike Will Be Off
Before Tonight
GARFIELD TO RETIRE

Indianapolis. Dec, S.-Dr. Harry
A. Garfleid, according to reports
here tonight, regarding the terms
Of settlement, will relinauish his
.oAlcc as federal fuel administrator
~ ssn0n ~ AzneW comxniscicn can
|pziusfS wl1ol sssfs sl4s,
powers now vested in DIR. GarHeid.
The ccaI prices fixed by DIR. Car
fSAld will be adhered TO for the
present, 1t was said. but the settle
ment will eventually result in high
er prices
When DR.. Garfield retires he viii
be completely out of the fuel ad-
ministration, having no connsc-
ton with the new commission.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-09
PRESIDENT To
ACT ON MEXICAN
AFFAIR HIMSELF
Congressional A C. tt O n
Would Constitute Re-
versal of Practice
COMMITTEE TO
REST FOR AWHILE
More Details of Killing
of James Wallace Given
Out to Public BY Sena-
tor Fall
BY JAMES II. SoTRST,

Washington, Dee. S The project
ed action bv congress looking toward
a severance OF relations with the
Carranza government r8s brought TO
an abrupt standsull today by Presi
dent Wilson.
The president notifies tho SENATE.
in effect, that he purposed to deal
with the Mexican situation himself,
Accepting this view Of tho case. the
senate foreign relations committee
decided to postpone action on the Fan
resolution directing the president ~
break relations with C@4rranzs, and
to take no further action at this
time toward bringing about A settle
rnent.
The presidents objections 70 action
by cong ~ess were stated in a letter
to Senator Fal, of New Mexico,
author Of the resolution. Although
politely phra sed, the letter left no
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-09
DISCONTINUE TOBACCO SALES

No
of all the local WAREHOUSES Wa-ehuseraen stated
this
plants
be
tho
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-09
COMMITTEE OF SEVEN
APPOINTED TO MEET
FUELADMINISTRATOR
Vigorous Efforts to Be Made for Relief
Of Industries Which Are Vital Though.
Observation-Disclosures Welfare of
Employees

Mayor AinsIie and Director Trafford to Confer
With Regional Officials and Local Consumers
in Office Virginia Railway and Power Co. Today
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wEATHER

Washington. Dec s.
Rain today. We'd
nesday clearing and
much colder.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-09

Have tho News of IT,
World on Your RF1ak.
fast Table. Blue BIRD Z
. Dishes With Fac ~
Monthly PayIsAcnG II
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
Following Through
With McGillicuddv

Let US see how it works. Private
Daniel McGillicuddy is a soldier Of
the 9th Division, who before the
war acted as sort of handy man
about the office of an express COM
pany. Suddenly the great world war
came and pulled him up by the roots
and transplanted him to. foreian
soil. During the last year and =
half Private McGillicuddy has seen a
great deal of the world, and his
horizon has broadened considerable.
he realizes that now is the time for
HIM to better his condition.
There is a notice Of the reamploy-
ment bureau posted in camp, and he
determines to Try his luck, so the dav
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18

after he receives his discharge
papers he presents himself at the
building in Pearl Street. A sign
directs him to the registration de-
partment, and he finds himself in a
big loft in which are rows and rows
of office tables, at each of which a.
man sits busily writing the answers
to questions which ever and anon
he puts to another man seated on
the other side of the table.
Private McGillicuddy is directed
to one of these tables, and his in
vestigation begins. The man facing
hlm IS an eX-army officer who. like
himself, has just been mustered out.
and McGillicuddy feels at home with
nm at once. He answers all the
questions without hesitation until it
comes to his former occupation.
when he expresses his desire to get
INTO more lucrative position and
one IN which he will have a chance
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
By CHARLOTTE w. AYERS

vanity regarding my business expe-
rience or dignity interfere with my
usefulness in any direction. Wher-
ever | seemed to fit in, there | was.
And by keeping an eye open all the
time, one could often discover things
to do which ordinarily would not be
asked or expected | early dis
carded the hampering thought that
| would only do certain kinds of
work, but made up my mind that
whatever my hand found to do I
would do with all my power.
"Women have that personal feel
ing for inanimate things which men
rarely have. Only woman can give
the little extra touch which makes
all the difference in the world be-
cause it expresses an ideal, and she
Will bend every effort to actually
getting the atmosphere needed to
make even a hotel seem like home to
the travelling public"
"Getting back to your own sue
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18

cess | insinuated gently. cone
reason for whatever success | may
have had," Mrs. Evans said, after a
moments thought, is that | am
what is called a good picker
have for my assistants here at the
McAlpin those who seem to me the
ideal types for the work they have
to do. My experience has been
that the right sort of woman (and
by right sort | mean a woman who
is seriously interested in her work
and intends to stick, not the type
who will take any old job as a stop
gap for the time being until some
thing better turns up) will find no
task too severe-no hours too long
no problems too hard to solve.
"And never ask them to do any
thing | will not do myself When
we have to remain late-as often
happens, I'm sorry to say-I al
ways stay with them. By not re-
quiring them to do anything / would
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18

demand for an equivalent. Why
should a man pay woges. for an
abominably kept house. And if he
hire some one competent to do the
housekeeping, then it's up to the
wife to ind job or else become
parasitic and degenerate into the
kept" wife. And if the whole
menage be put on a business basis.
which looks probable, then it's up
to the wife, if it's a partnership, to
contribute her share toward the ex-
penses. The English husband might
also suggest, while agreeing COM
pletely to the excellence of a busi-
ness basis, that instead of his paving
Tor housekeeper why not simply
consider himself a boarder and paw
two pounds a week for his board?
Uncomfortable as the transition
may be at present, it may work out
we'll. Suppose the wife had been
making some $50 or $40 a week
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18

ness world has become a habit with
her-a definite policy, and she has
her eye on other heights.
1T was while | was at the old
Grenoble Hotel as day clerk" saws
Mrs. Evans, "where I would hear the
different hotel men who drifted in
talk over their problems, that | first
became convinced that the hotel bust
ness was particularly womans
business. 1t seemed to me then
and have proved it to my own sat-
lsfactlon slnce-that many of the
problems they were fussing over
could have been easily solved by a
woman with certain qualifications,
and determined to make that goal
my ultimate objective.
81 knew | would have to work IN
from one department after another
in order to be Of any real value, so
| began to take odd jobs of account
ing and as assistant controller. 7
never let any feeling of personal
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
Undergrad Work
Is UndervalueeI

Work that is undcrpaid is habitu-
ally undervalued. Many domestic
bark has come to grief on exactly
these shoals. A woman who has put
forth skill, forethought and pains
taking labor may get spiritual sat
isfaction out of her achievement.
But if, instead of an active partner
ship in the finances, she is only
'given" money in the shape Of a
present, no box Of candy nor gift
of flowers nor carefully remembered
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18

to the floor below with his creden-
tlals. This floor is divided into four
teen sections, in each of which are
two long benches filled with appli-
cants awaiting the call for work
McGillicuddy goes to Section No. 12.
which is that devoted to applicants
for work along the lines of "power.
heat and light" and explains his
case to the man in charge, and takes
ms place among the patient walters.
There is a continuous tinkle of tele-
phone bells all over the great room
and constant coming and going of
the men on the benches.
McGillicuddy's turn comes in due
time, and he is sent to interview the
proprietor of an electrical appliance
shop who has asked for an assistant
who can attend to customers and
make simple repairs. The salary is
$l8 a week (his old job paid onlv
Sl5), and McGillicuddy accepts it
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
excepting he Unpaid Profession By Frances Duncan Mannin

they discovered that the outside work
was classed as real labor and was
paid for; the indoor work, if done in
their own homes, was just busy
work, as the kindergartners say.
It looks as if it were up to the
women, and that right speedily, to
get busy with cooperative kitchens.
with food service and automobile de-
livery thereof, with peripatetic
kitchens, like camp kitchens, and
cooks attached who should cook for
the harvest hands instead of giving
that labor to the housewife. In
short, whether we wish it or not. it's
time of fairly complete domestic
reconstruction. And now, instead of
the housekeeping being done by a
woman who aside from that had no
thought of wage earning, it is in
many or most cases done by here
tofore wage Garner.
But if wages be given, there is a
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18

to rise. The officer questions him,
but it appears that Private McGilli-
cuddy has no very definite ideas as
to his choice of a future career.
Would you like to talk things over
with a man who is an expert on such
matters?' he asks, and McGillicuddv
is delighted to have this opportunity.
"There are men here from the
War Camp Community Service, the
Y. M. C. A. and the Knights of
Columbus; you can take your pick"
he says. And McGillicuddy, being a
good lrishman, picks the KNIGHTS.
The vocational expert from the
Knights of Columbus talks with him
for more than an hour, and at the
end of that time Private McGilli-
cuddy has a very clear idea of what
he wishes to do to earn living. 1t
appears that he has always been in
terested in electricity; he has even
tinkered a little with the wires in
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18

Ventive and have SO much initiative
III all things that | expect to get
many valuable hints from them. If
there is an Improvement over what
we are doing in this country the
Japanese have it. And then after
have visited Japan and learned
al can from them, and of their
way of doing things, l want to go
to all the great hotels of other
countries When Eve done that III
be content to come home and start
m to make my own hotel the best
known in the world for comfort
convenience and quiet efficiency. with
distinctly homelike atmosphere.
Here is to the woman hotel
keeper of the future A toast
drunk in cold water, but with much
faith and enthusiasm.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18

be unwilling to do myself, | obtain
q certain loyalty which | would
never gain in any other way. And
loyalty is as necessary to the sue
cessful conduct of a business enter
prise as any other one thing.
but this matter of loyalty works
10th ways, You know said Mrs.
Evans, with considerable emphasis
"An employer must be as loval to
the interests Of the employees as he
expects them to be to his, or he will
never get the quality he is looking
for--the good old-fashioned qvea,-
i9lg hipd'
'And about that special pet am
bltion of yours?" I asked, presently.
ooh, that" said Mrs. Evans, has
tily. "Well--I don't mind telling
You that Pm determined to go to
Japan before I die, in order to
study the hotel conditions over
there before have my own hotel
The Japanese are so wonderfully in
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probable that, like some Machiavel-
han alarm clock, the insistent
wake up will keep on ringing until
the victim gets up and does some
thing to stop it.
One thing is certain, however:
that is, that changes are coming-in
fact, they are here. More and more
Will housekeeping come to have the
dignity of profession. Our census
man will quit writing down the
woman who keeps her own house as
having mo occupation"
Tennyscn in the '4Os thought he
was making tremendously darino
claim in having his princes insist
on equal educational opportunities,
and even then was rather doubtful
about it, for he makes his tow
university dissolve into marriage
and his heroine throw herself awav
on an epileptic, or cataleptic. hero
whom any eugenist would have ad-