ENGAGE III FIGHT
jh Floor of House of Representa
tives Scene of Scrimmage
I Among Members
RULES COMMITTEE
| OPPOSES INQUIRY
Department of Justice Con
ducting Investigation into Al
leged Lsr of Gciman Money
for Corrupt fur poses
War - tr
the moir.fr,
tfiveaiiga •
000 slush
a Persia
ap;*f arfr,
Bernst ‘
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Patrick I
Repre*,-* *
and Coo*4
Norton ?
' r a 11 * ed a •
a pitched
re-'ju ire 'i
the be.:;iz * ■
der
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critic ieade;
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the Re; u b.
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a., resolutions
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which the
a nation
e of money
government
the depart*
• * ee on rules
* lor or. the
jspu
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will
but had s''en up
over
The h:srxf^' a Me*
or. hand wher ‘re
hear reprt -f
which " as expA n
ably on a res iut. i
• lush fund affair
nounced tha* ’he
elded to hold
Added
In view- of in format tor
committee ha? re - - vfd o
wide 'r * •.* u
furnished bv the German
row be;ns conduc* d
men* of ’ j ? t;<* e ; • » •:*•. ••>
has decided to take ■. ■» .1
several resolution before ,T
No reflection on * r ■■ house ar.y
member there-'■* f : r -r,tasned n Mr
Heflins charge; or the Han sing *•*' * ■
i,*tion. he ea.-i and r- action wou’d be
taken
Lor. * worth •• f •' > • * ♦ h * re •
port w as agreed *- < the >mmi 1 *
tee O: iet ’ o* Ms cb1. **et t s 1e
manded to know whe?** r *' e ’mm *•
o char res were contained
.
rr em r >er
• Did the *• orv-nii* tee conclude h't*
when a jgemlemar e \ ; re ■■ *ed
cion of disloya't- ‘.at w* r
faction on a rr,an -
Ohio.
Chairman rou said
'If the *''■:' h Ci :n' ■••Ft
the rule* commute#
you "
Cooper ' f V.' ? on
Heflin had south* 1
Rressmer and pre'■ e-■
ing their hones* « -»n\ •■•non* r^ ga
lees of admnistration des nr <juev
tlons affect.nr the • . ■ He md muled
Heflin ? denial® of • * 4* T o
newtpaper men r • e ,v *i’ng 1 sramt'Mnc:
house where He* ■ < - > > Fm4 h*-»rd.
conrres-smer r-t G e r*r. a n m • oe
by winning e*« at '•*' d *
... ■ t
■Republicans mich* embarrass the rr a
torit’ leader other huelnes^ w»#
brought 1ib N‘- r»r.n nf North Dakota,
a a a i n e t whom nr * - n ■ 1 a' '■ •*> n w■ a « ” a d e
h\ Heflr. ee’^rda^ b^f-re * • -- ^-llee
comnvtree endeavored tn ge • * floor
He ®«ked -man1* consent ’ «P**a -•
ten m:nute> bui Garret*, of Ten nee
ee* and other*, op ter ted , v * ■ d A - '■
flop of a b;': way begun ;*nd the ho >.*e
subsided
Aft#1 r few n • yer T',e\ e Vor
*on rofce from hi* «e;,* op • * Rej>’ih
Mean 11 '1 e an--' w c• over to -He?!
pitting a*, a dee* 1 the Demcw-rat'c
elde
Did -on infer el *rv time *hat ' !
m dill ova! ** Vor ton apkr
“T d'd not Hefl..->1 -d Norton
remained r f' -r* 'f r- fl • a moment
‘Go op hark • n •• * d»- where
yfiti be lore ^a.d Heflin r-sin«
'IH ro when r ge» pond nd read1.
Heflin took h ••':d of v — t >•■ oat a*
h# spoke Jipf pushed h • m b t< k
an e Then the mix-up o, urred
which WAS s’onne.d b' the «erSe»nt*
• ♦arms
• n. charged
■•terrorize
t ne rr. f r r n
that
w if1’ nm
fCerf!nu»d F '-'t- Firs' Pace A
in them rh» c«mnt»ndlnit officer h»
ll«v*f th*' a public drill and parade
at the fa:r grounds before the thous.
ard? of thsitore will he \ feature *
derided trtere*'
Helpful to Recriilt«
It !? though' I ».• 'ha' the effei > 01
the raeruit* th*t--.-!ves will he bet •
flelal, Inasmuch - 'he different
paniea win r.atur-ilij vie with i
other to Infect i ! r!skn»*« and en-.p
Into each movemen' whi'h other
wise perhar* would he lackini.
Today Ip ’he different h irrarke the
payrolls were he;-e * *red h- 'he
men If war oxp;a.' ed hy Ceneral
Cponkhlte 'hat tbit- :e purer » rou
tine matter and ’ ~ no immediate
tearing or. th» d-»'» har.ti-T.e out
the pa" rh*■- •:* H-ttvrr da'
will prehshi he or or abuit irp.htr
5 The ertims'e t t» .• . .rtr: -
masters dapar'mer,' ' t'. utnoun*
d'sburs'd for one month « salaries to
the men a,n<l offit ere t • amt lye
approximate* *J one, --
An order wa* :s« ed tr-da- tha* a-'
the men mue' report a the ramp
Sunda-. morning ir. order tha’ t »
irnilter rolls preparatory »n pa vine off
he put !r. fr.at shape fompanv F
of the Three Hundred and F ehteenth
Infantry in which are a numv*t of
Richmond rerruits ha* h»er. direct
ed hy Captain tV:n»r-t to he on hand
at 7 o'clock that morr.tr.B Not over
ayn hour or two will he taken up bv
tnla after which the men will he
free until S o'clock on Mor.da;. As
-the u**»*r -e t# he off 4«tv
from Ea'urda' noon until Monday
morning the order will break in on
th* plan cf som» o' the recrui’s for
th*ir week end but there Is a small
disposition to grumble
Appointments Announce*}
In Company r* several appoint
ments as non-commissioned officers
have recently been made A L
QuickC of Petersburg, was made
..P.WffJf »Qf The .company. J. E. f Jor
dan. Of Cardinal. V» , was made top
••rgaant; H C. King of Petersburg
••rgoant and T H Slagle sergeant,
Mr Q.uickei duties Include In gen-!
aral the clerical work pertaining to
tfc* company Mr Jordan has super -
*Mw over the other sergeant* and
it ah
} Is remponeibl* to the captain for their
:accurate performance of ai dutiee
! Mr Slafie was formerly % member of
the Richmond baseball team in the
Virginia league, and i« considered hr
hie company mates a* a pa»t master
with the "sphere Lf K TVarhurton
is supply sergeant whose duty it is
tn «ee to the issuing of all clothing
i and other equipment tf» the members
' of the company
Ijcctnrr on Pomona I Hyxicne
A lecture was given to the com
i anv b- Captain Winanf this after
non on persona', h'giene bathing,
rare o* fe*t etc In tnis connection
t was remarked by one of the offlrera
how little thought to proportion fo
their importance is bestowed by rhe
•average man on bis feet Orje in
•unction to The soldier* relative to
. »hrt:r pedal extremities is nor ♦<-* wear
darned sock* or socks with holes in
them
\ welcome chump*- made la tel \ bv
•hr r* •" «S s.- • f,i \ r* f * ‘ompa n v ‘"t
•.he substitution of. fresh vegetables*
•or • a nr.pl ; n the «R ’• hill of fare
Rv dint of fnn*e skilful flna . untr the
nfll' er and the mess sergeant have
sin:< ee.-ird in making the regulation
a •.■ w inre r.f 4ft rents stretch to to -
did*1 a number ■ ; dej'!<•;»> ies whi* h
do not appear on ‘he regular menu
h
er- will be \e ! ,-«t dinner weeUlv
Set .;: dl Rieiu*-* o- * T V Hr owning
of Company <♦, 's ver* popular with
the men He wa« i » !\i1 engineer or?
»h *• Panama aval before entering
The training camp -C Fort Myer, and
•s.vell fitted b** education and
r>era:■e■- t for his duties at Camp
i I ,*>*»
\ n n ou r. oemer t w n * ma d e this
tf'er; r. of the following ■Ipp rnt
•' ents in Company C of the Three
Hu Ired 'rid F ghteenth infmdn
wh h has a ar£e contingent of Rich
m<>n.d and Petersburg bo*.s p A
• • mp f Newport- New* a« com
r-aro. d^rk Ralph Vanc<* as flrst or
top sergeant. Paul F Cantr" sup
p!y sergeant, and Otto JCellv as nie.
- h a it; ' The member* of this c*.m
panv already ha1 e their rubber
ponchoes and overcoatc and uniforms
and underwear wd' be to rher.-,
? r»m orrow
Despite the rain of Thursdav niffht
■ , ■
d*il> progress of Iri it Camp T .»<>
toda> The. r*-.ads. through the ramp,
which ate travelled most had been
churned into quagmires but the
areas devoted to drill are drained
well and It tie difficulty was e\
penenced this mo ntng In getting
about.
Dnih Program.
The RH lowing program of instruc.
tion is prescribed for ♦h* Infantry
the machine eu-n t-.e *rsin unit* and
f
:ne October 6
Sertiiijr Cp F\®? «#« Recruit Tn
oru' Cnn. 4 i-2 hours Running 1
i 2 hours School <-f Soldier 4 hours
School of Rquad ! i hours Tssue of
Arms 1 hour Nomenclature and
* are of Rifle 2 hours Color Sen’i
nels countersign* <* d parr ies. et«
1 hour Bayonet Fveroise and Pnv
' onet combat 3 Sighting Po
Ft inn and Aiming Drills 4 hours
First-aid to the Wounded 2 hours
H’e Are At War- Re, rure 1
hour Inspection. 2 hours
It was *?at»d an officer raster
dav afternoon that the Ree Fnflr’d
! *fle Which will late;- be used Rr tar
.re* practice by the members of the
National urnu* combines in -tsejf the
V*-’ features of the Krag and th* Kn
' In the excitement of flrir.g
'vh- e the soldier holding *he u>ar»on
,1-*- h rnse r ij p• 1 -»r n re- he * 1; jen11 v
*'ont inu*-«- pulling The trigger after
'h« magazine is emptv. am itta;h
■vert to the R«e. pjn fleld prevents
this
John Wood. Headquarter* Rrpreson
t.^rhr of Horhcrf Hoover, IToro
to Talk Over Plnn*
•' ’hn Wood organization represen
T * f' - f the United States- foo \ admin*
irtranon. wa* !n Richmond vesterda \
h- :j conference with C. K Michaels.
will conduct tha virr r ., cam
patgn for the second registration of
houwwhvs Mr TVood also visited
Governor Honr- f1 Stuart to discuss
tan for pushing the food conserva
tion program in this state
'Tr ^ Wo'd who i« eecrefar-’ of the
Roanoke chamber of commerce has
received >av* r\' absence in order
that he nia become attached to the
headquarter** stat* of Herbert Hoover,
rational food administrator in Wash
ington Hi;< visit here was for the
■purpose of setting the machinerv in
motion r■•>r thm registration, which will
he held on October 21
h*' ery county <nd rity In Virginia
r';!J co-operate with fhe rational ad
ministration in the "campaign In the
first campaign inn.nnn and more
housewives signed the pledge card**,
ind several times that ntimber will he
signed up the next time
Mr Michaels who is president of
•he Roanoke Rridtre and Iron works,
"■•'ll have charge of the campaign in
’*ireima The To-operative ^duration
association will take a big part In
pushing the plans The secretary of
• he association .T T? Montgomery
was appointed last week to represent
•he national administrator in the
S uthyrn etates. is not miking a tour
Of 'he South
F-'in Erancism Sept -vfavv de
rsrtmpnt agent* tonight have charge
of further developments In the Oer
man *p'. plot In »'hif-h two naval
e -I'rns five ra»ml'»rt of the aviation
or; s snl a recruiting offlp«r ar» al
>t": to 1-0 implicated ;n treasonable
opera* Iona with lieutenant Erwin
Ererieron Schncder of the Gorman
nar hit companion Theodor Kasln-.
e»r both in military prlaon harp and
'our Austrian army officers hold In
. I.arrdn Texas
Naval officials Immediately drew
; 'he utmost seare-m. about further
1 operations which are expected to re
; suit, in arrears at any moment
Action o' th» naval ofTkia.!s It now
centered In Southern <~allfornla It la
believed where cne of the naval en
'sigm* is stationed at Fan Diego and
1 one of the aviation members is en>
' listed in the training rampf there.
ETorts of IJeutenant Schneider to1
leave the country on a Swedish vowel I
with inform a flop e«eurgjjl from ,the
! naval ensigns federal agent* state,
revealed the ramlfic-ationa of the plot
Another attempt to tranomU lnfor-j
! mat ion tso Germany Is said to have1
teen halted with the arrest of th*
four Austrian officers as they were 4e
parting from J^aredo for Mexico.
;
flit ni unt
il REO CUSS Ml
Richmond Chapter's Activities Re
viewed By At tine Chairman
Coleman Wortham. ^
T \sti H AS BEEN Hl'OF. ONE
People Of This City Bate Responded
‘ Liberally «n<l Bis Herults \m T’re
d It‘ted Bv Official.
\rtivi'les Of tlie Richmond chap
ter' of the American Red Cross are
reviewed in a statement made > <*s
ht i"oleman Wortham »etln«
chairman " * I”1 27 nod members
here That Richmond will lai x
teed the mark for it bv the n*
m-canivttiom is predicted b>
Mr . den ,n. who, however, calls
• inor the members t« continue their
untiring efforts to aid our soldieis
The report follows
As I' lfne' chairman of the Iucn
rnond c ha o’er in the absence of Hen
rv \v Anderson, I am asked to make
. statement in reference t<> the m
tivittes’ of the Hed Cross Richmond!
chapter, which I Will do as hrteflv as
I can :
It hardly necessary for me to
refer to the magnificent response of
people 'o ’h" api *a
made tor Minds with which to carry ■
•he ver- important work to he
don* hut I do wish to again attest
'he loyalty and devotion of the Rich
mond women who are responding so;
oheerfultv to the call on them for;
Individual work
,\t present the Richmond chap
ter has more than 2T.00P members
and a lance number of th6- !aciv mem
tiers of same are giving: their time,
either at the headipuartso- at Fourth
and (»race streets, or at the various
auxiliaries *< ottered ov er the citv. It
must he remembered that the work,
of 'he Richmond chapter as well
;ib the work of the national organisa
tion. has expanded so rapidly in the
last few months that we a* well as
the national organization, find our-j
selv'ea almost overwhelmed by the1
demands on us and therefore if
things do not run as smoothly as
could be wished, we trust vou will
.bear with the officers until the or
ganization can b» so perfected that1
all the machinery will run smoothie
i In perfecting the organization tnd
carrying on the work allotted to us
we are governed by rules and regula
tions which at times would appear
to be unnecessarv*. but when it is re
membered that every single article!
made, and all the work done has to'
be strictly in accordance with speci
fications given out one must realize,
that the ladies In charge of the vari-i
ous committees have no alternative
but to accept work only that will be
a-reptable to the national orranlza
, t ion
I know that the width of a hem,
I of a sheet appears to be a trivial1
! matter hut when one remembers
that the width of the hem designates
th» sheer for which the nurse is look
ling to use on a bed of suffering the
necessity fer the proper width of the
hem become? apparent The seam
! on r suit of pajamas Is a trivia! ma>
. ter hut if the seam is not right it
will cause irritation and suffering to'
-ome poor- hoy w-ho has offerer! his
life for us i mention these little
'hmgs to show how important It is
that » erythtnc should be exactly
right When the work Is not up to
'regulation* it Is the duty of the lad'
1 harge of the Inspection to call
.attention to the defect, and while it
. s unpleasant for h»r to point out
mistakes if th» arttoie is not exact
j iy right p cannot he accepted.
T - 1 capital garment and surgi
cal dressings committee has made
1 and has narked for shipment nil
1'he supplies tier essarv for the Rich
1 inond base hospital, and its efforts
l are now directed towards furnishing
as man> supplies as possible, foi the
t general organization, for it is re
alized that those boys a' the front
-•re fighting our battles for us and
fot everv one of them saved one boy
: :»*« is required of us The Rioh
, inond base hospital headed bv Dr
| Stuart MoGutro. and the Richmond
ambulance remnant in rharge of
i hr O Howard I,evts. have both been
organized and mustered tnto servic*
The equipment for these two units is
being secured rapidly and tn a short
lime proper!' officered. properly
equipped with a full complement of
'men and nurses, these two units will
take th»ir places on the battlefield
j in Europe.
; The national organization has
l made a call on the oountrv for 1 -
I "OP PPO knitted sets (comprising a
sweater a pair of socks, wristband
and scarf) 1 ?> poo to be furnished by
Virginia and 5.000 to he furnished by
-Richmond We understand it is pro.
j posed to distribute through the local
chapter one-third of these sets, the
other two-thirds being distributed by
.the national organization, and we will
see to it that every Richmond boy
''s properly supplied with these sets
it is. however most important that
this distribution he made svstemat
! K-allv to the end that there will not
be duplication of work, and 1 respect
fully ask that those of our members
who are themselves knitting sweat
ers etc for Individuals will report
their names to our committee on
military relief
Right here t might state thal our
knitting committee has ordered a
supplv of wool sufficient to make
; more than 5 pop sets and dailv these
; garments are coming In and are be
, Ing distributed as fast as we . an sys
tematically do so.
1 have made this statement In
I reference to the knitted garments to
'correct an erroneous rumor that has
gained headway, to the effect that
'he Richmond > harder had refused
to supplv sweaters to the men at
I'amo near Petersburg
'We must realize that we are all
working for a common - ause, and
.if the officers of your organization
appear at times to 'ike rrhitrarv po
sitions these positions are taken to1
ret best results and accomplish plans
on foot to properly svstematlze the
work
Rirhmmid. in her war relief A-or.:
i for our present allies has made tin
enviable reputation for herself, and
from the self-sacrificing way our
women have gone into Red Cross ’
work 1 predict results not onlv • far
hevond what is expected of Rich
mond. but also far beyond anything
ft hoped Richmond could do "
VISION'S OF WEALTH
SHATTERED BY COPS
Floyd Rohlneon, a mite of a picka
ninny aged fo'tee.n. had vision* of
riches to be derived from the shoe
shining huslneis Not having the
wherewithal for laying In a stock, he
appropriated an outfit belonging to
Horace Brown In the outfit were
one stool, two brushes, a very large!
linen rag. some samples of polish
Then Fiord erected a crude slgn.'
v.hich he hung outside the side gate
*o his home The iiign read: Shoe
shined on "the InstDe " An officer
madeiout he oan’ed hie shoe* shined!
on thU outside and he found that!
Floyd had the Identical articles re-'
ported by Horace as having been stolen
from him Judge Rieka will attend'
to Floyd this mornlne.
i
JAPAN IS PROUD OF
IIS SHARE IN WAR
Vlsconnl' Istall. Head of Mission to
America, GiraiJy Impresses
Audlfncf.
_
IV COMPANY (*>F HOVKST MT7V.
States That Alllos Will Bo Satisfied
With What Hl« Country Has Done
and Will r>o.
N>« York. Sept. 2S —"The people
of Japan are with you as your allies,
your comrades and your partners in
the winning of this war. which means
so much to the world " was th» deela
ration of Viscount Tshii today.'
Viscount Ishit head of Japan's war
mission to America, trreatly impressed
a largo gathering a; a luncheon ten
dered members of the mission today
Vo the chamber of commerce
Since our arrival in America." con
tinned the viscount, "we have not onlv
been Impressed hut rompressed by th“ i
gigantic measure of vour resources and ,
votir preparations to atop th» war by
providing the only means by which it
can be stopped the complete, utter j
physical defeat and humiliation of
Germany
'Is!very little helps, and little Japan'
ja he’-e to help tVe are here to aav
that Japan will mak» h»r«elf as un
pleasant to the enemy as her phvslcal
make-up will permit nr her Ineenuity
cor.f'Hv*,
'Tnu trill he satisfied that .Tapani
done. is doing and trill do heri
share In such manner a* to justify]
bar in claiming a place in the com-!
panv of honest men
"We have been friends for fifty
>ear* We propose to strengthen that
friendship We have earned a right!
to it bv the true hiatorv of the past
and we propose to hold it through alii
the years that are to come for trp
value it too highly to risk its loss '
Hitherto we hnv« cofne to you. as ■
vnu have come to us with something i
to sell or something to buy. some
thing to rive and something to take 1
Hitherto it has been the crv that trade
and commerce trad® and mart would
bring nr to a better understanding
And it has But todav there is some
thing more Fast meets West on com
mon ground That royal hawk the
sun ha*; flown from the Orient’s hand
and lighted in the West
"The same sun glorifies the stars,
and i« blazoned on the snow-white t
! field of your flag and mv flag as th#v j
flv todav On your land and my land j
h-lf - world awav This is the fla^
the gathering of the clans of rh*
Tv a st and rh« West The dav has,
; dawned in which the vesterday i* for-I
gotten when old prejudges, old mis-j
t understandings fade and you greet’
.us as we greet vou—old friend* and
! new-made brothers in the -struggle for j
{human lib»rt\ human freedom and'
national existence "
President Kugeuius Outerbridge ofj
the chamber of commerce, presided j
-■ a» tv,* luncheon.
The mission visited the stock *v
r hn ge The members toured th»
lower section of the city and sailed
around Manhattan Island, «tonr>ine a* j
(Grant's tomb A Mnouet at the THtz
Grjrlton in the evening completed th* :
pro gra m
fWWP ABRniINP
MAI III OFFICERS
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'hvt Pfp»rtmfnf Coniildf m Court
Martial For Those. Re%pnn*lhit* For
MNhnp in Home Wafer*.
Washington. September .2*.—Court
martial of the officers responsible for
the grounding of a I'nited States bat
tleship In home waters loomed up af
a practical certainty tonight., follow
njr receipt by the navy department die*
pitches giving details of the accident.
The closest censorship has been
placed on all reports. All that the
1 public may know is contained in the
.following statement authorized by the
department through the committee on
j public information after numerous in
! quiries concerning the affair had been
received
I "The navy department has received
nn official report stating that a battle
ship of the United States navy is
.ground in home water* The ship is
1 resting easily and it is expected that
she wjii he floated without difficulty.
The newspapers are urgently re
quested not to print any information
which tr.irht lead to the establishing
of the identity or location of the
ptrand*d vessel “
eUFIElD'S WHITES WIN
I. #. t.». CONTEST
In Four On**' Campaigning U>rr
Added to AaHriatlnn'i Membership.
Genera; Relfield ar.ii hi? Whiter won
out Ip the last da' of one of the most'
enthus stir 'imi>aicns e'er staged at
the Central Young Mens Christian at-,
soeiatlon the Whites reporting: a total
of 14n members secured in the four,
days' campaigning Genera] Hawkins
and the Reds rennrted 135 General
Strange and the pines 121. making a
total of for the campaign.
At. the close of the third day's re-1
port. Thursday night, the Blues and'
\t hjtes were tied for first place with ,
s. ven'y-six members each, hut General :
Relfield. with a «o!rlt that refused de
feat. rallied his forces and lead them
Into a fra- with an enthusiasm that
was irresistible One hundred and six
ty-six new members were secured the
last dav of the cjmpalgn as follows
Reds, fifty.seven Whites, elxty-four;i
Blues forty-five. Forty-one of these
were secured In the interval between
the reports at supper, and closing lime'
at 3 SO Never in any previous cam
paign has there been shown such a
spirit of oo-opera'lon and working to
gether between the teams on the re
spective eldee At no time during the
campaign has there been any friction
and the workers have enjoyed It to the
utmost extent
Captain Dunning's team, White* No
T. took high honor in yesterday * work
reporting eighteen: Blues, No 5, lead
by Captain D. J. Gj-ogory. jr., report-,
tng. sixteen and Reds. No 3, under
Captain Otis M Green, fourteen.
A Tip.
The next time a friend glvee you
a very confidential tip on Just who Is
going’ to win the world's aeries, go
and pay your rev
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SHU I. C.I.LOIIS
IIS EWEIIIOI
Mrs. Howard M. Hnw. Rf-fkrtrd
I’rwldcnl—fnnuntsiiloni'r of Pro
hiblilon Delivers Address.
(Special to The Richmond Vit-tfnUui.)
j Charlottesville. Va.. gept 2K.—The
I speakers at the closing: session of the
thirty-fifth annual convention of the.
Woman’s Christaln Temperance Union!
of Virginia were the Rev J. Sidney'
I Peter', state commissioner of prohi
I bitlnn and Mrs Hortense Ropp, of
I khenandoah. national organizer. De-i
spite the rain, a large audience was.
Ion hand and remained until 11;
o’clock, when the delegates joined
| hands and sane. "Ond Re With You)
i Till We Meet Again."
Mr Peters was Introduced hy-'^trs j
i H M. Hoge, president of the W. C. I
T ’’ who paid a glowing tribute to'
j the late Mrs S. A Jones, of Norfolk.;
, for nine years state president of the;
j W C T I’, and the mother of the
i.Rpea ker.
Mr Peters expressed his devotion:
j to the organization over which hIs I
; mother presided so long and compll-j
! merited the organization for its!
I Chrlstocentrlc nature—exalting Christ I
as their leader In this branch ofi
rocia! reform.
He declared that prohibition had
i been the greatest social reform ever I
| accomplished in the state and that j
j as a result the saving in criminal i
: expenses had already more than off
J set the loss of revenue to the State:
that the nil population 1 bad been re
dured bv 1.700 mostly in the cities
because the counties were previously
"dry." and that the penitentiary
population was reduced by nearlv
; half. He declared that many courts
I met and adlourned wlhtout a felony
; to tr>. as alcohol, the excitant of
j crime, w as removed
The speaker enlarge^ upon the fact
I that the election In 1014 and the !
I Mapp law were only Incidental to the i
i reform and not concluplve of It. j
He exhorted everyone present to in-j
i slst upon the enforcement of law as
being more Important than mere leg-,
j islation.
The speaker then appealed to the;
I treat audience to enter upon another j
i phase of the war, national constitu
] tional prohibition
The frpeaker thought that the res- ,
i elution pending in congress to change
the constitution prohibiting the manu-l
fsrture sale, importation and expor
i ta'lon of liquor would pass the. house
of representatives in December and
'hat national prohibition would he ef
) feotlve in five years
Roanoke was selected as the place
| for the 191 a convention and the fol
I lowing officers were elected for the
1 ensuing year:
• Mrs Howard M. Here, of Lincoln,)
| president.
Mrs Lilian A Shephedr, of Nor-!
i folk, vice-president and correspond- .
i lng secretary.
Miss Lora A Kern. , of Winchester!
I recording secretary
Mrs W J Strickier. of Petersburg
treasurer.
Mrs Faith T Parrott of MarMns
| ville. was chosen state superintend
ent of scientific instruction, and Mrs
TV L Ralles of Richmond. wn.« again i
• leered musical director.
Mrs Fffie R Clement, of Centralis.
:'he outgoing treasurer wan unanl-(
mously elected a* editor of The Vir
ginia Call, the official organ of th*
white ribbon army
Scientific temperance instruction e*--,
! sav prizes were awarded bv Mrs .7.
! K Ruebush, of Davton. as follows
High school, Miss Katharine Col» of
; Roanoke: grammer grade. Miss Dora
| Saunders, of Danville
The following delegates were elect-,
• r! to the national convention, which
| meets in TVashington the first week.,
in ■ December
At large—Mrs .Tennie R Sisson. of.
; Charlottesville. Mrs Sadie Savage, ofj
j On ley. MrsC D Fleming, of Nbf-I
j folk. Mrs George p. Stevens. of|
I Salem Mrs FT G Peterson, of Alta
Vista. Mrs Albert Mavo. of Peters-’
i burg, Mrs William G O Rrlen. of
Tazewell. Mrs T J. Fitzgerald, ofj
Danville Mr* I,aura Gregg of I^ou-;
doun; Mrs R P Thomas, of Rich
mond; Mrs .! W Driver, of Newport
News. Mrs R T Taylor of Prospect:,
Mrs .1 K Harrison of Rran.’hviVle.
Mrs. Walter Rond, of Winchester, t
I Mrs Alice Hiden. of Augusta., Mr*.
A F Willis of South Roston
T>. T L. dt-'egate—Mrs Mabel Kel-.
ley. of New Chureh
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nil MiuRf mi
IIEGAL HOLIDAY
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i At it* first fall meeting: held yes
j terdav afternon at the Jefferson hotel,
the Matthew Fontaine Maury assocla
tlon adopted a resolution calling on
the general assembly of Virginia to
(make. January 14. the anniversary of
' the hirth of Commodore Muary. a legal
I holiday.
! Among the several interesting feat
ure*) of the meeting vesterdav was an
1 address by Rev Dr James Power
; Smith, who knew the great scientist
personal^ his theme being Person
al Recollections of the Great Path
j finder He described Muary as a
1 high type of Christain.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
R C Stearnes spoke saving that he
was personally sorry to see Maury s,
i geography no longer used in the
schools, declaring, however, that fash- :
I ions change as the ladies well under
stood. He told of the very general ob
servance of Maury day In the public j
schools of the state last January.
Rev, E. F. Osgood, rector of Km-'
manuel Episcopal church, spoke clos-i
ing his talk with a prater offered by 1
Commodore Maui' for thtrty-fouri
tears each night. And which he 4ic-j
1 tated almost with his dying breath as a
, legacy to his children.
Mrs James R Worth, of Chesterfield. !
daughter of Maury told of the bring-j
Ing of the oathfinder s body from Lex
ington to Richmond
Th» association voted to send itsi
president. Mrs E E Moffitt, to the;
state convention of the I’nfted j
Daughter* of the Confederacy, which 1
meets shortly in Roanoke, to urge
on the daughter* that they take up:
the work of raising fund* for the
pedestal to the proposed Maury .non-:
ument While it 1* proposed that j
the fund for the erection of the
monument shall be raised by an Ln-t
ternatlonal appeal when a propitious
time arrives. It le desired that thej
pedeetal shall be paid for from dis-j
tinetly ex-Confederate source*.
Fortune of War.
Tour Uncle Samuel ha* the laugh:
on the United Cigar Stores company. 1
Having faith In the original plans of;
Camp Upton, the company closed^a;
two-year lease for *9.d00 of a bit of
real estate where the main gate was ’
expected to be.
A crew of thirty.flve men was
picked out to sell the goods, when
the site of the main gate waa shifted
four miles*
METHODIST CHVRCHEH
CLOSING IP YEAR
[ (Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
Petersburg. V« , September 28.—The
: Methodist churches of the Petersburg
district sre closing up their work for
the conference year, preparatory to
the annual meeting of the conference
to be held this year In November. Rev,
B. F. Lipscomb. D. D.. presiding elder
of the district, held the last quarterly
conference for Chesterfield at the Ivey
Memorial church a day or two ago,
preached a strong sermon and ex
pressed satisfactory results In the dis
trict for the year.
Dr. Lipscombs term sxpires by lim
itation with the end of this conference
year. He will he transferred to the
presiding eldership of some other dis
trict or to an Important pastorate It,
Is rumored that Dr, Lipscomb will go;
to the Charlottesville district.
The term* of none of the Methodist!
pastors of Petersburg expire this veap, j
but at least two changes are antici
pated. Very few changes are expect-!
ed, however, throughout the district.
Funeral of Mrs. Marks.
Funeral services for Mrs Bettle;
A. Marks, widow of the late Captain ;
Louis L. Marks, an account of whose I
death has been mentioned in The Vtr- 1
cinian. will he conducted from the
IVsshlngton-Street Episcopal church, i
of which she was a consistent and val- 1
ued member, at 11 o'clock Saturday 1
morning.
Sent to Grand Jury.
John Thomas and Prince Beneburg.
colored, arrested late yesterday after
noon by Sergeant Tttmus and Patrol-)
man Evans, charged with violating the i
prohibition law by haying In their pos
session 147 half-pints of whiskey, have
been sent on to the grand Jury. The
arrest of Thomas and Beneburg Is re.
garded as one of the most Important
for violation of the prohibition lae
since November 1 Both claim to be
from North Carolina. Beneburg had
In his pocket a bank book showing
deposits In excess of (8.000 and s sub
stantial roll of greenbacks on his per- '
son.
Mr*. Marla C. R. Wood.
Mrs. Maria C R Wood a widely
known and esteemed resident of Din
widdle county, wife of Allen W Wood
died at her home on the Squirrel Level
road at 11:50 o’clock last night after
an illness of several months Mrs
Wood was fifty-eight year* of age and
a native of Indiana She had resided
in Dinwiddle twelve years and had .
many friends throughout the county
who will regret deeply to learn of her
death The funeral will be conducted
from Smith's Grove Methodist church
at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon
>'ew Mssnntr Officers.
Petersburg Unton chapter. Vo
Royal Arch Masons. »♦ its regxfia r1
meeting last night elected officers for
the ensuing \ear as follows
High priest. Roy C McCann king
Joseph R Bell; scribe. Frank D Mr*
Kenney treasurer, W W Presson.
secretary H. V. Parham. captain.
Harry v James, principal sojourner
Alexander W Bryant: royal arch cap
tain. Edward H Stewart; grand mas
ter. third veil Donald W Russell G
M second veil. H R Winn; G M first
veil, C. J. Wueatner. chaplain. Chart#*
F Borst; stewards. \V T Baugh and
G. H Roiell, tiler. Joseph Williams
Dance Will Be *«rces«.
A dance, which la to be given at
Library hall Mondav night, judging
from advance sale of tickets promises
to be one of the most brilliant affairs
of the season Myer Davis orchestra *
of Washington. D. C will furnish the
music for the occasion The dance will'
be under the management of Miss
Kate Northrop, of Wilmington. N C.
and Colonel and Mrs Ashton W Grav.j
Mr and Mrs Robert Burton Mr and
Mrs f Val Parham Mr and Mrs Sid
ney Green end Mr and Mrs W P Ke~
van The following Is a list of patrons
and patronesses Mr and Mrs Pat I
Drewrv Mr and Mrs P H Booth Mr
and Mrs Robert Gilliam. Mr and Mrs
Joe Prince, Mr. and Mrs H C Mvers I
Mr and Mr*. E H Patterson. Mr and :
Mrs Harvev Reward. Mr and Mrs, ,
Howard Hall. Dr. and Mrs Moylan
Field. Mr and Mrs Paul Roper. Mr I
and Mrs. Nat Roper Mr. and Mrs. I
Sam Wilson, Dr and Mrs W p Jones. |
Mr. and Mrs Van I^and-tngha m. Mr
and Mrs Waver lv Townes Mr and
Mrs Short. Mr. and Mrs . W. Butcher
Colonel and Mrs E. O Hunt Colonel
Waldron. Mr and Mrs Thomas Maclin,
Mr. and Mr? Riddle. Mrs Anderson. •'
Mis? l^eslie Stevens. Miss 'Mary Le- j
Moine
Personal*.
Dr H Aulick Burke, lieutenant In
the reserve corps. United Slates army, i
| is at home on a ten.day furlough Hr i
; Burke is in charge of the base hospital
at New Bedford Mass
.T Victor Morton, a prominent voung
I local eltiien. hae leased the old Vtr-1
Tinia theater in North Svcamore street1
i and after extensive Improvements, will :
j open a modern picture house with a
seating capacity of 100
Miss Elva Brakeman general secre
tary of the Petersburg T W C A . ar- !
rived here this morning from Birmtng-i
ham to take up her duties
Professor Edward Alston Burgess]
sop of Dr and Mrs T J. Burges*, a'
graduats of the Petersburg High
school and of Randolph-Macon collage
for the past two vears vice-consul to
, Brazil, .will pay his parents a visit]
within a few davs Professor Burgess 1
is on a leave of four months.
Workman Dies Suddenly.
•I. R. Neale, a resident of Alberta !
Brunswick county, died at the Peters
burg hospital today Mr Neal had
been employed at Camp I-ee for dome
weeks, He retired at his boarding
house. 124 Did street, last night in his
usual health hut was found in an un
, conscious condition In hi* room about
| 9:J> o'clock this morning. He was
rushed to the hospital, but lived less
than an' hour after reaching there.
The hodv was viewed by Justice C. G
Pleasants, acting coroner, who deemed
an inquest unnecessary. Mr. Neal is
survived by a widow and two children
The body evil! be taken to Alberta for
burial.
Prince of Como Wins Handicap.
Louisville. Ky . Sept. 28.—The heav
j lly backed Panzareta ran out of the
money In the Glenview handicap at
Douglas park today, the 11.00 purse
offered In this race being taken byt
1 Prince of Como with second and third
places going to Vogue and Believe!
Me Boys.
In the fourth event on today’s card
Ioite. a rank outsider, beat Frank
lin. Emerson Cochran and some other
good ones, rewarding her backers to
. the extent of $429 6n for each $2 mu-i
tuel ticket. The race was for four
year-olds and upwards over a mile]
and n sixteenth and the winner, a
Broomstick gelding, hitherto a noto
rious quitter, caught the sharpshoot
ers napping
Jockey George Moleswssrth. riding
Rafferty In the third, was seriously
hurt, when his mount stumbled and
fell In the third race The horse's].,
heel struct the rider's head, rfe was
taken to the Morton Infirmary.
Following a conference with .army,
authorities from Camp Taylor. John’
Hachmelster. manager of Douglas
park, ordered the bar closed.for the
remainder of the meeting
' REV. DAVIO HEPBURN
OFF FOR OHIO FRONT
Well-Known Virginia Prohibition
Worker to Help Rid Buckeye State
of John Barleycorn’* Rule.
Rev David Hepburn, of the head
; quarters staff of the Anti-8alOoe
1 league of Virginia, and one Of the
best-known prohibition worker* in
the state and the South, left last night
for Ohio -where he will participate
actively in the campaign for the adop
I tion of a prohibition amendment te
I the constitution of that, common
! wealth
Mr. Hepburn is a minister of the
Baptist church For years he ha* been
wholeheartedly, enthusiastically and
determinedly In the fight to make Vir
ginia dry. and the same zeal which
characterized his work on behalf of
the temperance cause in Virginia he
will now throw into the national cam
paign and to help other Individual
| states to rid themselves of the Incubua
j of the liquor traffic.
Mr. Hepburn is an attractive and
j forceful speaker on the husting*.
| having an established reputation In Vlr
i ginla a* an orator of unusual ability,
j In lending him to Ohio the Virginia
league 1* adding appreciably to the
| chances for prohibition s success at
: the Ohio polls In November.
THE WEATHER
1
(Tnltrd States Westhe.' Bnroatij
Department of Agriculture.)
Washingt on. September 21—For#
tast for Saturday and Sundy:
Virginia—Cloudy Saturday, rain by
n;*ht and on Sunday; cooler Saturday,
central and southeast portions.
North Carolina — Rain Saturday,
cooler in east portion Sunday, prob
ably fair
I,oral Temperature Yesterday.
18 noon temperature . 74
3 F M. temperature. 7*
S r M. temperature . 49
Maximum temperature to S p. M 74
Minimum temperature to 4 P M.. 4*
Mean temperature . 71
Normal temperature . 47
Excars in temperature yesterday] 4
Deficiency In temperature since.
January j . 4*c 5
I.oral natnfall.
Rainfall last twelve hours. PJ
Rainfall last twenty-four hours... 3d
Excess In rainfall since March 1 . S 44
Excess in rainfall since January
1 4.40
Dora| Observation at s P, M, Yesterday.
Temperature .. 49
H u m 1 d 11 •. . jg
Wind— Direction .. .... S W.
Wind—Vein- it-. . I
Weather..Cloudy
BANKERS OF FIFTH
'Continued From First Pag#)
up bv th» mfr* conversion of bank
fund* non- idle The people must anti
cipate their earnings and pied#* them
In advance The treasury allow* pay.
mentt upon installment*, and if thee*
terms do not sir' the subscriber'* con
'enience he should consult a banker
of his acquaintance
The bankers mutt make up their
minds to lend freeli. and at a mode*
rate Interest rate to promote thle loan;
this is a crest national emer#«ncy and
ordinary rules should not frovern. In
the Are? pla e loans made with the*#
bonds as collateral, with marginal pay
ments. will be safe beyond question,
and In the second place, the federal
reserve banks are at hand to back up
the local banks It is time now to lay
aside a resolutions and prejudice*
against rediscounting
“On the other hand, no trouid-b*
subscribe- has the tight, while pretend
In# ?o render a publl- service hlm»e!f.
to throw all of the burden on a bank.
He should not make a subscription
without a bona Acie intention of paying.
H within a reasonable time and he
should make a payment down."
In discussing ths effort that the na
tion must make Mr Pesy declared that
it might follow that in order to rale*
the eighteen billions of dollar* th*
nation will need In Its war operation*
the coming veer :t may become neces
sary for the people to devote, either
In taxes or In payments on bond*, at
least one-half of their Incomes
Campaign's Expense Fuad.
It was shown that there would bp
left for the expense of conducting tba
campaign ont of the one-tenth of 1
per cent allow-ed bv law about eighty
cents per thousand of bonds th* bal
ance about three-Afth*. being absorbed
in treasury departments expense* re
lating to the Issue
Genera! E. W Nichole, chairman of
the state council of defer.**, placed tho
facilities of hi* department at th* die
pose 1 of !h* Virginia commute*.
The following banker* were in at
tendance on the meeting which ad
journed Anally at 4 U o clock yesterday
afternoon.
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