Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 220, 27 August 1915 — Page 3

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1915

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URGES WILSON tO TAKE LEAD IN PEACE PLAN Hamilton Holt, Editor of Independent, Says Neutral Nations Could Discuss Feasible Steps.

PREDICTS WAR SPIRIT Moral, Economical and Biological Facts Show Fallacy of War Bryan Deserves Praise. n : Advocacy of the proposed League of Peace to be supplemented , gradually by various nations until all the countries of the earth can establish ' a Federation of the World, was expressed by Hamilton. Holt... editor of h independent, in a speech before n audience of fifteen hundred perrons at Chautauqua last night. '. The tpeaher suggested that this .'uaS'' ct naticns bs organized .hiouffh the came methods employed :o unionize the thirteen colonies of the United States. It. should have an army and navy, sudden' ly powerful to quell the force of an7 belligerent, ho said, rnrt total disarmament should not be medo until the federation of the world 5s formed, and then b subflouted by an international police force. . 'Preeiden't Wilson, who the rpeake'r r.ald, may be the "George Washington of the Twentieth Century," should call a conference of all the nations irrrrcdiately, in an endeavor to stop he present war. The belligerent; countries would probably decline to serd representatives but the neutral, po-vers could d?c'de upon some sen-j tible, feasible means of bringing the; war to an end, wnicn rrigni De satisfactory to all the warring countries. fiferwilH mMf Law. ' This board should hav as its first duty, he ruggested, the discusrion of maritime matters affecting all the neutral powers. International law, as it is now followed has no effective way of preventing wrongs and this cnoference might result in a proposition submitted to the belligerents, which would eliminate further ultimatums and the possibility of war by nations which are now neutrals. A popular and general demand for war In the United States was predicted by Mr. Holt in the event Germany refused to disavow the sinking of the Arabic, which her foreign office has taken under advisement. He laid great emphasis on the fact that the United States should never go to war !n a spirit of revenge or to punish any other nations. "We should never go to war,'.'; said Mr. Holt," "in heat or anger. If War Is thrust upon us, let us fight a defensive war only, and then be calm and deliberate In deciding the issue." People Must Reign. Before the Federation of the World can beformed, Mr. Holt said, the people must reign, but predicted the overthrow of dynasties, kings and monarchs in Europe before conditions abroad are restored. This revolution, he said, would be brought about through the awakening of the people to a full appreciation of the injustice inflicted upon them and the realization of the loss in men and money which will result in the war. Former secretary of state, Bryan, Ex-president Taft and Jane Addams were praised by the editor ln his discussion of the progress toward peace made from the time of the first conference at The Hague and Ex-president Roosevelt was blamed for being the most powerful outside force in bringing about the defeat of the United States senate of the clauses of the proposed treaty to establish worldwide peace, providing compulsory arbitration of difficulties. "Mr. Bryan hasn't gotten half . the credit he deserves for signing twentysix peace treaties with as many countries." said Mr. Holt. "And it was Mr. Taft who advocated the submitting of questions of national honor to arbitration, while Mr. Roosevelt preferred to leave matters of this character to the sword for settlement." In opening his speech, Mr. Holt potnted out the legality of war, the Tact that poets, philosophers and ministesr have deplored war, while the masses of people still prefer might to right in the settlement of disputes. Weapon Make Wars. He said it was a fallacy to believe war could be stopped by making more and more deadly implements of warfare, because men will always be unafraid to die and will,, instead, forever exhibit the same heroism and valor which they have shown in the European struggle. "But." said Mr. Holt in part, "there are three arguments against war which should be sufficient forever to banish the resort to armed force These are the moral, economical and biological arguments. The moral argument makes us flinch and ashamed of ourselves when we consider the Biblical commandment, 'Thou Shalt Not Kill.' "The economical argument is the destruction of wealth through and by war. The belligerents in Europe are now spending $120,000,000 a day. And the victor will lose practically as much as the vanquished in the end. "The biological argument is the loss in men. Since the opening of the war 10,000.000 men have been killed, wounded or captured. There has been 2,000,000 men killed and if this war continues, ten million will be killed." GIRL ATTEMPTS LIFE INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 27. Miss Margaret Health, 25, is in a critical condition at the City hospital following an attempt at suicide by taking carbolic acid in her room at the Great Western hotel early today. Two notes were found in her room by the police, and they hint at a love affair.

World s Greatest Probe of Social Conditions End Without Results

(1) James O'Connell of the District of Columbia; (2) Austin B. Garretson of Iowa; (3) Mrs. Borden Harriman of New York; (4) Frank P. Walsh of Missouri, chairman of the commission; (5) Frederick Delano of Illinois ; (6) John R. Commons of Wisconsin; (7) John B. Lennon of Illinois. They are members of the Industrial Relations commission. Messrs. O'Connell, Lennon and Garretson represented the employed on the commission. Messrs. Walsh and Commons and Mrs. Harriman represented the public. Messrs. R. H. Aishton of Illinois; Harris Weinstock of California; and S. Thurston Ballard of Kentucky (none of them shown here) represented the employers. Mr. Delano was prominent at the New York City hearing but was

not a member of thexomnussion. When Congress meets this Autumn one of its most puzzling, if not pressing, questions will be what to do with the jangling Industrial Relations Commission reports. Should there be any action? If there is not, it will mean that the most costly investigation of social conditions ever undertaken by any nation will have come to naught. More than half a million dollars will have been poured out without commensurably benefiting the United States. Many industrial wrongs will have been exposed, but as to the cure no remedy will have been found. For two years the six men and women composing the commission, together with a large staff of investigators and clerks, took testimony. They held meetings throughout the country, from Los Angeles to New York. Make Wide Inquiries. The range of their inquiries was so wide that most of the. public must have been puzzled to know just for what purpose the commission existed. The exact object of the inquiry is shown in the creating act of Congress, approved August 25, 1912, which directs the members to inquire into: 1. The general condition of labor in the principal industries of the United States, including agriculture, and especially in those which are carried on in corporation form. 2. The existing relations between employers and employes. 3. The effect of industrial conditions on public welfare. 4. The rights and powers of the community to deal with the repations between industrial conditions and the public welfare. 5. The conditions of sanitation and safety of employes and the provisions for protecting the life, limb and health of the employes.

Gossip And Yarns Out Of New York

BY GOTHAM KNICKERBOCKER. Among the most interesting places around New York these days are the various semi-secret headquarters of the great warring nations. There is a big German bureau at No. 60 Wall street, where Captains von Papen and Boy-Ed are hard at work, a Russian organization in the Flatiron building, and French, Austrian, Italian and Servian offices scattered about the city. J. P. Morgan & Co. direct the British activities to a large extent, besides assisting England's allies. The Russian government has three floors of the Flatiron building and is a somewhat imposing affair. On the commission are several . generals, besides colonels and captains, making up thirty-five men in all. At the head of the commission is Major General Sapojnikoff. He has more than 250 army officers working through the country as inspectors of the war supplies our factories are turning out for the Czar. His commission has put through orders amounting to several hundred million dollars just how much may never be known. The interior of . the commission's work place looks much (ike any Amer

6. The growth of associations of employers and employes and the efr! feet of such associations upon the rela- j tions between employers and employes. 7. The extent and results of methods of collective bargaining. 8. Any methods which have been tried in any state or in foreign countries for maintaining mutually satisfactory relations between employes and employer. 9. Methods for avoiding or adjusting labor disputes through peaceful and conciliatory mediation and negotiations. 0. The scope, methods and resources of existing bureaus of labor, and possible ways of increasing their usefulness. 11. Questions of smuggling or other illegal entry of Asiatics into the United States or its insular possessions and the methods by which such Asiatics gain such admission. 12. The underlying causes of dissatisfaction in the industrial situation. Dislike F. P. Walsh. Many of the troubles of the commission were caused by the dislike which several of the members developed for the methods of the chairman, Frank P. Walsh, a Kansas City, Mo., lawyer. Mr. Walsh is an avowed enemy of wealth. He admitted time and again his hostility for men of great fortune. His remark that he could not approach the subject before the commission with judicial poise made even his friends gasp and drew from ex-President Taft the remark: "What is meant by judicial poise? Merely that an investigator is trying to find out the truth." Several members of the commission, led by Mrs. J. Borden Harriman, the only woman member, also attempt

ican office. American stenographers pound American typewriters, beating out the endless flow of letters about the details of Russia's orders. They work hard, but not as hard as the commissioners, many of whom are at the office early and late. BLAMES FACE POWDER. Ladies do your eyes burn after sewing or reading? Perhaps it is the face powder. A leading medical journal finds that many face powders contain substances that injure the eye's delicate membranes. It advises using a rag instead of a puff, because the powder flies up from the latter and catches under the eyelids. KEEP HANDS OFF. "Hands off!" is the motto in the motto in the new Grand Central terminal postoffice, which handles 800,000 pounds of mail a day. Nobody touches c piece of mail except where absolutely necessary. In the basement is it platform 1,500 long with a track on each side, where two hundred and twentyseven mail trains every twenty-four hours load or unload. A giaat belt here does the work of fifty or seventy-five porters. It whirls along a stream of mail at the rate of 150

ed to have Chairman Walsh moderate the fierce and : uncompromising attitude toward"1 men of' large fortune at the hearings of the Commission. They told him he should not act like a prosecuting attorney in a -criminal trial, but as a seeker after facts. Sore on Strike Report. Another cause of trouble was the so-called report of the commission on the strike at the Bayonne plant of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. The commission, it was learned after the report was published, never considered the report or authorized its delivery to the newspapers. At the instance of a New York So

cialist newspaper, Mr. Walsh had two men investigate the strike and then, without consulting the other members of the commission, he made public the report as though coming from the commission. The Bayonne report made a sharp, direct attack on the Rockefeller family and its methods in dealing with its employes. It declared that the "outcome of the strike constitutes a com plete victory for the Standard Oil Company as to its vital "politics; that is, its refusal to recognize or permit collective action or to make any con cessions to the men except of its own free will and accord." Whatever the practical results of the commission's work its inquiries proved vastly entertaining. From An drew Carnegie, loath to leave the witness stand because "he had never had a better time in his life," to the child wife, 14-year-old Mrs. Mary Minora, telling how she supported herself, her husband and three months baby on sixty cents a day, a large amount of interesting human nature material was unearthed and made public. But perhaps the country considers $500,000 a high price to pay for this amusement. feet a minute. Three men standing at switches, shunt the mail off the belt to just where it ought to go. SANDWICH WOMAN HERE. Here's the latest chapter of "Women in the Profession." The girl sandwich man (or sandwich woman) has arrived. She walks up and down Fifth avenue and Fourth avenue advertising a new bakery, dressed all in white end looking very chic. Her appearance has caused a groan from several seedy looking male members of the profession, who see their livelihood going. HEIRESS TO MILLION WEDS DANCING MAN MACKINAC ISLAND, Wis.. Aug. 27. Eugenia Kelly, worth a million in her own right, whose spectacular Broadway dancing splurge ended In therpolic ecourt, is going to marry Al Davis, some time dancing partner of Bonnie Glass and known as well to Broadway as to Chicago's loop'. This information came from the . young woman herself in a conversation with a man which was overheard. It was also reported that Davis, masquerading under another name, spent several weeks at Mackinac Island in which horse back rides to the surrounding country were indulged in with-Miss Kelly. .

WAR SECRETARY ATTACKS TALK OF ROOSEVELT Garrison Says Speech Has Detrimental Effect Upon Real Value of Military ' Experiment.

T. R. STICKS TO GUNS Colonel Says Administration Trying to Keep Country in ' Dark Regarding the True Status of Affairs. NEW YORK, Aug. 27. CoL Theodore Roosevelt, informed that Secretary, or War. Garrison had written a letter to Gen. Leonard Wood, severely criticising the latter for permitting the colonel to address the citizen soldiers at the Plattsburg military camp Wednesday evening on' the subject of preparedness, issued a statement In which he challenged the right of the cabinet member of the rebuke Gen. Wood and assumed full responsibility for . what he said in his address. The colonel pointed out that his speech wns announced in advance and that the war department had full opportunity to know of bit proposed appearance, but made no objection. He added' that the nation is being kept in the dark on the subject of military preparedness and Intimated that bis remarks had penetrated the skin of the administration so deeply that Garrison had tried to make Gen. Wood the "goat." . DRAWS GARRISONS IRE. WASHINGTON, Aug. 27. Secretary Garrison' telegraphed Maj. Gen. Wood expressing his deprecation that opportunity was given at the citizen soldiery camp at Plattsburg, N. Y., for Col. Roosevelt's . sensational speech of veatArriav and ilrMtine that nothtn I similar should be permitted at any of j the other camps. Secretary Garrison referred to Col. Roosevelt's remarks on the military unpreparedness of the country and the attitude of the administration. His telegram to Gen. Woods follows: "I have just seen the report in the newspapers of the speecn maae ny former President Roosevelt at the Plattsburg camp. It is difficult to con ceive of anything which could have a more detrimental effect upon the real value of this experiment than such an incident. Deplores Detracting Event. "This camp, held under government auspices, was successfully demonstrating many things of great moment. Its virtue consisted in the fact that it conveyed its own impressive lessons in Its practical and successful operation and.. results. ' - - ? - "No opportunity should have been furnished to any one to present to the men any essential to the necessary training they were there to receive. Anything else could only have the effect of distracting attention from the real nature of the experiment, diverting consideration to issues which excite controversy, antagonism and -ill feeling and thereby impairing, if not destroying, what otherwise would have "been so effective. "There must not be any opportunity given at Plattsburg or at any other similar camp for any such unfortunate consequences." Secretary Garrison 6a id he bad no further action now under contemplation. He said he had not discussed the matter with President Wilson and had no knowledge of the president's views. KAYSER KEPT DATA ON ARMS FOR GERMANY GARY. Ind.. Aug. 27. With three men under arrest in connection with the slaying of Rev. Edmund A. Kayser, the police have learned that the mur dered man was a volunteer agent of the German government and furnished Ambassador Bernstorff at Washing ton information about Gary munition plants. He received no pay. for his work, the embassy says. A trunk seived by the police is be lieved by hte police to contain impor tant documents bearing on Kayser's war activities. One of the three pris oners is Elmer Leroy, the Englishman who arose in Kayser's church several weeks ago and denounced the pastor's pro-German utterances. Police are taking precautions against riots at the Kavser funeral this afternoon, and plan to make further arrests at the grave. Leroy was later released. Motorists not infrequently insure aaginst police court fines. SO DECEPTIVE Many Richmond People Fall to Realize the Seriousness. Backache is so deceptive. It comes and goes keeps you guess ing. Learn the cause then cure it. Possibly it's weak kidneys. . That's why Doan's Kidney Pills are so effective. They're especially for weak or dis ordered kidneys. Here's a Richmond case: Frank Case, 14 South Third street. Richmond, says: "I bad kidney trou ble and backache and it was hard for me t- straighten after stooping. Tho action of my kidneys was irregular atd annoyed me greatly. Doan's Kid rev Pills strengthened my kidneys in a short time and stopped the aches and pains." Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't sim ply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills the same that Mr. Case had. Foster-Mllburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N.'Y.'

TURKS THROW BACK ATTACK OF ALLIES CONSTANTINOPLE. Yi Berlin by Wireless, Aug. 27. Repulses of an attack by allied troops against the Turkish left wing on the Galllpoll peninsula was announced by the war office today. The official announcement follows: "Weak forces attacked our left wing at Sed-elBahr. but were dispersed. On the Anafarta. Ari Burnu and Sed-elBahr fronts the enemy maintained a : strong ' artillery fire, wasting ammunition."

STERLING REACHES LOWEST POINT IN HISTORY OF EMPIRE NEW YORK. Aug. 27. The English pound sterling was worth less. In American - money, today than at any other time since the British mint began to coin it, in 1817. when George IV. was prince regent of England. In a thoroughly demoralized foreign exchange market its value dropped to 4.63, nearly 5 per cent, or 23 cents, below normal. ' When the day's business ended there was .every indication that it would go lower still tomorrow. The previous low record had been 4.33 Vi, and was reached yesterday. Although the situation was regarded as acute at the day's close. New York bankers were not fearful of the future. What is needed here, they said, ' to rectify rates is the .establishment of a big foreign credit. This would come shortly, they thought, inasmuch as a deputation of British bankers and treasury department representatives would soon sail for this country to work out a plan of relief. Before their arrival and tfie consummation of negotiations in which they will participate with local financiers, it is probable that rates will go. appre ciably lower. The British government is guarding the date of their depart ure and the personnel of the deputation, and it is possible that they are already on the way to New York, al though a cablegram from London stated yesterday that they bad not then sailed. The strength of German money was attributed largely to the easing of ten sion in diplomatic relations between that country and the United States. It was even reported that Germany might seek to borrow money in this market later on. SLATQN KEEPS QUIET ON FRANK LYNCHING LOS ANGELES, Cal., Aug. 27. A day ahead of his schedule, John M Slaton, former governor of Georgia, who commuted the sentence of Leo M. Frank from death to life imprison ment, arrived in Los Angeles, with Mrs. Slaton, and - has taken apart ments at the Hotel Alexandria. Apropos of the Frank lynching, the former governor said Georgia is no worse than any other state. In order to hide his Ignorance of the art of writing, Charlemagne was wont to use a monogram stamped on a seal as his signature. WONDERFUL HOW RESINOL STOPS ITCHING To those who have endured for years the itching torments of eczema or other such skin eruptions, the relief that the first use of Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap gives is per fectly incredible. After all the suffering they have endured and all the useless treatments they spent good money for, they cannot believe anything so simple, mild and inexpensive can stop the itching and burning instantly! And they find it still more wonderful that the improvement Is permanent and that Resinol really drives away the eruption completely in a very short time. Perhaps there is a pleasant surprise like this in store for you. Resinol Ointment and Resi nol Soap are sold by all druggists. For trial free, write to Dept. 14-R, Resinol. Baltimore, Md. Adv. "THE HOUSE

HIGH SCHOOLS

WILL CHANGE IN HEAR FUTURE Pickell Believes English Courses Will Direct Pupils to Study Young Authors in Classical Fields. The prevailing disciplinary concep tion of education will be changed in the high school of the future, accord ing to Principal G. Pickell of the Richmond high school, who addressed the Wayne county teachers' Institute on the subject this morning at Chan tauqua. The aristocratic Ideal instead of the democratic ideal Is now prevailing, he said and though be reiterated several times that he did not depreciate the value of the academic studies now In vogue, yet the purpose of bis discussion was to show that the educational scheme will be changed in future years; that the present aristocratic ideal will give way to an extension of the democratic Ideal. How to Read Classics. This will affect two branches of study at least, be said, the teaching of English and social service to all' the students. It is the duty of the teacher to direct the study of literature of the students to enable them to appreciate and select for their Individual pleasure, the reading of thebest literature in current fiction, Mr. Pickell said. He gave results of an investiga tion which showed that neither stu dents nor teachers were reading the), literature of Dickens. Shakespeare.. Elliot or other classio matter, and in-i stead current . fiction, magazines and' newspapers were perused. He said! it was highly necessary In view of this for the English teachers to gold the study bablt of students to enable them to read the work of young au thors now -whose literature can be followed for years. The speaker laid emphasis on the need of vocational and p re-vocational studies, asserting it to be a dire calamity, conditions which prevented the young fanners in country high schools from studying longer on agricultural affairs. In opening his address, Mr. Pickell paid tribute to Martin Luther, and statesmen, and showed the development of the public school system since their occupancy of prominent places in that aeld. In the time of the Napoleonic wars. Heligoland was used as a drill ground for British soldiers. "Gentlemen are requested not to comb their beards at table" is the notice posted in a hotel in Switzerland. wHYWQT-rmr PQPHAM'S ASTIIUA tlEUEDY OWes Prompt sad Positive Belief la Bwy , case, sola by Druggists, race hjw. Trtsi Package by Kail 10c. WILLIAMS KF6. CO., Cletvlud, 0. Second Hand Clothes for Working men Sold at Crawford's 313 North D Street. Carl F. Wcisbrod Piano Tuning and Re pairing. Phone 2095. Tdottu Ds outdo rag It is not too early to plan for heating during the cold months. A Jewel Base Burner or Soft Coal Heater will keep your house warmer and with, less fuel. Our prices and terms will interest you. ; Make a selection and let us deliver--when you are ready. OF SERVICE.".

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