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TUH6DAY, AUGUST 28, 1017.
New York City's wonderful subway was
totally out of business two hours one day last week on account of u shortage of coal, tbe demand for which Is now at its minimum. What may happen later on when a cold wave
moves in that direction is fearful to contem¬
plate. Perhaps tho mayoralty campaign may warm things up a bit, but from present in¬ dications, it will not be Tammany that will furnish the fuel.
. Senator Reed, of Missouri, one of the leud- lUZ obstructionists of administration war
measures, proclaims that Congress will enact no more "pro-Hoover legislation." Well, over the Senator's protest, ample powers have already been conferred upon Mr. Hoover to control the food situation, in bo far as it may be safely controlled by gov¬ ernment interference, in the interest of con¬
servation, equablo distribution and stable price standards.and no thanks to the Mis¬ souri Senator.
There are rumors or some early road work being done between Richmond and Peters¬ burg.some sensible, old-faBhioned repair work such as is necessary all tho yoar round if public highways are to be of practical use. But why this delay? Camp Leo has been under construction tor several weeks, and every one has known that these roads were in bad shapo for even ordinary travel. Why wMt until the thousands of soldiers are al¬ most due to arrive? For Richmond's ad¬ vantage, there must now bo prompt and effective action.
»* The war should not rob America of a jtingle one of her boys under military ago. JJvery boy in school to-day should stuy there till he finishes. Secretary Baker makes it plain how important tho high school boy is to be in the future life of his country. He Should not only«train himself for a produc¬ tive career, but keep his body especially fit lor military service. He should also try to understand the meaning of the war, and why America is fighting and the kind of peace the American people and their allies mean to Establish.
Charles E. Hughes, as representative of Itbe New York Draft Board, has recommended
the President that medical and dental Students and hospital internes be exempted from military service when drawn in the ^elective draft. This movo was made after General Crowder had refused to have such Students exempted, on the ground that there were too many of them to entitle them to be excused from military duty. A census of the medical colleges is being taken and the accuracy of General Crowder's figures is "disputed. Such distinguished doctors
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Mayo and Keen have entered the controversy with protests that the war is taking not only its full share of tho doctors, but it threatens to rob the profession of .ts beet material.
Wilmot Lewis, a distinguished newspaper man in China and Japan, says the Japanesegovernment has sent its present mission to the United Slates as honestly and earnestly jfeeking American friendship. Japan has come here because she has not another friend in the world, and because she occupies a cruel and dangerous position. At the peace'congress Japan knows that she will be looked lipon with suspicion, because, when she got ?hat she wanted out of the war and the '¦entente failing to win in the time she ex¬ pected, she exhibited regret at having op¬ posed Germany. The result was that she ]U>st the good will of both groups of bellig- )8rents, and she has done nothing since to mend matters. Tbe territory she took from 'Germany in China she still holds as her own. She is thoroughly distrusted in Europe, andijhe has fallen between two stools.
Wb'at is particularly remarkable about thebattles on the western front, both i:i * rauce 'And Italy, is the power of the entente to con¬ tinue the combat and to hold the newly cap¬ tured positions against the most desperate counterattacks o? tbe Teutons. The offen- AIto is no longer sporadic at any poi^t. Lens111 practically within the deadly gras^ of tho Canadians, and must fall at any moment;;5pead Man's Hill, before Verdun, whuro the Crown prince buried the flower of tho Prua- jftsn Gurrds in the spring of 1916, litis fallen X6 General Petaln's men, and General Cadorna JIM broken the Austrian backbone on thoS*
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Alps. and la wlibin a very short distance of Trieste, and the Teutons everywhere have shown a determination in morale. But, not¬ withstanding all this, they are being made to yield a* few miles of ground at a terrible cost to the entente, and the cry has gone np all over Europe, "what Is to become of the world without young men?"
Equity of War Taxation
NO problem of government Is more dif¬ ficult than taxation. Men havo strug-
gled with the question since society became organization, and since civillxatlon became able to stand upon Its feet. They will con¬ tinue to struggle with it for many centuries to come without, perhaps, finding any Bystem of levies that is absolutely Just, rigidly equitable and uniformly burdensome. War taxation is even more difficult to ap¬
ply. Economic conditions within a bellig¬ erent country are radically changed by war. The small business may suddenly become a great business. A moderate Income may as suddenly become a large Income. Converse¬ ly, a prosperous enterprise in time of peace may undergo serious depression. A man of small means may be pinched. His dollar may have about half the purchasing power that it had before, and his earning power may even diminish at the same time. For these obvious reasons, a legislative body that undertakes to lay emergency taxes in time of war must exercise the soundest possible Judgment, lest its schedules bear too heavily in quarters that can least assume the burden and bear too lightly in those quarters where taxation can be met with the least hardship. Because of this, we believe the decision of the Senate to increase the tax upon the larger incomes was dictated by genuine wisdom. To take half of all any man may make over $1",000,000 will not drive him to starvation. He will be deprived of no com¬ forts or his family of any of life's necessi¬ ties. And, incidentally, his obligation to pay is greater than that of the man with smaller income. He has moro property to protect. He has a greater stake in this war. The same is true of the gTeat corporations.
Their excess profits should be subject to a higher proportionate rate of taxation than the profits of the corner grocer. Many of these large enterprises are making their money out of war supplies, and certainly they should bo called upon to contribute more to the Buccesa of the war than the small business that may be making less money be¬ cause of war conditions. Neither the income nor the excess profits taxes are penalties upon success. They are not punitive levleB. On the contrary, they are designed to exact revenue that must be raised from sources which can most eaBlly pay it.
Give Us an Air Fleet
OUR airplane ohterprise, in which the people of the United States have in¬
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ment, and that there is serious indecision as to the type of machine which the army Bhould have.
. Aside from these circumstances is the fact, well known in Washington, that the War Department 1b too much engrossed in the matter of personnel and too little concerned over the planes that the men are to use, once they havo completed their training. Personnel 1b a highly important matter, of course, but it 1b obvious to anybody that 100,000 skilled flyers will be of little value to the army if there are not machines enough to go around. When Congress placed the enormous sum of $640,000,000 in the hands of the War Department for an aerial fleet, tho country was informed that this was per¬ haps the most vital slnglo element In the American campaign. On that theory, tho people, from whom the money onust come, enthusiastically acquiesced in the plan for this vast expenditure. We showed our will¬ ingness to give the army anything that it might need. But we expect results, and will continue to expect them. If the complaint of tho airplane manufacturers that they can¬ not get steel is well founded, the government has the power to compel the delivery of this product. If their further complaint that they must have advance payments in order to keep their business going, such as is beingmade to shipbuilders and coal producers, the War Department should demand action of Congress,^allowing such payments. If there is bickering among the signal corps designers as to the kind of machines which the armyshould have, somebody should end it, and end it quick. The country has had all the experience with respect to delay and debate that It wants, In connection with the ship¬building program. The army would make a serious blunder If It permits a duplication of that mess, In tho matter of buildingairships.
Secretary Daniels's official report of .the explosion at the Maro Island Navy-Yard is a vindication of himself and the Navy De¬ partment in the bitter controversy with the Navy League. Colonel It. M. Thompson, the head of the Navy League, accused the NavyDepartment with being remiss on account of "labor influences" in Investigating tho cause of tho explosion. Secretary Daniels considered the accusation so serious and un¬ founded that he severed the connection be¬ tween the department and tho league while the investigation was pending. His reportmaintains that the most thorough and im¬ partial investigation has been made, and that the explosion was the deliberate actof some unknown person or persons. The public will believe him till his enemies cando something more than make unfoundedaccusations with tho motive of driving himfrom his office.
Richmond has the northern summer re¬ sorts beaten for cool weather right now.Come home, neighbors, and bo comfortable!
Germany is the only country in the world with the nerve to claim that the Almighty is assisting in the destruction of churches.
The Kaiser continues to show partiality to artlBts. That may be because nono of them has yet painted hira as black as he really Is.
Secretary Baker Is trying to fix the status of married men, but the chances are their wives have done that long ago.
War Insurance may bo all right now, bnt when peace cornea again the nations will de¬ mand Insurance against war.
"On to France!" 1b now the slogan. We have been on to Germany for some time.
SEEN ON THE SIDE BT BBNKT EDWARD WAItWBI
A Tribute to Jane. Twice I've essayed to sins: the praise Of her who brings me ham and eggo;
Twice havo I cursed my limping lays. Becrutched, or set on wabbling legs! The Theme my doarest effort begs
And taunts me in a thousand ways- Drained are my thoughts to bitter dregs,
And feebleness my Tribute slays!
Jane is her name; yet Phoebe's eyes. The dash of Cleo. Venus' grace,
The girls, 'ncath blue Alsatian skies. Life's pampered maids who paint ar\d laco All.all are pale.thoy have no place
With Jane. From roup to apple pies, She Is the leader In the.race
Who brings my system its supplies!
Cktreoal Epk'i Dolly Thooght. "Dat bird am Jest lak some men,-' said Char¬
coal Eph, aa he pulled a hen from the rail. "He rooB' low t* tempt Providence. Gimme a han' wid de plckin', MJstah Jackson."
Primer. Is the yellow dog mad? No, the yellow dog
is only disgusted. Why is the yellow dog d's- gusted? Because, little children, he is a yellow dog.
Life. She married him to reform him. And then. He got so good he was monotonous, And she eloped with A regular cut-up.
Suspicions. 1
The Bride: O boo-boo! boo-boo! John's try¬ing to hide something from me already, bc.o-hoo! Her Father: Aw, cut out the ralm What's
he done? The Bride: He says, boo-hoo! he says my
biscuits are better than his m-m-m-mother used to m-m-make!
Qualified. "I'm going to start a drug store, that's what!"
said the postal clerk who had just been flred. "What d'you know about drugs?" demanded
the copper. "Nothln"; but I know how t' sell stamps,don't I?"
The Dilemma. "I don't know what to do for my health. Myadvisers can't agree at all." "No? How's that?" "Well* my doctor tells me I must make a
trip abroad at once, and my banker dares mi to try it!"
Mixed. "My goodness'" exclaimed the visitor to the
newspaper office. "How wonderful it all is! It's the firal time I've ever seen a real editor. How studious, how grave, how profound! Ob¬ serve the massive browj the clear, piercing eyes, the."
"Hey, mister# you got de wrong one," broke in the office Boy. "You're looking at de cub reporter. There'® de editor slttln' over In de corner.de little feller wit' de skinny neck,smokln' a cigarette an" tryin' i* kill a cock- roach in do crackP
Precisely. Just to remark, that he may read
k Who runs or motors through the town: The whale and Jonah proved the case. You cannot keep a good man down!
Coart Stuff. Page: Tour Majesty, the chancellor is with¬
out! The King: Well, lend him a pair of mineand tell him to come in.
Repartee. The Conductor: Your fare, madam! She (snappily): I know I'm fair. What do
you expect to haul on your old car, nothing butbrunettes?
Stnck-l'p! Our office boy is all puffed with himself. Hehas just licked a stamp that sent a letter fromthe sporting editor to Jess Willard.
Mathematics. Speaking of mathematics, some one said thatit's astonishing how rapidly fools multiply.
Health Talks, by Dr. Win. Brady(Copyright, 1916. National Ntwtpaper Service.) The Voice and Tonsillectomy.
_J Some time ago we asserted that the fear ofvoico impairment as a result of removal of thetonsils was without foundation. We werewrong about iu Tonsillectomy does sometimesinjure the speaking, and moro often the sing¬ing voice. A skillful Chicago throat specialist assertsthat only about one case in twenty tonsillecto¬mies approaches an ideal anatomical result; theanterior pillar of the throat is totally oblit¬erated in 3D per cent and the posterior pillarimpaired in If. per cent of tonsillectomies doneby the best operators, in this surgeon's opinion.These pillars of the fauces are important fac¬tors of a normal voice. The soft palate, too, issometimes left stiff and retracted by adhesions,resulting in a nasal voice. A throat with anaturally long soft palate is less likely to sufferwith voice impairment than a throat with ashorter, soft palate. The Chicago specialistfeels that the intracapsular operation requiresfurther development, in order to permit theoperator to do more conservative work uponthe throat. It requires considerably more skill,by the way, to enucleate a diseased tonsil, toshell it out and leave the capsule intact, thanit does to snare or clip or cut the tonsil out.By enucleating, instead of cutting or snaring,the normal physiological relations are less dis¬turbed and the voice less liable to suffer whenthe Inevitable contraction takes place In thescar of the operation later on. Fortunately, there Is now a strong wavd ofconservatism sweeping over tho profession, asregards tonsil operations. We are learning tothink several times before attacking merelyenlarged tonsils in children. There are moreunnecessary tonsillectomies or tonsillotomiesperformed to-day than appendicitis operations.There are still too many appendicitis operations.There will always be too many operations aslong as physicians think In numbers Instead ofthinking of the individual case. Stampededrives us.I am as guilty as the average.tourge many an appendicitis operation which thelight of day, lot into the patient, proves utterlyneedless. One trouble with surgeons and surgery In thiscountry Is that the public still Imagines a manwho can operate is a better man than one whocan restore his patient to health by other means.
flotation* and Answer*. Those Poultices..I have been suffering fortwo weeks with a condition like a blind boll onmy thigh just above the knee. I have triedpoulticing with pork, and also with flaxseed.The latter seems to give more relief, but aneighbor told me I was using too much. I makea fresh poultice night and morning, and us©half a teacupful of flaxseed for the two poul¬tices. Is that too much? I would go to thedoctor, only one naturally hesitates to visit orsummon him for trouble In such a place.Answer..My dear friend, there Is nothingImmodest about a woman's nether extremities.I am almost afraid to say legs.these days.Indeed, the contrary Is true. A teacupful offlaxseed is not enough for n poultice. The onlypurpose of a poultice is to supply heat andmoisture. If you are homeopathic In-your doseof flaxseed the poultice will do about as muchgood as a cold stare from your neighbor afterit has been on for a few minutes. Make thepoultice an Inch thick, if you poultice at all.A dab of flaxseed Is ridiculous. One Hundred and Thirty-Five at Fifty-Six..Kindly tell me, through your columns, how
many degrees a man's blood pressure should baat the age of flfty-sis years. J. J. M.Answer..A healthy man of that age normally
^'ha« a blood pressure of from 130 to 145 Will-motors morcury. Variations of ton to twentyMillimeters occur from temporary Influences ordiet, emotional conditions, tobacco, alcohol,physical activity, otc.
Foul Breath..I am a mechanic. Please tell mo If foul breath which Is moreearly In the morning and late at night is aforewarning of lung or liver or other ®r*?Lnlcdisease. 8- ".
Answer..No. It may accompany tung disease,diseased tonsils, decayed teeth, chronlo naeaisinus infections, dilated stomach, or ov*r^a,v"?and chronic portal engorgement so proaucea.One generally good remedy Is chewing a cnar-coal lozenge night and morning.
Books and Authors ? Elizabeth Dejeans's new novel, which at the
request of her publishers, the Bobba-Merrll Co., will not bo serialized, Is completed, although It will not be Issued until the first of the year.This delay Is duo to the continued demand forMrs. Deleans's popular Htory of last winter,"Tho Tiger's Coat." "The Triumph," by Will N. Harbon, Is a
romance of the War Between the States, justIssued by Harper & Brothers. I^oyalty Is thekeynote of tho book, loyalty of the hero to his patriotic duty, loyalty of a daughter to herfather, loyalty of the lover to hifl sweetheart.Not only has Mr. Harben written an arrestingstory, but he has painted sympathetically an Im¬ portant phase of our national history.thestruggle of the South during and after tho WarBetween tho States.
"Wings of tho Cardinal," by Bertha CrowellfGeorgo H. Doran Co.), is a Btory with no mis¬sion but to entertain. Tho girl, untaught, un¬lettered. tawny hair, velvety* voice. foaiMess.alive, free, calling, demanding, a tlamlng orchid a fire of personality. The man. highbred, dis¬tinguished. a cynic, an agnostic, an Oriental Inhis relation to woman. Wealth ho gave her.and love. But then the rjght man came.andagain the dilemma of tho triangle. Throughsuffering, discipline of tho sternest sort andsacrilice of a high order, she ultimately dis¬ covers what she had grown to believe the miss¬ing link In her llfo.pure romanco, true loveand happiness. Rapidly shifting' scenes: West¬ern Texas. Kansas City, California, New Mex¬ico, New York.
D. Appleton & Co. have just Issued "Alexis."by Stuart Maclean, a romance of the world ofmusic. This is tho story of a gifted, ardent,attractive hoy of humble origin whoso talentfor music is discovered and developed by amusic critic who is glad of a chance to do some¬thing to fill his own lonely life. Not only doesthe author give us a story of a wonderful friend¬ship, and a great faith in humanity, but hobrings back to the reader-ln a number of waysmany delightful hours that have been for longonly a memory. Bach. Beethoven. Schubert.Handel, Wagner, Chopin, Rossini and all theothers we have learned to love so well areIntroduced to Alexis for the first time, and we.too get the thrill of his delight in the first meet¬ing. For those who love music (and who doesnot?) there la a rare treat In store hi Alexis. The W. B. Chambers Co., Philadelphia, hasjust issued "Food for tho Sick," a manual forphysician and patient, by Solomon Strouse, M.D., associate attending physician tho MichaelReese Hospital, professor of medicine at thePost-Graduate School, Chicago, and Maude A.Perry, dietitian at tho Michael Reese Hospital.The conceptions behind this book are that thepatient may justly demand more explicit In¬structions in diet than lie has hitherto received,and the physician needs a practical guide bookfor Imparting such instructions, especially whenthe patient must rely on himself or his familyfor the preparation of his diet. Tho plan ofthe book is very definite. Kach chapter is de¬voted to a single subject, and discusses thedisease or the condition In such a way as tomake plain the reasons for the dietary ruleswhich follow. Complete details of the diet arethen given, with instructions in preparing foodsand many menus. The first chapter is devotedto a description of the normal use of food, andto lessons In practical application of food tablesIn building any kind of special menus. Thosucceeding chapters on disease aim to bescientific and practical, and to he the means ofassuring confidence to both physician and pa¬tient It Is a book that should find a place In
every home.
Current Editorial Comment Mayor Mitchel's address to theMitchel Belgian mission expressed In a
4n th< noble form the feeling of New , . York: "Of all the communitiesBelgians Df this broad land, each generous.each devoted with tho passionatespirit of American nationality to tho cause ofhuman freedom, each resentful of tyranny, eachfull of compassion for the victims of brutalaggression, there Is none In which the cruelsufferings of Belgium and her people meet witha readier response in sympathy or evoke afiercer hatred of the savage, conscienceless,faithless, militaristic autocracy of the Hohen-zollerns that inflicted them than In the City ofNew York." The Mayor's admirable greetingsto the representatives of our allies, his IntenseAmericanism, his zeal for tho prosecution of thewar, the dignity of his official utterances, thesincerity and ardor of his sympathy and laborin tho supreme struggle of democracy have In¬creased his hold upon public opinion and publicrespect. He is not only the head of the mostcivilized and the most fruitful administrationthe city has known? he has .the qualities, theconvictions, the steady and strong nationalpatriotism which the Mayor of New York musthave in time of war, unless New York la to beshamed and disgraced..New York Times.
Congress should take noWar Profits chances on our participation In n|i tho war being long-drawn-out#nu when taxes are being levied onIncomes the wealth of the country. Warprofits and Incomes should betaxed Immediately what It might be consideredjust and equitable to tax them next year or theyear after. This must be done or they mayescape forever the full burden of taxation whichthe same profits and incomes bear In GreatBritain to-day. In the year ended March 31,1917, tho increase In taxation In the UnitedJKlngdom. compared with the last year of peace,was composed of taxes on Incomes and warprofits to tho extent of 84 per cent. The Britishmake a much more thoroughgoing job of itthan even our Senate radicals propose, for In¬comes as small as $600 a year are taxed InGreat Britain, while Senator L.a Follette wouldnot reduce the numerous class now exempt.Yet that fact, related as It may be to classdemagogy, cannot be urged as a reason forpostponing the day when large Incomes and warprofits Hhall assume to the limit the'ir share ofthe war's burdens..Springfield Republican.
News of Fiftv Years Aero (From the Richmond Dispatch, Aug. 28,1867.) j Butt has resigned his position as cashierof the Southern Express Company In this city,and will remove' to Memphis, Tenn. J. O. Sny¬der succeeds him as cashier. A committee from the City Council called onLieutenant Hambrick yesterday and protestedacalnst the city being forced to support thenegro paupers, who flocked to the city from alltho surrounding country after the evacuation.Lieutenant Hambrick replied that GeneralSchofield had ordered nonresident negroes to besent to the counties from whence they came,and such of them as are paupers must be takencare of by the counties they properly bolong In. Major-General Schofield has gone to FortressMonroe to spend a few weeks enjoying the seabreeze His senior aid, Lieutenant Rathhone,will have charge 'of headquarters during thegeneral's absence.
There was a bold robbery of the residenceof Garrett F. Watson, corner of Franklin andAdams Streets. Sunday night. Valuable Jewelryand clothing were carried off. r-nnfrftctom have commenced to remove theobstructions In James River at Drewrys Bluff,«Varrd there as defenses in Confederate times.
These are the last of such obstructions left inthe rlvor. .
There was a so-called Republican meetingnirrht but reporters were excluded. It wasearned that the sole object of tho meeting wasJr. devise ways and means for the better sup¬port of Hunnlcutfs paper, the New Nation Ar-lonlrementB were made to try to get 6,000 ne-ero^Tln Richmond to chip in 2& cent* a weekeach to run the thing. Deer are now being found In the forests ofKent County in greater numbers than everhVfore known. There will bo great sport hunt¬
ing them in the fall and winter. c.ovemor Plerpont yesterday appointed Wll-ir m Word, of Botetourt County, to be amember of the hoard of visitors to the Uni¬versity of Virginia. General Sickles has ordered the suspensionof tho Raleigh <N. C.) Progross for .'sasslng"him and ridiculing his administration of affairsIn that part of the Second Military Districtembraced In the State of North Carolina. Registration In 8outh Carolina so far glveathe whltea 19,7«8 and the negroes 31,227.
Administrative Board Orders Outlay of Approximately 90,000
on Structure.
ENGINEERS ARE APPREHENSIVE
If Not Put in Order They Fear There May Be Hindrance to Traflic or Personal Injury.Boiling and Hankin8 Report. Immediate repairs, which will coat
approximately $8,000, to the Ninth Street Free Bridge were directed yes¬ terday by the Administrative Board, following the receipt of a second report from'City Engineer Boiling, in which ho declared that the structure was In an unsafe condition. That the bridge has been in poor repair for some time was shown by the correspondence from the Engineering Department, which recom- mendod on July 23 extensive repairs at once, in the fear that the structure would be barricaded to public use. Because of the fact that the order for
material for the repairs to the bridge must bo placed with the lumbor mills,It Is probable that active work cannot be started for several weeks. In ad¬ dition to extensive repairs to the bridge,the steel framing, which In some places is badly rusted and is scaling, will be scraped and painted. This work was recommended by the City Engineerabout two years ago, but w«i not car¬ ried out at that time. The repairs to the bridge will cost approxinatcly $2.-617, and the painting slightly morethan $3,000. IIANKINS FEARS HINDRANCE TO
TRAFFIC OR PERSONAL INJURY Assistant City Engineer M. O. Han-l.ins reported to the board on July20 that the bridge was badly In needof repairs. Several days ago he made
a second report, in which he said heconcluded to direct attention to the matter again "for fear there may be some hindrance to traffic or personalInjury on account of Its dilapidatedcondition." He reported that unless the metal
was scraped and painted, it would notlast many more years, while the otherrepairs were necessary to keep thebridge in service this winter. CityEngineer Boiling said that the topcords in the old trusseo were badlyrusted and were scaling, while thecondition of some of the girders and"1" beams on the north end Is verybad. There is also a crack, he said,in the plinth block on the top pier onthe north end of the bridge. "I would again Impress upon you theImportance," wrote Mr. Rolling, "ofhaving these repairs made, for If some¬thing Is not done 1 believe t -.at thebridge will have to be barricaded frompublic use, as It la in an unsafe con¬dition."
SUCCESSOR IS NAMED TO Llt'lE.V L. IIASS, JR.
As a result of the resignation of L.l.». Bass. Jr., assistant city engineer,who has entered the second officers'training camp at Fort Myer, the Ad¬ ministrative Board yesterday promotedFontaine Jones to that position. A. M. Harris, draftsman, is promoted to the position formerly held by Mr. Jones, and P. P. Pllcher, a civil engi¬ neer and architect, was named to the position of draftsman. At the suggestion of officers of the
United States Bureau of Animal In¬ dustry, repairs to the paving on Union Street, between Franklin and Grace Streets, were authorized by the board. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company waa directed to repair the paving adjacent to and between Its tracks in this street, and 8wift & Co. were instructed to repair the sidewalk paving, which was torn up in order that curbing might be set.
information Bureau Inquiries rfgirdlng almoat any trplc,excepting oi legal and medical lub-
Jeels, arc auwtrtd free, Aa all la. qalrlea arc answered directly by >cr..osal letter, a 2-ccnt atanp la reqalredtor retara postage. Adtlrni The Tliaes- Dispatch Information Curtaa, Uich-¦uaud, Vs.
RemoTlnyr Varnish Frara Fturaltare. L. M. P., Hopewell..Soak the var¬
nish with wood alcohol, after which U can readily be removed.
Removing Paint From Glass. S. J. C., Chrlstlansburg.-.Soften the
paint by soaking it with a hot solution of strong sal soda, then remove the paint with a sharp putty knife.
Wild Turkeys. H. DeJ., Fredericksburg..If the wild
turkey waa hatched early in th* season It may lay late the next year, but sel¬ dom hatches its eggs.
District Kiemptlon Heard. J. B. Ft, Williamsburg..CampbellCounty is !ti the western exemptiondistrict, and the address of the dis¬
trict exemption board is 202 First Na¬ tional Bank Building, Roanoke.
Shirtwaist Factory Fire. C. E. IS.. Kcnbrldge.The fir® in the
Arch Shirtwaist factory, New York City, occurred March 25, 1911, when Its persona lost their lives, most of them young women.
"Dependent Wife." C. C. R., Disputanta..The term means
that the wife must be dependent upon her husband for Bupport. If she has a father or mother who can support her, or has any other means of income, she is not dependent upon her huaband.
Belgium. T. C. F., Falls Church..Belgium be¬
came Independent of Holland In 1831, and the great powers agreed that Bel- glum should be made a "neutral state," that Is, that It should never take partin another European war and no nation should use Belgian territory for its army in time of war. When Germanymarched an army through Belgium in 1914, therefore, Belgium resisted and was drawn into the war.
«<Mlttel Eorepa." Constant Reader, City Point.."Mlt«
tel Europa" Is the designation of a German pchemo of conquest to throw n belt across Central Europe down to the Persian Gulf. This is known artthe Hnmburg-to-Bagdad scheme, the territory Involved to be aerved by a continuous line of railway, canals und rivers. It is one of the most grandioseschemes evor projected by the humm mind. Its achievement would mean Germany's ultimate domination of the wcrld.
Moon on Angoat 3. M. A. P., Newcaotle.Th® dark lines
and spots seen on the face of th® moon 'the night of Auguat 3 are of fre¬ quent occurrence. It should be under¬ stood, of course, that the surface of the moon is exceedingly irregular, being made up of lofty mountains and broad level plains; besides ther® ar® nume¬ rous craters. The Illumination of such a surface by the sun necessarily makes bright and dark areas and lines, with which moat people are familiar. 8ome> times light, delicate, fibrous clouds in our atmosphere passing slowly across the moon's disk,' accentuate the mark¬ ings. But ther® ia nothing wonder¬ ful, strange or mysterious about it. It Is a common phenenon. The fine, hair lines of clouds are not visible, aa a rul®, until they com® dl- rectly between th® observer and the paooa. |
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Division No. 4 Forms Provisional Companies of White «uid
Colored Men.
EXCELLENT SPIRIT IS SHOWN
Many Volunteer to Go Forward in First 5 Per Cent Quota, to Report at Cantonment on September 5. Big Celebration for East End.
The whito and colored men selected to serve In the United States National Army from Division No. 4 held their first drills last night. T. Vernon Chalk- ley a V. M. I. graduate, ¦was in charge of the drilling of the white men, and the tramp tramp of feet was heard on Twenty-third Street, between Broad and Marshall Streets. The colored men also drilled under
the supervision of Wyatt Smith, who has been selocted to serve in the Na¬ tional Army from Division No. 4. Ef¬ forts had been made to secure ser¬ geants from the- Virginia National Guard to drill the colored men. but aa the militia will leave town n a few days, these efforts proved futile, smltn. however, volunteered his services as drlll'master of the negroes. Two meetings, one for the white
and one for the colored, were held prior to the drilling, and George TV. Rogers, chairman of Kxemptlon Board No. 4. was highly pleased with the enthuslnsm shown by the future sol¬ diers. There were fifty-four men In attendance. thirty-seven white and seventeen colored. The objects of the meetings last
night were to ascertain the opinions of the drafted men on being selected to serve in the army and also to make arrangements for the first quota of men that nre to go in training at CampT-.ee, Petersburg, on September S Only eight men will leave from this division on that date, due to the proclamation of President Wilson, which provides that only ."> per cent of the quota leave on the first call. .MANY VOMSTEKn TO GO
WITH FIRST The eight men to leave from the di¬
vision will be plckcd from those who are best qualified lo serve, and all will bo white. Twenty men were present at the time the question of which were to go first was raised and a call for volunteers was made. Seventeen r>t the twenty present immediately volun¬ teered to serve in the first lot of men. The list of volunteers follows: Jen Stuart Hlnchman. Crews Faber. Felix Smith. Wyatt Smith. T. H. Ed¬ wards. R. C. Sears. A. W. Arnold Georg. T. Purges*. T. J Kennedy. G. W. Allen. I,. T>. Jones. George C. Jackson. William Jackson. Antrim Dinwiddle. T. H. Eppe, B. S. llill and T. N. Chalkley. One of the features of the gathering
last night was the spirit w'thwhlch the men entered Into their drills. The white and color»d men both seemea to be highly enthusiastic, at the nrst drill with a vim. The "tand taken by the colored men was pleaslnc to the exemption board offi¬ cers. When asked if they were; ready to serve, one of them replied. Boss I am ready to go now. Drills willI he held every night on Twenty-third Street until the men go into camp. PLANS PROCEEDING FOR
runijic RECEPTION Plans for the public reception to be
given the white mea on next Tuesday nicht are progressing rapidly, accord Ing to Information given by Mr. last night. All of the white men that have been certified to the district boar will be extended an 1 ivltatlon toa1"an* the banquet. The affair will be held on Chlmboraao Park and wl11 b?ceded by a parade, which will be led by the Acca Temple Patrol and band. Rev. Andrew Bowler and Rev. Hugh
Williams, colored, are In charge of tne celebration for the colored drafted men, and so far have made no report to Mr. Rogers as to the pr igress they bat*
The number of absentees In Division No. 4 has b< en reduccd to nineteen, andkll of these have been certified to the district board as physically qualified to serve In ths army, according to the draft law. In addition to certifying the men to the d.dtrlct board, their names have also been turned orer to the Adjutant-General, the Department of Justice, the Richmond Police and to the newspaper?. There are fourteen colored men ana
five white mei included In the nineteen absentees. Of the five white men three are aliens. These names were handed In by Division Board No. 4 when all efforts to locate the men had tailed.
I-larvey E. Atkinson, chairman of Di¬ vision Board No. 3. yesterday received a request from Jol n Newton Gordon that he be sent alon3T with the flrst lot of men to the training camp. Newton stated that he had no exemption claim to file, and there wa « nothing to hinder him from going with the first assign¬ ment of men.
Voice of the People *
Letters moat jrtve the line and ad> drean of the writer. Name will not be published If writer so request*. f
Sculptor Emrklel'x nirtbplare. To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch: Sfr,.In going about Richmond I have
noticed a number of houses marked as the birthplace or residence of patri¬ otic and useful citizens, but I saw no notice of the kind on tne dwelling at the southeast corner of Marshall and Twelfth Streets, where the sculp¬ tor, Ezekiel, lived as a boy and where I am pretty wure he was born. This artist reflected great credit on his city and Slate, and any honors we can render him should not be omitted.
W. G. CRENSHAW. JR. Mayhurst, Orange, Va., August 2£.
Canning. I'd rather lose than play the eheat. I'd rather fall than live a lie. I'd rather suffer in defeat Than fear to meet another'a eye. I'd rather never win a prise Than gain the topmost rung of glory And know I must myself despise Until death ends my sorry story. 4 What if another never knew That I had tricked my way to fame. And all unseen my hand could do The cunning little deeds of shame? The stolen prize would not be sweat. In pride I could not ever show it; Men might not know me for a cheat. But 1 should ever after kn r It.