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is marked by the discovery and use of natural resources previously unused. Without such progressive knowledge and utilization of natural resources popula- ton could not grow, nor industries null tiply, nor the hidden wealth of the earth be developed for the benefit of mankind
 Worlds Progress.
 From the first beginnings of civilization, on the banks of the Nile and the Flu pirates, the industrial progress of the world has gone on slowly, with occasional setbackss but on the whole steadily, through tens of centuries to the present day. But of late the rapidity of the pro- cess has increased at such a rate that more space has been actually covered dur ing the century and quarter occupied by our national life than during the preced- ing 5000 years that take us back to the earliest monuments of Egypt to the earliest cities of the Babylonan plain
 When the founders of this nation met
 Independence hall in Philadelphia the
 tdftions of commerce had not funda-
 lentally changed from what they were when the Phoenician keels first furrowed the lonely waters of the Mediterranean. The differences were those of degree, not of kind, and they were not in all cases even those of degree. Mining was car ried on fundamentally as it had been car- ried on by the Pharaohs in the countries adjacent to the Red sea.
 The wares of the merchants of Boston, of Charleston, like the wares of the mer- chants of Nineveh and Sidon, if they went by water, were carried by boats propelled by sails or oars; if they went by land were carried in wagons drawn by beasts of draft or in packs on the backs of beasts of burden. The ships that crossed the high seas were better than the ships that had once crossed the Aegean, but they were of the same type. after all-- they were wooden ships propelled by sails; and on land, the roads were not good as the roads of the Roman empire. while the service of the posts was probably in- ferior
 In Washingtons time anthracite coal was known only as useless black stone; and the great fields of bituminous coal were undiscovered. As steam was unknown, the use of coal for powder production was un- dreamed of. Water was practically the only source of power, save the labor of men and animals; and this power was used only in the most primitive fashion But a few small iron deposits had been found in this country, and the use of iron by our countrymen was very small. Wood was practically the only fuel, and what lumber was sawed was consumed locally, while the forests were regarded chiefly a g Instructions to settlement and cultivation. Such was the degree of progress to which civilized mankind had attained almost impossible for us in this day to realize how little our revolutionary ances- tors knew of the great store of natural
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Beware of limitations.
 Cheap Substitutes and MskNN Just As Good As"

dealers. mindful only of profit caring nothing for the health of their ans. are offering for sale low-grade, i'm whiskey which they tell you is as q as Duhys.
 It is a cheap connection and fraud. intended to deceive the people. Of course when remedy has been before the public so long, has been prescribed and used by the best doctors and in all the prominent hospitals, and has car ried the blessing of health into so many thousands of homes as Duffys Pure Malt Whiskev has. limitations are bound to arise But they can initiate the bot tie and label only--no one can initiate the contents.
 Duffy's Pure Malt Whskey is an ab- solutely pure distillation of matted grain; great care being used to have every kernel thoroughly matted, thus destroying the germ and producing predigested liquid food in the form of a malt essence. which is the most ef- fectiVe tonic stimulant and inVigorator known to science; softened by warmth and moisture it's palatability and free dom from injurious substances render it so that it can be retained by the most sensitive stomach.
 Any firm that will sell imitation or substitution goods will sell impure goods The firm that is dishonest in one thing would not hesitate to be dis honest in another. Whenever you see imitation and substitution goods offer ed for sale by a firm, beware of any thing and everything put up by that firm You endanger your own life and the lives of your family and friends by daa1fuo with them
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BEWARE OF FRAUDS! DnffV's Pure Malt WhiskeY

$ sold in sealed bottles only-never in bulk. A fac-simile of the genuine bot tie is printed here that you may easily recognize it. It is our own pat ented bottle-round amber colored and with the name Duffy Malt Whiskey Company blown in the glass. The trade -mark-the Old Chemists Head is on the label, and over the cork there is an engraved paper seal. Be certain this seal is hot broken.
 It is the only whiskey recognized by doctors everywhere as a family medi cine. At all druggists, grocers, deal CTS. or direct. s1 a bottle.
 Write Dr. R. Curran. Consulting Physician, for free illustrated medical booklet and free advice. Duffy Malt Whiskey Co.,, Rochester, N. Y.
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TWO GREAT IDEAS
 ALREADY ADVANCED
CONTINUED FROM PAGE L,

-r-~-~~~--~~~~-~~~~-~~~- ~~-~~~~~~~~-~~-~~~~- the discussion and with the prominence of the men in attendance. Almost com plete transformation of the East room was effected
 The Presidents Speech. Governors of the Several States and Gen.
 tlemen:
 l welcome you to this conference at the White House You have come hither at my request so that we may join together to consider the question of the conserva- ton and use of the great fundamental |. sources of wealth of this nation So vital is this question that for the first time in our history the chief executive officers of the states separately, and of the states together forming the nation, have met to consider it.
 With the governors come men from each state chosen for their special acquaint- anee with the terms of the problem that is before us. Among them are experts in natural resources and representatives of national organizations concerned in the development and use of these resources: the senators and representatives in Con gress the supreme court, the cabinet and the inland waterways commission have likewise been invited to the conference which is therefore national in a peculiar sense.
 Meeting of Representatives.
 This conference on the conservation of natural resources is in effect a meeting of the representatives of all the people of the United States called to consider the weightiest problem now before the nation: and the occasion for the meeting lies in the fact that the natural resources of our country are in danger of exhaustion if we permit the old wasteful methods of ex- plotting them longer to continue
 Of orr to civilization, and with the consequent growth in the extent and variety of the needs of the average man, there comes steadily increasing growth of the amount demanded by this average man from the actuaP resources of the country Yet rather curiously at the same time the average man is apt to lose his realiza- ton of this dependence upon nature
 Savages, and very primitive peoples gen. erally concern themselves only with su- perficial natural resources; with those which they obtain from the actual sur face of the ground. As peoples become a little less primitive, their industries al- though in a rude manner, are extended to resources below the surface; then, with what we call civilization and the exten- sion of knowledge, more resources come into use, industries are multiplied. and foresight begins to become a necessary and prominent factor in life. Crops are cultivated; animals are domesticated, and metals are mastered.
 Every step of the progress of mankind
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resources whose discovery and use have been such vital factors in the growth and greatness of this nation. and how little they required to take from this store in order to satisfy their needs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-07
ronM ruDEncuhosrs LEAGUE.
fine Meeting Heth in Petersburg aud
Much IntcrrAt IL SholIn.

Especial to The Timer ispa;ch.l
PETERSBURG. VA, March G.--'rfe
first step for the organization of an
Neutrality-suspicious. league In this city
were taken tonight at a public meet
ing at the hall OF the Chamber Of Com
meree,. attended by doctors. lawyers
and other representative citizens and
many ladies'.
After organization. with Robert Gill
Liam rs chairman and Il. o. Egerton
az secretary, DIR. r. a. Martin. City
Health officer. read n treatise entitled
Warfare Against Consump't On: Why
Flight 1t?' and William X. s+kenney
read the paper on "Tuherculosis. Pre-
yontable Disease" written by Dr.. Chas.
tie joint meeting of the Soutl1sidc Nir-
ginia Medical Association and the Pc
torsblirE Medical Faculty. held here
last Tuesday. Mr.. McKennny made q
brief speech, earnestly advocating tho
formation of local league for the pre-
vontion OF consumption. and on motioG
of DR.. w. i. Drewry. Chairman Gillian
appointed tho following committee on
organization: Thomas f. Knock, Miss
T. +. Heath and DR.. r. G.. Leigh who
soon reported. recommending that q
temporary organization. with the fol-
lowing officers. be formed until char
ter Is secured and u public meeting is
hold for permanent organization: Pres
ident. w. II. McKcnrey. First Vice.
President, N. r. Patterson: Second Vice.
President, Mrs. +. G.. Scott. Secretary
and Treasurer. S. w. Venable. Board
p. Hoy and j. G. Rennie. Mrs W. n.
Jones. Mrs. j. J. Lawrence. Mrs. w. w.
Mine;ree and w. NJ. Martin.
The report was adopted.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-07
IIliclt L.innor Trntflc.

Tsuecial to The Times Dispatchl
SPOTSYLyANIA, VA. March 6.-Tln
nine persons of Berkeley District in
cohoilc liquors without license were
brought to-day before Justice S. C..
Blaydy, P. c. Goodloe and NJ. L. Young.
and on the motion of Commemorative
Attorney Thomas Stokeley Coleman.
seven of them were discharged by the
court, as evidence could not be obtain
ed upon which conviction could be
obtained. OF the other two. Topsy
Burns was found guilty and fined forty
dollars and costs, and given also thirty
days in jail, and Isaac Cray was bound
over for twelve months to keep the
peace, as is provided by statute. All
the accused We're defended ably by
frederick w. Coleman, ESQ.,, attorney
at law. Mr.. Charles d. Foster also an.
peared for defendant in one case. =
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-07
MAYrLowER AGROUND.
The Presidents Yacht Gets Into Trou-
bic in Chcsnneake nnX.

Especial to The Times ispatch.l
NORFOLK, March 6.-Reports have
reached the city that early this MORN
ing. in the fog hanging over the Chcs-
apeake Bay. the yacht Mayfower, en-
route to the Norfolk Navy Yard for
repairs, went ashore near Thimble
Light, evidently having gotten out of
the channel.
The naval collier Nero. which came
Into the Roads yesterday and pro-
ceeded to Newport News, has left for
the scene of the accident. If necessary
navy tugs from the yard will be sent
to the scene.
1t is supposed. In the absence Of
details, that early this morning, while
the fog was the heaviest over the bay.
the yacht grounded. missing the chan
mel. In rounding Thimble Light. to
make Hampton Roads. The weather
observatories renort that the fog is
very dense, and that all observation is
cut off, and for this reason no report
can be secured from this reliable
source.
The Maynower was en- route to the
navy-yard in order to be prepared for
a cruise to New Orleans, with Mrs.
Roosevelt, family and friends, either
the latter part of this month or early
in April. II the vessel has suffered
any damage the cruise will necessarily
be delayed.
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Liquor will also be barred from the
grounds OF members, and no meetings
where bar is allowed to be ope-
rated will be patronized by the mem
bers. In fact, nothing Is to be al
lowed in connection With trottine or
pacing races that will detract from
the merits of the sport.
BY having the breeders cooperate
with the track managers. it Is believed
that much better racing Will result.
NO meetings Will be patronized where
the rules of the American Trotting
ASSOCIATION are not strictly enforced
especially the rule relating to the cor
Trotting racing Will be made moro
attractive to the public by having ali
of conspicuously colored silk, Senres
taries will be expected to keep The
grand stands clean and the grounlls
free from rubbish.
A demand will be made on all racing
associations to cease deducting the Gus.
tomary per cent. from winners aud
make the cost of racing only the
straight per cent. entrance fee,
BY means of these and other reforms
it is expected that the number of
farmers engaged IN racing trotters Will
be eventually largely Increased, and
greatly improved,
Membership will not be limited ana
all persons interested In advancing the
interests of the light harness horse are
eligible So soon as the articles az
incorporation are granted al, active
campaign for membership will be in
,auSurated, N $500
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FEATURE RACE WON
by PRINCE AHMEER
Backed at 6 to S, He Takes First
Money in Fourth Race-Jockey
Murphy Suspended.

NEW ORLEANS. March 6.-One of
the heaviest programs of the season
was offered at the Fair Grounds to-
day. The feature was won by Prince
Ahmer, at TO 3. Jockey Murphy was
indefinitely suspended to-day for a
bad ride on Ida May, heavily played at
IL TO 5 in the second race. Ida May
finished fourth. Summarizes:
First race--Hali mile-Injure GEO to
- first, The slicker Is to ID second,
Exotic go to u third. Time, :4S As
Second race-Six furlongs. selling
Belle Wether CO to ~ first, Hanbridge
t5 to - second, Orphan Lad (12 to -
third. Time. f:li 2-5
Third race--Five and one-half fur
longs-E. T. shipp q to - first; Rustic
GO TO - second. Javotte 90 to -
third. Time. los 3-5.
Fourth race-Six furlongs, handicap
Prince Ahmer Is 10 81 first, Hy-
perion II. e l-2 TO ID second Colloquy
C3 to 81 third Time, ;l3 LIS.
Fifth race--Six furlongs, selling
Beatrice x q to ~ first, Bertmont q
10 ID second. Morales 6 to ~ third.
Time. 1:15 SIS.
Sixth race-six furlongs, selling
Roya! Onyx u5 to - first, Merrick III
TO - second, Miss Strome q to ID third.
Time. l:14 1-5.
Seventh race--Mile and a quarter,
selling-St. Bellane C 1-2 to - first
Gilphin G2 to - second, Jack Witt al
to 81 third. Time, 2:07.
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.L|PE HAS SIGNED
new SHQRTST0P
AL Morgan, Rated to Be Good,
Fast Man, Is Secured from
Atlanta.

Manager Lipe announced yesterday
that he has secured new shortstop,
one AL Morgan, of Atlanta. and he is
thereby much relieved. for good men
were becoming scarcer and scarcer
every day as the season draws nearer
Morgan is a youngster. but Is rated
tn be fast. He has good semi-pro-
fessional record on a city League team
in Kansas City, his home, lie hit over
the 800 mark, and led his team mates
in the number of stolen bases.
Thus Is one difficulty overcome, but
tho Richmond club is still lacking a
second sacker. But Manager Lipe has
scented out a good man, and expects
to land him by the middle Of next
week, when his team Will pc complete.
Lipe has also added to his pitching
staff. having signed a young left-
handler, Fl. H. hurry, Of washington,
D. c.. City League. lie was IN the
navy four or five years, and his good
pitching twice won the, championship
for this team, He is. five feet eight
inches tall and weighs about 100
M 4
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Gambling to Be Barred at Races

INDIANAPOLIS. March 6.-The Cen
trail Breeding and Racing Association
has been organized at the Grand Ho-
tel. Amos Whiteley, of Muncie, acted
as chairman, and the gathering rep
resented the leading breeders. track
managers and trainers in Indiana, Ohio,
Michigan and Illinois.
1t was voted to incorporate under the
laws Of Indiana with a capital stock
of $4,000. divided into shares Of So
to own moro than one share Of stock.
This indicates that the organizers be-
lieve that ultimately the membership
VIII number 5000. as proposition to
issue 1880 shares OF stock was voted
down.
A committee consisting of Amos
Whiteley, Muncle; Sterling r. Holt,
Indianapolis; r. r. Grieve, Xenia, o.;
Riley Hauser, Lebanon, and Dick Will
son, Rushville, was elected to secure
articles of incorporation.
Bar Gambling OF Any Kind.
Members of they association will not
patronize meetings where gambling of
any sort is permitted on the grounds,
BY gambling Is meant not only all
games by the takers. such as wheels,
pecting from their money, hut auctions
pool selling, and bookmalsing as we'll.
In fact, the managers Of racing as
sociations will be expected to respect
al laws forbidding any and all
kinds of gambling, for the idea was
expressed that by SO doing a much
larger, number Of persons Win be at
tracted. 's
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-07
THE DISPATCH RICHMOND VA SATURDAY. MARCH 1908
RECORDS BROKEN
At 0RM0ND BEACH.
Bernin, in sixty-Horsepowcr
French Car, Makes Fast
Time.

oRMOND, FLA. March 6.---Two
records were broken on Ormond Beach
to-day. M. G.. BernIn, in n sixty
horse power French car, covering 100
miles in hour IL minutes SO Id sec
onds, almost three full minutes Under
the old record of / hour Ii minutes
5e Id seconds, established on Ormond
Beach in 1906 by Walter clifford carp
In an English car.
The French car to-day performed
consistently on every lap. and was
splendidly driven throughout Tho
other record to fall was that of the
mile for middleweight gasolene cars,
Cedrino. In sixty-horsc- power Italian
car, covering the distance in 80 seconds
The old record was made by Louis
Chevrolet In 1906--t0 as seconds. Ber-
min made his 100-milc record in a spe-
cial match race against Cedrino's car,
5. u. stevens driving the latter
The German cars time for the mile
flying start was As 3-5 seconds
The French car made the mile in
SO 15 1econds, while an American car.
Stock Chassis, fiftyhorse- power, COW
cred IT in AZ o-5 seconds. The sum
mary is as follows
100-mlle match race--won by M. G.
Bernin, sixty horsepower French car.
Time. 1 hour IL minutes Sc 1-5 seconds.
Second, Stevens. in sixty-horse-p power
Italian car. Time, hour 20 minutes
SO seconds.
intermediate times-24 miles: Bernin.
1912: Stevens, 20:40; So miles: Bernin,
26:37: Stevens. 1888 4-5: Sc miles; Ber-
min. 41:92: Stevens. 44:02; IS miles:
Bernin. 1850; Stevens, 52:34: So miles
Bernin, 6i;1o: Stevens, 1902: finish:
Benin. 1886 LIS; stevens. $3.50
Mile event: rolling start--won by
Cedrino. sixty horse power italian car
Time. .46 1-5 seconds; second, Bernin
sixty horse power French car. Time
not announced.
Mile record trials-cedrino. S5 sec
onds; Bernin. 80 1-5 seconds; Parker
in German car. Stock Chassis, As 3-5
Kelsey, In American car, Stock Chassis
AZ AS.
Motor cycle trials closed the tourna
ment
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INDOOR MEET is
FINALLY FIXED
Exhibition Will Be Held March Dist in Horse Show Build
ing-Arrangements Practically Complete MANY
Colleges and Schools Will Be Represented

young athletes of the city has always
centred on the indoor meets. something
new in the way of athletic exhibitions
for Richmond. and everybody was much
disappointed when it was given out
that there would be no meet this year,
Disappointment has been changed into
glad surprise. Track men who were
about to change their running clothes
for baseball uniforms are DOMINIC again
their track uniforms, and enthusiasm
has been redoubled. Richmond Col
lege has already one of the finest
track teams in the South, and they
expect TO enter into the races with the
greatest vim and vigor.
The meet is assured. and other neces-
sary preliminary arrangements will
soon be completed.
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SPORTING NOTES

A. Bert semmens. OF Chicago. may sue
coed Jack Mccormick trainer of the Cubs
Dartmouth's baseball schedule has thirty
two games In two months time, and only
eleven of them at home
Shortstop Wallace has signed a three-year
contract with st. Louis Browns. Waddeil
has also signed.
monster invitation track and field meet
viii be held at the University OF Colorado
at Boulder, Col May 9Th.
The cost of the a. 3. c. tournament At
Cincinnati was about $4,000. and the prize
fund all told amounted to $4,000. making
Il represent al told to the bowlers SCI. 900.
"Heine" Batch. the deposed left-helder
of the Brooklyns, released TO the Rochester
team OF the Eastern League by President
Lebets. objects to going to the Flour City.
Thomas Hueston. of st. Louis. the pool
champion, outclassed Johnny King. OF Kan.
sas City, in the first block Of their COO
roint pool match at Kansas City Wednesday
the score being 15S to SO.
For the first time in two years Michigan
freshman athletes Will probably take part in
q varsity meet when the Michigan track
team meets tho First Regiment team of
Chicago. in Ann Arbor. March 81.
Leo De Tray, captain OF the 1907 maroon
football team. will act as assistant coach
fall. Coach Stage has chosen De Tray from
a number of former maroons who desired
tho place. as he considers him one of the
hest football instructors he has ever had at
Marshall Field
Owing to his irregular method of living.
Eddie Chambers, the Paramount welter-
weight, has been dropped by his manager.
Jack Hanon. who will for the present de.
vote himself to handling Young Loughray
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TOMMY BURNS
TO GET BIG MONEY.
Promised 100000 for His End Of
the Bout With Jack johnson
in England.

PHILADELPHIA, March 6.--Tommy.
Burns's shkre of the purse FOR the pro,
posed Bulrs-Johnson fight In England
was to h.Je been 100000. Johnson was
Burns says says. II don't consider my
terms to Johnson unreasonable. He
gets $4,000 end a chance for my title.
II he thinks he has. chance. The
title would be worth 100000 to him IL
he could take 1t from me. SO lie Is
offered a fair business proposition.
when lie fought Memsic. win. lose or
draw. and Johnson won't get any bet
ter terms from me. Here's where /
come back At the coons. ~
This syndicate, or Kelly, the match
the Moir fight. They finally came to
what l s30,ooo--for my services
Johnson must come through or else
he doesn't come over and fight me on
my terms he'll wait n long time-un-
less some American promoter VIII show
me the same amount that / am offered
here.
"rhey certainly pay the price In this
country to see fight, az In the Roche
fight every seat In the house Is sold,
and they have been scalping the tickets
money
There was a bet made the other
day Of $500 to $4,000 that Roche would
stop me in six rounds. This bet was
made in Ireland. but you can gamble
he'll be lucky II he stays six rounds.
as / intend to lead the pace that kills
In the ring.
II expect to fight two fellows in one
night In Paris after the Roche fight II
they give me $4,000, or $4,000 francs
In French money, for my end. which 1
have asked for.
Il hope johnson will come through
and fight me here. He Is big enough to
whip two like me. but from our fights
with Hart and what know of my i'm
provement since that j know I've got
the break on him, and with his yellow
streak Two got 1t on him forty million
ways. I'll be home about the middle
OF May II the johnson fight doesn't
31.700 for the first week to show In
TOr0ntou