The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-12
.DOYk|N TO HEAD STATE
COMMITTEE ON RELIEF
Governor Stuart Will Issue Procia-
NATION To-Day on Belgian
Situation.
HAS CONSULTED AUTHORITIES
Governor Desires to See Virginia
Take Foremost Place in Aiding
Stricken People-AiiIlers VIII Send
Cargo of Flour.

Governor Stuart this morning will
issue n proclamation calling upon the
people Of Virginia TO come to the aid
Of the starving Belsians. At the same
henIed By Colonel H feliei M So soykiS
assist,sni general freight agent OF the
man. with power to decide upon the
plans for doing the work.
s, The possible DE plan viii be to send a
GUM. where It will be distributed by
the proper authorities, The. people OF
5f1 to s tS s a shp 'S As hele he
thousands OF persons unable to make
cash. contributions to the cause few
stuffs. Out OF the abundance of the
Virginia crops OF last summer. hun
d dp1S Of starving women and children
missing his contribution.
NEWSPAPERS WILL
AID IN RAISING FUNDS
&C Country w %s arc going to be
The f peopis IN the Tnsouse
districts. who could not be reached
Gs.t ln., WIN he shown their duty;
country folk viii come ths eatablcs
that viii augment the contributions OF
ses e its one he's o al
gagins In the work. and others will
follow In Its footsteps.
to decide how the collections OF food
are to no made. 1t is likely that sew
eral points Will be named as depots FOR
goods, will be forwarded to the point
of shipment ship will BIO provided
10 carry rbS The fo9d and II Is expected
pay for the transportation.
Belgian Consul Frederick E. Noting
announces that II Is food and not cloth
1Qrf fTat-i T1sY anu ,fr
The storehouses have been destroyed
and farms devastated. II will be i'm
possible to raise anything until next
spring. and in the meantime the people
are starving by tho hundreds. in spite
of the relief ships that have already
Dozens OF ships are being loaded in
the North TO for Belgian points. Al
RELIEF ships will be permitted to pro-
coed to their destination without mo-
MILLERS WILL PROVIDE
FLOUR FOR BELGIANS
Flour will be sent by the millers OF
tho United States to the starving peo-
pie Of Belgium. The gift will equal
$1,000 barrels. valued at $25o.ooo, and
nary loaves. The Dunlop Mills, Inc,
OF this city, Will donate between fifty
and 100 barrels of its product.
solid shipload, which will leave Phil
ndelphia early next month, II being the
idea to have Ii reach Its destination In
time for distribution before Christmas.
In the great Russian famine recently,
the millers gave q shipload Of flour to
the starving subjects. of the Car.
nillers are planning to- charter a sec
ond ship to carry similar donation
from the people Of the United States
to the Belgians. The flour is to be
purchased from the mills at actual cost
and will be transported free by the mil
lers. Relief workers yesterday pur-
chased sixty barrels from the Dunlop
Mills to send to Belgium Immediately.
Of sne Se sn,ppsa
each. The cotton Will keep the mills
of the South operating for several
weeks to produce. The scale of prices
to be charged for the flour to be sold
by the mills to the contributors. is as
Quarter barrel. s1.25; half barrel.
$3.50; barrel, IS. A barrel will provide
go regulation size loaves u