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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-20
ENGLAND ISSUES NOTE
ON USE Of NEUTRAL FLAG
Lusitania Raised Stars and Stripes
to Save Lives of Nom
$3.50 combatants.
REPLY no UNITED STATES
Government Has No Intention OF Adj
rising Shipping to Adopt Foreign
Enblems as General Practice, but
Only to Escape Capture.

LONDON, February 0 (T:32 =. Nd
The British Foreign Office this evening
issued note in reply to the reprcsen-
,ation of the United States concerning
the use of the American flag by British
vessels.
The note says that the Cunard Line
steamer Lusitania on her recent voyage
from New York to Liverpool raised
the American flag TO save the lives of
noncombatants. crew and passengers"
IL adds that. in spite Of the fact that
American passengers embarking on the
Lusitana on her outward voyage for
New York, asked that the American
flag be hoisted the British govern
mcnt did not give any adviccs to the
company as to how TO meet this re-
quest. and, ii is undcrst TODD. the Lus-
tania left Liverpool under the British
nag"
TO ESCAPE CAPTURE
OR DESTRUCTION
After discussing the Lusitauia Incl
dent, the memorandum says:
The British government has no in
tention of advising merchant shipping
to use foreign flags as a general prac-
tice or TO resort to them otherwise
than for escaping capture or dcstruc-
tiou."
In conclusion. the statement says:
The obligation OF Il belIigercnt war
ship to ascertain definitely for itself the
nationality and character Of a mer-
chant vessel before capturing il and Il
fortiori stronger reason) before sink
ing and destroying ii. has been ami
vcrsally recognized. If that obligation
is fulfilled, the hoisting OF neutral
1.
possibly endanger neutral shipping, and
the British government holds that, If
loss TO ncutrals is caused by disrc-
rarding this obligation, 1t Is upon the
enemy vessel disrcgardIng and upon
the government giving orders that it
should he disrcgarded that the full re-
sponsbility for injury 10 neutrals
ought TO rest"
TEXT OF BRITISH REPLY
TO AMERICAN NOTE,
The following is the text Of the
reply OF Great Britain 10 the American
note as handed To Walter Hines Page.
the American ambassador. to-day:
THE memorandum communicated on
the nth Of February calls attention i'm
courteous ana friendly terms to the
action of the captain of the British
steamship i.NSllillt III raising the III:
of the United states OF America when
approaching British waters, and SAYS
that the government OF the United
States feels certain anxiety in consid :
crtng the possibility OF any general
use Of the American flag by British
vessels travelling those waters. since
the effect of such Il policy might be to
bring about II menace To the lives and
vessels OF United States citizens.
1T was understood that the German
government announced their intention
OF sinking British merchant vessels at
sight by torpcdoes without giving any
opportunity or making any provision
for the saving Of lives OF noncombatant
crews and passengers. 1t was in con-
sequence OF this threat that the Lusi-
tania raised the United States flag on
her inward voyage.
"On her subsequent outward voyage
Continued onJsecond Page)
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-20
MAKES BIC CUT IN
SCHOOLbOOK BID
B. F. Johnson Company Comes
Down $4,000 From Last
Offer.
BOARD Is SHARPLY DIVIDED
Stuart and Pollard Favor Accept
ancc of Reduced Proposal.
Others Oppose 1t.
BOARD is SHARPLY DIVIDED

No contract for textbooks for the
public schools was awarded yesterday
by the state Board Of Education. The
board adjourned for the day at Il late
hour last evening. after long and
busy session.
= proposition from the u. T. John
son Publishing Company 10 sacrifice
profits amounting to $4,000 was dis
closed when the report OF the Com
mittec on Book Prices was submitted.
This Is interesting to the public.
chiefly as showing the sharp competi-
ton between the competing publishers.
The B. +. Johnson Company. TO Sc
cure the contract for supplying the en-
tire series Of textbooks 1t offers to the
state. is willing to give a reduction OF
10 per cent from the prices it quoted
TO the board last April. II the offer
we're accepted, the state would save in
the cost OF textbooks assuming that
the entire Johnson series is accepted. n
total Of $4,000
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-20
tsignedD ~ TAYLOR ELLYsON."
CANDIDACY IIINTED AT ny
SPEAKERS AT IESNE.R DJSNEI

Mr. Ellyson was brought prominently
TO the front two weeks ago at a dinner
given in his honor by Senator John a.
Lesner. OF Norfolk. at the Jefferson
Hotel. The function, which took place
on the evening OF February 3, was at
tended by eighty of the leading mem
bers OF both houses of the General
Assembly. including the entire mem
bership Of the Senate. Besides these,
the guests included Governor Stuart.
Judge Prcntis, of the State Corporation
Commission. and several other men
prominent I'm the States poIitical- life.
While the after-dinner speech
making was euloEistic in character and
directed mostly TO complimentary no.
:ice OF the Lieutenant-Governor' long
service as the head of the Democratic
party in the state. several of the
speakers referred circumspectly TO
greater honors that the future NAV
hold in store for the honor guest Of
the evening.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-20
TWO SUSPECTS ARE
PUT UNDER ARREST
Dragnet Out for Men Who Rifled
Safe on the Florida
Express.
MESSENGERS GAVE NO ALARM
Men Locked in Car Made No
Outcry When Train Stopped
at Fredericksburg.
MESSENGERS GAVE NO ALARM

Two Ten suspected OF implication in
first scction Of Atlantic Coast Line
train No. 61 on Thursday night are
under arrest in Alexandria. two more
arc under arrest here and the safe.
II was rined has been found at the
bottom OF AcQuia Creek, on the Rich
mond. Fredericksburg and Potomac
Railroad. about ten miles north OF
yesterday morning by "a master fore
man In making soundinGs In the creek
after he discovered marks AS OF some
thing heavy falling from the trcstic
TWO SUSPECTS ARE
ARRESTED HERE
The arrests In Richmond were made
early last night, after Police Head
quarters had been notified that three
men were acting very suspic!ously IN
the Seventeenth street ncighborho ood
Detective Sergeant Krcngcl was i'm
me...atcly dis patched to the scene. En-
tcrinS Il negro barber shop on Grace
Street. between Seventeenth and Eigh-
'cc"tH' nc iouHd lnoHldS itoss, tHiTtE-
hre years old. and Thomas Brczzle. who
gave his age as twenty-onc. bat looks
TO he thirty years o. more. Ross had
Just been shaved. and was awaiting
Brezzle. who was still In the BARRIERS
chair when the detect!v- N'alkcd in
The third man had gone
krenEel placed Ross under arrest.
and. knowing that he would be prac-
tically helpless agains, the two men
sent Il messenger boy who happened to
be passing, for help. Policemen Mitchell
and Tucker responded
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-20
REPORT or COMMITTEE
FAILS OF ADOp'rIOS

The report was not adopted by the
board. -Four OF the members voted for
its acceptance and four against IL.
The vote was as follows:
.\yes-Govcrnor Henry c. stuart,
Attorncy-Gcncral John Garland Pollard,
superintendent of Public Instruction r..
{. Stcarncs and Superintendent Frank
T./Wcst OF the Louisa County schools.
Nocs-liarr!s Hart. superintendent OF
The Roanoke city schools: j. J.. Jarlnan,
president Of the State Female Normal
school. Farmviile; Colonel Henry &.
Ford. Of the Virginia Military Insti-
tutc. and Professor j. NJ. Page, of the
University of Virginia.
TWO ballots We're taken on the uues-
tion of the adoption of Il resolution
putting into effect the recommends
tions Of the report. The result was
the same. There being no prospect of
breaking the deadlock, the matter went
over
Ariihmctics and the fifth reader came
in for much discussion. 1t was on the
question of adopting arithmetics that
the first conflict came. Superintendent
West said the Johnson textbook was
not his first choice. and he did not
know that the difference in prices
IL.
GOVERNOR OPPOSES
so MANY CHANGES
Governor Stuart said that he was not
convinced but he thought that the COM
plant against so many changes in text
hooks WAS not without foundation. and
he was inclined 10 go TO the relief of
tho parents on that score.
Aitorney-Gcneral Pollard admitted
that the arguments. pro and con. were
puzxling. He said that what appeared
10 he expert testimony was conflicting
in many instances and tended to con-
fusion. lie had been advised that this
book was superior to the other only
to find that what might be considered
competent, authorities expressed opin-
ions diametrically opposed
Professor Page was opposed to the
Johnson offer, as were Superintendent
Hart and Colonel Ford
There is no question about the re-
adoption Of ~ per cent of the whole
list OF textbooks. But the remaining
81 per cent are TO be agreed upon.
The board spent the greater part OF
yesterday afternoon in session behind
closed doors.
All OF the members were present, in
ciudihg Governor stuart and Attorney
General Pollard. Hearing reports from
the subcommittees to which the fifteen
or twenty different subjects had been
referred, consumed practically tho en-
tire afternoon.
The work of listing the accepted
textbooks. however. was begun, and
may be completed before the end of
the week. 1t was stated that moro
than 1000 textbooks have been sub
mttted by the competing publishers
From this large assemblage of text
CONTINUED on Seventh Page.)
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-20
STUART AND POLLARD FAVOR
OFFER Of Is. T.. JOHNSON co.

'' '''N WI ID. J. JotNSoN to.
The offer OF the Johnson Company is
referred TO in the report Of the Com
mittee on Book Prices, consisting of
Governor stuart, Attorney General Pol
lard and Superintendent of Public In
struct!on X. {. Stearnes. which reads
as follows:
I'VE, the undersigned Committee on
Prices. transmit herewith an offer re-
ceived from the Il. r. Johnson Publish
Ing Company. showing reduction In
the prices of books offered for adoption
by said company, conditioned on the
adoption OF certain OF their publlca-
iions.
we are of tho opinion that said
offer should be accepted, provided n
better and satisfactory exchange price
could be granted in the cases of the
issues OF new editions of books now
already in use, and, provided. further.
that the details of the agreement un-
der which said books are to be con-
tracted for are made satisfactory in
all respects TO the board.
I'VE. therefore, recommend that n
committee be appointed by the board
10 take up further negotiations with
the Il. +. Johnson Publishing Company.
and report back TO this board not later
than February - (datc TO be agreed
upon, 1915. the result of it's negotia-
tons and its recommendations thereon.
Respectfully submitted.
III. c. STUART.
JOHN GARLAND POLLARD"
Appended To the report was the fol-
lowing:
Ny only reason for not concurrinr
fuiiv in this report is that hav. not
hnaly made up my mind as 10 the
merits OF the arithmctics offered oy this
company.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-20
]. TAYLOR ELLYSON
OUT FOR Governor
Lieutenant-G Governor Issues For
NAL Announcement of His
Candidacy.
ASSURED OF MUCH SUPPORT
Widely known in Political, Edu-
cational, Religious and Con-
federate Circles.
ASSURED OF MUCH SUPPORT

Licutenant-Gov J. Taylor Ely
son yesterday formally announced his
candidacy for Governor of Virginia 10
succeed Henry c. stuart. Mr.. Ellyson
is chairman OF the state Democratic
Committee. has been the head Of the
party in Virginia for many years. and
is one OF the most widely known men
in the state. lie is chairman of the
board OF trustees of Richmond College,
leader in educational and religious
work. especially in the Bapiis; denomi-
nation, and is chairman Of the board Of
the Confederate Memorial Institute. and
one of the most prominently known
Confederate Veterans in Virginia
ELLiSoN MAKES
FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT
His formal announcement OF candi-
dacy follows
"Richmond, Va, February Is, 1915
II am a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Governor at the pri-
mary election to be held In 1917
have received so many and such earnest
assurances of support from every sec
tion of the Commonwealth that feel
the fullest confidence in M. success
will use every effort to insure a IA
vorable result. and L believe It Will be
achieved.
Ny identification with the Democra-
TIC party In Virginia for thirty years
and my public services In various Of
iicial positions are we'll known TO the
people Of the state, and in that knowl-
edge they may in;clligently pass upon
my fitness for the position TO which /
aspire.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-20
STUART TIIMSEIE
REFERRED TO MIR ELIYSOS

Governor Stuart himself referred to
Mr.. Ellyson as one to whom the party
can pay no reward that is too great
other speakers spoke in the same tenor.
Several of the lawmakers present saw
IN the occasion something that re-
semblcd a formal presentation of the
Licutenant-Governor as a gubernatorial
candidate. but his noncommittal re-
sponsc TO the compliments of the eve
ming gave only modest color to such
an assumption.
The most pointed reference TO Mr..
Ellyson's possible candidacy was made
by Senator James. T.. Cannon, of Rich
mond, who said.
The city OF Richmond has taken
pleasure in giving him its undivided
support whcnever he appeared before
ii as candidate for public office. Ii
elected him Mayor-an office in which
he served the people of Richmond with
distinction. II has repeatedly sup
ported him in his campaigns for the
high office ne now occupies. can
safely say. ] think, that should the
time come when he is Il candidate for
still higher honor he will find in
the city of Richmond stanch sun
porter"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-20
MIR. ELLYSON HAS SEEN
MUCH PUBLIC SERVICE

IT,
Mr.. Ellyson is now in his sixty
eighth year. having been born in Rich
mond May 20. lSi'. He is a graduate
oil Richmond College and the Univcr-
sity of Virginia, and served with dis
tnction iii the Confederate States army
as Il member of the Second compony
Richmond IIowitzcrs. in which com
pany was enrolled many men who have.
since become prominent in the affairs
of this city.
Mr.. Ellyson Sc tved successivcly as
president of the Common Council.
president of the Board of Public In
tcrests of Richmond. State Senator, and
for three terms. beginning in 1855, was
Mayor of RichInond. For the past
twenty-five years he has been chair-
man of the State Democratic Commit
tee. and also Virginia member of the
National Democratic Committee lie
served as president OF the jefferson
Davis Monument Association the Rich
mond HowitZer Association, and is now
chairman of the board of the Confcd-
crate Memorial Institute. He was
chairman of the City School Board for
sixteen years, and has been for forty
years u member Of the education hoard
OF the Baptist General Association of
Virginia.
ELECTION WILL. nE
WARMLY CONTESTED
Mr. Ellyson's entrance into the race
shortly after the formal announcement
OF John Garland Pollard is taken as an
indication that the election will be
warmly contested. The primary for
the governorship will not come until
the summer of 1917, following one year
after the primary for tho position Of
junior United States Senator from Vir-
ginia.
Although 1t will bo nearly three
years before the new Governor will
7 CONTINUED on Seventh Pa9e.9
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-20

Continued on Ninth Page.)
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-07-09
A. B. STR0UP WILL
DRAW JIT ORDINANCE
FOR CITY COUNCIL

The council 10 an Informal meeting
iau night discussed 49, 2 sHle> IS ap-
pNeaNou tm q franchise Tor Central
steam heating plant Ihr propose
itueN ordinance ALSO WAS dis Asscd
ANA d Siroup artns City Httufue1
BOO the ahscurc II Thomas n Nlhcr-
son was instructed ta draft aH prdl-
nance THE council and Stslct failea
GO roach a complete agreement urpn
the proposed franchise
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-07-09

FOR RENT - Seven-rOOm
house completely furnished.
good neighborhOOd. reason
able terms. Apply Missouri
State Life. Room S. Barnett
Bldg.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-07-09

Crescent Hardware Co.
Stoves Ranges Hosss Furnishing cutlery
sndT FITTING. PLUMBING Healing. Tin COPPER Work
TELEPHONE iiE
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-04-30

Knicker-How big is your boy?
Bocker-He takes ten-year-old suit
and four-year-old car seat. He aver
ages seven. New York Sun.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-04-30

this winter In cooperation with local
farm organizations such as Oranges
and clubs. 1t has enabled many to
ave the benefit of teaching that the
Agricultural College has never before
brought directly to them.
Those attending the sessions of the
short course were members of the
club and their families, as the women
folks as well as the men are enthusi
astic in their attendance at the lee
lures. Demonstrations were given in
selecting eggs for market, operating
an incubator, mixing poultry rations.
testing soil for acidity, judging seed
corn, and in comparing different kinds
of lime. Especial interest was taken
in what Prof w. T. l. Taliaferro, Of
the Agricultural College. had to say of
the value of legume crops and lime in
building up the soil for better produc
ton.
He said in part: Nothing will help
more in building up the yielding power
Of the soil than the use of legume
crops, such as the elovers, alfalfa, cow
peas, vetch and soy beans. These can
be used for turning in as green crops
or in growing heavy sod as the case
may be which fills the soil with humus
and nitrogen plant food. 1t is not
economy to buy commercial nitrogen
at is to 20 cents pound when the
same results can be gotten by the use
of legume crops, at the same time i'm.
proving the moisture-holding power
of the soil. Any of these crops can be
easily grown on our Maryland soils,
and with frequent applications of lime
will give most of the plant food that
our farm crops require.
The mistake, however, is often made
of using too light an application. Not
less than ton Of burned lime or two
tons. of ground lime stone or oyster
shells should be used per acre. Such
an application as this need not be
given oftener than every once in i've
or six years SO that the cost for lime
would not be more than SO to go cents
an acre per year.
"In buying lime 1t has been found.
that if pure burned lime costs SITS
per ton at the kiln. then hydrated
lime or Stacked lime should be $40
and ground limestone $3.50 per ton.
What kind you should use depends
entirely upon its quality, price, and
the distance it can be hauled to ad.
vantage"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-04-30

> The sandal tree imparts it's fragrance
even to the ak that hews it.-Hindu
Proverb.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-04-30
LIME Is WASTED WHEN IMPRoP.
ERLY APPLIED.
H. J. PATTERSON,
Maryland Agricultural College.

Considerable energy is wasted and
money lost in the manner in which
lime is often applied. In the first
place it should be remembered that
the tendency of lime 10 downward in
thepoil, SO 1t should always be applied
at the surface and never plowed under.
In the second place It should be re,
membered that the lime, when In its
caustic or quick state, has the most
power in producing chemical and
physical changes In the soil. For this
reason the aim should be to get the
lime into the soil in its active state,
and have it thoroughly incorporated in
the soil before 1t has had chance to
lose any Of its active principles. With
this idea in mind, lime should be
Stacked by means Of water, and, as
fBoonsas in powdery state, should be
spread over the land and at once har-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-04-30
White Man with Black Liver.

The Liver is blood purifier. II
was thought a. one time it was the
seat of the passions. The trouble
with most people is that their Liver
becomes black because of impuri-
ties in the blood due to bad physi
cal states, causing Biliousness,
Headache. Dizziness and Consti-
patton. DR.. Kings New Life Pills
will clean up the Liver, and give
you new life. 25c at your Drug
gist.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-04-30
YOUR TIMOTHY YIELD MAY BE
INCREASED.
Application OF Proper Fertilizer Early
In The Spring Will Bring
Results.
NICHOLAS SCHMITZ.
Maryland Agricultural College
Extension Service.

Everything considered, good clean
stable manure is beyond doubt the
best fertilizer for grass. But this is
not always available or it may be more
profitable to use it somewhere else. On
the other hand, when the proper COM
mercial fertilizer materials are applied
at the right time, 1t is seldom that
profitable results do not follow.
Extensive tests at this Station show
that nitrate Of soda and acid rock,
when used in combination, give the
best results. In fact, on the average
Maryland soil phosphoric acid when
applied alone to timothy in the form OF
acid rock. basic Stag, or In combina-
ton with muriate of potash will seldom
pay for the cost of materials and their
application. The proper amount de-
ponds, Of course, upon the soil, but
ordinarily nitrate of soda should be
applied at the rate of $50 to 800 pounds
per acre. The acid rock should be
used at about the same rate. The two
may be mixed together and applied with
the grain drill IL they are In first class
condition, otherwise It may be neees.
sary to mix In dry sifted coal ashes.
dry sand. or other absorbing material.
The fertilizer should be applied IN
the spring as soon as the grass begins
to green, which is usually the latter
part of March or the first week in
April The early application Of the
fertilizer is absolutely necessary for
the maximum returns. The fertilizer
can not act upon the plant until It has
been dissolved and carried down to the
plant roots. Tests show that applying
all the fertilizer early In the spring
gives as good or better results than II
the distribution is made several times
in q season. Land ordinarily pro
ducing ton Of hay to the acre may
be expected to yield az tons per acre
in normal season when 900 to ESQ
pounds of nitrate of soda and the same
amount Of acid rock are applied early
IN the spring.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-04-30

rowed In, to thoroughly incorporate
1t in the soil. Lime should not be al
lowed to "air" slake, as by so doing it
absorbes carbonic acid from the air
and Is changed back to the carbonate,
the form in which 1t existed before
burning and consequently some of that
which was paid for in burning is lost.
Lime put on small or large piles to
slake should be covered with earth
to keep It out of contact with the air
while shaking, and. as soon as It has
come to powdery condition. 1t should
be spread on the land and narrowed
In.
It will generally be found more eco
nomical to haul water to apply to the
lime and slake 1t out at once rather
than cover with earth. Stacking with
water would be a more economical
method than to lose part of the value
Of the lime through air shaking.
Do not apply lime on top of the
land with the idea that the rains win
dissolve it and carry It into the soil,
for, in the first place the rains may
not come until after some lapse Of
time and much of the lime win have
returned 10 the carbonate; and, In the
second place. It takes TOO pounds OF
water 10 dissolve one pound of lime
and that amount OF rain could not be
depended upon.
Pure Magnesium lime. which is com.
monty claimed to be poisonous to the
soil and crop, gave the highest yield
in crop test conducted at the Mary.
land Experimental Station, the results
fof which we're published In Bulletin
No. Sc.
A comparison Of the results showed
stene lime and shell lime to be Of
shout the same value on the sell.