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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-15

reserve system This" SAYS ,hr re-
port. 'is nn elcmen. Of danger in our
banking system. because III" weak on
INK pf the reserves OF the stat" banks
and trust companies make them more
vulnerable ia times Of emergency and
il l. conceivable that q situation NIGH,
arise IL tn" affairs OF such stat"
banks aud trust companies wh"rr they
might have 20 call upon TN" credit
structure Of Tho national hanks and the
Federal reserve system for support
when they would not DO entitled TO 4
h"caus" they had not contributed to the
strength Of tn" Federal reserve system!
by talking membership in H. Til" lr.rtl
IS giving serious thought 20 this lues-
tipu. aud 70 The action that may nc
taken 70 guard against the consequence
OF ihis situation
This part Of the rcpo,, Is conc!udca
With an expression Of opinion that the
credit resources nf the country would
be greatly ENLARGED and STRENGTHENED
with corresponding benefit 10 bushes.
ann tho people If state banks and trust
companies we're 20 enter the system.
Tho report declares that q condition
81 remarkable case was Tho outstanding
feature of tho CcUrtry's money narkct
durluE tho year. u says that the ma
lions export trade has reached high =
water mark that manufacturing In
ucari. all lines Is active. and that /,
has Been the part OF wisdom for re
S"Tv" banks u conserve their resources
"aui hold themselves in readiness 20
meet ar- uurxp"ct"d developments IN
INC situation" An iuCr"nS" of almost
S.""r.or0 600 In tho combined loans OF
national banks in tho year. and an
Increase OF deposits Of nearly $1,000
"eh,"0" are pointed to as pertinent IN
considering tl." situation.
These facts The report says. would
seem 20 indicate that Il Is prudcu, TO
%" prepared for a tine when tn" reserve
resources of Tho country viii BE sub
icctod 10 severe test. ard wien the
leadership aud operations III The Fcd-
"ral RESERVE hanks will nccUlnc cor
responsibility moro !uilucutiaI"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-15
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD
MAKES REPORT FOR YEAR
Act Creating System One of Most
Beneficial Pieces OF Lcgisla-
ton Ever Adopted.
PRINCIPLES FULLY INDICATED
Six Amendments Recommended to
Strengthen Operation OF Act md
More Completely Realize Purposes
, of Its Frumcrs.

WASIIINGTON. February i4.-Six
amendments to the Federal reserve &C,
were recommended 10 Congress to- day
~ tho report or the Federal Reserve
Board for the first fun year of opera
'ion OF the new banking system.
~ years experience Ia the opera
ton or the Federal reserve act" says
the report. has confirmed the board
| IN It's profound conviction that the act
has been one OF the most beneficial
pieces OF erislation ever adopted by
Congress. Not only have It's funda :
mental principles been fully indicated.
but In most dc,hils the working OF the
measure has been successful"
The amendments recommended would:
| Permit national banks TO subscribe
ana hold stock in banks organized for
the special purpose OF doing, a bank :
| Ing business in foreign countries
Permit, with the approval Of ,hc
hoard the Issue Of Federal reserve
notes to Federal reserve banks either
against the deposit OF commercial paper
or gold. provided That the goii 50 de-
| posted shall com, as par; l Tic ,e-
qu!rcd reserve OF the bank
Extend the acceptance System 10 tho
Domestic trade, SO ra- as it relates TO
documentary acccptanccs secured ~
shipping documents or warehouse 90
c.ipts. covering readily marketable
commodities on against tho plcdgc OF
goods actually sold
Permit national banks 10 establish
I. Tranch offices Within tho city or cor:,,y
| in which they arc ioca,ed
Permit advances 10 member banks
asainsr The memhor banks secured
nv, L..
The Washington times., 1916-01-30

against the State law to bring such
birds legally killed under the game
laws Of the Southern States into the
Empire State. That is why the res
taurants in New York during the
winter season have on their menus
only foreign game birds,
The conservation commissioner
feels that he can now ask the Legis-
lature to remove this statute in the
case Of those New York gunners that
kill game legally in other States,
permitting them to bring their game
bag to their homes TO enjoy the re-
suits Of their hunting trips. This can
be easily arranged for, according to
Mr.. Pratt, by making the hunter ac-
company his game personally, OBJ
tanning in advance from the commits
sion an importation license.
This is so sensible and fair it is a
wonder that the matter has not been
properly attended to previously. It
should receive the favorable consid-
Grafton of the Legislature.
The Washington times., 1916-01-30
THE PRESIDENTS WARNING

II would be difficult, within the
proprieties which his position as
head Of the Government dictates, for
the President to give a clearer or
more earnest warning to this nation
than that which was sounded by Mr..
Wilson In Pittsburgh and Cleveland
yesterday. He does not tell the
country that it is on the verge of
war; but he does inform it that
forces which it cannot control may
force it over the precipice, literally,
at any moment.
The Presidents plea for realiza-
tiOn that this nation is not isolated,
cannot go its own way and lead its
own life independent Of the rest of
the world, ought to make people
think. There are sections Of the
country in which this is already
pretty fully realized. There are
others, be it said with all regret, in
which there has been almost no
awakening to this big and vital fact.
Foremost among all considerations
looking to insurance of national
safety, is the necessity that the
country shall understand it is in
danger; imminent, instant, and very
great danger.
When the President gives his
word that our navy is fourth, not
second, among the maritime estab-
lishments of the world, and when he
adds that the navy must be our main
reliance for defense, he gives the
highest official Endorsement to a
statement that has been repeated
many, many times, without convinc-
ing the blind opponents of readi-
ness. There are still millions who
cling fatuously and ignorantly to
the belief-or to the declaration,
quite independent of reason or in
formation-that this country is the
second naval power. They ought to
be convinced now.
The Washington times., 1916-01-30
ACCIDENT FORETOLD
BY WARNING DEVICE
stops the Machinery when Any Belt
or Rope Ii AbOWt to Break
In the Mine.

A device that gives warning and stops
the machinery when any belt or rope
is about to break is now being used
in a number OF idaho mines. says the
illustrated World. III continued use
proves 1t TO lie satisfactory the device
is expected to find a place as part Of
the safety equipment on all belc or rcpc
driven machinery.
The device is able Ia detect accidents
tetore they occur because OF tho fast
that the breaking cahle always starts
FIRST with the parts of a worn strand,
and in the case OF a helt with the part
ing of the lacing. The device detects
the loose strand or lacing by means of
delicate fecler rod Of thin wire sup
venes Between the teeler rod or wire
and the whiTring rope or belt drive.
AS the strand or racing unraVels II hits
the feelcr wire. and the wire tilts TIE
dclicately balanced bar upon which 1t
is supported fitting the bar starts the
safety mechanism.
This bar has at its end book which
normally is engaged with a notch I'm
cam roller. and when the bar Tits the
hook is withdrawn from tho cam roller.
The roller is equipped with n weicht
suspended from II by a cord, When
the rCller IL released the curd upNNinda
and the weight drops into a glass cage,
where II is caught and falls between
two metal bands arranged IN V-rela-
ton, but having their ends sraced
minals OF an electric circuit and the
weight, wheE II IS caught, completes
this circuit. waTninr bell operated
by the electric circuit is rung.
The Washington times., 1916-01-30
MAYBE YOUR OWN GAME NOW

George D. Pratt, conservation
commissioner, of New York, recon-
mends to the legislature that the
State open season on certain birds
be made to conform to the regula-
tions under the Federal migratory
bird law. Since 1913 this has been
called repeatedly to the attention of
lawmakers. 1t should be a simple
matter for every Legislature to see
the evil of having two conflicting
sets of laws for the same bird.
Another matter which should get
consideration by the Legislature was
recently brought to the attention Of
New Workers shooting in the South
by Edmund Gallagher, division chief.
He pointed out that the quail, pleas
ant, grouse, and partridge season
rs closed in New York and it was
The Washington times., 1916-01-30
PRESERVES HISTORY
IN MOTION PICTURES
Iowa First State TO Undertake H..
CRW Re Used y Hundred
Years Later.

90. r. Geyer, IN Hdrper's Weekly.)
A generation hence the young people
OF Iowa will study the history OF their
State with the aid Of the kinetographic
art. as the result of the founding OF the
first moving picture library for purely
historical purposes. This new library
marks another step forward in the work
of the collector of historical documents
and objects. as II will enable the student
of history i'm the future to visualize the
important happenings of the present
history making epoch in Iowa. Before
many years nearly every State in the
Union will have it's moving picture
library. in the opinion OF prominent edu-
Gators and moving picture men.
The founder OF the Iowa library is
Edward r. Harlan. curator of the his
ready. has collected more than fifty thou
sand feet OF film. in which are depicted
scores of current event matters which
have happened within the last three
years. To this collection will be added
other. Iowa pictures taken in the coming
years.
One of the films in the library shows
the great Keokuk dam in operation
Another presents in a striking manner
the annual "million-dollar' live stock
greatest exhibitions OF fine live stock in
the world. Street scenes from all the
important cities constitute an important
part of the library. which also includes
scenes taken IN some of the more i'm
portant factories and industrial plants.
When the student OF sociology OF the
latter half of the present century desires
to INQUIRE into the progress of the bet
ter babies movement. he can have re-
course to this moving picture library.
instead Of searching through volumes
of mustY reports in another section of
the building.
As rapidly as the films lose their COM
merclal value they are turned over to
the historical department by the film
companies Of the State.
The Washington times., 1916-01-30
WHAT ALIENS DO FOR U. 5,
Mrs. StOtesbury Acknowledges Amer
Ica'S Debt to Immigrants.
(From the NeD York Times.)

(From the NeU York 1tnleS.)
Mrs. Stotesbury spoke some wise
words when. as second vice president OF
the national Americanization commit
tee she set forth a little of what We
owe to our immigrants I'm ways other
than material. But also she spoke APP
parently without full knowledge of what
we have done for them when she iwelt
upon how I'VE have cOld-shouldered
them. exploited them"
Like a great many Americans. Mrs
Stotesbury seems not to realize how the
people of this country pour out both
money and personal endcavor through
the school system, public libraries. play
grounds, settlement work. guilds, and
clubs for the making of immigrants i'm
10 good Americans, That effort. for its
idealism and its success, deserves to be
ranked among notable achievements
But 1t is much better to keep our
eyes upon tho things yet to be done
than upon those already accomplished.
And one OF these. as Mrs. Stotesbury
suggested, Is a whole e-hearted and gem
eral recognition of the desirable quail
ties and mental and spiritual endow-
ment Of character which many Of these
immigrants are bringing here. We have
always been ready Ia do much for
them. But We have not had the gener-
osity e acknowledge what they were
doing Tor US.
The Washington times., 1916-01-30
FOLK OF MIDDLE AGE
PRODIGIES' PARENTS
~ YOu- Wish Your Child to ne n
Genius, MmTry ht Forty or
FOTty-AVe.

OR, John Stuart Walton, in Pitts Sbur0h
GGzette.)
The only definite fact known to science
about the infant prodigy Is that middle
aged parents are more likely to have
precocious children than young couples.
The parents OF children born with at
tributes Of genius have usually reached
middle age. Audubon's father was nifty
seven when he was born; Benjamin
Franklin's, father was fifty-one; Wash
ington Irvings was ffty-two: Gen.
Robert Lees father was ffty; Admiral
Farragut's was fifty-seven; Benjamin
Webster's was fifty-seven, and Edgar
Allan Poe's was forty. George Wash
ington's father was thirty-eight when
he was born.
sit is a comparatively novel theory,
though, that geniuses are almost always
the children of successive generations
or mature parents. The eugenists are
by no means in accord in accepting this
theory. Some of them refute 1t. Yet
1t was Sir Francis Galton. the father of
eugenics, who first pointed out the rela-
tion of precocity to genius. This, 1t Is
claimed by modern Psychologists, is due
to the fact that more health and vigor
are transmitted to their children by
parents OF ripe years tran of younger
ones. because OF the older persons GU
mulative resistance to disease--a resist
ance that often amounts to practical
immunity. This has been one OF the
strongest arguments OF eugenists
against early marriages.
IT you want your child to have a fair
chance of developing genius, wait until
you are forty or forty-five years old
hot NRn al
long chance to take. put as theory II
is sustained in actual fact
The Washington times., 1916-01-30
THE MENACE OF THE HOUR

To what does President Wilson re-
fer, if he has in mind any specific
condition in our foreign relations
that is especially menacing to this
nation and to the peace?
Probably the answer is indicated
by the rather vague, but sufficient,
information which has been allowed
to reach the public concerning our
negotiation with Germany regarding
the Lusitania case.
That case has reached a stage be-
yond which it is seemingly not going
to be possible to carry negotiation
much farther without a showdown.
Germany will have to yield or the
impasse must break.
Is it possible that Germany might
actually be willing, deliberately, to
force this country into war?
The answer may be found in the
facts concerning our exports of war
materials. These have only very re-
Gently been going forward in i'm
mense quantities. The volume will
increase for long time.
American war supplies will be alb
solutely necessary to maintain Rus
sia at her full fighting capacity.
Japan can help greatly, and is do
ing it. Russia herself can do and
is doing wonders. 'Her allies can con-
tribute and are contributing much.
But Americas capacity must be
heavily drawn UPON nevertheless if
Russia shall be raised to and kept
at the point Of fullest effectiveness.
Germany, then, might have decid-
ed that the time was right for break
with the United States, with the hope
that our Government would comnian-
deer the military supplies that the
allies have expected to get and use.
Thus the allies, especially Russia,
would be crippled; while our own
fighting force would be augmented
in no effective way because we haye
not the men to use the munitions
that we would keep away from the
allies.
1t seems, at least, the most OBJ
vious and probable explanation of
the solemn warning from the Presi-
dent.
The Washington times., 1916-01-30

German Would Train Them 10 An
nOunce AerOPIRne's Approach.

German Would Train Them 10 An
nOunce AerOPIRne's Approach.
The London Daily Chronicle repub-
lishes from the Cologne Gazette an
odd article on the use of animals to
signify the approach OF enemy aero
planes. The writer. who is evidently
quite serious. has noticed that the sight
of certain animals is much keener than
that Of human beings, and in a hasty
view OF the entire animal kingdom he
comes to the conclusion that birds have
the most alert vision and that hens and
pigeons are the birds most easily train
ed and most reliable.
Hens protect their chickens against
soaring birds of prey which the sharp
est human sight cannot discover; the
pigeons will fly in any weather and are
extraordinarily docile. The training os
hen or a pigeon to announce the ap-
proach Of an aeroplane Is much easier
than one would think. They are to be
placed captured in the vicinity of \ de-
scending air machine ana as soon as
the airnan lands he Is 10 rush at the
unfortunate fowls and belabor them
with a rod.
This practice is to be repeated until
the hen or the pigeon believes its life
TO be endangered by anything on a
large scale descending from the skies.
All day long these terrified fowls viii
strain their vision skyward and the
r"motcst spcck in the vault of heaven
will flutter the dove cotes and hen
coops as nothing else would.
The Washington times., 1916-01-30

NEW YORK, Jan. SO.--If a strike on
all the railroads leading into New York
city were declared today, the residents
OF the METROPOLIS would be within cne
week in serious want Of food. That Is
how close New York lives up to its food
supplies all the time. dependinE on the
constant ingress from North. South
East. and west by railway and steamer
transportation lines OF everything 1t
eats.
From experience. more or less bitter.
New York knows that after such a
blizzard as It had in the late '9os the
milk supply was completely exhausted
In two days. And we never have been
able TO get further ahead than that
since.
New York consumes more meat and
poultry per capita than any other city
ip the country. owing to the greater
number OF hotels and also from the
fact that out Of its supply all TIE trans
Atlantic steamers are furnished with
these prime necessities of life-if the
passengers are not all veEetarians.
To Satisfy City's Needs.
II is estimated that New York con-
sqmes between 10000 and 5.oOo.tOO
pounds OF meat a day and lOO0G
pounds Of chickens and other fowl. At
no time does It have more than two
weeks supply I'm sight" that is. actu-
ally in the city and at nearby points.
OF dressed poultry. it has about a
months supply on hand. but OF live
poultry never more than enough for
one weeks consumption in the city.
New York consumes an average of
q. 900 barrels Of flour daily. and EOwa-
days there is never more than 2O0.0c
barrels on hand. the rule being some
thing less than this, so that five or six
DAYS without fresh supply would ex-
haust our background for bread. rolls
Although there are more potatoes
on band In the city at the present tins
than 10 usual, owing to trade coadl
tiong, there 10 not more than enough
| to last four weeks at the utmost fol
New York consumes about 2O,D00 bar
rels OF potatoes every seven days ard
the market is watched so closely, "a
| q rule. that not more than two weeks
supply is kept on hand by the dealers.
Fruits and vegetables run along or
4 closer margin than this and there Is
not more than enough for weck's
The Washington times., 1916-01-30
Railway Strike Might
Cause Famine IN M. Y,
Metropolis Food Supplies Would Be Exhausted With
in Week-Consumes About 100000 Pounds Of
Meat to Satisfy Its Daily Appetite

feeding for New York OF these things.
II all supplies were absolutely cut or
today by q railway strike that would
naturally affect steamer freight hand
lers
OF butter. at the present time. there
on hand IN the city. counting both That
in dealers stocks and In tho storage
warehouses. In all there are about
67.oO0 tubs OF butter in storage here,
and as we consume about $40 tubs
week. Il Is plain we could not 80
very taT into . a seecna st , Wesh ss. with pht-
Our egg supply Is IN about the same
state. there being about 10000 cases
in storage with a weekly consumption
on about 10000 cases.
The coal supply situation in Now
York is at such n point that IL 4 gen
eral railroad strike was added to ex-
listing complications we would he II a
worse plight Tor enough black dla-
mOndg TO keep our cars and elevators
moving. olir lights burning, and our
houses and offices warm. than at any
time since the last great coal miners
strike.
Coal for a Month.
The export demand for coal has been
a considerable factor in bringing about
local shortage, and this has been
further complicated by the freight con-
eestion around New York. which has
not only blocked the railroads. but has
cut down the available supply Of boats
TO move coal around the harbor. par
ticularly into Manhattan Island itself.
Dealers in coal declare there is suf-
fcient supply to keep things going for
a month at least: but of the kinds OF
coal known as barley" rice" and
"buckwheat' at''-consumed for the most
part by small manufacturing plants and
office buildings-there has been =
marked shortage for some weeks past
and conditions show no signs OF Inn
proving.
| Soft coal is in an even worse plight.
! so far as an ample supply Is con-
cerned. prices NOWADAYS being about 100
per cent higher than they were in No
vember.
BarEes used usually to convey this
kind Of coal from the Jersey shore to
| Manhattan are nov IN such demand for
handling export freight that barge
owners are getting $25 a day for the
use Of one of those craft. when in nor
NAL times they could be chartered for
/ IS day as a top figure.
A railroad strike would probably put
| New York in a condition where II would
be completely bare of soft coal less
than q week after a strike was declared.
The Washington times., 1916-01-30
Evening Services in the CHURCHES

Metropolitan Church, John Marshall place and
vnsro vaSss TSs Martyr ST to T ' "a
Church Of the avenue g and
the Modern World The Message about Society" p
First nS2%s GS Of f snt % Columbia road and Euclid street
Second Church of Christ
church Fourth and Virginia southeast
northeast Rev
Much Nue. S"S"I p M ''''' "-'"'"S''1
Fifth RR Sss 0h e. 7ls 3 Rev. John
We" Washington GT s Rips b.T GRs'Sa asa S Rev.
Grace Baptist q GRuT Fssr Ninth 4sS STd rs streets m southeast Rev.
Rev Ulysses G. B. Pierce of the Bible"
Foundry Sixteenth and Church streets Rev. W. R.
wedderspoOn Honor" p. m
ehusetts avenue northwest Rev Edward Hardin Jesus
Hamne Church Ninth and streets northwest Rev. Lueu'
Waugh f. M:ce C snr Thd m Gn S sTi M northeast Rev. francis
First RS5s % S: s s sSwss e"6 R iHd
Grace a.6 f. Ranch eo h S s 1nf n Rev.
Asss%y H T5.t 9Sn I s 5 % % eo "d M fna m
Grace Episcopal Church. and South street. George
town, W. Atkinson jr EvensOng and sermon at
Union M Twentieth street Pennsyyania
5SrRsfs 6S Mft isRoy SG0e eaTtoen S' p ma ~
Mint" .St rss chan .4 oP ednay Sn 19S Fault % 1 REV.
northwest Rev. Wallace Radcliffe Revival
Hymns" p. m.
Shiloh Baptist between Sixteenth and Seventeenth
streets northwest Milton Waldron "The Privileges
Responsibilities of Leadership in the Church Of
God" p.
western R:7 as12ss Ga" r sEs' he 9fb: me- northwest
street, Rs e csE Bnaax Ss fi das: Ffon an@
745 p. m.
Washington Heights Presbyterian Church.
roads Palmer "The Apprenticeship Soul"
7:45 p. m.
Wesley Chapel e. Fifth and northwest,
Howard F. Downs $50 Near and Yet So Far" p M
Paul R. HckOk. Nathaniel" 7:45 p. m.
Fourth Thirteenth north
Joseph T. Kelley Illustrated lecture by w. H. H.
Smith Jesus Faces the End" p m.
Chrsadelphan Chapel Hampshire Georgia
"Seeing the Unseen" p. M
Church New Jerusalem, Sixteenth streets
northwest Rev. Paul Spery HELL the Internal World 73o
D..
Metropolitan Baptist Church Sixth northeast Rey
John Compton Ball. "A Ride In Chariot With Deacon"
7:45 IN,
Maryland Avenue Baptist Church. Fourteenth street and Maryland
avenue Rev. Harry j. Goodwin "Playng the Fool, 1880
Temple Baptist Church, Tenth and streets Rev. j. j. Muir
''Timidity Embodened" 7:45 p.
Emmanuel Baptist Church Sixteenth street and Columbia road Rev
Cove Griffith Johnson "The Unexpected Manhe Hope OF
Man." p.