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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-15
FARMERS NOT SHIPPING:
PRODUCE: TO RICHMOND

With the boycotts in force th"
farmers are not shipping their prod
ucts to Richmond. and the result Is
that the local market il short in its
supply. Numerous letters were OK
hhitcd In the Wholesale trade ycSt"r-
dav from farmers throughout tho
state protesting against the bovcottS
on tho ground that they were selling
their commodities ~ the lowest posi-
bic prices, with wheat selling near 50
and corn ut 81 per hushcl. They wcr"
undecided whether or not to ship their
produce to the Richmond market.
which caused uneaSlncsS i'm the trade.
Commit Ssion men were confident yes
terday that the demand tor turkeys
eggs and other produce during the
Christmas season would be heavy In
Richmond, but they fear being placed
in a position of being una bic to supply
the demand with II probable advance
in prices.
Reports were current in the whole
sale district Yesterday that two local
men We're buying all the fresh country
eggs available at 40 cents per dozen.
wholesale. and shipping the commodity
10 New York, where they were receiv-
ing better prices in carload lots than
is paid in Richmond for a single crate
Aftor passing through several hands
the eggs retail ut from 30 to GO cents
per dozen.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-15

Joe Hayes. colored. of 100? Oak
street. was carried To the Virginia
Hospital yesterday suffering with
fractured skull. The negro was IN
Jur"d by the air hoist ~ tn" American
Locomotive WORKS Ills condition is
regarded AS serious
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-15
DECEMBER Is,

more. Almost daily for n while tho
police were notified of the loss OF
property. stolen. they afterwards
learned. by flake" telephone in
spector Finally. however. the officers
secured Il good description of their
man from the homes visited and from
The pnwnbrOkcrs and lOcntcd his home
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-15
Injured when Car Turns over.

Mrs. II. II. Hart, of l545 North Nine
te"nth street, was slightly injured
when an automobile, driven by John
Gay. of 1923 Stewart Street. skiddcd
and turned over at the intersection OF
Eighteenth and Franklin Streets at
l:%0 o'clock yesterday. The automo-
bile was slightly damaged
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-15
ACTUAL SHORTAGE FEARED
BY COMMISSION DEALERS
Food Boycott Results in TURNER'S
Holding Supplies on Finding
Other Markets.
DISTRESS SIGNALS GO UP
Cary Street Men Protest They Arc
Merely Agents, Doing Business on
Per Cent Commission for Bcnc-
fit of Producer and Consumer.

with great uncertainty existing in
tn" Wholesale district. no material
Chang. was evident yesterday in the
foodStuT situation in Richmond as II
result of the boycottS declared by Tia"
housewives League against turkeys
and eggs. There was. however with
the approach of the Christmas holi-
days. u 'iimcr strength in the market.
which was caused principally by Light
receipts Of produce and a fairly good
demand.
Eggs remained at the sam" prices
Yesterday in the Cary street district.
as did turkeys. with no change in the
quotations III the retail trade. The
marke, was improved however over
last week. but is still doubtful. The
housewives League is continuing its
advertising campaign in various ways.
aud officers assert that the movement
is meeting with much success
From the Cary Street district yes
to-day =. u. :. distress calls went forth.
the commission merchants ASSERTING
that the boycott had placed them in
an unusually embarrassing position
At best, they said. they only acted as
agents between tho producer and the
retail dealer, receiving Il I per cent
commission on thir sales. and. i'm
reality. created market for TIL"
farmer.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-15

The Supreme court Of Appeals yes
terday refused u writ of error and
Supcrscdcas to John Wickrc. who lost
IN the Circuit Court of James city
county in an unlawful dctaincr for
the possession of eleven acres of land
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-06
The New Russian Offensive.

As the intensity of the Austrian
offensive in the Trentino declines the
Russians launch n vigorous attack
upon that part of the eastern front
between the Pripet marshes and the
Rumanian frontier. which the Aus
trians have been holding for several
months. Petrograd reports that al
ready 1900 prisoners have been
taken. If this Is confirmed we may
| conclude that at last the roads on
| .Austria's eastern frontier are passa-
bile for artillery and motors and the
great advance, long planned by the
Russian staff. has begun; and that
| there is to he a second invasion in
force.
The Russians have struck at the
weakest section in the long line in an
attempt to turn the right flank of the
Teutonic armies. The Austrians can
not withdraw n battalion from the
Isonzo defences. As they have been
employing a great army in the Tren-
| tino of late 1t may be assumed that
| reenfOrcements have been sen from
the eastern front, where the Russians
have been lying in their trenches
awaiting the hardening Of the ground
before resuming operations. In the
spring not n wheel car be turned in
| the quagmires called roads.
1t Is the fashion to regard every
| offensive as s%trategical In the sense
that 1t is intended to relieve the pres
sure upon an ally in some other part
of the war zone. The Austrians will
Of course have to rush reenforcements
to the BukOwina and Pripet country
II the Russian offensive proves to be
| formidable, and In consequence the
Italians will have a breathing spell
In the Trentino: but we are inclined
to think that the Russians are not
greatly concerned about aiding the
Italians in their extremity. 1t Is
more likely that the activity nov re-
ported on the eastern front indicates
an ambitious forward movement, hav.
ing for its object not only n second
invasion OF Austria and Hungary hut
pressure on the Germans to abandon
their campaign on the Dwina.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-06

Fourteen years before GEORGE
WASHINGTON was born WILLIAM
Penn died. The great Quaker once
wrote IAN Essay Toward the Present
and Future Peace Of Europe by the
Establishment Of ar European Diet,
Parliament or Estates" As WASH
INGToN's warning against entangling
alliances has been followed by prof.
ccts for American participation In
the enforcement of international
peace, so 1t was preceded by visionary
projects of considerations to hold In
forcible subsection members of the
family of nations inclined to disor-
derby courses. PENN wrote for the
theorists of 1915:
"He must not be a man but a statue
Of brass or stone whose bowels do not
melt when he beholds the bloody TRACE.
dies OF this war. in Hungary. Germany.
Flanders, Ireland and at sea"
Melting with compassion for Hu.
| manity, PENN explored the desirable.
! ity of peace and the means to It, and
laboriously evolved his scheme of a
European federation. There Is n Ger,
tain grandiosc sweep Of idea, II large
ness of phrase with IA haziness of out
line and n tenuOus quality In the con,
tents that will not be strange to the
w"uld-be cnforcers of peace In 1916
But Mr.. Penn eXcels them In inge
nuity by his device for avoidance OF
quarrel for presidency" His Parlia
ment Of Nations would meet In a cir
cnlar chamber. with "divers doors ta
come In and 60 out at, to prevent ex
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-06
DON'T NEEDLE!
Would Europe Like Us Better II We
Minded Our Own Businessc

To THE EDITOR or TUE StN-Sir; II
either a real or a AUTOMATICALLY as
sumed misunderstanding Of the war en-
titles President Wilson to the honor Of
peacemakcr. then he should he chosen.
With his notion that n nation may he
too proud to fight may now he placed
the new notion that Europe Is having
a year Of madness.
The sanity OF the Allies stands In the
way OF calling anybody IN To make peace.
stands in the way, indeed. of any early
peace at all At this moment there is
no reliable Government with which n
treaty of peace could I've made. The
German Government does not respect
treaties. and so the only way to peace
Is through the overthrow of that Gov
eminent or through such military prog
ress as shall make that Government
actually desire a permanent peace.
President Lincoln. that most humane
ruler. saw that this nation could not live
half slave and half free. and he saw
that the civil war had to he fought until
every rebel had laid down his arms.
Any European advice TO stop hloOdshcd
here In ls6l-65 was u%nfriendly advice.
To-day the sane portion OF Europe
has it's work to do, and this work Is
necessary to future liNahlc conditions.
Peace proposals from us are born either
of German sympathy or OF our own
ignorance OF the causes OF the greatest
war of all time.
Let not our meddlesomencss he the oc-
casion of our being told in diplomatic
language to mind our own business.
J. HowARp CowPERTHwAiT.
New YORK. u !.
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ceptions." The language In which the
deliberations of the Sovereign Estates
must, ito be sure" be conducted, is
Latin or French. PaCifist minds are
hotbeds for the seeds of war; prec-
edence and language are not agents
# harmony.
The ideas Of WILLIAM PENN were
not one barleycorn ahead Of or be.
hind those Of 1916. They took no
more account Of the opportunity af.
forded by general disarmament for
those who would prepare in secret
for violations Of the common, imagi.
nary. security. They paid no more
heed to the cleavages Of nature, Ia
pride Of race. lust for power, ambi.
lions Of rulers and conflict Of In
tcrests. They were no more and nc
less workable.
II WILLIAM PENN's too ingenious
scheme had been tried. more than two
centuries ago. would the history OF
Europe have been turned into n rec
ord of peaceful consolation Of the
peoples?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-06
Mr.. wilson's "COnndentiai Agents"

President WILSON has inflicted so
agents on foreign nations that the
b~ewildered authorities Of the South
American countries who have been
imposed on by n wandering tosspot
are not open to the charge of guilt
bility. Strange creatures have worn
the uniform of Mr.. WILSON'S selec-
ton. exercised the authority he has
conferred upon them. The courteous
and hospitable Latin Americans, In
formed on the idiosyncrasies of the
President. are not to he blamed II
they accepted at face value the pre-
tensions of the wandcrer whose bibu-
lous habits betrayed him.
Some difficulty Of this kind was In
evitable. Mr.. WILSON'S refusal to de-
pend on the accepted and recognized
representatives of this country abroad
for information 10 guide him in his
service of humanity opened the door
for impostors Of all sorts, and the
h%umiliating incident In n South Amer
lean capital is one Of the unavoidable
results Of the practice he has adopted
to check up and amplify the reports
of our diplomatic and consular SER
vice. II Is not necessary To remark
that this system of espionage Is not
calculated to please the officers with
whose regular duties these p%cripatctic
agents interfere; in most cases the
sufferers are nppointces of Mr.. Will
son. and they have an easy road to
relief II they choose To travel II.
1t is the good name Of the United
States that has been imperilled by
| Mr.. WILSON'S course. Undoubtedly
other self-styled confidential agents
of the President are improving the
opportunities he has provided for ras-
Gals. discrediting This country and en-
dangering our relations with other
nations. Some OF them will bc ex.
posed. and their activities ended but
as long as Mr.. WILSON finds 1t neces'
sary TO supplement the foreign estab.
lishment provided by law with per
sonal representatives who have not
undergone the scrutiny of the Senate
before receiving their credentials, the
rogues will reap n rich harvest and
the nation suffer embarrassment.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-06
JUSTICE BRANDEIS SEATED.
Ills wife aud Two Daughters see
tOurt Ceremony.

WAsUlNGroS. June - Louis n
Briudc!s ~ Boston took the oath If Of
flee and was formally seated to-day as
an Associate Justice of the supreme
Court, OF the United States. Justice
Rrandcis took the scat al the extreme
left Of the bench. neNt to Justice Pituey
A large crowd gathered IN the ccrr,-
doris outside the Suprcm" Court cham
her and fl,sd the chamber itself long
before noon. when the court convened.
Many persons seemed to have rs much
Of a desire to see Justice Hughes ~ 10
witness the installation OF the now As
soCiato Justice.
In the section reserved for the friends
and families Of the Justices were Mrs.
B%randeis and her two daughters. and "A
number Of friends Of Justice Brande's,
including United States Attorney Andor-
son Of Boston, who assisted In the fight
TOR his confirmation.
Justice Brand5is came 70 the Capitol
with Chief Justice White and went tn
the roh,nG room, whore the constitu.
ttonal oath WAS administered. lie was
the last in the procession OF Justices
TO the court room and occupied "A seat
at the clerks desk.
The Ch!tf Justice. Announcing his an.
poin'mcut. dlre'tod the clerk. James H.
Mah'r, TO read the commission signed hv
the President. With his hand ON tho
Bible Justice Rranteis slowly and dis
tinctly repeated the judicial oath while
the court remained standing He thcr
took his seat beside Justice pitucy. whu
shook hands with him. His colleagues
on the bench bowed and tho
was over.
Justice Rrandeis remained in his sea,
about an hour, when curt Adjourned.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-06
The Republican Platform.

That the committee on resolutions
Of the Republican convention will re-
port, and the delegates will adopt. II
declaration Of principles uncQuivocal-
~ and exclusively American in origin
and sentiment is beyond doubt. The
nation Is not in II mood Ia subordinate
Its Interests to Il vague and sentiment
tai conception of i'll defined obliga-
lions to humanity, nor would any
sane body of citizens permit the pas
eions of aliens and their native sym
pathizers to tincturc its declarations.
Furthermore. the convention will call
for adequate military and naval es-
Establishments, and for the adoption
Of n practicable plan of national de-
fence; o will II, in these particu-
lars, we feel sure. shrink from recog-
mixing that citizenship. besides con-
ferring advantages on those who on
Joy 1t, imposes on them corresponds
ing responsibilities.
In addition Il this. the convention
must offer n feasible programme for
the protection of American industry
and commerce. within the United
States and beyond its borders. The
exact method of procedure hy which
the nations of Europe will endeavor
to rehabilitate themselves in manu-.
features and trade when the oppor-
tunity Is offered cannot DO foretold,
But IL is certain that the necessities
OF their situation will compel Il 90
operation between Governments and
business which cannot he successfully
met in u domestic markets. TO say
nothing of the markets of the world
without n similar cohesion of effort
on our part. American traders and
manufacturers will be unable 10 stand
competition from abroad If they must
struggle at the same time against per
secution at home. They, and the
thousands dependent on their success
will require the cordial and sympa
thetic assistance Of Federal and State
Governments TO hold what they have
won and to extend the volume %
their business.
Preparedness for the attack tina
will be made after the war on Ameri
can markets offers few chances fol
picturesque e~ndeayors. But II Is a:
essential rs military preparedness. i
Involves the well being of every resi-
dent of the country. II is ~esSentia
for the employer, imperative for TIL
employee; and 10 party can ignore
II, or consign the issue to adjustment
by the accidents of time or the Incl
dence of fortuitous circumstance.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-06
Opportunity Rest After War.

I'VE think the war viii produce the
psN Geological moment for the Je". mat
dynasties may fall and lands be parti-
toned. and in the reconstruction of Eu-
rorean nations opportunity will come,
but our conviction is that We should
not act until hostiIit.os have ceased
In the view of Nj S,hiif, Mr. S'rai-.
Mr. RoscNwald and an the other leaders.
such a congress can he productive OF IA
vorabie results only IL II Is delayed. The
Jews purpose to tax the world into
their confidence. TO formulate n docu-
ment which. like the American Declara-
ton Of Independence. Will be a mere
statement Of fact, but we must select
a time when the world is willing to listen.
w have all looked 10 Mr., Schin
as our captain, he one mar among us
whose superior qualities OF head and
heart placed him inevitably in the posi-
tion ~ leader lie has been the best
friend ~ the poor among us and ! am
hy no means alone in calling him the
greatest living Jew II he insists upon
retiring his fual decision will be heard
with Utmost universal sorrow. but ! am
vet hopeful that he may be induced To
reconsider his action
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-06
German Efficiency with the Torpedo.

To THE l.plTuE or TUE SuN-Str. |
spent several months IA BcrliH whom the
Hon. Andrew White VAS our Amnassa-
dor and the late captain william II.
licchler our naval attach" captain
Rcehler was the Inventor of the soltrom-
ot"r. An instrument used for steering
by the sun, and us he was Of German
descent and spoke German iiuontly the
Emperor William n. distinguished h!m
greatly and gave him carte blanche to
witness the naval manmuvres at Kirl.
and particularly the torpedo practice, OF
which he made IN exhaustive report
to our Navy Department.
captain Bcohler said the Germans had
forgotten what We and tho English were
sim learning IN torpedo practice, and
that in n numerical classification their
efficiency in this branch, ms compared
with our and the English, was as
& to /, OFFICER, l.. :. ARMY.
NEW NORE. June z
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-06

Mr.. BARTHoLDr. in an interview
printed In both st. Louis morning
papers. undertakes to relate hap
pened when Mr.. ROOSEVELT ran for
President IN 1905 He didn't-St,
Louis Post-Despdtch.
Mr.. BARrHoLpT Is n OF the most In
dustrious manufacturers of history
now in operation. He composes his
facts as he goes along and thus saves
himself the trouble of adjusting his
theories to the records by which other
philosophers are restricted and ham
pered. Once the Bartholdt system Is
understood II is easy to g how he
reaches his conclusions, and his intru-
sion of Mr.. ROOSEVELT as n candidate In
1908 is merely a characteristic exhibit
ton of his method.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-06
PHILIP CARLIN N. Y. U. ORATOR,
Takes Sandman Prize Of SIOO In
Nnnunl lOMIrsI.

Philip 'arlin won first prize. 500. in
the George Augustus Sandman oratorira,
contest OF the New York University held
in the Gould Memorial Library YES
terdi\. His subject was Am | My
Brothers Keeper The second nr,zc.
sI5, was divided between William II
Draper, Jr, whose subject MAS "a Plea
for II NrIle National Policy and Lows
Davidson. whose Grafton was entitled
'l'o"h"r 4. Washington Other confess,
ants were Donald q. Davis, Archibald
/" Nichol and otto Stcgcman.
The following newly elected member
OF the Phi Beta Kappa society were
presented Philip Carlin, William par-
& HARVEY Fiction, Wilbur FrcdcrioNs,
Frederick Island, JoScpr Jane, Lewis
sin. Max herman, David Morse \r,hl.
bald l." Nichol and Lee GasparIt,h.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-06
The Extra Dollar for shoes.

After all. are we not to pay that
extra dollar which the secretary of
the executive committee of the Ma
tional Boot and Shoe Manufacturers
Association said II few days ago would
be put upon each pair before the end
Of the year? There Is an indication
that all the members Of the trade do
not think 1t necessary, and besides
that the carrying capacity of the con.
sumner has about reached It's limit.
Some Of the largest producers OF
shoes and leather have shown nm In
clination to accept a fair profit and
to take their share Of the burden of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-06

When ships shall prey along our coast
And steam to make attack,
a court house out In Painted Post
Shall turn them from their track,
When foreign airships pour the rain
OF bombs and fire and things,
A postman's clubhouse on the plain
Shall ny to rend their wings.
When armies shah our seaboard take
Where now Old Glory waves,
A widened creek near Great Salt Lake
shA bear defending braves.
And II despite all this they dare
To still put up a scrap.
4 good road marked NO T~horoushfar re
shail lead them on the map,
NcIASpsuaGa WILSON.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-06
The Pending OratOricaI Contest.

Rules which may he adopted for
the orderly of events in
the coming Republican national on
ventlon are of course the sole con
ceru Of the convention itself. Out
side criticism Is clearly inconsequen-
tial If not impertlneni.
If. therefore. II is true that there
IL now In contemplation II letting
loose of all the fioodgatcs Of o%rutori-
cal frightfulness, instead Of n cur
failing of each of the fourteen or
fifteen geysers to ten minute erup-
lions, as was at one time suggested,
1t Is the conventions own business.
There is no society for the suppress
sion of unnecessary suffering in po-
litical conventions. There Is no law
TO which appeal may be made. 1t is
purely Il case of the mere claims of
common humanity, and in these days
injunctions based on common human
ity do not seem TO have much stand.
ing In court.
As the matter now stands it would
appear that relay after relay of gifted
orators. mo- one Of them too fun for
froth or foam, Is 10 he turned loose
one after the other upon the swelter-
ing, defcnccless thousands in the
great convention hall. For the suf-
ferers themselves no reasonable basis
for hope is discernible. To be sure,
there have been instances of tor
tured delegates and spectators at
tempting to rise in overt revolt. There
was such AN instance, v" believe, in
the Taft convention of 1908, when,
swellering in II i"mp"rnlur" that in
itself was mnhdcning, the wearied
worm tried 10 turn, II was. 700, IN
the case of II standard fayoritc son,
one whose perennial candidacy had
come To be accepted IT, practically II
routine featur" Of all Republican
national conventions.
Under ordinary circumstances IN,
Rf1iction would perhaps have beer
borne with the usual lmhlmhc,L. srulif
resignation. But IN" particular ora
tory involved happened T." br pitchr,
IN n quit" special accent of moaning
Numbering misery for which ever
the most convention hardened wcr,
unpreparsh. The vast audience LITE,
n W It's voice IN wailing agony, Blu