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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-20

BW ANTED. family washing satisfaction
guarantced; in need of work. Re-
turned promptly. East Baker.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-20

TRUCK farm for sale; 10 acres. New
Road. . l-2 miles from city. $4,000
Suitable terms. Apply Box S5, oity.
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editors supply the missing parts of the
sentence. Editing a pony service is
no easy job. Cutter got away with it,
In 1895 Mr.. Cutter was made man
ager of the Kansas City office and
had Jurisdiction over the gathering
and distribution of news in the Kan
sas territory. After eighteen years of
work in this secton-a period in
which his name became one of the
best known in middle western journal
ism, although his face perhaps was
less familiar than the greenest cub,
Mr.. Cutter was called to the office of
Paul Cowles, superintendent of the
central division in Chicago, being sue
ceeded in Kansas City by U. L. Nc
Call. With his new appointment he
will become one of the four superin-
tendents, who, under the direction of
Melville E. Stone, general manager,
direct the work of the Associated
Press throughout the world. And the
position, considered one of the most
important in the newspaper world,
comes to him while he is still a young
man.
While in Kansas City Mr.. Cutter did
much to improve the news offered the
Kansas readers. Personally, he was
popular among the newspap ermen of
the section and his name was apt to
be mentioned wherever they met. His
friends in Topeka seemed particularly
pleased at todays announcement and
pointed out that his record in Kansas
City and in the two years he has been
assisting Mr.. Cowles in Chicago is an
enVia BILE one.
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RAY |. Wilbur HEADS
LELAND STANFORD JR.
Mere Book Larnin'" Not Sufficient
in College Work Says New Presi-
dent of Famous University.

Stanford University, Cal, Jan. "a
Ray Lyman Wilbur has been installed
as president of Leland Stanford
jr., university in a ceremony perhaps
unequalled for simplicity in an institu-
ton of similar grade. He succeeds DR..
John Casper Branner, who relinquish-
ed the presidency December Z, 1915.
DR.. David Starr Jordan is chancellor
Of the school. DIR. Wilbur is 40 years
old and was one of the first students
at Stanford.
Scorn of mere booking learning"
an appeal for simplicity and against
snobbishness and an outline of his
views on what Leland Stanford, jr.,
university should be, marked the ad-
dress which DR. Wilbur delivered.
Among the projects which he pro-
posed were: limitation of the number
of students, reduction of the amount
of elementary wor2 offered, wedding
out dead timber in faculty and stu
dent body, readjustment of the major
department system to make it elastic.
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RESTORE BELGIUM
Pope Asserts Germany Must
Make Good All Losses.
Return Everything - Rebuild
Factories, Says Holy Father.

Washington, Jan. 24.-That the
pope will demand complete restitution
to Belgium of her government, her
territory, reparation for financial
losses and even the rebuilding of her
factories destroyed by the German in
vasion. as a tenet of a peace treaty
with Germany. is authenticity report
ed in a communication just received
by the British embassy from Lon
don. The embassy today issued the
following statement:
"A distinguished Belgian Jesuit
Father Benusz, lately received by the
Holy Father, has given the following
account of his audience to a Dutch
chaplain in the Belgian army on his
return:
1.-The pope told me to repeat it
along the trenches to men and to Of
ficers and even to the king himself
that he considers Belgium has the
right to complete PREPARATION from
Germany and that he will never con-
sent to offer his good offices for re-
establishment of peace unless Belgium
has all her territories in Europe and
Africa restored to her, her libraries
and her international rights as they
existed before, and this without pre-
JUDGE to her claim for an adequate
indemnity to be fixed after a minute
inquiry and inventory of all public
monuments destroyed, after rebuilding
factories and private houses and resti-
tuition of all private property"
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LONDON In FEAR
-AerOplane Attack ReviveS
Dread of "Sky Uhlans."
Sunday Witnessed Two Air
Visits by Germans.
,1NE PERSON KILLED; 6 INJURED
Is French PLANES Make Raid
e.if on MOnaStir.
Munitions, Staff Quarters and
Station Blown Up.
,0NE PERSON KILLED; 6 INJURED

London, Jan. ga renewal of
. 'Germanys aerial attacks on London
probably by squadrons of German
Fokkers, the Uhlans of the sky" was
predicted by the London press today
in commenting on the raids on the
Kent coast yesterday in which one
person was. killed and six injured.
Aeronautic experts declared that
aeroplane attacks probably viii sup
plant Zeppelin assaults until the
weather is more favorable for voy
ages by the sky dreadnauShts. They
called upon the government to make
better preparations to defend London
against the gigantic battle planes
The Times assailed the censor for
forbiddiug publication of the exact
localities attacked yesterday. The
Times declared that both raids were
Witnessed by large numbers OF peo-
pie" and that the German aviators
certainly knew exactly where they
were Questioning the military adj
vantages of suppressing such informa-
ton. the Times declared:
Raid by Moonlight.
There were two raids yesterday
one delivered in the bright moonlight
and the other at high noon They
were witnessed by large numbers of
people. who know exactly where they
took place. The enemy airmen were
certainly under no decisions as to their
whereabouts. Berlin is informed, no
doubt, by this time and in day or
two, if the censors permit, we shall
publish an account Of the locality from
German sources
The Daily Mail declared the recent
raids showed the folly of believing
that London has been made immune
from air attacks simply because no
Zeppelins have attacked the city for
several months. THE air raids on
Kent probably confirmed Flight Com
mander Billings prediction that aero
plane raids are apt to become more
the Mail some of the aeronautic
writers believe the Fokker was built
solely for defensive purposes and is in
capable of a flight to London. Others
gave warning, however, that the Ger
man fighting ship is probably well
equipped for quick dash to England
Squadron Of Air Ships.
Paris Jan. 24.-Bombardment of
Monast in southwestern Serbia, by
squadron of 40 French aeroplanes
yesterday is reported by the Havas
correspondent at Saloniki. Consider
able damage is said to have been done
to ammunition depots, the quarters of
the general staff and the railroad sta
tion.
~ The correspondent also reports tha;
the Italian eXpeditiOnary forces in AL
bania is soon to be attacked. Bulgar-
~ians, who, in cooperation with Aus
TRANS, captured the Albanian town
of-Berat, are reported to be advance
ing toward AvalOna which is held by
tosbe moving in the direction of Dur
ago where Essad Pasha, at the head
Of his Albanian troops, is preparing
resistance
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KILLED Big FILM

! Continued from page one.)
negro and our country's history to the
| final eliminating traVeSty which pic
lures peace on earth and good will to
men as the outcome of passion of hate
and murder, it is vicious and immoral
immoral not alone in the parts that
are sexually suggestive, but in its
whole revelation of race prejudice and
| sectional bitterness"
RIOS sthe Mighty.
That was Ross statement on the
rejection of the picture. Without call
ing together his censors, without call
! ing drama critics to his counsel,
Ross the mighty, came to the rescue
of the sensitive feelings of the state,
and locked the doors against the pic
ture SO far as any action of his office
might be concerned. That there
might be no jar or shock to his deli
cate senses or morality and decency,
he declined to confer with Miss Carrie
Simpson, a state censor.
Nearly an hour after the picture
had been officially rejected, some of
! these matters were mentioned to Ross
by a newspaper reporter. He admitted
that he might have talked with Miss
Simpson about it" Then as evidence
of good faith he went to telephone
to hear what Miss Simpson had to say.
He returned with the information that
he was unable to reach her.
He Did 1t Himself.
"But 1 talked with her after she saw
the picture in Kansas City some time
ago." Ross said most soothingly. ''She
said it was great production, but
thought some of it might be elimi-
nated.'
Asked the names of persons who
had sat in judgment with him on the
picture, Ross seemed quite unable to
understand. The reporter stated his
question from several angles. Finally
he gathered enough good English to
make clear his query.
We'll, technically and so far as the
law is concerned, 1 rejected the pic
ture myself Ross replied. 'Of course
it was the consensus of opinion of all
of us
Only Woman.
Later, by ''all of u.s. Ross explained
that he meant the Rev. Festus Foster
and himself. Miss Simpson, who
agreed with the judgment of 80 per
cent of the persons who saw the pic
ture, was not consulted. Anyway, she
is just woman. Maybe her judg-
ment didn't count. But Miss Simpson,
whose work as a picture censor has
won commentator and praise, was in
the state house-even in Ross own
office-during the morning hours and
might have been reached. But she
was not consulted.
Did you have indication from tho
appeal board that they might uphold
your position in rejecting this pic
ture ?" Ross was asked.
mo, no. Certainly not. Well, I
did overnear a conversation which one
of the members had with a man con-
corning the picture. But don't know
what the appeal board will do said
Ross.
Even before the Birth of a Nation
picture was brought to Topeka, it was
reported that the Rev. Festus Fos-
te.' was ready to return a verdict and
didn't mind stating hat it was unfav-
orab1e to the picture. Ross, it was
reported. was inclined to agree with
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meeting, which probably will be held
some time in March. w. o. Steen of
Dickinson county, and Frank Smith of
Lawrence, were the only candidates
mentioned for the secretaryship dur
ing the meeting of the council.
Ross Denies Story.
There was no discussion that 1
heard relative to insisting upon D. A.
Ellsworth for a third term for secre-
tary," said w. D. Ross, superintendent
of public instruction, this morning.
Mr.. Ellsworth made an announce
ment some time ago that he had other
plans in view and would not be a
candidate"
The meeting of the council closed at
noon. Before closing a committee was
appointed to bring speakers here at
the next state convention. Among the
speakers the committee hopes to bring
are: Former President William H.
Taft, P. P. Claxton, United States COM
missioner of education; Martin G..
Brumbaugh. governor of Pennsyl-
vania: Louis J. Albert of Minnesota,
international president of Rotary
clubs; Samuel Gompers, president of
the Federation of Labor; Frank Nc
Curry of Columbia university; Charles
Judd of the University of Chicago, and
Henry Suzzalo of the University of
Washington. S. M. Ness was re-elect-
ed treasurer of the association.
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TO MEET IN Topeka
Next Convention of State Teachers
Association November 9-1O-11.

sotThe board of directors of the Kan
sag State Teachers association without
aEdissenting. vote has decided upon
Topeka as the meeting place for the
teachers next year The convention
Viii be held November 9-1O-11. The
meeting of the board followed the
closing session, Saturday morning, of
the third annual meeting of the state
educational council.
The board remained in session until
a late hour Saturday night endeavor-
-ing to decide upon successor to ID. A.
Z Ellsworth, present secretary of the as
ISOLATION. No vote was taken on any
candidate and it was finally decided to
-appoint a committee including c. S
Risdon of Independence; NJ. f. Pear
son of Kansas city, and w. 5. Huesner
Of Salina, to look over the field for
a new secretary and make recon-
nendations to the board, at its next
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GUTTER TO FRISCO
Well Known A. P. Superintendent TO
Western Division.

New York, Jan. 24.-E. T. Cutter,
who has been many years in the serv-
ice of the Associated Press at Kansas
City and Chicago, is appointed super
intendent of the western division. eff
fective today.
Arthur w. Copp is transferred from
the superintendency of the western di-
vision to the superintendency of the
southern division to take the place of
Robert T. Small, who is temporarily
assigned to service in the London bu-
reau. This change will be effective on
February 1.
Edgar T. Cutter is widely known
throughout Kansas, having had charge
of the service of the Associated Press
in this territory for nearly twenty
years, during which time he main
tanned his headquarters in Kansas
City. More recently he has been news
editor of the same organization in
Chicago The territory over which he
will have directing authority as super
intendent of the western division, ex-
tends from the eastern slope of the
Rocky mountains to the Pacific coast.
1t includes Denver and all other cities
in the same latitude. Cutter will go to
San Francisco to reside. AS news
editor of the central division he had
offices in Chicago.
Mr.. Cutter was distinctly an "a Pr
newspaper abbreviation for the Asso-
ciated Press and the world over those
two initials stand for the greatest news
gathering agency ever organized. Cut
ter's record with the "A. P."-and he
has never worked for any other con-
Germ in his life-reads like a romance.
He began as office boy in the Chicago
bureau at SIS month. Very shortly
he began to '-catch on" That is, he
began to understand, as if by intuition,
the manifold intricacies of the business
of handling news. He was not long an
office boy, but was promoted again
and again through the various grades
Of news handling until at the end of
eight years of service he was sent to
Kansas City as pony editor" That is,
he handled the pony service"
Pony" is newspaper slang for con-
Iensed news service. such as is used by
thousands of small papers. The pony
kilograms arrive minus all adjectives
and most of the verbs. Thus, tele-
sranh tolls are saved The TELEGRAPH
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TODAY'S MARKET REPORT

Chicago, Jan. 24-Anglo- French govern
ment assistance in the cutting down of yes
sci rates from Argentina had bearish eff
feet today on wheat. Besides, predictions
of severe cold in the domestic winter crop
belt had not been fulfilled. On the other
hand, declines in prices here appeared to
cause a renewal of export business The
opening, which ranged from II to & to
Bd1c lower, with May at $1.31% to S1.32sss
and July at S1.24% to S125 was followed
by a material further sag, but thea a
decided rally.
Subsequently, estimates that farm re,
serves werem uch belw the normal tended
to lift the market, and so also decrease
in the United States visible supply total:
Assertions that expert sales aggregated
more than 100000 bushels put the bulls in
control at the finish. The close was strong,
Ac net to 1kc net higher with May at
$1.33s4 and July at $1.253s.
Chicago, AIN. 4.-CORN-Liberal re
ceipts pulled down corn. Commission
houses though, became active buyers, and
checked the weakness of the market. After
opening a to % to sc lower. prices in
some cases made a slight recovery.
The market hardened noticeably when
wheat began to bulge. Closing prices were
firm at a shade decline to 1s@Ac advance
as compared with Saturdays latest figures.
OATS-Reflected the downturEs in other
grain. Support was lacking.
PROVISIONS-Eased off with hogs. De-
mand seemed to be only of a scattered sort.
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President VIII Recommend
Permanent Commission.
Plan To Be Unfolded in Special
Message to Congress.
WARS END, COMMERCE CRISIS
Will Evolve Conditions De-
handing Prompt Action.
Wilson Back From Yachting
for Speech Trip.

Washington, Jan. "a. - President
Wilson soon will recommend the en-
actmert of legislation providing for a
permanent tariff commission. An ad-
ministration bill for the creation of
such a commission virtually is ready
now and may be laid before congress
in a special message by the president
The objects of the commission would
be to gather data on the tariff and to
coordinate similar powers now be-
lieved to be held by existing govern
mental agencies.
The legislation is designed particu-
larly to meet conditions which are
expected to arise when the war ends.
President Wilson, apparently re-
freshed by his two-days' trip down
the Potomac aboard the naval yacht
Mayflower, TO-DAY began the task of
clearing up all pending routine bust
ness, preparatory to starting Thurs
day on a speech-making trip to New
York and the Middle West to lay his
plans for national preparedness be-
fore the country.
Will Start Thursday.
The president had business and So
cial engagements which were expect
ed to keep him busy from now until
he leaves for New York. They called
for conference today with members
of congress, a cabinet meeting to-
morrow and several dinner engage
ments. A complete program for his
Swing around the circle" was laid
before the president today
1t has been mapped out by the
White House office force while he
was aboard the Mayflower preparing
the addresses he will deliver. Scores
of invitations for the president to in
clude cities not on his scheduled itin-
erary had to be refused At the White
House today it was said, however, that
his route has been arranged so that a
brief stop can be made at st. Louis.
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ARE THEY CONQUERED?
Berlin Reports Both Montenegrins and
Serbians Being Disarmed.

Berlin, Jan. 24.-Most of the Berlin
newspapers discussed editorially this
morning the report that the Montene-
gro peace move was ruse to obtain
time to improve the military position
These reports have been received here
from Italian sources and the newspa-
pers without exception refuse to give
credence to them.
1t is pointed out that while undue
importance should not be attached to
the elimination of Montenegro from
the list of opponents of the Teutonic
allies still. as a matter of fact, Off
cial reports from Vienna affirm that
not only the Montenegrin soldiers but
also the Serbian troops in the west
rapidly are being disarmed and the
Berlin newspapers regard the king
dom of Montenegro as having been
conquered
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Kansas City, AIN. 24.-BUTTER-Cream
cry 81, firsts %, seconds 81, packing 10.
EGGS-Firsts &c; seconds 20.
POULTRY-Hens %; turks Is, springs
IS.
Kansas City. AIN. 24-Cash wheat un-
changed to &c higher; No. 2 hard, $1.21d
1.27; No. 8. $1.1S@1.26; No. 2 red, $1.24@
lbs: No. 3, $11Sd1.
CORN-Unchanged to 15c lower. No: 2
mixed roc; No 8, 6S15 0169c; No. ?. white,
7Od 1ac: No. 8, 6s15@69c; No. 2, yellow, Tic
No. 3. roc.
oATS-Unchanged No. white, 5Od51c
No. > mixed 46@47c.
RYE-96@97c. Hay steady. Choice tim
othy $1250d13.50; choice prairie S1O@10,50 ;
choice timopthy .shr1pkla Il ;ceiXpethei-fa
choice alfalfa, $16G17.
KAFIR-No. 3, white 100 Receipts wheat
Kasas City. AIN. 24-wHEAT-Close.
May, s.. BISON: July. S1.1s#.
CORN-May, I41sM nc; July, 7412@1sc.
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IN DECEMBER $241
Monthly Report of Police Judge Fines
Filed Today.

Robert Yates, police judge, filed his
monthly report fer December with the
city commission today. It shows a
total of $241 collected in fines for the
month. However, added to this is S22
back fines and $3.50 costs.
According to the. report 500 of the
fines assessed during the month were
not collected. In some cases prisoners
paid a small part of their fines and in
others left only a small balance. One
prisoner left a balance of so cents due
the city. He was fined So and paid
$3.50. In ten cases prisoners were
fined SO and were able to pay only
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him. Merely seeing the picture made
no change N the advance decision
Foster Called Daughter
When it became known that the
great war picture was really coming to
Topeka and that the censors and their
families might see the picture for
nothing, the Reverend Mr.. Foster is
said to have rushed to a telephone and
called his home. He urged the at
tendance of his young daughter. He
insisted that she see the previously
condemned picture He led her from
the quiet of his own home that she
might see the picture which he today
agreed was the outcome of passion,
of hate and murder, vicious and i'm
moral-immoral not alone in the parts
that are sexCally suggestive, but in
the whole revelation of race prejudice
and sectional pitterr ess."
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and irregular price changes attended the
resumption of trading today. several issues
moving within extremely narrow limits
while some specialties. particularly In
dustrial Alcoho United States and Ameri-
can Tobacco. recovered substantial ad-
vances United States Steel which promi SEES
to occupy a place of unusual Importance
bending tomorrow's meeting of the direc-
tors opened at a slight advance. but soon
fell back Union Pacific also manifested
pronounced heaviness and other rails de
clined irregularly under last weeks final
quotations presumably in consequence of
the developments of the eight-horr move
ment among the employees of the railroads
throughout the country.
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by special wire to T. J. Myers. Colum bian
Building.i
Elevator stocks of wheat in Kansas City
increased 227, 227 bushels last week and
corn stocks increased 413,091 bushels.
Exports from the United States and Can
ada Saturday were 1,123,000 bushels of
wheatwheat, $1,000 barrels of flour. 1000
bushels of corn and 223 900 bushels of oats
wheat and flour combined, 1,4SS,000 bush
els
An Argentina cable reads as follows
There has been lowering ocean freight
rates as a result of expected large arrivals
of boats and rumOrs of fair releases of bot
toms by the English and French govern
mentS."
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DENY FAKE SHIPMENT LARD
Ship Company Declares Prize Ship
Did Not Carry Copper.

London, Jan. 24.-The agents for
the Swedish-American line steamship
Stockholm, which is now discharging
part of it's cargo for the prize court
ut Liverpool, deny that any copper in
lard pals or parcel post packages
containing rubber were discovered
on board the vessel.
A dispatch from Liverpool on Sat
urday last said that British newspa-
pers published a report that lard pals
on board the steam Stockholm suppos-
ed to contain 500 tons of lard really
contained copper ingots and heavy
parcel post packages contained a large
quantity of rubber
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Wall Street New York. AIN. 24-Trad-
ing became more irregular and narrow af-
ter the onening. the first hours turu over
being light to the point Of insignificance
Rails continued under pressure ana con
ness. all of the important shares In thar
division showing losses Of J TO almost =
points Steel ranged around 81 during the
first hour but declined to S3I4 later. War
issues oils and unelassified shares were
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Kansas City, Jan. "a.
Chicago Grain Market

Chicago, AIN. 24.-wHEAT-Close Nj
81 $3.50 July, S1.259s.
CORN-May, 7s3sM &c; July, IS$4c.
OATS-May, 53@ &c; July, 491ac
PORK-aJn. $20.35; May .$2055.
LARD-Jan. S10.35; May. $1,000.
Russian $10.75; May, $11.10.