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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-16
WILL TAKE RELIGIOUS
CENSUS OF B VILLAGE
Extensive Plans Laid for Improving
Morals OF Powder-PIant
Town.
ALL CHURCHES JOIN FORCES
Evangclistic Services to he Held
With View OF Reaching Largest
Possible Number-Seek To Build
Up Church Membership.

Elaborate plans arc being laid for
Improving the moral welfare OF Hope
veil. and. since the town has been rid
Of the greater part OF the t:uGesira bic
element by the police. these efforts
promise 10 bear abundant fruit. The
ministers OF the town and several Of
the leading citizens met in the audi
torium or the IIopcwc,l school building
recently and outlined plans Tor evan
rcIistic services 10 IL held every sun
day. starting today.
The police department; Of Tho town
CA rid it OF tho undesirable element
ani preserve order. but ii cannot bring
the Christian element 10 the front. This
must be done by 4 well-conccrtcd cr-
Tort on the part Of all parties con-
ceTned and by cooperation from every
source. While there arc already erect
ell 1nd planned several churrhcs for the
Wonder city. the cvauEcIstic services
wcr" decided on as tia. best way OF
reaching = large part OF the masses.
At this meeting committees we're
named 70 assist In tho work and to
help make Il success of the venture.
For II is realized tina; to have u city
Of u permanent character there must
be permanent institutions tho same as
IN othci. cities and established cominu-
ri;les. The personnel of Tho commit
COS Is such M 10 assure success and
city OF more substantial! and norma
ncnt nature with tho erection Of
churches.
FAKE RELIGIOUS
CENSUS or VILLAGE
With tho election Of officers by the
Legislature. now IN session. TO watch
over and control the dcstinies Of Wiz
c;iia's infant city. tho roster Of the
towns permanent institutions will nc
TIA. law makers OF the state viii be
III" hes, for tho Interests Of tho city
there IS no doub; IN the minds OF the
ciiZcrs
y canvassinE committee. composed Of
Hev, g. A. Tucker. Harry Hampton
Norman G. I,a,nill, and Mr.. DOYLE. has
h"cn appointed II will be the duty
census OF ~" Village this afternoon
aud extend personal invitations 20 at
tend the meetings. The invitations
viii continue throughout tho period Of
tho revival and n large attendance IL
expected.
The advertising committee is com
posed Of T.. u. Walters. George s Jack
land John Dubois. connected with the
tn'"e newspapers of the city. This
committee will use various methods OF
Il lroctiSinC the services, placing no.
tice. of them before the people through
tho uso Of newspaper reports. circulars
distributed In tho homes ana handed
To the school children. and by means Of
stretching banners ana strcamers
across tho streets at prominent places
published in the daily papers following
tho meetings.
ALI. CHURCHES JOIN
IN UNITED MOVEMENT
10 dcfray tho cost of the meetings
{ q finance committee. composed Of a. G.
Schrull G. y. Is inner. w. w. Ford, and
I viii ". Daniel, has boon appointed
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-16
.CUNCOTTON PRINCIPAL
PRODUCT At H0PEWELL
Interesting Process by Which High
Explosive Is Made Ready
for Use.
MAKES USE or RAW COTTON
After BEING Thoroughly Cleaned
and Dried il Is Treated With
Acids-No Danger of Explosion
Unless Confined

1nncotton is the principal product
IF tho Hopcwcl works of T.. |. du
hont d. Ncmours & Go. This. Of
course, Is known 10 everybody who
knows anything about iiopewcll. hut
i; Is extremely doubtful If one person
~ 4 hundred, even among the employees
ot tn" plant. knows the process which
results In this high explosive.
t;uncottou is produced by the action
or strong nitric acid or cellulosc. and
While II is usually regarded as 4
nitrate Of celiul9sc. II IL probably q
mixture or nitrrtcs It's preparation
into the high explosive is a ocnpli-
Gated matter requiring many han
ding.
The base. in tho form Of cotton waste
cotton rags or, Ia the case AT Hope
vol. cotton In the raw. Is taken 10
tho washing house, where /, is put into
washer. which consists OF large
iron cylinder mounted on n horizontal
axis. with pipes. which carry steam
Tor heating the charge. running through
tho center. The cylinder IS filled with
solution II caustic soda III" cotton
~ added 10 this. and for four hours
high temperature is maintained. rho
washer turing very slowly, so ~ to
n.y. ~ mass No''''N"'''' 49, 'i"
o''",''' J." "'"'r :" I'''''N' or h'N"S"
80" 80 e's +" o"''e' 'o''' 80 ""5'''S
80 ''''" =,
- ~" - 80 - 80
go, "''' 80
washer and washed In ci"nr. pure
water and then wruus dry again.
CoT~roN riIORouGIII.Y
CLEANED AND DRIED
The cotton is then pu, through a
picker. where II IL sent between Two
horizontal tooth cylinders revolving IN
OPPOSITE directions. so as 10 pun tho
cotton hc,wccu them. thus removing
Jumps AMI ;aurlcs Tho cotton Is then
taken t., Il aricr This building is PRO.
y.dcd With ia,p" bins having perforated
bottoms on which the w", cotton is
placed tot air ,irculatcs under thcrc
bottoms and m through tho bins Tpn
cotton Is manipulated IN order 10 pet
cvery norton dry. j. Is sept vs. me
bins abou, eight hours. and Is then te.
moved ana mn in aIr.,ilht cans. which
is r.c.ssarv. "a i, alsolbg from H.,
10 : nnr con, OF water IL. mere expos;:rc
10 tn. mir i, Is ,hen taken in the
cans "a m. vibrating house
rho cotton. as no.y prepared. is
nitra,od hy being placed IN a centri-
fuya, ,auchln. 50 arranged n 10 allow
thc acid mixture 10 be admitted and
tho spent acids withdrawn through
suitable pipes with stopcocks About
sixteen pounds - the cotton is placed
In Tho machine with nhou, 500 pounds
uf mixed acids. consisting o. three parts
81 rs pcr cent sulphuric acid and one
part 81 81 per cont nitric acid. The
charge is kent Ia tho centrifugal ioa-
-hiu" FOR about thirty minutes. whore,
Is becoming uitra' cd.. ,hr weinh, Of
NC cotton Increases about 80 per cent.
,ne sixteen pounds ~ cclluiosc giving
abou, twenty four pounds OF nitrocei-
ulosc During tn. Immersion tho cot
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-11

country making no restrictions, ap-
 parentfy seeking to increase rather than restrict it's communication.
 person sends a cabIegram from Berne or Paris or Berlin, to Japan, he knows it will go through exactly the same process of delivery as cabIegram from Japan to Europe. This gives an assurance to the public in communf- eating to various remote points, be- sides the administrative control over the network of cable and telegraph wires stretching around the world. However the control is made automa- tic as far as possible. For instance, when despatch is sent from Spain to Turkey it passes through many countries and over many lines, the first country taking out it's portion, according to the Unions schedules, and passing the balance to the next country; and thus passing along con tinuing until the terminal portion is finally received by Turkey.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-11
SIX ENTERTAINMENTS
 ON CHAUTAUQUA LIST

Six splendid entertainments and seven interesting lectures are included in the program for the seventh annual midwinter assembly of the Bridgeport to. be held next week at the Casino in State street commencing Monday evening and closing Friday evening. Two concepts will be given by the Edna White Trumpet Quartette of New York, one the opening con will be assisted by Miss Lucille Col lette, violinist, Miss Myrta K. Gi1lxi47 son, soprano and reader, and Miss Florence McMillian, pianist. Other en- tertainments include the reading of Samson and De1i1ah'' and t'The Help mate'' by Miss Maud Scheerer, assist ed by a contralto solist and instrumen- tai trio, and entertainment for the children by Miss Edna Kirnball, and the closing concert by the Criterion quartette of New York.
 Included among the lectures Dr. James s. Kirtley will tell of the prob Iems of boyhood in lover the Rockies to Manhood" Albert Leonard Squier will give two illustrated lectures South America Today and South Finch, D. D. of Stamford will lecture upon "Scotland's Chiefest Ornament of Song,'' Rufus E. King upon "rhe Almighty Dollar and t.The New Age, or the Seven wonders of the Modern World, Right Rev. William A. Quayle of Minneapolis will lecture upon : t'Shakespeare's Tragedy of Greatness" In all there are 13 hours of entertain ment and instruction. A few excellent reserved seats for the course may still be obtained at a, moderate cost.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-11
DANIELS FAvORS ADMINISTRATION NAVAL PROGRAM Says Policy For Continuing Upbuilding is Best Yet
 Presented. MERCHANT MARINE.
 NEEDS ARE URGED Tells Chamber of Commerce That U. S. Needs Ships
 To Feed World.
Washington,

Washington, Feb. 11-Secretary Daniels, of the navy, defended the ad- nainistration- naval increase program and advocated immediate building up of an adequate merchant marine in a speech here yesterday before a ses- sion of the chamber of commerce of the United States, devoted to discus sion of national preparedness.
 We can no longer live unto our selves" said MT. Daniels. "On our farms we grow more than the repub- lie can consume. We must feed much also, to have a large share in clothing the world and supplying people in very cline with whatever is nanu- factured in our mills and factories. But how can we fill our larger mis- sion? What avails teeming harvests and large production in factories without adequate and reasonable wa ter transportation? The securing of an adequate merchant marine is a pressing problem and it is so tied up with the enlarging and strengthen ing of our navy that the two cannot be wisely separated.
 'The naval program offered by the administration is a constructive, pro gressive one, and if built according to the continuous five year program the first continuing program ever proposed by an administration-it VIII give us Dy the year 1SH1 three capital ships of the first line and>twenty-five battleships of the sec ond line, with ten armored cruisers, 108 destroyers, 175 submarines and smaller craft in proportion.''
 MT. Daniels declared himself to be a disciple of Benjamin Franklin on the question of preparedness.
 This opher-statesman de- cIared that there never was a good war not a bad peace but he did more to prepare for the impending than any other man, he said.
 stNo man in the revolutionary per iod could be preferred before him in preparations for defense. His achievements for preparedness may we'll be studied by the people of this day and geueratfon-'' -''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-11

War interruptions of wireless is separately compiled, and makes four printed pages. SingularIy the re- strfctions of the United States form the larger part of this, ils restrictions being one-fourth of the whole, and greater than that of any of the bellig- erents.
 But while war has thus paralyzed the cable and telegraph facilities, none of the fighting countries has with drawn from the International Union; every one of them paid the last reg ular assessment; and the Union is continuing it's work of carrying on this world inter-communication as far as possible under the limitations irnpos- ed by censorship and laws completely stopping communication.
 Some idea of the tremendous growth of the cable and telegraph in peace times is given in the last list of sta tions published by the International Union, compared with their first list in 1868. The first list gave 1O,75O as the total number of te1e graph stations throughout the world; the last list gives the number as 175,O0O. The Union prepared the first list of cables in 1877, when there were APO govern ment-owned cables, 149 private owned tota1ling 118.7O0 ki1ometers in length. The last cable list shows a four-of1d expansion, viz, 1892 government own ed cables, 412 private-owned, in all 2,104 cable lines having a length of 469,9 kilometers, or about thirteen times around the world.
 Just now it is the wireless which is making the most rapid strides, and MT. Frey finds it difficult to keep up with the sweep of this new medium of communication to the remotest islands of the seas. Each government gets up a list of it's own stations, but the Un- ion conso1idates the lists of all govern ment, the American section, for in stance, showing all army, navy and private wireless stations, all boats with wireless, including even the yachts of Vincent Astor and others with wire less equipment.
 The telephone, which is also admin istered by the Union, shows how this civilizing process Is being carried into uncivi1ized regions. For example, the Ivory coast ifi Africa has 82 telephone stations; Senegal 173, Dahomey 8S, Gabou TT, Madagascar 369. And there is hardly a people in the world over so low in the scale of civilization as not to be in touch with the outer world in some of the many modern means of quick communication.
 MT. Frey has seen cable and re1e- graph rates go down as the extent of the systems has gone up. The rate from Berne to Berlin used to be Is francs (s3 for twenty words; now it is 1-2 francs (5Ocents). The rate to Petrograd has fallen from 35 francs to fr:tncs; to Bombay from 100 francs to 50 francs; and from Bere to New York from $40 francs ($1O8) for 20 words in 1885, to about 30 francs ($6) today.
 One of the chief ends of the bureau is in establishing, absolute uniformity of cable and telegraph service throughout most of the world. with the exception of the telegraph in the United States, where private control and diffrence in rates to various states has made uniformity impossible. But in most civilized countries the same identical system prevails, so that if a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-11
RIGHT IN THE MIDST
 OF FEBRUARY SALES

At this season of the year bargains are being advertised of exceptional value by the Caesar Misch stores. In, view of the situation of the difficulty in getting dyes probably for some time to come there will never be prices as low as are being asked now.
 In a talk with the management of the Caesar Misch stores they stated that while in view of the existing con- ditions owing to the war that their prices seem foolish. Nevertheless they have decided to maintain their strict policy of never carrying goods from one season to another matter what the demand. That is the reason that you will find the clearance so univer- sal in this store as nothing is held back, but all mems, women's, chill dren's and boys apparel is marked at quickly moving prices.
 In addition the spring of 1916 is making it's first bow ont Saturday as a few of the advanced styles in wo- mems suits will be on exhibition and for sale.
 That the Caesar Misch sales are not exclusive events is proved by the great crowds who have attended them and the willingness of the Caesar Misch stores to give cheerful credit to all who ask for it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-11
CROSS, SICK CHILDREN LOVE
 SYRUP OF FIGS
If feverish, bilious, constipated, give fruit laxative
 at once.

Don't sco1d your fretfu1. peevish child See if tongue is coated; this is a sure sign it's little stomach, liver and bowels are cIogged with sour waste.
 When listless, pale, feverish, full of cold, breath bad, throat sore, doesn't eat, sleep or act naturally, has stom- ach-ache, indigestion, diarrhoea, give a teaspoonful of "California Syrup of Figs and in a few hours all the foul waste, the sour bile and fermenting food passes out of the bowels and you have a we'll and playful child again. Children love this harmless rfruit laxative" and mothers can rest easy after giving it, because it never fails to make their little 'sinsides'' clean and sweet.
 Keep it handy, Mother! A little given today saves a sick child tomor- row, but get the genuine. Ask your druggist for a 5O-cent bottle of Cali fornia Syrup of Figs" which has di- rections for babies. children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly on the bot tie. Remember there are counterfeits sold here, so surely look and see that yours is made by the california Fig Syrup Company Hand back with contempt any other fig syrup--Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-11
OAK ST. FOLKS WANT BETTER
 GAR SERVICE
Petition Circulated Among Merchants and Residents
 Along Line.

Residents and business people in Oak street and vicinity are circulating petition asking for better trolley service in that section. Cars formerly were operated in this section on a 10 minute headway. At that time the Oak street cars ran over the East Main street line. Now they are sent over the Seaview avenue line making a dead stop at each terminal of the run. The cars are now operated on a Is minute headway. but for a few hours in the morning and in the early evening! General Manager c. H. Chapman of the Connecticut Co. said today the headway of seven and a half minute is maintained.
 In the petition it is alleged that there is often a half hour headway in the running time of the cars. es- pecialIy in wet or stormy weather made. It is alleged that one 'fPay as you Enter car is operated on the line and the other cars are the oldest in the company's service and very often without heat in the coldest weather.
 Those who. are circulating the pe- titoin are divided in opinion as to- whether it should be sent the Conpec- .ticut CO, the common council or the public utilities commission. Manager Chapman of the Connecticut Go, said
 today that he had heard nothing of the petition.
 He said he felt that under the present schedule cars were run as fre- quently as the traffic in that section warrants He said. due to breaking down of the heating apparatus, cars were sometimes temporarily without heat on all lines. He said this was remedied as quickly as the crews of the cars reported the matter. He de- nied that the oldest cars are run over the Oak street-Seaview avenue line.
 When asked what the Connecticut company intended to do about the resolution offered in the common council by Alderman Malcolm Mac Fayden. requiring them to, remove their tracks in Broad street, Manager Chapman said he had heard nothing about the resolution other than what he had read in the newspapers. The resolution has been referred to the streets and sidewalks committee of which Alderman MacFayden is chair man and will be favorab1y reported at the meeting of the council on Feb ruary 2s Manager Chapman said he did not know what action his com pany would take if the resolution is adopted by the council.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-11

and printed volumes embracing every
 point the world over that can be
 reached by any of the modern meth ods of quick transmission.
 ''This union is unique in one re- spect," said MT. Frey, ." as it is the
 first realization of the idea of a world
 administration. Before it was created
 in 1885 the different nations had pass ed similar laws. and uniformity was secured by treaties and conventions under these laws. But the Inter
 national Union actually realized a world administration which is now carried on for nations all over the globe with the same regularity as any administration of state private organization
 The war has had a paralyzing effect on cable and tee<raph transmission l greater in its restrictions and inter rupuons than anything in the history of electrical transmission. This affects chiefly the belligerent countries, all transmission between them being at a
 standstill, while the transmission be- tween neutrals and be1ligerents, and
 between two neutrals. is very much
 restricted and subject to new and roundabout routes.
 The latest list of interruptions com
 piled by the International Union cov-
 CTS 16 closely printed folio pages-a
 first list of 12 pages and a supplement of four pages. Thirty complete inter+
 ruptions of all communication be- tween countries are recorded. while
 the rest of the list is made up of the
 numberless restrictions on cipher tele- grams, admissible language, etc,
 each country having put out a mass of regulations as a measure of mii-
 tary emergency. For example, the i first page of the list shows the follow
 ing complete Interruptions: All com
 munication between Hungary and
 Russia, between Austria and Russia,
 between Belgium and Germany, be- tween Berlin, Petrograd and TeheraN,
 between France and Luxerbourg, be- tween Austria and France between Austria and MoSltenegro between Hungary and Serbia between Bisnta- Hrezogovinia and Serbia between Turkey and Russia between Constan- tinople and Odessa between Constanti- nople and Tenedos between Italy and Austria, between Bulgaria and Serbia, between Runania1 and Serbia, etc.
 This is only one page, and each sub- sequent page gives it's mass of inter- ruptions, complete or partial Aus
 tria has put out great number of
 restrictions, and so has Turkey and Hungary. But Germany is the one
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-11

Berne, Switzerland, Feb. 11-EmiI Frey, former president of Switzerland, is one of the notable men of the coun- try, who; since retiring from the pres idency, has become head of the inter- national union by which the telegraph, cable and wireless systems of the world are regulated at this central point. But while MT. Frey has risen to the highest office in his own coun- try, he feels that he is about half American, for he was in the American Civil War from start to finish as a, member of an Illinois regiment, was captured at Gettysburg and held as prisoner for 15 months at Richmond, met and knew such war figures as Grant, Sheridan, Lee and Longstreet, anal ater on returned to Washington as Swiss minister, where he renewed the acquaintance with Sheridan and others made in war days.
 When a friend remarked on the correctness of his English, he said:
 "I took my lessons under rather novel conditions in Libby prison at Richmond. My prison companions could speak nothing but English so that after being with him for IS months I had acquired a good knowl- edge of English
 MT. Frey was held as a hostage against Southern prisoner, Captain Gordon, held in the North under. sen tence of death, and as a result he also was under sentence of death until Gordon was released. When Gordon died later some of the Southern papers had the picture of Gordon and Frey as the two whose lives had been pair ed against each other. But few knew this Northern soldier, Frey, was the President of Switzerland.
 The International Cable and Tele- graph Union, which MT. Frey directs, is one of those wor1d-organizations ad- min1stered here in Berne. It is rather strange that Switzerland, far from the sea and without any cable connec- tions, should be chosen to direct the vast ramifications of the world s cables, to which has now been added the worlds wireless systems, and all the telegraph of Europe and the Ort- ent. But it is largely for the reason that Switzerland has no direct inter est in these huge systems, and stands at one side as a neutral observer, that she is chosen to carry on this intri- cate service.5 MT. FreAs offices occupy a large building. with an extensive personnel at work on cable and tele- graph tariffs the adjustment of dis putes between countries over rates and procedure, the preparation of cable, telegraph and wireless maps