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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-14
MEN SWARM INTO ARMY
LATEST Reports Show $4,000 enlisted In
Onc Dny-TotnI of Volun-
trcrS Reaches 3I3,S5..
n A.sociated Press.

Nh%ItiNGTpN. December l3.-Nca
ll.'pD mcn were listed as accepted yes
to-day for the regular army. and re-
ror,s showing an additional 1000 came
~ too late for tabula,icn.
The total OF war volunteers now is
"lS.A52. War Department officials OK.
poet an even greater showing to-mor-
rcw and Saturday. the last day when
men Of draft age may he taken in
through the recruiting stations
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-14

I"I0n"! Thomas Z. McAdams. vice.
president Of tho Merchants National
Bank. viii address the monthly meet
ing OF the Gct-Togcther Club OF tho
Central Y II. G. y. to-nieh; at $50
o'clock when the club meets ut supper
for reports. Following supper. tho
monthly club social will be held. Car-
tain August l.. Folgcr Will entertain
members aud their friends with some
OF his experiences
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-14
Sent to Juvenile Court.

In tac South Side Police Court, 20.
l'cr Justice Maurice committed Michael
j. b"Of!cr. seventeen years old. 10 the
juvenile Court yesterday. the youth be.
lnS arIaIgned on the charge Of break .
ing INTO the stote Of George Apostolic.
-l!3 iuN street. and stealing cigars
ana cigarettes
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-14
DIR. IuIiAch.s ,Inni

br. l.. \ Calisch VIII prea,,h al ~. 81
Ahabah Temple Tonight ON "rh1
Chanukah Festival IN the L.rb, Of INC
British Pofscss on OF Jerusalenq' ~
MORTON m"rr.nr his subject ,vil, t..
: FIG iIf!ng 70: God"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-14
Inspect Infantry comp,nr

teiegran to the cffec, that M,;or
nh'ph Rates. coast artillery oompnn,
:, r.ress Mnnroe. had been instructed
10y inc military bureau to procced :, +,
once TO Galax. Va, to insncrt Tnr ", -
crai recognition an infantry co,nn,,,.
irsihia National Guard, TO-DAY n, >
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-14
WILL GIVE FREE SERVICE
OF EXPERT FORESTERS

The Department OF Agriculture in It's
offer to give the services of forcsters
has made 1t plain that no expense
whatever will be incurred by commune
ties OF public spirited organizations
which enter upon 4 campaign of wood
substitution.
In the wooded sections OF New Eng
land and in the South there arc vast
supplies of wood. Activities are al
ready under way in the South looking
toward an intensive campaign for the
substitution of wood. Following the
actipn Of Governor Broush, OF Arkan-
sas, in calling attention OF The people
TO the practice OF promiscuous burning
of wood in clearing new ground and
urEiDE It's use as nrewood. the Federal
fuel a administration Of North Carolina
has entered upon the work OF cstab-
fishing municipal wood yards. The use
of convict camps is being urged in some
localities as means of collecting wood.
where the. labor OF conv!Cts could nc
utilized withou, interference With free
labor
Following out the suggestions made
by the fuel administration that con-
Wet camps he used for the purpose of
cutting wood and thus alleviate the
segioss condition brought or by the
coRi shortage. Harry Flood Byro. TUE!
administrator for Virginia. hefH a con
ference yesterday afte:nern With
Major Wood, Supe rinteaGent Of the
State PeniJentiar.'! and Gee-sa-P. Cole
man, State Highway Ccr7vi - tone. and
= plan yss agreed upon Tor making
an experiment l. was agreed - per-
nit the convict camp near Frede.!6ks
burg 10 cut 100 cords ot wood. No
charge : 10 BE made unless an addi-
fiona; expense Is incurred IN the way
Of e-tt-a guards. and Tie wood IS 20
ne sold hy t-e i9ca! tCe. COMMITS .oaer
al FteGer!cE w.thou: v~c:. and
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-14
COMPREHENSIVE CAMPAIGN
HAS ZINE RESI'I.T

This destruction Of submarines was
by Eo means due to any spaBmodic run
Of luck. but to the development of a
detailed. comprehensive campaign in
volving many devices and embracing
many phases-a campaign which will
grow more efficient as time goes on.
according to expert opinion.
The first ten days Of December have
maintained the good records Of No.
rember, as far as the U-boat sinkincs
are concerned. Moreover il is con-
s.deTed inevitable that the British
American success will find a reflection
in the morale OF the submarine crews,
making them less confident and less
efficient. while the British and Ameri-
can naval men are becoming more con-
hdent and more efficient.
The convoy system which tho allies
have adopted and perfected has forced
the submarine campaigners TO alter
their plans. Submarines can no LONGER
lie In wait for unprotected merchant
men and not them in leisurely fashion.
The U-boat shows its periscope nova
days at great peril when within tor
pedoing distance or L merchantmen
for the latter is only one OF consid-
cradle number in the ncig r hood,
and II. "a skilled lookout sights. that
periscope. the submarines chances of
escape from the conveying destroyers
arc slim.
The German reply to the convoy sys-
ten is TO send submarines out in
groups. which attack the convoy sim
ultaneouS!E in the hope that in the
resulting confusion considerable dam
age can be done and an easy cscnpe
effected. This System, while ii occa-
ionally has been effective. is very costly
when II falls. for it spells the doom
not merely of one C-boat. but OF per-
haps three or four.
When the story of the submarine
war can be written fully some Of tho
most thrilling tales will be of the
wonderful accomplishments Of one or
Two destroyers against whole squadrons
OF submarines.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-14
CoNNICT> IDLE IN CAMP
MAY BIZ PUT TO CUTTING WOOD

Hopd can b b9ush, to- g. cord
Ct the stump and Can b. haci=d :--
81 To the city ana then sold 70 the
POO. 81 the city :; approximately s. =
cord.
This plan Is subject 20 the approval
% the Governor, and Will b. submitted
10 him this morning hy Mr.. Byrd.
Should he v.aw the matter :avorably.
the experiment WILL be begun a. once.
II tho plan proves successful. The work
will be uncer;akeg ~ an Inc convict
camps. the resul;".;..einsf.,ha, 1000 OF
5000 cords @: t1o3i can oe cut, and
sold 10 the poor at cost thus sewing
10 s!cat extent II alternating the
condition presented ~ the coat short
age.
This work i 20 be carried or wish
out interfering wiki The road wor.
done By the convict force This plan
has never been tried befogc and wil!
therefore. b. looked forward 10 with
much interest. !: was explained that
IN snowy or freezing weather the road
work IS practically Z, 4 standatin ana
the convict forces are IDLE
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-14
WANTS PEOPLE TO BURN
WOOD INSTEAD OF COAL
Fuel Administrator Calls Attention
to Way in Which Public
May Aid.
usE CoNvICTs TO CUT WOOD
Men Now Idle in Road Camps May
BE Put to Good Cse-Byrd Sug-
acsts Use OF informed Germans as
WoodChUppcrs.

The United states fuel adninis;ra-
;.o1 in cooperation with ;hc Dc
parjment of Agriculture has inaugu-
ra,6d an intensive campaign for the
SubStitu,ion Of wood for coal. The
actipn is taken as n means OF con-
serving the coal supply, and experts
from the fuel administration estimate
that the utilization of the nations vast
available wood supply would go far
toward meeting the shortage or So
ooerco tons in Ne nations coal sup
ply.
III this connection it IS announced
that the Department Of Agriculture viii
provide The services Of expert foreSters
Wild Will supervise cutting OF wood, so
that no damage may he done 10 grow
ing timber and that the largest use
may be obtained of the supply OF wood.
one cord OF hard wood is equal 10
toniof coal, according 10 the exports OF
the fuel administration. One ton ot coal
is released for use in war work for
cveFy cord OF wood substituted The
Dcph rtment OF Agriculture and the fuel
administration have STATISTICS showing
that there is a vast quantity OF dead
wood in many sections Of the country
aDdt that the supply ofvwood in many
comm un!ties is sufficient for domestic
purposes in those pnrts.- This wood in
many instances is destroyed as waste,
and, its conservation would not only
serve the patriotic purpose of conserv
ing coal needed to win the war. but
would also prove 4 measure OF economy
to the users.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-14
NO DECREASE IN OPTIMISM
OVER U-DOAT SITUATION
INV Associated pr.ss.1

tBy Associated Press.I
LONDON. December 13.-Despi.e the
fairly large number Of slpkIngs re-
ported this week, there Is no decrease
In optimism among those who know
the submarine war situation, who sec
no reason for modifying or altering
Premier Lloyd Georges statement of
November 20, that there Is no longer
any fear OF the submarine proving a
decisive factor in the war.
Events since November 20. in fact.
have tended TO Increase the confidence
with which the Premier spoke.
November was Il red-lc;ter month in
the anti-C-Doat war for three reasons
First. tho loss Of tonnage was the low
est since the unrestricted subnlarin
campaign began; second. the sinl<in.s
OF enemy submarines werc the great
est ever recorded In Il single month;
third. the launchinsS Of new mere hant-
men from British yards came within
measurable distance" OF cuuailng tho
loss OF tonnage by submarine attack.
The phrase. with measurable dis
lance" is that used by the government
spokesman in the House OF Commons,
aud the slender margin indicated is one
OF the chief reasons for tho prevailing
OPTIMISM The margin between tho
sini,inHs and launchings was SO slight
that II the Germans had sunk one or
TWO less ships. there would actually
have been more tonnage launched than
sunk.
AS 10 the number OF submarines de-
stroyed. II is not permitted to give tho
actual figures. but this much may DO
said: The sinkings Of submarines
during November were within meas.
urab!e distance" OF tho largest num-
Der the German U-boat yards were
capable OF turning out In the same
per Tod.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-14
SUBMARINE MENACE
NOT YET MASTERED
CONTINUED From First Paxel

into that work It may DO said with
confidence that the allied navIes are
ublc to handle tho U-boat."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-14

Friends and ncighbors can hardly
believe that Gladys Horton is now
able TO move her arms and hands as
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-12-13
Something That Should Fill Most Accept

1vxHEN Electrical Appliance kind it is to
your benefit to get it at the ELECTRIC SHOP. We
NJ business the main where it is
veent for ALL Remember that when buying electrical appliances
something know that stand behind
goods We explain how to them and maintain repair
department where such appliances be kept in repair
We members the National Contractors Association and
all information electrical which
abes right date Those who buy electrical app
of will get good service be given in Portland
or any other city.
We all work and of experience
abes dependable service Also maintain two
country patrons given prompt service
those living in the city.
We complete line Of electrical devices
practical electricians give
which may installing and operating these de-
vices.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-03-03
She Had Heard of One.

whoever saw perfect MANI"
asked an evangelist at a revival
meeting. "There is no such thing.
Every man has his faults, plenty OF
them"
OF course, no one had ever seen a
perfect man, and consequently the
statement of the revivalist was re-
ceived with silence. The revivalist
continued:
whoever saw a perfect woman?"
At this juncture tall, thin woman
arose.
"Do you mean to say, madam" the
evangelist asked, that you have seen
a perfect woman?"
well, l can't just say that l have
seen her," the woman replied, "but
have heard a great deal about her
my husbands first wife. "-Pittsburg
acknowledgement.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-03-03
ke,SiinQ
will stop
that itch
CALOMEL TODAY,
SICK TOMORROW
Dose of nasty calomel makes you
sick and you lose
days work.

Calomel salivates It's mercury.
Calomel acts like dynamite on a slug
gish liver When calomel comes into
contact with sour bile it crashes into it,
causing cramping and nausea.
If you feel bilious, headachy, consti-
pated and all knocked out, just go to
your druggist and get a so cent bottle
of Dodson' IS Liver Tone, which is a
harmless vegetable substitute for dan
gerous calomel. Take a spoonful and
if it doesn t start your liver and
straighten you up better and quicker
than nasty calomel and without making
you sick, you just BIO back and get your
money.
If you take calomel today you IL be
sick and nauseated tomorrow; besides,
it may salivate you, while if you take
Dodson's Liver Tone you will wake up
feeling great, full of ambition and
ready for work or play. It's harmless,
pleasant and safe to give to children /;
they like it.-Adv.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-03-03
Offers $1,000 to Save DOG.

Just how big place dog may take
In ones affections was demonstrated
strongly when Miss X. e. Henesey Of
this city lost Yorkshire terrier, York
Sunshine Girl. The little terrier
weighed only couple of pounds, but
its owner would not have sold it for
anything. There was a swinging door
between the rooms in Miss Henesey's
apartment, and the dog was caught In
it as 1t slammed. Knowing that there
was no veterinarian near by, Miss
Henesey called physician, who hap
pened to be a high-priced specialist.
When he saw what the case was he
said he was no veterinarian.
Here's a check for $1,000" she said.
"You have no objection to earning that,
and If you can save her 1t is yours"
The dog had a broken neck, how
ever, and was beyond saying.-New
York Herald.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-03-03
TUBER SUBJECT TO INQUIRY
Uncle Sans Experts Trying to Develop
New Varieties Specially Adapted
to Different Localities.

Uncle Sans experts are conducting
a number of potato investigations in
various states. One of the main fea-
lures of the work Is the development,
from seed, of new varieties of pota-
toes specially suited for certain pur-
poses and adapted to the special grow
ing regions in which such products can
most economically be produced.
A large number of seedlings have
been grown and those of greater prom
Use only retained, of which 1t is under
stood there are some 300 considered of
sufficient value to warrant further test
Ing. These are being tried out In CO.
operation with the various state agri-
cultural stations, and as soon as they
have proved their worth in any local
ity arrangements will be made to es-
tablish the variety in the region to
which it is best adapted
In this very interesting investigation
experiments are being made leading to
q determination of the factors neces-
sary for the production of disease-free
potatoes. 1t has been found that
where land has previously been in
cultivation with grains and alfalfa 1t
may produce disease-free potatoes.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-03-03
NEW IDEAS FOUND IN INDIA
Marriage and Family Customs of Ages
Are Now Changing Rapidly Be-
cause of Education.

realized that there was a new ideal
OF Wifehood and motherhood in India
when | visited Miss Robinson, princi-
pal of the Isabella Thoburn college,
and she showed me big packet of let
tiers, says a writer in the World Out
look.
There is a new world in India"
she said. Eight thousand young men
are graduating from college every
year. These men don't want a mere
child, toy, for wife; they wish COM
panionship. All these, holding out
the package, ARE letters of inquiry of
matrimonial nature. We could ar
range for more marriages than we
have graduates, and those marriages
into the most desirable families.
Sometimes it seems as if were con-
Quoting a matrimonial bureau to sup
ply wives for future college professors,
judges, deputy collectors and all sorts
of influential men,
That is IL There is new man as
well as new woman in the Orient,
and this man has a new ideal of WON
anhood and family life. In Bombay |
was shown, slightly out from the city,
new, separate houses building for In
dian young married people who desired
to break away from the patriarchal or
group family, where the young wife is
under the absolute sway of the mother
in-law.
In some cases families not Chris
tan are setting up that characteristic
Christian institution, the family meal
This alone means revolution in the
position of woman; for by Indian Gus.
tom the wife, whether of high or low
degree, has waited upon her husband
standing while he ate, and later has
partaken alone, or with the children
of the portion of food he set aside for
her.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-03-03
French Artists Suffer.

1t is said that art and artists have
been nearly extinguished in Farce by
the war. Without work, without any
demand for their paintings, without
resources, many artists, it is said. are
really suffering extreme indulgence. lie
Gri de Paris says that the committee
of the Brotherhood of Artists is now
distributing l,S00 francs ii day in bread
TO needy artists. The president of the
society is NJ. Bonnat, eighty-tWo years
Old, who organized and superintends
everything. As the receipts of the com
mittee are insufficient for the demands
that are made, NJ. Bonnat who sold n
portrait some time ago for 10000
francs, turned the entire amount into
the fund and this he declared was the
first money he had touched since the
declaration of war. William \. Coffin.
president of the American artists com.
mittee of 100, New York city. has made
a pressing appeal TO artists in America
for money to relieve the families of
French artists, many of whom are
fighting ut the front.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-03-03
Carrying 1t Too Far.

Mr.. Curran and Mr.. McManus spent
their Saturday half holiday in artistic
pursuits Among the objects exam
ined was a new public building. The
feature Of this building that appealed
most strongly TO Mr. Curran was an
inscription cut into a huge stone.
"MDCCCXCVIII," he read aloud
What does them letters name, Tim? p
That" replied the cultured Mr.
McManus, Stands for 1885,"
"Oh," Mr.. Curran replied. Then
after a thoughtful pause, he added
Don't yez think, Tim, that they're
overdoin' this spellin' reform bit?,
New York Times.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-03-03
YES! MAGICALLY!
CORNS LIFT OUT
WITH FINGERS

You corn-pestered men and women
need suffer no longer. Wear the shoes
that nearly killed you before, says this
Cincinnati authority, because a few
drops of freezone applied directly on a
tender, aching corn or callus, stops sore
ness at once and soon the corn or
hardened callus loosens so it can be
lifted out, root and all, without pain.
small bottle of freezone costs very
little at any drug store, but will posi-.
lively take off every hard or soft
corn or callus. This should be tried,
as it is inexpensive and is said not to
irritate the surrounding skin.
If your druggist hash t any freezone
tell him to get a small bottle for you
from his wholesale drug house. 1t is
fine stuff and acts like charm every
time.-Adv.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-03-03
MILLIONS GO AsTRAY
Vast Sum in Missives Reaching
Dead Letter Office.
Uncle Sam Keeps Little of This
Wealth, However, as Most of 1t
Is Restored to the Owners.

Uncle Sam found more than $2500,-
900 worth of checks, drafts, money
orders and other valuable papers in
undelivered letters which reached the
dead letter Office during the last year,
but he didn't get to keep much of it.
Most of this wandering wealth was re-
stored to it's owners.
First Assistant Postmaster General
Daniel G. Roper in his annual report
announces that the dead letter division
handled 1885, 800 letters and parcels
during the year, slight increase over
the previous year. One-third of these
letters and parcels or 3,677, 1914, was
delivered; 101, 4S5 contained things of
value without clew to their senders
and were held for claimants; 7019,-
1876 had to be destroyed, and 41,775
were still being investigated.
In addition to the valuable papers,
with face value of $2,303,119, found
in unbelievable letters, many con-
tanned stamps, and some currency was
found loose in the mails. The stamps
and currency unclaimed, together with
proceeds from the sale of articles of
merchandise removed from undeliv-
cred letters aggregated $53,665, and
81 900 was realized from six months
operation of a new postal regulation
requiring collection of one cent on
advertised letters, making the total net
revenue $64,66 Mr.. Roper says that
the revenue estimated under the pres
ent conditions for year would be
approximately $4,000, which would
make the dead letter division self-sus-
tanning.
To prevent the unnecessary accu-
mutation of letters containing valuable
Enclosures, a provision was contained
in the last postal appropriation law re-
ducing the limit of time that such let
tiers shall be held awaiting reclama-
ton from four years to two years.
On account of the large growth in
the parcel post business, experience
has demonstrated that the accumula-
ton ofsthis matter at the points desig-
mated for handling dead parcels has
become so large as to make it difficult
to find space for It's accommodation.
Regulations provide, in the case Of In
sured parcels, that claims for indem-
nifty must be filed within sly months,
and it has been found there is very
little call for lost parcels after the
lapse of that time. Accordingly, an
order will be issued amending the reg
ulations so as to reduce the time for
holding such parcels prior to sale from
II months to 8 months. Last year,
1885, parcels were found undeliv-
cradle.
Dead mail received by the division of
dead letters, during the yearcontained
GIT, 700 misdirected letters, 1876 I'M
addressed letters, 22S,700 letters held
for postage, 10000 letters written on
hotel letter paper by persons unknown
to the hotels and 104, 700 letters bear
ing fictitious signatures.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-03-03
WHAT rs URIC ACID ?
Does Uric Acid Cause Backache,
Rheumatism and Kidney Trouble?

Dear DR.. Pierce What is Uric AcidP
Does it cause kidney trouble? Not long
ago was examined for insurance and
an ANALYSIS of the kidney secretions
showed an excess of URIC ACID.
| suffer from backache, and rheu-
natism in my limbs, but never before
suspected my kidneys. l recognize
Won as an authority on these subjects,
formation. Lewis r.
Lewis r., My dear Sir: Answer
ing your letter, Uric Acid indicates
poisoning of the system; 1t Is also
associated with several other poisons
and forms painful irritants in the cells
of the joints, nerves and muscles.
Everyone has Uric Acid in the sys-
tenn, but naturally in small quantities.
Excessive amount is caused by eating
too much meat and foods that fer
ment in stomach. The kidneys being
the filters of the blood are supposed
to separate and throw the poisons out
of the system. Weak, tired and over
worked kidneys fail to do this, hence
the poisonous Uric Acid and its asso-
ciated poisons contaminate the blood,
causing backache, lumbago, rheuma-
tism, dropsy, drowsy and tired, worm
out feeling, short breath and many
other symptoms.
To overcome the trouble is only q
matter of toning up the kidneys, and
this is best done by treatment with
UAn-Uric" with proper diet and exer-
else. This prescription has been thor
oughly tested and used by specialists
at my institution, in Buffalo, N. Y,
with satisfactory results, and astonish-
ing relief.
| recently put vAn-Uric" before the
American people and it may now be
obtained from almost any one of the
leading druggists in town, simply by
asking for DR.. Pierce's vAn-uric,' in
tablet form.
Take good medical advice, and do not
let deadly Bright's Disease or Diabetes
develop from neglected kidneys.
(Signed) " NJ. PIERCE, Nj. d.