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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-07
FIXING METAL PRICES
VITAL TO INDUSTRIES
Readustmens Will Be Effective Until Close of War-Busnes
Men Generally Want to Do the nRight Thing

One OF the most important indus
trial factors thus far brought into
play was the fixing by agreement Of
sron and steel prices during the week
just past It's exact effect is not yet
understood beyond the matter OF put
ting an end 10 the more or less fcti-
1ious questions of pig iron and Ger
tain other basic forms of iron and
steel, In the rcad5ustment however.
OF prices OF the articles made from
-the metals taere are likely to be q
mum Der or ch-nze~ of much import.
shce 80 many lines Of trade. Then.
too, IL is considered -keIy that the
res citation Of prices begun on wheat,
and then applied to metals viii be.
If ,sucCcsstul extended TO .ther es-
Sentiais and result IN q fxed poll y
during The continuance Of the war.
profoundly affecting practically all
artia'-s of food or wear. Already
there are evidences of governmental
Regulation in regard to the latter by
means Of appeals TO the patriotism
of The people, WITH the hint that II
assent may ne e..orted to Enough Of
the popular VIII and desire has been
made apparent for doing whatever ia
required 81 the reasons given for fol-
lowing any particular course are
shown 10 be convincing. In regard
20 conserving food. the reasons and
sactH ad&uced have been adequate 1t
would Go NO harm II. in all other mat
tiers the general public were treated
with as much confidence, Practically
every body wants to do the right thing
but they wish to he shown
Value of Commercial Agents.
Early In the week the announce
ment was ma de that the commercial
az snts Of the government were to be-
recalled from the scandinavian coun-
tries and from Russia. and that this
move was preliminary to the with
drawal of all 90 them from Euro
pean nations. These agents were en-
eaged IN making investigations in aid
Of the export trade. sending in reports
from tine to time containing suCges-
8"ns q practical value When this
country joined the ranks Of the bel
l% rents The commercial agents In
fh@ countries cf the Central powers
were obliged 10 come horne In Ger.
tam other countries thew were exposed
Ia fan~er. and II vas thought best to
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-30

in the last few weeks were due to
drunkenness.
Formerly the emperor encouraged
drunkenness, since it helped to sup
port the imperial throne. Now the
Black Hundred is trying to intoxicate
the country because it wants to Gre
a te disorders. cause civil war and the
return OF the monarchy.
"Massacres will follow the appear
anca of vodka. The work of the revo-
LUTON vii, be drowned in blood by the
enemies of the people. No one has the
right 10 buy vodka or to drink It. Let
it disappear forever, with the old
regime"
The Lloyd George OF Russia--Minis-
ter OF War Kerensky-began today the
supreme test Of his own career and OF
new Russias. His new orders to the
army, restoring discipline by author
ization for punishment OF offenders.
including penal servitude for deserters,
became effective.
A popular idol turnout all Russia.
Kerensky Is stalking all on his ability
to incite Russia's army into fighting.
Unless soldiers abstain from con-
sumption Of stores OF liquor which they
discover new Russia will be SUBJ
merged in a pool Of alcohol to the
accompaniment OF incendiarisIn and
other outrages," Kerensky declared. II
demand that the use Of alcohol by sol
diers and officers be prevented
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-30

part of the line to build, before II
reached the tundras. Then they were
all called away to the front and Aus
trian prisoners were sent to take their
places. % H"
The prisoners were guarded by regi-
ments Of half-wild Tartars and Mon
gols Neither the Austrians nor their
guards knew anything about railway
building, and there were so few ex-
perts in the region that it was impos-
sible for them to oversee the work
properly The Austrians laid the ties on
ice and frozen ground: and one con-
struction train got through to Kola
Bay. Then thaw came and the train
could not get back. There was no track
Great stretches of rails had disappear
ed.
The Austrians We're set to work
again, better supervised this time, and
they had at least a semblance of road
bed when the rails met south of Kola.
But the ballast had been laid again by
torchlght, and when a thaw came much
of it slumped beneath the track. After
that the Russians took asleaf from the
history of the great american trans
continental railways n,,.
They herded the Austrians back to
the prison camps and brought across
the Trans Siberian railway, thousands
Of Chinese coolies and Mongols to take
their places.
BY this time so much Indignation
over the CHASTITY failures on the railway
had arisen that the Russian officials
were stirred out OF their sloth. They
soon got down to hard pan and the
railroad went through to stay
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-30
ARRIVALS OF HOGS SUFFICIENT
~ LIMITED TO CREATE CON-
PETlTivE BIDDING.
FAIL-ro HOLD GAINS
/. UNTIL END OF SESSION
Prices Materially Lower Than Recent
hiah Point-Wet Weather flinders
Trading In B6th Cattle and Sheep
Review of Market Conditions--Cur-
rent Quotations.

Chicago, May so.-Arr.vals OF hogs
were limited enough to enable sellers
TO force a material advance in quota
tons. The late market was lower
however.
Eleven markets received Sl,2oV hogS
Tuesday. or 1000 less than last tues :
day. s.70G more than a year ago and
1920 less thar two years ago. Tota.
thus far this week $4,000, or l2'ooO
less than same period last week, $4,000
less than like time last year and 93,eVo
lees than corresponding two days two
years ago. Total for 1917 TO date L.
$4,000, or 1851, 900 less than same Pc
Rod 1916 and 2s9 900 more than cor
responding time 1915
Cattle.
Wet weather hindcred the disposal
Of cattle.
Quality this week IS the poorest OF
the season, carrying q lot Of low dress
ing and HABITAT stuff dislodged by the
food bill and skepticism concerning the
future of the market. Most OF 1t was
laid in last fail and shows a prohl'
consequently owners consider they are
displaying good judgment by letting 1t
20. Just now long such cattle Will De
unloaded is a conundrum.
Eastern beef trade is not robust. The
public is using q lot Of vegetaol lies ana
fruit but will revert to beef IN due
course OF time. Meat abstinence is
usually of short dura ton, and with all
ether food high, no boycotts are likely.
Local meat trade is in excellent health,
especially where light cuts are con-
cerned, Chicago using little heavy
III eat.
Sheep.
Stormy weather interfered with deals
In sheep.
Packers have a fair supply OF high
priced product on hand and refuse 10
ADD to the present amount, because the
consumer is baking at the high prices
necessary for them 10 get out without
severe losses. The trade was dull and
practically nothing only odds and ends
changed hands up 10 noon. In morning
hours one band of wooded westerns OF
plain class and some shOrn feeders
were sold. Some California springers
from another market We're neglected
for hours. Packers had a few cars in
from other markets and up to the close
were Indifferent competitors for what
was on sale, consequently the clear
ance was badly delayed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-30
BUILD ROAD BY 1oRcHLIGHT.
AceompIishes Great Engineering
Feat in Arctic Winter.

TCorrespondence Of Associated Press.J
IPetrograd. May 3-One OF the most
fascinating romances Of railroad engin-
eering is the building OF the great
Murnar railway, from Petrograd to
Kola Bay, Russia's ice-iree pori. Built
by torchlight in the darkness OF Arctic
winter parts Of it were three times lost
when warm winds turned the frozen
tundras on which 1t was laid into bot
tomless increases Of mud and water.
The railway is $50 miles long, from
Kola to Petrograd, and part Of 1t IL
a three track line. The Russians learn
ed from the paralysis Of the Trans-Si-
berian line that one-track road Is
almost useless when called on for ex-
press service. Two tracks are used for
loaded cars going away from Kola. The
third track Is for empties canning back.
Three races. Russians, Austrians and
Mongols, helped build the line. Hun
dreds, If not thousands, died from cold,
hunger and disease, but now the line IL
through to stay. and its three tracks
are taking every day 200 carloads from
the mountains OF supplies that have ac-
stimulated while the road was In the
process Of construction.
First Russians were enpIoyed a
railroad builAaes. They haA ths lasiest
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-30
SHIPPERS FIGHT INCREASE.
Many Protest Against Boost Of IS Per
Cent in Freight Tariffs.

Washington, May 30.-Shippers from
Vermont to Texas today added their
protest against the proposed 15 per
cent freight rate increase at the inter-
state commerce commission hearings.
From New England representatives of
the state and allied industries brought
protests.
A compilation made by eastern rail-
roads represents IS per cent of the
eastern manufacturers, banks. business
associations, and individuals have sent
letters or kilograms urging an imme-
date increase. The same compilations
show 70 per cent Of the communica-
tons in favoring the general advance
Of IS per cent, 500 communications over
the railroad compilation shows as COM
ing from important eastern traffic CEN
ters and urging the Is per cent In
crease
The general effect Of the statistics Is
to show that an overwhelming majority
Of the shipping interest recorded favor
giving the railroads higher rates.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-30
For the Home Hospital.

When the use of nutmeg as remedy
for weak digestion was. suggested, I
smiled, but I smile no longer, for !
have seen it successfully used. If one
has a keen appetite. he does not need
nutmeg, for appetite is the most pow
erful stimulant of the flow of gastric
Juice. If the appetite is not good, the
digestion will be feeble, and then the
addition Of little nutmeg will be
found Of benefit. Often neuralgia pains
are made easier In this way: Light a
piece Of brown paper, blow out the
fame. and inhale the smoke through
the nostrils. In few minutes the pain
will have eased considerably, If it has
not entirely disappeared. In applying
hot congresses or when very hot cloths
are needed, use potato ricer. In that
way they can be wrung dry-hotter
than by using the hands.-Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-30
CONGRESS FRANKS ABUSED.
Legislators Charged With Lending Aid
to Anti. Draft Propaganda.

| Washington May SO.--Sensational
charges have been made TO officials OF
| the department of justice that certain
members Of congress are lending them
selves to the anti-draft movement
| thruout the country.
! These charges are mao" and SUBJ
sLantiated by at least one district at.
torney. He declares that the cong res!
siona frank has been used to flood thu
country with anti draft speeches; thai
these speeches are causing serious
opposition to registration. and that II
action is not taken to counterfeit them
a condition of gravity will arise.
AS a result of this information the
executive branch of he government
IS confronted with this question:
Shall il institute proceedings for
sedition against the members of con-
sress under suspicion, as it is prose-
cutting socialists and others who are
preaching against the draft
In determining this question it will
be necessary, flst of all. to decide
upon the policy it is avisable to pur-
sue. The policy having been agreed
upon, the next point Is whether a
member can be prosecuted. The con-
stitution specifically eXeinpts members
frcm arrest during their attendance az
session. in all cases except treason,
felony anG breach of the peace.
1t further provides that they shall
not be questioned in any other place
for any speech or debate in the house.
A prosecution would not, of course.
be directed against the character of
the speech made, or anything it might
contain. Rather would it lie agains :
the circulation Of the speech. Back OF
this would be the question of intent.
The member would say that he has
the right to make known TO the people
the reasons which caused him to OPP
pose the draft.
This Is admitted proper desire, but
why, it is asked. should a representa-
tive from a district in the north want
to explain his attitude to resident or
the extreme south?
The answer given IS that speech IS
free and that public man is attacked
in all parts OF the nation and his right
to defend himself ought not to be
abridged.
So far aS persons not in public life
dIe CDllttIlIeNt there Is ilot IIlS slight
est doubt that the government will
prosecute them vigorously for any at
tempt to prevent the peaceful opera
ton Of the draft law.
Already men have been arrested in
different parts Of the country on
charges that they are endeavoring 70
aid others 10 evade the requirements
of the law, which action is clearly
punishable.
But member Of congress- as al
ready stated, is privileged for what
he may have said on the floor of either
house.
1t is possible that he might be re-
garded as guilty of treason should it,
be found that he was circulating the
speeches he made for the deliberate
purposoe of stirring up resistance to
the federal government; but this would
be rather far fetched and lead to nti-
cation which ultimately would reach
the supreme court. By that time the
draft would have taken place.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-30
pepy. and the otaeoustleon.

/. As far back as 1868 experiments
were being made with what savants
called an ''otacousticon," which
brought distant sounds to the ear and
was far-of promise OF the iong.dis-
lance" and wireless" messages Of to-
day. Samuel Pepys was abroad 10
those days and, Of course, he saw the
new toy, tried It. and mentions II in
his diary. he went with Lord
Brouneker to ''the Royal society" and
here, to my great content I did try
the use Of the otacousticon, which Was
only q great glass bottle broke Ct
the bottom, putting the neck to my
care, and there did plainly hear tho
dancing Of the oares Of the boats In
the Thames to Arundel gallery win
dow which without it I could not IN
the least do."-London Chronicle.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-30
ABANDCNS GUN CUPS.
Daniels Announces Safety Plan After
Board Exonerates Crew.

Board Exonerates Crew.
Washington, May 3O.-To make i'm
possible any repetition of the recent
unprecedented accident Oh the Ameri-
can steamer Mongolia, in which Two
Red Cross nurses from Chicago were
killed. the brass type of powder cups
used in American naval guns for a
score of years is to be aband oned for
wood or fiber substitutes
In making public last night report
Of special investigating board. which
exonerated the naval guard on the
Mongolia and attributed the accident
to an uneXplainable DETECTION at right
angles of portion OF a brass powder
cup. Secretary Daniels announced that
while similar tragedy might no,
occur again in another twenty years,
yet we TO not propose 70 take tho
risk"
Beyond saving that wooden disks or
possible fiber mouth cups would be
substituted for the brass type. the
secretary did not reveal :he plans Of
the ordnance officials.
The change will be a sweeping one.
for great quantities Of shells of the
kind used on the Mongolia are being
supplied other merchant ships and al!
the vessels Of the navy itself carrying
small caliber guns.
The special board of inquiry headed
by Captain F. a. Wilmer, retired. found
the blame for the Mongolia accident
apparently rested solely on the type of
gun cup. the cups used being perfect
and the gunners without fault.
Attached to the report was a state
ment by Rear Admiral Earle, chief Of
ordnance, emphasizing that the shells
were OF a new lot, carefully inspected.
put on the Mongolia after removal Of
all the old ammunition respon sible for
previous accidents, and Of a type
adopted by the navy after extensive
research and heretofore regarded as
absolutely safe.
The findings Of the experts" said
Secretary Daniels. Should end the
confused conjecture that has compli-
Gated this sad and regrettables acct
dent. No blame attaches to Lieutenant
Seymour or the men OF the gun crew.
Neither shells nor guns were defective.
NO power could hive foreseen the
peculiar boomeranging of the brass
mouth cup. a device In use in the navy
for twenty years. A similar tragedy
might not occur again in another
twenty years. yet we dc not mean to
take the risk :tEa,
1T is proposed to remove all metal
mouth cops and replace them with
wooden disks or else develop a fiber
mouth cup, if possible"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-30
Doing the Impossible.

Was it or was it not the White
Queen in "Alice Of Wonderland" who
advised peSple to do couple Of Inn
possible things every morning before
breakfast-it was good practice. Poo
pie who have followed this advice
have usually found 1t excellent. The
number Of impossible things they ha-
bitually accomplish is amazing. Tho
more they get into the habit Of doing
impossible things the more does the
realization dawn upon them that the
"impossibility" exiEts chiefly in the
mixture Of imagination and sloth.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-30
WANTED TO HANG WILSON.
Iowa Farmer Arrested For Making
Threats AGAINST Wilson,

Special to Times Republican.
Creston. May 30.-William Under
down. a prominent farmer Of Adams
county, was arrested yesterday by
Hugh b. Mills. United States secret
service man. and brought to Creston,
where he was arraigned before United
States Commissioner Hunt on charge
of having made threats against the
president, in which he is accused OF
having said he wished he could help
hang Wilson. Underdown was released
of heavy bond.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-30
produetiv. Year. and Others.

Insurance men have figured out that
the most productive years of mems
lives are those between the ages Of
thirty and forty-f1ve: that the danger
line for reverses begins at the age Of
forty; that Is per cent of men at that
age have setbacks that after reaching
fifty years only one man out Of each
5000 can recover his financial footing,
while at the age of sixty, IS per cent
Of men are dependent Upon their daily
earnings or on their children or some
one else for support.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-30
ESTABLISH BRANCH BANKS.
Amendment to Federal Reserve Bank
Law Would So Provide.

Washington May 30.-Esta blishment
of number of branch federal reserve
banks turnout the country Is contem
plated in the passage Of an amend
ment to the national reserve bank law
now pending in congress.
Baltimore. Louisville and Denver
would receive the first banks. The
designation Of those cities, it is be-
Eeved, will follow soon after the adop-
ton of the amendment
Location of branch banks at other
mid-westerr cities probably will be
considered later.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-30
RAINS QUENcH FOREST FIRES.
Situation in Timbered District Around
Duluth Relieved,

Duluth, Mimi, May 30-Rain last
night eXtinguished forest and brush
fires which have burned intermitt emily
for weeks in this section. Bad fires,
however, apparently continue near the
Canadian line. A message from Inter-
national Falls said:
"The forest fires in this region have
destroyed 1900 900 feet Of timber. For
miles in every direction the ground Is
parchcd. Everybody is praying for rain.
Unless it comes soon the timber losses
VIII reach staggering totals"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-30
The Joys Of Vacation.

Parent-"No. amt BIZ! And the
chimes amt been ringln' and you amt
gonna cut no eight o'clock. Jest tum-
BILE ont and git dressed and cut that
kindlin' wood 10 the shed afore noon"
Orange Peel.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-30
BOOZE mENAcEs RUSSIA.
prunksnnsss and Disorder Bring Az
peal TO Danish Liquor.

peal to eanish Liquor.
Petrograd. via London. May SO.-
The increase in the illegal sale OF vod-
ka ana the general wave Of intoxica-
ton which threatens to spread thru
out the country, provoking disorders
and endanger!ng the internal peace or
thu country, ia the subject Of stf-
ring appeal TO citizens issued ygthe
executive committee OF the council OF
wOrkmen's and soldiers delegates.
I'VE notice an increase Of drunken
ness in Petrograd and other parts q
Russia," reads the appeal. 1t is no.
ticeable in the streets, railways, fac
tories and barracks. Vodka readily ie
found in the villages OF the interior
q well AZ at the front An examina-
jtIa0 ah0Ws that MANY depiorabls events
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-30

Vanilla In Roots Of oats.
Vanilla, the active principle which
makes vanilla ice cream so popular,
has been found to occur in the roots
Of oats and the leaves and roots Of q
number Of plants.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-30

Pleasure Of Giving Pleasure.
A very few experiments will soon
convince US that there are few pleas
ures In the world so reasonable and SO
cheap as the pleasure Of giving pleas
ure.-Arthur G. Benson.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-30
Easler on heade.

Sleeping car berths have been In
vented with end sections that can be
lifted to give occupants room enough
to stand erect when undressing or
dressing.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-30
Happiness.

II It be my lot to crawl will crawl
contentedly; II to fly I will fly with
alacrity; but az long as can avoid 1t
I will never be unhappy.-Sydney
Smith.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-30
Gloomy Assurnpsye

Are You for peace At any priceY'
"There isn't any such thing. Even II
you were willing to bargain on that
basis. sooner or latsr you'd get into Z
row about the price" g. e. e
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-30
MIsfortunes...

LET us be Of good cheer, remem-
bering that the misfortunes hardest to
bear are those which never come
Lowell. \ II
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-30

dent; Minister of Governor Aurello
Hevie, Secretary Of the Treasury Leo
poldo Cancio, Minister Of Public Works
Jose Villalon and other Cuban npra-
bles. These are the men who are CO.
orerat ne with the United States .or
eminent to make effective use Of ,.uba's
resources in tie war.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-30
Hardly Needed.

Promoter (at end Of glowing de-
scription Of new scheme) - There's
millions in it!s Cautious Investor
s1nd vet you want ny paltry $780,"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-30
The El,olble cl.e.

Milly-"I would only marry q man
who has lived and suffered" Billy
Z suppose what you want is Wild.
Vwer."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-30
Sioux City Live Stock.
Omaha Live Stock,

Omaha, May Observation-Disclosures
receipts for today, 1000; market steady
to stronger.