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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-18

force OF infantry and artillery lArre
enough to be OF decisive value on thn
western front II offers little or no Az.
ficulty. All through the coming yeap
we will have to reckon with the shiu-
ping problem and what aid We send
abroad. whether in men or supplies.
must be calculated for securing as efs
ficient a use as possible OF available
tonnage. The aircraft plan meets fhe
demands of the situation. Under ex.
listing conditions. where the allies ana
the Germans are fighting on practi-
cally even terms as regards manpowep
and aircraft, the addition which VA
can contribute to the allied forces win
be proportionately of far greater yalue
than the immediate aid which we can
furnish on land.
According TO the best obtainab,e
information there are about 1000. 600
men on the western front today. The
addition Of few infantry units, while
of great moral value. means little n
forcing decision. A few thousand
trained aviators. however. with the
machines for their use. may spell the
whole difference between victory ana
defeat. The supremacy OF the air in
modern warfare Is essential to a sue
cessful army. America must make
sure that the allies and not Germany
secure the Proclamation Of the air
and that within the year.
at will take no more shipping
space to send thousand air pilots
abroad than a thousand infantrymen.
1t will take no more space to send
airplanes and motors than to send ar.
1t is now certain that II We
make the effort we can send enough
of both men and machines within a
year to be Of great value, perhaps
to turn the scale. all without handi-
our plans for the army which
is to follow, nor hindering the vital
flow Of food and munitions. American
airmen and airplanes may turn the
tide They furnish our supreme OPP
portunity for imm ediate service on
the firing line"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-18

ners of service. badges by means OF
proving their worth by securing ten
or more subscriptions to the liberty
Joan In the campaign recently con-
Quoted by members OF the council:
Troop No. Francis Hayes, Cabil-
ton Coleman. Ross Waithall and
Charles Hall Davis.
Troop No. 5-Harvey Moore and A
l.. Quicke.
Troop No. Clinton Jones. Archi-
bald Mallory and Garland Harris
Charles Hall Davis led all members
OF the council with a total of twenty
three subscriptions.
No Recruits Yesterday.
Yesterday proved n fitting end for
one of the dullest weeks In local re-
cruiting since war was declared with
Germany. No men were accepted by
either of the three local recruiting
for the week was the smallest since
ali three stations were opened.
MISUNDERSTANDING
Yesterday afternoon. at the home
of the brides mother, Mrs. J. Gray
McCandlish. 1877 North Adams street
Miss Elsie Gray McCandlish and Mr.
Frank A. Miller. of Huntsville, N, c.,
were united in marriage by the Rev
Charles II. Stribling. of the Tabb-
StfSet EfeSpy ttTtdn E1uFCn. L ne '"eu
ding was a quiet affair." witnessed by
only imm ediate members of the fami-
lies
Lieut.. Burke at Home Few Days.
DIR. II. Auljck Burke, recently APP
pointed surgeon in the navy with the
rank of junior lieutenant. stationed al
Washington, returned to his home
here last night to spend few days
DR.. Burke has been stationed at the
naval hospital at Washington since
his appointment. but has now been
detached from this duty and ordered
TO report at the naval hospital al
Newport. r. I.
Esteemed Woman Dead.
Mrs. Virginia r. Mayer, an esteemed
resident of Dinwddie county, wife OF
$. j. Mayer, died at her home on the
Squirrel Level road this morning
about 3;3e o'clock, following an III
ness extending over about four years
Mrs. Mayer was about forty years OF
age. Besides her husband and six
children, she is survived by one broth
er. Mr.. Robert Parkinson, OF this city
The funeral will be conducted from
Smith Grove Methodist Episcopal
church, Dinwiddie county, at O'Clock
Monday afternoon by the pastor Rev
Il. + Gayle, and interment will be in
the church cemetery.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-18

Of the appropriation made by con-
gress for building wooden ships. and
that this part of the work will be
placed in the hands of some man to
be named by the wooden ship men.
Such a prospect seemed possible
last week because II Is said to have
originated with friends of General
Goethals and not with those consider
ed his enemies. Now 1t Is SAID TINS
hope has gone because as one OF these
friends put 1t: THE general has his
back up and means to fight. He will
not order a wooden ship except from
those who have had shipyards Tor
years. OF course. that eliminates the
quick ship. because the men who have
wooden shipyards are not the men VINO
can build them in large number. Tne
ONLY men able to produce wooden
ships on a wholesale basis are the
general contractors of the country.
Another suggested way out of the
difficulty has been that General
Goethals might retire from the Meet
corporation entirely and seek prosao-
ton through the regular army. 1t is
known that he has ben anxious for
some time to go to France to rebuild
the railroads behind the battle line.
a work which he feels he Is eminently
qualified by his work In building the
Panama canal to perform. In fact.
at the time that he was first suggest
ed for his present position, 1t is known
that he told his friends that he would
make a failure OF building ships but
that he could build the railroads In
France with credit to himself and to
this country.
This suggestion. It is known. has
been favorably considered by members
of the cabinet and has reached the
president.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-18

through ordinary religious channels.
Men of prominence in business. law,
engineering. medicine. art. drama and
other cultured and educated lines
later testified TO their good influence.
Ebert II. Gary. chairman of the
United States Steel corporation. said
he found Sunday natural. truthful,
honest and candid; he would. how
ever. venture no opinion as TO the per-
manent value of his campaign. George
w. Perkins thought. his work won
derful and valuable; police Commits
sioner Arthur Woods found It i'm
possible to measure its effects
Mayor Mitchell has refused TO dis
cuss the revival
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-18
AMERICAS AIRCRAFT
Continued From First Pagel

way in which TO exert Americas force
at once in telling fashion. We can
train thousands of aviators and build
thousands of machines without inter
fering in the slightest with the plans
for building up our armies and for
supplying the allies with food and
munitions. To train and equip our
armies and send them abroad will
take time, however. and in the mean
while we can be devoting to this most
important service vast quantities OF
productive machinery and skilled la
Dor which otherwise could not be con-
tributing to the nations cause in full
proportion to its capacity. Every
consideration points to the effective
ness Of highly developed air service
In its relation TO the part which the
United States can play In putting an
end to the war. IT lives up to all of
Americas traditions OF doing things
on a splendid scale: II VIII put US on
our mettle from the point Of view
both of mechanical ingenuity and OF
individual daring and initiative.
Reckon With Shipping Problem.
AT the same time compared with
the transportation of an expeditionary
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-18

OF man.
Preached 1871 Sermons.
During his ten weeks stay in New
York Billy Sunday has preached ISL
sermons in the tabernacle. Approx
mately 100000 persons have lis
tened to him The number OF trail
hitters Will aggregate close TO $4,000
Out Of this number about 65. 900 have
Mgned cards. giving their names ad-
dresses. church preferences and other
material designed TO aid the Sunday
churches suited to them and so seal
ing the pact between the church and
convert. No man in years has caused
the divergence in opinion produced
by SUNDAYS peculiar preaching, Min
listers and laymen have We'd In up
holding and attacking both the man
ana his spectacular methods AT the
outset the city was inclined to be
skeptical of the sincerity and worth
OF religious crusade by a baseball
evangelist with circus methods They
were even more skeptical that the
city would accept Sunday with any
degree of seriousness
But Sunday and hts methods have
won. Though there are still skeptics
and critics. the city as a whole has
taken him for a man OF worth and
has decided that his methods have
effected good among an element that
could not otherwise have been reached
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-18

would furnish them the proper aid
and comfort when they shed their
blood for their liberty, He stated
that he was glad the coiored people
we're also giving their support in the
great Red Cross work.
The work OF the Red Cross is not
only for those who are wounded in
he war, AZ. Glass declared but It.
will also help the orphaned and the
widowed. The French soldier, when
he Is wounded. is on his own soil,
and can return TO his home for treat
ment. Likewise with the Englisls
But our boys when they go TO fight
for -Lhert3-- Will he 2rhnh miles from
home, and it should be the pride of
every American to subscribe TO the
fund that will alleviate the suffering
of our wounded troops. II may be
your hoy. or it may be my boy. who
is wounded, but whoseever it is, we
must net let hiH4 think that anything
is being left undone."
People should DO 1t.
Some people have said that the
government should do this work. I
say it should not, even though 1t can,
IT should be done by the people. and
they should take pride in the oppor-
tunitv'
Congressman Glass stated that peo-
pie have heretofore thought that the
French were "a nation of sentmentais.
but that this was war had shown them
To be itrmorfafs. The English, too,
had been sneered at for their self
complacency. bat he said that they
had done nobly in the war. sweeping the
seas of German merchantmen, bottline
the German fleet in the kiel canal, and
sending an army of Ave million men
to France America had been refer
redsto as a nation Of money getters.
said Mr. Glass hut at this time they
are no less a nation of money giyers,
America would not only give money to
win the war. she will also give her
boys, and while none want to send
their boys to war. when the call came
Richmond and every other city re-
sponded with devotion
II arm sure Richmond will he As
generous and noble In this great work
of the Red Cross a 5 she has been al
ways: that she WiD come with succot
and aid to the boys in the war fol
humanity hHPW' you Will 40 Npui
part, there is no need for me to ad
monish YOU"
Mr. Glass then paid tribute to tht
patriotism of the colored people, stat.
ing that II colored troops were sen
To France they would conduct them
selves IN the same gallant way they
did during the Civil war.
John Kerr Branch, chairman of tht
finance committee, was then intro
duced, and he proceeded TO call foi
contributions. Mr.. Branch pointed
out that $40 would. save a soldier
and that for every French or British
soldier saved. 1t would mean on
American boy less who would have
to go to the trenches.
While the meeting was in progress
at the auditorium. an overflow meet
ing was held in Monroe park. wher'
hundreds of people gathered to hea
addresses on Red Cross work TIL
speakers were Mayor AinsIie, DIR. "
f.. Thompson and DR.. f n. Calisch
the music being furnished by How
tiers band.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-18
ETHE WEATHER.
Omitted States Weather Bureau.
Department OF Agr1Culture-) J

Washington. June i7--With the ex-
ception OF local showers and thunder
storms in the region of the Great
Lakes the weather will be generally
fair Monday and Tuesday over tho
states east of the Mississippi river,
Forecast for Monday and Tuesday:
For Virginia~~Fair Monday and
probably Tuesday
For North Carolina. South Carolina
and Georgia-probably fair Monday
and Tuesday: warmer.
Local f~mpern ture Yesterday.
IL noon temperature ...,........ 20
+. NJ. temperature ............. "a
p NJ temperature ..... So
Maximum temperature to s p. NJ, "a
Minimum temperature to r. NJ. -
Mean temper ature ..........,.. "a
Normal temperature .........,. rs
Deficiency in temperature yester-
Deficiency In temperature since
January ....,....> ......-,.. ITS
Local Rainfall.
Rainfall last twelve hours. ...... 90
Rainfall last twenty-four hours, 90
Excess In rainfall since March l.. $50
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-18

plauded them as they swept by. Espe-
cially was the band cheered.
Boy Scouts rendered splendid SER
vice. as always. by keeping the crowd
back from the street At the end of
the parade. they held the eager boys
back until the parade had moved sew
eral blocks up Franklin street, but
when the barricade OF STATS were
finally removed. mob OF small boys
charged madly up the street In pursuit.
of the procession.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-18

0uton heavy gums had been honey
&nmbing the French positions not only
m the Hurtebise sector but also
Afeund Cerny, southeast OF Laon.
Here, however, German troops mass
4ne for attack were dispersed by the
French IRE.
TIA Rheims has been under steady she'll
.lIre for several days. the Paris night
communique states. There have been
several CASUALTIES in the Cathedral
Nlty Not less than i,2oe shells have
been thrown into Rheims.
! On the Anglo-German front the Ba-
NArian crown prince this afternoon
hogan a sudden cannon TRADE against
NE British tines around Croiselles
Southwest OF Lens and at several vital
points between Ypres and Armentiers
whore General Piumer won his recent
1uecesses
~ British fiiers yesterday bagsed seven
German machines. the night report
Ani3ounces. Two British machines
Nailed to return.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-18
R!cHM0hOERS HELP

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-18
RED CROSS PARADE IS

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BILLY SUNDAY Rios

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HOLD REGISTRATION

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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-14
SUGAR leaving us. Twice AS
FAST AS BEFORE WAR STARTED

The decrease in our sugar exports of
1915 as compared with 1917 of ALL
100000 pounds is more than accounted
for by the decrease in our shipments
!, to England of 734,000,0OO pounds.
! The great increase in our export to
the western allies is directly due, of
course, to the cutting off of the Eng
lish imports from the central powers
and Belgium, together with the de-
crease in sugar crops in France and
Italy.
We practically exported no sugar to
the northern neutrals before the war.
in 1917 our experts to these countries
constituted IL per cent of our total
exports. -" ..-
In 1913 Norway imported 4S,13S tons
from Germany; Denmark, 9,4S5 tons;
Holland, 28,379 tons.
EngIand's Reduced Consumption
England before the war had the iarg-
est per capita consumption of sugar of
any nation. This amounted to SO 1-3
pounds per person per year. This has
now been reduced to 26 pounds per
year, Or about ounce per day per
person. Prior to the war England re-
ceived 1856 per cent of her sugar sup
ply from Germany, 1913 per cent from
Austria-Hungary, 943 per cent from
the Netherlands, 81 per cent from
Java, IL per cent from Cuba, and only
LA per cent from the United States.
The United States consumption of
sugar averages about 80 pounds per
year per person. The Food Admins.
'tration has asked the saving of 7
ounces per week per person, and if
this were done it would still leave us
a per capita consumption of sugar of
81 pounds per annum, as compared
with the IS pounds in England, IS
pounds in France, and II pounds in
Italy.
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The Food Administration authorizes
| the following: ~ * ~
The vital Importance of conserving
our sugar supply is shown. by sugar
export figures compiled by the United
States Food Administration.
In 1917 the United States exported
over eighteen times as much sugar as
it had averaged in the three years be.
fore the war. In 1916 these exports to
our western European allies were
nineteen times as great as the average
for the three prewar years. In 1916.
of all our sugar exports to the western
allies, 20 per cent went to, England.
By contrast, in 1917 France received
81 per cent of these exports. r
Over Billion and a Half Pounds in 1916
In 1912 our total sugar expectations
amounted to S3,747,T51 pounds, in 1913
to 47,9S7,761 pounds; in 1914 to 72,-
32S,615 pounds. They increased to
5S1, 71O,51O pounds in 1915, and reach
ed high-water mark in 1916, when the
total was 1,665,S95, $685. In 1917 the
total was 1,254,551,280 pounds.
The western allies, who in 1914 re-
ceived but 5,195,S79 pounds, in 1916 re-
ceived 1,32S,242,SS3 pounds, and in
1917 total of 766,097,12S pounds.
The northern neutrals, Sweden, Nor
way, Denmark, and Holland, who prior
to the war were purchasing no sugar
from the United States, last year
bought 140,944,415 pounds. ~
One curious feature shown is the
great increase in the exports to Mex.
leo, which rose from 7,175,395 pounds
in 1913 to 35,S07,609 in 1917. This is
partly due to the failure of the Argen-
tine beet crop for the past two years
South America, which prior to the
war purchased little more than 1,O0O,-
600 pounds of sugar from the United
States, in 1917 took 142,S53,S1S pounds.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-14
CANE
MEN PRESENT
CASE TO HOOVER

NEW ORLEANS, La, Oct IT.
Louisiana sugar producers are anxious
Iy awaiting a reply to their letter,
handed last week to John M. Parker,
Food Administrators for louisiana, and
by him forwarded to washington,
which sets forth their claim that COM
pliance with Mr.. Hoover's recent re-
quest to sell at the same price as the
western beet interests VIII be equlFa-
lent to selling below the cost Of pro-
duction this year. j.
The letter was drawn up after
meeting the executive committee OF
the American Cane Growers Assocla.
ton held in New Orleans last Thursday
afternoon, at which the Food Admins.
tration's appeal to the Louisiana sugar
producers was taken up. H. n. Rharr
presided, and after protracted discus
sion the matter was referred to the
committee of seven recently appointed.
Chairman E, F. Dickinson and his
committeeman sat all Friday alter.
noon preparing their statement, which
was finally completed by sub-com-
mittee, consisting of C. LIE Bourgeois,
C. D. Kemper and D. W. Pipes.
The planters statement is based on
the assumption that the government
program as indicated by arrangements
already made is to give Louisiana
sugar makers $50 cents pound for
their raw sugar. This is an advance
of AZ per cent over the price before the
war. Averaging the cost of the ma
terial and labor that go into the grow
ing and manufacture of sugar, the
statement quotes figures to show, the
increase in the cost of production is
126 per cent and that under these con-
ditions the proposed price means a
loss to the producer.
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new YORK SUGAR
MARKET remains
QUIET AS EVER
1Erom czarnikow.Rionda company)

from Czarnikow.Rionda Company
, NEW YORK, Friday, Oct. 26.--Our
last report was dated Oct. Is. /
The market continues in the same
state of inactivity that has prevailed
for many weeks past. In the absence
of any transactions reported In Cubas
business has been limited to Philip
pine sugars, OF which 1000 tons Mus
covados, afloat, were obtained by re-
finers at 5.75c, basis So, ex ship, ana
$500 tons centrifugals, en- route to New
York and Boston, partly afloat and
partly by rail from San Francisco, at
6.9Oc, basis go. The latter price be;
ing the landed equivalent OF 5.S15c
C. f. for Cubas, which has now ruled
for about seven weeks.
The feature OF the week was the
purchase by the American Sugar Re-
filming Co. of 100000 tons of new
crop Louisiana sugars, half of the
quantity for delivery at New Orleans
refineries at 6.35c, basis 96o, and the
balance for shipment to Atlantic ports
al the price OF 6.10c, t. o. b. New Or
leans. Calculating upon freight rate
of 25c per 100 pounds, brings the de-
liVered cost of the entire quantity up
to the common level of 6.35c, basis
go, a figure which, after deducting
import duty and marine insurance, is
equal to about 5.32c, c. f. for Cubas.
There has been recent improvement
in the threatening labor situation in
Cuba, although many plantations are
yet unable to carry on their prepare
tory crop work with the speed neces
sary for an early start of grinding.
The International. Sugar committee,
of which the British MEMBERSHIP
Joseph White-Todd and Mr.. j. Ramsey
Drake-arriyed here early this week.
and the American Refiners' committee
have already held sessions at their
New York, offices in Ill Wall street.
Cuba Crop outturn-The last Cen.
trail Santa Lucia) in operation COM
pleted grinding this week. According
to cabled advices received late this aft
ernoon from Messrs. Guma-Mejer the
total outturn of the 1861 crop Of the
island is 3,023,720 tons sugar. These
figures represent an increase of 15,-
sos tons on the preceding campaigns
output of 3,007,915 tons. SIS
Cuba Crop Esttmate-Th first off.
ciai estimate of the coming 1878
output has just been issued by Messrs.
Willett & Gray of this city, who place
the figures at 100000 tons, which,
at this early date. appears quite rea.
sonable forecast - -. i
The receipts for the week at the
three Atlantic ports were 12,710 tons,
compared with 4S,145 tons last year
and 33,164 tons in 1915.
louisiana--Our New Orleans CORE.
spondents telegraph Us this morning
that while frost occurred ,insthe north.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-14
Federal TRADEDECISION ISA
VICTORY FOR CLEAN ADVERTISING

The federal trade commission has
just handed down a decision against
the Muenzen Specially company of
New. York City, holding the following
practices to constitute unfair compe.
tition: r.. -. .~=.#
1.-Advertising special sales of ar
tfcles so as to convey to the public
the impression of an unusual or adj
vantageOus offer for a limited per-
iod, when in fact the prices during
such sales are no different than those
obtained at other times.
2.-Falsely representing that ar
ticles have been purchased in large
quantities in order to sell them at
less than the regular price. " ..a
Extraordinarily representing or
conveying to the public the impress
sion that the advertised price of an
article is less than the regular price
4.-Making false and injurious
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Sugar 6.90cts
Henry WaternOuSe Trust Co.
members Honolulu Stock and Bond
Exchange -
Fort and Mercnapt Streets
Telephone 1909 &.

Representative Cooper OF Wisconsin
was talking about Prussian militarlsm'
"Prussian militarism," he said, pre-
rared for this war since II as frankly
and openly as-as-well, as the club.
A lady. you know, rang up the cluo
the other evening. Please call my
husband to- she began, but she was
INTERRUPTED. Your husband amt
here, ma'am,' said the attendant.
blandly. My goodness gracious mel
the lady exclaimed. You are mighty
sure about it,. arnt you? And |
haven't told you my name yet, either.
Look here, mister, how do you know
my husband isn't at the club when |
haven't told you my Nance The at
tendant answered more blandly' than
even: 'Nobody's husband amt never
at the club, ma am "-Washington
Star. ="