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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27
Danger of a Fuel Famine

tnN ono day in the first week of June 400
~ empty coal cars stood on the railroad
yards in Louisville. more than 800 in the
yards in Norfolk and 800 in Cleveland It
was estimated that there were at least 900
such idle cars throughout the country. Be-
8sides this evident failure to utilize the full
gcapacity OF the railroads in the transporta-
.tion OF COAL the country wastes every year
$500 100000 in fuel consumption and $780,
100000 in coal at the mines through faulty
thinning methods. inefficient labor and lack
lot proper security to mine workers.
Now. In the face OF such conditions. our
sa1lies In Europe are almost hard put to
Sdt to obtain fuel for their ships and railroads
seod sfaetories as food fos. their people. and
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27
The Flag Speaks.

Oh. you who seem too deae to hear
The mutterings around;
And you who lend a listless ear
To Wisdoms warning sound:
Give heed, before 1t is too late,
To every patriot's call,
And keep the glory Of your state
Triumphant over all!
Oh. you who seem too dumb to speak.
Lest you should give offense;
And you who shrink from those who
shrek
OF dangers past pretense;
Shout back defiance. while you may
What If your foemen rage?
And for Traditions yesterday
Preserve your heritage!
oh, you who seem too blind to SEQ
Your country's parlous plight;
And you who pirate Of liberty
When unprepared to fight;
Lift up your eyes-for Honor stand
Your hope Is Freedoms sod
Nor strike tho nag above your land
To any prince but-God!
Ralph N. Thomson, In the chrlstiaa
Herald,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27
Hands Held Out

LOW many residents of Richmond would
1 he put in the way Of gaining strength
and finding health if they took advantage
today Of the opportunity given by the Rich
Eo-t An:ituherculosis Association. it is i'm
scsa[o.= eTs1 20 estimate. Sinister and in
Hn.h-e-z- tuberculosis makes rapid inroads on
rl1st T--EI-:! :. millions IL the world who do
nnr .sT:- E-s;'@c: .:s presence. On the other
ias1lt- = ::l-.-: conceal itself from the eyes
II zs:Jer--s 80. ;: !. IS discovered in time.
Il I'LL. Is. -;-;=t md overcome.
The 1'It a::19 -2rs given way before new
tziurv'nIsz E.it.-g o. shame or disgrace
sstas2i.a Il - ~ woman or child af-
ffsctst " -t.:s:-:'---s-E. Unless II is the shame
aiid tiaE7-t-a: :. -: having guarded the body
zsi'rifii J-:'r:a- < -.e OF durable III. Twelve
5sar:HnH ~ go ~ Richmond today for
-lre s::tgil.-, ~ people Every one
M '-issIi 1893 y; hand that is able TO
1fay al, !: ;'.--: :hs way TO physical saliva
KIM -':-E .;..s asve only TO touch those
.l.fsIitI = 80.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27
News Of Fifty Years Ago
QTrom the Richmond Dispatch. June 81, 1859

meeting Of the rectors superintendents and
teachers of the Sunday schools of the Protestant
night at st. Paurs and the Organization Of the
sunday School Union was completed. The off,
dent: Rev. T. c. Dashiell. vice president; Rev
F.. NJ. Baker. corresponding secretary: Otis A.
Glazebrook, recording secretary, and william D
Gibson treasurer.
John c. Shafer has CONNIE nced the erection of
three large and fine stores on the ustom-hous.
lot. corner Main and Tenth Streets.
At the First Baptist Church last night Rev.
J.. l.. NJ Curry. of Alabama. and Miss Mary
Workman Thomas. thu :, a.niablo and accomplished
sSls%nIssd * ', ss 1'is' ee: ss
Carolina. brother of the bride. The bride and
groom left last, night for New York from
The board Of directors Of the Corn and
Flour Exchange yesterday elected p G. CoghIan
to be secretary Of the exchange. MIR. coshian
The Chesapeake and Ohio is the name OF tho
Central Railroad. in fact. and will be in law at
early date.
account of the wheat crop, in Albemarie and
adjoining counties. where the people are now
in the midst of the greatest harvest for many
years.
Bishop Doggett last week organized an an
nual conference Of the Methodist Episcopal
Ing twenty five ministers. -Four thousand
church members are represented in the new con-
ference.
introduced to the Massachusetts Legislaiure hy
tho Governor of the State.
Rev LII, nu ,p Stsnf p D. left the city last
ministry of his son. Rev ii. l., Burrows. 70 inc
The Union Pacific, Railroad is now completed
not yet subsidized nus
smiles on the wheat ali ind oven ns Vim YIN
GINA,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27
Beginning of Red Cross Work

D ICHMOND responded to the organized ap-
y peal OF the Red Cross generously and
fully, as II responds always to calls for
needed help. But Richmond must realize
that with the subscription Of nearly half a
million dollars, its duty is not yet at an end.
Stirred by the urgent necessity for imme-
date support of Americas great healing
agency, the country has oversubscribed the
100000, 600 asked for. but the country must
realize that its duty is not yet at end
How long the sum raised will suffice to main
tain the medical establishment is profile
NAUTICAL. Certainly it will not last through
a long war. and the prospect now is that
the will be long. Richmond and Vir-
ginia and the rest of the country must be
prepared to treat their first gift as only a
beginning.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27
Books and Authors

The Century Co. announces the publ
cation OF a new book. The Junior
Plattsburg Manual" by the same Of
fcers who have rendered their coun-
"Plattsburg Manual" Captain Ellis
and Captain Carney now write for
boys under military age. Military
training is intended. they state. 10 give
boys straight bodies. straight minds.
and straight morals" Their book Is
a practical guioepost toward those
goals
Helen of Four Gates" which e. P.
Dutton & Company will publish with
in a week or two. comes across the
Atlantic waited by the highest praise
from authoritative voices in England.
Thomas Hardy has given tribute to
the remarkable power OF genius evil
denced in the story. genius. he said. OF
the greatest promise he had seen in
any novel he had ever read in quar-
ter century. Max Pemberton, in a re-
view filling a long and wide column in
the Weekly Dispatch Of May 20, said,
among much other brilliant common
dation: Have we here some child Of
the Pentlands who has read Jane
Eyre on the bleak moorlands and be-
come inspired? Has the spirit of Edgar
Allan Poe breathed upon herr" or an
important part of the story Mr.. Penn
berton says that IL lis beyond question
one Of the greatest things in modern
fiction. For sheer power, perhaps. only
Thomas Hardy among living au-
thors would surpass it," The book ap-
pears anonymously-"By an Ex-Mill
Girl"-and assurance comes from Eng
land that the author is a woman of
thirty who has worked nearly all her
life eince she was eleven years old
in a cotton mill.
Mr.. Claude Bragdon, the Rochester
architect, whose books on the Fourth
Dimension are published by Alfred A.
Knopf, in a speech recently delivered
in Buffalo, declared that the end OF
the present European war will mark
the beginning Ola new art era. and
that the United States is standing on
the threshold OF an aesthetical revival,
which will find expression in the art
of light Mr.. Bragdon said in part: II
present a hope, perhaps certainty,
as to one prospect Of the aesthetic re-
vival Of the future. / submit 1T will
be an art of light, like music. but ex-
pressing the heart of man better. Sound
Ja limited to the earth; light pene-
trates to the most distant star. May
not that be smybol OF the relative
values of the message OF light and
sound? In a recent letter to his pub
Usher. Mr.. Bragdon said: II am do
veloping my song and light idea into
an art. Of mobile color-I am making a
color organ, whereby I shall be able
to make colors glow, fade and change
to correspond with the changing mood
Of the music. This has been attempted
before. but never very successfully.
and feel that my Idea Is far and
far away finer than anything yet"
In this connection it Is interesting to
note that a rather striking car card,
which may be seen In the street cars
OF Now York. Boston and Philadelphia.
and which Mr.. Bragdon recently do
signed for Mr., Knopf, Is an unusual
com bination OF colors "a major triad
In D fiats
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27
Time for Service, Not Preference,

Ho1
To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-From an article appearing in your
would seem that tho writer has further In
terest in the organization to which he once be-
longed because 1t is now a cavalry command
The present members sorry to see such a
feeling existing and publicly demonstrated bV
ono Of the sGuadIon.s former members. because
In tho present emergancy men Who Wish TO-
their country would make no discrimina-
would serve in case they really were in earnest.
This Ia not time FOR personal preferences and
probability the cavalry will DO sont to the front
Of our former members do not wish to take this
chance. and still desire to be patriotic there
whose past rsoosds arc JraexcAllad, and thesa
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27
Pickets Have Boomeranged Themselves

4 S they might have known if they had
possessed any political acumen. the
silent pickcts at Washington threw
boomerang at their own cause when they dis
played unpatriotic banners for the special
beneht OF the Russian mission. For a long
time the government and the people had
borne with their folly in picketing the White
House, because the whole thing seemed
childish and harmless though 1t was
Ia bad taste. But when they overstepped
the bounds and deliberately insulted the
President, the administration and the coun-
try, they lost the immunity heretofore
granted them They mounted guns. so TO
speak. and made themselves subject to at
tack.
Now 1t is apparent that the police are de-
termined TO allow them only such privileges
as are clearly within their legal rights The
moment they move in such a manner as to
come In conflict with any ordinance regulat-
ing the use OF the streets. they will be appre-
hehdcd and taken to court as other disordcrIy
persons are They can't be martyred, dearly
as they'd love to be. because their prona-
gandistic activities will not be charged
against them. They will be tried for having
disturbed the peace. for having blocked the
sidewalks, for having caused an unlawful as
senoiage, or for some other low proved Of
tense. and no halo will set off their suffering
In theory, their plan was noble in It's
demand for sacrifice and submission to scorn
ana scolhng; In practice, 1t comes suuarely
against the move-on ordinances. and Il iust
won't work.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27
Richmond. Juno &c.


wants RELIEF From Mortgage Tax.
To tho Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-The various candidates for the COVER
nor speak in general and eisterng terms Of
VIRGINIA ha tax laws. but | would like to $40 one
present severe tax of per cent on mortgage
bonds or notes and other intangibles. 1t is
diTeait to obtain mortgage Investment or an
S Virginia that pays over per cent and the
sent sent of his annual income in taxes No wonder
9th The :, oid Testament tax on the Hebrews was
I'm In the State of New York under the recent Mills
the face value of the securities and obtain
In In Minryand the tax is only half Of what it is
absolutely honest and have a small amount Of
pay 20 per cent Of their Income in taxes stock
virginia at per con. because the company it
SELF pays no tax in Virginia although II pays
full taxes at the place OF It's habitaton. Nir-
holders arc relieved from taxation: but this is
heavy dtscri limitation against outside companies
which weighs hard on persons who cannot find
suitable Virginia stock [, purchase.
! wish that one of the candidates would take
nold OF this question and promise relief
SO mat people can be honest and pay all taxes
required by law. ALIENS p ZONES
Petersburg, Va. Juno %.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27
SEEN ON THE SIDE
What's In a Namef

What's in name?
He whom men call a Ounce
VIII feel no further shame,
Nor do more stupid stunts.
II always In alluding to his views
few resoundins adjectivos we use.
But stay. Mayhap
That seif-samc foolish wight,
II he should lose his cap
And bells and stand upright
AND gain another name, might by and by
Become as wise man as you or l.
Ihere may indeed. be something in q name
10 bridge the gap betwixt respect and shame
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27

they are counting on US to supply large
percentage OF their needs. But If our fuel
consumption continues at the present rate
of increase. we shall not be able to supply
ourselves. What is most urgently needed at
once Is new department OF government. to
coordinate the work OF the industrial COM
mission, OF the Interstate Commerce Com
mission and OF the Bureau Of Mines. We
need just now coal control Hoover as we'll
as a food control Hoover
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27
The Richmond Iimes-Dispatch
information Bureau

Inquiries regarding almost my tonic except
Ing on legal and medical subjects nre answered
Tree by The Times-DIspntch Information Bureau
through our Washington branch for
tnnnte In having access to the unparalleled
sources OF the vnricns Federal government de-
partments and the great Library of Consress
which furnish Information of priceless value to
the public. As all inquiries nrc answered d.
recfly by personal letter. Irrespective of whether
printed, 2-cent stamp In required for return
postage. Writer'S name he furnished
Nnitinls Will not answer), md post-onlcc nd
dress must be plainly given. Address The Times
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27

New York's detective department is not
to be singled out for extraordinary censure.
as IL 1t had been guilty Of some altogether
new odense. 1t merely followed the old
police rule that teaches policemen. when they
can't find out anything. to blame whatever
happened on the person it happened to-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27

Under the draft regulations soon to be an
nounceo' preliminary limitations make It
certain inc physicians will be the most i'm
portant members OF tho exemption hoard,
In that view Of the case it is of the utmost
consequence that none save men OF upoues-
toned professional and personal standing
snail be permitted to serve. There must be
no suspicion of the fairness Of the selective
draft.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27
Difficult, Indeed.

There must be good many interesting and
difficult problems in the life Of a statesman"
ventured the loyal constituent.
There. are responded Congressman Ham.r-
fatt When the statesman has to make one
lone job answer the of ten deserving
patriots. am here to remark that the problem
practically deies solution"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27
Very Different.

Did you tell Binks." demanded the outraged
expert, that when I discussed the war I did
not know what talking about?"
Not at ALL" replied his friend, soothingly.
L told him that when you discussed the war
you knew you were talking about the war;"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27

commands would. I am sure. welcome mon of
experience into their ranks.
. AltEw me 10 express the appreciation OF tn, tho
time to time In the interest OF recruiting. and
also our regret that such criticisms this. even
ACTIVE BLUE.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27
"Mitc Boxes"

Miss n D. Batesburg: s. .c.-Perhaps the
term comes from the word mite" which means
small coin or small sum OF money. 1t was
also coin current in Palestine in the time OF
Jesus. Mark refers to II in xii. 41-4i. and 1t
is also mentioned in Luke xxi. IA. 1t seems in
Palestine to have been the smallest piece OF
money (worth about onc-eighth of cent?,
being the half a farthing
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27
Removing Wall Pnper.

Z G. NJ. SOUTH, Richmond. Na-Make hot
10 per cent solution OF sal soda and apply II
to the wall paper with whitewash brush Two
applications may be necessary. When the paper
Is Softened. remove II with putty knife. After
the paper has been removed solution OF glue
and water tmi1ed in proportions to make thin
paste) should be applied. After this is dry
apply the wall paper In the usual way.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27
To-Dny,s Best l,and-PIckea Joke.

Colonel Corki was. colonies so. not bad
old stick to have about regiment. Recently
he had three men of his company in to help
him remove the grand piano, and as this gift of
Aunt ELIAS was of hefty build. he signed a
blank order that the men might obtain beer
from tho canteen. leaving the amount thereof
for the warriors to fill in themselves.
Here dispute.
Put down six pnts," suggested Private
Dumps.
More like a barrel growled one OF the
others
But at last the sergeant came along with the
right idea He filled the paper up thusly:
please fll these men with beer."-London
Ideas.
OF Course, They Laughed.
There man in our town
Whose jokes all thought funny
He won this humorous renowm
By having lots OF money
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27

Hopewell always was brightly colored
town. but when tho Du Points start to make
dyes. lts ancient hues Will be cast into eclinsa
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27

There will be some to regret that Tn,
silent sentinels" have lost their banners a.
well as their minds
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27

Washingtons Wild Women would be doing
far better service TO their cause and their
country If. instead OF parading with banners
they were at home folding bandage
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27
The Pcn.imI.t SAYS,

While the lamp holds out to burn the Stacker
may 10 right return. But the Department of
Justice says that the oil is running mighty
low
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27
AIny nc Sent Anryybere

r. E. c., Toano. Va-AIcn in the service under
the seiective draft may be used either withiI
Practicing physicians, If OF tho prescribed age
may be called into service.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27

New York now has some girl office boys y
The troubles Of business men never grow less
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27
The Voice of the PEOPLE

A. an evidence OF good faith. letters must
give the name and address writer. Name
will not BIO pubIished II writer reauestn.
Make all comnunics lions short
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27
Fifty-Cent Piece of 1877.

Mrs. w. c. NJ. Richmond. Wa soc piece OF
ISL probably has no special value, but YOU can
American Numismatic Society. Broadway. be-
tween l55th and 156th Streets. New York City.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27

From what is going on In Greece now. It
is assumed Constantine is not pointing with
pride to King Alexandcrs way of dealing
with my policies
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27
Health Talks. by Dr.. VIM. Brady
'cop'rirht 1915. National Newspaper Service,
Conaerxntfon OF thu STAR OF LIZ.

In this column the modern substitute for the
s.utI OF ire mas been termed an aaaenic, insipid
sorry looking failure The refined white flour
which goes into the present-day loaf Is robbed
or much Of Its nutritive value most of TIA
blood tonic or bodybuilding chemical elements
ana practically all of it's natural aids to diges-
bread as staple of the diet are anaemc dys.
peptic constpated. and much given to indule-
ing In cure-alls which never anything
In England at the present time the law re.
quires that millers shall utilize at least rs nor
cent of the wheat in the -four. leaving only
about quarter of the food value of the wheat
Kernel for the cattle and chickens.
In America about So per cent of the wheat is
utilized, and we turn over the rest of the food
value TO our domestic animals.
brewers. resisting the present propaganda to
prevent the wastaGe OF grain in beer making
declare that no wheat used in the United
States. according to the Internal Revenue De-
partment. for the making Of beer but that
barley and corn were the grains used They
assert that only about q of per cent of thu
grain production of the country goes for brew
ing purposes.
II the brewers anybody else were to IN,
propriate 10 per cent of the food value Of wheat
for their own needs. should certainly feel
that i; might have an influence upon the high
cost OF wheat -four. But We continue using rc-
fined white -four, Just a a matter of custom al
though we know at least 10 per cent of the
food value of the wheat is missing from the
product we buy dearly.
The remedy for this is to demand less refined
-four The great mills of the country are willing
and eager to meet such demand just as soon
as 1t is made positive enough.
Conservation OF food value and reduction Of
the price OF -four are only minor considc ra tons
however. By returning TO -four more akin 10
that used by our Observation-Disclosures we get
back to something that really resembles a staff
of life. We get something which the blood re-
quires. We find the bread more digestiblc we
discover that we can exist comfortably without
the daily. harmful dose of physic.
Don't use refined white -four II you wish to
keep we'll long.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27

T-;lr- ;.a Cossackz 20 altar the anarchists.
Us lE:-s- .zvs some reason 10 believe the
-:'l'c--t.c- Ezs-': pu, al end to all Russian
E-=:kc,tE
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27

On the western battle front the effort
seems to be to keep the other fellow
guessing.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27

Again we ask: why doesn't that survey
start TO survey3
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27
civil Service examinations.

letter to the Civil Service Commission. wash
manual of examinations. giving places and dates
of examinations. rules by which papers are
rated descriptions of examinations specimen
questions. and g general INFORMATION. Or. by ad-
Richmond. Va. you will be informed regarding
date and branch OF service for which examina-
lions will be held in Richmond
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27

Another T. B. Fellow I'm Wrong.-What is hest
for constipation for T. b. who is confined to
bed taking absolute rest. owing to mild fever?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27

To Improve the Athletes wind.-Please tell
me what athlete do improve his
wind f. T. NJ
Answer-Developng wind" second wind"
is simply case OF increasing the size Of the
right side Of the heart (Which pumps the blood
through the ungs). 1t demands prolonged and
nteliigently graduated exercise. Training" for
at least "A year
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27

Answer.-Regulation Of the diet. My friend
a patient Ill enough to require bed rest-as
every tubercular patient Is when his tempern-
ture is 1Oo-also requires the regular super
vision OF a physician. and 1t would be worse
than foolhardy for such patient to do anything
take anything excepting with the sanction
OF his physician.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-27

PUBLISHED every day In tho ,cnE at 10 south Tenth
strcst Richmond. VA. by The Timcs- Dispatch rub.
fishing Co.. Inc. Charles h. Hnsbrook. EDITOR anu