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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-08
Lee Ward List Is
Sent to Washington
Each Regisirant Assigned Num-
Der Preliminary to Draining
for Army Service.

The registration board for the sec
ond Richmond district. comprising all
but two precincts or Lee Ward. com
pleted Its work yesterday. and for
warded to the office OF the provost
marshal-general, in Washington. a list
Of the $500 rcgistrants. with the mum
oers assigned to them by lot. This is
the first Richmond board to complete
It's numbering. work which will be fin-
days.
Every effort was made to insure alb
soiute fairness in alloting the numbers.
me cards. which had previously been
indeSed in alphabetical order. by pre-
cincts. were thoroughly shumed and
drawn from basket to receive their
serial number.
Each registration board was assigned
a territory of approximately 10000
people, and so should have approx
mately the :T.me number of registrants,
regardless on exemption. 1t is the un-
Outstanding OF the local committee that
when the drawing Is made in Washing
ton within the next few days only as
many numbers as were registered IL
the largest registration area-say 1000
will be placed in the globe for the
drawing. If No. 10 is drawn that
means than No. 10 on each reEistra-
ton list in this country. No. 10 in
Lee Ward. No. 10 In Clay Ward. etc.
will be drafted The drawing will
continue until $4,000 eligible men.
not subject to exemption. are provided
TO make up the first unit of 500, 900 In
the draft army and to fill the gaps in
the regulars.
A copy Of Lee Ward list as mailed
to Washington yesterday will be posted
In the Office of Mayor Ainslie, and
steps will be taken during the COM
ing week to make public the list with
the numbers assigned. 80 that each
man in Richmond. subject to draft, may
know his number. and see at glance
when the numbers age drawn In Wash
ington whether he Is wanted at this
time or not BY this method 1t is
stated that each number drawn at
washington will apply to each of the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-08
SAVED BY FlREMEN
Charles -Chnndle Has Narrow Escape In
blaze EaGt Main
Street.

Chdrtns Chandle was saved from
death by firemer from Companies 2 and
when Ere broke out at 1905 East
MHtn Street shortly after 10 o'clock
yesterday morning.
Badly burned and almost overcome
by sno ke. Chandle was hemmed in by
flames in the second story Of the struc-
ture when firemen reached his side and
carried him TO a place OF safety. He
was later taken in the automobile Of
City Electrician Leroy Speights to Vlr-
Efnfa Hospital for medical treatment
The Main Street address houses q
cleaning and pressing establishment
that ts conducted by A Want & Co,
The fire followed tho explosion Of g
gasoline tank in the basement Of the
building. and Tho flames quickly spread
to the upper floors. Two men In the
second story OF the building escaped
by jumping through a window.
The damage IL estimated at $3.50.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-08
NEW SUGAR REFINING PLANT
IN OPERATION THIS WEEK
Enterprise Recently Established In
Savannah at Cost OF
$1,000 900.
TBy Associated Press.l

fBy Associated Press.1
SAVANNAH. GA, July Monday
morning the Savannah plant OF the
Savannah Sugar Refining Company
built at a cost of S2.000.000 will begin
operation. This will mark the inau-
guration Of the greatest enterprise es-
ia blished In Savannah within the past
ten years or more 1t Will be. one OF
six sugar refneries in the United
States and ono OF two in the South.
the other being at New Orleans While
the Savannah plant can refine either
cane or beet sugar. the former will
be used exclusively at first. Three
shiploads of crude sugar have been
received from Cuba. and their cargoes
will be the first to go through the
local refinery. When operated at ite
capacity the refinery can turn out
100000 pounds Of sugar day. Three
hundred men have been given employ
rnent through the establishment OF this
industry. and the force at the United
States custom house has been largely
augmented to sample the raw sugar.
grade it after 1t is refined and assess
the duty to be paid the government.
This will amount to $4,000 a day
whom the refinery is worked TO ca
pacity. The officers Of the Savannah
Sugar Refining Corporation are: B. A.
oxnard. president; Mills B. Lane. first
vice-president: ]. G. Oxnard. second
vice-president: W. S. Parooner. secre-
tary-treasurer; B. o. Sprague. general
superintendent; +. A Bodenheim, su-
perintendent
All Of the officers except j. G. OK
nard. who lives on Long Island, n. T..
are from Savannah.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-08
DR.. Beck Says Hot Sun
and Heat Weaken the Eyes
Tells How to Strengthen Eyesight 500
In One Weeks Time in Many Instances

\ FREQ Prescription You Can Have Filled and
Use at Home.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-08

would select and o. K some plan of
filtration plant 30 that the tannery
people would not be required to change
the same later on this would be in
stalled by them.
The tannery people were thorough.
ly In accord with US, and no prose-
cuton was asked for. All we wanted
was for the department. to investigate
and give 'us tho result OF their In
vestisation
Second You indicate That DR.. Saun-
ders seems to have attempted to have
usurped tho duties Of tho comm issioner
It may DO that IN his enthusiasm In the
work DR.. Saunders has not sat still
and failed TO do anything at all at
Buch ttmes as he was unable to got d.
rections from tho department.
Third. We submit that your state
ment that DR.. Saunders Is without
sufficient practice to occupy his time
is an unnecessary and unfounded one
which. we believe. had you waited for
sober second thought. you would no,
have mada Certainly no one in Roa-
noke believes this. and. furthermore n
Is we'll known here that DR.. Saunders
- not now and never has been ar
aspfant for the comm issionership. I,
was at the earnest solicitation of this
association that he took up this work
and we have every reason TO believe
that he has carried It on at personal
financial loss.
we believe that your letter, pub
iished yesterday. does DR.. Saunders a
serious and uncalled- for injustice, and
We, bis friends and coworkers here,
take this opportunity Of expressing
our regret at your action and Of giving
our most hearty Endorsement to DR..
Saunders aud his work.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-08

discard them In . reasonable time and multitude,
be spared the trouble and expense of ever getting
glasses Eye troubea of many description srnay be
wonderfully benefited by following the smplofules
store and get n bottle of Optic Tablets. Drop
one Bon-Opto tnbiet In \ fourth of glass Of water
and allow to dissolve With this Iquod battle the
eyes two to four times daily. You should notice
your eyes clear Up perceptbiy right from the start
and Inflammation will quickly disappear. II your
save them now before 1t Is too tate- Many hope
lessly blind might have been saved II they had
cared for their eyes in time.
EoTE.Another PREPAYMENT physician = wben the
above article submitted sad: "Boo-Opto Ia a very
able remedy Its Constituent inGredGn.a nre wei
tnoSn 70 eminent specialists and widely prescribed
by them The manufacturers guarantae IL to strengthen
eyesght 80 in week time 10 many
or refund the money II be obtained from any rocd
druggist and s Of the feg preparations should
pc kept hand for regular ose in almost ever. fana
Sold by Tragic Drug Co. and othara-Adv.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-08
Hot Weather Doubles
Calls on Ice Mission

At this season the demands mnde
upon the Ice Mission ure unusually
heavy, and II In therefore In need
OF funds TO see that NO cnl from
the a.ck and needy goes unnn-
swered.
No. mntter how little you can uf-
ford Ito give, send II In. A few
pennies donated TO this cause mny
DO the means Of saving tiny
human life, while it In certain 10
AFFORD lnrRe measure OF comfort
and relief to poor persons who
otherwise would suffer during the
hot weather.
Every cent sent In will be used
to relieve suffering. The Ice Mis-
sion hns no overhead expenses, and
therefore MI donations arc devoted
e1cIustvcIy to charity.
CONTRIBUTIONS for the Ice nIission
received by The Tfmcs-Dispatch yes
terday were as follows:
DHS' L"oscy. 10 90
Council Of Jewish Women. 10 90
Mrs. Hurry w. Hazard. 80. 10 %
II Z. B-..---.- 3 90
u. N. ,M...-.. 90
ID. II. w.. 90
Received yesterdny..... 3 40 90
Previously acknowledged 81 90
T0tnl received. 10000. 500 20
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-08

Use at Home.
Now York. N. Y.-Do you wear glasses? Arc
you victim of eyestrain other aJe weaknes,7
II SO. you will be glad to know that according to
Dr. Beck, there is real hope for you. He aays that
exposure to sun. smoke. dust or wind often pro-
duecs cyestran and people living In warm climates
should frequently battle the eyes and be careful TO
protect them from extreme light This description
will prove Of great value TO many eye sufferers
Many whose eyes were failing cay they have had
their eyes restored through the principle Of this
trying It: was almost blind could not see TO read
at all Now I can rend everything without my
glasses and my eyea do not water any more. At
night they would pain me drcadfully. now they feel
fne all the time 1t was Ike miracle to me-" A
lady who used + says: The atmosphere seemed
prescription for fifteen days everything eeer,cd
clear Lean even read fine print without Siassea II
'abelevod that thousands who wear glasses can now
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-08
Social Mt r. N. G. A.

Notwithstanding tho rain that came
Just in time last night to prevent the
Saturday Nighter" at tho Central
Young Mons Christian Association
from being held on the roof garden,
there was fine attendance. Miss Mar
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-08
Fall. From Trolley Car,

FaILs From Trolley Gar.
Emaline Bronson. colored. fell from
Seven Pines electric car last night at
the corner of Twenty-nfnth and p
Streets. and was slightly hurt He was
treated by physician and taken to a
nearby home.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-08

delighted the audience with several
selections J. Robert Beadles. pianist.
was tho accompanied Another enter.
tainment will be given next Saturdav
night -
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-08

garet williams. Mrs. B. p. wheatleg
Hugh B. Bugs and B. p. whentley
sang. and there were solos by different
members OF the uurtct. J. T. Michel
man. violinist OF exceptional ability.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-08

10000 registration areas, and 80 call
out $4,000 men at each turn OF the
Democratic messenger., 1917-08-11

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Democratic messenger., 1917-08-11
Whenever You Need n General Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tastelcss
chill Tonic is equally valuable as
General Tonic because il contains the
well known tonic properties of fQUININE
and IRON. II acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enrichcs the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents.
Democratic messenger., 1917-08-11
Appropriate Need.

want a hacker for my new air ship
invention
Naturally. lying scheme would be
all the better for an angel
Democratic messenger., 1917-08-11
Considering.

DO you believe wife is Justified in
taking money from her husband :
pocket!
Certainly. if he is careless enough to
leave any there
Democratic messenger., 1917-08-11
Piles Cured in 8 to14 DAYS.

Your druggist will refund money il PAZO
OINTMENT fails to cure any ease OF Itching
blind. bleeding or r. otfudng Piles III TO II days
The first application gives Ease and Rest SOC
Democratic messenger., 1917-08-11
The ouInlne That Does Not Affect The Head

because Of It's tonic and laxative effect. LANA.
TIVE BROMO OUINI$Eis better than ordinary
Quiniuc and does not cause nervousness nor
finging in head Remember the full name and
look ior The signntutc Of d. ". GkONL. sc
Democratic messenger., 1917-08-11
Doctor
Der1ertOn
UnwilIinaly Tic Left His
Vile TO See a Patient.
b, LLlN0R MARSH

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fright ,"u are. P,l tn grt ou m,
,elyc'rcn Jacket pur on my ra~, >hoc..
sit doWu hcfnrr tA,.,r blazins TO-, with
YOU hcslc mr. ,nd we'll hntr real
old fashioned evening lthr our court.
Ing days. ch ~Wcrthrarts"
He tweakcd her Gar nnd gave her "a
kiss.
won't Il hr nice: You rau sit il
the biz chair Right before the flame
while | sit il my it'll" working rocker
beside you aud darn rh" >torkiugs
"Oh no. don't darn stockings You
didn't darn storhiuy, iu those days
~ >oon a~ dnucr Wn, over the do,
tor pulled tll, h!-. el,uir up to Tie trc.
plae" aud dr0 hi, vifr down ou MI.
knee Shr hld u~-.cd laa poutd~
when they ,oa'rt Now She weighed
loo Braio-'rs hml had several ub..l
nate cases duru- The day and was
tired Il Wasn't d4r uuuNfr> hclure Z.
remarked Tint lu. lmd strained in
Gle in m, b.tt lrs 0bcu 4ottu. oat o'
his auto >linpH na i tii 10 i,r ~
Democratic messenger., 1917-08-11
Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System

The Old Standard general strengthening tonic.
GROVES TAsrELEss chill TONIC, drives out
Malaria. .entiehcs the blood aud buildsupthc
TEN. a true tonic. For adults and children SOC
Democratic messenger., 1917-08-11
Ungallant Memories.

General. what was the most trying
one of all your engagements?
The one made to get married
Democratic messenger., 1917-08-11
Typical.

What is the meaning of shower
bouquet for brides?
guess it indicates the beginning OF
reign
Democratic messenger., 1917-08-11
Also The Galoshes.

II l. often true that the man who
saves mp for rainy day finds when it
arrives that some one has stolen his
umbrella
Democratic messenger., 1917-08-11
Paradoxical.

Is Smith a good man for the place?
No he's not good man; he's {
bettOr.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-09
Census Deficit
Grow;ng Larger

Washington. June S.-Scvcntc"n
states and the District of Columbia
had their returns from Tuesdays war
registration complete tonight when ia"
provost marshal generals offir"
closed, showing a combined rcgistra
tion OF 2,at3,2 256. compared with their
census ciigibl" estimate of 2,7O3.727.
AZ this rate, something over S5 per
cent of the census estimate haas been
registered and If tn" other 81 states
should show the sam" ratio Of dc
crease TIA" total registration would be
around o.oo0.ono. or l.2Gt 900 below the
census figures.
Officials do not believe, however
that tn" average of Is per cent under
the estimates will be maintained and
hop" to see the total well over 5000,
600. with the men now in the mill .
iary or naval s.rNic" not required to
register deducted from tn" census
figures. confidence is felt that the
record viii show comparatively few
slackcrs to be accounted for.
IN" total indicated possible cN-
CONTINUED ON Page Two)
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-09
Both America and Great
Britain Surprised at Of
ficial Announcement.
SECRECY HAS MARKED
DETAILS OF VOYAGE
Leader of Mexican EXpedi-
tiOnary Force Is Anxious
to Get Into Action.
By Associated Press.

London, June S.~-A British trans
atlantic steamer came slowly into her
moorinEs in "A British port this morn
ing with the most interesting compile
mcnt of passengers she ever had care
ricd.
Tho passengers consisted or tho
staff OF the first division OF the Amer
lean army that will cooperate with
the British and French armies on
French soil in the world war, General
John J. pershng and his personal
staff and the officers of the general
staff. numbering nearly 60. There al
so were on board about 70 private SOL
dicrs. clerical force Of the samo
number, n score OF British officers
from Canada and n large party OF
adventurous civilians. including sew
cral women.
Arrives in Night.
The ship arrived In an English har-
Dor late last night. having crossed
without oncountering any mishap or
| sighting "a hostile craft. When tho
passengers came on deck on the last
| morning of the voyage. they found
| torpedo boat destroyers escortins
them on either side. When, with dit
| ficulty. they discovered through tho
marine glasses the colors which tho
escort flow--that the ships were Amer
tcan~-thorc was great enthusiasm
aboard, which Increased when a patrol
with the same familiar flag at tho
stern joined the little squadron later.
Known Only to Officials.
| The coming of the American soldiers
had been kept secret outside the Of
ficial circles and there was no crowd
n h..,
been the case had the townspeoplo
| been aware of the event There wai
II large group of British admiralty Of
iicors at the landing station, with
their scarlet cap bands and gold TRIM
mings which denoted that the wcarcrS
belonged to the staff. the blue of tho
navy, the lord mayor, with his gut
chains of office and the officials OF tho
port to give welcome to tho Amcrt-
| cans.
| A. company OF the Royal Welsh Flu
silcers was drawn up in double limo
facing the steamers side. with tho
regncniai band ahead. a few PAGES
TO the front In proud state and held
IN leash by a rigid private was IL
mammoth white goat the most famous
reg mental mascot of the British army.
~ bI'hp VI " p'iIlip'i 4Ni''''' ''s
newspaper men and n few other per-
sons who had come to meet passcn :
gers completed the assemblagc.
| Al the steamers cechs were filled
with khaki. The waving Of handker- :
chiefs was the only demonstration
from tho steamer, or the pier until tho
lgangulank had been run up. Then IJcu-
tenant General Pitcairn Campbell, Al :
miral Siilemnn and other officials pro
ceedcd aboard the vessel and went
through the formal introductions,
The British general escorted Gen
"rai Pcrshing and his personal STAFF
to the dock. The band played The
Star Spaneled Banner and all the
military men stood at attention while
, | civilians uncovered.
=. General Pershng inspected tho
guard of honor, and walking along
both lines of soldiers talked to sew
cral Of the privatca who displayed gilt
stripes on their sleeves. signtying
Continued on Page Ninch
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-09
Quiet Fo1]Ous
Battles Roar

British Headquarters In France.
June S.-Nia London, -nBy the Assoc
cinted fress.D s.D--tomparative quiet
rcign"d today along the front of tho
latest British attack which wrcstcd tho
Mcssines ridge from the Germans
Thursday. The noise OF the guns was
quite appalling. but otherwise the day
was one Of almost complete inaction.
Tonight also Is quiet and the British
have thoroughly consolidated their
gains and are able to defend them
against any counter attack the tenn
porarily bcwiidcrsd Germans may
| commence.
Prisoners kept coming in today In
| increasing hundreds. Dazcd by
| nearly IA week Of most terrifying gun
fire and half famished as IA result of
| the starvation barrage" the British
| had kept up on their lines Of commu-
nication and supply these men upon
reaching the cool grassy spots within
| the British barbed wire stockades.
erected for their anticipated arrival.
stripped themselves to the waist. tore
off their heavy trench boots and flung
themselves ont he ground. where they
p, soon were lost In the heavy sleep OF
complete exhaustion. For them tho
war is over and their relief at beinQ
out Of 1t was only too apparent,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-09
KEEP CLOSE TAB
ON U. s. VESSELS

London, June S.-The British steam
cl Southland, from Liverpool for
Philadelphia in ballast, was torpedocd
without warning on June 4. She had
six Americans aboard, of whom one,
Edward Rigney Of New York city, is
missing. The gun crew on the South
land fired 10 shots at the submarine
after the first torpedo was fired. A
second torpedo was fired by the sub
marine and it caused an explosion in
the magazine which killed eight men.
The boats containing 40 men are
still missing. The rest OF the crew of
1a3 has been landed.
AS showing the excellent informa :
tion which the submarines receive, the
C-boat commander when informed of
the name of the ship showed surprise
and said:
why, YOU are Il week ahead Of your
time"
The submarine flew no flag.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-09
Must Rush Work
on Can t0nn1ents

Washington. June s.-NcarIy a score
OF captains of the quartcrrhaster corps
were ordered today to report to Colo
mel Littel, chief of canton ment con-
struction, in preparation for beginning
work on the 16 soldier cities which are
to be ready by September l to house
100000 young men Of the selectiye
army. Award of contracts for build
ings on the seven sites already Sc
lected probably will be announced to-
morrow.
Chillicothe, ohio. and Petersburg.
Va. were added today to the list Of
cantonment sites approved. Those
previously announced are Ayrc. Mass. ::
Wrightstown, n. j.: Atlanta. Ga. :;
American Lake. Wash. and Columbia,
s. &.
Army orders today also called out "A
score OF captains in the quartermaster
reserve corps to be comma nders of
reserve wagons motor truck compa nies
and bakery companies for the canton
ments.
A statement by the committee on
public information indicates that the
war department anticipates criticism
Of the method to be employed in con
tracing for the cantonment sites. 1,
lays great stress on the enormous
amount OF work to be done in 1.
weeks. and asserts that this could bs
| accomplished only by complete aband,
lContineud on Page Four.l
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-09
Goetha1s' Reply
Is Dismissal of
His A ssistants
Eustis and Clark, Because of
Statement on Wooden
Fleet, Let Out.
BY Associated Press.

Washington, June s.--Gharges by r.
A. Eustis. assistant general manager
Of the governments emergency fleet
corporation, and r. Huntington Clark,
his assistant, that Ma jor General
Gocthals Is deliberately blocking & the
wooden building program, re
suited today in the dismissal of both
as volunteer employees of the corpora =
ton.
General Gocihals, general manager
Of the corporation. In "A memorandum
to Chairman Dcnman of the shipping
board, announced that he was dis -
charging the engineers who conceived
the wOOd' n ship building plan, because
their usefulness was at an end
Mr.. Clark went out Of goVernrncn n
service today, but the status of Mr.
F.ustiS. who in addition to his conncc
81 ccial "G'nt of the shipping board L.
in doubt. Members of the board sa id
h" had not been asked to leave the
boards employ.
Divided on Ship Question.
Some members Of the board are
strongly In favor of building all th.
wooden ships the country can pro.
dnCc and they are loath. 1t is said, tt
Continued on Page Four)