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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-14

! caution Is taken by their patrolm en-
Tho California Highway Commission
has introduced II method of saving la
Dor In one detail Of road work. which
is generally useful. The commission
buys all the materials used on tho
roads II builds and furnishes them to
the contractors. 1t owns large num-
Der OF motor trucks into which the
materials are delivered from the rail-
way cars. 1t Is desirable. OF course,
to Keep such expensive equipment as
motor trucks moving all the time. for
they are earning nothing when stand
Ing idle. In order to load them quickly
at the sidings, when ordinary shovel
ing is the method of transferring the
materials from tho cars to the trucks.
II Is necessary to have several men
available for this work. and when the
loading Is not going on these men
must have other work provided for
them or they Will be idle. In order
TO reduce the number OF men needed
to minimum the commission has de-
Vised system OF boxes, which arc
placed along one side of the car to be
unloaded. The other side OF these
boxes can be opened like the tail of
steadily filling these boxes. whether II
truck is waiting for load or not.
When truck arrives II is driven
alongside the car, and the boxes arc
tipped up by a long lever. the outer
side Is released. and the contents dump
ed into tho truck, which takes about
i've minutes Tho truck then starts
off on another trip, and the shovc!cr in
the car fills the boxes again. This
system can only be used to advantage
when enough trucks are used to permit
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-14
DIRT ROAD IMPROVEMENT
IS PRESSING PROBLEM
Presents Greatest Obstacle to Rural
Development Through Mud, Dust
and Steep Roads.
WASTE OF LABOR AND MONEY
Only Il lie Per Cent of Rural High
ways in This Country Surfaced at
Close of 1016-Capable OF Great
Betterment.

WASHINGTON. October 13.-It is a
difficult undertaking to ascertain the
extent of the roads OF this country
and the amount of money and it's
equivalent In labor which are spent
on them annually. The more impor-
tant roads are under the care of State
officials, from whom data of this char
acter are obtained. or county officials
where strong county organizations are
in charge of the main highways. but
there is a large mileage Of local roads.
often little more than lanes or lines
OF ruts across the prairie or desert.
OF which there is no record, although
they are public property. Consc-
qucntly statistics Of road mileage and
construction in some of the States are
accurate only with respect to the high
ways, and the lanes and other roads
OF local interest are necessarily esti-
mated
The best data OF this kind is that
prepared by the United States Office
of Public Roads and Rural Engineering,
which has just issued a summary OF
conditions at the close of last year
Anybody who has attempted to gather
such information knows that this is a
pretty prompt report, for the difficulty
OF Obtaining road data from some States
within a year is very great. owing
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-14

by some persons. Tho smallest per-
centnge of surfacing has been done in
Oklahoma. whore 1913 per cent Of tn.
roads are dirt Other states with low
percentages or surfacing are South
Dakota with 0.s per cent. Iowa with
10. Kansas with Ia. North Dakota
with lie and Nebraska with IT.
Here again thcre is possibility
OF misunderstanding. for tho excellent
maintenance of many Of the dirt roads
them very easy business. except dur
ing short period In tho spring.
During 1916. s272634.424 were spent
on tho roads Of the country. plus
statute and convict labor worth abou,
Sl5,O0O.0oO and about S15.000,oO0 paid
out as interest on road bonds. The
labor and interest items cannot be
estimated accurately. but it Is certain
that the total expenditure on roads last
year was over s300.00O.0O0. Tho cash
expenditures in 1915 amounted to s2G6.-
9'e.399. and in 1914 $24O.263,7S4. This
indicatcs that there was somo slow
ing down OF the road program in 1916
largely duo TO labor and material con-
oitlons. the cas- hcxpenditures In 1916
were less than those in 1915 in Com
necticut. Florida, Idaho. Louisiana.
Maine. Maryland. Massachusetts, Michi-
gan Missouri. Montana. New Hamp-
SHIRE. New Jersey, New York OlsI,
Ginia Tho differences are very small
some cases. but the list indicates
mat The s!ackeninE OF construction was
most evident in the States where ey-
pehsivc types of construction reouiriny
imported material were carried on.
1t is not the motorists alone who arc
ehdahEered by the conditions which ex-
Isl at the grade crossings. A member
Oh me iowa State Highway Commission.
H. I: bcard, was in a grade crossing
wreck which was due to careless work
OIL road patrolman. This man had
driven his road drag across the rail-
ROAD crossing so many times that the
u'rt Scraped along by il gradually ac-
cumui"tel in the space between The
rai's ana the planking just inside them
fihaiiy day came when this waste
ROAD material filled these spaces So
iuii mat the nanEes of the cars werc
iitec and the train derailcd. COM
plants OF this negligence by patrolmen
arc not uncommon. and yet there is no
ru!r IN any instructions issued to pa
trolmen by state or county road OIL
Gals directing the men to clear their
road drags OF all refuse before driving
them across railroad. Highway OIL
cIaLs VIII DO well to sec that this pre-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-14
Richmond Automobile News
NAME "PLEASURE CAR"
MISNOMER FOR AUTOS
Classification So Generally Applied That
Utility Advantages Are
Overlooked.

Since the United States became in
volved in the world war and the great
national cry was raised against lux
uries. automobile manufacturers dis
covered that an annoying attack
against their product resulted from
it's common classification as a pleasure
car"
The classification was 80 generally
applied that in many cases the utility
looked In the hasty efforts to establish
certain discrimination between necessi-
ties and Injuries. Consequently. the
manufacturers have engaged in a sort
OF campaign OF education during recent
months to point out that the name
pleasure car" in view OF the utility
of tho automobile, is n misnomer.
In this connection 1t is interesting to
note that moro than two years ago the
Peerless Motor Car Company, Of Cleve-
land. Ohio. foresaw the evil of such a
designation of its product, and, as far
back as that time. George w. Twit-
mycr, the advertising manaEer, issued
instructions that the Peerless products
should never be referred to as pleas
urc cars"
Although the pleasure advantages
OF the motor car are great" says
Twitmyer, tits utility advantages are
so extensive as to far overshadow the
pleasure situation. Ono would not
think Of referring to q street car as
a pleasure car although there are
many without automobiles who get a
great deal of enjoyment out Of riding
on open street cars in hot weather
1t has it's pleasure advantages. but
they are decidedly in the minority
compared with Its utility advantages
The same is true OF the passenger
automobile.
ut is not strange that the misnomer
has been applied to the motor car.
inasmuch as 1t certainly opened up
field for pleasure which had never be-
fore been known. The adaptability~ of
the motor car to business uses, how
ever. is its main feature. and this fact
should never be lost sight OF. That
Is why the name pleasure car is a
misnomer."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-14
TRAVELLING OF TOURISTS
SHOWS BIG INCREASE
On Last Sunday. $50 Autos Pnss One
Point on MISUNDERSTANDING
Highway.
Especial to The Times Dispatch.1

Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
FREDERICKSBURG. VA. October 49,
Travel over the Richmond Washing
ton Highway through Fredericksburg
Is very heavy at the present time The
travelling Of tourists has greatly in
cSeased since the road through tho
Chippawamsic Swamp has been per-
manenty improved. On Sunday. ESQ
automobiles, many tourists, passed one
point on the Richmond WashinEton
Highway. one mile south of Fredericks-
burg. and 1876 OF the automobiles bore
q virginia license. Eight were from
New York. seven from Pennsylvania
I'VE from Maryland. three from Wash
inEton and others scattering from the
states of North Carolina. Delaware.
Missouri. Florida. Michigan. Wisconsin,
Washington State New Jersey ILL.,
nois. Massachusetts, Ohio and Arizona.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-14

TO the necessity Of obtaining 1t with
the help OF slow-moving and loosely
organized county boards which must
depend In turn on township officials In
somo cases.
The records show that at the close OF
1915 there were 2.i55,761 miles OF rural
roads in tho country. Of which 287. 047
miles were surfaced in some wny. In
other words. only 111-2 per cent of
the roads were other than dirt. which
shows cmphatically that tho great road
problem In the country for many years
TO como will be to secure the most
economical and efficient improvement
Oh dirt roads. The Improvement In
their location and drainage and their
eincicnt maintenance until traffic and
iocal resources require surfacing is I'M
aues'iohapiv the urgent highway prob
ieih oI the country as whole 1t is
on these roads that the greatest waste
or labor and money Is taking place
ana it Is these roads which present the
greatest obstacle to rural deyelopmcnt
through their mud and dust and stcon
grades. AS n general thing. they are
capable OF great Improvement by in
teliigent and faithful work by the
people living along them. To-day is n
particularly appropriate time for en-
couraginE such work. for the condition
or the material market and the labor
situation make hard surfacing a costly
undertaking. and State highway de-
partmcnts which are hampered by these
conditions have an opportunity to use
their resources normally required to
supervise costly work in bringing about
Il better appreciation of what must be
done to keep the humble dirt road in
good condition.
Mnssnchusetts Leads.
The office OF public roads reports
that of all the State. Massachusetts has
the greatest percentage, 47:6. of her
roads surfaced. Then comes Indiana
with 42.5 per cent New. Jersey with
io.5. Ohio with 36.5. Rhode Island with
$40. Kentucky with 23.2, New York
with 22.7. Connecticut with eco and
California with coz. Indiana and K.n-
lucky hold their prominent positions
on account of extensive use of graves!
and 1t is somewhat misleading to class
gravel roads suitable for light travel
with the expensive types OF construc-
ton used for surfacing in Connecticut.
Tor instance. 1t should be understood
that the figures refer to all kinds Of
surfacing and are not restricted 10
what are called permanent payemen,s
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-15
You Can Keep Them Free from
Colds Without Dosing.

These two fine boys have Little
Bodyguard'' to protect them against
sudden attacks OF Group or cold trou-
bles. Their mother Mrs. G. G. Evinger.
1924 N. 9Th St., Terre Haute, Ind,
II have tried your vick's
A ~ vapoRub on my two boys
\ No ~ (who are ninetee n
WA IA ronnfbo and fhroo and
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-15

Iieuts.- Hans Berg and Alfred Losch-
nerythe last two Of the 10 German
officers who escaped from Atlanta,
have been caught at the Laredo, Tex
as border. After eluding officers OF
several states in their /, 200-mile Jour-
ney, Berg and Loscherner had been
in Laredo three days without exciting
suspicion, when Inspector Rumsey
discovered them below Laredo on the
Rio Grande. The Germans, mistak-
ing Rumsey for a cowboy, replying
to a question as to what they wanted,
said:
eve are German prisoners who es-
capped from Fort Mcpherson. We are
trying to get across into Mexico and
from there will return to Germany"
Rumsey was joined by Customs In
spector Chamberlain and the officers
Immediately placed Berg and Losch-
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-15
OLD OFFICERS
OF the Strawberry Growers
Association Again Elect
ed at Pembroke.

The Christian County Strawberry
Growers Association Of Pembroke,
has organized for The coming year.
The old board Of officials was re-
elcc.cS, viz: Geo. 2. Rives, presi-
dent; B. M. Trabue, secretary-treas-
wcr; S. A. Powell, business mana.
ger.
The past season was highly profit
able and as the result about two hun.
dred acres additional will be planted,
making a total Of about 500 acres. Il
is estimated that 100000 plants will
be needed and contracts for these will
be placed soon.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-15
500 Reward, 500

The readers Of this paper win be
pleased to learn that there IL at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able 10 cure in all its stages and
that is catarrh. Catarrh being greatly
Influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Medicine Is taken internally and
acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Sur
the foundation OF tho disease. giving the
patient strength by building up the con-
stitution and assisting nature In doing its
work. The proprietors have SO much
faith in the curative powers OF Halls
Catarrh Medicine that they OFFER One
Hundred Dollars for any case that II fails
20 cure. Send for list OF testimonials.
Address f. ]. CHENEY 6 CO.. Toledo,
Ohio. Sold by all Druggist, TIC.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-15
Veteran Of San Juan

Fess Whitaker, newly elected Jail
er of Letcher county, boasts OF bit
OF interesting history, During the
Spanish-American war he wentalong-
side. Col. Theodore Roosevelt up San
Juan Hill under a fire of shot and
she'll. He claims to have worked in
more towns, all the way from Cal.
ifornia to Eastport, Maine, than any
other man, having twice toured the
country. Upon his recent nomina'
ton Col. Roosevelt wired Whitaker
congratulations.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-15
Two Suits for Damages.

F. L. Stanley is named as defend
ct in two suits for damages filed
here. Ruby Barnes asks for $500 and
Lewis Barnes prays for $50. amount
of damages alleged to have been sus-
tanned when the defendants car, it is
stated in the petition, ran into Their
buggy.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-15

DIR. ]. c. Calhoun will be Owens
boro's new mayor. DR.. J. H Hickman,
present mayor, and Henry Cline are
the commissioners.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-15

Mrs. Mary Brockwell, of Paducah,
who killed her three children while
crazy from dope, has been paroled
from the penitentiary, where she had
been since 1905.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-15

Miss Nellie c. Rodman and Mr..
George H. Sager were married in
Frankfort, Saturday.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-15

ner under arrest.
The prisoners, who were well sup
piled with money, calmly accepted ar
rest and re-interment.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-15
2Hzl Keep q Iiffie 6oex-oUzsp Ia YOUR hone
.&ICK,S WPosy6 SAIVE
Date to Set.

The finished portion Of the Jeffer-
son Davis obelisk at Fairview will be
unveiled June 8, 1918. The monu-
ment is now 72 feet high and will be
100 by Jan. list, with favorable wealth
err.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-15

Republicans elected the sheriff and
county Judge in Daviess.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-15
Episcopal Mems League.

Grace Episcopal church has formed
"a Mems League with the following Of
ficers:
R. M. Fairleigh, President.
c. o. Prowse, Vice-president.
A. w. Wood, Jr., Sec. and Treas.
The league will meet every We'd
nesday night at z o'clock and the men
of Hopkinsville with no church af-
filiation are invited to become men,
bers of the League.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-15

one-haif years old respectively and
have found II very satisfactory when
they had the Group. The first application
helped to loosen the phlegm, making
them rest more easily, and they were
able 70 go to sleep. vapoRub also helped
them when they had severe colds. l
can recommend II to all mothers"
But the best part about this Little
Bodyguard"-vapoRub, Is that 1t Is
applied externally and hence can be
used freely, with perfect safety, on
the smallest child, as often as wished
Three size, CSC, soc or s1.00.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-09

PRIVATE THOMAS HURT
WHEN THROWN BY HORSE.
Danville. Va, May s.--Private Will
liam A. Thomas. Of the Richmond
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-09
Richmond Chapter. L. ID. G.

Richmond Chapter. L. ID. c.
Richmond chapter, United Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy, viii meet this
morning at IL O'Clock in Lee Camp
hall. All members are asked TO at
tend.
Visiting Nurses Meet.
The monthly meeting of the In
struCtive Visiting Surses assocfat'uIi
will be held today at the Nurses Set
tlenent
Matthew rontain, Maury society.
The Matthew Fontdine Maury as
ISOLATION will meet Friday morning
at o'clock in room $40, JEFFERSON
hotel. All members are urged to be
present and any other persons inter-
ested are invited to join this meeting.
This is the second anniversary OF the
organization of this association. OF
which Mrs. Il. r. Moftt is president
Scribbiers Meet.
The Scribblers will meet at $3.50
o'clock this evening in the home of
Miss Erie la Meredith Dietz, 2l0o
Stuart avenue.
Red Cross Nursing Classes.
Morning, afternoon and evening
classes in elementary hygiene and
home care of the, sick will begin al
the Young Women's Christian ASSOC
tidtlOt, V ANpiil T AliI ST. tl.
FAY IA. Each of these classes will
meet Monday. Wednesday and Friday
u;til June 5 at the following hours;
10 to 1870 A. M. 4;3o to G i, NJ
to 9:30 =. =.
The course includes lessons in bed
making. bed baths. taking tempera
lures. recording pulse and respira-
ton; in the care Of and ventilation
OF the home; bacteria and their rela-
ton to health and disease; causes and
transmission of disease, and other al.
lied subjects for the home nurse OF
the nurses. aid
4 hospital doll forms part of th-
equipment for the instruction of thi'
class
Miss NJ H. Chappell, Red Cros.
nurse, will teach the classes Mis-
Chappelle will specialize in teaching
these classes for the next five weeks
THE instruction is valuable to every
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-09

Mrs water MtHrayer is visiting
her SISTER. Miss Nellie BASS in New
port News 49,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-09

keeps a store at that place. two boys
and a man walked into his store
about II O'Clock Thursday night and
wanted to stay there all night. He
refused to accommodate them. and
they passed the night in a box car.
The storekeeper did. however, change
a $40 bill for the man with the boys.
The man told the storekeeper that
he was the boys uncle. and that they
were all connected with the carnival
which was in the city last week. but
that he wa taking the boys on a trip
to Kansas. He did not state the
place. in tl-at state that the party was
bound for.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-09
POLICE ON TRAIL
OF MISSING BOYS

Portsmouth. Va. May S.---The pa
rents OF James Brounlce and John
l.ohman. the two boys who left home
last Wednesday night, yesterday re-
ceived reports that the boys are bound
Tor somewhere in Kansas" In COM
pany with man. said 10 be thirty
four years old, but who looks to he
only about twenty-one years old, who
Is posing as their uncle.
According to information received
Yesterday, the boys spent Thursday
night in a box-car at Bruce's sta
ton. several miles out of the city.
According to Mr.. Thomas, who
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-09

Mrs John Seward Il the guest of
her mother Mrs. Tyree, Of Newport
News.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-09

Blues, now the First squadron. vir-
ginia cavalry. narrowly escaped being
killed yesterday afternoon while he
was exercising fractions horse. He
was thrown on some rocks and tram
pied on by the frightened animal.
Both of the soldiers hands and his
forearms were badly mutilated. Tie
viii be incapacitated Tor military SER
vice for some time.
Thomas Is a member o. Troop A. %
the Blues, under the COMMAND OF Cap.
tain J. b. Fuller. The Richmond SOL
diers have been on duty here
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-09

Mrs Arthur Stanshury Of Norfolk,
-tl4+-aaest of Mrs Edmund Strud-
wick for the May festival
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-09

Mr.. and Mrs Wellington Hardy re-
turned yesterday To their home In
Norfolk, after spending the week end
with Mr.. and Mrs. Caldwell Hardy
in this city.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-09

Among the Newport News people
who are in Richmond ITO hear the
Wednesday club concerts are MIR and
Mrs. ". G stuart Mrs. w. $ Cope
land. Mrs. j. \. Hays. Mrs Thomas
y. Stearnes. Mrs Edwin Feller. Misses
Margaret Sommerville. Nancy Rey-
nolds. Alberta FuiwideT. Theresa
Wertheimer, and bentley Robinson.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-09

In the United States marine corps and
be FIRST to fight"
Longfellow has been rejected for
enlistment on account of physical
disability in six widely separated cities
during the past month. The marine
corps issued a bulletin today to all
it's recruiting stations to be on the
lookout for the modern "Gabriei'' and
not accept him for enlistment
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-09
IN n RICHMOND vIRGINIAN-wEpNEsDAY, MAY 9, ie17

one. and is required for preparation
for base hospital unit work
Further information about these
and the first aid classes can be got
ten from the Y. w c. A. educational
secretary Ran. $40
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-09

Nobody Wants Henry w. Iongfellow.
Especial to The Richmond Virginian)
Washing ton May s.--Iongfellow's
"Evangelne" still wanders. From
coast TO coast. lingern; here and
there to grasp of the forbidden fruit,
Henry Wadsworth LoAgfellow also
wanders in vain attempt to enlist
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-09
Goes tn wcst Virginia.

Lynchburg, Va, May s.--Miss Allie
Tompkins of Lynchburg, who has
been in the Odd Fellows home, of
Lynchburg. for several years. has re-
Gently completed course at Pied
mont Business college and has &C.
cepted a paying position in WEIGH,
w. va.