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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-01
scHIFF FOR INSURANCE BILL
declares Hardly Any Measure Now
Before Congress Deserves Greater
Support,
tBy Associated Press. ]

BAR HARBoR. Me-. August al.--
The. Federal war risk insurance bill.
designed to provide for the dependents
OF American soldiers and sailors, now
pending in Congress. was heartily in.
dorsed in statement issued here to-
day by Jacob H. Schifr, the New York
fnancier. Mr.. Schift said he was or
the opinion that hardly any legisla :
tive measure now before Congress- de-
serves greater support than the war
risk insurance bill.
II we wish our mon to go forward
without having constantly on their
minds the worry which the question of
the provision tor those they .,ve LETT
behind In event Of their own death
or disability must bring" Mr.. Schitt
said the least we can do Is TO offer
our soldiers and sailors aniopportunity
for Insurance such as is provided in
the pending measure. 1t Is better that
we should be. as Is claimed by some,
too generous than the reverse. There
can be but little doubt that tho Amer
lean people Will Willingly. approve OF
the possible burden which the pending
bill may lay ppen to them"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-01

All air training camps for Amer
lean nrintors have been estabIished
at places where weather conditions
VIII permit almost continuous work.
here rnst number of the technical
school clnssmen, college graduates
and others who were first to enlist
tor service In the mir have been sent.
n second contingent is said to bc
almost ready for actual service.
Every indication Mt the War De-
pnrtment to-dny is that there will
be full quota for the vast ayra-
lion field which General oernhinE
In having made ready in France.
fhere soon Will be men enough to
NIL the barracks, which, according
10 report" from the American bnse,
are designed TO house $4,000 men.
Indications to-day were tbat
satisfactory solution OF the problem
OF obtaining nirpInncs in suflcicnt
Quantity hnve been arrived nj. md
TINT the. output now is sati.faetorY.
officials of the signal cerp. and tho
nircraft production board are. NJ
course. bending every effort to I'm.
crense every facility for the manu-
tncture of aircraft, but the situation
!. more satisfactory to-day tb., 9.
ha. been at any time in the past.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-01
SHELDON TO ASSIST HOOVER
Will Re Representative of American
Food Administration in United
Kingdom.
tBy Associated Press.J


LONDON, August 3l.-Louis p Shell
don. who is associated with London
banking firm. has been asked by Her
bert c. Hoover to accept appointment
is representative OF the American
food administration board in the
United Kingdom. 1t is understood Mr.
Sheldon has accepted. and that II is
now being determined whether he shall
become an attache OF the American
embassy.
AS Mr.. Hoover's representative. Mr.
Sheldon will deal with the British food
controller. Baron Ithondda. for the
purpose OF bringing about close CO.
operation between the United States
and England in regard to the control
OF food. Mr.. Sheldon. who is Yale
graduate. for some time has been as
sisting the commercial attache of the
embassy overseeing the shipment OF
certain war materials.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-01
MAY ATTACK RIG1
BY LAND AND 81
First Contingent of New Air Army
From America Now on French Soil

WASHINGTON, August 31.-Tte
vanguard of Americas vast mir neet
has reached French soil.
The first of the armnda of 10000
elrplanes have snfely crossed the
Atlantic, together with men, we'll
trained aviators, to operate them.
This fact bccnme known In
guarded statements at the wur
Department to-day. The exnct num-
her of machines which have been
transported In, of course, militury
information. and not subject to pub
fcation. The snme holds true for
the number OF men sent across.
But a high official, acquainted
with every detail OF the movement,
snid:
"The aviation program is well
nl"nE. The first contingent OF our
new mir army In already across,
And machines have been sent over,
too.
Il cnn't give exact figures. either
on what has been done or what {.
being done. But the first of the
new MIR fleet have been trained and
equipped, and we have thousaad
more under training now."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-01
Ak IMBEDDED IN SKULL
OF PHOEBUs BOATMAN
Captain Elmer c. Messick Foully
Murdered While Asleep in Cabin
OF His Schooner.
BODY is THROWN OVERHEARD
Found on Sand Bar After Floating
several Miles Down Patuxent
River-sheriff in Search Of Deck
hand, Visits Baltimore.
BODY is THROWN ovERBoARI
Especial to The Times-Dtspa,ch

lSPGSiai 10 Inc 1 INES DtSpa
BALTIMORE. MD. August sl.-one
OF tn" most brutal murders in the an
na!s of this State came to light to-
day when Sheriff Daniel c. 6owles. Of
81. Mary's County. came here in search
OF deck hand. whom the authorities
believed sank an AK into the head Of
Captain Elmer c. Messick. of phoebus
Va. as he lay asleep in the cabin of
his schooner. the Matilda L., at Jones's
Wharf. on tho Patuxent River. on
Tuesday night.
After Staying Captain Messick. the
murderer burned the ships papers on
the cabin floor. and then. after making
efforts to wash away the blood with
a broom. burned the broom He then
threw the corpse overheard SO deeply
was the ak sunk into the brain of the
commander of the schooner that it re-
NAMED in his head while the BODY
hoated several miles, and when 1t was
discovered on a bar, still remained
while the body was towed for a mile
and half. 1t required the strength
Of two men TO remove the ak from
the skull.
Efforts to recover the body by drag
ging were instituted. but while Crap
ping irons were being procured a
farmer several miles from the wharf
where the Matilda l.. was docked found
the body on sand bar. He notified
Sheriff Bowles. who, with a number
of others, went to the scene. The body
was towed for mile to one wharf
and then for a half mile to another
wharf. All this while the AK was
deeply imbedded in the captains skull.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-01
CONTRACTS GIVEN FOR 2g8
FABRICATED STEEL SHIPS
Expected to Result in Turning Out of
Vessels More Rapidly Than Was
Ever Dreamed OF Before.
COMPLETE ONE EVERY 2 DAYS
Awards Given to Submarine Boat
Corporation, to American Interna-
tional Corporation and to Mer-
chant ShipbuildinS Corporation.

WASHINGTON. August 3l.-con-
Gated steel ships were awarded to-day
by the United States Shipping Board
All the vessels will be standardized
An idea of the rapidity with which
the construction program will be car
r!ed out is contained in the statement
of one of the successful bidders. which
promises that one complete 5.oOo-ton
ship will be turned out every two
working days.
The contracts for fabricated ships
Will so TO the Submarine Boat Cor
poration. which will start with twenty
eight ships: the American lnterra-
tional Corporation. which will build
200 ships. and the Merchant Shipbuild-
ing Corporation. which will put out
forty ships.
The Submarine Boat Corpora ton an
nounced to-day that its plant would
be located at Newark. ~ j.. where
ways and buildings have been con-
structed to permit of building twenty
eight ships at one time. The other
yards are understood to be similarly
we'll equipped for rapid construction.
PLAN FIRST SUGGESTED
By HENRY X. SUTPHEN
The plan for building fabricated
steel ships was first suggested by
Henry R. Sutphen. yce-president Of
the Submarine Boat Corporation, It
was stated in statement given out
to-day by the Shipping Board. The
suggestion was made to the Emer-
gency Fleet Cct1oration last APRIL but
the entire pro.sct was held up by the
Goethals Denman controversy The
plan called for utilizing the facilities
of structural steel ships that hereto
fore have been furnishing fabricated
steel for bridge building. structural
steel building, water towers and other
construction where steel was used
The governments ambitious naval
program and the scarcity of ship steel
In shapes and plates made the plan
especially attractive to the govern
ment. for 1t is expected that thereby
q large amount of labor in shops and
In the field not employed on shipbuild-
ing will now be directed toward get
ting out the standardized shapes.
Adoption OF the fabricating plan is
expected to result In the turning out
of ships more rapidly than was ever
dreamed of before In the shipbuiiding
world. So long as the flow of raw
materials can be kept up. it was said
to-day, the fabricating plants can turn
out, ships at the rate of more than one
every two days The parts will be
assembled in government yards.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-01
ILY ONE WAY IN WHICH
REDUCTION IS POSSIBLE


Mr.. Hoover mad. 1t clear that under
he food control act. except in isoia .eo
hSfances. the food administration has
rAoss6ontrol OF prices from tie tim.
tour reaches the Wholesaler until i,
rs sold by bakers and retailers "a
: bread. a price reduction can lie ac-
8complished only by voluntary action
) by bakers and retailers. and by the
assistance Of the public in eliLiniating
waste.
OF bread prices and prospects of a
reduction, Air. Hoover said:
Mat the prospective prices for flour,
lis improbable that full sixteen
nee loaf can be delivered to the con-
per for less than 10 cents per loaf
ess the consumer will join with the
kers and retailers in eliminating
needless cost. 1t may be possible to
educe> the cost Of bread by about 2
pts per loaf If cooperation of the
kers. consumers and retailers can
secured to secure a standardized
{. and II wasteful practices which
ke grown up out of competitive con-
ons can be eliminated and re-
tion In credit and delivery be
ugtt about.
SapA bakers of large volume and
b special delivery conditions may
en be able to increase this saving
newhat."
seed wheat it was announced. viii,
sbe held to the price schedule fixed
President Wilson. 1t is realized
Rt seed is Of a better grade than
ainary classes. and no effort will be
ade to control the price.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-01
IL VESSELS OVERDUE
Report by Shipping Men Given Out by
Chamber OF Commerce Mt
Pacific Port.
[By Associated Press.1

IBy AsSocfated Press
A PACIFIC PORT. August 31-Twelve
sailing vessels and steamships were
considered overdue at this port by ship
ping men, according to an announce
ment to-day by the Chamber Of Com
merce. The list includes the Wairuna,
$3.50 tons. ninety-one days out. Of
New Zealand port. and the motor
schooner Laura Whalen. 1.0i6 tons.
sixty-ive days out OF a Pacific port.
bound for the Orient.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-01
DECISION MERELY VEHICLE
TO GET TO SUPREME CoIIR1
JBy Assoc,;.,ed Pros,

fBy Associ.ted Press.J
WASHINGTON. August 3l.--Federal
officials regard the decision OF Judge
Boyd. holding the child labor law un.
constitutional, merely as a vehicle fol
getting the question before the Su.
rreme Court. whore they are entirel,
confident the action of Congress WI
be sustained. 1t had been ass:.
when the law was passed tfia
(Continued on Second PaTaY
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-01
JOINT OFFFIE::.NS|Y ! ].
AGAINST RUSS
BASE |S|.F0RH
Germany's aLon
Drive Believe
Near at n
WARsHiPs AND All
VISIT ADJACEl
Raids Carried Out q
in Gulf, With VIA
is Not Giverl
ITALIANS STILL MAXI
Push Forward OH Bainsiz1
and Renew. Activity
Carso Plateau.
ITALIANS STILL MAXI
Push Forward OH Bainsiz1 ]
and Renew. Activity Q
Carso Plateau. 2

Having failed in allatheir diractlI
tacks by land to break the Rlss
front and capture Riga, Russia.s 81
cipal naval base and arsenal ons
Baltic. the possibility that the
mans are now preparing for an oa|
sive BY land and sea is forecast
the maneuvers OF their torpedo
destroyers. submarines and "a
sweeping trawlers in adjacent wat
and in aerial attacks In the Gaiif.
riga itself. y
Forty airp!aass Of the enemy, h
winged thS
tho su,f.
these mil
upon Russia
works. and raids
against islands, in\
damage. II any, Sresul
in the Russian dfiicis
Neither the Ruasian
Office has announeads
nhent of Infantry &C ~
district west Of E
the Germans mad
Berlin says that
In the region OF
have taken the on
Ing out raidinE
ton on the qS
sian front
on the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-01
STRIKE or $4,000 WORKERS
SET FOR NEXT WEDNEsDA1
Iav Assnciated Pres.

lBy Associated Press
\ SEATTLE. WASH. August 81
strike OF more than 10000 workers
in Seattle shipyards and plants en-
gagged in tabricating shipbuilding ma
.terial to enforce demands for gen
.eral increase In wages was set for next
Wednesday by officers of the fifteen
'afhliated unions OF the Seattle Metal
Trades Council executive session to-
day.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-01
HEARST NOT TO RUN
Declines to Allow Name to Appear on
Ballot for Mayor of New
York.
IBy Associated Press.I

NEW YORK. August 31.-William r.
Hearst will not be a candidate for
Mayor of New York at the coming
election. His declination to allow his
name to appear on the ballot at the
coming primaries was filed with the
board Of elections to-day, the last day
under the law for taking this action.
Mr.. Hearst had been designated by
petition for the nomination on the
Democratic ticket
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-01
cabtaet orlsl. INN lnen,.

PA pgust sl.--Minlster of the
Intsi Iuis J. Malvy has tendere d
his ri ktion, 1t became known late
to-nig GA ministerial crisis is ra-
.rrrteS She Imminent.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-01
No Place for aci6sts
to Hold Their Meeting

CHICAGO, August at.-Denied the
privilege OF me.iihx In minneapolis.
and having been forcibly elected
from Hudson, wiz, omcial. OF the
Peoples Council of America for
Peace and Democt..cy announced
here Tonight that they did not
know where their convention sched-
uled for tomorrow would be held.
They denied Milwaukee had been
chosen, though Morris HiIIquit SO
announced In New York to-niEit.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-01
WISCONSIN GOVERNOR
OppnGEn u>O xrr,r,u,r

MILWAUKEE, WIS.,, August 3f.-
Goverhor Philip .o-niEht wired
Sheriff McManus that. should dele
gntcS OF the Peoples Council OF
Americn' for Democracy and Peace
arrive in Milwaukee, they be in
formed that 1t is his wish that no
meeting. be held. The sheriff WINS
told to telephone for Instructions,
inter this was done.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-01
D'ANNuNzlo INJURED
Itnly's Poet-Ayiator Wounded In Aerial
Combat Over Austrian
lineh. 80. !.

ROME, August sl--dabriele dan
inunsio. Italys Post.aytater, has, been
wounded In an aerial combat ever, tho
Austrian lines W.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-01
LAIN CORPORATION TO
HANDLE WHEAT CROP

rW YORK. August s1.-The food
\tration's grain corporation on
pr 4 will begin to buy and
the wheat crop of the United
4 the base5.price fixed Thurs
ht By President Wilson-$2.20
for No. ! Northern at Chicago.
was ofiicially announced tonight
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-01
||IOOVER SEES NO
EARLY Reduction
IN BREAD PRICES
Best Public May Expect Is
16-Ounce Loaf for
10 Cents.
MAY BE CUT, TO 8 CENTS
THROUGH COOPERATION
Bakers, Retailers and Consumers
Must Unite to Eliminate
Wasteful Methods.
FLOUR SHOULD SELL CHEAPER
Conntry's NIillers Agree to Hold
Their Profits to 25 Cents
Barrel.
MAY BE CUT. TO 8 CENTS
THROUGH COOPERATION
FLOUR SHOULD SELL CHEAPER
Conntry's NIillers Agree to Hold
Their Profits to 25 Cents
Barrel.
IRy Associated Press.

= WASHINGTON. August 31.-Pros-
pects of an early and radical reduction
iny-bread prices apparently vanished
Tonight. when Herbert Hoover. the
food administrator. announced that the
best fhe public may expect is d sixteen
It's. ' .
he Scent loaf of sixteen ounces 1.
sible, Mr. Hoover said. only IL
ters, retailers and consumers unit.
eliminate wasteful distribution
hods and cooperate TO obtain Il
Idardized loaf
pc price OF family -four, Mr. Hoover
should be reduced. at the present
E. of wheat. at least 81 or So :,
el. Bakers Hour will sell little
per than at present.
/. Corby. who is serving for the
GO OF the country as voluntary
u Mr.. Hoover. said tonight that
sixteen ounce loaf for 10 cents
aid represent a slight reduction in
sent prices. Standardization. he
would be hard TO bring aoout.
20 varying costs in ingredients that
into bread have made II necessary
Increase or reduce the size of the
No move will be made towards price
duction. Mr.. Corby said. until the
food administration has announced its
plans for dealing with the baking m
dustry. 1t may be a month before the
program Is ready. II was learned to-
night.
BAKERS WANT TO HELP
IN CONSERVATION OF WHEAT
he hnE hnu
Ing themselves in readiness" said q
statement by Mr. corby. Ito effec, tho
e0BseryatIop. .-pf.. wheat. They have
been cooperating with Mr.. Hoover.
and have supplied data and facts to
assist the food administration IN per-
fecting it's plans relative to breal.
The bakers respectfully request the
public to disregard the slany ridicu lous
statements about bread emana,ing
from unreliable sources and ask that
they await the announcement, OF the
( President relative to the nations plans
for bread production"
Members OF the wheat price COM
mittee. which recommended the price
OF; $2.20 fixed by President Wilson for
wheat, declared. after their work was
ended, that the committee was con-
yinced 1t was possible to make and
sell a fourteen-ounce Loaf Of bread for
rs cents.
The country's millers have agreed to
their profits on -four to 25 cents
barrel Under this agreement. Mr..
over said. -four should retail in New
rk at from $1l.75 to STATS barrel.
price OF bakers patent -four TO
all bakers and retailers he said,
puld be from S10.35 to SLIPS. The
1rage retail price Of family patent
r In New York from April to
gust has been s15.36 At present.
kers' patent is selling in New York
jobbers at $10.65. which should make
post small bakers and retailers about
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-01
RAIDERS FINALLY! pRIyI
by RUSSIAN

LoNDoS. August 31.l
iong-expected combined Ian
drive on Riga is believed Va
hand. Forty Teuton afrpIan
the last twenty-four hours
upon the various Islands, AZ
OF the bis Russian Battle "a
ing bombs pron,isu6o ously.
same time. according to ,offis
from Petrograd. German
notillas. submarines. and armsdV
ers made their appearances ne!
Riga Bay" The Teuton air n
hurled ninety bombs upon Rs
shipping and harbor fortificd
Russian machines ascendad TO to- 3 3
the raiders. inally driving fhS
None of the Russians was ii III
On the Anglo-German fronv
were signs OF German plans Itoss.
the initiative. Tho Feutbns Z IL,
heavy gunfire on the Britishs
five miles southeast of sI.HS
Arleux-en-Gohelle, ana attsmn
ing operations. The BrttishSs "a
all these effqahe
oInce- rep2S
recapture o
Lecatelet. re
The Frene
Aisne. Paris reN
GERMAN pArnoLE
PARIS. August sd
German patrol W
approach our lines
our fire.." says tod
ment. There was
lighting on both ba
In Alsace an snsrt,j
Hartmannsweiierkop
completsiy. TbIG
port FROM, ths&t
Catefs
Germd
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-01
'AILISORIs6 s5DS't
/, ALL SORTS s0F

See lines -Dsalca ~ I
Saviee q uns IL } }
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-01

minor operations aI
There has been
feavy lighting on seSets
the front in Macedonia,
French have irepuisedy B5
tacks In the region .of. Sr
and west OF Monastir.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-08

Elmer Skretting, who is attending
the North Dakota university, spent
Sunday at home, coming up from Far
go, where he had been with the uni
versity basketball team.
Bowen & Hollinshead have their
motor truck in operation, having start
ed it Monday. After absorbing a few
coats of paint during the winter 1t ap-
pears as a real yellow peril.
Mrs. l.. Clark and Mrs. H. Metcalf
entertained at a delightful party Thurs
day evening at the home Of Mrs. Clark
for the teachers of the Lincoln school.
The evening was spent at playing the
game of nit. At II o'clock a delicious
luncheon was served Carnations and
ferns formed the decorations.
Sunday afternoon at o'clock the
Methodist church was crowded to its
utmost with the women and girls of
the city to hear Mrs. Maud Hansen's
address on What l Told My Daugh-
ter" Judging from the many COM
mandatory things that are being said
by those present, that the fact that at
night the house was packed again to
hear her address on Traps" Mrs.
Mansen's visit to Valley City will help
many to better understanding of the
way to escape from the many pitfalls
set for the youth. Her spirit and
method of presentation was all that
might be desired by the most critical.
Monday morning she addressed the
several schools of the city.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-08
More snow has fallen in Yellowstone

More snow has fallen in Yellowstone
national park this winter than during
any recent years, with the result that
wild animals, including moose, deer,
antelope, bear, buffalo, mountain sheep
and other big game, have fraternallzed
on the fats close to the Gardner en-
trance. Thousands Of head have sub
sisted on rations of alfalfa provided
by government employees.
When the Northern Pacifc's branch
line from Dixon, Mont, to Poison, at
the lower end of Flathead lake, is com
pleted this spring productive sur
rounding territory will be opened for
rail traffic. Already much interest is
being shown in both Poison and Roman
as prospective business centers. 1t is
declared that unusual opportunities
for commercial enterprises will be
opened up.
Bv the selection of Portland, Ore,
for holding the fifty-6fth annual Ma
tional Education Association conven'
ton, a pleasant summer for teachers
and their friends who attend is assur'
ed. The trip to the Pacific coast
through the Northwest will prove an
education in itself. The convention
dates will be from July Z to IA. Two
special trains will be operated to
Portland for the occasion over the
Northern Pacific, one of which Will go
via the Gardiner gateway to yellow:
stones numerous sights. Low round
! trip fares have been made.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-08
Another Lot of New Skirts Just Received $3.50 to

Sam Shaw, Of Lucca, was In the city
Monday on matters OF business. He
recently lost his store and stock sf
merchandise at that point by fire.
Geo. H. Hohaus, of Forman, went b.
Enderlin Sunday evening to spent 4
few days with his daughter, Mrs. J. "a
Wiper. Mr.. Hohaus has been the
guest of his daughter, Mrs. j. VI.
Wunn, for the past week.
Arthur Thoreson, of Finga1, return-
ed Saturday from Bismarck, where he
has been employed at the state capitol
during the session. While here he vas
a guest at the Rudolf hotel. Mr..
Thoreson left Monday morning for Fin.
gal.
Last Thursday evening a fair sizea
audience greeted the appearance of
Walter C. Gran and listened most At
tentively to his recital of Harold Belt
Wright's story, THE Shepherd OF the
Hills" He prefaced his recital with
an interesting account of the ven
known author. Mr.. Grams style IL
pleasing. He showed himself quite
versatile in taking the various char
acters Of the book. His voice is strong
and flexible. He has decided talent 2s
a reader. He is working his way
through college in spite of his severe
handicap and he is making good The
recital was given under the auspices
Of the church school, Theeir share Of
the evenings proceeds helped to lii
the church debt.