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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03
SMOKERS TAKE BIG
FIRE LOSS TOLL

In table showing the causes Of
nres in Virginia recently issued by
the National Board Of Fire Underwrit-
ers. 1t IL shown that the average loss
caused by smoking cigars. cigarettes
and pipes amounted to $107,765, or
nearly one-third OF the entire loss Of
$3S2.472 for 1915 for strictly prevent
able fres. loss OF $10a,o0s was
caused by defective chimneys and hues.
The balance was attributable to var
ious causes. the largest Of the re-
naming being $75.ss4. due It was stated
to stoves. furnaces. boilers and their
pipes. All Of these fires could have
been prevented had previous inspec-
tion been held.
There were $s52.772 OF fre loss due
to partly preventable causes. and 81
496,063 due to unknown causes. It 10
estimated that at least half of the Ares
caused by electricity. sparks from fres
and spontaneous com bustion were pre-
ventable.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03
CROPS VALUE IS
NEAR NINE BILLIONS

washington, JAM. 2-Aimost nine
billion dollars was the aggregate value
Of all crops of the country last year.
In an estimate announced today by
the Department of Agriculture, the
exact value was set at $8.s34.587. 600.
That was an increase OF $2.1s5,sss.-
900. over the value Of 1918 crops. and
$2,Se7,2Os,00 900 over the average OF the
years 1910 to 1914.
Texas held it's lead as first State
in value Of It's crops. but Illinois az
second State in 1915 was displaced by
Iowa last year. Georgia was fourth.
Except North Dakota, every State
showed Increase In The value OF It's
CROPS last pear over 1915. AlabAua,s
increasf 49, veey ellGht
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03
BASKETBALL CUNTS
PLAY HERE TONIGHT
Two Games VIII Be Played at Y. NJ.
G. A. and Same Number Is 20
He 6taGcd at McGiifs.

Four interesting basketball games
yi0 BE- staged on the McGtll Catholic
Undoo and Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION courts tonight.
In the Federation League the
Church Hill Athletic Club quint will
70 up against the Y. NJ. c. A. Ave.
while Fairmount will have 1t out with
the strong Barton Heights contingent.
Both Of these games are expected to
be interesting affairs and large
crowds should wttnless them The
frst game will be called at 8 o'clock
and the second one Immediately aftsr
the conclusion Of tho initial engage
ment.
On the McGill court the McGill FIVE
will go up against the Church Hin
second team. while the Merchants
National Bank will play the Young
Mems Hebrew Association quint.
Both Of these games are also expect
I'd to be good ones.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03

Here's what Bob Simpson has done:
In nine high hurdle starts during the
summer season he beat the generally
regarded Impossible Is seconds
seven times. Twice he went over the
3-foot S-inch barriers in IA 3-5 sec
onds. The first time he did this the
experts shook their heads doubtingly.
but when Bob came through with the
same time at the conference OF col
lege champions, under the clocks of
the best timers in the Middle West.
there was nothing for the doubters
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03
BILL clYnER MAY GET
CHANCE N BIG SHOW

New York. Dec 3o.-Billy Ciymer
may get his chance to manage ma
1or league club the coming season.
C1ymer won the pennant with Louis
vile In the American Association last
year. He has won more remnants in
the minor leagues than any man in
baseball. It has long been one Of the
mysteries Of tho game why he has
not been recalled to direct major
league club ere this.
o. H wathen. who owns the Louis
vile franchise. 10 said TO be trying
to buy the st. Louis Cardinals from
Mr.. Schuyler Britton. II he IL sue
cessful ne will transfer Clymer to
the Mound City. It is possible that
he Will dispose OF his Louisville fran
chiss. ~ the club IL hardly a money
maker,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03
HEAVYWEIGHT LITTER
DIES IN CINCINNATI

Cincinnati, Jan. e.-ffeury Holt
grewe. who several years ago was re-
puted to be the champion heavyweight
litter of the world died here today.
Holtgrewe had a nation wide reputa-.
ton of having met nearly all of the
heavyweight filters in the country and
having emerged from each test OF
strength undefeated.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03
FORMER BIG Lacquer
DIES IN WORCESTER

Worcester, Jan. az e m n
Brown, IL. clerk OF the Worcester
oyerseers of the poor. died yesterday
from apopleXy at his home at No. 81
Rurwick Street. Brown at one time
was prominent as a leader OF baseball
teams, managing the Worcester Ma
tional League Club in 1885.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03
w. w. BEVERLY TO =
BE OPERATED ON.

w. w. Beverly. Commonwealth at
torney for Henrico County. will be op-
Grated an today At ST. Luke.s. Hospital
for appendicitis. He was attacked with
the trouble last month. while on a
hunting trip. and since then has had q
recurrence several times. The doctors
yesterday advised m immediate opera
tion.
State Senator Julien Gum. formerly
Commemorative attorney flor Hsnrico.
will take the place az n. Bsvsrly until
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03

Bowls May Hum Against satterflela.
1t is rumored that j. II. Bowls. for
merly deputy on the star of City
Sergeant Satterfeld. will oppose MFR
Satterfeld for the office of sergeant
at the next city election. Mr.. Bowls
has made no formal announcement OF
his candidacy. but his friends said
yesterday that he win make his can
didacy public formally at an early
date. His services as deputy ended
January l. when he was released ow
ing to the great decrease in number
Of prisoners in the Jail. Mr.. Satter-
field said that he had learned that op-
position to his election was brewing
but didn't know what had been aeA-
Aitsly brought ont
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03

to do but proclaim Simpson as the
greatest high hurdler that ever dom
ned a spiked shoe. Simpson ran the
high sticks at the national champion
ships at Newark with a game leg in
IA AS seconds. and repeated the feat
at Stockholm in October when the
temperature was below freezing,
Simpson further clinched his right to
a place on the pedestal OF 1916 great
ness by equalling the worlds record
for the 220-yard low hurdles held by
Kraenziefn and Wendell.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03
To Issue New Internal Loan.

New York, Jan. 2.--Advces from
London today Indicated that England
is about ready to announce a new
internal war loan to supersede the
recent large issues of excheQuer
bonds.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03
pton Secured On Ground To Build Ball or Objects Use
OPTION PROCURED
ON PROPERTY TO
BUILD BALL PARK

Members of Board of Directors of Richmond Exhibition
pauy Will Purchase Lee Park and Ground Adjoining
United States League Field to Make Permanent Park
Grounds Will Be Much Better Than Those Previously Used
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-11
Rural Schools Of Country in Sore Need
Of Teachers Better Qualified for Work
By ]. L. McBRIEN
School Extension AgeIl. u. S. Bureau Of Education

The rural schools of the United States need of better
qualified teachers AT least oned of the rural teachers for the country
large have professional training The scholarship Of this
of unframed teachers little than egtade education
There 1000 oneeaher rural schools the United States 1t is
conservative therefore, that there 10000 rural teachers in this
with elementary education and professional training
There state the Union that has four thousand teachers with
sevenhgade education and professional training charge Of
schools this There several states that number their
teachers this class by the thousand and there states
that their rural teachers in this class by the hundred
Another third of the rural teachers of the United States have only
limited amount of professional training and their scholar
ship not above the tenth gradeat twoyr high school education
beyond the eighth grade There at least seventy thousand teachers
in this class.
majority of the remaining onethrd of the rural teachers of our
country average only fouye high school education which
includes from two years attendance state normal school or the
professional given the junior and senior understanding
high schools several terms at schools for teachers
the conditions that face the qualifications of
rural teachers The problem that nfronts how improve these
that have hundred and fifty thousand
without adequate preparation for their work enough arouse
the public mind this queso such degree that within the next
shall have sufficient mer of teachers with adequate train
ing for every rural school in thekJnite States
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-11
NEW WOMEN AND THE OLD
Who Would Exchange Modern
Woman for OId-Fashioned One
as We Imagine Her?

"Who but ninny would exchange
the modern woman as she often is for
the old-fashioned one as we are apt to
imagine herr" asks Judge Robert
Grant of the Massachusetts probate
court.
at being woman's nature-observe
the word, please-tO be sweet and
charming, compassionate, self-sacrific-
ing, loving and tender-hearted, can any
one regard her exchange of docility for
self-reliance and an outlook limited by
her garden wall for the initiative
which enables her to see the world as
it really is as anything but'a gain!
'There used to be dread in the Gays
Of our grandmothers that the new
woman would dress like man. A Few
women did and were nearly mobDed.
$50 impressed, on the contrary IS
the new woman with the Importance
of looking her best that she has been
apt during the present generation 10
ape the fashion plates of the deini-
monde in order to attract"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-11
United States Needs 1000 Airplanes
to Act as Eyes for the Army and Navy
BY ALAN r. HAWLEY
President of the Aero Club of America

We lack apan dozen drgbes and S5 kite bal
looms for observation needed national dnses
place this country aera where belongs The head OF the br
s admiralty Baou recently said what might we'll be needed
by
at avals England nothing have control of the sea unless it also
has control Of the air"
splendid recently made in private enterprise prove that
NOT and
blind.
While half dozen other between thousand and
nine thousand aanes our army ana
navy combined only about hundred flying men,
The As batteries artillery and the % forts IN the SIX coast
artillery districts have single de observation balloon They
without eyes.
Tn these DAYS of transatlantic submarines for our navy are ao-
necessary chain of stations should be established through
out the country thirteen coast naval districts should have
a station.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-11
CoURTSHIP'S DELIRlUM.
If she loves me, this believe.
will die ere she shall grieve;
IL she Sights me when 1 WOO,
| can Scorn and let her so.

There are some men who imagine
they fall desperately in love with some
pretty young woman at first sight.
They begin paying attention to her at
once and propose marriage with I'M
due haste. If they are accepted by
the young woman. nothing will salts
fy them save that an early date be
set for the marriage. They pass ev-
cry evening at her home. They go
to their boarding house and write her
Il long letter before they cOnSign them
selves to slumber. They think of her
and nothing but her even TO the neg
lect of their business pursuits.
This is the delirium of courtship. 1t
is quite the reverse from being sane
and sound. A young man of this sort
as sure that his girl is veritable an
eel. Il daughter of the angels.
After marriage, such a man wakes
up with a rude start. He finds he is
welded to very human person. \
few faults are mingled with her many
virtues. Rs E-9S so desperately in
love with her that he did not notice
that she was willful and had a decided
temper. Even courtship should be set
about coolly and deliberately. One
should not look for faults in the other.
but one should be able TO see them
when they crop out.
1t is a revelation 20 many man to
see a girl whom he adored in her pref
ty evening frockS later on in work
apron and with tousled hair. 1t doesn't
do for n girl to be always dressed up
in finery before a lover. She should
treat him to a plain costume now and
then that he may not bank too much
on her dolled-up beauty. If the alb
Sence of a curl would mean the
loss of his admiration. a girl of good
sense would want TO know il. | never
approve of long-drawn-Out courtShipS.
But 1 do think couple should winter
and summer each other before being
united for life. Courtship's delirium
seldom lasts over a couple of months
or SO. Then an overenthuSiastic love
settles down to earnest affection. He
awaits patiently the outcome of his
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-11

There's generally a good reason for
peoples likes or dislikes. Many won
der why well-seasoned bachelors have
a preference for beauing girls in their
teens. 1t isn't so very strange when
you look right into it. Bachelors en-
joy freedom from a certain kind OF
nagging while in such youthful society.
When q man takes it upon himself to
pay marked attention to woman of
mature judgment-be she four and
twenty or still fair and fOrty-she is
anxious to know if he means business.
She seldom loses an opportunity to
turn any chance word into the subject
of matrimOny. He imagineS he must
keep constantly hedging with her, be
ever alert and on his guard, lest he
be ingeniously led into proposing. In
the company of very young girl he
feels carefree. All she thinks of is
amusement for the time being. She
is in the best of spirits if she is taken
to theaters, balls, dinners or ball
games, with never thought of matri-
mOny. She is young and can afford
not to bother her head about it. If
there is ever hint Of matrimony she
is quick to declare that she doesn't i'll
tend to marry for years and years vet,
in fact, not until she has had her fun
out. Of course, he knows it will be
only a question of a year or two before
she changes her tune. But the aver
age bachelor is only too pleased to let
it go at that.
The youthful, animated conversation
of the young girl lifts him out of the
rut in which he has been jogging along.
Her laughter and innOcently expressed
thoughts warm his heart and his ma
ture. His faith in the sex is renewed.
She makes q splendid companion for
his outings If he is inclined for &
tramp of few miles, she is eager for
it, She has no terrors of pinching
shoes or fear of exhaustion from tight
ly laced cOrSets, the tell-tale signs of
the fact that a woman is getting on in
years. The young girl delights in
horseback riding and can go just as
fast as he can. The more spirited the
horse, the better she enjoys the gal
lop. The older women he knows would
be too much afraid of their necks.
They are past that spirit of youthful
daring. The young girl can attend the
game with him, and becomes even more
enthusiastic over it than he can. This
is added amusement for him. She
doesn't wear clothes that will spoil in
wind or weather. If sudden shower
comes up, she only laughs, declaring
she's neither sugar nor salt" He's
often had to scurry hither and thither
on such occasions to get good con-
veyance for the older woman he was
escorting home a few blocks to save
her gown and feathers.
When it comes to marrying, well,
that's quite another matter. The old
err. settled-down woman appeals to
him. SO calls well that ends well"
under Cupid's directions.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-11
First Incandescent Lamp.

The first practical incandescent
lamp was the carbon filament lamp
brought out by Edison in 1S7S-1S79, al
though a platinum filament lamp was
experimental with much earlier. Fila
ments of osmium, tantalum, helion and
other metals were introduced, but none
of them equaled the efficiency of tung-
stem, invented in 1893, and perfected
in 1912. Many other lamps were made
during these years, among them the
Nernst. One of the improvements, eff
fected by introducing nitrogen into
the bulb, is known as the Mazda gas
lamp, which is made in various large
sizes, and has become an efficient COM
petitor of the arc light.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-11

meet, she should not be too proud 10
wear black shoes when out for prom
enade, though all the girls she knows
are sporting white ones. When young
men callers drop in of an evening"
mentioning casually the spread they
had at this or that girls home, her
pride shouldn't urge her to go these
girls one better and set forth refresh
ments that will be a heavy drain on
the purse of her father, causing a
shortage in the family table for week
TO come.
If a girls father is a working man,
instead of attempting to conceal it,
she should glory in that fact and be
proud of it. If her mother has I'M
fortunately missed having an educa-
ton, the daughter should not attempt
so make her life miserable by con-
stantly reminding her of it and cor
recting her.
Where poverty exists, all the mem
beers OF the household should make
the best of it. Such condition should
bring all the best in their natures to
the fore. 1t should be the aim of each
to bend every energy to help lift their
loved ones out of it. Few girls, even
if the opportunity was theirs, would
dress beyond their means when they
realized they could not afford it. 1t
is not the girls who have the most
dresses who generally look best or are
most admired. The poorer the girl.
the more taste she is obliged to exert
in selecting her few clothes. The diff
ference between boys and girls is that
young man who has poverty for a
drawback will pocket his pride rather
than attempt to appear what he is not.
TO be rich in pride yet poor in pocket
is the failing of young women. If their
notions are allowed to run their course
unchecked, their pride and poverty
lead them to grave fOllies.
One girl who was ashamed of the
house she lived in walked many blocks
out of her way to fool her acquaint-
anceS into the belief that she lived
in better place, only to be mercilesS
ly jecred ut when the pOstman who
served her locality remarked, What
are you doing way off her, Name, SO
far from your home in Cherry Lane?
II was thus made known that her
home was in the most humble part OF
The town. No girl is measured or
Sought by the location of her home. Ii
is her own individuality that attracts
or repeIS friends or would-be lovers.
Give me the sweet-tempered girl ev-
erytime, instead of the proud one
Men think the same way about it,
Nm glad to say.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-11
Government Control of Distribution Of
Food Only Solution Of Price Problems
By RALPH II. HESS
Professor Of Political Economy, University OF Wisconsin

boieve that no expedent complete or partial
o in nv considerable degree useful the pres
ont and mpendng contingency unless indeed it be emergency and
expdent and finally suppaned by admin
and cooperative machinery for the control OF production anu
Al ril,+on Of foods and the elimination of speculation
further reason itself sufficient to dquafy the embargo policy
m 70 mpe continuation of the and present trade relations resides
the credit already established between the United states anu
tho bepeent countries and dependence upon the commercial good
IF those countries make satisfactory settle
ct OF the outstanding and that claim their most
favored" trade in the years Of peace to come
feel certain that comparatively mild application OF the herman
method of regulated cooperation food distribution VIII aDuuty
solve our food and price problems
Let us place distribution under strict governmental control
let apply and inheritance tax as to qao
MONOPOLY gains and deficits OF price changes
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-11
Wallace and the Beetle.

James Marchant, in his book, AL
fred Russell Wallace: Letters and
"reminiscences" tells an anecdOte
illustrating the great scientists trust
in animals.
One day Il member of his family
brought home beetle, to the horror
of the servant.
Wallace picked it up, saying. why,
it is quite Il harmless little creature,
and to demonstrate its inoffensiveness
he placed it on the tip of his nose,
whereupon it Immediately bit him, and
even drew blood, much to his aston
ishment and the amusement of the
family.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-11
SCRAPS

A Scotchman has invented a gyro-
scopic mounting for telescope ana
chair for a person using it that is said
to keep the glass in the direction In
which originally pointed. irrespective
of a vessels motion.
A Houlton, Me-, man. who soon is to
enter the realms of matrimony, is said
to have filed his intentions of marriage
In Houlton, Augusta and Boston as he
has not yet decided where he would
IKE to have the 'sknot" tied.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-11
The Apartment DweIler.

The apartment dweller is Well
warmed, lives near his business and
his amusements, is close to humankind,
and is relieved from the responsibility
of house and from the Inconvenience
tached dwelling. To get all these bene-
fits the apartment dweller is asked to
surrender two desirable things, name
ly. inside room and outside air.-Min-
neapoliS Journal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-11

1t is estimated that the daily attend
ance at the moving picture theaters IN
the United States is more than 20
100000.
Common Pleas Judge ". c. Wler-
man. age sixty-seven, of Ottawa coIn-
ty, Ohio, has attended the SandusKy
fair at Fremont for 50 years in sue
ceSSion.
An English airplane, the wings OF
which form ring, the idea being that
it will right itself if capsized, has maus
numerous successful experiments
flights
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-11
Certainly Not.

"a man in public life has to be care
full of his conduct
well. he has to be careful in suit
ing his conduct to the OCCASION
what do you mean by that?"
''In addressing suffrage meeting
il would never do for him to tell the
same stories he tells at stag ban
Duet"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-11
Government Ownership Only Solution Of
Railroad Problem in the United States
By U.S.. SENATOR MOSES E. cLAPP of Minnesota

1t was twenty-six years ago that began the study
of the railroad problem, and during these twentysx
years have had lot to do in one way and another
with the matter. Finally have concluded that all
attempts at regulation futile and that the only pos
sible answer is government ownership.
The greater cannot be controlled by the lesser.
No commission is strong the concentrated power
of the railroads. No matter how highminded the
mssioners may be, and l admit that they gener-
ally very fine class of men, they only human, and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-11

wooing-marriage Or when the en-
thusiasm has died out, he grows tired
of the girl. He seizes upon the first
excuse to break the enga cement. Ar
dent courtships seldom turn ont well.
Calm. earnest courtships are those
builded upon a rock, enduring for all
time. Love increases. instead Of dwin.
ding away.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-11
Novel SEWING Machine.

A portable electric sewing machine
is entirely inclosed in an oak cover or
case. and when not in use it can be
placed out of the way under couch or
on a closet shelf. The machine is oper-
ated from any lamp socket by either
direct or alternating current.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-01-11
Describing II.

''What kind of a town is Torpidity,
the county seat?"
ever see a gent strutting around
wearing a new plug hat and no pants"
returned the landlord Of the Petunia
tavern. "Well, Torpidity has four
Shakespeare clubs and lets its hogs
run loose.'-Kansas City Star.