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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-20
STATE URGED TO TAKE
ITS SHARE OF B0NOS
General Nichols Calls on Banks and
Citizens to DO Entire Duty
In Floating Loan.
STATE DEFENSE COUNCIL MEETS
Numerous and Interesting Reports
Heartbeat Situation Considered
and Concrete Case Presented Show
Ing Why Coal should Be Cheaper
Here.

The state council of defense held
an all-day session yesterday. heard
reports from numerous auxiliary bod
les. discussed the fuel situation. adopt
ed resolutions backstanding the state
civilian committee on training camp
activities. and authorized the chair
man, General e. W. Nichols, to send
an urgent appeal to all of the banks
of the state and earnestly request OF
the people that they rally to the sup
port Of the government in the fiota-
ton of the second liberty bond issue,
to the end that Virginia may be found
TO have fully subscribed her quota
when the campaign shall have been
concluded.
The following members of the coun-
ell attended: Chairman General K. w.
Nichols. of Lexington: l. T.. Johnson,
Of Roanoke. president OF the Norfolk
and Western Railroad company; II,
l. Ferguson. president OF the Newport
News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock
company; United States District At
torney Richard Evelyn Byrd, of VIM
chester: d. l. Groner. of Norfolk; r.
Walton Moore. of Alexandria; Colonel
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-20
Dup's Review.

With the steadily widening infu-
ence of the war. business encounters
many new problems and obstacles.
and not all reports regarding it's con-
dition are of the same tenor. But
with the main trend continuing in the
right direction, there are more points
of gain than of loss In the general
situation and the position of trade
and industry has not been measured
by the recent action of the securities
markets. Where the outlook has been
made clearer by the partial or COM
plete removal of doubts about COM
modify prices. there has come an i'm
mediate strengthening of sentiment
and some revival OF activity. and
where other uncertainties have been
lessened or eliminated. progress has
been resumed with yigor. Yet. OF the
competitive and excited bidding which
was so conspicuous a feature year
ago. there liz now "a wholesome alb
sence and IL is highly reassuring that
while many buyers operate more free
ly and with greater confidence. con-
servatism shows no abatement
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-20

takes an active hand In stissms - No.
ness the participation Of the 0exnA
government In the potash syndca1es
when contracts made by certain Arner-
lean buyers with. German mines werN
cancelled, and all the potash productnx
mines of Germany and Austria forced
into confederation witness the, at
tempt by the government. which
have described in another chapter, 70
take over and make monopoly OK
the wholesale and retail oil business
of the country.
The recent closer combination OF
-StuH industries of Germany with
the express purpose Of meeting and
destroying American competition af-
ter the war is interesting as showing
German methods. For number OF
years the dyestuff industry OF Ger
many was virtually controlled by six
great companies. some OF these COM
panies employing as many as 500
chemists in research work. In ISIS
these six companies made an agree-
ment looking to a still closer alliance.
not only for the distribution OF tho
product. but Tor the distribution OF
ideas and traSe secrets.
For years these great commercial
companies supplied all the countries
of the world. not only with dyestuns
ana Otner CnenicAi prouuCts' put with
medicines discovered by their chemists
and made from coal tar. and which,
although really nothing more than
patent medicines, were put upon the
market az new and great and bene~
Tcial discoveries In medicine Ths
Badische Anilin and Soda Fabrik, with
capital of 100000 marks, has paid
dividends in the ten years from 1ses
to 1918 averaging more than 26 per
cent.
The Farbwerke Meister Lacfus and
BruninR at Hoeckst, near Frankfort.
during the same period. with a capital
of $4,000. 900 marks, has paid DIVIDENDS
averaging more than 81 per cent, and
the chemical works of Bayer e Co. near
Cologne. during the same period, with
a capital of 540oo.o00 marks, has paid
dividends averaging more than 30 per
cent
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-20

Bradstreets tomorrow Will say:
Trade reports are rather more fr-
regular. Wholesale and toobing trade
is good and compares well with
year ago in value If not entirely In
volume. but there is evidence of more
caution as regards distant buying.
and retail trade reports are a trifle
slowff. In manufacture and indus
try Aports still point to activity. lin
tied only by supplies OF fuel and la
Dor, but exceptions to this are noted
in the pacific northwest, where
strikes still retard work in lumber
ing and shipbuilding. and at spring
wheat milling centers. where mtllers
have slowed down capacity to allow
OF wheat hitherto held by farmers
reaching Eastern miilers. Best re-
ports as to Wholesale trade come from
the Northwest. the Central West and
South. with less satisfactory advices
from Atlantic and Pacific coast cities
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-20
BIACKFTSH MISTAKEN
FOR SUBMARINES

Cleveland. o.. Oct. ia great
percentage of the U-boats sighted by
merchant ships going through the
submarine zone are just healthy.
deep-sea going blackflsh on their way
to dinner engagements.
That is why all submarine chasera
spend much of their time chasing
fish mistaken for submarines.
Lieutenant Howard Vickery, home
on furlough. today expressed that
o opinion. And Vickery ought to know.
for his chaser cruised $4,000 miiee
after the German sea terrors. His
ship is in dry dock now and he has
few days furlough. alt.,,
THE U-boats do not bother the
American sailors half as much as the
mines." he said. M
MANY torpedoed ships are lost
he continued, when they might have
been saved, because their shippers
steam franticaily ahead after being
hit until their own speed causes. the
water to rush in so fast that all the
air-tight bulkheads are caved in"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-20
tQuetations ~ Miller Il Co.. members
Chicawc Board of Trnde
fBy JOSEPH r. PRITCHARD.)

Chicago. Oct. ls-while the volume
OF business in corn was quiet. on the
whole the market today displayed
considerable stubbornnes and blessings
were at 1-so advance for the nearby
futures while the deferred months
were Is to Use lower. IocalI the
cash corn market was lie higher, st.
Louis reported the old crep. &c bet
ter and new, Sc hibher.
The buying of futures today was
pronounced and vas led by some or
the larger houses In the trade. The
market was welt filled with export
orders. but following the big business
Of yesterday. the supply available WAS
rather limited. Country offering OF
oats to arrive we're larger from some
sections. but smaller from others. Gem
orally speaking the prices asked were
above spot prices here az rule.
There was a continued active bust
ness In cash lard and meats. and this
Offset the bearish hog news. Lower
prices In the pit prevailed for a time
and the closing was stea Gy on jan
uary delivery and strong for Octo-
Der and November lard.
open. HtgS. Low. Closing
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-20
STOCKS ADVANCE,
STEEL IN LEAD
haiiroads, Marines and Tobacco
shares All Show Strength
In Active Market.

New York, Oct. 1s.--stocks ad-
wanced again In teday's market, led
by the steel issues In the early trad
ing and strongly Influenced by the
shfpping shares late In the day. Near
ly 100000 shares OF stock changed
hands.
The opening was active, with . dis
tinct tendeny upward. Bethlehem
nights close. and Republic steel sold
above so. Mexican Petroleum ad-
vanced sharply. as did many other
stocks. Rails rose sympathetically
with the market leaders, scoring ad
vances, which in the profit-taking
that developed later in the day, they
were for the most part unable to
maintain. Delaware and Hudson was
an exception. registering a gain OF
la points and closing ut Its high
TOR the day. 1o1.
A report was circulated In the af-
ternoon that Admiral Mayo, during q
visit to President Wilson at tho White
House today, had cxpressed belief
that the submarine menace had been
brought under practical control. This
led to an immediate strengthening OF
shipping shares. and the general list
recovered some from the marks made
through earlier profit-taking.
Bethlehem r closed At - rs. with
gain Of SIS points. Crucibie closed
nearly points below its high. with
an advance OF / point. Lackawanna
Steel gained points. closing at top
Marine gained Ia and Marine
preferred ass. Tobacco shares were
strong. with gains OF some / to over
points
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-20
New York Money Market.

New York. Oct. i9.---Money on call
at the Stock Exchange opened at 3
per cent, high. per cent; low. 8 per
cent: closed, ga per cent. Most OF
the DAYS loans mer made at per
cent The time money situation shows
no material change. Industrial money
is lending for sixty days at ID per
cent Round lots ninety days and
four months at 81, odd lots. 4
s-4fa6: mixsJ money. three and four
months. s IL per cent; fve and six
months are nominaliy quoted. I-sR
S-A per cent
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-20

market continued to improve in the
early afternoon a. q result OF fresh
speculative buying.
In the last hour the market was
exceedingly irregular without display
ing weakness. Near months ruled
relatively steady. on a demand from
the trade. The close was very steady
at an advance of points to q decline
Of points.
Spot here was quiet and unchanged
at 2s.6sc: there were no sales. Spot
at New Orleans was steady with mid
ding quoted at z72bc. The sales
were 1881 bales.
Port receipts for the day were 49,
700 bales. compared with 2s.44s balea
a week ago and 52,9Si bales a year
o. L-xrAc4s Ri
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-20

New York, Oct. 1s.-BAnk clear
inss In the United States for the week
ending October 10. as reported to
Bradstreet's. aggregate ss.3s7,+65,o00.
against $S,s43,ss1. 200 last week and
36.eSs,721,oo0 In this week last year.
Canadian clearinCs aggregate $3oa,-
373,00e as against &347.34l,o 900 last
week and t75s.l2s.ooo In this week
last year. Following are the returns
for this week. with percentages OF
change shown This week as compared
with this week last year:
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-20
"SOME BABY JOINS
u. S. MARINE CORPS

Pittsburg, Oct. 19.--pittsburg has
the distinction of producing the
baby of the United States marine
corps. And he is some baby, being
six feet tall and weighing 100 pounds
He is Francis William Daabers now
doing his Bit on the Island of Guam.
far out in the Pacific
Dauher is only sixteen years old,
and because OF his youth he could
not be accepted without the consent
of his mother. This was obtained and
Dauber became the youngest soldier
of the sea"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-20
Bloom Gaze x;ot.. Over

The case of Nj. d. Bloom. charged
with housebreakinG and larceny. was
continued in hastings court yesterday
TO the November term. Bloom has twice
oeen tried. each trial resulting In a
hung jury. 1t is quit. nkeE that
when the case is again called II NAV
be nolle prosecuted by the common
weaiths attorney.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-20
new YORK CoTroN MARKET.

toaotnttons by Miller q Co.. Members
New York Cotton Exch2nge.t
New York, Oct. 19.--Firnaness In
cotton In the early trading today.
when practically all positions sold into
new high ground for the movement.
was followed by erratic movements
in.-prices, but the nnal tone was
steady. .
There was very heavy Wall street
selling ana more Or less general real
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-20
Cptfenseefl Oil.

New York, Oct. 1a.-Tne cottonseed
oil market was quiet and about un-
changed; crude oil is said to be dun,
and there are some mfll interests who
claim business for immediate ship
ment at sl.e0 and who say that they
cannot sell crude oil at under s1.25,
because of the high price they paio
for seed
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-20
New York curb Market.

New York. Oct. 1s.-Better prices.
good public demand, and dealings
in volume were the general features
Of today's curb market.
OIL securities were once more the
center of interest Standard Oil sub
salaries showed further fractional
gains.
Industrials were less active than
yesterday. though the lower priced is
sues OF this group were the feature.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-20
liquor Cases In Court.

George Smith was sent to the grand
Jury by Justice John yesterday, for
transporting LIQUOR which was located
in Murphys hotel by Special Officer
Powers. OF this hotel detective staff
The case Of Cost IAmpioe. charged
with storing liquor In his store at
Bows ana MarshAll streets, was con-
tinued to October 3%th
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-20
Sr,gnr.

New York Oct. 19--Raw sugar.
some demand reported: centrifuga Is.
$50: molasses sugar. 500. Refined
sugar, firm; fine granulated SIS: cut
loaf. 9.S6: crushed, $50: mould "A. -
SIS: cubes, 80; powdered. s,45 @
s55. diamond IA" s.35: confection-
ers "a" S,25QS.35; softs No /, $50
nSSo
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-20
wHoI.EsALE MARKET CoNpIT

WHOLESALE MARKET CONDITIONS.
AS is usual at this season of the year,
the commission market is erife low
err on hens zntf chickens. .Other poui-
try and the market generally was In
satisfactory condition today Nth re-
csipts about equal ID tho demand.
There were no specialtisA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-20
CuRpENT TOBACCO PRICES.

New Primtngs-Market on priminSs
strong and active. from 81 to sac
Dark Fired.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-20
RICHMOND sToCk MARKET.

RICHMOND sTOCh MARKET.
tFrom Caskle c. Uurck 4 Co.,
Richmond, Va. Oct. 10, 1917.
state Securities.
Bid Asked
Virginia as, Old C. 4
Virginia Centuries -. 1891 rs
RailrsaA Roads.
Southern Ry.. 1st 81 1884 ~
Z y n . q. y. <'s... 1853 e1H
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-20
By JAMES w. GERARD

American Am bassaoOr at the German
Imperial Court, July "a, 1919,
to February 4, 1917.
Copyright, Canada, 1917; h-Jthe Pub
lie Ledger Company. international
copyright, 1917, by the Public Led
gcr Company. All lights reserved
any infringement win De prosecuted.
XXXV
German Socialized Buying and
Socialized Selling Will
Prevail After War.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-20

CHICAGO sRAr~ ASp PROVISIONS
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-20

In fact. the government in Germany
becomes part of these cartels and
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-20

wholesale Quotations m 'Chanxe.b
Richmond, Va. Oct. 10. 1917.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-05
II Don't Know.
week

Net very long ago a writer in
The Railroad Trainmen drew at.
tention, in a very brief but effec-
tive way, to an idiosyncrasy that
is found not infrequently among a
certain class of union men This
sick.y state of mind may usually
be detected when you get the same
monotonous answer to the following
questions;
Listen When does your local
meet? l don't know.
Who are your officers I don t
know.
How many members in your 10
cal ? l don't know.
aDy applications before the local
now? / don't know.
S your local in good financial
standing don't know.
How much are your dues to the
local l don't know.
Are your dues paid up to date j?
| don't knew.
Are your dues payable in ad-
vance? l don't know.
What induced you to become a
union man !? l don't know.
OF what good are you to local !?
Nobody knows.
If you have lapsed into this help
less condition, don't you think it's
time to wake up?
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-05
Low Wages Breed Disease.

Chicago. Jan. 5 The recent ex-
pertinent by the health department
on feeding people for less than 40
cents dav brings this comment
from the Union Leader, official
paper of Chicago's organized street
car men:
"Did you notice any hodcarriers,
street car men, or husky growing
children among DR.. Robertson S
diet squad ? Certainly not; all of
them follow light occupations and
do not burn up physical fuel ike a
worker at hard labor or a healthy,
growing child who Is racing and
romping in the open and can do
justice to three square meals day.
yet the diet squad averaged 81
cents day each for food.
Now, none of the male mem. |
oers of the diet squad was breaking
pig iron or carrying pianos up two
'r three flights of stairs, and Gel
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-05
Nothing to Be Done Until Supreme
Court Randars Naciaiop

Nothing to Be Done Until Supreme
Court Renders Decision.
Tacit understanding has been reached
between railroad executives and the
chiefs of the four brotherhoods
Pending decision on the constitu-
donality of the Adamson law by the
supreme court. which is not expected
to be handed down before Feb l.,
there will be a truce, during which eff
forts will be made to reach an effec-
tive compromise without resorting fur
ther to congress, courts or force
A more conciliatory spirit is preva-
lent between opposing interests of cap
ital and labor The National Civic
federation is endeayoring to act as
mediator to bring about agreement for
an entirely new basis of settlement for
disputes on railroads.
If the supreme court decides the eight
hour law constitutional the railroads
will promptly pay the increased wages
dating back to Jan. l, so the men will
lose nothing If the court should de-
eide the law to be unconstitutional,
then conditions would revert to the
same critical state that existed last
August before the eight hour law was
proposed by the president and passed
by congress.
But In this event it is the under
standing among principals to the con-
troversy that If no mutually satisfac-
tory agreement has been reached In the
meantime every endeavor will be made
by all parties concerned to prevent an
immediate crisis aud to obtain further
time to work out an adjustment.
Those on each side who are working
for permanent understanding are hope
full of early success.
All the labor men and many of the
railroad executives are opposed to the
presidents proposition for compulsory
arbitration, and chances for its passage
by congress are now classed as very
doubtful. Labor also Is unitedly OPP
posed to the presidents demand for
legislative power TO take over opera
ton Of railroads as q military measure
in time of necessity This would give
him the right to draft railway workers
to their duties in case of strike, as was
done In France.
The proposition now under consider
alton is for some form of permanent
wage commission which would have IN
its possession impartial and reliable
facts as to both labor conditions and
railroad finances to establish the basis
for arbitration settlement of future dis
putes
1t Is not intended that such a com
mission should have absolute authority
to fix wages, power of compulsory ar
bitration or to issue DEGREES against
strikes and lockouts. The latest tend
ency is to avoid arbitrary compulsion
which, both sides have discovered, Is
q two edged sword
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-05
AWARD FOR WORKERS.
Pennsylvania Compensation Board Gre
ates a Precedent

ates a Precedent.
An employee who is injured while on
his way to reclothe himself, after hav-
ing garments damaged while at work
for his employer, Is entitled to the pro-
lection of the Pennsylvania state com
pensation act, according to an opinion
given by Commissioner John A. Scott
In the case of Mahala Bolden against
Austin G. Greer.
The case is an unusual one and Gre
ates a precedent Bolden was employ
ed as a truck driver and in loading
stone tore his clothing so badly it was
impossible to continue work.
"a necessity to reclothe himself was
thereby created that he might proceed
with his work" says Mr.. Scott. "To
do this he was obliged to leave the
place where ne was working and go to
such a place as he could obtain over
alls. This was so closely connected
with the effectual carrying out Of his
contract Of employment as to be part
Of it. That he was hurt In
following out what appears to us to be
In the direct line of advancing the busi-
ness of his employer is enough to throw
about him the protection Of section 301,
The employers appeal is dismissed"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-05
WORLD OF LABOR

An eight-hour day, improved
working conditions End wage in
creases from S4 to s. a day have
been secured by Electrical Work
ers' Union No. $40, of Tucson
Ariz
Longshoremen at St. John, N.
B have accepted the wage compro-
mise of steamship companies.
Hereafter wages will be 371l cents
an hour. Former rates were 35
cents.
Despite numerous complaints
that the Montana nine hour law for
women has been repeatedly violated
it Is stated that the first conviction
was just secured in Butte. The law
was passed four years ago.
James holland, Secretary of State
elect, has asked Colorado trade un-
ionists to indicate their preference
for the position of Deputy State
Commissioner of that State, who is
actually the labor commissioner.
The ordinance prohibiting the
employment of motormen and con-
ductors on the lines of the Yonk-
ers, N. Y, Trolley company, un-
less they had had Is days training
was declared unconstitutional by
Judge Beall of the city court.
Chain makers employed at the
plant of the Krein Chain company
Wapakoneta, Ohio, branch of the
Cleveland Chain and Manufactur-
ing company of Cleveland, struck
to enforce demand for Is per cent
wage increase.
A strike that involved members
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-05
To Gust Compensation Foes.

Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 5 Off
GERS of the Ohio State Federation
of Labor has flied petitions suf1-
cient to initiate a bill ousting pri-
vate liability companies from the
state. TIE petitions filed bear
Al $3.50 signatures from 68 of the So
counties. About 35, 900, or 3 per
cent of the voters at the last gem
eral election, is needed. The un-
ionists say that many more sigma
lures were obtained, but these are
Withheld for use in case the legisla-
tnre reject the bill In this event
the proposal will be submitted to a
referendum, by the additic nal sig
natures of 3 per cent of voters.
"The child has been born and we
are now turning it over to the
nurse, said t. ]. Don ely Of Gin
cinnati, secretary of the federation.
John A. Vol, GAINESVILLE, president
of the federation, said the filing Of
the petitions might as well be con-
sidered funeral services" for the
liability companies.
As originally passed the law was
intended to provide only for state
compensation. A ruling by the
state insurance com missioner, how
ever, permits private companies to
write insurance and this has been
sustained by the state supreme
court.
The state fedelati Of labor now
proposes to destroy this decision
by driving the private companies
out of the state.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-05
LABOR GOSSIP.

The American Telephone and Tele
graph company has distributed Sc
100000 bonuses among its workers
Twenty eight states nave no regula
ton of street work 10y children and
twenty states have poor regulation Of
such work
The house of representatives of the
Australian commonwealth has passed
1ll for the suppression of the In
dustrial Workers of the World.
Two more railroads. the Erie and the
Southern Pacific, have granted bonuses
to their nonunion employees. The eX-
ira pay is given as nj offset to the
high cost OF living
The Pinehill Coal company Potts
vile, Pa. has issued an announcement
providing for profit sharing by its min
ers and other employees by the pay
ment OF Il bonus on the tonnage mined
1t is estimated thai 1.7-0ooo aalaried
American employees and ware carners
received the past year n wage and
salary increases, bonuses. proft shar
ing distributions aud insurance hcue
Gass total of more than e3a0G00000.