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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09
REDO CE IL MBER RATES
. FOR THIS TERRITotI
fHy Associated Press

= Ey Associated rresSl
!: ASfiiNGTON. December S.-A slight
deduction in rates ON lumber from
.Sorth and south Carolina and Virginia
20 central: freight association territory
gas proposed in an application flied
8ith TIC iDterssatr Commcrc. Com
n'!ssion today by roads serving that
1"rritorE, II is sought 10 re.establisi
t'c- existing s!Xth-riasS rates recently
disturbed BY Ecuotal rate revision
allowed hN the comm ss!on.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09
COAL PRODUCTION SUFFERS
: BECAUSE OF CAR SHORTAGE
ucl Administrator Garfield Urges
Uailruld Board to Relieve
OpcratOrS.

~ WASHINGToN, December 5. West
#TirGinia coutcr:cs lost heavily IN pro-
4Iucticn to-day because Of car shortage,
III was reported to TIA" United states
Mfucl administration Tonight, and Nd
M.ainistrator Garfield took action 10
Hrcndcr assistance.
4: Tclosraphic request was sent to \.
s.W Thompson. chairman OF tho opcrat-
Eng committee OF The Eastern railroads.
i4t PittSpurSh, to max every possible
zricrcasc in the car supply for tho ar
zHcciod territory. which !s'thc Fairmont-
region.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09
TORTURED AND THEN SHOT
Americans. Chinese and German
Niiicd by iPqut Indians Who
ttnlGcG E;Sncrnnza

NOGA!.ES. ARIZ.. December S-Five
Americans. one German and three
Chinese were tortured and then shot
tn death by the Yauui Indians who
raided EspcranZa, seventy miica south
of Guaymas. Sonora, Thursday. accord
ing TO report brought here Tonight
by nm American mining man. Forty
Germans working'Son n plantation south
Of EsperanZa were unaccounted for
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09
Giues Locomotives
TO United States
Belgium Makes Return, 70, the
Kindness Sho,un Her -
Poodle.

WITH TIE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. December Silk hundred
belgian locomotives, all that is icf: Of
the invaded little Kingdoms rolling
stock, were to-day rendered by the
6clg ian government to General Perish
ing lin appreciation Of American kind
ness to Belgium" The American COM
mander-in- chief sent message of
thanks.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09
FOOD SITUATION Is =.
MOST PRESSING PROBLEM

Perhaps the most serious of the
many problems is tho. food situation
There is enough food for immediate
needs. but unless communication is
opened soon the city faces the posi-
hili,y Of famine. The energies OF local
relief committees have been ccntered
on tho conservation of,Iood. and mcr-
chants have surrendered all their avail
able supplies for the common. needs.
MILK is almost mnobta:nablc. and fears
are expressed for the lives OF babies
I in arms.
In the greater task OF caring for tho
living no concerted effort is being mado
sat present, to compile list Of the
! dead. but hundreds Of soldiers. sailors,
American "jackics" and volunteers arc
cropping under Tho mass az wreckasc,
searching for, the bodies. The rrorEucs
are chokcd With mauElcd bodies. Po-
lice officials still estimate the dead at
1000, ana the injured a; 5000 or more.
AT NIL hospitals. regular and impro-
Nised. every available SPOT is occupied
by th>, wounded. Doctors and nurses
have worked increasingly since the first
hours OF the explosion.
The Academy of Music. the ,hcatcrs
ana halls % fraternal organizations
have been thrown open TO care for tho
homeless. Private citizens have opened
their homes and given their extra
clothing to the unfortunates.
The spontaneous action OF tho United
states in offering aid has awakened a
new bond OF sympathy between the
Two peoples. Relief also has been
promised from every town in Nova
Scotia and from all PARTS of Canada
Sir Robert Eorden. the Prime Minister.
arrived here Yesterday. and has placed
all Tho resources OF The Dominion E,v-
"rnment at the disposal OF the city.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09
Trcnt-ltuIj.

NcliEuRC;. VA. December 81.
BrufTcy Trent and Miss blanche I:udd
both Of Lynchburg. were married Fri
day afternoon at Westminster Presby-
terrain Church. the pastor. Or. W. ~.
Palmer, Officiating.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09
Only
More Shopping Days
Before Christmas
roo LATE 10 CLASSIFY

FOR sale. a few genuine collie puppies, male
isAhA"iph .l$3.J
FtE rent. stea!H-h heated .elcctr!C-iiEhte,i
hpaFtnent Two living rooms. TWO bed
.""his, dihiie room and hitrh.n. servant
room nuG bath. furIisncu OF urfuriishc 81
"tr"tt lively situated Apply 10 Elan, ~ Fan
s'"n III. East Main.
ANIEl', 70 rent TWO furnished rooms in
.lcanl-h""l"d. "iecisi"-iiKhted upaytmn II H.
LtFaCtiN" situation. Apply 10 Elan 4 Fun.
sl"'. I'VE l.Ast MINI. : -.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09

lS NtltBUIsG. VA. December s.
Three inches of snow fell here this
morning. the snow later giving way to
in
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09
RELIEF FOR HALIFAX
+ FROM PROVIDENCE;

PROVIDENCE, Il. L.. December s.
a special train bearing thirty-scvcn
physicians and fifty nurses and car
loud OF surgical supplies left hore this
morning for Halifax. The unit was
made up entirely OF volunteers. and
Was sent. by the providence Chapter of
the American Red Cross. -
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09
1000 DEAD is LATEST. v. .;;..,,~
ESTIMATE OF TERRIBLE
TOLL TAKEN IN HALIFAX

Continued from First FSge)
WHO has arrived here, conferred with
locul committees, and this AFTERNOON
issued statement expressing thanks
to the people Of the United States for
their generous aid. rhe Premier re-
ferred gratefully TO the arrival or the
Ma ssa chusctts relief train.
With every, building in Halifax and
Dartmouth, moro or less damaged by
the explosion and fire. men. women and
children huddled together as best they
could and passed a night OF suffering.
The chilling wind whstlcd through
smashed windows; there were scarcely
blankets enough to cover wounded
bodies. and many were unable to OBJ
tain food. Fires were almost out
of the question. and the only lights
obtainable were from oil lamps or
candlcs. - - :,
out OF the chaotic conditions rich
and poor have rallied CALAMITY to their
duty of caring for tho injured rihd
homeless and accounting FOR the dead.
The citizens finance committee. csti-
mates that there arc 10000 destitute
people in the devastated area. the ma
Nearly 1900 dwellings, were destroyed.
the committee declares. and the actual
losses and the estimated cost of tenn
Norary maintenance will approx inn Q
$4,000 oco.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09

sired. a large quantity will he sen,
Tomorrow by express.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09

slIalifaS .hsye. been. received to-day b,
the navy 80. :. ~ ~, XXI.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-01
RElMs cATHEDRAL

McLandburgh Wilson tMacmillan) Long centuries ago a holy man Sang out his soul in ecstasy to God; So sweet the rapture of the music ran, An angel froze it to the hallowed sod; Love, faith and worship all took form
 on high, And Reims Cathedral lowered to the
 sky. It stood through all the ages Of mis-
 chance, Knew kings and peasants, lords and
 ladies fair. It looked upon the sainted Maid of
 France, And sinners found sanctuary there; So. for the sake of his most holy name, The foulest vandals spared it from the
 flame. Then came the Germans with the
 breath of hell; The walls are melted, ard the music For all the beauty that men loved so
 well.
 A Demons discord cleaves the air in-
 stead. And what was once prayer to Gods
 far throne Stands now an awful blasphemy in
 stona.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-01
LUKE MLUKE SAYS

Isn't it wonderful what lot of op- portunities you can find when you want to make fool of yourself? War may be hell. But it is hard to admit that war is paved with good in tentions.
 man would get mad if you called him liar when he is bragging. But tell him that he was born under the sign of Taurus and the chances are that he will feel complimented. When a wife admits that her hus- band is a man of rare gifts she means
 that he never even thinks of her when Christmas or her birthday comes around.
 The trouble with the fellow who never knows when to begin is that he also never knows when tc quit. l We have known whole lot of really
 big men. But we never knew one who
 let his head get that way. ] Maybe it is just as well that the man who lies beneath a hsadstone doesn {
 know that his headstone les above him l A woman has more patience than a | man. She expects to get her reward in
 heaven but he wants his here on I earth
 You can tell a corn fed girl that she l
 won't make her anvious to take on weight.
 1 It often surprises man how little weight his words carry when he doesn { weigh his words.
 l The first months of married life may
 be fair and pleasant. But you must ex
 pect an occasional squall after the baby
 comes along.
 Some mothers who see no harm in
 the nurse yanking baby up by the arm
 would fire the nurse if she ever yanked
 fido up by the tall
 They claim that the camera cannot lie. But photographer would starvs
 to death if he couldn't make wart on i a womans face look like a dimple in
 her pictures.
 l Whensa man tells his troubles to his
 wife. she sees to it that the poor boob
 has plenty to tell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-01
F F F Build the Auditorium in Capitol Park

67 HE city commission having con- l mitted itself unanimously to the proposition of building, during the
 coming year, a long-needed audito- rum, it is hoped there will be no de- Hay in agreeing upon plans, including la suitable location.
 Capitol park offers an ideal Site and the commission should not hesi- tate to build it there. When the audi torium question was under considera- 'tion several years ago public opinion was strongly in favor of that site; but the commission then in office was opposed to utilizing it or any other municipal property for the purpose aforesaid.
 One of the commissioners took the position, and defended it strongly,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-01
RUskIN,s LOVE TRAGEDY

From. "Ruskin in Old Age-Some Unpub-
 lished Letters" by J. Howard White
 house M F., in the December Christ
 mas) Scribner.
 In 1866 Ruskin declared his love for Rosie and told her parents of his hope to make her his wife. There was a great difference of years between them. Ruskin was now 47; Rosie was in her eighteenth year. There was some nat ural hesitation on the part of the par ents, and it war arranged that the mat ter should be postponed for three years, when Rosie would be 2l years old.
 Ruskin waited for the passing of these three years with an intensity of feeling which is beyond description. More and who had grown from childhood under his tuition. He had helped to form her mind and guide her sympathes. She had become a woman of exquisite beauty of character.
 But when the period of probation was ended new difficulties arose. There was hesitation not only on the part of the parents, but also by Rosie. The remain ing facts can be stated in few words. It would be idle and perhaps unseemly to attempt now to probe the details. It is sufficient to state that Miss La Touche was of deeply religious nature. but her views were orthodox and she did not share the wider views on spiritual cues- tions which Ruskin increasingly believed in Her love for him had never wa vered since the days of her childhood, but she doubted 1t, holding the views she did, she could marry him. Both she and Ruskin suffered the deepest distress, and 1t is better not to raise the veil too far from the events of the next few years. For little time there was cs- arrangement and there is moving entry in Ruskin's diary in the year 1870: Last Friday about 12 o'clock at noon my mis- tress passed me and would not speak" In the following year there was recon ciliation, and always Ruskin was buoyed with the hope that before long they would be united as man and wife. The end of Ruslsin's dream came in 1875. Miss La Touches health. never strong, began to fail and she died in May of this year. The effect upon Rus kin was overwhelming, but the nobility of his character was never seen to Urester -adyantage
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-01
Rainbow Division
 Arrives in France

1HHE heart of the American nation H was thrilled by the announce ment that the Rainbow division had arrived safely somewhere in France" Rumors of heavily laden transports crossing the seas have been current for sometime, but there was no official confirmation of these reports.
 The great adventure successfully accomplished, without the loss of a single fighting man, we are at last permitted to know that real Amer ican army is on European soil to fight for liberty and democracy. The Rain bow division, with approximately 27,- 900 men, added to a considerable number of troops who preceded them to France, will make an army of inn posing size, even in Europe where millions of men are engaged on the battle front.
 The American government and the American navy, in particular, should feel proud of the success which has attended the transportation of troops abroad. In spite of the U-boat menace, the task has been accomplished with out serious mishap and without pub licity. We do not know the history our navy has made, but the splendid work done by our ships in conveying trans ports to safe harborage, despite the vigilance of German submarines which would conceivably take any risk to send down a vessel filled with American soldiers, will make a glori- ous recital.
 The arrival of the Rainbow division is further evidence that no time is being lost in preparing for Americas s participation in the war on a gigantic scale. It is probable that American troops in large numbers will be at grips with the Germans long before spring, the time set for a new allied offensive. The British and French are still hammering away, as If there were no such thing as winter tc retard military operations, and the Americans will be needed. The wal has entered on a new phase of oper fighting which will give them an op- portunity for quick action.
 There are many Alabama boys witf ! the Rainbow division. This state sends them it's prayers and it's best wishes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-01
No Baronial Halls
 for This Lone Widow

celH E told me he was lineal de-
 ~ 0 scendant of Lord Nelson and that he was the only heir to the bar onial castle of the Nelsons in York; shire. When the war ended we were to go to England and settle down in the baronial castle. Now I guess I'll have to go back to Minneapolis and reopen my rooming house."
 A "baronet" with prison record, forged check and the police. That's about all there is to the romance of lIrs. Etta c. Thornton, susceptible widow of Minneapolis, who fell vic- tim to the type of swindler described
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-01

as "quick worker" There was no lack of speed in the courtship of the bogus baronet, who wooed and won the widow in three days and forth
 with proceeded to convert his fasci- hating ways into cash.
 Keeping lodgers is dreary busi- ness, with many ups and down in it. The widow was nightly pleased at the prospect of residing in that state ly castle of the Nelsons, withal place of historic interest and vastly more picturesque than any rooming house America can boast. Now her fond hopes are dashed. It's back to Mime apolis for her and-accursed fate back to the deadly monotony of trying to collect in advance from the hall room boys.
 And the spiteful neighbors will buzz. My, what clacking of tongues there will be! The widow aspired to fly high. She may have put on a few airs which rubbed the neighbors the wrong way. They will have no pity for her since she has volplaned back to earth-and Minneapolis. Human nature is mean and contemptible
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-01
WHAT JACK BUYS ASHORE

The officer dropped into the shooting gallery, a shack which cost about S1o0 Three shots for a nickel was the price, and the sailors were shooting 25,O00 rounds every afternoon. The lunch coun- ter was not doing so well. Its meagre profit for five hours work was but s25O.
 TownfolS saddled old plough horses and rented them to the sailors at s an hour. A one horse conveyance brought itsv owner $20 in an afternoon. When the iitney cabs came to this Golconda one drivers receipts for day were s105. Others averaged $50, and the least successful jitneur was 12- year-old boy who took in only sl0.25.
 'I sat down and checked my columns over. There was no mistake; s25,OO0 an afternoon was being spent for s1O,ooo worth of goods. Profit 150 per cent. War babies weren't in it!'
 Lieutenant Green sees in this wild spending another opportunity for gov ernment control. Perhaps it is there, would the sailors ride so madly? As a buyer Jack has always been a marvel. One of the lieutenant's stories illus trates this perfectly. A sailor went into soft drink and candy shop at the end of the day. Gimme grape iuicel All gone. Some crackerjacz, then! All gone Nothing left in the place." said the proprietor, except this broom The sailor planked down his money. "Ill take it. he says, and he did,'
 Where would the government get a professor of the psychology of sales manship who could explain that?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-01

From the New York Sun.
 MS{ 7 HEN the American battleships wy came north last summer they anchored off the mouth of a tidal inlet that led into a sparsely set tied farming country Leave seemed to have few attractions. but of, course the bluejackets went ashore. The Navy league gave them POO acres of land for a baseball field. which helped some. tra to eat or drink when he is off the ship. Canteens came in few days; five soft drink and candy shops, quick
 lunch counter, a watermelon stand, a
 shooting gallery, news counter. All
 thrived
 Lieutenant Fitzhugh Green, who, incl dentally, was of the Crocl1er land expe-
 dtion, sought to discover the amount of
 silver that Jack leaves ashore The re-
 suit is told ir an article by him in the
 United States Naval institute proceed
 ngs. He asked one soft drink man
 5000 men then on shore leave "Of one
 single drink,'' said the man, i've sold
 yesterday and today 1900 bottles.' Be-
 sides that, Lieutenant Green discovered,
 there were drunk 10000 bottles of non
 alcoholic beer, 5000 bottles of grapejuice
 (JosephusD and 5000 bottles of other soft drinks, not to mention lemonade and
 soda water. For all these liquids the sailors paid about $5000 in two days. The receipts for cakes, candy. tobacco and chewing gum were, according to Lieutenant Greens personal calculation, "a little less than $4500.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-01
WHEN INGRAM RAN AWAY

From the Oneonta Southern Democrat.
 There is one incident in the history of Kelley Ingram, the first American victim of this war, that has never been published. When boy about 10 years of age he ran away from home, as most boys do some time in their boy hood career. He didn't carry with him the life of Jesse James or Rube Burrows, or books of that character, but he car ried his mothers Bible. He lived in a Christian home and had been taught to take the Bible as his guide and when he started out on this adventure Bible was the only thing he carried with him. 1t Is this kind of a boy that Oneonta prepares to honor. one whose love for christianity came first and his duty to country came next. He gave his life for his country, the cause of humanity. and for christianity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-01
Coach Kelly Likes Birmingham

"The more I visit Birmingham, tn, better l like the city and it's people said Coach Thomas Kelly of the Uni, versity of Alabama. 'I made my frs trip to Birmingham in 1915. The city die not appeal to- me then, and I put Bir- mingham down as a simple country town.
 But since then I have seen and known things to happen which have opened my eyes. For instance, the per formance of the people in the past lib erty loan campaigns, Red Cross and Young Mems Christian association war funds labels them as patriotic.
 Great improvement can also be mo- ticed. The city is growing bigger and better, and some day intend to make my home in Birmingham. Next year, ii 1 am in the south, more of my time will be spent in the Magic City"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-01
ALABAMA PRESS

Lineville Headlight: No nation in the history of the world has ever mobilized under flag cleaner army or finer set of young men than America is now sending and preparing to send to France.
 Troy Messenger: The auto manufac- turers can't agree in just what car old Santa is to take his annual outing.
 Shelby County Sun: At present it ap- pears that the principal task this win ter will be make one lump of coal do the work that two formerly did.
 Ozark Southern Star: The Dale county produce exchange now has member ship of 500 farmers. The organization has been g great thing for the farm CTS and is growing every day.
 Guntersville Democrat: Worse and worse! Every fellow will be afraid to marry now, lest his wife develop an attack of "hypothyrcosis. It is more fatal than the well known brainstorm.
 Florence Times: Pneumonia and tho measles are doing more damage to Uncle Sam's men in the camps than the Huns on the line of battle, so far And still the death rate in the camps is not very high.
 Selma Times: Byng's Bang was Bunk. says the Kaiser, doubtless on the theory that it did not extend all the way to Berlin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-01
City Full of Enthusiasm

"I believe that Birmingham is one of the most enthusiastic cities I have ever had the pleasure of visiting" said Will liam J. Leppert of New Orleans, who was recently in this city on behalf of the Red Cross work
 Once you show them that you have a truly beneficial and deserving cause the people of this town are with you until the last ditch. If we had more .Birming- hams to depend on there would be mighty few of our soldier boys at the front lacking in attention"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-01

that the city could not afford to give [ up any of its park acreage for a 1 building site-even for a building to be used by the people. The parks, he contended, were the peoples play grounds and must, therefore, be used for no other purpose. But there was nothing in that argument. The few acres that an auditorium would cover would not be missed. Moreover, such an auditorium as Birmingham is en- titled to have would meet in very definite sense the recreation require ment.
 Birmingham is now full of the com- munity spirit, developed to the high est degree by Robert Lawrence, as director of the community singing. Thousands hunger for the community concerts every Sunday afternoon and if an auditorium were erected in Capi- tol park with no other object in view than housing the throngs that assem- ble to sing and listen it would be we'll worth while.
 But an auditorium is needed for many things-mass meetings, conven- tions and grand opera. If the matter of site were left to all the people Capitol park would win by an over whelming majority.
 Let's go ahead and build the audi torium in the center of Capitol park.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-01
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
MORE sToIcs

MORE sToIcS This medal give To Sammy Ship; He doesn't give A dern for grip.
 Youngstown Telegram. To Jason Jones The first prize is; He doesn't kick On rheumatiz.
 Sharon Herald. Jake Tufft we know Is keen for duty; He never kicks At epizooty.
 -Yonkers Statesman. Our best respects To Sammy Beasles, Who lives to laugh In spite of measles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-01
NMlkznMdAa1tfH

F. S.-This is the last year of Dr. H. H. McNiel. who has been pastor of the Foster Street Methodist for the past four years. I have heard many outside of the Methodists to express great re- gret that he will be moved. He is a man of strong convictions and is abso- lutely unafraid in expressing them