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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-19
navy GETS COAL AND OIL
At PRICES YET TO Be FIXED
Secretary Daniels Orders Producers
to Supply Enormous Guam
titles Needed.
FAIR RATE WILL BE ALLOWED
Question Of Amount to Be Determine
cd by Federal Trade Commission
and Fixed by -Prcsident-Same
Step Already Taken as to Steel.
tBy Associated f,es..J

WASHINGTON. June 18.-Sccretary
Daniels has ordered coal and oil pro-
ducers TO supply the enormous guam
titles needed by the navy at prices to
DO fixed later by TIE President, when
the FEDERAL Trade Commission has de-
tcrminei fair rate. The .fvy will
uso 100000 tons Of coal and so, O0O, 900
barrels OF oil purchased under this ap-
plication OF the authority granted by
Congress.
Similarly, steel for the entire navy
building program is being bought at
rate fixed by the department when
Secretary Daniels rejected the pro-
losals of the steel makers as too high
NJ. Daniels said to-day that tho coal
operators proposed to furnish navy
Goa! at rate OF S2.95 ton at the
mine. The navy was then paying sass
ton. delivered. The secretary d.
rec,ed the companies to ship immedi-
ateiy. the orders being proratcd among
the producers. agreeing to pay tea
tative price of s2.33 at the mines: pend
Ing report. the department will
nqualiEe payments at the rate fixed.
If Se.32 is too high. however. payments
on future shipments will be curtailcd
TO bring the purchase inside the COM
missions rate. The S2.33 rate is be-
ing advanced by the government 'cn
account" at present.
Oil quotations submitted. Mr.. Daniels
said. ranged from s1.5S to Sl.s6 a
barrel. delivered at Port Arthur. al
though the present rate is Sl.Ss a
barrel ut point. The department di-
rectcd the producers to fill it's orders
for 100000 barrels leaving the qucs-
ton OF price to be determined by the
Trade Commission.
Tho arrangement regarding steel
orders, the secretary said, leaves "A
handsome profit" for the producers
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-19
News Of Fifty Years Ago
(From the Richmond Dispatch, June 10. 1867

At the annual Council meeting held vestcr-
, Hf' city # the P5sasn to Of 81
and ordered paid. <'-''O' was presented
vote hs %ossr Of tb the Richmond
sPes was eommeneed acts Of
W ta hs Of this , city ny night is5 whites and
in the First bisres of %ns
Aeeeped night e1ected the er foa amd
ns Gse5s ssn,ar J George
warden william Brsdey Janes D
er r rerduc. junior deacon; Rev. w L. Edwards ards
t Sc Faas ehu4s s
ted an eIaborate report of the r Me6b sub
fcderate Memorial Bazaar. '''' recent Con
s,es around richmond and it Is said that the
= tn, The California rcmittances to tho Southern
he Mso Fund Rdbs SO far feGt up $4,000
aaef sat0r and Of shot hhs
en RoSer and a at aeoe by tive
r. Booker, of Lynchburg. The parties met on
ss ins had he did f So h wo Was
nsre Epe ges, reeGvng bullet in the eye
wise injured The shooting caused great deal
he IS ber Gy ana ta act rS 1
aGuity grey out Of an editorial in the RE-
nSSss yh1 ns as IF
wa asWS Kogs5s Of Virginia. and
and New Orleans. died n>T'aris two weeks ago.
Jefferson Davis was born in Todd County "
month. ~ %" VI 'fis
The Surratt trial was opened in wasbinr,on
Yesterday and the taking of testimony for the
government was commenced 80 S'S
a jury composed entirely OF negroes was i'm
paneled In Navasota. Tex, yesterday It was
that State $3.50 w. 's'' III
very long session OF the Cabinet was ba,d
yesterday. 1t Is authoritativeIy stated that ~
was decided to restore the civil authorities in
tho southern states when removed by the milf
tary commanders contrary to law.
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Discipline for Russian Army

M MISTER OF WAR KERENSKY has set
AsA about the job of re-creating fighting
force by the only method that can possibly
De successful: he is using the iron hand in
enforcing discipline Even in this country
where all men are socially equal in theory
no military command could be even mildIv
efhcient without adequate discipline. In
fussia. where conditions have been trem
bling on the verge of anarchy, lack of dis
clpilne would mean total incficiency
IL VIII not be necessary 10 restore the old
order, under which every officer was "Ey-
ceilency and was a superior being, hui if
VIII ne necessary TO enforc obedience 10
superiors. The personal respec shown Inv
men 10 oifcers may be only perfunctory but
1t is necessary in some measure in order "a
insure the prompt obedience to commands
that is absolutely necessary If commands
OF officers are to be subjected to revision Inv
council OF soldiers, or If discipline is to he
hampered by various and sundry permissions
granted by the Council of Workmen's and
soldiers Delegates, then there is no hone q,
converting the Russian army into an oreani.
zatfon Of fighting men.
frances army is the most democratic IN
tho world. yet 1t is also one of the most Of.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-19
When Wilson's Eyes Were opcned

THE Presidents uncomfortable .no,.,
rag DdF furnishes veritable revelation
10 all students of the man and his course IN
MS diplomatic dealings with Germany
wren germany lost the battle OF the Marine
she began TO mediate distant peace on
her own terms, OF course. With ber con
guest OF Poland. and then of Serbia and
hnally OF Roumania. this desire for peace
oecaihe consuming passion. She now had
IN her possession all she could reasonably
nope 10 hold secure until she could have
breathing spell for the next war. She held
the corridor from the North Sea to Bagdad.
ana all she needed, she believed was IN
assemble the representatives NJ tho enta,ta
powers and convince them of the fact that
they could never hope to throw her out of
lnls corridor Of Middle Europe.
out the hrst man she must move on tho
BOARD In this game was the President His
in'uehce was always for just and honorable
peacc but Germany now believed that the
peace propaganda that she had at such great
expense carried on in America would force
the PRESIDENT to say to the entente povern-
hents mat they must make peace. whatever
~ Mlght cost them. Sure OF herself now
hhe proposed a conference, at which onIv
would she reveal her terms To her keen
disappointment. the President called on each
s'ue 10 state Its terms of peace. The entente
press bitterly protested at this move on NJ
the real nature Of Germany's game, hut tho
entente governments felt morally bound now
to give their terms
Germany affected great indignation over
terms she we'll knew she must receive ont
SIDE OF the conference doors. But It now
becomes certain that Mr.. Wilson had re-
veaied 10 him for the first time the guile Of
"iiheimstrasse In all it's sheer nakedness
and menace. He more than hints ar this
rude awakening in his Flag Day speech.
One sees that keen-witted man in the
Whlte House almost spring out OF his chair
from the sudden blow dealt to his faith in
the honor of the German government. One
hears the ring of JOY in this mans words as
ne uhpurdens himself of this discovery Of
herman duplicity and craft and as he holds
the monster up by its horns and claws to
an outraged world. 1t Is veritable apoc-
aiypse this supreme master Of words pre-
sents to mankind
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-19
JUDsoN CLEMENTS DEAD
Had Been Member Of Interstate Conn
merce Commission Since
1902

WASHINGTON, June 18.-Commis-
sioner Judson C. Clements, of the In
terstate Commerce Commission, died
here to-day. His home was In Rome.
Ga.
Commissioner Clements had served on
the rate making body since 1892, and
once had been chairman. He was sixty
years old. native Of Georgia. and be-
fore going on the commission had
served five terms in Congress repre-
senting the district of which his home.
Rome, Ca, was tho center. He was a
Democrat, first appointed by President
Cleveland, but was re-appointed by
President Taft and again by President
Wilson.
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Art Of Leaving Unsaid

WYE HEN the war is over the brilliant pens
w Of French academicisns could write in
dictments 10 be framed on the ruined walls
OF Rheims Cathedral that would burn their
way into the brains of those who read them.
They could recite catalogue OF crime
savagery and bestiality that would shock
again sensibilities shocked thousand times
But the French have OF all peoples the
keenest sense for the eternal fitness of things
SO they will not fill tablets with scorching
phrases. They will let the noble ruins of
noble church stand as the Germans leave
them. and there will be short sentence
Observation-Disclosures passed the Hun"
1t is an instance OF the same recognition
OF art as fine restraint the quality Of leav-
ing unsaid and undone the unnecessary, that
finds exposition in our monument to General
Robert +. Lee. On this monument are no
descriptions, no paeans, but only one word
that says everything-"Lee."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-19
Belgium at the White House

II ONORS paid to British French. Russian
and Italian missions to this country will
not exceed in fervor sincerity those re-
served for the representatives of heroic Bel
GUM. in military sense. the little king
dom retains but relic Of its former potency,
and in political sense it's territory is gov
erned and despoiled by German satrap. but
its moral greatness is more commanding than
ever before.
Before that ascendancy of mind and will
over all the buffetings Of fate the world stands
uncovered. Here is people truly uncon-
querable. for its very chains have become a
new symbol of freedom. The heart OF the
nation beats with passion that humiliations
and indignities cannot control From war
from cruel wrong, from base injustice from
crimes too horrible for description, Belgium
rises CHASTITY but unafraid. All honor to
her! Her soul, purged in the fires of sacri-
flee, has called world to arms
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-19
To-Dny,. Bent Hand.Picked Iok..

"A fine choice" the salesman hattered Mr.
Brex: that necktie has such rich effect"
isn't that rich?" inquired Mr.. Brexs friend
he finished his joke.
THE wall paper I picked out is very rich
looking" said Mrs. Brex as they werc dining
later. Her husband did not answer. After sup
per he opened novel and read:
I'm a richly furnished room of the Hotel
Waldcmar Hopkins slowly, but method
ically. anaesthetzing himself with cigar
He"
Why cigar? Why not let the surroundings
do their work." Mr.. Brex asked himself He
picked up magazine. and the greatest serial
ever written by John Palsworthy since his last
great serial began:
The richly patterned curtains parted silently.
and
II had a letter to-day from Emily" Mrs Brex
told him. She says the sunsets at the Grand
Canyon are beautiful. rich. you know"
Mr. Brex tore his necktie from it's fasteninEs
threw the novel and the magazine the floor
and behaved generally in an irresponsible and
alarming manner.-New York Sun.
One of the Climbers.
There once dancer
And she prancer-
Who kicked her heels high in the air;
And this exhibition
So raised her condition
That she married oil millionaire
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-19
Serving by Savtny~

II ERBERT G. HOOVER'S phrase to de-
scribe the great contribution women
car make to the winning of this war is "sery-
ing by saving" There is no heroism-cer-
tainly 10 heroics-in these three words hut
they open vista enticing in prospect and
wonderful In possibility. It is not too much
TO ssy that the army OF women Mr.. Hoover
Will organize may throw into the scales of
conflict the weight that will incline to vic
tory, rather than to defeat.
Ii is not enough that we OF this country
nave all we want to eat. 1t is not enough
.na' our soidlers and sailors are provided
LOT generously 1t is not even enough that
the armies OF other nations allied with
america in this great struggle for human
liberties. partake of our abundance. IF we
are to meet the hours need we must CON
tribute. and contribute largely, to the feed
ing Of the noncombatant populations of these
nations SO that their troops at the front
may be cheered and supported by the GER
tainty Of well-being and OF continuous nro-
ductiVity among those at home
There is universal food scarcity tho
product OF many factors. We are conscious
OF 1t in our own daily lives. but in countries
mat nave been for nearly three years at war
its gravity is ten times as great Here IN
America we find prices oppressive. if not
e3tortlonate, but price, however burdensome
10 the individual is of far less consequence
than supply. Whatever food costs. the i'm
portant things are that there shall be enough
to feed every mouth and that TRANSPORTATION
snail be provided to carry this suf1lciencv
into every home
Ihese facts once thoroughly understood
win the further fact that America is the
great granary and storehouse of the world
'he duty mat confronts this people becomes
ehtlrely clear. 1t is to save food in everv
way consistent with health. That duty 10
universal. 1t rests on the rich and the moor
the young and the old. the strong and the
weak we must save. We must save en-
lhat decreased consumption will decrease de-
mand, and so make living conditions more
tolerable. We must save SO that there shall
always be enough for ourselves and our own
troops and enough for nations that have
peen bearing our burdens and whose burdens
we nave declared ourselves ready to share
we must save so that we shall have funds
with which to meet the costs of war and IN
contribute to the innumerable agencies of
rene1 certain to make incessant demands
"hlle the war lasts. We must save. lastly
as an exercise In patriotism. and in that sacri
nee we commend to others. Waste is dis
loyal waste is criminal: waste is folly so
s'upenoous that 1T invites the calamities we
are spending blood and treasure to avoid
IN the matter OF food. the duty of con-
ser'atlon rests with largest emphasis on the
women. lhey are the purchasers, and they
supervise preparation for the table. The ap-
peal tnat Mr. Hoover addresses to them
should pring a unanimous response. Every
"ohan IN Amerlca-certainly every house
"lte-shouid be enrolled in his army of SER
VICE. nat army's insignia. displayed on any
door, will be badge of honor.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-19
Legal Study Indicated

IGNORANCE OF the Constitution OF this
j country is appalling but we scarcely ex-
pected to find it exhibited by the Aero CLUB
of America. That clubs officers are men OF
distinction. When they sponsor a suggestion
10 the Secretary Of the Treasury, that over
subscriptions OF Liberty loan bonds be &C
cepted and the money used to purchase air
planes it occasions surprise. The executive
departments can purchase airplanes only
with money congressionally appropriate ted.
The Secretary of the Treasury has no power
to divert dollar of the nations funds to
any purpose not authorized. The Aero Club
which probably has been too busy to study
constitutional law. should devote fifteen or
twenty minutes TO that interesting and i'm
porta ut subject
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-19
SEEN ON THE SIDE
A Wonder In FIJI. way.

"A Wonder In His Way.
Now models of completeness
We hear OF every day.
That do their work with neatncss
And earn their keep and pay.
But II you'd see perfection.
Out In the garden Turk
And watch the bravo collection
OF later bugs at work.
Upon the vines you treasure.
That you've thought hard to beat.
They take their tasks full measure
And then proceed to eat.
They eat throughout tho morning.
They eat as shadows fall,
They eat your sorrow scorninE,
Until they've eaten all.
No pause for retrospcction
Fer interrupts their jaws.
Which make a swift connection
AS each bug chcws and Gnaws.
Although you feel down-hearted,
In fairness. you admit.
At ending what he's started
The 'tater bug is 1T.
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Three Scnxons.

"A cup of hope!" she said,
In springtime ere the bloom was old:
The crimson wine was poor and cold,
BY her mouths richer red.
"a cup for love!" how low,
How soft the words: and all the while
Her blush was ripping with smile
Like summer after snow.
"a cup for mcmory!"
Cold cup that one must drain alone:
WhfIo autumn winds are up and moan
Across the barren sea.
Hope. memory. love:
Hope for fair morn, and love for oax
And memory for the evening gray
And solitary dove.
-Ros.et.i.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-19

By way Of breaking its record Of misrepre-
sentation. Germany now admits that the air
raids over England are fof the purpose Of
weakening the British sir forces on the
western front. Heretofore. Germany has
tried to hoodwink the neutral world and salve
the conscience Of its own people by pretend
ing it was only bombing forts" and "forti-
fed towns"
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RICHMOND TIMEs-D1sPATCH: TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1917

ficient in history. and it's efficiency is due
not only to the courage OF the men and tho
skill OF the officers. but to the discipline
recognized by democracy as essential to sue
cess. The bear will not be dangerous until
he learns to obey
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-19
FIRE AT lRVINGTON
Newspaper Plant, Bunk md Other
Buildings Are Destroyed by
Elnmcs

Especial to The Times Dispatchl
WARSAW. VA. June lS.-Fire this
afternoon at lrvington destroyed the
Virginia Citizen office and plant. the
store and stock OF Facurby & Son.
the offices of +. G.. Ncwbill and DR.. w.
j. Newbill and the National Bank.
The fire had It's origin in the Citizen
building from defective wire.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-19
Health Talks, by Dr.. VIM. Brady
Copyright. 1915 National Newspaper serviesI
The Cocci In the Cream.

intend to discuss sweet subject-ice cream
1t is sold by $4,000 drug stores in this country.
and hence should be perfectly harmless" 1t
comes cold. indeed frozen. and therefore people
prone to think 1t is wholesome. Neverthe-
less. freezing doesn't kill some cocci. There are
germs which will not only thrive. but multiply
in cream kept at freezing temperature.
Esten and Mason, in studies made at the Con-
necticut Agricultural Experiment STATION (Bul-
letin So, 1850 found that ice cream with a
high bacterial count showed diminution Of
the numbers of bacteria when kept for a month
in a frozen state.
DIR. Wiley has reported that ice cream in the
District of Columbia G90S) contained perfectly
enormous numbers Of bacteria-the average Of
263 samples being 100000 per cubic
ccntimeter-about 100, 600, 900 in each mouthful!
These startling findings explained In
two ways. namely, uncleanly handling of the
ingredients before the cream frozen, and
long preservation of the frozen dainty.
il 1t is important to keep tabs upon the CON.
dition of the milk sold in community II ia
equally important to know how many ana what
kinds of cocci are being distributed In the Ice
cream. 1t comes cold. and very handy for the
of the Unwashed the Literary Circle this
afternoon. but remember that it tastes Just as
good without cocc with, and buy it in the
cleanest place you know. Better still, make
II yourself and guarantee your prouuc,
When not adulteratcd with cheap substitutes
and not favored with chemicals and not con-
taminated by uncean handlers. ice cream is one
OF the most nutritious. wholesome, dig estible
and welcome dishes housewife can serve.
For invalids 1t Is always appropriate, II any
food at all is permissible.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-19

more more, easily obtained than the great loans OF
England. France Oh Germany have been disnosc6
OF. Tho methods of advertising It havs Seen
less spectacular. and there have been less emo
tional appeal. The work was done in thirty
hnys m he pocket nerve is the closest to tho
spirit with which America is entering the war
LOT Observation-Disclosures Record
rh AS was expected. many OF tho
AheSe arc men Mt Plattsburg havo failed to
Not Qualify for commissioners in tho
10 Lost weed H5es o and s sS
camp roster af iSoo are to be dropped from the
men will be disqualified because of s,rSt
but Soad th Se the be high
wtbn men are turned back into privotn Ire
country. yMS; nnGy gwen a chance to serve tho
gansatons to- Ss officers in military or,
Ther u patre,sS
ease where it Is possible to do -" d,S IN every
Plattsburs ' ana ,h of service. BY going to
ness to serve 81 their patriotism willing
very way possible.-Brookiyn Eagle -
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A Real Notable.

who is the in the high hat who seems
to arouse such tremendous enthusiasm"
"The only man in town who doesn't know
exactly what is the trouble with Russia"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-19
The Richmond Times-Dispatch
Information Bureau

ing ON IT,, snrdinE almost my topic except-
nree ny The Timcs- Dispntch 10, VT. answered
ousn our Washington bronch Ne. - 90.
.onrcs. -. hflhE access to the unparalleled re-
VI inc various Federal roy.rnn,.nt -
pnI'ments aud the great LtbrnrS -, r w.
M n ,"rnish Information of priceless, Tai,,. -,
nc puphc. As all inquiric. mr.. nn.,..r.a ~,
resuy ny personal letter, irrcan.ct,ra -, ,rn.n
na. S.cent stamp is required for return
CnItinI m'er" name be furnished
ar... VIII not nnswer), and post-oG,cc nd
D,.nn,r , DC plainly given. Address The rimc.-
Bureau, Richmond. Va.
Hydrogen Gas in Drums.
gas in n d p; amelia Courthouse va-Hydrogcn
tanned commere dansr f high pressure
Acid Gas Company Norfolkn. e Va National car1o'ie
", Shell Fired From Moving object.
of speed is at' m1n VA shell whose rate
sisht To fupGsbsr mile @eud p S
' d stationary position
by W. r. r. Chase City. va-The ,ow, ., po,o,
iii by m Psse from IN. PetroErad found
P pass Oh is Of Tn The famoas
"star" and "Leadinr Lnd,.-
travelling company Va and ,b star Usually heads
the PRINCIPAL female support: sonn lady Is
sil sss as as h sk.
:" ZIG same position the leading lady.
Mic, shske.penre'. Envor,te Flower.
been ak h'sn%Gnq 4av y3Ss
50 e easho obov taste said TO have
at least th eighty times 1t in seSera OF II
sy% Hsm Sa as ,bs
to & he Gn1eS tried
1plu tarhor at depth of a ss H9 Ono
SsEs s:s4
and the sponge nsber. a. II aepth OF 40 feet
$50 feet GvePs hnve ss
i was considered remarkable.
~. r. p. Lynchburg Va'"ln ,e,, ,o,,
roa,ed ana rad nnd
% snda nsiiTIs
f RspSsc cGs,1 n,is
Braai Chine .a Fara FSsa d Sb5@suaE ArEeStns
and M spain Russia. Ecuador Greece. Sweden
kna has Te" Se Ct nn,eS
A.. y, Stephen Collins Foster.
Hsmi Eoss sess co a,
his nf fansff s" of o wfs
Is esme fsd, us father
the sburFh boue shtsna Tract to
Hs s;sx Ss 70 ss
musical gifts have been natural ns EIo s bs
Tany OF his SONGS the FIRST Of which (open
he SO popular that they be regarded
% %S5 Nes1,anie loiH songs In all he wrote about
not the his only own one of which tho words are
to hear his 90 Susannah." sang 81 ane ed
made an Immediate hit with it. From that tin ,e
70 being ha FIRST hrs sung from the minstrel stage
minstrel performances and givinr t ia th or
d,stinctiye eharacter T. r. Christy the min
s.rei: paid $500 for the privilege Of ha Wing his
name nam appear as author and Composer on the The,
How ,1 page OF the trst edition of ''Old Folks at
standing the enormous sales of his songs vas
frequently hal aSSed for of MONEY an5
Obliged 20 sell his manuscripts outright for
pitiatiy small sums; He died January Ia 1854
H. the common ward of hospital 80 -o'''