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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-12

months Captain Rowe. the examin-
ing officer for Virginia. will he in
Richmond August p and remain here
three days to conduct the necessa ~
examinations. Mr.. Forward is ar
ringing for rooms. and those appli-
cants. which in the opinion of the
Off 10Y, appear to be best suited for
entrance at Fort Myer. will be mott
fed to meet him while he is in the
city.
In other sections OF the country,
particularly New York, there have
not been as many applications filed for
the training camps as are desired by
the authorities. In New York only
about 1000 have been sent In. and
200 men are wanted at the camp.
For this reason the government Is
asking that men twenty-five years and
over. in sections where they are need
ed, file their application for entrance
to the training camps in the few DAYS
vet remaining for that purpose All
applications should be in the hands
Of tho examining officer of the state
by July / 5.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-12
TWO CASES |NFANTILE
PARALYSIS IN CITY
Believed BY Health Officials to BE
of the Sporadic Phase of
Disease
HOMES UNDER QUARANTINE
Both Children Out of City at Time
They Must Have Contracted Disease
If 1t Is of the Conta gious Char
aCter.

The second case Of infantile paraly-
SIS to be found in Richmond this
year WAS reported Yesterday by DIR. c.
u, Woodson. physician attending Au-
brey Maddox. months-oId child OF
Mr.. and Mrs, T. o Maddox, Of lois
West Marshall street.
Within an hour after the report
reached the health department. DR.
l-uelen Lotion. medical examiner. had
confirmed the diagnosis Of Or. Wood
son, quarantined the home and taken
every possible means TO safeguard the
nelghhorhood
DR., Lotion reported the case as a
very mild one. with faint. though un-
mlsta ka bic symptoms of the disease.
The child is said to have been in Pc
tershurg on visit about two weeks
ago but was not thrown into contact
with any children or sick people dur
ns lis stay.
This is the second case to be re-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-12
WILL Of HENRY 4. HARE
ADMITTED To PROBATE
intended 10 Make requests to Chart
able Institutions. But Testator
Failed To Fiji In amounts.

Although he apparently intended to
baqueath a portion of his estate to
the Methodist Orphanage and the
Methodist and Presbyterian Home for
Old Ladies, the late Henry a. Hare
left blank the amounts opposite the
names OF these institutions in his Will.
which was admitted TO probate in the
chancery court yesterday.
The estate is left IN trust with the
Virginia Trust Co. and as Mrs. Hare
died about q month before her hus-
band. II descends direct TO the chill
dren. the will having left the property
in trust for her hene1t
j " Sanders ars0fl ifs law. Ii 81 ven
The proceeds OF the sale Of the lum-
Der business formerly conducted by
Mr.. Hare.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-12
CIVIC ASSOCIATION
TO DISCUSS CHARTER

Al the meeting Of the civic associa-
tion on July 10. the topic for discus
sion viii be the city charter One Of
the members Of the New York bureau
Of municipal research will make an
address. Others will discuss topics per-
tine-it to the occasion.
This will be the annual meeting of
The association. officers for the year
will be chosen. and a plan Of pro-
seizure will be mapped out.
The meeting will probably he held
at the Jefferson hotel.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-12
c, {, D, TELEGRAPH
OPERATORS WANT MORE
Demand Thirty Per Cent Increase In
Pay and An Eight-Hour Working
Day

Adyices reached Richmond last
night from Cincinnati stating that
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad tele-
graphers had demanded a 80 per cent
Increase In pay with an eight-hour
day.
Mr. Meade T Spicer, assistant sec
rotary OF the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway Co said last night that he
had heard nothing of the strike, but
that he knew that high officials o.
the company including the general
manage were on their way to Cincin-
natl for . conference.
II the telegraphers walk out, the
movement will probably extend all
over the system, including the Rich
nond division,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-12
CEREMONY Of DRAFT
tcontinued from First Page }

not taking part IN the drawing, is
expected 10 be present wnen the 1irst
number is drawn. His cabinet also
viii be there
The war department does not In
tend TO leave any }oophole for charges
Of unfairness Of making the draft and
the presence OF the congressional com
mittees--direct representatives ~ the
peoples for the purpose Of having
the men drafted as completely repre-
scented as possible.
The ceremony of the drawing Will
begin with prayer Either the chap
lain OF the senate or the chief army
chaplain will otsciate Then, blind
folded Secretary Baker or his repre-
sentative will draw the first number,
The mum hers will be in a large re-
ceptac.e. Zach enclosed in a glass
giobu,e The numerals themselves
Will be written in red ink on white
paper and carefully rofted up and
placed within the black glass capsule,
The nrst drawing will be made for
Alabama and the drafting will con-
tinue through the alphabetical list of
the states concluding with Wyoming
In the receptacle Will re placed
giobules containing numbers TO cor
respond TO the number Of registered
men in the list containing the greatest
number, That is, there are fifty dis
trftfs m Alabama and The slXteenth
dIaf~ic. has The greatest mum her OF
reg1stran ,s say 500, there will be 500
numbers In the bowl
Method OF Drawing.
Aia'ha ma. say is called upon 10 FUR
nish 5000 men On the first draft
dra wing 70 carry out the example,
nay Nc 2 is drawn. That would mean
that the man whose card bore the
Ne. In all the fifty districts would
be drawn Suppose No 500 was
drawn It might ne that only one
district would have 500 registrants
10 only one man would be selected on
that draw while ffty we're on the
other. As the slobule is drawn by the
blindfoIded man. he hands it to an
other cfleial hesids him VINO opens IL.
draws out the printed slip bearing
the mum Der and holding II Up SO that
Ill Around can see reads II aloud A
third oficial in charge 0. the regis
trafton lis. marks of immediately the
men drawn.
THIS process wilt continue all the
way through the states The howl will
b. rehf,td sc~ zach state II is esti-
mated tf-- en- average ~ az least
thirty me. VIII Re drawn At clfn
ana tbs. the entire draft will Re COM
fmmediately be sent 10 the local
boards o. the men drafted and they
vii make the names public from their
avn lists The names also will he
made public here from the duplicate
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-12

lists in possession OF the war depart
ment
Each states quota will he based, IT
was indicated today. on the registra-
ton of approximately g.50o,ooo men.
The first call TO the .colors VIII De TOT
1000, but the entire draft VIII ne
completed at one time and the bst,ooV
will be selected from those who we're
first TO nc drawn The others VIII ne
held in reserve for later call. II need
ed q the basis ef 9, 900, GOA II IS
believed approximately 1000. 600
he REQUIRED by the quotas. This would
enable the government 10 secure
force, after all physical disqualified
ttons and exem~ ions. of about l.
75o. goo. according TO estimates, lcav-
ing a million or more men subject TO
later calls after the eS7, 200 had been
sent 70 training camps.
Draft Date Not Determined.
Secretary Baker said today the date
OF the drawing had not yet been de-
termined. 1t depends upon how soon
the states complete their work OF
numbering cards and sending duph-
Gates to Washington. Twenty states
and the district Of Columbia had com
ple.cd their work and were ready this
evening. The main delay has been
in New York Illinois and other large
Centers of population. where local
boa rds have had thousands OF cards
TO number. An important announce
rnert was made bv Provost Marshal
General Crowder today in respect TO
exemptions. This is that a drafted
man himself need not apply for eN-
emption, but that his employer or a
friend may do SO for~him. The man
himself will be questioned orally by
the local hoard. but will not he put
in the position OF having ar exemp-
ton claim Of his own against his rec
ord
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-12

a verdict for $50 was rendered in
Law and Equity court YESTERDAY after
noon IN the case ef Ben Pillow against
the Hotel Stumpf. Pillow claimed s1i4
for he loss of a suitcase which he lett
In the check room OF the hotel last
Thank selvtng day, He came from
North Carolina to witness the inter-
state football contest, left has case ut
the hotel, and was unable to locate II
later in the day. The case came on
appeal from the civil court. where a
judgment for Sl00' was given.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-12
1.-THE WEATHER
4 Omitted States Weather Bureau.
Y Department OF Agricuiture-)

Washington. July If.--Forecast
Tirgtnia-Showers Thursday in North
and Thursday or Thursday night in
South Portion. Friday showers
North CArolina-~Fafr Thursday
showers at night or Friday.
Low temperatures for the season
prevail over the northern district east
Of the Mississippi. There VIII be show
erS Thursday In the Southern district
Of the Middle Atlantic continuing FRI
DAY There will also he local thun.
der showers. Thursday nlght or Fri
day in North Carolina.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-12

", f. Wsrriek. charged with trans
porting eight gallons Of liquor. was
convicted In hastings court yesterday
ad given the usual punishment for frst
conviction He viii serve one month
In jail, be compelled to pay a fine or
$50 and give bond IN the sum Of $500
for twelve months.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-12
TO MAKE SM0OT
CONTINUED from First Page.)

Senator Smoot. usually an opponen,
of large appropriations caused some
surprise by recon- mending that the
$3.50 00o. 900 in the bill is be increased
He said IL would not be large enough
TO pay for the various "necessaries'
10 be controlled
Senator Weeks OF Ma SIS chusetts
considers Offering IAN amendment to
the food control bill. his bill creating
Joint congressional committee on
the conduct OF the war. The bill Ia
OF the calendar and Madden. Of Il
liaois, has similar bill on the house
calendar
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-12
MUST GUST RUM.

We have got to cut ont rum,
abolish alcohol entirely. II we are
going TO win the war. l hope the
president will see fit TO free ms
Of it's curse and protect our young
soldiers and sailors from Its
damnablc tempations.-Gov
Martin g. Brumbaugh, OF Pcnnsyl-
vanla.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-12
CABINET SHAKE-UP At
CONTINUED from First PaEe.)


this viii bring unity botN@een the
people and the government
The Taggeblatt points out that the
Crown Council has developed an al
most irreconciliable difference of optn
ion between the chancellor and the
Mn jority OF Prussian ministers on
questions OF internal political reform
The chancellor Is willing to carry
through necessary reforms. Gays the
Nossische Zeitung. while the Vor-
waerts. the Socialistic organ. declares
the government has decided TO intro
duce bill in the Diet for universal
equal suffrage this fan.
According TO reports, the chancel-
1or was silent on the Grown CounCA :
proceedings.
II have read this mornings report
In the press" he is reported to have
said, which does credit to the imagi-
nation of the writers"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-12
ITALIAN FORCES MAKE
GAIN ON CARsO FRONT

Rome July 1.-THE italian forces
have a further gain on the Careo
front. IL was reported today. The Aus
tran town Of DolinA.' northwest Of
Selo, was occupied by the Italian troops
yesterday and fortified
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-12
STEEL RESOURCES Of
NATION ARE AMPLE

Washington. July 1.-THE steel re-
sources of the country We're marshall
ed to the defense of the nation today
at a conference between the steel
kings Of America and the secretaries
Of war and navy.
The government was assured, 1t 10
understood. that this country will be
able to supply all the steel needed by
the allies as well as the United states.
Complete figures as to the quantity
OF steel on hand and what Quantities
might be expected from the mills IN
the next two years were discussed.
Tomorrow the conference will be
continued and prices will be taken up
and settled
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-12
Local Temperature NesterdS'


Rainfall last twelve hours ......
Rainfall last twenty four hours
Excess in rainfall since March !
Excess in rainfall since January
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-12

Fined for Speeding.
L. 0. Batkins was nned ss5 in 20.
lice court yesterday on the charge Of
speeding. OFFICER waller said he was
cutting a thirty mile CLIP.
Arizona republican., 1917-01-18
ARMY OFFICERS NOT FIT TOPLAN
NATIONAL DEFENSE SAYS HARRIS

PROBABLY the greatest bomb ever
thrown into the ranks of those who
are actively opposed to the national
guard, and probably the most unique
and most workable plan for remeding
both the evils of the guard and the
regular army, has come from the Of
flee Of Adjutant General Harris, OF
the national guard of Arizona.
Guardsmen all over the country
have come to accept Col. Harris as
their spokesman, in their fight to
keep the regular army from wiping
the guard off the map. Col Harris
Is deluSed with copies of speeches
attacking the guard. and is in con-
slant receipt of pamphlets telling the
shortcomings of that organization.
each one accompanied by a plea to
reply, and show the speaker OF writer
the error of his ways. He has already
succeeded in making the editor of
Everybody's acknowledge that many
OF his statements are correct, and now
the colonel is sending his counter
shafts to the distant state of New
YORK, in answer to the report of the
executive committee of the mayors
committee on national defense
IN his letter to the New York or
Sanlzaticn, Col. Harris calls attention
TO the FACT that at the present time
We have nc military experts in this
country, that all the so-called ex-
perts at the start of the European
war, serving with the various conti-
mental armies have been showed to the
background and men developed by
the war have taken their places.
He claims that an army officer is
not the person to plan the national
oetenses Of this country, but that a.
grcup OF business men. thoroughly ac-
qu7inted with the problems of every
day life, would do a far better 100
of it.
In fact the letter all the way
through advances theories, which to
the proponents Of the regular army.
are nothing but heresy The colonel
IS waiting with uncOncealed amuse-
ment, the outcry which will echo in
ana around eastern army circles, when
ms letter is made public to the
mayors association
ollowing is a copy of the letter:
p fair comparison of the mobli-
Zation of The national guard should
be made with the mobilization of the
volunteers of 1861 and 1898. This
would give real basis for decision
as to whether the national guard was
or was not a vast improvement over
our former system. Or a comparison
CNNii Dt maui between the ma
uonal guard and the colonial and mi
litla troops of England, but the COM
parison should not be made with
troops of country that has adopted
compulsory training or with regular
troops. fair comparison could be
made, however, between the regular
troops of the United States, and those
OF England. after which ours are
modelled.
There can be no war without hard
shlps and the economic aspect will be
the same under any military system,
pe IL the voluntary system of the
national guard or compulsory training
The losses VIII he the same and the
hardships the same. Producers will
always be in military service in time
of war, the difference is in the train
ing of the civilian population to carry
their end of the burden. Dependents
Arizona republican., 1917-01-18
MAJOR LEAGUES DECIDE To
SNUB PLAYERS FRATERNITY

pledges and that it has absolutely no
grievance against them, made such
action on our part inevitable
When we learned that the major
leagues considered their agreement
with the fraternity broken and would
no longer recognize it. President Fultz
of the fraternity said:
They will be only too glad to recog-
niZe us after this case comes to a
head. Perhaps organized baseball
would rather deal directly with organ
lied labor, which can know nothing of
the fundamentals of baseball law, such
as the reserve clause, the release
clause, and other baseball factors. |
also can see how long organized base
ball will attempt to fight the American
Federation of Labor and to play semi
professional players as strike breakers.
They had better give in now as the
situation is growing more tense all
the time
The National league announced it
had promulgated the contracts of John
Murray and C. A. Causey, both of
whom signed with the New York club.
Murray was formerly a fraternity
member. Causey is a young pitcher
drafted from Waco. He is not In the
fraternity.
Arizona republican., 1917-01-18
PEACE HOPE STILL SLENDER
But "Interchanoe of Discourtesies"
May Bring Debatable Terms.

The promise of peace offered by the
interchange of discourIesies which is
now taking place between the two
groups of belligercnts is in truth a
small plant of very tender growth. but
at least its life is not yet extinguished.
1t is being nourished by so much
WEAKNESS of war by such an oppres-
sive sense of the CHASTITY futility %
the terrible sacrifices and by so much
human blood and suffering that it may
still survive.
The German government has OBJ
tanned an opportunity of proving how
honestly it is negotiating for peace or
how far its dominant object is to re-
vive the fighting spirit of its OWE
people. A truculent overture which
rehearsed all the fighting phrases o.
Germany and celebrated German vic
tory has received an equally trucu-
lent response. which refuses absolutely
TO admit defeat and which repeats
Arizona republican., 1917-01-18
[RepubIican A. p. Leased wIrel

% NEW YORK, Jan. lin retaliation
for the action of the players fratern-
1ty IN refusing to grant its players
permission to sign, Presidents John
Tener of the National league and Ban
b. johnson of the American league
have decided that hereafter their
leagues will refuse to recognize the
players fraternity or to have any deal
lngs with it. it was announced here
today. President Johnson left this
afternoon for Chicago.
we could take no other action" said
President Tener. 1--WE can no longer
have dealings with an organization
which is guilty of the rank injustice
of the present action of the fraternity
In attempting to interfere with, hurt
and ruin our business.
Hereafter the clubs will have to
deal with their players individually
and we can no longer deal with any
outside body.
BY its strike threat the fraternity
has of itself destroyed the agreement
we drew up with it in 1913 when num-
erous concessions We're granted to the
players. The fact that the fraternity
admits the big leagues have treated it
fairly and squarely have kept all their
Arizona republican., 1917-01-18

in the nations cause, never We're re-
warded by congress in any way. None
of them received a pension, although
a liberal ruling at Washington would
have granted it. If the pony express
rider, carrying the United States mails
through the heat of summer or biz
ya-d OF winter facing Indian foes
and the dangers of plain and noun
tain and forest, plunged from his
mount 10 death, it was all in the days
work, the risk he took was his own
and his family got along as best II
could, all because the riders were not
actual employees of the government.
BUT they were heroes, none the less,
and the union owes them a heavy
de.t
Arizona republican., 1917-01-18
PONY EXPRESSES BIG ROLE
Loyalty Of California to the Union
Turned or Mail Service


Turned or Mail Service
The story of the pony express and
the part il played in United States
history is one of the interesting fea-
lures of Francis Rolf Wheeler's book
The Boy With the L. S. Mail"
G.othrop. Lee and Shepard Company
$3.50 neD.
When the discord which led to the
Civil war first was seething the
southern interests controlled the Santa
Fe trail. which was the only mail
route to the Pacific coast. Both north
and south coveted California. where
the peoples svmpathies were fairly
wei divided. The launching of the
pony express. on an overland route
through territory whore the interests
were solidly with the north, enabled
ths establishment of a mail service to
California which brought it into touch
with the sentiment for union and re-
suited in the empire of gold allying
itself with tho loval commonwealth.
Mr.. Roli-W hecier's book calls atten-
ton 20 the fact that the pony express
riders in spite Of their heroic service
Arizona republican., 1917-01-18
FROSH- FACULTY
GAME PLANNED

Plans are now under way for a real
aseball game between the winners of
he class games and the High School
aculty. The students dc not agree
hat it would be advisable TO allow the
Freshies to run off with the title of the
school,
Principal Cook will agree to any Of
erings in the schedule of this game.
He believes that the faculty can clean
he school. Parker. the California star
pitcher will shine on the Profs team.
Wilson, the scientific teacher is a reg
ular Ty Cobb when it comes to hand
ling the stick
Next Tuesday seems to be the most
favorable date to stage the game as the
big varsity game will not come off I'M
til the following Saturday.
Arizona republican., 1917-01-18

the war cries of the allied powers Yet
the negotiation is carried one step
further by a demand for terms and by
a statement of certain very general
conditions which these terms will
have to satisfy.
= The real negotiation, if there is to
be any real negotiation, viii now be-
gin. That it will result in a treaty
of peace in the near future is utterly
Arizona republican., 1917-01-18

improbable because both groups OF
beliigerents are insisting on terms
which imply al least the partial defeat
of their opponents. 1t may. however
bring about conference. which will
help 10 converr the war cries into We
hicles of Communication and restore
ieefents to habitation in the same
universe of discourse.-From the New
Tprr1I;l,l;c
Arizona republican., 1917-01-18

There are knockers: yes, but no man
is a knocker who has a success of his
own to attend to. The knocker is one
who has never done anything TO help
his own community or country, ana.
like misery, he loves company, so he
knocks. trying to keep everyone down
to his own level. A knot on a log is
of some use, as it may utilized to
keep someone warm, but the crcma-
ton of the knocker will not take place
where heat is any luxury or benefit.
Don't knock, boost" try to find the
Arizona republican., 1917-01-18

officer knows or can know and they
are the greatest factor in deciding
what kind of training this country
shall have The decision as to the
proper kinds of equipment, the pro-
portionate DIVISIONS of the branches
of the service might be left the mill
tarv experts, but to satisfy our citi-
zers their plans must he more thor
ough and must work ont letter in the
future than they have in the past.
Hire a little salesman at The Re
publican office A Want Ad viii see
more customers than you can.
Arizona republican., 1917-01-18

Norman C. Lee of New York city
and now with the American ambu-
lance corps in France has received a
medal for distinguished conduct and
conspicuous bravery. He drove an
auto ambulance half a mile along
she'll swept road at Verdun. then
when his own machine was destroyed
walked another half mile to reach
the unconscious driver of a second
ambulance. then carried the driver
hack over the whole mile and got him
to the hospital in time to save his
life.