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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-18
SECOND CLASS AT V. M. |.
TO GRADUATE IN AUGUST
Members VIII lie Commissioned In
Regular Army-New Cavalry
school tn Bc Opened.

Especial TO The Times Dispatch
ROANOKE, VA, May l7.--.tt tho an
| nual reunion OF the southwest Nir-
! Einia Alumni Association OF tho Vir-
Einia Military Institute. held here to-
| day. General T.. w. Nichols announced
that the second class OF the V. NJ. 1.
would be graduated in August AMI
| commissioned in the regular army. He
also stated that the new cavalry
school would open next session.
In speaking of the cavalry school,
General Nichols pointed out that moro
than the $4,000 needed has hccn re-
ceivcd by him, and that the subscrip-
tions ranged from ten 2-ccnt stamps
TO Sl.5o0 from various alumni
The alumni association adopted a
resolution to send each year "A deserv-
ing boy 10 V. NJ. I. until graduation.
after which he is to reimburse the as
ISOLATION.
The name of the Roanoke Alumni
Associat ton was dropped and the chap
ter was taken into the Southwest Vir-
Cinia Association. IT was decided to
have the next annual meeting at Bris-
tol, Tenn. The election of officers fol-
lows:
Marshall Fl. Hilton, Roanoke. prcsi-
dent: $. V. Fulkson. Bristol, first vice
president: W. l.. McGavock. Pulaski.
second vicc-prcsidcnt and w. T.. Fulton.
Wythevile, third vicc-president: r.
w. Sexton. Wytheville, secretary and
trca surer.
OF tho presidents emcriti elected j.
w. McCiavock. OF Max Meadows; Major
Hugh Frye and John T.. Wharton OF
Roanoke, were members OF the cadet
battalion that participated in the bat
tic of New Market.
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TELEGRAPHERs FORM CLUB
Employees of Western luton Elect or
hcers Following. Diuucr ut Busi-
nrks Mems Climb.

More than fifty employees from all
departments of the company organized
the Western Union Progressive Club
of ftichnIond las, night ut a dinner
AZ the business Mems club. Captain
y. Il. Guigon was ono OF the princi
pal speakers at the dinner. congratu-
latinS the young men on their pro-
Srcssivcness in forming an organiza-
ton for their own advancement.
X. {. FolScr was elected president
Of the club. l.. W. Miner. Il. l.. Co
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about $4,000. half OF which is cover,

about $4,000. half Of which is covered
by insurance
me ruined houses wore owned nv
lanes 4. Catlin. insurance agent:
Iownes Winbish and c. w. Dodson,
poth commission merchants. The fire
started in the roof Of the threc-storv
oodson homo, and before tho depart
ment could arrive had been commuui-
Gated TO the other houses II was only
oF hard work that tho homes of a. &.
conway and i. J. Hison were saved.
Citizens saved practically all Of tho
furniture on the lower floors OF the
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RICmMONn LINE sroCK MARkEn.

Richmond Va. MAY l.: Ial,
R"port FOR the w""R ending May "a:
,h"lc" steers, lcc mn: medium to good .
Hl"I=; common To fair. Sffa Choice hcifcrs
"H'' ,: medium 10 good. -: crst, common 10
,air. 'n''. choice cows TENS: medium 10
Sh",' "%Tmi' =; common to fair, 5i,GTs;
b"st oxen. SsmI medium 10 good IL, :,
common I" fAtr. s.. al. Hest heavy bulls
HhH': lshi .T'. Rest calves IlTI.: com
non to fatr smlo. Best heavy hogs AN
~ ncdlum weight iSMlt: shoats In', n
". A"ws and stays. 9nla. Bc., sheen
20 ~ comm"n to fair, 5afs. Pest fail
'%nhs l"'.c u: common Ia fair SGa: choice
~ lie mound
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wardin and II. a. Woody. vice prcsi-
dents. and Ashby Watkins. secretary
and treasurer +. L. Veal. superintcn-
dent Of the Richmond district. was un-
able To attend the organization meet
ing. anu tclcIraphcd his regrets. TIL.
club will hold monthly meetings. y
novel musical entertainment was FUR
nished after the dinner by Manly u.
Ramos.
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

CHICAGO. May iI--Whcat slid rapidly
downward in value to-day. hurried by re.
ports that tho United states government ha d
requested Great britain and her European
allies to rclinIush immense holding of
t;oari Of Trade future delivery wheat con-
tracts purchased here and in other leading
domestic grain ccntcrs. At tho furthcst
point OF tho break. prices were off as much
as Il cents. hut something OF a reaction
followed and III, close. although unsettled.
was at to II cents net decline, with July
at s:ia and September At sI.?a Other
leading staples also shared in the setback.
corn finishing lC To "".C down: oats, lower
y" IN re. and provisions, i.i- q lSc 10 SIC.
WHEAT HIGH. Low. Close
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
DRY GOODS

nan Noi.k, May i1.--Cotton goods for
"lt ing converting and government pur.
W.' N'rt strong and active. hi, other
",NiH'ohs OF the market were stimulated by
ms demand IN" hurlnps markets wcrs
Nfi11HS 20 mT'n With iiShtwcehts for prompt
Hl'N''N aud odd constructions scarce. Raw
eilE va unchanged. Iobhcrs were moi l,,"y
@,ihpHEh advance orders are Very salts.
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RICHMOND HAY MARKET.
Ri, hnlOnI Va No =


tH itAGio May Ii Hogs Receipts 1900;
slow knlk, SiS.S51 sis.c5; light. ,is.i5a
~ y. mixed. Si'.o "a $lG.ij. heavy tIa,;"o
sinto, rough. s'.com si5,5 pigs slo5Ole
Cattle Rcceipts, 500; steady Native beo T
catt!". $a.a0, si3 20: stockCrs and feeders
500 *ieie 'ows and hcifcrs. S6.Si9sl, 81:
shop Receipts. 900: weak Neither.
~. q sl5.5n. lambs. 3l1..OSlsle
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NfN YORK. MAY F.R"cvcs no traCin:
90 lives. steady. Ncals, Sltodm si45o: cuiiI.
sheep aud lambs firm. Prime state
lambs, $3.50 spring lambs. $500
LOGS. steady. iia - m slG.cS piss sI,nN.
tough. $685.. tI4 20
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THREE HANDSOME HOMES
IN DANElLLk. DESTROYED

Especial TO The Times Dispatch.
DANVILLE. VA, May 1T.--Thrcc
handsome homes on West Main Street
we're totally destroyed by fire AT 10
o'clock this morning with q loss of
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SNNANNiH GA. May i3-Turpcn,ip.
htr ~. sales. ~ casks. rcccints Il;
- ~ Shlpm"n'S. none. stock lNi2o casks
,i"+ln. 'rn; *nics 2&t barrels; rcccipts 81
--rr"-S- -hlnln"n's. mono: sinnk. 20 81, h. y
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Close for Whitsuntidc.
LIVERPOOL. May 1.-THE Cotton FIX
change Will he closed hero May -. y. June
ard =. WhitSumtitic hoiriaNs
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rcls Quote A.. f., 5.os. e. p. r.. 500:
-. e.. H. SOS: l.. X. GIG: NJ, I.lh, ~,
So; VIC. 62j: WV. $50
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Atlantic Coast Line
The slandArL lsaiIroud oi lhe sou,h

No. EttECTINE MAY d. ioi7.. south.
TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND DAIIy
a nor FiGr'da t ani south: S:la A al. and
For NortolH: 90. a: NJ. 900 a. NJ s.o,
L. M. $500 4. NJ. r4:l0 +. NJ. 49, S'oo
For y. a. W. KY. West: o., A a, ~,
A. ~, i S;GU r a.. Y:25 2. NJ. N''' $500
81! A.. M ID sOS a. M ,s:tTT 4. M. a:oS
;, For Goidsboro and r'ayetlesiiis: $50,
For uepewel: Sis A. 81. .l:15 p. A..
q 30. A. NJ; 6:l5 A. NJ. s:35 A. M. :" ii "a
4. Al, '2:io 7. A.; tI;;S6 7. NJ: SIT r. H.,
r. NJ. 40"
Except Sunday tSunday only
limo OF arrival and departure ana r.,
cod Sou
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Richmond and chesapeake Bay railway Compan, ,
soprrscdtng schedule OF April a. isiI
Notice.
Trains raj leave R,ehWo" q, $3.50 A. ~. ~ A.
hP Ma r. NJ Z r ai;n % =. H.. $50 III r.
NJ. 40 r. NJ. Az =!
Trains ,sav s, ashland !: $3.50 a. M, b.7 Al
,i3 noon, eel +. NJ T. A.. > f. a.. III
P. NJ. 30 p, ~. IL r. 81. A. >:
bCaIries baggage. 'Daily except Sunday
ssSundayo only N@>
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three houses. Captain Abram Vim
oiSh. who Is an Invalid. was carried
from his room. which was burning,
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Stock.
Sales.

Sales. Stock.
i.iOO Allis-Chalmcrs
liS-Chalmcrs. pfd. -.
100 Am. Malt. LIST pfd.
$500 Am. Beet Sugar. com.
1890 American Can
100 American Can. pfd. -.
$500 Am. Car and Foundry
100 American Cotton Oil.
100 Am. Hide and Lear. pfd
2.poO Am. Linsccd OIL. pfd. f.
ln.20V Am. Loco. ...
Am. Loco. pfd
-. leo American Smelling
american Snun. com. :. &.
500 American Sugar
1000 Am. Tel. and Tel. Co.
American Tobacco. com
100 Am. Tobacco, pfd. E.
Am. Writing Paper. pfd.
200 American Zinc ...... 1.
10000 Anaconda Coppcr
10 .AtchiSou
500 Atlantic Coast Line.
y. &. l.. of Ct. tBalto. }
5000 Baltimore and ohio
700 Bethlehem steel. com. .
Bethlehem Steel. pfd. :.
ln.6uo Baldwin Loco.
500 Brooklyn Rapid Transit
$500 Central Leather. com.
l.5pn Canadian Pacific
500 California Petroleum
l.v"o chesapeake and Ohio. :.
100 Chicago Great Western
zoo Chicago Great West. pfc
ECO Chi. Mil. and st. Paul.
$500 Crucihlc Steel Cor. com
COO Crucible steel. pfd. -.
1850 Colorado Fuel and Iron
Colorado and Southern.
lo.SoO Corn Products. com. :.
LOO piStillcrS
700 Dome Mines
j.lOO Eric
COO Erie. LIST pfd. ........
Fed. Min. and SIN. pfd.
i.ion General Electric ......
zoo Goodrich. com. .....
l.?oo Great Northern. pfd -.
23.i0o Great North. orc CTS.
500 Gulf state steel. com.
100 Illinois Central
'.3o0 Inspiration copper $50.
loo mtcrboro-cons., com. :.
900 Cons, pfd.
500 Int. Mcr. Mar, com. So.
"9.ion Int. Mcr. Mar. pfd.. -.
l.ano Int. Paper. com. ........
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Seaboard Air Line Railway Companv

''Ihc Frogrcssive Hallway OF the South 81
:. I RI y leave ., daily NJ Norlina local
| Vile; 6:35 J.. NJ. sicepcrs Ia,t. ".nSphI
Tampa ,; and Key West; 1915 p; NJ. sleep
Tampa and St. Tetersburg. Trains arrixs
| b:2n A. ~. 1852 a. NJ, $50 r. Nj
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-09-06
The Test.

From the Columbus Dispatch. I,
You see. / have read every authority On
the subject and have studied Under the
best professors in the country"
cation for a position in some sort Of So
cial work. The man at the desk listened
in a polite way and seemed to consider
the matter very carefully. Every now
and then he glanced out of the window:
then his glance for a brief moment would
rest on he other young woman at the
next window. She was also waiting TO
make her application.
w used such-and-such a text at such
and-such a university. but, Of course.
since IA studied under ~So-and-So. the
other text doesn't have much weight
with me-" the applicant went on.
The man at the desk looked out of the
window.
'Jibe him one in the jaw" yelled an
TWO dirty little boys Of the street were
fighting a good Irish fight. The fair
applicant neither saw nor heard. The
man watched the girl at the next win
dow. She was 'fn the.f fight as much as
she could be from where she stood. Her
face was tense and her gloved hands
were closed SO tight that the seams Were
bursting.
Why. Jim. I'd NV give it to We in the
first place II I'd a knowd We was nun
cry" was the next thing the mar heard
from the sidewalk.
isn't the noise Of the street terrible
from here, said the fair applicant. in
@ffe e51y pnnevi heTs sa xon IT must be dread
But the man did nor turn from the
window. One dirty little Irishman thrust
q scrawny hand into a ragged pocket
that bu1ged and drew out a big red apple.
'Oh. shouhna fought we fer it," said
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-09-06
WAGES OF FARM LABOR
AND PRESENT PROFITS
From WaIlace's Farmer.

The average farmer pays for farm labor just what he has to, to
get reliable help. The average farm hand holds out for all he can
get, but rather than go without work, will accept any wage which
will enable him to live. The wage market, as a matter of fact, goes
market. When labor is plentiful, wages 90 down, but when the prices
of everything are high, and there is a great demand in all the manu-
featuring establishments of the country for labor to make these high
priced articles, then labor is scarce and wages go up.
Wages of farm hands, have been soaring the past year, and there
is every indication of further advances, but worst of all. from the
standpoint of the average farmer, the cost of labor has not only gone
up, but the quality has distinctly deteriorated. Nevertheless, prices
the average farmer can afford to pay double the present prices for
labor, and yet make fully as much money as he made before the war.
Senator McCumber, of North Dakota, is quoted as saying, in the Con.
gressional Record
'No man on the face of the earth can raise wheat here for s. a
bushel, and pay 81 a day for the labor that goes into it. know
enough about farming to know that it is a physical impossibiity.'
AS a matter Of fact, manlabor has never been much over one
curing not over 20 hours of manlabor altogether. According to our
figuring, the wheat grower can pay 10 cents an hour for manlabor,
20 cents an hour for horsclabor ($1l a day for man and team, So
; q bushel for seed wheat, so per cent above the ordinary rent before
the war, 30 per cent extra machinery expense, and yet make just as
much money Oh So wheat as he made before the war on 90cent wheat.
Much the same situation holds true with corn and oats as with
wheat. With corn and wheat, especially with prices as they n now
and with prices as they are likely to be during the coming winter, a
man can pay twice the present farm wages and yet make more money
than before the war. OF course, we do not believe that it is wisdom
to pay twice the wages that are prevailing today, for the reason that
some day this war is going to end, and prices are going back, to a GER
tain extent at least. 1t must be remembered that it is more difficult
to lower wages than it is the prices of corn and wheat, just as it is
somewhat more difficult to raise wages than it is the prices of corn
and wheat. For this reason, w e do not like to see wages go up toe
getting his fair share of the prosperity of the grain growing farmer.
The wise man will make no great mistake in paying a substantial
premium above the average Of his neighborhood Tor a really good,
trust worthy hand.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-09-06
is WELL WORTHY OF HONOR
Southern Journal Puts Forward the
Claims of the Sunflower as the
National Emblem.

There is nowhere such Il yellow as
in the petals of the biggest and most
rheerfully nodding of all the black
eyed Susuns we have, there is nowhere
such Il richness as in the brown of
its seeded heart. Nothing that grows
is so friendly. so gracefully compnn-
ionable whether through an open Win
dow or brushing idly and happily up
against ones person. 1t is 40 weak
ling. the strong and lusty sunfiower.
1t is largely masculine, With its
straightncss, disdain of pampering and
love OF the air it breHthos and soil
from which il springs. Adversely but
builds it stronger, and extremes of
weather affects it little. If our national
flower. which we believe is the golden-
rod, isn't quite satisfactory, lets
adopt the fine. outstanding yellow sun
flower, the king, onarch, complacent
ruler OF every flower that waves. Ev-
erything about King Sunilower is
typicalIy American and he's a demo-
crat to the fiber and root of his be-
ing. Which is just what we want in
America ut, this time.-Macon Tele-
graph.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-09-06
Spy Suspect Misses U-Boat Attack,

cause he was locked in an l.ngll>n jan,
as a spy suspect, William +. Cisko, a
sailor, of 544 South Twelfth street
Newark. was saved from possible death
and given the opportunity of witnessing
from another ship, the destruction OF a
G-boat.
CislSo is in Newark after an exciting
rip on q liner which came into an At
lantic port a few days ago.
He sailed from this country as a sail
or on the Cunarder Carmania. May 10,
snd locked May 20. He was arrested
the next day because he failed to regis
ter and because the name given on the
ships registry was different than the
one he had given on previous trips to
England. He explained that the ship
ping master had made an error in his
name, but tho authorities held him in
the main Bridwell, Liverpool, until
June 10.
In the meantime, the Carmania. on
which he was to have come back as II
passenger, had sailed. and he was toll
TO wait for the Aur:tnia, which was to
sail on Tune %. Before the latter ship
sailed he heard of the torpedoing CT
the Calinania and the loss of many of
the crew.
While waiting for his ship to sail he
visited Newcastle-on-Tyne, and there
saw chained in the harbor, he says. the
merchant submarine Deutschland and
40 smaller war submarines. The name,
he declared, was painted on the U-boat,
and she still flew the German merchant
flag. Soldiers told him the submarines
a been caught in the nets. From
Newcastle he visited, on n pass, the
prison camps on the Isle of Man, where
many of the captured submarine crews
are held. In one of these camps there
were 10000 prisoners II in the other
nearly $4,000.
In Liverpool and. in fact in all parts
Of England where l have been the ma
joEity of women are wearing overalls
and doing mems work. he said.
Cisko sailed on the Aurania June 80.
The ship was held up two days in the
Mersey river. he says, while a fleet
of 20 merchant ships gathered ana
awaited a convoy of destroyers, mine
sweepers and patrol boats. w put
to sea or the 25th.' he said. ON the
afternoon of the 30th I was sitting at
the stern. directly under a deck gun.
Suddenly the sun shone full in my face
and 1 remarked that it had travelled
pretty quickly. Then the gun Went off
m | was deaf for four days. A de-
stroyer hailed us later and old us We
had hit q U-boat. and that oil and
wreckage had been found"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-09-06
illustrated.

Mamma" exclaimed the little girl
next door rs she ran into the kitchen
of her w home, mamma, Mrs. Jones
has an illustrated tooth !"
Her mother laughed.
IA what?' she asked.
IAN illustrated tooth; one that
makes your face swell up real big"
Her mother laughed again, and hard
er. You mean an liberated TOOTH
she corrected.
Her father heard of the incident and
thought he would question her, too.
did you say Mrs. Jones had the
mrmps?' he queried.
No began the little girl again.
"She has an illustrated tooth"
Her father laughed, AMI corrected
her.
Daddy" she demonstrated solemnly,
Il don't see why you laugh when Mrs
Jones has an ulcer-I mean-illustrut.
ed tooth Indianapolis News.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-09-06
She Has Skill With a Skillet.

"A writer in the Woman's Home Com
pansion says:
Where we are living at present we
have no gas range, only a two-burner
plate, and the coa range is so large
that it requires a great lea of uel to
heat the oven sufficiently to bake yer
a few mullins or biscuit, so that ] have
tried to find a satisfactory substitute
that could be cooked in d skillet. BY
using h skillet dry n sprinkling it
lightly with flour, 1 bake very enjoy
able biscuit cake or scone. For these
l use simply q biscuit batter, made a
trifle SITTER, patted or rolled to about
a quarter-inch thickness. One must
be sure to hav the fire or gas low
enough not to burn the outside of the
scone before the inside has time to cook
sufficiently. If gas is used, a more
even distribution of the heat may be
obtained by using a heated lid from the
stove under the skillet; OF a heavy
piece of tin or sheet iron will serve the
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-09-06
YES! LIFT CORN
OFF WITHOUT PAIN!
Cincinnati man tells how to dry
up q corr or callus so it lifts
off with fingers.

You corn-pestered men and women
need suffer no longer. Wear the shoes
that nearly killed YOU before, says this
Cincinnati authority, because a few
drops Of %freezone applied directly on a
tender, aching corn or callus, stops
soreness at once and soon the corn or
hardened callus loosens so it can be
lifted off, root and all, without pain.
A small bottle Of freezone costs very
little ut any drug store, but will posi-
lively take off every hard or soft corn
or callus. This should be tried, as it
S inexpensive and is said not to irri-
tate the surrounding skin.
If Your druggist hasn't any freezone
tell him to get a small bottle for you
from his wholesale drug house.-adv.
The reckless motoriSt is hard to
control. A Jail dose might aid in the
good work.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-09-06
How to Wash the Porch.

In the Woman's Home Companion, a
writer says:
The II thing about our porch
which l prize most. both for cleanliness
and convenience sake, is a water fau
Get with 10 feet of hose attached for
washing the porch. Ours is a second
story sleeping porch. We had the floor
lined with water tight joints and have
a trough at the outer edge connected
with the drain spout from the roof. The
bottom rail, holding the wainscit-
ing, is four inches from the floor. Sus-
pended from this rail by hinges, we
have fonr-inch strips which open out
and let the water drain quickly from
the porch floor. Having copper screen
wire, h screening can be washed at
any time. and all dust which accumu-
lates can be quickly washed away. 1--WE
would not do without this convenience
which was own thought and plan)."
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-09-06
Strictly Germ Proof.


The Antiseptic Baby and the P~rophylactic
Pup
Were playing in the garden when the
Bunny gamboied up:
They looked upo the. Creature with a
loathing u~ndisguised;
1t wasn't Disinfected and 1t wasn't Steril-
lied.
They said it was a Microbe and a Hotbed
Of Disease:
They steamed it in a vapor of a thousand
odd degrees;
They froze 1t in a freezer that was cold
as Banished Hope.
And washed il in permanganate with car
bolated soap.
In sulphuretted hydrogen they STEPPED it's
wiggiy ears.
They trimmed its frisky whiskers with a
pair of hard boiled shears;
They donneh their rubber mittens and
they took it by the hand
And 1ected it a member of the Fumigated
Band.
There's not a M~icrococcus in the garden
where they play:
They battle in pure iodoform a dozen times
a day:
And each imbibes his rations from a Hy-
gienic Cup.
The Bunny and the Baby n the Prophy-
Tactic Pup.
Arthur Guiterman.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-09-06

siderable quantities.
THE population of the province is
approximately 1000, 600, and there are
some 5000 manufacturing establish
having 40,0 600 employees with an
annual normal production valued at
s4S, 900, 900. The soil is largely like that
of Iowa, and is to a great extent culti-
waited after western methods, instead
of those usually prevailing in south
eastern Europe. Stock raising is also
an important industry, and before the
war there was a very large trade in
horses. cattle and sheep with Austria
Hungary.
The history of the province is full
of interest. The days of the Romans
are kept in memory by the wall of
Trajan. which passes through several of
its districts. When Poland became one
of Europe'S nations, PodOlia was am
neXed to it and formed a part of the
Polish empire until the last partition,
which occurred in 1895.
The menace of the. invasion of the
soil of Podolia and Bessarabia by the
acknowledgements is probably more APP
parent than real at least so far as
the predicted forecast drive on Odessa
is concerned. 1t must be remembered
tsat it is more han $50 miles, as the
crtW flies, between the present battle
line of the Austro-Germans and the
city reputcd to be their objective. A
line of communication stretched that
long at a time when fighting men are
more than at a premium, would either
have to be so thinly defended or draw
so mar troops from other points, that
the geographic difficulties involved
would be many. The Lemberg-Odessa
railroad is not in good condition, it is
said, while the highways of both Podo-
liza and Bessarabia are by no means
comparable to the macadam highways
or the west. In wet weathe the roads
have practically no bottom, and are
next to impossible for heavy guns and
] wagon trains"