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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-19

United States. tho whole field Of American
participation in the war will be covered
There should be no difficulty in reaching an
agreement
Naval and military plans and means of
financial assistance to tho allies doubtless
will have first consideration. The present
necessity is the defeat of tho German armies
and the destruction Of Hohenzollern autoc-
racy These aims are as necessary to
the future happiness and security OF the
United States as they are TO the happiness
and security of Europe. They must take
precedence Of all else. When we know what
the allies need we shall know exactly what
ought to give
Britain and France will require no formal
assurance. expressed in treaty, Of Americas
determination not TO make a separate peace.
Assurance already Is supplied In the Pres-
dents declaration of war purpose and in the
temper of this people. We are in this fight
until autocracy has been destroyed.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-19
TUESDAYS RECRUITING
LEAD HELD BY ILLINOIS
That State With Quota OF 1I,a7G
Announces Esuistments OF
230 Sfcn.
vIRGINIAs RECORD is -
Total Number Reported From All
Over Country for That Day Is
2,fiO Number Still Needed Is
lS3,8O8.
IRy Associated Prnn,.1

WASHINGTON. April IS.-1lIinoie
led in recruiting for tho regular army
yesterday, according TO II tabulatcd
statement issued by tho War Depart
mcnt to-day. showing tho quota which
should be supplied from each State In
the Union to fill the army to full war
strength. and the number OF recruits
actually enlisted from each State dur
ing the day.
With a quota OF 11.276. Illinois re-
cruitinS stations reported 236 appli-
cants accepted: Pennsylvania was sec
ond. with quota of $3.50 and 225 re-
cruits; Indiana. third, with a quota OF
5.i00 and 81 recruits; Georgia. fourth.
with quota of 5,olS and 113 recruits.
while New York and Missouri tied
with l27 recruits. although tho New
York quota is 1926 and the quota from
Missouri $3.50.
Three Statcs-Delaware, New Hamp-
shire and New Mexico-reported no re-
cruits: South Dakota and Maine re-
ported one each.
The total number OF recruits yester-
day was GAO, and the number Of men
49, '''''' W VI ih" tl'' UP 10
fun war strength is ls3.Sos.
STATE 0UOTAS NEEDED
AND DAYS ENLIsTMENTs
Other State quotas still needed and
cnlistmcnts yesterday follow;
Alabama. quota i,2T6. enlistments 81:
Arizona. ioS and 3; Arkansas. BIAS
and SO: California. 1854 and So: Colo
RADIO. l,j?S and IS; Connecticut, 2.22s
%; Florida. 1901 and a Idaho, $50
and IL; Iowa. t,tiS and 81: Kansas.
$3.50 and SO: Kentucky. 4.57S and "A:
Louisiana. 3,5l2 and So; Maryland. o.5ao
and 6; massachusetts, 6,732 and 81:
Michigan. $50 and us: Minnesota
$50 and o. mississippi. 1885, and So
Montana, -" and %; Nebraska. 2.3y4
and 81: Nevada. l52 and :; New Jersey,
o.o7i and 80: North Carolina. 4.4lo and
80; North Dakota, l,lJi and Is: Ohio
1895 and 81: Oklahoma, 3.314 and SO;
Oregon, l,3ii and Al: Rhode Island
l.oSi and il: South Carolina. 3.o3o and
Is. Tennessee. 4.66S and SO: Texas.
1872 and liz: Utah, 7i5 and -: Yer
mont. Ilo and .; Virginia. 4.l@: and
IL; Washington. 2.2S2 and 3c3: West
Virginia. 2,t4e and L.; Wisconsin, i66G
and 30; Wyoming. 900 and S: Delaware.
to4 and none: New Hampshire. $50 and
none; New Mexico, G5i and none: South
Dakota. l.lG6 and one: Maine, i,4Si
and one.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-19
Larger Liberty for Indians

L ROM the Bureau OF Indian Affairs, De-
i partment Of the Interior. comes the an
nouncement OF step forward, which has
significant Importance. policy Of greater
liberalism will henceforth prevail in Indian
administration, to the end that every Indian,
as soon as he has been determined TO be as
competent to transact his own business as
the average white man, shall be given full
control OF his property and have all his
lands and moneys turned over to him. There
after he will no longer be ward of the
government.
This means that the competent Indian will
not be treated as half ward and half citizen.
as in the past. 1t means the ultimate alb
sorptlon OF the Indian race into the body
polite OF the nation. 1t means, in short
the beginning Of the end of the Indian prob
lem, with reduced appropriations by the gov
eminent eventually TO be discontinued al
together.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-19
Books and Authors

George H. Doran Co, have just issued
Comrades in Arms" by Captain
Philippe Millet with an introduction
by j. ST. Loe Strachey. Written with
all the easy grace. facility and color
of the true Latin, these sketches by
"A military correspondent OF the Paris
Temps. have the double charm OF vivid
perception and facility of phrase.
Philippe Millet has a sense of humor;
he is an old friend Of the British
Tommy" and he knows, through per-
sonal experience, the smoke and blood
Of war. In these short studics-little
vignettes from the trenches. the artil-
lery zone Of the country behind the
lines--we see the English soldier
through the eyes Of his brother-in-
viewpoint
Patsy Carroll at wilderness Lodge"
by Grace Gordon Couples & Leon Co.
New York;. is the latest book of the
fascinating Patsy Carroll series, vi
brant with the atmosphere of the great
outdoors. Patsy Carroll succeeds I'm
coaxins her father to lease one OF
the luxurious camps at Lake Placid.
in the Adirondack Mountains for the
summer. Chaperoned by an aunt and
accompanied by her three dearest
friends they motor into the heart OF
this delightful forest region. with Pat
Wilderness Lodge. the Wayfarers, as
they have decided TO call themselves,
find they are the center of a mystery
which revolves about q missing will
There. under the strangest circum-
stances, they meet Cecil Vane n young
girl whose inheritance had been fiIch-
cd from her by an INSCRIPTIONS kins-
man. The remarkable manner in which
the troublesome document is finally
brought TO light. restoring to Cecil
the inheritance she has despaired of
ever regaining. furnishes material for
a story OF the most absorbing inter-
est. The book Is illustrated by f.
Emmett Owen.
There are trees and trees. as reveal
ed by Royal Dixon in his latest book.
The Human Side of Trees" just pub
lished by Frederick a. Stokes Com
pany. The reader may be familiar
WITH such classifcations as oak, pine
and chestnut, but has he ever before
heard Of trees that build cities, trees
that manufacture, attend college. trav-
ell and are fashionable? These arc
not fanciful characteristics, for the
book is written by a trained botanist
who has the facts from personal OBJ
servation. Unlike tho usual scientific
Investigator. Mr.. Dixon is a very I'M
affected sort of person, who has a very
human way of getting beneath the skin
Of the tree and searching out its SOUL
The trees are not to him merely speci-
mems to be classified and labeled any
more than are his friends In human
society; rather. they arc individual, en-
crossing companions. whose fads and
foiblcs are matter of keen delight.
Tree physiology is one of the inter-
osting chapters of the book; musical,
historic and religious trees are dis
cussed cntertainingly. and tho conclud-
ing chapter leaves an important
thought in the mind of the reader:
Trees and civilization" This is a
book for young and old, for all who
so out into tho woods. and feel the
friendly intimacy of our tree neigh
bors. There are four illustrations and
cover inlay in full color. and thirty
two illustrations from actual photo
graphs.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-19
News Of Fifty Years Ago
Grom the Richmond Dispatch. April 10. 1853

Tho Legislature yesterday discussed at much
Gap. virginia and Tennessee. souihside and
Norfoi, and Petersburg Railroads under the
No final action was taken.
Repubiiea ms state convention Yesterday
be Held in Virginia OF tho Republican party
The convention is being held in the First ART
sisted entirely Of speechmaking.. John Hawk
called led IN na to s
United states; Iiawkhurst. Hmnnicutt and Lewis
Richmond. very numerous in the meeting
and often heard from in the talking. over two
vcntion will assemble again this morning when
officers will be chosen.
yeste re- was , sce Per n"hdred That figure
shipped here from Pittsyivania County.
The Danville tobacco market is animated and
very active. The weed is coming in very freely
tories have commenced WORK. MAKING ~ s"9 much
earlier start this spring Than ever before since
town.
The United States Senate yesterday confirmed
collector Of customs at Alhcmare. y. c. This
nomination has been hanging fire for many
The Tennessee M have nominated
the radical Republican nominee
seventy Ave million pounds of wool we're
was 30 cents per pound.
i;eforc the emancipation procession in wash
ih h M.a 49,, @>ei, whh ''s :. mHSiy nght among
part. One negro was severely cut with razor
in the hands Of another negro. Three others
were slightly wounded
All the mills In MANCHESTER were stopped yes
terday by break in tho Canal 200 yards above
tho cotton mills y force of hands worked ali
night last night repairing tho damage. and
All oil them are crowded with work
Inc Legislature is at sea II docs not know
just what to do. for the members con
may he set aside by tho military authorities
complete reconstruction may be declared null
vcd. Yesterday motion in the senate to
adjourn sine die referred
Flour is selling in Richmond littlo cheaper
than last week: Virginia supcriinc, S1i pcr
barrel: extra, $15 TO $3.50: family, SIT 10 Sis
White corn. $40 per bushel; mixed and yellow
S1.12 to Sill per bushels
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-19
The People and the War Loan

7 is the part of patriotism for every citizen
VINO Is III position to do so to assist in
financing the government war loan of S.. 900
oOo,0OO by becoming an investor in the bonds.
which will be Issued In small denominations
to encourage their absorption by the people
generally. Moreover, II is good business
sense for them to invest a part of their saw
lngs IN TINS way, as the bonds will be EXEMPT
from taxation, and the whole nation needs
the Quickening influences or complete nm
Outstanding OF the spirit and meaning of the
investment. With one or more OF these bonds
III his possession, every investor will realize
as never before that he is a stakeholder in
the financial operations Of the greatest gov
eminent on earth. and this knowledge will
stimulate his interest in the sound conduct
Of It's affairs.
me American people are not educated TO
The purchase Of their own bonds as are the
people OF other countries, for i'm the United
states the man who owns government, bond
is rarity while in both France and England
eleven persons in every 100 have helped in
dlvlduaily TO finance those countries in per-
forming their part in the present war The
"ohderlui prosperity we have enjoyed is re-
hected IN an increase OF our national income
OF 80 l." per cent in the last seven wears
and our financial strength is rendered i'm
pregnable by the possession of one-third of
the worlds stock Of gold
Tho banking institutions of the Initial
States may be confidently relied upon TO take
their full share of this loan, but these in
sututlohs must also take care of our great
manufacturing and trade enterprises whose
activities will be greatly Increased by our
entrance into the war. Hence IL is TO the
interest Of the masses that there be as li.tle
reduction of these credits by participation in
the loan as possible and the bulk OF 1t be
absorbed by the public at large
--------=------
| Now that the Daughters of the Confcdcracy
nave Endorsed The Star-Spanglcd Banner"
| ordinance, the Board Of Aldermen should
follow suit
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-19
Mexican Inpratitude

WIASHlNGTON dispatches say that this
w government is disappointed" by tne
lukewarm and rather unfriendly stand which
Mexico has taken. Something more than a
srudginG word. OF friendship is said TO have
oeen expected from Carranza. If this cor
rectly represents the attitude of the admin
1stration all We have TO say is that 1t betrays
a woeful inca pacity TO profit by the lessons
of experience.
But we do not believe the administra ton
ever had any such expectations If Carranza
behaves himself now. prudence and self
interest Will dictate that course and not af-
1ectlon for the United States. He has never
peen friendly 10 this country. nor grateful
Tor all that II has endured in Mexicos be-
half. The best way to keep him harmless &c
to let him understand rather definitely that
America. having used up most Of It's patience
with Germany has very little more to ex
pend on him
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-19
Hall CoIunibia:

Hall. Columbia! happy land,
Hall. we heroes, bearen-born band.
who fought and bled in Freedoms
cause.
Who fought and bled in Frccdom.a
cause,
And when the storm of war was zone.
Enjoyed the peace your ralor won
Let independence be our boast.
Ever mindful what IL cost;
Ever grateful for the prize.
Let its altar reach the skies
Firm. united, let us be-
RallyinE round our liberty:
AS band of brothers joined,
Peace and safety we shall find
Defend your rights. defend your shore.
Let no rude foe, with impious hand,
Let no rude foe. with impious hand
Invade the shrine where sacred lies
or toll and blood the we'll earned prize.
While offering peace sincere and lust
In Heaven we place a manly trust.
That truth and justice will prevail
And every scheme Of bondage fail
Firm, united. let us be-
Rallying round our liberty;
AS band of brothers Joined.
Peace and safety we shall find
Sound. sound, the trump Of Fame.
Let WashinSton's great name
Ring through the world with loud
applause,
Ring through the world with loud
applause,
Let every cline 10 Freedom dear,
Listen with Il joyful ear
With equal skill, and godlike mower
He governed in the fearful hour
or horrid war; or guides, with ease,
The happier times of honest peacc.
Firm. united, let Us bc,s
Ita1lying round our liberty;
As a band Of brothers Joined.
Peace and safety we shall find
Behold the chief who now commands.
Once more to serve his country, stands
The rock on which the storm will
beat.
The rock on which the storm will
beat:
But. armed I'm virtue firm and true.
His hopes are fixed on Heaven and Won.
When hope was sinking In dismay.
And gloomS obScured Columbia's day.
His steady mind. from changes free,
Resolved on death or liberty.
Firm, united, let us be,
Rallying round our liberty:
AS a band of brothers joined,
Peace and safety we shall find.
y -..- Joseph Hopkinson.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-19
HOUSTON URGES INCREASE
IN PRODUCTION OF CORN
Secretary OF Agriculture Addresses
Appeal to Farmers, Referring to
War Emergency.
POINTS TO WHEAT SHORTAGE
Declares This Will Be Fully MS Great
as Preliminary Reports Havc Indi.
cated-Situation Affected by La
Dor Scarcity and High Seed Price.
IBy Annotated Pres,.1


WASHINGTON. April lS.-An appeal
tion OF corn In tho United States to
the fullest extent this year in order to
meet tho increased demand resulting
from the war emergency. was made In
n statement Issued to-day by Secretary
Houston. of tho Department Of Agri-
culture. The statement follows:
Corn is Americas most important
cereal. It can DO grown successfully
over n wider area than any other. and
furnishes nutritious food for man as
well as tho staple grain feed for cattle
and draft animals
The production of corn should be
increased this year to the fullest ex
tent. taking into consideration seed
labor and existing economic conditions
and tho available Good land In corn
growing regions not needed more ur-
gently for Other crops. Tho acreage
may we'll be increased In most Of the
country east OF the one-hundredth
meridian. as corn, In general. thrives
in this region. An appreciable in
crease in the corn crop Is most feasible.
however, In the sections OF highest
corn production.
I'm practically every county In the
country in which experience has shown
that corn may be produced successfully
the possibility of increasing the corn
crop without encroachinE upon other
important crops Is mt least worthy of
consideration II land, labor and seed
are available"
MUST PLANT ALI. ACREAGE
POSSIBLE OF CULTIVATION
Shortage In the winter wheat crop
fully as great az preliminary reports
have forecast and little Increase this
year in the yield OF potatoes are re-
ported from every part OF tho country
by farm loan board appraisers. Their
reports were made public to-day as a
part OF the boards program to en-
courage farmers TO plant all acreage
possible OF cultivation.
Three important facts affecting the
crop and food situation stand out In
the reports received from the prcsi-
dents of the twelve land banks" the
boards statement reads. These facts
are stated as follows:
The winter wheat CROP will be short
TO quite as great extent as preliminary
reports have shown.
The shortage OF labor and the high
price OF seed will prevent material
increase In the potato acreage. COM
mercially grown. but the increased
paintings of small plots. for home con-
sumption will be net gain.
There is In all parts of the United
States, ali organized movement on the
part OF the communities. State govern
nj a I'll rty.iS
bodies TO help the farmer meet the
food crisis. in many sections this move
ment taking the form of providing the
farmer with additional labor and sea-
sonal loans at low interest"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-19
SEEN ON THE SIDE
Plant EN-.

Go and plant potatoes.
You will need them soon:
Tut in some tomatoes
They may prove a boon.
Beans and corn a-plenty.
All may help along.
Save you ten or twonty
When the price gets strong.
1urnips. celery. lettuce.
Radishes and boots,
When food famincs get US
All viii prove rare treats.
IL YOU do your planting
While the soil invites
Joy-songs you'll be chanting
Through the summer nights.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-19
Health Talks, by Dr.. VIM. Brady
Copyright. 1916. National Newspaper Servcel
Crnmp In the Legs.

y great many people not necessarily In
valids complain of cramp in the legs. Let us
consider why the cramp.
One with varicose enlarged veins. whether
the surface deep in the tissues of the
leg. is likely to have more or less aching and
sometimes cramp. after long hours of standing.
People with sclerosed or hardened arteries
suffer from severe cramp in one or both
legs after walking short distance Sometimes
the cramp is felt rather in the upper abdomen.
1t passes away after brief rest. only to recur
when walking is resumed.
For the aching and cramp from varicose
veins the obvious remedy is inversion. Lie on
the back and elevate both legs against wall
for few minutes three times day. II there
is swelling after prolonged standing, support
by elastic stocking is required.
For the cramp due to arterial hardening Gn-
termittent lameness) attention to the blood
pressure and perhaps medicines which dilate
the arteries may be relief.
In both women and men there various
diseases Of the pelvic organs which may de-
mand treatment in order to relieve leg cramp
or annoying pain down one or both legs.
Piles and other rectal troubles will sometimes
be accompanied by reflex pain down the legs
or by cramp.
The pressure of the round hose supporters is
occasionally cause of aching in the legs in
men.
Weak pronated inturned ankles-the early
stage Of fiat feet-may cause much aching in
the calves and knees. The arch is not fiat arch
props give relief but correction of the
pronation overcomes the trouble.
In few cases OF locomotor ataxia cramp In
the legs are very severe. at Irregular intervals.
oftcn at night.
Pains in the leg are often complained Of
when an acute infectious trouble of any kind
is beginning
Children frequently have cramp or pains in
the legs after retiring at night. "(irowinE
pains" as the old fogies called them-foreet-
ting that it never hurts to grow. "Rhenmatic"
pains. as later observers called thcm---ima in
ing that there was such condition rheu-
Observation-Disclosures they indicate poisoning Of
the chiid's blood by the secretions of microbes
grown in diseased tonsls about diseased
teeth.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-19

Mrs. c. w. c., Chase City, Vail H. Powers
author Of tho book, The Things Men Fight
For. was born in 1859. He has been instructor
in French and German Madison Cnivcrsity
instructor in social science at Cornell Univer-
sity and instructor in economics and sociology
in Smith College. lie has been president or
the iiurcau OF University Travel since IL was
organized in 1897 His book, Tho Things Men
FiSh; For. is published by the Macmillan Co.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-19
University for Selective Draft

NEARLY a hundred officers. professors and
instructors of the University OF Virginia,
headed by President Alderman. have Joined
in petition to Congress to adopt the army
bill Endorsed by the administration. For the
war against Prussianism, the petition declares,
I'VE emphatically believe that the choice of
soldiers by selectve draft is not only the
most practica bic method. but also the most
democratic and the most just The Times
Dispatch hopes this appeal will WELD the
influence 1t deserves to WELD. Here speak
some OF the best minds of the country and
some OF the most patriotic spirits. They
should be heard and needed.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-19
To-Day. Best Hand-picked .Jok.

The s4oo. 100000 distributed in gifts to~work-
ers at the years cid by the employers Of
America led George w Perkins to say at a
dinner In New York:
1T is impossible to miss success in America.
it's impossible to fail In this rich land, unless.
indeed. you've got the spirit OF the Paint Rock
storekeeper.
The keeper OF the Faint Rock store was
playing checkers anG chewing tobacco beside
the blazing stove in the back room when a man
came In and said:
There's two customers in thar waitin, 81
Ssh, said Storekeeper ST in whisper
Keep quiet. an they'll go away agin. '-Wash-
ington Star.
Advice to William.
You may talk, you may chatter,
AS long you Will.
But your duty's TO battle
Just hang 10 that Bill.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-19
pny Of Wireless. orcrntor,

T. +. IL. Richmond.-The pay OF wireless
operators IN the United states Navy, is based
on the efficiency OF the operator. Those who
enter the service In the third class receive S33
a month with, of course, their keep. clothing
allowances. medical attention.. etc: second
class. sal; first class 500 chief operators, SEC
Inc pay is Increased with length of service
The average pay of operators with private
steamship companies varies. ranging, usually
from S"5 a month and keep upward.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-19

". ]. r.. Salem Na.--On July !. 1916 the
tonnage Of the United States Navy was 1901
Of loo or more tons and torpedo crar: OF
more ttan hHS IONS. Does not include ships
over twenty years old unless reconstructed
Within 1--WE years. torpedo craft over fifteen
years old. and auxiliary vessels. as transports
roili"rs. repair ships. etc. ON July /. 1911. the
tonnage or the Japanese navy was G}a.?i 6.
rc"iionc6 the basis as that given for.
the United States.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-19

y NJ. D., Bedford city. Na.-Christman
Evans a Welsh BAPTIST preacher. He was
born AT IsEaerwin. Cardiganshire, December Is.
i'h6 He was brought up among Presbytcrians
but became Il Baptist in 1ISS. and ordained
a missionary among the Raptists in Carnarvon-
shire iIS3). His father. Samuel Evans, dying
when his son was only nine old. left him
in state Of complete dcstitution The next
six years he spent with his mothers uncle In
i7?2 he acted as minister TO all the Baptist
churches IN the Island of AnGleses. He built
many chapels. and every year made two lone
preaching journeys over Wales He was called
tho "T:unyan of wales" lie died at Swansea
July 10. lS3S