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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21

FOR SALE-Itcnl Estate.
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ilHTER r.r;> 'o, looH?so feat l,rh and
,dsy "h9ic" !oc",i:,a ',e@n,ifu home. on
"urc not 'hs" i3;. in umdcstrD E"' lca
nAXoyEs },ysnuc ,aYsnI.s. 80, HIoe,
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umrt plyn"ut.
va Wv. v s.G"e's ,y"rTm Si. .mpf,vn %*
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SLI,nE. p3w dw:l''s. % "cre. ., lan,,. 1915
DIR 'e'S'"E state '''e'' $3.50. Mnh'
n. 20 ."rcs IN nsh Ia. of.il,vic% Good
N my ~" ai 1?rm e + .cry ,;.Sg
ron 'oitaS" Possession at One" Prize
"F@ Of FRI eS M, ;""I% tics ,yo .s
WE n[,cn nsvs 's,m> iai .%g small AZ
nSh"ond a Hi Snd i' s u MRo I You %'' %an IT
Il. ..G q, nn .SIl14i.1.s y 20 q.
srEciA'.
1ilG;nr n 60, ngg,y "uA store Wet End
>:l.nr 81 for r" ~ en lsa Hs for s
,22gs.gn hons" On Nor,h Thr'y-secynd street
asS, Of s' II :. fl 2Fse" ,3 aaac
'.'conr hous' %or,h AHH,on strec, $3.50,
cI,% Ian ag,,9..s near Ntn'h ana
8, acrcr ,-roon, houso. near car linc. $3.50.
w an Offer YOU some good "a,inE eoio:,d
nco; Sr! I. lliisa $ ,; %R
- EIGHT anu Main SIT
M"hToWW , g TiiAAlltIIMEK
Arh5HTMnMT heq.e. We, ."a ,orn.r. an
Pleased "ay!ns 10 u"r cent Price, ssi,1o
w.GST Enh homo; nc,r n+,u. A'bcy
eundry 80 Srsnd-aaI iir's, iron; sG'" tdn
SCAR hc.y,F 1!'E !! H., r CT p.r loot,
NEt!I o.N~ool c,,na,cr,. - t.,t sro Dor
A.m ~, ~ 9. '!1sp'na rarh ia c,> Il.
r"rk Avenue. "a oct, s5a p,r foot
hSAsiiT7oT; ,,Iarh'. rooms ,o-foo, 10,
WI I'm s%nsla.r Exchanges on ans OF the
Mo"ToN N. a r,'A "
:" to-, ..r'r nile from .',y NH IN ,e.i,s4
to hish sGh"" IN u on" iiG ya.l r ,m,!S
i,Y%,lins aWh necessary ou,bnliinss. ali new
MI MI: ron sS hon f,Sg ~. .,@a "Ge lin.
Elements only 5000
fr ar, az e h flan;nt m15os e"H s
s-roon dwSi,c NE %' ,,i '"" ,,
tuiid'nss ThT Is bargain for $500,
,, "a Iine S,on :. g.se r2o. I,ze'ltas
" a. DAVIS.
Eor,h l:len,h s,'ge, RianinanI. ~.
MAMrSp = 8, aoor N ai g az, i5
. fcot OF Monnmenf. Avonus boJwo-1 ri.
'!'i' i'1u w '"'tli'I. lNi SAT- or trade, lr'-
icr e farm near Richmond az East Broad
81 s ,s,s Il Sc 'Iep,h n1,T hoys,i. roo,qs,
rcr acre. = > I,,.N". Glou SI!.n "a
\ SNCEiFi,'E
FIFTY feet On - II ,ySu,t near W..
DOL ST. rh' ~ r, nrsa Tr'g" ':s@ "cr
"oi. aalc. ~ center ihrhI3,1a Su~iu-e nn
I'D. s-rU"n dwelling. I acre aud OH,
nu'iniuGs. NuriN Ru" - Moore. nos iulastcr
Highland Strings.
FOH SALE
~ BOWi.ES s JONES co.
~ %prth Eighth street. !tirnmont, VA.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21

WESrHAMrToN Avenue lots. near Boulc
ward Must be- sold to close estate. Cal
bo bought below market value.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21
CITY PROPERTY.

CiNTEl: Park dwelling. N"w and COM
PIE tc In best section. lot itnA2ao feet
fric". $3.50 Very easy terms.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21

g "cr's - mil" Of tho .i', r.roou hnusc
h"t-wRier heat lots uf fruit running
'r,.''r.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21

WILL trade 30 feet good lot, north pidc
city. Tor some revenue property.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21

SEVERAL. J.ro"n houses ia West End, pay
inE per cent not Price. $40 each.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21

8, a"rcs i-ra"m houso. near Ger lnc $3.50.
rrrp"rtN.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21

GOOD productive farm OF - acres frontiur:
on good stream. with lowgrounds. S.roo,h
house. good uutbuiliings. - miles to sta
ton. Price. $500: terms
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21

u acres u;i Thr"c chou, Road Tor al. or
'NchnnE" FOR W"st End rrDpcrty.
l.I-H
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21

T.: =. SCHMIDT K CO.
Real Estate and Insurance.
>. North Eighth street
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21
SCLLiNNS Il Co
Room = Nilsson iBgidtn-.
:icht ami Main 50" ',>
MORTON q. THAt.IiiMER
Madison GO

AnAnTME%T 'i"u-" West End ,orn.r. an
d modern ""nN"ui' l'"s Hll apartments
'l"hs"d nay!np 10 u"r cent iricc. 81 hrH
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21
FOR SALE-Kcal Estate.

800 acres. part OF which Is river foreground
s'iSoin h"us.. barn; etc: good orchard. go
To 30 trees. l.. niles from station. one
of tho best farms for tho money. Price
only S'."~ on reasonable terms.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21

WEST l.nh home. urtr H-itl.. .t'bCy.
r"onH im"inGluE larse ri".pinE rprch. hot.
water h"Ni, lar." rIt"lithiC a.! sem l.
!aundry "tg.: hrand-nctv. direct from con.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21

A,n ~ y" 'Esnl,"d rHrk. IN c,,y ID
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21
SPECIAL.

! y. CONNOLLY y 60.
Mad isOr @3rl - Madison 80.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21

GROVE Avenue 10, in ise9 block. .sNl,, ,ce
tn alley.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21

For sale. detached brick house Hanover
Avenue. near Alien ANcnuc: \ rooms. bat h.
electric iiIh's and hot-wat"r heat.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-31
FIRE; .... \
( /. 4" LlsSsIs, $40, 900
Upper Part of Tanner-Vickers Block
Is Completely Wiped Out.

Douglas, Jan. 29-Douglas last night
at 10 o'clock suffered SAC, 200 loss by
fire in the Tanner-Vickers block. The
blaze was discovered upstairs in the
store of Lewis Vickers.
The stock of general merchandise
of Lewis Vickers amounted to about
$4,000 and while the fire did not get
through the ceiling of his stock, the
smoke and water practically ruined it.
Mr.. Vickers carried $4,000 insurance.
The store next was being fitted
up for a grocery store for ]. D. Per
kins 1t was a total loss with no in
surance.
The corner store, occupied by B.
Ridgell, general merchandise, suffer
ed less than the others, as a great
portion of the stock of Mr.. Ridgell
was removed. There was some $4,000
worth of stock left in the store which
could not be moved This was badly
damaged with water and smoke. Mr..
Ridgell carried $500 Insurance.
While the fire was raging in Dou-
glas the country home of Fred Brew
er, near the city, was burned.
On Wednesday night, about 700
o'clock, the dwelling Of George A.
Tanner, druggist, of Douglas, was de-
stroyed by fire.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-31
Free Flower Seed
Hastings Catalogue
Tells You About 1t

No matter whether you farm on a
large scale or only plant vegetables
or flowers in a small way, you need
Hastings 1917 Seed Catalog. It's
ready now and we haveE a copy for
you absolutely free, if. yoh ask for It,
mentioning the name off this paper;
Inaddition to showing YOU about all
the varieties of vegetables, FARM
grass:~clover and fioweri seeds, TINS
catalog tells how you canEet free hVe
splendid varieties of easily grown, yet
beautiful flowers, with whicht to 6eali
tify your home surroundings.
Good seeds of almost every kind
are scarce this season, and you can't
afford to take chances in your seed
supply. Hastings Seeds are depend
able seeds, the kind you can always
depend on having good luck with.
You are going to garden or farm
this spring. Why not insure success
SO far as possible by starting with
the right seed? Don't take changes
that you do not have to. ...s!lli
! Write today for Hastings 1877
Catalog. IT'S free and will both fntdf.
est and help you to succeed in 1917l
Fl. G. HASTINGS CO., Seedsmen
Atlanta, Ga.-AdVt.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-31
SEEMS EVERYONE IS
ANXIOUS TO TRY IT
Recent discovery Of ether CON-
pound that dries up corns
so they lift out.

, Good news spreads rapidly and drug
gists here are kept busy dispensing
freezone, the ether discovery of a Gin
-cinQati. man. -Mhich-.iS said TO .1oaSen,
any corn so it lifts out with the fingers.
Ask at any pharmacy for a quarter
ounce OF freezone, which will cost very
little. but ia said to be sufficient to rid
ones feet of every hard or soft corn or
callus. A
You apply just few drops on the
tender, aching corn and instantly the
soreness is relieved, and soon the corn
is so shriveled that it lifts out. with
ont pain. 1t is a sticky substance
which dries when applied and never
infiames or even irritates the adioin-
ing tissue.
This discovery will prevent thou
sands of deaths annually from loclljaw
and infection heretofore resulting from
the suicidal habit Of cutting corns,
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-31
DESPONDENT WOMAN
JUMPS INTO SEWER

Waycross, Jan. 30.-DespOndency
over ill-health in her family, Mrs. S.
r. Hall, formerly CT eKntucLly, today
tried to drown herself in the city drain
age canal near the home of friends
with whom she boarded. Previously
she sought self-destruction by slashing
her throat, and for several weeks tried
in vain to procure a pistol which she
said she wanted to use to end her
life.
Two notes and a scrap Of cardboard,
on which she told where she Would
end her life, were left at the home of
Mrs. Ollie Dixon. In the notes she ask
ed that her body be turned over to
doctors for such use as they wanted
to make of it for science" She de-
scribed how she wanter her hair fix
ed. asking for pompadour in front.
She willed all her personal belong
ings to friends and described certain
borrowed articles she wished return
ed.
1t is feared the woman will not sur
vive the severa eXposuse in the canal
The water was a foot deep where she
jumped in and she crawled along in
the mud hunting for deeper place.
Her husband was removed to a local
hospitl today. He has been i'll bad
health for months. Mrs. Hall is APP
parently over sixty years old.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-31
GEORGIA.
THFFFFFFFFFFffFFTFFff ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
COAST DEFENSE is
GIVEN $4,000, 600
$500, goo National Defense Budget
Now Rapidly Taking Form-Army
Bill is Still in Committee.

Washington, Jan. 30.-The admins
tration's $SOOOOOOOO defense budget
began to- take final shape in congress
today when the house passed the for
tifcation bill, carrying more than $751;
100000 for coast defense and the house
Fnaval ssem aittee Coup etedsaitsgf La :
naval appropriation 9bill with a, total
Of more than $915,O0O.OOO. 3 ID
The army appropriation bill is still
in the hons military committee. which
is expected to complete it next week.
Estimates for the army reach more
than S360,0O0,OOO, exclusive Of numer-
Gus deficiency measures resulting
from the border mobilization and the
rising cost of war materials.
The only other military legislation
nending is the universal military train
ing bill before a senate subcommittee
which will conclude it's hearings this
week when Maj Gen. Scott and Mai
Gen. Wood are to be recalled for cross
examination on their statedents that
liberalization OF the national guard
has proved a failure. 1t is not expect
ed congress will take any action on
this bill at this session.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-31
The Fuller That Pulls EN-
ATTEMPT MADE ON
- KING ALFONZO'S LIFE

Madrid, sJen. 29.-An attempt was
made today 10 wreck train on which
King =AlfoiTo was passenger The
royal train Tas preceded by freight
trains the engineer of which saw an
obstacle on the track and removed it.
Neitfler the royal train nor the freight
suffered any damage.
The spot chosen for the derailment
of the royal train, near Granda, An
dalusia, was particularly favorable
one, as the road here begine to run
down grade. The police have arrest
ed two men, on one of whom were
found code letters from Barcelona.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-31
10000 HOGS RAISED
is CLAIM IN GRADY

Thomasville. Jan 3O,-Grade coun-
ty is claiming to have raised 10000
hogs during the past season and to
have sold 100000 worth. Thirty-four
ears, it is said, have been shipped
of hogs on the feet, 200 head have
been butchered and $4,000 are in the
county smoke houses. The local mar
kets have sold over 1000 head and
more than $4,000 are still left to be
killed; 10000 are reported as carried
over for breeding purposes. Several
carloads were shipped the past week,
some to Atlanta and some to Moul-
trie.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-31
UNFIT GUARDSMeN COST
GOVERNMENT 100000

New York, Jan. 30.-Acceptance of
physically unfit national | guardsmen
made necessary by last summers mob
ilization cost the federal government
not less than $2,O0O,OOO, according to
a report tonight of the executive com
mittee of Mayor MitcheIs committee
On national defense.
The lowest estimate of the physical
ly unfit among the 114,O00 officers and
men subject to the presidents call
was placed at IS per cent or 2S5OO.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-31
THE coRDELE DISPATCH, CoRDELE,
BENEFITS OF THE NEW
FEDERAL FARM LOAN ACT

The Federal Farm Loan Board OF
the Treasury Department has general
charge of the system. The department
of agriculture will cooperate with
this board in supplying information
and rendering. assistance. to farmers
who desire to take advantage of the
federal farm loan act, especially with
reference to the organization of local
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-31
NEARLY 600 KILLED BY QUAKE.

London, jan 30-A dispatch to Reu
ters from Batavia gives further de-
tails Of the earthquake on the Island
of Bali. 1t says that great landslides
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-31

destroyed whole villages with the ex-
ception Of fourteen houses. Three hun
dred persons were killed in the earth
quake and the total casualties were
nearly six hundred.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-31

An order for two tons of Chicago
poultry food was placed by Bermu-
da dealer after an interview with
Consul Carl R Loop, at Hamilton.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-31
VIRGINIA IS PRESSING
CLAIMS OHnWEST VA.
Mandamus to Force Payment of Su-
preme Court judgment is Sought.

Washington, Jan. 3O.-Virginia to-
day began mandamuss proceedings
against all members of the West Vir-
ginia legislature to compel the levy
ing of a tax or bank issue to pay
the supreme court Judgment of $12,-
339 900 with interest
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-31

Seal pups born on the Priblof Is
land we're more numerous by 1O,450
this year than last year.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-01-31
This was adiudged 10
This was adIjudged to BE-. 5ealW s ~, VT
i gsiifhlas's portfoti of the virginia Rte
debt In lSdsswhen West virginia. Was
formed. ElHahs wrirfs granted in.
ia, WesFNirginiasss be sgiven3 a
chance tapresent Offset claims. a i
Fs3 ~ .tsss At i.saA eas
OFFICER SHOT BY NEGRO.

Nashville, Jan. 30.-Dick Sumner, Of
Ray City acting as a deputized mar
shall, came near losing his life when he
went to arrest a negro named Jess Will
cox, for creating disturbance in his
house.
When Sumner entered the house
with his pistol, the negro took the
gun away from his and fired, the ball
taking effect in Summers abdomen. tt
is doubtful if Sumner will i've. Will
cox, the negro was arrested by 1. c,
Avera, detective of the Georgia and
Florida railroad, and brought here.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-12-22
American Soldiers Drill Now
With Gigantic French Guns

which arc probably the largest in the
world, SO that the shells would fall on
open ground at the targets. The fir
ing continued all day, the terrific ex-
plosions shaking the houses in the
territory and being heard at a dis
tance of many miles.
After certain period the American
gunners will begin firing with the 400
milimeter pieces so that by the time
they get into action they will be as
familiar with the gun as their COM
rades now are with the 75s.
During the firing a big Shelf burst
prematurcly near an observation post
tiled with young American officers.
>pIlniCrs and fragments raIncd down.
but no one was injured.
Among the heavy guns with which
the Americans have begun working
are big howitzers of certain caliber,
which are declared to be among the
most powerful weapons the war has
produced.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-12-22
ESTIMATES FOR
NEEDS OF ARMY
5000, 600, 600

Washington, Dec. 2l.--The army
appropriation bill for the next fiscal
year, on which the house military
committee was to resume hearings
January 3, probably will carry close
to $5,000,000,000 for the whole military
establishment, exclsive Of fortihca-
tions and field artillery guns, which
will be provided for by the appropria-
tions committee. The bill is ex-
pected to be ready about February l..
The total army appropriation esti-
mates sent to congress by the War
department aggregates $6,6l0,0O0,00O.
The military committee will give
the War department everything that
the department reasonably can con-
vince the committee that they need"
said Chairman Dent today. 1--WE call
up the bureau chiefs and then ask
Secretary Baker to appear" to go
over his military policies. The ses-
sions will be executive, because of
the military secrets involved"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-12-22
Inmates of Pest House
Would Join Red Cross

This is the cook at the small
pox hospital on West Center
street" were the words spoken by
a woman over a telephone wire to
Health Commissioner Connell
We'll, cook, what can | do for
you this morning?" asked the
doctor.
Seven of us out here want to
get Red Cross memberships. The
smallpox patients can not get down
town just now and they asked me
to arrange the matter for them,"
replied the cook.
"Have you got the money!"
queried the doctor.
II have" answered the cook.
well, I will arrange for the
memberships and you can leave
the money at my Office next time
you come downtown" answered the
doctor.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-12-22

With the American Army i'll France,
Dec. 2l-There is no scarcity of vol
lunteers for the dangerous work of
airplane observers among the younger
officers of the army.
When a call was issued at the heavy
artillery training grounds three times
the number asked for responded.
Some Of these were sent to train with
American pilots and others with
French.
The latter are doing the observation
work for The heavy artillery which the
Americans who had been working
%iih gun, from Approximately IS0'to
500 m1Iruv'cr, cal,her ayc now ready
~ tIrc.
The American artillery Wednesday
Watched the French handling the gI-
gantic 400 milimeter gun which hurls
a projectile weighing more than ton
at such great range that it was nee
essary to haul the weapon several
miles outside the training grounds,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-12-22
THE OMAHA CITY MISSION
Anticipation Is Written on the
Faces of the Children.

The children are looking forward
to a good time on Christmas, they
have implicit faith in older folks to
provide for their needs at that time,
they have no doubt but what funds
will be forthcoming to make the pur-
chases necessary, neither have those
connected with the management Of
the Omaha City Mission" said Arthur
Chase, executive secretary.
we do not always know where the
money is coming from to carry on
this splendid enterprise but it come,
when We make the appeal. or send
out an 5. .. :. in an emergency. ! he
time is short + get under the wire,
SO send along your contribution and
join with others in helping a worthy
cause" Makes remittances payable to
A. L. Reed. treasurer, City Mission,
1904 Pacific street.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-12-22
Restriction on Thrift Stamps
Removed for Christmas

Washington, Dec. 2l.-To facilitate
the use Of war savings stamps and
certificates as Christmas gifts. First
Assistant Postmaster General Rooms
has telegraphed postmasters i'll the
leading cities TO sell all unlimited
amount of stamps to individuals, firms
or corporations wishing to give them
as Christmas presents. Temporarily
the rule forbidding persons to have
more than $1,000 worth of stamps at
a time will be waived.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-12-22
German EMPIRE
SORELY WOUNDS
THE ARGENT|NES
Last Disclosure of TeutoniC
TriCkery Makes Rupture
Almost Certain is View
Of Diplomats.

Washington. Dec. u. 2l.-Dcclaratlon
Of war against Germany by Argentina
was regarded as almost certain i'll
Latin-American diplomatic circles to-
day as the result of new evidences of
German trlckery disclosed simultane
ously in Washington and Buenos
Aires last night by publication of an
other series of kilograms between the
notorious Count Luxburg of "spurlos
versankt" fame and the Berlin for
elgn Office.
- uxburg, for,aer charge in Bucnos
Aires, in a message dated August ]
last, informed his foreign Office that
President lrig0yen of Argentina had
at last made up his mind to negotiate
secret agreement with Chile and Bo-
livia for protection against North
America. Another telegram intimated
an attempt would be made TO include
Peru, and the plan was to be per-
fscted, according to Luxburg's COM
munication of August |, before the
conference idea is taken up again"
The conference idea" is assumed to
be the proposed Latn-American nett
trality conference, advocated by Pres
ident Carranza and widely discussed
in South America. The secret agree
ment referred to may explain recent
South American reports of President
lrigoycn's proposals for league of
South American nations.
Denounced as Falsehoods.
The messages. 40 in number. were
made public by the State department
through an agreement with the Ar
9entine government and were accom-
panied by statement by Foreign
Minister Puerreydon, in which he
says the inaccuracies" of the Ger
man charges report are so surprising
that no epithet will fit them.
The messages werI sent TO Argen-
tina soon after the State department
gave out the first series, i'll which Lux
burg advised his government to sink
Argentine ships without trace, but
heretofore demands for their publica-
ton have been i'll vain. The first
series were transmitted through the
Swedish legation at Bueros Aires, but
the means of communication used for
the latest batch sent during July, Au-
gust and September was not disclosed,
except that some of the first series
kilograms wefe included in tho SC made
public last night.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-12-22
CLOTHING FOR
MILLION TROOPS
......... ORDERED AHEAD
General Sharpe TeStifies That
Full Equipments Were Con-
traCted for in Advance of
Appropriations.

Washington, Dec. 2l.--Without
waiting for congressional appropria-
tions, the War department authorized
orders for supplies for 100000
troops before the United States went
to war, it was brought out today IN
the testimony of Quartermastcr Gen
eral Henry q. Sharpe before the SEN
ate military committee.
The committee investigating the
supplying of troops went particularly
today into the causes for the short
age of clothing.
Secretary Baker, General Sharpe
said, authorized orders for clothing
and other supplies for 100000 men
just before the war declaration and
in June approved orders to equip
another 100000
Shortage of Clothing.
The only complaints Of supply
shortage received by the department
has been i'll respect to clothing, Gen
eral Sharpe said,
In an Introductory statement deal
ing with the Mexican border mobli-
zation, General Sharpe said the ord
nance equipment ordered with Sec
retary Bakers approval was the regu-
lation so days supply, including
clothing, hats, shoes, tentage and
animals. This supply, he explained,
was expected to last two or three
months.
In February" he said, "anticipat-
ing probable trouble, we ordered full
equipment, at war strength for the
regular army of 100000 men, and
late in March, when war seemed
more imminent, the secretary au-
thorized orders fdr equipment for
100000 more men.
Ordered Clothing.
Before the war broke out got
authority for another 100000, and in
June for an additional 100000"
These orders. he explained, were
made without funds and in anticipa-
ton of congressional appropr atoms.
Senator McKellar inquired whether
the Council for National Defense had
not, in effect, taken over virtually all
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