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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-16
'G00D.R0ADS CONVENTION
ITO meet IN NASHVILLE
Plans~for States to Take Over Main
@ Arteries OF Travel Will BE
Advocated
WOULD THEN MAINTAIN THEM
Effort Also to Encourage Federal
Government in Appropriation of
Money for Building OF System OF
Military Highways.

BRISTOL. VA. September l5.--Ienry
) Roberts. president Of the Southern APP
= pala chian Good Roads Association. is
Z now ,pcrfectins the program for the
ninth annual convention Of this as
ISOLATION, which will he held in Nash
VILE Tenn. October l6. u. Is and ls.
This association. organized for good
road promotion and construction, has
been an importan, factor almost from
the date Of its organization. Its ac-
tivities extend over the following
States: Maryland. Virginia, West Eir-
Einia, North Carolina. South Carolina.
Alabama. Tennessee and kentucky. and
steps are being taken to include other
Southern States after the forthcoming
convention.
This organization has in the past
nine years promoted road construction
costing many millions OF dollars, and
is now mt work upon a plan to stan
dardize macadam highways. both State
and interstate. and to encourage the
United States government t. the APP
preparation OF moneys for the building
OF system of military highways.
BILL ALREADY DRAFTED
FOR VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
At the convention next month Prcsi-
dent Roberts will advocate plan for
the taking over OF the main arteries
of travel in the several States by the
State government. these roads to be
maintained out of State funds. a bill
has already been drafted To put this
plan. into effect in Virginia, with prac-
teal assurance that the same will be
done, during the session of the next
Legislature. Mr. Roberts will urge
all other States in the jurisdiction OF
the association to adopt a similar plan
The proposed legislative act to pro-
vide for this will provide that roads
proposed for State ownership must be
brought to definite standard in all
tho counties through which they run.
This VIII have the affect OF stimulat-
Ing he-rarious counties in completing
unfinished links md improving the
State highways proposed for State
ownership, as such roads will not he
accepted except in conformity with
the standard required.
President Roberts is arranging to
have automobile parties journey over
the public highways from all the States
interested to the Nashville meeting.
and 1t is estimated that each State will
be well represented in the automobile
Journeys.
The meeting to be held at Nashville
viii be in charge locally Of the Nasn
Vile Automobile Club. with II. III.
Jones. of Nashville, acting as conyen
ton secretary. and the Tennessee
Highway Department, OF which ]. ].
Murray is secretary.
The convention will open with a
welcome address by Governor Thomas
Rye on the evening of October 16
Henry Roberts. president of the assoc
citation. Will make response to the well
come.
IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
TO DE DISCUSSED
Among the subjects to receive at
tention OF highway engineers and au-
thor!ties of the South and the Federal
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RICHMOND TIMEsDIsPATCH: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 1917

ton car. In addition. each section will
have two touring cars for the use OF
officers: three light delivery trucks,
one repair car. Carrying Necessary tools
and extra parts. and one extra car
for gasoline fuel.
For the present. personnel for am
bulancc sections will not be sent 10
Russia. but the machines will be oper.
ated by Russian drivers under the d.
rectton OF the Red Cross. Should It be
necessary later to send American
drivers. they Will be recruited from
volunteers in tho United States.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-16

the Hudson price It has advanced
hlgher-priced cars than the Hudson so
much that the difference between them
is now $500 to $1,000 greater. So far 81
makes have been advanced in price. The
advances range from 500 to $500, ac-
cordlng to make and model.
The Hudson has so far escaped the
necessity for advancing it's price That is
due to fortunate turn in affairs which
finds the Hudson factory supplied with a
quantity Of parts that were bought last
year before material prices had shot up
TO their present unequaled heights. The
other companies exhausted their supplies
In the spring and had to enter the market
when 1t was at its highest
The Hudson prices can't stand long.
soon they, too, must advance But the
situation 1T offers is unique. 1t is a great
opportunity for those who take advan-
tage Of it,
You must already know lot about the
Hudson Super-SiX. There are so many in
use mat Wherever you go YOU will meet
ouper-Slx owners. Ask them if YOU want
10 Know what kind Of caf it is. You will
ma IL is the car which every one admits
IS inc greatest performer 1t is the one
,hat mas full rights on the road if it's
"riVer cares to exercise those rights. You
VIII tlnd 1t is the car that meets every
ABUSE that the hardest driver gives it and
sui 1t seems never to be ont of condition
such is the kind of a car you can get at
prices which were established last wear IL
YOU will buy now.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-16
COAL MINING AT sEvY
Strong Company. Largely Made Up OF
CharlsstOntans. to Dig Thousand
Tons Per Day.

CHARLESTON. w. VA, September
15.-The Greenbrier Galleries Com
pany. chartered under the laws OF West
Virginia. with several hundred thou
sand dollars capital. has acquired 1000
acres OF valuable coal lands in the
nciEhborhood of Sevy, in this State,
and are installing there machinery for
an output of 1000 tons Of coal per day.
The necessary equipment cost about
100000. and is now on hand for imme :
diate installation.
This may be said to be a Charleston
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-16
Norfolk Men Right After nu.,n.,,

NORFOLK. Va. September 15.-Not
less than i've Norfolk contracting firms
naVe He'd bids with tho government
Tor the construction Of the fve large
warehouse Piers to be erected at the
ola jamestown Exposition Grounds.
Tho bids will be opened in Washington
next Tuesday, and the presumption is
that the contract or contracts will he
let Immediately in order that the work
may be proceeded with before cold
weather sets in
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-16
HopeweI Iins Hotel In sight

HONEYWELL. VA. September IS
The prospect is that IIopcwell Will
ere long lave much-nccdcd new
motel. j. b. Greenway has under con-
siueratlon inc erection Of large hotel
building. with stores on a part OF tho
ground floor. He is Investigating
plans and building costs. and will rem
der his decision in a few DAYS.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-16

tracks. Street cars are mighty handy,
but their tracks play havoc with tires.
This tire has seen less than 1000
miles service. but it has been run in
car tracks, and the rubber is worn
down TO the fabric In line following
the circumference of the tire Fur
thermore, the fabric haa become worn
and blistered. The casing is beyond
reDair
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-16
SEND MOTOR AMBULANCES
TO COMMISSION IN RUSSIA
American Red Cross Making Plans to
Ship 125 Machines Mt
Once
Especial to The Timcs-Dispatch.l

Especial to The Timcs-D ispatch.l
WASHINGTON. September l5.-As a
part OF its program for rendering ef-
fective assistance to Russia. the Ameri-
can Red Cross is to ship al once to the
Red Cross Commission in Russia,
headed by DR.. Frank Billings, 1875
motor ambulances and automobiles.
This is the third Red Cross shipment
to be dispatched to Russia since the
arrival of the commission there less
than two months ago. Drugs. medical
supplies and surgical apparatus with
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-16

Illustration No. 13 is OF a clincher
tire that has been used on a strait
side rim. In spite of the fact that
such mistake seems impossible. 1t
happens quite often. The toe of the
bead has become nattcned and the alb
normal strain has resulted in the bead
being torn loose, rendering the tire
useless and beyond repair.
Tire No. IA has been fighting car
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-16

enterprise. since several OF tho largo
stockholders arc Charlestonians. W. 8.
Wood. OF this city. is tho president and
treasurer Of the company; w. II. Baker
OF Huntington. Is vice-president; ].
Wade Bell is secretary and manager,
and Philip Conrad. of kanawha Falls,
is tho construction engineer.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-10
RUSS GENERAL TO Be
SHOT FOR RETREAT|NG
MaeOvisky Is Ordered Executed
By COuTt-Mart:dL

PETROGRAD The first de-
tachment of $50 women sailors were
formed here, preparatory to going to
the Thurman coast.
LONDON, ENG. - General Maeo-
visky, commander Of the guards corps
which headed the Russian retreat. on
the southwest front, has been order
ed shot, according TO dispatch to the
Post from Petrograd. This sentence
came after a court-martial which was
ordered by General KornilOff, COM
mander in chief, for noncompliance
with his order to shoot deserters.
The Reuter- correspondent at Petro-
grad, reviewing the political situation
says "a party of 160 women scouts
left Kharkov for the southwestern
front. The shooting Of General Erdelli
is denied officially" A dispatch from
Petrograd Aug. quoted the Bourse
Gazette as saying that General Err
deli had been assassinated.
PETROGRAD - M Kerensky's
cabinet is practically complete. The
constitutional democrats have agreed
to participate and the list Of mem
bers who will form the new ministry
has been agreed on.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-10
More Destroyers in Demand.

WASHINGTON, D. Cooperating
with the shipping board, the navy de-
partment is extending the number Of
plants engaged in building destroyers.
These factories are turning out large
number of the most modern type 315-
foot boats which will be used to COM
bat the submarine in European wa
tiers. The navy will complete several
hundred submarine chasers early next
year. Then, for The time being, it will
abandon construction of those yes
sells.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-10
Summer Complaint.

During the hot weather Of the sum-
mer months some member of almost
every family is likely to be troubled
with an unnatural looseness of the
bowels, and it is of the greatest i'm
portance that this be treated promptly.
which can only be done when the med
cine is kept at hand. Mrs. F. F. Scott,
Scottsville, N. Y, says: II first used
Chamberlain Collie and Diarrhoea
Remedy as much as five years ago. At
that time had severe attack of sum-
mer complaint and was suffering severe
pain. One dose relieved me. Other
members of my family have since used
it with like results. !"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-10
$2,OO6,97O,OOO WAR
TAX BILL REPORTED
Finance Committee of Senate
Acts FavOrab|y.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The war tax
bill, finally revised TO meet latest es-
Inmates, was favorably reported by
the senate finance committee, 1t pro-
poses to raise s2,006,970,O00 by taxa
ton.
The house bill proposed $1,S67 ,000,-
600 in new taxes. No provision for adj
ditional bonds to be considered later
by the house, are made in the senate
bill.
Chairman Simmons plans to call UP
the revised bill for debate the latter
part of the week and hopes for its f.
nal enactment by congress early next
month.
Most of the new taxes proposed IN
der the revised bill for war expenses
of the present fiscal year would come
from incomes, war excess profits, liq.
uor and tabacco taxes.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-10
STRIKE HALTS SHIP REPAIRS
Workers Want More Pay for Getting
informed Steamers Ready.

Workers Want More Pay for Getting
informed Steamers Ready.
WASHINGTON, d. C.-The govern
ment repairs on the informed German
steamships seized at the opening of
the war is virtually at a standstill,
owing to general strike of metal
trades union men.
When this situation was called to
the attention of Frank Morrison, sec
rotary of the American Federation OF
Labor, he said 1T is manufacturers
and shipbuilders who pay low wages
and work their men long hours who
are to blame. The cost of living goes
up SO a week, and when the men ask
for a dollar raise they are called I'M.
patriotic We don't propose to have It
put over US"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-10
Two Definitions of Thrift.

Thrift is the handmaiden of indie
pendence. It is not related to greed
or parsimony and will gladly be your
servant.
Thrift is acquiring something when
you have nothing, conserving what you
already have and adding to it.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-10
DRAFT RIOTERS
FACE EXECUTION
Oklahoma ResisteTS Will Be
Tried for Treason.
DEATH PENALTY TO Be ASKED
District Attorney Asks Bonds of Pro-
1ibitive Amount to Hold Them in
Prison-Accused Men Taken to
State Penitentiary to Foil Efforts TO
Free Them.

Free Them.
MUSKOGEE, OKLA. United
States District Attorney w. P. McGin-
mis- announced that the men arrested
on charges of resisting the draft in
connection with the Oklahoma upris
ing will be tried for treason and that
the death penalty will be asked by the
government.
District Attorney McGinnis has
sent two deputy attorneys to the in
tested districts of the state to gather
evidence against the alleged traitors.
District Attorney McGinnis sent let
tiers to United States commissioners
in thirteen towns III eastern Oklahoma
recommending that bonds for draft
resisters be set at $4,000 and $4,000
The government intends to held the
men on prohibitive bail until they are
brought to trial.
Held in state Prison.
1t was announced that practically
all of the resisters will be held in the
state penitentiary at McAlister and
the federal jail in Muskogee pending
trial Federal officials fear that at
tempts to rescue them would be made
if they were left in The small county
jails.
District Attorney McGinnis an
nounced that probably all of the men
arrested in connection with the Okla
homa uprising will be brought to trial
at the October term of the United
States district court here, unless de-
velopments warrant the converting Of
a special session of the court and the
calling of special grand jury.
&c Men Surrounded by Posse.
HOLDENVILLE, OKLA. = A band
of twenty-six men, alleged members
of the Working Glass union, were re-
ported surrounded by officers in the
brush eight miles south of here. A de.
tachment of men has been dispatched
from here in motor cars to aid the
small posse having the men encom-
passed Apparently the posse has not
been able to effect capture, probably
uu6 W Tic SIudIluCOo VI us llulitUCls
Wallace Removed to Jail at OttumWa.
DAVENPORT, IOWA-Daniel Wal
lace of Chicago, indicted here by the
grand jury of the United States dis
trict court on a charge of violating the
espionage law, was quietly taken from
the Scott county Jail and put on q
train bound for Ottumwa, where he
will be held for safe keeping. The fed
eral authorities refuse to state the
reason for removing Wallace from the
county.
Call on Posse for Help.
SHAWNEE, OKLA. = A posse Of
twenty headed by Sheriff Darden left
here on a special train for Asher,
twenty-five miles from here. in re-
Spouse to a call for help.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-10
Ask Anyone Who Has Used 1t

There are families who always aim to
keep bottle of Chamberlain's Collie
and Diarrhoea Remedy in the house for
use in case it is needed, and find that it
is not only a good investment but saves
them no end of suffering. AS to its
reliability, ask any one who has used it.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-10
MANY DIE IN GERMAN BLAST

Munition Factory at Henningsford Is
Wiped out-300 Killed or Injured.
LONDON, ENG = According to re-
ports received from the German from
tier by the correspondent at Anlster-
dam of the Exchange Telegraph COM
pany, the explosion at Henningsdorf
was one of the worst catastrophies OF
its kind that has happened in Ger
many since the war began.
A munition factory was wiped out.
800 people were killed or injured and
enormous damage was done. Hen
ningsdorf has been isolated by police
and soldiers.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-10
MILLION U. S. FOOD ARMY
Government Reports 100000 in Garden
cluhs-2oo. 900 in Conservation.

WASHINGTON - Eight hundred
thousand workers have been assem-
bled in food and garden clubs as one
Of the steps in nationwide home
economics movement. the department
of agriculture announces.
In addition 100000 more are enlist
ed in the emergency food production
and conservation work of the depart
ment. The clubs are engaged, for the
most part. in home gardening or can
ming campaigns.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-10
Chronic Constipation

1t is by no means an easy matter to
cure this disease, but it can be done IN
most instances by taking Chamber
lain's Tablets and complying with the
plain printed directions that accompany
each package.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-10
Robins Are GIuttons.

On an average day food is brought
to the robins nest every 10 minutes.
Each young robin requires daily two
or three times its weight in bugs and
worms. When food is offered these
ever-hungry little creatures open their
large yellow mouths wide and jostle
each other.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-10
just Reversed.

City Girl-That hen is acting very
queerly, just as though she were hatch
ing plot. Country Maiden-On the
contrary, she is plotting a hatch
Baltimore American.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-10
Iiohfnjno Conductors.

The best conductors OF Hghthlng,
placed in the order of conductivity, are
metals gas coke, graphite, solutions OF
salts, acids and water. The best nom
conductors, ending with the most per-
feet insulation, are India rubber, gutta-
percha, dry air and gases, WOOL ebon-
tie, silk, glass, wax, sulphur. resins
and paraff1n.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-10
A Pleasant Course.

Somebody says that the course in au-
tomobiling which a Western college
has inaugurated should be pleasant
course in fair weather. Yes, if it's CO.
educational.-Cleve Plain Dealer.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-10
Stomach and Liver Troubles.

No end of misery and actual suffer-
ing is caused by disorders of the stom-
ach and liver, and may be avoided by
the use of Chamberlain tablets. Give
them trial. They only cost quarter.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-10
A Pessimist.

The pessimist is man who wants
more of the things Of which he has
little. and less of the things of which
he has much.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-10
A Sable Philosopher.

Eff you can't light fire on de hills,
mebbe you kin stir a blaze in de low
grounds an no matter how little it is
de world'll see de flicker. = Atlanta
Constitution.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-10
Socialists, at Stockholm Sept. 9.

STOCKHOLM - The date of the
international socialist conference to
be held in this city has been definitely
fixed for Sept. 8.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-10
The Danger.

IF you amt fighter" said Uncle
Eben, you runs terrible risk of jes
bein' stuck up an used fob target prac-
tice."
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-10
Nav Be Something TO It.

May Be something TO lie
How do you account for his great
popularity 2"
We'll, l imagine it is because he
doesn't want to do all the talking. 81
Detroit Free Press.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-20
SOLDIERS ABOARD DOLPHIN FOR
 EASTWARD
Sixty-Five Men Are on Their Way From the Mexican Border
 To HaineS
(sy KATHLEEN M. sHlPPEN.)

(6y MA HIEEN M. SHIFPEN.) On board the steamer Dolphin
 which touched at Juneau yesterday
 were sixty-five soldiers of the 14th
 Infantry, Company G, enroute to Ft. William H. Seward, under command
 of Sergeant Wiley, of Fort Lawton, Seattle. At Ketchikan a small girl
 aptly named one fellow "big war mans: in heart the hHvs are ?" of ! that, daring energetic youths ranging in age from eighteen to twenty-six, | soldiers.
 Some had come up from the Mexi- can border, and after six weeks at Vancouver, Wash, started for Alas ka. It is a far call from the Rio
 Grande to Alaska, but full of zeal
 that made the hardships of war bear
 able on the border the boys are ready to face whatever is in store for I them in this country Probably the
 company will be divided into small CT units and dispersed to various
 points.
 In leaving Seattle, half the company
 sailed on another ship, the Company c male quartette was divided. The
 men enjoy singing and the latest
 hits are part of their equipment
 along with the army blankets and
 sewing kit. The sixty soldiers on the five-day trip up enjoyed many privileges on the steamer never be- fore dreamed of by soldiers on a transport.
 The boys were a kaleidoscope of various personalities enlisted to serve Uncle Sam. Racial charac- teristics dominating the will to be United States citizens and soldiers. The Scotsman, Sandy" from the land of cakes-played the pipes and beat double time in jig step; the Italian from the flower covered hills of Tuscany sang of the sorrows of Leonora, and the song of the birds
 in the cherry tree-the Serb danced
 with the agility of his forefathers.
 The American mechanic listened in telligently to the ring of the en- zine bells and the commands given
 in a language ineligible to him.
 The military exercises on board submerged each individuality to the obediance of action; quick response
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-20

Phone 1t to The Empsre. No. 374
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-20
CHICHAGOFF RAISES
 LARGE SUM FOR THE
 NATIONAL RED CROSS

CHICHAGOFF, July 1S.-(Spec- ial correspondence) The people of this camp do not lack for amuse- ment. The social events given dur ing Red Cross week were well pat ronized, and enjoyed by all. The first event of the week was a card party at the spacious club house, forty card tables accommodating the players After the games a -r,e.S:a. ,::.ci: was sc~"ca !; ..hsc ladies.
 On Wednesday afternoon, Mrs. John Vanderbilt served tea, which was very enjoyable affair in ad- dition to materially swelling the Red Cross fund.
 On Saturday evening all enjoyed themselves to the limit at a big dance held in the club rooms. A carnival was pulled off by the young people of the camp on We'd nesday evening. and this was the big money getter of the week, in addition to being a huge success. The chairman of the Red Cross Finance Committee, Miss Louise Freeburn, reports the receipts for the Red Cross fund for the week as totaling nearly $500.
 Last Monday night the two first aid teams, under the direction of Harry Davidson. gave an exhibition that would have been a credit to any organization of the kind in the country
 Smoker Is Given
 Last night Chichagoff gave its first smoker. Everything was up to date, the slightest detail not be- ing overlooked, and our genial friend, Tom Mcdonald, can't put anything" over Les Foreman when it comes to an event of this kind The oldest timers are unanimous in their opinion that the Chichagoff smoker was equal to anything of the kind ever given in Southeastern Alaska. The program consisted of three wrestling bouts, four boxing bouts, singing and story telling These bouts were all fast and snap py. There was not an idle moment from gong to gong.
 Shorty Webber, the Danish De- mon, standing four feet six inches and Slim Darker, the popular steve- dore from Juneau, standing six feet