davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-28
TO ATTEND FINLEY FUNERAL
Committees Named on behalf of Senate
and House Way ia
York, =. G..

WASHINGTON. January 27.-senate
and House committees 10 attend the
funeral OF the late Representative
David l.. Finley. OF South Carolina. at
York. s G. his home, tomorrow. wer.
completed to-day. Senators Tillman
and Smith. Of South Carolina; Ashurst,
Arizona: Robinson. Arkansas: HustinE.
Wisconsin, and Fernald. Maine, were
named by Vice President Marshall The
House committee is composed Of
speaker Clark and Representatives
Lever. Aiken. Ryrnes. Ragsdale and
Nichols. South Carolina; Bailey. Penn
sylvania: Moon. Tennessee: Lloyd. Mis-
souri,: Bell, Georgia: Cox, Indiana:
Blackman, Alabama: Goodwin. Arkan-
sas Mann and Madden. Illinois:
Stevenson, Minnesota; Kahn. Cali
fornia; Britt. North Carolina. and
Wason. OF New Hampshire.
The committee left here for York at
O'Clock this evening.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-28
DEPENDS UPON TARIFF
Rcadjustmcnt OF Trade between This
Country and France Largely
(lucstiOn of I.cgIslntIOn.

NEW YORK. January 27.-Read-
justment Of trade between this coun-
try and France after the war Will
largely depend upon tariff Legislation
both here and abroad. according 10
findings Of the American Industrial
Commission. which was sent to France
by the American manufacturers EN-
port Association. These conclusi ons
were set forth In the nth instalm ent
Of the commissions report devoted 10
credits and tariff aud made public
here to-day.
The French repeatedly expressed re-
grct, the report says. that on almost
all articles exported from France tc
America the duties are exceedingly
high. II was explained TO them that
in Our tariff Legislation luxuries are
selected as most properly paying the
highest revenue" and the chief exports
Of France TO this country, ii is pointed
out. are luXuries.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-28
INAUGURATION PLANS
UNDER DISCUSSION
Shortage or Military Funds Makes II
Difficult to Say Whnt State Can
DO. Says Governor.

NirEfnin's part in the inaugural pa
rade WAS the subject Of an extended
conference yesterday between Cover
nor Stuart. Adjutant-t;cncral ". W.
Sale. Colonel Charles y. Dempsey, Ma :
jor 10 Lane Stern and Captain Joseph
L. i.eNiasurier. Final settlement of
the question was deferred 10 another
meeting. to be held in the next few
days.
I'VE are SO short Of money that ii
Is impossible to say just now what
we shall be able to do" said Governor
Stuart. after the meeting. In many
ways. the moving OF the troops to aud
from the border has been a drain on
the military funds. and we find our
selves now practically with an empty
treasury. We shall, Of course, try In
make az good showing as possible
for Virginia. but just how far we can
go remains to bc decided"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-28

Il member of the family Mr.. Buchc
died last fall. IA little later a daugh-
ter died. and then a granddaughtcr
MIR. Bu"her's widow, Mrs Sarah Eliz-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-28
1.118,OOO WORKERS BENEFIT
Wage increases OF From TO 10 Per
Cent Given During November
and December.

u v Associated Pres
WASHINGTON. January 27.-Wage
increases OF from to 10 per cent We're
given to l.l1S,000 workers in the United
states during November and December
Secretary Wilson. OF the Labor De-
partment, estimated to-day In com
pilation of figures covering thirty
eight states. and showing that $50 es-
adjustments increased the size of the
pay envelope. or the increases. 24i
were voluntary. while strikes brought
ninety-nine.
Most of the increases. the secretary
pointed out, were granted after the
national election.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-28
PREMIER ND GARNET
Firmly SEATED IN SADDLE

:" far "a the political situation is
concerned. tie Premier and his Liberal.
cAtra -parlinn"utary Cabinet still ap-
pear 10 he firmly seated in the saddle,
although Enc"s arc heard on tho right
In favor u - coalition ministry The
general cl"'iion Us due next June but
negotiations are on foot TO postpone
TIA" actual electoral struggle until 1918.
when There! would nIany case have 10
L." ircsl election II the revised con-
sti'ution 1nally passes. and that an
election ri the new proportional rep
rcscniatiui system The suggested
idea is rat the present party seats
sh"ll NOT bc challenged In June next.
this meaning III" practical recollection
Of the PRESENT Chamber. Incidentally
there is some discomfort with the
Prime Minister'S refusal to propose a
revision OF tho constitution canccling
any potential claims OF foreign, l. e.
German, princes to the throne IL is
said hero that the Queen is npnosed
10 such step. bu, il is also believed
the Premier fears giving offcnse to
the foreign power most Interested
AS tothc state or affairs in tho coun-
try itsHlf. there is still considerable
fcrmcut i'm the frontier regions. De.
spite hlc continual seizures Of goods
and tho frequent shooting fatalities,
large bands Of men continue to en-
gage II smuggling; even soldiers are
caught at II from time to time An
other regular feature in the border
lands is tho considerable influx Of cs-
capped prisoner. OF war and deserters.
whose ranks have recently been re-
enforced by numbers of fleeing Bel
gjan and Polish civilians.
In the economic realm the food sup
ply is the governments chief concern.
The outlook ras just been painted in
somewhat gloomy colors by the Min
lister Of Agriculture. in view of the
grain situation in American and else
where. and the shortage Of cargo space
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-28

or 3 drops of "Gcts-It" on tho corn
right away. Pain and Inflammation
VIII disappear. the corn will begin tC
shrivcl from that instnnt-then il
loosens and falls right off.
There's no other corn remover in tho
world that acts like "GetS-It." No
new discovery has been made in corn
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-28
Five Deuthx Ia Family.

Especial to The Times Dispatch
WINCHESTER. VA. January Eli
The family of the late j. r. S. Bucher.
of Mountain Falls. this county. has
been Sorcly bcreavcd. For the fifth
time in six months death has taken
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-28

rcmovcrS since "Gets-lt' was born
Don't forget that fact. "GetS-It' does
away forever with the use of salvcs
lhat iIritnte. handageS TINT mako a
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-28

bundle Of your toe. plasters that half
do the. work. knives and scissors that
draw blood. Use "trcts-it''-no more
digging or cutting.
"Gcts-Gt" is sold everywhere, Csc a
bottle. or sent on receipt OF price by
r.. Lawrence &c Co. Chicago. Ill-Adv.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-28
PEACE OUTLOOK ABSORBING
TOPIC IN THE NETHERLANDS
AS Another Year Opens, Watchword
Before Nation Still Is I'm
ceasing Vigilance"
MANY PROBLEMS FACE PEOPLE
Prime Minister Considers That Dam
ger Exists Yet That Country VIII
BE Drawn Into War-i'OOd Supply
Is Chief Concern.
iBy Associated Press. |

THE HAGUE. NETHERLANDS. JAG
u,ry 27.--The peace outlook consi-
tntcs the one absorbing topic III he
Netherlands. and more than adequate
explanation Of the Hollanders intha"
interest in the latest turn of cSHts
is afforded BY Il glance at tho burrns.
problems and anXictics which thopaSt
lively: months have brought the
Dutch nation and It's rulers. r an
other year opens the wutchwoh stu
is unccasing vigilancc-not onf with
respect TO the countfy'S defcnscind It's
foreign policy, but in the economic
realm. In regard TO the suppl3 Of the
raw materials for it's industries and
public services and of the fod Of It's
people.
= For though some politicians are al
ready beginning TO talk abdIt entire
or partial rehabilitation if the peace
wind blows at all favorubly,lt appears
quite certain that hot regiment WI
bc disbanded until the peacatrcaty has
been actually signed and TIE helliser-
cntS themselves begin LIBERALIZATION,
for Holland knows full vel that even
the peace congress may bang its own
dangers for the nation that oids the
mouths OF the great Northrn European
waterways. The Prime Minister him
-elf Cort van der Linen. has only
tust again told The Chamber that 'the
government still consiers there is
danger OF the country bang drawn into
the war il can by no means admit
he added. that the dagger grows less
the longer the war lass. but IN exist
Ing circumstances regads IL AS essen
tial that as adequat defense force
shall be Immediately available for the
energetic maintenance IF our neural
ity.' And the CHAMBER. including the
Socialists, has one more unanimously
tho men with the c,lors.
However, In tho two and half
years of nlobilizatDn the trained army
reserve has been Increased by over
100000 men, :nd eleven OF the sixteen
lcvics under a'ms In August. 1914. have
now been relieved by newly trained
troops and sent home on indefinite
leave. The munition supplies have
been correpondingly rc-enforced
notwithstanding VIVA; has been
achieved, however, there is sharp crit
icism OF the army and its administra-
ton. The Interest attacks are con
rtant!y made on the Minister of War
and Major -Clneral " Bosboo,n's posi-
ton would gem 70 be none TOO secure
Emphasis il particularly laid on the
continued lick Of artillcry-in which
IN. army WIS notoriously weak when
war broke oMt-of antiaircraft guns
and aircraft
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-28
See Your C0rns Peel Right
Off With Magic "GETS-IT"
Put Drops on in Seconds and the Corn is a "Goner,

When you've got to walk on ;h
sides of your sho" to get away from
those awful corn-painS. there's oni,
one common sense thing TO do PM
New-York tribune., 1917-01-12
Chicago's Police Scandal

We need not be too condescendlng
toward our neighbors in Chicago over
their police scandal. The temptations to
graft in a great city are magnificent, and
human nature is human nature. A fall
from grace among subordinates is one OF
the fates which may overtake the best oil
departments. Besides, we are not so many
wears distant from an era when graft was
the rule and corrupt partnership with
vice and crime the established system
which every new Police Commissioner
faced as a matter Of course.
II is in a modest and thankful frame
Of mind that New Workers can contrast
their present police administration with
the corruption which is charged against
Chicago's force, including its chief. Not a
sensational overturning, but slow moral
regeneration, is the work which the clti-
zens of our town have witnessed IN the
work of Mr.. Woods. Man for man, there
is no reason to set our force above the
force of any other city. Human nature
is much the same the country over. 1t is
in appealing to the best side Of his men,
by applying scrupulous justice and en-
couraging bravery and fidelity, that our
police head has accomplished the miracle
that he has.
The task is a supremely difficult one
from one aspect. 1t is simplicity itself
from another. The mere order of Mayor
Thompson of Chicago to his appointee that
he "clean out Immediately the corruption
in ali ranks of the department" is the
least of the steps TO be taken. The per-
sonality of the chief and the support given
him are far more important. If Chicago
can produce an Arthur Woods and give
him free rein it will solve its police prob
lem in one swift, simple maneuvre.
New-York tribune., 1917-01-12

cording to "The Manchester Guardians"
London representative, even attempted a
translation, and the result was not very
happy: "Attondez, ct vous Uerrez CO q"'
arr,ivera." This may possibly be the pest
that can be DONE but it is manifestly lack
ing in concision. Thirteen syllabies
against threel" says the English critic.
His comment recalls some of the late Her
bert Spencer's objections to academies IN his
controversy with Matthew Arnold. Arnold
was for the establishment Of some Eng
lish institution like the French Academy,
but Spencer insisted that the academclans
had done nothing at all to improve the
French language. They still tolerated
what he held to be the double negative,
they still suffered such barbarisms as
.Ou'est-ce que c'est que ceIa?-six superfiu-
Gus words, Spencer pointed out, counting
celia as two. An analogous sentence IN
English is what is that there hereF But
such awkward construction sis held says
Spencer, ito imply entire absence of cult
ure." and he discovers in the French
phrase n want of that close adjustment OF
language and thought which even partially
educated speakers of English have reacehS.
But after all are there not scores Of
terse phrases in French that can only be
expressed in a roundabout way IN our
language, if at all? 1t will not do to take
one or two in English, and because they
cannot be put as shortly in French to con-
clude that English is more concise. A
stronger argument is offered by the Man
chester critic. "At the beginning of the
war" he says, "when all cables had to be
in English or French, the Italian and Rus
sian correspondents in London chose Eng
Iish. and found their cabling expenses
much reduced" That, indeed, is prac-
tical argument and much more to the point.
New-York tribune., 1917-01-12
Untranslatable Phrases

It was obviously impossible to write
about the late change Of government ir
England without some reference TO the
celebrated motto Of the late ministry, but
TO the correspondents of the French papers
the phrase wait and see" presented SC
many difficulties that for the most part
they were content to leave it untranslated
They perhaps did wisely, considering the
bad shots some of them made at "Sinn
Fein" some months ago. One explained that
it meant literally 'Pensez d nous" recalling
the German "Vergiss mem nichp with
"toUte Ia saSibIerie dttendriSSante ct
doucedtre de Phypocrisie boche"l Another
guessed boldly that Sim was fantastic
form of the prefix syn and Fen merely our
old friend Fenian, the whole title implying
that the rebels were associated with or be-
longed TO the Fenian clan.
The difficulty in the case of "Wait and
see" was not so great, however. II lay
only in finding properly terse French
equivalent, yet but one correspondent, ac-
New-York tribune., 1917-01-12
An Adventurous Mail Carrier
lFrom The Des Moines Rootsterl

ifTOm INC Dto -hoH'tS tttDSttFt
Earl l.. Byers, nephew OF II. W. Byers
Corporation Counsel for Des Moines, has one
of the most unusual contracts ever let by
the United States government.
He has agreed TO carry mail by airplane
over a route In Alaska at a compensation OF
$49, 300 annually.
Byers will make two trips each week be-
tween Nome and a camp 3S1 miles inland
He will carry mail and passengers, and his
service will bring the mining camp three
weeks nearer the outside world.
The country over which he will fly IS
mountainous. There are no level tracts on
which to make a landing in case his engine
should stop. In winter the snowfall is be-
tween twenty-five and thirty feet deep
Even should Byers's airplane make a safe
landing In the snow between terminals II
would be impossible for the operator TO get
away again.
All Of these possible troubles were consid.
cred by Byers before he took the contract
On a trial trip he carried four passengers
the weight being 1000 pounds. He is using
q Curtiss tractor, with various ideas in
aerial navigation worked out By himself to
meet conditions in Alaska.
New-York tribune., 1917-01-12
An Argument Against Universal Service

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t is to be hoped that The Tribune
will do more than report the "spread-eagling'
Of the New York Guardsmen. At the pres
ent time the American public is very much
interested in the conduct of army officers.
Thoughtful men and women are beginning
TO appreciate the necessity of universal mill
tary service. But if the commanding and
other officers are going to lord it over the
men, the citzenry Of the country will prove
very reluctant to give any more power to
petty tyrants.
Discipline we must have, but the man in
the ranks is not a slave. An officer who
lacks self-control is the strongest argument
against uniyersal service. Military tyranny
will always be abhorrent to the American
people. If the "lords of a day" do these
things right here in New York City, what
must have been done on the border? Per
haps there is truth in the rumor that New
York militia officer had hardwood floor in
his tent and had two chefs catering to his
delicate palate, while the men in the ranks
wallowed in mud and were often hungry.
JAMES s. REILLY.
Brooklyn, Jan. 10, 1917
New-York tribune., 1917-01-12
A NEEDLESS NATION
The Federal Reserve Board Viewed as the
Weapon of Foreign Interests
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir; 1t is good that two people in this coun-
try at least have noticed the significance of
the action of the Federal Reserve Board in
urging the private investor not to loan money
to a foreign government without security
additional to its credit. This significance is
so patent that ills extraordinary that none
have been found alive to it save the writer
in "The Outlook" and your correspondent,
Mr.. Lacombe.
Needless country-that intrusts its most
delicate and most momentous interests to a
man who has been for only q very few years
an American citizen, and whose commercial
and family affiliations with Germany are
still of the closest. In the terrible struggle
that is going on in Europe between democ-
racy and autocracy, matters are so evenly
balanced Gas far as one can judge that rob-
bing the Allies OF their power to borrow
money freely in this country may be Of the
most fatal consequence. And even if it
should not be, no self-respecting nation
should intrust its vital powers to those whose
interests are foreign to it.
Heaven prepares disaster for nations which
il first makes abnormally stupid
New York, JAN s, 1917. L. NJ. N.
New-York tribune., 1917-01-12
"The UnmanIy West
n of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Under the caption THE Unmanly
West" a person signing himself "An Ameri-
can by Adoption" and calling himself IAN
Anglo-Swiss by ancestry" makes a cowardly
blanket attack upon the men of the West in
The Tribune issue of January s. II is a
wild, uncontrolled, fre-eating type of at
tack, and it is easy to discern the lawless,
unthinking spirit behind it.
The gentleman who dares not sign his name
gives every indication of being a cave man
pure and simple. and as such his contempti-
bic attack on the courage OF the men Of the
West may be easily dismissed. One might
read between the lines OF his article a bitter
sorehead resentment at the defeat OF his
Presidential candidate by the West, and a
spilling over of spleen, venom and gall be-
cause the country chooses to weigh thought
fully the pros and cons OF universal military
training. | fear the gentleman is not living
up to the anglo" part Of his ancestry, which
tradition credits with knowing how to take
defeat in a sportSmanlike manner in a fair
game. CLARA NJ. SCHLINGHEYDE,
A Western woman.
New York, Jan. .. 1917.
New-York tribune., 1917-01-12
Universal Service to Break Caste

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: As a citizen and an eX-soldier, ! want
to enter my protest against the humiliating
spectacle OF man in uniform exposed to
public degradation as Private Max Keller
man. of Battery Z, Of the I'd Field Artillery,
has been exposed by Lieutenant Spencer IL
is Just such actions as these that deprive
the average man of any respect toward the
uniform of a soldier The system Of the mi
litia is wrong to the core, as it does not
provide for military efficiency nor democ-
racy OF management But the idea of an Of
fcer furnishing a man for an offence in a
spirit totally different from the United
States Army regulations and usages is more
than degrading; it is idotic. 1t is an over
stepping Of all rights OF officer and in
stills the spirit of mutiny and rebellion against
injustice.
In the militia as it is organized to-day
there cannot be efficiency because the proper
methods do not prevail | am given TO un-
derstand by men in the ranks that the usual
election of officers is brought about either
through the use of money or social pull. |
thoroughly believe in universal training in
order to achieve standing army efficient.
II a man wishes to enjoy the privileges of
the country, he should be man enough to
serve the country in return for the benefits
he receives. Only in universal service will
the public realize the true value of military
training and the management of the army
will become truly efficient and We will avoid
the military caste spirit which prevails so
strongly now in the regular army and mi
litia. JOHN w. ROBERTS.
orL To
New-York tribune., 1917-01-12
To Curb the Mail Trucks

An issue Of importance TO this clty-an
issue which may become of much greater
importance if Postmaster General Burle-
son has his way and curtails the mail tube
service-is to be tried out by District
Attorney Swami. He intends to ascertain
whether the mail trucks actually are i'm
mune from local ordinances and state laws
governing traffic. 1t seems that Mr.. Swami
himself on Wednesday night witnessed a
collision between mail truck and limou-
sine in Fifth Avenue. The mail truck,
speeding west in Fortieth Street, did not
slow down at the avenue, and as result
crashed into the limousine, bending It's
wheels and breaking its axle. Then, &C
cording to the District Attorney, the mail
truck went on without a pause, but he
ascertained its number.
This is violation Of the laws Of the
State of New York, which in an accident
of that nature require the reporting Of the
case to the authorities. Since it came with.
in the prosecutors personal knowledge, it
/ is probably as good an instance as any on
which to build the test. The number OF
accidents due to the mail trucks has not
been SO great lately as it was a year or SC
ago, when there was scarcely a week with
cut injury or death chargeable to them
because the populace has learned, at It's
cost, to give these monsters the widest pos.
sible clearance, and the contractor com
pany which uses them, warned by the
manifestation of public indignation, urged
its drivers to extra care about that time.
But judicial decision whether these
trucks have a right, as their drivers seem
to think, TO disregard all local regulation
of traffic is none the less necessary. Some
CT the drivers are just as reckless as they
ever were, and so long as the idea persists
that they have any rights which an ordi
nary chauffeur has not the public will bC
in grave danger from them. 1t is to bt
hoped Mr.. Swami will press this case anc
obtain a judicial ruling which will settle
the matter once for all.
New-York tribune., 1917-01-12
scsd for the .ake Of penalizing the present

feed for the sake of penalizing the present
owners Of the railroads for offences COM
mitted by unscrupulous operators years
ago. what other policy is there to follow
II the railroads are to do the work which
the nation expects them to do? If Con-
gress will not itself take over the railroads
and make them an efficient and powerful
agency of defence and economic progress
then the roads must have the opportunity
10 develop their facilities and strengthen
their position through their ability to ap-
peal to private capital. They constitute
a national utility. 1t is absurd to deny
them free growth and ample earning
power under government regulation, since
the benefits of that growth must in the end
inure to the nation as we'll as to the stock
holders.
More men like Mr.. Daniels are needed
on the Interstate Commerce Commission,
not fewer. That commission should be
enlarged and its powers should be greatly
extended. But commissioners should also
be found who will apply the powers OF the
commission to building up the railroads
as a national agency Of supreme impor-
tance. instead Of bounding them and starv-
ing them into semi-bankruptcy and inn
potence