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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-18
CUT TRAIN SERVICE
SAYS RAILROAD BOARD
Consolidate Wherever Practicable and
Cut Out All Lnxurfcs and
Extrnyagances.
FAIRFAX HARRISON. CHAIRMAN,
URGES RADICAL ECONOMY
Movements ATM Is to Secure Maxi
mum Transportation Energy For
the Successful Conduct OF War.

Washington, D. C, May ir.--Com-
prehensive instructions were issued
today by the special war board in
control for the operation OF all rail-
ways in the United States on a war
basis
The result will be widespread cur
tailment of train service.
Fairfax Harrison, president OF the
Southern railway and chairman OF the
railroad war board appointed by the
administration. issued the following
statement tonight:
THE railroad war board has issued
a new set Of orders to secure the
maximum transportation energy for
the successful conduct OF the war.
The communication to the individual
railroads says In part:
'1--Consolidate where prac ticable
through passenger train service ana
eliminate trains not we'll patroniZed.
''-'Z--Reduce the number of special
trains and give up running excursion
trains.
e s--On light and branch tines.
where two or moro passenger trains
are operated, Try to reduce to one
train a day.
4-substitute where practicable
mixed train service for separate pas
senger and freight service on branch
lines. Closely review number OF
scheduled freight trains where ton
mage Is insufficient to load them with
Il view to reducing their number.
"'5-Where passenger trains are
double headed for speed. a readjust-
ment of schedules or cutting out OF
cars where possible will release loco
motives for freight service.
's-Reauce, so far az practicable,
luxury and such as observation cars.
Reduce also in the interest of econ
omy the present elaborate and iuxuri-
Gus bills of fare furnished on many
dining and restaurant cars.
"'T-Move company freight and
supplies on underloaded trains. OPP
crate work and construction trains as
Ear as possible in slack times. Store
fuel in slack times.
"'s-Make the question OF train
loading of primary importance with
division officials and train yard crews
through close rechecking of the rec
ords of train performance. Give pub
licity to those making good or poor
records"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-18
Wants Wa Revenue Bill to-
Provide Government With
Income Of $2,245,000,O00
WILL SPEND FIVE
BILLIONS In YEAR
House Settles Down to Solve
knotty Problem Of Provid-
ing a Revenue Such as Never
Before Conceived Of

Washington, May 1T.--Consterna-
ton and amazement reigned in the
house today when II became known
that Secretary McAdoo desired &445,-
600. 900 more be raised by taxation.
Already the house is working on the
gigantic war revenue bill OF $500
900. eco. The McAdco increase would
mean a total OF g., 1000 600.
So sudden was the announcement
that the house was thrown into a
small panic. Even Claude Kitchin.
chairman OF the ways and means
committee and an administration
prised OF Mr. McAdoo's request. Yes
terday Kitchin opposed Congressman
renroot's proposition TO increase tho
surtax on Incomes. Today, when Len
root proposed further increases.
kItchin said:
/ Il 90 not see how any members
OF the ways and means committee
car oppose this proposed tax"
I.enroot saved the situation tenn
porarily, for by his proposition he
| checked rising movement stimu-
/ lated by Congressman HILL Madden
and Martin to send the bill back to
the committee for complete revision.
The house was manifestly nervous,
: aEd Il WOuAu nave ldaet iittIe 10
stampede II.
Garner OF Texas pleaded that the
mem hers stand by the bill and, If
/ necessary. return in October to draft
another measure. The Lenroot
amendments were adopted
Spend Five Billions in Year.
The seriousness or The situation was
emphasized by a statement hy Chair
man Fitzgerald, Of the house appro-
priations committee.
Roughly. we will spend s5.10s.-
! 600, on0 by June so. 1915" said Fitz-
gerald. I've have passed the gen
| eral deficiency bill OF SIS 900, 600. the
bond issue OF $1,000, 00o, 600. and the
urgent deficiency bill, of s3,390,o00.-
! 600 ia now before congress In
/ terest on $4,000. 900. 900 OF bonds
amounts 70 s7o,o00o0o Pending
| food bills carry appropriations OF
| SEA. 600. 900. The Increased war risk
| insurance amounts to $50. 000- 1nn-- We
/ have authorized bonds OF s195. 900, eco
! for the Alaskan railway. the Mexican
situation ard the Danish West Indies
We have an estimated revenue OF
$3.50. 900. o00 That is what we have
expenditure of s5 600 900, 900 and q
bond issue OF s2,095. 900 900"
Pile More on Very Rich.
The Lenroot amendments contem-
plate adding twenty-five per cent to
| the surtaxes on incomes above 500
600. KItchin said the change would
produce $50, 100000 additional. As
!
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-18
MINE-LAYINC U-BOAT
OFF CAPE HATTERAS

New York, May 1.-THE skipper
of a Danish steamship. which arrived
here today with sugar from Cuba, had
mystery story to tell. involving the
possible presence of submarine and
a mine off Cape Hatteras. His ship
was thirty-three miles north by east
from Diamond shoals lightship on
May 8. the Danish captain said. when
wreckage was sighted.
For thirty miles this extended.
casks and white painted boards and
other debris indicating vessel had
met a violent end.
A cylindrical tank, six feet long and
foot In diameter. galvanized. with
peculiar end attachments and with a
small chain on the surface. attracted
the captains attention. and he steered
toward it, An officer sighted about
that time what appeared to be a spar
sticking about 8 inches out Of the
water. AS the Danish vessel neared
it. this object slowly submerged Some
distance to starboard a British steam
ship was proceeding northward.
The Danish skipper suspected he
might be in the presence of a mine
laying submarine. which, having de-
stroyed one vessel. was lying in wait
for the Briton to starboard. and he
at once ordered full steam ahead.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-18
CONSUMPTION BILL IN
HANDS OF PRESIDENT
Plan to Make Registration Day
Regular Fourth of July Affair

Washington, May 17.-Nation-wide patriotic demon
STATIONS will usher in registration day for universal mill
tary service Patriotic speeches by governors mayors
presidents of chambers of commerce. bands of music and
what will amount to practically national holiday will
inaugurate the work Of raising army to fight Germany
according to plans being formulated by council of
tional defense at the request of Secretary of War Baker
In every town. city and hamlet throughout the country
date to be proclaimed by President Wilson, rallies
will be held do honor to those registering for service
in Uncle Sam great army Committees will be at every
registration booth to present emblem each who
registers. This will bear the words
ST am registered your
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-18
DENY KNOWLEDGE OF
FLOUR STORED HERE
Dealers Point Out Absurdity of Stor-
ing Large Quantities of Conn
modify at This Time.
FLOUR SCARCE IN RICHMOND,
LARGE DEALERS DECLARE
Shows Considerable Drop i'm LAST Few
Days and Those Familiar With
Market Believe 1t VIII BE As low
As sig a Barrel by July.

Washington, May f1.-lnvesu-
CATION of the holding of 80. 600
barrels OF flour by food specula-
tors in Richmond Va, was be-
gun tonight by tho department of
agriculture. The department has
been informed that n POOL in
Richmond ts onl yone Of many
held by the spectators in sew
eraI Southern cities and in many
central distributing points in the
Fast and Middle West 1t Is prob
able that tho case viii be turned
over TO the department OF justice
tomorrow.
The case WAS brought to the
attention OF officials by business
men and irrcrchr nts OF Richmond.
who communicated their evidence
10 Assistant Secretary OF AgTictil-
turc Carl yrooman.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-18
CANADIANS SUFFER-
HEAVY MORTALITY

Of life among Canadian troops ON
the European hattlc6clds IL one
man In every seven in some
branches Of tire service. The
highest mortality Is i'm the infan-
try service. These facts became
known today. when the Dominion
delegates to the Actuarial Assn
citation Of America convention de-
clared they had paid out S7,OOO,-
900 in war claims up to tho end
of 1915.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-18
AFTER ACRIMONIOUS
/. DISCUSSION SENATE
ADOPTS It, 65 TO 8
Stone and Johnson in Tilt
Over Roosevelt Expeditions
airy Division
CALIFORNIAN MAKES
WARM DEFENSE
Charges Made That War De-
partment Attempted to Fas-
ten Consumption on Country
as Ito Permanent Policy
BE NO CALL BEFORE
FIRST OF SEPTEMBER

Washington. May 17-The first
500, 900 men to be called under the
selective draft measure will not be
summoned before September 1, ac-
cortling to statement made today
by Secretary OF War Baker. There
will be no "appretiable interference
with the labor supply OF the coun.
try until that date" he said.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-18
TWO MILLION FRESH
I GERMAN TROOPS ENGAGED

London, May 17.-Closc to two mil
hon Teutons are lighting in the West
today The largest army to be used
In single action in the history of
man is battling on the Arras. Aisne
and Champagne fronts to stifie the
entente sprin-,. drive and come back"
with a COUNT offensive. The result
lis slaughter; ut the ordinary kind
that marks evesy sort of fighting but
carnage in which every new thousand
dead marks a red milestone nearer
Ito the end Of the war.
sour plan" said Major-General F.
B. Maurice today, lis to wear the
Germans down.
TN the meantime the German
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-18
To Be No Slackening in Push
ing War to Successful Con-
clusion All Factions Declare
BUT WAR TO BE FOR
NO ACKNOWLEDGMENT
To Advocate Peace Without
.Annexations and Contribu.
tions-Will Urge This Pro-
gram on Entente Allies

Pctrpgrad. May 1..-Generssls
Brusilon and Gurko have With
drawn their designations. All
other commanders have resolved
to remain at their posts
These decisions were the result
of n conference of the command
ers-in-chicf OF all fronts except
the Caucasus in the Capitol to-
day. They remove, for the time
being mt least. the crisis which
threatened to undermine the
army.
The commanders told of the
demoralidng effect caused In the
ranks of the Russian army by the
watchword of the council. peace
without annexation" Hearing It,
the troops saw no use In further
offensive warfare. The COM
maDders agreed, however, that
the spirit OF the troops is grad
ual1y recuperating and that the
army's striking power Is not yet
lost. They pointed to the constan,
political wrangIe in the capital as
the chief cause of what democrat
izstinn there had been at the
front.
We can overcome the loss Of
authority said General Alextcff.
IL responsible persons and
organizations viii cease further
TO interfere With our work.
at il time TO wake UP anf
stop shouting Peace without an
nexation.' Let us leave peace
negotiations to the government
He expressed confidence that the
coalition government would solve
the difficult problems confront
ing it,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-18
Presidents Uncle Dies.

Columbus, O.. May 17.-Charles
Scott woodrow. an uncle of President
Wilson, died here today of diabetes.
He was sixty-seven years old.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-18

Danielson, Conn. May 17.-Rev.
Francis Clovis Sequel. NJ. S.. at one
time provisional missionary OF the Or
der of La Salette in this country, and
in 1911 assistant to the general supe-
rior OF the order in France. is dead.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-18

Captain Doumer was credited In
the French war office report of March
10 with having brought down his
sixth enemy machine.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-18
Do Your Part

1t Is just as necessary TO help
at home as II Is to go on the
firing line. Through the Red
Cross you can do your part.
Join today.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-18

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-18
on Very Rich,

The Lenroot amendments contem-
plate adding twenty-five per cent to
the surtaxes on incomes above 500
600. KItchin said the change would
produce $50, 100000 additional AS
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-18
The Red Cross

is fighting the nations battle
at home. Are you doing
YOUR share by Joining the
great force for aid?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-18

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The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-20
HARVESTING.

Wheat grown on large, level fields, free from stumps, should be cut with a grain binder Wheat on small fields, side hills and stump land can be cut with a self-rake reaper and bound by hand. Where a farmer has only two to five acres, he can cut it with a grain cradle and bind it py hand, or if cradle is too expeusrve, he can cut with scythe ana stacx without binding.
 Bound wheat should be shocked and stacked. Wheat we'll stacked i'm proves in the stack sufficiently to in. crease the price several cents a bush. el Where there is more than rye acres of wheat 1t will pay to thrash it with power thrasher. A farmer with less than five acres can thrash 1t in short time with an old-fashion, ed fail. For home use. wheat may be ground by any kind of a grinder Many families are using bread made from whole wheat flour, ana rfke il better than the regular flour.
 H. H. COTTRELL.
 (Written for the Arkansas Profit able Farming Committee, Little Rocl Board of Commerce)
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-20
FRENCH CABINET IS FORMED.
NJ. Painleve Succeeds in Organizing
 the New Ministry.

Paris, Sept. l2-M. painleve has succeeded in organizing a ministry to replace the Ribot cabinet. For a time the socialistic radical group presented an obstacle to the forma- iion of a ministry, ruling that the five Socialist radical members of the cabinet as selected by Nj. Pain leye should not be members of a cabinet where the unified Socialists were not represented.
 These men. Renoult, Vincent. Bes- nard Renard and Long, informed the party that they had accepted the portfolios before the party had reached this decision and there was a bond of honor to remain. The mat ter was then dropped
 N, painieve presented the new ministers to President poincare to- night.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-20
DUTY OF BANKERS AND
 BUSINESS MEN.

The first duty of every banker and business man who owns land in Ar kansas is to at once arrange 10 SOW his share of wheat.
 The bankers and business men in every trade center should immediate ly make the sowing of the needed acreage of wheat . community mat ter in their trade territory. They should see that every man and woman understands the need and reasons for raising wheat on every farm. and should induce every land owner ten ant. share-cropper and farm manager to SOW his share.
 The bankers and business men should ascertain how many acres of wheat will be sown in their trade territories, should find the necessary seed-elther at home or in some oth- CT part of the state-and should ar range to secure all seed that must be purchased and sell it at cost
 Credit for seed and the implements necessary to prepare the land and seed it should be arranged for those who need and deserve sucn credit. IF the bankers and business men will do their part, the farmers will dc theirs, and Arkansas will raise It's own wheat In 1918
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-20
Sow Wheat
 WHY?

it will pay. Congress has fixed the price for wheat in 1918 al not less than s2 bushel Wheat on good land yields from Is to 40 bushels an acre. and can be followed the same season by paying second crop. The winter pasture from wheat usually pays for the seed and seeding.
 There is shortage of labor now. and next year this shortage will be acute. Wheat takes much less labor per acre than cultivated crops. One man and i've mules with modern im- plements can prepare and seed 160 to 320 acres of wheat and do it well. The total amount of man labor re- quired to raise a bushel of wheat with improved machinery is 45 minutes.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-20

a harrow or cultivator Such prep aration will settle the soil and make it firm and in condition to hold mois- ture like sponge, The top two or three inches will be loose and fine
 This hem seed bed will make q close contact with the subsoil. and moisture will be drawn steadily up to the top of the firm soil and held there by the layer of fine. loose top dirt Sow the seed so that it will rest di- rectly on the top of the firm soil and have the loose earth above it. This will place it where the moisture ac- cumulates and is held and will insure quick germination and strong early growth.
 When wheat Is sown on land that is loose and mellow to depth of four ot eight inches. the seed has loose soil above and below it and the loose ground does not bring up the moisture stored below Wheat under such conditions sprouts uneyenly, grows irregularly, and is likely to be winter killed. The conditions are particularly bad when grass, weeds or trash are turned under just before seeding.
 When it is necessary to blow late the land should be disked as soon as plowed and the disk harrow followed by corrugated roller or packer. By repeated workings alternately with disk harrow and a corrugated roller. freshly plowed land can be put in fair condition for seeding wheat
 Hundreds of good Arkansas farm CTS are going to fail with wheat be- cause they will SOW it this fall on loose soil
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-20
WAR CREDITS BILL PASSED.
The Senate Acted on House Measur,
 Without ROlI Call.

Washington, Sept i5.-The war credits bill authorizing new bonds and certificates aggregating sti, ,53S, 100000, the largest measure of it's kind in the worlds history, was passed by the Senate late today without a roll call or dissenting vote. It had already passed the Honse
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-20
HOW MUCH TO SOW.

Sow at least two acres for each horse and mule you work. This should be the rule for every one who raises crops. from the one-mule farm to the largest plantation in the state. It applies to land owners. tenants and share-croppers On the large plantations the tenants and share croppers can work together and have all the wheat in one large field, It means an average of 14.000 acres for each county--a million acres for the state, and the raising of enough wheat to fully supply home needs.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-20
SAYS HUNS CRuCIFIED CAPTNEs
That Is Why Canadians Take Few
 Prisoners. Soldier Explains.


 From New York Evening World.
 It would require a large volume to tell the experiences of George Ellis, a former private in the Scots Greys, now living in Hoboken. Ellis who served nineteen months at the front bears the scars of five wounds.
 Incidentally, Ellis tells the secret for the success of the Canadians, whose exploits in the war have made them famous.
 During the first days of the bat tie of the Somme, Ellis says, we captured small village. The Canadians led the advance, and about the first thing that met their eyes were five Canadians, who had been captured by the Germans, nailed to barn, stark naked and horribly mutilated. They had been crucified by their German captors and left to hang their in agony till they died.
 The Canadians swore they would never take a prisoner and every Canadian detachment that goes to France is bound by the same oath. They live up to it, and the Germans fear them.
 Tn the same village where the Canadians found their comrades |crucified, I and the men in my com pany found a number of young girls nailed to the doors of their homes. Every stitch of clothing had been torn off them. Some were nailed up by the hands and others by the feet head downwards. This is the truth, as scores of us know.
 As we pushed on we encountered hundreds of women who had been tortured and mutiated. There is not a city taken by the Germans where they have not practiced the most appalling atrocities, and, from evidence in my possession, I am cer- tain in the majority of the cases the officers were the first offenders. We found countless numbers Of bodies of young girls littering the streets of villages and fields thru which we passed as we pushed the Germans back
 "The French laugh al talk of an honorable peace. Ii is not possible to make peace while such men as these Boches are allowed to live"
 Ellis has been discharged from the British army, owing to the wounds he received and will bring his wife and two children from Liverpool. an invitation to Gov Robert L. Will est to that state and toward that end
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-20
HAVE YOU WEAK LUNGS?

Do colds settle on your chest or in your bronchial tubesi Do coughs hang on, or are you subject to throat troubles9
 Such troubles should have immediate treatment with the strengthening powers of Scott's Emulsion Q guard against consumption which SO easily follows.
 Scott s Emulsion contains pure cod liver oil which peculiarly strengthens the res piratory tract and improves the quality of the blood; the giycerine in 1t soothes and heals the tender membranes of the throat. Scott's is prescribed by the best special 1sts. You can get it at any drug store.
 Scott a 8cuus. Bioomhsld. NJ.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-20

Swellings of the flesh caused by inflammation. cold, fractures of the hone, toothache, neuralgia or rheu- matism can be relieved by applying BILLIARDS SNOW LINIMENT. It should be we'll rubbed in over the part affected It's great healing and penetrating power eases the pain. reduces swelling and restores na- tural conditions. Price 25c, soc and Si00 per bottle. Sold by Jackson Drug & Furniture Co.-Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-20
U. S. SHIP sUsANA SUNK?
Reports Indicate Submarine Got the
 Vessel Which Sailed for Genoa.

An Atlantic Port. Sept, ii.-Re- ports indicating that the American steamship Susana, vessel of 3,6i3 tons gross register, which left here August for Genoa, has been sunk by a submarine. were received in shipping circles here today. Re- cords here show that she carried a crew of thirty-seven, of whom nine claimed American citizenship.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-20
KuLTrR MADE PREACHER cUss.
But Doctor Hills Decried Teuton
 BarbariSm by Proxy.

New York, Sept. i5.-Dr. Newell Dwight Hills, pastor of Plymouth church in Brooklyn. was so affected by German barbarism in Northern France that he asked Leon nabo, artist. to swear for him. Dabo said to day The men toured the front together. When Dabo cursed his roundest. he said, Doctor Hills re- marked ''Is that the best you can ffoes
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-20
OFFERS REWARD FOR AMERICAN
German General Will Pay SiOO for
 First One. Dead or Alive.

British Headquarters in France and Belgium, Sept. i5-The Ger man general commanding the EleV- enth Reserve Division recently put a price of si00 on the first Ameri- can soldier brought dead or alive in- to his lines.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-20
OUR COUNTRY NEEDS THE
 WHEAT.

Our soldiers and our allies must have bread from wheat to win the war The average requirement each year for every man, woman and child in the United States is half an acre of wheat. Let Arkansas raise wheat to supply her own needs and what she usually takes from the West and Northwest can go to supply the needs of our soldiers. The last 10000 bushels Of wheat Is going to win the war.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-20
SEED BED FOR WHEAT.

Wheat needs firm. deep seed bed with the upper three inches loose and fine. The ideal seed bed is made py blowing the land six to eight inches deep so days before seeding Each days blowing should be narrowed be- fore the team leaves the field at night. As soon as the entire field is plowed, disk 1t thoroughly and follow he disk harrow with smoothing narrow Work the land once a weos
 'ntil seeding time with some kind Of