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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-19
Seize Blue Prints
Of u. S. War Craft

NEW YORK, juno IS-A trunkfuI
OF blue print. md plans OF mir
pinnes, machine gums, antIsubmn-
rinc craft and other dain, Intended
for shipment to Germany vim Mrxf-
co, according Ia the police. was
seized here to-day following the ar
rest of George j.. LInduuIst and Leo
Hrrt. charged with csptonnEc, nnd
Franz Strolrncicr, nm Austrian, who
uns charged with having n rcvoI-
rcr aud failing I" register
s plan OF the latest improved
browning machine gun was nmon.
tho blue prints scizcd.
girl of seventeen. who speak,
With French ncccnt and who T.,
expected to testify against them.
WA, brought here from Hartford
and held Ia connection with the
cnsc.
Tho police declare LindouI,t md
Burt planned to sell the prints to
German agents.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-19
GRANT 1-CENT RATE TO
CONFEDERATE REUNION
VIII Also Ninkc Arrnnge-
n,cnts for Parking sleep
ing Cars.
[By Associa ted Press. ]

TULSA. OKLA, juno 1S.-Assurance
of railroad rate of one cert n milo
for tho reunion of Confederate Vet
Grams TO he held in Tulsa during the
week OF Septembe: "a. has been given
by Director General McAioo- accord
ing 10 General Nathan BEDFORD For
rest in charge OF reunion arrangements
General Forrest stated tnat parking
privileges for sleeping cars available
here will provide for at least $4,000
visitors and 10000 pairs of army
blankets will be provided for the use
Of the veterans.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-19
COLONEL GEORGE DOWNEY
WILL MAKE PURCHASES
ts Expected to Estnblisi, UniforIn Sys-
TEN In Purchasing md supply
Z0nc Ofnccs.
Try Associated Prcss.l

WASHINGTON. Juno 1S.---Appoint-
ment cf Colonel George F.. Downey as
director o: quarterma3ter purchases
with supervision over methods and
policies of purchasing. was announced
to-day by BriGadier- General r. T..
Wood. acting quartermaster- general
Colonel powney. who has been depot
uuartcrmastcr here. Will direct the
twelve purchasing and distributing
zone offices and supply dcoots recently
established by the war department.
The purpose OF creating tho new Office,
the announcement said. is TO establish
uniformity OF system in the purcEas-
ing and supply zone Offices that viii
balance with tho war program and the
activities of the war Industries board.
This coordination" General Wood
said, ".s expected to utilizo to the best
advantage the production Of the coun-
fry"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-19
NOW ON GERMAN SOIL
"enerni March Declares American Sol
diers Are Now Fighting in
kniser's Territory.

WASHINGTON. June 1s.-General
March. chief OF stan. tonight author
lied publication of the fact that the
second division CT tho United
States army is holding n part of the
sector In Alsase which is on German
soil This division is c,mposed OF
Michigan and Wisconsin soldiers. many
Of whom received their nrst taste OF
war when their transport. the Tuscania.
was sunk of the coast of ireland by a
German submarine.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-19
LIGGETT & MYERS CO.
DOUBLES COMMON STOCK
Special Meeting of Shareholders Held
I'm Scw York Tuesday
Afternoon.
IBy Associated Press.

NEW YORK, June 1S.-The author
lied common share capitalization of the
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company
was doubled at a special meeting Of
the stockholders here to-day This
action it was stated. entails the Gre
alton OF s21,496.4OO in common stock
and was made necessary ny enormous
wartime cost increases which made
imperative larger cash resources t!,an
in normal times.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-19
WOULD PROTECT WOMEN
Grand Jury Finds Fault with DrookIyr
Rapid Transit
Conductorefs.
tBy Associated Prcss.l

NEW YORK. June lS.-Charging the
i"rooklyn Rapid Transit Company with
lneScuSable neglect" in employing
women and girl conductors as young as
fourteen years and subecting them to
conditions detrimental to their physi-
cal. mental and moral wail-being." 4
grand jury here to-day urged the i'm
mediate enactment of legislation "to
protect the sclf-respecting womanhood
CT the country"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-19
Admiral Paeet Dead.

fred Paget, at one-time British at
tache at Washington, died at his home
In Brompton to-day. He was sixty
Ave years old.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-19
IMMEDIATE STEPS
TAKEN TO REFORM
CONTRACT SYSTEM
No One Permitted to Pay
Fee for Procuring Gov
ernment Business.
MANUFACTURERS MUST DEAL
THROUGH NO THIRD PERSON
Such Warrant Will Be Included
in Contracts Hereafter Let
by Federal Agencies.
ONE ARREST MADE YESTERDAY
Lieutenant james G. Staley. Reserve
Army Oniccr, Charged With TAX
ing Money to Land Contract.
MANUFACTURERS MUST DEAL
THROUGH NO THIRD PERSON
ONE ARREST MADE YESTERDAY
10y Associated Press


NASliINGTON. June ls-Thc trai.
Of llc G",ernincnt'. pursuit Of illegal
prohtecrs on war contracts TO day led
10 ;hc arrest in New York of l.ieutcn-
ant Jar!cs g. Sta!ey a reserve arm!
officer. or Il charge Of accepting inorcy-
from the Truct; It&incoat Company for
contract which he promised 10 pro-
cure.
The arrest was made by Depart, :
men, Of Justice agents who had fol-
lowed the officer during his inspection
Of the plant OF the raincoat company
whose prcprictors acted IN co-opcia
lion WITH the government TO ari,c
the fraud.
The shadow CT completely IN The cx-
tcn'irc schemes Jy which commission
agents made millions out OF yovr-r.
mcnt war orders hy actin: aa D. idu'c-
men - obtaining contracts for manu-
'acturcrs to-day extended to scores ~,
business men md attorncvs in Wash.
ingiou. New York. Boston and other
cities and even TO fc.v sccre;aric. OF
members OF Congress These r,cn.
many OF whom were am.:curs in The
game OF soliciting wa contracts.
promised TO use their inilucnc. win
government oficials. araly oHlc. rs or
members OF Congress To assure the
awarding OF contracts to special con-
Germs and In turn were to receive COM
peDsation /. the contracts were
Ia
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-19
MINISTER'S FAVOR ACTION
RATHER THAN RESOLUTIONS

At Joint meeting OF the executive
committee and civic conditions ccm
mittee of the ministerial Union OF
Richmond yesterday afternoon. vice
conditions were discussed In the light
of recent revelations. the general! opsn-
ion expressed by all the speakers he
CONTINUED on Second Page.)
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-19
MANY PLOTTED TO StuEi:1E.
FEE.S FItON NtNt'FiCTI ItI.ISS

large proportion OF these cases
disclosed by correspondence and otl,er
documents seized in tho simultaneous
raids yesterday On Offices OF -cv.ral
hundred manufacturing plants and tor
wardcd to-day to th- department If
justice were not prompted by sinister
motives officials hcIjcve. and p,osecu-
iions Will not follow. Many o.h-rs,
however. apI car tho :csul, OF care
fully planned nlots 10 squeeze milli7n~
from contractors who II rurr were 10
add the continEen, fees 10 prices which
tho government: was required to pay.
Reports cf onl:' o.. arrest. an army
officer. reached hcrc TODAY. bat o.t!cn's
would not I!scvss this case. Othcr
arrests may follow in connection With
tho charges on which four ircr are
NOW under Indictment hcrc--c--"Di
;icy 10 violate icder'.l Law for' i.!5:iu-
the subl"tt!ng Of contracts and pay
rucnt "i CONTINGENT fees.
Secret agents OF the Department Or
Justice. Trcasur War and Navy De
par;mcnts were at work to-day on new
phases of the disclosures in Washing
ton and elsewhere. while corps OF
investigators under the direction Of
Assistant Attorney General Huston
Thompson digestcd the evidence con-
taincd in the thousands o. seized docu-
mcntS.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-19
lust FAY NO FEES on
CONTRACTS TO MIDDLEME.N

Attorney General Gregory took tho
latest Information on the raids 10 the
Cabinet meeting and Cabinet members
and heads of all executive departments
making contracts received the Attor-
ney-Generais recommended tions, ap-
proved by President Wilson. for inser-
tion in future contracts OF clause
binding the contractor not 10 pay con-
ingent fees nor employ middlemen In
negotiating war order.
One of the PRINCIPAL arms OF the
inquiry now Is directed TO learning
whether any army or navy officers
were subjected to sinister influence of
ths,agents. II it is found any officers
were implicated directly they will be
speedily courtmartialed. Secretaries
Baker and Daniels said after the Cabi-
net meeting. s,-
All day to-day, letters and kilograms
poured in at the Department OF Jus
tice from manufacturers who had been
solicited by commission agents.
These letters constituted only one
of the elements leading officials to be-
lieve they have uncovered an even more
extensive system of fraud and impro-
priety connected with war orders than
they had imagined. They continued TO in
sist, however, that by far the larger
proportion OF contracts have been made
cleanly and fairly. and Will not be
subjected TO annulment.
Members OF Congress to-day COM
mented that one contributing cause OF
the contingent fee system is that pro-
ducers, particularly those with small
plants which cannot afford to main
tain permanent representatives in
Washington. find difficulty making con-
nection with the righr government Of
fcers. To remedy this confused situa-
tion in Washington. a number OF COM
merciai and manufacturers interests
have maintained common agents in
Washington to keep them informed of
war needs and to facilitate the presen-
tation of their bids. This system is
considered entirely legal and proper.
SYSTEM or SECRET
CONTRACTS MAY RE ABUSED
In congressional circles IT, was freely
charged to-day that the War Depart
ment's system OF secret contracts
might he largely responsible for tho
situation now developed. Many openly
CONTINUED on Fifth Pagc.)
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-19
GRAND JURY WILL
REPORT ON FRIDAY
Taking of Testimony in Vice In
vestigation Is Practically
at an End.
SOLDIERS INFECTED HERE
Thirty Five Per Cent of 1900
Men Quarantined at Camp Lee
Caught Disease in Richmond.

The special grand jury OF tho Hust-
ings Court has practically complct ed
its investigation Of charges of police
collus!on with Illicit whisky traflickers
and its survey of underworld cond!-
tions in Richmond. The grand jury
last night adjourned to meet again
at 10 o'clock Friday morning. Al.
though few witnesses have been
summoned to take the stand Friday
morning, it is understood that the evil
dcncc has been practically completed
and that the report. which Is now in
the process of formulation. will be
turned in to the Hastings Court Oh
Friday.
That General G. $ Farnsworth had
told him in the presence OF Mayor Ain
slie a the time OF the conference be.
tween the Federal authorities and the
local officials in the Mayors office on
May 30. that out OF the 1900 men quar-
artincd at camp Lee for vcnereai dis
cases. 35 per cent OF these cases wu--
attributable 10 Richmond. was the
statement made yesterday by John
Stewart Bryan. Mr.. Bryan was present
at this conference, having been invited
by Captain l.. l.. DcCamp. at the re-
quest Of General Farnsworth.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-19
CONFERENCE w1ru FARNswonrn

In order to clear up the controversy
in regard TO the Federal raid in this
city on Tuesday night. June II. when
questioned BY reporter OF The Times
Dispatch. Mr.. Bryan made the follow
ing statement:
Il was invited by Captain r. l.. Dc.
Camp. provost marshal at Camp Lee. AT
the request OF General Farnsworth TO
attend a meeting on Thursday after
noon. May 30, at 80 O'Clock. Al
though l had general idea of the
purpose Of the conference. did not
know definitely the purpose for whicn
II was called. / went to the Mayors
Office at 40 o'clock and found the OIL
flee cl losed. At 3:45 o'clock the Mayor
arrived. There were present at tine
conference General Farnsworth, Cap
tain DeCamp, United States District
Attorney r. IT. Mann. w. T. Dabney,
Walker =. Cottrell. Mayor Ansl:e. S
7. Glove and myself
General Farnsworth and the Mayor
then withdrew 10 the private Office
and had a conference lasting about one
hour. The others stayed in the outer
office and talked on general topics.
When ! realized that could wait no
longer | went in the Mayors Office and
told General Farnsworth that ! regret
ted that ! must leave.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-19
DISEASE IN RICHMOND

General Farnsworth then took out
of his pocket a report made by the
agents of the Department of Justice
regarding three hotels in Richmond.
he said that out Of the 1900 men quar-
antined AT Camp Lee. 35 per cent OF
the disease WAS attributable to Rich
mon6, 30 per cent to Hopewcli and -
per cent TO Petersburg. This estimate
was made on the basis of the men who
would admit where they had received
their infection.
General Farnsworth insisted upon
an imm mediate remedy of conditions by
the civil officials. After a general talk
the Mayor asked for help from Camp
Lee, and General Farnsworth said that
he would cooperate. 1t was about
time for the Memorial Day parade. and
the conference broke up. / took the
Mayor and w. T. Dabney uptown.
Il did not understand that any ar
rangcments had been made except
mere request by Mayor .Ainslie and i
promise OF assistance by General
Farnsworth, Apparently this was
regarded as a binding agreement by
the army officials for Captain DeCamp
came back on June ! and got $500
from the Mayor for the expenses OF
the intended investigation. The raid
took place ten days later"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-19
MAYOR ASKS FUND
FOR SECRET SERVICE WON

Owing 10 the fact that extraordinary
demands are At present being made
upon the Police Department. and that
the expense account for secret service
work provided in the last budget Is
proving far from. adequate, Mayor
Ainslie appeared last night before the
FINANCE Committee with a petition that
an additional $1,000 be appropriated for
this department.
He pointed out that the appropria-
ton for this year is even less than
was the case three years ago. and that.
owing TO the situation at present con-
fronting the department. where secret
service work Is imperative it is of the
utmost Importance that every assist
ance should be given the officers in
enforcement OF the law.
He also requested the committee TO
recommend to Council an appropriation
Of s26S.60 for the purpose of ircreas-
ing the pay OF two policemen OH Tho
South Side. who since the adoption OF
The eight hour shift in the department
have been performing the duties Of
iesk sargeants. with all the RESPONSE
bilities OF tina: position. Should the
appropriation be granted. they would
be automatically raised to sereeart's
,.o, 1,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-19

CONTINUED on Fifth Pagc.)
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-03-07
Good Habits and Health.

The man who spends his every cent
of money and of health can never get
a footing, financially or physiological
ly. Investing his efforts in wrong d.
rections, they leave him in debt. His
life goes on downward, an inevitable
failure. The human derelict shut
fling along the back street Is not sim
ply n financial bankrupt He is ply
steal wreck besides. Take one good
habit into your family Of habits. 1t
is a good breed to have around; 1t at
tracts good company. Good habits pro-
duce good health, and good health pro-
duces a clear mind and good spirits,
which in turn promote successful and
happy llfe.-Chicago Herald.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-03-07
ANNIE LAURIE REAL PERSON
American Girl Of Same ak" Gives
Facts of Origin Of the Popu-
lar Scotch Song.

More than once has the question as
to whether Annie Laurie, the subject
of the ever-popular and everything
song bearing her name as title, was a
real person or mere fiction.
A letter has come to hand that was
written by Miss M. e. Riddle, daughter
Of the late Judge Riddle, for many
years a circuit court justice In this
section, says q writer in the Pitts
burgh Gazette-Times. The Riddles
were of Laurie fix, as Scotch folk say,
and they had gone to some consider
able pains to get the story Of the song
straight, as there had been consider
able contention about 1t. Here 1t is:
"Jean Riddell (the name later spelled
Riddle) was married to Sir Robert
Laurie, the first baronet Of Maxwelton.
One of their daughters was Annie Lau-
rie, celebrated In Scotch song.
"Annie Laurie was famed for her
beauty and cleverness, and was social
fayorite in all the country round about,
so 1t was not at all surprising that she
captivated a Mr.. Douglas Of England,
q man Of culture and of letters, who
composed the song bearing her name.
"But seeing that the course of true
love does not run smoothly, she mar
ried q Mr.. Gurgesson, leaving Mr..
Douglas to his hunting and his verses.
ITO this day many pilgrims go to
drawn thither by the much
loved song, Annie Laurie Many also
visit Craigdorroch, where she spent her
life in comfort"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-03-07
WARY OLD BIRD Is TRUTH
Fact Worth Remembering When One
Is Tempted to Crtcise Errors
Seen In Newspapers.

"Where do you get the absurd facts
you print?" is a favorite query put
to newspaper men. In the view of
these cynics, newspapers spend most
Of their time misspelling names, i'm
agining incidents that never happened,
and generally manhandling life as 1t Is
led.
There Is Just one answer to be made
to the query above, and that is:
Newspapers get such of their facts
as are absurd from the absurd human
beings who for one reason or q thou
sand refuse to relate facts accurately"
Newspapers, truth-telling newspapers,
spend very large part of their time
correcting these misstatements, run
ming them to their source, and getting
at the truth. A certain proportion of
error gets by-not as great proper
ton as can be heard In any village
neighborhood gossip, for it Is the con-
Germ Of newspapers-of honest ones,
that is-to allow for errors and correct
them, whereas II Is the concern of
those other purveyors of news, gossips,
to create errors whenever they are
more interesting than the truth.
The next time you find an error in
your favorite newspaper, try an expert
ment. Try to capture one small fact
yourself, in your own home town.
You will quickly discover just how
wary a bird the truth is and how very
unpopular.--New York Tribune.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-03-07

In the New York Legislature move
ment is on foot for the repeal OF that
states primary election law and the
restoration Of the old convention
system. Where the primary election
system with all that it embraces In the
way of legal obstruction TO popular
initiative has been introduced, govern
ment OF the people by the people has
received serious setback.
The New York Sun, urging the en-
actment OF the pending measure in
time to make it operative in the choice
of candidates for state Office next fall,
says:
The direct nomination Of candidates
at the primaries, complicated by I'M
official conventions for the adoption o.
informal platforms, has proved mis-
take, and an expensive mistake. 1t has
failed TO achieve the results that were
promised FOR it, The power OF the
bosses remains unimpaired. The OPP
portunity OF public spirited citizens to
impress their opinions on their fellows
is circumscribed by the physical or
financial limitations imposed on their
personal critics. The opportunity for
conference and counsel is eliminated.
The party voter is reduced to the nee
essity OF deciding whom, Of several
candidates for nomination, he shall
support, without the benefit OF the ad
vice and assistance OF his associates in
distant parts OF the state, and his &C
ton tends TO be swayed, not by state
wide needs, but by the accident OF To-
cal prejudices.
New,Yor commitment TO the pri'
mary election fallacy was later than
Wisconsin's but she may rid herself OF
1t earlier, in which case the people OF
Wisconsin will have reason for envy.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-03-07
hduIteratInq Coal.

Householders never had so much rea
son to complain OF dirty and inferior
coal for which they have been asked to
pay high price. They have been
glad TO pay approximately double the
normal price Of clean lump coal for
fuel, mostly slack and filed with i'm
purities. A writer in Coal Age uses
strong language in speaking OF the
men who are taking advantage OF the
consumers need. He says:
at is unfortunate that there can be
DO powerful government or great in
dustry without its traitors. Often such
enemies are fanatics, who believe they
are right, while all others are wrong
The anarchist who plants bomb TO
correct seeming injustice is an hon
est gentleman compared TO that Judas
in the coal industry who today is al
lowing the shipment OF dirty coal and
accepting record prices for product
he could not possibly sell in normal
times. Yesterday saw sixty
tons OF coal that cost lot OF money
that couldn't even be burned without
being mixed with real coal OF a decent
quality. II numerous recent
Investigations are at all accurate there
is at least 8 per cent additional adul-
iteration in the coal now being shipped
In America. II follows, therefore,
that II the nations coal output daily
carries Is per cent refuse this same
production has but 90 per cent OF the
fuel value OF coal carrying q per cent
ash and requires the transportation OF
81 per cent more coal than necessary.
In certain localities the transportation
facilities due to dirty coal, are taxed
as much as 50 per cent above normal
requirements.
transportation equipment is too bgd.
ly needed at the present time TO be
wasted in the hauling OF impurities
that are Of DO use TO anybody and coal
is selling at too high price to justify
the consumers paying at the same rate
for slate and dirt.--Indianapois News.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-03-07
Society OF Cincinnati.

The Society OF the Cincinnati was
formed in 1888 by officers Of the rcy0-
lutIonary army to keep up II spirit Of
comradeshlp among its members. II
took its name from the Roman ruler
who was farmer before he was a sol.
der. At first membership In the So
ciety was made hereditary passing
from father 10 oldest son, but Wash
ington persuaded the society 70 ubun-
don this feature II was considered
rather an arlstocratle organization and
the legislatures OF some Of the states
censured II. The city Of Cin9innati
was named In honor Of 1t.