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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-06
PACKING INDUSTRY
MAY UNDERGO CHANGE
Real Purpose of Meat Probe to Pre-
pare for Government Control
for DurHton of War
VITAL TO ARMY WELFARE
Independent Packer Tegtifics tn
Enormous Waste of Products I'm
der Present Methods Of Operation.
Inspection Alleged Manipulated.

Philadelphia Pa. Jan. 5.--Another
packing trust re siation was sprung
today by Francis J. Heney, inyest-
gator for the federal trade commits
sion when hts chier witness at the
last dav OF the meat inquiry IN this
city, charged that the federal meat
inspection service Is manipulated"
to the profit of the big packers and
the disadvantage Of independent
slaughter houses
Apart from the revelations made
during the hearing today the most
important one since the inquiry was
nouncement that the real purpose Of
the meat probe IS TO prepare for
complete government control Of the
packing industry for the duration Of
the war.
According to one 81 the investjEa
tors for the comm 'ssion the govern
ruent fs convinced that control Of tho
packing industry IS as vital To itg war
aims aS control Of railroads and
anthracite.
EJ Names. an independent packer
~ this city testified today at great
length about the enormous waste Of
meat products under the methods o.
conducting the industry, He said that
II the government viii prohibit the
daughter Of ewes and lambs between
November and May Of each year then
he number OF sheep in the United
States would show an increase Of Is
nor cent One of the principal rea-
sons for meat shorts ge IS the decline
81 sheep production which Is also nc
COMMANDED hv shortage Of wool and
consequent higher prices
Msues' also charged that through
Illegal and unfair Interpretation OF
the federal Laws. which are anplied
only to small packers thousands OF
tons Of good beef and other meat
products are DESTROYED annually.
Five years aga the big packers
ald 40 per cent of the total busin ess
IN what we call small stock in this
city. which includes veal, lamb and
mutton" he said To-day thew are
doing rs per cent of this business
and are reaching out daily for more
They will sell at retail at almost
any Of their meat stations. Through
manipulation OF government inspec-
ton or meat products the packers
have ruined the little producing bust
~ess Al Lancaster county, Pa, and
they have almost ruined the South
as q production center, Some years
/ ago Lancaster county raised enourh
[ beef Ia feed this city for three months.
( but today the quantity coming In is
+ negllr bile factor IN the total con
sumption"
/ Haney today rounded up Israel J.
: Levine a bookkeeper formerly in the
en- pioy Of Brown & Co. the local sub
stdiary Of the American Agriculture
! Chemical company, the rendering
trust Levine admitted he not
want to testify. fearing for his FLU
ture."
ever. he admitted that F. J. Murphy
! Under Heney's examination. how
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-06
Petersburg
NEGRO BOY INJURED
DID,. WITH AIR RIFLE
t233s* :3:S$!sttst9.ttSs3$333$s$:S$33

Especial, to The Richmond virginian.)
Petersburg, Va. Jan. Sit was
learned today that Thomas Critten-
don. small colored newsboy. has lost
the sight OF his left eye as the result
Of being shot in the eye by another
small negro boy with a small air ri1e
The accident occurred on Decem-
Der %. in Cuthbert's alley when sew
eral negro boys were playing with an
air ride and one OF the boys pointaed
Il at the Crittendon boy and fred, the
shot hitting him In the left eye and
painfully injuring him. He was at
tended by physician and 1t was
learned today that the sight of the
eye had been lost.
This Is the third accident of its kind
TO occur within the past several weeks
and the efforts to have an ordinance
passed. prohibiting the carrying OF
firearms by children will be speeded
up
+, DorcHv 4. RaTney.
Dorcey a. Ramsy. a well-known
and h.ghly esteemed resident of Ma
toaea. died this, morning at his home.
following two years of III health.
He was sixty-three years Of age and
is survived by three daughters and
one son-~Mrs. William lioode, of Ma
toaca. Va; Mrs. Henry Eanes. of this
city; Mrs. Baker A. Dillon. OF Peters
burg; and James Edward Ramey, OF
Williamsburg. Va He is also sur
vived by one stepson. Hugh Andrews,
OF Matoaca, and two brothers. Ed
ward and u. L. Ramey. OF Mecklen-
burg, Va.
The funeral service will be held
Monday afternoon at $50 O'Clock
from the residence and interment will
be made In Chesterfield.
Kerosene OH Scarce.
The scarcity OF kerosene oil In this
city Is working hardships on many
homes of the city. as many people are
using kerosene as fuel during the
present coal shortage.
Only a small supply OF oil Ia on
hand here at the present, and. &C
cording to the oil companies, IT is not
known when sufficient supply can
be obtained. owing. to the congested
railroad conditions and the govern
ment using large quantities OF crude
oil for fuel,
Coal Shortage Relieved
The coal shortage in this city has
been relieved 10 some extent by the
arrival today OF six cars OF steam coal
These cars were sent to this CITY BY
Federal Administrator Byrd in re-
sponse 20 a request from local Ad-
n illustrator Clements The work Of
delivering the coal to the homes suf-
fering from the want OF fuel will be
/ continued tomorrow after an order
permitting such procedure had been
Issued by Mayor Gillian.
Chamberlain Roberta.
Chamberlain Roberts. a weii~known
citizen Of Matoaca, died tbs morning
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-06
=. p. MOORMAS APPOINTED
FOOD ADMINISTRATOR

Bristol, Va, Jan. 81. P. Norman
has been appointed food admiutstra-
tor for Bristol. Va Mr.. Moorman's
appointment was made by E. B, White,
food administrator for tho state o.
Virginia. Mr. Norman accepted the
position by wire.
Y For a number OF years Mr.. Moor
man was in the commission business
in this city and liz well equipped to
handle the duties of the office, He has
an accurate idea OF the cost and quail
ity of different foodstuTs ana is an
authority on market sources and con-
dftions. Mr.. Mooruan has not re-
ceived full information on the duties
of the new job but expects to hear
from Mr.. White soon. The food ad
administrator In Bristol. Tenn, has not
beer appointed yet.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-06
FARMERS URGED 10
PUT our GRAIN FOR BIRDS

Lynchburg. Va. Jan. b.--Genuine
Eportsmen in Lynchburg are using
every effort TO prevail upon the farm
frs TO brush aside the snow and put
but grain for the birds to eat II
farmers would put little grain Tor
this birds. it would mean great say
ing In the quail OF the state. sports
men In Lynchburg have written to
number OF their farmer friends asking
them to feed the birds. and save them
from freezing.
They are also endeavoring to have
the hunting season closed, az they
feel the birds have suffered from the
cold and they are not In shape for
shooting. They are anxious to have
the hunting season closed, al they
close January / all ever the state.
Moderate shooting does not depiete
the game, but hard freezes caused
hundreds OF them to die.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-06
Lively DOINGs AT Y. NJ. @. A.

The irst mems meeting OF the year
will be held at 33o O'Clock Sunday
afternoon. General Secretary Mckee
Will lead the discussion on ''Guaran-
teed Dividends
Social RcIigious Song Service.
Following the mems meeting a
social-religious song service is held
each Sunday afternoon at 4:S0 o'clock,
in the lobby, and men are taking q
lively interest in this homelike OPP
portunity.
"a PrinceIy Gift"
The Boys Sunday Afternoon club
meets at $50 O'Clock each Sunday
afternoon. and is especia lily for boys
thirteen to sixteen years OF age. There
will be an illustrated talk on the life
Of Christ this Sunday afternoon, "A
Princely Gift" and Boys Secretary
Johnson win lead.
Fellowship League.
The first 1918 meeting of the Eel
lowship league. the Thursday night
Bible class. was the largest In months.
and the start of the league into its
hfteenth year one of the best OF all
the year. The study on missions was
exceedingly helpful.
The Richmond association has been
maintaining foreign work secretary
in China for more than 1--WE years.
through the cooperation OF friends.
and on Wednesday OF this past week
the Twenty -Four HourA-Da club
sent its check In advance for the
months Of January and February TO
the foreign work department OF the
international committee; through
which Mr.. Mills is supported. Thus.
hong before the soldier and sa ilor
problem came on. the Richmond as
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-06

New York, Jan. 5.--Albert l. Boyd a
former page In the United States cen
ate, could not bear to see his young
wife suffer from an abscesssd tooth and
he stole trlnkets from hts landlady TO
pay a dentist Boyd. who is only nine
teen years old. and his wife. Dorothy
only sixteen. were discharged by
magistrate today when the landlady re-
fused to press the charge.
Boyd made $40 a month, but received
a raise tn wages just before he was ar
rested He promised to use the in
crease In making restitution.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-06

Charlottesville. Va, Jan. 5.-The
annual meeting OF the Vire'nis State
Corn Growers association will be held
in Charlottesville on January rs, I'M
DER the auspices OF the chamber OF
commerce ... ...
E. r.. Hodgson. state agronornist.
who In secretary OF the association.
and Paul r. Schooley, emergency farm
demonstration agent. are working with
the chamber of commerce and II is
promised that real corn show will
De stared. Several hundred members
and other visitors are expected from
NIL sections OF the state, bringing ex-
hibits OF corn and other small grain
crops. showing something of what
! Virginia Is really doing on her farms.
All members OF boys corn clubs
have the privilege OF exhibiting their
corn or other grain or produce free,
regardless of whether or not they are
members of the association.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-06
No Date for Units Departure.

Lynchburg, Va, Jan. 5.--No date
has yet been announced for the as
sem bling and departure for France of
the University of Virginia hospital
Unit. ii was learned last night from a
reliable source. 1t is expected, how
ever. that the unit will be called to-
gether before the end of this month
and undergo several weeks OF train
ing before going over.
There are nineteen Lynchburg men
enlisted in the unit besides DIR. John
w. Carroll. who holds a commission
as captain.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-06

eDciation was working at least thirty
hours day, Afteen In Richmond and
fifteen IN China, and now. with the
soldier and sailor problem to handle,
the association is working about forty
hours a.. day. andis glad of the OPP
portuhity
Visitors Cordially Welcome.
with the coming Of the legislators
to ten city. the officers Of the Asso-
citation wish to cali attention
through The virginian to the fact that
visitors are cordially welcomed at the
association building at all times; ana
Information Is always gladly givee,
not emily concerning association work
but other features OF civic and reiiSf-
Gus life.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-06
xEE-JACKSOS CELEBRATION
TO BE HELD JANUARY 10

Staunton. Va. Jan 5.-Staunton
and Augusta vii honor the memory
Of Robert Edward Lee and Thomas
J. ''Stonewair' Jackson on Saturday,
January 10, this year. The oeiebra =
ton will be held in the Beverley thea
ter at 1890 A. M, and the executive
committee OF Stonewail Jackson camp
III arranging an attractive program
Sconsisting of music, elocution and re-
citation.
The Rev. Richard s. Owens, Of
waynesboro. has accepted an invt-
tation to deliver the address to the
Confederate veterans.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-06
ouEs1TovNArREs NEARLY
ALL MAILED TO HEs6TsTrArTs

Work OF mailing euestionna!rss 70
subjects of the selective draft IL pro-
eseeing so we'll that it is expected to
be completed early this week. cuss-
ttounairss were mailed yesterday NJ
follows: Board No. /. 2t4l-2s5 board
No. 9. 2s85-so55 boa-i No. 3. i24+-3-54:
board No 4. zs0t-27eS hoard no. >,
247s-2s32; He1ricn board. fi51-iz2a.
It was announced yesterday TRAIT
local ss.n ution Soari No. Is parttcu
larly In need of attorneys, clerks end
In fact any one who understands the
documents thar are being mailed 70
registrants. O:@css are n the Leader
building, South Richmond.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-06
Bold Flour Robbery.

Charlottesville. Va, Jan. 1.-Two
ecIored men OF family, who apparently
were peeved at the prevailing high
cost OF living. undertook TO cut prices
by taking without asking a sack of
Hour apiece from the Lovegrove Mill
fnT cempany's place on yesterday
afternoon. were brought up with a
round turn hr Justice w. o. Fife when
they faced him in police court this
mcrnfng. Ore OF them. Allie Scott.
swas given sixty DAVIS fat In Jail and
the other. r. Brown nv name. Was
fred s25. Plus So SO for Nisorderly
conduct at the police station after ne
waf locked up following his arrest.
TIE men quietly walked into the
xovegrove place on Garrett street.
and grabbed UP twenty four pound
sack OF -four each. with which they
made off despite the outcries OF the
surprised clerks in the place. -
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-06
News of the Old Dominion
FOOD AND WOOD ~
= CHEAP IN BUCKINGHAM

buckingham. Va, Jan. 5.--Pork rs
retailing at 20 cents a pound; beef
at from IA to 1e cents: oak wood at
$3.50 per cord. The roads have kept
IN good condition and automobiles run
regularly. Money was never more
plentiful and, except for the last part
OF the Civil war. 1t never had less pur-
chasing value.
The tobacco market is at a stand
still because farmers cannot get
season to handle their crop.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-06
TOLEDO ROTARIAN TO
SPEAK HERE TOMORROW

Frank L. Mulholland. OF Toledo. VIII
address the Richmond Rotary club and
their guests on an important phase Of
war service work at the Jefferson hotel
Auditorium tomorrow night at $40
O'Clock. Mr.. Mullholland Is past presi-
dent of the international Association
of Rotary clubs and chairman Of it's
committee on war service work
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-06
TWO ALIEN BNRNTEs
CAUGHT IN sYRACV- Sc

Syracuse, N. Y, Jan, 1.-TWO more
Germans were landed IN the hunt FOR
alien enemies today The police ar
rested Frank Hartman at the Cruci5Ie
Steel plant and Joseph Spitzweissr, a
waiter. Hartman wss an officer on the
informed liner Neekar. Spltzweiser sd-
nitted he came here with lieutenant
Adolf Launert. OF the German intel
leEence Office who was arrested Friday
and in whose rooms the police seized
discriminating pa pers and photographs.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-06
yyirenan Falls Sixty Feet.

Roanoke, Va, Jan. Sc. w. swink,
an electrical wireman, fell a distance
of sixty feet from a girder OF n large
crane IN the Norfolk and Western
foundry this morning. receiving fatal
injuries about the head.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-06

Danyilie. Va. Jan. 5.--Poi'ce Ofrfeer
w. G. Hall Ia nursing severely
uprained right arm. A few DAYS after
yeTumine his beat after commissioning
from bullet wounds inflicted by Robert
sRoyster. a negro, he slipped on the
fce-coated pavement In front OF the
Dcurthouse on Wednesday at noon,
falling with his fun weight on his
rfrht arm The arm Is IN metal sup
port and tightly handaged.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-06
Dida't Like Buttons.

New York. Jan 5.-"Thoss buttons
smell badly. You should not be wear
ing this uniform" said Carl Koshwitz
naturaIized German, as he laid his
hand on the uniform OF 8 petty officer
of the marine corps He was sent to
the workhouse today for six months.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-06
Nh chine Boss.

Wator-who viii take charge OF Out
machine gun?
Privato Smith--Corporai Higxins
was one Of the best machire men IN
our ward: lot him do it~-Puck-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-06

Patience gave Phil lock OF my
hair last night ana he was crazy
bout IT,
Patrtee-~Pshaw why don't you
give him the whole switch? It's time
YOU changed ths shade again, any
way "~--y onkers Statesman.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-06

She--Here is woman who got
married, deserted her husband and
eloped, all In one day.
He--What delayed herr
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-06
Naturally.

what are your electEical Tates for
oh, they're current prices"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-06
Going By ContrRrI.es.

listen to the rising wind"
Aha that means falling wealth
a.. "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-22
THREE ORDINANCES
 UP FOR PASSAGE
 ON CAR SERVICE
Penalizing Company for Overcrowded Cars and Poor Schedules Before
 Commission Today

The regular meeting of the city com mission this morning will be featured by the passage of three ordinances which are aimed to relieve the street car situ- ation and which were agreed upon yes terday afternoon following a lengthy conference between Commissioner Brown, City Attorney Fred Moore and Forney Johnston.
 The ordinances provide that the city may penalize the Birmingham Railway Light and Power company for poor troll ley schedules, an insufficient number of cars and the overcrowding of cars. City officials declare that a limit will be placed upon the number of passengers a street car may carry They state that it will be impossible to place policemen on all the cars to regulate this, but mo- tice will be served the company that any vacations of the ordinance will be pun ished
 In the matter of schedules, the com mission proposes to lay down an ulti- matum regarding the regularity with which cars must run and the length of time between cars. It is pointed out that proce edings looking to receivership for the company will give no immediate re- lief and will not be resorted to unless other steps towards handling the stua- tion prove fuitless.
 As to the nature of the punishment to be meted out to the company for failure Commissioner Brown stated yesterday that the law allows a fine of s10o and a six months jail sentence for convic- ton in every case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-22
SEVERAL SHIPMENTS OF PEACH STONES
 ARE RECEIVED HERE
Large Quantities Are Still Sought by Government to Make Gas
 Masks for Soldiers

Several shipments of peach stones and shells of hickory nuts and wainuts have been delivered to the receiving station at 110 Twenty-first street, north, recently but large quantities are still needed. The government uses these in making gas masks for the soldiers in France and as the number of soldiers going over there is sing by tens of thousands every week, the demand for masks accordingly is enormous
 School children are especially appealed to to gather peach stones and hickory nuts and walnuts, and place them in the reeeptacles provided at the stores throughout this section.
 The wholesale merchants of Birming- ham, cooperating with the Red Cross in collecting these items, have provided receptacles at nearly all the stores in the territory contiguous to Birmingham, and have impressed upon the merchants the LII gency of collecting and forwarding to the Red Cross all peach stones and nut shells that can possibly be collected
 These pits and shells can be shipped by parcel post up to 70 pounds by pre- paving the postage, but the person snip ping by taking receipt for the amorat maid and sending this to the Birming- ham chapter of the Red Cross will get his money back.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-22
Farmers Must Conform
 to All Rules of the
 Food Administration
State Administrator Makes Positive Statement of Situation Regard
 ing Use of Substitutes

To dispel an erroneous impression many farmers seemed to have gained from re- cent rulings of the United States food
 administration with reference to the use of flour substitutes County Adminstra- tor Paul II. Earle yesterday obtained a ruling from State Administrator Rich ard NJ. Hobbe of Montgomery.
 Some of the farmers. 1t was reported to Mir Earle, believed that under the latest ruling of the food administration they were not required to purchase sub- stitutes with flour nor present permits to millers to whom they might take their wheat to be ground, but this is misap- prehension.
 After his long distance telephone con yersation with MT. Hobbie, MT. Earle said
 the farmers could not be told too plain Nv they must conform to all rules of the administration, and that retail dealers
 would be held responsible for any in- fraction of the rules.
 '.The United States has pledged itself to supply certain quantities of food stuffs to the allied nations said MT.
 Earle, ..and 1t can only do it if the peo- ple follow the food administrators rules for conservation. Housewives are ex-
 pected to mix the substitutes with flour and net use them separately. In this
 way only can they live up to the regula-
 tions adopted by the administration"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-22
Alabama Thirty-Sixth
 Among States in Per
 Capita w. s. s. Sales
Sales Total Approximately Nine Mill
 lion Dollars, Making Per Capita S3.12; Should Be $20

Latest reports made public by the War
 Savings committee shows that Alabama
 stands thirty-sixth among the states in
 the matter of sales per capita of stamps,
 with an average of s312 for each man,
 woman and child in the state. Cash sales in Alabama reported up to few days ago were approximately s9,00000o The
 states quota is s4s, ,ooo,OO0, or s20 per cap ita estimating the population at 2.4oo,OOO. According to the reports published the
 average in Georgia is S29l per capita and in South Carolina. sso7.
 In the matter of War Savings societies
 organized Alabama is thirty-sixth among the states with 96l compared with S92 in the state of New York. These so- cieties have been doing very effective work since they were organized the lat : ter part of the summer and early fall, and with their combined influence and hard work it is believed that the state will reach it's quota by December 3l the date on which the sale of War Saw ings Stamps will be discontinued. J. J. Bowers, chief clerk at state head quarters in the First National Bank
 building, has been designated as acting
 state merchants chairman to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Robert W. EWlnS a week ago. MT Bowers Is familiar with this work and will at once get in touch with the county chairmen and urge that they push the sale of Saw ings Stamps during the balance of the year.
 Mrs R. r. Johnston, state chairman of the womens committee is in Cincin- natl and while there she will study the Ohio plan which has worked very sue cessfully.
 T. Asbury, chairman of Colbert coun- ty was a visitor at state headquarters yesterday and discussed stamps sales with officials of the office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-22
EATING PLACES ARE HOSTING PRICES ON
 DAIRY PRODUCTS
Rutter and Milk Advance; Pork Chops and Short Orders Also Ascend in Price

The products of the COW are slated to advance in the eating places of Bir- mingham; in fact, prices have ascended already in some restaurants. Good creamery butter was still 5Sc
 at retail in the cash -and-carry stores
 yesterday. Restaurant owners claim lthey ahe justified in advancing the
 prices of hot cakes" and waffles 5o to 75 per cent on account of batter
 quotations, although the rise seems out
 of proportion to butter increase. as they get their supply at wholesale An advance of 100 per cent on a glass of milk is also noted, although the rise at the producing and wholesale end has in no case advanced to such degree. In some cities the rise is split, instead of 10c for a glass of milk. 'c and Sc are charged.
 Pork chops, cereals and other short order specialties continue to climb, and the consumer Is lucky to get away with a ticket to the cashier for less than 5oc to 75c.