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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-05
BRITISH SEND MOVING
MOVIES TO GIVE NEWS
o""cihi PICTURES Showing Various
Phases of War Work Thrown
Outside Screen

LONDON. May t-Thc new Ministry
OF Information has sent cut a fleet of
Ten automobile moving picture shows.
deSigned TO exhibit war films in viii
iages and outlying districts The screen
Is set up III the open air at distance
OF about 100 feet from the "sine-mo-
tor-car,' and the installation is now
crtui enough SO that even at dusk
-o'ooo persons can see the pictures
with ease. The crews OF the ten cars
consist entirely of soldiers who have
seen service in France.
The selection CT films include the
usual run OF official pictures, one illus
'ratins Great Britains progress in
Zeppelin building. another showing
British bomb dropping squadrons in
flight, another o: tanks in action. and
several showing Americas war effort.
fhe lighter touch is supplied by a num-
Der of war cartoons.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-05
COVENTRY Is NOW CENTER
OF WAR MANUFACTURING
Automobile Plants Are Turned Into
Factories Making Airplanes
and Engines.
yBy Associated Press

COVENTRY. ENGLAND. May a.
This city, like its big neigh3or, Biz
mingham, has been turned into great
center for the manufacture OF war ma
tcrial. Before the war Coventry had
great ordnance works, which is now
engaged on the manufacture OF all
sizes OF guns and gun mountinss for
the navy. field carriages and equipment
for the army and small tools for the
other factories throughout the coun-
try.
BESIDES there were the great auto
mobile makers who since the outbreak
OF war have turned their attention to
the making OF aiJ plan.s and engines
for them. The number of machines
reaches figure undrcamed of even
two years ago.
Other firms in the city and vicinity
have enormously increased their out
put Of machine ana o.h.r guns. while
factories which before the war knew
nothing OF munitions are now busy on
articles which Ga t. Liake up the
equipment OF great armies.
The present Lord Mayor OF Coventry
Alex Hill. started business not many
years ago AS the proprietor OF a small
bicycle shop IN Columbus Avenue. Bos-
ton. He is now the head OF one Of
the large firms which go to make Cow
entry famous as a center Of munitions
activity.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-05
NEW TAX ON LUXUR|ES
SHOWS SOME ODDITIES
TWcnty-SiX Classes of Goods Arc
Designated by French
Chamber.
SCENTED soar ESCAPE
Dog May BE Bought Costing More
ihan 1 Pound. but if IL BE n Cat.
Fec IS ENactcd-l'ood and Cloth
ing on List,

fARlS, May i.-What is luxury? The
French Chamber has taken smon,hy
10 decide the question, in connection
with the new law which places a tax
of 10 per cent OH the purchase of al,
articles OF luxury. II has succeed
ca almost unanimously in liking TWEEN
'F-SN classes OF goods which arc lux
urics. no matter what their value.
while there arc scvcnty-sevcn catcro-
RIGS which fall under the tax ONLY II
'hcS exceed certain price.
Inc lists which tho Chamber an
proved arc full of curiositics silk an
aerSatmcntS arc always 10 be look CO.
upon as luNuries. but linen ones only
when the cost exceeds ri IFS. Scents
are Injuries. but not scented SOAP il
worth less than Is Sd
You can buy II dog up TO ei lbs With
out being taxed. hut q ca, becomes dc
luxe At S.. y woman can pay Il lbs
for n hat and &C free, but a man is
restricted to l6s. In revenge. lie can
indulge in boots up to e., while his
wife must not exceed Il rs.
y woman is luXuriously CARRIED Only
II her costume costs tl0. but a mans
q Suit IS a luxury. Yet he can pay NJ
to 10 for pajamas without J,cinE taxed
but only Is Sc for handkerchiefs.
Luxury in furniture begins at 500
the suite. Upright pianos go free. hu.
not sramophones If worth more than f6.
Truffled chickens and StrassburE pies
are luXurics. but wine only IL it costs
more than As a bottle.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-05
BERLIN HOTEL MEN ARE
HOSTILE TO LINEN ORDER
Guests Arc Ordered TO Hiring own
Sheets, Which Is Declared
Dangerous

AMSTERDAM. May 4.-The Berlin
hotel proprietors are In Torment over
the new government order prohibiting
them from supplying either bed linen
or table linen TO their guests
They declare that. so far as sheets
are concerned, the order that guests
shall bring their own is dangerous to
public health. while the government
suggestion that Substitute" bed linen.
manufactured chiefly OF paper, is dis
missed as being too costly
One prominent hotel manager writes
To German newspapers To say. that "if
the oricr is really to be enforced. no
one can blame the hotel Keepers IL
they lease their promises to war com
panies. and SO secure "A large rent and
freedom from police ordinances fines
and prison"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-05
u. S. MEDICAL MEN
ENGAGE IN CAMPAIGN
Study Means to Protect American
Soldiers From Trench
Lice and Fever.
REACHES PLAGUE PROPORTIONS
Sixty New EnSlandcrs Voluntarily
Offer Themselves as Subjects for
General Experiment to Determine
Question OF Transmission.

PARIS, May Am order 10 protect
American troops against the ravages
or trench fever, which, although un-
known before the war, has caused al
most onc-third of all the sickness in
the allied armies, American army medl-
cal authorities are conducting a re-
tchtless campaign against trench lice
The wandcrinss of the "totos." AS
inc French call the pests. may be
amusing subjects for the French comic
"cekiies with their peculiar standards
OF humor' but American army doctors
VIC" INC intense propagation of trench
lice with alarm for the troops
ihcir task is TO stamp out tho lice
plague which is sweeping not only
the trenches OF Europe. but the rear
zones AS well. just the malaria.
nearing mosquito Was eliminated from
iahama and Cuba. OF all the diseases
winch trench lice transmit the most
common is trench fever.
At the present moment sixty cnlis.
ed men of the United States sanitary
corps. all of them from New England
are under observation by American
army doctors. These sixty men vol
unfairly offered themselves as subjects
Tor general experiment in order ID
settle the question of the transmits
sion OF the disease and the best means
OF lighting il.
The sixty volunteers have either
submitted 10 being the nesting palces
OF normal ~ infected lice, or have re.
cclved injections OF blood from SOL
diers infected with trench fever. The
experiment is being conducted at a
British base hospital. The volunteers
are men from the one Hundred and
FIRST One Hundred and Second. One
hundred and Third and One Hundred
and Fourth field hospitals and the on,
Hundred and First. One Hundred and
Second. One Hundred and Third and
One Hundred and Fourth ambulance
companies.
inc experiments on the sanitary
corps volunteers are being conducted
under the direction Of the American
hed Cross and the chief surgeon OF
the American forces with the approval
OF General Pcrshing. The incubation
period of the disease is from fifteen
70 twenty-five days, but it will he
several weeks yet before anything de-
Unite may be known concerning the re-
suit or the experiments.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-05
SEEDS OF FUTURE WAR
such Is Description of Peace Term,
That Have Been Advanced
by Germans

LONDON, May A. Henderson. NJ.
T.. speaking at woman suffrage ccle-
brat!on. said:
hold the opinion that we have
reached the most critical stage of the
war I have tried to mag ne that Won
Bu!ow. especially after what has taken
place In Russia. may come along and
say: WIZ do we light? Why can't we
settle: We arc prepared to recognize
the status quo. and even go further and
grant considerable concessions TO
France with reference to A!sace and
Lorraine, and compromise with Won
regarding the colonies: but one of the
things regarding which we cry Hands
OFF,. is wha; we have already agreed
OH with Russia
That would &c cynical peace, con-
tanning in it the seeds of future war.
1t would not be an honorable peace.
The women OF the country must stand
like flint against IT,"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-05
SAMMIES TO FARM
Experimental Gardens Are TO BE Is
tnblished at yers1iIles Under
IL. q. SuprrN1.Ion

PARIS, May 1.-The garden service
the Quarterms Corps has been
Established. Sounds :. bit strange
farden service az branch OF the army
ut such arc the terms of the general
rider.
This spring every division OF the
merican army VIII be required to
cultivate certain portion Of the area
p which 1t is located. Beets. potatoes.
leans, oats. barley. verbena hops. rye
nd other vegetables will be grown for
presumption by the men Of the divi-
ions which plant them.
Experimental gardens are tc. be es-
f.blished at Versailles under the dircc-
# on of branch Office Of the garden
ervice. At the start LOG men will be
Employed in this experimental garden.
Fhile in their rest" bilets behind the
|'cnchcs this summer American troop
RS Will be employed to help the
rcnch farmers harvest their crops.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-05
tBy Associated rress.l

WASHINGTON, Mny 4.-The Pub
lie Health Service Inns just begun
the most extensive anttmn la rim CAM
pnfEn ever undertaken In the
United States, with a view 10 pro-
lection IF the health OF the soldiers
In the Southern cantonments. Con-
gross has authorized this crusade
and provided the funds, and 1t Is
expected that SSOO.OoO will have
been spent in this work by July 1,
1o'o. This Is exclusive or the gov
eritmcnfs part In the cooperative
health work now being carried on
In the vicinity OF these cautonmcnt,
by the Public Health Service, the
American He'd Cross and the Iocul
health authorities.
because naiarin il conveyed onl.
by the bite OF certain mosuuito.
which hicS only short distance
from Its breeding place, the cradics-
Ton OF the mosquito will be UNDER
tnkcn In zones two miles wide
around each camp likely to hive
malaria. breeding nnj hiding
places will he ditched, drained and
cleared; undralnnbIe still water In
which the mosquitoes breed will
be oiled and minnoNs will he in
ntallcj to cat the mosquito lawn
on the top OF tho winter. Even
dynamite will he resortcd 10 In thI.
nationwide health campaign. IN
eliminate dangerous breeding places.
md the work supplemented nv
screening and by use OF quin,ne
for preventive and curative pur-
pOscS.
Cooperation of the state and
local authorities aud OF the peopIe
IN ench place is expected. Posters
will be put IN In tho pUnt-oficcs.
railroad stations und other place.
In the South. Previous operations
OF the Federal Health Service
against the mosquitoes havc been
enthusiastically received by the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-05
ARMY NEEDS ALL PETROL
London Urges People Walk Instead OF
Hiring Motor Cars or
Tax1a.

LONDON. May 4.--Thc demands o,
the fighting services for petrol are
daily becoming the greater. and tho
public are invited not to hire motor
cars or to use taXicabs when they can
walk or use public means Of convey
ance. While taNicabs must be evail-
able Tor business and other necessary
purposes, no able bodied man or
woman should use one unless by rea-
son OF physical incapacity or other
absolute necessity. The use of taxi
cabs for selfish amusement is the
cause Of much i'll feeling as well as
waste.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-05
ALLIES ARE SUPERIOR
IN AERIAL ACTIVITIES
Germans Find 1t Safer to Do
Their Raiding at
Night.
DIFFICULT TO HIT TARGET
Ally and Enemy Aviators Wear
Clothing Heated Internally
by Electrical Appliances.
DIFFICULT TO HIT TARGET

! PARIS. May with the lons-pron-
!scd aerial war in full swing and in
fantry action confined 10 raids in lieu
OF the expected onrnsives. greater and
greater attention IS being focused on
aeronautics. The Partisan journals are
filed chock "A block with stories OF the
British raids upon the Rhine towns.
faris!an preparations agains, aerial
attack and the methods OF German
night raiders.
Allied superiority in the air is evil
denccd by the effective day raids Of
British aviatoTs German aviators OH
the other hand cUniinc their attacks
alinos; exclusively night raids. They
have been forced TO this by their losses
While raidins England or French
towns behind tho lines German avia,ors
found that they must use fast and light
machines. and must climb TO great alti-
;udes The result was that they were
compelled TO use small loads OF bombs
II. tho daytime. too. tho antiaircraft
guns rocked them about considerably
when directs hits were not scored
Then with allied scouts climbing up on
their tails the German aviators were
forced TO spend too much time zig
tagging and maneuvering to do accu-
rate bomb dropping.
AZ night, however. they are able to
use larger machines, and as neither
speed nor height are prime considcra-
;ions. owing to low visibility" as tar
gets. full cargo of bombs can be
taken aboard by each machine Bar
rage and antiaircraft fire can be avoid
cd easily at night, for il is mostly blind
shooting, unless a searchlight locates
tho target. and scarchiight can be
lodged easily.
Moreover, moonlight is almost as re-
Ncai!iS as da Wight when objects arc
viewed from directly above. II is true.
OF course. that the observer cannot see
as FAR as in the day At night again.
me bomb -droppcr can pass back and
forth over his target until he attains
II. This was iasianced in Paris during
recent raid. when German ..viators
dropped bombs on all sides of their
target, governmental building, until
they finally attained it. Inccndiary
p9lnbs were then dropped. The fire was
quickly eNtinEuished by Paris firemen.
In the new type OF machines the re-
lease OF the bombs is automatic 1t is a
difficult matter TO drop bombs on
gwen point unless the aviators ny low
~ $500 meters the airmen suffer from
The rarefa action of the air and must re-
sort TO oxygen limitations. Both allv
ana herman avai;orS arc now wearing
c."'hinE heated internally by electric
appliances
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-05
WOMAN HAS CHARGE
Colorado Woman Conducts 100000
nusiness, Permitting Owner 10
Join Mariner

DENVER. COL, May AIRS. Stan.
ley S. Outwatcr to-day is living evi.
dence that at least one wife can take
care of Il 100000 business. When war
threatened between America and Ger
many. Mr.. outwater put his wife il,
training in a large insurance office
OF which he was manager. At the first
call of President Wilson for soldiers
and sailors, outwater enlisted in the
marine service. Mrs Outwater took
over the management OF her hus-
bands. business, and in the first six
months on the job showed a satisfac
tory increase In returns.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-05
RUBBER-HEEL SLEUTHS
Find" ARMY 'DESERTER
secret Service Men Mistake Girl in
Overnlls for Mnn They Arc
Looking For.

CHICAGO. May 4.-When Miss Jane
Gray undertook to do janitorial duties
the other day and donned overalls to
facilitate things she at once became
the object of search of two Secret
Service men.
ihey were on the trail OF an army
deserter. They were told that he had
been seen going into the house where
MISS Gray lives. When they suddenly
appeared. Miss Gray confronted them
wearing her overalls.
we want YOU"
Don't be silly" said Miss GRAY.
m girl" Then she took off her
cap and heavy mop Of hair fell over
her shoulders.
What are your nameso" she In.
quired. '''
we have no names to.dsv" ,ho
replied. I'VE have no goat. Icf.
either"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-05
PARIS PLANS TO SHORTEN
ROUTE FOR ALL A|RPlANEs
One OF First to Be Established AZ.
ter War Ends Will Be to
TimbuCtOo.
MAIN LINES OF TRAVEL
Statesmen Engaged in Salt, Gold,
Wax or Ivory Lines Will BE Able
TO Save -Four Months OF Food,
Big Item OF Expense.

PARIS. May At now takes four
After the war the trip Will be made
in four days. One o. the first aerial
routes which the French Will establish
after the war viii be the one 10 Tin
buctoo.
The trip 10 Timbuctoo was no; oue
OF tho main lines OF tourist travel be-
fore tho war. II viii no, be q popular
route after the war. But France is
bent upon developing her great Sahara
holdings. and tho air line to Timbuc-
too viii be the first of other air lines
TO bc established 10 GASES in the desert.
BY travelling Via the air route sales
men engaged in the salt. gold. wax or
ivory lines viii thus save FOUR inonths
food, an item OF their expense accounts
be delighted TO dispense with.
Some of the air routes 10 Frances
colonial possessions Will carry mail
only. Those that travel deep into the
desert viii be armed with ma chine
guns in case Of adventure with un-
friendly tribes. Regular routes have
been planned for Algeria. Morocco.
Tunis. TO the French Congo in Equa-
toriai Africa and by stages TO the
Sonali Coast, Madagascar and the
Mayolto and Comoso Islands. in Frcnch
East Africa.
Aerial connections also viii he made
with the following districts in French
West Africa: Senegal Mauritania
rppcr Senegal River. Niger Military
Territory. French Guinea. the Ivory
Coast aud Dahomcy. In addition. the
six French colonies in French lndo-
China Will bc linked up by regular
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-05
Uncle Sam Plans to Spend 100000
to Wage War on Malaria Bacteria

people In each place Infected, he
cause or the results in the reduc-
ton OF mnlnria aud. eradication OF
the mosGuitOcs. For yeur, the
Public Health Service hns studied
the most practicable mcans for pre-
venting malaria, and icmOnstru-
lions have been conducted in Innny
places In the South.
In tho building OF the rannma
Cannl ono Of tho greatest Difficult
tics encountered WINS tho presence
OF swnrms OF mosquitoes, which
conveyed ys,iow fever and malaria
10 the workmen. The engineer
largely responsible for the success.
III the campaign against yellow
fever mosuuitoes in the Canal Zone
VIII supervise this Rntimaiaria cam
paiEn, and associated with him will
be an officer y: tho Public IIrnIth
service widely recognized nn one Of
the foremost authorities In the
United states nnsquito-bornc dis
eases. Under them will be cx-
pericnccd officers of that service
md sanitary engineers. nlong with
inrgc force of iaborers ind large
equipment.
Mnlnrin !. ono OF the most .eri-
Gus diseases In certain sections, OF
the country. During certain sca-
Hons more thhn 90 per cent OF all
calls InLdc by Ehysicinn. In many
districts in tho United states, nre
Tor mnlarin. II is one OF the
Srcntest health problems now, not
only 40 fir Nv the soldiers arc con-
ccrned, but MISC because OF the
necessity to produce n maximum OF
rood and other supplies related TO
the wnr. The efficiency of the
Inborcr In the South, according 10
fubiic Health Service officials, hus
been markedly reduced by the dis
ense. These experts say that the
nntimntaria campaign will reduce
malaria TenerniIy and stimulate
similar work by local health nu-
tboritics.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-05
CHOP BUILDING IN TWO
TO MOVE 1T 500 YARDS
Wonderful Engineering Feat Accom-
piished by Sefectives mt
Camp Meade.

CAMP MEADE, MD. Nav -,
building 500 feet long was chopped in
TWO and the two halves were moved
ABOUT 800 yards by detachment OF
coiored selectivcs here without the use
oi any Spcciai devices and with no de-
lay worth mentioning. 4 group Of 500
men caught hold OF tho supports. and
at the proper order they had the Who'll.
structure off the ground. Then at
signals the slow pull began. Within
seven hours the building was in place
on it's new site
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-05
Line on BootIeprcr,.

MEMPHIS. TENN, May ITO deter
mine whether negroes were in Tonnes
see or mississippi when they were
caught sei:iiss whisky. a survey OF the
state line. near Memphis, is being
made n the negroes were in Ten
heasee they Will be prosecuted in tho
local courts; II in Mississippi they will
probably escape prosecution.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-05

SEATTLE. WASH. May 4.-Bccausc
German name was distasteful to her,
MFs. Mary ]. Eng!er received permits
sion from the Superior Court here to
drop 1t and take the name OF her Grst
husband. and Is now Mrs. Mary I. Par.
sons. Mrs Parsons is widow, Engler
having died in 1910. He was born In
Germany.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-05
TOO Many Moves WA. Cru.,,,.

CIEF l;LAND, ONO, April 21.-Whep
a man asks his wife to pack and un-
pack the household furniture thirty
times in five years that's cruelty. saws
Mrs. Luella Graham. who has aDnI;ed
Tor divorce from William Graham She
says that the moving van came so
often TO their door that it got TO be
habit. She alleges cruelty and asks
that she be freed from the man she
married in January. 1913.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-05
Death Ends Lnurh.

SHARON. PA. April 27.-Gabriel SIR.
itc' "hiie laughing at joke. slipped
from his chair to the floor and was
dead when n physician arrived. Hear:
disease caused his death.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-05
First Woman Mnil C,rr,.-.

sTUTTGART. ARK. April 27.-Mis.
Ruby Guthrie has the distinction Of
being the first woman mail carrier in
Arkansas. She is serving as substi-
tute on rural route out of this city.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-05
Naine Pig "kniser RIlI..

GlRARD. ILL, April o7.-A s;x-
H'ohths-oid pig owned by William Red
ia'rn' or this city is developing a dou-
fie head with horns and bears the re-
sembiance of the devil. 1t is a freak
III every respect. and has been named
Kaiser Bill"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-05
Oyster She'll. q. EneI.

READING, PA, April 27.-Pcter
lein, proprietor OF a local hotel. won't
ock up with coal even if the rrices
70 dropping. II will continue TO ourn
9ster shells" he said. Klein says a
40 mixture Of oyster shells and coal
akes fine fire and his bills are
realty reduced. The ashes make good
|rtilizer.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-05
WOMEN SHY AT JOBS
'ew In London Have Taken Tn Srdu.
GUS Tcsks OF Dental
0narafors

LONDON. May 4.-"women have no,
let become dental operators" said n
(entist to the Bristol Tribunal. and
lc was granted three months exemp.
ion.
There arc no girls in the city who
an repair watches" said Grade =
atchmaker TO the same tribunal, and
|e also was given three months OK
|mption.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-07-19

The Falcon $50 per year.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-07-19

LosT-In Somerville or between here
and Williston on the night of Monday
July Is, mating suit case with
Gather straps, and containing lady's
wearing apparel. Finder return same
to j. ]. Burnett grocery in this city
or Miss Nola Burnett, Williston, get
re ward.
d. c, Wells who announced recently
as candidate for Representative in
the General Assembly before the
Democratic.primary of August l, is
without opposition and has been de-
clared .the nominee by the Primary
Board which has charge of the prim-
airy election in this county.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Williams of Ar
lington were guests Of friends here
last Monday. Mrs. Williams was reared
here and will be remembered as Miss
Lizzie Shelton. Mr.. Williams lived a
larg part of his hfe at Longtown in the
fifth district where he still owns large
farming interests.
Residence for rent. Apply to J. G.
Hendon. 7.26
l have eight or ten thousand dollars
to loan at 6 per cent on land in Fayette
county, long or short loans, and seven
or eight thousand more to invest in land
in Fayette county. Let me know what
you have. l have five shares of Fayette
County Bank stock which | will swap
for five shares Of Somerville Bank &
Trust Company stock, or will sell for
cash. Lamar Clay, Macon, Tenn.