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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-10
Baruch Is Called
Upon to Explain
To Re Questioned Today Regarding
His Statement About Stahili1ing
Price of Cotton.

Washington. Sept, BERNARD N.
Baruch, chairman OF the war indus
tries board. will appear before the
committee on agriculture OF the senate
tomorrow afternoon 10 explain hts an
nouncement about stabilizing the
price Of cotton. which caused the
precipitate slump in the cotton mar
ket last THURSDAY.
The authorized announcement hx
Mr.. Baruch, as chairman of the war
industries board, was made public
late in the afternoon, after tbs mar
Rei had CLOSED and was generally in.
terpreted as meaning that the price
of cotton would be fixed. The follow
ing morning the market. which had
been exceptionally strong on short
crop report, was flooded al the open
ing with selling orders. and cotton
took almost record drop of s22. % a
bale for October contracts. 1t was
rerorted in market circles that a har-
vest had been reaped by the operators
who sold short al the opening of the
or at its close the night before.
Almost panic was created among
the cotton growers OF the south az
result of the order and The depression
was SO great that President Wilson
corrected the prevailing
impression that the price OF cotton
was TO be fixed in telegram to an
editor Of a southern newspaper
In the meantime southern senator's
and congressman, under pressure
from their constituents, had been
making diligent inquiry to find out
the plans Of the war Industries board.
and Chairman Baruch had another
statement issued explanatory of the
first in which he declared that the ap-
pointment Of committee TO investi-
gate the cotton situation and study the
problem OF It's distribution did not by
any means indicate a price fixing pro
gram.
The statement came too late bow
ever, To stem the Hear-pan and to
save the losses OF the holders of SPOT
cotton. who had been caught in the
downward drive and had sold at the
declining prices
Senator Smith said today that a
real price-ffxing program for cotton
would result in nothing short OF fnan-
cial disaster for the south, and that It
would have a serious effect upon the
finances of the nation. Last year
two-thirds of the cotton crop was ex-
ported and brought into the United
States one billion dollars in gold.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-10
Wilson Cancels
Speaking Tour
Stress Of Duties WIN Keep Him In
Washington During Liberty
Loan Drive.

Washington. Sept president
Wilson late today called off his CON
templated tour of the country In CON
nection with the Fourth Liberty Loan
drive. The stress of public business
a. this time is given as the reason for
The abandonment OF the trip in a state
ment which he issued.
Ii reads;
Il had hoped. and had even begun
TO plan. u trip TO the western coast
and back in connection with the cam
paign' for the Fourth Liberty Loan.
not because | believed that the coun-
try had any need of being stimulated
to subscribe to that loan by anything
that | could say. but because l ed
tho opportunity to discuss with my
fellow citizens the great undertaking
which has made such loans necessary
and in which orr whole energy and
purpose are enlisted.
1T is the third or fourth time that
have tried to persuade myself that
such a trip was possible for me with
out serious neglect of my duties here.
because | have keenly felt again and
again the privation of being confined
to the capital and prevented from
having the sort OF direct contact with
the people ! am serving which would
be OF so much benefit and stimulation
to me.
ITO my deep regret, ! find that
must again give the idea up.
The questions which come to me
every day, many of them questions of
the utmost delicacy and involving
many critical matters, convince me
that it is not right for me to absent
myself from Washington for more
than day or two at time while the
war continues. Questions concerning
our dealings with other governments,
in particular, it is impossible for me
to deal with by telegraph or at a dis
lance from the many sources of in
formation which exist only here,
should feel myself an unconscientious
public servant if | yielded to my wish
in this matter and took any chance of
neglecting even for short time
things that must be decided promptly
and in the presence of all the facts.
(Signed) WOODROW WILSON"
Thousands Disappointed.
While the presidents announce
ment established without doubt the
reasons why he cannot absent himself
from Washington, thousands OF per-
sons and hundreds of cities who had
hoped to entertain him as their guest
will be disappointed. There has been
flood of invitations to the White
House from the largest of towns to the
smallest crpss-Eoad hanaletA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-10
Arrangcments Cornplcte.

The central registration committee
H. Watt Ellerson. chairman. last night
completed final arrangements for the
registration, on Thursday, September
of Riehmena's man-peweF avail
ahlr-feF- service iH-tf armed hosts
America purposes TO hurl AGAINST the
Hun on the battlefieds of Europe to
make complete the triumph Of demoe-
racy over Prussian autocracy and
shatter forever the Hohenzollerns
dream of world domination.
All five divisions In the city are
ready for the registration of men and
boys between the ages of eighteen and
forty five. the age limits fixed by the
new draft law, Chairman Ellerson
stated. The precincts at which per-
sons included in the new man
power bill will open at I o'clock
A. NJ. and close at o'clock +. NJ.
The registration will be conducted by
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-10
GERMANY MAY TRY
A C0UNTER-ATTACK
High Military Authority Be
lieves Such Event Quite
Probable.
ALLIED CAVALRY READY
Loss of St. Quentin May Turn
Hun Forces Into Panic
stricken Horde.

Washington. sept. "a coun-
ter attack ny the Germans at any
moment would not he "A surprise"
This il the statement today
from such Il high authority that ii
il given notwithstanding the for
cign dispatches indicating that the
Germans are to act wholly on the
defensive,
The reason for this opinion, in
formally put forth. Is that the
logic of the plight in which the
Germans find themselves is mex
plorable. If they stand siege at
1T. Quentin, they will he n,assa
cred by the heavy artillery of
three armies If they retreat they
will abandon the keystone of the
whole German arch of military
policy as planned from the very
beginning.
The immediate consequence of >
from ST Quentin would he tha'
neither the kaiser nor the general staff
could explain the fact to the German
people and especially 10 the Austrian
people.
The opinion or this high ofticis
while gwen guardedly appears tt
have been based on thorough knowl-
edge of the Situation at the moment
and quite accurately as TO the dispo-
sition and movement of the allied
forces that will make a German coun-
extremely likely. If not d
certainty
The positions of the British and tbs
French md of the Americans. and
some peculiar tactics of the French
indicate To staff officers that the coun-
o. of at &c In -nl fry ~
10 because il is being hourly forced on
The Germans.
Possible Aim to Attack.
From competent sources Of infor-
nation the chances appear to be thai
he Germans will make their counter.
attack. on that part of the British ARMY
of English, Canadians and
which is reported today
IN the area west of St Quentin"
The British, however. are approach
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-10
CLOTHING WORKERS
THREATEN STRIKE

New York. Sept 9.-Clothing work
ers today threatened a strike on Octo-
Der /. II they are not granted an eight
hour day with a half holiday on Sat
urdays. Their present working time
consists of ASH hours for five days
and four hours Saturdays. very
larga- number at the workers are en-
gagged in making uniforms for United
States soldiers and sailors.
These men appear to forget
that the president. in 1917. sus-
pended the eight-hour day owing
TO the pressing necessity of filing
war orders" declared Leon Mann,
secretary OF the American Cloth
ing MaaufacturefS. asseeia ton.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-10


the various boards assisted by about
seven hundred volunteer assistants
There will he modified in the head
quarters Of the central committee
Grays' armory. in Seventh street. Just
off BROAD a reserve force Of reGist rars
10 assist a the larger precincts during
the rush hours
To Aid Colored Men
\ colored registration committee
has been appointed for the purpose Of
assisting negro registrants Memh ers
OF the committee will he stationed at
the various precincts near which tho
colored population is large. Members
az The committee volunteered their
services, and will he stationed as fol
lows:
Division No. l.
Precinct Madison School-H H
Price,
Precinct Randolph school~-Dr, y
a. Ferguson.
Division No Q
Precinct 612 West Broad Street
Charles Greene. w. +. Epps. Or. J. M.
C. Ramsey
Precinct MS West Moore Street
j. II McGrew, Or, w. \. F'rayser
Fifth Lee.
Precinct Baker School--C h arle s
Johnson, Dorsey Bragg. Rev. NJ. f,
DAVIS
Precinct 4oe Brook Avenue--W. I
johnson, Jr.. w II. Morris. Rev ]. j
Carter.
Division No. g.
Precinct 1903 Hun Street.. H r.
Blackwell, II, s. Harris.
Precinct Weatherford Baptist
Church--Frank e Nelson. w E.
lewis
Division No. s.
First Madison. ---------'i-----
Precinct 500 North Third Street
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-10
Babes Three-Base Wal
lop Carries Sox to
3-to-2 Triumph.
M'INNIS SPARKLES
Stufy Makes Most Spec.
tacular Play Executed
Since Worlds Series
Is the Fashion.
WORLD SERIES FACTS.

The following figures were given
out by the officials of the Boston
American leaguc club to- might:
Attendance, 22.1S3.
Receipts. S2Sa92
Prayers share. Si5,c-.6S
Zach clubs share. S5.ua2 80
National commissions share,
2S2a9
This will make the amount which
each player will receive ON the. win
ming cIuh approximately 5000: on
the losing club. Sa50
The players only figure in the
receipts Of The first four games.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-10
,By w $. Farnsworth. staff CORES

By w s. Farnsworth, Staff Cores
ponaent Universal Stervicel
Boston. sept e.--The Tarzan Of the
Red Sox, Babe Ruth. punched the
American league contenders To a 70
triumph in the fourth game Of the
worlds series nj Fenway park to-day.
But the mighty attack of the mas
sive southpaw would have been a
negative product had not Stury Nc
INNS, the fghttngest Irishman thar
ever lived, made the most spectacular
and Snfartest play executed since
worlds series became the fashion
The Tsr2an's bust was a triple with
two pals aboard the paths in the
fourth tnming-~thes spasTu thai has
heen Bogson's luekSA ore. rot only In
he present series. bat in numerous
title "a mes OF the past. That swat put
the Red Sox in a commanding lead
While the winning marker came later
in the eighth-this blow was the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-10
REGISTRATION IN HENRICO.

sheriff Webb W. Sydnor. chair
man of the local board Of Hcnrico
county. said last night that all ar
ranEemcnts had been made for the
registration in that county Thurs
day. All persons in tho county be-
tween tho ages of eighteen and
forty-fivc. inclusive. must register
AT their respective voting precincts,
and not at the county courthouse
IN ample number OF volunteer
registrars will he on hand at each
precinct 10 conduct the registration
with dispatch and promptness
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-10
VIRGINIA'S HONOR ROLL.

The list casualties seHt-eut
from the war department for pub
LEGATION this mornin~ contains the
following Virginians:
Lewis II. Dcishcr, Eagle Rock;
severely wounded.
Lille 4. &. S<ruggs. Gretna miss
ing In action.
Henry Arnold, II. +. D., No. I.
Louisa: missing in action.
James Bradshaw. II. +. D.. No. ..
box a., Zuni; missing in action.
George y. Hodge, WilliamsviIle.
missing in action. ~
Andrew Pierce Manning, Bas-
sets; missing in action.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-10
Did Government
Agree To-Day Tax?
Representative Enrtincy Makes Sen
sationai Statement On Floor of
Congress-

sationai Statement On Floor of
Congress.
Washington. Sept. 9.-That the
government agreed to pay the tn
come tax and all other federal
taxes OF the capitalists engaged in
the Hog Island ship yard and
similar enterprises was charged in
the house today by Representative
Fordney. of Michigan. In a speech
on the revenue bill.
MFR. Fordney said that copies OF
tho contracts containing this pro-
vision were shown to the commit
tee. The contracts he said, exempt
the contractor from all taxes
which congress may impose
during the term Of the contract
The man who made such a con-
tract ought TO be prosecuted" he de-
Ciared.
Enormous Profits
Mr.. .Fordney charged that that there
had been extravaganza at Hog Island
and called attention to the fact that
cost plus contracts amounting to
$4,000. 600 awarded to a firm capt.
talized at $1,000. would yield $1,000
600 profits. Those earnings, under the
contract cannot be taxed. he said, as
zig IL poutli bS the Terms
to refund to the corporation any taxes
that may he collected.
Representative Moore. of Penrsyl-
vania read to the house the terms of
the contract. which. he said, permitted
the contractors to charge not only the
highest cost for material and labor
but to include all taxes as an expense
before figuring their profit on the cost
pus basis
criticized the revenue btu. but an
nounced that they would vote for IL.
Mr.. Fordney complained because there
was no provision to collect a larger
sum by raising the import duties and
declared there had been extravaganza
with the funds already at hand.
Unnecessary Expenditure.
II beffeve we are spending large
sums of money unnecessarily. he said
land some of ii is actually wasted
But the responsibility is not with us:
it is with the administration and If
ii asks for money and more money in
order to carry on the war successfully
ii is your duty and mine to give it,
When the war Is over will be time
enough 10 settle our political rows
Mr.. Fordney criticized the section
of the bill which fails to include tor-
rowed money as part of the capital
He said 1t would operate inequitably
between corporations which could be
organized entirely with cash and those
u.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-10
No RELAXATION
Of PRESSURE ON
GERMAN ARMIES
With Bastion Practically
Surrounded Relief for
Hun Seems Hopeless.
LA FERE IN FLAMES
Enemy filings F re $ h
Troops in Fray to Stop !,
Advance Of the
Americans.
LA FERE IN FLAMES
EFFORT TO CHECK ADVANCE.

London, Sept. 9.-The Germans.
according to front dispatches late
tonight. are fiinGing fresh troops
into the struggle between tho
AiIctte and the Aisnc to check the
advance of the Americans. 4
powerful concentration of German
artillery also is revealed in front
adyiCes.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-10
MAJOR PRICE TO GO
ON SCHOOL BOARD

Major Lawrence T. Price, former
commanding officer of the Grays' bat
talon. WILL 1t Is understood. be named
by the council to succeed III. letter
Jones on the city school board. Mr.
Jones resigned his Office some time
ago to engage in Y NJ. G. A. work in
France. Major Price was formerly a
member of the school board. He will,
r Is said, he named at an early joint
session nj the council
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-10
PATRIOTIC WOMAN

rhe Richmond Virginian
needs the services of an ao-
tive, patriotic woman to.
collect on regular news
paper routes, so as to per
NIT the male collector to
go to the front. A splen-
did chance to serve in the
great cause of human lib
erty and also earn weekly
salary. No objection to
woman collector using her
own automobile to cover
territory. Call at Rich
mond Virginian offer. Ask
for Circulation Manager.
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-10

Precinct 500 North Third Stree,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-11
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
OPEN 10 HOURS a DAY
Business Houses of Kansas May BE
Placed Under War Ruling.

Business houses in Kansas will re-
main open but ten hours a day during
the war. if the state welfare com:ris-
sion puts in effect a request from
many sections of the state. The short
hour regulation for mercantile estab-
lishments is said to be approved by
federal officials and is now under
consideration ry members of the state
welfare commission.
Under the proposed order, every
store and merchantile esta blishment
would be required to close its doors
after a ten-hour day. The order
would resrlt in the saving of light and
fuel, it is urged, and is a conservation
measure in the interests of winning
the war. A number of merchants and
many employees favor the plan. ac-
cording to statement by Miss Lenna
Bresette, secretary of the state COM
mission. Resolutions calling for ac-
ton on the proposed order are now
being circulated in Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-11

meeting, which was attended by rep
resentatives of the Missouri and Kan
sas state utilities commissions and
officials from cities in the two states
which are directly affected by the new
rate order Mayor J. z. House and
City Attorney George P. Hayden repre-
scented the city of Topeka.
Doherty in Protest.
Henry L. Doherty, at the head of
the organization which has taken over
the affairs of the Kansas Natural Gas
company, sent a telegram to the Off
Gals in Which he protested against
the arbit, ar. increase in gas rates
without a test of the present sixty
cent schedule. In his telegram he
said:
Have been tied up so closely at
Washington last few days that 1 did
not realize the full significance of the
unprincipled grab perpetrated by Mr..
Dana's threat in the name of the local
gas company. I have nothing but con-
domination for the high-handed man
ner in which this rate proposal was
made. With great personal sacrifice
of time and effort the gas committee
of the Chamber of Commerce have
worked out permanent solution for
the gas supply of Kansas City. Mr..
Dana, with the false representation
that he Is carrying out the Chamber
of Commerce plan, actually proposed
to seize the money that should be used
to secure gas supply for Kansas City
and appropriate it for the profit OF
the local gas company. leaving the
condition as to gas supply worse than
before. 1t is a question if he has not
clouded the gas situation with so much
confusion as to practically prevent
any solution. It is evidently his pur-
pose to make natural gas supply for
Kansas City impossible.
HENRY L. DOHERTY -"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-11

SOX HOPES BLASTED NOW
Loss of Three Stars Puts Pennant
Chances Below Par.
BY JACK VEIOCF


New York, July 11.-With Red Fa-
Der. Lefty Williams and Joe jackson
missing from the lineup, the chances
of the worlds champion White Sox
repeating in the American league are
practically at an end.
1t was a bad enough blow when
Jackson left the club, for the Sox
needed his hitting and needed it bad
w. But when Faber and Williams quit
the team the SoX found themselves in
the midst of a pitching famine. and
pitching was the thing that really
carried them to the American league
pennant and the worlds title last sea-
son.
Faber's work during the latter half
of the 1917 race, together with the
spectacular pitching of Eddie Cicotte.
was the feature of the SoX drive down
the homestretch.
Williams, tho wild most of the time
last year, was showing signs of becom-
ing consistent winner when he
turned in his uniform, and as Cicotte
got away to a bad start this year the
Sox were unable to keep up with the
pace set by the Red Sox and Yankees
during the first two months of the
campaign.
The White Sox of 1917 represented
highly efficient baseball machine
and each of the main cogs of that ma
chine was important. Had Rowland
been able to keep his club intact there
would be a different story to tell in
all probability. That's where the rub
comes in from Sox viewpoint and
that is why Comiskey's boys now have
but little chance of repeating.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-11
Headline in the paper says:
DEMPSEY BOUT
IS IN DOUBT
There is more truth than poetry in that

The work or fight" question, as pertains
to baseball, now centers in the case of
Roger Hornsby, an athlete performing as a
member of an alleged baseball club in st.
Louis. Mo-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-11
HAYS WHITE TO RESIGN
Member State Tax Commission De-
votes Lime t. Candidacy for Congress.

Hays B. White of Mankato. mem
Der of the state tax commission, will
send his resignation to Governor Cap
per in the next few days. White is a
candidate for congress in the Sixth
district anc expects to devote his en-
tire time to his campaign.
White Is one of the most widely
known Republican workers in the
northwest country. He was appoint
ed by Governor Capper as a member
Of the state tax commission following
the resignation of ]. H. Hostettler of
Belleville, a Democrat. Hostettler
was appointed postmaster of Belle
vile.
Altho White is opposed W. J. Mere
dith Of Phillipsburg, for the Republi-
can nomination, the success of the
Jewell county man is asserted by the
leaders of the district. White will de-
vote most of the fall blowing time to
an effort to defeat Congressman John
R. Connolly, Democrat; and the fight
in the Sixth will probably be one of
the really interesting congressional
contests In the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-11
CUBS SAVE A MILLION
Murphy Attempt to Collect $1,530,3ss
Rental Thrown Out of Court.

Chicago, July 1.-THE Chicago
Cubs today figured in another million
dollar affair. 1t was announced the
club had been freed from RESPONSE
bility for rental of the old park oc-
cupied under the regime of C. w.
Murphy. Murphy in a suit filed last
January alleged the new Cub owners,
including c. w. Weeghman, J. Ogden
Armour and William Wrigley, had as
sumed liability for ninety-nine year
lease on the old park The total
would have been s1,53O,3SS. The case
was thrown out of superior court and
Murphy dered to pay all costs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-11

the federal court. Petitions for an
injunction against the gas rate ad-
vance, will be prepared at once.
Legal action to meet the program
of the gas distributing companies, was
the course accepted by representatives
of the various towns participating in
the Kansas City conference. Repre-
sentatives of a number of cities were
present and the plan to enjoin the gas
rate advance was accepted as the
proper course in the opening round of
the rate fight. John Hunt. assistant
attorney general, and Fred S. Jack
son, an attorney for the state pub
lie utilities commission. will partfci-
pate in the preparation of the ped-
lions.
Governor Capper presided at the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-11
PIRATE MUST SHOW PROOF.
Local Draft Board Calls McKechnie
Under Work or Fight" Order.

Pittsburgh, July 11.-Bin Nc
Kechnie, third baseman of the Pitts
burgh National league baseball team,
has been ordered to appear before his
local draft board tonight and to sub
nit proofs that he is engaged in an
essential occupation. McKechnie was
given deferred classification because
of dependencies before the work or
fight order was issued.