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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-01
RESERVE OF WORKERS
CAN HELP WIN WAR
Administrator Hoover, In his
Appeal.

Food Administrator Hoover says:
The problem of getting food to our
soldiers overseas and to the soldiers
and the war workers of the allies and
their women and children includes not
only the finding OF the food, but the
finding Of the ships in which to send
IL.
No amount OK increased production
decreased food use or general food
substitution and saving will help un-
less the ships are available for send
ing the saved food over there
My anxieties about ships are no less
numerous and various than those about
food Itself Hence 1t is with the ut
most earnestness that i endorse the
idea OF creating a voluntary reserve
Of men from which the man-power
necessary to solve the great problem
of shipping can be resolved as rapid
~ as it can be used.
There are many more ways than
fighting by which the loyal men of
American can do their share in WIN
ming the war. Not all can fight, but
all can help I'm some way. For every
army of fighters there is necessary a
much larger army of loyal eager men
devoted TO the maintenance of the
hgnttnR unit. One Is $ essential and
truly patriotic a service as the other,
So by all means let us enroll vol
uNary reserve corps of men from
which the necessary man power for
the shipyards can be received"
State Assistant Secretar<C> William
Phillips says: ITO crush the menace
modern Germany has become we must
have in Europe as soon as possible a
million American soldiers.
1t Will be useless TO build up and
train with Infinite care and large ex-
pehse the great armies which the
United States is preparing unless we
drSt of all have the ships TO carry
them over there and supply and equip
them until their presence has at last
spelt victory.
An army of trained workmen to
build ships must first be raised TN or
der that American shipyards be sup
piled with their full quota of labor.
You do not have to carry a rife to
do your utmost for your country In
this grave crisis. A man who has
helped build ship can have everlast-
ing pride In the knowledge that he has
helped undermine the structure OF au-
tocracy.
II we have the necessary ships we
will have won this war"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-01
SLANT BILL PROVIDES
MUNICIPAL FUEL YARD
House Adopts Measure For Cities and
Towns With Only Two Dis
senting Votes.
WOOD AND COAL AT COST.
Special Levy Bills For Schools. Roads
and tuberculosis and West So-Ah
BIN TO BE Taken Up For Joint Con-
sideration.

The house of delegates again took
up the special flve-cent levy for schools
and a protracted debate followed in
ivolving the West 50-s5 bill. the gen
erai appropriation bill. and the senate
compromise bill imposing a ten-cent
levy to be apportioned among roads,
schools and the tuberculosis fund.
Delegate Reed moved to substitute
a bill making uniform rate of eighty
cents on all intangihles and to segre-
-gate the tax thereon to the state, max
ing forty cents thereof apply to the
school fund, instead of the ten cents
the school fund now receives from the
state
The matter went over until today
while the house was debating mo-
ton to take the West bill and the i've
cent levy bin up for joint discussion
on special and continuing order to-
day
When the house meets today there
will be an effort made to bring the
senate bill l@vying tho ten-cent tax
from the house committee on finance.
and discuss all the various revenue
raising bills Jointly.
The house advanced all bills on the
calendar for second reading to third
rc3diug and engrossment. and passed
several house bills, the most important
of which were:
+, Delegate Beattie's bill approprfatinz
$4,000 for the purchase of land in
Powhatan county 10 be used az O. farm
in connection with the plan OF rcor
sanizing the state penal institution.
under the direction of a special com
mission.
Delegate Stants bill authorizing
cities and towns TO establish coal and
wood yards and to sell at cost prices
The bill passed rs to 2.
House bill providing for the appoint
ment of probation officers ana pre-
scribing their duties, and also making
IT a misden eanor for a husband to de-
sert or neglect hts wife or for parent
to neglect or desert children
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-01
RUSSIAN ALIEN WANTS
DISCHARGE FROM ARMY
David Cohen CIatms, Through Mich
oias Aieinikoff. Tint lie IL Emit
tied to = Discharge FT'om Server.
NOT GIVEN FAIR CHANCE
Judge Waddeli Takes Matter Under
Consideration and Suggests All
Parties Interested Ger Together
and Have Man Released

/ David Coheu Of Boston. claiming
10 he An unnuturolized Russian,
through his counsel. Nicholas Alcini-
koT, OF New York, yesterday fled at
. fdavits and petitions, for release from
/ the army IN q. writ or habeas corpus
before ludge Waddell, in the United
States district court The govern
mont was represented by District At
tarDey Mann. Colonel irving L. Hunt
district fudge advocate. and Major
clifford church. assistant both Of
Camp Lee
Cohen's counsel appealed to the
spectators In the court room yester-
+ Gay, as bearing an amazingly close
resemblance TO Trofzky. the Russian
leader. He commended IN his brief
that Cohen who had been ushcred in
"~"tl1e Eighth COMPANY. Second train
ing battalion. AZ Camp Lee through
the usual courses pursued by the To-
cal and district boards had not beer
giverr n fair chance 10 prove that he
WAC an alien had noe taken out nat
ufa lizaUon papers. ard was not sub
iect 20 the draft. under the rulings
Of the var department and the pro-
voSt marshall.
Judge Advocate Hunt commended
that Cohen had hcsu given every op-
contention before the examing boards.
but had failed to- take a dive nta ge Of
his prerogatives, and that now II is
TOO late
Judge WAdden took the matter IN
der consideration. and In doing 40,
suggested that, IN view OF the fact.
there being no contradiction 70 the
contrary. that the man IA an alien,
the Conteuding parties get In touch
with the war department and have
the protestant released II he insists
that he does not wish 60 fight for
Uncle sam and Is an alien.
TIM Judge advocate said tNie would
open up the road 70 ceaSaless pro
tests From every Imaginable source.
and would take up much time OF the
military Bs we'll as civil authorities.
and would ne %precedent thu would
better rot be- established
This man had every opport unity
of presenting his proofs 10 either his
local or district boards" said the
Judge advocate The fact that ne
aid not. Indicates that the hon rds
both Of which passed on tho case,
were satisfied the man had no claim
All tho rules ~ the war department
have been faithfully carried out IN
this case and We VIII cite a number
of cases in our brief which we will
6le I'm p few days
Cohen was renanded back 10 camp.
and the case will be reviewed by
Judge Waddeu, probably next week
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-01

After a lengthy hearing In hustings
court yesterday Luther Proctor and
Imther Mason. young men from North
Carolina, were each given eight years
in the pcnitentiary for assauiting and
robbing c. c. Helms, Southern rail
way section foreman last Thanksgiving
day. They relieved Helms OF his
watch and sL00 In cash Then they
beat him, being incensed at not secur-
ing more money, The men were later
arrested by Detectives Bertucci and
Duffy In a Main-Street lodging house
where the watch was located. The
men were given the minimum term
for hjghwav robbery
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-01

washington. Feb IS Those litt te
srtrrsI efrplanss. tina carrier pigeons
N the United States army will reeeiFe
.,ro+e--tfou from Uncle sam Just q $ a
cough BOY does Senator Fletcher
cut in & hlu today imposing pen
stty upon any one killing or detain-
fng tire pigeons. The senator also IN
trosvced a bin establishing an army
y,tne planter service in the coast ar
trlerv corps with officers to he corn
r~s~sioued ana paid according to a
schedule ranging down from u eoe
sry- A master
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-01
OPTION EXPIRES TODAY
ON ASHLAND LANE OFFER

I'D TO late yesterday the oStlon on
the Richmond and Chesapeake Bay
Railway company, had not been taker
up. although II was said that the per
sons interested In the movement to re-
esta bnsh the system would come e
some definite agreement today,
j. A. Connolly, the real estate man
who took a prominent part in the ne
sotiations. was out of the city yester'
day, and IT was said that he was away
on matters pertaining to the proposed
purchase of the Ashland line He is
expected back today. and It Is believed
that the matter will reach n head TO-
dAy
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-01
NORFOLK YARD LOSES


CONTINUED From First Page.)
men, every community near water
deep enough to float a rowboat has
come forward with 3 patriotic offer
from its prominent citizens to let the
government finance q shipyard. boom
the town and build houses.
Not one cent Of the 100000, It
WAS said. would he spent except
where ships are being built, and only
then when all other means to pro-
vide housing by improving transpor-
tation has failed.
Wooden Ship Program
The Southern wooden ship pro-
gram has not met the great expecta
tons Of its promises. according to
the shipping board. Despite that a
million dollars more was added to the
profits of the Southern lumber men
on shlpyard contracts after the con-
tracts were made. by advhn cling the
price from S36 TO $40 a Thousand feet
to encourage logging production, the
supply has failed.
Following fruitless conferences with
the lumber interests, in repeated at
tempts to speed up production Of
timber, the shipping board has sent
It's own staff Of loggers into the tim
DSt country WIN dutEG(lty TO COM
mandeer all suit9 Bile trees.
ANY one who wants "a build sh rs
for Uncle Sam hat ct t~ show rec
suits when he gets the contracts and
has got TO have the organization with
which to build ships before ne CON
get contracts. says Hurley.
Board Rejects Offers
The shipping board today rejected
unqualifiedx several offers from men
eager to build ships but with little
or nothing to build them with
One new ship was added to the
shipping boards fleet today By the
Skinner and Eddy Shipbuilding com
pany in Seattle. which turned over to
the emergency fleet corporation the
steamship West Arrow after a trial
trip showing s@eed OF 13 Ia knots.
The same company, which has de-
livered a total OF seven ships of sf.-
600 tons from lite ways in four
months also launched the Canoga.
! The Emergency Fleet corporation
tonight announced the organization
| of division OF public service. ia
| co ordinate ALL the activities con-
| corning recruiting. housing health
| and welfare OF shipyard workers
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-01
BUSINESS LETTERS"
SUBJECT FOR TALK

sydney $, Levy, manager of the
Carnegie Sales company. will address
tho Richmond Advertisers club at the
Business Mems club today at 1918
o'clock on The Essentials of a Bust
ness Letter" This is the first of q
series of talks on Better Letters"
which he WIN deliver before the regu-
lar weekly meeting of N club during
March
Mr.. Levy is thoroughly familiar
with his subject, which Is one of broad
interest TO business men generally and
1t is believed the meetings will ne
largely attended
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-01

Trenton. N. =. Feb ga puhie
4. noonstrstion If loyalty WAS e&actea
~ Elizabeth Paine and Margaret Paine
ov their fellow employees ~ the Lam
bertou works TO-DAY when the women
.cre compelled 10 salute and kiss me
stars and Stripes and otherwise pay
raepest - the l-nfred states The SIS
eere haa been charged with casting re-
a.ctlone On the Gag and Of refus1ng
,,, assist IN the Red Cross and other
war activities They were born IN
tnie country, hut are OF German
llnrArtaEe
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-01
FRoEHLING & ROBERTSON
AGAIN CTTY CHEMISTS

The administrative board yesterday
reSppointed Froehlina q Robertson.
city chemists to serve for one year
at the rgure under which such services
were performed last year. When Dr
whitfield was appointed to the posi-
ton of coroner and resigned his place
as city chemist, the office was abolished
by the administrative board. ana
Froehlins & Robertson were offered
the work at $4,000 a year. The offer
was accented, and the city saved about
$1,000 thereby. The contract was re-
newed yesterday
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-01
cAlla II German DOGGY.

washington, Feb. 2s,--".AnothWf
German eoway," that is the charac-
,ertsasion applied I'm official Japanese
circles here today TO The suggestion
that japan viii be agreeable To any
Berlin to T>skio plan OF the kaisers
Japan Ia working in full concert
with the entente and the United
Sta.es. according 70 statements In
both Japanese and American ono al
ausrters Her policy in the Far Ia
is described sc "an aggressive de
ssnse" Of her own rights and the IN
reresem Of the entente.
Japanese forces have large supplies
at vIa6ivcstok under their eyes. II
is not denied here that American
forces are cooperating with them.
II ia believed that Admiral Knight
and his sseahtp. the BROOKLYN, ere
within easy cal IL trouble should de-
velop They would cooperate with
the Gapanewe forces II necessary
II was vigorously denied at the
state department today that any jap
sneee plars for the Far East had been
roldfv treated nv The United states
IN Jnrauese c7ta rterS it was stated
hat the mos minute details Of ia
pans operations there had been sub
1rftted 20 ner Occidental allies
Japanese military expert de-
Jared here today that any extensive
Ianane-e military operations I'm Sd
eerfn would he physically lmpossi-
bic
with trs break king W Of n" sled
Atnv or the SNOW. transp ortsfion tn
ern@rsa t. practically wiped out, 3T-
r~r74 for fhe single llna ~ the trans
SIBERIA railway" he said FUR
therrnore iris @hv-ay crosses Many
arsdxee. y runs through almost m
tnAmhitp4 territory. Il would ne
PRACTICALLY impossible 10 keep It open
A. line - Communication to ad-
wsnGad military forces n the present
SsNersyty@d wsts OF SihtFA 90
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-01
asaxor Gambler Nferciful.

Atlanta, Ga, Feb. 2s,--Having beer
INDICATED In the conviction of ]. w
Cook. on a charge OF attempting tc
hiackmnl him out OF 100000 Asa
Gambler. multi millionaire mayor toda,
is inclined to show ltsnency towards
Mrs. Margaret Hirsch, who was indi'
Gated with Cook on the same charge
The mayor believes that the woman
wae a victim of Cook, who was con
victed and sentenced TO one year I'm
prisonment and hned $1,000.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-01

New York. Feb. 2s.-GAmbIing for
large stakes Ia an uptown hotel, a
millionaire oil man from the West
dropped between 100000 and $500 00C
In single game. This statement was
made today by Assistant District At
torney Smith. in charge OF the anti
gambling crusade launched by District
Attorney Swami.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-01
Clear. way for Red Crox..

Washington, Feb. 2s--Tha war trade
board tonight cleared the way for
shipment Of small packages to Amer
lean soldiers and sailors and Red
Cross workers abroad. A special
license issued through the customs Ger
vice and the postoffice department does
away with the necessity of securing
sn individual export license for each
nh ipment
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-01

Washington. Feb. 22-E iF n s.
seven -rnillfon 81 the 100000 o0o given
ls,. rstrio2&c Americans to the Req
cross p YEAR ago has been spent The
.,atiora} headquarters TODAY announced
fn,t thc weeks campaign 81 last
scar MI Pc repeated during the week
beginning Nav 3 Little doubt is eN-
rr,szc8 but that s1no,oooooo for the
amtar ears expenses v.lI De raised.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-01

Chicago, Feb. 2S.---Francis J
Heney, attorney for the federal trade
commission~ today produced corre-,
spondence before the federal trade
hearing purporting 10 show that
Cudahy and company arbitrarily rails
81 the price on Check meat--decread
unfit for the army and nAvy---because
OF the belief that the food administra-
tion would amend specifications and IT
could t9en be sold TO the government.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-01
May Sell German Property.

Washington, Feb. 28,-The tinted
States government IL considering the
sale 10 Americans OF more than ten
million dollars worth OF port termin al
property belonging TO Germans. The
money 1t Is intimated. will be invest
ed Tor ths Germans In liberty loan
bonds. The property, mainly that OF
North GERMAN Lloyd and Hamburg
American Steamship companies. fx now
being used for war purposes
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-01

Washington. Feb. 2s.-Economic war
ON Germany after the war Is favored
by tho members of the United States
chamber of commerce. Headquarters
of that organization tonight announced
the result Of the recent referedum
among it's members in all parts Of the
country. The vote was l.2o4 TO 1854
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-01

The funeral Of Mrs. Lizzie Field Ora
gain. the wife OF Thomas Orgain, who
died suddenly yesterday, will be held
this afternoon, at 4 o'clock from the
residence, l3o5 Grove avenue. Mfs
organ is survived by her husband and
four children.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-01

snn~poHs. No, Teo es.--Hidship
rnmr wY1lsnna X r. Swope resigned
grcvn tire naval academy TO-DAY IN
conformity with a demand made hF
fS~cretary Daniels, who Informed MIN
lie would be dro pped other " l'','
R~uYsc vsz tporn OF An erisan Pa 's''' :
Nut his Ynother became The W1te %
r~snsatn gofinrr Of the Bavarian ar
nv S6A vrs recently. tried NJ Knox
vsr1e for ALLEGED trea sonshle actions.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-01
District 5

Rutt Davis. EttrlckE ~, $50
Ruth Mason. stony Greek . $40
r J. Overtoh. BuriIevilIe. Va 933. $50
Mrs { p Wick, Nswsoms,
Va. ,........ ....-..,.,.... 6,450
Dell Wright, Charlotte Court
house We. ...---..... Ie45.s4
Ruth Waters Emporia, Va e. FL sO
Ruth Ellis AGO Byrne street,
Petersburg, Va. i,4s4.7S0
Paul Boggs, Farmviue, Va. 22S,62O
Miss Esmond nrewry Capron.
va. ..... ..-ts..,,..... ....s 4&,020
f. +. Barlow, Surry. Va... 5000
Lois Johnson. Blackstone. Va. 5000
Maude Bryson. Boydton, Va. 6,210
Nancy Caldwell. Suffolk. Va S5s.720
Ida Pollock, 'Keygvllle. Va g.. 1900
Captain Louis Coleman, Pet
ersburg. Va. ............1,551,0 l0
Mrs w. r. Grimm. Newsoms.
va. ....,..~.,........'.l.'-~'5S4,Oso
Mrs Matte Pickard, l06
south street, Petersburg,
=. r.s........ ...+. ...,... S,uVV
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-01

snanitsssAtaon az she popular VIII in
Austria eaA be effec4fww without the
AID Of the army Germany uudouht-
sdiy r. 20 dfsposfnx OF the Austrian
army as 10 make Ito infection with the
popular win 30 peace as insTective IA
rosafbiA.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-01
District 2

Dr. j. o. clements Ordinary
Va. .....:.............. $500
Mrs AL r. Titus King
George .................... 1910
IDA Barlow. Williamsburg &C.. 9s.800
Ida Bristow. Stormont ....... $3.50
II. S. Garnet. DunnsviIls, .640.870
Ross CovinRton, Lillian, Va 70i. $40
Rachel TAFT. West Point. Va 77,420
O. B.. Faison. 1134 Twenty
NTH street. Newport News $3.50
T. 9, McKenney, Brookvale.
Va. ....................... NS.5S0
John f. Dew. Stevensville, Va 5000
r q Bell Machipongo, Va. $40, 200
Dr. w, w Bennett. West Point.
Va .,...........-... $4,000
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-01
cut. Down Bread Ration.

Philadelphia, Feb. 2s.--Tvo pound.
IT bread weekly for each person (,
ems Of the new drastic food rules is
sued today by the local administrator
The rules become operative at once
Failure 40 obey will result IN the is.
~asncs Of bread cards still strictei
rules are to follow. u was declared
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-01

city Engineer Boiling was yesterday
authorized to sell to stephen A. ELL
son 6 co. ESQ cubic yards of sand. to
he taken from the city sand pit IN
Lester street, near the river, at nifty
cents q cubic yard.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-01
District 4

Mrs. A II Fountain. Box 222.
Hot springs, Va .,........ 1890
g. r. Newman stuart. Va.,. 5000
Grace Cooke. CoIumbia, Va $50
r J. Baber. Cartersvtlle ~ $500
MARY Henderson Brookneal
Va Observation-Disclosures. 1850
Mrs. r J--Kent. Greenfield, Va. sa.24O
n. r. 'Lohin, Lynohburg, Va. 5000
Mrs Bette l.. West, Faber,
va .........,...-.........sG6.4S0
Mrs. James Rittenhouss, Green
field, Va, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., 5000
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-01

New York. Feb. 2s.--Ftve score men
left the British recruiting station here
today TO Join tina Jewish battalion.
which is to 20 TO Palestine to ngat
ter Zion --.-----.--~--------.---
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-01
District 3

C. 4 Harris scottsville. .., 1l,7o5
Thos, Henderson. Louisa ... 1e.00
Mrs Fannie L. Smith. North
Park street Charlottesville. Jos, 220
Mrs Minnie /. ST. John. r. r d
! Box 2, Howardsville. Va. 1890
Mrs. Irving Stone. Ashland. los. os0
Marion Johnson. North GaEden
Va. ...,.. ..-............,. ,200
! Miss Rosa J.. Hewlett, Beaver
Dam, Va. ....,.-....... $3.50
Mise Mary A Swift. Gays,
Va. .....,-......-,.....741.7so
" l. AIundy. stonsy Point.
Va. .................>....sTo $40. $40
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-01
RICHMOND DEMANDS


ing maintained as well as possible
,4neer the restricted surroundings.
Complaints are being poured out
pea{net she service being given in res
truran+s and boarding hoNses, and IL
IA due fo these complaints that the
chamber is being urged by Mr.. Alger
10 take steps toward securing from
no Atlantic Coast Iine through and
continuous service between Richmond
and Camp lee SO that persons who
20 desire may est into this city where
6crenda for reasonable and accept
sole Accommodations may be met.
At ? meeting ~ the directors % the
rhsr7bsr Of commerce several DAYS age
see proposition was discussed hut no
definite lire ~ action wns formulated.
THE subject Was thought Of sufficient
r7aortsnoe 20 he gwen further con
yderaHou, and u WAS said oy Pres3-
Aent John = Easley last night that
meeting of the board would be held
probably early next week, az which
his question would be further dis
eussed and poesihlq acted upon IN some
cor crete fashion
Ne-cs sfore Trains
Tha city nag recently spent large
SANS Of money for Improvements to
fhe Petersburg turnpike. il was be
lirved that such Improvement would
Ne Of great value 20 Richmond, in re-
1leyine congestion on the railroads.
'rhis has proven a splendid move, bur
the ereat mass Of visitors who go TO
Petersburg 70 visit their friends and
relatives in camp. are not owners Of
autnsSobilee and must use the trains
and street ears.
II Is maintained ~ Mr. Alger and
cfhers who have STUDIED the aitu
alton. thai II through trains could
he run between Richmond and the
camp The problem would 20 large
extent be solved
Richmond can take care of many
thousands OF people. Its hundreds OF
restaurants hotels and boarding
houses can give service as fine as can
he expected from any community. and
with the proper facilities. Petersburg
which place il simply overcrowded
could be relieved of much Of It's aur
r1us popuiation--permAu md tran
sient and both cities. ar well as the
people themselves would derive the
dement's
President Easlsy said last night he
had not called the board together. bui
he would probably do SO within the
next few days, perhaps early IN ths
coming week
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-01

Washington. Feb. 2s--Au avalian fs
platinum IN the United ssatse has
assR eommaHdsersd b. the severn