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SOME PHASES OF WORK MIGHT
HAVE BEEN EXPEDITED.

Are you entirely satisfied so far
as all ordnance Is concerned. with
the progress the department has
made?" asked Senator Weeks.
Il don't say that tho department
might not have expedited some
phases OF its work" Secretary Baker
replied.
I'm what have We failedP"
Tho Secretary hesitated ana an
swered; II can't answer II that way.
| cant pick out any particular place"
Senator Weeks asked II all available
ammunition production facilities are
being used.
mo, not all" said Secretary Baker
"But all viii be when wo need them"
The arrangement 10 get British and
French ammunition for artillery. he
said, was safe as far az II goes" hut
said principal reliance was placed ON
American sources,
When Senator Weeks again asked
II he could suggest anything that
would be helpful In speeding up ord.
nance production, Secretary Baker re-
piled:
"I can't think OF anything thai
your work will help. Whenever rye
thought OF anything I've done IL, I'm
up 20 date now"
Secretary Baker said he thought a
Federal powder plant would be ad-
yisable.
Senator Chamberlain referred %
the Dupont offer TO build and opprate
a plant at cost hut Secretary Baker
explained tho offer was to build a
plant for a commission OF Is per cent.
and operate II for eighteen months.
on Il G basis OF 4 S90. 1000 900 invest
ment, he explained, the DuTonts
would have made a gross profit Of
between s20,O0O,O0O and $4,000 600.
"They never at any time offered 10
erect a plant without compensation"
he said.
THE present powder supply is ade-
quate for our present needs" Secro.
tary Baker added
Senator New asked n there was any
mistake OF judgment when the Lusl-
tania was sunk in not beginning
preparstions for war
"vERY WISE TO HAVE BEGUN
PREPARATIONS YEARS AGO"
1T would have been very wise" Mr..
Baker replied, ~, a dozen years ago
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Texas Company in five months end
ed Nov. 80 earned surplus OF s11,6S9,-
224, equal 20 5000 share earned in
five months period
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TELLS OF THE CREATION
THE NEW WAR COUNCIL.

ION Dec. i5 / was therefore In
position TO announce general re-
organization, accomplishing tho foi-
lowing results:
81. Created war council upon
which Gen. Crozior, Gen Sharpe Gen.
Weaver, Gen. Crowder and the Chlel
OF stan (Gon. Bllss) have been desig-
mated to sit with the Secretary OF
War and the Assistant Secretary OF
War, and to which council men OF
capacity, either from the army or
from civil life, will be added from time
10 time. The purpose OF the councll
is that lts members, being free from
the burdens Of detail administration,
can take a large supervisory Wow or
all questions OF organization ana sup
ply. and give TO the Government the
highest value OF their talents and ex-
perience.
"2. Under Gen. Wheeler, with the
advice OF his military assistants ana
OF Industrial experts, the machinery
OF the Ordnance Department IL belns
thoroughly reorganized la preparation
for the new phase OF Its work upon
which II In now entering. It's seVerai
operations will be conducted under
the direction either of officers already
in the service who are now In posi-
tion TO give their entire energies TO
their administration, or by men spe-
cially chosen from civil life because
of their experience and capacity.
20. Tho Quartermaster GeneraIs
department is In process OF similar re-
organization and sub-divisloning un-
der Gen. Goethals, who enjoys the
unique experience of having worked
out at the Panama Canal problems
OF transportation and supply of mag
nitude never until now approached
in the history OF our Government
Here also the efficiency OF the de-
partment Is being strengthened by
the calling from civil life OF men or
the highest capacity TO administer
certain OF It's great subdivisions.
"a new view OF the work OF the
Council OF National Defense and or
the War Industries Board Is now
possible.
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NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE.
CHICAGO CORN MARKET.
ITEMS EoR INVESTORS.

balance for six months to June 30
1917, equal TO sioiS share on stock
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After five years OF service over
the mud roads around Crosby. Tex,
this car, during the last year, did
the work OF twenty-four mules in
harvesting the rice crop of the Old
River Rice Company at Crosby. The
veteran touring car was hitched to a
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WAR PREPARATIONS
WERE SLOW, BAKER
ADMITS ON STAND
Troops in France and All On
the Way Are Now Fully
Equipped.

WASHINGTON. Jan 1o.-.secretary
Baker was not interrupted in reading
his prepared statement on the cond,-
ton Of the army at the Senatorial
investigating Committee to-day. He
said he would be very unhappy" TO
bc obliged to answer questions in
detail.
Chairman Chamberlain took I'D tho
subject OF rifles.
Abandonment OF tho Springfield
rifle and adoption OF the modified En-.
field. he said, has been much crI,I-
cised.
I think the delay was due 10 the
action OF tho Ordnance Bureau In
changing the type" said secrotorV
Baker II personally approved that
delay | think the Ordnance Bureau
acted properly" adding that tho do.
lay operated to furnish a lnrrer sun
ply later Of an Improved arm
ut isn't inefiiciency to change vour
mind II greater supply OF a better
article In secured" said he. oddi,,
that all men sent 70 Europe boJ
ample rifles and now all men in train
ing are well supplied
Several Senators Joined in ouos-
tioning to show that rife production
was permitted to lag when It was
certain that the country waa obou, %
20 to war, but Secretary Baker per.
sisted that the delay in changing
models had in the end produced n
much desired result. He pointed ont
that eight months after England went
to war British soldiers were training
In top hats and with walking sticks
and insisted that American rife pro-
duction is now so far ahead" tbot
all men who will be called out will
have enough.
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which has demonstrated both the
economical and the efficient way OF
selecting soldiers. rhe law itself was
drawn, Its execution carried to sue
cessful conclusion, and the theory Of
the law, novel to our people, ex-
planned and made popular. because OF
its demonstrated fairness both In
plan and execution.
"For the training OF officers two
series OF training camps were held.
from which about $4,000 officers were
commissioned from civil life. This
number Is nearly eight times rs great
as the number of officers In the Reg
ular Army on the first day Of April.
"For the training OF these soldiers
sixteen cantonments have been built.
costing ilst,00O.OOO. with an average
profit to the contractors OF 2.sS per
cont
THE death rate in our forces N
the United States from mid. Septsn-
ber 20 the end OF December averaged
rs per thousand, and is slightly less
than would have been the death rate
Of men Of the same age at home. In
1898 the death rate per thousand was
20.t4. or nearly three times aa great.
Our death rate In the army during
the year 1916, Just before the war,
was five per thousand. Leaving out
the deaths due TO measles and its
complications, our rate among all
troops in the United States since
Sept. has been about two per
thousand.
For the fiscal year 1915 Congress
appropriated for the War Department
sibs,000, 900; for the fiscal year 1915,
5000, 900. 900; for the fiscal year 1917,
st03. 900. 900: for the fiscal year 1918,
tI527. .s3s,7l6. In other words. taking
1918 as q normal year. the approprla-
tions for 1918 are nearly fifty times
as great.
"on the first day OF April. 1917. the
Ordnance Department consisted OF
ninety seven commissioned officers,
while now IL consists OF 3,004 officers,
and, in addition, has 26.120 enlisted
personnel.
I'm addition TO the selection and |
training OF this new force, the maxi /
Ing OF these great contracts and the
follow-up necessary in the manufac- F.
turing processes. a continuous study
OF new weapons and instrumental !
ties has been kept up, n constant con-
tact kept with trained men abroad
studying the operation OF ordnance
material in battle, and accordingly
modifying designs and plans here py
reason OF observation and experience. .
Many OF the classes OF ordnance 4
material requiring TO be designed. .
specifications drawn and contracts ,
let were wholly unfamiliar TO our ]
normal military practices. The /
trench warfare material alone in /
wolves commitments of S2s2, 900, 900.
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wv READY FOR ALL SOLDIERS SENT TO FRANCE IN 1918

ana other facilities are In process of
construction in France.
"6. Great programmes for the manu-
tacture OF additional equipment and
for the production of new instruments
0f war hnvo hann fnrmnlninhn
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BRAZIL SENDS AVlAT0RS.
south American Republic VIII
Take Active Part In War,

:, RIO JANEIRo. Jan. lO.-Brszillan
naval aviators who will form the first
Brazilian contribution to the fight
ing forces OF the Allies have departed
for England.
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VERY WISE TO HAVE BEGUN
PREPARATIONS YEARS AGO"

TT would have been very wise" Mr..
Baker replied, ~ a dozen years ago.
the Ordnance Department had begun
prenar9tions.
ITO be perfectly frank with you, /
The evening world., 1918-01-10

FAIR GROUNDS, NEW ORLEANS.
La. Jan. l0.-The entries for to-mor-
rows races are as follows;
EIRST RACE-SROO. clAimina. fniIr.Naar. r.olha
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Population Of Calais Mechanics Siren
That Sounds Alarm the "Mournful Marv''

NIurch
der. for the municipal
which In
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~, u'sEns
or the
tow comfor
E and echun
again In the
raid live hours
tnn night 1t received 700 bombs
q n frlcndi
q Its Inst
70
arrived
and
M ON parade.
mr. '>'@
iui
sped our II
lights
na INC uanEer wa" Az
nd Jus, got to
decided time OUTSIDE
there "rash
six more
wenon ngnin. -"
JUS jump
cnn,r ten appalling crashes mingled
sSrc" OF blast. Immediately
bed
In
bookth IN. lights
In
Of
bombIn
pinn err epcn OF II marble
gone through the orienls OF the past few 80 ~
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Anncxations and lndcmnitics

DAN the world now fail to understand
" what a German victory will mean? Can
any man who contempates the plight in
which Russia finds herself he misled "a to
the character of the war that the central
powers are waging? Is there any sane per-
son in any bclligerent country stupid enough
TO believe that Germany is fighting merely
for MISREPRESENTATION The terms OF peace
which she has imposed upon the Russians is
damaging proof that conquest and aggrar-
dizcment are the sole motives Of German
militarists.
Not only did Germany demand all of Rus
sian territory that is worth having. but also
the modest sum OF $4,000. 100000 as an
indemnity This is the benevolent attitude
OF Berlin toward a conquered enemy. This
is the friendly proposal which the German
nation makes to a neighbor that is weak
and starving and demoralZed. Five prov
nccs and Si.0OO.000.000 tribute it requires
to satisfy the victor.
One may have little real sympathy for
Russia and may care not what happens to
this deserter nation, but every enemy of
Germany must remember what will happen
10 it if Germany trumphs in this war Should
France be crushed in the great offensive
which the Germans have talked about for
months; should England be starved out by
the submarine and Italy be overrun, is it not
possible to see what will happen to them?
With these countries their knees to the
Kaiser. only the United States would be left
to stand in his way to challenge the donna-
ton Of the world by the German empire.
For the past three years German states
men have prated bout a war of self-defense;
a war by Germany TO preserve her terri
torial integrity; war for the right OF Ger
mans to live their own lives in their own
way. They have talked with fervor about a
just peace, peace which safeguarded their
national interests. a peace without annexa-
tions or indemnities And yet when the time
arrives TO make peace with the first enemy,
Germany reveals the utter duplcity of her
position. She not only partitions Russia,
but lays tax upon that country which will
burden her for generations.
II is perhaps fortunate thing for the
allied governments that Russia has fallen ana
that the fall has shown the world what to
expect from German miltarism if that mill
tarism wins this war. This circumstance
should convince every man and woman in
every country now arrayed against Germany
that this war must be won and that the
fighting cannot stop until the military power
OF the enemy is broken. Otherwise peace
would be but mockery. 1t would mean
nothing more less than an armed truce
with every nation which might be party
10 that peace. waiting for the day when u
fresh war would begin.
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Books and Authors

GG by w6s @ hc Miun HrSnsh Serbian
grimmest and most thrilling episodes OF the war.
IN the war, ;ust Belgium was the spirit OF
her people has not been crushed, and the rem.
battle will fight on with the allies until every
This is one Of the most traeicaiiy interesting
ct the books the war has yet brought forth.
My T%S E 81 r S0S Nspes of TIE p
pieces of the mag NATIVE reconstruction OF a
thor is certain that she is the present day re-
Of ths Merry Monarnh anT hS stuart cousin
come TO her in This life details OF events and
st0ry has the impression of vivid reality when
an" Sees as Il We're
he ba m f woen on ' h, wall King Ghares
and hSs T rSs, na ase o iif1, ea
parts in The tragic comedy of their day
n. Mr. Naming Frances Duncan) Is at the
proas!s q the he xm il
OF which she is chairman. the surplus produce
directly availaSie S to- The ci.W farms
Mare New York %Refat iv stall in Jefferson
motor truck which goes direct TO the far m
is already financial success and d pla xen'n nrs
n o,hs way to enla1ge the work extend 1t
mas long been associated with practical helm
ars is the au hf a% o ssrSener
LEGATION. ''''e' p"o-
'uEc Lilorra;h .s book published this wecl; bv
~ persi mas FOR Its title Miss Amerkanka'
:.Tisg ,"E .me heroine Of the book who is called
Mss ameFikanka' by the Interesting foreirn
ofs ;hGnE whom she lives Miss Gilbrea tn teiis
Ty, M Journey inSs OF young American girl in
hmuss,9 AZ the outbreak of the war she fnds
ihaSs y, Ia nina; her friends all advise her
ut, ut ~ would b" foolhardncsS to attemnt n
ard viii inss ma, though siberia she is UNIDENTIFIED
sn" IS put under the escort OF a Russian $500,
90 'mlnE TO ms post Among the few traveller
~, ~ lcets 4 young Russian officer Of noble bir,h
Pe,To non, she sees more at her friends house in
celihs OF the real spirit OF Russia and Tia p Tue
, i'm blrndcd In with the pictures of henn;y
.t,t nelonES TO the vastness OF Russia , nj ~
'" ""r pictures. is 4 delightful romance e
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II" me f.6itor or The Times Dispatch:
S'r,-icrnit me TO commend most
hcarti!y your editorial leader in tins
Mornings paper regarding japan hc-
ihS turned loose against Russia :;-
IBERIA and incidentally the German
node oi Huns in any capacity and in
every w"y for the object ,.cu s,-ik
inSi' IorNay-.that of crustin; Ger
many. IN, downfall OF Germany 2hruII
oHtrsfaCow all other considerations
Next i"Tor senator owen: .ur-
gcStlon for couiisCa,ion OF every dol
iars worth OF Gcrman-owned prop
crty in the United States would 20
farther and ccnnscatc every dollar
worth OF property owned in Inc United
states by any and all subjects Of tbs
German empire. and llxcwiAe all Ger
man sympa thizcrS and Jcpo.t all such
to Germany or some other foreign
country.
would cut out all treaty relations
with Germany and deny all German
made goods admission TO the United
states at any rate or under any con-
ditions. ] contend that a humane peo-
pie Ike the Americans have nothing to
EIin by contact win such human
hyenas and Il reoplc 80 devoid OF soul
and feelings, character and honor. as
the Germans have shown themselves to
be on all occasions. The doors should
be closed against them now aud for
ever. H. j. INSlAE r
Richmond. Va. March II. 1915.
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atcd the Office of assistant superintendent.
Captain Pcyton Wise selected to fiji this
very important office, and has already entered
actively upon the discharge of his duties.
The Governor yesterday offered a reward OF
$500 for the arrest of the four persons believed
10 be guilty Of the murder Of Christian Slower,
in Augusta County
The fine steamer Antelope has been put on
tho James River Line 10 take the place OF the
John sylvester.
Sylvanus \. Burch was yesterday appointed
United States commissioners for Char lott esville
and Alhcmarlc County.
Married. at the residence of the brides father,
by Rev. James r.. Gates Frederick j. Bullock
TO Miss Caroline e Hudson. both OF this city.
Yesterday IL turned suddenly cold AT 10
o'clock the rain started. and later changed to
snow which fell all day. However the ea rtn
was warm, and the snow melted nearly as fast
it fell.
The cishty-nrst day OF the long drawn out
aud there are as yet no signs of adjournment,
stafford County Court was held this week
On Wednesday there was great crowd In at
tendance j. Horace Lacy and George r. Fitz-
hugh addressed the sovcreGns on the issues
OF the day from the Conservative atdpooint.
In the senate yesterday Mr.. Drake offered A
new Impeachment rule to the effect that during
addressed rs MIR; President and the court
shall be addressed rs The Senate re re.
marked that the Presidents counsel studiousjy
addressed Chase Mr. Chief Just Too az
alluded to the Senate the court" iIc de-
clared that they had n distinct Durpose In tSts
which would be developed during the trial
The House adopted n resolution yesterdov
that during the sessions OF the iinpeacbment
court the House Will attend a COMMITTEES of
the whole. -
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good sense generally hls prevailed. Nat
urally. respect for tho uniform demands q
salute whether its wearer be white or black,
and it is being given unhesitatngly ana
unbegrudgngly. , Major-Gcneral Cronkhitc
explains the matter simply by saying that a
salute is only the military manner Of saying
"tIowdy.'' but this explanation is hardly
compatible with the commonly accepted idea
of the salute as a tribute to the uniform
After all. what matters the color Of the man
who wears it? The very fact that he does
wear il is evidence Of his Willingness to make
the supreme sacrifice for his country. That
should be sufficient. 1t calls for the tribute
!: respect from every person. be he soldier
or be he citizen.
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Health Talks, by DR.. VIM. Brady
tco:yright 1917. ry National Newspaper serne.J
How to Strnfe Your IivcH.

We give up 40 use trying to aeauit tn, he
We sgrrenasr lna ask f fore We might
zen much better by the taste in his mouth that
physical examination. And plain common sense
should have assured us mat any Woman who
bon dioxide and avoiding oxygen knows in
by her bad liver whether :. doctor can Gnd any
hing the ne, matter win the liver or not The
that IS always radically out CT order. That is
on, il mankind Nigh, be too proud.
Al right, i, IS all wrong Now what are We
,aAsy Two minutes = day--nnd ina, isnt meas
wool gathering.
The Morning Minute.
In ,his minute the minute you roll out OF
yonr stomach Gan home gm your chin turn in your
ne'i @% tReeS Yo s
throw yo1r bands as high as possible above
swing in n, vide arc TO the right and Gndeavor
let 90 Of your lungful of air yet, but come
holding yonr breath. r"pca, on the opposite
ae Cone aaa up mGw FOR more air All his
then Put on your clothes and see how good your
The Evening Minute.
ny FY%"nE y.@r yrr VII be scskne new
m x 20" 10 nirliY s .ny or nr, y"nr n!%thss put
IN. cat Place hianSet "vcs your jns,eps to
II he dretser under !: heavy chair or under
the bcdraiI, ana your hands on your hips Take
:, deep breath holn IT ana Try to pun your body
Mp TO sitting ponturc aud let IL right again
Htill holding the breath. That viii do. Now
You may bio~ out the light. To-inorrow. we
assure you, your iivcr w!iI be on che job all day
Question. and Answers.
How 10 Light Your Itcad!ng.--pIcasc describe
the best way TO haze the light arranged for
reading or other hnc work night. r. n
Answers---E. Avoid all lights that glare Use
frosted HlOber better. invcrtc globes or
, D"at of all, concealed lights which dlnusc H.
Illumination by reflection from ceiling wall,
.. save Rht and cxpense by having light col :
"rcd ceilings nnn walls no, dark colors which
absorb and waste iEh'. z Sit In Suci, post on
That your eyes do not rec the OF light.
Have the light strike the page OF the work
from above and one aide. either shoulder
Never face the light. nor have 1t on n level
with your work.
Hundred Per cent Girl am constantly har-
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Voice of the People
Letters must give the name and nd
dress or the writer. Name will NOT be
published II writer so requests.
Expression untimel,.

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-On the front page .f Monday :
PAPER. mention wac made OF the as
Sisnmcnt of Lieutenant Clifford l..
Miller as chaplain To Camp Lee. and
Major-General Cronkhite IL quoted as
saying, I've met some Junior officers
VINO said they were not keen on Sa =
iuiing negro oiIcers." rnd inferred tina,
saiuiation was the mute method OF
saving "liowdy. Uncle"
TO my mind. his expressions were
untimeiy. due either TO ignorance or
thong htlessn.ss.
Your correspondent mentioned the
TACT that the Virginia soldiers Salutcd
the uniform he wore. Isn't tina; true
IN all eases? DO the thousands Of men
In camp salute the honorable gentle
man because his name Is Cronkhitc or
Is II because OF the cpaulc.s?
] do not know the man who has the
great honor OF being the frs, com
missioncd officer Of color 1T the camp
named after the peerless Confederate
leader. but ] am positive that he can
hold his own. and Will bring honor to
his race, his alma matters and his
great democratic country.
REGINALD q. MCNDlN.
Richmond, Va, March 20 1915
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In the case of Belgium. Germany regarded
its treats as mcrel" scrap OF paper. In
the case OF Russia. the treaty signed by Ber-
lin with the Bolshcviki is not even accorded
that dignity; il is simply ignored. ordinarily
when a peace treaty is signed hostilities
cease but not so with Germany when its
enemy is humbled in the dust and inca pable
of armed opposition. German armies will
continue 10 invade Russia until the Bear is
stripped to its foolish hide, its ports and
principal cities seized and its richest terri
tories taken. Then. perhaps, when Berlin
is gorged with loot, will the piunderers be
halted.
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In passing. lest tho possession OF wealth
and the proper use OF the things which II
commands he not undervalueG, let it be re-
marked that Charcoal Eph's' observation
that '"yo' ain gwine get TO heaven IN no
fifteen thousan dollah automobile, is 10 De
taken fguratively, not literally. fitteeh
thousand dollar automobiles may help the
owners and occupants on the way TO heaven,
provided the uses TO which they are put con-
form to the teaching OF the Ruyal Law.
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The yyoo,lro,r Case.

Z. l.. s.. Black sburg The Woodrow
byterian Church circles. related to the
dismissal CT Rev DR.. James Woodrow
from position OF college professor.
lie was an uncle OF President Wilson.
being a son OF Thomas Woodrow. who
came from Scotland to this country in
1888. and whose daughter was the
row. the sen. became n professor in
n Presbyterian Theological Seminary
at Columbia. 5. c.. and in 1884 he was
hypothesis. commonly known as tho
Darwinian theory. as the true origin
of man. Tho trustees II the seminary
took cognizance OF the charge and
although they were not versed in sell
cnce, they condemned DR.. Woodrow's
opinions as false and contrary to Chris
tianity and dismissed him from the
seminary. He afterwards became pres
idcnt OF a South Carolina college.