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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04
WANT FREIGHT MOVED
FROM FLOOD DAM R
Officials of OLD Dominion Line Urge
Patrons to Protect Ship
ncutS on WharycS.
SEE no IMMEDIATE DANGEI;
James River Channel Open. but
Many Wharvcs Arc Icc-lound.
No Rise So Far in the Jane,
River.

Patrons OF the OLD Dominion Steam
ship Line with freight on the COMPANY.
wharves were requested last night to
make every effort TO remove il at
once, because OF tho danger OF the food
which IL expected by the approaching
thaw. fountains arc covered with snow
ana streams which drain into the james
River basin are filled with ice. end
While no imminent danger IS antic!p:.t-
cd. the safe COURSE was TO remove tho
freight as quickly as possible, officials
said.
With warmer weather yesterday.
there was Il general thaw Of tho ice
aud snow in R:chtnond and the inlmc-
diaie vicinity. y continuation OF such
weather would cause flood waters III
! the James River. and tho warm wave
IS gradually extending beyond the
mountain ridge the thaw has already
begun. aad all streams arc flooded y
tha" Is now expected Oh this side OF
the mountain.
officials % tho ola Dominion Line
last night called attention 10 the dan
&c" ~ = flood. and the rc5ult.n, cam
~. - freight. Al III" same time >h.y
pointed out that tho government had
ISSUED special request for the move
.n"nt OF freiGh. to-day. in order to re
tcNc rs much o: the congestion as pos
S.a.c. The movement OF freight from
'1t " -l.ifNcS 81 lns c5iEp2H. would serve
two cnds. officials said. and requested
the cooperation OF shippers
GOVERNMENT BOATS no REPLACE
MISSING BIolS TiIIS WEEK
The James Eircr channel naa nov.
been clear for the past ton days, ami
II is expected that normal sai!inss OF
vessels owned h. the Nirciui:, Navira-
;ion Company VIII he resumed b. she
latter part .. this week. Many vharvcs
aionS ~" river, however, arc still ice
bound. and boats are unable ia m, in.
Many buoys We're diSiccat.d hy tho
icc Hoc5. making navigation OF Tho
river exceedingly dangerous auG siow.
rms matter has boon taken M. how
ever. and government boats VIII make
a Trip III the James Hivcr This r-cc; -
re:lsce those makers carried away
- tho ice.
Adviccs reaching Richmond late w..
to-day afternoon from Columbia stated
max 'Ser" had been 10 apprcciablc rise
II thr I"nes River ~ ,hat point.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04
ACCUSES RAILROADS
OF BLOCKING NEW CODE
Senator Allen Says Efforts for DE.
lay Come From Corpora
-SsdE ton Lawyers.
MOULD ADOPT IT tr ONCE
Llpcubur. senator Common d $
Woli, Of Revision Commission
and Advises Ills Colleagues TO Ac-
ceut II rs II Stands.

w
and Advises His Colleagues TO .Nc-
cept |, rs II Stands.
ss.al:roal lawyers have started pro.
stand 10 acfea; ;hc adon;!oa Of IN"
sew. code, or - icaS; 20 toiay It's CT
sos.t.vcacss. because il provides thar
,.....,r:bn.cry negligence is not oa"
/, i. recover when tho negligence o.
...s corro;a.icn is nrnly cstubl!shea'
.ccordiaE 20 Senator A!lcn. senator
Alien sn.d that tho i"7ica'a'e "Ho2'l'h
az the reror. WAS The only sens io.e sc
ton the General Assembly could take
II, the matter, Speaking ~ one whose
.;jteres. IN the matter :s for the good
3t.hc people a. large ANA not at ~! per
sona,. AZ he pat i, 'Ao senator from
luucnbu-g County SAID:
.'There has been aIUSh TALK through
uur.the State n recent years 20 the
eject tina: We are suffering from the
cv;, Q: TOO nucn lcs Station much OF
which Is conflicting a"a S"l!-ccntI&-
6ictory by which Il is rendered eHcec,:-
iinEly difficult of applicat;o" . concrete
cases. and mist".als and rni.car1.3Srs
OF justice result, Toy all O: which tho
people pay tho pcnalt% II delayed jus
.!.c and tine incrcr$cl cost OF tho A.
;alnlstration OF The law,
TT was doubtless 10 rcmaiy this cv!
iAat the 1ehs7a! ASH,'"n's =. 80
aTseu " - -" =. ~, $50,
The men appointed 70 10 this important
Work were Judge Marin y. BnriS.
fudge T.. f. Hutton and Samuel y. An
..erson. three Of the hes, qualified 'ueu
n inc Sta,c ior INC worn
KEyIsEnS FREE TO
s Use THEIR JUDGMENT
",rhc ori-inat sat or 1914 provided
~. ~. reE;.rrs sbnu,d denote ali con-
,-S,pe,,ons ori..in,s ar i,nne-fcc,ious
hoy NAV discover, in the statute law.
and recommend IL tac General Assem-.
-. ,o. 80 sar.c ,,,ay No rc.on.,,,el
s,pnl;cd CO. Amended ,vi;l,ou, producing
;. radical cnango in The prcscr. system
Of tho statute law Of thc state but thc
act rs amended by the Genera! A.
se;nbiy OF 1915. dropped this require.
I'en. and lef; the ror:SrFs free 10 make
;'icn changes IS III t1rH lIG.Ernt
H'u.U y -
For more th"n three year. me 's-
Niaefs worried ri the ta$N. y ne Wo'"
Was Aha.i competed "uFthS tac year
!'ii. and printed copies OF the.r report
we're p.accd IN tho hands .! iNc mem
pSSs o. tho General Assembly about
thfce "cc"s IN advance OF the con'on-
in- O. IN" lcS.s.a'urh. lew members
&c. reg" N" preface :" the report
ocfoFe they were actually called upon
IN consider tho work. when III" mat
or was hTouS., 20 tic attention. cf
INC scn';o ~ resolution calling upon
10 rcr!seFs 10 submit q report show
tus;.tic changes made b% the revision
members seemed horrors tric%en by The
de-. tag: thH% woul. he called upon Ia
Nrta -" something tina. they had t!cvor
,:.ii. and concerning tho contents OF
.'h" -. ~ utter ignorance
l"'' '"n 3"t VOC
laaM ,,.;,a, ,af - :. ~ So. eos. ."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04
OPEN HOUSE AT Y. w. C. A.
'h'ert ainmenf and Musical rroyra M
arranged for Entire Day on
Third Hehtless SIonday.

tne thira hea:!ess Monday will h~
c.ieoratsd At the y. W. c. s. Central
"H!!a.nE. with open house 70 eve.v
St'! ana omen. Las. Monday e,.,r
we're coming a"d going all day, nna a,
j c!"eH. wncn az Instruments! cua--
toi niayed. TIC library and lobby were
"cii nEcd. Tic big open fire made ;hc
H.ill.a% cheerful In spite OF adverse
weather conditions: and cheer Nc; !.
cone, and friends may bc found al the
!. W e. T.. this and every other heat
les Monday.
y special r1.sical program haa bean
arranged again Tor TO- day There will
30 rr:nted slips with the words OF IN
national anthem and OF other songs,
90 those who wish % may join in tht.
S'HC ING. Three programs havc been
arranged, taking place ut J, 3 ard !.
O'Clock
bvcry girl and woman IS invited
- tac Y. ". G. a. on Mondays as we'll
. "ther days. where she Will be cog
D!ally welcomed.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04
HOLIDAY CLASSES
Educational DcRarta,cnt ar " w 4 I.
Arrang~s Instructions rur T,,,,i1n.S
Girls On TIcatlcss NIopo,>

.aS2eS h""N nc.f sFcci+li:- a~rar= ID
for &oudays. when 50 many hy.'rer.
girls arc cut Of their Offices aud have
Insure. l'y Inc educational acpa-t7," 81
% tho ] ". G. y II to morntr7.-a
a. - o'clock j asv,ir. class viii mos.
L. Nc afternoons. iacrr will 10 a NIL
;i3'rv elias. a: @:"1 o'clock, 81. NJ.
E"n"ei. . citA; IN new cookery n; !.
o'clock. a.d ono II beginners I'rca eli
~ 5:i5, under Mas oyer tic wcu-
known fr-0"h teacher.
All &C ,tese. ~i;h the exception II
II" ''iii.ncrN ciass have ile'r r,-
&son to-day, THO members of tho r;.'l
l"iiitncry CLASS mad" sych pretty ana
attractive hats tia; II, Glass hSo got
Ten a special reputation for it.clf and
IS a porglay o0" from tho stand
7oir: Of economy. j. Is well worth tho
while Of lie @fr! TO spend some 81,
her t!:nc lcarn!nc: 20 make mats.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04
Higher Temperature
CausesGeneralThaw
Gently Triekling II'ater Of Melt
ins Sno,o is Like Music IL
Ears Of WoWarer.

rho gentle tr:cklins OF tho water,
- the deep c!oa; OF snow, which has
Tor days cnvclupe,l street and country
siGc. yesterday began 10 vanish. was
music - many cars. But even with
Tie pieaaan. sound as the snow mc!t-
=. into notii;nErcss there came the un-
plea squeak Of The ungain!y rub
bcr shoe IS il sploshed through the
pools aud pudd!cs which formed rs
earth, water and Saow sought to COM
u!ugls
l-d"sti fans. who had for many day.
watcu ankle deep IN slush in attempt
ing 70 board street ears, Strect-car men
and autoa oai!iS;s. who through seem
inS ages sought to drive thei- vehicles
comfortably along the streets. all join
Cd IN tho sigh .! relief "A the water
tric!tieG away from the cub and as the
Ice vanished from tho streets.
From AL indications throughout the
carly hours CT Yesterday il seemed
Chat the oh ground hog superstition
had Vol spoken. Temporarily, a. least.
the spell &c d:Sagrccahlc. if no; 70
say, cola wca thcr, which has G.ipped
the cjsy For months. had broken Tad
i not boon for the extremely wet con-
dtion 81 the sidcwai!ia and tho popu-
lar s'r"i!iuG places III the city. sunday
would have hccn just Sucll a dav that
makes walking delight.
Il CORY ,aan out OF n occupation
because Of hcatlesS Monday VIII to-
da! ta;.ilc it his business 10 clear the
"nrw and ice from the gutter in f:ont
.: lis house it will cnahic the melting
SllsA - Drain of and not form pool.
at the crossings. /: j, not enough to
clear the sidewalk a the Law requires
II z man wants 10 do his part b. the
community In should clear AZ !eas; six
inches Of gutter and 50 aid tho gen
cal movement /" clear the streets OF
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04
ALLEGED WIFE MURDERER
TO GRAND JURY TO-DAY
Charges Against DR.. Lcmuel }.
johnson To BE Presented to-
Uustines Court Jury.
ONLY FEW WITNESSES CALLED
commonwealth Will Introduce Only
Evidence 1t Believes Sufficient
TO Secure Indictment uf Young
Dentist.

1t was stated y, stcrGay that tho
Commonwealth will. not call before the
grand jury in the lIustius3 Court to-
day All OF the witnesses who have thus
Is: been Interviewed in tho ease
against Dr. Lcmucl J. Lc,,ason. tho
young graGuatc III dentistry. who il
e"arsed with tho murder Of his bride
q three months. olive Kni;;:It John
son. of 1913 North Twontr-second
Street. Only SO many OF the witnesses
as the Commonwealth beiicvcS adequate
TO establish in the minds o; the jury
men conviction sufficient 10 warrant
tic Indictment Of the young dentist
VIII he called.
Miss Ollie White. the pretty music
teacher. Of Zciuion, y. T., 70 whom
-. Johnson is bclicvod'by ;hc Common
wealth TO have been engaged ut the
'i!ns of tho ALLEGED Poisoning a.: his
wife. VIII not appear to-day. There is
Sill! some doubt rs I" whether she
Will come 10 Itc!ta"nd. If tho case
is later on presented 10 y jury. There
Is no compulsory summons b. which
tho Attendance .. tho North Carolina
witn.s&c: can he assured. and Co.. this
reason tho matter Of tic attendance
Of Miss White ana other important
North Carolina witnesses; has been :.
matter OF grave doub; in The ca.s OF
the Commonwealth.
The witnesses from GU: az the State
WHO attended ,ho preliminary hearing
IN Police Court gave assurance THAI
They were "ii!ir. 10 return at any Ia
ter hearing Of TIC case.
Should the grand jury return \ true
bill against Mr. Johnson counsel will
immediately agree upon a date for
apncdy trial OF tuc case
RAISE LEGAL. QUESTION OVER
LETTERS r.il>ES FROM HIM
Harry NJ. Smith. .Ir.. ana John y.
Woodward OF Wilson. y. G.. have been
retained ny the defense. Will" Abram
-. Hopkins. Ccinmon"ealti'a Attorney
OF Franklin County. viii assist Com
monwoalths Attorney Wise. IT is an-
ticipatcd shat tn. trial viii be he'd
uCr!n:. l'chruar-
tn. defense has raised 4 question as
TO tho adnissibiiit% :,s evidences q tho
letter. which pr. Johnson "vo.c to
Miss White. and 10 several friends
with whom hc had been q student. Oh
the night when IL Is alleged hc at
tempted 10 take his life IN Wilson. X
e. II is believed mat when Tho case
comes up for trial counsel for the = =
cnscd Will make capital OF this point.
as much al tho evidence uncn which,
tho authorities made ;uc a-7c&. was
Battered from thcsn letters which wcrn
taken from The room Dr. johnson oc-
cupi"d at tho hotel.
Tho argument or the dcfcrse In this
connection Is that The letters are In Tic
nature o! statements made Ivy .ue &C
c'iscd which, might tend TO incrnli1ate
ham, aud that since they were taltoa
from him without his permission, they
arc not ad:aisSabie IN - murder trial
From The Commonwealth has also
conc The iutima,ion ;hat its case has
boon muck STRENGTHENED since tho ar
rest 10y evidence which has been pro-
cured Just what tho nature Of The
n"w evidence l.. has not been made
pubic.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04
rsthinn> Meet Tonight.

Owing 20 tho revised ruling oC Fuel
Administrator Ey.h. the regular meet
Ing OF Syracuse Lodge. KNIGHTS %.
f%,h;"i. will he held ut the home. ST:
East Marshall street.. tonight i, 5
"'oiocE.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-10-19

can now get for 15 cents as much elec- tric light as formerly cost him $1, and the light is better. It takes a very small portion of the metal for each light and the saving runs into the hun dreds of millions of dollars year.
 Tungsten is valuable in speed tools because it melts only at $500 degrees Fahrenheit. Such tools will bend on cutting when red hot, and they can be speeded enormously. The metal has tensile strength of more than 300 tons to the square inch and it re- sists rust and acid. It is absolutely essential to us in this time of war in order to maintain and increase the output of steel parts needed for mu- nitions and for military and naval equipment.
 Before the war began tungsten was used largely in Germany but the sup ply began to play out before we came in. The Deutschland, the submarine that came to this country in 1916, bringing a cargo of dyes, took back 8 cargo largely made up of tungsten. Before the war Germans got> almost all of this metal from the British pos sessions and they owned also mines in Argentina. The ore was smelted in Germany and sold to the rest of Flu rope. The most of the product went to the Krupp steel works at Essen.
 Today the United States is the largest producer of tungsten ore in the world, making about one-fifth of all that is mined. Principal deposits are in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada, s Da- kota and Alaska, the richest and most valuable of all being in the Mo iiave desert of California. The miner al is produced also in Burma, Bolivia, Portugal and Australia. It takes but a small amount of tungsten to each ton of steel, and the world supply is not large. The metal is used also in igni- tion systems, in telegraphy, and as a substitute for platinum, as electrical contact points.
 As to platinum itself, this is now one of the most valuable metals on earth. It is worth twice as much as cold before the war began, and it is now worth five times it's weight in the metal. The most of the worlds supply has come from Russia, and be- fore the war the Russian output was controlled by a French syndicate which brought the platinum to France and sent it out from there. When the war came the Russian mines broke down, and from now on they will be in the hands of the Germans. We shall have to get our additional supply from Colombia and from California, Nevada and Wyoming, where it is known to exist in small quantities.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-10-19
MINERS BUSY FILLING ORDERS OF
 UNCLE SAM FOR WAR MINERALS

the chief suorce of the worlds sup ply. We are now producing about one sixth as much as Peru.
 The Germans are using chromium also to make up their shortage of tungsten. It is especially valuable for making hard cutting tools and for automobile, axles and springs. It is used for cannon Things and in armor plate, and is one of the metals speci- fled in certain parts, of the liberty motor. Crome steel can be made so that it will not rust, and altogether it is so valuable as a military metal that the bureau of mines recommends that the government provide for at least one years reserve supply. Until within the past two or three years nearly all of our chromium came from British South Africa and the French islands of the Pacific but now we are producing thousands of tons, the most of which comes from Shasta and Fres- no counties, California. We have the metal in Oregon and other Western states as well, and some has been quarried near Baltimore, Md.
 As to uranium the Germans have taken all of that metal they can find and are using it in their steel works for some military purpose which has not yet been discovered. It is probobly in connection with tungsten in combin- ation with which it is valuable as a ferro-alloy. The stuff brings about $7.50 a pound or $15,OOO a ton. We have the largest deposits in existence and are using it to make high speed tools. .g.~' S.
 A metal which is of much the same class as those above mentioned ,apd perhaps the most important of all is tungsten. Its value was known before the war in Europe began, but since then it has become almost indispens- able and the price has risen from $360 to $6,000 a ton. Tungsten is used in shells and projectiles, but its chief value is for making high-speed tool steel. It is estimated that one man equipped with the carbon steel tools working single machine can do as much work as five men with five ma chimes equipped with the carbon steel tools that formerly were used. One of the makers of cheap automobiles says that his company would have to add S200 to the price of each automobile if it had to use the old-style carbon steel tool.
 The metal is used also for Ailments in electric and incandescent lamps. It can be drawn out into wires one eighth as thick as human hair and almost as fine as the finest strand of a cobweb. By tungsten filaments one
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-10-19

WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 13.- The United States geological survey and the bureau of mines have been making special investigations as to the minerals which Uncle Sam requires for the war. They are numbered by scores. Some have a part in explosives, some are used in shells and projectiles, oth- are are indispensable to the airplane and the battleship, and other, have to do with increasing the food sup ply. In fact, everything connected with the fighting in Europe depends upon mineral resources of one kind or another. The war is fight of metals as we'll as men, and the forces that can produce the best combination and can command the raw materials to do so will come out victorious.
 The necessity for the principal min erals is we'll known. We have these in abundance. We were producing 40 Der cent of the worlds coal output be- fore the war began, and almost three fourths of the petroleum. Nevertheless we had a famine in coal last winter, and there is now shortage in gaso- line. As to iron, which forms the basis for everything in transportation and fighting machinery, 40 per cent of that mineral comes from the United States, and our smelters have been producing half of the worlds copper and about one-third of it's lead and zinc.
 All of these minerals are of enor- nous value as to the war, but in the use of them to make the best fighting machines other minerals are required, some of which until now we have been importing from various parts of the world. Our output of iron ore last year was 7O,O00,OOO tons, but that used in making high speed tools, ordnance, ar nor plate and the stronger parts of airplanes and automobiles had to be mixed with other metals, the names of which are hardly known to the or dinary reader. Among these are mOlybdenum, vanadlum and uranium, cobalt and chromium, tungsten and manganese.
 Vanadium and chromium are em- ployed to make steel hard and tough, and able to resist the shock of an ex- plosion. We have vanadium in some of the ores of Colorado and Utah, but the most of our supply copes, from Peru, whose yearly output is about 5000 tons. The chief mines are high up in the Andes within a short dis tance of the great silver and copper deposits of Cerro de Pasco. I visited them during my last trip to the Andes. They were owned originally by an Italian, but were sold by him to capi- talists in Pittsburg, who now control
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-10-19
GEORGE FANCHER TAKEN
 lL.-BROUCHT TO K|NGMAN

George Fancher was suddenly taken so seriously ill last Tuesday in the mountains west of his Sandy Windmill Ranch, that parties with him immedi- ately had him removed to the ranch (this being effected partly by carry ing and partly by wagon) and Doctor White was summoned from Kingman to attend him.
 The immediate illness was a hemor- age caused by an internal injury, re- sulting from the pitching of a bad horse with which he had had an exper- fence some ten days back. He was brought to town the following morn ing and is now at the residence of his sister, Mrs. l.. M. Harris, and is greatly improved, although he will in all probability, be confined to his bed for some time to come.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-10-19
NOTICE OF NoN-LIABILITY FoR LABOR OR MATERIAL FURNISHED

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all persons that the undersigned, Sabbath Bell Consolidated Mines Company. a corporation, the owner of the Sabbath Bell and the Hurrah Fraction mines or mining claims hereinafter described with all the improvements thereon.
 That said mines or mining claims are now or shortly will be in the possession of and worked and operated by B. T Hickman, of Los Angeles, pursuant to a lease and option made anI executed by the undersigned in favor of the said B. T. Hickman, dated June 13, 1918; said option to be in force from the 18th day of June. 1918, up to and including the 18th day of December, 1919.
 The undersigned is not working or op- erating said mines or mining claims, or any part thereof, and does not intend to work or operate said mines or mining chase supplies or materials therefor dur ing the life of said lease and option con- tract with said B. T. Hickman; and the undersigned will not be responsible for any debts of said B. T. Hickman operat- ing or working said mines or mining claims under said lease and option con- tract
 The names of said mines or mining claims are: Sabbath Bell and Hurrah Fraction. all situate, lying and being in Wallapai Mining District in Mohave County. in the State of Arizona, the To- cation notices of said mines or mining claims being duly recorded in the Mining Records in the office of the County Re- corder of said Mohave County, State of Arizona as follows:
 Sabbath Bell mining claim in book "JJ" at page 2O3.
 Hurrah Fraction mining claim in book TIT" at page 102. to which books and pages reference is hereby made for A more particular description of said mines or mining claims.
 Subscribed by SABBATH BELL CON- SOLIDATED MINES COMPANY this 18th day of June, 1918.
 SABBATH BELL CONSOLIDATED
 MINES COMPANY
 By EDWARD J. HOOVER
 By EDWARD J. HOOVER,
 rts President.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-10-19

Neil Culhane came in from the Le- viathan Mine last Tuesday to attend the funeral of the late Dan Boyle and is spending a few days in town with friends.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-10-19
Advertised Letters

The following letters remain uncall- ed for at the Post Office at Kingman Arizona, for the week ending Octobe, 19, 1918. Tonin, M. A. Davis, L. P. Mitchell, M. L. Boone, David T. Manyon, Bert Wagner, c. c. Zamora, Delfino Erixon, J. A. If the following letters are not called for within two weeks, they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office at San Francisco, California.
 CHARLES METCALFE,
 Postmaster.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-10-19

J. c. Barrett, 8 Santa Fe employe from Needles visited here this week from that city.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-10-19

Marion Binford returned from the coast the latter part of this week af, ter a couple of months vacation there
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-10-19
In the Service of Old Glory

   heading before Anyone 9s%ss will