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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-21
pUSTON ANNOUNCES
|AND|DACY FOR CONGRESS
faker OF House OF Delegates Gu,
Tor Scat OF Lnte William
"A. Jones.
ARM FIGHT IS EXPECTED
Pbablc That Other Candidates VIII
Enter Lists-Govcrnor Expected
10 Call Special Election at an
Early Date.

larry r.. Houston. speaker of the
use OF Delegates, is a candidate for
scat In Congress made vacant by
death Of Representative william
Jones. OF tho First Virginia Dis
u n formal announcement OF his
,nidacy was made yesterday, fol-
fling reports that lie and many other
,in!ncnt men OF the district would
he the race. Several other an
lncemcnts arc expected early this
HmonS those who are expected 20 op-
20 Speaker Houston arc Former Sen
lr j. Boyd Sears, OF Matthew's; Judge
tSSct r. Jones, Of King and Queen;
5lator 6. OConor Goolrick, OF Fred
ckSburg: senator G.. Walter Mapp.
Accomac; Acknowledgement John X
|lndcrs, OF Middlescx; Senator saxon
Holt. Of Newport News: Colonc!
| n, Downing. of Lancaster. and W.
Donald Leo. former Fish Commits.
per. o! tho same county. The names
all OF these and probably some
|ier7 have been suggested by friends.
II no formal statement has been .s-
I'd by either.
pvEHNOK DAVIS NOT
NOTIFIED OF VACANCY
I'm tho meantime, Governor Davis,
DO Will have 20 designate tho slime
holding the election in the First
strict. has not bcea officially inform
o: the vacancy in the Virginia Con-
|cssional delegation. This intorma-
IN VIII probably be communicated 10
IN carly this week. Until then he
III not discuss his intentions IN the
litter. II is believed. however. IN
sw Of the fact that Democrats In the
buse OF Representative are working
an exceedingly small margin, that
bear on the Governor 10 persuade
a 10 call the election as soon as
ss!blc. Under the law the Cover
r. may use his own discretion as to
@ time OF election.
The district committee Will arrange
ans for a primary or convention.
has not been determined which w!l!
held II an election is called irp-
cdiately. there VIII hardly be tine
ough for a primary. Allen u. Jones.
Newport News; Colonel Downing.
sbcyt l.. Al!swor,h, 0! Nor;hamptoN:
Boyd sears, and A. r. Rowe. OF Fred
!ckSburg. form the district commit
9. At least two OF them are possible
ndida,cs.
Speaker Houston is newspaper man.
ming and publishing the Hampton
onitor He was born In 1878. grad
tea from Sidney In 1899.
tered tho newspaper business In l"cc.
as elected TO the House OF Dele
ties FIRST in 1905 and has been there
err since: WAS chairman OF Commit
c on Chesapeake and its Tributaries.
d chairman OF the Joint Democratic
ucus in l.li; permanent chaivmau
"a noke Democratic convention in
Is. and has been Speaker OF the
Juse since 1915.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-11
HATS OFF TO THIS MOTHER!
By Hermann Hagedorn of The Vigil
lantes.

Regimental Sergt. Major William B.
Jenkins, 304th field artillery, is dead at
Camp Upton, but his soul is marching
on. 1t is a question indeed whether in
death he may not do more to defeat the
Germans than he could ever have done in
life. For his death has brought from his
mother an utterance of stirring patriot
ism that is sure to rouse to greater eff
fort the defenders of America abroad
and at home.
Sergt. Major Jenkins came from Hol-
laday, Tenn, and it is from there that
his mother, Mrs. NJ. f. Jenkins, writes as
follows to Major j. d. Whitman:
"Allow me as one WHO has lived until
am now an old woman to express to
you my thanks and appreciation for
your MANY courtesies to me as mother of
Sergt. Major William b. jenkins. had
hoped my boy would get his chance in
France, but ii was not to be, so | am as
submissive to his death as if he had died
in the trenches in Europe. Please accept
my thanks for all your kindness and to
any of his comrades that were with him
in his sickness. With sad heart I dc
tate these lines, but with quickenfng
pulse and an accelerated beingI look 'for-
ward to the day when victory shall come
to the brave boys who are giving their
lives for our beloved land l shall ever
love soldier boy. May Gods Blessing
be on you"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-11
Women of America.

War may destroy little of your com
fort. But if we win, your honor viii
5e preserved. If the kaiser wins-you
know the fate of Belgium. There is
the truth. What can you do? Just dc
what the United States food administra.
| ton asks you to do. It's not hard, but
| it is necessary.
Eat only as much as you really need.
Buy only three pounds of sugar per
person per month. you may have as
honey and maple syrup as you like.
Use not more than one pound of fat
per person per week.
Use not more than two pounds of
meat per person per week
Use cheese, pinto beans, soy beans,
nuts and fish.
Use every drop of milk.
Give the children whole milk.
Don't use more than pa pounds of
wheat flour per person per week. Make
this amount less if you can. This
amount of wheat -four includes the
amount of bread All bread, home made
or bakers should contain 20 per cent
of cereals other than wheat.
Use other cereals as much as desired.
Don't do any deep fat frying.
Don't eat between meals.
Don't eat midnight suppers.
Don't hoard food.
Deny yourself pastry.
Have Victory menus like these: Break
fast-Oatmeal with dates, top milk no
sugar, Drowned potatoes, cornbread, jam,
Coffee, milk for children. Lunch-Po-
lenta (cornmeal and cheesel, oatmeal
cookies, canned fruit. Dinner-Soup with
barley, mashed potatoes, baked beans,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-11
Topics of the
Home and
Household.
Seeing II Through.

"For example America should look Ia
| England" were the words of an eminent
public speaker just recently returned
from studying the war situation in both
England and France.
England has literally pushed every
thing else aside and turned her energies
and her industries towards war; he con-
tinued. THAT which has nothing to do
with war has been practically eliminat
ed, IL il almost impossible TO get for
love or money taxicab in London, a
city where they used to be standing at
the curbstone waiting for you. And the
pleasure car simply does not exist any
longer. IL is specie entirely wiped
out"
The speaker went on enthusiastically
to tell how, step by step, all the unes-
sentials OF life had been eliminated, in
England. He used as an example the
umbrella industry. He said that when
England considered that enough umbrel
las had been made to supply her needs,
she shut down the factories.
"As country, England has fguratiye-
ly set her teeth in the war and has given
up everything else to fight it through to
the finish" said the speaker.
urea an experiment IN seNerai OF
the big hotels in England" he went on.
81 tried first by requesting, then by
wheedling and finally by bribing the
waitress to get me another order of
bread
DO you think she would2 Not bit |
of it She stood firm to her first asser-
ton, Each patron is allowed but two
ounces of bread for dinner
"And il was war bread at that.
ut was the same thing with meat and
the same with sugar. The five ounces
Of meat--and that is very small por-
ton when cooked and the 81 ounces of
sugar were put before him and neither
money nor wheedling could get him
more"
This is typical of the situation in Eng
and. No one can be bribed or wheedled
nto deviating one step from the path
which leads to winning the war"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-11

board. A trade balance in gold does not
spell prosperity, he said. Our stupen-
dous exports, he said, brought gold to
our shores in unprecedented quantities,
but it did not bring prosperity, for it
did not bring merchandise. Gold became
plentiful and hence cheap. 1t took more
cheap gold to buy given article, and
as a result the highest prices for both
labor and goods ever known ensued.
The Hog Island shipyard was Endorsed
by Edgar S. McKaig, secretary of the
war shipping committee of Philadelphia,
who said that when the history of the
war was written the important and pa
triotic part played in it by the men at
Hog island-both executives and labor
ers--would clearly be realized. He said
that there are lag ship ways in the Della
ware river district, each capable, at
maximum efficiency, of turning out three
ships year, averaging one and two
tenths ships per day.
The allied line on the western battle
front will hold, the earl of Reading,
British ambassador to the United States
and lord chief justice of England, said.
at would be foolish to minimize the
onslaught of the German horde against
our line in the west" said Lord Reading.
Gains have been made by the enemy.
Our line has been pushed back. But the
detectives of the German commanders
have not been attained. They never will
be attained. England is thankful, all Of
the other allies are thankful, beyond ex-
preston for Americas consent. through
her president, for the brigading of Amer
lean soldiers with French and British
army units. American soldiers are prov
ng and will prove still more factor in
he fighting.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-11
SOLVING WARS PROBLEMS.
Business Men at Washington Proving
Successful.

Chicago, April l3.-Unreserved praise
! for the high efficiency of President Will
! sons business battalion" was voiced
Thursday by A. c. Bedford, president of
the Standard Oil Company of New Jer-
sey, in speech before the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States at its
annual session here.
There is too much for each of us to
do to listen to the wild stories OF the
alarmist kind that seem to be the in
variable accompaniment of every war in
every country" he declared. Il am not
a defender of the government. But |
should be lacking in fairness if, after my
own experiences at Washington, | with
held tribute to thesp men, these tried
and proved generals our industrial
armies, who have grappied with the gov
ernment's problems and who are silent
ly, quietly, and | say here and now, sue
cessfully, working them out. President
Wilson has not inquired as to the politi
cal affiliations of any business man
whose services were required. As re-
suit of their close contact with the gov
eminent, they have gained knowledge of
the soundness of the presidents pol
icies."
w. L. Comyn, president of the cor
poration which constructed the Faith,
Americas first concrete ship, launched
recently on the Pacific coast, declared
that the ship promises to prove a success
The shipyard in which the Faith was
built was put up within week for S22,-
500 A similar yard for the construc- |
tion of steel ships of the same tonnage
5 1000 pounds dead weight-would cost, I
according to the speaker, 100000 and
wouh require year to erect.
TIE Great Lakes shipbuilding plants Z
are turning out two ships every three
lays, according to John A. Penton. He
said that 35 boats would be started to-
ward the Atlantic seaboard May | and
hat 1876 more would be ready before
Dec l. All vessels being built in Great
.akes shipyards are of steel, he said
Thus far, he added these yards have
,een IL per cent ahead of schedule in
inishing ships.
An elaborate thesis on international
rade, bearing on world commerce after
he war, was delivered by F. w Taussig,
hartman of the United States tariff
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-11
THE PEAT DEPOSITS
OF THE UNITED STATES
United States Geological Survey Sug-
gests Use of Peat as Substitute
for Coal and Other Minerals.

| According to the United States gelogi-
cal survey, department Of the interior
the commercial development OF the vast
peat deposits in the United States would
materially relieve our present shortage of
fuel. Although peat has never been
largely used as fuel in this country be-
cause of our abundant supply of coal,
which can be more readily prepared for
consumption and in normal times
more cheaply brought TO the consumer,
ii has long been used in Europe, where
Is 100000 to 20000,000 tons are CON
sumed annually in generating heat and
power,
The attempts made in this country to
manufacture peat fuel on a commercial
scale have not been successful, but the
failure appears TO have been due not to
lack of market for the product but
to the lack of sufficient capital, to the
inexperience of the operators, and to pre-
ventable engineering errors. 1t is said
that air-dried machine peat, which is
but little inferior in caloritc value to
many grades of Ignite coal, can be pro-
duced at cost ranging from rs cents to
$3.50 ton, the exact figure depending
on the size and the efficiency of the
plant; and it is believed that in some
parts of the country it could success
fully compete with other fuels for both
domestic and industrial use. 1t burns
with little smoke and ash, and wher-
ever it has been used in this country IL
has proved very satisfactory and has
found ready sale as fast as it has been
produced
The wide interest felt in the larger
use of peat in the United States is ex-
pressed in recent messages from the gov
ernors of Maine and Massachusetts 10 |
the legislatures of those states, recon- |
an investigation of the local |
deposits of peat and its possible use to |
relieve the present shortage of fuel.
The lack of other fuel in many Eu- |
ropean countries is now being supplied in
part by an increased use of peat. Ac-
cording to United States commerce re-
ports PIG peat machines were in opera
lion in Norway in 1917, compared with
80 in 1916 and SO in 1914 Among these
we're two automatic machines, each cost
ng sl3,400, having daily capacity of
30 to 40 tons of fuel, and requiring only
wo men for its operation.
Peat consumed in a properly designed
yas producer yields gas of good quality
md in abundant quantity in comparison
With the yield from coal, as well as
many valuable by-products. This is per
laps the most effective utilization of
'eat fuel for generating heat and pow
r, because peat that is to be used in
his way does not need to be carefully
repaired nor SO thoroughly dried as peat
hat is to be consumed under steam
oilers.
Specific information with regard to the
se of peat in reproducing plants and
or other purposes is given in a bulletin ,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-11
FRENCH WOMEN
TO AMERICAN
Madame Joffre and Madame
Poincare Send a
Tribute q
OUR HEARTS ARE
WITH YOURS"
Touching Reminder of Close
Association Between |
the Countries

Philadelphia, May IA tribute from
United States - especially those whose
sons are now fighting alongside the
French and British armies overseas and
with the allied naval forees-has been
received from Madame Joffre, wife Of
the famous French commander, and Mad
anne Poincare, wife of the president Of
France, by Miss Anna Jarvis, founder
of Mothers day." which will be cele-
brated tomorrow.
Our hearts are with yours, American
mothers, in this day set apart TO conse-
crate motherly love and this sweet name
of mother" says Madame Joffres let
ter, which also assures the mothers of
this country that "our maternal hearts
beat in unison with yours, notwith-
standing the distance" The Red Cross
has arranged to have flowers sent TO
wounded and sick soldiers in hospitals
abroad; the Protestant, Catholic and
Jewish press abroad has united to stim-
ulate observance of the day, and Amer
lean consulates through France and the
Y. NJ. c. A. huts along the fighting front
will fly the stars and stripes in honor OF
the day; General Pershing has called on
all officers and men under his command
to write letter to ''those at home" and |
meanwhile letters of cheer and good
wishes will be pouring toward the men
serving with the colors from thousands
of American hearthsides.
The letter from Madame Poincare also
forwarded by Mrs. Sharp says;
AT the moment when the United |
States, true to their very touching GUS
tom, are about to celebrate mothers
day, allow me to say in the name OF the
three societies of the French Red Cross,
now earnestly we wish to share in this
of gratitude toward the
valiant mothers who have reared the
,hildren of noble America and how deep
v our sentiments are in unison with
hem on this holy Secession. They may
est assured that their dear ones whom
heir thoughts are accompanying upon
he battlefelds will find here the most
ordal of welcome and the most atten-
i've care"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-11
Was Negotiating to Estab-
lish a New Aircraft
Producing Company
IN WHICH HE WAS
A SILENT PARTNER
Documents Are Produced to
Show How Far Negotia-
tions Had Proceeded

Washington, May 1.-THE foodligh
of publicity was turned yesterday upol
the activities of Gutzon Borglum, tn,
sculptor who was investigating the air
craft production situation, as the person
al agent of President Wilson.
Letters, kilograms and sworn state
ments placed in the hands of senators
from the official files of the war depart
ment show that Borglum's own inyen-
tions failed of test, and that while act.
ing as the presidents agent he carried on
negotiations for the formation of an air
craft corporation in which he was to be a
silent partner and which, the statements
declare, was TO have special advantages
because of Borglums association and
friendship with the president
Negotiations between Borgum, Hugo
Gibson, connected with the British war
mission in the United States, and Ken
yon Mix of the Dodge company of Wis
consin, began last December, the docu
ments show. A statement by Mix, in
eluded in the documents, tells how he
withdrew after becoming suspicious of
Borglum's activities and reported the af
fair to Howard Coffin, then head of the
aircraft production board.
The documents which have been sup
piled from the official files of the war de-
partmerft and now are in the hands of
senators most intimately connected with
the aircraft investigation, declare that
Borglum continued his negotiations after
President Wilson authorized him to
make an inquiry into the aircraft situa
tion.
a ,zEt tsott atny t.11
by Henry Harrison Suplee, who partici
pated as consulting engineer for Mix,
declared Borglum was to be represented
in the corporation by Mr. Harris and
that Borglum's sole asset in the tran
saction was to be first his personal
friendship and association with President
Wilson, whom, he stated, he could do
anything he wanted with"
LAS a further asset" Suplees state |
ment declares, "Borglum gave everyone
concerned in this matter to understand |
that his position with the aircraft pro- i
duction board and the aerial section of
the signal corps, U. S. A., was such that
he could obtain for their use plans and
technical details which this company
could use and thus save considerably,
both in time and in money, in beginning
operations
This statement, the documents show,
was made to Mix after Borglum had
shown his presidential authority as in
vestigator and at this point the suspi
lions of Mix were aroused and he with
lrew from the negotiations.
The documents also declare Borglum |
old Mix that through his friendships
With the White House and acquaintance
With Mr.. Gibson, the engineer in the EN-
10y of the British ministry of NUM- :
ions, he would have access to the best
oreign and American designs and prac
ices"
Suplee's statement further declares I
hat Borglum gave him to understand J
hat the personnel of the aircraft board
Vas highly distasteful to him and that
e proposed to change it, "by virtue of '
is friendship with Pres. Wilson," and
sked Suplee to suggest men for the l
aces.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-11
Catarrhal Cough

Mr.. w. s. Brown, r. +. ID. No 4,
Box SO. Rogersville. Tennessee,
writes
II feel IL my duty to- recommend
Peruna TO all sufferers Of catarrh or
cough. In the year 1909, took o
severe case Of the Ia grippe. then
took a bad cough. ! had taken all
kinds Of cough remedies but got no
relief ! then decided to try Peruna.
/ used five bottles. After taking five
bottles my cough stopped and my
catsrrh was cured. My average
weight was 115 and now / weigh
1881. Any one suffering with ca
tarrh I'm any form will advise them to
take Peruna."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-11

creamed cabbage with a little cheese, mo
bread of any kind, Indian pudding
Oatmeal Cookies-One tablespoon veg.
etable oil, " cup honey, | egg, y tea
spoon salt, IL tablespoons rice -four,
1s teaspoon baking powder. Combine
the OIL honey and beaten egg. Stir in
the other ingredients. Drop from tea
spoon on creased pan or baking sheet
and bake in moderate oven about Is
minutes.
Indian Pudding-Four cups milk, "a
cup cornmeal, l3 cup molasses, p tea
spoon salt, q teaspoon ginger. Cook
the milk and the meal in a double boil
er for 20 minutes; add moasses, salt
and ginger Pour into CREASED pudding
dish and bake two hours in slow oven.
Serve with top milk. This amount will
serve six persons. Dorothy Dexter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-11
FIRE IN SHIPYARD.
100000 Damage to Building Plant al
Bath, Me.

Bath, Me-, May ia fire yesterday
at the shipbuilding yard of the Kelley,
Spear company here, where a wooden
cargo carrier for the emergency fleet cor.
poration is being built, destroyed the
mill, two-story franz structure, the
joiner shop and the rigging loft, together
with a large amount of material.
The ship was not damaged. The loss
was estimated at 100000
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-11
INDICTED FOR MISUSE OF MAILS
Three Chicago Companies Also Charged
with Violation of Anti Trust Laws.

New York, May 1.-Two indictments
charging violation of the Sherman anti
trust law and criminal misuse of the
mails were returned by the federal grand
jury here yesterday against the Ironite
company, Master Builders company and
United Products company, all of Chicago,
and number of individuals
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-11
FIVE YEARS IN PRISON.
For Urging Workingmen to Break All
Laws

Edinburgh, May l0.-For making
speeches prejudicial to recruiting, John
Maclean, consul in Glasgow of the Rus
sian Bolsheviki government, in the high
court yesterday, was sentenced TO five
years penal servitude under the defense
of the realm act The evidence showed
that Macean publicly had urged work
ingmen to break all laws and to replace
Parliament by an organization patterned
after the Russian soviets.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-11

by his aeronautical secretary. The sculp-
tor is not expected to return for several
days and left instructions that his where
abouts were not to be divulged, his rep
resentative said
When the nature of the Washington
dispatches were made known to the sec
rotary, he said, mfr. Borglum undoubt,
eddy knows about these charges already
and he will probably choose his own
channels in making reply"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-11


"For over three years, l was
confined to bed with Rheumatism.
During that time, had treatment
from number of doctors, and tried
nearly everything I saw advertised to
cure rheumatism, without receiving
any benefit. Finally, 1 decided to
try 'Fruit-a-tives" Tor Fruit Livsr
Tablets. Before 1 had used half a
box, / noticed an improvement; the
pain was not so severe, and the
swelling started to go down.
I continued taking This fruit me-
dieine, improving all the time, and
now can walk about two miles and
do light chores about the place"
ALEXANDER MUNRO.
5oc. box, 6 for $3.50, trial size 25c.
At all dealers or sent on receipt of
price, by FRUIT-A-TIVES Limited,
OGDENSBURG, N. Y.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-11
BORGLUM is MISSING.
Secretary Says His Whereabouts Not to
Be Made Known.

New York. May ll.At the studio of
Gutzon Borglum in this city man who
described himself as zone of the sculp-
tors secretaries" said that Borglum had
left the city two days ago accompanied