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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-08
FARMERS PART
IN WINNING WAR
Increased Value Of Farm Prod
ucts Shown by Secretary
of Agriculture.
LARGER ACREAGE PLANTED
Produce Raised in 1918 Almost
Twice as Valuable as
1914 Crops.
fBy Associated Press.1

WASHINGTON, December 7.-Trib
ute 10 the part played by the nations
soil tillers In winning the war is paid
by Secretary Houston in his annua:
report for 1918, transmitted TO Con-
srcss by the White House. Bumper
crops were grown both this year and
last In spite Of adverse weather. tho
secretary says, and the millions OF
men and women and boys and girls
on the farm. with the organized aEen-
cics assisting them, performed salts
faciorily the supremely important
task OF sustaining their own country
and those associated with it in the
war.
emphasizing the difficulties and the
ahsence of dramatic glamor In the war
lob OF the farmer. Mr.. Houston speaks
with satisfaction OF the change during
the PAST year toward giving agriculture
d larger place in the newspapers and
ma games and the worlds thought
tons into closer touch with rural life.
II is one thing to ask a man to
save, says the secretary, contrasting
the the task one ,o OF the ] one who conserves and
- ask him. confronted as he Is by the
chances of the market and the risk
o. loss from disease. flood and drouth.
production of food and feed and the
raw material for clothing"
Pointing out that the size Of the har-
vest may not measure the labors Of
the farmer. Mr.. Houston records that
the acreage planted this year in prin-
acres, or more by 100000 acres than
IN the preceding. record year. Despite
unfayorable climatic conditions. esti-
mated yields for ,ths year were: corn,
10 2149,lss.oeo si,ssoS bushels: wheat, sls,s2o.
barley. 236. 6.505.000 bushels; rye. T6.-
6Sf 900 bushels: buckwhcat, 1890, 900
bushels: rice. 41,91S.oo0 bushels: kaf-
hrs. 6l.1s2.ooo bushels; potatoes. $780,
10000 bushels: beans, l7,so2.ooo bush
co. l.266.6S6.0o0 pounds; cotton, 1888
Estimated meat. milk and wool pro-
Guction is shown as follows: beef, 81
go ,oQ9. pounds: pork; io,sqa.0pQ .PRanas;.
pulled wooiJ. ass.sal pounds: .ess sss.a,.
ssa'ooS dozens: poultry numbering
Increased values for all farm prod
lrices that have recently prevailed"
says the report. 'the value Of all crops
produced in 1918 and of live stock on
tarms on January I. including horses,
! Jules. cattle. sheep. swine and poul-
sry is Iis e be eo 6
Sis, 100000 for 1916. Si2,65O.O0O,OOo
for 1914 and s11,700, 100000 for the
fve-year average. The increased VAL
ues reveal that the monetary returns
- the farmers have increased proper
producers in the nation. and that their
purchasing power has kept pace In the
rising scale OF prices"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-08
WILLIAM H. TAFT'S VIEW
OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Former President Says 1t Must En-
brace Court for Interpreta-
tion Of Treaty.
PURPOSES OF THE CONGRESS
Peace Conference Is Actuated by
Purer Motives and Higher Pur-
poses Than Any Congress That Has
Ever Met, Hc Says.

NEW YORK, December IA league
OF nations will have to embrace court
for tho Interpretation OF the treaty"
declared ex-President Taft to-day. in
aniaddress before the League for Poltt-
ical Education at Carnegie Hall, "a
commission OF conciliation to decide
questions sor policy q police force to
enforce its laws. 61
purer motives and higher purposes than
any other congress that has ever met
and It is sure to be one Of the most
ternational laws.
The following reasons. were cited by
Mr.. Taft for the necessity OF forming
n League OF nations which he declared
should at first be composed Of Amer
lea and the nations with whom we
fought as allies:
out Of the war and the countries out
OF which they have been carved.
German colonies (which 1t is absolutely
impossible for the commissioners TO
turn back to Germany" because her
outral aouS.
3. TO settle the Russian situation.
4. To end Bolshevikism which must
world"
eoni;IndS nSe1f.goysrn%s2t is hard to learn.
self-Eovernment is training to be good
losers, the understanding that we are
going to abide by tho result Of the
game.
1T Is more important. however. for
the majority to be good winners and
to understand that their position is a
trust and responsibility-that they
nave not received mandate to drive
the minority into the woods. That is
SELF eif-government. but 1t is hard to learn.
we have learned II through the strug-
ho hnr
nations.
These young nations will need the
help and guardianship of strong
power, kindly father who will spank
them when they. depart from the rules
laid down for them
II we create out OF those dominions
We nave conquered ten. twelve or four
teen new nations, 1T will not make for
peace. but war will he certain unless
we create league of nations whose
duty II shall be to maintain peace"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-08
NEGRO ARMY OFFICER
MISSING FROM CAMP
Captain Alleged to HIVE Taken Com
pnny Funds and Another
Mans Wife.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.1
CAMP LEE, VA, December T.-Mili-
tary and civil authorities have insti-
tuted search for Captain Frank NJ. F.
Goodner, coiored, in charge of a negro
infaEtry company, seeking to bring
him back TO camp to face a charge Of
deseTiint; his command and abscond-
ing with sl.429.90 belonging to the COM
pany funds. It also is claimed that
Goodner left in company with the wife
OF ID prominent Petersburg negro, and
the general supposition is that they
have. gone to South America. Good
ner left Camp Lee Thursday morning,
going to Petersburg. where 1t is said
he drew the money from the bank. 1t
account s25.
Goodner is said to have recently made
inquiries and discussed South Amer
icr with number Of his company
members. and this gives rise TO the
belief he has gone there.
Captain Goodncr's description Is as
follows: age, thirty-two years; height,
feet 3 3.4 inches; weight. 176 pounds; /;
complexion. chocolate: no scare Visible;
home address. ,4725 Lawrence Avenue.
Chicago, Ill. He is married and has
ono child. He served from 1907 to 1917
in the Tenth United States Cavalry;
1917 TO June. 1913, with the Three Hun
dred and Fiftieth Field Artillery. He
has been with infantry since June,
1913
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-08
EXPECT KINGS OF EUROPE
TO VISIT UNITED STATES
French Editor Declares Such Move
Would Merely BE Return Cour-
teSy to President.
ONLY ONE VISITED Herr
King Kaiakan OF Sandwich Islands
Has Distinction OF Being Only
Monarch to Tread On American
: Soil.

NEW YORK. December THE
United States will have as guests
within a year the following distin-
guished personages: King George OF
Great Britain, President (. Potncare OF
France - King Albert gof Belgium and
King Victor Emmanuel -of Italy, ac-
+cordinE, to4 Stepf1sr editor Of
Le hfatin. OF Paris. and head Of tho
French mission to America. Dlplo-
matte propriety renders the visit i'm :
perative and certain as return cour-
tesy for the forthcoming visit OF Pres
ident Wilson 10 the foreign capitals,
he declared.
OF course there is nothing official
at this time in respect to the coming
OF the French President and the mon
archs. for Mr. Wilson has not yet Wis
tied any of them. said NJ. Lausanne
Eut as to their repaying the visits,
there Is no certainty. 1t is as much
from time immemorial % al the the sue head s'hef OF
enc government who entertains tho
head of another Invariably repays the
intercourse. 1t is an established Gus
tom that would not be disregarded.
President Wilson has s;,iied to visit
Eritain.. Belgium and Italy They viii
follow tradition and come to visit this
government. Whether it will be in
the early part OF the latter part no
one knows. for no official action will
be taken untii President Wilson has
visited the capitals"
kir.s Kalakau of the Sandwich,
Islands is the only monarch who has
ever visited the United States. ana
upon the occasion Of his visit nothing
like the pomp and ceremony was dis
played which will be necessary to
equal that In preparation for Prcsi-
dent Wilson's reception in Europe
Preparations in France, England and
Italy Indicate that President Wilson
and his suite are to be accorded the
mcst sumptuous accommodations AMI
entertainment. and Belgium is said to
plan to welcome America's chief mag
as the devastation Germany has
wrought in King Alberts country Will
permit.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-08
EIGHT WOMEN SPEAKERS
GUARDED BY POLICEMEN
Speak In Relays From Base OF Lnfay-
cite Monument on Wrongs of
NOn6n.

WASHINGTON. December Flight
women, members Of the National Wo-
to 8 o'clock tonight. under the statue
of Lafayette. opposite the White House,
on democracy and the wrongs of wo-
men. They were surrounded by thirty
five policemen, who kept the crowds
that gathered moving. The speakers
were: Miss Lucy Burns. of Brooklyn:
Mrs. l.. Graham, Baltimore; Miss Mary
Gertrude Pendell, Baltimore; Mrs. An
ME Arneil, Wilmington, Del: Miss Mary
Dubrow. Passaic, n. j.: Miss Julia
Emory, Baltimore, formerly private sec
retary OF Paderewski.
Members OF the Woman's Party will
speak in relays daily at the monument
until December l6. when they will
again appeal to the Senate for suf-
fraCe.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-08
Eighty-three Per Cent
Of Superior Intelligence

WASHINGTON, December -
EiEhty-threc per cent OF the ON
cers In the American army had the
"superiOr Intelligence" REQUIRED for
commissioned officer; more than
~ per cent of the enlisted men were
considerably above the average in
teiiigencc and Of this 26 per cent,
IL per cent hnd the "superIOr intel
IiEence" qualifications for commis-
sion, according TO tests made by the
division OF Psychology Of the medI-
cni department. OF the army.
report ON these tests states that
OF the men OF the SutionnI Draft
rmy lens than Ia per cent "yyere
round to be NO deficient I'm fntelli-
Gencc thnt they were recommended
for discharge. To obtain the re-
suits given above. NIL the men In
the nrmy were not examined, but
tests OF numbers of men were made
mt every camp In the United states.
Ono million five hundred th0usnnd
were given the mental tests md OF
thnt grand total, only hnlf of I per
In inteNEcnce TINT they were recom-
mendcd for dischurEe.o
Three general Qualifications or
fests were made, one for men who
read md write f;nglish; one for for
eiEncrs md iIlItcrnteH In which the
instructions were given entirely In
panf0nilme and denomination md
tho third Individual tests using the
lcrkcs-Hr point scale, the stan.
FORD Hinct scale nnd the perform-
nncc acnic. The work OF the exam-
nicnI.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-08
IBy Associated press.l

LEEDS, ENG. December 5.-M
shall never forget that morning
when l sent cable message to
President Wilson. telling him what
the facts were and how essential 1t
WINS thnt we should get American
help Mt the spcedicst possible rate
and Inviting him TO send 10000 In
fnntry and machine Eunners to Eu-
rope" said Premier Lloyd GcorEe
In speech to 5000 persons here
to-day.
"The following day." continued
the Premier. "there came a cable
gram from President Wilson, send
your ships across md we will send
the 10000 men,
"Then Invited Sir Joseph Nc
Nluy, the shipping controller. 10
downing Street. and saidi
"sSend every ship you can.'
"They were all engaged In essen-
tinl trndeH. becnuse we were cut
down righS to the bones" There
was nothing that WINS not essen-
tfni. we nnid, This Is the time for
taking rfskz.'
I've rnn riakH with our food
and we ran risks with essential raw
materials. We said:
"'Fhe thing to do In to get these
men across at all hazard.'
"America sent 100000 men
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-08
GERMAN OFFICIALS
WILL BE SUMMONED
Premier Lloyd George Tells Of the Day
When America Promised to Aid Allies

nsross. and out of that number L.
lo0'UN were carried by the British
mercantile marine. The good old
ships OF Brltnin have saved tho lib
ertI or the world many times. They
saved IL In the days of Queen Elk
nbcthi snrcd IL I'm the days OF Louis
NV; saved II In the days OF Ma
poleon, md hnvc saved Ii In the
dnys OF knfscr Wilhelm III.
"It is II change from December.
lOIO' change from the days when
we made our hniance sheet and
found Germany hnd acquired more
allied territory thnn nhc had he
forcI thnf new nIly had fallen, md
TINT another nlIy wnn tottcrtnE md
TINT Germany was advancing ruth
lessiy.
orhat uns the story mp to the
end OF December. 1910. What IL the
story To-day. Every German sub
marine In In British port to-day,
The best bnttIeshIps and cruisers,
torpcdo-bonts of Germany are now,
with lowered haSs, under the sur-
xcillnncc of British senmen In
British harbors.
"And the British army, which hns
fought no Enllantly, IL to-day, at
this hour, marching Rcross the
Rhine into Germany nrn into one
OF the most famous cities OF Ger
many"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-08
NEW DRY DOCK COMPANY
One Organized mt Norfolk Saturday
With n Capital Stock of
$1,000, 100000.
fBy AssociQtcd press.l

Norfolg- Hampton Roads Dry Dock and
ship. Repair Corporations with an au-
thoriSed capital Of s7.oOo,oOO, was or.
Morgan, of Norfolk, elected president.
4 great dry dock and shipbuilding
piant,will be constructed at once. plans
the work. The industry will prOvide
work for $1,000 skilled and unsiilied
laborcrs
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-08
SCHWAB RESIGNS
President sends Wireless. Acceptnnce
OF Reclamation of Emergency
Fleet lIcnd.
Nv hssociatcd Press.

WASHINGTON. December THE
director general Of the Emergency
Fleet Corporation was accepted to-day
by Prcsidcnt Wilson in wireless mes
inEton to the White House.
:, No change in the Shipping Board or
Emergency Fleet Corporation organi-
Zation VIII be made as the result OF
Mr.. Schwab's resignation. 1t was said
a at The the board here; The position of
director general viii not he filled
eral manager Of the Fleet Corpora
tion. will direct the operation OF the
organization, 1t was said
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-08
PLANES DROP NEAR BRISTOL
One Lands on Campus mt SoIdiers'
Home md the Other on Golf
Links.
fBy Associated Press.

government airplanes, which started
from Montgomery. Ala. landed at John
son city this afternoon. and will re-
main thero until Monday morning.
ward. One of the planes landed on
tho campus, OF the National Soldiers
Home and the other on the golf links.
Great excitement WAS caused by the
unexpected coming of the planes
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-08
AHintors In Tail snin.

DALLAS. TEX, December 7.-Tdeu-
tenant Ralph +. Collier, of Battle
Creek. Mich. was instantly killed, and
Lieutenant a. G. Woodward, OF Connec-
ticut. was seriously injured to-day
when an airplane In which they were
flying fell 400 feet at Love Field. Tho
plane went into tail spin as the avia-
tors were landing.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-08
Newspaper Plant Burns.

SPARTANBURG, S. c., Decembe- -
The plant or the Spartanburg Herald
and Spartanburg Journal was destroyed
by fire tonight, the estimated loss be-
ing placed at 100000. The blaze
started in the basement from an unde-
the three-story building.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-08

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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-08
Price Of conee sonr..

NEW YORK. December 7.-Coffec
made a sensational advance TO 1865
cents per pound o-day, an advance of
nearly $50 per cent since February
Of this year, when the food administra-
tion pirce-hxing schedule was inaug-
uratcd.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-08
WRECK 3,O62 HUN PLANES
BrltIsh Air Forces Destroyed Thar
Number of Machines During
the wnr.

LONDON. December 7.-British air
forces destroyed 3.062 German machines
during tho war. II was officially an
nounced tonight in a War OfIicc syaop-
sis or the wars aerial battles. The
states.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-08
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Continued on Eighth Page)
New-York tribune., 1918-07-24
NeU Zoology
To the Editor of The Tribune.

y tte EutCOT OF Inc IT161t1le.
CIR: The other day Hearst's "Ameri
y can" got out nice, shiny sheet Of
paper called supplement- 1t was all
about Mount Vernon. 1t didn't mention the
Board of Aldermen or the Mayor or the
Corporation Counsel or recent court dec-
sion. But it did talk about the Red Cross.
Somehow. it reminded us of the red and
blue ink that Hearst has been sweating for
the past two months Cause and effect and
all that sort of thing
Somebody found out that "The American
had operated on q Presidential procama-
tion removing the body and leaving the
appendix. The Hearst cuttlehsh souirted a
flood Of patriotic camouhage all over its
neighborhood.
The courts decided Thursday that Mount
Vernon-or any other city-can chase the
beast out of its home waters. On SUNDAY
The American" got out its supplement for
Mount Vernon consumption only.
The Hearst cuttlefish is peculiar. OF
course 1t "ejects an inky fluid when in dam
GER" just as the zooogies say it should
But the color of the ink is ALWAYS rcd
"hlte ana olue' X. M.
New York, July %, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-24

The Lithuanians, it seems, are simple
minded folk, who take the phrases OF
treaties at face value. Thinking that
they had been set up at Brest-Litovsk as
an independent state, they elected a SOW
ereign in the person Of Duke William of
Urach, Wiirtembergian, changing his
title to King Medove. Berlin is outraged
at this proceeding, and has served notice
that Germany never intended to recog
nize the independence Of Lithuana ex-
cept on the condition that her new ruler
should be chosen through and by the
German government. Too bad We hate
to lose King Medove. An appellation like
that would shine equally on the comic
opera stage and in the pages of the
Almanach de Gotha.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-24

also rushed ahead into Flanders to help
hold the line beyond Mount KENNEL
when Won Arnim was trying to break
through and compel the evacuation Of
what was then left Of the Ypres salient.
In the same way cavalry, temporarily
dismounted, covered the retirement of
the French to the Marne in the first days
Of the German offensive south from the
Chemin des Danes, and assisted in
checking the German penetration west
toward the Forest of Villers- Cotterets in
the later phase of that drive.
The cavalryman has, therefore, come
back. He is no longer a useless military
survival. He may never again be prime
factor in battle. But there is still room
for him as an adjunct and as the nucleus
of that highly mobilized strategic reserve
which commander prudently maintains
in anticipation of sudden emergencies.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-24
A Woman S Salute
70 the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: Why not flag salute for women?
Women now in war time ere taking
their stand as braveiy under the flag as
men. They need an official flag salute.
Every week New York witnesses at leas.
one big parade. In every parade the flag Is
carried by at least dozen times. The wom-
en- must stand unresponsive while the men
uncover their heads before the emblem Of
their country Frequently a woman mar
be seen trying to salute her flag by hur.
ried lifting OF the hand, but the subterfuga
is unhappy. Onlookers scarcely can be sure
what she is doing, so the act loses part Of
it's significance
If an official flag salute were sanctioned
for women it would increase their solidarity
of feeling toward the war It is no longer
a debatable question that the women win
the war in their way, while the men win i.
on the battlefield. This would be an added
recognition
As to ways and means cf determining
what would make a good salute for women,
many suggestions must be Forthcoming. The
old Chautauqua salute for public speakers,
waving the handkerchief, IS not dgnifed
enough. Also it makes no distinction be-
tween men and emblems
After the Civil War the flag was recog.
nized by men By holding their hats over
their hearts, gesture expressive at once
OF loyalty and reverence. Now it is custom
ary for men to uncover their heads merely
Women might take up this custom, in
part, by laying their hands on their hearts
when the flag is carried by Tie custom is
endeared by tradition and sentiment and
would be fitting one for the women of the
nation.
Cannot Washington supply us with the
Official sanction necessary to make this or
some other salute a nationwide custom1
MAUDE A. WHITE.
Greenwich, Conn, July 18. 1918
New-York tribune., 1918-07-24
A Wonan's Salute

There ought to be an answer to the
letter of our correspondent, which we
print in another column, calling for
woman's salute. Her suggestion is in
teresting; the need is obvious Yet we
know of no suggestion that appeals
strongly as fit and right Our correspond
ent makes no dogmatic proposal, al
though she c'rers variety of possible
salutes.
The only additional suggestion we can
make is the obvious one of bowling the
head. That is the actual social equiva-
lent of a mans taking off his hat to the
flag. How does it appeal to our readers?
We think every one will agree as to the
desrability of some uniform act of greet
ing and reverence for women to offer
their flag. Women are in the war; they
are as much a part of it as men. They
should certainly have their own fitting
salute to the flag. The only question is
"What?"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-24
The Kings s English
By Sarah Addington

TIME final and crushing blow has been
delivered. The President is accused
of murder in the first degree Of the
Kings English, and he has been brough;
to play gravedigger at the grammarian
funeral This for the writer of epic docn'
ments, for the master Of diplomatic mes
sages and the commander in chief Of shs
forces of language and speech!
1t came out via soapbox communicates
on the corner of Hester and Essex stree"
the other night. The orator had storms'
the heights of eloquence in his own way
cover the top" Somewhere in Frans'
liberty and freedom" and all that. %
came at length to what it was about. "i''
were our war aims He knew what 'ns'
were not He quoted he highest authon's
And as our great and noble Presds'
says about the part Uncle Sam is playin'
in this great and noble fight for democrat
We don't want no money; we don't Wal
no land""
Side by side, then, with Making @'
world safe for democracy" Force wlth0..
limit, force without stint" and May not
this newest world message will 90 ring'AS
down through the ages, I'VE don't want "
money; we don't want no landl'