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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-05
Here and There
With Carlo
Times Is Changed.

o things are waxing very tam. since
when l was Kid. The Arabs who
tents and HID The u.n npse ws sou used e ,o
carry on and scrap without restraint
and make things hot-they all are gone
or changed from ump to saint.
i can remember we'll the days when
careless as lark, I'd brave the scorch-
ing summer rays and HE out to the
park ! also reco!lect that in the days
OF which l speak. my regular supply
OF lin was fifty cents a week.
so did buy admittance TO the fracas
bold and bad? You bet your reputa-
ZION. no; ! arn't that kind of lad. !
held onto my juggling pence and let my
conscience slide: | joyfully climbed the
fence and quickly went inside. And
should suspicious folks inquire just
how l got in free, I'd answer that some
aged sire had paid my entrance fee.
But now around the gate we meet a
host OF lads who deigncth not to slip
in free and cheat-who put up this
din: Say, mister. willyuh take me in?"
. things are waxing very tame since
when i was kid The Arabs who
tents anG h ne The park nav me Tha h eIe
rough and coarse when l was young
and spryer. and always used to re-en-
force the fences with barbed wire.
Has the crafty serpent known as
crap" entwined itself around such an
innocent object as a baseball result?
Colts yesterday by the suggestive
score OF IL TO Z
If the Newport News nine had to- win.
ii is fortunate that it did SO by the
what is known TO the accomplished
crapshot as 'naturals." II the score
had been II to 3, or II TO .. there would
have been much cause for worry. for
and are regarded as decidedly un-
fortunate. ASK anybody.
Mac" Pitt cannot play amateur ball
this season unless he leaves the Colts
before the 18th OF this month. accord
ing to Rule 10 OF the Richmond ANA
teur Baseball Commission.
The commission met last night to
consider and revise, il necessary. Rule
%. which states that no amateur play
er may play on any of the city organ
izations who signs contract with
professional or semiprofessional team.
According to the several expressions
OF the commission last night: rule 81
that Richmond was to have no organ
lied baseball and was passed in order
to to pre- preven, an am ma mr., player from
ker's Battle Axe club. taking the week
end trips to Hopeweli and leaving their
amateur team in the !urch. At the
idea of International ball had just
been given up by the Richmond fans.
now contains an eaplanation whieh Is
TO the effect that a player who signs
with bona tide, club in an organized
league is entitled to play on the anna
teur teams OF the city. provided that
he does not stay with the professional
league later than June Is.
1t is probable that Pitt, who is only
under temporary contract 10 the
Colts, will stop professional ball this
week and sign with the Alcos. His
absence from the lineup last Saturday
and the Saturday before was the best
explanation Of the Alec defeat on those
days. When he comes back again Alec
stock will boom.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-05
Spot cotton. steady: nniddiinE.

NEW YORK. June i--Port movemept
Middling. oa5Oc; net receipts. 5Os bsies
stock. 1890 bales.
Total to-day at all ports-Net receipt,
1887 bales exports. S.sij bales: stock
l.2l34oa bales.
Total for week;-Net receipts. 1896 bales (:
exports. 41.166 bales.
Total for season-Net receipts, sess oeo
bales; exports. 3. 759 All bales
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-05
Seaboard Air Line RAILWAY Comnany

Trains leaye daily: A. ~ NorI,na
Zeal a. o l;1S p ~. sieepers Atlanta and
ham ham special: ll:to F: n. .sleepers JseEson.
6Ih p A., q 40 p NJ WV - sh''
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-05
Norfolk & Western Railway

+ HS5f s;;s' z,-ia2' , sssshs'st
tSk 4 tMXSc si5S ; NJ :g,sr The WEST:
!, Arrive Richmond, from Norfolk .i1:so A
A.. iSS:iS66 p +. II. FF9m /, The West: :7:sS 4.
.Dei!S. 1Daily except Sunday fSunJav
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-05
SE~ YORK pHopUcE n.rKyr

ding. 70 1cc. ~ e'' hi'o
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-05
RICHMOND GRAIN SiARKEr.
Wholesale Quotations on Exchange.

TxCnAnEc.
WHEAT-Car Lots.
Price. as regulated by the government
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-17

no intention on the part Of the Fuel
Administration to shut off or limit the
supply OF gasoline for use In motor We
hicles.
There has been considerable dis
cussion as to cutting off the supply OF
gasoline to passenger vehicles, follow
ing the precedent set in England,
said Mr.. Requa, but the conditions
are entirely dissimilar for the reason
that England produces no oil and has
to rely entirely upon exports overseas.
The United States, on the contrary,
not only produces the oil for its own
consumption, but large surplus quaint
tiles for export.
1T has been demonstrated recently
that it is impossible to take Oil for any
specific purpose without exerting de-
trimental influence on some other
branch of the industry The problem
of what is least essential is an ex-
tremely difficult one to determine, and
/ am somewhat Of the opinion that
the non-essential industry does not
exist
at is quite obvious that the oil IA
cilities of the United States must be
used in such a way as to produce the
maximum benefit viewed from a ma
tional standpoint to meet the existing
crisis
"The priority list was established
for the reason that it is impossible,
because of transportation shortage. to
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-17
UNCLE SAM Us.
STORAGE BATTERIES

Clifford Piehl Of the Piehl Tire and
Service Co, says your Uncle Sam has
recognized the superior qualities OF
the Vesta Storage Battery, for which
he Is the local representative. The
United States Government uses hun
dreds OF trucks equipped with Vesta
lighting systems, for army purposes,
and has found them wonderfully e1-
ficient in Mexico when subjected to
the severe services called for In that
campaign. The certainty that this
system will make and store sufficient
current for all lighting requirements
appeals to truck owners as the acme
of efficiency Armous & Co., Amerl-
can Can Co, Standard Oil Co.. Cudahy
& Co, and other large users OF trucks
have standardized on the Vesta Elec-
trio Lighting System. In the Vesta
truck battery a spring mounting Is
used to avoid the wearing shocks, and
thus the life Of the battery IS con-
served
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-17
They Are Plowing by
Night at Bloomington
Hot Sun Makes Shutdown the Start
of Pleasant Day-Dealers
Demonstrate with Lamps.

BLOOMINGTON, Ill.-The intense
ly hot weather in the closing weeks OF
July forced many farmers OF central
Illinois to do much of their farm work
at night Following the cutting OF
wheat and oats blowing commenced,
and tractors, equipped with search
lights, go over the fields with as little
handicap as if moving In daylight.
Tractor agencies have been quick to
see this advantage and statesmen have
been giving demonstrations upon
many farms. One demonstration, ar
ranged by the agent Of the Moline
Universal, took place on the Barnes
farm in Macon county. The affair
was we'll advertised and several hun
dred farmers assembled to witness the
test Carrying powerful searchlights
the machine plowed an acre per
hour, and by morning was ready for
an all-day job If required.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-17
Motor Fuel Increasing"
Says Fuel Director

WASHINGTON is no short
age of petroleum for our immediate
needs, according to Mark L. Requa, d.
rector of the oil division of the U. S.
Fuel Administration. The lack is one
entirely of transportation. Gasoline
must be produced as a by-product in
the manufacture Of fuel oil used in
the navy, in merchant ships and in in
dustrial plants, and the gasoline must
be disposed of. Crude oil containing
the lighter, volatile oils, such as gas
oline, is dangerous for fuel purposes
until the gasoline is removed.
obviously, unless this gasoline is
sold and consumed, the cost of fuel
oil will increase. There Is, therefore,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-17
Philadelphia Likes
Night Closing

PHILADELPHIA night and
Sunday closing plan, as agreed to by
the Philadelphia Automobile Trade
Association members as suggested by
the War Economy Board, is working
out we'll as regards the members OF
that organization, but the majority OF
garages owned and operated by per
sons not members of the automobile
trade body are remaining open as US
ual. One members Of that organiza-
ton, who until the closing plan was
agreed on had been selling a motor
car every night for nearly two weeks,
promptly shut his place Of business
nights after agreeing to the PROPOSE
ton, and another member who has
been doing a lively garage business
every Sunday also readily complied,
showing how the association is OBJ
serving the plan.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-17
REPUBLIC TRUCKS
Us. PATRIOTISM

These are days of economy, in which
hauling and transportation, are prob
lens of especial concern. The Amer
lean Seeding Machine Co, after hav-
ing had in use for over year Re.
public Truck, have doubtlessly found
a solution for the need Of increasing
their delivery facilities, by purchas'
ing the second Republic YESTERDAY
The sale was consummated by the
Weldex Mfg Co., local Republic Truck
representatives. The one sold to Mr..
Carr. was 2-ton with dump body and
a wood hydraulic hoist.
Motor trucks which give service
constantly. such as the Republic, don't
need a patriotic name, but rather ex-
emplify patriotism In performance.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-17

ST. LOUISA new wrinkle in the
way of keeping a service shop open
on Sunday and evenings has been in
troduced by the Miller Motor Mart Co.
of 1888 Delmar Boulevard. This com.
pany has organized an Owners Re.
pair Club" among its customers. For
the dues paid the members have the
privilege of using tools to make ad
justments and repairs on cars, doing
the work themselves. Supplies, OF
course, come extra No objection has
been raised to this service, as no me
chanics are required.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-17
Don't Pass by the Apple
Mantle Has Money

The poor" farmers this year are
certainly having a hard time Of it. In
stead of going to the bank now once
a month. they have to go two or three
times a week. No longer can they sit
in the shade at the end OF the days
work and rest and ruminate. They
are kept too busy banking the profits
from their meadows and back forties.
Let's see! We are told that an acre
of wheat gives profit of between
$11.00 and $1,000 to the grain farmer
and that the crop promises to run a
billion bushels.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-17
Kansas Strong for Fordsons

SALIVA. Kansas-Henry Ford is
present In person and has on the
streets of Salina, 2S4 Fordson trac-
tors ready for delivery to farmers in
Kansas. All of these are already sold
and paid for The distribution of them
Is through Hudkins. the local Ford
distributor.
This array of tractors is one of the
big topics Of the demonstration, and
many never before realized the pro-
duction capacity that Ford has, this
number but representing two days
OUTPUT from the factory.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-17
u. S. Army Utilizing Fords

The Ford passenger chassis, follow
ing the request of the American Ex-
peditionary Forces, have been adopt
ed as standard chassis for use in the
army as a passenger car. light ambul-
ance, light truck and so forth. There
are now 5000 Ford ambulances In use
in France, and this number will soon
be increased to 5000, The Ford Mo-
tor Co. is working on an order for s.
900 light delivery trucks, production
OF which began July o. at the rate of
200 per day. The principal reasons for
the wider use of the Ford are the ease
Of repairing. cheapness OF operation,
large production and the extremely
low initial cost and the fact that 1t
can be used where many other pass
enger cars cannot"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-17
AUTOMOBILE news
Zoe per Mile Total Cost
to Run Chicago Cabs

Dashiell Motor Company OF Chicago
sends interesting figures on the ope-
ration of Dodge Brothers taxicabs by
the Blue Cab Company. or the total
cost per mile Of s1.O643, tires absorb l
cent, gasoline Is cents, oil .143 OF
cent and chauffeurs pay 3-4 cents.
The balance is taken up in insurance,
upkeep, depreciation and general over
head.
OF two cars which have been in use
~ months. one has not missed sin
gle day of service and has travelled
20 o,2 miles. The other has covered
1884 miles and has been out OF serv-
ice only one day.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-17

supply all consumers. When the sup
ply is sufficient, the priority list auto
matically ceases to operate. When a
shortage does exist, Glass Il receives
no oil until all lower numbered classes
are supplied
Total stocks in the United States
approximate 160,000,00O barrels as Of
January l. Last years production APP
proximated 320,000,000, and there was
a draft on stock. of about 20,000.000.
There is ample oil territory available
in various parts of the United States.
1t is only a question Of drilling to Sc
cure it."
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-17
THE FARMER MUST CUT HIS
PRODUCTION COSTS

While 1t is true that farm products
bring higher prices than ever before
the Farmer is also paying more today
for everything he uses-farm hands
are gettin, double their former wages
horse feed is worth many times It's
former cost. There is only one ans
wer the farmer who expects to make
a profit this year must find way TO
cut his production costa way to get
along with fewer men and fewer
horses and at the same time do more
work.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-17
THE MOTOR TRUCK ANSWERS
THAT PROBLEM

One man and motor truck will do
the work of six horses and In two
thirds less time. You only feed a
motor truck when 1t is working. A
motor truck enables the Farmer to
get his products to the market quick
" to get top market prices. The wise
Farmer is today investigating the
economy Of the use of the motor truck
on the farm.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-17
VITAL PROBLEM
CONFRONTS FARMER
Fewer Horses---Less Men

Conservation is of as important In
terest TO the Farmer as to the Manu-
facturer. About thirty percent OF the
men who were working on the farms
two years ago have either enlisted or
have gone to work in factories-drawn
there by high, war timewages; and
another thirty percent, will probably
go before the year is out. Horses are
eating there heads off-high prced
grain-whether they are working or
idle
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-17
AUTOMOBILE NEWS 9

Government bulletins show that the
net profit from typical New York ap-
pie orchard is about $4,000 per acre.
and that from orchards in Washing
ton, Oregon, and Colorado, $4,000 per
acre.
These are not the only states that
raise apples, however. The state of
Indiana alone this year will have an
apple crop OF 6,750,000 bushels.
HUDSON sUPER-sIx TO RESCUE
In a recent issue OF the Hudson
Triangle" the official organ Of the
Hudson Motor Co, news item shows
a reproduction Of a front page edi-
torial OF an Iowa paper, (dry terri
tory, telling of thrilling race, where
in the county sheriff was the winner
not only from a speed" viewpoint,
but also, spiritually speaking; the
sheriff out-ran blind tiger racer. and
to make matters interesting confiscat-
ed 300 pints Of spirits. The sheriff
started out after the law violater In a
car which was being out-distanced,
and seeing that it was impossible, as
1t were, to apprehend the spirit-laden
car, the sheriff abandoned his car
along the road and climbed in with a
Hudson Super-Six representative who
happened along at the opportune mo-
ment, so to speak, and it was then a
matter of little moment to sense the
winner.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17
Wordless Songs and
TuneleSs Melodies
When Did Man Begin to Sng?-An English View OF
Gzanger's Marching Song" -Aboshing Words to Make
Song More Expressive-A Model operate Duet
Local History of ''Dinorah"-A Book of Analyses
By H. E. Krehbiel

mr. EDWARD j. DENT, English subjects
whose words always worthy
something the
Of London wodes ngngite
these whealess, meaes
calls his Song Without philosopher the old
fashioned German he makes long jumps When
the which and which had
Worcester Mass October. Incidentally mentions
vocal This the English writer heard London
the that people thought
should stand Queens Hall and vocaze melody accompani
That
by the fact that it and the "ahng
phiosophizng the
finally
To his mind speculation about
like from
speech He refuses subscribe
music existence because of primitive
birds 1t absurd he
result listening ngbird
where the peacock Indigenous This uon fowl
which Dundreary hated because call tail
bit mystyng, the nmaon that mans only
To conceive Of music derived from speech
reasonable. Holding
affords much better working hypothesis
believe that the
dynamic intensties
physiological
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17

excellent collection or symphonic
analysis as We ever read in a book. by
Daniel Gregory Mason, entitled, "Shorn
Studies of Great Masterpieces" pub
Ilshed by the II. w. Gray Company.
of New York. Mr.. Mason writes for the
connolsscur rather than the musicallv
lliterate, but no writes clearly. con-
>Nlncingly, soundly and at times very
entcrtanlngly. One OF his twelve chan
ters is devoted to Richard Strauss's
Don Jnan.' We wish Mr.. Mason. whom
ne wrote his essay had been able to
incorporate in it story which is verv
Germane to the subject which we have
suggested. STRAUSS once asked mo -
SAID Motif to this writer shortly be-
tore he returned to Europe from New
York, eff I had ever noticed that ono
OF the women in his Don Juan, svm-
phone poem had red hair. | replicd
that often as l had conducted the wor.
had never dreamed that ono of tha
Don's victims was red headed. .Thcn
must have failed said the comnoscr
l thought everybody could recognize
that.'"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17
Calendar for the Week

SlNDAYCarnege Hall, Society,"
Aeoln Hail. Symphony Society; Metropolitan
Opera House. $3.50 popular operate lppodrome,
concert by members of the Chicago
bier of archaic
mens Anccns Greenwich Village Theatre
others dances and pantomime Princess Theatre,
recital by Camille sygard; City College, organ
MONDA1Aeolan Hail. SIS violin
violin recital by Kemp Silngs; Metropolitan
lta!an opera II Purlanl Bilmo Il q
WEDNESDAiAeolian Hail.
g. W. Clark metropolitan Italian
'losca'; City College, m, recital by
lht fSDAf-Aeohan Hail.
Jowskl SIS violin recital by Eugene
concert of the Philharmonic Society; p. of
Beethovens the
Henri Heterogeneous Metropolitan
"Lodocta" Columbia University, historical
recital by Vernon
fkiDAl-Aeoian Hail. recital Thbaud; m
the Union Symphony m
concert by the Philharmonic Society," m
holiday matinee French "Carmen" Italian opca
III Barbere d Sviglia"
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS House. Encish Saint
Elizabeth; Italian "Rgoeo" n M
OF the Young Peoples
the Symphony Socey Columbia University
Tuskege Aeolan Hal
by the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17

Cct calls, etc.
We scarcely expected, a week ago,
that We should be able to review a
generation of Mcyerbcercan opera in
New York without stumbling into an
inaccuracy. OF course, we were dis
ooursing particularly about 'Lc Pro
phetc," and all references to other op-
cras were short, sidewisc excursions {;
but, because we try always to adhere
to the verities of history, we were glad
to receive correction anent "Dinor-
an Naturally, it comes from our old
friend, A. L. G., with whose statistics
we are never disposed to quarrel.
Nine years, approximately" he writes,
mot twelve. had elapsed since the last
previous production Of the opera when
Marie Van Zandt appeared in Dinor-
an on January 30, 1892. Here is the
record: December II, 1879; the cast:
Dinorah, Marie Marimon; Tn Cspraio.
Annie Louise Cary; Corentino. Runcio
lloel, Galassi, December II, 1882: Di
Cd =
sic Bartlett (Davis); Corcntno, Clodio;
Hoel, Galass." Now that we are about
it, we add that we are sorry that the
types did not permit us to say when
VIC tried, apropos of Nine. Tietiens's
success as Fdes that it was made dur
ing short season, when the forces of
the elder Gye (not "of the older tvpc'N
and Colonel Mapleson were combined
in production of the opera.
1T was the late Gustav Mailer who
at Il meeting of German musicians held
shortly before he came to America de-
nounced analytical programmes and
proposed the toast "Pcreat all Pro-
gramme!' When he was conductor Of
the Philharmonic Society he forbade
the printing of an analysis of one of
his symphonies in the society's pro-
gramme and denied that his music was
programmatic. although the titles ana
sub-tltles OF several of his symphonies
disclosed that he had himself indicated
what he wished to have accented n,
their poetical contents. Of course. he
found followers who strovc to prejudice
the public against such helps to an,
probation. Richard Strauss is in the
same case-prompt in denying a PRO
grammatic purpose, despite the evil
dence Of the printed page, when his
music is first played and then consent
ing to an inspired Interpretation by
Mhukc or some other favored apostlc
we are reminded OF these things by as
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17
Whittier Wordless Songs May Lead Us

so that he was at the mercy of the
purely musical and purely vocal appeal |,
unhndered by any literary criterion.
And then Mr.. Dent suggests that on
scch lines 1880 that is, on music indie
pendent of words which convey
thought or definite sentimental new
artistic movement may be developed.
And the reason? Because declamatory
style will not go with modern harmony
at present, since defamation means
the substitution Of rhetoric for melody
and therefore "can only be employed
against background of harmonies so
familiar and easy of comprehension as
to supply the place of melody to some
extent as connecting thread. The
difficulty and strangeness Of modern
harmony necessitatc a mclodic line Of
unusually strong character to deter
mine the form of phrase and the
principle of construction To give this
line to a human voice, especially to a
voice unimpedcd by words, is to in
tensify it to its utmost emotional
power"
II this were true, what would become
of the songs of more or less recent
date, whose composers have justified
the uncouthness of their melodies and
the poignancy not to say painfulncss,
OF their harmonies by appeal to the
significance OF the words to which thew
are set? Would the lovers of HUGO
VOLTS songs find the beauty in them
which they find now if instead of the
words to which they are set they were
asked to sing pom pom or "diddle-
fiddle" or "fa-la-la" What would he.
come of Schubert and Schumann and
all the rest of the classic sovg writer's
II their creations We're robbed of the
poetry which inspired them? Who
would invent enough onomatopnic
syllables to fit the harmonies of
Stravlnsky? Savages or primitive peo-
Piles sometimes get along without
words in their vocal music, but the rca-
son is frequently that ancient tunes
have remained sacrosanct after the
words 70 which they were once sung
have been forgotten an ancient
phenomenon II vocal music which has
many analog'es. Buddhist priests in
China and Japan still rccitc or chant
Sanskrit words Of which the meaning
has been long forgotten. When the