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THE DISPATCH

ntercd January %. 1905. the Post -Onicc ~
~ Kichniond, Va, as second class matter.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-18

Possibly our readers have no.
Snh'cienuy thrilled by tho an
nounCcmcnt that q Grrnan
astronomer claims TO have dis
covered an as,croid with satcl-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-18

The House has passed the so-callcd day
!ight-saving bin requiring that clocks all
over the country be set ahead one hour be-
ginning March 81 and to be moved up an
hour on the last Sunday in October The bill
had previously passed the Senate and Will
become law with the Presidents signature
Thus an hour OF sunlight Will be substituted
lat one end Of the day Tor an hour of arti-
fetal light at the other. Benjamin Franklin
originated the idea, Iut the modern proposal
came first from William Wilett, an English
man, who in 1907 published a pamphlet sup
porting the idea entitled Waste of Daylight =
Germany adopted the measure in 1916.
Within short time Holland Austria, Turkey.
SEngland, France Norway, Sweden, Denmark,
Italy, Switzerland, Spain Portugal and pa rts
sol Canada, together with few cities in the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-18

f;argic for Spcakers--I am working in yaude
vile and bothered with. q scratch" in ny,
voice at times. You gave formula some time
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-18

BRANCH OFFICES: Wash-
ington, stG Fourteenth
street. y. w: New York
City. Fifth Avenue Build
Ing Chicago. Peoples Gas
Buildings, Philadelphia. A1u-
tunl Life building.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-18
Current Editorial Comment

IN mailing. as We all do TODAY.
me prompt!tud" and devotion and
proved SIKH OF III. American
navy. we are really paying hom-
age To a system and IL tradition
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-18

What has become OF the old -fas toned knockc
who used 10 beef about the bccflcss days:
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-18

All the golfers IN the United states Navy are
named after heroes Of mythology, which seems
perfectly all right in view o: the fact that coal
Is such a myth nowadays.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-18

through Hell cate to-day.N. y. sun. How
deep a channcl through Hell Gate does Ger
manE need!
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-17
TURN HAIR DARK
With SAGE TEA
Grandma Kept Her Locks Dark. Glossy
and Youthful With a Simple Mix
ture of SAGE Tea and Sulphur.

The old-time mixture of Sage Tea
and Sulphur for d~arkenins gray
streaKed and faded hair is grand
mothers recipe. and folks are again
using ii to keep their hair d good,
even color, which is quite sensible, as
ne are living in an age when a youth
full appearance IS OF the greatest adj
vantage,
Nowadays, though. we don't have
the troublesome task OF gathering the
sage and the mussy mixing at home.
All drug stores sell the ready-to-use
product. improved by the addition Of
other ingredients, called "Wyeth's Sage
and Sulphur Compound" Ii is very
popular because nobody can discover
il has beer applied. Simply moisten
your comb or a soft brush with il and
draw this through your hair, taking
one small strand at a time; by morning
the gray hair disappears, but what de-
lights the ladies with Wyeth's Sage
and Sulphur Compound. is that, be
sides beautifully darkening the hair
after a few applications. il also pro-
duces that soft lustre and appearance
of abundance which is SO attractive.
This ready-to-use preparation is a de-
lightful toilet requisite for those who
desire a more youthful appearance. It
is not intended for the cure, mit!ga-
ton or prevention OF disease.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-17
TO MAKE SHIPS SAFER.


Federal Board Plans 10 Strengthen
Freighters in Atlantic Service.
Washington. April 16.-Plans to
double the number OF compartments
in all cargo ships Of American regis
try which are now engaged in trans
Atlantic service and IL vessels under
construction have been approved by
Rear Admiral D. w. Taylor, chief
naval constructor, and will be put
into effect at once by the United
States shipping board.
Exclusive of neutral tonnage and
ships of private registry. the govern
ment now has 1922 ships in the over
seas service. 1t is believed that the
new plan will reduce by approximate
ly so per cent the danger OF these
vessels il struck by a torpedo. 1t is
not probable that the neutral Ship
ping In transatlantic trade under
control of this government will be
SO equipped, at least Until the exper-
iment has been made on the Ameri-
can-owned fleet.
James G. Stewart OF New York has
been selected by Chairman Hurley OF
the shipping board az head or the d.
vision which will have charge Of the
work.
II Is believed that the changss oan
be made without ssriously delaying
the ships. and It Is estimated that
less than 5000 tons Of cargo snace
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-17
ARMS OUTPUT INCREASED.
British Army in France Said to- be
Well Equipped Despite Losses.

1elu ~ ~
Well Equipped Despite Losses.
In a Reuter- dispatch received in
the Canadian capital from London,
Frederick George Kellaway. parlia-
mentary secretary of the British min
istry of munitions is quoted as say
ing the British army in France is
nearly as we'll equipped today as
when the German offensive In Pr
cardy began. England having re-
placed all the lost guns and increas-
ed the quantity of machine guns.
The tanks which the Germans cap
tured are being replaced by ones of
superior model, the Secretary stated.
and the ammunition consumed had
more than been made good, while
men were being released steadily to
fill the gaps occasioned by loss of
man power. In the air Britain con-
tinued as strong, IL not stronger. he
said.
Comparing the munitions preduc-
tlon in January and February with
the first two months Of 1917. Mr..
heiiaway said that light guns had
increased 80 per cent. medium guns
81 per cent. heavy guns 38A per
cent, machine guns SO per cent,
shells SO per cent. tanks 80 per cent,
airplanes 223 per cent, and airplane
engines PAS per cent.
The average weekly production OF
airplanes in January and February
equalled the averge monthly produc-
ton for the first two months in 191 j
DR.. kellaway added, while as many
machine guns were now being pro-
duced in N week as were manufac-
tured in five months in 1915.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-17

out, as il would necessitate the seiz-
ing of 4 port with wharves for land
ing guns and ether heavy material.
NJ a raid or The throwing ashore Of
CGrI"araii,e!y small bodies of troops
hes more than m point that shows
& rios 0ects Of success. even If. as
would he probable. they eventually
would have to e%apitulate when sea
cn' ~r'2nications were cut.
Greater hopes might be enter
tained from a successful landing in
t.elGium OF a force to assist in turn
ina the lett flank of. the British
srmy. Nieurort and Dunkirk are in
dicatei as pRssihle points for such a
pVrroae, ands,his is supported by the
a6r"nce ;.lun: tie coast from Os-
terd. N expedition might even be
pre- AIRED to burn its boats.
Calculation of time and distance
makes such M undertaking Just con
"eivahle under favorable circum-
stances.
"A project which may appear ~
present fewer obstacles and offer q
greater measure OF discomfort 10 the
allies, even II II yer only partiallv
effected, is to push to a breakdown
the guard at the straits of Dover. No
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-17
RESTAURANT MEN PROTEST.
Claim Criticism of Prices by LondoT
erS TS Unfair.

Claim Criticism Of Prices by London
erS Is Unfair.
London, March 10 fRy Maii).-
Proprietors of the fashionable res
taurants in what is known as the
West End have been busy writing
letters to the newspapers in an effort
to ,counteract the criticism that they
are fleeing the now partly-rationed
public. The grievance of the public is
that they are charged as much and
sometimes more for the smaller dish
es than they paid for the larger ones
before the days of compulsory ration
ing. Nor have the eating places made
any allowance for the fact that they
no longer serve sugar and butter. In
creased wartime cost Of labor and
tableware Is given by the restaurant
proprietors as justification for their
action.
The head Of one Of the most e1-
pensive Strand hotels, popular with
Americans. takes the line that the
gross profits of his place are less
than in pre-war days. The increased
cost Of labor and materials has, he
says, made necessary the xetra
charges for less food. He deals with
the subject in a letter to the papers,
and gives q table which shows that
tabIe-linen and other articles have
been trebled in price since the war.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-17
ITALY KNOWS ITS DANGER.
Now Ready for Expected Drive in
Force by Austrians.

Rome, April 16.-At any moment
the Austrians may be expected to at
tempt a drive against. Italy. This
stroke is likely to be similar to that
the Germans are delivering against
France. The most vital interests of
the allies will be just as critically in
volved. Fighting forces are in the
Italian mountains as well as in the
west. This is the condition which the
Italian people face at the moment,
Minister of Finance Signor Nitti has
said.
Italy is on the threshold of a SUI
preme trial. l believe she will endure
it well, for the spirit of the troops as
a whole is good. Artillery and muni-
tons have been once more accumu-
lated. The country knows it stands
facing a real danger. Henceforth it
will mean a battle for Italy's exist
ence.
"Of the whole entente, Italy has
the heaviest burdens, the greatest
dangers. These she must bear alone
on her terrible front, except for aid
from small allied c%ontingents. She
faces Austria-Hungary with her 3d.
000.0 600 inhabitants, supported by
subsidiary nations. we
have only one-tenth of her supply
of coal. l mention these things be-
cause it is well our friends abroad
should have a clear idea of the situa-
tion."
The new British sector of the Ital-
ian front is on the Asiago plateau,
$500 to 1000 feet above the sea lew
ell. The town of Asiago is the. central
object. To the left there lies the
gloomy ravine. Val Dassa. where
Austrian reserves were wont to hide
during the hard fighting Of the
spring of 1915.
The British positions, which were
taken over from the Italians, lie
along the northern edge of a pine
forest. The Austrian trenches are
separated from them at the wide
places only 1000 yards. British
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-17
Munitions Mini try
Charged With Waste
In Handling Funds

Correspondence Associated Press)
London. March 23.-The British
ministry of munitions has been
charged by a committee Of the
house of commons with wasting pub
lie funds through failure to adopt
elementary precautions in awarding
contracts for war supplies. The ex-
penditures of the munitions depart
ment were investigated by a commit
tee on national expenditures.
In it's report the committee charg-
ed that the department had no ade-
uate system of estimating costs or of
controlling prices of munitions, that
it did not properly limit profits to
the contractors o regulate the use
CT labor and material.
According to the committee. the
ministry Of munitions has expended
about 100, 100000 pounds in the
erection and equipment of n~aticna!
factories in grants to private firms
and in supplying buildings and equip
ment 10 them.
Investigations by accountants have
corrected some OF the wasteful meth
DDS alleged. In this way 5000, 600
were saved by a reduction in the
price of cerdite. Reductions in the
contract prices OF munitions, follow
ing technical Investigations of costs.
resulted in the saving of $4,000, 600
pound in two years. In one contract
TO. gun equipment, il is asserted. ac-
countants employed by the munitions
department reduced the contractors
profit by 10000 pounds.
Great sums OF money. the commit
tee reported, have been spent in ex-
tending the munition factories while
others which could produce the same
commodity have been left idle for
lack Of material and labor. There is
continual waste of labor. material
and money in the construction of
factories which compete with each
other" said the committee. while
their production could have been OBJ
tanned at infinitely lower cost by
concentration oftlabor and machines
in certain places and using them to
their full capacity"
1t is stated that prices in this
fourth year Of war are still really de-
termined by bargaining and manu-
facturers are out to get as much
profit as they can. They favor col
~lective bargaining" in which prices
are determined for the whole trade
by the cost " profitable production
in the factory which produces most
extensively.
A profit of $40 per cent was earn
ed by one munition firm.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-17

Following IN the news that YES
sells of the German high seas fleet in
its hiding place is being cooled up
and made r'adv for a movement o.
some sort. the naval or tic Of
London Times is prompted 10 write
this:
Now that it is manifest that the
enemy is bent on gaining a ml'tarr
decision. on answer may he eS -
ed before long to the oft-rere1-el
question When will the high-sCas
fleet come OUT"
Nothing is more likely th"n that
Germany's sea forces should be
thrown in to assist the progressed
smashing of the British army,
There are three enterprises
which. although more or less cam
bles. hold cut sore promise Of ac-
complishment. which. if o " "ar'lv
successful. might assist The desired
object
"A hostile landing on these shore
might be e"T Hcted to disturb Tuhlic
confidence end interrupt tho low OF
reenforcements TO the continent.
Under present condi IONS an at
tempted invasion for rermarnnt oc-
cupation CT territory may be ruled
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-17
FEAR COMMERCIAL PACT.
Hungarian Statesmen Balk At Clos
or Relations with Germany.

Hungarian statesmen Balk at Clos
or Relations with Germany.
New York, April 17.-Statesmen
of Hungary hesitate to adopt the
German plan for closer commercial
relations between Germany and Aus
tria-Hungary because of the chance
that the entente nations will retaliate
by adopting a similar plan of giving
preferential consideration to one an
other, to the exclusion of Austria
Hungary.
This would permanently divide
the world into two hostile camps" it
was asserted in a Budapest letter to
the Cologne Gazette. ut may be
doubtful declared the writer,
whether the enemy states in the west
could be forced to recognize a fixed
commercial status between Germany
and Austria without themselves in
sisting upon the right to give prefer
entail treatment to each other. Even
If it were possible, by forcing all our
enemies to their knees. to preserve
the policy would oppose such a plan
Hungarian industrial, commercial
and labor classes were disinclined to
effect an economic reapproachment
with Germany by means Of a tariff
union or preferential tariff treaty,
asserted the Budapest correspondent.
This was partly based on the ground
that it was not practicable and would
result in a clash of interests, irrita-
tion and lessen the sympathy now ex
listing between the central powers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-17
WHAT WE OWE OUR ALLIES.
Death Preferable to Life in a World
Dominated by Prussianism.

Death Preferable to Life In q World
Dominated by P~russianism.
These are some of the words
spoken by Myron T. Herick, OF
Ohio, United States ambassador to
France, when the world var broke
loose and for a year after, in a
speech in New York last week:
Our isolation from Europe a en-
fury ago vas not more complete
than our moral isolation from its
life and death struggle only a little
more than a year ago. America isl
not a coward, but she was dangerS
ously nea committing herself to q
selfish and cowardIy part.
Thank God. those days of drift
ing and humiliation are past. The
presidents Incompatible val mes
sage last April cleared the darken-
ed atmosphere. since then, though
we have hesitated and stumbled oft
EN-, at least we 60 with heads up
along the path of honor.
Far better that we all die-all
the French, English, Americans,
Prussians keep bending the line, but
they will lever break it. The Hun
shows no mercy. If the Hun can con-
solidate for everything that is hell
ish surely we a consolidate for v
erything that is good.
II have heard men say that 1t was
better to make peace than to have
any more bloodshed. A thousand
times no. Not ven if the Germans
gave up the land they hold in France
and restored Belgium. They opened
an unconditional war and will have
to suffer an unconditional defeat"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-17

Messines Ridge. the most important
sector held by the British in the en-
emy's recent furious attacks on the
British lines in Flanders. is a key to
victory for the foe in the Flanders
fighting. and its seizure would likely
mean the retirement of the British to
lines much nearer Calais and the re-
building of their battle front. The de-
Tense Of this most vital point by the
British Tommies against the tremen-
dous blows of the enemy has been one
of the most heroic chapters in British
military history. Should h Hun seize
M~essines he would dominate the F1an-
ders battlefield and be well Situated
Tor rolling the British armies back
toward the coast.
According to the latest reports the
strategic towns Of Bailleui,
WuveTsmeuI anu WytscIaete are in
German hands, and, more important
still the Germans have carried a large
part of Messines ridge by storm.
Probably there has been no more
bitter struggle during the war than
that waged along the battle line thru
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-17
BAR TO FUTURE WARS.
America. France and England in
Union Can Assure Peace to World.

America. France and England in
Union Can Assure Peace t World.
If there has been some dissatis-
faction and discomfort with .the
quickness with which the United
States has been putting its forces in
to the war, ! would say TO you. DO
not fret. Do not worry. You will not
be too late. if you come into the war
with all your strength and every part
of the country united in the war"
So spoke Cosmo Gordon Long. the
Scottish-born English archbishop at
a dinner in New York last week. He
said his tour of the country in the
past month had shown him that it
was being fully appreciated by all
Americans that the French and Brit
ish had been fighting the battle of
all free men and that the wal was
being fought to save the principles of
liberty for which America was found
ed.
If the French and British armies
should be struck back temporarily in
the great battles now in progress, he
said, they would continue to fight
with the greater confidence because
of the knowledge that this great and
strong nation, with unstrained re-
sources, was standing by their side
and was, with the least possible de-
lay, pouring it's whole strength into
the conflict. in which he predicted
that they would in the end be victor
ious.
In spite of the solemnity of the
great crisis facing the world at pres
emit, he said, one great encouraging
fact was to be distinctly seen. and
that was that a d~eep-rooted and un-
alterable affection had sprung up
again. after clouds and misunder-
standings of generations. among the
two great English-speaking nations
of the world.
Two great nations" he said
which God has SO plainly joined to-
gether, let no man hereafter, on any
prctext, attempt TO put asunder."
He was cheered when he said: II
would not leave out the people Of the
great republic OF France"
He predicted that these three ma
tons. after the present war. would
by their union. prevent future wars.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-17
SEEMS EVERYONE
HEARD ABOUT IT
All want to try new drug that
dries up corns q they
liz out.

Good news spreads rapidly and drug
gists here are kept busy dispensing
freezone. the ,ther discovery of a Gin
cinnati man, which is said to loosen
any corn so it lifts out with the fingers.
ASK at any pharmacy for a quarter
ounce of %freezone. which will cost very
little, but is said to be sufficient to rid
ones feet of every hard or soft corn
or uaiirIs.
You apply just a few drops on he
tender, aching corn and instantly he
soreness is relieved, and soon the corn
is so shriveled that il lifts out with
out pain. 1t is a sticky substance.
which dries when applied and never
infames or even initiates the adJoin-
ing tissue.
This discovery VIII prevent thous-
alds of deaths annually from lockJaw
n infection heretofore resulting from
the suicidal habit of cutting corns.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-17

the entente powers. including Amer
lea. can defeat Germany and drive
her out of France and Belgium with
fcwer than three men 10 her two.
NaIoleCn's ratio was three TO one,
and Grants was Two to one. Allow
ing for, say, 500. 600 Americans, the
total field forces of the entente on
the western front. comprising 2,5S0,-
000 British, $4,000 overseas forces
canadians, Australians. South AT
ricans and New zealanders}. 2.100,-
600 French and Colonials. would be
5.Sl5,086 men. Three TO Germany's
two would require about S.l50.600
men. So from the best available data
the entente armies in France are
more than 100000 me- short of
the minimum number necessary to
give any hope OF overcoming Ger
many.
7 maintain an American army
OF about 100000 men in the field
We shall have to have 100000 tons
OF shipping over and above what we
are likely to have at the end of this
year, transportation for US means
the worlds salvation; it is rhe only
way to get the necessary men over
in France to beat Germany.
The figures given above ere :rcm
sources most authoritative and con-
servative. and | believe their publi-
cation will help to give us in Ameri-
ca a realization OF the terrible strug-
gle ahead of US, the ever more SER
iousness of the struggle for us
should the British and French arm
les be separated and beaten: also
the realization that we have come to
the long-endurance period Of the
war, where, surely the grit and de-
termination OF the English-speaking
races will see it through TO final
victory. 1t is no time for decisions.
If America is to save civilization and
herself we should know the facts and
act accordingly in terms of ships,
men, food, increased production. per-
sonal thrift and liberty bonds"