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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-14
VIRGINIA WHEAT INFECTED
WITH Shrinking SMUT
Special investigation by Department Of
Agriculture shown Many Crop.
Arc Suffering.

The Department 3, Agriculture has
received great many letters from Diff
!ercnt sections Of the State contain
ING specimens Of heads OF wheat scri-
ously infected with sinking smut. An
expert from THIS department has visited
dozen wheat fields, and ne found
smut in considerable quantity in over
,"o thirds Of the crops. This intor,na.
ton "as furnished the Commissioner
~ Agriculture on yesterday and he at
once sent Two men from the depart
mont TO visit some Of the wheat fields
IN ilcn!ico County They examiner
very carefully five crops. Two of the
BEST crops and the largest fields cx-
amincf were found TO be seriously In
i"c'.d
The department. through its CORE
spond"nce and its bulletins, appealed
10 tho farmers throughout Virginia last
!a!l to treat all seed wheat with formal
cchEdc. We realized the Importance
oil THIS matter and regret that our in
Structions were not needed bv all farm.
crs' said Commissioner Koiner. For
tunatcly. sinking smut can be readily
controlled by the use OF formaldchydc' -
II is the commissioners purpose 10
MAJ" a special drive. through the bull
!ctins and otherwise, TO sec that every
DuShci or wheat seeded in Virginia next
iall Is properly treated. Many farmers
when questioned about smut this year
replied that they had none, based upon
the iact That tn" crop VAS free from
II last year This theory does not
hold, however. as smut is frequently
| carried 10y thrcshing machines from ono
farm TO another, showing the !mpor-
lance Of treating tho seed wheat every
year lf all farmers would do this.
and II IS An inexpensive method. This
'fouo!e would be driven from the STATE
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-14
BYRD WILL COMPILE LIST
OF PREFERRED INDUSTRIES
Fuel Administrator Now Working TO
Determine what Industries Arc
Essential.

state Fuel Administrator Harry
Flood Byrd expects within the next day
or two 10 have prepared for publication
the list of preferred Industries IN Viz
G!nia recently recommended by the war
industries board The list Will contain
those industries engaged in the manu-
facture OF material for war purposes
and products essential for the success
fml prosecution of the war.
since rcsuminS his dktics as State
fuel administrator. Mr.. Byrd has been
h*rd At work preparing this list. and
is cndeavorlns 10 include all factories
ana manufacturing plants deemed by
him as absolutely necessary to the con-
due, Of the war. The new powers re-
Gently vested in the state fuel admin
!sirAtors give him the authority to act
e" lis own d..eici!;u n regard 10 this
matter. Local fuel commissions
';hroIshou; the State are co.3pSra,iIs
WIN H'm aud fu-n.-h!ng 'cal ':,turma
ton needed in The compilation OF the
list
Those Industries that VIII not be
given preferential shipment OF fuel.
which means both the inability 10 Sc
cure Goa! and 10 get It transported
from the mines, viii have TO accept Just
what they can get. il is understood. All
pTeiereaI!a3 plants Will be given their
lou per cent needs. and domestic con
consumers be given their allotments
hrst. Although Mr.. Byrd has jus, sue
ceeded in se;t!as for Virginia Goa!
from West virginia heretofore going
West, amounting TO approximately
100000 tons, It is thought tina, non
preferred industries Will be it'll. bene-
atied. since This Goa! is intended as a
substitute :o7 PoCahontas and New
H.Ne' Goa! that was taken from Vir-
EINla ~ order o. The cunl ad,niuis,r,
ZION, ana sent 20 T!dewatcr.
Ta-s coal will be used for SURVIVING
preferred industries and domestic con-
s.ners. whv il compliance w!,h the
repeated advices OF the fuel administers
non have filed their requirements with
local dealers, but have thus far been
unable 70 be SUPPLIED.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-14
LOW PRICED FLOUR WILL
COST CONSUMER MORE
Food Administration Announces
That Retail Trade Is Still
Well Supplied.
CANNOT EXCEED FIXED PROFITS
Merchants Are Cautioned to Respect
Administrations RcgulatiOns-Re-
tail Prices OF Butter and Eggs Arc
Slightly Higher Than Last Week.

The low-priced -four which caused
the wide spread in prices last week has
advanced in cost To the jobDcr," the
food administration announced ycster-
day. There is still Il conSidera bic
quantity OF this flour on the retail
market and the consumer in justice
to himself should reuucs; his merchant
to give reasonable assurance that his
Hour price is right per the food ad-
ministration regulations. governing the
margin Of profit allowed.
The merchant is cautioned not to
exceed the profit allowed by these
regulations. The wholesale price on
butter is up cent, but the retail price
remains the same as last week
Eggs arc a trihc higher, due in large
part to the fact that they are arriving
in poor condition.
Number new potatoes are added
10 the list this week. These are an
excellent quality, but are smaller in
size than the number ones"
The prices below are considered fair
and reasonable by the local food adj
ministration. They arc issued by DR.
l.. Eaton. local director markets and
transportation, and apply to the Rich
mond market only.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-14
TAKE STEPS TO INCREASE
NUMBER MEN IN CLASS |
Virginia Draft Boards Directed I,
Scan Every Case of Deferred
ClaSSitication.
OFFICERS MAY CALL WITNESSES
Local Organizations Have Wide
Power, aud Will Act Because OF
Complaints-Aiarria Obligations
TO BE Considered.

During the week beginning June II.
iora! boards government appeal agents
and legal advisory boards Will scan
every case OF deferred classification
with Il view to swelling class / with
men granted unwarrcnicd deferred
classification. This work is direct ed
by y bulletin now being sent TO all
local boards by Adiutant-General
Stern
The bulletin declares that country
boards should pay particular attention
10 deferred classification granted by
district boards on AGRICULTURAL and in
duStrial grounds. one of the district
boards of this state has already called
upon local boards in its jurisdiction TO
return to ii the Qucstionnairc or any
rcgisirant granted deferred classitica-
zion on agricultural grounds where
there is another member OF the family
OF age which will permit the regis.
trant's crop TO be taken care OF and
production OF food crops continued dur.
ing his absence
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-14
Ben. Butler Voted
81 lines for Dauis
Belieccd Confederate President
TO Be Repre- cntatiuc Man
Of the South

Voting nfty seven times for the sam,
candidate in the same convention is q
record 10 be proud OF. Evidence tina,
Jefferson Davis was SO supported ~
the Charleston Democratic Conventio.
III 1860 is printed in the June number
of the Confederate Veteran. which is
just from the presses. In 1879 a bet
WAS made that Benjamin T.. Butler. ono
kline United state Senator and later
Federal general IN the War Between
me states, had voted for jefferson
Davis FOR President.
When Butler was called on TO de-
eide the bet. he wrote the following let
Ter from Boston under date OF Jauu-
AIRY 6. 1879:
Il DO not Know that ought to write
you to decide bet, because YOU ought
not 10 bet. But 20 set you right in a
matter OF history in which You seem
TO be interested, allow me TO say that
IN the Democratic Conventions at
Charleston, :. G, in the year 1850.
voted hfty-SeVcn times. as / rerucm-
her 1t, for jefferson Davis. OF Missis-
sippi. afterwards President of the
Confederate States. as a candidate Of
the Democratic party for ident
lie was not before the convention as
candidate and my vote and that Of
one OF my colleagues We're the only
ones he had
Il believed him 20 be IA representa-
i've man oil inc south. and subsequent
events have shown that | was right
Ahd believed then, and | believe now.
that If he could have been nominated
for President and elected, the war
would have been saved and the at
tempted diSuniou prevented. for he
would have been chosen President over
thiriy-two States rather than fifteen.
and my experience has been that me
North always got more consideration
on questions OF human liberty from 4
southern statesman as President than
IL did from a Northern doughface.
And that remains true down TO the
t,rpS,,,;
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-14
VIII Round IN Absent Mcn,.r,

Captain r. :. Talman. of the Barton
hcghtS Company OF tho Home De-
fcnse League. will soon inaururnte a
new plan for securing the regular at
l"ndanc" OF members on drill nights.
consisting Of assembling the command
present and marching 30 the homes II
me absonte"s and demanding their
reasons for nonnttendaucc. Dfiiccrs of
III" company believe that the plan win
prov" very effective and Will possibly
: 'S Hl' m tn" addition of several more
,"'"h'eers mat are needed to bring
lNc COinpany 70 required Rtrcnrih
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-14
COL0RED MEN DRAFTED
iicnrico County VIII Forward Thirty.
-Four Wen TO Camp Lee on
I,,nc

The following men have been called
Tor service by the directors of the
li"1rico exemption board. and will
.cavc for Camp Lee on the morning OF
June -;
James Henry Patterson Charlie
Lewis. James Henry Peterson. Albert
winston. robert Thompson. William
White. Jesse Brown. Samuel Johnson
milton Albert Green, Robert Bruce
smith, Willie Berry Tom Lynch.
robert Dabncy Sc!ph Mason Johnson
John Johnson. Hiram Taylor Eddie
Harris. Manuel Branch Lewis. Thomas
lfNor, jr.. James McCray, Moses
Manuel. Rex Taylor, Willie Lewis.
Charlie Burton, Harvey Coles. Joseph
Taylor. Elijah Alexander Allen. Frank
Kerry. Herbert Mayo, Certain Earl
Tyler Walter Wyatt Price, James
Hoo6c. Thomas Robertson. John Brown.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-14
GOES TO CAMP LEE
Rev. y. J. MurdorlS Granted ThIrty-Dn,
Nncntion by branch Memorial


,hirty-day vacation has been
granted Rev. T. J. Murduck, pastor of
E!3nch Memorial Methodist Church. by
tho congregation to enable him to in-
dcrtakc work among the soldiers al
Camp Lee. Mr. Murdoch will leave
saturday morning 10 join the Y NJ
g. y. force at the camp. In his absence
tho pulpit will be supplied by Rev
II. NJ Adams
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-14
Negro FniIs Dcnd In Home.

Carter West colorcd forty wears old.
,el dead last night at $40 o'clock
while sitting in his home. 1913 Cedar
Street. Members OF the family who
were at the time talking with him
called tho Virginia Hospital ambulance.
but West had succumbcd to heart trou-
h'c. and was dead when the physic ans
arrived.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-14
Charged with Assembling omcer.

William Newman. OF Is North SIKH
street. WAS placed under arrest ycstcr-
day after an alleged assault upon T.
y. Dos"wcll. of Ashland. n railwa V
police officer. The officer was making
an arrest. when Newman is alleged "a
have interfeTed. Newman was taken
TO tho Second Police Station. whore he
gave bail for his appearance In Polic.
Court.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-14
COMMISSION ENPECTS MANY
CASES TO ARISE IN STATE

Ii IS expected thai mauy cases Will
arise IN the future. as the devclopmciit
OF electric power is extended as was
presented in The case Of J IL \ Smith
ana The Board OF Supervisors of Kus-
Sci! County against tho NcFaldin Tell
phone Company. decided by the Cor
Poration CommiSs on yesterday. 1t was
III evidence. and admitted. that poor
service Is now being given bv IN.
company. and the order riouires. in
addition 10 replacing the telephone
me between the towns OF Lebanon
ana Honaker with metallic circuit.
mat y new switchboard shall be in
stalled az Lebanon. and that various
other improvements shall be made. All
under The supervision OF the commis
sion's engineer
The opinion in the case was Write,
by commissioner Forward. VINO dis
cuSses At some length The important
question presented by the couStruciic,
Of the power line. which is to furnish
eiectr!S lights at Lebanon. ana ountas
from decisions rendered in other states
ne states on the general question Of
service given by the McFaddin com
pany that the situation as presented
Is common 10 rural communities where
telephone service had a small b..,in-
hins ana has been gradually de-
reloped'
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-14
Delegate Elan May See Friend.

Delegate J u. Elan rom Bruns-
WICK County, is at 81, Elizabc,h's Hos
'.'a!' where he is recovering from n
roythr operation. Mr.. Exam is nov
'p'e 10 see his friends. 1t was an
hounccd at the hospital.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-14

Estimated operating revenue OF the
Southern Railway sytcm for the first
week Of June aggregated S2.500,57G.
as compared with actual earnings of
s2.2T7,045 for the corresponding week
Of last year, showing an increase Of
<223.J3l. according to figures an
nounced yesterday by Comptroller a.
II. Plant.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-14
ALL CONSCIENTIOUS AGENTS
MUST III. RE-ENtMINED

Your attention is called to the fact
that You have power under section .
OF regulations 20 summon witnesses if
necessary 20 obtain further intorma-
ION concerning cases you may have
under consideration for rcclassitica-
ton
The provost-narshal-ec general. in a
telegram OF June II, states that his
Office has been Informed that a NUN Der
or registranis who have claimed cx-
e;n3tion from combatan, service under
rule II. section -, have been placed
IN deferred class on this claim alone
There is no provision in the sclective
service regulations for such classified
ton The above rule provides that
any rcCistrant found 10 be entitled
20 certificate form zoos shall be
classified as is any other rcgistrant.
being issued only form zoos and shall
be classified in any one OF the classes
according 10 his claim or lack OF claim
FOR deferred classification.
The case OF any rcgistrant who has
Been placed in a deferred class on the
ground o. being = conscientious oh
lector must be rcopcned and the reg
.strant "eclassiied irrespective of
whether there is issued TO him GER
t!hcate OF noncombatancy."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-14

IL is worth your tim. tn 49,,
Ilme Dispatch want Ad man cail and
explain the noncy-sayinr huei,. ~
getting contract Cali Randolph j.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-14
BELIEVE MANY MEN
SIOILD he RE:CLASSIEIE.L

Complaints are being received almost
daily by the Adjutant- Generals office
Of cases in which deferred classi:ica-
ton was granted on dependency
g~ounds. and where the rcEistrant ~
not now supporting the dependent. aud
there are doubtless many other such
cases that have not been reported
The emergency fleet list should be
scanned carefully, as many local boards
report there are now men at home who
are carried on the emergency fleet
list who have not for some time been
at work at any shipbuiiding plant"
the bulletin states Reports should
be made to this office of all cases in
which i; is considered that registrants,
IN order 10 evadc the draft. have taken
refuge under the protection OF emer-
gcncy feet list.
I'm the cases Of registrants who have
married sine" May IS. 1917, while the
provost acknowledgement states in Bull
etin No. % that the marriage relation
is not TO be disregarded. the burden.
however. Hes upon the registrant OF
proving such marriage was not con-
tractcd 20 evadc the draft.
"l-oca! boards should call the atten-
ton OF the medical member Of theiy
board TO the order OF the provost-mar-
shai-sene.a! that registrants in Group
IL. Group c and Group u should be
gone over again carefully, and changes
made Il tho facts justify it.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-14
COMMISSION ENCOURAGES
ELECTRIC POWER LINES
Governing High Voltage
Installation.
TO ALSO PROTECT TELEPHONES
Interference To Bc Eliminated by
Replacing Grounded Wire With
Metallic CirCuit-Opinion Rem
dcrcd in MCTaddin Case.

Dealing with the rather new. bn,
steadily increasing problem in Nir-
ginia Of electrical interference by high
power transmission lines With exist
ing grounded telephone circuits, the
State Corporation Commission yester-
day outlined its plan OF future pro-
ccediuEs. II is as follows:
Power companies are - toe encour-
aged in order 20 develop manufacture
ing and to AFFORD Lighting facilities to
remote sections.
The prior rights on highways OF
grounded telephone lines are recog
Nised and viii be protected
Where the commission feels such
action justified, it viii require the ;elc-
phone company TO replace its ground
Ell wire with a metallic circuit. which
Will not be destroyed by the high
power transmission wire on the same
roadway
The power company viii be required
10 pay to the telephone company such
part Of the cost OF changing the sys-
tenn as the commission may deem just
in each instance.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-12
STOCK MARKET

New York, June 12-Opening: All sections of the stock market were strengthened at the opening of to- days trading, the improvement being ascribed to overnight war news. Greatest gains were scored by specu- lative issues, however, especially to- baccos, Sumatra making a new. high at %. Steels, coppers, Colorado Fuel, Great Northern Ore. Baldwin Locomotive and American Car made appreciable advances with Marine preferred, Mexican Petroleum, Read ing and Union Pacific. Pittsburgh & West Virginia again led the low priced railroads.
 Noon - Early gains in industrials, equipments, metals, oils and ship pings were supplemented later, United States Steel emerging from its recent inactivity at an advance of h points. Tobaccos made additional gains and specialties were led by Dis tillers, Alcohol, Cotton Oil and Lin seed, common and preferred. Invest ment railroads hardened on buying of the transcontinental, Atchison and Reading. The prominence of minor coalers at one to two point advances was an unusual feature. Liberty 3h S sold at 99.5S to 99.70; the first 4s at 94.70, the second As at 94.50 to 94.70, and the 4As at 96.74 to S6.S4.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-12
James Staples 6 Company
 BRIDGEPORT, CONN.
WAR SPIRIT IN
 THE PHILIPPINES

Reports from the Philippine Islands continue to show the sympathy felt for the cause of democracy in the great war. Red Cross work, intensive gardening, food conservation and the purchase of thrift stamps and govern ment bonds are being carried on with the same enthusiasm shown in this country. Officers are training raw troops and it is expected that the Philippine offering of soldiers to the United States will be 2s, 600 well-drili- ed men. An aviation corps is under way, camp cooking schools are in op- eration to teach the boys camp cook cry, and FiIpina girls, not content with what they have been doing for the war, are in many cases coming forward to enlist as Red Cross Nur- ses for service at the front Offer has been made of a submarine de- stroyer fully equipped. and there is all ready in France an ambulance fitted out and presented by the tennis fans of the islands.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-12

full for prying open wooden boxes, TOT cleaning stones and mud out of the horses hoofs, for adjusting belts and harness. Braziers for the trenches are made from biscuit tins punched full of holes to admit draught.
 The Germans were, for a long time greatly puzzled by the marlin-spike British prisoners jack-knife. They attachment which they found on every one made great capital out of story that it was used to gouge out the eyes of German wounded. In the official re- port of the British Prisoners of War Commission, several instances of this fable are recorded.
 Captain Beaman testified before the commission that he was berated by a German Colonel for permitting his men to use their marlin-spikes on the eyes of German wounded. Captain Brown told the commission of listen ing to a Uhlan major who was giving lecture and who exhibited British jack-knife,a showing the marlin-spike attachment and describing it as used for torturing German prisoners. The story appears to have been deliberately cooked up by the German military au- thorities for the consumption of their troops.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-12
SOLDIER
 IS PROVIDED WITH JACK-KNIFE

Behind the British Lines in France, June 12.-Eyery soldier in the Brit ish army in France is provided by the government, as part Of his overseas kit with jack-knife.
 The military jack-knife is built for service. It has only three parts,-a big blade of Sheffield steel, a can opener, and "marlin-spfke." The whole thing clasps into a solid steel or bone handle four inches long, which is pro- vided with a ring so that it can be hung to the belt.
 The can-opener is an indispensable part of the provision for a soldiers well-being at the front. Several inn portant items of his daily menu are supplied to him in sealed cans.
 The Sheffield blade has numerous uses too obvious to need mention, but it iss noticeable that Tommy Atkins frequently uses it for purposes of eat ing in preference to the table knife in his kit.
 The knife-blade is also used con- stantly as a wood-cutter. In the trenches the lighting of a brazier is frequently a difficult operation owing to the vital necessity of avoiding smol1A The Germans have a strong antipathy to smoke, and the sight of it rising from the British trenches arouses in them disturbing evidences of envy, hatred, malice and unchari- tableness. It is well, there, to avoid smoke. So the wood for the brazier must be split up into thin sticks and shavings, and for this purpose the official jack-knife is the ideal instru- 4nent.
 When the soldier is withdraw from the trenches it is his first duty to make himself and his belongings clean and presentable for inspection and Tommy hangs his coat on a peg and "shaves'' it with the jack-knife blade.
 The marlinspike attachment is use,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-12
CAN GERMANY INCREASE
 BIRTHRATE BY POLYGANEY?

Even if we admit that the mi1itar- ist aim must be maintained in the world, even if we agree that it is de- sirable to thrust up the birthrate, if we can, it must still be said that all methods of a direct and vigorous kind such as those now attributed to the German government, are not call culated to achieve the desired end. It is highly probable that the mar riage customs which now prevail have prevailed precisely because they were those best adapted to a produc- tion of a large efficient progeny, so that any arbitrary interference with these customs, while it might affect the quality of the progeny better ing it or worsening it-would only be likely ton diminish the quality, on which the militarist mainly relies. Polygamic institutions. for instance, were once far more prevalent than they are now. If however, polyg- amy led to high birth rate we might have expected that the races practicing it would have overspread the earth. On the contrary, they have largely either died out or aban- doned polygamy, and it would appear that they are decidedly less product i've of offspring than monogamic peo- ples. The negro in Africa is not sup posed to be behindhand in procrea- tive activity. But Winwood Reade noted of the polygamic tribes of Equatorial Africa that there seemed to be among them fewer children than wives, while it was not until the Jews abandoned their early pat riarcha1 polygamy that they began to cover the earth. It is the social classes that are most let alone, even in poverty and filth, which breed fastest. The proposed governmental interference with breeding would not, it is almost certain, increase the rate of reproduction, but would far more probably decrease ft.-From "Eugen- ics in Relation to the War" by HaveIock Ellis in May Physical Gull ture.