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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-02
DURING TWENTY MONTHS
26H GUNS WERE MADE
IN AMERICAN PLANTS
f1'e Narat RailsUay Batteries
Also Delivered, Daniels
Tells Committee.
IRv Associated pr.ss :

WASHINGTON, JanuarS,
tne twenty months from the date ~
.ne entry or the United States into th q
was 10 iast December I, 2.s4I guns Of
de- thn cjanoer jr were manufactured un-
or orr onSn 1ns a1rection on of the naval bureau
plants. Secretary Daniels ia urihg i,l g
rouse Naval Affairs Committee 70 d
AZ the nearing on the naval annronr;a'
lion Pill. or this number. i.SS7 p.ea.
p paru IN actual service against fhe
secretary Daniels explained that .bo
total number of 2.s41 did NOT 'iac iac,,Ihe ,he
guns that were on hand and IN ra
serve on April s, 1917. nor those C.
mrger caiiber than five inches r., d q
6Ii 6Ieat majority were manufactures In
bepinn,np p.ace9 IN operation since the
every one was complete with mouats ana
signts and all accessories
nen hostilities ceased Ay.-;,o,,
Guns were being delivered at the rata -
OF OF thirty month. four-inch guns -.
Inc Inc, rare @ OF seventy month. and three. :.
During the twenty days after tba 'oh1n' S;a,n l.
Ing Ing OF the armistice sos guns we Wers s'gn- en-
nvered to the navy "e'e oe-
a., secretary Daniels called attention 60
tne TACT that five naval raiIway h,t
ter,es. each comprising one. fo,irtean-
srnh arn f fIe; were ope ting on the west
september to November ii from
OF the 2.S4I guns manufact,, %,
three-inch. four-inch snS uieu' oOz
were ouilt and placed in service en 'hch aa
sLIoSsrs. transports. merchant vesesis
M aMrnea yachts and coast guard c,Itfers'
dna das tint 's were ready for shipment and
put in service and I23 were rsaa, were
shipment. Feaoy tor
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-02
DETERMINED TO KNOW
WHY LIBERTY BONDS
ARE SELLING SO LOW
Investigation Will Be Begun
Thursday BY Ne,U York Dis
frict Attorneys Office.
nv Ayseciated Press.l

NEW YORK, January 1.-An inves-
tisation intended to determine why
Liberty bonds are selling so far below
par will be undertaken tomorrow by
the county district attorneys office, il
was announced to-day;
There Is nothing TO Indicate any
ATTEMPT on the part OF the financiers
to force down the prices so they can
buy them at low tigures, but, In view
Of the fact that another issue is to be
noated soon. l shall investigate" said
Edward S. Brogan. an assistant prose-
cutor who will conduct the inquiry
1T is plain that to insure the success
OF the next loan the market price OF
the bonds outstanding should be kept
The last 4.l4 per cent issue sold as
low as %. and 1t is suspected that hold
ers in need OF immediate cash are prl-
yately. selling at discounts ranging
infuencing the price downward" Air.
Brogan said. adding that il this was
found to be so the prosecutors Office
would confer with the Liberty loan
committee with a view to appealing 10
holders to retain their bonds. both in
their own interest and for patriotic
reasons.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-02
COLD WAVE TRAVELLING
RAPIDLY EASTWARD
Temperature Hovcrs About Zero in
West, and Borcas Will Soon
Be Here.
STORM WARNINGS ALONG COAST
Danger Signals Ordered Raised From
jacksonville to Eastport, Me.
Clearing Weather With Failing
Mercury Due Here Thursday.
ny Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, January IA cold
wave was sweeping eastward to-day
from the West. where temperatures
hovered around zero. Weather Bureau
officials said much colder weather
would overspread the eastern half. of
the country within the next thirty-six
hours and cold wave warnings were
issued for that section OF the country
stretching from lower Michigan south
ward to Mississippi. Alabama and
Northwest Floridapcr,,
Abnormally warm weather prevailed
to-day generally east OF tho Mississippi,
while the temperature Is twenty de-
grees, or, more below the normal in
practically all western districts.
There was storm OF marked inten-
sity central this morning over Lake
Huron and moving eastward. causing
districts east OF the Rocky Mountains
with moderately heavy snowfalls over
lhe middle plaIns States and the upper
the Ohio and lower Mississippi valleys
and Tennessee. Rain or snow will
tontinge ton.and as As the storm moves eastward
weather is indicated for Thursday with
a turn to colder temperatures;
dersd rSr ways hawe been
sissippi. Alabama. Northwest Georgia
and Northwest Florida.
& sl0f IT, xarphass or hes GGf Mfrs
from Bay ST. Louis to Key West. say
ing strong southerly winds will shift
nndhsFx Eass duT9 Ws 'onsh naeS ea
temperature. Southwest storm warn
ings were ordered at 10. A. NJ. from
of considerable intensity over the Great
Lakes moving eastward was attended
by southerly gales this afternoon and
day, II said.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-02
When Tommy Atkins
Comes Marching Home

When Tommy Atkins comes home
from the war he 10 going to ind
country far different from the one
he Jeft. Not physicalIy different, of
course. but, oh, SO changed In its
manner OF living! And Il II going
to be vastly better and happier
place for Tommy. Among other
things That this war has destroyed.
mt fenat 40 fnr ms England In con-
cerned, In the fetish of cnste. The
people mt Inst have come into their
own, nnd Tommy will make the
hest of Il. Since handful OF
workingmen saved the day, and the
nntf0n. and perhaps thc world, at
tho battle OF Mons, the social up
henval, hns been under why, and
now II fs nenrinK completion. At
last Hritain han really been demo-
crntised md toierntion has become a
fact where before there wns no
toierntion. rkis IL hut one phnse
Of the strnnEe new world which
Tommy will hrd and about which
II. M. Forbes Inns written for The
Times Dispatch. 1t will be printed
In the Issue OF Friday. Janunry q. s
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-02
POLISH FORCES MARCHING
ON BERLIN; BATTLES NEAR
Famous Pinnist, PederewskI, i. Said
10 he Leading Army In
Street FiEhtinr

ooG GENEVA; January Between 3d.
OOo and 10000 Polish infantrymen.
well supported by artillery and cavalry.
are marching on Berlin, the Polish
news agency at Lausanne learns from
Polish cavalry have entered Frank.
fort the -Odor and Posen, the report
One dispatch says that Ignace Pade-
re~ski, the famous pianist. Is leading
Posen. 20 ~
Polish infantry have occupied the
railway centers OF Gnesen. Beuthen and
Bromberg. capturing much railway
stock and booty. They met no resis-
Posen lies 145 miles east Of Berlin.
Bro. SromoerG be o Is soma seventy miles north.
thirty miles slightly northeast Of Posen.
Sanguinary battles are expected. as
troops. -
II is considered likely that the Poles
Will REACH Berlin because many Ger
man soldiers re fuse to serve. The Ger
man railways are badly organized. Il
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-02
750 WOUNDED SOLDIERS
COME TO WEsTHAMPTON
Largest Consignment Yet Received
Arrives From Camp Stuart
for Classification.
DEBARKED AT NEWPORT NEWS
VIII BE Sent to General Hospitals
Throughout Country Within Two
or Three Days-7SO Men Now
CHARTERED in Institution.
DEBARKED AT NEWPORT NEWS

The third and largest contingent Of
sick and wounded men ever received at
the dcbarkation hospital at westhamp-
ton arrived at tho grounds yesterday
afternoon from Newport News. There
were. In all, 7b0 fighters from overseas
which brought them from Camp stuart
near the port of debar rk alton.
They were landed In this country
Tuesday afternoon from the transports
Aeolus and Rijndam we're taken i'm
!nediately TO Camp Stuart. and were
loaded on the two trains for West
hampton about noon yesterday. The
Aeoius brought 2.77o sick and wounded
enlisted men and seventy sick and
wounded officers. The Rijndam had
on board l.l00 sick and wounded Of
fcers and men combined.
MEN CLASSIFIED BEFORE
ALLOWED TO DETRAIN
Classification OF the Westhamp,on
Hospitals largest consignment has al
ready been started. When the trains
pulled into the. grounds officers and
and started the work of classification
before any OF the men were allowed
to &c detrain. ,t This is the first time that
.nis mas 1een done. The system. how
ever worked with unusual smoothness
ana was heartily approved by both Of
hcers and the enlisted personnel of the
The work OF classification was car
ried on IN. the cars by about fifty. men
nf3 the m edicnl corps. most OF them
noncommfssioncd officers. under The
supervision of ttheir supcriors.
within two or three days tho mon
VIII be ready to be cleared for general
hospitals throughout the country. The
pr presence , OF large number of wound :
ca IN the hospital at Newport News
ana inc expected arrival of other trans
potts CARRYING Sick and wounded men
%lii cause the men at Westhampton ,o
ne c!assihed and sent on as quickly aa
possiole TO make way for others.
hoSPlTAL CAPACITY 500,
$50 NOW BEING; ,rREATEn
me capacity OF the hospital here is
ooo men. When the $50 new men csms
;seiS.erday afternoon there were already
TnutS patients undergoing treatment.
ms ms brings the total number of pa
t!ents there to $50
Aoout $50 men were in the first ron
nr,nsent that came to Wes,hamnton
%o weeks later. after these had been
landled successfully and sent 70 no.
tIaheht hospitals. 496 sick and wounded
composed the second quota Of the IN
n .utlon. Yesterdays contingent op
.oo VIII undoubtedly be the IarceSf
that VIII ever be sent here.
NO additional enlisted men oftha
!heoical department have been sent 10
me hospital because of the Increase cd
NUMBER OF sick and wounded receiweS
Inc enlisted personnel now nnn,ber.
22ILo, with about twenty-five oficers
mere are sixty nurses in attendsnca
at the Institution 'eiuaHSe
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-02
TWELVE BELOW AT DENVER
First Cold Wave of Winter Spreads
Over Northwest, Southwest and
Middle Western States.
IBy Associa ted Press. ]

CHICAGO. January 1.-The first cold
wave of the winter spread over the
Northwest. Southwest gand Middle
Western States tonight. delaying
traffic in many places. The mercury
dropped twenty-five degrees in Chi
cago to-day and tonight was hanging
at 10 above zero, while extreme tenn
pcratures were registered in widely
separated regions.
The cold wave was unaccompanieti ny
snow east of th. Mississippi In North .
west Texas IL blizzard ragged. and in
Nebraska and South Dakota similar
conditions were reported In Wyom-
ing temperatures ranged from 16 to 5?
degrees below zero, and it was Il be-
low at Denver.
Train service was seriously affected
in Western Kansas and Colorado, as
we'll as in Northwest Texas. but tenn
peratures were moderatinG to- night in
Colorado.
In the far Southwest. Flagstaff. Ariz..
reported Is below zero. Amarillo.
and even Mexico had freezing weather.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-02
BAD WEATHER DELAYS SHIP
Leviathnn, with s.,OO0.O0O In Gold
Destined for American Soldiers.
Held In Port.

NEW YORK. January 1.-Fate and
the weather seem to be operating TO
delay shipment OF $1,000. 900 destined
for American soldiers in France The
u. S. S. Leviathan. which was to have
left here yesterday with the money
and q distinguished passenger list
bound for Paris, was unable TO sail
because OF broken turbine.
Passengers and money were trans
ferred to , the u. S. S. George Wash
ington, President Wilson'S peace shin
which was scheduled to depart to-day.
4 very heavy fog and low tide com
Captain Edward McCauley. Jr., denied
that the tugmen's strike had anything
to do with il. The George Washing.
ton is now expected to sail to. morrow.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-02
ENACT R|OT0US SCENES
IN SHADOW OF CAPITOL
Soldiers, Sailors and Citizens Under
take to End "Watch Fires" Built
by National Woman's t'arty.
WOMEN ARE KNOCKED DOWN
Five Arrested When New Fire Is
Lighted in Big Urn in Lafayette c
Park, Refuse to Give Bond aud
Arc Incarccratcd.
WOMEN ARE KNOCKED DOWN
IRy Associatod Prcss. |

WASHINGTON. January l.-Riotous
scenes were enacted tonight in front
OF the White House. when soldiers.
sailors and citizens undertook to end a
watch fire" demonstration started in
Lafayette Park by "scntincls" OF the
National Woman's party as "A protest
against the failure of the Senate TO
pass the equal suffrage resolution.
Women carrying . banners were
knocked down. by the charging, crowd
urn in which the watch fire" was
burning was destroyed. After the po-
lice had restored order. the women
urns in the park. and five of them We're
arrested by the police for this viola
ton Of park regulations They re-
fused to furnish bond. and were held
at precinct station.
During the afternoon the women
burned copies of speeches delivered by
the last one was destroyed, the ''senti-
nels' unfurled banner bearing an
inscription dcnouncing President VIII
son as false prophet of democracy.
surrounded the banner and shut 1t
from the gaze of the crowd of several
hundred persons.
ARMY CAPTAIN LEADS
CROWD IN CHEERING
An army captain then stepped in front
OF the spectators and called for three
cheers for the President. the worlds
leader OF democracy and the best
friend the women of America ever had"
The crowd gave the cheers with a
will, but there was no attempt then
to molest the "scntinels."
After the watch fire" had been put
out tonight the, women lighted
another. and party leaders announced
that every possible effort would be
made TO keep 1t going until the Sen
ate passes the suffrage amendment.
The fire was still burning late to-
night. attended by special ''sentinels."
who piled on wood as needed.
Among the women arrested were:
Miss Alice Paul. national chairman;
Misses Edith Ainge and Julia Emory
of Baltimore, Md. and Rosa Conlon, of
Denver, Col.
Later the five women were released
by the police and told to appear in
Police Court tomorrow morning to an
swer formal charges of violating park
regulations. At the Woman's party
headquarters II was said that since,
the women had not furnished any bond
they would not appear for trial.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-02
TROOP SHIP WITH 2,48O w "
SOLDIERS RUNS ASHORE:
HAS SICK AND WOUNDED
American Engineers Figuring Out
What Germany Owes Two Nations

ny ROBERT WELLES RITCHIE.
PARIS, January 1.-Thc biggest
assessment job ever undertaken IL
that which the American officers
engineering corpH. BriEadicr-General
&. II. McF<instry commanding, In
preparing to accomplish for infor-
nation to he placed ut the disposal
of the American peace commission.
Their tnHk is nothing less thnn
That OF estimating n bill OF dam
nEes to he prcscntcd to Germany for
tho havoc wrought In France and
Belgium.
Unomcially France, Britain md
Belgium have announced In round
figures the damages which they cN-
pect to collect from Germany. The
total of these billions stnGgcrs COM
prehension and is reported TO cx-
coed the entire wealth OF the for
mer empire. :.
The American commission, while
not questioning these unofficial fig
ures, wishes to lie in n position to
know from it's own experts npproN-
ImateIy the total damage wrought
on the west front before the final
ntnEcs Of tho conference set In. 1t
therefore asked picked corps of
engineers to cooperate with the
French, British md Belgian enSI-
necrn In arriving mt n grand total.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-02

The headquarters or McNinstry's
force, at 53 Avenue MontrniEne, is
becoming Nant depository OF re-
ports and dutn on the values of the
devnstntcd nreus, and figures on the
former production of the destroyed
factories, railroad stock and coal
mines, notably 1t Lens and Cnmbrai,
where two years Will bc required to
resume operation of the mines he
cause Of the flooding md dynnmitinE
by the Germans.
Tax assessment lists of towns
such Ms fprcs, Ncrdun and Rheims
arc the only clues to the values of
property which Inns been totally
obliternted. The owners of the
great linen works of Northern
France nre submitting valuations.
The French government already
hns advanced .S,OOO.OOO,OOO frnncn
against the clnina of needy rcai-
dents in the devastated regions, and
this In only the smallest fraction of
the whole hill Germany Will. get.
Major Olds. who In aid 10 General
Mckinstry, said to the correspondent
to-day,
"Nothins may be said concerning
the work. We nre busy organizing
forces md collecting material. IT'S
pretty big job, but not impossiblc."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-02
Chinese to Demand
Stolen Instruments

san FRANCISCO, CAL. January
1-Fhe Chinese government will
nHk mt the pence table TINT ancient
bronze astronomical Instruments
stolen by German troops during the
boxer rebellion from the Chinese
imperial observatory NJ PekinR, and
which were taken to Potsdnm as
loot, be returned to the Chinese
government. This announcement
was mnde here to-day by DIR. w. w.
WtilouEhby, adviser to the Chinese
government, who hns just arrived
from TINT country en- route to
Washington. The Instruments. con.
sistinE OF Elobes, nstrolndes and
hiEhiy engraved md Ornamented
brass pieces, were mnde by the Chi
neae nrtisnns under direction OF
French Jesuits In Chinn In the sew
epteenth century. Some. OF the
pieces were taken to France, but
were returned by the French gov
eminent when the circumstance of
their neizure became known.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-02
SHUT UP NEW YORK SAL LooNs
Retail LiGnor Dealers Associntion
Takcs Drastic Action to Avoid
Dispensing to Soldiers.
-IRy Associated Prnss.l

NEW YOKK, january 1.-The nipht
after New Years Eve. New York was
bone dry. and II wasn't because the
entire visible sunily Of ;ntJxicants ha /
been consumed last night, either. The
saloonkeepets closed their doors voIun.
tarily. sisI -,
The unprecedented action OF the RE.
tail Liquor Dealers Association was
was the only way they could keep
liquor from men In uniform. who
focked TO the city by the tens OF thou
sands.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-02
BRYAN TO MAKE SPEECH
VIII Address North iCarolinn Suffrage
Assoctntion at Raleigh =.
January 10.

RALEIGH. n. c., January IA
meeting Of the North Carolina Suffrage
Raleigh January 10, while the State
Legislature is in session, at which
time matters pertaining to Suffrage
legislation Will be discussed by the
women. William Jennings Bryan has
accented aninvitation to speak on the
night OF January 10. i,s,N
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-02
METH0DlSTS IN PETROGRAD
ARE STARVING TO DEATH
Board of Foreign Missions Receives
CahfeEram From Nine. EklunS,
Saying Situation Is Hopeless.

NEW YORK, January members
Of the American Methodist Episcopal
Church in Petrograd are dying OF
famine, according to a cablegram re-
ceived by the Methodist board Of for
eign missions.
The cablegram is signed by Nine.
Eklung. the deaconess Of the church
in Petrograd and was sent by way OF
the Swedish government and the Amer
lean State Department. She refers TO
the food situation as being hopeless.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-02
PRESIDENT LEAVES PARIS
FOR THE ITALIAN CAPITAL

PARIS, January president Wilson
o-night Is en- route to Rome, where
! he Will be the guest of King Victor
emmanuel. During his stay in the
Italian capital he will visit the pope
and also the Methodist College and
VIII continue his conference with the
king, Premier Orlando and Baron
ant. results are expected from this
visit. which will be the last to the
allied countries before the beginning
OF the peace conference.
Immediately after breakfast this
morning the President went with Mrs,
Wilson and Rear-Admiral Grayson. his
personal physician, to the beautiful ST
Cloud course under gray but rafnless
clouds and played golf for an hour,
There was quiet family New Years
dinner at the Murat Mansion. No bust
ness was put before the President. His
only departure from the injunction of
Z Admiral Grayson to devote the day to
complete relaxation and repose came
IN the afternoon when he received n
New Years call from President and
Madame Poincare and later visited
Colonel Edward n. House, with whom
he had q conference. Beyond this hs
had no appointments.
CONFERENCES IN ITALY
X, TO PROVE IMPORTANT
The conferences In Rome with the
Italian statesmen Will, in 8 sense. be
u Saontinuance OF those held here when
& King Victor Emmanuel Visited Paris,
and the President also talked with
Premier Orlando and Foreign Minister
Il hSonntno; Tho results Of President
WILSON'S conferences with tho British
CONTINUED On Second Page.)
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-02

Through the: Advertising Columns
OF the modern newspaper you can send
your sales message to thousands that
otherwise, you would be unable to
reach. Now Is the time to consider
your 1919 advertising plans. Il
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-02

Squadron Passes the sknyr.
COPENHAGEN, January IA
the Skaw tncar skagerak), On route
for Baltic waters. 81 ~
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-02
Transport Moccnsin ArrIye.,

NEW YORK. January 1.-The Amer
lean transport Moccasin with fifty five
A.. men arrived here to-day from
Brest. ~ ...l ~.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-02

When You Want a CLASSIFIED ,3
Adyertlaenaen
that will reach the buying public of
Richmond and Virginia. telephone
Randolph !. or, bring 1t to The Times.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-02
N'H.COMINO nOAT
BRAVES ROuit.u SEas

ANOTHER TRANSPORT sfps
AGROUND IN DELAWARE :l1vEfg
By Associated Press.I 80 +
pHlLADELPfilA, January ~ .st1osS.
can army In France arrived al this
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1919-09-10
Health Man
Says Sanitary Conditions in
Big Stone Gap Are Bad.

MI. l.. ID. Marshal, of the
State Board of Health, is in this
vicinity and last week investi-
gated the sanitary conditions in
Big Stone Gap. lie finds that
our water supply is all right, but
the majority of the priyies are
found to be unsanitaiy and Il
menace to the health Of the town.
A great many of them are Who'll
ly unprotected from flies and
other germ carrying insects and
are not builtin accordance with
sanitary rules. Right in the
center of town close to sewer
lines are unsanitary privies that
should no: be allowed to remain
i'll their present condition. We
do not believe that any one
should be allowed to have a privv
on their premises where connec-
ton is possible with sewer line
ana our TOWN council should see
to it that the proper ordinances
are passed to regulate this nui-
sance and protect the health of
our people, and then the mayor
should see to it that the ordin-
ances are enforced.
Our good water and sanitary
conditions TO a greatextent were
responsible for our fairing SO
welllast year during the epidem-
ic of influenza and we should
commence now to put the town
in a good sanitary condition to
guard against another possible
epidemic of this dreaded disease
that many physicians say will
come again this winter. We
understand there ure twelve
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1919-09-10

Visitors to the fair will be
given n rare treat when Ruth
Law, the famous girl aviator
flies at the Wise County Fair,
September 10th to %, twice dai
~ during the exposition. Miss
Law is Il refreshing exception
among aviators in that her one
idea Is to please the spectators
and give the people their mon
ey's worth Of thrills and in ev
cry flight she turns and twists
her erratic little Curtiss aero
plane into dozens of loops, flip
fiops, spins, etc. One cold
timer" recently watched Ruth
Law III one of her exhibition
flights and after it was over he
remarked eloquently and tcrse-
ly, CHATS flying with the big
." 'F' ;"
There never has been and
there probably never will be an
other aviator with such perfect
mastery of the air. Miss Law
does every thing that the best
aviators can do and some more.
II a., fnn,o -, Iti,o..t.