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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-23
AUSTRIA MAKES APPEAL
TO AMERICA FOR HELP
Chancellor Says Only Quick Action Can
save Lives of Thou-
sands.
INV Associatcd prcss,1

NEW YORK. Dec. 22.--An appeal for
the starving population OF Austria in
general. and Vienna in particular" re-
ccircd by the American relief admin
istration from Chancellor Rcnner of
the Austrian republic, was made pub
lie here tonight. The Cha ancellor de-
clarcS that peace has been followed by
hardships Surpassing those endured in
war time. and that the people arc faced
by starvation
Hunger and cold have reapcd a crue!
harvest among the children, invalids
and aged people" added the Chancel-
lors message, and the comAS winter
viii bring horrors beyond description
to the entire population.
Only quick and sufficient action can
save the lives of thousands and thou
sands of innocent victims"
The chahccllor's appeal is directed
especially TO American citizens. who.
through their forefathers, are related
or in some way connected" with the
people of Austria.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-23
SALE OF NINE MILLION
POUNDS OF SUGAR
HELD UP By OFFICIALS
4'eW York FcHcruIEOod A,i,,,;u-
T"for Stops Disposal Of
Cuban Product ut I0Lac-oOc
tRy Associated Press

:, NEW !. . SoRK 1oddK pee: % Tie proposed
10 consumers at 10 IL to 90 cents
pound with 100000 profit, was held mn
l0day by Arthur Williams. Federal fonJ
Is II cents. P''e
:, The sugar is aboard the steamshin
!Miunson; which arrived recently from
nel Rionua. member OF firm Of brok
ers TO which the cargo was conslgnod
inal the aid OF tho Sugar Euualization
10 prevent the sale at the price pro
Rionda explained that the sugar
would cost his firm Is 1-2 cents n
mound. divided as follows: l3 1-2 cents
paid growers: 1-2 cents for refining.
lilo cents for duty and 4-10 cent for
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-23
Lodge and Underwood Seek Basis
For Compromise on Peace Treaty

I'm his tnlk with senator Under
wood. Nr. Lodge had before him the
views of the mild reservation group
OF Hcpuhlirnns. who presented to
him at u conference yesterday
plea for support of the cOmproniIsc
ncEot tionS that hHNc been pro-
cecdinG ever since the treaty failed
or ratification ut the last session of
Congress.
Notifications In tho l.nguase of
TIC reservations as agreed ON by
the Senate majority nrr Understood
to have been suggested by the mild
reHrrHntiOnists. although u wa.
nnid the question of the language
10 he adopted would he left oucn
for the present. RedraftS or some
"f these reservations have been
submitted to Nnrious Senator's by
pro- ncnt Republicans outside
Congress while many suyEestionx
for changes have come from .thrr
sources. All or these, II tx under
stood, will he taken into cOnsidrrn-
tton n< the negotiations proceed.
Some or the moro optimi.ti, cx
pressed confidence that the rntiGcu-
ton ""uId come before .Jnnunr, IA.
this formally cSenbiishinE peace and
permitting the President to IRE
prohibition for brief wet smell
Dcforc tho constitutional nrohibi-
ton amendment act becomes e0rr
tive on TINT date.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-23
WALR A. WATSON
I'LL; HAS BUT FAINT
CHANCE OFRECOVERY
Condition IF Virginia Represent
tdfire in Washington Hospital
ShO,cs No improvement
lSpccial to The Times Dispatch

WASHINGTON. ID. G.. Dee. 22.-'rhc
condition Of REPRESENTATIVE Walter A..
Watson. OF Virginia, who has been
critically i'll at the Episcopal Eye, Ear,
Nose and Throat Hospital, in this city
for more than Il week, showed no i'm :
proNcmcnt whatever tonight. and the
members of his family are greatly
alarmed over the serious nature Of
his illness.
II was stated early this evening tha;
Judge Watson still has Il faint chance
for recovery, but the progress OF the
disease does not appear to have been
arrested
Judge Watson was stricken several
days ago with maStoditis and was re-
moved almost Immediately tn the hos
pital. where an operation was found
TO be almost urgently necessary
For time /; was thought that this
operation would prove successful hut
the infection continued to spread. ana
a second operation became impcrltiyc
ihc doctors and members Of the
FAMILY are at his bedside but continue
to nope that he might survive the
night.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-23
CHARLES F. BUTTON DIES
Brother Of Stntc Co,nInissfouer of In
surhnrc Victim Of Attack
Of Pneumonia.

IfNCHEURG. VA. Dec. a2'-NC,harIes
tlctchcr Button died tonight at his
home Laurel ain: Appomattox County,
diatc cause Of death being pnrumoni,
complicated with paralysis. He was
born in Lynchburc. being Il son of the
iate charicS w. and Mary u. Button,
and for some time was associated win
ms iaiher in conducting the Lynch
burg Nirgnian.
Later. he removed to the old country
noihc III AppomattoN, where he had
IiNcu ever since. Al the time Of his
dcnth he was Justice Of the peace. an
6iiicc he had held FOR Twenty-Five years
tie was unmarried. He is survived
ny ms brother, Colonel Joseph Button.
state commissioned OF Insurance. and
= sister, Mrs. II. ~ Warficld wife OF
nr; H.. ~ Warheld. professor OF Eng
IiSh at the Western Maryland College
Westminster, Md. -
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-23
KANSAS MINERS LEAVE.
WORK. PENDING <f"rIoS

riTTSHuEG. KANS. Dee. aa-De-
curing mat they would not return tn
Work until they knew what Judge An
dcrSon at Indianapolis intended to do
WIN AicNandcr liowat. the 80 miners
cinpioycd AT Grove Number iG one Of
INC largest producers in the Kansas
hcld. went ON strike today according
70 reports to the state receivers. Thc
SStTik9 occurred before the miners had
indianapolis . , az
For several days miners in the Moth
hcid Of Crawford County have bccn
threatening to strike if lIowat is nm
iShcd al Indianapolis. That the men
anywhere would walk out until action
not generally believed.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-23
SCORES OF PATRIOTS FOLLOWERS
KEPOKTED LEAXINl: TIIE CITY

IBN NSHOCIatcu TToSS.
FIUME. Sunday, Dec. 21.-Signor
Conclhy, Vice President Of the National
Council. this evening told the Asso-
ciated Press correspondent that Ga
briele d'Annnnzio had insisted upon
further guarantees for the carrying out
OF the pact Of London and regarding
the annexation of Fiumc by italy.
Scores of D'AnnunZio's followers have
iclt the city. The high-hapded atti-
tudc or the Ardti. who enter homes, de-
mand flood and threaten families. has
caused revulsion on tho part OF the
population against this branch Of the
occupational forces.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-23
DID NOT HEED WARNING
or RAID OK TnNN ~ to,,

~ PASo. TENAS. Dec. a2.-Rcsio
used 10 believe a warning scni siy
Weeks IN advance of the Villa raid On
III it.ni town on March .. 1916. /; was
,unihca ,a Today III testimony preljmio
nary "a he hearing to be condnnt a.,
- me senate subcommittee inycs
;t, ,IhS me Mexican affairs.
ny IN ofnat ton was given 10 Mainr
Dan NJ. Jackson. OF I'll Paso' sccrntor,,
%t NE Subcommittec. by Mrs. Susan
~ Mnorc, widow of John l.. Moore
MIS-. Moore described the ,nurdo - +,
mSr husband and her narrow csconc
Non Mme" n'i Wounded in the leg by McHi.
hor h. ,1uiII',. american soldiers found
hcr hidden by Il fence
~" 5unc"mmittcc hearings Will he
ag:uahrh at san Antonio. Texas. soou
AFTER January | '' ''oit
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-23
!. w. w. POST, NE GENERAL
LUMBER INDUSTRY STRIKE
Reds iigd Intended to Parnlyze Opera
tions In Northwest beginning
january !.

INTERNATIONAL FALLS. MINI,
Dec. GA general strike OF Industrial
Workers of the World which. it was
reported. was scheduled 10 begin in
the Northwest on January l. has been
Iostpaned indefinitely. according to in
formation received here today from the
Military Intelligence Bureau at WASH
!pgton. +-
The strike, 1t was reported. was In
tended TO parnlyZc tho numbering in
custry of Minnesota AMI uther States
ard portions OF Canada. bordering IN
the Northwestern States
Presence OF Federal Investigators as
wei. as State troops hare is said to
have had q disheartcning effect on
tic leaders in tho movement.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-23
MURDERED QUADRUPLETS
FOUND BY BOY SKATERS
Inquest DiScIOscs That Four SInin
Inbies Were Born OF Ono
Mother.
IHy Universal soryicc.l

CLYDE. y. Y. Dec. 22.-lnquiry start
ed today into the murder Of four babies,
a girl and three boys, whose bodies were
found in box on the Erie Canal es-
tablish the fact that tho victims wero
quadruplets.
PhysfG11ns who examined the little
bodies, discovered late last night by
boy skaters on the canal, declared the
babies were undoubtedly born OF ono
month. and that nll had been murdered.
1t was impossible to determine the ma
tionality or the babies. who were two or
three days old when slain.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-23
LAD SLAYS DRUNKEN
FATHER IN DEFENDING
HIS INJURED MOTHER
North Carolina Mountain BOy
Uses Shotgun Against
LiGuorCrGzed Parent.
icy Associated prcss.l

.tSHENILI-E, " c., Dec. 22.-CharSed
with killing his father while the latter
was said 10 be in Al drunken condition,
in defense of his mother and helpless
brothers and sisters. Edward Lail
said 10 be - years old. is held with
out bail 1T MorSanton, near here, fol-
lowing 4 coroncr's inquest
The shooting occurred in the heart
OF south Mountains, in Burke County.
and the boys mother is said TO be
seriously wounded a result o:
biows which she says her husband
gave her. after which the boy Killed
his father with a shotgun.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-23
Army Omcer Kills uin,.e1r

ciIICAGo. Dec. 22:--Leutenant-Co Col
"mei Andrew w; Smith, United States
81 Fort Sheridan Hospital today. lie
had been i'll for several months and
entered tho hospital suffering from
nervous nilments and insomnia To
day while on walk with n military
noliceman the officer reached over,
snatched the pistol from the soldiers
Aholster. and shot himself
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-23
CALI. SPECIAL CONVENTION
OF MINERS FOR .JANI'<NY :

NV NsSW"IaI"d Frcss
ciai ,iTp,MNArHiis, conTnn,in Dec. 22:IThc ,spc-
workers of America will be held In
Columbus. Ohio. beginning January ;. IL
was announced NJ the Internal ional
hcadHuarters OF tho organization here
today. Tho call for the convention was
being prepared today and probably will
go out tomorrow.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-23
&C MMERCE AT HIGH MARK
american Exports and Imports for No
Ncmber second Greatest in
Nations History.
ny Associated Press.

NSfIINGTON. Dec 22.-EyDorts
and imports In November reached the
second highest marks in the nations =
tSilraunord eoday that the value OF eS"
por!s Wa $7i1 900. 900. as compared
VII With a6S2,ooo.o00 In October. and sS2a. :
ouu,oeo IN November a year ago, while
Imports in November amounted TO
600. as against s402. 900, 600 i'm
October OF this year. and S251, 900 900
In November OF last year.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-23
MUST RELY ON AMERICA
Lord CurzOn Says Allies Unable IN II.,,
Austrin Unless United states
CO-OpcrntcS.
Associated prcss.l

LONDON. Dec. 22.-Replying 10 -
question by Viscount Bryce. in the
sistance to Austria. Earl Curzon' thc
Foreign, Secretary, declared that no
great scheme was possible without Tho
help of tho United States. '"'
Great Britain and France had nro
posed, and the United States had
agreed. that they retain Austrian So.
curitics now held as q guarantee OF
tria. he said
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-23
FInd Homhs tn GirI., schooI.

LISBON, Sunday. Dec. 21.--A store or
eight bombs ready for use and sixteen
In process OF construction. together
with. great quantity of explosives,
Nas been found in n girls school rhcrc.
The owner is not known.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-23
D'ANNUNZiO QUITS FlUME
Paris Dispatch Says Poet-SoIdier Is
on the High
Seas.
icy Associntcd Press

PARIS. Dec. 22.-Ciabrielc d'Annunzio
is reported to have abandoned command
at Fiumc. according 10 IL dispatch re-
ccivcd here from Rome. The dispatch
adds that the poet soldier is on the
high seas.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-23
More Pay for Tcncher,.

BOSTON, Dec. 22-Thc House OF
representatives today passed n bill
every Boston school teacher. Tho bill
had previously passed the Senate
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-23

Yesterdays contributions IS 90
Final total ................$2 $2.S5O.O5
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-05

by housework, sewing or school
teaching. The business girl. I have
often remarked, when she marries
makes the best wife and home
maker that can be found anywhere.
Who does not appreciate break
fast and dinner on time And what
q joy il is TO see the table set, wheth-
er by servant or the mistress of the
house. with the order and good
taste which comes from thoughtful
ness.
She Stands Alone.
The girl who has been going in
and out at her daily work for years
appreciates the comparative free
dom Of her own home. and the sun
ny nature Of the American girl
thrives and grows in the home at
mOsphere. She is ready for the
storm, she is able 10 cope with any
situation OF difficulty and even Of
danger, but how she blossoms in the
JOY and happiness Of home life,
agree with the boy in khaki, and
all OF his fellows. for they all have
the same tale to tell, in their pride
and appreciation for the American
girl.
Go where you will in the round
world, you will not find her equal.
Surely she has proved herself
worthy Of the American boy who has
given himself 10 his enemy shrdlu Il
given himself 10 his country. OF
course, they're alike. and one worthy
of the other. The brief impression
of foreign life will only add TO the
appreciation every one of the re-
turned heroes has for the life at
home.
OF course. we may learn some
thing from the old world. its man
neTs and customs have been formed
by the centuries, and we have in
herited the best Of them, and made
some of them over to suit ourselvs.
but nothing the old world has to
offer can compete with the Ameri-
can girl
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-05
Announcements

A called meeting of the South
Bend Woman's club will take place
promptly at o'clock Friday after
noon in the club rooms, at which
time the advisa bility Of purchasing
stage curtains will be discussed.
The Priscilla Sewing circle of the
st. Peters Evangelical church viii
be entertained Thursday night by
the Misses Lydia and Bertha Veg
ner, 907 Cottage Grove av.
Mrs. Ira Ruth, 1917 S. Lafayette
blvd, will be hostess to the Ladies'
Aid society of the Broadway Evan
gelical church Thursday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock.
A special program has been pre-
pared for presentation at the meet
ing of the Woman's Foreign Mission
airy society Of the Grace NJ. f.
church to be held Thursday after
noon in the church parlors
Mem bers OF the home service de-
partment of the First Presbyterian
church will meet Thursday after
noon in the church parlors to sew
for the Red Cross. All women in
terested in aiding the Red Cross are
invited TO attend this meeting.
The c. w. B. NJ. OF the First
Christian church will meet Thursday
afternoon with Mrs. Arthur Sturgis.
519 Riverside DIR. An excellent pro-
gram has been prepared. Sunday is
10 be c. W. B. NJ. day at the church
and Mrs. Elizabeth Ross, mother Of
Emery Ross, missionary to Africa.
whose work the c. W. B. NJ. is fl
nancing, will be the speaker.
The Ladies' Aid society of the
Lowell Heights Methodist Episcopal
church will meet Thursday after
noon with Mrs. S. Lutes, 1915 +.
Madison st.
The Ladies' Aid. Ladies' Benevo-
lent and Sewing societies of Zion
Evangelical church VIII hold a joint
meeting Thursday afternoon at the
Parish school.
The sumption Prairie Home Eco
Eomic clob will meet Thursday with
Mrs. Osborne Ullery instead of with
Mrs. Ray Patterson.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-05
The American Girl
By Winifred Black

never be written without a great
many pages devoted to the splendid
work of American womanhood-and
always and ever the girls have been
TO the fore.
Who has not seen these girls out
in the rain and sleet and snow dur
ing the winter, selling war stamps
and doing it with such grace and
good will that one could only buy
and bless the young saleswoman as
he passed along.
And not alone in the out-of-door
world. out at home, the American
girls have taken upon themselves the
duty and delight Of cheering the
lonely hearths from which our boys
have been gone, and by their good
cheer and ever-present thoughtful
ness they have done their best to
make up for the absence of those
who make the home dear
When IL comes to home-making
and the good cheer Of home, no one
can compete with the American
girl.
She knows how 10 keep everything
bright, how 10 rest the weary by
her never-failing fund of good hui
NOR. and when the evening lights
are burning she is ready with music
and song and story and lively chat
20 break the dull monotony which
comes from the heart that is un-
able 20 feel itself while with every
beat there is a stifled note OF anN-
iety.
We have had for years now a vast
army OF young American girls who
are bread-winners. You see them
I'm every office and in every shop.
from every dark corner OF a place
where work is going on, some conf
petent friendly young face looks out
at the visitor and looks quite az
home. too.
Her work in every branch OF in
dustry and business has not spoiled
the American girl as a home-maker.
She is the same delightful sweet
heart that she was when she had
no way OF earning her bread but
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-05
WHAT HAPPENED WHEN MADGE
FOLLOWED KATIE'S ADVICE.


When Dicky. irritable with the
pain OF his sudden mysterious at
tack asked me if l intended 10 give
him bath, had hard work 10 keep
from laughing outright. ne was so
ludicrous in his attempted sarcasm.
But I wisely gave no indication Of
my amusem ent.
Katie gave me a liniment which
she says relieves Jim when he has
rheumatism" I explained carefully
1T is TO be applied with a brush.
Katie says it discolors anything it
touches, so l am getting these old
bath towels TO protect your clothing"
Dicky ignored the explanation.
rheumatism he calculated. and
his manner Of seiziug the word re-
minded me of the way the puppy he
had given me bounced upon a stick
to worry ii. rheumatism, I sup
pose you'll be accusing me Of hav-
ing govt next. I haven't any rheu-
matism. You can just put that in
your pipe and smoke it, and if that
stuff YOU got from Katie is a rheu-
matism remedy, I won't have any Of
IL on me-"
Il don't suppose il is a rheuma-
tism remedy" I returned soothingly
But Katie warranted il TO relieve a
sharp pain in the back such as you
nave. so please let me. put it on"
The little devil of pain that was
working at my husbands back evil
IDENTIFY gave an extra twist TO his tor
ture instruments then. for Dicky
raised himself painfully on one ell
bow and shouted:
We'll, for heavens sake. put il
on Don't stand there delivering
lecture about it, This isn't any
blooming rostrum, you know"
Loosen your clothing, then. and
turn over upon your face so that I
can expose your back" I answered
quietly. do you wish me to help
YOU ?"
NO" Dicky said shortly sbut after
a few moments struggle. in which
the pain he suffered was reflected in
his face, he was glad enough to have
me come to the rescue. When he
was ready with his face buried in
the pillows as If in protest against
the whole proceeding, I brought in
the dish of mixture and, saturating
the brush in il. gave a vigorous
swish over his back
With yell that would have done
justice TO the traditional old com
anche, so dear to the hearts Of fiction
dabblers, Dicky shot upward and cut
of the bed upset'ing the dish OF llni-
ment in his sudden movement and
sending its contents over his back
and legs.
You're burning me alive!" ne
howled with a string Of explosives
such as I had never before heard
from his lips in his angriest mo-
ments. What is that blasted stuff
anyway? He stopped long enough
to sniff why. you blooming idiot.
it's turpentine!" he raved. IF T
hadn't had my face In the pillows
would have smelled it. Quick, Get
something to stop this burning: the
stuff blisters. Get some olive oil and
bandages quick, and then send for a
doctor. OF all the"
I did not wait to hear the end of
his sentence, but. genuinely fright
ened. flew down the stairs, meeting
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-05

"Oh, it is good to be home!" said
a returned soldier boy
After all. there is nothing like
the good old United States. Since
I've been across the water 1 love
everything here better than ever be-
fore: / love the very streets. and
shop windows that l never looked
into before. Perhaps one reason 1
like the shop windows is because
they are full Of the hats and gowns
that American girls wear-ah, now
I've said it
There is no girl in all the world
like the American girl. She is the
best and the brightest, the pretti-
est, the most entertaining and the
most practical Of all the girls in the
whole world.
Those French girls talk so much
about their charms. il is true. but
not for the American boy: all the
boys over there agreed with me
about that"
And then 1 asked the enthusia site
boy in khaki If ne had any idea how
much work American girls have
been doing during the last year.
knitting and sewing. selling Liberty
bonds, giving days and weeks of
their time in all kinds OF war work
The Red Cross can never estimate
what il owes 10 the enthusiasm and
devotion OF American girls All
over the country they have been at
work with such enthusiasm and eff
cheney as could be found nowhere
else you may be sure OF that Moth
ing has been too hard for them to
do. for their enthusiasm carried
them over the top" no matter what
difficulties they had 20 overcome.
Business Makes Them Finer.
Aside from the war work. how
many thousands and hundreds OF
thousands OF girls have gone out
from the sheltering home roof 10
work for those who were dependent
upon the boys who had gone 20 the
front
The history OF The great war could