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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-19

oNcrtures for compromise came first
from the packers. after the Department
of Justice had placed its evidence be-
fore a grand jury in Chicago.
The attitude OF Norris & Sc. was cx-
pressed by NJ. w. Borders, general
counsel. who said the firm had con.
true Americanism.''
We gave up certain legal rights and
made certain business sacrifices i'm or
mcnt. he continued. land To forever
SCI nj rest the fear of monopoly of the
american table by the packers. In
TINS period OF reconstruction aud un-
rest we desire TO promote confidence.
co-operation and stable conditions"
VIII Seek More Legislation.
Bli!s proposing government recula-
slon Of the packing industry. now be-
tore the Senate agriculture Committees
and Kendrick. Wyoming. authors of
'"S ..r measures n,tn announced tonight.
merely step. though very long
one, toward the goal We have been
seTghk d ;rt to attain said ar: Ksndrck.
made permanent only by Legislation
a , the lines of the measures now
Senator kcndrick said Tn, decree was
the mos, telling blow" yet delivered
against the high COS: of living. Senu-
should maintain over the Packers the
control provided by the pending bills,
.nasmuch as 1T is evident they were
building the greatest monopoly tho
country has ever known
Ends Ions-Standing Fight.
Retirement Of the packers from all
lines of business except tho meat and
standing which has been an issue ia
elections and political debate for
years, tho subjcc; OF much ATTEMPTED
legislation the cause of the cXpcndi-
tnrc o! thousands of dollars in investi-
Stations and untold bitterness between
;ho packers on the one hand and tho
=ovcrnment, livestock producers and
small business firms on the other.
inc present settlement is an out
ny the Federal Trade Commission by
direct on OF President Wilson on Feb.
wary - l?lI. \ letter reviewing that
Work ana what IL ACCOMPLISHED was
transmitted 10 the White House to-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-19
MAY CHOOSE SENATOR LODGE
Characteristics Man l. Doomed for
chairman Mt Republican M
ttonHl ConyentiOn

WASHrNGToN. Dec 7sr.

WASHfNGTON, Dec. 1s-Tt-,,.i..
plans, have been made to have Sena
'cr Henry Cabot Lodge. Of MassgchIJ.
sets, as temporary and pc.mauent
convention.
There has. been some talk among IN.
.eao:rs OF iormcr Senator El!hu Root
ior temporary chairman, hut !, 4. an
derst2od that the plan Of having one
man 'ur both places, Nrst Gstd IN 1903
VIII be continued in 1920
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-19
Local Rainfall.

Local Observations Mt 4 i. VI. Yesterday.
Wind direction, northeast: wind velocity,
.. Weather at T. NJ. showing.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-19

For Guilds or Influenza
anu as Preventative. take LAXATIVE;
BROMO QtININE Tablets. Look for
Suc-Ady " -N IVA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-16
G|RLS!! ACT NOW!! HAIR COMING OUT MEANS -DANDRUFF 25-cent "Danderine'' will save your hair and double
 its beauty Try this! Your hair gets soft, wavy, abundant ahd
 glossy at once

Save your hair! Beautify it, It is only a matter of using little Dander- inc occasionally to have a head of heavy. beautiful hair soft, lustrous, wavy and free from dandEuff It is easy and in- expensive to have pretty, charming hair and lots of it. Just get d 25-cent bottle ! of Knowlton's Danderine now-all drug stores recommend it-apply n little as directed and within ten minutes there will be an appearance of abundance; freshness, fluffiness and an incompara- ble gloss and lustre, and try as you will you can not find trace of dandruff or falling hair; but your real surprise will be after about two weeks use, when you will see new hair-fine and downy at first-yes-but really new hair--sprout- ing out all over your scalp--Danderine is, we believe, the only sure hair grow CT; destroyer of dandruff and cure for
 itchy scalp and it never fails to stop
 falling hair at once.
 If you want to prove how pretty and
 soft your hair really is, moisten cloth
 with a little Danderine and carefully
 draw 1t through your hair--taking one
 small strand at a time. Your hair will
 be soft, glossy and beautiful in just a
 few momcnts-a delightful surprise
 awaits everyone who tries this.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-16
Military Foot Work

pr. John B. Huber, in Lesles.
 Many of us feel that feet won the war Anyway, they went a long way" to- ward winning it, and there are S'oo0,0 ,009 American soldiers who will do splendid educational work in the care of feet.
 Painful feet are often incorrectly at tributed either to rheumatism or to fallen arch In the former does indeed rheumatism in it's turn may have for it's source some infection focus in the nose or the throat or in a tooth cavity, Or elsewhere in the body. Also in some cases the fallen arch is to blame. But there are other causes. A military sur geon examined 800 enlisted men and found hardly 30 per cent of them with really normal feet. Above 70 per cent were wearing ill-fitting shoes and pre- scented a choice assortment of corns, fis- sures, lun3ons, ingrowing nails, hammer toes, overriding toes, crowded, jammed and shapeloss toes. There are those hay iag pes equinus (horse fooO: and in Sc per cent of the men the first toe was crowded out of it's natural alignment halluX valgrs Gin the high brow), most torturing on the march.
 Before a march all men with any foot soreness should report for examination; and they should be regularly inspected GreaSing and soaping the feet will pre- vent much soreness. A neutral grease, like mutton tallow is preferable to soap (except for cleansing); the latter some times assists precipitation and so leads to foot softening The feet may be toughened ly being soaked in a warm solution of alum Ca teaspoonful to the pint,, or of common salt Ca tablespoonful to the pint: or vigorously anointed with zinc ointment containing , per cent of tannin A grain of permanganate of pot ash will heip some when it comes to that. shall we say, feetid odor. Also powder of tale S7 parts, starch 10 parts. and saiieylic acid three parts, sifted from a dredging box into the shoes, helps con siderably when it comes to perspiration.
 Generous strips of adhesive zinc plaster applied to the affected parts will give tle same protection as will a leather glove to he hand used in frictional work
 Biisters should be punctured with needle passed through a flame; then the fluid having ebbed away, an adhesive plaster over all Trim nails square across and not too near the quick. Neglected corns or bunions. infleshed nails and the like shcuid receive attention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-16
FORMS FRIENDSHIP WITH NOTED WOMAN
 IN SIBERIAN CAMP
Geo. kennan Tells Incidents in Remarkable Life of 'Babushka," Famous
 Russian Exile
By Assnriatad Press

New York, February 11.-When NIme Catherine Breshllovsky, affectionately known to millions of Russians as "Ba- bushka,' or the little grandmother oi the Russian revolution stopped in the midst of an impassioned address to 1Jl prominent Americans at the Henry street settlement here the other day to em- brace and kiss George Kennan, the au- thor and explorer, who came in unex- pectedly upon the gathering, there re- mained to be told the story of remark able friendship that began S5 years ago in the wilds of Siberia.
 Seated before log fire in his home on Fifth avenue, overlooking the guant trees of Central Park, MT. Nennan today related with great vividness and sympa- thy that phase of his expose of the Rus Sian prison horrors and the exile which, in 1885 brought him in touch with "Ba- bushka,' then a political prisoner In a little burat or village called Salenginsk in the most desolate part of the trans Baikal
 She was the only civilized, educated woman within a radius of 300 miles,, said Mir. kennen. 'She made very deep im- pression upon me as woman of heroic character, great fortitude and indomina- ble cheerfulness. I never expected to see her again when I left her that day in 1885 because it seemed probable that she would die in exile Already she had spent four years of her life in the mines at Kara, Eastern Siberia, where political offenders were criminals of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-16
A Jananese Obiect Lesson

Has every race a rhythm of it's own Is that the secret of our difference? Occultism, that mad. estranged little sister of science. would cry out. de- lightedly "Yes!" but that is her trou- hle-she has never learned to say ''No.' Musicians know most about rhythms. but if l. were musician. I should in all probability be fascinated by the mere idea. and begin composing con certo for my favorite instrument based upon the theme. without tEe slightest interest in its falsity or truth. Mathe- maticians should know, but if I were a mathematician, well. that is what I should be. I should likelv insist that two and two make four. and be entire ly unable to understand how two and two make sometimes 22.
 In the west, l had q Japanese girl friend. named Toyo. an1 one summer night we were walking togethe, along the street of the California town where We lived, when for the first time 1t occurred to me that. siace she was wearing American shoes (she wore all ways Japanese dress, except for the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-16
eosHEVsT PRsosss

 Y p arc pn to rush h order he Land Chaos I phoouaphsh tn Americans are a the fugitive Kerspa pasdme-~ wood
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-16

where for two years she was immured as in a tomb Then she was sent to Kirinsk, in eastern Siberia. The charge against her was attempting to over throw the existing government.
 She was never a terrorist, never sympathized with bomb throwing nihi- lists. She is an intellectual socialist made so by her abhorrence of serfdom and her sympathy for the Russian mou- jiks or peasants She desired to amel- iorate their hard life. That is why she is so uncompromisingly opposed to the bolshevil<i whom she has designated as 'murderers' of Russian freedom.
 The real revolutionary movement in Russia began in 1878 and 1879, when 2000 or more persons like Mme. Fresh kovsy. opposed to the autocracy of the ozar, were thrown into prison. All of them were freed except 193, and the social upheaval started
 "The story of Babushkas repeated efforts to escape from captivity would make most interesting reading. The last dash sine made for freedom was five years ago. Imagine a woman 70 years old, still unbroken in mind and heart after so much anguish and torture, still mentally energetic enough to devise a plan to obtain her liberty. T love my people, she has said, and this thought QOuEllSS mas neipeu to SuSldlfl 0eF.
 When Kerensky came into power and Mime. Breshkovsky and other eXiles were freed in 1917 she came to Petro- grad and was received as Q great ma tional figure. After the dow6fall of Kerensky, for whom 'Babushka' had the highest regard, being of the same political faith, she started @ magazine called The Peoples Will, and edited it until she was forced to go into hiding by the criminal clements of the bolshe- wiki against whom she had been warn ing the people and for whom she held feeling of detestation on account of their lawlessness and terrible crimes
 Mime. Breshkovsky was hidden for months in Petrograd and Moscow, her friends in daily fear for her safety that her whole life had been devoted to the hetterment of the oppressed and impoverished people of Russia. Now she is in the United States to raise funds to feed. clothe and edu- cate 4,000, 900 fatherless and motherless Russian children. But first, she says, the bolshevil<i must be overthrown.'
 "In Russia today there are 40,000 CO., operative societies with membership of 15,00O, 900 persons, mostly heads of families. and these are all opposed to the bolshevilIi. Mime. Breshkovsky speaks for these people.
 "Only a few human beings Ilave in fluenced my character as has Catherine
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-16

Black Hundred engaged by Czardom to destroy all those who opposed autoc- racy.
 Tt didn't seem possible that a woman could live under such horrors. The se- verity of the treatment proved fatal to thousands of the most rugged men. And so, when bade Mime. BreshkovslSy good by it was with the saddest misgiving. Her last. words to me were: MT. Ken nan, We may die in exile and our chill dren may die in exile and our children's s children may die in exile-but something will come of it at last
 So you will understand that when, after the lapse of so many years, I saw 'Babushxa' alive and well here-strong, courageous and determined as ever in spite of her 75 years-you will understand when l say that our meeting was one of the most dramatic experiences in my life.
 T had gone to Russia on a secret-Inis- sion and while l was there Mme Bresn- kovsky made one of her attempts to escape from Siberia and, disguised as a man, did succeed in travelling 400 miles, almost to Irkutsk. before she was recap- tured.
 During my three years residence in Russia l met 'Babushka' several times and always she was the same cheerful, uilCQulutidt SE}At At- ti ny tdCI Niait to her. to which l already have referred she was exiled in the most northerly part of Siberia, within the Arctic circle, and lived alone in a log hut destitute of the barest comforts. bay and night she was guarded by armed police and had food only sufficient to keep her alive.
 At this time ! was on my way to an- other convict settlement where 'Babusn- ka' had friends. fellow revolutionaries. She wanted me to take a few gifts and from her scanty store of personal be- longings pathetcafy gave me small arti- cles to express her love for her compan- ions in misery. One of these tokens was a little red feather duster. l delivered all of these mementoes.
 At intervals, thereafter, I correspond- ed with Mme. Breshkovsky and togeth- CT with other Americans, sent her books. magazines, clothing and food. Finally, after spending 26 years in prison and exile 'Babushka' was freed. This was aftel the attempted revolution of 1905 when she was permitted to return to European Russia. Subsequently she came to Amer ica where he made the acquaintance of Miss Alice Stone Blackwell of Boston. and others who learned to love her and aid her work,
 Returning to Russia with Nicholas Tchayl1ov sz5 shother revolutionary socialist, both were thrown into cells in the Fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-16
Greece in the War

Thomas F. Logan, in Leslie's.
 Military considerations obscured the situation in Greece during the war. Now as the censorship lifts and the facts are obtained, it is possible to ap- preciate the reassertion of that na- tion's ancient vigor and to assess her valuable contribution to the winning of the war. The descendants of the race that fought at Thermopylae have writ ten a new bright page in the history of their country It was the collapse of Bulgaria that set the Teutonic house of cards a-falling. Greece contributed ar army of 250,000 to the force that brought about this collapse. The Grecian forces administered one of the decisive defeats to Emperor Ferdin- and's veterans. The Grecian patriots claim reasonably that they contributed much to the turning of the tide for tho allies. In addition to this main army there were 75,000 men fighting in Uk- rainia and at least one division in an other battle area. In consideration ol this contribution. the Greeks will ask that the peace conference, when ap plying the principle of racial determ- ination, recognize the aspirations O. the 40o6,000 Greeks who live in Ass Minor It was significant that Premiei Nenizelos was the first statesman whom President Wilson asked to sec after the necessary official formalities in Paris,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-16

shoes. which were like my own). there vas no earthly reason why she should shumle along like that, with those silly mincing steps, four to my one.
 "Toyo," I said, cant yo,. walk any other way? Must you walk like thatg'
 She laughed. and her merry black eyes glinted little lights. "No,' she said. q can walk like you. if I try. See, This is American girI!' She was before me, striding widely along, in the most grotesque and intn.ttable bit of pantomime-Toyo demure. exquisite little Toyo, her arms, free of the flow ing sleeves, swinging exaggeratediv to the athletic stride of an American coll ,ege gin! Suddenly she paused and looked rack at me, her graceful head poised in an attitude purely Japanese. You like it?" she asked. That is you" and prepared to go on again.
 I caught her sleeve and pulled her back to my side. "Please"' I begged. "Please. Never do it againc Are we as dreadful as thatT
 Ut is for you" she said fher pretty hanjs were folded again within the vol luminous sleeves), but it is;not for me, 1 am .apanese."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-16
What Others Think of Ills

Maynard owen Williams, in World Out look
 For two years my listening post has been abroad, from the forests of Sag halien to the jungles of Mindanao and from the foothills of the Himalayas in Szechuan to the Armenian Alps. l was talking with young leader of the Philippines, a man whose frankness is a distinguishness feature among Philip pine political leaders:
 Having seen the democracy of the American teachers and officials who have built a new country on the ruins of Spanish oppression, and the will ingness of America to let us govern ourselves without hindrance. Ve have come to realize that we must still re- tain America as our tutor. There is |something finer in remaining an under study to the star of world democracies than in permanently starting a side show of our own.'
 In Canton 1 interviewed the governor of Kwantung, a big, handsome leader from the north, fearless, progressive and intelligent.
 "Kwantung is the district from which most of the Chinese emigrants leave.
 The Chinese exclusion act affects this province most of all. Yet the Chinese here love the Americans. Our friend ship is founded in something deeper
 than international relations between states-it is a form of international friendship between individuals of two widely different and yet strangely sim liar peoples. Actually, America as a government has done little for us, yet
 the Chinese love America as they do no other land, and the great republic which will some day come will be copied
 after the great republic which has drawn to its shores through justice and disinterest the cream of our young man hood. Hongkong teaches our young men science. America teaches them world brotherhood and democracy"
 It might almost be said that through out the widely different countries I vis- ited the attitude of leaders and people was, If it is American, i is all right In disordered Russia and cruel Turkey alike. Americans are treated with con sideration and respect, not for what we might do in punishment but for what we have done in constructive in ternational friendship, in which the known. It is tribute and a responsi- American trader, statesman, educator and missionary have had large share We are loved most where we are best bilty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-16

| Breshkovsky. She never will be broken down until she is dead ond put under
 the sod. don't care how long she lives, she will always be the same unconquer agle spirit, ever hopeful of the triumph of truth and justice at last"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-16

Motheri Your child lsnt naturally
 cross and peeyish. See if tongue is coated: this is sure sign the little stomach, liver and bowels need cleans ing at once..
 When listless. pale, feverish. full of cold, breath bad, throat sore. doesn't eat sleep or act naturally, has stomach ache diarrhoea, remember, gentle liver and bowel cleansing should always be the first treatment given.
 Nothing equals California Syrup of Figs" for children's ills: give a tea spoonful. and :n a few hours all the foul waste, sour bile and fermenting food which is closged in the bowels passes
 out of the system, and you have a well and playful child again. All children love InIS narm.e ess, uellcious 'fruit laXa- tive" and it never fails to effect a good inside" cleansing Directions for babies, children of all ages and grown-ups arc
 plainly 'on the bottle.
 Keep it handy in your home. little given today saves a sick child tomorrow. put get the sSena-le. ARK yoLr aruss. st
 for bottle of California Syrup Of
 Figs" then see that it is made by the California Fig syrup Company. "-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-16

Walters in Warsaw Poland, are de handing D per cent of the profits of hotels and restaurants. while the cooks are asking, 25 per cent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-16

In the British museum are bricks taken from the buildings in Nineveh and Babylon, which show no sign of decay or disintegration, although the ancients did not burn or bake them. but dried them in the sun.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-18
THE
LIBRARIES UP
American Library Associa.
ton May Go to the War
Time Junk Heap.

washington d c. Oct. 1s--An Inn
portant question is now agItsting the
american Library association. It
would very much Ike 70 know what
IS going 10 become OF it-whether
It is going to have 10 pun in its belt
as rapidly and as gracefully as have
other war organizations, or whether
& is to retain its present expansive
girth now that peace has arrived.
Tbs army wants Il 60 90 on Esp-
plying books to soldiers. and the navy
IS equally anxious that It should con-
time Its ministratio1s 10 that ser
vice
But now that the war is thing OF
The past congress Is losing interest
ID the welfare Of the enlisted man,
and is inspired with a huge ambition
Tor cutting down expenses Neither
the e-z1y nor the navy has the funds
20 keep the library association oper-
atinr at Its present status.
The military affairs committee OF
the house asked FOR S23,0oo.o00 to
that the S100,0o0,01o educa-
tional program for the peace-time
mlttee, reported an appropriation OF
$50, 00e--or about the same amount
that. was spent for left handed boxing
gloves in the army last year This
does not leave much OF margin 20
Be spent on books
There IS one other hope, however.
that is the 100000. 100000 educa-
tional bin pending IL congress if
department Of education is estab-
lished. rs this bin provides, the or
ganization built up by the American
Library association may be taken
over bodily and installed as one Of
the bureaus IN the new department
At the height Of its career during
fhe war. the association at one time
operated 49 large libraries and 2SSl
elaall branch Libraries in this c0un-
Try, and 400 large Libraries and a
siIuille number OF small ones over
seas Thirteen Industrial war work
plants and 1850 ships. including $50
transports, were also equipped with
Libraries IN addition, a circulating
book service was supplied 70 $50 hos
ui-als in the country and 70 l5e over
seas
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-18
Batting Weaker In National
LeagMe. Fence Busting StObS

NEW YORK. oct 1z-Fence bust
~ ing. the ancient and honorable
art made famous by such sturdy sons
Of swat as Honus Wagner. Larry
La5oie. While Keller and others, and
carried into more recent time by such
players as Cobb and Rousch, whose
hitting won them honors In the big
show this year, seems TO have been
somewhat Of a forgotten art in the
National league during the recent
summer.
Not Many over 500.
Glancing back at the batting aver
find that the number who finished
the job hitting 500 or better has been
sadly depleted when compared to the
select sets Of other years. Something
is radically wrong
Either the historic ability OF
National League players to slug
the Pill has suffered a decided
and almost fatal slump, OF the
ticking OF the boxmen has I'm
proved by more than 50 percent.
which Is its
The select set in the old league
includes the names Of two lusty slug
men who helped the Reds win the
National league flag-Rousch and
GrOh- But there are few in the 500
class, and official averages when
they are published a little later on
VIII probably furnish some surprises
II one cares 10 make comparisons be
tween them and the figures Of a few
years ago when the fences IN Ma
tional league parks were constantly
being violated.
Some Hard Hitters.
At the close o. several weeks dur