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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-01
QUARTER OF TOTAL
LOAN NOW RAISED
Treasury Report Shows That
Amount Raised Is
$1,130,6e7,OOO.
SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE LAGGING
To Make the Drive Successful
S375'ooo,ooo Must Be
Secured Daily.
tBy Associated Press. !

by Associated Press
WASHINGTON, April 3O-The Vic
t0iE Liberty Loan campaign was one
Eali over tonight with only one-quar-
ter OF the total officially reported sub
scrioed reports to the Treasury up
sc tonight showed subscriptions OF ST.
i'o'5snooV subscriptions by dis
tricts st. Louis, sl0l,437. 900: Chicago.
s22s.9'3,0o0; Minneapolis. s53,395 900:
Boston, s122,S59,o60: Kansas City, s53.1
$4,000; Richmond. s53.725.OOo; Glove
land. slll,0s9,oOo: San Francisco, s5i.-
$4,000; Atlanta, S26.132,o00; New
York, s243,1oo.ooo; Philadelphia, s66,-
$4,000: Dallas. s14.s99,00o.
Must Obtain s375. .OOO.OOO Daily.
II the Victory Loan is to be noated
successfully. subscriptions OF 1915, 900,
600 must be gathered daily until the
campaiEns end. May 10. At the close
OF the ninth day of the Fourth Liberty
Loan cnmpaiEn-the time correspond
the nation had subscribed 1881, ,55G.-
j0o. or s461 100000 more than has been
subscribed SO far to the Victory Loan,
The percentage OF the $4,000 600 900
the time corresponding to the present
was 2552 per cent. as compared with
"o.l2 per cent. of the current loan.
the L. S. S. crane. the Victory ship
which is making the San Diego-Pan-
anna leg of the Victory Journey" from
San Francisco to New York. has been
running slowly down the Pacific coast.
Rear-Admiral Cowie, navy loan officer.
today directed the Victory ship t o speed
up her engines, however.
The country is beginning to match
the navy" said radio message from
Admiral Cowic to the Crane. "and al
though you arc not yet called upon to
make full speed ahead, I expect that
this order will be flashed to you within
the next few days"
St. Louis District Lends.
Only the ST. Louis district has gath
tion quota. In the last twenty-four
hours the Minneapolis district jumped
from fifth to third place in the per-
centage column of districts, pushing
Boston one rung down the ladder. The
Atlanta district advanced seven per-
centage points, and a telcgraphic re-
port from Atlanta tonight said another
Two hundred banks in this district
sI5,ooo,ooo subscriptions the message
said.
Chicago district managers tonight
reported that the district has 553
honor communities with ZOE per cent
or more of subscriptions. This placed
the district ahead of all others with
such ranking. The Boston district
has 1888 individual subscribers and
1914 comm unities above the 100 per cent
mark.
The Cleveland district has 261 cities
and towns oversubscribed, as compared
with 100 at the same time Of the fourth
campaign.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-01
PLAN OF THREE ARCHES
HEARD BY COMMITTEE
Meets Mrs. Hamilton ChaIklcy and
Welcomes Her Sggcstion
and Aid.
BUTTONS TO DEFRAY EXPENSE
Two OF Memorials Will Not Cost So
Much as Members OF Central Body
Thought-Mayor Ainslic Will lie
Asked for Permit to Sell Buttons.
BUTTONS TO DEFRAY EXPENSE

1t looks now as IL Mrs Hamilton
chalklcy viii realize her desire to have
three arches erected az part OF the
homecoming ceremonies 10 be starcd
by Richmond TO welcome it's return
ing soldiers. She met yesterday with
John Hirschberg and his committee in
charge OF the erection OF the main
arch countenanccd by the central com
mittec and to be built AT the Grace
Street entrance TO Capitol Square. and
was given every assurance that the
committee would work with her and
welcome her aid.
Mrs. Chalkley had proven rather a
committee, whose chairman. II. w
Elierson. and publicity director Major
Lawrence Price, seemed TO see in her
plan danger TO the general plan OF
welcome planned by the committee. II
was shown yesterday, however, tina,
she had no desire other than to aid
the central committee and to make OF
tho home coming ceremonies a cele-
pleasing to the men who fought in
France.
Mrs. ChnIkley On Committee.
Mr.. Hirschberg and Mrs. Chalklcy
had no difficulty in coming TO a COM
rletc understanding. After few
his committee. Then he expressed the
belief that he had gotten a valuab lc
worker TO aid him in his committees $
plans.
Mrs. Chaikiey's plans are not SO
elaborate or costly as members Of the
central committee first believed. She
merely wants separate triuinphal mon :
uments for each OF the Richmond
,hiIiria units--the Blues. the Grays and
the Hown2ers.
Might Use Confederate Arches.
These she would have erected at the
Broad Street approaches to the re-
specttye a-mories IS incentives to the
merchants IN that district 10 decorate
their stores and as memories TO the
boys who offered so much for the cause
of the nation. During The meeting
Yesterday she suggested that the arch
es used at the time OF the Confeder-
ate Reunion here might be used for
this purpose after they had been re-
modelled for the occasion.
Buttons to Dcfrny Cost.
The cost OF her plan will be borne
by the sale OF buttons she has already
offered Today she will go before
Mayor Ainslie and ask for permit to
place these buttons on sala II is un-
derstood that she will have no oppo-
s.tion from the central committee In
this, since il seems that Mr.. Hirsch-
berg is thoroughly in sympathy with
her plan,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-01
OF DEATH BOMBS.
DIRECTED BY REDS TO HGHH
OFFICIALS, FOUND IN MAILS
Government Warns of Anarchistic Plot
to Spread Terror Throughout Country

In general way. the attempt ON
tho lives of cabinet members, n JUS
ttce of the Supreme Court OF the
United States, n governor, mayor
and others, was linked up with re-
cent agitation and discNSsiOn on
the question OF aiter-thc-wnr i'm
migration. hut the authorities
could not nItOEether agree on this
nv the reason behind the Wholesale
attempts at destruction OF life.
Word reuchcd investigators here
TINT Gimbcl Brothers. New York
department. store owners, whose
mailing tnEs were on each package.
Including that sent to former Scna-
tor HnrdNick. lind declared the tag
forgery. No effort was mndc to
disguise the fnct thnt the informa-
tion wns disIuictinE, for II meant,
officials said, In tho event of
Wholesale mailing of bombs, that
mnny would rcnch their destination
bcnrinE the mnrk OF other firms,
which would make the work of
preventing delivery NIL tho more
difficult.
Although tho public wns cautioned
nv to the opening of strange pack
nEcs, the depn rtmcnt's detective
force realized thnt ~ all OF the in
fcrnnl machines put in the mails
have not been recovered II Is the
DEPARTMENTS Job 10 get them he
fore delivery.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-01
REFUSAL TO PURCHASE
PORTO RICAN PRODUCT
SUBJECT OF PROTEST
Secretary of Var Rcceires Com
plant of Discrimination
In Fdpor of Cuba.
Ia AssocIated Press. !

SAN JUAN, p. r., April 30.-The
sugar growers of Porto Rico. through
the Porto Rican Senate. have sent an
appeal 10 the Secretary Of War at
Washington urging that the present
discrimination against local sugar in
favor of Cuba be ended
from the island to Cuba in ballast for
sugar and that shipping and equaliza: !.
ton boards refuse 10 buy or ship local
sugar The boards arc said to have
advised the sugar men that there is no
market for their sugar in New York,
Boston or Philadelphia.
Sugar is accumulating here. and the
sugar men say they have been told that
none of their sugar will be bought for
thirty DAYS.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-01
RESUBMlSSI0N ONLY WAY
FOR PROHIBITION REPEAL
Wayne II, Wheeler Com me nts on De-
cfSfOn OF Oregon Supreme Court
Adverse to Brewers.
iBy Associated Press. |

WASHINGTON. April 3O.-Decisio ion
OF the Oregon supreme court that a
to the Federal constitution can not be
held was declared by Wayne Il.
Wheeler. general counsel of the Anti
Sal loon League of America in Il state
ment tonight, to settle the refcren-
dunn controversy raised by the brewers
of the prohibition amendment"
1T will soon become apparent td
opponents OF the eighteenti, amend
ment" said Mr.. Wheeler" if they do
not see it already. that national pro-
hibition can only be repealed by re-
submission o.? the amendment by Con-
gress and ratification of the repeal by
the legislatures Of thirtY-siX states,'
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-01
FIRE AT CONEY ISLAND
Miliion-Doliar Loss Is Reported with
Several Hundred bungalows
DESTROYED.

CONEY ISLAND, N Y. April so
Fire completely wiped out the east
end of Brighton Beach tonight. de-
StroyinG property valued at $1,000,
COO. The Brighton Baths tho giant
coaster said to be the largest in the
world. and score Of other buildings
were razed. For a time ii seemed the
Brighton Beach hotel would be de-
stroyed. but n shift OF wind saved II.
Several hundred bungalows to the
west of the hotel were endangered.
The fire was very spectacular and
sparks could ibe seen lighting the air
for many miles around. SO far as
could be ascertaiaed no lives were
lost.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-01
FRENCH OPERA SINGER
WIFE OF COMMANDER
Madame Marie Thicry, Who Electrified
France, Arrives nt Newport
News.
IBy Associated Press. |

NEWPORT NEWS, VA, April 30
singer, who electrified all of France
early in the war with her rendition OF
the "Marseillaise." arrived here last
night as the wife of Lieutcnant-Com-
mander T.. s. Beecher, United States
Navy. captain of the American steamer
Cohasset. She was at one time spoken
of as the second Joan of Arc and has
been three times decorated by the
French government. Commander and
Mrs. Beecher will go TO New York to
visit the latter's people. Mrs. Beechcr
country
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-01
MISSING MEN GIVEN MORE
TIME FOR REAPPEARANCE
Soldiers SO Listed Will Not Hereafter
Hc Presumed Dead After
Six Months.
IBy Associated Press. I

WASHINGTON. April 3o.-American
hereafter will not be presumed TO be
dead by the War Department after
the expiration of SIX monhhs. y
ca blegram from General Pershing re-
ccived by the department. today
stated that systematic search and
checking Of records was daily reduc-
ing the list of missing and that. there
fore. II was not deemed advisable to
presume death too soon.
General Pershing said. however. that
the death OF missing officers and men
would be presumed in cases where
circumstances surrounding the dis
appearance would indicate death and
where efforts to locate the men had
been unsuccessful.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-01
PAGE OFFERS GOOD OFFICES
Tells Itnlinn Premier lie VIII Help II
Finding solution of Adriatic
Problem.
IBv Associated Press.

PARIS. April 30.-,A message from a
French source in Rome, says that
Thomas Nelson Page, the America n
Ambassador TO Italy. has offered his
good offices to Premter Orlando with
a view to finding solution Of the
Adriatic difficulty.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-01
fBy Associated Press.

President MARSHALL who went, shortly
after Congress adjourned to Scotts-
dale, AriS., to visit Mrs. Marshairs
parents, returned today TO Washington.
He Will speak Saturday night In
Philadelphia, and noyt week Will make
a number OF addresses In North and
Soutl, Carolina. 'F'
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-01
Capt. Gallop, Hero Aviator
Makes Address for Loan

Captain aIIroid VI. Gallon, one OF
Amerlcn's hero nvIntors In Frnncc.
VIII deliver nm Address ON behalf OF
the Victory Liberty ionn this uftcr-
noon mt O'clock In the roOms OF
the business Mems Club. The flyer
wns In command OF the nrst United
states ncrinl observation squadron
overseas, md helped direct the mir
work over the SrSOnnc forest. tic
Wns twice cited by the French Gov
ernment for spccinI bravery md
wenrs the distinguished service
cross of III. own country. Cnptnin
Gaiiop will be I'm Itfchmond for
several days.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-01
ASK SHARE OF INDEMNITY
BclgianS Receive Assuranecs That They
VIII Get Advance On Part
Due Them.
fBv Associated Press. /

PARIS, April S0.--The Belgians have
asked the Council of Three for first
advance OF 1000 100000 francs to their
share of the German indemnity. ac-
cording TO French circles, and it APP
pears that they have received definite
and satisfactory assurances.
1t Is reported that there may be pub
hc penary sessions OF the conference
Friday to discuss the responsibility
articles OF the treaty.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-01
WILL RUN TO ANTWERP
Inspection of Water Front ut Norfolk
Results in Inauguration OF
New Service.
IRy Associated press.

NORFOLK, VA, April S0.-The an
nouncement was made today by Vice
President j. III. Thomas, of the Inter
Of steamers. from Norfolk to Antwerp
will be operated from this port at the
earliest possible time. The announce
ment followed an inspection Of the
General Manager II. j. Mccarthy, Of
the sanc line, and II. Is. walker, Fed.
cral director of steamship lines
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-01
HALF PEACE TREATY HERE
state Department IFns Received Cable
Dispatches Containing 10000
Words of Documents.
iRv Associaied I,rnss.l

PARIS. April 30-Forty thousand
words. about half the draft of the
peace treaty. have been cabled to the
State Department in Washington. The
balance is going forward steadily.
Thus the entire treaty will have been
transmitted in a day or two, for re-
lease for publication upon authoriaa
tion by the conference.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-01
Aviator Wright Killed.

HAMPTON, VA, April 30.-Sergcant
| Aubrey c., Wright. of Cockville, Tenn.
| n mechanician, was Killed instantly at
| Langley Field this afternoon when he
| was struck on tho head by blade
| of an airplane propeller.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-01

5tless, In the in
hhy; make. such friendly
would permit the re-
kelations BY the Italians
sacrifice OF dignity or
Involved.
personal susccptibiiities arc
be more of an obstacle at
than the territorial merits OF
!. While popular sentiment in
i'll insists on holding Fiumc,
pnt official attitude has been
|istent and apparently tends
acceptance OF one Of the va
ms proposed by the council Of
thereby Fiume would be in
|alized and some Daimn,ian
eiyen TO Italy.
declared purpose of the
we'll as President Wilson,
"a oa Fiume, even IL the
is signed without Italy's
n. But. should the recent
dencies at Rome take the
m OF acceptance or com
lie Presidents friends say
re- that no feeling OF pride
in him from taking steps
fully restore the Italian
10 Its former agreeable
ne conference.
lsntertnins Drummond. ia,
launching the league OF
re fairly definitely out !.
luncheon which Colonel r..
EaHa today to Sir James
mond, the secrstary-gcn-
league, Lord Robert Cecil
= are divided into three
s.: First. preparatory de-
N will be worked out at
IS to be established at Lon
the coming summer: sec
aaugural meeting OF the
Washington next October
presidency Of President Will
the permanent establish
league at Geneva next fall
aratory details will begin
the signing o fthe treaty.
"a In t'fe hands of the com
ne designated by President
solution before the last
ion of the conference. Col
Lord Robert Cecil and the
Ter, Eliptherios Nen!zclos
1g the members.
'9eois Will probably not be
member, AS he does not
fsh, and most OF The pro
be in that language.
ouse. with considerable
main in Europe after the
oees. and Headquarters
-Ysd TO London. which is
mt Tor preliminary work
s9n will fix the date OF
Ang and ask the nations
GAthree delegates to at
,ural gathering at Wash
ecepts Compromise.
sc d spaheSe disutc over
y or the former German
Heoeirdu under the peace
cen settled, IT was an
this afternoon.
fcoEapanied the announce
ederstanding Is, however,
is 10 give kiaochau 10
terms or the treaty, but
cement for its return to
tpde.
10, chairman Of the lap
II Matin today. declared
Tho had mobiIiZed her
fourteenth dav of the
An by the side of those
her friends and allies
bur.
tNorc 1t to China.
tated that japan in
pNiaochau," the baron
occupy in perpetuity
Sch her armies wrested
The statement is in
3reaoS- have undertaken
t,hau TO China, and
One instance IN his
wing failed to keep
IS precisely because
eq in, doubling our
=, W ask to he left 10
ourselves and that no
1ich might have the
iustiflable suspicion"
rs crediting Saliva
emf of the Italian
who left Paris with
with saying that he
return to Paris, are
rent ISSUED from the
IlEIc.
Il Cancellation.
Ein commenting on
l1er Orlando before
ent. finds spiri;
wang the address.
Spapers express the
resumption Of the
ne Italian question
nj that ground for
outstanding may he
pointed out, obvi-
e Premier Orlando
ing with her IN
peace conference
with the treaty Of
40 any action by
red probable the
Y not return, Ger
ne present week.
treaty and the
the Germans.
without tho par.
I'd 1t Is said in
y this procedure
Oily up till the
The first read
ond Pag9.)6I
A
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-01

HALIFAS, y. s.. April 30.-With her
auxiliary engines out OF order. the
American steamer West AvenaI, from
Newport News for Scotland, arrived
here today. She left Newport News
.5April i25.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-01
! IRIS SEES HOPES
Tor EARLY RETURN
(DF ITALIAN ENJOYS
Eimations From Rome
hat Compromise Might
Be Effected.
LSON WOULD RESTORE
DELEGATION TO POSITION
lionel House Confers With Sir
James Eric Drummond on
League Plans.
AN GIVES UP KIAoCHAU
GIVES UP KIAoCHAU
N Maxine Declares Fortress
Will Be Restored to China
at Once.
fBy Associated Press.

flS. April 30-Thcrc Is Il slight
the Italian cloud. which gives
Pr the clearing of the difficulties
ave arisen in the peace confer
ger the Adriatic problem. over
or the resumption of the rola-
pave not come thus far from
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-13
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Eight year old bay
horse. Will work every place. Price
$4,000. 1898 Morgantown Avenue.
6-1O-3t-5S4S
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-13
II is Worth n?

That the people OF the. country are
more interested in. economy in the ad-
mtnistration OF government from
Washington than anything else, to
Judge from their letters to the Sena-
tors and Representatives which are al
most numberless these days, any law
maker on Capitol Hill will testify. Cut
down expenses-slash the appropria-
tons to their strip OF lean-tighten
up the purse strings-stop the leaks
prevent the waste-and audit the &C
counts. That is the gist of record
breaking volume of correspondence
that is flowing into Capitol offices; G.
veritable epistolary Niagara. The de-
bates in both branches from day to
day reflect and reiterate the demand
from the people who are bent with the
burdens of unprecedented taxation. 1t
constitutes-thef force which has caused
the committees that have reported ap.
preparation bills thus far to slash and
cut them to the quick, the reductions
already reported being round and
about a billion dollars. The party now
in control of Congress is certainly IN
relentingly hard at 1t to make good
its promise of economy made to thu
electorate last November. II Is the
central idea-economy-of letters tina.
have been sent by respous ible indi-
Fiduals and firms in West Virginia to
the members Of the state delegation
protesting against the further appro-
spriation Of $14,0oo,oo0 to restore the
United States Employment Service.
This was one Of the costly official ap-
pendages of the war period, the useful.
ness of which public opinion is sharp
" divided on. 1t cost out OF all pro-
portion to the service 1t was able to
remedy is one of the charges made
against it. Another one is that It was
more of fountain of nourishment for
thirsty partisan job-hunters than It
was able to supply service and make
good the value received. One of the
largest employers Of labor in West
Virginia in the manufacturing line. a
corporation and not an individual,
writes that eft has never been Of any
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-13
WASHINGTON NEWS =
GOSSIP y aazszzs brook. .1i71:

WASHINGTON, D. C., June H.
Two ~ the West Virginia Representa-.
ttyes have been heard In the debates
ON the army appropriation biil-Reed
ana Goodykoontz. II was the first
time that the voice OF the latter. a
rev member. has been heard from the
floor OF the House. II is heard avery
day IN the meetings OF the Important
committee on the judiciary. Already,
me Fifth districts representative is
recognized In that body as man Of
ABILITY and weight, a useful and influ-
ential member. In the House debate
reterred TO. he showed an interest In
me discussion over the plan suggested
20 distribute army supplies that are
Ia the form Of foods. Mr.. Reed deyel.
oped startling and hitherto unknown
piece OF Information, something that
chairman Kahn was not himself in.
f0Smed Of That was that the soldiers
rance were paid in French mon
kkahn denied this, but It was con-
med by La Guardia, who had fought
N italy, and Fields, Of Kentucky, who
nad visited the battlefields with a
congressional party. La Guardia said
tnat IN Italy the American soldiers
were paid In Italian money. Reed stat
ed that he had but come from the War
department where they had acknowl.
sugeu the charge complained OF by the
Iatner OF one Of his constituents in the
army, a soldier from Pennsboro, w.
va The son had written his father
tnat ne had saved In French francs
sum equivalent to $270 In American
money and, in arranging his finances
preparatory to sailing for home, was
charged $40 for exchange. The mem.
pers OF the House were plainly amazed
al tnis disclosure. Members declared
This matter should be at once inyesti.
gated. Mr.. Reed stated that the War
department had stated that some sort
OF congressional action was necessary
20 reimburse the soldiers who had suf-
Tered loss of this kind, and that the
uepartmenttwould itself prepare bill
10 nand to Congress in which reim-
oursement would be covered by a retro.
active provision. 1t was brought out
that the rate OF exchange for soldiers
was liked by the Treasury department
here and not by "a combination of
French bankers" as Mr.. Reed init.
mated. Army officials say that the
payment OF soldiers in French and
Italian money, depending on which
country they served, was an action
taken In response to requests of the
soldiers themselves, saving them ex.
change and inconvenience. The theory.
IL seems, was that all soldiers spent
what little they received when they
got 1t, and the thrifty savers in the
army, of which group Mr.. Reeds SOL
der constituent from Pennsboro evil
IDENTIFY belongs, were not taken into
consideration. 1t has been the policy
OF the War department., it was stated
there, to make the final payments be-
fore soldier sailed for home in Amer.
lean money. This matter was the
sensation of the days debate in the
House.