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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-19
THROWING GOOD
MEAT OVERHEARD

Before a steamer run by the United
States government came within sight
Of New York from Europe the other
day, the butcheA threw overheard
hundreds of pounds OF perfectly good
r2eat He states that this is quite a
customary practice these days. Says
Forbes. The reason? He says that
the amount Of provisions meted out
before sailing lIUm New York or any
other American port is regulated by
the amount consumed on the previous
trip and no cook or butcher or other
member of the commissary depart
nent cares to risk running short of
supplies on any voyage. Therefore,
by throwing overheard large quaint
ties of foodstuffs toward the end OF
each voyage a superintendent supply
Is obtained for the next voyage This
statement comes from a man who mas
personally INDUCED in the throwing
overheard process and he declares
that 1t IS rife today among transports
and other government owned or con-
ttolled vessels
Could there be any more heinous
crime 1T this time when thousands OF
families are unable 10 obtain a single
pound Of meat from one weeks end
the other? Those who are unable to
taste meat are not today confined to
the lowest sections Of the community;
Professor Hfbben OF Harvard univer-
aity declares that numbers of mar
red teachers have had 10 give up
meat entirely, while others count
themselves fortunate II they can in
clude II in a meal once a week, Surely
tho authorities can stop this hideous
practic<a on the part OF the crews OF
government ships
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-19

When the strike seemed certain.
Mr. Mayer planned private trans
portation line for his employees. He
had pocket maps Of tire city printed.
showing routes over which his trucks
would run, with timetable giving
he hour nj which the trucks would
he Mt gfver points. He distributed
these maps among his employees
When the strike came. be threw
llees Of big trucks into service.
Every morning at the appointed sta
tons the trucks picked up his EN-
ployes and delivered them ut the
plant on tire and took them home
ward at night, Throughout ths
strike. this private transportation
line ran on regular schedule,
AS result, not AN employee was
missing from the factory during the
strike. The plant maintained its
normal output. The strike, which
cost other merchants thousands Of
dollars, cost thae RsEcaday company
n0#a~ cent. -----------.-s----s----- i
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-19

direction became apparent In this and
that T,ssrescvsar field. Il WIS the policy
to t11rn the work over to enc Of the
departments OK bureaus already In e1-
istenee. which d. nartYnents II should
be remembered were organized to
handle domestic problems alone. AS
the trade continued to grow other du-
ties In connection with it were es-
signed to these make shift agencies.
and additional commissions and hu-
reaus were created When the war
came along the Inability Of this I'M
co-ordinated machinery to handle the
new problems not only became ap-
parent. but II proved a big handicap
to the foreign trade interests of the
country. In view Of the fact that
quick action was necessary 1t was de-
cided to create additional boarus to
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-19

only become in many instances a pub
lie charge which, OF course. means
added expense to the producer OF the
community, but he has also become
non-producer, thereby costing the
community the products of his labor
The Republic says:
Ihe superintendent Of tie aims
mouse not fifteen miles from Spring
held said that he had had n demand
ny telephone from the factory in
which two OF his charges had been
employed. asking that they return
10 work The two were good work
men and earned good wages when
sober, but had so often zone on
sprees that both employer and their
families had given them up as hone
less with the result that they were
cohnned 10 the almshouse. but with
Prohibition in effect their employees
took fhe initiative in getting them
back 10 work.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-19
METAL FROM CANNON.
STATUE Of LAFAYETTE

The citizens OF Metz have received
with acclaim the offer of the Knights
of Columbus to erect an eauestrienne
statue OF the Marquis de Lafayette on
the site in Metz, formerly occupied
by the statue of eX-kaiser Wilhelm
II. OF Germany At their Peace CON
vention In Buffalo the knights OF
Columbus voted $50. 900 for the statue.
The fund to he raised by voluntary
tgttNl4oF& AMONG their rnsrnhHy>
ship. The knights sent "A letter, offer
ing the statue, tea ambassador Jusser-
and ana a cable TO Captain Andre
Tardieu.
II is proposed that the statue be
moulded partly from bronze taken
from captured German artillery and
Marshal Foeh has been invited to I'M
veil the statue.
Lafayette wil be represented in the
statue leaving the historic garrison
OF Metz in 1775 to enlist his service
with the American colonies. The
statue viii have four has relief de-
signs, one depicting Marshal Foch in
August, 1918. prophetically answering
the knights of Colum bus when he
wrote 1T was from Metz that Iafay
cite went 10 heip your ancestors and
we shall one day see your victorious
hammer floating over Metz" The sec
ond bas relief will show President
Wilson reading Americas answer TO
Germanys ruthless warfare before
congress in April. 1917. Tho third
will show General John J. Pershing
standing before the Tomb of Lafay
cite in Paris when he uttered the
historical phrase; Lafayette, we are
here"
The fourth will illustrate the dis
covery OF America by Christopher
Columbus.
Plans for the unwilling of The statue
are set for September e---I fayette
day, next year. at which time hun
dreds of knights of Columbus will
leave in one or more specially chart
cred ocean liners 10 witness the event
| Or Marcel knecht. of the French
mission To the United States, is COM
plotting the French arrangement for
the statue, The X. OF c. committee
/ in charge of the movement il made
up Of Supreme Knight Jane A.
Flaherty. of Philadelphia. Pa, Su-
preme Secretary William i. McGin-
ley. Of New Haven. Conn; Supreme
fAdvocate Joseph c. Pelletier, of Pos
ton, Mass: Overseas Director William
p. Larkin. OF New York. Chairman
william J. Muligan; Overseas Com
missioners Edward A. Team, Of New
York. and Lawrence o. Murray, of
Washington. p. c.
Detroit council, K. of c.. has al
ready pledged $1,000 for the statue.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-19

Street-car strikes are drastic pills
Tor the public. Chicago and New
York recently had to take their
medicine. The same dose may he
brewing for other cities. Rut with
the experience Of the eastern and
western metropolis to guide them.
other towns may suRar-coat their
local transportation troubles. There's
a way.
Street car strikes arc calamities TO
business men. Preparedness Is the
only remedy for them. One busi-
Eess man Of Chicago at least
was prepared. He set an example
for merchants all over the country in
future street car strikes. Street car
STRIKES do not blow up out of clear
sky. There are always signs Of their
coming. Franc d. Mayer, president
Of Essenkay Products company, tire
filler manufacturers, read the signs
in advance and prepared for tho
.xxiais. Uhississ the .war@he Gdits +,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-19

Some days ago The virgtnian put
W plea for more ample educa-
,!onal facilities in Richmond. The
justification OF this p.ea, with cold
facts, was made YESTERDAY AZ ihs John
Marshall E4sh school. where oondi~
lions are representative Of ali the
public schools Of th@ city.
when the principal Was S~@n yes~
terday be BAD Just taken nurroe
OF Students who had been waiting In
the hails Of the school 70 a place
where n ez- could rectte with more ad-
vantage When reporter followed
the principal agound be discovered
ahat perils had been put in the as
SEN efy hall both or the bower aoor
and the balcony. In the lunch rooms.
r the machine rooms and, rs The
principal eyprease,4 IT, some ~ them
would have to hang on the walls fer a
while
i, fx easy to realize that under such
conditsons pupils cannot study
or recfte TO any advantage. and they
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-19
STFlAHINC COFT'lxEs-CU SIGN
ADVERTISERS RESTAURANT

Patrons are attracted to a lunch
room in a western city by novel ad-
vertising device invented by the man
ager OF the eating place. Fastened
TO the upper edge OF the electric slRn
which extends oven the sidewalk ia
front EFF the restaurant. are a huge
cup and saucer, fashioned of metal
10 resefnbel chinaware. From the
cup steam rises continually, giving
the impression that the vessel is filled
with hot coffee. The old sign, which
is supplied with STEAM bs' patented
method, is shown in the October Popu-
lar Mechanics Ma razIne
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-19
TREATY PROSPECTS IMPROVE.

him next year would be TO rasafy the
treaty at once. 1t Is plain that Mr
Wilson, as the predestined head of
the league, could not be a can tfAhate
next year. ard as II liz the fear of his
possible candidacy that has deprived
the Republicans ali over the country
OF sleep and is stirring the Repubu-
can senators to prodigies of valor and
feroctty IN their assaults upon his
work at Paris. the ratification Of the
treaty, with or without reservations
would be great stroke of high party
policy,
One rule OF safety Mr., Lodge and
his associates must observe. otherwise
their work would be In vain. They
may express their opinion OF what
the treaty means by adopting '.inter-
preaattve reservations, but actual
amendments they must avoid Any
thing In the act OF ratification that
In fact changes thu language or mean
ting of the treaty would send 1t back
to Parfs for the assert OF the other
nations Mr.. Lodge and hts friends
are perfectly well aware of the IN
numbered evils which that would
bring upon this country. and ,up9n the
world n in a risk too great for them
70 take. too great for their party. In
fact, their new spirit OF compromise.
their abandonment of what appeared
TO be a ruthless determir alton to slay
tho treaty outright. ~ In all prob
ability due TO their study Of the re-
ports of the enthusiastic reception of
the president by the people OF the
Pacific Slope, They have become i'm
pressed with the serious danger to
themselves and to their party Of
manning or destroying the treaty.
That danger thov have prudently con-
ciuded not to face.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-19

The enthusaassic reception OF Pres1~
dent Wilson In trtS pleas for the peace
treaty and the nation wide interest III
h - tour. the fpnRing OF ali but one
Of the "trsners~ sent "out on the
limb BY the astute senator from
Masxach asetts to see what might
happen. and AZ unmEstakahle trend of
public sentiment toward early ratif-
cation have combined 10 take away
much of the fighting spirit of the
reatys opponents And. one by one.
the fallacy OF the arguments against
xhe hague has been exposed, the
hsAse hoax to be exploded being the
claim that Engtand can doxxfnate the
hague, though unanimous conserrt h
necessary to "afxtae~ any leagne
policy and the Untted states can al
Ways vote tts own sentiments
Consequently II Is not gurpr&ain e
LhAt Lodge and ms Crowd VINO nave
been playing politics all along, should
seize upon the report that President
Wilson may become the FIRST prest
Dent Of the league of nations and be
thereby removed from the field ais d
contestant for the presidency next
yaar, and sasu me rsecepttve. attitude
towards reservations that do not
amend the treaty. Apparently these
Republicans-flrst- ast and always have
been cured of their blindness. They
were bind. Incredibly blind and dun
Of perception when they cid not en-
thusias icslly accept the treaty after
tts~sr amendments OF lis text had beer
accepted al Paris That was their OPP
portunity to reap political advantage,
IL any was 10 be had. Even so bitter
an enemy of the president CAS- Senator
Lodge ought to see now that, II he Is
10 be made president Of the league of
nations. he short way TO SHOWING
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-19
ADDING hACHTNE.sURTRA
AND MAY BE TAKEN PART

AT least two novel features ara
mbodied In the construction OF a
new adding machine described and
Illustrated In the October Popular Me-
CRANES magazine. Most remarkable
perhaps, Is the facility ana safety
with which 1t may be taken apart IN
spite OF It's complex nature. n pair
oi phers and penknife being tho
"niy TOOLS necessary. The operation
OF greatest value, however. il tina
machines ability to subtract as "a siIy
as II adds. This is made possible Nv =
simple reversing lever, which ca,,ss.
the adding wheels te run backward
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-19

The fact that Kentucky noun
taincer celebrated his one hundred
ana thfrty-frs birthday by taking
ms FIRST automobile ride doesn't
eoesssarily indicate that, that was
me reason he had lived so long
Davenport Democrat
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-19
WoRXMEA RETURNED TO
BAY STATE FACTORY
Prohibition Has Brought Request for
Worsxnen's Release From Aims
house to Their Own Positions.

The Springfield. Massachusetts,. Re-
public presents the following news
items. which is especially worthy OF
notice. 1t clearly emphasizes how the
licensed sale of intoxicants has al
wayy added a~burt3en to tbs tax.pGy-
o.. The.Hicttm. Of a1connltmmshaH H0el
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-11-14
oNLYAEoLD

Are you i'll? is often askod-"Oh,
it's only a cold,' as il a cold was a
matter of little consequence, but peo-
pie are beginning to learn that a
common cold is a matter not to be
trifled with, that some OF the most
serious diseases start with cold,
As soon as the first indication OF a
cold appears take Chamberlain s
Cough Remedy, Remember that The
sooner you get rid of your cold the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-11-14
HOW ANY GIRL CAN
HAVE PRETTY EYES.

No girl or woman is pretty if her
eyes are red, strained or have dark
rings. Simple witchhazel, camphor,
hydrastis, etc, as mived in Lavoptik
eye wash, will brighten the eyes and
a weeks use will surprise you with
its QUICK results. Regular use of
Lvoptik keeps the eyes healthy,
sparklin gand viyacious. The quick
change will please you. Dainty alumi-
mum eye cup FREE. Owl Drug store,
$40 Chickasha ayenuc.-Adv.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-11-14
CONSTIPATION

Most laxatives and cathartlcs af-
ford only temporary relief and should
be used only for that purpose. When
you want permanent relief take
Chamberlain Tablets and be careful
to observe the directions with each
package These tablets not only
move the bowels, but improve the ap-
petite and strengthen the digestion.
d-w-1m
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-11-14
THIS MEANS YOU

When you get up with a bad taste
in your mouth, a dull tired feeling
no relish for food and are constipat.
ed, you may know that you need a
dose Of Chamberlain's Tablets They
not only cause an agreeable move.
ment of the bowels, but cleanse and
invigorate the stomach and improve
'i'e u'seS'ioh' d-w1m
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-11-14
A CORRECTION

1t is reported that ! am charging
y cents a gallon for gasoline This
is misstatement My price is 25
cents for GA per cent gravity test.
Get Tie best.'-G. y Meltona lost
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-11-14
Chicago Oats Market

May Open, .7G to rs 34; high,
.76 49, low, 70; close, IS rs to Il.
Dec.-oren, .73 20 ~ rs; high
.73 Is, low, ~ Is; close. ~ 5-S
to L.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-11-14
New York Cotton Market.
New Orleans Cotton Market
cnicaao Corn Market

May-Open 1.27 to 1.27 -; high,
III IL; low, l.24 5-S; close, 1.25 to
1.24 7-S.
Dec.-open. 1873 IL; high, 126;
low, 1.23 rs; close, l.23 rs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-19
4 HUNDRED MILLION BUYERS.

The most important body in Rus
STA today is the organization OF
Russian cooperatives, which rep
reserts 10000, 900 members or 1OO,-
100000 million customers. The
foundation of the cooperatives is
the Russian peasant, the backbone
Of Russia today:
The cooperative idea is about
forty years old and well adapted to
Russian psychology. IL is based on
the village store or artel. The ar
tells combine in turn into a union
Ct stores, not OF members, and the
unions combine into union OF
unions. The cooperative instftu-
tons are of three kinds-consum
ers', purchasers and and credit
The very rich do not join and GER
tain officials are excluded.
Today in European Russia and
Siberia the cooperatives present
the strongest hope of reconstruc-
ton. But they need American CO.
operation and credit. They fear
the entry of japanese capital rs
being imperialistically inclined
They believe The spirit of American
capital will allow them to preserve
their own spirit and rot threaten
their social and political institu
tons. They see the influx of for
eign capital as inevitable and are
DESTROYS of entering into business
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-19
HO1U Much Tobacco
VIII My Heart Stand
4 Question Vital to Every Man Who Smokes
or CheWS.

directed. The habit really quits you and
its departure is a pleasure equal to its
indulgence.
If you want to know how much easier
it is to quit the habit with Nicotol than
without It. go "a hours without tobacco
and note what effort IT costs you. then
begin using it as usual and take Nicotol
tablets. At the end of a week discontinue
smoking or chewing for a day and it Is
probable you will have no desire to re-
sumo. At least your desire will be greatly
diminished and another week or two
should make IT not only possible. but a
pleasure. to quit.
NOTE: DR.. Connor, formerly of Johns
Hopkins hospital, under whose advice
Nlcotol has often been used. said when this
statement was shown to him: L have
known Nicotol to conquer the tobacco
habit in less than ten days time and I
can therefore recommend 1t highly" When
the doctors statement was shown to one
of our leading druggists, he said: 'Nicotol
is truly a wonderful remedy for the to-
bacco habit, way ahead of anything we
have ever sold before We are authorized
by the manufacturers to refund the
money to every dissatisfied customer and
we would not permit the use of our name
unless the remedy possessed unusual
merit" NicotoI Is sold in this city under
an Iron-clad money back guarantee by all
up-to-date druggists, including Bengston ;
Drug Store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-19
MORE BARS TO
CLOSE UNLESS
BAN IS LIFTED
Former Saloon Men See Little Hope
of Suspension Of War Time
Prohibition Act.

Many erstwhi1e saloons now
operating as soft drink establish
ments will close on Oct. l if Presi-
dent Wilson does not by that time
revoke the war time prohibition
order. Men closely identified with
the liquor business who have con-
tended that saloons would again be
running by Oct. are giving up
hope.
Worrying Distillers.
With the approach of that day,
however, there are no signs from
Washington that President Wilson
will take action permitting the
sale of liquor again. The opinion
is now gaining among liquor men
that the president will permit war
time prohibition to continue until
the national prohibition law be-
comes effective in January.
! Fear that this course will be
pursued is also giving the distil-
lers much apprehension. Hundreds
of gallons of liquor are stored in
the government bonded warehouses
of Peoria and cannot be sold save
for export purposes.
DistilIers are now beginning TO
prepare for the expectation of this
liquor. Several large consignments
already have been shipped to Den
mark and Sweden and it is under
stood others are to follow in d
short time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-19
COUNTIES EXPEND
MILLION DOLLARS
IN WAR UPON T. B
Especial to The Argus. }

Springfield, Sept 19.-Appropria-
tons and tax levies totaling ap-
! proximateIy one million dollars,
1Gade by SO county boards under the
provisions of the county tubercu-
losis sanatorium law. were report
ed today to the executive commit
tee of the Illinois tuberculosis as
ISOLATION in session here.
These figures do not include
Cook county where approximately
two million dollars additional will
be provided for the maintenance of
the Chicago municipal tuberculosis
sanatorium, the county sanatorium
at Oak Forest and the visiting
nurses and dispensaries connected
with both institutions. In the 101
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-19
IT MAY COST A PRECIOUS LIFE TO
FIND OUT BY EXPERIMENT.

FIND OUT BY EXPERIMENT.
The heart of every user of tobacco
bears a double burden It does its allotted
task and then fights nicotine for suprem-
aCy. AS long as the heart wins he lives
when it loses he dies, but before the final
victory Of nicotine you pass through
many stages of decline and decay and
suffer many pangs. Hearts are like
human beIngs-some are stronger than
others. therefore some hearts will stand
more tobacco than others, but there Is a
limit to what any heart can stand. The
man who puts this additional strain on his
heart a dozen times a day by smoking
cigarets. a pipe or cigars-Or chewing to-
bacco-is taking a madman's chance with
health and life to lose and nothing to win
but the chance that he may not lose
them. He is INDUCING in a costly habit
at the expense of precious health Ask
any doctor anywhere, and he will tell you
that using tobacco is injurious and that 1t
is far better to quit the habit than to ex-
pertinent to find how much tobacco your
heart will stand without serious results
But the thought of quitting Is unpleas-
ant to most men-even to those who
know that tobacco injuries them-and to
really quit takes more will power than
they have and causes more suffering than
they can voluntarily endure. To quit the
habit make II easy for yourself by get
ting Nicotol tablets and taking them as
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-19

down state" counties, the tuber-
culosis sanatoriums now in opera
ton include municipal institutions
at Rockford, Peoria and Rock Is
land, and county sanatoriums in
LaSalle and Mclean counties. In
both Adams and Morgan counties
the new hospitals are nearing com
pletion and work will begin on a
similar institution in Tazewell
county within the next month.
Many Of the counties which have
just made appropriations for this
purpose will begin construction
this fall or early next spring.
Included in the list of counties
which made tax levies or appropria-
tons for this work at the Septem-
Der meetings of their county boards
are: Mclean, $4,000; Logan, $780,
600; Christian, 100000; LaSaIle,
100000; Piatt, $4,000; Ogle, $45,-
600; Macon, $4,000; Adams, $40,-
900; McDonough, $4,000; Wood
ford, $4,000; Stephenson, $25, 200;
Jefferson, $4,000; Clay. 5000
Vermilion, $4,000; Grundy, $4,000;
Dewitt, $4,000; Pike, $4,000;
Bureau, $1,000; Jackson, $4,000;
Crawford, $4,000; Marion, $500.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-19

plain their organization to Amer
lean business men, secure credit
and cooperation, and to study our
methods. They would welcome a
mission from the United States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-19

relations with America more than
with any other country.
They have now established a
commission in this country with
headquarters in New York, to ex-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-19
START NIGHT SCHOOL MONDAY

1t will pay you big to spend this
winter in Browns Business col
lege. Night school begins Monday
evening. Office open evenings this
week.