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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-17
COAST-TO-CAP|TAL
HIGHWAY BOOSTED
Newport News Meeting Forms
Militant and Enthusiastic
Organization.
URGE CONCRETE ROAD
Build Through Peninsula to
Richmond. Is Slogan Bond
Issue Indorscd.
URGE CONCRETE ROAD
-.p, IA! ,o The Tllncs. nienatch- /

- '.'. 40 G4t jllDES- D4HDa HI
VIEWPOINT NEWS, VA, Dec 10
Both ends and the middle of ths
line that stretches from Nortol.
through the lower Peninsula and on
up 10 Richmond got together TODAY
at the I!ote! Warwick and formed
permanent organization. which
wili fight. first. for a sI2.O00.oOO bond
issue for good roads in the ucxt
TWO years. and. secondly. for the ex-
pcnditurc of part OF that money
as soon as possible for the const.nc
ton OF a hard road from Williams
burg 10 Richmond and Of a hard
road from Gloucester Point ,,
Gloucester Courthouse. Glouccsto
County was represented at the me-
ing.
At this meeting George T. cole
man. State Highway Commissioner
stated that II The commission no
gram is approved by the state Lee.
isiaturc he Will do his bes, 10 Get
the concrete road from Williams
burg Ia Richmond built in the next
two years. Those in;ercstcd can dc
pend on that, he said. He Will ask
that the Gloucester strip OF road hr
tuilt in 1922. In reply to question
from Senator Saxon Holt he sail
he felt sure the contract for crmplct-
ing the concrete road from Ecrn 10
Williamsburg viii be let before Jan
uary 10.
In contend!nG that this c)ast-to-
itichmond road should be completed,
II was stated by several that 10 per
cent of the taxes paid into The S.nte
treasury comes from the section di-
rcctly Interested
More than 100 persons sa; down
to dinner at the hotel at oon. There
Mere thirty-seven guests i-om out
or town. The meeting was called By
the local joint road committee, aud
was attended by representatives from
every city and county to he affected
by this proposed hard road from
coast TO capital.
Oid-timers stated il was the best
Continued on Page .. Col. 5.)
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Dnii 4" Vote ON Monday.
By United News.l


DUBLIN. Dec. l6.-It Is rcpor,oa
from sources close to the leading fig
urcs in tho Dali Eircann. at the con-
clusion OF the second days debate
on the Irish peace treaty. that the
document is now sure OF ratification.
and that substantial majority OF tho
Irish Parliament have tentatively
agreed 10 support it in the final vote.
rhe Dali adjourned to meet again i'm
secret session tomorrow. and tho
9uh!ic meeting at which the members
will go on record for or aGains, the
pact VIII he held Monday.
AT the conclusion OF the evening
session the Daii cabinet held an .A-
'ended conference. following which
Joint proclamation TO the Irish ped
re was issued by Arthur Griffith a, Il
E.am"nn de Valera. urging the Irish
people to he patient and orderly
during the interval before Mondays
n.cci rg, and dcnouucins the recent
police murders and outbreaks OF a
dangerous nature. Minister Of De
'"nsc Burgess has hccn ordered 10
'pv'S' igatc tho disorders
Following :. recess early In tho
evening Speaker MacSeil relin-
quishcd III" chair and made an elo-
puent appeal for ratification. which
apparently had telling effect upon
the dciibcrators. The trend at this
point in the debate was apparently
strongly towards the Griffith Collins
faction.
The days drhatc. according to many
OF those who participated in it, be-
came. before the Dali arose, prac-
;ically a dress rehearsal for the opco
session of Monday. The first bust
ness TO come before that session viii
he the question of ratification or re-
lection. There will be IL brisk debate,
Continued on Page >, Col. 81
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SOME OF RICHMOND'S ATTRACTIVE BRIDES
PICTURED in PHOTOGRAvURE SECTION

fu ID
$
ion
Another
subject Sunday
his earicatues
mil them
Beauties and hits from
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-17
US. .S.DESTROYER
RAMS THE PANAMA
Graham and Steamship Lock
ed Together 5 Miles OFF
jersey Coast.
lO7 PASSENGERS IN PERIL
Life Guards Ready al Mo-
mcnl'a Notice 10 Attempt
Rescue.

NEW YORK. Dec. i6-Thc liner
r"nanla and the L. $. destroyer
Graham are locked together 1--WE
miles of Seagirt. y. J.. after the
destroyer rammcd the Panam, on
the starboa-d side.
Several ships arc on the way to
the rescue, and life guards aboard
the two vessels and on shore are
ready at moments notice to at
tempt removal Of the l0T passengers
aboard the Panama
No lives were lost when the 81
iision occurred. although six s:.ilo-s
on the Graham We're injured. radio
reports said. With no wind and a
calm sea. there seems every rroSpcc;
that d!sast,: will be avoided.
Rush Aid to ships.
News from the inperillcd ships
is IF the most mcprcr type. The
first message flashed from the Pan
anna at 5:30. said an attcmp, would
b. made Ia beach her in shallow
water. Later it was learned shat n
dig hole had been stove In her fore
hold and that she was shipping some
wafer.
The steamer General Goc;Eals. OF
the Panama Railway Steamship
Line. the company which owrs the
'anama. responded Immediately to
the call for assistance. whii, tho
L. $. coast guard cutters Seneca and
Gresham were dispa tched from their
moorings at Tompk
Two tugs belonging to the Merritt
Chapman Wreckins Company were
sent out an hour later.
Men from the coast guarr; station
NJ Manasouan and Asbury Park put
out to tn" scene shortly aftc- The
rdmming occurred. and norc o. these
had come Lack to mainland Other
coast guards stationed on shore on
CONTINUED on Page =, Col 81
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SEE FRANCE IN ROLE
OF NAVY REDUCTION
. STUMBLING BLOCK
Proposes to Build Ten 35.-
O0O-Ton Capital Ships
Before 1885.
REAL BONIBSHELL FOR
ARMS CONFERENCE
Disclosure Made by British
Spokesman Before Ban Of
Secrecy Falls.
Eny Associated press

WASiiINGTON. Dec. lS.-HrI,ish
spokcsmen hurled - bombsheli into
conference" circles today Win tho an
nounccmcnt tha. France had asserted
before the naval committee If fftoou
her intention OF building between
1925 and 1885 ten capital ships of 35.-
600 tons each The statement stood
unchaiienged from French quarters
through the day.
1t appeared that n French proposal
was submitted at the first meeting
or tho committee after Secretary
Hughes had announced the agree
ment between Great Britain. Japan
and the United States to abandon nro.
1ected building programs. scrap sixty
eight capital ships aggrcJatinE near
ly TWO million tons, and set thcir
navtes in ten years on a 5-5-3 rat 10
basis, as between themselves. The
one action disclosed at today's meet,
Ing OF the committee of fifteen was
the agreement not To talk of WIN,
WAS going on until a conclusion had
been reached.
Communique Is Nonco,nmittnI.
Inc British statement as 10 French
proposals preceded the committees
no-talk decision. An official COM
mnniquc as to todays session said
merely that tho committee met. ad
journed and would NEE; again ,omor-
row
There were indications that the
French GROUP had not concluded prc.
e"niation Of its case In the three hour
session OF the fifteen committee dur-
!ns the day. They arc expected to
continue tomorrow. and. pending thai,
IL Is believed the French delegates
arc in communication with their gov
ermmemt, possibly To seek broader
powers.
French spokcsmcn have repeatcdIy
pointed out that they were wi,bou,
any official knowledge Of wha, was
IN progress in the big three naval
negotiations eliminating in tho tri-
angular agreement. They received
the Official announcement of ,bh
agreement late yesterday. and IL an
peared possible that. when the French
government had taken time to s,udv
closely the thrcc-power understands
inE. notifications In French nro-
posais might he Forthcoming. yapus
CONTINUED on Page 2. Col 81
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REPORT BIG RELIEF
in UNEMPLOYMENT
Secretary Hoover. IIciievcs Recent
Conference IS Great Factor
I'm Situation
IBy Associated Press. |

WASHINGTON. Dec. 16.-Unem-
ployment throughout the country has
been greatly relieved as n result of
the national conference on uncmploy-
ment called by President Harding,
according to a report OF the results
obtained by that body issued tonight
by Its chairman. Secretary Hoover.
AT the time OF the conference 1t
was estimated that 3.50H00o per-
sons were out OF work, the report
said, while Mr.. Hoover believes that
100000 and perhaps as many os
100000 mon and women arc en-
ployed today who would he OFT OF
work were IT not for tho worls Of
the conference. sti4
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Albanian Official Confers with ,jc-
rome Napoleon I;onnpnrte.
tBy Associated Press. !

NEW YORK. Dec. lG--A. j. Chek-
revi. Albanian High Commissioner at
Washington, is comforting with Jc-
rome Napoleon Bonapartc; an Amer
ican member OF the Bonapartc fam
ily, regarding an invitation to him
to ascend the throne of Albania. va
cant since William OF Wicd He'd to
switzerland at the beginning of the
world, war, the New York Evening
Mail said today II had been informed.
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OF THE BLIND
HELD ON THEFT CHARGE
Mo!waukec Woman Asserts She Was
Driven Ia Act because She Could
Not support Children.
ley United News.l

MILWAUKEE, WIS.,, Dec. l6-
known for fifteen years for her work
with blind children. Miss Alice Burn
ham Fellows. is In jail here charged
with the theft OF clothing.
Miss Fellows, who Ia the founder
OF the first school in the United
States for babies OF defective vision,
said that shc was driven to despera-
tion by her inability to support her
two adopted babies and that It was
this that caused her to commit tho
alleged theft. She II In jail In liou
OF $500 ball. n
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DEFENSE SCORES POINT IN EAS7LAKE MURDER CA
JUDGE SA UNDERS, OF SUPREME COURT DIES A T H(
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT Is INVOKED IN BEHALF
OF THE DESTITUTE Ten OPPORTUNITIES


Tor the consideration OF its readers the OF ten destitute
recommended
Of the
and
% thema ali nd
Hehd any contribution wish
ih Richmond be
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-17
0mcers shot. nlockader Killed.

CORNELTA, GA, Dec. l6--Vernon
Grant, deputy sheriff, and two other
members or posse were shot, an
alleged blockader was killed and an
other believed to be seriously wound
e1 In q battle between liquor runners
and q posse OF officers near View.
iIabcrsham County. carly today. Tho
Ofiicers wounds arc not dangerous,
Two auto,hctifSs and i63 gallona OF
liquor were caitured.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-17

This is a case for which we wish
To raise $500. The husband in this
family is a man OF about forty ycnrs
oiu. VINO VIII never be well. His
wife Is crippled. and unable In 20
out to work. There are five chill
dren. ages II, Q, Z. and ., who
viii all need good deal OF medical
well and strong. The mother saws
she will die IL she has to give UP
her children, but she cannot earn
enough to support them.
Previously acknowledged $500 -
contributions received yes
tcrday 100 oo
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Total to date.
OPPORTUNITY No. 4.

Four hundred dollars is needed
for Two boys whose mother neg
iccted and ill-trcated them. and
their father is dead. The Toys are
now with relatives. who are unable
to support them. The Nssorin ted
Charities has been paying their.
board in order that these Children
might have some home life. They
treated dcccntly for the last yrnr
They are bright boys who Will make
good citizens if they can have the
proper training.
Previously acknowledged $40 II
contributions received Scs-
tcrday .3 90
Total Ia date Sla3 u
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OPPORTUNITY No. $.

The sum OF 5000 was needed to
tide this needy family. the head OF
which earns only Sll 4 week. with
which he has TO provide for sickly
wife and three children over the
present emergency. 1t has been
ovcrsubscribcd.
Previously acknowledged S25l 20
Contributions received yes
,erday ................... g 90
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orronrUNrrY No. :.

Two hundred dollars is needed TO
take care of Il little .l-year-oid
Sirl. whose mother is ia Il hospital
under treatment. The father de-
serted her soii.c years ago, aud the
Associated Charities has not been
able to locate him. che child Is cX-
trcmely talented, and we are anX-
ious 10 give her IL chance To grow
up straight. She has no one to look
after her until her mother again
becomes wage-carner.
Previously acknowledged ...sli7 IS
Contributions received yes
terday is 80
Total to date e...........Sl66 20
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OPPORTUNITY No. :.

This is the case OF three aged
sisters in destitute circumstances.
For them the sum OF $500 was asked.
II has been oVcrsubScribcd.
Previously acknowledged 5000 -
Contr buttons received yes
icrday 90
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Is unable physically To go out to
WORK. but they are good parents,
anu are bringing up their ln-ycar-
old girl and TWO boys OF aud
years beautifully. Ii we can raise
$500 To supplement thS amount their
father can earn, the family viii be
kept together.
Previously acknowledged Sl56 80
Contributions received yes
tcrday ,.......'.....,.. 20 30
'rntnI =, lut, SI-- nn
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OPPORTUNITY No. 1.


rms is case OF twin boys IL
years old. whose mother is in n
sanatoriunl. and whose father has
deserted them. Four hundred dol
lars VIII keep these boys at Coving-
ton Tor year. while their mother
~ recovering her health.
previously acknowledged So2a 90
contributions received yes
'e'""! '.''.'...''.......... )? ~
Total to date. see 81
orPoKrUNITY No. =.
This is the case OF an old couple
VINO have lived more than forty
years OF married life together. The
sum of $3.50 WAS asked 10 keep them
from being separated. II has been
ov,rsubscribcd.
previously acknowledged S393 90
con,ribution1 received yes
'tTdiE ''.'.. .............. = 90
Total to date. Siol 90
This cnsc hns been closed.
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Total To date S257 ..
This case has bcnc closed.
OPPORTUNITY No. %.

We are asking for $500 for this
family, since the father and mother
are both tubercular, and the 10
ycar-old hoy has just come home
from the sanatOrium. There are
four other boys, running in years
from 10 to ., two OF whom are
incipicnt cases. There Is no wage
Garner I'M this family at present.
and II Is Il very heavy load ON the
Associatcd Charities. Six hundred
dollars VIII see them through the
coming year, and by that time we
hope to have them ON their feet
again.
Previously acknowledged .Sl7T 90
Contributions received yes
terday a3 90
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rotal 10 date SCOT
OPPORTUNITY no. 10.

This is the case OF II widow with
Two little children To take care Of
The mother is thrifty. and earns as
MUCH as ii is possible for her to do
In her state OF health, The two
regularly to school and Sunday
school. We are most anxious to
keep this family together. Ii will
take 5000 10 take care OF them for
tho next year.
Previously acknowledged $3.50 so
Contributions received yes
tcrdaS ........ II SO
Total to date .sI77 90
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Total TO date. STU3 "a
This cnsc has been closed.
OPPORTUNITY NO.

OPPORTUNITY NO. q.
The man in this family has had
tuberculosis, and has just come back
from the sanatorium. lie is able
TO do light, Dart-timc work. His
wife is trail little woman. who
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Continued on Page ,. Col. o.
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0i'poIsTuNITY No. =.
oprnl,.ruNIrY =

Total to date. ....... s
This cnsc hns been cIOscd,
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The Weather

Hnin today hnd probably tomorrow, |,
warmer today: colder tomor-
row afternoon.
For tui weather repor, see Editorial Page
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Continued on Page :, Col a.
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contInnc. .IercIle.s oncn,lr..

continuing his merciIcss offensive
IN mastcrful manner. ATTORNEY
Butzncr next introduced witness &C.,,
","ess VINO swore that Eastlake
"'ush''y ioVed his wife. was an
Ne worker in the Episcopal
N""rch and even wrote and directed
play Tor tho purpose OF raising
FUNDS Tor tho Sunday school.
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ASK AMERICAN BE KING

Continued on Page Z. Col. -
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-08-03

to ask for something have never been
hard to find; men to explain that
something can't be done we have with
us always. But when Herbert Hoov-
er was mentioned for president, the
country displayed the only real en-
thusiasm it showed for any candidate
of either party. For the country be-
lieved he would do something.
When President Harding chose Cen
eral Dawes to take charge of the bud
get, the country applauded because
it believes Mr.. Dawes will do some
thing.
The search for men who can per-
form is not confined to America.
Great Britain, worn out with the Irish
problem, suspecting it's own genius
for compromise, is willing to try Gen
eral SHUTS, colonial" but man Of
ideas and achievements. Everywhere
the world is looking for men. Even
in Congress there have been few times
when a new man possessing real abili-
ty could become a leader so rapidly.
There are some things that cannot
be done. But the good man will find
something better to do than cry about
it. And if help is the only solution,
he will be able to make his case clear.
The Michigan fruit growers are pre-
mature in thinking Mr.. Ford could
solve our railroad problems, but they
feel sure he would at least go at
them.-Milwaukee Journal.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-08-03
Francisco into the Pacific ocean.
On the day write this I'd prefer

Francisco into the Pacific ocean.
On the day write this I'd prefer to
be on the other end.
If you are still unconvinced that we
live in a large city, I would remind
you that the Bronx, that much ma
ligned borough up north of me, is as
big as the city of Baltimore. New
York city has more people than the
entire state of Texas and nearly as
many as Ohio; and Ohio, you ought to
know, is the fourth most populous
state in the country. Why, Richmond,
our most sparsely populated borough
where we go when we want to breathe,
could swallow Nashville, Tenn, or
Salt Lake City, Utah; I mean the
cities, not both the cities and the
states.
Wait another moment. I've just
got started. In our metropolitan dis
trict, which means within the radius
reached daily by the bargain hunter,
we could match man, woman and child
whit every man, woman and child in
Illinois, and still have enough left
over to populate to their present dens-
ity There is no other word, though
it sounds fat the states of Montana,
Wyoming, Colorado, Nevada and what
would be left then would repopulate
Alaska and the Virgin islands.
Don't go away. If, begginc al
their pardons, Chicago, Philadelphia
Detroit, Cleveland, st. Louis, Boston,
Baltimore and Pittsburgh, the eight
largest cities IN the United States ex-
3cept New York, were transplanted
with all their people to the section
sprawled out within fifty miles Of me,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-08-03
A Big City.
From the Christian Science
Monitor.

Within fifty miles of this type.
writer live 5,620,048 people. Of these
1884, 1O3 live in this borough of Man
haitian. If l didn't believe it l coulo
go out and try to get into the subway
or on top of bus, or across Forty.
second street at Fifth avenue. Most
of the 1884, JOB, / would then be con-
WINGED, would be in the subway, or or
the bus, or at the crossing.
Now 1884, 1O3 people may not near
lot of people to you at all. Know
then, that if laid head to feet, we
would all, just those of us who live
in Manhattan, extend from New York
city to some distance beyond Omaha
It might be some distant this side
of Omaha, taking account of the chill
dren. Ny average height Ct 4 feet
6 inches isn't fair to them. Nor am
| certain that you could get the whole
2,284,1 to lie down. I'm speaking
please remember, fguratively.
By the same process, of multiplying
5,620,048 people within fifty miles of
me by 5 feet 6 inches, and dividing
the result by $3.50, which, I under
stand, though Mr.. Edison didn't ask
me, represents the number of feet po-
pularly supposed to be in a mile,
come, if you are still reading, to the
somewhat startling conclusion that
the 50-mile radius folks, if also laid
head to feet, would stretch from here
several hundred miles beyond San
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-08-03
"A Little Boy
Sees His Father.

The little boy whose big round eyes
all day take in things that he thinks
about and tries to arrange into an
understandable world sees his father
in the morning before he goes to bust
ness and for a little while after he
comes home at night.
He does not know that his father
is two men-one, at home; the other,
| one of the important men in the big
| city, whose word is weighty in large
affairs. He does not even see him on
the train, chatting affably with the
other men who commute with him in
the mornings and again at night,
others and making good ones of his
own. He has not seen his father in
his capacity as "the life Of the party"
the kind Of man Of whom his fellows
sing ''For he's jolly good fellow"
The little boy does not know that
his father comes into the office with
nod and smile for every one; that
he is adored by office boys and steno-
graphers, admired and beloved by his
business. associates. He does not see
him concentrating all day long, effci-
emily. and unruffled, upon each mo-
mentous affair in turn, without haste
or confusion and with never an angry
or impatient word. Neither does he
see him giving generously to all good
works and enterprises, his ear never
deaf or his hand closed; the little boy
does not know his fathers reputation
as good citizen, always depended up
on to support measures for the public
welfare either in the great city or in
the suburb where they live.
What the little boy sees, day after
day, is a surly man who gets up cross,
buries himself in the newspaper at
breakfast with scarcely a word to |
anyone, and starts for business with
barely a perfunctory good-by. And
in the evening he oberves coming |
home only a '1tired business man."
glum and heavy-laden with the cares
Of the day, presenting to the family
for whose comfort and happiness pre-
sumably he has done it all the general
aspect of bear with sore foot.
The man does not see himself with
the little boys eyes. If he did, per-
haps he would think it strange that |
he could be two men so different. But /
even then he might not realize that
the little boy sees only one OF him.
Exchange.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-08-03
The Quest for Men.

Four hundred fruit growers of
Oceana county, Michigan, have petit
toned President Harding to turn the
railroads of the country over to Henry
Ford. They point out that Mr.. Ford
has reduced rates of his newly ac-
quired railroad. Now this is a bit
premature, for it is too soon to say
that Mr.. Ford's experiment in railroad
operation will be successful. What
the petitioners noticed, however, was
that here at least was railroad own
er who tried something else than ask
ing the government for higher rates
and then for another $500, OO0, 900 lad
iusted war compensation" and then
another $500, 00O,0 to balance the
inefficiency Of labor in wartime, and
so on, and so on.
What the country needs today is
men-men who viii do things. Men