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MEN IN TRAINING NOW
HE NEEDED OVERCOATS
Secretary Baker Tells Senate Mill
.tary Committee All Troops
Have Sullleient Coats.
ARK STILL 8IIOHT OF RLOUSKS 1
Orders Issued to All Camp Officers;
?'i to Obtain l<oraIIy ami Immediate
* ly Any Uniform <?arineiit He-,
quired to Outfit Commands.
I llv Aniuclal"! I'rws. I
WASHINGTON. January t.?Over-;
coat ^shortages m ami) truinlnx camps j
wcro reporteu ended, cxccpt at t amp ;
Bpaur?i;nnJ, Ha., by Secretary Haker ;
la a further rosp<in:-n to-day to the
Senate Military Committee's resolution J
urging Immediate steps t<> provide tin; i
soldiers with adequate winter cloth- (
inc. Many of the camps are short of j
woolc* blouses, which the secretary '
said were hard to obtain. Emergency !
express shipments ami local purchases ,
ltavo been abutted, arid Mr. Baker ex- j
pressed the belief that by to-day "all ;
Iho men are comfortable."
Sixteen camps and cantonments I
mentioned specifically by the commit
tee's resolution were reported upon In '
detail. Of a total shortage of 11.">00 '
Overcoats. >"amp Meauregard needed |
10.803. A deficiency of about 6H.000
blouses was scattered among thirteen
poets. i
Blame for delay in furnishing winter |
garments was placed by the secre- (
tary partially upon supply, but largely ;
Upon the transportation situation. His
report to-day included the following
shortages:
Camp Wheeler. Ca., overcoats, none;
blouses, 1.24 1. ,
Camp Shelby, Miss., overcoats, none;
blou?es, D.100.
Camp Beauregard, J.a., overcoats,
10.863; blouses, .1.094.
Camp Wadsworth, S. C., overcoats.
45; blouses, 3.367.
Camp Sheridan, Al* . overcoats, none;
blouses, 3.596.
i Camp 1'ike. Ark., overcoats, 46; 1
blouses. 1.260.
At Camps .lackson. S. ('... and Oreene.
N. C., supplicM of both overcoat's and
blouses were reported suflii-ient. Is?-d
ding supplies were said to be adequate
at*all camps.
To meet the overcoat shortage at
Camp Beauregard, Secretary Daker j
uaid, 22,300 had been expressed De? em
bor 26. H?* told also >>t recent ship
ments of 600 overcoats to Camp Cus
tor, 10.000 blouses to Camp Kunston, |
2.000 blouses to < 'amp Wadsworth. 2.- j
000 overcoats and 6.000 blouse to ?'anm
I>lf.
"Instructions have been ,<-ent to nil
camps to obtain locally and immedi- '
ately." said the report, "any uniform
garment which i? short in order lo
give each man onr whole uniform; ;
when using sir.es on hand to e\. hang
wtth other camps, n practicable, and
to employ garrnentmaker.s to alter gar
ments so as to tit those without ne^'os- ,
sary uniforms.
DOCTOR TESTIFIES
IN FIGHT FOR LIFE
fContinu*'! from I'irst Page.)
sflf and his brother. lie was bound
( to believe that Albert had betrayed
hlrn. The case resulted in a tine of i
J700 and costs. His bondsman tltere j
was unsecured. When it seemed that
Albert wa.j determined to take most
of his properly he decided to execute
a deed of trust ic> his bondsman so
that he would be protected. This
caui d his brother to Institute pro- j
ceedlngs for recovery of the note lie
had riven him.
At first the doctor was determined to
\ fight payment of his brother, but
finally decided to pay and b.; done .vilh .
It. They had some correspondence,
through which a compromise was pro- j
posed. The note was to l.o discounted
(200 if paid. The doctor bad an JmM .
nest-egg in cash. lie sold his live j
stock and some other things. He ar- j
I ranged to spend the winter in Iowa,
where he had a license to practice
medicine and a good practice, in the
hope that he could reoouji his depleted i
' finances.
believes nnoTHKit c:.\i riiir
Tit A I.V KOI I (.'UKVKXNK i
Monday morning. October 22, he ear- ,
ried his wife to Irwin, whence she was
to go to Kearney. Neb., to visit, pend- '
ing his winding up his affairs here and j
storting for Stratford. ' >n the way;
home from the station ha wont to hit
brother's home and found him there.
He paid him and accepted his brother's
receipt, written on the back of his j
note. This done, his brother went up- !
Ftairs, dressed and came down. The
judge told him be was going to Chey- ,
' ennc. where he was interested in oil.
and asked him to have I.ouisu. Itoat
wright care for his pig at "Sunnyside" ?
while he was away. Then they left
the house, shook hands and parted. A
little while later the doctor says ho j
heard a train whistle blow, and he sup- j
posed his brother had caught that train. I
This was at 6:30 o'clock. He. never'
saw his brother .tgnin. he said.
Two days later, after being very]
t busy about "Sunn; si.lo." the doctor said
he went in a wagon to get his brother's ]
pig and some potatoes. It was under-|
stood that. Kunder Brilt was to care'
' for the pig ut-'il he came for it. Kn
route he met Hritt. who asked him
whore his brother was. He told him, j
- as far as he kn.-w. II.' and Hritt went j
to the judge's home, where he was ,
sweeping and the negro was running
down the pig when "Sjuire Ilouchens
arrived, "with his stutter and his ques
tions." The 'squire was inquisitive and
suspicious, telling him not to attempt
' to leave the county. 1 e returned home.
Tho next day he was preparing to come
to the courthouse to learn by what au
thority the 'squire acted so arhitra/ily. j
' when the latter can e and arrested him.
Mince then ho has b "en in jail.
PHNII0S HE EVE It I'lt.U'Tll'El) I
siudioitvi a \ Hit sic to it
*!*- '
louring his testimony the doctor de- ;
nicd that lie ever practiced * surgery, j
stating that he was too averse to cut-j
ting human flesh. Tn an attempt to'
refute expert testimony by l>r. Leake,
j given earlier in the day to the effect j
: that Judge Chamberlain's body could
not have been dissected as it was ex
it cept by an expert, lie stated that one
familiar with a chicken's anatomy
f, could ? have performed tho operations
} pointed out by Dr. Leake.
1 The doctor Joked once or twice while
? ho was on the stand. While he was
ji ^showing his deformed foot to the jury
W -tnen. he laughed, lie showed the foot
jl in an effort to prove that It would have
i been physically impossible fo;- him
! to Ifave carried the heavy body of his
brother upstairs to the room In which
ft la alleged to have boeq cut up. Tho
i
^ ? V *t .
The Weather
(Pvnilnhrd b.T V. S. Wrmtliw Rurran.)
I''nrrra>ti Virginia
?Knlr, wuritirr S?t-|
urtlnyi Sunday (air,
niirmrr Mouth pur
'//ll tloa.
?><irlh Carolina?;
Fair Saturdar and
.Sunday. with atowly
rUlncc temperature.
I.mnl Temperature.
I" noon temporal lire 17
3 P. Al. temperature 2S
Alaxltduni ternperaturw to 8 1*. M.. 15
.Minimum temperature to S 1'. M.. I
Meuu temperature 12
Normal temperature ?"?fc
Deficiency in temperature 2S
Deficiency in temperature since
Ala roll 1 1151
Accumulated ueficlency since Jan
uary 1 I'D
I.oral Itainfolt.
Hainfall last twenty-four hours..None
Kxcvsh in rainfall since. March 1.. 2.32
JJeflciency Sn rainfall since Jan
uary 1 21
I,<><?? I Ohtrrvntlon* at K P. M.
Temperature, 22; humidity. B2; wind,
direction, south; wind, velocity, 2
miles; weather, cloudy.
CONDITIONS IX nil'OHTAXT CITIKS.
Tcrnpcrat ure.
Place. R I'. Al. High. l,otr. Weather.
Asliuville 30 32 10 Clear
Atlanta 40 40 is Clear
Atlantic Pity. 14 20 0 clear
Boston 12 IS 4 Clear
HufValo 1 j 14 i) I', cloudy
Charleston . . . 32 3K 20 Clear
Chicago 2>> 2?; 1?; Clear
Denver 42 At 44 Cloudy
1 ujlutli 20 20 14 Cloudy
Calveston .... 60 ?4 46 Clear
Ifatteras 22 24 12 Clear
Havre 40 4 4 :ts Cloudy
Jacksonville .. 3X 50 24 Clear
Kansas I'liy... il 4 8 26 f'lear
i^oulsville .... 3z t m <'lear
.Montgomery .. 4t AO 24 Clear
New Orleans.. 50 ?;j ;:?i Clear
New York it IS -4 Clear
Norfolk 20 _'i? 4 Clear
< 'k lahoma .... ft 2 ?>') 32 Clear i
Pittsburgh ... IS 1 e, -4 Cloudy
Kaleigh 2S 32 r, Clear
St. I.ouia 31 42 20 Clear
St. Paul 24 .'?> u Cloudy
San Krnnclsco. 4S .12 4S Cloudy
Savannah .... .'[4 4 4 24 Clear
Spokane 4j 4 6 4o I tain
Tampa 4 4 .".4 30 Ctear
Washington .. IK 20 2 P. cloud v
Winnipeg ....10 l _? j s Cloudy
Wytheville ... 22- 2S -2 Clear"
M(MAT! UK At.MAXAC.
January 5. 1!>1S.
IIIC.H TIDE:
St j ri ris'.-s 7:2" .Morning 10:07
Suit setB 5:0ft Kvenlng 10:52.
foot and much of the leg are practically
useless to him.
He had not finished giving direct tes
timony when court adjourned at 8
o'clock. It is possible that he will oc- ?
eupy the Hand much of to-morrow..
Tin; defense expects other important
witnesses from the West. It may ..ot
?dose its< ease before Monday.
I >r. Chamberlain stated to-niuiit that
he had important disclosures to make
at the end of this trial, whether or not
he was convicted. When sworn to-day
Sc opened the court Bible and kisser! it
ferventlj .
STATK CI.OSKS its CASK
iii tti\t; Tin; koki:.voov
"t"he Slate closed its case ? t 11 ;
o'clock this morning with the. submis
sion of a certificate showing Dr. Cham-,
herlain to have been a practicing phy- ,
? ician. This followed the testimony1
of Dr. I.ouis K. Leake. coroner, who
?estilled as an expert in surgery and
Hnatoiny. I ?r. l.?aU<> presided at 11?e
ln?iue*t heM over the butchered body '
of Judge Chamberlain. He said that
?he disarticulation of the limbs and the
method of decapitation showed the
work of a master hand. No one not
thoroughly acquainted with the struc
ture ot the human body could have
cut the body as l.e found it, l.o tes
tified. I
Dr. Leake went into detail as to the
condition of the body, avoiding techni
cal language as far as possible in order
that the jury could follow him. He
said that the head was severed from
the last joint of the spinal column, and
look" 1 as if it had Iain J:i blood. The
vertebrae between the top joint and i
the joint to which the first rib is at- i
tached and the fleshy part of the neck
had been destroyed. This fact, coupled
with the bulging eye found in the ;
head, led to the belief that the judge
had been strangled. Proof of strangu- i
lation, however, could not be positive
with the neck and neck bones missing.
The witness then told of the thor-.
nughness of workmanship in dismem
bering other parts of the body. Where
rigor mortis had set in at the knee and
elbow joints, the simple operation of
[?lilting a tendon had been performed.
There was tto mutilation the're. but the
limbs had been folded neatly to per
mit their being placed in the post holes
where they were found. The heart and ?
liver had been cut in twain. The stom- i
ach was never found.
The defense opened its case at 11:43 j
o'clock, after a brief recess to prepare
witnesses. Airs. Llsie W. Chamberlain,
nineteen-year-old wife of the accused,
was the first witness. She told of the
preparation for her visit to relatives In
Kearney on the day the murder is al
leged to have been committed. She
knew of no trouble between her hus-|
band and his brother, and was positive .
the doctor had made no preparation for i
murder. The post holes in the yard 1
of their home, she said, were prepared
Saturday before her departure Monday
because the fence was down and the
doctor wanted to repair the fence for
the keeping of stock for the winter.
Louisa Hoatwright, housekeeper for the
iloctor, called as p. Stale's witness, had
testified previously that the post hole?
were dug at least a week before the
murder. Airs. Chamberlain contradicted ]
her.
Jackson Anderson, neighbor of Dr.
fhamberlain. testified to. the doctor's I
good character and peaceful disposition. !
TRANSFER OF AMERICANS
Soldier* Serving In llritlsh Army, If
( bunged, Will Not ilavc Status
Disturbed.
my Associated Press. 1
LONDON. January 4.?The Associated
Press has received information that the
American War Department has decided
>n rules governing the transfer of
Americans serving with the British
rorces lo the American army hv which
lieir present status will not he dis
turbed. except in special cjscs and
where the transfer "is plainly in the
interest of the United Stale*." i
The decision, it is said, was reached '
jii the following ground?:
First, that Americans who enlisted j
with the British foivcs must have been
prompted by patriotic motives to do j
so, and that, therefore, it does not mat- ;
lor whether they remain British o- are
transferred to their own flag, since;
they would be fighting for the same)
;:ause.
Second, in some cases, particularly
w ith (he Canadians, many of whom |
ire Americans, transfers might seri
ously disorganize units.
While no official statistics are avail
able. it is believed there, are front !
25,000 to 30,000 Americans in the !
Canadian forces alone, and perhaps
half as many more scattered through
other British contlngcnta in France,
Mesopotamia, Palcalino and elsewhere.
: SPEC! BILLS PHD
! FOR RAILROAD CONTROL
, Demands of Brotherhood "Will Re
Inquired Into by Spceial
Advisory Hoard.
| McADOO ASKS CO-OPEItATION
?
! Promises Other Classes of Orjsan
'IzchI Lnlioi* "Ills Rights and Inter
ests Will He Justly Dealt With"
in S|?ecial Statement.
I t?v Associated Press. 1
WASHINGTON. January 4.?Regisla-|
i tion to regulate the government opcr- I
? at tori of nilroafb and to guarantee j
.the carriers compensation on the basis I
' of their average operating income for
the last three years was asked of ?'on-|
gress to-dav by President 5!?fiii in. an j
1 address to both houses in joint session. |
Hills embodying his recommendations j
and carrying an appropriation of $500.- |
fiOU.OOG as a "revolving fund," wore in- j
troddced immediately, arid an attempt]
will be made to rush them to prompt i
passage.
While th?? President's addresr met j
with general approval among Dern- ,
joerats and Republicans alike, opposl-j
j tion is expected to develop,over a pro- .
vision in the adtninistration bill that j
Feeleral control shall continue after
'.he war indefinitely or until Congress .
orders otherw ise, and over details of |
the rompensatlon basis.
While the legislative wheels were
1 set moving. Director-General McAdoo
spent a busy day planning a solution j
of labor questions with heads of the j
four railway brotherhoods and finally
decid- d to refer the brotherhoods':
penning demands for a general wage
increase to an advisory board of four j
member.*! to be appointed by him in a <
few days. This board will investigate j
all phases of the brotherhoods?' de- j
mands and recommend a course to Mr. j
McAdoo. His decision will be efTec- I
live sis to wages from January 1.
The plan will affect immediately only j
the wage requests of the brotherhoods, i
but demands which may be made later)
by other classes of organized labor j
probably will be handled in the same i
way, Mr. McAdoo reserving the right'
to make whatever decision be chooses
without regard to recommendations of j
the advisers.
Sotne increases, both to the brother- J
hoods and to other railway labor, are j
generally considered certain. The dl- !
rector-general, in a statement to-night, j
promised every employee that "his i
rights and interests will be justly dealt j
with." and appealed for a hearty spiri*. ;
of entnuniasm and co-operation from |
every rnan.
Kfforts tr> speed the movement of j
co.-I and other freight continued to- j
day alexig with the legislative and .
labor phases of the railway movement, j
and special orders were issued provld- .
ing that 500 additional cars shall be
furnished daily to certain specified j
bituminous and anthracite mines. main- i
!y in Pennsylvania, for supplying coal, j
These problems forced Mr. McAdoo ,
to postpone until to-morrow action on {
Has tern passenger traflic officials' rec- ;
omrnendations for curtailment of pas
senger schedules, but he is expected !
to i>sue orders then for abandonment
of a'number of trains and elimination
of parlor and sleeping cars to a great
extent.
MILLIONS ASKED
FOR OPERATION
OF RAILROADS
'Continued from First Page. )
common service without injurious dis- j
crimination against particular proper- |
ties. Only under government admin- j
tstration can an absolutely unrestricted
and unembarrassed common use be i
made of all tracks, terminals, terminal
facilities and equipment of every kind.
Only under that authority can new
terminals be constructed and developed
without regard to the requirements or
limitations of particular roads. Hut j
under government administration all
these, things will be possible?not In
stantly, but as fast as practical difficul
ties, which cannot be merely conjured
away, give way before the new man-:
o gemeni.
Wit.L MAKK AS L.ITTI.K
iiisTrnnAXCE am possible j
The common administration will be |
carried out with as little disturbance j
of the present operating organizations !
and personnel of the railways as pos- i
Bible. Nothing will be altered or dis
turbed which it is not nececsary to dis
turb. We arc serving the public in
terest and safeguarding tho public
safety, but we are also regardful of [
the interest of those by whom these i
great properties are owned and glad
to avail ourselves of the experience j
and trained ability of those who have j
been managing them. It is necessary ;
that the transportation of troops and
of war materials, of food and of fuel
and of everything that is necessary I
for the full mobilization of the en- j
ergies and resources of the country j
should be considered, but it is clearly i
in the public interest also that the |
ordinary activities and the normal in
dustrial and commercial life of the |
country should be Interfered with and I
dislocated as little as possible, and '
the public may rest assured that the j
interest and convenience of the pri- j
vate shipper will be as carefully served j
and safeguarded as it is possible to
serve and safeguard it in tho present
extraordinary circumstances. .
While the present authority of the
executive suffices for all purposes of1
administration, and while, of course. !
all private interests nuist for the. pres- |
cnt give way to the public necessity, ;
it is, I am sui'o you will agree with j
me, right and necessary that the own
ers and creditors of the railways, the
holders of their stocks and bonds, :
should receive from the government an
unqualified guarantee that their prop-j
ertles, will be maintained throughout
tho period of Federal control in ae
good repair and as complete equip
ment as at present, and that the sev- j
eral roads will receive under Federal
management such compensation as is j
equitable and just alike to'their own
ers and to the general public. I would
suggest the average net railway oper
ating income of the three years ending
June ,'t0, 191T. I earnestly recommend
that these guarantee** l>e given by ap
propriate legislation and given as
promptly as circumstances permit.
I'IIG ICS IVCO.MKS OK SUA UK
UOIjDKHS UK (iliAHANTKRD
] need not point out tho essential
justice of such guarantees and their j
great influence and significance as ele- j
ments in the present financial and in- j
dustrial situation of the country. In-!
deed. one. of the strong arguments for
assuming control of the railroads at
this time is tho financial argument. It
is necessary that tho values of railway
securities should bo Justly and fairly
? <gi J ;/ ; t
i protected, and tliat the largo financial
I operations every year necessary In con
: noctlon with the maintenance, opera
i tion and development of the roads
I uhould, during the period of the war.
' bo wisely related to the financial op
erations of the government.
Our first duty Is. of course, to con
serve the common Interest and the
common safety and to make certain
that nothing stands In the way of the
i successful prosecution of the great war
j fur liberty arul justice; but it is also
I an obligation of public conscience and
'of public honor that the private inter
i csts we disturb should be kept safe
from unjust, injury, and it is of the
j utmost consequence to the government
! itself that all great financial operations
should be stabilized and co-ordinated
; with the financial operations of the
\ government. No borrowing should run
j athwart the borrowings of the Federal
Treasury, and no fundamental indus
' trial values should anywhere be un
necessarily impaired. In the hands of
many thousands of small investors of
the country, as w?>ll as in national
banks, insurance companies, in savings
banks, in trust companies, in financial
;agr-ncies of every kind, railway sectiri
| ties, the sum total of which runs up to
! some ten or eleven thousand millions,
I constitute a vital part of the struc
I ture of credit, and the unquestioned
solidity of that structure must bo
maintained.
PllKSIDKNT PRAISKS WORK
iiom-: iiv iio.v. w. mpADoo
The Secretary of War arid I easily
agreed that. In view of the many com
plex interests which must be safe
guarded and harmonized, as well as
because of his exceptional experience
and ability In this new field of gov
ernmental action, the Hon. William I!.
McAdoo was the right man to assume
direct administrative control of this
new executive task. At our request,
he consented to assume the authorities
and duties of organizer and director
general of the new railway administra
tion. He has assumed those duties, and
his work is In active progre??.
It is probably too much to expect
that even under the unified railway
administration whic h-will now be pos
sible, sufficient economies can be ef
fected in the operation of the railways
to make it possible to add to their
equipment and extend their operative
facilities as much as the present ex
traordinary demands upon their use
will render desirable without resorting
to the national treasury for the funds.
If it it not possible, it will, of course,
be necessary to resort to the Congress
for grants of money for that purpose.
The Secretary of the Treasury will ad
vise with your committees with re
gard to this very practical aspect of
the matter. For the present, I suggest
only the guarantees 1 have indicated
and such appropriations as are neces
sary at the outset of this task. I take
the liberty of expressing the hope that
the Congress may gra.it these promptly
and ungrudgingly. We are dealing
with great matters and will, I am
sure, deal with them greatly.
ARCHER ANDERSON
DIES AT HIS HOME
ffontinued _from First Page.)
art airs of that coin piny, while also
taking a prominent part in many mat
ters for the welfare of the city.
WAS ONt'K HIf;HI.Y COMMENDED
nv Ui:\KllAI. HOUERT E. LEE
T. Catesby .lones. who served with
Colonel Anderson throupli the War
Between the States in the Army of
Northern Virginia, recalled last night
that on one occasion General Robert
E. I-.ee had spoken of Colonel Ander
son as the best assistant adjutant
general in the army. Colonel Ander
eon maintained his interest in Con
federate matters, having been a mem
ber of It. K. l-.ee Camp, No. 1. Con
federate Veterans, and having taken
an active part in the arrangements
for several Confederate reunions held
in Richmond. Colonel Anderson was
a member of the Stonewall Jackson
Monument Corporation and an active
director in the Southern. Historical
Society, an organization which pub
lishes an annual volume of historical
data bearing on the Confederacy. He
was a member of the Westmoreland
Club and of St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
Colonel Anderson is survived by his
wife, three daughters. Miss Sally Archer
Anderson. Mrs. Francis J'eane Wil
liams and Mrs. A. P. Bonrland; three
sons. Archer Anderson. Jr.. J. It. J.
Anderson and St. George Mason Ander
son. all of Richmond except Mrs. Bour
land. who lives in Washington; two
brothers. Joseph R. Anderson, of Gooch
land County, and F. T. Anderson, of
Louisa County, and two sisters, Mrs. j
Fanny Hobson and Mrs. Thomas Sedden i
Br.uce. both of this city.
TWO TOWNS HIT
llonnoke Power Cut Oft' a* Generator
Huron Out?Xo Conl in
Bristol.
BOAJCOKK, V?V. January 4.?Power!
service to about fifty coal mines in the |
Pocahontas fiehl has been discontinued
because of the burning out of an Ap
palachian Power Company generator at
Switchback. W. Va., yesterday, and
numerous towns throughout Southwest
Virginia are experiencing a curtailment,
of their supply of electric current.
The generator at Switchback was used
as a medium of interchange of power
between the Appalachian system and
the Norfolk and Western power station
at Hluc Stone Junction.
BRISTOL, va.. January 4.?There Is
r.ot a ton of coal in Bristol coal yards,
and many people are suffering. Schools
can run but a few days longer un
less there is some relief. The local
fuel administrator received a telegram !
from the State administrator that he
was trying to deliver three cars here
Sunday or Monday. Public schools all
Abingdon are closed for lack of fuel.
HINDU ENDS LIFE
One of 'I'm o Alleged Conspirator* Cam
mils Suicide in Florida
?tail.
JACK'SONVILLK, FLA.. January 4.?
Mangu Ram. hel I here with Harnian
Singh, two Hindus thought to he of
many Hindus indicted in 1914 in San
Francisco, committed suicido by hang
ing in jail to-day.
The men were arrested in Cuba and
brought lo Key West for trial. Au
thorities believed they were connected
in the plot to start a revolution In In
dia against the British government at
the outbreak of the war. Singh will
be deported to-night to Colon, Panama,
via Now Orleans.
ASKS $82,000,000 FOR
Shipping Hoard Also Rcqnests
thority to Negotiate Contracts for
Vessels Worth $701,000,000.
BOATS TO UK STKKl, AND WOOD'
, 1
; I^arge Extensions to Present Yards.!
as Well a.s Housing Facilities for;
Men, a Part. of Huge lluihling
Schenic.
' F'v A Pr?s? I
WASHINOTOX, January 4.?Plans for
|a $2,000,000.ono government shipbuild-l
I ing program were revealed to-day,!
| when the Shipping Hoard asked Con-1
! cress for authority to place 5701.000,000 !
worth of additional slnp contracts. At'
the same time an immediate appropri-'
alion pf $82,000,000 was asked for the'
extension of shipyards and for pro- i
vidlng housing facilities for workmen.;
Thus far the board has been author- 1
j ized to spend for shipbuilding $1,2.14,- !
j 000,000, contracts for most of which have i
I been awarded. To-day's request, for a ?
j further authorization and an additional!
; appropriation brings the estimates of!
| funds needed for shipbuilding to
j 018,000.000. It' the additional funds are!
i made available, they will be put largo- |
i ly into fabricated steel ship contracts,
although some contracts for ordinary
steel ships will be let, as will a few for
wooden ships on the Pacittc Coast.
No new shipyards are planned l>y the
board. The fabricating yards have con
' tracts for about i>00 ships now. which
| will keep them constantly employed
? into 1013. but the board is anxious to
; place more contracts and begin on the
j task of providing materials.
I The board's housing plans call for
the expenditure of about $35,000,000.
; The remainder of the $8-,000,000 asked
J will be used to expand shipyards al
; ready built.
The Senate Commerce Committee in
vestigating the progress of shipbuild
j ing. took up to-day alleged high profits
allowed in letting contracts for wooden
ship construction and the subject o?
h otis ing.
Questioning of Theodore E. Ferris,
chief constructor tor the Emergency
I**leet Corporation, in connection with
a report by the corporation's district
office- at Seattle, brought out that the
Clinchfleld Navigation Company, of
New York, was alleged to have obtained
profits amounting to $743,000 on ship
.contracts when in fact the company
was not an actual builder of ships. The
j company, it was testified, sold to the
government at a profit of $420,000 four
ships which the Sloan Shipbuilding!
corporation, of Seattle, was building for
it, and that it received a commission
of $323,000 on contracts it obtained
from the Fleet Corporation for twelve
ships which the Sloan corporation !t
now building.
Mr. Ferris denied that he had any
thing to do with the contracts, but
said lie introduced officers of the Clinch
field company to Major-General Goe
thals, formerly general manager of the
Fleet Corporation.
Conditions affecting the construction
of v"?*en ships were outlined by F. A.
Brown, general purchasing ofllcer for
the Fleet Corporation, and F. !.<. Sanford,
a member of the Southern I'ine Emer
gency Bureau. Mr. Brown said that the
cor- ration expected to have delivered
from Oregon within sixty days enough
fir to furnish the heavier timbers for
200 wooden ships.
FLOODS DEVASTATING SIAM
Water He* troyo Cropi and Reaches
Hoof Top*, American Legation
Reports.
"WASHINGTON, January 4.?Floods in
Siani, the worst since* 1R31. are devas
tating the country. Dispatcher to-duy
from the American legation at Bang
kok say the water has risen to the
j roofs of houses, on which peasants
i are living. Great crop losses liave
I been caused anil cattle are dying by
j drowning anil starvation. A relict'
I commission has been appointed.
i .
i
2.000 KILLED
| Munition Depot Blown Up on Hannian
Southwestern Front, Wrecking
.Many Buildings.
(By Associated Press.1
STOCKHOLM, January 4.?A Hapa
tanda dispatch to the Tidningen says
that the munition depot on the Itus
rian southwestern front was blown up
recently, and that all buildings within
la radius of two kilometers wore de
stroyed. Two trains loaded with Cos
! sacks on tho way to the Don district
| were wreckcd, causing the death of
| 2,000 men.
Enlist Now for
better health. Don't
wait until it is too late to
correct your food follies.
It is the simple, inexpensive
foods that make healthy
tissue and furnish the most
energy. For your "meat
less meals" eat Shredded
Wheat Biscuit. It is 100
per cent, whole wheat,
nothing added, nothing
wasted or thrown away. It
is made digestible by steam
cooking, shredding and bak
ing. Contains more real
nutriment than meat or
eggs. Two of these Bis
cuits with milk and a little
fruit make a nourishing, sat
isfying meal at a cost of
a few pennies. Made in
Niagara Falls, N. Y.
llousefnrnishings, China
and Glass.
528 East Broad Street*
PHILADELPHIA DARK
\
Complaint* of Fuel Shortnai' Urine
CorJalllnrr Order for City'*
I.lglitlnic Syntnn.
I Hjr Associated Pre??)
PH IBADKL.PH IA, January 4.? Penn
sylvania. which produces 47 per cent j
f the coal output of the t.'nited States. ?
'o-Jay appealed, through Its fuel ad- \
to in 1st rat or. to the government to save
it further suffering due to the scarcity
of coal to the consumers.
The appeal contained what amount
ed to a protest against alleged dis- ,
crimination, and a protest against the
Federal* government sending anthracite 1
coal to the South and Southwest,
where fuel can he had from local tields.
Federal Fuel Administrator William ,
Totter, in older to further conserve;
the coal supply, to-night ordered six
liK-htless nigl vs in Philadelphia in
stead of two. Lighting on Satur
day uighvS i.-* permitted under certain
restriction
From different parts of the State
roine rep.>ils oi fuel shortage. Potts
ville, which is built over rich beds of
coal, faces a famine, while near-by
railroad classification yards are crowd
ed with loaded coal cars destined for!
other points. Industries in a number of
cities fringing the anthracite Ileitis are'
closed down or about to suspend for
Kit k of fuel.
In Philadelphia there were further
ranis on sidetracked coal trains, peo
ple helping themselves to the fuel he
fore police .irrived to drivo them away. {
Twenty-six public, schools were closed ;
for lack of heat.
DEATHS IN VIRGINIA
Mr*. Cornelia tJlenn.
Funeral services fur .Mrs. Carsielia ;
Glenn, seventy-three years old. widow
of John F. Glenn, vice-president of the
Merchants' National Bank, who died
Thursdaj afternoon at her home, lOt'tt.
Grove Avenue, will be held this after-,
noon from Holy Trinity Kpiscupal
Church, the reel or. Kev. J. J. Gravatt,
I>. I >.. officiating. Burial will be in
Hollywood. Mrs. Glenn was Miss Cor
nelia Watt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George Watt. She is survived by three
daughters?Misses Kills and Nell Glenn.;
of Richmond, and Mrs. Dupuy llolla
day. of Covesville, and one sister. Mrs.'
Manfred Call, of this city.
.lira. Sunn V. I'ollnrd.
Mrs. Susan V. Pollard, eighty-seven ?
years old. died yesterday morning at ,
t'? o'clock in the home of her niece, i
Mrs. J. A. Retinoids. t!0S-A Lamb Ave-;
nue. Barton Heights, after an illness
of several months. Her funeral will
take place at o'clock this afternoon '
from the home.
Mrs. Pollard was the widow of John
W. Pollard, a prominent and widely
known citizen. She was a grand-:
daughter of the late ftev. Philip Court- j
ney, a noted Virginia minister.
fi?ornp n. Tueker.
Oeorgo B. Tucker, aged eighty-five
years, a well-known citizen of Peters
burg. and a Confederate veteran, died i
Thursday afternoon at Bee Camp Sol - !
I? BATHS
ANDKKSON.? L)le?l. ?t hi* residence in '
Richmond, Viu. in the t-lL'htlelli vcur oi
hi- ace. ARCH Kit ANDBRSUX.
Funeral from St. i'aul'.s Church at 3 P. M
Sunday, January Interment in llolly
v, ?'.<1 prU_ate. i
ATKINS.?Died, this iuornlnK at 12:40
o'clock mi ids residence at 727 West Main
Street, 11. C. ATKINS on lits seventy
second birthday.
Funqral notice Iater.
CKAWFOllD.?Oleri. at 8:43 P. M.. January
4. 191S. at the residence of her brother
in-law. Mr. John Drrver. MISS Kt.lVCA HIITH
I'ltAH'FOKD. She Is tnirvlveri by her two
sifters. Mrs. John Drever anil-Mrs. A. M. !
Anderson.
Funeral notice later. I
1'L.KASANTH.?Died, January i. at 7:t0 P.'
M.. IIAItPKIl SI IK I,TON, son of Arthur]
I,, and Kdnu S. Pleasants, In the tenth
year of h's age.
Funeral from the residence of his parents j
on Forest Hill SUNDAY, JANUARY ti. at 3 1
o'clock p. M.
tilers' Iloni*\ 1Is survived ftv1
wife, one sister, Mrs. I'.ittlo Kcaji^. o?.
I'rincf! OcorKf: ami thr lauKltters,
Mrs. J. A. Bowles, and Mr*. A. K.
Mull, of I'ctersburp:. and Mrs. I5*.' Tl,
?Jr?on. of Philadelphia. The rutt^Nlr
will take t?I:*?'0 this afternoon, with tt\(*
burial in Blandford "Comet'-ry, l'*?r?i?^
l>urjj.
Iliniiu I"o%. ,(l>
| Sp#*oia I ff> '!'!(?? Tiii - - t ?i -pateh.f
?'I IA KI #OTT 1'IS V11.1.1-:. VA.. JariCljf-Y
t.? lliranr Fox. a?"d six' -live yVir .
prominent in loval Masoni.- ? u cley,?rt|'yl
last evening at his home aft?-r a lqn-.
Illness. The funeral will he hahl ,it?
11 o'rlook Saturday morning. thp. j;ejj
vipps to l>o in charge of Widows" KoniV
l.ndpp, No. ("0. a. !?'. Sr. \. M
Mr. Kox was a native of AmWrnl?
and for years was one ">f tlie?M*t?
known engineers on the Southern I.JiilV.
way. lie retired from railroniHiw
twenty-live years ac. 11 ?? was yijsl
master of local Masonie f.wlgo \\>. ftit;
jcist high priest. Keystone Uoyal Arc*H'
"'liaii'T. No. ">s: pis' eminent "eoiVi'J
tnander. t'harlotte.svillu ?'oininandoryV
\?o. :t. Knights Templar. ai d a mcti^her
of Acca Temple. Ilo was t wi.
rl?'d. Ili'* first wife war.. Mis:! Snead.
i.:' Amherst. Mis second, who sucyives,
was Mis.=? Sallie Thomas. <>f thl.-? city.
He also leaves a half-brother. Kdwarit
Kox. of the Soldiers- I loin e, Ki'hmoml,
and a half-sister, Mrs. Bettio tiUUsyJv,
of OoviiiRton, Va.
\ndrpiv .fnel?*on Hoyer.
fSpecial lo The Time - Pi ?patrJvY ,
WI.NVIIKSTHi:. VA.. .laniKiry 4.?An
drew Jackson Moyer. : ??ventJ.'VhlnVV
years old. a farmer. C'onffderato vet
eran and descendant of l'"Ler
founder of Strashurg, ilieii to-day. af
imcumnnia near Stephen" ?"itv.-lVv
lea \?-s one son, two daughi"rr. and fiva,
brothers.
llr?. Mnrtln PlleoeU. ^
WINOIIKSTKH VA.. January 4.?
Mrs. Isabella McfJofiald Piteock,., aired
.ixty-nine years, died here of pneu
monia. She leaves her husband.'-Ma-Yi
< in Piteock. and live sons and " tw.o
d*?nj;hters. ? ?????>
"Victrola Dances!'
The most popular amusement-,
feature in town is the -Vlctrola^^
Dance."
All that Is needed Is a smtfTJ '
party and a Victrola. Just roll :
the rues hack, put on a danco ?
record, and everything's ready.
Come In and hear some of the
now* January Victrola Dance ?
Records (doublc-faccd ), at 75c? ?
two complote danccs, one on caclv.-,.
side of the disk.
Victors and Victrolas. 510.00 to"""
$400.00. Easy monthly pay
ments. -??.???
Walter D. Moses & Co, -
103 Faat Tlroad Street
Oldest Music House in
Virginia and North Carolina.,
Gateleg Tables
So adaptable has the "Gateleg" become, especially for
the average apartment,?
It has. with true merit, won the nicknamc of the
"Thousand Leg Table."
And, quite appropriate is the name?appropriate be
cause it has, veritably, a "thousand legs,"??
Carrying it, very graciously, from the breakfast room,
where it has charmingly served Its mission,??
To the living room or den. where it serves as an end
table to hold "milady's" favorite book or knit
ting.
Then, when the day is done, and we seek relaxation in
a game of cards,
Out steps the "Gateleg" as bright and as spry as ever,
to willingly accommodate us in such a divers
ion.
In fact, it's not too much to say that the "Gateleg'
Table" is more serviceable than any other piece
of Furniture in the home.
But, aside from being serviceable, they arc downright
goodlooking, as well.
In sizes permitting of their use as breakfast tables,
down to the very diminutive ones, and finished
in
Walnut Oak Mahogany Lacquer
with or without decoration.
From some of these, found in the Heart of City, it
should be quite an interesting venture to make
a selection.
Trices?$ 12..>0-$.>0.00.
Sydnor & Hundley
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