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[Monthly Bulletin Finds Many Kn courngitiK Features in Na tion's Business. LIVE STOCK IS INCREASING I Enormous Sums Being Invested in Shipping Companies and Munition IMuuts?il e n c ra I Improvement Since Lifting Fuel Restrictions. The outstanding feature of the bulle tin on trade conditions and the busi ness forecast for the month of March. Issued by the American Rational Hank, tho rejoicing over the discontin uance of restrictions on business by |he fuel administration and the general Increase in business as a result. Tho bulletin in a summary of the business for the month of January. Hates that even with tho curtailment |>f business operations by orders of the fuel administration, the volume of bus iness for the month of January was Ivell maintained. The clearings of Lanks showed big Increases, both ex ports and imports were larger, and business failures were less than for the rorrespondiug period of last year. On lhe unfavorable side there was during (January an excess of gold exports, a llecline in new incorporations formed, smaller showing in financing and re |umlltig, as well as decreased sales of locks and bonds on the New York (^change, as compared with January the previous year. I vi i;iti;HTi.\(i ri<aiti:s on MIliriiUI.DI.N'O CONCISIIXS Among the most interesting Items of Ihn report are terse accounts on new [hip companies, munition companies. |nd building operations in all the cities the country. During the month of anuary the new ship companies or ganized in this month had total au thorized capital of $21,000,000, com pared with capital of $7,000,000 for such loinpanies organized in bcccmher, and (lightly over Si'.000,000 for those or ganized during January, 1017. Capital Invested in new shipbuilding firms since |ho war began now i;j J40U.<)00.000. Munition companies organized dur kig January had authorized capital of lioro than J10.000.''00, compared with I'JOO.OOO for such companies organized year ago, and aircraft concerns hJ?d lapital of J r, 00,000, compared with lr,:,n.000 for such concerns organized in January, 1017. The total amount of lapital Invested In munition com panies and aircraft concerns since the I :i r began now stand: at $252,000,000. The Federal government report on Jve animals on farms should serve to lispel the heretofore popular belief |iat anirnalK on farms were decreasing number, and especially meat ani lials. During K'lT meat cattle uri lirms Increased by l.s57,<,f*0. sheep by 154.000, and swine by 3,871.000. Also lnloh cows on farms Increased by ?0.000 during the past year. IANY BILLS DIE ON CALENDAR OF HOUSE HlilT-ltirrr Arr Not Itcn?-lie?l \\ lien I Time Until In ("illicit on Hourf ? Meninirc*. ? Unwept anil unmourncd. the 1 if<? of Hxty-three bills- some little-, sonic ? ; . || important to somebody ? - out Inst night when the llouw ? Delegates completed deliberations ?.?or iui own measures and squared It Islf tor a four-day assault mea H- otlglnnting ott the other side of ?10 Capitol. All of them arc on the ? rending. None can he resua Htatcd without consent of two-thirds Hr the body. They arc bills to amend Hie health department act, to abolish ? . ofllco o* Prohibition Commission s', to amend M-ction 366:! ot the Code, Hi amend th? K?mo law, t<> prevent en Hi-ement of labor from the State, to ?uisf: the Health Department to es ? : health districts, to chance Inter Bt laws, to admit women "to the unl H-rsity, to repeal nets giving county Htpcrvlsors Jurisdiction as to same, to H money alleged to have been itn Hroperly collected from hotels, to create Hie ofhee of State Tax Commissioner, H> amend section -100 of the Code, to B-evt-nt professional jurylsm, t<> pro m ? dwellings from shooters, to pre H : divorces, to provide for Issuance county bonds for bridge and road Htprovement In Lunenburg, to permit H Commissioner of Agriculture to Manufacture whisky, to provide for the ? ppr-it of illegitimate children, to tax ? In second-hand baskets and ^?etal fittings, to amend rcvenuo Hi. to amend game law again, ^Kiother to amend rcvenuo act, to ^?cate finance board, to provide for ^Birkincn's rompi ri -ation. to provi-Je for H-ttcr payment <if Commonwealth's at Brnoyf, to regulate work hours of ^?male fai-tory employees, to estab ? 1, a Virginia nautical school, to au ^korfze the university to i.-sue free ^|hola rsli lps, to amend Code as to ^Bnishment for forgery, t?? amend act dilating to county supervisors, to pun ? i person unlawfully riding on rail ^Biys, to protect public highways, to ? vo insurance commissioner super rates made by tariff bureaus, to the wealthy homeless, to abolish ^Kidlug stamps, to amend act relat to observance of Sabbath, to put B/ves and husbands on equal legal ^ftoting. to Invalidate assignment of ^|counts by merchants unless due no Hc has been given debtors, to prac ^P-ally abolish justices of the peace, prevent stealing of sand along Po Brnai'. to amend law relating to negro Hformatory, to extirpate Canada this B, to permit supervisors to levy spc BMil road tax. to prohibit enticement ?jH servants of another, the Hudgins's ^Btilizer hill, to provide for nppoint ^Bnt of boiler inspectors, to supple ^Bnt compensation of commissioners revenue, tc provide for collection ? insurance by beneflcinrics of those Ho commit suicide, to provide for ^Bnoval of Jail prisoners to city farms, amend section 2S17 of the Code, to ^Bend automobile law, to amend law ^?ing salary of divisional school super Mendents. to require investigation of ^Bird of charities of certain cases of ^B-dsh!p made possible by child labor ?v. the new prohibition law, to draft Brkmcn, to appoint Jamestown com ?ssion, to allow gigging of fish In ^H?nandoah. to complete land records ^?lioe County, to permit T?uray to give H'l to Confederate Memorial Asso Btlon. Many of these, however, have ^Bnterparts in the Senate, and may ?ne up for further oction In the Huso. jMr. C. T. I'leree SnfTern Ilcnvy T,n**. ^?rspeclal to The Times-Dispatch.1 ?iANCASTKK, VA., March 5.?The ^H-n and stables belonging to Dr. C. T ? rco, near Nuttsville, in the upper ?'t Lancaster County, were de ^B>yed by fire late, yesterday evening. ^Bldes the buildings, which were com ^Batively new, 1.10 barrels of corn, 100 ^Bhels of potatoes, scventy-flve bush ? of beans, thirty tons of hay, ono ^Bse and one calf perished in the JHnes. The loss Is about $(1,000, and ^2 origin of the flro is unknown. famous for its goodness?"Golden u"?Adv. OVER THE TOP 1 BY ARTHUR GUY EMPJEY, An American Roy Who Went. [ (Copyright. 1317, by Arlhur Guy Empey.) I made no answer, but Bat rtn th^ ! muddy fire atop, shivering: with the j cold and with the rain beating In my I face. About half an hour later I teamed up with another fellow and went on guard with my head sticking over the top. At 10 o'clock I was re lieved and resumed my sitting posi tion on the tiro step. The rair. sud denly stopped and we jill breathed a nigh of relief. We prayed for the morning and the i um Issue. CHAI'TKU X. "The Dny'a Work." ? I was fast learning that there Is a regular routine about the work of the | trenches, although It is badly upset at | times by the Germans. The real work in the fire trench com mences at sundown. Tommy is like a burglar?lie works at night. Just as it begins to ff<:t dark the word "stand to" is passed from traverse 10 traverse, and the men get busy. The llrst relief, consisting of two men to a traverse, mount the fire step, one ?nan looking over the top. while the I other sits at his feet, ready to carry messages or to inform the platoon of ficer of any report made by the sentry as to his observations In "no man's land." The sentry is not allowed to relax his watch for a second. If he is questioned from thoi trench or ask I ed ills orders, lie replies without turn iriK around or taking Ills eyes from tho [expanse of dirt in front of him. The remainder of the occupants of his tra verse either sit on the fire step, with bayonets fixed. ready for any emer gency. or if lucky, and a dugout hap pens to l?e iri the near vicinity of the traverse, and if the night is quiet, they are permitted to bo to same and try and snatch a few winks of sleep, l.ittle sleeping is done; generally the m< ii eK around, smoking fags and see ing who can toll the biggest lie. Home of them perhaps, with their fr ?t in water, would write home ???ympathizln*; 'with tho "governor" because ho wa:t laid up with a cold, contracted by get ting his feet wet on hi* vay to work in Woolwich arsenal. if a man should manage to doze off, likely as not ho would wake with a start as the clam my, cobl feet cf a rat passed o/er his fa'co. or tho n->xt relief stepped on hts stomach while stumbling on ?hetr way to relievo the "'entries tit the trench. Just try to sleep with a belt full of i ammunition around you. ycur rifle bolt biting into your ribs, intrenching tool bardic sticking ir.to the s:na!l of your back, with a tin hat for a pillow: and feeling very damp and cold, with "coo tier'' boring for oil in your armpits, tli" air f- ul from the stench of grimy human bodies and smoke from a juicy pip-* being whiffed into your nostrils, then you will not wonder why Tommy occasionally takes a turn i:t the trench for a rest. While !n a ftont-line trench. orders forbid Tommy froin removing his boots, puttees. clothing or equipment. The "cooties" take advantage of t'.ti- order ';d ir ?>?? 11 itheir forces, and Tommy v ? .irs vengeance or. them and mut t' r.-t !?? ii ir?.??>!'". "Just wait until I hit ?? t billets md am able to get mv ? ???? b.ici: " .1 b<-f.->-o daylight the met' "turn i . a 'd (Miithlp '''it ->r the d'.tgoi'ts. ?i ? op n-it'i i: gets light, the V u-f'-.e ?I'll"?. 'Vtntld flown." riven. S ??:o.|h!,-s l>of,?ro ";t'tn<! . n' :? o'df i d. ;.m;nd. "i.vo ? '.urn'- i f :d." :-i ptis-ed along the t?? ? ?? i ? 1 ?. This itfiitiH that i>:tc!i "litm . -r.i|; t |i>?! 1j - rifl ? mi tho top and fire ^ rapidly as pos-ible five shots aimed toward tho ? lerman trenches, and then duck I with the emphasis on the "duck"). There if; a k're.tt rivalry be tween the opposing forces to g._-1 titeir rapid fire off firsi. becau -e tin* early bird in this in-tane'-, catches the worm - sort of gets the jump 'jn the othor fellow, catching him unawares. Wii had a sergeant in our battalion name*. Warren, lie was or. dutv with his platoon iti the tire trench one after noon when orders tamo up from the roar that hi hud bem granted seven days' leave for Blighty, and would bo relieved at a o'clock to proceed to Eng land. i Ho was tickled to death at these welcotno tidings, and regaled his more or less envious mates beside him on ; the fire step with a muttered, "I'll send o\,-r a couple of souvenirs to Fritz, so "hat he'll miss tie when I leave," he i stuck his rifle over t"?3 t.?p n:ci fired two shots, when "crack" went a bullet and he tumbled off the step, fell into ? the mud at tin- bottom of the trench, ar.d lay still in a huddled heap with a bullet hole in his forehead. At about the time he expected to j arrive at Waterloo Station he was laid to rest In a little cemetery behind the S lines, lie had gone to Blighty. In the trenches one can never tell? j it is not safe to plan very far ahead, i After "stand down" the men sit on ; the fire step or repair to their respec tive dugouts and wait for the "rum ; issue" to materialize. Immediately j following the rum. comes breakfast, brought up from tho rear. Sleeping is then in order, unless some special work turns tip. Around 12:30 dinner shfws up. When this is eaten the men try to amuse themselves until "tea" appears at about l o'clock, then "stand to" and they carry on as before. (To bo continued to-morrow.) CLE VElt SPRING HATS Styles and shades for dis criminating men and young men? Khaki, Gray, (irccn, ISrowu, and others, an<l Up. Stetsons and Our Own Make. 005 E. Broad St. PETERS REVERSES HIS POSITION ON EXPENSES (Continued Prom First Page.) tend that the organization of the de partment is bad. They aro perfectly willing' that Commissioner Peters get j everything he needs to make effective the laws of the State. But tlicy do want the money to bo spent to* the I best advantage and in the most eco ! nomlcal way. If it is so spent, ^hey | say, .Mr. Peters will tind that he can i get along with much less than is asked for in the bill. The opponents further contend that Mr. Peters is armed with the j "ouster" law. and that this makes it j unnecessary that any very extensive | additions be made to his police force, j Since it seems that he Is familiar with | the* routes used by those who transport ardent spirits from points in other States, they say he can prefer chargcf; against the sheriffs' and other officers of the law along these routes and have them removed from office if they do not follow his instructions. It is further contended and borne out by the statement of the commis sioner that much of the department's funds are wasted for legal and other service rendered by those not directly connected with the department. Mr. Pcters's statement along this line reads: "It is frequently necessary to make small appropriations to Common wealth's sheriffs, constables for special work for which no provision is made in fees, and which work is absolutely I necessary. Such officers are constantly calling for small amounts ranging from five (tT,) dollars to fifty ($50) dollars, wJMch are eminently just, and which would greatly facilitate the enforce ment of the law, IT the appropriation Justified it. but, alas! in many instances such favorable responses arc impossi ble. The nature of the work of In vestigating illicit distilling requires an expenditure for horses and buggies, sometimes automobiles, and per diem to extra men, railroad fare, and board." CO .MP A ItATI VE niUOKT AM) ACTUAL DISBURSEMENTS A budget prepared by those advocat ing strict economy in th-j State's ap propriations. comparing each item with that for last year, follows: Actual Budget dlsburae pro- mentH pos&ls yearend 13 1S -19, Ine l-'eb. 1TKMS. v 1310-20. 2S. 19IS. On? Commissioner of Pro hibition l salary t J 3.600 $ 3,a00 One Assistant Commissioner (-alary) 2.000 ? ^ ? Trav? SiiiB cxpfntts l.nOO <0D Total Administrative De partmeiu $ 7.100 $ 4,203 I.r-Kal D-partmrnt? Orn< chief < ounsel (salary). J 2.COO .... Two assistant attorneys at ?_\400 4.800 .... Traveling expentcs 2.000 .... Total I.'cal Department.. 1 9,400 J S.& 11 I'ollce Department? one thief Inspector (sal ary) $ 1.S00 I'.lRht Inspectors, at 11.200... ?.600 .... Two inspectors at $750 1.500 .... Traveling expenses 10.000 .... Total Police Department.. $22,000 $10,071 Accounting Department? r?n?- chief rierk (salary)....} 1.500 .... Two stenographers at J1.000 2.000 .... One messenger <500 .... Total Accountlnr Depart ment I 4.100 Total salaries and travel ing expenses $43,500 Summary? Salaries $30,000 $:0.?S0 Traveling expenses 13.500 10. sin Ofllco supplies and expanses. 2.000 1.042 I'ot-iaxe. telegraph and tele phone 1.000 Miscellaneous 3..*>00 2.077 Total ....$50,000 $35,971 LECTURES FOR GIRLS .Special 4'oame Is Ilelng Arranged I ndrr Annplrea of the Y. W. C. A. A called meeting for women inter ested in protective work for girls will be held in Room *7 of the V. \V. C. A. Ruilding Thursday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. This meeting is for the pur pose of discussing and outlining plans for a series of lectures to be given in Richmond from March 15 to 25 under the auspices of the social morality committee of the national war work council of the T. W. C. A. The lec tures are to be given to various groups of workers and girls, and will he di vided into sections for leaders and teachers of girls, mothers, schoolgirls, professional and business women, in dustrial women and girls and various scattered groups and individuals. Two women physicians will deliver the lectures, and future leaders and speakers for this type of work will he developed dutlng the course of the meetings. The work of the social morality committee has been very fine in many cities throughout the coun try. and Richmond is fortunate in se curing the services of the selected speakers. Every woman Interested In social \Vork and in girls' work of any kind is cordially invited to be present at the meeting on Thursday. Miss Lucy R. Mason has charge of the program to he worked out. and will preside at the nreliminarv meetlner National Capital News Cut Short Happenings at Washington as Reflected in News Dis patches. WASHINGTON. March i.?Action against Thompson & Mould, wholesale grain dealers at Goshen, N. Y., wus suspended to-day by the food admin istration when the tlrm agreed to elim inate certain methods of sale that they had been following. They were charged with attempting to evade the rules and regulations governing the manu facture and sale of mill feeds. The fuel administration to-day an nounced new maximum prices for bituminous coal in the Kenova and Thacker fields. West Virginia. The prices do not includc the allowance for wage increases, but are: Run of mine, $-.40 instead of $2; prepared sizes, $2.G5 instead of $2.-5, and slack or screenings, $2.15 instead of $1.75. Bands of insurgents have started a revolt in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and martial law has been proclaimed in live districts, according to cable ad vices received to-day in oltlcial Serbian quarters. A board of naval ofllcers, headed by Bear-Admiral Winterhalter. Secretary Daniels said to-day, Is making a thorough study of the nonsinkable construction placed aboard the former Austrian liner I.ucia, and will report on its practicability for general uso in merchant craft in the war zone. Complaints were Issued to-day by the Federal trade commission against the American Agricultural Chemical Com pany, of Connecticut, and the Brown Co., of New Jersey, charging unfair methods in suppressing competition in the manufacture and sale of fertilizer. DISCUSSES WAR POSTERS Speaker at Art Club Say* Thone of Krnni'c Show Deeper l-'eellnpr 'I'hnn 'Iliose of Amerlen. The reading of Mile. Henrietta llaye at the Richmond Art Club yesterday afternoon was well attended, and most enjoyable. Mile, llaye spoke on "The Poster Art of France." and illus trated her talk with the two most notable classes of war posters (1) re cruiting posters and (2) government loan posters. Mile, llaye stated that the posters of America compared unfavorably with those of the French school be cause they lacked feeling. France, being in the thick of the struggle, was able to better reflect the spirit of the war in the posters produced by her talented artists. I.fclnrr on Cnllhnn. p,?r Frank Pratt, pastor of the Cni tarian Church of Richmond, will lec ture to-night on "Caliban in Literature and T.if'v" The lecture will bo pree.ed ?d by a brief resume of the war history of the past week. "Golden Glo" Is healthful and de liclous.?Adv. I Dj/^ j^inani King,.Ntu ]?\rand Mtdical Author i\\T /tfERY WOMAN ) 1 EVERY MOTHER EVERY DAUGHTER NEEDS IRON AT TIMES To help strengthen her nerves and put color into hd.cheeki There can lie no beau* tiful, healthy. rosy-cheeked women with out iron. The trouble In the past has been i h a t when women need ed iron they generally took ordinary me tallic iron. which of ton corroded the .stomach and did more harm tnan i?ood. I a I way.** insist tint my pa tients take only organic iron--Nux at?d Iron. This particular form of iron is easily assimilated, does not blacken nor injure the teeth nor upset the stomach. It will increase the strength and endurance of weak" nervous, irritable, careworn. IvMggurU-looking women in ten days time in many instances. 1 have u: prisii >f D. inand ercT V A LKin3, NUXATED IRON reCommenfi Ferdinand King ein by from nny good druggist vtti waran tee of success or/ Sy I It l? dispensed In th\y /6y | alt good Jrugqists. TraRlo Drutr Co.. Polk Miller Urug Stores. ChlUlrey Drug Co.. and all other Urugeisls Adv Building Up Our lines Entrenching our lines is like guarding our health?we must en courage the care of our bodies? train our organs for bodily endur ance, efficiency and full achieve ment. "We must take advantage of all the known means to conserve our health. It is interesting to know that Dr. Pierce, of the Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y., has discovered a new kidney and backache remedy which is having splendid success in curing many bladder and kidrjey troubles. Ever since the discovery of uric acid in the blood by Scheele, in 1775, and the bad effect it had upon the body, scientists and physicians have striven to rid the tissues and the blood of this poison. Because of its over-abundance in the system it causes backache, pain here and thercw rheumatism, gout* gravel neuralgia and sciatica. It was Dr. Pierce, who discovered a new agent, called An-uric (double strength), which will throw out and coin pletely eradicate this uric acid from the system. An-uric haa proved to be many times more potent than lithia, and consequent ly you need no longer fear muscu lar or articular rheumatism or gout, or many other diseases which are dependent on an accumulation of uric acid within the body, for you can obtain An-uric at your nearest drug store for sixty cents a large package. If backache, scalding urine or frequent urination bother or dis tress you, or you suspect kidney or bladder trouble, An-uric will surely relieve or cure you. Send 10c to Dr. Pierce for trial lockage of An-uric tablets. SHELLS FALL THICK AND FAST ON AMERICAN LINE CaMunltlrM Kxtreracly Mffht?Infantry Activity Confined to l'ntrul Part Irs. I By Ajwoclated Prr.*s.1 WITH THIS AMICR it'AN AKMY IN I FRANCE, March 5.?Shells have been ; falling thick and fast upon the ! American lines and upon the enemy positions on the Toul sector to-day. Aside from a big barrage which the enemy placed on the American posi tions at daylight in this neighborhood. 2.000 projectiles have been droppeii in the vicinity of the terrain occupied by the Americans, many of them upon towns. The American casualties, how ever. have been extremely light. Sunday night the Americans con | tinued to shell the enemy and put down j two barrages on his positions. The infantry activity was confined solely j to patrol parties. The Americans I searched "no man's land" in the snow ! for the bodies of enemy killed in the j raiding. None was found, but the body of one American was discovered in the Amerl i can wire in front of a listening post j The man had on his gas mask. A bul let had passed throuch his head. Only | two cartridges remained in his ride. which was found under his body, and [ there were other indications that he j died fighting. The heavy snow is continuing. | Dr in on* t rn t Ion of War Bread*. I A demonstration course in cookery | begins this afternoon at .'1:30 o'clock in [room .MS, John Marshall High School. | Quick breads and cookies will be made of white Tour substitutes. The demon strators, Miss Kraysor and Miss Bryant, will lie assisted by two High School girls of the domestic science depart ment. ar.d tha domestic science c!a?s will prcprtr^ a typical supper tabic with a balanced :ne:tl. WINS WAR SAVING PRIZE I MIjh Dorothy Mooklnr In Awarded flold Piece for llc*t t.'oni poNii ion. Several weeks ago. a prize of a ?2.50 gold piece was o;Tered to the pupil in Blnford .Turior llich School writinc the best paper op. "Why I Should Buy War Savings Stamps." The require -nenta were that the arlicl- be written in for.y minutes without notes, that it con::?in not less, than r.*? words, nor more llian 200. and that i; be written in the "Locker system of penmanship. The Judges composed of the English ten.-hers at BInford ves'err'av awarded Lhe nrlzo to Ml.?s Dorothy Mo->klar, tho welvc-ycar-ol?l daughter of Dr. an. 'Mr?. FousJiee O. Mooklar, 511 Hast Grace Street. ^JKalhimev Profile vs BROAD AT FIFTH. J - V Important WILL OFFER, FOR A LIMITED TIME, A TEN-MONTHS' SUBSCRIP TION TO THE McCall Magazine For 49c r ? ' 1 Special Demonstration of the superior merits of the world famous McCall Patterns By Mrs. E. C. Benedict, of New York City. To the Women of Richmond and Vicinity We extend a welcome invitation to visit our Pattern Department during this demonstration. Uniforms and Accessories Seasonable Weight Uniforms in Whipcord, Serge, Gabardine and Khaki in stock and to order. Officers' Topcoats of Cravenetted Serge, thoroughly rain-resisting. Shirts, Hats, Puttees, Insignia, Bedding Rolls, Kap'oc Mattresses and Duf fle Bags. - I Gans-Rady Company 1005 East Main Street. Opposite Post-Office. The man on the fighting top of the battleship and the telephone lineman are both essential factors in the successful conduct of the war. The lookout on the warship sweeps the horizon with his binocu lars and upon the intelligence which he gathers may depend victory or defeat. The lineman is one of -< great army of telephone workers who guard the lines of telephone communication covering the country, by means of which our war chiefs at Washington direct the vast military and industrial activity of the Nation. The man in the fighting top represents the mighty armed forces of the Republic. The man on the telephone pole is typical of the vast army of in dustrial workers whose loyal service is preparing the way for the ultimate victory. The man on the pole is one of the great Bell army which is animated throughout by the spirit of service, and whose loyalty and devotion to duty in the present great emergency have enabled us to meet all Government requirements for telephone service without serious impairment of the commercial service. Both in Service Aloft The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company OF VIRGINIA