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b?. the prll tro; S\ cam up t ed." I few 1 ovAr T fed- f, wouln anotTi per f<i and ? the with thp I don?r dermnn Speedy induction of the new twenty-one year-old registrants in the draft is being pro vided for. Questionnaires will be mailed out during tbe four days beginning to-day, upon the answers will be based the classi TUation. It is estimated that by far the .gj^ater percentage of the new registrants will be found available for assignment to 1 and, therefore, will soon be called to the colors. Cole L. Blease is loose again in South Carolina. The former fire-eating Governor is campaigning for the United States ser.a torship, and the air is full of his anathemas. | The pity of it all is that thousands of South Carolinians take him seriously, and will honor him with their votes. Rut there still is fnough pride loft in the old Palmetto Stale ! 10 defeat his ambition to succeed Senator 1 Tillman. One disgrace at his hands should prove sufficient. ? ' ^iFriends of Major-Oeneral Wood, as well ? as all others who like fair play, will rejoice j twer the prospect that he is to lead an Ameri : ?-p?n army in Italy T.he cabal against Gen ! .r?l2il Wood has btyjn'.jmrthtl. and sj far as I Xlli'e public knows, it has- been wither' other personal reasons. If Pershing did hot ? "wan: him in Franc?, it was proper not, to ? send him there, but his soldierly qualities and military ability heve not been denied, and 'it wi.i leave a better taste in the American j Lmouth if he is given a chance to lead |jis ' j 'men into battle against the < ountry's enemy. ' A judge has been fotind in Alexandria who places law and the constituted rights | o? the people above the mandates of the j prohibitionists. In open defiance of the Prohibition Commissioner he has ruled that I ? agents of the departinent on trains pass- ! ing through Virginia territory must observe the law and not force passengers to submit ; to search of their personal baggage without 1 first providing themselves with warrants. If . the ruling is upheld, as it should be, it again will become safe for people to (ravel between 1 7; "Washington and Virginia points without clanger of humiliation from outrages such : ? ? a3 have been visited upon scores of other : ^ passengers Fince the high-handed prohibi *, tion regime was inaugurated. XT No more important matter, from national j and State viewpoints, could be undertaken by the State Council of Defense than im 'I p provement of the highways bet worn Wash il Ington and Newport News and between Kich > H mpnd and Petersburg. With the present tipnsportation system overburdened, these :?? roads may well prove vital to the country's >t.' jdans of defense and offense. Their condi ' tion long has been a thorn in the side o? f & Virginia's pride, and now that war has added the element of necessity delay should not bo ?? permitted. The Federal government un s& dQubtedly will help, and when once war's [)m n6eds have passed these roads will remain Q as great traffic arteries essential to tho ron jy tifiued growth and development of Knstern % Virginia. '** A $300,000 fire not far removed from lh<? very heart of Richmond's wholesale district was prevented from developing into a greater disaster only by a favorable combina tion of wind, the presence of soldiers and Hgilors and the water supply of a private tforporation. Had the Fire Department, despite its desperate efforts, worked alone under other conditions this great business district to-day might have been in ashes, yr the municipal water supply was so mi: jibly insufficient as to be almost useless UK TIMKa "^k.V'TbVo" t?o(?red January 17, 19 OA, ?i the Bichuioiiti* \a., mjtiurr. pullf iKTiri) every du til Ibf ytw ?! 10 fc>oulli lcnlli F KlcbmJod. V?., by Tbe nmc?-JJl?i>?trb ? "b U.bi& Co. lDC. ChaVle, fc. ilu.brook. Editor {uui?r. ADI.KKSS AM. COUMUMWllONS to The TUncv DUpatcb, and oot to iUuhI*. i'litlirilO.NGi Uandolpb l. i'rivtito Branch fc*ch.tn?e lunuu'llsf Mill) ilt'j>?U't ?ncutl. UKAACU OkJciLJJS: Wf*1*" lnjjiou. Mitt Aev* lofk A 1 uuc; Acvf Vorfc. Clli . f11" Axt'iius Uaililius; t l'liu4jlrlpbU, Mutual i-?l? UuUUliit, Sl/'BSCBU'l'lOX KATLS {X AJL)>ANCU by uiau. **aUy aiul s>uuUi?y, one )?'f, * ? mouths. ?3.5aS a uiunllis. kl.iu: 1 Divnlh, tti c?tit?. only, uut )fuf, l-o.UU; b uionthh, S'i.Sttt a ( vi 25: cue mouth. * J ctuin. tu'mlay. only, ?'?? '?ar> K2 50: 6 mouths. >L.So. ?> uioutb*, Ci v?nt?i 1 month. ? 25 cent*. Yj V LOCAL CAJIKIEK bL,K VIC'K: UttUy. w'tb sunilaj ? iVccutr. ? weVh; Uaily iul sundaj. 10 week; SunUiiy oulj. a vim? Home of Ibr Tlmf?-Ubii)al?h. w Absolutely tlreiintof. co li our IrlenU# who m Illustration# (ur publli an?rlidek rcturneii, tbey lor Uiat purpo??. Inrur uit with manu?irn>t? autl allon with to l>u?e WtavaHat'lo uiu.t iu aU tu?c? ?eutl "# MhilUKB OF THE A.sSOClATKl> u.T Vor b1 uCf njcolal dl?tiati. hcs hc?tn nre al?o ret.er't ed. Pit :==: Pit TUESDAY. JUNli 25. 1018. Thore can be no questioning the fertilitj of'Senator J. Ham Lewis's imagination since his sincere suggestion of the possibility of a invasion of the United Slates by ui nie Roring Straits and Alaska. i he jcf'Senator fr0U1 minois is determined that the S^sBdate body of which he is a member shall suffer for lack of thrills, if he can help it. The War Department has suspended ox i' aminations of applicants for appointment in t; the. army dental corps. The corps, it is ? stated, has reached a strength sufficient to cure for the teeth of an army of 5.000.000 p rti*n. There is no ban, however, upon mem C bers of the profession volunteering for ser ? vf e in the fighting ranks. In chocking tho flames. Thero is the con dition that tho city has faced for years; it is and has been no secret. Kvory business man in this thickly built-up section knows threatened by lack of adequate water pro? that every hour in tho day his property is sure. It has been prophesied for years that somo day this portion of the city would be tho scene of a conllagration uuequalod since tho evacuation. That prophecy still holds good, and will hold good until the city takes proper steps to remove the constant danger. Sunday's lire was only a warning. The Cry for lJread FROM the beginning of this war far-seeing men everywhere liavo contended that an economic collapse rather than a military de cision would bring it to an,end. The leading statesmen of tho allied nations have believed that the effective blockade of Germany would soon or lato compel her surrender, whatever might be tho fate of armies in the Held. Ger many promised her pcoplo a victorious out come of tho struggle when she undertook lo starve Great Britain through a ruthless submarine campaign. In ordor to carry out that campaign, Iler 1 i n even Invited war wit a tho United States. When President Wilson placed an embargo upon tho shipment of food products to neu tral countries, it is said that ho regarded that step as inoro potential in bringing Germany to her knees than any other which it was pos sible for this government to take. Neutral peoples have suffered somewhat from this policy, but there has been no relaxation of it by the United States, which leads us to assume that the President has in no sense changed his views upon it. All the world now knows that Russia went to pieces because of hunger. The food short age in that country cost tho Czar his throne. It cost Kerensky his power, and it now threatens to break the back of Bolslievikism. Certainly it put Russia definitely out of tho war and made her a victim of Prussian ex ploitation?exploitation, it may be added, which had for its primary object tho con fiscation of food supplies. Now Austria is seething with revolt be cause of hunger. She has been compelled to inaugurate a desperate offensive In the vague hope of relieving domestic conditions. Her people are clamoring in menacing tones for bread which their government cannot supply. Strikes have been ordered to enforce the de- j mand for food, but there is no food to give. J Germany lias been appealed to for rations, 1 but from all reports the answer given is that j the German nation is itself impoverished for ! tho essentials of diet, and thero Is no food in ! the empire that Germany dare divide even J with a beggar ally. It is too soon to speculate on what the result of these conditions iu Austria and i Germany will be. All we knov is that mil- j lions of pcoplo in those countries are starv- j ing. thev are crying frantically for food and , becoming more and more sullen each day. j it may be, after all, that an allied victory j will bo hastened by an eeononr.c breakdown : on tho part of our enemies. Austria and ; Germany may possibly tide over the present crisis through declaration of martial law. Tho new harvests are only a few weeks off. They will bring temporary relief, but when j the men and women who have suffered the agony of hunger for four long years realize that they must go through another year and perhaps two of acute suffering, they may rise in their might and compel their autocratic governments to sue for peace. An Overloaded Public Servant THK physical breakdown of Secretary of the Treasury McAcToo is not a matter of surprise to thoso of his associates who have ! had knowledge of the enormous burdens which he has undertaken to carry. Tho amaz- ? ing thing is that he has been able to keep going as long as he has. Few men have had the stamina to carry the load that he has ! imposed upon himself or allowed war neces- , sities to impose. At the tim^ Mr. McAdoo wa? made director- > general of railroads, tho feeling was general j that ho must give up the secretaryship of the Treasury or else place the management of the railroads in other hands, it did not j seem possible to those who knew tho enor mous amount of work Involved in these two ? positions that any individual in America or elsewhere could stand the strain of both at the same time. Many of Mr. McAdoo's best ' friends urged him to cxercise prudence in the situation or else reconcile himself to a collapse that seemed inevitable. Now that collapse has come. After six j months at the head of the country's trans- ! portation system, Mr. McAdoo finds himself j in ..a serious physical condition, and under ! orders from his physicians to withdraw from I all business and official activities for three j and perhaps for six months. He has gone quietly to a remote ranch in the West, and is not permitted to hand!'- even his personal correspondence. Hut thr-re is no inclination to chide this able public official, and a grateful nation of fer, its sympathy. The American people will j fcl tho deepest solicitude for Mr. McAdoo's j health until he has returned and given the j assurance that he is well and sound again. This is no time for the government to lose ! the services of an official of Mr. McAdoo's wonderful capacities. Few men now in pub lic life have a more splendid record of con structive achievement to th'-ir credit, arid ! no man in the government rave the Presl- j dent himsr-if has had greater responsibilities j imposed upon him by war. The admlntstra- > tion of the Treasury has been a giant's Job | in itself. This has embraced the nation's whole financial system. When the director generalship of railroads is added, it is easy ' to understand how Mr. McAdoo has fallen a j victim to his own passion for public service. ! It is a fortunate circumstance that the j fiscal situation of the government, an well i as the transportation situation, is such that Mr. McAdoo's < <1 ab.once will not be ! felt as would have bcr-n the >:<?*!?. ;s few ! months ago. While theoret ;? ally i? is Impossible- to K' t 1 a drink of anything stronger than wat*r in I Virginia, it r <i< lightff.lly reminiscent of the j olden time to hear that a bottle of ' rare old j Virginia wine'' was broken <<?. i r '.I." prow of 1 a recently launched Arnericun war venae 1 I All of our enemies are not on German submarines, seeking some shi'i off the At lantic coast to devour. Home of them are fishing for government food contracts It does not r: <i!y follow that shoes made of shark skin are waterproof. SEEN ON THE SIDE 11Y 1IBNHY EDWARD WAHNER ' LonglnK. O would I were a boy again. Not that 1 dread the growing years Or fear the Valley of my Tears, But there are moments 1 would fain Turn back the hands of Time, and sense Tho joy that only can obtain At boyhood's knotholo in tho fence, 0 t-acrcd spot so dusty lain! The games I've seen in man's estate Were nothing to the games I saw When, reckless of all moral law, 1 and my so unlawful mate In ocular larceny, peeped through The knothole by the players' gato And heard tho umpire yell "Strike two!" And saw the batter lap tho plate. Or perched upon tho fence, we stole A quarter's worth of gratis joy! And I, and that highwayman boy Howled with a unison of soul! Those were the days, and those the games! How sweet their memories o'er mo roll! , j And how their recollectior tames j This foolish putting at a hole! We sat. we two, the other day? We men grown fat with lazy age. And turned back to that early page Where we saw games and didn't pay! And with a single voice we cried, Along our boyhood's flowered A-ay: "What are the plush-seat games beside Our knothole games of yesterday!" Cliarcanl Eph's Dally Thought. "Yes. suh," said Charcoal Eph, pouring the tea. "hit sure do prove dat all creatures got t' be o' dey own kird, an' I wouldn't give shucks fo' a long-tailed rabbit. Try some saddle, Mia tah Jackson." Frankly, I like my scenery and my women the same way?without paint. Down with the bill board! Help Win the War! "Ooodness gracious O me!" exclaimed Mrs. Rumptyfoodle, "I'm just having the awfulest time trying to decide what I can do to help win the war!" "Can't choose, eh?" Inquired the Jocular Joshua. "That's just it." said Mrs. Rumptyfoodle. "I don't know whether to give up going to the movies or cut off my hairdresser!" Speed Mmit.i. "And you say you've bought a fast car?" "Well, J don't know what you call fast, old man. but just as I caugnt up with an express train the other day, I skidded into the rear car of the train and was going so fast my rear bumper scraped the engine's pilot." "Huh! That wasn't fast, letting an express train interfere. Why?' "Oh. you don't get me. The pilot I scraped was on the engine of another express train that started the day before!" HOW TO SPANK A BABY?First, invert It. That fJarden. Reverting again and for the last time to That Garden of Mine, I ran across something yester day that reminded me of departed glories. It was a corner of the yard back by the aban doned raspberry bush. In a corner of that cor- i nor there was something long with something j wide and flat attached to it. Scraping off inches i of rust and brushing the long end down, I dis covered that it was a hoe! Poor, misused, neglected hoe! What promise and what desertion! But never mind; next year 1 shall get a new hoe and make new resolutions and start a new garden. In the meantime, tho telephone still v;">rks between here and the grocer's. The Flint Joke. Eve?Adam, if you don't get me a new autumn leaf to go with my brown eyes I'll go home to my mother! Adam (swinging onto his check book)?Aw gwan. Rvening; you ain't got no mother! Detestable Persona. 1. The man who tills the aisle with his feet. ? ?. The woman who shrugs her shoulders and J says nothing. 3. The baby that eats molasses taffy and in- j cists upon being kissed. < The suffragette who isn't knitting anything. | .1. The traffic cop who gets his signals mixed. | 1. The fellow who knoT's how Use war should j be won. If the King had the opportunity of tho Beg gar, how he would enjoy riding blind baggage! Nursery Rim**. F.eney nr.ecney miney mo, Cracky feeny finey fo. Catch a Hun ar.d get your gun And do not let the. scoundrel go! Mamma's boy bought a toy, l'unny little gun. Put a bullet in and pull it. Baby get a Hun! I'mpty Pumpty sat in a trench. Looking out at a barbed wiro fence. All the Hun's shooters and all the Hun's men Hope they'll never meet I'mpty Pumpty again. Health Talks, bv Dr. Wm. Brady Sudden I.oss of Consciousness. fCopvrtrhV 1*11 hy National Newspaper ServirO A frier.?| whom yoti saw half an hour ago apparently r? well ever Is found now un conscious What can be the matter? Well, of course t!?:?t is a problem for the doctor to solve. Vet there Is no hi?rm in knowing a few of the pof-sil !e causes. 1. Injury to the head. Skull fracture. Con cussion fwhich Is the shock caused by head injurv). Hemorrhage in the membranes cover ing the brain. from rupture of an artery by in jury. In the latter rase consciousness would perhaps be b>"t oril / afte- an Interval of many minutes or even hours after the injury to the h e a d. 2. Apoplexj e?.rr-hra! hemorrhage or stroke of paralysis, <! ,i> *d'?eased arteries. In a per son at or bevond middle age. Ited face, ster torous or noisy bre:? thing. ?, t'reml'* coma, which "ornetlmes develops su dd e n j yt in a perron afflicted with chronic ftrlght's disease 'which In his easy going wav 1! e rosy rfili "a ij f oin to* tr at Ion." or "stomach trouble," or "ne ur ;t t hen laor "run down con dition" or "nverwor?c"t f'rlnous odor on breath. -t Diabetic coma Peculiar ?i*"Mhh odor on t re.iih. Stunor following an ep|ji>p?|r rei/nre f, f'?r>iOrt rrionov'd ? f?o son|oj? from e*r:;ining Illuminating gas from 'he exhaust of an auto mobile l*i ?'< o 'inventllat/ 'I trarage, fr'.rn 'he fiiri"*K ''>dor!'- si glver> r,ff t, v a ?to% e or furnace if flin t are ohstru?-*??| or damper* ,''r' Hghtlv r!o'-ed The v'etirr.'^ skin and Hps would look blue 7 Hvterla In v?unger per--0't of e|?V|?r se*. Hysteria Is 'tie rre:,t rr, I rr. .' '1 ?-i *?*. and not mere tantrums as Kraridrr.imagine*1 Y Coma produced hv a drug taVer, in'ertlon a'!v or bv rrlstake opium ? trlo-j" alleged "fn. ma >? re ru la' or s." coca In, heroin, morphine, al 'obol chloroform r'crebral embolism. that In lodgment in r rm ar'ery of a small pirti'le of tln?ue > .".V"-:: of from a diseased heart valve, or of a bobble r.f air from a punctured lung, or a glo i.f fat from a broken bone, ur a bit of clot ?ror- . would Tbls Is usually r.f-n in persons l,e? vi ?-ii the .ik'-h of twenty and forty years. ?j .tin" to bear In mind In the proper care of an !>> oiisrp,'!-! person are, first, that a man o.av be Irit o* b a teil and yet unconscious from r.early any of tbe above causes, so don't play the boneh"M?i p'dieeinari role and hasten the unfortunate to hf.< death |ri a cell if the face In flush'd the head may be raised somewhat: f the fare 1- f,J?- keep the head low. If tho breathing is very noisy or a loud rattle accom panies It, this may be quieted ana breathing made easier by turning the patient '.veil over upon tlio abdomen, with his face looking to one side. Uoentlunii and Amovem. A L.011R Junii> for a Lady.?I think 1 have sar coma. There has boon a visible lump about the size of an almond above the right breast for two or three years. And a few months at?" 1 noticed another smaller lump below the breast. If it is vcrv near the heart is it moro dangerous? And woulii an operation be unsafe if it is near the heart? 1 would rather stick it out as long as 1 can without an operation If the operation isn't su"c?three months to a year. I think you said. M. E. J. I?\ Answer.?I fancy you are malting a mountain out of a wen or something, madam. You dis play a remarkable penchant for jumping to a conclusion not warranted by the conditions? even for a lady. Proximity to the heart, even it' the trouble were malignant, would not alter the danger of the disease. Nor would it make art operation more or less a risk. You had bet ter stop your worrying and have your doctor examine the lumps. Books and Authors The AVhite Rook." by J. B. Harris-Burland ? Alfred A. Kopf). is a very exciting mystery ,tory. Here are soma of the Ingrodlents: A nveiy woman, married to a distinguished, but disagreeable man much older than herself; mvsterious death or disagreeable man: an In'tllan frontier fortress hesclged; its com mandant tempted to surrender by the presence In the fort of a sweet young lOnglish girl, rose- j bud type; a masterful and overbearing peer; ! above "all, a mysterious Chinaman. All of these ' ingredients ar>' mixed with skill, and the result ! is a splendid story. "Colour Studies In Paris." by Arthur Symoiis, ! is one of LO. 1'. Button & Co.'s latest issues. , Witn more and longer intimacy than any other I English-speaking writer of to-day. Mr. Sytnons j his known the little inner coteries, artistic and ; literary, of the true Bohemian Paris. More- ' over, he loves this Paris?the hidden, subtle, evasive Paris with its delicate sudden blossom- j lugs of poetry, romance and movement?which j the ordinary visitor never sees, and he can tell us about it in English full of grace and j charity. which we usually associate only with) French prose. In fact, the charming verses and sketches which go to. make up this volume, illustrated as they are by autographs, signed portraits and rare cartoons, form probably the most individual and personal volume which Mr. Symons has ever given to the public. The Macmillan Co. has just published "Women ! and the French Tradition." by Florence Left- ? wich Ravenel. I'nder the heading "A Law Fnto Herself." Mrs. Kavenel considers George | Sand; "'The Great Saloniere" is the title ?>f a > chapter on Mme. do Stael; "The Great Tradition" is devoted to Mine, tie Sevigne: "The Kiddie of ihi> Sphinx" to Mme. de Lafayette, and "A Woman Critic of Women" to Arv< de Barine. j There is an introductory essay on "The Internal ! Feminine"; another on "Great Women's Daugh- j ters," and still another on "Women of France."! Mrs. Ravenel is a writer of skill with broad j literary appreciation and sympathies, and h"r j volume is one ?hat will Interest all who wish 1 to get a closer and better understanding of j French culture. Olive Gllbreath. author of the much-talk'd nbout hook, "Miss Amerikanka." recently wro'.e to Harper Bros, telling of the misery of the Russian refugees In China. In her -letter frh<- ' says "The bandits are still keeping me off the | Yangtze, but I hope to have a junk on the ( river yet in the summer and do a piece of work there ? plague, rebels and the fates permitting. I The British legation let ine ^o to Tslngtau to see the coolie ships sail and that was nice. At j present I am In Hongkong, which might be . ?Seville ?ir Naples if it were not China, where j the darkness drops down from the Peak at ; night like a velvet curtain sewn thick with ! stars, and the scents creep up over your bal cony?simply distraction . . . They "flood the east now. poor Russian refugee"; from admirals and generals up and down. They are selling their sables and pearls, and the last state of them is worse than the first. Most cruel of all. they feel the stigma of the nation, the Slav sensitiveness tasting it in all its bitterness. All the Old World has passed; it is onlv to hope that something beautiful is born of all this waste of love, waste of beauty, waste of vouth waste of life. . . ." Current Editorial Comment The blow at Italy is regarded Austria's as the Austrian's last card. He Last must make a show of military /?.lt,.i power or admit himself lost, a v-iiiu victory in Italy, a prize of war , . , that would bolster him tip at home, might again tide over his internal difli- - culties, overawe his discontented subjects and | Kiv ti him time* ami moans to apply roprftssivo ^ measures in the disaffected district's. Without such a diversion lie can hardly hope to hold the pieces together much longer. Herman \ ic torios alone have enabled him to do it thus long, and a Herman defeat now inevitably would bring him to the final crisis. The Austrian offensive j in Italy made barren, which result now s eems ' probable, follower! by a Herman check in France and ati allied counteroffensivo as soon as Amor- i lea's troops make it possible, spells the end for Austria. But that crisis for the Hapsburg must be our making. We must not expect revolution alone to do the work. It is an aid only. The moment of Austria's lowest fortunes as reflected by her Internal situation must be the moment of a decisive showing of the allies' military strength. If these properly coincide we may hope for Austria's removal from our path. K a n sas Ci t y St ar. Why Is it that the treasonable May Ho weekly German sheets that are Danger still allowed to run in this coun |tf try are throwing bouquets with j 111 11 such marked enthusiasm at the I'nited States government and l the American Bed Cross for the arrangements, lately announced, to enable persons in the I. nited Slates who have relatives and friends in enemy countries to communicate with them" To any one not familiar with the possibilities of codes it might seem as if a stifllclent safe guard against the forwarding of important in formation through this channel were contained in the announced restrictions. Thus all letters j must be written in English at Bed Cross head quarters and confined to brief personal messages.! and before being transmitted will be translated or paraphrased at Washington. But to those who know the Intricacies and subtleties of codes it is apparent that grave dangers lurk in the permission granted. A code can beat a para- 1 phrase or a translation in dozens of ways. The best efforts to render it innocuous by changing the language of the writer may absolutely fall. Ho the traitorous German sheets exult over this letter-writing privilege because of the Innocent persona! messages that will go overseas? And do the German government's agents in America I Intend to ignore the new avenue of communica tion thus benevolently offered them??Provi dence Journal. News of Fifty Years Ago (From (lie Richmond Dispatch.'June 2r>, 1SCS.) Burnham Wardwell has issued an order which breaks up (he long-time custom of allowing con- j victs in tlie penitentiary to have dogs. In ac cordance with (he new order twenty-two un happy curs, belonging to officers and convicts, were summarily removed yesterday. Only one is left to tell tho tale?a natice of Massachu setts. The Charleston News asks; '"Vhat was the effect of the military order, changing the name of Mayo's Bridge. Richmond, to King's Bridge, 'in honor' of a military understrapper." We had forgotten that there had ever been such an order issued. The bridge, is still "Mayo's Bridge." Dove Lodge, No. 51. A. F. & A. M., elected the following ofllcers and installed them yesterday; Master, IS. G. Tompkins; senior warden, James l>. Browne; junior warden, Robert Fisher; treas urer. R. 10. Tyler; secretary, A. Arsell. Jr.; senior deacon. L. .??. Bass; junior rleac-tn, B. F. Shepperson; chaplain. Rev. F. J. Boggs; stew ards, Mann S. CJuarles and J. C. Davis; tylcr, Thomas Angel. General Mulford was yesterday renominated for the collectorship of the third Virginia in ternal revenue district. Farmers along the Pamunkey River, in New Kent County, arc in the midst of the wheat harvest, and they are finding tho yield the biggest since the war. John Kelley has been appointed local agent of the I'nited States Post-Office Department, stationed at I.yncliburg. Alexander H. Stephens and Herschel V. .Tohn hoii will probably be in the national Democratic convention as delegates at large from Georgia. John H. Surratt has been granted bail in the sum of $2f?.000, ana had no difficulty in giving it, the amount being raised in less than twenty niioutes, and Surratt was released from prison. The Arkansas admission bill passed the Sen ate over the President's veto by a strict party vole. In the House yesterday the election commit tee's report seating McKee, Republican, from the Maysville, Ky. district, w-as adopted, hut fourteen Radicals voted against itr" adoption, and, strange to relate, Thad Stevens was one of thein. FROM OTHER VIEWPOINTS Xnlionul Problems I)lscusseil for ltcatler.s of The Tlmes-Dispatcli by .Authoritative Writers?A Daily ICilitoriuL Feature. BRING FARM AND CITY TOGETHER, l?> DAVID KIIAXKM.V IIOUSTOX, Socrclnry of Aerlculiurr. Tho next great, thin? to do for the betterment of agriculture and rural life is effectively to awaken urban corn I mutinies and business men to a sense I of their responsibility towards agrl j culture and rural life and to enlist j their constructive interest and sup ! port. The thing which concerns mo is j how to do this?how to reach them and , how to touch them. Experience has emphasized the | necessity of enlisting for the better ! ment of rur.nl life the support of the j town, of its commercial organizations, I and of its business leaders. Jlereto : fore agricultural agencies have worked | somewhat exclusively with farmers and j farmers' organizations. They have not largely worked with or on tho busi ness world, and tho business world has, relatively speaking, displayed an in difference to the problems of rural life, or at least has not given them the requisite effeollve study and sym pathetic aid. In fact, it may be said that there has been neglect of the rural life by the nation as a whole. We have been so bent on building up great industrial centers, in rivaling other natio is of the world in manufacturing, fostering it by every natural and artificial de vice we could think of; so busy trying to make each city larger before" tho next census, that wo have, in great measure, overlooked the vory founda tions of our industrial existence. It has been assumed that wo had a natural monopoly in agriculture, that ' it could take care of itself, and we had. j therefore, in many directions cheer- ! fully left it to do mo; and recklessness and waste had been incident to our brea' ii less conquest of the continent. We were too prone to indulge in praise "f farm life and In flattery of farmers, and too little disposed to take effective steps to lend aid. I President Wilson was right when ho said: 'It has. singularly enough, como to pass that we have allowed the In dustry of our farms to lag behind the other activities of the cotiritrv in Its1 development." It was high time that th'To .should ho a. chnncro. Quoting the President again: "I need not stop to t11 you how fundamental to the life of the nation is the pro- i durtion or Its food fhir thoughts may ordinarily be concentrated upon the ? itie.< and the hives of Industry, upon ? the cries of tho crowded market place and the clangor of the factory, but it. ;s from the quiet interspaces of the open valleys and the free hillsides that we draw the sources of life and of prosperity, from tho farm ai.d the fro"1 the forest and the mines. W it..out these every street would be , t-:.ertt, every office deserted, every fac tory fallen into disrepair. And yet ! Voice of the People I-etter? mun( * Ire Ike imme and od. ?re?* or ike writer. Ni,roc trill not b? ! published if writer ao reqneits* Honor (inn to llriire. To the Kditor of The Timea-Dispatch: ! mi. I read with interest the refer ence it; your literary notes ,.l Friday last to the prize of J.SOO awarded to .-;tra Teasdale lor the "best volume of poems ' issued by an American in 1917 It is perhaps not known to many of i your rcaitr;: that the trustees of Co-I lumbia University also awarded the i prize f $1,000 for the "best biography"! to William Cabell Prtire for his 13en- ; Information Bureau Inquiries rr|;nrillnc nlino?t any topic, f iivpilnc oil IfRnl and mrdlral inb |eel?, nre annirrrril frre. A? all In ((tilrlr* lire aimm-rrd illrcrtly by per eonnl letter a oell-ndil rrnneil, ?inmiird CM\ I'lope la requlrrd. Addrrn 'I'll* ' 'I imrn-DlipntPli Information llureau, 11 i?*lihioik], \ a. Orplmnit Home. .1. M. 15. Evergreen.?Yes. there is ari orphans home in Kichmond. IlelKluni A nibanna dor. It. A., Norfolk.?The minister of Hcl gium to Washington is llaron de Car eer de Marchlenne Washington Monument In Capitol Squnre. K. 13. F? Richmond.?It is suggested that if yuu will communicate with the Secretary of the Virginia* Historical Society, 707 Kast Franklin Street, you may obtain the information you want. lirnft Itlots In \e?v Vorli. ,f. .1. It.. Hope well. ?The "draft riots" i.ccurred ir. New York City during the War P.etween the States, in July, 1S03. ; PurM'an* to orders by the national gov- I ??! ir.iejit. a general draft was begun! to to-enforce the army. At the com ifien-'emeiit of proceedings a great riot 1 broke out in New York City and for , three or four days raged uncontrolled. ? Puddings were burned, stores and ; houses were looted, colored persons i were killed on sight and anarchy pre- I vailed until troops anived and re- J stored order. A thousand persons were killed and injured. Ilaivnll'i Stnnd In the War. A. C. If., Grundy.?The joint resolu tion passed by the Legislature of Hawaii regarding the war follows: "Thi t the people of Hawaii unquali fiedly indorse and sunport the position now taken by the United States, by] every means in their power, aid and | assist the country in defending its I richts. maintaining an honorable na tional existence, and opposing all tri umph of principles for which Prus sianism is contending, which triumph would result in the destruction of in dividual and national liberty in the world." Serb In'* Oefent. I.. A. P.. Petersburg.?Immediately after the declaration against Serbia by Austria-Hungary the latter country or ganized an offensive which should have overrun Serbia. Tbdgrade. just across the Danube, on the border, was cap tured bv overwhelming forces on De cember 2. 1014. but two weeks later, in a strong counter-offensive. Serbia regained its capital. Several Austrian commanders were retired !n disgrace because of their failure to subdue the Serbs. Tn .tune. 1!>1S. the central pow ers moved troops front the eastern front and vare ioined by Bulgaria, which had entered the war on their side, and the subjugation of Serbia was again attempted. In August the. com bined forces moved a era ins" Serbia, and bv December, all of the country except the southern border and a narrow' strip in the west was in the hands of Austro-Clermans and Bulgarians. To Move nn Army of S't.OOO Men. ,'f. N\ .T.. Fredericksburg.?A state ment prepared by T.icitionant -Colonel fhaunc-v P Piker, of the quartermas ter ror^s. TT. S. A. and distributed to the raUroads of the country bv the special Committee on National Defense for th? American PalPvtv Association. Id that to move one field army of SO ooo men. consisting of three infan trv divisions, one cavalry dlvJ<=uon and i brigade, requires a total of 0.2..0 cars, made tin into trains, with as manv locomotives. TMe-e ?.??:!? cars wou'd lie made up of 2.115 passenger. 3So baggage. 1,055 box. l.;S9 stock and 775 flat cars >n InMntr/ regiment? [iftv-flve officers, 1.S00 men. 177 ani mals twentv-two vehicles?would re tire eighty-live cars, as follows: forty Mcht passenger, flvo 1>AK2^Ke? fifteen aox, nine stock, eight ilat. tho farmer does not stand upon the ?same footing with the forester and the miner in the market of credit. Ha is the servant of the seasons. Nature de termines how long he must wait for his crops, and will not be hurried In her processes. Mo may givo his note. Out the season of Its maturity depends upon the season when his matures; lies at the Kates of the market where' Ins products are sold. And the security he fives is of a character not known in the broker's ofllce or as familiarly as It might be on the counter of the banker." In the llnal analysis agriculture Is the greatest single lino of Industry | 01 the nation. Its annual contrlbu tion to tho nation exceed** $10,000,000 - I ooo. While tho total value added to j raw materia i by manufacturing does not cxcced ID.000.000.000. and on at least i two occasions tho outpouring of , products from the farms and their ex | Ports have saved the nation's finances. Hie largest ..ides in the land aro intimately dependent upon ?igriculture and vast numbers or cities and towns owe their existenco and well-being practically exclusively to it. The amazing thing Is that so few rccognize this fact. or. if they do. do not act accordingly. In not a few cases the relation of the town to tho sur rounding country is one of hostility and :n many cases, in effect amazingly sol!!:-.h. In a few there are indications of a spirit of enlightened selfishness, and. in still fewer, of a wise, con structive. helpful attitude. Illustrations of the truth of these assertions are not far to seek They are found not only In nonaction on the part of cities, but also In positive resistance to participation in plans and legislation essential for the upbuilding in U,Str,ct3 Th"y are found in struggles over apportionments or school taxes arid road funds and 'im 3 ljca"r ?anitary arrangements In ,!'? 8ho"slghted at titude of bankers and business men toward not only .he needs and pro grams of the rural population, but ?n!.lB?inM Proposals de 10,"uVnl ????.! There has been for too long a time In too many localities a nice balancing benefits and burdens of government JUHt as there is beginning to appear ..o nice a balancing of the benefits and Wlens in the national Held. In bo"h directions such attitudes are as bUnd and destructive to community and na r, xr.n'K.n'" j j*1" l',n lonr ruji htshiy likely lo be conducive to the w^are of the other r,pyright. irus. r-? j>rn!" published the same Mr" "ruce. although now a P. eminent lawyer of Baltimore, and recently president of the Maryland Brur\e'f a..menibor ut well-known ni?- family of Virginia, being the In ChaMou!leCovn^m^he^U,Mt0n W\L the I.'nivcrsitv of Vlrchi ' f?n at pete<l successfullv l-t,? ? < i conV 11.e debater, ??a' ,he mas??ln* meSaf. KK V?- June SS. ' FIRST OCEAN FLIGHT WILL BE FREE FOR ALL Various Plane, of Allied |Mn, to Take I'nrt |n Klylng Across Atlantic. NEW YORK". June 24 ?The first ?ross Atlantic air flight. tentative P ans announced are carried out. bids fair to be an international free-for-all in which various kinds of air machines of a'.ies will compete 1 -w"> Clu*> of America Is :n ac e'if I vth Major-General XV'. i.am Hranckner. of the British Air Ministry, in the belief that a transatlantic flight will be possible in September. General r ranckner's chief purpose in pre pos ing the flight was to prove tho prac ticability of Amcrin sending a large fliet of war pianos ?o the anln. The two types of planes mo?t under discussion for the proposed flight aro the land plane and the seaplane. Tin former would make a direct, non-stop flight, while the latter would take to tiio water when its fuel supply became exhausted, replenish from ships, and resume its journey. THANK AMERICANS I''ood Administrator Hoover (ie.ta Note* From EiiRllnh School Glrla. LONDON', June 24.?"Fact It Merlka." wrote little Ethel Smith .four years old. who was one among 1,200 pupils in the London County School of Ilarles den. who wrote appreciations of Her bert Hoover's work In helping the al lies to solve the food problem. Rosie Rogers, aged Mght, wrote: "Please thang e%-ery one in America for helping us win the war by eating less food." NOTABLES ARE FLYING Son of Director McAdoo and NephevP of till Iving Intent Arrivals at Pcnsncola, Fla. MOBILE. ALA.. June 24.?The naval air station at Pensacola, Fla., known fcr the wealth and prominence of Its aviators and student aviators, has added two more noted names to those srationed there. Flying lo-day In one of the Curtis seaplanes over the navy yard was W. G. McAdoo, Jr., son of Secretary McAdoo, and In another ma chine was W. A. Rockefeller, nephew of tho oil king, John D. Rockefeller. Here Come, the Hrlde. Here comes the bride, all virgin love liness Of face and form and glossy, raven t ress. Rig eyes that sparkle and small hands that hold Rlossoms that match her beauties manifold: A soldier's luck each treasure to possess! ffe at the altar in trim khaki dress, A hero brimming with young love's exccss. Eager to claim his fortune of pure gold ? Here come the bride. They kneel together, and the angels bless Tho words that make them one; far off the stress And storm of battle are forgotten: bold And brave ho looks, and aho bltss aureoled; Her happy heart leaps to his fond caress? Here comes tho bride. ?St. Louis Post-Dispatch.