Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 180, 12 May 1919 — Page 9

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM MONDAY, MAY 12, 1919.

PAGE NIKS

41ATI011 DENG MOTORIZED, SAYSJEEVES Enormous Volume of Gasoline Driven Machines Follows War.

The Importance ot the motor car In dustry in American ut and ths enterprise of th automobile industry ha been proven in ths last few months Jsy the present demand for car and the quick transition of the big motor plants I to J8 according to Alfred Reeve, general manager of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, npon his return from a trip through New York state and Ohio, holding conferences with officials on trade matters in general. Among other things Mr. Reeres says: "Although far from being on a normal basis, the automobile Industry has led all others in getting back to normal. Last year there "was a shortage of cars because the Industry took on more than one billion dollars' worth of war contracts. This has brought the big demand of this year. Last year only.920.3SS passenger cars were made, whereas the normal demand. Including replacements seeded, was approximately 2,000,000. The manufacturers should be almost in normal production by June. "Dealers In all parts of the countrr are demanding cars for their trade. wnicft. they say is excellent for a!, types. Particularly In the fanning dU-

trlcts arecars needed because of the Lard service to which they are put and the failure to obtain ears last year, I visited twenty-seven plants and discovered everywhere a strong demand for passenger cars and an increasing demand for trucks. Trade in trucks was very poor in January and February, but with general business reviving, new motor truck lines being establishedthere ire now 132 lines running, in and out of New York city , the months ot March and April have seen the truck business extending toward normal. Many of the makers are still doing war work. New Concerns Bad Omen "A serious thing about the truck business Is the great influx of new concerns, which seem to think the truck business is an easy one instead cf being one ot the most difficult In which to attain success. Many of them are certain to meet with failure and buyers should be careful to purchase only from companies that have a proven product and are financially able to carry out their service, obligations. -The rfation is fast becoming motorised. This is especially true In the fanning districts, with motor cars, trucks, stationary engines and electric systems all being run by gaso- , line. , "There has been Jittle or no change In labor, while raw materials have come down only slightly. This make it certain that there will be few, if j any lower prices this season. ?. JL'Tbe. Jndustry. which Jbas-; always, been a : leader In welfare movements for employes. Is very much to the front . in that respect iust now. Motor car ST plants generally stand high in their plans for the safety of employes an for their general welfare in the way of plans for the betterment of their help, in many cases involving co-operative savings and participation systems that are models for modern businea. "The labor situation is easy, because practically all those who left to go Into the service the draft reports show 104,000 are anxious to return

to their old work, while of course hundreds of returned soldiers who were in other lines are anxious to enter the automobile trade, because of the experience gained with motor equipment during the war." Good Program At Tonight's Event In May Festival The high school sextette and the vocational music students will give the second concert in the May Festival series this evening at the high school auditorium. The sextette recently played at the State Music Teachers association and created a sensation among the musicians of the state. For the last winter it has been giving concarts in nearby towns. The concert tonight promises to be one of the most Interesting of the series. The vocational music students will also have a part on the program. The numbers given by these persons will be piano, violin and vocal solos. The members ot the sextette are Mary Jones, violin; Corwin Brown, violin: Hiestand Brown, flute; Marius Fossenkemper, clarinet; Helen Roland. "cello; and Edna Marlatt, piano. The program for the concert this evening is as follows, .y 1. Overture. "Queen of Autumn." Biggs Sextette. 2. Violin, "Concerto in D," Seltz; a . Allegro moderato; b. Adagio. Margaret Wissler 3, Piano, Quartet Theme from Rlg- ' oletto Verdi Ltssi Mildred Wbitely. 4. Flute, "Le Carnival Russe," L. Clarde Heistand Brown. 5. Soprano, "Night and Dawn,' Liddie Helen Oeers. 6. "Tone Poem," Canzone Gruenwald Sextette. 7. Piano:a. "Baracarolle," Rubenstefn; b. "Springs Awakening," Haberbier Helsn Louise Wlckett. 8. 'Cello, "Dance Rustlque," Squire Helen Roland. 9. Clarinet. "Concertina." WeberRoland Hockett. 10. Overture. "Calif of Bagdad." Boieldieu Sextette.

Grey Delighted With Amended League Plan (By Assoelat-d Press) LONDON, May U. Vlseount Grey of Falloden, former secretary of state for foreign affairs, says In an Interview that he is delighted with the amended covenant of the league of nations, having feared "that much xless might be accomplished at the conference. Viscount Grey considers the key to the whole organization is the annual

(meeting. of the nine premiers or for--Jign secretaries represented on the ' jcouncil. "So long as that meeting is regular

ly

rtrtf"; Z mSk ----- 3 jfy.-i-v-i-.v ftjjK.y aV'"' " "Jfc" '"'"' J-sess"-- tt''''''' - 'tW"v I M xJr- ,J.f MAi Frf y t?

', x'- ; vat Ml .. J. .VTh -navy has announced defiinitely lhat the N.C.3 will be the

FIRST FLIER TO ACTUALLY START OVER OCEAN AND PLANE

- - v?,ft ' y 4 xi!il---A-i s.i--rT7 "'C' fiSr fefT'VM ('"iAk.Vw. j a f us H: t.; s v r '.t ' . C. I 'lwJ----,-jJ"iJ'' . s v w -1 ftr . ess i Afe v . & i -r 5 v - -I , - v5 XtjtS , r. L-t - V J

Shortt brothers biplane and Major J. The first airplane to attempt the flight aeroes the Atlantic ocean by the northern route was the Shortt brothers' plane. It was piloted by Major J, C. P. Wood. Capt. C C. Wyllie was assistant pilot. The plane, left . Eastchuxcb. ..England,

FIRST SHIP TURNED OVER TO U. S. WILL SOON HAUL FOOD TO RELIEVE GERMANY

: iv ' :cttVvif;, (t I f Ivy fait Mi'-l h ' fb " VI T 1 - ' I If V k 111 i -V A J 4 .Jzt vr,; v 7 ..... ".I n 0; w H if

U. 3. 8. Ksiserin Augusta Victoria at left, and Ueut. Shaw ot the ly held and wisely Inspired," be says, "so long may we confidently hope the peace of tbe world will be secure. He believes that armaments will diminish as the league becomes strong and vital and produces a sense of security, and that eventually "those who now fear it does not go far

S. NAVY'S FIRST HOPE IN

first of the three navy X. C type boats to be at-urttd across lit Afc

C P. Wood, fa flying costume discussing air direction with Captain C C. WytJie. assistant pilot, in unifornv.

April 18, for Limerick, Ireland, but engine trouble developed after a short flight and the plane dropped into the Irish ea. The men and plane were rescued. Wood is stili 1 hoping to fee the first flier to make the journey. , iiestei-asi Fontan. at New York and Commander Dost, si vessel supervising the fitting out. enough and those thinking that It goes too far will both be satisfied." Earl Grey has the greatest confidence in Sir Eric Drummond, the first secretary general of the league, and is especially pleased to know that Sir Erie's election was originally suggested by the American .delegate.

TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT

lantic ocean. The N. C. 2 and 4 will follow soon after. By sending French flier, was the first aviator to start to fly across the ocean, but he has chosen a southern route. . from Af riea - to South America. He has failed twice io his attempt to fly first from Franca to Cape DaJur, Africa. KOREA ASKS POWERS FOR INDEPENDENCE VBy Associated Press) PARIS. May 12. A petition from! the Korean people and nation asking for liberation from Japan was fcub - mitted to the peace conference today by representatives of Korea. The petition also! asks for recognition of Korea as an independent stale and for nullification 'of the treaty of August, 1910. Eagles Open Minstrel At Murray Theatre Tonight When the curtain rises for the first rart of the Eagles' minstrel tonight at the Murray theater, the stage will be transformed into a veritable fairy land, with beautiful scenery, brilliant costumes and colored lights, to the strains of a popular opening chorus the balladist and chorus, attired in red tuxedos will take their places in the eircle; then the end men dancing and prancing to the strains of a ragtima melody, will take their places, and alter the end men, David Bromley will l take his place as master of ceremonies and will introduce Raymond Wildig, who will be heard in a popular song j hit. During the first part of the show, Joe Wessel, Urban Gau6epohl, Elmer Bauer, Frank Kahle, Owen Fye and Fred Weihmeyer will be heard tu ballads, John Haffner and . Benton Barlow, assisted by Leo Geier and Victor Bloemke, will be on hand to chase the gloom away. The Sis! Dancing Dandies will assist in the merry making with some real foot 'work, seldom seen in a show of this nature. The chorus this year is composed of such well known vocalists as: John P. Elliott, W. F. Hoelscher. Bert Stephens, Wm. Molfit, Victor McGuire, Chas. Cohlan. ger, Raymond G. White, Floyd Scott, George Sanders. Henry C. Cole, Thomas Laramore," Stanley Christ, Howard Wettig. Herman- Cohorst. William Schneider, Joe Mulroney, Lois Essenroacher, George Horney and Guy Dickerson. In the olio Floyd Scott and Owen Fye, fancy roller skaters, will be seen In an exhibition of fancy skating; John Haffner and Benton Barlow will have a brand new black face offering, filled with comedy and songs. . Billy and Mildred Piner, two wonderfully clever children will be heard in songs and stories, and will be seen in dances. Although these kiddles are young in years they are seasoned performers. L. Bafton Evans, the director of the show and an operatic barytone of note, will be heard in a collection of songs. A Dream of Dixieland, a novelty act. will serve as an after piece. ; TJie seats have been on sale at tbe j Murray theatei box office since last j Thursday and while seats are selling i fast, there are still many choice one? i

I available for both performances. i

Latest picture of Si. C 3, ce of the three X. C type f SKaplaae built by the navy to fly across the At- : lactic :

Hue three -planes off in rapid succession the officials bepe to have one of them at least be successful. The planes, while of the earn genrral type, are different in many ways, ideas leiiy? tried in each which may he ot advantage ta making the trip. CLIP IN STATE OF WASHINGTON All OFF SEATTLE, Wash., May 12. The wool clip ot Washington is nearly all off the ahep, and will be approximate ly l.WOJbOv pounds. 50 percent une and an aual amount coarse. Judging from prices paid, the market will be steady to the last. Large clips have been cocsigaed to Boston and Phila delphia, with smaller lots to the wool warehouses at Portland, Oregon. Very little of this year's wool to date bas been sold outright. Large Seattle operators have made cash purchases, but, on the whole, the trading on this basis has approiaiated only a small percentage of the total clip. Cash sales have teen: Fine heavy wools about 8135 cents a pound; heavy medium wools 35 cents; light medium wools 353S cents; clean mediums 3S40 cents, and 45 cents has been paid for extra, choice large lots of wool of very slight shrinkage. What is known as the valley wool season for the western part of the state is Just opening, and because of the fact that valley wools are extremely coarse and difficult to move, the highest quotations tor this stock have been 3035 cents a pound. Fine wools are having the greater demand, Just as they are in Boston and other eastern consuming centers. At least half the sheep ia the state have been shorn. May 15 is expected to witness the completion of shearing. Washington wools have a much better appearance this year than formerly, aad the sheep have evidently been better fed despite the high feed cost. Buyers will ship largely to Japan. Scout Masters To Meet Tuesday to Plan Camp A meeting of City scoutmasters will be held Tuesday night to discuss the boys' camp - which the Y. M. C. A. proposes to hold fourteen miles soutrfwest of Dayton. All definite details will be settled concerning the camp if possible. O. M. Brunson announced that he had se cured William I. Comfort of Arcanum, Ohio, as cook for the camp. Comfort has Just returned to civilian life. He was formeriv a cook and baker in the ! navy. Last summer he cooked lor the Y. M. C. A. camp operated by the j Dayton association. With Comfort ! handling the culinary art of camp life the boys wil lnot stand a ghost of a show of having a kick to register against the edibles at the camp this year. One boy will be appointed to assist in the kitchen. Arrangements will be made to place boys on kitchen police duty as in the army, so that all dishes will receive their bath three time sdaiiy. TO STATE CONVENTION Joseph Walterman will represent the St. Joseph's Benevolent society at the annual state convention of Catholic church organizations at Evansville next Sunday and Monday.

AVIATOR CLIMBS ABOUT PLANE IN MID

-''-Ai fids , s-jr 1 ! v-v v , v. , f jt J i

Why he Pessimistic, Asks Writer pi ft World H as Lived Through Crisis

By ARTHUR E. FRANCIS. In Motor World. During these (seemingly great days for tbe giooma we have two varieties to deal with: 1. The common or garden variety who is content to deal with his own troubles. He isn't bad, lor nnhapily he is la the sninority . - 2. The UBComiaon kind, or hot- j house variety, who deals generously with national, yes, even international troables, and nnhappily he is in the majority. . ' He sees, and professes to see more ailments in a day than one nation could survive in a week. Analyze him, and you will find he is always looking for the ptomaine in the oyster instead of the pearl. A pessimist Is right, although It is not sufficient to call him that and dis miss the snlbject for one zoost show him that be is wrong, or produce bona fide evidence that he might, probably, be wrong. So with this purpose in view let us go on and refer to a few facts of the past which will have great bearing on the present. Now, Mr. Crape Hanger, let us go back into history and weigh our present conditions against those of the past, then make your own deductions, and see if you can be made to smile. Look over the present-day headlines in the newspapers, and you will find the following: "Bolshevism in Hussia! "General Strike in Germany ! " "Unrest in England! "Discontent in Italy!" And even in our' own country we find: "I. W. W. Demonstrations," -Strikes, etc. When you have laid your newspaper aside your immediate deduction is: "Things are surely going to hell!" " Let us stop and reflect for a moment. Have we not just passed and .experienced successfully mind you the most serious economic upheaval, not only In the history of America, but in the history of the world? Eleven millions of men, who gath ered at the defense of human freedom 1 in order that "the right of self-govern-; ment "should not perish from the earth" were killed. Billions and billions of dollars were spent, while peoples and nations were dismembered for this cause. All international laws, as well as all laws of humanity, were abandoned. Great heavens! It Is any wonder that we are a 'flic ted with the latest of diseases, "national fidgets?" Furthermore, is it any wonder that: some textile workers in New England beeame startled at their own shadows? Is It any wonder that some coal miners in Pennsylvania turned to Bolshevism in the belief that it was something new and perhaps better? Is it any wonder that women, who proved themselves reat factors in the war, and who are still denied the right of vote, heckled our President and burned his speeches on the White House lawn ? Wait! Now Is the time,' however, to employ your faith and turn to the past performances of the American people, rehabilitate your hope for a newer, better, more prosperous and contented America. Now, let us turn to the files of some newspapers published during the three years following the civil war, 1865 to 1868, and we will find the following headlines: "Discharged Soldiers Riot in St Louis!" "Millhands in Boston Refuse to Work." "Scoundrels Mislead Working People!" "New Party In New York Would Secede!" "Discontentment Rife In Philadelphia!" "Preeident Cursed by Copperheads!" This sounds and looks familiar, doesn't it? Just like the times of the present? We also find strenuous days with such political radicals as "Molly Maguires" in 1877, in the coal regions of Pennsylvania great railroad strike of 1884. haymarket riots in Chicago in 1886 Coxey's army .marching on to Washington, etc. Now, Mr. Crape Hanger, if you will point out to me an evil of the present day, I will point out to you an evil of the past like for like, differing only as the industrial volume and population differs proportionately. Out of all that hell-raising for the three years following the civil war

was bom fifty years sf the happiest, best most prosperous years that this the, greatest nation on earth ever enjoyed. Aff ecroai opportunity for every man and brotherly love were more nearly approached darxag this period than at any other time or place In the history of the universe.

And now: that-peace will soon be signed, let us beJrepared for the greatest tiarvest. or, prosperity that is coming coming Just as surely as the day follows the night. And When It does come we will took hack upon our present spasm of "national fidgets" with shame to think we were not stronger In faith tn this, the hour of emergency. This harvest of prosperity is coming because the heart of America heats truly, regularly, and is Just as sound today as it ever was. and cannot be threatened by complications.- - -- So. in line with our cree4--"Tomor-row" let us take an extra hitch In our belts and go to it full of pep, nope, trust, and genuine earnest conviction that things "aren't going to leH7 ' I see that you axe smiling. Mr. Crape Hanger!" Thank God for the smile! , --. Our country, state nd city are I v Carl Johnson Stationed At Unusual Town Of Nitro,West Virginia What has been accomplished In the town of Nitro, West Virginia, is set forth in a letter issued by. Major W. M. Wood, of the Quartermaster corps, at Nltro to the men who are still stationed there, including Carl H. Johnson, a Richmond man, who has been located there since June, 1918.) Johnson sent the letter to friends here. - Tbe letter is a follows :- . ' "Nitre, West Virginia, is located on the Kanawha river, sixteen ? miles from Charleston, the stats capital, and is the borne of the largest single smokeless powder plant In the wortd. Nine months previous to the signing of tbe armistice, there was no such place as Nitro. its site being bottom Land cultivated in corn. At the. time tbe armistice was signed. Nitro bad a population of between 35,000 and 40,00 people, its own hotel, bank, hospital, moving picture theater.- school, water system, sewerage system, electric power plant, and Individual homes for 95 per cent, of the inhabitants. , ".' "At the present, this project Is' a regular army post designated officially by the war department as Nitro General rdance Depot, employing but 2,200 people, with a population of 4,200 people. Its quota for the Victory Loan was $53,200. To date, with one more wek to run, Nitro has subscribed 1263,500, entitling this town to the Victory Loan Honor Flag with seven stars, and before the close of the loan the popular feeling is, and the people ar confident, that eight or nine stars will be their privilege." .-- t , Nitro also took part in a large de monstration staged in Charleston. The town also received a personal letter from the state director of the Armenian and Syrian fund, commending them for the wonderful work done by the town during that campaign. The November issue of Scribners Magazine contained an article on Nitro by Colonel Starrett. Red Cross Headquarters Will Close Next Thursday Thursday, May 15, is the closing day of tho Richmond and Wayne County Red Cross headquarters. The room in the Masonic Temple was cleared of all borrowed material. Sewing machines and other articles used during the period of the war are to be moved out by Thursday, when the room will be vacated. The Home Service department will be ia the court house after Thursday, and work will be under the supervision of Miss Ethel Clark, the secretary of the Richmond social service bureau. Miss Flora Mae Green, who has been secretary of the Home Service department for several months, said today it was possible she would accept a position in Indianapolis,' although her plans were not definitely settled. It's a crime to hang on to the money when one should be spending "it. - AIR TO FIX IT Three views showing observer ia airplane climbing about it above the clouds. The airplane is the latest vehicle - used to furnish the thrilllovinjr public with hair-raising stunts. Aviators have been performing almost unbelievable feats in and with them. A few months ago an aviator dropped from the lower plane of one machine to the top of another airplane while both were flying a mile above ground. A third airplane, in front, Jihotographed the thriller. Recenty an aviator was snapped while climbinj? all over his machine high above the clouds dunne a wind storm. While another flier guided the plane this dare-devil climbed out to the tips of the wings and crawled between the wires and struts to test the important parts. The photo shows him on bis inspection tour