Richmond Times-Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia • 1

A Frank Carpenter Loo for Hit Alaia Letter in the Sunday Times-Dispatch No Lapse in News TrD Only Richmond Paper With 7-Day A Senice CGth YEAR Mlll ME NKKM US RICHMOND VA THURSDAY NOVEMBER 30 1916 PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS TEUTONIC FORCES SLOWLY CLOSING MIN CONTROL OF PART OF CITY Washington Feels Deep Resentment Expects Allies to Reconsider Refusal to I ssue Safe Conduct to Neat Austrian Entoy Call for Concerted Uprising Against High Cost of Living Increase During Year About 1 6 Per Cent Governors and May or slV ill Be Askd to Set Aside Days for Series of Boycotts I B- Associated Press I NEW YORK November Dne of the most remarkable food aituatione ever noted In connection with the Thanksgiving season developed here to-day aa a result of the unprecedented food prices On one hand there was a semlpanio among dealers In the Thanksgiving turkey market as a result of the public's refusal to buy at the prices demanded it was announced by Joseph Hartlgan commissioner of weights and measures On tha other hand a call for a concerted public uprising against tha high cost of living waa Issued here by Mayor Burns of Troy president of tha New York Mtate Conference of Mayors who advocated proclamations by the Govt ernors of all the Mtatea and Mayors of all the citlee of the country to be published broadcsst and read In the churches setting days for a aeries of boycotta agalnat high-priced foods i Mr Hartlgan aald that large quantities of turkeys chlckena and geeaa had bean shipped here from the West by the raisers In expectation of high prices "But tha public la being scared off by tha excessive prices of the laat few daya" he aald "The price of 29 centa to 43 centa which now prevaila la ao high that retailers state that tha public indicates It will not buy for the price la beyond Ita means" The dealers are finding ha said a feeling that "If the public were to pay high prices they -would establish a precedent which would mean the same high prices at Christmas and New Tear'a" They were predicting better eleventh-hour sales when tha prices dropped he -said DEALER OBLIGED TO HEDl'C'E PRICER The egg boycott he said hns produced less buying and "In self-defense the dealers have been obliged to reduce the price In order to Induce Tha price of cold-storage eggs at wholesale was 1 and 3 cants lower today than yeaterday morning when tha egg boycott began Egga sold at 14 to S3-cents a doaen according to grade The average price for fresh egga waa 13 centa aa compared with G5 a year ago The price of fresh egga showed no change from yesterday Home of the wholesale dealers asaert-ed that the boycott would play Into the hands of foreign buyers They aald that men who want eggs for export are waiting for a reduction In price An official dally report Issued for the benefit of produce dealers said "Hlorage eggs ere lower' under a reduction of speculative support and a disposition on the part of the distributing trade to hold off and use the stock on hand" The Housewives' League to-day coh-tlnued active mlealnnary work to discourage the use of eggs One method Is an endleaa chain of telephone appeals One woman called up twenty-five of her friends asked them to abstain from egga for two weeks and then naked each uf these twenty-five to call twenty-five of her women friends and deliver the same message A canvass of the big public markets showed that almost every Item of the Thanksgiving dinner will cost more this year than it did a year ago Horns of the retail Increases (in cents) are: Educators From All Parts of Virginia Take Part in Meeting REPORTS SHOW PROGRESS Distinguished Speakers on Pro gram at City Auditorium To-Night With registration yesterday totaling 2000 or COO ahead of the second day laat year the eleventh annual meeting of the Virginia Educational Conference now going no In Richmond bide fair to outatrlp all Ita predecessor In attendance Juat aa Ita program ban already given promiae of being the beet ever prevented at an annual educational gathering In tliia Mtate Com--'pleti reglatratlon figures laat year ahowedi 2200 In attendance Conference directors are conlldent that that figure will be passed to-day and placed far behind by the tlma the conference closes to-morrow night Fentress chairman of the commit- i tee on registration estimated laat 1 night that at least 1009 delegatea had been registered yesterday Three clerks were busy all day yesterday en- rolling visitors and supplying them with conference badges and Information After several simultaneous departmental meetings this -morning and a light program this afternoon the prise attraction of the whole meeting will be presented at 2:15 o'clock thia evening In the City Auditorium Governor! Henry Carter Stuart will preside President Charles Maphis of the But Teachers' Association will make his annual address and John Ken-V drick Bangs of New Tork will deliver his lecture "We Ua and Co" A quarter of Richmond singers and tlih Philharmonic Association will give a concert BINFOHD AimM'ATKS oMPiisoHV Kiumini Yesterday's program Included the meeting at 9:30 o'clock In the auditorium of John Marshall High Reboot at which Hr Douglas Freeman and Bfnford spoke the twelve departmental meetings held simultane- ously from 2 until 1:41 yester-' day afternoon the meeting at 4 yesterday afternoon at which Mayor George Ainslie welcomed the vffitora to the city and Professor Edwin Hopkins of the University of Kansas and Associate Professor Thomas Briggs of -Columbia University spoke and tha meeting It last night at which Bute Superintendent (' Blearnea and Dr George H-i Penny president of University of Alsbams made addresses Mr Binford AssiMant Superintendent of the Richmond Public Hohoola spesklng yesterday morning on "The Nest Step In Public Education" advocated a minimum school term of seven months throughout the State the passage of an effective compulsory education law by Gij next Legislature and the making of a thorough aurrey of tha entire public school system of Virginia Dr Douglas Freeman spoke on Relation Public Schools to Good Cltisenship" HIGH SCHOOL I tUKT GIVE ENHIBITION DRILL The trustees and superintendents declared at their meeting yesterday morning that they would recommend that all teachera in the Slat be given a holiday annually on tha Wednesday of conference week In order that they might attend the meeting The meas- ure waa proposed Tuesdsy at the meeting of the executive committee of the State Teachers Association The John Marshall High School I i i'adet Corps 279 strong gave an exhibition drill In complete regalia at 11 4S o'clock yeaterday morning In tha Grays' Armory All school officers teachers principals and delegates to the conference were entertained at luncheon at 12:30 o'clock yesterday In the Blues' Armory by the merchants of Richmond A total of 990 attended the luncheon At a similar entertainment given during the conference last year 409 wera present The Virginia School Supply Company entertained the visiting au- perintendents trustees and supervisors at the same hour yesterday with a luncheon at their building Meadow and Marshall Streets More than 400 were present Mticm AIVGIF KITE MIN WELCOME Mayor George Alnalla yeaterday afternoon extended a cordial welcome to the State Teachera Association and members of allied organisation 1 "Richmond welcomes tha assorts-lion" he said "because wa have come to realise tha enormous Importance of the asaoplation to the present and the futura welfare of the State It has I not been so long ago when teaching was considered to he Just a respectable duty for women who had to make a living without any special thought lie-ing fll'-en to training aptitude and adaptability I different now We spend on those who enter tha teaching profession a great deal of time Htid labor In preparing them for a work than which them la none mora Important In Richmond the time ban mme when we am putting forth greater effort and mum money in providing teaching staffs and modern equipment for our schools In the last budget mom Ilian 39 per rent of the funds after (he Used ihargea had been provided for was devoted to the schools Four yearn ago the amount spent waa only 13 per rrnt of the budget" HE OF kt'IIOOlN AN COMMUNITY CENTER The Mayor advocated the use of the school buildings aa community centers railing attention to tha fact that In KTriTPage) nor TODAY Big Gridiron Contest Is Chief Feature of Thanksgiving Holiday BOTH TEAMS IN READINESS Champions From Universities of Virginia and North Carolina to Meet Abounding tn prosperity and having every reason to offer thanksgiving Richmond will to-day celebrate the annual occasion by offering up her gratitude from pulpit and pew and from mansion and cottage and then turn out en masse for the holiday In the morning special services will be held in churchee of all denominations If they follow the rural fashion the churches will be decorated with the visible results or the present tide of wealth and productivity so that man may aee as he prays the goodness which the fields of God have brought him In the home at the midday hour with some at 7 o'clock with others the great American bird will take his accustomed place In front of the seat of the paterfamilias and be carved according to divers needs and the number of watering mouths A turkey for everybody has been made possible by the downward trend of cost In thla particular Instance Than of course there will be dessert of pumpkin pie with generous portions of varloua klnda of other plea and puddings GREAT FOOTBALL ILAMKIC Ik FEATURE OF DAY But tha feature of the day will be the annual game between the elevens of North Carolina and Virginia beginning In Broad Ktreet Park thia afternoon at o'clock The weather forecast la cold and partly cloudy weather Being as much a social occasion aa an affair of the gridiron the game will be attended by the 400 and their debutante daughters and enthusiastic scions to sea and be seen as well aa by the proletariat and those who go for the sport alone Chrysanthemums for what Is a Thanksgiving Day without a chrysanthemum will blow from every grand stand seat from every unpl'lowed uncuahloned bleacher boat and from every automobile parked against tha rail There will 'ba a chaos of color a riot of Ufa and unpainted beauty wbemthe crowd aitadowir and 'awaits the unleashing of the twenty-two helmeted heroes It will be an anxious moment that for tha gridiron men themselves But that first long watt over the flrat down attempted -or won the two elevens will settled Into their stride and know afterwards only tha Joy of strife and the grim determination to cross the farther goal VANUUARD OF VISITORS HA ALREADY ARRIVED The vanguard of the vial tort arrived yeaterday afternoon and night filling all tha hotels from near-beer cellar to the attic row Down below they talked over a charged bottle and made their boastful bets Upstairs they dreamed of football seeing In their fancies a touchdown by tha Blus and White or the Orange and Blue each aa hia sympathy gava fathar to the wlah It la to be a cloaj game the prophets aay and to prove the correctness of their vision they point to tha fact that tha betting Is even It la true that North Carolina ventured forth thia year with atnuter heart and more rightful claim the title of a worthy foe And Virginia with a weaker elevrn than usual haa dona desperate things to keep her men on the qul vlve alert for tha surprise which tha old North Btate may bring Bo Richmond may be treated to a football game rather than on! to a mere social conventions! event Not In many seasons haa there been so pronounced an opportunity for a close game between the two elevens Not since that Bad day for North Carolina when she cent her Governor and her college president to witness her defeat while Governor Mtuart and President Alderman drank In tha aweeta of victory have tha prospects for ao large and gnla a gathering of enthusiasts bean brighter It had been expected that Hecretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels present on that other occasion would neennipany the visiting team hut preaaura of business affairs rules otherwise AMHAKMADOR WHIAIID TO ITNEHN CONTENT Joseph 14 Willard ambassador to Bpaln and his family who left Washington yeaterday will occupy seats In tha grand stand Representative of Ilia Mtate government city officials and men prominent In official and civil life will be present to urge Virginia over the last Inch nf ground They will form a sober background for society bedecked In all Ita glory Of course the first arrival) and ba II said the loudest and moat consistent booster from North Carolina Is Father Perrin Hushes an attorney of Raleigh who graduated from North Carolina In 93 It wau he who captained the flrat team to play against Virginia In 1991 ho brought up nine men to play baseball ftalnnt Virginia lie want home with the wore 4 tn I against him Tha gams waa played In Inland Park on Mayna Island where In thoaa ancient deva all the sports were staged II has attended (ha last twenty-one giimaa between the two Institutions and though North Carolina haa Inst eleven consecutively Mr Rushes being a true North Ca'llnlan has never Inst heart Of other losses he may have Vt'tiiiueiFonVlfth" I'sVeT) FAST NKRtJUK TO TIIKWMT Train leatlns NP-hninnil Site dally ffiynl Street mstlnni mMiects at Wash Instop with Pennsylvania kstirnsif's Cspi- 1st Kspreas wits Ihrniish aWalna rare fjm HhU'aau Cleveland Carranza Forces Reported as Fighting Hard to Hold Their Section of Chihuahua FOREIGNERS BELIEVED SAFE First Foreign Refugee to Leave Besieged Town Arrives in El Paso Hy Amoi-luted Pr-ml Kb TEX November The flrat foreign refugee to leave Chihuahua City since the siege began arrived here to-day He reported that Villa and Julio Acosta were In control of 'part of the city when he made hla escape by automobile at 2 o'clock thia morning Owing to the fact that he had been in hiding he explained that he had no meene of knowing first-hand Juat what had happened or even the whereaboute of General Trevino Carransa forces were holding hard to their part of the rity according to the refugee who added that he understood all foreigner were safe Cannon firing ceased some time early Monday morning hut the smell-arms firing continued throw Monday and Tuesday tha refugee declared He admitted knowing nothing more about the military situation In the capital than the reports brought to him from tlma to tlma by servants and others who came to hla home which la near the home of General Trevino ha said Aa ha paaaed along the Villa Ahu-mad road In hla automobile late today the refugee reported having seen 1SS bandits at I-oa Tanquea about thirty miles southeast of Juares MEN ALL WELL AHMED BIT HE Iff NOT MOLESTED Ha said the column wae moving In the general direction of Villa Ahumada south of Juares and tha men were all well armed but ha was not molested United Btates Army officers stationed at Fabena Tex thirty-two miles southeast of here and opposite Guadalupe Chihuahua were notified to-night and dispatched acouta to Investigate the presence of bandits so near the border The Juares military officers were also notified of the reported pres-cnee of the bandit force When he left Chihuahua City at 2 A to-day the refugee said he could hear rifle shots In different parts of tha city but waa not molested aa he drove out Only two men appeared on tha street through which ba drove and neither of these challenged him- Tha foreigner Said ha had heard of looting In tha bualneaa section of the city but had not verified thia report He declared he had no way of ascertaining the whereabouts or safety of the other foreigners tn the city aa ha did not dare to leave hla home However he added that he did not believe any foreign residents had been killed He said little damage had been dona to the city aa Villa had no cannon when he made the attack MAKES DASH FOR PLAINS NORTH OF STATE CAPITAL After slipping out of hla garage In an automobile the foreign refugee made a dash for the plains to the north of the Btate capital he -said Ha paaaed a number of bandRa between the cUv and tha border one band being encountered near Saps He said these bandits shouted "Viva Villa" aa he passed In hie automobile the flag of hla country flying on tha car The bandits did not atop him ha aald nor fire In hla direction He saw another band further north but was not near enough to ascertain who they were He did not paaa through Haus going within two miles of thia town nor did he know whether or not any foreign refugees or Carransa troops wera at Baus or Terrataa He stopped at Villa Ahumada where he was detained temporarily by the Carransa guards but waa permitted to continue to tha border Aa a precautionary measure additional troops wera ordered downtown from the fort and army camps tonight by Brigadier-General Bell Artillery waa held In readiness on tha Mesa overlooking the city and Juares and an armored automobile was sent to the Tntarnatlonal Bridge Tha report of bandit operations In lha vicinity of Jusrea was believed to have been responsible for tills military activity OBJECT TO WITH 1)11 A IV A I OF AMERICAN FOIICEN I By AssmdNied Press) JUAREZ November Mexican merchants who reached here Monday night from Namlquipa reported tn-day that petlllona wera being circulated In tha towna and aettlementa In lha vicinity of the American expeditionary force's headquarters and outposta asking tha United Wales government not to withdraw the American trunpa now They claim Villa has mails a threat against all who lived In Namlquipa Guerrero Hnn Buenaventura rasas Grandea Colon la Duhlan f'oloiila Juares and tha other towna In Western Clilhuehuu saying he 'would kill all residents of these towna and hum their homes becauaa they had aided tha Americana A report le In circulation here that a bridge haa heen 1 burned between Hanta Holla and Gusman on the Mexican Northwestern Rsllrond If thia la true General Pershing will ha prevented from receiving supplies for hla column hy railroad 100 PER CENT FOR YEAR lllreetora of I da Pool do Nemsnra Compaay Declare Heaalar and Special Dividends I Hr Asmt-lsled Press) WILMINGTON DEL November The dlrecRir nf lha I du Cunt da Nemours Cnmpany tn-diiy declared tha regular quarterly dividend uf 11 3 firr rent nit the common stock and a special dividend nf 24 11 per cent maklmr a i total for tha yaar uf 199 per cent I By Associated Prws1 WASHINGTON November The United States has sent notes to Great Britain and France It became known to-day requesting reconsideration by those governments of their refusal to issue a safe conduct through their blockade lines for Count Tarnowskl the new Austro-Hungarian ambassador to Ihia country and speaking of the unfortunate effect that a continued refusal would have on opinion here The notes point out that It Is an Inalienable right of sovereign nations to eschange ambassadors and Insist that a third nation even in time of war la not Justllled In denying that right Great care Is taken to baso the representations' solely on the grounds of international right as distinguished from mere international courtesy making it clear that tha United States la not asking a favor or assuming the attitude of a pleader tf tha present note meets with an unsatisfactory response it Is amdltted that a very difficult altuation will be developed The allied emhasaiea are deeply concerned over the resentment felt by the Washington government and are taking unusual care to keep their government fully informed Early replies to the American notea are expected owing to the fact that Count Tarnowskl la scheduled to sail from Rotterdam on the Dutch steamer Nieuw Amsterdam on December 14 Should the replies prove unfavorable the United States might send a final note notifying tha alliea to disturb the Austrian envoy at their own risk or It might ba decided to send an American merchantman or warship to some neutral port to receive the ambassador and bring him acrcsa the Atlantic As yet however such a contingency haa hardly been contemplated in view of the confident belief that (he alllee will yield TO WITNESS INAUGURATION Nee Freaelseo Homes Democrats Will lavade Washington In Ferre MAX FRANCISCO November San Francisco women Democrats will invade Washington in forca on Inauguration day If the plans advocated at the luncheon held here to-day bear fruit The movement Is expected to result In at least 1000 women of led by the California Greys the crack ban Francisco military organisation and (half band going to Washington to take part in the' Inaugural parade The expedition Is to be known aa the Women's Inaugural Mpeclal Train for Washington Word haa been received that the Governor of Missouri will have the party aa hla guesta for one day and the California Greys will he received by the famous Richmond Blues and the Virginia Military Institute The party will leave Ban Francisco February 21 WILSON PLANS QUIET DAY III Attend Mervleea at Presbyterian harrk and Have Dinner With Family at Home WASHINGTON November President Wilson's Thankaglvi ig plana call for a day of complete rest A mammoth turkey which was sent to Washington from Oklahoma by a Wilson admirer will be served to tha Immediate members of the White House family at the evening meal Earlier In tha day the President and Mrs Wilson will attend the Thanksgiving servlets at the Central Presbyterian Church Joseph Tumulty secretary to the President was turkey hunting in tha Washington markets to-night Mouth Trimble of Kentucky notified the sec-retsry several days ago that he had shipped a turkey to the Tumulty address but the fowl hsd not arrived according to a late report made by the express company OHIO SETS NEW RECORD Gives Wilson More Votes Thao Were Ever fast for Aay Other Presidential Candidate COtA'MHUM OHIO November The Btate Canvassing Board composed of Klate officers ffnds the plurality of President Wilson In the recent election In Ohio to have been 90110 The Wilson vote was 604944 against Cl 4(36 for Judga Hughes Mr Wilson has tha distinction of receiving more votes than were ever cast for any candidate for President In In 1904 Theodore Roosevelt had 600093 In 1908 Mr Taft had G72ll In four yearg Mr Wilson gained the aupport of nearly 130090 voters who did not fsvor him In 1913 PAPERS ADVANCE PRICES Three llmlsx llslllcs la Pittsburgh Hslae Rate From Iff ta 19 ents Per Wrek riTTHRURilll rA November Three local morning papers announced to-night that beginning on December 1 the rate per week will ho 12 Instead of 10 rente This announcement followed one made hy the four afternoon newspapers yeaterday advancing the prlc per copy from 1 to cent a WILLARDS AT WHITE HOUSE American Ambassador to Npaln a ad Wife Received by President and Mrs Wilson I By Aaeaelaled Press I WASHINGTON November Joseph Willard nf Virginia embassador in Spain and Mrs Willard were received at tha White House tn-nlghl hy the President and Mrs Wilson Advance Toward Roumanian Capital Meeting With Little Impediment IMPORTANT JUNCTION OF PETECHTI CAPTURED In Center Defending Forces Reported to Be Retreating Eastward in Disorder IUKSIAX8 MAKE ALIGHT GAINS Apitarently Little Infantry Fighting Haa Taken Plare on Any of Other Fronts By Ansrtated Press 1 Although tha Russian probably as a diversion are carrying on with great Intensity an offensive In the Carpathian region around Kirllbaba northwest of tha Roumanian border the advance of the Teutonic allies along tha line In Wallachla toward the Roumanian capital of Bukhareat apparently la meeting with little Impediment I The left flank of the forces of tha central powers have now captured tha important railroad Junction of Petechtl sixty-five miles northwest of Bukhareat: In the canter the Roumanians' are reported to ba retreating eastward In disorder while the right flank composed of tha army of Field Marshal von 1 Mxckenaen which croaaad tha Dahube is carrying out maneuvers In co-operation with the other commanders to tha north The petrograd War Office In ting a continuation of the retreat of the Roumanian Von Mackenaen'a man operating from Alexandria have advanced along the turnpike road to' Kulugurena the latter town being twenty mllea south of Bukhareat Turkish troops ara fighting with tha Germans and Austrians In this region Tha Russian official communication aaaerta that the Russian attack east and south of Kirllbaba haa resulted In tha capture In both regions of ridgaa and tha taking of 700 men prla-oner) The Berlin War Office admits that alight gains wars made but says tha Russians suffered heavy casualties -Apparently little infantry flghtlpg haa taken place on any or the other fronts On the line in France and Belgium- there- have been artillery duels at varloua points and her and there small attacks by raiding parties of both tha belligerents Similar fighting la taking place on the Russian front The lateet German official communication says quiet prevaila on the Mace- -donlan front thera having been no resumption of tho great battle of the early week In which both the Teutonic allies and tha forces of the entente claim to have had the advantage The Russians admit a further advance by the Turks south of Van In 1 Turkish Armenia The British government beginning Decambar 1 will take control of all the coal mines In South Wales apparently to prevent tha wage dispute between tha miners and operators from Interfering with tha coal supply ROUMANIAN IN WALLACHIA RETREATING IN DIMORDK' BERLIN November 29 (by wireless to Sayvifle) The Russians began at-tarka yeaterday at many places alon4 the Northern Roumanian front It is announced officially They gained small local advantages at a heavy cost The Roumanians In Wallachia before Bukhareat ara retreating In disorder The atateinent read VFront of Archduke Joaeph: In tha wooded Carpathians and on the eastern frontier of Transylvania the Ruaalena yesterday launched attacks at many points agalnat tha German and Austro-Hungarian lines They suffered defeat Minor local advantages were paid for In sanguinary aacrlficea Infantry of General von Kal-kenhayn'a army la victoriously advancing along tha entire Wallachlan front Tha defeated enemy la retreating eastward In disorder "Front nf Field Marshal von Mack-enaen The movements of the Danube army' correspond with those forces operating further north "In Dohrudja thera haa been only minor fighting activity" NERBIANN CAPTt HR HEIGHT NOHTIIWKNT OF GHUNIRHTK I By Associated Press November Herblan troops yesterday captured tha height northwest nf Crunlahte on ths Macedonian front east of Orna River tha War Ofllce announces height east of hill 1919 alno waa raptured A violent battle la In progress northwest of Monastir Ths French are advancing toward hill 1248 ths statement say The Juliana made progress in ths region of Tarvena Btena height west of Monastir 11114 TROOP T4KE YU PHIMONER IRv SwNieUleit Press I'KTRchIRAD November -9 (via Russian trisipa advancing on the Teutonia lines east and aogth nf Klrlihaha tn th Mouthrn Carpathians have captured the ridges of height there and taken 711 irlainerA tha War Uffics announced to-day INCREASED AtTItITY ON OMMK FRONT I He Asanrlsled frees I FA ItIM November 89 Increased a- tlvlljr on the Momma front south of lha river Is reported by th War Office During tha night there uera spirited artillery engagements In th regions of lilarhe and I'reesolre Tks communication follows "Thera haa been very considerable WAttlllNlfrON November nets II prices of foods lo the I oiled Mates os whole odvooeed 9 per eeol from September IS lo llefober IS mob log Iff per rest lorrroso for twelve nraelhs os shews lo reports completed lo-day by Ike Berras of l-sbor Statistics The ffg-errs rsme from 73S retoll dealers lo fort y-ive priarlpol lodostrlal reefers lo Ike thirty days revered by tbe reports meats declined from 1 lo per rest bat all other articles gives except tea coffee sod rice odvooeed from I per rest for bees to ff pep rest foe hotter bread sod sugar aad II per rest for eggs OF MILK GOES UP I CENT PER OUlflT Dairies Advance Retail Helling Figure to 1 1 Cents Effective To-Morrow PATXG MORE TO FARMER8 They In Turn Are Put to Greater Coat In Purchase of Cattle Feed and Other Expenses According to Statement With abnormally high prices already prevailing for practically every commodity used by tha average household tha high coat of living will ba felt still further In Richmond with an advance In tha retail price of sweet milk to the consumer effective tomorrow It waa learned laat night that the dairy companies of thia city would advance milk on December 1 1 cent per quart to 11 centa In order that higher prices may be paid to tha dairy farmers for their products Dairy farmers are facing a aarloua altuation it waa aald laat night They are paying from 40 to 60 per cent more than they did a year ago for practically every commodity that they are forced to purchase for tha production of milk and butter Realizing that they could not exist under such condition they appealed to tha dairy companies which met them In their demands Leading dairymen said laat night that they realised the altuation facing tha farmers and knew that aoma action must be taken at ones to prevent the'clty'a milk supply from being placed in Jeopardy Accordingly the farmer was grantad an tncreaaa for hla products Stress waa laid on the fact last night that tha farmers In no aenaa made demands for higher prices hut that dealers knowing thalr condition almostaa well aa tha farmers them elves readily agreed to tha advance ADYAXO PVT INTO EFFECT FOR MONTH OF DECEMBER The advance of 1-8 cent a pint for weet milk In Richmond will ba placed In effect by tha dairy companies for tha month of December but there will be no reduction until the high price of animal feeds haa declined 3Iany dealers In supplies fear there will ba no break In prices thia win ter and some doubt waa ax pressed laat night whether tha price of milk would ha reduced on January 1 Such action will not ba taken unless feed haa declined It waa aald Dairymen aid tha retail price would hs governed entirely by the commodity situation and that aa anon aa theaa artl yles dropped tha price of milk would ba reduced Dairymen aald last night that they were now paying the farmers 36 centa per gallon for sweet milk a agalnat 28 cents which prevailed a year ago Many of them said they preferred to work on a close market If they can do an allowing the farmer tha greatest figure possible for hla product that the supply may not ba curtailed GREAT ADVANCE IN I'llICK OF CATTLE FEED They recalled the light between dairymen and producera In Roslou recently In which the Utter were granted an advance but aald that local farmers were receiving a substantially hither rata for their product "We found that wa would have to pay tha farmer more for hla milk" said a lending dairyman last night "If wa wera going tn keep him going Great advances have heen made In Ihe prices of varloua materials and food products the farmer must buy and he could not continue In lualncsa al the aaina prlrea ha waa rocalvlng Inst year "Every Item on his list that must he purchased for hla herds has advanced heavily In recent monlha Meal Is about 46 per cent higher than lust year bran haa Increased lo a marked degree while Ihe price of corn Is at such a high level that they are selling thalr crops rather than feeding corn to the rattle Cottonseed meal alone has Increased from 134 lo 49 per ton wllltln Ilia past year" SEND PROTEST TO WILSON Member sf New Orleans I stlsa Et-change Oppose Itepsriatlsa sf Helglas Is Germany IHv Aesnelaleri Press NEW OHIKANM November About DM members of lha New Orleans 'niton Kxchanga today signed a pell I Ion which waa forwarded lo I'real-dent Wilson urging him to protest to Germany on behalf of tha United Miate agslnsl lha deportation of Rrlglana to Germany Geese Butter Cranberries quai Celery bunch Onions white quart13 Tumpklns WORKING TO FIND SOM TION KOII HIGH PRICK OF FOOD CHICAGO November City Ast and Federal officials together with number of civic women's and other organisations wrre working to-day to find solution for tha high prices uf foodstuffs With the campaign centering on egga1 It waa announced that municipal Inspectors had discovered In alorags about 690990 egga of questionable quality which were tagged and marked for examination hy tha city chemists while more Ilian 3099000 egga were found In six cold storage houses await Ing an Increase In price In addllhnt government Inspectors found 36000990 rage stored In another warehnvee the owner of which haa not been located Charles Cline United Mtatea district htfnriipy also began an Inquiry into the report that James Wets la the holder of 72990000 egga In Chicago and to learn If Mr Wets la not the actual owner who la harking him In lha alleged attempted corner NOIIFIIIR 101 Ll'lt DKAIKH AHOIT BEING OtKHMTOt KKII Ut FOLK VA November The tlcclaraMnii of war op what whs al leaed lo he exorbitant prices Issued this morning by the tlnusrwlvrr' I rs sue In a resolution adopted urg Ing lha people of Ihe city lo furegn the pleasure of Thanksgiving turkey ami In estrlct the use of eggs tn Ihnse absolutely necessary In cooking was more gqnerally observed than expected market men declared tnnlaht Aa a result turkey waa offered at retail from 33 tn 14 centa Trices yesterday ranged from 49 in 43 for tha same stock I'oulley dealers admit they are overstocked end wilt have to re-refilgerata supplies awing in the slump In lha retail trade -r 5.