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___* ___ _F ___ _f"l_ 9 _T *__* x ___J 7 * „>0& C* FV* *T"F • • » F F /•» • • Jt « * * _- e/*H__T r« • (i If F t AFF _D x _____T___ ___ a ___ ___. JT 7_« __>o to Conduct Une s Lite as to Kealize Une s oelr---1 nis _s the Loftiest Attainment or Man. It is the lask or All, Hut most or Us = Bungle it~--Naldane Mac fait _____•— —— ■ The Circulation of the DISPATCH -NEWS $r day 4,152\ 21ST YEAR. NO. 122. STAUNTON, VIRGINIA, FRIDAYiMORNING, DECEMBER 29, 1911. 2 CENTS A COPY. MORE THU so !HE BFJVBOI: Mystery Develops in Berlin's Shelter House Case PTOMAINE THEORY DENIED BY SOME Victims Show Symptoms of Chol era, But Germs are Not , BERLIN, Dec. 28. —Over fifty j deaths from ptomaine poisoning have occurred since the night of Decem ber 26 at the municipal shelter for the homeless on Froebel street. An other fifteen of the seventy others are seriously ill at various hospitals in the city. New cases are being rushed to the hospitals at such a rate that statistics cannot keep up with them. The affair has assumed such pro portions that doubts are being ex pressed as to whether the deaths were due, as at first believed, to the eating of decayed smoked herring, which the homeless people had brought with them to the shelter to eke out the scanty diet provided there. A considerable number of cases have been reported from an other municipal shelter and from the jail. The authorities, however, still adhere to the original theory. Symptoms Similar to ("holera. The symptoms of some of the pa tients correspond to those of chol era, but several post-mortem exam inations have disproved absolutely . the existence, of .cjjolera. __, ( The hopes that the later c::ses would prove less serious than those reported at fl.-st have vanished, many of the victims today, as well as yes terday, succumbing in thirty or thirty-five minutes after they were attacked. The ambulances starting from the Shelter to the hos pitals had in many cases to change their destination and go to the morgue instead, as the patients had died on the way. Others expired in the Shelter before they could be giv en medical attendance. The symptoms of the poisoning are fainting, which is followed by vio lent vomiting and death. The superintendent of the asylum expresses the opinion, based on one of the post-mortem examinations, tha: the deaths have not been due t. _ sh, but to deliberate poisoning. ,-_o — For the information of patrons and subscribers of the Dispatch- Nti'VS, the management announce they hve compelled by ciicur_stu? ce_ ever which they have 10 co irol and which afford considerable embarrass ment, to print only 4 pages. A short age of paper of the proper size for the new press has made this neces sary, the supply of the larger size having been exhausted, and leaving no alternative except to use the half size rolls, which were on hand. A carload of paper of the needed re quirements was ordered several weeks ago, and was shipped ten days ago, but up to this time it has not arrived. Under the circumstances the patrons of the paper are renu ed to bear as kindly with us as ! . can, until facilities again enable us to give them a big, newsy and up-to date newspaper. CADETS TO ATTEND BOYS' CONFERENCE Of the thirty cadets who remained at the Staunton Military Academy during the vacation, Captain J. J. King of the faculty has chosc-n six to represent the school Young Men's Christian Association at the Older Boys' Conference to be held in Hirh mond during the last three days of the old year. Captain King will ac company the delegation which starts on the morning train for the State The cadets going are J. A. Cush j . ing, of New York; .1. L. Walker, of Texas; Julian Hawthorne, of Nash ville, Term.; Charles Smith, of New York; ]_ p. Black, of Oregon; W. AND I? SCOTT COUNTY SAID TO BE NEXT ON LIST o Lee Citizens Declare Neighboring County Much More Politi- BRISTOL, Va., Dec. 28.—Promi nent citizens of Lee county do not relish the notoriety the county has gotten as a result of the sensational disclosures of wholesale election bribery and declare that Lee is a scapegoat for other Southwest Vir ginia counties. One prominent citi zen of Lee county, whose political affiliations' are not confined to Lee county, stated this week that the lat ter county was far surpassed in wholesale election debauchery by several other counties of the South west, mentioning Scott in particu lar. He declared that Scoit county was notorious for election crooked ness and that money was the domi nating force in elections in that county. This calls to mind the -congres- CHORAL 111 MAY RESULT M CLUB New Musical Organization May- Be important Addition to the City • Gradual development into a strong musical organization of consistently large membership is the purpose growing auf of the rejfent egtabl- - ment of the "claf Club," organized recently with Mr. Alfred Jnft'e as president and Captain Wonson as secretary. Careful additions to its member ship nucleus will be made by bring ing the mutually adjustable people of strict musical tastes together in a series of private recitals to be given in the course of the winter by the ' club founders. The date chosen lor the first of these is January 15. It will be given at the home of one of the members. Among Staunton residents there are about twenty-five who are class ed in critical judgment as music lov ers, with technical command or or .gan, horn, violin or piano. Whether the new organization which aims to act as a center for the stimulation of discriminating musical culture in Staunton shall be confined mainly into something including a choral union is a matter that will be left to developments and experienced consideration. Should the choral society project later be undertaken, the organizing coterie will find from 50 to 75 fair voices available among the city's "home" population. It has been some years .since a choral so ciety existed in Staunton. A subscription recital by outside artists for public admission will be given under t_c auspices of the club in March or April, and a second one month later. The character of the first of thei c public recitals has not yet been dstcriaiaed. The :--<•'.. id will be a violin a;id vo•_; recital. Mr. Willy Jaffe of : ; :!' Milwaukee Conservatory, the lo ta !'y well known violin virtuoso, will ! ring a Chicago singer to Staunton for that occasion. Plans had been ccr-tiderod for his filling a Staun ! ;:• engagement this week. The first subscription recital may jte of a religious nature, and given |in one of the churches. ANOTHER CLERK AT P. O. NEEDED Handicap in handling the mail during the Christmas rush has prompted purpose by Postmaster Brown Allen to take early occasion for calling the attention of the Wash ington authorities to the urgent, need of an additional clerk. Should his request be granted, fitting promo tions will be mnele. Pntil yesterday the postmaster kept secret from the public the fact of a threatened par tial closing .of the windows, because of the illness at. the height of the re cent rush of one of the most ex ptrienced men in the office. The incident forcefully brought atten tion to the need of a reserve in the staff of clerks in constant training. the election it was a matter of com mon comment that $36,000 was spent in Scott county alone. While probably a large sum was spent in Lee, no especial comment was made upon it because so much larger sums were spent on election day in other counties. Scott was consid ■!\.! the banner boodle county of the district, and it is always realized by Loth sides in an election that money and plenty of it is needed to "turn the trick" in Scott, which long •ago achieved notoriety by a double murder in an election and the no torious Scott county ballot gotten out by the Democrats in one of the Famous Rhea-Walker contests. IliVftV 11/lii!\ Hkf*. Hi.* 3 l/tUfIUJItUIIU !_!_"_ I \jtl BALTIMORE STGL ?A Storehouses Burn, and <_?any BALTIMORE, Dec. 28.—Four large storehouses for patterns of the 111 ylarid Steel Company at Spar-; ro»*_ .■.in, were> destroyed by '. j : ■' 3:30 o'clock this morning. dar.-age v. ill be very heavy, as tin buildings contained all the patterns i of various castings made at the plant for the past fifteen years. Many other buildings were threat ened, and for a time it was feared the entire town would burn. The origin is unknown, but it is th opinion or" many that a spark from a passing locomotive was car ried into one of the buildings. As soon as the blaze was disci v ered the fire whistle was started aud quickly aroused the residents. ; The county has no lire company near Sparrow's Point and the -town depends on the employes of the Maryland Steel Company to fight the fires. These men responded quick- j ly to the call and did heroic work. o SEATTLE, Wash- Dec. 28.—Mal colm it. Patterson, son of former Governor Malcolm R. Patterson, of Tennessee, shot and dangerously wounded R. T. Seal at Port Orchard, December 7. He was suffering from alcoholic epilepsy or "dipsomania." induced by drinking kuxy for five This was the finding of the lunacy commission that sat yesterday to haar \'r \ insanity complaint filed by Patterson's father. The commission reported that it was dangerous to perni' Patterson to be at large. In accordance with the finding, the defense asked that an order be issued permitting former Governor Patterson to take his son home for treatment. This was opposed by Prosecutor Stevenson, who contend ed that Patterson should not be tak en from this state until after he had stood trial on a charge of assault wit!: intent to kill. Judge Frater granted a stay of three days, and if the appeal is eio r !•« rfected at the end of that time I'a.tterson will be released to the cus tody of his father under $5 000 o SERVICES AT NEWPORT St. Paul's Reformed church at Nanrpori will have service and Holy Communion next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Preparatory service at 3 o'clock Saturday. The Willing Workers will meet Sunday at 3:ao P jg^Ktmkma^kwmKawawawwmßkm^k^km Hi' RIILH IfUUUUu Elluß I ■ f F" ft Jl ! Tk if* ft __ ift IT i-DH b_ft.u_nu_a _____ > - Train Hits S!i_&. and Engineer is Killed ACCIDENT IH STAUNTON N AaP.OWL V AVERTED r— —— Stee! MaH Adopted, Sa.ad Livfs of Eight Mai! Clerks AtV.'r changing crews. No. 5, the same Chesapeake and Ohio train that was safely brouglit to a stop in front of the overturned truck-load of trunks at the Staunton depot Wed nesday evening, was wrecked early on Thursday morning by running in t.o a slide of dry shale east of Mc- Kcr.dree, W, Va. Engine No. 103 was derailed and partly overturned, killing Engineer \Y. J. Dunn, of Hfnton, W. Va., and slightly injuring Fireman L. E. Ter rell, of Huntington, W. Va. The passengers escaped harm and were transferred from No. 5 to No. 1 from Quinnemont. No. 5 resumed its reg ular run from Charleston, one hour and twenty-live minutes late. The shale was dislodged from the effects of recent wet weather just afier the' bluff watchman had made his trip of inspection. An incident was. that an all-steel mail car had been put on the train only recently. Ih (he car at the time of the wreck were eight mail clerks. The ni;Tl! car overturned but its powerful cpretruction kept it fntact, and the eiprks were practi- SaTi. -SI -rt. ' "* • NEW YORK°STATE I? H!T p RII7/ASn Sate, Acc_.npar.ißd by Snow and Colfi, Sweeps East Frefii Lakes ERIE, Pa., Dec. 23.—A blizzard is raging today in western New York, northwestern Pennsylvania and northern Ohio. All shipping on Lake Erie has been warned to stay inport. Today is the coldest of the year. _Tsliv__.ui si at Buffalo. Buffalo, N. V., Dec. _.. —The blizzard which originated in the Hocky Mountains yesterday struck this city early today, causing a low ering in the temperature, a sixty aiile .ui-hour blow and snow flurries.' The temperature dropped to eighteen degrees above zero. •Syracuse ...ml Hit. SYRACUSE, N. V., Dec. 28. —A blizzard arrived here early today. The temperature fell rapidly till a minimum of'nineteen was struck. The fall of snow was blinding and steadily increasing in volume. Rochester Suffers Tie-Bji. ROCHESTER, Dec. 28.—The worst blizzard of years had Roches ter in its grip early today. A high Wind, low temperature and heavy snow combined to held up street traf !(■. TKI? FORECAST: Fair and continued cold Friday. Saturday fair and slightly warmer; light to eiioderate north winds be coming variable. A storm center of decided energy and expanse, depicted _s over the Oregon region on yesterday's weath er map, will probably be near enough by Sunday to produce much milder weather in Virginia. The crest of the cold area of high atmosphere pressure was yesterday over the gulf states, moving southeastwardly. Temperatures Yesterday. Ba. m. 21 _ p. m. .;;. 12 in. 85 (i ]). m. 28 o . BANRKRS TO MEET. Bank officer elections will be held at ihe National Valley Dan!; the Au gusta National ne'e' the Staunton Na tional ou J.aauary .', anel at, the Far mers and Merchants on January t. CHINESE THRONE IS COMPELLED TO YIELD o Demands for Republic Are Accepted and Details Left to Con vention PEKING. Dec. 28. —China will have a republican form of govern ment, and the Manchu dynasty, which has ruled the empire for up wards of three centuries, will go. The imperial family, after a long council today with the most influ ential of the Manchu princes in the palace in Peking, decided to abdi cate. They are expected to leave the capita! hourly. This information was officially transmitted from Pe king to other centers today. Premier Yuan Shi Kai is expected to resign, his post. He has been brought to a realization that his at tempt at pacification must inevitably fail in the end. Dr. Sun Vat Sen, who launched the present revolu tion, will probably be elected presi dent of the Republic of China to morrow at Nanking. Formal dec lariaipn of independence of the em pire from Manchu rule will be pro claimed. Plan Formally Accepted. The throne today formally accept ed the plan of Premier Yuan Shi Kai to refer the question of China's Si piifF IIIL WIIZ UNE Mlsses Frances and l^arjorie Enter .a... Klany of Their Little" Fri2_ds Sumptuously i The magnificent home of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Witz on Deverley street, was the scene yesterday afternoon of a most beautiful party, when Misses Frances and Marjorie Witz most hospitaily entertained their many friends. The large drawing room had the furniture removed so that after the young ladies received there was dancing and games to the delight of ail the young hearts. Music was furnished by the Beverley theatre orchestra. The grand march was a sight which will remain long in the memory of those, especially the old er friends, who saw it. As they ( formed for the march they were led through the conservatory and here eath ehiid was given a favor, some of caps, some of fans, but all at tractive. Alter marching through the drawing room and hall, they went into the elining room and li brary where long tables, gracefully arranged and ornamented with red streamers tend red candles were made more inviting by each place having a tiny Santa Claus and a present and these so occupied the attention of the guests that they were hardly prepared when other Santa Clauses arrived from the frozen regions, fringing little snow-balls, but as all children love to eat, these soon dis appeared, for the Santas were made of ice cream and the snow balls of cake. The little hostesses were fully equal to entertaining their many guests, but some older friends joined in the merriment and the hours slipped <|uickly by and the time for saying good bye came all too early. Those invited were: John B. Bell, Harriet Sproul, Eugenia Sproul, Hugh Sproul, Harriet Echols, John Echols, Charlie Hunter, Katherine Pratt, Margaret Pratt, Elizabeth Kerr, Charles Nelson, Frances Wood ward, Mildred Mercereau, Wallace Mercereau, Dorothy Mercereau, Mary Grace Trout, Mary Braxton, Jean ami Polly Sprinkel. George Sprinkel, Virginia Worthington, Charlotte Spotts, Elizabeth Caldwell, Lucy Morton Payne, Armstead Payne, Watson Gooch, Harry Gooch, Fannie Murray, Esther, Caper, Mar garet Holt. Virginia Parkins, Charles Rodgers, Mary Nelson Quarles, Syd ney Shultz; Lacy Gibson, Anne Will son, Louise Heydenreich, Wayt Tim berlake, Mary Margaret Bumgard ner, Katherine Oliver, Archer Hogs head, Harriet Hogshead, Eloise Mc- Coy, Ralph ( eosby Katherine Mc- Clure Elizab- th Perry. Margaret' Perry, Junior Morris, Katherine Per ry, c'rauce» Perry j William Pony, The announcement from the throne came after a long conference which was held in the palace be tween the Dowager Empress, Pre-1 mier Yuan and a number of influen tial Manchu princes. j While the proposition was urged by Premier Yuan and Prince Yu Tang, a member of the grand coun cil, as the most logical way to solve the domestic difficulties of the em pire, it was stoutly opposed by Prince Tsai Tao, former minister of war, and a brother of the prince regent. The > van Shi Kai cabinet was in structed to draw up regulations Which shall govern the conduct of the national convention. The cabi net will also send a formal note to Dr. Wu Ting Fang and Teng Shao VI, the peace envoys at Shanghai, informing them of the acceptance by the throne of the convention plan. It is agreed that the convention shall be called as speedily as possi- DEFEN. HUFFMAN Trial of Suspected Postal Clerk to Be Held in Lynchburg in March LYNCHBI'G, Dec. 28.— Geo. E. Ca3kie and John L. Lee of Lynch burg and D. Wampler Erman of Har risonburg have been selected counsel for George Huffman of Rockingham county, charged with the theft of $20,000 from mails two months ago. Lee's retention means that the case will not be tried at Charlottesville next month, but will be heard here in March. The case will be reported to the federal grand jury at Charlottesville in Jan uary for indictment. Mr. Lee is one of the counsel for Rev. C. V. T. Richeson, who is to Jp tried at Boston for the murder I of Avis Linnell, the choir girl of his o PINED $.0 FOR WEAPON. Police Justice Glasgow yesterday imposed a line of $30 on O. L. Fox before he was taken to Raphine. where he would have faced a charge of disorderly conduct. The latter al leged offense prompted his arrest when encountered by the Staur.ton police. A revolver was found on his person. o ARBOR HILL HONOR ROLL . Following is the December Honor Roll for Arbor Hill school: Frank Decker. Robert Hanger, Sidney Palmer, Wallace Wiseman, Mary Dell Decker, Annie Clem Palmer, Beulah Whitlock, Jessie Whitlock, Clara Wiseman, Clemcnee Wiseman, Gor don Hanger, Jacob Palmer, Walter Rosen, Alexander Palmer, Herman Craig, Robert Cason, Wallace Cason, Irene Bacfi, Gussie Palmer. Mrs. C. K. Anderson of St. Louis is 'visiting at B. M. Smith's. j Elinor Glasgow, Elizabeth Glasgow, Merrill Yost, Nancy Timberlake, Ju lia sad Eugenia Goodail, Nannie Brown Allen, Mary Allen Blackford, Elizabeth East, Nancy Elder, Car rington Foster, Olivier Mcl Harmon, •Te it, Elizabeth Oliver, Met Harmon, Edward Harmon, Clarence Elder, Charles Blackley, Jean Fraser, Jose phine Barkman, Dorothy Jones, George and Howard Ker, Edward Ranson Alfred Taylor. Hampton Wayt, Katherine Wayt, Dorothy Bowman, Charline Karicofe, Eliza beth Moore, Paul Heydenreich, Robt. Hoydenreich, Katherine Holt, Rodes Nelson, Clay Catlett, Kenneth Mc- Coy. Frances Timberlake, Elmer Miller, and Iva B» uglier. Frankie Lee. Wiilodeen Smith, Elmer Smith. Klenor Serber. Victor and Barrace I , „J^^^________________________________________________ E cur-dog snaps barks- A thor jhbred doesn't AFTER BETTER TRlffllCE Chamber of Commerce Confer ring With the B. & 0. VALLEY PIKE TOLLS DEMAND ATTENTION Costs $4.50 to travel 90 Miles and Yet No Dividends Are Paid Two convenient daily trains be tween Washington and Staunton on the "Valley" railroad will be the subject of conference in Baltimore early next week. Should that conference not at once secure the desired service, the Washington-Staunton train schedule will be one of the subjects meeting the attention of a session of the Chamber of Commerce on Friday, for which Secretary Robertson will send out the formal notices next week. The regular meeting date is the second Friday of the month, but conflict with meeting of the Retail Merchants' Association has suggest ed desirability of the call for a week from today, both bodies having a considerable common membership. Officers of the Chamber of Com merce will be elected on the second Friday in February. Want Early and Ijatc Trains. Staunton business men through their organization have been seek ing to bring about adoption of a schedule which will furnish a train starting from Staunton about 7:30 o'clock in the morning, and another permitting return by about 9 o'clock in the evening, with intervening time for the dispatch of business in Wash ington. Baltimore owns $3,000,000 of the stock of the "Valley" railroad and so the Chamber of Commerce has been acting in cooperation with interests of the Chesapeake port. The Baltimore people are themselves de sirous of the more convenient sched ule for the sake of better "opening up" the western Virginia field to its commercial houses. The Chamber of Commerce will al so seek to learn "why" the manage ment of the historic "Valley pike" from Staunton to Winchester has raised the toll from 15 to 25 cents per five mile fare zone. The Staun ton organization is in mood to make a "kick" about the condition of the road, and will be ready to remind somebody that neither does anything in the way of revenue accrue to the state because of its three-fifths in terest in the toll company nor are dividends paid on the remaining $20,000 of the stock owned by nu merous holders in Augusta county and elsewhere along the 91 miles of the road. It has been a toll road since 1828, and during the war was in condition sufficiently good to per mit horses to pull a locomotive over its well kept levels. The present rates of toll which excite complaint from the Chamber of Commerce are proving almost prohibitive to travel; the privilege of taking an automo bile ride over the whole ninety miles would cost $4.50. The toll com pany's offices and most of its officers are at Winchester. Another war path that the Cham ber's committees are treading is that which leads into the subject, of the coal rates, The railroad company is waiting to be "shown" that these rates should be ameliorated; the committees hold they can do it. o LIGHT LUNCHEONS FOR GIRLS NOW SOUTH HADLEY, Mass., Dec. 28. Mt. Holyoke College .girls were see sleepy and sluggish at the recita tions held at 2 o'clock every after noon that the faculty, long puzzled, decided to investigate. It was final ly reasoned that as the girls became drowsy after luncheon the explana tion was to be sought in the lun cheon menu. It was, or at least the professors think it was, for today it was announced that when the girls-: return after the Christmas holidays mince pie and apple dumpling found to be the favorite liineheo ■ food will no longer be served. Luncheons hereafter will consis' of v fruit and otherlight edibles. »