The times dispatch. [volume], December 26, 1910, Page 3, Image 3

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Shafts From Sportland
By G. MALBERT
Surely there nre some people In Rlelt
mond wiu, remembor Ed, Barrow, thu
mnn who wna recently elected tn the
prftsldency ,,t th?- Eastern I/cagite to
succeed I'n Powers?
Ed. liarrow, then tho manngcr of tho
Toronto club, in the dld Atlantlc
l,on?uc. becfimo iwll acqti.ilntoil wltn
Juk- W-lls way IVacli ln?O, It'H tOO |
long ago io bi ing 111? embarniss'ng
datc.i. But ,Tako Wells and Barrow
really were ehurns.
That was ln the dav when .lake
Wells walked Into a trunk storo to
huy a. trunk strap. The late flarvle
Spotiro was running tho trunk store,
on the wrong slde of Broad Street, ln
tho bulldlng whlch has been known aifl
iBarton's Opera HOuse. Tbo soats whlch
wore used In thc days when thn build?
ing wns used as a thcutro had not bcen
i '?moved.
Wells lookod at th" scau -1ti.i then I
looked al the sfflgc, on whlbh rcposed
tnniiv trunk:! spread out for the dclee
tatbiu of tlie poople who arr'ved lo
buy, Ile was a poor struggllng man-|
nger of tto Richmond to-im, and ho
was looklng for rt chance to get Into
somethlng elle. Even whllo ho ? ' : j
looklng ho was framlng ln iil** mlnd a
way 10 get boll of th.U bulldlng.
When he ncxl went to Toronto hc
talked the matter o ivlth Barrow.
The Canadian manager looked ? I
favor,,,, lho schem, : entereor^nto
s pnrtno": iip nitn me amoiuou "?
ile eamc to Rlfchmond and ? i
them nr?-ued and tnlke.l .<?,,<) (l ? ?? I
advico from many of tho good and a ib
Btanilal pboph ot thls clty. -The o,.t
copio was that they declded to open
s vaudevllle house,
Arrangcments tcore made and on
traets entered IhtO; whereby tl.I
Barton Opera HOUSO later known as |
Spencc'a trunk and shoi store, wotild
b" reatore'd t.. its gometimo glorj aml
would blossom forth as a flrst-clnss
family vaudevllle thoatt e,
Then Barrow got cold feet. Ile pro
coeded to welsh. Whnt had appeared
to him as a glowlng opportunlty ?
camo a frost, a:id ii- waa anxlou to
ge! bul of tho comblrie. Charles l.
McKei w,i, then the manager of tbe|
Paterson team. Wells talked to Mc-j
the two ot together, wlth the rei iil
thnt a partnershlp waa formed andl
AMUSEMENTS
Academy?MHllnrr nm! nlulil, ''Heve
Dnj-H."
Illi'.i, ? Mnllnee aml nlght, ??The .!?>?
rl.ler."
I.ubln?Vaudevllle.
njifi -ii im<?."
Kobei i Rlneliai t and Avcry
which tho Wagcnhals .-? ;;??-.. i
pai ?? lll pn ? nl it thi f
day. matlnee and nl
erally com.led for the | fol
merll ot clovernessandcleanllnes**. Tl
,i,i ..f ibe play:
"I-*un and n>,thing but. fut
ll oubllc fun must bo rlskv.
?Seven Days* cortalnly i', laugn-provok
ini; almOSt to osrc"?."
Kirle Oelle-v lll "llnflleii."
Kyrie Bellew, an actor ol
connldera ihe part ot llafTles, in which
),e made ao tremondous a succcsb s...n,
.-.ix years ago- and in which he ??.iil
ngaln appear m ,, noteworthy revlval
at thc Academy Tuesday and Wednes?
day, the be-t role that he has >Vcr
hol. few artora have a larger t ,1
lowinc ihronghout the country than
Mr. Bellew, ,iu ln addltion to hls
musical tcchnl uie, ho has a convinc
rt; :-1n<-e i ...i a tendorneos that
appeals to th* : 'ost hardenr.l pi
ln 'ho audience How remarkable bis
-?kill ls may bo Judged by hls winning
ihe sympathy of overy one ln 'ho au
fllenee fnr ttafflea, whotn wo all know
>., bo a desperate thlcf. set whom all
wlsh to seo carried to thc good woman
ho loves.
Al. II. (.MeU) Wllson.
In tho presentatinti of "JTetz in lrr
land." whlch comes to the Academy
Pn Thursday. matlnee and nlght. Al.
IT, Wllson, the German dialect come?
dian, is keoplnc up his rcputation for
glvlng tho oublic clean and wholesonie |
playts This pooular comedian ha
never yot appeared in a oei tormani
ln which thero was tho sllghtest sut
Rarrow's Interest waa bought out, Tho
suci es ? of thc flrm ls i,,o roconl >?>
nt ,i further cxplollntlon it, thla col?
umn.
I f, .',?
ti uiii
o well to 1 i the
peoplo of Rlfchmond Juiuw that thls
ain? Charleli 1, McICca waa tho dis?
covercr ?.," Ifontti Wagner, Tho un*
u.ii.'il' 1,1,1, : ;,i in ii, || wi,- ked on thu
I'.n??!? on leam, Mi Ree could do lltiio
wlth hlm, but thought woll of hla abll?
ity. ii- played wlth Palerson for two
BCnsonS nnd WUS then sold to I.ouis
vllle, from whlch oity h? pajied io
Plttaburg. Tho reat ia an opon book.
All of -vhlch slmply goes lo show
thal many Interesting thlngs happon
wiiii wh!,h wo aro dlrectly connected,
yei abotit wiiic:, wo havo nttl.- knowl
r*btlbe that our old friend, Profcaaor
Sammy Loever contemplatea golna
into the airship buslness. ir- watch'ed
i le !?:?. mon Work for n whllo ln Pitt --
burg. and Immedlately di-c:,ic,] that
he was wnqtlng als talents, He ls
golng to start an avlatlon corporation
In tho near future, and fleclarea that
as soon as hla plans are perfectod h?
wlll leave baseball for good and all.
hlch la pro
a the atale
nor member
last season
Mr
followod tho gamo (?"bat
lt, aud Who havo come
as a lixture, wll! lodlt
? n hls iinnl oTlmlnatlon.
d, j'outh wlll clalm lt.)
Talked to a man yesterday. who ;;a!'t
that Consolvo was foollng everybody,
au.l thal he had the Virginia Leaguo
just where he wanted it. su. i, h at'ate
ment : , me sojinds funny. Personally,
? ?-. - see whi re Consolvo can do any
i Rhoul the c insenl ,.f the b-ague.
l:ut in,. Tiiur.-ii I-. confer.-:),-.; shoiibl
ere was- and ho drunk egg
I up with other kinds of
ho walked ami fell like n
ind aomo folks oul!c,i hlm
gcatlon 61 vulgarity or indcccncy. and
hls hold oi, the theatrcgolng publlc
throughout tho country ls due to thc
facl that never once haa there been a
character introduced in ono of his
la that could In any wny bc looked
aa a carlcaturc of tho German
Thls season Mr. Wllson has a
. ? ol new songs, and as hc slngs
i delightfully as ever. they wlll lie
Ightful musical trcat.
'?Thc ilrlng I.lne.'"
On Saturday, matlnee and night, at
ti,e Academy, \ <; Dclamater will.
ibeis. The st.,-;.
nd Walton TUlly
1 Relasco of ??Tb
.'? and closely foi
lil
l.r?. -I.lne. nt llljoli.
Ical bonicdy ln all that the namo
inipllej; win bo the offer!n-r at the Bl?
ll thls week. Georgo Sid
??? ? I ? "i aml hls company
of fuhmakers, Includlng Miss Carrie
Wobbcr, wlll begin an <ne-agoniont
with a matlnee to-day. Mr. Sldnec
win present hi? new musical comedy.
?Tl,,- Joj Rlder." ii has been several
year* sln<--. Mr Sldney (Irsi began
playlng tho style of character wlth
whlch ho ls promlnently Identifled. Mr.
Sldney Is wholly orlglna] in stylo. and
hls quiet, unostentatloua humor is Ir
roslstlble. Hb I* unlou.- in all things.
with no attempl al atralnlng for ef?
fects. while hls jnheront sense ot i,u
mor i:i always present.
< iinipiili'ii to i;,'i?e I'iiiiiN.
[Special toTht Tlmes-Dlspatciul
Lynchburg. Va. December 26:? Tho
dlrectors of thc local y. M. c. A. are
preparlng for a campaign to ralse
funds oarly drlng tho comlng year
to equip the island in the James itiver
recently donated for the purpose bv
tho CraddockrTerry Company. The isl
nnd ia to be connected with tho city
by a bridge, and wlll havo count rv
club features. in addltlon to tracks,
liaun.n<!s and courts for all oilt-of
door sports. Tht association nopes
lo have the islaAd ready for uso in
the 1912 summer season.
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Pleaslng and Useful
Telescopes
Microscopcs
Hand Readers
Lorgnettes
Sisggestions
GLASSES WILL BE EXCHANGED
TO SUIT THE ETES OF
THE REC1PIENT
FREE OF CHARGE
Mail Orders receive prompt attention
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fB^%^VW<yi^i
**_?
If your income does not permit you to
accumulate sufficient funds to provide for
the FUTURE, you must face the possi
bility of loss of income at any time.
Our new contract pays you an income
if you are totally and permanently disa
bled, or Pays Your Family if you die.
Hadn't you better look into this to-day?
A. 0. SWINK, Manager for Virginia, IU Mutual Building.
^-Vrnv" ".rJ-WTSS
i^iir^^Bi
?J
-/IGenuineSurety
Bond Guarantee
PACKED INSIDE EACH ROLL OF
Congo ii the only Ready Roof?
ing cairying the National Surety
Co.'s bond. It carries wilh it terms
and conditions that make it especially at?
tractive to anyone who mtut considcr the
roofing quislion.
For 10 years you can reit easy abotit
your roofs it covered with 3-ply Congo,
and v/c know that it is probable you will
get tocn longer service out of it.
Thc Surety Company is iuuing these
bonds, and back of them i, ihcir two
mlillon dollan of aisets. It ;, _ matter
of kcen tatisfaction lo us thal iS-y were
willing to stand behifld Conjo Roofing.
You are immune from any respontibility
other than givingthe roofing ordinary carr.
Write to-day for samples of Congo and
full information.
Rcmerr.ber, that with tocry roll of Congo
you get a genuine Surcly Bond.
Hopkins Furniture Co.,
Richmond, Va.
tin r-A
News of South Richmond
.-ouiii mc.imond iiurenu,
Tlie Tlmes-Dlspatch,
1103 Hull Strc-st.
1 nder l .. eyea of an ofilcer an un
identlfled man, belleved t., b? a negro,
shprtly after I o'clock yesterday morn?
ing attempt'ed tn rob the store of thc
Stcrlln
.Stre*t,
(ir> d ii
Sl. company. 1313 Hull
it made hls esoape, although
p three tlrnos hv ' I'n t ndninti
Westcott. Entrance to tlie shop waa
effecttd bv the would-bo burglnr by
ck through .i large plate
vlndow, u hlch w.n- valued
liiirling
glusn .
Iflh
XV
ott's attentlon to the
?t.-.l by criishlng glas*
thr.
id
attempted ;.i capture nlm.
Evilentiy ihe man had carefully
marie plana to loot the shoe store.
Whon the bulletfl whlzzed near hlm
lie ran through the building, and n ,n
lost aft'-r leaving a rear door, which
be apparently had opened beforo mak?
ing lils entrance through the front
Th.- alertness nf the ofilcer prevente-l
the los*? of any stock
Other Wlndowa Smnnbeil.
Three other wlndowa were smashed
early yesterday mornlng. but II la bc
lieved'that this was done through ma
Hcloua mlschlef. Broken pn,-- w?*re
found at lhe establlahmenl ' u
Donald-Huss Liquor Company, 71.1 Hull
Street; Morton's grocery store. Poii
:,,.,,! , an i [full. and .1. T. Wllllard s.
TweUth and Kull, bui nothlng was
mlsslng nt any of these ninec.*.
I'ost-Ofilcc ilour* To-Dny.
T ie Manchoster post-ofllce will ob
Bcrvc holiday hours to-day, but tne
- ? ..', deliv-rv. the c.i-r.'.ev nn-l rf*g
iBtrv wimlows will bc open Crom,s ,rl
n o'clock. There will he no dellvery
carrlera excepl through tne win
, . and only one e irly mornlin* col?
lectlon. Postmaster Smitl
nlght thai tlier.- are ;, grear m.i .1 ?
nnck 1*1 ? * ?'' ? ' ? *?*'
Man, nninlb-4 \ rrct-l-Ml.
kept busy. -'-nd thc work or the regu?
lar officers was splendldly augmented
!,-.- special ofllcers. There *?? ? :?? more
,hanPa score of arresl of drunk nml
tllsorderly persons, both whl.e and .?<??
?rAVlillam Johnson, colored, was at-;
rested yesterday in Henrico county foi
the t-outhstde authorlties, wlio want
him on a charge of attemptlng to ae
fraud a local furniture house.
r-imnll l-'lrc. I
*4i-,.-;it damage was done by nre u.-t
nlg lt Bhorlly nfter '"? o'clocki when n
niiV'of rubblsh on the property ..r C.
A. Davldson, 301 Hull Streot. caught
nn Pire company No. 13 responded
to an alarm an.l quickly extlngulshed?
the blaze.
? SnJoou? Closed To-Day. |
Thc saloons of South Blchmond wlll
l,-> closed to-dav in rompliancc wltn
the order of Judge Wltt. of the Hust?
ings Court, who hold that thc Chrlst-1
mas closlng law must be enforced to
Slxteen INegrocii Caught.
Slxteen negroes were caught la.'t
light about S o'clock. when Ofllcers
vVavmack, Moore and Donalyl awooped
lowri lipon n speakeasy, an auege'i
?ambling house. at Twentyrtlrai ana
Hull Streots. , .*,.,.!
The place. which was conducted b>
l.ee Arinlstead. lias been under tl*.e
0 of tho South Kiehniond pollce tor
uearly a vear.
Witli the aid of .**? "spotter," evldence
wns obtalned yesterday whicli J.ustifled
the rald. About two -ga.Ilbha.of whls
Columbia and Minneapolis Will
Bc Convcrtcd Into Floating
Supply Depots.
Washington. December 25.? ll would
be hard lo Hnd a more striklng illus
tratlon of tho great change that hns
takon placo In naval dcslgn wlthit
speedy enough to overtike even the
fastest ocean llners. But tho mercan
tlle marlne progressed in speed more
rapidly than the navy, and within a
few years after thoy wero launched
the twenty-knot ''plrates," as Iho two
crulsers were calied, wero really out
pfassed compared wlth the swift boats
on the trunsatlantlc service. Chief
Constructor Wntt therefore has rec?
ommended to the Navy Department,
and nlso to Congress, tha tthe Columbla
and the Minneapolis be turned Into
"mother ships." Ho points out the
vulnernblllty of the vessels, whlch nro
too weak to stand before any wnrship
?ird too blg for polico work. whlch ls
better dono by smnllor gunbonts. He
?eould remov'e about two-thlrds of tho
boller power and two of the threo
e-nuflpofi ln each ship, so 'ns to mako
them economical tn operatlon. Equlpped
wlth dyna'mos for recharglng the stor
age batterles of submarines, and with
amplo room for tholr supplies. onoh of
the vessels should be uble to "mother"
seven submarines. The cost of thu
ehnuges wlll bo about $150,0u0 for each
shlp.
Although they only went in eommla
sion a few years ago, the blg battlo
shlpr, Georgla and Virginia need over
hnullng and modc-rnlnlng lu many ro
spe'ots, The changes rolaln to tho bat?
terles, magaxlnes, ammunition hoists,
turret turnlng geur, firo control sta?
tlons und maga/.hii! coollng systoms.
Theso ehangea wlll ooM ?40Q,QOQ ln
each eiisc. Extenstvp. changes also must
be mado ln tho Diib'ueiuo. Marletta,
I'tuluculi. AretltUMt, .lustiii. S.ituru aml
Iroiiuls, and n.Uogotlior the blll tor
ivpt.lrs and clinnijnf! un i/ie.n ships
durlng ,tbn iiyM ypar or two vslll ug
sregate, 3l.lSS.0tlO. '
k.-v wns found ln li
wlll be used aa evh
mlst, nd and tho oth"
? 1 from tn
tho prlson
SAY MISS TAFT
IS HOT"SP0ILED
She Summons a Government Em-,
ploye to the White House to
Meet a College p'riend.
ends convlnced her th'il a taU
cojvn waa all that was needed.
tvas cordlally recelved wlth
liplornat* and promlnent ofUcialK
thelr wlves, and Mrs. Tnfl pald
il attentlon to the trlen-J ol her
iter's rrtiest.
Itmi.\>> c.wni.I-: MAY CAUM'I
lll.ll TO L.OSE HIS MI.'IIT
ln n Roman candlo battle yesterday
afternoon. James Morris, colored, of r,r,
Fleld Sti'.'Ct. K'nt Kbot in tlio eyb and
called tho amhulancc. Dr. Tune found
lilm badly burned and tho ball muih :
inflamP'l. As tho doctor treateil him.
he said iie could not see ai ull ihrough
thr.t eye, and i1 is expected that the ,
sljrht is permaneiitly t^one.
Morris could nm explaln just how
it happencl. lio said tliat there were
a number of thum in tlie battle, aml
could not say posltlvely whether he
was li11 by riome one else or by a ball
from his own oandlc.
MI
Tourlng Car. $700?Iloadster, $600.
1627-29 W. BROAD ST.
Two Cycle
4 Cylindcrs
'1'IIB CAR THAT HAS XO VAI.VKS.
Guaranteed Kiifrino Pervlce.
Prlce, 91,-00 tn $2,300,
Initii'i'lnl Motor (ar Co., OlNtributer*
1(131 XX. Ilruiiri si. Phone Mon. 1V.1U.
For 30 Yoars rtis Housn of Quality
Straus, Gunst & Co.,
Dlstfl'.ors aml Blenders ot
Flne YVblxklen.
Drink Old Henry
Us Long Record Provcs Its Meru.
!*.*
"It Spoaks for Itself."
WON THE RACE.
?nd Capturod the Flrst Prize?Public
Favor.
TIIK ldC, OIGAR POR 5C.
'avana Flllcr- -Porto Klcan Wrappor
<"*nll for It by name at your deaU
The btiyer who knows the diflerenc
ai automobile* will own a
Ugfe, Jones Motor
Car Co.
Aiton Ave. and Broiul Str->2t.
THE REO
Hns tho powor, strength niul'endurance
lu meet i-vi'iy cmc'rRciluy "I yi'ar-m-ancj
niit iiuiioiiiii;. lt is just one more eni
plmlii' proof uf ihe wclNknawn nol-iIhtp
ami liai I ubiliiy thal gucs wii.h every Reo
oVct liuili.
[Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.1
Wincheater, Vn.. December 25.?A
largo corpa of engineers, whlch hna
been at vork ior several months, hus
complotcd a dbtall survoy for n pro
poaed electrlc line from Cumberlnnd,
Md., to 'Winchester, nnd lt. waa stated
liore yoaterday that somo of tho
wealthlost buslness men and flnanclers
i.r w< stern Maryland nro behlrid tho
project. .\ number of local flnanclera
aro also Intereated In tho new rall?
road, whlch ia to bo forty-slx niltea
long. Twelve miles have already been
liullt from Krostburg to Cumberlond,
and It ls tbo Intentlon of tho eom
pany to contlnuo tbo work of build?
ing tbe road on to WlnehcHter as
soon as fnvorable weather cohdltlona
permlt. The road wlll cross the Balti?
more and Ohio rallroad at Grcen
sprlng, Hampahlre county. W. \'a.. nnd
wlll run almost parnllel wlth thnt.
line to Wlnche8ter, whlch will bo tho
southern termlnal. Th" new road wlll
pass through tho now famous Applo
Ridge sertlrm of Frbde'rlCk county. and
nlso tl,rough the Rock t.rook Valley.
A large number of farmers and frult
growera who own land along'tho routo
have sold rlghts of way nt nominal
llgures. while others have donated
such rlghts Wlthout o'xactlng a prlce.
A letter frorp Chlcago state.- that ;l
dlvorco has 1.n granted In thnt elty
bv ,iiid(*e Honoro to Frederlc Mc
Laughlln from his wlfe. Mrs. Iiolon
K. Wylle I.aiighlln. who ls ono of a
number of pretty and attractlve sls
ters who havo been popular ln soclety
, Ircles for a number of summers in
Winchoster. Sho Is now wlth her
mother, Mrs- Mary v. Wylle. in Balti?
more. By tho terms of tbe degree
ahe I-: permitted to reaume hor maiden
name, whlch, ii is sald. she has already
done. Tho mnrrlngo of Mr. McUlugh
lln lind Miss Wylle took placo aeveral
yenrs ago. but they dld not live to?
gether long. A soparntlon recently
was agreed upon on the grounds oi
desertlon. Tho wlfe was charged with
dosertlon, nnd sho dld not appear ln
court.
Mrs. California A. Weaver, wlfo of
John Weaver. who oommlttod sulcide
a few daya ago i>y hanglng horself
nt thelr homo ln llugcrstown, was a
member of tho well-known Aughln
baugh family, and harl a number of
fiimily connectlons in thla part of tho
Stato. Thoy lived at Norfolk before
coing to llageratown, Mrs. Weavec's
health bad boen dollcato for a long
tlme, nnd relatives aay she took bev
llfo while montally derangod. Sho wns
itboui flfty years old, nnd she is sur?
vlved by her husband and three
daughters.
A large number of farmers In tho
Cumberland Valley who woro told by
rlval commission merchants r.nt to sell
their turkeys so early hnve now dis
lovered that thoy lost largo amounts
or money by following the advice ot
lhe dealers. Tho market dropped, nnd
tho farmers wero compelled to sell at
much lower prlces than they expected j
The farmera of thls locallty, however.
Bbld tholr turkeys to Winchester mer?
chants. who paid satisfactory prlces,
and they b'St iiothlnr.
Rev. A. M- Courtenay, the Mothodlst i
minlster who was floored three times
last week bv tho editor of the Zanos
v,l|e (Ohio) Nows after the cditur's
lace iiarl been slapped by the mlnis- j
ter, was formely pastor of Markot 1
Sireei Episcopal Church. of Winehos
tcr, and becamo no.ed somo years ago
by a rousing Fourtn nf July address
dollvored In front. of tho manslon ?>r
Major Iiolmes Conrad, tha well-known
Winchester lawyer. Rov. Mr. Courte?
nay took offenso nt somo odltorial
references on tho liquor queatlon and
ilomandod an explanatlon from the
editor, at tho samo tlme slapplng tho
odltor'a face. The lattor ln turn
knocked Rov. Mr, Courtenay oui threo
times before frlends rescued hlm.
Miss Laura Lockhart. a member of
lhe nurse's staff of Ihe \Vlnehest"r
Memorlal Hospital, ls slowly recover
ing from the cffertu of serious In.lurien
sustalned a w'eek ago, whlch almost
cost her her llfe. She was tnstructed
by tho head mirae, Miss DIdler, to a<l
iust a largo apparatus for sterellzlng
?uirglcal instruments by steam. and
while dolng so a motal door How oft'
wlth great force, strlklng her ln tho
face and renderlng her Uncpnaclous,
\bout a dozen stitclies were necessary
to close a deep cut over one eye.
Mrs. Maudo Ilinklns Rothgeb and
her fiusband. C. K. Rothgeb, a member
jf an old Frederlck county fiimily,
lave become"rccoiu-lled, and Mrs. Roth
ceb left a fow days ago to spend
Ihrlstnias with her husband in New
Vork, where he is engaged in buslness.
rhcir relatlons were strained a few
weeks ago by tho arrest of James
Funkhouser, of Woodstock, ln Mar
?.insburg while he was endeavoring to
lell Mr. Rothgeb's mileage book,
which, he stated, had boen glven to I
:ilm by Mrs. Rothgeb durlng hor hus
jand's abaence from thelr lionie near ;
Winchester. Funkhouser had deserteil ;
from the navy. after servlng sevorul I
months, nnd Is now ln Jall in Malnc ?
as a deserter. Rothgeb declared that ,
Funkhouser, who was an old sweet
hcart of Mrs. Rothgeb, had been en
leavorlhg to make trouble between tho
two ever since thelr marriage in tho
early fall,
There'will bc no publlc hearing of
Lhe illvono proceedlngs of Mrs, Mil
ilred ti. Dame. wifo of Randolph Dame.
inomber of lhe well-known Damo i'riii
lly of Virginia, who has been siied
by his vlfe for tho second time wlthln
the past six months, . it having boon
declded to refer the matter to an o,v
iiniinor of lhe court. Mr. Damo's fathor,
Dr. William M. Dame, of Baltimore,
offected a reconcillatlon recently, but
Mrs. Damo has deoldod that she
wants an absolute divorce. Young
Mr. Damo has tlled a reply t'> hls
wife.'S bill. ln whlch ho denies all tho
charges of criielty nnd non-support. I
When a young man applied for a
marriage license at the clerk's offlce a ?
fow dayi ago it doveloped that he
possussed tho longest namo ever re?
corded on a marrlago permlt Ijy the i
loc'al clerk. Hls namo was John Henry '
Derling Stephcn Penn, a natlvo of
Voungstown. O., and the brldo was
Mlss Anna May Rutherford, ilnughtor
nf Wllllam Rutherford, a well-known
farmer.
Edward Sullivan, member of a well
known family of thls section, wlio
gained consldurnble fa-tne somo years
ago ns u m'lddlowoight puglllst, dlod
several days slnce nt Martlmiburg,
aged thlrty-flvo yenrs. 'llo leaves n
wklow nnd two children. lt Is sniil
tliat he never loat u llght durlng hla
ring oareer,
Travellng men llving ln Winchester
tvho havo returned for tho holldays ile
cloro that tlio worst winter they ever
exporieneed ls now ln progross ???, thq
West Virginla luouiitaius wcst aml
north of Winchester, aml that thero
has be.ii uiuch .suffering by poor peo?
ple, who wero caught unprcpiireil by
the obld weather .iuti snow There h,, ;
beon iihoni f,\ oiity-fuur 'nehes of suow
on thip ground fot' the past month, aml
snow hns fallcn prnettonllv overy day
for sovorul weeks. Mnny of lhe iiinun
Inln roads nre ntmost Impussable, aml
iu t:unio lnstances road; luivp beeu
RAILROAD SURVEY
HAS BEEN COMPLETED
New Electric Line Will Run From Cumberland,
Md., to Win chester?Wealthy Men
Back of Project.
e'ul through flolda ln order that tho
mails mny lio d'-llver'-d.
A lnopsagn from Chuurigklng. Wo.it
('hlna, nnnouhcos thr death of Mrs,
l.iii-y Wood I.awrenco, wlfo of Rov.
Benjathln F. Lawrence, n well-known
missionary, who wont to that country
In 1008. SBe iras n member of tha
old Vlrglnla famlly of tVoods, nml had
many onnnoctlonn ln thls section ot
the Stnto.
James A. Slagle. who wns for .somo
tlrric pronrlotor of tlm hl.?t?rlc Tnylor
Hotel, In Wlnehester, dled of acute n|i
pcndlcltla n fow flaya ago at Emmltts- i
tiurg-, Md., whore ho wns engagod In
tho samo buslnesq, Ho wfta tnirty- ;
three yoars old, and in survlved by hls j
wldow, mother nml several brothers
and statera. ll*. u-ns a membor of tho |
Wlnehester Aerle of Faglos.
Rev-. J, T. McBrido, D. D.. pastor of
tho I'reabyferlan Church at Falllng
Waters. and Mrs. McBrldo. lefl to
ilay for tho latter's old home at Co
'.unibla, S. C? where thoy wlll pass thc
balance of tho wlnior on account of
Mrs. MoBrlde's health.
Congressman II. D. Flood, of Appo?
mattox, i oprestntatlvo from tlio Tenth
Congreasional plstr|ct, is at the h nue
n| Tits brnthor-In-law. Speaker RIchard
Hvlyn Byrd, nf tho Vlrglnla Houso of
Poleg&tes, ln Wlnchestor, for the holl
ilay season.
To fncrenjie i.'nplinl Stock.
[Spooial toTho Tlmea-Dlapatch.]
Lynchburg, Va., December 25.?Thc
Amorlcan Natlonal Bank, the youngest
nf the clty's banklng Instltutlons,
whlch waa formed in June. lUO-l. on
February 2 wlll Increase ltp capital
stock from $ir,0,non to Jfinn.ooo, and
its surplus from SfiO.ndO to jt-io.noo.
t'adgetl?Waite,
[Spoclal to Tho Tlmes-Dlapatcli.l
Lynchburg, Va., Decomber 26.?Sat?
urday afternoon Mlss Beatrice Wade
was marrlod to Whlt I. Padgett, the
ceremony hplner performed at the par?
sonago of Franklln stroot. Baptist
cliurch. tho pastor. Rov. YV. Ttp>ner
Wlngtield. offlclatlng. Tho couple llvo
htrc.
I'ltd?I>r*hrm>.
[Special toThe Tlmes-Plspatch.l
Frodoricksburg. Va., December 25,?
Frank Fatta, of this clty, and Mlss Ac
nes Deshazo, daughter uf Mr. and Mrs.
\V. Allon ?Deshazo. of KiiiK Georgs
county, wore married here lo-day at
noon ai tho resldence of rtov. Father
i. M. I'crrlg, of at Mary'a Cathollc
Church. who performed Ihe ceremony.
after whlch a weddlng dlnner was
served. Th"n tho bridal party went
to tho hftme uf tlie brlde's parents, ln
Kins George county, whero a receptlon
was held to-nluht.
REPUBLICAN CLUB
Drivcs Shorc Exccutivc From
Presidcncy and Mcmbcr
ship, Too.
Atlantlc Clty, December 23.?Mayor
Stoy, who ln lu North Carolina, was
oNPollod in.-t night as prcsldent'of. i
tho Flrst Ward Republlcon Club and |
as a member ot that hody*
Tho club members havo been put out
at the Major ever alnce he refusod to
recognize thelr lndorsenient ot -lohn '
XX. Parsons for ward Councllman to I
succeed A8seihblymari-elect lanae Bach
arach. Thc club Indorsod Mr. Parsons
unanlmo.usly oxcept for Mr. Stoy, but
tlio latter had promlsed the powers
that he would nppolnt Illram Mathla
In Mr. Bacharach's place, and dld so.
"Wc turn'ed tho Mayor out," was tho
way Councllman E. A, Park'er tcrsely
oxplalnod it after last nlght's moet?
lng. "XVo . slniplv couldn't stand for j
hlm. JIc was OUr president, and he '
went i ontrary to the wlshea of our
argani/.ation. I'oii can take li lioiu mo
we aro dono wlth hlm, and that's all .
thore is to it and hlm."
There were tliirty-two members
present last night, and besldes the
.Mayor. ("ity Treasurer Albert Beyer,
the clllb's vlco-presldent, was Included |
among the fourteen other absentees. |
In thelr absence Mr. I'arkcr othclated
as chairman of the gatherlng/, and he
had no sccnor taken hls aeat beforo i
the fur began to fly.
A dozen or so members were on their I
feet ai once beeUonlng and shoutlng
for recognltlon, so great was the keen
deslre to be first wlth the axe. Thore i
was so much nolse Mr. Pa'rker couldn't I
tell whose motion it wus he enter?
talned, but thore wns no doubt ln his
iiiinil as to the nature of it. and he
welcon.ed it gladly.
It was said to-day that the ICuehnle
Stov admlnlstratton forces would re
taiiato awlftly. A meeting fo,- tho for
malloii of a new organization whieh
wlll flght the Parker-Pa'rsona rbrcea ?
for cu trol ot thc Mayor's home di?
vision will be called as soon as Mr.
Stoy rctuVns to tho clty. Tho belief
exists ti, ,t Assemblyman-olect Baeh
arach, Poslrtlaster Harry Bacharach.
Clty Treasurer Albert Beyer and other
polltlcal fnctora ln the ward now
,'iiilllated wlth the Parker-Parsons
factlon. wlll go with tho Mayor and
tho clty organization.
It ia also declared probable that
Councllman I'arkcr and Councllman
Eloot George B. Gale, ono of his
stanchest adherents, wlll bo practically
isnored ln iho apportionment of Im?
portant chalrmanahlpa when tho Clty
Council meets for organization at noon
on January 2. Clty patronage ln tho
wny of summer pollco and llfo guard
appointments wlll he allotted, it Is
said, to Councllnien lleadley and Ma
thls, two Flrst Ward representatives;
who are lumtllo to the factlon of whlch
Piirk.-r is ' lie 'r!-:no I ? i (h-r
Mayor Stoy was made presldent of
the ward organization about a year
ago, after a bi.L. . ,..,.ao....i tlght. iu
whlch i'arkcr was rjefeated for re
nomlnatlon nt tho prlmarles. but won
re-oleetlon ln a whirlwlnd stloker
campaign. Ue has beon a member of
Council about sixteen years, and la
ono of the most aggresslvo men ln
tho body. Strtfe was avorled during
the recent campaign, und Gulo, who
was retlrod a year ago because ho
had clashed with tho adminlstratlon.
wus renoinlnated and ro-elected witli
tho support of the Kuehnlo-Stoy forces.
Wlth tho piliiuirics nlne montha dls
tunt, it ls said the Parker forcos will
support the Councllman for sherlff and
Parsons, who for flVO years held the
ollloe Of nieivalltUo uppriiiser, tln' lii'Sl
paylng poHltion in tlie clty, for .Mayor.
The iicadi front hotel Interests :'ls<>
will Iravu a candldato for Mayor, tt
ls snld; ln tho Dorson of former Coun
I'iliuan' D. :i White. Ma> or Stoy wlll
bc U caiidiilale tu sm-cci d hlliisolf,
llatllc la I'oukUI.
San UniuliiKo. Doeeiuhcr 2:<. -.News
haa roachfil liorp uf im ongagement
along the hoinitiii'an nml ifaltlcui bor
flors, Several aro ri'liul'lcil Mllril. A
suiilioal will Im> illspu'tchni] wltl, ti'oops
to in- -im tu ilu: :-ceiic uf tlio trouble'.
Chalmers
Cars
are as thoroughly inspcctcd as any
automobilcs in the world?no mat*
ter what their prices.
There are more than 200 men?
all of them experts?in the Inspec
tion Department of the Chalmers
Motor Company. These men are
the autocrats of the factory. Their
word is law, for they are respon?
sible for any dofect that may crccp
in. These 200 expert inspectors
are our guarantee of Chalmers
Quality.
Let ub show you how perfectly a
motor car can be built.
Gordon Motor Co., Inc,
"Cars of Character"
RICHMOND, - - VIRGINIA.
PUTS TWO BULLETS
IS REfilO'S HEART
White Barbcr Held for Grand
Jury as Result of Sunday
Killing.
[Special tr, The Timea-Dlspatch. |
limporla, Va., December ?'.">.?rtohcrt
i>. willlams. ;i North Emporla barher,
sliot and Instnntly kllled I'loasant
Illnton, a nogro. this mornlng at tho
homo of tho former, ono aml a hall*
mllea west of town.
Willlams put two hullets through
the man's l,roast, and death ensued
within three mlnutes. An ? '.'ewltncsa
to the tragedy stated that Illnton ho?
gan applylng vllo epithcts i<> wil?
llams becauso he hnd orderod him
away frow the premfoes. Thr* negro
Is sald to hnve obused tlio barher In
a mosl Insultlng iniv. darlhg hlm lo
come lnto the county road, at the
name time dcclarliig he had shot ono
white man ln North .'arollna and oould
do It iioro.
Both mon when in the publlo high?
way faced oach other, tho nogro as
siiming a threatcnlng attltude. Mr.
"iVillium*-. whlpplng out hls revolver.
proceeded to defend hlmself. lolthor
one of fho hullols would have eauscd
Instant death'.
Dr. Lucian Motlon. eoroner ol tho
county, held an investigation, ihe jurv
Beltlng In the case recommcndlng that
Willlams he |,"ld fr.r the nexl term
of thr grand jury
Mr. Willlams was bullod In tlio sum
Of Jr.'io this afternoon.
ROMANCE IN BALLOON TRIP
Miss ninnehr llulse. Whii A *?-ei>iloil
WHh l>r- -Iiim-ll, \im Min \\ |l*e.
Plttsfletcl. Mas**.. Decembnr -'.">.?Mi.-s
HI?iielio I-MIih llulse. ;i graduato or thu
Bollovuo ilospita* Tralnlng School ror
Nursea, aiid Dr Sldiw S. Stowell. a
dcntlst, of thla 4tr. were marribd at
the paraonago i?r tho South Congrc
gatlonail Church, ln Bropkllhe; by Iho
Rev. .'. Uextord Raymond, pastor.
Miss llulse and Dr, Stowell met on tho.
grounds at the Aero Park, in tiiis ci 1 >*.
.inly JT. ifuri. nn tho occasion of one of
Dr. Stowell'fl balloon (llghts to quallfy
as a pllot of the Aero Club.
Miss llulse was interested In tho
preparatloris fur tho illght, and Dr. Sto.
well Invlted her to bo his guest. Sho
acceptcd, and their tltglit was ono of
tho most romarkable i" balloonlng. Dr.
Stowell had always belleved that tho
balloon wlthout gas would parachtilo
and land safely. 1.1 e mado thc experl.
ment, and tlie blg bag Eormed a perfecfi
parachuto and drlftod safely t,> earth.
Miss llulse corrospohdod wlth Dr,
Stowell aftor her return to N'ew York.
and tlio balloon trip resulted in their
engagoment They wlll livo ln thla
city. .
Jefierson Auditorium,
Friday, Dec. 30, 8:30 P. M.
Glee Club
Tickets on Sale at
A. T. Gray Cigar Co., Cable Piano Co?
Jelferson Cigar Stand, Crenshaw's. __
ACADEMY?Xmas
Maliuri- iiilil Mght. '
Two yoars at Uio Astor Theatre,
?rlcett, 35c. to ?f.t.ni).
ACADEMY,
Tuesday and
Wed 11 e ;. bl .iy
M A TIX K B W E3 D X1 ?. S11A Y,
CIIARDES FROHMAN PRESENTS
KYKl.t* H13I.L11W,
RAFFLES
Prlo'em Mntlnee, 25c. to jjtl.uOi Mght,
BOc. lo **u.?*?'*?_
ACADEMY-Thursda]/
Matluee uud Xlglit,
Al. H. (Metz) WiisOii
In lils new sor.g play, "Met/. in Ireland"
Prlct-Ni Matluee, 25c. to $1.00; Mght,
aSc, lo $1.30.
BIJOU^ALL WEEK
llutluee To-Dny,
Oeo; ("Busy izzy") Bldnoy, in
"THE JOY RIDER."
Wlth ("Ml'l'lr* Wehher
vojtT \v_i:k
MAM ZELLE
THELUBIN
Ni?- vau'devlili Monrta* and Tnur*a'*.T\
Ni.\\ |iirinre? Uondav*, SV'vdqj-irta.v ?nd i 11
,ln. Olll! i ' Iii ll Ut bOttl ,"i lUltuil
Ihurada* u .' '