The times dispatch. [volume], December 11, 1911, Page 6, Image 6

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Several Old Varsity Players
Mentioned as Likely Choice
of Advisory Boaid.
I Special n> Tlic Tlines-Disuatch.i
Chnrlotlesvillo, Va.. December 1?. -
At Us next meeting, the advisory board
ii| the University of Virginia will take
up the quest Ion or Iho choice of n
baseball couch for next spring. Several
names im- uitdei consideration, ail ?>(
tliem, of course, Conner players at Vir?
ginia, for tiio alumni system of coach?
ing Is in vogui under tho present code.
Among the men mentioned are "Hill" j
Mellor, .1 pitcher of considerable promi?
nence in tin- New Kugland League,'!
who was at the university lit '9!>:
??Nick" Carter, formerly of the Philo-1
dolphin NutioiiHl League team, and
Percy Onlton, now of trie Newark !
t'luh. ol the Eastern League. .Carter
was n Mar t wirier In Iiis day at the
university, anil defeated tniiny of the
bin Eastern colleges. Pulton was one
of the liest outfielders that over wore,
the Orange and Mine, lie was a heavy I
hitter and a sure fielder. lie played j
.ror. a while willi ihe Brooklyn Club,]
?onl in one game against the Giants
secured live hits off Mntthewson. His ;
home is in t)i,. Valley of Virginia. Tho I
selection <>? cither of the above named1
players would be satisfactory tu the |
student body. The leant expects also I
in dotlvc much benefit from the pruc
tien primes with tlie Washington Club,
of the Amrrlcntl League, provided the
Nationals go Into spring training hece. j
AMUSEMENTS j
Aendeni ? ?Oliernnunerg" It.
It I jo ii?"The Stampede."
Vorne Wonderful Picture*.
Henry Ellsworth, who will appear
ii the Academy to-night. Tuesday and
Wednesday, with matinees Tuesday
und Wednesday, with his pictorial o
l>i'oduction of Oheramnicrguu, Its poo
ide and their "Passion Piny" of 111 10.
narrates an interesting story of the
llrst hearse used by,tin people of the
Bavarian village.
"Oborainniernau never owned a
h curse," he said. "The corpse was
carried on the shoulders of the pull
bearers from the residence to the
? emetery In the little village church
yard. In 1907 the village ordered a
special hearse made In Munich. It ar?
rived several weeks ahead of time, and
until the village found a proper place j
to house it. thee stored tho hearse
in the real of the Passion Play The
litre. Tli.' little children ran up and
Peeped tin ouch tin- crocks at what
thOy called the 'death wagon," and
ili.Vii ran away frightened.
?The hearse remained in tlie Passion
Ploy Theatre for six weeks before
il was used. There was considerable
conjecture among the Ohornmmergau
i rs as to who would lie the llrst to
use Ii. Strange to say, the llrst was
in American, the Itov. Mr. McCrnckcn,
pastor u| Ihc American church in
'Munich, lie trcijuently visited Oheruni
mcrgau. I met him every summer, piii
Ills death tied, his last words were:
IHu'ry nu1 at Oberninmorgau.' i was
present at. the funeral, and at least
.i the 1*4,00 Obernmmergnuors fpl
ii wed the hoarse to the spot where the
hotly iv.is Interred. It now rests In tho
siunlow of the Kofel Mountain, on
w! ose peak stands Ihe great Kofel
AI. II. Wilson.
AI. II Wilson, the Gorman dialect
comedian, who conies to tho Academy
?in Thursday matinee and night as the
central character in his intest play.
"A German Prince," lias a clientele
throughout the country that equals
tlie proportion!' of that enjoyed by
-in Ii noted stars as .1. K Emmett and
loscph Jefferson. "A Oermhn Prince"
' Is paid to bo the best vehicle so far
provided for Mr. Wilson. It is from
(he pen of the late A. C. Gunter, and
tho scenes nre laid in tho city of fob
lenlz, on the rv^Hi.resquc River Rhine,
and In the A.y.st c-lnn Tyrol. During the
performance Mr. Wilson will render
several now songs, among the most
tiotcd of which aro "Her Smile." "Still
As tho Nicht." "When You Part From
Ihe Gir! You Love" and "Some Day
You'll Know."
"The Stampede."
?The stampede." which will be pre?
sented at the Ill.k.u all this week, with
I he usual Tuesday, Thursday and Sat?
urday matinees, is said in lie a great
play, and one of the most meritorious
attractions which has ever been pre?
sented In tlie Hljou. It was first seen
Iii this city at the Academy n yea,
fign, end those who saw It will bear
out the statement that it is a great
show, it has lost none of its attrac?
tiveness.
Miss Lillian Buckingham, who made
such a favorable impression through
lier wonderful portrayal of the char?
acter of Wangn, an educated half-breed
whop last lure, will again be seen In
tlii s- fascinating character.
SAM McVI.V DEFEATS LEST KU IV
EIGHTH HOI Nil Ol' IIO.VIXG IIOI T
Brisbane, Queensland, Dccumbor II.?
Sam McVey, of California, heavy weight
Champion pugilist of Australia, defeated
Jack Lester, of Clo Eluin, Wash., to?
day in the eighth round. McVey luid
all tin Letter of the light, which was
scheduled to a-> ten rounds iJesicr
Showed plenty of pluck and look an
extraordinary amount of punishment
about ihe load ami ribs.
Ilnseluill.
Havana, December IK?Now Vork
Nationals, 6j Alinondaros, 5,
^LEEP flutters down on the wcaric it eyelid^
Coronet Dry Gin ^^mj
Next morning the awakening tomes with a rush of vigor. Mpn9tch
Try it. Coronet heilig absolutely pure tin- effort is wholly beneficial. cOfZT
K. L. Christian & Co., Distributors, Richmond, Va. ^gg
VIRGINIA SATISFIED
WITH TEAM MATERIAL
Showing of Football Eleven During Season Just
Closed barely Equaled by Any Col?
lege in country. I
j ? I Special to Tho Tunes-YJlspa ICli.)
I Charlottcsville, Vs., December 10.?
( "Virginia is sutlslled tu hold oti tu
; what football material she hat:." shM
I a member of the advisory hoard of the
Ocneral Athletic Association of the
i University to-day, when asked what
i .Mention was made of possible new
I nnterrtil nt. last night's bnmiuet to the
I letter men uf Ibis year's squad at
j :hc Colonial lintel.
All college Is pretty much satisfied
I with the xhowine. made during the
' ,'ast season, especially when it Istalton
; into consideration that the cliani|?lon
4hlp game with the University of
I North Carolina in lllchmond on
Thanksgiving Diiy was started with
mly one player in the line-up of the
I year before?ri condition of affairs
iinl has rarely been c?|Unlcd in any
{college in this country. Kor n fresh
muh eleven lo go through the sct
40ii with practically m single defeat,
that lit the hands of the Strong
?eorgetow.li eleven, which held the
Army to a tie. is no mean aecoihpllHh
.neut and speaks volumes of prulse
for the men and Head Conch Yhricey
jtul Trainer I^innigim. Aside from
the absence of seasoned men, the team
a:is handicapped throughout the full
by the successive injuries to the five
or six candidates for end. All of thcni |
were unfortunate throughout the fall. I
Rach was laid off for a week or more
liy injuries, which. In some Instances I
threatened to bar the men for the
season. McDonald, from the Univer?
sity of Mississippi, was nmbhg the
llrst lo succumb; Jones, the former |
Virginia Polytechnic end, had much
trouble with his shoulder, und next \t
wns Flnlny. the Sewnnoe athlete, and i
finally Wilson, wtio had his arm hin t '
In tile Wake Forest contest. The line.
willig not op seasoned perhaps us those
i of recent years, was very agrosslvv,
jainl the men gave a good aeeount of
I themselves. Another handicap was the]
I absence of heavy hucktlcld material.
! All of the candidates were light. One
? big plunging man behind the Uno j
I would have made u liiy difference In ;
. the team's offense, j
I The choice of Todil us captain of |
I next year's eleven Is hailed with do- j
'light throughout college. There w.is '?
sipini- feiir that the New York lad
would n?>i return to the university;
next year, as he graduates from the,
I academic department at the Juno com?
mencement. He will enter the law,
school, however, and may remain tv/o i
years longer to win his B. 1- degree.!
1 A line typ of athlete he is. to bo lit
lthe head of two branches of sport?I
football and track?and at the same j
time Klvlnir a good account of himself ,
In Iiis studies. With all these honors,
no more modest man could l>c found in >
the student body. A-tcr the games j
lie is niiiohg the Orst to rush from the
, field to the gymnasium, to get nway |
) from his fellow-players, who pat him 1
Ion the back, and the crowd which Is'
lever ready 10 applaud'him.
While Virginia hopes to stand put I
j with thi' present material, at the same
I time she Is rejoiced to hour of a ntllii
| her of promising football men who ox
l pect to enter the university hext Sep?
tember. La wrcncevllle. from whence!
came Rector and Carter, will solid I
down a trio of stars. Including Hie I
captain und a heavy fullback. Smith, I
from Hie same school, promises to de- |
velop Into varsity material next fall.
Several good men will enter from Hit"
prop, schools In the State. Altogether,
the outlook for the season of 1!HJ 1?
exceedingly flattering.
BASEBALL MEETINGS
TO PREPARE FOR 1912
Members of Supreme Council of Game, Heads
of Several Leagues and Presidents of Many
Clubs Will Confer in Nsw York
This Week.
New York, December 10.?Tlip. base?
ball year of 11(12 virtually begins tills
week. Although there remain some un?
settled matters from the season of
1911, particularly tho world's series
ticket scandal, the inn In business of
ihe several big baseball meetings hero
during the next three days will have
to do with the new year in baseball.
.Members of the supreme council of the
game, heads of several lcugues and
presidents of many clubs were already
in tlie city to-day, holding Informal
conferences, which reflected a current
of harmony anil optimism.
New business of ihe, week will in
rltldo Action by the National Commis?
sion on the elevation of ihe American
Association, the Pacific Coast League
ami the Eastern League to tlie now
"double A" class. The respective pres?
idents of these leagues?Chlvtnglon.
Hiving anil Harrow?had all arrived in
New York to-day, and, with .Secretary
J. H. Ear roll, ?f the National Associa?
tion of Professional llasoball Clubs,
wen- In consultation all afternoon. The
tongue representatives expressed con?
fidence of favorable action on the new
ratlnar. Mr. Bat row also believed tho
proposal to call. Hie Eastern Leuguo
the '?International League," owing to
th fact that it contains two Canadian
clubs, would go through.
"Harmony*' was also the theme of
National League magnates. Opposition
to the re-election of President T. J.
Lynch, Of the National League, was
I
certainly not In evidence In the m;ip- !
nutea' confabs to-day. it was said
generally that Mr. Lynch would be re
elected lit the meeting Tuesday, and
Mr. Lynch himself said so?"If the elec?
tion was conducted on a business ba?
sis."
There was also peaceful talk about
the protests about the long schedule.,
August Herrmann, of Cincinnati, said
he was In favor of the liil-gume sched?
ule, but would be Klad to see the sea?
son closed earlier. ?Hc thought It would
be agreed to close October 0. or about
a week earlier than last year.
President Pan Johnson, of the Amer?
ican Unitiic. was on the way hore to?
day tu complete the baseball trlum
Vlrato, of which he and Messrs. Lynch
and Herrmann are the members. The'
meeting of the committee 'will he
called to-morrow, and It Is known that !
President Johnson Is bringing with
him evidence relative to the specula?
tion in world's series tickets hore last
fall. Chairman Herrmann said to-day
that the comml.-slon would einsldcr the
inatt'-r without delay,> but well-In
formeri baseball men said that the enm
mlsslun had little hope of placing blame!
for the way In which the ticket selling '
wns conducted. it was pointed otitj
?that the commission could not summon'
ticket speculators as witnesses, and
hence it would be difficult to determine
how the tickets got into their hand?.
A number of baseball deals arc expect?
ed while the club owners arc In the
city.
FIFTEEN TEAMS START
IN SIX-DAY CONTEST
Thousands Cheer Riaers as They Break Away on
First Circuit of Race Which Will End
Next Saturday Niprht
New V?rie, December 11.?Fifteen
riders, representing as many ttuin^.
started at 12:01 o'clock this morning
tho nineteenth annual six-day bicycle
race In .Madison Square Garden. There
was u yell from the big crowd which
tilled tho bis amphitheatre as the
starting signal was given.' and the
ilders broke away on their llrst cir?
cuit of the ton-lap-to-tlie-milo saucer
track, on which the Incesant round
of the contestants will he kept up un?
til 10 o'clock next Saturday night.
At I lie end of I ho llrst lap, ljcon
Georget led the bunched riders. At
the <nil of tin- first mile, which wus
mad. m 2;3t, K. A. I've, the Austra?
lian, wim teamed with icimor Collins,
of Boston, was making the pace.
There are seventeen Mastern riders
In this year's line-up, and four from
San Francisco, Willie Lorenz, the
present sprint champion of Germany,
will have as a mate Karl Snldowe, of
Germany. This pair won the recent
International six-day race In Berlin.
I Tlo- American sprint champion,
Frank Kramer, of Kast Orangn, N. J.,
and .lames Moran, of Chelsea. Mnss.,
inuki up one of the favorite teams.
I Moriui, with Eddti lioot, of New York,
' formed the winning team of lust year's
i race. uut Kramer never negotiated tho
j.six-day grind.
I .lock Clarke, the Australian title
holder, will he pitted wdth Joe Fogler,
of Brooklyn^
The full list of starters follows:
1. Willie Lorenz, Germany, and Karl
Saldowe, Germany.
S. Leon Goorgct, Franoe. and Maurice
Brocco Italy.
S. Octave Uaplze. France, and Cyril
Van llouwnert, Belgium.
4. Frank Kramer, Fast Orange, N.
J., and James Moron, Chelsea. Mass.
5. Joe Fogler, Brooklyn, nnd Jackie
Clurke. Austrulla.
C. Eddie Hoot, Now York, and Fred
Hill, Boston.
7. William (Pcdlnrl Palmer, Aus?
tralia, and Fred (Jumbo) Wells. New
Zealand.
X. E. A. Pye, Australia, and Elmer
Collins. Boston.
!). Alfred Ualstead. San Francisco,
and Peter Drobarh. Boston.
10. John Bedell, Lynbrook, L J., and
Menus Bedell. Lynbrook. I* I.
11. "Grnssy" Ryan, Newark, N. J.,
and Frank Cnvanaugh, Newark, N. J.
ID. fieorwe Cameron, New York, und
Jake Mngln, Newark, N. J.
13. Frank Onlvln. New York, nnd
George Wlloy, Syrocune.
14. Floyd Thomas, Ran Francisco, and
Charles Stein, Brooklyn.
In. Walter PeMnra, San Francisco,
and Perry O Luwrcncc. San Fran*
clsco.
SHE "SECURES" ?200,000.
[ Widow's Mile Depended Upon Cun
s< ruction of One Word by Court.
Cincinnati, December 10.?An adverse
Interpretation of one word, "sccuras."
! In a will would have cut off $200,000
from the widow of Thomas Foster. On
] the construction which the Circuit
i Court ascribed to that one word yes?
terday morning hinged tho possession
; of property valued at $300,000.
The will left to the widow "all the
part and interest in my estate, real,
personal and mixed, which secures to
her n* my widow by tho isws of tho
[State Of Ohio, in coso of wives who
survive huebandB who die Intestate."
I The decision of the court affirmed
I thn decision of the lower court, which
j gave Mrs. Mary Foster, tho widow,
I an nddltlonal hold upon the $300,000
which has brer, contested. Under one
construction tho widow would have
rr-velved $-0t'."0u, and under another
construction more than $500,000.
Ford Motor Cars
"The automatically oiled timer
is superior to the timer on any
other automobile."
"Ask Any Automobile Expert.
HAVE LONG CHAT
Two Friends Spend Hour To?
gether in Library at White
House.
Washington. D. <_'.. December 1?.?
Governor Judson Harmon, of Ulilo. this
morning called upon President Wil- '
Hani II. Tuft, of Ohio. Vor an hour
the two old friends talked things over. \
Just what they talked about must,
of course, bp loft to conjecture. The j
Governor vouchsafed but little eon- ;
corning hist visit, and the White Mouse
vouchsafed nothing at all.
It is a safe bet. however, that these
two lenders of opposing parties had
much to pay about polities. Thbv dis?
cussed tile Ohio situation, the "Koss" :
Cox developments, the approaching no- !
tional committee meetings, and the]
coming national conventions. ]
Governor Harmon never comes to!
Washington without calling upon I ho
President; And In order to make these
visits as personal as possible, he al?
ways goes to the Executive Mansion I
to sec Mr. Taft instead of the exeeu- ;
live offices. lie went to the n.inslon
tiiis morning. He was unaccompanied. I
lie arrived nt 10:20 o'clock and stayed j
almost an hour.
The President received his visitor In |
the llbrnry. and they sot before the
big open lire until It was too lute for
the President to go to church.
Tor thirty years or more Governor
Harmon and tho President have been
frlendp. They ore fellow-townsmen,
and were neighbors In Cincinnati.
Both started their national careers In j
the Pepnrtinent of Justice?the Gov?
ernor as Attorney-General UllUcr
Cleveland, and tho President as Solic?
itor-General under Harrison
TEMPTATIONS ARE
GREAT THESEOAYS
So Special Police Squad Is Sent j
Out to Watch for Klepto- j
maniacs.
With the busy Christmas season on
there will be many who will do thoii
shopping without payment for tht
goods with which they provide then
homes and persons. l-'or that reason
a special detail of police Is working .
on Broad Street to protect the mer- i
chants and crowds. Men are kept
moving continually from store to
store, always with their eyes open to
detect ihoso who In Pollco Court plead
that they have been long sufferers |
from that dread dlseaso known us
kleptomania. The disease Is particu?
larly rife at this time of tho year, and
often at this season assumes the pro-,
portions of an epidemic. The dlseaso i
Is indicated by the Itching palm and
the propensity of the sufferer's lingers
to move towards and come in contucti
with other people's property. The tin-'
gers close upon the object which they'
touch, and the object la gently and;
without undue commotion removed In-!
to a muff, a large pocket provided by|
the sufferer for the purpose or into,
some other recoptacle which an ingen-;
lous mind can devise.
l-'or instance: a sufferer places her;
muff on a counlor. Sho lias her right
hand concealed within the muff. With
the left hand, while the clerk Is look-1
log elsewhere, sho gently pulls some,
piece of embroidery which will match
her suit and complexion to the othor
end of the muff. Tho right hand Is
unconsciously extended, and the urtlclo
disappears Inside the muff] ' Then tho
sufferer languidly declares that she
believes she doesn't really want any?
thing after all, and out she goes?
with the article.
There aro other methods, but this Is
sufficient to illustrate. Clerks, say!
the pollco. had better beware of long
muffs and bulging pockets. They are
nearly always sure indications that;
the wearer is suffering from what
scientists cull kleptomania, and what
Justice Crutehfteld calls stealing. But
what's In a name, they say? Klepto-.
mania by nny other would sound as
sweet.
Waverly Electric Victoria
$500
Richmond Motor Co., Inc.
313 West Main.
Built to I
Serve
Highest Price and Best.
W. C. SMITH & CO.,
314 N. Fifth. Vine and Main.
The buyer who knows the differs ft
r automobiles will own a
Jones Motor
Car Co. I
Allen Ave and Broad Stres.
OUNCES OF QUALITY
IN EVERY POUND.
For 30 Years the House of Quality.
Straus, Gunst & Co.,
IMitllliera anil Blenders of
Pine Whiskeys.
Drink Old Henry
Its Louo- lleeord Proven its Merit.
ARNOLD BENNETT
TALKSQF?MERICA
Novelist Saw Xo Hustle and
Says People Are' Not boast?
ful and Vulgar,
DECLARES STAGE IS BAD
Best After Dinner Speeches He
Heard Made by Two Wo?
men Writers.
London. December 10.?^Arnold Den?
nett, who arrived from New Vork on
Tuesday, lias given his Impressions of
America and things American. Mr said.
??New York Is a wonderful place, but
Iben so are all the other eitlen J
Visited?Boston, Philadelphia, Wiuth
; incton. Minneapolis and Chicago.
"Two tilings struck me during tho
clcrht weeks I have boon away from
England, first tliat Americans are not
j the boastful, vulgar people thai they
j ar.o represented as being, although
they have, indeed, much to boast of:
second, they do understand the Hcloiioe
: of comfort, not only in the hotels,
but In their homos.
, "When 1 recall the search I made
I some yearn ugo for furnished upurt
i inents In London, and found that in
one. which advertised itself us for
persons of distinction, the newly In?
stalled hath was held up ns a grenl
I favorite with visitors. I was astonish?
ed ut the remiirkuble difference in
American houses and hotels, where
there Is In many caaca a bathroom for
each Inhabitant.
"As n novelist. I was enormouslv in?
terested in everything concerning
books. The book shops a.re splendid, not
I only in slr.e. but In arrangement.
land the book departments of the
great stores surpass anything wo have
I in this country. Beading Is popular In
j America. ?
"You ask me. Am I for or ogulnst
America'.' No. 1 cannot nnswor a plain
yes or no. It Is fur too bin a subject
but I nm decidedly not for American
interviewing, which 1 found extremely
bad and unsatisfactory.
"Another Illusion which I had dis?
pelled was Hint of the excellent after
dinner speaklnR. which Is said to ob?
tain In America. The two best speeches
which were tntido at the farewell din?
ner given me In Now York wer?
nut those of Governor l>ix anil Colonel
(ionrifu Harvey, but Uiose of two wo?
men writers ?Kae Iiotuglue Wlggln
and Josephine l>od>;c
"As to the hustle and rush which are
considered so typically American. I
saw practically none. People walk
along the Htreets and are preoccupied,
but tho same Is rruo of nine-tenths of
the people one meets In the Strand.
"Whut a mnisnlllcent street Fifth
Avenue is! Yet. within easy distance
is the East Side of New York, which
dues not penetrate Into tho West End
as the fcast Luders of London occa?
sionally make their presence felt In
our West End. They keep more apart,
and it Is characteristic of the inhabi?
tants that, even durlns October, the
Italians on the East .Side were still
festooning the outsides of their houses
with bed clothes and bedding, which
so badly needed mi airing. i
"Washington 1? still in the making.
When It Is (lnlehod, It will be a capital
worthy of the Halted States, but at
present, as you say, New York
liuikes the United Htates lopsided.
I "Boston is a centre of real culture,
singularly English in appoaiancb. In?
deed, some of the streets might have
been taken straight out of London,
or Kensington.
"Philadelphia is much brighter and
livelier than Its (Juakcr Clt) title
suggests.
"Chicago is ugly, but Immense. Por- I
haps I sliuuld not have expected much
art In the exterior of Chicago. 1 cer?
tainly found little, but | wus fasci?
nated with the organisation of the
vast stores, the great factories, uutl
tho great Industrial plants, uvor which
, 1 was taken by tho heads of those
corporations. Remarkable alertness
[ struck mo as being characteristic ril
the methods In these enormous agglom?
erations of people, and the men at tlto
head gave me u singular sense ol
1 power and ability. ;
"As regards the social life which 1
encountered, I was perhaps too much
entertained to fjel a proper perspec?
tive of American home life. I believe
it is fairly truthfully represented In
i American (lcllon. and they are, as peo
I pie. certainly singularly receptive lo,
new Ideas.
"At many social functions, medical
i men and others, to whom 1 had not
I been Introduced, would frankly come
I to ask me my views upon some niol
I tor of general Interest; and my opinions
of public, affairs, which, its you know,
I arc distinctly progressive, not only
made no difference In my reception,
nlthough 1 was In the houses of the
trust magnates nnd Insurance presi?
dents, but were eagerly sought for.
"I have come back full of Ideas nnd
full of interest In things American,
which I will endeavor to embody in
tho series of articles 1 am now going
abroad to write.
"American plays and playhouses are
frankly bad, and now 1 understand
bettor why so mnny Amerlcun plays
arc failures when produced in London.
It Is not the fault of the actors, who
are quite on n lovol with our own; It
Is the fault of the plays.
"Everything connocted with the
stage .In America?the theatres, plays,
scenery, arrangements of tho house,
etc.?struck mo as Inferior to those
of our best London theatres; but so
j gratifying was my reception that I
ought not to say a word In rondem
i nation of anything American."
NORM A I, SCHOOL PLANS
WILL BE RECEIVED TO-DAY
Plans for the first building for the
proposed Normal and Industrial School
for Women, ut Radford, will be received
at n mooting of tho board ot directors,
lo bo held in this city to-day. Several
architects will present propositions,
and tho board will go at once into the
selection of plans.
Tho next stop will be to advertise for
bids on the construction, but no con?
tracts can bo signed until they are rat
itied by tho Genoral Assembly and until
an appropriation is made.
Several members of the board were
here last night. Including Captain W.
T. Baldwin, of Radford. Others will
arrive this morning.
GERMANY HAS A THRILL.
Wicked Britain Hired a Cop to Blow
t'p the Wllbelinahaven Forts.
Berlin, December 10.?Tho latest spy
mania story appears In tho Rhenish
I Wcstphallnn Gazette. It tellg of an
i Kngltsh plot to blow up the fortlflca
| tlons ?t Wilhelmshaven. A Christmas
letter held up by the postal authorities,
I which was addressed to a Wilhelrns
| haven policeman, Is allogcd to have
? eont-.ilned $18.750. sent from England,
j A search of the policeman's house hi
j said to have revealed plans for the de
I structlon uC the fortlllcuttona.
Rumor Gains Credence That It
Cannot Pass Board of
Aldermen.
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STRONG PRESSURE EXERTED
People' Will Be Out in Force to
Secure Its Pass?
age.
Times-Dispatch Bureau,
n Hollltighrook Sircc-t,
Telephone HS5.
Petersburg, Va.. Decomber 10.
Public sentiment seems strongly to I
favor (lip proposed bond Issue of ?212.
0l?0 for permanent public Improve* |
mcnts, and rumors having gained cred- j
eiico that tho ordinance providing for
the issue, which lias passed In the
lower brunch of tho Council, may be
beaten in I ho Hoard of Aldermen to- 1
morrow night, grout pressure is to be
brought to buai on that body to con?
cur in the action of the Council. The
need of street improvements, of the
extension of lue newer system, of wa?
ter mains, of bridges over the Appo
muitux, of a new ulinshousc, of addl-|
tlonal iiubllc schools, otc. for which I
the bond Issue is designed, is recog- |
lllzcd by the progressive people of the I
city. ]
Advocates of the bond Issue will be
present In large force to-morrow nlghi
ut the meeting of thu Aldermen to :
urge concurrence in the ordinance.
The majority of the members of the
Uoard favor the Issue, but it renulrcB 1
a two-thirds Vota of tho entire mem- i
l>oi ship to pass the oroinundo, und
some doubt r.cema to exist whether
this vote can be obtained.
The Chamber of Commeict. tho Re
tail Merchants' Association, the Civic
League uud the business men of tho i
city will all be largely represented
at to-morrow night's meeting, to udvo
cate the passuge of tiic ordinance,
Which, If defeated, cannot come up for
consideration aguln unctur. six monthB.
The matter will bo threshed out from
all points of view before the vote is
taken.
Tampering With Train.
Joseph Lorch, a negro, and a ulrung
er in thuso puns, was arrested here
yesterday afternoon on t,iie charge of
tampering with and endangering thu
safety of a Norfolk and Western
train. The negro stole aboard an cast
bound freigilt train at i.llsou's, in
L'lnwlddle. for a free ride, us Is sup?
posed, to Petersburg. The train wus
a through freight to Norfolk, and did
not come to Petersburg, but branched
on at Addison'* onto the licit Line.
As It did so the negro turned the
angle cock, which works the brakes
and brought tho train to such u sud?
den halt ihut It broke Into three. Sec?
tions and some of the cars wer? dam?
aged. The negro wus seen to jump
from the car and made his escape. A
description of him wub telegraphed to
the police ut Petersburg, and when
the usslbound passenger train, due
hero at 6 o'clock arrived, Lorch was 1
font.d aboard, and was arrested and '
Jailed, lie denies the charge of inter- j
ferlng with the train, though he ac
knowledges having boarded a train at <
Wilson's He will he held for the
Dlnwlddlc authorities, ami will be
prosecuted by the railway company.
Arrrnted for llouaebrcnkluar.
Some lime Friday nlgni the clor?
of DUlurd & McCoy, on Halifax Street,
was broken Into through u rear win?
dow. The cash register was robbed ?
of between JS and HO, but us fat as '
known nothing else was lukcii.
George Kills, a negro, wus ariested as
the suspected thief.
Alleged Criminal Assault.
Several months ago a negro named
Henry Williams was arrested In this
city, charged with criminal assault In
Prince George county, the alleged vie- !
dm being a colored girl. Williams
was held here for a reasonable lime,
and tho county authorities fa'line to
send for him. he was released. lie
left the city. and. returning, was re
arroalcd yesterday, a warrant having
been Issued for him In the county. Uc
will be held for trial.
Turbulent Negroes.
Special Officer Hrnesi Collier, In the
service of the Coast Line Railroad, j
was called upon at Dunlop's, in Ches
terflold county, late Saturday night' to |
dislodge some negroes from a freight
train. The negroes Ignored orders to j
move, and resisted arrest. Tne officei 1
was forced to use his pistol, though
he did not wound any of the nogroos. ?
The officer was attacked with rocks
by the negroes, was struck several
times and bruised and cut. lie ar?
rested one of tho gang?Spurgeon .Sim?
mons by name?and brought him to
Jail here. Simmons wus well armed
with rocks.
Proponed Xtn CountT.
A movoinent has been inaugurated
for the formation of a new county out
of portions of Southampton, Sussex
and Surry counties, Wltn Wakefleld as
the county suat. Sentiment of the
people in the counties in the vicinity
of Wakelleld Is said to be strongly In
I favor of (lie new county, and the
movement Is to be pushed.
Joiut I;nvclllug Ceremoules
A large number of members and
friends of the Order of Woodmen of .
the World gathered in Blnndford Cem- j
etcry this afternoon to participate. In I
the unveiling of monuments to the j
j memory of deceased Woodmen. Three j
I camps joined in the. ceremonies?Oak- t
j wood Camp, of Petersburg, which un- j
veiled monument. over tho graves ol j
J. Beverly Harrison and John I> Currj*; j
Appomatlox Camp, of Ettrick, which
performed like act of remembrance
over the grave of H. A- Boblnctt, und
White Oak Camp, of Dlsputanta,
which unveiled the monumont to J. F.
Davis.
The exercises were ol a very Im?
pressive character, and an eloquont
memorial oration was delivered by tho
Rev. Georgo fc. Booker, D. D.
Records Destroyed.
All of the valuabli books and re?
cords of A. P. Hill camp of Confed
! erate Veterans were destroyed In the
? great fire of December 3 of last year,
i Tho records were in the keeping Of
Adjutant C B- Bishop, the cashier of
the Appomattox Bank, which building
was destroyed. The camp has since
been endeavoring to restoro the lost,
rceords as for us possible
Ordered to Ileport.
'Lieutenant S. T. Oerow, of this city,
a recent graduate of West Point, has
been ordered . to report to tho com?
manding officer at Washington bar?
racks not later than December 28 for
temporary duly. From thence ho will
go to Fort Leavonworfh lor instruc?
tion, after which ho will join the
Richmond. Virginia
Nineteenth Infantry In the Philippine
Division, to which he has been as?
signed as llcutonnnt-'
Personal and Otherwise.
Mr. and Mrs. Ft. A. Daniel, of Wov
crly. have Issued Inventions to thp
marriage of their daugnter. Ethol
Muy. to Dr. Waltor J. Young, of thu
chair of philosophy ut Humpden-Sld.
noy College. Tho marriage will take
pluoo In tho Baptist Church ut Wavor
ly December ?0. at 0:30 A. M.
Tho Rev. R. ti. Pitt, D. D.. of Rich?
mond, editor of the Religious Herald,
prouched thlH morning and to-nlglu
1 ntht- First Uaptlst Church, and this
afternoon delivered an address beforo
the Rapllst Sunday School Association.
The funeral of the late Henry Bird
Field, of Norfolk, took placovthls af?
ternoon from the residence otSlils fa?
ther. Colonel E. At. Feild, on High
Street.
Tho funeral of William P. Nlmmo.
of Ettrlck. took place this afternoon
from the Methodist Church In that vll
luge.
Ten deeds of sales ot real estate
were recorded In tho clerk's ofltcc the
Tinsl week. The list embraced no Im?
portant transfers.
colonel PttitKlNs's dismissal.
Howard, of Georgia, Says II? Wm the
Victim of an Outrageous Conspiracy.
Washington, Doicember 10.?Repre?
sentative Howard, of Georgia, charged
before the lL>u*e Committee on Naval
Affairs yesterday that IJuutenant-Col
onol C. M. Perkins, who was dismissed
from the Marino Corps by tho naval ro
ttromont board in I9?7. was the vic?
tim of "a conspiracy more outragbotiH
than tho Dreyfus conspiracy In
France " He urged the committee lo
report favorably 'his bill providing
that Colonel Perkins be rOhtored to his
Old rank In the navy.
The retirement poard dismissed
Colonel Perkins on a charge of mental
UnooiKpctCncy. Representative How?
ard told tho committee that Colonel
Perkins was mentally sound at the
time of his trial, and that he Is men?
tally sound at this time. Hearings
on the Howard bill for th? relief of
Colonel Perkins will be continued neat
week.
KANSAS IS MAKING
FIGHT ON RABBITS
Slaughter Parties Held Every
Day, but Still Crop
Multiplies. P
Topeki, Kan.. December 10.?The
poor of Kansas need not worry much
about tho meat problem this winter.
Rabbits by tho millions will b0 turned
over to them as the result of th?i
greatest crop of cottontails and Jack
rabbits the State has known sines
pioneer days.
In the eastern counties big rabbit
huntn. in which from fifty to 300 per?
sons participate, are beim; held daily.
Ill nearly every case the hunters take
shies, the side ktiling the fewest rab?
bits paying for an oyster suppur or
somo other form of entertainment for
tho side killing the must.
In a hunt near Princeton, ten miles
aoiith of Ottawa. l,83fi raibbite wyare
killed, one buy alone killing ninety
Hi reo. In a hunt in Franklin county a
few days later 030 rabbits were killed,
and in still another morn thail S00
were killed. In Barton county thirty
two men killed STL' Jackiubblts and
nearly 100 cottontails. Hunters say
that rabbits are so thick that tho win?
ter's hunting will make 1"ttie diminu?
tion In the number.
Besides the club hunters, market
hunters are killing rabbits by tho
thousands In every county, and It Is
not unusual for commission men to
ship tho rabbits to the Eastern mar?
kets by tho carload. Tho ra'bblta aro
first allowed to freezo and then aro
packed /In refrigerator cars. Tho
price pal<i averages S? cents a dozen
for Jacks and 50 to 75 cents for the
small cottontail, Ono Jackrabbit will
make a good meal for a family of ltv
In the Western part of the State
tho rabbit is an important factor this
winter In tho lives of the drought
stricken farmers, many of whom wer?
left almost penniless by the failure ol
crops last summer. In each county a
bounty of f. cents Is paid for a rabbit
sculp, and In some of tho counties tho
scalps are coming In at tho rate of
1,000 a day. In Sheridan county ulono
bounty has been paid on 10,173 scalps
In tho last month. This d?e.s not In?
clude the thousands ut rabbits shipped
out by buyers.
Wolves and coyotes aro also numer?
ous In Western Kansas this year. The
scalps bring a bounty In all of tha
counties, and hundreds of thom are
being brought In. In many cases tha
luck of food has made tho wolves and
coyotes desperate, and at least two
cases have been reported of their
chasing human beings. They havo
done a great deal of damage on cat?
tle ranches, and sheep men also havo
suffered heavy losses.
Skunks aro also reported to he a
pest In the western part of the State,
killing many chicken. But skunk pelts
are valuable, and fur dealers Bay that
largo shipments aro coming from the
western part of tho State. Judging
from tho shipments of gopher pelts,
the boys nro finding the trapping very
good In Kansas this year. Thousands
of the pelts are. being shipped In from
tho small towns- The pelts bring*1 B
cents each.
Academy, T?-Night-Tucs-and Wed?
Matineen Tuesday and Wodnesday.
Henry Ellsworth presents
oberammergau
Its People nnd Their
passion play
Prices: Matinees, 25c; Nights, 25a
and 50c_r
ACADEMY? Thursday
Matinee and Night.
AL. H. WILSON
Tn His New Singing Comedy,
' A GERMAN PRINCE.
Prices: Matinee. 25c to $1.00. Nignfc,
25c to $1.50.
BIJOU-This Week
Matinee Tuesday. Thursday and
Saturday.
I* rices: The
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