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RACING IS KEEN,
CROWD LIBERAL
Ideal Weather and Attractive
Card Make Good Sport
at Columbia.
Columbia. S. C. December 13.?Ideal
racing weather anil an attractive card
served to draw a liberal attendance to
the Fair Grounds this afternoon. The
3'uclng was keen, three favorites re?
warding the talent. The novelty race
was won easily by Kennedy, foot run?
ner by two yards, over his runnl.lg
mate. Williams. Elizabeth Har-wood
end On Boh finished a sixteenth -f a
rnlle In front of the automobile, heads
apart. In the fifth event. Hoffman,
favorite, threw hla ri.ler, Hopkins, i:\er
the fence, and ran away nearly three
miles. The hoy was badly stunned.
Bnd Turnet was substituted, after a
delay of fifteen minutes. Hoffman
th.-n cU rtrifled the crowd by winning
tiahdll.V. The summaries:
first race?$200, four-year-olds nnd
tr,'. -even furlongs, selling?Joe (lose
(3'-j to li first. Helle t'lem < l' to ."> and
out) second. Howard Shonn i" to 1
end oven) Ihl'rd. Time. 1:27 l-s.
Second race?1200. two-year-olds-,
five furlonps. ^eillna ? Lewis <'-' to 5
nnd put) first. Queen B i2 to second,
Fanchettc iS to ."> > third. Time.
J:en t-5.
T^-.rd ra.c?$200. three-year-olds
and Up, five furlongs, selling?Kironi
fC to '. ? first. Chilton Squaw (2 to f)
second. tx>yal Maid '?"> to 2) 'bird.
Time. 1:01 1-."
Fourth ract?$150. novelty handicap
Tace. two foot runners, automobile and
two horses?p. Kennedy. BOO yards
tfoot runner i t.i 5) tirst, W. H. Wil?
liams, BOO yajrds foot runner (4 to 1,
even and out) second. Bltzabcth ITar
?wooc!. futurity course 12 to 1. out)
third. Time. 2-5.
fifth ra.-e ? purse, S2',0. threx-yeav
?ol.is and \!P. six furlongs?Hoffman (6
1o 5) first. B.'sc Queen i\ to i second.
Donau (2 t" :.i third. Time. 1:13.
Sixth race- -1200. three-year-olds and
up. one and ;i sixteenth miles, selling
?Helene tfi to i) first., Machlel Ang.lo
<? to 10." ??r>r.d, TToywelght i7 to 10)
third. Time. !:tr, 3-5.
Seventh race?J200. three-year-olds
end up. five furlongs, selling?Car.-oll
(2 to 11 first. .Smirk (2 to 1 and eveni
r^cond. Dominica it to r.) third. Time,
] :00.
SHAUGXKSSv WIM. MA.VAGF.
TK.DI IX CBXTItAli I.E.VGIK
ISpoclal to The Times-Dispatch.]
Tlonn-'ke. Va., December 13.?Frank
J. Shougnessy. for three seasons past
leader of the Koonokc baseball club,
in the Virginia League, returned this
morning from Ottawa, Canada, where
he has been :ince October. Mr.
Shaughness) has decided to make
Ottawa his home in the future. He has
given Kounoke a winning team three
years, and next season his face will
be missed at the Pair Grounds, us he
bus accepted terms to manage the Foil
Wayne, Ind. '1111) In the Central
League.
The Fori Wayne club finished sce
otid las! year, .mil promises to give the
pennant winners. Dayton, n close race
for- honors :io>.t year with Shnueh
ncssy at the helm.
LEAGUE MUST SETTLE
. ITS OWN TROUBLES
National Board Holds Lhat No Election Has
Been Held and Virgi. ia Baseball Magnates
' Are Sent Home.
UV GVS. HALUEHT.
New York. December 13.?Tbe Na?
tional Board of Arbitration of the Na?
tional. Association of profepslonal
Baseball Leagues, to-day Issued tho
following opinion In the dispute of tho
Virginia League:
?in the matter of tho appeal of tho
Virginia League as to the election of
a president it Is hold that, according
to the constitution and the minutes
of the various meetings of the Vir?
ginia League, an election of president
for the ensuing year 1912 has not been
held."
This finding was adopted unanl
mously. .lust as wus told in this col?
umn yesterday, the National Board of
Arbitration has delivered a meluphorl
cal spanking to the members of tho
Virginia League, sent them home |
without any supper and told them to '
behnve themselves. To-night C. B. Wil?
liams is the dictator. It Is up to him
to say w.hnt will be the destiny of the
organization. With three clubs opposed
to him anil with three clubs fnvorlng
him. the general opinion Is that he
will sit quietly in the boat and say
to the Virginia League "Go and elect
a successor to mo."
While it had been announced that
the board would render a decision in
the Virginia League case, as early as
12 o'clock to-day, It was not until
7 o'clock this evening that the formal
statement waB issued. What caused the
delay Is not known. Members of the
board, while declining to discuss tho
merits of the case, admitted that they
hud been arguing for several hours. I
The 'basis of the argument Is believed j
to have been whether or not It would |
be right to declare Williams elected, j
Owner Bradley, of the Richmond i
club, and Advisory Counsel Sands left I
this afternoon for Richmond ions be- I
fore the decision had been made public. I
Whllo they confessedly fell their case I
weak, they nevertheless expected some?
thing different from tho opinion ren?
dered. Mr. Sunds said that he bo
llevcri the board would declare no
election legal and Instruct the league
to go homo and elect a new president.
This tho board fnllcd to do. In fact,
the board did just what was outlined
in these columns yesterday.
.Iiint Where It Started.
The Virginia League Is now Just
where it started when tho matter was
first brought to the attention of the
national "board. That body held, and
in the. opinion of many very properly
so. that 't had no Jurisdiction over
the squabbles within the league Itself,
but only with the equitable adjustment
of the meetings, which already had
bee held. As it stands now. no suc?
cessor to Williams has beep named.
Another election will be called Just as
soon as tho present head of the league
returns lo Roanokc.
At the meeting called the vote will
bo just the same as on previous meet?
ings, .lust one- thing remains: the
National Board has said 'that ouch "of
the dubs must be represented in per?
son, and not by proxy. With all six
clubs represented, the vote still will he
three to three, and Williams will suc?
ceed himself automatically, according
to the- constitution of Ute Virginia
League, which suys that the holder of
any Office In tho league will continue
lo hohl office until his successor Is
elected.
Law was entirely disregarded and the
opinion rendered on the principle that
what was good for the goose wa* good
for the gander. At the September
meeting, when the Williams faction
had a clear majority, that faction d'd
not elect officers because one of the dubs
was not represented. Therefore the
board held that in the November meet
lug tho satno condition existed, and so
the election of that date was not valid.
Tho December meeting was also not
recognized.
All of the partios to tho squabble
aro now on their way home, nnd the
board Is glad to be rid of tho muddle.
Tho ruture will have to tuko care of
Itself.
HI.XTO.V JIAX ISLitSCTED
CA ITA IN Ol'' W. AND Im TEAJI
I Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.]
Lexington, Va.. December 13.?J. H.
MllU-r. of Hin ton. W.' Va.. this after?
noon was elected captain of the Wash?
ington and "Lee football team for 1812.
He was the unanimous choice of the
monogrnm trten, who had the responsi?
bility of making the selection.
Before coming to Washington und
I.ee Mr. Miller nt tended Georgetown
I'rep. and U.-M. A., und at neither of
these schools did lie experience (llfTl
culty In making the fuotbuli tcum.
He entered Washington and Leo In tho
fall of IMO, nnd has been on the first
team squad ever since the tlrst line-up
that fall. D?ving at left tackle, ho
soon won n name by his ability to car?
ry the Ik?U from hurd ungles or from
the middle of the field. But It was not
until the latter part of the season Just
concluded that he showed bis real
worth as a line plunger. In the games
against A. St M.. Carolina and Tulano
his opponents found It almost Impos?
sible to stop him. and he carried the
ball five, ten and twenty yards every
time he was culled on. At Tulane he
curried the bull half the length of tho
Meld, practically without assistance,
making Washington and Lee's only
touchdown and tylug the score. At A.
M. he kicked a goal from placement,
scoring W. & L's only points.
Mr. Miller Is taking the law course
and will take his degree In 1913. Ho
is a member, of the. Kappa Sigma fra?
ternity and of P. A. N.
AMUSEMENTS
Academy?AI H. WPnoo, In -The Ger
mnn Prince," inntluee mid alKht.
Itljou?"The Stampede," mnClticc nnd
nlgbt.
AI. II. Wilson, In a new play, with
new- songs and a now company, is
the combination announces' for lo-dny,
matin**- and night, at the Academy. "A
German Prince" is the title of the play
111 which Mr. Wilson is appearing thin
season. It Is said to be different from
previous Wilson piny*, If for no other
frasoti than that .it contains more
comedy nnd music. As Prince von Arh
niitm. the young German prince who
amus-ss himself roaming through the
Austrian Tyrol dtsgulscd as n Tyroll.m
guide. Mr. Wilson is called upon to
do nothing more serious than to
amuse his audience. Truly not a dlf
Ucull tusk when one considers that
nature has endowed Mr. Wilson with
more than the ordinary amount of
comedy posaossed by some of our most
noted comedians. The compuny sup?
porting Mr. Wilson I? composed of
well-known players, selected by Man?
ager Cilia for their ability to suc?
cessfully portray the characters as?
signed them. Aside from the scenic
environments and electrical effects,
additional Interest will be given to the
performance by the pew songs which
Mr. Wilson has written and composed
for this production.
rtegfntrntlnu IlonkH Destroyed.
I Special to Tho Times- Dispatch. I
Hat rlsonburg. Va.. December 13.?
The little town of Dayton, which re?
cently suffered a 530.000 lire, has Just
discovered that the registration books
wore destroyed In the flames. Five
days before'the tire the town voted lor
a water system, and rorcglstration will
have (o be made before next sprinc.
The Dayton Cemetery, an ancient
burying ground, also lost Its records
in the fire.
HB ^ Miss Donworth is a humorist?a philosopher?a wit?a HB
iW&m painter ?f homely pictures?and in this new series she makes mfra
g^ra you laugh and think. The first Jennie Allen essay is "How to g||g|
??|f!l Raise Children," and she says: "I don't know as I was ever more
Kgifl took by surprise than I was when I was wrote to asking me to JfiBw
Wffgn give my rules on raising children in a condensed manner." BSSB
?nfg& And she gives her rules. You will laugh at them?but you Ms&M
^|l?a will think they are all right at that. You do not have to Jaggf
^gfjtm^ stretch your imagination to know Jennie Allen-Spinney ^ggrasr
^ffljjfflL and her family. They are real, human characters, jflBraiBr
^S^^L and because you can't resist smiling at them jK&S^y
^SIlMuiK doesn't offend them in the least. Order jd&$BSr
^BpM^hh. next Sunday's paper today. -^B^^pr
Illustrated Sunday Magazine
of the
Sunday Times-Dispatch
Old Quaker Whiskey
has this indisputable claim on your patronage?it is better
R. L. Christian & Co., Distributors, Richmond, Va.
WAR OF BIG LEAGUES
WILL BE ONE OF WORDS
Both Laugh at Idea of Real Encounter?Peppery
Letter Addressed to Ban Johnson?Lynch
Re-Elected President 01 Natijnals.
Now York. December 13.?The base?
ball war which exists on paper be- |
tweon the American and National j
Leagues went merrily on Ui-day, but
Indications were plentiful that It was
to be a war of words only.
Olllclally, the National League at?
tended sovorely to Its own affairs, re
electing President Thomas .1. Lynch
and Ignoring the resolution adopted
yesterday 'by the Americans. Unolh
clally. both major leagues laughed nt
the prospect of a real encounter be?
tween the millions of dollars Invested
In each.
The world's series ticket scandal
continued to hold tho spotllght. Presi?
dent Brush, of the Now York Giants,
who made public yesterday his r*pirt
to the National Commission on the
scaudal. addressed a letter to Ban
Johnson, asking him to explain a few
things alleged to have happened to
the pasteboards In Philadelphia.
"Why pick the Giants for the goat?"
Mr. Brush asks, among other things.
"While dilating upon the outrage per?
petrated upon the New York public
through misdirection and collusion
with ticket speculators, why do you
not explain how, In Philadelphia, ten
persona absorbed over 5.000 tickets,
an average of 500 each, nnd sixty
three others abrorbed 3.000 ticket?, an
average of fifty each?"
Incidentally. Mr. Brush's letter says |
that there were no street ticket specu?
lators an New York during the world's
scries. "It being unlawful." In part,
it reads:
"Having charged some official of the
New York club with handing out S.000
of 9,000 tickets to speculators out cf
;.r..0t'O of its reserved seal raprfity.
depriving the public to that ex ?.-v.it of
an opportunity of huylng direct, whv is
It that you are silent over the .llsposl
tlOn of tickets in Philadelphia, where
S.1SI tickets ?Ut of a total nt the re
served seal capacity of S.S3S were
given to seventy-tliree people, and
there was no puhll.- sale for the first
two games?
Kiplnnut Inn Sought.
"While the New York club report
shows thnl less than 860 tickets were
taken by lib players nnd its officials,
the balance being available for the
public, why Is It that you do not ex?
plain how the players and the offlClalSi
of the Philadelphia club appropriated
4,G00 tickets out of Its total of 8.S3S?
"Inasmuch as there wero no street
ticket speculators In New York dur?
ing the world's series?It being unlaw?
ful? who do you not explain to the
public how it was thnt in the hotels
and along Broad Street In Philadel?
phia tho speculators were openly
plying their trade, and tell how they
obtained them?
"Ill your letter to me you say. 'our
chief aim is to protect the baseball
public from graft, and we should
work together for that purpose,, and
to this I say 'amen.' I am with you
solidly, but why pick only the New
York National League club for the
goat?"
The letter was made public two
hours after President Johnson had left'
for Chicago. When a club official's at
icntion was called to this fact he bald
Mr. Johnson's movements had not been
taken Into consideration in issuing
the letter.
The Natlonul Loaguc meeting this
afternoon gave no developments In
the row between the organizations.
Secretary Hcldler said that neither
President Lynch nor the National
League, had received a copy of the
American Leaguo's resolutions. To
this President Lynch added that "In?
asmuch as It had not come beforo the
league, it certainly could not be dis?
missed." The National League will
meet to-morrow, however, and It was
(predicted to-night thai it will frame
its answer to the American League
then?If there Is to be any reply.
With Brooklyn and Philadelphia op?
posing. President Lynch was re
clcctod, tho losing cundldate being
Itoberl W. Brown, a Louisville news?
paper man. James E. Gaffney, who de?
cided over night to buy the Boston
club and did so, sat In tho council,
which also Included n woman for the
llrst time in Its history?Mrs. Helen
Hathaway Britten, owner of the St.
Louis club.
The board of directors was re-elect?
ed. A resolution was adopted instruct?
ing tho four clubs playing on home
grounds on June It to observo Flag
Day with fitting decoration of the
grounds.
In short talks to the reporters, Mr.
Gaffney and his new business manag
i or, John M. Ward, promised to re
j vivify the Boston club. Energy and
I money to accomplish this would not
be lucking, they declared. They ex?
pect to nutkc the club a power to be
reckoned with ultimately in the pen
nunt race.
.lohn T. Briich'fl Views.
New Orleans, December 1H.?This In?
nocent und hurinless move of the
American League appears to me to
have been devised to divert the at?
tention of the public from Johnson's
falluro to malte good his churges
against the New York Club," said John
T. Brush, president of tho New York
Nationals, in a signed statome.nt here
to-day, referring to tho breaking of
negotiations betwoon the major
leagues. "Several times I have invit?
ed him to tell what he know," said
Brush, "but ho did not comply."
The Cincinnati peace compact of
1903 did two things, according; to the
chief executive, of the Giants. It! es?
tablished the territorial rights of tho|
two major leagues and tho status of
the Playern nt that time. "Thoro Is
not a line, or declaration In the two
American League resolutions." con?
tinued Mr. itrush, "thai could*nnt ? have
been adopted at any time during the
past seven or eight years by either of
the major leagues, and. their status.
indor the national agreement would
lot have been changed one lota.
"In explaining the territorial and
iloycr rights. It reserves all tlio rights
It <;ver had under the peace compact
nid Ihr national ugrcoments.
'?Newspapers have been burdened
?ith Johnson's outraged focllngB over
the sale of the tlcketB In New York,
snd they credited him with saying
that he would 'startle the baseball;
world" with his expoBe when the In-j
rcstlgatlon took place, Several times!
1 have Invited hlni to tell what he j
knew, but he did not comply. Ho then'
Invoked the aid of tho commission and;
the detective system of New Tork City,I
and failed, and at last In his retreat
he has passed tho whole business up
lu tho general public, to furnish the
proof and he has disappeared behind
the resolutions."
Bowling
Lovers of bowling witnessed n. very lively
contest laut night at the Newport Alloys
between the Alcos anil News leader teams
of the Hiciimonit Bum ilng Association. The
Alcos fought haul to retain their standing
In the IcMd of the association, anil Were
successful In same by winning the series.
Whitman tra? high ?coro. 214; also high to?
rn;. 122, for tin- Alcos. Blair wss high score,
212; also high total. M3, for the News Lead?
er, with Bryant second, 192 high score, and
tX high total. By winning this 'erl?s the
Alcon have won fourteen straight panics, a
record of the season. The scores:
Alcos.
l ! s Totals
Galicghcr (Oapt). IK 147. l&9 ?*?.
Win-man . 191 M 1ST 622
Glass . vis i" I? W?
Kennedy . Ii? 1S3 ICO ?1
O'Brien . 147 179 1<!> 4M
totals . ?31 KS SM 2,i*>
..em leader.
I .' 3 Tolais.
Delany fCapt.i. 159 Mt III 476
Bryant . 14* 1?> HI 526
Head . 145 Ul 12! IW
Ctlrry . 18* Hi IM UU
tllnti . 1? 212 ?2 59J
Totale . ?19 ?27 2.501
Standing of the Clubs.
Won. Lost. PC
Alcos . 1? T .700
Renilnctona . 14 7 .*57
Virginians .?. 14 10 .594
Tlmr*-Dlspntch . 10 11 .1ST
News Leader . 12 11 .11?
Journal . 5 12 .427
Cook Printing Co. 10 14 .?16
Newport . i> .291
Times-Dispatch League.
The Timer-Dispatch League teams playa4
the regular scheduled games last night at
the Newport Alleys bet?re a large crowd of
Interested spectators. Revers] changes were
mado la both Individual and l<.-am standing.
The Ding Bats capturod all threo gomes
from the champion Jeffs Captain Ilelfert
had high score and high average for his
team, with Magarlan a close second, Haves
led lr. both high score and high average
for the Ding Bats.
Then the Mutts and Silin Jims weic pitted
against euch other, the Mutts capturing all
three games rrom the talDenders, Captain
Good4 had high score and high average tor
his team. Captain Green led in hlrfh score
for tho Bilm Jims, while Kay led In high
average by ana pin. The following ure the
scores:
Jeffs.
J 2 3 Total.
Hel!<>rt (Capt.). 167 l.'t; 123 431
Williams . IIS 107 122 317
.MayarLT.li . US I?S 112 384
Total? . 403 397 3?3 1,163
.'lue HaU
1 3 3 Total.
Kills (Capi.). 13S 120 122 377
Havo* . IK 177 146 61?
Burks . 147 1S7 l."Jt 472
Total? . 476 4M 4? 1.363
Mutt*.
1 ! .1 Total.
flood? fOa.pt.)/. US 130 1W US
Rose . 144 139 144 437
ISdcIhhit. 1S5 lH lt3 391
Totals . 410 393 443 1,216
Slim JI ins.
1 2 3 Total.
fJreen (Capt.). 128 ]??; 121 11".
Kay . 137 US 161 41?
l.ambclh. 141 96 128 363
Totale . 406 39) 410 1.1S6
Standing of the Claim.
Won. Jjost. PC.
Jeff? . 16 5 .762
Mutts . 11 8 .615
IMiib Rat*. 9 12 .428
Slim Jims. 4 17 .190
Time of game, 1:20. Scorer, McFarlund.
ounces of quality
in every pound.
nie
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Highest Price and Best.
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J14 N. Fifth. Vino nnd Main.
The buyer who knowa the dlflere t
B automobiles will own a
Jones Motof
Car Co.
Allen Ave and Broad Strae. ,
Waverly Electric Victoria
$500
Richmond Motor Co., Inc.
313 Weat Main.
DOUBLE TRAGEDY
DONE AT DANVILLE
W. G. Finnix Murders Wife,
Then Turns Pistol on
Himself.
CRIME CAREFULLY PLANNED
Letters Show That Jealousy Was
Cause of Dual Homi?
cide.
Danville, Va.. December 13.?In an
humble homo on a Huburban street, the
boclloe of Mrs. Fannio Now Plnnlx and
her husband, William Ci. Plnnlx, to?
night llo dead as a result of a dual
homicide at 4 o'clock this afternoon
committed hy the husband. Plnnlx,
who was a former employo of the
?freight department of the Southern
Railway and member of a proro>hont
North Carolina family, left letters end
memoranda showing that ho nad plan
nod tho tragedy as long ago as
Thanksgiving Day.
Tho husband was In poor health and
had been drinking recently. This af?
ternoon, w'hlle his son was lying down
In an adjoining room and husban.l ,md
wife were togother. Pinnlx, wlthohit
warning, llred upon the unsuspecting
wlfo twice In cjulck succession, one ball
entering tho right tomple, the other"
the cheek. She collapsed In a dying
condition Just as the son rushed In.
At that moment tho father turned tho
weapon upon himself and ?,ont a bullot
through his right tefiplc. tho ball
emerging at tho left side of the head.
He died at S o'clock without regaining
consciousness.
Two hours before tho tragedy Plnnlx
had tumiy] over to his son, to bo de?
livered to a friend, a packet of letters
and papers, Impressing their Impor?
tance upon tho boy. Most of these
letters were written to "Mrs. Marie
New Pinnlx," and are .touched in torma
of endearaient. They aro signed "A.
B." One of the lottors. written oy P'n
Tilx. declares the anonymous writer
to have been "A. Bridges," formerly an
Insurance solicitor here, now of Rich?
mond. While clean In verbiage, these
letters show an Intljnacy which Im?
pelled Plnnlx to his homicidal act.
The slain woman Is a daughter of
W. W. New. formerly wealthy and
prominent aoclally here. Plnnlx was
a son of Colonel Plnnlx. deceased, of
Ynnce.vvllle, N. C. Both families are
prominently connected bore. Two chil?
dren?a son, W. O., .Ir.. eighteen years
old. and a daughtor. Polly, aged twelve
?are orphaned.
M INI" SPRINTS AMD SPILLS
IX RACE AT MADISON SO.CARJ5
New York. December 13.?Although
the price of admission was doublcdto
night. the six-day bicycle race at?
tracted to Madison Square Oardcn an
enormous crowd, which was treated
to many thrilling sprinte and spills.
Fortunattjly none of tho mishaps re?
sulted seriously.
Owing to the early morning acci?
dents, it was Impossible for the men to
keep up with the record. At 11 P. M.
they were sixteen miles behind tho
record distance made here two years
ago with eight teams tied for the lead,
four others a lap behind, while one
team was an additional lap to the rear.
I.ate to-night there wer? two wild
sprints. The first, started 'by Pye, end?
ed when Stein took a tumble. Thf
second lasted about twelve, minutes,
und resulted In a smash-up, In which
Galvln, Cameron, Wells nnd Laplze
were thrown In a heap while going
at top speed. All lour wore painfully
bruised, but the doctors said they
would be able to go again In a few
minutes.
POLICE COURT CASES
Jame? Scott Sent On to Grand Jury on
Charge, of Selling Cocaine.
James Scott, colored, charged with jelling
QCicalae, wuh sent on to the grand Jury from
Police Court yesterday morning.
John Crump, colored, chaigcd ?-Ith steal?
ing cents lro:n I.enora field, v.-as sen?
tenced to thirty days In Jail, from which lie
appealed.
Adolph Allen, colored, was sent on to the
grand Jury on a charge 0f stcniing $!S from
Harry Waddey.
John Tyler was lined 110 on a charge of
working a diseased mul;.
iloosevelt McClalr. the colored boy who
on Tuesday night placed torpedoes on a,
street railway track, was flnod IS and placed
under $10.) security for ton day?,
Circuit Court of ApPcal*.
The United Stated Circuit Court of Ap?
peals reconvened yesterday morning at lo:S0
o'clock with Circuit Judges Goff and Prltch
ard and District Judges McDowell. Connor
and Smith In attendance.
The following case was argued:
No. 1055?United Clgarotte Machine Com?
pany, appellant, vs. Winston Cigarette Ma?
chine Company and W. T. Brown, uppellee?;
appeal from the Circuit Court at Greens?
boro, N. C. Cause argued by A. II. Klm
ball. or Greensboro, and J. T. Coleman, of
Lynohb?rg, fa., for the appellant, und by
William P. Bynuin, of Greensboro, for the
appellees, and submitted.
The following case wae dismissed upon
tho motion of the appellant:
No. 1053?New York, Philadelphia and
Norfolk It.illro.nl Company, owner of steam?
er Maryland and cargo, apnllnnt. vs. the
tugs Helen und Wunderer et aJ., appellees;
appeal from the District Court at Norfolk.
Court adjourned until this morning at
10:39 o'clock.
Case in call to-day: No. Wl?Wyllc Per?
manent Camping Company, plaintiff In er?
ror, vs. Gall V. Lynch, defendant In error;
In error to the Circuit Court at Charleston,
W. Va. T0 bo argued by Price. Smith, Bpll
man and Clay, of Charleston, for tho plain?
tiff In error, und by J. B. Handfan, of
Wheeling, und Holt and Duncan, of Hunt?
ington, \V. Va, for the defendant In error.
Tobnoro Factories Change Hands.
Tho recent reorganization of the American
Tobacco Company, resulted yesterday In the
transfer of several of tho local plants, In
eluding the turning over of several stem
morirs to the British-American syndicate.
(>eeds were tiled In tho clerk's office of tho
Chancery Court making the following trans?
fer! of property:
Conveying property at Twenty-second and
Csry Streets from the Amerlcen Tobacco
Company to the P. Lorlllard Company, of
Now Jersey, the deed valuation being $20.
100.
Transferring property at Seventh and Cary
Streets, ijjghth and Cary streets and prop?
erty on Lombardy Street between Bowe and
Leigh Streets, to tho British-American To?
bacco Company for SKTI.&OO.
"Mirabean and French Revelation."
A large audience heard Dr. Wendling on
"Stonewall Jackson" Monday night and again
last night on "The Imperial Hook." To-night
Mr. Wendling- will give "Mlrabcau and tho
French Revolution."
Dr. Wendling will dollver hla laet address
in Richmond this season at the Bijou Thea
thro Sunday afternoon under the auspices
of the Y. M. O. A. to men. His subleot will
be "Is Death tho End.?"
Bar Association Meets To-Day.
Tho regular quarterly meeting of tho
Richmond Bar Association will be hold this
afternoon at t o'clock In the court-room nf
the Civil justice In the City Hall. Rever.il
matters of importnnce to the profession will
be discussed, nmnna; thorn a resolution'. re?
lating to tho method of appointment, duties
and compensation of guardians ad lltom
SICHMOW). VUIGIN1A
ENGLISH SPIES
ARE SENTENCED
Heavy Punishments Meted Out
to Men Who Disclosed Ger?
man Secrets.
Lclpsic, Germany, December 18.?
Heavy punishments tvero tneted out tQ-i
day to the English spies arrested at
Hamburg on March IS, who havo been
on trial behind closod doors before the
Imperial Court for several days. Max
Schulz, an English ship broker, was
ccntonced to soven years penal servi?
tude. One of his associates, an engi?
neer named Illpslch, was condemned
to twelvo years In Jail. Another engi?
neer named Wulff was sent to Jail for
two yoars. A merchant named Von
Maak and Max Schulz'e housekeopcr
each received three years. Max Schulst
is regarded by tho Gorman naval au?
thorities as a most dangerous spy.
connootod with an institution whose
activities cover all tho shipyards and
arsenals of Europe. ,
Tho judge, in sentencing the ac?
cused, said their arrest hud broken up
u group of spies whose activities wore
dangerous In the highest degreo to
the safety of tho empire. ? Hipslch par?
ticularly, who had been twelve years
employed as an cnglncr In a naval
shipyard, was able to collect designs
and Information Trom all the Germnn
yards. Those ho dcltverod In January
last to the agents of an English Infor?
mation bureau, thus exposing Qer
pany's most Important military se?
crets.
Max Schulz, whose sweeping admis?
sions had established the guilt of both
himself and the others, had organ?
ized, according to tho Judge, a network
of spies throughout Germany. These
reported directly to tho English Infor?
mation bureau.
! Tho severity of tho sentneces, which
have to be served In a penitentiary, and
not In a fortress, as Is usually the case.
Indicates how gravely these cases of
espionage are regarded.
Wulff, it was stated, dealt with the
question of submarines, of which even
the number built and building is a so
cret In Germany. He also furnished In?
formation concerning battleships under
construction at Kiel.
U. C. T. SMOKER
I l'rogrnin I? .Yrrumrcd for Buslnea*. Men'i
Club To-Morrow Mglil
I Richmond Council. No. 155. Unltod Cam
I merc'.a! Travolers of America, will give a
'smoker Friday night to ?he Jobber?. Bank?
ier?, hotel and newspaper men'of the, city.
' Festivities will begin at S o'clock In tho
evening at the Uualneu Men's Club. Short
I tAlk? by ivprre.mtatlves of the vaxloti?
bodle? will be part of the evenln?'? pio
gram.
Among the speakers Till be Mayor D. C.
I rtlrhardsor., C. B. Cooke. Iveon Wallersietn.
! Captain John bandst loot, C. D. Coleman, T.
j M. Carrlngton. R. O. Rennolds, J. Pcntt
Parrllh, Jntne-t T. Disney. \V. T. Dabney.
I Colonel .lohn S. Hanvood nnd Alvtn Smith.
' Thu Invitations call tho attain a "Good
j Feilou'shtp t.unchoon and Smoker." desigr.
? id to encourage and foster a spirit of good
(><:ins ;>m! co-operation between lliu man
ion the ruad and "the home."
Unlldlnjr Permit*.
Ituiirilng "lid repair permits lt?U?d
yeVt?rdaj M follow*!
Mn. M. A. Almond. In repair a two-story
brick store and dwelling. 7J1 West Marshall
Street, to cost IVA.
J. K. Moore, to ereot a detached two-story
frame store and dwelling on Uin east side
nf Twenty.Ilfth Street between M an* N
Streets, to cost 12,700.
A. J. Daffron, ,to erect a one and a half
story brick stable on the. cast sldo of Fif?
teenth Hlr"et_ between Hull and Decatur
Streets, to rost ItO).
8. (i. Meredith, to ersct a one and & half
story brtrk garage on the north aide of
Monument Avenue between Hheppard and
West Ktreuts, to cost ir.CO.
Mont School Supeiintedcnci.
ilight men ar? In the race for appointment
to the position of division Superintendent
of schools of Chesterfield county. The, otflco
wsjs mud).- vacant by the reslgnp.tlnn of Dr.
Charles M Haren, and has given rite to
' rinslderuble rl\Hlry. The position pays K73
per annum. AppatntiVo power rests with
tho State Hoard 0f Education, but this body
hoa so far made n' anno :r.r^nient a? to the
date when It will take action In the mutter.
The men who are after the office are A. J.
Hurt, Chester; J. A. Salle. Hallsboro; Wil?
liam O. Owens. Chesterfield; P. M. Tyler.
Chester; Dr. J, F. Ilugland. Centrnlla: Dr.
J. CS. Loving, Swansboro; Lawrence J. Pool,
south Kichtnond, und W. W. Vaughn, Spring
Arrests Yeat.*rriay.
CArri* i.'ftrey. colored, was arrested yester?
day on a charge of having tiroken tntn the.
residence of V. S. Forrester, JOS North First
Street, nnd stealing therefrom n quantity of
clothes and two rings.
.Tames Burchett, colored, nas taken in on
a charge of stealing n suit of clothes: frani
Tt. A. Patterson.
For .10 Yeura the Ilonxe of Quality.
Straus, Gunst & Co..
Distiller.* /mil llloudern of
Fine Wlilakeya.
Drink Old Henry
Km Long Itecorit Pro?? Ks Merit.
ACADEMY?To-Day
Matinee and Night
AL. H. WILSON
In Ills New Singing Comedy.
A GERMAN PIIINCE.
Prices: Mat I nee, 25c to $1.00. Night,
_25c to $1.50._
BIJOU-This Week
Mat'noe Thursday and Saturday.
Prices i The
Ulatlnee, 15e, 25c, a.1e. QT AMPFHF
Night. USc, 35c. 50c. IJIrtiTlI LlUlt
WITH LILLIAN BUCKINGHAM.
'.'MIRABEAU-The French
Revolution."
V. M. O. A. HALL,
To-Nlght (Thursduy), 8i20,
Hon. George R. Wendling
Tickets, 50c. .
The Valentine Museum
ELEVENTH AND CLAY STREETS.
Open daily from 10 \. M. to C r.,M.
Admission. -Be Free on Saturdays^