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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-10

Sally Preston GO TO s. first. No Quarter
"a to y second. Kaiser Ilof 6 to u
third. Time, rs.
Seventh race-lnie and 4 sixteenth.
seling--Rather Royal al to 100 first.
Photographer &c to - second, Adbell ga
TO y third Time. 1:4S3 30,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-10
Defeats George Washington.

GREENSBORO, N, c., Aprll o.
Davidson College defeated George
,M,n,sliltngton University ut baseball hero
. smls Aitcrnoon: Score 4 to 2, Davidson
ittth inning, two in seventh; Washing
Ton, ono In fifth an done In thn mini
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-10
1908 E Grace Street
IMMEDIATELY OPPOSITE THE HIS
TORICALLY FAMOUS VAN LEW
NJ s PROPERTY.
i LOT 30 4-l2x15O.
BY request. ,Yn will. o,

BY request, we fwill. on
"WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1907.
at 6 p. NJ. on the premises, offer for
sale the above described property.
bath, new porcelain tub. range. ETC., and
Is III splendid ordar. There Is also d
good detached brick kitchen on the lot.
The house Is built Of the very best ma
terlals the walls+are very thick and all
the rooms are large, high pitched and
well lighted. Tho purchaser will find
hereqa delightfulfhome In the most fash
ionhble section OF Church Hill or an In
vestment that will bring him good rent
returns.
TERMS: Very reasonable and announc-
ed at sale.
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m ~ BOWLING - 2g

The contest for the semi-weelsly prize was
rolled last night at the Lake Alleys, and
this match proved to be another great game
as high scores seemed to be In order, as
seycn out Of the fifteen players who took
part scored over 05 which is remark
able game The following are the scores
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-10

Wilmington and. Richmond TO
Get Together Here This
Afternoon.
LAWMAKERS IN GOOD SHAPE
Sllafier Says His Men Will Give
The Tri-State Club Good
Run
-

The Richmond team will meet the
strong Wilmington team. Of the rri-
State League, at Broad Street Park this
afternoon at 1880 clock. The game be-
tween these two clubs. scheduled for
yesterday, was not played on account Of
the wet condition Of the grounds
The Wilmington boys are fast getting
into shape, and expect to make a good
showing in their league this season.
Among the Wilmington players is Pete
Cassidy, who is well-known here as Il
member Of the old Newark team of the
Atlantic League In 1898. III Is playing
trst-base for the Wilmington Club. and
said last night ut the Allen that he Is
in better shape than he ever was. Cas-
sidy was the olden days u great
scrapper lie lad two or three scraps
here with players on account of his
pugnacious manner in working for the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-10

Davidson, Il, George Washington, 3.
* CREENSBOR N. C. April a.---Davld-
son College to-day won, the second game
with George Washington. The feature
Sc Score re- 800 r. II. u.
Davidson 1890 05ol1S082 o o. . 2
washington .,...O 0 @ 1t041 o 0 1--3 Z s
Batteries: Sanford and Sherill; Hester,
Sllen, Titus and Stevenson.
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Got Over It.

"But / have got all over that" he said.
81 let the umpire decide all the questions
for me. l find it does not pay TO be toe
scrappy. Tho game must be played on
F to dirty worksAwi never prosper in ms
profession The umpire is there to look
out for tho public and the players. and
he is going to do what he can TO have
This Tri-State League Is what we
call the millionaires' club The towns
themselves. at least some of them. are
not large enough to pay the big salaries
gether, and patronizo the game for the
sport, and the result is that we have
the highest class of ball. and the highest
salalied players outside the big league.
good ball"
shaffer and Cassidy got together last
nigh, night and and talked talked oyer the old days
fifteen years ago. Cassidy said it was
not that far back. but Shaffer insisted
and nd, ealled the turn. and thereby gave
Patton, McCauldry, Flood, Touchstone.
Taulkner.,, Greenville. Griffin. Nc
G comer L nh9m Giery: Townsend New
X The boys all.loo1 good. and with the
improved condition OF the Richmond
yon n,,t there Is likely to be fine
Going After Pennant.
a letter received here by Albert
Anthcny from his brother, John. who
IS with Roanoke this season, states that
the team got together and VIM Clark
is Observation-Disclosures
I'VE are going5ato make a good run
for the pennant t." he writes, land you
know Clark. am-perfectly satisfied
my best this sea semi
Anthony Is considered big league
timber by many. and he is going to try
this season to place@ himself in position
ito command the attention of the big
league n>nEnates.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-10
ST. LOUIS NATIONALS
MON THE SERIES

ST. LOUIS, April o.--Tho final game OF
the series Of seven between the local
American League team and the local
National League team was won by the
Nationals 0 to l. This gives the local
championship to the NatioIal League
team.
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Auction Sales Future Days
Virginia Auction Co.,
Auctioneera.
REMOVAL SALE
THp r

.
Auctioneers.
REMOVAL SALE
IS FOR
ACCOUNT Il OF THE VIRGINIA SAL
WAGE AND WRECKING COM
PANY AT 10 N. SEVENTH ST.,
AT 1890 A. NJ. FRIDAY. APRIL
10, 1907.
Everything in the house positively to
be sold
MISUNDERSTANDING Dressing Table.
Crib. Chairs, Boot Rack. Chests Of
Drawers, old Sidcboard, Sofas, Rose
wood Table and Chairs. old Rag Car
pet, Spinning Wheel, g st.; !, Z : o,, ond
Walnut, Oak Child's Beds.
Chamber Suits-Oak Walnut Mahog-
lanized and Poplar.
sideboards-Oak and Walnut.
attresses-Sectional and others
Extension Tables. Refrigerators. Hat
Racks, Cooking Stoves Mating, Book
Cases. Couches, Chairs Rockers, Ia
sbles, Wardrobes, Springs, etc.
: i1tsNl'' VIRGINIA AUCTION co,
Auctioneers,
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David Dunlop Won.

David Dunlop's Orphan Lad took
first money in. the first event, which
was FOR three year-olds and upwards.
six and half furlongs But he had
only narrow margin between him
and Old Colony, with Belle of Jcssa-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-18
Tax Commissions Renort.

The biennial report of the Wisconsin
state tax commission has been issued
to the legislature. Attention is called
to the necessity of obtaining a proper
state assessment and the report deals
with methods of the commission in Sc
curing these results.
The report shows that the total
amount of general property in the
state for the year 1906 was $1,997, 342,-
1922, and the aggregate taxes for all
purposes was 22,732,569, giving an
average rate of taxation of $11.3S per
81 900.
The total value of all railroad prop
erty for the year 1906 was $237 ,239,
500 and the total tax assessed was 81,
70O,237 The report contains judicial
review of the railway taxation law and
its administration by the commission
also the taxation of other public serv
ice corporations.
The report commits the commission
to an inheritance tax and discusses
the proposition in a review fully cover
ing the administration of the law in
this state
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-18
Push Insurance Salary Curb. .

According to comment of members
of the Wisconsin legislature, former
President Cleveland's brief against
the passage of legislation limiting sal
aries of officers of insurance COM
panies will hardly persuade the bad
ger lawmakers not to pass bill to
that effect now pending before them.
Speaker Ekern of the assembly, Sec
rotary of State Frear and others who
are pushing the proposed legislation
declare that Cleveland's protest will
not appeal favorably to Wisconsin
Legislators. The Wisconsin bill pro
vides that no salary of any officer or
employee of an insurance company
shall exceed $4,000 year unless the
policyholders of such company speci-
fically authorize larger salary. Most
of the lawyers in the legislature are
of the opinion that the pending bill, ii
passed, would be constitutional.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-18

bamboo thicket, butting down great
trees as carelessly as though they
were cornstalks; these fall across the
way together with a small avalanche
of rotten boughs, placing your life dis
tinctly in jeopardy and causing you to
wonder anxiously whether in the event
of dearth of bamboo you yourself
may not be selected as a substitute.
Tired of this pastime, you will OBJ
serve him surreptitiously filling his
trunk with the semi-liquid mud by the
roadside, which he appears to have
swallowed until a sudden carefully
aimed jet covers you from head to
foot. The next moment he is trotting
docilely by his mothers side, his
whole being radiating innocence and
defying calumny.
Perhaps the most amusing episode
in our baby's infinite variety of enter
tainment was once when fording a
brook he slipped on the muddy bank
and landed on his back in midstream,
where he lay, with his legs waving
absurdly in the air. as helpless as an
overturned beetle; the fond parent,
seeing his predicament, was obliged to
return and support him until he could
regain his feet.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-18
pietz Case in Allowance.

Gov. Davidson announced that he
had not yet received any official infor-
nation regarding the reported indict-
ment of John F. Dietz of Cameron
Dam by the grand jury of Sawyer
county on the charge of resisting an
officer and attempted murder and its
recommendation that he call out the
state militia to capture. Dietz. The
governor says that he will not take
any action on the matter until it has
been formally and properly presented
to him. 1t is understood that the
governor considers that the grand
jury, if it did make the recommended
ton reported, went out of it's way to
do So because he believes it is the
duty of the sheriff and district attor-
ney to enforce the indictments, and
only after they have demonstrated be-
yond doubt that they are unable to
arrest Dietz are they justified in ap-
pealing to the governor for state as
sistance. The governor does not be-
lieve he would be justified in acting
on the recommendation of the grand
jury before the county officers have
conclusively demonstrated that they
are unable to apprehend Dietz and
that he is really in armed resistance
to the authorities.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-18

1t is the custom to keep the catafal.
que waiting outside the door, with the
casket lying on it. The men passing
in the street all remove their hats,
Many go up and look at the date of
death and the age and most say a sym.
pathetic word.
There are fully as many carriages
as at the funerals of the poor here in
this city When all preparations have
been made, the procession sets of.
The hearse leads off and progress is
made in the city at snail's pace. II
the way is muddy, as is not unusual.
the mutes walking alongside get
splashed from foot to head with the
sticky, disagreeable Madrid mud.
When the procession gets into the
outskirts of the town there is a change.
The mutes generally pile up behind
on the carriages and by the time the
cemetery is reached the procession
has lost something of its dignity. This
may be imagined from the fact that
some of the mutes are clinging to
straps in back of the coffin and laugh,
ing and testing as they jolt along.
Such a funeral will cost very close
to $1,000. and that is not considered
much
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-18
How to Prevent Looting.
GAUDY FUNERALS IN SPAIN.
Much Pomp and Expense Attached to
Being Buried Properly.

Getting buried in Spain, especially
in large city like Madrid, costs a
great deal of money. To begin with
there is huge black carriage, with
enormous C springs, made UP of sin
gle fiat platform designed to support
the caSket.
This is covered, but it is not inclosed
with glass as the funeral coaches here
1t is open on all sides. There are four
huge black plumes which decorate the
carriage. Wreaths hang on the four
posts of the platform.
The wagon is drawn by any number
of horses. The favorite number is ten
They are harnessed in pairs. 1t gives
a sort of tallyho effect. All the horses
carry huge nodding plumes on the
head, fixed in the harness.
To walk alongside the horses and in
the rear there are mutes wearing black
knee breeches, with black stockings
and long black shadbelly coats. They
wear black three-cornered hats and
wigs of white. with pfgrails.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-18

deposit books of persons who have
dormant accounts and to falsify en-
tries of cash taken in.
Men higher up" can make loans on
bogus securities and substitute
mems or notes showing false loans.
They usually have access to the
vaults where money and bonds are
deposited.
Although there is usually some ap-
parent reason why men become de-
faulters, sometimes it is impossible to
find the cause; it seems Incompetent
sible to the men themselves.
Concerning such cases, the presi-
dent of a prominent surety company
has made an interesting statement:
Presidents of banks and trust COM
panies who sometimes involve their
institutions for large sums are often
condemned for dishonesty when their
real fault is bad judgment. It may
be that the president has conducted
his bank on conservative lines until
he is implicitly trusted. The board of
directors gladly intrusts its own re-
sponsibilities upon his shoulders and
leaves him to run the business.
In Tolls of Promoter.
presently along comes a promoter
with more audacity than judgment.
He presents a scheme that is daring,
but still within bounds, offers the
bank extra high interest, and perhaps
bonus besides; he gets the loan and
pays it.
THE venture is repeated until the
president is dazzled by the brilliance
of the promoters genius. At last a
note cannot be taken up when due.
The venture may be legitimate, but i'll
judged. It is necessary to advance
more money to safeguard the original
investment.
Here the president makes his fatal
misstep. Instead of laying the whole
matter before the board and confess
ing his original mistake, he makes an
additional loan on his own response
bility and is still more deeply involved.
By this time he is ashamed to tell
the board of directors, and so he goes
on getting deeper and deeper in the
mire until the inevitable crash"
How to Prevent Looting.
Orson Smith, one of Chicago's best
known bankers, after the Stensland
exposure, declared that new law of
incorporation was necessary to pre-
vent the looting Of banks.
'The state bank examinations are
all right" he said. mo law you can
frame will prevent thief from steal
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-18

amount of money which surety COM
panies Of the country are called upon
to make good is said to be 100000 a
month.
An embezzlement, occording to the
representative of a surety company,
is reported in Philadelphia every two
weeks. The average is said to be
proportionately larger in New York
and Chicago.
The fascination of stalking money,
the zest of uncertainty, as well as the
possibility of winning big stakes,
tempt clerks to speculate. While the
bank president may be taking plunges
in stocks and sustaining heavy losses,
the employee may be playing the races
OF taking chances in the bucket shops.
Both lead to ruin.
Methods of Population.
Methods of peculating are many
One Of the most common among en-
ployes. is to falsify deposit slips and
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-18

Boston.-It is only a defalcation of
magnitude that attracts more than To-
cal attention.
When the wrongdo1ng of President
Frank Nipple caused the $7,000,000
crash of the Real Estate Trust COM
pany, of Philadelphia; when Paul O..
Stensland wrecked the Milwaukee
Avenue State bank of Chicago through
his misappropriation of $1,5O0,OOO and
when, more recently, Treasurer Will
liam F. Walker disappeared with
S565,000 of securities belonging to the
Savings Bank Of New Britain, Conn.,
in a big case Of this kind the busy
world pauses to gasp at the enormity
OF the crime and TO bestow fieeting
pity upon the victims.
Now and then remarkable theft
attracts more than ordinary atten-
ton because of the difficulties over
come Only a short time ago it was
announced that $4,000 in currency
had been stolen from the United
States sub-treasury at Chicago under
circumstances that baffed score OF
keen-witted secret service men.
But, as Pierre Jay, commissioner OF
banking of Massachusetts, has point
ed out, there are many embezzlements
that are never known by the public.
The amounts involved are made good
by relatives and friends, or are quiet
~ charged up to profit and loss.
There are three embellishments
where one is reported" said the head
Of surety company the other day.
Personally, | believe financial insti-
buttons are being robbed every day"
This seems serious; it is serious,
but one should remember that there
are great number Of institutions
handling the peoples money.
Did you know that on September
! last there were in the United States
6,137 national banks-an increase of
1905 since 1880-8,862 state banks,
TAI loan and trust companies, 1919
savings banks and 929 private banks?
Causes of Dishonesty.
But what causes dishonesty among
employees and officials of financial in
situations?
Why do men, occupying positions OF
trust and honor, who are generally re-
spected, stand high, often in the
church, are morally clean, SO far as
known, with families and pleasant
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-18
BABY ELEPHANT AT PLAY.
FUN One Six Months Old Had in a
Malay Jungle.

Mr.. Burgess had most kindly sent
back government elephants for the
luggage, and on their return proposed
that we should take them on to the
next post, erik, where others could
probably be hired from the natives.
This we agreed to do. and on clear,
sunny morning, which contrasted
cheerfully with the previous downpour,
set out with five elephants and baby
elephant accompanying its mother,
writes J. c. Grew in Badminton Maya
zine, describing a journey through the
Malay jungle.
A source of continuous amusement
TO us were the antics of the baby ele-
phant. You have seen a kitten career
madly around after its tail or puppy
tumble over itself in paroxysms OF
playfulness, but have you witnessed an
elephant at the tender age of six
months expressing its uncomfortable
spirits? assure you there is nothing
more excruciatingly funny.
To begin with. he suddenly charges
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-18

In nearly every instance one or
downfall.
First of all, it is the desire to get
rich quick which lures men to their
fall. Gambling, whether it be on the
races or in the stock markets, has
been the cause of many mans ruin.
Having access to money, the bank
president or employe who has gotten
himself into difficulty takes surrep-
titious loan, fully intending to pay it
back; failure follows failure, loss
comes after loss, until at last there
is the inevitable discovery.
IN every case which I have inves-
tigated," said an officer of a surety
company, Il have found woman at
the bottom Although the man stole
the money to gamble or speculate,
when a searching inquiry is made we
always found a woman who was ex-
become infatuated, or a wife who
nagged him for more than he could
afford
Men frequently embeZzle to invest
in schemes which they are led to be-
lieve will turn out well. They are
probably married and desire to get
ahead socially. They need money to
do it,
Their homes must be we'll fur
nished, their wives beautifully dress
ed The situation goads them to take
the risk. Without any thought of be-
ing dishonest they use the bank S
money for personal investments.
with a man who becomes infatu-
ated with a dashing woman the end
comes more quickly. There is rapid
pace, With motor cars, theaters, cafes
and other places of entertainment. He
loses his head, loses all sense of dis
erection. Recently an official of large
Chicago bank threw $40 bills to bal
let dancer on theater stage. This ex-
cited suspicion. His accounts were
investigated, and to-day he is serving
in prison"
Thefts of "5ig Men,"
The majority of bank thefts, &C
cording to bonding concerns, are by
employees of the nstitution-caShiers
tellers, clerks. More money, however,
is usually stolen by dishonest presi-
dents or other officers. The aggregate
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-18
Urge Medical College for State.

That Fl state schools, including all
state universities of the first rank,
give four years of the medical course,
and that the University of Wisconsin
is the only such university of i'm
portance that does not provide ade-
quately for students who desire to
study medicine, was brought before
the joint meeting of the Legislative
committees on education. The com
mittees had under consideration the
bill which provides $4,000 per an
mum for the establishment of col
lege of medicine at the university,
equipped to give the first two years
of the medical course.
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ing if you give him chance. Place
your money in his hands and he is
sure to run away with it if the way is
open.
Suppose you are carrying in your
vaults lot of fraudulent paper, which
en- its face appears to be all straight,
how is any bank examiner going to
discover it? 1t is absolutely impossi-
BILE for him to prove the genuineness
or falseness of every signature on the
paper that is shown him as securities
held by the bank as collateral for
loans. He must simply take them to
be what they appear to be on the face
"The state bank examination law
is all right, and it is just as efficiently
administered as the national bank
law. 1t is not so much change in
the law regarding examinations we
want as a law regarding the incor-
poration of banks.
1T is much too easy to incorporate
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-04-18
Easy to Start Bank.

Easy to Start Bank.
Ease with which a bank may be
started was illustrated at ,Middleport,
Ohio, last fall. The president of an
institution there disappeared and
$4,000 of the banks money was
found missing.
This man, it was stated, at one time
started a national bank in that town,
but this was closed and its accounts
settled. Then the banker induced a
retired clergyman to enter business
with him and open a private bank.
The clergyman converted his prop
erty into cash and invested $4,000.
For time the new institution seemed
to flourish, but one morning it was
found that the president was missing.
In the vaults were only $4,000 in cash
and paper worth less than $4,000.
The bank building was found to be
mortgaged to it's full value.
Fever of Getting Rich.
What remedy would I suggest for
the dishonest man in banks?" said a
man who has made study of finan.
cial conditions. There is one remedy
among the big men-an unfailing
sense of honor, integrity of character,
pure, clean, moral lives.
But the fever of getting rich has
inflamed the country. Men are impa.
tient to get money; in fact, they do
not care to wait for good investments
to work out slowly. They wish to
plunge, to go headlong into any prom
Using scheme.
1T must be remembered that al
though the amounts of bank thefts
have been increasing this does not
mean that the percentage of such
crimes is increasing per thousand OF
population. Besides, there is a great
deal more money in banks now than
20 years ago.
''The stupendous figures of defalca-
lions in this country, however, indi-
cate state of very loose morals in
our business life. Then, too, with the
desire to get rich there is a growing
desire for expensive hobbies and ex-
pensive living. The rising financial
fever is accompanied by fever of
corresponding gayety. And gay life
costs money"