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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-09
Ed: GEERS has
DRIVEN OVER A
MILLION MILES
Veteran Horseman Has
Been on Track Since
1874 Still Drives
Flying Sulky.

How would you like to ride from
fifty to 1b0 miles in q gulky ina day?
How. would you like TO try the same
thing every day for d month, and then
for year? Would you believe that
there is man ut the present time who
has averaged fully 100 miles day
driving PAGERS and trotters for not a
month. not year, but for thirty.nyc
years?
Few and far between have been the
days since 1874 that Ed. t.'Pop'') Gcers.
the veteran driver of harness racers.
did not climb and rccltrnb into sulkies
and reel off mile after mile. until, on
come occasions, he had driven $50
miles Other days he drove 100 miles.
and some days only fifty miles. Fills
average during all these years has been
about 100 miles.
Just try to drive fifty miles day
In sulky. and you will learn that u
lis no snap. Geera, however, likes TO
be UP behind good piece OF horse
flesh. He doesn't mind the fifty miles
a day right now, despite his years He
Says it's childs play. He feels that
he has done good days work NYheh
he drives 100 miles, while $50 tire him
out to such an extent that he never
moves from the time he retires at
night until next morning.
It is almost beyond COMPREHENSION
1.-THE thousands and thousands OF miles
Geers has driven come OF the best
trotters and PAGERS In the history OF
the sport. Giving him credit for loo
miles q day for thirty-tive years, the
veteran has ridden 1,e77,5oo miles IN
suikiea since he first started to train
INC fa.t steppers. OF course Geers
has missed some days III the past ;hir-
hut thew have been few. It is more
than likely that his daily average y
even more than 100 miles. in which
event he probably has been In the sulks
While his various charges reeled OF
100000 miles.
There IS not a. driver on the grand
circuit who works any harder than
! the veteran. He is on the job every
morning at the same hour. and makes
In point to retire about the same
time each night
Truly the record Of Geers is ono
| that will stand for many years 70
come. il not for all time.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-09
DESERTED WIFE. WILL
BRING DAMAGE SUIT
She Believes 5Heiress Was to Blame for Eope-.
ment With Waiter Husband---Girl' S Mil
lionaire Grandfather Defendant.

died as the result Of a poisoning plot.
A reconciliation between De Janon
and his wife was Effected only few
months before her death. and Dc Ja-
non Is declared 10 have said that she
made q Will bequeathinE money to an
enemy of his without acquainting him
with her action. When Mrs. de Jnncu
returned to live with him in Phtladel-
phia this friend made frequent at
Stempts to see her, according to tho
story. About this time frequent pres
!, ents OF fruits and candy were sent
Iquoted to-day, as saying that he
/ believed some of those delIcacies con-
/ tanned strychnine.
Another Clue.
Fall River. Mass. January s.--Thats
i Roberta De Janon. the missing young
Philadelphia heiress, and Ferdinand n
\ Cohen, her married companion, came to-
'IFall River by steamer last Monday and
have since fled to Canada wasSthe belief
4 expressed Tonight by the police here
a detective who came hero from New
I York told the police that girl and ~
OF Miss De Janon and Cohen left New
! York Sunday night on the steamerA
Providence The steamer reached Fall
| River Monday morning
boarding houses to-day the police and
l the strange detective. who claimed to
lrepresenL the family of Miss De Janon,
came to the conclusion that the coupies
took a train. leaving Fall River for
| Boston. imrne dlately after the arrival
Iof tho steamer. The detective told the
4 police. that he hah reason to believe
4 that Cohen was headed for Canada.
and that he would himself go there
las soon as possible. He left Fall
River to-day for Boston.
Still a Mystery.
4 Philadelphia January Although
4 relatives of the girl make denial. rus.
y mors that Miss de Janon, the missing
i heiress, had been found and Is In ser
Iscl,lsion will not down. 1t has been.
and Ferdinand Cohen. the hotel waiter.
who Is believed to have left this city
]! with her. is less active than 1T was;
several days ago, which fact has lent
i color to the rumors j sS ii
It Is persistently reported that the
ssgirl Is OH the farm of w. Atlee Eurpce.s
I: a personal friend of Ro bert BUST, Misc
dc lannon's Erandfnt her, but this Is
positively denied. The farm Is at
A Doylestown. Pa. twenty-five miles
4 from Philadelphia. ~.
4 Timothy O'Leary, assistant superirss
tendent of police, to might said he had
. no knowledge OF the Whereabouts OF
a tho girl. but made the significant o.
s. mark that the newspapers had better
&. vantured the prediction that the news
I papers will never get the story Of the
J Extraordinary case.
C;nvc Away n Pony.
4 IS "A pony was glvens away at the Rhods
5 Royal Circus YESTERDAY to 81. H. Cog-J
Il,;,i fchr ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-09
HARVARD WOULD REGULATE
SALE OF FOOTBALL SEATS

Boston, Mass, January a.--suygestions
looking toward a solution OF the problem,
of the distribution Of tickets for important
Efootba II games at Harvard. especially for the
Biennial contest with Yale. arc made in a
report Of a special committee Of the Har-
ward club OF this city. which investigated
the methods employed in the recent game.
The committees conclusions are that there
should be a reduction In the number Of spe-
cially awarded sea Is, that tickets for meru-
Sbers OF the Harvard Athletic Association
should be abolished, that freshmen and
sonhoElores should be limited to one ticket
each. and that university officers should be-
classed with graduates lit
There were $4,000 seatssin the dun for
the game Of November ,D.ls09. OF which Yaio
took 16,0h0.
There was an unusual demand for seats,
running about $1,000, and many complaints
reached the management after the game
iron, those who claimed to have been unable
to obtain seats, but who were apparently
entitled to them. xxx Y 10
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-09
VIRGINIA DEFEATS
WILLIAM & N AIRY
Wins First Home Game Of Bas-
kctball BY Score
Of SO to 10.
I sneeial to rhc Times-pispatch.]

Especial to The Times Dispate en- Ia,
charlottesville, Va. January s.--Vir-
GINA played her first home game u
and Mary College by the decisive score
Of as TO 16 The visitors played plucs
lily in the first half. the score az
the close Of the period being y. 70 D;
During the second hait inc s ina ,n uth
for the younger and lighter vlsltors.
Trainer Lannisan put in NUMBER
OF new men. and practically ran me
Williamsburg PLAYERS or .h ,act t tSat
the team kept the bail we'll down
| around their basket, where. by goed
team work. they made many opportu-
mites to cage the ball.
star, put up a spectacular game He
covered lots of territory. and landed
several goals from difficult angles.
Cecil gave clevor exhibition of drib-
and consistent game throughout. His
tossed half-dozen l.oals, aroused
much enthusiasm. Aslby did some
For William and Navy. Captain
Driver was In the ltmelight. he alone
scoring eleven points. Metcalf., at CEN
tire. played a strong game. and appar-
entity got the better of kearns.
The lineup was as follows:
Virginia. Positions w. & NJ 8.
May. T.3.,... left forward. Robinson
| tCampbelD
spratt. right forward Driver
\ (RiXey)
kearns ........ centre. Metcalf
4 s(Dulaney)
/ Ashby, Neff left guard. Goodwin
/ Cecil. y ones..right guard 8. !. ~. Hall
Goals from iie1d--Mav CT, Spratt t6).
Cecil (3). Dulaney. Neff, Driver tD,
Robinson. Hall. Goals from fouls
4 Spratt, May. Driver (3), Metcalf. Refe-
rec Williams. Time of halves. 20
minutes.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-09
FLORIDA BEACH RACES
Declared on for This Year-Snv.snnah Also
Abandons Face Meeting. n 'fa

DrcIa rod on for TF,is yaor
shnni,,ns y 80. Ar. NV Also
I'll t'tAeo siee.'nt''
New Aork, January s.-There Will be
NJ taSlng oyer me paytona sands this win
tournaments were started in 1862. They
n NAYS osea nna need largely BY the people Of
nn., snutI hav 49,. II, run
mes ne = ne raising OF money has become
,ard 81, cach ssar. IN spenking Of the mat
~, Z ". =. Morgan, Tho has MANAGED the
80 r. !. " eNcpption OF one year,
sag 'a.I NJ
,ha am Lt.rea OF bearing tho burden Of
a. r ia !, We w w. aHu iast winter
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-09
The Fur
viii NollD Fly!
for we have determined
to carry over no winter
clothing.
3 !: @
OFF
On Suits and Oyercoats
.kirk-P afriish Co.,
CLOTHING,
412 Broad Street.

thirty-four. IIe was tied by his teams
mate. Danny Murphy. who p.ayed in
one moro game and finished the year
with the handsome batting marx or
Isl. Keeler with a 1854 average, was
fifth in sacrifice hits and was followed
by Lord OF Boston. who cIouted at a
.311 clip.
OF the men who finished in high So
ciety in sacrifice hits in 1905 that is.
those who had twenty or more. Brad
ley. Ganley. Lord. Tom Jones. stovall.
Alttzer. Murphy, Crawford. Conroy.
Kecler and Lee Tannehiil repeated
last season. The list OF classy sacri-
fee llittcrs for the two years follows:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-09
LUSH WILL COACH YALE.
Professional Player Signs Contract to
Train blues Team.

THU 6Iue'S TCAlN. J931V
Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
( Annapolis. Nd. January S.A con
tract to coach the Yale base ball lneu
for the season OF 1910 has been signed
by Billy Lush: tho professional base
ball PLAYER, who Is now handling the
envy. For time 1t was. thought that
Lush would also have charge 81 base.
ball here, but an agreement could not
be reached, and Lush will return Il
yale, Where he has been base ball coach
New FIavenaen February 90.
! The Naval Academy will use grad
uate coaches largely. The head coac.
VIII probably be Lieutenant f. II. 20.
toct, who formerly caught on the Acad-
lelny nine = -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-09
WOMEN co ups1N{ BALLOON.

society Folk Witness Interesting
Events at Pasadena.
Pasadena, Cal, January Sin the
throng Of / 5000 people providing the
grandstand, bleachers and automobile
booths at tournament Park. 500 we'll
known society folk of New York. Chi
cugo. Boston, PHILADELPHIA ana Pitts
burg, now composing the winter col i
olly Of Pasade na, viewed the exciting
chariot race replica OF old Roman
sports indulEed In by the Neros, and
cheered on their voyage a n air Cliff
ford b. Harnlor and two society wo-
men, we'll known In New York. llo
made an assent in the balloon New
York, owned and pllotef by Mr., IIar-
mon. sS8 ST Ss IS NJ is
I8a There were cowhov snort {, ossOinis,.
lhrancho hucktns Wild West stage
Ehold-lp. and other passi mr. events. to-
ralieye the two mai, fen lures gof the,
stonrnanl srt Of Rose n program, az sf
8spor "
Ss Miss lean 1vrenah ana M Marie
|sCamnhe !. III well u nowis to lew
York NJ shtcago ard c'leve land society.
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4 Family Skeleton

4 New York. January s.--As POSSIBLY
OF the disappearance Of Ro-
berta de Janon. OF Philadelphia, the
missing 9heiress to $4,000 900, II was;
reported to- lay, on the strength Of a
statement credited to Ferdinand de
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-09
AV|AT|O.N FIELD
READY FOR TRIALS
Preparations Complete for Big
Meet Near Los
Angeles.

p Los Angeles. Cal, January 3.---Thou-
sands OF curious persons went to-day
to the aviation field. at Dominguez,
whore Glenn H. Curuss. Charles F.
Willard. Frank Johnson, Roy knaben-
shue. Charles K. Hamilton. aviators.
and half-a-hundred mechanicians were
balloons. and more than 1000 work.
men were putting the finishing touches
on the mammoth Erandstand. and the
field. where tho American and foreign
.flrs t &C competitive lights between air.
ships ever held in America:
Judges stands, administration build
.inss and field accommo dation for the
The curtiss aerop1anc. brought here
from Hatnmondsport by Charles X.
Hamilton. OF New Britain, Conn. was
assembled early to-day, In contempla-
The new Knabenshue aeropiane. the
smallest one that will be seen here.
and the Gtll-Doscl1 machine of the
Curtiss typo, brought from Bal fillmore.
are are ready for or, the morning trials.
who are bringing two Farman bipIancs
and two Bleriot Gross channel mono
planes. are due to arrive to morrow
morning. Until their arrival the pro-
- - Judges Tor the Contests.
The officers of the Aero Club OF Call
Efornia announced tonight the. selec-
ton Of the following judges for the
Cortland Field Bishop. president OF
1.-The Aero Club OF America. chairman;
|, II. La ". Twining. of the Aero Club OF
/ California. vce-chairman; G. Neuner,
Lieutenant Paul w. Beck. Dick Ferris
land William Stevens.
! Alternates-A. L Smith. George B.
8 Harrison.
Secretary to the judges, W. II. Leon
ard.
i Monday has been nominated as Avi-
alton Day, and will be devoted to trials
and elimination flights The aviators
who will make, the first fight IN
! Glenn II. Curtiss. Louis Paulhan.
lard. Clifford B. Harmon, M. Maisson,
M. Nfiscarol, Roy Knabenshue and Lin
Farman biplanes. Bleriot mono
Knabenshue machine will be flown.
and several machines made by com
! raratively unknown inventors will be
4 given their first trial to determine
4 whether they shall be entered in the
list OF competitors for the $4,000 in
money prizes.
Flights for the two dozen spherical
balloons that have been brought to
this city from all parts Of the country
4 will be made from Huntington Park,
4 sixty miles from the aviation field.
4 The first one Of the prize compett-
lions for heavier-than.air machines
that for greatest spsed-will be made
curtiss. the aviators will be COM
PEELED to make these lights at q
height Of about IS feet on account
of the topography OF the field.
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C;nvc Away n Pony.
" "A pony was given away at the RhodSs
Royal Circus yesterday to n. II. Cog7
shili OF 3a5 Nicholson Street. s
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alley an Example.

the circuit recall when
.graced the select circle
but 1t has been several
Nap third sacker has
HIS teammates claim
ing OF Brad to second
to perform the
the ball down whenever
Is negotiated first base
I'd becoming q punk
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-09

Philadelphia, Pa, January S.-Alrs.
Ferdinand Cohen. wife of the hotel
waiter who disappeared about the time
MISS Roberta b. de Janon was report
ed missing. to-day announced her in
tention OF bringing suit for $4,000
against Robert BUST. the grandfather
OF the girl. for alleged alienation of
her husbands affections.
Mrs. Cohen returned here last nisht
from New York, called upon Henry
]. Scott an attorney. to-day. and IN IN.
structed him to bring the sui MI.
Scott said he would prepare the pa
The action. Mr.. Scott said. would be
brought against Mr.. Built as guardian
of the girl, the missing heiress being
a minor.
Mrs. Cohen discussed the case with9her
Il am going to get satisfaction she
Issaid Every one seems to think that
I am as much to blame In this case
us anybody. No one has any sympathy z 7
for me. Welt / will see what the
court says about IT. ] propose 70 make 2
these people sweat for the way have
been treated
Mrs. Cohen said she thought the
missing couple would be found as
soon as their money runs out. MY
husband" she said, will have to hunt
work and the first place he asks Tor.
work as waiter he VII be rec Pehert
|
will drive him to seek work. and Will
/ soon be crying for her coy room In
| the Bellevue tratford Hotel. She IS
mot the Kind to stand poverty and
- 2 Has strong Case.
Mr.. Scott, Mrs. Cohen's attorney.
said: II think Mrs. Cohen undoubtedly
.|has a strong case against this girl.
| Examination OF the letters which she
4 showed me written by Miss de janon
Ito her husband satisfied mo that the
girl was the aggression III the affair
and knew what She was about.
"cohen's conduct undoubtedly wa
1 reprehensible and he deserves tbs
sererest punishment when caught No
A doubt he will receive 1t SO far as
4 Mrs. Cohen is concerned. for she ma 8
Little sympathy for him. Mrs: Cohen
4 saws she will prosecute her shusband
4 when he is found. She ieels Keenly
the position In which she is pIaced ~
liner husband S escapade She also tee $
slthat If proper precautions had been
d taken and SUPERVISION exercised by the 9
\ girls caretakers this elopement wouiu
i never have occurred. Mrs. Cohen ieeis
#lthat some Of them must have been
4 aware OF the girls actions and could
a have frustrated the elopement py
4 proper watch fulness, I have no sdouot
4 that tho letters are genuine hlrs
Il Cohen has them al In her possession
land they will be produce q IN court si5.
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LADY |RMA WINS
CAPITAL STAKES
|(Continued from First Page.)

CONTINUED from First Page.)
113 (GlasneD, 6 to 5.5first; Ella Bryson.
LOG (McGabey. 10 to 5, second; Mrs.
Carter; los tDecerichl. 20 to !. third.
Time. 35 49, sss5
i Second race-five furlong Harriet
Rowe. III (Jackson). to 10. first;
fannie. 116 tIrving), Z to l. second;
Bob Ayers. 12s tcrowe). IS to 4. third.
Time, 1906 3-5.
Third race--five flrlongs Billie
Hubs, 122 uewis), o to 2. first; Hall
fax. 125S (NltCabe). to s, second John
Garner. 122 q. Dennison). ito i. third.
Time. 1906 20.
Fourth, race-six furlongs-Warne
IGrlswell. 100 (Rrannon), 8 to i, first;
Edwin l., LOG (Davenport), a to S. Sec
ond; Fundamental. Ill (Jackson). Z to
-. third. Time. lis 2-5.
Fifth race-five and a half fur
longs-Baby Cook. os tCole). z to i,
first: Beth GOODWIN, 105 (Glasner). 10
to i. second; Ceaser. 81 (Stelnhardt).
isso to j. third, Time. 1:1a 1-6.
Sixth race--one and one-eighth
| miles-Descomnets. los (Davenport),
II to 2. first; Vanen, log (Burton). to
II, second; Red Hussar III (Lang), IL
Ito !, third Time. 2:01.
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HEALTH AND INCOME
Both Kept Up on Scientific Food.

Good sturdy health helps one lot
to make money.
With the loss of health ones income
is liable to shrink, II not entirely
dwindle away.
When a young lady has to make her
own living, good health is her best
asset.
II am alone in the world" writes
Chicago girl, dependent on my own
efforts for my living. l am a clerk,
and about two years ago through close
application to work and a boarding
house diet, I became a nervous in
valid. and got so bad of it was almost
impossible for me to stay In the office
a half day at time.
"a friend suggested to me the idea
Of trying Grape-Nuts food which did.
making 1t large part OF at least two
meals a day.
To-day, am free from brain.tire,
dyspepsia, and all the ills of an over
worked and improperly nourished
brain and body. To Grape-Nuts 1
owe the recovery of my health, and
the ability to retain my position and
income. .
Read The Road to Wellville." in
pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever resd the above letterf A new
one appears from time TO time. They
are se.uine, true and full of human
interest ....,.-
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STOMACH MISERY .VANIsHEs
Indigestion, Gas, sourness and pys-
pepsla Go and Your Stomach Feels
Fine In Five Minutes. 3

2 II your meals don't tempt you, or
what little you do eat seems to fill
you, or lays like q lump Of lead in
your stomach, or If you have heart.
burn or a sick. sour, upset or gassy
stomach, that is a sign of Indigestion.
. Ask your Pharmacist for a. 50-cent
case of Pape's Diapepsin and take a
little Just, as soon as you can. There
will be no sour risings, no belching
of undigested food mixed with acid.
no stomach gas or heartburn, fullness
or heavy feeling in the stomach, Nau-
~. Rebilitating Headaches, Dizzi-
ness orf IntestinaE griping. This will,
all go. and besides. there will be no
undigested food left over In the stom-
ach to poison your breath With nause-
GUS odors.
Pape's Diapepsin is certain cure for
out-of.order stomachs, because 1t pre-
vents fermentation and takes hold Of
your food and digests it Just the same
as II your stomach wasn't there
Relief in five minutes from all stom-
ach misery is waiting for you at any
drug store here In town. w! ~
These large 50-cent cases OF Pape's
Diapepsin contain more than sufficient
to thoroughly cure any case of Dys.
pepsia, Indigestion, Gastritis or any
other stomach disturbance. T..
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Tho Winning Candidate.

Two candidates for the same office
came into certain town one day.
The one called at house where a lit
tie girl came to the door. Said he.
esissie, will you please bring me q
glass Of water7" Having brought the
water, he gave her some candy and
asked: did the man ahead Of me
give you candy2" "Yes. SIR Then
he gave her. nickel and said: "Did
he give you money!" Yes, sir; he
gave me ten cents" Then, picking
her, up, he kissed her and said: Did
he kiss you?" Yes, sir, and he kissed
mamma, tool' s
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The Cost Of Horse Labor.

L The Investigations carried on for
six years In three districts in Mhnes
sofa show that the horses on these
farms worked an average OF 915 hours
on every, week day Of the year. No
Sunday work was counted. The aver
age total number of horses on these
farms during the six years was 42s..
The cost of maintaining them varied
somewhat in the different localities. At
one point the work horses cost an avi
erage of $64.9s per year. at another
s55.45. and at another s4275. This
represents the cost Of grain and hay
only. No labor. straw or pasture was
charged in this. Prices for grain we're
those ruling in local, markets. less the
cost of hauling 1t to market 8 8.
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~ -I|I---
ResettIna Horses Shoes.

SE According to the Colorado expert.
ment station, It is best to have the
horses shoes reset every four to
six weeks. If the horse can be Kept
on the road during the sumner
months. have the shoes pulled of and
allow the, feet to come down to the
ground and get the natural frog pres
sure. The feet should be kept grows
ing; then there will be very little
trouble from the feet getting dirty. on
the coronary band on each foot twice
a week. This band is located inst
underneath the hair line. It forms
the horn of the wall, and II a new
hoof is produced normally the foot VIII
not have time to become too dry.