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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-17
FAC SCREAMED
81 CODY MURDER
One Thirsty Man Bought Oil,
Another Vinegar, Which They
Drank for Real Whisky.

Believing that they had found an
oasis in whiskcyless Sahara. two
white men bought two bottles OF re-
freshment from a negro in tho old
market yesterday evening. and went
on their way rejoicing. Each purchase
was made separately neither man
knowing the other, but both Dough,
from the same man.
The first man. when he opened the
bottle and let the liquor gurgle down
his dry and parched throat to quencf
his overnight thirst. let out a screech
that alarmed community OF rats and
sent Wild thrills OF death and sudden
murder through the quiet and peaceful
neighborhood. 1t was Kerosene oil.
pure and unadulteratcS. about 2
cents worth He picked up stick and
brckbat and went to look for the ne
gro. But the latter had made another
bargain. and had gone without leaving
tell-tale tracks hnl.,nd him. The Sec
ond man went underneath tho Frank
lin Street yiaduct to taste his joywater.
His was vinegar. But he had swaI-
lowed big mouthful in his excessive
haste before he discovered the con-
tents of his bottle.
Both men met at the First Police
Station. where each demanded a war
rant for the arrest OF the negro But
neither knew him. and there were no
witnesses, and there was no charge.
anyway. they could bring against the
darkey
Sorry. gentlemen" said the maEis-
+trate. but the Jokes on you" Tho
negro hadn't violated the Sunday
liquor law. for his commodity was but
innocent oil and vinegar.
The man who drank the vinegar
didn't get his face UNFINISHED until af-
ter he had left the station. Each
had paid so cents for his bottle and
the outfit could have been bought at
any grocery store for s cents. Tho
negro's profit was large. butt wouldn't
be well for his hide If he met these
two dupes again.
81 asked him for whiskey" said
the first dupe. "and he gave me oil
II asked for whiskey." said the sec
ond. "and he gave me vinegar" It
was as the man who had asked for
fish and they gave him a serpent: for
bread and they gave him a stone
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-17

around and starts nortlward.
"rlic conductor on 81 passenger train
has to answer n whirlwind of ques
tions, as you can well imagine. and
during the past five trips I have ex-
planned and exploited the advantages
of Richmond until feel like tile man
who sits on top OF n sightseeing tall
ly-ho coach with lnegaphone. It's
hot down in Florida, so ! asked the
people who asked mo about Rich
mond why they did not stop here first.
Invariably they replied that they were
afraid to take chances with the cold.
adding that they had already secured
reservations at the jefferson for later
in the spring. You know these tour
lists are plugged" on golf. and they are
crazy to reach the links.
''trhe public doesn't realize what this
business means to the South every
winter 1t brings millions of dollars.
Personally, I'm glad the railroads arc
getting the first whack at the pocket
books
II was said at the Jefferson Hotel
last night that while tourist business
there was gratifying. the real big
crowds would not appear until the
movement northward begins. But the
number OF early reservations indicates
that this famous resort will have few
vacant suites along about the Easter
season.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-17
CORONER HOLDS
WORLDS RECORD .C[ D
Ihirty-cigl,t Years in Office, Dr..
Taylor Has Examined 3,477
Gases in MI.
REPORT FOR YEAR
Called OH SOC Times in Twelve
Months--Only One Death
From Automobile Accident.

Coroner William Fl. Taylor who des-
iEnates himself as the only city Official
always on duty, was called on to In
Vcstigate tho causes OF 500 deaths In
1909. or this number ninety eight
were of white people. 1871 colored, and
in seven instances the color could not
be determined There were 14O deaths
from natural causes ana eighty three
by violence.
The figures, as compared with 1908
show a decrease of four, but tho aver
age number of emergencies in the past
tom years has remained about the
same. The number of colored persons
Is always largely in excess of the
whites. Coroner Taylor's thirty eighth
year In Office expires next July, and
IN that entire period he hus investi-
gated 3,477 cases, which he claims Ia
the record in the United States.
Causes of Sudden Deaths.
OF tho violent cases Investigated last
year there were eight homicides
shooting, A; blows. 2. and / each by
cutting and stabbngl. eight infants
cides (colored, Z: white. mo arrests,
eight suicides shooting, 4 and each
by laudanum, morphine. throat cutting
onings illuminating gas. s. and / each
by morphine, carbolic acid, arsenic and
calomeD, five by falling. four burned
to death, two by horse vehicles. three
by elevators, two by snffocation, one
by stranSulation, ten by steam cars,
fourteen by accidental drowning. and
one each by exposure, accidental shoot
Ing, dynamite explosions and carbonic
acid gas explosions.
ss There was one death resulting from
first ascribcd TO this cause In Richmond.
natural causes included: From heart
and other lung diseases. 20. and apo
plexy and other brain diseases, 10. or
those TO die from disease twenty seven
fants were found in the streets. and of
seventy were buried al the expense
of the city.
Nineteen inquests were held over
of foul play. and thir,y-one post NOR
tenn examinations were conducted. Tho
ages of the victims ranged from in
fants to ninety years.
Coroner Taylor has systenatizcd the
work of making HIS reports ever since
he has been in Office. and has a COM
plete list Of every case that he has
attended. which includes the cause OF
death, the name OF the person. the adj
dress. parentage and other particulars.
which he often uses In furnishing in
to the police and to rela-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-17

This beats anything I've seen in a
long time" said w. l.. Radcliffe. the
lyceum man, as he came out OF the
post-office yesterday afternoon with an
open letter in his hand. Here Is a
request from man in a small North
Carolina town who wants me to send
Somebody there to lecture. That OF
itself is not surprising. but hp asks
that / send Bob Taylor. Of Tennessee:
Daniel Webster or Patrick Henry. You
might imagine that he was trying to
kid me. az the saying goes. but no
is in earnest. The best thing / can DO
is to send him copy of Tho Times
Dispatch showing where Mr.. Bell. OF
;Culpeper, Is trying TO have the Lcgis-
1ature erect q monument In Richmond
to tho memory Of Patrick Henry.
"Rcccntly had a letter from Ken
lucky, local manager asktnE if IL
would be possible to have Henry Clay
lecture there on percentage basis.
Taking the other side OF the argument,
another Kentuckian asked me to en-
gage him to deliver series of talks
on Wine, Women and Gambling. which
he said was the best thing OF its kind
ever recited. don't doubt that, but
we did not make a trade"
The other day stranger went to see
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-17
DR.. BAGBY FOUND
H00KW0RM HERE :
Virginia Physician, Who First
Realized Danger OF Disease
Comments Rockefeller Gift.

DR.. B. b. Bagby and wife. of West
Point. passed through Richmond yes
terday on their way to Atlanta to at
tend the Hookworm Conference. DR..
Bagby was tho first physician to find
and treat any number of cases of
hookworm in Virginia. and to call at
tention OF the physicians 10 the i'm
portance of the subject. He is just
as enthusiastic over the subject as
ever. and has little patience with the
ignorant and prejudiced people who
do not believe in the prevalence of
the disease, and who are opposing the
Rockefeller gift of 100000 toward
It's eradication
DR.. Basby said yesterday the people
of Virginia who appropriate to the
State Board OF Health only little
more than 1 cent for each inhabitant
TO protect its citizens from all dis
eases should not spurn help from out
siders especially when the legislators
declare that the State is too poor
10 appropriate more.
Yes; ahookworm disease is all over
the state, and the reason that 1t is
not more often found Is because we
have been looking only for the typi-
cal anaemic cases. said DR.. Bagby.
These cases are not so common in
Virginia as further South. but II wo
realize that every child who has dew
itch is infected with hookworm. VIC
can readily see how common 1t is In
the State. OF course, do not mean
that cases OF eczema, chilblains, or
boils on the feet are caused by this
disease, but al cases of genuine dew
Itch. readily recognized by any bare
footed country boy. are caused by the
penetration Of the hookworm larvae
through the skin.
THE larvae are Matched from the
eggs In moist earth in about four or
five days, and as the barefooted boy
wades through the mud. the young
worm clings to his foot and burrows
through the skin. like 'chigger.'
causing the foot-itch. 1t works its
way into a blood vessel and stays in
the circulating blood until it gets
further. There it burrows through
the intestinal walls. where 1t will re-
main for years unless expelled by
treatment.
Each worm is said to lay from o.
600 to 5000 eggs day. These in
turn often renfect the same person."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-17
WATCH FOR STRINGS
ON FINGERS TO-DAY

So important is the Berry sale which
begins to-day to every man IN lticll-
.mond. that every means should non pc en- s,,
ployed to avoid tho possibility q e fails
fure to attend It..
4 Suits, Overcoats, Hats, Shoes and
Trunks Of the finest cttlibro Will be-
SOLD at less than Wholesale prices in
many instances, and as different
grades arc frequently Jumped at a
single price. first choice is desirable
hi Mothers as a rule are more alert
when real hargains are available
Their outpourins viii strongly Sevid enca
girls winter Wenrablesj arc the most
girls 3wintoring wearablcs are the noat
tempting over exhibited by the house
sof q. IT. Kerry s. Go.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-17
MOTHER MADE MEN.
RIGHT TERM TRULY.
DR.. Ramsay Contends That There
Are Few Self-Made Men in
World To-Day.

Taking as his example, Hannah. the
mother of Samuel. DIR. David NJ. Ram
say. of Grace street Baptist Church
last night preached. the last of his
series OF sermons on Women of the
Old testament" plis subject being
Our Mother With Hannah as the
ideal good mother, he followed her
method of rearing her son and attri-
buted his place as the greatest man
of his generation to the influence
of her training. And so he said in
reality there were few self-made men:
that they could more truly be called
mother-made men. because in almost
every case the career of great man
might be traced down to the ground
work of good mothers training and
influence.
1T is not so much what you have
done for yourself he said. as 1t is
that you have adhered to that training
which moulded your minds and char
acters back there In your infancy-the
training that comes only from the
early teachings of a good mother"
A good mother, he said, was a woman
of prayer and woman of vows: a wo-
man ambitious for her children. but
whose ambition. unlike that which has
been the undoing of many. is conse-
Grated by her prayers. An unconse-
Grated ambition" he said, is a peril
to ones life. He told of the Spartan
mothers, who were the greatest factor
in the country, because they raised
their sons with the idea that their lives
were consecrated to their nation and
that the highest honor and reward lay
in its service. even though it cost their
lives.
Besides a mothers self-sacriflce and
love, he called attention to the part that
her little stories of glorious deeds. adj
venture and achievement played in
moulding the infant character; how
they fired the child to emulate the
great heroes of whom she told and
made each one ambitious to be a great
man.
There are few of us SO low" he
said, "as not to feel the influence OF
these memories of our childhood days"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-17
SLIM CHANGE OF
SAVING HIS LIFE
Raymond Smith, Street Car Vic.
tim, Has Been Unconscious
for Many Hours in Hospital.

Raymond Smith, thirteen years old.
of GLIB East Main street. has not re-
gained consciousness since he suffer-
cd compound fracture OF the skull.
at tho base OF the brain, in street
car accident saturday night. An
operation was performed at the Vir-
ginla Hospital yesterday afternoon
and the patient reacted slightly after
wards. His condition is extremely
critical and there is scarcely any
chance OF his recovery.
The operation was performed by DR..
Stuart MacLean. Mrs. G. 8. smith,
mother of the boy. spent some time at
the hospital YESTERDAY. but but w Was not not.
allowed TO enter the ROOM me crew
or the car has not been arreest9 'I., t .att
u is said that the accldeht ounlu a AZ
nave been avoided. me f .ptthhi e c ,au
thnrlties are Investigating we ne oa an,.
although 1t Is not probahle lil a.. " x I
criminal intent can be- shoWn,r,s, f,su
part Of any OF those res pohtstpts &,
Smith was hurt 'ipaa collision ] n ,.id
,ns on the rear of Was ad Maj
py William .Pulliam. colorc n,d Y md
W MAS smashed by an JhssH
broad street car. t5!s IS III sf
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-17
PICKWICK CLUB
w. L.. Price Installed ns President nj
Their Annual Celebration.


The third annual celebration of the
Pickwck Club. which has quarters at
SOS East Franklin Street. was held
Saturday night at Ruegers a feat
ure of the gathering was the installa-
tion of officers for the ensuing year.
Those elected were: William L. Price,
president: l.. G. Larus. vlce-president;
r. r. Burr, secretary and treasurer;
Edward Mccarthy, assistant secretary
and treasurer.
Mr.. Price, the new president rc
sponded in a few words of apprecia-
ton. Impromptu speecli-making and
lnasts to the retiring officers and wei
fare of the club served to enliven the
occasion. Those present were: W. L..
Price. Il. G. Larus, u. a. Lealte. f. r.
Burr. Edward Mccarthy, r. 3: Allen.
#. w. Darlington, Eugene Gillian, IL.
w. Camp. John Royal, Claire Evans
Larkin Glaaebrook. Albert Word. Glib
bert I.arus. T. p. Mccarthy and Messrs
Pritchard and Graham. OF Danville.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-17
.L|.LL|AN RUSSELL.
REAL t IRE: SCARE !:
Big Blaze Always Comes Along
About Time Actress APP
pears in Richmond.

Four OF Richmond's biggest fires IN
recent years have occurred e!tner OH
the night OF the appearance OF Lillian
Russell at one OF tho local theatres, or
else so closely hayo they pre t;e. OF or
announcement Of her coming as sig
mai to prepare for trouble. OF course,
III is not believed that the stately
stage woman has really anything to do
with tho origin of these disasters. but
some people believe In signs, and tire
men are not exempted as free th1nK-
ers.
Members OF the local department
were congratulating themselves. after
the recent visit OF Miss Russell to
this city, that the "hoodoo" had lost
Its power when the building of the
University College Of Medicine was dc.
stroyed, and this has caused q renewal
of the belief that flames follow the
o on ono e oc sha n. Il Miss Russell had
been of the kind that enjoys the spec-
tacular. she might have seen the de-
struc tion'I Of tho Richmond Stove
Works, In East Main Street, because
her show was in progress when the
alarm was sent In. She was here at
which the narrator Of these strange
5coincidencea cannot remember.
Years ago, Miss Russell happened to
be the attraction on the night pro-
ceding the destruction OF the Allen 81
fGinter Building. at Seventh and Gary
Streets. There Is little wonder that
ghttsrs, are 4na
possible to petition those arranging
Miss Russell's tours to arrange things
so that she may go&around RichmQpd
\ In future, III S ,s8 K.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-17
BOARD ENDORSES BILL.

White Slave Traffic Is. However, I'm
known In Virginia.
The Board of Police Commissioners
has highly Endorsed Speaker Byrd's
bill to prohibit white slave traffic IN
Virginia, more, however, with the idea
of preventing 1t here than with the
idea OF stopping It, for there is no
white slave traffic in the State, SO far
rs is known.
It is not probable that the tranio
Will ever be introduced into Virginia.
but the commissioners fall In with
Speaker Byrd's idea. that to be fore
warned Is to be forearmed. and MS
bill will meet with their most earnest
support
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-17
NEW DRAMATIC CLUB
HAS BEEN ORGANIZED

The Hebrew Progressive Dramatic
Club was organized on Saturday night.
at 618 North Ninth Street. After an
interesting social session, the plans OF
the new organization were discussed
and with much enthusiasm the officers
for the first year were chosen with
Gilbert Rosenaur as president and I.ue
Jaffee as vice-presldent. Nose Miller
The committee on arrangements con-
ssts of Isl Hovsha, Lue Canter and
Lue Sacks. The objects of the club
are to present short plays and operas
and their friends. The next meeting
Will be tonight at the same place.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-17
Mr.. EARLE TO LEAVE
Baptist Minister Accepts Call to DAY
4.

Baptist Minister Accepts Call to Uay-
onnc. n. j., Church.
The Rev. John II. Earle, pastor OF
the Paramount Avenue Baptist Church,
has accepted a call to he pastor
ate of the Peoples BAPTIST Church
of Bayonne. n. j. The call from
the New Jersey church was ten
dered Mr.. Earle some time ago. but.
in view of the efforts of his congrega-
tion to keep him here. he deferred his
decision He has not yet decided when
he will leave for the new field. but Will
probably remain here for some weeks.
Mr.. Earle has been pastor of the
Paramount Church for several years.
and has been most successful In his
work here. With the hope of retain
ing him as their pastor, members OF
his congregation have done nothing
toward occurring his SUCCESSOR.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-17
C0R0NERs NEED LAW

VIII Ask Pnssase OF Act RECURRING
Persons to Report sudden Deaths.
The passage of bill by the Gen
cral Assembly requiring persons 10
death IS advocated by the legislative
COMMITTEE. comm Au OF the Virginia coronsrs'
Association, which will meet ~ Rich-
mond in the near future for the puT.
pose of drafting a proposed law -
Is explained by member of tho ass
ISOLATION that unless citizens arc
trained through habit to report ca es
1T is Impossible for the coroner =, 70
attend to his duties properly. me
association has many grievances: anu
complains generally that there Is no
law by which the coroner can cons
nand ANYTHING of anybody.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-17
REFUSED TO WORK, so
THEY PUT HIM IN JAIL

Refusing TO work or TO do anything
but beg, Albert E. Anderson. a white
man. who has been making a nuisance
of himself in the West End. was
arrested yesterday morning and placed
Pnryear. Anderson recently took ~,
his headquarters In the neighborhood
Pf the Broad Street Road. where he
has been going from house to house
IND sleeping In sheltered spots around
MAS made on complaint OF several citi.
Enns II
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-17
FOUND DEAD IN BED

Charlie. l.. Akcrs, Eighty-Thrcc Years
Old. Did Not Appear mt breakfast.
Charles L. Akers. Of Sic East Fra NIX ,
lin Street was found dead In his pea
about o'clock yesterday morning. He
did not appear at breakfast time. and
tho discovery was made by, member
of the household who went to arouse
him. Ic was eighty-three years oln.
Coroner Taylor viewed tho remains,
and pronounced death due to apo
gDleXy
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-17
T,vo Alleged spenk-En.ic..

colored We're arrested yesterday on a
charge of selling liquor without a H.
cense. Each operated separate place,
and each Is alleged to have been
caught In the act Tho Officers con-
fiscated a quantity of beer and whiskey
as evidence.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-17
Negro Dies Auddenly.

years old was found dead in is h9 me
4ls North Sixth Street, at s;a n., y ma
Yesterday afternoon. He Waa "a Vas
f,em,ly wall earlier the GAY 7 1 s. ore she
JOKING with friends not Ions pe ~ n IA ''S
went Into the house.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-17

Mr.. Lambeth Ill.
George B. Lambeth. OF 10 Meadow
Street. Is critically i'll at his home.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-11
DROP IN UNTITLED ORDERS
June Decrease 286,863 Tons
Steel Corporation Reports.

The United States Steel Corpora ton is
sued Yesterday its first monthly report OF
untitled orders on hand at the close of the
preceding month. 1t showed a total OF
1870, a31 tons Of untitled orders on the
books on July 80. which was a decrease of
2s6. ss3 tons. as compared with the total OF
untitled orders on June SO. 1919
Heretofore the untitled orders have been
published every three months being in
corporated in the quarterly statement. but
at the last meeting of the directors reso-
luton. introduced by !, Pierponf Morgan,
was adopted providing for the issuance of
such a report on the tenth of each month.
The purpose Of the resolution was to give
the stockholders better idea as TO the
trend of the Steel Corpora tons business.
Estimates Of the decrease in tonnage that
would he shown in yesterdays statement
had ranged from 100000 70 6no.Gs1 tons. so
that the showing was better than had been
generally expected. Nevertheless, the Steel
stocks sold off on the report, the common
declining about a point ard the preferred
one-haif point
While the report showed falling of in
business during July the figures also in
monthly showing of the quarter which
ended on June 80 On that date the untitled
orders showed a decrease Of LA. 72n tons.
compared with March 81. or at the rate Of
2s1.5so tons Z month, gainst decrease
of only 3s6.s6S tons for July.
The unified orders reported yesterday
were the smallest since March 81 1900 when
the total untitled tonnage was 3.542.5a5 tons.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-11
MANY USE SUFFRAGE BAGS
Shopkeepers Glad to Get Them.
Though Some Balk.

me Retail Grccers Association. reported
AZ nTst 20 De hostile 70 the plan of the
brooklyn sUffragists for capturing converts
with paper bags. has capituIated- Mrs. r
d. Wolterbeek of No 424 East ON street
Brooklyn. leader Of the 18th Assembly Dis
trict and captain at present OF the bag
phalanX. presented the case 10 the presi-
dent Of the association. and he Immediate
iy offered to round up the grocsrs for A
meeting at the association headquarters
of which meeting the sufTazists are in
vfted TO take charge. IL viii occur early
in the fall
Meanwhile the distribution Of the bags
each bearing its little suffrage message is
progressing About fifteen thousand Of
them are now floating around Brooklyn or
Mrs. VoIterbeek Will invade New FORK
with an armful of The bags Most Of the
grocers received them Willingly though
now and then she meets a baker Ons
deIcatesseu man objected that they were
TOO small.
Them pound bags amt no use" he said
oh. there are many things YOU can put
N pound nag bottle OF cream, for IN
stance, urged Mrs Vplterbeek
The shopkeeper perused the inscription
on the bag Put cream in that? ne
snorted- I'd expect the cream Z eurdis-
On Monday evening the Republican Cup
Of the 18th Assembly District. BROOKLYN
Will hand its headquarters. az Coney Island
avenue and Avenue s. over 70 the SUI
fragists for a meeting