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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-06
RICHMOND GUN CLUB

At the solicitation Of U. Nj. G.. An
derson the club held shoot yesterday
a afternoon in honor of Mr. Hession, the
champion rifle shot OF the world.
Mr.. Hession executed some remark
able feats in rifle shooting by break.
ing small objects thrown in the air
using a No. 80 rifle. He also did re-
ina rkable exhibition with the auton1a-
tic loading nc 35 calibre. His assis-
9iant threw two cans of tomatoes IN
the air. and he punctured each, de-
stroying the cans. and scattering the
contents to the four winds, thus dem
unstrating the high power oil the rlile
used in the exhibition
MIR. Hessl,n also gave a demonstra-
ton of revolver shooting, and In one
instance drove in the nail holding the
target which beats any shooting IN
this class oversee in this vicinity. Mr.
.Hession not only demonstrated MS
ability at rifle and revolver shootinE.
but also gave a good account OF hlmsell
al target shooting, beating all COM
petitors. thus demonstrating that, he
is an all round gold shot.
Lawrence gave beautiful demon
s;ration of shooting with the 20-gauge
gun. accounting for twenty-one out OF
twenty-five, a most remarkable score.
l4ohman nlane very Soou scpl " an'
no doubt he would have done better
but he used shells that We're loaded
fore the war" which accounts for hi!
low score.
There is no doubt that this was thu
last shoot CT the season Joe Lichten
stein and William Pugh shot off tie
and all honors went to the former, VIII
won out by one bird. They arc match
cd for another race the next time TIL
club shoots. The scores follow:
Oh so rs 10
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COOK AND PEARY
BOTH ARE Taxing K.
Knud Rasmussen Declares
Neither Ever Has Been
to North Pole.
lspecial to The Times-Dispatch.-


Copenhagen, November 5.-Neither
Cook nor Peary has shadow Of truth
II, his claims. No living explorer nor
Eskimo has been within 100 miles OF
the North Pole, according to mission
aries returning from Greenland. The
foregoing Is the conclusion reached by
knud Rasmussen. These missionaries
who are believed to be thoroughly re-
liable, also say that Rasmussen cross.
examined the two Eskimos, Ehwclah
and Etukislluk, upon whose testimony
Cook relied for confederation of his
claim that lie reached the pole and
got from them nothing to substantiate
the claim made blythe American.
Rasmussen is the Danish inspector OF
Greenland, and an explorer OF mucf
experience in the Arctic regions. ,,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-06
Football Results
Football Results.

Football Results.
At Washington: Carlisle, %; un'ver-
sity OF Virginia. s.
at Cleveland: Case, Ia; Ohio state
University 10.
At New Haven; Brown. I'll; Yale, O.
AT West Point: West point, o. SPRING
field. A 5s
At princeton: Princeton. 81 Holy
Cross, 0.
AT Bloomington, Ind. Illinois. 3; In
dana, o.
( AT st. Louis: st. Louis University,
10; Missouri State University, Q.
AT Nashville: Vanderbilt, 20; Louis
Al Lawrence. Kan: Nebraska, 81;
At St. Louis: Arkansas University.
DO Washington University. 0. a.
ca AT Cambridge, Mass; Harvard 70;
At Philadelphia: Pennsylvania, 49,;
At Annapolia: Navy, 80; Lehigh, 0.
At oberlin: oberlin s; Western Re-
At Milwau..ee: Michigan Aggles, 8;
Marquette University, 2.
At Ames, Iowa: Iowa, 2; Ames
At Chicago: Chicago, IA; purdue, o.
AT Princeton: Princeton Freshmen,
At Atlanta: Auburn, 1s; Georgia
AT sewanee: sewanee, is; Georgia,
At Topeka: Washburn. as; MI ssouri
Wesleyan, o.
AT Dcs Moines: Drake, 10; Grinncll,
At Williamstown, Mass: Williams, o.;
Wesleyan, o.
At Hangover. N. H: Dartmouth, 49,;
al,
At Syracuse: Syracuse. 8; Vermont
At Northfcld. Vt: Norwich, 20;
Connecticut Agricultural, 0.
(, At BEDFORD, Mass: Tufts, 4 Massa-
/ chusetts Agricultural. 6.
| At Watervil1e, / y: Colby, o.; Maine,
At Brunswick. Me-. Bowdoin, s;
+ At Anaover, Mass: Phillips Andover,
1 AT Ashburnham, Mass: Dartmouth
FRESHMEN. II: Gushing Academy. Q.
| At Allentown, Pa: Franklin and Mar
shall, IL: Muh1enberg. o.
AT Havreford, Pa; Johns Hopkins,
10: Havreford, s.
4 AT Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Fresh
1 men, 80; Cascadilla School, 0.
AT Norfolk: Norfolk Light Artillery
! Blues, 10; Maryland Athletic Club, 8
L AT Jacfksonville: University OF
Florida. s; Citadel of Charleston, $
4 At Macon: Chattanooga, 6; Mercer
AT New Orleans: Mississippi a. ant
NJ, 10; Tulane. O.
AT Waco, Tex: University of Texas
II: Baylor. 0 (forfeited).
At Swarthmore: Ursinus, s; Swarth
more. 0. t
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'ROANOKECOLLEGE
CANCELS GAME.
Contest With v. M. 1. Called
OFF on Account of Death i
OF PLAYER.

Lexington, Va, November s.-News
was received late Thursday afternoon
by Manager Robinson, OF the y; ". !
team, that Roanoke College wished to
cancel the football game scheduled to
be played here with the Virginia NIL
itary Institute to-day.
was that one OF the members OF the
Roanoke team died as. n result OF
injuries recently received. The v. M
i. manager Immediately wired his con-
sent to the canceling of the game on
these conditions.
owing to the late date at which
the game was cancelled, 1t was i'm
possible to arrange for another one
to he played Saturday. This may prove
Disadvantage to the Y. NJ ]. team.
get the team into condition for two
OF Its biggest games, which take place
within the next two weeks. that with
Maryland Agricultural College on NO
vcmber IL and with Georgetown, In
washington, on November 10.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-06
RANDOLPH MACON ACADEMY
WINS FROM HOME GUARD
Lynchburg Eleven Dcfcnted by Grip.
pied Eleven by Score of
81 to O..
Especial to The Times Dispatch.l

Especial to The Times ispatch]
Bedford City. Va, November B.
Randolph Macon Academy defeated the
Lynchburg Home Guard by a score
of 81 to o. The showing made by
the heavy Lynchburg team against the
crippled Academy eleven was disap-
pointment. Randolph Macon rushed the
ball over for two touchdowns in quick
order. afterwards resorting to quick
kicks. and few new plays. Lynchburg
was unable to advance the ball. and
was never in reach of the goal The
absence of Captain Wood, Peck and
4.ogers was consp cuous. Jones, for
merly a substitute, displayed great
speed, being especially accurate in
handling forward passes. Brandley ran
b good interference. Dobson's kicking
was of a high order Barrow at centre
played an especially strong game, fire.
quently blocking punts or throwing
the runner behind the line. For Lynch
burg, Cowling and NTcGhee played the
best game.
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ing helpless on the engine room roof.
and at the risk OF their lives the sec.
ond and third officers rescued him from
brought him to where the rest of the
crew had sought shelter beneath the
wheelhouse.
Toward morning the hurricane
abated. and we could sec shore 200
yards away. There were low coral
reefs with n background OF dense un-
derbrush and jungle. The roll-call
was read and Fireman Ford found to
be missing. and the second officer and
steward attempted to launch the star
board life boat on the weather side.
but as we dropped her slowly from
the davits the wind and sea caught
her and hurled her against tho ship,
smashing her to splinters
y was knocked insensihle for a
time. but Apprentice Patton. with an
injured foot, swan ashore. and "a light
line attached to a buoy was floated
to him. Two sailors with heavier
line followed him, and after flashing
the line to tree trunk we had COM
! miinication with the shore.
I'VE all got ashore, Captain John
ston, who had behaved in the coolest
manner. teing the last to leave. Five
of the ships cats. a dog and monkey
were also saved one cat being drowned
We searched the beach by moonlight
but found no trace of Ford. On Octo-
Der is rancliman came to us from his
farm. six miles away, and the captain
/, and chief engineer went home with
him. All our men had been cut and
bruised by the coral. and in the morn
| ing we found the beach covered with
coffee. The bags had come ashore and
been ripped open by the sharp corals
the sea. mixing with the beans. caused
! them to swell, and we wadded knee
deep through the coffee to float another
iraft. We found Ford's body that nigh,
and buried It"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-06
HOLDS FALL MEETING.
Interesting session Of Teachers League

= 2 {
Fluvanna.
Special to The Times; Dispa tch.
Il Palnyra, Va. November 5.--rhe Teachers
League Of Flnyanna Is holding. its fall
meeting here The opening session yester-
day morning was devoted to the business 0.
Borganization. Several Interesting discussions
OF! educational matters occupied the after.
noon Teachers from all the schools In the
county are present and entering heartily
into the enjoyment Of, the occasion.
Last night Dies. w. Fletcher. of tho W
u. 4, gave an inspiring talk. which was IL
slptrated steroopticon views on bcau,i,
6iNlnG homes and schools
X To-day Mrs. III, n. I, DashIcll. of Richmond.
addressed the league. These meetings OF
the teachers arc y source of Inspiration 10
the community. f84
~ 2 recent meeting Of tho Farmers As
ISOLATION of Fluva-1na, held in the court.
4 house here, Judge James. Q. Shepherd was
elected president; Captain C..G Snead. j.
u. Thomas, Frank Thompson and #, II, Lov-
Ing vtce-presidents; W. ". Wills, reelected
as secretary. and W.s9H Wood treasurer.
The sound Of the sportsnanHis heard In
dhe land Pembroke pettlt. who liz an OK
rellent marksman, came mawith the first
Wild turkey Fef the season. Game Is un-
usually, plentiful in this community this
Il. J. : !
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-06
CHINESE EDICT ORDERS
REMOVAL OF QUEUES
Imperial Demand Directed mt Diplo-
matte and Consular Rep
rescntatiyes.

san Francisco. November s.-In ac-
cordance with an imperial edict whicn
s,yas photographed to Washington, III
Hung Yew. Chinese consul general IN
San Francisco. had his queue removed
Yesterday The cable order that an
Chinese diplomatic and consular ON
Gers must removea their queues was re-
ceiyed nv the consul yesterday. In the
ONCE al the time the news was re- e.
ceived was Flu Chen Yu. secretary OF
the Chinese legation TO Mexico, VINO ~
on his way to assume. his duties. he
also announced his intention OF having
his queue removed, and so the two re"
paired to nearby barber shop
With betting gravity they seaien
themselves in chairs and ordered tneir
queues cut off The operation was
performer with due soicpnity. Then
each long rope OF hair was coiled care
fully into small box and handed BACK
In The Infe Mnarers.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-06
STRIKE IN cA1lALo NlA'..
Trouble, Ii Us Eearel, Nvill Spread

Trouble, 1t is Feared, VIII Spread
q .54 Through Spain.
Paris, November 5.---A d1spatch 10
the Petit Journal from Cerbere, near
the Spanish frontier, says that gen.
eral strike has been declared IN Cata;
lonia and will be proclaimed through
out Spain within a week. the strike
at Saragossa is rapidly spreading, but
no disorders have been reported,
state that the government is exceed,
,ingiy anxious over the situation and
that troops have been rushed to BARGE
Iona, Saragossa and Saba i
There is no confirmation 81 ln ,ll
5patch received here announces that
King Alfonso has gone to .Cludad Real
on a hunting trip, which would be
unlikely If serious trouble We're rear
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order Not ReceI1ed.

Washington. November o.
Thirteen queues hanging In row:
Along comes an edict and of they
must go.
rs IT. happens. however, that Of the
thirteen male members of the Chinese
legation In Washington. nearly All OF
them. Including the minister. Chang
Yin Tang. have. already had their
queues removed The minister himself
is a progressive, and the members OF
his suite follow his lead. and III con-
sequence their hair is cut in the Amer
lean style.
So the imperial edict that Chinese
diplomats must get rid of their Queues
viii work no hardship at the legation
here. Just where this imperial edict
may be at this time no member Of the
legation was able to say to-day. They
denied that 1t had been received by
the minister or any of his attaches;
and added that II such an edict had
really gone out from Picking, as has
heen reported, it should have been re-
ceiyed here by to-day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-06
Victory for Vanderbilt.

Nashville, Tenn, November SIN u
game fraught with sensational dashes
forward passes and long punts, Van.
derbilt defeated Louisiana State Uni.
:versity here to-day by the score Of o.
to 9. y. S. o. did not show the strength
which had been predicted, and Nc
posing of them. Louisiana was car
ried off her feet in the FIRST few
minutes of play by the splendid work
'of +, Morrison, Neely Stewart and Il
Morri son. -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-06
Techs Lose to Auburn.

,Ntlanta, Ca, November SIN a gold.
drilzl'ne rain and on a slippery field
lie eleven collegians from Auburn,
by score Of Is too. Auburn scored
AFTER SIN minutes play. Iumbling
.pc0Ned lhe reehs' snnloing. SIS
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-06
'rigcr-cubs, 4; eaton rleyen, Q. I

Inc llser-cubs football team defeated the
! slfohS bu'ton team in one of the hardest
fought P.sines ever Witnessed on a local
! ibo l'ntons could not gain. and kicked
! eNt4N llmo they received tlls ball. Roh for
,9.,,ln Tiger team has starred In avery game
4 ms sesso,s and yesterday he was in a class
ono eixtY. AS75s 4
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-06
DEATH HIS RELEASE
Prisoner KILLED Whcn Within Few
Weeks or Liberty.

Atlanta. Ga, November 6.--Within a
few weeks of liberty, after serving
more than four years OF a. hYe,year
sentence in the Federal prison here.
Killed Yesterday when he fell from,
scaffold around the new administra-
ton building at the prison. a distance
of forty-seven feet. Davis was con-
victed Of counterfeiting. His rea-
tives. 1t is said. now are living N
Oklahoma II &C.,
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ROsENHElMER FREE
Acquitted on charge Of killing Miss

Grace HOuEh.
New York. November 5.-Edward
Rosenheimer. a wealthy manufactured.
was acquitt ed last evening on a chafse
ming down In his automobile a buggy
in which she was riding, August IS.
The iury was out but half an hour.
Rosenheimer had been first charged
with murder in the first degree. nut
when the eytderfce Of the defense was
all in, Judge O'Gorman. presiding AZ
the trial. reduced the charge to man
slaughter in the second degree.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-06
Speedway Race po.tponed.

atlanta. Ga. November 5.-The $50
mile speedway race for a trophy and
a $1,000 purse was postponed to-da,
Until Monday Rain made the track
slippery and extremely dangerous.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-06
perAoDnls n,,,l Briefs.

Personals nh,l Briefs.
II Governor William Hodges Mann{Will
eafldress.the Bible classes AT Centenary
Methodist Church this morning Mt 40
O'Clock.
s5 Miss Louise Michaels has left the
Virginia Hospital. where she was oper-
dted on for appendicitis, and is. nov
At her home, 900 North ltonlhardly
street. 3
Mr.. and Mrs, William H, Jones and
|small daughter, Of Danyllle. arc visit.
inx Mrs. y. a. Barber. 81 .slo y
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-06
Chnttnnooga Defeat. Mercer.

Macon. Ga, Mover ber 5.-Chattanoo-
ga beat Mercer here to-day. 6 to 0, on
g touchdown. the result of an alleged
illegal forward pass. upon which the
beaten team will protest. the game.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-06
Augusta Acadcm, Defcated.

Augusta Academy Defeated
Especial Cable to The Tlmcs-DispatchJ
stanton. Va, November 5.--Fishburne
Military School. of Waynesboro, defeated
the Augusta Military Academy at Fort De-
fiance. 6 10 5.
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q IJIhStHtlnS Opinions NWerc IIIpU 10
Commissioners lancSand Elements Mr.
Clements contended that there was no
iustifratlon for tho threatened burden.
upon the transportation of this section
of the country. either In the, needs 9 &
carriers, the history of. rates or the
ability of the public to pay " cents
per capitamore for the staples. affected.
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fllmsiness of his written data.-Beau

flimsiness of his written data.-Beau.
mont Enterprise.
Early in the controversy and sever.
al times before DR.. Cooks data" were
submitted 10 the Copenhagen Univer.
sity. The Eagle suggested that the
question OF his veracity could be set.
tied TO the satisfaction OF unpreju.
diced people by such an expedition as
the one proposed. DR.. Cook could not
possibly have known there was land
there unless he saw IL. as he claimed
In the meantime. let us remember that
II has not yet been proven that Cooks
narrative was not true There is a
possibility that he may make good yet
His running away at n critical time
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regard to fining the Waters Pierce OH
company. contending that IL was folly
10 do so because. as IL alleged. the
company would recoup itself by add.
ing TO the price Of oil. which the peo-
pie would have to pay. according TO
its reasoning. IL Is better TO leave alone
''malefactors Of great wealth" allow.
ing them to work their own sweet will.
without regard 10 law. or TO repeal all
laws restraining them. And the Post
is not alone in this contention. The
Post and others OF its Tx may deny
that this is their position. but no other
reasonable construction can be placed
on thei- contentious.
Granting. for the sake OF the argu.
ment. that the law-breaking trust does
sometimes collect from the public
the stolen money Il has been compell
ed 10 return 10 the government" O.
the fine Il has been compelled TO pay
Is Il nothing that the majesty OF the
law has been vindicated- u Is notn
Ing that the vicious methods o. The
trusts have been exposed 70 the pub
&c view so that all may see their
yillianiess Is Il nothing that every
man and woman in iexas
now knows that II. Clay Pierce swor'
4 lie. either in Texas or In Missouri?
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tory now. There has teca little i'm.
migration and exteraa! conditions
have changed less than In almost any
part OF Texas. but the moral develop
ment has been extraordinary and
the county is perhaps as close up TO
the Arcadian standard as can be
found anywhere in America. While
unwilling 20 concede the Meteor's
claim that Madison county is the one
aud only civilized spot In the Lon
star STATE. The Eagle is glad TO echo
this outburst OF enthusiasm:
"The booze fighter and fool killer is
a thing Of the past in Madison coun'
~ The quietest Christmas ever known
in the county. Everybody seemed to
have a good time. There wasn't an
arrest made in Madison county. the
first time in the history OF the coun.
~. Where is there another county
in the state that can say as much?
Hurrah for old Madison county, We
are proud OF her citizenship. VINO
wouldn't be? This proves what we
have often said-Madison county has
the best people on earth. II you want
TO live happy and prosper. come TO
Madison county. the civilized spot Of
the Lone Star State"
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The trust problem is compar,

The trust problem is compare
lively a new one. so i.rge and In.
trlcate that the people have
not yet found remedy for a..
its evils. Il II problem OF many fac
tors. all OF which must be taken into
account In arriving at n correct solu
ton. II will take time. effort and pa
thence TO solve II. but IL will be worked
out as other difficult problems have
been disposed OF. In feudal times.
highway robbery was legalized and
practiced by the privileged class and
they thought Il great injustice when
anyone called In question their west.
ed rights" The writer OF this spent
years in West Texas when II was un.
safe for any man TO say that country
was 1T for anything but cattle rails.
ing In 1880. in the Brinkley hotel
in Sherman. he heard one cattle baron
say TO two others with whom he was
Gentlemen. We ought 20
draw n deadline at the Upper Cross
and II any man crosses II
with a pillow. we ought To shoot MIN.
Yet the man with the hoe has got tire
better OF the cattle baron. The strug.
gle lasted for years. Many OF the
pioneers lost their all and many val.
liable lives were sacrificed. but the
people triumphed at last, as they al.
ways do when true TO themselves. And
the people will sooner or later abolish
the trusts or force them TO respect
the law. Byron never wrote ANYTHING
truer than these lines:
Freedoms battle once begun.
Bequea,hed from bleeding sire to son.
Though baffled oft is always won.
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is BRADLEY LAND" A REALITY
OR A MYTH7

Mr.. John Il. Bradley. who backed
Or. Cook, does not care materially
about who found the pole first, but he
does want all the honor that goes
with the name Bradley land" which
Cook ascribed to land he claimed to
have discovered. so Mr.. Bradley pro
poses to 1T out an expedition to see
II the land is really there where Dr.
Cook said IL was. incidentally. II this
land Is discovered as described. Il viii
20 far toward bearing out DIR. Cooks
other assertions. despite the seeming
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is IT BETTER NOT TO PUNISH
IAwLEss CORPORATIONS

"All grades OF sugar are up" says
New York dispatch. The trust is
evidently commencing to collect from
the public the stolen money il has
been compelled to return TO the gov
eminent. We said in the beginning
that the dear old consumer would ulti-
mateiy be landed on.-Houston Posts
The Post has had much 10 say In
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Nicola Tesla. inventor OF wireless
telegraphy. now says he has invented
a wireless system OF electric lighting
by means OF which II is possible for
one plant TO furnish light for all the
United States. The fight Is produced
by a transformer which can be car.
ried in the pocket. I
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was taken by the public as a confes.
sion OF judgment and did more to turn
the tide against him than all other
things combined. II he had stood his
ground he would still have more
friends than his rival.
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SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF.

Time was when Madison county. ad.
Joining Brazos on the northeast. had
an unsavory reputation. whether de.
served or not. but that is ancient his.
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subscribers will confer a favor on
the management by telephoning the
Office promptly when carriers fail to
deliver the paper. or when charRc Of
residence occurs.
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Mound City Paints may cost n tri.
fle more. but T.. J. jenkins. II
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TEXAS. JANUARM 10, 1919