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absolutely certain that Drake win be
retained.
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countries In which they were situated
Particular stress was laid upon the
Germany and Holland rivers. where
improvements have been pushed TO
the utmost state Of development, the
result being that traffic. both by wa
ter and. rail, now moves cheaper IN
those countries than anywhere else IN
the world.
Turning then to local conditions,
Mr.. Ransdeil showed just how hich-
urond would be benefited by a deep
channel. With water only is feet
deep. as at present. a number OF
freight-carrying vessels cannot reach
the city. but with water 20 feet deep
the harbor here would be opened 10
the traffic of the world. and Rlcn-
mord would, he declared. Immediately
take its place among the great snip
ping cities OF the country.
Lest the delegations who have sought
to procure appropriations for river I'M
provement be disheartened at the slow
progress which had been mades the
speaker outlined the hardships other
cities had faced and the seemingly
impossible obstacles they had been
called upon to overcome. Appropria :
tions come slowly. he said, and not at
all except as the result of hard work
All Must Work for II.
zone man cannot get a river appro-
priation." he declared. two men can
not get 1t, nor ten nor twenty. When
you find out what you want and nave
your engineers report to back up your
arguments, YOU must send delegation
after delegation to Washington. You
must bring to- bear all kinds of pres
sure. Your representatives alone can
not succeed. They must have help
, Every man In every part of the coun :
try who sells q dollars worth OF goods
In Richmond must be appealed TO
BY showing him that he can sell more
here at better prices you can inf1u-
ence him TO see his own congressman
and senators----
Then when the crucial moment
comes. when the matter Is presentec
! directly to the committee, your fowf
must be advertised. The committee
men must know where Richmond liz
| They must know what II is doing
/ They must know how great it's needs
are Then they will be inclined TO give
/ you your appropriation. But don't Tor
I get; you must cooperate, you mus
work hard. and never stop WORKING
/ a minute. and you must advertise you
/ city"
Good Work Is Telling.
! Before concluding the speaker de
! clared that the work already begun
/ here by the Chamber of Commerce
/ through Mr.. John C.. Freeman wal
/ having its effect in Washington. Will
/ he said that Congressman Lamb neve
missed an opportunity TO strike blow
! tn the interest of his district and wa
/ known everywhere as a man Away
looking out for his people.
Following Mr.. Ransdeil's talk. Vice
President r. NJ. Darlington. of III
! Chamber. offered resolution Of thank
and appreciation to the speaker.
President Wood declared the meet
ing adjourned and Immediately from
the side entrances the white-aprone'
waters appeared bringing cigars an
refreshments. which were received witt
Z no less enthusiasm by those present,
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O'Clock. The sermon win b. preach4&
by DIR. b. G. Hening. -s5-ss
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Concert and Cotillion.

The Iron Monlders' Union, NJ, 1919
wiii give Ii concert and cctiilton at the
Masonic Temple Monday evening
April Is, Among the special prices tC
be given il a handsome $50 steel range
which has been put on exhibition al
IovjngsteIn's on Main street.
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At the Theatres


Bitou--"The JOY Riders" Saturday
matinee and night,
a cadeuy--"Pony Of the Circus p"
Monday. Tuesday matinees. Tuesday
evening.
Bt1ou-ward and Vokes in Tho
Promoters" all next week.
Colonial--vaudevilfe and Motion
Pictures.
Lubin--Waudeviiie and Motion Pie
tures.
The Academy OF Music will have
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Excmsiionto Washington
Benefit Summer Rest.
ROUND TRIP 92.75.

Conducted by Mr.. and Mn. George a.
Barksdalc. 4.
Train leaves Board and Hancock Streets
Thursday, April l4th, ut . A. M. Re-
turning leaves Washington, Terminal
Station, at . p, NJ. Saturday the 10th. 4
Round trip to Fredcrickaburg from
Richmond Si.75. ChitdFen between 5
and II yeeEs, hall price, 81
T'iickstsT wiiiII s. D Oh sate " Laurel md
h - ss1liea = Nh paans
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Seventeenth Annual Music
Festival the Wednesday Club

City Auditorium, April 18th and 10Th.
"Jomclli' Night, April 25th.
NOTE From present indications tho
entire house vii. be sold out for this
concert. Persons desiring tickets should
secure them in advance to avoid disap-
pointment.
Tickets and information al The We'd
ncsday Club office in the Cable Piano
Company's store,
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New York Weekly Bank Statements

New York Weekly Bank Statements
NEW YORK. April s.--The weekly
statement of the associated banks as
issued to-day shows the following
changes:
Reserves on all deposits, decreased
$4,17s.775.
Reserve on deposits other than
United States, decrease, s4.16 $50.
Loans, decrease, s9,274.soo.
Specie, decrease, ss.ibs,30o.
Legal tenders. decrease, $685.. TOO.
Deposits. decrease, S22,44e.soo.
Circulation. decrease $1n7- BOO,
Totals loans, sl.233,S21.3 SEQ.
The surplus OF the banks Is s6,szl,-
ESQ. against $i0.62s.72s last year ana
S54,164,2s0 two years ago.
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poor cables and further rains in Texas
Did crop positions were given the most
consideration On the call shorts COW
cred freely but were so literally sup
piled by commission houses taking
profits In July that prices room reached
six to eight points from the top
Cotton opening prices: April. lazy;
May. l4s2assi June. i4.S7ass' July, -
S5ass. August. i4.l4al5; September. Ii.
40; October. l2s3as4: December. l247a
as January 1245as1.
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WILL DEFEND TITLE
AGAINST ALL COMERs
johnson Tells of Blow Which Won the Fight
Negro Champion Received by Thousands of
Race on Arrival in New York

New York. July LII won said
Jack Johnson this afternoon, as he
paused TO show the famous gold roof.
while the crowd that filled the vaude-
Vile theatre, where he made his first
public appearance since the night at
Reno with Jim Jenrles, cheered and
stamped. Il won. and all can say is
that IL is my purpose 10 defend my
title against all coners.
AS i told this audience before the
fight, believed was the best man
made mp my mind to night fair.
honest hght. and l believe the pic
lures will show that j did. If Mr.
Jenries had been the best man, and
whipped me. ! would have gone to his
corner and tipped my hat TO him and
offered him my hand. AS ii was. ]
won
Johnson received number OF news
paper men. They asked him why he
had sold out his share in the moving
pictures of the tight.
WELL" said johnson. you see, it's
like this. you always see the man
who patents lose his money. II had
kept my interest. would have had 10
employ a large number of men to look
after my interests. AS 1t was, 1 got
$4,000, and little bonus of $4,000
or $4,000 for my interest
NOV III had kept my share of the
pictures. by the time the other twenty
hve or thirty of us had got through
cheating one another. 1 doubt IL there
would have been that much money left
for me-
80 long as they were willing to
manage it, and give me the money. ]
was perfectly willing to accept it,
Somebody asked Johnson what blow
he thought won him the fight,
8"I think" he answered. ut was the
blow that closed Ieffries's right eye.,
NO Riots During Day.
AZ There were 10 riots during the day.
either in the streets or the theatre
where Johnson appeared. The only
serious disorder of the day, bearing in
amy way on the fight. occurred in a
small Broadway theatre, Where a
crowd gathered to see pictures taken
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ADJUSTMENTS.
MISUNDERSTANDING Players.
Rijou-yaudeville.

Saved Best for Last.
Well, they all but stood up in their
seats and howled with merriment at
| the Academy last night. for Turned
Up" the closing offering of the Ben
| jamin Players, proved to be the best
| show of the season. 1t is the kind of
a comedy which may very properly be
/ described as show" for 1t has no
purpose except to make you laugh.
and the conduct of last nights audi
ence proved its potency in that direc,
ton.
Briefly. this is the plot: Captain
| Midway. supposed to be drowned at
lsea. turns up at his English home.
only to find that his wife. believing
| herself to be widowed has married for,
| the second time Husband No. 2 is
Carraway Bones an undertaken. Cap
tain Midway. believing that his wife
must have died of grief because of
/ his prolonged absence. has welded a
| Fiji Island queen, who nursed him
| through a spell OF sickness She
turns up. with her nephew. both as
black as the ace OF clubs. Ludicrous
| situations follow each other in such
| confusion that the laughter and APP.
plause never subsidized and the ac-'
| tors seemed to enjoy 1T as much as
the people who had paid their money
| TO laugh
Everybody in the cast was funny
last night, so there is no necessity for
any especial enumerations There
were gales of laughter upon the en-
trance OF tiny picksninny with a
huge slice Of watermelon. He was
Cleopatra's nephew from the Fiji Is
lands and he took seven curtain calls
at the end of the second act.
/ ,,oI
seen on The Academy stage this sum
mer. II n :,
Hitous Popularity Contest,
The Bijou Theatre inausurates with.
this week business girls popularity
| contest that promises to arouse lively
enthusiasm. The Princess Theatre
Company has arranged to give three
big prizes to the three winners. who.
will be determined by the numbers OF
| votes received up to August e7, tho
day the contest closes. The
first prize will be week in New York
| City at a leading hotel without a
icent of expense to the winner for the
"Trip.
With each ticket sold vote VIM
4 be counted in the popularity contest.
open only to young business girls OF
4 Richmond, Judging by the way the
Bijou patrons We're going after the
coupons yesterday, they have been
reading about the popularity contSs,
and are framing up to vote for their
4 fnvorites.
The eighties for the prizes are
4 secretaries, stenographers, cashiers
iImilliners. store clerks, etc. who are
Iemplayed with reputable business firms
Iof this city. Already something Hike
|I6fteen girls have signihed their In
|Etention of entering the contest, all
DESTROYS OF winning the free trip to
New York
THE votes may be deposited in boxes
at the door Of the theatre and they
win be counted every day, The re-
suit will he announced every. aay. on
Y the picture sheet begtnnlng with next
hMonday. The results also WILDE ad-
|)Eertisegl in The Times-pispatch from
|ltime to time, s n
The Biipu bill this week As n q gardec
as the best ever put on there M
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at the ringside." under the impression
that they We're moving pictures Dis
appointed, the spectators demanded
their money back. and when this was
refused. wrecked the lobby and rolled
the ticket booth. with the young wo.
man inside into the street
Johnson appeared on the vaudeville
stage again tonight
The negro friends of johnson had
scattered thousands OF dodgers
through the black belt" which read:
ITO every colored man. woman and
child, in Greater New York: Be at the
Grand Central Station at $3.50 o'clock
Monday morning, and let US all shake
the glad hand OF the stalwart athlete
the greatest OF the twentieth century
Come any way you can. Come in We
hicles or on foot All be there"
And / reckon they a;e all here"
said Jack Johnson, as he alighted from
the train. Over 10000 negroes well
coined Johnson.
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BEN LOYAL WINS
after HARD DRIVE
In Glen Cove Handicap Favorite
Leads by a
Head.

Empire City Race Track, N, z. July
the Glen Cove handicap at six furlongs
mere to-day, but only after hard
drive. Barley Thorpe was the pace
maker to the turn, where Ben Loyal
moved up into the lead and looked like
an easy winner, but in the last 100
yards Fauntleroy came with a rush
and forced Garner to drive to win
by head. Summary:
First race-m aidens. two-year- olds.
$500 added. five and half furlongs-
Dartworth Is to y first. Thrifty 6 to
~ second. Stare as to ~ third. Time.
1:o9.
Second race-three-ye year Odds and up.
$500 added. six furlongs-Jeanne Dare
Is to ~ first, Sir Alvescot q to y sec.
ond, Rosimiro (6 to ~ third. Time,
1:13
Third ce-three-year-olds. selling
$500 added one mile and twenty yards
i L second sang $ . 7 'hAfd' Tine
Fourth race-the Glen Cove handicap
$1,000, three-year-ol six furlongs-
Ben Loyal a to 81 first, Fauntleroy
(18 to 50 second. Barley Thorpe (11Yto
81 third. Time, l:13 1-5,
Fifth race-two-year-olds s4o0 add
ed, five furlongs-Mr. Golightly Ga to
10Y first, Rogon Gle to 81 second, Amalf1
q to ID third. Time. 1907
Sixth race--selling. three-year- Odds
and up. $500 added. one and a quarter
miles--Montg omery Il to 10Y FIRST,
Perry Johnson q to q second, Bad
News (soSto y third, Time, 2:o7 SIS.
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chnrlotse petent. t:reen.boro.

ISpecIaI TO The TImes-DlspatGh.I
Charlotte. N, c., July t1.-in slug
came Off victorious defeating Greens.
boro to 4. Hankie WAS wild and in.
effective at the beginning. but later
settled down. but the victory Is due
to the terrific bombardment OF hia
teammates. Dobard secured three hits
out of four trials. one of them being
good for three bases Cross also Sc
cured triple, double and O single.
Humphrey and Williams got away with
two baggers. Garman's playing al
first was the outstanding feature OF
the field work. Brazille pitched the
last inning for Charlotte.
Score: r. Fl. e.
Charlotte ......0 2300 80 10
Greensboro 200 900 1 o--4 s
Batteries: Hankie. Brazllle and Fran.
els; Walters and Beusse.
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Heavy Movement Of Fruit.

Special to The Times -Dispatch,l
Lynchhurg, Va, July lI,-The South
3efn Halfway Is IN the midst of moving
q heavy Georgia peach crop. and the
crop Is beginning to move rapidly, Yes
itttsTday there We're fifteen trains to
Wash ington through here, all OF them
Sheing made up of Refrigerator cars.
and III Of them being operated ON
passenger train s schedules. sfs
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Boy Accidentnlly Kills Brother.
Isnec,o, 10 The Times-pispatchl

ISpecluI 10 lhe 7 ffIHS-IyISpd tCII. .
Roanoke. Va. July 11--Word reached
here this evening from the lower ca !.
Itawba Valley section, of this county, Of
the killing OF Frank Bennett. aged
twenty years, by his brother. John,
aged eighteen. The younger brother
was shooting at a grounding when
Frank got in the range of the rifle,
and was shot dead. John Bennett is
exonerated OF all blame. He is almost
crn frnn1 grief
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can,t Show in ,Frisco.

San Francisco. CAL, July 1I.-The
Municipal Board of Censors to-day
adopted resolution instructing the
Ibition Of the Jetfries and johnson tigh,
pictures in San Francisco. A similar
resolution referring to prize fight pic
lures IN general was adopted N
followed the receipt of letter from.
Mayor Mccarthy advising that this
course be taken,
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New York made great stab to
yesterday, but Chicago called the ber
and won out by two points. The pos
sibility of there being a. worlds series
In the East next fall has started the
fans to guessing. and the way New
sight looks good to most of them. II
there is worlds series In New York
next fall there will be a large dele
cation to go from Richmond to see the
fight
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if-i 4 lls Z
Come to our TWO STORES
for bargains in Groceries. Here
are a few items quoted. We
have hundreds of others just
as cheap.
Large Juicy Lemons, dozen zoe
Extra Large Fat Mackerel, for. .25c
lib, cans Corn Beef. ....5....5.. l5c
Old Virginia Herring Roe, in 2-lb.
Fancy Fresh Pineapples ....... !. !. S. Sc
Large New Irish Potatoes, peck -23c
Best Quality Oats, per bushel. .55c
Pocahontas Corn, can ..s..3...].2... .1Oc
Smoked California Hams. per h.. .15c
,Elgin Butter, per pound $500. Soc
Whole Grain Rice, per lb.... SC
4 Early June Peas, 3 cans for. .25c
Cream. Cheese. per pound. acc
10 bars Swift Snap soap for. 25c
Salt Pork. per pound ..12Ac
5Large Cans Pie Peaches for. .25c
Good Ground Coffee. lb....... .10c
Extra Fine Prunes, per ID. SC
2cans Tomatoes for soup,., 49,. Sc
Best City Meal. 23c peck; or, per
Dushel ~. ,3.s.t.t-,l.s. o5c
Clipped Beef, per can ...7.s.j....s Sc
Y Potted Ham or Tongue, per can. dc
3-lb. cans Lard ,....s,,,.s....,.... .33c
Va. Pride Coffee per ID. $3.50. l5c
California EyaPorated Peaches SC
sl.oO bottles Old Fulchcr Whiskcy. 75c
Duffy Malt Whiskey .....y.......85 c
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Charlie Dooin,s men went after
pittsburg yesterday afternoon as II
there were something at the bottom
OF the deck The Champions had an
off day. and before the deluge could
be stopped eighteen runs had come
ACROSS the plate.
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Sufferers. Learn of Mudlnvia! II you have
Rheumatism or Kidney Disease. send tn-day
for book that tells OF the famous Mud Baths
that have cured thousands. Big Hotel-open
all year. Address r. B. KRAMER, Pres.
Kramer. Ind.
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Some Baseball Talk
By,I4ALF NELSON.

and there is where the scrap will be.
Richmond had a good chance for the
second place and may take the top
position IL Dan3ille ever slumps and
the Colts begin to win.
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CAROLINA ASSOCIATION

At Winston Salem. Anderson. q;
Winston Salem. (called end OF sev.
At Charlotte: Charlotte. O, Greens.
boro, 4.
At spartanburg: Greenv,lle, 8; Spar
% pht,ru II {a
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Bobby Wallis hard luck stuck TO him
yesterday when Richmond cleaned up
Petersburg by the score of 4 to 1. Vail
has complained before of the hoodoo
that hangs about him whenever he
stacks UP against Lawlor's men, and
~ seems that he will continue to com
plain. His game yesterday was not
as strong as II has been, and the de-
feat can be laid largely at the feet
OF the Colts
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EXCEPT for the Danville clubs stand
ing. the race in the Virginia League
is about the closest ever. Three clubs
have n margin Of three points dttlsr-
enc. in the percentage and five of the
clubs have only hfty-seven points be-
tween them. Danville. however. rs
12a points ahead of Roanoke and tns
way the team is going 1t seems as u
the lead would be held.
A few games either way will put
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Jake Wells should either get a new
staff of umpires or make the protest.
ing managernents withdraw their pro-
attack on the faondution of the game,
and 1t should be decided without
further ado which side is in bad. II
the umpires are guilty as charged. they
should be relieved of duty and II they
are innocent the arrangements should
be made, to Withdraw their protests at
once and in public.
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At Louisville: Louisville Toledo game
postponed, rain.
At indianapolis, Ind: columbus-In-
dianapolis game postponed, two games
tomorrow.
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ADVERTISING

we can make a success Of your pro-
position thru our judlcious plans OF.
ADVERTISING. We have valuable IN
formation and minimize cost Ask sof3
tree plans,
Freeman Advertising Agency
Mutual iiniidlnS,
Richmond, : Virginia,
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Summer Resnrts.
f1NIARi.E SUADE NM Z

NlAFLE SHADE Inn.
Most beautiful hotel and grounds in south
west Virginia. Perfectly equipped for COM
fort and pleasure. Ballroom, orchestra, ten
MS. pool, billiards.
Wrte for hooklet. Pulaski va.
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Petersburg, by the way has got to
improve the car service and the park
If the club Is TO be success ffnan.
cially A single track car line leada
to the park. and the park is a long
ways from Petersburg On the open
ing day 1T took the spectators about
forty-fv minutes to get to the game.
The diamond is almost in as bad con-
dition as that in the Broad Street
Park
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

At milwaukee,: R.HE
Minneapolis ..................
Milwaukee, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
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Tile Heights, BuenR Vista, Va,
In hear, OF Blue Ridge Mountains. Grand
climate. scenery and water, Building one
of tho lr,osti beautiful and spacious In the
South. Fine table. Special low rates for
such advantages, Free booklet, Box No. $50,
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Manager Lawlor has half a dozen
men on the string to strengthen the
Richmond team and expects to lanu
a batter that can be depended on with.
in the next day or two. The absence
of batter that the players have con-
fidence in was never moro clearly de-
monstrated than when Wallace was
too i'll to play Then. when the pinch
came, one could hear the players on
the bench saying. Gee, II only Wallace
were here" The moral effect of sure
batter is worth whole lot to team
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Steve Griffin, of Danville. has ideas
about getting a. team into winning
shape There are some you have to
hlackguard he says in regard to
players, 'Hnd there are some that
need a pat on the back. The great
thing. however. Is to keep your eyes
open and look out for fresh players
that are better than those you already
have. And get EN-"
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ISLESXWORTH

ON THE BEACH, VIRGINIA AVENUE.
800 rooms, with fresh and aAswater in all
baths. Special American plan $3.50 and up
daily. European plan. s1.5o up daily. Special
weekly terms. F. NJ. Phos>us. Mgr. VIM.
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few games either way will pu