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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
SHIFTING MOON OUEERS
HAROLD'S LITTLE ROMANCE
Cavorts Like Runaway Aeroplane and Never
Seems to Rise in Same Old Place-Pro-
lessor Hall EXPLAINS Why.

Dozens of lovers have appealed to
the Park Commissioners to have the
moon put back in place. Luna has
gone cavorting through the ambient
IKE a runaway aeroplane. Things,
generally, are disturbed
Harold and Name sat in the park
last night waiting and watching for
the same old moon to rise in tho same
old way with the same old food OF
sllvery radiance that has caused so
many dollars-a- week mar
riaGes. The moon rose all right, but
not according to schedule, 1t was
In new place-way away from where
II had been the night before
There sat Harold and there sat
Name, He had been waiting for the
psychological moment when the moon
should make its appearance above the
horizon and food all the world with
It's silvery luster Suddenly he leaned
forward. Slyly his arm encircled Name s
number sixteen waist.
"Dost love muh?' he inquired, and
chin
"Aw, cut it." said Name, and she
showed him away; there's nothing tc
Horrors' What had happened, II
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
BLAMEs RAILROAD
Soldiers Held Up to Allow Freight
Train to Go Ahead.

Soldiers Held Up to Allow Freight
Train to Go Ahead.
Captain Charles NJ. East. acting ad-
jutant OF the First Virginia, has d.
rected Major L. I. Prince. of the First
Battalion, by orders of Colonel W. j.
Perry, to report the time of departure
and arrival Of his command to and
from Gettysburg, with the blame for
delays.
In his reply Major Price calls atten-
tion to the bad service given by the
Western Maryland, causing delays
One OF these was at Hanover. Pa. to
secure Ice and water for the men in
one OF the cars. and a long wait at a
point in Maryland, apparently to allow
a local passenger train and freigfA
train to pass ahead OF the soldiers
train. The service given by the Penn
sylvania was good, according to the
report, as also was that of,the Rich
mond. fredericksburg and Potomac.
except that there NASH delay In I'M
loading a horse belonging to Major
I>ing's battalion headquarters at Alex
dria, caused by the failure of the road
to have switching engine on the job.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
COURT SHOWS MERCY
Female Blind Tiger, Who Is seriousI,
III, Escapes JniI Term

femnlc Blind Tiger, Who Is Seriously
Ill, Escapes Jail Term.
annie summers, colored, who was
arrested Sunday morning on charge
or selling liquor without license at
2l09 East Franklin Street, was nut
under $500 bond for twelve months in
Police Court yesterday morning. and
sne is expected to behave herself on
account of the leniency of the court.
pelore which she has now been twice
on the same charge.
IT is because of her crippled condi-
tlon that she was not sent to jail. She
IS SO weak from consumption and rheu-
inatism that officers had to lift her
podlly IN the patrol wagon when she
was arrested, and she had to be car
EIed INTO court yesterday morning
when she was up before she was sent
TO the City Almshouse, where she
could be cared for. But she tired
OF her monotonous surroundings. ana
she she hearkened again to the call Of
Illicit traffic in intoxicants. She can
NOT not De sent to Jail in her condition.
ior incarcehtion would mean an earlv
usath. and on her promise to give
up the illegal traffic, Justice Crutch-
lield eXacted of her only the bond. II
sne seiis liquor again without IL
cemse the bond will be forfeited.
me case against Phoebe Bland, col /.
ored, also charged with selling LIQUOR
Wlthout license, was continued to
August 2. She was bailed for her an
pearance on that date in the sum
OF $500
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
|BOARD OPPOSED
TO.CLOS|NG DOCK
-------
Aldermen Instruct City Attorney
to Resist Petition of Trigg
Bondholders.
MANY MEASURES ADOPTED
Money Appropriation for Sewer
Building and ES-
tension.
MANY MEASURES ADOPTED

The Board OF Aldermen last night
concurred with the Common Council
in the adoption of resolution author
izing the City Attorney to appear be-
fore the Corporation Commission and
oppose the closing of the city dock.
The Corporation Commission was to
have heard all parties interested In the
matter to-day, but the matter has been
postponed until September Bondhold-
ers of the Trigg Shipyard Company
have petitioned the commission to close
the dock, but business interests Of the
city have entered vigorous opposition.
An ordinance, which has been on the
table since December, was taken up
and passed 1t prohibits the distribu-
ting of advertising matter and samples
of patent medicines in the city 1t
provides that no person or firm shall
place circulars or other advertising
matter in the streets, in yards or on
porches or in the Railways of resi-
dences or other buildings. Violation
of the law is punishable by fine of
from So, to $40.
Money for Sewers.
An ordinance appropriating $4,000
| ioI laying SSWSlS Oh seventeenth
Adams Streets, recently adopted by the
Common Council, was concurred in, as
was an appropriation Of $500 for lay
! ing sewers between Monument and
Park Avenues, north and south, in cross
alleys.
The Board concurred with the Com
mon Council in the adoption of an or
dinance increasing the salary of the
City Accountant from s1,soo to s2,2O0
a year.
Other measures which were adopted
| on concurrence We're:
| An ordinance providing for an APP
preparation of $4,000 for the building
of schoolhouse at Pine and China
] Streets.
| An ordinance providing for an APP
preparation OF $4,000 to build fire
station in Washington Ward.
An ordinance providing for an ex.
penditure of $4,000 in Washington
Ward for Improvement of streets and
roadbeds.
An ordinance authorizing the expen-
diture of s1O,OS7.s6 for schools in Wash
ington Ward.
Resolution appropriating s2,052.OS to
pay the salary for the fiscal year OF
the Judge of the Hastings Court, Par,
2.
Bids for the annex to chimborazo
School building were authorized, the
contract not to exceed $4,000.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
WAR time RELIC
. SENT FROM NOR TH
Button Shot From Uniform Of
Captain Wise Returned
to Blues.

TO the delight of the members OF
Company A, Richmond Light Infantry
Blues. that organization yesterday re-
ceived as present button shot from
the uniform of Captain Jennings Wise
at the time that officer, then in com
mand of the company, was killed.
Forty-eight years after the occurrence
the button comes back from Con-
necticut. where 1t was taken by an
eyewitness.
At the battle Of Roanoke Island on
February s, 1862, Company A, of the
Blues. suffered fearful loss. Cap
tain Wise attempted to escape after
the battle on a boat when he was
Killed A button was found in the
bottom of the boat which had been
shot from his uniform, and this BEN
Jamin Jepson, Connecticut soldier.
took and carried 1t to his home.
Jepson Still Soldier.
rms same BENJAMIN Jepson Is now a
captain IN the Second Company of
Governors Foot Guard, of New Haven.
and as such was a guest of the blues
during the recent celebration OF the
opening of the armory. While in the
building Captain Jepson looked over
the collection of portraits OF former
commanders which hangs on tho walls.
noticing the picture Of Captain Wise.
He at once recalled the incident of
1862, and told Captain T. B. Mcdowell
that he had the button and would
present 1t to the company.
The whole affair is neatly framed
the button being at the top Under
meath is the letter Of presentation, in
which the circumstances connected
with the killing OF tho officer ana nc
nnd1ng of the button are detailed The
oent made by the bullet which tore
the button from the coat is plainly
to be seen. This button will here
after be one of the company's most
cherished possessions.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
GEORGIA P|PP|N
FAST WITH DUKES
Pulling's Shoulder Knocked Out
of Place in Gentlernan's
Lunch Time Bout.

Emulaung the standards set by Jim
Jeffries and Jack Johnson, George r.
Pulling, of POI Temple Street, and an
accredited featherweight Champion
OF Atlanta, Ca. engaged in a bout.
during lunch hour at the l.. H Jen,
Streets, and the featherweight knocked
Pulling's shoulder out OF place with a
terrific right handler.
All the employees hastily swallowed
their lunches SO as to have time to
witness the bout. Pulling Is said to
be a master hand with the gloves, and
his admirers promised something good
when he should face the visitor
The gloves were donned, and the two
lightweights went at 1t like true
sportsmen. the fight being under the
Marquis of Gueensberry rules, as if 1,
We're a real go. The fight lasted four
rounds. AT the end of the fourth, the
visitor sent in terrific right to the
body, and caught the Richmonder on
the shoulder. Pulling didn't fall, but
he leaned heavily on the arms of his
companions-there were no ropes to
lean on, as Jerfries had-and they
found that his shoulder had been
Knocked out of place.
A call was sent in to the City Hos
pital, and Dr. Collins responded. He
had great difficulty in putting the
shoulder blade into place. Pulling will
neither box nor work for the next few
days. The visitor did not exult in his
triumph. Indeed, he was rather sorry
FOR his opponent.
1t was but gentleman's match, and
there OF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
BOUGHT OIL STOCK,
WANT MONEY BACK
Richnonders Appeal From De-
cision in Law and Equity
Court.

Claiming they had been stung in
the purchase OF stock in concern
called the Virginia-Ohio Oil Company.
a formidable array of Richmond citl-
zens have carried their suit TO the
Supreme Court OF Appeals where they
were yesterday granted an appeal.
decision against them was rendered
on June in the Law and Equity
Court. The compliments sue under
the name of d. W. Persinger and 9TH
ers.
1t was claimed in the original suit
that the American Finance Corporation
sold the petitioners different amounts
OF shares of the capital stock OF the
Virginia-Ohio Oil Company, under rep
reservations which are now claimed 10
have been false and fraudulent The
suit asked for rescission Of the con-
tract of sale of the stock.
Later ancillary proceedings were
fled alleging that the corporation was
about to dispose of Its assets with
the intent TO hinder. delay and de-
asked that attachments against this
property issue The total amount
claimed was sl2.125.
These proceedings were quashed In
the Law and Equity Court on the
ground that the claims were individual
in their nature, and that the plain
tiffs could not join In one attach
ment
Looked Like Good Thing.
II is claimed in the petition that the
corporation alleged that the oil COM
pany was possessed of 500 acres of
good oil territory. and that II had de-
veloped a large number of wells. Weld
ing upwards OF 200 barrels day
1t was further claimed, 1t Is stated
that 1t had already earned II per cent
dividends on its stock. Doubtless this
percentage was the factor which de-
cided the Richmonders on making the
investment
These representations, it Is alleged
were all false. The company had. it
is said, lost 200 acres of the property
because of failure to pay rents on
1t. and that all wells of the concern
combined turned out not more than
$50 barrels per week.
Not agreeing to the proposition re-
Gently advanced that any one foolish
enough to buy oil stock in this day
of general knowledge and publicity
owes 1t to himself and to the world
never to reveal his folly, the purchas-
ers viii fight the matter In the su-
preme Court.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
ROBBED W0MAN'S EXCHANGE
Inexperienced Burglar freaks In Over
TrnnsOnl, and Gets q Little NIonex

lnexperienccl Burglar freaks In Over
Irnnsonb and Gets Little Money,
An inexperienced burglar broke into
inc Richmond Exchange for Women's
Work, 900 East Franklin Street, some
time between Saturday afternoon and
Yesterday morning. and robbed it Of
cash. stamps and street car tickets TO
me value of $25. The robbery was
discovered yesterday morning. and was
lmmedlately reported to tho police.
!, The burglar gained an entrance
through transom leading into the
exchange from a hallway, the door
or which Is never fastened, the tran
som being reached by means of lad
der.
The rooms we're thoroughly rned.
but nothing except tho money. stars
and street car tickets found in the
desk of Miss Ellen B. Weisiger was
taken An iron safe containing sew
eral hundred dollars stands near the
desk, but 1t appeared to have been
untouched.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
KEPT AMBULANCE BUSY
John woodson Receives Hooks Instead

John Woodson Receives Hooks Instead
OF Block OF Ice.
DR.. Collins. of the city ambulance
corps. yesterday received enough calls
to keep him busy most of the day.
He sewed up John Woodson, colored,
OF 1914 Ross Street, whom another
negro took for block of ice and i'm.
planted in his bosom the deadly hooks.
The ellow-worker was reaching for
the block of ice when Woodson fell
in the way and received the sharp
prongs in his body.
A six-year-old child of j. L. Rhodes
fell from tricycle. and broke an arnls
which Dr. Collins set.
Then the young physician was called
to attend Howard King, of $40 South
Pine Street, who had his hand mashed
In machinery at the Capital Printing
Company. There We're many other
minor calls.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
PAWNBROKER HELPS CATCH
NEGRO THIEF, WHO ESCAPED

Becoming suspicious of negro who
entered his place to pawn handsome
suit of clothes, Nathan Cohen, of No.
West Broad Street, yesterday after
noon telephoned to Captain Mcmahon
to come up at once. But before the
officers arrived the negro also had be-
come suspicious and he vamoosed. Mr..
Cohen tried to hold him, but when the
negro saw Captain McMahon coming
he knew there would be something do
Ing in the sweet by-and-by, and went
out Brook Avenue like a streak of
lightning. But the suit was recover
ed. and was taken to headquarters for
Identification,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
VIII Inspect Rnttnlinn.

Under orders from Colonel ". i
Ferry, commanding the First Virginia
tniantry, Major l. T. Price will in
First Battalion at the armory on Sew
enth Street. This inspection and list
ing Of the property is part of the plan
1or holding every militiaman respon-
s1b!e for the outfit issued to him.
Major Price has set Monday, August
as the date for the inspection Of
Company G: August 9 for Company r.
august for Company B. and August
Tor Company A and battalion head
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
ADOPT
AGREEMENT FOR MERGER

At meeting of the stockholders Of
me Bank Of Commerce and Trusts
ment of the Bank Of Commerce and
Trusts and the Capitol Savings Bank
was unanimously ratified and sent to
the stockholders of the Capitol Saw
stockholders Of the Bank of Commerce
and Trusts We're either present in the
meeting or represented
a meeting of the stockholders Of the
ing this week to ratify the agreement,
and 1t is expected that 1t will be ac-
cepted without objection. The direc-
tors Of the bank have already ac-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
MARTIN JACOBSKY
|ND|CTEDBY JURY
Prisoner Believed to Have Been
Member of Gang Which
Operated in Virginia.

Upon top of the indictment returned
against him by the grand jury of Or.
ange county, Martin Jackson, with the
aliases Of Martin Jacobsky. w. Franks
lin, w. Freedman and William Martin
enough aliases almost to cast sui.
fcient cloud of suspicion over the man
was yesterday indicted by the grand
Jury of Richmond on a charge OF steal
Ing trunks containing clothing valued
at s3,l64 from the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway Company. The Indictment
contains four counts.
Jacobsky is alleged to have been q
member OF a gang of trunk thieves who
annually stole thousands of dollars
worth OF trunks by switching checks
at railroad stations throughout tho
country. Their principal operations in
Virginia occurred at Gordonsville and
Richmond IN 1907. One OF the men Wig
caught In Richmond. The Leader es-
capped, but after a worldwide search
he was located in Londor and was
brought back 10 this country BY De-
tective- Sergeants Bailey and Wren. lie
was convicted and sentenced TO tho
penitentIary. His name was Miller.
and he, too. had many aliases. Tho
others caught and convicted were AL
len and Driscoll, who also served terms.
George v. Thomas, who is alleged td
have been one of the gang, is also
under indictment in Orange county.
He is expected to give evidence for the
State, but Jacobsky will fight the case
10 finish.
Claim Agent L. l. Scherer, of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company.
who tirst got on the mems trail. is the
principal witness against them.
Many Other Indictments.
The grand jury also returned ten
other indictments OF a criminal nature,
They are as follows: Clarence Brad-
shaw, malicious wounding: Junius
Booker. malicious wounding; Nelson
Cook. housebreaking; John B. Carter,
murder. Joseph Ford. malicious wound.
Ing; Raymond Green and William
Smith. burglary; Harrison Hall. malls
c!ous wounding; yoss Nash, malicious
wounding, and Samuel Owens. bur-
glary (wo).
But the grand jury's work was NOT
finished, for that body then proceeded
to investigate charges against business
and professional men. who are alleged
to have not paid their license taxes.
The list Includes almost every known.
business and profession, and there
were about $50 indictments returned.
Payment of licenses is due on May l..
but grace is allowed until July i. and
then 1t is up to the grand jury. Many
men appeared yesterday and paid up.
Against Thomas Payne, colored, sus.
pected of having attempted to burn
the homes OF Anderson Kelly and Nary
Harris. In Jackson Ward. no true billy
were returned. John S. Bowman, sus-
pected OF housebreaking, and GeorsA
Wood, charged with malicious wounds
ing, also escaped Indictment.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26

WAS not ever thus. Some terrible
thing was wrong. Then Harold glanc-
ed slSyward and learned-learned that
the solar system was askew. and what
was wrong with Name.
The Park Commissioners have been
appealed to because It is believed that
1t comes within their official duties
to see that the only approved method
of park illumination Is kept on the Job.
What they Will do remains to be seen.
Professor Asaph Hail. of the Naval
Observatory, Washington, explains the
sudden change OF the moons position
as due to the fact that ii rose this
week at a southern point, where the
sun will rise next summer. In the
summer, he says, the suA is high, while
the moon Is low, and in the winter
1t Is vice versa He explains this by
the variation of the angles of the
earth to- the moon and sun, which ex-
PLANTATION viii hardly prove of much
comfort to Harold with Name the way
she is,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
want WaIluce Brinu.

The police authorities here yesterday
received a letter asking them to aid
in the search for Wallace Brinn, fiji
teen years old. who ran away from
home, In Chester Pa.
Frank Brinn, the father, of 22O West
Fifth Street. Chester, writes that the
boy has dark brown hair and eyes and
is eve feet five inches tall.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
TO TEST LIQUOR
Government to Ascertain If Product
Seized COmes UD to Standard.

Government to Ascertain If Product
Seized Comes Up to Standard.
Samples of tho whiskey seized by
internal revenue inspectors are now
being sent to the government chemist
at Washingto by Colonel w. H. Chap
man, revenue agent, to be tested.
Should the analysis show the conten-
lions of the revenue officers to be
true some action may be taken to
bring the distillers to account.
Often the reason whiskey does not
show the same proof as stipulated on
the barrel is because of natural causes.
If whiskeyS has been stored in a dry
place for long time it Is quite pos
sible that the evaporation Will change
the original proof. The same is true
IL the whiskey is kcot in a damp place.
The revenue officers can only ascertain
whether there are violations of the law
by the Whiskey being tested.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
MANS SIZE DRINK
Woman Drank Three Pints, Then
Other .,Ehlnua: NeM FL nea.l

Other HhlnEs; NcHrly Dead.
Emma Edwards, white woman,
living at 1000 East Main Street, de-
cided to get drunk yesterday, and after
she had emptied three pints Of whis-
key. half pint of Jamaica ginger
and half bottle OF Squibbs's mixture,
she was drunk, very drunk.
After having imbibed so freely, the
woman lapsed into state of uncon-
seriousness. and some kind neighbor
telephoned for tho ambulance late in
the afternoon, and DR.. Collins went
to the scene of action. He found her
took her to the City Hospital. where
he worked on her an hour and half
before feeling assured-that she would
recover. During the operation it re-
quired the strong arms of several at
PENDANTS to hold her in bed
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
Mr.. snunder.,s Hou.e purned.

The home of w. C. Saunders. near
Glen Allen. was destroyed Saturday
evening by fire which started from the
explosion of an oil lamp in bath
room. The loss by fire will amount to
nearly $4,000 OF which $500 was
Although the nre was discovered
within short time after It started.
the lack of adequate rire-nghtins appa.-
ratus made 1T impossible to cope with
it. and everything except some furnt-
ture was destroyed.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
nulds III neyenue Oalccrs.

Raids by Revenue officers.
Two raids were made by revenue Of
ficers on Illicit distilleries in North
Carolina Saturday A small quantity
of beer and low wine was captured
Deputy Collector Holland captured a
still and 100 gallons of beer at Claren-
lector Wood seized a copper still. six
teen fermenters and nine gallons Of
low wine near Wilson. NJ G. These
reports We're made to Revenue Agent
CHAPMAN YESTERDAY
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
TO Consider sho,ycov. . =

Those for and against the proposed
ordinance to remove showcases from
streets are invited to appear befora
the Council Committee on Streets new
THURSDAY afternoon at 5 o'clock and
state their views The meeting will be
In Room 3O5 at the City Hail ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
DriII Despite Hent

All the companies of the First R,+
talon. First Regiment. are keeping IN
weekly drills, in spite of the warm
weather. Company c drilled last
night. 'a''
me officers of the battalion will
meet Friday night, and on the same
night, there will be drill of the fife
and drum corps
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
CIvil Seryice discrimination.

CIVlT SeFVICe IXuHIHutIUH'
An examination for plasterer and pa
pier machie worker will be held in
Richmond on August II, to fill vacan-
cies in the National Museum. at Wash
ington. The salary rs 500 per month.
Applicants must be at least twenty
years old. Men only will be allowed
to try for the job.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26

Charged With Theft.
Daniel Taylor, colored, was arrested
yesterday on charge of stealing IS
from A. c. Worsham.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26

Marriage License.
a marriage license was issued yes
terday in the Hastings Court to cuff
ford v. Royall and Lennie Farmer.