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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-02
DTEHONORAHIiu D1gC1KARHGED
GIVEN ssuGEHN H21UHDD mr.

"Dishonorahly Private
Melvin a Sheppard, Company A. for
abGsnce frsm drills aad non-paymeut
OF inca Tho foregoing from the
general orders Of the Twenty-socond
rsUiment which wsee posed In thu
Armory caused great regret among
many members Of the engfnsers. for
II allowed that Melvin sheppard. this
ORGANIZATIONS athletic idol and one
OF the greatent athletes IN tho world.
has been dlsAeneFAhIy discharged
from the States service by Colonel
H6tchkin.
WhH4 the announcement shocked
the athletic world L scaslonad little
surprise among the members of the
regiment. ~ it was expected for some
time.
Shcppard's dishonorabls discharge
may prohibit HE selection 10 repre-
sent the United EtAtes In the Olympic
Cameo that VIII We staged In stock
holm next summer. CsvtAiniy IL doSe
not appear 10 b paxyl0ll0 10 paru,at
: dishonoyAbly discharged militia Mas,
n wtar ~ Atnertcaa M ~ NJ
brsaat An6 gopr1Seet NUN oaslntsY inl
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-02
SONS or FOOTBALL 0iRgo
pIAY ON RIVAL TEAAao

Walter Camp has = aon playing II
the Yale hackfielA this year and Naker.
the Princeton halfback, h q son az :
former Princstcn hal4back. The14
fathers we're oppOnAnta IN tia Yale-
Princeton xarna Of November ~. lea1.
: q u q ~. TIA sore nayes = go
ahanee " Msasktnr gAia 700 N1tA INN
n tn haakDcId - ~ snanrl y \
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-02
Harvard Prepares for Princeton Game
While Yale Walls of Woeful Injuries

CAMBRIDGE. MASS. Sev. 1,--No
serious work was attempted on the
Harvard football field this afternoon
on account of the unfavorable wealth
CIR conditions. The varsity and the
scrubs opened the matinee with a
light scrimmage lasting twenty-five
minutes
Both teams, equipped extensively
and Extensively with the plays intend
ed for use against Princeton on Sat-
urday, marched up ana down the
gridiron. no record on downs being
kept. and the coaches changing the
ball from time To time as they saw
fit. Harry Gardner ran the team.
while Potter. who was overworked In
Saturdays game with Brown, loafed
on the sidelines.
That the coaches realize the gravity
OF the kicking situation was demon
s,rated when Pierce. a consistent pun
ter. replaced Tommy Campbell as left
halfback. Biackail. another consist
ent punter, relieved Huntington at
fullback toward the latter part of the
practice. A sharp signal drill closed
the days session for the regulars
Poor Form of Princeton.
PRINCETON. y. j., Nov. 1.-The
Tigers were run through one OF the
longest practices. of the year this at
ternoon, and little could be said In
praise OF the first string wearers OF
tho Orange and Black. They were
playing their old loose game that has
been so discouraging to the coaches.
This, too. was probably the last hard
work that they win be given before
the Harvard game on Saturday.
Duff and Captain Hart showed up
best, but their work was individual
and not team play, Bluethemthal.
who has been out Of the game for
almost a week. was back at his old
position and tore things up around
center in great shape.
Pendleton and Wilson were not In
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-02
EXTEND TELEPHONES
OVER THE SYSTEM

-wAGEIRy0TON. D. c.. Nov. L.
Vice. President and General Manager
CoapmAn, OF the Southern Railway
Company, announced to-day that IN
pursuance Of tn policy Of bringing
Its lines to the highest possible state
Of eAlotsacy, tho Southern Railway
Company 10 preparing to extend tt
system Of dispatchtng trains by telA-
phone over its line between Chatta-
ncOga and Knoxville. Tenn. on the
Knoxville division. Z distance OF one
hundred and eleven miles.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-02
At the Theatres
Academy.

tTonisht--4rnc Fair Coed" Gem
adv by George Ado. Music By Gus
tave LuderA
Friday ana Saturday nishtA. matt
neo gaturday-Je Jefferson Do Angeits
Is "Tho Ladder LION" Book ~ De
Angels. Music by w. r. Francis.
Bliou.
This week. mattenees to-day and
saturday--''st. Elmo" Popular play.
well acted.
Co1eu1ak
Continuoud yaudesilis, with molten
pictures sln6w5aa n41Mse III n4ffse ~
NeeldtR shAng ieaslllps nxeel lent easI
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-02

Durfng the last year, but paftI"u'oFis
In the iaSt three months. there has
been . constant increase In tho NUM-
her OF American automobiles sold IN
Europe. Tho durability Of the autos
mobiles manufactured in this coun-
IRIS. combined with their comparative
IL low cost, has made Z market Tor
them In Europe with tho result that
: very healthy and growing export
frada has bsen developed with coun-
tr.es from which carD hsre<5es's were
imrortsd Into Amsrfca and where
American cars had no vogue.
An average Of 1s0 autcr s,Ise 8
week have been shtpped shfuugn tne
mort of New York during the lam ~
months. A climax to this heavy
Avrnrtation came q special train OF
Sortv cars from Detroit to Now York
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to-day pFactlCe. Ine$ nave minor
business which will be given a chance
to get right. Penfield and Christie ran
the eleven,
ing kicks, running down under punta
and drop kicking from scrimmage.
The scheduled work for the remain
der of the week Is Of a lighter ma
ture.
Yale Talc OF Woe.
NEW HAVEN. CONN, Nov. L.
Yale lost another first class football
player this afternoon when Harry
Perry broke two bones of HIS right
hand in scrimlnage. At the intirm-
airy 1t was said that his recovery be-
fore the Harvard game November
rs seems an inpossibility. Perry had
been playing in Paul's place at right
tackle. but was switched TO left tao
kle Monday when Jim sculiy was
hurt. 1t had been planned to use
him in that position till Sculiys re-
eovery. as Paul has regained playing
condition and gone to right tackle.
After Perry's injury Warren. who
played him to-day, cut his cheek and
also retired.
MacLeish, the freshman center, was
struck in the stomach IN to-day's
scrimage, but continued to play sew
eral minutes. He tainted in the trolley
car when the squad was returning TO
the grounds. II is feared that he has
sustained an internal injury.
Andersen. the former Wisconsin
haIfback, ~renched his ankle yes-
terday and will he confined for sew
eral days. Tomlinson. who was hurt
in the collision with Scuily ON Mon
day, rcportea for practice to-day. but
did not scrimmage. Scully left the
hospital to-day. but will not practice
before next week.
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especial TO The Richmond Eirginian.)
NORTON. VA, Nov. 1.-The board
OF SUPERVISORS at a meeting held at
Wise to-day awarded the good roads
nuiioing In this county. for which
stee- 200 Is being spent. The Raa-
noke Bridge Company were the sue
cessfui bidders. their bid being S23.-
$50 for the twenty-six bridges. the
work 10 be completed by May /,
1914
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-27

sideration at the time Of his dedth.
Congress called upon President Lin.
coin TO investigate the Balls Blum
disaster, aud when he declined TO do
so it appointed the famous joint com
mittee on the conduct OF the war,
with instructions to investigate the
most atrocious military murder In his
tory" About this time General Stone
came under cloud in n manner not
connected with the battle of Oct. 81.
but he was arrested by order of the
secretary of war and confined in Fort
Lafayette, New York harbor. He was
examined before the committee on the
conduct of the war. but no charges
were preferred against him. He was
released after seven months imprison.
ment and subsequently restored to ac-
tive service under General Banks In
the west. After the war he became
noted as "Stone Pnsha" in the army
Of the khedive.
The Judgment of military men upon
Stones responsibility for Balls Blum
was that he acted throughout the af-
fair under n misapprehension. He sup
posed another Federal division under
General @. A. Mccall. marching up the
Potomac on the Virginia side. was
pushing the Confederates back from
the river south os Balls Bluff and Cor.
mans camp ut Edwards Ferry; that
the commander of the army wished
him to take Leesburg. point four
miles inland from the battlefield OF
Balls Bluff. and that there were no
Confederates in any force in that vi
cinity. MS his scouts truthfully report
ed Bnt the Confederates could. move
on shorter lines. They deceived stones
subordinate. German. mt Edwards Fer
ry, and ignorance or negligence per.
haps both, led to the disaster Mt Balls
Bluff. Baker had discretion in his or
ders from Stone 20 call Devens back
from the Virginia shore or re-enforce
him there and fight. He chose to
fight.
Strangely enough. the Confederate
leader at Balrs Bmfr acted upon his
own discretion in bringing on the bat.
tie. He took the field without the
knowledge of his superiors for the
purpose of covering Leesburg from
Federal attack.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-27
MARION COUNTY REFUNDING
RONDS

Marion. Ohio, October IS. 1911.
Sealed proposals will be received at
the office of the county commissions
ers in the city OF Marion. county OF
Marion, and state of Ohio, until 12
O'Clock, noon, November II, 1911, for
the purchase of FIVE 60 bonds
amounting six thousand one hundred
dollars (S6,1O0). TO be known as Mar
ion County Refunding Bonds all of
said bonds to be dated November 1.
1911, to fall due and payable as fol-
lows, and to be for the following
amounts:
Bond No. 1, $1,000. March /, 1912.
Bond No. 2. 1880, September /,
1912.
Bond No. S.S1.s5O. March 1. 1918.
Bond No 4, $1,400, September /,
1913.
Bond No. 5. $500, March 1, 1914.
Bearing interest from November /,
1911, at the rate of four and one
half q 1-2) per cent. per annum.
payable semi-annually, on the first
day of March and September of each
year. Proper interest coupons are
to be attached to each bond for the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-27

BY Captain GEORGE L. KILr1BR. Late
U. 5. v.
copyright by American Press Associa-
tion, 191ll
TzHE third week in October fifty
years ago was marked by a
IL series of skirmishes in Missouri
J near Frederickstown and in
Virginia a martial mixup on the Poto.
mac line which is technically called
battle. Historically recorded as
blunder, n disaster and a slaughter.
the action fought at Balls Bluff, near
Leesburg, Va, Oct. 81, 1861, at least
demonstrated that a natural slaughter
pen Is not the place to give new sol
diers first lessons in battle. In the
Bull Run encounter novices did have
a fighting chance and scored little sue
cesses. They gave up the game at
last with the feeling that they had
learned some things and could do bet.
ter next time.
-Four Federal regiments were un-
der fire at Balls Bluff. but the brunt
of the fighting and loss fell upon the
Fifteenth Massachusetts, which open
ed the battle. On Oct 20 Colonel
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-27


interest as II natures.
Principal and interest are payable
az the county treasurer's office in the
city OF Marion. Ohio. Said bonds are
issued for the purpose of refunding
and extending the time of payment
OF an indebtedness incurred by the
turnpike commissioners of the shoots
Free Turnpike Road of Marion county,
Ohio, and reducing the rate of inter-
est thereon, which Indebtedness was
incurred by said Turnpike Commits
sioners on account of the construction
of said road Said bonds are issued
under authority of the general laws
OF the state of Ohio. particularly Sec
tion 7134 General Code of Ohio, and
pursuant to a resolution adopted by
said county commissioners on Octo-
Der is, 1911.
Each bid must be accompanied by
certified check for 800 on some
bank In Marion county, Ohio; said
check to be made payable to the
aforesaid board of county commits
sioners. All checks of unsuccessful
bidders shall be returned to them at
once after the proposals have been
opened and award made to the sue
cessful bidder or bidders. The de-
post of the successful bidder or bid
ders shall be retained and considered
and accepted as part payment of the
bond or bonds so awarded. Should
the bidder or bidders refuse or neglect
to pay for the bonds so awarded, the
deposit shall be forfeited to the afore-
said board of county commissioners.
and shall become the property of
Marion county, Ohio, as liquidated
damages for republishing the sale,
and for loss and expense attending
the sale of the bonds. No bid will
be received. unless accompanied by
q certified check as heretofore stated
No bid will be received for less than
the par value of the bonds and ac-
crued interest, and the aforesaid
commissioners reserve the right to
reject any or all bids. The bonds are
to be delivered to the purchaser No
vember IL, 1911, and to be paid for on
that date at the Office of the treas
urer of Marion county, Ohio.
Proposals are to be sealed and en-
dorsed "Bids for Bonds" and ad-
dressed TO the county commissioners
of Marion county, Ohio.
BY order of the board of county
commissioners. Marion county, Ohio.
Per V. Perle Garfield, Clerk.
10-20-27 11-3
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-27

Bond No. 0. $4,000. due March 1st.
Bond No. 10. $4,000. due Sept. 1st.
!, !. Bond No. II. $4,000. due March
Bond No. 10. $4,000. due Sept list,
1917.
With interest from November 1st.
1911. at the rate of five per cent. per
rst day of Merch and 9n tnf
each year. Proper interest coupons
are to be attached to each bond fot
the interest as II natures.
Principal and interest payable at
the office of the treasurer of Marion
county. Ohio. Said bonds are issued
for the purpose of constructing the
Gracely free turnpike road as ordered
haran Sy the c6a board 9bo sommassonsrs nasT Of
of the general laws of the state OF
Ohio, particularly section 1888 Gener
al Code of Ohio and pursuant to "A
resolution adopted by said road COM
1911.
Each bid must be accompanied by
certified check of one hundred dol
lars on some bank i'm Marion county,
Ohio; said check to be made payable
to the aforesaid board OF road COM
missioners. All checks of unsuccess-
full bidders shall be returned to them
at once after the proposals have been
successful bidder or bidders. The de-
posit of the successful bidder or bid
ders shall be retained and considered
and accepted as part payment OF the
bond or bonds so awarded. Sho'iis
the bidder or bidders refuse or neglect
to pay for the bonds sold, then the
deposit shall be forfeited to the afore-
said board of free turnpike commits
sioners. and shall become the property
of said board and considered compen-
sation for loss and expenses attend
ing the sale of the bonds and as
liquidated damages for republishing
the sale No bid will be received un-
less accomDanied by a certified check
as heretofOre stated. No bid Will be
received for less than the par value
of the bonds. and the aforesaid board
reserves the right to reject any or all
bids The bonds are to be delivered
to the purchaser November 10th. 1911.
and to be paid for on that day at the
treasurer's office of Marion county.
Ohio.
Proposals are to be sealed and en-
dorsed Bids for Bonds" and address,
ed to the aforesaid Free Turnpike
Commissioners Marion. Ohio. in care
of John II. Clark. attorney. BY order
of the road commissioners of the
Gracely Free Turnpike Road.
49, .- III. w. Gracely.
John Eisele.
S. b. Gracely.
Commissioners
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BOND SALE.
The Gracely Free Turnpike Road.

The Gracely Free Turnpike Road.
of Marion County. Ohio. Attorney
John II. Clark's office, Marion. Ohio.
Sealed proposals will be received at
the office of John II. Clark. in the
city of Marion. Marion County. ohio
until 12 o'clock. noon, November attn.
1911. for the purchase of twelve G2l
bonds amounting to SS.400.00. said
bonds to be known as the Gracely
Free Turnpike Road Bonds. all OF
said bonds dated November 1st 1911
and to come due and payable as fol-
lows. and to be for the following
amounts:
Bond No. 1. s6SO.OO. due March 1st.
1912.
Bond No. 2. sssO.OO. due Sept. 1st.
1912.
Bond No. 3. ssSO.OO. due March 1st.
Bond No. 4. $4,000. due Sept. 1st,
Bond No. 5. $4,000. due March 1st,
Bond No. 6. $4,000, due Sept. 1st,
1914.
Bond No. Z. $4,000. due March 1st,
1915.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-27

GENERAL EPPA HUNToN, O. s. A., COLONEL
OF THE EIGHTH VIRGINIA.
deploy for the same purpose. These
men skirmished until dark, when those
who had clung to the bank were rushed
by the Confederates and captured.
When Colonel Devens saw that the
day was lost he told his men to sa,
themselves. Some jumped into the
river and swan to the Maryland sid
with their muslets strapped TO their
backs. Others hid in the woods on the
Virginia side and stole across day
or two after the battle. Many were
shot while swimming for safety The
total loss OF Bakers command was
forty-nine killed and IA captured or
missing. This loss fell upon about
LOO men who crossed to the Virginia
side. Colonel Evans Confederate force
also numbered about 100 and lost
i4S killed and wounded.
Balls Bluff aroused more indigna
tion throughout the country than Bull
Run. Colonel Baker was alternately
glorlhed as martyr and criticised as
a milltry failure Re uld not cross
the Potomac TO see what Deyens had
to contend with before ordering his
brigade TO go over and fight.
Colonel Cogswell stayed with his
men on the Virginia bank and was
captured. In his official report le IN
directly placed the blame for the dis
aster upon Baker, He said that the
transportation of troops across the
river was badly organized. There were
no guards and no detailed crews for
the boats. The boats were not utilized
10 their full capacity, ana cannon at
hand on the Maryland side were moi
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-27

brought into action to cover the land
ing.
In conclusion he said. "The dis
positions on the field were faulty, in
my Judgment"
Colonel Devens' official report con.
firms this view. He said: Colonel
Baker welcomed me on the field, seem
ed in good spirits and very confident
of success. He asked me to look at
his line of battle. and. with him. |
passed along the whole front He
asked my opinion of his dispositions Of
the troops, and l told him frankly that
/ deemed them very defective, as the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-27


INTO THE FIGHT AT BALLS BLUFF.
Charles Devens with this regiment
crossed the Potomac from Maryland to
the bluSs on the Virginia side, intend
ipS to destroy a Confederate camp,
which the army scouts had reported
lay close 70 the river. Pushing on
toward Leesburg. five miles from the
river. early on the 21st. Devens found
no enemy and placed his regiment In
the concealment of the woods at Balls
Bluff to await orders. Word came to
him from division headquarters in
Maryland that he would be REINFORCED.
The bluff In rear of the position was
very steep, and the only means of
transporting troops TO the danger
point was by flatboats. During the
forenoon some Massachusetts compa-
MES which had been left in Mary
land crossed and Joined the advance.
and these were the only Federals on
the Virginia side OF the river when
the Confederates appeared in Devens
front and attacked the skirmishers.
This was about midday. Seeing no
help in sight, Colonel Devens formed
his line for battle and was able TO re-
sist the vigorous attempts of the Con
federates TO turn his flank and cut
him Off from the boat landing.
Colonel Devens' regiment formed
part of the brigade of Colonel Il. d..
Baker. which belonged to General c.
p. Stones division, having headquar-
ters at Poolesvillc. Md, about five
miles back from Balls Bluff. Cor
mans brigade of Stones division lay
at Edwards Ferry, five miles down the
Potomac.
The main Confederate force in the
vicinity was at Edwards Ferry, in
front Of German. and its commander,
Colonel N. G.. Evans, withdrew all his
troops save one regiment from Cor
mans front and marched TO Balls
Bluff. General Stone on hearing OF
Devens' engagement ordered Colonel
Baker either to retire the Massachu.
setts men or send the remainder of
his brigade across the river TO sup.
port them. Baker Immediately order.
ed the Twentieth Massachusetts, the
Forty-second New York (Tammany
regiment) and his own Seventy-hrst
Pennsylvania california reglmenO to
cross the river and went over in per.
son to direct the movement.
Hunton's Virginians Open the Fight,
The fresh troops toiled slowly across
on the fatboat and up the steep, mud
dy bluff. Baker reached the front at
2 O'clock without any men, but was
soon Joined by one battalion OF the
Pcnnsylvanians and detachment Of
the Twentieth Massachusetts,. The
Massachusetts men held the right Of
the line. Next, on the left, We're two
howitzers and on their left the Penn
syIyanians. A six FOUNDER held the ex-
treme left Before the fight opened
Colonel Cogswell reached the line with
part of the Forty, second New York.
He pointed out the weakness OF the
left flank TO Baker. but no attention
was paid 20 his warning The Con
federates in front Yf Bakers left were
posted on high ground screened by
woods. In few minutes after Colo
mel cogswell uttered his wWr'ag the
Eighth Virginia. under Colonel Eppa
Hunton. opened ire from that point
upon Bakers artillery. At tie nrst
yolley every man az the Federal guns
was shot down SO furious was this
rifle fire that only three charges were
fired from the cannon after tue yir
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-27
The War Fifty Years Ago,

October 1861, Added to the List Of Federal Defeats
the Action In Virginia Known as Balls Bluff or Lees
burg Designated by Congress as "the Most Arocious
Military Murder In History"-Federal Troops, I'm
prepared, Drawn Into Disastrous Battle---Death OF
Colonel E. d. Baker, Senator From California and Per-
sonal Friend of Lincoln--- -Bunders Which Heroism
Could Not Retrieve
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-27
Colonel Baker Shot Down.

Selling their advantage, the Confed-
crates pushed the fighting on the Fed
eral left. Lieutenant Colonel Wistar,
leading the Seventy-frst Pennsylvania.
was shot down, and Colonel Baker
rushed forward TO direct the line.
Passing in front of the skirmishers TO
select ground for an advance, he was
instantly killed by Confederate sharp
shooter Bakers death left the COM
mand in the hands of Colonel Cogs-
well, who at once put his own ideas
of the affair into practice. He ordered
Colonel Devcns to march the Fifteenth
Massachusetts to the extreme left, in-
tending, If overpowered by the Coufed.
crates massed there, to cut his way
through by the left flank down the
bluffs to the Potomac TO the shelter of
Germans camp at Edwards Ferry.
Devens carried out the orders under
fire, and just as he got n good line be-
yond the Pennsylvanians there oc-
Cured one of those disastrous blum.
ders so common TO raw soldiers. Two
fresh companies of Colonel Cogswell's
New York regiment came up and form
ed on the left of Devens' line. At that
moment an officer in Confederate uni
form showed himself in front of the
New Workers and with shouts and ges-
lures urged the Federals to charge
into the woods in front. Some of the
cool heads thought this was merely
challenge TO dare the Yankees. Others,
not knowing the enemy's colors, took
IL for an order and rushed ahead. Some
of the Fifteenth Massachusetts, car.
ried away by enthusiasm, also charged
forward until ordered back by Devens
and his captains. The New Workers
who went forward met singing fire
from the enemy in the woods and came
back in panic. Colonel Cogswell said
that at this time he attempted to have
the whole line charge the enemy lodg-
ed in the hills in front of his left, but
the confusion among the troops did not
admit of 1t, and he ordered retreat to
the pitiful landing under the bluff.
The hatboat was instantly swamped
by a rush of men upon it.
Shot While Swimming For Safety.
The Confederates followed the re-
treating troops as far as the edge of
the bluff and potted them on the bank
below. Two companies of New York
ers, freshly landed. climbed the bluff
to cover the retreat, and Colonel
Devens ordered his whole command to
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-27

During last year the number Of
British ships was 120i. of whom $50
We're engaged on board ship.
Chinese seamen engaged at Poplar for