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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-02
MAY CHANGE PLANS
Department Listens TO Protests Of
Turbine Engine Builders.

department Listens to Protests OF
Turbine Engine Builders.
Washington, January AFTER hav-
ing accepted the proposal OF the New
port News Dry Dock and ShipbuildinE
Company for the construction of tho
new hattleship Tcxas. equipped with
rcciprocatinE engines. the Navy Dc
PARTNER has been obliged TO recon
slider its decision as to the. motive
power of the ship. Energetic protests
by builders of turbine engines against
what they declare 10 10 the eraction-
AIRY anu nonproErcssivo policy Of the
rons1ructors and engineers have
troubled tho members Of tho general
board and have finally determined the
department officials TO consider the
subject further before announcing Il
iinal decision. SO far the Newport
News Company has not been notified
Of any change in the departments
plans hut as months must clapse be-
lore the work of engine construction
actually begins. there Is still time to
change the decision already recorded
IL 1t should b. found proper to do so.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-02
News Of t etersburg

and added largely to their total Of
deposits.
turing plants OF different kinds. large
anu small The trunk and bag plant2
are The largest in The World. and their
output goes 70 the markets of tho
world The iron and tobacco manu-
largest In the state and their prod
uets 90 also to the markets Of the
world All or them were prosperous
the past year.
There mas never boon any scnsa-
iional boom about Petersburg. Its
progress. financially and commercially.
during the past few years has been
steady ana sure. and it now stands ON
as solid a basis in these respects AS
any city In the country. Great public
ana arc being made at hcavy expense.
and the former will not cease until
the city Is put in practically perfect
condition The outlook f1r the future
in all respects is most Qualifying and
ten years has Increased - per- cent.
Death In Mexico.
Homer e. Atkinson. son OF Homer
Atkihson, Of this city, died In the
City Of Mexico on December Is. aud
Was buried in the American Cemetery
there. Iic was the chinf clerk OF
Charles y. Williams. the foreign sales.
iuuii for the Underwood Typcwritcr
and was located in Mexico city for III
purpose OF establishing an agency
ihnTc. Mr. Atkinson WAS twcnty-ninc
years old and was a youug man Of
accomplished business tact, aud Of at
tractivc manners, nc had Travelled II
friends Wherever he was known.
S0ctnI Amenities.
Tie week between Christmas and
New Years hays WAS crowded with
( 50 cia events receptions and enter
tainmcuis being almost irmumcrnblr.
There will 10 Il Ike round of social
amenities throughout THIS week. aud
society VIII be busy receiving and be.
/ iug received
Wntcb Nigbt Services.
Watch night services were held in
y, manN ~ the. private homes. III"
church boil. tpiied out Tho "id year
/ and toT"uslr rang in the new
News liz GcnrrnI.
, Ain"ne nc deeds Of transfer Of prom
! trty rocofded IN" pass week were Tho
I following " !. Rahilv ia Isaac Coon
! tr. ~, ana bnildtu4 on Sycamnro street
! 5 100, Rosa NJ Green's trustee to Wal
Ter bro"n lot on s. Andrew street.
prrine ,hc past year rs deeds ana
! recorded ir tho clerks once IN THIS
c!tr
E"ri, Ncw Yenr I'ire.
( Tho Department var callod an,
I Shortly after midnight THIS morning 10
/ f'"p 90 IN tbr' "Ntreinc wcEtorn
narl Of nc city The nrr vas in an
l'un'roHp!"d p"',,'i:.:: .. ',.;tnrrra. owit.
"a ~ N.Y. Mci-emuro, in rfich n /.
sam erI"fal pcrHYps ~cfr frrely ,elo-
lrHtinR IN houol 81 ne a.,yen, OF ,Go
Il N"~N icer ti Is sHppoFrd M a,n,o
"ne ups@' Til, buihii,g va. ,es.r.'
/ 81 and ~ was reppfied INIT on. a,
,hc men hHo p"fisned in ,ho nsinoF
II ~ W w prhrf "as mad" hui
n.,r %efe '|aA' aa1 Tho report proved
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-02
HEARS CARNEGIE PRAISED
Itockcfrlier listens to EuIogy OF Laire
~ SkIIlo

nockefriier Listens to EuIosy of Laird
% Skibo.
New York, January John d.
Rockefeller hoard his pastor. tho Rev
Charles r. Akad. d. d., of tho Fifth
Avenue Baptist Church. praise Andrew
Carnegie to-day for This inspired and
inspiring gift OF s10.0oo,0O0 to tho
turtherancc Of International peace"
I'm all the amazing records of phi
innthropy." no continued. there has
been nothing sprinsinE from a purcr
motive than this gift OF Mr.. Carnegie.
anu nothing has promised moro for the
ultimate blessing of mankind
MI. Rockofeller also came in for hiS
need of praise as "thc greut- hearted
founder OF the University of Chicago. a.
and his latest gift was called "a tcs-
timony to the deepest truth OF human
1ty. humanity'S need OF God"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-02
DIES WITH OLD YEAR
wife Grcct> Husbands corpse With
.'Hnppy New Year"

pittsburC, Pa. January i.--Awakcncd
by bells ringing i'll the new year. Mrs
Louis Ntmeycr called Happy New
Year TO her husband, whom she saw
vaguely in the dark. MS IL standing in
the doorway between their bed room
and kitchen. nj their l.awrcnccvillc
home Hearing no answer. she fully
reused herself and saw that the man
was dead. suspended hy al strap from
the n,antcl. lie had died in the old
Year. which was hts forty-fourth. The
widow is left with six small children
ono cripple. she told the officers.
who removed tho body 10 the morgue.
that her husbands mind had recently
appeared dcrangcd.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-02
s zAR1y ~
REdaES Y

If you have had bad bowels and
liver last year--you don't have
this. CASCARETS will make
your bowels and liver act right,
and keep them SO. Many a sick,
tired head and body comes from
bad bowels. ss7
cAscARRTS-Ioc box-week's treat
Incut. all druggists. Biggest seller in
the world-Million boxes a month.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-02
FIRE DESTROYS CHURCH
Congregation Files ONT With No Sem
bIuucc of pnnic.

NIUHCC OE
Manchester. y. H., January lin the
midst OF the morning service at tho
Mcrrmack street Baptist Church to-
day. fire broke out that practically
destroyed The structure. but the con-
rrccation that crowded the building
filed out in safety without the slightest
sl, Of a panic. Rev. n l.. Colhio, the
rastor, was delivering his sermon
when volumes OF smoke poured ny
through the registers and the craciile
Of flames was Heard. The pastor calm
ly gathered up the notes Of his sermon
ana dismissed the congregation. Hard
IL had the las, person filed out when
tie namcs burst up through the floors.
The structure was ruined. The loss is
estimated at s25.oan. on which there is
insurance OF 10000.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-02
IILA3|y1l Ea:;S1IiIl 81 1IEaI
p. Wood. father of Mrs. Goldio RID
dick, of !tichmond. died here to-day.
j. Cummings McIlenn

- lciNenntS.
Special To The Times Dispatch1
Charlottesville. Va, january I&J
CUMMINGS Mckenzie. ono Of The hes:
known residents OF charlottesville.
died suddenly 1T 1880 o'clock thia
morning while sitting In q chair NJ
ms residence near tho university. in
inc siAtN-sccond year OF his ago. lIe
hau recently recovered from an attack
OF bronchitis and resumed his busIucs,
as Il real estate and Insurance agent
Mr.. Mckenzie was the son of the lato
l'r. MnrcclluS McEcnEic. OF this city
ana his mother WAS Miss Mary Cum
minSs, of Iockbrider countv. Two
sisters survive him-Miss Annie Nc
Nrnnic. OF the Treasury Department.,
AT Washington. ana Mrs. 1Iettt. lpraue
also or that city, Ills wife was NI,ss
Jennie Bainbfidgc. OF Rrnoalyn. who
died seven years ago. He leaves seven
chiidren-C, Bainbrldee Mckenzie. OF
inns city, an engineer on the wash
lngton division OF tho chesapeake and
ONO Iihilway: Robert Nick cnnie OF
Toledo. o.. ana Misses Rcssic Maud.
Marle, Isobci AMI jano Mckenzie. Miss
MAUD Mckenzie. u trained nurse AZ;
now in tile philippine Islands
Tho name OF MrEcnnis and The INT
vcrSity OF Virginia lave long lccn
associated. as The family has ALWAYS
lived there and the rr.,ndfathcr OF
~. Cummings Mckenzie established IN.
iirst bookstore at that Institution
which was afterwards conducted by
MS father and himself.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-02
DEATHS


CERiSTlAN-Dicd, December 81, :9iQ.
at hts home. 1ll7 Twenty first Street.
!; T. ctiRISTIAN. aged hfty,two. lie
Funeral from tho house THIS Az
iERN0ON at 3 o'clock. Intcrmeni.
RiverView.
East Marshall street, MRS. NiAR iIi
BOWlEE, widow of VIM Bowen. She
leaves one son ard four daughters
vim. Mrs, John Il. Whclton, Mrs.
Chas Belicnot and Miss Celia Bowen.
~ Funeral VIII TAX take place from s..
10 o'clock. Friends and acquuint-
anccs invited to attend.
BELToN-- at 3;ao 4. NJ. at her
MRS. MARY BELTOS, In the sixty
fourth year OF her age.
{, The funeral will, VIII take place from
TERNOON at 4 o'clock.
LoCKN1AN-.Die In Charlottesville,
w; Sundny January I. 1911. Ell
NJ. i,ockman, aged siXty-threc years.
Funeral notice later.
rREEMAN-Died, at stony creek. Va.
on saturday evening, the Sist of De-
ccmbcr, 1910. in the eighticth year
OF her age. MRS. CLARA TAYLOR,
FREEMAN, widow of John u. FREQ
man. of Sussex county Va
Funeral from tho Methodist Church
at Stony Creek on TUESDAY, I'D OF
January, at II o'clock.
PAciE-Dled. at tho residence Of her
sister. Mrs. Alice L. Branch, 2o2i
Floyd Avenue, yesterday. January !
1911, at ZOOS l.. NJ, MRS. EMMA
FORD PAGE. wife OF a. Houston
rage. and daughter of tho late w
r. and Emma 7. Ford. twenty-nine
years ofJage. She leaves n husband
one child and seven brothers and
sisters TO mourn her loss She bore
her suferings patiently and with a
Christian fortitudc
Her funeral will take place from
Tabernacle Baptist Church TUES
DAY. January z. 1911, at IL o'clock
family are invited to attend.
Baltimore papers please copy.
BURDETT-Died. at his residence. 1904
East Broad Street, Yesterday. Jan
uary |, 1911. infant son OF Mr. and
Mrs. James Burdett
lnierment Will be at Cnlpeper
Va. The body will leave Richmond
to-day at 2 +. NJ.
| rERRY-Dicd. Sunday. January I. at
| SEA p. NJ. nj the residence of his
mother TAHEWELL Earl. PERRY,
! aged six years and seven months.
Funeral from the home THIS AZ
| TERN0ON at O'clock. Interment
In RnllrWaoAl.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-02
JEWELRY FOR CHURCH FUND
How TO CONVEX, Gems Into Cash Prob
lem for Pastor.

M0rtclair, =. g. JANUARY l.--Thc
Rev, Horace Tor;"- formerly pastor
~ tho Watching Avenue cougrcga-
ticaai Church OF Montclair. who $
now in charge OF ting FIRST ConGrern-
tipnsl church in Riverside. Cal. re-
Gently acquainted his former parish
toner's iii Mprtcair o: the intention
" his present congregation 20 build
: neM .hMrch. ono Of The mcmhcrA
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-02
6E:7@@( q

prescribe And this is but TO say that
the power is real, supreme"
From this point OF view tho govern
mcnt contends HAT tho majority of the
court came TO an erroneous conclusion
in the famous Knight case. which for
mcr President Roosevelt criticized laat
summer IN Il speech. :
II Is claimed by tho government that
its argument dispoScs of tho refcnsc by
the American Tobacco Company that 1t
is engaged merely in manufacture Of
tobacco, over which Congress has no
On rnl
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-02

Especial TO The Times Dispatch.
.tlc%andria. Va. January Id. r..
Smith. Southern Hallway freight
brakeman. who was injured Wcdncs
day by falling through trcstlc IN
Alexandria county died this morning
at The Alexandria lIospital. lTo was
twenty-thrcc wears old and unmarried.
HIS body will be shipped 10 Charlottcs
willie to-uprrOw
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-02
"Berry's for Clothes"

"MaY JOY bound IN With The
new year and sorrow fade out
with the old,
May all your hopes come true
and your troubles get left in the
cold" and don't be q chronic
doubtcr.
Tho New Year is TO be the
very best yet and you and j and
some other hustlers are going
TO help, and this store is to have
the most satisfactory clothing
for men and boys-as we'll as
some good things for girls
that con be had in this wide,
wide world.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-02
Farmers Business

We give particular attention to the
business of farmers. We cordially
invite them to make this bank thor
banking house. We have prepared a
booklet, Banking By
Mall" which we will be glad to send
on request. Every requirement has
been met for the satisfactory trans
action of business.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-02
Samuel Wright.

Especial to Tic Times-D ispatch.l
liarrisonburg. Va, January -
samuel Wright, a farmer. Of near New
Hope. died Friday after an Illness of a
lew days. He leaves a wife, three
children and several brothers. including
Ed. ID. Wright, OF Baltimore.
samuel 10. wood.
Especial 10 The Times DiSpa tell.
Hampton. Va, January l.--Sarnucl
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-02

LoCKN1AN-D Died, IN Characteristic
Va. sunday, January !. 1911. EU-
DORE JEFFERSON, widow of Jane
NJ Lockman. aged sixty-threc years
Funeral notice later.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-02

at $3.50 A. NJ. at her
late residence. 625 South Belvidcrc.
MRS. MARY BtLTOS. In the sixty
fourth year OF her age.
The funeral Will take place from
81. Andrews Church MONDAY AZ
TERNOON al o'clock.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-02

December 81, :ai0.
al his home, lll7 Twcnty-iirst street,
J. L.. CHRISTIAN. aged hfty-two. lie
leaves widow and eight children to
mourn .hcir loss
Funeral from tho house THIS Az
TERNOON at 3 o'clock. Intcrment
RiverView.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-10-03
No Legal Advice.

right to load stick or two with gun
powder. I told him that he had.
q And he went ahead on your opin-
ion?
He did, and week later also
went ahead. The wife Of the suspect
ed wood-stealer was a washwoman
who went out by the day. One even
ing my wife asked me to drop In
there and engage her; for the --ext
day."
''Um."
II was in there when one Of the
loaded sticks exploded and blew up
the stove, the kitchen, the woman and
myself. and the doctors didn't get
through tinkering at me for about
three months. No, sir, you will get
no legal opinion from me. Go to q reg
ular lawyer and let him be blown
through the window into the yard and
lose his hair and eyebrows and have
his legs roasted"
JOE KERR.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-10-03

r SEE that you are real estate
man." said the caller as he en-
tered the office of dealer, but
you are probably posted in the law
enough to answer a question. II SO, l
am willing to pay for it."
II give out no legal opinions, sir"
was the reply.
But this is a very simple matter"
But you must go to lawyer"
"But there isn't one within mile
Of here"
II can't help. that"
THE question simply is"
"Sir, positively refuse"
"Oh. well, If you are SO stiff as all
this I'll have to go elsewhere, but
I must confess to being little sur
prised."
"You are not so surprised as was
about ten years ago." said the dealer.
ga man who suspected that q neigh
Dor was stealing his stoyewood came
to me and asked If he hadn't legal
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-10-03
Ahead Of the Game.

~ HAD fallen heir to $50 acres OF
land in Iowa." said the Fastener,
land I went out there to see about
disposing Of it. 1 landed at town
thirteen miles away from my property
and had scarcely arrived when 1t be-
gan to rain. That was the beginning
Of storm that lasted nine straight
days. After the second day the roads
were SO bad that there was no travel
ing. One could scarcely get around
the village. On the morning Of the
ninth day the landlord Of the inn
brought me a man who knew all about
my land, and as we shook hands the
fellow said:
"I want to congratulate you on
your luck
"'As to how?'
"'This ere rain
but hasn't it been beastly?'
why. sir, it's put at least five hun
dred dollars in your pocket
CT don't see how?'
"'Then TIL tell you. It's made a.
lake of 800 acres of your farm out
there, and huckleberry swamp Of the
other so. Lord, man, but this storm
seems to have come just on your ac-
count. There's the shores of lake
to hold camp-meeting on, and there's
huckleberries to feed the crowd
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-10-03
An Innocent Wife.
HIS GOAL.

n e had been invited to make one Of
IA an automobile party next after
noon, and that evening at the
dining table he carelessly mentioned
the fact that he had never witnessed
game Of base ball in his life, ana that
he would take In one next day. There
were no obje ctions. nor was anything
further said until he returned from his
spree. Then.tte wife queried:
WAS it good gamer
Fierce" %
"And you understood It
Perfectly
II am glad you did, for want you
to explain few things here In the
evening paper. For instance It says
that Austin made corking stop OF
Gardeners grasser. Wha: do You un-
derstand by t.et? ?"
why, I'll"
And it says that 'Hemphill made
corking one-hand SCOOP. Can you
explain?"
II could. but
And it says that Nelson caught
Warhop asleep at the bat Do the
players go to sleep in the middle OF
game?"
II don't think so. but.
"And it says that Pirates were high
in the air. Were they flying
II can't just say, you. know"
"Oh, well, it makes no difference.
t L was automobiling all the afternoon
and having splendid time, and just
felt to pity you stuck up there on
hard bench and with two porous plast-
ers on your lame back
JOE KERR
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-10-03

how that fat woman is smiling at the
little tailor. You'd almost think they
were In love, and yet I've heard her
threaten his life because he wouldn't
hitch along and give her the end-seat'
There are two fat men up by the door
borrowing tobacco Of each other ana
wrapped up in blandness. About the
middle OF last month I had to call
an oflcer to take them both on my
car. It was case OF no hitch along.
There is man In there who looks
like q minister" said the passenger.
Il .And he is one, but you wouldn't
have known it by his actions last sum-
mer. II he couldn't get an end seat
he'd raise row, and twice heard
him dare a man to get off the car and
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-10-03

80 the open car has been packed
in moth-balls and laid away for
- the winter7" he queried Of the
conductor as he smoked his cigar on
the rear platform.
Eyes, and am a happy man!"w was
the reply. "Just take q look inside.
There are fifty passengers, and every
one has a grin on his face. You
couldn't get one Of them to kick about
anything. See those two old fellows
almost hugging each other? ?"
"They seem to be brothers"
Brothers be hanged! They have
fought each other all summer about
end-seats, and there were times when
I thought murder would be done. See
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-10-03
THE END SEAT HOG.

have it out. Bless you. sir. but run
ming an open car Is the same as work
ing around menagerie, only the an.
imals are q little better behaved"
.And you think their moral infiu.
ence u bad7"
-Bad, sir? Why. II the weather was
so that they could be run the year
round we should become q nation OF
pigs and kickers within Ave years!
Blessed be the closed car. There are
no end-seets. You drop down any
where and begin to smile right and
left. and II the conductor happens tc
ask for your fare twice you pay rathe,
than disturb the harmony OF the &C.
casion."
JOE KERR.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-10-03
Winning Compliments
hension.
- HD beautiful girl shook her head
in the negative.

- HID beautiful girl shook her head
in the negative.
~ mo" she said after a mo-
ment's deiberation. II can never-no,
never-be your wife. But I'll tell you
what viii do. Just to show you that
there u no hard feeling on my part, I
will be present when you marry some
other girl and lombard you with my
shoes for luolz."
All, here was an opportunity. Quick
as fash the young man responded:
Please don't If you must throw
old shoes borrow them"
''And why not use my own"
Because they are so small we could
never detect them from the rice"
Flattery won. The beautiful girl
decided then and there that the young
man was altogether too clever for any
other girl. SO she reversed her decision
and the cards are out.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-10-03

What was the land before the
Storm I asked.
"'Oh. jes common-jest good huff
to grow cornstalks seventeen feet high
and 90 bushels Of Eaters to the acre."
JOE KERR.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-10-03
Here's a Pointer
JOE KERR.

To no snow at all.
To m ,ch suffering among the poor.
10 the poor rolling in luxury.
10 ice five feet thick.
: i no ice at all.
TO one Of the severest. balmiest.
blizzardest, mildest, awfullest, regular
old snortists Of summer all-winter.
Get out your bob-sleGs on the one
hand and your flower beds on the 9th
er. and when you hit it let 'er go Gal
lagher!
ALWAYS THANKFUL.
Hewitt-My grandmother was al
ways Thankful
Jewett-What was she thankful
for?
Hewitt-Her parents gave her that
name and she. didn't apply to the
Legislature to have it changed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-10-03
IN 1911.

Yeou don't find chestnuts under
these trees like you used to.
No, by heck. These here blamed
aeroplane fellows just pluck them off
every time they pass.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-23
RICHESON WITNESSES HELD
Student and Miss Linnell's s Room
Mate Under Bonds.

Boston Dec 22-Folowing tho holding
Of Charles s Pierce. a Newton Theological
Institution student. in 500 bonds yester-
day. as a witness I'm the trial Of the Rev.
Clarence V. r. Richeson. charged with
tho murder Of Avis Linuel. It became
known to-day that another witness had
furnished bonds for appearances at tho
trial This second witness, who vas held
i'm 500 bonds, is Miss Lucille l.. Xeigler.
the room mate of Miss Linnell while tbs
young woman was at the Young Women's
Christian Association dormitory, in War
renton street. Boston.
Although Richeson's counsel William A.
Morse. after visiting his client at the
Charles street jail to-day. said that he
appeared very weak, Dr. Howard 4. 10TH
rop. WHO performed the operation on the
prisoner after Rlcheson had mutilated
himself on Wednesday. said that the pa
tient was getting along as we'll as could
be expected Under the circumstances,
and that. unless there were unforeseen COM
pllcations, he should be able 10 attend tbs
trial on January l5 the date set for its
opening Mr.. Morse said that the defence
had no plans to announce yet, and could
do little until Richeson rcgaincd sufficient
strength to enable his counsel 10 converse
with him at length