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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-21
COUNCILMAN MAY
DROP FROM SKY
Director Radcliffe Suggests That
Morgan Mills Might Ascend to
Heavens in Hot Air Balloon.

Professor f. r. Hutchison. of Pitts
field, Mass, has just signed con-
tract with the State Fa!. Association.
for daily parachute jumps during the
week OF the fair.
This aeronaut IS one OF the most
famous in the country. He has APP
peared in all the large cities and pre-
sents a heart disease finish to his
rapid ascension into space. He carries
eight parachutes. and drops from one
to the other until. when ne strikes
terra .firma, If he does not land in a
tree in the meantime, or on somebody's
house. he has. but one. the others
gracefully floating about in the clouds.
The manager OF this feature will
be in Richmond in a few days with the
proposition Of arranging with some
local aspirant for aeronautic honors to
take chance In the clouds.
Director Clyde Ratcliffa said yester-
day that he wouldn't mind going up.
except that he was afraid he might
fall.
IT don't mind the danger, much" he
said. for am / not a ball player, and
have I not confronted many vicious
umpires. and always escaped? But I
might fall, and If l didn't land on my
feet. l might feel hurt. Maybe Nor
gan Mills will go up. II he fell it
wouldn't hurt him."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-21
TOOK 232 STITCHES
Hospital Record Broken While Mend
Ing Annie's Wounds.

Because she refused, II IS said. to go
TO her room when ordered by him.
Ann harrington. colorcd, OF aIs
North Thirtysecond Street, was
stabbed almost 10 death early yester-
day morning BY her husband, Camm
harrington.
Neighbors informed the police and
the city ambulance was summoned.
When DR.. Crowge- arrived the woman
was lying in pool Of blood. uncon-
sclous. She was ruahed to the colored
City Hospital, where from 1890 o'clock
70 $50 o'clock yesterday morning Dr..
Crowger was occup cd in sewing UP
her wounds. When the work was com
pleted the stitches were counted They
numbered 232, the largest number ever
taken In the City Hospital. and, prob
ably, in any hospital. The woman
was literally cut TO pieces. She may
recover.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-21
OFFICER ROUGHLY
HANDLED IN FIGHT
Policeman Williams Held On to
Prisoner Despite Severe
Wounds.

In struggle early yesterday morn
ing with three white men, whom he
was trying TO arrest Policeman Will
lams. of the First District. was con-
siderably knocked about and painfully
injured, while two of the others es-
capped
1t was ut $50 o'clock, rather early
for bad characters to be stirring, when
Williams. patrolling hts heat near JEFF
ferson Park. saw three white men en-
gagged in a pretty game of crap He
crept upon them and grabbed hold of
two, while they were SO busily en-
gagged in the intricacies OF the African
game that they did not notice his ap-
proach. They were three brothers
Henry. Kelley and Alonzo Eubank--
enjoying sociability run FOR their
money. Williams got hold of Henry
and Kelley. and informed them that
they were under arrest for shooting
crap and shooting it upon a Sunday
morn.
Alonzo waited not to see what be-
came OF hts brothers, we'll knowing
that they could take care OF them
selves and he was soon lost in the
mist OF the carly morning. Kelley
not the Kelley OF the famous song
broke away from the policeman s
grasp after a short. sharp struggle,
and then pushed his brother and
struggling officer over a six-foot en-
nankment They rolled down, lighting
and struggling, the one reaching for
/ brick. the other for his club But
Williams fell underneath and was SO
painfully hurt that he was almost
forced to release his hold on the last
OF the Eubanks. But he stuck grimly
to the fight and held Henry prisoner.
Williams found that he was suffer
Ing with a. sprained ankle and wrist,
nut managed to go to the station with
MS prisoner. The city ambulance
was summoned. and the injured man
was attended by DR.. Hulcher The
physician found also that Williams
was suffering from a fractured shout
DER blade. After dressing the wounds
Williams was taken IN the ambulancs
TO his home at 22l3 Beverly Street.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-21
LIVES IN SIGHT OF CITY HE
HASN'T VISITED IN p YEARS
Waterman Hall, Of South Richmond Has
Crossed James Only Three Times Since 1871.
Came Over Last at Lee Monu-
M mt Unveiling

Forty years within sight of Rich
mond's sky limo and during all that
lapse of time only three visits to the
city is the record of w. o. Hall. Civil
War veteran, septuagenarian, and
watchman a the Old Dominion Cotton
Mills, in South Richmond. From his
post of duty across the river he has
watched the city's skyscrapers go up
one by one, and night after night for
year after year its t,lnkling cleo
tries, and yet ne made only three ven
lures into the maelstrom in the last
four decades. 1t is a record that bears
off the palm for uniqucness, and the
holder of 1t is worth talking about.
Twenty-Five years ago MIR. Hall
made his last visit to Richmond 1t
was on the occasion OF the unveiling
of the Lee Monument, an event which
held deep significance for the veteran
who had lived through the troublous
times and shared many of the hard
ships of the war with the great com
mander. Since that day reither Taft
celebrations, moonlights to Dutch Gap
nor the l0-cent theatres on Broad Street
have had drawing quality enough to
lure the grizzled soldier from the other
side Of the James. For those who ven
ture to ask the reason for his failure
TO pay the city visit during the past
score of years he has ready reply:
~ haven't got any business over there.
and just don't care to GO"
From in the afternoon to s. in
the morning this hale old man is on
duty as watchman at the mills.
Seventy-fve years have left a slight
stoop on his shoulders. but he is still
alert and active He reads the papers
and knows everything that happens
across the river. but his curiosity has
so far never been strong enough to
land him on a northbound car. Those
who know him we'll say that he hasn't
any more use for electric cars than
he had for Yankees during the siege
of Richmond. His favorite form Of
iocomotion was the old mule car lines,
and since its displacement by the
trolleys he prefers walking, and only
seldom resorts to them
Uncle Bill as he is known to resi-
dents of South Richmond. Is a we'll
known figure on Hull street. 1t Is the
highway along which he passes on his
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-21
NJ 0 R AL SUAs|ON
ONLY REAL CURE.
Medical Men Discuss Question
That Alcoholism Is a Dis
ease.

There is some diversity of opinion
among the local medical fraternity
concerning an article In the current
issue OF a well-known journal de-
voted to medicine and surgery wherein
Connecticut specialist discusses al
cohollsm as a disease.
That the trend OF the opinion OF m.
medical profession during the past
ten years has shaped itself into an
idea that alcoholism Is disease is
the excuse of the paper. IN tho be-
ginning 1t is pointed out that inebrt-
ates are pleased to accept this doc
trine as truth for their shortcomings
and II Is explained that when this
theory is advanced by respectable
members of the profession this con.
ception Of alcoholism has weight
The author does not consider that
the frequenter OF the flowing bowl is
a diseased creature, a victim of hered-
ity. but merely a weak-m,nded indt
vidual, who has become slave to
habit
The one cure. no writes. Is Will
power and he cites many cases where
drunkards have suddenly ceased md
become successful business men and
respected. Such cases came as re-
suit OF various things Many OF them
were due to the drunkard reaching
financial state verging upon pow
erty. when he took a new lease upoa
life and quit drinking.
Moral Sunsion Beat.
Moral suasion Is pronounced as the
only remedy. Drugs and medicines.
which have such an AFFECT upon a,
patient taking one Of the so-called
cures. so that alcohol is a stencil 10
their nostrils. are temporary In their
effect only. With their power gone.
the patient returns TO his former
habits. and imb!bes more freely on
account Of his enforced sobriety.
Ono side OF the question discussed
and upon which stress Is laid, is the
fact that for many years the disease
excuse has been used by tho laity In
covering up their debauchery.
The writer says:
In order TO look at this question
from layman's standpoint. re.
Gently Intercepted the manager OF n
cafe. In which the largest daily bar
business in New York City is sun
posed to be done. My question to him
was. DO you think alcoholism is n
disease? He replied Il quote his
words). No. not by any means: IL ia
a habit He also said many men who
have spent all their money on rum
until they are financially in bad straits
decide suddenly to cut IT out, and do
so without any help. afterward maxi
ing good In the business world. They
come TO me and tell mo that they are
through with the stuff for good It
is common thing to see men who
have been steady drinkers for years
cut IT off without any help whatso-
ever"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-21
MISSION TO GET
NEW CLUB HOUSE
Modern Structure at Nineteenth
and Grace to Serve Great
Purpose.

In order to provide a centre whore
the young people OF the community
can gather for social diversion and
educational purposes, the Methodist
institute OF the city is erecting a mod :
ern CLUB house at the corner OF Nine
teenth and Grace Streets. Little has
Deen written about 1t. and few know
It's aims and purposes. bu, IT promises
TO become one of the most important
settlement work undertakinKs Of The
several now In operation In various
parts OF the city.
In the section which will form the
institutes Immediate environment meet
the men, women and children of many
nations. Few Of the adults are native
porn. fpst of them having first seen
iisht under the dominion OF a foreign
nag Here live. side by side. the
swarthy Russian and the fair-ba,rod
German. Italians. Greeks and svrians
run shoulders in the struggle for daily
bread Here abound Irishmen who
are yet too fresh from Erln's Isle TO
De admitted TO the police force Aus
TRANS, Roumanlans. Poles and Ameri-
cans dwell here in general amity and
occasional turbulence. Creeds and re-
iigions aTe numerous The Jewish
synagogue and the Catholic Church
are FOUND in proximity with the houses
Welfare work in n nelshborhood
IKE this Is attended with difficulties.
The evangel'stic feature Of the insti-
tute VIII necessarily be strongly en-
phasized The institute Will seek to
extend Its benefits 10 the members OF
all races and creeds without dist!nc-
ton and With no attempt to influence
their religious beliefs
The building. which is now well
underway is a model two story struc-
tuFc, erected after the most approved
plans for settlement work buildings
and Will contain as special features
boys club rooms, gymnasium and
baths. There Will be dormitory fea-
ture. which will provide lodgings for
homeless men. and a kitchen and din
ms room which Will offer wholesome
FOOD amid clean and sanitary sur
round'ngs at Il nominal cost The club
house is expected TO be ready for oc-
eupancy by the first OF November
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-21
Around the Hotels

Murphy's.-Mr. and Mrs. e. H.
Wetter Grundy; D. w. Batter. Butter
worth; AR. and Mrs. G. z. McCorkle.
Miss Anita McCorkle. Keysviile: Mr..
and Mrs. George Fl. Orchard. Lynch
burg; Mr.. and Mrs Robinson Mon
Newport News; w. T. Moore, valen-
tine; ]. R Finch. Newport News: H.
d. Shackins, A. l. Burger. A. Vivian.
R!ehmond.-A F. Dodd. Emporia;
Charles E. Hall, stanton; DR.. II. s..
Scott, Point Bank; r X Woodhouse.
staunton; Miss Kellogg Holland,
Amelia: Miss Lockett Walton, Farm
vile: Fred E. Jones, Norfolk
Gtlbert.-afrs. J. c. Latimer and sis
Ter. Bristol; j. s. Bocock: Mrs. H. A.
Thomas. Miss Fannie Stage.
Park.-W. II. Beard
Lexinston.-J. p. Harding. EmporIa:
MI and Mrs. A. B. Johnson, Norfolk:
Z. f. Root. Haywood: C. F. Omohun.
dro. Keswick; A. w. Schwarz, Nor
folk.
Davis.-AIiss Ruth Gibson and sister.
r; ~ Newcomb. Ark; s. II. Hogge, ODD:
MISS Laura F. Smith. Irwin.
Jefferson Hotel Arrivals,
MT. and Mrs. NJ. Tinsley. New York.
J. NJ Barnett. Pittsburg; Fl. ". saun,
ders. Hampton, Va; H. w. Saunders.
Jr'. Hampton. Va: Mr. and Mrs. w. r.
Shackelford. Richmind. KY; Ella q.
Wheeler. Orange. Mass: Margaret I.
Barber. Orange. Mass; George Fl.
scott. Philadelphia; f. H. waiworth,
Jr:. Rome. N. 2; william Eley, SUI
folk. Va; Mr., and Mrs. L. n. Grant,
Goldsboro. N. c.. G. w. Fuller BostouA
sears Fuller. Boston; w. n. Coleman
and son. Boston; Mrs. Virginia Turner,
Blanche. n c.; George Noting. Jr.,
city; c. L. Drastic, city: B. H. Drastic,
city; Corbin Woodward, Chattanooga.
Tenn: Mr.. and Mrs. H r. Smith,
Hampton. Va; Mrs. ]. ]. Underhiil, Los
Angeles. Cal; Miss UnderhiIl, Los An
gelcs CAL; Edward Wilcox, Norfolk.
Va; o. +. Elms, Atlanta. Ga; C. NJ.
Bernstein. Athens. Ga; C. A. Smith.
New York; j. G. Berrien. New York;
f. L. C. Gauss, New York; .. s. Bill,
Spencer, Va; Mr.. and Mrs. C. n. Lam
don. Cleveland, o.; F. B. Elser, New
York; ]. f. Johnston. Farmville. Va:
K. I. Crawley, Farmville. Va: Branch
Johnson. Norfolk, Va; D. c. Wray,
st. Louis.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-21
BUCKET OF WATER
LEADS TO ARREST
Miss Morris Charges Mr.. Gates
With Assault From Flat
Above.

After he had requested the police 70
warn Miss Alice Morris. who occuptes
the fiat below him at sos East Grace
Street, to modest him and his family
no more, w. H. Gates was arrested
yesterday on a warrant sworn out be-
fore Magistrate Duke. charging him
with assault. in that he threw a buck e I
OF water on her from the window
above.
Mr. Gates does not regard the mat
ter seriously. and Squire Purdie. who
committed him to bail, set the hearing
LOT tomorrow morning Mr.. Gates
moor mop stick, to the end of which a
wire nook was attached to his win
COW Sill on which there were several
pots OF flowers. Mr.. Gates was I, an
adjoining room. but Mrs. Gates and
Aer young son and daughter we're
seated In the room in front OF whici
the potted flowers had been ST 70
broom They were rather startled TO
see something moving in and out oil
me Pots, ana wondered what it could
oe' presently the hook became cauphr
In the handle OF a can of watar ~
the Sill. There was tug. ana tho
water can turned over From beIow
tnere was the sound of een,Ia
shFiek. The water had evidently
aousea some one. Mr.. Gates ran into
ohe room, and they caught hold of the
moor mop pole. They tugged awav a
H. and finally. said Mr. Gates. a voice
rom below replied that she won;
snoot II they didn't let go. The tue
ot war ended by the pole falling into
the possession of Gates
The incident occurred ,e,, r.
day, but the warrant was m, -
until Yesterday. Mr.. Gates stated Ia =,
liIsht tnat he had been troubled he,
19re by the peculiar actions of Mia
NORRIS, but 'Vas inclined to regard the
affair lightly '''o
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-21
SEEKS RELEASE FROM
HER INDIAN HUSBAND
MIS-. Schultz. Nee Mcfarland, Declare.
That He Already Had n Red
skin Wife

Los Angeles. August 2o.-Mrs. Hart
VI schultz, whose secret marriage in
March to Schultz. Blackfoot Indian.
caused sensation in the art circles OF
TINS city and New York, In which she
is we'll known. and in the exclusive
arroyo Dinner Club. of which she is a
member. has filed suit for the annul-
ment of her marriage
Mrs. Schultz charges that her hus-
pand already had a wife at the time OF
their marriage. This wife, she declares,
Is full-blooded Indian girl named
Margaret Strong, whom Schultz mar
ried on the Blackfoot reservation in
1908 Her suit is accompanied with
papers signed by the Indian agent at
browning Mont. bearing out her
statement
Schultz is almost as we'll known in
art circles as Mrs. Schultz. who before
her marriage was Annabelle AfcFar-
land. He has done some fine work
with the brush. and II was through
their mutual interest in painting that
the two met. They eloped to Santa
Ana and were married. and it was not
until almost a month afterward that
the secret leaked out.
Schultz declares that the allegations
made against him In his wife's suit are
untrue He admits that he did go
through ceremony with an Indian
maid. but later found that 1t was in :
valid. This ceremony followed an al
tercation at a reservation dance fol-
lowed by his flight with the girl. They
rode away on the same horse and
when they returned three days later
the girls father forced Schultz to go
through the ceremony. Schultz says
he told his present wife all this prior
to their marriage. but she denies that
she knew anything of it.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-21
MILITARY COURT
COhvEhES TO-DAY
Thirteen Members of Blues Bat
talon, Including Corkran,
Must Answer Charges.
NONE HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN
Men Who Failed to Obey Orders
Officially Reported by Major :
Bowles.

Up to last night Captain j. c. Wise,
judge advocate of the court-martial
which Will sit at the Blues Armory
to-day, has received no Instructions to
release any one or all of the thirteen
men of the Richmond Blues Battalion
against whom charges of disobedience
of orders were preferred by Major L.
w. Bowles. Captain Wise said that
the original list furnished him con-
tanned thirteen names, and that he had
been advised of no change.
Added to this. Governor Mann stat
ed that he had not interferred with
the list of charges. and that the state
ment TO that effect was unauthorized.
When announcement was made of
the names of twelve of the men who
would be brought before the court,
IT was officially said to The Times
dispatch that the Governor was hold
ing up the thirteenth case, with II
view to considering the circumstances
and deciding whether or not this man
shouia be tried. The Individual In
question later turned out to be Pri-
Vate {. c. Corkran, of Company D.
me tact that the Governor was Civ
ing consideration to the case was pub
iiShed In The Times Dispatch at the
time other papers printing the same
iacts later. 1t was also generally
known in the battalion. and was SO
understood by its officers up to Satur-
day.
In view of that fact. it was said that
the Governor has decided to allow the
court-martial to proceed with the trial
OF all thirteen cases.
The possession by Captain Wise Of
thirteen names. while the executive
withheld one, is explained by the fact
that the order constituting the court
sets forth that 1t is called for the pur-
pose Of considering any cases that may
pa brought before it. Specific instances
OF violations of military laws were
produced by Major Bowles for the
blues. and later by Major L. 7. Price
Tor the First Battalion, First Reri-
ment. The latter cases have also been
referred to the same court, and will
probably be gone into as soon as the
examination in regard to the Blues Is
completed
General satisfaction was expressed
last night At the apparent intention,
OF the Governor to allow all the cases
to come TO trial
The court will sit at 10 o'clock .his
morning II the thirteen cases from
the Blues and the forty two from the
FIRST Regiment are gone into. the ses-
sion is likely TO be lengthy.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-21
MURDERED BY THUGS
Lieutenant Whittier Us nenten to
Death In Boston,

Boston, Mass. August 2o-Lieu-
tenant a. Whittier. executive officer
of the United States revenue cutter
Androscoggin died at the relief hos
pital to-day from injuries received
at the hands of thugs last night Lieu
tenant Whittier, another officer of his
ship and two friends were returning
to their vessel from the theatre. and
were set upon and all beaten into un-
consciousness while passing through
North Street. a small crowd gathered,
but the assa'lants escaped.
Lieutenant Whittier did not recover
consciousness, and was taken to tho
relief station. where he was operated
upon early to-day and a blood clot
removed from his brain. lie did not
revive.
A widow and one child survive.
Lieutenant Whittier was thirty two
years of age, and was appointed to
the revenue cutter service from Maine,
his home being ct Searsport.
UP to late hour tonight the police
had secured little information about
the assault
All Of the party were struck down
from behind, with no opportunity for
self-defense. Walking with whittier
was Lieutenant Horace Roach, chief
engineer of the Androscroggin. Behind
were George II. Farwell and Harry E.
Gleason, both Of Boston.
The murder adds one more to sew
eral OF like nature which have oc-
Cured in the North End during the
past few years. the victims being In
almost every case connected with some
department of the navy. 1t Is believed
that slung, shots or clubs were used
In the attack. Lieutenant whittier had
nigh. reputation In the aervico for
character and ability,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-21

way to work from his home In Swans.
DoFo. Whlle everybody knows of his
peculiar aversion to crossing the river
lew know anything about his personal
history. He is naturally reticent, ano
talks about himself only when cor
nered. On these rare occasions he
draws the curtain on his long life
and gives one a glimpse OF an event
lul career. Boiled down III smallest
compass, the principal facts of his life
are these:
Born in Dinwiddie county in 1886.
ne remained there until he was twelve
years old, and moved to Petersburg.
There he lived until he was twenty
years of age. when he removed TO
swansb no and remained there till
the first year of the war. At the ont
break of hostilities he Joined Mahone's
Forty first Virginia Brigade. Com
pany c, and served in Virginia and
Maryland. For short time he was
on the Merrimac, and when .hat ia
nous vessel was destroyed he return
ed to his old company and was mus
tered out at the surrender. Three
times he was wounded. once al Sharps-
again at Hatcher's Run.
Such In brief is Uncle Bills war
history He tells it with extreme re-
serve and with little stress on his
personal share in the big struggle
when the last scene was enacted at
AppomattoX he hung up his musket
ana sword and took up his long and
Industrious residence in Manchester. In
the course of his daily work the city
across the river was constantly in
sisht' In tho years he has seen
strange things along the river He
saw line of prisoners stretched
across Mayo's Bridge and UP Hull
street reaching almost to the court
nouse, and he saw the Petersburg
brloge go up in flames. Year after
year he has watched the sky line OF
richmond grow more and more ragged
as one giant pile of steel and concrete
Der the other rose toward the clouds
sut the fleshpots of Egypt never
lured him across. The simple life Of
ene less populous side filled his every
want and Richmond remained to his
t tllnu the same city still in every par
.icuiar which he helped to defend a
half century ago.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-21
PIECED TORN LETTERS
AND NOW SUES HUSBAND
Wife Asserts the Missives Were Loving
Ones to Hendrickson From
Another Woman

trenton, N. J., August 2o.-Hayins
proved her husbands inadelity. she
insists, by piecing together torn let
tiers from other women. MIS- Amanda
H. Hendrickson. OF Allentown. has
sued in the Court of Chancery for
maintenance. Hires G.. Hendrickson ia
the husband. One correspondent named
by the wife was employed as a book
keeper by Hendrickson.
The letters found by the wife gem
orally start w tn NV Darl,n1 Row
and end with Your Iovior 1-jtt,o
Girl Mrs. Hendrickson also charges
iniidelity with widow In Allentown.
The Wife also asserts she made 1ooS
detalcation of her husband by usir ?
sloo OF her savings and borrowing .to6
from her mother