The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-27
ONE GREAT STUNT
BY SONS OF JOvE
fory-Fivc Innocents Face Daz-
zling Flash OF Fire at
Regeneration.
TOPPED OFF WITH A FEAST
Electrical Trade Organization
Takes In Many New
Local Members.

One hundred ordinarily hard-work =
! ing. sober minded electrical men Of
Richmond cavorted nilariously around
the rooms of the business Mems Club.
arrayed as imps, devils. angels and
gods from Mount Olympus for five
solid hours last night at the "rejuvc-
nation OF the Order OF Rejuvcnatcd
Sons OF love" The particular motive
for tho celebration was the cnt crtain-
mcnt of the national Jupiter himself
Robert Jaynes, OF PITTSBURGH, and the
! inttiation--or rather tcrture--or forty
five promising young men who didn't
care exactly what happened to them
OF the forty-hve innocents. Ben Smith
distinguished himself by breaking all
existing speed records in travelling
through the Ions, dark. danli and
dismal tunnel that leads to Mount
Olympus.
After the goats" had been treated
to an exhibition of what stunts cleo
tricity can perform in the mangling
OF the human anatomy. the entertain
ment committee spread a feast. Julien
Binford. the Statesman for Virginia.
acted toastmastcr. and between
songs which We're sung. right huskily
to the accompaniment of Joe kess-
nich's orchestra, introduced numerous
speakers.
night was pronounced 10 be the grand
est affair that the electricians have
ever pulled off IN these parts. In id
dition to the visiting head of the ma
tional electric fraternity. the Rich
mondcrs had as their guests visitors
fl ON Baltimore. Philadelphia and 9TH
or cities
Some Visiting JoviaIs.
Three of the out town Jovials. T..
c. Graham. OF Washington; l.. l.. Led
well, statesman for South Carolina.
Carolina, officially reviewed the goat
ing" of the forty-nve They kept
their thumbs turned down TO the cries
for mercy. The designated torturcrs
for the party were: q. IT. Marclmcnt.
Jupiter Howard Hall, Mars. Peter
Winston, Mercury: j. J. Tresnon.
Apollo; ]. B. Price. Hercules, J. G.
Warren, Pluto; Z. c. Graham. Sep tune ::
}. j. Crenshaw, Avrenim; w. s =.
Mayo. Vulcan. Imps: jennings. Tow
CT, Catlett, Speights, Tanner, Lawton,
jerks, Ledwcll, Latham.
The order OF Rcjuvenated Sons or
love is the social and business or
sanization OF tho electrical trade.
The object of the order Is the cult
walton Of the spirit Of fraternity and
good fellowship. from whcn may be
cooperation for the promotion of cleo
tricity in the worlds work The motto
of the order is: IAN together. all the
time for everything electrical" The
plan for this organization was origi-
mated In Austin, Texas. in 1899.
AZ the present time the membership
OF the order Is 6,67i, which is "A growth
OF l''oi during the last year. The
local chapter has now membership
of l35, and IS steadily growing. In
the nasional order are numbered such
electrical geniuscs as Thomas ~ Edi-
son, George Westinghouse and Elihu
Thompson.
Root Palmer. Statesman.
In Root Palmer. of the Virginia Rail
way and Power Company. who has just
been chosen as the new statesman for
Virginia. fhe Jovials believe they have
chosen man who will greatly help
the organization. Mr.. Jayncs, Of Ma
tional Jupiter. although in business in
Pittsburgh. lives in Virginia. The
victims of las, nights fray were:
Barron Fredericks. l.. n. Steigleder,
James NJ Purcell j. Z. Caudle, b. H.
smith. Howard l. Whitlock. C. c.
Davis. H. w. Tompkins, ]. G. Willis.
w Lancaster, H. O. Woisiger. f. S.
Moore. wv. NJ leighton. ]. IL Pearson,
l. e. Walker. J. ~ Jewett, a. T. Cros-
by. r IT. 'Procnsr. H. D. Qunrles. F. A
Fay D. c. WInsheld. c. S Bayliss. c.
V. Robinson. r, w. Winfrec. NJ Hun
ter. ]. Il. Dunn E. NJ. Andrews. H. r.
Parkinson. v. D Bacigalupo. W. II.
Eng!ehy. j r. Oneal. r. II. Wood II
II. Palmer j. C. Fitzpatrick, w. l..
Godsey. G. b IIutchings. c. f.. Bauman.
r. c. Godfrey. !. ~. Crews, IT. w. Bow
cry. II. C. Woodhouse, ]. Yves tbrook
B II Storm, r, II. Osterlow.