The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-25
MAY PURCHASE SITE
FOR PERMANENT CAMP
Government Said to Be Negotiating With SoIenberger
for His Land Near Winchester, Upon Which Cav
airy Manoeuvres Are Being Held,

ed at the Hotel Hoffman by the Shen-
andoah County Medical Society.
Two animated poker games which
a house at Berryville, Clarke County,
were suddenly broken up and the play
ers arrested few nights ago by Chief
of Police Feltner and special officers.
who had boon sworn In for the pur-
pose of making the raid, which was
quite spectacular All the players
endeavored to disappear into the air,
but were caught by the cops as they
came through doors and windows. All
the players were fined So and costs by
Mayor Jones, except Robert Wendell, OF
Front Royal who was fined 500 and
costs and given sixty days in Jail, it
being claimed that he was In charge
OF the games. He appealed, and was
released on 5000 bond. The case will
be taken up at the next term of the
Circuit Court, and a dozen or more
well-known citizens, several Of whom
are among the most prominent of the
town, will have to appear as witnesses.
They are said to have been spectators
while the games were in progress The
officers conhscated the cards, the Jack
up large number of empty bee. bot
Ties. all OF which will be introduced as
evidence.
Wfnchesters dramatic stars. assisted
by Miss Margaret Britton. of Wash
ington, and Lieutenant Alexander Day
Suries. Of the United States Army. as
dancers; Nine. Schlosshau Reynolds,
Of the Royal Opera, of Berlin. as solo
list; Professor Howard Thatcher. of the
Peabody Conservatory. as accompa mist.
and Miss Marie Donaldson Ames, of
Boston, as dancer, appeared in a high
class vaudeville program at the City
Hall auditorium on Wednesday night
for the beneflt of Memorial Hospital.
The Eleventh Cavalry Band also con-
tributed much to the success of the
show, which was patronized largely by
fashionable society and the army Of
ficers Connected with the camp of cavalry
instruction and their wives and daugh-
tiers.
Colonel Robert F. Leedy, commander
of the Second Virginia Regiment, and
a prominent member of the Luray bar.
who was recently nominated by the
Democrats Of Page and Rappahannock
Counties for the House of Delegates,
Is sure of being elected, as Rappahan-
mock alone is a Democratic stronghold.
while Page County has frequently
been carried by that party. although
there Is large Republican vote with
in it's borders. The latter. however.
are split into factions, and the Bull
Noosers have made some Roadway.
The Virginia Horticultural Society
has arranged to hold apple packing
demonstrations this fall in large
number of cities and towns of those
sections OF the State where apples are
grown in what are known as CONNER
cial orchards. Demonstrations will be
given in both barrel and box packing,
and Professor f. G. Starcher. of the
Blacksburg experiment station, will be
in charge OF the packing schools. One
day sessions Will be held in most of the
towns. but the Winchester school will
be open three days on account of the
large number of men of this city and
county engaged in the fruit industry
Miss Frances Peyton Page and her
brother. w. Nelson Page. of Winches-
ter. who participated in the inter
state tennis tournament at Cumberland
Md. this week, won notable victories
over Il number of the best players of
Maryland, the District of Columbia,
West Virginia and other States.