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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-16
FATHER AND SON
TO Be BURNED UR
Tragic Tale of Recent Happen
ing in Virginia-Statc Is
Called On for Help.

A pathetic appeal for advice from a
citizen who expects trouble was re-
ceived yesterday by Secretary of the
Commonwealth b. o. James. That
officer was forced to refer the inquirer
TO the attorney for the Commonwealth
in his county. The letter, which was
sent special delivery. tolls its own tale.
and is as follows:
Jan 10. 1918.
The States Commonwealth. Richmond
Va
Dear sir will you please devise me to
what ask you below. please this morn
ing At 80 O'Clock / was going of 60 do
some fnssin work and whyle on my way
was about 100 yards from my home
and was standing in my fothers yard
and / and him was talking.
and in the time there came "A young
man and his fother and with them they
had dogs and fothcrs Dogs ran TO the
road and begin borking At them as dogs
will bark at one mother and this young
Man pick up chonk and. threw II 20
feet in my fothers yard and IT Came
close 20 braking out his window lite.
and for41er said TO him weary Man
erale way Mr.. Trader your son Throw
that chunk in my yard at my dogs and
then he toait fother to keep his dogs up
and they would not go and bark at aney
ones dogs. and fother said 10 him well
YOU leave yours dogs at homo and mine
said TO fothcr ! will bring Thorn with
me when want 70 and II your dogs
Games and bark a. them ancy more
will Shoot them and will shoot you as
Quick as / will your dogs and at that
time said Fothcr he said that he would
shoot you az Quick he will o your
Dogs and then he Call me Lyer and
then IN Drew Back his Fist and Strook
Ne Weary hard and Burst a place on nay
lip Weary bad and then Fother tost
him 20 not Do that again while he
stands in Fotbers yard
md he Thretin 20 XIII Is and he
SAYS that he will Get Up a Crowd OF
men and came some Night and Burn us
both up and said II in dos not do that
ne will Way lay us and kill US some
dark night. And We are afraid of our
lives now Please Advise US TO what
Can Bee don with Them for that AS we
have servel Good witeness at all OF
This il True. please let Us hear from
you at once and obiigc
Yours For Justice
EDWARD l.. MILBOU RNs
Williams Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-16
MISS LOTTIE MOON.
Former Missionary Dies In Japan
While In Route Home

4 cabIegrsm received yesterday
brought ncws OF the death OF MISS
Lottie Moon. of TengchoT. China
Miss Moon is NiIginisn. being q
native of Albcmarie County she
attended FIoIIins School for several
wears. With one exception. Miss
Moon has served the longest period
of any of the 800 missionaries now IN
the work. She was seventy-three years
of age at the time of her death
Her work has extended over perIod
of forty years She was stationed at
Ten1chow. China for many years.
and much of the success of that mis-
sion is due TO her hard work The
Foreign Mission Board of the Southern
BAPTIST Convention regarded Miss
Moon as one Of the most valuable
missionaries in tho service She leaves
many friends among her co-workers
in the foreign field. besides her many
friends in this country
When taken i'll quite while ago.
II WAS thought best to bring Miss
Moon 10 the United States for treat
ment. In company with another mis-
sionarv. she started homcward- The
end came at Kobe, Japan. en- route to
this country.
Dir : b. Moon. CO.'S Grove Avenue.
or this city. is a cousin of the noted
missionary. She also has sister-in-
law. Nfrs. T. A Moon. in Crewe. Va.
". l.. Andrews. of Roanoke. Va. Is
a nephew. Mrs. J. II. Golfer. OF Nor
folk. is a niece of Miss Moon.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-16
LORD BLAKE HELD
FOR GRAND JURY
Enqlishman Arrested on Charge
of Bieamy Waves Pre-
liminary Hearing.

The police of this city have sue
ceeded in producing evidence OF thlrd
marriage of Philip Cowardin Blake.
who was held for the grand jury yester-
day morning when arraigned before
Justice Crutchfcld in Police Court.
Through his attorneys Charles NJ
Waite. Of the Culpeper law firm OF
Waite. Perry and Jefferies. and J.. o.
Wendenburg. of Richmond. preliminary
examination was waived.
All through the preliminary proceed
ings Of the case the police have referred
70 a mysterious wife. No. 2, and the
prosecution has in its possession what
purports 70 be certificate of marriage
between Augusta Price Davis. OF 3i7
East Cary Street. and =. {. Blake. at
Hanover Courthouse on March "a.
1910 Although the certificate ~ signed
by s. o. Southali. rector OF st. Paul :
Church OF Hanover. it does not bear the
signature of witnesses
Wife No. ] IL living at Brandy.
Culpepor County. with six children of
whom Blake IT. the fat her. She was mar
ried 20 the eo-cslied English lord IN
1894 and was Misc Mamie c. Faulconer
before her marriage. She Is expected
to be principal witness for the
prosecution.
Wife 10. 2 Mrs. Augusta Price
Davis Blake Of 81 East Cary Street.
has been visited By detectives but has
expressed a firm aversion TO tostifylng
against the prisoner. She - about
thirty-dve years old and told the police
she met Blake while living in Il board
ing house here.
Wife 40. } also resides in Richmond
and has minated 10 the police that she
will willingly tell on the vines stand
All she knows Of tho career 90 his lord j.
shin. Her name of Grace Marie Brown
Blake. daughter of George l.. Brown.
of COS East Clay Street. and after an
alleged mock -marriage TO Blake IN
Hvattsviiie Md. in March. 1911. was
married again 20 the Englishman on
January 3. 1918. by priest Of this city
Blake claims that his father was a
colonel of the Tenth Hussars and that
his stepfsther lately retired from com
mand Of the Royal Horse Artillery. He
is forty-threc years old, has black hair
stresked with grey. brown eyes and ie
about 1--WE feet SIX and one half inches
IN height In dress he II something of a
dandy. lie was born in Paris and says
his family lives in West kensington.
London
While the police claim that Blake
divided his time between Culpeper and
Richmond. keeping his double life a
mystery 10 the people most concerned
the Euglishman himself declares that
he has been legally divorced from his
first wife. ana AYERS that the Culpeper
County Court records will sustain his
assertion.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-16
LEO K|DD'S CASE
IN JURY'S HANDS
No Verdict Reached After De
liberating for More
Than an Hour.

BY agreement of counsel, the case OF
Leo Kidd, on trial in the Henrico Cir
cult Court upon an indict mcnt charg-
ing him with d capital crime against
Leonora Austin was submitted TO the
Jury last night al : 0 clock without argu-
mont. The jury after celebrating for
more than an hour MAS unable to reach
"a verdict and was ordered locked up for
the night Another cfort viii be made
TO agrcc this morning a. 10 o'clock
The rapidly with which the case was
heard was remarkable considering the
large number of Witnesses examined
and the length of time consumed at the
first trial Court convened at 10 o'clock
and the drawing of the jury began I'M
nedIatcIy. Twelve men were selected
before the frs: vencrie was exhausted
The frst witness called was DR.. r. X
Lee who offered testimony 20 show the
age Of the Austin girl. lie Was followed
hv Mrs. Sarah Bernstein. mother Of
the girl She Was subjected 10 a severe
cross examination at tho hands OF
Louis o Wcndcnburg. chief counsel
for the defense The Austin g.rl was
next 20 take the stand For more than
ian rNIlT she Nar tul AIlVakh a - f4ftfttAs~
examination At times she became
sullcn and gave sharp replies TO her
cross examiner
Considerable surprise was expressed
when tho Prosecution rested is case
before the noon recess. Witnesses for
tho defense were then heard and tho
same hre OF testimony that resulted
30 O. ml-friai ~ fhe former hearing was
given Sorilv after SIX clock the dc
fcn-c suddenly announced that - had
concluded without attempting 10
offer witnesses ~ rcbuttal the counsel
got together and agreed on the snstruc-
IRONS 20 the jury and the case VISA
piaccd ore ~ hands shortly after
Herman Anthony whO is charged
Attn similar cncuse against tho
Austin ..ri and Grace Williams T.
-~hcdulcd 20 DC tried 20 morrow morn
INK o. D. hardly probable that ho vii
be- arraigrcd should Tho Kidd case fsl
through as the same state % fscts exist
90 both Casc-
ETasfirs liohsor. cofnmonv cslfhs
attorney 81 Chcs- crfcid County as
sisted Commonwealth Attorney Trant
r sutton yesterday Mr.. Wcndcnbur.
bad as.o,is'cd with him Gilbert *
Pollock
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-16
WRIT OF Err ROR
GRANTED LOONH
Craig Murderer Gets Stay OF
Execution Pending ATgu-
ment for New Trial.

4 Wit 70 error Was granted IN u,
supreme Court OF Appeals ytS.., 90, ,a.
~ Harvey j. LOoncy. under sehttlCc
80 1essb by clecfrocutiou for the IN w :
der Of oscar Martin. town sergeaht "1
r-evr Castle. craig County. ms a.
49, st..v =. execution for Looney' VINO
80 TO haTf died.on January 81
,.,l.--..riiv mean that Looney VIII
nave o new trial j. means IS 'h se'r Inc.
ftr- r,r6bsbIv at tho March term
s~e~ .i-.r!rucui is had on h"ih s'1cs.
to ro'.rf rs,l decide whether OF MOI Il
now trial viii be grantee q. j.
There was great lgdigp,atio,n, oF nl,, ..'
$50. -he latter was trying to arrest
nm 10 had previously threaicnH9 nc IN.
lfe % Martin should ms arrest Wv d.
tempted ..,.,,,t,,i
The prizoncr has twice atttil ps 81 "a
fo take has own life. and is ItIti -
t, -rnlc people as "a luDatic. fIeJuul',
l., said 10 nave existed at the tlinc -.
INC trlal Practically every mtiHpti 81
fhc Craig County bar assisted III '"e
rlrU-cCuflou
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-16
Paragraph Pulpit
THE FUTURE.

Whatever We may say OF the future is
largely matter OF speculation How
ever. VIC may reasonably expect that the
same Laws that determine happiness here
will determine happiness in any future
life. We NAV also feel assured that God
will not be changed by any change which
VIC NAV undergo at death II we have
found him here loving Father. VIC shall
not find him there a vindictivc judge.
The teaching of eternal torment belongs
with the idea of a vengeful God 1t has
no place among the teachings OF those
who declare God IS Love Unitarian
Publicity OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-16
LIFE SQUEEZED
OUT BY TWO CARS
John r. Bottoms, Railway Car
Inspector, Victim of Awful
Accident in Railroad Yards.

John r.. Bottoms. of 1910 Mechanics
vile Turnpike. a car inspector for the
Chesa pcakc and Ohio Railway. was
caught between two passenger cars
and killed in the Seventeenth Street
yards of the Chesapeake and OHIO
Railway yesterday afternoon. The
that neither of the cars was attached
to an engine and came together without
speed.
Bottoms. who was making his Gus
tomary inspection of cars which we're
10 be made up into passenger train
last night. had no warning OF the i'm
pending tragedy until the cold nose of
of his back. There were two passenger
cars and a shiftcr in the string he was
inspecting Following partial in
SpectiOn of the hindmOst car the Two
were uncoUplcd and the sbiftcr pulled
of down the track a few feet with the
8rst car.
After going several feet. the shiftcr
detached the coach. left it standing
on tho track and moved on TO another
part Of the yard. Bottoms meanwhile
began the inspection OF the coupling
and air brake fsbcs OF she second car.
Presumably. because the sir-brakcs
on The first car failed TO hold this
coach left alone. crcpt slowly down a
was inspecting. Without sound. ~
riidcd into the second coach. pinning
the inspector IN its death grip.
Having no considerable speed. the
force Of the collision was almost inn
pcrccpfiblc. and Bottoms was literally
squeezed TO death. Although no bones.
except tho collar bone we're broken.
his vital organs were horribly crushed
No mark was left on his body. but
death had occurred before the cars
could he separated by spcct ators. and
!. Inc Of tho City Ambulance. responded
10 = call. but was unable TO render as
stsfSucc
Coroner Taylor. after viewing the
tho body. declared an inquest Unrcccs-
eary saying that tho tragedy WsS the
result Of unprcvcntabic circumstance,
and not due TO the negligence OF in
dividuals Bottoms was about forty
seven years old and a man Of family.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-16
NO OPINION ASKED.
Presidential Electors Likely to G
without Allowances

Attorney-Gcneral Williams had no;
an oniniop on the payment Of mileage
and per diem to the members OF the
Virginia Electoral College Paymen
of these sums was az exclusively toid
in The Times Dis patch. refused by
the Auditor Of Public Accounts Tues
day morning. ,...
Auditor Moore bases his defamation
on the section of the Constitution
which saws no money shall be paid
out Of the State Treasury except IN
pursuance OF appropriations made by
law. The last Ocnefai ArseblOis
failed TO provide for the per diem OF
81 each and the ten cents per milo
allowed 70 electors. Tho opinion pre-
walls that the electors VIII go without
~ least until the Legislature meets
next year.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-16
DECISIONS TODAY.
Many Opinions Expected From SUI
premc Court. Including Tax Case.

DFCI-IOn- arc CNpFTffN IN many
cases today ~ the supreme Court.
Most Of them will be IN matters heard
Al the January term This will be the
arst opinion day Of the present term
Among the cases IN which de
cision D. expected Is that OF Schmciz.
surviving partner. against the Com
mon wealth and ,ac County Of Eliza
beth CITY. involving the night Of the
State and county 10 tax banking
capital employed in business else
where shan al the place OF residence
Of the owner
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-16
IN SUPREME COURT.

In the supreme Court of Appeals
vest eTday the case of kincheloc et ais.
VS. Gibson CT ais. was argued by keit h
& Richards for the appellant and by
John :. Barbour for the appellees. and
submitted.
The case of Cornell vs.. Forbes was
partly argued and continued to-day.
Next cases to be called jackson. by.
etc. rs. Hewlett ct ais. Pennington,
receiver. etc. IS Third National Bank
of Georgia kabler vs.. Spencer's adm
ct ais; Jordan 4 Tiiler vs.. Walker.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-16
Alumni to Give smoker

The Richmond Alumni Of Wash
incion and Ice University VII give =
smoker a. tho jefferson Hotel on next
Monday evening ~ = - O'Clock. Ut.
Henri Louis smith. the newly -elec ted
pres,dsat Of washington and Lee.
viii speak on matters OF interest TO
the alumni John l.. Campbell. treas
urer of the university. and william
Taylor Thorn. of Washington. ID. G.
Will also be present.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-16
BAR EXAMINATION.
liz, 80 Successful Men. Any. viii
be Announced To-day.

Tho special ,xsmiuati0u Of aprii-
r1rfs % practice Law fu Virginia 49,
held - fhc Capitol vc~fcrdar Ono
NrIrrrI man appeared 10 frr close OF
twenty FIVE. o. 90 whom have Jailed
at son yrc-fuus bar examination
"a 10 probable that to let 81 sur
reeeful mon VII bc ready - q an
Toyuced this afternoon Tho board
viii spend today ~ work on the papers
sUbmitted last ovenlns.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-16

IN amendment was granted teSte'"@s ~.
.a, e.aff t-orporafion Commission TO the
s.raddc,-k- TER Company % L4n'hour =
ono rf virginia larsc~t shoe msnuis tuIiilS !,
,~-rrrr- increasing it, maximum '~Ni's'
from, & sr o. 20 s ~ l.f.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-16
Marriage Licenses.

License 10 marry was issued yeefer-
Musings Court to the following per-
sons Charles Henry Hall. Jr.. and
Gaynellc Minson-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-16

Jane A stone. state assessor 81 MINERAL
lands fn~ tho Corporation Con mission 49,
~ the Capitol yesterday 30 D. defending
sercraf Applications Tor Reduction - as.css-
n1ents BE- has made in various parts 81 fEc
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-16
WOULD OPPOSE
DOWNTOWN DEPOT
Atlantic Coast Line and R., F
& p, 1t Is Conceded, Would
Never Come In.
FAVOR WEST END STATION
Chamber Committee, in lnfor-
NAL Session, Agrees That Elba
Region Is Preferable

If union passenger station is over
built in Richmond it will be placed
somewhere in the central western part
of the city. and not on or near the site
of the present Main Street Station of
the Chesapeake and Ohio and Sea
Z board Air Line Railways. That at least
4 is the opinion of four members of the
/ Chamber of Commerce committee on
streets. roads and parks, who discussed
! the matter informally yesterday
They were representative business
men and two were transportation ez-
pcrts. All were familiar with the
downtown union station project OF
! the Cham ber's Inland Trade Committee.
and discussed the matter both from
the standpoint of the railroads and tn
standpoint of greatest service TO the
city
Even II an answer could be found to
the congestion that union passenger
station in the downtown district would
visit upon lower Main Street. and If
the Virginia Railway and Power Com
pany could find a way TO handle the
the traffic. the project. IT was con-
cedcd. would never receive the support
Of the Richmond. Fredericksburg and
Potomac and Atlantic Coast Line Rail
roads.
Business Uptown Grows.
out, the through business at Elba, the
uptown station of the Richmond.
fredericksburg and Potomac. increased
- per cent. In the corresponding period.
the business at the Byrd Street station,
OF the sa me road. decreased y per cent.
Figures like these, the committeeman
agreed show conClusiveiy where the
creates amount cd passenger traffic
lies. and points out the location Of
Richmond's union passenger station,
should it ever become a realty.
As far as the Richmond. Fredericks
burg and Potomac is concerned. Eliza
is already it's main station. President
White made that clear at the Cham Der :
''union- station dinner last year The
Atlantic Coast Line had no less vigorous
objections to offer to the downtown
station project. with these two roads
dead against the proposal there APP
pears to be littlo hope for the plan.
One Great Problem.
The greatest obstacle in the way of a
West End union station. It was con
coded at the committee meeting ycster-
day Is the Chesapeake 4 Ohio Railway
which has a natural entrance into the
city through Shockoc Valley. and
which could reach the proposed uptown
station only at great Inconvenience
and expense. With all the other roads
in the fold. however. it would be d
union station Tor all pTdcticdi purposes
With the Chesapeake x Ohio running
into d station of its own, the projected
West End station would still be for all
practical purposes d union terminal
Most of the union stations in the
country lack one or more roads. one OF
the committeeman pointed out. All
the roads entering Richmond. he
thought. could be brought together IN d
West End station, except the Chcsa-
pcake Il Ohio. In such case, he said
the Chesapeake & Ohio might find 1t
necessary after a time TO come in too,
in order to keep its western traffic
from being absorbed by rival roads.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-16

sssaultinc and kicking Fannie Skinker.
was fned $50 and costs and required
20 post 500 bond for six months yes s,.,
dav morning by Justice Crutchtcid
in Police Court. An appeal was noted.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-16

marriage license was yesterday
granted Miss Annie Lucille Campbell
and J. q Moore by Clerk $. p. Wad-
dill IN the Hcnrico Circuit Court
The ceremony will take place this
The Delta independent., 1913-08-22
WORDS FROM HOME.
Statements That May Be Investigated
Testimony Of Delta Citizen.

When Delta citizen comes to the
front, telling his friends and neigh.
bors of his experience. you can rely
on his sincerity. The statements of
people residing in far away places do
not command your confidence. Home
endorsement Is the kind that backs
Doan's Kidney Pills. Such testimony is
convincing. Investigation proves II
true. Below is a statement OF Delta
resident. No stronger proof OF merit
can be had.
w. II. McAllister, 1876 Columbia ST.,
Delta, Colo, says: Il have had such
satisfactory results from Doan's Kid.
ney Pills that I believe every kidney
sufferer should know about them. At
any time find that my kidneys aren't
working right or have any pain
across my back ] at once take Doan's
Kidney Pills. They always do me a
world of good. Doan's Kidney Pills
are certainly reliable and deserve the
highest praise"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo.
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's- and
take no other.
The Delta independent., 1913-08-22
What He Wanted To Know

An Irishman just landed got work
on the New York Central as flagman
at Tarrytown. His first day on the
job he waved the red danger signal
before the Empire State Express. The
brake sscreeched down and the crew
ran up.
What's the matter Why did you
stop this train?" the conductor de-
manded
well" began the flagman.
Don't you know it's states pris'
on offense to stop train without
cause?" the conductor exclaimed
why we're twenty minutes late
now!"
That's Just it," was the answer
Where have you been the last twenty
minutes s?"-Pittsburg POST.
The Delta independent., 1913-08-22
CENT BEEF
PROBABLE IN NEAR FUTURE

A critical situation in the beef in
to the consumer will soar to As cents
for choice cuts within the next four
months. A shortage of crops created
by the great drouth over Kansas, Iowa
Indiana, Illinois, Nebraska, Oklahoma
and the southwest, coupled with the
spread of contagious disease among
livestock in Argentina, Australia, New
Zealand and the Indias, from which
foreign supply for the United States
might have been drawn, has brought
about a crisis approaching for years
In the abundant harvests which the
Colorado farmers will reap, Denver
stockmen see an avenue of profit for
local cattle feeders, but hold out little
hope that the retail price of beef will
decline materially below the antici-
pated As cents. The price may even
touch the half dollar mark. Hogs. it
is thought, will keep pace with the
advanced figure.
Beef on the hoof in Denver recently
sold from $3.50 a hundredweight for
grass-fed cate, to $3.50 a hundred
weight for granted. At these fig
ures the fancy meats went to the re
tailers at IA cents, and from 80 to 35
cents for the best cuts were charged
over the block. With the $11 price per
hundredweight, which is expected to
prevail by the beginning of winter, in
effect, the packing companies will
charge from II to Is cents for their
choice products, and the retailer will
advance his charge to 40 and 45 cents.
Pork, now selling at from l cent to
11a cents a pound more than at this
time last year, is worth s cents
pound more at the stockyards, and
from 1919 to 151a cents at the pack
ing pants Eighteen to 20 cents is the
price which the consumers are pay
ing. TWENTY-FIVE to % cents in the
price it is thought will hold when the
full effect of the shortage is felt.