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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-27
CHRISTMAS MORE ORDERLY.
Figures Indicate That Richmond Gel
4 ebrat0rs We're Not so Riotons
as Last Year.

q . \
Richmond, Dec, .27.-Christmas cell
ebrators this year behaves them
selves better tnan they did last year,
according to comparative figures OF
fines imposed in police court.
Last year fines aggregating nearly
81. 500 were assessed the unfortunates
who fell into the police net. This time
the total for the past two days reach
ed only $685..
Fines imposed yesterday aggrega-
ted s275; while those today attained
the total of $71O.
In only few instances were the
fines pail. Most of the culprts went
to jail.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-27
PLrNGES AFTER JUG.
Drunken Man Saved by Wife-Loeked
up by Lynchburg Police.

Lynchburg, Va, Dec. 27.--The wife
of Tom Austin, a white man. was
taking him home late Wednesday to
prevent his being locked up for be-
ing drunk, AS they were crossing
the Rivermont Viaduct she tossed a
half gallon Jug of liquor she had
taken from the man over the bridge.
Austin, too drunk to know what ne
was doing. climbed on the rail and
was about to lunge after his liquor
hut she was able to hold him until a
passerby rushed to her rescue.
Later Austin was locked up for be-
ing nk.Had the man not been held
by his wife, he would have fallen a
hundred feet.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-27

/ NEWS OF THE OLD DOMINION
GAS ENDS LIFE.
edgar M. Sullivan Dies in Staunt el
Where he Went to Spend
christmas. 1873 &

Staunton, Va, Dec. 27.-The uni
lentificd man found here Wednesday
morning dead from inhalation of gas
in a room in the Palmer house has
been identified as Edgar NJ. Suui-
van, of Mission Home, Albemarle
county, Va
Sullivan had been working in West
Virginia and was spending the holi-
days with his parents, having come to
Stanton with sister, Mrs. Charles
Bennett, of West Virginia, to meet
her husband, who was coming to
spend Christmas at his wife's home
Sullivan left the others, who went
to a picture show, saying lie would
see them later. When train time
came they returned home, thinking
that he would follow. Later, when he
did not return they became alarmed
and returned to Staunton in an en-
deavor to locate him. Here they
identified him and the body was
taken to the Albemarle hotel last
might.
Sullivan was about "a years old
1t is thought that he either turned
the gas off, then carelessly turned, 1t
on again, or simply blew it out, as
no cause for suicide has been found
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-27

Snow fell over the State Of Missis-
sipi Thursday. The temperature
was down to the freezing point. Snow
Geep-drifted over the mountains and
valleys, brought the traditional white
Christmas to Northern New Eng
land, bat in the Southern portion the
ground was bare, rain clouds were
lowering. and the temperature was
snringike.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-12-27

William Moher, of Manchester, \.
H.. walked into the combing room Of
the Amoskeag Mills yesterday after
noon and while $50 terror-stricken
girls and women looked on, shot and
fatally injured his wife and then
drank half pint of carbolic acid, dy-
ing almost instantly Mrs. Moher re-
Gently filed suit for divorce.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-11
LIGHT & POWER
COMPANY SINKING WE'LL

The Virginia Water, Light &
Power company have crew of
men busy sinking a new we'll ON
their property just north of the
Canadian Northern depot, in addi-
ton to the three wells they now
have perfected which contribute to
tn city's water supply. It is ex-
pected the new we'll will develop a
fresh water supply and will give
the plant a total capacity of about
100000 gallons a day. At present
the city is using about a million
gallons a day and has two of the
best wells ON the range and a
third held in reserve. The fourth
we'll will be a reserve also. Vir-
ginia has been growing so rapidly
that the volume of water necessary
to it's adequate supply has been
increasing rapidly. If the new well
develops the capacity it is expect
ed to the problem Of an adequate
water supply will be disposed of
for some time to come.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-11
Is YEARS UNDER
ONE MANAGEMENT
John H. Sparks Worlds Famous
Shows and Trained Animal
Exhibition Coming.

So familiar has the public be-
come with the fact of the enor-
NOUS growth attained each year by
the John H. Sparks Shows that the
return of this greatest of Ameri-
can shows is awaited with much
interest, knowing full we'll that
there is always something new to
be seen each visit.
In fact words fail do justice
to this wonderful aggregation of
arenic celebrities, hippodrome
spectacles and animal features
This season they have come to-
gether from all corners of the
earth to make this the most CON-
plete exhibition of it's kind ever at
tempt ed.
Every day at IL o'clock noon the
plete free street pageant ever seen
grandest, rarest and most COM
"a fortune invested in wardrobe,
trappings and accessories-will pass
through the principal streets, and
cages and tableaux in endless vari-
ETY., gorgeous floats, fierce wild
animals, ponderous elephants and
stately camels will swing past to
the martial music of four brass
bands, musical wagons and the SOU
stirring caliope.
Notwithst amding the previous en-
Engagements the claim is made that
the additions that have been add
ed to the show for this season are
far greater than ever before at
tempted and make this beyond all
doubt the most noteworthy amuse-
ment achievement of the century,
keeping ever in mind the three
chief Watchwords-magnitude, ex-
cellence and exclusiveness. The
Sparks Circus will exhibit here
Tuesday. july IS.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-11
Mayor Murphy Advocates
StriCtest Police Discipline
Tells Police and Fire Commission that Officers Who Enter
Saloons After Closing Hours or While on Dcty
Shou1d Be Summarfly Dismissed.

At Monday nights meeting OF
the police and fire commission
Mayor Murphy went ON record as
favormg the dismissal of police
officers who are found guilty OF
lrequenting saloons while on their
beats and after hours. He advis-
ed the commission that if it could
De proven than any officer was en-
tering saloons after hours or drink
ing liquor while on duty he should
be summoned before the commits
sion, asked to explain and if the
charges were sustained he should
be dismissed from the service.
The mayors declaration followed
a suggestion by Commissioner
Johnson that three officers on a
Chestnut street beat should be
transferred to other beats for the
good of the service. Commissioner
Johnson stated to the commission
that while going home recently he
had caught AN officer entering a
saloon after hours, about 1 O'Clock
in the morning. Commissioners
Nelson agreed with COMMISSIONS,
Johnson that it was desirable To
change the beats of some of the
officers. He said he could bring
witnesses to prove that a short
time before the appointment OF
Chief Rice two policemen had en-
tered a saloon on lower Chestnut
street together and remained at
the bar until they had hoisted
five drinks. He had thought at
that time that the change in the
head Of the police department
might make such a condition i'm.
possible.
Gentlemen, if those things are
true, those officers should be sum-
moned before this commission and
if these charges are sustained they
should be discharged" said Mayor
Murphy. I'VE cannot expect ia
preserve any discipline in the po-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-11

hidden TO desist by interested spec
tators. The police soon cleared
the place after their arrival. The
bar boys took ON fresh courage at
once, seized maudlin drunk who
lad reached the stage Of helpless
less, assisted him TO a seat in the
office enclosure, orammed his hat
at rakish angle on one side of
his head, leaving exposed to flies
that lowered in numbers about the
place, Jagged cut on the left side
of his face, evidently sustained in
recent affray, and proceeded to
serve the crowd at the bar which
by this time was growing thirsty
and demanded refreshments. Every
body agreed to hush UP the affair
as much as possible and keep as
much information as possible from
the police. Taken by and far it
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-11
BIG CROWD SEES
BEAR CAT BOUT
Chestnut Street Saloon Scene O
FOur-Handed Affair of Hay
Makers Saturday Afternoon.

While a crowd of so men look
ed on between the hours of 3 and
4 o'clock last Saturday afternoon
in the barr0om Of the office sa-
loon 306 Chestnut street three men
and boy put up a fight of the
bear cat rough and tumble variety
in which the smaller of the quar-
tette was badly beaten up. Most
Of the patrons of the place were
apparently in an advanced stage of
intoxication. The combatants were
encouraged with yells, cheers and
admonltions, freely mingled with
curses that could be heard in the
street outside. The men behind
the bar made no effort to- stop the
battle beyond an occasional shout
to the fighters to desist. One of
the bartenders wearing a band Of
blue ribbon about his brow bear
ing the legeat "Everybody's Doing
1t Now" a relic OF the Fourth Of
July celebration, stepped to the
telephone, took down the receiver
and held it to his ear in q dazed
sort Of fashion for several minutes.
Either he got no response from
central" or was in such q con-
dition that he could not hear it
for he failed utterly to get the po-
lice station and the bout proceed
ed full merrily, growing more san
culinary the while.
A local business man stepped in
to the place, took in the situation
at a glance, stepped to a neighbor-
ing store and telephoned the police
station. Chief Of Police Rice and
two patrolmen were in the scene
within a few seconds and gathered
in the four. The fight happened
at a time when the officers polio
ing that section of the city were
ON the opposite ends Of their beats
1t developed into a free and easy
sort of an affair where haymakere
were being distributed about with
a free hand and seemed to please
the attendance immensely. A ranl
fouBider tried to stop it, but wal
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-11
JUDGE HUGHES HOLDS
COURT TERM AT ELY

Judge Martin Hughes and Court
Stenographer Clarence Dwyer were
in Virginia Sunday evening on
their way to Ely where Judge
Hughes went to preside over a
term of the district court adjourn
ed from Virginia. There were IA
cases ON the calendar and q petit
jury was summoned for the term.
Judge Hughes announced that ses-
sions Of the court would be held
morning, afternoon and evening,
and that every effort would be
made to dispose Of the matters
coming before the term as rapidly
as possible. The term is one of
the first held at Ely under the
provisions of q state law which
prvides that adjourned terms may
be held at Ely and is a conven-
fence much appreciated by lawyers
the Vermilm range. 49,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-11
But little is known of Walsh

But little is known of Walsh
here. 1t is said he was addicted to
he use OF drugs and had been un-
able to- get supply for some time
until late Friday evening. He
took an overdose and lapsed into
a state OF coma from which he
was never aroused.
Walsh leaves a wife and family
OF three children in Duluth. Mrs.
Walsh is police matron at the
headquarters police station in Du-
luth and Walsh was formerly a
detective on the Duluth police
force. He was some time ago
discharged and took employment in
the train service of the Canadian
Thine body was shipped to Du-
luth for burial Sunday.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-11
FREIGHT TRAIN WRECKED
ON CANADIAN NORTHERN

A freight wreck ON the line OF
the Canadian Northern IS miles
south Of Virginia blocked the line
and tied up all traffic for several
hours last Sunday. Fifteen cars.
most Of them loaded with lumber.
went into the ditch and the wreck
ing crew worked several hours 0
clear the line. It is claimed the
train crew had failed to heed q
slow order over a piece Of bad
track and that the wreck was the
result of their negligence. Dis
charges may result. Aside from,
breaking up several cars no dam
age was done.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-11

lice department and allow such
Things to go ON. The people of
th1s city want law enforcement and
they will tolerate nothing OF the
KIND. Complaints Of delinquency
ON the part OF police officers come
10 me frequently. The great ma
Jorlty OF them do not stand up I'M
der investigation. We must have
strict discipline on the police force
II the city Of Virginia is to be
policed as the majority OF the peo-
pie have indicated they want it
p0liced.
Commissioner Johnson gave the
name OF the officer accused in his
case. Chief Rice, who attended
The meeting, told the commission
ne knew nothing Of any incidents
OF the kind" Il have cautioned
every member Of the force against
such conouct,' said Chief Rice. Il
regret to hear this of the officer
named. He is one of the best
men on the force.' The officer
was later summoned before the
commission. r.
Commissioner Nelson said he had
been informed that blind pigs were
virtually being protected by cor
tain Of the officers and that peo-
pie had fequently remarked to
him that they were kept running
so that certain policemen could
get a drink at any time they
wanted it. Other members of the
commission we're inclined to think
matters had been overstated.
1t is certain, however, that dis
clpline is to be more rigid in the
future and there may be some
discharges from the force if the
charges made are born out.
VIM. Fitzgerald was appointed
special municipal court officer at
a salary of $50 month and James
Stickney was formally appointed
chief of the fire department.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-11
DIEErFROM EFFECTS
OF MORPHINE POISONING
>. T.. Walsh of Duluth Overcome
in Local BalToOm and Death
Follows Several Hours Later
at Local Hospital.

}. E. Walsh, of Duluth, employ
ed for a short time past as a
tralnman on the Canadian Northern
out of this city, died at a local
hospital early Saturday morning
Of morphine poisoning. Walsh had
been about the city but short
time. He was overcome in a
Chestnut street saloon and his
case reported tosluca1 physicians.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-11
sALGOT' OHlNSOnf DIES u 5I
VICTIM OF TUBERCULOSIS
Virginia Boy Convicted OF Being
Accomplish in Murder Of Du-
luth Policeman, Died ct
Home Of His Mother III.
in Virginia. ..# sz@

Algot Johnson, convicted three
years ago in the district court at
Duluth of completely with Charles
Melodrowski in the murder OF
Harry Chesmore, a Duluth police
man, following the arrest of the
pair after they had successfully
negotiated a holdup of which the
clerk at the Mckay hotel was the
victim, died at the home OF his
mother in Virginia last Friday
morning of tuberculosis contracted
in the state penitentiary in Still
water.
Following his trial at Duluth
Johnson was sentenced to 80 years
in the state penitentiary. Melo-
dnowski, who received a like seu-
tence, died at the prison but q
few months after his commitment
also victim of consumption.
Through the efforts of Virginia
friends Johnson was pardoned by
Governor Eberhart about three
months ago, and since that time
has been at the home of his mo-
Their in Virginia. He was in the
last stages of tuberculosis when
he arrived in this city and his par
dom was granted through the eff
forts of DR.. Andrea Hall of Viz
ginia and other friends, assisted by
County Attorney Boyle upon the
representation to the governor that
he had but a short time to live.
Since coming to his home here
Johnson has been confined to bed
constantly, and the end had been
daily nticipated for some time be-
fore his death.
Young Johnson's life story was
an unusually sad one. 1t has
never been printed and charity for
bids that it should be given pub
! licity now. Those who are fami-
liar with it, however, will not
judge the dead boy harshly as he
was in large measure the unfor-
tunate victim of environment and
herediy. He attended the schools
OF Virginia and was a favorite pu-
pill of his teachers. In his boy
hood he was for some time the
ward of DR.. Hall. She was much
attached to him and when he was
arrested and convicted at Duluth
DR.. Hall did not forsake him.
Largely through her interest his
pardon was secured.
Those who know him we'll be-
lieve THAT his connection with the
crime that cast a blight across
his life was due to his association
with bad companions and to the
fact that he was Of such mental
calibre that he was easily mflu-
| enced.
During the last days of his Life
he sometimes spoke of it, always
regretfully. Rev. Paulson of the
Swedish Mission church was with
| him a good deal during the closing
hours of his life. While the rec
rds of the court and the state
prison show that the boy was %
years old the records of the church
in which he was confirmed show
that he was but 10 and therefore
but Is years old when convicted
of completely in the shooting of
Chessmore.
Funeral services were conducted
Monday at O'Clock, Rev. Mr..
Paulson officiating and interment
was at Greenwood.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-11

He was taken to the hospital where
his death occurred a short time
later without his regaining con-
seriousness.
An autopsy performed Saturday
evening by Drs. Grove, Fisher and
Golden developed that death was
due to morphine poisoning beyond
the question of a doubt.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-11

Mrs. William Merrill came up
from Duluth the latter part Of last
week and is spending a few days
visiting old friends u Virginia.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-11

was a big day at the Office sa-
loon.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-12-05
DUNLAP GEMS HELD
FOR $4,000 DUTY
Customs Authorities Decide
Owners Declaration i'm
Bad Faith.

The gems of Mrs William Allen Dun
lap. which have been in possession Of the
Collector of the Port since their arrival
here with their owner and her husband.
son Of the hat manufacturer. by the White
Star liner Olympic on November IL, nave
been formally seized. with expensive
gowns and other wearing apparel.
II IL probable that Mr.. Dunlap may
have to give up sl5o,ooo to Uncle Sam
before his wife can wear her Jewels and
gowns again. The Dunlaps claimed
foreign residence and made no effort to
conceal the seized articles.
A statement issued yesterday AT the
Custom House says that the seizure was
made on the ground that Mr.. Dunlap's
claim as a non resident at the time Of
his arrival has been found on investiEa-
tion and after consultation with the
United States Attorney for this district
to have been made with the intention of
evading the payment of proper duty, ana
that the declaration therefore was not
made in good faith.
United states Attorney Marshall had
nothing to add to the statement OF the
customs officials. An assistant said that
the next move in thu case would he made
by the United States Attorneys office and
that he could not tell just Vet what that
move would be. He SAID that Mr. Dunlap
had not been indicted FOR his alleged Of
fence. The nature OF the next proceeding
also puzzled the customs officials. What
ever NAV be done counsel for the Dunlaps
will fight the case vigorously and will ap-
peal from any decision that involves tn.
loss Of the jewels and hnery.
The owners would have had to pay a
duty OF about $4,000 on all the articles
seized II they had come over as residents
OF this country, which the authorities de-
clare they are. The procedure heretofore
in cases OF persons deliberately eNad'ni
duty has been to permit them to take out
1 the seized articles on payment OF th'
home value, which means the foreigi
value plus the duty.
II the United States Attorney decides tc
apply this ruling to the Dunlap case they
will have to pay about $lsOoO0 to ge
back their jewelry and fnery
Mrs. Dunlap was a manicure Girl whef
MFR. Dunlap married her, after divorcint
his first wife six years ago She was borf
in a suburb Of London and came to Ne"
York when she was little girl.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-12-05
MRS. BISHOP NOW ASKS DECREE
Banker's wife Chanxes Her Mind
aud VIII Give Up Daughter.

Mrs. Abigail Hancock Bishop, who an
nounced recently that she wouldn't ask
for a final decree OF divorce from James
Cunningham Bishop, the banker. but
would have her lnterlocutory decree AN
nulled changed her mind yesterday and
through her attorney. Daniel L. Hays. APP
piled to Justice Lehman for a final de.
cree.
In the papers filed Mrs. Bishop agree.
to have aHnulled the provision of her de-
cree giving her the custody OF her fifteen
Near-oll daughter Nathalie, and the lat
ter will stop the proceedings brought by
her legal guardian. Phoenix Ingtaham
to have her custody transferred to her
father. Mrs. Bishop asked that some pro-
vision I've made in her decree so that she,
will be assured of her alimony.
Justice Lehman referred the applica-
ton TO Justice Coff. who tried the Bishop
case
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-12-05
A DYNAMlTER'S OWN
STORY OF HIS CRIMES

Next Sundays sun will publish
remarkable ilorument-the confess
sion Of George Il. Davis. the dyna-
miter, whose evidence has led To In.
dictn,ents Of officers snd members
Of the Bridge and Structural Iron.
workers.
In II Davis tells In detail Of the
long series Of outrxges which he
planned and carried out In New
York and in nearby cities.
Time and again he travelled on
trains and steamships carrying with
him enough explosive TO destroy
himself and his fellow passengers.
lie left II about carelessly In saloons
and hotels, apparently thoughtless
Of the risk.
Yet repeatedly In his confession
he asserts that never did he under.
take u Job" where he thought
human life might he imperilled.
Brief summaries Of Dsvis's con.
fession were printed when he WAS
arrested In this city, but now for
the first time THE Sun IL able to
give In detail. and In the dynanliter's
own words, his story.