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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-20
ORANGE AND BLUE
SQUAD HARD AT IT.
Even Rain Doesn't Stop Football
Candidates at University
of Virginia.

Charlottesville. Va. September Ia
Virginia's football squad, which has
been Kept hard at work the past three
days despite the rain and intense hu-
nudity. Is gradually rounding into con-
dition. The new tackling dummy was
used to-day for the first time, but the
players were cautioned not to tackle
too viciously for fear of Injury. The
men are showing the result of in
dividunl instruction, and team work is
being gradually developed and the
various plays perfected The first
squad was kept intact to-day for the
first time this season. Landes, who
has been given n try-out at centre,
was switched to fullback, Brown taxi
ing his place. Captain Carter and
Rcdus were tho guards. Voolfolk and
Maiden. tackles; Murrill and Duncan,
ends; Gooch. quarterback, and Mayer
and Word. halfbacks Every precau-
ton is being taken to get the men
In good physical shape. and tho proba-
bility Is that there Will be only two
or three scrimmages before tho initial
game with Randolph Macon Tomorrow
a week.
Cook, the Andover lad who had been
picked for fullback the coming sea
son. wired to-day from his home in
East Orange. n. j.. that he would not
return to college. lie WAC tho best
drop kicker on last years squad. and.
Following the injury to Fullback Smith
IN the Vanderbilt game. gave a clever
exhibition of line plungeing. The only
addition to the squad to-day was Ire
maine, who played on the Freshman
team at the University OF Wisconsin
last fall. He VIII be tried out at end
He weighs 100.
Trainer Lannigan Is at work In ear
nest with his track squad. which gives
much promise. He has decided 10 send
n team TO Richmond to enter the
twelve mile marathon 70 be run on Oc-
tober 4. Two or three men will also
go to the Lynchburg Fair to compete
In the mile run FOR the Virginia state
championship on October .. Candi-
dates for the marathon will train over
the local nine-mile circuit the finals to
be held in ten days
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-20
STRING OF SILK MILLS
TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION
Ashley and Bailey Determined to Dis
pose of Valuable Property in
SIX Towns
[specIal TO The rlmes.pispatch. !

Especial to The Times Dispatch.1
Fayetteville. -. C.. September 1e.-Ono of
the most important bits of Industrial news
that has leaked out In some time came out
to-day in the form of advance information
from J. L. conant & Co..Lowell. Mass, of
the sale OF the Big Ashley &s Bailey string
OF SILK mills. reaching from Paterson, n.
j., to Fayetteville. Tho nine Ashley 6.
Bailey mills located In six nanufac-
turing towns-Patterson. N. j.: York. Pa. /;
Coluinbia Pa; Marietta, Pa: Coatesville.
Pa. ard Fayetteville. NJ c.. and the mill
in each place will be seld a, auction on
various dates In october.
These factories, perhaps the most valuable
string OF silk manufacturing establishments
In tho United States are not being put UP
for sale because they not paying prop
critics. The real reason Is said to be that
tho Messrs. Ashley and Bailey, the owners.
have found that their descendants have no
Idea OF participating in the active man
agement OF the properties when the founders
shall have passed away. therefore, they
have determined to sell the mills now,
rather than have them pass into strange
hands after their death.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-20
BLUES LEAVE FOR
HAMPDEN-S|D
First Game of Season Will Be
Played Against Presbyte-
rians This Afternoon.

When the Richmond Blues football
squad lines UP against the Hampden-
Sidney gridiron warriors this afternoon
at Hampton Sidney, in what is prob
ably one of the first football games of
the. season, it will be nothing but nip
and tuck from the first blast of the
referees whistle.
The local bunch has been practicing
daily for this initial miX-up, and are
In fine condition. Those who will max e
the trip to-day are: "Shep" Crump,
manager: Maurice Sweeney. captain
and right tackle; Billy Sitterding,
coach; Joe Balm: fullback; Cason and
Richardson. ha1fbacks Perkins or
pole" Gray, quarterback; Quarles or
McRee. left half; Rock" King, right
end: Price and Hudson. guards: Jacobs
or Klevesahl, centre; George King or
Vincent, left end
Besides the team. some few Of the
militiamen will take this trim
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-20
DUAL TRACK MEET
TO Be BIG EVENT
Life Insurance Company of Vir-
ginia and First National Bank
Meet Next Saturday.

The following have been invited TO
officiate at the Qua! track meet of the
amateur athletic associations of the
Life Insurance Company of Virginia
and the First National Bank. to be
held at Byrd Park next Saturday. be-
ginning at o'clock: Honorary judges
Hon. George Ainslie. Mayor of Rich
mond, John q. Walker. president Life
Insurance Company OF Virginia; John
q. Purcell. president First National
Bank; T. u. Harris. frs, vice-president
Life Insurance Company of Virginia.
John VI. Miller. vice president First
National Bank. Observation-Disclosures.
Allen j. Saville, a. a. u. clerk OF
assistant clerk OF course. William f.
Crawford. Virginia Boat Club: starter.
William S. Pittman. of Baltimore S. 4.
a; timer. Woodson y. Waddey, Vir-
ginia Boat Club: assistant timers, Gray
Garland, Richmond College: c. w. Con-
way, Y. VI. c. a.; r. NJ. Booth, st. An
drew's: Charles 4. Taylor. director of
Fairgrounds. Judges-Dr. Charles NJ
Hazen. Medical College OF Virginia.
James Pollard. Robert Forest. Virginia
Boat Club: DR.. Lawrence Price, John
p. Mcclure. McGuire's University
School; DIR. William Prince, Richmond
Academy; Rev. Father Jerome, Bene-
dictine Military College, and r. Tucker
Jones, John Marshall High School.
This meet. which will he held under
a sanction from the r. a. 4. T., Is
creating great interest throughout the
city. The track teams of both asso-
Citations have been training faithfully
and first class performances are antici-
pated.
The relay race has been cut to
half mile instead OF mile as orig
inally proposed. This event will be
for handsome trophy to be won out
right. donated by local sporting
goods house.
The trophy for the meet provided by
the associations jointly Will be held
by the association scoring the greatest
number OF points until the next dual
meet Of these associations. when 1t Will
he again contested for. and will he
come the property OF the association
first winning II three times.
A permit for the use OF Byrd Park
on the afternoon of the eth was re-
Gently granted by the Administrative
Board. and the track and grounds will
be put in frst-class condition. The
public is cordially invited to attend,
hand to cheer the winners of the va
rious events.
The employees of the Life Insurance
Company of Virginia and of the First
National Bank are organizing roofing
squads, which will make the welkin
ring as the events are run off. Will
liam S. Pittman, of Baltimore, will be
On hand to start the various events.
making a special trip to Richmond for
this occasion.
Indications point to a most success
full contest. which will serve to whet
the appetite OF Richmonds athletic
loving public for the great Marathon
race TO be run the following Saturday
afternoon.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-20
RAIN CAN'T STOP
SPIDER WORKOUT
Dobson Carries His Men Through
Regular Drill-Large
Squad Reports.

Regardless of the rain and wet
grounds, the Richmond College foot
ball squad OF thirtysix husky gridiron
warriors held a scrimmage practice
yesterday afternoon at Broad Street
ball park.
Coach Dobson divided the squad into
two elevens. and mixed the old and
new candidates alike on both first and
second squads.
Pollard. Wicker and Privott, three
recruits from Virginias prep. schools,
showed up well on the first squad, max
ing some very fast end runs and line
plunges.
Coach Dobson has secured the club
house from the park owners. and has
given lockers to all candidates. while
the shower baths are also at the dis
posal OF the Spiders.
Wilson. with the reputation of an all
round athlete. will be seen in the prac-
tice to-day.
Chick" Beal, Of Texas, who came
western University. where he played
a star game at tackle. looks promising.
He is about six feet tall. and weighs
men, and Will no doubt make the team.
Flanagan and O'Eeil, two new. ones.
also locked fast and husky. o'Neil is
BABY" Benton. last years hefty
guard, and Davis, last years back,
assisted Coach Dobson in the work yes
terday.
The squad at yesterdays practice
was the largest out this fall-in fact.
IL IS the most promising bunch the
Spiders have had in two years There
is young and old material, husky and
fast ones, and the team this fall will
be winned
The first and second squads will
scrimmage this afternoon on the coll
lege campus at 8 o'clock.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-20
ADJUSTMENTS.

Lyric-keith Vaudeville, matinee and
night.
Bijou-"rhc Deep Purple" matinee
mud night.
COloninl-Vnudcvil
Empire-H. Il. Thnw In motion pic
lures.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-20
SUPERINTENDENT
PROVES HIS CLASS
Defeats Fair Field Of Two-Y
Olds at Havre de
Grace.

Havre de Grace, September 10
superintendent, the unseXed brother OF
Alex. Smith Cochrans $4,000 colt. His
Majesty, proved his class to-day by
defeating a fair bunch Of two-year olds
much as Jockey Butwell pleased.
10 thirty pounds to the field. and de-
spite his victory over an aged bunch
time, the ring laid as high as to ]
against him, it being the consensus of
expert opinion that he was too severely
However, the casual racegoers Backed
him. and his victory was extremely
popular.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-20
STAYS THREE IN GARAGE
San Francisco Merchant Gives Fatn
Ending to Beach Party.

San Francisco. Cal. September 10
William Acker. a chauffeur. and George
Kovach, Waterman in a downtown
garage, were shot and killed and Mrs.
Kate Gallagher was dangerously
wounded early to-day as the sequel
to an automobile ride to n beach re-
sort. followed by carousal in the
Sauss arrested to nieht charged ' With
the shooting.
No one but the trio that formed the
automobile party was In the garage
when the alleged slayer entered Mrs.
Gallagher was found later on the
streets. where she had fallen and be-
fore lapsing into inconsistencies de-
clared Coulson had shot her. She faint
ed before she could tell where The
shooting had taken place. but the trail
of blood she had left was traced to the
garage. where the dead men lay.
Coulson's wife was committed to a
State asylum for the insane about FIVE
years ago. Coulson tonight refused
to make any statement
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-20
4 Hideoun Plny.

\ Hideous Plny.
In curtain speech at the close Of
the second act of The Leopard's
spots" at the Academy of Music last
night, Thomas Dixon. author OF the
we'll known novel and of its very re-
cent adaptation, sought to explain his
purpose i'll presenting the play by the
really impressive announcement that
he is Southern white man and not
ashamed of anything that his people
we're compelled to do during the awful
Gays when negro domination threat
ened.
He further ingeniously amplifed his
explanation by the declaration that
our civilization would continue to
tremble in the balance until the whole
nation should be bound by the iron
laws against miscegenation that OBJ
tain in the South
And these words of description are
not used in a spirit of raillery, for Mr.
Dixon is impressive. is ingenious. brill
liant, indeed, and a man of unusual
mentality and personality. In review
of his new book, The Southerner"
printed in this paper some weeks ago,
the present writer welcomed the out
put of "a new and sobered Thomas
Dixon" realizing then. as he does now
the almost boundless capacity for good
work that this remarkable man pos
sesses.
Therefore, because of these qualities,
and because of n hope that has not
been realized-though it doubtless will
be some day-"The Leopard's Spots" Is
doubly disappointing. Mr. Dixon has
again written "at the top of his voice"
In The Clansman." he produced one
of the most absorbing melodramas of
the day. Fearful as were some of the
scenes. many of them were, and are.
living realities to-day-one In particu-
lar, which will recall itself Concern
ing the wisdom of presenting even The
Clansman," however, there can hardly
be any doubt from any standpoint, ex-
cept that of the box office. and tho
question from that point of view was
vchemently answered years ago by tho
streams of money that flowed into Mr..
DiXon's Golfers.
But in "The I.eonard'S SpotS, the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-20
VOTE DOWN ASSEMBLY.
Frank n. Way, OF New IIampshire,
President of Odd FelioMs.

Minneapolis. Mimi. September 10
The attempt of the Rebekah branch OF
tho Independent Order of Odd Fcllows
to establish general assembly, was
voted down by the sovereign Grand
Lodge to-day. The Grand Lodge re-
versed n committee decision and enact
ed legislation that will hereafter pre-
vent past grand masters from voting.
The Association Of Grand Secretaries
and Grand Sires tonight elected the
following officers:
President, Frank N. Way, New
Hampshire: vice president. a. L. Cush
man, Florida OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, c.
r. Lymann, Ohio.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-04
SLAYER'S DEATH NEAR
MURDERER OF OFFICERS IN UTAH
BATTLES DEADLY GASES.
Sheriff to Open Bulkheads Of Mines
After 48 Hours-Town Excited
Over Long Fight.

Bingham, Utah, Dec. 3.-One hun.
dred pounds OF sulphur an hour has
been burned in the Minnie mine in
an attempt to kill or smoke out Ralph
Lopez, the Mexican bandit, who has
killed five men since he became a
fugitive from justice II days ago, aft
er numbering one of his country
men.
There Is little doubt that Lopez still
is in the mine, where he has been hid.
ing since last Friday night. Sheriff
Smith said he believed the bandit was
dead, but would make sure by keep
ing up the fires of sulphur for another
day. a, ..e... .ssss. i. "a. $50. Il,
A hundred deputies remained on
guard throughout the night, but no
sound came from the mine. The last
word from the fugitive was heard
when he was heard to call family for
his former comrade and partner, Ju-
Illus Corrello. Twice he called Julio"
in voice that indicated pulmonary
trouble, but when he was answered
there was no response from within,
and II is the belief that the deadly
fumes Of sulphur and formaldehyde
have accomplished their purpose.
Only such work as has been abso-
lutely necessary has been carried on
here in the last few days and bust
ness affairs generally are at stand.
still, 80 intense has become the in.
terest In the man hunt
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-04
TWENTY.S|X ARE
BURNED TO DEATH
THREE FATALLY INJURED AND
A SCORE ARE HURT.
200 ARE CAUGHT IN FIRE TRAP
Only a Single Fire Escape in Five
Story Hotel Building in Boston
Dead Men Were Lahorers and
Were Burned to Crisp.

Boston, Dec. 3.-Twenty-six bodies
have been taken from the ruins of
the Arcade Hotel, which burned early
to-day, and three men have been ia
tally injured, and more than a score
hurt.
Nearly 200 men slept in the five
story building, many in each room on
cots for which they paid 15c and
when the fire started this morning,
they fought to reach the single fire
escape.
More than fifty naked men were
taken to the nearest police station,
and others were rescued from the
roofs of nearby buildings.
Men fought like maniacs to get
to the windows, and many jumped
to the streets below only to be killed.
One man wrapped in a mattress
around himself, and jumped into the
street, escaping with slight injuries.
1t is impossible to identify the dead.
The men were poor laborers, and
were burned to a crisp.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-04
SHOOTS MAYOR
THEN SUICIDES
ELIMINATION OF FUEo OF SEW
ERAL YEARS STANDING.
ITALIAN WOMAN IS DEPORTED
Buzz Saw Kills veteran-NeW Lake
Drive Between keokuk and Fort
observation-disclosures State Bank
at CoIfax is Closed.

Knoxville, Dec. 3.-Mayor John
Stilwell, of Hamilton, in the north
eastern part of Marion county, was
seriously wounded by Walter Mitch
ell, a would-be assassin, late yester-
day afternoon on the main street of
that town. Mitchell, believing that
he had killed Stilwell, fed to the rail-
road station, where he fired a bullet
through his brain, dying almost in
stantly. The shooting occurred with
out warning, Mitchell firing upon Still
we'll from behind. The bullet pierced
StilwelPs neck, causing wound
which may cause the death of the
towns executive. Ill feeling over
law enforcement is believed to have
prompted the attempted murder.
Sometime ago Stilwell charged Mitch
ell with attempting to dynamite his
home early in August. The alleged
dynamiting was the elimination of
feud of several years standing with
members of Hamilton gang The
Mitchell case was docketed for the
December term of court which open
ed Tuesday,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-04
CHICAGO STREET CAVES IN
THoRoUGHFARE DROPS EIGHT
FEET BELOW NORMAL.
Street Had Been Tunnelied Beneath
To Connect Easements of the
Marshall Field Stores.

Chicago, Dec. "a down town
street caved in last night for dis
lance of 200 feet just after a crowded
street car had passed over it. The
motorman felt the car sinking be-
meath him and put on full speed.
When firm ground was reached the
passengers and crew left the car and
watched the street level fall until it
was eight feet below normal.
The peculiar accident occurred on
Randolph street just west of Wabash
avenue. Excavation for the new Mar
shall Field building, which included
tunnelling beneath the street to con-
meet the basement with that of a
store across the street is believed to
have caused it.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-04
SLIDE HURLS TONS OF ROCK
GIGANTIC TREES ARE SNAPPED
LIKE TooTHPIckS.
Interior of the Golden Cycle Mine
TrembIes With Unceasing Shocks
Three Bodies Buried.

Cripple Creek, Colo, Dec. 3.-The
slide in the Golden Cycle mine con-
tinues, hurting hundreds of tons OF
rock down torn slopes to the depths
of the mine. a thousand feet below,
swapping twelve inch timbers like
toothpicks, under the terrific batter.
ing.
The interior of the mine trembles
with unceasing shocks and the rum.
bling and cracking of the ground in
and out of the mine is incessant.
Somewhere at the depth of the
mine, a thousand feet below where
they were working when the slide
started, are the bodies of Frank M
Woods, shift boss, Samuel Sorenson
and Patrick Kevany, buried under
thousands of tons of rock, grave
mound that is heaping higher hourly
Norris Eads, superintendent of the
Oxford Leasing company, employer
of the victims of the slide, with John
Caster, a miner, crawled forty feet in
to a drift amid hail of rocks and de-
bris and lowered himself hand over
hand forty feet down a rope into an
abandoned stope in the belief the
victims were there, narrowly escap
ing with his own life.
Three times State Mine Inspector
James r. Stewart, directing rescue
work, drove his crew out of the mine
running before a shower of debris
from the heights in the darkness
above.
The slide started at the third level
Monday afternoon and was continu
GUS to the ninth, filling the slopes be
meath it to the thirteenth. The en-
tire distance from the third level tc
the thirteenth is a sloping precipice
of rock and debris that moves, now
slow, now swiftly. toward the bottom
a thousand feet below. So great /!
the conclusion at times that sole
rock a hundred feet from the slide
are torn from facings
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-04
TEN DEAD IN FLOOD
THiRTY-FooT WALL OF WATER
AT Bolton, TEX.
Heavy Rain Floods Creek That Runs
Through Center Of Town and
Causes Deaths.

Bolton, Tex, Dec. 3.-Ten persons
were reported to have persisted in a
30-foot wave which came without
warning down Nolan creek before day.
break. The creek runs through the
center Of this 6ty. Fifty houses along
the creeks banks in Bolton were
swept away. In the heart of the town
Mrs. W. c. Polk and her four children
were caught asleep in their home and
drowned. Polk, carrying the fifth
child, an infant, escaped to high
ground. Five fatalities-a man, his
wife and three children-were report
ed in another family. that of camp
or. His name was not known here
When the Main street bridge in Tenn
pie, Tex, was demolished by the
wave an unidentified man was on the
structure. He was seen to go inro
the water. 1t is believed he persisted
The creeks rise was the result of a
downpour Of four hours duration.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-04
GIRLS TALE RIVALS MOVIES
Miss Hazel Payne Is Found Bound to
Rails and Is Saved From Wheels
Of Train in Nick of Time.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Dec. 3.-A
score of deputies are searching for
men mentioned by Miss Hazel Payne.
age seventeen, of Hart, Mich, who
was bound hand and foot to the Grand
Trunk railway tracks near Nunica,
Mich, and dragged off the rails just
as a mail train came pounding along
at 60 miles an hour. The girl is in a
serious condition. During her delir-
ium she mentioned several mems
names, and the deputies are quietly
rounding them up. The girl. in a
semi-conscious state, told of eating
candy while riding with man whose
name has been withheld. The police
say knockout drops were fed the
girl. Alfred Wilde, a farmer, found
Miss Payne on the tracks near Crock
cry River bridge. r --
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-04
HEAD OF MINERS
MAKES CONFESSION
PRES. UHLicH ADMITS FURNISH
ING ARMS TO STRIKERS.
SUPPLIED WITH AMMUNITION
of Confession Made
by Members of Military Commits
sion-Uhlich Was Prominent in
Conduct of the Strike.

Trinidad, Colo, Dec. 3.-Robert
Uhlich, president of the local union
of the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea, last night confessed before the
military commission to having sup
piled strikers at the Ludlow tent col
ony with arms and ammunition on
Oct 81, 1913, the day preceding the
battle of Ludlow in which one man
was killed
Announcement of this confession
was made by members of the military
commission late last night after a
lengthy typewriter statement was
said to have been obtained from him.
Uhlich, who has been very prominent
in the conduct of the strike and in
the councils of the union just prior
to the issuance of the strike call, told
the committee that he was of German
birth and unnaturalized resident of
the United States and that he would
not become naturaliZed because he
did not approve of many things for
which the American government
stands.
The commission ordered Uhlich de-
tanned indefinitely as a military pris-
" ioI lutulC dCtlOh may DO
taken in his case was not intimated
by members of the commission, nor
would the commissioners state that
Uhlich's confession duplicates any
other union officials in violent activi.
ties of the strikers.
Uhlich stated that he purchased the
munitions of war and gave them to
the men at Ludlow for defensive pur-
poses only, and that on the follow
ing day they used the arms for Of
fensive purposes. o
Uhlich is one of those union Off
cials who were indicted by the feder-
al grand jury at Pueblo Monday,
charged with violation of the Sher-
man antitrust law and with having
conspired' to restrain trade.
Uhlich further stated that he was
a deserter from the German army
istic governments. Adjutant General
Chase, at the conclusion of last
nights session of the military COM
mission, stated that Uhlich further
would be questioned concerning pos
sible unlawful activities in the strike
of other union officials.
According to General Chase, seven
ty-three miners from outside the
strike district were put to work un-
der military guard in the mines ad-
jacent to Trinidad, and he stated that
many wOrKmen We're expected in the
immediate future
Call For Sympathetic Strike.
Denver, Colo, Dec Sat a ses-
sion late last night attended by heads
of the Colorado State Federation of
Labor it was determined to issue a
call for meeting of the allied trades
unions delegates in Denver on a date
about Dec. 16 to decide upon the is
suance of call for statewide sympa-
thetic strike to aid the United. Mine
Workers of America in their. struggle
in the southern and northern Colo
RADIO coal fields. John McLennon,
member of the executive committee.
United Mine Workers of America
from district No. Is, and w. T.
Hickey, secretary of the Colorado
State Federation of Labor already
have been empowered to call the
strike.