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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-15
Clay Ward Actives
Only Twenty-one
Short at Meeting

President Farmer, of the Clay Ward
Actives. and three members showed
up Saturday at $50 o'clock upon the
occasion # the annual melting of the
club.
Had there been twenty-five members
present he election of officers FOR the
year would have taken place, and the
chances are that the present officers
would hav, been reelected.
Monroe hall, the meeting place %
the club was all lit up. Being Satur-
day night it cannot he said tina: so1ne
of the members may have been lit
up" At any rate thers were but
three In addition to the president. and
lone newspaper man, The news
paper man went down 10 the corner
into a barber shop. while Messrs.
Farmer and the three members IF the
club went into a neighboging inn and
got some coca cola.
Mr.. Farmer, who is the superFn-
tendent OF Riverside park. one of the
prettiest park in the city. which was
built at the suggestion If President
Peters, Of the common council. some
years ago, aided and ahetfei ny the
Hon Davis Bottom. sup siateudent Of
public printing, who was member &c
council FOR a long nun her Of years.
stated that he would call the club to-
gether some time between now and
the next regular meeting. If suf-
ficient number Of members asked him
to do so. go that the officers for the
coming year might be chosen.
Come over to Riverside" said Mr..
Farmer &c the gathered newspaper
man. land see the beautiful flowers
we have growing there. We have
the James flowing at our feet"
over some OF our fect," said ono
the three.
THAT reminds me-" <nid another Of
the three, "of win an I was down at
Ocean View. and my frie11 said. when
we starte to go into the sur -
Ny goodness. look how much dirt
you have on your feet 1t Is more
than / have"
But, said the other man. YOU are
older than I am"
The gathered newspaper man could
not see the poi::t. so they adjourned T.,
meet when The Clay Ward Actives GIT
together again.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-15
GET EN- FRIED TOMORROW
WITHOUT FEAR OF RESULT

Many of us-have been eating them
for weeks enjoying them greatly. all
uneon scious OF the fact that the time
had not come. Though Ignorance may
a. times be biiss--as In this case--and
though ii may he folly then TO be wise
ii does no harm to give out the inside
information now. that although Sep
tenn Der has an r. in Its name. the real
oyster season does not open until to-
morrow. Monday, September 18th. is
the date set. DO not pick us out to
ask who set that date or why they set
IL. Sufficient unto you should be the
knowledge thereof.
In order TO impress II upon lovers of
oysters IL may be we'll to repeat. The
oyster season In Virginia open Mon
day and large feet of oyster boats
at Norfolk. Portsmouth. Newport News
Hampton and other points In Tide
water Virginia Will be early on the
public oyster rocks Monday morning.
While a number OF the oyster packing
houses have been open for some time
the supply handled by these has come
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-15
COUNTY POLITICS
BADLY CONFUSED
OPPOSING TICKETS FOR COUNTY
COMMITTEE ON UNEVEN
FOOTING NUMERICALLY.

Especial to The Richmond virginian }
NORFOLK, VA, Sept. 14.--With
It's already murky sky deeply clouded
by events of last week politics in Nor
folk county is in rather more of q
muddle than ever. The failure of the
state central Democratic committee
to settle the dispute between the
Straightous and Fusionists leaves the
two tickets out for the county exc
cutive committee an uneven match as
to number and the situation is such
that politicians believe 1t cannot be
cleared except by the State commit
tee.
The Fusionists, using the 1903
Democratic gubernatorial vote as the
basis of computation, have put TWEEN
ty-four names on their ticket for the
committee. The Straightouts. who
used the 1913 presidential vote. have
on their ticket thirty names No dis
trict has an evenly matched ticket
numerically, while in some of the dis
tricts one ticket has twice as many
candidates as the other. AS 1t Is I'M
likely that either faction will carry
every district 1t seems certain that, no
matter which side carries the ma
tority of the county vote as a whole,
the contest scheduled for October 9th
viii result in the greatest confusion in
the vote for committeeman.
From the standpoint of campaign
interest the committee contest, i'm
portant as 1t would be all things being
equal bids fair TO be eciipsed by the
fight for the house of delegates Even
at that, however, 1t Is regarded likely
that the committee situation will de-
veop into a tangIe which the State
committee will have to straighten.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-15
SPECIAL SESSION
OF STATE BANKERS

| Especial to The Richmond VirEinian. }
| NORFOLK, VA, Sept 14.--Local
bankers have received notice of a spe-
cial meeting of the Virginia Bankers
association at Richmond on septem-
Der 9th for a discussion OF the Glass
currency bill now before congress.
This was decided upon at a meeting
of the executive council when a reso-
luton was adopted stating that the
bill is not accepta BILE to the banking
interests in its present form.
The resolution is as follows:
Resolved. That while recognizing
the patriotism and ability which char
acterize the currency measure now
under consideration by congress- We
desire to record our convictions that
the enactment OF the bill in its pres
ent form would not be acceptable to
the banks of this State and wouldb in
our judgment, involve the surrender
of national charters by many of the
institutions in this State: and that we
earnestly suggest that each bank. ma
tional and State. should advise our
senator's and congressman of our con-
victions and invoke their efforts to
obtain notifications, which. we be-
lieve. will be necessary to secure the
efficiency of the banking and com
mercial interests Of this State.
Resolved, That in our belief the
recon- of the recent Chi
cago meeting of representative bank
ing interests of the country furnish a
reasonable ground for the modifica-
ton of the pending currency bill and
that copies of these resolutions be
sent to our members in congress and
to he hu{ nf ia n
house committees on banking. respec-
lively"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-15
HOWARD HARTzELL
SURPRISES FRIENDS
TAKES MISS HILDA KURTZ TO
WIFE IN WASH
INGTON.

The friends of Howard NJ. p. Hart
cell. son of H. Fl. Hartzell. were sur
prised to learn of his marriage to Miss
Hilda Ray kurtz, of Philadelphia, on
Thursday Mr.. Hartzell is a young
man with many friends. VINO mad no
idea of his intention of getting mar
ried until they received the announce
ment card. He was for a long time
in charge OF the mailing department
of the Times-Dispatch. He was re-
Gently awarded legacy of considera
BILE amount. upon his becoming Of age,
and has another legacy coming to him.
Mrs. Hartzell Is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. George Kurtz. of Philadel-
phia. Mr.. Kurtz is a prosperous bust
ness man. The couple will be at
home in Philadelphia after the TWEEN
tieth OF September. at 1851 North
Percy street, Philadelphia.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-15

exclusively from private oyster
grounds. Beginning Monday oysters
can be taken from the public rocks.
The outlook is for a Plentiful supply Of
oysters this year.
The oystermen are also looking for q
good demand in view of the high price
of meats, but without A. living price,
the planters and packers say the sea-
son will not amount to much for them.
II is expected that the uniform price
Of Virginia oysters this year will be
from 81 to las per gallon Wholesale.
The oyster men say there Is no money
in the business when oysters are sold
cheaper than this and ii looks a.
though prices are liable to hold up
pretty we'll
The only market that the Virginia
oyster planters and packers have to
fear in competition with VirEiniA
oysters is Baltimore. Norfolk and
Baltimore frequently supply the sama'
sections of the country though the
most of Norfolk's oysters go into the
South while Baltimore ships north and
northwest.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-15
PARHAMSVILLE

PARHAMSVlLLE, VA, Sept IA
Miss Mabel Richardson left last week
for her school in Gloucester. Miss
Adele Richardson has accepted a
school in Lancaster county, and will
take charge of it the first of October.
Mr.. Walter II. Woodson, wife and
little son. of Marianne, Fla. have
been spending some time at
"Anatoak," the home of Mrs. w. F,
Woodward.
Mr.. Clarence Barnes, of Newport
News, and Mr.. William H. Barnes,
Jr,. OF Norfolk. have been visiting
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. III.
Barnes. Sr
Mr.. w. I. Bowles. with his wife
and children, of Newport News. were
guests recently of his sister. Mrs. w.
e. Woodward.
Miss Cornelia Potts, who has been
visiting her brother. Mr.. James A.
Potts, has returned TO her home in
Nebraska. She was accompanied
home by her niece, Mrs. ], T.. Cents
and Helen.
Messrs T. y. and J. W. Woodward
were visitors IN our midst recently.
On the afternoon of September sth
quite an enthusiastic gathering of the
representative women of West creek
meet at the schoolhouse In Parhams-
vile and organized chapter Of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy.
The chapter TO be known as the New
Kent chapter was organized by Mrs.
Walter Allen. of Richmond, whose
charming personality made a fine i'm
preston on her audience.
The following ladies were elected to
fill the various Offices: Mrs. j. p, Gar
land, president; Mrs. A. G. Farinholt.
vice president; Mrs w. B. Keys sec
rotary; Miss Lucy r. Richardson,
registrar: Mrs. w. F. Woodward, his
torian: Mrs. r. e. Apperson. treas
urer: Mrs. NJ. l.. Cottrell. historian.
We hope to make our chapter one
of the best in the State. which we
will do IL that old theft, impatience.
does not creep In and steal our good
Intentions.
A very coed play called The Suf-
fragettes' Convention was enacted at
the schsoihnuse near Lanexa on the
evening of the 5th instant. Some OF
the players were particularly good, es-
reciaily Mrs. X. NJ. Turner and Mrs.
Vernon Tayier.
Mrs. Walter Woodward and charm
ing little boy, Walter j.. will leave for
their home in Mariana. Fla, ION the
18th. The good old summer time
is getting ready to bid us goodbye The
schools are opening and our young
people are fitting away.
The farmers have had fine weather
for harvesting their fodder. of which
an abundant crop has been saved.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-15

The spot where Big Tim Sullivan
was killed was less than a mile from
Patrick Sullivan's country home on
the East Chester road.
The congressman was particularly
cheerful on the Saturday. two weeks
ago today, that his friends saw him
last. He had been to see William
b. Ellison. at 1876 broadway. Ellison,
his old friend and adviser. who has
been looking after his property He
told Mr.. Ellison that he felt much
better, that he had put on weight
and that there was lots of fun in
life after all.
He joked with his nurses and GER
tainly not one of them had any no.
ton that he was contemplating q
runaway Until late in the night he
nurses, f. J. McCioskey. Big Tim
didn't feel sleepy and they kept up
the pinochle until 3 o'clock Sunday
morning. McCIoskey dozed in his
chair When he awoke presently he
couldn't find the congressman.
That morning party of Sullvan's
friends hunted for him all over the
countryside without success. Then
the searchers sent kilograms to every
city where Big Tim had friends. They
worked quietly and the fact that the
congressman was missing didn't come
out until ten days after he left home.
At a few minutes after II this
morning, Mr. Mulligan was called by
phone from Bellevue hospital and told
that policemen there had identified
Congressman Sullivan as a body that
had just been fetched from the uptown
morgue and which was to be shipped
in a few hours to Potters field. Null
ligan drove to the hospital and instant
~ confirmed the Identification.
Rapid investigation of the police
records brought out as much of the
story of the death as anybody knows
This was that at i:45 A. NJ, on Sun
day. 31st, a switching train made
day, August 3lst, switching train
made up of an engine ana box car
which was backing into the Western
yards of the Harlem division of the
New Haven railroad. ran over Mr..
Sullivans body which was prone on
the track al the time. AS the train
backed down toward the yards the
crew made out in the glare of the
headlight what looked at first TO he
a bundle lying across the track. Then
they saw that II was a man. sleep
ing or unconscious. The engineer
tried to stop. but there was too much
Roadway The body was crushed be-
fore the train could be stopped.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-15
B0WERY HAB|TUES
Continued from First Page.)

Unknown mani why even the dogs in
the street knew Tim. They let him
lie there like tramp. He would have
been carted off to the potter's field
today. We might have been looking
for him twenty years"
And the thousands who went today
to see Sullivan felt about as Mulligan
felt.
A Wealth of Flowers.
While the crowds overlooked the
wide Bowery, boys from the florists
shops staggered up the stairs burden
ed beyond their years with enormous
patterns of flowers--crosses, shields,
wreaths, blankets, bars. These masses
Of flowers were a sigh in themselves.
They pleased Big Tins people, who
felt as If the gigantic designs were no
more than his due. From the T. d. Sui
Ivan association was a blanket of
flowers which will cover the coffin to-
morrow in old st. Patrick cathedral. in
Mott street-a great pattern ten feet
long. and six feet wide. with two
center, and two thousand white chry-
santhemums for border. The whisper
went through the crowd that the
blanket cost $1,000. There were flowers
from every Tammany leader, among
them some from Charles r. Murphy.
There were other ways in which the
Bowery showed its esteem.
Speaker Clark had arranged for a
congressional committee of twenty to
attend the funeral tomorrow morning.
A little before 10 A NJ, the body will
be taken TO old ST. Patricks on Moot
street. After the service. which will
be conducted by Monoignore Kearney.
who has been rector of the church for
half century, and who was one of the
very closest of Sullivan's friends, the
funeral procession will take its way
toward Calvary cemetery. through
Mott, Prince. Lafayette, and Kenmare
streets and the williamsburg bridge,
Kenmare street was named by Alder
man John J, White, after the Irish
X enmare from which Big Tins moth
err came. Police arrangements were
made today for the handling of an
enoromus crowd.
Tonight Mr.. Sullivan's relations and
friends held the final wake over his
body There was nothing to drink. AS
John White said. whiskey drinking be
longed TO the kind of wake that has
gone ont OF style And Big Tim was
not drinking man himself, The men
smoked and told stories about Big Tim.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-15
IMPORTED BEEF TO
REDUCE LIVING COST

WASHINGTON, Sept 14.-Fresh
beef from the south temperature zone
is now an established factor in the
import trade Of the United States
Between two and three million pounds
of fresh beef. practically all of II from
Australia and Ar@eritra tp~
the ports Of the United States in the
past three months indicating that
the imports Of the current fiscal year
VIII am cunt 10 more than two million
pounds. according 90 the bureau of
foreign and domestic economy.
Prior to 1912 the importations Of
fresh beef averaged about one-third
eff million pounds per annum. The
import prices Of tbs fo-"'c1 So@f
range from approximately seven cents
to ten cents per pound
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-15
C0UNC|LMEN TO
HAVE EASY WEEK

Councilmen will not he hard push
ed this week. There is nothing sche-
duled to take up their time today,
Tomorrow afternoon a subcommit-
tee on streets will take a look at the
Sheppard property at Roseueath road.
in order 10 acquaint themselves Of the
situation concerning the opening of an
alley At night the utilities and fl
nance committees are scheduled. In
view of the hig meeting OF the Busi-
ness Mems club nj the Jefferson audi
forum Il is likely that the committees
may adjourn until later in the week.
as members Of both branches Of cuun-
Gil have Eeen invited 10 be present at
the meeting.
other meetings viii he held during
the week as follows. Thursday after
noon, the ordinance committee VIII
meet. and On Friday afternoon sub
committee on streets Will get together,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-15
China Accepts yapan's Demands,

LONDON, Sept. 15,--The Pekin corr
respondent of the Times confirms the
report that China has accepted all OF
Japan's demands for reparation for
the murder OF Japanese at Nankin.
and other recent incidents. These In
clude a demand that Chang Hsun, the
commander of the loyal Chinese
troops ut Nankin. shall apologize to
the japanese consul there for the
murders and the insult to the flag. and
that he must also parade his troopa
before the Japanese consulate.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-15
Edward Il. Morris Dead.

NEW YORK, Sept l4,-Edward
Lyman Morris. curator of natural
sciences at the Brooklyn Museum
since 1904 was found dead this morn
ing from gas asphyxiation at his home.
42S East Twelfth street. Brooklyn.
Death was accidental. Mr.. Morris was
born at Monson. Mass. on October
%, 1870.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-15
NATIONAL CONSERVATION EXPO.
SITION, KNOXVILLE. TENN.

September I TO November 4. 1913
For this occasion Southern Railway
offers extremely low round trip fares
to Knoxville and return.
Convenient train service. Sleeping
Cars. Dining Cars
For fares. reservations and other
information. consult nearest Southern
Railway Ticket Agent. or write
s. r. BURGESS. d. p. A..
RichmonQ. Va.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-15
Where He Got Nickname.

One day about fortyfive years ago.
a seven-year Kid was walking up
the Bowery on his way TO school an
alert Irish youngster, with eyes that
took in everything along the humming
street. In front Of a saloon mar
Grand street shaggy individual was
p.liBg up empty beer kegs for the
brewery wagon to haul away The
boy saw something that made his
n,.ag non
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-15
Friend of Cookers.

Tom Foley was close friend of
Tim then. as he remained through
out both of their political careers. IT
was Big Tom who first suggested to
Big Tim that he get out OF the county
Democracy and line up with Tam
many. The idea looked good to Tim.
He turned his district over to Tam
many by crooktng forefnger. Rich
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Story Of HOld-up's
Attack Discredited
Detectives Declare Engineer Was
Not Assaulted and Robbed, as
He Said He Was.

Evidence obtained by detectives in
their investigation Of the stabbing
Thursday night Of Norman Turner.
locomotive engineer. living in DeKaIh
avenue. has convinced them that the
victim was not assaulted and robbed
by footpads. as he reported. Detec-
tives Saturday night declared that the
arrest Of the real assaiIant is likely
at any time
Detective Rosser and Cowan who
have been working on the mystery,
Saturday confronted Turner in Grady
Hospital With this evidence and ques-
toned aim. but he maintained that
his trss story Of the murderous at
tack was true
Turner was seriously wounded. the
knife blade penetrating just above the
heart but hospital physicians say he
win recover
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Insane Man Names
6 Mayors for Town
New York Drummer Held at Ashe-
Vile Also Discharged All the
City's Police Force.

ASHENILLE. y. -. Sept. 20.-After
". V. Lyons. a New York Jrevling
man, had appointed a half-dozen men
police headquarters and dismissed the
entire department. and had ordered
the local Lodge of Elks TO destroy its
charter, he was placed in "a sani-
tarium. Following an examination BY
physicians. he was adjudged insane.
He recently came to Asheyille and
bought two handsome homes. To-
day he adv ertiSed the property for
sale nj unique advertisements i'm the
newspapers Relatives had him placed
in the sanitarium.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Women Declared the Bravest
Mems Courage Held Lacking
sci +.+ res +.%
Life-Saver Dodges the Issue
HOW AUTHORITIES VIEW
WOMEN FOR COURAGE

81 have never seen a woman who,
in time Of danger, wasn't Drawer
than man while the danger last
.d."-REPRESENTATIVE MAR
TIN 3. MADDEN. OF ILLINOIS.
When il comes to physical suf-
fsrins, 4 woman is much Drawer
than man. She will endure pain
that will make a man whimper like
bsby."-mINoRITY LEADER
MANN
Some are braVe-Iike men: and
some are not-like r1en."-SPEAK-
Err CHAMP CLARK.
IT find, as a rule, men and WON
en- both are generally brave
SUPERINTENDENT KIM5ALL.
OF THE LIFE SAVING SERV-
ICE.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
BRINGS
MANY NOTABLES
HERE THIS YEAR
Senator LaFoIIette, Helen Keller
and Detective Burns on List.
Dramatic Attractions Booked.

The leeUm course fuI Atlanta ,ris
laI and winter. which viii be pU.
well under way Nttriu Tho next Jew
works vfI g.. remarkable 30 drama ,ic
e.rur sua Also Iu rho number Of fla
wuu, us, lIr 90 hriuE- South
Nut uuN via such people a- Srna-
Tor latuHrfta. Detective William !.
Eurs and Helen Keller deliver lee
lures Of nigh popular and intel &C.
trsI interest bat there viii b. fed
lures that for spectacular attractive
ness viii rival anything seen on the
thcatrtrsl stage. while the must '3tI
numbers viii he of equally high 1r-
Der.
Pres dent Bridges. Of the AIkahest
Sys ON. declares that the program Of
ten attractions this year will have
the strongest popular appeal that the
lyCcum course has ever had. The sale
If season tickets VIII 60 on sale Mon
day september 30. and continue for
four or five days. and the first number
on The program, the lecture Of Hon.
Robert VI. LaFollette, United States
nil
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Athens Postmaster
Is Ordered to Quit
Given Until September 20 to Give
Way Gracefully Before Colonel
'Jep' Rucker.

ATHENS. Sept 20 Postmaster
William Fleming was officially noti-
fed yesterday that unless he rendered
his resignation he would be auto
matically removed. This action came
as result of reports of two inspec-
tors
It is understood that Mr. Fleming
will not tender his resignation, but
viii await the appointment of his
successor
Colonel "Jep" Rucker one Of the
most popular men in the city. has
been recommended by Congressman
Tribblc for the place, and the Prosi-
dent will send his name to the SEN
ate for confirmation within few
DAYS
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
EVICTION BY WIFE HELD
EXEMPTION TO ALIM0NY

SAVANNAH. Sept. EFF man $
wife orders him to leave unless me can
nrovide. he is exempt from later legal
proceedings for almony. according To a
decision by Judge !. l. KillOrin here to
day ~
Mrs Beulah Kelly had her husband,
Curil Kelly. arrested on a charge OF
abandonment and failure 10 pay. ali
mony as ordered by court. When placed
before d judge to-day he proved she had
ordered him to leave and the court dis
missed the case
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Police Ban Goes on
Sunday Pay SLAVES
Beavers Orders All Shops, Including
Those in Exclusive Clubs. Close
All Day To-day.

Those bcwhiskered Atlantaus who
had anticipated a soothing tunsoriaI
operation on their cuuutenancos this
morning In their favorite locker club
or in some downtown hotel are SEIZED b
ulcd To- receive "a Jolt.
chief Beavers has ordered there
must be no slaves to-day, ol any
other Sunday is, no shavcs AT
10 or 20 cents per.
Tn" order was delivered to several
clubs and hotels Saturday by Police
man Ed Arthur of the Chiefs of
fee, who announced that CO. permit
pay shaNes" ON Sunday is "a violation
of the Sunday laws,
This action resulted from complaint
TO the chief by the BARRIERS Union