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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09
FRANTIC EFFORTS
TO COMPLETE WORK
Arrangements Almost in Shape
tor Better Acquaintance Week.
Beginning Monday.
EXPECT BIG CROWDS HERE
Indications Are That Three
Thousand Retail Merchants
Will Attend Celebration.
EXPECT BIG CROWDS HERE

The working committee of Better
Acquaintance Week." recently appoint
ed by the Trade Extension Bureau of
the Chamber OF Commerce, is heau
over heels in plotting out the arrange
ments for the greatest trade and COM
mercial celebration that has ever been
engineered in Richmond. With the
knowledge that the visiting retail
merchants VIII begin arriving I'm
droves early Monday morning. the
committee is spurred on to renewed
cndeavors. and there will be no rest
ior the weary committeeman until the
bell rings neat Saturday night at mid :
night.
To-day II. F. Smith. of the Trade
Extension Bureau, will begin the dis.
trlbution of distinctive badges which
nave been provided for the executive
committee, the reception committee
and the visiting merchants. The
badges will contain almost the same
lettering. but those given to the 1--WE
executive committeeman will be red
IN color, those given the reception
committee will he blue, while those
pinned on the visitors will be white
The only difference In the lettering on
the badges will be at the top, where
the words executive committee
reception committee" and visiting
merchant will appear, rs the case
may be.
The badges Will be marked rs fol-
lows: Executive committee. Better
Acquaintance Week. Richmond. the
marketplace of the South. August,
1913. Trade Extension Bureau of the
Chamber OF Commerce.
Thousands Coming.
There are more thar. 200 members
Of the reception committee who will
receive badges. but only five men will
be honorcd with ihe red executive COM
mittce cmblcms-W. b. Broaddus
chairman; L. E. Sydnor. a. II. Felthaus,
Alvin Smith, and w. Il. Dabncy.
This committee, with the assistance
OF II. +. smith who has accomplished
tho clerical and advertising work, has
done all the vast amount of schcming
necessary to engineer such n celebra :
ton as Richmond will stage next
week. 1t Is universally admitted TO
be the biggest commercial and imam
cial benefit that this city mas ever
received
Al conservative estimate. between
$500 and 5000 representative retail
merchants from the Southern states
Week." eacn OF them coming TO buy
goods and TO enjoy a week Of enter
tainment as the guest of the city OF
Richmond. Tho city will be turned
over to them and Richmond's busi-
ness men have united TO give the
visitors the best there is To be had.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09
READY FOR CHANGE
IN PARCEL POST
Lower Rates and Higher Weight
Limit to Become Effective
on August Is.

Postmaster Edgar Allan, Jr, is maxi
ing preparations to handle the in
creased parcel post business which Is
expected to flow into the local post
office when the restrictions on this class
of mail matter are removed and the
reforms go into effect on August TO-.
Congress has been unable to block the
sweeping reforms planned by PoStmaS-
ter-General Burleson, and the new or
der of things will become general on
the date originally fixed by Mr.. Burle-
son. The department in Washington
has equipped Mr.. Allan with the neces-
sary instructions regarding the new
rules.
After August Is the old first zone Of
the parcel post system will be abol-
ished and the radius of nifty miles. for
merly comprised in this zone, merged
in the original local zone. In this way
parcels may he mailed from Richmond
after August Is To any station within
Il radius OF fifty iniles of this city for
the postage formerly required on par
ccis for city delivery. The rate for
the new ffty-mile zone Will be cents
for the first pound and cent for each
two additional pounds.
At the same time the old rates for
parcels to be delivered within the sec
end zone. radius of $50 miles, are
greatly lowered. After August ID par
GELS for delivery within $50 miles of
Richmond can be mailed from Rich
mond ut the following rate OF postage:
cents for the first pound and ! cent
for each additional pound, which is
only slightly higher than the rate for
the new fist zone. The rate for the
second zone Al the present time is s
cents for the first pound and cents
for each additional pound.
The most telling reform of ALL how
ever, is in connection with the weight
limit of parcels sent by parcel post
After August > the weight limit will
he raised from eleven pounds to TWEEN
~. The size OF the parcel is still linn
tied to combined girth and length
measurement of sevcnty-two inches
Any kind Of stamp can be placed on
packages for mailing by parcel post
and packages can be mailed at all
postal stations and the main post
Office They should not be dropped in
the street mail boxes.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09
SUCCESS ATTENDS
FRESH AIR CAMP
Salvation Army Officials Greatly
Interested in Experiment Con-
Quoted by Local Branch.

Considerable interest is taken in
S'hNation Army headquarters over the
success OF The fresh air camp which
the Local branch has established at
brcwrys B.un. Chesterfield County.
Nlchmond is the oniy city in the South
that is carrying on this work. ana
iilSadicr William Escott. OF Ralt,
more has been ordered hy the sal
Vail"n Army leaders to come here TO
morrow ana Monday To- ins1cct the
camp ana it's system of management
he camp was opened on June 81.
and vas an Immediate success IL
was established In order that moor
mothers and babies or elderly persons
VINO are SICK or iniirm could sc, two
weeks vacation in the country. Tn,
army mas secured two acres OF land,
Wen covered with health giving mines
ana mas ioG' good sized buildings tina,
ar" used ms sleeping quarters, dining.
room ana Kitchen
All TIA" ne."ssarics OF life arc fu,,.
hishcd nee, ana the local officers hav,
made II point 10 give as many moo,
mothers and babies relief from IN,
not city weather as IS possibl. Ia,
their limited means To date ~;
mothers and children have bccu ac
commodated but before the cna .,
me summer, II is expected that NOR,
than 800 VIII be cared for The highe,
"ncials are greatly Interested in tn,
experiment. as trcrc are only oicbt
! such places maintained bv the SALIVA.
: lon Army In tho East and South
Hrieadicr Escott win reach this cit,
N time 10 speak at the open air meet.
Inc at Byrd Park to-morrow aft.r
noon at 3;45 o'clock.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09

inc winter in the form or many
nickels.
Free motion pictures are regular
features OF many municipal parks IN
me North and Middle West. The en-
ter'aihinent Is comparatively inexpen-
siVe. and Is adapted TO serving large
audiences at single exhibitions In
richmond Father Byrd will 40 into tho
moving picture business next week for
he first time.
In each OF the four parks in which
exhibitions Will be given. gently
siopinS hillaides will AFFORD natural
amphitheatrcs for viewing the pic-
lures The brcezes that blow from the
'ames "ill take the place of the faded
air mat blows from electric fans. and
there Will be no millinery display In
front to mar the view
But best Of all. from the standpoint
OF the small boy and his sister. will
De me fact that there will be no ogre
at brass raj to demand ona's ticket
likewise there VIII be absent the Fat
woman, perspiring from n tolr OF tho
shops. VINO comes in just when Harold
piuhgcs into the burning building
10 save Alice. who has remained
braveiy at the switchboard until all.
all have been warned. and looks cold
u"sgers at you until you rise reluct-
antiy and let her by. One will Just
stretch out full length on the grass
ana wait for the drama to unpcel
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09
OLD WOMAN'S CASE
OFFERS PUZZLE
Aged Stranger at City Home
From Los Angeles, Cal. Says
She Is Mrs. A. H. Hoagland.

officials at the City Home for the
the strange case OF an aged woman
who is being cared for there. She
speaks but little. declaring sho does
not know anything. DIR. NJ. T.. Tore
name and few facts concerning her
self
She said she was Mrs Anna II. Hoag-
here from her home in Los Angeles.
Cal. to visit Il brother. After her ar
rival she was told. according to her
story, that her brother was in an asy-
lum Who told her this she would
not or could not say. Neither did she
give her brothers name. She arrived
here by way of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway last Thursday.
She wandered to First and Broad
Streets, where she was found in an
almost helpless condition. \ citizen
attempted TO be of service TO her. but
he found that she had no home here
and notified the City Home, where she
was taken.
Mrs. Hoagland told DIR. Torregrosa
she had been stopping at an address
in East Franklin Street, but inquiry
proved this to be erroneous She said
she mad one son, Robert II. Hoagland
of Los Angeles. The police will prob
ably be called upon to investigate the
case
few papers in the possession of
Mrs. lioaSland show that she has wan
dcrcd over much OF the country She
is not believed to have any money.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09
AUTOS IN CRASH.
Running Forty-Five Miles mn
Hour Come Together IIend-On.

Especial to The Times Dispatch
Winchester, Va. August S-Two non
dcrous automobiles. one driven by Abc
Miller. Of Martinsburg. Va. and the
other by Winchester chauffeur while
making forty-1ve miles an hour.
crashed and were almost demolished
early to-day near Clearbrook This
county All the occupants were hurled
headlong from the cars, landing on
either side OF the road, while Edna
Easily, young white woman of Mar
tinsburg. was thrown among n nile
OF lumber, sustaining several fractured
ribs. cuts, bruises and internal injuries.
Five people occupied Miller's car. while
the other was crowded with United
States cavalrymen returning here from
a jaunt to Martinsburg The Easily
woman was rushed to Winchester Me-
mortal Hospital. MilIer's party re :
turned here with the soldiers. and n
street fight ensued. which was broken
up by policemen after a revolver had
been shot
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09
STOLEN STAMPS ror~p.
Thief Had placed Quilted states Prop
crtN La Tohnrcn Lnrn.

Especial 10 The Tinles-Dispatch.
Winston-Salcu. y O. August S.
Stamps amounting to 81 26S %. stolen
from The iIcruersville post-ofiice on
the night OF June last were found
in a tobacco barn, located three quar-
iors 81 = milo from the Kernersville
post-onice, and on the land Of W s
Lincvllle, father % the Kornersville
postmaster Henry Gordon. who Is a
tenant on the farm belonging 10 Mr..
Linyillc went I'm the tobacco barn TO
remove some tobacco sticks and get
the barn in readiness for curing a barn
of tho weed In removing large
lunch Of sticks from the lower tier the
stamps hesan falling on his head in
large quantities lie gathered them
up and when al we're counted II was
discovered that one l0-cent stamp was
the only one not recovered from the
robbery
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09
WANT NO POLITICS
Fork Union Farmers Condemn Action
or Stntc EXccutIve Committee

o'N tNtoh Farmers Condemn Action
OF State Executive Committee.
The Fork Union branch of the Vir-
ginia Farmers Educational and Co
operative Union mas adopted resolu-
tons CONCERNING the action of the
executive board Of that orgcr!zatior
Tor the state Of Virginia in indorsing
one of the candidates for Commits
sioncr of Agriculture In the recent
Democratic primary. The action is
declared to nav; been inmical to the
best interests of tho Farmers Union
In that it Introduces the question of
partisan politics.
The resolutions set forth that
every one should he left free and un-
trammelcd 60 vote as he may see TT:
that 1T is basic principle of the or
der TO avoid political debate and ac-
tlon as an organization; that the cir
cular conveying the action was sent
out very shortly before the primary OF
August ., without time to have an OK
preston Of opinions from the various
local unions. and that the DISRUPTION
OF the Farmers Alliance In Virginia
came through the Introduction OF par
tisan politics
III" resolutions are signed by 7 Y.
Undcrhill, y. l.. Melton ana n !
Sncad as committee.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09
FREE MOVIES IN PARKS TO
HEAL PAIN OF ABSENT NICKEL
No Fat Women With Big Hats to Mar Joy of Small
Boy and Sister, Who Will Lie on Grass
and Watch Drama IInnee

The nickel is the day Iaborer I'm the
national currency systematic veriest
piebeian among Caucasion coins--but
It's absence stands often between the
small boy and his sister and happiness
with 1t one can buy ones way into
palaces OF plaster of Paris and marble.
and watch the whole drama Of human
lie unpcel itself on white curtain.
without 1T one can only stay on the
outside and watch the pretty ticket
seller.
Eut next week 1t Will be different.
for the city of Richmond, by gift. pur-
chase. condemnation or otherwise. has
acquired moving picture machine.
ana the Administrative Board proposes
TO rig IL up in the public parks and give
free exhibitions. Yesterday tho board
ordered the City Electrician to put the
moving picture outfit in proper con-
dition for use in the parks ut night,
and directed Electrical Inspector
to wind the reels
Inspector Bowry says he knows "A
man who Will come on exhibition nights
to wind the reels free gratis FOR moth
ing, just for the Joy of seeing the kids
crow. The board thought the idea was
capital. and inserted provision in
yesterdays order that the reel windcr
shall serve without compensation.
The date and place OF exhibitions
will be announced later 1t is planned
20 open some time next week AT Chin
boraZo Park--probably on the same
evening when the band plays there.
The moving picture OUTFIT will move in
rotation to Washington. Riverside and
William Byrd Parks. 1t is planned to
give the motion picture entertainment
only in these four parks situated as
they are in the four wards OF the city.
The motion picture theatres have
taken kindly to the idca> and have
agreed to lend the city iilDs free of
charge Several OF the leading theatres
have Undertaken To provide the reels
and TO shoulder Jointly the problem
OF making UP tho program. The ar
ranSemcnt has both an altruistic and
commercial end for the free exhibit
tons. given under ideal conditions in
the open, Will plant the moving pic :
ture seed. which VIII bear fruit IN
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09
'PITCHFORKING' CONDUCTORS
senator Tiilman Clnshes With street
Chr COmmander mud Tnkcn Number

Washington. August s.-Senator Till
man, OF South Carolina. Is the latest
national legislator to clash with A
street car conductor. and to-day he was
engaged In cooling or" as he ex
pressed It, before determining whether
he would file charges against the man.
Within the past few weeks Represen
tative Sisson. OF mississippi, and Rem
tescntative buchanan. OF Illinois have
clashcd with conductors on Pennsyl-
Vania Avenue street cars.
II TINS keeps up said a Senator to-
day, laughinely, well have to organize
the Solons street Car Society for Con-
ductor Chasing. II seems about to be-
come the most popular summer sport
with Congress"
Senator Tillman. with Mrs Tillman.
boarded a car at the Capitol to ride to
their home. He pronered his tickets
while standing on the step and ac-
Cording TO his account. the conductor
ordered him on TO the platform IN an
abrupt and discourteous manner" The
clash followed. and the Senator took
the mans name and number. The con-
ductor to-day denied that he had been
or Intended to be discourteous or
abrupt.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09
YEGGMEN IN BATTLE.
one-Lcgged Mnn Dend md Another
Crook In Hospital.
Especial to The Times. DISPATCH.

Especial TO The Times Dispatch.J
Winchester. Va August S.-A one
legged yegRman's body is In the morgue
at Charlestown, w Va. and Harry
Grecnwalt. alias The Kid" is dying
tonight in n hospital. there with his
cut from ear to ear and wind
pipe severed. the result OF battle with
knives between Greenwalt and other
yeggmen early to-day. The dead man
has not been Identified.
Descriptions of those who escaped
have been telegraphcd over the East,
as they are suspected of being mem
bers Of gang which has perpetrated
numerous robbcries and hold-ups re-
Gently. The one-legged mans throat
was ripped open with a pocketknife,
which was found nearby. Greenwalt,
who weighs scarcely ninety pounds,
has been In several penitentiaries. and
is regarded as dangerous person to
deal with. His former wife, now Mrs
Max Mackenzie. and two daughters live
here.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09
HELD FOR TAKING
10. i. A. M. FUNDS
]. A. Mallory Sent to Grand Jury,
Charged With Robbing
Jefferson Council.

j A. Mallory. Of 200 South Cherry
Street, was held for grand jury action
yesterday morning in Police Court on
the charge Of embczzling funds of JEFF
fcrson Council. No. %. Junior Order
OF United American Mechanics. lie is
accused in three warrants OF stealing
IN aggregate sum of $3.50.
Mallory for n long While was chair
man Cf the board of trustees of the
council, and in this Office he handled
funds OF the order Peter Crew
treasurer Of the council, testified that
lie had frequently given Mallory va
rious sums to deposit in bank, but the
banks ngurcs showed 4 discrepancy
in the deposits made by Mallory and
the amounts given him by Crew.
Charles Y. Norris counsel for NAL
Tory, declared the case one for civil
action, stating that Mallory had Sc
cured the council with negotiable
notes, which had been accepted as sat
isfactory.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09

Washington. ID. G., August S.-The
Interstate Commerce Commission to-
day refused to establish "a carload
rating on cotton piece goods origi-
mating in New England and in the
south from points on the Mississippi
River To points on the Missouri River.
Ii was held by the commission that TO
grant the prayer Of the complainant
mills would he TO throw out of bal
ancc the relation between rates on this
important commodity in all parts OF
the country"
The present any quantity rate" OF 35
cents 100 pounds on cotton piece goods
originating in New England and in the
south to destinations between the Mis-
sippi and Missouri Rivers was reduced
To 80 cents
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09
IMPROVE HULL STREET
Hoard requests Telephone Company to
Take Up Question of Overhead Wires

The Administrative Board yesterday
addressed Il letter to the manager oe
the chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
company. requesting him to take up
al once the question of replacing over
mead construction in Hull Street with
underground conduits. as the city con-
templates repaving Hull Street within
the next year
nun street viii be the main artery
OF traihc TO the new Mayo bridge and
its early Improvement is now occupy
ing the attention of the board Con-
dcmnation proceedings now under way
Will result In widening the northern
end OF the street, where II forms the
approach TO the bridge. Extensive re-
paving plans are being considered az
we'll as other public improvements
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09

I~DecluI % INe IImcs- HlspNtCN.
Bristol MA, August S-An or
der in hcu of the original order ahol-
ishing the Bristol, Va. post Office has
been issued by the department. fixing
September 80 as the date for closing
the office. This. however is understood
10 be subject 10 the result of a second
inspection. recently ordered The Viz
giIians express confidence that Prosi
dent Wilson Win direct tie department
10 retain the Office
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09
FORTY YEARS A CONDUCTOR.
In All That Time Captain RodrIcIS
Never Had Passenger Killed.
ISpccial I a. The Times

lSpcclal TO Inc lltneS- DiSpa tch.
Captain Jacob Rodrick, the veteran
conductor on the Baltimore and Ohio
passenger train running between Lex
lngton and liarrisonburg, retired last
week from active service. after having
spent more than forty years rs a pas
scnSer conductor. He enjoys the dis
tinction of never having had a passcn-
ger killed on his train in all that time
lie received many testimonials from
officials and others with whom he had
served. He leaves the road and re-
tires from active duties with the good
VIII of thousands of patrons of the
road and the travelling public. lie
lives in LeXinEton.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09
Negroes Taken to pcnitcnt,,rx

To begin their terms in the peniten-
t,ary. Charles Herman and James Dawes.
10th colored, were taken from the Hen
rico County Jail yesterday afternoon.
Herman was sentenced at the last term
o. the court to serve three years for
burglary. while Dawes will do five
year term for murderous assault
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09
CAUGHT AFTER CHASE
Messengers Cnusc Excitement In Brond
StrccL by GnniIrimE linrhcr.

Street by Capturing Bnrbcr.
After an exciting chase in Broad
street, between seventh and Eighth.
early last night Jesse Bull, young
barber. was caught by three messcn-
ger boys and turned over TO Patrolman
Akers, who was told the prisoner had
stolen a bicycle He was accused of
the theft by Edward PeaslcN.
Peasley was in moving picture
theatre when two OF his friends went
IN and told him a man had just ridden
of on his bicycle, which he had left
at the curb The three ran INTO the
street and Bull was pointed out as
the alleged thief When he saw the
boys approach he started TO run, but
was caught before he had gone far
and turned over to A<crs. Bull denied
the theft
Though brief. the chase attracted a
large and curious crowd
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09
RnIiey EIcctrocufrd.

benjamin Bailey, colored, was cleo
trocuted at the State Pcnitentiary yes
'erday morning. He was thirty years
OF age, and was convicted in Fairfax
County of making n criminal assault
on seven -year-old girl.
William Glinn. Norfolk negro was
e'ectrocuted for murder last Wednesday
morning
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09
WHISKEY SEIZED
Federal Agents Capture Three Barrels
of UnStnmpcL Liuuor.

of Unstnmpcd Liquor.
lhree barrels of unstampod corn
"hiskey, being conveyed along the
ROAD IN wagon, were seized on the
night of August 5, near Wadesboro,
FRANKLIN County, Sixth District of Vir-
ginia, by Deputy Collector j. S. Ash
worth and Special Employee w. A. Jolly,
OF the United states Internal Revenue
service The wagon was driven by n
negro boy. Dock Hale. who was cap
tured by the raiders and brought be-
fore the United States commissioner
at Rocky Mount. Va. He was remand
cd to Jail in default of bail until his
trial. on August 16. The officers are
searching for the Illicit still from
which the three barrels of unstamped
corn whlskeS were being brought
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09

Building permits were issued yester-
day as follows:
Woodward X Sons. to erect a frame
lumber shed on the south side OF Third
Street between stockton and Everett
Streets, South Richmond, At cost of
$4,000.
w w. Rowe, TO repair two-story
brick dwelling at COS North Seventh
street. al a cost of SlSh.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09

Weston Taylor, James Tyson ana
George Bell, Young negroes, were ar
rested Yesterday hN Mounted Police
man Smallwood on the charge of being
fugitNcs from North Carolina. where
they arc believed to bc wanted for
ail-hreaking When Sell was searched
razor was found in his possession
The additional charge Of carrying a
concealed weapon was lodged against
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09
Knocked Down by Milk wagon.

Frcdcrick HOIIinEer, tiflY-SiX years
old. metalworker Of llU9 lakewood
Avenue WAS knocked down and slight
~ hurt early last might by u wagon
OF prirkard Brothers, dairymen. at
Williamsb urg go 'AveMue and Lester
streets. ll.i lirrser, who was bruised.
was assisted to a. carriage and taken
70 his home. The wagon was being
ariNcn hN Andrew nnrnmns