The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-08
HALL OUTLINES
FORESTRY PLANS
Will Curtail Extent OF Fires by
Establishing Telephone and
Fire Alarm Service.
MRS. TURNER LOSES CASE
Supreme Court Rcvcrscs Verdict
OF Lower Court III Insurance
Company suit.
MRS. TURNER LOSES CASE
Especial to The Times-uispatch.l

OF Tie United states department OF
Agriculture with regard 10 the 20
tomac. Shenandoah ana Massanuttcn
Mountain areas. we've outlined by AS
sistant Forester William l. Hall who
has returned to Washington after
spection through the Shenandoah area
i'll Rockingham. Augusta, Highland
and pcrilcton Counties. lie was ac-
companicd on the tour by Forest t.H-
nmincr :. ii. Marsh, OF Harrisonhurg.
who is III charge OF the Shenandoah
reserve
The governments plans include pro
lection of the Watersheds If naNiga-
bic streams. the building 81 roads the
preservation Of timber land, and the
education! q the peoplc in conScrva-
ton. Mr.. Hall found that much val
liable timber has been dcstrOy ed by
fires. and the growth has been aDSo-
| iutclY wiped out over large arons.
! The soil has been much injured by the
burning we hope III time" said Ms.
HAIL Ito establish co-opcrative FIRE
protection. and We arc already at
! tempting il in some sections in con
nection with states and localities"
He stated that in time to come. vhcr
| the national forests have hccn prop
"ily cared for tho government viii
realize handHCmc profits trom tho sllc
OF timber whore il can bc spared,
The shenandoah area alone now con-
tains about $4,000 acres OF land. and
II Ia expected that IT VIII De iacrca s.d
10 10000 acres. In addition TO tho
counties already referred to. tho GOV
'rnincnt nov owns forest reserve land
IN all other counties Of III. lower
Shcna ndoal Nailo! tho Page Nalloy
ami in the ncighborins counties Of
West Virginia, The l.ttcr ccr;ninC Il
portion OF the Potomac River water
shed The government V III build many
niles OF roads through tie land. ana
'ncrc VIII be q tclcphon. and IRE
alarm service. ono OF The great aims
on The For, strY Division. said Nj.
HAL IS TO control forest growth. so
rs 10 proven, the washing Of the soil
i"to streams This tendency is not 50
I.t"I IN TINS section as ia ,nany
"thcr*' out the loss Is large
Loses tnse In Court
Mrs. Harriet Turner az Washirn,on
mas lost Il case In the Virginia SUI
pfehe Cour, OF Appeals. which has nj
'ra'ted Widespread interest because
OF several nnc points OF la,v helnc. in
vowed. The Lcudoun Mutual Insur-
ny CpMPany refused 10 pay claim
"i Sl.o"o after hcl house II, C,,,rrr
County had beer. dostroynd ~, ~,
,ne grounds That there wac a sma,l
i'ch on the property al thc time an
pHcatlon was made for iusuranc. al
thonSh II Was admitted mat The lien
haa been poId of long p-fure tho ~.
| occurred The company also contend
,hat the Insurance premium had
i'"t pe'h paid Counsel for Mrs. 1'ur-
ncr showed that tile notice Of ,t.
premium being due had been m,Ucd
on postalcard from Waterford u.
|" Blucmont Va. that Mr.. v,,,,o,
''d gone 90 Washington IN IN, n,a,,
'i''e' AN" that. ON account OF Tho No
nee not having been sent as 0rs,
cMiSs mail matter. tho postmaster =,
''iueihoht could not forward the snn,c
- .uiE IN the Circuit Court OF Clark.
a""i'E SaE. Judgment in favor OF Nr.
Lurhcr. hu, IL Was reversed H.,
court Of Appeals
3lttIng against Il tree near,bo l,,,
"oFkS thrown up BY tho Coufednr.,,.
;Ni,nS before the battle OF Fisher. IIiu
M " century ago Boyd Hum ,I,ir,,
vars ola former trooper Of
ny" states Army. fired three
'ui'StS from q - -calihro corr ar,,,,-
, revolver INTO his left breast nc,r ~,
( H'"f' an" d!cd Instantly He ,yos
son OF the late George T. HUM. avn -
survived by his mother and one brotho,
II Is Said he recently had = quarrel vim
marry 20
indictments Against Iiouor Seller
AZ special term Of tho Circuit com,
ol Hhcnandoah County. held at Wood .
Stock by Judge Il w. Istrrison, or
M'nchester. the grand Jury found in
",t''!chts AGAINST David Iiiscy, MGR
chant, OF Calvary. for selling intoxI
catins mixtures, and against j. C. RurlI-
h"ldef. Of New Market, for selling ar
ucht spirits and other jntoyicatino
drinks. Al the las. term of co,,ri
nurNholner appeared as defendant ana
won Il case brought against him by \
/ PITTSBURGH insurance company, which
refused 10 pay policy. allc-inp th,t
Hnfhholdcr had committed arson Tn,
case OF Key. :. Il. Cbubb. pastor of The
United Brethren Church AT Edinburo.
against the Southern Railway. claim
ing damages for alleged injuries on the
railroad tracks at Edinburs in Noveni-
bcr. 1912, has been taken up nj the
present term.
highly interesting lecture on
Types OF South American Republics
ana Their Relation TO tho United
states was delivered on Thursday
evening by Or. James A. Bardin, of the
University OF Virginia. under the au-
spices OF the Mems Club OF Christ
Protestant Episcopal Church, of Win
chester. Ills lecture was based on per
sonal observations while travelling in
The South American countries last year
McFarInnd fOnfcsses TO Robbery.
the January term OF the United states
Court for the the Western District Of vir-
Dan" Mcfarland called for officers in
the liarrisonburg Jail this week after
Judge Mcdowell had adjourned court
for the term. and confessed that he had
robbed the post office and Cumberland
valley 't:lilroad station at Clearbrook.
t'redcrick County on the night Of June
!: 1910, in company with a man named
MOTIFS ana several others whom they
met there by chance. the latter parties
having gone TO Clearhrook for the same
purpose. Judge Mcdowell rcconvcncd
court and gave Mcfarland two years in
the M9undsviile CIV. Na) pcnitent,ry.
Mcfarland. who is forty-thrco years
old IL declared 10y post Office inspcc-
tors 10 be one Of tho most notorious
and desperate professional yeggmcn in
the United states. and has spent over
twenty years In various prisons Oni-
GERS say he has cracked safes and
pulled off similar jobs on three CONT
ncntS. He was recently arrested upon
leaving the philadelphia penitentiary.
where he served IL term for attempting
to rob a man in Broad Street station
after having been paroled. Morris is
still u fugitive. but is being sought.
Another companion. named Dent. is