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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-08-15

to boys In this city, and the wish that some &C.
ton would be taken by the council to stop the
practice. and the same was referred to the
committee on license with power to act.
Moved and supported that Mayor Murphy
be selected n delegate to represent virginia
at preliminary meeting Of delegates for the
purpose Of organising = State Association of
City Officials and to be held at Minneapolis
on Thursday. August 21st, 1913. and that he
attend this convention at the expense Of the
city. - ?
Carried. s. : - : = -. :
The Palace Clothing Company was granted :
permit to remodel the front Of the building
at No. sos-s05 Chestnut street. - - Z
Application Of Harry Malcolm. blind man.
| to sell chewing gum. pencils ETC.. on the street
was granted for period OF four days. =.
The application II Angela Jankovieh to con-
duct business Of head-reading In the city Tor
! one month was denied. ss'* s;ss. S
The application Of Rivers 4 .Nurmi to erect
and maintain an electric sign with the word
Billiards" on the sign 1t No. 225 Chestnut
street, was granted and permit issued upon
approval of the electric inspector and the 500
fee turned over 70 the city treasurer. sssssss:
The Township Of Nichols stated that It had
practically completed IL portion q tie Vol
road, and desired that the city Do h share
towards opening Up tie thoroushfare. s.s=s 4:
Moved aud I'D that Tie city engines
and street eonmissioner proceed at once q
/ place the svirxinia end of tie Wolf rad b
good condition and that tie clark notify thl
Township Beard g tie aetiOn e HE council
Carried . ssss e. 1883
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Council Chamber,

Council Chamber, So .#@E
City of Virginia, MIMI. Aug. :. 1918. Is
Resolution No. 7S4. -s.~.. - Fl "a:
Resolution accepting the second approki-
mate estimate Of the city engineer in favor Of
General Contracting company on 1918 having
contract =
By Alderman Mattson. -
Resolved: BY the City Council Of tee lily
Of Virginia. That the second approximate cx-
innate Of the city engineer in favor Of Gen.
eral Contracting company for work done By
it on it, 1913 paving contract In the sum Of
six thousand, nine hundred eighty seven and
5e-1o0ths =dollars z(s.9s7.6s), be snd the same
i hereby accepted; and the city clerk be and
he hereby il authorized and directed to draw
4 warrant payable out of the proper fund
In favor Of General Contrasting company IN
the sum of $6.987,6s in payment of the same
Moved by Alderman Heritage. supported by
Alderman NOLAN. that the above resolution
be adopted. - ~.
Ayes Aldermen Heritage. Harvey. Lund-
strom. Keller. NOLAN, Mattson. McGhee, Cot
fey. Mr.. President-9. z
Nays: None.
Adopted August g.. 1918.
Approved August 18th 1913.
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Approved Angn st lit 1919. &; &.
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marrying, II she mado good: but that
Walker had left his father before mar
rying. and had had several other posi-
lions. Il knew that he wanted her
hand, but not that she wanted his"
medicine. Continuing she said that
she objected 10 the manner of the mar
rying, and that she would have helped
Betty had BETTY come to her. She de-
MED being out in the yard with a pan.
She had never had any conversation
with Betty about the marriage, and the
subject was forever disbarred.
Wanted Him 10 Out-Sct Grant.
Miss Alice Ratclife, sister OF the
bride, said that sho knew nothing of
the engagement she admitted tho
story about Offering Pcmberton so
cents il he would stay to outsit Grant.
but he wouldn't stay" she added
naively. though l didn't care a snap
tho condition of her mother when she
got home from school the afternoon
OF the wedding day. saying that she
thought her mother was dying. She
suggested that they had better get Bet
ty and Frank. She had nothing TO
do with the separation.
On cross examination tho witness
said that she did not wish her sister
we'll after the marriage because she
had not been consulted. 1T was i'm
to me-" she said, whether she
was happy or not" She said that she
didn't know where her sister was GO
ing, and didn't care.
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married her was not much In the shoot
ing Inc But She insisted on my not
leaving her alone with him / gave
her the rings in an envelope
Grant came in, ana she said, Grant.
! realize that have made IL mistake
IL l lived with you. my life would be
hell, and so would yours. do not
rove you. realize that I have put
myself In Il bad prcdicament. and YOU,
100. am Il poor girl, and I have To
work Tor my living. VIII YOU release
me-
Said He Was Through,
Grant asked that hc be allowed To
taiiS TO her alone. and I went into al
adjoining room. They were talking
wheh came back, and ne said this:
You may go wherever Won like or .t,,
III Richmond. will never come near
where YOU arc. l will never write you
Il note. and I will never want to know
where YOU are
She said. 4 am going away for thir
" days IL l write to you, will YOU
release mco'
He said. no. don't know what r
Vii 40 But YOU go wherever YOU
, ,he' ana ~ not try to find out where
you are, and ] will never annoy VOL,
one gave him the rings, ana he said to
me- SHE'S your sister, the same sister
as she was before. I'll never follow
ler or annoy her I said 7 am sorry.
VIII give YOU her address If you want
IT, She is going away because of
troub!e We shook hands and parted
An hour afterwards Mr. Wexford
came, and she told him she wanted ~
go away, and he said Il would be all
right"
Went To Pittsburgh.
lie told or how, after considering vu
flous places. they decided on the Wnds-
worths. In Pittsburgh. On the follow
ing day, accompanied by some of her
family. the girl left Richmond for
Pittsburgh. Mr.. Radcliffe said that his
sister had come to see him once at The
White sulphur Springs, and that he
mad written several letters to her.
though he never alluded to the mar
riaGc. tic said it was u sore subject
with hcr and just as embarrassing To
him. Further than that" he said at
the end, Il know nothing about the
case"
The typewritten letter sent by Mrs.
Walker TO her husband in refusal of
his advances, was shown him, and he
said IT was the first time lie had seen
1t. He said that he was At the White
sulphur Springs ON June L. tho date
on which the letter was written.
Cross examination was reserved for
this morning, and court adjourned
shortly before o'clock.
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SENT BACK RINGS
AND FANCY WORK
AFTER WEDDING
Continued from First Page.

Continued from First Pagc)
hat they thought him shiftless and an
idler, and because of a difference In
social position.
Mrs.. Arthur Bauer was recalled TO
Tho ntand when court opened in the
morning, and asked about :, telephone
message ehe had received from the
Natciife home or the night after the
iuarriage' as to Mrs. Ratclirfcs condi-
non she testified that Frank Radcliffe
telephoned her 1T $3.50 o'clock that his
mother was much worse. and might
not live through the night. She asked
that she be called on IL assistance were
i'eeded. Sho was not cross-cxamincd.
Henrd "Beautifui Doll" Solo.
Mrs. J.. H. Schlciser. another OF Grant
Walkers sisters. testified that Betty
tclcphoned TO her on tho Wednesday
before tho marriage and said that she
wanted to talk to Grant. but that she
could not do so OH the telephone she
was using. She next saw the girl at
- o'clock on the day OF the wedding
when she noticed signs Of affection
"i the part OF the couple. she said
ihat "Bctty'' said she knew she couldn't
get her clothes from home and size
asked Mrs. Schlotscr to make some for
her Mrs. Schlciscr related that while
Walker and his wife were at the for
lmer's home the young man played
oh. You Beautiful DOH" and that the
young wife remarked: Tin your beau
,iful doll, all right, but I don't know
whether | am beautiful"
The witness related further Incidents
up to the time Walker and his bride
bearded the train for Washington
When they came back In response TO
tho telegram saying that Mrs Rat
ollno was dying, Mrs. Walker asked
VINO was responsible for the missivc
II told her Frank "a brothcr) was
Il; town said the witness. and she
answered: 'Ill not leave this house
tonight. May havo a hot bath?
Then I'll go right 10 bed"
Tho witness narrated tho details OF
the visit Of the Eatcliirc btothers and
McDonald Wexford TO Walker. after
ihc hridc Ind gOmn 70 her own homo
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Walker forever. and I want YOU to
tell me what TO do He suggested that
she sec Walker; that they might try
to affect n reconciliation. She said;
NO, / never want to see him again
He has become repulsive to me- and
she said: John. will YOU take back the
rings, crocheting and fancy work he
has been bringing out to me" said
Yes Then l thought 1t better tina,
shc give the rings to him. took the
crochetinS and fancy work TO ms
Office.
Went to Sec Walker.
II went to Walkers home. ana we
went into the back parlor. I said: Il
havo come out to bring you a MESA &c
from my sister She does not love you
now. She does not want to 1.-Two with
you, and she wants to know IL you
viii release her, because she married
YOU IN haste
He said: Il would like to do any
thing that Betty wanted me to do, but
this is very hard 1 thought so, too.
He said he wanted to SEQ his sister.
Mrs. Bauer came In, and we shook
hands. Walker agreed TO Monday
morning as the time TO meet my sis
ter and ii WAS arranged for that time.
Mrs. Bauer asked If Mr.. Wexford were
4 legal adviser. and / said he was not.
but personal friend. Mr.. Wexford
saiu that we should go SLOWLY, and
things might come out all right"
Narratng his story In the order OF
its events. Mr.. Radcliffe came to Il
later time. and said:
II got a message from Walker saying
that he would like to see Betty sooner.
and we arranged it for O'Clock that
night. | went to my Office, and we
talked there until Mrs. Bauo" sug-
gestcd that we sit in the automobile,
which would be more private. Mrs.
Bauer said: We think that Betty has
been coorccd. We have IL right to get
search warrant for her.
Il told him that IL he doubted me.
there would be no use in our talking.
Then | told them Of Il young woman
who had married the wrong man and
lived with him II month. All tho time
she was corresponding with her for
MGR sweetheart. Then she got Il di-
vorce and married the man she loved.
[ told Walker about the rings and the
other things. l had the rings In my
pocket
Not In Shooting Line.
II went home. and wo had light
supper. At o'clock Walker came,
though tho engagement was for S
o'clock. Mr.. William Catlin, my broth
er-in-law. was there My sister said
To me. Walker may shoot me- and ]
told her that n man who went off and
married girl in the fashion he had
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news OF tho wedding. he said that he
heard that his mother was i'll.
II found my mother" he said, ''in a
very hysterical condition. apparently
a deranged woman. ] said to her.
Mother. Betty Is married We can't
DO anything about that at all If she
wanted to marry Grant. remember she
had tho right to do it. | am sorry |
have n sister who forgot her family.
am proud myself and I am sorry
sho got into a patched-up wedding
, like this. Any of her brothers would
have helped her" Going on to a Later
time, he said: "T got q message from
my sister Alice that mother was dying
and TO locate Frank. Betty and tho
others" He related how he arranged
TO intercept the married couple by telc-
graph.
SIet Them I'm Town.
II met them at Seventh and Broad
Streets, and ! asked them why they
had done it, and I told Grant there
would have been no objection Ii he
had done the right thing. Walker said
that he was married In that way. be-
cause of sister Alice. AS to the tele-
gram. L told them that I did what |
thought was right.
Il went to my fathers home and
saw mother lying across the bed. 7
spoke to her and got no response
Frank and Betty were talking. Frank
said: Betty, why did you do this?
Have you ever done anything TO cause
YOU 70 lose confidence In us? She said:
No lie said: You see the condition
or our mother, and want to say to
YOU now that there will never be any
happy medium II you want TO go
back to Walker, I'll take you now;
I'll take YOU at u o'clock, or I'll take
you tomorrow But there will never
DO any happy medium. 1t must be
either Walker or us The essence of
her reply was: VIII you stand by
me-?
Took or Her Rings.
He said; 4 have always stood by
YOU. and I will stand by YOU now
My Sister took off her rings and cast
them onto tho table
MY sister said: Frank. can you put
me in Il sanatorlum?' lie said: NO.
She said: Can YOU take mo to New
Orleans or to Atlanta or anywhere
so that l can get away He said: i
think I can help you. 7 don't know
any lawyers here. and I don't know
what to do He asked me If knew
any lawyers. and | said: Yes and sug-
gcsted Mcdonald Wexford. He told
OF the meeting with Mr.. Wexford. and
said that no Inducements were offered
his sister TO go away.
MY sister told Mr.. Wexford" he
went on slowly. 81 ain done with Mr..
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AFTERNOON SESSION

IN the afternoon session Or. Redd
was recalled. He denied having said
that another attack like that Mrs. Rat
cliife had might XIII her Mr. Radcliffe.
recalled. asserted that DIR. Redd had
made such Il statement.
Mrs. John Marlborough testified as TO
the condition OF Mrs. Radcliffe. She
said that Mrs Ratcliffe told her she
was crazy and that she looked as if
she were crazy, and screamed.
II. G. Nelson, grain dealer and job
her OF South Richmond. employer OF
Walter Radcliffe, said that the latter
got Il message to come home, rs his
mother was i'll, and that he let him
go. Walter Radcliffe testified TO the
same fact, and said his mother looked
as il she were crazy.
Mrs. John l.. Ratcliffe, OF o70t Ken
sington Avenue, said that she went 10
the Radcliffe home In Highland Park
with her husband, and that she helped
nurse Mrs. Ratcliffo. Sho said that she
had been invited to the wedding, but
couldn't go because she was too busy.
She did not inform any Of the members
of the family. she said Of the prospcc-
tive wedding.
Kept Her Maiden Mime.
Mrs Frederick ~ Wadsworth, Of
Pittsburgh, with whom Mrs. Walker
lived when she left home told OF
Walkers visit to his wife. They argued
so loudly that she made them go into
tho house She said that Mrs. Walker
lived In Pittsburgh under her maiden
name. She heard Mrs Walker tell her
husband not to do anything he would
be sorry for.
AS to tho lcttor In question, sho said
that IT was written by Mrs Walker at
the dictation OF a Mr.. Prtchard, a
friend OF the Wadsworth
She said that she was so situated
that she could hear everything that
passed between tho Walkers.
Did you listen?" asked Mr.. Wen
dcnburg.
Il heard 1t nll," she replied. MIR.
Wendcnburg put the question three
times In an endeavor to get IL direct
answer, and each time tho witness gave
the same answer. There wcre somo
things she couldn't remember but she
remembered the Walker conversation,
she said, because 1t was unusual.
John Radcliffe Testimony.
John Radcliffe, tho last and the star
witness of the day, sent upon tho
stand. Replying to preliminary ques-
tons. he said that In all he had lived
ut homo only two years OF his life;
that no had lived with ono relative
and another since infancy. He start
cd work for himself at tho ago OF
fourteen, and during the last three
years had been In business for him.
self. He was married on October 4,
two years ago. He had heard nothing
OF the engagement.
After telling Of tho receipt Of tho
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-11
just One Application
And the Hairs Vanish
(IIelps to Beauty.)

Here is very simple ana effective
way to Danish Objectionable hairs or
fuzz: Mix Into n stir paste enough
powdered doiatone and water to cover
tho undesirable hairs. apply, and after
about Two or three minutes remove the
paste. wash the skin and every trace
OF hair Will have vanished. This method
is quite harmless and leaves the skin
soft and spotless DO sure. however.
to get tho delatone In an original
package. otherwise It may not be OF tho
desired strength and purity.--Adver-
tisement.
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and said that she heard her sister. Mrs.
Bauer, ask If Mr.. Wexford were act
ing az counsel in tho case. Il was re-
piled, said the witness that he was
only friend Of the family. She said
that william Catlin, a brother-in-law
OF the RatcliTes, was at the wheel Of
the automobile which brought them.
SIic was not rOsS-cxamined
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-11
Perfect
biscuit
perfectly
delivered

At the grocery store
you will find many
varieties Of biscuit
baked by National
Biscuit Com pany.
E a ch v ari ETY. Of
biscuit-sWeetened
or unsWeetened-
whether known as
crackers or cookies
waters or snaps
cakes or jumbles
is the best of it's
kind.
The extensive dis
tributing service Of
the National Biscuit
Company extends
from Coast to Coast.
This ensures q con-
slant supply OF all
the perfect biscuit Of
the National Biscuit
Company being de-
livered to every part
of the nited States.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-18
MRS. GAIT COMES
 BACK WITH SUFF NEWS FROM EUROPE

New York, Aug. 18.-Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the Inter national Woman's Su1rrage League, ar rived today from Europe and was greeted by bevy of sister suffragists. She will begin the fall campaign foS' woman's suffrage in New York.
 Mrs. Catt is chairman of the cam paign committee for the seven New York societies and she will start at once the training of suffrage orators to augment the hundred or more now at work
 Mrs. Mary Garret Hay returned with Mrs. Ca.tt to undertake work in the 63 assembly districts in Greater New York.
 The fact, that the bill for the wo- man suffrage referendum has been en- dorsed by all three political parties and has once passed the legislature, is regarded as assurance that the meas ure will pass when it comes up next in 1915, but the leaders propose to take no chances of a reversal
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-18
EASTON

MT. and Mrs. Homer HubbelI and Miss Arlene HubbeI1, Mrs. s. Mallette Sanford and . daughter, Miss Clara Sanford, returned to their respective home on Sunday afternoon. having spent a week at ''Sea. ShelI'' cottage at Fairfield Beach
 Miss Lucy Sanford of Bedding, Miss Minnie o. Sherwood of this place. the Misses Susan and Mabel Edwards, and Frank Edwards Jr., Erwin P. Ed- wards of Bridgeport, have returned to their respective home, having spent a. few days at Fairfield beach at Sun ny Bank cottage. The party was chaperoned by Mrs. Frank Edwards of Bridgeport.
 MT. Charles Sanford of Bedding, spent Saturday at Sunny Bank cot .tage at Fairfield beach with friends
 John Sherwood spent Saturday out of town.
 Miss Agnes SeeIey, MT. and Mrs. Chester Hull and daughter, Lorintha Hull, started on Monday for Fairfield beach, where they will spend a week at Sea ShelI' cottage.
 Rev. A. M. Davidson, pastor of the Methodist church on Sport Hf1l took for his subject on Sunday morning, "A Letter of Philemon
 The annual Sunday School picnic of the Congregational church will be held on Tuesday at the church green at the Centre.
 MT. and Mrs William Seeley have returned to their home in Newark, N. J., having spent a few days with MT. Sport Hill.
 MT. and Mrs. Chester Hull and daughter, Miss Lor1ntha Hull of PlattsvilIe were guests on Sunday of Mrs. Harry Hull in Westport-
 State Master and Mrs. J. Arthur
  Botsford of Bethlehem returned to their respective homes on Sunday hay ing spent several days touring in Rhode Island. MT. Sherwood while there attended several field meetings held near Newport.
 Mrs. Eliza Smith is entertaining al .her home a friends from Bridgeport for a few days.
 MT. and Mrs. Robert W. Marsh of Sport Hill, Miss Agnes Seeley, MT Howard Moore of East Orange, N. J.. Miss May Randall and MT Eli God frey of Trumbun were recently enter tained at the home of MT. and Mrs. J Walker Sherwood on Sport Hill.
 The Misses Mabel and Susan Ed wards were guests on Sunday of MT. and Mrs. Harry Edwards of Jackman avenue in Stratfield.
 Miss Vera Wales of Greenfield was a visitor on Sunday of Mrs. Frank Edwards.
 Mrs. William Loper and son, Verne Loper, Mrs. Horace Wheeler, Mrs George Nichols and daughter, Miss Teresa Nichols of New York spent 2 day at the shore and enjoyed the sea breeze recently.
 The tenement house owned by Fred ericl6 Haeublein is now occupied by parties from Bridgeport who expect tc spend the remainder of the summer in town.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-18
BIG CROWD VISITED
 CONVICT SHIP SUNDAY

Yesterday brought the largest at tendance at the convict ship Success that 1t has drawn since it opened it's Bridgeport engagement
 Captain D. H. Smith, the courteous commander of the Convict Ship Sue cess which is on exhibition In this city, has presented to Mayor Wilson a piece of teak wood, taken from the ancient vessel, from which it is pro- posed to fashion a cane, to be added to a collection of upwards of 100, in possession of a friend of Mayor Will son.
 The mayor and Captain Smith be- came well acquainted when the city's chief executive formally inspected the vessel before its being thrown open for public exhibition, and since their meeting aboard the Success have had an opportunity to renew their ac- quaintance- several times.
 Captain Smith, it may be recaIIed, presented to Mayor Wilson, when he first visited the vessel, a souvenir in the form of an ash tray fashioned from the copper that originally cov- cred the hull of the vessel. In a subsequent conversation of the merits of the work of the ship builders who constructed the Success, the durabi1- ity of the teak wood from which the vessel is made was discussed.
 s Captain Smith suggested that a cane
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-18
UNRUtY AUTO KEEPS
 GOING FOR FOUR HOURS
 TILL BATTERY DIES OUT

Huntington, Ind, Aug. 1s.-Mrs. J. w. CasweH and daughter, Miss Mary, were driving in their electric runabout yesterday, but when they got ready to stop, the machine kept right on. So they went along with the car, trying vainly%to bring it to a standsti1l. They grew tired of the enforced ride and heading the electric up a steep hill, Miss Caswe11 applied the brakes and reduced the speed so that her mother could jump out She te4ephoned her husband to head off the machine and when the girl drove up the hill again he hoped in and the girl jumped out, MT. Caswen taking turn in the run away He drove up one street and down another. Dinner time came and passed and still the car rolled merrily on.
 After about four hours the battery was exhausted and the car added in- suit to injury by dying on the out skirts of the town, making MT. Cas- we'll walk several blocks to his home.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-18
U. s. WARSHlP
 TONED BY TUG IN
 ASlATIC TYPHOON

Hong Kong, Aug 1s.-A typhoon which ragged here yesterday attained a velocity of 105 miles an hour and when 1t was at it's height caused the gun boat Wilmington, attached to the 3rd division of the United States Asiatic fleet, to fire signals of distress. A tueE lowed the warship to shelter.
 When the typhoon was moderated, the British destroyer Otter steamed out of the harbor in search of the pleasure yacht Truy which had on board the officers of the British receiv- ing ship Tamar. The officers were safely landed by the destroyer .bor foundered3