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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-08

fully elated went wharfward. six
young gentlemen were sporting clus-
tiers OF sweet peas fastened 10 their
1apels by purple Glass-headed pins.
IT bet they are going to give them
to the ones they dance with"
The pretty girl in white who said II
10 the pretty girl in blue as they
promenaded the deck made her proph-
ecy with the assurance Of one who
expects TO find herself wearing sweet
peas on the trip home.
That's the way the money goes"
The man who sermoniZed looked as il
u wouldn't have ruined him to have
bought "A bunch of posies for the shirt
WASTED wife who sat on camp stool
while he took comfort in the armchair
she had nabbed for him-but the boys.
They were In for good time long
as the money lasted And whether they
noticed that the flower man looked
pallid enough to be in bed with doc
tor coming every day. or whether they
business Of burning dimes they. each.
had helped A fellow a little way
toward earning his daily bread.
And that counts for A heap.
woman packed "A hat box full of odds
and ends and registered il at "A branch
ofice-uever mind where Next morning
she was notified BY the city postmaster
thar the package was unavailable and
please call AT window-never mind tn,
number.
When she reported she found that hel
box had been condemned unsea worthy
Its pasteboard bulk listed from an over
largo of candy and other etceteras
slowed in it's HOLLAND maybe the woman
wasn't ashamed.
The clerk asked for the registry re
ceipt The woman had not brought II
Che was sorry would this afternoon do
The clerk assented with kindly toler
ance.
and IL can't get back this afternoon
will tomorrow do
The clerk said IL would be all right. ST
she brought the receipt next morning
and the clerk got out the box and wrote
things all over the lid and peppered II
with rubber stamp. Then the woman
signed her name.
will the same stamps do. if l reinforce
the box"
The clerk said she had better take thu
messenger she had engaged lugged the
a second clerk studied the box-lid situa
zion. wrote more editorial paragraphs
illustrated with stamp-glyphs end direct
ed the woman TO another window.
The third clerk in the series took a.
much official care with that wobbly old boz
as IL il had been Welis-Fargo con
signment with big money at stake Bu
with all his zeal. well-he sure was one
forbearing young man. which made the
woman that much more ashamed
He read the two editorial issues on tn,
~, figured out the stamp puzzles, tool
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-08

window. took a non-committal look at
the box. whispered something to the
clerk, and went back TO where he came
from Then the clerk wrote something
on a yellow card rubber stamped II. went
off for final interview with higher pow
ers. and came back to tell the woman
she could have the box Grated SO as not
TO hide the lid and she would only have
to pay for extra postage
But be careful not to let it weigh
more than eleven pounds"
And II really hurt the woman to feel
that she had to be cautioned as If she
was foolish enough TO make second
mistake
So the messenger lugged the box back
across the way and a dear boy rein
forced it so beautifully that ii looked
like a work of art
When the messenger carted 1t to the
parcel post window next morning the
clerk put the box on the scales, and
streaked with dilution of human sym
pathy. announced that il was one pound
and-almost two pounds too heavy.
So the woman took the box back. and
though she lost the postage--to say moth
ing of messenger tips-she had bought
with the money the knowledge that there
are three parcel post clerks. anyhow
who are worth whole rows of Chester
fields. with a Beau Brummel or two
thrown in for good measure. For with
tneir pOllteneSS went a ROOu NATURE tHdI
the history fellows do not claim to pos
sess.
All troubles pass. and now the only
worry the incident holds for the woman
is: Should she send that 3 cents under
charge to the conscience fund?
Every seat in the car was filled with
visiting soldiers, most OF them mere boys.
The aisle was damned with passengers.
either anchored to brass loops or bump
ing against each other. which was all
right for those strong enough to stand 1t.
but
When YOU are a sick1y looking woman.
with a baby in your arms and with a
handbag and white wool cape that i'm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-08

plies that you and little precious have
been spending the day somewhere, and
the baby fretting-
The man. next took the handbag and
a woman held the cape. but the woman
herself had to sway and almost stumble.
and turn red and look nervous until the
car stopped at the Library of Congress
to let the soldiers out
Doubtless every uniform in the lot
would have responded generously to any
frank appeal for help, but
Oh, well, maybe they came from some
place where car politeness Is not in
style.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-08

the box to hidden authority. brought
IL hack with the original receipt. wrote
another paragraph. dabbed another rub
Der stamp weighed the boX-to find that
the branch office had under-charged the
portage three cents. and then consulted
a wise man at a desk. who came to the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-01
MORN HERE WITH
LABOR DAY AND MOVING TIME
Hard Combination for Householders Who Await Big
Vans and Fear Extra Years Rent for Fail
ure to Get Out on Skiddoo Day.

AT last. a September Morn. beauti-
full and unadorncd. and enjoyable by
prince and pauper, without interfer-
ence from Anthony Comstock or Major
Werner. You don't have to go within
a mile OF an art store, and it doesn't
cost a dime. Just pull the August
leaf off the calendar and see for your
self.
BY mandate of nation and State. to-
day is holiday. Ii is strictly against
social usage to work Boilcrmakers.
bill clerks, bankers-all take 4 day off
to pay tribute TO industry on her at
home Labor Day. The reception is at
the Fair Grounds. and cars will carry
callers all day.
But there will be labor along with
the levity. For several thousand heads
OF families it will be moving day, and
Il day of work. Early this morning
viii begin the migration of flat-dwell-
ers. with their daylong caravans of
furniture. pianos and fireless cookers.
1t is the recurring comedy of city life
as truly a part of the urban scenery
as the trolleys and dairy lunches-the
annual transfer of lares and penates
TO apartments with more csthctic wall
paper and larger bathrooms.
More than one householder has
sproutcd an extra gray hair or two dur
ing the past ten days wondering how
he will accomplish the moving without
mourning liability for another years
rent of the flat he is about to abandon
The principal ingredients of the prob
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-01
MAY COST STATE
SUM OF 100000
Sulzer High Court of Impeach-
ment Threatens to Prove
Very Expensive.

Albany. y Y, August 31.-The Sui.
Ger high court of impeachment threat
ems to cost the state 100000.
1t became known here to-day GER
tain Senators are contending that tho
ings. that begin on September IL. to
to the pay received by the judges OF
the Court of Appeals, who participate
in the trial. Approximately $40 day
instead of $40. their pay as Legislators.
At the lower basis the item of eX-
pense to the State for compensation
OF the forty -nine Senators would
amount to $500 Il day, and at tho
higher rate to s1.o60 day. The lat
ter figure would make the senatorial
expense item alone for a thirty-days
session. 100000.
The compensation for the nine MEM
bers of the Assembly, "the STERLING
committee at the same rate would
add approximately $4,000. and the cX-
penao OF attendants. witnesses, steno-
graphers and other necessary adjuncts
10 the court are likely to bring the
total up to 100000.
Friends of Mr.. Glynn to-day con-
firmed the charge in his newspaper.
the Timcs-Uuion, that Sulzer tried to
get him to go to Charles +. Murphy
just before the Governor set out upon
his direct primary campaign TO as
sure the Tammany leader that what
he intended to say in his speeches
would be good politics" but must not
be taken as any lack OF fcalty to Muir
ply
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-01
TO RECLAIM LAND
FOR spur TRACKS
Southern Railway Plans Retain
ing Wall on River, and Will
Fill in Big Swami.

BY reclamation scheme that is be-
ing planned. the Southern Railway ex-
poets to add several acres OF swamp
iand TO its South Richmond freight
yards. The company engineers have
Injured that by the construction OF a
dlkc and the usual flling-in process
that they will be enabled to make room
Tor twenty-five or more spur tracks
which could be used as sidings for
empty cars. and would relieve the CON
Sestion in the other parts OF the yards.
The property which will be subject to
the reclamation plans is along James
River, just above the Atlantic Coast
Limo Bridge. The overflow of each
ireshct makes the land soggy and
valuelcss to the railway company, but
IT Is thought that the foundation will
be firm enough to warrant the expcn-
diture of the money it is proposed to
spend
At present the nearest track to tho
river bank makes half circle to avoid
inc swamp, but this bend will be elimi-
mated and another line can probably be
put in. besides the numerous spurs that
would run to the lcvec wall. The con-
struction OF the dixie would prove the
greatest expense. as the company is
now getting sufficient rock and gravel
from hills 1T is cutting away to make
the fill
Great improvements are being made
On the Southside yards, and when the
present plans arc carried out, they will
lie almost doubled in capacity. Sew
cral large embankmcnts arc being cut
down to make way for the additional
trackagc. 1t is understood that the
company is considering the advisability
OF moving its freight and passenger
depot from its present location at the
foot Of Perry Street to a point nearer
the Free Bridge.
Southsidc Ynrds Important.
The Southsidc yards. on which the
Southern Railway Shops are located
are now larger and are of greater i'm
portance than those on the north bank
OF the James. II is here that transfers
to the Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboa I'd
Air Line arc made. and a large business
one road to another.
Rumors that the Southern Railway
will join with the Chesapeake and Ohio
and Scaboard Air Line in the use of
the station at Fifteenth and Main
Streets have led to the impression that
the company Is now planning to run
its passenger trains over the Seaboard
bridge into the proposed terminal, and
that the increase in the Southside yards
ia being made on that account
The large increase in trackage. to-
Gcther with the proposed spur tracks
en- the river bank, will greatly facili-
tate the handling of freight not only
on the Southern, but on the connecting
lines as well. The Atlantic Coast Line
Is also improving it's yards in the city,
and has made Falling Creek its yard
limit instead OF Clopton. The Seaboard
has been active the past few years and
has made numerous improvements.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-01
Especial to The Timcs-Dispatch.l

Lancaster. Va, August 31.-In dig
ging we'll on the premises of George
W. Carter. at this place. the workmen
uhcarthcd the lower molar tooth and
one section OF the backbone of an
American mastodon.
The rear molar tooth, that was found
IN a stratum of sand and mari at n
depth of sixty-odd feet below the sur
lace of the earth, is. with the exception
or the roots. in Il state of almost per-
iect preservation. The portion of the
tooth above tho roots Is covered with
smooth black enamel, which appears
10 be as perfect as when il was in the
mouth OF the living monster. It's top
surface. which contains four double
projections or cuspS, with small
documentary one at one end shows
that 1T was the rear molar tooth of the
lower jaw of the mastodon. and meas
ures eight by three and n half inches.
FROM the top surface to the end of the
roots the tooth must have been from
twelve to fifteen inches long, which, to-
gether with the fact that the top sur
race of the cusps is worn fiat, shows
that the mastodon was full grown and
probably very old when overtaken by
death. 1t is believed that this is the
only instance of the remains of the
mastodon being found in this part of
Virginia
Thomas Jefferson. who, in his Notes
on virginia., written in 1881, gives a
long and very interesting account of
the American mastodon, says that the
remains of this primevaI monster were
found in great abundance in the HoI-
ston region, in tho extreme portion of
Southwest Virginia and the eastern
portions of Tennessee and Kentucky.
The fact that the remains found here
were in stratum of sand and mari
once an old sea flow, encourages the
belief that they were brought here from
higher latitude in the ice drift OF the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-01

lem are these: September /. under the
form of real estate lease in vogue in
this city, is moving day. 1t is also. by
accident, Labor Day-a festive occasion
their jobs and send moving vans on
picnic errands at picnic prices.
With a scarcity OF moving apparatus,
only n small number of the thousands
that want to move to-day will be able
10 secure teams. The others will have
to, remain in their old quarters until
moving service can be secured, and
become liable under the lease for an
other years rent for failure to vacate
premises on time. The landlords should
worry.
To these and sundry others il is
suggested that the law can compel no
one to do mpossbilities. 1t will be
sufficient 10 show that every reason
able effort was made to get team.
jury of his peers will scarcely COM
pei man to pay n years rent because
the moving companies and the team
sters were celebrating Labor Day. The
householders should worry
If the bulletins of the real estate
dealers are correct. about one fourth
of Richmond's population will at the
end of this week receive it's mail al n
new address. Bungalows. houses. flats.
apartments, bachelor quarters and just
plain rooms with bath, have for the
past month gone through the inspec
ton grill. and migratory Richmond is
poised for its newest transplanting.
The exodus to the suburbs will be
marked. The encroachments of busi-
ness upon districts hitherto exclusively
residential has this year taken it's
usual toll of town houses whose own
crs are moving to new homes in the
outskirts. where, according to the real
estate companies. folk enjoy Arcadian
simplicity, ozone and homegrown
eggs. and at the same time are within
trolley distance of Broad Streets bright
lights.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-01
Generally Fair Weather
Predicted

Washington, Aug 31.-Warm
weather In the EaY aid Southwest
and cool vnvc SIC Northwest
were predicted light by the
Weather Bureau the first part
of the week.
at is likely" tn weekly bulletin
rends. "that this cool change will
advance eastward and oycrsprend
the Eastern md Southern States the
latter part of the week. Local frostS
Will occur by the middle OF the
week In the far Northwest.
"a disturbance that now Is over
the Northern Rocky Mountain region
will move eastward, attended by To-
cal showers and thunhcrDtorrns, and
CROSS the Atlantic States wednesday,
or Thursday. Otherwise the week
will he one of generally fair
weather.
@Thcre are no indications mt the
present OF a disturbance In the West
indies"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-01
FIRST RACE TO-DAY.
Sender Yachts of Germany and United
StnteN to Meet I'm Contest.

Marblehead. Mass. August 31.-The
six boats which arc to uphold the Son
der yacht rivalry of Germany and the
United States in the fifth international
series, will meet in their first race to-
morrow.
The six yachts-the German Angela
~, the Serum and Wittelsbach ~, and
the American {. l. Ma, Ellen and SpriG.
spent the day sail stretching.
1t transpired to-day that the Ger
man yachtsmen left their fastest SON
der. the Resi-, at home rather than vio-
late the letter, IL not the spirit of the
regulations governing the. contests.
The Angela ". is owned by Crown
yacht to be raced in American waters.
Some of the American yachtsmen
arc so confident of the superiority OF
stall. that they were backing her to-
day at even money against the field.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-01
UNEARTH REMAINS q
AMERICAN MASTOD|
Workmen Find Tooth and Backbone OF P1
Monster, Which Will Be Sent to Museug
at University of Virginia.

great glacial epoch, and when
ing ice was melted they wei.s
on the bottom of the sea, thsj
far-off days covered all the
region of Virginia.
The remains of the rnastodI
sent to the museum OF the
OF Virginia.
Miss Susie *. Chiffon. who
:. teacher in the Lancaster HI
for the past five years. left
for n weeks visit to friends
lives In Norfolk County. al,
she will go to Richmond,
will teach next year in one %
lie schools of that city. ShtE
graduate cl the State Femat
School at Farmvillc, and is i
Ct marked ability.
The September term OF II
Court of Richmond County
at Warsaw tomorrow. Judg}
Wright, who has just reture
Il months vacation in the n
OF North Carolina, is greatly1
in health and strength. TIL
first vacation that Judge WI
taken since he was elevate
bench in 1892, now twenty-4
ago. and during all this peritI
with the exception of the mn
ended. never missed n term Of
cult Court in any of the CO
his district--a record probabl
allclcd in the judicial histor
Commonwealth.
With the exception OF local
there has been no rain here f
three weeks, and late corn,
and pastures are beginning [
In the early part of the sunni
was an abundance of rains,
result the carly crops were
for many years past.
Now that the camp meet
over. the proti-acted meetings
gun, and will continue thro
coming month.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-01
Odds and Ends From the Wire

he does not want to eat. He h
gricving. however. over the d
his sister-in-law some weeks 4
health seems not to be inn
any extent by his abstinence.
eleven days without eating
break the worlds record for
The longest fast on record is
sixty days, which Van r. vii
derwent eight years ago at II
in West Fairview, near here
tasted to cure himself of CHI
digestion and succeeded =
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-01
THREE IN AIRsn1p CRASH.
Aviator and Passengers Plunge (,
Earth When Engine Fniis.

London. August 3l.-Andre Debuis-
sey. al. aviator and two passengers
were badly injured by the fall OF an
aeroplane yesterday evening. Debuis-
sey had raced his machine at Herndon
IN the afternoon. finishing second in
Aldershot with the two passengers to
deliver the machine to the army au-
thorities.
Near Maidenhead the engine went
wrong. Debuissey tried to volplane.
but in the descent the'machine turned
turtle fifty feet from the ground. De-
buissey. who was pinned under the
wreckase. was the most severely hurt.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-01
sLEErwALKEn's GOOD LUCK.
Smnahes Door in Fall Downstairs, But
Escapes SeriOus Injury.

Trepton. August 3f-FallinE down a
last night, Carl Fenton, fur years old.
crashed into a door at the foot of the
steps and split Il largo panel in two.
The noise of the fall aroused the lad's
father. and he was found unconscious.
y physician found that the boy was
suffering from nothing more serious
than laceration of the scalp and con-
tusions about the body.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-01
BALKs AT sPIRITuALIsM.

Suit for Divorce Follows When Man
Refuses to Transfer Property.
st Louis August Si.-Stephen F.
Garlock filed suit for divorce yester-
day. in which he charged that his sec
ond wife inveighled him into 4
spiritualistic. sea nce. where she called
up the spirit of his first wife, who
advised him to transfer his property
to his second wife. He refused to
transfer the property, he sail and
then his living wife called him names.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-01
Friday. Sept. s.
a SPECIAL Two-REEL =

Those who love rip-roaring comedy %iif
find what they want in The Feudists,"s a
two part Vitagraph Special Feature that
will be presented next Tuesday, Sept. ed, al
the Virginia Theatre. where II will form tb =
leading item on what Is always a good bflll
Two neighboring families quarrel over thd
damage done by chickens belonging to thtl
one family in the garden of the Other!
Although they have been friends for years.
all this Is forgotten and warfare comm encess
hot and heavy between them The<nnanne2
in which they are finally brought IL frisndl1
terms again and forced to realize their fooil
ever witnessed. From start to finish .srSl
Feudists' nils one with laughter. lIt Won
bring chuckle from the worst peasinl
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-01
~rEp. COY is MARRIED.
J Famous YnIc Football Star Webs Miss
Sophie Medium Mt ANhexillc.

II. (Ted) Coy. the famous yale foot
ball star. and Miss Sophie Meldrim,
daughter of General Peter NJ. Meldrim,
of that city. were married at Trinity
Episcopal Church here to day by Rev.
Wyatt Brown. the rector. 1t was n
runaway match. Miss Meldrm coming
TO Ashcville from Toxaway to visit
friends yesterday. and Mr.. Coy arriv-
ing to-day Following the ceremony
the couple left tonight for an Eastern
wedding trip.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-01
BLOW sILENCEs HIS SPEECH.
boy Cannot Explain why Sewer Dig
ger Struck Him.

;, Carlisle Pa. August 3I.-Harry
Horn, ten. years old. received a frac-
tured skull when assaulted by an alien
working in the sewerage system here
When the boy was examined it was
ind thsx he had sustained de-
.sscd fracture on the head, the pres
&c ,depriving him of the power of
.ech. He reco1.red consciousness
was unable to give any light on
attack. His assailant is in tail
arged with aggravated assault and
ttcry Companions of the injured lad
there is no reason why the for
y. .gner should have struck the bow
1t is doubtful if Horn will recover.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-01
Metropolitan National
Detective Agency

s5OS-9 Va. Ry. and Power Bldg,
rner Seventh and Franklin Streets.
investigations anywhere promptly
Id thoroughly executed. Claims in
8stigated and prosecuted. Our ope-
Dives are men with many years ex-
#rience in this business, and get
8lthful results in shortest time.
Phone Monroe 4S71.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-01
MISSOURI GROWING FAST.
Increase of $50, 100000 in rropert,

Increase of s20.S0O.O00 in Property
Value During Past Year.
Jefferson city, Mo. August 31.--The
State Board of EQUALIZATION yesterday
fixed the valuation OF property in
increase of S2o,So0,0o0 over the prop
erty nssessmeyt of lest year
Railroad and other public utilities
are valued at S1SS.70o.oG0. an increase
of nearly s5.o00.0oo, Nearly half the
increase in valuation OF real and per-
sonal property fell on Kansas City
and st. Louis
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-01
ROADS OWE 100000 TAX.
Claim Mnde by Minnesota Against
Two Hill Railways.

st. Paul. August Sl.-Suits to recover
the largest back tax claim in the his
tory of the Northwest, ii is said. aggre-
eating more than 100000. will be be-
gun by the State soon against the
Great Northern and the Northern Pa
ciic Railway Companies AL but $780,
600 Of this sum is charged against tho
former company
Public Examiner Andrew Fritz to-
day certified to the Tax Commission
the amount due.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-01
BOY BANDIT FLEEs by AUTO.
Escapes Hospital, Despite Handicap of
Broken Leg.

Minneapolis. August Si.-Eugene Cal
lender, an alleged boy burglar" con-
hned I'm the criminal ward of the City
hospital here because of a broken leg,
escaped Early yesterday by jumping
from his window and into an automo-
bile which had just driven up, and
which carried him away to safety. Cal
lenders injury was received in a pre-
Nious attempt to escape