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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19

CHICAGO. Jan. 1s.-Conditions sur
rounding the wheat market point TO
the fact that 1t is dangerous at this
particular time TO put out short lines
OF that grain with the expectation OF
being enabled to secure profits.
The cash wheat markets OF the south
west were lower and slow today while
those Of the northwest were strong
and the demand fairly active. Sales
If cash, wheat 1T Chicago 'svsrs ofasy
al coo 1sas4ets for the day. The In"
creased sales Of corn by the country,
and the falling of In the demand for
the cash article are likely to weaken
values stili further uriess help OF some
kind develops. Corn Is moving more
freely as the receipts al primary mar
kets last week were s.5Ts,o0o bushels,
compared with 4.s7s,0es bushels for a
lEks period year ago Shipments were
s4s2aoo bushels against 2.e22, 600
haehels Cash prices were lower In
all 81 the " estern markets
oats were weak In sympathy with
the other grains, and the market act
81 heavy, even at the declines estab-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19

seed cavity. Only IL was better than
the Normandy melon. Its flesh Was
deeper and much more pronounced
yellow, a deep golden yellow. Feivsty
and full Of abeT.' / was fascinated
with IL. Here / had an ideal melon IA
my hand. Could / ever gat another
one? knew that the tendency or
hybrid caataloupe in olierentlaIe
into q variety OF types. realized
could only make IL come true after
years OF careful seed selection. ara
that iny neld must be reasonably ola-
taat from fields OF other varieties
Was reasonably protected. On one SIDE
Of my farm is the town Of Louisa. On
the ether eide woods and open country
where no caHtaIodpes are grown. AS
tina years went on | saw / wes gaining
in the percentage Of melons that came
true to the type. and that | had
cantaloupa OF wonderful keeping quail
tiles. and that need not be gathered
until it came OF the vine naturally,
A. finished product OF nature. Being
by profession a physieian. realized
the vast Importance OF this because
melon nber 10 hiAily indigestible.
began q series OF Investigations. ana
proved that the fiber of q melon can
not be dissolved by artificial ripenins
and IL only dissolved by the natural
ripening process. which takea place IN
the melon the last few days. OF its lie
upon the vine. Therefore it In that
melons prematurely cut or forciDiy de-
taeheA are corky, or poor flavor ana
unfit for use, and II Is in this shape
that most OF the cantaloupes reaen
the city market, because they are
picked green.
II is now true of type and am
sending you hersin photo OF basket
of the msions taken last summer.
which gives a better IDEA OF size,
shape and appearance than single
specimen. The exterior of the melon
presents the harmonious blending OF
three colors, or color shades color
scheme in green, yellow and tan. 1t
has ten ribs. weighs 90 o., La inches
In diameter. IA inches long, slight
ly fiattened at the ends. with shiny
olive green between the ribs, and In
the circle on the snd opposite the
stem.
/ am receiving requests from all over
Virginia for seed OF the Virginia
Beauty. am responding to these re-
qnssta as rapidly aa possible. / went
to ask your indulgence TO make this
explanation, My desire Is to sec a
center OF the industry grow up in some
part of the state. To help bring this
about I am willing TO send seed to
farmers and trucks who are the peo-
pie that can bring this about but I
cannot undertake to send seed for gar
DEN use now. much as l would like
to DO so.
There liz great Inquiry for instruc-
tions as to how to grow cantaloupes,
or how grow them. For the beneTtt
of those who would like 70 know I
will, say that AZ soon as possible I will
prepare and serd to the Virginian fun
directions for growing, packing and
shipping.
Very truly yours,
CrARL ES A. Glitch ELL
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19
SEEKING DIVORCE,
GETS INJUNCTION

In accordance with Dill Med in
Henrico Circuit court an injunction
was yesterday awarded Mrs Lettie
NJ. Pennell by Judge Ernest H.
Wells, sitting In the place of Judge
r.. Carter Scott. restraining and en-
joining Corse L. Pennell. her hus-
band, from selling any real estate
in the State OF Virginia, especially
two certain tracts In Tunstall district,
Pittsylvania county. The land is
about fifteen miles south of
Pittsyivania courthouse, and con-
tains about f41 acres. He Is also
restrained from delivering to DR.. w.
w. Robertson a deed which was exc
cuted by Penneil and his wife.
This action was taken in view of
suit flied by Mrs. Pennell asking
for an absolute divorce from her hus-
band which is now pending In the
court She in suing on grounds of
cruelty and desertion.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19
NEW YORK COTTON.

NEW YORK. Jan. 1s.--u anything
was conspicuous in today's market IL
was this lack of interest and certainty
the lack of support There sss hoth-
inv IN the Liverpool cables to ~arrah'
a decline, because spots were nag
there, and futures not much 4@~e'
than expected. but the trade seems re-
luctant to regard anything as fasosa
BILE to cotton unless IL shali come Aiona
either keen support by the larger spo.
interests, or by positive evidence tnat
sauthern npot market cannot be de-
pressed. The market is what might DC
called between two conflicting amy
ences. one is Of course. the near cef :
tainty OF Improvement IN statistics, ana
the prospects OF another crop @AASn
may threaten values next winter
The Financial Chronicle reports to-
tai visible supplied OF American COL
ton al &.922,0o0 bales, against Az :
coo bales on the CORES = aaGing oSoa
last year. That the price OF COTTON
So Of the date, is about AZ per S2la
higher may have ssma influence ~Ith
shaping prices. and aGso opinions. L4asI
yaxr Quotations in New York were
very little over Ia cents per pound
They new are very little under IL cents
per pound.
There 10 one Important statistical
aaxeioument Y h!ch should not be lost
xight of. II Ia true that 1t IL in pros
peetivs aud bears a relation 10 the
coming ginnars report This TepVT
can hardly show q tota4 equal TO 49,
100, Geo bales, whereas. at tbs Same
time last year, that Is to say, az or
date OF January 18th. about lf,5oo'0po
nales had PASSED through the gin
house.
In the cotton goods division Of the
dry seoda trade there appears to ne
some less activity, bat this is e0ndnsa
~ requirements for remote commit
raenfa. There is very little To corn"
plain Of in the way OF public require
ments for the inme date future, and
prices show very little II any roces-
zion.
New crop possibilities look favorable
in the sense that there appears To DC
an abundance of winter rainfall. but.
of course. there viii be scarcity OF
labor. snd a late season may reduce
The acreage under present expectations
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19

regard to the market. with products
inferior. Or not 30 well known, or Ia
boring under some similar market
propulsion. are actively seeking buyers
through wider series of price re-
ductionS. The range In Hooking prices
late last week was IS cents and that
for snokeless prepared sizes was per"
haps equally Wide. with little more
emphasis on the weak end Of ths
stretch. -Market--carn arn becoming
more plentiful In the eastern produc-
ing regions and shipments thence may
BE expected TO increase In the near
future under normal weather condi-
tons.
Screenings are firm and perhaps
stronger. They are IN good demand
and the prospect is for continued good
demand The great generality OF large
power installations. now and lately
made, provide for automatic stoksrs,
which makes tho usa OF the fine Goals
necessary. And II IL probable that
the percentage Of coal consumed that
must DO fine La increasing. Some ship
pers see in this condition a ray Of
hope for the future. They believe
that next season the contract prices
for screenings will be ten cents nearer
the price for mine run than they were
this year, and that before many years
intervene. screenings contracts will be
practically on the basts OF mine run.
The steam coat trade generally main
tains Its activity and firmness, though
prices are SO close to cost ordinarily
that this branch of the trade seems
comparatively unimportant
Each little dip Of the Thermometer
brings out a food OF inquiries for
anthracite But the situation is stead
uy becoming easier There is now
an abundance OF egg size and were
it not that empty docks and storage
yards OFFER refuge. there would be some
anxiety in the disposition of Ii. Users
to egg size are mostly the more pros
porous class Of citixens who fill their
bins In the autumn. Their supple
nsentary purchases come In midwin-
Ger or later according TO the weather.
This season they seem to be coming
later But the food OF the old fash
toned base burner, chestnut, is not
quite UP to demand Many canny
users have well stored bins. acquired
early Ia the season, and while the ac-
tual MiftersrA- may BE- comparatively
few. this. fact doe. not datract from
the conamotion occasioned by their
frantic efforts TO secure tho desired
fuel.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19
%gx York Money /.

@aid i'm cali money today. Time mon
~y fer sixty days. per cent; ninety
daym. per cent: four months, per
cent; for ave months IA per cent:
six months. la per cent; dun ana
weak.
Commercial paper: Prime, sixS
days. per cent: ninety days. per
cent; four, ave and ak months, per
cant
Foreign exchange market; Cables
quoted at 4sTTk04.s7s0: demand
sterling, ssT9a@ 4.sT3s: francs
SIG rs: marks. aK Ia.
Foreign markets: Dfscounf--~L<on-
Con, 4 Ia per cent; Paris LIS per
cent, Berlin. 90 Per cent.
Exchange On London: Paris zSk's
m s-Ac.: Berlin, aem., 10 ia pig.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19
BANK STATEMENT.
VIRGINIA. BEAUTY" IS
ADOPTED As NAME
OF NEW NTAlOUPE
CONTINUED from FRS, pags.)

friend In Paris sent ms some Of the
seed from melon he had personally
sampled, / decided TO cross 1t with
the Rocky Ford. which 10 the leading
cantaloupe in America Fifty hills OF
each were planted Ia rows only four
feat apart. The French vines did not
produce a single melon. but they
bloomed profuseiy, and the blooms
were large, well-expanded and full Of
pollen. 30 tina, felt confident would
get my hybrid the succe eding season,
and i did. | picked 1t out OF 900
hybTids. the result of that crossing. so
that the Virginia Beauty In descended
from one seed. Now. / had no idea
what that msion would look like when
cut In two. and was greatly sur
prtssd to fsnd that | had secured the
favor and inside appearance of ths
French melon: and q three cornered
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19
STOCKS ARE butt,
PRICES STEADY
ADVANCE IN STEEL Is DUE TO
THE COVERING OF A SHORT
POSITION.

NEW YORK, Jan. Is.--TcdEy's
short session of the stock market was
dull with prices steady. Transactions
were largely professional, and main
~ represented the evening up Of con-
Facts over the week end. The sd
vance in Steel common was due pTin-
cipaliy to the covering OF line OF
ten thousand shares to close sh ort
position.
There was noticeable strength In
the copper Issues on reports OF q de-
cided Improvement In the trade out
look London houses bought two
thousand shMres on balance.
The increase In the loans shown NJ
the bank statement In considered to
reflect the temporary holdings OF new
issues not yet absorbed by the public
Number Of shares gold today, lso.-
lss; q year ago, sss.ss7.
Par value Of bonds sold today.
sa34,oaa; q year ago. s3,eoo'eee.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19

At the request OF J. d. Carneal,
from whom the boy Is alleged To
have attempted to steal an automo-
bile. and ON his statement that he
would enlist In the navy. Justice
Crutchfield yesterday morning dis
missed Edward Euker.
Mr.. Carneal stated that the boy
was employed in the garage where
his automobile was kept, and he
thought the boy had no intention OF
stealing IL.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19
HOGSHEAD FALLS AND
CRUSHES MANS HEAD

DANvILLE. VA. Jan. 1S.--Wii-
liam Anderson. colored, was crushed
10 death here today at Dibrell
Brothers storage warehouse. when a
thousand-pound hogshead of tobacco
which he was loading upon a truck
fell upon him. His head was
crushed.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19

NEW YORK. Jan. is.-Ths trading
ca the outside securities market to-
day was only fairly active. but
trine frmer. United Cigar Stores
was fairly active and stronger. Brit
ish-American Tobacco was In fair de"
utand at o. fractional advance. Metals
were outlet and xtea-Ay.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19

PETERSBURG PEANUT MARKET.

reported by Rodgers. McCabe a Coz
Petersburg. Va. Jan4-1S 1sl&.-
SPANISH firm.
Farmers Spanish, sts74 per buEhel
Jumbo Spanish tl.ao per bushel
No, ! Shelled Spanish, TO INC per ID
No 2 SHIELDED spanish, 4%o per III,
VIRGINIA. Market firm
Fancy Jumbo 5s%o per 10.
Fancy hand picked, SA 20 s1ac per 10,
Prime, &c per ib
Machine picked, TO s%o per 10.
SheNiuS stock. gao per 10.
RIrIaMnNn nnAIN MARKET
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19

The Norfolk ana Western 10 me
most comfortable way to Nonfolk.
The Norfolk Limited ana the oceaa
shore Limited. run through solid ard
quick---cutting down all other sche-
dufAM
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19

sonic tExnpI8-
These annual balls are always pro-
ductive of much entertainment and
ars looked forward 10 by the members
and their friends with anticipations
OF pleasure.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19

poultry-Small chickens cleaning up
promptly Hens slow. Dressed pouf-
try very alew on account OF warm
weather
Live stock-~AIt live stock IN demand
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19

Edelweiss Lodge. Herman Soehrie.
a weIl-known German organization.
will on January 2sth. meet for the
election of officers, and afterward en-
Joy themselves at mask ball at Ma
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

Spots, I7.se--io points of.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19

RICHMOND rnopUcE MARKET.
fMsp9feea by wa0ean N Seoss
cemfaissson M~rrhaatsl
Richmond Va, Jan. is. 1918
LIVE POULTRY
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19

Richmond, Va, Jan. is, 1913
LOOSE FIRED.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-26
Criminal Action
In Alleged Libel
On Catholic Priest

AS an outgrowth OF an alleged libel
GUS publication in a Chicago paper,
for which a civil suit for $1,000 is now
pending, William Kovac, q prominent
member of the Slovak colony here.
was arrested at the county jail upon
charges of criminal libel preferred by
the Rev. Andrew E.. Komara, pastor
of the st. John Nepomak S1ovak R.
G. church on Brook street.
Asking for continuation of tn e
case until Saturday next that he might
more fully familiarize himself with
the details, Attorney Abe Geduldig was
granted the request, his client being
released by Judge Carl Foster in the
city court upon bonds of $3.50. He
is now under bonds aggregating &c.
$50 in the two cases, having been
placed under arrest Immediately on
his release when bail was furnished
in the civil action.
According to the warrant Kovac is
alleged to have written and caused to
have published in the Chicago paper
matter detrimental to the character
of the priest as to his financial trans
actions
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-26
BRIDCEPORTERS
AT HEARING IN
STATE CAPITOL
(By. Our Staff Corres.)

Hartford, Feb. 26.-James A. Lev
erty, president of the Connecticut
Pharmaceutical society and DR.. Edw.
F. McGovern, both of Bridgeport,
were among a number of physicians
and pharmacists to appear before the
Committee on Public Health. and Safe
ty this afternoon in favor of the bill
restricting the sale of narcotic drugs.
Former City Attorney Thomas M.
CulIfnan representing ST.. Vincenfs
hospital and Superintendent Jones of
the Bridgeport hospital were among
those who appeared before Commit
tee on Humane Institutions this after
noon in opposition to the bill which
proposes that all hospitals receiving
state aid shall receive patients sent
from any city or town, as town
charges, and treat the same without
charge to that, city or town.
Mr.. Cu11inan pointed out the injus-
tice of the proposed bill by citing that
at the present time the Bridgeport
hospital received only So per week for
each city patient sent by the city of
Bridgeport whereas it cost about $11
a week for the care and maintenance
of such patient. If the hospitals
were compelled to accept town and
city patients without the fees which
they now receive, SIS for each patient,
they would be unable to continue
without the states vastly increasing
its appropriations.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-26
CONCRESSMEN
IN NEAR RIOT
Sergeant alarms Thrusts
Representative Murray
From Rostrum

Washington, Feb. 26-The House,
sitting as a committee of the whole,
broke up in a, near riot, shortly af-
ter L o'clock, today, when Represeu-
tative Murray, of Massachusetts,, was
literally thrown from the speakers
rostrum by husky deputy sergeant
alarms, when he attempted to remon-
strate with tive Alexander,
Of Missouri, for alleged unfairness.
Murray struggling and fighting with
the sergeants-at-arms, was immedi-
ate1y surrounded by excited members
of the House who shouted in a mad
turmoil
Representative Alexander was pre-
siding in the chair as committee
chairman. AS soon as the tunult
who was in the smoking room, he
ran onto the floor, jumped on the ros-
trun, pushed Alexander aside and
pounded for order, roaring out de-
mands that members of the House
take their seats.
The sergeant-at-arms grabbed the
big mace, emblem of authority and
held it aloft. After pounding further,
the House took on a semb1ance of
order and then Murray, white and
trembling, demanded permission to
make a statement. He declared that
Chairman Alexander had been most
unfair in recognizing members. Alex
ander took exception to this state
ment and Speaker Clark sustained
him.
Representative Mann, of Illinois,
declared that Murray owed an apollo
gy to the House for his conduct. Mann
insisted, however, that the sergeant
At-arns had authority. only to use the
mace and did not have the right for
chilly to remove Murray from the
Speakers stand Murray insisted he
believed he had acted within his
rights. tfBut if I have done anything
Inconsistent with the dignity and the
firm of the House which I. am
most anxious to maintain, I most
humbly apologize" he asserted, and
loud applause followed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-26
BENNETT IN
POSSESSION

Continued from Page ID
cuesed the situation but that he was
unable to say for publication what the
nature of the session was.
Ask if he intended to give any
orders today as highway commission
er, he said he did not. Asked if he
thought Mr.. Macdonald would compel
him to seek legal proceedings to es-
tablish himself in the Office, he replied
that he hoped such would not be the
case. He admitted that Mr.. Mac
Donald had not relinquished control,
although he said that Mr.. Macdonald
had not attempted to prevent him
from occupying the Office Asked if
the situation was not a peculiar one
he smiled and said it certainly was
but he hoped it would clarity itself
within a. few days.
Mr.. Macdonald maintained a com
plete sielnce and vouchsafed no infor-
nation for publication. He is said to
have assurances from what he deems
to be high legal authority that he is
de facto commissioner and only con-
tinue so until next session of the gen
era1 assembly.
Mr.. Bennett shook hands with all
the attaches of the office greeted many
callers modestIy. accepted numerous
congratulations, and said that he
thought his policy of not attempting
to rush matters for the present would
prove to be the best in the end
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-26
MANICURE HURT
SUES FOR $4,000

With the torn gown as mute evil
dence of the accident, Mary F. Brodie.
an attractive manicure of Shelton,
who recently sued the Connecticut
CO., for $4,000 damages, told her story
to Judge Burpee and a civil super
ior court jury this morning. The gown
was shown to the jury during the
time the plaintiff testified.
Miss Brodie said she attempted to
board a trolley car in New Haven
several months ago and while doing
so the car suddenly started. The
plaintiff claims she was thrown vio-
IentIy to the ground and her back was
injured SO seriously that it has panied
her since.
Miss Brodie declared that before the
accident she conducted a manicure
parlor in Derby and had 105 custom
ers. She had an income of SO a, day,
she said but since she was injured,
has been unable to pursue her voca-
ton. She charges the trolley car
crew with negligence while the COM
pany alleges contributory negligence.
The manicure had a number of her
customers for witnesses, among them
being Mrs William H. Williams of
Derby, wife of Judge Williams of the
superior court.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-26
PAIL BEARER
IN HOSPITAL
after RUNAWAY
Returning From Cemetery
Man Is Badly Hurt When
Hack Crashes Into Via
duct.

Returning from the funeral of a
friend on Gregory street, where he
had acted as pa1l-bearer and was the
last person to leave the grave of the
departed, Thomas 'Connery, an en-
ploye of the Crane Valve Company,
living in Railroad avenue, barely es-
capped death in a runaway which end
ed in his removal to st. Vincent's hos
pitaI, possibly seriously injured and
disfigured for life.
Connery was in the last coach,
which had been furnished for the
occasion by Carstesen's livery stable
on Cannon street, driven by Arthur
Thomas, a new man in the employ of
the liveryman. Turning into Railroad
avenue from Myrtle, the rumbIing of
a heavy train caused the team to
swerve sharply to the left in fright
and the pole-tongue was brought into
such direct contact with the stone
viaduct that it broke Connery was
alone in the gIass-enclosed coach
which tore madly down Railroad ave-
nue.. The driver kept his team close
to the wall attmepting to check its
speed.
At the crossing of Lafayette street
the vehicle crashed into the abutment
tearing off the front wheels. and en-
tirely wrecking the body. The driver
was thrown for a considerable dis
lance receiving many cuts and
bruises. He sought treatment at the
hands of nearby friends, and was not
found by the ambulance which was
summoned to attend Connery who
was imprisoned amidst a debris OF
wood and glass which had cut his
face, neck and head almost beyond
recognition. DIR. C. R. Pratt found
that several minor arteries had been
severed, which were hastily cIamped
and the victim was rushed to the hos
pita1.
The horses which had been thrown
to the ground by the collision with
the inmovable stone wall, plunged
and kicked until they were Quieted
by teamsters who assisted in releasing
the victim from the wreckage. At the
Carstesen stable the name of the
driver could not be obtained until a
late hour as he had not returned and
he was said by employees to be a
stranger to them, having been hired
early in the morning for the occasion.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-26
TAFT'S PLAN
FOR GROUPING
OF ESTIMATES

Washington, Feb. 26.-In what is
probably his last message to Congress,
President Taft. today, detailed his
plans for a budget" system of group
ing governmental estimates and ar
ranging for expenditures. He declar-
ed the treasury faced $25,O0O,oOO
deficit, next year. Among the sug-
gestions in his message were:
Retirement of greenback, repeal of
the sinking fund law, centralized SUI
pervision of receipts and expend1-
lures, reorganization of the civil SER
vice and abolition of the numerous
''soft jobs; consolidation of all gov
eminent mints and assay offices into
one big central plant; elimination of
waste in government printing and do
ing away with assistant postmasters
by requiring postmasters to do their
work.
Payment of the public debt in 20
years by a new issue of bonds were
tentatively suggested. The President
scored the present system of appro-
priating money for the government as
utterly unbusinesslike.