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Valdez daily prospector., 1913-12-11

Louis Lavensaller. the mining ex- pert. returned this morning on the launch Flirt from the Fidalgo-Alaska Copper company property, which he visited 1't
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-12-11

The City Express secondhand store have leased the Adler store on Mo- Kinley street and will move all the good now stoneed in 'the Keystone ave- nue store to the new place of bbusi- ness-th|aat is. all that they cannot give away in the next few days.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-12-11

E. P. Meiss left today on the North western, taking the body '' of his daughter. Edwina,, who died last spring The body win be buried in the family plot in the San Francisco cemetery MT. Meiss will return in six weeks to Valdez.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-12-11

Charles Adler, the secondhand man. left today to make his future home in Seattle where he will open up a similar business to that conducted by him. tia,r,aes' riaras !, 9s!Ai' 'bsa L h.iA '''
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-12-11

Deputy NJ Marshal al Al: Al: sY Sullivan left for the outside today on the Northwestern for medical treatment. as he has been unable to rid himself of the attack of rheumatism with which he iss suffer ing. A.rP.Tsuliivan accompanied him.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-12-11

Judge Thomas R. Shepard left on today's steamer to join his wife in Seattle The judge will return in about six weeks.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-12-11

Mrs. s: A. Temple left on today's steamer for g. trip 'to the states. '- 'e F.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-12-11
N otjce.

Notice. No ladies' night will be given at thsTi.!ik!a'm ,!'' <. Club , .',.s .on Saturday
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-12-11

W. E. DunkleT left today for the ststes., --1sass -,~ ',--'sE: ": ! s'
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Valdez daily prospector., 1913-12-11

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-13
Benjamin Henfrey Gave Exhibi-
ton Here in 1908, and Then
Town Built Gas Tower.

Ever in the lead. Richmond can
truthfully boast that il was the pioneer
gas consumer in America. notwith-
standing the claims Of several large
cities to that distinction. In 1903,
twenty years before this mode OF IL
Elimination was introduced In New
York. thirteen years before Baltimore
saw the new light. seven years before
the first known gas company was or
ganized. and four years before the first
public exhibition of street lighting was
given on Pail Mall. London, Main
Street, near Eleventh, was brilliantly
lighted by a huge gas lamp erected on
n forty-foot tower
The previous winter Benjamin Hen
frey came to this city and advertised
that he would exhibit his new inven-
ton. ''inflammable air" The admis-
sion was so cents, and thousands OF
persons visited Hay Market Garden to
witness tho wonderful sight. The new
light was made in a tea-kettle from
wood and pit coal. In order to satisfy
the people that the demonstration was
not a fraud committee of the most
prominent Richmonders OF tho day,
among them Mayor John Foster. Chan
cellor George Wythe, William Hay, DR..
John McClurg. Rev. John buchanan,
Edward Darlington and many others.
were called in to witness several eX
periments. At the conclusion of their
report they said:
I'VE are decidedly OF the opinion that
gas produced from pit coal yields a
more mild and uniform light than that
from wood. and by comparison with
the light from animal oil and tallow Ii
appears to us, az II proceeded from a
tube OF about one-fourth inch in diam
eter. to be nearly In proportion OF one
to twenty. We have witnessed with
pleasure the gas applied TO cooking
purposes. The apparatus is on a sim
plan. and is not expensive"
Henfrey was attacked as a fraud In
| the newspapers on account OF the
claims he made for his new light" but
in spite of this subscription was
started to build an octagon light tower
A few months later 1t was erected
Forty feet above the ground was the
large lantern, which had many jets. all
fed from a still in the cellar, In which
the gas was generated. The first night
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-13
NEW FREIGHT LINE
| THROUGH RICHMOND
Baltimore Western Dispatch, Via
West Point, Begins Service
on Wednesday.

new fast freight line, TO be known
as the Baltimore Western Dispatch,
for the prompt handling of both pack
age and carload freight between Bal
timore and Cincinnati, Chicago, Louis
Vile, st Louis and all points West and
Southwest, Will be established by the
Chesapeake Steamship Company. the
Southern Railway Company and the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, begin
ming on Wednesday.
The route OF the Baltimore Western
Dispatch will be the Chesapeake
Steamship Company between Balti-
more and West Point. the Southern
Railway between West Point and
Richmond, tho Chesapeake and Ohio
between Richmond and Cincinnati,
Louisville and Chicago, and the South
ern Railway between Louisville and ST.
Louis.
The steamer service between Balti-
more and West Point will be daily. con-
meeting at West Point with through
daily package cars for all the prin-
cipal points on the route. Freight Will
be handled by this route between Bal
timore and all stations on the Chcsa-
apeake and Ohio Railway. as we'll as
between Baltimore and Western cities.
Announcement OF the establishment
OF the Baltimore Western Dispatch" is
made by w. II. Tayloe. traffic manager.
Chesapeake Steamship Company; L..
Green, freight traffic manager, South
ern Railway Company, and l.. d.
Hotchkiss. general freight agent. Ches-
apeake and Ohio Railway.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-13
DELEGATES GOING
FROM RICHMOND
Many Others to Attend w. C.
L. U. Conventions at Brooklyn
and Asbury Park.

Local members OF the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union are pre-
pairing to attend the International w.
G. T. L. convention mt Brooklyn, the
latter part OF next week, and the Ma
tional w. c. r. U. convention at Asbury
Park. n. j., the week following. in
great force. 1t is not known as yet
how many will make the trip, but
every effort is being made TO have a
big delegation.
The conventions will attract w. c.
I. U. workers from all parts of the
world Aside from the representatives
OF the United States the largest single
delegation Will be from England, the
members of which, with one exception,
are now on the ocean. They will land
at Montreal, take trip across the
country to Niagara Falls. later visit
Washington and other cities. and ar
rive in Brooklyn on October 22, when
the convention opens. Lady Aurea
Howard, representing her mother. tho
Countess OF Carlisle, president of the
Worlds Union, heads the party. 9th
ers who will take prominent part in
the triennial gathering are: Lady
Holder, president OF the w. c. IT. II. of
Australia; Miss Amy Swinkie Cam
eron. general secretary OF woman's
work IN the Worlds Union; Nine. Kali
YAKIMA. president of the Japanese
Union; Miss Amy Y. Thompson, presi-
dent of the Egypt Union; Mrs Harriet
VI. Johnson, superintendent OF the de-
partment on the relation Of temperance
to labor, and DR.. Mary Stone OF Kui-
kiang. China, superintendent of the
Worlds Union antiopium department
Twenty five countries, 1t is expected
will be represented at the convention.
The United States Will have a large
delegation. In addition to the accred-
tied delegates, thousands of w. c. Z. u
workers will attend the meetings.
Mrs. w. NJ. Bickers, president Of the
Henrico and Hanover Unions; Shield
Hatcher, of Chester. and Mrs. T.. b.
Clement. of Centralia, will be the ac-
credited delegates from this section
The local delegation will meet the
White Ribbon" special from Birming
ham, Ala, here on the morning OF
October 90. and Will travel on 1t to
Washington. where three other spe-
Gals from Southern and Western
points will proceed to Brooklyn in
close order. From Brooklyn the dele
CATION will go to Asbury Park. where
the national convention will meet on
October 20.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-13
SWANSbORO BARS
CEASE THIS WEEK
Voted Out in July, but There Is
Talk Of Making Appeal
to Court

with exactly one more week 10 re-
'hain open for business, the owners Of
INC three Swansboro saloons are pre-
Iaflns 10 make another EFFORT 10 have
'he courts declare tho recent local
apl4oh election In Manchester AIagis-
'erlai District void. Althouch all Of
them viii close Saturday night. Attor-
icy J. NJ. Turner. who represents the
liquor interests IN Swansboro. viii,
snake his final plea before Judge Rob.
rrt G. Southall, of the Chestersc,l
1ircuit Court, who has set next Mon
Gay morning for the opening Of - sne
''ai term 10 consider other matters.
Jus' what course will be followed
!ir' turner would not SAY, but among
'fe points 10 he raised is the VALIDITY
81 special or local option election
-e!d WITHIN thirty days OF an election
cohtchalng mat primary is an cleo
non within the meaning of the Byrd
law. This point was brought IN two
months ago by liquor dealers of Chat.
nam, where similar condition exist.
Cd, but the Circuit Court of that coun-
" decided against tho vets"
The Circuit Court Is the court OF las,
resort In question OF this sort, jurls.
diction over the matter being especfall,
granted by statute.
The local option election was held OF
July &c. 1T which time the saloons wer,
voted out by good majority Under
the law they are permitted to oper.
ate for ninety days after the election
which gives them until October Is I,
remain open for business.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-13

Opera. Bucnos Aires. Published by
Modern Dances Chicago.
Il just took 1T away from her" re-
marked Mr.. Dope. In resigned tone
She's upstairs cryin'. but L can't help
It. Cryin' does u woman good. Any
way. It's respectable. which that book
and tho dances 1t teaches amt Sho
paid 90 cents in stamps for It, too,
after savin' tho money for seven weeks
to spend on tho state Fair. And that
Amt all. Tho book says that you got
to take thirty lessons by mail before
you can learn to tango like they do on
the stage. and she sent of for tho
Lesson yesterday They cost 90 cents
apiece.
Amt II enough to get fathers goat
to see his only child brung up to act
like n lady. sink to buyin' trash like
that with winter comm on and coal
and rations high as It is? 1 Amt a
mossback. tell you. Didn't / buy
her a graphophonc when they came in
style? And don't buy her a new
record every month or so? Last month
bought her In My Harem. and only,
yesterday got her Peg O. My Heart
what moro can girl want?
But I'm her father, and it's my duty
to look out for her when she DON'T
know any better. and, believe me, I'm
gotn' to do II. l am mum when II
comes to tight skirts They're bum for
gcttin' on cars. but they don't hurt.
II Cindy chooses to slit 'cm up the
side, I say slit 'cm if IT makes you
happy. But when IL comes to per-
mittin a daughter of mine to do the
tango. ] can't see II. I'm runnin a
Christian household and not a orange
ranch. and don't want any tangerine
calm mo dad"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-13
WOMEN'S SOCIETY
HEARS fine TALK
Mrs. E. c. Cronk Addresses Dele.
gates Attending Convention
of Virginia Synod.

Tho convention of tho Womcn's
Home and Missionary Society of the
Virginia Synod. being held in tho First
English Lutheran Church, Monument
Avenue and Lombardy Street, heard a
stirring address last night by Mrs. Il.
G. Cronk. who spoke OH In Tune With
tho Keynote of the Master" She show
| cd that nothing could be done success
fully IL the worker were not in tune
with the work of the great Teacher,
and IL his soul did not enter into the
labor. 1t was said to be ono OF tho
finest addresses ever heard by the con-
Sention.
The first session was held on Satur-
day night, with thirty-five delegates
present. The delegates represent 125
congregations, and 10000 members
Mrs. a. ID. Hancher, OF stanton. is
the presiding officer: Mrs. ]. J. Scherer,
of Richmond, vice president: Mrs. L. J.,
Folk, OF IIarrisonburg, recording sec
rotary; Mrs. Grace Wysc, of Staunton,
corresponding secretary, and Miss
I1iscnberg. OF Stanton. treasurer.
The sermon to the delegates yester-
day morning was delivered by the Rev.
r. C. Holland. u. d. of Charlotte, N.
c. In the afternoon service for young
people was held. and addresses were
delivered by Miss Martha Akard, of
the Lutheran Mother House, in Balti-
more; Mrs. T.. c. Cronk, OF Columbia
S. c.. and Mrs. J. Calvin Stewart. OF
Richmond. Miss Akard. one of the
speakers, will sail In April as u mis-
slonary to Japan. Mrs. Cronk, who
made the address last night, is the
editor OF all the literature used by
the Missionary Society of the Southern
Lutheran Church.
Services will DO held at $3.50 o'clock
this morning. after which the election
of officers will take place. Mrs. j. D.
Woman, of Newport News, will speak
on The Relation OF Women to Church
Work" in the afternoon session. which
begins at $50 o'clock. At the night
session DR.. L. C. Clarke, general sec
rotary of the Laymen's Missionary
Movement in the South, will lecture on
missionary work in Japan. illustrating
his talk with stereopticon Views.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-13
GETS
MIDWAY SPOILERS
Many Of Them Had To Borrow
Carfarc, While Others Went
in Taxicab STYLE.

me Turk who told fortunes with in
Visible ink. the faker who faxed peo-
pie who wanted TO be faxed the hawk
Ct ana spieler who made Munchausen
appear as stsckier for the truth. all
nose VINO lived on the credibility OF
me public. have gone from the state
Faif Grounds. some 10 PETERSBURG
some further South. and the others
back TO Coney.
rev needed help to make their
getaway. for when they had paid their
poard biils and mado tho last payment
on thelr concessions, there was nothing
, ,' lhey are all in the same game.
iiSihs on ths same prey, and they have
oertaih cooe OF honor which makes
| 'hc more successful come 10 the aid
OF his needy brother. III one gets INTO
trouble. the others make up purse
LOT nm, give him q stake TO sin ri
over again. and he pays back when he
| can. ~
Most 81 the showmen left Saturday
! hieht. rents were Knocked down
win the system that comes of long
Years or experience. and placed on
ia,hs waiting II the Fair Grounds.
ana suitcase carried everything clae
Ihen the Snowman put on his nat.
tishtened his cravat forgot 10 wash
| ms hands, whistled for the ,,o,. .nI
was ready for pastures new. one man
made 81 BOO. and was satisfied with IN .
weeks work Another made bardlv -
cents 10 went TO his more success
iui brother, and got the stake he asked
TOT. Perhaps this week the situation
WIN he reversed. Not until the season
rs ended does the travelling showman
know whether the larger figure 10 al
the foot OF the credit column or or INC
debit column.
Y was said that nine tons Of Teddy
bears We're brought 10 the Fair
Grounds. That statement was made
ny man who sold them. and 1onybe
ne thought for the moment thu, he
was back on tho Midway and spjclInp
u is fact. though. that more Teddy
bears than anything else were sold
here last week. People WHO wouldn.,
pay nickel to sec real bear mid
~ high as s. for one made OF a ray
and q bit of hair
The last OF tho crowd left yester.
day afternoon. They stood on INC
street corners. with grips piled abou,
III them, and nsked the way to Peters.
nurG some OF them remembered ma,
fetorsburg was connected in some wa,
WIN crater. and they wanted "a
Rho" how deep IL was They yer,
assured tina, there WAS little or M
danger OF falling IN The price OF ,
meal had been saved for a ticket .,r
's's open IN Petersburg to-day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-13
LESSON FROM BASEBALL
Dfinlster Says Church People Must Train
Themselves Spiritually.

Taking lesson from the prepared
men who fought for supremacy in the
worlds baseball series just closed the
Rev W. j. Young, d. d.. pastor of
Centenary Methodist Church, last night
pointed Il moral for those who have
entered into the battle for Christ. He
said that the church is playing at
Christianity, and that it is fighting a
sham baltic instead of engaging in
real conflict. There Is no interest In
the church, he said, and no interest in
it because the church people are not
fighting a real contest. he illustrated
his text, taken from st. Paurs advice
TO the Corinthians. TO prepare them
selves for spiritual conflict as they
would for physical contest, with the
fact that the Greeks trained themselves
In body for the ancient Isthmian games,
rs did tho men who played for name
and fame in the great national game.
Dr. Young pointed out the fact that
there was definite purpose in every
thing that they did. and that they
trained themselves to the highest pos
sible physical standard. If the people
OF the church would train themselves
spiritually in the same way. he said,
the fight for Christianity would go
forward and sin would finally be
blottcd out. He urged his hearers to
20 into the spiritual conflict trained
for its struggle. so that society and
politics would become clean and Satan
be driven from tho world.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-13
TANGO CRAZE INVADES HOME,
OF observation-disclosures
Cinderella, Who Is Built on Ferry Boat Lines, Es-
says to Learn Sooey Dance by Mail but
Joe lntercepts Question Book

i am conformin' church member
and an old man." complained Joseph
Dope last night. land 1t goes hard to
have a daughter 1 skimped and saved
to raise like a lady fall for a dance
like the tango, which don't think
Salome would ever have had the nerve
to do before Nero, lpose as times in
them dark Babyionian days were. 1t
isn't Christian and IL amt decent.
Cinderella of all girls, too. or
course. I know n girl OF thirty-nine
is got to have her amusements She
can't look at things like a man OF
sixty-fve that has travelled these
United States OF North America to
Texas and back again and seen all
there Is to be seen. But | didn't ex-
pect her to do II. / thought she had
more balance, more sense.
1T isn't like as &c Cinderella was the
tango kind. She Amt built for II. 1
can go long ways in forgiving n girl
who IS planned on cup-challcnger lines
with no beam to speak OF. for trotting,
shuffling or tangoing-its bad enough
then. But when girl is goin' on
forty and weighs $50 pounds and
travels like ferryboat. and gets
tango bitten, it's too sad for words"
Mr.. Dope assumed the mlen of
martyred fatherhood and gave himself
up to the luxury of long sigh before
resuming the tale OF his erring daugh-
ter. On the marble-top centre table
lay yellow paper-covcred book. 1t
was thin and crudcly typed OH the
coarse paper that Is common TO all
publications that spring into life TO
meet sporadic demand. On the cover
was cmblazoned in faulty alignment.
THE Art of Tangoing, illustrated. by
'Tangcrinc' late OF the Orangeade
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-13
CALLED HIM A F'AkER WHEN
GASLIGHT WAS FIRST SHOWN

large crowds came out to sec the light
1t was successful at first, but did not
last long. and Main Street went back
to the animal oil lamps.
The next time the question of light
ing the city with gas was agitated
was in 1876, when tho Council APP
proved charter to incorporate a COM
pany for that purpose. kecvcr & Dur
gan. OF Philadelphia, were TO do the
work. and subscription books were
opened at Joseph Bosher's on February
g. 1876. The people demanded light.
and the Council then ordered an cleo
ton TO decide whether the gas works
should be owned by the city or by
Nprivate company. a vote was taken
on April 2. and by majority of sixty
one on: OF total of SIS ballots cast.
the people decided on municipal plant.
and to this day Richmond has con-
trolled the gas situation.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-13
CALLS SPECIAL MEETING

Now Plans to BE Made for Young Mems
Regfstrntion Committee BANQUET.
President Fairfax c. Jones. Of tho
Young Mems Registration Committee.
has called a special meeting OF tho ex-
ecutive council for Thursday night,
when plans for the banquet which was
to have been held tonight will be dis
cussed. The meeting will be held at
the business Mems Club.
The banquet. which was to mark the
opening of tho big vote-getting cam
paign. wau postponed owing to the In
ability OF the council to complete ar
1t sis expected that the
new date will be fixed for October 81,
but this VIII not be fully decided until
tho meeting Thursday night,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-13
WED A SECOND TIME
Richmond Mans Family Wanted Re-
ligious Marriage Ceremony.

- SPSSidA oioPdSSil II oiiA W toii
says:
Samuel Rosen. aged twenty-one, of
Richmond, and Sarah Nusholtz, aged
eighteen. of this city, who obtained a
license here on October 8 last. and
were married by Judge c. S. Bundy, OF
the Municipal Court, appeared at the
City Hall yesterday and got another
license to have the ceremony perform
cd Il second time. On the license is
sued yesterday the Brides married
name, Sarah Nusholtz-Rosen, was en-
tered being carefully hyphenated by
Marriage License Clerk Kroll The
Rev. G.. Slyerstone was named to tie
the knot over.
"Rosen ard his bride were perfectly
satisfied with the binding quality Of the
marriage by a civil magistrate, but
it was stated that the church of which
they arc members disapproved. and
that their respective families objected
also, and insisted that the marriage be
solcnmized by the church"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-13
WOMAN BADLY CUT
City Police Get UP Negro Who Used
knife In Woodland Heights.

Less than an hour after he had cut
Maggie Alexander, colored, five times,
Eugene Cheatham. colored. was arrest
ed by Officers Charles Tinsley and j. Is.
Wescott of the Third District, in q
house in lanyard Bottom. The negro
showed fight, but was cowcd by the
two bluecoa:s. and taken to the Third
Station. where he is being held for the
Chesterfield authorities
The cutting occurred about Q o'clock
last night near the corner of Thirty
first and Semmes Avenue, Woodland
Heights. Cheatham drew out knife
and made vicious attack on the Alex
ander woman. who is in dangerous
condition. Several months ago she was
tho victim of similar attack.
Considerable excitement was created
in the quiet suburb by the affair. and
Immediately on being notified the city
police began n search and quickly To-
Gated the assailant.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-13
NOT MANY CROOKS
OF: BIG TYPE HERE
Police Say Professionals Kept
Away From Fair Through
Fear of Arrest.

ioilce of1icials agreed yesterday that
ar eek, SO far as crime Is concern
CO.. was the most orderly in years. Ser
seant >. w. Holdcraft. who was In
tha sta OF .ne detail of city police at
the state Fair. remarked that he had
received fewer complaints of petty
merits and purse snatching than during
any fair in which he had done duty,
lie said that he did not believc that
theTe was single professions pick
pocket In the grounds during the whole
week. Hitherto the fairs held here
generally attracted professional thieves
from New York and other large cities,
ana the police were flooded with COM
plants. Pockets were picked on the
street cars when they were damned
ana in the grounds. and in several
cases the losses were heavy. But many
OF the crooks were arrested, and as
several of them were convicted and got
long terms, the police believe that they
nave learned Il wholesome fear and re-
spect for tho local authorities
Not more than half a dozen losses
were reported last week, and all of
them were small. and the thieves were
home-g grown and bred. There was ono
hold-up, which occurred outside tho
grounds. and in that n. o. Bell, the in
tended victim. killed the highwayman.
Tho victim was identified as local
product. or the thefts by pickpocke s,
the largest amounted to SIS. and the
victim, n Charles City County farmer,
had his wallet In another pocket, which
the thief overlooked. The money lost
was only pocket change. showing that
the picSpocket was of the local va
riety and new to the game.
n Brook Avenue negro. Frank Ray,
snatched box containing nearly 500
from an ice cream booth In the indus
trial building, and he was caught with
in half an hour. and SS6 was recovered
by Policemen Napier and Brennan. lie
was held for the grand jury