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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-16
Tourist Travel Light.

Tourist travel has not been so
plentiful during the past week doubt
less owing to the colder weather, but
several courageous travellers have
passed through the city via tho route
Among the travellers who experienced
difficulty with Virginia roads was Mr.
Wiseman, who was on his way from
Washington to Savannah, but who
shipped his car from here rather than
make any further attempt to nego-
tlate our roads. After being buried
in the red clay and then having had
TO spend n night in stream where
his car begged down We're two of sew
eral experiences that led him to give
up the trip. We are little inclined
to laugh at our sister State Of Geor-
gia, but we must take off our collec-
i've hat TO her in the matter OF roads.
Georgia has good roads not because
that there is any more or any better
road building material than there is
In Virginia, but because the State has
freed itself from the evils Of the con-
tract system in It's penitentiaries and
uses It's convicts in the place where 1t
does the most good both to the con-
victs themselves. that Is our door
labor--and to the public in the steady
and constant Improvement of the
States transportation facilities. Geor
gia, too. uses not local and hit or miss
system in its road building, but has a
we'll defined and laid out plan for gem
eral road betterment. If this State
Of ours with all its wealth OF history.
its wealth of natural resources, and
It's material wealth, would once waken
to the need Of roads. Virginia could
easily through the passage Of State
wide laws catch up with the rest of
the procession and resume in this re-
spect at least the position. that Is hers
Of right--that OF the leading State
IN the South.
Mr. Wiseman stored his car at the
Blue Ribbon garage while in the city.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-16
HARRY WILLIAMS,
MINNESOTA COACH,
WELL KNOWN HERE
ORIGINATOR OF TACKLES BACK
PLAY MARRIED IN RICH
MOND--LIFE HISTORY.
8y j. III. RTTCHTr',

Sporting Editor Minneapolis Journal.
DR.. II. l.. Williams, coach OF the
Minnesota football eleven, was born
at Hartford Conn. July 26, 1853. His
paternal ancestors came from Eng
land and were principals in the foun-
dation of Taunton, Mass. In 1913.
They lived In New England and the
family was represented In the colonial
and revolutionary conflicts. the 1872
dispute and the Civil war. On his
mothers side his forebears came over
in the colonial days and moved to
Hartford from the Salem colony IN
1886.
Harry" Williams went'to the Hart
ford public and high schools His
first effort In athletics was at Hart
ford high. where he played left half
for two seasons, He went to Yale in
the fall of 1887. and for four years
was awarded "Y" on the Yale foot
ball team. He did not get first choice
for left half until his senior year, when
he played the first half Of the Harvard
game and sustained shoulder injury
OF such a nature as to miss the Prince
ton game. Despite the accident, he
had the highest average for touch
downs for the season.
After graduating from Yale, whore
he was one Of the editors of the Yale
Daily News for two years, he taught
school al Newburg- ont the Hudson, ten
miles above West Point The cadets
at that time were just starting foot
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-16
Government Bays Tords

COLUMBUS, ONO, Nov l5.-The
auto collection Of mail Is being main
tanned at a less cost to the govern
ment In Columbus than IN any other
city or town IN the United States
thanks 70 the careful working out OF
q scheme that originated with Post
master krumm and one or two
others The mail now is collected
with Ford cars.
Several months ago, when the gov
crnment advertised for bids from
those who would rent autos 10 the
government for the collection OF
mail the lowest bid was S2l 900 an
nuaily. According 70 the rules Of
Uncle Sam the postmaster could not
spend any money for the purchase of
autos That is. he could not spend
any Of the governments money for
that purpose
Postmaster Krumr1 sent three pro-
positions to the government, nut none
If them proved satisfactory and then
he looked up the allowances that were
made for operating and the upkeep
or autos He found that $1,000 an
nflaily was allowed for the upkeep OF
autos. chaufeurs, etc. Then he de-
r4tled to purchase the autos necessary
10 collect the mall in Columbus To
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-16
AUTOMOBILE NEWS

do this required money. and. as post
master, he was not permitted to en-
gage in any business for profit, with
the government paying the profit.
SO he interested the mail carriers
who were assigned to the work, and
they decided TO purchase the autos
outright But when they came TO this
conclusion they didn't figure that
autos were sold for cash, and they had
no funds 10 invest for the government.
Then Mr.. Krumm was appealed to.
and after some dickering no got a
couple Of friends to indorse with him
and they went TO the bank and bor-
rowed the money to purchase six Ford
cars.
These were turned over to the mail
carriers who also Endorsed the notes,
and are being paid for out of the
money received by them IN addition
TO their regular salary, for the upkeep
OF the autos, During the past year a
large part Of the original loan has
been paid off. and the six autos have
cost the government but $4,000 a
year TO maintain This is the amount
paid for the upkeep TO the carriers,
Cadillac Breaks Records.
Two thousand and sixteen 1914
Cad!llacs were manufa ctured and
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-16
Worm Drive for 1900 Pound Model

Beating them all TO IT. That's about
the best way to explain the latest ac-
mplishment of the Iippard- Stewart
worm drive for the delivery car. The
new design is the last step in maxi
ing this light capacity motor truck
suited for the greatest number Of pur-
poses. If increased ability Is ever re-
quired, If silence and the smoothest
running should be "A necessity, II the
tire question comes down to a demand
for the solid type, then the Lippard-
Stewart dealer has the car for the
purpose. He has the bulge" on the
man selling "A truck with less modern
features. He has n car that meets the
ideas Of the buyer who fl truck wise"
who knows the trend OF design and
the relation OF the mechanism to- ser
vice.
r. A. Blenner Is agent in this city
for the Lippard Stewart truck.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-16
VIRGINIA TECHS
BEAT M0RR|S-HARVEY

BLAcKsBURG. VA. Nov. I5--V. NJ. I.
defeated Morris Harvey college. her
aided as one OF the Techs most for
midable opponents this season. here
this afternoon by score of Ia to o.
in a pretty exhibition of football.
The Techs showed great Improvement
over early season form, and their
chances for defeating the v. NJ. l.. at
Thanksgiving. are much brighter than
a week ago. Neither side scored in
the first quarter, and Dixon, quarter
back for v. p. L.. made both touch
downs for his team. In the second and
third quarter the fancy work of Caifee,
Pick, Effinger and Whitehead and
Legges punting were features OF the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-16

On his professional side. on grad
uation from Penn, DR.. Williams was
a member of the Agnew surgical So
ciety He was resident physician fer
one year at Howard hospital and ;ater
instructor in gynecology for two years
at the University of Pennsylvania ard
quizmaster for four years in the med
ical institute. He spent part OF the
years 1895, 1897, 1899 and 1904
abroad, studying altogether two years
IN Berlin and Viena In hospital work.
Since going to Minnesota he has
been an instructor In the Minnesota
medical school and was made assistant
professor In 1911. He has a large
medical and rgical practice In Mimi
eapolis at present At the time Of the
1906 upheaval In football DR.. Williams
went to New York, where he was
elected as chairman of the football
committee of the American tntercol-
legiate athletic association. This com
mittee amalgamated with the old rules
committee, and they have remained
since. In this committee DR.. Williams
suggested that the forward pass be
permitted and drafted the original rule
with the idea of making the game
more open and safe. He originated
the now famous Minnesota shift"
first played by the Minnesota team.
and introduced in the East by Thomas
l.. Shevlin, one Of the Yale alumni
coaches.
Since going to Minnesota the sue
cess he has achieved as a football
mentor needs little repetition. Each
year he has developed a team that has
been a factor In the big Nine" race,
winning seven championship and be-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-16

shipped during the month of October,
1913. Out of this number-an output
considered extraordinary for high
grade automobiles. 1928 were of the
open body styles and 1888 were closed
cars, all types OF Cadillacs being re-
presented The retail selling value of
these cars Is s4,246,425
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-16

ball The West Point authorities went
to Newburg and engaged the young
teacher to coach the soldiers In the
new game. His method was to send
down to West Point diagrams of at
tack and defense, and on account OF
their similarity to military maneuvers.
the cadets mastered them easily before
the following Saturday, when the
coach spent the day with the team,
polishing up the plays forwarded
earlier in the week by mail. He ac-
companied the team to Annapolis and
that was the occasion when the cadets
first beat the Navy, 80 to 10. in the
fall of 1891. 1t was his first expert
ence as coach of a football team
In 1892 Williams went to Philadel-
phia and entered the University OF
Pennsylvania medical school. To
meet his expenses he took the posi-
ton of Instructor in football and track
athletics at the William Penn Charter
school. the largest private day school
in Philadelphia He remained at
Penn Charter for eight years in charge
of It's outdoor athletics. Prior to this
period he was invited to accompany
Stage to Chicago as assistant and enter
the Rush medical college, but pre-
ferred to go to Philadelphia. Penn
Charter during these eight years won
the championship in track athletics
for the entire period in the school
league. In football they won for five
years, and In his last year made a
clean sweep of Philadelphia.
While at Philadelphia Williams Of
ficiated at football games played by
Pennsylvania From watching Penn
play the guard back was first sug
gested to him what became known
universally later as the tackles back"
play The tackles back" was techni-
cally radically different from the
guards back" and much more effec-
tive Penn Charter played the
tackles back" In the falls of 1898
and 1899, and swept the Philadelphia
schools with it.
In the fall of 80 DIR. Williams took
this play to New Haven. The Yale
coaches saw that the play was strong,
but were too conservative TO adopt so
radical a departure. John Rogers was
coach and Mcbride captain of the
Yale team at this time
Near the end Of the season West
Point called for help These plays
were given to the Cadets ten days be-
fore the Navy game. West Point had
been doing poorly and the Navy adj
herents were confident Of victory.
Odds were three to one on the Navy
West Point grasped the plays quickly
and in Philadelphia on the Saturday
after Thanksgiving sprung them on
the Navy in the way of a complete
surprise and won, seventeen to five.
Walter Camp and Gordon Brown of
Yale We're on the side lines and
watched the game. The following
spring Brown invited DR. Williams TO
Yale for spring practice, where he
coached Yale for three days and gave
them the tackles back leaving the
diagrams Of the complete system with
Captain Brown.
That fall $4,000 Williams went to
Minneapolis to accept a position as
football coach and also a position In
the medical school. with the privilege
of practicing in Minneapolis Mime
sofa played the tackles back" in the
West and Yale in the East. Minnesota
had an early season game with Chic
ago on October 18th, and played a
six to six tie. Chicago had won the
year before and expected to win hands
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-16

ing runnerup time after time.
DR., williams married IN 1897 Miss
Nina Meadows Boyd. of Richmond,
Va, and has one son, Henry l.. VIII
liams. Jr., age fifteen, now preparing
for Yale at Penn Charter, Phila-
delphia-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-16

down. Minnesota won from Wisoon-
sin, six to five, and all It's other games,
That same season Yale won from Har-
ward, twenty eight TO nothing, and
from Princeton twentyfour to MOTH
ing, using the tackles back"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-16

Cadillac Breaks Records.
Two thousand and sixteen 1914
Cad!lacs were manufa ctured and
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-16
s~
Facts

Ct Lumber Companies and Box Manufacturers
own 80 White Trucks.
The Standard Oil Company operates 50
White Trucks.
1856 White Trucks are operated by 10 leading
oil companies
ITO White Trucks are owned by So packers
and wholesale and retail meat dealers.
253 White Trucks are now owned by 81 NUM-
cipalites State and governments
4500 White Trucks now in service.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-29
The Voting Score Today

W A. White, TO Lamb avenue Barton Heights H. o15
Miss Arabea S Pitcher oil West Main street 1920
r. r. Cammack S. A. L. railway ............ 1854
Miss Lille Hinnant 206 West Fourteenth street,
South Richmond Observation-Disclosures. 10521
Mrs r. r. Angst 1914 North Tweny seeond street 10479
John r. Wicker Jr 20lS Jefferson Park ........ 9766
W. Q. Randett, 712 Decatur street, South Rich
mond o712
r. r. Lawson 2O11 Hanover avenue ......... 1898
Miss Mary L. Lyle. 2o6 South Third street S287
Rev John W. Eure, TOO State street Fulton 1874
Charles s. Hamn, 94S West Grace street ...... 6723
w M. Bckers 40 North Twenty seventh street 5597
Professor H IT, Cupp, Massey Business college. 500
Captain Joseph lie Mesurer 1927 West Franklin. 42l4
r. w Mhy o6O2 Hull street, South Richmond. -. 4156
c. A. Miller, 303 Home street Barton Heights 4045
Professor p. S. Gillian, Highland Park school 1000
Lawrence Mendenhall, 318 East Franklin 1851
Miss Mary p. Chappe 1925 Stuart avenue 3,4oS
Professor f. f. Smith, 141S Porter street 1852
Professor II I'll Blackwell, Barton Heights school, 2,742
Rev. IT, j. Scherer Jr, 1903 Monument 2,547
Miss Trieda Batgc 3611 East Marshall street 2,4s0
Miss Robbie Fittz Meredithville Va....... o243
DR. r. n Broaddus 3013 East Broad street o,224
Mrs. James z. Godsey, 115 East Twelfth street,
South Richmond ............ ................ 1,OOO
Miss Clara C. Jenkins, lSmithdeal Business col
lege Observation-Disclosures. GOO
Miss NJ T. Williams, 2113 Grove avenue ....... 500
W. A. Kicks 10 - South Third street ........ 500
Milton McCabe Home for Incurables ...... 500M
Russell G. Blanton 1908 Park avenue ........... 900
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-29
Swarm to Station
But Not to Greet
President " ilson
GOTHAM CROWDS THERE TO SEE
MISS JESSIE THAT
WAS.

NEW YORK, Nov 2s.--Presidens
Wilson arrived in the city shortly
after $50 o'clock tonight to attend
the Aryny-Navy football game. Nat
uraIly the Pennsylvania station was
alive with policemen, secret servics
men, and special detectives. TO say
nothing of a crowd which greeted him
at every stage of his progress from
the delayed train from Washington
TO Colonel Z. M Houses big Limousine
in the driveway.
The only difference from the for
mer visits was that a considerable
number of the crowd was not there
to see the chief executive of the
United States. 1t happened that Mr..
and Mrs. Francis Is. Sayre, Of VIII
Jamestown. Mass, were ON the same
private car with the president and
Mrs. Sayre up TO Tuesday was Miss
Jessie Wilson. second daughter of the
man who is occupying the White
House.
The crowd, which consisted prin-
cipally of women. which surrounded
the elevators and the driveway,
seemed To overlook the president, and
paid special attention to Mrs. Sayre.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sayre went in an auto
mobile of a friend at whose house
they spent the night. prior to their
departure for Europe tomorrow on
the George Washington.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-29
cry is Given
Five Year Term
FORMER MAYOR OF FLOYD WAS
CHARGED WITH SERIOUS
CRIME.

Especial to The Richmond yirginian,)
ROANOKE, VA, Nov. 2S,--The
special term of court convened to try
Wesley III. Terry. former mayor of
Floyd, charged with having entered
the home of a neighbor with intent
to commit felony" met at 4:30 this
afternoon, Judge Moffett having been
in arriving from Salem.
After being arraigned, Terry plead
ed guilty to the indictment and was
sentenced by Judge Moffett to serve
five years In the State penltentiary at
Richmond. The court further ordered
that the prisoner be taken to the
Roanoke county Jail at Salem and
there confined until transferred TO the
penitentiary.
No demonstrations were made
against the prisoner today. The sem
tence of five years Is the minimum for
the crime of which the former mayor
was accused.
Terry was arrested on the night of
October 30th, soon after he had enter
ed the bedroom Of a prominent young
woman of Floyd
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-29
WHITE HEADS LIST
IN VOTING SCORE
Many Other Nominees Make
Substantial Gains--Now is
Time to Show Good Will.

zip-~Boom. Up goes Mr. white to
the top OF the list.
The race is on in earnest and we
can expect all sorts of surprises dur
ing the next few days
Mr.. White is - prominent Barton
Heights young man and will doubtless
make n good run, as he has many
friends.
There are many other changes In
the order of standing of the nomi-
nees and these fluctuations from day
TO day add greatly TO the zests % the
voting and create a feature of enjoy
naent and interest to our readers.
1t Is evident that number of the
participants are making 81 fight for
the special $50 gift to be awarded next
Wednesday, while the others have
their eyes set steadfastly on the final
day of awards are not giving par
ticuiar attention to the period gift
The real issue Is; who viii win
the automobile ?" and this question
must be decided by 'Nirginlan" read
ers. Only votes count and these votes
must come through bonafide ssbscrip-
tons Therefore, the final outcome
rests entirely in the hands # the subs
scribers OF this paper The nominees
look to them for support.
If you have not decided upon your
choice, now Is the time to do so
Right now is when votes are most APP
preciated. be they many or few. Pick
your xavorite from the list OF names
published today and then express youl
good will in The form OF votes.
The way to vote is shown on page
two.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-29
More Than Thousand Pay
Honor to Dead President of
the Southern Railway---Ser-
vices in St. Johns Church.
All Work on Road Suspended
in Respect to Former Head
Simple Service of Episcopal
Church Used, No Sermon
Being Preached.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 29.-With
more than 1000 clerks and other en-
ployes marching in the rain to at
tend, funeral services over the body
Of william Wilson Finley, president
OF the Southern railway Were con-
Quoted this morning at i o'clock at
ST. Johns Episcopal church, by the
rector, Rev. Roland Cotton Smith.
Gathered to mourn the death of Mr.
Finley and to show respect to his
memory as one of the commanding
! figures In the development Of the new
South" were many presidents and
other high officials Of the railroads of
| the country.
Fffty-three carriages assembled to
carry these friends and the relatives
Of the dead railroad president TO oak
Hill cemetery. where the interment
| took place, and one of the largest
collections OF floral pieces ever gath
cred In Washington for a funeral
other than that of a president OF
the United States was sent to the
cemetery in other conveyances.
simple Episcopal Service Used.
No funeral sermon was preached.
the simple service OF the Episcopal
Church being used by Or, Smith, who
was assisted by DIR Williamson Smith
| and Rev. Edward S, Dunlap. Of St
| Johns. Private services for the I'M
mediate members OF the family were
held at the residence on X street,
| where Mr.. Finley died after stroke
of apoplexy Tuesday, and the. custo-
mary committal service was carried
/ out at the cemetery.
The musical program at the church
/ was under the direction Of H. H.
i Freeman. organist, assisted by choir
! u MEN ard -r-rr;tt atet----t + s-@H-
| vice. at the request OF Mrs. Finley.
/ Memberships Funeral March" and
/ the Dead March from Saul" by Han
| del. were played. AS the body was
| carried out OF the church CHOPIN .
| Funeral March was played. Dur
| ing the service the following hynns
were sung by the choir, az Mrs. Fin
/ ley's request: zone Sweetiy Solemn
| Thought Jerusalem. the Golden
Peace. Perfect Peace" and 'For All
Thy Saints Who From Their Lahors
Rest
! Activities Suspended Five Minutes.
| Many Of the employees of the South
/ ern railway who assembled to mourn
Mr. Fsnley's death and pay respect
/ to his memory came from various
parts Of the railroad system, over the
entire 70e0 miles OF which at Il
o'clock, the hour or the punilc run
eral, all activities were suspended for
FIVE minutes Not a wheel turned
not telegraph instrument clicked
not an ernpIoye, from the vice-presi
dents down TO the humhlest laborer.
did any work in that five minutes.
A group of ushers chosen from the
employees Of the road was in charge
of the seating ARRANGEMENTS at the
( church, which was crowded to Its
/ capacity. Those selected for this ser
vice were 8 II. Hardwick, F. 5. Wynn,
r. H. Kemper. Maury Middleton, G.
/ X. Caldwell. Fl. II. LaJghton. j. b
! Duke, w NJ Ccwhig, III. r. Cary, c,
w. westhury. j. X. Graves, G, A
Kline, r r. McMillin end f. L. Jen-
k!ns.
Among the prominent men az the
| CONTINUED on Second Page)
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-29
Begin Fight For
Zelaya' S Liberty

NE WORK. Nov. 2s.--CounseI for
General Jose Santos Zelaya, former
president Of Nicaragua. who Is in the
Ton1bs. a prisoner on the charge OF
numbering two fellow countrymen.
began today q fight to secure his re-
lease. Their first step was an appli-
cation for q haheas corpus writ, which
WAS granted by Judge Holt in the fed
eraI building. and which brings tho
prisoner into court on Monday morn
ing.
The application was made by at
.orneys for General Zeiaya- Monday
afternoon he viii be before Commits
sioner Shields for a final hearing
The petition for the writ is signed
by the former president II alleges
that he Is being "untustiy and uniaw-
fully restrained OF his liberty One
Of the attorneys for Zelaya sasd to-
day that II the writ ot habeas corpus
rs not granted on Monday, General
zelaya's attorneys Will consider max
Ing an application for the writ.
General Telaya spent today "in
communicate" by hts own request In
the T0nhs