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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-29
STEIN TO D|DE
WEE BIT LONGER
Board Suffers Legal Qualms and
Gives Bandmaster Three
DAYS Notice.

Doubts AS TO tho legality OF its act
last Friday in terminating without no
tice the contract with Moses Stein for
furnishing park music. caused the Ad-
ministrat!ve Board yesterday TO recon
slider the cancellation. Immediately
notice upon Mr.. Stein that his con
tract VIII he revoked on July 81
1t appears that the contract between
stipulated that the instrument could
not be annulled without three days
notice The point was brought 10 the
attention of the board by Attorney
Maurice y. Powers. who appeared yes
terday morning to insist upon the
rights of his client. Mr.. Stein The
board gave ear 10 the warning and de-
cidcd TO forestall IA suit against the
city by resembling its action OF Friday
and giving the three days notice.
This development alone prevented
the award for furnishing the midsum-
mer night band concerts from going TO
Joseph Kessnich. 1t was generally
understood that MIR. Kessnich would
be given the contract for finishing out
the season, at yesterdays board meet
ing. The unforeseen legal obstacle
hindered. and the contract will go to
him next Friday.
Until Kessnich's Band steps in.
STEMS Band Will continue to give the
nightly concerts. 1t appears now that
the music imbroglio Will end Friday
without a fight in the courts as init
mated, and with the conviction gem
eral that the whole incident was the
outgrowth of petty politics in which
the Administrative Board played an
unsavory part
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-29
ADVERTISE CITY
W|THPOST CARDS
Chamber of Commerce and
Rotary Club Devise New
Boosting Project.

In preparation for the coming con-
ventions TO this city the Richmond
Rotary Club and the Chamber OF Com
merce have joined forces to Issue a
very handsome advertisement of Rich
mond's beauty and Industrial progress
In the shape OF a booklet containing a
score OF colored post card illustrations
OF public buildings and monuments
with several pages of crisp data re-
sarding Richmond's resources and nd
Nantages. The booklets, which are I'M
usually handsome souvenirs arc to he
distributed free TO convention visitors
The newly formed but progressive
rotary Club Is the moving force be-
hind The production of these booklets
and has secured the aid Of the Cham
Der OF Commerce in collecting the in
formation and material for the small
document w. r Dabney, business
| manager OF the chamber is now en-
| gagged in writing several condensed
ARTICLES on Industrial Richmond
Among the interesting information
about the city which he has collected
Tor publication In the booklet arc the
/ statistics printed below.
TO the average reader. the most i'm
portant and impressive feature of these
statstlcs viii be the statement that
] the assets OF Richmond exceed tho
oitNs total liabilities by approximately
SloooO00o, indicating at glance the
healthy financial status OF the city
treasury and credit. such a margin
OF proht can DO exhibited by only a
handful of cities
Fascinating Figures
Inc most Interesting OF the data fol-
lows:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-29
INVES 7 M ENT

a Gilt-Edge Investment In old
established local manufacturing plant,
paying large returns regularly. Adj
ditional capital required for Real
Estate for enlargement of business.
Attractive proposition. Amount lin
tied. Full particulars on request.
Address D Sc, care Times-Dispatch.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-29
OVERLAND RIDERS
REACH RICHMOND
Four Cowboys En- Route to Frisco
Via All the States Snapped
With Governor Mann.

From Olympia, Wash. to San Fran
cisco. Cal, by way of every State in
the Union. travelling on horseback with
their nerve and n letter from the Gov
ernor Of Washington. by way of sup
plies, is the stunt planned by the over
land Westerners." who reached Rich
mond Saturday night. They have al
ready ridden 5000 miles on their wiry
little mounts, crossing the continent at
an angle from Washington to Florida,
ana then coming north to Richmond
At o'clock yesterday afternoon the
four travellers had their pictures taken
IN front of the steps of the State Capt.
they reach the exposition in JLnc 1915
they intend to have the face OF every
Governor in the United States photo
Sraphed In exactly the same way. These
Subcrnatorial portraits are the letters
of introduction that they carry from
state to State. and they help them selves
along by selling interesting little post
cards decorated with pictures OF them
selves and their outfit. and with a map
of their proposed jaunt.
They left Olympia on May / 1912
and they intend to show up at the Pan
anna Exposition in. San Francisco on
on the road fifteen months. and have
already covered 5000 Of the 10000 miles
they have cut out for themselves, they
feel that they are keeping up with
the schedule.
The four travellers are c. G. Beck,
G. w. Beck. J. t. Ransom and r G.
Rayne. They are all residents of the
State OF Washington, and describe
travel in the true ashton of the cattle
man on the open range. clad in flannel
shirts and kahkis. booted and spurred
and riding in high Texas saddles.
The particular hero of the eXpcdi-
ton is Pinto. the spotted pack horse.
which they are determined shall make
the entire trip. Pinto and one other
horse are OF the original outfit, while
six horses have already been left be-
railway trestle and were injured,
one Of them was killed by having a
sharp stick driven in his side while
going through timber, and the other
TWO simply lay down and quit. Nip.
the watch dog, is another member OF
the party that has come all the way
and promises to finish in good shape.
Tho four men tell many interesting
anecdotes Of happenings By the way;
struck the effete East they have en-
countered very little excitement. While
making their way across the Rocky
Mountains they met with all sorts OF
dangers and difficulties. In the Cas-
cade range they rode into q snoWStorm
that stayed with them for thirty miles
and finally compelled them to camp for
four days upon very limited supplies.
From here they will go straight
North TO Maine. and are hoping they
will find some cooler weather in that
direction. In the fall they will turn
South again az far as Louisiana and
Texas. then North to Iowa. and West
by an elaborate ZigZag through the
desert States to the Pacific Coast.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-29
TRAP WORTHY
OF ARSENE LUP|N
Mr.. Roberts" Manages to Make
Clean Getaway With $4,000
Cigarettes.

All efforts on the part OF tho detec-
tive force to discover the Identity of the
twentieth century thief. ~ w. Rob
erts' of Beaver DAM" who prearranges
to have n store stocked with plumber.
pcrore ne jimmies his way through a
rear window, came TO naught ycstcr-
day and last night and the phantom
contractor remained at liberty to dis
pose OF the $4,000 cigarettes which he
stole through this medium from the
nrm OF h. y. Saunders's Sons Company.
$50 East Cary Street, on Saturday
night. Facing dishearteniuE lack OF
clews. the police feel bafned by the
cleVerness of the scheming burglar. and
the possibility of his capture seems
small
according TO the account pieced to-
sether BY acknowledgements Wiley
and Kellam. a man representing him
self TO be j. w. Roberts, a contractor
or Beaver Dam, called up Il. a. Saun-
derss Sons Company by telephone on
Saturday and ordered $4,000 low
priced cigarettes and six boxes of
chewing tobacco to be delivered in his
name ut the furniture store of Burks
q Co, SO west Broad Street on the
same day. He explained that he had
placed large order for mattresses with
the furniture company, and would be
conrenienced by having the tobacco
order delivered to the West End store.
where he would have to go for the
mattresses
Cleverly Laid scheme
The Saunders Company took the
pains TO communicate with Burks &.
Co before flling the order. They were
told by the Burks' manager that a
man named Roberts had called up by
telephone and ordered two dozen
mattresses TO be prepared for his pur-
chase when he called in person later
III the day. On the strength Of this.
the tobacco was delivered to the furni-
ture store and placed to one side with
the large order OF mattresses
Sometime during Saturday night Mr..
Roberts jimmied his way through the
rear door OF the store occupied by
Burks a Co. md marched out with the
5000 cigarettes, leaving behind the
bulky boxes OF chewing tobacco and
the ponderous pile OF mattresses. The
police believe that he placed the chew
ing tobacco order merely a., a blind
FOR tho cigarette theft. as il would
have required Team and wagon to
remove the entire order. The mattress
order was. of course. merely stall"
TO allay possible suspicion on the part
OF the Saunders firm
The police say that "Mr Roberts"
has successfully worked the same
scheme On two occasions previously.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-29

License to marry was issued yesterday by
the clerk of the Hastings Court to Anas-
tasas Miliaresis and Marianthe Andreathes:
John w. Smith and Carrie b. knight; Yer
non Il. Slaughter and Lula Conway Muire
Joseph II. Kicker and Marie Jordan
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-29
BLASINA TRIAL POSTPONED
Hungarian, Charged with Assault, VIII
Re Tried October IL.

Tho trial OF John Blasina the Hungarian
under indictment for alleged criminal as
Eault which had been set for yesterday
was postponed until October II. Blasns
has been twice indicted-once on the charge
of criminal assault upon HIS Young niece
and ut the last sitting OF the grand jury
for an attempted criminal assault upon an
other woman. His arrest on the first charge
took place ut the instance OF the Austro-
Hungarian vice consul. who had been in
formed of the Irregularities. Blasina was
bailed for his appearance at the October
term.
Samuel Cocker. indicted by last weeks
grand jury for malicious wounding SEN
fenced yesterday by Judge Richardson TO
serve six months on the public roads. A
like sentence imposed upon Henry Over
ton. convicted of carbrcakInE. William
Bland. under Indictment for malicious
wounding. was acquitted
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-29
Arrested for stahhInS.

archie Dandridge, colored. was ar
rested yesterday afternoon by Patrol
man Bertucci on the charge of knitting
Charles Jones on the might OF July sc.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-29

puilding p"rmi, was issued Yesterday ,o
}. W. HHSs 20 build 81 une-story brick car
aee al !VS stuart Avenue, at d cos. of &375
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-29
Robbery Reports.

Report was made to the police yes
terday that the store of Powell Bros,
1897 East Main Street. was entered by
night and eight hats, valued at SIG.
stolen.
Boyd A Mowry. of 1905 Pleasant
Street. reported TO the police that n
gold bracelet. valued at s35. had been
stolen from his home.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-29
THE WEATHER
richmond WINS Wnrm, but Then Othe
Cities Were Warmer.

Cities Were Warmer.
Richmond remained in the hot assem-
piy OF cities on yesterday. the mercury
recording as high as 80. with so at 8
o'clock last night
Kansas City, Louisville and Okla
homa took highest honors with So,
while Duluth and San Francisco tied
with 5S for the coolest spot Calgary
was way back in the running, with
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-15
|Maury Wins From
John Marshall High
Basketball Team

Maury high school of Norfolk de-
feated John Marshall high in the Y.
M. c. A. gymnasium last night, 20 to
81. The game was full of thrills from
start to finish. Bethel, of Richmond,
shot a goal in the first minute of play.
A minute or two later he tossed an
other. Then Macon and Boyenton, of
Norfolk, took turn and each shot a
field goal.
The contest then zigzagged all the
way. At the end of the first half the
score was 10 to IL in favor of John
Marshall
In the second half the Maury boys
got the Jump on Richmond. shooting
two goals in rapid succession as a re-
suit of fine team work, supplemented
by Coffee's rapid play.
Hatcher, Of Richmond. then got in
the game. and scored three fouls. After
that IL was nip and tuck all over, tuck
In the shape OF Maury high. forging
to the front in the last few minutes
of play. Boyenton shooting two goals.
Norfolk. Position. Richmond.
Boyenton :. right forward .Padgett
Baxter ...... left half -. Hatcher
Coffee ......... center ..... Bethel
Potts ........ right guard :. Barker
Macon left guard :. Turner
Summary: Field goais-Boyenton, 4:
Baxter, a. Coffee ss ss., q; Macon Macon, 9;
Foul goals--Boyenton, 4 out of 10
shots; Hatcher, 8 out of 20. Referee.
Reithard. Timekeeper. Bowen, of
Maury.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-15
Baseball Schedule
Of Hampton High
School Announced

HAMPTON. VA. Feb. 14.-Manager
sc1ater Montague yesterday ANNOUNCED
the schedule for the baseball season OF
s shs Hampton ,s, high school Which In
in the Tidewater Virginia section.
The reason will open here on March
Goth. with an exhibition game with
one Of the mines at Fort Monroe, while
the first big game of the year will be
played on March 21st with the Ports
Manager Montague declares that
Hampton will have the fastest nine in
it's history the coming year, and that
ne expects as good results from the
baseball nine as he got from the foot
The complete schedule is given be-
March REORGANIZATION games with
Fort Monroe companies
March 21-Portsmouth high school.
at home; pending.
March as--Norfolk high school. a,
home.
A APPrl i 4-Nsrfol ( h siss school. a.
Norfolk.
April s-cape Charles high school,
April sMNewport News virginia
Ieague). at Newport News; pending.
April 1e--Wlliiam and Mary aca-
denny. at Williamsburg.
<APf ~ AhASAAloAiA SoAlGES NHtGpI0Jt
at Richmond.
April 1a-Blackstone academy. at
Blackstone.
April l4--Biackstone high school. at
Blackstone.
April 15--Petershurg high school,
Mt Petersburg. pending.
April f7--Oid Point Comfort college.
at home.
April 1s--Riehmond college tsecond),
at home.
April 22-Newport News high
school, at home,
April 25-McGuire's school, at home.
April 2s--SInithfieid high school. at
SrnifhfeId.
April Escape Charles high school.
May civilian and Mary academy,
May 4-oid Point Comfort college.
at Old Point Comfort college.
May s-Newport News high school,
at Newport News.
May Suffolk high school. at
home.
May s--Portsmouth high school, at
Portsmouth: pending.
May i3-Norfolk high school. at
horne lin case third game is neededl.
May t5---Sewport News high school.
at ..*,....-... Tin case third game is
May i7-sunoik high school, at suf-
folk.
home.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-15

Especial to The Richmond Virginian.1
SYRINGA- VA, Feb. i4.--Mr. and
Mrs. e. b. Revere have returned from
Columbia. s. c., where they attended
the National Corn exposition.
h Miss e. May Miller. of Portsmouth.
is visiting her parents near Lockfies.
Mrs. j. G. Clark. who has been sick
of pneumonia, is recovering.
Mrs II. /. Miller. of Baltimore. la
here on visit.
Mr.. Richard Apsley, who has been
In Baltimore several weeks is at
home.
Rev. n. u. Thames is spending the
month of February visiting relatives
and friends in South Carolina.
The School Improvement league OF
Syringa high school held it's meeting
Wednesday evening in the school
auditorium. An interesting program
was rendered consisting of songs,
recitations, readings and the question
for debate was, Resolved, That the
Indians were ill-treated by the white
man" Affirmative, Jessie Carlton and
Gordan Stiff: negative, Haswell Wall
ker and Oslo French.
Wednesday afternoon at o'clock
Miss Lula Booker. of Harmony village.
and Mr.. Thomas Moore, of Church,
view. were united in marriage at
Harmony Grove church In the xb-
sence of the pastor, Rev. Hardcastle,
OF Saluda, oihciated-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-15
POCAHONTAS ASKS
FOR EXTRA TRAIN

Especial to The Richmond virginian.
POCAHONTAS. VA, Feb. IA
meeting of the Pocahontas board OF
trade and business men was held on
yesterday. and arrangements are
about perfected by which the board
will guarantee a special train to the
Crane creek and Wide Mouth
branches on Monday evening after
the seminary. and they will stop at
this month.
The present schedule did not allow
the visitors to poca fIontas. but few
hours each day, and the merchants
have taken this means OF giving the
Crane creek and Wide Mouth patrons
a longer stay in Pocahontas. II the
train proves success this pay day
Monday. one will be run each pay day
Monday in future.
The present connections made at
Biuestone Junction. with main line
trains, will be taken up. and IL Is
thought that the railroad officials as
soon as the matter Is investigated
will give Pocahontas much better
railroad service.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-15
Ban Johnson Asks
Fans to Give the
P. L. Fair Chance

NEW YORK, Feb, 1$.-"1 hope New
York fans will not expect too much
from Chance this year" said President
Johnson. of the American league. on
Tuesday.
1T must be remembered that he lis
p taking hold of team that was die
some excellent material. but II is going
TO take some time 10 plug the holes.
II the New Yorks finish better than
prised But shall expect TO see them
fghting for the pennant In 1914
Chance alone cannot perform q
under him in chicago. bat he is ex-
Y york. y the metropolitan fans are
patient they win be rewarded in due
time, but they must not md fault
IL the road at the outset In rocky
one. Chance Is q great manager ana
winner oyer night without the right
kind OF playing talent He necessarily
must move slowly until he hnds out
where he stands
pitcher Ray Fisher has signed his
contract with the Yankees,
Jimmy Callahan. OF the White Sox,
has 2 high opinion q Ray a., ca Gaidwss u
So have New Workers., and SO probably
will Chance after he has seen the slim
one perform.
ectasies when he saw the schedule was
Griffith The whyfore was that be-
ginning on April 26th the Washingtons
have twenty eight straight games on
the road. playing seven cities In that
time.
Quotations from a paragraph: New
York fans know Tess baseball than
g these OF any ether city in the csssn-
try" OF course: why notg with only
four remnants won here in the last
eight years and participation in three
had To see good baseball? The Bene-
dicfine monks know less about making
benedictine than anybody else and
Boston less about making brown bread.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-15
.D|CkEN REFUSES
TO SETTLE, JAILED
DEFIEs POLICE JUSTICE AND ASKS
FOR ARREST OF JUDGE
CRUMP.

Breathing threats to fight the case
through every court In the land to
appeal TO Governor Mann and to do
several other things which came TO
and defier OF the courts-federaf. State
and city--rests In Jail In default of
payment OF a flfty dollar fine imposed
upon him by Justice Crutchheld for
Equity court In performance OF his
Dicken was fined $50 and put under
$500 bond by Justice John for resisting
Sheriff MERGERS stan when 1t under
took to eject him. Mrs Hughes, his sis
house on North Seventh street bought
under court order by Romeo Perry.
He refused to~pay the fine and was
put behind the bars. He noted an APP
secure bond for his release. /.
The furniture remains In front oil
the house, where placed by the court
officers Dicken swears he'll not touch
it and Chief of Police Werner sweara
he must As Dicken never does what
chances arc that the chief will have to
have the furniture moved.
Dicken distinguished himself when
the officers began their work of re-
officers and Interfering with the latter
Before that .hs had hurried So police
headquarters and demanded that the
officers be arrested. Failing to have
after United states Commissioner
Fiegenheimer and demanded q warrant
for the arrest OF Judge Crump, OF the
Law and Equity court He now
threatens a,s.s to see Governor Mann ann and
expects the governor to do he does
not say.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-15
Fredericksburg Is
Winner at Ashland

Especial to The Richmond virginian }
ASHLAND, VA, Feb. 1A.---In a fast
hand game of basketball tonight in the
Randolph Macon gymnasium the
Fredericksburg high school defeated
the Ashland high school by the score
OF Is to IL.
Soon after the game commenced
Ashland suffered a heavy loss on ac-
count OF Grffflth. their captain and
star center, having to be taken Off of
the floor because of a badly fractured
ankle. From all appearances the issue
Of the game would have been reversed
had it not been for this accident.
Both teams put up a good game and
each player guarded his man we'll.
Lancaster and Woodhn perhaps did
the best work for the Ashianders.
while Sacrey and Rollins played well
for Fredericksburg. The lineup:
A. *. s. Positions. r. Fl. S.
woodfin, r. left forward -. .Sacrey
Lancaster :. right forward Rawlings
Griffith ... center Jones
woodfin, c. left guard Rollins
Ellis ........ right guard -. Sale
Summary: Goals~-Sacrey. 4; Raw
iings, 8 Rollins. /; Woodfln, T.. Q;
Lancaster. q: Woodfin. c.. /. Goals
from foul, Grifiith, /: Rawlings, Q.
Referee. Hopkins. Scorekeeper. Rid
dick; timekeeper. Ames, all OF Ran
dolph- Macon.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-15
Old Doc CrandaIl
Signs; Giants off
for Texas Camp

NEW YORK, Feb. 11.--Doc Cram
dali. relief pitcher par excellence.
yesterday turned over his signed COM
tract to Secretary Foster. leaving
only two unsigned Giants, Murray
and Tesreau. Red Jack appears to-
have Joined the hold-out league. all
though at Giant headquarters this IT,
denied Tesreau will sign very likely
in a few days at most.
Beginning on Sunday next tho
Giants will be drifting to Marlin, Tex,
in relays. Always in the lead In HIT
ting upon schemes conducive to pen-
nant winning. Manager McGraw
thought out another one yesterday.
Having thought it out he proceeded
to act and the result was he engaged
a dentist to make the training trip
with the Giants.
Eddie Brannick, assistant to Secre-
tary John Foster. departs tomorrow
for ST Louis, to round up the players
who will go to Marlin from the Mound
City. This batch viii be composed
of Smith, Demaree, Schulz, Haniey.
Jacobson, Larry Doyle, Groh, Wiltse.
Tesreau. Stock and Burns, most o.
whom i've beyond the AlleEnAnlGS.
On the Journey West the squad
starting from New York on Sunday
will be considerably augmented at
! Harrisburg, Pa. where Wilbert Rob-
| inson, the coach, and his eighteen-a
year-old son, who is said TO be almost
as big as his dad, will be picked up.s
Leon Ames may join the party at
Pittsburg, and Joe Evers may also
report there.
McGraw on his arrival at Marlin
expects to find Cooper, Bader, Perry
man and Robertson already there and
in training. These men all live in the
South. within a short radius OF
Marlin.
Groundkeeper Murphy writes MG-
Graw that the Texas grounds are in
great shape and are prepared for the
invasion OF the Giants.
1t became known yesterday that
mackinaws, which were introduced
as uniform accessories by the Giants
! last year, were one reason for that
| team winning the pennant The rain
/ of last spring greatly handicapped
| most of the teams in the South and
the Giants had plenty of it at their
camp, but the heavy mackinaw coats,
McGraw declares. not too bulky to-
/ interfere with their practice. kept
| them dry and enabled them to go
right on with their outdoor work.
/ Their condition allowed them to make
| a flying start and win the flag The
/ garment proved so useful that a new
supply has been ordered for this year.
/ The coats are being made for the
Giants in Duluth.