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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-26
SENDS MESSAGE OF HOPE
Provost OF University of Pennsylvania
Discusses Recent Suicides.
ISpec!aI go The TImes- Dispatch.l


Philadelphia, January 25.--Dr. Edgar
II. Smith. provost Of the University of
Pennsylvania. I'm an interview to-day,
sent out o. message of hope to the stu
dents of the university. expressing his
deep sorrow over the recent suicides
Of three students, and declaring that
II is sin to take ones life. The pro-
yost made no effort to stay his grief
during. his interview. and in II voice
quivcring with emotion. said he could
give no reason for the suicides of
Hartley Mccullough, wardley T. Town
ley and Raymond r. Feldman. students
of the university.
II cannot throw any light upon tho
reasons that actuated these unfortu-
nate young men to take their lives"
said DR.. Smith. shaking his head sad
ly. We are all stricken with sorrow
over these sad occurrences"
Ut. smith said the body of students
at the university have resented the re-
ports that the fraternities may have
been. Involved I'm the suicides.
The three students were in different
departments. inc said. and did not
know each other; each had his own
circle of friends"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-26
WILL USE LANGLEY MACHINE
Beachy ..1 te pemen.tsate Po..iblIlty of

Beachy to Demonstrate Possibility Of
Flight fn Old Model.
San Francisco. Cal. January 25.-The
Smithsonian Institution at Washing
ton to-day accepted an offer of Lincoln
Beachy to demonstrate the possibility
OF flight in the Flying Machine" in
vented and built by Professor Samuel
p. Langley. Derision that was excited
when Langiey's. machine fell into the
Potomac River is said to have broken
his heart. Beachy will try to show that
the machine was right in every way
and needed only better motor
i. A telegram received to-day from
Charles Doolittle Walcott, director OF
the. Smithsonian Institute. said that
while 1t would be ipadvisable to take
the wrecked machine from it's place
in the museum every facility would bo
afforded to make Il perfect reproduce
tion that Langley's real success may
be shown
You can fly kitchen table if your
motor s strong enough. said Beachy
This Is what ] want to show"
Beachy looped his sixty-seventh loop
in sixty. days here to-day in n high
wind,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-26
SON FINDS FATHER DEAD
Wealthy Chicago aInn EIectrocutcd b,
Small MassHEe Machine

Especial to The Times -Dispatch.]
Chicago. January 25.-Lazarus l. Sill
verman. wealthy president of the Crown
Novelty Company, was electrocuted In
the bathroom of his home this after
noon by small electric massage ma
chine Silverman's body was discoy-
cred by his eldest son, Leroy. who
heard his screams. The boy brok o
down the bathroom door. Silverman
was lying on his back dead and the
massage machine rested on his chest.
The silver casing of the motor was
hot, and some part OF the machine had
burned n deep hole in his chest Sill
verman was forty-five years old.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-26
AT WORK ON PENSION PLAN
Mitchell VIII Mnlxc Provision for ola
or Incnpncitntcd City EmuIoxes

or Incnpncitatcd City Employes.
Mitchell is Mt work upon plan for
the pensioning OF superannuated or
ineapacitated city employees, and has
believes satisfactory plan can he
ADOPTED within the next six weeks.
pension system. known MS the
but this does not quite meet the EN-
cheney requirements of the municipal
service. Under this law pensjons
amounting to S67,309 were paid last
It Ia the desire of the Mayor to
make max, proper provision. for those who
fully. while at the same time jncreas-
ing the efficiency OF all the city de-
partments by installing younger and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-26
Val UABLE CRAFT DESTROYED
About Thirty Boats Burncd In $3.50, 200
--...-I Elre al

Apout AnlrtJ B0nts burncd In S250,G0O
Fire on Long Island.
New York, January 25.-About tSAsy
boats. among them high speed motor
craft, power cruiser yachts, sloops and
launches We're lost to-day In n $780,
the Stationary Marine Engine, Motor
and supply Company. of Port Wash
iington, l.. I. The destroyed craft be-
lonEed TO wealthy New York business
and professional men.
Among the speed boats. lost is the
Bullet. which. cost $4,000. and which
iast summer developed a speed of thir-
The cruiser yachts destroyed are: !:
..Mmyslery." M. owned by Ralph Pulitzer;
b. c: Gould; .LAmanalo." Thomas Lii
lis; Wee BARN." c. L. Thompson, and
the Target" T.. l.. Kraemer.
Other losses are: six sailing yachts
belonging to the Port washington
Yacht Clubs: the sloop yacht "NIer-
maid" and two hydroplanes
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-26
NINE-DAY PERIOD OF PRAYER
besun by Catholics for Restoration OF
Henry WehlinE's Sight.

ESpecIaI TO The Tfmes-Dispatch.1
vena, or nine days period OF PRAYER.
TO, be participated In by Catholics In
al sections of the world was begun
1o-night for the restoration OF the sight
scholastic.
Mr.. Weffling lost his sight through
an explosion while making chemical
experiments four years ago in the
laboratory of Parnacius College, Buf-
ral0, ~ 7: He is now at woodstock
GoIiege, Md, ready to be ordained In
June, provided he ,regains his sight. :
Shortly after the young man lost his
sight noyena was initiated at which
the noyitiates prayed that he might be
snaniea 20 continue his studies. He has
now completed the prescribed studies
and is ready for prdlnatIon. 80
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-26
"GHosT" IN "THIRD DEGREE
Dtsnnl Question FHi.s to Cause ANY
~. Display of Emntinn

Dismal Question Fails to Cause Any
Display of Emotion.
Los Angeles, Cal. January 25.-The
third degree" with a ghost" az. the
central figure was applied by officials
In futile attempt to obtain from
John II. Grondin. n young druggist, a
confession that he Killed his wife.
Ielta. according to statement to-day
By Grondins attorney.
The attorney declared that Gronhin
was taken by detectives last night
Into q darkened room. where a ghost"
appeared and demanded In gloomy
tones why did you murder rae?' The
dismal question failed to cause Cron-
din TO make any display. OF emotion.
Grondtn was charged with having
poisoned his wife. and with having at
tempted to establish that she had
Killed herself by inholinE gns.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-26
FULL TIME EXPECTED SOON
Sustained Prosperity Looked For nv
Steel Onicini Within Ninety Dnys

TT c!HI 10 The eTtme--D!ApntChl
Pittsburgh, Pa, January 2J.--Steel
orders aggregating upwards OF 90 900
TONS have been received by the mills OF
the Pittsburgh district within the last
few days. Colonel II. p. Pope, Vice
President and general sales manager
Of the Carnegie Steei Company. do.
clared to-day that within ninety davs
the mills should be operating to fuIl
capacity. Sustained prosperity. il ia
asserted among captains. of Industry
sweeping away all early Indications OF
doubtful industrial conditions. IT is
estimated that about $4,000 workmen
VIII be Immedia la telY affected -.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-26
Federal Income Tax.

The Tiines- s-Dispatch has made
arrangements with a Richmond Mt
torney, who has given special at
tcntion to the question OF the Fed
erRl Income Tax LnUa, to answer all
questions addressed to The Tines
Dispatch concerning these lnws. ls9
These questions must be of
general nature and be such as can
be properly answered In the coll
umns of this paper. for all answers
will be printed In The Tinos- Dis
pntch, and under no circumstances
will any question be answered by
mail or privately.
SA Address NIL communications To
Income Tux Editor. Tho 1Ymes- Dis
patch, Richmond.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-26
FATAL MISTAKE BY NURSE
Gives Poison Instead of Medicine, Re.
HuIftnn I'm ncnth af n.,x< =

Gives Poison Instead of Medicine, Re-
sulttnE I'm Death of Two.
Utica, N Y, January 25.-As a re-
suit of mistake by. nurse, two
children at the. Utica Orphanage
Asylum, are dead and four others are
night gave some of the children poison
In mistake for laxative. and to-day
Frederick Gilmore, aged four, and Julia
four received similar doses OF the
poison. 80
The nurse admitted to the coroner
that she administered tho poison to the
children. but claimed she was given
the wrong bottle by another nurse. The
house physician corroborated her state
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-26
MAY NOT SURVIVE NIGHT
Former Senator CulIom Reported to He
Sinking Rapidly.
SDSciul 70 The Tip,ab T,t,-...L

Washington, January 26.-Former
senator Shelby. Cullom. suffered a se-
we're relapse, shortly before O'clock
sinking rapidly. At the stricken Sen
ator's home 1t was said that he prob-
ABLY would not survive the night.
suffered on Saturday, Its manifestntinn
nelng extreme weakness, bordering ON
Earlier in tho day, those by the SEN
ator's bedside stated that he had
shown n slight Improvement. His
strength seemed to return and his sleob
was natural- at noon the Senator ate
MIS- first meal of the day, .consistino @
or weak coffee, milk. toast and prunes'
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-26
WOMAN ENDS HER LIFE

Jumps From Window on Twelfth Floor
of Apartment House.
New York, January 25.-Mrs Alice
Amend, wife of Robert F. Amend. of a
prominent drug importing firm of this
city. was killed late to-day in plunge
from twelfth-story window of West
Side apartment house.
According to the police. Mrs. Amend
jumped after woman companion had
vainly struggled to prevent her from
ending her life.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-26
BUMPER CROP THIS YEAR

Sufficient to Provide Fifteen Oranges
for Each Person In United States.
Chicago. January 25.--After three
years OF disappointments. Pacific Coast
citrus fruit growers this year, have
officials of the Southern Pacific Rail-
road. This years crop, 1t is estimated,
Will be sufficient to provide fifteen
States.
Estimates place the California ship
ments at 10000 cars, more than double
that of a year ago 80
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-26
INQUIRY INTO vIvIsEcTIoN
BiiI Providing for State investigation
to &c introduced ut Albany.
,lspeclaI TO The Times-Dispatch.]

Especial to The -Dispatch.l
New York, January 25.--A bill pro-
viding. for n committee to make State
troduced In the Legislature at Albany
to- morrow by Senator Walter r. Her.
rick II the bill is passed as it's back
ers are confident 1T will be, 1t will lead
cruelty to children during treatment
at various hospitals. 1t will also en-
pody thorough investigation OF the
various forms OF vivisection as prac-
ticed on animals
Mrs. John Astor will be among the
women who Will appear in favor Of the
phi when 1t comes up for a committee
hearing at Albany. 4 large number of
other society women and social workers
VIII also appear in favor of the bill N
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-26
WILL RETURN VOLUNTARILY
sfoyer aud other Union Leaders to
Stand Trinl NJ

MOycr aud Other Union Lendcrs to
Stand Trial mt Houghton.
Houghton, Mich, January 25-Chas
Federation of Miners. and the six
other union leaders under indictment
here for conspiracy. Will return voIun-
tarily to stand trial with the thirty one
strikers indicted with them. tele-
gram, to this effect was received to-
day by George z, Nichols. special
prosecutor, from .. N Hilton, of
Denver. general counsel for the fed
Grafton: Mr. Nichols replied that the
indicted men must come Immediately
Unless they do return, Mr.. Nichols said
he would begin extradition proceed
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-26
BUSINESS AT sTANDsTILL
Unprecedented FnII of Snow In Virginia
City. Mont.

Especial to The Times -DIspatch1
Virginia City. Mont, January Is
An unprecedented fall of snow has al
stock district. In Virginia City the
snow. is SO deep that tunnels have been
dug from the street to the entrance of
shoes instead of climbers to reach the
top of poles. which show above the
surface of the snow. Business of ali
kinds is at an absolute standstill
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-26
DRINK AIR-TONIC AND DIE
Prisoners Sought to Satisfy Craving
for Alcohol

philadelphia, January 25-Hair tonic.
which. 1t is said, they drank to satisfy
a craving for alcohol, caused the
Charles Reitz. serving, sentences In the
Eastern Penitentiary for burglary.
Prison Off icals said the men obtained
the liquid from prison barber on the
plea that they wished to fix up, for
some visitors. 20
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-26
BRITISH AVIATOR KILLED
Making Difficult Dive When Machine
Crashes 70 (;rouud

London. January 25.-George Lee
Temple. British aviator, was killed
to-day at Hendon. He was making a
difficult dive. when strong gust of
wind caught the tail of his monoplane
and the machine crashed to the ground
The aviator's neck was broken. Tenn
pie was the first British aviator to
make a flight upside down In this coun-
try. having accomplished the feat on
November "a
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-08-30

pracel post by Herbert M. Beck,
cation for Arkansas, and the follow
ing is Mr.. Beck's message in part, on
behalf OF the donors, to capt.
S. Smith:
your kind offices in putting this
matter into the proper hands for It's
installatin upon our splendid battle
ship The Arkansas will be appreciat-
ed by the Christian Scientists of the
state who are glad that the name mas
been SO hOnored.
''Their love and good will shall al
ways go out to this good ship, to her
officers and men. They pray that In
time OF peace, there may be such
preparation as to make war wholly
uninviting-sucht truth and right en-
emplified that prejudice, jealousy.
varice and ambition, together with
every other war-producing evil, must
hang its head in preconceived shame
and defeat, while Tin the words of
our dearly bloved leader, Mary Baker
Eddy One infinite God, good, uni
fies men and nation; constitutes the
brotherhood of man; ends wars; full
fills the Scripture, Love thy neigh
Dor as thy self, - (Science and Health
With Key to the Scriptures, p. 34O)
81 have one regret in this matter,
and that is that the generous distance
lying between Arkansas and the place
where people Go down the sea In
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-08-30
FEMININE FASHIONS.
(By Maude Hall.)

New York, Aug. 29.-The woman
WIN, 5eplenishes her wardrobe SO late
in the season as this buys with a
view to future service. Hence the
bargains in silk and cotton mixtures
light wOolens, silks, ETC.. that are Oh
fered in the shops to whet the appe'
tite of summer-end trade. are anxious
ly snapped up by women who want &c
make up the frocks on advance h'ou
els, at small expense.
One-piece designs are featured al
conspicuously among the new styles
as If they had never been heard o.
before. Upon them. however. are
rung in the Russian tunic. the frliieo
skirts, coat waists and several ne"
details that are the correct thing JUST
now.
Women of all ages are going II
strongly for dark colors, especially
-atreet dresses and suits. Even chill
dren are wearing black and white ma
terials frightened with dainty coliar
and cuffs of linen and batiste: very
slender women and girls OF deoutant'
age show a preference for the yoK'
skirt for trotteur costumes. The low
er section of this new skirt Is no
narrow as such garments 80 tnes'
days and, gathered to the aeepes
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-08-30
.ENGLAND'S FOOD
SUPPLY IS SHORT
Britons Not Worried, Be-
cause Ships Continue to
Bring All Needed.

London, Aug. 29.-There is today in
London only food enough to provision
the city for one hundred days. Ii
quiry showed other English chities t
be in about the same situation. Abou
the only commodities of which there
were noticeable shortage were ba-
con and eggs, the staples of the Brit
ish breakfast table.
But there is little alarm over the
situation, as it is known that eight
vessels are on their way from Aus
tralia and Canada with foodstuffs
which, barring accidents of war, viii
arrive within a few days, and it is
anticipated that freight traffic between
the United Kingdom and the United
States will be largely restored before
the one hundred days elapse.
Coming to actual figures, J. G.
Broodbank, chairman Of the docks
and warehouse committee of the Port
of London Authority, said that the
present stock in the port warehouses
and in ships discharging cargoes in
,cluded $4,000 tons of meat, the supply
being so plentiful that it was neces-
sary to use new warehouse for a
part of it. The warehouses were hav-
ing very busy time, said the chair
man. Vessel were entering and leav-
ing the port. he said, as If nothing
unusual were happening.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-08-30
PRESENT BOOKS TO
u. 5. S. ARKANSAS
Christian Scientists of State
Send Set to Officers and
Another to Enlisted Men,.

Two sets of books identically alike
were sent today to the battleship the
U. S. S. Arkansas in care of Capt.
Roy c. Smith, Commanding, by the
Christian Scientists of this state.
One set OF the books is for the Ii
brary of the officers and the other
for that OF the enlisted men. Each
set contains Bible and a copy of
Science and Health With Key to the
Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy, to-
gether with copy of each of Mrs.
Eddy's other writings as we'll as her
Life" by Sibyl WILDER and the CHS
tian Science Hymnal. Including dupli-
cate subscriptions for a year to the
Christian Science Monitor, journal,
Seminal, Bible lessons and Der Her
old Der Christian Science, the value
of the collection amounts to little
less than $500.
The books are all in elegant bind
ings and contain a book plate bear
ing the inscription:
presented to the officers and men
of the U. S. S. Arkansas by the CHS
ton Scientists in Arkansas"
On an accompanying page, also in
serted in each volume is the following
tribute to Mrs. Eddy, taken from an
Arkansas newspaper, The X-Ray Bull
letin of Fort Smith:
1.-THE editor of the X-Ray Bulletin
while not a Christian Scientist, is not
wholly uniformed as to the teach
ings of Christian Science, and we'll
knows that among the considerable
number of Christian Scientists whom
it has been his pleasure to know, are
those only who are considerable OF
each other and of their neighbors,
kind, generous, public spirited, pro-
gressive and patriotic. To our mind.
one thing alone hallOws Christian
! Science and gives it "a full right to
the kindly consideration of all good
people. That one thing is that the
Christian Science movement was con-
ceived and launched by frail little
woman, already we'll into the second
half of life and, at that time, without
| health. money or political influence.
At the close of forty. years of cease
less trial and FiHmph she passed the
portals of mortal ken, ninety years on
earth, leaving the Lying seed of life
of higher purpose growing in every
social and civic center in all the
world. and perhaps million of de-
vout followers whom she babe follow
her only so far as she followed
Crist".
The packages were dispatched via
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-08-30
Woman Suffrage Department
Edited by a Suffragette.

were to be becomingly incognito.
Thus the complacent ants reserved
to themselves their shekels and
their jewelry and endeavored to capt.
talize into virtues the common acts
that woman suffragists would doubt
less regard as an everyday incident
unworthy of being termed sacrifice"
or require pronounciamento from
headquarters to put into effect.
AS a result of the European war,
King George has ordered the release
of all militant suffragettes serving
terms in prison. for breach of peace.
Their value is too great to be confined
during England's need of their SER
vices politically and economically. 1t
is not without the bounds of POSSIBLE
ity that when the warning nations
cease their mad strife, England will
grant the right for which the suffrag-
lists have been struggling.
Labor Day will be celebrated in
Florida by huge Equal Suffrage edi-
ton of the Pensacola journal. 1t will
be entirely the work Of suffragists
and in addition to the news and liter
airy features. the cartoons will be
drawn by women artists.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-08-30
THE FLATTERY OF IMITATION.

Months ago the woman suffragists
determined on a self-sacrifice day, the
proceeds of which were to be sent
to the states where their sisters are
now struggling to obtain the right to
vote. The sacrifice was to be real
one and the melting pot was the re-
cipient of the contribution. Old gold
ornaments, silver, money and jewels
were requested as substantial mea-
sure of devotion to principle. Then
the anti-suffragists resolved on imi-
tation. The suggestions were an
nounced from headquarters and among
them were Ito press the old family
carryall into service and give some
of the dependent folks an afternoon
drive" Another gem suggestion was
to visit the almshouses and give a
bunch Of flowers to an inmate" These
little attentions may be supreme Sac
rifices" to ants with carriages and
flower gardens, but in order that
these heroics be fully understood they
are not to have any distinguishing
label" This prostrating kindness was
not to be rendered in the name OF
the anti-suffrage association" The
lpauper rides, and the charity bouquets
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-08-30

which is rather long, is in the orange
cOlOred cloth. There are immense
cut jet buttons on the fronts of the
coats and o nthe sleeves and pockets.
At the wrist there are pleated frills
of old yellow lace and the strange gar
ment is lined with black satin and &C
cOmpanied by flat-brimmed picture
hat, made entirely of black velvet.
The breit-schwanz dress has little
decollete cOrsage, which is drawn up
over the chemisette of lace similar to
that on the sleeves. 1t is a remark
able costume and would certainly
score success il worn by the right
woman.
1t is going to be velvet season
that is certain-velvet in all the rich
dark shades and in black. For elab-
crate afternoon dresses the velvet ma
terials will be handsomely braided
and trimmed with bands of fur
Braiding is once again the fashion.
1t is to be seen on many of the best
tailored models. and such men as Red
fern. Drecol, Worth and Rouff, are
using it with the best results. A
black velvet suit, richly braided in
black silk, never fails to make sue
cess. It is eminently dressy and suit
able for all occasions which demand
ceremOniOus costumes.
| Cheviot is so fashionable this
autumn that it should be justly re-
garded as new material, and it is
novel, in that never before has it been
SO fine and altogether alluring. Were
it not almost as flexible as is a sheer
fabric, it could not have bee nused
for the development of model whose
skirt is tired with three flounces Dor.
dered with broad black satin bands.
A coquettish jacket in the cheviot
has loose back, with cord-and-tasse
laced seams, ending just below the
waist; short fronts bloused under &
black satin girdle and sleeve-caps
laced at the tops Of black satin bish'
op sleeves.
The speaker after morning frock'
with whichto exc out the wardrobe
almost shabby at the tag-end Of gay
summer. COMBS upon cotton wolfe In
white, striped with tilleul, maize, gar
net, French or marine blue, one in
stantly decides to have something ir
that material made up with separate
bodice or corselet in plain taffeta.