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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-11
NO UcENSESISSUEO
TO SEERS IN TENTS
TWO FORTUNE TTrILiERS FINED
FOR VIOLATION OF uTY
ORDINANCE

The first results OF tho police cfu-
sade against seers and clairvpyNnta
and fortune teNers In Richmond, who
are operating without license ware AD-
parent in Police court yesterday
when two fortune tslleru were 1ne4
$40 each for violation Of . reoent1y
adopted city ordinance.
The defendants were Mrs +. Fen
der and Madame ,WaF<on. who wa4
Represented in Police court BY her
husband, Alfred WArtou- The CONS
plant WAS made by Detectives Wiley
and Kelan, who several dAys agn
had their fortunes told by these seers,
and was purguant 70 tho gordsr Tor thA
enforcement OF the fortune teNn8 Or
diuance, adopted by council . e.
weeks ago.
The defense made by Warton wn1
that he had q license TO tall fortunes.
This was produced In court and -
showed that license had been Srented
him to do business at 21OS East MAIN
street The charge was that ME-
warrior had been telling fortunes In
"a tent on Fifth street ana thai Ia
license does not cover this peece.
Police Chief Werner declared III
night that NO license will b gTuMNe4
for the telling OF fortunes tn tsue
anywhere in this city. The ordinance
puts It UP to Major Wernor 20 le9ue
the licenses, and to residents o. Mcn-
mond only. No nonresident - y
be granted license.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-11
CAPTAIN SMITH
SAYS FAREWELL
nnEvAG1ON ARMY WILL PROFIT
From TODAY>s PROCEEDS OF
SHIP SUCCESS
GOVERNOR SEES 1T
rvlNCEs GREAT INTEREST IN OLD
CONVICT sHIP-TODAY Is LAST
EXHIBITION IN RICH
q
MOND

Visitors will be received on board
the old British convict ship Success
today, which is the last day OF the
ships long visit in Rachm end. from
10 o'clock this morning until 10
o'clock tonight by the generosity
Of Captain d, II. Smith the Saliva
ton Army will profit by the opening
OF the ancient vessel
Preparations have been completed
for the sailing of the Success tomor-
row afternoon with the tide, and not
even bad weather will cause delay
In the plans. The ships officers are
preparing 10 handle a large crowd Of
visitors THE afternoon.
Between 1000 and 5000 persons
went aboard the ship as she lay In the
City Dock yesterday. A bright. warm
day, coupled with the fact that the
ship .s about to sail away forever,
crowd since the Success anchored
here.
Thousands Have Seen It
According TO the turnstiie on the
gangplank, between &C, 900 and 40, 600
persons have visited the old ship dur
ing me four weeks that she has laid
up in Richmond waters. An extra
large force Of guides will be put on
duty and Captain McTeer. of the Sal
walton Army, will remain on board
all day TO assist In receiving visitors
Governor Mann evinced his keen
interest In the l24-year old convict
hulk yesterday Afternoon when he
went aboard the Success with Mrs.
Mann and a small party of friends.
90 absorbing did the governor find
the etlady of the brutal penal system
employed by England IN 1890 on the
Success that he remained aboard In
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-11

Probably no announcement made by
Union Stores has been a. important
a. the one telling OF the coming OF
Abraham Roberts as general man.
Ager.
Few are the men in this country
who can show the record this man
brings to the task Of making cooper
alive bookkeeping successful In Rich
mond and the South.
Through a long period Of years he
has worked where the great problems
that bsset this kind Of merchandising
were met and solved.
Like many of the big managers
today, he started at the very bottom.
With pride, he tells how he started
with the Tamarack Cooperative So
ciety in Calumet. Mich, In a minor
position. Even In that job his cour-
age and clearness OF purpose soon
made him the leader. and paved the
way to a better position.
Each job brought new experiences
which had to be mastered. How to
do the work better. with less waste,
In less time--these were the things
which his restless mind constantly
strove to solve.
So, in the course Of thirteen years,
Mr.. Roberts helds and flied practi-
cally every Job in the Tamarack
store. Eacn one p.ousn. a.,
periehce ana nttea nm u h'i INC "e~'
position more enicienMs
When ne nao Tiseh 70 tHe .op, '" 81 .
call to Lake Linden, Mich.
At Lake Linden there was also a
cooperative store. But this one was
In bad shape. Mismanaged. 1t had
struggled along, exnausuhs crrolI
rather than puloihK u. up nsr
one avenue OF supply was cut on'
they turned TO new wno!esaiers-
thing TO Keep the cra!t anoa
Everybody predicted Dankruptcy.
Against the aaVlce Oh ne IrIehos.
Mr.. Roberts took the positioh rs
manager. He saw a way OUT.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-11
NEGRO QUESTIONED
ATTACKS DETECTIVE
CHARLES BROADWAY HIT OVER
HEAD BEFORE HE DECIDES
TO GIVE UP.
AMBULANCE GETS HIM
AFTER LIVELY FEW MINUTES IN
STORE CHARLES IS TAKEN
OFF TO BE sEwED
UP.
AMBULANCE GETS HIM

Becoming angered whom Detective
G. p. Smith last night began asking
him pointed questions about several
articles of wolmen's clothing which he
was attempting to pawn In a shop on
North Sixth street, Charles Broadway
colored. attacked the officer. After q
lively few minutes the ambulance was
called to attend the negro, who the
detective had been compelled to strike
over the head.
The ambulance took Broadway &c
police headquarters at 1104 Easi
Broad, where several stitches were
taken by DIR. Whitehead. in a broken
scalp, after which the patrol wagon
took the negro to the First police sta
ton, where ne was locked up on three
charges Charges Of larceny also will
probably be made against him.
The negro. suspected OF larceny OF
women's dresses and other fnery, was
watched by Detective Smith. who fol-
lowed him into the pawnshop.
The negro resented the surveillance
and the inquiries made by Smith, and
turned quickly on the detective and at
tempted to strike him.
Smith quickly disarmed the negro
finding on his person a 44-calibre re-
volver, piece of rubber hose Allied
with lead and a razor. all forbidden
deadly weapons. Carrying concealed
weapons. resisting an officer and be-
ing disorderly are the charges made,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-11
-FOUR ARRESTED ON
BURGLARY CHARGES
THREE NEGROES ENTERED
STORE; ANOTHER, A sIAUGH-
TER HOUSE.

-Four negroes were locked up at the
Second police station on charges OF
burglary. Three OF them are alleged
to have entered store. and the other
u slaughter house,
Ozell and Richard johnson, aged
seventeen years, and Herman Hill,
aged nineteen, were rounded UP by
Detectives Krengel, Atkinson. Bryant
and q. p. Smith. on charge Of break
Ing and entering the store of G.
Freani. at $40 West Broad street. and
stealing quantities Of Cigarettes,
cigars. candy, cigarette coupons,
knives and forks and other articles.
Percy Booker was arrested by Po-
liceman krouse on charge Of break
ing and entering on December 18th
the slaughter house of w. 7. Briel.
and stealing two calfsiins. valued at
81.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-11
STOLE AND PAWNEO
CORNEI IS CHARGE
MARTIN HAYES ARRESTED By
DETECTIVES AFTER ANOTHER
RECEIVERS HORN.

Martin Hayes was arrested at Third
and Broad streets last night by De-
tectives Bryant and Smith on charge
Of stealing a cornet valued at $50, and
locked UP at the Second police sta
ton.
Report was made at headquarters
last night that Hayes had stolen the
cnrnet from Umbert Allinsin, to
whose house Hayes Is alleged to have
gone and to have asked Allinsin's wife
to let him take the instrument to Mr..
Allinsin.
Given the cornet. he Is charged with
taking 1t to Jacobs and pawning 1t for
Sl2. The cornet was recovered by De-
tective Duffy.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-11
COMMERCIAL TO VOTE
ON CURRENCY SYSTEM

The stockholders Of the Comm err
cial Guarantee company, at 2s North
Ninth street. who are to hold their
annual meeting and election of off,
Gers Thursday at the rooms Of the
Business Mems club, are to vote on
tho adyiAabil;ty OF becoming a part OF
tho new federal banking system.
Application for membership was
made, however, in December, imme-
diately after the federal bank bill be-
came law, and the company claims
10 he the frst State institution In
Virginia to make such application.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-11

Four or Ave years ago there were
very few people In Richmond, or the
United States either. who had ever
heard of a boy Scout" or Of the boy
Scout Movement either, but notwith-
standing this fact there are at present
about 500 boy scouts in Richmond
and the movement which heretofore
has been carried on under the direc-
ton Of q volunteer commissioner. Nj.
Durrett, OF this city. has assumed such
proportions that it Is now deemed adj
visable and absolutely necessary to
employ the services of a professional
boy scout commissioner. to carry on
the work that has been so we'll done
In the past.
1t would be hard to say just how
many boy scouts there are In the
United States at present, but there Is
hardly a city or town In the country
that has not it's representative boys
enrolled In the organization.
Beginnings In America.
In the beginning OF 1910 the Idea
of introducing the boy scout move
ment along lines similar to those OF
the English boy scouts, which had
been organized in 1907, and developed
under the personal supervision OF
Lieute nant- General Sir Robert S. s.
Baden-Powell. was first proposed by
w. d. Boyce, OF Chicago.
Prior to this time number OF
troops had been started In various
parts OF the country by men who had
been impressed with the possibilities
Of the scheme. through reading Lieu
tenant General Sir Robert Baden
Powelrs English hand book, Scouting
for Boys"
=. g. s,ur,e,o,+ that NJ Rovce.s In
.a-es. r,as arn,,s.d hacausa Of an
1890, sarv,r, rendered Rim nv q Lon
49, ~ scout Who hacause az his
u Wi; at,o, ~ ~ .rooa urn dailv and
the 1n1e against the acceptance OF TIPS,
rra.,I,, asyon,shed ana imnressed Mr.
po~na
stt.r norr,ra,ca with Sir BADEN
q. LII ~ aac,'rad ~. no-nneration ot
$500. ~ W.xh,ry+nT ana nrnrreded
,n 49, 81 nrsan ,yat,nn ~ the
10 a" S ~. 1870 ,,ndar the Ia WIS
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nit. a"ran.,vsiv o'snmn,,shad IN
rahn,'ar,, = roin rIaadnnsrters for
~ Do, con,,ts ~ Arer,ca were tenn
.no . LIZ, $500 ..,.n,,shaa ~ I24 Eas,
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twenty -e'sn.n $50. .it.,. fror, :,
opeaason .,ora1 arga n,,st;ons hav.
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=. ppm, 1o.n al ~ these orra MIA .
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-11
retired Arbitrarily,

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. I0.-Colonel
William II. q. Bowen, commanding Of
ficer at the Presidio. San Francisco.
was retired from active service by
telegraphic orders from President Will
son today.
To the entire Preside the retirement
order came as q shock. Colonel Bowen
would not have reached retiring age
until 1916, but tho president took ad-
vantage Of the law that permits him to
retire an officer arbitrarily ct sixty
two.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-11
BANK COMMITTEE
Continued from First Pags.l

alterations affecting other parts Of TIN
nation, 1t Sis more likely that IT.
conclusions az to demarkation q aia-
tv.cts ana selection OF centers will ba
announced simultaneously. affecting
the whole country.
This would postpone announcement
until after February AID. the daAe a.
the neturn OF the organization CONF
mittee from the Western tour. There
IL no expectation that tho result VIII
be long in doubt after that time. -
the organization COMMITTEES, carrying
it, clerical force. will be dependent
upon no delay In preparing the rec-s
ort1s IN arriving at decision.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-11
Young Man Becomes III.

] Joe Ashworth. Il young white man.
whose address could not be learned by
the City homo officials last night, be-
came suddenly i'll In pooi-roQm on
| Eighth street. The ambulance was
called and he yaS taken to the City
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24

great popularity is the water lily in
white or pink with large yellow cen
ter. These are shown with long stems
which are often looped up gracefully
underneath the flower.
A combination of small fruits and
their blossoms is very attractive against
the dark coat or frock.
one-piece frock which serves for
an illustration has a surplice closing
waist with the new close-ftting sleeves
and the fashionable yoked tunie. The
lower section of the tunic is side
pleated and falls over the closer fitting
lower skirt section. A new wide hat
which is late example of some of the
later winter styles is worn with this
dress. A wide velvet sailor, it flares
up at one side and is trimmed with a
single large red rose.
The hats of the winter are exquisite
in their simplicity and blending of col.
ors. A tiny high-trimmed turban with
crown of plum-colored velvet is
wreathed in berries and soft-toned vel
vet roses. 1t is model which is charm.
ing when worn with either tailored suit
or frock of silk. One cunning toaue
made of mulberry-colored velvet has a
high crown and velvet ribbon falls in
TWO streamers down the back. The
whole effect is distinctly of the 1870
period. Some of the hats have stream
ers, not only on the small sizes but
even upon the larger sailor models. A
tan sailor hat is trimmed with five blue
velvet ribbon streamers which fall off
the brim and are combinations of rib.
bon that makes the crown, running
around it from brim to top.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24

lower edge Of cuffs and around the
necks of suits, dresses and separate
coats. Fur is soft, but scarcely becom.
ing TO the average face and requires
something to give bit of color. so the
artificial flower was placed at the neck,
and 10! it made the fur vastly bctoln.
ing.
The flower, whether artificial or nat.
ural is most important accessory of
womans toilette this season. The cor.
sage bouquets of violets are always
good, but the very smartest and new
est thing in the way of natural flowers
is to have them made into tiny stiff
bouquet, like those pictured in the days
of our grandmothers. Stiffly packed to-
gether, rising in the center and sur
rounded by stiff frill of paper lace.
In the artificial flowers this same
thing is carried out, only the leaves are
used to simulate the fril of lace. One
charming bouquet had three frosty pink
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24
WINTER HATS IN
Chic SIMPLICITY
Daguerreotype Styles Are Here in Full
Skirts, Dropping Shoulders and Stiff
Nosegays-Buttons and Braid
New York. Dec, "a

New York, Dec. "a.
A gown may be charming, but if the
trimming is not of the proper kind or
is not properly applied, it is spoiled.
This season buttons play a most I'M
portant part in the ornamentation of
dresses and suits. They may be cloth
covered, crocheted, braid-eovered or of
bone. The bone buttons are, perhaps,
the newest and smartest. They are gen
orally plain and round with visible
holes. Buttons are used on the under
side of sleeve, quite close together
from wrist to elbow and down the front
of a waist giving a very military effect.
A great deal of braiding is being
used on coats and suits. Not fancy
braiding especially, but edges are being
finished with braid, or bound with
new sort of satin braid which comes in
all widths. Frogs, trimming also an
offspring of the rage for things mill
tary, are made from braid. Even in the
new waists we see the edges bound with
braid, chiffon or silk, alike. Waists of
net are braided with fine soutache and
very effective trimming it is
SUIT coats this season are, as a rule,
in the vicinity of 26 inches in length
The skirts are plain at the top and
faring out to an eighty yard hem, six
inches from the floor. In many of these
skirts there is an underskirt of not
such huge measure.
This naturally shows the crinoline
tendency in our clothes. In the early
part of the last century, when these
vide skirts were worn, there were hoops
beneath to keep them standing out and
TO show their entire width. Imagine
woman getting into Twentieth Cen
tury street car or a Fifth Avenue bus
with hoop skirt to-day!
Still with skirts widening RAPIDLY
there is no telling quite what to expect,
for when Dame Fashion gets to moving
she does not always stop at mere con
sistency.
The latest skirts are faced up with
hair cloth for the depth of from twelve
to fourteen inches to give the proper
stiffness. And one charming gown,
which ! saw worn not long ago at a
hotel where the faithful followers of
the tickle Dame assemble for tea and
10 dine, was not only faced up very
nigh but was, also corded with a thick
cord which made it swing attractively.
Worn with these skirts are bodices
which cut off straight around the waist
line, IN the old-time basque style. Some
times they are corded on the edge. The
sleeves were some of them very long,
and others short and puffy. The line
of the low necks of these bodices are
long over the shoulders exposing the
tips of them in the fashion one sees
in daguerreotypes. Others, where they
are not wanted so low are finished with |
a fichu of the same material which is
draped around the shoulders giving the
long line of the shoulders but showing
only the V of the neck.
Another crinoline type is the dress
with many fiounced or rufHed skirt. |
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24
PENNILESS TO GET $96. 900
Former Convict, Inmate of Mission
Tells Of Legacy Left by Aunt

Philadelphia, Dec. 24.-Working his
way into a ''better life" by cleaning
windows and tying packs of kindling
wood at>the Whosoever Gospel Mission
IN Germantown, Stephen Blair, an ex.
convict, with neither friends nor fam.
iiy and only a few cents of this world s
wealth, this week received a telephone
message to meet a lawyer from Mon
treal at the Hotel Walton. When he
resumed his work at the mission he
was worth approximately $4,000.
Sixteen years ago, near Minneapolis,
where he was living in affluence, Blair,
then a youth, quarreed with his broth
was 20 years, but in 1918, after serv-
ing II years, Blair was released on
good behavior His parents had died;
his relatives had moved away; he was
without friends or money. And every
employer gave him - the same reply
mo, do not want an ex-convict."
Half-starved and driven by despond-
ency almost to suicide, Blair ended a
forlorn year of wandering three weeks
ago at tie Whosoever Mission Some
body had told him that there /" they
brought convicts back to life Con-
verted and given work, Blair told the
superintendent, John R. Mcintyre, that
he wanted to stay, for, he said, 81
have no friend in the world
But he vaguely remembered an old
aunt, Caroline Blair, who lived in Mon
treal. 1t is of this aunt S estate that
Blair is to share.
Mr.. Mcintyre, of the mission, en-
abled Blair to recover his fortune by
directing friends in Montreal to follow
what appeared to be very small clue.
Blair will not receive his inheritance
until he is identified by former ac-
quaintances in Minneapolis. Though
he is TO have nearly 100000. he mist
continue to work at the Whosoever Mis-
sion until Mr. Mcintyre can raise
enough money to take him west.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24
STRANGLING ON $500 RING
Alleged Woman Thief Swallowed Dia-
mond in Pawnshop

Philadelphia, De-. 24.-Emma Gar.
nett, 26 years old, colored. is in dan
ger of strangling to death at the Hahhe-
mann hospital, because she swallowed a
$500 diamond ring which she is alleged
to have stolen from her employer, Mrs.
Frank Raser, III North Eleventh
street.
The woman was arrested in a pawn
shop in Baltimore Wednesday She at
tempted to pawn the ring and $500
worth of other iewelry said to have
been stolen from Mrs. Raser. When a
detective entered the pawnshop her
hand went to her face and the ring dis.
appeared.
Yesterday on her way to this city
with Detectives o Neil and LeStrange,
Emma began to breathe wheezily and
almost choked. She confessed that in
an effort to save the ring from confsea.
ton she had swallowed it. Physicians
inserted a tube in her throat to permit
her to breathe and to-day an Xray ex-
animation will be made.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24
SANTA TO 1000 CHILDREN
Exercises at D-ifton Mark Christmas
Joy in the Coal Fields

Drifton, Pa, Dee. 24.-The Coke
Santa Claus yesterday made his 43d an
nual round among the 1000 children Of
the miners employed at the colleries of
Coke Brothers & Go. Mrs. Eckley b.
Coke. widow of the anthracite operator
and former State Senator, who for near
~ half century has made happy the
hearts Of the little ones. yesterday aft
ernoon began the distribution of gifts
and candies in her home town. and to-
day will complete the work in other
places.
Suitable programs were rendered ip
the school buildings at Drifton. and
similar exercises VIII be held in all the
other mining towns to-day, under the
direction of Prof. Peter McKiernan, of
Hazleton. who has been training the
children for~four weeks.
The gifts were purchased by Mrs.
Coke in Philadelphia several weeks ago
after list of the eligible children had
been obtained early in the fall The
gifts consist of clothing, toys, sleds,
candies, cake and oranges.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24

straight up the front, and ending at the
waistline, except for two short points
below, is very smart when worn with
the full skirt The illustration is a
model which shows an idea of an Amer
lean designer. The yoke and front
panel of the skirt are in one, while the
fullness is placed at the side in wide
side pleats, thus giving the smart out
line of the winter, fiatness front and
back and faring at the sides.
Fur is used extensively as trimming
on the winter frocks. 1t is put around
the bottoms of tunics and skirts, at the
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24

| HE naval b attic Off Blight OF Heigoiand which
occurred during the early stages OF the war and
which was the first really decisive engagement
between the British fleet German was
Tor the accuracy and effectiveness heavy guns
'he oItish oatte cruisers The Lion I'm particular did
very deadly work with her huge 1s5-nch guns naval
man present at the action wroteI sight to see
ne Lion demolish' one cruiser. We could Cthe
cruiser shots falling short but still the Lion did
For fully ten min utes the cruiser beted
ting single hit Then the Lion who leading line
hpisted open fire. turned slowly majestcay
fired bar hroadsdeonce. 1t quite sufficient Up
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24
Two Couples Welded at Hershey

Hershey, Dec. ga beautiful wed
ding took place at the holne of DR.. and
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24
MINER IS DECAPITATED
Son Ill at Home and Wife Was Buying
a Christmas Tree

Scranton, Pa, Dec. 24.-M. J. Roach,
80 years old, was decapitated yesterday
morning and his right leg almost sew
cred at the hip, when he was caught be-
meath fall of rock in the Gravity
slope colliery of the Delaware and Hud-
son Coal Company at Archibald. His son
is i'll at home, and the mother spent
the. morning shopping for a Christmas
tree for the lad. Mrs. Roach IS brother
in-law, Hugh Conway, was killed in the
mines FIVE months ago.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24

cloud OF smoke and steam the target and when
cleared off her aft funnel rakish angle and
huge rent appeared the length OF side few
more saivos she was rapidly sinking Shortly
afterward she half hauled down her ensign. and
were steaing up to stand by and
hosed 1t again and opened fire. 1t dirty trick but
they got their deserts Once again the turned and
this time fired but five shots from her Amidst
shower of spliners smoke and fire
steamed the spot but although was plenty Of
wreckage not single living thing to be seen This
incident only lasted fory-ve minutes although the battle
raging for sight hours"