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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-31
witch Night Services.

ihc usual watch-night service viii
be held AZ st, Paurs episcopal church
to-nlHht There VIII be {, short address
+ by the rector, Rev. w Russell Bowie,
ID. d.. and special musical program
The se'vlce VIII begin at 11:l5 o'clock
and ED at midnight. as the bells are
, ringing In the new year
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Watch Night Service.

The watch night service, to be helt
In Washington Street Methodist Churci
tomorrow night. will be of pecu.
liar interest. Old hymns will be sung
exchanges OF greetings and appropri.
ate talks. Pastors Of the churche.
of all denominations will be pres.
ent to bring greetings and make brie1
addresses.
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Bottle Used IN wennon.

4 THOMAS BrOwneT. c0lNrcd, was last
night arrested by Policemen Jennings
and Latham on a charge OF assaultlng
gG.gH. Coftey with n bottle The man
viii be arraigned in Police Court this
(1norning.
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Leslie Cnrber J,tI.d

1t was inadvertently stated ycster-
day that Russell CARRIER was sent to
jail on Il charge of dlsordcrly conduct,
but 1T was his brother, Leslie CARRIER
who was the culprit
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Richmond & Petersburg Electric
Chesapeake & Ohio Rail

7:l5 A.-Locai-Daiiy-N News
i:io A.-Local-Daiiy-Ch Elk
Thurmond.
1900 A. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Old
tS:l0 A.-Local-Daily-L' LexI
Forge.
r2:35 Noon : Express Daily - Norfo,
Point.
ti:W FREDERICKSBURG Ole
500 P.-1.ocal-Daily-N. News, Old
Sis P.-l.ocal-Ex. Sun. Gordonsvil
$50 P.-Local-Ex. Sun.-Lynchb'g,
1910 MISUNDERSTANDING L'vilh
$40 ted-naily-Cin.. Chg,
'E:Qo MISUNDERSTANDING Loui'
'Sieepers. tParlor Cars r
TRAINS ARRIVE HICIIMoMS-isT
East: lo:i5 a. NJ. s.iV +. NJ. Thro,f
East: l!:3j A. NJ. $500 p. NJ. $3.50 r.
from West: $3.50 a. NJ. 10000 A. M.
r. NJ. Through: $3.50 4. NJ. 1880
$50 T.. NJ.
James River Line: "s:ss A. NJ. 6:
Daily.
"Daily except Sunday.
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The Weather

Forecast; VfrEiniu-Fnir md co,a.r
Thursdny; Friday fnfr.
North enthusiastically fnir Thurs
day ana Fridny.
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Cnptnin LIpsco,nb Celebrate. Birthday


Captain James a. Lipscomb the
grand old man of the Third Police STA
ton. as he is known in police circles.
VIII celebrate his sevcnty-third birth
day to-day. When seen at his post yes
terday afternoon he said he was never
feeling better In his life. and expected
TO see many more of his natal days
roll around. His numerous grand-c chill
dren and great grand children will
gather at his home to-day for a sort
of family reunion.
Captain Iipscomb has been in the
public service for years. having spent
all his life on the Southside. lie fought
Tour years In the Civil War in which
he gained an cnviable record. On his
breast he displays n Cross of Honor.
Returning from the war he came home
almost penniless, but by hard work he
rose TO positions of esteem. He was
city engineer OF old Manchester for a
long time. and was chief of police when
annexation went into effect
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Brief Notes of interest
The Second Baptist Church Sunday
School had it's Christmas entertain
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LocnI Tem,i.rot,r. y...

Lornl Temperature Yesterday.
II noon temperature. 40
I" u. NJ temperature. -
\ t. NJ temperature An
Maximum temperature to s r NJ 70
MINIMUM temperature to s =. NJ. 81
- ,''pei"'urc "A
L,>a ",a' e','i'ei'ture. .............. 80
EXCESS in temperature Yesterday =
'cnciency in temperature since
, mmren ............ 1884
Accumulated deficiency in tcmpera
lure since January 1...... 40s
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Local Observations mt s. u. VI. YestcrJ,x
temperature. 40; humidity, GO: wind
direction, northeast: wind velocity. 8.
weather. cloudy.
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sEABoAnD AIR LINE RA1Iw.

SEABOAHD AIR LINE RAII.Ws
The Progressive hallway of the so
mond daily: 500 a. NJ. Local to Norlin6
i. NJ. 5leepers and coaches. Atlanta.
mingham. JncksonvIlle: i0:45 p. NJ. 81
20 Hamlet and coaches to Atlanta and
nngham; 1915 a. NJ. s!eepers. Atlanta
rn!ngham. Memphis. Jacksonville. II
and coaches Jacksonville
Northbound trains scheduled to arri
isichmond daily: o:55 y. NJ. $500 A. NJ.
T. NJ. Sac T.. NJ. Local
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RAILROADS.
Norfolk & Western

ONLY ALL RAIL LINE TO y
Schedule In Effect December
Leave Byrd Street Station, RIchN
EO!tFOLk: $500 A. NJ. $500 4
l.. n
FOR iYECHBURG AND I'll
'6:la a NJ. $3.50 a. NJ. $500 +. NJ.
Arrive Richmond from SorfolkI
NJ. '6:35 L. NJ. 'l;:S? i. 81. FrotrI
go a. hi.. ts:lo Z. NJ. i::o =.
NJ. 800 +. ~.
Daily. tDal!y excep, Sunday
only
W. II. BEvlIL. w. c. san
L. T. NJ. Roanoke. c., p. A,
G, IL. BOSLEY. ID. p. A.. Richn
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Local Rainfall Yesterday.

,,,s,, ,"St t"eNc hours. None
Nainfali last twenty four hours. O,
deficiency In rainfall since March
.:................ 9.57
accumulated deficiency in fainfal
S'hce January i................S SIT
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-02
The harbor squad on parade.
The harbor squad parade
Watchfulness of New York
Flarbor Police Makes Life of River
Pirates a Stormy One

negro Bloody Hicks. The latter had
murdered the captain and two members
Of the crew of "A sailing vessel anchored
in the harbor and made off with the
booty. He was caught two days after
by the harhor police and eventually
was hanged.
one band Of harbor pirates was finally
broken up after many trials. The
Brownies" they were called and their
headquarters were at Red Hook. With
the ultimate capture Of tho two Brownie
brothers and a man named Murphy the
backbone Of the gang was broken.
one of the most daring acts of the
river pirates of recent years was to
steal n million feet of lumber on the
night Of November II, 1911 The lumber
was formed into two RATS and moorei
in the East River just south OF Newtown
Creek. To accomplish what they did
gave ample evidence that the pirates
were skilled pilots. They conveyed the
two RATS OF logs through Hell Gate. one
" the most dangerous sections Of the
East RIVER
1t was afte" they had beached both
RATS that the thieves discovered that
all the logs were stcnci,lcd with the
name OF the concern from which they
had been stolen. They had to abandon
the job at once or be caught with the
evidence. Rather than cut the logs loose
and let them float about the harbor,
where they would have menaced traffic,
they left them beachcd.
II was a band of modern sneak pirates
that contracted with ighterage con-
Germ TO carry away from Blackwells
Island the steel beams used in the first
temporary structure Of the Greensboro
Bridge. This material was taken in
broad daylight and carried to South
Brooklyn, Carclessness. however,
aroused the suspicious Of the lighterage
firm, and the harbor police were mott
fed.
There would have been forty-eight
kegs more on the Kronprinzessin Cecille
when that steamer sailed with its pre-
cious burden except for a change Of
plans by New York brokers. due IN the
refusal Of the insurance companies to
guarantee tho safety Of such an enor-
nous treasure on one Atlantic voyage
IF bloody Hicks and few Of the
old time pirates were alive" said an old
member OF the harbor squad. land they
knew Of that load Of gold being put
aboard ship the pier and river would
have been crowded with cops"
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0CULISTS AND MOVIES

Went to see my ocullst this morn.
ing said Harlem matron mco,trr
lrlehd IN Sixth avenue department.
store land the first question he asked
me was If | didn't 20 to the mo, 90
quite often. Well, YOU know how fohi
am or moving picture shows. and -
course ! told him did. Then no smiled
ana said that the movies were booming
the business Of the oculistS and that he
mad more patients since the movies had
become so popular than during an the
previous years Of his practice.
Il told my husband about It AT rnoh
Iunched with him to-day. and he
said an ocullst friend of his had been
giving moving picture show tickets n
lot of people every day for months,
and found that it paid him very wei
indeed. hut of course Henry WAS only
quizzlng me, for no reputable ncu' st
would do that. But guess It's 4 good
thing for oculists. or mine wouldn't
have told me wha, he did"
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- OMEWHERE on the Atlantic
Ocean to-day the kronprinzessin
~ Cecilie is tossing about with 2O4
stout little kegs containing SlO,-
100000 in her steel strong room. The
treasure ship. bound for Bremen, sailed
out Of New York at dawn on Tuesday
morning with acting Captain Halleck
and his harbor police not worrying
her by river pirates.
II 1t had been the year 1858 the har
Dor squad would have been on the
Job, for at that time shipping men were
in constant terror on account of the
activities Of river pirates. Then Bloody
Hicks. Bull King. Jack Hawley and a
dozen other desperadoes robbed and
murdered seamen for the price of a
drink.
The RIVER pirates OF to-day are a
different brand from the Capt. Kidd
type Their work Ia principally done
IN a sneaky manner. Coffee sacks lying
over cracks in pier sheds where knives
can cut through their tightly drawn
coverings are often the object of the
attacks Of river pirates of the present
day. They also steal coal from barges
and rife motor boats at their mornings
and plumber summer homes along the
beaches. Such crimes are the only
kind the police of the harbor squad
have to deal with in these days In
1865 they were constantly on the go.
and several members of the squad were
shot and killed by pirates.
The squad. which is in command Of
acting Captain Halleck. has its head
quarters at Pier 4. in a building shared
with the Dock Department. There are
always several police launches in the
slip and the steamer Patrol is stationed
there ready for a call from Police Head
quarters. There are several sub
stations along the Hudson and East
rivers
In order to he detailed to the harbor
squad from regular patrol duty a police
man has TO know how to swim. II was
only about week ago that man fell
. or jumped into the river from the dock
at East l20th street and refused or was
unable to catch hold Of lines and life
preservers tossed from the pier He
was helpless when Patrolman Joseph
Ffnnegan of harbor squad sub
station y. located at the 10th street
pier. rescued him.
While life saving II an important part
Of the harbor poiceman's duties II is a
very small part The training Of the
men 20 do that work serves many pur-
poses. II puts them into the best phys
zeal condition. teaches them to think
quickly. gives them forbearance and
consideration and brings out their cour-
age. II takes agility and good head
to work on or from a small boat in a
rough sea. New Nork's lower bay IS
often tempestuous place and then the
police boats are most IN demand.
II was the demand for protection OF
the waterfront and the craft lying AZ
anchor in the harhor that brought about
the establishment Of the first harhor
squad back in 1858. The first com
mander of the squad was Capt William
Hart, an eX-naval officer. He erected A
eallows on Ellis Island as an object les
son. In 1860 there was hanged here the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-02
General War in Europe a
Calamity for United States
Bankers Railroad and Insurance Men Can See No Ray OF
Hope for the Business Interests Here
1.-The Labor Situation

siderable proportion of skilled labor are
performed by foreigners.
Nor is this all. Experience IN ttalv.A
war with Tripoli and IN the wars in ,b.
Balkans has shown that an Impnr,,r,
percentage of the best grade of v,,L'
men return to their native lands f.,
serve in the army in time Of war +,
general European war there proh.tf,
would he hcgira Of worltmcu of ,,s
six nations which might leave f,s sbo.,
handed IL II were not for the doclro ~
industry that would follow war
Another very serious result Of war :,
Europe would be to shut off the SUNNY
OF foreign capital. America has aIv,v,
been heavy borrower, and must .,,
tlnue to borrow If her rcsour,,. .r..,,
be developed The railroads alamo ,.,.
billions in the next few vcsr4 ~ ,,.,.
are TO be developed so IA to parruI, m.
country to grow.
The fine prospects NJ selling railroad
securities to foreign investors V,r. n
dlCated ny tho great decline iu OBJ. ,,r,,.
or canadian Pacific sharcH ON tU, mer,
possibility OF war. This road Is arro..
the ocean from the seat Of war ana q.
usually regarded as ono of tb. ,c-y
spundest properties Of the Kind m al
me world. II such things can b4pne,
10 the Canadian Pacific. what s.r, Al,
snow would an American railroad .,,nd
al"aNS remembering that W has, a.,
Interstate Commerce Commission an
institution that Canada iackSr
Even now the whole world is euNo,-
ing from a famine of capital hruipb,
on not ny war. but by prcpara'Ion IN,
war. Austria Hungary Franc, -
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ineTe. Nessel owners OF tne DelllEeTcHt
nations would not be able to put their
property in their wives names, fgura-
lively speaking, for the prize courts
would require strong proof before they
would accept any claim Of ownership
by citizens Of a neutral nation.
Some OF the finest vessels In the trans
atlantic trade were built with govern
ment aid on condition that they should
be available for military use in case OF
war. All such vessels would he with
drawn from the trade the moment war
was declared. while the owners Of the
others would probaL prefer to have
their vessels safely anchored at home
than to run the risk OF capture at sea.
Such trade as survived would nave
to be carried on in vessels OF neutral
nations But as the ports Of belligerents
would be likely TO be blockaded, even
this remnant OF commerce might be cut
off. This restriction of trade would be
felt everywhere. and in no quarter more
severely than by the railroads.
Even on the strongest lines net earn
ings have long been lowering near the
vanishing point. Deprived Of the impor-
tant export traffic. they would earn a
deficit; their working forces would he
still further reduced; their stockhold-
ers. numbering nearly a million. would
he deprived of their income from dvi-
dends: the tradesmen who depend upon
the railroad employees and the stock
holders would find dheir incomes re-
duced or in some cases. no doubt, wiped
out. And SO the loss would he passed
along until every one in the country
would feel 1t in varying degrees.
4.
gravely affected for n reason entirely
different from those just named, and
that would be because the buying power
Of our best customers would he tire
mendously reduced in time of war.
Those who take their vacations in Flu
rope know from observation how much
Of the drudgery abroad is performed
by women and how poor the masses of
the people are. This is because 3.SS1-
900 young men are withdrawn from all
useful pursuits in the six nations Just
at the time when they are az their
maximum OF efficiency to serve in the
army.
They not only produce nothing. but
they consume what others produce
The women must get out in the fields
and labor to support themselves and
This brings the family income down to
the minimum while expenditures are
at their maximum. After the terrific
taxes are paid there is little left for the
purchase OF any but the most neces-
sary things.
In case of general war The stand
ing armies would be increased from
3.ssl,O 900 To 100000 men. which would
mean the withdrawal Of an additional
lo,l3o,0Oo men from all useful pursuits
to be supported by the women of Eu-
rope. There ~ a limit even to what
workingman's wife can do. She may
contrlve to iced and clothe her husband
ana furnlsh MIN ammunition where-
win TO XIII other workmen VINO chance
10 SPEAK uinereht iahguase' ana she
may even nave enough left 10 buy a
niue odtthedi or rye prean Tor the emil
uren' pu, that certainly VIII ne al.
She VIII not DE abe 10 huy cheap
american au'omooles, Tor "hlch Euro
,..--..--t-- ,---t -
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ny CHARLES FREDERICK CARTER

EAVING sentiment out Of con-
alteration and looking at the
matter solely from business
point of view, war in Europe
offers no ray OF hope that the United
States may be able to turn a thrifty
penny out OF the mlsfortunes of her
friends across the sea At least this Is
the general opinion among bankers, life
insurance men and railroad executives
in New York.
Should the war be localized, as the
European euphemism phrases Il. we will
reap no benefit. any more than we did
from the recent wars in the Balkans,
but. on the other hand. we will suffer
no serious harm. OF course any war
Injuries the business of the whole world
in promotion 10 the destruction of life
and property. and We would have to
bear our share OF the burden. II the
war Is limited to Austria Hungary and
Servia, with perhaps the aid of Monte
negro the extent and duration OF hos
tilities. with their inevitable disturbance
of business. will he uncertain.
Austria has had in the past oppor-
tunities to learn by painful experience
that the subjugation of nation of
hardy mountaincers is not so easy as
II might seem at first blush, Although
the population of Austria Hungary out
numbers that OF Servla ten to one the
dual monarchy may get very tired OF
tho self-imposcd task OF chastising the
Serbs before the ioh Is finished. While
the war lasts her commerce will shrink
and we will lose our proportion of the
shrlnkage directly in addition to which
we will suffer Indirectly from the effects
| OF Austria's diminishing trade with
other nations: for that will of course
affect their commerce with all other
countries. including the United States.
But an Austro- Servian war. however
long drawn out. would he trifiing COM
pared with a war involving the six great
nations of Europe
or the great Powers should actually
begin the long expected struggle" said
| Darwin p. Kingsley. president Of the
| New York Life Insurance Company,
! eft will bring less disaster ~ us than
| 10 the peoples of Europe. hut Il will
| ultimately mean great losses and great
decentralization here.
| securities will fall. the cost Of living
will vo nm still further: the price Of
labor will rise; our gold will leave us
! In a steady stream. The entire civilized
world. in the closeness of its relations
| in the rapidttv Of It's communication. in
| It's interde pendence IS smaller than the
United States was in 1861.
"If this thing happens We may well
ask whether man. EXCEPT in an in
! crea sed power over the forces OF nature
has made any progress whatever in Ave
centuries. And vet is there any other
answer 10 the question raised by the
military and naval activities of Eu-
rome for twenty-five years? Can the
various European dreams of empire he
realized or dissipated by any smaller
catastrophe?
These expressions . are milder than
| those of other men who were not will
ing 10 have their names appear in con-
nection with such unpleasant predic-
tons.
The truth ls that n war between the
principal six nations Of Europe would
|
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\ thrifty Brooklyn grocer. who began
his career OF success driving delivery
wagon, became ambitious after he had
bought out his former employer and
for two or three years was doing far
better than ever and thought he would
make European trip IA others were
doing who hadn't as much money az
he had. He arranged his business for a
three months absence and sailed away
on nag ship.
In due course he returned and his
foreign experiences had pulled him up
amazingly. He stuck to his grocery,
all right. but he looked down upon Il
with disdain and never lent a hand to
his clerks az once ne did. One day he
was standing in front looking over the
arrangement of the various articles
usually displayed In front of groceries
and a lady came by who was one Of
his old customers. She looked around n
minute or SO for what she wanted and
found IL.
"Oh Mr.. Blank" she said. what are
the potatoes WORTH"
But he made no reply. Not he.
John" he called to a clerk inside /.
John, come out here and tell the lady
what potatoes are worth"
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WIS PUSHING JoHn pdIlcS'oTH lnNO
corner.
How are you. old chap" Matty
greeted him. You are looking rather
rocky"
ct ought to-" was the frank response
II was on another big bat last night"
"Um-er." said Father Mathewson,
looking HIM over. what are you trying
to do anyhow? Are you after the high
est batting AVERAGE"
on the window OF a dairy lunch in
the business section in letters of pure
white beneath the louder inscription of
the main sign are these inviting words
calling to all the hungry who possess
the price
WE SERVE YOU RIGHT"
on the window Of dairy lunch near
by in letters of pure gold beneath the
louder inscription Of the main sign are
these inviting words calling to all the
hungry who possess the price:
WE SERVE YOU QUICK"
Now. YOU wise ones who know that
Indigestion is the national disease Of the
United states. which one of these eat
ing places do YOU think feeds more
people every day?
Several months ago" said travel
ling salesman for a downtown whole
sale grocery. II me, man on a train in
Pennsylvania who asked me to come
to his town some time and he would
insure that | got an order from him.
1T was village I had never heard Of
in a good farming country. hut had to
he reached by stage from the railroad
He said he owned the principal store in
the place and he had never seen
travelling man there in five years. In
deed. nobody ever seemed to come there
except the people in the neiGhborhood.
1T took me a long time to get around,
but one day I had the spare moment
and | took the stage. Going from the
stage station to the store | passed a
very old man sitting in The shade OF a
tree In front of a cosey cottage. He
looked at me curiously. bu. knew that
strangers in country towns always cx-
cited more or less curiosity and | didn't
notice him.
After | had passed heard loud
sob from the old man, and pretty girl
came hurriedy out Of the house to him
Thinking something might be wrong. |
turned back, and as | reached the gate
the girl was saying over and over:
What's the matter, grandpa? What's
the natter She was between the old
man and me and he didn't see me. hut
| heard him say between sobs wy
wy, there was man passed by here
and ! didn't know who he was
Il didn't stop after that, and as
hustled along out of sight was almost
sorry | was a stranger in a town where
being a stranger had such a bad effect
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| told the merchant about II and he said
the old man hadn't anything else TO do
but watch the passerby. and he prob
ably hadn't seen n man pass his house
In twenty-five years that he didn't
know
Just the same wasn't such a
stranger to the merchant that I didn't
get good order. and ! stopped to talk
to the old man as went away and also
the pretty girl. I'm hoping she won't
cry when she sees me coming that way
again."