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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-29
General News Notes.
n Evening of Ye Old-Time
Songs" the entertainment ,

AN Evening of Ye Old-Timc Music
and Songs" the entertainment which
was to have been given February ; In
the cambridge street Baptist Church by
Mrs. T. O. Whites class. has been post
poned until March g.
Mr. and Mrs Ernest Wilkinson are
visiting Mrs. Wilkinson's parents In
Chesterfield County.
u. ]. Walker. of Woodland Heights.
who recently was operated on at tho
Johnston Willis Hospital. continues
quite i'll
A continuance until next term has
been made by Judge Wells in Hust-
ings Court. Part H.. In the assumps II
suit of G. T. Stuart against G. w.
Bragg
Harwood Brothers have flied suit
against George FinneEan. in Hastings
Court. Part H.. for $500 in assumpsit.
y verdict for the plaintiff was re-
turned yesterday In the suit OF NJ ].
Campbell against r. II. Richardson 4:
Son in aSSumpSit.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-29
.Cnb,Ictv purtx.

4 ''cobweb" party VIII be given to-
morrow evening By the Sunday school
OF the cambridge Street Baptist
Church at the home OF Miss Gladys
Nunnally. 10S East Tenth Street
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-29
Membership Cnmnnign to End.

NTtcr seVrraI WeeKS OF WArm Cam-
paigning, for new members. the re-
suit will be made known at a meet
ing of the Fellowship Class OF Cen
o'clock. The class was divided into
two teams. the Reds and the Blues.
Thc latter is said TO have slight
lead over their opponents. although tho
result may be changed tonight. Tho
losing team VIII serve n banquet to
tln.. cln
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-29

Now they are mad with AIr, Bryan
necauso he wil not get mad nt their
attempts t@ halitilc him.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-29

Tho betting now is on whether Mur-
ply or Hucrta VIII retire FIRST.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-29

Agrees to I:ncnsc Signs.
On the agreement Of tho defendant
to encase the paper signs In the lobby
of his theatre. Harry baron. coiored.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-29

The PRINCE OF Monaco has discovered
. new hsh. Whet makes 81 interesting
20 chat {, Is not q sucker.
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DECREASE IN WEDDINGS
SHOWN eY RECORDS IN FREMONT
COUNTY.
Marriage Licenses Drop Steadily in
Number for Decade, but Pretty
Girls Increase.

Wsstern Newspaper Union News Service.
Canon City. Colo.-Records OF the
Office OF the county clerk here show q
gradual falling off In the number OF
marriage licenses issued in Fremont
county during the last twenty years
but whether the decline Is due to the
increasing high cost Of living or to
some other cause is not known.
During the decade preceding 1904,
the average number Of marriage IL
censes granted yearly in this county
was Ill. In the ten years since then
the average has fallen to 16S, al
though there has been since then a
material growth In the population Of
the county.
Thus far this year only seventy one
marriage licenses have been issued
and 1914 threatens to set new low
mark. The marriage license figures
for this county for the last ten years
follow:
1905. 1876; 1906. 1874: 1907, 1853: 1908.
2i9; 1903. 1877; 1910, 1877; 1911. $50;
1912. 16s; 1918, 100; 1914. II.
The number Of attractive girls in
Fremont county il just as large as
ever.
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INCREASE TAX VALUES
GAIN OF 37,424,937 SHOWN IN PAST
YEAR,
Total Of Assessabie Property in Colo.
RADIO 10 $t.024,636,t75, According to
Tax Commission Report.

Western spapcr. Union News Service
Denver.-Colorado's assessed valua,
tion has increased s7,494.9s7 during
the last year. according to estimates
OF the state tax commission which
completed its examination OF the alb
stracts OF tax assessments made by
the various county assessors.
The total value of assessable prop.
erty in the state as fixed by the COM
mission is $1124,636,175.
The total value Of the public util-
ity properties in the state is $2G4, $685..
6S5.
The commission ordered Increases
amounting to $l35,054,175 to be made
by the county assessors above the
valuations which they have fixed.
The increase directed to be made in
Denver is s90.377, ,050, the commission
classifying Denver as being assessed
below 80 per cent OF the value OF its
property.
There are sixteen counties In which
increases are ordered amounting to
over sl.000.000. In Denver the largest
addition must be made by the local
assessor and in Weld the second larg.
est, $12,390,s60.
The following table shows the as
sessed valuation by counties:
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SPORT.

George c, Patterson. last years
captain OF the University Of Michigan
eleven. has been selected the new as
sistant football coach for the Uniyer.
sity of Texas, succeeding Rix.
The scheduled twenty.round bout
which was to take place at Hibbing,
Mich, between Pal Brown of Hibbing
and Stanley Yoakum of Denver never
happened. The authorities prohibited
the bout when the preliminary boxers
were about to enter the ring.
Thursdays racing program at Rocky
Ford, Colo, which included seven diff.
ferent events, proved excellent sport.
There were number OF exciting fin.
ishes that had the big crowd on tip.
tee. In the second heat Of the first
race George r, driven by Jack
Sproule. broke his right hind leg. The
animal was shot.
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GEN ERAL.

Butte's first day OF martial law was
without disturbances. The Montana
national guard occupied the court.
house ana city hail.
A petition In bankruptcy with LA.
bilities listed at more than $1,000, 900
was filed In the Federal District Court
in New York by Carl F. Boxer and
Herman N. Boxer q Co. dealer In
steel, metal and hardware.
A Russian army Of 72,00O men,
transported from Archangel, Russia,
was landed at Aberdeen, on the east
coast Of Scotland, on Aug. %, and con.
yeyed on special trains to Harwich,
Grimsby and Dover where transports
were waiting to take them to Ostend.
ir Belgium. according to officers and
passengers Of the eunard liner, Mau,
retania, which reached New York
from Liverpool.
Mrs. Helen D. Longstreet. widow oi
General Longstraet OF the Confeder.
acy. filed voluntary petition Of bank.
ruptcy in the United States District
Court at Newark, N. j. Mrs. Long.
street resides In Atlantic City. Her
liabilities are s22.236 and assets $l6,.
200. The assets are made up Of prop
erty In Gainesville. Ca, her former
home. Mrs. Longstreet gives her oc
cupation as that Of an author and
Journalist.
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Socialist Sentenced tor Contempt.

Trinidad.-John Murray, Socialist
writer. member Of the staff OF Appeal
to Reason. was found guilty OF con-
tempt OF court and sentenced to 100
days in the county Jail and 500 fine
by Judge Strong Of Greeley sitting
for Judge A. w. McHendrie. Murray
was charged with contempt by w. @.
Hines, president Of the Las Animas
County Bar association, for puhlica
tion of an article which 1t was alleged
was an attack on Judge McHendrie
for his action in denying bail TO union
prisoners charged with murder and
for circulating a petition which con
tanned statements alleged to be false
and defamatory in character. A. Mar
ians, local secretary Of the Socialist
party. was fined $50 for contempt
growing out OF the same charges.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-09-10
Tax Experts Hold Conference.

Denver-Between 800 and 400 OF the
leading tax experts OF the United
States, representing almost every
phase of the problem presented by the
necessity of the governments main.
tenance and the distribution of the
burden, held a four-dass conference
in Denver. A special train. bearing
the largest. portion OF the delegates,
arrived from Chicago. The tax CUES
tion, both practical and theoretical,
from the standpoint oI the individual
and corporate taxpayers and from the
standpoint Of the public official was
discussed at length.
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Will Disburse Ten Million Trout.

Denyer.-State Game and Fish
Commissioner Walter B. Fraser has
announced that ten million young
trout will be obtained within the neyI
thirty days for distribution. Lack Of
room in the state hatcheries has com.
PEELED the distribution of '.fry" 10
sportsmen associations. One hundred
Thousand have been sent to the Love.
land Sportsmen Association to be cared
for at the forks OF the Big Thompson.
river. The Georgetown hatchery will
take care of one hundred thousand or
more, and a similar amount will be
nurtured at Antonito in Conejos coun-
ty.
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Thlrty.two Relatives in War.

Boulder.-Mrs. August Manyille OF
South Boulder former resident of
Belgium. does not know where to
place her sympathies In the great Eu-
ropean conflict. She has thirty-two
relatives in Europe who are engaged
In the war on different sides. Two
brothers are in the Belgian army and
she says that they we're stationed at
Liege when she last heard from them.
She has three cousins In the German
army and several others who are un.
der General Joffre, the French com
mander. Several relatives by marri
age are In the British army.
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WASHINGTON.

Thirty-one food dealers were indict.
ed at Washington by federal grand
jury under the Sherman Law on counts
charging price fixing.
Contrary to tradition the "R" in
September will nbt signal return of
the oyster season. sea food dealers de-
clared. It is too hot yet. they say.
Transfer Of command OF the Allan.
tic battleship fleet from Rear Admiral
Badger to Rear Admiral Fletcher will
take place at Hampton Roads.
Secretary Garrison said the dis
patch of federal troops to Fort Viii
liam Henry Harrison, near Helena,
Mont, from Fort Wright. was purely
a precautionary measure.
President g. on has prepared a
message tsm4 esss,sss urging the neces-
sity Of emedS w. revenue legislation
to offset .drtaiiment in customs re-
ceipts since the beginning OF the En-
ropean war.
A French relief fund Is being formed
to assist sick and wounded refugees,
not only French, but also Belgian,
English and other nationalities, who
are swarming into Paris and other
French centers.
The Clayton antitrust bill to sup
plement the Sherman Law. which will
complete the administration trust leg
islative program for this session OF
congress, passed the senate. The yo' q
was forty-six TO sixteen.
Ambassador Gerard notified the
State Department that the German un-
iyersities would be open to citizens OF
neutral countries A great number OF
American students now in Germany
expect to enroll.
Thomas w. Gregory OF Austin, Tex,
was sworn In AZ attorney general o
the United States. The oath was ad.
ministered by Chief Justice White.
Later J. c. McReynolds, the retiring
attorney general, took the oath as a.
sociate Justice Of the Supreme Court.
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FROM rELEoRApHIc REPORTS
THAT COVER rHE WEEKS
GvENTS.
OF MOST INTEREST
KEEPING THE READER POSTED
ON MOST IMPoarANf
CURRENT TOPICS.
Western Newspaper Union News seeyles.
WESTERN.

Eleven miners We're imprisoned In
the mine Of the Union Coai company
at Adamson, Utah. asa result of
caye-in which blocked the mine en-
trance. -
The Gary mills Of the United States
steel corp0sation are nov running at
the s'top-netch for 1914" according to
. semkpfficial statement given out at
Gary. Ind.
Mrs. C. L. Jones OF Hastings, was
killed and Mr.. Jones was seriously
hurt when their automobile was
struck BY train al a grade crossing
at st. George ranch, four miles east
Of Sidney, Neb.
Fourteen men are under arrest at
Butte, Mort, as the result of the cam.
paign Of the state militia looking. to
the arrest Of labor leaders for whom
warrants were recently issued, charg-
Ing the melting OF riot.
Wheat prices at Chicago Thursday
advanced to the highest point since
the beginning Of the European. war.
May wheat touched si.2ih. surprising
by one,lfourth cent the topmost level
reached on the Wild upturn recently.
1t is the sentiment In the Oriental
quarters at San Francisco and reports
from Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland,
Vancouver, B. c.. and other coast
cities indicate that the view is general
that there will be another revolution
inside Of year. es
Because the Incidental fund OF his
office has become exhausted Governor
West OF Oregon ordered his telephone
disconnected and announced that per.
sons who might wish to communicate
with him must prepay wire tolls or
postage both WAYS
Charges that the government has
been defrauded OF more than $e.000,-
900 In three years i'm taxes on colored
oleomargarine, were made at Colum-
bus, Ohio, in federal indictment re-.
turned against several Of the most
prominent business men Of the city.
A ten per cent cut In the wages of
all mine. mill, shop and smelter EN-
ployes Of the Calumet & Hecla Min
ing Co, was put into effect at 'calu
met, Mich. Depression OF the copper
market since the start OF the Euro
pean war was responsible for the
wage decrease. mine officials de-
clared. About 1000 men are affected.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-09-10
Auto Precipitates Family Into Rive


Boulder.-N. H. Billing, wife and
daughter. Bertha. when coming down
the canon above Lyons In an automo-
bile. met another machine and Mr..
Billings turned out to allow the latter
to pass. In doing so. he turned too
close to the edge Of the bank. which
crumpled. precipit3ting both machine
and occupants into the st. vrain river.
a distance Of about ten feet. The oc.
cupants OF the other machine. whose
names have not been learned, prompt.
ly went to the rescue, uprighted the
machine and got the three out. Mrs.
Billings suffered a dislocated right
shoulder and was badly bruised about
the face and body: the daughter suf
fered dislosation Of the left should.
er and severe bruises about the head,
Mr.. Billings was only slightly bruised.
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Employees Get Three.Day Vacation.

Denver. BY order of Governor Am
mons. the offices In the Capitol build
ing were closed Tuesday when the
state primaries were held. As the of
fices we're also closed on Sunday and
Monday. Labor day, the state house
employees had three days vacation
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-09-10
Veteran Dies al ordway.

Ordway.-L. W. Beeman. a pioneer
Of Colorado. died at his home near
here after short Illness Beeman
came to Colorado in 1859 and took up
his home In what is now Arvada. He
enlisted In the army during the Civil
war. serving in Company X. Third
Colorado cavalry. during the Indian
troubles.
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Big Land Sale at Colorado Springs.

Colorado Springs.-The biggest land
sale ever conducted by the state
opened at the county court house here
In charge OF Volney T. Hoggatt of the
state land board. Attorney General
F'arrar and John E. Field, state en-
gineer. Approximately 100000 acres
Of valuable agricultural land. about
177,G00 acres OF which is In eastern
Fl Paso county, is to be auctioned
off. in parcels Of l60 acres each, to
the highest bidders.
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COLORADO NEWS
GATHERED FROM
All Parts of the State
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Dates for Coming Events.
sept, ll-ls.-Sedgwick County Fair 1t
Julesburg.
SEPT. lo-sugar Day. Sugar city.
sept it-ls,-colo State Fair. Pueblo
sept. 15-lS-Ltncoln Co Eair at Hugo.
sept ia-l,-Conejos County fair At
Manassa
sept ls-ls-Baca County fair at
selt. i6-i9,-Logan County Fair at
Sterling.
Sept. 21-a3.-Inter-Co. Fair sand Race
Meet at Limon
Sept, s3-2t-Appis Pie Day at Rifls.
sept. s2-.o.--WesternS Slope Fair. Mont.
rose
Sept. ee-ss.-Montszuma Co. Fair AZ
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searcher. After prospsctor. Aged q

Searchers After Prospector, Aged 80.
Cripple Creek.---A searching party
ID securing the hills west Of here for
Enoch French. 80 years old. who
walked out OF the county hospital.
French. who Is active and healthy.
said he felt strong enough to 60 pros.
pecting and disappeared. He was last
seen three miles west. French will
be 100 years old Feb. !, 1915.
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Chicago Grain and Provision Prices,

chicago.-Wheat-No. 2 red. s1.14A
@1l7A: No. hard. s114AM1.1Th.
Corn-No. yellow, S1Ags2hc;
No. yellow. Son mS2c.
Oats-No. 3 white, 5o050H, stand
ard, 5oac.
Rye-No. 2. 9s1sms7c.
Barley-6sm7Sc
Timothy-$4.a0m.6.00.
Pork~-$20f0.
l.ard-s9i0
Ribs -s1..00Qf2.63.
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Would Keen Foods at Home,

Denver" Starye the war and feed
America" was the slogan adopted at
meeting OF the Denver local OF the
Socia.iat party.
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Much concern is felt by the czar on
account Of recurrence of the fits OF
melancholy from which the czarina
has suffered periodically for several
years. A second high wall has been
built about the Peterhof palace at
Petrograd to insure her greater pri-
yacy and the doors of the palace at
Divadia have been padded so that no
sound can penetrate from the outside.
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FOREIGN.

Nearly 1000 refugees from ostend
and Dieppe reached London.
Estimates Of the Canadian wheat
crop place the total at l35,o00, 900
bushels.
A dispatch from Vienna to the Wolff
bureau at Copenhagen. says that the
settlement on the bourse has passed
without single case of bankruptcy.
japan is preparing to land her
troops on European soil. according to
the statement of travellers recently
arrived at Peking from Japanese
ports.
A dispatch to the Reuter- Telegram
Company from Paris says that the
military governor has ordered that no
private motor car be allowed TO leave
Paris.
Germany is now allowing the expor-
tation Of soal which has been accum.
ulating for long time. says a dis
patch to the Chronicle from Copen,
hagen.
Reports from France say that the
duke Of Westminster, at great risk to
his own life, carried Captain Grenfell,
who had been wounded, out of range
during the fighting.
A dispatch to the London Chronicle
from Paris states that orders have
been issued for the removal OF all
wounded from Paris to Rennes and
Nantes.
Madame Vandervelde sailed on the
Cretic from Liverpool for New York,
bearing an appeal from Queen Eliza
beth of Belgium to American women
to help Belgium women in restoring
their ruined homes and re-uniting
their scattered families.
Prince Frederick William Of Lippe
took his own life. following mistake
of his regiment, according to Lady
Randolph Churchill. formerly Miss
Jennie Jerome Of New York. who has
arrived In London from Germany
coming by way Of Holland.
Three years In prison was the sen.
tence imposed upon a private soldier
named Fischer by the military court
OF the Third Army corps at Berlin
for having expressed just bafore the
opening Of hostilities the opinion that
In the event of war the Socialists In
the army would shoot their own off
GERS. -s444 .5s4.sat3-
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Live Poultry.
Eaos.

Eggs, graded No. / net, r.
o. b. Denver ............ "a
Eggs, graded, No. net, T..
o. B. Denver ........... Is
Eggs. case count, less cotn-
mission s6.00m6.75
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Vegetables.
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
Lead and speIter,

ST. Louis.-Lead, s3.75; spelter.
$3.50.
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s6.O0@675
Butter.

Elgin firm ................ 80
Creameries, ex., Colo, b.. 80
Creameries, ex. East, h., 30
Creameriess I'd grade, lbs %
Process ............... a6
Packing stock ............ 22h
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-01
THE JURY-FIxING CASE

Sticky Mcmahon, arrested in the
iury-fxing cases. is said to have
passed the buck along to Attorney
Lewis Dickinson, indicted with Nc
Mahon. He accuses Dickinson of
being the man who negotiated with
John P. Cummings, defendant in the
Dorothy Moore rape case, to fix the
jury.
He said Dickinson was to get 500
from Cummings. Mcmahon also &C
cused Herman Schnitz, court clerk,
of being in on the job. He said
Schmitz was to work the game with
Bull Malone.
Two jurors in the Thos. Flannery
assault case said bailiff tried to in
fluence them.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-01

Des Moines.-2O6 June brides are
recorded here, as against 1913 for
June, 1913.
St. Louis.-June weddings show a
loss of so from last year, totanng
only 1859. The license clerk blamed
it on the heat.
Milwaukee, Wis.-The county
clerk blamed the new "eugenics" law
for the slump in June marriages this
year. He issued 604 licenses this
year, as compared with 74S for June
of 1913.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-01
MYSTERY IN KILLING

Freeport, L. IT,, July 1.-Mystery
still shrouds the killing of Mrs. VIM.
D. Bailey, wife of a wealthy Brook
Ign manufacturer, in the Office of DR..
Edwin Carman, wealthy physician,
yesterday.
According to the story told by the
doctor, Mrs. Bailey called for treat
ment. A few moments later a shot
was fired through the window, pene-
trating her heart. The police declare
most of the broken glass from the
window fell on the outside rather
than inside and a screen in the win
dow was not broken.
St. Louis.-Wiyes Fostering inter-
nal revenue collectors. Wonder how
much income tax their husbands pay.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-01

RECORDS FOR JUNE BRIDES
BREAK ALL RECORDS
New York, July prosperity is
very much on the boom, if marriage
license figures throughout the coun-
try signify anything. June, 1914,
showed marked increase over June,
1913, in most of the larger American
cities in the matrimonial market. If
this market" is a criterion of bust
ness conditions the United States is
on the upgrade-and, at any rate, a
good many folks are happy and con-
tented.
A sample of the boom times was
given today by the figures for New
York city, which showed 4,4S4 Ii
censes issued for last month, as COM
pared with 4,059 for the correspond
ing period last year.
Washington.-Six less persons en-
tered the welded life in June, 1914,
than did in the brides month year
ago.
Trenton, N. J.-Exactly 118 mar
rage licenses were recorded for both
1913 and 1914 during the month of
June.
Rochester, NJ. Y.-462 licenses
were issued at the local bureau in the
past month, breaking all records for
Rochester.
Cleveland, O.-The number of
June weddings here was 937, break
ing all records
Indianapolis.-"Cupid laid off the
job because the weather was too
hot" said Marriage License Clerk
Louis Koerner today. Only 451 mar
rage licenses were issued in June,
1914. June brides in Indianapolis
numbered $50 in 1913.
Detroit, 566 permits to wed
were issued during the month, 126
more than for the same period last
year.
incoIn Nab-Tn JIIOe 1919 there