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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-04
VIRGINIA WILL RECEIVE
100000 IN WAR CLAIMS
Siii Passed by Congress After Series
OF Defeats Covering Last
Twenty-Five Years.
WILSON WILL SIGN TT TODAY
scores OF Persons, Churches and In
Sttutions Finally Will Receive
Payment for Property Destroyed
by Federal Troops During War.
WILSON WILL SIGN TT TODAY
Institute Claim for
100000 Granted

WASHINGTON. Mnrrh 3.-The
House Tonight granted the claim of
the Virginia Military Institute, at
Lexington. W., for SI0O,0tN damages
cnuncd by the destruction OF Its
library md other property by fire
when Federal troops. under General
Hunter. entered the town In 1861.
The bin was chilled up b., Ucpre-
sentative Flood, of NirginIn. Ii was
passed, $50 to 81, md now gorx 10
the President
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-04
Discuss Tenchins Of Adults.

The bimonthly meeting OF the Chris
tan Church sunday Schools was held
last night at the Hanover Avenue
church. with Christopher T. Garnett
presiding. y system for teaching adult
classes was generally discussed. Miss
Luna i'hi!iips. MI Wright, Mr.. Hawkins
and Rev. Keinpcr taking part. THE
next meeting will he held on tho frs,
Wednesday night in May, at Cowardin
ANcnme Church.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-04
Garrett reports stolen AUTO.

Attorney G. Il. Garnett. Of Ginter
Park, last night reported TO the police
that his automobile. No. $3.50. had been
stolen during the carly part OF the
night. The machine was left standing
before the Hanover Avenue Christian
Church. according 10 the report. and
was stolen from there. Efforts To To-
cat" the car had been unavailiug up to
early hour this morning
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-04
Washington. u. G.. tI:ao
s. NJ, March

\. M.D. March &.
!" The limcs-DIspntch, Kichmond, W.:
The omnibus civil Wnr clnims Hill
r""Hcd Congress soon inter midnight
rus 'Thursdny) morning. aud now roes
TO IN" President for hI> npproynI.
Nhurchcn In Virginia are deeply inter
""'eh In this measure. I'Icnsc LEI,
mem know the good news through
your columns.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-04
FRESH OUTBREAK
OF CATTLE DISEASE
Continued from FRS, Page)

be Kept from the guaranteed zone
Official veterinary surgeons will lie
sent upon request. and their services
will be free of charge
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-19
AMERICA TO SEE
RUSSIAN BALLET
Diagbilew Troupe to Play
Four Weeks Season at
Metropolitan.

For six years America has waited
Ever since the performance OF the
Diaghilew Ballet at the Theatre du
Chatelet in 1909. when the shock OF
the Russians was heard round the
world. there have been promises that
America was to witness the Dlaghilew
productions.
This year the unfulflled desires Will
be realized. due to the international
situation. which enabled the directors
Of the Metropolitan Opera Company to
lure Dinchilew and his troupe from Eu-
ropc They will arrive in America in
November.
America does not know the true Kus-
sian ballet. Il is true that individual
stars have appeared here, but the Rus
sian ballet of Diaghilew rs different
II represents a unity of all the forces
Of art that enter into the ballet cor
related and brought together TO one
artistic purpose by the director
Diaghilew.
In music il means a group OF the
younger musicians and ultra moderns
who have composed special compost
tions for Diaghilew Rimsky- korsaxoy'
Stravinsky and others. In scenic Ell
fects and stage decorations 1t means
Leon Bakst, the Russian master color
list. In dancing it means Nijinsky'
leading male dancer Of this generation;
Karsayina, supreme in her field OF MI
metic dancing, and others.
The work Of all these. blended har-
monized, all of the same race, working
together to produce the desired result
that is what has made the Russian
ballet.
In the repertory TO be presented IN
America next year for four weeks at
the Metropolitan Opera House and on a a
tour Of the United States there VIII
be twelve Of these ballets. They Will
be given not for a part of the evening
not as advertisements. but as an entire
evenings performance. They will not
all represent the same treatment, out
will vary from the Turkish to the Ana
mese and Javanese, from the Russian
10 the purely old fashioned.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-19

Asbury Park, n. j., Sept. 18.-Sep-
TENDER visitors fill the many hotels
that have remained open this year and
the resort is looking forward TO the
best late season il has had. The eX-
IRENE warm weather of the last ZEN
days has made bathing one of the
popular sports. and most of the bath
houses are still open. The heat is also
responsible for the extraordinary run
of bass, and more Of the gamey fish
are being taken than at any time this
season. Dances in the arcade, in con-
junction with the Pryor concerts. con-
tinue to attract the younger element.
and the attendance at the recltals on
other nights is greater than during the
early part Of July.
A large number of the members OF
the Asbury Park Fishing Club are re-
porting nightly catches of from two
to Ave striped or channel bass. The
unprecedented run has attracted every
fisherman from Barnegat Bay to At
lantic Highlands and every one re-
ceives his reward. A new record was
made by Harry Metz this week. He
took five channel bass, all averaging
more than thirty pounds. Others on
the list include r. VI. Hellenstein, two
channel bass, weighing thirty-four
and thirty-six pounds; Nelson Schoen
striped bass, twenty-six pounds;
Frank Westevelt, striped bass. thir'
ty-one pounds and fifteen ounces;
Frank Johnson, three striped bass
averaging six and one-half pounds;
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-19

Leno1. Sept. Is.-This has been n
week Of diverting dances, one given by
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Chester French
in honor Of their daughter, Miss Mar
garet French. another by Mr.. and Mrs.
Carlos VI he Heredia, both fancy dress
affairs. and n third tonight at the
Lenox Club by the Board OF Cover
nors. Also Of interest was the Ice
Glen parade, revival OF an old Gus
tom Of marching through a wild gorge
with torches lust after the harvest,
said TO have been an Italian custom
back in 1924, when the white man hrst
arrived in Stockbridge. This week
there were a hundred or more IN fancy
costumes, headed by brass band
included in the parade, and later the
band played for an Indian war dance
about bonfire in the village park.
Miss Margaret French and Arthur NJ
Walker headed the parade. Mr'
Walker represented Konkapot, the
chief of the Stockbridge Indians, and
Miss French wore the garb OF a gypsy.
MIR. and Mrs. de Heredia's dance was
notable FOR the electrical illumination
OF their grounds. Only the women
came in dominos, men being admitted
without fancy dress. An elaborate
supper was served on the porches.
Mr.. and Mrs. de Heredia also en-
tertained the Lenox Garden Club on
Monday afternoon at their villa, where
Or. William Gilman Thompson spoke
on plants and their relation TO medi-
cine. Professor Charles F. Chandler,
Of New York. guest, also addressed
the company. Mrs de Heredia served
tea, assisted by Mrs. ". Roscoe Bon
sal and Mrs. William (. S. Griswold.
Another afternoon society affair was
the concert at Pembroke. given in
Thomas Shields Clarke's studio, for
the benefit of the families of the
French and Belgian artists who are
fighting in the trenches. The pro-
gramme was by the Misses Dorothy
Rosalind and Cynthia Fuller, Of Eng
land, who sang folk songs. Dialogue,
n selection from one of the poems OF
James Russell Lowell, was given by
Miss Edith Luckett and Ivan Simpson,
of the Pittsfield players. Mr.. Clarke
is one of committee OF New YORK
artists who have set out 10 collect a
fund TO aid the families of European
artists.
September will be filled with dances
and those already scheduled are one
at Spring Lawn, to be given by Mrs.
John +. Alexandra for her daughters.
the Misses VI. Civilese and Anna K.
Alexandra, and the charity ball at the
Lenox Club, Saturday, September %.
Mr.. and Mrs Newbold Morris will give
a dance at Brookhurst.
Three weddings of interest will take
place next week, that of Miss Kittie
Lanier Lawrance and william Averell
Hartman, Tuesday, September p, at
noon, in Trinity Church. with a recep-
ton afterward at Allen Winden; that
Of Albert Sprague Coolidge, of Pitts
field. the grandson of the late Albert
A. Sprague, of Chicago, and his heir,
to Miss Margaret Stewart Colt, daugh =
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. John II. Colt, Of
East Aurora, n. Y, on Wednesday,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-19
Long Branch.

Long Branch. y. j., Sept. 49,
Weather of midAugust brand has
been responsible for the lingering Of
the summer throng. With the best
bathing of the season, the beach con-
tinues TO attract hundreds. Wednesday
evening a number of the cottagers en-
joyed a straw ride TO Asbury Park,
where they witnessed "The Birth of a
Nation" the party were Mr.. and
Mrs. Chester t. Clayton, Mr.. and Mrs.
william Tully, Mr. and Mrs. James
Atcheson, Mrs. Elmo Clark, Miss Sc
lima Acheson and Miss Elizabeth Ache
son, OF New York.
A carnival embracing all the feat
ures of a county fair will be staged in
Washington Park on the first three
days of next week. A domestic science
contest, with brcrge medals for the
best LOAF Of bread. biscuits, pies and
canned fruit, IL creating interest. All
sorts of freaks will be pastured in the
jungle section Of the park.
One OF the numerous bridge and five
hundred gatherings here this week was
held a. the home Of Miss Hazel SUIT
phin, on Dunbar Avenue, Tuesday even
ing. Prizes were awarded TO Miss Mil
bred Atkinson, Miss Esther Creole,
Miss Ethel Morris and Miss Marion
Burroughs.
Mr.. ard Mrs. John Fl. White are en-
PERTAINING over the week end Mrs. Ver-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-19
Channel Bass Draw
Fishermen to ASbury

Horace Fisher, channel bass, thirty.
two pounds and 10 ounces, and striped
bass, five pounds and two ounces, ana
o. W. Jones, channel bass, weighing
2812 pounds.
On the programme of entertainment
next week will be the annual show o.
the Asbury Park Kennel Club, whica
will be held in the boardwalk easro
on Wednesday and Thursday. Seyeral
hundred trophies and medals will be
won outright at this show, while ever
club in the country is offering 'ro'
phies and specials for its members
The Scottish Bulldog Club, OF Dun
dee. Scotland. has sent in trophies:
For this years show the judges In
clude Miss Margaret Forsyth, Gharless
G. Hopton, +. ]. Casey, EDWARD
Throckmorton, Mrs. A. Mcclure ma
ley, Mrs. A. X. Hyman, DR.. :. n
Bernendohn, b. J. O'Rourke, h; v;
Hoffman, John S. Walters, E. p fO''
and Charles Ludwig. 4.
The annual Merchants Holiday
will take place next Thursday Itn
is a unique holiday. instituted seve's
years ago, when every business noess
in Asbury Park and Ocean Grove
closes for the day. As all oransA..
OF trade are too busy 10 celebrate '.
the Fourth of July and LABOR pv
this day is set aside for their pieo
ure. Excursions TO Coney Island ~
TO the Elks' convention at Atlar~
CITY will attract most OF the vaca'loa'
ists
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-19
New 18-HOle Course
For Placid Golfers

Lake Placid, y. Y, Sept. is Laying
out another golf course was begun this
week, making a total OF five that Will
be in readiness for use here another
season. The new course. which is 10
have eighteen holes, is TO be under the
control of the Lake Placid Golf Club.
with Headquarters at the Stevens
House, and has been staked out under
the supervision of John ID. Dunn. of
New York. Il will occupy a tract OF
over $50 acres, given by George A.
Stevens. The eighteen holes comprise
a total distance of about $500 yards,
and the start and finish will be in an
attractive grove near the village park
and about 700 feet from the Stevens
House.
An attractive two story building
near the first tee will be utilized as a
clubhouse until a more suitable one
is built. and at 1e ninth hole, from
which there Is a. wonderful view Of
Lake Placid and the principal noun
tains, a rustic halfway house is TO be
built. The course crosses the outlet
of Lake Placid twice and rustic bridges
will be constructed for the use OF play
ers. Ii abounds in natural hazards
and is pronounced by Mr.. Dunn one OF
the best courses in the country. The
present short course OF nine holes at
the Stevens will be maintained for
PLAYERS who do not care for the longer
one. The new eighteen hole course IS
the second announced 70 be in readi-
ness for next season, work having al
ready been started on new nine-hole
course for Whiteface Inn.
Recent New York arrivals at the
Grand View include +. Marsh, W. L..
Marsh. q. W. Miller, John II. Miller,
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos s. Bell. II. c. and
K. C. Bell. Mr.. and Mrs Henry !. Dodge
and Mr.. and Mrs c. E. Black.
Chief Justice and Mrs. White, who
have been spending the summer At
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-19
Atlantic City Reaps
Hot Wave Harvest

gave a bridge luncheon in honor of
Miss Della Neidelman, of New York,
who is visiting her. Those who a~
tended were Mrs. Grace Dartman, Mrs.
Sidney Clifford Mrs. George Sherman,
Miss Margaret Smith, Miss Amanda
IIoche and Mrs. John 7. Hoche. The
weekly dance at the Chelsea was large
ly attended. and number Of bridge
parties took place on hotel porches
during afternoons and evenings.
Nine. Schumann-H eink was at the
Marlborough Blenheim, leaving later in
the week for Chicago. Count Ernest
Berger, of Vienna; Ex-Governor Frank
Brown, Of Maryland, and Ex-Governor
Folk, Of Missouri, were among the not
ables there.
Capri was the place chosen as the
European locality to be reproduced at
the Iraymore last week, the scene be-
ing the Blue Grotto," one of Nature s
creations that is famous the world over
for its beauty. The refracton of the
suns rays from the water through the
opening into the grotto gives a pc
culiar blue light, tinglng everything
inside with Blue. This light effect
formed a beautiful feature Of the re-
FIOCDCNsoN u the BiObtO, "lLHiH NHACn
PEOPLE and boats could be seen. In the
narrow vista afforded by the entrance
Nesuvius could be seen. with its cap OF
smoke. Walters clad in Sorrentian
style served the patrons with native
food specialties.
Recent arrivals at the Traymore
from New York include Mr.. and Mrs
Edward Harden, Peggy O'Neil. George
J. Murray, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Cole
man, Mr. and Mrs. David L. Luke, c. O.
Woodhouse. J. S. Whiting, Miss F. Van
Loan, Mr.. and Mrs. +. NJ. Van Buren,
Mrs. Il. Stanley Green and Mr.. and Mrs
II. b. Potter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-19
Indoors and Outdoors
On Staten Island

Miss Edna Barbara Spindler, daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. George Spindler, of
Wright Street. Stapleton, and Arthur
Thompson, Of the firm Of James
Thompson & Sons, lumber merchants
OF Stapleton. were married last
Wednesday evening at the home Of the
brides parents. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. DR.. Oliver Paul
Barnhill. pastor Of the First Presby-
terrain Church. Stapleton, under huge
bell suspended from the ceiling Of the
living room, and was witnessed by only
The members Of the immediate families.
The house was prettily decorated with
flowers throughout. Miss Spindler's
only attendant was her sister, Mrs.
Dorothy Nixon. and George Thompson
was his brothers best man. After n
small reception the young couple lef:
for tour of few weeks in the
Catskills
Many people were present last Tues
Gay afternoon at the golf tea
NJ the Richmond County Country Club
az which Mrs. Ernest Flagg was tn.
hostess. assisted by her daughter. Miss
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-19
Dances and Weddings
Fill Berkshire Days
Mr.. and Mrs D. c. French and Mr. and Mrs dc HeredIa
Hosts for Terpschore-lce Glen Parade ne
wives Stockbrdge Indian Tradition

September %, and that OF Miss Elinor
y. Shotter and Charles Andrews Doc
little, OF New York. IN Trinity Epls-
copal Church. Saturjay, September 20
Miss Iawrancss wedding VIII be free
from ostentation and the reception
will be for the whole village. Mr.
Coolidge and his bride-to-be are stu
dents OF chemistry, she being OF Rad
cliTe, 1917, and l.. having Just bteu
graduated from Harvard University.
lie will rc-enter Harvard for post
graduate course and they will live ~
Cambridge Miss Shotter is the third
daughter Of Spencer 7. Shotter. AZ
her wedding her sister, Miss Isabel
d. Shooter, will be her only attendant.
There will be reception at Osceola
House following the wedding
The women of Stockbridge, with Mrs.
Henry McBurney as chairman. have
collected 81 $50 for an ambulance, to
be called the Berkshire for the use
of the Allies in Northern France. Brad
ford Lindsay Fairfax. the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lindsay Fairfax and grandson
of Mrs. William II. Bradford, IS at
tached 20 the ambulance corps OF
service hospital organized by Lady
Rutland, of London, in the suburbs o.
Paris.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Macy Willets and
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Scribner have
been visiting with Illdreth X. Blood
good in New Marlboro and exhibited
his horses in the Norfolk, Conn, horse
show. Mrs. Wllets drove winners IN
three driving classes and Mrs. Serb
ner took first award in the saddle class.
Another horse show was held at Pitts
field Wednesday in which the promi-
nent Lenox and Stockbridge cottagers
exhibited their horses. At the Changers
fair in Stockbridge the award for the
best farm display was won by Joseph
II. Choate, Miss Helen c. Butler recelv-
ing second award. William Hall
Walker has given a silver cup to the
Lenox Horticultural Society for the
best display Of the chrysanthemum
known as Mrs. W. II. Walker" at the
society's annual fair next month.
Mrs. George h. de Gersdorf is the
woman tennis champion of the Berk-
shires, having defeated Mrs. Edwin !.
Rice in the singles. The women's
doubles were won By Mrs. K. G. Miller,
of New York, and Mrs. A. II. Chaplin,
of Springfield; Mrs. David T. Dana and
Hamilton Fish Benjamin won the mixed
doubles; David T. Dana and William
Strong Cushing, the mems doubles. Az
the annual meeting of the Lenox Junior
Tennis Association Miss Grace Bristed,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Aston
Bristed, defeated Miss Anita Delafield.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick 5.
Delafeld, for the presidency of the as
ISOLATION by one vote. Walter Nettle-
ton was this week elected president Of
the Stockbridge Golf Club, succeeding
the late DR.. Henry c. Haven.
During the week Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Aston Bristed gave a series of
dinner parties at Lakeside for the en-
tertainment of the Brazilian Ambas-
sador to Vienna and Nine. Regis de
Oliveira Mr.. and Mrs. Bristed will re-
main at Lakeside until December /.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-19

Atlantic City, Sept. 1S.-The straw
hat and the bathing suit took new
lease OF life on the Boardwalk and
beach this week Thousands Of new
arrivals poured in 10 escape the torrid
wave in the cities and took to the
ocean with all the enthusiasm of mid
summer visitors. Added TO these were
something like 10000 delegates to a
score or more Of conventions, many of
whom refused TO attend sessions until
after they had taken plunges in the
breakers, and lifeguards were sent
back on extra duty to look after the
bathing throngs.
Women's styles took a slump back
ward, and there was vail from maids
and matrons who had sent home their
thin summer frocks during the cool
snap of the early month. Travel by
boat from New York aboard the At
lantic City took boom, and hundreds
came down by sea TO escape city heat.
Conventions alone would have given
Atlantic City the busiest September
week in its history. Eiks, Shriners,
Knights Templar and lesser fraternal
orders came with bands and parGded
under parasols, and the largest Gelega-
ton in the history Of the Army and
Navy Union has been here all week.
A dozen business conventions are in
progress in different hotels.
Yachting parties were in high favor
as social affairs. Mrs. Albert Ba.tz, Of
New York, entertained aboard the
yacht Emma, her guests being Mrs. G..
II. Cramer, Mrs. Florence Garnet, Mrs.
Frank Schantz and Mrs. Franz Enrich.
Another party given aboard the yacht
Nelly II by Mr.. and Mrs. David c. Hum
phreys had Mr.. and Mrs. William Finley
and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Feeney, of
New York. among the guests.
Mrs. Richard Fran, of New York,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-19

I Camp lnwood at Whiteface Inn, plan 20
return to Washington on Monday. Both
are delighted with Lake Placid, and will
probably return TO the inn for next sea-
son. The Chief Justice has, throughout
the week. continued his daily walks.
Mike, his faithful Irish terrier, former
IL his companion on these jaunts, was
shipped back TO Washington several
days ago.
Included in party OF mountain
climbers from Whiteface Inn, making
the ascent of Mount Whiteface, were j.
J. Sweeney, DR.. T. Darcy Lucas, j. II.
G. Mills, F. Mortimer and Frank Regain,
Of New York.
Mrs. ". f. Parsons. Of Ardsey-on-
Hudson; Miss Miner and Miss Darling,
Of White Plains, will join Miss Morris
at Whteface Inn for the balance OF
the season, motoring from Pottersville.
where they have been spending the
summer.
Mrs. George A. Stevens entertained
with q picnic at Camp Swastika Cor
several friends at the Stevens house,
her guests including DR.. ard Mrs. |. L.
Porteous, Mrs. Booth and DR.. and Mrs.
Stewart Lewis.
Mrs. F. s. Witherbee. who came TO
the Stevens house by automobile from
her summer place at Port Henry, was
accompanied by Miss Witherbee and
Thomas Worral, Of New York. Nr. and
Mrs. Victor Herbert plan 70 remain at
Camp Joyland until September 2S Mr.
and Mrs. A. J. Reach. who are still At
camp. have as their guests Mr. and Mrs.
Amos X Christ, Miss Dorothy Christ
and Mr.. and Mrs. William Jefries.
F. W. Vincent and T. ". Stokes have
returned TO the Stevens house, motor
ing from New York. and are now on a
series OF tours Of the region. Others
from New York recently arrived az the
Stevens house include Mr.. and Mrs
James TrsgsTthsn, Miss II. J. Ire