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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-19
NEWS OFFICER.
HAS NARROW ESCAPE


Newport News. Va, Dec. 18.--
Patrolman r. A. johnson. member Of
the local police force, lies painfully
II not seriously injured at the home
OF his sister. Mrs. w. J. Fowler. Of
Lee Hall. as the result Of fall
with DR.. NJ. w. Crawford, OF War
wick County. The patroiman was
chasing bird that had been winged"
by the physician. and tumbled down
a clay bank on York River, alighting
on q pile of seaweed between two
huge piles Of rock after sliding twen-
ty-five feet and hurting twenty-five
more through tho air.
But for the fact that Mr.. johnson
landed on the seaweed he undoubted-
ly would have been killed." said DR..
Crawford over long distance teie-
phone. "As 1t was he sustained two
ribs torn from his breast and many
severe bruises. Kidney trouble set in
and it is that which we fear moro
than the bodily injuries, However.
he Is resting better tonight than for
some time"
Mrs. johnson and the patrolman's
child yesterday were called to his bed
side the patrolman's condition be.
ing considered critical by some.
Il winged bird and Mr.. Johnson
set out to catch It," said DR.. Craw-
ford last night. He was running down
an incline which led to PERCEPTIONS
bank overhanging the river when his
feet shot from under him and he slid
down the incline and over the bank
Tnverified reports received here
yesterday stated that the patrolman
grasped some brush in his toboggan
slide down the incline and later some
broom sage a few moments before
shooting over the bank. both Of which
gave way with his weight ana the mo-
mentus Of his descent
The gun OF the patrolman. which
was cooked and loaded, according to
the game source OF information. was
bent double when Mr.. johnson struck
the ground. but did not explode.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-19

Roman Catholic and Russian Ortho-
dox Catholic Church. means the
alienation Of many ardent commu-
nicants and the death Of all hopes for
one great church union. The tele-
gram from Bishop knight urged that
no delegates be sent, but is was not
read to the board OF missions until
last Wednesday, about elk weeks after
It receipt. and after the appointment
OF delegates.
THE board of bishops under an
omnibus resolution voted not TO hear
great mass Of kilograms on the
question which were in the hands of
the secretary" said Bishop Williams.
But this telegram stood apart from
all the other communication because
1t was from one person whose rights
were paramount.
Thinks 1t Wrong Move.
The telegram il addressed to John
w. Wood secretary of the Board Of
Missions. and reads as follows:
81 am convinced that missions In
atin-America are enthusiastically and
morally Justified. but to be success
full our missionaries In the field must
have the consciousness of the undi-
vided sympathy Of the home church
and when they come home should
have sympathetic and whole
hearted hearing.
"'When 1t lis remembered that for
two years the American flag, support
ed by our marines, has floated over
tho palace of Nicaragua, think the
holding of the congress In Panama
would be disastrous. In behalf of
many of our workers. native and for
eign. who would be put in an en-
barrassing political situation. I urge
the abandonment of the proposition
to send delegates to anv congress
which may he held in Latin-Amer
lea or in the canal zone.
(Signed)
"A. W. KNIGHT.
" Tn Charge Of Panama and the Canal
Znpa
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-19

Fredericksburg, Va. Dec, ls.-Is
Thursday night to have a municipal
Christmas tree here This IL an in :
novation here. but the project has
met with an enthusiastic reception,
Captain NJ. r. Rowe has donated
tree and City. Manager r. Stuart
Rover will place 1t on the Courthouse
Square. The Spotsylvania Power
Company viii furnish the electricity
and the tree Will be lighted Christmas
Eve. when short program consisting
IT three minute talk. a PRAYER and
the singing Of Christmas carols will
he given The tree will be lighted
each night during Christmas week A
fQnd Is being raised for the benefit of
the poor OF the city. IT will be dis
trihuted through the City Mission.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-19
apple King" Dead In Chicago.

Chicago, Dec. 18-F'ranklin New
hall, ninety-two years old, known
throughout the, Middle West as the
apple king" died yesterday at his
home in Glencoe. a suburb.
MIR. Newhall owned extensive apple
orchards near his home and 5000
acres OF cherry and apple orchards on
Manitou Island, Mich. His holdings
were estimated to be worth fT5o.oeo.
He was born In 1929 at Conway.
Aassa chusetts
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-19
CONFTSC.ATE TRUNK
baggage" Shipped From Lynchburg
Turns Out to Be Real Booze.

Lynchburg. Va, Dec. lS.--The
State prohibition officers at Winston
Salem, n. C.. are possessors Of thirty
three p!nts of I.ynchburg booze.
which la probably going to get some
one into trouble. The trunk was
checked from Lynchburg last Mon
day. and upon arrival at winston -Sa-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-19

lem the officials there had some sort
or a suspicion of II. An inspection de-
veloped the fact that 1t was teeming
with Lynchburg red eye which was
evidently Intended for Christmas blind
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-19
Concrete Paving in Unite, statess

Concrete pavement in the United
states increased from $4,000 square
yards In laos to 100000 In 1914
doubling over fifty times In five wears
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-19

tiger trade in that thriving Carolina
center.
the booze, but the man who shipped 1t
from this place has not turned up
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-19
Illinois Elevator Burned.

Sheldon, Ill. Dec. 1S.--FYre yester-
day destroyed the Cleveland Elevator
Company's elevator and wood stor-
age house with loss estimated at
$4,000
The structure had a capacity OF
100000 bushels Of oats and nearly as
much corn.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-19

with the duplicate check 10 ciaim che
property. for ne 10 probably wise tn
the fact that to claim that trunk wouh
mean a turn on the Tarheei roads
for him.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-09-23
KATY BRAKE IN
SERIOUS ACCIDENT
Grant Lucas Falls Under
Train; VIII Lose One
Lower Limb.

Grant Lucas. brakeman in the local
NJ. Is. X r. railroad yards, was sc-
riously injured about 3:15 o'clock yes.
tcrday afternoon when he fell under
the wheels of a train. The accident
occurred at the intersection OF Madi-
son avenue and the NJ, *. Il T. tracks
while the switch engine was handling
some empty cars from tho Midland
Valley tracks. The train was back
ing slowly Lucas ran behind the last
car to adjust the coupling and tripped
over the rail. Before he could es-
cape the wheels had passed over him.
one leg was so bruised that 1t will
have TO be amputated and the man
was injured in several other places.
He was taken to "a local hospital and
was reported TO be in a very critical
condition last night II IS not known
whether he suffered any internal in
jurles or not
Lucas is a new man i'm Tulsa, having
come here recently from his home in
Parsons, Kan lie Is unmarried and
has father and mother, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. \. Lucas. living i'm Parsons The
father. who is conductor on the NJ.
X. 4 T.. was Immediately notified OF
the accident
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-09-23
NUN MLLrD ny 1GGwrNING.
Farmer Near Nfton Carried Stock In
~manCC-lli~ FIRST Loss.

~uf.IH. .H IHH World
ALTON OKLA. Sept Ell. +. Bell.
90 wtI-tu-du farmer. who lives five
miles northeast OF Alton. lost a fine
mule the first of this week. when it
was struck by lightning Mr.. Roll
carried insurance ON his stock and
says that ne has always done so. but
that this IS the first time that he has
ever lost any stock by being struck
bv lightning
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-09-23

THANKS FROM MRS. DE HAVEN
appreciates Words of Praise About
lNr nmrhAr CnnccnIInn

The following letter was received
lev The World yesterday from Mrs
De Haven, the local florist:
To tho Editors of Tulsa Daily Word
Dear Sirs. I wish to heartily thank
YOU for your very kind words Of praise
for the literary effort" i'm the way
~ floral decorations for the Durbar
parade Words of appreciation Ger
tainly do. help lot-espoCially COM
ing from the source these came from
and cannot resist the temptation to
tell YOU and TO thank you again.
Sincerely yours for a greater and
better Tulsa.
JOSEPHINE F. DE HAVEN.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-09-23
Japanese Garden.

'"l""'N' '''Iu'u'
All the necessary figures.
bridges houses, trees, etc. TO make
a Japanese Garden RoN Of lB to
10 pieces priced at SOC.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-21
ANNIVERSARIES A
 OF RING BATTLES

1So9-Tom MoIineaux defeated Tom Blake in eight rounds at Epple Bay, England. Molineaux was a, full Np1ooded African from Virginia, and had only recently arrived in Eng1a nd, where he had been taken up by Bill Richmond, a mulatto, who had been a good fighter. In July, 1909, the black man easily defeated-a fighter named Burrows, pupil of Tom Cribb, the champion, and the follow ing month he was matched with Blake, whose ring name was Tom Tough. Blake was well named, for he was a sailor by trade when not engaged in fighting, and had a rep
 utation for durability. Blake was about 40 years old, and had just re- turned from a long cruise, when he
 was matched with. the negro, who was
 the first American to make a bid for
 the pugiIfstic championship. The fight was for $50 a side and attra cted a big crowd of noble sports, all anx- ious to get a, line on the American black man who threatened England's s pugilistic supremacy. The sailor put up a~game battle, but he suffered from the terrible heat, which the
 black man found exactly to his lik- ing, and Blake was soon stretched out. Molineaux was then matched with Cribb for the title, and really won the battle, but was robbed Of the victory.
 18787-Deaf Burke defeated Tom | O'Connen in 10 rounds at Hart Is-
 land, N. Y.
 1 19o6-Jimmy Burns defeated Adam Ryan in 10 rounds at Peoria, III.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-21
MARSANS TRAVELS
 I,l46 MILES AND
 PLAYS FAST GAME

Brooklyn, Aug. 21-Less than tfair-3 ty hours after a St. Louis judge had united Injunction and declared him temporarily a, free man Arman- do Marsans had travelled JAS miles from the court room and made one of the most spectacular outhe1d plays in the history of Federal league base ball in Washington Park. Brooklyn. The Cuban's great work was not suf- fcient to enable the S1oufeds to take yesterdays game from the Brook feds however for one Don Marion limited the visitors to a lone run, while his mates pounded Watson and CrandaH for sixteen hits and half that many ta1lies.
 Marsans was the big sensation of the day. Thursday morning at pre- cisely Il o'clock the Mound City
 magistrate gave his, decision. One hour later Marsans was aboard a 24 hour train for New York. The train was two hours late and landed him in town at o'clock yesterday. After getting his bearings the Cuban reach ed Washington Park fifteen minutes
 before game time The Sloufed dress | ing room was in an uproar when he
 arrived players seurrying about to collect a uniform that fitted him Af- his collar and tie off the Cuban
 changed clothes in time to get on the feId~Iwith five minutes to spare
 Brooklyn knocked Watson and CrandaH out of the box and had sew
 en runs before Marsanss made his cir GUS play in the sixth inning. WilIett
 was pitching then. Halt was on sec ond when Land killed the ball, send ing an apparent homer toward the hagpole. Marsans ran at the crack 1 of the Dat without looking up until
 nearly at the scoreboard, when he 1 pulled the ball down. Halt had halt 1 ed midway between second and third
 to watch the seemingly hopeless chase and a lightning pivot throw to John l sdn, covering second, doubled Halt fl at
 footed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-21
NO TITLE AT STAKE, PACKEY M'FARLAND WILL GET S583 A
 MINUTE FOR GIBBONS BOUT
New Record Set in Pugilistc Coin By Contest That Is Scheduled for Three Weeks From Today Eastern and Western Tennis Matches Hold Big Interest Other Sport News.

on the links of the Country Club of Detroit, Crosse Point Farms Michi- gan. and the womens national tour nament will commence nine days lat CT at the 0nwentsfa, Club, NLake For est, Illinois. This is the second time during the history. of golf in this country that the 1men's and women's s champi ionships have been. allotted to Western clubs in the same year. Eight years ago both championships were decided on western courses. It was then that Jerome D. Travers won the first of his four national victories by defeating Archibald Graham. the for mer New Jersey state champion, in the final on the links of the Euclid Club, Cleveland. Ohio, in July, 1907. In the following October, at the Mid lothian Country Club, Blue Island, ILL, Miss Margaret Curtis of Essex Coun- ty, Mass, won the women's national honor from her sister Miss Harriet S. Curtis the 1906 champion.
 Although entry for the amateur championship will not close until next Monday the list of aspirants to the title so far isa. very representative one and Secretary Howard F. Whitney of the U. s. e. A expects that the field of competitors will compare more than favorably with any pre- vioustournament With the addition
 
 list a few days ago, there are over 300 golfers rated at five strokes and under and there is every indication that this years contest will be unsual- ly interesting.
 For the first time since it's inception the national event will begin a full week before the day set for the final round this year. In order to cope successfully against the congestion l hitherto experienced by the officials in handling big fields in the elimina- ton round of eighteen holes to be played next Saturday. The best six l ty-four scores that day will entftle those who make them to take part in 1 the thirty-six hole qualifying round on Mon day, August 30 and the thirty 1 two players having the best scores in the second days. play will qualify for participation in the tFirty-six hole match play rounds sfor-the champion ship during the remainder. of the week.
 |
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-21
TESREAU HURLS
 CLASSY GAME;
 REDS HUMBLED

New York, Aug. M.-Tesreaus s pitch ing at the Polo Grounds yesterday<re- stored the Giants to the winning di- vision. The Reds were shut out by a score of to 0. The ball Big Jeff pitched to them was mote as it slid across the plate, and a gyrating mote they couldn't locate, so of course they couldn't hit it. Jeff served with speed and pitched with steam, and he made the checking of the Reds whirling rush a short contest. He sent the ball back to the batters with so little of pause or preliminaries between pitches that much of the time it looked as if he wasn't using a splitter at all.
 Wet or dry he brought the Reds of the clouds, and naturally their fire as good as<any team could look against pitching which made them helpless. Their limited notation on the bases contained only one flight to third base, that due to an overthrow by Dooin in the first inning.
 | In the second, third, fourth, fifth and seventh innings the Reds did not get on the bases at all. In the sixth one man reached second and another first; in the eighth Mollwitz doubled his way to second and was held there. In the ninth Herzog carved a road to first with a base hit and with nobody out but the invincibiIity of Tesreau caused the next three batters to ooze unob- | trusively out of the foreground and would not let the Red commander sew I CT himself from the gateway corner.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-21
MASSACHUSETTS MEN
 TO TRY LONG SWIM

Boston, Aug. 21.-An attempt to break all long distance swimming records was set for today, when Sam ueI Richards, IT,, of this city and Hen ry F. Sullivan of Lowell planned to start a match race from Nantasket Beach to Race Point, at the tip of Cape Cod. The distance in an air line is' about 37 miles. but the drift of the tides would greatly lengthen the swim ming course. The start was scheduled for 3 p.
 Richards has made the difficult swim from Charlestown bridge to Boston light several time, and in 1913 wam to the light and return, a feat never before attempted by anyone else. Twice he has swam from the Battery, New York, to Sandy Hook.
 SuI1iVan's most notable swim was an attempt to cross the English Channel in 1913, when he covered 35 miles and left the water within less than i've miles of the French coast.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-21
COOPER DRIVES
 SMASHING RAGE.
 ON ELCIN TRACK

Chicago, Aug. 21-First honors in EEginis two days auto speed carnival went yesterday to Earl Cooper of Call ifornia of the Stutz team, who was driving his first race over the fa- nous course. Cooper led the way to the finish line of the BOP mile Chica- co Automobile club trophy race in 4 fours 1 minute 32 seconds, setting a new record of 74.97 miles an hour. The old record was 73.9 miles an hour made in 1914 by Ralph De Palma in a Mercedes.
 Close behind Cooper came his team mate. Gil Anderson, al veteran of the course nd winner Of the race two years ago. Anderson, slowed down in the latter part of the grind by a slight mechanical trouble, ran his mate a pretty race. finishing less than five minutes behind him in 4:05:12.
 Barney Oldheld, whose Delage proved a fzzle. in the 1OO> mile race two weeks ago at Speedway Park drove into third place in 4:09:55.
 Cooper's victory gave him posses sion of the Chicago Automobile clut trophy for one year, besides the $2,- 900 winners share of the purse. An derson won $625 for second place and OIdfeId $375 for third.
 Ralph De Palma, the favorite, was put out Of the race eah1y by tire and mechanical trouble in his sixth lap He got his car going again when the balance of the field had covered 16 laps, but had more trouble and with drew.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-21
COBB AND DOYLE LEAD SLUCCERS
 IN THE MAJORS

Chicago, Aug. 21-The veterans of the American league continues to car ry off the batting in that circuit. Ty Cobb, of Detroit, remains at thelr head, with an average of -395s He is followed by Speaker, Boston, with 331. Cobb in 122 games has scored 113 runs and leads in this depart ment. He also remains the king of base stealers, with mark of II, and with PIP total bases remains at the head of. this column. The home run honors go to Burns, Detroit, who has made five.
 Captain Larry Doyle, of the New York Giants, has been nosed out of first place for National league batting honors this week by Snyder who has .327. Doyle's average is 1924. Cra- vath, Philadelphia. is the leading run getter, with 65, and also holds the lead as a home run hitter, with IS. Carey, Pittsburgh, with 29 stolen bases leads that department and Groh, Cincinnati, leads in total bases. with IFS. The leading batter in the International league is Gilhooly, Buff falo, with .340.
 GilhooIy leads in stolen bases. with 43; Whitman, Montreal, leads in runs scored. with S9, and in total bases, with 198. Flynn leads in home runs. with 13 Buffalo leads in club bat ting with 277 and Providence is sec ond, with .271.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-21
WHITE SOX GET
 JACKSON, PAYING
 SI5,OOO FOR HIM

Cleveland, Aug. 2o-Joe Jackson, the Cleveland Indians premier out fielder and slugger, was sold yesterday to the Chicago White Sox for $15,OOO and three players. Owner SoTners of the Cleveland Club is in Chicago now dickering with Charley Cofnislxey, owner of the Sox, as to the identity of the three players who will figure in the trade.
 Manager Griffith of the Washing gton club made an offer of s20.O0 yester- day for Jackson, but Nwas turned down. In the last two. days he at tempted to make deal whereby he could acquire Shortstop Chapman as well, but failed. He offered MoelIer Morgan, Mcbride. Harper and Gan dill for the two men.
 Jackson left tonight for Chicago and will be seen in the White Sox lineup in the game with New York to- day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-21

The Cincinnati Reds and the Rem ington Arms team, representing Bridgeport, will meet at Newfield park tomorrow afternoon. Business Manager Hugh F. FReddy, of the Bridgeport outfit, says he has been assured that the Reds will put a first class team in the field, and many of the big Ieage stars will be in the line up. The game will be called at 3:15.
 The Remington Arms lineup will be: Cerago, cf.; Griffin H.; Gaudette f.; Pjura If; Sherwood 3b.; Corkins e.; Reilly 2b.; Tone 1b.; Hayes and Bennett p.
 Another game of interest tomorrow is that between the Singers and Rem Yosts at Yost field. It is the first of a series for the city championship and will start at S:3O. Lew Silva will um- pire.
 The swimming event on the pro- gram of the Connecticut champion ships of the New Haven Amateur Athletes today will probably be an annual affair. This is the first time that the association has had a swim
 ming event, and John c. Collins re- ports that it has attracted much in terest. The contestants will swim from from Lighthouse Point to Savin Rock, two and one-half miles.
 When Moose Miller made a home run at~New Haven the other day he was rewarded on the following day by the young woman who sells pea nuts etc, at the park. She gave him two handfuls of peanuts and two bot ties of sarsaparilla. This would not be considered a good diet for a base ball player, and Moose did not make many hits after driking the sarsapar- fila and eating the peanuts, which were not of the hump-back,e double jointed variety! The next time Moose makes a homer he is to be rewarded with some wild sweet potatoes.
 Tom Seaton even up for Cy F'alken- berg was trade closed yesterday 1 afternoon with the Newark Feds by President Robert B. Ward of the l Brookfeds o The official announce 1 ment, said the pitcher deal had beer made by John Ganzel, the new Brook l lyn manager, who will assume the
 reins Monday. The actual negotia tions, however, were carried on by tht
 club owner. GanzeI expressed a pre-
 ference for Falkenberg, who once played under him at Rochester. 1 Long Cy was a member of the l Brookfeds for a few days last spring l just before Harry F. Sinclair became To cial head of sthe Newark club
 which formerly played in Indianapo-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-21
"POP" GEERS
 REMINISCENT

Pop" Geers. the veteran reinsman who is still pfloting his trotters to victories, doesn't think the harness game is as great as it used to be- Pop declares the most thrilling, ex- citing and altogether remarkable race of his career was the Charter Oak $1O,oOo stake for 2:2o trotters at Hartford twenty-four years ago today, August 21, 1891, when he won first honors with the chestnut mare Night ingaIe. Miss Alice won the first heat Abbie V. the second and third, and the fourth was a dead heat between Nightingale and Little Albert The latter took the fifth heat, NightingaIe the sixth, Little Albert the seventh and Nightingale the eighth and ninth heats in race which Pop declares still stands as the record for courage and gameness.