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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18
GREEK STEAMER
SUNK IN NORTH SEA

LONDON, April 1.-THE Navy De-
partment announces IT has been In
formed that the Greek steamer Ellis
pontos. which left Ymuiden. Holland, on
saturday. for Montevideo. Uruguay has
been torpedoed in the North Sea. Her
crew or twenty-one. with Dutch pilot
were rescued by the North Hinder light
ship. Whey Will be brought TO Holland
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18

rho charter OF the Bank OF CITY
Point. with n maximum capital of
$4,000 and with T. +. Heath ms pres
dent. and B. B. Jones as secretary,
both OF this cit" and both officials OF
he National Bank OF Petersburg, iS
q matter OF interest In financial civ
cles and will be OF great importaEc"
and convenience TO the people OF city
point and tho thousands OF employees
Of che Du Pont Ilant. The owners
will erect =. suitable bank building.
viii place experienced men In charge
and Will begin operations at an carly
lAte.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18
RI Att.nd Conrrc,. Of Dnueh,er..

Mrs. J. 0. James. OF this city. will
attend the congress of Daughters cf
;he American Revolution. which meets
in Washington on Monday, as a rep
rcscrtative OF he Virginia society.
Miss Charlotte Bird will attend as II
delegate from tie Petersburg chapter.
Miss Lucy McIiwaine Davis. OF this
city, has been appointed page from
Virginia by the president general,
Mrs Story.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18
SPECIFIC TAX ON POLES
IS CUT OUT BY ALDERMEN
With That Ono Change, License Or
dinancc rs Passed by Council
10 C0ncurred In.
MONEY FOR STREET REPAIRS
Department Makes Runs to Three
smnil Fires-Company Awarded
contract for Reproduction OF Ora.
tor Baltic at Confederate Reunion.
Especial to The Times-p,spatch.I

,-EF1('Et w t1fIco-
PETERSBURG. VA. April 17.-At a
called session Of the Common Council
last night the license tax ordinance,
as amended by the Board OF Aldermen.
vas concurred In. Tho Aldermen
changed ono section Of the ordinance
as passed by the Council. The board
cut out tho specific tax Of $3.50 on
every pole Of the Petersburg Telephone
Company and of the Virginia Railway
and Power Company in the city. leav-
ing tho tax on the telegraph poles.
Eut for tho fact TINT deadlock might
result between tho two bodies, the
Council might have insisted on retain
Ing tho section II had adopted as APP
proved by the Finance Committee.
The Council concurred in the appro-
priation OF $4,000, made by tho board
Tor general repair work on street road j.
wa?s.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18
BELGIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY
is ORDERED DESTROYED

BRUSSELS. April 17.-General Won
Kissing. military governor of Belgium,
has ordered the destruction of the Bel
gian Red Cross Society, because, 1t Is
stated. the managing committee re-
fused TO participate in carrying out n
systematic plan for overcoming the
present distress in Belgium. Count
Hatfield Trachenberg has been ap-
pointed to take over the temporary ad-
ministration of the Red Cross work.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18
George w. Blackley.
)ecinl to The Times I

Especial 10 The Times Dispatch.1
FREDERICKSBURG, VA. April IL
George w. Blackley, well-known citi-
zen and Confederate veteran, OF Spot
sylvanin County, died at his homo in
that county last night of heart failure.
aged sixty nine years. He is survived
by his wife and seven children. two OF
whom. Mrs. n. u. Kinsey and Z. H.
Blackley, reside In this city. The
funeral will take place from the home
on Sunday afternoon
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18
J. Frank williams.

Especial to The Times-Dispatch.1
PETERSBURG, VA. April III.
Frank Williams. of this city. aged fifty
nine years, died this morning In We'll
don, n. c.. whore he was temporarily
visiting. He was stricken with paraly-
sis several days ago He Is survived by
his wife. two daughters and son, Mrs.
T. w. Phillips and J. +. Williams. OF
this city. and Mrs. lack Miller. OF We'll
don. The body was brought TO this city
this evening for burial.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18
n.,,odu,. Crater n,ttI,.

r. T. Wuroner, manager OF the Nir-
GINA Fireworks Company. OF Peters
burg. has been notified that his COM
pany has been awarded the contract
10 reproduce the battle OF the Crater
during the Confederate Reunion In
Richmond.
The spectacle VIII be given at the
State Fair Grounds, with military COM
panics assisting.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18
You.k stranger Dead.

Young stranger. apparently about
|twenty-hve years old, whose name and
home have not been ascertained. died
this morning in the Petersburg Hos
pital OF injuries sustained yesterday
afternoon by falling from a stack at
the Du Pont works. He never re-
gained consciousness after the fall.
The body has been turned over to j.
|T. Morriss q Son. undertakers, who
will endeavor to find his friends.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18
Willie Tolley,

Especial to The Times Dispatch
LYNCHBURG. VA. April 17.-Willie,
the eighteen months old son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. James s. ,Tolley, died at their home
In West IynchburS this morning. The
child's death was duo to pneumonia.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18
Moreno in Hampton Roads.

NEWPORT NEWS. VA. April IL
The Argentina battlesh!p Moreno ar
rived In Hampton Roads this afternoon
from Philadelphia. After several days
spent here, during which time she will
coal, the Moreno will sail for home
waters.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18
DEATHS IN VIRGINIA
Funeral Of Mrs. Boue.

The funeral of Mrs. Emily Lewis
Bowe. widow OF " w. Bowe, who died
early yesterday morning, mt her home.
sl' West Franklin Street. will be held
Tomorrow morning at II o'clock from
the residence. Interment will be in
Hollywood Cemetery. The services will
be conducted by Rev. Lloyd T. Wilson.
Mrs. Bowe was native Of Henrico
county, and was the daughter OF Ed
ward G. and Martha Bowe Griffin. She
Is survived by one brother, r. b. Griffin.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18
HANOVER

Especial to- The Times Dispatch.l
HANOVER COURTHOUSE. VA. April
17-Miss Nellie Morton. of Richmond,
was the week end guest OF the Misses
Pcatross.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pryor Lipscomb, of
Richmond. spent Sunday with Mrs 2.
E. Lipscomb,
Miss Nilly Hale, of Cabin HILL" spent
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18
Mrs. ,rhomn. I,cncI,.

PETERSBURG, VA. April I7.-Mrs.
Ella Gibbs Beach. wife of Thomas
Beach, died last evening at her home on
Farmer Street. aged fifty years. Be-
sides her husband. she is survived by
two sons BY former marriage, Arthur
l.. and William A. Hall
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18
Wilson Accents Invitations.

I WASHINGTON. April 17.-President
| Wilson to-day accepted invitations to
attend session OF the Potomac Presby-
! terry OF the Presbyterian Church here
next Wednesday night, and to formally
, open the Congress of the Daughters Of
! the American Revolution on Monday.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18

Tho monthly melting of the Metho-
Hist Sunday School Association OF Pet.
5ersburg and vicinity will he held to-
morrow afternoon at Matoaca.
Jerome Dontan. oolored, arrested
hero on suspicion OF being William
WATKINS. a fugitive from Justice In
warren County. N. ca was released
Prom custody yesterday afternoon. The
|,heriff Of Warren County came to look
3,t him and declared him not to be the
nan wanted. Tho likeness between
.Oontan and watkins is very remark
lble.
washington Irving Smith. for over
tfty years a Mason and Knight Tenn
,lar, was buried yesterday afternoon
with tho honors Of the order.
y. e. Goodman. of Sussex County,
HE'D yesterday afternoon at his homo
rear Stony Creek.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18

and the following sons and daughters
Mrs Cary ellis Stern. Mrs. John r
Penn, Mrs. Harry L. Hodges. Stuart
Bruce. Charles c.. Wythe D.. y. W., Jr
and Dudley p. Bowo. The sons will act
as pal bearers
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18
CORNERSTONE Lnid.

The cornerstone OF the annex Of
Ettrlck NJ. L. Church was laid with
ma sonic ceremonies by BIandford
In lodge No. g. The address was deliv-
cred by the Rev. r. D. Wilkinson, D.
TO- of Washington Street Church.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18
Mrs. virginia II. G. chnuncey.

Especial TO The Times Dispatch.J
ALEXANDRIA, VA, April l7.-Mrs.
Virginia II. Chauncey. seventy five
years old, widow OF John f. Chauncey,
died yesterday at her home here. She
ia survived by two sons and daughter.
Her funeral will take place on Sum
day afternoon.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18

doesn't grippe cause inconvenience all next dav like
calomel 49, ~
Take dose of calomel tonight and tomorrow
you will feel sick, weak and nauseated. Don't lose
a days work! ~
Dodsons Liver Tone is real liver medicine You'll
know 1t next morning because you will wake up with
your head clear. your liver active. bowels clean
breath sweet and stomach regulated You will feel
days work. ~
You eat without risk of salivating yoursel, nv
your children. W
Get bottle OF Dodson's Liver Tone and try It on
my guarantee. You'll never again put dose of NASTY
dangerous calomel into your stomach.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18

Pape's Diapepsin is noted for its
speed In giving relief: its harmless
ness: Its certain, unfailng action In
regulating sick, sour. gassy stomachs.
Its millions OF cures In indigestion,
dyspepsia. gnstritis and other stomac CHI
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18

II Turks
IS ndmt He H NDS Ae
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18
I.ms. aix.r Night Line.

The Ions Island Sound steamer Mon
|tauk has been chartered by tho Old
dominion line, and IL now running on
|the route between Richmond and City
Point and Norfolk, on the James River
might line service. She will be on tho
|rcrt, until the steamers Brandon and
[JJsrkley arc oyerhauled.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18

The new Jefferson Hotel. on North
sycamore Street. Is about completed
land will open up for business on Mon
day, with nifty rooms ready for pa
|trons. The hotel is fitted up In hand
|some style. with all modern improve
|mentH.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18
SWALLOWS HIS KNIFE

BOT Lsssshossman Gives II Up When
threatened with Arrest.
Especial TO The Times Dispatch.l
NEW YORK, April 17.-Luke Mo-
Earty. =, lonsshoreman, was just con-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18
Time 1t! In five minutes your
upset stomach will
feel fine.

You don't want a slow remedy when
your stomach is had--or an uncertain
one-or harmful one--your stomach
Is too valuable; you must not injure II
with drastic drugs.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-06
BAD SLUMP IN JUNE.

jackson, Miss, July :. - The fee
gathered by the secretary of states
office have fallen off this past month
to lower figures than they have reach
ed any month in a number of years.
The business on which fees are col
Elected consists chiefly of the filing of
| charters and amendments thereto.
Owing to the cotton depression, there
are not many new concers being start
ed in the state, and this accounts for
the small amount of fees collected. In
the summer months bushes in this
office always falls off some. but it was
not expected that it would drop as far
as it has.
When business is normal the fees
collected by this office each month
will usually run around the two thou.
sand dollar mark, but in June it has
fallen off to about five hundred dol
lars. 1t is expected by the officers
that this depression will not last for
| any length of time and that very
soon business will again be at it's nor
NAL condition.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-06
FAMILY AVOIDS
SERIOUS SICKNESS
By Being Constantly Supplied Witt
Thedford's Black-Drausht.

McDuff. va.-'T suffered for several
years." says Mrs. ]. B. Whitaker. OF
This place, with sick headache. and
stomach trouble.
Ten years ago friend told me 70 frv
Thedford's Black Draught. which / did.
aid found il to be the best family medi.
cine for young and old.
! keep Black-Draught on hand all the
Eme now, and when my children feel a
little bad, they ask me for dose, and II
does them more good than any medicine
they ever tried.
We never have a long spell of sick
ness in our family, since we commenced
using Black-Draught."
Thedford's Black-Draught is purely
vegetable, and has been found to repl-
ate weak stomachs, aid digestion, Re.
irye indigestion, collie, wind, nausea,
headache, sick stomach, and similar
symptoms.
1t has been in constant use for more
han 10 years, and has benefited more
han million people.
Your druggist sells and recommends
BIack-Draught. Price only CSC. Get
Package to-day. NJ IA
i ssIksall Aflk Adv.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-06

just where they are, and let us take
possession"
NO." Numbered the Kaffir, glanc-
ing around scOrnfully at the few white
men who were gathered about; "rubies
belong to Kaffir, not to white man.
Let white man get with his spear, if
he can"
I'VE are in for trouble with those
Kaffirs," said Mr. Edwards in a wor-
ried tone. "They will not give us our
mine peacefully, and we are not
enough to fight them. Such an ig-
nOrant, silly lot of men as they are,
yet they fight like tigers"
That night before they went to bed
Charlie put his talking machine to-
gether and made it play several
times; then when he FAY down he left
it on a stand. All around the tent
was peaceful, but most of the men
lay awake, listening and expecting
trouble, fearing that the Kaffirs would
steal on them in the dark.
About dawn Charlie heard a sound
of creeping feet and in the dim light
caught sight of the chief alone, creep
ing into the tent. The boy sprang up
with his pistol in his hand.
Get out of this tent or I will fire.
he cried. pointing at the mans black
breast. Then just behind the chief
he caught sight of another dark form
with its spear pointed at his heart
any moment he might throw it and
that would be Charles last of earth.
He must think quickly.
'Daka.' he cried suddenly, you are
in danger-we white men carry our
Great Spirit with us. If you harm a
hair of our heads it will be death to
you. l will let you hear his voice.
With a touch on the spring the boy
set the machine in motion. Now, it
happened that the record in the ma
chine was full brass band. an Irish
band marching on St Patrick's day,
and it was blazing piece of bugles,
and drums and sounded as if the skies
were crashing above. The Kaffir
stopped still with establishment then
his brown face grew pale with fright;
the soldier behind him dropped his
head in his hands as if in awe, but
it was to hide his laughter.
The Kaffir chief could stand it no
longer. He thought it was the voice
of the white mans god laundering
his anger at the wickedness of the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-06

London, July Edinburgh, Scot
land, has two dozen women street car
conductors who are a thorough sue
cess in the new line of work. Other
tramways are already recruiting girls
and training them to be conductors.
1t is said that girls working in the
English cartridge factories are so
fired with patriotism that some of
them work 80 hours in a stretch with
out any rest. Miss Elizabeth Lister
has been appointed a stationmaster
in South Wales, the first woman to
act in that capacity. In the north of
England and in Scotland and Wales
the men workers are being supplanted
in the fields by women, who can be
seen following the barrow or digging
and hoeing.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-06
Bedtime Stories
For Little Folks
CHARLES CLEVER TRICK.

Charlie Edwards father was going
on a long trip. And Charlie was just
wild to go with him.
So Charlie begged and begged and
at last his father consented to take
him. At last the boy and father set
| sail from America, and after six
weeks on the ocean, landed in South
Africa, in an English colony. Mr.. Ed
wards had been sent to find and Sc
cure a ruby mine which a New York
company had bought but out of which
they had been cheated by the cunning
natives. So the man knew that the
expedition on which he was going was
very dangerous one.
So when the little party OF white
men started out to leave the English
town to go into the Kaffir country the
father cautioned Charlie about being
careful.
eve must keep together" he said.
Watch every bush, but never show
fear. If you have any business with a
Kaffir, be kind, but firm, and do not
let him think for a moment you are
afraid.
So the boy set out in the party with
his father toward the far hills beyond
which lay Kaffir land. After a march
of week they got far up in the wild
est part of the country and Mr.. Ed
wards pitched his tent near spring
in the bushes. His goods he I'M
packed and stored about conveniently.
Charlie put his own things in his own
tent. Among them was a small talk
ing machine. The next morning there
came into camp the king of the Kaffir
tribe, a huge man, with a skin of
tiger around his hips, string of ivory
teeth slung about his neck, and his
whole brown body shining with greace.
With him were a dozen of his guards
all dressed in skins and holding long,
iron spears in their hands.
"Chief Daka," said Mr. Edwards,
speaking calmly, Il am sent by my
company to find the mine you sold
them and take possession of it."
mo white man 90 into Kaffir conn
try" scowled the black chief BLACK
mans spirit kill white man.
81 am not afraid of your spirits" re-
piled Mr.. Edwards. you sold the
mines to us-will you not show us
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-06
MISS FLORENCE cAsSAsSA.

Broadway's beauty hosts were
dealt a crushing blow when the jury
of American artists selected the
statuesque Miss Florence Cassassa,
unknown to the art world and to the
beauty studios as the ideal type of
the American girl and the winner in
a national contest in which more
than 300 girls were entered from
nearly every state in the union. Miss
Cassassa is a Brooklyn, N. Y, miss,
twenty years old, five feet seven and
One-half inches in height and weighs
exactly 141 pounds. She is las lovely
as Venus and as imperial as Juno"
qualifications set for in the COM
petition. Miss Cassassa resides with
her parents, her father being a re-
tired merchant of wealth. She is a
devotee of outdoor sports.
What adds to Miss Cassassas tri-
umph is the fact that she was repre-
sented only by a photograph, while
a bevy of Broadway's widely ac-
claimed beauties were present in per-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-06

son to bid for Electra's crown.
Miss Cassassa will be the model for
Electra, goddess of prosperity. She
will be photographed in Grecian cos
tune into more than 100, 100000
stamps, posters, bill boards, pamph-
lets and advertising matter to be
spread broadcast over the country by
the great electrical interests of
America. The purpose of this cam
paign is to hit at hard times and to
awaken a trust in American business
to make the word prosperity" spell
something real and lasting. The
campaign will eliminate in 'Electri-
cal Prosperity Week" Nov. 20 to Dec
a, during which celebrations organ
lied by the leading industries of Amer.
lea with investments of billions of
dollars, will be held in every city and
town in the land 1t is this new mes
sage of optimism and courage that the
classic countenance Of Miss Cassassa
as the divinity of the campaign will
beam on 100,000,000 Americans.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-06
ONE DIVORCE IN EVERY
FIVE MARRIAGES.

Minneapolis, Mimi, July For ev
cry five marriages in Minneapolis
since January / there has been one
divorce. The rate Of divorces last
year was one to every eight mar
riages. In five years the proportion of
divorces has doubled in this city. Dur
ing the six months just closed there
were 412 divorces granted, and there
were only l, $50 marriages recorded in
the same period
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-06
What a Man Likes Best In a Woman
By FLORENCE E. YODER
Bv FLORENCE E. YODER

The opinion of an authority on the
subject is amusing. what a man
really likes best in woman she de-
clares cheerfully, ''is her deceit. He
may not know it himself, but it is so.
A woman takes and holds a man by
deceit. She carmines her cheeks and
whitewashes her character, she pow
ders her nose and her veracity. she
manicures her nails and her inten-
tons. She is, in a word, a master of
craft and mistress of man."
l was re-reading that delightful tale
of Jane Austen's, Pride and Preju-
dice" the other day where the hero
inc informs her husband-to-be that
what he really likes best about her is
her impertinence He demonstrates,
of course, but her remark is really IL
Illuminating for the quality she as
cribes to herself of her charms. Yes,
certain measure of impertinence
can prove very alluring where suscep-
tible mankind is concerned Servility
in a woman certainly never won the
day. Therefore, it is only natural
that on occasion its opposite, imperti-
nence. might be deadly weapon for
of cases myself where impertinence-
well-bred impertinence, with brains at
back of it-please understanding a
man direct to the altar,
woman is the great Illusion" an
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-06
anniversary

Pittsburg, Pa, July 6.-The "Wo-
mans Liberty Bell" a replica of the
famous Liberty Bell now on its way
from Philadelphia to San Francisco, is
meeting with great success in it's
tour of Pennsylvania. Yesterday it
was the center of interest at the
Fourth of July celebration, and tomor-
row if will go on its way, visiting
every town in the state, under the
auspices Of the suffragists. Symbolic
chains bind its clapper so that the
bell clnnOt utter a sonud. The chains
will De broken and the bell will ring
only when women are granted the
vote and equal rights in the keystone
STATE.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-06
WOMAN'S PART IN
THE NEWS TODAY

Washington, July 6.-Mrs. Robert
Lansing, who has Joined the cabinet
circle" through the elevation of her
accomplished husband, is well
equipped for the leadership in the So
cial affairs of the official set. The
social duties are not new to her, for
her father, John w Foster, was Secre-
tary of State during the Harrison Ad-
minoistratiOn. Mrs. Lansing is a
striking and popular woman. Much
of her husbands inspiration and sue
cess is attributed to her helpfulness
and rare tact. Last January the Lam
sings celebrated their 25th wedding
anniversary.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-06

New York, July 6.-That polygamy
will be allowed in Europe to replace
the human material destroyed in the
war is the belief of returning tourists.
This method of increasing the popula.
ton was often resorted to in the olden
times. In 1850, the Diet of Nurem-
burg permitted every man to marry
ten wives, but put upon him not only
the responsibility of providing neces-
saries for them, but also of prevent.
ing all dissatisfaction among them.