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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-20
PREFERS JAIL TO
LIFE WITH WIFE

Winchester, Va, June 19.--Arrest-
cd On the charge of having deserted
his wife and failing to provide for
her and their children. Philip Wise
carver, who lives on Highland Ave-
nue., this city, was arraigned before
Magistrate Krebs, in Police Court.
The testimony showed that Wisecar-
yer had, within the past sixty days.
paid grocery bills amounting to s38;
that he had provided an ample sup
ply or milk for his baby, and that he
had paid hts rent These facts all
stood in his favor. but when Magis-
trate Krebs attempted to effect re-
Cancellation between the husband and
wife, Wisecarver rebelled and 1s-
clared that he emphatically refused
to go back to her, or to support her,
although Mrs Wisecarver said she
was willing TO enter into a treaty OF
peace and take her husband back.
NO. III not go hack to har," said
v1secarver, land all | want Is a
divorce and my children"
II can't give you divorce" re-
Piled Magistrate Krebs, but I can
give you cell IN jail until you go
back 10 your wife
well, I'll go 10 foil before I go
back 10 her" Wtsecarver rejoined. So
he went 10 jail. Meantime. his at
torney appealed the CAGE to the Cor
poration Court. and II is expected that
Il VIII ne heard on Monday next
Wisecarver will stay in jail until then
The case was tried under a new
law, which. by a curious coincidence
went into effect yesterday, and this
was the first case. 80 far as know, TO
he tried in Virginia under this new
law. The stntute was passed at the
last special session OF the Legislature
and confers wide powers on police
MAGISTRATES In such cases
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-20
EDUCATIONAL INTEREST.

The epaes given by the newspapers
40 the reports Of school and college
Is a splendid sign OF
The times That In which the peo-
ple are interested the newspa pers
seek 70 give. and according TO the
space that IS given a topic la 10 be
sneAGlyea the interest Of the people
M ssaf thing, so, we say 1t Is a splen-
did E.gn or the times that school and
scnisese news is played up" in the
nesxpapers II means that readers
Ntsh 10 have that news. ws1ich means
that readers are interested vttally in
me subject, That means. in turn,
that the commonwealth is safe
chere there IS no vis.on the nation
sperisheth." and Where there is no be-
giog in education there IS no vision
II is true. OF course vanity has
Is place in those who read the news
.ef these .conmencements The read
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-20
THE TIMES DISPATCH AND VICE.

I city and that some thlrty-1fve re-
manned The Times-Dispatoh irsei!
in It's news columns Of Thursday re-
ported a Statement that there are
nov N the dtkrict sixty women. The
police have also reported that they
know the location q twenty former
inmates CT the district whom they he
lieve are leading proper lives. These
figures give a total Of less than half
The former inmates Of the district now
in tire city. In addition, the visitors
10 the district have greatly diminished
in number, although 1t is true, as we
ourselves have pointed out that there
have been several cases tried for dis
orderly conduct In the district within
the past few weeks.
1t cannot he denied that existing
conditions are much better than they
were under the old system. Then a
large number Of houses ran wirh the
fail sanction OF the law day and
night; liquor WAS sold at all times,
including the Sa bbath day. to young
and old. Countless young lives were
ruined and smirches, IN the district
and its haunts. Mature men and boy
ish youths Joined with older women
and young girls in a legaiized de-
bauchery that was connived at by the
city
/ The law no hnger is in partnership
with crime. That situation is at an
end. The first battle against vice
/ has been won. There is another bat
tie impending which IL battle for
. further progress and more stringent
law enforcement That battle will be
most trying. It can never he won
+ by chicken-hearted repining or COM
plant because we are not making
! Roadway as fast as we would like
That battle IN to be won by two fac
tors-the enlistment of the courts and
police officials in a persistent and en-
I ergetto campaign for law enforcement
and united attack on vice by the
| press that win represent the peoples
p. demand for law enforcement In such
battle one who looks hack to the
fesh-pots of Egyp&. or who casts long.
/ ing eyes 10 the banished and sin,
ridden streets of sodom. ts not an AID
/; TO progress but n burden and him
/ drance to advancement and morality
/ What we need In Richmond Is q re-
lentless war on every influence that
makes vice easy. Only in this was
was the segrega district ordered
closed and only IN this way can It be
/ kent closed that the girls and boys Of
{ Ric41mond. to say nothing Of her good
: name, may be- protected
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-20
Nashville Officers Removed.

Nashville, Tenn. June 1s.-Clty
Commissioner OF Finance Lyle An
drews and City Comptroller Miles
Burns were arrested here on war
rants charging theft Of records from
t he eomptroller's office. They were re-
leased on bond. A warrant issued
for the arrest of City Treasurer j. b.
West had not been served late to-
night
Mayor Howse ANNOUNCED last Sat
urday that the records were missing
and he suspended Comptroller Burns
from ONCE. Later the comptroller
secured an injunction restraining the
Mayor and in a bill filed in the Cir
cult Court. Burns charged that An
drews and West had stolen money
from the city IN 1913 during An
drew's race for commissioner. The
missing books are alleged to cover
this period IN the city's finance.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-20
Trail Hitsers Support Temperance.

PhiIadelphia June l9.--One Of the
leading events Of the sixteenth con-
ventton of the Anti-Saloon League OF
America, to be held In Atlantic City
from jury to 3. will be, "Pennsyl-
vania Day" The feature of July s
will be the grand demonstration on
the steel pier in the evening when
several thousand men and women OF
the Philadelphia Bible Glasses, trail
hitters and workers Of the Sunday
campaign who went 10 Harrisburg in
support OF local option, will pledge
themselves to the support of temper
AnCe.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-20

ers like TO see their. ne mes or the
oames of their kin and friends in
print; they Hike to read OF events Of
which they orr those they know were
a part But # Ia true that they are
interested, too. IN schools and col
leges apart from their own personal
interest therein. and II Is equally true
that many who have no Buch per-
sonal interest find the desire and the
time to read. There is some var-syt
some selfishness, some not entirely
worthy motive mixed With most good,
but where the eodd predominates we
may overlook the other. Certainly
we can forget TO sneer at the one in
rejoicing over the other. 1t differen-
tiates the cynic from the sane-ruinded
and only the cynio can fail TO. per-
cetve in the facts here noted the aigns
of widening and deepening interest
in schools and in popular education.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-20
Good Fruit Crons.

Atlanta, Ca. June lq.--The first
Of Georgia watermelons to reach At
lsnta have just come In from 11tt
County They are sweet and Juicy
and seem to herald a splendid season.
simultaneously with their appear
ance. various shipments of cantaloupes
are beginning to arrive.
For a week or more past Florida
melons have been on the market. but
this ia the first Of the Georgia crop.
The peach crop is several weeks be-
hind the normal. but will soon De
in full swing now. and will make up
in size. II is stated, what It lacked
in earliness.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-20
Believes, in Reserve system.

.Wun9ja gtnn,+ N, C. Dune g1asy--I!e AZ
address 10 the North Carolina Bank
ers' Association in convention at
Wrightsville Beach, W, p. G. Hard
ing. OF the Federal Reserve Board,
expressed confidence in the reserve
system 70 successfully cope with a
situation three times as grave as con-
fronting the United States following
the outbreak of the European war, and
stated when the new system was fully
understood the Inducements to join
would be so great that every bank
In the country would become mem
her
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-20
locker Climbs Attacked

Atlanta, Ca. June 19,-The locker
clubs Of Atlanta are about to be
be called on again to stand the fire
of police committee inquiry.
The council police committee be
gan yesterday afternoon TO look into
the applications Of the various clubs
for renewals of licenses. and an
nounces that Is passing on each case
ii will take into consideration the
question of whether each is a bona
fide social club or whether its real
object Is the dispensing of liquor.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-20

Ine EtcST ORG 4-ll's-A'-sP @'t'' "a
ar ea.toT.al g yesterday, entitled
~nsyors orde- NJ; Enforced" says:
+whae. ri our Judgment seg-
reeafton - rot .Ne v1Sest way n
which 10 5es. v+th the problem
~ curr 1e~r.a5 lzeE wee. we great
" prefer s. e. the exciting con-
5itiors'
what s. 3; that the Ts-aes-Dispa,c'1
prese-S - existing eoadnioas7 What
yrs TIRE segregation st looks back to
20 lorrs~gly ard what are che exist
/ ing condltons9
Let las be understood at me out-
set as ng4ns in no wise satisfied with
exist.ng conditions. We have spoken
our dissatisfa ctson with them and
shan continue to Go SO until they are
made much Better. but tina, does not
hTsnd Us 70 the fact THAT these exist
ing Conditions are far better than
xhose that preceded the report OF Tire
wee Commission and the order OF the
Mayor closing the district.
wnat WAS segregation First Of
fAsI. IL was not segregation al al. The
#evsl was net confined to the 'oficiar'
rsssdsnee OF vice. The Tfmes-Dispatch
says that:
saRichmond now suffers the IN
savory burdens Of segregation,
and gets the benefit 81 none of its
accustomed paINatlves There is
neither police nor medical super
vfsaan"
The former segregation did not give
pcitce nor medical supervision to the
|bo6v OF vice that existed outside the
|eegregated district. There were mum
bers OF women living without The dis
Sxrfc1 over whom the police had no
centrol
BUT what Of conditions in the dis
xrict itself? In its editorial of yes
n terday the Times Dispatch says:
TT is street gossip, and has
bean for weeks, that the segre-
i gated district is as open. TO all In
tents and purposes. as IT ever was
Ns gave that liquor is not being
sold
This statement proves two thinge
E1rst, that conditions are better than
y they were before In that liquor IS not
being sold in the district; and, second.
that there was no proper police sup
Ngvtsion- then or liquor wuoid rot
l have been sold before me district was
Sciosed.
As to "extst1ne conditions, 1.-The facts
are that the number IF inmates Of the
distr4ct has been more than cut in
half The report Of the police TO the
] Vice Com mission after the closing Of
the district was To the effect tnat
about hundred women had left the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-20
Heavy Loss In Storms,

Kansas Citys Mo, June l9.-Seven-
teen lives were lost, a score of per-
sons were injured. and property dam
age estimated at quarter of million
dollars vas done by a wind, hail and
electrical storm. which centered in
Missouri and Kansas
The heavy fall OF rain~-ranging
from two to FIVE inches-turned many
small creeks into turbulent streams
and sent the rivers TO which they are
tributary on rapid upward spurts.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-20

Denver Colo, June 1e.-The trial
OF Judge Ben +. Lindsey, Of the Den
YER Juvenile Court, on an amended
charge of contempt OF court in con-
nection with a recent murder trial
was closed today when Judge Perry
in District Court took the case under
Amusement.
The charge was the result Of the
4S,s@ ges ssf0s1 ie-.ta reveal, the cs5rsi
dence of Neal Wright, a twelve-yea
old boy, regarding the shooting of the
boys father. which the boys mother
was tried and acquitted. The boy
appeared as witness for his mother
Judge Lindsey claimed immunity as
Juvenile Judge
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-20
Rtrd picks omit Horse,s Erns.

Johnsonburg. N. j., June 19,-Clyde
Clifford, a contractor Of Newton. told
OF an unusual incident that occurred
at this place last evening when hen
pheasant, fearing an attack was
about to be made on her brood of six
young ones, attacked a horse driven
by Clifford and before he could drive
the animal off the bird had picked
out the eyes Of the horse and in
f1icted other wounds.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-20

Albany, Ga. June 1s.-FalrIv gem
erous showers within the last few
days have gone far to relieve the
anxiety of watermelon growers, in
many of whose fields the ycung
melons beginning TO show signs Of
distress as the result Of insufficient
moisture While the rains have been
local they have covered a wide
area, and both watermelons and
cantaloupes are in better shape than
they have been for a week
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-20

Charles Crowder Of Easton. Pa.
Yesterday was informed by Assistant
Secretary Of the Treasury Newton
that his request for $3.50 to reimburse
him for the loss Of a suit of clothes
which he ruined in saving from fire
an awning of the Federal Building at
Easton cannot be granted Newton
suggested that Crowder try TO get an
Appropriation through Congress. that
being his only means Of rederss under
the law.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-20
,STAUNTON WILL HAVE NEW
~0rD STORAGE PLANT

stanton. June 19.-Twenty-five
men are engaged in the work of con.
Vertins the Big plant OF the Staunton
Cooperage Company sold to J. NJ
Rothweu &. Company. Of Martinsbure
into a cold storage. The work is being
steadily pushed now, having been be-
gun last week, but the plant will not
be ready for business until abuot the
first of September. when the apple sea-
son begins
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-20
EPISCOPAL SUMMER SCHOOL.
OPENS AT RADFORD CITY.

Lynchburg, June 1a-The board
CT religious education OF tho third
province of the Diocese of Southern
Virginia of the Episcopal Church. has
provided for a summer normal school
for Bible School workers to be held at
Bedford June 21-25. The new public
schools building auditorium is TO be
used for the school and delegates and
others attending the schools will be
given special rates in boarding houses
and private families in Bedford.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-20
TRAIL HITTERS" TO Be
AT ATLANTIC CITY
Billy's Converts In Philadelphia VIII
Go To Anti Saloon League
Convention To Testify.
Goldwater Selects Aids.

New York, June i9.-Health Com
missioner Goldwater announced yes
terday the names of a large number
or persons he had appointed as a
special committee of the Advisory
Council of the Board of Health osde-
wise ways and means of aiding the
campaign against the use of spurious
liquors
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-20
Aged Couple Murdered.

Pensacola. Fla, June IA tele-
phone message from the Santa Rosa
Sound section says that Peter Wey-
man and his wife. an aged couple,
said to be wealthy were shot tc
death in bed at their home there
last night.
Their assaiiant fired through
q screened window. The weyman' y
came to Florida four years ago from
Illinois.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-20
Salisbury Jttneys stop.

Salisbury, ~ c.. June i9.-Jitney
cars that have been running between
Salisbury and Spencer and Salisbury
and East Spencer for several weeks
have suspended operations on account
of the costs of the bond required by
the Salisbury aldermen. Bonds srd
license taxes would amount to $500 a
year a car.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-20
loses By Fire and Tbeft

Gordonsvilie. Va. June l9.-Dur-
ing the excitement caused by a fire
discovered In tAr storeroom of w. r.
Freddy, Of this pace. MI Preddy
was robbed Of over $500 in cash, be-
SIDES number of checks. Mr. Pceddy
was just ready t. dsposi; this SIM
Ia the bank when ths .hle. was JAS.
c"Veged in the rear OF the store, ana
'Eceeops @aGe OF with tbs mcpey.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-20
Count Bonj Files Briefs.

Rome, June 19.-Briefs were sub
mitted, to the Segnatura Tribunal in
Count Boni de CastelIane's appeal
against the last Rota Tribunals SEN
tence regarding the validity Of his
marriage to the former Anna Gould
a decision is expected early in
july,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-20
Cruiser North Carolina Returns.

Boston. Mass, June 19.--The
cruiser North Carolina returned to-
day to home waters after ten months
Of varied foreign services, bringing
accounts of the lighting in the OAR
danelles. Officers and men said the
British and French forces had sus-
tanned heavy losses and that ships at
Alexandria were crowded.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-20
sunday school Meet closes.

-. Winchester, Va. June 1s.--The
forty-ninth annual session of the
Sunday School convention of the Ball
tinore District, Methodist Episcopal
Church. South. which has been in ses-
sion since Tuesday in the church OF
that desomipatiou at Shepherdstpwn,
". Va. with about 200 Sunday School
wersers aud ministers in stttsndance
closed tn s<texnapn
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-20
Girl Captured in the Ranks.

Berlin. June I9.-Among Vhe
prisoners taken by General Won Mac
kensen's army during tie fighting in
Galicia is the daughter of a Russian
colonel She was dressed In the uni
form of a one-year volunteer and
had been fighting in the ranks.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-20
SOUTHERN MELON CROP
BEGINS TO COME IN
Tennessee Officials Removed as Re-
suit Of Row With Mayor of
Nashville.
Bishop Kilgo Holds Jarvis Funeral

Greeneville. n. c., June 1s.-The
full details of the funeral of the late
Ex-Governor Thomas j. Jarvis have
not been completed. but the hour has
been fixed for 2 p. NJ. Sunday and
the obsequies will be from Jarvis Me-
mortal Methodist Church. Bishop j.
c. Kilgo Is expected to assist Rev. ].
NJ. Daniels in conducting the funeral.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-20
WIN Hold. Parcel Posi- .sn.,inr.

There will be a parcel post social
given by the Wesley Phllathea Glass
of Decatur Street Church, Tuesday
night. Iame- 3a5 ,se the home or MT:.
George ". Payne. Tai Decatur 6sxest.
fog the tssNH Of the cbursh
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-20

We would Ike to know what sort
Of Ash leave Irvington for Salem
Richmond Virginian.
Sailed ones, Of course. What else
should go from the sea-Virginia
Citizen.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-20

Music in the parks seems to please
the gathering tsarongs--those who can
hear above the fuss ........,. F.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-20

we trust that the sanatorium will not
prove the nuisance the property own
ers fear. and that time will prove the
nightmare was only a bad dream after
all.
At all events the Aldermen proved
able TO erop the breach in time.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-20

Punk answer. We thought at least
you'd say suckers.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-20

Would Maintain Mexican Dignity"
......, >,...,- ~,..-.
Cant EQsioe&an, what ,nsyss Sxasd.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-24
WAGNER DECIDEDLY
IN BAD JUST NOW
rs NOW FIGHTING WITH rHE
FRENCH ARMY AND rs
DOUBTED.
ts Trying 20 Get Away In Time TO
Participate In Indianapolis
o Mile Race.

INDIANAPOLIS. April -s-Louis
Wagner. n meteoric Frenchmsn VINO
won the 1915 Vanderbilt and 1905
Grand Prize. at the wheel Of DarracQ
and Flat cars. respectively. IL making
attempts TO get away for another in
vasion OF this country. To take a shot
at he next Indianapolis 5OO-mile ace
with a Grand Prix Mercedes.
Wagner is at present In the French
army. but finds his berth extremely
uncomfortable. because OF his German
name and previous German racing
connections. which. Il In said. have
caused him 10 be looked on with dis
favor by his fellow soldiers.
In view OF this feeling. Wagner be-
lieves the French government will be
clad 90 give him a f~uriough. which.
on his arrival In the U. :. A, be may
be able to extend indefinitely. with
out protest.
As a driver. Wagner. with Boillot
and launtenschlager. II listed among
the big three OF Europe. In the last
Grand Prix. driving a sister Mercedes,
he finished second only to LAuten-
schlager. and best out both Bolllot and
Goux. who, prior 10 the contest. mad
ruled as fayorites. This victory. II
Is said. has much TO do with his pres
ent unpopularity.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-24
WEST VIRGINIA PATENTS.

As reported by II. r. Dunlap. pa
tent lawyer OF Wheeling. W. Va. the
Patent onice records show the recent
issue OF the following patents to West
Virginia inventors: Angelo r. Guarfg-
liza, Morgantown. swingletree: Carl O.
N~iieson, Ravenswood. valve: George
III. Smith. Webster. photograph-no,d-
er: George r. Teschel. Parkersbur9
plate glass and marble smoother'
FOUNDER and beveler: Frederick
thornton. Huntington. trolley.
The man who swan the Rio Grande
On the Philippines for eners FIins1on
and tied the rope that drew across
the art carrying soldiers to take
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-24

ed for violating the state law and city
ordinance. while hundreds of ballless
bicycles are Va through the streets
OF Wheeling daily without either. Pm
dangering public safety. What's
for the goose should be sauce
for the gander."
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-24

Calumpit now sells Studebaker auto
mobiles. He is william s. Trembley
of Great Bend. Kans. The success or
the campaign depended on taking the
town OF Calumpit. Funston-then a
colonel-called for a volunteer and
Trembley responded. He crossed the
river under FIRE. and tied his rope
within a few feet OF the Filipino forti-
fications.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-24

There have been an unusually large
number OF autos sold in nearby towns
across the river by Wheeling dealers
this spring. One dealer remarked
that during the past two months more
autos had been sold across the river
than all last spring and summer.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-24

Entrance blanks are being received
by j. Landon Bier, president OF the
races that will be staged on the State
Fair grounds during the summer. Al
ready a number OF Inquiries have been
sent to the club from out OF town
riders n Mr.. Bier Is doing ali in
his power TO have the matter taken
care Of.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-24

Did the Studebaker automobile fac
tories build less cars. there would De
times when certain men and certain
machines would be idle. The loss OF
their earning power would then have
10 be charged against the number OF
a r that were made. The ~Studebaker
plants are equipped TO urn out about
10000 cars a year. At present they
are running overtime.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-24

Why don't you organize with us
Turks and Bulgarians and Serbs to
demand your rights in the United
States?"
II haven't any special rights IN the
United States" responded the other
quietly. Il was born here."-Pi;ts-
burgh Post
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-24

Mr.. y. =. Davis. Of W~oodsdale. a
member Of the local firm Of Davis.
Burkham & Tyler. received his fine
and beautiful Jenery touring car this
week.