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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-09

LOST. Tuesday afternoon between
Monroe Park and lno7 West Avenue,
b. by's lace cap with pink ribbons. Re
ward IL returned TO above address.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-09
FOR RENT-Rooms.

NEATLY furnished rooms In q quiet.
respectable house, at very reasonab Die
rates; gentlemen only taken. us East
Marshall Street
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-09

Office of Collector of City Taxes.
City Hall, Room 10Y
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-09
FOR SALE--anunals.

FOR SALE, HORSES, MARES. MULES
AT CRuLL'S STABLES. IS SOUTH
TENTH STREET.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-09

ACCURATE. rapid, careful stcnoSra-
.pher desires position: present en-
ployer retiring from business. neces-
stating change. b 33. care Times Dis
patch
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-09
HELS' WANTEn-ninle.

WANTED. 2 colored boys about IS
years old for general farm work
Richmond Public Employing Bureau,
Room II. City Hall.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-09
SITUATION wANrED-sIa,e.

POSITION by registered assistant
pharmacist: 10 years experience.
s75. care Times Dispatch.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-09
FOR SALE-Farms

ONE OF the choicest farms in lienrico
County: a bargain for quick sale
lob acres, 90 acres In cultivation; good
soil. mostly level. good buildings. good
water. good roads: convenient to good
graded school. churches. stores and
mills. About miles from Richmond.
Address owner. DIR. w. j. Elliott. r. g..
Richmond, Va.
50-acre farm. miles Richmond. New
bungalow and barn: all crops In
cluded. Must see to appreciate: j. G.
Neale. r. No. s. South Richmond.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-09
HELP WANTED-FcmaIe.

RELIABLE females looking for work
or any Kind call Virginia Business
Exchange, 3l5 North Second.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-09
H. L. HULCE,

Collector OF Taxes. City of Richmonc
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
WANTS SUBWAY PAY;
HELD UP FOUR MONTHS
Frederick L. Crawford Denies
Allowances by p. s. c.
We're Excessive.

Frederick l. Crawford. the contractor
dergast. excessive allow ances were made
by the Public Service Commission for
extra work on the Broadway subway at
the Astor House site. sent a letter to the
Comptroller Yesterday demanding that
he bs paid for this work.
For four months" wrote Mr. Cram
ford. we nave had no payments under
said contracts. We have waited patiently
for YOU to make all tie Investigation
which you felt necessary. We have not
interfered with tho deli oerations OF your
subordnates on the questions which
ought, in fairness and law. 70 have he en-
settled on May s, 1913. once and fo- all,
bu. We now protest against any FUR
ther delay in providing the funds 10
which We are not only legally but eouit-
ably entitled In payment for our work
In behalf OF his company Mr.. Gran
ford said we deny ernphatically that
our figures were excessive and i'm
proper" As to tho opinion Of Engineer
Bennett, who reported TO the Comptrol lie =
that sag a foot was reasonable price
for caisson work whereas the commits.
sion allowed $40, Mr.. Crawford said
/ Forty dollars is a reasonable price and
We say that ro' az n matter OF opinion
. hu' as matter OF knowledge" He
adds;
/ Respecting the assertion that We
, have been paid twice for excavation. the
slightest investigation OF the facts Will
disclose that that statement is not based
on any fact nor Is II asserted by ne
engineer from whose report YOU draw
your conclusions"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
NO CITY RELIEF FUND.
Mayor says Money should Not Re
Sprnt on Distress Riddle.

The Board of Estimate unanimously
d !sapproved yesterday the Gilchrist-Mil-
lisan bill authorizing the board to spend
money for the relief OF the unemployed
either directly or through the payment
OF wages for work done under a depart
,nent which the bill would create,
Frederick C. Howe. Commissioners OF
Immigration; Darwin j. Meserole OF
Brooklyn and Frederick c. l.eubuscler
asked the board to approve tho bill
Mayor Mitchell replied
1T Is utterly unsound policy Tor the
CITY TO enter into any commercial bust
ness for the benefit Of the UNEMPLOYED
which would bring 1t into competition
with private business. The city woulh
find itself on dangerous ground II the
members of your committed are seeking
redress for the unemployment situation
why apply to the city, IL the city OF
New York supposed to solve the riddles
OF distress for the whole United states
! suggest you 90 to the national aurhori-
ties"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
BRYAN HALF CONVINCED.
Consul siHiman Wires That Vera
Crus IL Cclcbratiug.

wAsHINGroN. April Estate De-
partment officials were inclined to-day
TO believe the reports issued by the Con-
stitutionalsts claiming a great victory
for Gen. Obrsgon over Villa. While the
Department had no despatch OF a recent
date from the scene of the battle. moth
ing in its advices contradicts the Obre-
gon account.
Consul Silliman cabled that Vera Cruz
was accepting Obregon's claims or q
great victory and that celebrations we're
being held there. He added also that
reenforcements were continually being
sent to Obregon.
Carranza also Is sending troops 10
Tuxpan, indicating that he has larger
military resources than has been be-
lieved to be the case,
Duval West, the Administration =
latest special agent in Mexico. re-
ported tho shortage OF food in Mexico
was still acute Transportation OF
foodstuffs into the city by rail Is prac-
! tically an impossibility. owing 10 the
control Of the line to Vera Cruz being
shared by Zapatistas and the Carranzis'
tas. This lack Of transportation facili'
| ties Ia also largely responsible for the
| continued paralysis of business IL
Mexico city and the great unemploy'
ment.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
SUGAR MANS HOST LOSES $500.
Lawyer says bartender TOOL
Nancy mud Threatened Death.

An effort to entertain rightly the
nresdent OF Porto Rican sugar rehn-
ing company resulted disasirousiy for
Michael NJ Dolphin, lawyer OF 23S
BROADWAY for he says he lost both the
sugar rehner and $500. He appeared
in the West side police court yesterday
70 charge Louis Zelazo. a bartender at
,s3 West Forty-lfth street with grand
larceny.
Dolphin told Magistrate Nolan that
after dining with the friend from Porto
Rico and visiting various places OF di-
version along Broadway, including the
Winter Garden. they went into Ielazo' =
place. Dolphin says that he fingered
when the sugar reflner left him 10 go
back to his hotel. and that while waiting
10 have few more drinks Ielazo took
his money away from him and threat
ened him with instant death II he raised
A disturbance about it,
II was not until late in the day that
he summoned enough courage to report
the matter to the police. Magistrate
Nolan ordered Zelazo held under $4,000
bail for the Grand Jury.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
HIGH RENTS WILL KILL
MARKETS, SAYS MARKS
Borough President Says Comp
trOller Prendergast'S Scale
Is Not Justified.

Borough President Marcus NJ Marks
Greensboro and Harlem bridges which
were legalized subsequently by the
Board OF Aldermen as market places.
Is not pleased with the rentals fixed by
Couptrollsr Prendergast to be paid by
staudholders.
The average rental At 'he greensboro
bridge market Is 81 30 square foot.
stalls renting rs nigh as $500, Mr.. Marks
said Yesterday, and s. square foot AT
the Harlem bridge market. stalls rem
ing as nigh as $500 year
~ the Queensboro Bridge MI.
Marks said. the Comptroller Is chars-
ing the dealers in the open market nv"
times IA high rental as At private
market under the same bridge. ON lower
Fifth avenue space Is being rented IN
loft buildings a. the rate of 90 cents
SQUARE foot, including steam neat ana
elevator service.
AN italian dealer ~ the Harlem mar
ket uses an egg box as n celery stand.
The box occupies a space OF three squar"
feet The rental charged IL $3.50 a week.
ON this basis the celery dealer is paying
a, tGe rate Of s25 a square foot per
year.
''Whv should public market space he
rented for three times as much as pri-
vatc market space, and why should pub
lie marker rentals lie three times AZ nigh
as for loft spaces on lower Flfth ave-
nue. on the contrary, shouldn't the
charge be even less to public market
users Is il right TO charge store rent
for open. protected spaces practically on
the street?
New York Is about the last city 20
offer market opportunities to the people
Shall this good beginning be killed 10y
prohihtive rentals? The people will
have to suffer ~ high rents will he
added to the selling prices the CON
sumner pays"
I The borough President said that since
the Comptroller imposed high rentals
many dealers have threatened TO leave
the markets.
I "Dther cities encourage public mar
; kets" he added. The Comptroller dis
c.Duragcs them High rents will kin tn
| markets.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
Villa Loses $4,000 Men
in Battle With Oregon;
Left &, Dead on Field
CARRANZA AND OREGON
TELL OF VILLAS DEFEAT

+. +. Elias, Carranza's consul mere.
received the following despatch to-
day from the First Chief and Gen
Obregon:
VERA CRrz. April IS.
"Our forces under the command OF
Gen. Obregon, after a thirty-eight
hour battle, have completely defeated
the three armies of Gen. villa, con-
sisting Of 10000 troops and forty
two Generals. villa was personally
in charge of the attack.
THE battle started on the morn
ing OF the 18th. when he began to
shell our positions. His line OF at
tack about Celaya covered twenty
kiiometers. All the units OF our
army were engaged with great effect.
The enemys force was desperately
courageous, making fierce attacks
upon our trenches and positions. As
the Villistas began to weaken Gen.
Obregon gave orders to open
vigorous Are upon them.
Toward the end OF a days fght-
ing the Viilistas began to retreat
Our troops followed the retreating
forces OF the enemy and when we
reached their trenches we captured
thirty cannon with all their ammuni-
ton. 5000 Mauser rifles. cartridges.
cattle. a great many horses, saddles
and equipment. We captured 5000
prisoners.
From them We learned that villa
and his stan were the hrst to depart
from the battlefield and seek safety.
More than 5000 have been left by
the enemy on the battlefield in dead
and wounded. All told villa lost
more than $4,000 in dead. wounded.
prisoners and deserter..
Our losses are 200. among them
being two officers OF the stan OF
Gen. Obregon. Our troops behaved
bravely.
"vENusrIANo CARRASzA."
Gen. Obregon's telegram read
'CELAYA, VIA VERA CRUZ.
April Is. 1915.
Have plenty OF ammunition cap
tured from the fleeing Nillistas. You
need not hurry in your shipments
Our victory Is complete. My cavalry
is pursuing the retreating enemy and
hope to capture their supply
trains. GEN. OBREooN.'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
GIVES FOR NEwsBoYs CLUB.
The Rev. W. NJ. Geer First to Send
COntrihution.

Although the ten day campaign FOR
the $3.50. 900 fund for the Newsboys club
will not begin until May 4, voluntary
subscription already has been sent to
Miss Anne Rhodes. chairman OF the
women's committee. by the Rev. William
Montague Geer vicar OF st. Paufs
Chapel.
The Rev. Mr.. Geer explained In the
letter which accompanied his check
that he was so heartily in sympathy
with the club plans that he did not wish
to wait to be asked to contribute.
The next meeting Of the general COM
mittee will be held Thursday afternoon
az the house Of the secretary. Miss
Elizabeth Peabody Stewart, 1858 Park
avenue.
Among those who have consented 10
serve on the committee are Mrs, James
Il. Eustis. Mrs. Marcus NJ. Marks, Mrs,
Eugene Grant. president OF the New
York City Federation OF Women's Clubs:
Mrs. william Grant Brown, chairman of
the local biennial board for tho 1916
convention OF the General Federation ~
Women's Clubs; Miss Florence Guern-
sey. Mrs. A. NJ Palmer, president Of the
Rainy Day Club, and Mrs. Norman Hap
good.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
FRANTIC USERSOF
DRUGS SEEK CELLS
Two Young Men at Night
Court Make Plea to Be
Sent Away.
"ElENU" NEAR DEATH

Detective McGlynn. scouting last night
near Eighth avenue and Fifty-third
street. where many persons addicted -
the drug habit have been arrested re-
Gently. grabbed at two men he had seen
entering hallway. He got one Of them
who proved to he Eugene sullivan. %
years old. who lives with his mother at
2l45 Amsterdam avenue. In his pockets
were found three decks" OF narcotic
drugs.
ON the way TO the station house Sulli-
van told McGlynn he had been without
drugs for thirty-six hours and that he
felt he would die unless he obtained
some.
While pr. Costanzo was on his way
from the Polytechnic Hospital the young
man kept up his pleadings He said he
was a soda fountain clerk and that he
had been drug victim for three years.
\ powder taken for cold Mt the sug-
gestion of a fellow clerk mad Initiated
him into the use OF drugs. He had tried
his best to cure himself. but could not
He was willing to 90 to prison or any
where to he cured. hut he must have her
DIN. cocaine anything, before he went
He was taken to Bellevue a prisoner.
sullivan said tie stranger who pro-
vided him with the drug in the hallway
| had charged him SO for the three
decks" Before the police crusade or
drug users and drug sellers a deck
sold for % cents.
| Two young men, one a hoy OF ~
wallled up TO Detective McCahill as he
| stood on the steps of the night cour'
| last night and said
I'VE want to be sent awaS. as We
! can't buy drugs in New York now: vii
| you tell US how
Mccahill took them inside 10 the com
/ plant toom. where the youngest Tim
! othy Mccarthy Of 100 East 1921 street
said he and his companion were user
! of heroin.
The other Young man. Eugene Goer
gen of $50 Southern Boulevard. sent 70
his mother and she came 10 court witt
| woman friend and a friend Of Nc
Carthy's. They sat on the bench dur
ing the arraignment before Magis'rat
Corilgan and afte" he had signed m
commitment GoerGen walked over 20 hi
mother and kissed her.
"Good-hy. Gene" She said to him wit
tears rolling down her cheeks TAX
good care Of yourself and come back e
me a new man"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
GEN. HUERTA SEES FIRST PLAY.
selects .Exp~rience" In "eSinnins
shOwg Oing.

Gen Huerta. eS-dictator OF Mexico,
n Of the opinion that II is never too
late to add TO mans stock OF ex-
perience. Last night. having exhausted
the attractions OF the Great White Way
from the outside. he paid his first visit
10 the interior OF an American theatre
and chose the play called Experience"
He chose II. he explained. because tho
title appealed to him. and he appeared
thoroughly to enjoy the various moral
Lessons It conveys IN honeyed form. With
a party of friends he occupied the stage
box on the righ, hand eide, being thus
very close to the stage. and with the
assistanc. Of his interchangeable friend,
Abraham Rather. kept sufficiently au fsit
with the argument.
With Gen. Huerta In the box. in ad-
dtion TO Abraham Rather. were Jose
Rather. Jose DeLgado. Alberto Quiroz
and +. Gorosteta, Jr.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
WIDOW LEAVES Big
ESTATE TO CHARITY
Mrs. Lcavitt Wills Nearly All
of Her 100000 for Re-
lief Of Others.
HUSBAND WAS MINISTER

Transfer tax proceedings before Sur
rogate Ketcham In Brooklyn yesterday
showerd that Mrs. katherine spencer
Leavitt, who died at her home in wash
ineton, ID. G., on September 10, lcft
virtually all Of her estate to cho~ry
Though the papers In the case contain
no definite Information regarding the
size OF the estate the will indicates
that IL amounts to s3OO.00O or more.
There are specific requests of s26j,-
900 to charitable institutions, most of
which are In Brooklyn. The residue
Of the estate goes to Union College at
Schenectady to form a trust fund FOR
needy students This fund is RECON-
mended to the special care and drec-
ton of the Rev DR. Richmond, presF-
dent of the institution. Another fund
Of $4,000 is left to the Board of Home
Missions of the Presbyterian Church
TO he used for the maintenance of the
Spencer Memorial Church at Lennon,
:. ID.
The other charitable requests are:
Home for Aged Men, $4,000; Provi-
dence Hospital Washington, -. c.. $15,-
| 600. the Missions Home for Aged Min
Listers, Newton, y. D., S2o,UOO. Grahafu
Home for Old Ladies. $4,000; Brook
| Ign Orphanage, $4,000, as a memorial
! TO her mother Hannah: Hudson City
Hospital, Hudson, n. Y. $4,000, a me-
mortal TO her husband; the Long Isl
! and College Hospital $4,000. a ms
mortal to her father. and $4,000 to
the House OF st. Giles tho Cripple.
| Mrs Leavitt's brother, James Ma
! coffin Spencer. gets sixteen shares OF
| stock in the Bank of New York and
a trunkful of silverware: two cousins
get Ave and seven bonds each tbonds
not described), and her jewelry goes to
| another cousin. Miss Ida Macauley OF
| 305 West End avenue. Manhattan.
| The Will was admitted 20 probate
in Washington on December 81. Mrs.
Leavitt was the widow of the Rev. Will
lam l.eavitt and the daughter OF tho
Rev. DIR. lchabod Spencer. She directed
that these facts he inscribed on her
monument.
Tho matter came before Surrogat 70
| Ketcham on petition OF tho United
States Trust Company OF Manhattan
to have an appraiser appointed TO de-
termine the value OF property owned
by the testator in Kings county. The
petition states that the property in
the counties OF New York, Kings and
Nassau is worth more than $4,000.
The trust company and Mrs. Leavitt's
brother, James Spencer. were Jointly
named as executors OF the estate, bu:
the brother declined TO serve
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
NACOMS ELECT 10 JUNIORS.
Columbia society Picks Leaders In
student Affairs.

Columbia's ten leading juniors were
claimed yesterday by the Senior Society
of Nacoms one of the oldest societies
on Mornngside Heights
The juniors chosen are ]. w Allison,
Jr, Zeta Psi. of the varsity fencing
team; G.. f.. Burghard, Theta Delta Chi,
of the varsity basketball team: II. y.
Fairchild, Alpha Delta Phi. of the
Spectator: Ruford u. Franklin, Alpha
Delta Phi, OF the baseball team; II. s.
Hutton. Delta Tan Delta. V. l.. Jones
Sigma Alpha Epsilon. manager OF the
wrestling team; X. A. Klhourne. Phi
Delta Theta: q. r. Meyers, Sigma Alpha
Epsilon, stroke of the varsity crew, r.
NJ, Smonds, Delta Psi: w. +, Walker
Phi Kappa Sigma. and r. w Watt
Sigma MI. of the varsity baseball team
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17

authority explains While Huerta him
self will not be allowed to decker In
Mexican affairs within the southern re-
public he will DO called upon to lend
his aid and advice.
The man who has been chosen foy
President IL one OF the closest advisers
OF Gen. Francisco Villain fact. on his
stan. He is a Mexican. highly educated
and a graduate OF the Mexican West
Point at Chapultepec. He Is favored
by all the factions this Philadelphia
declares"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
TWO JEWELLERS ACCUSE HIM.
Prisoner Charged with Playing
Platinum SwindIe Twice.

Charles Emanuel, who is charged with
representing himself to Charles Gassuer
n jeweller at 444 Grand street. last Oc-
tober a. Belgian refugee and selling
him twenty pounds OF brass and tin as
platinum. receiving $4,000 in part pay
ment, was held in $1,000 bail for the
Grand Jury by Magistrate Murphy IN
Yorkville court yesterday. Witness IS
attempting to prove an a'ih for tho
prisoner testified he was known at !
factory I'm Mount Vernon under Tn"
name OF Kelly.
Emanuel was arrested Saturday nn
the charge OF larceny Of sl.5i0 from
another jew eller on q gold and p'ttiuu
selling game. Gassner read OF tho ar
rest and in court on TUESDAY picked
him out az one OF three men who had
got the $4,000 from him in October.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
O'LOUGHLTN ASKS WRIT.
BROOKLYN R~gister Proreeds
Against board Of Estimate.

Register OIoughlin IN Brooklyn asked
Supreme Court Justice Blackmar yester-
day for peremptory writ of mandamus
directing the Board OF Estimate to make
an appropriation for the employment Of
six extra clerks in his office,
Assistant Corporation Counsel Mag
ner criticised tho Register for extrava-
gance IN the management OF the office
and declared that the granting OF the
motion would he a wilful waste Of
$1,000 OF the city's money.
Jesse Fuller, Jr.. lawyer for the Reg
lister, said that the Board of Estimate
was exceeding its power In It's efforts
to run the county offices.
Justice Rfackmar reserved decision.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
us DROPS ITS INQUIRY
INTO WIRE COMPANIES
Commerce Board Ends Two Year Investigation Of
Telephone and Telegraph Concerns, Saying
It's Jurisdiction Is Limited

Commerce Commission into the history.
financial operations. rates. rules and
regulations and practices OF telephone
md telegraph companies subject to the
act to regulate commerce has been
dismissed
1T was begun on January 10. 1913.
after the discontinuance just prior tn
that date Of the Governments anti
trust suit against the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company, and
upon the then Attorney Generals sug-
gestion that the act to regulate com
merce conferred on the Interstate Com
merce Commission powers ample TO
enable the commission to investigate the
various complaints that had been made
to the Department of Justice.
"The commission at that time adj
yised the Department of Justice that
there was some doub. as to how far
II could correct any evils that the IN
vestigation might develop.
Dropped In Jnnunry.
"'rhe preliminary work on the iuvcs
tigation on the part of the commission
progressed in the usual way until jan
uary, 1914. when IL was discontinued
That action WAS taken because the De-
partment OF Justice had reopened its
antitrust proceeding and had therein
on December 10. 1913. effected a Ger.
tain agreement. then given to he press
with the American Telephone and Tele
graph Company
This agreement accomplished mucf
Of what was sought to be accomplished
by the commissions order Of investiga'
ton. Since then the Interstate Com
merce Commission has Informally dis
posed of the individual complaints which
had been received and consolidated witt
the general investigation
Under such circumstances and be
cause the jurisdiction of the com
mission over telegraph and telephone
| carriers II limited and because II ap
peared certain that to pursue the inves
tigation would involve the expenditure
OF a very large sum OF money. with M
apparent results that would justly
! the expenditure. II has seemed ad
! visable that the general invest
cation should no, be continued. III ther
are Individual complaints they may 10
presented and prosecuted formally. witt
| more expedition and satisfaction an
with very much less expense.
| Furthermore the valuation or tele
graph and telephone properties has onl
been begun. and this fact had pearin
! upon the action Of the commission.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
COMPROMISE HEAD FOR MEXICO
Factions Said to Have Presented
His Name to Wilson.

PHILADELPHIA, April l6.-The Press
will print the following Tomorrow
morning:
Accredited agents in the United
States Of the belligerent factions In
Mexico have met and decided upon
candidate for the Presidency OF the war
torn republic. His name, with the In
dOrsenent OF the various factions. has
been presented to President Wilson.
who has been asked to allow him 10
take office
This information comes from a I'hila-
deiphian thoroughly copversant with
Mexican affAAr0.
This explains the mission OF Victcri-
ano Hueata On the United Statos, this