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Worthy President al lodge uf Eagles

rreciatcd. ana this fact was worry en- =.
couraging TO the lecturers.
At some of the stops the crowds had
TO be divided ana two meetings held
AT the same time. The capacity of the
cars was inadequate at some Of the
larger places but the large, new school
houses at each point were always avail
able. Audiences OF more than goo far
mers turned ont at some of those en-
bry" towns besides the school pupils.
N'l ,he lectures on the tour were prac-
tical. as well as scientific. delivered nv
men who had had actual experience
and in language that all could under
stand opportunities were ALWAYS
given for the farmers to ask any
Questions; in fact, they were invited
10 do SO.
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With love,
BOGUS ORDER is GIVEN
FOR GIRLS FlNERY
IL ~ Charged to Member of E,cul,,
ana Now FnshionnbIe school
Looks for CuIprIt

Especial to The Timcs-Dispatch1
BRISTOL, VA. December IA r,,
III investigation by the faculty OF yir-
ginia lntermont College, a fashionable
boarding school here. has failed to re-
veal the identity Of the pcrsop ,vb,
calling up department store at tho
dinner hour when the college Office
was vacated. made Il rush order for
SILKS ribbons and other goods to the
Vaiue OF vi. The goods were Delivered
i'll the college Office and ,Iisnnnc,rcn
before members Of the faculty arrived
Ihc telephone call directed that the or
der be charged to a member of the
faculty. giving the name II was soon
revealed that nobody had been given
authority To make such an order II
is intimated that similar orders were
made from fruit and cnndv shnns
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FARMERS INSTITUTES
Meeting. Are to he Held nj Various
Landings james KiVcr-Iargc
Attendance nj Lectures.

The agriculture educational steamer,
which will make a tour Of the farming
districts along James River this week,
under the joint ausp.ces %: the state
Department of Agriculture and the old
Dominion Steamship Company. vii!
start from Norfolk Tomorrow morn
!re
Farmers Institutes VIII be conducted
during the week at The following
places Clarcnoat. Monday: Siu!thfeId,
TUESDAY; gloucester Courthouse, We'd
n=sday and Mathews Courthouse,
Thursday.
= series ot institutes. under The Joint
auspices OF The Department OF Agri-
culture ana IN" Nirg!n!an Railway. was
held last week. The ;raiH started last
Monday from Norfolk and reached the
last lo!r. on it, route Friday after
noon. the final meeting being held AZ
HCdfleston, Bedford County. near
Roanoke
The !ns-t-ut" WORK was under tn.
direction Of 6. -. koiner. Commissioner
OF Agriculture, and ia chnrg. of J. j.
Owen. director ~ institute work for
virginia Tho NirCiuiar Railway Com
PAM furnished thc train and took care
~ the Lecturers during the trip The
train vas II charge Of J / Busk-v
~ Norfolk representing III" railroad.
VINO went with the marty and saw that
the comforts and giants Of all were
well supplied.
The audiences a.. almost every point
wcr" beyond all cNp-ctatlon, ana in.
Interest mtt ifestc.; by hc farmers
seemed 10 show, N.,. ri''s method Of
getting naf.oh 70 them is an.
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RAILROAD rACIITrIES
nIkINE CONCERN iIINE

The plant Of the Richmond Electric
Company has remained idle for scvera!
months since the !nauufactur" Of cleo
;rical apparatus was discontinued The
buildings are all modern brick struc-
lures, and are well suited. II IS said,
for the purpose for which they are
leased. The unsurpassed railroad ia
cilities offered 10y Richmond was direct
ly responsible FOR the location of the
new Industry in this city.
The Wheeling Corrugating Company
manufactures corrugated sheet metals.
and has one OF the largest steel roll
ing mills in. the GSHntry. The Rich
mond branch will lie used for the manu-
facturc, warehousiug and selling OF tin
plates, Sheet iron, steel and other like
commodities. While the plant viii he
used only as distribution center at
once. the latest sheet-metal machines
will be installed a little later 1t is
stated that tn" local branch VIII employ
a large force Of worIlmon, although the
number could not be learned ycster
day.
Richmond will be placed on an equal
basis with the branch in Chattanooga.
Tenn. which two plants viii supply
the South The concern has branches
in philadelphia, New York, Chicago, It.
Louis and Kansas City, with mills in
Wheeling and Martins Ferry, O.
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HIGHER PASSENGER Fares
FOR WESTERN RAILROADS
General Increases In Rates Author
lied by Interstate Commerce
Commission.
MEAN INCREASE IN REVENUE
Evidence in Case, In Which Nearly
Fifty Roads Arc Involved, Held by
Federal Board to Justify Raise.
Reasons Stated.

WASHINGTON. December 1l.-Gcn-
cral increases in passenger fares on
Western railroads were authorized to-
day by tho Interstate Commerce Com
mission. Some of the increases for
which the roads asked were dis
approved. but such rs were allowed
VIII result in an increase in revenue.
The commission held that the evil
dchce in the case, in which nearly nfty
roads were involved and which was
part or the whole Western advance rate
case showed substantially the follow
ing:
That since 1900 the railroads have
made substantial improvements in pas
ScnEcr service for convenience and
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JURY GIVES VERDICT
FOR 81, 800 DAMAGES
T.. l. MAYS Wins Claim against
Southern halfway Company
in Federal Court.
HtU niSLOCATED SHOULDER
Was Foreman OF Wrccking Crew
Sent Out Ia Bring i'll String of De-
fcctiyc CarS-Chargcd Train Con-
ductor With Negligence.

= = Mays. OF Amherst County. WAS
yesterday awarded $500 damages in
the United states District Court for
the diSlocatiou OF his right shoulder.
sustained III an accident on the south
egn Railway While lie WAS in the en-
pluy OF the company as foreman OF \
wrccki ing crow. The smaSh-up oc-
CURED At Brown Summit. North Caro-
lima. IN tile spring OF l9li ana suit
Was instituted against the company
under the employers liability act. the
plaintiff setting M the claim that the
ot the conductor in charge OF the
train. lie brought suit for damages in
the sum of $5O.010.
Thomas l.. Cay, of counsel for the
defendant. entered a motion that the
verdict be set aside as contrary to Tho
designated December % as the date
for argument on the question. Mr..
Gays associate In the defense. Eppa
iiuntou, was not present in court when
the jury rendered it's verdict.
CHARGED TRAIN CONDUCTOR
WITH NEGLIGENCE
Mays, as foreman or a wreck ing
crew, had been sent out from Monroe.
Va. 10 bring IN n number OF defective
cars. on the way back. n bad coupler
caused the train to part. resulting
later in a rcar-end collision between
the front and rear sections of the train
Mays was in the rear section of cars
and was violently thrown with the
impact. y dislocatcd shoulder, per-
haps a permanent injury. was the re-
suit
The erstwhilc wrecking car foreman
charged negligence on tho part OF the
conductor. alleging that II is the con-
ductors duty to provide for proper
manning OF the brakes on both the
front and rear sections OF trains so
that cars separated for any reason
from the engine may be checked with
their application. In this instance no
brakeman was ON the rear section. and
the cars ran wild after the separations
Mays was represented by |. L. White
head and Nolney L. Howard, of Lynch
burg
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safety at a great expense.


That passenger service conditions do
not permit OF economies possible in
the freight service. and that tho In
creased costs not Offset by those econo-
mics which exist arc entitled to con-
sidcration.
That passenger service in the Vest
crn territory is less profitable than
freight service. and that the cxistin,;
rates are lower than those In the South
East and West. but that there is soma
Justification for that.
The decision repeats the holdings OF
tho recent advance freight rate cas.s
that the railroads have felt tho In
creased costs OF living. and recitcs that
the public has the right to expeot
adequate. comfortable and safe scrvico.
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IinilrOnd Club TO Meet.

The regular monthly meeting of tho
Richmond Railroad Club will be held
Tomorrow night at $40 o'clock in tho
Virginia Mechanics Institute. Eleventh
and Broad Streets. c. l.. Roland, OF tho
National TLbe Company, will deliver
an address on the development OF
TuDcs," illustrated by series Of mo-
ton pictures.
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Council Sc1iCduIc

me Board OF Aldermen will meet
on Tuesday night, and. in addition
three council committees are scheduled
TO meet during the week.
The street Committee VIII meet to-
morrow afternoon at : o'clock: the
Committee on Charter Changes viii
meet Tomorrow night at S o'clock.
ana the Committe" on Ordinances will
meet Thursday night NJ o'clock.
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Nurses to r,co I,,,u,ir.-

The scmiaNnuai examination AT the
Medical College Of Virginia. Twelfth
and Clay Streets, by the Virginia state
Board OF Examiners for Nurses, viii
be held January 10 90 and Il. Infor-
nation can lie secured by addressing
Miss Julia Mellichampc. secretary. SCI
MISSIONER Avenue Norfolk
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-12

George Smith. colored. arrested hy
Policeman Ryan on n charge of max.
ing a fcionious assault on Adclaina
Williams. co!ored, was sent on to the
grand jury from the Police Court yes
icrday.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-12

In n recent meeting Of tho Ladies'
as follows
President. Mrs ]. NJ Berman: vice
president. Mrs. |. Bloom: secretary.
Mrs. II. PaSSamRHeck; treasurer. Mrs.
J. Sche"r. executive committee. chair
man, Mrs. VI Barker, and Mrs. I. Cap
lon, Mrs 9. Newell, Mrs. I3lackcr and
Mrs. Ellis Marks
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.Iunlor Order Meeting.

An important meeting of the r. q.
Lee Council, Junior Order United Amer
lean Mechanics viii be held Wednesday,.
night at o'clock In the hall, Twenty
nth and Marshall Strceta.
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"Dear Enemies
Again Are Sought
May Be of Use in RelieOins
Conditions Of Nearby
Children
ny MRS. EDWIN c. LAIRD.

Thousands have read and seen played
Jean WcbStcr's wonderful book. Daddy
Long Legs" which was dramatized last
year. This year her Dear Enemy" is
the talk OF all who have read 1t. 1t is
Il touching appeal for help for the boys
and girls in institutions for the home
less, ana has aroused universal SYM
pathy. All those who longed. while
reading. to help Sally Mci'ride's chill
drcn are offered the privilege Of doing
so in reality. In Chesterfield County. In
walking distance for the athlctlcally
inclined. is tho bethany Home for
fricndlcSS children. Here fortyonc
babies are waiting to he fed. clothed
and loved. The financial means ut hand
are limited the boys are in mcaScr cot
ton suits Of faded bingham, minus
shoes and stockings; the girls are not
much better equipped. This is Deem
Der. the first snow has fallen and any
wearing apparel would be useful
Such needy little ones would make
appeal like these:
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inclosinE n letter from Sadly Kates
sister. who Is with us.
Dear Santa Klaus.
won't you bring your raindear to
Bethany this year. we all want wash
rag.
With love.
SADIE KATIES SIS
lou sec by this how humble are our
'sites' ana anything you give us we
'''" USE from peanuts &c plush coats
FOlsTY-ONE ORPHANS
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Bethany Home,
Dear l:nemios:"

IF YOU would or would come and see
us. every one of YOU would love us Just
as much us DR. Mci,ae loved Sally Nc
bride. Indeed. believe you do love
us, only YOU are Scotch. like Sandy.
and it is hard for YOU to show it. Here
we have all kinds of orphans for YOU
to help and shop for. Pale orphans.
ana rliddy ones. blondes. brunettes and
blonde brunes. straight haired and
curly haired, good ones and bad ones,
I'll waiting for n little material help.
We have many needs. but really we
pant for pants" That Is our most
apparent short-cominE We do not like
to mention plum pudding and oranges
whom we have to go to bed to have our
trousers pressed Please come TO sec
US. dear enemies, from Richmond, and
learn TO be our friends.
FORTY-ONE ORPHANS
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"Dnnr ENonlieS."

We have nice schoolhouse IN n
pretty grove across from our home
erected by kind and loving friends, and
va do appreciate the books and pic
lures, even If sometimes a page or so
is missing. Come some day and hear
us say our lessons. some of the little
ones are learning to write, and | am
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FORTY-ONE ORPHANS.
bethany Home.
Dear Encu.tcs:"

All those nice things you sent came
in handy. but they were mostly dolls
and Girl clothes. Lots of us are boys.
and We won't wear pctticoatS. That
letter we got from Il doctor saying il
we stayed barefoot ed we wouldn't have
Group is comforting. but what we need
is soothing syrup for the colds we al
ready have. We are Obliged TO the
manufacturer who sent us the case of
hlueng. They say that is also good
for Group; but, we would rather have
little red flannel or red roast beef.
Every ono of us loves red roast beef
THE NOT UNGRATEFCL ORPHANS
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-27
THE WORLD
IS ON FIRE NOW

long. This lake is already filed with
pleasure craft and sites upon its
banks are being selected for summer
homes. In some places the cliffs rise
to a height OF 800 feet and the seen
cry is equal to that on the Hudson.
The Warrior river runs for 100
miles through the greatest coal de-
Inmates the amount available for
shipment by river at 10000, 900
tons Many veins come down to the
waters edge and coal can be brought
down by gravity for long distances
on either side and loaded directly into
barges. This coal field lies nearer
tidewater than any other in the Unit
ed States and the river can be used
every day in the year, as it neither
freezes in winter nor dries up in the
summer.
Cheaper Transportation.
THE cost sheets of the Pratt Con-
solidated Coal Company demon
strate the cheapness of river trans
portation for they show that coal can
be barged from their mines above
Lock II to Mobile for less than fifty
cents a ton, against rate by rail of
$1.1O. One of the greatest coaling
stations in the United States, and one
many miles nearer than any other to
4
be established on Mobile Bay, where
a depth of sixty feet is found over an
area large enough to float all the
vessels of our navy at one time.
birmingham, which with its sub
urbs now has more than 100000 peo-
pie, lies only fifteen miles from the
river. High class goods have already
been shipped from New York. coming
up the river to Maxine and thence by
motor trucks to the city, at a rate
very much lower than is now charged
by rail. Surveys are being made for
first class concrete road and also for
municipal railroad from the city
"The products of the Birmingham
district. steel, iron pipe and other
heavy articles. as well as great guam
titles of coal, will soon be going down
the river to the Gulf of Mexico and
the markets OF the world. The In
dian Head cotton mill, at Cordova.
is planning to ship its products to
China by the all-water route. at a
saving in freight rates that will
amount to a good profit on their
production"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-27
And the Other Half is Smok
ing is the Way an Alabama
Senator Puts 1t.

WASHINGTON, July 26.-"Half
the worlds on fire-and the other
half is so hot it's smoking"
1t was Senator John H. Bankhead,
of Alabama, who gave this terse and
graphic summary of the present sit
uation, adding the fervent hope that
the United States will be able to keep
out of the conflict now raging in Eu-
rope, Asia and Africa. Senator
Bankhead did not care to talk a
great deal about the war, at least for
publication, but there was another
subject on which he was ready and
willing to talk until it was time to go
to the White House to keep an ap-
pointment with the president.
Down in my state, a few weeks
ago." said Senator Bankhead, more
than 5000 people gathered on the
banks of river to celebrate the com
pletton of remarkable dam. 1t is
the highest commercial dam in the
United States; makes a lake sixty
seven miles long; creates one hun
bred miles of slack water navigation;
completes a waterway nearly $50
miles in length, making one of the
longest canalized rivers in the world;
and gives direct connection with the
sea, by the cheapest form OF transpor-
tation, to a region rich beyond de-
sources but in coal, iron ore, lime
stone, lumber and cement.
Reward for Work.
When a man has worked steadily
at a thing for nearly thirty years;
has been derided and laughed at; told
that the river hadn't water enough
to float a boat and wouldn't have any
commerce anyhow; has had it strong
ly limited, If not openly charged, that
H1S Of oft tn nIF n
thusiast or a "pork-barrel grabber, Z"
because he wanted that kind of a
river improved-and then has lived to
see the critics silenced, the opposiS
ton overcome, his judgment vindl-
Gated, his dreams come true and the
Improvement of the river completed
at a cost of $12,000,000, 1t is only
natural that he should feel pretty
we'll satisfied with the outcome.
The improvement of the Warrior
river" continued the Senator, was
begun some twenty-efght years ago,
the engineers planning to provide ia
cilities for barging below Tuscaloosa
for nine months in the year. Above
Tuscaloosa were great distractions,
the drop at Squaw Shoal being nearly
eighty feet to the mile. But there
were also great deposits Of coal, so u
new project was adopted, including
the stretch above Tuscaloosa and
providing for six-foot channel the
year round. Work on that project
has just been completed at a cost of
Big Dam Opened.
''The dam at Lock IT, which was
opened May 10. is sixty-three feet
high. There are 100 miles OF slack
water navigation above this dam, the
main lake .heing stxty-seven miles
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-27
Boy Hiker
Taxing a
Long Trip
Is Now on the Second Lap Of
Double Trip across the
United States.

JEFFERSON, Ia, July 27-Law-
renee Benz, eighteen years old, and
champion boy walker Of the world, ?
stopped over night at Jefferson on
the second lap of a double trip across
the United States. He is out on
wager with the Holman Athletic As
ISOLATION of San Francisco and II he
arrives in that city on September !,
he VIII complete a trip of $500 miles
and get $4,000.
He is required to go without mon
ey and Is not allowed to sell any
thing. AT different points he gets let
tiers and when he arrived here he ex-
hibited nineteen. one alleged to have
been written by the mayor OF New
York.
September 1, 1914, reached New
York in 142 days, remaining there
for one month and is now on his
way back. He has worn out four
pairs OF shoes so far this time over
and his brown suit is covered with
names and addresses written In Ink
by friends whom he has met.
Last winter, he was not allowed
to wear gloves, ear tabs or an over
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-27
travelling Mans Experiences.

"In the summer of 1888 I had a
very severe attack of cholera NOR
bus. Two physicians worked over me
from four a. m. to six p. m. without
giving me any relief and then told me
thew did not expect me to live; that
| had best telegraph for my family
Instead of doing so, gave the hotel
porter fifty cents and told him to buy
me bottle of Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and
take no substitute. took a double
dose according to the directions and
went to sleep after the second dose.
At 1--WE O'Clock the next morning I was
called by my order and took a train
for my next ctopping point. a wen
man but feeling rather skaky from
the severity of the attack" writes H.
W. Ireland, Louisville, KY. Obtain
able everywhere. Advertisement.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-27

Because of the boys curiosity HaL,
tie Soma, a fifteen year old girl of
Benton Harbor, Mich, was rescued
from bondage in a house at 8l3
South Jefferson street.
Three men were arrested and
twelve more are being sought by the
federal agents. The arrested trio are
James Petruso, Tony Leoni and Tae-
toni Dajostino.
Here is the girls story:
Il came to Chicago to visit rela-
tives, lost my way and asked two
men whom 1 met on the street to di-
rect me- They said their names were
John and ROME and they would show
me the way.
They took me to this place. where
L was locked in room. Hero re-
NAMED two months. 1 never was
alone, sometimes one of the four and
sometimes another were with me.
They would have parties in the house
and 1 would be the only girl there. 1t
was terrible. 1 thought 1 would go
crazy.
Il was never alone. But one day
1 thought of throwing out note. =
The note was taken by the small
boy to the Maxwell street police sta
ton and detectives rescued the girl.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-27

coat. When he crossed the eighty
miles of sand in the gH>at American
desert in Nevada he carried a jug
of three gallons of water with him
besides a basket of sandwiches and
wood enough for fires every night
to keep the lizards away.
He is the picture Of health and his
legs are like iron. On May 4, 1914,
when he started on his trip he weigh
ed 1O1 pounds and now he weighs
116 1-2 pounds.
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GIRL SLAVE"
Freed from Chicago House
through Note in the
Street.

CHICAGO, July 27-Because a
boy, with a healthy boys full devel-
opment OF curiosity picked up a
soiled piece of paper he found In the
gutter. the Chicago police and the
federal authorities are on the trail
OF one of the most battling white
slave cases in recent months.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-27
BRIDGE VIEWERS.

The county court has appointed its
members viewers OF site for a
bridge across Isaac's creek near the
residence of James Find1ey in
Union district
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1915-11-27

Among che famous palaecs and cities
~ feaown.
IT, admire the efumhiY CASTLES and thr
statues ~ the kln4s
liaf nov ! think I've had enough 80
antlqraisa things
knerlra Tor me-
MY heart o. furniue home again. ami
there ! lVun "a be-
On he land q youth and freedom be-
yond the ocean bars.
Whrfs tho ala IL fun % sunlight and
the HAS " fun ~ stofa
ON London b. mans town there's
power ln the air,
And Paris L. Nomana town u-fh
flowers IN her hair
Ana ira sweet 90 dream Ia venice, and
ifa great tu study Rome.
ilu shen t comes io hving there is mo-
place Ike home
} ilas the Grtmnn woods. 10 green
laiiail0nH drilled.
Z like The Fnrfena 81 Versailles with
flashing fountains filled
nut oh 60 isse your hsud. my dear
ard ramhir Tor "a day
in the friendly western woodland
whore Stature has her way
] fnpw tiat Hurop,'a wonderful yet
Hmfthirn Seems fu lack
The Fact b. 600 nurh with her. and Che
people hooking bnck
imt enc fior nf thr Present ls fn mah'