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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-01
FEAST FOR VETERANS
Pathetic situation Presented When
Daughters Give Annual Dinner.

Nhtn the Daughters of the Confed-
c'"'E yesterday served thci! annual
New Years dinner to tho veterans at
tn" soldiers Homo . pathetic situation
VAS presented when il was found that
scyeniy-two OF The 3oo inmates at the
home were in beds at the hospitals,
overcome 10y inn, mites incident to oil!
age
y delicious hanquc, was served 10
ih" men 81 the home and those in
hospitals We're served such parts of
tH" menu rs the physicians ana attend
ants would allow. The Richmond
chapter OF The Daughters Of the Con-
'ed"racy prepared and served the an
null dinner. ana various chapters OF
the organization throughout Virginia
rendered financial assistance to the un-
dcrtakiug
ia" serving of q delicious dinner 10
the veterans 10y IN. Daughters Of the
Confcdcracy has long since become an
annual custom, but each year the mum
Der Of participants At the feast has be-
come smaller ana smaller
seldom, If ever. since the establish
lnent Of The custom has :: more dell
cious feast been served than was y,rcnd
before IN" veterans yesterday The
local committee on arrangements was
composed OF the following: Mrs T.
4. hlcnn"r, Mrs Edgar u Taylor and
Mrs. J.. j White
Each Of the 300 veterans hcing cared
for at the home was presented yester-
day with a handsome souvenir of mo
1 occasion.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-01
MANY CHARTERS
Inst Day of 1914 Secs Rush ut nnicc
or Corporation Commission.

Following one OF the busiest days in
the transaction Of routine business the
State Corporation Commission has en-
pcricnCcd since il was created. Clerk
Richard T. Wilson kept cpcn his Of
flee until Il lat. hour in the evening
for the accommodation OF officers OF
number of corporations. who had
deferred until the last hour the legal
formalitics necessary for changes in
charters. the abandonment of charters
and making the necessary declarations
to obtain authority for reducing Capi-
tai stock.
Late in the afternoon .ludec rrentis.
president Of the commissions left for
his home in Nanscmond County. where
he viii spend the New Years holiday.
one OF the largest patches Of new
charters ever issued IN n single day
il the record OF IN" commission for
the last day OF 1914. Reductions in
their issues of stock We're obtained by
four Incorporated concerns, The as
scssments on them for the new year
Viii be thereby lowered
The Southern Mausolcum Company
Richmond corporation. was granted
authority 20 reduce its maximum stock
from Sl0,000.a00 10 S50o.ooc. and it's
minimum from sl.000,0oO Ia $1,000.
The Gresham Court Apartment House
Corporation, of Richmond. obtained an
amendment TO its charter. enabling it
10 create 100000 ot preferred stock.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-01
SHOOTS SIsTER-IN-LAW
Eddie Charity, CoIored, Seriously
Wounds Fannie Charity In Breast.

Fannie Charity. colored. was shot
through the left breast in her home
1919 North Twenty fifth Street, by her
brother-in- law. Eddie Charity. shortly
after y o'clock last night. Ambulance
Surgeon Walker, who attended her
found that she was in serious condi-
ton. and rushed the woman to Virginia
Hospital, where an operation was per-
formed. The surgeons there say she
has small chance for recovery.
According to the Information which
Policemen McGowan and Shoemaker
were able to gather. the man had en-
tered the woman's room and demanded
that she get up out Of the bed and get
several articles OF clothing for him.
When she refused. he is alleged to
have drawn his revolver and begun
firing. Several shots were fired, but
only one took effect. Charity was ar
rested by the policemen. and was taken
TO the First Precinct Station House.
where he will be held pending a pre-
Hmtnary hearing in the Police Court
this morning
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-01
MUSICAL TONIGHT
Officers OF ltniIrond Y. VI. G.. a. GratIGcd
with Work of Past Year.

Filled with enthusiastic plans for
the New Year and delighted with the
splendid accomplishments of the year
Just closed the Railroad Young Mems
CHRISTIAN Association will give a nu-
Sical In The associations building to-
night at ) o'clock.
Vocal and Instrumental music ana
many other attractive features have
beer arranged for the occasion. y
special male quartet mas been engaged
and wcll-known humorist VIII make
fun for the company.
secretary Thomas and his entire Of
hco STAFF are highly pleased with the
pa"' years record. The "Doublers
League. unGcr the direction OF H. l.
Ford, division superintendent for the
chesapeake and OHIO Railway. mas
earned it's title, for during the past
year It's membership has almos, dou-
blcd
The sunday afternoon meetings Will
b" continued as usual Secretary
Thomas has arranged to give a series
81 studies iu the Gospel Of 81. John.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-01
ASKS FOR NEW TRIAL
Echo of Collapse al Commonwealth
Hank Heard in Supreme Court.

An echo of tn" collapse oi IN" Com
monwcal,h Bank of Richmond was
heard in The clerks Office of the SUI
prcmc Court az Appeals OF Virginia
Yesterday, when attorneys for Mrs
Mo!lie r CaH.ylmah; Of Newport News.
filed a petition Tor rohcaring OF tn.
suit or James W Gordon ana j. r.
IightfUot. receivers for the common
wealth Bank. rs Mollc T. Cnssclmun
administratriN of the estate Of Law
renee Cassrlman.
The receivers OF the defunc, bank
brought suit against Mrs Cassclman
in the Corporation court "f the city
OF Newport News To recover on Ger
tain obligations alleged Ia have been
contracted by Mr.. Casseimau in the
course OF his business transactions
with the bank y verdict and judg-
mcnt w"r. awarded against Mr.. Cussrl-
man. as administrators OF the estate.
september 90. The application for a
writ OF error and sUpers,d.As is based
upon alleged errors by tho court in
setting aside demurrer offered hy
the defendant during the trial ANA In
awarding tn" Judgment
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-01
WASHINGTON HIGHWAY
IS ALMOST COMPLETE
Directors and Stockholders of Cor
porntion Hold Meeting to Dis
CliSS Plans.
TWELVE MILES UNFINISHED
Officers Are Elected for Coming
icar-Irojcct Arouscs Local In
terest-fIighway Will Prove VAL
liable Asset to Richmond,

Whenever the gap OF twelve miles
of rough road between Richmond and
Washington is smoothcd over. the
Richmond Washington Highway will
be 4 reality. For the pas; two years
members Of the Richmond Wa shington
Corporation have been hard ut work
on the project. and practically all Of
thc FUNDS necessary for the compile
ton OF the highway have been raised
Stockholders and directors OF the
corporation met here yesterday after
room. when plans looking toward the
Immediate completion OF the highway
were discussed. In their meeting the
stockholders elected the following Of
ticers to serve during the ensuing year:
John G. Easley. Preston Kelvin. Samuel
Cohen. j. II. palmatary. T.. Sittcrding
g. l.. Coleman. John Stewart Bryan
Egbert G. Leigh, Jr, Thomas l.. Moore.
y L. Mcclellan. r. H. Iarwood, u. NJ
Darlington. William II. White. X. Il.
Airport {. = Luck. w. G. Saunders Il.
W. Newman. Mr.. Chewing, NJ. L. Rove
w. ;. Embrey. q. T.. Wallace w f. r
Reid. Tyson Janncy. Robert T.. Lee. Jr..
y. -. Brochett. Taylor burke, Charles
~ Labenburg. w. r Reed.
In the meeting of the directors of
the corporation the following officers
were elected: vice presidents. John
stewart Bryan, Preston Bclvin. +. Sit
tcrding. w :. l!mhrcy. G.. Il. Coleman.
=
tee. Preston Hcivin, John Stewart
Bryan. John G. Easley. George H. Cole
man. r. Sittcrding, William II. White.
Charles a. l.abenhurs and w II. Reed.
Henry w. Anderson is president: John
{. Easley. treasurer and II. H. Chalk
ley. secretary.
ONLY TWELVE MILES
YET TO III: IMPROVED
OF the subscriptions to the new high
way which were made in Richmond.
$1,000 has already been collected. but
there remains Il balance of $1,000 I'M
c"liccted. twenty per cent of the
amount collected for the construction
OF the new highway Is devoted To main
tcnance Of the road.
Tn" new roadway passes through
ll"nrico. Hanover, Caroline, Spotsyl-
vana, Stafford, Prince William and
counties has done its share in assisting
toward the completion of the thorough
fare. There yet remains. however,
several stretches Of roadway to be
finished. Within the next few months
IL is believed that the entire road way
from Richmond 10 Washington will be
complete.
In Stafford County there are five and
onc-half miles of unimprovcd roadway,
and in Price William. six and one
half miles. An effort will he made at
once TO collect all subscriptions that
have been made toward the completion
/ of the highway, with a view to com
! plotting the entire thoroughfarc.
The project has created considerable
! interest, for il is pointed out that Il
highway from Richmond to Washing :
/ ton would he Il valuable asset to both
! city and State in numerous ways.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-01
TELLS SUFFRAGE WORKERS
OF VIOLATED LABOR LAWS
Miss Lille Barbour Speaks on Fac,
tory Conditions in Eir-
ginia.
ONLY MINIMUM FINES IMPOSED
And When State Inspectors Have
Gone, Employers ChcerfuIly Go
on Violating Laws, Secure From
MOlestation by Local Authorities.

Speaking from n knowledge gathered
not from political economy text books
but from first hand experience in life
behind Il counter, and rushing through
"pircework" in the factory, Miss Lille
Harbour, the young stat. factory in
sl.cctor. yesterday addressed an IN
tenscly interested audience at the
Equal suffrage League headquarters.
She told of violated child labor Laws
where. during school months, little
children by the dozens are Kept hnsy
in the poultry industry: of violated
tcn-hour working days for women.
from dawn till twilight on fe-dra!n-
Ing piece work. In part she said
ONE COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY
WOULD REPEAL. LAWS
Not far from Richmond IS one small
town where many arrests NerH made,
tie Commemorative Attorrr" told me
that he would try to have these laws
repealed. was glad To lave his
wrIninE. so we could lie ready 70" .ucil
q move at the next session OF ;hc Leg
isls t!rc."
She explained that in ;h"s, ii;tle
towns there Is practically no enforce
iient Of the laws, and employees them
selves are in entire iRnor.,ESc OF the
:act that any laws for their protcc-
ton are on the statute books. In only
three cities in the state, Danvillc,
Roanoke and LynchburS. are there rs-
tablishcd labor unions for women and
! these are part of the national orrani-
| zatior and include women with men.
! The number OF arrests made by Miss
barbour alone since October Is Utmost
one hundred and other inspectors have
| made as many. The trouble is that
! there are not enough inspectors and
rs soon as the inspection is finished,
employers know that they will not be
! visited again for year. So they pay
: the minimum fine of 81 for violating
| the law, and proceed to break il again
/ for another year
| MUST JOIN HANDS FOR
/ SOIri.EH GENENA ALTON
| "Thc only thing VIC can do is 20 agi-
| tate for minimum wage law for wom-
! Ell and stringent child labor laws" was
! her contention. I'VE must join hands
| to save the younger generation. IL Is
| too late to do anything for the Others
and the ballot in our hands is the only
| thing to help us"
/ The point was made that tn" three
labor unions in Virginia including
women were powerful because OF the
ballot in the hands OF the men NOM
! bers. She told the SuffragistS that the
work they had done in securing early
closing hours in Richmond before the
! holidays had done more for the cause
/ Of suffrage among working women
! than any amount of talk.
Miss Adele Clark, who presided.
stated that the only States in which
I cight-hour Legislation has been enacted
! for the working women We're sugragc
States. This is scarcely Il coinci-
dencc," she concluded.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-01
WAR COST RICHMOND MEN
$4,000 DAILY LAST MONTH
Revenue Figures show Large ColIec-
ton" on Emergency Tax
Measure.

Richmond people are contributing to
the golfers OF Uncle Sam at the rate OF
nearly $4,000 day In special war taxes
alone The total OF these assessments
collected at the local Offices of the In
ternai revenue during the month of
December In round numbers amounts
TO S5S.400. The total collections for
the month amount to 3S71.950.93.
The past month. on account of the
enormous demand for the special
stamps. was n busy one The docu-
inenthry and proprietary stamps
amounted to s27.7oO. License taxes
! brought In the same amount, and. 3 the
wine tax was unusually heavy, amount
Ing to $4,000.
The regular revenue tax items wore
as follows: -,
Cigarettes. ,24s.ooo: tobacco. $4,000;
cigars, s53soo; spirits. $4,000; beer.
Si.100 -
1t Is expected that the sale OF the
stamps VIII continue briskly for sey-
eral more weeks. but the emergency
measure Will not net the government as
much next month by half rs It did la at
month. This will he due to the fact
that the big revenue from licenses.
|27.7o0.. pays UP to the end of the fiscal
year. June 30. The documentary and
proprietary stamps must he sold as
needed az long az the emergency IN en- :
sure lis in effect
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-01
PURSE sNATCHERs ACTIVE
Two Women Lose Handbags to Negro
Thieves During Day

IhicSeS During Day. ,5s
The police Yesterday received two
reports Of purse-snatching. Both of
The thefts were committed by negroes.
slightly taller than the average md
very dark. but they occurred In diff
fcrent sections OF the city. The first
case was reported as having occurred
IT 10 o'clock. while the second WAS not
reported until nearly 8 o'clock last
night.
Mrs. S. 81. Gary. 220 North Twenty
second Street. reported that her hand :
bag had been snatched from her ON
Twenty-hrst Street between Grace and
BROAD Streets. The bag contained SIS
and "A pair of eye-Ylasses
Mrs, e. 4. Whealey. ZIG South Laurel
street, was the other person 70 re-
pors han6b bag snatched from her.
She snid that a negro man had Ernbbc,l
her bag from her hand just MS she was
entering her gate about 1855 O'Clock.
me man ran and escaped. The bac
contained seventy-nve cents and a pal,
OF Eyeglasses T.r7
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-01
VICTIM OF DRUGS he is
ALLEGED TO HAVE VENDED

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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-01
LEAVES HOSPITAL
Mrs. Lettie shelton Sufficiently tie
covered to Return Home.

Mrs. Lcttie Shelton. the woman shot
through the face By her husband r. l..
Shelton. scvcrn weeks ago, was yes
tcrday sufficiently recovered from the
effects OF the pistol-shot wound TO be
discharged by surgeons from Virginia
Hospital. She was taken to her home
In a conveyance. and Is thought TO be
we'll upon the road to recovery
The case against Shelton was con-
tinued until January 20 IN the Police
Court Wednesday in order that Mrs
Shelton might be able TO testify when
the case is called.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-01

II. y. Rufin, 2003 Stuart Avenue, last
night reported to the police that his
Ford touring car had been stolen about
1880 o'clock last night. Mr.. Ruffin
said That the street before his resi-
dencc was undergoing repairs, and that
he was compelled to leave his car on
Meadow street, between Stuart and
Hanover Avenues. 1t was stolen from
this place. Police had been unable to
locate II ut an early hour this morning.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-01
Two Chiidreys Not related.

Roy Childrcy. president OF the Chill
drey Drug Company, First and broad
Streets. has requested that the public
be assured that his firm has no con-
nectton whatever with the store OF
Roland H. Ch!ldrey. Eighteenth and
Franklin Streets. who recently admitted
In the Police Court that he had IL
legally disposed Of heroin to GUS
TONER.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-01
Another IIorse Stolen

George Andrews. 3l6 South C'hcrry-
street. last night reported TO the 20
lice that someone had entered his ata
bic the night before and had stolen nj.
bay mare. This Is the one of many
thefts of horses which has been Arcr
ported to the police within the last
few days.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19
Spans River at Medora

mendations to congress, hearing corn
plants, etc., to the end that tariff en-
actments shall be in the interest OF
all the people from the standpoint of
sound economics rather than political
expediency.' tfN- ny
I'm detail the plan calls for a COM
mission Of six members to be ap-
pointed by the President and con.
tirmed by the senate. They should
receive ST., 900 a year salary and hold
Office for nine years. They are to be
on the job all the time.
Il wish to lay especial emphasis"
declared Mr.. Brown, upon the fact
that the league will insist that agri.
culture and labor shall have equal re.
presentation upon the commission
with manufacturers and commerce"
Mr.. Brown will meet the legislation
committee at the rooms of the com
mercial club this morning at nins
o'clock and will then leave for Chica-
go. making stops at Fargo and Grand
enroute.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19
MURDERER HELD
AT WHITE EARTH

Minot, Nov. 15.-Fred Buchanan,
who shot and killed an unknown man
on Great Northern train No. 4 yes.
terday morning at White Earth, was
arrested at Williston late yesterday
evening and brought back to Stanley,
where he is being held on a charge
Of first-degree murder.
A number of people who saw the
shooting, including Levi Gilroy of this
city, were able to identify him as the
man who did the shooting.
He gives his name as Fred Buchan.
an and says his home is at Jackson
vile, Fla. There is no question about
his Identification.
The officials of Mountrail county
have not been able as yet to identify
the man who was killed. The body
is being held and the officers will Sc
cure the help of some Minot people
whom the dead mar said he knew, in
an effort to identify the body.
It is probable no inquest will be
held as there Is no question about
the mar who committed the crime
nor the manner in which it was done.
1t looks as though there was moth
ing that could save the murderer from
a long term in the p%enitentiary. The
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19
UNREQUITED LOVE
CAUSES SUICIDE

B%owbells, N. D., Nov. 15.-Albert
Schmidt, a transient, who during the
past few weeks had been employed on
the Jacob Gagnum threshing rig. com.
united suicide by shooting himself b.
low the heart with a .38 caliber revol.
YER which he had taken from the Gag
mum residence. He died about Is
minutes after the fatal shot was fired.
Word was sent to this city at once
with a request that a doctor be sent
out, but a short time later it was
learned that the mar was dead. Judge
c. r. Randall, acting as coroner, Sher-
if Heath and States Attorney Hanson
went to hold an Inquest.
The coroner impaneled a jury, con.
sistig of o. O. Huvestad, Jacob Hedge
son and J. l.. Guerdett, who, after
hearing the testimony of the witness.
es, brought in a verdict that the man
came to his death by a revolver bullet
fired by himself. The remains were
brought to this city and after trying
to locate relatives, Judge Randall or.
dered the body buried.
The reason for the suicide as ex.
planned in letters and other writing
found on the man was disappointment
in love. Early in the threshing sea-
son he became infatuated with Miss
Thea Soreson, who was acting as cook
in the cook car.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19
RUTH ERICKSON COMMITTED
TO INSANE ASYLUM

Grand Forks, N. D., Nov. 15.-Ruth
Erickson, daughter Of Mr.. and MRS.
A. Erickson, who live north Of the
city, has been committed to the asy.
lum for the insane at jamestown.
She will be taken to Jamestown just
as soon as the transportation officer
can reach the city.
The insanity commission, after a
preliminary conference yesterday af-
ternoon, held a hearing this morning
and decided upon commitment.
Miss Erickson, who became known
as "the mystery girl Of Falconer
township" has been more or less in
the public eye for many months. Tie
cutting down of Tri-State telephone
poles near her fathers place first
brought her to the attention of the
authorities.
She has written innu'nerable letters
to two sleriffs and other county Off
Gals, confessing to pole cutting and
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-19
Cut this out and bring it to this store and win q prhv

murder was merely the work of a des-
perado who believed he could DEFY
the law and escape punishment.
Buchanan was arrested in this city
on November 8 on a charge of disor-
derby conduct and when arraigned in
police court, paid a fine and was dis
charged.
A rumor is current in this city that
the dead man has been identified as
one Munsen. This is different from
the story OF the Stanley officials, but
may be correct.
Stanley, Nd, Nov. 15.-Except for
the fact that the name of the man
murdered at White Earth on Great
Northern train No. 4 Friday morning,
appears to be Munzen, few new facts
came to light today regarding the
tragedy.
Fred Buchanan Of Jacksonville, Fla,
the man detained by the Williston
authorities in connection with the
case, has been practically identified
Is the slayer.