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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-22
WATCHMAN PAGE
DECLARES NOT MISTAKEN

Night Waterman l. A. Page. of the
ReginaI Bank. stated emphattcai.y
last night that he saw two men at
tempting to enter the bank early
Monday morning. and that but for his
quick work in firing at theni there
might have been a robbery.
Page stated last night that at IL
O'Clock Sunday night he went he
rounds and raised the rear wind ows
as had been his custom TO Sentilate
the second floor and bet ors he could
get to the front windows he was call
ed to the telephone to answer "A call
from the janitor. who advised him
about dog which he mad been bring
ing TO the bank After sitting down
in the office reading for some time, he
bethought himself of the fact that
he had not lowered the front windows
upstairs. He went TO perform that
duty, and in turning on the electric
light he saw a man peering over the
edge of the skylight
In moment he drew his pistol and
fred. The face disappeared and he
heard a noise in the rear of the room.
and looking. saw a man running from
the ladies retiring room toward the
window. The man in running upset
la couch, which caught the Waterman
the window, and when he recovered
himself, Page says, the man had dis
appeared.
Tells OF Fake Lnemen.
Page also stated that early Sunday
afternoon the janitor reported that
he saw three men in tn" alley IN the
rear of the bank acting suspic.ously,
and that about s o'clock that light
two men, claiming to be linemen. APP
peared at the bank and wanted 10
know what the trouble vas vita the
telephone wires. He would not per-
init them TO enter the building. and
told them there was nothing the mat
Ter.
"Ead they. entered !" said page,
they would have knocked me out and
taken charge of the bank"
Waterman Page said last night that
today he would hand In his resig
nation, because he could not stand
being taken as a joke, with the inn
putation that his story about the at
tempted robbery was an haliucina-
ton or a dream
1.-The fact that the officials CT the
bank believe my story" said Page.
is that they have placed another l~ck
on the front door and have given me
the keys. But in spite of all this
row."
Page was recommended for the
place by Congressman Montague,
former Councilman Jacob Umlsuf
and Judge Richardson, and points
with pride to these gentlemen who
believe him trustworthy.
At the request OF reporter last
night Page signed a statement tha-
he was positive he saw the two men
one on the roof and the other in
the rear part of the second floor o.
the bank.
AS the result of an investigation
held by the bank officials yesterday
afternoon, 1t was stated that the re-
port that an attempt to break into
the bank was a mistake. That no such
attempt had been made and Watca-
man Page was mistaken.
Mr.. Page repudiates this statement.
and maintains that there was an at
tempt to enter the bank.
Policemen who looked into the
case found that Page had fred eight
bullets at something. whether robbers
or not, although they have been uE-
able to locate anyone who might have
attempted TO rob the bank.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-22

stripes denoting the lowest grade
prisoner. Leo NJ Frank. today again
protested HE innocence OF the murder
OF Mary Phagan and expressed a
conviction that q day is not far dis
tant when ! viii be exonorated."
Frank said he had bad no intima-
ton of what was going to happen late
last night when officers went to his
cell in Atlanta to get him for the trip
here. He expressed gratitude toward
Governor Slaton. and said he felt in.
tuitively that he would at least COM
mute his sentence
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-22
SENSATIONAL LINE


erea 10 report him every chance he
rot. He also said thet Mtdshipman
~. 3, Jones' had. threatened 10 ex-
nose Nelson TO the cQnamandant IL
fS3<eison did not stnns rcRcrstng him
Ensign GrafsffTf ciassplate OF
sza36shipman Nelson. as well as Of
..l<nx*xns Burhen. Confer Struoei.
Hough. Nunnally and Harrison, gave
: hSs testimony under decided stress
And seeused 10 teels keenly his posi-
ZION. which he said ne assumed from
q sense of duty, His testimony re
Gxfeda - eoavers aifoTtSs which he had
held With MiasAfpfsaaa HaddeiA He
stated that Waddeil had told him
that with Nelson. he had gone &c diff
ferent departments and taken az
vance matter Waddell alluded par
+ sieai7arly. he SAID TO visits which Nell
son had made ~ the marine en9lneof-
ing room. where were he had pro
cured turbine sheets which contain
ed questions which were tn be asked
on that division on tho subject W ad-
dell stated. Ensign Graham said, THAI
Nelson had opened a drawer ana
taken these sheets from IL and that
few % Nelson's classmates We're
regularly helped ny him.
~ Testimony witch Ensign 6ranam
gave with evident reluctance was
tha. which connected some OF his
classmates with tho affair. There
were Ensign Eough,' one OF ihe
present defendants and EnSRnS
cvuress,h. King ard Barnett. Another
Of the defendants mentioned was
James z Moss, who received the
papers by mail which arc at the bot
tnm Of the present matter. Walden
spla htrn. he safe that Moss had once
given him a whole calculus eNaniina-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-22
BLIND PROMOTER WANTED
TO BUY ARMY RIFLES


Washington. June 21.--One of the
men who has been most active in at
tempting to get from the United States
Government the 355, 600 discarded Krag-
Jorgensen rifles is j. Dix Morgan. OF
New York city. who Is known as pro-
moter and describes himself as an ex-
pert on heavy ordnance.
Mr. Morgan has been in Washington
for several months. in THE course OF
which he has prosecuted his efforts
to obtain these cast-off firearms for
which fabulous prices are being offered
by agents of the warning governments.
He has been able to get interviews
with President Wilson. but has failed 20
move Mr.. Wilson and his endeavors
in that direction are now at an end.
Morgan came to Washington bear
ing ITO Whom II May Concern" let
ter of introduction from a purchasing
agent in. New York city, who is sup
posed to be buying war munitions for
one of the allies. This purchasing
agent acknowledged that Morgan had
asked for this letter to help him In
his efforts to obtain the rifles.
Morgan based his attempt to get the
rifles partly on an offer to give to the
United States Government an invention
which he commended would revolutionize
modern warfare, and which would
make the United States Government
absolutely invincible among the nations
of the world
Patriotic reasons alone. so he assert
ed, prevented him from disposing of
his invention to any of the European
belIigerents. and Ii was his invention
which led the President to grant
series of interviews to him that now
have been terminated.
Morgan's proposal to swap his fnwen-
ton for cast-on war materials was
made not only to the President, but 20
Secretary Garrison wit whom he
talked Oniciais OF the War and Navy
Departments have been willing to try
out Morgans' death dealing Device"
hut they have never been able to OBJ
tain details which would enable them
to pass Judgment on is.
Morgan, who IL said TO have had an
career. ia totally blind and
Is usually accompanied by young wo-
man who answers to the name OF Miss
Lewis, SO far as is known Miss Lewis
is not related 10 Mrs. Selma Lewis. Of
New York, whe has figured In recent
newspaper publications I'm regard 10
efforts TO get the Krag rifieA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-22

indoors II sees how much there Is
outside and how little there Is inside,
SO it brings in what it can.
But when II gets it inside, IL deesn't
know just what 10 do with. il. IL
nskeS a faIr-sized lake in the ves4i-
baie, cunning little lagoon In the
hall, and dismal swanap on this par
Tor rug and continues lie aquseous
phantasies Till sratchcd up and eena-
rsaitted 10 psps-staeed jaf OF sons
other piass ~ eoaHnemssst, Latsr ],
Is taken out and sised al every 9Tap
Il has collected, just as snaaij boy
re Made fs HfSr Up fiHS aaseslzaiy eos.
tents ei his psclGsss
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-22

CORRECTION!

In Az accom-, Of the dedication Of
the Calvary baptist Church printed
YESTERDAY morning. 81 WAS stated that
the number Of church members when
the present pastor Rev. carter Ashton
Ienkens went 20 -1be church VAS lae.
Mr IAnkans requests that 81 he stated
the humber of members was $50 when
he went to the church, and that the
.<a@asAs represented the average
Sunday school attendance at that time.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-22
EXAMINATION IN PHARMACY.

~ have been thinking" said the
head OF the College of Pharmacy.
that our examinations for junior
clerks are not practical. We ask
questions that seldom or never come
up in the actual practice of phar-
macy whereas questions that do come
up fear We almost entirely over
look"
"You are doubtless right" assented
the professor OF chemistry.
80 have been thinking" con-
linued the dean. that it might be a
good idea to go to some intelligent
drug clerk, one who is now working
in store, and who would be willing
10 compile list Of questions that
Do you know OF such a clerk"
Il do" ---..=
Then kindly request him 10 pre-
pare the questions for our next ex-
animation in pharmacy"
A few days later the professor OF
chemistry accordingly submitted the
following list:
|. What have you new in soda
fountain drinks'
II. What car goes to Forty-sec-
ond and Umphsteenth
streets.
III. Ca Was there blond young
man in here this morning
waiting for me? (b) Was
he angryf
IN Got any stanpsi .,, .....,..-....-
Y. May use your directory?
VI What time is itl
VII. VIII you look up name for
..... me in the telephone book +?
VIII. What's the best thing to take
grease spots out of crepe
de chine?
TX Why amt my laundry come !
X. What's at the Frivolity this
week.
XI. What's in them colored
bottles7
XII. Docs chocolate really make
you fatl
After some reflection, the dean was
compelled to admit that the questions
were thoroughly practical. but he did
not use them for his next examina-
ton in pharmacy He had to fall
hack upon, the stereotyped stuff.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-22

white mans wig
wants the only
roof that an apart
ment dweiier can
cali HE own. He
carries il about
with him hoisted
in the air---for that
is the only place
w h ere he can
afford to pitch it.
And even at that
he has to eep
moving.
M o r GOV er, il
Is misglided; it
Ia bors under q de-
lusion. IT imaglnes
that Ito mission tn
life is 10 collect
rain water out
dnnrs and hrinu IL
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-22
SUCH A SHOCK

Philosopher-Hot to-day? Wait.
DO you know that in severity million
years the earth will fall into the sum-
Business Man twho has longtime
investInents).-Great Scottl What's
that you say,
Philosopher said that in seventy
million years the earth would fall IN
to the sun.
Business Man (wiping the fear
beads from his brow and apparently
much reIieved) oh, l thought you
SAID seven million years.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-22
THE WEATHER

Virginia: show
ers Tuesday. We'd
nestiay fair. light.
south winds, be-
coming west.
North Carolina:
Fair in interior.
proba bly, showers
on the coast Tues
day. Wednesday
fair: not much
change in temper
ature: light west
ernly winds.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-22
a Galley O. Fun !!
DEGREES.

$50 you think it safer to be pc.
iitical boss than srailroad president
Sure thing, my boy. To admit that
you have burned your books is con-
fession, while the worst they can get
out of me is that never kept any
books at all"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-22
AEROpI.ANE noFS MUCH
DAMAGE IN DIVE,

Paris. June 2l.--According to re-
ports received here, the French aero
plane swoop on the Zeppelin hangar
at Evere. mar Client resulted In the
dearh of forty-four German soldiers
a nd sas -t1se. we snens sand, tbs wamn riding
of 1877 persons.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-22
local Observation NJ s'p. NJ. Yesterday.

McGRAw---Died Sunday. June 20, 1915,
at hfs residence, 1886 W. Grace street
I JAMES McGRAw. SIR, In the seven
ty-third year OF his age.
Funeral from I he ssacfsd e fTHArf
Cathedral. Tuesday morning IT IN
O'Clock. Interment In Mount CalvnxYs
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-22

so your rival won the girl after
"Yes: I made the mistake ot trying
diplomacy. BE bought champagne"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-22
THE RIGHT SIZE.

Who's been tampering with my
umbrella covert" peevishiy inquired
Mr.. Smith.
Umbrella cover nothingi' retort-
ed Mrs. Smith. That's my new
skirtw
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-22
THE FIRST

The baby came upon the FIRST.
His dad, as jokers will.
Got off this joke, about his worst:
He named the baby Bill.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-22
THE DARKEST FLOWER.

Nobody has a kind word for The
umbrella. 1t is an lshmael--its point
is against every mans eye. 1t is an
aerial squattcr. an economic outlaw,
shelter without any land to stand
on. Yet this portable tsnt--she
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-22
IRRESISTIBLE

Madge: l though you said you'd
never speak to that girl again.
Marjorie: But what could !. dor
She offered to teach me new dance
step.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-22
nARUro Hrypr

hARD TO HURT,
Potter. ] doHst iike to play poker
wifi that man nese<is,
Iayior' Can't bisrif him. chr
Peter. Oh. yes, can. but the
aart creb FAsses Affessaaar ietish Of
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-22
ZEPPELIN SIGHTED ON
DASH TOWARD ENGLAND

London, June 2I.--A Rotterdam dis
patch says that Zeppelin was seen
passing over Holland at a high rate
OF speed today in the direction OF
England
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-22

Colleges have their uses. Each
class produces q man big enough for
the rest to brAg aboat In after ycars
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-22
FROM A RECENT OBITUARY.

FROM A RECENT OBITUARY.
The late Luther G. Petty was an
unassuning gentleman with whom
comparatively few OF our citizens
were intimately acquainted although
he had lived in our midst for many
years. He was the husband of Mrs.
Harriet Mex. Bronkhorst- Petty, the
prominent society leader and Emf
nent Exalted Potentate of the Digni-
fed Daughters of Shzy's Rebellion
and Past Supreme Sovereign Of the
Sisters OF Sheba; mother OF the Hon
Braxton Mex. Bronkhorst- Petty,
who although he was admitted to the
bar only last week has already con-
scented TO run for the Office OF pros
ecutinG attorney at the earnest solicit
tation Of his many friends; and of
Dciicia Mex. Bronkhorst- Petty, for
whom her teachers predict brilliant
career on the opera stage Mrs
Bronkhorst- Petty Is descendant of
two fine. old families, the McKuckIes
and the Bronkhorsts. and has never
failed to live up to the high traditions
of her illsstrious ancestors.
Mr.. Petty loved solitude. and was
given to long rambies in the woods.
and II is believed that he expired
from heart failure some three or four
days befo~e his body was accidentally
discovered
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-22

Cruisers and battieships which pos
kesE, silver pnsch-ho~4s. Sssy nSw OK
change thsm---lces dscrecistipu---ier
cut-Elhss ic~nonaA0 sses.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-22

HIS OPPORTUNITY.

What did you do while your wife
was away on q vacation
II tafkedi" triurnphantfy replied
skinny little Mr.. Hennypeek.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-22
FORESTALLED.

Grace: II it was secret why in
the world did you tell that girl1
Gwendolyn: 1t won't do her any
good, my dear. I'd already teic-
phoned IL to ali the girls she knew.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-22
FRENCH MAKING
Continued From First Page,

In the hope taat italian troops VIII
be drawn into open positions where
hidden batteries will be able to sub
fec, them to an uninterrupted fire.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-22
AMERICAN PROB|Ne

CONTINUED from First Page.)
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-22
HIS SPEED,

Baseball Manager: Consider your
self Internationally released. Maybe
you can sign up with circus.
The Bonehead (warnriy): What
dye mean-I'm freak?
Baseball Manager: OF course not,
But the circus have in mind has an
elephant ball team.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-22
WHERE IT COUNTS.

Aunt Dinah. are you going to have
obey eliminated from the ccro-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-22

Many a man thinks he's on the in
side track when its only a switch.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-22
HOW HE LOST.

No, chile; bat sho Is gwinter hab
II Eliminated frum de matrimony."
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-22
THE BETTER PART.

Why don't OF discover a river or
somethingi" demanded the wife OF
tie Congre ssman
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-22
Local RaiIfaII.

Rainfall last twelve hours .......
Rainfall last twenty -four hours \.
Deficiency in rainfall since Mar. !. -3ss
Deficiency I'm rainfall since Jam. I, u
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-22

Frank. as ''Ceasics es5," Again Pro-
/ .sfss.s isanoceFas ~
Mnisdgss4ils. Ca. June 2i,r-At
the Georgia prison faFsn. dressed In
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-22
Local Temperature Yesterday.

er.nly winds.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-22

Carl Schrimmei. a German. who in
troduced DIR. Meyer to Mrs. Lewis.
Often In LmeIigi1t
Evening star., 1915-05-24
ionalsO nFromCeveand
THREE SCHOOLS WILL BATTLE
FOR HONORS IN TRACK GAMES
Central, Technical and Western Due to
Engage in Great Fight for Title
Saturday-Other Gossip.

lowed six safeties and struck out four
teen.
The shortstops of the two clubs
I played brilliant ball. both men accept
| ing practically everything that came
their way. Sullivan of the Brookland
team had three assists and four put
outs to his credit, while Collins OF Fort
Myer had a record of two put-outs and
| four assists.
The Empire Athletic Club was vic
| tor over the Hillbrook Athletic Club,
winning by to 3. The playing of the
| two clubs was good, and there was not
! much difference in the character of
| their exhibitions.
| The Trinity and National Athletic
Club teams yesterday engaged in a
/ regular slugging match. Trinity made
twenty hits and the Nationals fourteen.
| The Trinity club started by scoring four
runs in the second inning, and there
never was a time after that that 1t
was behind. Every member of the win
| ming team got hit, and most of them
made two and three. Gannt, who pitched
for the Nationals. led his teammates
with the stick. making four safe drives
| in five attempts.
Mainly by reason Of superior bat
| ting the Mergolds won from the Fed
erals by to 5. The winners had four
teen safetfes credited to them. while
only six were made by the losing nine.
Snow. who did most of the mound work
for the victors. famed nine men and
was effective at all times. He relieved
Mcmahon. who was scored on rather
freely in the first three innings.
Evening star., 1915-05-24

ning games is gradually growing
smaller and the clubs are getting more
closely bunched as the season advances
In the National League the Phjllies led
last week with percentage of 667
and by losing three of the four games
during the week slipped back sixty
points. This week the Cubs are in the
front pew with a winning percentage
of .613, which is a gain of thirty-six
points on the week. In the American
League the White Sox jumped over
Detroit and knocked out the Yankees
who went back to third place-another
instance of the rapid advance of the
western contingent over the eastern
forces.
With Chicago not losing a game there
is little to that argument. but the Ath-
iet1cs two defeats by Detroit and the
Tigers victory over New York and the
Ne" Workers record of three games
lost to one game won easily accounts
for the slipping of Bill Donovan $
bunch. Last week the Yankees led the
procession with percentage of .s67
against the Sox, who lead today with
a percentage OF .s47. So. it can be seen
that the races are slowly closing down
Last week in the National the differ
ence hetween the first and third clubs
was lZo points against 113 points this
week. Even less margin exists in the
American. Last week it was 96 points
to 81 points today. In the American
the tailenders are being left behind a
the Nationals tailenders have held UP
their end little stronger cutting
down the difference from $50 points to
2O6 points. In the American the breach
has been "idened from 80 points to
324 points.
Although the championship races
have been cut down by one week there
IS no assurance that the leading team is
going to continue to lead any more
than the team now In the cellar is go
ing to stay there to the finish But
the strides made by the western clubs
do indicate that there is grave chance
OF the world series battles being fought
out In the west. In the National
, League. In which the western teams
are travelling, the Cincinnati team was
the only one that did not better its
percentage during the week, and the
Brooklyn team Is the only easterner
that did not fall of The Dodgers
oettered their percentage 81 points In
the American League every one OF the
western clubs playing at home bet
tered Its condition quite little, while
the Washington team was the ONLY one
OF the invaders from the east that did
not slip back. The Nationals iunned
ahead "a points.
Evening star., 1915-05-24
Other American League Games
White Sox Beat Boston.

CHICAGO, May 24.-The batting of
John Collins and the spectacular field
ing of Weaver caused the defeat of
Boston by Chicago, to =, in the final
game of the series yesterday. J. Col
Inns made double. scored a run. sent
a run across the plate on a single and
another run was scored on his sacrifice
fly. Eddie Collins base running also
aided the locals. Weaver made one of
the most remarkable plays seen on the
local ground in years in the fifth in
ming. Gainor tripled and Cady fol-
lowed with a swift bounder toward
short. Weaver. running toward first
at, top speed, jumped into the air and
speared the ball and threw Gainor out
at the plate. He also threw Speaker
out at the plate in the sixth. The score:
Chicago. ............ 0 o 2 0 "A
Boston. Observation-Disclosures. o o o o . o %
Two-base hIts--J. Collins, Wagner Speaker.
Three base hits-Fournier. Gainor. Stolen bases
--Felsch. Brief, J. Scott. Earned runs-on j.
Scott, .; OF Wood, 4. Sacrifice hits-Lewis,
Fournier J. Collins. Left bases-Boston. $:
Chicago. S. Bases balls-On J. Scott. =: OFF
Wood, ). Struck out-By J, Scott. g. by Wood,
.. Umpres-Messrs. Hildehrand and Connolly
Time of game-1 hour and Do minutes.