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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-08
HER BOY is IN LONDON
Sailed on Cattle ship without Mothcr's
Conscnt-GOvcrnor Informed.

The mother Of siXteen-year- old
Richmond youth yesterday complained
to the Governors Office by telephone
that her son had been taken to England
on cattle ship carrying cargo OF
horses and mules from Newport News
to the British and French armies.
The boy left home without the
knowledge and consent of his mother
and shipped as a stable hand. He is
now i'm London His relatives feared he
would he left without mtans in Eng
land. Cattle punchers and stable hands
who are employed OH the cattle steam
ers are guaranteed return passage free
by the steamship companies. They are
returned to the port from which they
shipped, but are compelled to wait ten
days or two weeks in England until the
steamship on which they sailed returns
light to America for another cargo OF
live stock.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-08
STAY OF EXECUTION
sixty Days Granted To James Cnntcr,
Convicted or .tssnult.

James Canter. OF Washington County.
sentenced TO die IN the electric chair
next Friday. for tho criminal assault
and murder OF woman of that county
mas been granted new lease on life
for sixty days by Judge Preston w
Campbell.
Luther Canter. brother OF James, was
convicted with him. and the execution
OF the two men was fixed for tho sam.
date. Luther later confessed that he
alone was guilty of the crime. He de-
clarcd that James was not even a wit.
ness TO the double crime. Petitions
were presented 10 Judge Campbell. who
Yesterday decided 10 order stay Of
sentence. The case of the reprieved
man Is 10 be taken to the Supreme
Court. and review of the evidence
Will he asked
Many prominent citizens of Washing
ton County. who believe the confession
or Luther Canter. have signed the pcti-
ions In behalf OF James that have been
presented TO the judge OF the Washing
ton County Circuit Court
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-08
N1iIitiu Orders,

= Captain George Bruce Barrow, Med!-
cal Corps. Virginia Volunteers. sta
toned al GAINESVILLE. has rendered his
resignation
- The appointment of Sergeant John
". Moss. 4 Company. Fourth Rcgi-
Inent. as second lieutenant quarter
master and commssary. Second Bat
TALON. Fourth Regiment, stationed at
Norfolk. was announced Yesterday by
Adjatant-General Sale He succeeds
lieutenant Robert r. Guild. resigned
Moss has been ordered to report TO the
acknowledgements ONCE within sixty
days for examination
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-08
STUART VISITS WILSON
Governor Urges ON President Appoint.
mcnt of Grny ns NsSIstnnt Trcnsmrcr.

Governor stuart left for Washington
yesterday morning to meet President
Woodrow wilson by appointment at
the White House at noon The appoint
incnt was for a conference ia councc-
ti"n with the appointment of Robert II.
Gray. OF i.oudoun. as assistant treas
urer Of the United states. advocated by
tn" Governor.
Following his visit at the White
House Governor stuart was the guest
OF friends at luncheon. and later in the
afternoon he joined the delegation that
Journcycd from Richmond to urge upon
PRESIDENT Wilson acceptance Of the in.
Nttation to attend the Negro Historical
and industrial Exposition TO be held
here next month.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-08
DECISION AGAINST APARTMENT
lIOI.SI: IL l\ANIMOI =

Under the building lin" ordinance OF
1913, petitioners are given the :i@nt
of appeal TO the Council from tho Street
Committees decision The Council re-
solved itself into COMMITTEE" Of the
whole and gave each side thirty min
utcs 10 present it's case. Tho Iafayctt"
Company WAS represented by Attorney
:. = r. Patterson and the petitioners for
the building lin. by Attorney Stanyarmc
Wilson. Al til" conclusion Of the near
ing the body passed the committee or
dInance by unanimous vote.
Prior TO its consideration of the Sana-
torium and hvildinE lin" ordinances. tho
Council passed a number Of minor
measures authorizing tho closing Of
alleys in various portions OF the city
II passed an ordinance reported from
the Financ" Committee appropriHtinE
$500 for clerical assistance in the Office
of the clerk OF tn" iiustinGS Court,
Fart H.. during tho remainder OF the
current fiscal year.
The disposal Of the building line ordi-
nance found III" clock pointing To II 30.
and tho Council voted TO adjourn until
o'clock Thursday night. when ii Will
meet I" diSpoS" OF its unfinished docket.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-08
COnNIcts Declared Insane.

City Circuit Court OF Richmond the
cases of three convicts serving terms
in the State Pcnitentiary. who have
been pronounced insane by the prison
physician. In such cases the law re-
Quires a trial by jury. The convicts TO
he arraigned in court on the charge of
lunacy arc: Bud Williamson, No. l3.loi;
Thomas Lester. No. HAS. and Thomas
Harris, No. lo,l56. all of whom have eX-
hibited symptoms Of insanity since they
were received at the prison. The cases
are TO be tried in the City Circuit Court
June Q.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-08
Convicted of Theft.

j w Thompson. the negro alleged
TO have stolen IS worth of cnnmcled
ware, the property o! the Police Re-
nevolent Association, which was heing
used at tho Fair Grounds during the
reunion week, was convicted of the
theft in the Ponce Court yesterday
and Was sentenced to four months in
Jail. The man noted an appeal
Charles Williams was sentenced to
sixty days In Jail yesterday when con-
v!cted OF the theft OF harness valued
at SO from n man named Hordcn.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-08

ne Madison Social Center Ministries.
under the direction of Henry + Tomn'
kins VIII give their last perform,nce
W me season AT Chimborazo School
h'riy-thrd and Marshall streets TO.
n!sht al 80 o'clock
The show viii be for the benefit ot
troop y. Richmond Council. Roy
scouts OF America, Russell II. Kuhn.
Sc"utinas'er which is taking thin
means 70 raise fund for purchasing
an up-to-date camping equipment
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-08

Sherman Harris. tho negro thought
to have been the third PARTY in the
robbery Of eight West End stores dur
in. February and March. and who was
arrested by Detectives Krcngcl and
Atkinson and Policemen TSnor and
Dunn on warrants charging him with
all of the burElaries. was hold for trial
on three Of the charges Yesterday
June II being the date set for the
hearing. The other five cases were
continued indciinitcly
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-08
ON Accounting BOARD.

Just before his departure for Wash
inCton yesterday morning Governor
stuart announced his rcappointmcnt Of
y. I. Henderson. of Lynchburg. to the
state Board of Accountancy for a full
term of three years beginning June G.
Mr.. Henderson was recently appointed
TO supply vacancy in the board.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-08
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-08
NEW CONSTITUTION
FORBiDS ENFMPTIoN

According 10 Mr.. Pollard's view. the
exemption Of property from taxation
beyond the ave-ycar limit within
which the ordinance allows collection,
violates the Constitutional provision
which forbids all exemptions except in
the special classes OF property noted.
The city H. believes, could At lcas,
compel the payment OF back taxes up
to i9o:, when the new Constitution
Wen, into effect The ordinance would
probably hold good for the years
prior 10 the Constitutional Convention.
The adjudication OF this point VIII
be watched with interest hy the c.tv's
taxing authorities. since II Mr.. Pol
lard's contention is upheld II VIII
mean large increase in the volume
OF back taxes collectablc by the city.
In recent months several large estates
have come into the Chancery Court for
settlement. and tho application of the
exemption ordinance has operated TO
cut the city OF from large amount
in back taxes.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-08
DIR. RIDD SAYS STATE:
CAN ILL AFFORD TO LOSE: HIN

Discussing the proba bic retirement
If Dr Magrudcr from tho States ser
vice yesterday. DIR. Wor,icy + Rudd.
professor Of chemistry AT the Medical
college Of Virginia. paid him this fiat
tcring tribute:
"Nireinia can i'll aftrrd Ia lose tho
service of a state chemist who has
proven SO cmineutly fitted FOR the posi-
ton. ana who has discharged every
duty imposed upon him SO satisfac-
torily Ia the people OF the Common
wealth
During his long term in Office Or.
Magruder has distinguished himself az
a panstakinI and methodical director.
establishing an csprit-de- corps In his
department which tended 10 bring
about high degree of efficiency. He is
a practical farmer. owning and operat
ing with marked success a farm OF
about 100 acres at Dry Bridge. Chester
field County.
DR. Magruder belongs to the distin
guished family Of Albcmarlc. and is
son OF the late Colonel Il. n. Macrudcr.
who was a member of the Legislature
during the War Between the states and
imme diately afterwards. He received
his early education at the public and
private schools. entering Hampden-
sidney College in 1857, graduating in
1891. lie then completed the course in
chemistry NJ the University of Virginia
and entered Johns Hopkins University
in 1892. being assistant in the depart
ment of chemistry the last two years
spent there.
He then received an appointment to
the Mississippi College OF Agriculture,
doing much work there, which has been
of great value TO him in his later life.
For four years he was director of the
Virginia test farm at SAKE, doing this
work in addition TO his laboratory
work. bringing the farm from a very
I small beginning to a wcll-equipped and
! we'll stocked State properly.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-08
WELL-KNOWN BUSINESS
MAN DIES At HIS HOME
r. n. Baughinan Is Stricken Sud-
denly With Heart
Failure.
SERVED IN CONFEDERATE ARMY
Was President of Stationery House
rounded by Himself and Ills
brothers I'm ISU1-Funeral Takes
Place To-Niorrow Afternoon.

T. ~ Raushnan. one OF Richmond's
denly at the Chesterfield Apartments
Yesterday morning at 7:i5 o'clock Of
heart failure. lie had been slightly
indisposcd for several DAYS, but at
tended church services on Sunday and
appeared in his usual health.
Mr. Baurhman was president Of the
EauEhman stationery Company. which
hEnl. succeeding Bau-hman Bros has
been in existence since 1851
~" was born on August 80. 1874. in
baltimore. Md. When three years Of
age he moved to Salem. Va where
ne received his early education. Later
he moved to Lynchbur2 and In 1856
NJ" came To Richmond In 1862 he en-
tered the Confederate army at tho
az" %: eighteen years. seeing service
AZ Gettysburg. and continuing until
the surrender at AppomattoN. At tho
cos" 81 tn" war he was "a member OF
IN" lIamd"n Artillery, bearing Bat
TALON. rickett's Divsion
FOt NDED ISINESS WITH
\HIS HUOTHERS N I.GI
After the war, in company with his
father George BauEhman. he and mis-
brothers Greer II. and Charles g.
r"orSamIHcd tn" company %. Baugh-
HdH Bros StatoncrS ana printers
later known the Baughrnan station
cry t"mpany T. \. Raushmau he
came vice president After the death
"f mis- brother Greer H. Baurhmau
september 2. 1907 n" was elected prcsi-
dent of tn" Bauphman stationery Com
rany. and continued in tina, capa city
until his death.
Early in lie he affiliated with the
Episcopal church, for many years being
q mcmh"r "t IN" Vestry OF Holy Trinity
Church He was married in Richmond
on November >. 1878. TO Miss MARY
Nelson Barney
BESIDES widow, he leaves one sister,
Miss NJ y. Bau-hman. and nvc chill
dr"n. Miss Mary Barney, Emcl!us Al
lon, Jr. Of Richmond DR. William
Henry. OF New York city. Mrs. James
II. Wills and Nelson a. Baughman. Of
Moundsvillc. W. VA
The funeral wil take place from
Holy Trinity Church tomorrow after
noon NJ $40 O'Clock The following
VIII act rs pailbearcrs: J. b, L.ftwich.
y g. lipsc"mb. +. .. Meade. 7 A. rid J.
dick. +. T. Bates. Z. NJ Hocge. g. g.
smith and 7. /. Whitlock
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-08
DR.. {. W. MACRUDER MAY
QUIT SERVICE OF STATE
Pure Food Expert of Department
of Agriculture Receives
Flattcring Offer.
WILL GO WITH GuANo COMPANY
Has Done Much to Build Up Efficient
Inspection System of Foods, Bev-
erages, Seeds, Fertilizer and Agri-
cultural Lime.

The resignation Of Or. Il. ". Magru-
der, chief chemist and pure food en-
pert of the State Department Of Agri-
culture, will be rendered by him to
Commissioner of Agriculture Koiner
within a few days in all probability.
DR., Magruder has under considcra-
ton proposal from the +. s. Register
Guano Company. Of Norfolk. SO much
more lucrative position that his
friends arc convinced that he cannot
afford in justice TO himself 20 con-
tinue in the service of the state. He
is offered the position of chief chem
list in charge of the chemical depart
ment OF the Norfolk guano concern.
Dr. MaGrudcr became the head of
the laboratory Of the state Depart
ment OF Agriculture about fifteen
years ago. with only one assistant
and a physical equipment Inadequate
for development Of the work along
scientific lines. Gradually, however.
through his efforts the laboratory Was
improved and enlarged to its present
capacity. lin now has five assistant
chemists. They are Dr. j. NJ Brad
bury. first assistant: J. II. Tobb. sec
ond assistant; H. l.. Davidson. third
a assistant: j. II. Parkinson. fourth as
sistant. and Catcsby Jones. NTH as
sistant. All Of thcs. men are we'll
trained in laboratory work.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-08
HOSPITAL ORDINANCE
PASSES COUNCIL, Z TO 7
Designed to Block Opening of Sana-
forum at Madison and Frank
lin Streets.
HEARING ON BUILDING LINE
Council Stands by Committee Action
In Regard to Grace Street Block
Between Harrison anu Shnfcr
Strcets-AIay Lead to Litigation.

BY vote of II to I, the Common
/ council. last night passed the or,li
nance prohibiting the establishment of
y a hospital or sanatorium within 3OO
rect of church. school or hotel The
measure is designed to prevent the cs
- adjustment by DR. Beverly Il. Tucker.
/ OF neurological sanatorium in the
John w. Harrison home at Madison and
! Franklin Streets.
Councilman Pitcher denounced the.
! measure as class legislation, and an uu :
/ justified invasion of private rights DIR.
. fucker, he said, had bought the prom
! erty in good faith for sanatorium pur-
! poses, and the city had no right To pass
special law limiting his .nioyn,ut
of II.
MIR. Pitcher presented a petition
signed by ll2 merchants. advising the
council that in their belief hospitals
and sanatoriums contribute TO the vol
umc of business. since they attract
patients and their families who patron
lie local dealers. They asked that the
| body pass no ordinance which would
operate to prevent the establishment Of
the Tucker sanatorium at Madison and
Franklin Streets.
WOULD HAVE HOSPITALS
AFFILIATED WITH CHURCHES
Another petition. signed by twenty
seven leading ministers. asked the
Council not TO pass the ordinance
mutual affiliations" the ministers adj
vised the Council. land the Sick should
be given the plcasantest possible sur
roundinSs. still another petition ask
ing for the rejection of the ordinance
was signed by all of the leading hotels
except the jefferson
Councilman Powell OF Lee Ward.
drew the Councils attention TO the fact
that while the petitions just presented
favored the establishment Of the sana-
forum at Madison and Franklin
Streets, citizens owning between So
0to,oro and S5.oo0.rUo Of property in
that vicinity had filed petitions re-
Questing the passage Of the ordinance.
The property interests, he thought, are
entitled to protection.
The ordinance was placed on It's pas
sage without further debate. and
passed, the members voting as fol-
lows:
.\ycs-Councilnen Batkins Butler.
English. Ferguson, IaGd"n. Jones. Pol
lock. Powell Ratcliffe. Scaton, Welsh
and Petcrs-l@.
-Counclmen Atkinson. Cheat
wood. Fuller. Pitcher, Powers. Rogers
and sullivan.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-08

The state laboratory is called upon
10 do a vast amount Of work In tho
ANALYSIS of human food, stock food,
beverages. fertilizers and limestone.
thus preventing manufacturers and dis
p"nsers of these products from selling
goods on the open market that do
not come up to the standards prescribed
hy law
Dr. Masrudcr is a member OF tho
American Chemical Society. american
Association for the Advancement OF
Science and the American Association
OF Official Agricultural Chemists. II"
was the first president OF tho Virginia
Chemists club. which recently hccam"
the Virginia section Of tho american
Chemical Society. lie t. ~lso a incin-
Der Of the Society OF Chemical Indus
try, London, Eng, and tn" editor
of the official publication OF the Amer!-
can clan GrrEor Society.
Dr. Magruder has published a mum
her OF Interesting articles on tn"
manufacture and use Of commercial
fertilizers. crop rotation and tho cul
tivation of wheat and tobacco. and has
delivered lectures on foods and food
authorizations in tho University College
of Medicine and the Medical College OF
Virginia.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-05-18

shooting benefit given by our new black
smith, A. Fl. Jameson.
George Ormsbee is working at the
Perry garage in Barre at present
Mrs. Kate Hadlock has moved into a
part of her house, having finished work
for G.. l. Preston.
A. +. Lamberton. DR.. l.. A. Evans and
A, r. Cole attended the Fairbanks auc-
ton at St. Johnsbury last Friday.
r. f. Cheney of Hardwick was in
town last week.
News has been received of the serious
illness of Martin Freeman OF Lisbon,
n. H.. former resident of this town.
A. Clyde Mears is preparing to rebuild
on the site where his buildings were re-
Gently destroyed by fire.
A. T. Davis and family visited in
Barre and Montpelier last Wednesday.
The band will give promenade in
Pythian hall next Saturday evening May
%. Ice cream and cake will be served.
Mrs. L. d. Mute has gone as delegate
to the state convention of Congregational
at Barre this week.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-05-18
FIGHTING BRAVE ENEMY.
British Realize Their Task In Darda-
nelles Land Campaign.

London, May Is. The British press
representative in the Dardaneles. tele-
| graphing under date of May 10, sends
| u description OF the first stage OF the
operations of the allied troops against
The Turks, which he says has now come
TO an end. The allies are now before
Atch Babs, about five miles up the Gal
lipoi peninsula
This is the first Of the commanding
positions on which the Turko. German
force can take a stand before we are
able 10 move up the GaIpoli peninsula
and command the northern shore of the
narrows." says the dispatch.
Behind this lie other equally formda.
bic positions which must be. taken hill
by hill and trench by trench before the
army can open the game for the first
fleet and enable it to pass through to
Constantinople.
"Therc must be no false illusion. We
are lighting brave and tenacious enc
my, who is most skilfully led, and the
war here, as in France is question of
how many men you can afford to lose
to capture each trench aud each kilo-
meter of soil.
THE navy has achieved fine organi-
zation for the landing OF a continuous
supply OF men and munitions. Piers
lave been built out into deep water so
that the largest lighters can come along
side. Roads have been cut along the
cliffs to increase the areas of disembark-
alton, and hundred devices have been
utilized to assist in efficiency, including
lighting arrangements to permit land
ing in the night. At night the southern
end Of the Galipoli peninsula, formerly
deserted and barren, has the appearance
OF one Of the worlds greatest ports.
There are masses OF lights on shore, as
Though several towns have sprung up,
while at sea, a hundred great transports
and many warships are packed outside
the defiant straits
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-05-18
A Girl With Salary of $4,000 1
Year.

In the about People department OF
the June Woman's Home Companion APP
pears an article about Miss MabelIe
Justicea writer of film plays. Follow
ing is an extract
Besides possessing the creative power
to construct dramatic story, the writer
Of moving picture plays should have suf-
ficient imagination, common sense and
grasp of the essentials, possibilities, and
Limitations of the film to make play
for film production and not merely for
reading. 1t is because Miss Justice pos
sesses all these qualifications that she
ia receiving ten thousand dollars year
from one large moving picture house
alone. Miss Justice had the initial adj
vantage of being born in Indiana for
il naturally follows that early in her
career she was successful writer OF
short stories for the magazines. At first
she disliked moving pictures and had to
be fairly dragged to see them by her
mother. who nursed an idea that her tai
ented daughters true field was in the
new art OF the film. Miss Justice became
interested, studied out for herself the
best ways OF presenting a story so as
to meet the requirements of the studios
and the screen, and in two years had
written sixty-fve screen plays and was
known as the best paid woman drama
list OF the movie world.
"To natural facility and ingenuity
in plot construction, Miss Justice unites
an earnest desire to present life. She
believes in getting true atmosphere and
local color. and to write The Lure o
the Windigo,' an Indian play that is
among her best, she went deep
into thd wilds of Canada, two hundred
miles from a railroad Among her other
success are THE Pay-as- You Enter
MAN. The Song in the Dark The
Governors Daughter The College Chap !
ron "A Splendid Sacrifice With Eyes
20 Blue and Tender and The Great
Came Early this spring she went
% Los Angeles TO assist in the produc-
ion OF the serial film which has neees'
stated the building of whole villat,
he expenditure of about seventy thous-
md dollars, and several months of con-
inous effort"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-05-18
RECOUNT PLAN DEFEATED.
Rutland Aldermen Squelched Proposal
Last Night.

Rutland, May lS.--President Dennis ].
Anthony dealt the recount sympathizers
body blow at last nights meeting Of
the board of aldermen when he voted
with five others against authorizing the
city clerk to produce the ballot boxes
at meeting of the board of civil au-
thority to be held tonight at 8 o'clock.
There has been more or less talk for
the last two weeks concerning an at
tempt to have the ballots cast at the
election March ?, recounted. but the
move last night came as a bolt from a
clear sky. Alderman John n. futile
produced a resolution which demanded
that the city clerk produce the ballots
east at the March meeting at meeting
OF the board of civil authority TO be
held Tuesday, May is, at ?. m, for
the purpose of a recount.