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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-07
Charged With Damaging Motor Car.

T.. NJ. Bryant and Joseph Peay were
arrested Yesterday on warrant charg-
ing them with willfully and malicious
" damaging j. W. Bakers automobile
Policeman Williams arrested the men
who Will he arraigned in the Police
Court today.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-07
WILL CONFER TO-DAY
ON RIVER IMPROVEMENT
Colonel Jervey, United States En-
gineer in Charge Of This Dis.
trict, to Be Present.
ISSUES STATEMENT
President of Chamber Of Commerce
Calls Attention to Importance OF
Uninterrupted Continuance of Work
OF Deepening Channel.

Through the efforts of Senator Mar
lin. Colonel Jervcy. the United States
engineer in charge OF this district,
will attend the conference that will
oe held today in tho auditorium OF the
Chamber OF Commerce for the purpose
OF laying before the government au-
thorit;es tho Importance Of continuing
without interruption tho work of deep
eninG the James River channel so as
to give Richmond ultimately twenty
two foot channel at low tide.
The meeting will he called to order
a. the noon hour by President w T.
Reed. of the Chamber of Commerce.
After a brief business session there
will be an adjournment for lunch The
conference Will be resumed in the af-
ternoon.
In a statement on the importance
OF the subject with which the confer
ence Will deal. issued Yesterday by
President Reed. attention is directed
to the necessity OF securing the con-
tinuance OF the Improvement appro-
pration.
Everybody familiar with transpor-
tat!on matters knows the great i'm
portance to our city of tho un!nter-
rupted continuance of the work Of
deepening the channel of the river"
the statement continues. This is es-
seHtial 70 our future welfare. It is for
the purpose OF getting this work pros
ecuted in more vigorous manner than
in the past, that the conference will
be held"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-07

Cephas Mcneil. co!orcd. vas 0nod
800 and costs IN the Police Court. yes
terday, when arraigncd on a charge 81
carrying concealed pistol Policemen
Stanley arrested the negro.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-07

IN" regular monthly meeting Of Tho
ho"rd Of supervisors Of Hnnrico County
WI! he nod to-day ~ tho county court
house, Twenty second and nnin street,.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-07
Convicted of Theft

lay Sydnor. colnrcd, wae r.nt.nc.6
70 )ai! Tor sixty days from the p,I...
."u;t Fcstcrday. when convicted ~
stealing VS. from Frank Roth.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-07
ARTILLERY COMPANY
WOULD ERECT STABLE
Committee Will Report Tonight or
Application of Richmond How
tiers for Permit,
GOVERNMENT OFFERS HORSES
FAMOUS Command May BE Fully
Equipped for Immediate Services,
With Horses for Field Practice and
Maneuver Work.

me subcommittee of the Council
Committee on Public Buildings Prom
critics and Utilities having in charge tho
request from the Richmond Howitzcrs
for permission to erect a stable ON tho
armory property on North Seventh
street, is expected to report to the full
night at o'clock
Tie local artillery company socks
perm ssion to erect stable to house
ahout NIFTY mounts that are to be sun.
piled by the Federal government and
which will be stationed in Richmos II
permanently.
considerable opposition has devel-
oped IN the immediate vicinity from
property owners and other rcsidcnts
but it is said that the majority of tho
committee is in favor of the plan. The
government has promised to supply the
company with horses, providing suit
able quarters for them can be secured
In addition grooms will also be sent
here TO look after the stock If the
stable can he erected II will mean much
10 the company by providing il with
mounts trained for the work. and will
greatly improve the battery from a
military view.
WILL. MAKE REPORT
on NEGRO Park
The subcommittee appointed to Sc
iect site for the establishment of a
col"red park in old jackson Ward Is
expected to report its findings to the
fuil committee and make recommends
tons for the uptown site. The commit
tee inspected two locations few days
ESQ and voted to recommend this To-
cation. This site consists of n tract Of
land running northwardly from Boyd
street. between Harrison and Kinney
Streets. to the northern line of the Sea-
board Air Line right Of way
Much OF the property that is en-
hraced In this tract has already been
acquired by the city. in connection with
| the Bacon Quarter Branch improve
ment. and members of tho sub-commit-
tee arc of the opinion that the required
amount can be secured for approx
matcly $4,000.
The Detroit times., 1915-02-08
CREAMERIES TRAIL
BOTTLE THIEVES
Take Proceedings To Recover
Thousands Stolen and Now
Used by Other Dealers

Large Detroit milk and cream deal
ers are up In arms because thousands
or milk bottles have been stolen from
them. and are now being used by
smaller dairymen.
AS the first step OF campaign 10
recover the bottles and punish the
dealers who use them. about 200 writs
OF replevin against the dealers nave
been obtained In the last month In
justice court 70 recover the bottles.
The campaign against the glassware
thievery IL being conducted by the
Detroit Milk Bottlers' exchange. AT
ter obtaining the write OF replsvin, y
is the purpose OF the exchange 10 call
nj the bottling houses OF the dealers
al time when the receptacles are
hlled. They win be seized. and In this
manner the offending dealers Will be
punished by losing not only the bot
ties. but the milk.
The Detroit Creamery Co. alone. II
10 said. has lost several carloads OF
bottles In the last year. The follow
Ing dealers are named as plaintiffs IN
the replevin proceedings started In
Justice court: Detroit Creamery Co.
Troy Mix Co.. Towar's Wayne Coun
ty creamery, Highland Park cream
cry. Arctio Ice Cream 90. and the
Smell Creamsry Co.
The Detroit times., 1915-02-08
'MOTHER'SHA
OF ESTATE PROBED
Judge Command Acts on Peti.
ton of Edna and Maude
Walsh

Probate Judge Command has be
gun an Investigation Of the manner
in which the estate OF Edna and
Maude Walsh. minors. has been
handled by their mother. Mrs. Emma
Kunze.
A petition was fled several months
ago by the young women TO have
their mother removed as their guard
han. Since then. the case has been
adjourned from week to week. Judge
Command finally obtained a complete
accounting OF the AFFAIRS, three weeks
ago. or the $4,000 which the two
|ehildren inherited, II was shown In
me mothers statement, 4 total OF
1856 remain. In cash, while each child
had $4,000 interest in an apart.
'tnent house. ....,, -,
One item In the accounting OF Mrs.
Kunze charges each" child with $3.50
for attorneys fee In a transaction TOT
the sale of q piece OF property which
brought $1.574. To give the attor'
ney who Is said to have received this
fee an opportunity to explain why
he was entitled to this sum for his
service, Judge Command continued
the case for another week, when II
vas called. Monday morning. A
Judge Command, more than o month
ago, to make an examination or the
manner In which the estate has been
handled In his report he stated
that the atfornsy,s tee In Quesfinn.
and several other sums charged to
the estate. were grossly exoSbitant
The Detroit times., 1915-02-08
w. d.. Carpenter Establishes
Unique Record for Local
Branch of Carnegie
Steel Co.
FURNISHED DETROITS
FIRST ALL-STEEL FRAME
Will Take Well-Earned Rest
IF. E. Spencer, Pittsburgh, Sue
49,, eeeds Him Here

To safely pilot business running
into many millions OF dollars oSsr
span OF % years without having 10
sue or be sued and with losses oil
less than $1,000 on bad accounts, Is
something of record. The man
who accomplished It 10 Norman D.
Carpenter, who has just retired as
manager Of the Detroit ONCE Of the
Carnegie Steel Co.. which IL one OF
10 branch ofices scattered over the
United States and the fourth OF the
list to be established.
II was something of an effort to
confirm the details OF this interest
Ing business romance. for Mr. Gar
penter In the most modest of men
and the one subject about which he
knows the most, his part In the up
building of Detroit and Michigan. Is
the one which he cares least to dis
cuss. In fairness TO him IL should be
stated that he was not aware he was
talking with q newspaper man until
the interview was concluded.
For the past 20 years the Carnegie
Steel 90. has furnished rs per cent
of the steel that has come into Michi-
gan for construction purposes There
was a time. in the days when there
The Detroit times., 1915-02-08
Use of Neutral Flag AS War Ruse
Not New; All Nations May Z
Practice Ii, Declares Mason

to halt Q neutral on the high seas for
investigation. but no rule can justify
firing . torpedo first and investigating
sfterward. The limitations Of offep
sive power by submarines do not
change the circumstances. What q
submarine cannot accomplish by legiti-
mate measure must be abandoned just
as civilized nations no longer poison
an enemy's water supply.
The captain OF a liner who used q
neutral fiag to protect his civilian pas
sensers and crew from death by q
torpedo cannot be censured under any
provision OF international law. liz sub.
marines are In the neighborhood OF q
liner, and n the nation to which the
submarines belong has announced L.
self not responsible for civilian llvss
on the enemy's merchantmen, the lin
ere captain undoubtedly Will remem-
Der only that HIS. nrst duty Is TO save
HE passengers
II liner were dangerously near au|
iceberg. and n there were some mag
netio quality In foreign flag that
would prevent disaster, the car tainl
would not hesitate to ny the alien coll
ors. Under any other circumsta nc eel
of danger, the proceeding would bel
the same. International law fully pro-
vides for safety at sea In the case Oh
aboard merchantmen
II Is improbable anything short Cd
desperation will ever cause one OF the
great powers actually to break the
Law. ~
The Detroit times., 1915-02-08
MRS. LOUISE SCHMIDTKE
IS GRANTED DIVORCE

Mrs. Louise Schmidtke, wife OF
Otto Schmidtke, bowler. saloonkeep.
er. and bowling alley proprietor was
granted decree Of divorce. by Judge
Codd, Monday morning. The Schmidt.
ke case has been dragging through
the courts for more than year. The
husband filed a cross-bill, but with
drew II. BY the terms Of the decree,
Mrs. Schmidtke gets $50 Q month ali.
mony. while she remains single, S185
back alimony, and the husband is also
directed to pay her 800 for the costs
of the litigation.
Charges Of inndelity and cruelty
were made against Schmidtke. His
wife testified that she left him about
two years ago, after he had struck
her and called her vile names.
Detectives Swallowed Schmidtke for
several months. and further charges
were made, that he engaged In gay
parties at Detroit river and st. Clair
Flats resorts. Miss Emma McDaniels
was named by Mrs. Schmidtke as
'the other woman" and suit for
alienation Of affection was started
against her by the saloonkeeper's
wife. This suit, IL was announced
Monday, had been settled out Of
court.
Mrs. schmidtke was represented By
Attorney Thomas Paine. Attorney
Eugene Mistersky appeared for
Schmidtke.
The Detroit times., 1915-02-08
FINDS LITTLE RACCOON
ASLEEP IN HER BOUDOIR

Mrs. Archibald O. Jackson, OF No.
227 Philadelphia-ave. west. refused to
be quieted by her husbands assur-
ances that she had been dreaming.
when abe heard q noise under her bed,
late Sunday night. Mrs. Jackson stat.
ed positively that there was somebody
uader the bed, and then she fed from
tho room.
Just to humor her "whim" Mr.. JACK.
SON got down on all fours and pesred
under the bed.
And there was little raccopn, all
curled up, and sound asleep.
Mr.. Jackson was considerably sur
prised. Then he remembered that the
bedroom window was open, and tree
grew up close beside the window. He
called the police, and "B'rer Coon"
was taken TO Bethune station.
The coon was later found to be the
property Of Frederick e. Fisher. Of No.
900 Blsineave., two blocks distant
from the Jackson home. A report of
the disappearance Of Fisher's pet
"coon" settled the mystery Of the mid
night msrauder In the jackson bed.
room.
The Detroit times., 1915-02-08
by J. w. z. MASON,

(WRftten 10r yne OnssSl Svx
NEW YORK. Feb. S.--Q1 Q. nh
All nations ct war make use OF neu-
trail fiags on the seas ~ ruse to de-
ceiys the enemy. There 10 nothing
new In the idea. II n as old 90 naval
sea fighting itself, and no government
viii put itself on record In peace
times az condemning the practice, be-
cause that very nation may want 70
use the same device when its own
war comes. !.
Because neutral flags are misused
has never been held reason for In
discriminate sinking Of any ship Tying
neutral colors. Civilized methods OF
warfare provide for Q personal search
of q neutral merchant vessel to 90
termine her character. II belligerent
has reason to suspect her good faith.
II, for any reason. q search cannot %
made, then the merchantmen must
be allowed to 80 her way.
The only alternative II to risk .
war with the nation to which the neii-
trail belongs. As strategic move,
thie risk might be taken under excep-
tional conditions II o belligerent ma
ton had reason TO believe the neu-
trail nation would not fight for the
preservation OF Its merchant marine.
Or, the risk might even be assumed II
the neutral nation could do very little
additional Damage 20 the belligerent
nation by entering the war.
War rules permit . belligsrent ship
The Detroit times., 1915-02-08
TORTURED BY REMORSE,
SURRENDERS TO POLICE

Harry e. Kellogg, alias Harry q.
Mack, of Omaha, Neb., walked up to
Patrolman Hugh Scott at Michigan
and Scotten-aves., Sunday morning,
and announced that he was tired OF
being O fugitive from justice; tired of
being haunted by a guilty conscience,
and wanted to be locked up. and later
taken back to Omaha for laying down
q bad check for s65, July 23, 1913. 1.
81 haven't had q moments peace
since then" he told the o6lcer. not
only committed crime. but got my
faLcee. Nellie Farley, to indorse the
worthless check. She had bank 40
count. I had no money for our mar.
riage, and thought TO raise some with
the bad check. I know she'll never
forgive me, but I'm going bask to face
the music"
kellogg said he came from Toledo
Sunday morning, resolved to give him
self up to the first policeman whom he
met.
The Detroit times., 1915-02-08
Final
Reductions
on FLlRS

after . short illness. were held ct the
home at O'clock Sunday Afternoon.
Mrs. 4 g. chatnsid. OF No. % Nas:s.
ohusetts-ays., will sntertain the ladies
Of the Dial Literary club At her homo
Tuesday afternoon. Feb. 3.
On next Thursday evening the new
Highland Park Dramatic club will pre-
sent Ten Nights In Bar Room
Miss Mary POWELL - .. gusst a. ths
home Of her uncle. Louis Powell. sf
No. ~ 0rand-ave. west
Mr. and Mrs. w. Mclean. OF Cold.
water. Mich. are visiting at the homo
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Bynon. of
Montersy-ave.
Attorney Clarence Il. Gittins. Of Mas
sa..ehusstts.svs-, has rsturnsd from .
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Q. Asher. of Chat
ham, Ont. who have been Visiting &C
the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. T. NJ 0rif-
nth. OF No. ~ Gsraid-avs.. have re-
turned home.
Mich. i. visi,inI a. me the home IN Of Mrs
Amanda Hoilar. Of Beresford-ave.
The Detroit times., 1915-02-08
STATE BANKS SHOW
LOSS OF BUSINESS
Transactions Have Decreased
For Quarter, But Exceed
Those Of Year Ago

LANSING. Mich. Feb. s.-(Special)
State banks and trust companies
show loss Of 956s.230 In aggregate
business since Oct 81. 1914. accord
Ing to the report made today by State
Banking Coommissionsr Doyle. There
was o decrease of S6,l04,477 In com.
mercial loans and discounts while say
ings loans and discounts show loss
or $179,S33.95. Commercial bonds and
mortgages have increased 1855, 1854
and savings bonds and mortgages
have increased Si.055,s76 while com
mercial deposits have decreased $685..
174.08.
As compared to the report Of year
ago. the net increase In loans for the
year h S19.322,216.3< while the net
increase In deposits Is $13,0l1. 1880.
The Detroit times., 1915-02-08
IRl DIES AFTER
SIX YEARS OF
LIFE AS MAN
ida welnstein and @Wife" Once
Lived and Worked In
Detroit
TUBERCULOSIS AT LAST
REVEALED SECRET
Two Young Women Pass As
Man and Wife IN MEzny Cities
Needed Mora vRhges-. !" .- =. !.

IS CHICAGO, Feb. aida -Weinstein'
IS years old, was buried touay m me
0rst dress 10 clothe her body IN BIZ
years. Az "Ben Rosenstein. ana the
~kusband" OF Pauline Rosenstein'
with whom she had lived for six years
IDA died yesterday In piufully TUT.
niahed, small bed room in the rear Oh
the second floor OF No. 2l46 ogden.
ave. a victim OF tuberculosis. her
lsst xasping request to her wife ano
70 her "wife's" mother. was that shs
be buried in her first black sur -
Pauline Rosenstein Ia 26. She ygeep-
irgly told the details OF her HE as
Ida's .wife," whose real sex was not
known here even by the wife's mother.
until an undertaken took charge On
the remains.
ssIds came to this country seven
wears axo. Her brother-in-law, Sam
Cnhen. sent her over. We met and be
emo fast friends In New York. where
We roomed together, at the New York
Jewish Shelter house. Reading MARX
AID Tolstoi suggested that lda aaop'
male role. We were paid 80 terribly
little Cor working In store We
could really live II one OF Us received
q mans wages. Ida was robust ana
strong. wanted to be q man also;
vs. stin could have lived together: Bu,
Ida said I was too frau. She refused
to hear OF Il. She insisted upon my
being her wife In the eyes OF ths
world
.Ida clipped her hair and got a 1oo
as q packer. We were very happy.
FOR awhile We worked In Detroit
Than We went to Cleveland, where
w lived ~ Mr.. and Mrs Ben Cohen,
and later came to Chicago. II was
horu that Ida's health began to fall
/ wanted then to play the man. but
ia would not hear Of It. She said
ahe was lonely and was afraid sne
Vuuld die while I was away from her.
Nov / do not know what 30 do. have
lOut my dearest friend
Vur some time Ben Rosenstetn's
name has been carried ON the books
Of the Jewish Aid society.
The Detroit times., 1915-02-08
DETROITER WILL LEAD
GRAND SUFFRAGE PARADE

Miss Margaret Whittemore, we'll
known member Of the Equal Suffrage
league Of Wayne county, and known
from the Pacific to the Atlantic for
her earnest work In behalf Of suffrage,
will leave Detroit. Feb. 10, for San
Francisco, where she win be In charge
OF a monster suffrage demonstration
to be q feature of the Panama-Pacific
exposition, under the direction Of the
Congressional union, the nation wide
suffrage organisation with headQuar-
tiers in washington, d. O Suffrage
headquarters will be maintained In
the Social Economy building, on the
exposition grounds.
Miss Whittemore will be guest Of
honor at luncheon, Wednesday, In
the Hotel Statler, given by the Equal
Suffrage league OF Wayne county, as .
mark OF appreciation for the splendid
work she has accomplished for suf-
frage. Tickets for the luncheon may
be had In suffrage headquarters,
The Detroit times., 1915-02-08

was less competition. when this cor
poratton furnished practically all the
steel used In this state. Mr.. Carpen-
ter has been In charge Of the Detroit
once since II was established. Is
years ago, and In that period has be-
come one Of the best known figures
In the city's financial and building
circles. His 1rm furnished the steel
for the first allsteel frame building
erected In Detroit. the Hotel Ste.
Claire, which was rebuilt 20 years
ago. The Hammond building fol-
lowed shortly after, and the steel used
In that also came from the Carnegie
works.
And through all thase years, Mr..
Carpenter has been evsrlastingly on
tho Job, landing new business, look
Ing after deliveries. STRENGTHENING out
kinks wherever they appeared and
protecting his customers with the
same jealous care that he safeguard
ed the interests Of his employers. To
be sure, there have been times when
diplomacy was required. but Mr.. Car
penter was equal TO any emergency.
and the result 10 that he has kept out
of court and kept his books free Of
unbelievable accounts, q record that
Is probably not eQualed by any other
once I'M the United States doing as
much business.
Mr., Carpenter believes he has
earned a rest; hence his resignation,
which took effect Feb. /. He VIII
leave about the middle Of February
for Los Angeles, where his wife IL
now visiting. to be gone two or three
months. He plans to take In the
Panama. Pacific exposition before re-
turning. From now on he proposes
to take life little less strenuously
and enjoy the fruits of his labor.
y Mr.. Carpenter has been succeeded
in the management Of the Detroit
branch by Frank r. Spencer, who
comes from the Pittsburgh ONCE.
w. O. Bogue, who has been Mr..
Carpenters assistant for q number
OF years. has gone to New York. and
is succeeded by Harold Bope. SON
OF the first vice-president Of the Car
negie Steel Co.
The Detroit times., 1915-02-08
THOUSANDS HEAR POPE'S Z
PRAYER FOR PEACE

ROME, Feb. S.-There was an i'm.
pressive scene In st. Peters Sunday
afternoon when Pope Benedict inton.
ed HIS prayer for peace.
with worshipers when the pontiff. sur
sosr p. r9shIysides snirs oimn 'n -
the Bernini canopy Pope Benedict
temple. The prayer was to the God
Of all mercies, King of Peace"
The Detroit times., 1915-02-08
TRIAL OF KIMBROUGH
DELAYED TEN DAYS

SAGINAW, Mich. Feb. s.-(Spe-
cial)--The trial of Charles Kim
brough, Negro, charged with Staying
and burning the body OF eight-year-
old Rose Laundry, will not start this
week, according TO present plans. At
torney Robert J. Currey, who was APP
pointed by the court Saturday TO de-
fend the black, said today he would
not be ready for 10 days. The state
Is ready with its case at any time.
The Detroit times., 1915-02-08
PLAGUE CRUSADER
HIMSELF SUCCUMBS

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. S.-Dr.
Theodore Potter, for many years lead
er Of the fight against the white
plague I'm Indiana. today died OF the
dread disease himself. DIR. Potter con-
tracted tuberculosis at time when
a patient required his constant atten-
ton He was 81 years old.
DR.. Potter Is survived by a widow,
formerly. Miss Harriet Fox. of La
porte, Ind.
The Detroit times., 1915-02-08
Louis s-l.s. ss-yesr-ela tss..ter; /:

I.oufs smith, 23-year-old teanster, Of
No. 20 Montcalm-st. eases tired Ga
I, kiss his wife good bye when De-
tectiyes Rogers and School arrest
charge OF embezziing so from the
II. Koenig Coal Co.,. but Mrs. Smith
spurned the osculation. SAYING. mo.
done anything wrong II through
with you The detectives say that
smith and his wife had been parted
for -four months. and had just be-
embezziement was brought against
him.
Turpestise was the spcisenv ehesee ~
Mrs. Besnie kennes, - years aid. II
No. as Danesst., In her eRort TO end
her life Monday morning, In her
home. and she was In a serious con
dition when a police auto rushed her
TO 81. Mary's hospital She II ex-
pected to recover. ~. 49,