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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-20

i;oyal Arcanum In Virginia. aud "a wide
~ known citizen of THIS section. died in
has home in North Hampton this after
noon at 90" o'clock re had been III
siur" last December. Mr.. Sayrc was
widely known in odd Fellows. Wood
men of the World and Royal Nrcamum
circles. He was htty-itvc years old. lie
IS survived by his wife aud six chill
dr"n two sisters and one brother.
Mr. Sayrc was popular in business
circles. having boon in charge OF the
SaNrc Iron Works in IhocbuS for the
past several years before. Incoming tho
head of the Royal .Arcanum. The ru-
neral services will be held from the
Hampton Presbyterian Church on sun
day afternoon at ) o'clock, and will b"
attended by prominent members OF the
Royal Arcanum. including the Rev
Frank I. McFadcn, of Richmond.
w. Floyd Rcams. Of this city. grand
Nic"-rcrcnt. who has been taking the
place OF Grand Regent Sayrc. and who
VIII succeed To his position, WAS notified
early last night OF Mr. Sayr"'s death
lie VIII attend the funeral in Hampton.
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New Iron bridge.

Tho new iron bridge over tho Apo
mattox, connecting the city with Poca-
hontas, is being rapidly constructed.
~ the old on. is being removed II
will be single span and Will rest on
solid concrete abutments. The work
is being done by a Richmond contractor.
Tho structure will be neat and sub
stautlal one
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SUNDAY SCHOOL INSTITUTE
Is HELD At STAUNTON
tspecia1to The Times-DisDa,cb 7

Special to The Times Dispatch
STANTON, March ia Sunday
school institute. held at the First Pres
byterian Church here by Lexington
Presbytery on the invitation of the
First and Second Churches. closed a
two days session last night. There
were delegates from the Sunday schools
OF nearly all the churches in Licking
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TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.


LOST. Friday afternoon, March ~. oil
fashioned cameo breast pin, wi
SMALL crack across corner. Rev
if returned TO Dickinson'S Hotel,
East Broad street. 2
THE party who found mink ucckr
on Third and Broad return 10 L
North Seventh. Liberal reward
nhOnc MahisOn 2Nli-I.
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D.ncon, Elect Omcern.

~ tho regular meeting OF the Doarn
of dcacons OF tho Second Presbyterian
Church tho following officers were
elected for tho ensuing year: president.
T.. r Thwcatt: ce-prcsident. j. w.
Thomas; secretary, Frank a. owen
current expense treasurer. c. T.. Ride
nour; assistant, Franklin w. Smith;
benevolent treasurer, John r. Crowder :.
assistant, ]. V. Norton.
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nTs"--I
- hSs

HrAH-Dicd, March 10. 1915, at 1l:4a
J.. Nj. at his late residence. Z South
Zinc street. EDGAR ALONHO BOAZ.
in his sixty first year OF age. His
vito. Florence Ball Boaz. and two sons,
G. Edwin and w. Daniel, survive him.
Funeral notice later.
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Hugh SkIlIlnrs.

Especial to Tho Times Dispatch
BOfDTDN. VA. March l9.-IIuCh
StillinSs died at his home near here
last night after AN illness OF several
weeks with pneumonia. Mr.. Skillings
came here from Pennsylvania about
twelve years ago. and had been engaged
In farming aud In the dairy business
I'm small way. IL" was seventy four
years OF age. Ills remains will he taken
to New York state for intcrmcnt. He
Is survived by wife and several chill
drcn
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Joseph Lewis.
PETERSBURG, VA, March 10
Joseph Lewis. ~ highly respected Citi-
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SAMUEL H. SAYRE, SR..
DIES AT HAMPTON HOME
Was Grand Regent of Royal Arcnnuni
aud Prominent In Odd Fellows aud
W. q. ". Circles.

Special to The Times Dispatch.l
HAMPTON. VA, March 19-Samuel
III. Sayre. ST.. the grand regent of the
Evening star., 1915-12-19
Barry-Van Zandt Wedding.

Mr.. and Mrs. David s. Barry. Miss
Barry and Mr.. and Mrs. Sevellon
Brown. who were in New York Thurs
day to attend the marriage of Lieut..
James Richard Barry. U. S. N. ana
Miss Ada Van Zandt, niece Of Mr.. ana
Mrs. James Barnard Harris and OF Mrs.
B. G. Allen, returned here Friday.
The wedding took place at Grace
Church. Chapel. Rev. DIR. Slattery oI-
f1cfated. with only the members OF the
two families and few intimate friends
present.
suit Of dark blue cloth, with small
hat to match, and blue fox furs.
Mr.. Sevellon Brown. brother-in-la"
of the bridegroom. acted as best man.
Lieut.. Barry has been ordered to duty
in the Asiatic feet, and will sail with
his bride from San Francisco for Ma
nila January 6.
Evening star., 1915-12-19
Bridge and Tea Dance.

Mrs. Redfield, Miss Boardman, Mrs. H.
L. Myers. Mrs. Hugh L. Scott. Mrs. F.
B. NJ. Young. Mrs. Joseph Thropp, Mrs.
William D. Hoover, Mrs. Crozier. Miss
Mary Adams, Mrs. John Glennon, Mrs.
George Barnett, Mrs. Carroll Devol'
Mrs. Breckenridge Bayne, Mrs. A. S.
Worthington. Mrs John Hewson and Mrs
Wharton E. Lester are patronesses OF the
card party and tea dance to be given at
Rauscher's tomorrow by the st. Thomas
branch of the Red Cross. Cards from
2:30 to 4:30 and dancing from to Z.
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Celebrate Sixtieth Wedding
Anniversary.

Last Monday evening relatives of
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Rathbone of
Hyattsville, Md. met to congratulate
them upon the sixtieth anniversary of
their marriage. which took place In
Manchester. England.
Among those present were: Miss
Edith Rathbone of HyattsvilIe, Mr.. and
Mrs A, ]. Stabler, Messrs. Louis,
Ralph and Miss May Stabler of Seat
Pleasant, Md; Mrs. John c. Rathbone
and son, Walter c. Rathbone; Mrs.
James l.. Parsons. Misses NJ Edith.
Florence, Susan II. and Mr.. David A.
Parsons, Mr.. L. S. Adams and Mr.
Henry W. Zeh of Washington, D. G.
The evening was pleasantly spent in
vocal and instrumental music by the
grandchildren OF the honored couple.
Evening star., 1915-12-19
New Year Eve Dance at Silver
Spring.

The Ladies' Cooperative Improve.
ment Society of Silver Spring. Nd,
will give New Year eve dance at
the armory. The proceeds will be used
toward maintaining electric street
lights In the town.
The patronesses are: Mrs. Gist Blair.
Mrs. Helen Thompson. Mrs. B. F.. Har-
vey and Mrs William Newman.
Evening star., 1915-12-19
Here for the Holidays.

Miss Alice K. Leftwich OF Nashville,
Tenn, is the holiday guest of her sis
ter, Mrs John w. Rawlings. at the
Chesterfield.
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50clQ}6
GOSSIP OF SOCIETY.

Representative Cannon and Miss can
non are leaving this coming week for
their home in Illinois to spend the
Christmas holidays. On their return
they will be joined by Mrs. LIE Seure,
another daughter of the former Speak
err. and Miss LIE Seure. Other members
of the family will visit them off and
on, and for that reason. Miss Cannon
is reconciled to having SO large
house, which is a bigger mansion than
she would have chosen could she have
found one smaller, and at the same
time so fitted to the needs of her
family.
The new Cannon home, the residence
of Mrs. John E. Reyburn, is a verita BILE
mansion, with spacious entrance hall,
with a colonial staircase OF generous
proportions, but a ceiling low enough
to take away any barren look. The rich
red carpeting of the hall also suggests
a warmth of welcome to the coming
guest.
The drawing room extends all across
the front of the house, and is hung as
to draperies in
Hangings of Blue a ViSid shaae ol
blue, with soft
in Drawing Room. and springy
divans and chairs o sink into and
from which to admire the simplicity OF
the room. Colonial marquetry furniture
dominates here in regard to tables,
ca binets and a desk advantageously
placed in window recess.
Two very attractive oil portraits
adorn one end of the room, simply
framed in oval garlanded bands, each
picture filling space either side of the
fireplace. One is of the former. MISS
Eleanore Reyburn, whose wedding took
place last summer, and the other is
of the wife of the son of the Reyburn
family, Mrs. Billie" Reyburn.
A reception room next the drawing
room leads to the dining room, and the
big square mahogany dining table in
the center of the spacious room gives
hospitality it suggests was the decid--
ing factor perhaps in the selection OF
the house by Miss Cannon, whose
reputation for hospitality is only
equaled by the charm of her genuinely
sympathetic womanliness. i
No capital hostess has been more
sought after than Miss Cannon and none
has retained with more dignity the charm
that makes her typical of the American
gentlewoman. Once, when some one put
to Representative Cannon the question,
well, Mr.. Speaker. how does it feel to
be a great man. he replied, 81 don't
know. Ask Helen" The present Cannon
home has a small but attractive garden
with terrace reached by few stone
steps, flanked by urns of the same sort
of stone. In the summer, one can imagine
1t will offer a breathing space and van
tage point for cup of tea, when an extra
session, perhaps, drags along.
One of the most ENJOYABLE and indeed
Evening star., 1915-12-19
Brilliant Function
Given by Mrs. Meyers

ulsen NY NIS. meyers. ing when Mr.
and Mrs. George Hewitt Meyers enter
tanned in their charming new home on s
street The whole drawing room floor
was given up to the reception Of the
guests and the dancing which followed the
dinner while the dinner itself was served
in what the family call 'the rug ROOM"
for in it are hung wonderful specimens
of the looms of the orient, collected by
the host for many Yeas and representing
one OF the finest collections of rugs in
this country if not in Europe.
Old prints add also a fascinating touch
to this room. which for the occasion
was abloom with pink snapdragons light
ed by pink-capped candles, each Of the
small tables being so decorated. There
were forty guests and after the dinner
some fifty more came in for the dance
and cotillon. stringed orchestra play
ing throughout the evening.
Commander and Mrs Archibald Davis
have taken an apartment for the winter
at the Grafton Hotel They arrived a
few days before Master Randall Hagner
jr., put in his appearance at the home
of Mr. and Mrs Randall Hagner last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fortescue are spending
the winter at Twin Oaks, the country
home of Mr.. and Mrs Charles ]. Bell
Woodley road. Mrs. Fortescue gave
luncheon there Thursday.
NJ Gregory Wilenkin. who is in this
country on special mission for the Rus
sian government, is
n. Wilenkin spending few
Here for Russia. ton with Nine
wilenkin. having come down from his
headquarters in New York. He and Nine
wilenkin will be guests Of the Russian
ambassador and Nine. Bakhmeten at the
opera
Senator and Mrs James Wadsworth
have invitations out for two dinners
which VIII be given in compliment to the
delegates OF tne pan-Amerlcan congress
They will be given on the 2sth and 18th.
Mrs. Julien James has cards out for
large reception on the afternoon of
January 81.
New Year eve the Peruvian minister
and Nine. Pezet will give a large after
noon reception at the Pan-American
Union to introduce to Washington so
ciety their niece. Mile Granda v Pezet
Mrs Boutell are going to Chicago for
the Christmas holidays. They will re-
main until some time in January, and
will visit their son and his wife, Mr. and
Mrs. Roger Boutell. On their return here
they expect a visit from their daughter,
Mrs. Brooks Ladd. whose home is now in
Chicago.
Evening star., 1915-12-19

One of the most enjoyable and indeed
one of the most brilliant dinner dances
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len. ORYAN TO TEST RAPID MOBILIZATION OF N. Y. GUAR

!, would be at a decided disadvantage as
against another so equipped.
This is not the end of the motor
vehicle arm. Next Saturday the de-
Tending force will be still stronger he
Of a number of armored cars
carrying machine guns. and here,
again, the public is to nave made clear
to II another Of the essons taught by
the world war. The armored car in
Europe has introduced a new tactical
unit, because Its mobility, speed. and
measurable immunity against the fire
of small arms have made it a terrur to
infantry and cavalry patrols.
So long as the way Is open and the
road at all passable the armored car
with its one or more machine guns is
n serious force to be reckoned with.
Where horses would slip and slide or
light field pieces find 1t difficult II not
impossible to travel the armorcd car
with its wicked weapons has rushed
forward time and again at n critical
period.
The mobilization IL to call into ser
vice the very newest Of scouting arms
the aeroplare. The advance of the
attacking Blues Is to be aided by at
least one flying machine carrying n
military observer. ard the most init
mate knowledge OF the enemy's force
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cover his strength. With this deter
mined approximately. then the field
artillery fl m masked points of van
taGe, or firing from the cover Of the far
sti"s Of the hills. will open up upon
the supposedly entrenChed Reds
~smothcring them theoretically with a
tempest OF shrapnel or explosive shell.
Then, when the foes earthworks have
been blasted or battered fiat and has
men demorali2ed ar declmated, the re-
serve bodies of the Blue infantry by
successive PUSHES VII pour down
upon their stricken rivals, turning
the deserted trenches by quick work
into hulwarks behind which they can
halt while checking the hastily sum
moned reenforcenrns OF the foe,
At present. the National Guard OF
this State has not a motorcycle arm, but
Capt. L-rilard Spencer Of the Coast
Artillery is now busy organizing n
voluntary squadron Of m~otorcycl!sts
for temporary service with the troops
10 be modified next Saturday. 1t is
hoped that this body will form the
nucleus OF a very large organization,
n part of 1t permanently attached TO
the state militia and a still larger
number OF motorcyClists representing
n reserve thai can he ca',ed quickly
into service. MutorCyCfstS have def
nitely established their military value
and any army lacking them to-day
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far as possible It Is intended to feed
the soldiers either from camp Kitchens
or with the facilities that would Toe
employed while on the march, and
here is whore the comm!ssary train
VIII come into play and show its readi-
ness FOR the rca work cut M for il.
About ! O'Clock the assent Y" will
he sounded and the men will make
Ready Tor The chief performance OF the
afternoons display. A small portion
of the troops Wi, be detailed TO oon-
stitute an imaginary fe and the pur-
pose Of these Will be To hold the ground
and the approaches TO the east and
part 81 the 10000 troops will march up
Broadway and turn into Van Cort-
.andt Park to the n~orthward beyond
the intervening ridge at some point
where the several arms OF the service
Ear be formed a~grecably to the meth
DDS Of a force advancing into an
enemy's country.
First the cavalry screen Of the Blues
Will push its way southwark through
the woods and onto the crests of the
hills to tho north, seeking touch with
the enemy. Working with the cavalry.
bat just Ia tho ear viii follow the sig
nal corps with It's field wireless. The
machine gun detachment vii accom-
pany the advance guard and viii draw
the fire Of the foe and endcavor to dis
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and the distribution of his troops VIII
thus be obtained from aloft. At the
same time the scouting flying machine
must stay high enough In the air to
escape destruction, or, II flying low
enough to be reached, It will be counted
out If the Reds can maintain a certain
volume of fire upon 1t for a prescribed
number of minutes. This is a matter
for the umpires to settle.
ono of the morning features will
probably be the throwing Of a pontool
bridge across the lake east OF Van
Cortiondt mansion. The objection at
first raised to- this vas that the banks
would be lady broken and damage
caused which would take some time {
repair. This difficulty will be over
come by employing for the time being
banked approaches which will protect
the ground and yet make It possible
for the bridge to he built and tho
mob.lizcd forces to march over by way
of demonstration.
This bridge will remain for the after
noon exercises and for the sake OF
realism viii constitute a line OF retreat
for the hceirg Reds. At the same time
the departing enemy will see to II that
the bridge is at least so far dlsmantled
that theoretically 1t will prevent the
further advance of the outmumbering
Blues.
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copyHEht BY Ame1An frees AsoGtOn
National Guard artillery in action. Timber returning to pick up gun.
Above-Field battery in battle exercise.

prepared TO scale obstacles OF this sort
and the speed with which this can
be done by well trained men. The
payonet has figured consplCuously on
battlefie.ds Of Europe OF late. and ore
or the acts vii! include hayonct drill
which covers the methods Of attack
and defence The flashing heliograph.
the W!gwag, wireless and field te.e-
phone will be demonstrated. The in
fantry, the artillery and the cavalry
VIII each have its turn, and the men
VIII be put through the regulation
calisthenics besides. so that the man
In the street may learn how the
physique OF the soldier is DEVELOPED.
Possibly nothing viii appeal more To-
the popular mind, how yer. than the
work cut out for the pioneers and the
particular task of the demolition squad
For this act the engineers Will build
a trestle or military bridge, and make
II slrong enough to bear the load OF
marching troops and field guns. Then.
with this force safely across, as il
were, the demolition squad will play
its part In effectually DESTROYING the
bridge for the purpose of hampering
the pursuing enemy. These are only
some OF the things that the militia
Will do Saturday forenoon. There will
be plenty of hair raising performances.
Promptly at Il o'clock the forenoon
exhibitions will be brought to a close
and h men will go to dinner. As
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the laboratory examining 5000 sam
pies during the year.
In spite, however, OF great care
water collected on the surface Of the
ground may become contaminated and
dangerous to health. The department
therefore sterilizes all water obtained
from surface supply by treatment
with chlorine, which destroys the BAG
terra. Microscopic growths which In
evitably develop in waters stored In
reservoirs exposed to the light are
likely to cause unpleasant tastes and
odors. They are particularly notice
able In hot water. but they are not
in any sense harmful to health. and
the water containing them can be
consumed safely. They are reduced
as much as possible by treatment.
New York had last year a typhoid
death ate of only SO per one hun
dred thousand Inhabitants, which ia
the lowest for the ten largest Ameri-
can cities, But even this low rate is
steadily decreasing. The water sup
piled by the city Is shown by analysis
to be better now than It has been
W. "a 1N"AN' "i' ~ AZ . W
drink than most bottled waters.
The total length Of city owned water
mains within Greater New York Is
about 2,S45 miles. exclusive OF high
pressure fire service mains, There are
about $4,000 connections, known as
services, through which, the water may
he drawn from them for domestic or
business They are of cast
iron (the early water mains OF New
York were OF woody and some OF them
were laid as many az seventy-flve
years ago.
As the city is growing rapidly the
duty devolves upon the department Of
making numerous extensions Of water
mains. Thus. during 1914, 10 miles
Of new mains were laid, II Of them In
Manhattan and The Bronx, 23 In
Brooklyn, - In Queens and Is In
Richmond. Through the growth Of
the city many miles Of old mains have
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At n very great cost, estimated at
over sl47, 900, 900, the city a recently
been engaged in developing and bring
ing to New York an additional water
supply from the Esopus watershed in
the Catskill Mountains. 1t is esti-
mated that It will be available by the
end Of 1915 and that it will yield APP
proximately ESQ million gallons a day.
Thereafter three a~queducts will be en-
gagged in bringing the water to Man
haitian Island. But the new aque-
duct, unlike the two Croton aqueducts,
will continue on beneath tho East
River to Brooklyn. Catsklll water Will
be sent on thence to Queens through
a As inch main, and to Staten Island
by means of a SO inch cast iron pipe
passing under the Narrows.
Vast changes will result in the meth
DDS and machinery for supplying water
TO many portions OF New York city,
which changes were, during 1914, a
subject of serious study by the Water
Department. The precise In
which the new supply will be utilized
in connection with tho existing dis
tribut!on system has not yet been de-
termincd,
1t Is the duty Of the department
not only to furnish an adequate sup
ply Of water. but to maintain Its
quality. OF this important branch Of
its work the public hears little or
nothing, and Yet 1t Is prosecuted with
great are and vigor, Fifty or more
men are continuously ~patrolling tho
reservoirs, streams and ponds to To-
ate and abate possible sources Of
contamination.
Sanitary inspectors make daily in
@ lons OF conditions affecting tho
quality Of tho water. At two labo-
ratories. ono In the Croton watershed
and the other In Brooklyn, daily
meteorological examinations r made
II samples of water taken at nine diff
ferent points. Additional samples
from sources ~ supply which do not
require daily investigation result In
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Van Cortlandt Park offers an excel

van SoI tldIltt Il VI olItTs Ill sNCtl-
lent terrain for such an exhibition.
The troops will comprise every arm
Of the service, infantry, cavalry. field
artillery and engineers. but the sea-
coast artillery will serve for the nonce
as infantry. The orders for modifying
require that the various arms shall
10 at Van Cortlandt Park by Q A. NJ.
Tho cavalry and the field artillery will
start the night before and make their
way TO the rendezvous under W
d darkness The regiments OF infan-
ty will travel by the subway. There
will be one exception, however. and
The purpose of this In to emphasize
one OF the lessons of the world war.
As L!eu,.-Col. Edward Olmstead of
Gen. Organs staff has said:
AL of us recall the stories that
reached us about a year ago describ-
ing the name in which London and
Paris motor buses suddenly disap-
rared from the streets of the Eng
Nh and the French capital and the
way In which these vehicles were
pressed into military service for the
speedy transportation OF soldiers over
ne French and Belgian roads The
sxigencies of actual conflict called for
unworted fexibility. and by com-
Wandering all sorts of motor wagons
\ was possible to rush the defenders
10 the shifting battle front.
Now We are going to mako a
Kindred experiment here in the case
d the Seventh Regiment. The friends
q the officers and enlisted personnel