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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-02
PLANS RECEIVED FOR
State OFFICE BUILDING
Many Architects Submit Sealed Pro-
posals Both for Annex and
Separate Structure.
DEPARTMENTS MUCH CRowpEp
Large Sums being Paid Out by State
For Reht-library ana Supreme
Court Documents May BE Lost by
Fire If Not Protected.

throughout yesterday Alexander
Forward, secretary TO Governor S,u,r,
received plans and specifications for
the proposed new State Office hliiJd
ing. which may be erected as an ad
dition to the Library or which NAV bc
a new building within the stat. can
itol grounds.
Yesterday was the last day thai,
these plans could he received and as
tile commission has not as sc, opened
'h"n. Their" is no way OF telling what
the architects have in mind or What
plan may he chosen by the commission.
appointed by the last General Assem-
bly,.
Accompanying each plan is an en-
N"lope with the name Of the arChitec,
who has drawn the plans. There wns
u" limit 10 the number who might com
pete, though until the plans are ac-
cepted no one will know who is the ar
"h!:eci who has 1ra wn The plan best
suited To the ideas of the commission.
MIR Forward received the plans. and
after taking out the scaled envelope.
CAV" each u number. marking the same
number on the envelope and upon the
plans accompanying il. Ia this way.
after the plan has been accepted. II viii
hc possible 10 find out who is the ar
f.lit.pt
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-02

Maggie Harris, colorcd. was arrest
tod Yesterday by Policeman Bass on
charge of being disorderiy and Hr-
ing q pistol in the streets.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-02

ried, would mako these great men lIy-
ing personalities TO them.
Mr.. l"rrcnce extended n cordial invi-
tatlon 10 the Art Club to hold ono OF
us lectures in the museum.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-02
Returns to Cincinnati.

pr w. II. o. McGchee. who was With
his father. j q. McGehue. during a sue
ccsstui operation performed Mt Stuart
circle hospital. has returned 20 Gin
,in,.tI
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-02
AMERICAN BANK SEES
INCREASED BUSINESS
Trade Letter Says Conditions Fore
cast Last Month Have Been
Materially Bcttered.
MAXIMUM VOLUME OF BUSINESS
Cannot Long Maintain Such Speed OF
Production, With Factories on Day
and Night Three-Shift Basis-Many
Lines Reach Capacity.

We are glad to be able to report
that conditions which looked so hope
ful ut tho time our trade report waa
issued n month ago. have not only been
maintained. but materially bettcrcd.'
SAYS the general letter on trade con-
ditions and business forecast for tho
month OF February. issued Yesterday
by the American National Bank.
while some important lines may at
tain much higher points of activity
before they recedc. the aggregate Of
al! business rannot Increase greatly.
The majority of the heavy lines Of
manufacturing and OF trade are operat-
ing AZ capacity. and some OF them un-
der such strain of ovcrproductiOn
as cannot be long maintained
1T is much safer not to expect any
heavy increases over present totals in
either foreign or domestic trade. and
u is reasonable TO expect within the
next few months some decline from the
present volume Of transactions. Fac
tories cannot be run on a three shift
basis or on any night and day ba Sis
indefinitely, and once we are through
tho excitement OF the present boom in
trade. We will naturally settle down
TO - more stable and permanent basis
Of OpcrationS''
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-02
AUCTION SALES.--FUTURE Days
BY j. \. CONNOLLY e. co.
Real Estate Auctionccrs.


BY j. \. CONNOLLY e. CO,
Real Estate .\uctionccrs.
TRUSTEES AUCTION SALE
OF
THAT DESIRABLE PROPERTY At
THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF
INV ENTY FOURTH AND X
STREETS, No. 1924 NORTH TWEEN
TY-FOCRTH STREET
In execution Of a certain deed OF
trust, dated January IT, 1914. and re-
corded In the clerks office of the Rich-
mond chancery Court Richmond. Va.
In Deed Book 225-B. page 300, default
having been made i'm the payment OF
the debt therein secured. and being
requested by the motcholdcr so to do
We viii sell by public auction. on the
premises, on
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY e. 1915.
AT $3.50 II. NJ.
the above mentioned property, front
ing, IS feet on Twenty-fourth street
and running back between parallel
lines l25 feet 10 an alley in tho rear
II feet wide
sale, any taxes and insurance pre-
niums that may DO due. 81 notes for
$40 each, with interest from January
~, IVA, the residue, the assumption Of
. notes OF $40 each. due February 10,
March It, April i6. May IL, and Juns
10. 1916. and one note FOR 5000 due
January l6, 1917, and interest on samo
from April IL, 1914. All interest. taxes
Hnd Insurance to he pro rata as OF dato
or sale.
This sale ~ Being postponed from
TUESDAY on account OF the bad
weather.
J. y. CONNOLLY.
Trustee.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-02
MRS. SHONTS DAUGHTER
OF GONERNOR OLE IOWA

MI Shonts married Miss Harriet
Amelia Drake. daughter OF Governor
Drake, Of Iowa, in 1882. He is noted
as railroad man and transit expert
Much credit has been given him for
the creative work on the Panama Ca
nal He came into national proin-
ncHce in 1905. when President Roose-
Welt selected him rs chairman Of the
lsthmian Canal Commission.
Miss Theodore Shouts. eldest daugh-
ter OF the traction maGnate. became the
Duchess d" Chaulues or March II, 1905.
Il was then announced that Mrs.
Sh"nts enjoyed an annual income Of
$4,000 from her fathers estate, and
that she had bestowed half Of this upon
her daughter on April IS. zoos, A
month after the wedding, the Due de
Chaulnes died in the arms of his bride
at their Paris home. Mrs. Shonts re-
NAMED abroad with the duchess until
the birth of her son, the present Duo
de Chaulnes, November I6, 1905.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-02
VARIOUS IDEAS FOR
STATE OFFICE BUILDING

STATE OffltE III IisDlNs
Just what ideas the various arch!-
tccts have cannot be imagined. IT Is
understood that two plans are being
Office will be an extension Of the IL
hrary: the other is that there will be n
separate building TO house the various
Offices connected with the state. and
"ho are at present occupying foreign
quarters
It ls generally agreed that tho first
floor of the new Office building must
be hreproof. This fact leads many
TO the belief tina; the Library will he
built onto and that the addition will
be freproof. so that the various records
and other valuable publications will
b" housed I'm The new structure.
u is known tina, several siteS have
been offered for separate building
One tract OF land opposite the Ci,N
Hall has been offered another on
Franklin street. and several others all
contiguous to the Capitol grounds can
he had by the State in case ii is de :
cided to erect new building.
MANY OFFICERS ARE
NOW IN RENTED QUARTERS
~ prcsen; there arc number OF
state offices not In the Capitol. nor,
indeed. within the Capitol grounds. II
is contemplated In the ideas for which
the plans were drawn. tina, all state
officers Will he housed either in the
Capitol. the Library or in tho new
building. thus saving large amount
the State is nov paying in rent
Yesterday was tho las; day for the
receipt Of the plans. and il is likely
that the committee. appointed by the
last General Assembly. will meet and
select the plans within the next few
days. Even after the acceptance of the
plans. il Will he necessary for an APP
propriation: but inasmuch the
General Assembly has appointed COM
mission and asked for tho plans. Il il
regarded as probable that an appropria :
ton will he forthcoming 20 take care
of the entire official family within
State-owncd buildings.
Offices and departments of tho State
government now in rented quarters in
clude the State Board Of Education
and Department Of Public Instruction.
tho Adjutant General and all offices or
the State Militia. the state Board OF
Health aud It's laboratories. the state
Bank Examiner, the chemical IA bora
tory Of the Department OF Agriculture.
and the state Seed Laboratory
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-02
DECEMBER BANK
CLEARINGS SHOW GAINS

Bank clearines for December. the
latter states, again showed largo
gains, aEgreEatinE over $4,000. 900. 900
compared with nearly $4,000. 900. 900
Tor the same month OF last year, an
increase OF 81 per cent. New York
city alone reported gain OF 50 per
cent in clcarinEs. and for the entire
country outside Of New York tho in
crease was 30 per cent. Business fail
ures during December numbered 1.6Il
compared with zoos in December. 1914
ana liabilities totaled only little
mora than s23,0O0.oo0 against nearly
sS".oo6.ooo the previous year How
ever the assets of the failed concerns
We're less than the previous year. and
the net liabilities were practically the
same for the two months.
Gross earnings of railroads continue
large. and as the railroads are stin
pursuing til" policy of economy made
necessary by the lean months In the
early part Of the year. are anOrdng
gratifying increases In net earnings
as we'll. Commodity prices have con
tinued their upward climb. and on
January !. according to Rradstrccts g.
reached new high level During DC.
cemhcr II commodities advanced, 81
remained stationary and /? declined
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-02
FRIENDS hRE SURPRISED
OVER LEGAL tt.vInS

Hociet% friends have known for
man months that the prcsiden, OF tb,.
ih'ei thorough Rapid Transit Con,pau,.
an" ms wife have maintained separate
Establishments. That q legal .cp,rs
tioh was being arranged came. how
ever as surprise. Papers have been
p"sHeh back and forth between tho
principals for several weeks. 7, is
reliably said that the financial settle.
nent - still in CONTROVERSY Discus.
sions Of this important detail NAV
continue for two or three weeks
MIS- Shonts and daughters nave de-
laEeh their annual trip to Aiken, s.
g, and 10 her country place at Daphne
Ala. near Mobile. because OF these ne
gotiations
Efforts were made to reach Mrs
Shonts today. The statement was
made by her counsel that she was i'll
Judge olcott said:
cannot deny that am attorney
for Mrs Shonts, but DEM that YOU
can fad. by minutes. search am.
papers on flc decline 20 reply 70
your question as to the service OF any
paperS I shall no, in any way discuss
the affairs Of Mrs. Shonts"
Announcement was made in Paris on
July ]. 1911. that Mrs. Shonts had be-
gun suit for separation According
10 (. 6. Archibald An American Inw
yer in Paris. he had been retained by.
Mrs. Shonts. ana had caused papcrs
To be served on Mr.. Shonts He said ::
Mrs. Shonts is reluctant TO have
the public know Of her differences
with her husband bu, conditions are
such that she has felt compclled 10
apDeal 20 the courts for -aIio<"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-02
Terms BEING ARRANGED
FOR LEGAL SEPARATION
MIR. and Mrs. Theodore T.. Shonts
Long Have Conducted Sepa-
ratio Establishments.
MOVE SURPRISE TO FRIENDS
Financial Settlement Remains to BE
Determined Before Action Is Taken
in Courts-They Are Parents OF
Duchess de Chauines.
Especial to The Times-Dispatch. ]

70 ''e I'IIFs : I'NU'0NN.
NEW YORK, February 1.--Terms are
BENG arranged for legal separation
between Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore p.
Shonts.
ewing 10 the fac, that the noted
lawyer Delaney Nicoll. personal coun.
SCI Tor Mr. Shonts. has been called
abroad former judge William NJ. X.
p'cou. representing Mrs. Shonts. has
-" uhahl" TO conclude negotiations
wnich must bc terminated before the
ming Of papers
Mr. Shonts makes mis- home in ,,,r,
inents which he has held for Years =,
IN" ilaZa Mrs. Shonts with her
haufh'crs the Duchess de ChnuInos
ana Miss Marguerite Shonts, with tho
infant DUO de Chaulnes. occupy apart
'hchts In the Clarendon Hotel
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-02

Richmond. January al.
Connecticut western news., 1916-01-20
Inc Grand Teton.

The view of the Teton peaks from Ashton, Ida, is superb and doubtless has been the induccment for many. |; tourist and sportsman to leave t'lr main line for the Teton range and tic Jackson Hole country in pursuit ot elk, sheep, trout and unsurpassed noun. tain scenery. Owen Wistcr'S Virgin ian" was glad to get out of these noun tains because, as he explained. "they'rc most too big
 The average American. who has only a vague conception of the natural beau ties of the Rocky mountains and imaS ines that real alpine forms are fouIl only i'll Switzerland. must be surprised when he first sees the lofty peaks e the TetOnS. Even man who has climbed the Mattcrhorn would thn'; twice before daring to try Grand Teton. According to local report, tnis peak has been ascendcd only twice. in 1872 and 1894. As the snowclad mountains along the Alaskan archipelago. risi:. to cloud reaching heights, stand with their feet bathcd in the ocean, so from viewpoint near Ashton the Tctons. towering to the sky, rise from the bi. lowy surface of sea of golden grai.l. Geological Survey Bulletin.
Connecticut western news., 1916-01-20
Ho,v,rd and I2riaon Fever.

Typhus, which under the name oi prison fever" was once rampant in England, held Ho tcr"o"s for John Howard. the prison reformer While ill coil he would hold to his noSc :t vial of aromatic vinegar and on goin% hone would wash and change hi; clothes, though even these precautions he later abandoned. People though his powers bordered on the magical pressed him for his secret and refuscJ to believe his explanations that his immunity was C;:c to feIrlcSSnc>s cleanliness and temperance. He ate no flesh and very little of anything; h. drank neither wine nor spirits an,, went to bed early and rose carly. An his asccticism enabled him to let li"li' into the most noisomc dungeons and l.. live to the age of ixty-four.-LonGo. Graphic
Connecticut western news., 1916-01-20
AID THE KIDNEYS
Do Not Endanger Life When Canaan Citizen Shows You the Way
 fo Avoid If.

Why will people continue to suffer the agonies of kidtny complaint, back aches, urinary disorders, lameness, headaches, lanuor, why allow them selves to become chronic invalids, when a tested remedy is offered them ?
 Doan's Kidney Pills have been used in kidney trouble over 50 years, have been tested i'll thousands of cases.
 If yOu have "uv. even one, of the symptoms of kidney diseases, act now. Dropsy or Bright's disease may set in and make neglect dangerous. Read this Canaan testimony:
 Mrs. E. Hawver, Barlow St., Ga naan says: II know that D0an $ KiG- ney Pills live up to the claims made for them and I;iOn't hestitate to IL com mend them. For some time my kld- neys were weak anl l suffered from 5ackache. Doan's Kidney Pills, nFo- cured at R. T. Farnum &5 Go. $ Drug Store, gave mr gfeac rel eff" "
 Price 50c, al a!i dealers. Don't sim ply ask for kidney remedy-pet noun's Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs. Hawver had. Foster Milburn Co.,. Props. Buffalo, N. |.
Connecticut western news., 1916-01-20
PRESIDENT RESlSTS
 MEXICAN WAR TALK
Carranza to BG Givan Chance
 to Punish Bandits.

Although congress was reused by lhe killing of eighteen Americans by Mexican bandits near Chihuahua and numerous intervention resolutions have been offered in the senate and h0usr. President Wilson and cabinet are up parently determined to stand bat on :he "watchful waiting" policy.
 Assurances received from Carranz1 that the murderers will he huntel town and punished and future out ages be prevented have done mHvh. t is believed. to influence the admin stration against nasty action.
 Secretary Lansing issued n state. ment. in which he said the state dr oartment feels that it took every pos sihle precautlon to prevent Americnn@ from exposing their lives in a rcgioD where guerrilla warfare k In prog reSs" and that ''it k to he acnlory1 That its advice was not followed.
 Every step will he taken to sec thar the perpetrators of this dnslar'lly crim,. are apprchendcd and punished" h. said.
 He forwarded letter to General Carrnnan demanding that the bandit he punished.
 Secretary Lansing added that tiir ! Unit"d StHtes would look to Grnrr"l Carranza for satisfaction" The pues' 1 tion or what steps the United Stotp3 l will take deluuds upon development oi 1 the facts.
 At the White House and ut the statr 1 department there Is uncOncealcd anA. i iety over the situation and cun,pI1I that the latest outbreak in Mexico might be made the vehicle for further attacks hy the opposition in congress upon the administrations foreign pol. icy and its recognition or General Car ranZn.
 State department officials say that 1 Americans had been warned since tb,s | United States decided to recognize
 General Caranza to leave the staies of Sonora and Chihuahua. which wett~ 1 then regarded as Villa strongholls. 1 They saiG that fin spite of the oiliciag
 warning more than GOO Americans still
 remain in the district. including 2n1 Mormons at Casas Grandes. administration senators were shock ! ed over the killing of Americans. hUt
 are inclined to discourage nasty utter ances or action. Chairman Stone uf
 the foreign relations committee saIi
 he thought senators should wait uniil
 official reports had been received.
 Ut appears that the slaughter of
 American citizens was the deed of
 bandits" said Senator Stone. "Sucl | outlawry might occur in any country.
 What can he done I do not know.
 think that members of congress should
 get all the facts available regarding
 this crime before discussing It."
Connecticut western news., 1916-01-20
Be Prepared.

Daniel Webster once told d frieLd that his great speech in reply to Hayne, which is the high water mark of modern eloquence, but which at the time was supposed to have been dcliv- cred without preparation, had been substantially prepared long before When called upon suddenly to reply to the fiery Carolinian's attacks. which So alarmed the New Englanders at tio capitGI he was entirely at ease an,l r>a5y for the fray. for. as he said. E. had ''only to turn to his notes tuckc,I away ill a pigeonhole" and refresii his recollection. If Haync," he sai'i had tried to make a speech to fit ny notes he could not have h.t them be- ter. No man is inspired by the occd. siOn. I never was.'
Connecticut western news., 1916-01-20
Deal In TrouserS.

The village innkeepcr had been per. suaded to lend customer a pair o! black trousers for funeral solemnitics. The sad occasion was long gone, weeks had passed away, and still Mir. J. look ed in vain for the return of his gar ments. They became urgently necrs- sary, and he sent a messenger to dc, mand them back again.
 Said the messenger to the wrongful! detainer of the goods: MT. J. must have 'em. He's going to q funeral"
 "They won't do for n funCral.' was the reply. I've been workin' at the quarry in 'em.''
 What will MT. J. do. then?' asked the messenger.
 "Why, borrow a pair," replied the other, same as what I did."-London Bits.
Connecticut western news., 1916-01-20
Laruest Hydraulic Lift Lock.

The largest hydraulic lift lock i'll the world is at Petersborough, Canada. Ii consists of two great steel boxes or pontoOns, moving up and down be tween guiding towers. When q boat moves into one of the two pontoons the lock gates are closed behind it, and water is pumped into the other pOn- toon until it becomes heavier than that containing tLe boat, which then, being overweighted, rises bodily into the air until it reaches tine level of the uppcG canal. The boats are lifted a total dis tance of siXty-five feet, the gates and capstans being operated entirely By hydraulic power. The time of locka%c for boats is about twelve minutes. thr actual time of the vertical lift being one and one-half minutes.-St. Nicho- las.
Connecticut western news., 1916-01-20
HUERTA DEAD; WAS
 CONSCIOUS 10 LASI
Moi Aware of the Killing Gi
 Seventeen Americans.

General Eictoriano Huerta k dead at Fl paso. The. former provisional pres ident of Mexico passed away in the presence of his wife and children.
 The generals death was caused by intestinal troubles. The condition Oi his health became alarming several weeks ago, when he was held as Il United States prisoner on an mdict mcnt charging him with violating tEe United States neutrality laws
 Owing to the failing health of the general he was permitted to go to F.. Paso. where his family was estab lished
 Shortly before death Father Carlos NJ. Mayer administered the last rites of the Catholic church.
 Mayor r. H. McAndrews. military surgeon at Fort Bliss. who was asked to visit General Huerta on behalf of the United States government. called on the general with three local doctors,
 Huerta was so weak he was not told of the latest indictment the United States grand jury returned against him at San Antonio. charging conspiracy to violate neutrality laws. Neither was General Huerta told of the killing of seventeen Americans west of Chi. huahua.
 Huerta was conscious throughout hi" final hours. but admitted that "I am q very weak man" and did not protest when the priest administered the .as rites,
Connecticut western news., 1916-01-20
VILLA GENERALS EXECUTED.
Rodriguez and Alreida Executed souu
 After Arrest.

Generals Jose Rodriguez and Almc '- da, Villa generals, were executed at Madeira shortly after their arrest. nr. cording to a dispatch received by the Mexican consul at Fl Paso from Gen. eral Jacinto Trevlno today.
 Andreas q. Garcia. Mexican Conau, declared that no armed expeditionnrl' force of Americans would be pcrmi' ted to enter Mexico to run down VillH and his bandits.
 Advices from Torrcon brought dr tails of the occupation of Gomez rn. lacio by Villa forces. These ndvicp- state that on Jan. Villa troops on. tered Laredo and Gomez Palacio. sub. urbs of Torreon. de facto government forces retiring to the latter city.
Connecticut western news., 1916-01-20
ARMENIA QUESTION TAKEN UP
German Foreign Office confers With
 Turkey.

Germany has made rep! esentatiJn> to Turkey regarding alleged Armen.a" atrocities. Dr. von Stumm. director of the political department of the foreign office. made the statement in reply tu query from Dr. Liehknecht. Socialist member of the reichstag. who asked what the government is doing ahnu the Armenian question.
 The German chancellor k awnr2 that the Turkish government. nwir" to the revolutionary agitation torment ed ny enemies. has transported the Armenian population in some parts of the Turkish empire to other districts The German and Turkish governments are eXchanging ideas regarding rerta4l effects of these measures. Further d" tails cannot be communicated at this tiIhe"
Connecticut western news., 1916-01-20
PERSIA'S FATE A MYSTERY,
Austria Unable to Solve How Boat
 Was Sunk.

The Austrian government has n pti fed the state department. it K under stood. that after q full investigation il has been unab!e to determine how the British steamer Persia was sunk
 Austrian Charge ZwicGin2k is sa!1 to have placed this info. maton befors Lansing. No Austrian submarine was operating near the point where the Persia went down.
 This leaves the United States w:.h no means of placing responsibility fol the disaster
Connecticut western news., 1916-01-20
The Liberty Bows.

The name of Liberty Boys is the name by which the Sons of Liberty of th2 American Revolution were famil- iarly known. They were the men who fought the first battles of the cole Eists. who opposed the stamp act and participated in the Boston tea party \ flag hOiStcd upon the flagstaff that stO3d beside Liberty tree, in HanovCr square, Boston, was the signal ai which they assembled.
Connecticut western news., 1916-01-20
PURSUE MEXICAN BANDITS.
Five Hundred Troopo Search For Slay-
 CTS of Seventeen Americans.

General Iacinto H. Trevino. com. mandcr in chief Of the Carrnnzn troops at Chihuahua. Mexico. sent 800 men ii pursuit of the bandits who massacre seventeen American citizens thlrty-iivr miles from Chihuahua. They were or. dcred to show no mercy.
 The troop train left for the scene of the massacre well proviSloned. A spr. ond train is carrying horses. Trcym' has ordered the pursuit continued unit every member of the bandit gang is. captured or shot.