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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-02
APPEAL is DENIED
Supreme Court Suatains Lower Court,.
Ruling In VIII Case From
FarmylIle

Rosa Elizabeth Bianton. administra-
triS OF Mrs. r. a. Peters, of Farmyille.
was denied an appeal by the State
supreme Court yesterday from the or
der or the Circuit Court of Prince Ed
ward County. directing her to turn over
to G. NJ. Thackston and other relatives
or Mrs. Peters certain property an
proprtated by the Administrative under
the will
On August ., 1919. Mrs Peters exc
cn'ed a will containing a Request in
the following language:
To my dear little friend. Rosa
lizabeth Blanton, my candelabra and
my house and lot on Second Street. in
the town OF Farmville. Va, now oc-
cuPied by Macon Bliss, upon considera-
ton however that she Is TO pay aIl
debts l may owe after the disposi-
ton of my household furniture herein
provided for, and ] hereby expressly
charge the said real estate with such
debts"
On July 2. 1914, Mrs. Peters sold the
house and lot to Mr.. Bliss for $4,000.
of which $500 was paid in cash, and
$4,000 in notes occurred by deed of trust.
Six months later she died The will
containing the bequest quoted was pro-
bated and Miss Blanton as admnistra-
triE and legatee took over the deed
Of trust as her own.
Thackston. who was a grandnephew.
and other relatives brought suit in
the Cifauit Court of Prince Edward,
asking the court to hold that the tes-
tatriN III the subsequent sale OF tho
house Snd lot devised the petitioner.
had cohstructively revoked the gift
intendsd for the petitioner, and died
inteState as TO that portion Of her
dstdte represented by this parcel Of
real estate. The court held with the
Thackstan heirs that the beQuest had
been coustructively revoked by the sub
sequent sale and ordered the deed and
notes turned over to them. From this
order Miss Blanton appealed. The SUI
preme Court sustained the lower
courts ruling.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-02
MANY APPEALS ARE MADE
BY SOLDIERS FAMILIES
Women Dependent on Men Now Scrv-
Ing With Militia Seek Their
Discharge From Itunks

According to reports yesterday at
the office OF the Adjutant- C neral and
to the woman's relief committee act.
ing as the Virginia Branch of War
Relief Society. there is need, real and
pressing. In number of families
whose heads arc now in uniform as
militiamen. Within tho limits OF Rich
mond arc women selling their furni-
ture and pawning their rings to sup
port their children till the father re-
turns from following the flag. There
are srocers who refuse further credit
to such bereft families. and landlords
who decline to extend the time for
payment of rents.
Calls for aid and statements of mead
come daily to State military officers
and to the women engaged in tho
relief work. Movements for the re-
lease OF needed men from the army
have not yet succeeded in everv ease
humors that firms who at first prom
Ised 70 continue the salaries OF their
employees called out with the militia
were contemplating cutting off tho
payments have caused alarm, not only
in helpless families. but In the ranks
Of the relief workers as we'll. It ia
pointed out that the need is no lcss
than it would be IL tho soldiers were
engaged in actual conflict with an
enemy. and that the discontinuopcc
of pay from private sources would
throw a heavy burden on the shoulders
OF the women who have been rclicv
ing helpless families
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-02
MYRA MONTGOMERY
DIES OF PARALYSIS
Richmond Has Its First Victim Of
Scourgc That Has Ravaged
New York City.
LITTLE DANGER OF SPREAD
Child Had Been Brought Hero From
Philadelphia, Where 1t Is Believed
She Came in Contact With the
Disease,

The first death from infantile paraly.
sis in Richmond since precaution. were
taken by tho Health Department to
prevent its spread when the outbreak
In New York developed. occurred yes.
terday at moor at the conta gious pa
vilion at the City Home. when Myra
Belle montgomery, the four-year-old
daughter of Mrs. Ira Montgomery.
died. The child had been i'll only one
week. the case having been reported
to the authorities on last "Wednesday.
Chief Health Officer Levy last night
expressed his confidence that the dis
case would not spread. and declared
mat there was no danger whatsoever
as result Of the little girls death.
AS far as this one case is concerned.
Dr. Levy Is certain that all danger Ia
past. However, the mother will re-
main for few days at the City Home.
and the quarantine at the home Of
Mrs. j. S. Soyars, 312 North Thirty
second Street, will be maintained. Mrs.
Montgomery and her daughter. who
came from Philadelphia, had been stop.
ping at Mrs. Soyars's home. The QUAR-.
antinc Will be lifted when there is no
chance of the disease spreading.
The funeral Of the little victim took
place yesterday afternoon. and she war
laid to rest beside her father in Oak.
wood Cemetery. Mr.. MONTGOMERY yan
drowned In the City Dock, but was
buried before his wife and child mr.,
rived here. The child was taken 10
view his grave on the day she became
III with the dreaded malady.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-02

ton. to which no pain attaches. and
which IS seldom followed by any dis
agreeable afterenects other than IA
slight headache. The serum furnishes
immunity against typhoid for nvc
years.
With the reports from other cities
OF an unusual number Of eases. DR..
Levy early in the summer directed
that an extra amount of chlorine be
added to the city's water supply, which
was done some time ago.
There is no reason" said Or. Levy.
Tor any undue alarm or great excite
ment. 1t is true that we now have
moro typhoid cases in the city than
is generally our share. However,, as
there appears to be no one source Of
Infection. there is no reason to ontcr-
tain any belief that We are about to
be visited by an epidemic"
Froehling & Robertson. chemists.
yesterday filed their scmimonthly re-
port on the water supply Of Ginter
Park. After giving the usual analysis,
the following is noted: "The above
report shows your water supply to be
in excellent condition." Samples are
taken by the chemists from the wells.
tanks and from private hydrants.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-02
MININTI'RI: hLNASAC.

north dropped SIS per cent to 1913 OF
a normal
Reviewing cotton conditions for the
month, the Bureau OF Crop Estlmat ties
said:
Tic month ending July % has been
hilE fair for cotton in most OF the
hfl west Of the Misfissippi River and
III Tennessee and un n vora bic east nj
the river and in Louisiana.
Rain in tho drought-strickcn south :
ern coastal region of Texas permitted
the planting OF a considerable late
Acreage. Tho crop i'm the western belt
is well cultivated. and moisture con
ditinhs have been favorable. although,
the need for rain is now beginning 10
bc felt.
East of tho Mississippi severe
,rop.cal storm through portions of
Florida. Alabama and mississippi earls.
In July ana an, extremely heavy down
pour at ruid-Iu!y In the "a rolinas TO-
pcthcr With heavy and almost con
slant rains during July throughout tho
entire eastern belt, have put the crop
bndl? in the grass. leached out much
of the already deficient amount of fer
tilizer and greatly facilitated the ac-
tivity Of the boil wcevil. where pres
ent. and its continued spread The
rains al the close of the period in thu
eastern belt were preventing much :
needed cultivation"
Condition by States follows: Vir-
ginia. 81; North Caroline, 10; South
Carolina. 65; Georgia. So; Florida, 60:
Alabama. 81; Mississippi. So; Louisi-
ana, a.; Texas. IS; Arkansas. SIS: Ten
ncssee SO: Missouri. so; Oklahoma, s4:
California, 100.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-02
FIRE DAMAGES HOUSE
ON PARK AVENUE CORNER
Heavy Lows In Reported In Furniture
and Cut Class stored in Va
cant Warehouse,

A fire OF mysterious origin occurred
yesterday morning shortly after 8
o'clock at 2o2s Park Avenue. Firemen
found tho house vacant. and all the
household furniture was piled in the
two front roome.
Mrs. Fendall Williams, who had been
occupying the house, and who was out
Of the place at the time. stated last
night that her loss in furniture, silver
aud cut glass amounted To $4,000.
None Of the furniture or other things
was insured. and the loss was ahso-
!ute. She returned to the city yester-
day morning, and. after conversation
with the Fire and Police Departments.
was assured that there was no refiec-
ton on her Mrs. Williams was on the
owe OF shipping her household stuff
to Tampa. Fla. where she expected to
open a hotel. She stated that her hus-
band had left her. and that his where
about was known only by his i'm
mediate family
John II. Mann and son, coIored. were
saved from death early I'm the morn
Ing, when they were aroused by a
pounding on the front door at their
home. 1905 Buchanan Street The fire
was discovered by passcrs-by, who
rammed tho door with bench and
aroused tho occupants
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-02
MANY take PRECAUTIONS
AGAINST TYPHOID FEVER
Rush for mnoculation Exhausts Sup.
ply Of Virus in Hands OF
Health Board.
SEVEN NEW CASES REPORTED
No Reason to Fear Epidemic, a.
There Seems to Be No Common
Source OF Infection-Bank En-.
plOyees to Be Vaccinated.

Much qualification was expressed last
night by DR.. Z. c. Levy. Chief Health
Officer, over the fact that a great many
persons have awaited themselves of tho
opportunity of being inoculated with
serum against typhoid fever. He ex-
pressed confidence that if the inclina-
ton were manifested by all persons in
Richmond. there would be little or no
danger from this summer scourgc.
The typhoid vaccine is being sup
piled by the Health Department. and
the State Board OF Health at ocst. a
nominal figure. and so great was the
demand for it yesterday that the stock
OF both was exhausted. New supplies
are expected by both city and state
officials to-day, having been ordered
by wire.
The number of cases reported to tho
Health Department yestcrday-sevcn-
brought the total now in the city to
forty eight During July there were
hfty-three cases. several of which
proved fatal, others of which fully re-
covered, and 80 per cent Of which will
recover il is expected
DR.. Levy said that final diagnosis in
the case of Cabcll Brockenbrough, a
clerk of the Merchants National Bank,
disclosed that he was not suffering
from typhoid fever This brings the
number OF cases which have developed
In the banking section down to three
Norman r. Watt, assistant cashier OF
the National State and City Bank, who
died on Monday: Thomas B. AfcAdams.
cashier of the Merchants National. and
FitzhuEh G. Lafferty. clerk, also in
the Merchants National.
BANK EMPLOYEES ARE
TO BE INoCULATED
Arrangements were mado last night
by Colonel Julien II. Hill, cashier OF
the National state and City Bank, with
DIR. Levy for the vaccination OF all
officials and employees who so desire
it. DR.. +. l.. Summers, medical in
spector. will visit the. bank this morn
ing prepared to inoculatc forty-fvc per-
sons.
Employees OF tho Merchants National
have already been inoculatcd.
This Is a splendid example," said
DR.. Levy. and one which individuals
AS we'll as corporations, would do we'll
to follow.
Vaccination has been proven 10 he
certain preventive against typhoid
fever" said Dr. Levy. and is "a wise
prccaution. Early in the summer
sent out circular letters to supcrin-
tcndents Of all training schools for
nurses urging that the pupils he vac
cinated. Many of them followed the
suggestion with tho best of results
Many trained nurses in the past have
been infected with tho disease through
tho contact with patients. So far this
year three nurses have contracted tho
disease, and in each instance neither
had been vaccinatcd
I'VE have studied tho situation with
the greatest care. and have failed TO
find that tho disease has been con-
tracted in any ono locality. The dis
case this year seems to be of do
cidedly severe type"
DR.. Levy declared that the inocula-
ton against fever is a simpIe opera
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-02
y. Il. Goodrich.
Especial 10 The Times-Di.n,,o,

Especial to The Times Dispatch.1
PETERSBURG, VA. August IL. +.
Goodrich, widely known and popular
young business man. died this after
noon at his home in North Mark ct
street. of paralysis. with which lie was
stricken Il week ago. He was a ma
i've or brunswick County, but for years
mad occn connected with the Virginia
Tobacco Warehouse. He was about
thirty-siS years old. and is survived by
his mother. two sisters and a brother
He was a member OF Petersburg Lodge
OF Elks and the Travellers Protective
Association.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-02
STEPHEN prIfton.

PETERSBURG. VA, August IA
telegram feceived to-day announced
the death In New York City Of stephen
Briton, former citizen Of Peters,
burg. He was the oldest son Of the
late Stephen Br1tton, OF this CITY, and
for number of years was In tho en-
ploy of the Southern Railway Company.
He Is survived by his VITO and two
children: brother. Mason Britton, Of
New York. and a sister, Miss Kath-
crime Britton. of this city. The body
will be brought TO Petersburg to-mor-
row morning for burial in Blandford
Cemetery
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-02
RAILROAD STATEMENTS
SHOW LARGER BUSINESS
GROSS Revenues Of r., +. & Il. fol-
Fiscal Year Increases
$417,SSS.
COAST LINE MAKES STATEMENT
Operating Revenue and Operating In
come Both Make Favorable Show
ing for Month Of June and as Com
pared With Preceding Fiscal Year.

Gross revenues of the Richmond,
fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
Tor the month of June were ;3l3,369.
an increase of s3S,o44.32
Operating expenses were sI55,74O.64,
an increase of s25S.7s. leaving the net
operating revenue sl57.62s.6l, an in
crease Of s37,7S554
For the fiscal year closing June 40
the Richmond. Fredericksburg and Po-
tomac makes the following showing,
according to the report issued yester-
day by ]. f. Cox. auditor:
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-02
|EAyY DAMAGE DONE
TO GROWING COTTON

WASHINGTON. August 1.-Heavy
mage to the growing cotton crop
fused reduction of 1.315,000 bales
tho prospective production. Tie
|igust cotton report OF the Depart
Isn't Of Agriculture. announced to-
~. Indicated a production OF 12,9t6,-
ID equivalent 500-pound bales, coiii4
red with d4,266.00o bales forecast
ON tho condition OF the crop on
sne rs. The condition during the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-02
ATTEMPTS TO SHOOT GIRL
According Ia Police Report. Howard
Allen Walks Between md In
torrents Bullet,

Jealous Carter, colorcd, last night
shot Howard Allen in the arm. accord :
ing TO "A warrant to he served against
him. while attempting to kill girl
Of his acquaintance. The shooting oc-
CURED in front of 916 North First
Street. Carter, IL is said attempted
to shoot the girl, when Allen walk ed
between and intercepted the bullet.
Carter fed the scene. Two warrants
were sworn out against him, and all
the police We're notified that he is
wanted. He is described as being
twenty-three years old, five feet and
nine inches tall and having n brown
skin.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-02
HAS PROFITABLEaYFAR
Net Earnings of \
Chemical Company }8

Net earnings of the
lima Chemical Co. for the
May 81. 1916. according tt\ n.
solidated statement OF earM~ and
surplus made public yesterday ~ 6. w.
TraverS. treasurer. were $5,4g7. 466.6a
This figure was arrived at after de.
Quoting si.924,T49,70 for repairs and
maintenance, and setting aside $780,
6sl.45 for doubtful! debts and cash dis
counts on accounts not yet settled
Deducting from this net earning
total. S1.160.297.79 for interest charges
on mortgages. debentures and preferred
dividend scrip, the statement shows
net PROFITS for the year totaling S4,-
2G7. $3.50. To this is added s240,3s7S2,
profits from other sources. making the
total profits for the year s44,567,54s.72
The balance sheet shows combined sur.
plus and profits at the close of bust.
ness May 81. 1916. aggregating s1s,.
175.376.0g.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-02
DIR. Strnttou III.

Or. Thomas T.. Stratton, one Of tho
Oldest physicians in tho city, and n
city district physician. is i'll at his
home, III North Seventh Street
DR.. Stratton is a veteran Of the War
Between the States. and has becn
practicing his profession for more than
fifty years
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-02
Henry Dfrdsonr,

PETERSBURG. VA. August L.
Henry Birdsong. aged twenty-o one
years, son of Mr.. and Mrs ]. II. Bird
song, died of typhoid fever last night
at the home of his parents. in Ches-
terrified County, near Stop s.. OH the
electric railway. The family came re-
Gently from Wakefield, where tho fune-
raj and burial Will take place to-mor-
rom. Besides his parents, he is survived
by thrce sisters and four brothers.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-02
Water for pnntre.th.

The Council Committee on Public
Buildings. Properties and Utilities last
night recommended for adoption an
ordinance granting an extension OF thu
city,s water mains to connect with the
property OF the Duntrcath Corpora
tion.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-02
Mrs. Cora Lake.

FRONT ROYAL. VA. August L.
Mrs. Cora Lake. third wifo of Super.
visor John NJ. Lake. died at her home,
one mile east OF Front Royal after an
illness Of several years. She is sur
vived by her husband and ono daugh-
ter. Mrs. Robert Yates. OF Philadcl-
phia. Pa.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-02
Charles F.. Sumner.

FREDERICKSBURG. VA. August !
Charles T.. Sumner. of Caroline Coun-
ty, died yesterday at his home after
a long Illness of pellagra, aged sixty
seven years. lilo is survived by his
wife and three children
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-02
DEATHS IN VIRGINIA
NTIss NannIc r. StanIex

LlNCflBURG. VA, August Miss
Mann'e Estelle Stanley. aged twenty
,nree years. died to-day at the resi-
dcnce OF her parents, Mr.. and Mrs nj
ward Stanley, in Madison Heights,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-02
Local. Temperature,
I.ocal Itafpf,Ii
Local Barometer Headings.

EItalniaii last twenty four hours. None
Excess in rainfall since March i %
EXCESS in rainfall since January us
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-02

Local Ob*crration at q r. VI. Yesterday.
temperature. ~; humidity. 10: wind.
direction. east; wind, velocity, 8 miles:
weather. partly cloudy.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-02

Net ineome..:...N OF. ss3 ~ l. s,2 ao1 Is
the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
yesterday issued the following com
parative statement for the month Of
Juno and for the fiscal year ending
juno 30:
MONTH OF JUNE 1916 1915
Operating revenues.. f2.7sl, sac is 32337 ESQ "a
Operating expenses and
teSes ..;............... 2.T6.53 81 1914. $50 -
FISCAL YEAR
Operating revenues. .s..tsj.1Io 3a 5ss 474 50
Operating expenses "
operating incom" c.s5i.eIl &c 1.0i3,lso 90
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-02
To-Day and Tonight
in Richmond

Council Committee ON Finance.
City Hall, o'clock.
bnnd concert, Highland Park, s
to 10 o'clock.
baseball - 1nternn tioaal League,
tchmOnd vs. Newark. Broad Street
Pnrk, 3;:tO O'Clock.
Lyric-Populnr vaudeville, mati-
nee, 3; night, 1850 and 8.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-02

m4Flh d,orped SIS per cent to 72.s OF
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-07-26
ADJUSTMENTS.
All advance notices furnished by
Theatres.
BEST THEATRE.

Seldom has a cast ever been seen
in film production which compares
for fitness to type and excellence in
acting as that in "'The Cvereoat, "
which appears at the Best theatre
ebay. with Rhea Mitchell and Will
liam Stowell in the leading roles.
These two noted screen artists are
supported by such we'll known play
ers as Perry Banks, Warren ELS
worth and others.
Tomorrow Cheat" is a start
ling and sensational Lasky feature
with Fanny Ward in the leading role.
The story tells of the spendthrift So
cie;y woman of a husband on the
verge of bankruptcy, of his wife's
transportation of $4,000, of the
compact she makes with her Japan
ese neighbor to secure money to
make good her shortage. Her neigh
Dor brands all his dearest poss, s.
sions with a burning iron. He dear
ly loves the woman, whom Fate has
thrown in his power. How she at
tempts to cheat him of the price she
promised to pay; how he brands her
as his own and the shot that wounded
him, the nobleness of the husband, the
relentless villany of the neighbor,
and the final tremendous court room
scene where the villain is nearly
mobbed when the woman bares her
flesh and shows the brand, is all told
in a way that Lasky has.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-07-26
SAVE X. r. COUPONS.

disturbed in some sequestered nooR
are the papers in the states two
cents-a-mile passenger rate litiga-
ton. One of the attorneys who for
merly represented he state in this
contest stated recently that the only
point involved at the time the tenn
porary Injunction was granted re-
strainine the enforcement of the two
cent rate was whether or not the
railroads were making money. He
added that the railroads themselves
would hardly deny that they are now
reaping a harvest, both in freight and
passenger business. Apparently some
one has "gone to sleep at the switch,
but the tip is to save your coupons.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-07-26
DENIES LIABILITY
FOR AUTO ACCIDENT

The Pine Bluff Bottling company
yesterday filed answer to the suit in
stituted in circuit court by Ben Dali
by, who is prosecuting a claim fol
$1,000, alleged damages suffered
through an accident on the Dollarwa,
on July 4, when plaintiffs car was in
a collision with a machine owned by
the defendant, and driven by one Of
defendants employees. The bottlins
company denies liability, and the al
legations of plaintiff.
Replying to allegations in the com,
plant of Ben Brown, who filed sui
against T. M. Phillips for $1,000
claimed as damages, and for an &C
counting of cotton received and sold
defendant denies that he is in any
way indebted to Brown. and asserts
that he furnished plaintiff tools, stool
and merchandise; that plaintiff aban
doned his crop, and that plaintiff ant
defendant have had settlement.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-07-26
$54,923 SENT TO
CONSCIENCE" FUND

f. Washington, July 25.-Contribu-
tons to the treasury's conscience"
fund for the fiscal year, ending juno
30, amounted to $50, 923.15, making g
total of $49S, 1884 returned by per-
sons whose consciences were uneasy
over frauds against the government
Figures compiled at the treasury
department yesterday show the re-
turns were much larger during the
past year than ever before. chiefly be-
cause of the unusual contributions, one
for 100000 and one for 100000.
1t was in 1911 when the first five
dollars came with a letter saying the
writer had taken that amount from
the government. The money was
turned into the treasury, and although
actually never has been a separate
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-07-26
REVIVAL BUSINESS
ACTIVITY IN MEXICO

Washington, July pa Mexican
embassy dispatch today from Mexico
City said that in the sugar district
ed revival of industrial activity.
Five large cane mills and sugar re-
fineries have been taken over by the
government and are being repaired
and put in condition to handle this
years crop.
In Mexico City, the industrial re
vival has been evidenced by restora
ton of activity in the department oil
communication and in the genera
postoffice, which has motorcycle ant
motor trucks back in service for de
livery and collection of mails.