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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-29
Big Sums to Be
Paid in Interest
City 10 Mail Checks for $780,
000---.Statc Pays S420.000
on January ,.

Nine hundred checks will Ice mailed
out to-Worrow by the office al CITY
Auditor trenshaw IL holders Of fitch
mond city bonds. which means that Tia"
municipal treasury will pay out S330.ocu
~ se'ni-anuuHl interest. Each check
Is dated January =. Monday being -
holiday.
This sum Is interest upou the citA's
uohd"d indebtedness. which reaches
the total sum OF Sl1.4S1o". "f which
S4.'to.ot" consists of coupon bonds.
The bulk az these bonds il held by
large investors, banks and insurance
companies. in the larger cities. priu-
"iralN in baltimore and New York.
tnc hnanci-r in Richmond. however.
holds an"ut $4,000 OF tho city'S bonds.
According IL Mr.. crcnshaw. the city
rs within about s5.a00.UoU OF tn" lini,
of rs bonded ndcbtcdhCss.
The state Second Auditors office will
ais" mail out its intersS: checks to-
morrow. More than 100. Iutalimr about
$4,000. have been made oul and are
ready to 80 forward The state :
bonded. Indebtedness is $@3.NuO. ou"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-29
TW E\Ih-SIN NIRGINIANS
RECEIVE APPOINTMENTS

Many irGinIans We're among those
VINO received orders to report for in
SlEuction. Among them is Howard
Francis Gill Il subprofeSsor at the Viz
S!nia Military Institute. who is as
signed to the coast artillery. Twenty
SIN appointments were made from Nir-
Sinin, hot only thirteen were given
assignments. Other Nirgiuians order
ed To report for instruction are:
Earucll Ehett l.cege, stanton. sixth
Field Artillery.
oliver Lincoln iiaw,s. Fortress Mon
roe. SlAth Field Artillery
Theodore Woodward Wrenn. Nortolk.
seventh Field Artillery
oiiNo" Patton t;cholS Charlottesville.
seventh Field Artilicry
Kenneth Sinclair Purlie. Norfolk.
Coast Artillery.
Eds"r Nash. Jr, Portsmouth. coast
Artillery.
Lee saunders G,row, Petersburg.
Twenty sixth Infantry
William Henry Humphreys. crozet,
Fourth Infantry.
Thomas Troy Handy Emory, Seventh
Field A:t;llery.
James Lincoln Hatcher. Winchester.
Coast Avtl!lrgy.
.,lfrrd Dave Hayden Norfolk, Seven
tenth Infantry.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-29
CAPTAIN bURRESS IS
ORDERED TO LEAVENW0RTH
Commandant of High School Cadet.
BECOMES Second Lieutenant
In Regular Army.
MAY NAME SUCCESSOR TONIGHT
Twenty-SiN Nirginians Are Given
Army Commissions, and OF These
Thirteen Are Assigned and vi.
rectcd To Report for Duty.

Captain WithcrS y. BurrcsS COM
mnndan, Of the john Marshall High
school Cadet Corps. who was recently
appointed Il provisional second lieu
tenant in the United States Army re-
cciNed orders yesterday To report on
ianuar! ) at Fort I.cavenworth. kan
Tor instruction. lie has been assigned
/" the Twcnty-third Infantry. and viii
report for duty With his regiment as
soon as completing his studies.
The orders for Lieutenant Burrrss
10 report for instruction means that
the Richmond School Board must an
POINT a successor at once w Floyd
Reams. chairman OF the board last
hight stated that no appointment had
yet been made and that no applications
would he considered until after the
recommendation of the Virginia MILF
tnrA institute commandment is received
meeting OF the board will he held
tonight when the matter will be taken
up anu successor may be named
ihcrc are 2ii appointments as pro-
NiSioual second lieGtenants the first to
he made from civil life undci. the Hay-
Chamberlain bill. Cavalry. artillery and
infantry officers will go TO Fort Lea
venworth and coast artillery officers
TO Fortress Monroe. Fifty-seven are
assigned 20 the cavalry. twenty-siX TO
the artillery, thirty 10 the coast artil-
lery and the remainder to the infan-
try.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-29
OYSTERMEN HOLD MEETING
Protective t>>ociation Fleets oIfirrrn
aud td"ptS Constitution mud
Hy-l.uws.
-nyg.al 70 IN. DISPATCH

Special 10 Tn. Times II spatchl
NitWppRT NEWS, VA, December 3.
ADOPTION Of Il constitution and by
laws and The election Of officers was
the pr!ncipal business before the Oys-
lcgmcn's prot,ctiv" Association. which
met her. to- DAY . y BluXum was re-
elected president: J. n. Scrimmeg our
'ice-p president and !. y Jones srcrr-
tary.
While committee VAS drafting the
constitution ANA bylaws the delegates
devoted their Time 10 q discussion OF
the oyster industry situation iu gen
cra!. aud The cu!l-liuc law IA parcicu-
lar. Without exception, the zoo az more
delegates opposed change, ~ The pres
ont yGll line. However some express
ed willingness to SOC tho Gun line
abolished should Il law be adopted pro-
vidng Tor TWO and two-aud- ono
half-Wch Gull ana J.pcr cent dis
count. that is, allowin. The tongcrs to
taxi any oysters not smaller than the
sIz-s mentioned! from auy 81 the nat
ural rocks ana not to take any shells
o. trash other than tie PEI cent A.
bowed
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-29
PURE BLOOD MAKES
HEALTHY PEOPLE

Hood: Sarsap ariila surely aud cI:cc-
lively removes ScfOfula. bolts aud other
blood diseases because il drives out OF
the blood all the humors that cause
THESE diSca S1$. ThCy cannot be sue
rcs%fully treated in any Other way.
External applications for their rcmovai
have proven almost. useless. because
they cannot driv" out the impurities
that are III the blood.
Hoods SaISaparilla make pure iich
blood, peri"cis the digestion. ana
builds up the whole system. The skin
becomes smooth. clean and healthy.
This great blood remedy has stood the.
test Of forty years. Insist on having
lioods. for nothing else acts like IT.
There il no real substitute. Get il to
day. Sold by All drmEpi list S.-AdN
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-29
man AND WOMAN HELD
ON WHITE SLAVE CHARGE
10th Are in Jail AT Petersburg in
Default OF 81 900 Bail
Each.
girl N CASE Is RELEASED
Members of Masonic Lodges Observe
Festival of 81. John-Council OF
Daughters OF Liberty Holds Its
Annual Roll Call
ISpc,.al TO The Times Dispatch !

rETERSBUEG. w. December ~
John stone. of this eng. and Mrs. Ger
trudo Snow, or liupcwoil mentioned in
The Vhncs-pispAtrh "a having been
arraiguod before United states Com
missioucr BARTLETT Roper and sent on
To the District Court [" answer a
charge OF ,iulatjc" OF the Mann white
slave act. are held tu The jail OF this
city in default of $1,000 bail each.
rhc girl 900 the case. India Thrift.
eighteen Years old. e resident Of near
Waycross Ga alleged To have been
brought here toy Mrs Snow with the
money Furnished hy stone. was re-
leased and advised 10 go back home.
This she refused to do. AMI !s sup
posed to have gone back 10 uopcwcll.
Her testimony was favorable To the
defendants. but from other courCcs it
was established it is alleged, that
money had been furnished 10 bring
her TO Virginia. ami that her relations
with the defendants had not been
above r'Oru1th.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-29
GOLFERS TAKE SUPPLIES
Leave fur '.unntanumu With >f.uuIn.
mrnt Tor EAtcnni,c Winter
NianeuycrS.
~ Associated Pre-,

NORFOLK. VA. December IS! Load
cd with supplies. ammunition ana with
deck loads OF targets. us we'll sew
erul big battl. targets in iow. the naval
Golfers tylops Neptune and Kama la
cleared FOR Guantanamo this morning
IN" Jupiter. tag ship of the feet. de-
!aSod sailing TO await the completion
OF targets.
Tie collier hcet Viii return at once
Tor third "Trip 10 tho Guanta!Amo
base with supplies and targets To-. the
winter mguruNerS, she most elaborate
ever planned for the Atlantic Fleet
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-29
MINIAT, RE ALMANAC.
DICKlE Is REELECTED
Public Empin. Bureuu Hoard Rr.
nrSnnizr> Tor Period at
Two lrHrs

The richmond Public tmplu,u.nt
bureau Board. ell members of which
We're recently reaDpointed by Mayor
AinsNe last night was reorganized for,
4 term "t two years John T Wilson
was reelected chairman; T. l.. Patram.
vice chaIrman; Frank l.. Builvr secr.-
l"ry, ana Wortlry pickie, manage, OF
the bureau
Each member ~ the board qualified
before City Clerk Ben I. August. They
are as follows. John T. WILSON, r. l..
pat'"m Frank l.. Butler, Frank y.
Jones amt Thomas ! i.cuhcy
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-29
OFFICERS ARE CHOSEN
Orange Fair Association Holds Annual
Election ut I'rcdcrIci<s-
bUr...
Especial to The Fines Dispa,,hl

Especial [" The Times dispatch
fREDEHI:NS VA. December
Is. the Orange L'uir Association has
elected the following officers ru! the
year: president. 4. =. Walker: Vice
presidents. Il. T.. iialhrrtun and H. -.
Lyme: business MANAGER. =. =. Boxlcy
secretary and treasurer. A. H. War
rem: board of directors. Il -. brown
iEi; w. J.. Jones, H. NJ. Timbcrlakc
w 4. Williams. j. T.. Nandcrhom Il
w. Garter. l.. W. liill. w. l.. Bradbury
w i. Woolfolk. Judge George =
Snackclford ~ &. Wambcrsic H. r.
S"nncrs. George T. Marshall. T.. l.
Wamhcrsic. Duncan stuart. w A.
EuGasll l., :. Macon. w l.. Kirby. A.
i. Taiiafrrr". j, j Woodruff, Thomas
Atkinson. jr.. t.. Y. Huffman Dr 4
:. Andrews ard T. .. Gllum.
Tie last fair wax successful. and
there - Il balance in the treasury
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-29
COLORED WOMAN SHOT
Her husband SAYS She VA. Nouudr q
by White Nan Named
Ton! Davis.
!! sne.lal Do ~. Tlmes.nIsnat.

ISpcoInl % The Timcs-DIspatuN-
DANNlLLE, VA December
Emma star aged nifty. cclorcd. waS
brought TO the general hospital at .
o'clock tonight from Hill Grove, near
.\ita Vista with tire. pis;ol-bUlIet
WOUNDS in nor stomach. Doctors opc %
rated later, aud il is feared that ahc
cannot survive. According 70 III" wu-
mans husband, she WAS shot 10y -
white man named Tony Davis
An hour later Rufus Perkins It
white boy. aged twelve. was admitted
10 the hospital With pistol bullet in
his stomach He was shot hy a
younger brother III front Of tHcir
home, when the rifle exploited acci-
dcmtaily. lie proDably VIII recover
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-29
POST.OFFICE RECEIPTS


Hu~t-vitlc" receipts for the fiscal year
eudin" uly i, 1916. show a substan-
ti.tl increase over those for the pre-
r"din= year. and the same il true OF
the receipts for the calendar year
The receipts for the fiscal year Of
1915 are se4a.e7esc, and for tire hsca
Year of 1918. s90s.22s.3a showing AN
iu,rease Of sii,15l.G,.
The receipts for tnc calendar wear
Of 1915. with the amount for the month
of December estimated, arr sa65.Uis.2S.
ana for the calendar year ~ 1915.
$tl"..ib.3d. showing an Increase OF
Sjs. S&2a2
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-29
Did \ot Know II VIZ I.onhcd.

Mrs. EVE Branshaw. of Nicksvi.i-
j. a patient in Memorial Hospital SUI
i.ring with II bullet wound In her let
knee. She had removed the magazine
from = .e5-caliber automatic pistol ANA
was not aware that one Cartridg.
was left IN the explosion chambc! ..
The pistol When sh- pulled the tri...
ger tn. she'll was exploded and injured
her
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-29

MAnacof " Q Sale, Of n. RON
Iu"nd branch OF The Western Union
Telegram COMPANY announced last
night that the company will send Wire
less messages. not exceeding eighty
words. from ihe Tuckcrion station 10
points TN Germany and Ausiria durin"
to-day only Wireless communication
with Germany has been suspended Oh
account ~ congestion The company
is making this couccsaion in order
70 allow til. sending Of urgent mes
Sag.E
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-29

fudge Mullen probably VII r.ud"r
his deci-,ru during the prc-.ut' term
"f his court ON the motion Ton q new
trial U tny cas-" Of james T No.l con-
,jctrJ OF The murder "f MIS- I.ptiie
Robertson which Was r"ccutly arGUod
bof. MN
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-29
Local Temperatures.
Local tS:,iUfuII.
CONDITIONS N IMrunrA >r ..Ir1..>

Temperature. II; humidity. 90: wind.
direction. southwest; wind. velocity. :
miles weather. clear
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-29
The Weather

? f0rccast: tirpinin
-l'nir. colder Fri
day: >nturtin. fair
aud cold.
North tHrplinu-
Fair. colder l'ri,lny:
saturday fair and
colder In southeast
portion,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-29
To-Day and Tonight
in Richmond

CIT. SCHOOL hoard, school Adn,Im-
i>trutiOn building. - o'clock.
Academy - Ncil O'BrIcn's Min
strc1s. S,3O.
Hijou = (Which One Shall
Marry" S::O.
LYric-i'OpuInr vaudeville; matt
nee. .; night, 7i:.O aud u.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-26
Tunnels of Verdun.

Miss Kathleen Burke, chairman of the Scottish Won1an's Hospital Furd, has returned to this country from Liv erpool on the American liner St. Paul, to spend six months in the United States and Canada, featuring on the war for the benefit of charity. on her visit to this country last spring Miss Burke raised $z5.000 in 60 days. Since leaving New York on June TO she had visited the various hospitals in France and the shot-ridd1ed cities of Verdun and Rheims.
 ''The military authorities gave me a rowing permit and a car to take me wherever l wished to go as well as an escort" Miss Burke said. After visit ing Rheims, which the Germans shell every other day or so, and devasted Bethany, I called on Gen. Petain, who gave me a letter to Gen. Robert Niv- elIe commander of the operations at Verdun
 "There are 12.o0o cars, including anabulances, carrying the wounded, stores, and ammunitions in the Yer dun sector, and the traffic only goes one way on the roads, to avoid con- fusion. One thousand men are em- pIoyed in keeping them in repair, These are mostly negroes from Sene- gal, who are not much use in trench fighting. as the artillery makes them nervous. I was told that 30,000 Sene- galese were being drilled in Africa for duty with the French army.
 The lower part of Verdun especially the houses along the river front, is all levelled by the German shells. Furni ture can be seen in the rooms with the remnants of lace curtains hanging to the window frames. The headquar- ters Of the army in the city is sitaat ed in the galleries cut in the rock 200 feet under the citadel by Vauban, tf'e great military engineer of Louis XIV. There are barber shops, candy stores and cafes. where the Poilus supple ment their rations. The candy store is the favorite resort. It is perfectly safe down there I was invited 70 dine in the big room in the gallery with Gen. Dubois, who gave dinner for 180 officers. in celebration of ois receiving the grand cordon of the Legion of Honor that day from Gen. Nivelle.
 'The other parts of the galleries were divided into small cubicles all lighted and heated by electricity, Tie with cross section at the head, where the General sat wit his staff and the red glow from the charcoal stoves re- fected in the dim light on the sides
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-26

launched for the cutting down of the enormous fire waste. Each year shows the good results of the regulations which have been put into operation and the effects of the increased inter est in reducing the hazards, and last year was as profitable in that respect as some of it's predecessors which in dicates the kind of cooperation that is needed if the amount of loss each year from needless fires is to be checked.
 Last year New York's fire loss reach ed the handsome sum of S5, ,15O, 900 which is a million lower than the year before. Ordinarily the fire commits sioner has been satisfied to let the fig ures speak for themselves but this year he proposes to picture to the peo- pie by means of a float just what such a loss would look like in gold bullion. That 1t will be an object lesson of much value will be readily appreciated and there is as much reason to believe that a lesson of that kind will be the means of calling additional attention to the part which the individual can play in reducing the amount of prop erty that annually goes up in flames and smoke.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-26
WHEN CAROLINE EXPLAINED

she hadn't had time to explain to her folks how she simply had to take it this evening in order to get us to the picnic and everything. Her father makes a perfectly terrible fuss if she even asks to drive it evenings. And they were at her aunt's for dinner and she expected to get the OFT back in the garage before they knew about it.
 "No, Elsie wasn't deceiving them at all She was going to wait till her father felt in a real good hunor and then explain to him how he ought to let her drive the car evenings because she had already driven it in the eve- hing! Well, of course, when we found the car wasn't there we were awfully excited and told a policeman, and he took us to the station"
 'CarolineI'
 Well, We had to get Elsies car, didn't we?' demanded Caroline And there were six of, us, anyway, and the man at the station was real jolly, and everybody seemed just as interested in our telling what had happened! I think police stations are real nice places, and I don't see why you act so about them. The man at the desk sent out two awfully good looking men to find Elsie's car, and she was crying too hard to go home, and any how we didn't have car fare so we Just sat there for an hour, I guess anyhow, until they brought the car. j. fNo, it hadn't been stolen at all. The moving picture doorman had pushed it around the corner to the side street, because Elsie had left it right in front of the entrance-and, of course, we never thought of looking around on all the streets in the neigh bofhood! So we were so glad to see the car that we just piled in and then there wasn't any gasoline, and we had to wait again.
 "The man at the desk sent the big gest policeman along with us because he was fussy just like you folks, and said it was too late for us to be out alone. Yes, he was in the car when it brought me here-and I guess Elsie is glad to have him along, because good ness knows how her folks will act when she gets home, and maybe a big policeman will sort of cal nher father down.
 But you see, don't you, how it posi- lively wasn't my fault ct all about not getting home earlier?'
 "Oh,"s aid her father relentlessly, i've knew it wasn't your faul long be- fore you got here-and now suppose you hustle to bed-and stay there to- morrow until you figure out just whose fault it really was! We're not capable of doing it!"
 T th-think you're perfectly horrid!" Caroline walled. When I explained 1t all, &aO!"-Chicago go News.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-26

'SWeI!" gasped her father and mother in relief as touring Car drew up in front and spilled out their daughter, immediately darting away have you been,- Caroline? Here it. is midnight And when you started on the beach picnic-''
 My goodness-are you people still up?" Caroline asked in genuine sur prise. Why, supposed you were asleep hours ago! Whatever-''
 NOh, nothing but a perfectly ridicu- lous frame of mind that led us to take slight, uneasy interest in your whereabouts" her father told her sternly. Now" s.-e-
 Now, you needn't start that way!" a bit my fault! When I've told you everything you'Il see it wasn't! Why, didn't I tell you when I left the house at that I'd be back by 8 o'clock And when say a thing I always do as l say-only, if you can't help your self, why, you just can't! I should think you'd know thatt
 Why, we'd have been all through our supper long before except that two of the girls who were to bring the corn and potatoes to roast got lost finding us and it was quarter of when they found us. And by that time all our wood was burned up and we had an awful time getting more.
 'FWhy, of course we had to stop and cook the corn and things or else Ruth and Isabelle would have been awful mad-after all their work finding us and everything. And they didn't have anything but corn and potatoes to eat, for we had finished the sand wiches and cake and fruit before they got there, and had given what was left over to some hungry little boys. It wouldn't have been polite at all to have made them go without eating and when we got through with that we had to take Isabelle home, and was afraid to go alone and when we got there we saw perfectly won- derful new moving pic"
 "Carolinei" her mother gasped. You never went to a. moving picture show at 10 o'clock at night, did you ? When you knew"
 Why" exclaimed her daughter with slight evidences of irritation, why, of course, I know Pm not al- l couldn't help 1t, could I, when all the other girls shrieked, Oh, iets!'-and besides 1t was Mary Pickford and you always let me go see her, and it was perfectly nice theater
 "They had pictures of how butter flies lay eggs and the caterpillars eat up all the leaves on the vines, too and you ought to be glad I like to see scientific things like that! Why, you're always scolding because I'm not interested in developing my mind!
 Well, when we got out of the show Elsie found that somebody had stolen her car. -e
 We had left it right out in front, and she felt perfectly awful, because
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-26
STORIES OF THE WAR
oa GOO Saved Paris.

M Louis Rouquette, special envoy to the United States from the French Ministry of Commerce, speaking re- gently before the Alliance Franchise in Carnegie Hall, said that France owed to Aristide Briand, now the Premier, the idea of rushing her troops in taxicabs against the Ger mans sweeping upon Paris at the be- ginning of the war.
 s4M Briand has not received the full measure of credit heretofore for his idea,'' said M. Rouquette. ''The phantom army which turned von Klucl1s right flank was made up of only 5000 men, carried to the battle field in 5000 taxis. This number was sufficiently large to deceive the Ger mans. who thought it was even great CT, and the day was saved.
 ''The genius Of the French, reunited to that of the Anglo-Saxon,' said M. Rouquette, has made possible a re- sistance against the organized cum ming of the Germans. That the Ger mans are weakening is shown by tne fact that the prisoners whom we now take at the front are young boys, fresh from the schools and shops, who have had little training in warfare, and whose spirit is easily broken by the horrors of the battlefield"
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-26
SOMETHING FOR GERMANY TO
 DISPROVE,

There are reasons to believe that there are conditions in all prison camps about which the country main taining them will be unwilling to do much bragging. It is probable that there has never been a war when there have not been plenty of complaints
 bout the manner in which prisoners are treated. but that does not neces- sarily mean that all who are captured by the enemy are subjected to out rages and inhuman treatment.
 That prisoners of war are not treat ed as guests, whoever may be in con trol of the camps. must be taken for granted but when it is claimed, and the claims are supported by what ap- pears to be substantial proof, that prisoners are deliberately infected with tuberculosis, that the labor camps where the men are kept are not fit for human habitation. which charge has been placed against Germany, un- der the claim that death is being used to reduce the number of the cap tured, it is apparent that either such stories are false or else there is need of a thorough investigation for the purpose of disproving such stories.
 l IuGIS nave pSSl ItpOIlS WHICH u1N t p-9i5ed the conditions in certain of the prison camps. but the reason for noth- ing being said about these of which the complaint is made is that they are not known to the American embassy whose duty it is to inspect them. That being the case the world looks to Ger many to do its part in proving that such tales are both untrue and with out the least bit of foundation.