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the leading outdoor sports
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-18

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street Richmond, Va. b> The r1,->- Dispatch Pub
FISHING Co.. Inc. Charles T.. ll.,siruri Editor and
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IEIEPHOSE: Randolph 1. Private Branch IA'hhhGe
connecting with all departments
The Washington herald., 1916-10-06
en- crN R. NJ. NELSON
STRUCK BY Street CAR
Confederate Veteran Injured at Calvert
Street and Lanier Place.

Gen. Richard NJ. Nelson was knocked
down by a street car at Calvert street
and Lsnier place northwest. yesterday
afternoon. Suffering from bruises about
the body and severe cuts on his hands
and knees he WAS removed to his home,
2S05 Ontario road northwest
Traffic on the Capital Traction lines
near the Zoo loop was suspended nearly
half an hour following the accident. The
General started across the track and the
motorman on car No TO was unable TO
stop in time TO avoid striking him.
At the home OF his daughter, Mrs. T. P.
Fortune, with whom the General lives,
it was said last night he was resting
comfortably.
Gen. Nelson was born in Greensboro.
n. C., seventy-foUr years ago, and grad
usted from West Point in 1851. He fought
with Lee in West Virginia and around
Richmond. Later he went TO Alabama.
where he entered the banking business,
becoming president Of the Bankers As
sociation Of that State before he re-
tired from business.
Gen. Nelson has one son in the army,
Capt. c. J. Nelson, now in the Quarter
masters Corps on border duty The
daughter with whom he lives is the wife
of Capt. E. P. Fortune L. S NJ. c. now
in Santo Domingo, and another married
Lieut.. Commander Martin. L S. n. as
signed to the Ordnance Ditfsion OF the
Navy Department
The Washington herald., 1916-10-06
BAN ON BAD CHECKS
urged FOR DISTRICT
Board of Trade Industrial Committee
Centers Activities.

Having succeeded in inducing Congress
to enact a law prohibiting false and mis-
leading advertising and the statute reg
uIattng auctions in the District, the ac-
tivities Of the Industrial interests COM
mittee Of the Board Of Trade will be
centered in an effort to have a bad check
law passed at the next session, accord
ing to an announcement of Chairman
Isaac Cans at a meeting last night.
At the annual meeting Of the Board
Of Trade last January these three meas
ures were designated as measures which
should be given immediate attention by
Congress, with the result that two OF
them were enacted.
The bad check bill was referred to the
District committee of the House, but no
action was taken on It The bill pro-
hibits the drawing OF checks not sup
ported by sufficient funds in bank. A
depositor who. oyerdraws would be given
a limited time to adjust his account;
otherwise the act would constitute q
misdemeanor Similar laws are now in
effect in Maryland and Virginia
At the meeting Chairman Cans and
Secretary Wellstood White were named
as ? committee to prepare its annual
report.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-06
TEN LOSE LIVES in
BLAZE AT ST. Louis
Christian Brothers College Building
Destroyed-Aged Men Burn.

(By the International Views servfce.)
st. Louis, Oct. 6.-Ten persons lost their
lives in the FIRE which destroyed part
Of the Christian Brothers College Build
ing here today.
Two aged members Of the Christian
Brothers order were burned TO death
in their beds; one man was Killed in a
five-story leap; the night watchman OF
the institution was suffocated, and ffve
fremen, two of them Heutenants, were
killed when a five-story fire wall fell,
burying fifteen hremen beneath It.
Six OF the ffremen injured during the
blaze are in a serious condition at hos
pitfalls. and are not expected to live, while
a score Of other hremen suffered serious
burns.
The monetary loss Is estimated at SZ75,-
900. Among the dead are Brother Carmac
80 years old. curator Of the Christian
Brothers College Museum and one Of the
most widely known educators IN the
country, and Brother Clement, n years
old. also connected with the order, in
charge OF the clothing and linen depart
ment of the college.
Joseph Mclean, attendant to the Broth
ers Carmac and Clement. was trapped in
a room on the fifth floor. AS the flames
reached him while he was standing on
the window sill, he plunged forward,
crashing to the ground. forty feet below.
He lived but a few minutes.
The fire was extinguished at o'clock
tonight.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-06
CARRANzA YIELDS TO
EUROPEAN PROTESTS
Will Modify Banking Decree Pending
Discussion of Issue.

The vigorous protests made by Great
Britain and France against Carranza' S
decree which threatened to destroy the
French and English banks at Mexico City
have caused Carranza to yield to these
nations very promptly. 1t was officially
stated here yesterday that Carranza had
agreed to modify his decree so that
France and Great Britain are now will
ing to discuss matters further with him.
Carranza is also said to be showing
q less aggressive attitude on the subject
Of taking Pershing's army out of Mexico.
Intimations at the State Department yes
terday were that the Mexican commits
sioners at Atlantic City were no longer
insisting On the discussion of that topic
to the exclusion OF all others.
Army officers see in this change of
front the result OF Ambassador Are
dondos visit to CarranZa- They believe
Arredondo has convinced the First Chief
that there IS no hope Of getting Pershing
across the border until the commissioners
have agreed to discuss a scheme for the
rehabilitation OF Mexico.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-06
.BULGARS SCATTER
R0UMANIAN ARMY
Cut Force to Pieces, Losses
Totaling Nearly 5000.
By the international New. s.r,,.,.,

CBy the international News Service, 1,
London, Oct 5.-Roumanian military
enterprises have received another stag
gering blow
The army which invaded BULGARIA last
sunday, crossing the Danube on pontoon
or1oges south OF Bucharest at A point
midway between Rustchuk and Aurtsksi.
has been cut 10 pieces and ecattsred. an-
cording TO Bulgarian reports
From the information at hand ths Rou-
manian losses are estimated at from IA
600 to 1900.
The Roumanians who escaped made
their way back by boats under BULGARIAN
nre from the high right bank OF the
river, the bridge which carried them 70
bulgarian soil having been shot 70 pieces
by Austrian monitors.
The Bulgarian war once statsuoent ooo-
tains the following sinister sentence:
our troops today are completing the
obstruction Of the RoumanianE"
According to the Bulgarian brncial so-
count the invading force numbering nf-
teen or sixteen battalioEs, was unsup-
ported by artillery. II occupied six VII
lagos south Of the Danube.
Here, during the brief period Of occu-
patton, atrocities we're committed. N "A
charged, similar 10 those on the retreat
ing Dobrudja
Neither age or innocence was respected
Many victims had their eyes cut and
and their tongues sIashed," says a Bul-
garisn report
The Washington herald., 1916-10-06
Bandits Kill One, Injure Three,
and Escape.

Wy INC Ne"s otTNtCc-J
Burlington, N. J., Oct. 5.-Hundreds Of
heavy armed men are tonight securing
the countryside near here for a dozen
bandits who killed one man and wounded
woman and two other men in an at
tempted hold-up near Atsion this after
noon.
The dead man was Henry Rider, 81, OF
Howell. Mich. His niece, Mrs. Elsie
Smathers. 26. of Hammonton; her father,
A. ]. Rider. 70, president of the New
Jersey Cranberry Growers Association,
and J. NJ. Risley. a chauffeur, were the
wounded.
Today was payday at Hampton Park.
as Riders extensive cranberry property
is called. Mrs. Smathers volunteered TO
drive her father and uncle to the bogs in
her machine. They carried with them a
bag containing the pay roll estimated at
between 1900 and 5000
Along a lonely stretch q group of
figures stepped from the underbrush,
strung themselves across the road, and
with drawn guns demanded Mrs. Smath-
ers to stop the machine.
The bandits fired simultaneously as
Mrs. Smathers sped on.
Henry Rider was instantly killed, a bull
let striking him in the head. His brother
was shot twice in the face. while three
bullets penetrated Mrs. Smathers' limbs
The Washington herald., 1916-10-06
CONFEREES SPLIT
Mexican Board Divided Over
Method of Procedure.
CBy the international News Service,

CBy the International News Service }
Atlantic City, N. J., Oct. 6.-Dtsruption
OF the Mexican peace conference was
averted today by split among the mem
bers of the Mexican delegation.
Senior Alberto Pani apparently broke
away from his associates, Senors Ca
brera and Bonillas, and made it clear that
compromise must be reached between
the counter claims of Mexico and the
United States.
Cabrera and BoniIlas have maintained
that CarranZa was justified IN refusing
to regard the International affairs OF
Mexico as an Official part of the COM
missions business. They have insisted
that Mexico should carry out her own re-
forms in her own way.
Senior PAM, on the other hand, believes
that 1t would benefit Mexico as much as
the United States to have the co-opera-
ton Of this government IN the following
proposed reforms;
Protection Of American lives and prop
erty not only along the border. but in
the interior OF Mexico; the re-estaolish-
ment Of the Mexican currency and bank
ing system upon a sound basis; the ad-
1ustment of the taxation DEGREES so that
they would encourage instead of destroy
American enterprises; distribution Of
lands among the poems in a way that
would not mean the confiscation OF Ameri-
can agricultural and mining lands in
Mexico.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-06
D. c. field HOSPITAL
ORDERED BACK Home
Command Expected to Quit Border
When Sanitary Troop Arrives.

San Antonio, Tex. Oct. 6.-The field
hospital of the District National Guard,
which left Washington July 4 for Bisbee,
Artz, has been ordered home by Gen.
Funston. In a telegram to Brig Gen.
H. P. Mccain. adJutant general, Gen.
Funston tonight cited certain troops
which were to be relieved by troops now
on the way to the border. This move
is in furtherance of the administration
policy OF sending all State troops now in
camp to the border and returning an
equal number of troops which have seen
service there. Although no time is set
for the return. 1t is thought the men
Of the field hospital will leave soon after
the arrival OF the sanitary troop OF the
District Guard. which left Rosslyn. Va.
for Fort Sam Houston, Tea
Other troops ordered home are: New
York, First Battalion OF Engineers and
Field Hospital, No. l: Massachuse setts,
Fifth. Eighth, and Ninth infantry; one
squadron of cavalry, less one troop. and
one signal battalion, less one company;
Connecticut. Second Infantry. two troops
Of cavalry. Field Hospital Ambulance
Company: Illinois, one squadron and two
brigade headquarters Of the First Mary
land, Second Field Hospital, and Com
pany A Of the engineers; Missouri, one
signal company: California, Second and
Seventh infantry, brigade headquarters,
the Nogales Signal Company, Ambulance
Company, Field Hospital Company, one
squadron Of cavalry; Kansas, Second In
fantry.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-06
HOLD UP PAY CAR STRIKE NEAR END
New York Milk Distributors
Yield to Farmers.
CBy the international New, service,

CBy the international News Service }
New York, Oct. 5.-With important con-
cessions by both sides, the milk strike,
1t was freely predicted tonight, will be
over by sundown tomorrow.
The first break came this afternoon in
the hitherto united ranks OF the big milk
distributors. On the verge Of the States
investigation, with its consequent delvfng
INTO the finances Of the milk trust, the
Borden Company, largest distributors of
mllk and cream in the city, announced:
We accede to the demands Of the
farmers for an increase of Is cents per
hundred weight on milk. But we refuse
TO bargain collectively with the Dairy
mems League or Food Commissioner
John J. Dillon. and we refuse to sign con-
tracts with the farmers for a longer
period than one month"
Other companies-although outwardly
frothing with anger-announced that they
would be forced to follow the lead of the
Borden Company. which normally
supplies New York with % per cent Of
its milk.
With this concession by the distrfbu-
tors, city and State officials bent every
effort TO bring the Dairymen's League
officials to terms
Their efforts were unsuccessful
But the prediction was freely made
the farmer would win completely to-
morrow.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-06
NO WILSON RULE.
5000 Cheer as Root Assails
Democratic Regime.
(By the InternatienaI Now. serrios.l

(By the International News seryiee-)
New York, Oct. 6-Three thousand men
and women shouted a thunderous NO
tonight at Carnegie Hall, when Elihu
Root asked:
Shall We engage Mr.. Wilson, Mr..
Bryan, Mr.. McAdoo. Mr.. Daniels and the
rest Of the Democratic administration and
a Democratic Congress to manage our af-
fairs the next four years?"
Three thousand men and women roared
right" Bully" when Mr.. Root as
serted:
The German government ignored the
words Of the United States government
in its protest against the slaughter of
Americans aboard the Lusttania, not be-
cause It was ready to fight u.s. but be-
cause It judged that the men in control of
the American government had not the
nerve, courage. resolution or sincerity to
make their threats good"
Again there was q tempest Of cheers
and cries OF Never when Mr.. Root de-
manded:
Are the American people willing to
have serious and critical affairs during
the next four years conducted in the
same watchful waiting-modifed by ac-
tive interference-way the Mexican busi-
ness has been conducted?"
The Washington herald., 1916-10-06
WAR AIDING U.S.,
SAYS PRESIDENT
Declares America Will Be
Pushed Into World Power.
By III. III. sTANsBURY.
international News service.)

Omaha, Nebr.. Oct. 6-President Wilson
received a welcome here today that for
enthusiasm and attendance was probably
sqnalled only By the Inauguration in
Washington nearly four years ago. II
was q nonpsrttsan greeting to the nations
Chief Executive, IN which Republicans
took a part as well as Democrats
Mr.. Wilson made two speeches, rode at
the head Of a parade and witnessed q his
torical pageant eommemnrsttns the semi
centennial Of Nsbraska's Statehood
Mr.. Wilson confined his address at ths
Commercial Club 10 trade and the Bono
hts which. In his opinion. shold be derived
from the Federal reserve act and other
legislation enacted during his admintstra-
ton At one part he said with extraordi-
nary emphasis:
"As compared with the verdict of the
next twenty-five years, do not care q
pepper corn about the verdict Of 1916"
The address, in part. follows:
There are many circumstances that
makes one feel that the present state Of
the world is beyond measure tragical
And yet. my fellow countrymen, I believe
that this great catastrophe which has
fallen upon the world IN the shape OF war
a great service. It is going to oblige
every man to know that he lives in new
age and that he has got to act not ao-
cOrding to the traditions OF the past, but
according to the necessities Of the present
and the prophecies Of the future.
Now. the time has come when Amer
ica, having surrounded herself with all
sorts Of artificial safeguards and Difficult
ties and timidities and having refused to
play the part IN the great war Of the
world which was providentially cut out
for her has that part thrust upon her.
The extraordinary circumstances Is
that for the next decade, at any rate,
after that it will be a matter OF our own
choice whether 1t continues or not. but for
the next decade, at any rate, We have got
TO serve the world. That alters every
commercial question, It alters every po-
litical question, It alters every question
Of domestic development"
The Washington herald., 1916-10-06
STORMY Welded LIFE
OF BAYLYS IS ENDED
Niece of Late Paul Morton Gets d.
\ vorce in Chicago.

Chicago, Oct Son a charge Of de-
sertion. Miss Helen Morton Bayly,
daughter Of Mark Morton, of the In
teruational Salt Company Of this city,
and niece OF the late Paul Morton,
today won her divorce from Roger Clay
Bayly, a noted horseman Of the Warren
ton set in Virginia She and Bayly were
married in 1914 and their life was a
stormy one almost from their wedding
day.
Mrs. Bayly obtained permission to use
her maiden name. The circumstances
Of the divorce indicated that it had
been obtained by mutual consent
Bayly had charge of the horses on
the estate Of Miss Mortons mother in
WarrentOn when she married him
Miss Morton had a bad fall from a
horse some years ago and many of her
msdcap adventures are said to be trace
able to the injuries she received. A day
or two after their wedding she chased
him about the dining-room Of their house
with a carving knife.
Three weeks after her marriage. upon
her husbands application. she was ad-
judged mentally incompetent but in
March, 1915 she was declared sane again
She and Bayly did not resume life to-
gether.
Mrs. Bayiy IL well known in Wash
mgton social circles. She rode at sew
eral meets OF the Washington Horse
Show Association prior to her marriage,
which created intense interest here.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-06
TO BAN SMOKING IN BOOTHS.

Utilities Commission Expected to Is
sue Order to Telephone Company.
Cigarette and cigar smokers Will have
TO curb their desire for smoking while
In telephone booths If a new order now
being considered by the Public Utilities
Commission is adopted.
W. H. France, of 116 Thomas street
northwest made the protest which is
expected to crystalline into an order for
bidding the practice. Mr. France char
acterizes a smoke-hlled booth as dis
gusting and extremely unpleasant to the
nonsmoker." The telephone company will
be instructed to place signs on the booths
notifying patrons Of the new regulation
The Washington herald., 1916-10-06
DRoWNS AT ATLANTIC CITY,
Boys Struggle in Vain TO He.cue
Wealthy PfttsburEher.

Atlantic City. n. J., Oct 5.-Frederiek
Davidson, q wealthy Pittsburgher. who,
with his wife and two children, had been
staying at 100 Pacific avenue. was
drowned of Virginia avenue early this
afternoon.
him, but although they did battle their
way to his side In a canoe after some des-
perate work in the surf, Davidson wa $
dead when brought ashore. Efforts Of the
police and a physician to revive him
with q pUlnnotor were unAvxilin&
The Washington herald., 1916-10-06
PENR0SE AND PERKINS
KISS AND MAKE UP"
CBy the International News Ser,

CBy the International News Service. }
New York, Oct. 6.-Close upon the heels
Of the ''makeshift meeting between
Taft and Roosevelt. there was another
Cancellation rendezvous today when Sen
ator Boiee Penrose and George W. Per
kins, both smiling. met in the Office Of
Republican National Committee Chair
man Wilcox.
Emerging from the latter's Office after a
lengthy conference, Senator Penrose said
in answer to questions:
I'VE are all working for the same
thing this year: The election Of Mr.
Hughes"
The Washington herald., 1916-10-06
CONVERSE BY WIRELESS
BETWEEN u. S. AND JAPAN
CBy the International News Service, ,

CBy the International News service.)
San Francisco. Oct. 5-wireless COM
munication between the United States
and Japan was established today The
Marconi operator here picked up a
strange call, followed by the salutation,
Hello, L. S. A." from the japanese
station near Tokyo. He answered with
a 600-meter ''wave-length" apparatus.
1t is understood that a regular COM
mercial service will be established with
in a fortnight.
This feat Of wireless breaks the long
distance records, $500 miles intervening
between the two points.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-06
PRESIDENT APPOINTS
S-H0UR PROBE BOARD
CBy the IHter-stIonaI News servfee.,i

Nby the iHtersnucnh hews servfee-}
Omaha Neb, Oct. b.-President Wilson
made formal announcement here tonight
OF his appointments TO the commission TO
investigate the operation Of the Adam
son bill, providing an eight. : 7-sr
railroad employees. His appS Are:
George w. Goethals. Mai Gen. L S.
A, governor OF the Panama Canal Zone
and builder of the Panama Canal, chair
man, Republican.
Edgard E. Clark, Interstate Commerce
Commissioner, member OF the Commits
sion which settled the anthracite strike,
and six times president Of the Order Of
Railway Conductors, Republican.
George Rublee. acting Federal Trade
Commissioner, Progressive Republican.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-06
TRANSATLANTIC Liner
ERANCONIA GOES down
Cunard Vessel. Used as Transport.
Sunk-Twelve of Crew Missing.
CBy the International News Service }

CBy the International News Servtce.)
London. Oct 5-The 1sl5O-ton trans
Atlantic liner Franconis, of the Cunard
Line, has been sunk, according to a
Loyds announcement
The Franconia had not been in the pas
senger-carrying service recently, being
used for transport duty in the Nfediter-
ranean.
The dispatch adds that at the time the
vessel was sunk by a German submarine
no troops were on board.
This statement is confirmed by the sd-
miralty. which adds that twelve Of the
crew OF SO2 are unaccounted for
The Franconia was built in 1911 and was
on the Liverpool Boston run Of the
Cunard Line until after the war began.
She was eoO feet long. Il feet on the
beam and Of - feet depth.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-06
SERBIAN ARMY PUSHES
NEARER TO MONASTTR
Troops Pierce Bulgarian First Line
Defenses at Konah.
CBy the InterpntionaI New, serytc.,

(By the international News Servtes.)
London, Oct Sighting on its home
soil again after months Of eGpatristion
the Reconstructed Serbian army is re-
ported TO be making steady progress
toward Mousstir.
An Exchange TELEGRAPH dispstch
from Salonikl today reports that the
SerbiBns have broken the Bulgarian
hrst line defenses at Konsli and are
only eight miles from the chief city
Of Southern Serbia
Ofhcially they are reported as cross
ing the Cerna river. near Debrovani
and Brod. and TO have occupied the
towns OF Buf and Popli
On the east OF the Macedonian front
hard fighting has been in progress
for the village Of Yentkeui. on the
Seres road, two miles east 0f the
StrunA River. II wss finally recap-
tured by the British. who had pre-
viously been driven out