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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-09
SEVENTEEN MEN RELEASED
ON REQUEST OF RELATIVES
War Department. Approves Petitions Of
Men in Militia Who Have Fnmi-
Hes Dependent on Them

In response to the call Of dependen,
relatives, the Eastern Department has
notified Adjutant-General Sale If tho
discharge of seventeen men from scr.
vice in Virginia militia. y majority
Of tho released soldiers are In Caup
stuart, but several of them will come
back from the border to take M again
the york of winning bread for their
families.
Tho released mon arc as follows:
Privates William II. Trent. William IL
Dcitrick and &. j. Rhodes, Of Com.
pany +, and Henry W. BaltZ. Of Com
parY y, First Infantry. Cook Edward
II. McCrahon and Private w. a FRAY
ser. OF the Signal Corps: Privstcs
Jacob herman. james l.. Strang and
John Frohman. OF Battery a. Mechanics
Walter S. Seymour and William q
Strawhhud. Of Battery II. Pr!vatcs
John G. ScdGwick. Lee s Boyer and
Lorenzo $. Cease. Of Battery Il, and
Mechanic Daniel ". Wilkinson and
Privates Christopher g. Sinclair and
Elliott Hickman. Of Battery n. Field
Artillery.
Word from Brownsville, Tex, an
nopnces that Captain Daniel L. Porter.
oil Staunton, who has been In com
inand OF motor-truck company. has
h""n assigned to the staff of Colonel
J. =. Hatch guarding the international
bridge, with duties of inspector.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-09
Charged With Severely Cutting Mulc
belonging to an Ice Cream Com
pnny-Othcr Police Cnses.

Charged with cutting and slashirg a
mule belonging to the Purity Ice Cream
Company, Henry Holt, colored, was
fined 500 and placed under $500 Sc.
curtty in Police Court yesterday morn
ing. Harrison Sales, arrested on like
charge. was dismissed.
In an effort to escape Special Agent,
T.. G. Taylor Of the S. y. &. A.. Holt
jumped into Shockoe Creek. and was
later arrested by Policemen Napier and
Akers
G. NJ. Smith, charged with speeding
an automobile, was fined S23
c. T.. Thomas. member OF Grimes
Battery, Portsmouth, OF the Field Ar
iiilcry, was fined $50 on Il charge
OF cursing and abusing and resisting
Policeman Patterson. lie noted an an
peal.
j. w. Smith, charged with stealing
apparel from Lott SwiEcr, was sen
fenced to four months in Jail He an
pcaled.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-09
PETERS READY TO OPEN
HIS NEW DEPARTMENT
takes Office as State Commissioner
of Prohibition on Sep
tember 1.
WHITEHEAD AND HoRNER AID
They Will Serve as Legal Advisers
and Special Prosecutors in En-
forcement of Dry Laws-Inspec.
tors to Work Incognito.

with his office. field and legal force
already appointed. Prohibition Com
missioner Peters is ready to undertake
MS snare or the program for bringing
about in Virginia full enforcement
OF the new law forblddlng the manu-
facturo or sale In Virginia of intoxi-
eating liquors after November l. Under
the act creating his Office, Commits
sioncr Peters's duties begin on Sep
tembcr 1.
With Mr. Peters will take office on
September /. as counsel to the Prohi-
bition Commissioners for the eastern
district OF Virginia, former Delegate
Guy L. Horncr. of Southampton. Tho
commissioners legal adviser for the
western district will be Thomas White
head, Of Amherst. formerly counsel for
the Anti-Saloon League of Virginia.
H0RNER WAS CANDIDATE
FOR PROHIBITION COMMISSIONERS
When the commisslonership election
was still a thing of the future. last
February. Mr.. Horncr announced his
candidacy for this office. Later In tn.
month he withdrew his candidacy.
throwing his strength to Mr.. Peters
by the Democratic caucus.
Although MIR. Peters has appointed a
secret service staff of four or five mem
bers. he declined yesterday to make
public their names. To do So he said,
would defeat the very object for which
they were appointed. The inspectors.
as they will be known. will travel from
one section of the State to another
incoSnito. observing the local enforce
ncnt OF the law and gathering evidences
against violators. Their identity will
he known only to the commissioners
office and the Commonw ealths attor-
ncys who Will prosecute violations OF
the law.
The appointment OF Mr.. Whitehead
as member OF the commissioners
legal STAFF has been expected. AS coun-
sci for the Anti-Saloon League Mr..
Whitehead was one of the leaders In
the early movement for the abolition OF
the liquor traffic
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-09
COMES HERE TO COMPLAIN
Negro Who Escapes From Rond Force
Says hc Didnr Get Enough
to Emf.

Joe White. alias Jones, colorcd, while
on MS way. he says. to complain to
Governor stuart as 10 conditions in =
"tt'" road camp, was arrested yes
tcFaay morning at 1927 East Fourth
street. south Richmond. by Policemen
RnAnavant Waymack and Sharp. He
was ncid for the pcnitentiary authori-
ne negro stated TO tho police that
~ was on his way 10 see the Cover
40! 10 complain TO him that ne was
oVerworkod and did not receive cnonrh
20 cat i'c had been sentenced TO
servo Twelve months on the roads on
conviction OF assaulting and robbing
I""fGe Athey. colorcd He had served
'AF1e and a half months whom no es.
chpcd from the force in Orange County.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-09
INSPECTING FARMS
Superintendent Whitaker Accompanies.
Bnhrd on ITip 10 Einyyiilc.
views AcustcRd Farm

Members OF the Administrative Board
and other city officials Yesterday made
~ second inspection of Ciavvil,c. tho
property Offered TO the city as suitable
for tie establishment Of ,nuricipal
farm. Superintendent WHITAKER. o.
the District Of Columbia Reform school.
a Cccoquan, Va also mace tho trim,
nc Will lend the board his advice wnen
il goes into the matter % selecting
one Of the farms which have been in.
spccted.
Commissioner Hobson ana Mr.. whit.
taker, ACCOMPANIED by Alderman Chris.
t.an. yesterday morning went over the
Newstca.d property. on the Jarnos River
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-09
ONE DEATH DUE TO HEAT;
SEVERAL REGISTRATIONS
Christie ConStantinides Succumbs
Shortly After Being Moved to
Virginia Hospital.
TOBACCO WORKERS OVERCOME
Kiosk in Capitol Square Climbs to
102 Degrees, While Weather Blu
rcnu at ChimbornZo Admits Maxi
mann Temperature of 02 Degrees.

with the heat wave continuing un-
abated Richmond yesterday passed
through another twelve hours of
sweiter. one man succumbcd, and two
other cases of prostration required the
attcntion Of Ambulance Surgeon G. +.
Houston. IT is considered proba BILE
that there were other cases Of pros
traiiou which were not reported. but
were treated privately. Many people.
especially women required to work
under conditions of furnace heat be-
came faint. and had to leave their
!abors OF these Instances there is no
record. Labor pursucs its rcmorsclcss
way, and hunger drives whore fairer
The first death charged up TO the heat
wave is that of Christie CONSTITUENCIES,
OF lo9 North Nineteenth Street, who
fell exhausted near his familiar haunt
ing grounds At Second and Hospital
streets. He was Unconscious whom
,he city ambulance. driven by Chauf-
four Roy Ford arrived. a quick re-
turn trip TO Virginia Hospital was
made. but CONSTITUENCIES died five min
utes after being placed in bed lie
vas recognized by MIR. Ford
FORMERLY OPERATED
AMUSEMENT DEVICES
The man used TO operate aInusc-
mcntS at Virginia Beach, and IL was
once his vocation TO drive. dOnkcys in
the streets about the old Market at
:" cents a ride. In later years the
donkey rides failed to attract and
constantinidcs ckcd out a living AZ
best he could. The body was sent TO
B!iley's undertaking establishment
Their" Will not be. /; Is said. an in
quest
Maria Allen, of 1906 Shor, Leigh
street, colorcd. an employee at the I'm
periai Tobacco Company. tainted. as
she said afterwards to Surgeon Iious-
ton when she felt as II she were being
cnvcl"ped in hot steam. She was
treated and taken home
Fred Brooks. colored, Of so6 Mosby
street. employed at the American To-
oacc" Company. collapsed from the
fierce heat. and IL required several nor
Applications To restore him. He was
Ia ken home.
The extremity OF heat registered by
the kiosk in Capitol square was tho
same as on Saturday, reaching l02 de-
erees In the afternoon at o'clock. AT
b O'Clock in the morning the Their
motneter registered "a degrees and n,
midnight the mercury had droppcd
from the afternoons high mark 10 So
degrees
The Weather Bureau reported 50 de-
grecs as the maximum temperature
- degrees as the minimum and - a.
inc mean. The normal tcmp.ra azure is
- degrees, showing an excess OF {
degrees.
The forecast for the day makea no
prophecy as to the Temperature 70 he
expected to-day.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-09
Thur.ton Not Wanted Here.

Acting Detective Captain Bailey in
formed the Baltimore police authori-
ties yesterday that Ernest L. Thurs
ton. OF 1918 West Grace Street. a sales
man employed by the Jones Motor
Car Company. Inc, was not wanted
in this city on any charge.
James L. Adams. cashier for the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Com
rany at Charlottesville, is being held
IN Baltimore on a charge of stealing
S2,l1a from the company. Thurston
was arrested on n charge Of operating
an automobile without a license tag
and an operators license.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-09
ATTEMPTS Suicide.

Katie Scay, colored. OF 100 West
Catherine street. attempted suicide
yesterday afternoon by taking carbolic
acid. When Ambulance Surgeon Hous-
ton reached her she insisted on dying
After the stomach pump had done it's
work effectively she changed her view
OF life. and decided that she preferred
to remain. even in this torrid cline
She will recover.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-09
Gans-Rady Company Announces :
Dollar Day Bargains
All Over the House To-Day
INSTALL VENTILATORS
Improvement nt city Hall lin. ncc,
Long Desired by Officials
Rnd Employees.

10 ahord Il ionE-desired relief the
City Hall will he cguippcd viii, :,
modern ventilatiug system Tho Al.
ministrativc Board yesterday directed
BuildinS Inspector Butler TO contrar,
with the American Heating and Venti-
lating Company To install a venttlatiur
system at cost OF 1866
For many years city officials ana
have performed their dut;or
IN close stuny offices. especially dur
Ing cold weather, due To AN unsatia-
factory heating system. II Is expected
that tho vcntilating plant will over.
come this nuisance.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-09
BLUES OFF ON HIKE
VIII I.envc Camp Stunrt This Morn
ing for Three-Dny prnc-
tice lIurcf,.

Tho First Squadron Of the First Vir-
GINA Cavalry. formerly the Richmond
Light Infantry Blues, Will leave Camp
Henry Carter Stuart this morning at
o'clock for a three-day march. Tho
route of the hike Will be in a northerly
direction. the soldiers pitching camp
at nightfall wherever they may he at
that time. The cavalry will be ac-
companicd on the hike by dctach-
ment OF thirty men from the Signal
Corps, with two officers.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-09
Ln,vn I'ctc MY. NH. A.

The Youths Frolic Club Will give "a
lawn fct" tonight In the open air court
OF tho Young Mems Hebrew Associa
ton. Sl2 North Eighth Street The
court Will be- specially illuminated with
colorcd lanterns. There will he dane
ing and Refreshments. Tho feto will
DO open to tho public.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-09
Dinner to Chairman wo-r.,

The State Board OF school Examiners
rendered a dinner TO its chairman. f.
T.. Worrell. of this city. last night at
Murphy's Hotel, plates being set for
httcen persons. Short speeches were
made by Division Superintendent T.
Il. Fitzpatrick, Of Bristol, and Supcrin-
tendents West, Hlllsman and Stcarncs
The dinner was presided over by super
intcndcnt Wise
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-09
Ijmbrrlake neIe,s>a

zen Undertake, colorod. janitor at
49,! r4iS' foilcc station. was released
yestCday on tho charge OF hcinu .us-
pc''"d Of having murdor.d Tobn
hr""n lie was arrested on anothcr
Lara however, Of having beaten
hr"wn.s body was exhumcd. and
coroner Taylor determined thar he had
not been murdered. "' ''""
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-09
Fails From Street Chr.

Mrs. Edward g jenkins, Of 923 North
Twcnty-ninth Street. fell from stree,
car at Twcnty-hfth and VenabI.
StReots last night, and was severely
cut in the head. Her injury was moi
considered serious. and she was taken
lomo In the city ambulance.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-09

The condition of Thomas r. Nc
Adams. vice president and cashier of
the Merchants National Bank. who is
ill at Stuart Circle Hospital, was last
night reported to be slightly improved,
though he is not yet out Of danger.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-09

humphrey Calder. superlntondcnt OF
ccmateTicG, was directed yesterday by
the Administrative Board 10 attond the
convention Of the Association OF Amer.
lean Superintendent OF Cemeteries
which w.ll be held In Norfolk on
Ausust a2-34.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-09
Condition Imnroxed.

Policeman l.. y. Clarke. who was
seriously burned when his automobile
upset on Mitchell Street, opposite st.
J"hn. on Monday night. was reported
last night TO be improving. His burns
are not considered dangerous. and it
VIII be only matter of time before
lie is recovered.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-09
Entertainment nj EIk.. Home.

A special vaudeville entertainment
Will be held at the Elks' Home to-
night at II o'clock. All visiting Elks
are invited to attend
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-09
FOR ICE MISSION
Receipts Yesterday Include 81 From
beginners Department OF Calvary
Baptist Church..

The Tines Dispatch received sl4 yes
terday for the Richmond Ice Mission.
me total receipts for the summer
amount TO S92793 One contribution
was from the beginners department OF
Calvary Baptist Church. Almost daily
there is some offering made by chill
dren. whose small hearts sympathiZe
more readily with suffering than others
ibr Older and wiser than they Ali
contributions. great and small, will be
gratefully received by the Ice Mission
and acknowledged in the pages Of The
Times Dispatch.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-09
HOLT Is FINED S1OO

Total received Q,
The sun., 1916-04-29

puts her on the right track and she be-
gins to write as she should. Hers IL the
real love story. She falls in love with
an Italian officer who is gentleman
and he with her: just as they are TO
be married he is killed In the per-
formance OF his duty: this brings out
the strength of the girls character
This tragic episode is told simply and
very effectively.
II Is the youngest and prettiest
daughter who IL the heroine. IL any
one is. Her ambition Is for art and
IL takes some painful experience for
her to discover that she has no talent;
but more than for art she is on the
watch for love. and her innocence of
any conventions or proprieties Is
amazing in an American girl She
picks up a good looking young man
ON the steamer and has moonlight
duet with him. then she keeps dream
ing OF him, till he turns up in Flor
ence. There he hirts violently with
her, gets her into compromising K
situation and backs out. The girls
love fancies crumble. she is humil-
lated in her own eyes. till the right
man comes and makes everything
right. BY that time the family Is
ready TO return to Zenasvile. There
are many interesting people besides
these and much that is very pleasant
about Florence.
Through il all Mr.. Whitman never
lets US forget how lovablc and good
these people are aud how high their
ldeA ls any marc tap he cnncpals the
absurd contrast between their aspira
tons and their accomplishment. OF
their pit!ful belief that they can do n
thing merely because they want to
regardless Of special talent or labor
ious preparation. II is a big and hon
est story.
The sun., 1916-04-29

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The sun., 1916-04-29
western Family In Florence.


n must have taken courage for
Stephen Whitman to have written
children 81 Hope THE Century Com
ranJ. though he may have counted
IN his countrymen's not recognizing
,heir own portraits. Zenasville may
rause amusement to indianapolis as
that new Athens does to Boston and
The Hub does to Europeans. but the
difference is merely of degree. the
childish self-confidence. the willing
ness to accept phrases for real under
standing. the assumption that art calls
for no effort. are found In all. Paying
no heed TO metropolitan display and
frivolity with its suburban accessories
Mr.. whitman describes American cul-
,ure as ii Is found throughout the
and, genially, humorously. pityingly
hut relentlessly and brings il face to
face with what Europe has TO offer.
He tells the adventures of an amia
lie. shiftless philosopher in "A small
ohio town, who has acquired smat-
,ering Of nearly everything and has
never been able to stick to anything
long. He has three daughters named
after the three Graces, all with red
Lair and the attendant optimism. one
thinks she has "A voice. another scrib-
h,es the third daubs with paint: the
father has dabbled in all the arts.
besides invention literature and phi
losophy. An unexpected legacy enables
tiem to crafty their ambitions They
start for Europe. more innocent of the
ways of the world than stage coun-
tryman. the girls fun of ambition and
romantic ideas. but Providence is kind
- them and keeps them out OF mis-
chief till they land in a respectable
boarding house in Florence. There is
fumor enough as we'll as truth in the
way they misunderstood foreign con-
dltions and people, mistakes that are
constantly made not only by Ameri-
cans travelling with a party but by
those too who spend months in one
place.
The good heartedness. innocence an!
ignorance OF the family will keep the
reader on tenterhooks. The father
talks freely about his affairs. gives the
impression that he is rich. is sought
hv some swindlers. puts himself in the
way of others and is on'y saved from
INs' ny tilt VI u
friend. OF him. of his philosophy. and
IL his variegated intellectual pursuits
We have suftciency. The eldest
daughter with the voice consults a
famous teacher; he tells her the truth
also what 10 do. but she naturally
knows better--so she loses what voice
,ae had. She also believes that she
has a talent for managing. as she has
in her own family she is surprised
nat II does not work on everybody
hat sHcCeeds in captivating an unfor-
rnrntc Englshman whom she intends
20 turn into diplomat. In his dem.
,nstration that Ohio methods may no;
succeed IN the wider world MIR. Whit
man makes this girl rather too hard
md mercenary.
The second girl is the writer: she
: lcss good looking than her sisters
hut has more character. She wastes
her time on impossibly ambitious anI
fd.culous literary efforts. encourage,
'v her father. till a sensible frien'
The sun., 1916-04-29
MRS. ATHERTON TELLS WHY
SHE WROTE A MURDER STORY
The War Stimulated Her So That it Was Impossible Write
Any Other Kind Of Sory-Do People React
toWar with Lowering Of Moral
Standards2

merely had sketched in before. and in
tfoduced others. Although ] do not see
how that can interest. any body.
NO. I had no intention OF writing a
mystery story when I started out. but
when ! found that the mystery could
be sustained I amused myself sustaining
ii. My deeper interest was in analysing
"A woman capable OF murder, the person
who committed the crime. and all the
others closely associated with II. and
denormalized for the time being; also,
as have said, the unconscious reactions
OF a small community Of that sort TO the
war"
Mrs. Atherton IL much amused that
England should he so puzzled over Mrs.
Balfame" Why" they ask in effect.
should any American woman murder
her husband when all she has to do Is
to take him to the divorce court What
unnatural saueamishness in a divorcins
nation, 80
at is df,lcult to convince the Eng
llsh." said Mrs. Atherton, that there
are several million people In the
United states who are undlvorced
or that any prejudice exists against the
custom As matter OF fact We all
/ know that, save in very fashionable
! groups or ultra Bohemian circles, there
is immense prejudice against divorce In
! our country. and not only In old COM
munities like Mrs. Balfame's small town
but in large cities. Even In California,
long supposed 10 be a sort Of haven for
the matrimonial discontents. the divorced
| save In very fashionable or very ad-
vanced circles. are either cut or as hu-
mliatlngiy pitied. Ancient prejud!ces
die hard. n Mrs. Balfame could murder
her husband and get away with IL she
could remain the leader OF Elsinore
society as a divorced woman she would
simply have been poor Enid So be
ing stimulated up to a new pitch, she
decided on the short circuit. but. like
the Germans. her plans were upset b,
the unexpected intrusion Of third
party"