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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-28
BABE BROWNS
IN TUB OF WATER

Wytheville. Va, Dec. 2T.--A mes
sage received from Walker Nelms. at
Kingsport, Tenn, says that his three
year-old daughter was drowned in a.
tub of water at the home there this
morning. Mrs. helms was Miss Josie
Akers, OF Wytheville
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-28
Roy Accidentally shot.

Norfolk, Va, Dec. 27.-Wilbur
Parker, fourteen years old, living at
los Ninth Avenue. was accidentally
shot in the right temple Monday
night, while companion was han
ding ..22 calibre revolver. The
weapon exploded and the ball i'm
bedded itself in Parker's head. He
was not seriously wounded, however.
He Is employed in the Seaboard Air
Line Railway shops as a call boy.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-28
First Visit for Thirty Years.

Fredericksburg, Va, Dec. 27.-John
Peyton. OF Richmond, son of late
George Henry Peyton. who for years
was proprietor of Exchange Hotel,
OF this city, and a native. spent sew
eral days here last week. He is and
has been in the employ Of the C..
& o. Railroad for forty-lve years.
and although living in sixty-two
miles of his native town this was
his first visit for over thirty years.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-28
Whole State of
Virginia in Brief
Resigns As Pastor.

Fredericksburg. Va. Dec. 27.-Rev.
Garland II. Farmer. has resigned as
pastor of the Christian Church here
and will close his work December 81.
a ministry with the Christian Church
in Admission, Ala, to which he was
recently called. The Alabama church
has a membership of about 800.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-28
seise stili for Taxes.

Bristol ay.. edo. 27-Based upon
claims submitted by the government
seeking to recover alleged back license
taxes from e. Gouge 4 Co. Bristol.
Tenn. corn whiskey distiilers, to the
amount of $4,000 the plant and ware
houses OF the concern have been seized
The company has retained counsel
and will fight the claims. COMPARE
son OF grain receipts. covering sew
eral years. with the amount of whts-
key scheduled for taxation. is ALLEGED
to have led to the seizure A COM
promise may result
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-28
Sixteen Quarts stolen.

Suffolk. Va. Dec. 27.--Someone
with a real thirst went in the offices
of the Adams Express Company on
South Main Street Christmas morn
ing, between the hours of and 6
O'Clock and took out about sixteen
quarts of liquor.
Having no extra help. the Adams
force had worked until past mid night
on Christmas Eve and early Christ
mas morning had gone home to
snatch a few hours rest.
Today for hours at time there
were standing In line at this Office
applicants for their quart"
The liquor situation has SO added
10 the usual holiday burden OF the
local express companies that none OF
the men have had any time off dur
ing the holiday season.
More than seventy-fve people were
in line at one time today on South
Main Street.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-28

Suffolk, Va. Dec. 27-Chief Brink
ley. OF the Suffolk police force. stated
today that on January II there will
come up for trial about twenty cases
OF violations of the Mapp act. When
asked il some Of these were rot done
by persons who are ignorant Of the
many phases of the new law. Chief
Brinkley said that a few might be
ignorant violations. but the mos were
Intentional
Willie Boone. charged with v:olat-
ing the Mapp act. having hal more
liquor shipped him than the law al
lows and in an Illegal Kramer, will
be tried on December 81
John Parker. charged with viola.
ton Of the Mapp act. will be tried
December 20.
Robert Green. charged with riding
bicycle on the sidewalk. was hned
81 and costs.
Lonnie Everett and Mary Cart.
wright. charged with disorderly con-
duct. were fined 50 each and costs.
Peter Cherry. charged with disor.
DERBY conduct. was fined SIS and costs
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-28
observation-disclosures

Especial to The Richmond Virginian,)
Strasburg. Va. Dec. 27.-The chief
local social event OF the Christmas
season occurred at $50 o'clock this
evening, and was witnessed by many
friends of the popular couple. when
Miss Mary Frances Kneesley. only
daughter of the late Charles l.. and
Mrs. NJ Grace Kneesley, became the
bride OF William Anthony. of Shady
Grove. near Waynesboro. Pa.
The ceremony was performed In st.
PauPs Lutheran Church. tho brides
pastor, Rev. j. w. Link. of11ciating.
The color scheme of the church deco
rations was green and white. Fol-
lowing the ceremony the couple de-
parted for honeymoon trip South.
The bride was attired in a gown
Of ivory charmeuse wore a tulle veil
and carried a bouquet Of lilies of the
valley and roses.
The maid of honor was Miss Anne
w. Clover. of Woodstock. and the
best man was Royal C. Brown, Of
Brooklyn. Mas. The bride was one
~ - nlo4 premtnes naaanhern ~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-28
Death Due to Unavoidable Accaaen,

Deoti Due I'D NnAVOlOaDIe Accident.
Norfolk. Va. Dec. 27-That Mrs.
Mary Ellen Burfoots death was the
result of an unavoidable accident was
the verdict Of the coroner's Jury at
the inquest conducted yesterday af-
ternoon by DIR. r. $. Kight Mrs Bur
foot was killed in Church Street near
Plume Street Saturday night by an
automobile driven by William r.. Sey-
mour. who surrendered himself at the
First Precinct Police Station after
carrying the fatally injured woman
to st. Vincent's Hospital. Mrs Bur
foot lived at Eat Church Street.
Several witnesses testified at the
inquest yesterday that Mrs. Burfoot
stepped from in front of a machine
standing alongside the curb and that
Seymour's machine struck her be-
fore the driver could possibly bring
1t TO stop. The case against Sey-
mour was continued in Police Court
yesterday morning to this morning.
He In out on BAIL
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-28
Resigns From s. 4. l..

Portsmouth. Va. Dec PIT. II.
Wright. of this city. auditor of pas
senger receipts of the Seaboard Air
Line Railway. has resigned, owing to
failing health. The resignation Is eff
fective next Monday
Mr.. Wright was one Of the oldest
officials in point Of service with the
2eaboard. He became assista mt to the
president Of the Carolina Central
Railroad in 1872. and later entered
the passenger department of that
road, afterward becoming ticket
auditor and continuing in the service
of the Seaboard when several roads
were merged with that system
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-28

Totals ........s11s,29s S,547.474 s
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-28

A reception VIII be held at the
Catholic Woman's Club this evening.
to which all members and their es-
corts are invited. There will be a
musical program, followed by a buffet
supper and large attendance Is ex-
pected. Mrs. Thomas Boudar. Miss
Eta Knightly. Casper =. Dedy, Miss
Anita kirkwood and Mrs. Tracy will
he the artists of the evening.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-09-01
Accepts Principalship

Miss Gladys Meyer, accompanied
by her mother, Mrs. Flora Meyer, de
parted on the morning motor for
Reno. After visiting for a day i'll the
riverside city, they will continue their
journey by train to W~innemucca. and
from there by auto stage to National,
where Miss Meyers school duties
will begin on Tuesday, September
5th. Miss Meyer has made a hest OF
friends here, during her twelve
months stay in Carson, who. one and
all express a heartfelt interest in
her success and welfare at her new
home in Northern Nevada, where she
has accepted a position to teach for
the coming school year. Since the
talented young lady is a graduate
from the State Normal Institute, and
has heretofore taught at Stewart. and
formerly as substitute at points in
the east, no doubt she will acquit
herself quite creditably as principal
OF her new school in Humboldt
county, at the town of National.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-09-01
Judge Langan Boosts for Labor Day

Judge Frank Langan autoed down
from Virginia City this morning and
is boosting the Labor Day celebra-
ton in that city. He says that it is
going to be one grand affair, such as
the people OF Virginia City are noted
for, and they do not want the Car
son people to make any arrange
ment for that day, but all. and he
laid great stress upon the word all,
to come and they would be assured
OF a good time and will be we'll tax
en- cared Of. The judge stated the
Virginia City people expected Car
sonites and will be disappointed if
they failed to come.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-09-01
Quiet Wedding
Surprises Friends

One OF the social surprises of the
year took place last evening in the
parlors of the Park hotel, when
Dick Thomas and Dorothy Rochon
were quietly married. The happy
event occurred at OILS and the GER
emony was performed by Rev. L. B.
Thomas.
The bride is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Rochon and is one of
the most popular young ladies in
Carson. The groom is also well
known in this city and universally
liked. He is one of the guards at
the state prison and is a most faith
full and eff,cient employe OF that in
stitution.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas will make
their home at the hotel for the pres
ent and their many friends, together
with the Appeal, congratulate them
and wish them a long and happy
welded life.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-09-01

months in Buenos Aires and brides
and roses bloom contrariwise in De-
cember. Thin clothes are needed be-
cause Rio has a tropical climate,
smuggling as it does just within the
torrid zone. A macintosh comes in
handy because as you sail near the
equator, where often the coolest
weather of the trip is encountered.
the showers are as frequent and fleet
ing as any of our April best. As for
the bathing suit, it is indispensable,
first Of all because Of the advent on
beard OF Neptune and his daughter
Aphrodite. They appear as the
equator is crossed and initiate into
the mysteries of Neptune's court all
those innocents who never have
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-09-01

handed all elaborately engraved GER
titlcate signed by Neptune Rex, the
skipper and divers lesser official
lights, which entities you to cross the
Equator 11nmolested for the rset OF
your days. | for one, emerged strong
for preparedness and convinced that
a bathing suit in time saves nine
tcnths Of the wear Of a salt water dip
on a perfectly good dinner gown.
Your bathing suit comes in handy
yet again to be donned when masti-
eating mangOes. which are purchased
in great abundance and juiciness at
Bahia, Brazil, the first port Of call.
When eating this tropical fruit you
are bound to be covered beth with
embarrassment and mango.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-09-01

* ed the line before. They cross
the line, but they do not draw the
line. and no mere sex will gain you
exemption from the rites. Ne! tunes
vigilant police are no respectors OF
fine apparel and though you duck and
run in all the grandeur of your fes-
tive toys, they trail you to your state
rooms lair and lead you to be duck
cd again. It's a neat and simple SER
vice: You first say "howdy" to Nep-
tune and Aphrodite. Aye, then comes
the rub. You are smcared with a
lather Of -four and water and shaved
by Neptune's own barber and then
promptly d,ucked in the canvas swim
ming pool set up on the lower deck.
After being duly ducked you are
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-09-01
Needs the Comb
for His WhiSkerS

Judge and Mrs. William w. Griffin
entertained some of the judges
friends in attendance at the meeting
OF the State Board Of Equalization at
their residence on Mountain avenue
last evening with a buffet Dutch
lunch and cards.
Mrs. Griffin, with Mesdames Boyle,
Pyne, Grutt and Mullin and the
Misses Stewart, received the guests
and saw to it that things got proper
ly under way and then left the house
iully and completc'y to the men.
Those invited were Governor
Boyle, Chief Justice Norcross, Attor-
ney General Thatcher, State Treas
urer Malley, Controller Cole, Mine
Inspector Stinson. State Engineer
Kearney, John Mullin, Frank Pyne,
DR.. Donald Maclean, ]. w. Macdon-
aid of San Francisco, T. D. Van
Devort, George Anderson, George
Sanford, Sam Bige1ow and Assessors
Stern OF Ormsby, McTierney Of
Eureka, Lemaire of Lander, Wealth
ers of Elko. ingalls, of Esmeralda,
Slavin Of Nye. Grutt of Mineral, Nc
earthly of Clark and Organ Of Hum
boldt.
Mr.. l.emaire won the first prize,
DIR. Maclean the second, and Mr..
Macdonald the third, The consola-
ton prize, a comb, was given to Har-
ry McTierney.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-09-01
Personal Mention

+. + Flanagan passed through
carson this morning enroute to
Gardnerville by auto.
Mrs. Dan Quill and two children
were among the Carsonites returning
home on the morning express.
Attorney General George B.
Thatcher left by auto for Reno this
morning on official business.
Arthur Bolton Of Berkeley is
spending the day in Carson, the guest
of George d. Smith, his classmate at
college.
Mrs. T. T. Salter and sister. Miss
Claire Souchereau, came in on this
mornings Virginia and Truckee pas
senger.
Miss Edith Johns left today for
position as teacher for the coming
school year.
The Misses Margaret and Dorothy
Bartlett Of Reno are visitors in Car
son for a few days, the guests of the
Thatcher family.
Miss Duclla Cross returned to Car
Sin yesterday and will spend the next
month with her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. V. B. Cross.
Congressman and Mrs. Ed Rob
erts were arrivals on the morning
train and will remain in Carson until
after the close of the campaign.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. l.. Nelson have
given up their home on North Curry
street and taken up their abode with
Mrs. Mcmillan at the corner Of Ne
vada and Spear streets.
Mrs. Joe Taber and daughter
Hazel. who have been spending the
past few days with Judge and Mrs.
L. S. harrington, left last evening
for their home in Elko.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Holcomb OF
Huffaker's, autoed into Carson yes
terday on a business trip. Mrs. II ol-
comb was formerly Miss Mamie Gin
ty and we'll known in this vicinity.
Mrs. George Kitzmeyer and two
daughters, accompanied by Miss
Verla Meyers, returned last evening
from a several weeks vacation spent
at Santa Cruz. Mr.. Kitzmeyer mo-
tored over to Reno to meet them.
United States Marshal A. B. Gray
was a departure for Springfield, ILL.,,
on last evenings train, having in
charge Robert Mcfarland, a federal
prisoner, who is being returned to
that city to stand trial for embezzling
p%ostoffice money. Matt Rosenthal
accompanied him as guard.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Sheppard of
San Francisco are visitors in Carson
and are being shown the places of in
terest hereabouts by Ed ~Yerington.
Mr.. Sheppard was formerly general
freight agent OF the Southern Pacific
at San Francisco. but is now at the
head Of one Of the coasts big i'm
provemcnt companies.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-09-01
Will Go to State Industrial School

James Kelly, aged Is years, was
sentenced in the District court of
Elko yesterday to a term of five
years in the state prison for burglary
in the second degree. On account
of his youth he was paroled yester-
day afternoon by the State Board Of
Pardons to the custody Of Superine
tendent Matt Kyle of the State In
dustrial School at Elko.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-09-01
Will Hold Labor Day Service

Sunday morning at II O'Clock, La
Dor Day services will be held at St.
Peters Episcopal church. Laboring-
men and members of organized labor
are especially invited to be present.
The subject of the address will be
THE Signs of the Times" a discus
sion of the eight-hour day.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-09-01
Weekly Fashion Letter
Continued from First Page.1

told the passport man my right name,
the color Of my hair in the original,
the number Of my chins and the date
of my birth-but why go further.
Take it from me, you need a four
season repertoire of clothes, a bath
ing suit, a macintosh and a bottle
OF Mothersils if you contemplate a
brief trip down this way. Food for
thought and also for the fishes is the
necessity for Mothersils. Heavy gar
ments are essential because June,
July and August are the winter
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-09-01
-OO--
FOUND

Carson people have just found
Il that Jim Richardson's famous
taffy and bon bons are on sale at the
Carson bakery. : Fresh shipments
daily. Hot coffee, rolls and cake.
a22-tf
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-09-01
Latest Fall Style Coats

The new fall styles of ladies' coats
have just been received. They are
beauties and of the latest design and
finish and at reasonable prices.
a31-tf SWEETLAND & DAVIS.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-09-01
FOUND

A dull gold stick pin, with initial
engraved on it. Owner, can have
same by proving property and pay
ing for this ad. Apply at this Of
flee. a3O-tf
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-09-01
PIN LOST

Will the boy who picked up the
monogram pin, B. G.. H., at the carni-
val on Friday night, bring the pin to
the Appeal office and get re-
ward. asst
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-09-01

Mr.. and Mrs. William Kearney
have vacated the Roberts home and
about the middle of the month will
move into the Bray residence.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-09-01
~ -
FOUND

A lady's wrist watch, owner can
have same by proving property and
paying for this notice. Inquire at
Appeal office. alO-tf
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-09-01
Sacramento Saloon

Visit the Sacramento saloon, the
best Of wines, liquors and cigars.
The place to enjoy yourself. a2o-tf
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-09-01
See Bath

For hauling away your trash, ex-
press work OF all kinds. Phone Ar
iington hotel. d28-rf
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-09-01
Special Clearance Sale

A special sale Of middys. Your
choice for 50 cents to close out.
a31-tf SWEETLAND < DAVIS.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-12
GERALDINE FARRAR HAS NEW AND CECIL g. be MILE is
a FREE I004L


TAKING a FREE LOOK.
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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-12
Company Of Merit PIeases
Large Audiences at the
Palace Theater.

One Of the sensations for which
motion picture fans may look for-
ward is the Great Flying Girl Act"
IN Nfargarita Fischer pictures third
Mutual Star production The Butter
fly Girl, in which Miss Fischer and
Miss Della Prtngle are suspended fif-
teen feet over the heads OF everyone
else in the picture on wires.
o
The new Chaplin-Mutual picture.
The Rink Is full OF the typed
Chaplin business, applied to new sit
uations and carried on in an entirely
new way. It is the very sort OF action
which has made Chaplin so widely
demanded. The Rink IS destined
to be more popular than even b hinsi
the Screen his latest biz hit THE
Count, or The F'loorwalter.
The struggle or the man and WON
an against their natural inatinct 10
become parents and their pursuit Of
the children. Ambition. in prefer
ence to the reality OF fatherhood and
motherhood. is wonderfully illustrat-
y ed in the gripping play aThe Valley
of Decision which marks Richard
Benefits third appearance in Mu-
tual star productions written BY Cliff
ford Howard. Tho genius Of Director
q 20 Berger makes the story true.
.
;scinating Viola DANA in .The
Sc -sof Eden" is the feature attrac-
tioal at the Grand today. with Il Net
n Drew comedy and Il Hearst pic
toria1 News as the added attractions
Tomorrow, Ann Pennington. star
of Ziegfeld's FoIlIes, /" will appear in
The Rainbow Princess Ir;t-
mount offering. Burton Holmes will
also be on this program
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-12
STOMACH MEDICINES ARE.
DANGEROUS
DOCTORS NOW ADVISE MAG

Just how dangerous it is to indis-
criminately dose the stomach With
drugs and medicines is often not real
lied until too late. 1t seems SO sim
pie to swallow dose OF some spec
tal mixture or take tablets or soda
.pepsln, bismuth, etc. after meals. and
the folly of tllis Grusging is not APP
parent until. perhaps years afterward .
when II is found that gastric ulcers
nave almost eaten their way through
the stomach walls Regrets are then
unayai!ing; il is in the carly stages
when Indigestion dyspepsia. heart
DuTn, flatNlcncc. etc. indicates e.xces-
siYe acidity Of the stomach and fer
mcntation OF food contents that pre-
caution should be taken. Drugs and
medicines are unsuitable and often
dangerous--th they have little or no In
tluence upon the harmful acid and
that is why doctors are discarding
them and advising sufferers from in
digestion and stomach trouble ito get
rid OF the dangerous acid and keep
the food contents bland and sweet by
taking little pure btsurated mag
nesia instead. Bisurated Magnisia is
an absolutely pure anti-acid which
can be readily obtained from any drug
store. It is absolutely harmless, is
practically tasteless and a teaspoon
full taken in little warm or. cold
water after meals. will Usually be
found quite sufficient to instantly neu-
tralize excessive acidity of the stom-
ach and prevent all possibility Of the
food Fermcnting Advertisement.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-12

the work, which consists chiefly Of
sorting carefully the apples and the.
pluns. the cabbages and lettuce. after
they have been dried out All are
packed away against use this winter.
Potato Storage Houses.
Cologne Mt present possesses 216
potato storage houses, the largest Of
which is in part of the older forth
tications Of the city. None of the
PIG were constructed according to-
their present specifications until the
city had learned a costly lesson in
1911, a lesson that cost just about an
even third or all It's available storage
potatoes.
In that year. as now the potatoes
were put away. according 10 grades.
in lots Of about 500 hundredweight In
.cyitably they began to rot because
there had not been made the proper
provision for air. and before the dam
age in the various cellars had been
checked thirty per cent of the supply
was spoiled. The loss was hard to
bear and set Cologne to work imme-
Qiately to invent some new kind of
storage methods.
This was achieved by the construc-
ton in each storage room of a series
of wooden conduits running along the
floor from each wall 10 the wall on
Rosite. These @condnits arc made Of
strips of4lath or thin wood. some two
inches apart The conduit itself is
about eight inches square Standing
upright at the juucture Of each set
OF conduits is a third
Separate Managers,
The potatoes are then piled in on
top Of the conduits, TO the height of
the llprights. the air can pass freely
underneath the potatoes along the
floor and among them through the up
right conduits, and can escape and
perneatc the potatoes through the
vide gaps between the laths This
simple expedicnt, Cologne has found.
has reduced the loss from thirty to
twelve per cent
The city kitchen, the evaporation
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-12
According to Annual Report the.
Four Alaskan Agricultural
Experimental Stations.

tDY AaseeIArvo rIs,rssl

WASHINGTON. Dec IL Alaskan
crops in 1915 were growrn under the
most favorable season for years. ac-
'cording 70 the annual report Of the
four Alaskan agricultural experiment
stations just published By the deparl-.
ment Of agriculture Grain ripene ed and
matured early and vegetables and Der
rtes produced abundant crops.
Excellent results We're reported III
ist1cs OF the native stock and the quail
iftv of fruit inf eorta ctt' ,nd u lie
states. Most of the hsbrids we're de-
ive1oped at the Sltika staLon il south