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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-24
BOTH SIDES ADMIT
CONTEST IS CLOSE
Glass and James Supporters
Make Interesting Analyses
of Vote by Districts.
PARALLELISM is STRIKING
Factions Differ Chiefly as to Di-
vision in Second, Third
and Eighth.

With approximately 500 Of The 900
full-vote delegates who will be ac-
credited to the Roanoke convention.
elected, local leaders identified with
both the Glass and James factions.
after scanning the lists closely. adj
mitted last night that the race be-
tween the Sixth District Representative
and the Danville man for the national
committee, has developed into neck
anu-neck affair with the margin SO
close as TO make unsafe any prediction
as TO the outcome.
Unlike the usual prediction claima
OF opposite factions. the ones now cur
rent are modest in the extreme. Or
eanization leaders, while insisting that
Rorer a. James has the advantage over
his opponent. agreed that the margin
claimed for him is not large. In the
camp Of the Glass supporters much
comfort was derived from the fact that
OF the liS instructed delegates that
have been so far elected. ninety-e!ght
have been instructed to vote for Glass
and only eighteen for James With
900 delegates yet to be selected, the
Glass forces looked with confidence
last night to n victory for their candi.
date
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-24

H:f1iNt Io->, MAY ZS----EcportS TO
both the state and War Departments
to-day further indicated plans OF the
Carranza government 10 prosecute
vigorously pursuit OF chihuahua out
Law bands while the American forces
remain comparatively Ouiescent
C,oseiy following news Of with
drawal from Mexico OF the second
American punitive expedition sent from
Roquillas. Tex. Information reached
the State Department that General
ohrcgon had ordered 10000 troops TO
engage IN the bandit hunt IN Chihuahu~
and along the Big Bend border.
NAY DELAY FURTHER
DIPLOMATIC DISCUSSIONS
Delay in rtopcning diplomatic dis
cussions over the question OF Ameri-
can troops remaining In Mexico also
MAS Indicated in offc dispatches
state Department officials said that
receipt Of the new note being prepared
by General Carranza was not expected
before next week II was thought
probable tina. retirement Of the Big
Bend expedition to American soil had
presented new situation 10 be dealt
with in General Carranza's new note.
Secretary Baker said tonight that
the StbleyLanghornc expedition was
not withdrawn upon orders from Wash
lnrton. Officials here believe tho
American forces lost the hot trail" of
the bandits, who raided Glenn Springs
and Bouuillas. and retired because their
officers thought no good could he ac-
complished by remaining across the
border.
Whether the l!G nat!onal guardsWcn
OF Texas who refused TO be mustered
g,,tn hn
nartinled has no, yet been determined
Judge Advocate General Crowdar to-
day withdrew an opinion submitted to
General Scott, chief OF staH. which out
lined the War Departments authority
md rules OF procedure General
Crowder desired 10 consider whether
: the new army reorganization hiii. just
passed by Congress. VIII affect the
situation.
RECORD OF GTARDSMES
DEPENDED ny SI.AYDES
The record of the Texas guardsmen
I'm responding to President Wilson'S
call for border duty WAS defended to-
day by Representative Siayden. of
Texas.
LESS than 3 per cent Of the guard
have failed 10 answer the summons. =,
he said, land. In view OF the fact that
many Of the men have families to sup
port and other affairs which might
prevent their imm ediate response. the
proportion seems very small TO me"
Mr.. Slayden quoted Mr. Funston as
saying that he thought the Texas
guards had acquitted themselves
crcditably In the Mexican situation.
Settlement OF the railroad strike in
several Mexican districts was reported
in State Department advices. Trains
al Monterey were reported operating as
usual. as we'll as some mines. smeitcrs
and other industrial plants.
Renewed activity of bandits near
Acapulco, on the West Mexican coast,
was reported.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-24

The British acceptance Of Ale pro-
posals 10 feed the civilian population
Of Poland by an American commission
carries the stipulation that the relief
must be applied 10 that portion Of
Poland III Austrian occupation, and not
confined "a that part occupied by Ger
many Germany and Austria also must
aCre" properly 10 care for the popu!a-
lions OF siberia, Albania and Monte
negro
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-24
COUNTERPROPOSALS MADE
Grent Britain Outlines Plnn for Feed
ing Civilian Population In
Poland.

BERLIN, May % tvia Londsn).-
Ambassador Gerard day received the
British counterproposal to the plan
submitted by Walter Hines Page, the
American ambassador 10 Great Britain,
Tor the feeding of the civilian popuia-
t!on OF Poland by the American COM
mission. MI Gerard Will Immediately
start negotiations with Germany. He
expects 10 see the Imperial Chancellor
on the subject as a preliminary to
opening discussion with the department
competent 10 dea! with the situation
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-24
What to Wear

And How TO Wear H---On The
Woman's Page Daily
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-17
RUINED BY TAXIS;
BURNS CARRIAGES
Chicago Cabby Has Many Ups
and Downs Since 1898.

CHICAGO. March H.-Discouraged by
taHicab competition and unable to sell
Ms old-fashioned cabs and carriages.
even for song. Abel Deming poured
kerosene upon them and burned them
up.
Demlns has been rich and poor sew
eraI times since he came here during
the Worlds Fair, In 1893 Deming was
nat broke. except for his horse. He sold
Il. came to Chicago. and, working at
odd Jobs, saved his money and bought
a horse and cab Tho horse and cab
became a livery stable. and then for
tune smiled and coins jingled merrily
into his pockets
Then the race course lured him, and
Deming rubbed elbows with John w.
Gates and John Drake. Then the bub-
BILE burst when the fair was over, and
the race course saw Deming no more.
A few years passed and Demfng still
carried passengers through the streets
OF Chicago until one day a snorting
automobile whizzed past his cab. At the
age of seventy-one Deming Is left with
but meager part OF the money he once
had. He tried to sell his carriages,
offering to part with an outfit worth
700 new for s.. 200. but there were no
takers, so Deming drew his carriages
from their storage shed. poured a can
of gasolene over them, and touched a
match TO the relics OF the heyday of
the horse.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-17
MISS BROOKS HONOR
GUEST At BRIDGE
Miss Anteinette Ray Is Host
ess to Large Party Of
Guests.

Miss Dorothy Grav Brooks. whose
marriage to Lieut.. william Henry Hol-
comlbe. U. s. A.. will take place We'd
'nesday. Is the guest in whose honor
Miss Antoinette Ray is entertaining at
bridge this afternoon.
Teh other guests are Miss Dorothy
Taylor. Miss Marie Peary. Miss Fren-
ces Effinger. Miss Katherine Efffinger,
Miss Dorothy Wyeth. Miss Dorothy Ma
son, Miss Catherine Burdette. Miss
Marie Sims, Miss Dorothy Shuey, Miss
Pauline stone, Miss Louise Clark. Mrs.
Arthur Foraker, Miss Jeanette Cowan,
Miss Ellie LeJeune, Mrs. Joseph G. IL.
Colquitt, Mrs.. Charles Nelson Riker,
Mrs. George 4. stevenson, Miss May
Power, Miss Hanna Taylor. Mrs. Joel
William Bunkley, Miss Sue Courts, Miss
Elizabeth Mccartney, Miss Edith oracle.
Miss Nancy Jones, Miss Lanette Smith,
Miss Marjorie Helmbold. Miss Anna Ell
hot Pennepacker, Miss Helen McCum-
Der, Miss Mary, Archer Glass, Miss
Grace Overman. Mrs. Robert N. Hinck-
ley. and Mrs. Maurice Vilsack. sister OF
the hostess. Mrs. Vilsack will preside
at the tea table. 80 .''
Miss Frances Effinger will entertain
at dinner this evening for Miss Brooks
and MT. Holcombe, Her guests will In
clude the members of the bridal party.
Mrs. Maurice Vilsack, who has been
the guest of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
George w. Ray, for several weeks. will
80 to New York tomorrow for a week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-17
Real Estate Transfers.

1913 Park road nOrthwest-Harry l.. Rust
ct w. to Iva A. Heany. lot esi square
Se Mt. Pleasant and Pleasant Plains,
SO. Stamps. $40.
sos Sixteenth street southeast-Raymond C.
Mcintire ct ux. to Ezekiel Coopersmith,
lot IS. square 1858. $40. Stamps, g.
2U Tenth street northeast-Richard Thomas
ct ux. to II. II. BENJAMIN, lot o. square
se+, 81 II. II. BENJAMIN conveys same
property TO Richard and Flora NJ. Thorn
as, 81. -
701 First street northwest. SIS New Jersey
avenue northwest; hoo and uoz Third street
northeast-BridEet NJ. Kennedy to IL. II.
BENJAMIN.. lot q. square ga: part lot 20
square 61; part original lot !. square 7R.
81. II. II. Benjamin conveys same property
TO Bridget N. and Edward r. Kennedy. 81.
1920 u street southeast-Arthur z. Moore ct
ux TO Theodore u and Nellie N. 'Cargill.
part lot SIC. square b7s5. Anacostia, SO
villa Psrk-Festus w. Butler ct w. 10 Carl
J. Klein. lot y. square t3s2. $500
O street northwest. between Twelfth and
thirteenth streets-The Footer's bye Works
OF Cumberland. Nd. to the Footer Realty
Company. lot ~. square as. So
EcknEton-John II. Lane ct ux. to Freeman
W. and Bessie L. opdyke. lot IS. square
sS1s so.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-17
METHODIST CLERGY
WILL GATHER HERE
President Wilson to Be Among
Those Who viii Address
Conference.

Moro than 400 astho distclergymen
fromtbe Distric:. Maryland, Virginia,
and West Virginia will gather IN
Nashington March 2S for the Balti :
more Conference AZ the NJ. .E. Church
North
President Wilson will address the
conference the evening OF March 81.
His address will be tribute to
Bishop Asbury, pioneer Methodist
bishop In this country. whose CEN
tennial will be celebrated by the con-
ference on that day. All session viii
be held at Foundry NJ. Il. Church.
dfess the r0 eonfsTenes sS% %sG T Bshop p
Henderson, OF Minneapolis, and
warne. OF India, will attend the ses-
sions.
Reception to Delegates.
The evening OF March 2s there will
be a reception to delegates. at which
Bishop Cranston will be the presid-
ing officer. March 30 the formal ses-
slons of the conference will start.
Each day will be devoted to some spe-
cial branch of the church's work. The
and perhaps longer II the business is
not concluded In that time.
Two of the most important Items OF
business are the movement to unite the
northern and southern branches Of the
Methodist church. and the enlargement
OF the pension fund for retired clergy
men and widows of clergymen.
To Raise Big Fund.
The campaign for the si5.ooo.ooo PEN
sion fund for this purpose was launched
one year ago In Washington at a gem
eral conference of the church. and
methods OF raising the Baltimore con-
ference allotment will be discussed. Al
ready the fund amounts to about
s., NJ, 900.
Sunday. April .. ordination OF new
ministers will take place. with Bishop
Cranston presiding. On Monday Billy
Sunday will be the principal attraction.
lie will come to Washington especially
to address the conference.
For many months the Foundry NJ. i.
Church. OF which the Rev. DR.. W. II.
Wedderspoon Is pastor. has been ar
ranging for the entertainment OF the
visiting clergymeE> All the 300 dele
gates will be entertained In homes OF
members and friends OF the church.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-17
Bonds.
Killing of Wolves Aided
By Heavy Falls of Snow

OF wolves must have lost their lives
through starvation and the bullets OF
the wolf hunters, Carlos Avery, State
game commissioner. believes.
The severe weather and the deep
SHOWS. though bringing discomfort in
some ways, have been a distinct bless
ing to every interest in northern Min
nesota.
In Roseau county he reports that the
wwinter XII OF wolves VIII be fully MO-
boys have pursued the wolves on horse
hack and on skis. There were 4O5
wolves killed in that section in forty
four days. individuals got as many
as twenty-six pelts,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-17
HE[FFER|CH ALLEGES
CAMPAIGN OF LIES
Declares 1t Is Conducted by
Enemy Countries to Hurt
German Loan.

BERLIN March 11.-chargos that
raid agents Of enemy countries are
disseminating false rl,mora 10 Ger
many to hinder subscriptions to the
fourth war loan were made by I'd.
Helfferich. financial secretary. in in
PRODUCING the budget and rev war
tax bills in the Reichatag.
This campaign OF defamation has
extended even INTO Germany" the fin
ancial secretary declared.
Let me remind you that great
battle - now raging at eVrdun. our
troops nave the right TO expect that
and that everyone at home contrib
Itcs his share to their victory"
Debt Nearly Doubled.
This statement, at the conclusion OF
his speech. was met with outbursts
Of applause.
Germany's public debt. because Of
heavy war expenditures. has nearly
doubled inHthe last year. the financial
secretary said. But he asserted that
Germnny's financial condition IL bet
ter than that OF her enemies.
Germany, ne said. has raised about
70 900 million marks (about $4,000
10000 at normal rates Of excnange)
by war loans France has raised less
than 1900 million N2.cG0. 900. 00ol.
and England only 1900 or 1900 nit
lion marks (about $3.700, 0OO,000) OF
which Is 900 million marks were on
short term Issues, constitution n
floating debt, while eGrmany'A loaAs
are a consolidated debt.
Gefman savings banks. DIR. Helterich
asserted, now contain fl00U0OUi0 mere
in deposits than in 1914, nctwtthatand-
ing that ssh. COCOON of deposits were
Withdrawn for war loen installments.
Insists Upon Economy.
DR.. HelTeiich insisted upon the ne
cessity for careful economy.
I'VE must tut on the brakes wherever
we can." he told the rcichstaE. He also
emphasized the need of assuring the
regularity OF the war loans.
This Ia not led tare." he said, hut
duty and foresight COR q coming day."
lie pointed ont 0ut an increase Of
revenue by tsXation Is necessary. add
ing that this Is true even though every
German lellevos that pac fill also bring
financial advantages.
Germany's national indebtedness aas
almost doubled In the last year, because
OF heavy war expenses, he indicated. II
will he necessary, he said, to cover a
deficiencyq of [S0.OC6.tVe marks of in
ternal indebtedness by new taxes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-17
Kroonland Hero
Medal Awarded
Emil Bohme Located in English
Detention Camp by Own
Letter.

Another Kroonland hero. entitled to q
Congress medal for life-saving. has been
found. lie is Emil Bohme. who Is now
a war prisoner at an English detention
camp.
Secretary OF Commerce n edfield re-
ceived AZ letter from IRohgp today
stating that ne had just been apprised
of medal award growing out 'of the res
cue Of the passengers AND crew OF the
steamer Yolturno, in mid-Atlantic in
October. 1913. - n. 80
There are thirteen medals still In the
hands of Secretary Redfield. because
the men entitled to them have not been
found. Bohmes medal was forwarded
today through the American ambassa-
dor In London.
Medals for the following officer
and members OF the crew of the Kroon-
land still remain unclaimed in Secre-
tary Redfield's office: Frank Won
Hymmen. Heike M. p. Jansen, Gerard
Frans Borrenberg. Ingloff Loods. Franz
Quednau. Heinrich Schaub. Henri Cue
iinckx. Desire Augustus Coopman.
Ernst Benecke. Leon Coppens. Petrus
etobbelaar, Gustav Ebling. Alphons
Roll, and Augustus Friedrich Racksu-
gel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-17
Chicago Banqueters to
Have an Official faster

CHICAGO, March 17.-Poison soup
q Ia anarchists Is not to be on the
menu at the st. Patrick's Day ban
quet of the Irish Fellowship Club
here tonight, II the officials can pre-
vent IL.
poison the foods as II is alleged Jean
Erones did at the Mundelein banquet,
the club has accepted the offer OF Al
derman william ]. Healy to act as
Heaiy will be a ten-course hero. He
will sample tho courses as they. are
taken from the kitchen. IF II kills
me, the guests won't get It," he said
but I'll take a chance"
Farmer President Taft and Arch
bishop Mundelein. of Chicago, Will be
guests at the banquet. Lord and Lady
aberdeen, OF Scotland, also are ex'
ed TO attend.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-17
Eugenics Expert Saved
Murderer From Chair

LITTLE ROCK. Ark. March 1.-THE
life Of Charles Bailey, Desha county
negro, was saved in dramatic fashion
after his head had been shaved and he
was about to leave the death cell In the
Arkansas penitentiary for the electric
chair, He had been sentenced to death
for the murder of his wife.
Fifteen minutes before the hour sci
for his death Prof. Harry W. Crane, oil
ohio State University, field expert OF
the National Eugenics Nursery, OBJ.
tanned permission of the penitentiary
authorities to examine Bailey.
As a result he telephoned Governor
hayh. declaring that the negros mental
development is that of an eight-year-o old
child. The governor ordered a stay, and
after a conference with Prof. Crane
commuted Bailey's sentence to life Inn
prisonment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-17
At Age of 81 He Travels
Eighty Miles on Skis

NAMPA. Idaho. March Ito travel
eighty miles through the mountains on
skis is no trick for L. Lowry. sixty.
two years old, who has arrived In Nam
pa from snowbound Long Valley. Mr.
Lowry came out as a representative OF
the citizens of that section to take ur
with railroad men the problem of clear
Ing the Idaho Northern branch OF the
Oregon Short Line that has been block,
ed by deep slides since January 81.
We're running short OF food UP there
but I guess we can pull through" sale
Mr.. Lowry. I'm the days before tn,
railroad We used to have to grind
wheat in a coffee mill to get something
to eat. and we can do II again II neces'
Sary"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-17
dip" on Way to Jail,
Steals Conductors Watch

OsSINING. N. Y, March 17.-Robert
Manning. described as 1.-The clevereSt
dip alive" was brought from Brooklyn
to Sing Sing prison to serve ten years
for pIcRIng pockets.
ManninL was handcufed to Joseph T..
Hanel, a FIRST degree murderer. The
deputy found Manning attempting to
get his wallet with his right hand
which was not handcuffed.
AS the deputy and his two prisoners
left the train at Ossining. Manning
handed the conductor his watch anc
said:
Here's your watch. old pal. ] dom
want II because it's white. Maybe yo'
can use it,
The conductor gratefully took back
his silver watch.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-17
2-Hour Fight Keeps
Woman From Suicide

NEW YORK, March 17.-Stewards
employed In the Columbia Yacht Club
struggled for nearly two hours with
young woman who attempted TO
leap into the water. She was finally
subdued and removed to Bellevue
Hospital for observation. She was
unable to give her name or any clue
that might leal to her identity. She
Is about twenty-five years old.
The telephone operator In the club
house saw the woman run down the
wooden stairs leading to the clubs
pier from Riverside drive The OPP
orator notified the stewards
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-17
Killed After Visit to
War Chum'S Deathbed

BRAZIL, Ind. March H.-Fate played
a strange part in the lives OF James
Seward and James Myers. civil war
veterans and lifelong friends.
They were chums before the civil war
and served throughout the war in the
same regiment. Then both moved TO
Brazil to live.
Seward went to see his old friend.
who was seriously Ill. On his way home
he walked In front of an eastbound
train and was so severely injured that
he died n short time later at the hos
pital. It was only a few hours later
that Myers also died.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-17
Millionaire Bride Puts
Whole Estate in Trust

SHFLBYVILLE, ILL.,, March l7.-Just
before becoming the bride of Glenn
Kelley, Miss Edna Timmons. said to be
the richest young woman in southern
Illinois, placed in trust property worth
more than half a million dollars in or
der to be relieved OF the responsibility
OF managing the estate.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Dighton, her broth
er-in-law and sister, were named trus-
tees.
Mrs. Kelley Is to receive $500 month
from the income, which is about S25. 900
year, and II Is left to the discretion
OF the trustees to give her more. Should
Mrs. Kelley have children, the estate
viii be turned over to them when they
reach their majority
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-17
FUNERAL TONIGHT
FOR FORMER STUDENT
Services for Robert Elkins Living
stone at Home Of Parents.

Funeral services for Robert Elkins
Livingstone will be held at the resi-
dence. l2I9 Kenyon street northwest,
at O'Clock tonight. Early tomorrow
the body will be sent to ClaveraclS,
N. Y. for interment.
The deceased was q son OF Colin II.
l:ivingstope, national president OF
the Boy Scouts of America. He also
was greatly interested in BOY Scout
work. He was eighteen years old
and student at Western High
school. where he made q number OF
records in classes and would have
been graduated In June.
His death was caused by a compli-
cation Of scarlet fever and Dneu-
nonia with which he was stricken
about three weeks ago.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-17
200 GIRLS SELLING
TAGS FOR ASYLUM
Collect Money to Aid St. AIMS
Infant Hospital

Remember the Babies-St. AIMS In
FAINT Asylum
Tags bearing a shamrock flag, and a
harp, under which were the above
words. were offered for sale by about
200 young women on Washington streets
today.
The young women invaded department
stores, office buildings. and modified
In front of departments at the noon
hour.
Mrs. Samuel Tucker is chairman of
the committee. The young women SELL
evening the result Of their days
efforts.
The money collected will be turned
over to St. AIMS Asylum to be used In
buying food and other provisions for
the babies there,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-17
Irish Soldiers Celebrate
Smoke Day In Trenches

LONDON. March l7.-This Is Irish
smoke day in the trenches. In addition
to hailing the dawn OF st. Patricks
day. practically every Irish soldier re-
eeived a quantity OF smoking tobacco
and matches. the gift OF London
newspaper. Weeks ago the publication
started a subscription fund for the Irish
Tommies.
The first check came from a patriotic
Irishman In China. II was for $500
The fund grew rapidly until, Il was est.
mated today, every Irish soldier re.
ceived enough smokes to last him two
Weaka
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-17
He Is 80, Bride 80;
Tom GreetS Them
Cornet Band Turns Out to Sere.
made Mr.. and Mrs. Timothy
Herrick.

PoUGHKEEPsIE. March l7.-All
.Staatsburg turned out and. headed oy
the village cornet band, serenaded
Timothy Herrick. eighty. who return
ed from Syracuse. bringing with him
his bride. formerly Miss Martha Wall
that city.
Herrick. who for fifty years has
he en- superintendent on the Will m
b. Dinsmore estate. recently refur-
nished his cottage. Nothing wos
thought Of this. however. until his
arrival with the bride.
Herrick has six children, all mar
ried. His first wife died four years
ago,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-17
Cinnamon Carry Babies
To Avoid Sudden Death

SAN FRANCISCO. March r.-Baoies
are all the rage In Chinatown since the
tong war started.
There is an unwritten law among gun
men OF the Highbinders' gangs that a
father with a child in his arms shall
not be shot.
Chinatown detail, for the number OF
babies getting their airing in papa's
arms on the streets these days.
Every tong member who has baby
takes the child with him wherever he
goes. IL he hasn't a child, say the po-
licA Ae borrows one.