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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-31
STATUE IS BOMBARDED
BY STORM OF SHRAPNEL
Munitions Intended to BE Used
Against Germans Rain Over
Miss Liberty"
DAMAGE MAY BE $1,000, 900
Successive Blasts Rattle Famous Mon
umcnt to Its Foundations-Evc
window Broken and Doors Torn
Out, but Its Light Never Fuckers.

out, nut It's Light Never Fuckers.
NEW YORK. July 30.-Great havoc
was wrought on Bcdloc's Island by
'o-day's explosion OF war munitions
Damage TO tho Statue Of Liberty has
been variously estimated at from $780,
600 to Sl,o0o,o0o. The latter is the guess
of Captain Clifton, in charge of Liberty
Island The exact injury cannot be
ascertaincd until experts have made a
careful examination OF the pedestal
and base of the statue.
Bedloe's Island. almost OH a direct
line with Black Tom. boro the brunt
of the shock A warehouse recently
completed there is practically i'm ruins.
The first thought OF the officers and
men who comprise the little army post
was for Miss Liberty" Through an
avalanche OF dirt and pieces Of living
shrapnel detail of three mon with
noncommissioncd officer. ran to the
statue after the first blast They found
ii badly damaged
DESPITE RoMBARD,IENT.
LIGHT CONTINUES TO BURN
The light on the statue. however.
burned steadily. not nickcrinE. when
the successive blasts ratified the monu-
ment to it's foundation.
Every window in the pedestal in
broken, but cursory examination
failed to reveal any extensive damage
10 inc structure. A little curio shop
inside the statue was found to have
oceh completely demolished. 500 or
more shattered statucttes littcrinr the
bottom Of the staircase
The main door. n heavy iron affair
Weighing nearly a ton, was blown com
pletelE OFF its hinges. and few rods
away both doors in the powder maya
zine were carried away
Screen doors from the officers homes
shattered drawers from bureaus. still
containing articles of personal apparel
ana tattered rugs lay about the walks
bordering officers row.
Inc promenade, OH which stands tho
httlc circle OF buildings forming Fort
Wood, as It is designated in army lists.
is dcnted with holes of various sizes.
showing where the far-nung missiles
have buried themselves.
Is WROUGHT
by BURSTING sIIRApNt:,.
one burning barge singled out a
building on Bcdlocs Island for it's cx-
elusive attention. The bursting shrap-
mel from this barge completed the de-
Struct!ol wrought by the first two eN-
captain Clifton. who occupied the
hrst house in the row. with his wife his
daughter, Elizabeth, eleven years old,
and Il small son. WAS aroused by the
explosion.
Knew what 1t was he said, HAY
ing experienced the san Francisco
ehrth1uakc
kushinE into tho bedroom. occupied
ny the children, Captain clifton took
Thorn in HIS arms. Followed ly his
wife. he made his way ;, ,b, ,
ground
On tho MAY out nc crdcr,d ,ho
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-31
HOLE - LEFT CLEAN
10 NOtN FOR VI ALTON

'rP"fter who managed 10 cvade
Inc police who Mere on guard ,r,yerscd
TINS territory TO the end of the nn,t
"ock HIS Investigation disclosed tho
i"ct that AT point short distance
Westward from the float dock. on solid
land, one OF the explosions had torn
a crater INTO the earth ana ripned out
ell the land, which was made wears
ago leaving q hole clean 70 the roc,;
formation under that section OF the
bay.
Int" this hole We're carried nortions
o. many freight cars. other fragments
being scattered widely in the bay and
Upon adjacent territory. II was an.
parent that tile explosion did the
greatest damage in the freight cars.
II Is said eighty seven OF them, stand .
ing on the tracks upon this stretch.
which was once solid land, is now a
vast pond. II was among these freight
. cars At this poin; that Cornelius 4
i.eyd Of the Gehigh Valley police. was
standing when last seen alive. With
nam were standing several other men.
Inc n"at bridges and the territory.
Su'foHhdi"s the crater were s,rewn
Win exploded SHELLS of various sizes.
some were thrown hair a mile to
the north, falling on made land of the
central Railroad OF New Jersey, op-
. roSiie the statue OF Liberty Many of
me larger shells were picked up by
boys "ho sold them for so cents
6 w i.cydcu. CHIEF OF tho Lchich
valley Railway police. was killed while
aiding an engine crew in a,tcmptInc
!" save It number Of freight cars from
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DEATHS

ENGERSON.-Died. at his residence, 27e2
Q Street. FREDERICK ElLERSoN EN-
GERSON, in the sixty-seventh year OF his
age. lie leaves his devoted wife and two
children. Mrs. Louisa Adninson and Joseph
Engerson. three grandchildren. to mourn
their loss.
Funeral TUESDAY MORNING at o'clock
from ST. Mary's Church. Interment in Oak
wood.
Baltimore and Newport News papers
DleaSs
The Detroit times., 1916-05-23
LADY DRIVER
TO Be FEATURE
Mrs. Mais to Pilot Car At Fair.
grounds, With Noted
Passenger

One of the features of opening
day of the automobile races at the
state fair grounds, May IS. is the
scheduled exhibition drive OF Mrs.
Johnny Mais, whose illustrious hus-
band is entered IN every major event
on the two-days' program. Mrs.
Mais is Acknowledged TO be the most
skillful auto pilot among the gen
tier sex in this country. a reputation
she gained by exceptionally clever
work at the wheel Of her car last
year. when she appeared at every
state fair of importance.
Added interest Is manifested in
the riding partner Mrs. Mais will
have when she sets cut 70 prove
conclusively that woman. Ia cap
able OF handling i fast car. The
women's auxiliary OF the Brother
h5od Of Railroad Trainmen mas unan-
imously selected Mrs. Ada B. Mar
shall. Of Philadelphia, Pa. vice
grand president Of the auxiliary, for
the post OF honor. After having
unanimously selected Mrs. Marshall
to he Mrs. MATS riding partner the
auxiliary members, 500 strong.
adopted a r. solution 20 be present
when the ride is made.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-23
PIT YAWNS
FOR TIGERS
Play Second Contest At Boston
With Bottom But Half
Game Distant

BOSTON, May 23.-Coveleskie or
Dubuc will pitch against Boston to-
day. according to the program out
lined this morning. Jennings Is
likely, however. TO change his mind
before game time, and in view OF
lineups that have been sent to the
front, no one would expire from as
constituent II II were announced
that Harry Tuthill and Jimmy Burke
would be the battery selection. II
Is a cinch. at any rate. that Veach
will be back In left field. Right
field continues 10 be a free-for-all
pasture. Crawford will be back be-
fore long. but whether today or next
week nobody knows.
There Is one regular who deserves
a rest. although he probably will not
get it. Stanage has caught 3S con-
secutive games and has had wild
pitchers TO handle most OF the time.
The work OF a catcher is particular
" laborious when the club is losing
steadily, and spin" is pretty well
tired out His hitting is suffering.
and so is his throwing. hut IL is not
likely that he will draw a vacation.
for Sullivan is busy scouting, and
Baker is hardly the man 10 back
stop on a sinking team.
Jack Dalton has pulled a new one.
After il was announced that he
would have no chance TO remain
with the club, Manager Jennings ar
ranged for him 10 60 % Frisco. The
coast league is very fast, the season
is long. the pay is good and the eli
mate fine. Nearly every ball player
hopes TO finish up out there. But
Dalton has decrocd that Frisco
volt do for him. and is doing lot
OF grabbing.
A young pitcher by the name OF
Flaherty is working out with the
club. His name would have secured
him a trial, but it happens that he
comes of an old baseball family and
there is promise in him.
Yesterdays game put the Tigers
within half a game of asst place. II
has been years since they were so
low at this stage of the race. The
fact that Boston secured only TWO
runs yesterday would indicate that
Darss pitched we'll. George did have
a lot on the ball, and succeeded in
pulling out of many tough spots into
which w.idness and mediocre out
fielding had plunged him. He needs
more work. however. before he will
be back in his real form. Had yes
,erday's game gone into over time,
he would have had trouble stalling
of the Red Sox further.
There was nothing new about the
Tiger difficulty yesterday There
were six scoring opportunities, and
only one was cashed. In that in
stance, Dauss himself was the hero,
HIS double TO right sending Young
home in fifth. Boston was held
scoreless until the eighth, when Gin
giles by Janvrin and Hooper knotted
the count. A double by Walker and
another single by JanyTin won The
game.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-23

ANN ARBOR. Mich. May %
Michigan will be represented at the
Intercollegiate this Saturday BY the
largest squad which has ever been
sent east 10 the big classic. FIT
teen men will board the train We'd
nesday afternoon for pennsylvania,
and the size OF the team has raised
the hopes of the fans who are OK
pecting that the Wolve rines will
make a fine showing
The most optimistic of the fans
are counting on The Michigan en-.
tries 10 cop off close to 50 points.
while the Eastern critics give them
10. An estimate somewhere between
these two extremes is the logical
position. and the members of the
team themselves look for 90 points
The Leland Stanford men declared
Saturday that they would take 30
counters, banking on firsts in tn
mile. the hurdles. the broad jump
shot put. and enough minor points
TO make up that total
Michigan's men will not be able
TO stop the Westerners In any OF
these events. but Cornell will be
able TO show them a thing or two
in many OF them, while the Wolyer-
ines should come through in the
dashes with very good chances for
seconds and thirds in the mile and
the half-mile, while Simmons in the
high jump Is counted on for a few
points. This Is the way the men are
being looked to. Smith, two frsts In
the dashes. totaling 10 points; Car
roll, third in the mile. for three
points; Ufer. third in the half with
a good chance at second for three or
four points; Simmons. fourth or NTH
In the high jump for two points;
The Detroit times., 1916-05-23
Is Athletes to Represent
Michigan at the Big Meet

O'Brien third in the hundred and
chance at fifth in the twc-twenty for
four points. The quarter milers
may pick up ali odd point or so.
Michigan can not win the classic,
but from the dope. Cornell and Le-
land Stanford will have to reckon
with the Wolverines iE order TO win.
for the Ann Arborites are strong
just where the Red men are banking
on their team 10 win a hock of
points, Will. Leland stanford will
have 10 buck Cornell's best in the
other events, With these two teams
cutting each others throats and
keeping each others score low.
Michigan has a good cnance TO step
in and pick out second place.
Ufer has good chance TO DC bet.
ter than third IN the half. for the
preliminaries will sap the strength
Of Meredith and the rest. Ted" will
have to run trials in the halt and in
the quarter, an6 last years. time Of
t:5445 in the $50 shows the strain
OF these races upon the Penn star.
Although Ufer is not 4 twodsy man.
he is capable OF doing the half fast
enough TO qualify Friday and coming
back with a 55 or So half SATURDAY.
This time Is easily fat enough for
a third and with the others suffer
ing equally, 1t might make a sec.
ond
Some talk has arisen with regard
to Smiths chances in the shes for
several men have made better time
this year, but there is no man in the
country who can stand as many
races In enc or two days as can the
Wolverine star. and IL Is upon this
ability 10 stick through all prelim-
inaries and still Keep enough 10 run
fast final, that Smith Ia banking.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-23
COAST STARS
WORKING on

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. May 23.-H
ciflc coast stars will divide. the 4
OF Harvard's stadium today In pr{
aration for the coming interc
legiate meet Friday and Saturday.
Wilson. Schnell, Lynn and Auper|
Leland Stanford milers and midt
distance runners worked out on d
track this morning. while In the 6
ernoon Capt. Murray. Norton q
House will run the hurdles, VII
Sisson practices At the jumping d
The University OF California sI
letcs who have been here since j
week. will also so to the stadis|
this afternoon. Murray. OF Lela|
Stanford. Is showing remsrkay
form over the timbers.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-23
MERMAIDS ELECT
OFFICERS FOR '16

The Women's Aquatic club Of De-
troit has elected the following new
officers: Miss vonnie Mosshammer.
president; Mrs. +. Bushman, vice
president; Miss Jane LLndquest, sec
rotary, and Mrs. Minnie Baldwin.
treasurer.
In addition to the officers. the fol-
lowing were selected to act on the
board OF directors: Mrs. Minnie Bald
win. Mrs. Resale Bowman, Mrs. r.
Bushman, Miss Theodore Beach.
Miss Jane Lundquest and Miss Won
ME Mosshammer.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-23
Watching the
ScOrebOard
Yesterdays HOMERs

Grsney, Indians. OF Meyers. Athletics.
Roth, Indians, on Meyers. Athletics.
walsh, Athletics. on Bagby. Indians.
Narxans, Browns, on Heating, Hsnks.
Collins, Braves, on Williams, Cards.
Washington n In FIRST place today.
The poor old W hite sox slipped back
info their stride. sud I'm addition TO
presenting the Senators with q game.
Li Il themselves into the cellar po-
sition.
zcb Terry, White sox shortstcp.
made two of the sex' four hits. The
senators scored their two runs on
errors.
The Athletics punched hits I'm two
innings on the Indians for 10 runs.
The game was featured by three
homcrs. Iris speaker contributed q
triple and q single.
The game cost the Indians Arst
place.
Marsans starred with homer, two
angles. three runs, . stolen base and
q great catch.
The Cubs can't break the habit.
They lost 10 the PhilIies again. IL
was the eighth straight win for the
Quakers against the Cubs.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-23
Wolverines Hope For
20 Points; Figure On
Second Place

ANN AR6oR. Mich. Nay 20.
These are the track and field
athletes who will represent the
University of Michigan at the
eastern intercollegiate at Har-
ward this week: Captain Hal
Smith. dashes; c. c. Ufer, half
mile: c. L. Murphy. half mile;
n. L. Carroll. ore mile: S. G.
-ontans, quarter mile. n. a. Oon-
,elIy. hurdles; c. s. Gross, shot
put; e. Griest, quarter mile: n.
e. o'5rien, cashes; c. c. Smith,
hammer throw: e. c. Warner,
hurdles; c. J. Fischer. hurdles;
v. II. Simmons, high jump, and
n. II. Meehan, two mile.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-23
BADOUD GIVEN
CHANCE TO SHOW

NEW YORK. May 23.--Albert
B1doud. claimant of the European
welterweight champion. and hot aft.
er a match with Jack Britton or Ted
kid Lewis, has been matched to
meet Italian Joe Cans In a l0-round
bout here next Tuesday night. A
decisive win for Badoud will place
him in a position to demand matca
with the topnotchers.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-23
FAIR ENGLISH
CHAMP LEADLN'

BOSTON, May 23.-The hrst rouI
OF the women's golf chsmpionsh@
AZ TIE women's Country club start
today At 10 q. m. with an exceptif
ally brilliant field Of qualiners.
Mhss Vera Ramsey. the Engi1
NIPPON. tops the list OF Is qud
ners. her long driving being the q
az ton u yesterdays round.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-23
Billiard DoinQs.

NORM defeated Ellis. % to 81, AMI
Maupome defeated Hatcher, % to
%, in three cushion billiards at the
Pullman academy yesterday. In the
red ball tourney at Sweeney-Hus-
tens, Miles wen from Jaquier, rs
TO &C Clements and Kapafolsh will
play tonight.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-23
Amateurs to Meet.

The Detroit Amateur Baseball as
ISOLATION will hold an important
meeting toright at the Offices OF
the recreation commission in the
Farwell building. This will BE-
the last session before the season
OPENS, and members will and II
profitable to be present. The meet
ing will start at 8 O'Clock.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-23

Nm speeding the mile explain until
The breeding miracles that
athletes. to
kn0Usags running have some
a
- 0e minutes and half a while
Ooo the than
A No self respecng high school meet would
g running and better training than those fellows
a since
dashed TO he a flood You
Ne . headache trying.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-23
QUAKERS TO SEND
Is TO CAMBRIDGE

PHILADELPHIA. May 23.-LS1
by Captain Ted" Meredith. is
Quakers will battle for the Univer.
sity OF Pennsylvania at the Cam
bridge intercolleg on Friday and
Saturday. Meredith will run In the
quarter md half mile events.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-23
ROWLAND TO
Get AXE, RuM0|
Reported In Chicago TIL
Comiskey Will Make Man.
ager the Goat

CHICAGO. May 23.-Asreport Y
being circulated here today Il
Owner Comiskey. of the White 81
10 contemplating q shakeup Of
team. which will include the res
nation Of Manager Clarence Rc
land, and the sale or exchange
several players. Comiskey. the
port said. has been disappointed
the Hose showing and blames Il
a lack OF lighting spirit. Comisk
could not be reached to confirm
report.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-23
Evoluting the Mile Runner

in
tercoegae track will be A
the
in
10 has taken two
rn1o Stmson He
mile
~ o6csn1a - ~ ~
Ieda thsrs isn't high school Michigan
HASN'T distance
1epk longer tnan nve minutes to the mile
Cuylog OF YALE establish
Not until 1889 could American colleges
In
a 40 IS that year and seconds when
- oGnin champion = '' ~
George
which
this in
ren
k11l ~ We think that will a bu
HIF 1882 and again Of Orion VINO ~ VI
The Detroit times., 1916-05-23
American Association.
STANDING

The yspks, with morc than n tesm
md n half. couIdnt stop the browns.
they bstted Eddie Pisnk ont Of the
boz In the eighth, but Groom saved
the day for the BrownA
The Detroit times., 1916-05-23
Well Before Using Hugheys SoganOd Lineup Would Be Wecom
s AAME1Mk1.Ms=N
H;|' !S!|||lg l5lk,

JENNINGS merely loyal to instructions ss before
G- and h his notion that this advice PIE tai anr help
noble job OF H. out we
wearied OF shaking
while everybody 10 hitting INC
~.
the old
the only experiment.
II fine points Inc cuv nS
muchbut
tune Il a would that lack OF onnaenee
similar lack OF commences on
slam bang punch isn't tnere YET
The Detroit times., 1916-05-23
Yesterday's Games

innings i? ss5s!ss RI z
Chicago 90 % : Q
washlngt'n 0 o o 0 0 -
schaik; Harper and Henry. Empires
Chill and OLoughlin.
At Philadelphia
Innings n r
PhiiadeI q 0 o 0 o o 0 6 10 IL Q
o'Heii: Meyers and schang. Empires
Evans and Hildebrand.
At New York
Innings i2s+ bs7s RHE
a.. Louis...0 30 . o. 2-sls /
New York. q 0 0 1 0 2 o 0 0--S IL 4
Batteries-Plank, Groom and Hart
lev: Heating. Fisher and Walters
Cmpires-Owens and Connolly.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-23

right
Substitute outneders
half
800
1880 ~ quit pitching
q
when s checks this fall he will figure that has cleaned
admit that his fly
something little seed squeezing mill down
The Detroit times., 1916-05-23
When Spoke Plays Close Up

pEAKER field which he plays Usually
II figure three balls hit in front of that
otherwise would hits that
Nod It's look at it, And that's just
had the majors played
called short right field before switching
end had results.
asked of
field bothered told him the
pefenced from the that section Of
had TO bat with them for background II the
nolding o
Q kick coming"
The Detroit times., 1916-05-23
Yesterdays Games

At Chicago
Innings i2345 $50 RHF
FhiIadeI % 0 o % "a o 0-6 3
Chicago 30 0 0 o 3 0 0 O Ga 2
Batteries-Alexander and Killifer;
Hendrix Seaton and Fischer. Um-
pires-Klem and Emslie.
At St Louis
Innings i23t 5s7ss RHE
Boston 80 oQoo2 o-s 0
Batteries-Hushes and Gowdy:
williams and snyder. Umpires-Rig-
Ter and Harrison.
At Pittsburgh
Brooklyn Pittsburgh. wet grounds
At Cincinnati
New York Cincinnati, rain
The Detroit times., 1916-05-23
National League.
STANDING
Today's Games

Philadelphia at Chicago.
Brooklyn at Pittsburgh.
New York at Cincinnati.
Boston at St. Louis.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-23
STANDINGS
American League.
Today's Games
STANDING

Detroit at Boston.
Chicago at Washington.
Cleveland at Philadelphia.
81. Louis at New York.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-23
MOUNTAIN HAS
CHANCE TO WIN


There r. now a chance for the
dope TO be upset in the Greater De-
troit Bowling tourney. II Charley
Mountain can defeat Cavan later In
the week, he will go into a tie for
first, and will have a chance TO win
the big money on the play of. All
this has come about through the
miserable play OF Bamberg, the lead
er. in his game last night against
Tom Haley. While Haley was
breezins along at nice 200 gait.
Bamberg was averaging 167. Haley
cleaned up in FIVE games.
CHICAGO, May 23-Georgc
CKnockoui'D Brown has received
an offer from New York from pro
moters to fight Jack Dillon. OF In.
dianapolis. II was planned 10 Dit
Mike Gibbons against the local
Greek. but Dillon was substituted
The Detroit times., 1916-05-23

sacrinoA- hits--vitt Z. Young. Lewis.
J anvrin: Stolen bases-Bush. Cobb.
Lewis. Hooiit,sl :. Two, base hits
er = Double plAy--Dauss to Stanage
to Burma Left on basss-Detroit. !;
Boston. IL. Bases on balls-On
pauss. 70; on 6regg. 4; OF Foster. .
hits. run In 8 Innings: on Foster. /
hit. no runs In . innings: on Dauss
hits runs In 8 IS inninGs
ssr1cs 1 1y pauss. q by GSrsgs.
and Naliin. Time-.:iS
The Detroit times., 1916-05-23
Selling Walter

Of buying Walter
I might chief among them the fact that the
the failure or
cApol CITY club that is leading the league Attend
Clark Griffith
likely
Nationals the
Il there should
York Chicago probably would get first call
Yoa can't
II month
The Detroit times., 1916-05-23
Ban Has An Idea

AN JOHNSON speech make the subject OF
with him altogether
III presumptuous assertion Our version OF tne tse
juggling of such hie as craworu, yea
Kavanagh made them lose confidence IN
1va that's wobby Perhaps demorazed DC.
"wobbH Maybe Ban isn't talking about our ps
because
Of uSstunE lsrs niishsr
hit
and vice versa m is methods You
Cobb Baker
dsivsries But the wess m face
their batting averages would De
evil 10 hiers In
suddenE
Is Practice makes perfess
k0k the
should be removed
The Detroit times., 1916-05-23

job Of managing Memphis
friends
boost for him Frank Navn Hughey
Miller
Charley Ebbes McGraw went far
National
TDngne pilots.
The Detroit times., 1916-05-23
The Troubles of iris

uckes world and he ad
s himself No player except Cobb during his active career
MN OF active has
during the past three years and the present season The
started pitcher NO
lived who
Veach aud
1879 that talents
l2oA TIE gardens.
his FIRST when he
found ride
fall broncho
Before fractures knitted
he a south
ball. His first amia
North league He started
Hubbard City
cottonseed oil mill
fifty month
failed athlete there Sis
probably
like
z01ogo, the
The Detroit times., 1916-05-23

sTwo out when winning run scored.
t4Attsd for Carrigan in sixth.
,batted for 0regE IN sixth.
innings ......1 y1S5 s7ss
Bcs.sn, ;.'.'.':'...::::S ID
The Lamar register., 1916-09-20

II the consumer pays the tax, why
did the importers raise $105,000 to
have the tax reduced?
The importers and the Sicilian fruit
growers are not philanthropists and
it is safe to say that a large proper
tion of the 50 cents per box which the
Underwood tariff took away from the
government got no further than the
pockets Of those who paid for the re-
duction.
When the democratic party hands
out its usual CUFF about the moneyed
interests who dictate protective tar
ifs, there is court record in New
York which is sufficient evidence that
S140,000 was paid to elect an admin
istration which would hand over to
the importers and foreign lemon
growers $1,6OO,OOO on a reduction in
the single item of lemons.
In a congressional investigation at
Washington it was brought out that
certain importers and European man
ufacturers maintained regular of
flee in Charleroi, Belgium, for the
purpose of raising large sums to
fight the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill in
1909.
Why should they care if the CON
sumer pays the bill.-American Econ
omist.