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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-23
AUCTION Sales.--future Days
~ ~
by G. l.. & IL. l.. DENOON,
Real Estate Auctioneers.


rnusT uH SALE
TRXCT OF LAND IN LUNENBuRG
Miles FRoM MEHERRIN. AMI
ONE MILE FROM NUT-BUSH STA
BY virtue Of n deed of trust. dated
january :, 1914. and of record in tho
clerks Office of l.unenburE Circuit
Court. in -. b. No. s, page 351 -2-3. de-
fault having been made in payment OF
the debt therein secured. and being rr-
quircd so to do. ] will sell by publ.
auction. AT the Richmond Real Estatr
Exchange, % North Ninth Street, Rich
mond, Va. on
WEDNESDAY. MAY -. 1915.
at IL o'clock NJ.
the tract of land above mentioned. con.
tanning 1871 acres. more or less. and adj
joining the property now or formerly
owned by l.uncnburg Lumber Company
ct ais. and lying on the main road
leading from Mcherrin 10 Lunenburg
Courthouse.
TERMS Cash rs to expense of exc
cutting this trust, any taxes due and
unpaid and to pay the sum OF 81 .55S.Ti
with interest. Balance at ono and two
years.
c. l.. DENOON.
Trustee
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-23

In execution OF a certain deed OF
trust to the undersigned trustee, dated
January TO- 1914. recorded in the CLERKS
Office Richmond ChanCery Court. in l.
II 225-C. page $40. default having been
made in the payment OF part of the
debt therein secured and being re-
CURED so TO do by the holder thereof.
l Will sell by public auction. on the
premises, on
THURSDAY. NAY Is. 1916,
al o'clock p. NJ,
the real estate described IN said deed,
as follows:
'All that certain piece, parcel or lot
Of land. with the two dwellings desig-
mated as Nos. 2JGi and zoos West Moor
Street, ana all other improvements
thereon. lying and being in the city OF
Richmond. Va, on the north side %
Moore street, between Dinneen and
Elizabeth Streets, and bounded as fol-
lows: beginning at a point on the
northern line of Moore Street one hun
dred and twenty l20) feet east of Din
neen street: thence running castwardly
along and fronting on the northern line
OF Moore street thirty-two 632) feet
four Cd inches, and extending back
northwardly. At right angles and be-
tween parallel lines one hundred 600,
feet TO an alley ten (1O) feet wide"
TERMS: This sale is made subject to
two prior liens, both due June Is, 1916,
one for $500, with interest thereof from
December 10. 1915. and me other for
500 with interest thereon from June
-, 1915. cash TO the residue
II. L. RICHESON.
TruStae
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-23
BY j. u. CARNEAL e. son.
AuctiOneerS.
TRUSTEES AUCTION SALE
OF
HOUSE AND LOT No. 1906 CARRIN,.
TON STREET.


by virtue OF deed Of trust record!
I'm the Richmond Chancery Court. IN
ID. b. 2li-B. page 500. default havirs
been made in part of the money
therein secured. and being required -,
70 do by the beneficiary, the under
signed trustee will offer for sale. On
the premises. No. 1906 Darlington
Street. on
"WEDNESDAY. MAY -. 1916.
at o'clock l.. NJ.
the property above referred 10.
THIS property. located as above IN
easy reach OF the center of the CITY
nnordinB exceptional opportunities 10
persons OF moderate means as a modes,
little home. or would prove a good I'm
Ncstmcnt for rental purposes. The lot
fronts 3oNli5 feet to 15-foot alloy
and contains dwelling Of about five
six rooms.
TERMS: Cash
JOHN r. GAYLE.
Trustee
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-23
RICHMOND STOCK MAKKrT.

tBy Castle g. Eurch & Coz
Richmond. Va. Iay 80 1915
SALES DN BOARD
mn
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-23

GEO V. OLIVER. Salesman.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-06
STEAMBOAT SINKS,
FOURTEEN MISSING
Flood on Ohio River Sends
Kanawha to Bottom-46
Persons Rescued

PARKERSBURG. w. Va, Jan. G.
Fourteen passengers and members of
the steamboat Kanawha. which sank 10
miles below here last night, were MISS
ing at daybreak this morning, nearly 12
hours after the Pittsburgh Charleston
packet struck a pier at dam No. 10.
Forty-six persons, including most of the
steamboats, crew, had been picked up
along the river shores or rescued In a
rowboat by Harold Wright, watchman
at the dam. Wright is the shining hero
of one OF the worst accidents In the his
tory of the river. He is credited with
saving a score OF lives, making one trip
Captain Berry, of Williamstown, w.
Va, pilot and commanding officer on the
Kanawha at the time OF the accident,
said this morning that he believed all on
board, mostly men, had ample time after
the collision to save themselves and that
there would be no loss of life. 1t Is be-
lieved here. however, that the swollen
waters and swift current, resulting from
recent heavy snow and rain. would exact
toll of at least half of the number re-
ported missing.
The boat went down in 3s feet of water
at a point where the river, at Its present
stage, is a mile wide.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-06
SKIN OF BOYS LEG GRATED
TO HEAL WOUND on ARM
Unusual Operation Performed to Save
Child Injured in Accident

Edward Lesser, 4-year-old son of Mrs.
Margaret Deiser, OF 223 North DAILY street,
has rare distinction. He has the skin
of his little leg growing on his right
arm. This has been done at the Jefferson
Hospital in a truly unique skin-grafting
case. Seldom is II possible for the
skilled surgeons to take skin from the
body OF an injured person and trans
plant It to another part of the body.
Usually some member of the family gives
skin from his or her body to save the life
of their loved one.
Eight months ago. when little Edward
was run down by large electric motor
truck, the skin of his arm and some of the
muscles of the upper arm were peeled
down over the forearm like a glove. The
flesh became black and for time 1t was
feared nmputation might be necessary.
But the sturdy little body of Edward
aided Mother Nature. 1t was found that
the child was physically perfect. and
that for that reason the deep wound on
the child's arm had an unusual chance
of healing.
Consultation brought out the feasibility
of skin grating from the perfect leg to
the torn arm. Accordingly, on October
90 the operation was performed at the
Jefferson Medical Hospital, and now the
little boy is nearing recovery. He Is still
at the hospital.
Marvellous as II may seem, the muscles
are growing together in such splendid
manner that already the child Is able to
touch his face with mis- hand-a feat
which 1t was feared he would never be
able to accomplish
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-06
COUNCILS WILL MEET
FOR BUSINESS TODAY
Usual Raft of Bills Will Be Of
fered, but Loan Measure
Will Be Absent

The usual raft of new bills incident to q
first session of a new city Councils will
be introduced this afternoon when the two
bodies convene for actual work. Loan
legislation will be conspicuous by it's abb
sence, as Mayor Smith and his financial
advisers admit they are frightened at the
city's muddled finances and at the pros
pect of facing a deficit ranging anywhere
from 100000 to S3.50O.0OO before the close
OF the year.
Select Council will be asked to confirm
the directors and heads appointed by
Mayor Smith This. however, will be a
mere matter of routine. Aside from this
action, work in the Select branch is apt
to move slowly as most all important
legislation and all financial legislation
must originate In Common Council.
or the so members of Common. 10 are
entirely new to the chamber and the 80
remaining were reelected to their posts.
Many of the old timers are expected to
reintroduce q score or more of old bills
not acted upon before the close of the
1915 session. This legislation includes
street openings, provision for the taking
OF property for municipal purposes, the
placing OF property on the city plan, the
placing of lights and many other projects
in which particular sctions Of the city
are interested.
A scramble for desks near the presl-
dents table Is always an incident of new
sessions and this. together with prelim-
mary committee work. win occupy the
better part OF today's session.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-06
HOSIERY MILL OWNER
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Dependency Over Scarcity of
Fast-Black Dye Said to Be
Responsible for Act

The scarcity of fast-black dye and the
consequent falling OF of business in his
hosiery mills is said by the police to have
been the reason Alfred Brandeis, 80 years
old, l19 South 5th street, attempted to
take his own life today. He is in seri-
Gus condition in the Presbyterian Hos
pital with a bullet wound In his head.
His young bride of five months is pros
trated with grief at the hospital and re-
fuses to leave the bedside of her husband.
Mr.. Brandeis was found this morning
on the top floor of his hosiery mills at 37l9
Filbert street. He was sitting In chair
with his head bowed on his arm. George
Broomall, 1883 Whitman avenue, who dis
covered him, thought the proprietor was
asleep. But revolver on the floor and
a bullet hole in his temple told the story.
Special policemen of the seth street
and Lancaster avenue station who were
called in and who investigated the case,
say there is no doubt that Mr.. Brandeis
attempted suicide
According 10 officials OF the mills. the
hosiery business has been particularly
precarious OF late. due to the fact that
virtually all fast-black dye was imported
from Germany and that since the war II
Is almost impossible TO obtain 1t. The
little supply has got into the hands OF
speculators and from a normal price OF
IS cents a pound the dye now Is sold as
high as IS a pound. Other dyes have
Jumped In proportion. There Is no strong
demand for white stockings and the Bran
eeis Hosiery Company has been operating
on half time. with half OF its looms idle.
Before the war business had been ex-
ceedInEly profitable and Mr.. Brandeis had
brooded much over this, according 10 his
wife.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-06
NOTED ENGINEER AND DYE
EXPERT WILL SPEAK HERE
F. w. Wagner to Lecture at Franklin
Institute on Goal Gas Residuals"

Frederick II. Wagner chief engineer of
the Bartlett Hayward Company. of Bal
timore and New York. will deliver an IL
lustrated lecture tonight at the Franklin
Institute on Goal Gas Reslduals." Mr..
wagner. who Is an expert on methods OF
obtaining the valuable constituents de-
rived from coal carbonization, including
tar, bensol, tulol. napthaline and am
monia, has discovered a method of pro-
ducing aniline colors and explosives from
residuals. He has recently been COM
missioned to organize by-product course
for Johns Hopkins University.
Mr.. Wagner was born in Baltimore in
1871. He was educated there and took n
university course in Germany He has
devoted most of his professional life to
the perfection and construction of APP
paratus essential to the production of
coal and water gas, and to the utilization
of by-products resulting from the car
bonization of coal. He has also designed
and constructed some Of the largest coal
and water gas plants in the United
States.
He Is a member of the American So
ciety of Naval Engineers, American Gas
Institute. the Franklin Institute and the
Engineers Club of New York as we'll as
the author of n number of technical
works bearing upon his profession.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-06
KIESS AND ROWLAND
WITHDRAW FROM RACE
Unwilling to Provoke fractional
War Over Congressional
Committee Membership
Bu q stan correspondent


WASHINGTON. Jan 6.-Agreement be-
tween Representatives Kiess and Row
land to withdraw as candidates for Penn
sylvania's place on the Republican Ma
tional Congressional Committee, has made
II appear on the surface that peace has
been restored in the delegation, Both
candidates were OF the belief that an un-
important committee place did not war
rant a contest which he'd developed into
a bitter fight between Penrose and anti
Penrose men. Several members of the
delegation said today that they expected
Representative Griest would be chosen
as a compromise candidate. It is not
known whether he would accept the COM
mittee place. IL is believed Mr.. Griest
favors the selection OF Representative
Graham.
while the Pennsylvania member of the
committee has not been agreed upon"
said Representative Kiess. Mr.. Rowland
and have agreed to withdraw from the
contest. After talking with his support
both OF us getting out. / talked with my
supporters and agreed to the suggestion.
AS a matter OF fact. would have with
drawn before the meeting yesterday had
1t not been for the fact that a candidate
who has asked his friends to support
him. owes something TO them and cannot
follow his personal inclinations until he
has consulted them"
II had no idea that the selection of a
committeeman would develop into a Pen
rose and anti-Penross fight. More than
a year ago l decided to become a can
didate when / found that none of the
older members wanted the place. That
was before the election OF Governor
Brumbaugh and this talk about its being
an attempt on the part of the Wares 10
diseredit Senator Penrose as the Repub-
ncan leader Is, absurd"
"Adr Rowland did not want the com
mittee place. He was pulled into the con-
test. Senator Penrose sent for the Re-
publican members of the delegation sew
eral days ago to line them up for Row
land.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-06
CROWN OF LIGHT
FOR THE CITY HALL
Continued from Page Ono

Continued from Page Ono
over the entire scheme to welcoming
the new year. With the thing going every
night We could be boosting and boasting
of Philadelphia, and We could regulate
the effect to suit any occasion"
While the Electrical Bureau Chief
talked he interpolated constantly his
assertion that sit certainly was q splen-
did idea" He said he was going TO get
right down to work on the details, so he
could submit plans to his superiors He
was particularly enthusiastic about en-
phasizing Billy Penn's place on top OF
the Hall, and said he would work out a
scheme which. II carried through, would
emblazon that pioneers lighted-up coun-
tenanee on the memory OF every visitor
to Philadelphia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-06
THIEVES GET TIPSY
ON FRENCH WHISKY
RANSACKHG HOUSE
Steal Girls Engagement Ring
and All Her Other Jewels,
but Miss SOS in Treas
ure Chest
TOSS XMAS GIFTS ABOUT

Gentlemany looking thieves. who
lotered about the home OF Mrs. Mary
Kaufman. at 619 West Cumberland street,
ransacked the house after they saw Mrs.
Kaufman and her Daughter, Miss Annie
Kaufmann, leave to 20 downtown to shop.
Miss Kaufman left all her Jewels upon
her bureau, including her engagement
ring.
But when they got inside the house they
lost all the chivalrous and courtly bearing
which neighbors had noticed about them.
They found a quart bottle of French
whisky, which had been sent as Christi
mas gift to one Of Miss Kaufmann's 8
brothers. The two thieves drank the
whole quart between them and then start
ed about the house on a rampage.
They got in through a kitchen window
which had evidently been left open. After
the drinking bout on the ground floor
the men mounted to the bedrooms. On
the bureau of Miss Kaufman they saw
her jewels, and hastily pocketed them as
they reeied about the room. There was
no doubt about the Ieelng. as everything
that could stand on legs, like tables and
chairs. had been overthrown to no pur-
pose. Then there was touch of drunken
humor everywhere, In ripped down cur
tains and scattered bedspreads.
By the time they got to Miss kauf-
mann's treasure chest, in which was all
her silverware, bought in anticipation of
her marriage to Gottlieb Veit, of Sd and
intoxicated to see straight. They tossed
the spoons and forks about and were con-
tent to remove only a couple of spoons
and entirely missed S65 in bank notes
which was wrapped up in tissue paper as
II IL were silverware.
But they got Miss Mary Kaufman's IS, !
which she had left out and also num- /
Der of Christmas presents not of much |
value. The jewels stolen were worth in /
all $500.
Miss Kaufman, returning, burst into /
tears over the loss of her engagement
ring. She explained that she had placed
all her jewels together on the bureau
yesterday morning because she was going
to visit friends in Oak Lane and show
them her gems. She declared she was so
disappointed that she did not care II she
got married or not, and this made her
fance, Mr.. Felt beside himself with
dread. and he endeavored to the best of
his ability to console her and belittle her
loss.
The thieves were superstitious. They
found half cent, dated 1919, and after
turning 1t over and thinking its over de-
cided to leave 1t, probably as they feared
Il would bring them bad luck. Acting
Detectives Clifton and Redmond have
good description of the men, one OF
whom wears a cap and the other soft
felt hat, and are on their trail.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-06
BEQUEST TO A PRIEST
Pastor of Church of Immaculate Con-
ception Beneficiary Under Will

One-half of an estate valued at s17OO is
left to the pastor of the Church of the
Immaculate Conception. Price and Ard
leigh streets, Germantown, by the will
OF Bridget Walsh 561 Blackmore street.
admitted to probate today by Register OF
Wills James b. Sheehan.
Other Wills probated included those of
Annie NJ McIlvaine, 4045 Girard avenue,
which disposes in private bequests an
estate valued at S22, 900; Caroline NJ Hess
5147 Wayne avenue, $500; William g.
Earle. 24l2 North Broad street, 5000; AL
mira NJ. Cramp, 1414 Diamond street.
5000; Annie De La Puente l716 North 18th
street, Al0OO Abbie NJ. Richter. who died
at Mays Landing, N. j., on December 1.
$500, and Thomas Wilson. who on De-
cember 20 died at the Hahnemann Hos
pital, $500.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-06

down flight of broken stone steps into
basement A thin streak of light
peeped through a chink of .he baiZe cur
tain. The door opened after several
knocks. There was a dirt. dim-lit cor
ridor colored man took hats. Then
into a room. lighted only by small red
lamp. Some one banged a piano while
all sorts and conditions of men and
women gyrated on the floor. They were
strange battling characters. The women
were manifestly of one profession. The
men appeared to include clerks, sharks, I"
cadets, dips" pick-pockets and what
might have been once respectable busi-
ness citizens. The sailor and marine also
we're there. There was an air of easy
familiarity. Every one hobnobbed or
romped with his neighbor.
Despite the efforts of the Government
agents to prohibit the use of cocaine to
those afflicted with the habit" there
is aplenty OF tn drug in the tenderloin,
according to those in touch with "the
situation"
Naturally those afflicted say they must
get certain quantity of cocaine Hence
the establishment of n ship" or Snow
BALI such as this. All present were
known as hop toads"
HOP TOADS" IN GLORY.
The "stuff' was dealt out in n side
room, off the main dining room. At inter-
walls those present made their way into
the little room where the valuable
SNOW" was being dispensed to reappear
smiling as though they had just received
a new lease on life The powder, sold
to them at an exorbitant price, whether
1t was cocaine or not, certainly had Its
effect.
There was no eating or drinking here.
There was no appetite for either. A
piece of pie or cake is all a drug user
will eat in n day Many of those present
gave evidence of their weakened condi-
ton In their emaciated bodies. II was
daylight when the party broke up.
So ended Philadelphia first night with
the lid off.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-06
'FERROVIUS, sHUNs WHISPERS;
ABAND0NS SHAW'S PLAY
Lionel Braham Refuses to Wear
Decoration and Quits Company

"Hobson's choice" never found much
favor In the eyes OF Lionel Rraham, an
actor and when II came to a final sslec-
ton between whiskers and art, the his
trionic was firm as Gibraltar. and the
whiskers won. Braham was appearing as
Ferrovius in ShaW's "Androcles and the
LION at the Adelphi. but nov he has
retired from the company. his exit having
been brought about by a mere difference
OF opinion regarding the wearing Of
whiskers. His part Is being taken by an
understady.
When Braham first acted the part there
was q Lengthy ghisker discussion. The
actor objected TO wearing them and stated
that the men Of the tribe to which Fer
royins belonged we're elszn-shaven. The
stage director ruled otherwise and Ferro-
vlus ragged Incidentally. il Is said. he has
q very nice chin The upshot was that
the actor abandoned both the company
and bis whiskers Al the saIns time. There
Is a radical difference OF opinion regard
ing whiskers among members OF the COM
pany. The lion. however. does net OBJ
iscf - wearing whisksrA
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-06
PREPARES FOR ROBBERY
Saloonkeeper Loses S5, but Saves VAL
liable Cash Register

Preparedness" in the neighborhood of
Goth and Fitzwater streets had another
meaning since the rapidly growing num-
Der of robberies has forced itself to the
notice OF residents. Joseph Corsetti, pro-
prietor of n saloon at the northeast cor
ner of 18th and Fitzwater streets is one
of the leaders in the movement to prepare
valuables against attack
Once on Monday and again Tuesday rob-
bers tried to break into his saloon. Cor
setti is very proud of an expensive cash
register he has on a ledge back of the
bar. So he hung this sign on 1t:
Don't smash. The drawer is open.f
Thieves followed the advice last night
and took s..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-06
TOO LATE FOR cLAssIFIcATlol
DEATHS

LEAS. = on January o, 1e16. ALll
HUMPHREY, wife OF David ~
Funeral services Saturday afternoon. a. w 7
o'clock, at her late residence. 100 SouIh W
street. Interment private.
RANDOLPH.-At BrOokwood. Mount y ", w
HELEN EARLE LoTHRoPE. wife Of z
mund Dutilh Randolph.
ULMER.-on January 5. 1919, GEos%saI
LINN, son of Agnes H.; and the nis ~, ~
and friends are invited TO attend tne lal,l Iaast
services. on Saturday afternoon; az . 49, ~
In the Second Presbyterian Church, ~ ~
hocken and Greene SITS. Germantown Yg Y,
ment private; Friends may cal ne al essuss Ss
town, on Saturday. between the ho'a
/ and 2. a
wOLFENDEN.-sudd at his laM laMsJss III
dence. 1921 North 18th ST.. CEaHsSAnDa CESaa,s "a
notice OF funeral will be given.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-06
MAYOR VISITS WATER FRONT
Smith, on River Trip, Studies Port
Needs Here

Mayor Smith Is making a trip on the
Delaware River this afternoon for the
purpose OF obtaining first-hand informa-
tion regarding the needs OF the PhilRdel-
phla water front.
The trip Is being made on the n. 8.
Quay, the vessel used by the eommis-
sioners OF navigation for the port. Direc-
tor George 5. Webster. OF the Department
OF Wharves, Docks and Ferries. Il acting
as the Mayors guide. Several other OF
nclais are accompanying them.
Before leaving Il was explained that
Mayor Smith was anxious to learn ali he
could about what vas needed to boom
ahipping along the Delaware ana sas
making the trip with that purpose Ia
nnlnd. It was planned to cruise up and
down the Delaware On the Quay for
several beuEA
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-06
CHOIR BOY ARRESTED
Runaway Found at Atlantic City.
Held for Robbery

John Diarenzo. the 4-year-old choir
boy. who disappeared from his home at
llOS Amin street on December 6, was To-
Gated in Atlantic City today, where he Is
lodged in prison awaiting trial accused
OF several robberies.
The police were notified and a search
brought the news from Atlantic CITY.
A series OF robberies In that city. in
eluding three visits to a barber shop next
TO a Magistrates office. led the police
to believe that John was the offender
He was arrested and is said to have con
fessed.
When John left his home he told hIs
father that he was going to look for
work. He had been attending the paro-
chial school attached to st. Paups Cath
olic Church at 10Th and Christian streets.
where he was an altar and choir boy.