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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-03
Want Two school Districts.
Especial to The Times-Disnatcb

t.,p.r.ht 20 NC tiicS-blsPatCn.I
SUFFOLK. VA, March 2,-Publto
sentiment hero Is stirred over tho
school situation. the majority OF tho
pcopl" Of the city and county desiring
{, separation of the city and County OF
NanScmond into two school districts
The suffolk city Council will have
representatives in Richmond on sat
nrday 10 appear before the state Board
Of Education In behalf OF this scpara-
ton, as Will also the city school board.
the Nanscnond County school board
and several other ORGANIZATIONS
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-03
ISTEEL LEADS ADVANCE
DURING THE LAST HOUR
Timely Publication OF Copper Earn
ings Assists Upward
ls Movement.
BLOCKADE EXPECTED TO FAIL
Bankers Believe Germany Realizes
.@ This Fact-Liquidatinn of ~ Large
81 Investment Account Is Begun, and
Is Will Continue Several Days.
BY BKO,DsS WALL.

sS1NEW YORK. March Two facts stood
opt In the stock market to-day - prom, :.
;-,@sntiy that even the casual oh>ery"" could
not overlook them. Th,y were. first. that
#thc activity was confined chiefly t" stocks
In which there has been d speculative
short interest and. SECOND. tina; thrr" w.,s
genuine liquidation - railroad stocks.
~ MS hIuiGattoN WAS confirmed hN prr-
.sonal inquiry. rnd II Was proved that th"
Ssaies We're FOR Eurorcam account chiefly.
fsNhethcr u was For tie account "t the
ssllies OF personal investors liHinr abroad
scould not be- determined.
1 Liquidation 81 large Investment account
was begun today. and w!.l continue FOR
several days. L.. this account are Uuicu
Pacific ana New York Central
GOVERNS WAS caused partly ry the belief
tina; Congress would giie President Wilson
full authority 10 Lvi. aud after tho close
this belief justine Then th,rc WAS
the idea that perhaps an Mira session q
Congress may not bc hold. That would mean
freedom from IN" per C"ut excess earnings
tax. u would mean also 50 tho street
believes. cscap" from MAR, for the financial
world Is convinced that President Wilson
VIII manaE" somehow To- avoid conflict
II left 10 himself War is not bul arru-
lnent any longer IN the Street. sine" IL h;S
been discovered tin. government wil' talk.
what IL needs FIR itself and the aIi.s At
~
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-03
cHANCEi,Y DEEDS or TRUST.
Thirteen Deeds OF Trust, Amounting to

Arthur c. Runge ct ais. to Nelson
and Flegenheimcr. trustees. - IL by
depth not given, known as 1914 North
Twcnty-third Street. February 10. 1917;
s1.062.
T.. II. McCIare ct NIX. TO III. Seldom
s5i2 East Marshall street. March j.
1917: $500.
Henry S. Wallerstein ct uX. to Pollard
& Bagby. Inc. trustee. 69xi4 feet north
east corner st. James and Jackson
Streets. February "a, 1917: S7.0SO.
Henry S. Wallerstein ct ux. to Pol
lard & Bngby. Inc. trustee, 69X44 feet
Streets. February %. 1917: $3.50.
Ernest Eubank TO Pollard & Bagby,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-03
MARHIiGE LICENSES.

inc Following marriage licenses
We're issued Yesterday by the clerk of
the Hastings Court: Va
william X. Page. Los Angeles. Cal
Idaho. 20 ne
aaron Lipsitz and Mary Brown.
ton. ~ rs res
Julian c. Davis and Mary Z Rico
Tiller. a.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-03
Hrucc stark n Candidate.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
FREDERICKSBURG. VA. March o
Bruce stark. Of Culpcpcr County, has
announced his candidacy for the Demo
cratic nomination to represent tho
county I'm the next House Of Delegates
OF Virginia.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-03
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

*. liundley. OF EIopewell. indi-
TSl,duailr and a. member Of the arm Of
petition In voluntary bankrpn,r,, T.,
me United States District Court. IIis
hanliitics amount 10 s3.357 and biS
ass".s 70 s7', which he claims to be
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-03
IIENRIco TRANSFERS.
Two Deeds Of bargain nnd Snlc,
Amounting to $iS,250.

Zeddie Perry ct ux. to J. II. Davis.
lot 10, section 5. plan of Oak Park.
February Z, 1917: tax so cents: $40.
Richmond Sand and Gravel Co, Inc.
TO Repton Land Corp. 1883 acres OH
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway at
tho city limits. November ., 1916;
$4,000.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-03

PErERSBrKG PEANUT MARKET
'Lcporicu hy Rodgers. Piuinmer & Co Inc -
fEIEkSBtRG. VA. March 2-Span,
ir ,taflIners sioci-Alarket strong at 81 50
Nirsinias, Farmers stock-Afarket strong.
Fancy Jumbo. i'ac per pound: extra prime
80 per pound prime. ic per pound: she'll.
NE STOCK. SIC TO 3a.c per pound
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-03
NAVAL. STORIES

- n ANNATt; GA.. March 2.--rurpcntinc
ehinms 4s S: ia none receipts. 80 casks:
hosin; hrn: sales Ia barrels: receipts 30
,harr"i,s; shipments. lN barrels; stock. is 76s
nIIres quote: ~. II. c.. d., r. r. q;
'oe IL. T.: 80 10 go. *. ~. 90; 81,
bJ2 VIC, 6i006.i5: WV GO 80
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-03
BUSINESS CONDITIONS
GENERALLY ARE GOOD
VI unequaled Dimensions for Pc
riod, Despite the Foreign
Situation.
FREIGHT TIE-UP is RELIEVED
Certain Commodities, Including Num-
Der of Foodstuffs, Display Yield
ing NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF Can-
collation. of Contracts Feature.

NEW YORK. March 2.-Dun's Week
~ Review Of Trade Tomorrow will
say:
notwithstanding the uncertainty md
caution cngendcred by foreign condi-
tons and the restraining influence OF
exceptional prices. general business Is
OF unequaled dimensions for the prriod
with forward wants largely covered
many interests are waiting and future
demands arc less extensive than re-
Gently. but the financial markets are
unuiSturbcd by the International CON
ttngencieS. and there is no impairment
OF confidence in the stability OF trade
and industry
Absence of cancellation Of contracts
is conspicuous feature and although
buying now is limited mainly To we'll
defined needs. pressure for prompt de-
llverics indicates the urgency Of cur
rent requirements Yet, at n time
when the producing and distributing
FORCES should be operating most
smoothly. there Is continued complaint
OF scarcity of labor and of country
wide delays In shipments through the
unprecedented congestion of traffic.
FURTHER RELIEF
IN FREIGHT TIE-IP
Vigorous action by railroad officials
and others has brought further relief
from the freight tic-up and the posi-
ton of the industries is hcttered. but
movements OF materials and products
still are mpeded I'm many directions
and tho difficulties in overseas trans
portation remain handicap.
Certain commodities, including a
number of foodstuffs. display yielding
tendencies. although of this weeks list
Of more than 800 Wholesale quotations
fftT-five show advances and eighteen
rccessions. Some evidence OF d.
unfinished commercial and industrial
transactions appears in bank clcaringS,
vet. during February. the total at
leading centers outside New York was
2S.I per cent greater than In the same
month last year. which comprised one
more business day.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-03
Internal Reyenue CoIIcct,on.

Collections made by tho local branch
OF the Internal Revenue Department.
for the month Of February amounted to
s5Ss.94479. Tile largest percentage of
this amount wigs derived from the sale
of tobacco stamps.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-03
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
COTTON GOODS

NEW YORK March 2-cotton good. rur.d
sxt"hnS Demand for coarse goods improved
'"i"S We're IN better demand. Wooden mar
~. were strong. Ready to- wear trades
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-03
BUILDING PERMITS.
-four building Permits. Amounting n

: > James. TO erect brick store. los
Norm seventh street. To cost s4gnn
n. a. Hare, to erect frame f,reI,inr -
east side Of Twenty sevcnth Street he,
wen and I streets. TO cost $1,000.
brick office north side ~ No-s, aII
street between Harrison and Norton
streets. TO cost 5000 ''''
Kate Cannody. 10 repair 4ol-4o3 North
seventeenth street. TO cost sso5
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-03
HENRICO DEED OF TR,,sr

one Decd or Trust, Amountinp 90
$3.50. ~
49,, ~; ~ ~. Davis to Rose & Rose, lots .
ahu ~ ~ section in the Dlan of OIL
iafk. February -, 1917; $50 "N
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-03
IMPORTANT BUSINESS
DONE IN THE LAST not X

al Al on IN" itnpGrtaht business 81 IN, I"E
va " ne IN l,'e i"Ts nSai ah. VII UT"
W ~ "a, IN!,, from " ">t'nhE'"h 'nl~ Stii-
sio,i 10 i.oata ~ M NOV :"i ~ MI
s s,un h h MI sn,h "pp"siN'G ~ :" h'a' y
sur Hc S9ulh ll"t = $500. ST.! We s'iH,,H
on ,n,s n"N"nTe, WIN ,n" s@!i.'s MONS ~
ss mpa.ns, .ih.'E IuoI'tll'h ~ t'..Ptt.
determincd /" run I'm thcs, shorts
Sale of foreign securities was explained
Il on the theory that many persons in Eng
5 when the government; made q general "aIl
for such action nov Ar" Salln: In or.icr to
take up thor allot'ncuts In til, now victor,
loan Bankers foster tic belle; that If
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-03
cHANCERl RELEASE DEED

One Deed OF RcIen.c. Amounttnr .,
SI,G40.SS, ~
,1a -. - Wallcrstein. trustee. to e. n.
~ re-, Ii by 20 1-2 feet west line
81 street. February -. 1917.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-03
Hunk CIearinra

lions. 'ii'Ni hhtloHal conu
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-03
RICHMOND GRAIN MARKET
Wholesale QUOTATIONS ON CHANGE

a. lo2 $3.50 W se''o"' Si''
The Carlisle independent., 1917-02-08

that there was :reachery in my part of the proceedings. have called this meeting to explain without any minc- ing of words why was forced to act as did on my own responsibility and to act quickly"
 He related in detail the story of the sudden word received from the mine foreman announcing the petering out of the vein. In more yelled language, but still making himself plain enough to be understood, he disclosed the thought that had come to him of get ting tho miue ready for sale by salting 1t. and of his subsequent success in unloading the property on Rhineland- or without serious loss to any of the shareholders.
 In spite of his explanation, protest was heard almost at once against his Summary action in selling out without authority from the directors Seagrue met the criticisms firmly. If I had stopped to ask the directors for au-
The Carlisle independent., 1917-02-08

others not to give up ahd was the first to hear a call coming through tho caye-in. He answered it with all the strength he could summon.
 Encouraged on the outside by the word that the imprisoned men were still alive. the rescuers redoubled their efforts. The battered foreman, heading the line in the narrow hole. picked through the shattered forma- tion, sent back word he was nearly through and a shout of joy went up from the anxious hearts of those gath cred outside. The doctors were al- ready busy laying out their temporary hospital and making ready to take care of the exhausted men the mo- ment they could reach them.
 To the prisoners the sound of the pick and the dislodgment of rock was
The Carlisle independent., 1917-02-08
with the result of his trip.

with the result of his trip.
 They walked over to the mine to- gether and entered it. While they were talking, man came to MT. Rhinelander saying that the foreman had asked to see him. Accompanied by Helen and Storm, Rhinelander walked down the tunnel to where the men were working.
 The foreman turned from his work. How are things looking?" demand ed Rhinelander.
 Why, to tell the truth" answered the man reluctantly, they are net looking as good this morning as they were yesterday"
 What do you mean"
 We had trouble with this vein once CT twice before" began the foreman, guardedly, "but it didn't turn out very serious. This time it locks as if the vein had pinched cut on us. Just come over this way"
 Rhirelander stood as If rooted to the ground, locking significantly the while from Helen to Storm. Helen. " he said quizzically, what does that sound like to you?'
 Helen looked at him evenly. 'It sounds" she replied, very much like MT. Earl Seagrue."
 Followed by his companions, Rhine lander joined the foreman. They ex amined the rock in turn and held a long discussion. The foreman sug gested calling in an expert. No" said RhinelanGer, stubbornly; T just bought this mine on the recon mendation of an expert; all 1 want is little hard-headed, common sense here, and I am going to have it. The best authorities in the mining world told General Holmes be had prep erty here that would last as long as these mountains lasted" But Seagrue must have known all | this" interposed Helen.
 He thought it time to unload, be yond doubt" answered Rhinelander | Helen" he exclaimed, T know Sea grue better than you do. I know how full his head is of schemes and al 1 that. But I want to tell you it is 6 fact that Earl Seagrue is quitter He gives up too quick and starts g new scheme Now, I am not going tc cult on the Superstition mine unti I've made a thorough investigation O this trouble. I am not a miner" ht
The Carlisle independent., 1917-02-08
TWELFTH lNSTALLMENT
BURIED ALIVE

Seagrue's sale to Rhinelander of the Superstition mine did not go through as smoothly as he had expected. Meet ing Rhinelander at the office of an at- torney in Las Vegas, the details of the transfer were arranged without much difficulty. Rhinelander's only care was to be sure that the convey the valuable property, and having sat isfied himself on this point. the minor details were easily arranged.
 While the attorney was embodying these items in supplementary agree ment, Rhinelander wrote out a tele- gram to Helen telling her that he was completing the transfer of the mine and would come up on No. 8. When the final draft of the contract had been made in duplicate, and signed by the two parties, in due form, Rhinelander handed over a second check to Sea- grue, and putting the agreement in his pocket, left the office.
 Seagrue watched him go with some- thing of relief and a great deal of satisfaction The whole scheme he had so successfully compassed looked to him almost too good to be true, and he had a hearty laugh with the at torney before they left the office to- gether
 But, unexpectedly enough, opposi- ton developed in an unlooked-for quar- ter, namely among minority stock holders of the mine itself. Runcrs flew thick and fast, and at Oceanside Seagrue was openly accused of under handed work in parting with the prop erty. To afford a clear understanding of his position, meeting of the stock holders of the mine was called, and Seagrue, when the time came, ad- dressed the gathering in explanation of the sale.
 T have understood" he began, there has been some criticism of my action in disposing of the Superstition mine to the Copper Range and Tide water people Some of our stockhold- CTS have been unkind enough to hint
The Carlisle independent., 1917-02-08

bird on wing, Helen shot far out from the mountainside and dropping at sharp angle down the line, sped suspended between heaven and earth.
 At distance on the desert, the Shay engine of the Neighbor mine was toiling slowly along when the engineer saw the figure of a woman clinging to the aerial carriage of the Superstition mine as it shot through the air down to the valley. Breatkless, he watched the wild flight, expecting every instant to see the slender creature let go, to fall crushed, to the rock below her.
 But Helen did not let go. Hanging on with a desperation born of the re- aliZation that she must save the i'm prisoned men, she shot across the dan- gerous declivity from top to bottom and without mishap, jumped in safety to the foot of the aerial and dashed away for help. She ran toward the little railroad, Jagged the engine, got into the cab, ard struggling for breath, apprised the crew of the accident. The engineer hurriedly started the engine back to their own mine. Forcing all the speed that he could get. and with Helen urging him to spare no effort, he made the engine bump along over the joints as it never had done before. A dozen times, before they reached their destination, it seemed as if the sturdy little machine must turn tur- tie.
 Jumping from the cab the moment the Shay stopped. Helen told of the disaster Men ran in from all quar- ters, and their foreman-an active fellow-gave directions about getting the stuff they should need to work with at the cave-in. With the least possible loss of time, these neces- saries were assembled and the train loaded with men started back.
 In the interval. the news telephoned to Las Vegas had stirred the town. At the hospital a motor car was placed in waiting, and doctors answering the hurry-up call jumped into the machine with their emergency bags and head ed for the mine. One of the surgeons recalled that Earl Seagrue was the
The Carlisle independent., 1917-02-08

said, speaking to the foreman; I'm just a plain, everyday railroad man. But I've heard that things can be done even when a vein pinches out. Now, you get busy" he said to the listening foreman, "and tell me, now and here, what's the first thing to do to try to pick this vein up again"
 You might pick it up" responded the foreman, flor a song, if you're lucky It all depends. You might spend a million dollars and never pick it up"
 Well, we don't have to spend the million all at once, do we?"
 The foreman admitted they did not.
 "Very we'll" continued Rhinelander, sharply. Flows the first part of that money to be spent?"
 The foreman scratched his head and looked up and down the wall. He se- lected place that looked to him like possibility. Pointing, he said; "Cross-cut through there and we might pick up the vein"
 Rhinelander asked further ques- ticns; the hard-headed miner seemed to have, he thought, some good ideas. All right" said Rhinelander, at length. "cross-cut right there, just as you say. We'll see how we come out If we get beat, we'll try some thing else"
 Under the impetus of new hope, the work went rapidly forward. Every man in the mine took courage. So long as there was a possibility of do. ing anything they were glad to work to save their own jobs. The crew at hand went vigorously to work under the foreman's directions. In short tirne a hole had been primed for blast, the fuse lightei and the men rushed out The explosion followed and they went lack.
 Work was proceeding in this fash ion wher. something occurred that drew Helens attention. Sic was look ing into the tunnel when she noticed that one wall near the roof seemed to be weakening. A large piece of rock had dropped from it. The men were called out and Helen, with
The Carlisle independent., 1917-02-08

Rhinelander, Storm and the foreman, went over to examine the break. All waited on the old miner for a verdict as to the condition of the roof He made pretty careful examination and seemed satisfied there was no danger. That roof" he declared, will never cave in
 If that is so," said Rhinelander. and you ought to know, if anybody knows-send the men back to work"
 Blasting their way into the wall where the foreman had indicated, the men, busie1 with their wcrk, failed to notice a gradual weakening of the tunnel r9cf. Helen, outside the mine and occupied with other matters, heard the blasting within, but gave the subject no further thought. It was not until a moment following one of the heavy explosions that she heard a great crash behind her, and, look ing back, was mortified to see a mass of rock crashing through the roof of the tunnel. She ran forward in dis may. The disaster was complete. Where the tunnel had opened, great cave-in new raised a solid barrier Men cn the outside ran up, white faced, to where she stood. Questions flew back and forth roundup was hastily made to determine who had been caught on the inside. Rhineland- CT and Storm were nowhere to be found-they had almost certainly been caught with the crew in the tunnel. Spasmodic efforts were made to clear the opening. Men, losing their heads, rushed hither and thither, ac- | cor1plishing nothing and adding to the panic that possessed everyone at the thought of the tragedy within the closed tunnel. Bidding man to stop his useless efforts to tear away the l fallen rock, she gave him directions as to what to do. Telephone for doc tors,' she said hurriedly, while I go over to the Neighbor mine for help
 Both hastened away. Helen reaching the edge of the cliff, where the aerial railway ran from the mountainside down to the valley below, stopped. It would take her fifteen precious minutes tc run down the trail. Could she, by any possibility, ride down the aerial cable?
 She grasped the hook of the frail aerial carriage and clinging to it with
 both hands, pulled the release. Like
The Carlisle independent., 1917-02-08
AUTHOR OF WHISPERING SMITH" THE MOUNTAIN
 DIVIDE" STRATEGY OF GREAT RAILROADS" ETC.
SYNOPSIS.

Little Helen Holmes, daughter of Gen eral Holmes, railroad man, is rescued from imminent danger on a scenic rail- road by George Storm, newsboy. Grown to young womanhood. Helen saves storm now fireman, her father, and his friends Amos Rhinelander, financier, and Robert Seagrue, promoter, from threatened collision. Safebreakers employed by Sea- grue steal General Holmes survey plans of the cut off line for the Tidewater. fa- tally wound the general and escape. Her fathers estate badly involved by his death, Helen goes to work on the Tide water. Helen recovers the survey plans from Seagrue, and though they are taken from her. finds an accidentally made proof of the survey blueprint. storm is employed by Rhinelander. Spike. be- triended by Helen, in his turn saves her and the right-of-way contracts when Sea srue kidnaps her. Helen and Storm win for Rhinelander a race against Seagrue Cor right-of-way. Helen, Storm and Rhinelander rescue Spike from Seagrue' s men. Spike steals records to protect Rhfnelander, and Storm and Helen save Spike from death in the burning court house Vein in Superstition mine pinches out. Seagrue salts 1t and sells 1t to Rhine lander
The Benson signal., 1917-01-06
Good Resolutions

will try to be a litter, not a
leaner; an encourager, never dis
courager; tighten and share other
peoples sorrows; start songs and
rejoicings, not complainings; make
the world little sweeter place to
live in; keep in mind the will of
God; make sunshine in life's shady
places; see the bright side of every
thing; be clean in mind and body,
working patiently, industriously
and honestly for living; earning
a spotless character, so that I can
look up, not down, and meet
deaths coming with a fearless
smile; endeavor not to run away
from my weaknesses, but bravely
fight them out; be glad of life;
have hope and faith in everybody;
try to live without hate, jealousy,
temper and envy; avoid speaking
critically and bitterly, repeating
only the good I hear; love because
I must, give because / cannot keep;
doing for the joy of it: cheerful in
disappointments, charitable toward
the erring and fallen; protect help
less animals; do as / would be
done by; smile more and frown
less.
The Benson signal., 1917-01-06
The New Homestead Law

President Wilson has signed the
Ferris bill opening up o4o-acre
acre homesteads for stock-raising
and grazing purposes. It is ac-
counted of great importance to the
west.
The bill passed the House year
ago, and the Senate On the closing
day of the last session of Congress,
and final agreement was reported
between conferees last week. Rep
resentative Ferris of Oklahoma, its
author, soys a considerable part of
the 800, 100000 acres of public
lands in the west and the 375, 900,
900 acres In Alaska could be util-
lied for stock-raising under the
law.