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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-01
HOOVER'S LEGAL ADVISER
SPEAKS HERE TONIGHT
Holland W. HOydcn to Address >unu,,
Meeting Of tho Harvard
Club.

koland w. Boydcn, OF BOSTON. lIcr-
bert ll"ovcr's legal adviser, Viii adj
dress the Harvard Club at a lu..iin..
l" u" hoid Tonight at Tia. University
cub At s., West Franklin Street; AIR
Hayden is an alumnus of Harvard of
IN" class of iSSS. J.. c.. Coan. medical
missionary to Persia, is also cxp..,.d
/" be present. All Harvard men from
camp Lee are expected to be- present
IN addition to the alumni from the en-
tn" state Of Virginia, including about
thirty from Richmond city
II is expected that this VIII he AN
important meeting. as the election Of
officers for the ensuing year vii, he =,
feature of The occasion. This will he
The iir*t meeting since the club wa
"rSani&ed in Virginia last March. Rev.
russell Bowie, -. H., Of Richmond is
IN" president OF the organizations
The following is IL list of Harvard
men IN Ei"hmond: Cyrus W. Hcalc.
Walter Russell Bowie. John Stewart
Bryan. Clarence cabclI. Robert VIII
liam burrctt. Robert Edwin Gaines
James Stanley Gray. w r. Graham.
George clifton Hall. II. II. Handy. Ed
ward Doubleday Harris. G. G. Haskell
Hugh Iompkins Kidd. Walter scott
McNciii. John Calvin Mctcalf. Clarence
Milihiscr Thomas Justin Moore. Frank
W Pratt. John Randolph Tucker. Rob
err Coleman Walker. Morton Ludwig
WallcTStriu
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-01
GAINS 1000 MEMBERS
Rapid Growth IL shown by Nircini,
Association Opposed To Munun
Suffrage.

AZ meeting yesterday Of the mcm-
bcrShip committee of the .tSsu, ion
Opposed "a Woman Suifrag" AT the
home Of the chairman. Mrs IL t.
thclf. more than l.0oV new names yvcr.
handed III. special pleasure b"iu" felt
at the addition to antiSunragc RANKS
OF prominent Richmond Suf1'raris;
Letters We're reported. too. IL Miss
Maria Blair from Mrs. &. II. King, of
Dublin. and Miss Myrtle Merrill. ii
Joplin. arranging for the establishment
"i antiSuifrngc leagues in those places.
The membership committee includes
Mss Caroline Preston Davis. Of the
University Of Virginia: Mrs. lanes
Bradley, South Isichmund; Mrs. g. II.
Dorset. Forest Hill; Mrs Hampton
Fleming. Mrs. OHIO g. kcan. Miss
Maria Blair. MISS Anne bentley. Miss
Giihcrta Whittlc. Mrs. W. j. raymr
Mrs. W. y. Powers. Mrs. Elizabeth
Lyons Greene. Miss Nellie Lyons. Airs
Bernard Watson and Miss corrio
Spcnccr. Volunteer assistants in tho
work Of collecting signatures aud new
committee members arc desired.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-01
LICHTENSTElN SAYS BOYS
IN FRANCE WANT TOBACCO
Richmond Seaman on Mine Sweeper Is
Promoted 10 Position of Petty
officer.

Mrs. Joseph Liehtcnstein. of 1880
West Grace street. has just received
an interesting letter from her son. Jo-
scph. Jr. who is with feet OF mine
sweepers off the coas; of France. This
young man enlisted on April . After
being i'll the service ahou, six weeks.
he had risen from the rank of seaman
TO the position of a petty officer. Eigh
teen hours at the wheel during rough
weather caused the commanding officer
to recommend him for promotion. At
present he cIjoys the rank OF quarter
master on the flagship of his fleet.
|. Joe" as his friends in the city know
him. writes Of the Joy tobacco brings
to the boys in the navy. He does not
like French tobacco. and welcomes
every shipment OF the Virginia weed.
However. he has Kind word for the
people. telling OF the nice treatment
received by American sailors.
His description OF the scene on board
when mail arrives reads thus Every
body is running around huSSin. each
other. and all are Dragging and guess
Ing how many they'll get. Gee. they're
happy bunch then, ALI right
Further on lie tells what Uncle sam
gives his sailor boys for = meal The
letter closes: We sure did have some
chow meaning dinncrl to-day. We
had some nice chicken soup, each man
had a half OF baked chicken. potatoes,
peas and apple pie for dessert. We
get this every sunday dinner.
Contributions for the our Boys in
France Tobacco Fund" were received
Yesterday as follows:
Tyrcc Gwathmey Union Level.
Va, ..;...'' , :.;...;.,.;.' ''
Va. ................... oo
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-01
i'i""d $50 for nccL,c.. Dr;,;,

Y! doIIara was Tic iiIlc iuposcd
90" D. ~ Evans, SOS Eas; Broad S,rcc,'
'"'''" Cont yesterday for careless
'"' ie. "i"sa automobile driving. When
~" evans chr and jitnoy driven by
''h''i cochran coilid"d it resulted In
"h 'nJi'% TO Mrs. Is. Samucis. 40 Eas,
.''"'' street Counsel for the Evans
"1E' w" is student at the University
of virginia, noted AN appcaI IT,
"N"nse is said 10 haNc>occurrcd Octo.
hor 81
''n'E Of s." were imposed on II. J.
h'''s' \. InchhAchcn aud X. Wilkinson
ioI sDo,lMp.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-01
Help Load Up Pipes
Of Boys in France

1cnr out this coupon, MI It In
and send rs much money ns you can
spare ia buy tobacco for tho Ameri-
can soldiers and sailors In France.
Each dollar buys four packages OF
tobacco.
n" The Timcs-Dispatch,
Enclosed find to buy
packages of tobacco, through .Our
isuSs in France TObucco Fund" for
American Fighting men In France.
understand that each dollar buys
four packages. each with rctnii
value of ~ cents. md Tint In each
Of my packages will be placed n
postcard. addressed to me, on which
niy unknown friend, the soldier, will
send me mcssnEc of thanks.
Name OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .....
Address ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
City Observation-Disclosures.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-01
PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZE.
IMMENSELY or TASK

Tho Council Of Defense is convinced.
according to Il statement made ycst"r-
d"N. that the people eeucr@liy do not
realize w" hnmcnSity of ins taSI.
ahead. Among II great MANY" i Was
stated. the idea seems to prevail t:.t
the war is nearly over. y number OF
thing: have contributed To the cur
rcncy given this impressions. III" cu,i-
CT hopes TO Impress on N3gEiniuuS i!c
gravity of the situation in All us
ASPECTS and 10 convinc. them Ia:
while the WA" may last two. ;h:.oe.
'harhe more years. every cif-rt iuu,ic
new VIII shorten it
TIL" council will urge in a vn"i.tv
Of ways throughout the whole state
That tle people give the hcayIics, 80
operation to the GOOD and fuel admin
lStrat"rS TO the end that their require
mentS may be promptly executed By
heiShb"rh""d speaking and in every
other possible manner. The coumCi!
hopes to make the people acuuuintnI
with the patriotic duty o. every ono
to follow promptly ana as chccrfulIy
rs possible the suggestions COMING
from mos" in authorit! as to c0n.cr-
walton and every other matter Goa
ncctei with war measures
:;cIort3 from various committees
inrlu'ihS the woman's committee. tie
ministers commission and the ,1.Gi...
section. Will be considered this morn
ing. pr j. Il. NaStiu, ct the Hoard
OF Charities ana corrections is rvp,ci .
cd t" discuss with the council The
campaign already under way 10 r,is,
Ei.coO.oo0 fuEd for the Trainin. ,.nmu
Activities Commission Of Which am,
N"slni;t is expected To rou;ritut" at
least $2op.oog. The Council % b.r.,.,
plans TO get behind the warrior. Ian,
committees anG aid IN Whatever way
IL can To raise this moncv
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-01
Moves to Richmond.

Rev and Mrs. y. o. l. IIanchcr and
MISS Martha iiamchcr. formerly OF
Htaunt"n. have moved 10 this city. and
now are r"sidtns At 1888 West Grace
street Key. Mr. lian,hcr has been
appointed secretary Of tho Board for
HON" Missions and Church Extension
Of tho Lutheran Church. with head
quarters in Richmond
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-01
FORBES LOSES AUTOS IN
EARLY MORNING FIRE
$1,000, Destroyed, With
No Insurance.
BLAZE ON HANOVER AVENUE
Family Of j. J.. Bradshaw Have Mar
row Escape When Mice Chew
Matches in Drawer OF Kitchen
Cabinet.

Loss amounting to $1,000. not COW
cred by insurance. was sustained in a
fire which broke out in the garage and
stable al W. >. Forbes, Monument
Avenue and Eoscnc:tth Road. at 1880
clock yesterday morning. I'm over
heated stove is believed to have caused
IA" blaze.
Two Stablcmcu asleep in tho build
ing were awakened by smoke and called
Mr.. Forbes. The building contained
seven automobiles. worth $4,000, and
the building WAS valued at $1,000. In
the face of great danger, iircmcn and
policemen led four horses, a pony and
a mule from, the building. The roof
fell - the last blindfoldcd animal WAS
brought out. The building was burned
to the ground. Efforts of the iircmcu
were directed upon saving the Forbes
home ard other nciEhboring. buildings.
The fire had gained such Roadway by
rapid burning before iircmeu arrived
that Assistant Chief Wise sent a second
alarm for additional men. The work
of tn" department. and policemen who
assisted in fighting the blaze was
highly commended by Mr.. Forbes.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-01
MICf: CIIEH MATCHES
IN kITCHE:N CABINET

While the fire at tho Forbes place
was at its height IA alarm was sounded
for blaze at the home OF J. j. Brad
shaw. 26ll Hanover Avenue, TO which
chief Joyncs and nrcmcn responded.
II i believed that mice Chewcd ma tchcS
ia u Kitchen cabinet at the Bradshaw
home, which was set on .irc. and. after
haVin" burned the walls of the kitchen,
caught ia an overhead room. Thick
smoke awakened Mr.. and Mrs. Brad
shaw. who, with three children and
Mir and Mrs. Il. a.. BaulderSoH. were
asleep in the house. Til" occupants OF
the house. who We're in the front.
dressed hurr!cdly, and made their way
outside. but before the fire truck and
ircmcn arrived the blaze had gained
cons idcrabl" headway. When some
progress was being made ia e&;in-
gushing the fire. II street car passed
over the hose ana cut it into three
sections. This caused further delay.
New attachments we're made, and the
hlaz" controlled. Eccorc the fire was
"Ntinguished smo!l" and water dam
AGED TIA" entire interior Of the house.
The loss Will reach $1,000. covered by
Insurance.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-01

Governor stuart yesterday authorized
q supplementary reward Of 500 for
INC capture of Robert Roys:cr. cOiorcd.
VINO Shot Policeman w. G. Hall, Of Dan
Vile
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-01
barton Height. to pnrticiuntc.

taplitin Johu frischkorn has called
tho Second Company. Home Defense
League TO meet at the Barton Heights
school to-day at 100 o'clock to par
tirirai" in Tic police parade and in
SDcct ION
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-01
auuIitlcs 60 I,rnplicc.

j. licks Kivcs. jr., of Richmond.
qualified yesterday in the City Circuit
Couri in practice law in that court
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-01
EMPRESS RATES ALREADY
BIUDENSONELY HIGH

ut has been "a matter of common
knowledge that the express rate sched-
,lles in the South are already burden
somcly high" said Mr.. ,lohnSor. ''aud
yet the carriers are NOW asking for
10 per cent increase. All the eN
press companies are Ovorcapi- allied
their stock largely watcrcd ana their
earnings simply fabulous. ] find unon
investigation that the southern i:%-
press COMPANY vas Incorporated in
Georgia in 1851. with a capital o;
1900 interest shares. ana only nf.y-
eight OF these shares were issued. Non"
of the twcntY-four shareholders Of
record is now living. and there is prob
ably no record to show how much was
realized from the distribution.
However. on january %. 1866. these
hfty-ciglt shares. or 1000 interest
shares, were Increased to 3o.0oc and
distributed among the shareholders.
Then, in the same year. on November
Il, the 10000 shares were increased
20 $4,000. and the Shareholders cf roc
ord OF January 80. 1857. received five
new shares for every three old ccrjif-
Gates. AT this time. $4,000 shares were
issued. 10000 of those authorized he
ing held iii the treasury of the com
pany.
The shares have no par value, ror
resent only tho siG&t OF tho holders
TO share in tie propcrty aud profits
OF the company. SO far rs have hrnn
able 10 learn. there has been no fresh
contribution OF capital, and the com
PAWS surplus consists mainly, IL not
entirely. OF the same capital and sur
plus earnings,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-01
STATE DEFENSE COUNCIL
MEETS THIS MORNING
Will Discuss Means for Promoting
Great Patriotic Drive Be-
ginning Wednesday.
MUST REA LUZ; SITUATION
People Generally DO Not Understand
immensely Of Task Before This
Country, Says Statement - Must
Co.Opcratc With Government.

At it's meeting. at the CAPITOL this
morning. tine Council of Defense will
direct itself to - consideration Of Il
number OF measures that il believes
should he emphasized wHh force and
pushed with Vigor :" that thcr" may
be not the slightest l-t-up on 'hc
part of the people OF Virginia in do
ing what they can TO hclp win the
war
Perhaps the subjcc; of chief import
ancc. from Il popular point Of view.
to be considered viii he the "patri-
otto drivT' which viii be inauSuratcd
next Wednesday, when Sccretarys of
War baker and Rabbi Mise will deliver
addresses at great patriotic meet
ing here. Governor Stuart VIII re-
turn from his trip 10 Alabama in time
ducc the Secretary of War. who will
be the guest of the GovevE"r while
he is in this city.
General l.. W. Nichols chairman Of
the council. will arrive tits 'H"rnini;
with data relative 10 TIE tIGal details
or or not theirs will he military fla
lures and a review will be determined
o-day.
Invitations have been sent by the
council throughout the State % rromi-
nent people to Cu'uc to Richmond next
Wednesday To greet the Secretary OF
War. and also to attend a follow
meeting at tn" Capitol rcNt Thursday
morning. II is planned at this meet
ing Oh Thursday. which VIII be IN the
nature of a conference. To lay plans
Tor arouSinG the people d. Virginia
anew TO II sense OF the crisis now fac
ing this country. and TO aE sppreci-
alton of the fact that every ounce OF
every mans strength is needed TO Win
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-01
WILL OPPOSE INCREASE
IN EXPRESS TARIFFS
Southern Commercial Organizations
Nmploy Counsel 1o Fight 10 Fer
Cent RaiseSin Rates.
MAKING INN NsE PROFIT
Norman II. johnson Says Stock Is
Heavily Watcrcd, and That BE-
cause OF ENorbitant Rates. Com
panies Pay Millions in Dividends.

Southern commercial organizations
and the traffic departments of the
chambers OF commerce. in many cities
of tho South will oppose the petition
of express companies for AN increase
in rates Of 10 per cent when the appii-
cations of the Southern, Adams.
American and Wells Fargo E%prcss
Companies are heard ny the Interstate
Commerce Commission December ).
Concerted action is already under way,
and counsel have been cmnlcNcd ny
tho commercial organizations 1" con
test the carriers petition. hccauS" tho
increase is not believed to he juSiincd.
anG also because the rates in Southern
territory arc declared to he grossly
discriminatory.
Norman il johnson. editor OF the
Merchants journal OF Commerce, tho
leading trade publication of the South.
and secretary OF the Southern Whole
sale Dry Goods Association, declared.
yesterday that from statistics compiled
by him the increase was no; justified
by the earnings or tho con panicS. Mr..
johnson has just returned 10 Richmond
from an extensive business trip through
the South and Southwest. during which
the express situation was investigated
thoroughly and the matter cons dcrcG
by many commercial bodies.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-01

Total received. .......S2.c5S 4
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-02
AMERICAN GIRL NOW A PRISONER
 OF THE GERMANS

HAVERHILL, Mass, April 19.- A letter from Miss Pauline M. Jordan, of this city, who went with a Red Cross party to Bucharest last Novem- Der, brought the information that she had been imprisoned by the Germans. She wrote that she had been placed in basement which was bitterly cold and was provided with only very lit tie food.
 Previous letters had told of Miss Jordan's escape to the Russian border after the bombardment of Bucharest and the place of her capture and i'm prisonment was not made known in her letter.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-02

market, this being the wholesale price on that date.
 <
 The Orphanage News Letter pub lished at Wood island, states that the little girl brought there from Seldovia several months ago, and whose name was unknown, has been discovered through Marshal Cameron of Sel- dovia, to be Mamie Lowell, the daugh- ter of Billy Lowell of Seldovia. For several months the little girl bore the name of Scldovia Nameoff
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-02

-s-
 You are hereby notified and will take notice that we, the subscribers, H. P. Salisbury and A. A. Hein, have expended, during the year 1914, the sum of Three thousand, forty-siX dol lars and twenty ($3,046.20) cents, during the year 1915, the sum of Six hundred ($6O0.00) dollars, during the year 1916, the sum of Two thou sand, five hundred and sixteen dollars and seventy (2,516.70) cents in labor and improvements upon each of the following described mining claims, to- wit: OPHIR QUARTZ MINING CLAIM, COLUMBIA QUARTZ MIN ING CLAIM, BESSY PLACER MIN ING CLAIM, MILL SITE and WA TER SITE OR LOCATION, all of which said claims are situated and lie in the Moose Pass Mining District, Kenai Recording District, Third Ju- dicial Division, Territory of Alaska, The notices of location thereof are ot record in the office of the United States Commissioner and District Re corder for Kenai Recording Precinct and District, at the Town of Seward, Territory of Alaska, to which office reference is hereby made for a more particular description of said mining properties. Said expenditures were made for the purpose of holding pos sessory rights and title to said min ing claims under the provisions of section twenty three hundred and twenty-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States and the amend ments thereto, section one hundred and thiry-six of the Compiled Laws ot Alaska, 1913, and the Session Laws ot the Territory of Alaska, providing for the annual labor upon mining claims
 If you fail and refuse or fail or re- fuse within ninety (90) days from the personal service of this notice, if per sonal service be had, or within ninety (9O) days after the publication of thls notice, to contribute your proportion of such expenditure as a co-owner, your respectice interest in and to said mining claims, and each and every one of them, will become the property of the subscribers, who are your CO., owners, and who have made the eX- penditures and improvements as aforementioned on said mining claims, and each and every one ot them, pursuant to the provisions ot the said statute, Compiled Laws and Sessions Laws.
 A. A. HEN
 H. P. SALISBURY.
 First publication, March 21, 1917.
 Last publication, May 23, 1917.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-02
IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA, THIRD JUDICIAL DIVISION.

Inc town or OeWaru, AldSkaJ ldlhIIl
 vS.
 George Turner, O. G. Labaree and Alexander H. Bradford, Defendants.
 Cause No. S-104
 Summons by publication.
 IN THE NAME OF THE PRESI- DENT OF THE UNITED STATES:
 To the defendants in the above en- titled cause, Geore Turner, o. G. Lab aree and Alexander Bradford, GREETING:
 You, and each of you, are hereby summoned and required to appear in the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, Third Judicial Division, with in thirty days after the completion of the period of publication Of this sum- mons, to-wit: within thirty days after the fourth day of May A. D. 1917, and answer the complaint of the above named plaintiff, which has been filed in the above entitled court, by which plaintiff seeks an order and Judgment of the court for the condemnation of Lots numbered One CD, Two (2), Three (3), Four (4), Five (5), Six (6), and Seven CD, in Block Six (6), in the Town of Seward, in Kenai Re cording District, Third Judicial Divi- sion of the Territory of Alaska, as shown by and according to the map and plat of the Frank L. Ballaine Townsite of the Town of Seward, AL aska, and appropriate said Lots to a public use, as a public park with street and driveway therein, for the town of Seward, and to continue Rail road Avenue from it's intersection fifth the south end of the Alley in said ! Block Six, in a northeasterly direction to intersect with Adams Street in said Town of Seward at the East end of said Street;
 That unless you so appear and an- swer the complaint of plaintiff, with in the time above stated and show cause why such order should not be made, plaintiff will take judgment against you, and apply to the court for an order of the court, condemning the above named lots to be appropri- ated by the plaintiff for the uses and purposes above stated, and for a further order of the court, ap- | pointing Inree dppIdiSeIS, dS 10 provided by law, to appraise, the said lots, and each of them, and to assess the benefits and dam ages, to each of you and report to the court their findings, and that upon the payment of the amount or amounts found to be due each of you by said appraisers, into the above entitled court to be paid to you and each of you as therein provided that an order be made by the court directing you and each of you to execute to plaintiff deed conveying any and all interest you and each of you or any one of you may have in any one or more or all of said lots, as the case may be, and will apply to the court for such other and further order or orders in the prem ises as to the court may seem meet and proper.
 Witness the Honorable FRED M. BROWN, JuGre of the above entitled court, this, the H6th day of February, A. D. 1917.
 ARTHUR LANG,
 Clerk.
 By ROBERT L. NEVER, Deputy.
 Date of first publication, March 5, 1917.
 (SEAIl
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-02
MRS. STEEL, WIFE OF YUKON MINER,
 TAKES POISON---W. H. TOLIN IS HELD

SEATTLE, Monday April 3O - Mrs Steel, wife of Lee Steel owner of extensive properties in the Yukon took poison at her home in the presence of w. H. Ton Butte business man with whom she had been drinking. Mrs SteeIs condition is very critical Toln is being held pending further Investigation.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-02
DUTCH SOCIALISTS APPEAL TO WORLD

STOCKHOLM. Monday, April 3O.-The Dutch dele cation to the socialist conference has addressed appeal to the socialists throughout the world asking for support and stating that they have started their abOrs at Stock holm under great difficulties.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-02
New Coats Dresses and Coat Dresses At
 EllSWorth'S
Fresh Butterkist popcorn at the KEY. If
LISTEN

LISTEN ACREAGE-lf you are looking fer acreage that is ideally located for a suburban home.
 ACREAGE-That is particularly suit ed for truck gardening. ACREAGE-That is bound to in crease in value in the near future ACREAGE-Fronting on the Gov. R. k. and Lake Kenai Boulevard ACREAGE-That is most desirable for re-subdividing-See me. Will be glad to show you the land, or fur nish particulars on request. J. A. Stewart, Phone Red TAT.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-02
FIST FIGHT IN ARGENTINE CONGRESS

BUENOS AIRES, Monday, April 3O.-The question oG Argentina's attitude in the war was debated in a stormy session in the national congress with the socialists during which several fist fights occurred.