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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-30

I.YNcHBrRC;. VA. November e.
Lieutenant Howard, Company II. Three
Hundred and Eleventh Infantry. son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. X. BarSer. prom
incnt residents Of l.ynchhurG. MAS
Killed in action in France late In 0c
iober He was commissioned first lieu
tenant at For; Myer . ugust. 1917, hut
for some months had been acting can
tain Of his company. lie Was orlSi-
uallv wi.h The marh!n, company
Of the Three hundred and Eleventh,
hut was later transferred TO Company
II. He had bceh in France since May.
Surviving him ar" his parents and 4
younger BROTHER. I\elso.
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Innucnzn Committee Report,.

The general committee appointed
'omc time ago to conduct the fght
tgainst the influenza epidemic. mas sub
nittcd its report to the health depart
nent. IN anks are expressed to the
Ted Cross and other organizations and
o the individuals who so efficiently
avcd many lives. Three hundred pa :
tents were treated in the Emergency
Hospital. or whom twenty-ninc died.
.'hcsc we're persons who were brought
20 the hospital in advanced stages of
seven thousand people were stricken
vith influenza in the city. of whom
lnmr coiOred.
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E,hi,ItInn of lNnr n.li..

WINCHESTER. VA. November 20
,,cnSr, nn. h ~, nn,cod p'o,,e nSiu SOU
in the llandlcy Library. having been
loaned 10y Mrs. W. w. Whitsidc who
received them from her husband. Col
onel Whitsidc. They include German
army orders captured by the officer, a
German helmet camoufiagcd with green
spots and black cross bars, shoulder
straps and the helmet OF an Ameri-
can aviator who was carried to a hos
pital by Colonel Whitsidc
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Three Gold Star. ~, ILL.,,

oNANCOCk. VA. November a9--Tho
service nag of the local high school has
snlee Soid stars among the cighty-siy
ptue ones one - in memory of Allen
W "tson the first Heathsvillc Young
man Killed in action. The other two
ere a Tor Stewart Ashby and Clayton
r.NhhS. VINO were victims o: Spanish
influenza in army camps.
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OF WIFE ACCIDENT.
SAYS NEGRO IN PETERSBURG
William Jones Surrcndern 10 Police
Aftcr Enrly Morning Tragedy
In Home,
9 The Times-D.snatch.

Snccial 70 The Times D.spatch.l
pETERSBtRG. VA. November %
William Jones. colo-cJ. shot and Killed
ZIG wife. Dora Jones. about O'Clock
!us morning at their home in the
'outhern section Of the city The shoot
nE - alleged TO have followed a quar-
'ei over another woman. but ZONES
NHo Is under arrest. claims that IL was
i'tNchtal The woman was shot In
n" abdomen. Jones was arrested by
ole" officer ;;nllion as he Was com
l'G down sycamore Street wringing
as hands and saying that he had killed
rs wife. \ daughter OF the couple was
nc only other person In the house at
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-30

IIII.'HNIkI'sUN 30 TO, w. November 90
Mr. ana Mrs. c. NJ. Life, or Model,
george Frank Life. died in a hospita
IN FRANCE of pneumonia, which was
complicated by influenza Mr. Life re-
cei1cu ms training at Camp Humphries
Surviving him. besides his parents, are
Inc following brothers and sisters;
liner Lie, OF McGaheysville: Talmage,
tlcFpert and curtis Life. ut home; Mrs.
;Nina turner and Miss Sallie Life, of
niortsmouth. Ohio. and Misses Edrfn and
Dora Life. at home
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Two Children Bitten by Dog.

LYNCIIBURG. VA, November co
Two children OF Mrs. J. Robert Card
well. of this city. are taking Pasteur
treatment here. both of them recently
having been bitten by rabid dog. The
head of the dog. tested in Washing ton
was killed.
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Loses Life In Action.
IBy Associated Press

WASHINGTON, November GAS
sistant Fuel Administrator Cyrus earn
S*y. Of Memphis. Tenn. was notified
t. day that his SON. Lieutenant Cyrus
Garnscy. tae thiru. of the Seventh Field
Artillery. was killed in action on tho
ant Garnsey was twenty-one years old
and was killed In the vicinity Of Com
piegne five days after reaching the
front line.
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Hurry body OF Nurse.

GORDONSNlLl.E VA. November %
Miss Jennie Minor Hendricks. IL Red
Cross nurse. OF Denver. Col. died In
influenza. aged forty-nvc years Miss
Hendricks WAS taken i'll the day she
was to sail for France. Her body was
brought TO Orange on Thursday and in
TERED in the family plot in Graham
Cemetery.
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Leaves Many Grandchildren.

HARRISONBCRG. VA. November 90.
The body of Henry y. Roger. who
died in LynchburG last Sunday. arrived
ut Rocky Bar Yesterday and interment
was made at McGaheysvillc. lie was
$iNty-cight years of age and Is survived
by his wife. ten children. thirty-two
grandchildrcn and five great grand
children.
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wed~ Lieutenant Thom.. ~. lana.

AFFIRMATION. VA. November 90
MICS Eirgilia Atwood, daughter OF Mrs.
J0hn X. Atwood. and Lieutenant
!homas West Jones. of Birmingham.
Ala. were married here recently nj the
Liberty Baptist Church by Dr. George
-. Taylor, Of Hollins College. and Rev.
{. w. McElroy. of Appomattoy. Con-
s'essINah I IOOu. or WIS town. wnS
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LINCHBuRG. VA. November %
The uncertainty as TO the death caused
by War Department dispatches 10 his
relatives as TO Private Stcarns Moon
Company l.. One Hundred and Sixteenth
Infantry. son OF Mr.. and Mrs. W. J..
Moon has been cleared up, as two Of
his company friends have written home
that they saw him killed. The War
Department ten days ago notified the
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Potato IInrvr.tcrs Mnkc $40 n Day.

~, TEN IfSN lille. ' y. November 2!.--
me potato crop Of northumberland
county Is reported TO have been a fall
ure this year. but ii it is it is not a
FAILURE for the harvesters. They are
paid 10 cents bushel this season, com
are said to be earning as much as sin
Il day: The tomato packers at Reeds
vile have had Il successful senson
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E.rItcmcnt II, n Thca,er.

Exciting scenes in and around the
.dic Hour Thcatc-, It playhouse for
'oiored peoplc>in lower iialifaN street.
II wntcn John Dean, white citizen
= the proprietor and manager were
Witnessed last night. While the show
VAS In progress. a negro colder en-
cred, behaving in such disordcriy man
Ter as 10 interrupt the audience. Mr.
Jean several times requested him to
,e quiet and WAS cursed Tor his pains
''iunIy as he attempted to remove him
rom me house ire negro struck Mr..
Jean in the face. The negro was then
jcctcd without further ceremony. The
excitement among the audience WAS
urtncr increased by 4 cry OF Fire.
1clled out by some person in the house
ma the people rushed the doors. For
unatciy they were prevailed to 20 out
luietly. being assured there was no
,rc and no one was hurt. Outside the
'uinor was started that the negro SOL
Tier had been seriously hurt and tho
WAS renewed. the crowd for
time blocking the street traiiic. Tho
.ivl and military police were sum
pOncd TO the scene and soon had the
'ituation in hand and with the cooper
zion OF cooler heads among tho colorcd
icoplc, soon had the crowd dispersed
Things for time looked serious, but
10 one was hurt. On account OF some
'oolsh threats. however, the theatcr
yps kept under guard during the night
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I.fNCfIBURG. VA. November 20
Private Norman !. rraylor. Company
l., one Hundred and Sixteenth Infantry
a son OF Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Traylor, Of
thlS city. was killed in action in
France October 23 He enlisted here
May. 1871 and trained at Camp Me-
Clclian. reaching France with the
Twenty-ninih Division last June
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General New. Notes.

Sergeant rollins. Il white soldier at
'amp Lee, In q difficulty last night mt
Iopcweil. was struck on the head with
niece OF lead pipe by u citizen named
vas quite severely hurt. cash was
III in his scalp. He was taken back
o the camp.
IL is said that some Of the men at
he pu i'oni plan; are leaving of their
.wn volition, not waiting for a dis
barge. There Is still plenty OF work
I, the plant. Those leaving are get
ing Jobs elsewhere.
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No More Effort. In Moneys Behalf.

SAN FRANCISCO, November 29.--The
death sentence OF Thomas j. Mooney.
convicted Of murder in connection with
people herr july %. 1916, during a
preparedness Gas parade. having been
committed to life Imprisonment by
Governor Stephens last night. no fur
thcr legal steps can be invoked in
MONEYS Eehalf. attorneys said to-day.
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WHITLOCK AT BUSINESS
mcrIcan Minister Rcoccupics Legation
nj Be1gian Capital After a
Long Absence.

WASHINGTON. November 29.-Brand
yhitlock. American minister to Boil
um. formally notified tho State be
artment to-day OF his reoccupa ton
I tho legation Mt Brussels. relieving
nc Spanish minister. who cared for
,mcrican interests after this country
ntercd the war.
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Herring Pnxtnoned.

Vice presidents Sudbury and Race,
md Cashier Nixon. of the Peoples Bank
Il Hopewcll, who were arrested We'd
lesday evening, charged with receiving
o be insolvent, had the preliminary
rearing OF charges postponed To- a
future date. The warrants Of arrest
we're sworn 10 by NJ. Oppenheimer, who
'laincu to have deposited about 500
n the bank several days before il was
'loscd. The date set for the hearing
not stated, but the defendant Off
.ers were admitted to bail.
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l DEVELOPMENT WOULD MAKE
TAX BURDEN USnnAuAp,,
BY EATON EI;ARN.

Lnere must be no Unemployment
a aiter the war, or the burden o. ta ave.
ItSl ana indirect, Will be ahsoi,,taI,
uHoearable. The future productiveness
On uso taxes VIII altogether depend
on whether men and women arr nhi.
20 earn incomes sufiicientIv Mon &c.
pear he strain. neil ~
, Wothinen OF all grades. having been
~ ioSustoin ,u TO tho high wages Of VA
uhSs; VIII not be content'to return n
some wv ve, "ases OF former times For
kinds will still remain hirh u, u an
ana me cost of living generaiiv viii
hot ne Increased materially.
:, Every Briiisher Is convinced of IN.
na Inat AFTER this war there must
the allies and better unders, and "..
between the forces of CAPITAL and Ia
por. Both these latter classes mus,
LAY the truth seriously to heart rhot
ne Weiare OF each is bound up with
best for capital is also the hes, for J.,
Dor. In brief, their Interests ara ,da"
teal. COT" arc ioeh-
Many. British frec-traders arc q,
length Beginning TO question the Wis
nom OF me Manchester school. whose
est market and sell In the dearest" !,
Is being realized that things arc nor
aS inc! used 10 be. nor in all prob
ability ever will be so. again.
This war as Mr.. Hughes SAYS. has
ing matters but that we should learn
by experience. What want Is a Dol
icy that Will insure Britain ana all
her allies an adequate supply of raw
material so as to prevent in the future
Germany dumping her oversuppiy Of
where" ~
Copyright, I91SD
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among the ushcrs. Lieutenant Jones
Is now stationed at Fort Mycr. and nc
and his bride will live in Washington.
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AN I1IPOItTA NJ
EllLI,-pA<:I. MAP

An IMPORTANT
EuLI-pAGE MAP
Showing the Changes Effected in the
Former Empire Of Germany Caused
by the War. y Thing Every Well
See and Study.-With Next Sundays
New York American.--Adv.
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parents OF the death in battle Of their
son and later contradicted the first dis
patch.
Evening journal., 1918-04-18
AMMUNITION PLANT
FOR PURT PENN SOON

At Mt. Pleasant yesterday a number
OF government engineers started a pre-
uminary survey Of the proposed spur
which is TO extend from Nj. Pleasant
TO Port Penn, where the government
has decided to- locate'a large munition
plant
li has been decided that on account
OF building a high bridge over the C..
q D. canal which would be necessary
10 give boat clearance. that this route
Is less practicable than the new one.
although almost twice as short. The
distance from Delaware City TO Port
Penn Is about four miles. which from
MI. Pleasant TO the same place IS near
or eight.
Two large farms have been pur-
chased boy the government at Port
Penn, and surveyors have been LAYING
of building sites for the last month.
As might be expected. land values have
doubled and trebled in and near the
town. 70 is expected that the new
plant viii employ 1900 men and wo-
men.
Evening journal., 1918-04-18
SOCCER TEAMS TO
PLAY FOR TITLE

Wilmington viii be treated TO Its best
and final soccer football game Of the
season Saturday afternoon when Benzol
and the Chester Shipbulldlng Company
will play for the championship Of the
Delaware League at the Second and du-
pOnl streets grounds. The teams are
The winners Of each half Of the league
schedule and as the game must be
played on a neutral field, it was decided
to give Wilmington the honor The
game will start al 3 O'Clock and Mayor
Lawson will make the kickoff In ad-
ditlon to Mayor Lawson several mem
bers Of City Council and other city and
State officials VIII be present.
Both Benzol and Chester ship win
bring down large crowds Of followers
from Chester and lt is expected that be-
tween six and seven hundred out Of
town fans VIII be present
George Young, Of Philadelphia. one Of
The best referees i'm the East, who was
secured through the Allied American
League, Will oflclate. Referee Barton.
OF Wilmington, and Referee Gaskill, Of
Chester, both members Of the Delaware
League stan, will act as llnesmen.
Evening journal., 1918-04-18
GREENHILL CLUB
CLASSIFIES SHOOTERS

The handicap committee Of the Green
hil Trapshooting Club at its regular
meeting decided upon new method Of
handicapplng the club members.
The shooters will be classified on
their known ability, tho percentage be-
Ing based on actual scores made by
them at all shoots they attend BY this
method they viii automatically 90 up
or down the nrst Of each calendar
month, should their percentage take
them out Of the class in which they are
listed.
In cases where The club holds a class
shoot, A, B, C, and D, the subdivisions
OF each class will be listed as Of the
same class.
The following table is self-explana-
tory, that Is, q shooter averaging be-.
tween SO per cent and 81 per cent.
would be placed in Glass B, No 4 76
per cent. and 80 per cent. in Class c,
No. 2.
When the added target handicap is
used the table win show Just how
many targets the shooter receives based
upon his percentage.
Evening journal., 1918-04-18
nELAlVARE CnLLEGE sPORTs.

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWARK. April ts.-Delaware Col
lege baseball team will play the Naval
Reserves OF Lewes, on Frazer Field
Saturday afternoon. This was an open
date with the Blue and Gold and the
scheduling Of the Naval Reserves was
approved by the Athletic Council at an
adjourned meeting Tuesday night.
Both the baseball and track candidates
have been taking advantage Of the good
weather Of this week and have gotten
IN many hours OF practice
The Athletic Council awarded class
numerals for football as follows:
i9iS-BOwen, Lsurltsen, J. Alexander,
Holland, NJ Wilson and Cats
i9i9-Ewing, Craig, Longland, L. PLAN
and Downing.
i92O-Niarvel, Loose, McCarden, Kite
and Gordy
t92i-McCaugh8n, Foulk, AttiX. Horty
]. Plerson, j. Wilson and Aiken.
The council also approved the sched
Evening journal., 1918-04-18
Scissors Hold PUTS
HERACL TO THE MAT
Loses Wrestling Match TO
Stecher After 40 Min
uteS of Hard Work
CROWD PLEASED
WITH EXHIBITION

u was an excited house OF fans last
night who filled The Lyric Theatre 20
see big John" Ileracl try conclusions
with Joe S.echer, Of Lincoln, Neb. Al
though John lost. he put up one OF tho
gamest exhibitions Of his career and 70
was declared from the stage that he
had lasted longer with Stecher than
anyone else except Stranger" Lewis
NO sooner had Referee Johnny Spoerl
given the word than the auditorium
was nlled with cries Of announcement
Tor the local strong man, and not a
few were heard roofing for Stecher.
who had made a fine impression by his
frank face and clean build. Round and
round the mat they circled. each get
ting the other into dangerous posi-
tions, only to lose them. I'm their backs
glistened with perspiration. John
showed his wisdom by keeping of the
mat as much as possible, and for a
long time the result was in doubt.
Stecher would get Heracl by a danger
Gus hold, and when John would fling
himself free his supporters would give
him a royal hand. Both men pulled
on some sensational stunts, and John
created much approval and amusement
when several times he threw Joe from
his back. Finally, however, Stecher got
that dreaded scissors on John, although
Heracl had been expressly anxious TO
avoid It all evening. and Johns shoul-
ders very unwlllingly touched
After a ten-minute intermission they
were at 10 again. 10 was the same story
as the first fall. except that this time
John fell twice as quickly. After thir-
teen minutes Of the toughest kind or
wrestling John was thrown by a scis-
sors and double bar-lOck.
After the bout Heracl made a short
speech to the crowd, IN which he ad-
mitted that Stecher was the better
wrestler, and oomplmented the latter
on his science and cleanness.
Stecher had TO be dragged to the cen
ter Of the platform TO say that John
was stronger than he but perhaps had
something yet to learn I'm science. Both
men made a fine impression last night.
as It was stated that if Wilmington
fans want more Of equally good mai
work, they can get 10.
The feature OF the bout was that
more than two-thrds Of the time both
men were on their feet, as in most
bouts there is more matwork than hand
wrestling. 10 is significant 10 remark
that It was Johns game to keep on his
feet and his many friends. including
some women, congratulated him on his
showing.
In the preliminary Kid Soloman got
the better Of Young Roth in two
straight falls Of four minutes twenty
seconds and two minutes forty-nve see
onds. lie outwelghed his opponent fully
ten pounds.
Evening journal., 1918-04-18
AT THE MAJESTIC.

Before audiences that nled every
part Of the Majestic, Maeterlinck's
'@rhe Blue Bird" an Arioraft picture,
was given its frst showing in this city.
10 IS dimoult not TO be superlative in
praise OF the screen version of this pro
duction which proved wonderous
revelation TO young and old. Many OF
the audience could be seen at times
wping their eyes-not by any means
from sadness but from sheer happiness
and Joy. 10 was a common thing TO
hear people leaving the theatre saying
wonderful" many times I'm success
sion. Here is a photoplay production
a choice from the many, that would
please That friend Of yours that has not
yet begun to realize the recreation,
pleasure and education that many pat
rons OF photoplay receive from this
modern art. The production IS truly
remarkable and The intense spirituality
and the worlds ioftiest emotions have
not before been so forcefully repro
duccd In this silent though beautiful
medium
Evening journal., 1918-04-18
Tho Table.
JONES CLEANS UP
WITH BASES LOADED

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
MIDDLETOWN, Del, April is.-The
Middletown Cubs defeated Caesar Rod
ney High School in a listless game here
yesterday, to 6. The fielding and
hitting of Gibbs was easily the feature
OF the game. COnnor's passes were the
cause Of his defeat, several times fore
lnE runners across the plate Dickson
pitched a heady game and was in dan
ger at no stage Of the setto Piedmont"
Jones maintained his good record by
slamming the ball to deep left with the
bases loaded, scoring three runners.
The Cubs line up against Smyrna here
next Saturday. The score!
Evening journal., 1918-04-18
Connie Mack May Spring
Surprise With His Veterans

seasoned than any he has thrown into
the pennaut hunt for two seasons.
When the blowoff Of the old Athletics
came Mack promised 20 be back among
the elito by 1917 lie wasn't, but be-
fore the army began nicking or his men
he had q young, courageous team that
threatened trouble for the opposition
In another year. His team Of kids and
bush recruits was coming along In
startling fashion. He probably would
have been picked TO land at the top Of
the second division with 70 this season.
Dcnuded Of his young stars Mack i'm
medlalely turned his thoughts i'm other
directions and began gathering a bunch
OF veterans around MIN. They're not
destined for many more seasons in the
big show, FOR The most part, but they
form a team that will win games. and
they VIII lay a foundation for another
team Of youths when the time comes.
The astute builder Of championship
teams was getting results from MS
methods when the war came along. II
cannot yet be said that he failed TO
succeed.
Evening journal., 1918-04-18
WHITE RIBBON NOW
AT OLD HOTEL BAR

MlDDLETOWN, Del, April is.-After
having been & barroom for nearly 400
years, the old Buck hotel, at Summit
Bridge, is now shelteilng a branch OF
the Women's Christian Temperance
Union. The hotel was one Of the best
known IN the Stale, and was recently
closed by revocation OF its license.
The property Is owned by Frances
Kelley, a wholesale liquor dealer in
Wilmington, and when the license was
revoked, It was placed IN the hands Of
Harry O. Ellison, leader OF the temper
ance forces, for rental. William Rhoades
rented It and leased the barroom TO
the temperance society for meetings. A
social was held there Tuesday evening
and ice cream was served.
Evening journal., 1918-04-18
AT THE QUEEN.

What IS without a doubt one Of the
screens greatest triumphs, is The at
traction at the Queen, in which VII
liam Farnum is seen as the ipmortal
Team Naliean In Victor Hugo's mas
terpiece, "Les Nfiserables." The inter
est i'm This production IS increasing
every performance. as is attested by
the increase An patronage. Those who
sec the picture cannot but help tell
inclr friends OF the many features OF
this William Fox production. The
book in itself ds a classic, while the
photoplay extends a point farther in
actually bringing 10 life characters
that most all will remember in their
study Of lfenaure. As for the acting,
never before has such work been seen
ON the screen; particularly is this true
of William Farnum.
Evening journal., 1918-04-18
American Leaque.
BAKER WANTED SUPPER.
BY The United Press.

by lhe United Press.
WASHINGTON, April IS. - Walter
Johnson decided today he wouldn't try
again TO postpone Frank Bakers eve
ming meal IL was about 73O last night
when BGker went to bat In the twelfth
inning OF the Yankee-Nationals game
He was hungry. Walter tried 90 pass
him. That peeved j. Franklin so he
reached out and grabbed wide one
raped it into the outneld and registered
the sacrifice fly that broke a II lie.
Bad weather is showing on the pitch
ers. In the three games IIuggins and
Griffith have used "A men in the box.
Evening journal., 1918-04-18
AT TnE SAVOY.

The unusual story Of a beautiful wo-
man, the wife Of simple mountainesr,
who longed for excitement and iife's
thrills and who took advantage OF the
FIRST opportunity which presented n
self 20 achieve this ambition. Is told
in 4The Purple Lily" the startling new
drama in which Kitty Gordon, the IN
ternaionally famous beauty is starred
''The Purple Lily" VIII be the attrac-
tion at the Savoy Theatre today and
the remainder Of the week.