Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-01


@lO0o.Oo0 worth or goods by fraud,
was revealed to-day through tue cou-
Niction OF William j. Stewart. Accord
ing TO District Attorney Swami. Stew
art promised to turn states evidence
against others of the band.
JERSEY CITY. y. j. January al
a $500 verdict OF damages for a wound
on her shoulder. caused by a bite from
truck horse. failed to-day 10 assuasc
the injured feelings of Miss Anna
Scanlan. She told the court that the
scar was SO conspicuous she was un-
able to wear evening gowns or sum
mer waists. She sued for $4,000. and
intends TO appeal.
SOUTHAMPTON, l.. L.. January 81
Funeral fans" were scored by Father
Cherry. Of the Church of the Sacred
Heart OF Jesus and Mary. when lie
announced he would preach no more
funeral sermons. He said many
regulars" who occupied front pcws
seemed to take Il morbid pleasure in
listening to words OF comfort and en-
couragemeut to relatives.
NEW YORK, January 3I.--lIcid up
al the point OF a service revolver, man
handled and threatened with death by
Lieutenant S. w. Hyde, Of tho Iutci-
ligcnco Department at Camp Upton.
Sergeant l.. Hyde explained to-day that
Lieutenant Hyde had compelled him TO
ovcrstay his leave.
CINCINNATI, OHIO, January al
With the river ten feet above the food
stage and steadily rising. Cincinnati is
facing the most serious food in years
Breaking OF ico eorscs below the city
is all that will relieve the situation.
BOSTON. MASS. January 3i.-Ar.
other forty cieht-hou suspension @,
deliveries of coal ~ factories. stores
and office buildings. dating from tho
end of the two -day suspension expiring
tonight. WAS ordered tonight by tho
city fuel committee.
WASHINGTON. January Sl.--Sccrc-
tury OF War Baker officially announced
late this afternoon that American
forces have formally taken over a sec
ton OF the line in France.
MEMPHIS. TENN. January $i.-The
huge ice gorge a, Richardson's Land
ing, fifty miles above here, broke carly
TO night. \ hugo mass OF ice is NOV
ing downstream with terrific force.
WASHINGTON. January 3l.--Thc ad-
ministration came to tue realization to.
uaE that IT'S TailToaH OH IN It's present
form, cannot pass in Congress. Steps
wcro taken TO effect compromise
HAVANA, January 3i.--Scd Cross
pay drew crowd OF $4,000 to tho
Oriental Eaco Course this afternoon.
Il WAS tho lagest gathering that ever
witnessed tho running OF races in
Cura.
WASHINGTON. January 3i-"Now
howare the great German ofcnsivc:'
This is tho warning to America sounded
Tonight hy high French official.
SPRINGFIELD. MO. January Gil
Taylor ADAMS is said TO have confessed
to-day, or entering tho pcnitentiary.
that he and his son. C'lctus. were inn
rlica'cd In the kidnapping OF Baby
Lloyd kcct last summer
CAN'T DIN, y. j.. January 3i.-''t;er-
ran" measles went by the board to-
day because the ailment was pro-
nounccd unpatriotic. II viii be lib
crty' measles from now on.
NEW YORK. January 3l.-onc hun.
nrca detectives have failed to md a
single trace Of three rtar.old Lillian
l'oSn:r. who disappeared from her homo
IN Harlem last TUESDAY.
NEW HAVEN. CONN. January 81
Yale Will have varsity eight in the
MAJOR sports next spring. This an.
nouncemcnt MAS made to-day