State Official* Informed of AllegedLax Enforcement of

Liquor Laws.

rOME IN FROM WEBT VIRGINIA

According to. Writers, Many PeopleMake Business of Importing Whis¬ky by Motor Cars Over Mountainsto Summer Resorts.

Within a radius of woven miles ofits county seat, which Is WarmSpringe, Bath County Is as wet as Itsnanae, and local option exlstn In name"nly. according to complaints that havo..omc to State officials against tho al-eged flan rant violation of the liquorlaws In that section of the Slate.Bootlegglng-de-luxe Is flourishing,

he complainants declare, large quan¬tities of liquor being constantly ear¬ned in automobiles into Bath Countvfrom West Virginia. One of the formalcomplaints received through the mailsrelates that the Hot Springs nolghbor-noofl. dve miles south of WarmSprings, is terming with blind tigersand itinerant bootleggers.* The liquorsellers, tho report says, are practi¬cally all West Virginians, living nearthe State line.So profitable have they found il¬

legal liquor selling in Math Countymost of the men enguge<l in the busi¬ness are the owners of motor cars.The citl/.ens who have written to Hich-ntond directing attention to the al¬leged illicit liquor traffic aver that thebootleggers with automobiles bring'heir cars laden with flasks and Jugsof all sizes over the West Virginialine dally. While delivering the wetgoods they take orders for the mor¬row. so that each bootlegger has soldthe load in his car before deliveringit. The bulk of the patronage giventhe bootleggers, ttye complainants say,comes from the summer resorts inthe Alleghanles, the liquor sellers be¬ing more numerous In tho neighbor¬hood of the Hot Springs than in anyother part of the mountain range.AHRKSTS OF II.MCIT SKM.HKS

SAID TO UK I\FKI.\«KMK.NT8It is further asserted that the illegal

liquor sellers are so free from molesta¬tion that arrests for violation of theliquor laws are very infrequent. Manyshacks have been sot up in the wood¬lands where liquor is dispensed overthe bar. One complainant living atHot Springs, In a communication rc-ceived at the Capitol, gives his esti¬mate of the Fourth of July businessdone by th^ blind tigers in that neigh¬borhood. He says that guests of theseveral summer hotels and residents ofthe neighborhood of Mot Springs spentover th< bar on that one day at least12.000.The men who are plying the illegal

liquor traffic, It is stated, have so lit¬tle fear of Interference that they donot even take the pre caution to pro¬tect their cars from Inspection by ob¬taining license tags for them. Theyt\rry West Virginia automobile license

but scorn to pay a tax for operat¬ing th^lr portable liquor stores in Vir¬giniaBath County is represented as the

tiOotlf-Riters' paradise. His business!lo'.iri.vhes in all parts of the countyas the «reen bay tree, according to thereports received here.Bath is a border county, 120 miles

northwest of Bichmond, with a resi¬dent population of 6,'.3S, according tothe lnfct ccnsus. It is r, is miles inarea, and a large portion of its terri¬tory Is mountainous. Summer resortsar» numerous. Besides Warm Springs,the county seat, and Hot Springs, thereare other large health resorts. Henl-ing Springs is but eight miles southof Warm Springs; Millboro Springs istwelve miles to the east: two milesfarther on is Millboro Depot. TheWatlawatoola Springs is one milesouth of Millboro, and Blair Springs!s seventeen miles north of WarmSprings.Great numbers of health and pleas¬

ure seekers patronize these places inthe summer months. The Virginia HotSprings, being also a winter resort, hasa large floating population all the yearround.

DIES FROM INJURIESErnent H. Fllppcn Panne* Annr at

Virginia Howpltnl.Ernest B. Fllppcn, 1003 North

Thirty-fourth Street, who was seri¬ously burned while filling the tank ofhis motorcycle on Thursday night, diedyesterday at the Virginia Hospital.Fllppen w&s filling his tank at T.wen-ty-flrst and Marshall Streets. A match,nearly extinguished, caused the explo¬sion, it is said. Flippen was envelopedin P.ames and was terribly burnedabout his whole body before the Arewas beaten out by bystanders.Flippen was president of the Rich¬

mond Motorcycle Club, and was a

cycle racer of some note. Ho was em¬

ployed as a law clerk in the firm ofMunford, Hunton, Williams and Ander¬son.The funeral will be held from the

residence this afternoon.

PLACED UNDER PEACE BONDFhlllp Johnson 'I'ried on Tre-apnns War¬

rant lnauetl by AdlU-nc Daniels.

I'hlllp Johnson, colored, Vas triedyesterday morning by Magistrate T¦j Puryear, of Henrico, on a trespass'{warrant sworn out by Adilene Daniels,ialso colored, and placed under a $50| peace bond, pending the settlement of| a land dispute between them. It seemsthat .lohnson owns an interest in anundivided tract of land now occupicdby Adilene Daniels, and in which shehas a life Interest as the widow of oneof the legatees. Johnson claims cer¬tain rights as a shareholder, and afew days ago, In an effort to get toa well on the place, broke the lock ona gate. The warrant followed, andwas executed by Policeman J. F. Sho-' »iakcr.

! FOR ICE MISSIONj 1.1,tie filrls Send Their Tithe for MnchNeeded Heller.

\ Contributions to the City Ice Mis¬sion fund continue to come into *ThoTimes-Dispatcht, and much relief Isbeing afforded to the poor. Severalilittle girls, whose names are given be¬low. have \lven their tithe and helpedto swell tne fund, .which is so much.needed.The contributions follow:Theresa Engelberg, Ethel Waller-

stein, Louise Schwarzsehild, 'HenrletteOreenebaum, Sis Marcuse, Kathrynfjicliel and Miriam Dettlebach, $6.71;Thomas Atkinson, Jr., $3; received yes¬terday, $9.71; previously acknowledged,{145.66; total received, $155.27.

I.ertve for Xew York To-Dny.Signal Operator Frank I. Gentry, of

the police telegraph station, wIlMeavcfor New York to-day. He will beaccompanied by Mrs. Gentry and Mrs.Mary J. Campbell. The parti' will

jispend two weeks in and around Man¬hattan Island. Officer Gentry has ob¬tained a vacation furlough and In de-ivoting It to sightseeing and recrea-

ftion.

Boys from All Parts of Virginia at State Y. M. C. A. Camp

BOYS ENJOY LIFE INSTATE Y. M. C. A. CAMP

Youngster® Arf Comfortably QuarteredNear Natural Bridge.Fourth of

July Celebration.The Fourth of July national holiday

was celebrated at the State Y. M. C. A.camp for boys near Natural Bridge bythe presentation of a Bible and anAmerican Han to the camp by represen-tatives of the Jr. O. L\ A. M. of Lynch-burg an'l by various athlolic and swim¬ming events. Several hundred peoplevisiter! the camp, and all were treatedwith the utmost hospitality. The boyshave won the hearts of the mountainpeople by their rordlal manner, and tothem has been granted free entranceinto cherry and apple orchards, in. which the surrounding countryabounds.

I Scarcely loss enjoyable than theFourth celebration was the great playfestival which was given by the camp-¦ i-rs to the countryside on Saturday,June 26, when nearly the entire pop-j illation, including babies and dogs,j were guests of the boys and their! leaders. A real minstrel show was puton by the Lynchburg delegation ofj boys, while thr- camp glee club sangand cheered until their voices werej hoarse. Refreshments were afterwardserved to the visitors.During the week of June 22 to JuneI 29 the older boys' conference was held,and thero were representatives fromevery section of the State. Amongthose present from Richmond wereGeorge Sipp, Jr , Tweet Pleasants. Karl; Dunfocd and Jesse C. Duke. There areabout fifty boys in camp, with dcloga-tions constantly arriving ami depart-iiiu as their time expires.The keynote of the camp and thenote which Is making it successful isco-operation Before this year, eachassociation held its own camp, on anIndividualistic scale and with the con-sequent drawbacks. Now the campproblem lias been solved, and superiorequipment and location are furnishedj by the one big camp of the whole State.The boys themselves co-operate withthe leaders in maintaining healthful'and orderly conditions. In co-operat-'| ing with th" country people the boysj have made a hospitable race even morei hospitable b> their frequent social nf-| fairs and manifestations of good will,The camp closes on July 29.

ELECT NEW PRESIDENTCI trie Association to Choose Snooesiiorto E. L.° IiemlftA, Resigned.The Civic Association of Richmondwill elect a new president at a meet-ing of the executive committee to be'held to-morrow night, to succeed E. L.Remiss, who resigned to take member-ship on the Charter Changes Commit-tee. The meeting will be held in theVirginia Mechanics" Institute at S:15|o'clock. *

IA systematic campaign In the goodgovernment movement has been al- jready planned. Meetings will be heldfrom time to time, to which the publicwill be invited, the speakers beingprovided by the Civic Association.The first of these public meetingsis scheduled for Monday night in Cln-ter Park. Ben W. Wilson, represent-'ing the association, will be one of theprincipal speakers. Among the speak-ers for subsequent meetings are Dr. D. jR. Anderson and Dr. Walter S. McNeil,:of Richmond College; Clinton R. Wood-Iruff, secretary of the National Munic-1ip;,i League; Howard L. McBaln, ofNew York, a former Richmonder; LeRoy Ilodges. of Washington, and Mayo:I George Ainslle.

| It is probable that one of the vice-presidents of the Civic Associationwni be chosen to succeed Mr. Bemiss.and Dr. Stuart McGuire, first vice-! president, is prominently mentioned in

| this connection.

WILLHEAR PROPERTY OWNERS..

Board of Auhcmom Now nt Work on

Highland Turk Property.The Board of Assessors of Richmond

will reply in the next few days to theprotest of Madison ward propertyowners against the 1915 assessments.It is probable that the board will grantthe hearing asked for before the endof this week. The committee repre-sentlng the property owners was In¬formed hv the assessors that the subjectof complaint would receive immediateattention and that a date for a heatingwould be fixed as soon as thecould give proper consideration to thomatter.The assessors are now busily en¬

gaged with the new assessments InHighland Park, whero they have ad¬vanced assessments in someifrom *10 to $15 a foot on buildinglots.

! MEMBERS OF STAFF WILL! MEET PflflT* (IT CHICAGOGovernor Stuart to Re Welcomed on

His Journey llnck toVirginia.

LEAVES SAX FRANCISCO TO-DAY

Rltie^ Also I<cave To-Day by DifferentRoute, Going to Los Angeles Re-fore Starting Homeward .Journey.Blurs Arrive Here .lulv 25."

Members of Governor Stuart's staf£.Jwho were unable to nccoinpany hitn tothe Panama-Pacific Exposition at SanFrancisco are plannincr to meet theexecutive party at Chicago on theireastward Journey. Colonel Warren P.Taylor is at the head of the movement,and has written to the other membersof the staff now in Virginia, outliningthe plan.Yesterday Colonel J. R Pnachall, of

Richmond, indicated his intention toaccompany Colo: < 1 *r.:vlor to Chicago,and several other: will probably go.Those unable to make the trip toChicago will be invited to meet Gov¬ernor Stuart in Washington on the af-ternoon of July 24. and act as addi¬tional escorts of the commander-in-chief the remainder of the way toRichmond.Colonel Taylor, who is quartermaster

on the staff, and as such in charge ofthe schedule for the itinerary, Instnight announced a change in the home¬ward Journey, which will give the Gov-trnor and his party a more comfortabletrip. Instead of leaving Ogden. Utah.t>:15 o'clock in the morning o' Wednes¬day, July 21, the Governor's private carwill be attached to a Union Pacifictrain leaving Ogden at 1:20 o'clock 'nthe afternoon, arriving at Omaha,Neb., at 7:25 o'clock on July 22. Thearrival in Chicago under the new ar¬rangement will be at 9:15 o'clock onthe morning of July 23.Li'XCHEO.v to r;oVKRVoji

WHILK I.\ CHICAGOThe Chicago Chamber of Comme/ce

is arranging for a luncheon in honor ofthe Governor, and will take the partyon an automobile tour of the city.Governor Dunne, of Illinois, an.J MayorThompson, of Chicago, have bo.n in¬vited to meet Governor Stuart at :holuncheon. From Chicago the Vir¬ginians will come directly to Washing-ion, arriving there at 4:40 in the af-ternoon of Saturday, July 24. Theyare due in Richmond that night at j.30.

In San Francisco to-day the Governorparts company with his military escort,which left Richmind with him on July

The Blues, under command of MajorBowles, leave San Francisco at noon,going to Del Monte, Santa Barbara andl.os Angeles, and thence to San Diego.Governor Stuart leave* the expositioncity at 5 o'clock this afternoon. Hisparty will stop only :>.t Los Angeleson the way to San Dingo. The Bluesare due in Richmond on the morningof July 25, the day following the Gov-ernor's return. ^

Harrison.Dedraan.[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]WICLDON, X. C.. July 10..William

K. Harrison and Miss Pearl F. Ded-man, both of Petersburg, Va'., weremarried here to-day by Magistrate D.E. Stainback.

Panama HatsCleaned andReblockedVERRAHAT

WORKS,Thone Randolph 001).211 N, First Street.

Richmond, Va.

Mall Orders Solicited.

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MANY TELEPHONES DOWNBreak In Il(fr Calilc Put. son Instru¬

ments Out of Comminnlon.Four hundred telephones tn and

around tho old market on SeventeenthStreet and on both sides of Main Streeteast as far as Fulton were out of com¬mission all day yesterday as a resultof a break in one of the bit? ROO-wirecables of the Chesapeake and PotomacTelephone Company.

District Manager A. S. Tanner hada large force of repair men at workearly yesterday, endeavoring to locatethe trouble, and every effort was, madeto clear up the break as quickly aspossible. Early last night it wasstated at the company's office that therepairs had not been completed, but Itwas hoped to have the system workingall ripht to-day.

JUDY INCLINES TOWARDTHEORY OF SUICIDE

Indeterminate Verdict Is Returnedin Case of Joseph Kra-

nftzky.NO MOTIVE FOUND FOR MURDER

Jacob A. Chlldrey Unable to SayWhat Day It. Was He Found Mias-ing Roat, Half on I^and, at Lake¬side Park.

An indeterminate verdict w*s re¬turned yesterday afternoon by thecoroner's Jury investigating the deathof'Joseph Kranltzky, whose dead body,weighted down with an Iron pot filledwith atones and broken pieces ofcement, was found at the bottom ofLakeside pond on the night of July 1.

j The verdict was signed by Coroner J.I Fulmer Bright, physician, and W. 8.Wnrrlner, B. A. Watklns, B. E. Melton,\V. B. Frayser, J. A. Clnrke and \V. J.Ford.Chief douM as to whether it was a

case of murder or suicide lay In thetestimony of Jacob A. Chlldrey, one of

'! the keepers a» Lakeside, who, while de-daring that he found a missing boatlanded half-way on the shore, could

. not remember upon what day the boatwas thus found by him. Ifis evidence

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unable to determine from the evidencewhether It were suicide or murder, butthe members were Inclined to the be¬lief that Kranltzky committed suicide.No motive has been furnished upon

which to base the murder theory, whileall the evidence- points to the theorythat, with all his plans carefully laid,Kranltzky himself tied tho weightedpot about his waist, then shot htmse'lfthrough the left Iuiir anil plungedheadforemost into the water. It Isgenerally believed by the city detec¬tives who have Investigated the casethat a murderer would not have takenthe pains and trouble to kill Kranitzky,tie a weighted Iron pot about him and

then lug him Into a boat, later todropped into the water.On the other hand, It has heen testi¬

fied that Kranitzky was practicallywithout funds and was despondent. Hehad engaged in business with hisbrother, it is said, and had signed overhla share of the proporty to AlexKranitzky, receiving notes in payment.Loiter Alex took the bankruptcy law.and the notes givon to Joseph weremade, it is said, practically worthless.

Detective Sergeant Wily, of the Rich¬mond Police Headquarters, who liasmade a thorough Investigation of tliecase, strongly Inclines to the suicidetheory. He is a man of much experi¬ence in criminal matters, and has haduniform success in solving murdermysteries. For that reason muchweight Is given to his opinion.

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