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JUVENILE COURT
TRIED 410 CASES
Disorderly Conduct. With 1*2
(Jffcnders, C (instituted Largest
Single C'la>,s.
GIRL PROBLEM GROWS
Regarded by Juvenile l'n?tceti\c
Society ih It< IfoM DifTi
Cttlt Ta.-k.
In a memorial, just front the press
in pamphlet form, the Juvenile Piotc -
five Society of Virginia huihh U|i for
DMveniotit rtlrinii e tin- work MOM1
pllshed hy the Juvenile division of the
t'ity Police Court in the lirst nine
?f tin of its iifi-. covering the period
between April - ami I? nilrt-r 31. I'.il2.
The memorial la neVIraened to the city
Council in support of a pl?a for an ap?
propriation of IT.".ii". with whirl) to
continue the n Ork al the court in the
coming year
Jt appears from the report, which
ia signed by Rev. II. Ik C. Maclachlan.
president of the Jwvealt* Protect,\c
Society of Virginia, thai the Juvenile
Court In the Aral alas months of its
operation hatuiieii iin eaaea af lava
lille iallaqaaaCjr. divided as to sex Mai
color as follows: White boys. l'T.
white girl*. Ml negro hoys. Ifi, and
negro girls. 40.
Of the 410 cases. 1S2 fall under the
gcnetal h<ad. disorderls conduct. The
term Includes fighting, shooting (Tap.
throwing rinks and simllai offenses.
Assault und battetv furnished flffv
cases. larcenv. Ill: housebreakirig
seventeen, and violations of city ordi?
nances, twenty-one Twenty-eight
cases are classified as offenses agaiutl
morality.
?eats ai DaapeastSSsas.
The report calls particular atten?
tion to the large number of cases to
which corrective punishment hr.s been
applied, or sixty-two children that
were committed, fourteen were as?
signed to the prlaoa ftaeor lallen af
Virginia, ten to the Negro Reforma?
tory Association, tenant] la the .-!.,?..?
Hoard of Charities and Corrections, tan
to the Virginia Home and Industrial
School for Oirls and eight to the Ju\e
nlle Protective So. let
Among other dispositions were. Pro
bat ioned. iaa: tand, 17; whipped hy
parents or guardian. s di.-haiged
with warning. M dismissed. M. and
turned OVel to parents or guardians.
40
Attention Is directed to the fact that
of IM children place.! an probation,
ninty-one have not since appeader in
court Such a record it is sabaaltlod.
is pro?,f of the wisdom of dealing with
>outhful offenders in the humane way
encouraged by the asso. lation.
The Huat ?.Irl Problem.
A special division the |. I,,,-; ,
devoted to the work of the Juvenile
'"ourt in raring for y ingg girl* who
have been guilty ..f offenses egall II
morality This phatas <.f its work. !t
it state.), constitutes the court's b'g
gest and most difficult probet ? 1 ?
quote;
"Almost svsrj da> the police are
confronted with the problem Of what
to do with the young girls who parade i
PTOaa* Street and frequent the moving
picture shows. They tl.rt with the
SO-i llk-d 'mashers and strike up' ac
i|lialnlaafO v. Ith strangers and com
?Ii other a<-ts of I a dan i lit In a '
For .aid In solving this particular
probb-m. the report returns tnanks to
the good work trf the (Mrs*! Auxiliary
of the Instructive Visiting Nurses' As?
sociation, and to the services per?
formed hv Miss Ha rah R. Roller, as
Richmond's first woman n-ohaf on offi?
cer.
laka for approprtatloa.
The memorial ? includes w'.ta an ap- i
peal to the City Council f,.r an appro?
priation adequate to m-et the grow?
ing needs of the Juvenile Court. In
.- ipport of their plea the ra?mter? of
? 1.- iuvenile Protei five go aisle of Vir
g.nla offe- the following reasons:
?'<!) We wish to give every child in
Richmond a chance to be tried for the
offense with which he is charged with?
out the publicity of a formal court
I earing and its inevitable stigma
"(2) We wish to continue a sistem
which Will give s child the chance to
rsform under probation without being
sent to Jail.
"in i We wish facilities which will
enable us to take children fron: bad
home surroundings and place them
where they will be well eared fog and
educated to useful citizenship
"f4) We wish adequate m?an to
s^ve from Manas' Ol shame vour.g girls
who, unless cared for. will inevitably
lead such lives
"<5# We wish to end the disayace of
confining in Jail children who may be
permanently ruined hv contact with
hardened criminals.
The children of to-day are the citi
rers of to-morrow. They will be pre?
cisely what we make them, and will
show the effects in maturity of the
treatment they receive now. Merry
Ortn he rewarded with manhood and
l-.'ustlce with crime"
verdict for Defeadaat.
In the case of David Jacobe against
.1 H. Mosby * Co, tried yesterday in
the City Circuit Court, jury verdict
and Judgment were entered for the de?
fendant. Mr. Jacobs sued for damages
laid at IT"?.
The Stefnway Piano
s
Tone and only
piano that In recognised
in every civilised sagas*
Etry of tar world as
dL'i'iiKMi;
I
fg Piano
W
Sola Represents! ivss In
this territory.
Y
Walter D. Moses & Go.
lo:t Kaat Mr. m.i Street.
Oldest Music ifouaa in Virginia
and North Carolina
I
HEED RULINGS
Cannot Take Part in Track Meets
Without Permission of Penn
Authorities.
Chi. ?. i. ipl.ia. Pa.. February 4 ?Ted
Meredith, the mar runner of the Uni?
versity of Pennsylvania and Olympic
champion, has been forbidden to run in
match races or special e\enta by the
athletic directors at the i'nlverslty of
Pelina . Ivanlu e.\ecpl those schedule.!
in the universit). as the Pennsylvania
authorities are afraid it will Interfere .
with his SlldySSr examinations.
Meredith wished to run against Hal
pi-i in iioston next Snmrdav. and ad?
vised the Ib.?ton A. A. that he would
.! -.. if the athletic directors Would
give him permission He went lo \Ve*.t
Krazler. manager of tlie track team,
and Fraalei srenl before the directors
at a meeting today. Ted was disap?
pointed when he was told he could not
run at Hoston.
? Hast week he went to New Tot k ,
and tan unattached in the suburban
Quarter Britto? I saying anything: to
the Pennsylvania authorities nines
then he learned that he would get "in
bad with the athletic directors unless
he went to them and asked permis?
sion before tunning in match ra.es
1*1 ..?! letlc association is against ,
Meredith's going away to compete In
?fierlal events while college is In ses?
sion They bSVS entered him in sev
Sral i.door meets a?id do not wish him
to make matc hes on the outside which
would take more time away from his
?.lieu., work than is allowed other
Phillips Now f apfala.
West Haleigh. N C, Februar? 4 ?
At a recent meeting of IhC Agricultural
and Mechanical basketball team foi
the purpose of electing a captain to
QBltSSd N I? Hargiove, who has with
Srnwa lr..r.i *?? ?1 lege and returned t->
Ma home in ITIrhaifiai A. J. Phillips. :
of Portsmouth, Va . was selected to 1
pilot the Ked and White quint through
tr.o remainder of the season. This Is
Pbllllps'e third year, and he is one of
the fastest and hardest-working men
on the team
GO TO COUNTRY
Subcommittee to Inquire Into
Purchase of Adequate Farm
for Inmates.
At a meeting of the Council Commit?
tee on Public Buildings. Properties
and I'tilities last night, a resolution
I sed by the Administrative Hoard
at the suggestion of Mr. Hirschberg.
r- -mending the removal of Inmates
of the City Home to some adequate
farm land near the city, where the
operation of the farm would maintain
the Institution, ar.d the rebuilding of
las City Home bsaS a modern public i
hospital, was referred to a subcom?
mittee consisting of Messrs. Bliley.
RatetlaTs and Atkinson To the same
subcommittee was referred the Mc?
Carthy resolution proposing the ac- ,
quisition by the city of certain unde?
sirable gullies as dumping places for
ashes and trash, with a view of having
the city reap the benefit which private
property owners now receive from the
enhancement of the value of their
property by such dumping
At the request of its patron, Mr. ;
Vonderlehr. the hearing on the ordi?
nance looking to the establishment of
a city workhouse for the care of pris?
oners now confined in the City Jail
was postponed.
The City Engineer reported the aale
of land on Maury Street, between
Third and Fourth Streets. South Rich?
mond, to Captain A. S. Wright for
t : -?-.d tbe i ommtttee re-im-ner.ded
t" the Council thai flie sale be con
luieil.
For Sprains
Skxjn's limment is the best remedy for
sprains and bruises. It quiets
the pain, rri?rres txx^esiioo and
reduces the s*FrJl?i?vray qa?ctty.
HERE'S PROOF
Mr. Hmi i.Vr>rii. at Vo
eraal <9*_ rWitili. wnuj-c
"A f-len.l (praised bj. a: as- so
badi* that it was I liar. He
la if'? 1 ? ae-s H?|: i , i -.?'
h rr aaa -?* at ? we*, net i
air. ?>?a ni rt sas. ?T aasaaa.
C, aVf.I. S.. a. s-rltas: -My
apraiard W artae
4 ah* aaaaaaa ahaaa'a Laaaa
Mr. Je* HATrsna,?? I
Uaaaaaat aaa a baa as* ban bar
SLOANS
LINIMENT
If aTaaTaJaaaaard as aa antaaaptV.?beak rota, a-naaads aad bona, and
aril draw the poiao? frora aairaj of poh**nf*na haarrbv.
Dt. RAIL 5. SLOA.a. ?KYSTOM. MASS.
Neu) Frat. House at University
I'roPosed II. K. i:. < haiilrr House ?b|c, i? to be ereeted at the I nl?er?lt, ..I
Mrglula.
In the Wake of the Game.
(Continued from Sixth Page )
hitter, lie I" im lined to be refractory, a habit which hu? vener helped an ama?
teur. He needs handling, and a hth Heinle Hunch to act aa mentor the boy may
develop.
Washington amateur ball plaveia have about decided to do away with the
commission which baa governed baseball in the capital and substitute a gov?
erning body of three, to be composed of the president, vice-president and treas?
urer of the existing organisation TlM presidents of the several leagues are
la ?Ultra a > \olce. It may work well, but so far as Richmond is concerned, \\ B
will sf h k by the commission for at least one more season.
Tv r'obb is to receive his |ls,#M a year, says the wire. If jimtiioipes are
worth t ..no i a >ear. then Cobhs are worth any amount lhe> might demand. T.
Raymond and J. Thorpe will vie with each other as box attractions, wltii
the odds Ir favor of the fellow who can deliver the goods.
Hank '/Day. in the American League, makes another of the attractions of
the older league to join the Junior organization. If this keeps up. with Chance
and the other stars already drifred, the only attraction in the Lynch organiza?
tion will be the dairy monologues of C Webb Murphy.
Norfolk is to build a IK.,''"') stadium for amateur athletics if present plans
csrry Merely as an influence for good upon the Administrative oard of Rich?
mond. ?e hope that Norfolk builds two stadiums
Roy Walker, who signed a contract to pitcii for the Cleveland club tn ih?
An:cri.-ai vague, at a salarv of $4.0"0 a season, while he was an inmate of a
Nashville jail, good reason to philosophize upon the irony of fate.
AJJM Atieli. former lightweight champion pugilist, has entered the ranks
of the pSSOIOtSIS Ur na* bought an interest in a boxing chlb In New York
and will now watcn the otiie; fellow get his. after which he will count up the
StaM Nearly as good as serving for a human punching bag
All of these ball clubs claiming Thorpe have forgotten thai they are deal?
ing with John .! M.-'lraw. Gall the little manager what you w ill, hut never ac?
cuse him of going to sleep on the job. If his title wasn't clear to the Indian, he
wouldn't be bragging about his latest acquisition to the vaudeville department
of the c.ijmts
The Athletics and the Phils are to play a seven-game exhibition series thsi
spring.
POLICE BOARD
Finance Committee Urged to In?
clude Money for That Purpose
in New Budget.
Pay rolls of the Police Department
! of the city during- th^ coming year will
an.i'unt to $211.014 ?;u, according to es?
timates furnished the Council PI Mill a
Committee by the Board of Police Com?
missioners last night On the present
basis the cost Is estimated at J1M,
734 ?0. and an extra item of $2*i.US0
Is added for a proposed increase of
twenty-five men. at $1,031.20 each per
annum.
I >n trie Lasif of the present depart
I ment. the estimates follow:
I] chief.} 2.400 00
3 captains at $1.3>:.". 6.823 00
II sergeants at $1.133. 23.41O 00
2 probation officers at $1,135. 2.31 ".0u
i 133 privates at $2.? 8 per
diem .USS.S.iS.SO
2 Janitors at $?fio. LsstaVM
1 driver and janitor. Tpa.aa
S drivers at 11.020. 3.0?0.00
1 mechanician and driver... 1.2o0.00
1 patrol operator. SOO.fJo
1 police matron. 72".M
Total .$ls4.734.f.<>
25 privates additional. 2?.280.0?
Total .$211<>14?<i
In addition to the pay-roll, the
Board of Police Commissioner* ask*
|I?.S04.."3 for estimated expenses this
year as against $12.473.1?. last year.
New items asked for are for en?
largement of First Police Station.
IS.000. enlarg.ng Second Police Sta
I tion. $?.ooo; purchase of lot adjoining
Second Station. IS, Peg, new auto patrol
wagon. Second District. $5.0??. For
police signal system and extension
the board asks this year $3.350. as
against $3.03? ?1 expended last year
The statement was presented hv Po?
lice Commissioner Thomas, who was
' followed by Comml*eioner Bradley.
Chief Werner and Secretary Polio, k
Kmphavis was laid on the urgent ? ...
cessity of erlarring the station houses,
where as many as eight or ten prison?
er* are now crowded Into one cell. The
Second Station was described ss ut?
terly inadequate and in danger
of being ordered closed by the
State Department of Charities
and Correct lone Were the easy
In a poslbcn to afford It. the board
would prefer abandonment of the pres?
ent aite entirely and erection of a
completely new police station, to coat
for building and lot about $I?.o?o
Expenditures for the Police Depart?
ment during the year Juet closed were:
expenses. $12.544.a$; pay-roll. |1<:..
141; new automobile, $4.?25. aignal
system. $J.0S? ?1.
ROAD FORCE INCREASED
Most Ina? ' on ff Dlapaa? a af ?esrral
Minor t aaea
Henry Kirk, alias Kirk Johnson, and
Clarence Pegram. two white bora
charged with housebraaklng. pleaded
guilty on i?o ladet troent* In the Hust
tnga Co'irt yesterday. They were tried
by Judse Richardson without a Jury
and were given throe years on the
rosda each, a third Indictment being
dropped The boy* were charged with
robbing efTVa* In several down-town
psblle bu.l<:in?*
lea .lories. ? barged with hoiiaebraak
Ing. pleaded ?uilty and wae given one
year on ihe roads _
U Ivtvlng. charged Wllh house
breaking pleaded s'i.ltv and was
give*, two vest* SO the -oade
Fred Cole*, charged ?villi malicious
wounding, pleaded not guilty, was
tried by lan ?od found guilty *>f aa
aaalt e*d ba:??ry, and eanleeeed to
three n.onihe on lha reads
albert
r
was tried
?nntar.cad in one /ear an the road a and
a "no of I?
t c.r.e,, charged w|lh mejl.
rounding, pl-adad not emit,,
Isd by Jury, found gulltp, end
Jfary Dickerem, colored, an alleged
cecalne peddler, was held for grand
Jury action yesterdsy morning In Polle?
Court on the charge of having tbs drug
IP) 1st
NOT YET SIGNED
Objection by French Minister
Entirely Unlooked For.
Causes Consternation.
Peking, February 4?The six-power
loan agreement was not signed to-day.
At the last moment the French minis
' ter informed the Chinese government
that tie would be unable to agree to
the loan unless all three advisers rep?
resented neutral countries, or were all
subjects of one or the other of the six
' countries participating. He added that
if the latter alternative was adopted a
? Frenchman ought to be appointed to
one of the three posts.
The French objection was entirely
unlooked for and caused consternation
in government circles and dismay
among the bankers.
The ministers representing the six
powers met this evening, but failed
to reconcile the conflicting views.
The loan agreement was completed
yesterday, and it was expo*ted the
signatures would be attached to-easf,
although the French minister only a
few days ago objected to the appoint?
ment of the Dane. J. F. ?Jessen, as in?
spector of the salt gabelle, on the
ground that the post ought to haWO
been given to a Frenchman It is un?
derstood, however, that in later nego?
tiations this objection had been with?
drawn
As formulated, the agreement under?
takes an advance by the six-power
group of IIA.OOO.OOO when the agree
nient is signed, and China is depend?
ing on this advance to pay arrears In
the wages due the troops who are get?
ting restless. Forty soldiers started ,
looting yesterday, but a majority of
them were arrested and executed.
Chain Tread
Won't Slip
Equip for safety.
The Chain Tread is
safe and economical.
It's the popular
priced non-skid tire.
Made in clincher, quick
detachable and genuin
1 >unlop style.
United Stats Tires
ire {ood tires
Atlantic Coast Line Official and
Daughter Thrown From
Buggy and Injured.
? Speiial to The Times-Dispatch )
Petersburg-, Va.. February 4.?Alex
MhfMf tiainUtoii. vice-president and
general rotinitel of the Atlantic! Coast
Line Itallroad Company, and one of the
most prominent citizen* of Petersburg,
sud his daughter. Miss Sarah Hamil?
ton, while out driving this afternoon
were 1,01b thrown from their trap and
injuied. Mr. Hamilton suffered severe
shock, and his physician. Dr. K 1,
McOUL stated to-night that his collar
boae is broken, but that no other in?
juries are discernible. He is resting
sasil) Miss Hamilton escaped with
slight bruises, but she, too, suffered
considers Id-, from shock.
Mr Hamilton and his daughter were
driving home from the Cnlon Station,
and when on S>camore Street between
Hank and Tabb Streets, the shaft either
broke or dropped loose, causing the
horse to Jump and throwing the oc?
cupants out of the vehicle on to the
bl ick road M a\.
Ilowltxere Will Help.
The Richmond Howitzers, at last
night's meeting, accepted an Invitation
to attend the Oeorge Washington
Mrthnte) celebration at the City Audi?
torium The . mi,inland will attend in
citizens" clothes.
HiiildiuK Permits.
Building and repair permits were is?
sued yesterday as follows
D. L. Toaey, to tract a one-story de?
tached brick garage, in rear of 111]
Mull Street, to cost $301?.
BL C Woodward, to erect a detached
two-story brick dwelling. XI21 Weal
Main Street io cost IS,000
Henry lieckstoffer. to erect a detach?
ed two-storv frame dwelling. 1311
North Twenty-third Street, to cost
11.400.
BOWLING
The Cook Printing <'o. and the Rich -
rnonrt Bunch teams of the Newport
League played a vei interesting series
OB the Newport Allevs last night. Both
teams bad several new men in their
line-up. The lunch room boys won
the first game in a walk However,
the Cook aggregation came back strong
arid . aptured the other two games hv
a big major it v. Score;
RICHMOND LUNCH
Team.
? erniar. n
' Jraves . .
Ilotiiihoiis
they .
i
... i "??>
... 176
_ 1*7
... 2*4
Blair . 17?
Hurrow.
2
I Total
17".
14S
4X1
5? 2
510
5*5
17*
-Is
Totais. f22 s.40 Ml 2.595
COOK PRINTING <"
Team. 1
Cook . 145
Jennings . IM
Hayes . 140
Van I Men. IM
Sweenev . Ill
M.-Farland .
Bai lev .
171
IM
10s
I Total.
190 50?
211 57S
Ml
Iis 534
33*
IM
?10
l'-'n
210
Totals . >i>6 Si? 9S7 2.(142
The Monotypes made a clean sweep
of the Admen on the Newport Alleys
last night by winning all three games
in an easy fashion. The scores;
Monotypes.
1 2
Helfert .200 201
Magarian .IM IM
Elliott .IM IM
Totals
l:ci
. . .519
Ad men.
1 2 3 Totals.
Coode ...MS 144 17s 521
Ellis .170 172 140 482
Kdelblutt .12? 12!? 133 3Ss
Totals .495 435 4SI 1.391
To night the Vaughan-Kobertson
Drug Co. meets the Bishop Shirt Co. In
the Commercial League at the New?
port Alleys
The Engravers and the Make-Vps
will battb for honors in The Times
Dispatch lyague at the Newpiart Al?
leys to-night.
The Jacobs <% Levy team won two
out of three games from the Hanover
team last night in the I*alace Tenpin
League
Scores:
Jacobs Jt Levy.
Hatcher . ist
Morris . 171
Dyson . 143
Biind. 1 >o
3 Totais.
IM 500
13'? 19*
12 2 MC
!"? 30.i
Totals
IdsM
Call ..
M?s Iraw
JUdge
? >??;
Ml
1"!
M7
:<i
."?n MM
3 Totals
13S 403
124 32*5
<Mi 2*1
Totals . . .450 %?? ?*n l.JTK
Scorer, ?juarley Foul line. -Bui"
I'alaee Duel, PI., l.eauue.
flame to-night at l:M o'clock. Times
Dispatch vs. Alcos.
standing of Teams.
Teams. P
Battle Axe . 3
Jacobs Levy. . I
Hanover* . ?
Kegal Shoe Co... .:
W
L
P. C.
l.ooe
.TSo
.ICO
.001
>ri:4:? hk> k\ hii ii?umi mk\.
Prs. Willinghara and Ray xddreaa
Baptist I nsimllnii.
? Speeial to The Times-Dispatch. 1
? *hattanoog?. Tonn . February 4.?
fleforc the audience of more than 2.000
deb-gates to the laymen'" Mlsslonar>
Convention of Southern Kaptists. Drs.
R J. Willlngham and T. B. R*>. of
Richmond, made leading spee< hes of
the first general session to-night.
His speech, illustrated by a few
stereopti<N>n slides, I?r. Rav h? id his
an,',"lie for over an hour paid
especial attention to the need of mis?
sions in the Fnlted States It was
the first real keynote of the conven?
ts and was accepted with great ap
pMm
Dr. Willlngham concluded the meet?
ing b\ a stirring ureo h which brought
the ron\entlon to Its feet. II, showed
In a graphic manner the ne.-.| of more
personal mission work
R. E <<alnee speaks Thureday.
Final HoeaH Tn-lfcay.
'ork. Februars 4 The cor.t,.?t
Jos-> R '"apablsro a an I Fr? ik
tall to-morrow m the thlr
nd final round of the nati-m-tl
istera' tournament will de. .,1?
her
J. j
won. had a half
frilled Mtstoe rhai
atcti of the twelf
sM'li I be Cuban
with ?'hajee, end
Kublnste.n
title holder drew
Vs-ehell defeated
HELD AS S' SPECT
earn Relieved to Re ta?eil->f r.l la
Iber? nf Hllllard Ball?
Voice oj the People
The Poetle Mlaaion.
Tit to inspire and, by inspiring:, live,
The poet sink's, and all the world
were dead
Without his song: hi* Is the magi.
touch,
Life-giving power by which oln
:.<-.irls arc led
T) higher things above the din of
strife?
' The battle of business the world calls
"Life."
i By him are empires that have pass'd
awa j
Revivified, as. with a master's hand,
1 He summon* back the glory of It* day.
Its height of power both on sea and
land.
As sung by him in some immortal
?train
Which ?tili survives, though nothing
else remain.
j-ee Greece to-day. aye living Greece
once more.
Altho long dead. see how her glory
stays
Thro scores of centuries, serene, se?
cure
Immortal ever thro Homers dentil*
less lays.
Kehold her ships and her embattled
host
In Iliad swarm upon the Trojan coa.-t.
And 'Lofty Home. ' once ruler of the
world.
Whose word was law. whose Senate
gave command.
And her proud eagle* at onre thsll
wings unfurled
? Above her legions on either sea or
land.
To-day her glory beyond wlnr OOS?
quest gives
In matchless numbers of her Virgil
lives
And Britain, now proud ruler of the
wave.
Whose boast to-day the sun ran
never set
Otj her dominion, her glory in its
grave.
She will live on. Mankind w.l! not
forget
Thar from her loins a race of poets
sprung
That made her deathless In the strains
they sung.
? And Robert Kurnsl What debt of
gratitude
lioes Scotland owe to her ins.plr'd
bard.
As now in pla> ful. now in serious
mood.
He softens lines of Scotia's visage
hard.
ilives to her dells a sweet, romantic
grace.
And smoothes the wrinkles of her
i ugg*d fsV I
Yet, In what sorrow has the poet
wrought
In all the ages since the world was
young.
T'nreoognlz'd. unhonor'd and unsought
Save by the few who felt the strain*
he sung.
Vet torch of genius, kindled from on
high.
Shines on ami on?its light can ne\er
die.
Poor, blind old world' it but bestows
a sneer
On excellence that it should strive
to reach:
It stones the prophet, crucifies the
seer.
Whose only crime was that they
dar'd to preach
A higher life, a nation's nobler plane,
plans.
Than wealth alone or mere material
gain.
Dl'VAL PORTKR.
Cascade.
I>? \oi Helleve Is t.hoalaf
To the Kditor of The Tnr.es-Dispatch:
Sir.?Oat of your evening contem?
poraries iias an article headed. "Do
You Believe in Ghosts"" Nearly every?
one would, of course, answer "So" And
I yet "there are more things In heaven
t and earth. Horatio, than are dreamt
I of iu our philosophy."
In spite of all the boasted civiliza?
tion or our times, there remains with
, all of us an element of superstition to
a greater or lesser degree Whether
! with foundation or not. who can say ."
Some years ago, while an attempt
was being made to revive the prestige
of the old Kxchange Hotel, the writer
was in the hotel office on business.
Some bystanders asked Mr. A?. the
i clerk, and who was a well known
hotel man. whether he knew of a very
' strange affair which had taken place
Picture Theatre, in Sixth Street, be?
tween Broad and Grace.
When he opened the place >estcdaV
I morning for business H. W. McFar'and.
the manager, found a desk in which
the balls had been locked broken open
and several drawers and inside com?
partments also forced He at once
missed the balls, which wen- made
from ^elected ivory ?*s soon as he
discovered the burglary Mr Kurland
made a report to Captain of Iiete. tives
McMahon. which resulted iti the urest
of M.ilone. Other arrests are er.
peel ed.
The thieves are said to have effected
an entrance to the building by mount?
ing a flre-e?cape to the second lloor
and climbing through a window.
Chisel*, w ith whi? h the desk was
broken into, were taken from a tool
chest
I tnchhoric I kn.tr> Tarheel.
! Special to The Times-Dispatch 1
Lvnchburg. Va, February 4 The
board of directors of the l.ynchbtirg
Chatnber of Commerce last night elect?
ed W T Corwith. of Charlotte. N C.
a* business secretary of that organi?
sation, the election being to nil the
vacancy caused hv the resignation of
K. H May Held, which became effective
about two weeks ago
< brlstian Pndra.or I Bin* Men*.
[Special to The Tim* s-Pispat. h J
Lvnchburg. Va . February 4 ?The
opening session of the first convention
of the L> nchburg IMstrict of the Vir?
ginia Christian Kn.ieavor I'nion, at
the Methodi*t Protestant Church,
beard a spb id! add-ess on the 'Vail
of the Cross." b> Rev. J. J. Fix, of
Itoanoke The .-on vent ion was wel
comed h> its president. Rev \ K
Baker. of Ri Vermont Presbyterian
('hur. i it holds three sessions to?
morrow
tat tha ho ?! many years ago. Ms
thai i. nu mbered it well, but
the writer doe* not recall whether he
id tl .' he I i i lier sonal knowledge OC
it i I tha? n man and his
Wife I ? i n.eri boarding at the hotel.
I occupying ? certain room letter they
lieft sud w.-.t !o New Tork. After
their departure th* room remained va
. cant, tine night about midnight theiw
j wax a sound of conflict, with screaaaa
I and cries of "murder." originating ha
that roon The attache* of the hotel
rutdied to it,,, dooi i.-iloi ked it and
entered "li.irkneMH there, and nothing
more ' Lights were made, but they
disclosed only vacant room in per -
. feci order.
. Shortb afterward* news was re
eeived that the man mentioned had
murdered his vsifu in New York, and
bl comparison of the time if was
shown that the munter took place at
, the exact time of the remarkable on*
currenee here.
How Hoe would have reveled in the)
; account of an affair like tin*, and how*
[ much he would have made of it!
Within the last month a writer tn>
oca I columna of the New Yorhl
Tlmea haa declared that he saw
w liking to and fro amid tha
i of the K'nuiuible Itiilldlng in thai
sition being Uial it was
se who lost
their live* in the building whan si
is burned The night wntchaaaa
liiere wrote to the paper
v. .i- of ah opimoa
that it w.:s himself who was seen mov?
ing about. cfuien sabe?
i iwever, nstet a "spirit,
ertain term to walk the
? like Hamlet, be able
to *a\, "liest, rest, perturbed spirit."
H. A, P.
Richmond.
Pttarsna Thing* I v la Birktaaa.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir. -up the im instant the Wood
row Wilson Club <jf ftotetourt County
L> unanimous vote, adopted resolutions
peldlng earnest work to Improve con?
ditions in the State and to contend:
First?For the enactment of a law
to govern primary elect'on*. to tha
end that fraud mac be prevented or
punished.
Second?For the abolition of th? fee
system, now in such bad repute.
Third?That the people have, tha
right to vole on what conccme thStn
and that an act should be passed to
allow the vote on prohibition, and the
question gotten out of the way.
Declaration was made that candi?
dates should early let the people know
where they stund on all Stale issues.
? and the president of the club was au?
thorised to appoint a committee to look
to the establishment of a newspaper
I in the county in harmony with this
club and to arrange for a banquet to
be held on the anniversary of the or?
ganisation.
A. N HARVEY.
President.
W K STVNK.
Secretary.
Buchanan
lor the Bible la the schools.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch t
Sir.? l have read with much amuse?
ment the dire prophecies of Dr. Calisch
of what will happen to our laws and
Institution* if we introduce the Bible
in our public schools. The republic
of Switzerland has been in existence
for over ?>'>? years, and the Bible has
: been taught anil explained in her pub?
lic schools since the time of the Refor?
mation, and still her government is
acknowledged to-day as perfect as
human government can be.
The first principle of a republicsn
government is that the will of the ma
, jority shall rule, ami that all laws
passed shall be for the benefit of the
greatest number of people.
Now to come nearer home, shall the
w ill of over SO per cent of the people
'. of Richmond be overridden by lea*
i than 1" per cent of her population, and
a great many of them foreign-born?
Now. of all the races of people that
rone to this country there is none that
profits as much by our laws and in?
stitutions as does the Jewish, for Dr.
Calisch knows well enough the eondl
. tions under which the Jews live in
Barone. Rut in spite of all this ho
; is the first to object to a rule which
e great majority of the people are In
? favor of. and which I hope will be
carried out. J. RUEDT.
Petersburg.
TARHEEL FIVE IS
Washington and Lee Smothers
Trinity in Rough but Fast
Contest. ?
Lexington. Va., February 4.?Wash
..!,-;.>:?. aad ly e this afternoon defeated
Trinity of North Carolina in basket
ball by the overwhelming score of 90
? to 15. The game was one of th?
roughest and hardest fought played
i on th. local floor for many years.
Washington ami Lee ran up forty
eight point* la the first half, while
! Trinity was making eight. In th?
second half the White and Blue' an?
nexed forty-two more failles, but th?
\ Tarheels could register only seven.
The sensational playing of Miles, who
. threw nineteen field goals, was easily
the festure of the cor. teat, whlbj the
work of Francis, at guard, was spec?
tacular. Slier and Thome starred for
the v's'.tors
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