The times dispatch. [volume], April 24, 1908, Page 10, Image 10

About The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914

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M_:: Orders Fllled at Advertlsed Prices.
Bric-a-Brac and Fine China
for Wedding Gifts.
There's a little toAvn in Bohemia that gives its name to
some of the most exquisite pieces of pottery that one can find
anyAvhere?TEPLITZ WARE?Vases in all sorts of artistic
shapes. with gold mat handles, $1 to $7.00.
ROVAIi BON'N AVnrr. Iinnd-pnlntrd plecr-i.. $2 to "112.
l*I.\n AUSTl-IAX cIIINA VASES. In n_.-or.ed shnpcs?the famntt-i
? -inn dc. i-ntloii . In -Iimlrd blue, nl-o marlne **cencs, 91 to 5.*",.
FHENCH CHINA Cnkc rintc-., .**nlnd noi-.li., Celcry Db-hea, etc., In
nll klnds of hpatitlful drcornflon-i, ninrlne vle*-*i, floTvers, **hltc nnd gold
effects. etc?-mostlj- linnd-pnlntcd pieces, $1.30 to fi*.
JAPANESE CHINA In hiindreds of varlous ?.liiipr*?Mllk Jnrn,
Mnyonnnlse Dlnbe-i, Cnkc Plnte.., Clincolntc Pot... Vnses, pte.?many of
flicm dcrornlrd In llie fnmou-i Sntsunin cffcctsi nnd rnlf.nl gold drslgii-.
I'rlccs rnncc from ."Dc to !. 10.
We can only give you a faint idea in these columns of the
beautiful things in this department suitable for wedding and
anniversary gifts.
A personal inspection Avill afford you much pleasure for
an hour or so.
SHRIEKING WOMAN
ACCUSED ESCORT
Declaring Man Was Trytng to
Drug Her. Fcreamcd to By
standers for Help.
DINERS FLED FROM PLACE
Threat of Arrest Quietcd Couple
Who Caused Uproar in
Crowdcd Hotel.
Traglc and theatrical scenes In the
ladies' room of one of the most pop?
ular hotels in Richmond yesterday
startled not a few decorous diners.
while the solemn gravlty of the negro
head walter was uttcrly destroyed.
With nearly every table faken, chiefly
b.v ladies, the entrance of a man and
woman. who took seats to one slde.
occasloned no comment. uitil. after
their order had been served. the wo
iii.in suddenly set thc torripany in an
uproar by shrlokltiK. rising from her
chalr, and calling on those present to
protect her from her cscort, who. she
Bcreamed. n-a? trylng to dniK her. Era
braclng the apnloKetie and noiplussed
walter. she called loudly for some one
to drlve hPi" companion away. her lan
Kimpp soandallzlng the diners and
causlng the more quletly disposed to
fnrle quickly away. standing not on
ine order of their polng.
Hiisfled Them Out.
The proprietor of the cafe. wlth hls
asslstants, rushed to thc room to tlnd
.-: helpless mai valnly endeayorlng to
explaln thnt ho intended no harm. The
man attempted bluster with the propri?
etor, but both he and the woman f|iilet
ed down when threatened wilh arrest.
On belnp questloned the woman finally
declared that th'e man wns her hus?
band. but thls statement appeared tn
be an nfter ihought. a'ld was douhted
by those who heard it. Tho man was
bustlod about his business. with an ad
monitlon to return no more. A cab
was called and the woman was sent to
hor liome wlthout tasttng the ilinner
already on the tablo. Howevor, she
carrled one of the nno hotel napkins
Wlth hor. ?_ "
Somo of.,tho*o-i'_"'thp dlnlng-room un?
derstood the woman to say that she
was b Salvatlon Army worker. Tho
siiparostion ls denied hy Captain Kowler.
of tho Salvation Army. and hy the ofli
cors of the. Amerlcan Army. a new or
cani?ation, whlch has recently openod
lirre. and in tho company of which
thero are a number of young womon.
DOUBTS MURDER THEORY
A'ltopey by f'ori.nrr Shows .li>ii<*s Woinnn
Iliod nf lloart Trouhle.
<"or-:ior Taylor held an autopsy yesterday
on tho. body nf Nnnny Jones, colored, whoa
dpath on Wednesday umlor somewhat ?us-I
picinuB clrcumatances rrsultod m the arrest i
pl hei hu,st,an-, John Wesley .1.a, a mall
carrler, who is now in tlio (.'Ity Jail. Dr.
Taylor found no evidence tr. connect thel
woman's ***ath wlth the benthts sald tol
li_v? boon ph-on by hor husbsnri. The ex-j
p'nlnHtion showed that she -ufT^i cl from
h*art trouble. and that death "as diie tu
Inai cause, although the doctor sald he waa
jioi prepared to state how far ihis wealtness
liad_been broOght a'b'oul by lll-t'reafinent.
An inquest Wlll he hi-ld this ninnilnrt. aud
in view oC (lio flntllnR ot Um nutopay lt la
clalmed ii wlll clear Jones of suaplclon.
In ihe Police Court yesterday the case
JAIL BIRD TO TESTIFY
V> ill (?n.|,r Bucli t? Court lo (live Kvldence
in Itock-Thruwlng Citse.
While m hls rounde We-nemiey evenlns
1' :''' ?"' n u. i." ran mio a pnrt. ui
iho riniiiif-.i t,, haya
'atteraon factory, but
l? ih? orlglnal i-ocH
come bich from Jail
INTEREST IN MILITARY
Compunlc. Hard ut iVorli and flnlln..
.Ui
SprliiR Tcrnt of Courl.
The Clty Clrcult Coun cpena itt
tprlng term on Monday, May ith. wlth
?n unusually heavy docket ln pros
pect. Dates for the trlal of auita wlll
li* flxed by .I'tdgo bcott on the flrsi
(Uiy of the.term.
CHICAGO B
Made Trip by Way of Florida
and Starts Again for New
York and Home.
Kiico'interlng every kind of weather
ind nll sorts of roads, V. N. Kellman,
if Chloago, drovc a flfty-horse-power
?ar from the Wlndy Clty to Rlchmond.
?ia Ja.ksonvllle, Kla., and wlll leave
:iere to-day for AVashlngton, from
which point h_ wlll return home by
way of Xew A'ork. Ire made the trip
ivKhout the aid of a chauffeur, Mra.
[_ellma.ii belng his only travellng com?
panlon.
There was no attempt to make speed
records. Mr. Kellman's idea being to
move along by casy stages. AVhen the
weather was bad he stayed in; when
the roads improved he plunged ahead,
-ind he has made the trip thus far
without cxclting or unusual Incldent;
Tlu- machine seemed to enjoy the sport.
bohaving Pmoly and causlng littlo
trouble.
.Alr-.. Ivelliunn Knloyeil lt.
Froni Savannah Mr. Kellman pointed
his searohlights toward Hlchmond.
Heing a prac.ticnl man he got on fa
mlllar terms wlth the maps, b-arned
more about the roads than a highway
eommlsslonor, and profited hy the
study. Mrs. Kollnian. who was even
more enthuslastlc than her husband.
enjoyed tho outlng nnd stuck to tho
car instead of leavlng it for the swift
or nnd more comfortnblp Pullman.
"Ont- rould hardly call thcse South?
ern und Western roads perfect." said
Mr. ICellman nt the Jefferson lnst
niglit. "but my observatlon is that
they nro passablo. Tlie journey like
wlse demonstrated the value and stay
inp; (lualitles of n strong tourlng car.
The trlp has been a novelty in many
reapects und ,-iltogothor pleasant."
From Washlngton to Xew A'ork and
from N'ew A'ork to Chicago Mr. Kell
nion expeets to make much fnster tlme
than was posslble in the South. He
Is travellng in the same machine in
whlch Iie started from home.
NO RECOUNT
me for 1)1-1 nrbing l'rlmi_r.v Kletiion Rp
(.tilts Kvplren To-I)ny.
Tbe results nf tbe recent municipal pri
hry election as ascertained by the orlglnal
nnt will stand, and the name-s of those
?mlnated as Mayor. Aldermen and Coun
Imcn will ro on tbe offlrlal ballot to be
ie<l. .ln the comlng Junt* olectlon.
Th? Hm.- nllniled hy Ihe Cltv IicmnrraUi
mmllle- In Its plan fnr ihe tilliig of no?
es of contests nnd petltlon- fnr recountt
plres at noon to-day, anrl nn word of dls
tfsfactlnn Ims been heard recently from
..- "oiirce. Nn candldate has approached
?alrman Doherty wllh any reque.it fnr a
? ???uut. and no one hns expressed nnv de
rlc fnr Mich actlon. Owlng io the close
ite between ino nf the cnndldntes fnr the
? ??Mil froni Jofforson Wnnl there was somi
ll( ol iiaklng tlie eommltiee tn verlfy it>
suros. Inn eve.n thln talk hns dled out' aml
? ibliig is expected to come of It. Al
rnye nim were nomlnated ln the rccen'
hnary are now practlcally elected.
VERDICT FOR PLA1NTIFF
Jurj l.ive- iirfc. ||ar**er $1,000 ln Suh
Agaliihl Street Cnr Company,
In ilie Uw anil Equlty Courl vesterdai
lli. Jury b- ?uisht In a verdlct fnr th- plaln'
uiiin lb- sum nf -l.non In tbe suh nf Mrs
h'arah Bnrker nnnliiKt tbe Vlrginia I'nusei,
-.?*?? ???,.! Power Company. Counsel fo. in.
Corporation made n mnilmi ? ? bave tbe vor
.... I -.-I ,,,:,!,.. hut.lt ?as ovcrruled.
Mr*. Barker wa? Injurad whllo allRlulit'i
iinm one nf ih.- company's wns. anil clalth
ed ili'ii ..'ie wns bnri as _ n-snilt of kio.i
carrlr-ssnesii and ne_ll_once. She sii-d f.
RICHARDSON IN DEMAND
I I'lllli-ntionnl !n. tllnllont, A\ i**li io Hear May
orally Nonilnee,
i Slnce hls nomlnation ni Mayor. llon. T
C. ftlchardson ln*? recelved invltallon- I
sp.au iu ihe i-lnh|ii(* eicerclsei of a numv.,.
I ..i educational Instltutlons. Ho hus t,-.
busy wlll! bi_ p.lvata affalrii slnce ibe cam
l-ialgti onded, and hin hnd bul Mttle tlmo i
cti.-ldei such inatt.rs. but li Ih pmbabl
l i li. t l,e wlll bc Bbl. i" accept .-mne of th
Irvlmtloiu ,--.i.led i,> i,ini
Captaln |..on_ llert- Saturdny.
Siaff Captabi Franlt l.yon.,-ilie younj pen
i .. ?? secretary of ihe .vtlantlc t.'onsv pri
vlr.ee ??; i|? Salvatlon Army. wlll vl?
itii-hmond lo-morroiy and Bunday, He ?i
speak :u meelhiR- Bi noi .. pn fiaturday _
Kli.venih antl Muln t*n _.??_, an.l ai 7:_
n'clooll 1 h ii t nl.lii nt Sev.nth nnd Broa
Btreet*. A bis rally wlll bo held ln ii
it.in. ball, No. 037 East Brood Btreet. ai
o'clock. tm Sunday he wlll sp'-nU m nr
ni the churches in ihe morn'.'ur, m Bvi
I'nrk al 3:nu o'clock lu Iho aflernoon, i.n
l-i ihe army hall _i S o'clock In ih- ovuiiln
Trlp I" I..Mlcllbnr.; I'liilpomd.
Hi-r.i-Moia Tottiplli, Drumalh* Ord.
Kntehts of Klioru-s.in, ?iii nol ... to Lyncl
buiK to-duy n* ispecimi. ii-, account
utiforssean clr-umstane*. tbe trip to u
Hill Clty hns been lwle*.n|i.l> iio.ipou.
ihe ofneor* mi(j inenibers of ilm lamp
"II. _o tn 3taut|t,on on Mav _Kth iu mu.,
ia inoetlus of tbe Grand Uoast ?>! PyihiUl
Al thls llme degrees wlll bn onfe,:-. .1 ,
cai-dldates lioin ?.] uari- t.l ib? .tuttt.
PHYSICIANS OP
STATE IO COME
Aiinoiincemcnt That ScvSsions o
Surgeons Will bc Open At
tracts Much Attention.
AN EXCLUSIVE ORGANIZATIOM
Mcmbcrship Limitcd to 125
Others Are on thc Wait
ing List.
' Announcpnient was mado yesterdaj*
by Dr. Georgo Ben Jolinston. chalrman
of the loenl commltteo of arrnngcments
for the comlng conventlon of the Amer?
lcan Surglcal Assoclation. whlch slt*i
lii the Jeffers-on nudltorliim on May
?Hh. to the effect that all thc meetlngs
of the noted speclallsts will bo open
tn the public and that medical and
sclentlflc men wlll be especially in?
vited to attend and bear tlie dlscus
slons. As a result of this lnvltatlon,
it Is pNpected that physlclans from all
stetlons of the Stato wlll gather hore
to attend the conventlon.
"Many of the papers wlll be of un?
usual Interest." sald Dr. Jolinston, "and
I should thlnk thore would be. a num?
ber of medical men ln Vlrglnla who
would br glad to take ndvnntage of the
opportunity. to hear them dlscussed.
All wlM be welcome to attend the ses-,
slons."
Membershlp Llmlted.
The tltlcs of all the papers were
prlnted In last Monday's Times-DIs?
patch. Plxty-tive members of the asso?
ciation have already engaged thelr
holol accommodation. and many others
have Flgnlfled thelr intentlon of attend
Ing. The local commlttee fcels sure,
therefore, that thls wlll be the largest
convention In polnt of attendance ever
held by thc organlzatlon.
The assoclation is llmitod in mem?
bershlp to 125, and has an extended
waitlng llst, many men prominent ln
the profession having been waitlng
for membership four or flve years.
The essentlal provislon on whlch
membershlp in the surglcal associa?
tion is based is that the appllcant
shall be a teacher of surgery or a
practiclng surgeon who has made somo
original resenrch and has added some?
thlng to the sum of human knowl?
edge. The majorlty of the members
nre men of letters. many of them be?
lng authors of standard text-books on
surgerv. As a necessary requlslte for
iiiomborshlp the appllcant has to file
wlth the council a thesis or original
treatlse on some form of surglcal re?
search.
Member* Here.
Pecullar Interest attaches to thc
meeting of the association in nich
mond. which meeting also illustrates
the pre-eminence of thls city as a
medical and surglcal cer/re. as two of
the former presidents of the assocla?
tion. Dr. Jolinston and the late Dr.
Hunter McGuire, have both been at the
head of large medical institutions and
hospitals here.
One of the equlements whlch has
kept some Southcn men out of the as?
sociatlon is that tbe appllcant shall
bo a specialist ln surgery. doing no
general practlce. Wlth but two mem?
bers ln Virginia at present. Dr. Jolin?
ston and Dr. Lewis C. Bosher, the as?
sociatlon has no member in elther of
thc Carollnas or in Georgia, the lack
of clty hospltal facilities tn the'towns
of the Carollnas havlng retarded the
development of surgery. while ln the
hospitals of Atlanta there is said to
he no surgeon who gives hls entlre
time to his spectallty, all the physlc?
lans there engaging "more or less ln
genernl practlce.
Soclnl Features.
Sessions will last through three
days?May -ltli, 5th and 6th. The pa?
pers considered will afterward appear
in book form. The social features of
the gathering wlll not be omitted, as
many of those who have already slgnt
fied thelr intontlon of attendlng will
he necompanied b.v thelr wlves anvl
friends. Dr. Lewis C. Bosher wlll glve
a receptlon to the members of the as?
sociation and those aeeompanying them
at the Wostinoreland Club on the even?
lng of May 4th, and on the followlng
evenlng Dr. George Ben Jolinston will
entertaln at hls residence on Grace
Streot. Varlous afternoon features for
the enjoyment of tlie ladies are belng
planned.
SALOON PEOPLE SLOW
Tcw Pay State License, Though Time
l.imlt Hus Almokt Kvplred. '
Although 147 dealers to whom saloon II
rrnsi-K hnvo been granteil nre- required by
l&'v to jjlve hond In the Hustings Court he
firu Aprll 30th; only thlrty-flve thus far
hr-.ve compiled. The majority. npparently.
nre In nn hurry to neltle. The tnx on sa
l< nns after Mny lst wlll be S9T."?K,00 for
oll;.- Ilcense, *M_0 for Stnte license and f25
foi revenuo Ilcense, The question of law
ytrs* feois does not enter Into this account.
Clerk Walter Chrlstian is prepared to ar
rai go the necetsary prellminarlos, und the
rtrlay monns thnt he wlll be greatly rusheil
Jt.st beforo the time llmlt has explred.
GIVES REASON FOR
GRANTING HON
Governor Makes Public His
Indorsement in O'Boylc's
Case.
GOES TO FREDERICKSBURG
Will Speak at Masonic Bazaar
ancl Return Here To-Day.
Capitol Notes.
Governor Swanson left for Fred?
ericksburg yesterday at uooti to make
a speech at a Mnsonlc bazaar, and wlll
return here to-dny.
Before leavlng for hls trnln tho Gov?
ornor wns pressed again by a Tlmes
Dispatch man for an intervlew con?
cernlng the crlticlsms of hls actlon in
grantlng n. condltionnl pardon to Wil?
llam O'Boyle, of Newport News,' who
whs servlng a llfo sentence for mur?
der. As ho hnd done nt the manslon
Wednesday nlght, tho Governor de?
clined to be Intervlewed bn the sub?
ject. buthe Instructed hls secretary to
rclease the offlclal lndorsomont mado
upon the Jacket of the pardon at tho
tlmo tho man was permltted to go free.
"I do not care to discuss the mciter,"
relterated the Governor, "nnd I wlll not
do so under any clrcumstances. Here
ore thc reasons for my actlon, recorded
on the papers at the time I noted. and
you may prlnt them lf you llke. They
speak for themselves. This ls all I
havo to say." And he handed- the
paper over to the reporter.
Rcnsons Appear Mrnnc.
The Indorsement taken fronj tho
papers, whlch was made when tho
pardon was issued last week, reads in
full ns follows:
Thln prlsoner vrim convlcted of mur?
der in the flrst dcgToe. The reeorrt
dlsclotsen thnt .liulii,- Il.-irluim, wlio tried
tlie cnxc, nnd Govornor Montngue. wbo
I'Draraulcd tlie sentence to llfe Imprls
noment, nnd wbo wns nlso Attorncy
Genernl nt Ihe time of the murder,
nfter n thnrtuigli exnmlnntlon of tbc
i'I'nc, ht'cnnie sutlsfied thnt It was mur?
der In the second degree. The maxl?
mum Hcntence for murder in the sreonj
desrree In elghteen yenrs. Judgc Ilnr
linni, wlio wrote me on Aprll 17, lllOS,
stntcil thnt hc would reconunrnd thnt
tbe prlsoner bc pnrdoued nflcr he hus
served ten yenrs, whlch should Includc
tbe time he wns ln Jnll.. The prlsoner
luiN heen ln the Jnll nud pi-nllont Invy
nboiil nlne j-ciirh, whlch fs hnlf of the
niuxLuium sentence of elghteen yenrs.
The pollcy of Ihe Stnte Is. where n
prlsoner conducts hlmself well) to ex
?end n pnrolc or condltionnl pnrdou
upon tlic completlon of hnlf of the term.
If the prlsoner Is entltled to n pardon,
nnd tlie ttine In whleh he lms served
In Jail should be eounted In estlnintlug
hnlf of tlie term of the innxliniim for
murder In the Wecond ilegree. I enn xee
nii excuse for wnltlng one yeur longer,
ns sugges'eU. Tlie eonduct of tlie prlfc
ouer hus been exeeptlounlly good, nnd
from nl| Informatiou thnt I br.ve heen
nble to get be Is thoroughly pefnrmed.
nnd, if pardoned. would lead n better
nnd more worthy llfe. He wns n soml
end exeeptionnlly flne young mnn untll
n ?hort tlmo before tbls murder. Under
these ?'Irruinstiiiieen. nnd wltli thcWe
fncts boforc me, I have dc'ornilned to
e.vtend to thls prlsoner u eondltlonnl
p.'irdou. If at nny time he should vlo
Inte nny of tbe Inws of thc Common?
wealth of Vlrglnla nnd show hlmself
unworthy, he enn be arrested nnd re
incarcernted In prison. I believe lt
rlght to glve thln prlsoner another
chance In llfe."
Delegnten .Nnnied.
The Governor has named thc fol?
lowlng delegates to thc Natlonal
Dralnago Congress, whlch meets at the
New Wlliard Hotel, ln AVashington, D.
C, on May 12th:
Dolegates at large?Professor I..
Randolph, Unlverslty of Virginia; V.
C. "Warwlck, Jr? Norfolk; P. St. Julian.
Wllson, Hlchniond.
Flrst District?R. K. Curtis, liamp?
ton.
Second District?Bascom Sykes,
Portsmouth.
Third District?Charles E. Bolling,
Riehmond.
Fourth District?Carter Bishop, Pe?
tersburg.
Flfth District?Frank Talbott. Dan?
ville.
Slxth District?XV. B. Bates, Roanoke.
Seventh District?C. D. Carter, Char?
lottesvllle.
Elghth District?B. C. Dunn, Alex?
andrla.
Ninth District?Martin 'Williams,
Pearlshurg.
Tonth District?J. b. Moore, Staun?
ton.
Btiek From noydton.
Mr. Bertram Chesterman, one .of tha
clerks in the a'qcou'ntlrig department of
the State Corporation Commlsslon. lias
returned from Boydton, wliero he has
heen engaged for several days ln ns
sisting lu the examination of tho ac?
count* of the Bank of Mecklenburg,
whlcl, recently elosed Its doors.
If Mr. Chesterman knew anything
E OF BATS
Wall, Street Man. Anxious to
Purchase Tnfcstcd House
from Richmond OAvncrs.
GOING IN THE BAT BUSINESS?
Does Not Intlicatc Whether
Commercial Possibilitics
Attract. ITiin.
Actuaterl by elther patrlotle or com?
mercial motives, a Wall Street broker
has wrltten here to ascertaln If It
wlll be posslble to purchase the Mo'nt
valo house, supposed to havo been
nt one tlme the homo of Patrlck Hen?
ry, bul occupied at present by about
2*000,000 bats. Tho broker does not
specify whether ho wants tho strttc*
ture because of its historical memories
or ls preparlng to engage ln the hat
business, wliolesale. Hls letter has
been dellvered to tho owner" of the
property.. who live In Hlchmond.
New York peoplo buy anythlng. X
cltlzen of tbat lown paid 500 hard
Iron men on Tuesday for a sectlon of
the Brooklyn Brldge, not knowlng
that he had been trlmmed tintil he
prepared to take possesslon. Then he
woke up.
Curlously enough, tho speculator nr
ter tho Klng AVllliam county manslon
is associated wlth a gentleman by the
name qf Bate. To all lntents nnd pur?
poses the last letter ls sllent and supor
fluous, rnd It mny be that he Is anxious
to take care of wanderlng members of
the trlbe.
-Vcvcr Llved There.
The strange part of thls Morilvale
story ls that it is true. or that part of
it, at least, v.-hlch relates to tho flying
pest. The liouse, howover, was never
occupied hy the statesman who dellv?
ered hls famous address ln old St.
.lohn's Church. ln fact, he dled twen
ty-flve years before It was bullt. As
the struoture was only flfty feet from
hls real home, the chances are. how?
ever, that he would have called tliere
to pay hls social respects had he not
dled a quarter of a century prevlously,
If the AA'nll Street broker Is proparfd
to submit a bona flde proposition he
Wlll not be doceived as to tbe Patrlck
Henry part. Up to date nobody here
has attempted to dlspose of an interest
in the brldge bullt by Colonel AA'ashlng
ton Roebllng, especlally at a tltne
when the colonel ls ready to start on
hls honeymoon.
lf tbe Virginia owners declde to sell
they will not charge anythlng for tho
bats. Indeed. lt has been suggest-'il
that they mlght unload the property
at so much per bat, ln whlch case the
dwelling wlll he thrown in, coupon
llke. The voluntecr bat-exterminator's
offer to rld tlie prernlses of the pres?
ent tenants has not bfeen accepted.
By hundred.. of newspapers the story
has been accepte(_ as a Kansas fake,
but tlie statoments were true as prlnt?
ed. except that the house was not own?
ed and occupied by Patrlck Henry, Be?
cause of thls latter fact there Is not
now such a great demand to preserve
it.
concernlng the probablo results ot tho
Investigation he would not make It
publlc. declarlng that ho had no right
to discuss a matter now pendlng be?
fore a department of whlch he ls un
employe.
He did say. however. that he thought
the oxnmlnation would be completed
by Saturday, an-d thnt an early report
would be made to tho commisslon.
Anythlng which may bc glven out of
ticlally concernlng the status of tho
bunk wlll have to come from the com?
misslon after the report has boen
made and examined by that body. lt
is not linlikely that the commisslon
may make a statement to the publlc
on the subject wlthln a short tlme
after the report of the speclal no
countants ls recelved.
AA'ant to Itnlsi* Itntr,
An appllcation has been flled by tlie
Seaboard Air I.lne Hailwny on behalf
of itself and other common carrlers
for the privllege of Increasing Its niln
imum carload weight for buildlng llme
from 24,000 to 30,000 pounds.
Xo date has yet been fixed for the
hearing, though It wlll take placo iti
the near future. Tho object ot the
move ls, of course, to increase- the
froight on carload lots of llme, and it
is practlcally certaln that men en?
gaged ln tho business of selllng or
uslng thls class of buildlng material
wlll bo heard ln opposltlon.
NOVELTY PARTY TO-NIGHT
Enle.rtalnmeiit nt Alonumental Oraws Large
Crowd?Mnnagers Itcpent It.
Under the ausplces of the AA'illlng Work?
ers' Society of Mnnumentnl Kpiscopal
Cliurcli, a novelty party wlth many attrac?
tlve features waa ftlven in the lecture-room
last nlRht. The program wlll be repeated
to-nlght. ln addltlon to Ihe recltations and
musical numbers there was nn elaborate
display of booths, handsomely decorated,
and managed by ladies nnd children In fancj
costumes.
COULTER AND WALKER RESIGN
AS STATE SECRETARIES OF Y. M. C. A.
!/. Ai 1 IM'I.TKM.
i'l.c ibii-.i quamriy meetltig of th.j
ite exci utlva i oiiunlllee of iho vir
ilu Voting Men's Clirlatln.il Ai ioi i.i
!<i la -1 night ii, |i?. ?|||, ,.
Ill'-c, elKlitli fi,,,,,. ,,f u?.
Ilulnit Hank IMIIdiiiK.
!. ni the I'omt
I':'' A.i.oil.,,,, 7"
*,'I AJoiphers
were llio f
f Ih
illl.
" l>l")!Ollt
...liowiim: Dr. Charlea w
IJvcni, L'nlverallv of Vlrglnla; aieaari!
John C Paxlon. AAroodstock; Frank
Talbott, Danvlllo; Robert M. Smlth, lt.
IO. Alaglll, S, XV, Travers and C, B.
lllchardjioii, of Rlchmond: Stute Seore?
tary 1,. A, Coulter, and Offlco Secretary
AV. Roglnald Walker, und C. __, Gatos,
or Atlanta, O0? flold socretnry of the
International comnilttee. /
Tlm election of offlcers. of tho com?
mlt i?-.* for tlie ycar resulted as fol?
lows:
Chairninn?Dr. Chnrlen AV. ICenl,
Unlversliy of Vlrglnln.
Vlei--? liiilrmnn?Alr, s. XV. Trnvera,
Hlelitnuiiil,
'IreitMirer?..Mr. C. II. IU. hiiriUon,
Hlclinioiiil,
A call recontly extended to Mr. I,. A.
Coulter |,y tho Slate commltteo of
Texas in become State xecrettiry of
roxan l,,is heen uceopteil uftcr serious
conjtideratlon, nnd Mi*. Coulter'- resi...
natlon a. r.ite secretary of A'irglnla
?vas 'iiluiiiiieil lusl iilRbl, io become
orrectivo on Seplomber lst. The seiec
tlon of a secretary to fiUceoed Mr. Conl
leivwti*. lefi to a speclal commltteo.
?AIi. AV. Roglnald AVnlkor, who haa
Kuryci as offlce secretary of tho Vlr?
ginia Sun,, commlttee for more tlii'i
tlilrtoeti years, nlsu tenderod hls reslg
"'"l'"'- "H'l hls rerinesl that 11 be nf
.'.' \\v" "" *???'>' lst was granted. Mr.
*. aH.qi' Innvtis Ihe State uoiiimlltoo lo
??-'i<*r liiiHlnoMH In tliis clty, Mr. (.. C,
?M--..eiii ,VHH ro-elected as Stnlo sttnlout
Mocrelary,
Tho eotiimlttee heartl witli Interest
ho [iiiiiis fnr ennvassos for new bulld
ln__? ai Norfolk aml CharloHosvlllo. At
f'orfolk, Mr. C. R. AVnrd, of llie Intorn.i
Hoiial commlttee, ana Stato Secretary
\V. REGIXAI.I) WA|iKBn<
I- A. Coulter wlll cn-opei-ato wlth tho
board of dlrectors, and al Chnrlottesville
Mr. Coultor wlll load lu tho campalgn,'
Mr, Krunk Tnltuitt. of Danvlllo, re?
ported that tho itssoclntlon wurk ln
tho now buildlng nt thal polnt waa
oiP.lnen.tly succossful undor the dlroc
lion of Genorai Secretary C. C. Kent,
Jr.
$20.00, $22.50 and $25.00
Spring Suits Reduced to $10
We are pcrfcctly'frank with you---they are last Season's
Suits?but that only affects their style in some small details?the
quality is there?and every suit bears the Gans-Rady label.
Boys' Knee Pants Suits at $4.95 that sold up to $10.
RICHMOND BOY WINS
PLA CE AS MUSICIAN
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Leslie Loth, Nitieteen Years Old, Delights Audience and
Compels Highest Praise From Critics, Who
Predict Brilliant Future.
BY lift.VEST H. COSBY.
LKSLIE LOTH, a nichmoid boy,
ninetcen year's old, appeared ln
recltal last nlght at tho Jefferson
Hotel auditorium, and again dcmon
strated his very exccpttopal abllltv as
a plnnlst, conflrmlng the most excellent
imprcsslon whlch he mado ln private a
few mornlngs ago. Hls work through?
out the eveniig was highly nrtlstlc
and thoroughly enjoyed by the largo
audlenco wblch greoted hlm.
Where so much ls good lt ls dlfllcult
to say what |s best. Hls readlng of
Bach wns scholarly; Solmmann's
?'Faschlngsschw.ink** was glven wlth
clearness and preclslon and wlth a koen
perceptlon of the composer's meanlng
in the varlous canlv.-il scenes. After
thls number the young planlst warmed
up to hls work. encouraged by the on
tlmslastlc applause of the audlence,
and the rcmalnlng numbers of the pro?
gram wero glven wlth greater free?
dom. The Schubert "'Impromptu*'
C. i 0. DIRECTORS
SELL NM BONDS
Issue of $2,ooo,oo_ Disposed of
at Premium to Take Up
Maturing Paper.
Following a.meeting of Chesapeake
and Ohlo Rallway Company dlrectors
in New York yesterday. offlclal an?
nouncement was mado that tho com?
pany had sold $2,000,000 of 5 per cent.
flrst mortgage bonds. due In 1339. re
i served to take up a llke amount of
6 per cent. bonds whlch will fall
due on July lst next. The entlre issue
was sold at a premium. wliich fact was
not only regarded ns good tlnaneinK.
but as an evidence of the value of the
Chesapeake and Ohlo property.
The company has also sold $1,500,000
of 6 per cent. notes, due July l, 1910,
to tako up $1,200,000 of notes due Juno
28, lf'OS. The balance of thc proceedr.,
$.100,000, is to bo held for corporate
purposes ot tho company, the exact
nature of which has not been made
public.
II was announced earlier in the week
that tlie road wa.s preparlng to take
care of the maturing Issue. and' the
ready manner In whlch tho negotla
llons were perfected is the subject of
much favorablo comment.
Appcul ln Poore Case.
Tho citv of 'mohmond B?vo bond In tlic
Circult (,'oui-t yesterday ln an appeal tn tlio
Supreme Court trom tlio verdlct of $3,0(10
damages secured by Harry _,. Poore.
silTiPiT
[5
Rosa Bell Crouch Wants $5,000
from Richmond for Being Ar?
rested on Charge of Trespass.
Claimlng that she was hunilliated
and othorwlse degraded by belng ar?
rosted and sent to the Polico Court,
wliero she was acquitted or. a charge
of trespass, Rosa Bell Crouch, through
her father, Willlam H. Crouch, filed
suit in the Law and Kqulty Court yes?
terday against Mrs. A. 1). Atkinson.
S. T. Atkinson and J. Marshall Atkin?
son, of thc Rlclimond Hotel, for $5,000
damnges. She ls represented by
Messrs. Smith, Moncuro & Gordon.
Tlio young woman had beon pre
vlouslv* employed at tho hotol. She
returned nnd the management, sho
alleges, telephoned for nn ouleer, who
arrested her. A warrant was subso
quently sworn out. charglng trespass.
She was acquitted ln Justlco Cruteh
fleld's court, the case being tried near?
ly a year ago. ., ?
HENRICO NOTES
Neerocs Stolc Zen-j" ?H? Fr?'? i:'?*vcr
* Gnrdons.
In default of 510 ttrie and securlty for slx
months Bho'dy Taylor. colored. was sent lo
Ilenrico county Jail yesterday mornlng by
?Gqulre ,1. J. Wrlcht for steallns Iron pipe
from Whltty's flower gardens. Hls asBO
. alo '?Colonel*-' Taylor, wns flned $5, bu
was relrnserl on account of hls youth and
aliowcd to go to ihe home. of hls paronts,
T n ne bad beon mlsslug for some tlmo,
lit U wo" onlv locontly that Pollceman
R.Vko-s Cftll-1 t tho thlovos on tholr way to
0 fui k shop to get rid ot thelr booty.
Cut by Darbed AVlro t'ence,
Willlam Norlhorton, iv whlte boy. about
twelve years ot age, wbllc utlcmptlne to
Hnd n Hhoi-l cut into ihe baseball pailc yes?
terday Hfternoon out lils leg nn a barhod
wire, neooHsItHtlns several siltcbes tron)
Ainbulanco Sill'gOQH Wooilson. Tbo boy Is
snld to wovlt nl llio I'liesapeal'.e und Oblu
offlces, He ls not serlously liurt
lilect Delegates To-XIght
Tbe Central Trades nud l.alioi
("oui"
wlil hold Its Konii-niimuil nieoilng lu l.uhor
Temple to-nl-lit. I-'lvo dolognlcs wlll he
elected to lhn conventlon uf tlie Ktato Fod
errtlnn of Labnr, whlch mcets ln llonnnko
un .lune Jd. Ilnoh unlon uffllluled wlth thel
federatlon Is cnlltled lo reprvsentatlon.
showed the youthful artlst's nblllty to
make hls lnstrument "slng," while ln
hls own etttde hls work was clever In
the extreme. The Chopln groug was
very e'ljoynble, the ??Nocturne," In O
major, deservlng cspeclal mentton. Tho
highest pralse must be glven to Mr.
Loth for hls beautiful tone-color
throughout tho Intrlcatc passa~*_s ln
thls coniposition.
Lavallcc's "Butterfly" wag superbly
played, the audience dcmandlng a rep
etltlon of thls number. MacDowell's
"Scotch Poem" and "Shadow Dance"
worn glven wlth llno feeling, while in
tho Llszt "Hhapsodle" Uio plailst
aroused the greatest enthusiasm, the
audience refnslng to leave untll Mr.
Loth, nfter three recalls, flnally seated
himself nt the piano and tossed off ons
of hls own compositlons as an encore
number.
Hls tone colorlng and beautiful plsn
Issltno work cannot he too highly
praised, aid great thlngs are expected
of hlm In the near futuro.
Tl ESTABLISH
NEW FIRE LINE
Building Code Commission Will
Extend Area ? No More
Wooden Church Spires.
As a result of requests from the
Councll commlttee for a little more ex
pedltion in the preparutlon of tlie build?
lng regulations, the commisslon havlng;
cliarge of that work i.s arranglng to
turn over a completed code within tlie
next ten days or two weeks. Tlie most
Important matter wlth which the <oin
mlssion has to deal ls the rcconslrucied
llre llnes, which wlll cover a larger t**r
rltory, as a natural result of ann'eXa
tlon. There will not be many chnnges
ln the code, as orlglnally drawn by
Inspector Beck.
Much attentlon has been glven to
the question of tireproof structures,
and tlie-code has been made to con
form generally to the standard adopt?
ed by most cltles. Church wlll not be
permittod hereaftor to erect woodt-n
splros, the reason for thls regulation
belng the demand for better protection
agalnst flre.
The commission is composed of In?
spector Beck, Chlef Shaw, of the' Flre
Department; Flre Commlssloner Robert
Lei-ky, -Ir., Architects Henry E. Bas
korvijl and Albert F. Huntt and Con
tractors Gllbcrt J. Hunt and XV. A.
Chesterman.
FINE 10. JAIL
Broad Street Gamblers Con
vincted in Police Court
Take Appeal.
Many and confllctlng wero the
stories told in the Pollco Court yes?
terday morning as to the alleged gamb?
llng oporatlons ln tho house at No. 52S
West Broad Street, which O. V. Far?
mer and Sam Kaufmann were accused
of running, and though several wit?
nesses swore that Kaufman had noth?
ing to do wlth the, place, others testl?
fled that ho not only bad placed
chlps upon the table, but also. had
taken the monoy ln payment for them.
Farmer made practically no' defense.
he'ncknowledged that ho was at one
time proprletor. president and secre
tny of the so-called Senat Clug, and
throwlng himself on the mercy of tho
court made an effort to shield Kauf?
mann.
The house in question was raided on
Saturday night by Offlcers AVlley,
Thurman, Lear and Stdfckman. Tlie
gnmes were found to be going nt full
blnst. and the players were summoned
to appoar at the Police Court. Tho
house was run under the gulse of a
club, but three witnesses stated that
thoy were not members, had riever
been thero beforo. and wero asked no
questlons.
Farmer decltwed thnt these .threo
went in with a member named Mur?
phy.
Tho old poker players who appear?
ed os wiluesses had great difllculty in
romeiTiberlng who tooK their monev
elther being in the "other rosm," as
they exprnssed lt, or not "notlclng"
wlio they luiiided it lo. Other witnesses
stated omphatl-ally that Kaufmann
took tho money nnd issued tlie i-hlp.-*.
Aftor llstenlng to short nrguments
on^ both sides, .lustlce Crutchlield sen?
tenced Farmer and Kaufmann eneh to
pay a fino of $:t00, and to spend ton
days lu jail, Tho prlsoners, tlirough
thelr counsel, Mr. H. I.L Smlth, notc-1
an appeal, und wore bailed in' the
sum of $f>0() each for their appear?
ance in the ilustltigs Court 011 May
1)1*. Willinitluim ln I'reni'h.
Rov. J. It. Wlllliighnm, secretary of tho
Southern Baptist Board of Forelun Mls
siiiiH, wlll preacli at t'alviiry Bupllst ChunSh
on Sundny morning nt ll o'olouK, Having
leeently returned from a trlp lurouml th_
l.orld, ln the course nf whieli ho vlslted
muny of tho mlsslon fields, l')r. WlllliiBhnm
wlll havo an hitnrestliiK story to tell of th.
juftBjr??"i o? mbslon work. **