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Mall Orders Flllod at Advertlsed Prlces. Embroidered Swiss,1Qc, Rvnnrif,,! Fnftn'n*. Wnrfh .Wc M. *JF J Beautiful Fabrics, Worth 39c An importcr had considcr ably more than he needed, butat the same time refused to make a special price unless a full linc of patterns were purchased. We bought largely?over forty patterns in all. F.mbrnldcrpd dot.i nnd flgures, ,ttI?1i cliccka nnd strlpe**. .??heer, thln ......Is for hot wcntlicr. IMnln Floor, Oiitrc.) White Rep Poplin, 10 yd For ftultn, sklrls nnd olill drcti's "tvnsh nults. It's n ln-nrler wenve than thc n-iiiii 1 Poplin, ittnkliig tlie goods more scrvlccnblr. Tbp wldth Is grentcr nl?o? 20 liicbcn. We conslder Ihln fnbrlc cnunl lo most jiood-i nold at VJ'.iiC. i Mnln Floor, Centre.) High Grade / About twenty-five in the% assortment, Clothand Silk ( w"*0-1 takes in practically all sizes to 40. ) Finest quality cloth?all this year's styles. SUlTS )The values ranSe from $29-50 to $42. Exclusive Styles. \ The prices from * J/' ? 26 WASHINGTON FIRM TO PLAN BLUES' ARMORY Averill and Hall Win in Compcti tion with Twenty-scvcn Architccts. HITCH OVER OTHER PRIZES Committce Decides to Defcr Final Announccmcnt Until Ncxt Week. Consideration of the plans ? for the Blues' Armory met a temporary check last nlght, the report of the Subcom mittee of the Commltteo on Grounds and Builrtings being doferred until next Monday nlgh't, when a speclal meeting will be held for final examina tion and the award of the architect's prlzes. Thotigh the jrreatest aecrocy la be? lng observod ln regard to the selec tion. no peraons other than the mem bers of thr- special commlttee, the Clty Englneer, the Buildlng In spector and the coinmRiullng ofllcer of the Blues having been allowed to Inspoct the speeificatlons, it la tinder stood that the commlttee is imanlmmis ln recomniindlng the plans propnrod by Messrs. Averill & Hall, of "Washlngton, D. C, a flrm whlch has been ongaged In some nf the most Important govern raenl work and large achitectural schemes of recent years. Olffer n* to Prlr.PK. When llie question was reached on the ciocket, Snbchalrman Sntterilcld moved that it be deferred to a speclal meeting, slating that whlle the com mitteo was practically unanimoua in lts first soloction, lt had not reached a uiranimous agreement ,as to the award of tho second nnd third prlzes, and that sinee thu plans would have to be canvassed by the full commlttee. It would necc'ssarlly take much time. Mr, Adams, of the .subcommittee. stated that he han been unable to attend one of the. meotlngrs, at which the plans of one of tho prlze winners was ex amined, and that there -were others which he preforrcd to those of the other prlze winner. He concurred with the subcommittee ln its selection of the first award. All.. Agrcr ns (o Flrsl. At th<67,ftri.a,l ??'meeting of the sub oommit'lee,' af.ter nll ?f the twenty aeven plans submitted had been can? vassed, the Clty Englneer was called on to express his preference, and naiiied his threc prize-winners, sayLng he had absolutely no hesilation in tlie ilrat selection. which was far and above the others for the purpose, Buildlng Inspeotor Beck concurred in tho llrst, but reversed the order of Mr. Bolllng's recommenriations for second and third' place. Major Bowles also stated that there was no doiiht as to the first selection, which had Icss wastd room anrl was better adapted to armory pur poses and to the needs of thu bat talion. MessrE. Averill and Hall, are well known Washington architccts, their most famous work having been the re lnodeling- of the ,lome uf the nation's Capltol. They have been engaged on a number of important enterprlses A representativo of thls firm was prcs ent last night to explain the ad vantages ot hls plnns. but was not called upon. LEAVE FOR REUNION Richmond Klk* Exiwei Orca( Tlme nt l.yiH-blmru GnUiering-, Part of the Richmond delegatlon to th(- annuai reunlon of Elks, whlch beKins to-day in Lynchburg, lel't last night for the Hiu City, over the Chesapeake. and Ohlo and N'orfolk and WeMtem Rallways. Others will lenve to-night, and by the time they all nr rive, the RIchmond lodge will prob ably be represented by twenty or more promment mc-mbers. The Richmond Klks antlcipate a royal good tlme ?whlle attending the reunion, ns the program us arranged Is elaborate' and fvcrythlnK posslble has been done by the entertainlng lodge, asslsted by the buslnefs men to make the stay of the visitors Interestlng. The delegatlon will return on Frlday. STUDYING BATTLEFIELDS Army Offleern Spend Day ln C||t Wlth Colouel Skrlton. The Army War Collc-ge, of Washlng? ton, D. C* has had a immbt-r of offic trs for IL 'iiisi severai weeks In the field malrfirj* critical studies of the battles fought by Geiu-ral Lee and General Grant ln lSi',1. The offlcers are one lleutenant-colonel, six majora and sevf-n <?;.plalns of the regular aimy. The ..-ntiii- party, whlch com nflBea sliout foili'-flve peraonti, haa hrrVIl CHPlpIng Oll the flelda, To-day they are of the bi'MMiv bftttli (Station aii-l V.-lhiw Ti iluv iu WtshiiiKtim llie tliih week. Major Sti talns C'lienery'. McCoy, < (ii-i and pattereon wen Coloiiel \V. O Skelton. terday nlloied hv lilni about "ani ajotmil the jciuv. TO Committee . Recommends That Seabrook Warehouse Be Set Aside for Children. Actlng on the- recommendation nf a subcommittee. tlie Grounds and Build ings Committee last night recom niended to the Councll an ordinnnce gr'anting thc tise of thc Seabrook Warehbuse property as a publlc play grotind under the managoment of the Clvlc Improvement League; the league to hear the cost of alterations and of nialntalnlng the resort, saving the clty harmless from all damages. Mr. Adams e.xplalned that the present bullding occupylng more than a half square, consistod of a wlde, one-storv shed runnlng around thc outside, which will he allowed to remaln. Several bulldlngs ln the centre of this en closuro are to bo removed .for the playground space. Thc committee re ported that the property. If put in re. pair and rnnted, represented on i?. come to thc clty of about $2,200 u year and while supportlng tho playground proposlt on, it dld not feel that the ent ?0U 'i0 ni?re than this ;tt pres Pnrkkrriicrs Elected. When the election of parkkeepers Mr. H. J Shervln, for twenty years keeper of Cliimborazo, decllnlng re electlon because of advanclng year-= After a sharp llght between James H Allen W. n. Pierce, George Wirifree and A. Donahue, Mr. Pierce was elected hls succcssor. Some ohjection was made to the re cleetion of Parkkeoper K. j. Walton, of Monroe Square, on .coniplalnta of hls absentlng himself from .luty wlth? out excuse. Mr. Walton was ilnally re-elected and a letter was ordered sent to all the parkkeepers, instructing them not to absent themselves from their posts -wlthout consent of the Clty Fngineor. The other elec.tions res'ulted as fol lows: Keeper Marshall Square, Danicl Hig gin.s. Keeper .Jefferson Park, F. J. Paratcr. Keeper Garable's Hlll Park, Thomas W. Walsli. Keeper New Reservolr X'ark, H. Cal der. Keeper Riverside Park, H. N. Far mer. Clty Nurseryman,, J. C. Hann. .lanltor Regimcntat Armory, T. Folkes, .lanitor Howltzer Armorv, B. qieary. W. A. I'rimiotloii-t ln tlie Uluex. Captnin D. W. Lenry, ;Tr? Company B, Richmond Llght Infantry Blues. in a letter to Major Bowles, recommehds the following promotlons in liis com? pany: Corporal M. F. James to ser gt-ant; Corporal Fontaine Jones tc aergeant; Prlvate J. B. Chrlstian tc corporal; Private Warren Al. Goddarc to corporal. BLAKE CALLS ON BRYAN TO STEP DOWN FOR HARMONY Richmond Man Wants Him to Retire in Favor of John son and Insure Democratic Success-Easy Sailing Then for Nebraskan in 1912. Bcllevlng that the cliancc of Demo? cratic success wlll bc grcater in tlie event that William Jennlngs Bryan is not thc party nomineo, Mr. George Mc Duflie Blake, of Richmond, has wrlt ten the Ncbraskan urglng hlm to stand aside in favor of Governor .Tohhson, of MinneBota, wlth William L. Douglas. of Massachusetts, as thc runntng mate. Thls tlcket, in the opinlon of -Mr. Blake, who Is a warni frlond of Mr. Bryan's would be a winrier. Address ms tha for.mer candidatc as "My Dear Mr. Bryan." Mr. Blake says: ?'Harlng bc.eu n very carneat ?up porter nf your enndlduoy ln both of ihe prerldentlnl electlous when you ?crf tlie mnndard-heurcr of our party, and belug ? great ii.lmlr.-r ?.f you to thls day, I fecl that I bave a rlght tu auliiult thc followiiiK letter fnr your i-oum1.IitiuIi.i-.. "Tlie people <if il.U country, nt leant ;. iiinjurlty of ilif Deiuocratiu party, belleve thnt >ou 1...I.I t*te IntcrcNt ol yiuir imriy nliovc lli<* iniilution of .vuiii-xi-lf in- nf iin.y other iiiiiii. t'Therefore, I u'fgu yuu, iiolivtrh NlundliiK l"c Hut ilml you wlll liavr in mnjoilty uf ||ie dclcgnte* Iu llir ; lli'iivcr coiiveiitiou plfdKfd lo your | niiiiiliiailou, to dcclluc tu iiccrpt it b> I plncliiK ln iioiiilniiUoii Governor .Inlui ?ua, of ailum-auin, for PresldeuL uud Doiiglna, of MnssiiciuiHetts, for nreond pluce. "Thls tlcket, wlth Wllllnni .Iciinlngn Hrynn hehlnd lt, will sweep thla coun? try from ccutre to clrcumfereucc, "Thls tlcket will reiinllc the pnrty nud plHcc lt uu a aolld foundntlun, nnd Democraey >vlll ouce more rclgn su prcinc, "Then, with four years of great nroapcrlty, lu 1011', Wllliatn Jcnnlngs Uryun will be uonuuated hy acclnmn tlon, and will he elcctetl Fresldeut. "No truer llnen were e>e?- written than tbeae, 'Togetlier we stnntl, dl vldetl we full.1 "If you nrc nnmlniitcd thla yeor and are defented, our party will go to plecca llke a ship ugnlnat a rock, nnd you will hear the hlame. but If Joun sou aud DotiKlas are eleetcd witli your nld, your grentucsa will stlll be re oognUed) nud nll glory and eredlt will bc glyen you, "If you foltnw thls coiirae nnd .lohn soii mid DoiiglHa nro defented, you will bc held In lilK'lier esteem tliun ever. "I pli-iid wlth you, for the suke of our pnrty and our couulry, to eoiiNldcr ihi? h-llf- [i i,j over it, i?u, piide nud Nelf helilnd jim, nnd when our vh'lory la won you will be prulsed hy nll, "I liellrve Hili course will lie ln. ? dorxrd hy miisy lliouaniul Hrynn men 1 ?ud ull oX the nutl-llrynu uien." TO IIIE1T-D.IT Hiffli School Excrciscs at Bijou Sliowcd Rcal Mcr'it in Ora fory and Song. WINNERS OF SCHOLARSHIPS Finc Work of Chortis the Strik ing Feattirc?Address by Dr( Mctcalf. Rogardless of the raln Avhicli was fuliir.g brlskly when the cxcrclsea opened, a crowd. fllllng cvery seut of the Bijou Theatre, (jrathored last night to .wltness the RIchmond Hlgh School flnals. No one wns dlsappolnt cd. Asldc from the dellvcry of tho dl pltiri.AU to the nlhety-olght ?r:iduates In the dlfferent dopartmonti .'< the school, the feature of the oVenlng wns the performance of the High School cliorus, whlen hna won Imirela ns n pnrt of the'-Wednesday Club, and at vrr;i us oth?r functlons durlng the sprng. Under the dlrpction rf Mr. VV'iilter C. Mercer. who ha i been trnln ing it successfully for th;> h'lflt two yehrs, the chorus dld perhaps, Us most uttillant wor'.t last nlght. -The Sun r,v ,couth." n solo by Miss Lillle West. wh:..li has been sung many tlmos dur ilng the season, always calllng fortli a great encore. won the g. ? iteal np nhiuse After she had g-oti" to her sent far up wlth the slngers. liie was obllgetl to return to the front of the Stiigl! nnd repeat a verse. Xlnet y-elghl Orndiintes. Tncluding the nlncty-elght graduntes, there were about 300 persons on the stage, whlch in order to acconimodato them nll, had lo he extetided almnst to tho first row of seats. The seats occn pled hy the cliorus were arranged In tlers agalnst the scenery. whlle the gradudtes, spenkers nnd orchestra were placed at the front. Miss C. Cornellri Mnglll.*~of the Jan tinry graduating class, wns the salu tatorlan, her subject belng "Cltlvalry." She descrlbed the style of the steel lad knlght of old and of the chlvalry lie practlced. whlch began to dlsappear wlth the advent of powder and shot. Xext to hlm. she sald, was the .South? ern gentleman of ante-bellum tlmes, who. though he , lived as a rule ln klngly ease. demonstrated hls ablllty to lo such deeds aa hls forefathers, by the stand that he took ln the Clvll War. Now. however. although she admltted that the splrit wns not uttcrly ex tlnet, she bewailcd the_ fact that It was fast dying. She gavo ample ren on for the stnte of affalrs?cliange of onvirnnment after the war: the neces Ity for stern work: the g-rowlng de sire for money at any cost. and flnally the fact that women were now bidding for the work that men do and even for their share In the government. Despitc tlir- fnet thnt the llght Is waning fa.?t, she rnllrrl upon her class to take It up anr! fnn thr> snark Into the old flame. Followlng this canif too recltatlnns?"Th^ First Scttler's Stnry." by Ml.is Jeanottr. A Stenrns. and ''Our Oulde" by Miss Florence Ltchtenstetn. Thoy were hnth well recelv? ed. the latter having to respond to nn en? core. -Mr. Riissell G. Smith. of the clnss of Juno, rearl th<-. valedfctory on the subject ? Chlld Labor." He eharacterlzed thls evil ar Ihe rtarkr-st nf all ihe manv evlls of tho L'ntted Slatr-s, and ahowed lts ill-effects anrl advanccil plans for lts cxterminatlon The specch was well written, and ihowed a great nniount of research nnd an e;.celleni knowl edge of the s-uh.loot. Address by I)r. Metenlf. The ronimencement address was dellvered by.Dr. John ralvln Metralf. of Richmond College. He spoke on the "CItlzen nnd His Srhool," dwelling upon'the Importanee of ccupllng buslness and educatlbnal llff. Thero have been, he sald, two Ideas concorning educatlon, the first that eacli man should get the name, and the second thnt evnry petson should go ns far us posslblc, lrre spectlvo of the progresa of his brother, whose Intellect mlght not be of the sam? callbrc, The latter, he rleclarrd, Is the only proper sland to take, and that educatlon Is the surest safeguard of the natlon. He advlsed the graduntes to cling to their bocks and thelr educatlon, no mat'ter how forelgn t0 it thelr llfe's wWk should be and pointed out to the teachers ihe Impo'rz nnce of taking a llvoly interest In publlc affalrs, sn as to let a broad knowledge of thlngs nld th?m In teachlng the vouth or the- land. "A plaln averago chlld.""he sald 'ln the truest asset of democraey!" Dr. Melcalf elosed hls speech wlth th? predlction that Richmond would soon he ccme the educatlonal eentre of ihe South. Sicliolurshlpi, Awarcled. After commendatory remarks by Mr ,T. C. Harwood the diplomas were dellvered hy Mr. Charles Hutzlor. chalrman of the Clty School Board. ln additlon to the llst il ready prlnted. .MIsh Ellen Thomas janit.s. v. ho was slck nml unablo to take her ex nmlnatlons at the re'gular tlme, was awar'd cd her post-craduate dlploma. The scholarshtps were awa-ded as fol lows: Hampden-Sldney College. Francip Moyland Flttaj Richmond College, Rusiell Ooidon Smith; Unlverslty of Virginia Perry Seay; Washlngton nnd Lee Unlverslty, Mr.r ton Ludwlg Wallersteln: U'llllam and Marv Michaux Crump; rtandolph-Macon Woman's College, Miss Kuth McGruder Thomnsv.n and Ihe Trainlng School for Klndergartners, Miss N. Florence I.eech. A yenr's rnemljership to ihe Rosema-y Library was given tn the followlng scholai's stnnding first In thelr respoctlve grad^s: Hnth Thomasson, Cornella Maglll. Jessie Wood. Martb'a Blalr, Henrv Stern, Bhna Meredlth, Louise Welalger and Russell Kuhn. Home Socicty Meeting. The elgntli annual meeting of the Children's Home Society of Virginia will be held on June 25th at S P. M. at the Recelvlng Home, No. 2605 East Pranklin Street. Tlie public is cordlal ly Invited to attend. LADY MGSQUITQ MuTIEKILLEI Board of Health to Bcgin War fare on Malaria-Sprc.id ing Pcst. CARRY GERMS EVERYWHERE Multiply in Stagnant Water, When Kcroscnc Would Put Them Out of Business. Under the dlroctlon of the Board of Health, Dr. E. C. Levy, Chlef Health Offlcer, has prepared a spe? clal bullotln on the extermlnatton of mos qultoes, which was elrculated yesterday. Tlie bullotln states most posltlvely that besidea belng an ln t o 1 e r a b 1 e nulsance, mosqultoes are the only means by which malarlal fever Is carrlcd. Any collec tlpn of standlng water, from an open dltch to n tln can or neglected bucket, Is a good breedlng place. Cltlzens are nrgod not to pcrmit such places to exlst on their premises, or to tolerate them on the lots of their nelghbors. The bttlletln bears the strlklng hcad line: "No- Mnntling- rvnter, no mosqtiltocn; no inosqultoeH, no mnlnrln." Passlng ever brlefly the actual pain nnd dlscomfort caused by the bitc of tlie mosqulto, 11r Interference wlth the publlc comfort In tlie hot months, and Its espoclal annoyance to the wcak, ngod and Invalid. the bulletln takes up tlie question of malnrla at some lengtli, this disease doveloplng annualy ln cer? taln soctlons nf Richmond In alnrming proportlons. The bulletin says: One Origlii of nincn-ic. "It is now estab lished beyond all ques? tion tliat the only way In which malarlal fever Is contracted is through the blto of a **i^7 ' ~J>^" niosqulto ' which haa i\ ??* Ja-?== bitten some person who already haB the disease. The blood of a person sufferlng with malaria contalns miillons of minute germs. These germs so far as ls known are not thrown off by the patlent. Even If they were. the swallowing of them or the Breath ing of them into the lungs would not glve the disease to any one clse. They must be injected into the blood to cause the disease, and the only way ln i which thls is natur ally accompllshed is by the blte of the mosqulto. When a mosqulto f-ucks the blood of a person with malaria she (for only the female mosqulto ever bitesj takes along wlth the blood the germs of malaria. These develop in the stomach of the mos? qulto. and aftor a time find their way to the polson glands. After thls has occurred, if such a mosqulto bltes a well person, that person wlll get malaria. It ls' known that the parasite of malarial fever Is found In only two places ln nature? the blood of persons who have thc dis? ease and the bodies of mosqultoes who have bitten such persons. Decaying matter. eitlier animal or vegetable. does not breed malaria; nolther can it be got from hreathing 'night air.' nor from the oxhalatlons from swamps. if mos? qultoes could be entlrely exterminated. malaria would soon cease to exist." Tracing thc llfejjlstory of the mos quito, which. like all winged lnsects, .starts from an egg, It ls Bhown that lt canhot breed wlthout water. Any thing. from an old tln can, rain barrel, ttp to a pond, wlll answer. When the wrlgglers are hatched they stlll llve in the water. and frequently come to the surface to breathe. Here' lies the kcy to the extermtnatlon of the nios tjulto. After disctiHslng the peculiaritles of the stegoraiyia fasclata, or yellow fever mosqulto, almost unknown thls sectlon, tlie bulletin descrlbes the two most important klnds of mosqul? toes around Richmond. the culex and tlie anopheles, the former causlng no disease ln the human subject so far as is known, while the anopheles is the actlve agent of conveylng malarls These three klnds of mosqultoes se! dom travel far. The yellow fever' mosqulto seldom leaves the house In which she. gets her first taste of hu-. man blood. "Our own mos? qultoes," says the bulletin, "also re main durlng their life near their place of birth. They do not fly far. and seeking protectlon durlng wlnd storms ire -seldom blown to any dlstanco. For this reason, If you are troubled wlth mosqultoes in Richmond, you may be sure there is a breedlng place very near at hand, prob ably withln a block. Halt water nius (Itiltoes found near Lhe seashore and bred in saltmarshes travel greater dlstances, swnrms of them sometlmos belng encountered more than a mile from land." "The method of extermlnatlon brings Itself down to the problem of draln ing or fililng the breedlng places. do Ing away absolutely wlth all standlng water, whether ln ponds, dltclies or puddles, ln old tin cans, palls, rain bar? rels, broken bottles, fountaln pools, lily ponds, and about ono's own premises, Attention of the Board of Health should be called to any dltch or draln whloh remalns stagnant be? tween ralns. Wlth the co-operation of thc. City E.nglneor and the Polico Justlce, the nulsance. of standlng water on prl \ate property wlll be abated. Tem porary rollef can best be obtalned on fcuob, ponds oannot be immedlately drained by the use of a llttle kerosene oll. The wrisrglos. or young mosqultoes, must often come to the surfact to breathe. If a fllm of kerosene covers the surface of the water, tho wrlgglers cannot get their tubes through thls fllm lo get alr. Being unable to breathe. they soon die. One quart of kerosene oll ls sufflclcnt to form a fllm over a pond twonty feet ln dlame ter, Regular applicatlon of karoHene oll once a week durlng the summer and fali will be certaln 'to prevent any breedlng of mosqultoes In the pools so treated, slnce in the hottest weather at leust a week is re'quired for any klnd of mosqulto to pass from the egg to udtilt form. "Kmphasls ls iilaced on tlie tiirdls* pttted fnct thnt any receptacle which wlll hold even a. handful of water la large enough to breed hundrods of mosqultoes, Brokeq bottles, old tln cans In the bankyard or in a nearby Held, or a hadly-dralned roof which fuilucu wa^ex. la n-HtftB. fajWJblt, fiX flUT ORPHANS TO HAVE FIRST SPIN IN TOURING CARS Richmond Automobile Club to Take' Youngsters Around , Town and Then - to Idlewood on Thursday-Want Voluntoers to Lend Machincs?About 300 to Ride. All nutomoblle iiithpm ln Rich? mond, whether meiiilipr* of llie nichiitoml Autnmoblle Cluli or not, are requesled to fldvlne The Tlnte* ni-ipnlch If Ihey nlll tenrtrr their enrs for tlse on Orphnn-T Dny, June 18th, nt Ili.'O V. M., nt the Cliy Ifnll, Cnpltol Sqnnrr alde. W. .1, Anttrrinn, Dr. ,1. Fulnirr Drlglil, Dr. Lnivrpnee T. Prlce, II. A. Corey, cnmmlltce. lt wlll be henk! honkl and away they go?a Joyous lot of chlldren on Thursday?splnning out In the coun? try and then back to Idjewood; for Thursday has been set aslde by the Richmond - Automoblle Assoclatlon as orpHans' day. It wlll bo a grand trip for the youngsters wlth a grand wlnd up. because at Idlewood they wlll have everythlng?free. And after they have seen and enjoyed all ln' slght and have feasted on the good tlilngs that are to be sorved, they wlll be whlrled back home agaln wlth a splendld day to ramember and talk about. Although tlie full number of chll? dren to take "the trip has not been received to date, lt is estlmated that about 300 wlll be waltlng to enter the automoblles at the Clty Hall, where the parade ls to start. 1 Perhaps not a. one of these 300 or more orphans has ever had the de light of rldlng ln a horseless vehl cle; It has been their lot to watch the flne motor cars go spjedln?- by, and to long for Just one opport-intty to get a rlde. Members of thc Richmond Automo? blle Club got togcther last nlght at the Park llotel and doclded that every orphan ln the clty should have the pleasure of the otitlng, and agreed that nothlng should be left undone to make the dny a complete suceess. A committee was appolnted to petl tion every owner In the clty to volun teer thc servlces of hls car for the cause. while another committeo wlth an auxlllary or ladies waa appolnted to OLDEST MEMBER QUITS M FDRCE Policeman Finegan Retires on Pension, Others Being Re elected by Board. The Board of Pollce OoS.ailsalonera met last rdght and spent two hours ln transacting a lot of left-over business which had accumulated since thc last sesslon. The most lmportant matter was the re-electlon of those ^offlcers whose terms explre on July lst. Po? liceman John Finegan. now the oldest man in polnt of servlce. was the only one to be retlred. He goes out July lst, and will be retlred on the pension fund supported by the Pollco Benevo lent Assoclatlon. Wickham Allen. of Lee Ward. was appolnted to flU tne vacancy. , _? All the others were re-elected, as follows: Flrnt Dlstrlct. Sergeants R. B. Sowell. H. A. Amos. Prlvates-S. T. Goldsby. J- S. Gary. J F. Howell, C. M. Johnson, C E. Tucker, R. A. Daniel. F. L. Chatterson. Second Dlstrlct. Sergeants?E. P. Hulce, R. J. Brooks, F. M. Kraft, J. H. Tyler. Privateu-C. L. Clarkson, W. P-. Oor man K. C. Tate. J. H- McMullen. W. D. Sehlief. W. A. Nuckols, L N. Clarke. Crier'of Pollce Court?Sergoant G. H. Matthcws. Headquarters?Sergeants C- A. G1D son, T. J. Wren; Prlvate L. 8. Roblns. WILLAWARDCONTRACTS The State Capltol and Llbrary ???"-"*??.? Commisslon wlll meet at noon to-da*-. Go - ?..r.n.- Bwanson who ls chalrman ex-onicn. rcfn,01larn"ht for the Virglnla Polytcchn,c IiiBtltute to attend the eommencement or hat' Instltutlon. of which he I. ?? ^aduate. The varloua archltects wlll aubmlt tneir Plan. and the commisslon wlll dettrmln. u,ho ahall have the contract for the worK. So far as the work of rehabilitatlng the main Capltol Bullding Is concerned. lt ls gotrig on well. and the commlaalon la pleaaed "tU" lP.raRr"eSat deal of work eonnocted wlth the awardlng of the contract to co.t struct the Llbrary annex ??-?*?*??*?"* ! mav not be all done ln a da>. There ls "ouble about a foundatlon. and lt may take a long tlme to find one that .will an swer the requlrcmcnts. The whole sttua tlon wlll be dlscussed wlth the commlsslon to-dav. and It is probable that some agree ment wlll be reached which wlll keep the State withln the approprlatlon of J5o,OUU. SUES CITY OF RICHMOND llcurico Jury ln Clrcult Court ITearlns; Clalm of Fulton Man. v Hearlng was begun ln the Clty^ Clrcult Court veaterday ln the ault of ,W. H. Lam bert agalnst the clty of , Richmond, Segar Waltera and A. Anderson for damagea In the Hum of $6,000, occasloned by a fall on tho sldewalk on Wllliamnburg Avenue, Ful? ton. I^ambert claims that Qta sldewalk was In bad conditlon, and that he broke hls Icnee cap ln falllng. He entered sult agalnst Waltors as the owner and Anderson aa tha agent of the property, eharsing that thay were Jolntlv to blama wlth the clty of Blch nioiid. A Jury drawn from Henrlco county |3 hearlng the case. The argumont wlll be concluded to-day. WILL RETURN P0CKETB00K J. C. Hlnchelirte, of Paterson, Uellevea Ovcnern of Purae Uve Here. Mayor McCarthy yesterday received a letter from James C. Hlnchcliffe, treasurer of the Patorson Brewing Company, of Paterson, N. J., statlng that two years ago ho found ln New York a pocketbook which he now-be lleves to be the property of the Mlsses Mary and Clara Brooks, who, he says, have come to Richmond, Tlie matter has* heen put ln the hands of the pollce department, where any information niay be gained. nlshlng a sufflclent number of mos? qultoes to make the surroundirlg block mlserable." Flnally the bulletin- calls for the pro tection of the mosqultoes from malaria oases, so that the mosqultoes, while a pest, may not also become a'tnenaole. ??An casea of malarlal fever should be carefully screened to avoid the danger of havlng mosqultoes carry the disease lo other persons," says the board, "If any membor of your household has malaria, it is your duty to protc-cl the patlent from mosqultoes untll he ls well, slnce a person wlth malaria is a meniice to others only if bitten by mosqultoes. Any person wlth malaria, who noglects treatmont. ls not. only losing valuable tlme, durlng which hls vltality Is steadlly undermlned. Vj"t he U a.laa a auuiaca to otliers." . arrange for refreahmenta at Idlewoofl, tho gatea of whlch will bo thrown wlde open tn the chlldren, The ntitomobllfla will gather nt the Clty Hall, opposlte Capltol Square, at 3:30 o'clock Thurstlay afternoon In order that nll the chlldren and the matrons In eharge may bo aeatcd and ready to atart promptly at -t o'clock. Each car will follow about half a block ln the wako of the one preced Ing It, and the llne of march will be out Maln Street and, along Cary Street Road to Mr. Sarrvuel Rogeater'a real donce on the Thrce Chop Road, then back to Idlewood, where the chlldren can make the best of one hour. They will .then be carrled back to the Clty Hall or to the aeveral liomea, as may, be most convenlent, ? Thoae llvlng some dlatance out of the clty will be put on atreet cara at the Clty Hall and aent to thelr homes. In vlow of the many chlldren who will have to be accommodated the com? mlttee tirgontly requests that all own era of automoblles, whether membera of the, club or not, volunteer thelr cara for use by the orphans. At tho requoat of the club The TJmea-Dlapatch will recelve all nam?-a nnd turn them over to the commlttei at once. Among the ownors who have already sent In thelr namea are: Dr. Stuart McGulre, Mr. E. Vlctor Wllllams, L?r. F. W. Upahur, Mrs. Gideon Davenport, Mr. W. M. Habliaton, Mr. John Hayes. Mr. T. J. Walker. Mr. W. B. Nelson, Mr. W. F. Gordon, Mr. B. A. Blenner, Mr. Jo seph E. Wlllard. Mr. Rcuben Burton and the Motor Tranafer Company. Tho commlttoe appolnted to arrange for refreahmpnta at tho park conslats of Dr. R. Angtis Nlchola. Mr. Andrew J. PIzzlnl, Mr. J. fl. .lanu-s and Mr. B. A. Rlennor. Besldea thcae a lndles' commlttee to help wlth the refreshments tias been appolnted as follows: Mrs. Stunrt MacLean. Mrs. It. S. Cory, Mra. R. Angus Nlchols. Mrs. B. A. Blenner, Miss Cally Ryland. Mra. J. S. James, Mrs. John Mnllory and Mrs. H. W. Bas aett. L Gave False Testimony Against Prjeoner in Cocaine Case?One Dealer Sent Up. Mary Ann Taylor, colored, waa ac qultted In the Huatlngs Court yea terday mornlng. and the four negroes who accused her of selllng cocaine were each put under bond of J500, which they were unable to furnlsh. They went to Jall In dsfault. Tho quartet, Kdward Curtis, Thomas Ed wards. Wlllle Taylor and Eli Robert aon, gave Informatlon to the pollce whlch led to tho arrest of Mary Ann. anrj whlch almost sent her to the penl tentiary, Lawyer Gllbert K. Pollock was appolnted by the court to defend the woman. and so skllfully dld he con fuse the four witnesses who brought the eharge, that the jury returned a verdict of "innocent," with the added recommendation that the four witnesses be placed under bond for thelr good bebavlor for a year. Danlel Tlmberlako, colored. lndlcted for selllng cocaine, waa found gullty and glven a year on the publlc roads. J. W. Jones was fincd Jo and sent to jail for thirty days for asaault and battery. Hls case came up on appeal from the Pollce Court, where he had been flned $25. ELECT DR. LEWIS FOR CITY HOME Retired Druggist Named as As . sistant Superintendent, Vice Brandis, Resigned. 'Dr. Bevcrly Lewis, a retired drug? gist. was elected assistant superinten? dent of the Clty Home last nlght, the commlttee actlng wlth a unanlmlty whlch is unusual in lts proceedlngs. The reslgnation of Mr. E. L. BrandlB as first asslstant auperintendent. was recelved and accepted. Mr. Brandia hav? ing accepted the positlon of State Phar macy Inspector. Dr. Lewla, Dr. R. Q. Cabell and Mr. R. Hugh Woolfolk, Jr? were nomlnated, Dr. Lewis recelving seven votes, Dr. Cabell one and Mr. Woolfolk none. "The new assistant had the hlghest recornmendations, and was in no sensean appllcant, severai mom bers of the commlttee placlng hiB name ln nomlnatlon wlth the statement that they had urged hlm to permlt the use of hls name.. If it were tenderedhim by a practically unanimous vote, they sald, Dr. Lewis would take the place provlslonally, and would not stand In the way of any clianges by tho reor gnnl/.atlon plan. Members of the com? mlttee frankly btated that they dld not belleve lt necessary to contlnuo to.em plov a man for hls full tlme, but that a pharmnclst for an hour or two a day could serve all the requirements. MANY MARRIAQES North Carollna Couple S*<y?r?? 8eclre' Llcense on Saturday Nlght. Otho D. Lvon. twenty-seven years of a?e, nnd Miss Antonette Taylor. twenty three vears of! age. both glvlng thelr resi? dence as North Carollna, pulled Deputy Clerk Breeden from his home late Saturday evenlng and secured a llcense tob. mar r'.ed that nlght. James A. Taylor father of the young lady, accompanled the bridal narty. Every effort was made to,keep tho affalr a seeret, and not until the record was made on the'publlc regl.try of marrlageB ln the elerk's offlce yesterday mornlng dld lt become publlc. Other llcensea Issued yes '"wmianfTr.mor and E.t.ll*F. M?tcb.U! Oeorge L. Toblen and Annle M. Steln, Al lie Wrlght and OUIe Bryant; JaraesR.New and Rosa Branch Orubbs. Clarencs W. Wil liams and Jessle H. Jones; Ray D. Mon: gomery and Mabel G. Dudley: Mason W, pacn and Qertrude E. Elam: John E. Mor ean and Zonna M. Moyer; Harry A. Woody and Lena B. Taylor; Arthur Cordle and Anna I,. Brockwell. nnd Joseph E. Bass and M. nobecca .lohnson. Slxty People Converted. Slxty-slx professlons of falth havo been reported so fuj- In a rovlval meeting whlch has been ln pi'ugreaa in the N'orthslde .Bap tist Chuioh for the past week under'tha dl rtctlon of Ihe pastor, Rev. C. B. Arandall. Evnngellst Oeorge H. Wlley preached each n'ght lasl week and held a number of sor vlcos nn Sunday. Rev. Oeorge W. McDanlel , la uraauh eaoh nlght thla week, \ ! [ E Local Fire Agents of Virginia to Hold Tcnth Annttal Meeting, with 150 Attcnding, COLONEL TAYLOR TO SPEAK Many Important Qucstions to Ba Considercd at Two-Day Session Here. Calla have been lasuna by the presl dent. Mr. Coleman Wortham, for th? tenth annual meeting of the Virginia Aasoclatlon, Local Fire lnaurance Agenta, to convenc hero on Thuraday. There are about 150 members of tho asaoclatlon, and from prescnt lndlca tlons tho majorlty of them will at? tend. Although thla ls a small per e'entage of the lnaurance agenta in thej State, more than tliroo-fourths of tha fire lnaurance buaincaa of tho State, ls clalmed to be done by members oj the asaoclatlon. To Dlscusa Many Queatlons. The convention will be called to order by the presldent Thuraday noon In Murphy'a Hotel. The addreaa of welcome will bc made by Mayor Carl ton McCarthy. Colonel Walker Taylor, a promlnent lnaurance man of North. Carollna, will speak on the insuranca buslneaa, eapeclally from the stand polnt of the agent. Oeneral bualnes* matters affcctlng the fire Inauranca agents will bo taken up. Especlal cf forts will he made to strengthen tho ponltlon of the agenta and to confino tho mombershlp of the asaoclatlon to men glvlng thelr entlro tlme to tho buslneaa. The meetinK will probably. adjourn Frlday evening. There will be aome soclal featurrj for the vlaltors, bul Mr. H. T. Pulliam. aecretary nnd treasurer of the aasu .olatlon. who has the trrnngements ln hand, hua not declded upon any deft nlte progrnm. The ofneers of the assoclatlon are: Presldent, Coleman Wortham, RIch? mond; First Vlco-Prealdent, Benjamln F. Klrkpatrlck, Lyncliburg; Second Vice-Prealdcnt. W. B. McCheanev, Staunton; Secretarv nnd Treasurer, ti. T. Pulliam. Richmond; Chalrman oj Membershlp Commlttee. T. G. Burch. Martlnsvllle; Chalrman of the Legia latlve Commlttee. C. I. Lunsford, Roa? noke; Chalrman of tho Executlvo Com? mlttee, John L. Wntson, Portsmoijth, and chalrman of the Orlevance Com? mlttee, W. L. Powers, Newport News. Mr. Powers has had less to occtlpy hls tlme than any of the offlcers. thero having been no grlevance slnce bil clection. HYERS CASE ENDS Suit Agalnst Ilell Telephone Company Setfled by Aureement. Judge John if. Ingram. sittlng in tho Law and Kqulty Court, yesterday con flrmed nn agreem?nt between Fred erlck Heyrs's adinlnlstratrlx and tho BH1 Telephone Company. Hyers waa kllled In Alexandrla whlle at work 011 a scaffold agalnst a te-legraph pole. The scaffold collapsed. Hyers belng killed by the fall. In the compromlsf! agreement his helrs recelve $150 from the company. STUDY BRIDGE PROBLEM Rlclunond-Manehester Commlttee Stlll fc* Work on Tlans. The Joint commlttee of the Richmond Chamher of cnmmerce and the Manchester nnd Chesterfleld Bn?lnets Men's A?noe|a tion. appolnted for th? purpose nf pl?nnln< the erectlon of a free brldge between Rlch mr.nd nnd M?nch??t?r, met yesterday after? noon at I o'clock In the Chamber of Com merce In executlve seislon. A subcommlttee. con?l?tlng of M??sr?. T. H. Wheelwrlght. P. M. Carrlngton, H. W. Wood snd Augustlne Royall. was appolnt? ed to look further Into the matter and to. rrrort to th? Joint commlttee at some. future meeting. f JUDGMENT FOR fflUJJILLIil SJtokes' Claim Against Chesa peake and Western May Lead to Reorganization. Judgment./or $455,162.73 ?wasawarde<f * yesterday in the Law and Equlty Court in the suit of Thomas Stokes agalnst the Chesapeake and Western Com? pany. this belng the largest slngla judgment on record ln that court. .Stokes, who la a New Yorker, ls a heavy stockholder and a director In tha Cliesapeake and Western Company, a. real estate and lumber corporation closely allied to the Chesapeake and Western Rallroad Company and tcx the Pocahontas Company, a coal mining corporatlon. He advanced money oit notes nnd mortgages to the Chesapeake and Western; many of whlch were paat due, buyhiK ln other outstanding notes of thls corporastlon until he held lts paper for almost $500,000. Bringlng action agalnst tho company. he was awardeti a judgment In the Superlor Court of New York Clty for the amount of the Indebtedneas. ? The company being a Virginia cor? poratlon suit was then enter.ed in the Law and Equlty Court of the city of RIchmond for the recovory of thls judgment wlth costs, the feeB in the Virginia suit alone aggregating $500.50. Messrs. Jo Lane and Cary 13111s Stern represonted Stokes. Tho Chesapeake and Western Company was represonted by its statutory agent ln Virginia, Mr. S. S. P. Patteson. lt was currently reported yesterday that the rocogni tlon of the clalms of Mr. Stokes and his associates would probably mean an eventual reorganization of the com-< pany. . Not Includctl ln 1,1st. In the report of the forty-third re union of the Otey Battery the name of Mr. R. L. Denny. of the Southern Rallway Company. Washlngton, D. ,C? waa inadvertently omltted. Don't Tire Easily when Grape Nuts food is a regular pnrt of your dlet. Made from Wlieat and Barloy, whlch glvea natural strength and a clear braln, ?? There's a Reason."