The times dispatch. [volume], January 30, 1911, Image 8

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Announcement
The Clearing House Association of Rich?
mond has fixed the business hours of the banks
of the city
From 9 A. M. to 2 P.M.
To take effect February 1, 1911 (except on
Saturdays, when the hours will be as heretofore,
from 9 A. Mi to 12 M.). This action of the
Clearing House has been approved by the boards
of directors of the various banks, and the pat?
rons of the banks are earnestly requested to at?
tend to all of their banking business within the
hours named.
WM. H. PALMER,
J. W. SINTON, President.
Secretary.
GOVERNOR GRANTS
PARDON TO SYRIAN
First News Comes I'rom Roa
hoke That Ferris Was, Re?
leased oh Friday;
SERVED ONLY HALF OF TERM
Slaver of Frank Assaidj Whu
Was Captured in South Ameri?
ca, Breathes Free Air Again;
? -
Acting on a petition signed by 1 lie*
judge, the Common went th s attorney,
members of the jury nun many citi
ki ris, Governor Mann On Friday con?
ditionally pardoned Moses I' err I si a
young Syrian from Vioanolu\ who sev
oral years ago killed Frank Assam,
one of his countrymen, and was sen
?fenced to live years in the penitentialyi
3'crrls had served about halt of his
tri;n. No information about the pun
don was given out at t'ie Governor's
office.
immediately after tha murder, Ferris
bit the city and eoutd not be located
in this country. Finally, it was ascer?
tained that he had gone t<> South
America. The chase and capture were
most spectacular. When he war; lo?
cated, Baldwin detectives w. i"totalled
to work Up the case and 'me was sf-nt
to bring him back. At that time there
were ho direct steamniitp lines -from
this country to South America, sf> the
detective had first to go to Europe
and then return by w u- of the South
American line to Kio de Janeiro, where,
the unsuspecting criminal was ar?
rested.
Served Mnlf of Term;
The return trip lui 1 tri be made
?long the same route. it was neces?
sary to >:o back to Europe and then
take passage to New \ or,k. It re?
quired several months to land the
gulsoner in Bnnnoke, where he was
Immediately aria ig a-- 1. ('ire urn stances
of the case, however, were .such that
i! sentence of only iK'e years could b'<
in flit ted.
lie had served only two and one-half
years when the petition asking his re?
lease was sent to tho Governor, who
?decided that he deserved a pardon, in
fsplie of the fact ilia- tiic petition was
tdghed by must Inlluential people, nie
Governor's, action is being sovfrely
ci it i< iz< d 'Viy " t hfr press an.I a large
number'''<d *"t fte ekl/.ons of licnnolte.
I'J'hoy think that in the Ill'st place Fer?
ris got very touch' less than his just
deserts f rOhi the jury and that he
?hould have been ?:>rccd to serve but
Jiis full seriicfteet
Another point brought out in con
[ncctlon ivitll the case is that he should
be made to pay hack in part, at hast,
the enormous expense to the St,?t.; lor
5.is capture and (rial in hard labor.
The tour nips of the detective across
the Atlantic Ocean could hardly be
!)iald for \\ l! 1\ ten years.' work as a
* on viet.
ATTEMPTED HOLD-UP
?J. L, t lHrke Report* 'Mint He linn and
Then Followed .Ncri-o.
J. L. Clarke; of 119 South Cherry
Street, reported tr> the police yesterday
11hat a negro attempted to hold him up
!in the rear of the Berkeley Flats, Har?
rison and Franklin Streets, about 12:30
o'clock yesterday morning.
Mr. Clarke informed the police that
Hie negro darted out on him suddenly
from the shadows, in the rear of the
'flats and asked him to give up what he
Jiad. The intended victim took to his
Heels and ran tu Park Avenue and Har?
rison Street, wherf lie stopped under
a street light, thinking thai an officer
on!ght pass by and give him assistance.
But the negro, he says, followed up
und passed him. Mr. Clarke drew his
knife, and the nopi'o continued on his
way. He followed ihn would-be high?
wayman to the gate of a house on
Chaffln Street, near Harrison, where the
latter disappeared.
He went homo and Informed the po
lice by telephone of the attempt tc
hold him up
IF YOU ALRKA?Y OWN A
HAMILTON WATCH
you have a reliable timepiece. If not,
let us show it to you?one of the finest
American-made Watches?17 jcwclsrr
515.00 arid tip.
Smith &c Webster, Inc.,
?'Fime Specialists. <>\1 K. Main Street
1 What is more vexing than not to have
iyour shirt:-:, collars and cuffs laundered
Iproperly? Send them to us; wc "know
ihow.;;
ECLIPSE LAUNDRY.
Question of Meeting Place for
Two Conventions Will Be
Decided by Committees.
Though they wont to New York last
week with the idea of capturing the
1 ft 12 conventions of the United Drug?
gists' Syndicate and the. American
Street Railway Association. Business
Manager William T. Dabney, of the
Chamber of Commerce, and Councilman
Morgan It. Mills are confident from
their reception that Richmond stands
the best show to get both conventions
this year Instead of nc\t. If they fail
this year, there seems practically no
doubt that Richmond will be named in
1012. In placing this city's claims be?
fore lite ineelings, Mr. Dabney and Mr.
Mills were ably assisted by J. Preston
Carson and Alderman Barton H. Griindy.
Both associations decided to put the
question of locations for the annuui
illl>eUhg In the hands of subcommittees,
which will make their recommendations'
after personal investigations of the
cities bidding. Representatives are
expected bore within the next month.
A roils Exhibition Space.
Besides a very large ball in which to
hold the meetings, the American Street
Railway Association requires 100,000
square feet of spare for the accommo?
dation of exhibits. Attention was
called to the 85,000 square feel offered
by the new Slate. Pair bvii kling ami
the additional space afforded by the
buildings dose by. Councilman Mills
told the members of the City Audito?
rium, which is ample for the entire
membership, though this convention
will be one of the largest that ever
came to the city.
The number <?f delegates probably
will be as huge as that of the piano
nu n's convention here last spring, and
on account of the size ef the individual
exhibits, tlu floor space must be much
greater, In some cases fully equipped
street cars will be shown. Then there
will be aii- brakes and all other appli?
ances that go witli modern street car
equipment.
Arrest? Yrstrrilny.
Miss Eva a. Robinson, of Dumbar?
ton, was arrested yesterday on a war?
rant charging her with ' passing a
bonus check ior 120 on William" E.
1 la/.clgrovc, a merchant; She was ar?
rested !>>' Deputy Sheriff Traylor, of
llenrico county, and brought to Rich?
mond.
Charles Oreenj colored, was arrester]
on a charge of stealing a pair of shoes
frbhi Ii- I". Bowers. Allen Avenue and
Cary Street. He was r/ughi and-held
bv Mr. Bowers until the police came;
Had Rowed Out Into River and
Anchored Craft There to
Escape Police.
After detectives and police had been
searching for hlhi through the night
arid half the day. Derby Henderson,
colored; of North Thirty -1 hi rd
Street, w as arrested yesterday by De- '
tt-ctl\e-.Sergeants Wiley and Keitum 1
and Acting Detective Atkinson on a
charge of murdering Henry Harris,
colored, who w as stabbed to death
Saturday night v. iihih a few yards of
his home, l Hague Street. Kulton.
Henderson fled the scene Immediate?
ly after the killing, and was at last
located in n boat anchored near the
Richmond Cedar Works. The detec
. tiyes had procured information that
Henderson had been lurking in that
hi ighbor) ? i d. and they searched sev?
eral heats before they got the right
one.
Henderson had locked himself in,
and was curled Up in a bunk fast
asleep when one Gf the detectives
peered in through the window. He was
ordered to come out, and told the 6m
cers to. come on the other side. But
they were too cautious for that, ami.
under the threat of a gun, he got up
and opened the door, lie uns shaking
with fear, and cam* hear falling in
the river.
He was taken to tJ-,o First Station,
where, closeted with the detectives,
he confessed that they hart the right
man. He gave them a detailed ac?
count of the killing, saying thai Har?
ri': had threatened him with a razor,
and wa* in the act of cutting him
when lie drew Iiis own knife in self
defense. Harris as as stabbed through
the heart He walked twenty yards to
his doorway, where he fell-dead
Convention Subjects Range From
Care of Incubator Babies
to Suffragettes.
BIG PROGRAM ARRANGED
Virginia Association's Annual
.Meeting Begins To-Monow
Night.
With representatives from all parts
of the Stale in attendance; tho annual
nicotine of the Graduate Nurses' Assj- |
elation of Virginia will open lo-mor- j
row night at S; 1 r. o'clock ill the as?
sembly hull of Murphy's Hotel, and
during the three days' session it is
expected that numerous matters of
importance to the profession and of in?
terest to the public will be discussed
and acted upon.
Among other things which will be
brought to the attention of the organi?
sation will be that of the examination
required of nurses. In some quanters,
it is understood, this test of ability nt
nurses is not stringent enough, ami it
is believed that tlie members will
adopt resolutions asking that the ex-*
animations be made more stringent.
An address by Governor Mann will
be the principal feature of the Initial
session t?-m?rrow night, lie will wel?
come the members to .Richmond and
Virginia. Miss Ethel It. Smith, of Nor?
folk, preside! t. will respond.
Dr. Rovcrley R. Tucker will preside
at this session, which will be open
to the public.
Dr. Harry Taylor will give a stereop
ticdii lecture of the work of physicians
and nurses in the mission field of
China.
Kirnt lln*?liics% ScNsion.
The first business session will open
Wednesday morning at 10'30 o'clock,
When Miss Smith will make her an?
nual address. This will he followed
by the disposition of routine business,
including the reports of officers and
chairmen of com mil tees.
"Opportunities and Responsibility of
the Young Graduate Nurse" will he
the subject of an address by Miss
I sa belle McTsaai', of Renten Harbor,
Mich., at 3:30 o'clock AYednesday after?
noon. This will he followed by a gen?
eral discussion.
Miss Burton, of Hartford, Conn.,
will read a paper on 'The Adminis?
tration of Anesthetics by Women." A
discussion of this will he led by Miss
Anna l urness.
At. 5 o'clock Dr. D. S. Freeman,
executive secretary of the state Antt- I
Tuberculosis Association,, will talk on
the work of the fight against the white
plague in Virginia.
Wednesday night the Richmond |
nurses will tender a reception to the,
visitors at the Rlks' Home. This social,
feature will begin at S:30 o'clock,
t'nre of Ineubntor (tables.
The final session of the convention
will open Thursday morning at 9
o'clock. "The Care of Incubator
Rabies" will be the subject of n paper
to be read at this time by Mis. Tilden
Smith, of Norfolk. Discussion of it will
he led by Miss Elizabeth Detwiler.
of Richmond. |
At in A. M. iltss Isabel Stuart, of
the Teachers' College of Columbia Uni?
versity, New York, will read a paper
on "The Training of Hospital Adminis?
trators, and the Relation of the Hos?
pital to Social Work."
A discussion of the oo,ual suffrage
movement will also take place at the
closing meeting. Miss Mary Johnston;
of Richmond, will deliver an address
on ''Why Nurse-- Should Re Interested
In Equal Suffrage." i
Following this an.J the election of |
officers the convention will adjourn.
CONDITION SERIOUS !
W. Scnh Hunt, Victim of Accident,
Still nt .Memorial Hospital.
W. Scott Hunt, the druggist, whose
collarbone wa> fractured and who sus?
tained severe contusions about the
head when he was thrown from Iiis
motorcycle as it ran into an auto?
mobile Saturday night, was reported
from the Memorial Hospital last'night
to he in a serious condition. So far
physicians have been unable to learn
the full extenl of his injuries.
Den Mi of MIn* .In I In II ye.
Miss Julia H. Rye. nineteen years
old. died yesterday afternoon at the
home of her brother. Vincent H. Rye
?13 North First. The funeral will
take place to-morrow morning at |0
oclo.k from St. Peter's Catholic
Church;
PARTIALLY CLEARED
Mystery of Ifiirnier'* Death Started
With Uunrrcl.
Concord, N. C, .laniiary 159.?This
mystery surrounding the death of
Sydney Barrler, the prominent tanuei
of this county who was shot and killed
a mile from the city nbput midnight
last night, was partially cleared to?
day, following an Investigation by ihe
coroner. Barrier, it seems, had a quar?
rel in a near-beer saloon with l>
neighbor, and invited the latter out?
side to light it but. This challenge
was declined, and Barrier left inn
place alone. A moment later a snot
was heard, and this was the bullet, it
is alleged, that caused Ids death. Who
fired it is hot established, .lames l'iott
and George Motley, farmers, wTio were
hitching a mule to a buggy outside
the place near where Barrier fell and
died, were arrested and are held o?i
suspicion, though it is reported neither
was concerned in the quarrel. John
S? Art, with whom Barrier had tile row.
was not arrested. The coroner will
render his verdict to-morrow, alter
further investigation.
Menrcb In Cutllc.
Onancock. Va., .laniiary 2:1.?Deputy
Sheriff T. Keilain and L. .1. Savage,
representing th^- family of Harry T.
Mears, of Gnley, who went to Phila?
delphia on January fl, ha\e returned,
after a senreh of two weeks, with no
knowledge whatever of his where?
abouts. They followed up every report
ihm appeared to be a clue, only to be
disappointed.
1> to keep this bank at live, progressive
I ?licl in the fullest sense a helpful in
I stit ution to it> depositors. Start an
J account. 3 per cent, compound in?
terest.
1117 East Main Street.
Xew Pullman Kates Effective uu
All Railway Lines Be?
ginning Wednesday.
LOWER BERTH RATE STANDS
Cut if You Crawl to Top of Car
There Will Ho a Reduc?
tion of 20 Per Cent.
Although it was said yesterday tnat
the now tariff sheets hart not been re?
ceived, railroad people have been ad-j
vised officially that beginning Wednes?
day all upper berths in Pullman cars
will bo reduced 2<? per cent. In price,
with scattering reductions in rates fol?
lower berths. So far, however, local
oftioials have not been notified of any
rate changes in the latter, which are
supposed to stand.
As an Illustration as to how the
revised tariff will work, an upper
berth from Richmond to Washington
will cost SI.20, while a lower will cost
Jl.fiO. An upper from Richmond to
New York will inx the traveler 11.60,
as compared with ?J for a lower. A
section, for instance, from this city to
New Vork, will be sohl for $3.60, as
< omnared with ?t, the rate long in
effect.
Curious to >rc KfTeet.
..lust what effect ibis arrangement
will have on thai dally demand for
lowers, railroad men are unable to
say, although they believe Ihat hcrc
atiei" passengers will be able to se?
cure: tiie liest quarters more casiiy
than heretofore. Especially will this
reduction be appreciated by passengers.|
on the "long haul," for thousand, of
them who arc traveling every day
would buy cheaper accommodations If
there were any to be had. When tins
element, therefore. is willing and
anxious to sleep upstairs there will be
more accommodations downstairs lor
others who ait? g ad to pay the top
price for the bottom berth. Ticket
agents, at all events, believe that in
toe future they will not base to deal
with so many natural born kickers??
kickers who will go gladly into tip?
pers now after swearing at the dis?
crimination and inconvenience hereto?
fore.
Some Complex Rnfc*.
Hiit traveling people are curious to
know whether or not there will be a
readjustment of intes on a more com?
mon sense basis. A man traveling
from Kaleigh to Richmond over the
Seaboard Air Dine, for example, pays
tor a Pullman berth; from Raleigh
to Washington?in the same car?In
pays $2; from Raleigh to Baltimore?
in the same car again?he pays $2, al?
though there Is a big difference in me
amount of railroad fare from Kaleigh
to the three points named. This same
system applies on other roads leading
out of Richmond. If the Hat $2 ra:o
is to stand, an upper from Raleigh to
Richmond, Or to Washington or Balti?
more will be $1.60 in each instance.
But there is a big difference in tim day
rate, which is based upon mileage.
Not the Snme Here.
Attention was called yesterday to a
curious rate on the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway. The day Pullman rate
from Riehmond to (bn donsv i lie Is 40
cents; a seat in a chair car?owned by
the railroad and not by the Pullman
Company?costs 50 cents. This, of
course, is a very small matter, yet it
shoes the complex system of charging
people for extra accommodations.
a new feature of the rate scheme is
the establishment of an intermediate
lower berth rate. Heretofore a rate of
S 1.50 has been collected for a certain
lime and distance, and the next higher
rate amounted to 50 cents more. in
the revised tariff rates, 51.15, 52.26,
etc;, have been put. in wherever it was
necessary to bring about an equaliza?
tion of the lower berth rates.
.Mr?. (illmnn in Speak.
Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Oilman,
prominent throughout the world of
letters, will lecture to-night in (he
auditorium of the Mechanics' Institute
under the auspices of the Kqual Suf?
frage I."ague of Virginia. It is ox
poeted that many men and women in?
terested in the movement of '-votes for
women" will lie preseni to hear Mrs.
Oilman.
Tin? meeting will be presided over
by Miss Mary Johnston. Miss John?
ston, In honor of Mrs. Oilman, will
give a tea this afternoon.
Celestial New Year Marked by
Feasting, but Few There Are
to Feast.
Members of the. colony of Celestials
in Richmond celebrated their New
Years eve Saturday night, and are
still celebrating; for your .John Chink
does not believe in doing anything by
halve.-, and his celebration lasts not
a night, but several nights and days.
\Vhat new year It was they celebrated
yesterday only the Chinaman can say,
lor Chinese history dates back beyond
the dawn of human knowledge, and
the Chinaman does not change.
Tiie colony in Richmond numbers
oriiv thirteen, but that number does
not spell for them any omen of ill.
They received their presents, Includ
inn a package of real tea and a pack?
age of riv'-, from home, and letters of
congratulation and good wishes from
their friend.-:. Since Wu Ting-Kang.
the Chinese minister to this country,
adopted the white man's custom of
wearing close-cropped hair, many
Ch inn men have' followed suit, and
somewhat reluctantly deprived them?
selves of their pianola attachment,
otherwise their queus. The Christian
j Chinese here have shorn themselves of
this adornment, but those, who still
stick to the faith of their fathers, and
believe still that, there is nothing
known thai was not known before,
silck also to till the hair they brought
with Oiem.
The feasting will continue forssev
pral nights, each Chinaman giving a
banquet in his turn. , The Christian
Chinese join In, for there Is nothing in
the Chrislinn religion which cuuld
deter them from celebrating the ad?
vent of 1 heir new year. But they eat
and feast, as they live, alone, and few
on the. ontsido know the manner of
their celebration and the jolly times
they have.
Candidates for Legislature May
Lie Catechised Regarding
Referendum.
TAX RAISE WOULD RESULT
Loss of Revenue Would Mean
Higher Rates?Effects on
Senatorship.
In the ruining campaign lor mem?
bers of the Legislature, the question of
referring Stale-wide prohibition to :i
vole of tho people of the whole State
will surely be an Issue. Not only will
Hi" Anti-Saloon League, in its torln
comlng annual convention it Newport
News, reaffirm its demand for a refe?
rendum, but some of its otltccrs are
quoted as saying that aspirants tor
legislative honors will be a.'Iio.l to
state their position on this question.
Naturally, in some places the issue
will not be raised. There are aomo
sections of the State where the people
are not thinking on tlie question, this
being notably true in those bailiwicks
which will return Republican menibe/s.
In the doubtful districts par'y lines
form the principal issue. Resides, tho
attitude of the Republicans in tlie last!
Legislature Is well rcmc moored, lor
they stood together almost unanimous?
ly, as a matter of party policy, lor
the Strode and Myers bills Khylng'
freely that they, desired to make the
majority party responsible for the
loss in revenue, and cmbarrasu it in
every way possible.
Mny .Make Statement*.
Recently there, have been miners to
the effect that some men prominent m
public, life are considering 'he refe?
rendum principle, v Ith a view to mak?
ing an announcement on tue subject.
In more than one instance, it. ih said,
the. opinion wili he favorable to the
project. There is no suspicion, c u -
siderlng the character of the men thus
spoken of. that they have in vi?w any?
thing further than their honest con?
victions.
The presumption is. that should a
referendum bill get through the Legis?
lature, there would be added an amend,
nienl providing for an increase in the
rate of taxation In case pronlhltlon Is
enacted. There is no secret about this,
and some prohibitionists have ex?
pressed themselves as favoring a policy
which would apprise the public ot what
il might expect in the event of prohi?
bition becoming a fad. Such a feature
formed one of the most prominent pro?
posed amendments to the Strode bill,
offered in the Senate last winter, und
Its probability has be?n frequently
discussed;
Munt llninc Tn*es.
Whether or not such an amendment
would form a feature of the referen?
dum bill no oflleer <>f the State at?
tempts to controvert the proposition
that an Increase In taxation would lie
an absolute necessity with the Imps of
liquor licenses, The treasury of Vir?
ginia is empty, and the cutting off at
one blow of fAnn.nnn of revenue from
the sale of liquor would, says every1
body who knows llnancial conditions,
mean without any sort of question a
substantial increase in tlie tax rate.
Inasmuch as the Republicans, if un?
informed, would almost certainly vole
for prohibition, and could easily carry
the election, many Democrats feel that
the people should be Informed of the
llseal result of such a policy, for whV:h
the dominant party would be held re?
sponsible.
But among those active In politics
there seems to be as much opposition
to the referendum as ever, and per?
haps in some quarters Hi? opposition
is more pronounced than before. The
conviction seems to grow that the
referendum for a local question Is not
right and not Democratic ? that the
people of I,re county have no moral
or political <>r economic right to legis?
late for 111" people of Richmond.
Afreet Senntnrlnl Race.
Apparently the liquor question w'll
form a feature of the contest over the
two seats in the United States Senate.
Representative Carter Glass lias evi?
dently determined to burn his bridges
behind him on the liquor question and
to stand, whenever questioned, for ab?
solute prohibition. The impression
prevails that neither of the other three
men will assume such a position, but
it Is argued, judging from political his?
tory, that they will find It difficult to
avoid some sort of pronouncement.
Especially difficult, it would appear,
will It be for Mr. .tones' to avoid a
statement, in view of his evident
alignment with Mr. Glass in the cam?
paign.
Since the Anti-Saloon League has.
since Its last convention, lost the two
most Important dry cities in the State
?Lyrichhurg und Danville?and since
Its committee announcements for the
meeting say that there are now 000
licenses in the State more than there
were a year ago. it Is expected that de?
mand at Ihe meetinc will be strong
for some sort of policy that will get
rid of liquor selling. This Is In splfe,
of the increase in cost of State li?
censes.
Nomen Spnnnnrlat StafY.
George W. Gordon, general command?
ing. L'nited Confedernte Veterans, has
announcod the following appointments
op "'the sponsorial staff" for the Llttie
Rock reunion in May: Mlsa Mary Hunt
Turpln. of Waterproof. La., sponsor;
Miss Mary Elise Stewart, of Little
Rock. Ark., maid of honor; Mrs. Julia
Johnson Churchill Hankins, of Little
Rock. Ark., chaperon: Mrs. L. B. Mc
Farland, of Memphis. Tenn., matron of
honor.
DECEMBER GOOD MONTH FOR
ATLANTIC COAST LINK
Receipts of the Atlantic Coast Line.
Railway according to the monthly
statement of earnings and expenses
received yesterday, showed an Increase
of $221.309.4!? in receipts for December.
I101O. as compared with the same
month of the previous year. Operat?
ing exnenses and taxes for December,
1010, were $1,020,624.23. while the pre?
vious year they were $1,?04.075.14. an
increase of $225;646.23. Net receipts
fell off slightly, the total for tho
month being 51.10S.rt2O.4K. while In De?
cember. 10ao. they amounted ir, j-_
107.866.53. a decrease of $4.246.05. The
statement of receipts, expenses and
net receipts from July 1 to December
31. 1010. is as follows: Receipts, $14,
022.084.10: operating expenses and
taxes. S10.47S.673.27; net. receipts, $4,
44!. 310.0?.
Arretsed for S<enlhig Clothing.
Ella Harris, colored, was arrested
last night on suspicion of having
stolen clothing from W. C- Clements.
OLD JEWELRY REMODELED.
You may have pieces of jewelry?valu?
able in themselves?but have been neg?
lected for years. You will he surprised
how beautifully they can be made over,
at small cost.
SCHWARZSCHILD BROS.
The last week of the Sixteen Dollar Sale begins this
morning and will continue until Saturday night only.
Suits and Overcoats Worth Up
to $30, in This Sale Reduced to
SPEEDS TO STATION
WHILE UNDER ARREST
HORSE SHOW Mi
Successor to Elkins Took Active
Interest in Richmond's
Ring Exhibitions.
Every resident of Richmond who at
tended the no wdofunct indoor horse
shows, held at the auditorium pear
William Byrd 1'ark. remembers U.
W. Watson, of Fairmont. W. \ a.
who was recently elected to succeed
the Into Stephen R. Elklns as United
States Senator. Mr. Watson's stamen
made a clean sweep in the. harness
classes, and, indeed, Lord Baltimore
ami My Maryland first came into prom?
inence at the Richmond show.
ou pleased was Mr. Watson at his
success that lie gave the * Richmond j
association his check for $500 to pur '
chase a challenge rup to he offered for
the lies', heavy harness horse shown
in Richmond. This cup Is stiil in lite
possession f,f the association, as the
tan hark entertainments were disron
t'nued the year after the gift v.* as
made.
Confederate veterans also remember
tho new United Slates Senator, lor on
his last visit lu-re he presented Bee
Camp of Confederate Veterans with
?.=>"" to be used for the maintenance
of the veterans at the Soldiers Horn >
It's n far cry from driving a sad
eyed mule in a coal mine a*. Fairmont,
\v. Va., to driving a winning hlK.i
stepper at Madison Square Garden i I
New York, and at Olympia, In London, '
at the International exhibition, but j
that's what Mr. Watson accomplished.
Ho drove, as an eight-year-old lad. a
J.'iO mule In the coal mine which has
since given htm an enormous fortune:
and some fort;- years later won tin
blue ribbon in New York and London
with Lord Baltimore and My Maryland.
ills prize four rejoiced in the pat?
riotic names of Virginia, West Vir?
ginia. My Maryland and Lord Bain
more, and their victories have done
much to land him In what has been
called the greatest of nil ?=oelal clubs?
tho Uriltyd States Senate.
0rd?rs "IdPPOSE it
Want No (liitNtile Help in Matter of
Unlveranl .Mllcnuc.
Kesoiutinns have been adopted by
the United Commercial Travelers' As?
sociation holding that the order does
not favor any outside, or independent,
attempt to bring about an Interchange?
able or universal mileage system for
all the railroads in this country. The
association believes that the regular
rtrganizat Ions, with the aid of the
Interstate Commerce Commission, can
look after ih<-se matters without ex?
tra eoHt in themselves or to business
establishments which employ ? a largo
number of traveling representatives.
Indeed, the resolutions condemn the
movement now on foot to have this
treat question adjusted by outside par
t ies.
Some time ago Traffic Manager Good?
man, of the chamber of Commerce,
wrote to the 1'niied Commercial Trav?
elers and the Travelers' Protective As?
sociation, asking for information about
certain concerns which are endeavor?
ing to take hold of the universal mile?
age proposition. Finally, the former
association went on record in opposi?
tion to It.
Virginian* at the HotrU.
Murphy's ?- Walter K Hathaway,
While Stone; N. p. Ancle. Rocky
Mount: W. E. IfaUey, kevsvllle; lohn
F. Wessone. Petersburg: 'II. II. Berry,
Culpeper; Rdward R. Turnbull. Jr.,
Lawrencovlllc: W. E. Neblltt, Lvnch
burg: Or. H ? Hlie, Lynchburg; W. B.
and M. A. Baskerville. Btirkeville; c.
W. ftoblnson; Newport News: W. |?
Willis. Crowe: W. P.. Berkley, Virginia
Richmond?Mr. and Mrs. Mrs I,. |>.
Sta.nley, Pocahontas; St. Oorco u. Mc
Intosh, Lynchburg: O. E. Page, Me
nhum's River: "W. P. Gay, Staunton: H.
M. While. Olllwyn.
Lexington?B. R. Anderson. Boanoke;
W. p. Clements, Boanoke; w. L. James.
Virginia; J. II. Gary, West Toint: Mr
and Mrs. J. H. Leath. West Point; .1. K
Poleat, Virginia: Julian Carroll. Vir?
ginia; William O. Snead. Fluvanna.
Trice and Barrett Caught in Act
After They Had Smashed
Glass Door.
Alleged to have been caught in the
act, H. B. Trice, and W. B. Barrett,
white men, were arrested last night
by Policeman Warriner on a charge
of breaking- into Hie saloon of H. 10.
Rtlbensteln, 1301 East Gary Street, and
stealing therefrom a quantity of cigar?
ettes, several bottles of whiskey and a
charity box containing a small amount
of money.
O nicer Warriner. who was patrolling
his beat on the other side of the street,
beard a jingle, of falling glass, ai.l.
looking ovi\r, saw Trice coming out of
the doorway of t|e saloon. He rushed
over and caught him before he could
make an attempt to escape. Barrett,
was standing on the outsido, a short
distance away. Whop he saw the.
gleaming buttons on the officer's coat
be started to run. Pulling Trice after
him. Warriner gave chase, and halted
the fleeing man at the point of his
gun. He slock to" both while he. called
for the patrol wagon.
Trice was found afterwards to have.
211 cents in his shoes. He, said that
Barrett smashed the glass In the door,
and that he went in and got the stuff.
In the station Trice became dlsorderlv
and cursed and swore at the officers
like a trooper.
Barrett had been arrested the night
before on a charge of being drunk.
All the. stolen property wan recov?
ered.
T?r. Miller In Hnnpltnl.
Dr. Clifton M. Miller, of 217 Fast
Grace Street, was operated on at tho
Memorial Hospital vestordav afternoon
for appendicitis. His condition last
night was quite favorable.
Lindcnbcrgcr Chops Off Street
Car Fender En Route, Ter?
rifying Two Cops.
SMASHES LATER INTO TREE
Accident Happens at Night
After His Release on Charge
of Fast Driving.
George R. R!hdehuerger( wRo de?
scribed himself as a manufacturer,
and gave Iiis place of biriii us Illinois
and tin- Westmoreland' Cliib as his
residence, was arrested yesterday af?
ternoon by Bicycle Policemen Krengol.
Andrews and Tonilinson. on a charge
<>f recklessly driving his automobile
up Franklin Street, and, from what
the officers charge, he was proceeding
at a terrific rate of Speed.
The officers sighted the car at Laurel
and Ryland Streets, running west It
went by too fast for them to hail the
driver, and they followed on foot to
Ores ham Court, at Ryland and Frank?
lin Streets. They had obtained the
number of the car, and learned that
Llndcnborgcr had entered the fit*-.
They went in and placed him under
a rrost.
linvc Then, Touch of IIInu Idle.
Rindenborger offered to lake the of?
ficers In his car to the Second Station
and thus save the trouble of calling '
the automobile patrol. Two got in.
and he gave them a touch ot high llf".
Randolph Cardoaa, who accompanied
him to act as bondsman, sat in front.
and tlie officers.Krengel and Andrewa
?sat behind. I.Indenbeiger put on
power and showed how It was done
Both officers, clinging light!;.- to the
sides of the car. called to tho man
t>> slow down, hut he did not heed
their warning cries. Rather. they
seemed but to add to his desire to give
them a few fancy thrills.
Itnn Into street fur.
lie blew down Franklin Street, and
turned Into Broad at Smith Street.
There he cut off the fendei of a street
car. scaring the officers nearly out of
their wits, and went so fast that ha'
was unable to stop his machine in
front of the station house door. Me.
laughed with tin libers about It. af?
terwards, and told them he thought
they ought to stay in out of the rain,
play setback, perhaps, somewhere. In?
stead of following speeding automo?
bile?:. They told hlhi they were not
much up on setback, but thought they
had some Idea as to their duty;
He was bailed In the sum of $100 for
his appearance In Police Court Hits
morning. Justice Crutcllfleld's lowest,
fine for automobile speeding is $50,
having been raised pome time ago from
$1 a, when such cases began to come
too frequently before him.
nun* Cur Into Tree.
But trouble for Mr. Llndenberg"r
did not end with arrest, for lnst night
he smashed his ear auaijjsi a tree In
front of the Richmond Hotel as he
was attempting to avoid collision with
a pedestrian.
Mr. Rindenborger drove down Ninth
Street and turned into Grace, where
he found that he was almost on top
of a man. lie vered so as not to strike
him. and the rar went straight into a
tree on the south side of the street.
Several spoken of the no;ir wheel were
stove in. and the car was otherwise
damaged. A new wheel was put on am!
the machine was towed into a garage
As soon as he saw that his car was
broken down Mr. Ltndcnbcrger got out.
and. without a word, walked off. Joe
Sargenthuik. of 222 North Seventeenth
Street, an eyewitness of tlie accident.
Informed the police that Mr. Llndeh
berger was driving very slowly at tho
time. He was summoned to appear as
a witness.
CAUGHT BETWEEN CARS
Co nil net or \V. R. M much Fruet tires
Forearm, nnd is Token to Hospital.
W. R. Branch, conductor on car No.
?-I2. of the Broad and Twenty-tilth
Street car line, was seriously hurt
early yesterday morning. wTiou he was
caught between lwo ears at Robinsot
and Broad Streets.
Branch was: standing on the step or.
the front platform, talking to the
motorman. It Is said, and did not
notice the approach of a car going in
the opposite direction.
He was caught between the two
cars, knocked from the step, and rolled
for a considerable distance,
The city ambulance was hastily sum?
moned, and Dr. Tune came to nls as?
sistance. The physician tound that
Branch was suffering from a :rac
ture of both bones of the left forearm
anil a sprained shoulder and hip. lie
was Immediately taken to the \ Irginia
Hospital. His home, is at '2211 lievcrty
Street.
Uenth of \nthnn >V. M'nlden.
Nathan W. Waiden died last night
shortly after 7 o'clock at bis home,
221 Randolph Street. Funeral arrange?
ments will be announced later.
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G. M. Co.'s "Pearl"
Roofing Tin
Makes Such a Roof.
GORDON METAL CO.
14th and Dock Streets.
Day and Night.
PHONE?
Madison 46 Day.
Madison 48 Night.
Call for the "Alco."
RICHMOND TRANSFER COMPANY,