The times dispatch. [volume], February 16, 1911, Image 10

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

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We have just received our spring line of Kimonos. In this
lot you will lind plenty of beautiful styles, in materials of crepe,
<. halite, Swiss, lawn, silk and nicssaline.
One lot of Kimonos o!" dotted Swiss, full length, regular
kimono style; color-, grey, tan. brown, blue and pink, QjQ
in plaids and d<Us; SI.00 values lor. Oi/C
Anothci lot. of cotton ehallie and lawn, some with Japanese
design; others floral effects, with solid color border, fl**S A A
the leading shades; special values lor. <J)i?l/v
Beautiful styles in Challic Kimonos, Persian and floral de?
signs, trimmed effectively with solid satin borders; CA
these .Hi .'Mra good at $1.25 and. ?P 1 mO\)
We are able lb offer something entirely new in Silk Kimonos
at $5.00. These are of good quality silk, Persian effects, tastc
fullV trimmed with satin ribbon, new butterfly ?*?t AA
sleeves: regular ?0.98 value; special at.
IS CHOOSE !
E _ OFFICERS!
Old Quota Ts Re-Elected?Chil?
dren of TIonic Entertain
Grand Lodge.
Following the transaction of routine
business yesterday, the Grand Dodge of
Mason? in Virginia testified its eonli
tie rice <n its o/lie or? hy re-electing
them- The list is. as follows:
William R Met: Itcshey, staunton.
grand master; W,. L Andrews, Roa
hokei deputy grand master; Philip K
Baughriinn, IJoyds, grand serior wn.fr
den; .lames R Wood, Oria>rlbttesville,
grand junior warden; Fred PIensants,
Richmond, grand treasurer; George W
Carrihgtoiij Riehmond; grand seet'e
tiiry Alston Cabell, Richmond, grand
senior deacon; 11 K. Field, Alexandria,
grand junior deacon; Rev. ii. Ii. lice,
Clio riotiesvllle, grand chaplain; 11. F.
Smith, Richmond, grand tiler; J, A.
pampiin, Kiolunorid, grand pursuivant.
Following the business meeting, the
annual (linnet was served, and several
of the most prominent delegates made j
speeches.
Worh Is F.xempllfled.
With the largest membership in the 1
history or the Grand Lodge; the Grund 1
Working Cbntmlctve mot yesterday 1
morning at in o'clock to exemplify the I
v otk. In the afternoon the members j
wore-.' entertained at the tetuple by the
children ol the Masonic Home, who
carried thi'ottgh an excellent program
of tableaux, recitations and songs. In
in.iti s of the home are children of de?
ceased Masons, who are being cared
for and educated by the State organi?
sation. It Is their custom to give an
?>r.tertainineht in honor of the mein
ini; of the Grand Rurige each year.
The one hundred and thirty-third
graml annual communication will come
ill u close this afternoon, when reports
of cottunittees will be received arid
passed upon.
13 very yerir the attendance on the
Grand Lodge increase.-, bill at {his
meeting the number of those present
i? gi'c-ater than ever before. Nearly'
every Iodide in the State is represented I
with its full tpuota of delegates. I
ROBBED SALOON
Jl. It. Trice am! William \. Ilanett
SenOneeri tu Mae Months in .Intl.
11. Ii Trice aritl Will la tri A. Barrett,
White,^indicted for breaking into the
i-aloon of ll..jl'3..Rubinstein on the night
of .iariujir.y '.'i' -uriH' stealing therefrom1
a quantity of wdilsltey arid cigarettes,
?were found faulty jtl the Hustings
Court yestcTday. arid their punishment
was fixed at nine mouths in jail and
payment of r: i-cent tine euch.
William Gray, colored, chained with
haying cocaine in his possession,
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to
one year in tie- penitentiary.
Rmniett Robinson, colored; charged
?with holding up .J. J>. Scott, was ac
tjuJited;
l.riigtte and Not lininn.
It whs Oi,. Frances Willlard Branch
?>f Woman's Tempernnct League, of
America, and nod the Woman's Chris?
tian Temperance Cnlon, which held a
meeting .Monday night The members
desire 'hat the organizations be dis?
tinct in the public mind.
Denn tit.n Du.? nt Hospital.
Gift" of anything tihii may i??i used
In a hospital lire earnestly retihestcd
by the board ..f liiauttgers of the Re?
treat for the Sii k. To-day is the an
ii 1 donation day of the Retreat, when
Its friends join in c-x tending their aid,
Mor:..y. bedding and supplies are espe?
cially needed. The reception hours are
frOm noon to 7 I\ M.
Gold Jewelry
reputation of this store if- fully
lierl, as receive th< newest
>f Jewelry juid as soon ;ir they are
Schwarzschild Bros,
! or rief limad and Second Sts.
One Pay Fr
triodr ! fa I iv. ;.r.d c?' 'Ivrc-d to
you within ti few hour a .'rmn
the time ;t if produced. I.? t
in- j-t-nrt you a free Lottie for
romparjfon, Photic to-day.
MlniiKiryil I ;irui Mill, A < ream
ji Scott P?rH'fn: Prop.
V"DUIt LAUNDRY PIIONJ,
AD. 418
Our facilities' for thoroughly
Cleansing and properly ironing
"-liirtr, collar*; in") cuffs >'ire un?
exceptionable,
J.f .l.lPsi, LAUNDRY .
Whiskey Distilleries Cannot
Compete for Business Under
New Ruling.
More or ]o.\<i antiquated equipment
and limited quarters, It is said by local
distillers, is in n measure responsible
for the small amount of whiskey ob?
tained from each bushel of grain by
plants in the Second Virginia District.
Several of the plants will to-day sus?
pend operations, This is duo to ac?
tivity on the part of officers of the
United states Internal Revenue De?
partment, which has resulted in an
Order from Internal Revenue Cohimisr
sioner Royall B. Cabell requiring the
removal of all pipes connecting distil?
leries and rectifying plants.
Thai the "game is not worth the
candle" is the opinion of local owners
of \\ hiskey manufacturing plants.
Cannot Compete.
It Is pointed (jut that the machinery
in use by many oi the distilleries in
Virginia, is of almost obsolet,? pat?
tern, and that therefore the output here
cannot equal that of rival Western
establishments where single plants
duilv distill thousands of gallons of
spirit.
Ohe distiller has been quoted as say
ing that it would be cheaper for him |
to buy whiskey from Ivchttieky or Ohio
and resell it here than to continue
operations; lie is said to have de?
clared that liquor may be bought from
tin- large houses so cheaply that it
van be easily sohl in Virginia at li
profit;
The order of Commissioner Cabell,
which will eliminate the use of pipe
lines, becomes effective to-day.
WRIT OF ERROR DENIED
.Thompson Must Serve Three Vrnr? for (
Shoolliit; WUllnni Milr.m.
A writ of error was denied yesterday
by the Virginia Supreme Court of Ap?
peals in the case of S. If. Thompson,
convicted of wilfully and maliciously
shooting William Mliam, and sentenced
to servo three .veins In the peniten?
tiary. The ease comes from the Cor?
poration Court of the city of Danville,
where the offense occurred
Thompson ami Milani had a Quarrel,
and Milani challenged Thompson to
come out of Iiis store into the street.
Thompson accepted the challenge, but
iirst armed himself with a pistol ami
shotgun. ,\ little later the two hie?
came within close range. Thompson
says -Mllam drew a weapon and as?
sumed n mchheing attitude, which so
alarmed him that lie drew his ? own
pistol and tired.
1 A writ of error was also denied in
the case of Mary V. Wilson against
1). Whltt Atkinson and others, from
the i'iic.iit Court of Norfolk county.
DR. RAMSAY UNDECIDED
Hit* Hoch Looking Over l'rnposltinh
.Minie Ulm liy College. . |
l>r. David M. Itamsay, pastor oft
Grace Street Raiptlsl Church, returned j
yesterday from Greenville, S. C, where I
he has beeil In confer* nee with ?an- !
. iais of the Greenville Female Col-; I
lege, in regard to their offer to him
to become president of the lnstiin-j
tlon. Dr. Rnmsay said yesterday that |
lie hail the matter under consideration,!
Inn would not be abb- to detlnltely
make up hi^ mind for a ivcek or fen I
days.
The inducements offered i,y the col- j
lege are very IIa I terltig, ami on the i
other hand his congregation hero is !
using every effort to retain bint as |
pastor. For these reasons he will come i
to no decision Ith til after lie has j
given both the most mature considers- |
t Ion.
Under the pastorate of l?r. Ramsay, 1
the Grace Street Church has prospered
more than during any like period in j
its history, lie is a native pf Green?
ville county, and has a number of rela?
tives in South Cnrpllha.
SECOND TRIAL
Hnrlr Sclionhrrp^r Seeking riainagcn
fur Full In Fullon.
'Trial began yesterday for the second i
j time in the City Circuit Court of the*1
suit of Marie P.. Sch?nberger against j
\v. K. Fb tchcr nnd the city of Rich- ,
mond The evidence was ftilly heard.'
anil th< Jury adjourned until this morn?
ing at 10 o'cio.-k, when the case will
b< argued,
This action i* for damages in the
s-.;iii of $10,000. The plaintiff claims t<>
have been injured by stumbling over I
nil obstruction In the street ip Fulton,j
and holds the city and ri contractor
jointly responsible. The case was tried
some months ago, the jury giving ii ver
ditt of $3,500; which was set aside by
the Supreme Court of Appeals of Vir?
ginia? on the ground that a minor Ine?
quality in the paying of ft recently an?
nexed and outlying portion of-the city
was not sufficient ground to show h< k
ligencc on the part of the city; '
.Indue Slinehelford Hen-.
Judge George S. Shaijlcelfotd, -?f
? Mange, called at the olhee of Guvei
nor Mann yesterday morning lo in
yite the Governor lo make a speech
? ii Orange Courthou^a. The Governor,
accepted, making the date next FrI
I day.
MAKERS OFS
HAVE THEIR F?R
Present Figures to Show That'
Loss Froni Breakage Is j
Slight.'
I VIRGINIA STOVES AHE BEST
Hearing Not Concluded, and May
Cause Postponement of
Dock Case.
I Manufacturers of stoves began their
I innings before the Stute Corporation
'Commission yesterday in the hearing
I regarding crating, the petitioning rail?
roads concluding the presentation of
; their direct testimony. Representa?
tives of a local house presented figures
which were widely at variance will?
those of the railroad men who had
been on the stand.
Only two witnesses for the respon?
dents, however, were examined up to
the hour of adjournment; The hearing
will be resumed at 10 o'clock this
morning.
Thero is much doubt as to whether
the heaping on the petition of the
bondholders of the William R, Trlgg
Company for the closing of the. Rich?
mond dock will be resumed to-day. It
is sot for 11 o'clock, but it would ap?
pear that the stove case cannot pos?
sibly be finished by that hour. A
further continuance 1s regarded as
probable;
I.OW Erclilb* ?'harne*.
In support of the request of the rail?
roads to have an addition to the Vir?
ginia freight classification requiring
the crating of stoves shipped in less
than carload lots, W. II. Gntchell,
superintendent of transfers for the
Southern Hallway, resumed the stand
yesterday niornlhg. C. V. Meredith,
for the stove poop lei hi cross-examina?
tion, brought out several very low
freight charges in Mr, Gatchell's pre?
viously offered statement, and in one
respect at bust the witness said there
was evidently a mistake.
FUrther attention wits paid to the
correspondence between L. Or eon,
freight, traffic manager of the South?
ern Hallway, und representatives of
Southern stove manufacturers, carried
on at the ti,%~- a similar request was
before the Tennessee Railroad Com?
mission. Mr Gatchell rend a letter
written by Mr. Green to Samuel D.
Jones, president of the Atlanta Sto've
Works, and in return Mr. Meredith
presented a letter written to Mr. Green
by E. C. Uttnrahan. J'ho latter referred
tc .i statement eoverinir the shipment
of l.L'ftO.OOO stoves, in which there ap?
peared to be '.','2 per cent, greater loss
from breakage of crated than of tin
era ted stoves.
Some n* 1 iitcrwtnlr Rule.
11 R. Rrowder, assistant freight
t rattle manager for the Southern, at
Washington, was the next witness, no
had served on a uniform classifica?
tion committee of the railroads, and
testified that the section desired to he
added to the Virginia classification as
to stoves was identical with a rule
recently promulgated by the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Oh cross-examination, Mr. Browder
said thai these rub's are gotten up by
i the r;il! roads, and are given out by the
j commission after notice has bed,
i served on the public. Ho had heard
I of no contest as to this ruling so far.*
j It refers to the Southern States. In
' the Western district stoves are not.
I required to he crated, while in tin
Knstcrn there Hre different ratings oh
crated and unerased stoves.
C. W. Tollvcr, agent of the Louisville
and Nashville at Birmingham. Ala.,
made an explanation of his testimony
of the day before regarding the sbip
inent. of stoves said to have been un?
dated in violation of the interstate
1 Ules
OailingC lo St tiers.
This ended the testimony for the
Southern, and the Norfolk and West
ern had its turn. W. S. Rattle, Jr..
I general claim agent, wa.s introduced
and examined by Lucian II. Cocke,
general counsel for the road. Ills line,
said Mi-. Rattle, had paid out lust year
in damage to stoves the sum of
$4;7ni;2S. Of this. $036.45 was on in tra?
ctate business. Tin- revenue from the
handling of stoves was $36.600, $ 10,200
of this being Intrast?te. Thirteen per
cent, of tie- entire rove nut?ti per cent,
of the Intrastatc revenue and l? per
tent, of tlie interstate rcventto?was
l aid out in damages.
The evidence oi A <". Kenley, freight
superintendent of the Atlantic Coast
Line, Introduced by William IX. Meil
waine. was ahum the same line, tend?
ing to show the greater Lability to
breakage when stoves are iincrated
J than when they are era ted. This closed
the railroads' ens.-.
The- two witnesses o:i the other side
were R, G. Ren holds, secretary, and
George Thompson, superintendent, ><t
the Richmond Stove Company. They
produced figures covering m?,ny slitp
i niehts to show I hat the loss from
' breakage was Insignificant. They also
I told of the superior methods of mnjiu
1 fncturo of Richmond stoyes, to show
thai tlie completed articles are not
; nearly so fragile us had boon repre?
sented by the railroads.
CODE NEARLY READY
Various Chnplerii Will He Issued Hi
mpliI<*t Form.
Although t lie re were many delays at 1
the start, work Is liow progressing
rapidly on the now <'ity Code, which
Will appear In hook form within a few
weeks. It was prepared by the City
Attorney, and embraces a codification
dl all existing city ordinances down
to September I. 1910, when the present
Council took oillce. Up t<> yestordiiy
afternoon !I2? pages of pro'of^ bad
|>eeh approved by the fJlty Attorney's
oillee, and probably l"t? pane- more j
tire In type. In fact, thlrly-soyen of
tin sixty chapters have been prepared
by the contractor!
HesideH printing the book as v\ hole,
the various chapters of general public
Interest will be Issued in pamphlet
form for utjp of the departments. Sev?
eral 61 Hose pamphlets will be ready
fills week, lliej will be issued
l rum day to day as the work pro?
gresses In the order .in which the chap?
ters come In the book.
One Important chapter embraces il
codification of all existing ordinances
governing street railways.. Other chap?
ters are concerning the municipal nlce?
ll-ic plant, the r'as works tjle Hoard '
of Health and similar departments; A
chapter for which there j.- ;v great de?
mand Is a. cOflllicat ir.of citv laws Oil !
tli'e subject of the sain of liquor and
gambling. In which is embraced all of
the enactments regarding the regit I a A'
liori of the liquor trafllc in Richmond,
' VERDICT BY CONSENT
* jir < oittpniiy Pnyj? :'jr.o for Injuries
tu llpiii'i *?;nnue.
Verdict by consent oj all parties was
entered in the Law and Ihjuity Court
Lye.iterday for 5250 in the cast: of
Ibi'W' ? \\ Savage, a minor, who sues
i through his mother. Fan nib Savage, it's
! !:<?-' friend, against the Virginia Rail?
way .and I'oWer Company. The Jury
liiiie i- thai the verdict' of $2i>0 In
j liiide .11 costs, ami that the balance
, be paid over to the hoy's mother to
in- u.-i ii for bis maintenance.
ONLY ONli SUKE WAY
have money. Save it Deposit
?ur Savings in j
1117 ISast Ninin Strict,
KEPT A WITNESS
FROM GRAND JURY
Appeal in Conspiracy Case Js
Argued in United Stales
Court.
GIVEN FIVE YEARS EACH
Norfolk and Western Was Sued
for Violation of Safety
Appliance Law.
Convicted in the United States Dis?
trict Court for the Western District of
Virginia,, at Rig .stone CS up, of con?
spiracy against, tlie government in in?
timidating tuid preventing a witness
from testifying before a grand jury,
George Burchott, Columbus Colley,
.lames Sykes und Logan Salyers ap?
pealed their case, and it was argued In
Richmond yesterday before tlie United
States Circuit Court of Appeals.
The defendants are Jointly charged
in an Indictment of three counts
with unlawfully conspiring together to
prevent Bruce Compton, by force,
threats and intimidations from at?
tending; the grand jury at Rig Stone
Gap, whither ho had been summoned
for the purpose of making Indictment
against .Mint Rurchctt, wife of one ol
the defendants, for retailing liquor
without a license.
'The men were tried, convicted; sen?
tenced to live years in the penitentiary
at Atlanta and lined $500 each. An
appeal from this decision was made to
tin- higher court.
The cause .was argued yesterday by
S. li. Sutherland and Roland K: Chase,
"i" i lintwood, Va., for the plaintiffs inj
error, and District Attorney Harnes
Gillespie, of Ta/.ewelt. lor the United
States of America.
Ititilwny AnpcnlK.
Another cause which was argued in
the Court of Appeals \ostorday was
that of the Norfolk and Western Rail?
way Comparty, plaintiff in error, against
the United States of America; defendant
in error, from the District Court at
Raleigh, N. C.
This Is un action in debt begun by
the United States to recover penalty pt
$100 incurred by the defendant in
hauling a car not equipped as pro?
vided in the safety-appliance act of
March :\ 1S03.
It was tried at Raleigh and an af?
firmative verdict was found by the
jury, though the railway denied that
it had operated a car upon which there
was a brake out of repair.
Tlu- cause yesterday was argued by
William A. Guthrie, of Durham, X. < \,
l.>r tlie plaintiff in error, and |>y Dis?
trict Attorney 11. V. S. a well, of Ra?
leigh, and Philip .1. Doherty, of Wash?
ington, speeial assistant United Stales
a 11 ornoy.
Decision* Announced.
Iii- following opinions were an?
nounced and handed down yesterday:
No. !)$0. Lloyd D?ff, plaintiff in error,
vs. United States of America] defendant
in error; in error to the Circuit Court
at Pliiliippi, W. Va. Opinion by Judge
Rose. Reversed and remanded;
No 07S. Rank of Marion, appellant,
vs. S. W. Norwood, trustee in bank?
ruptcy, of r. .). McDonald * Sons,
bankrupts, appellees; District Court of
South Carolina, Charleston. Per curiam
opinion. Alilrmed.
Major William A. G lthrfo. of Dur
lin.ni, and II. 1\ Seawell, of Carthage,
were admitted to practice in this court
yesterday.
The following case w ill be called this
morning at l l o'olbckt
No. in 10. Thomas W. Fleming, et al.,
appellants, vs. William M. I*iw.s, ap
pellee; appeal from the. Circuit Court
at Philipp!. W. Va. To be argued by
Reese Blizzard and .lohn Marshall, of
I'arkersburg, W. Va., and W. S. Mere?
dith, of Fairmont, W. Va., for the ap?
pellants, and by K. M. Sbowaltor. of
Fairmont. W. Va., and I*. S. Schwenck,
of Mannington, W Va.. for the ap?
pellee.
REWARD OFFERED
Governor Will Give 5100 for Arrent of
Thomas Noel,
Governor Mann yesterday offered a
reward of $100 for the arrest of Thomas
Noel, a negro, who qn February in, it
Is .barged, shot and killed a colored
w < man In Montgomery county. The
count> has already offered a reward of
$100, making a total of $200 for the
apprehension of the man wanted.
Noel is described as being si:; feet
fall, weighs 160 pounds, of .slim build,
dark gingerbread j :olbf, sharp face and
sharp nose. When last seen lie wore
a long hiUHtat he and had on a gray
checked coat and gray striped thousers.
Kids Confess Numerous Rob?
beries After Capture by
Detectives.
Not yet mii of the knlclterbOekor
stage, but adepts in the lino art of
stealing, Kniest Kelly and Herbert
.I. nnings, tlie one fifteen and tin: other
sixteen years of age, were caught and
ai rested yesterday morning by Detec?
tive Sergeants Wren and Wiltshire,
after many complaints of their depre?
dations had been reported to the po?
lice, and after they bad given the de?
tect i v. s n chase which bad lasted dur?
ing a period covering many 'days.
Their ".stunt.' original with them, was
for one to tise an ofilfe telephone by
permission, while the other gathered
up such moneys and 'nags as he could
find, and it wai while attempting to
worn this trick again in the business
pla<.f .1 L Lindsay, 13!2I Kast Main
Street j that ihej were .captured. The
two detectives recognisspd them from
the description gl\en of the. young
thieves Tlie boys were going down
Main Strr - i v. lo ii the officera sighted
them. On< went ahead on a car, and
! the other followed.
Kelly was asking for the telephone
when ah arresting hand was placed oh
his shoulder .!. linings was caught by
the second detective. The youths
squirmed vainly
Pro'iiii of skin.
Tie j vvi ri taken to police headquar?
ters, where they proudly narrated their
thieving exploits In true dime novel
style. I'iv. .. 11 of about fifteen possi?
ble warrants re sworn* out against
them. That Kill be enough to hold
them and to send 'them to the. reforma?
tory, whence one of them had but re?
cently come.
The warrants are for the alleged
sHcalliig oi a fountain pen from .Inmos
T llili. a handbag containing $:t.r>u
j from Miss Mamie Biddcll; a handbag
cbntaininit >!.:. froir. Mrs. OeJarnette;
?a gold watch valued at $10 front Miss
Q. G Myei ;;. -tnd eyeglasses valued
hit $!:. from Mb i Richardson.
I The watch belonging to Mrs. DcJar
nett,i ii... |iad attempted to pnwn by
meai t ol forged note' from one's
?bother The pawnbroker refused to
taki il . watch, but kept the note, and
J noi I fie,] t he police. i
???! with" success, '.'the boys
\york..,| ih'f.tr game too continuously.
; "d ? ? ii ?? to a mit oral end.
???.Hlest said ho lived at 1101 Wallace
Street }? rirl Is the son of James Kelly.
I'beri gave his address at HuS
I reel <ud bis father's name us
N: Jennings,
BUDGETlsliG
SUM FOR STREETS
It Is Understood City Will
Spend $175,000 During
Coming Year.
ORDINANCE IS APPROVED
Schools Likely to Get Good
Allowance?Pine Camp Will'
Receive $5,000.
'I'fif annual city appropriation ordi?
nance was completed last night by
the Committee on Finance a.ud recom?
mended" to tlie Council for adoption.
A special meeting of the Council will
be called for next Monday night to
receive the paper, and the Finance
Committee decide.) not to make M
public until that lime. It was stated,
however, that ll carried a lotal of
about. $2,S00,000, an Increase of about
$300,000 over the budget of last year,
and Includes for the first time the va?
rious items assumed through the an?
nexation of Manchester, which became
effective on April If. last.
From sources outside of the commit?
tee it was learned that a large In?
ert ase h.as been made In the appro?
priation for streets, including grading;
graveling, ?ran lie paving, curbs ami
glitters, the item this year being about
$175,000. Lust year but $75,000 was j
appropriated for grading, graveling
and granite paving and $25,000 for
curbs and gutters. It is stated that
the new budget will carry nothing ;
for smooth paving, such work as hibvI
be authorized boing by special appro- ;
priatlori during the year. i
School* Mny I'nrp Well.
No announcement was made by the I
Finance Committee as to its policy inj
regard to school reb?lldjng. Thosaj
outside of I he committee room were of
the opinion that the committee would
be more liberal in Its allowance than I
bad heretofore been expected. An nil - I
hex to Ghlmborazo School and a small
school on South Pino Street have al?
ready boon approved '??>? the Council, to
bo erected this year, costing about
$54.000. It is generally believed that
oho large modern t wen ty - four-room
school house will bo provided for in
the budget, and that the School Board
will lie authorized to get plans for one
similar building Inter in the year.
The electric plant tares well at the]
hands of the Finance Committee. acf'.|
cordttig to all reports. Money will be
provided for an additional generator |
and water wheel at the power house I
for completing the distribution system
In the old city and Washington Ward
and for operation of the plant during
the year. In fact, all of Knglm.-er
Trafford's estimates have been ap?
proved save that no provision is made
for any ornamental lights, electric or
gas. The: luxuries have' been cut out
and all unnecessary Items turned to
swell the funds for streets or schools.
In view of the urgent demands of
those two items ami the talk In BOmo
sections of bond issues, despite the
fact, that the city has issued In the
past live years bonds to the extent of
? 1,755,100, or nearly half of Its en?
tire bonded Indebtedness, the sugges?
tion was made by members of the
committee that it might be necessary
to raise, more revenue, this to be done
by Increasing the ctty tax rate from
$1.40 to $1.50, or 10 cents on the one
hundred dollars of value, which It Is
believed would In five years yield a
sum sufficient to rebuild the older
school houses without issuing thirty
four-year bonds to be paid for by the
next generation.
Have iMHtted Mnny Itonils.
D?ring the past live years bonds
have been Issued for sewers, water
mains, High school, fiatioVer School,
annexed territory, electric plant;
water pumpe. Oas Works rehabilita?
tion, and for refunding of the f'ity
Hall debts and other issues of nearly
a generation ago, for which no sinking
fund was provided.
Several members took the ground
thai it was not desirable to Issue
bonds for street Improvements, since
no tangible or salable asset was: cre?
ated which would add to the city's
assets as security for the bonds. If
school bonds become necessary, sev?
eral members will advocate that they
lie made of short time, so that the
sinklntc fund will pay them out in the
present generation, and not have tin
bond Issue outlive the eschool build?
ings.
For the new bridge, for which bonds
are to be issued, on the other hand.]
1' is proposed to have thirty-four-year
or longer period, since" a concrete
bridge should stand for many genera
t ions.
One of the new items in the budge',
which will, it is believed, meet with
general approval is an allowance of
$5,000 to the Tuberculosis Camp re?
cently established on city property in
Honrlco county, and which Is already
doing a wonderful work in the treat?
ment of those having the disease and
In removing sources of contagion from
the city. It wan reported at the ('it*
Mall last night that this item had been
allowed to stand.
FOUR FIRMS FINED
Conviction* Hepnrtrri for Violation of
State Labor f.ntVH.
Reports were made to State Labor
Commissioner James B. Dotierty yes?
terday of the conviction of four Lynch
hurg firms of violation of the State
labor laws. The eases were tried be?
fore .Magistrate Whitaker, and each of
the parties was fined. The cases were
as follows:
Old Dominion Box Company; charged
with working children more than ten
consecutive hours; fined $25 and costs.
(haddock-Terry Shoe Company, work?
ing children under fourteen years of
age. in violation of law; fined and
costs. The J. p. Bell Company, work?
ing women and children more than ten
Consecutive hours; fined $5 and costs.
Harris Woodson Co., working wo?
men more than ten hours a day; lined
and costs.
are the two great creators of
energy. You can get along
without Scott's Emulsion if
you have enough sunshine,
but for the millions who
don't get much sunshine,
is absolutely necessary.
You can always get Scott's
Emulsion. Get sunshine,
too, whenever you can.
I Our Third-Off Sale
Offers opportunities that you should be quick to lake advan?
tage of. Every fine Suit and winter weight Overcoat in tho
House is yours to select from at ?
33 PER CENT. DISCOUNT I
Gans-Rady Company
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DIAMONDS STOLEN
FROM RESIDENCE
House Not Broken Into, and
Method of Robbery Is
Not Known. I
Missing jewelry valucd'ut $1,750, Mrs.
Ai M. Lyons, of 21 West ura,-.. street,'
lust night called on the police t.? help
discover the thieves and to recoverj
the diamonds.
The robbery, according to Mrs. Lyons,
must have been committed during tin
lnsl three days. The jewelry consists
of a diamond necklace, valued at $1,200;
a ring containing four diamonds,
worth $l.v>. and a fancy gold ring.'
containing three diamonds sol in
smaller diamonds, valued at. $iOu, The
rings had beeil missed for two days;
but nothing wa.- thoughi of the matter,
as Mrs. Lyons supposed they had
simply been mislaid. Vcsterday, when
she went to her dresser to look for
the necklace, she found thai gone ;ils<>.
Then a general search for the Jewelry
was Instituted.
Valuable* On nr.
Though she looked high and low. in
every possible place where the jewelry
?night have been placed, no trace of It
could be found. So she notified tho
police. and detective* were sent
to the residence to Investigate the
robbery, the house servants were ex?
amined, but they knew hothing- it I"
thought possible some sneak thief
might have entered the house while
the family was out and have stolen tho
diamonds, Mut there arc various
theories, and Detective-Sergeants Wiley
ami Kellam are looking Into all.
All tho Jewelry was lying on Mrs.
Lyon's dresser. She wore the necklace
bist Thursday night, but. when she
ior.ked for it yesterday she found the
oii" empty, with the card In the bot?
tom turned upside down.
During the time that the valuables
have boon m|ss<ng the family has been
away but once; and that whs on Sdt
?rdny aft ernoon.
The house had not been broken into,
and the detective., a re satisfied that
some one well acquainted with the
premises commit ttcd the robbery. It
Ik possible that arrests may be made
within the next few days.
DISCUSS CHILDREN
r.xprrt* Will Moid iHotrrener In 11 leb
niotiil During >ln.v,
F.xperts on the car.- of children, .se?
lected from ail parts ol the country;
arc scheduled to meet in Richmond
during May to discus-, the child problem
In Virginia and to devise loiter
methods fur the care of the children
of the Old Dominion
This conference will be held under
the auspices of the State Conference on
charities and Corrections, the execu?
tive committee of Which has been
working out a program for several
weeks. The committee has received
letters from tho .heads of practically
all the juvenile institutions In Vir?
ginia, promising to attend, and has as?
surance that th?> Hussen Sage Founda?
tion will send some of its leading ex?
perts to address the conference and to
suggest plans for future work.
This meeting will not take the place
of the regular annual conference on
Charities and Corrections, which has
been scheduled to lie held in Roanoko
during the fall.
SOUTHWEST TO FORE
'1 hree Countlen ijltvc Voted n* illicit for
liootl Kiinilk Ith Hont of Stnte.
The way in which the Southwestern
part of the State has caught on In
the matter of belter highways, is very
gratifying to State Highway Commis?
sioner F. St .lullen Wilson. Russell
county on Tuesday voted a bond issue
of $275,000 for good roads. With Wise
county's $700,000, and Lee county's
$304,000, recently voted, there is a tbtnl
jot % I,3119,000 to be expended within i\\c
next year In three adjoining cbuntlhf
Moreover, Taxe well, another county,
which adjoins, Is preparing to vote ,,n
$f,00.o00 Of bonds, which would bring
the total up to nearly $2.000,000 in four
counties alone.
As a matter of fact, the bonds voted
In Wise. Lee and Russell alone almost
equal the total amount voted in the
Other ninety-seven counties of Virginia
put together. The grand total Is $2,
823,000, while these three have con?
tributed $1,330.000 of this.
VERDICT FOR FULL AMOUNT
llrcphpr of Plumbing Company Se?
cure* Vrrdh't .Against Davidson.
Verdict und Judgment were entered
yesterday in the Law and Kqulty Court
ill the suit, ol' Richard IT. Smith, re?
ceiver of the Southern Plumbing and
F.leetric Company, against .1. Graham
Davidson, for $0,060, the full amount
claimed, The ease Involved the valid?
ity of certain notes given by Davidson
to tlte [dumbing concern. The jury di?
rects thai the amount bo paid with
interest on ?>;"?.oGo at 0 per cent, from
April 28, 1900, interest on $1,000 from
.January 3, 1908, and on $CG from Feb?
ruary I, 190S.
HEADQUARTERS INSPECTED
I owed Mules Army Officer Commends
A tijutnn t-Ociicrnl's tllllee.
Captain G. C Thorne, United States
Army, stationed at Governor's Island,
N. V., made an Inspection of the Adju?
tant-General's ofhee yesterday. Cap?
tain Thorne reported conditions as ex?
cellent.
"We are still doing all that wo can
to Improve i he militia of the States."
he said. "I have found \everytblng at
headquarters In excfllenl condition."
After inspecting the bfflco of. Adju?
tant-Genera) W. W. Sale, he looked at
the headquarters of inspector-General
Jo l^ane Stern and the State arsenal and
storeroom. To-day he will go to Nor?
folk am) inspect the headquarters 61
the First Brigade. His report will he
forwarded to Major-Gencral Frederick
Dent Grant;, commander of the Depart?
ment of the Hast.
.Ilnrrlnifr Licenses.
Marriage licenses were Issued yes?
terday in the Hustings Court to the.
following couples: Fred C. Franck and
Ruble May Price. Nlcolo Orsl and Ce?
leste M. Petrochilll, Paul If. Blaska
and Lucy Virginia Welsh, James F.
Jackson and Mildred Wade. Waltor c.
It?dabush and Leila C. Burke. Law?
rence F. .Tauten, of Gloucester county,
and Kmlly Bertrand Tabb.
Convicted of Tbeft.
Samuel Llgon, colored, charged with
stealing clothes from James Connors
In a- car of the Atlantic Coast Line
Railway Company, wo?; sentenced to
four months In Jail from -Police Court
yosterday morning. i
AISING MONEY
Chamber Committees Push Pro?
ject for Line to Northern
Neck.
Since rod n ine a communication
from Mayor Richardson to the. effect
that tin- city could not legallv con?
tribute directly t<? tho proposed new
railroad he't ween Northumberland
county und Ooswell, committees of tho
Chamber of Commerce have tak^n tho
matter up and are working act Ively
to raise the SI50,000 necessary to put.
the project through. As soon ns the
necessary data is collected, n general
meet inj; will be called by Vlco-Pres
ident T. M. OarringUm, of'the chamber,
and some definite action will be taken.
The new road will have 1'n terminal
at Doswcll. the Junction of the Chesa?
peake lind Ohio and the Richmond,
I.Crcdorlcksuurg and Potomac; it It
said that both of these roads tire very
favorable to the .scheme. Among tho
business people of the city it is looked
upon as a means for opening up a
large and rich territory with which
this city has heretofore had but little
communication. C. M. Ward, who pre?
sented the proposition to the chamber
of Commerce, made a good impression
and the indications are that the money
will be raised \cry readily. Altogether
the now railroad will cos! about $1,
500,000, but the money asked from this
city will not be used until after it la?
in operation.
hqspi7aT1^
Sheltering \rm* t rlrlirntm lt?T-iTent7
Third lltrthda.t.
Ministers from several of the Rich?
mond churches made addresses yester?
day at the celebration of the twenty
third anniversary of the ?Sheltering
Arms Free Hospital. Row William
Mcade Clark, rector of st .lames Kpis
? opal Church, presided, There were re?
marks by Qr. Calisclt, Dr. Stevens, Dr.
Fali' and Rev. Ryland Knight.
The magnificent work done by this
institution, which makes absolutely no
charge to any one for treatment of
any sort, wait highly commended.
'I bis evening jc concert is to be given
in the Jeff? rson Hotel Auditorium at
S;30 o'clock, under the auspices of
the Sheltering Arms circle of King's
Daughters for the hospital.
A program will be rendered by Mis:
Edna Sands Dunham, of New Vork.
vocalist: Miss Rosalie Thornton. of
Boston, pianist, and Massed Hough, of
Richmond, accompanist. Mi*s Dunham
is a cousin of Oliver .1. Sands, presi?
dent of tlie American National Rank,
arid i:- a guest In his honte while here.
Mls.i Thornton |- a daughter of Pro?
fessor and Mrs. Thornton, of the Uni?
versity of Virginia.
CONVICT ?ay1eC0VER
Stntc Prison ft fUeliiln Relieve Hilton'*
Mlnil In Affected.
.le?se Hilton, colored, who was shot
by a guard at the penitentiary Tues?
day afternoon, and afterwards cut his
own throat, when he found there was
no chance for escape, was said yester?
day to have an even chance for re?
covery. If I,.- gets well, !,.? will be
required to serve the full sentence ,.f
six years, but Superintendent Wood
said yesterday there probably would
be no additional penalty for Iiis at?
tempt to get away or his attack on
Guard Miller.
Hilton is serving his second term In
tlie penitentiary. Ills last convlctit n
was for sidling cocaine, rind live years
wfre added; because he had been there
before. His first term was ten years.
Otlidals at the penitentiary tire of the
opinion that his mind Is unbalanced
from the use of drugs
RESTRICT EVIDENCE
Agreeil Testimony Likely In Liquor
Mi I innen I ( 'n?r.h,
Oeorge A. Hanson, of counsel for S.
I* Clarke and others. against the
Southern Express Company, Hie caso
in which Special Examiner Needhain.
of the Interstate Commerce Commis?
sion,' has been taking depositions for
the past three days, said yesterday that
efforts will be made to reduce tho
scope of the evidence. It is likely that
tlie hearing will he concluded In Rich?
mond to-day.
Mr. Hanson declared that the ex?
pressmen and liquor dealers hope to
reach nn agreement whereby a largo
amount of evidence will be. admitted
to record without argument.
Tlie case will be resumed this morn?
ing at 1? o'clock.
Ron 11 Mention* 111 dinnrory.
Kntherlne Rower qualified yester?
day in the Chancery Court as executor
of* tiie will of -Mary A. Ivluver. The
estate Is valued at $l"n.
Maria Palmer qualified as executor
of the will of Mitchell Palmer. Tho
estate Is small.
Arthur Alston qualified as, adminis?
trator of the estate of Florence Voting.
The estate Is small.
1 Clarence Wyatl qualified as commit?
tee of the estate of Mrs. Harriett
Wade.
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