The times dispatch. [volume], April 08, 1911, Image 10

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We arc ready to give you any weight in Underwear you
may want for between seasons.
Men's Balbriggan Underwear, E"Af_
Real Imported French Quality
Witli long or short sleeve?, short or regular drawers.
Sold here exclusively in Richmond.
Sea Island Cotton Underwear
Of the finest, softest cotton made, cream or white, every
style, long, short or no slcccvcs. ankle and knee length
drawers.
The best to be had at the price. 75c, 50c and 25c.
The best checked Nainsook Underwear made for com?
fort and wear.
Athletic Shirts of nainsook, 25c, 50c and 75c.
Union Suits of nainsook, 50c, $1.00 and $1.50.
EW EQUIPMENT
FOR CITY'S PLANT
oOld Poles in Southside Not
Satisfactory to Engineer
t Trafford.
Acting on recommendations made in
?the report of Supervising Engineer E.
iW. Trafford, the Committee on Elec?
tricity last night rejected tho offer of
the Virginia Railway and Power Com?
pany to sell its poles and wires in
?Eoiith Richmond for the use of the :
I new municipal plant. Mr. Trafford
stated that the property would soon he j
t,'ood only to he sold as junk, and thai
he considered the prices ton high. Ac?
tion was deferred on tho ?fter made for
the sale of lamps and transformers as
the engineer considered them more
nearly worth the money, On the whole,
howevor, he favored the purchase and
installation of an entirely new equip?
ment for Washington Ward.
Mr. Trafford reported that owing to
the delay caused in the construction
?work by the Storms Company, an ap?
propriation of $o,n(Kt would he. neces?
sary for street lighting now being
c;<'!;<- l>y the Virginia Railway and
Power Company. Ho was authorized
to request tho street railway company
to discontinue its lights from time to
lim? as the work of tho municipal
plant progresses.
Alderman Bennett called attention to
the fact that although $0,000 was
available for extending the Broad
Street lights from Jefferson Street to
Elba Station, nothing had been done.
3le was Informed that tho matter was
in the hands of a subcommittee that
?was waiting on the City Engineer. Mr. |
Bennett and the people of his ward
v ant the lights and lie told tho. com?
mittee that he was going to take It
tip himself so as to be sure to get them
[before Christmas.
OPPOSE OPEN SESSIONS
XTolhr Hoard Will Still K\ert Prerogative of
MectihK in Secret.
Police Commissioner James A. Bradley
jThnrf.'i^y nlpht orb-red ri resolution In the
(ar.f?t!r^ of the Board .if Police Commission?
er* prnvHiinc for open Hessinns. ;,i which
Ith? pub?.- would , b" admitted. Mr. Bmdley
-?? ---f supported' 'only b\ Commissioner Cliff
[/Well, and ofr'lht*strenuous objections of the
r-r.^r members of rhu board the resolution
?^aas tabled
As a rr.a'tfr of fact, ur.dor an old ruling.
tt.? public has a rieht to nttf>nd all lneet
of tr.A board which tiro not declared to
at the tlrn? in executive session. Bin no
attempt has ever boon made to exert the
r.ru!:e*?. The members of thr board ai?
W|?ct*?l;by ths Council and the- iieurd Is a ere
?Ron of that liodv. No especial privileges
"??*r* eyer Rrar.ted It. >.?; it t? the only de
iT-a.- r.-.--,* iri the f'.ty uovrrnmcru which In
?"v-'.r-.ib'.y mr*ih ir. Mrr?-i session.
P :? probable that the resolution will be
!-tAV?r. from the tah!?; and the r.^ht for open
ie'-sj:'r.i bft renewed.
SAYS SHE OWNS RICHMOND
AihanMIr? Titlr Examination Requested by |
Cherokee Claimant.
i Clitm to the property ort which th" clfv I
?jo( Richmond st?rid5 whs fi'.ed yesterday In l
?th* rifrk'? office of tri?> Chancer;. Cour: In
ttb? form of a letter from Mr.?. Ejler Cudd
j to r\'erk HavllSe Mrs. Cudd writes from
}JV P. p. No. J, Cheroke*. 8 ?' :
/"To the rink of tiio i-nitt at Richmond. Vnij:
I "Dear Kir,?Yon please, look over the rec
)?rris of real esstale in the rojclstcr's office
: and find out if there has any land ever be
j b r eed to anybody by the name of ficay er
'*Be!.:!'.< r. for the last hundred years, and let
| me know, i have bin toide by my parents
Ithe.t the land whare Richmond la on that
* It was left for the Seay and Reicher h*trs.
( > nd I r.rn en?> of thr Si ay Heirs. I enclose
you a two.?ftit stamp for you to reply back
tr mee to ,?t rriee hear front you. Please
address your it tier to Mr.v Eller Cudd."
Mater Savllle has hot yet begun the
?ealtch of the ret ords requested He thinks
^? do?en or so clerks might accomplish It In
" % h? If dozen years, but the description of'i
the land arid claimants is somewhat meagre, j
BulldiDR Perndls.
Building atid repair permit* wire i?s-j{d
yesterday a? follows:
Harry M. bawdcr, to rcr.alr a frame dwol
IttiK north side of Eleventh Street between
Ballroad and Semmeii Streets, Washington
Ward, to coat J30O.
M. C. Anderson, puardlari of J. \v. a;:i
ton, to repair a brick office and store. ROl-503
E.im Main Street, to cost S3,*i0.
Rudolphus Hawk.', to repair a frame dwel
IInsr. 1101 Sernmes Avenue. Washington Ward
to coot |fiH.
Straus, Gunst & Company, to rei>ati u-n
It rick stores. SC's-V.O East Main .~trfi-t, t" com
%*:<<?
Mrs. A. B. Winston. to repair a frame
dwelling, 104 North Strawberry Street, to
cost $300.
FinUh Trial To-Oay.
Trte! of the suit of Bottman. Johnson A
Mftphtpany asalnst the Shelby vinegar Com
raoy for tillered breach <?'? contract wrtt ho
ijtun yesterday in tho United State? Qlrculi
fcourt for the Eastern District of Virginia.
('Argument wfea lizard, but was not iom
3r>'<rted. and court was adjourned to 10 o'clock
Shhj morning. _
'?Are You Going lo Europe This Summer?
Call ob the Richmond Transfer
Company for rates and sailings.
809 E. Main Street.
St. Peter's and St. Paul's Object
to Vaudeville Theatre in
Same Block.
Trotcst has been lodged with Mayor
Richardson and Building Inspector
Reck against the erection of a vaude?
ville theatre tit the corner of Eighth
and Grace Streets by the congrega?
tions of St. Paul's Episcopal Church
and St. Peter's Catholic Church, both
on the sumo block. Mayor Richardson
said that he did not see how he could
interpose any objection at this time,
thotigli he would regret to see the
Churches molested or interfered with
In any way. -'If the theatre proves a
nuisance nfter it is built." he said, "It
can be dealt with as such. There is no
law, so far as 1 know, to prevent the
Issuance of a building permit at that
point."
Building Inspector Reck yesterday
Issued a permit to Henry S. Waller
stein to tear down old buildings now
occupying the site. Plans for the new
theatre have not as yet been filed in
the Building Inspector's ofTtce. but Mr.
Bock said yesterday that he had no
authority to interfere with the pro?
posed construction so long as the plans
and method of construction comply
with the Building Code.
Rlitjr ?>i? Into Court.
It Is stated that Bishop A. Van Ho
Vyver, representing St. Peter's, has
consulted B, Randolph Wellford nnd
Kppa If uhtdh, .lr.. members of the
vestry of St. Paul's, and it is antici?
pated that if sufficient ground can bo
found those attorneys will Institute
lepul proceedings to prevent the erec?
tion of a theatre at this location.
Tho site.of the proposed vaudeville
house will bo directly opposite to St.
Peter's, and in tho same block wit!i
St. Paul's church. It is diagonally
across from the McGill Catholic l'nton
and Knights of Columbus building. It
Is argued by officers of the churches
that the presence of a vaudeville
theatre element In the Immediate
neighborhood of the churches, with
billboards and lithograph posters of
plays atifi actresses would be offensive
to many church-going people, if not.
in fact, positively Indecent, and that
? daily vaudeville. even though tho
! theatre is closed on Sunday, would be
objectionable in the l.enten season
and at other periods when special ser?
vices are held.
Agents for Mr Wallers|eln claim
that as owner of a valuable site in
what is comiiiR to be more and more a
business section. Mr. Wallersteln has
every riebt to I in prove It with a hand?
some building, which will be patron?
ized by thousands of Richmond people.
KENNEY INDICTED
Henri? ?> Man Must Answer !ti Court for ;
Serious Charge.
An indictment was brought in tlie Hcnrico
county Circuit '""int yesterdav against C. Ii.
Kenncy, a you n't; unite man. who it> charged
w|th attempting !?> assault Klorerice Russeti,
:i ten-yti.ir-old girl. The ease will not ho
tried until the nr\t term of court.
rlettry Rrovm, colored, was Indicted of ns
ranlt and battery and housi bi oaklng. He
[? idcd n i ?' ?? before Judge Scott, whp re?
served ins derision. The charge against
Drown uns that he bent Philip Colomati. a.
colored man. more than eighty yea'rs of age.
I to Insensibility and then, with the a hi of
?inothei negro, i<roke open and ransacked
I the house, Hi* confession, it Is expected, will
lead to the attest and conviction of the
I members of a rang of thieves which Ipis
been operating in the neighborhood of (jlen
Allen for ?um? time.
POLICE COURT CASES
Ii, W. I.iindruiii Proves tiood Character and
Is Dismissed of Serious Charge.
(.? m i.'oleman, white, charged with r,i<
ry'lhg ?? concealed razor, way discharged yes?
terday In police Court.
I. w. Landrum. charged with receiving
. stolen china and tableware, valued at $lT7.f>0
I frqin C. < >. Alley, wait dismissed. He proved
.1 good character and that the alleged stolen
I bioporty was taken home by two small chlt
di en.
1'ltzhugh Morton, colored, charged with
reckless driving, was lined *20.
Mnttle Price, colored, wan fined $2" and
placed under %'M< security for nlnoj^ days on
a c|iarge ef running an oblectionable resort
a: p. Rasl Cla> Street, and Dlzzlnine Mori
cure, tried on the same charge, was (ln.>d 510
.? I placed under Jl'iO security tor twenty
daj <v
JIM KEYS CONVICTED
[Negro Who Shot Policeman Tale to <\n to
Penitentiary for Thirteen Years. .
.Urn Keys, the negro who ?bot Policeman
lau on the night o( December 24, wo, while
the Inner was patrolling Jackson Ward, was
u'ed ycHterdaj in the Hustings Court and
i';is convicted, Hie uiry bringing In a Ver?
di? t of ten yearn in the penitentiary. On
t!i.> rhnrge of attempted robbery he was
u'.o\j f-iuinl futility, atid three additional year*
in the penitentiary was given him. It was
v/hllo Officer Tat.- whs attempting to arrest
Keys f?>i Bttompted robbery that the nogro
bud und wounded |ho polb:enian.
Albert Harris, who was. nlleged to hav*
participated In the attempted robbery, was
ac'piitted.
George Rusaell, colored, charged with at*
, 1j,.cptp>^/obhjSxy^.wa*.a?^ultj,cd,
SHIPPER INDICTED
E. IB. Taylor Company Charged
With Violating Interstate
Commerce Act.
jMISDESCRIPTION ALLEGED
Government Claims Roads Were
Defrauded by Demand tor
Unfair Rates.
Following1 an Investigation made by
agents of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, the grand jury in the
United States District Court yesterday
returned an Indictment, containing
nine counts, against the 13. B. Taylor
Company, of this city, charging mls
dcscrtptlon of freight shipments to
avoid the payment <>f legal rates of
t r?uspert a 11 oh.
The nine allegations presented to
the grand jury by the government
showed that the company. In making
mixed shipments, described the pack?
ages as containing only goods of tho
lowest classification. The law pro?
vides that when a package contains
several classes of freight, each shall
be described, and the rate shall bo
governed by the article having the
highest classification.
Reported to C'ommlnnton.
it was charged that the R. B. Taylor
Company had been reversing things.
For example, toys are rated as first
class, glassware as second and earth?
enware as fourth, the rate on the lat?
ter being the lowest. Representatives
of the Southern Weighing and Inspec?
tion Bureau, an organization main?
tained by the railroads, alleged that
shipments sent out of Richmond by
the firm containing the articles enum?
erated above had been described as
earthenware, the barrel or box being
classified as earthenware when the
rate on toys, which was higher, should
have boon paid.
After these allowed discoveries the
bureau made a report to the Interstate
Commerce Commission, whose duty it
is to protect railroads as well its ship?
pers, and the commission sent agents
to Richmond to make an independent
investigation on the part of the United j
States government. The government j
agent appeared before the grand jury |
yesterday
I.Ik* Double Indictment.
While there are nine specific counts j
in the indictment, they are In the na- ;
ture of a double count, due to an
amendment to the law which provides
that an attempt to obtain transpor?
tation at a lower rate than that pro?
scribed is a violation of the statute.
Kach charge case, therefore, charges
that the B. B. Taylor Company wilfully
obtained rales to which it was not
entitled, and that i' attempted to ob?
tain such rates. The Indictment was
purposely drawn that way to meet
either phase of the case, inasmuch as
the amended law provides that an at?
tempt is virtually the same as obtain?
ing a classification to which the
shloper was not entitled.
It was said at the Federal building
yesterday that this was the first in?
dictment of the kind hereabout, and
certainly the first since the law was
amended In .Tune. loin, to tftaludc <".n
attempt as a violation.
Cnrrien Ilcnvy Reunify.
The section bearing particularly on
the Taylor indictment Is ns follows:
"Any person, and any officer or
acrent of anv corporation or company
who shall deliver property for trans?
portation to any common carrier, sub?
ject to the provisions of this act. or
for whom, as consignor or conslenee.
nny such carrier shall transport prop?
erty*, who shall knowingly nnd wil?
fully, bv false billing; false classifi?
cation, false weighing, false represen?
tation of the contents of the packages,
or false renort of weight, or bv any
other device or means ?whatever,
whether with or w'thout the consent
or connivance of the carrier. It?
arrent or airents. obtain transportation
for such property at les^ than the
regular rates then established and In
force on the line of transportation,
shall be deemed guilty of fraud, which
is hereby declared to be n misdemea?
nor, and shall, upon conviction there?
of In anv court of tbe United Plates
of competent jurisdiction within the
district in which such offense was
committed, he subject for each offense
to a fine not cxcccdlnrr $r?.onn, or im?
prisonment in the penitentiary for a
term not excelling two years, or both,
in tbe discretion of the court."
Amon.tr the witnesses apnearinsr for
the prosecution were; if. p Phinney,
local atrent for the Seaboard Air Line;
D I.. Bledler. of Riehmond. Inspector
for the Atlantic Coast T,lne; K if. T.ea.
1oe-il freight agent for the Southern
Railway, and O M. Croslnnd. of Wash?
ington, representing the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
?Judgment Ajnilnst Colored I'nlr.
?Judgment was entered yesterday In the
Law und Equity Court In the case of T... ft.
Edmunds against the Colored State Fair As?
sociation ;or tS2.2.r..
tines t<> Ttnltimore.
George D. Johnston, of Alexandria, jvho
has been In Richmond since last November,
lett yesterday for (Sundry's Sanatorium near
Baltimore, Md.. to remain there until his
health Is re-established.
Defendant in Damage Suit Filed
by R. G. L. Moncure
Granted Transfer.
TO BE HEARD IN ALEXANDRIA
Man Charged With Assault oil
Virginia Lawyer Is Citizen ?
of Maryland.
On petition of the defendant, the
Ruit for rtainnpps recently brought in
the Fairfax county court by lt. C. L.
Moncure, the Virginia lawyer, who is
alleged to have been brutally nssault
od wliilo on his way to tho courthouse
by Joshua T. Offutt and Peyton find
Joseph Whalen. was yester<lay trans?
ferred to the United States Circuit
Court for the Eastern District of Vir?
ginia, sitting in Alexandria. The suit
Is for the recovery of S?.ono. the
plaintiff alleging In his declaration
that the expenses caused by the illness
consequent upon the attack on him
amounted to $S00.
AH"milted in Jnntiury.
C. Vernon Ford and 'I'. Morris
Wampler are named as attorneys for
the plaintiff. In his declaration ho
sets forth that he was attacked on
January 25, 1011, while he was on the
high roads, on lawful purpose bent,
and without just provocation by Offutt.
Peylon and Joseph Whtlen are al?
leged to have been conspirators, and
to have aided and .'.betted In the al?
leged unprovoked assault. Mr. Moncure
was severely beaten, and declares that,
among other Injuries lie received, the
sight of his left eye is permanently
impaired.
The attack, the details of which |
will he recalled by the public, occurred !
in RockvlUc, Montgomery count v.
Maryland. Mr. Offutt petitioned on tlio
grounds that he was a citizen of
Maryland, and that Mr. Moncure was
it citizen of Virginia, and that as the
amount sued for was more than $2.nun.
the ease be transferred to the United
States court. The petition was opposed
by the plaintiff, but was granted;
Virginia Organization Formed, |
and Greetings Come From
President Taft.
Vale graduates In Virginia held their i
initial meeting and banquet in the
Commonwealth Club last nicht, rind
took steps for the organization of a
Yale alumni association. Distinguished '
company was present, among the vlsl- I
tors being the Rev. Anson Phclps
Stokes. Jr., secretarv of Yale Univer?
sity.
During the first part of the evening
a short, business meeting was held. ]
and the following ofheors were elected: |
Charles R Poster, president, and Wll- i
Hani Todd secretary-treasurer.
The principal address was delivered
by Mr. Stokes, whose effort was an ex?
pression of Yale's policy to become a !
national university, drawing men from j
nil sections of the country. He gave
the graduates information In regard
lo the latest development? in the dif?
ferent departments nt Yale.
Addresses were made also hy Pro?
fessor Dickey, representing Harvard,
and Evans Lindsay, representing
Princeton. Tn these addresses many
pleasantries were indultred In in re?
gard to the athletic relations among
the three Institutions?Harvard. Prince- I
ton and Yale.
Dr. H B. Frlsscll responded to the
toast "Rjducatlori." referring to the
work of the great educational institu- j
tions of Virginia.
Retters from President Taft and
President ITadloy, of Yale, evoked
much applause. Yale sotiks were sung
nnd campus characters were discussed. (
C. P. Poster acted as toast master. Loo!
McClung. treasurer of the United I
Stales an old Yale athlete, sent greet?
ings from the Rankers' Association
banquet.
Among those present were the Rev.
A Fi Hale. Rucrus Parks. Jr.. A. Y.
Klhtr, W. H Scovell Dr. If. B. Frissell.
William Todd r R. Lasslter. Evnn?
Lindsay. R W. Farley. C. R. Foster.
F. H. Ken yon ano Richard Armstrong.
T. P. A.'s Annual Meeting.
Post A of the Travelers' Protective Asso?
ciation will hold Its annual mectlny to?
night at 8 o'clock. IteporiB for the year will
be read and officers elected. Vice-president
T. M. < 'a r ring ton and Business Manager w.
T. Dnbiiey, of the Chamber of Commerce,
-.vil! he present at the meeting and urge the
post to indorse the proposed Richmond
Northern Neck Railroad.
*cgro Employed in Tobacco
Factory Hurried Away to
County Hospital.
CAME FROM NORTH CAROLINA
Wife and Three Small Children
Removed to Prevent Further
Spread of Disease.
William M. Boxloy. a young colored
man employed in tin1 \V lilt lock branch
ot the American Tobacco Company, was
yesterday discovered by the Health De?
partment suffering from a weM-devel
o'pod case of smallpox. Up to a short
time before he was taken Jn hand by
the department he was working in the
factory beside scores of laborers, and
until an investigation is made by Dr.
Levy and his staff there is no way to
toll' how far the infection lias gone.
The case was reported to Medical In?
spector Hudson, who called in Or.
West, diagnostician for the Health De?
partment, it was pronounced a gen?
uine case of smallpox.
Knmllv He moved, Too.
The negro, who is thirty-two years
of age, has a wife and three small
children, all of whom were removed to
the smallpox hospital with him last
night. ' Two of the children have been
vaccinated and arc believed to be Im?
mune from the disease, but as their
mother has not taken that precaution
and there Is no one to look after them,
they, too. must go to the hospital. As
far as the department was able to trace
I yesterday, the case, like most small?
pox cases among the negroes here,
originated in North Carolina, It was
found out that a negro from Durham,
who worked in the factory with Box
ley. ,ind who left some time ago. broke
out with the disease while at his
work, but succeeded In getting away
before the health authorities wore no?
tified.
The Health Department will make a
thorough in vest I gallon of the Whit lock
factory to-flny in order to ascertain to
what extent the disease may be ex?
pected to spread from that source, and
to take every precaution possible to
prevent a general outbreak. It also
will he necessary to fumigate Boxley's
house at nr. North Twenty-llfth Street
and to enforce strict Drecautlonary
measures among the people of the
neighborhood.
frged Vaccination.
"Immediately after the last cases."
said Dr. Levy last night, "the depart?
ment sent circular letters to all facto?
ries and other concerns of the city,
cautioning them against the disease
nnd advising that all employes be vac?
cinated. Very generally we have re?
ceived favorable replies, hut we failed
to hear anything from the Whltloek
people. I hear that some of the large
concerns hive so far co-operated with
its that they require every one mak?
ing application for ? position to be
vaccinated. If they all adopted that
plan, there would be much less danger
from smallpox and less work for the
departmcnt "
LEAVES BLUES' BAND
.Musician Cnlnvltii Get* Wsclinrge for mild?
ness Reasons.
On the heels of the award of the contract
for music In the city parks to the band of
the Hlchnmnd bight Infantry nUiop" Itnt
tallon, Thief Musician Philip Colavlta has
retired from the organization, tie pnv? bus?
iness as his reason for Irsvlng the battalion,
and hHs lif?n granted his discharge By Major
lv W. Rnwles
Mr. rolnv.'tn has ndven much nf his time
to building up the Blues' Hand, and Is givon
much credit lor his faithful work His de?
cision to lenve It Is. therefore, the cause of
filnte Committee to Meet.
A mretlni? of the executive committee of
th?> farmers' Educational and c...operative
Cnlon of Amerirn. Virginia division, will be
held at the Lexington Motel next Tuesday
night and Wednesday, The state body mot
In this city In February.
SAVED NECK; BROKE KNEE
Tom Crerre, Colored. Thought for Would
.Jump Track, nnd Mo Jumped First.
frightened because the car he was riding
swayed from side to side and seemed every
moment ready to Jump the tracks. Tom
C.reere. colored, hist night thought to save'
his nock hv jumping from the car as it went
through the Kulten yards of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railway. Me saved his neck, hut
btoke Iiis knee cnp. Me suffered also mnnv
bruises and regrets, rir Turjnan. of the city
ambulance, dressed the bruises nnd the
hroken knee cap Grocre will attend to the
j regrets in the Retreat for the Pick.
Quarrel Lends to Pnlfcon.
Mary Raker, colored, of 112 West I,eigh
i.?licet, quarreled with her husband yesterday
j morning, she said, nn.i the world wan dark
and gloomy. When her despondency became
abject she took a dose of nntlseptlc tnhlets,
j diluted In water. Fortunately the dilution
was sufficient to ward off death until the ar?
rival of Dr. Turrtiati. of the city ambulance
corps, and he saved her.
Suit Instituted.
Suit was brought yesterday in tho Law
and Equity Court by Milnii Slandish and
I Hoben Hancock, partners, against the Jlal
I tlmore and Ohio Hallway Company for $62*
'claimed for goods lost In transit.
URSES' CLUB T
GET CLUB-HOUSE
Plans Discussed at Annual Meet?
ing at Which Officers
Were Elected.
Though only one year has elapsed
since Its organization, reports read be?
fore tin- annual meeting of the Rich?
mond Nurses' Club yesterday afternoon
showed thai it was in the most pros?
perous condition. It was started witlt
I a handful of members, and yesterday
tin- membership committee reported
[ forty-four.
I The. following officers were elected:
I President. Miss Elizabeth Cocke; First
j Vice-president. Miss Margaret Wat
I kins. Second yMce^PresUlont, Miss
j Nannie II. Jones; Treasurer, Miss
Sallle Webb; Secretary; Miss R. Isaac?
son; Assistant Secretary, Miss Mar?
garet Neal.
Special effort will be' made by the
Club this yfcar to got a suitable club?
house as a home for graduate nurses,
similar to those established In tho
larger cities of the North ami "West.
With this they can more successfully
carry out Its objects, which are to ad?
vance the standard and best Interests
j of trained registered nurses |n the
State, and place the profession on the
highest possible -pinna; to uphold the
code of ethics, and to promote social
intercourse and good-fellowship,
much regret among hl? fei Iowa,
Cora nn iiuttiilton stair.
Rudolph Siegel im? been appointed by
Major K \V. Howies to the position of bat?
talion quartermaster-sergeant of the iibien'
Battalion en the non-com missioned staff of
i the major commanding. The place linn been
practically vacant for some time, since
(..'. Rolsscau lett the organization.
Active* Meet To-NI?ht.
The Clay Ward Acttvea will meet i^, night
at R.15 at Monroe Hail, it is expected that
some mattem of public local Interest will he,
i i yp ffit. .iUac.ust^pn^,
STREET CLEANERS
IN COURT TO-DAY
Warrants Charging Housebreak
ing Served on Them in
City Jail.
James iiiggins and Jamc-h Riser, fnr
I marly employes of tho Street Cleaning
I I department, will appear In Police
I Court this morning to answer to u
I charge of breaking Into the store of
.1. Li. K.i-k. --Ii i iie Hermitage Road, and
! stciliiig therofrom tt box of cigars,
j two pound! of chewing tobacco, forty
I two l)oxos of sardines. thirty-one
j packages of clgarcttOK and one. bar?
j only one liar of soap. Tho warrant
ch^rgin^ them with housobreaking and
, robbery was served on them yesterday
; morning in the City -fall by Bicycle
j Policemen Tiller and Held, who figured
I In the original arrest, and who wore
afterwards detailed to procure ovi- i
' demo ill gain i the two suspects,
Despite the bullet wound In his loft
ley, Hu sii wits able to walk, though
j with a slight limp, out of his cell
downstairs, where tho o dicers were
awaiting him. Ho was arrested Moh
i day night on Lombard}' Street, near
j Allen Avenue, as lie was on his way
I bom. , lie passed tho two officers, tind
tin in, or. a, nn'uiit of his great suffering,
? hi returned ittid asketl their assistance.
I They tools him into the ofllco of Or.
: HlllHtnun, where the wound was
dre set! Ife uns unable to tell thorn
where, how, or |(V whom he wan shot,
?ad lliey started an investigation.
Illgglni wai la ti,r identified by ji'negro
I named .lesse Craves as tho man ho
(Braves) had shot as the former
Itnhpod-oiit of lack's store. Though the
ritore |h owned by ,T. B. Kok, It i? run
?>' Mrs Annie Bollard. Riser will ul
tempi t.. prove nn alibi by about ten
witnesses, what Hlgglns's linn of de?
fense will bo is not known. Ife has
never offered ah explanation of how
be was shot Cilheri K. Pollock has
i" en , niployed to defend the t?'!?
im^cV^itanyiy. -
Crcery Watched in Factory, Then
Arrested, After Which His
House Was Searched.
After having been watched from a]
convenient peep hole, YV, .1. Creery, a
white man about fifty years old, was
arrested late yesterday afternoon on
suspicion of having stolen ?t quantity
of tobacco rrorn the Larus Tobacco
Factory.
Creery wnsi watched by Detective
Sergeant Wiley, who arrested him a
few minutes after ho had left tho
building. As lie placed his hands on
Crcery's shoulders. Sergeant Wiley
also touched the man's pockets ami
took out two unstamped plugs of to?
bacco, each weighing nineteen ounces.
"What did you do this for?" asked
the detective, as he exhibited tho al?
leged stolen tobacco. Creery wilted.
He had nothing to say, except to bog
that a search warrant be not sworn
out to give the officer the privilege of
searching his house. He gave full per?
mission, and. in company with Detec?
tive Sergeant Kcllnrn. Sergeunt Wiley
Weht to Crcery's homo. and. following
directions given^-lfy the latter, found
i tobacco hidden beneath a bed. In all
I here wore ten plugs and several boxes
of expensive smoking tobacco.
Creery has boon employed by the
l.arus Tobacco Factory for some tlmo.
Stealing/ has boon noticed, nnd mis
piclon fastened on Creery. lie was
watched, and tobacco was found on his
poison. He said afterwards that he
had supplied himself with government
tags with which to stamp the supply
ho'obtained. It Ih a felony to sell to?
bacco which does not carry a gov?
ernment stamp.
leaves Battalion.
Private D. A. Shafcr. of Company B. Rich?
mond night Infantry Blues., has been honor?
ably discharged from ?iu battalion for bus
! Spring Styles Are Ready [
It's a small announcement that represents a large
stock of the most exclusive and meritorious apparel
that it was possible to produce,
j We await your call. |
11 Gans-Rady Company
I- "1girtr 1.'"'
Former Coast Artillery Officers
Hasten to Return Military
Property.
There iff little doubt that most of
tho military property until recently
In use by the battalion of coast artil?
lery will bo recovered. The officers
who were recently deposed by the
order disbanding the entire command
are bestirring themselves In face of tho
suit instituted against them in Norfolk
by order of Adjutant-General Sale.
At first, according to reports made
by Lieutenant D. S. KlnBtcin. who was
detailed to receive the property, the
former officers were defiant. They
showed ho disposition to get the val?
uable equipment together or to see
that It was returned to Its owner?the
United States. Hut the uncompromis?
ing methods adopted by General Sale
Seeth to have produced entirely satis?
factory results. It is said the property
is appearing with lightning-like rapid?
ity, and the probabilities are that at
an early date the greater part, if not
all, of the expensive arms and ac?
coutrements furnished the late bat?
talion will be returned.
It Is the intention of General Sale
to hold commanding officers of com?
panies to strict accountability for all
military property issued. This applies
to all branches of the service. fn the
past a large amount has been unac?
counted for. with the result that Its
value was deducted from the State's
proportion of national military funds.
Now the property Is to be regularly
inspected, and the company's funds
will suffer in ratio to the shortage.
In the smaller towns, where armory
facilities are poor, there has been a
good deal of carelessness In this mat?
ter, ninny of the men taking their
equipment to their homes and all
traces of it being lost. All material
worn out in service Is replaced with?
out charge, but this Is required to be
proven.
MANY APPLES SHIPPED
Stimrt'H Ornft Citizen? Show Mngnl
rutle of Their Industry.
Commissioner of Agriculture K?lner
acknowledges that the people ' of
Stuart's Draft, in the Vallev of Vir?
ginia, have the poods on him. Re?
cently, while n farmers' Institute was
In progress there, he made the state?
ment, based on Information given him
by a citizen, that sixty carloads of
apples had been shipped from that
point durintr the past season. This
was not done In his speech, hut to
some Individuals. Mr. Kolner using It
as commendatory of the community.
The remark has cost him an expla?
nation. Citizens immediately started
an Investigation, believing that the
truth had been hut half told, and se?
cured statistics from the railway com
panv. As a result, a three-page letter
arrived at the Department of Agri?
culture yesterday morning.
The figures show that Instead of
sixty enrloads of apples, no less than
200 were shipped front Stuart's Draft
during the season, comprising .lo.don
barrels. In addition, there were 2rin
cars of hay, 10n of lumber. 300 of flour
and feed and forty of corn and oats.
In addition, there, was a request that
Oils Information he printed In The
Times-Dispatch fe?r the Information of
nil the people of the State, so that
they might know the magnitude of the
apple Industry In Virginia, and at
Stuart's Draft In particular.
\n \ewi of TexB? Trip.
No Information has as yet heen re?
ceived by the Adjutant-General as to
the number nnd rank of the second de?
tail of officers to he sent to the ma
nouevre camp at San Antonio. Texas.
Presumably, the detail will leave Rich?
mond on April 1C. At the time th? first
order was received It was the under?
standing that more than were ordered
out In that Instance?five?would he
called for next time. Many of the Vir?
ginians are still anxious to go to the
front for the training which they will
receive.
?TiidueB Will Tmde.
The Governor yesterday designated
Judge Waller R. Staples, of the Cor?
poration Court of Roanoke. and Judge
Thornton D. Massle. of (he Twenty
first Circuit, to hold court for each
other, to try cases hi which each feels
lie is incompetent to sit.
Meeting? Well Attended.
The series of meetings for farmers
on the Norfolk and Western will end
this afternoon. Commissioner of Agri?
culture Kolner. who has been with the
party, hns returned to the city. The
crowds were large In every Instance,
reaching *00 and 000 nt some points.
During the coming week a special
train will be run between Richmond
and Washington, which will end the
long series of Institutes.
Give* Up Position.
After a stay of only a few weeks
in Virginia, P. TV. Guse. Inspector of
Creameries for this State, lias given
up the position and returned to his
homo at Madison, WIs. Mr. Guse told
Dairy nnd Pood Commissioner W. D.
Saunders that ho liked the outlook for
development of the Industry In this
Stale, but that personal Interests de?
manded his return to Wisconsin.
Bond* MIsMlng.
Because n number of the court clerks
of Virginia have, failed to send In the
bonds of commissioners of the revenue,
ns required by law, the Auditor of
Public. Accounts has sent out letters
calling attention to the omission. The
bonds from one or more commissioners
from forty-five of the 120 counties
nnd cities wore missing, making a
total of about seventy-five bonds. The
Auditor is forbidden to do business
with a commissioner until a copy of
his bond has been filed.
Cnve-Tn Ttepnlred.
The cave-In In tne Capitol Square is
?being repaired by the putting in of
a new sewer and nha?ndoning the old
one, which became choked tip. entirely.
Colonel Richardson yesterday put in
a drain connecting with the shlllside
above nnd running to another sower n
little lower down. Tho hole will bo
filled at. once and the walk relaid.
,?nw Fractured.
P. A. Sledd, of 11 IG Beverly Street, an em?
ploye of the Chesapeake, nnd Ohio Railway
Company, was seriously Injured yesterday
when a Jack lover he -was working flew up
and struck him In tho face. Tils lower jaw
was broken, nnd thfl fracture Is regarded as
serlou?. He. was attended by Dr. Turnian.
of the city nmbutance corps, nnd was after?
wards taken to the William Byrd Hospital.
Made Flr.it Sergeant.
Sergeant James B, Puller has been made
first sergeant of Company A. Richmond
Blues, by nppolntment of Captain T. B. Mc?
Dowell. He succeeds B. H. Hicks, who \vaa
rocenUjf, clccjed secpnA Uautcnaau
Light Committee Had Stomiy
Session, at Which Everybody
Talked at Once.
Confusion and discord reigned su?
preme In the special meeting of the
Committee on Light last night over
the question brought up by Council?
man Seaton. who holds that the city
can save Jfi.000 annually by owning
and operating Its gas lighting system
Instead of putting It out by contract,
us at present.
Mr. Seaton. who is not a member of
the committee, was on hand with hlj
figures, lie told how the lights of Bal?
timore were run at a cost of $10.85
each uceordlng to his plan, while those
of this city, by the terms of the old
contract with the American Street
Lighting Company, are costing ?13.fi0
pending an acceptance of the ID) I bid
for one year, when the company, agrees
to furnish them at $13 and give a 00
i-enta rebate from January 1, when the
old contract expired'. Finally, over
the earnest protest of Councilman Jo?
seph k. Powers, the motion of Coun?
cilman Workman that a subcommittee
of three, with the Superintendent of
the Gas Work-, be appointed to t> In?
vestigate the purchase of lights by the
city and advertise for Information,
was passe;]. Ootincllmon Saunders.
Workman and ITobson were appointed
on the committee and dire ted to re?
port to the committee on April 28.
All Talked n? Once.
Previous to arriving at this conclu?
sion it was at times more than the
chairman could do to maintain order.
Frequently several members of the.
committee wer?- talking nt once, and
Die sound of the gavel was like the
dropping of a pin on the committee
room carpet.
Then. too. Mr. Crimes bad to pass
upon nearly every parliamentary rule
Finally, In a chaos of motions, amend?
ments and .Substitutes, the chairman
stated to the belligerent members that,
he proposed to run the committee, and
that any member wap at liberty to ap?
peal If he so desired, and then some?
thing definite was reached so far as
this meeting went
Councilman Hogers tried hard to get
the committee to take up the bid Of
the American Street Lighting Com?
pany, which was recommitted from the
last meeting of the Council, but bo
was overrub-d. Mr. Powers, who fought
with great tenacity; as a last resort
rose Just before the vote was taken
on the Workman motion and asked
dramatically what they were ^oing to
do when the lights went out. explain?
ing that there was nothing to prevent
the American Street Lighting Com?
pany from discontinuing serviee, as it
wan not how bound by contract nr
bond. The chairman explained that
the City Attorney had ruled that both
the city and the lighting company
were bound to give slxfv days' noil'*
before such a Btep cottid be tnken. Mr.
Powers wanted to see it m writing,
and was not satisfied when It was not
forthcoming. Other members of the
committee were, and voted accord?
ingly.
\n Strong Arm Work.
Warned by the previous meetinir.
Sergennt-at-Arms Puskell was present,
hut there was never any necessity to
do tho strong-/irm net. A representa?
tive of the American Street Lighting
Company was there and wanted to
say something, but there was never
a look in for him Also. Chairman John
.1. Lynch, of the Electricity Committee,
offered suggestions, but he was In?
formed that the committee was amply
able to attend to its own business. Mr.
Lynch smiled and said In an under?
tone that he. saw no evidence of It.
RAILWAY STATEMENT
Proportion of Expenses) of Chennpenke
and Ohio I? <"iro?v!ng.
Showing n gain of 1 per cent, in
gross operating revenues and an In?
crease of S tier cent, in proportion of
expenses to gross revenue, as com?
pared with the same month In tho
preceding year, the statement of reve?
nues and expenses of the Chosapcako
ami Ohio lines for February, 1911, has
jiiSt been issued. The increase in
the total revenue, is $21,515.15, which
probably means a loss when it is
considered that the 1911 figures in?
clude, the Chesapeake and Ohio ilail
wav of rn'diann. ?
The frleglit revenue shows a decrease
of $33,601.90, or 2 per cent., while the
passenger has grown $37,54L26. or 1'2
per cent. The total operating revenue
for February. 1011, was $2,109.195,18.
against $2.387,680.03. for February.
1910. Operating expenses increased
from $1,551.367.51 in 1910 to $1,692.
665.16 in 1911. a growth of $141,207.65;
or 9 per cent. The proportion of ox
ponses to gross revenues in 1911 Is
70.3 per cent., while In 1910 is was 60
per cent.
In the eight months from July 1.
1910. to February 28, 1911. the net
operating revenue decreased Jfifi8.228.03.
nr 8 per cent . while the surplus fell
from $4.183,593.13 to $2,574.821.99, or HS
per cent.
SET FREE, THEN ARRESTED
Warrant Served on Donovan as He Leffc
State Penitentiary,
.lust as he walked out of the penitentiary
yesterday morning, after serving a two-year
term for forgery, Daniel Donovan wus ro
nnested on the same charge, and la being
held for the authorities of Buffalo. N. V. lie
'was locked up In tho First District Station
tc5 await the arrival of an officer from New
York.
Donovan came to the penitentiary when
he was convicted of forging tho nnme of
William ?liannon to a check for $10. lie was
Bald to have been a good prisoner and prob?
ably woultl have been paroled after serving
his first year bad not the charges from Buf?
falo been preferred against him.
lie formerly was a railroad detective, anrt
Is said to have been nt one lime employed
by the New York Central system.
Frank Kowe Missing.
Frank Powe, nine years old, was reported
yesterday as missing from his home nt 224
North Twentieth Street. He Is of light com?
plexion, has red hair and brown eyes. A
scar Is to be seen on Pis tipper Hp. The last
heard of the boy was that he took tho fast
train from Newport News for Itlchmond on
April 1. Ills ftunily and friends are much
worried about his continued absence
YOUR MONEY
In this bank is absolutely, safe. Wi
give the most careful attention to th<
details of your banking business.
3 per cent, compound interest/
$1.00 starts an account.
1117 liast Main Street.