The times dispatch. [volume], May 23, 1911, Image 12

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2,000 Yards of English
Batiste on Sale, 8c Yd.
In tlie fashionable neat printed figures and dots, as well
as the popular border effects. Regular 10c values;fspecial at
Sc yard.
IW1SS
sun
White grounds, embroidered in pink, blue, maisc, black
and lavender. The regular price of these are 25c and
50c yard. A special price concession enables us to offer
them at.
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N TO TELL POLICE
Investigation Showed He Had, j
So Miller Is Charged With
Murder.
^varfivl or tlie consequences of his deed
anil in dread for his own safety,. James j
Miller (.colored) ran Into the First
Station at I o'clock yesterday after?
noon, and announced that he hud shot
a woman. Head.-- of perspiration were
dropping from his brow, and fright
was written all over his face. lie was
Jnartloulate, and could only repeat the
?otils. "1 have shot. I have shot."
Finally Bicycle Policeman Gerl ing |
drew from the negro the fact that lie j
had shot a colored woman named Katej
Smith, of 1 i(i?2 North Seventeenth
Stru t. The officer Immediately went |
to that number, and found the woman!
lying in bed. with a bullet wound In |
her abdomen. The city ambulance, j
with Dr. Tinman in charge, was called,
and the woman was hurried to the City I
Hospital. She died a few hours later,
just after she had been removed from
the operating table.
A warrant charging murder wns then
sworn out against Miller, and It was
it rved on him in his cell. Miller de?
clared that the shooting was entirely
accidental; He said that he ?broke"
th'e pistol, ai.il thought that all of the
cartridges had been tnken out. Jose?
phine Page chased him around the
room in play, he suld, nnd Hie pistol
went off accidentally. Several wit?
nesses declared, however, that Miller
took deliberate aim at the woman and
fired, They also informed the officer
tliat Miller had been hanging about
the house nil day, and that he had
practiced shooting in the back yard.
ICE MISSION APPEAL
tlot Weather Urines SulTerlDK and j
Clutch Aid Is Needed.
Dem?ndK upon the Ice Mission since I
the beginning of the present hot wave,
have caused that charitable organiza- !
lior. to begin its work earlier this sea- j
ton thait ever before, Many tickets
lilt over from last season have been!
distributed among poverty-stricken i
aged and sick persons by the visiting
nurses of the Associated Charities and
Colored Mission Workers. The supply
has been exhausted and an appeal to I
the public for funds has been made!
by Mrs. I". E. Boiling, ?0- West ?race I
Street, who will receive any cotitrtbu- j
tu.ns.
Money may also lie placed In boxes'
at any of the following places: Shop- 1
herd's, T. A. Miller s. Miller & Rhoads.
Clllldrey Drug Company. Crenshaw'Si'
Eleventh and Main .Streets; Woman's
Exchange and The Times-Dispatch bus-!
IneSS ctrlce.
CHECKS WERE WORTHLESS j
Henry Morris Colored, Churned With
Frnuduleutl) Obtaining Money.
Henry Morris, colored, was arrested;
yesterday .^jiornlng by Detective Ser
geahl Bailey, aricr Detectivo Beltoh ?>n
charges of obtaining money under false!
pretenses from R. C. Stelner. Morris
is alleged lo have- passed two worth-I
less checks on Steiner, one for }5 and 1
the other for $4.15.
Tom Williams, colored, was arrested!
lest night by Detective Sergeant Bailey
and Detect I vc-S Atkinson and Helton on
Suspicion of having broken Into the
house of James Mucklin, 305 College
Street, und stolen therefrom ;i quantity
of clothes. The clothes were recovered
If! a pawnshop.
LEVERING APPOINTED
Goes on .Major Price's Stall' u? lluttnlton :
Ouurtcrninstcr.
Major I_ T. Price, of the First Bat-'
teilen. Fir*; Regiment, announces the
appointment of Harry F. Levering as
quartermaster and commissary on his
staff, with this rank of second" lieuten?
ant.
Lieutenant De v ring was formerly u
member of the Richmond Howitzers,
and wf.s always active. Laier lie be?
came first lieutenant in C Company ?
of the First Regiment, retiring u shor'l
time ago is regarded as an u III -
clem military matt
STILL AFTER ARMORY
First Rcgliiirni \snnilntion Takes Ac?
tion In Urnciv right.
lr.a'jguraiina a further eifoit to gfti'j
oute a hew armory for the local bat?
talion, the First Regiment Association
at a woll-altendorl meeting last night,
appointed a committee to co-operate
with Major L. T. price In this direc?
tion.
a committee was named, composed
of .limits N. Boyd, General Charles .1
Anderson and Charles T. Loehr, lib lake
u;. the matter of a big picnic in July
?with th.- old regimental association,
composed of veterans.
Acceptance was had of a room on
the Second floor of the armory for
us*- as headquarters for the associa?
tion, and it was dei ided to furnish
It at once. so as lo make it ready
for use by the next monthly meeting.
Charged With Speeding.
r. (J. Colonmn was reported last night
by Bicycle Officers Napier .ni<! Andrews
on a charge of having exceeded ih?
rpeed limit In his automobile Sunday
night. He 1?. alleged to have run at
a rale of thirty miles an hour <>n
Gt at e Street, between Adam:; and Sha
fer.
WHY DELAY
tAbout starting a bank account, which
is the key to prosperity.
, 3 percent.compound interest. $1.00
- itaris y?u.
1117 East Main Street.
But Won't Fire Until Swanson
Appears?Makes Biting
Remarks.
"1 am reserving niy fire until such
time us the enemy chooses to unmask
Iiis batteries," sniti Representative Car?
ter Glass, a candidate for the United
States Senate, who came to Richmond
last night 1 Mr. Glass speaks to-day
tit Saludn, Middlesex county, and will
deliver an address in the interest of
his candidacy to-night at West Point,
in King William county.
"I understand," proceeded Air. Glass,
'"that Mr. Swanson's secretary says
that when Mr. Swanson gets ready
to begin he will demolish me In one
round. I am duly grateful that he has
postponed his appearance in the arena,
if this he his Intention."
Mr. Glass said he had plenty of new
material for the public, but was not
ready ut this time to give It out. lie I
did not know that there would be
any new matter of Importance in his
two speeches to be delivered to-day.
Waxen Siironxtle.
The Lynohburg Congressman con?
tinued, answering a remark about
speaking in the open air, that he had
been asked to do so twice where the \
crowds could not nearly get Into the |
courthouses. He declined at Gloucester i
because he wished to not endanger his |
voice for Ills succeeding speech In !
Norfolk, and at F.astvllle because, hs |
said, sarcastically, the crowd might
not want- to hear him. a newspaper
correspondent there having sent out a
story to the effect that the people
came to attend the trial of a negro.
FIRST SERVICE TO-NIGHT
Vlrglnln Chapter, American Guild of j
OrgnnlMK, to (Jive ?I? ProKrtuii.
This evening at a quarter after S, j
at the Grace Street Presbyterian (
Church, Fourth and Grace Streets, the
Virginia Chapter of the American Guild
of Organists will hold its f'rst service
in Richmond, the first service In the
State having been held In Christ
Church, in Norfolk, several weeks ago.
The service, simple and Interesting in
form, will be conducted by the Rev. D.
Cluy Lilly. D; D., pastor of the church, :
who is the chaplain of the Virginia j
Chapter of the guild.
Dr. Lilly will deliver an address. !
und an unusually attractive musical i
program will he offered by .1. .1. Miller, !
A. G. <".?.. dean of the chapter, and .
organist of Christ Church, Norfolk; W.
Henry Baker. A. (',. O.. organist of;
All Saints' Church; Benjamin .1. Potter, 1
A. R. C. <")., organist of Monumental j
Church, and the choir of the church, j
under the direction of Louis R. Weitzel, i
organist and choirmaster of the
church,
The order of the service will be as j
I olio ws:
Hymn, "God. the Lord, a King
remained" .Smart j
Organ voluntary, -Toccata" ..Callaertsj
Mr. Baker.
Scripture reading. l
Selection from "Elijah'' ...Mendelssohn
The Choir.
Prayer. j
Response. "The Lord's Prayer."
The Choir.
Address, by the Chaplain.
Organ offertory. "Sunshine and
Shadow" .Dudley Ruck
Mr. Miller.
H.vmn. "The Church's One Foun?
dation" .Wesley
Organ voluntary, "Ornnd Chorus
in D" .Guilmnnt
Mr. Potter.
Benedict ion
Hymn. "Rejoice. Ve Pure in
llran" .Messiter
Tile selection from "K.ijah" will be
sung by the choir, with Miss Margaret
Kuiiwics, soprano'; Mrs. Clarence i\
.Cudol, contralto, and W. Dougla:. G"r
il.it.. baritone, as soloists, ami will In?
clude the famous airs, "O. Rest in the
Lord" and ?'it Ik Kimugh." the trio for
female voices, "Lift Thine ' Fyes." and
the two grout choruses, "He. Watching
nver Israel" and Behold. God the Lord
Passeth My," the last generally known
as "The- ittirthnuniic Chorus."
The public is cordially Invited to
I intend the service.
STABBFD OVER RENT
jjiiueM Harrison Wounded by Percy
ImH. v km He Trie* to Collect.
It, ii <|Unri'Ol over rent alleged to
have been due him .lames Harrison, of
I3il West I tuva 1 Sn or t, was stabbed
loveral times yesterday afternoon by
Percy Keiley. a boarder, who after
liar ris.,t',' -r>t,i thru keiley had been
boarding with him for some time, and
that he owed Hl in S.S. II- nuked for
tin- money yesterday, ami Keiley re
; fused to pay. Word?, followed, and
Keiley ended the argument wilh a
I knife.
Harrison was rut in the right side,
i over the liver, and twice on the arm.
Ho was I tea ted by Dr. Tune, of the
city ambulance, itnd left at home.
Murrlnxr I.IrenAcs,
MHrriaK?' licenses were tunned yesterday
m the Huttings Court to Leonard C Jerry
and Maude V. He Vine, and to Robert L.
I.eWry, of llmrlcc. county, and Myrtle
Christopher.
Special Rate to Europe
from I'lillndelphlit, June nnil July.
Richmond Transfer Co.
SOD B. Mnln Street.
PLAN FOR MERGE
Northrop Made President of 300
Miles of Street Railway
in Virginia.
FOUR CITIES IN COMBINE
Entire Gould Properties to Be
Known as Virginia Railway
and Power Company.
By thi! merging of the Norfolk and
Portsmouth Traction Company with
the Virginia Hallway and Power Com?
pany, which was virtually effected
yesterday at a meeting of tho board
of directors in New York, William
Northrop, as president of the Virginia
Hallway and Power Company, becomes i
the chief executive of a corporation
that will control nearly 300 miles of
street railways, together with several
lighting systems and power plants in
this city. Petersburg, Norfolk and
Portsmouth. The combined properties
will lie known as the Virginia Rail?
way and Power Company. Stockhold?
ers of both companies will act on tho
proposed plan at a special meeting
June ?2. ,
Three Richmond Ofllcers.
Officers and directors will be as fol?
lows: Prank .1. Gould, chairman; Wil?
liam Northrop, president; Fritz Sit
lerdliig and Henry W'i Anderson, vice
presidents; Guy Phillips, secretary anil
treasurer: r, Lancaster Williams, Goo.
II, Taylor. Nathaniel A. Campbell,
Prank O. Briggs. F. W. R?chling. Jr..
Cnldwell Hardy. Fergus Reld and M.
P. Chandler, directors.
The company Is owned principally
by Frank .1. Gould. It is proposed to
issue JL'0,000,000 in stock, of which
$12,000,000 will be common and the!
remainder preferred. The terms pro-1
vide that Norfolk and Portsmouth
stockholders shall' receive one and:
one-half shares of common stock In!
the new company for one share of i
their present holdings, nnd that thej
preferred shares of both companies;
shall be exchanged at par.
The merger will became effective on
July 1.
VETERANS B?CK j
Little Rock People Vied With
Each Other in Display of
Hospitality.
I
Richmond veterans returning from
the reunion at Little Rock speak In
the most enthusiastic terms of the
treatment accorded them. No hetter re?
ception was ever given them anywhere,
l hey say. It was the first visit of thp
Grand Camp to tho city, which kept
open house for the men who wore the
gray. ?
It was noticeable, snld Lieutenant- ]
Governor J. Taylor Ellyson yesterday,
that the commercial spirit seemed to
bo In abeyance while the reunion was
In progress. The money of the vet?
erans was of little use to them, the
inlm of every resident scorning to
he to do all that could be done for
their visitors.
Many New Fnccs.
The crowd was much larger than
had been expected. This was the first
opportunity given many veterans to
attend such an event, this applying es?
pecially lo those who have since the
war moved to Arkansas and to other
nearby States. In this way the Vir?
ginians and Richmonders met men
whom they had not seen since the sur?
render of General I.ce at Appomattox.
Lieutenant ^Governor Ellyson had more
than one such experience. Those vet?
erans who were entertained at the
expense of the people of the city were
comfortably cared for In a model
camp, and were fed like kings.
R. F.. Lee Camp, of Richmond, was
almost the honored guest ol the occa?
sion, according to Attorney-General
Samuel W. Williams. Ho csnnot say
too much In praise of the hospitality
shown to the veterans.
AT WORK ON CHURCH
Ground Broken for Westminster Wltb
Elaborate Ceremony.
In the presence of 200 people
ground was broken yesterday at Davis
and Park Avenues for the foundations
of the new Westminster Church. Rev.
James V, Fair, D; D? pastor of the
church, and Rev. J. Calvin Stewart. D.
IJ., pastor of the Church of the Cove?
nant, conducted the devotional exer?
cises while A. R. Holdorby, Jr., and W.
\j. Walters, chairman of the building
committee, made appropriate speeches.
The first shovel of earth was turned
In Mrs. Harry F. Smith, the oldest
member of the church; the second by
Mr, Hill, oldest member in point of
y. ius. while the third spade wns driven
:i.t., the ground by .Miss Alice O. Mitch?
ell, the youngest member.
Contractors will begin actual work
upon the foundations lo-day.
Teachers March Pupils Out
While Blaze Is Raging in
Basement.
CLEAR ROOM IN ONE MINUTE
Five Hundred Children Reach
Yard in Safety as Engine
Arrives.
Ignorant of the fact that they were)
marching out of a burning building,
instead of simply going through the!
weekly drill, iiOO children walked outj
of Jefferson School? yesterday morningj
at 11 o'clock, while lire raged in the i
basement. Only four of the teachers ?
and none of the scholars had any In?
timation of danger until the. line halter]
in the school yard and the engine came
tearing; around the corner. It took
Just one minute after the sound of the
(Ire drill bell to clear the building,
and two minutes later the engine was
at work.
The presenco of a lire in the build?
ing was Brat discovered by Miss Emily
Royull, who noticed a thin Uno of
smoke issuing from the radiator. She I
quickly notified the acting principal.!
Miss Jones, turned In the alarm und
baa the children in her room In line |
when the drill bell rang. Room after
room was emptied, each teacher acting!
captain as the little army marched out. I
The flrst intimation that there really
waa a (Ire was when the children were '
held In ranks and the sound of the j
engine was heard.
Only Incitement In I'nrlt.
When It arrived the children were |
marched to Jefferson Park, and there)
the only thing that resembled excite- j
ment took place. Nearly 100 anxious
parents heard the alarm and ran pell j
mell to the school, not knowing what
to expect. The teachers had antici?
pated that, and several were In Ih cplace
10 point out the youngsters watching
the engine work from the park.
Several ofilcers of the School Board
arrived soon after the lire started, and
after tne flames were quenched ordered ?
that work be resumed. The children j
went hack to their books as calmlyi
as though nothing unusual had hap-I
pened.
The lire started In some rubbish In ?
the cellar, and the Janitor was playing
the hose on it when the alarm was
turned In. The damage Is said to be j
slight, and will necessitate no delay In
any of the deparin^nts.
Criticized lu Report;
In a report made by Building In?
spector Beck on the condition of this
school building on March IS, 13US, at?
tention was called to the fact that the;
wire screens were securely nailed In I
place, mnklng escape by the windows I
practically Impossible; that the win?
dows were In many - rnses blocked by
potted plants and llower shelves; that'
the basement doors opened Inwardly;
that a met.) ceiling should he Installed
over the holler room; that the building
was .?ell provided with halls with
main doors open ng outwardly; that
communication between the tlrst and
second floors was by means of two
Mights of stairs at the same point, It
being recommended that these steps
be widened and flreproofed. nd If pos?
sible that they be put in different parts',
of the building-; that class room doors
be changed to open outward, and that
two Are escapes be erected. The fire
escapes were erected and some minor;
changes made. The stairs were not i
widened or flreproofed. although the'
Council made an appropriation for that I
purpose.
POLICE COURT CASES
Charge Against .Inhn Dunn, Alleged rick- :
pocket. Continued.
The cose against John Dunn, charged with
picking the pockets of J. A. Parsley, stew?
ard of the Business Men's Club, of $?,0 was
continued In the Police Court yesterday '
morning until .May IS.
The case against Mary Turner, colored,
charged with soiling cocaine, was continued
to May 15.
Herbert Tompklns, colored, was acquitted
of the charge of stealing a pair of roller
skates from Mrs. J. Matlnotzky.
William Trafer. colored, was fined S:5 nn'l
Placed under ?100 security for ninety days
on a chnrgo of assaulting Virginia White
with a bottle.
The case against Beatrice Gardner, col?
ored, charged with selling liquor without a
license, was continued to May C1.
Lena Long, a white woman, was fined
i 100. sentenced to sixty days In Jnll and
placed under 1100 security for twelve months
for selling liquor without a license'.
Harry Schatz was dismissed of the charge1
of assaulting Tloheri Wenning.
TRIAL POSTPONED
Suit Orows Out of Firemen's Belief Asso?
ciation Squabble.
The damage suit of John H. Redwood
against the News Leader Company was
called In the Law and Equity Court yester
dnv morning and continued to Thursday at
Hie retpiest of counsel. The action grows
out of the attempts to wind up the affairs
of the Firemen's Ttcllof Association, a
fraternal Insurance organization In which
Captain Redwood was largely interested,
but which has been discredited by the
Hoard of Fire Commissioners. It having de?
veloped that more outsiders wore members
than firemen, and that less' than half of
the city lircmon were enrolled. The action
Is for libel, the alleged damages being
placed in 535,000.
[n the Child Conference being held in Richmond this
week, dealing with some of the most vital problems
of the Child of To-day?the Man of To-morrow.
wishes to endorse this movement for the betterment
of conditions among children. "Bring up a child in
the way he shall go, and when he is old he will not
depart from it." - This biblical quotation is tried and
true. Teach the children to save their pennies, and
when they arc grown they will have dollars to take
care of. The child is father of the man, and habits,
good or bad, cling for a lifetime. Hence the impor?
tance of
STARTING RIGHT
VIRGINIA LEADS
N SOCIAL WORK
Sliows More Progress, Says Dr.
Hart, Thau Any Other
State tri Union.
CHILD CONFERENCE OPENS
- I
Three .Meetings To-Day Will.
Discuss Many Problems
Concerning Child.
More progress lias been ma<le 'n 1
Virginia iluring the past live years In |
the development of social work then In
any other Stute In the Union, said
Dr. H. II. Hart, director of tho ehlld
hclplug department of the Russell
Sage Foundation, In his address be
fore tlio Virginia Child Welfar? Con?
ference last night. Dr. Hurt further j
praised the work of the negro reforma- ;
lory, iu Hanover, culling it the pioneer '
of its class In the South, and saying ,
that all other Southern Slates will be ?
obliged to fcomo to it as -their model.
The conference opened with a good
attendance, In spite of the hot weather.
There were In the audience a number
of meh who are prominent,In the work ?
of soclul betterment in this State,
among them superintendents of hos- ;
pituls for the insane and of other pub- j
lie institutions. A good many teachers j
were on hand, much Interested in tho {
proceedings.
A children's chorus added a good
deal to the pleasure >>f the meeting. i
Virginia lu Lend.
It speedily became evident to the .
hearers of Dr. Mart that ho had cor- i
rectly expressed the situation when he
said Virginia was In the lead In social ,
Improvement work. For, as he traced |
the modern methods of dealing with
iho delinquent, tho defective and ihe
dependent child, they recognized his
pictures as already drawn on the
canvas of public effort in this Stale.
Much of his message of last night is
ah old story In Virginia, where the
work which ho commended is already
under way.
This was true as applied to tho em?
ployment of trained people to care for
the dependent and' delinquent wards
of the State; as applied to separate
care of epileptics, as applied to a lurge
extent to surgical treatment, nnd in
some degree to tho trials of Juveniles
apart from hardened criminals.
Cnrc of Feeble-M lulled.
However, some things that he said
were new to his hearers. One wasi
that it had been found best In cities |
to teach deal and blind children In
the public schools, in separate depart-j
merits, so that they may live at home j
?State schools for this purpose, how-j
ever, still being necessary for those
in country districts. Truant schools
and separate schools for backward
children were especially commended,
Regarding ihe rare of the feeble?
minded, Dr. Hart said he recently ad?
vised the State of'Oklahoma to defer
the erection of asylums and prisons. If
necessary, so as to have a school for
the feeble-minded first. I
Modern observation, said Dr. Hnrt,
has taught the lesson that It Is best
to make the unfortunate mother of
an Illegitimate child realize the re- |
sponsihilltlus of her position and con-'
tlnuo to care for It. "You can't make
a good woman," he said, "by persuad- J
Ing her to disregard her most sacred {
obligation."
Good Sign in South.
It has been found, he continued,
that infant mortality in the South is I
less than In other parts of the Union.
Statistics indicate that this Is _ true
because -ottle nursing Is not generally
practiced in this section, and he called
this one of the most wholesome signs
of the ilmc-s. Ho deplored the build-:
lug of orphanages throughout the)
South, which has been demonstrated j
to be the most expensive and not at!
all the most desirable way to care for!
orphan children.
Dr. Roy K. Flannflgan, president of;
the State Conference on Charities and j
Correction, presided. In his opening'
address Dr. Fiannagan asked these'
oucstlons: "How can we Justify our-'
selves as long as here in the South'
thousands of God's little ones in total'
Ignorance are grinding out their lives
in tho mills and in tho mines'; Howl
can we justify ourselves when our'
reform school is half tilled with chll-i
dren under twelve years of ago, tho|
companions and apt scholars of vicious,
young men? How can wo justify our-'
selves when we deny separate courts'
and probation to Juvenile offenders?" j
Good Work for Health.
Governor Mann, in delivering the ad-!
dress of welcome, spoke of the debt'
of gratitude due to the Richmond
Health Department und Dr. Levy for;
their marvelous work in practically,1
ridding the city of typhoid fever.
Ho also paid high tribute to the I
?Stato Board of Health, whoso mem- j
hers, he said, are working to save \
lives and not for pecuniary "gnln. He |
commented on the fact that the aver- !
age age of the inmates of the Stum i
Penitentiary is only twenty-three, as
to' hospitals, the Governor said that
he favored them, hut was opposed to]
anybody going to them unless he had
to.
It seemed to him that the place to
start child welfare work was in tho
home of the child.
This morning's and afternoon's ses?
sions of tho conference will he held
at the Virginia Mechanics' Institute,
and the two subjects of "The Child
Before Rlrth and During Infancy" ana
"Infant Mortality" will t>c discussed
In n number of addresses. Dr. .T. W.
Schoreschewsky, of the United States
Public Health and Marine Hospital
Service, will speak at 11 o'clock on
"Problems of Infant Mortality." The
afternoon session will be devoted to
the normal child, and tho night moot-j
ing, at the John Marshall High School,
to education. Dr. H. H, Goddard, ot
the School for tho Feeble Minded at
Vlneland, N. J.. will speak on the
"Problem of the Backward Child."
Lunch will be served at the F.lks'
Homo' at 1 o'clock for the benefit of
the babies' free hospital at Lakeside
Park.'
WomnnVt College Finals.
The commencement exorcises of the
Woman's College will tako place June
1 In the Academy of Music, when <ll
plomas will be presontcd to the thirty
six members of the graduating class.
The annual address will be delivered
by Rev. George B. Booker, D. D., pns
tot of tho Washington Street Methodist
Church, Petersburg.
The bacca.lauroatc sermon wn?i
preuchod Sunday night by Rev. R.' Q.
Garrett, D. D., pastor of tho Court
Strcot Baptist Church, Portsmouth.
Split?Sennet?Mackinaw and Milan braids, in yacht
and pencil-curl shapes. Equal to the usual $2.50 _^
and S3.00 values. Special price.
Gans-Rady Company
Bust Form Company Gets Charter
Faultless Female Shapes Will Be
Made Here From Local
Models.
It scorns strange, that among nil ot
Richmond's varied Industries there has
existed not one to make hoautiful fe?
male forms. It may ho easily account?
ed for to tlie unthinking by the fact
that the women of thla city need no
such thing, being already perfecl'on.
But when It is recallod that It is Rich?
mond's mission to help other communi?
ties not so well blessed, and that Rich?
mond-made goods now supply the en
tiro world, It must be regarded as an
oversight.
Now, at last, some enterprising citi?
zens will All a long-felt want. The
Goldstein Bust Korm Corporation was
granted a charter yesterday by the
.State Corporation Commission, to be
allowed to engago in the manufacture
of faultless female busts, for the fit?
ting of dresses and other things of
which mere man knowns not the exis?
tence.
The presumption is that In making-!
these wlro or metal figures. It was I
realized that the women of thin city
would furnish the best models. Almost
any of them may Do tiBcd In the fao
tory from which to fashion the dlvlno
shapes which will go out to the 'civi?
lized world as the true Indication of
what a woman ought to look like.
B. Goldsloin Is the president of tho
Dust Form concern, while John Gar?
land Bollard, as one of the ^corpora?
tors, will rest from his legal labors
long enough to sec to It that distant
climes and benighted lands may view
the glories of the shapes of Rlchmond'a
women.
Apparently, Judging only from tho
namo, It Ib not Intended to make forrfia
Vor other portions of the female anato?
my, although It would seem from tho
arrival of the harem skirt that there Is
a Held In at least on other direction.
But It Is not believed that any fault
would be found with a product of this
kind from Richmond, no matter how
far extended.
Ho It Is that soon over the planet will
go beautiful forms for tho Instruction
of dresnmakcrs and fitters of various
sorts, so that tho women of elsewhoro
may see ^tist where to ubo the neces?
sary lining material.
All IRON SAFE
CLAUSE DEFINED
Insurance Company Takes Ap
peal in Fredericksburg Shirt
Factory Case.
Points affecting the construction of I
tlie iron safe clause in lire insuiance 1
policies are again involved In one of j
tho cases which hav? arisen as a re- !
suit of the shirt factory lire :ti Fred- !
erlcksburg, and In whlca a writ of i
error was allowed yesterday by the ;
Supreme Court of Appeals. Tho plain
tilt In error Is the Seaboard Fir" In- |
surince VJc.npany, which represents
itself an aggrieved at the decision of
the Corporation Court of Frederlcks
burg In not sustaining Its demurrer
In the suit brought against It by the S
Virginia Shirt Company. .
The factory was destroyod by lire
on December ?'. 19011. and in the com- |
pany's claim for Insurance it staled j
that the loss was 966.-156.31. There |
were two policies of 15.000 each In
the Seaboard Company, and there was
concurrent insurance In other con?
cerns, also in litigation.
Claims lluokn -Not Full.
The Jury gave a verdict agaln.-t the
fire Insurance company for {6,206.66,
and the petitioner claims that this
Indicated the total loss to he only
$38,993.41. It. was claimed that the
books were not kept In complete shape,
as required by the Iron safe clause.
Either, It Is alleged, the records were
not full or else the accounts werfl 1
stuffed and the hooks false.
A reference Is mide In the petition j
to Arthur Brown, superintendent and j
general manager of the shirt com- (
pany, who is referred to in the follow- j
Ing language: "Who needs no char .
actorlzntion to any one who reads the I
evidence In this case"
TO VOTE ON BONDS
Fnlrfleld ClUiens Will Decide on School
Improvements.
The Henrlco county Board of Supervisors
at a special meeting yesterday granted a
petition of the fichnol Board to call o spe?
cial election of the citizens of Falrfleld
District to vote on the question of Issuing
I3S.0C0 In bonds for the purpose of building
new school houses and otherwise Improving
the educational facilities of that commun?
ity.
The supervisors also granted the request
of the School Board to let the people decide j
the. amount of school taxation In the same
district.
When the tax levy was fixed by the board |
some time ago the school tax of Falrflcld j
was made 25 cents on the ?100. The School \
Board has asked the supervisors to piaco |
this ot Id cents. The date for the election ;
was set for June 20._
Gets Eighteen Years.
Thomas Harris, colored. Indicted for the
murder of Leslie Varbrough, also colored,
on the night of March 23. pleaded guilty
yesterday In the Hustings Court to murder
In the second degree, and was sentenced to
eighteen years In the penitentiary.
The murder was unprovoked. Varbrough
wns seated In the offices of o livery stable I
with several other negroes when Harris
rushed In. and. without warning, cut Yar
broitgh's throat.
Judgment Entered.
Judgment was entered yesterday In the
Law and Equity Conn In the case of the
Nows Leader Company ajralnst Mrs. M. D.
Chamlce In the turn of J5S.0I.
Playgrounds Committee.
The Subcommittee on Playgrounds of the'
Council Committee on Grounds and Bulld
1 lngs lias been coiled to meet at the City
Hall to-night at S o'clock.
RO?D CONFERENCE
ON CARD TO-DAY
Chamber to Decide About Bring?
ing American Association
Here.
J. E. Penny backer, Jr., secretary of
the American Association for High?
way Improvement, of Washington, and
P. H. Elliott, secretary of ihe Touring
Club of America, of New York, will
come 10 Richmond to-day to confer
with tho officials of the Chamber of
Commerce in reference to the National
Good Roads Congress, which will bo
hold next fall under the auspices of
ib<: American Absoclation for Highway
Improvements.
It has not yet been decided where
the congress will be Held, but Rich?
mond is being considered, and it la for
the purpose ot rinding out whether
or not the city desires to entertain
the congress that this conference will
be held. The congress will draw thou?
sands of people during the week !i Is
In session, and Inosmuch as it Is pro
posed that all of Its automobile touin
?111 be under the auspices of thu
Touring Club of America, people are
expected to come In their machines by
Iho hundreds
The American Association for High?
way Improvements, of which Logan
W. Page, director of the United States
Office of Public Roads, Is president.
Is working throughout the United
Slates, aiding State and local societies
and encouraging and systematizing
the improvement and betterment of
road conditions.
A number of State road associations
have already affiliated with tho Ameri?
can Association, and It Is expected
that the- Virginia Good Roads Associa?
tion will soon Join.
"BOB" TAYLOR TO-NIGHT
Mnuy Prominent Citizen? Invited to
Hear HI* Address.
Senator Robert L. Tnylor, former
Governor of Tennessee, will deliver an
address to-night In the City Audito?
rium under the auspices of the Baraca.
Class of the Grove Avenue Baptls't
Church. His subject will be "Tho Pid?
dle and the Bow "
The following citizens have been
asked to sit upon the stage:
Governor Wm. Hodges. Mann, H. R.
Pollard, Dr. J. Sidney Peters, James
Casklc, Jno. Garland Pollard, Wm. B.
West, L. Z. Morris, Jesso A. Ladd, Judge
Jno. G. Dew. L. J. Whltehead, J. W.
Wills. Judge Beverly T. Crump, Morgan
R. Mills. O. A. Hawkins. Dr. W. C.
James, Dr. H. D. C. Maclachlan, Hill
Montague, A. H. McDowell, F.ugeno
Robinson. A. R. Holderby, Chas. B.
Cookc, John Stewart Bryan. Major J. C.
Hemphill, Robert Jones, R. W. Jone3.
Jas. J. Pollard, T. II. Ellott. Robert
Whittet. Jr., Jos. B. Montgomery. Jno
T. Powers, C. O. Saville, Jas. N. Boyd. i.
B. Wood, O. H. Berry, Dr. J. Allison
Hodges, Jno. S. Htirwood, M. C. Patter?
son, Ben T. August, Joseph But ion. H.
W. Molton. Chas. V. Meredith, W. J.
Ready, S. B. Woodfln. J. Jordan Leake,
Hi P. Beck, D. C. Richardson, Allen
Potts.
Dr. Herring Leaves llnspltul.
Dr. A. 1.. Herring, who has been interne,
resident and house physician at the Virginia
Hospital since his graduation from the Uni?
versity College of Medlclno thirteen months
ago. rnmpictcd his term at that Institu?
tion yesterday. He will locale In Richmond
and will lie associated with Dr. H. Stimrt
MacLean. Dr. Herrins's home is In t<ar
liind, X. C.
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shoe store and inspect the Spring and
Summer Oxfords and high cut shoes. The
greatest variety, all the latest novelties, in?
cluding Short Vamp Shoes which make
the foot look smaller; High Heel Shoes
for Young Men, as well as the. more
Substantial Styles which have made
W. L. Douglas shoes a household word
everywhere. Whatever your ideal of a
shoe, you will find it in a W. L. Douglas
store. W. L. Douglas warrants every
pair of his shoes to hold their shape,
fit better and wear longer for the money
than any other make.
BEWARE OF SUBSTITUTES- "
pnilTlfiM Tho genuine linra W. L. Douglas
UHU I lUll nnmu unit I ho retail prlco stamped
on the bottom,- which protects the wearor'i
against high prices and Inforior shoos.
REFUSE SUBSTITUTES CLAIMED TO
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If you cannot oblntn W. L, Douglas shoes In your town, write for catalog. Shoes sont direct
from factory to wearer, all obargos prepaid. W. L-. DOUGLAS, 162 3park St., Brockton, Maas.
Boys' Shoes, $2 & $2.50
Tho Host School and Dress Shoes
for tho Price In Amorlea.
W. L. DOUGLAS, 623 East Broad Street Richmond. Va