The times dispatch. [volume], June 20, 1911, Image 12

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Englands Coronation,
JUNE 22d.
AN EXACT REPRODUCTION OF THE CORONA?
TION ROBE TO BE WORN BY QUEEN MARY AT THE
CORONATION AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY NEXT
THURSDAY, JUNE 22d, IS NOW ON EXHIBIT IN OUR
BROAD STREET SHOW WINDOW.
Owing to the friendship which exists between England and the
United States, it is no wonder that the American people take such
interest in the coronation of England's King and Queen, and \vc
doubt if anywhere outside of Virginia the splendid reproduction of
the royal robe and crown will be viewed with greater interest than
by the people of Richmond. *
An event involving the expenditure of one million
two' hundred -and twenty-five thousand dollars is not
an every day occurrence. Our object in bringing this
reproduction of Queen Mary's robe and crown to Rich?
mond is to make it possible for you to see and judge of
this most important event.
A DESCRIPTION OF, THE GOWN.
The gown proper is a princess robe of crimson velvet, close tit
ting, high necked, with a train of medium length. The entire front,
front neck to fect, is a scries of white lace flounces, each about ten
inches deep. The crimson velvet opens over this filmy front like a
coat, the fronts describing scallops, edged with ermine. The sleeves
arc made with three velvet puffs separated one from another by
narrow bands of ermine.
Below the final band of ermine is a velvet point, beneath whicl) . ? '
a frill of white lace falls over the arm and hand. Around the jtihtont
is a frill of plissc mousselinc, which stands out all,ground like a
small edition of an English ruff.
This is the gown simple, sans court train.
The court, train is fastened ,t:6 the shoulder untlcr a deep cape
of ?miinc, and falls in very graceful folds, widening as it lengthens.
It is fifteen feet long. It. is edged with ermine and embroidered at
intervals with royal crowns in gold. The train is lined with white
satin. The value of this gorgeous robe is S500.00.
The robe will remain on display in our windows until
after the coronation, Thursday, June 22d.
Everybody Came Out When Re?
port Spread That Bill Had
Been Stabbed.
William T'nsley, who, when he is at j
home, abides at 104 East Baker Street, j
in Jackson Ward, went to bed early
last night, and the rain beat down on
his root", as it doc:-: on the just and
the unjust. He snored a. peaceful ac?
companiment, to the gentle patter of :
the rain drops, and his dreams were ?
also ot" pence and calm. In came
Charles Dargen??Charles Darkens, j
who had no business In Tinsley's,
"abode, and Charles threw on" his coal I
and demanded that William arise. Bill 1
yawned sleepily, and arose. Then he '
felt a sharp pain in the middle of
his back. There was another stinging
pain, and then a third, and Bill awoke ;
to the realization that lie was being
murderously assaulted in his own
home, lit his own bedroom.
He yanked Charles across the bed, j
but the bed broke under the extra?
weight, and, wrenching himself loose, I
Dargens made for the open door and
to the outside, where the rain was
still gently tailing.
William's wife, the alleged cause of t
the insult and asault, played her part. ;.
fche screamed, and Jackson Ward
turned out en masse, so that when the
city ambulance arrived Dr. Slmmorman
bad great difficulty in gaining admit?
tance to the wounded man. But the \
ambulance driver called the police,
and three men we.-e sent on the run. |
Dr. Si.nmerman took five stitches In \
the woundsvand bill took five drinks.'
He will recov'er. .-'The police are look- !
ing for"' Dargens. bvit he left behind
him only the echo of his footfalls, poor
clues for wary sleuths to follow.
BOY IRRESPONSIBLE
llotlier Promise* to Send Itnymnn Smith to
I nrle in Went Virginia.
Sympathy for the mother and belief that
the boy is hardly able now to understand ihe
dlric-rcr.ee between right and wrong caused
Justice Crutclincld yesterday morning to
continue the- rase against itaymon dSmllh,
fourteen years old. charged with robbing
app-rtments in the Shenandoah Flats, to
Juns 27. By that lime Mm. Smith promised
that he would have been sent to an uncle
In West Virrlnla.
Reymon was seriously Injured several
months ae<, by being kr.o<ked from a wagiin
by a street ear, and it is believed that the
Injury affected his mind.
Marriage l-lcrn-.es.
Msrrlaee licenses were Issued yesterday 'n
the Hustings: Cc'J.-t to .Tames Hubert Glind
win. of Petersburg, and Anna Sue Rhoden,
of Burlty. A'.a ; Anthony Hsmlanl and M.?ry
Mar.noni and to .lohn l'alro ?vcrton ar.il
Emily P.iley I'arrilh.
Washington and Lee
Summer Law School
Lexington, Va.
Session opens July 1 and closes Septem?
ber 1. For further particulars address
DR. GEORGE H. DENNY, Lexington,
Observe This
Trade Mark
Look for It on all of
O. 31. Co.'s "Pearl"
Rooting Tin.
The tin with a name.
Gordon lVIetal Co.
Richmond, Va.
Sham Battle and Camp Will Be
Fourth of July Program of
Local Troops.
Manoeuvres with n sham battle will
constitute the work of the First Bat?
talion, First Regiment, on July 4. The
battalion will leave the armory In the
afternoon of July " In heavy march?
ing order, as though in war service.
The ground for the night's camp has
not been Anally selected, but it will
probably be in the neighborhood of
Forest HID.
On the morning of the Fourth there
will be a problem, including the bat?
tle, the battalion being divided into
two sections. Orders such as obtain
in joint manoeuvre camps hove been I
issticd by Major L. T. Price, and a j
problem will be given for the solution |
of the officers, who will fight out the !
contest according to their best judg- *
ment.
The return to the city will be made j
in the afternoon of July 4. A regular
camp will be established along ap?
proved lines, and a wagon train with
the requisite supplies will be taken out
with the battalion on the march:
CHAMBER SMOKER
CimKrCvsiiu'u Moore imil Small to Speak
on Deeper Willenvnys.
To awaken Interest in the convention
of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways As?
sociation, which is to meet here the j
third week in October, the Chamber
of Commerce will hold a smoker at the
Jefferson Motel, on June 30, at which
Congressman .1. ilampson Moore, of
Philadelphia, president of the associa- j
lion, and Congressman John H. Small, I
j of North Carolina, will make addresses, j
'All members of the chamber, and es?
pecially shippers, will be Invited. Pres?
ident Moore has long been one of tha
j most active men In the association for
an inland waterway along the Atlantic
! seaboard, and Representative Smnll,
i though not an officer, has been closely
; identified with the work of the or?
ganization.
It is predicted that the coming con?
vention will be the largest since 'ho.
organization of the association. Neat?
ly 1,000 representatives are expected
frlim the Northern seaboard States, In?
cluding th'- Governors ami most promi?
nent government officials, together
with delegates from the Chambers of
Commerce and Boards of Trade fron
the larger cities on navigable streams,
i'sig delegations arc- also expected from
, the Southern Slates.
FOR SENATE CLERK
Finds He Is Eligible, and Will
Be a Candidate for Re
Election.
There being no question, In mo
opinion ol lending attorneys whom ne
has consulted, that he Is eligible ror
iiu- position, Marshull B. Booker, or |
Halifax, announced last night that no i
will be a candidate for re-election as
clerk of the Schate. -Mr. Booker came
! to Richmond last evening and con
I suited with his friends regarding the
j matter, securing advice of some ot
I the best known lawyers here.
] On Saturday he was nominated by
I the Democrats of Halifax county tor
1 the ofllre of Commonwealth's Attorney
by a large majority over his opponent.
This would preclude htm from hold?
ing any other elective ollire, but does
not interfere with the position of Sen
ate clerk, which Is that of an employe
of that body.
Mr. Booker was elected a member
of the House of Delegates In l'J"5.
At the beginning of the session of
ITiOS he wns made clerk of the Senate,
being re-elected by a unanimous vote
In 1910; It Is regarded as doubtful
If he will have opposition, in view ot
his derision to ask for re-election at
the hands of the Senate. He will as?
sume the duties of Common weal'.na
Attorney to-morrow, succeeding the
late Wood Bouldln.
SETTLE DISPUTE
Y INJUNCTION
Will Ask Court to Prevent South
' Richmond People From Vot?
ing in Primary.
Jn all probability the status of South
Richmond, formerly the city of Man-i
ehester, as to its representation In the j
Legislature, will bo settled by Invok?
ing the aid of the courts. This was!
the scml-llnnl decision reached at a |
conference held 'yesterday afternoon atj
I o'clock In the olllcc of Dcriiocratlc i
City Chairman Miles M. Martin, in tho |
Mutual Building. There were present i
members of the City Committee and of I
the Washington Ward Democratic!
club.
Following the conference, Major
.Marlin declined to say more than that
ho had called a meeting'of the can?
didates for the General Assembly from
this city at his office at noon to-day, at
which plans will be considered looking
to a settlement of the vexed question.
Candidate Will Sue.
From other sources, however, It was
learned that It has been practically de?
cided that a candidate from the north
side of the river will make a legul
test of the ,iiuiltcr..and t'hat action will
be. iaU?*n at once so as to secure a
'judicial decision In advance of July 7,
thje day on which entries for the Demo?
cratic primary will close.
This situation lias caused no little
vexation to party authorities, although
there is no friction over the matter. ?
The one desire is to decide the legal |
status of the affair and to act ac- ;
cordlhgly.
Under the last apportionment made
by the Legislature of representation 'n
Its houses, the city of Richmond has
five members of the House of Dele?
gates and two members of the State
Senate. The city of Manchester, with
the counties of Chesterfield and Pow
hatan, was given tt floater member. The
incumbent in the present House is D.
L. Toncy. of South Richmond, and it
seems to be understood that he Is
wanted by the people of the district,
without opposition. The Slate sena?
torial district Is composed of the same
counties as the House district, with
Goochland added. It is now represented
by Senator J. B. Wntklns, of Chester
Held.
Annexation Caused Trouble.
Since the last meeting of the Leg?
islature, the city of Manchester has
been nnne'cd to Richmond. There
has been no opportunity to rcdlstrlet
tho State so as 'o increase this city's
representation. As a result the ques?
tion of representation recently arose.
If, as contended by one party, Includ?
ing Chairman Martin. Manchester has
become a part of Richmond and must
voto us such, the proportionate repre?
sentation of this city has been reduce^
and the representation of Chesterlleld
and Powhatan correspondingly in?
creased. Those who hold mis view
are strengthened by the fact that the
election laws provide th^u poll tax
lists must be used in voting at regu?
lar elections, and that these boons
nre prepared by the clerk and treas?
urer. Manchester has no clerk and
110 treasurer. Another argument is
that the Judges of election shall be
appointed by the electoral board ot
the city, and Manchester no longer has
an electoral board.
On the other hand, there is a side
which says that Manchester should
vote as of old in the legislative dis?
trict- with Chesterfield and Powhatan,
until the annexation Is formally re?
cognized by the Legislature. Further,
they say. the General Assembly Is the
judge of the qualifications of Its mem?
bers, nnd will not turn down an appli?
cant elected under its own plan, espe?
cially if he has no opposition.
Vote With Old City.
The Ci#y Committee. In arranging
for the ifimary of September 7, took
no official cognizance of the situation,
thereby tacitly Including South Rich?
mond with this city, for If there Is
110 change the Richmond candidates j
for Senate, and House will be voted |
for in lite Southsldc. The people of I
Washington Ward apparently want to
re-elect Mr. Toney. If It can be done
legally.
There seemed for some time to be
no way in which t? get an official opin?
ion. Some discussion was had as to
some manner in which to have Judg?
ment rendered by Attorney-tieneral
Williams, but no one was able to fig?
ure out a plan by which he could be
officially approached on the subject
until after the November election,
which will be manifestly too late. In
addition, tho same difficulty was found
in trying to get the situation hcrore
the party authorities.
Now, however, some one has dis?
covered a way. The plan. It was
learned yesterday. Is to have some
candidate for the Legislature from
Richmond (the north side) sue for
nn injunction before one of the courts
of this city to prevent the Democrats
of Washington Ward from voting in
the September primary on a choice of
Richmond's representatives in the
General Assembly. Possibly mis will
be done to-day. A speedy decision is
anticipated, and the Judge, of tho court
In which the matter Is taken will be
the final arbiter. Neither side win
appeal, since there is no time, and
there is no spirit of contest?only a
desire to do what is legal.
Assaulted I.cltcr-Cnrrlrr.
Henry Crump, colored, twenty-tivc years
old. Was brought to Richmond yesterday by
Deputy United States Marshal" Marehant
from Blair-.? Wharf, Charles City county,
whore he WHi arrested on a Federal war?
rant charging an assault upon R. II. Mar
Bblc, a letter-carrier of that place. He was
taken before United Stnter Commissioner
Brady nnd released under 1100 bond, with
Irving VVelslgcr security, for his appenrance
for a hearing next Monday.
Positive Denial Is Made of Re?
port, Which Was Not Credit-..
ed in Richmond.
Announcement was made last night
at the apartments of Senator Thonias
?. Martin in Washington that ho \rlll
not open his campaign at Amherst i
Courthouse on August I I, as was stat?
ed in local newspapers yesterday. it
was further said that Senator Martin
,wlll not do anything In the matter of
prosecuting his campaign until after
Congress has adjourned.
As a matter of fact, the statement
that Senator Martin had made an en?
gagement to speak was not credited
by any one ,here who Is familiar with
the political situation. it was quite
evident to all who have been keeping
Up with the march of events that there
hnd been a misunderstanding on the
part of the newspaper at Amherst
which made the announcement.
In I.lue With Policy.
The denial given out In Washington
on Inquiry from The Times-Dispatch
lart night Is exactly in accord with
the policy of the senior Senator. Ho
has persistently declined during the
past few mouths to make any engage
merit whatever for public speaking, in
view of the uncertainty regarding the
date for the adjournment of Congress,
Such letters have been received within
a very recent date In Richmond, leav?
ing no reason to doubt that he will
not fix a date for a spee d) until some?
thing Is positively known about the
ending of the session.
As to Senator Swanson. it is also
known that he has no engagements.
Mia health Is not at all satisfactory,
and It Is certain that not only will he
nlso decline to enter the campaign so
long as his duties detain him In Wash?
ington, but It is also doubtful If his
physicians will permit him to make a
speech al all.
INSURANCE AGENTS MEET
Annual Session of Fire People Will Re Held
In Norfolk.
Vigorous opposltfon to the appointment of
second fire Insurance agencies '? ?i-called un?
derwriters) will probably be voiced at the
annual session of the Virginia Association
of Klre Insurance Agents, which meets In
Norfolk on Thursday of this week. A good
many of the Richmond agents will attend.
If the weather Is excessively warm the
meeting will be adjourned from the Lynn
haven Hotel to Cape Henry.
Opposition to tho practice of th<, appoint?
ment of what arc called second agencies Is
general among the agents, not only In Vlr
glnln, but In the country a: large. Other
matters to be considered will bis the pro?
posed enactment of the anti-rebate law and
the taxation of those who place policies In
companies not licensed In Virginia. Last
year this nssoclatlon protested strongly
ngnlnsl the multiplication of agencies
(especially of the slde-Unc classl, and It Is
said It will take similar action this year.
O-reCji Suit on Trlnl.
Argument was begun hi the City Clt
cult Court yesterdav in the case of
William A. Green, against Pollard &
Bagby, for damages to the amount of
$5,00(1. Mr. Green claims damages on
tho ground that certain property ho
purchased from the firm was not ps
represented.
He alleges that the property was
purchased with the understanding that
it bad both sewer and water connec?
tions, and he found neither. The case
probably will be completed this morn?
ing.
10 TEACH PUPILS
Insurance Paper Sarcastic Over
Eggleston's Suggestion
About Pictures.
It seems that the recent suggestion
of Superintendent J. D. Eggleston, ,Ir.,
of the Department of Public Instruc?
tion, to the effect that moving pic?
tures could he used to advantage In
tko schools, is not received with great
favor In Insurance circles. Tho su?
perintendent expressed the opinion
that the time would come when the
popular method of amusement would
bo utilized for instruction.
The Insurance Herald, in the current
Issue, comments as follows:
"The suggestion of the Virginia Su?
perintendent of instruction to Install
moving pictures In the public schools
of that State, in the near future, ap?
pears to be the very latest out. Verily,
and of a truth, the Rev. Jasper has
been vindicated. "The world do move."
The worthy superintendent claims that
this Innovation, per se, will add In?
terest and help to Impress the minds
of the school children. There is little
question about that, and ho might
Impress them further by Introducing
he clown, the coon song and Jig
dancos. Of course, he has not taken
Into consideration the question of In?
creased rates for the fire hazard, but
the companies will do that for him.
and then he will have another guess
coming when the various school boards
conform him with a kick for running
up expenses on them. As time goes
on other innovations will doubtless
suggest themselves to the active minds
of tho school superintendents, and they
will continue to indorse things that
detract the minds of the pupils from
their studies. With baseball and foot?
ball on the outside and moving pic?
tures on the Inside of our public
schools, to say nothing >f the modern
colleges where they make life In?
surance agents to order. It must be
admitted without argument that we
i are going some."
This subject is discussed up and down the streets
of Richmond every day, and a vital question it is. It
was said long ago that if every man swept in front of
his own house that all streets would be clean.
For any community to progress along any line, the
individuals in that community must all do their share.
THE AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK,
of Richmond, Virginia,
as an individual, is doing its share; it is roady to help
you do yours. We offer
SECURITY AND SERVICE.
Old Question of Overhead Wires i
to Be Decided on
July 6.
Adjustment of the city's account
with Storm & Company, whose con?
tract for overhead distribution, erec?
tion of poles, must arms and stringing j
of wire for the municipal plant was i
revoked seme time ago, was deferred j
by the Committee on Electricity last I
night to July c. when figures from the 1
company and the consulting engineer
Will be produced. The work contracted
for by Storm & Company aggregated
$66,000, and when they were unable to
take care of It the contract was re?
voked, the city taking charge, but not
until a icertain amount of the work
had been accomplished. At last night's
meeting tho city was represented by
Assistant City Attorney Anderson and
the contracting company by Its presi?
dent, .lames F. Kelley, with an attor?
ney. Finally ' an agreement was
reached by which the work done by
Storm & Company, beforo the annul?
ment of the contract, thnt done by the
city in the Interim, and what remains
on tho contract will be reported. It
Is then expected that the matter will
bo closed.
Councilman Jones offered a resolu?
tion, which was carried, providing for
the election of a superintendent for
the municipal plant and other em?
ployes In. connection with It. The
measure, was placed In the hands of a
subcommittee consisting of Messrs.
Jones. Seaton and Cownrdln. . A sub?
committee, made up of Messrs. Atkin?
son, ifuber and Jones, was appointed
to confer with the City Engineer and
the consulting engineer as to placing
electric lights on the Free Bridge.
Tho contract for underground wiring
on West Broad Street was awarded to
W. H. Jenks. of this city, at his bid of
59S5. The committee also authorised .
the purchase of 16.000 feet of wire for
the municipal plant and four trans?
formers to be used in Washington
Ward.
Estimates were asked for ornamen?
tal lights on Jefferson Street, from
Broad to Franklin, the figures to be
reported at the next meeting of the
committee.
MUST GOTO CAMP
Major riowlrn Frowns ou Attempt* to
ISvndc Service nt nnslc.
Applications for only two or three!
furloughs have so far been received by
Major Bowles from members of tho
Blues who desire to remain away from
the camp at Basic City. These will
bo refused, as will all applications for
discharge, save In cases of expiration
of term of enlistment or departure,
from the city.
Officers of the Blues are on the look?
out this year for mon who tip their
employers off to ask for furloughs for
their employes, so as to leave the
impression that the mon will bo dis?
charged If he goes to camp. It Is feared
that this species of deception has been
practiced In the past.
It Is regretted by Major Bowles that
many employers, Including those who
would be first to demand the protec?
tion of the militia in case of trouble,
aro unwilling to allow their men to
attend the annual encampments, an Im?
portant part of the training of a mili?
tiaman.
HITER DISMISSED
Charge Against Young Mnn Based on
G round less Suspicions.
On the testimony ot two physicians a_ntl
of the young woman herself. Hugh Hlter,
twenty-three years old, charged with a seri?
ous offense against Mlrs Bessie Carter, was
dismissed by Justice Crutchflold yesterday
morning.
Immediately upon hearing the dedlslon
Mrs. Robert Carter, mother of th? girl, be?
came violent and attempted to assault Hiccr.
She threatened to kill him, and was so ve?
hement that Justine Crutchfleld threatened
to send her to Jail, or to put her under
heavy bond unless she became quiet. Sev?
eral police officers interferreri and restrain?
ed her. and nt length she became calm.
It was brought out In the evidence that
Mrs. Carter had threatened HI'.er before
with a revolver, and on another occasion
she Is alleged to have revived him. It was
said thnt her suspicions against Hlter were
the result of a disordered mind.
SERGEANTS ON DUTY
Begulnr Army Men Come to Richmond!
for Instruction Work.
After quite a long absence from the)
city, the United States Army sergeants j
assigned to duty with the Virginia
mllltla are hack In Richmond for duty
with local troops. Sergeant Mike Pow?
ers goes with the Blues, to Instruct
the enlisted men .for an Indefinite pe?
riod. Sergeant J. J. McMillan has been
assigned to the First Battalion, First
Regiment, and began his dutios with
Company C last night.
Sergeant Powers will bo require! to
report, nt Fort Mycr on June 29 tor ro- '
enlistment, his term having expired J
Both sergeants are former students ail
the army school for non-commlsslor,od |
officers at Fort Leaven worth, Kan.
JUNE TERM ENDS
Circuit Court of Appeals to Meet Again In
July.
The June session of the United States Cir?
cuit Court of Appeals was adjourned yester?
day morning after the following opinion had
been handed down:
N'o. 1011?Frank H. Orahnm and the Title
Guaranty and Surety Company, plaintiffs In
error, agninst the United States of America,
defendant In error; In error to the Circuit
at Baltimore. Md. Opinion by District Judge
Dayton. Affirmed.
Thn next session Is scheduled to open the
second Tuesday In July.
Tnilenb Hits Cnrrlnge.
Taxlcab No. 1010 ran into the car-1
liage occupied by John G. Walker at
Monroe and Franklin Streets early last'
night, a serious accident being averted I
by the chauffeur, who applied lite]
brakes. Both ware going In the same!
direction and the carriage was endeav?
oring to get out of the way when it
was hit.
Charged With Reckless Driving.
John Shields, colored, was arrested y?ster- '
day afternoon in Henrlco county by Officer j
Tiller on a charge of fast and reckless drlv- j
Ing through Brook Itond. .Shields Is an cm- '
ployo of Hopkins & Blnns. |
Xogrocs Fined $20 Fnrh.
Mary Harris and Harvey Grant, colored, i
were each fined 420 and costs yesterday by i
Magistrate J. T. Lewis In Henrlco county!
before whom they wore tried upon a stat- |
a lory charge.
Sent to Grand Jury.
Uen Thornton, colored, was sent to the i
grand Jury yesterdny by Magistrate T. J. i
Furyear after a hearing on a charge of I
highway robbery. Thornton la alleged to
have hold up and robbed Wllllo Johnson,
also colored.. There Is sold to be other evi?
dence against accused of a similar nature.
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BIG WARD GRAB WITH
MILLION IN JACK POT
Chairniah Pollard Shows Why Street Paving
Rider Should Not Be Added to Bond Issue,
So Board Reconsiders and Will
Clip It Off.
Discussion of parliamentary rules
and the reading ot opinions by tne
City Attorney took up the better part
of the special . moetlng of the Hoard
of Aldermen last night, when tne
question of the new bond Issue of
$1,400,000 and the amendment of Al?
derman Gunst for an additional II.
000,000 for grading and paving was
laid on the table to be acted upon at
a special meeting which will be held
Friday night.
Before the motion to reconsider was
mado a communication from City At?
torney Pollard was road, In which he
said that the ordinance as passed at
the last meeting of tho Board of Al
dc-rmon was illegal, since tho amend?
ment was passed on tho night it was
introduced, not having gone through
the regular channels. He advlnod that
a motion for reconsideration bo passed
by the Board, and that the measure
be placed upon the table for tnrco
days and then taken up as If Intro?
duced last night. Several other modes
of procedure were advanced by mem?
bers of tho Board, but the chnlr ruled
on the side of the City Attorney. No
one opposed the move for reconsider?
ation.
Why It Should Not Pnss.
Interest In the measure brought out
many Councllmen. not members of the
Board, among them Chairman 11. K.
Pollard. Jr., of the Finance Committee,
who presented a communication from
his committee setting forth reasons
why the ordinance should not be
passed with the amendment. Advo?
cates of the rider protested that tne
paper was out of order, but It was
ruled a part of the business In spite
of heated objections.
The communication was addressed
to the Board and is signed ror tne
committee by the ohalrman. Follow?
ing Is the text:
"It Is needless to say that the Com?
mittee on Finance was a little jarred
at the action of the Board of Alder?
men In amending the bond ordinance
as passed by the Council by tacking on
$1.000.000 for street Improvements.
"We wish to call the attention of
the Board to the following reasons
why. In our opinion, the proposed
amendment should not be adopted:
"1. The Engineer's Department la 'n
no condition to handle this work, with
its annual appropriations for streets,
sewers and such like, as made in the
budget for this year of about $350,000,
the large unexpended balance of some
$500,000 for sewers In the annexed ter?
ritory, and the building of Mayo's
Bridge. That department is already
under the lash, nnd up to the neck In
work. Then, if they had enough force
In the office to handle the work, the
contractors who do city work have all
they can handle. If we give them ad?
ditional work It Just means that we
will pay more for the work than It
should cost.
Would Have Two Sets.
"2. To Issue thlrty-folir-year bonds
for street Improvements, tho best of
which either wear out or become obso?
lete In twenty years, means that tho
city might have out nnd be paying In?
terest and redemption for two sets of
bonds for improvements on the name
street at the same time. We know of
one city of about 60.000 population
that has three sets of bonds out?
standing for paving the same street.
Draw your own conclusions from this.
"3. The condition of the bond mar?
ket Is not nt all favorable for the sale
of bonds. The Committee on Finance
would not have considered for a mo?
ment advising n bond Issue of $1,400,
000 at this time if It had not have
known that the sinking fund was In a
position to sustain the city's credit
to that extent; but when you ndd
another million what support the
bonds would receive from that source
would not be of much avail.
"If the ordinance Is passed aa
amended It will take practically 33 per
cent, of the city's revenue to pay in?
terest and redemption on her debt. If
COUNTY VOTE Oil
0N0 ISSUE
Fairfield School District Will De?
cide Question of Increasing
. Levy.
Citizens of Fairfield School District,
No. 2, Henrico county, will vote to?
day on the question of increasing the
school tax levy and on a bond Issue
for building additional school houses.
Tho election was ordered by the
Board of Supervisors upon a petition
of the School Board.
Tho present levy for the support
and maintenance of the public free
schools Is 25 cents on each $100, and
tho question is whether the assess?
ment shall be increased to 45 cents.
The proposed bond issue, which will
be settled by the people is for 525.000,
nnd If It Is authorized It will be used
for the purpose of establishing new
schools In Fulton Hill, Glen Echo and
near Popular Springs. It has been rec?
ommended by the School Board. The
people will also settle whether or net
if tho lssuo Is authorized If will be
upon all or part of tho property la the
district.
Wont to Adopt n Baby?
No evldencn has boon found by tho pollco
of Henrico county which would Indicate tho
Identity of tho party or parties who aban?
doned (V day-old Infant Saturday morning In
tho grounds of the Mnsonlc Home. The
child, a girl, Is now taolng cared for at tho
county nlmahouso, and Superintendent B.
i W. Jonoa is searching for aomo family to
adopt the foundling.
these bonds were forced on the mar-,
ket they would not. In our Judgment,
bring more than 95.
"Atlanta this month sold over a
million dollars of t 1-2 per cent, bonds
for Just n little above par; her dobt Is
Small compared with ours.
Too Near the Shore.
"Your bond limit to-dny Is $3,172,000;
deducting tho amount as called for by
amended ordinance leaves uu a margin
of only $1,072,000. which puts us too
near tho shore, In our opinion. This
amount would bo but a bagatelle In
case of a catastrophe. While, In our
opinion. It Is true that the bonds might
bo Issued against tho sinking fund, wo
would dtsllko very much to seo It
done, and would consider It poor
financiering.
"Now we respectfully ?ubmlt and re?
quest you to reconsider your action
for tho reasons stated above, nnd pass
tho ordinance as It came from the
Council.
"If some members of the Council are
still determined on having a bond
Issue for streets, let's go about It In
tho right way. Let tho Street Com?
mittee take the matter up, make up
some comprehensive scheme of street
improvements, say what streets they
proposo to pave, and what streets they
propose to grade, curb and gutter.
"May a kind Providence protect the
people from a 'jackpot' of Jl.ooo.OOO to
be spent without nny Idea, thun than
every Councilman may he like 'Little
Jack Horner, who ran In his thumb
Jnrt pulled out a plum.'"
Under suspension of the rules, the
contract for 20.One barrel? of cement
to C. P. Lathrop A- Company, recom?
mitted to the Committee on Streets,
was ndopted nt the contract price of
$1.71 per barrel.
BODY UNCLAIMED
Unidentified Mnn Killed by Trnlu
Hurled In Onkvrood.
Still unidentified and unclaimed, the
body of the white man killed Saturday
night at Twenty-eighth and Lock
Streets by the Twilight excursion tsaln
of the Southern Hallway, was burled
between 0 and 7 o'clock yesterday af?
ternoon In Oakwood Cemetery. Under?
taker Kdwln Phaup. to whom the body
had been turned over by Coroner Tay?
lor, made and attended to all the ar?
rangements of the burial, and, instead
of being Interred In potter's field, a
section waB bought for the unknown.
Several people called yesterday ttt
the undertaking rooms, but none .-as
able to Identify the body. One woman
was sure at first that It was the body
of a man she knew, but on a de?
scription being given her she failed
ot Identification.
Photographs of the body have been
taken by orders of the police authori?
ties, and If nny one should come for?
ward with proof enough that he knows
the man the body will be disinterred.
OVER A MILLION GAIN
Internal Revenue Collections (iirairn In
him.ii> of Office.
Receipts of the office of United States In?
ternal Revenue Department for the Fourth
Virginia District will exceed K.SW.KO for the
fiscal year ending June 30, according to an
announcement made yesterday by Collector
M. K. Lowry. If that sum Is reached, Mr.
Lcwry said, It will be a gain of about 11.250.
OW ovor the preceding fiscal year, when
about |l.:00.0G0 was received.
The increase this year Is due to some ex?
tent to the revenue derived from the cor?
poration tax. while a large portion, it Ii
undrestood. Is attributed to the Increased
tobacco tax.
TEN DAYS FOR CATTIS
Negro Charged With Shooting Lacked Money
With Which to Pay Heavy Fine.
Frank Cattls. colored, who shot up Peni?
tentiary Dottom Saturday night In an effort
to clean It of residents who were not to
his liking, will not be bothered with them
for n short time, for Justice Crutchileld yes?
terday morning fined him J50 and placed him
under tlOO security for'ten days. Frank did
not have tho coin with him, and went to
Jail in default.
fieorge Abrohnm, chargod with selling
Honor at 2101 East Main Street without a
license, appeared In court, but the case
against him was continued to June 2t.
Monument Not Defaced.
Reports circulated yesterday that some
amateur seluptor had attempted to chisel
his name on the Howitzers' Memorial Mon?
ument at Harrison Street and Park Avenue
were found to bo untrue. Tho urchin, or
urchins, had used only a laad pencil, and
the results were a memorial to "A. G. B..
Jr., W. B., E. A. M. and B. M., Jr. A wet
ras properly applied will remove the de?
facement.
Say Buy Robbed Molls.
William Hi White, a youth, has been ar.
rested at Farrnvlllc, Vn.. on a charge of
robbing the malls, nnd Is now being held
for the IocrI Federal authorities. He Is said
to have had access to the mall of a box.
holder, and frequent losses led to an Inves.
tlgatlon which resulted In his arrest.
Negroes Fined for Fighting.
For fighting Mnmmle Martin and Phil
Winston, both colored, were fined $;.r>0 and
il and costs, respectively, by Magistrate J.
T. Lowls In Henrlco county yesterday.
Mr. Tnylnr Recovers.
H. Cleveland Taylor, of Aylelt, King
William county, who has been 111 at
the Memorial Hospital, has recovered
and returned fo his home.