The times dispatch. [volume], August 02, 1911, Image 10

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Of Special Interest to
the Art-Needleworker
VACATIONISTS, TOURISTS and others?both in and out
of Richmond?whose tastes lead them to seek the artistic in nee?
dlework as a pleasant diversion or pastime during midsummer,
should get in touch at once with the Miller & Rhoads Art Store.
The accompanying list will prove helpful. though li carries but a suggestion
of what's in stock?THE LARGEST AND BEST EQUIPPED ART DE
PARTMENT TO BE FOUND IN *\LL THE SOUTH.
Our Mail Order Department
45c
45c
15c
10.
Will cheerfully furnish any information
may desire. Write us:
D. M. C. Pcrlc for crocheting slip
pcrs, afghans, etc., Nos. 3 and
5, larcc hanks.
D. a1. C, in colors. No. 3
onlv, hank.
D. M. C. Crochet Floche,
white only; per ball.
P. M; C, Crochet Cotton, N
20 and 30. per ball, 15c; Nos. 9f|?
60, 70 and 80, per ball. ?-UC
Tetznet Knitting Cotton, in white.
4-plv, Nos 4. 6. S", 10, 12, 14,
16, 18. 20, 24, 2o a.id 30; per
hank.
Embroidery Silks?Bclding'i
Royal Floss? Twist Silks, in
white and colors; skein, 4c; per
dozen.
Mount Mellisk Silk, in white
and black; skein, 4c; per doacn
Motor Tie Silk, for crocheting ties,
belts, gloves, slippers, etc. ; d?1 A A
per spool. ?J>I.VU
"COLUMBIA" BRAND WOOLS
?the best made?
4 and S-fold Germantowh Wool, per
hank, 24c; 10 hanks to a tfO OC
pound for. <H>?^9^0
Shetland Floss. 15c hank; (PI CA
per pound of 12 hanks. . . . ?P i ?OU
15c
Filo?
40c
40c
$2.25
$1.75
4 hanks
about goods which the needle worker
Shetland Wool, per lb.
of S hanks.
Saxony Yarn, 16c hank;
per pound of lr> hanks. . . .
Spanish Yarn, 23c hank;
per pound of 8 hanks.
German Knitting Yarn,
to the pound, fur $1.45; pel QQ _
hank. ?5?C
Eiderdown Wool Ball.35c
Ice Wool, per ball.22c
Eagle Crochet Needles, N'os. 1,
2, 3? 1, 5, o, 7. 8, 9 and 10; C
each . *JC
Celluloid Crochet Needles?
Nos.' 2 and 4, each. 6c
No. S, each.12c
No. 7, 9-inch; each.10c
No. 9, 9-inch; each.12c
Celluloid Knitting Pins
No. 7, 14-inch: pair.30c
No. 9, 14-inch; each.40c
No. 11. 14-inch; each.59c
Royal Society Flosses, in white
and colors; per skein, 3c; per
dozen.
Queen's Crcsnel Needles lor "1 A
embroidering; per paper. 1 l/C
30c
TY COBB COULDN'T
BEAT THAT JULY
Temperature Went to Bat 31
Times and Swatted 19 Times
Above the 90 Mark.
Ty Cobb may be there when It comes
to a fat balling average, but Old Sol.
?who pilches on Director Evans'?
Weather Bureau team. made some rec?
ord himself during thai bad July
month, which bus jusi closed, i'or in
Stance, oui of thirty-one times up Hie
jjnercury got above the EiO-degree mark
Oil nineteen days. Some weather, you
suy? Of course?Just about as bad aa
they have in the tropica.
Wnat happened in July hits never
happened before in mis good man a
town. W'tiiie ibt thermometer was
Lrying to reach higher altitudes every
day, tlnrc was nothing in the Bltape
of rain, the total preclpiiulion for the
month being u.ii', inches, or juul a
trifle more than half an inch, to spteak
plainly.
August got away from the plate yes?
terday just as II it was preparing to
du & tew spectacular stunts, <md as
this is summer Director Bvana feels
safe In saying that mete Will be
plenty ol hot weather before the first
big frost. Lately, however, the public
has beer, sa greatly excited ovei other
things that 11 negleclod to keep tub
on the olllcial nguies seni out from
the brow of Clumborazo Hill. Tue
kiosk has still te,"r. on the job, but
It Is lntirnaicd-.'tnvn - the City Council
?will order nn investigation, believing
that Its high temperature reading is
not a good advertlseme?l tor thin de?
lightful summer resort. (Delightful gui
in through tnistuke, but It is easier to
add this explanation than to run a
pencil through that popular society
?word ) Unconfirmed reports from the
mountains indicate that the weather
up there is fine. Also, there was a
breeze at Barton Heights last night.
TO INVITE PRESIDENT
Comiutttrr Will Urge Him to Attend
Iflguyta} Convention.
Mayor D. C Rlcliardioh, Secretary
P.. A. Dunlop. of tru Chamber ,,f Com?
merce, and J- C. Hemphlll leave this
morning for Washington, where, wltn
Senator Martin, they will call on Pres?
ident Taft at 1 o'clock to-dav to pre?
sent to him an invitation to attend me
meeting of the American Association
lor Highway Improvement, which will
be held in Rlchrrtond October 20. 3! ,,:i<i
November 1. President Tafi was nncf,
before Invited, mid while expressing
great interest in highway Improve?
ment, declined because nf other en?
gagements. Since that time the date
of the convention ha's been changed*
Vnd the promotoru express great apt
that he will lend his aid to making the
Bond Congress a notable gathering
enrt one thai will give groat impetus
to comprehensive highway Improve?
ment
l,ockerN for trinory.
Major 7. T. Price, of the First Bat?
talion, First Infantry, has placed or?
ders for '.'75 Individual tte?-l lockers,
which will be placed In the Seventh
Street Armory by August l" This Is
a convenience long desired by the
men of tin- battalion,
Drills have n'>: '?rri: suspended hy
Major Price for the- heated term, this
matter having been left to the com?
pany commanders, who will decide
for themsielves or by vote of the com?
panies.
SAVINGpBANK
RICHMOND
1117: E,|MlA<N ST.
STATE REALIZES
HER F?LL CLAIM
Secures Entire Deposit Witli
Alexandria Bank?Other Cred?
itors Get 20 Per Cent.
Faring bettor than any other cred
j ttor of the late Virginia Safe Deposit
I and True! Corporation, of Alexandria,
the State of Virginia yesterday re?
ceived a check In full of her claim.
The money was turned over to State
Auditor S. It. Donohoe by Samuel tl.
Hrcnt. Commonwealth'* Attorney for
Alexandria.
Judgment for the State was recently
entered in the claim against Thomas
j \V. Robinson, treasurer of the city <?f
j Alexandria. After the collapse of the
I bank, it was found that Treasurer
I Robinson had on deposit with the con?
cern, to the credit of the Common -
I wealth, the sum of $18,309.511. He wns
J also bonded with the same company.
' Which did a trust business. Suit wns
1 at owe entered at the instance of the
J Auditor for this amount, and the
; courts gave judgment In favor of the
State. The total amount received yes?
terday, by check drawn {>y tlte re?
ceivers, wns 320,032.52, which includes
Interest on the deposit to date,
amounting to 11,722.99.
The State of Virginia, therefore, gets
its full amount 011 deposit, with In?
terest, whir the other depositors do
not share as well, netting only 20 per
cent, on the first dividend, which was
; received by them yesterday.
I Including the amount paid out by
I the State, the receivers for the con?
cern. Howard XV. Smith and .1. K. M.
Norton, have mailed checks aggregat?
ing $ios.ooo; representing -<? per cent,
of the deposits. Most of the depositors
of the concern received their checks
yesterday, ;<nd it is said lost no time
In having them enshed. they having
had their money iled up since Decent
! her 2S, 1910, which was the time of
the coll ipse of the' concern.. The
checks, were drawn on all four bnnks
in ? Alexandria, and the total niimbor
yent out was 6,000, representing the
number of depositors in the central
and braAch banks which wcra scat?
tered throughout the State.
I THREATENED BY FLAMES
1 Fire Relieved ?? Have Reeu of tuet-n
dlnry origin Does Serloue Damns:*.
I A tire beileved to have been pf In?
; eemilary" otJgln caused about $1,000
1 damage on tile S0(' block In West Clay
, Street yesterday ? afternoon, the 1'iro
, starting at 812 West Clay Street In
: the Bllley stables, Trom where it
' Spread t,? the house occupied by T. M.
Agoe. The house at SlO West Clay.
occupied by Mrs. .1. A. Cottrell; Sil,
1 occupied by J. W Parker, and the
fence and wood house at 513 Graham
i street where William C. Ewell lives,
; were also Ignited, and for a time the
i lire threatened to assume serious pro
'. portions. The alarm wns. turned in
i late, and when Assistant Chief Wise
'? responded jvlth two compunlcei the
Illumes were horning and spreading
fiercely. Three streams of water were
I turned on. and the lire was Anally ex
: tlngulshed. after it had inflicted se
j r'.ous damage
POSTAL RECEIPTS GROW
_?
Hin Im n ave lit I'llftl-Offlrf for .July Over
*anic Month Ii??! Vrar.
Posf.offlce receipt? compiled yesterday
shew tint the business of tho Richmond
office h?d iteadlly grown, and exceed* by a
good mei?ln the work for the same poriod
of last year. In doiiare and centa the ln
cre*l< 'i' tKe month jum passed over July
j of IHO .? i.'.?T4 "7. or T.C0 pe: cent.
, The CSlhler'l report ?uk?u'. tieft to Poat
maitui Al'.an yesterday gave the total re
1 relplt of the mnnth from the sale of
I Stamps, Stamped pSpei anil other ?ources
i |U,Stl21, Si against S41S??.lt of the year"
preceding.
I COURT G rUNTsTTcENSE
j Evidence '?bow ed thai Kranltzky Uro?.
Opi-ruted Orderlj Place.
Over the prutea! <,f many citizens of
W?hlend Park Judge R. Carter Scott in
the HcMirlro county Circuit Court yesterday
granted a liquor lleennw to Kranit7k>
lirnthera. doing hualnea? on the Second
Street I'.pad The firm hau been located at
the name pia t a number Ol years, but
ita llcenfce ?11 held up ihls >e:ir on ne.
count of objection* mined by those In the
Vicinity, Sufficient evidence was brought to
?aWh.'y the court that the p.ace win order?
ly a nrcoiur location for (ho bar
CITY TO DEMAND
OPENING OF DOCK
Owners Delay Repairs, and Basin
Is Practically l/.seless to
Shipping.
APPEALS TO COMMISSION
City Attorney's Office Preparing
Petition Asking for Imme?
diate Action.
Papers uro being prepared by As?
sistant City Attorney George Wuync
Anderson asking the State Corporation
!o issue orders for the Immediate re
opening of the Richmond clocks. Al?
though the commission bus decided
that the dock is a public waterway,
dud cannot be closed to traffic, it has
been practically closed for nearly a
month, and the owner?, the bondhold?
ers of the William R. Trlgg Shipbuild?
ing- Company, give no promise whan It
will be reopened. The last steamer for
Petersburg passed out of the dock on
iin- afternoon of July u, after which
it was staled that the lock gates were
In need of repairs, and that traffic
would be temporarily suspended. Since
that time no repairs have been made
Kurbor Master John A- Curtis said last
night th;tl he hud not inqu.ted intu
the matter since last week, but that
at that time no contract had been
awarded for the necessary repairs, the
erection of new lock gates, and he
estimated that the work when begun
would take at least a month.
No Work Vet Dune.
About a week ago the property was
examined by Colonel C. P. K. Hurgwytt
on behalf Of .Messrs. Lloyd and Hetniss.
committee of the bondholders. The Old
Dominion -Marine Railway Company at
Norfolk was the lowest bidder on sup?
plying a new gate, fixing the time for
such work at two weeks from the
sighing of the contract, though it was
believed thai the work could not be
done within that time.
Mr. Remiss, the resident member of |
the bondholders' committee, was out
of the city last night, and it could
not be learned whether any contract
for the work had been awarded. Cer?
tainly no work hns bebn done since
the dock was closed to traffic on the
afternoon of July (i
Colonel Anderson secured yesterday
n copy of the order of the Corporation
Commission declaring the dock a public
waterway, and is understood to ho
preparing a petition, which will ' bo
tiled in a few days, setting forth that
the owners are not carrying out the
order of the commission.
The most serious sufferer from the
Indefinite clos'na of the dock is the
steamer line to and from Petersburg,
which has maintained a dally service,
to the greai advantage of the trade,
between the two cities. The long haul
from tliv wholesale centre to the dock
front <>n the river below Twenty-ninth ;
Street has Kreativ ret.need the vnlum? j
of business, and the oper.itton ol |
steamers hns been irregular. one
steamer having been tied up for weckn
i In Hie Appomattox River at Peters?
burg.
Would Soil to City.
At the City Hall the view Is ex?
pressed that the closing of the dock
nnd the dilatory way in which re?
pairs are being projected, despite t"fl |
definite order "f the Corporation Com- 1
mission l)\nt the dock must lie mnln- I
tained us a perperunl waterway, la
part of a plan to work up interest in j
the project for th> ncqulslt.on of thai
dock hy the city. A real estate agency
some months ago wrote to thp City
Council that It waw in a position to
negotiate wijh the city for tne sale,
of the dork, and the paper Is pending
in the Finance fonmiittee. The Com?
mittee on improvement of James River
hns gone ahead with plans for erect-'
Ina wharves for nil manner of vessels,
big and little, or. the river front,
owned hy the city, and until that
project is accomplished tr.e Council,
generally, takes little interest in th*
expenditure of ;i large sum of money
I for purchase of I he dork, into wh'c.li
only small boats can come, and which
the commission has decided must bo
kept open and maintained whether tho
city buys It or not.
Committee Take? A tlon.
Without knowledge that the City
; Attorney's office was moving <n the
' matter, the Committee on Improvement
1 of the James River last night, on mo?
tion of Henry W. Wood, president of
the Chamh. r of Commerce, adopted a
\ resolution proposing that Immediate
steps be taken to nave tho owners of
I the dock put it In cond'llon for use by
i vessels of ordinary deiilri
ON DUTY WITH FOURTH
: Tun Local Olllcer* Will Return to nul
poper Next Week.
' Two of the officers of the First Bat?
talion. Pirsi Infantry, have been as
; signed to duty at Culpeper next week
with the encampment of the Fourth
Infantry.
Lieutenant Charles D, Snead. adju
' tan I of the First Battalion, will act as
adjutant of the Third Battalion of tne
Fourth, while Second Lieutenant C. B.
Coulboum, of Company F of the First,
will act as comml'jsary and quarter?
master of the same battailon. These
arrangements are made, because of the
absence of toe st iff officers of Major
? K. B, Ooodwyn, of Emporiai
Xnmea Xew Sergeants.
Captain Charles M. Wallace, of Com?
pany C. First Infantry, announces the
, appointment of the following men of
. his company to he sergeants: Corporal
I Michael A. Korb, Private Reverlev c.
i AVilkes and Private William I? Krtig.
R?,lboard Air I.Ine Famines.
Approximate earning! of the Seahnard
? Air Lino Railway for the third week in July
; show an increase of $21,033 as compared
; with the <orresr"iidinK iv.-ek last year.
TRYING TO PLACE
BLAME FOR RUIN
Grand Jury Takes Up Case of
Negroes Who Were Swindled
by Wholesale.
BANK QUEERLY CONDUCTED
Colored Institution Hopelessly
Involved, While Law Moved
.Slowly.
Probing deep Into the circumstances
which led to the dissolution of tho
True Reformers' Hank und the betrayal
ol hundreds of poor and unsuspecting
negroes, depositors in the defunct In?
stitution of linance, a special grand
Jury, of which Captain Charles P. Tay?
lor is foreman, began yesterday morn?
ing nn inquiry which it Is said will
continue until responsibility for the
disaster |s definitely fixed. One in?
dictment?that against lleuben T. Hill,
the embezzling cashier, for whose ar?
rest circulars have, been scattered
broadcast throughout the country?
has been returned, and it is likely that
the present 'body of inquisitors will
tlhd other true bills against those be?
lieved to have been equally, or In part,
responsible for the ruin of the hank.
Though no report will be made by
the grand Jury, except as indictments
may be returned, until Its work is
complete, it is suld .that the finances
of the bank were in a hopeless con?
dition through vast und indiscrimi?
nate Juggling of its funds long before
the general public and the depositors
were aware that the money was being
poured through a sieve
I.nw IJrnirKed Slowly.
Even after the first discovery that
all was not as it should be. the law
dragged slowly in its Investigation,
and Hill hnd ample opportunity and
tlmo to escape.
Those upon whom Initial Investiga?
tion of the hank's condition rested are
said to have proceeded slowly, and
even now, several months later, the
misdeeds of the trusted financiers arc
still shrouded. It Is said, in the mys?
tery of lgnornncc as to cause and per?
sons responsible.
The inquiry begun yesterday may
last for several days, and the grand
jury was adjourned to 10 A- M, to?
morrow. Several witnesses were ex?
amined yesterday, among them being
.1. Thomas Newsomo. a colored law?
yer of Newport News: .lohn Mitchell.
.lr.. president of the Mechanics' Sav?
ings Bank of Richmond; Olles B- lack
son, a colored attorney, anil William
P. Burrell.
Several arrests have been made In
connection with the case, the last man
to have been charged with stealing
the bank's funds being Bdwnvd EUls,
?lr., whose case was called in Policy
Court yesterday morning'. He Is |
charged on one warrant with stealing
$133 from the hank, and en another
$150. The hearing was postponed to
August >. and Kills was hail*! :n the
sum of $:.no on each wnr-ant, surety
being furnished by Jullnn W. Tyler.
The case went over so that certn'n
Information could be used before the
grand jury, the expectation being that
the Ellis warrant will be dismissed.
Justjce Crutchfield did not think much
of the evidence.
STANDARD GETS IT
Oil Contrnet Awjirded for Xenrly Two
Million Gallon*.
The Committee on Light last ni^rht
awarded the contract tpr 1,800,000 gal-I
Ions of oil for use at the Gas Works :
to the Standard Oil Company. 5rt 3 1-4
cents per gallon. Though the Stand?
ard was the only concern blading. It
wag stated that the price was lower
than heretofore.
The contract for the construction of
the engine house .-it fhe lower works
was awarded to fc5. C. Woodward &
Company, at $2,550. There were four
other bidders whose figures ran sev?
eral hundred dollars higher.
Bids for "..">00 tons of steam coal
were submitted by the Atlantic States
Coal and Coke Company, the Chesa?
peake and Ohio Coal Agency and the
L. G. Crenshaw Company. Each com?
pany charged the same price. $2.50 per
ton, and submitted analyses.
In order to avoid discussions of the
question such as have before beeh put
up to the committee, the award was
referred to u subcommittee made up
of Messrs. Powers, Wiltshire and Saun
ders. who will confer with the City
Chemist and Superintendent Knowles.
of the Gns Works, making a report at
the next regular meeting of the com?
mittee.
TO BUY AMBULANCE
City Horn,. Ilospltnl to Get Gasolene
or Flectrlc Machine.
Superintendent Cabell. of the City
Home, wn? yesterday" afternoon In?
structed hy the Committee on Relief
of the Poor to advertise for bids for
a new automobile umbulnnco, recently
authorized by (he City Council. Bids
will be a=keri on both gasolene and
electric machines, as some members of
the committee are Inclined to he In
lavor of the electric car. The cost is
not to exceed $4.500.
A letter was read from chief Health
Officer Levy recommending that the i
open sewer In the rear of the City
Home be connected with the city sys?
tem, as an additional health measure. I
The contract for sawing 500 cords
of wood wn-- .awarded to C. H. Eppz.
i'03 North Twenty-sixth Street.
Arrested for Fast Riding.
John R. Baughan, a young white man.
wns arrested yesterday morning charged In
a warrant with recklessly riding n horse
on the Public road, where. It is alleged, ho
ran ..ver nri/i badly wounded John Hill. The
cose will be triefl before Magistrate Pur
year this morning.
Supervisors Inspect Jell.
The Henrirn county Hoard of Supervisors
met In regular monthly session yesterday
morning and transacted routine business In
n short while. After the meeting the board,
accompanied hy Commonwcalth's-Attorney
Julien flunn, inspocted the jail, pronounc?
ing It entirely satisfactory In every respect.
The following advertisement, which the American National
Bank takes pleasure in printing to-day, was submitted by Mrs.
J, H. Long, 1807 Beverly Street, city, in the,re^cent Ad. Contest
in the Richmond Times-Dispatch:
I never have a dollar in the house;
And I have my'husband to thank.
He says, "There's no place for money
But the?
American National Bank
Tenth and Main Streets,
RICHMOND,.? - VIRGINIA.
NORFOLK CONTEST
NOT ACTED ON YET
State Democratic Committee
Again Fails to Round
L'p Quorum.
TO MEET HERE ON AUG. 15
Not Likely That Question Will
Be Settled Until After
Primary.
All efforts to secure a quorum of the
| membership of the state Democratic
j Committee having proved futile, the
twenty men wno answered to their
! "'lines at last night s meeting ad?
journed to meet In this city on Tues?
day night, August 15, at 8 o'clock. A
motion to meet in ltuatioke Instead of
Richmond was defeated, although as?
surances were, give nn djubtlng mem?
ber that the "Magic City" Is not a dry
town.
There was naturally some disappoint?
ment on the part of the "Stratghtout"
contestants from Norfolk county over
the failure of their efforts to present
their petition to have the State Com?
mittee tuke up the contest and decide
it. Llut they took the matter philo?
sophically. Three of the counsel for!
the "Stralghtouts" ' stated after ad?
journment that they were satisfied that
the failure to get a quorum was simply j
nn unfortunate happening. Only onej
was Incline! to be rebellious.
Not I'olltlcnl .Mutter.
To those of the contestants who
seemed to think that the Stute Com?
mittee did not desire to face the ques?
tion, for reasons bearing upon th?
contest for United Stutes Senators, il
was pointed out by members of the
committee that the friends of Repre?
sentative William A. Jones could have
made a meeting possible by their pres?
ence. Only one friend of the First
District Congressman, apparently, was
present?J. M. Curtis. of Newport
News. T. J. Downing, of Lancaster, Is
campaigning for Mr. Jones In tha
Southwest, while J. Uoyd Sears, of Ma
thews, is reported ill. TV L. Allworth,
of Northampton, was likewise absent
as was Henry 1*. Adams, of Lynchburg,
regarded as Mr. Glass's friend on tho
committee.
At all events, it Is now regarded as
settled that no decision In the Nor?
folk matter need be anticipated until
after the primary of September T.
Whether or not the Norfolk county
committee shall have disposed of the
contest by August 15. when the State
Committee meets again, it is not be?
lieved that the latter will hold a third
meeting until It gathers a week or
two after the primary to canvnss the
returns of that election. Should an
appeal be the nature of the proceed?
ings on August 15. the appointment
of a subcommittee would probably be
the course pui'iued.
Don't Kxpert Decision.
"Stra.lghtout" attorneys were dubious
of getting a settlement from the coun?
ty authorities. One of them said that
oven if one witness were put on th?
stand for his side, the conte.stees would
probably cross-examine him for ihre?
or four days, so as to delay matters
and prevent an nppeal.
When last night's meeting was called
to order It was found that former Lieu
tenant-Governor Edward Echols, ol
Staunton: Gardner D Roothe. of Alex?
andria, and W. D Smith, of Scott, had
arrived. On the other hand, the fol?
lowing hart left since the previous
night: Dr. F. S. Hope, of Portsmouth;
Dr. J. B. Fisher, of Chesterfield; Manly
H. Barnes, of New Kent: Judge R. T.
W. Duke, of Charlottesvllle; E. W.
Carpenter, of Rockingham; R. C L
Moncure. or" Stafford, and W. R. Allen,
of Alleghany.
Judge Duke Informed Chairman E.1
lyson over the telephone that it would
be impossible for him to return. T. J.
Arvln. of Lunenburg. -replied that lie
was ill. while the telegram to R. A.
James, of Danville, was returned un?
delivered.
When the absence of any possible
quorum became evident, E. I.. C. Scott,
of Hanover, moved an adjournment to
August 15. H'll Carter, of cojnsel for
the contestants, expressed some doubt
as to his ability to give the matter his
attention at that time, evidently be?
cause of his connection with the Beat
tie murder rase.
llplnloua Volunteered.
W. M. McAllister, of Bath, expressed
the opinion that the committee had
no right to take original jurisdiction
in the case at issue. Robert Gllliam.
of Petersburg, speaking along tht>
same line, thought that if the matter
had come up on appeal, a quorum
would have been present, the members
thinking they had no right to act on
an original proposition. Chairman
Kllyson. however, terminated this line
of argument by saying that in the >
absence of a quorum it could not be ,
assumed that the committee would
would have done.
The failure to attend, in the opinion
of Irving P. Whitchead. of Amherst,
was because of tho distance and the
heat. He thought a quorum could be
better secured elsewhere. He there?
fore moved to amend the Scott mo?
tion by a provision that the meeting
of August 15 should be held In Roa
noke.
Mr. McAllister, after inquiring as to
the saie. of ardent spirits in Roanoke,
said that if the county commltto
would act first, the State Committee
could meet anywhere and get a quo?
rum.
The Whitehead amendment was
overwhelmingly defeated. and tho
Scott resolution was carried, thus cre?
ating an adjournment.
Illura' Smoker. To-Night.
A smoker will he given by Company
B. Richmond Blues, at the Hermitage
Club to-night. Invitations have been
extended officers of other companies
and of other commands, as high up as
the Governor and the Adjutant-Gen?
eral. A probable guest will be. Captain
Knox, United States Army. Instructor
at the recent camp at Basic City.
The committee in charge of the af?
fair, which will he one of the most
pretentlouji-tittempted by the company
for some time, is composed of the fol?
lowing; First Lieutenont Herman Carl
Boschen, Corporal H. E. Foatherstone,
Private John Carey and Private Harrv
Cullen.
Knights of Columbus.
The Knights of Cblumbus will hold their
regular meeting In the home. 810 East
Grace Street, to-night at S:30 o'clock. All
members are urged to attend.
Recelrer Named.
In the roll of Alfred K. Sage against the
Wiles Land Company, ponding In tho Law
and Equity Court. Judge Ingram-ycsterdny
appointed Mr. .Sage receiver for the property
of the land company. He gavo bond In the
sum of 1300, and will report a schedule of
assets and liabilities to tha court:
$40.00 Suits now $26.67
$35.00 Suits now $23.34
$28.00 Suits now $18.67
And so on?-all of our finest suits on sale at
l/3 OFF THE REGULAR PRICES
$3.00 and $4.00 Straw Hats now $1.65
GANS-RADY COMPANY
MADE AN OFFICER
IN THREE DAYS
Meteoric Rise of First Regiment
Man?Active Work in F
Company.
For a rapid rise" In the ranks of the
organized mllltla. It Is believed tho
record of Second Lieutenant Charles
Button Coulhourn, of Company F. First
Infantry, Is unexampled In local cir?
cles. On Thursday, July 20, Mr. Coul?
bourn. unknown to the officers, en?
listed In tho company. On the follow?
ing" Sunday morning, while on the
train en route to the Culpeper en?
campment, he was elected second lieu?
tenant.
This rapid promotion came about
through knowledge of his record. A
graduate of tho Virginia Military In?
stitute, class of 1910, Mr. Coulbourn
taught at the Institute during tho past
session. His military knowledge is
therefore thorough. He has lately lo?
cated in Richmond. Mr. Coulbourn Is
a nephew of State Insurance Commis?
sioner JoHeph Button.
The company with which the new
officer Is connected Is showing a large
amount of activity. It was the second
largest In the First Regiment In the
Culpeper camp. It has organized a
glee club, with twenty-eight members,
and has a basketball team on tho
ways.
A little Inter a drill team will be
formed, which will be ready to con?
test with crack military squads from
tiny where.
The spirit being shown by this com?
pany is a matter of great satisfaction
to Captain A. B. Cousins and First
Lieutenant C. Alexander Rndy.
Captain Cousins last night announc?
ed the following promotions In F Com?
pany: Corporals Lin wood Carter and
Carlisle Woodburn, to be sergeants;
Privates Thomas S. Hall. Asa C. Evans,
Melvln H. Dudley and Courtney C.
Sharp, to be corporals.
ONE ROWDY NIGHT
Pun at Fulton Purk Out Too Far, When
OfTlrere Stopped It.
There wns much rowdyism at Fulton
Park, a colored resort. Monday night, when
Officer Goddln walked In and made aome
arrest* Yesterday morning the prisoner,
were before the magistrate and were han?
dled for their misdeeds.
Hewlett Stokes was charged with shooting
at Joseph Austen. He was dismissed after
paying the costs.
\Vlllte Heasity snatched the entrance
money from Ruth stores, ihe ticket seller,
but she grabbed his hat. Whereupon Beas
ley slapp-d her. He was fined IS. .
A colored woman named Meredith was
charged with cursing Mr. and Mrs. H. Hub
bard, who live near the park. The affair
was somewhat mixed up. 10 the Meredith
woman was let off with the costs
Magistrate Battorr.s fined J. S. Desmond
anil Lena I* Pirker >? each for being disor?
derly.
Marriage Licenses.
Marriage licenses were issued yesterday
In the Hustings Court to the following
couples: llollln E. Lewis and Iner Berks:
Hansford H. He!!, of Itockb.-ldge county, and
Leila C, Dun'.ap. Howard E. Smith and
Emma C. Mayo, and Francis W. Hubert, of
Petersburg, and Caroline R. Coxon
Tribute to Colonel Skelton.
Resolutions of respect to the. memory of
Colonel William Old Skelton. adopted by the
Bar Association of Richmond, were present?
ed In the Law and Equity Couri yestertfay
by B S. P. Patteson nnd ordered spread on
the record hy Judge Ingram.
Adjourns for Term.
The Cltv Circuit Court adjourned yester?
day for the term. The next term will open
on the first Monday In November.
HARBOR CHANGES
URGED BY PUBLIC
James River Committee Takes
Up Question of Extending |
Wharves.
Contemplating, besides tho plans al?
ready made, a greater extension of the
Richmond harbor, the Committee on
Improvement of James River last night
appointed a committee to look Into
the practicability and cost of acquiring
the property on the south side of the
river, within the city limits, below tho
property of the Virginia-Carolina Chein
ical Company and the Southern Rail?
way, for the construction of slips, so
that there may be ample accommoda?
tions at nil times. Tho resolution foi
the appointment of the committee was
offered by W. A. Crenshaw, and tne
chairman appointed Messrs. Crenshaw
Batklns and Williams. The committee
will confer with the City Attorney and
the City Engineer.
Though some momhers of the com?
mittee considered it no nffair of tho
city's, an opinion by City Attorney
Pollard was read, to the effect that tho
?tredglng of tho Southern Railway
wharves, requested by the Virginia
Carolina Company, could be legally
done at the expense ot the municipal?
ity. In general. Mr. Pollard held that
work of the kind could be done by
the city or the United States govern?
ment in any part of tho harbor. A
subcommittee, consisting of Gonrgo
Bryan, George W. Rogers, with the
City Engineer nnd tho City. Attorney,
was appointed to confer with the
wharf owners and ^arrange with them'
to afford the city such reciprocal prlv- I
lieges as the case might -. arrant. AI
similar request from the Richmond
Guano Company concerning Its wharf
lower down tho river was referred to
the same commlttoe.
Short SeaTrips
New York and Boston
Richmond Transfer Co.
Convictions Secured in Number
of Instances for Violations of
Labor Laws.
Recent prosecutions for violation of
the child rabor laws of Virginia have.'
convinced Commissioner James 11.
Doherty, of tho Bureau of Labor, that
not only arc many manufacturers still
employing children of less than tho
required ago of fourteen, but that In
some instances, perhnps a large num?
ber, those of a much more tender ugj
are working. Convictions have re?
cently been secured at several points
In this State, covering not only em?
ployers, but parents, who, to protect
tho manufacturer, have certified that
their children were of legal age.
In a case successfully prosecuted at
South Boston it appeared at the trial
that the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Com?
pany had In Its employ as a tobacco
stripper a child of only seven years.
Inspector J. B. Cllnedlnst rounded up
a number of others whose ages ranked
from aoven to thirteen.
Children Kscnpe.
When Mr. Cllnedlnst appeared In tho
factory on alnrm was .given among the
operatives, and a good many of them
cscuped liim. But others were caught,
and the (tobacco company was fined 123
and costs In the police Court, An?
other big corporation was found a law?
breaker In Petersburg, whore, E. M,
Stokes, manager of the Brltlsh-JVmer
Ican Tobacco Company, was made, the
victim of a warrant and was fined 125
for employing a child under the ngo
required by law,
Herbert Newsom, Henry Cassldy and
Emmet Condon, fathers of email chil?
dren, were arraigned In Petersburg for
having permitted their small children
to work. In cases where a certiflcato
Is given the employer by the parent
to the effect thot the child is fourteen,
the parent la held. These men were
fined t2.r> each, but because of this be?
ing art Initial case In the community,
and because of the financial condition
of the mpn, tho fines wero remitted.
They will not be remitted next time,
according to Mr. Doherty.
The Martlnsvillo Cotton Mill was
charged 125 and costs for employing
n minor child.
In one- case It was found that a child
who wns too ill to attend school had
been made to work In a factory for
two or three days in a week.
Some Are Otintri-peroua.
Mr. Doherty feels that the great ma?
jority of the employers of labor in
Virginia are co-operating with him In
his endeavor to enforce the laws, and
that most of them acquiesce In tha
Justice and propriety of the statutes.
But there remain many who can ap?
parently not be reached save by court
proceedings. This Is never resorted to
except after due notice.
! Since prosecutions of this sort began
!about two years ago there have been
thirteen convictions of violation of the
child labor laws, .sever, convictions of
parents for the same offense, and four?
teen for violation of the law forbid
( ding the working of women longer
; than ten hours In any one day. All of
? these cases. In the opinion of officials
[of the bureau, will result In greater
I respect for the law.
JURY MERCIFUL
: One Pleads Guilty and Gets Minimum
Sentence, nnd Other Gets More.
Sadie Bella Brown, colored, pleaded
guilty yesterday Jn the Hustings Court
to trie charge of selling cocaine, and
threw herself on the rrSSrcy of the
court. She tva?. sentenced to one year
In the penitentiary, the minimum term.
William Johnson, her associate In the
crime, pleaded not guilty, and was
round guilty by the Jury, which
brought in a verdict of two years in
the penitentiary, In lieu of which he
will serve two years on the publlo
roads.
John Malone, colored, charged with
maliciously wounding Frank Lombard,
had the indictment reduced to one of
assault and battery, apd was sentenced
to thirty days In jail. He was repre?
sented by Attorney George White.
William A. McGeheo. white, and
James Morton, colored, each charged
with malicious wounding, applied for
i bail before Judge Witt, and each was
[bailed for the term beginning October
i 2. the former in the sum of 1300 and
I the latter in the sum of ?500.
POLICE COURT CASES
Cnlvln Cnrper Sent to Jnll for SelUng
Liquor Without n License.
Calvin Carper, charged with selling
liquor without a license, was found
guilty In Police Court yesterday morn
ins, and was rentenced to Sixty days
In jail and was placed under $500 se?
curity for twelve months.
Josephine Jackson, colored, charged
with assaulting Maggie Mahone with
l a rock, was ordered held for the grand
: Jury. She was balled for her appear?
ance in the Hustings Court In the sum
.of J300
William Winston, colored, charged
with breaking into the house of Ar?
thur Lewis nnd stealing a quantity of
clothes, was sent on to the grand jury
Pearl Scott, colored, was sentence;!
to thirty days in Jail on a charge of
1 stealing n rW? from O. J. Mallow. Sin
appealed, nnd was balled in the ?um
of ?300.
I "BILL" GALLAGHER DEAD
Achieved Fnme hh Soldier nnd it* First
"Mule Driver on Broad Street.
William H. Gallagher, known to his
associates and friends as "Bill." died
at 10 o'clock vesterdav morning nt his
residence. 1401 East Main Street, ire
was rather a noted character, for he
was the first man to drlve a mule car?
used beforo tho day of vehicles pro?
pelled by electricity?on Broad Street,
and for twenty years he was Jnnltor
of the First Police Station. He had been
a Confederate soldier, and had distin?
guished himself as much on the Oeld of
battle, as ho did later by his courtesy
and genial manners In the latter days
of peace.
Mr. Gallagher was seventy-one years
of age. He was IndWposed yesterday
morning, and did not go to the First
Station. As he lay 111 in bed be asked
his wife to get him n drink of water.
Bofor0 she nad performed the lltUe
Servlco, ha wjut doxuJL