The times dispatch. [volume], August 07, 1911, Image 10

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NEW STREET CARS
!N SERVICE TO-DAY
Richmond and Hcnrico Railway
Prepared to Inaugurate Its
Regular Schedule.
SWEEPS THROUGH EAST END
Line Will Provide Rapid Transit
for Additional Terri?
tory.
Regular street car service will l>o- j
gin ?n the Kichmond and Henrlco j
Kdllway lino from Brook Avenue to
Fulton this morning at 5:30 o'clock, I
when tlie first regular car, open for |
passengers, will leave the barn* on
th<- Government Hond. Cars will fol?
low at ?? ? .-tn'nute Interval.*, si> that
by 6 o'clock the system will bo In
full operation.
The new line operates by a double
track along Brook Avenue from the
cbroprate limits, southwardly to {Malier. !
along Baker to Fifth and on Filth ;
to Broad, thence on existing tracks;
alone; Broad to Eleventh, out Eleventh .
to Marshall, and along Marshall by j
wav of the new viaduct to Thirty- I
sixth and Marshall. From that point
the line will be operatcu on its own j
rlgh- of way by a sweeping curve!
down the MUts-Uoode ravine, cross- j
itiK the Government Road at grade. I
end from that point by a double |
tracked iron trestle to Fulton, where .
a loup service will be operated, I
connecting with the lines of the
Virginia Railway and Power Com- i
p.-.ny. Tlie cars will be operated sub- |
ject to all the general regulations of |
street car service in Kichmond. sell- 1
ing aix-for-a-quartor tickets, school
tickets und labor tickets, and giving '
and receiving transfers to and from
the lines of the Virginia Railway and!
S'ower Company.
Trent I.Ike for lOnnf End.
The cars have come and have been
tested. Exhibition trips have been I
taken over the route, and workmen J
and i.witness men may ride to their |
?work this morning over the new line,
which promises a rapid and direct
service between Fulton, Church 11111.
the Shopping section of Broad Street
and the northwestern part of the city, i
Repeated and persistent rumors that
the Richmond and Henrlco Company
had or would sell out its franchise
nnd tracks to the Virginia Railway
and Power Company have been denied
by both compn nios. There arc not
lacking "would-be financiers" who are. |
willing to act us go-between to effect
auch a sale on commission, but the I
promoters of the new company are t
determined to operate their line and j
demonstrate it.- worth. Arrangements!
were made by arbitration for ex
Change of transfers and for right of]
way of cars at points of intersection.!
Every preliminary lias been cared for;
in detail, and witli tltd rising of the;
sun this morning a new line from one
end of the city to the other will have
been added to the city's street car'
system, and the traveling public will i
have better facilities for rapid transit
at all hours.
COUNCIL T? PASS
ON BIG MEASURES
Docket May Be Cleared in One
Night if Members Get
?. Promptly to Work.
If members of the Common Council
promptly attend the monthly session
to-night and get down to business the
docket may be cleared at one sitting
If there Is no quorum until 0 o'clock,
as was the caae^last month, and if an I
hour or so js vvns.tcd- in ' joshing" the
oleric, as was the. case at the Jt|ly|
meeting, 't will require several nights,
tf> clear away the bus'ness. The docket ?
is not a long one, and Is made up in ,
the main of routine matters. The Com- ,
jnittee on Finance will recommend a1
number of appropriations. All of them, :
It is believed. wUI go through without
comment, except, possibly, that for tlie
Electricity Committee, the city having
?been called on to pay unpaid bills from
for Broad Street lighting because
the Committee on Electricity used the
money for ornamenting Jefferson Ave.
Hue.
The F'?ance Tommittee will report
s bond issue ordinance, but it cannot
be acted on to-night under the rules,
nut must lie over. The matter is
urgent bt-cause of the situation con?
fronting the South Richmond water
system when the Virginia Avenue
sewer Is put into use. and a specl.?l
tneetlng will probably be called to vote
on the bonds. From the Street Com-:
Wilttee comes only a routine list of
projected Improvements, and from the
Ordinance, charter and Reform Com?
mittee a minor list of new offices to
De creStedi The. City School Board
will report plans and bids for two
new school buildings?a white school
at Madison and Cary, and a colored
?building on Buchanan Street. A M
TValkup Is the successful bidder on
?both. Thf: plans will probably he re?
feriert to the Finance Committee.
Tvhere the protest of the Peck-Ham
rnond Company, the lower bidder for
the ventilating system, will be heard.
The School Hoard preferred the plans
of thf Arrerlc.-.n Heating and Ventilat?
ing f'orr.iviny. and awarded It tlie con?
tract, although on the new Madison
Fehool it was not the lower bidder
Taking the two buildings together, it
was the lower bidder, and the School:
Board will stand by its award. The]
Council authorized tin- School Hoard
to secure plan* and bids for two white'
er.d one colored school this year, the '
entire cost of buildings and sites to I
fefc $200,000. Plans will shortly be re-j
ported for u white school to take the
place of old Bellevtie, to lie erected on ]
the Van Lew property n_s_.so.on as the !
legal formalities for the transfer of j
title can he complied with
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VACATION TIME
Jror tickets, haxxage and Tixi-Cab Service
CONSULT
The Richmond Transfer Co.
8U9 East Main St.
Richrccnd. Va.
SERMON IN SIGN LANGUAGE
PREACHED TO DEAF MUTES
Unique Service Conducted by Evangelist, While
Congregation Listened With Its Eyes -b ingers
Often Raced Like Voice.
A regular church service, lasting an
hour and a half, with prayer, sermon j
and (benediction, and yet with no
sound uttered during that whole
period, is well calculated to arouse'
wunder. Yet that is exactly what took \
place in one of the rooms of the First |
Baptist Church last night. when
Evangelist J. \V. .Michaels, of the Bap- 1
tist Mission Board, preached to the ?
deaf mutes of the city. It was by farj
the most remarkable sermon preached
last night In Richmond.
?'he preacher took his text from |
Acts xxlv. ?5: "Qo thy way for this I
time; when I have a convenient season j
I will call for thee." The subject of
his sermon was "Procrastination." The
service begdn with a reading from the I
Scriptures in the sign language, and
was followed by a lengthy prayer In!
the same medium. To the Individual i
accustomed to the spoken word the j
sermon was unusual in the extreme. Itj
laste,) u full hour, during which time
no sound was audible In the room.
Those who imagine that tho sign lan?
guage offers no scope for the. play of
individuality or feeling would have
undergone a decided change of op'ntoll
had they been present last night. One
had only to watch tile tense gestures,
the vivid expression on the preacher's
face, and the quickened play of his
lingers to imagine him at the height
of exalted exhortation and religious
enthusiasm. Tlie emphatic answering
nods from his congregation as from
time to lime lie reached a climax
which made especial appeal to his lit?
tle flock left no doubt that* every
word of his sermon was followed
and understood,
Mr. Michaels, who is a native of
Richmond, came here from Louisville,
Ky.. where lie does special work
among tlie deaf mutes under the
auspices of tlie Baptist Mission Hoard
fur the deaf. He is 'n Richmond,
for u short time in the interest of,
his work.
That Opinion Universally Ex
pressed When Public Studied j
Beattie's Face.
Few people who studied the new pic- j
tures of Henry Clay Brattle. Jr., which I
were published in The Times-Dispatch'
yesterday, could believe that he Isi
guilty of murdering his wife. as;
charged by the coroner's jury of Ches-;
tcrneld county. Tho comment wasj
general that he did not have the look :
of a man guilty of so brutal a crime, j
And nobody criticized him for allowing',
a newspaper tp print ills real photo- :
graph when it spoke so eloquently in .
his favor.
Perhaps his counsel realized It. No-1
body has questioned the fact that. pub. '
lie sentiment has long .go convicted '
the prisoner. This has spread so fnr
und wide that there may be difficulty]
in securing a jury in Chesterfield. It
might be well to add in this connec-1
tion that the public had reached its'
conclusions hefore the newspapers
dared print the charge on a multitude]
of lips. But when a multitude of eyes'
gazed yesterday upon Iiis pictures an?
other multitude of lips voiced the sen-!
timent that something must be wronu I
? that Henry Beattie eculd not have!
killed his wife on that Midlothian j
Turnpike. He hasn't the look of a
criminal; lie hasn't the look of an In-t
sane man. His eyes are sharp and]
clear and penetrating, and people said
that his appearance was in his favor
even if the evidence was all against
him. There has been no word from
Beattie or Iiis lawyers since his ar?
rest, more than two weeks ago The
silence from his cell has been both
signified and eloquent. Mr Smith has
said nothing while the Common?
wealth's case was being rounded off in
print. But the picture of Beattie?
so unlike that boyish face seen hun?
dreds of times in hundreds of news?
papers heretofore?was accepted as the
best word In his favor yet?if a pic?
ture may be called a word.
It is ridiculous, of course, to assume
that a little thing like a photograph
would upset a chain of circumstantial
evidence well nigh complete, and no
such inference is to be drawn from
what is printed here. But the fact re?
mains that Richmond people felt yes?
terday as if some terrible blunder had
been made?somehow, somewhere,
ROBBED STORE
Thief Destroys Sir.O tvindnrr to Sienl
Four dimrlrr?.
Property worth $150 was destroyed
by a vandal some time Saturday n!=rht
In order that he might steal a dollar.
The property was a plate glass win?
dow in the store of C. B. Haynes. 121
West Broad Street, to which four quar?
ters were pasted in advertisement.
The glafs was smashed and the money
taken out.
Inez Trent, colored, of ."ill South
Linden Street, was rohi.e.i of $6.50.
She accuses Lorenzo Gray, also col?
ored, who cut her when he took the
money from her. The woman was
i treated by Dr. Crowder. of tho city
ambulance corps.
ARRESTS YESTERDAY
t'hnrles James, Colored, charged With
< npltnl Offense \kmIiim Small Girl.
Charles .lames, colored, was arrest?
ed yesterday on a charge of attempt?
ing criminal assault on Florence
.lames, whose age is given as but six
years.
Junlus Perkins, colored, was arrest?
ed on a warrant dated August .*>. chnrg
I ins him with having attempted to
break Into the home of Joseph C?oll,
He was bailed before Judge Wilt.
J L Gregory, colored, was arrested
on a charge of violently resisting Po?
liceman Jennings.
MRS. GILL'S BOYS
HAD GREAT SCARE
Gardener Nabs Man While Try?
ing to Enter Male Orphan
Asylum.
Aroused from his sleep by the cries
of Horace Dodd, an? Inmate of the
Richmond Male Orphan Asylum. Joseph
Cecil, gardener ami florist at the asy?
lum, rushed lo his window'late Sat?
urday night to find a man's hand ex?
tended inside. He had his gun with
him. and throwing the blinds wider
open lie levelc.. the weapon into tlie
face of JunlUS Perkins, who stood
still, blinking into the shining muzzle
of the gun. He said not a word nor;
made a move.
Cecil occupies a house in the grounds
of the asylum, and he sent Horace
over to the main building to summon
assistance while he held the negro at
bav. Mrs. GUI and the Rev. James R.
Cook, of Baltimore, who is a guest at
the asylum, and others were sitting
on the porch Mr. Cook and other
men went over to Cecil's house, while
Mrs. Burton, a sister of .Mrs. Gill,
screamed from her window to two
mounted officers she saw riding down
the road.
The oittcers?Smallwood and Whit?
low?rode up to the house, and found
Cecil still at his end of the gun and
Perkins at the other. Perkins still
blinked, but seemed perfectly at his
ease. He was brought to Richmond
and locked up in tlie Second Station
on a charge of attempted burglary.
Later his brother cam* to the station
and Perkins was hailed before Judge
Witt. His brother snys that he is
demented, and that he had been wan?
dering about -In the country for sev?
eral days. He will ask for a commis?
sion of lunacy to examine into Junlus's
Illental condition.
FLORISTS ROBBED
tieorge Wnslilugton. Former Kmploye,
Arrested und t.'?nrge 1 With Crime.
Oeorpe Washington, colored. was
arrested hist night by Detective Kren
gel and Clerk Toler on a charge of
entering and robbing the store of
Rat Cliff e & Tanner, 20 West Broad
Street, of forty pounds of tin foil, a
I shaving outfit and a suit of clothes,
j The detective had recovered the tin
I foil from a junk shop, and hy means
of It Identified the person who made,
the sale.
Washington was formerly employed
by tlie florists, and is said to have
had a key to one of the rear doors,
! through which entrance was Affected.
John Sears, colored, was arrested on
n charge of assaulting his sister, Nel
? lie, and of threatening. the life of
. Robert Demitt, who Interfered to save
the girl from injury.
, Joe Lockett, colored, was arrested
? on a charge of stealing two brooms
and six eggs from a man named Alzer.
CUTS HIS SWEETHEART
i Lorenzo Gray Resents Cold Treatment
and Resorts to Knife.
; Saying that he was angered at the
j girl's cold treatment of him after she
had received Iiis advances for a long
time. Lorenzo Ofay, colored, confessed
j last night, after being arrested, to
l cutting Inez Trent, of 3H South Lin
j den Street, as he left her at her gate
j Saturday night He denied, however,
j that he had robbed her of $6.60. as she
had declared In the charge she made
against him. He said that she gave
h'm the money to keep for her. and
j stated that he sent it to her yester?
day afternoon by a special messenger.
The girl was slashed in the cheek
. for live inches, but the wound Is not
i serious. She was treated hy Dr. Crow
I ger ,of the city ambulance corps.
Cray was arrested bv Bicycle Po
; Hceman Thurman, who identified him
' by the hat he wore -
Send Your Subscription, Frank
That's About the Only Way
You'll Hear That Harlow
Won't Nibble at Your Bait. I
Notwithstanding thai the trick Is
hoary with ago and has boon prac- J
ticed. with but little success, for morel
than a quarter of a century, that fa-j
nious Spanish "prisoner'' has written
to ft. D. Harlow, of 405 Brook Avenue. I
to come to his rescue in an effort to
release him from Jail and to piare him
In possession of $33'?.0u0. which is hid- |
den in a trunk .somewhere in these |
free and United .State.?. For his aid I
Mr. Harlow will receive a third of j
the fortune?enough to keep him In
bread and meat and pure spring tvatei
for the rest of his life, and then leave
enough to pay the expenses for the
last ride on earth.
The letter, dated In Madrid .July 24,
contains the usual story, false on the
face of It. because It lacks definite
detail and floes not explain how a
cablegram could reach him when a
letter cannot be delivered him. The 1
.writer knowf, he ?ayr., Mr. Harlow'*.
honesty nnd personality, which has
reached a dim dungeon ex-cn in far
off Spain, and asks him if he wouldn't
like to come to Spain and seize his
"equipages," which contain the secret
of the monev-loaded trunk. "I will
wait your answer." the writer con?
tinues, "and then I will say you my i
secret with every detail, and to sub?
scribe my name."
Mr. Harlow is not particularly
struck with the appeal, and. as far as
he Is concerned, this prisoner may lan?
guish in Jail for the rest of his life.
He has been In prison for more than
twenty-five years, anyway, and a few
more years should not matter. Be?
sides he might become hr.meslck for
prls'.n if he was ever released, and
i tjie fortune then would do him little
g .Id
I . e letter Is signed "V. ex Banker."
?nil the nddres.- to which the cable In
tf/ he sent If written thusly: "Bomunl
? lf Merino. F.spirltn Santo !!), Madrid."
iJwi this is to be the answer: "Well.
l\r ink."
I Well, Frank, you won't get an nn
-> ? unln?.? you send In a subscription
to The Tnnes-I>iapatch, beginning to
d^y. a
Absconding Cashier .May Yet Be
C aught and Brought Back
to Stand Trial.
GRAND JURY HARD AT WORK
Additional Indictments Expected t
Before Inquiry Is
Concluded.
When the grand Jury concludes Its I
Investigation of the True Reformers'.
Bank, an Institution conducted and
ruined by colored people, to the great'
distress ami demoralization of the race. I
It is expected that the search will bej
continued along new lines for lteuben
T. Mill, tho absconding cashier, now
under indictment. There is a strong
belief in certain quarters that Hill is
dead. The reason for this is that
leading colored men cannot understand
how he could conceal himself from
negroes, when all of them are so anx?
ious to have hi tu punished for his mis?
deeds.
tJllcs B. Jackson, for Instance, Is sat?
isfied that the cashier is .lead and bur?
led. "Hill," he said, "is known to the
negroes everywhere, lie would natu?
rally expect them to hide him, and]
when you remember that these samel
negroes believe that Hill has robbed i
'hem. It is not conceivable that they I
would undertake to save him from thol
hand of the law. Ho you think I could I
efface myself without somebody get?
ting a line on my whereabouts? Well,
Hill is even better known than this
here lilies. For the life of me. 1 can't
solve the mystery."
Police Take Different View.
The same theory Is advanced by
other well-known colored men. The
police, however, are convinced tiiat
Hill Is alive nnd well, that he Is In
hiding anil that eventually he will bo
caught and brought here for trial. On
several occasions the police tracked
Hill not far from Richmond. It was
reported some weeks ago that he was
living near den Allen, but tho more
persistent report Is that he Is in or
near Washington.
Exactly how much tlie colored people i
lost in the True Reformers' nank mayj
be clearly established later i>n. though .
at the present time it is more or less]
guesswork to gel at the correct i
amount. For two weeks a special j
grand Jury has been probing into Its!
affairs A number of warrants have
been Issued, and more will be forth-1
coming, so there is no telling how many !
negroes will he Indicted. Even if!
there may he doubt as to some points,!
there Is no doubt of the fact that the |
grand jury, working under Judge:
Witt's instructions, is making a thor-j
otigh examination and that it will deal'
fearlessly with those people who nre!
responsible for the ruin, for the loss j
Of thousands of dollars saved here and
there by industrious colored people.'
j The manner in which they were rteecsd I
j is truly pathetic. Churches, uid socl
| oties and individuals suffered alike,
j largely through mismanagement, lack
I of management or downright stealing
I The trouble has fallen in the shape of
a calamity, and one which has shaken
the confidence of the negroes. The
worst part of it. too. is that there is
little or no hope of recovering any?
thing at all.
Said He Skipped nonrd mil.
Edward Carre, colored, was arrested j
Saturday night by Officer Bendall on |
a warrant sworn out by the Old I
Dominion Development Company, I
charging that he failed to pay a board'
bill. This corporation operates a '
commissary in connection with its coal
mines at Qeyton, and Cage Is said to
have attempted io skip after securing
meals and lodging for more than a
week He was taken to the County
Jail, and will likely he given a hear?
ing to-day before Magistrate J. M.
Henley, hefore whom the warrant was
sworn out.
LAWYERS READY
FOR CONVENTION
Richmond Delegation Will Leave
To-Day for Annual Meeting
at Hot Springs.
TO ELECT NEW PRESIDENT
Little Speculation Thus Far as
to Judge "Christian's
Successor.
A general cxorlus of niehnion<i bar?
risters lakes place to-day to Hot
Springs. Va.. the meeting place this
year* of the Virginia State Bar Asso?
ciation. The convention begins to?
morrow at 10:30 A. II. at the Home?
stead Hotel, ami lasts through Thurs?
day; Two business sessions will be
held dally, one at 10:30 A. M., and the
other at 8:30 1*. M.
The program Issued by the associa?
tion shows a number of Interesting ad?
dresses, besides a large amount of bus?
iness of u routine nature- Tuesday's,
address will be delivered at 10:30 A- M.
by Piofessor Raleigh C. Minor, of tlu
University of Virginia, on "Centralisa?
tion vs. Decentralization." A paper by
Judge A. \V. Wallace, or Fredericks
burg, entitled ?The Life and Character
of Lord Brougham." will open Wednes?
day morning's session. In the eve?
ning, at S:30. Walter H. Taylor, of Nor?
folk, will speak on "The Abolition of
Jury Trials in Civil Cases." Tlie last
address of the convention will be de?
livered by Helm Bruce, of Louisville.
Thursday morning, on the subject, "A
Permanent international court."
Figure ou New President.
Speculation Is rife with regard to
the probable successor of President
George L. Christian, but no likely can?
didate has yet been proposed. It is
one of the rules of tho body that no
president is eligible for re-election for
the term immediately following his
Incumbency, a provision which renders
necessary the selection of another man.
As Is the case with most bodies of this
nature, this task is left to a nominat?
ing committee, vhose recommendations
are Invariably followed.
A number of social features are
planned for the meeting this year. The
biggest event of this nature will b?
the ennual banquet Thursday evening
Secretary .lohn P.. Minor, of Richmond,
has opened an office In the hotel for
ihe registration of members as soon
as they arrive, a formality which Is
necessary before their admission either
to the executive sessions or banquet,
Virginia lawyers who have not already
Joined tlie association aro urged to
send in their natneE to E. E. Stickley,
Woodstock. Va., chairman of the com?
mittee on admissions.
PARK CONCERT PROGRAM
-March. "The Big Chief;" new; first
time: dedicated to ? Bandmaster
Kessnich .,Voss
Overture, "The Twilight Hour"
Boettger
Waltz, "Dreams of Childhood"
Waldtaufel
Popular hits. "Put Your Arms
Around Me, Honey".Von Tilzcr
Selection. "Naughty Marietta"
Victor Herbert
Paraphrase on "The Palms'.. Hildreth
Oriental dance. "Sultana".Voolker
Vocal solo, "When 1 Gathered the
Myrtle With Mary".Fruth
H. Dee Zarrow.
Medley of Remmich's Hits, No. S
Lampe
Final. "Dixie." "Star Spangled Ban?
ner."
Jos. C Kessnich. bandmaster.
Schedule of parks for week: Mon?
day night, Chtmborazo Park. Tuesday
night. Riverside Park; Wednesday
night. Gamble's Hi!! Park; Thursday
night. Washington Park; Friday night.
Jefferson Park; Saturday afternoon.
William Byrd Park.
POLICE HIRE ANCIENT RIG
TO RUN ABOUT FOR BAD ONES
With both antemobiles on the retired
list temporarily, and the horse wagon
broken down, the Second Police Sta?
tion yesterday morning hired an an?
cient surrey from Dr J. P. MeDonough,
nnd that is why the residents of the
town saw a uniformed officer driving
up and down the streets with strange
and sundry characters as his guests.
When the automobiles became "sick"
and wore retired from service, the old
horse wagon was placed In use, and
I Policeman Jennings, who was raised
on n farm and knows everything about
horse from his heel to his nose, acted
as driver. Yesterday morning the
wagon slipped a tire, and for a time
the Second Station was without means
of transporting Its prisoners. The surrey
was soon hired, and Jennings went gaily
forth. On one trip he was accompanied
by Squire J. A, Purdie, who was called
to Reservoir Park to issue a warrant.
People stared and wondered as the
'squire nestled comfortably in the back
seat and said "home" to the driver
when his business was finished. Jen?
nings clucked at the horse, and the
'squire bowed himself away from the
wondering and admiring multitude.
They thought it was his own carriage
and horse and (hat Jennings was his
coachman. 'Squire Purdie really
thought so for a time. too. and dreamed
I of coaches and liveries all the way back
to the station. I
It is probable that a brougham, a
phaeton and a couple of runabouts win
be added to the transportation service. I
to-ds.y. "You see," said an officer last'
night "it will give us some style and
look classy,- and the. prisoners won't j
object to coming when they can ride]
like gentle folk.'.." |
What Is a Friend?
It has been said that "A friend is somebody who knows all
about you and likes you just the same.*'
Wc like this idea, as it applies so thoroughly to the Ameri?
can National Bank. The more people know about us, the
better they like us.
Our friends do know all about us, and we have daily proofs
of the fact that thev like us very much.
? # ?
The friendship between the
American National Bank
and Its
Thousands of Satisfied Customers
is based on strong business principles, their friendship for us
being coincident with their best business, interests.
We get their good will; they get
SECURITY AND SERVICE
Avoid Discomfort and Annoyances
By taking some Holeproof Hosiery with
? you on your Summer outing. All kinds
for men, women and children. All guar?
anteed against holes. :-: :-: :-: :-:
Gans-Rady Company
Four Richmond Writers Score High
Take Front Rank in Literary
Handicap, With Miss Johnston
Leading All.
Returns from the July handicap
"show that Richmond had four writers
who finished well up In the money,
i Nearly every citizen has an Idea that
he can write u book, hut few can got
by. It requires a certain amount of
genius to get away with the goods,
sometimes called honors.
When the August Bookman tabu?
lated the returns .the very pleasant In?
formation was conveyed that of the
six best sellers all over the country
in July, Richmond was there with four
out of tho six. It has never happened
before in one month and it isn't like?
ly to happen again.
In the Bookman's poll, "The I/ong
Roll." by Mary Johnston, was at the
head of the column, way up and above
"The Prodigal Judge." Which finished
second. Miss Johnston scored 311
points, "The Prodigal .lodge" Is*, and
"The Broad Highway," third on the
list. got 136. Then came "Olbble
Oault," by Kate Langte)' Bosher,
which was fourth, with 142 points;
Henry Sydnor Harrlson"b "Queed"?
game old thoroughbred that he Is?
wbh hfth with 111. and 'The Miller of
Old Church," by Ellen Glasgow, rank
I eil sixth, with slxty-slx points.
One of the reports from Boston
! showed that "Queed" led in that city,
I but generally speaking, "The Long
Holl" outdistanced everything?and
tho long roll Is what counts If It hap?
pens to be green.
"This record Is truly remarkable."
said n Richmond lawyer, who is some?
thing of a literary man himself, even
If he does hunker after farming on tho
side. ? Here we have six books which
lead all of that army of fiction, and
four of them ure turned out by Rich?
mond writers. It is all the more sig?
nificant that the big sales came In one
month. While the four writers in
question have established reputations
which will be lasting, there Is just
the fear that everybody now will gel
busy with the pen. but what Is writ?
ten will never come out between .cloth
bindings. In the old lottery days, if
a man on Church 11111 happened to hit
it high, practically all the tickets for
the next drawing were sold In Kulton.
But Kulton never scored. Still, we
ought to be very proud of the four."
MADAME J0MELL1
COMING AGAIN
Famous Dutch Soprano to Sing
at' City Auditorium in
January.
Many old Wednesday (Tub favorites
have been hooked by the Radellffe
Lyceum Bureuu for the City Audlto
rlum n*xt season. Madame Jeann?
Jomelll. the famous Dutch soprano, who
Bang ?"Dixie" two years ago In such
a glorious way that the festival audi?
ence stood on Its feet and 'heered, 1?
coming back in January. After getting
a touch of Southern color by her sutiK
here. Madame Jomelll went to Atlanta,
where she was properly Introduced to
the mint Julep, and what she said by
way of praise was printed all over the
country. To sing "Dixie" and then
rave over the Julep. Just as her audi?
ence had raved over her song, made
her solid In the South.
The Frank Croxton Quartet, from the I
Old Brick Church. New York, will |
brins other Wednesday Club sing'rs;
to Richmond In October. The quartet
is composed of Agnes Klmball. soprano;!
Nevada Van Der Veer, contralto; Reed]
Miller, tenor, and Frank Croxton. bass
Clara Blakesiee is the pianist.
The United States Marine Band.)
with Lieutenant W. II. Santelmann as'
conductor, will open the Auditorium!
Reason on September 25. Another big
feature in the list Is the K< lsey-Cun
ningham recital, with Miss Corlnne,
Rldv r-Kelsey. soprano. and Claude |
Cunningham, baritone. The. Common-1
wealth Male Quartet is also booked
Although It is rather early to figure
on stars for thr next festival of the
Wednesday Club, the managers are
already at work, and when plans are:
announced It will be found thnt the:
program will be far above anything
offered in recent years. *
SUFFRAGETTE CAT
ATE WHITE MICE
Muggins Brought Back to Health
at Virginia Hospital, and
There Is Joy.
H'K'n brown who were called in for
advice and assistance, afti-r due and
careful consideration and thorough and
mature thought, have finally discov?
ered the cause of the strange atllction
of Michael Muggins, the pet cat of the
Virginia jioSp'tat, whose condition
for the past several weeks lias caused
grief and gravo concern Once the
cause was discovered It was an easy
matter to bring forlh the proper
remedy, and Muggins yesterday was
rapidly on the mend.
This cat for a long while has been
the pride of thd hospital. Members
of the hospital staff, resident phy?
sicians and nurses have been deeply
moved by Its suffering. On occasions
It displayed remarkable Intelligence,
considering the fact that I* Is the.
only suffragette cat on earth.
Thjrefore no line of investigation
was left until the real difficulty was
found by one of the young internes.
This young knight of tne scalpel for
some time has been conducting ex?
periments with guinea pigs and other
animals They have been inoculated
with germs and bacilli of various dis?
eases for experimental purposes.
Not long ago several white mict
were ohtalned by the physician for
the purpose of directing his researches
in the desired channels, and each of
the little victims received a million
real germs
When it was learned yesterday that
the Inoculated mice were missing it
did not require the deductions of a
Sherlock Holmes to point to Muggins
as a thief. He confessed. The court
ordered that Muggins be given an
antidote, and. presto, he will live.
MAKE eiG PLANS
FOR LABOR DAY
Many Sporting and Novelty
Events Being Arranged by
Committee.
Plans for (he celebration of Labor
Day, September 4, are well under way.
and promise a full calendar of amuse?
ments and sports. A committee of the
Central Trades and Labor Council Is
In charge of the arrangements and Is
seeing to It that the coming labor fes?
tival will be as enjoyable and filled
i with as many diversions as any prev?
ious celebration.
Three or four horse races, excelled
only by those of the State Fair, are
already booked. The will be In charge
of W. J. Carter. An attempt is also
being made to secure an automobile
race as well as several races between
motorcyclists. A world's record, it Is
claimed, was established for the mile
in the motorcycle rnces on i.abor Day
of last year, and several of the en?
trants this year are confidenf that
they can clip a few seconds from the
record. A baseball game between two
first-class amateur teams will be one.
of the features of the morning.
A large assortment of freak races
will furnish amusement. The fat man's
100-yard dash, the m,en's three-legged!
race, the married women's fifty-yard
race, the single women's 100-yard
dash, and a half dozen others of a
similar nature promise to furnish
laughs for all.
There will be music and free danc?
ing all day long for those who aro in?
terested In other things besides ath?
letics. Other features will be ad- j
(led before the final announcement.
I It Is the purpose of the committee to
provide a clean and enjoyable holiday
for Richmond's largo working popula?
tion, and from present indications It
is going to do it.
Fred Upton Starter.
Fred A. Upton, of Now York, will
officiate ns starter at tho races at the j
State Fair again this year. Mr. Upton j
has held this mdfst Important position j
since tho organization of tho present I
association. Many expressions of!
satlsfactr>n were heard at association
headquarters when a telegram from
Mr. Upton stated that ho would be on
, hand again.
BROTHER 10 GIVE
BLOOD 10 SISTER
Transfusion Operation at Memo?
rial in Order to Save
Her Life.
Lottie B. Stone, fourteen years old.
of Uooditll. Va? Is at the Memorial
Hospital under the care of physicians
and surgeons who are building up her
constitution that she may undergo a
blood transfusion. A young brother of
the sick girl has agreed to give up the
necfcssary blood to aid In her recov?
ery, and is ready at any time to sub?
mit to the ordeal upon notification by
the doctors.
The young girl has been 111 for some
time and several days ago it was de?
cided that it will be necessary to In?
fuse Into her veins a quantity of
strong. healthy blood. Sho was
brought to the hospital last Friday,
and it Is thought that her condition
will bo satisfactory to withstand the
operation on Thursday or Friday.
In Ihe past few months there have
been several transfusions performer)
by local surgeons. All of them have
been entirely successful and all pa?
tients have rapidly responded to the
operation and have steadily regained
their strength.
Southern Railway Kiirnlngs.
Estimated earnings of the Southern
Railway for the fourth week in July
show a decrease of $21,511 ns com?
pared with the corresponding month
iast year.
flftSK!
THE .
SAVINGS-BANK
RIGHMQND
-;; .-,.-.ui7 F.. M AIN ST? :
1S89 "Strong as. the Strongest." 1911
L, Z. Morris, pjysldf.nl; F. Sitter
dins, vice-president; Jnmes M. .Ball,
vice-president and* tdshler; Geo.
Watt. asuSetairt lafhler.
1S$9 ??Safo -as rb.o Safoit." 1011
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