The times dispatch. [volume], August 31, 1911, Image 12

About The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914

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Women's New Fall Suits
At i c 95 f (Thursday) morning, an 1 At 1 7.50
1 \ extraordinary induce- ( B M
ment for early buyers to J
secure the nattiest of new fall models in Women's and Misses'
Tailored Suits at considerably less than the best price obtainable
elsewhere. In other words, ACTUAL $22.50 AND $25.00 SUITS
AT $15.95 AND $17.50!
Tailored by Men?from Men's
Wear Materials
The lot, which is limited in numbers, includes oniv the highest class of
New Fall Suits that arc MADE OF MEN'S WEAR SERGES AND NOVELTY
MIXTURES; also fancy striped worsteds. All are strictly man-tailored gar?
ments, the coal-, of which arc in the latest 28 and 30-inch lengths. LINED
WITH SKINNER SATIN! The new skirts are panel back and front, with in?
verted side plaits. They arc Suits that arc striuly up to the moment in every
feature of new fall fashion and good workmanship. All sizes this morning to
start with.
ABLE
TO MAKE SPEECH
Voice Fails Utterly in Accomac
as Result of Recent
Strain.
ACTIVITY IN POLITICS
r.yrd to Speak at Lawrenceyille.
Jones Spends Day
in Citv.
Because or Injury to hjs thront,
which he strained In his Richmond
speech en Monday night. Senator
Thomas S. Martin was unable to ad?
dress a large crowd which had gutt?
ered to hear him at Accomac Court
houso yesterday. Much disappointment
was expressed. Senator Martin was
taken by County Charlman Waples to
Onancock and to the fair, which is In
progress at Keller, hut was Utterly
unablo to address the people there.
Unding It Impossible to speak above a
ItVhlaper.
Ills movements to-day will deptnd
pon his condition If he tinds him
If nbie i? spenk he will address tlie
ttera of Chtncoteagut Island. To?
mtit ho proceeds to Wilmington, Del.,
order to make the connection which
take him to Leesburg, Loudoun
for hi'i meeting to-morrow,
throat affection was not uncx
the Senator He has suffered
ly at other times, but usually
>^ overed quickly.
All Arc Confident,
^al activity at Murphy's Hotel
ully. The number of visitors
-he various head'juarters was
iye^lcrlay than at any time
campaign began There were
'\itora from all parts of the
.ilvi
i NT) ST.
nances, the cheorfulness
B2\and the friends of all the
s seemed to think that
has been strengthened
l>f the past few days,
hardftenogruphers and mail?
ing Tie V BroltJio h'-adquirtera of the
VirglnlfSJf mond. Jratlc League has been
Itrcntly \ES a lit od. many rooms now
being occrrCned.
Mr. Jones spent the day In the city,
?working hard on some additional cam?
paign material, Although hoarse, he
felt well, though he hud nothing to
"say'fhr publication regarding his cam?
paign. '3fr, Jones speaks to-night in
llonnoke. Mr" Glass will lnvnde Sena?
tor .Martin's home city of Charlottes
Yllle this evening, while Colonel Rob?
ert K. Los .Jr. will deliver an address
at Frederlcksburg under the auspices
of the Virginia Democratic League.
In a report of Mr. Jones's speech
'"^uesdoy night 'n Petersburg he
quoted ns saying that Representative
H. D. Flood Senator Martin's cam?
paign manager, was repsonslble for
the distribution of certain cards statine
In. exaggerated terms that Senators
Martin ? and Swanson arc certain of
elertion- ' Mr. Flood, In a statement
made yes-.crday. dented this, saying
line knew nothing of the cards referred
Mr. Jones said last night that
Mho published report was a mistake,
{\na that he did not refer to Mr. Flood
this connection
LiAvrcnceville seems to be n favored
cfc^wn with the campaigners. In fact,
Is stated that Brunswick county Is
ose, and that this explains the earn
t efforts being put forth by both
es to capture the vote. Senator
anson spoke there Monday nfler
|>n, whereupon it was announced
"t former Governor Monlaeuo would
ver an addres on next Monday. He
wTft be followed by R. E. Byrd. Speaker
of the House of Delegates, who will
speak at Lawrenccvllle on Tuesday of
next week.
For the Virginia Democratic League,
Professor D. R- Anderson will speak
t Sallldn, Middlesex county, on Sat
rdny. Senator Swanson speaks to
IgHt at Suffolk.
Injuries Troved Fatal.
. r,pecial fo The Times-Dispatch, ]
nv'nie. Va.. August 30.?The remains of
st Harvey left Olendlve Mont to-night
will reach Danville Sunday. Mr. Ilar
tvas Injured Saturday at a railroad con
Pdlon "camp, and died Sunday. The re
<. are being accompanied hack to Vlr
j'-.bv'his brother, Oscar Harvey, who
, "-fi'day for the far Weal.
Not Much Building In Danville.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
?anvllle. Vs., August HO.-JBulldlns per?
mit* for tho month endlntr August 30 for
aw dwellings and two additions amount
u $0,800. This 1? a very small number of
?permit* and the, bulldlnfre that will bo
"erected ara rathar ?mall, compared with
erml'ta of othtr months.
tWACATION TIME
[j^lcltQ, baggage and TnVI-Cab Service
CONSULT
le Richmond Transfer Co.
SU9 East Main St
Richmond, Va.
Beginning To-Morrow, Police
Will Report Any Violation of
Street Regulations.
Owners nnd drlverB of automob'les.
wagons, motorcycles an?l vehicles of
all characters and descriptions with
the solo exceptions of street cars and
baby carriages, will have a rocky road
to travel after to-day. Any vlcla
tlon of the now street tralllc refla?
tions and i wies for driving, recently
! adopted by the Council und approved
by the Mayor, will be reported. Major
1 \Verner. Chief of Police, has Issue?
! orders to all officers to report all of
' fenses and summon the guilty (\>
court, which Indtcates that it la tho
intention of the department to rigid?
ly enforce the new ordinance Though
thn law has been effective for somo
time, the police have nvide no effort
to enforce It. with the exception of
giving instructions to drivers. But
beginning to-morrow every person
whose movements are not in accord
with the regulations will be balled to
court.
Fines will be Imposed upon all per?
sons convicted of any violation.
In order that no one may hnv? the
excuse of not being familiar with the
traffic low, pamphlets containing the
entire ordinance navo een printed
and may now te had jpon request
from police heaibiuart.-rs, the First
Stii '.'.on. Broad Street, near Eighteenth :
tho Second Station. Smith and Mar?
shall Streets, and the Third Station,
South Richmond
The ordinance has been published as
required by law and been the sub?
ject of frequent articles In all local
newspapers.
Synopsis of Lair.
A synopsis of some of the provis?
ions follows:
Vehicles must keep to the right, ex?
cept when passing a vehicle ahead.
In turning into another street ve?
hicles shall turn as near ns josslble
to the right hand curb.
In turning Into another street to
the left n vehicle must turn around
the Intersection of tho two streets.
No vehicle shall stop with left side
to curb.
No vehicle shall stop except near
right hand curb.
No vehicle shall back ro make a
turn.
Vehicles of the Police Department,
Fire Department, fire patrol, traffic
emergency repair. United States mail
and n'mhulances have right of way.
Vehicles going last or west have
right of way over vehicles moving
north or south.
Street cars have right of way over
all vehicles In cross streets.
Any vehicle at curb shall promptly
glvo way to another about to dis?
charge or receive passengers.
On approach of flro apparat/19 ve?
hicles must move to right hand curb
and come to a standstill.
No hois? shall be unbltted in tho
street unless secured by halter.
No person under sixteen years of
age shall drive an automobile or other
eelf-propelled vehicle.
Severe penalty Is provided for In?
toxicated persons operating an auto?
mobile.
The ordinance also Includes provi?
sions regulating signals for automo?
biles and other vehicles, proper lights,
Unnecessary noiccs from self-pro?
pelled vehicles and from loads of Iron
end similar loads on wagons is pro?
hibited.
CHARTERS ISSUED
The following charters were Issued yestcr
day by tho S:ntc Corporation Commission:
Kessnleh-Martln Amusement Company
(Inc.), Richmond. Charles K. Kessntch,
president; Tliomas A. Daffron. vice-presi?
dent; William T. Martin. secretary and
treasurer?all of litclimond. Va. Capita::
Maximum. * 10. fv >; minimum, J1.5G0. Ob?
jects: Operate theatres and do a general
amusement business.
Kirk Sanatorium and .Manufacturing Com?
pany 'Inc.), Hallsborc, Va. Robert Kirk,
president. Ilallsboro. Va.; A. J. Wolverton,
vtce-pre?!dcr.t: A. L. Wingfleid. secretary
and treasurer?both of Htchtnond. Capital:
Maximum, J5.000; minimum, I3CO. Objects:
Conduct a sanatorium.
The, Investors corporation of Richmond.
M. J. Fulton, president; Q. W. Lancaster,
vice-president; Morgan IL MIL'S, secretary
?all of Richmond. Capital: Maximum.
S, 110.090; mlnlmttn. 15.10?. Objects: JJiiy
and sell securities.
An amendment was. Issued to the charter
of the Coburn Motor Car Company (Inc.).
of Norfolk, increasing the maximum capi?
tal slock from JiO.099 to I'iP.OOO, and tho
minimum from yu?) to 110.000.
SAYS~HE WAS HELD UP
Alfred Paul Rom Lawrence OlbbS Arrested
for lllgbwuy ltohbrry.
Lawrence Ctbbs, twenty-two years old.
was arrested last night and taken to the
Second Police Station, where he was charg?
ed wdth highway robbery. Jae Is alleged to
have held up and robbo.d'^STlf red Paul, of
600 Holly Street, of H on the night of July
15. Paul, however, did not ?0? nt to cause
Olhbs's nrrest until - yesterday, when he
swore out a warrant
The aecusod. It Is stated, stopped Paul
while the latter was going home, and Hour.
Ishlng a stick and declaring himself tQ be
an officer, frightened Paul Into surrender?
ing his cash.
Tho case win be heard 1I1I3 morning in
Police Court. '
Quotes Martin as Refuting Al?
leged Statement About Sena?
tor Daniel.
PRESSES HIS ACCUSATION
Insists That Record Shows Glass
Was Opposed to Liability
Bill.
In nn Interview given out last night
by Senator Claude A. Swanson, ho
Heeks to disprove accusations made
against him by tils opponent, Repre?
sentative Carter Glass, in the lntter's
I.ynchburg speech. He Introduces as
a witness Senator Martin, who llntly
denies that ho made auch a statement
regarding ...e feelings of the late
Senator Daniel as Is attributed to htm
by Mr. Glass
'ihc Interview Is ob follows:
"Mr. Glass's apeech consisted In
large measure, as have his many other
speeches, of false statements and fab?
rications. Ills statement that S'ma
tor Daniel had held mo In uttet dis?
trust Is both false and slanderous. All
my relations with r-jer.atot Daniel were
of the most cordial, based upon a mu?
tual regard and affection that was
known to all who knew us. 1 have
letters from Senator Daniel which I
shall always treasure on account of
their many expressions of esteem and
friendship. These letters extend
through all the many years In which
tte were associated most Intimately,
personally and pollt'?a!ly- They prove
beyond doubt the,' 'the statement of
Mr. Glass that hr^hold me in distrust
and suspicion, is^ptterly without foun?
dation- "/
"Senator Dafficl told me on one oc?
casion that certain persons had en?
deavored to prejudice him against me
by stntlng that it was my purpose to
run against him for the Senate. He
told me. that ho had no contldence In
these statements and trusted mo ful?
ly i have ample evidence In the
letters written me by Senatcr Daniel
to disprove absolutely the statements
of Mr. Glass In this connection. I
arn satlsed now, as I waa then, that
Mr. Glass was one of the persons who
were ar that time slandering me.
"I have stated repeatedly In inter?
views and In private conversations
that under no circumstances should
I ever offer against Senator Daniel
for the Scnnte, and that I favored him
earnestly for re-election over every
other person. Senator Daniel knew
this, and knew that I was honest and
sincere, in those declarations.
"The present .ardent supporter "?f
Mr. Glass. A. F. Thomas, who has
been making frequent speeches In
this campaign and doing everything
he could for Mr. Glass, was a candi?
date for the State Senate upon one oc?
casion against Don P. HaJsey. with
the declared purpose of opposing the
re-election to the Senate of Senator
Daniel, Mr. Glass may have voted
against Mr. Thomas, bur I will recall
that the friends of Senator Daniel
never thought he extended to Mr. Hal
Bay the earnest support that was due
him from so professed a friend of
Senator Daniel, either in his news?
paper or individuality.
"It <ls inconceivable that Senator
Daniel, who was a man of the utmost
courage, candor and frankness, would
have borne himself toward me as he
did. In both public and private asso?
ciations, if there had been the slight?
est foundation In fact for Mr. Glass'.1
statement that he distrusted me
"I note also that Mr. Glass states In
his speoch that he was once informed
by Senator Martin that Senator Daniel
"had told him that he (Daniel) charg?
ed Swanson to his face as being guilty
of betraying his friends." Immed'ate
ly upon reading this statement of Mr.
Glass I telegraphed it to Senator Mar?
tin, who was in Accomac county, and
Inquired the facts. Senator Martin
replied as follows: 'I made no such
statement to Glass, nnd Daniel never
made It to me. You have my full au?
thority to deny It as you think "t
should he denied for me." I am sure
that this statement from Senator
Martin will conclude this mntter be-!
foro the people of Virginia.
"I also note Mr Glass states that
when I accused him In my Lawrence
vllle speech of voting against the em?
ployers' liability bill. I stated what
was not true and what I knew was
not true. His basis for this charge
was that I had letters before me from
Hon. Ktigeno Withers and Hon. .loroph
Burton. showing that he had been
strongly for putting the employers''
liability bill In the Constitution. V
have never seen or heard of the let-1
ters from the two gentlement until
mentioned by Mr. Glass In his
Lynchhtfrg speech. Neither of these
gentlemen have ever written any auch
letter to mo.
It Is most remarkable that a public
record of the proceedings of the Sen?
ate and of the convention, which con?
tains the records of votes of mem?
bers and of remarks by thorn, should
be considered less reliable njfl accu?
rate than private letters rela'tln" to
the same matters. Ample op- .un?
ity was presented to Mr. Glass i-o cor?
rect the public record If It had b-?en
Incorrect. I do not know what the
letters Mr. Glass refers to contain;
but I do know what the public records
of the State Senate and the Consti?
tutional Convention disclose, and these
1 mentioned in my speech. They show
that on March !, 1900, Mr Glass voted
In the Slate Senate of Virginia against
the employers' liability bJJIK Can a
letter from anybody explain this sol?
emn re' ml awayt Does Mr. Glass
deny this record?
"I slso stated that when the article
of the Constitution relating to the
Corporation Commission, and Includ?
ing the employers' liability provision,
came before the convention Itself, as
reported from the Committee of the
Whole, Mr. Glass was absent, failed
to vote on a single roll call, and l'nl'cd
to be palrrd on this article, one of the
most Important In the whole Consti?
tution. Xo letter from any o\ t can
alter this, record as a correct rtiatlon
of the actual facts.
"I also stated that while this arti?
cle was being considered in the Com?
mittee of the Whole, the records do
not disclose any speoch or words front
Mr. Glass In \Xi favor.
"We find hlJD, therefore, actively
voting against the employers' liability
bill oheo nnd negatively opposing it
nt nnolhor lime by his absence and
unpaired absence. Mr. Glass must ex?
plain this record away in some more
satisfactory Way than by claiming that
some one else wrote a letter In which
It was stated that his real attitude
towards this measure was other than
the recorj discloses,"
CITY HALL BLAZE
STARTED BY WIRES
Line From Municipal Electric
Plant Touched Telephone Cir?
cuit on Fourth Floor.
CROSSED DURING STORM
Flames Quickly Extinguished,
but School Board Damage
Is Heavy.
It was practically established yester?
day that the fire which Occurred In the
stock room of the School Board, on
the fourth floor of the City Hall, yes?
terday morning, and for a time threat?
ened to do great damage, was the re?
sult of the crossing of one of the pri?
vate telephone wires with a power wire
of the city electric plant. Inspectors
Spclgi'its, and Bowery, who were Imme?
diately sent out to Investigate the
cause. reported to Superintendent
Thompson that they had d'scovered
the cross at the corner of Main ami
Twenty-third Streets, where the city
wire runs beneath the telephone. Mr.
Thompson wrote a letter to Consulting
Engineer Trafford, calling his attention
to the accident and asking that he cor?
rect the dangerous condlton at this and
other points.
Quickly I nder Control,
The fire was discovered shortly after
5 o'clock yesterday morning and tho
alarm turned in from police headquar?
ters In the basement. When the fire?
men arrived smoke end flames were
pouring over the trensom a,id out of
the windows. Hard chemicals were
used to keep the flames in check until
the line of hose could bo lugged up
Tour lllghts of steps. When the stream
got well started the fire soon was un?
der control. Owing to the massive con?
struction of the building, there was
nothing to he burned except the con?
tents of the room and the woodwork
of the windows, doors and tho floor.
The debris, after being thoroughly
soaked, whs dragged into the courtroom
of the Law and Equity Court, where
n good many of the vaiuablo documents
were recovered yestorday a'.ernoon.
L'p to last night the damage could
only be estlmnted. Building Inspector
Beck places the tub's to the building at
about ?1.200. and that to the Schirol
Board papers, books and fixtures at the
same amount. The city carries no In?
surance either on the building or the
stock. In the stock room tho walls are
blackened r.-i much of the plastering
is down. w. I > the framing Is burned
out. of the d '?rs and windows. The
next room also Is badly damaged. The
'ofnees of Superintendent Chandler and
Secretary Walforci, facing on Broad
Street, are discolored by smoke, but
not materially damaged. Walls of the
olP.ceB below are slightly damaged by
water.
Wires Crossed In Storm
It Is explained that when the wires
crossed during tho rain yesterday morn?
ing the swLchboard located In the
I too room flashed up. setting fire to
papers close by. line fire had evidently
been burnlr.g for some time when the
alarm was turned in, as It was well
under way when firemen frcrn head?
quarters. Just across the street, re?
sponded. That It was caused by cross?
ing of the wires was made clear when
It was discovered that the telephone at
Chl-nborazo School had been burned
out. This caused no damage, however,
as there was nothing Inflammable In
the vicinity of the telephone. The
s --.im .-.rd exchange Is connected
v .h all the schools and Is Independent,
the Bell lines.
HELD BLAMELESS
Lonla 4lnnc|n| Wn? Accidentally Killed nnd
Driver Is Exonerated In Police Court.
.lames Lyle. the negro driver whose wag?
on ran over and killed elghteen-nvnths-old
Louis Manclr.l about ten days ago. was
cleared of any blame In the matter yester?
day morning In Police Court when numer?
ous witnesses testified that 11 woa an un
avoldnblo accident.
At the Instance of Mlnltree Folk's. Com?
monwealth's Attorney. William Chajrkliey. |
colored, was sent to the grand Jury, chars/- |
ed with maliciously assaulting his wife,
who died a few weeks later, though Coro?
ner Taylor testltied that her death was
due to pneumonia and not to any blows In?
flicted by her husband. Dr. A. E. Turmnn
alsn testified that death was not caused
by the beating alleged to have been ad?
ministered bv Chalkley a week before ..:s
wife was taken III.
Beatrice Garfc "er. colored, was arraigned
on a charge of selling whiskey without a
license. The ease was continued until Pep
lember -3.
The case of M'.ry Bell Allen, colored,
t, larffed with peddling cocilne. was contin?
ue until Saturday.
Seaboard Air Line Earning-..
. ; foxlmate srora earnings of the Sea-I
board Air Line Hallway for the third week
In August show an Increase of jl.'.OC" as
compared with the corresponding week last
year. ,
N, v Signal Hoves.
Ter. ad' tlonY' police signal boxes. In?
stalled In Vaanington Ward, were put into
service last night, They were successful in
operation, considering the fact that many
boxes In thf ify have been working errati?
cally for the past two days on account of
the hf-vy rains and winds, which Interfere
the wiles.
PROTECT INSURED
BY LEGISLATION
Insurance Commissioners Rec?
ommend New Laws for Acci?
dent Concerns.
REGULATE OR ABOLISH
Warn Companies Public May
Demand Governmental
Insurance.
reeling that promises of reforma?
tion were not sufficient, the National
Association of Insurance Commission?
ers, which has recently been Investi?
gating Industrial, accident and sick
benefit insurance concerns with such
startling results, has determined to de?
mand legislation for the protection of
the policy holders. Unquestionably tho
i Virginia Legislature will be asked at
its coming sesslrn to enact laws to
i over the recommendations of the com
I mlbsloners.
: A significant statement Is contained
In the statement Just made public. "It
should," says the report, "be clear to
every one familiar with present social
and political conditions that unless
the policy holders among the laboring
masses are to be treated fairly by
these companies?Indeed. If the policy
settlements of Industrial, health and
accident companies cannot he made
fair and clean?the public will demand,
not the more regulation of the com?
panies now under investigation, but
the prohibition of this kind of Insur?
ance by private corporations; In other
words, the furnishing of It by govern?
ment Itself. as It is, tho signs of
the times point In that direction.
Meanwhile, however. It Is clcary the
duty of tho governments represented
In this convention that there bo an
immediate cleaning up?perhaps oven
o cleaning out?and that hereafter the
companies Involved be kept clean "
Knir Prorating.
In the Hat of recommendations sug?
gested for legislation there Is placed
first the proposition that "prorating
for change of occupation should be
permitted jnly where tho Insttretl has
actually changed his occupation or
means of livelihood. "It Is pointed
out In this connection that the elas?
ticity of the present clause in the
policies, which permits the company
nfter loss to lower the claesllicatlon
of the insured when he happens to
have been doing anything pertaining
to any occupation more hazndous than
that stated in the policy, as enforced
by many companies, Is responsible for
a large part of the criticisms made.
Then. the commissioners believe
that "prorating should be up as well
as down." In other words that when
the Insured changes his occupation to
one less hazardous the company should
pay accordingly. It Beems that the
changes made have all been In the
direction of the companies" Interest.
It is also suggested tnat the one
fifth one-tenth and similar clauses
should be stricken out. These are ap?
plied In cases of certain risks. The
argument here la that the experience
t of companies In this fluid is now suffi?
cient, so that they ought to know
what risks, either of Illness or acci?
dent, they should not Insure against.
"The pollcyholder should be Insured In
full or not Insured at all. The clauses
in question, while in some cases In?
tended f? give the Insured something
rather than nothing, are usually avail?
ed of to force settlement and to fight
suits."
Another cause of trouble is that
companies have declined to recognize
notices of loss made by the agent
or the employer of tho Insured. It is
therefore recommended that notices of
Illness or Injury given by the agent
of the company or the employed of
the insured should be notice within
the terms of the policy, und the com?
pany, whether notified by agent or i
employer or by Insured or beneficiary, I
Ehould be required to deliver or for?
ward proof blanks and Instructions to I
the Insured or beneficiary within three i
days after the receipt of such notice, t
In case of Its fallue to do so, the j
Insured should be entitled to double
Indemnity It was brought out In the
Investigation that companies have no?
tified agents not to he too quick about
sending In claims
A large part of the work of exam?
ination which led to the recent sen?
sational disclosures was done by Act?
uary Isaac Davenport and Kxaminer j
Tscharner M. Hobson. of thi Virginia!
Bureau of Insurance.
VETERAN HELD
Archibald Oootth. Slith Virginia Cavalry?
man, Arrested on ?Irl'? Complaint.
Archibald Oootch. lixty-flve year* old. a
shoemaker by trade and a confederate vet
ertn, was arrested 'ast night at hi? fhop at
Twenty-flfth and Venabt* streets, and taken
to the Plrai Police station, where he was
held on a aerloua charge preferred by Maud
Taylor, about sixteen years old.
The charge is denied in every detail by
the iiited, prisoner, who has a wife and nev?
er.,: children living In the West End. With
other girls and boys, he raid, the plaintiff
frequented his shop at all hours, and allega?
tions that he hud detained her against her
win were absurd
Gootch served during the war with the
Sixth Virginia Cavalry.
To Benefit The Farmers
Of Virginia a scries of institutes is now in progress
under the direction of the Department of Agriculture.
Practical students of agriculture who have spent
years in investigating the subject from a scientific
standpoint are giving the farmers of the Old Dominion
the benefit of their research.
WE have years of experience which we wish to-day
to place at the disposal of Virginia farmers. Next in
importance to the things they should know about the
soil and the seasons are PRACTICAL METHODS OF
CARING FOR THEIR MONEY.
The American National Bank
OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA,
desires their business and invites their patronage.
We make BANKING BY MAIL convenient and satis?
factory and give
SECURITY AND SERVICE.
3 Per Cent. Interest on Savings and Inactive Accounts.
;-f- - ?~ ?=^
RAINCOATS
FALL HATS
Advance styles of both are now in and are ready to
[ be shown.
Gans-Rady Company |
VIRGINIAHrSHOT
OP SIX STATES"
Remarkable Feat Accomplished
by Rifle Team?Coming
Home To-Day.
If ft telegram received yesterday ;t
Adjutant-General Bale's ottlce from
Major Stanley W, Martin, in command
of the Virginia .-lfic team at Camp
Perry* Ohio. Is tc be takrn literally,
the men from thll State have far out?
distanced a certain re-ord made by
soldier? at Brownsville, Texas, some
years ago. Major Martin asserts that
the Virginia team has been "shooting J
up six States." The soldiers referred
to shot up but one town.
The presumption Is that the men j
from Virginia moved up six places In
the list as the result of the national
Title matches ' As they 'have been
heretofore as ntar to the bottom that|
there were not 10 many as six rungs
under them. If 'hey moved at all It
must have been upwards. As 3 matter
of fact, In view of the utter lack of
any facilities to make good shots, the
surprising thine to local military men
Is that they ciU not drop a peg or
two. There is not a real rifle range In
the State, leaving the Infantrymen
completely Ignorant of the correct and!
profitable use of their only weapon.
Major Martin proceeds to clear up I
the problem in his telegram by saying
that the Virginians are now in third
place In Class C. He also says that
the team was starting for home yes?
terday, and that Richmond will bei
reached to-day by him and by those j
who live In ti-.lj section of the State.
CANDIDATES WANT
PARTY MEETING
Declare for State Convention.
Folkes Lambasts Fee
System.
Demands for an early Democratic
State Convention, so chat the party
may define Its position on public ques?
tions, were made In addresses deliv?
ered last night at a meeting of .*ne
Northslde Democratic Club, of Leo
Ward, by Senutor B. C. Koikes and
James J. Creamer. A good sized crowd
was our to hear the candidates. Presi?
dent .lohn M Blanks was In the chair.
Senator Folkes. who has no opposi?
tion and Is already the nominee, at?
tacked the fee system. lie had. he
said, always been opposed to It. and
thought the people should have a
chance to be henrd. on it. He person?
ally had tried to hit the fee system
where it was powerful?In the gen?
eral appropriation bill, where provis?
ion Is made for 'Vc payment of crimi?
nal expenses.
Mr. Creamer wanted the convention
to pass upon certain laws demanded
by organized labor. He mentioned the
need of a stronger child labor law.
saying that the measure now on the
books, championed by Colonel Eugene
C. Mussle, was so badly mutilated In
the Senate that Its patron rocognlzed
it only by Its number.
A severe arraignment of the hire
of convict labor was also made by Mr.
Crenmer. He said that the shoe com?
pany contract should not bo renewed
unless the Htnt-- received more nearly
what the labor was worth, and pre?
dicted that !f a fair sum were charg?
ed the company would not want the
convicts.
All the candidates for the Mouse ex?
cept I. YV. Throckmorton, who Is 111.
"V"t) heard as were the three aspir
nnts for tb* office of City Collector.
All present*"! more or less convinc?
ing arguments why they should !>??
honored with the support and confi?
dence of the people In next Thursday's
primary.
0L1CE SEEK
Norfolk Woman Says Men En?
tered Her Room While Aboard j
the Berkley.
Two men. who, It Is alleged, entered I
a statero.vrt aboard the steamer Berk- |
ley, of Jle Old Do:\inion Steamship
Compan . occupied by Miss Lena
Moeller. I 229 H'ite Street, Norfolk.
V.l., wit the intention of robbery, are
ibjects il a search i>y the Richmond
police. licit Is l>'-ing conducted by ,
1 >etectl' Serge i n I Wiley,
Miss loejler, wh . Is n .-ister if Ouo i
Moeller .if 525 North Fourth Street 1
this ci: . reported to the police that |
.-?he win > passenger aboard the steam- >
or Herl v last Saturday nl'i'tt, bound
from N '"folk t.> Richmond. In addi?
tion to '.ore than ISO In currency, she
dicl.ire she h.irl with her jewelry
Valued it several hundred dollars.
This, v* th the money, she had placed
in a h .ndbag and deposited beneath
her pll )W She was awakened about
2 A. M and found a man in her room
a'hd a 'Or connecting a second com- i
partmc t was open. >\n> screamed, j
and :h. won d-he thief is snkl t,> have i
dropped the bag. He ran to the ad- !
Jointngttjriorn and bolted tho door
Oflltf*? of the Hteumer, according!
to th?,l|itory of Miss Moeller, were
nrous. ->S >n.t apprised of the attempted I
bu'rgi'jj" but the suspects succeeded
In g aL'sT a/shore unmolested when
the tfi?^^rV-hod Richmond.
Early Arrivals Will Place Ex?
hibits?Six Governors
Expected.
First of the experts who will attend .
the annual session of the Interna?
tional Tax Association In this city;
next week. William Ryan, of. New,
York, came to Richmond yesterday.
Mr. Ryan is assistant secretary of
the New York Tax Reform Associa?
tion, and has had a hand in the shap?
ing and enactment of much remedial
legislation in his State.
A. C. Pleydell, corresponding secret
tary of the International Tax Aaso-^
elation, will arrive from New York
to-day. Thcso ?wo officials will maka
the arrangements for the coming ol!
the distinguished men who will at?
tend the sessions. They will put that
exhibits In position for inspection
during the meeting. These exhibits
arc composed mainly of sample tax
forms ot different States.
President Allen RIpley Foote, whe; -
is also president' of the Ohio Board]
of Trade, has stated that six Govern
nors will attend the meeting, but hot
failed to send their names. However,
It Is learned that two of them ars
Governor F. F. Noel, of Mississippi
and Governor Coleman L. Blease, on
South Carolina.
A feature of tho sessions will be
the presence and nddrcBscs of several
well known Instructors in matters ap?
plying to the work of tho association.
Among thcso are B. R. A. Seligman,
professor of political economy at
Columbia University, and Professor
C. J. Bullock, who occupies a similar
chair at Harvard. Mr. Bullock Is
chairman of the executive committee.
BRANDON POLLS
BOAT FROM MOD
Poc.ihontas Held Fast for Nine
Hours, With 314 Passengers
Aboard.
CROWD BACK AT 7:30 O'CLOCK
Ice-Cream Gave Out Before Mia?
night, and There Wasn't Any- S
thing Else to Eat.
"We got pretty hungry, and there '
was nothing to do but listen to the
rain and stay awake all nicht, but '
wo had a great time anywaj^f said j
Miss Sarah Moody, of 305 Randolph
Street, one of the 315 excursionists
who were marooned for nine hours
when the steamer Pocahontas struck
a sandbar about 10 o'clock Tuesday
night. "Nobody had brought anything
to eat, and the Ice cream gave out
before we reached Dutch Gap, and
about midnight there wasn't any more,
water."
The steamer left Richmond Tuesday
evening at 8:30, carrying a crowd of
young excursionists for one of the
popular "moonlights" to Dutch Gap.
The trip was under the management
of the Randolph Street Baptist Church
Sunday school, nnd the majority of
the passengers were the children of,
the school nnd their young friends.
Held Fast During Nlgat.
The Gap was reached after an hour's
run. and the boat headed about for
the return trip. Twenty minutes lata?,
with the faintest perceptible Jar. the
steamer hit a sandbar, and despite
every effort of the engines to dislodge
her, stuck fast until pulled off by th&
Brandon at 6 o'clock yesterday morn
Ing The city was reached an hour
and a half later, a largo crowd ot
anxious relatives having gathered at
the Old Dominion dock to await th* ? ?
steamer's arrival.
Finding that the boat was in for a
niitht of it. Captain D. C Graves an?
nounced the pUght to the excursion?
ist.- assuring them that there was not
the sllvhtest danger, and that tho
steamer would be lloated at high tide.
Crowd In Good Splrlta.
There was nothing to do but maka
the best of It, and the picnic party
settled down 'o its nine-hour vigil
in lite best of good nature. The heavy
rain compelled everybody to seek
cover.
An officer of the vessel communi?
cated with Richmond by means of tho .,
long distance telephone, and set at'
test the fears of anxious mothers, who,
shortly after midnight, when the boat
was due in the city, begnn telephoning
The Tlmes-TSlspatch office for infor?
mation. The staterooms were given
up to the smaller children, the older
? ngers spending the night In the
st, inter chairs.
Council Committee Meeting's.
The following Council committees have
B-eti called to met to-day: Water at I
n'olock, Advertising Richmond in the !
Mayor's office at noon. Cemeteries and'?
M?? rki ts at S o'clock.
SAVINGS BANK
RICHMOND
1117 E. MAIN ST?
Hut for this hank many families I
luld not no? own their homes. We]
? ... -t them l>? Wilding them money
a liberal terms.
ACCOUNTS SOLItT! ITFD