The times dispatch. [volume], October 03, 1911, Image 10

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

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Good Morning
Mrs. Housekeeper, Have You Attend?
ed Our October Home Furnishing
Sale?
With stocks that are broader, better and more beautiful than
those of any other store in all Virginia at your command, the sale
offers >eores and scores of chances to make selections of needed?
Carpets! Rugs! Druggets!
Curtains! Draperies!
Upholsteries, &c.
newest and most up-to-date designs, but in
utiful color-blendings that are always desired
"a schnnc" of one's individual taste and re
Xot only in th
the accurate and boa
in the production of
quirements.
Other features of the Home-Furnishing Sale arc:
FOR THE HOME
The Sale of
MATTRESSES,
BLANKETS AND
COMFORTS.
Third Floor.
FOR THE TABLE
The Sale of
CHINA WARE,
AND ELECTRIC
PORTABLES.
Basement.
FOR THE BRIDE
The Sale of
SILVERWARE,
CUT GLASS AND
BRIC-A-BRAC.
Basement.
"AUSTRIAN" WARE
DRUG ON MARKET
Appeal Allowed in Case Reviving
Memories of Expo?
sition.
Couched In the spirit of sarcasm
and iconoclasm Is the petition of Earle
S Grav. assignee, on which an appeal
was allowed yesterday in the Supreme
Court. Gray appeals from a decision
of the law and Chancery Court of
Norfolk in his suit against the At?
lantic Trust and Deposit Corporation.
In the petition, it Is set forth that
"in ISO" a memorable exposition'* was
held oh Hampton r.o;tds. near Norfolk.
Apparently It is thought unnecessary
to go into details as to why this ex?
position is so ??memorable" to so many
Norfolk people. Prior to the open- j
lng of the performance on the Roads. 1
Charles M. Romenthal, says he peil- 1
tlon. "migrated t-? these parts." Said I
Roaenthal leased apace in one of the
buildings for an "Austrian exhibit."
With tine humor, the petition tells
how Rosenthal purchased a stock of '
goods for the "Austrian exhibit" In
New York, consisting of crockery,
china and glassware on credit. The
presumption is that the "Austrian"
ware was made by the canny Connec?
ticut Y'ankees. A bill of goods was
bought from the firm of Lazarus.
Rosenfeld & Lehman, amounting to
SI.639.72.
Not finding the market for Austrian
goods especially brisk, Rosenthal bor?
rowed J 1,000 from the Atlantic Trust
nnd Deposit Corporation, of Norfolk,
giving a deed of trust on his goods.
Before the exposition closed, he "left
suddenly." the stock being greatly re?
duced. The Now 1 ork firm brought
suit nnd attached the goods, which
brought SI,625.36, now held to await
the final disposition of the litigation.
Gray, to whom the claim of the New
York firm was assigned, seeks to have
the ded of trust to the Norfolk con?
cern set aside, because it gave Itosen
thal the right to sell the goods.
CHARGE ILLICIT DISTILLING
Federal Court Will Take t'p Case
Agnlnnt-% Poeiibiintn* C'onipnuy.
The casje Kit tne*' government against
t lie Pocahontaa Distilling Company
will probably be called lo-fliv at noon
lo the United States D'strlct Court,
which begun its fall term yesterday.
This concern is charged with Illicit
distilling, and is the first case on the
criminal docket.
The grand jury has been summoned
to appear this morning at ll o'clock
and the petit jury at noon.
Judge Edmun<i Waddlll, Jr., spent
yesterday In disposing of several small
matters.
DIES ON STEAMER
Mrs. W. Trevere, Retnrnlnc to Rich?
mond. Attacked *>> Pneumonia.
Mrs. Samuel w. Trovers, whose hus
bond is treasurer of the Vlrginio-Caro
llna Chemical Company, of this city,
died at 3 o'clock yesterday morning on
board the steamship Mlnnetonka, en
route from London to New York. When
the. ship was three hours off Fire Is?
land, a cold developed Into pneumon'u.
With her husband, Dr. and Mrs. J.
Allison Hodges and Mr and Mrs
Charles T. Borden. Mrs. Travers hart
been spending the summer In a tour
of Europe.
The Up-to-Date
Hp-Town Store
Special.
We offer large cans Aspara?
gus Tips?Can. 20c; 3 for
50c
Quality Al. 5
Small cans Green Pea?, de?
licious, 3 cans for
25c
Genuine Smithfield Hams,
per pound,
30c
The Pure Food Store.
Geo. McD. Blake
& Co.
No. 00 Broad Street.
Former Preacher Charged by
Grand Jury With Capital
Offense.
Edward Foster. Henrlco county farm
er and erstwhile preacher, charged
with a serious offense against Ada
Catherine Meeks, a ilfteen-year-old or- i
phan whom he was rearing for the '
Children's Home Society, will be tried
on October 12 on two indictments?one
charging a capital offense and the
other betrayal. The grand Jury of ?
Henrlco county. In fall session yester- I
day morning, returned a true bill
against him.
Twelve other indictment? for felo?
nies were brought In by the jury.
Among- these are true bills against Joe
Banovltch and his wife, boarding house
keepers, of the Gayton coal mine dis?
trict, charged with shooting .Steve j
Ferry, a miner. This case will be heard i
October 13. Other indictments aro
against C H. Kenny, criminal assault;
James McRay, felony; Joe Tallaferro,
felony; Charles Ulllips. felony; Clar?
ence Lewis, felony; Edward Dobson,
felony; George Pryor, felony; D. D.
Steele, felony; John Burning, felony,
and W. S. Forbes & Co., for a misde?
meanor.
The grand jury adjourned yesterday
until October 6, when examinations
will be resumed. A large number of
civil cases are on the docket.
VIOLATED PAROLE
Jncknon Qunrlea Must Serve Oat Term
for Train \Vrecking.
Jackson Quarles. colored, was trlid
and convicted yesterday In the City
Circuit Court of having violated his
parole, and he was returned to the|
custody 'of thp superintendent of the
penitentiary. Quarles was sent up from i
Dlnwlddle county, where he was con-!
vlcted on April 22. 1902, of tampering!
witli property of the Seaboard Air Line
Railway Company at Crawford's Sid- j
ing. by opening a switch and causing
the wreck of a through passenger and
mall train.
He was convicted and given ten'
years. He was paroled on March * 1,
1910. and was recently arrested Inj
Powhatan county, charged with hav?
ing been drunk and disorderly at Mt.
Calvary Church, and having behaved
In a riotous manner with a pistol, lO|
the great excitement of the congrega?
tion. He was convicted on that occa?
sion, and sentenced to a line of $2.50
and to a jail sentence of tlfteen days,1
at tue conclusion of which he was
brought to Richmond, charged with
violation of ills parole nnd sent back
to the penitentiary to serve out hin i
original term.
BLAMED FOR SON'S DEATH
Coroner'? Jury Place* Responsibility
for Killing on "Cyclone" Snnniela, |
Responsibility for the death of his]
son. John II. Samuels, was yesterday |
j.laced upon his father, T. II. Samuels,!
? familiarly known as ''Cyclone" In j
i Henrlco "county, by the verdict of a!
I coroner's Jury, which heard evidence1
In the rase at the City Hall. The
I younger Samuels was shot Friday
; night, and though !? took place In the.
I county, he ?Merl In the city, therefore
I making It necessary for Coroner Tay
| lor to conduct an Inquest.
i The evidence adduced was entirely
I at variance with the story told by the
; elder Samuels. It was shown that he
I was drunk at the time he tired a bullet
into the abdomen of hla son. Witnesses
testified tiiat the last conscious stata
ments of the wounded man were thftt
he had been brutally shot by his father
It took the jury less than tive min?
utes to return the following verdict:
"John II. .Samuels, thirty-nine years
old, came to bis d?-;ith as a result of
a pistol Rhol wound Inflicted by Theo?
dore li. Samuels on September 29,
I, 1911"
j INSPECT BLUES TO-NIGHT
i IlnMnllnn Will I nilrrgo Annual Ordeal
nt Armory.
I Annual State Inspection nS the Rich
I inontl Light Infantry Blues will be had
to-night at the armory, the entire bat?
talion r.eing mustered in the drill hall.
The banrt. which was inspected Satur
j day night. !s the only exception.
Colonel Jo I.ane Stem, the assistant
inspector-general, will be assisted by
Captain Oeorge F RaltzelV United
States Army, on duty with the National
Guard of Virginia. These two officers
went over the company rolls and rcc
I ords last night.
I One or two of the companies are
j making special efforts to secure an at.
tendance of 100 per cent.
.County Mnrrlnge Means*.
Llcense was Issued yesterday fn the
I county elerk's oftW for the marriage
I of Philip F.. .Tones and Miss Annie R
j Rroaddus, both of Henrlco county.
Postal Bank for ttlen Allen.
A posts, savings bank will be opened
for business on October 14 at Glen
Allen, Ta.
DELEGATES ARRIVE
BY SPECIAL TRAIN
National Paint Association Sec?
ond to Bankers in Point of
Invested Wealth.
BIG PROGRAM ARRANGED
Twenty-Fourth Annual Conven?
tion Begins at Jefferson
To-Day.
With 300 delegates, representing j
twenty-live States of the Union. In at- :
tendance, the National Paint. Oil nnd
Varnish Association meets In twenty
fourth annual convention at the .Tef
ferson Hotel this.morning at 10 o'clock. I
Representing a capitalized wealth sec?
ond In magnitude only to that com?
manded by the American Bankers' As- .
sociatlon. the body to-day In conven?
tion Is by far the most commanding, i
In point of wealth nnd size of industry
represented, that has met In the city ,
In recent years.
The association Is national In Its
character. and Includes practically
every manufacturer and Jobber in the
United States In the paint, oil. glass
and varnish Industry. It has subsid?
iary trade clubs in every large manu?
facturing centre, those of Cleveland.
Cincinnati. Chicago and New Vnrk
being particularly strong. The Chi?
cago Paint Club Is represented at the
convention by a dele-ration numbering
101. which arrived early yesterday
morning In ? special train. Between
ninelv and inn rielfgntes from the New ,
York" Paint Club are in attendance. 1
Other large delegations are registered
from rtuluUi. Omaha, Denver. Kansas
City. Indianapolis. St. Paul. Milwaukee.
St. Louis. Philadelphia. Lincoln. Neb.,
and from the New F.nTland Paint Club.
Figures compiled by Harry J. Schnell,
chairman of the .-ommittee on enter?
tainment, show that un to last night
385 delegates had applied for reserva?
tions at the hotel. A large number Is |
expected to arrive on the early morn
ing trains
Tile Mnnufnctiirer* Here.
The convention brings tn Richmond
officials and representatives from the j
largest paint and varnish concerns In i
thp country; Among those who have
already registered at hendouarters are;
Walter Cottlngham. president of the
Sherwin-Williams Company, of Cleve?
land, a corporation said to have an ap?
proximate Invested capital of $60.000.
000: W. W. Lawrence, president of the
National Lead Company, the giant
"Dutch Boy" corporation: Fred Carter,
president of the Carter-White Com
panv. Chicago: W. H. Andrews, presi?
dent of the Pratt A Lambeth Company,
of New Tork. Chicago. Hamburg and
London: .Tames McNulty. general man- j
nttT of the same company: M. A. Rich- ';
ardsdn. president of the Tnland White i
Lead Comnnnv: Charles H. Webb, edl- '
tor of The Modern Painter. Chicago; ;
John Peters, president of the Mathew- i
son Lead Company, New York: John j
Von Pe!n. president Chicago Paint j
Club; Arthur 8. Somers. JresMent New I
York Paint Club- T.ouls T. Mlnehnrt. I
president of the National Paint. Oil nnd
Varnish Association, and Walter D. '
Poss. vice-president of the same or- j
ganlsatlon.
Executive Meeting*.
An executive meeting of the board |
of control was held yesterday after- |
noon to arrange a working program!
for the business sessions of the as- j
sociatlon. It was presided over by i
President Mlnehnrt. Paint headquar-:
ters were opened In a room on the first I
floor of the hotel, and a corps of
stenographers and secretaries were
busy all the afternoon assigning dele?
gates to their nuarterg and Issuing
credentials. The absence of a paint
club In Richmond which could take
charge of the local entertainment ren?
dered necessary the management of
this end of the convention by a com?
mittee of the national association.
A dinner to the board of control and
to specially Invited guests from the
city was given In the evening by Presi?
dent Minehart, of the association.
New York In 11112.
The delegation of 100 from New
York have come Instructed to use ?
every effort to get the convention next !
year for that citv. It will be the ?
twenty-fifth annual meeting of the as- j
BOCiatiop, and New Y'ork is especially
anxious to capture the silver annlver- I
; sarv convention The opinion Is gen- I
ernl that It will win out.
Another prediction that Is going the ;
roundB Is that Arthur S. Somers, of;
N'ew York. w|U be elected president of.
the association. The New York dele-!
gation Is solid for him. and .?ls candl- I
dacy Is viewed with favor by repre?
sentatives from other cities.
First Session To-Dny.
Two 'business sessions will be held'
, to-diy. o-ne at 10 A. M. and the. other!
nt 2 In the afternoon. Speeches will i
I he made by Lleutenant-Governor J.
; Taylor ElKson and n representative)
! of Mayor D. C. Richardson, welcoming!
the visitors to the State and city, and |
] by Henry W. Wood, speaking for the
' Richmond Chamber of Commerce. Johnj
n. Y'oupor. of the Atlantic Varnish'
Works, will extend the welcome of |
the local paint snd vnrr.lsh Industry. I
The response on behalf of the dele-1
gates will he mnde hv Walter D. Fnss.i
vice-president of the National Paint.I
Oil and Varnish Association.
The entertainment features of the
day will be a luncheon at the Country;
Club of Virginia tendered to the visit-!
; lng wornen. followed hv an entertain- j
I ment. A reception In honor of Pres!-;
I dent and Mrs. Louis T. Minehart will!
! take place In the parlor of the Jeffer- [
I son at S o'clock, nnd will be followed I
I by a dance.
IN POLICE COURT
i -
Fox Sent On to Ornnd Jury Yesterday I
of Cutting Wood. j
I Thomas Fox. colored, charged with
; feloniously assaulting Richard Wood,
i was sent to the grand Jury yesterday
! morning, after being given a prellml
I nary hearing In Police Court.
Bos? Davis and Delaware Bradley,
I both colored, were fined $100 and costs
! each and placed under bond of $100 for
twelve months for carrying concealed
wen pons
W. H. Lawson, colored, was sent to
the grand Jury ?n a charge of feloni?
ously assaulting Wesley Fountain.
John E. Walter was arraigned on a
charge of non-support, -oreferrre.1 by
his wife. Mrs. Alice O Watklns. The
case was continued until November 2.
William Brooks, colored, was fined
$'.'0 and cost., and placed under $100
bond for sjxtv days for resisting Offl
"-ers Werner and Lntham.
The rase of A. F. Hackney, colored,
charged with shooting William An
thony, was continued until October 24,
In order to give the Injured man time
to recover from his Inlurles and ap?
pear In court.
Kolner Spenka at Fair.
Commissioner K?lner, of the Depart?
ment of Agriculture, will speak to-day
at the Powhatan county fatr.
PLEASURE CRITBF.S
to FOre1a~n Lands.
Mediterranean, Orient,
Adriatic Bea. South America,
West Indtoa, Cuba, Jamaica,
and Panama Canal.
Two Crulaea Around fhe World.
For further Information, consult
RICHMOND TRANBTTDR CO,
30* Bast Mala fitract. ...
BEAM'S FATHER
HAS LITRE HOPE
Committee, at Secret Session,
Gives Him Permission to Bury
Son in Maury Cemetery.
FACT CAREFULLY GUARDED
Condemned Murderer Will Rest
in Family Section After Being
Put to Death.
Apparently abandoning all hope of
Intervention by the Supreme Court or
by the Governor, application has boon
made and permission secured for the
burial of Henry C- Beattle. Jr., In the
rienttle family section In Maury Ceme?
tery. South Richmond, near the grave
of hla mother and of his murdered j
wife. The action was taken by the (
Committee on Cemeteries nearly three I
weeks ago In executive session, all i
present being pledged to secrecy, and
ihe action did not become public until
given out by a member of the com?
mittee yesterday.
After going into secret session the
matter was brought up by Mr. Patram,
of South Richmond, who stated that
H. C. Beuttle. Sr.. desired that hla son
should be burled In the family sec?
tion. Superintendent Jones asked for
Instructions. Young Beattle Is under
sentence to dlo on November 24; be
bar been quoted as saying that lie will
never go to the chair?will take his
own lifo first?and closely confined In
Jnll there Is a percentage of chance
of death from natural causes.
Not Put on Record.
In order to keep the matter t'b
solutely secret Scrgeant-at-Arms Rus
kcll. who waB acting as clerk of the '
committee, was Instructed to make no
note on the minutes at that time. Th
action was Informal?It merely Ii
structed Superintendent Jones that It
was ihe sense of the committee thai
the burial should be permitted, and
that such action on his part would
be ratified later.
City Attorney Pollard Is of opinion
that this action Is not sufficient. He
has Informed Clerk of Council Com?
mittees McDowell that If It Is desired
to make the Interment In any one of
the city cemeteries, It wiU be neces?
sary for the committee to meet after
Benttle's death and grant the permit.
In chapter 22, Richmond City Code.
1910. which deals with city cemeteries,
section 6 prescribes who may be
Interred In city cemeteries. Section
7 goes on: "Notwithstanding the pro?
visions hereinbefore contained, a per?
son convicted of an offense, for which
an Infamous punishment Is denounced,
shall not be Interred within the In- |
closure of the cemetery, unless a ma?
jority of the committee assent there?
to."
The committee at Its secret session
unanimously "assisted thereto." r>ut the
action was not made ? matter of rec?
ord, and another meeting wll probablv
have to be held to perfect the burial
arrangements.
The act of the General Assembly of
190R providing electrocution as n sub?
stitute for hanging In capital offenses,
fays that "upon application of the
relatives of executed, the hodv after
execution shall he returned to their
address and ot their cost." Otherwise
It would he turned over to the State
Anatomical Board.
TO COLLECT MAIL
BY MOTORCYCLE
Postmaster Allan Adopts New
Scheme for Improving
Local Service.
With a view of further Increasing
the efficiency of the work of the Rich?
mond post-office. Postmaster Edgar
Allan, Jr., Is now considering a plan
to inaugurate a system of collection
by motorcycles.
Walter Dowdy, a clerk at Station A,
spent yesterday in traveling through?
out the city by motorcycle, stopping
at all mail boxes. He will report to
Mr. Allan the time consumed In cover?
ing certain routes, and If It Is found
that the system would he of .benefit the
present plan of making collections by
wagon will be abolished.
This, however, will only apply to
outlying territory, especially in the
West End.
Since he has been In charge of the
post-office Mr. Allan has greatly In?
creased the efficiency of his depart?
ment and made many changes from
old methods.
He will give the motorcycle collec?
tion Idea a thorough test before mak?
ing any decision or requesting the de?
partment to supply machines for the
use of carriers.
Rndford School Bonrd Meets.
A meeting of the board of directors
of the new State Normal School at
Radford will be held to-day. Super?
intendent J. T>. Eggleston, Jr., of the
Department of Public Instruction, left
last night to bo In attendance. The
board recently won Its contention over
the site for the school by decision of
the Supreme Court.
PRISON HEARING
IS NOT EXPECTED
Believed Request of Directors
Will Be Withdrawn Before
Assembly Meets.
AUGUMENT TO-DAY ON DOCK
Expense Accounts Filed by
Legislative Candidates in
Primary.
Governor Mann said yesterday that
he would comply with the request of
the directors of the State Peniten?
tiary that he transmit to the Legis?
lature their demand for an Investiga?
tion Into the conduct of the Institu?
tion. The Executive said. In reply
to a question, that he did not know
whether or not he would add his ap?
proval to the request, but added that
he hardly thought such action neces?
sary, believing that the Legislature
would agree.
However, members of the General
Assembly do not look with favor on
the proposition. They oro averse to
putting the State to the expense of
an Investigation; and to taking up tho
time of the Legislature and Its com?
mittees in considering a matter when
no charges have been made In any
formnl manner. It was freely said at
the Capitol that In all probability the
request of the board for an investi?
gation will be withdrawn before the
Legislature meets.
ARGUE DOCK PETITION
Hearing to lie Had This) Morning on
Petition of City,
'.rgument will be hud, beginning at
o'clock this morning, on the petl
. n of the city of Richmond and the
? usiness men along the city dock to
require the owners to repair and re?
open that Institution for use as a
public highway. The speakers will
probably be Assistant City Attorney
George Wayne Anderson for the city,
Judge Beverly T. Crump for the other
Petitioners, and Eppa iftinton, Jr., for
the respondents.
The State Corporation Commission,
before which the proceedings are be?
ing taken, hns decided that It has ju?
risdiction over tho dock, and In view
of the fact that at a recent hearing
on a petition of tho owners to he
allowed to close It, the commission
decided that the time had not yot
come for such action, It Is hoped thai
the decision will be favorable to tho
city, i In this event, an appeal to ex?
pected.
RETURNED PART OF FEE
Ur. Stephenson Lucky?Other Expense
Statements Filed.
l>r. H. U. Stephenson. Democratic
nominee for the House of Delegates
from tho Peninsula counties, is In
luck. The district is the largest In
the State In urea, the population be?
ing snftrse. and the expense of con?
ducting un election is considerable. Dr.
Stephenson. with his opponent, E. C.
Madison, were charged $100 each, prob?
ably the highest assessment levied
anywhere In the State. The commit?
tee, nowevcr, returned $65 of this
amount. The distric". Is composed of
the coantles of New Kent, Charles
City. James City. Warwick and York
and the city of Wllllamsburg. Dr.
Siephenson's expenses, according to a
statement tiled yesterday with the
Secretary of the Commonwealth,
amounted to $165.20.
In Norfolk county George A. Peek,
a successful Fusion candidate for the
House, spent only $25, his primary
fee.
Other expense accounts filed yester?
day were as follows: Sewell A. Tay?
lor, for tho House, from Accomac, de?
feated, $161.40; James W. Gregory, for
tho House, from Plttsylvanla and Dan?
ville, nominated. $34.50; William Watts,
for the House, from Roanoke city,
nominated, $78.75; James N. Stubbs, for
the House, from Gloucester, defeated.
$18.60; Howell C. Featherstone. for the
Senato, from Lynchburg and Campbell,
nominated. $305.55; Hugh A. White, for
the House, from Hockbrldge. nomi?
nated. $71.50.
STATE'S FINANCES
Sails Trimmed Closely, Bnt Ship Like?
ly to Get to Port.
Remittances received yesterday; at
the Auditor's office from city "and
county treasurers, in response to Au?
ditor Donohoe's demand for monthly
settlements, footed up a good-sized
sum. and will materially aid the situa?
tion. The State's payroll was met
promptly. Pension checks arc being
mailed dally, and there Is still a small
balance In the treasury.
Clerk R. T. Wilson, of the State Cor?
poration Commission, will send out
his tax bills against public service cor?
porations on October 15, and checks
win begin to come In within a day
or two thereafter, as these concerns
must pay by November 1. The State
is on thin ice, but will skate ovor
safely. If It can get by for the next
three weeks.
Pharmacy Board Called.
The next meetln- of the State Board
of Pharmacy has been called for Oc?
tober 17. Applications for license are
required to send In their papers by
October 7. The examination will bo
held, as usual, at the Medical College
of Virginia.
I A Clearing House
for Ideas
And experiences of the farmers of Virginia is the
way we would express in our own banking terms
what the State Fair really means to the farmers.
Every Farmer in
the Old Dominion
should come to Richmond during the second week
in October. It is their chance to reap the harvest
of benefit from the accumulated crop of ideas and
plans demonstrated then.
The American National Bank
of Richmond, Virginia,
Invites the farmers especially who come to the city
during this fall season to call and see us In our hand?
some new building at the corner of Main and Tenth
\ Streets. We pay 3 Per Cent. Compound Interest on
Savings and Inactive Accounts.
Assets Six Million Dollars
Fashion s Latest Creations
In wearing appare! can always be found
here. Everything exclusive at prices
that are inviting.
Gans-Rady Company
COUNCIL GIVES FUND
FOR TIMBER WHARF
Finally Appropriates $25,000 as First btep to
Help Shipping Interests?Blocking ot Streets
Conus In for Attack.
Without a. <1sBentlng vote, the Com?
mon Council last night appropriated
?25,000 for erection of a timber wharf
on city property recently acquired on
James River, extending 690 feot from
Gillie s Creek to Nicholson Street- The
paper came up on recommendation of
the Committee on Finance, and was at
first opposed by Mr. Richards, of that
committee. He stated that he was In
favor of a wharf, but did not believe
that, even were It constructed, trade
could be brought back to Rlohmond
that formerly came here when this city
was the terminus of 'the Chesapeake
and <y.ilo Hallway. In lieu of tho plan
proposed by the City Engineer for
erecting a bulkhead wharf, Mr. Rich?
ards offered the plan of "H. M. Allport
& Son. for a wharf following the shore
line, which he stated oould be built
for ?15.000. The bulkhead wharf, he
stated, was at once point thirty-five
feet In the river, and he read letters
from three Old Dominion Line cap?
tains, who asserted that such eonstruo
tlon would make It difficult and dan?
gerous for vessels to enter the harbor
during high water, especially were
there large vessels lying alongsldo
such a wharf. He sdvocated that the
whole matter he again referred to the
Committee on James River Improve?
ment.
Mr. Pollord, of the Flnanco Commit?
tee, replied that his committee pro?
posed making the appropriation, speci?
fying no plan save a timber wharf, and
the detailed plans could be fought out
In the Committee on James River Im?
provement.
Mr. Rogers, chairman of that com?
mittee, said that the thlrty-flve-foot
line referred to by Mr. Richards had
been laid out by the United States gov.
ernment engineers In charge of river
and harbor work, and was approved by
the government, bring ten feet closer
In shore than the Cedar Works
wharves.
Mr. Fergusson wanted to abandon
the whole wharf proposition and buy
the old Eighteenth Street dock, but
on the final roll call every member
present came out for the wharf appro?
priation, the vote being 37 to 0.
Street Obstrnctlona.
The Ordinance. Charter and Reform
Committee recommended an ordinance
limiting the use of streets for building
material. Several members asserted
that It waa not strong enough. MY.
Umlauf said that was because the po?
lice were not doing their duty: that
any nuisance in the streets could be
ordered removed by the proper au?
thorities.
Mr. Mills said the proposed ordinance
was no improvement over present con?
ditions, and Mr. Pollock wanted It so
amended as to require a written per?
mit before any obstruction Is placed
In any street. Mr. Mills Insisted that
Richmond builders worked on the vil?
lage plan, sprawling all over adjoin?
ing streets, tearing down old houses
In congefted d/strlctj and making the
streets practically a sales yard for old
material. He advocated the creation
of a congested district. In which all
material must he hauled axvay as torn
down. Mr. Boschen thought certain
busy thoroughfares should h.? specified
on which no obstruction would be al?
lowed under any circumstances. The
ordinance was recommitted to be re?
drafted along more stringent lines.
The Council concurred with the
Rnard of Aldermen In transfer of $750
from the street fund for smooth pav?
ing Laurel Street from Grace to Frank?
lin Street, and In confirming award of
contract to H. L, Drlsroll ft Company
for the Racon's'Quarter Branch sewer,
the estimated cost of whlfth Is 119.000.
The Street Committee reported a
resolution to. pav Dr. J. W. Sloan ?50
and the Randolph Street Pharmacv ?11
for treating R. K. Evans, a city em
nlove, Inlured In a cave-In of a sewer.
Ohjectlon was made that T>r. Sloan was
already a city phvslclan. drawing a
palary of ?75 a month, and the paper
was referred to the Committee on
Printing and Claims.
An ordlnonee was adopted changing
the name of Short Street to Spruce
Street.
Some Appropriations.
On recommendation of the Commit?
tee on Finance, the following appro?
priations were ordered:
For City Hall repairs as result of
fire In School Board rooms, ?1,500. j
For expenses James River Improve?
ment Committee attending Rivers and
Harbors Congress In Washington In
Deeemher. ?250.
For City Home expenses, new sewer
connections, ?600.
For expenses Chief Health Officer
attending American Public Health As?
sociation. ?150.
For entertainment annual conven?
tion United Daughters of the Confed?
eracy, ?1,000.
For purchase of a lot for keeper's
house for Monument Avenue grass
plots, ?S50. -
For painting equipment and supplies
at the City Home, $1.500.
For good roade, Gordonsvllle-Rloh
mond-Wtlllamsburg highway, ?5,000.
The Finance Committee recommend?
ed repeal of a recent resolution for
oondemnatlon of a triangle at Broad.
Me-adow and Hermitage Road, and
It was repealed.
For a New Market.
In lteu of a resolution transferring
the Seatorook Warehouse alto to the
Committee on Markets, the Finance
Committee recommended and secured
adoption of a resolution directing the
Committee on Markets to secure plans
and estimates for a new First Market
building, on the present site, on Seven- |
teenth Street from Main to Grace
Street. By unanimous vote the Coun?
cil transferred a fund of $20,000 ap?
propriated for repairs to the First
Regiment Armory to acquisition of
three adjoining lots. Chairman Pol?
lard, of the Finance Committee, stated
that It was the expectation to make
provision tor heg'nnlng the erection
of a new armory building next yeor.
The vote stood 35 to 0. Mr. Fuller
being excused from voting, as he Is
Interested in -adjoining property.
An ordinance was adopted creating
the position of keeper of Washington
Square, who shall also serve as Janitor
of Hustings Court, Part 2, at ?900 a
year. The salary of the bookkeeper
end clerk of the Committee on Streets
was Increased from $1.350 to ?1,500
per -annum. A lesolutlon was adopted
directing the City Attorney to aoqulre
land to widen Hull Street twenty
three feet, from the Atlantic Coast
Line tracks to the corporate limits. An
ordinance to create the position of
speotor of flre-escopes wttH rejected.
Grading Streets.
The report of the Assessor of Dam?
ages was adopted for the grading of
Nineteenth Street x>om Marshall to
pleasants. the sidewalk on the weil
side of Twenty-eighth Street. Cary
Street from the old to . the new
Corporation line, and Beverly Street
from the old to the new cor?
poration line. On recommendation
of the Committee on Light, award
of contract for steam coal for
the Oaa Works to tho Atlantic 8tatca
Coal and Coke Company was approved.
The Balary ot the clerk of the Streut
Cleaning department was Increased
from $900 to $l,u80 per annum.
The Vonderlehr workhouso ordinance
was recommitted at the request ot
Mr. Herschberg, who stated that rep?
resentatives of certain labor organiza?
tions desired to be heard. Mr. Pollock
culled from the table and secured adop?
tion of an ordinance authorizing the
closing of an alley south of Balnbrldge
Street, between Fifth and Sixth
Streets, Washington Ward, to make
way for the erection of a mammoth to?
bacco factory by the Larus & Brother
Company.
TO SAVE CITY TREES
Mayor S?sseste Employment of Kur?
aery man by Council.
The attention of the common Coun?
cil was called by Mayor Richardson
laBt night In a special message to tho
apparent necessity of providing more
regular and systematic methods of
operating a nuraery and for the ap?
pointment of a city nurseryman. Sev?
eral years ago a nursery was estab?
lished by the department of Grounds
and Buildings In William Byrd Park,
-ut tho position of nurseryman has
never been created, and the efforts
have been sporadic and haphazard. To
carry out the purpose of the mesBaga.
Mr. Pollock offered and had referred
to the Committee on Ordinance. Char?
ter and Reform an ordinance prepared
by the Mayor to provide for the estab?
lishment and maintenance of a city
nursery, and to provide for tho ap?
pointment of a nurseryman. The nur?
sery Is to be maintained for the pro?
pagation and growth of treea, shrubs,
flowers, vines and plants, to be used
In improving and ornamenting tho
streets, parks, cemeteries nnd public
grounds of the city. The employment
of an expert nurseryman Is proposed,
who nhnll engage such laborers as tho
Committee on Orounds and Buildings
may direct, and who shall examine,
trim and prune trees on the Streets
n:.d in the parks, and preserve them
from Injury and destruction, as well
as plant trees on all residential streets
which have been properly graded.
FREE SCHOOL BOOKS
Councilman Fuller Wants City to Buy
Them for Poor Children.
Free achool hooka for puplla of the
public schools of Richmond are pro?
posed In an ordinance offered In the
Common Council last night by Mr.
Fuller, and referred to the Committee
on Ordinance. Charter and Reform.
The preamblo states that the high
prices of books and their frequent
changes practically debar from the
public schools many of the children
for whose benefit they were establish?
ed, nnd that the present plant of fur?
nishing certain books free of charge
only to Buch children who are unablo
by reason of the poverty of their
parents or guardians to provide them,
has not proved satlsfartory. The plan
proposes nn appropriation commencing
with the fiscal year, February 1, 1913,
of $10.000 placed to the credit of tho
City School Board for the purpose of
free text books for puplla attending
the public schools of Richmond under
regulations to be adopted ny the school
board. Thereafter there is proposed
an annual appropriation of $6,000. all
Buch hooks to remain the property of
the city. Several educational asso?
ciations desire It to be heard on the
ordinance when It comes up beforo
the committee.
Judgment Entered.
Judgment was entered yesterday In
the Law and Equity Court b" the Cen?
tury Baking Company .-.gainst D. T.
Wllbon. Jr.. for $620, subject to a
credit of $150.
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