The times dispatch. [volume], October 16, 1911, Image 10

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

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HEALTH EXHIBIT
Dr. Levy Showed Visitors How
We Have Cut Down Death
Rate From Typhoid.
OPENED EYES OF COUNCIL
Out i I Every Dollar Expended
by City, Health Department
Got Only 1.3 Cents.
The exhibit mode by the Richmond
Health Department at the State Fair
last week was the subject of favor?
able comment on all hands. Though
not possible to represent all the fields
of activity In which the Health De?
partment Is engaged, still the selec?
tion of subjects and the manner of
their representation were such as to
bo a revelation to tho average visitor.
Photographs, diagrams and specimens
of various kinds were shown In such
a wtiy as to Impress the observer w,lth
the Importance of the work, und with
the successful manner in which It Is
being prosecuted.
A special edition of two pamphlets
were distributed, one of these being
"The Richmond Health Department,as
s Municipal Investment," and the other
being a ??Summary Of the Work of the
Richmond Health Department." in
the first of these. It was shown thvit
during the year 1910 the work of the;
Richmond Health Department in con- |
nection with typhoid fever alone saved
tho city ?8S5.200, while Its total ex?
penditure tor ail purposes during the
same year was $37,$35. or less than
one-tenth of the amount saved In con- i
nection with one disease.
In the second of the above men?
tioned pamphlets the work of the
Richmond Hua-lth Department Is brief- j
ly summarized under fifteen headings;
Vltul Statistics. Contagious Diseases.
Antitoxin, Smallpox. Tuberculosis,
Quarantine. Bacteriological Laboratory,.
Infant Mortality, Food Inspection,
Dairy Inspection. Plumbing Inspection. |
Saht nary Inspection, Mosquito Work,
Files, and Popular Education.
Typhoid Ueiith Ilntr.
Tw.o of the most striking diagrams
In the exhibit illustrated the phe- f
nomenat decrease In the death rate'
from typhoid fever under the present.
organization of the Richmond Health;
Department. The first of these din- j
grams shows thut for the past two;
years the douth rate from typhoid
fever has been less than one-half of
the lowest rate In any previous your. '
and only a little over one-fourth of
tho average rate for all previous
years. The second diagram shows i
that In the year 18S-I one death n
every llfty-threc in the city of Rich?
mond was duo to, typhoid fever; thnt!
in the twenty-six years preceding the!
reorganization of the Health Depart
merit (1880-1806, Inclusive) o eicalh
In every 129 was due to typold fever;
thnt in the four years following re
prganlzat on of the Health Depart?
ment (1907-1910. Inclusive) one death
in every 292 was due to typold fever,
and that for tho past two years (1909
and 1910) only one dnith In every IT,.",
was due to this disease.
Similar diagrams show tho remnrk
able reduction in the death rat. of
ami-let fever and diphtheria.
Another series of cards shows the
work of the bacteriological laboratory
In connection with the diagnosis of
diphtheria, typhoid fever, malarial
fever and tuberculosis. The outfits;
Which are used are shown, the method .
of examination is fully described, and j
the microscopic appearance of positive
hnd negativ,- specimens Is graphically.
Illustrated.
Ecnnnmlrnlly tlpr-rntnl.
The Immense Improvement In the!
public milk supply Is Illustrated by
photographs ojft, conditions found when
tho work i;f .dairy-' Inspection wars
Started four years- ugo, and others
showing conditions at the present
time. A full set of blue prints Is ex?
hibited, such ns are furnished all milk
producers who wish to have model
dairy plnnts. Another feature which
has attracted much attention is tho
exhibit o* the actual breeding of Mies
and mosquitoes.
In this connection, one feature of
the exhibit is most impressive. After
?lng the evidence of the excellent
Tt'fOrk which the Richmond Health
Department 1- doing, it comes as a
great surprise to see that all this Is
being done at such n Insignificant
eor.t to the city. Figures lire given
showing that the Richmond Health
Department has expended ??n an aver?
age for the past five years only 20.S
cents per capita out t,f a tot. 1 of $20.63
spent by the- pity for all .purposes.
Close by this statement is ''.diagram
In the shape of a circle, representing
a silver dollar. A very minute wedge*
shaped portion of this clrclt repre?
sents the amount appropriated to the
Health Department Under this is the
statement that but ,,r every dollar
spent by the city f Richmond its
Health Department Ketg 1.3 tents.
MJfUITK It It A X EA N WO KflVI'l TRIP
lit: 1.1 \i .
S, S. Kalte-rln AuRtieui Victoria, Ti.OW
tons, from New York February lltb.
!!:.:?? ar.d Information,
RICHMOND TltAXKFEIt (.'?131 PAX V,
Mm Bunt Slnln Siren.
Would your n*.f pro>
fireproof or a quick burner?
I . G. M. Co.'s "Pedrl
Roofing Tin and lie-safi
Gordon Metal
Co.
Richmond. Va
DELEGATES REACH
TOWN TO-MORROW
Come From All Atlantic Sea?
board States to Attend
Waterways Convention.
MAYOR GAYNOR WILL SPEAK
Many Distinguished Men to Dis?
cuss Tntra-Coastal System.
Moore to Preside.
Every State on the Atlantic seaboard
will be represented nt the fourth an?
nual convention of the Atlantic Deeper
Waterways Associations when it is
formally allied to order by its presi?
dent, J. Hampton Moore, of Philadel?
phia, at the Jefferson Hotel on Wed?
nesday. The opening of the conven?
tion will he preceded by an informal
reception to the delegates by the
Chamber of Commerce to-morrow
ey< ning.
During the business sessions of tho
convention Wednesday and Thursday
consideration will :be given to the
progress made sine, the last year, ?nd
plans will be laid for furthering the
links of lntra-eoastul waterways
stretching along the Atlantic coast
from Maine to Florida.
Governor Mann will make an address
of w.elcomc ut the opening session.
This will be responded to by Colonel
Pleasant A. Stovull, editor of the Sa?
vannah. Ga., Press, following which
['resident Moore will make his annual
address. The first afternoon session
will be devoted to addresses by Mayors
fjjiyhor, New York City; Ueyburn, of
Philadelphia; Donnelly, of Trenton;
Preston, of Baltimore; Fitzgerald, of
ltwston. nnd Dock Commissioner Tom
kins, of New York City.
Many Experts to Speak.
Thursday's sessions will be ijivon
over to addresses by experts on the
various international und waterway
projects, and these will be followed
by the election of officers. The even?
ing sessions will be given over to en?
tertainment.
FrldUy a trip down the .lames River
to Hampton Roads will be made.
In the tentative list of speakers are
Secretary of Commerce and T/tbor
Nagel, Covernors Toner, of Pennsyl?
vania; Crothers, of Maryland: Pothler,
of Rhode island; Mead. or Vermont,
and GUisscock. of West Virginia. A
number of Sonntors und Representa?
tives also w.ill speak, besides numerous
other prominent men.
While the. formal opening of the
meeting will not take place until Wed?
nesday morning at 10 o'clock, tho great
:nody of delegates will arr've in the
cl.y to-morrow evening from Old
Point. These will gather there prin?
cipally from the Southern and North?
ern Stutes. and will be entertained by
tho government nt Fortress Monroe
with appropriate naval and military
dr-nionstratlons. A-committee from the
Chamber of Commerce will lenvc to?
morrow morning at 9 o'clock for Old
Point to escort the delegates to this
city, arriving here on a special train
over the Chosapatke and Ohio Railway
at 5:30 In the afternoon.
FALL KILLS PRINTER
,V Rh ton Doughty !)lox From Frnetureil
*Uull and Internal Injuries.
Ashton Doughty, twenty-four years
old. sen of E. D. Doughty, of 109 Davis
Avenue, employed us a pressman by
tho Richmond Press, Inc. Governor and
Ross Streets, was fatally hurt onrly Sat?
urday morning, when he foil from the
top of a big press on which ho had
l>< .-n working. He was carried to the
Memorial Hospital, and died there yes?
terday morning. Though his: skull
was fractured by the fall, in- sustained
internal injuries which are believed to
have been the cause of his death.
Brother Charles III.
Brolhor Charles. principal of the
Brothers' School, is desperately ill at
tho Memorial Hospital. It was thought
last night' that his .-ondition was some?
what Improved, but It was said that
thoutrh ghowlnp signs of Improvement,
his condition was nevertheless alarm?
ing to his friends.
MURDER TRIAL TO
BEGIN NEXT WEEK
Dallas Wright Already Convict?
ed, Held Now as Witness
Against Jones.
CASE TRANSFERRED HERE
Crime in Buckingham Most
Brutal Ever Known in
. That County .
Another trial for murder, which was
was one of the most ntroclous ever
committed In Virginia, will be called
li: Richmond next Monday, when Rob?
ert Joins, a negro, will begin a third
tight for his life In the Hustings Court,
the case having been removed to that
Jurisdiction by the Virginia Supreme
Court of Appeals. With W. Dallas
Wright, a White man. convicted for
the crime, and Richard Perkins, an?
other negro, also awaiting a new trial,
Jones aided in the murder of Thomas
und William Stewart on April 7. 1010,
at their home in Buckingham county,
and afterwards burned their dwelling
to hide their llrst crime. The two
victims were cremated. The motive
was robbery.
Jones was first tried in July, 1510,
In the Circuit Court of Buckingham,
Judge Gordon presiding. ID- set aside
a verdict of guilty, and granted the
negro a new trial. In the meantime
the Judicial circuit had been Changed,
and at the second trial Judge Hundley
presided, when Jones was again found
guilty.
VVrlBhC? Apprnl Too Late.
Dallas Wright, who is now confined
in the Henrlc? county Jail, having been
brought to Richmond about a year
ago, has also had two trials. The
jury fulled to agree In the tirst In?
stances, and the last time he was found
utility. An appeal was made to the
supreme Court for a now trlul, but.
It was denied on tho technical ground
that the bill of exceptions was not]
tiled within thirty days after the ad?
journment of the trial court.
Counsel for Jones and I'crktm looK
their cases to the higher court and J
succeeded in being granted new trlnls. ,
This appellate bods- designated the'
Hustings Court of Richmond to try
those two men for tho third time giv?
ing the opinion that in the interests :
of justice n change of Conue should
be had. Commonwealth's Attorney K. I
W. Hubard, of Buckingham^ will as?
sist Commonwealth's Attorney Mini
tree Koikes, of Richmond, in prosecut?
ing the case.
Dallas Wright will hi- a witness In
tho trial;;. On account of this fact
the date of his execution has never
been llxed. Two negro boys. Willie,
Jackson and Aylett Johnson, Common-j
wealth's witnesses, will also testify. I
They have boon held in jail since the
inception of these cases In court.
Mny Tnkc Jury to Scene.
Judge Witt and ProseCU' >r Koikes
huvu been to view the scene of the
crime, und it is likely that it will by
necessary to take the Richmond jury
for a glimpse of tho site on which Mic
old Stewart home once stood.
When tho negroes were allowed new
trials it was deplored by the Supremo
Court that similar action could not be
taken in the case of the white man.
THREW LOOT AWAY
rt?j?< Discover Quantity of stolen Jru
clr.i In illey and Deliver It to Police.
While walking westward on Broad
Street yesterday afternoon. Robi-rt and
Raymond Sehumon, of 010 West Mar?
shall Street, found a quantity of small .
Jewelry in an alloy at Second and!
Broad Streets. The jewelry, some of
which was broken und smashed, was
scattered about over a space of several
yards, at. if the thief had been dis?
gusted with his loot and thrown It
h way
Investigation showed that windows
had been smashed in the rear of
Schw?rzschlld Brothers, Incorporated, I
and of R. A, Burton & Co., both Jew- j
eiry shops. Tho boys gathered up the
loot and took it t., the Second PoPce |
Station, where (hey reported the rob- i
bery.
GRACE RESIGNS AS
BRQADUS PASTOR
Well Known Minister Will Take
Charga of Church in
Chattanooga. I
To the surprise of members of his j
congregation, Rev. Edward L. Grace
tendered nis resignation as pastor; ot,
Broadus Memorial Baptist Church at
.1 congregational meeting held just
nftei ih'e morning service yesterday. I
Mr. Orace lias accepted a call to the i
Cential Baptist Church, of Chattanooga,
Tenn,
The announcement was entirely unex?
pected, and the congregation, with
niHiiy expression! of regret at the ac?
tion of the pastor, adjourned to meet
again Wednesday night, when action
c. ill be taken tot appointment of a com?
mittee nit pulpit supply and oh selec?
tion of ti liew pastor. The resignation
of Mr. Orace was accepted, to take ef
t ? , 1 fi 6 m .MiVeinbci I.
The Broadus Memorial Church is lo?
cated at Thirty-second and Broad
Streets, and has a large and grow'ug
work. Mr. Grace assumed th? pastor
an In 1900, coming to Richmond from
I Mdrtlnsviiic, Va. In his ministry of
live ond one-half years 25'l people hove
been received Into the chutch, about
!':', of ihem by baptism.
M . Grace Is a memb'tji of Um Foreign
Mission Board of the Southern Baptist
Convention and of the State Mission
Board, both of which positions he will"
relinquish on leaving Virginia.
The church to which be has been
called presents an attractive field, bo
In'g located In the centre of the best
residence district of Chattanooga, with
a handsome new church building, with
a lartte and aggressive membership,
In which there are innriy young men of
prominence in the business life of the
city. Since coming to Richmond Mr.
Orace has taken an active part in the
Baptist Ministers' Conference and in a
number of clty-wldo religious move
, agents
CABELL IS SLATED
10 HEAD C. 0. P.
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Reported That Alvah H. Martin
Is to Be Ousted as National |
Committeeman.
From sources which ought to be. and
apparently are, entirely reliable, it la
learned that Al'yah fl. Martin Is to be
deposed from his position of Ropub
llcan boss of Virginia, to be succeeded
by internal Revenue. Commissioner
Royal K. Cabeli. The extent to which
this change win affect Republican poli?
tics in Virginia can be ? appreciated
best by those who hold the Federal
offices.
The report has it that when the Re?
publican State convention meets next
year to elect delegates to the national
Convention, Mr. Cabell will be elected
the member from Virginia of the Re?
publican national committee. This po?
sition, held for so long by Mr. Martin,
wiho holds, and apparently is going to
continue to hold, what Is regarded fit
the most lucrative State offee in Vir?
ginia?the clerkship of tha Circuit
Court of Norfolk county?has made
hlrn a power In the distribution of
patronage and has given him a hold
on tht administration In Washington.
Mr. Cabell, ?0 it is stated, has made
remarkable progress in the good
graces of the party men. The talk of
I his selection as national committee
man leaked out during the meeting
j of the Virginia postmasters in this
city during the past week, which Mr.
CObcll attended and Mr. Martin did
not.
Of course. Ihc power of the commit
Neman is always tempcr'-d by the
presence In Congress of Representa?
tive c Ii. Slemp, of the Ninth Dls
I trlct, Hut !t |? ?nid that a division
I Of power with Ml*, Cabell will be. eejual
I ly as acceptable to Mr. Slemp as it is ,
ssiow with Mr. Martin.
TOURING CLUBS
FROM ALL POINTS
One Party Will Motor Here
From Quebec to Attend
American Road Congress.
MANY HIGHWAY EXPERTS
Leonard Tufts to Lead Southern
Party Over Capital .to
Capital Route.
I.Inder the direction of the Touring
Club of America, a number of good
roa<i associations are arranging auto?
mobile trips from the leading cities of
this country to Richmond, to meet
here at the time of the American Road
Congress. November 20-24, under the
auspices of the American Association
for Highway Improvement. Each car
will carry the touring club pennant of
Its own road organization, and the
fomner, "On to Richmond." Arrange?
ments are being made for a tour
starting from Quebec, under direction
of Howard D. Hadley, chairman of the
New York committee of the Quebec
Miami road. Mr. Hadley has assur?
ances from many good roads en?
thusiasts in Montreal. Quebec, PLatts
burg, Saratoga and Glen Falls that
they will take part in such a tour.
This party will be joined ut Albany
by the highway officials of New York
State, and of several of the New. Eng?
land States. State Engineer John A.
Rensel, of New York, has accepted an
Invitation to accompany the tour, and
to attend the Road Congress here.
Leonard Tufts. president ot the
Capital Highway Association, was in
New York last week in conferenco
with officers of the Touring Club of
America completing arrangements for
starting a tour from Atlanta on the
morning of November 13. A number
of gooj roads enthusiasts have ac?
cepted Invitations to participate. Mo?
torists from Mivannah will join the
party at Augusta. The schedule calls i
for a visit to Augusta and AlkCn on j
November 14; Columbia and Camden
on thelSth; Jackson Springs. Plne
hnrst and Southern l'lnes on th? lGth:
Raleigh and Durham on the 17th. and
Uittleton on- tho ISth. arriving at
Richmond that night.
It Is planned to run a scout car un?
der the direction ol tho Touring Club
of America from Atlanta to Richmond
in the near future to secttrc the latest
available road data. This car will ar?
range for sign-posting the route, and
for 'accommodations for those taking
part in the tour In November. The
scout party will include a representa?
tive of the United States Office of Pub?
lic Roads, President Tuft of the
Capital Highway Association; Fred
crick Elliott, secretary of the Touring
Club of America, and Colonel Henry
McNalr, editor of the Automobile Blue
Book.
F. M. Runnels, secretary of the Bris?
tol to Washington Highway Associa?
tion, known tis the "New York to New
Orleans route." has also been in con?
ference with officers of the Touring!
Club, arranging for a tour to Rich- |
mond from Birmingham an<j Memphis;
over the Memphis-Bristol-Washington
route. Secretary Charles C. Gilbert, of I
tho Tennessee Association for Mlgli- !
way Improvement, says that that ?s
sciatlon will be represented on tho!
tour, and tnat several cities will enter
cars carrying State and county high-'
way officials.
EVANGELISTIC SERVICES
Rev. H. ('. Oorrlnun. Open* Series at
Third Christian Church,
Rev. H. C. Garrison, of Danville.
Kv.. last night began a series of evan
gcllstlc services at the Third Chris?
tian Church, in which he was assisted
by Rev. Gerald Culberaon,. tho pastor.
Mr. Garrison entered tho ministry at
the Third" Church, and is well known
in Richmond. The Initial meeting was
attended by a large congregation. The
services will continue nightly for two
weeks.
Mr. Garrison was able to leave Ken?
tucky for a short while, for the church
of which is a pustor is being replaced
bv a new building.
A feature of tho meetings Is the
ringing by a large chorus choir, led
by Carter Davis.
SHELTERING A RMS' NURSES
GRADUATE TO-MORROW NIGHT
Commencement exercises of the shel?
tering Arms Kree Hospital Training for
Nurses will take plaoc to-morrow night
at 8 o'clock, at the Elks Home.
Eleventh und Marshhall Streets. The
graduates this y?nr are Miss Emmu
Ella Junes and Miss Ida Louise Mason.
ONE MORE SUICIDE
BY CARBOLIC ACID
iss Ethel Drake Kills Herself
Because of Despondency and
111 Health.
LEFT NOTE TO HER SISTER
Coroner's Figures Show Twenty
four Cases of Suicide Since
First of January.
Rendered despondent by continued
111 health. Miss Ethel Drake, of 312
North Sycamore Street, committed
suicide early yesterday morning by
swallowing the contents of an ounce
bottle of carbolic acid.
Miss Drako had given no Intimation
or ending her life. She was dlscovcr
il In her bed shortly after 7 o'clock
by her brother-ln-luw, Charles Mal
lory, who Is employed as a conductor
on the Ktchmond, Eredorlcksburg and
Potomac Railway. He was coming out
of the bathroom when he saw a note
addressed to his wife lying on the
hall Hour. It stated simply that Miss
Drake had "felt so strangely recent?
ly that I am unable to stand It." He
rushed to her room and found her lying
unconscious. Dr. M. E. Nuckols and
other physicians, and Dr. Hulcher, of
the city ambulance corps, were sum?
moned. She died, however, before the
arrival of the ambulunce surgeon.
Due to 111 Health.
Miss Drake lived with her sister,
Mrs. Mallory. She would have entered
upon her twenty-second year next
mouth. None of the family could give
any other reason than continued 111
health, which would have led tho
young woman to suicide. It Is sup?
posed that she drnnk the fatal poison
about fifteen minutes before she was
found In n stupor.
Coroner Taylor viewed the body, and
was assured that It was a plain caso ;
of suicide. He will not hold an In- j
Quest.
Coroner Taylor's records show this
to be the twenty-fourth case of sui?
cide since the beginning of the year,
averaging more than two n month.
There were eleven suicides up to Juno
1, and there have been thirteen since.
This was the eighth case of self-de?
struction by carbolic acid. Coroner
Taylor remarked that the majority of
the recent suicides have been by car?
bolic acid, and believes that tills
method of taking one's life Is the re?
sult of suggestion.
The funeral will take place at 3
o'clock to-morrow afternoon. Inter?
ment will be In Rlvcrvlew Cemetery.
GENT FROM NEW YORK
Mr. Henderson, Quite HuoKrr, Accepts
Hospitality of the City.
, John Henderson, sixteen years old,
born white, but now slightly discol?
ored by dust and weather, was es?
corted Into the Second Police Station'
last night on a charge of vagrancy.'.
John was glad to mei-t the policemen,!
for he had had nothing to et.t since:
Saturday morning, and when a large
supper was laid before him he did not ;
wait for knife and fork. He had the!
dishes clean and polished in five mln-j
utes. and then, with a self-satisfied
stare around the station, laid down
on a blanket which the kind officers
provided for' him.
Before saying good night John said!
that he was a visitor from New York.;
He said that he had been brought
down by his brother and another young [
man. and had been deserted. He ar?
rived on Wednesday, and attended the
fair. He d'd not state his mode of
living and It w.as suggested that hlaj
brother and the latter1!? friend might
have been forced to leave earlier than
they had expected. There wore sev?
eral visitors at the fair who did not
remain for the finish.
Council Schedule.
Eight Council committees meet this
afternoon and to-night In ail effort to
catch up for the holiday of last week.
The schedule opens with a meeting of
the grounds and Buildings Committee
at Twenty-first and Broad Streets, at
V, o'clock, to discuss a plan for a driv?
ing entrance to Taylor's Hill Park.
The seven night meetings, all at S
o'clock are: Streets, Markets, Water,
Poor. Street Cleaning, Eight and Ceme?
teries.
\V. .\. Crump Visiting; Here.
W. A. Crump, a will known citizen
of Newport News, is visiting friends
in the city. He was here during I'nlr
week, and declared It to be the best
fair he had ever attended. He will
return home to-day.
A Mao "Wfi?
Buys Space
In various newspapers all over the United States
was in Richmond last week. He is interested in
advertising from the professional side, and he said
that he was especially interested in our advertising
from the human interest point of view.
He read our story in the paper and then he looked
in the street car and saw the card that the story
mentioned. This is what we want YOU to do, only
we want YOU to go one step farther and profit by
the fact that we have called your attention to the
SECURITY AND SERVICE
of the
American National Bank
of Richmond, Virginia.
Go in business with us at 3 per cent, guaranteed
prpfit. ^
CAPITAL, SURPLUS AND PROFITS, ONE MILLION
DOLLARS.
Fail Suits, Overcoats and Raincoats
All are ready in the very newest fabrics and
in the very latest models. The world's best is here
for your inspection.
Gans-Rady Company
UCK OF POSTAGE
DELAYS MUCH MAIL
One Cent Stamps Instead of
Twos Again Cause Post
Office Trouble.
Despite- efforts on the part of offi?
cials of tho post-ofhc to keep tho
public Informed concerning postal reg?
ulations, there arc many persons who
pay no heed and consequently throw
difficulties In the way of clorks and
cause themselves trouble which would
be easily ellmlnted by a few words
of Inquiry.
There is nn Impression, especially
true of Richmond, according to state?
ments made yesterday by l'o3trnaster
Edgar Allan, Jr., that Inclosed writ?
ten invitations to parties, social en?
tertainments, weddings and church
und lodge meetings, for local delivery,
arc deliverable for one-penny postage.
This Is an error, as In all free delivery
olllces such mall requires letter post?
age, 2 cents.
Cloth "Postcards."
Recently the post-office lu:< b< ? :i
flooded with small cloth pennants, de?
posited in the malls as matter similar
to poslcarda and bearing 1-cent
stamps. All cards, other than lite reg?
ulation size, and those made ot stiff
cardboard, leather, tin, uluminum or
wood, containing written matter other
thun the address of the sender or that
of the addressee, require 2 cents
Many tinseled, mica and celluloid
decorated cards are ually placed in the
mallB- Unless inclosed In an envelope
they will not be delivered. If sucn
curds bear written messages oth?-r than
the names of the sender and addressee,
they will require 2 cents. In all cases
the postage must be attached to tile
envelope, and not on the card, even J
though there Is an aperture In the
envelope exposing the stump, Slichi
postngc not being acceptable.
Ih fact, all Inclosed written matter
o rpartly written, other than the name |
of the addressee or of the nonder, re- .
quires 2 cents postage. 1
Iii most cases, it is believed, insuth-I
dent postage is the result of igto- j
ranee on the part of the sender,!
thouahl in some Instances. it Is'
thought that people are trying to "put
one over" on Uncle Sam and thereby '
save a few pennies.
To insure prompt delivery postaKe
should be fully prepaid on all mall
matter.
MAY ROUTE GARS
VIA BOULEVARD
New Arrangement Necessary
When Old Railroad Bridge at
Fair Is Removed.
Announcement that the old wooden
bridge leading from the street car
tracks over the railroad Into the Fair
Grounds had boen condemned, and
would huve to be replaced, and that
In lieu of this step efforts would be
made to rebuild the Boulevard bridge,
and so take cars directly Into the Fair
Grounds, has given great Impetus to
which was projected some time ugV
hut which has recently been allowed
to Ho dormant, although a committee
from the City Council has been au?
thorized to confer with the Hcnrlro
Board of Supervisors In regard to the
plan.
The city owns William Byrd Park,
surrounding the New Reservoir?tin
largest and most handsomely equipped
pork In the city. Northwardly from
that It owns and has Improved the
Boulevard, a double driveway nearly n.
mile long and morn than 100 fet t Wide,
passing the Soldlors' home, connecting
Cnry Street Road, Grove Road, Mon?
ument Avenue, and other favorite
driving roads of the West End. The
city nlso owns the State Kali- Ground*,
and has nlso come Into possession of
Brynn Park, a handsome country
property n-. yet but little developed.
The plan proposes the continuation of
the Boulevard as a double driveway
100 feet wide from Broad Street, north?
wardly by the Pair Grounds to the
Mill Monument, and tlunri- along the
llTmltago Itoad to Bryan Park The
rlixht of wny has nlrr-ady hern se?
cured. Practically the only cost lies
In the road building from Broad
Street Boad U the Hill Monument. Ill
which It Is proposed that the city and
county share Jointly.
An important link In this chain is
the erection of a new and adequate
brldKO over the railway tracks, the
cost of which would no doubt be part?
ly borne by the Richmond. Fredf-r
Icksburg and Potomac and Seaboard
Air Line Railroads, and by the Vir?
ginia Itallwav and Power Company.
It Is Intimated that with such a bridge
the street rar company would n'>t only
run Its tracks Into the fair Grounds,
but would apply to the county for a
permanent franchise f"i the operation
of this line on to the Hill Monument
and Bryan Park, connecting with the
present lakeside line and opening to
building a largo level section lying
between Glnter Park and Acca Sta?
tion, now without street rir facilities,
and making the Pair Jrnunds acces?
sible hi all times.
NOT DESCENDED
FROM MONKEYS
Dr. Morris Scouts Science Which
Would Trace Human Ancestry
in Sermon to Students.
Addressing an audience composed
largely of medical students and train?
ed nurses, In a service especially
planned for them at Monumental Epis?
copal Church yesterday afternoon. Rev.
James TV. Morris, D. D., scouted the
science which would truce the descent
of men from monkeys. The service
was under the auspices of the Daugh-j
ters of the King and the Brotherhood ,
of St. Andrew.
Dr. Morris asserted that man was!
made in God's ima~e, and came from!
God?made first. "Away with the|
science which would depict us aa
emerging from a state of being like!
that of the beasts of the neld, hanging
in the branches of trees."
lie said that disease was not an
original condition, but had been
brought about through sin. through
defiance of the laws of health and the!
laws of God. His plea was for a clean :
life, and suld those surroundings are!
tho most healthy Which are guarded |
by the most innocent living.
SAYS W. C. T. U. WON IN MAINE
Mrs. I: M. A. Steicus, National Presi?
dent, Writes of "Victory."
New. York. October 15.?Mrs. Lillian
M. N. Stevens, the national president
of the W. C. T. U., has written a let
tor to Mrs. Ella A. Boole, the New
York State president of the organiz.1-!
tion, which claims that prohibition I
has won In Maine hy from GOO to 7001
votes. ' The letter read3 as follows:
"Our victory is sure. The Attorney- |
General, who is Mayor of Watcrvllle,:
Me., In wclcf Ing our State conven- j
tion to his city, congratulated us on;
our victory anu practically sAld we,!
tho W. C. T. C. did it! He is one of.
the leaders on tlte license side.
"Legal form6 aro being observed, but |
we have triumphed, and the majority'
will bo not far from .100 to 700. VI
wonderful victory."
MASONS ARE GATHERING
Washington. D. C. October lb.?
Scottish Rite Masons are arriving to?
night In large numbers for the bien?
nial session of tho Supreme Council;
of the order for the Southern jurisdlc- '
tion of the United States, which will
open to-morrow and will continue
throughout the week. At the oponlng
session Masons or the fourteenth de?
gree and above will be admitted, but:
tho sessions thereafter will be "open'
only to those who nave received the
thirty-third degree or' are candidates
for It. The'most Important event of;
tho session will be the laying on Wed- ;
nesday of the corner-stone of the now!
$1,000,000 So^ttlsh Rite Cathedral to.
bo ereeted In this city. * . '
SEE BALL GAME
ON BOARD TO-DAY
Times-Dispatch Electric Device
Gives Every Play?Just
Like Being There.
"Almost ?s good at being at the Polo
Ground?, and you don't havo to pay
$10 for a aeat on the bleachers," was
the way an ex-New Yorker put It Sat?
urday afternoon, whllo watching the
Instantur.cous representation of the big
game on the electric scoreboard, spe?
cially constructed for The Times-Dis?
patch. Prom the cheers that arose
whenever the flashing electrics regis?
tered a hit or a brilliant play. It was
evident that the game was clearly In?
telligible.
To-day'S game in Philadelphia will
be sl\en In the sumo manner as the
one of Saturday. The electric score?
board Is the latest device for the rep?
resentation of distant ball games, and
Is marvelous In Its simplicity and in
!ere3t. Tt Is In use In all the big league
cities, und In' several of these largo
theatres are maintained, which chargo
a regular price of admission for the
privilege of witnessing the graphic
reproduction of the games being played
at a distant point.
The large board is mounted In front
of The Times-Dispatch building, on
Slain Street, and the baseball service
will be maintained absolutely free of
chnrgc throughout the championship
series. Every single movement of the
game Is graphically represented on a
black background by means of an in?
genious arrangement of white and col?
ored lights. Opposite the name of.
each player In the line-up is a white
globe, which lights up us soon as the
man goes to bat. Two rows of green
and led lights register every hall and
strike called on him. If he reaches
first on a single, the lamp at first base
lights, and in similar manner the
lamps at the other buses as tiie player
makes the round lo the home, plate.
A glanco nt the scoreboard at any mo?
ment of the game tells Just what play?
ers are on bases, who is at the bat,
how many strikes and halls have been
called on him, nnd the runs ench team
has to Its credit
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