The times dispatch. [volume], November 15, 1911, Image 12

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

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Dinner Sets
i?m immmimi um.ui ?
And Other Needfuls in Chinaware for
Thanksgiving
Everything needed for the Thanksgiving table is here?in
superb qualities and beauty of design that distinguish Mil?
ler & lihoads from tl\c ordinary china store. Prices are very
moderate. The following are but bints of some that deserve
special mention:
llnvllnnd t'hlnn Dinner Set,
consisting of 102 pieces, new
border, rich d<
sign, with coined
gold trimmings.
$45.00
Ilavil.imt China nimier Set,
102 pieces, assorted floral do
orations, coined
gold stipple han?
dles .
$33.00
French Chlnn Dinner Set.
lfin piece.-, lloral decoration,
coined s"ld stippled handles,
one piece chipped;
$2." value, reduced
to .
$22.50
IOO-plece l-'reneb Clilun Din?
ner Sets ? New
designs, border
patterns, gold lliu
10--pleee AitNtrlnn i Mini
Dinner Seta?Border patterns,
five double gold
line patterns
lcet from: speclrj
10-Plrce Toilet Sets?Gold
lace trimmings
ten pieces,
for .
i < i,iiiit inn
$27.00
a $21.89
12 piece?,
?hiding Jnr .
$3.00
$4.50
BAY STATE PEOPLE
SPEND DAY HERE
Members of Governor Foss's
Party See Sights and Are
Entertained.
Headed by Major It. E. Green, of
the staff of Governor Eugene Posh,
of Massachusetts, the members of 4he
Governor's party wl^o attended the
monument unveiling In Petersburg on
Monday .enrne to Richmond early yes?
terday morning and spent the day !
here. Governor Eoss himself went
direct lo Boston, leaving Monday
night.
A committee of the Chamber .if
Commerce and members of Governor
Mann's staff acted as hosts of the
visitors, and took them for a sight?
seeing tour of the city. They went
to the Soldiers' Home, saw the monu?
ments, and were given a luncheon at
the Country Club.
Last night at tho executive man?
sion, Governor and Mrs. Mann enter?
tained the Massachusetts people at an
Informal reception. Assisting in re?
ceiving were Colonel and Mrs. A. .1.
Gray. Jr.. Colonel T. B, McAdnms, At?
torney-General and Mrs. Samuel W.
Williams, Mrs. Roper, of Petersburg,
nnd Miss Seiden. A few friends were
Invited.
In the party were several members
of Governor Foss's staff nnd of his
executive council; representatives of
the presiding officers of the two
houses of the Massachusetts Legisla?
ture; the Committees on Military Af
lalrs, distinguished veterans of the
War Between, tho States and others.
They will leave this morning on the
return trip to Boston.
SHAKESPEARE CLASS
y. w. c. a**wml Inaugurate New Tca
turr for Business Women.
it was announced yesterday morning
at the monthly meeting of the board
of directors of tbe Young Woman's
Cbrlstbln Association that n class in
Shakespeare for hu?lncss women will
open to-morrow night. Many members
have already been enrolled. Teachers
have been secured for this season's
Bible class. The gymnasium work Is
rapidly Increasing. A morning class
will start Thursday.
Of special Interest to the directors
was the report of the travelers' aid
committee, which assists in every way
nil women and girls traveling alone.
The demands of this work have ne?
cessitated the employment of two wo?
men for part time service at the rail?
way stations.
Plans for an adequate building and
equipment for the association were
tentatively discussed anil It is likely
that It will not he long before some
definite action in this direction will
be. taken.
SUPPLIES BY FREIGHT
rnst.onh e (irt* f irst shipment Not Through
l -nul Channel*.
In keeping with the retrenchment policy
o' Postmasler-Qeneral Hitchcock tti<- first
shipment of post-office supplies b>" freight
arrived in Richmond yesterday from Cln
clt.natl, to t?e distrit.uteii to various points
from this office.
Postmastet Edgar Allan. Jr.. lias received
Instructions from tin department to ask
for hllds from local teamsters for a ion
tract to haul magazines from Iretght de?
pots of tbi rttv lo passensei depots', and
from freight depot,, lo the post-office
Some time ug,, II Was decided by tho de?
partment that magazn, s sent through the
malls and over long hauls lie shipped by
freight instead of the usual method. Just
when this will go into effect was not known
Ir. Richmond yesterday.
However. ?II bids submitted for hauling
the magazines in drays must be Ir the
fice of Postmaster Allan next Tuesday,
They will not be opened here, l,ut will be
forwarded lo Washington',
Mrs. Straus In HiiKplial.
Mrs. Aubrey H. Straus-, wife of the
City Bacteriologist, was operated upon
yesterday at the Memnri.il Hospital.
Her condition last night was said to be
satisfactory.
savingTbank
RICHMOND
. 1117 st.. rVsAsN ST.
Polite service, attention to every
detail, ample protection?more can?
not be'asked. \Vn furnish al] these.
One dollar starts an account.
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY
FOR POSTAL SAVING FUNDS
OLD STONE HOUSE
WILL DISAPPEAR
Court Orders Sale of Building
Advertised as Wasliington's
Headquartes.
The ruinous "Old Stone House" on I
Main Street, between Nineteenth and
Twentieth Streets, which hub been
widely advertised us "Washington's
Headquarters," Is to be sold at public
auction under order of the Chancery
Court. While the historical accuracy
of the statement thnt Washington ever
used this building as headquarters, or
in fact for any purpose, has been ques?
tioned, there Is little doubt but that it
is one of the oldest structures now
standing in the city.
A electee was entered yesterday by
I Judge Grtnnnu iip,>olntlnr; Allen t!.
1Collins and Joseph C. Taylor commis?
sioners to advertise the property und
? dispose of it to the highest bidder, the
fiction being taken In the suit of Joseph
D. Isaacs and others against John 13.
Dove llr a division of the property, j
in Which all of the parlies to lite
action hnve Interest.
Tradition suysthtit the old Mono stone
house was erected by Jacob Kgc, who
came to Richmond front Germany curly
In the eighteenth century.
Tradition says thot the old stone
only tho nuines of Washington, hut of
Ljafayette, Monroe and others. For
many years past It has been occupied as
a museum, where relics mid souvenirs
are sold, and hut N r. a .?oi?w place
for visitors. No one, however, has been
able to put his hand on the exact his?
torical occasion when General George
Washington used this place ns head?
quarters. The house was undoubtedly
.standing long before the Revolution
PASTOR IS HONORED
Men's L'uguo Remember* Dr. McOaitlei'S
Advancing Age,
Celebrating the thirty-sixth anniversarj
Of the blrlb of the pastor, ttev. Qeorfc* W
McDnniel. the Men's League of the First
Baptist* Church gave a s-upper Ian evening
In the lecture-room of the church. The
young women of ihn congregation act. ri at
waiters. President lt. W. Hudson, of the
league, saw to it that B good many frlcndl
ol Die organisation were present, and the
audience filled the big room.
Colonel John 8. Ilnrwood presided and in?
troduced the speakers. Among these wen
f'ovc-rnor William Hodges Mann, Mayor
David c- Richardson, state Aocountanl
? ?arlton McCarthy und others. Mr. Molian
lel was, of course, called upon and mad*
to say something.
PRACTICAL EDUCATION
Industrial Subjects to Have Leading Place
itt Norfolk .Meeting.
Industrial education will have especial at?
tention ni the coining Hireling in Norfolk
? t lie Virginia Educational Conference,
One general meeting of all bodies has been
set apart for tills section. The subject lias
three ?ubaectl6hs?that of manual arts,
which Will be discussed by Frank W. Duke,
of, lids city: la,me economics, under tbv
dl'cectloh of Mrsj Mary B, Dlllard, of Lynch
burg, and agriculture, by T. W. Wood, of
lied ford.
Dr. A. 0. True, director of experiment
stations. Washington, l>. ft', will speak on
Industrial education la the rural schools,
while Carlton Ulbson, of the Mechanics
Institute, of Rochester, N. V,, will discuss
I industrial education In tlie city schools.
STRIKERS ARE ORDERLY
Work Continues nt l.ornmollie Plant and
Situation I- >ald to Ite <}ulrl.
The situation at the Richmond Itianrh
of the American locomotive Work? ??>?
ciulet yesterday, und there was no trouble
With t'o striking hollerinnkers. There were
about 100 men, of which about half are new
men. nt work, and It was said that a lot
'?r the strikers were als,, returning to their
former employment. Twelve new men ar?
rived yesterday and were escorted to the
plant t>y detectives,
BOAT CLUB OFFICERS
New Athletic Clubhouse In Planned to
< ost. SJO.OOO.
Officers were elected by the Virginia Boat
Clut> at Its annual meeting, held last night
ni the Hermitage iioif Club as follow?-.
Bev.-rly T. Crump, president; W. Uray
I Wattson, vice-president; C. it. Burnett,
treasurer; R, n Meade, secretary; R. it.
Forrest, captain. Allen .1 Saville, captain
of crew for 11*11:. There was h large attend
I unco of members. After 'transacting busl
, Iiess refreshments w, re served
flans are being prepared for n new club
bouse, which will provide u place for exer
| r !r? tor the members during the wtntel
j months. The new building, tl ;? estimated
I will cost about (10,000.
Ooode Fined for Assault.
Archlbold Ooode. a white man. ahout
alxty years old, was convicted In Iba Hust?
ings ''onrt yesterday afternoon of assaup
I and battery oil'Maude Taylor, a girl ihlr
teen rears Old, and was fined |2S an>l made
to paj th? costs. Ooode wag fpdlcted for
attempted criminal assault, hut the decree
of uitino alleged was reduced at the re
quest of '-oinraonwealtb'a-Attorney Mini
' Woo Folkes,
DENIES PETITION
FOR INJUNCTION
Citizens Ask Judge Scott to Up?
set YVesthatnpton's New
Street Car Schedule.
WANT FASTER SERVICE
Association Still Has Complaint
Pending hi Henrico Cir?
cuit Court.
A petition was presented last night I
to Judge R, Carter Scott, of the Hen?
rico County Circuit Court, praying
that he enter tin order restraining the
Virginia Railway and rower Company
from putting Into effect its now sched?
ule on the Westhampton division to?
day. Because the matter was in such
shape that he could not act he denied
It.
The paper, which was signed by nu?
merous citizens of Richmond, wns pre?
sented by a committee, which sought
Judge Scott at his home.
It Is understood that these com
I plalnnnte will later malte a second ap?
plication to the County Court. Tbc ac?
tion was taken Individually by clti- '
/.ens, who were represented by M. H. j
Omohundro and others.
Petition .still Pending.
The Westhampton Citizens' Assocla- i
lien still has a petition pending In
the County Court asking that the Vir-;
ginia Railway and Power Company
he ordered to put into effect a better
schedule than it has maintained. This
petition alleges that the railway has;
been giving abominable service. An '
answer to this was Hied Monday ?:?>
counsel for the company, in which :
all of the allegations of the petition?
ing organization were don'ed in toto. j
It set forth thai Westhampton was'
getting all of the car service to which
it was entitled; that the business at |
the present lime would not be justl- j
tied by making the changes prayed j
Tor. ? '
Residents of Westhampton nnrl the!
city, including members of the Coun
try Club of Virginia, who pntronlze|
the suburban line, are of opinion that
they have fared badly at the hands
of the power company. For n long'
while war bns been waged against the]
railway with a hope, of getting more
frequent service to and from West?
hampton. Tbe only result so far will
he the Inauguration this morning at
G:30 o'clock of a service more lnfrc
Blient thun formerly.
.New Schedule Tu-Diiy.
The new schedule, brought about by
an order of the Circuit Court in April,]
1910, to become effective at this time,
was published yesterday by the powerj
company, and shows that during the I
midday hours and at night instead of I
operating cars at intervals of thirty |
minutes they will arrive and depart
every forty minutes. From 5:30 until
10 A. M. a thirty-minute schedule
will bo observed, as will be done from
? to T P. M.
This action has nettled tbe people
of Westhampton, who were lit hopes!
that during tin- rush hours they would j
be given a I1fleen-tnlnute service, in?
stead of this they will get the old J
half-hour schedule during the rush
hours nnd the forty-mlnutc during
tbe rest of tho day. I
However, they have by no means
given up the light, and Intend bo use
every effort, it Is understood, to com?
pel the railway to give them what
they want.
GOT NO DAMAGES
Sull of nlitoo Decided In Fuvnr of I
Amusement t'ompnuy.
The suit of Carl Olson against the
Knickerbocker Amusement Corpora?
tion, which has been on trial for the
past two days in tbe City Circuit
Court, resulted yesterday In a ver?
dict for tin' defendant. Mr.- Olson suf?
fered an accident while riding on an
amusement device at Idlewood Park
some time ago, as a result of which
his leg was broken. Witnesses testi?
fied that Olson, in giving an account
of the accident, said bo had tried to
.stop the car, and that the accident hap?
pened in that manner. The lury held
that bis action In attempting to inter?
fere with the mnchlnory constituted
negligence on bis part, which relieved |
the proprietors of tho toboggan from
blame. The Amusement Company was
represented by Allen D. Jones, of New?
port News. O'l'laherty & Fulton ap
I peared for Olsen.
I?r. <'. W. Ilnhney Here.
I Dr. Clmrles .. Dabncy. of the Univer
I slty of Cincinnati, Is attending the meet?
ing! of the Nntlonnl Municipal League, and
Is at the Jeff erf on.
says l.lfe Wus Threatened.
I\ II. Herkh, who was arrested on a
warrant chanting him with threatening1 to
blow Joseph Stumpfs brains out. will he
heard this morning. In the warrant Mr.
Stumpf recites that lie fears bodily harm
at the hands of Bcckb. and asks that he
lie plated under bond for Ids good behav
WANT TO REuu-u
SALE OF PISTOLS
Pawnbrokers'Ask Supreme Court]
for Writ of Peremptory
Mandamus.
DEMAND LICENSE OF CITY
Contend Ordinance Is Invalid.
Other Cases in Highest
Court.
Arguments for and against the vn
licllty of the Richmond ordinance pro?
hibiting tlic sale of pistols, dirks und
bowio knives by pawnbrokers were
presented to the Suprcptc Court of
Appeals yesterday morning. The at?
torneys concluded their remarks at
1:30. tho adjournment hour, und the
case whs submitted to the court for
a decls'on later.
Joseph Eisner und Sol Eisner, trad?
ing ns Eisner Brothers, applied to O.
A. Hawkins, commissioner of the rev-j
cnue, for u license to sell deadly
weapons. The commissioner refused on I
the ground that the City Council hud |
enacted un ordinance prohibiting the]
Issuance of such licenses to . pawn?
brokers. The Hustings Court wns then |
appealed to for a writ of peremptory
mandamus to require Mr. Hawkins to |
grant the papers, which was refused.
On un appeal, a writ of error wan]
granted in the Supreme Court, this
being argued yesterday.
.\ut Authorized to Prohibit.
Wyndham K. Meredith, counsel foi
Eisner Brothers, urgued thut the cltj
had no right to exercise prohlbltor>
powers not especially delegated to il |
by the Legislature. In, the present
Instance, he said, the City Council was
Illegally depriving the Stute of Its part
of the license money which would ac?
crue from authorizing the sale of pis?
tols by pawnbrokers. The Council's ac?
tion, he continued, amounted to a
nullllic.itlon ot the State tux bill.
Adverting to an urgument that tho |
limiting of saloons to 160 was prac?
tically prohibitory, Mr. Meredith con?
tended that this but emphuslzcd tho
? act that such action was regulation
und not prohibition. To regulation he
hud no objection.
City Attorney's Reply.
Henry R. PoUurd, representing the
city of Richmond, replied that the
passage of the ordinance represented
tho exercise of the police power. The
Council, he suid, undertook to "remedy
in some degree the dangerous und per?
nicious practice of a luwiess and dis?
orderly class In carrying concealed
weapons." The bulclul consequences
of tnese practices, he continued, hau
been the subject ot special considera?
tion by a grand Jury in the Hustings]
Cour?, which made a report recoin- j
mending legislation on this subject.
Cities, sum Mr. Pollard, havu tho I
power to grant or to refuse licenses I
and to make regulations. Both regu-l
lutlou and revenue are frequently tho
ends in view, the Legislature being the j
judge when such a construction is
needful.
Pawnbroklng establishments, assert?
ed Mr. Pollard, furnish lacllltlce for
the commission of crimes and for their
concealment, and arc especially the
subject of proper regulation. Ho also
pointed out that, the Legislature has
attempted regulation of these con?
cerns by special enactment.
Other Carlen in Court.
The case of Walter, etc., vs. Whit-1
acre, begun on Monday, was urgued!
yesterday by Robert M. Ward, of Win?
chester, and George E. Sipe, ot Harri-J
sonburg, for the appellee, and by
T. Barton, of Winchester, for the ap?
pellants, und submitted.
The first ense to be called this morn?
ing is that of Moss vs. the county of
Tuzewcll, this being the lust privi?
leged cause on the docket. The calling
of the regular argument docket will
?then begin.
JUDGMENT FOR STATE
Entered Suit for Settlement In Sale of
Virginia Law Reports.
In the case of the Commonwealth of
Virginia against W f?. Bllllsoly. of
Norfolk, trading as W. S. Bllllsoly &
Brother, and A. E. Warner, his bonds?
man, judgment was entered yesterday
In the. City Circuit Court for ?381.60,
subject to a credit of $116.63, making
$-6-4.87 net, and costs.
Tho papers show that Secretary ol [
the Commonwealth B. O. James en?
tered Into contract with Bllllsoly & \
Brother, making them the agents of
the State In Norfolk for the sale of
Virginia Reports and other law hooks
published by the State. In tuking this
agency Bllllsoly ei Brother gave bond
In. the sum of $.100. which was fur?
nished by A. E. Warner. Secmtnry
ol the Commonwealth James brought
suit to force a settlement, the techni?
cal Judgment of tho court being for
the whole amount of the bond.
Self-Development
is the main thing," said Mr. Foulke, president 'of the National
.Municipal League, in speaking of the factors responsible for
the efficacy of German municipal law.
Strong civic pride on the part of all citizens is just as
necessary for municipal welfare as the placing of men of wide
experience at the head of the city governments.
The American National Bank
of Richmond, Virginia
lmpes that all citizens of Richmond will give the League their
support and attention by attending these meetings.
We, too, believe that "self-development is the jnarn
thing," whether it be in education along municipal lines or
in developing the resources of one's own pocketbook. We
believe in practical things, whether in city or self-develop
! ment.
3% Compound Interest on
I Savings Accounts.
BOARD APPROVES
SEWER CONTRACT
Maynard Bid Accepted for Con?
struction, Which Will
Cost $36,000.
WRANGLE OVER WOODEN LEG
Aldermen Grind Through Docket
Filled With Very Small
Grain. ?
Contracts for the main trunk sewers
which will drain south Richmond,
awarded l.y Mie Committee on Streets
to A. \V, .Maynard, were approved hv
the board or Aldermen last night, the
largo sewer extending from Walker's
Crook through Stockton, Everett, Muu
ry and other streets to coat 132,938 50
While a branch line along Porter and
other streets will cost ?13.137.00. The
City Attorney was Instructed to secure
the necessary rights or way. Appro?
priations were made by the Board to
the maintenance of the Gas Works for
the balance or the llscal year, as fol?
lows: Coal and oll, ?7.000; extensions.
?3.000; expenses, ?l,f.(>0; street lighting.
?2,600.
Bitullthlc macadam pavement of a
type not hitherto used In Richmond
was ordered laid on Filth Street, be?
tween Main and Franklin Streets, ror
experimental purposes, the cost to be
charged to the general street rund.
Will Pave Alley.
In view of the recent action ot the
Council in paying damages amounting
In the aggregate lo ?2.500 ror grading
an alley between Harrison and it;, land
Streets. Orace ami Broad, at a time
when the rund for such purpose was
exhausted, the Board last night made,
a special appropriation of ?1.800 to
grade Slid pave the alley, so that tho
amount already pnld out for damages
may not he lost to the city.
A resolution was adopted Instructing
the Special Accountant to check over
the investments and securities held by
the Sinking Fund, on order of tho
Finance Committee, the Auditor, who
Is custodian of such' papers, having
refuse)! O/CCcaa to Accountant Wren
Shaw. A resolution was concurred In
providing for the appointment' of a
apodal committee to consist of three
members each or the Committee on
Light, Water. Klectrlclly and Streets
lo report on the condition of defective
gas mains tinder Main Street, between
Seventh and Twelfth Streets. On rec?
ommendation of the Committee on
Light, contract for cast-iron gus pipe
was awarded to the Glamorgan Plpi
Company. A supplemental appropria?
tion of ?220 was made to the pay ol
employes at the City Nursery.
Broke Hin Wooden Leg.
.Some debate preceded the allowance
of the claim of T. W. Chllton. colored,
of ?12 recommended by the Committee
on Printing ami Claims. It developed
lhat Chllton had stepped Into a w.it"t
meter box and broke his wooden leg
Alderman Donaboe asserted that the
city was helns "faked" out of ?11.CO?
that the wooden leg did not cost as
much as 50,cents. Hp asserted that ho
knew the negro, knew the wooden
leg, and know tho meter box, and that
the whole claim was a pure hold-up.
The claim was ordered paid, as was
that of Dr. Julian W. Sloan, a city phy?
sician, for attending a street worker
named Evans, hurt In the cavc-ln of
a sewer trench. Some objection was
raised on the ground that Dr. Sloan
was a city physician, drawing ?000 a
year.
Objection was raided to the proposed
permit to the Jacob Dold Packing
Company to erect a largo eieetl'lc sign
on Its new plant on Seventeenth Street,
near Broad Street, but the resolution
was concurred In.
Special committees of five were au?
thorised to advocate reforms before
the General Assembly and oppose leg?
islation detrimental to the city, and to
provide suitable entertainment to the
President of tho United States, who
will visit Richmond to make an ad?
dress at the Roads Congress next Mon?
day.
Tfollywood Bnrlnls Illegal.
To remedy a curious omission In the
City Code In relation to Hollywood
Cemetery, burials In whiob at the pres?
ent time are technically lllcg.il. al?
though they have been going on them
for more than sixty years, two addi?
tional sections to the chapter of the
code on cemeteries were adopted.
The Printing and Claims Commutes
recommended payment of ?333. SO to
Miss Florence Kellam, who was run
Into by a horse of the No. 4 engine
company. Objection was mnde that
the city was not liable for accidents
occurring In responding to such emer?
gency demands as fires, and the paper
wont to tho Finance Committee.
On Toll call, Mr. Gunst offered a po?
tion for n second extension of the time
when the wide tire ordinance shall
take effect.
Afnrrlajre Licenses.
Marrince licenses were issued yesterday
In the Hustings Court t.i Henry .T. Ames
and Kllzabrth May Kuester; Vivian O.
IlrockinR and Bessie Bryant; B. Jasper
Schulte and Mary B, Krlinm. and to John
William AtiRst and Carrie T- Burroughs.
Thanksgiving
Proclamation
I nto 1..>il, who la (be source of alt
mercies. It behooves us to offer up
our thimkHgtvlns mid prniaes, fnr
He has denlt bountifully with ua
during the year which has panned.
Therefore, I, v\ Ullum Hodges
.Maun, Governor of Virginia, do net
npnrt Thursday, the IlOth dny of
November, nut. as u dny of thanks
Riving for the blessings mid boun?
ties we hove received. And I do
earnestly recommend that the eltl
{i>un of this Commonwealth assem?
ble on that day In their accuntomed
plncea of worship, and Id auch
places, In their homes, and sur?
rounded by tbelr famlllea, with
grateful hearts they offer thunka
grlvlng and praise to the God of
nations and Individuals, nnd to Ulm
who NPttcth the solitary In faml?
llea.
Given under ray hand and under
the Lesser Seal of tbc Common?
wealth, at Itlchinond, this fourteenth
I day of November, In the yenr of
our Lord one thousand nine hun?
dred nnd eleven, and the one bun
! dred and thirty-sixth yenr of the
Commonwealth.
WILLIAM IIODGKS MANN,
Governor.
By the Governori
B. O. JA MRS,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Velour Hats at $1,95
$5.00 in appearance and wear. It's just a special
sale, offering all colors that are fashionable. Also
GansRady Company
OLD HOWITZERS
UNITE WITH NEW
/ -
Former Members of Battery Get
Together in Athletic Asso?
ciation.
Kor the purpose of bringing the for?
mer members of the Richmond How?
itzers In closer touch with the active
men of the battery, a smoker was
given ut the armory lust night- As u
result the old an?! new Howitzers be?
came acquainted with each other, and
united in an organization.
Captain W. M. Myers explained that
from ten to twenty-live young tuen go
out from the battery every year by
reason of conclusion of term of ser?
vice, and that these men, regarding
the Howitzers' Association as an or?
ganization of war veterans, do not
unite with It- Besides, this associa?
tion meets but twice a year.
He biiggested that' the ex-members
unite with tho athletic association of
the battery, thus renewing their ac?
quaintance with the service without
being required to perform any duty.
He further suggested a distinctive uni?
form later un. These men will, ot
course, have all privileges of the gym?
nasium
The meeting was then turned ovei
id Lieutenant J. C. Pollard, chulrmun
of the committee, who speedily secured
the signature of every former ilowltzet
present. Only those with honorablo
discharges arc eligible. Tho old rolls
were searched as far back us : -? l. foi
the purpose .if extending Invitations
to former members who arc In tho city
Music and a supper concluded tho
evening.
TO PILOT AUTO PARTY
l'olgrr floes to New York a? Representative
of Chamber.
With the expeclat.on ot coins through
direct lo Now York without halting to eoi
or sleep, Dec A. Polger. representing the
Chamber of Commerce, left the city early
this morning to pilot the touring party
wblch will start South on Friday to attend
thi National Road Congress. Mr. l-'oiger
li traveling In the Chalmers "?>." the oft I
i lal press car ut tho (.Hidden tour, and the
iar which recently made the run from At?
lanta, to lilclunonil over tlie capltal-to-capl
tal highway. Freeman Monroe, who piloted
those parlies, will tie at tho wheel to-day.
although he will be relieved at times so
that the burden will not be too severe. H.
?' Peck will also make the trip a> th.- r-p
resentatlve o! the KKlimond Automobile
Club.
Mr. Polger carries with him a cordial in?
vitation irorn the chamber to the American
Association for Highway Improvement and
afriliuttd organizations. whoso cars will
come hero for the convention.
HEADS AUDUBON SOCIETY
Mrs. \V. u. Harris Again < bourn Presi?
dent at Annuul Meeting/.
Mrs. W. B. Harris, of Richmond, was
nguln elected president of the Audubnn
Society of Virginia at the third annual
meeting held yesterday afternoon at
the headquarters of Post a, Travelers
Protective Association. Third und Muln
Streets, cither officers chosen were an
follows: D. 11. Ruckcr, first vlco-prcsl
dent; a. S. Buford, Jr., second vice
(.resident: a. B. Moncurr, of Dlnwlddie.
third vice-president; M. D. Hart, of
Ashbind, treasuror; Miss a. r. Shehan,
secretary; Miss Constance Stuart, of
Alexandria, school tiecreiary, and Miss
I. O. Fltzpatrlek. recording secretary.
It was voted that the society open
permanent headquarters In Richmond,
which will bo In charge of Mlso She
ban.
MADE HIM WITHDRAW
Mnjnr Bowle? Would Not Consent to Cap?
tain Montague's Resignation.
Thinking his business and military duller
combined were' too heavy. Captain Percy
Montague. Jr.. of Company C, Richmond
Light Infantry Bluas. yesterday wrote his
resignation of his command and mailed It
to Major Bowles. Later the major com?
manding, learning of this action, saw Cap
lain Montague and Induced him to with?
draw the resignation, which he did before
It even reached the major's hands.
Captuln Montague Is regarded by every?
body In the battalion as too good a man to
lose, and Major Bowles would not stand for
the resignation a moment. The captuln has
a reputation for hard study, enthusiasm,
lenricrnhip and devotion to military duties.
ARRESTS YESTERDAY
W. P. McAllister Charged With Being Fugi?
tive from Woldon, N. C.
W. P. McAllister was urrtsied yesterday
afternoon as a fugitive from Justice from
Weldon. N. C.
John W Fletcher was arrested on n charge
of stealing fid from the Richmond Dairy
Company.
Jnmc's Pcgram, colored, was urrcsted on
two charges of stealing, first n, cout and
then a hat, from R. L. Tlnsley.
R. Crawford was arrested by Detective
Sergeant Wiltshire on suspicion of having
obtained money under false pretenses. He
Is alleged to have attempted to pass
"phony" diamond rings for real gems.
I'ny for School Teachers.
The meeting of tho City School Board,
(ailed for last night to consider tho appli?
cation of the school teachers of the elemen?
tary white grndea for Increased pay, was
postponed to to-nlght, when a Joint meeting
wlil be held of the School Hoard and the
nulicommlttco from the Council Committee
on Ordinance. Charter and Reform. The
meeting will be held nt the temporary
school Board hsiadquarters In tho John
Marshall residency at the comer of Ninth
nnd Marshall Streets._
Clay Ward Alderman Wants
Improvement League Mem?
bers at Meeting.
Members of tho Southwest Improve
ment League, which has announced as
Its purpoBO to light for better streets,
better schools and bettor sanitation for
tho suction of Clay Ward lying south
of Muln Street, aro invited to attend
a mooting of the Council Committee on
btrects to-morrow night.
Alderman John K. Don Lcavy, who
represents Clay Ward, on tho Street
Committee, la preparing facts and llg
ures to show where thu Clay Wutd
apportionment of the street tatid has
been expended, a:id claims that ho will
bo fully ubic to satisfy the members
of the loaguo that their section of tho
ward has received Us lull share. In
fact, counting In sewer and other Im?
provements inado without regard to
Ward lines, Mr. Don Leuvy believes
that ho can show that that portion
of his constituency which has formed
it league of protest has tured belli r
than the city us a whole In tho mutter
of expenditures and public Improve?
ments. There can bo no doubt but
thut large sums uro being expended
for tho drainage of tho section affect?
ed, anil that if tho plans of tho School
Hoard ure curried out. tho school facil?
ities demanded will be fully met
As to street improvements tho samu
conditions exist In ull outlying sec?
tions. There are many streets in the
outlying sections in need of Improve?
ment. Mr. Don Leuvy claims that he
will be able to show that tho best that
was possible under existing circum?
stances has been done, and that the
money uvailabla was placed where it
would do the most good to tho lurgent
number.
PLAYED THREE NIGHTS .
George Will?, Colored, of DauHllr. Hue
Miort hhrlft In Itlrhinood.
'l-orge Wills, colored, was served with i
warrant In tho City Jail yesterday, charged
him with bavins broken Into the show
case ut ' ?'? Miller, 311 Kant Broad Street
from which he In ... to have ?toten
several palrr of ir*,iif"r>. it ,we.?ter and
?nie underwear. Will!? win nrrened Mont
du> by DateCllvc-Sergaant Wiltshire un<
Detectives Atkinson nnd Oentry.
The mw Is suspected also of having
broken Into the showcase of I'.lchurd ?oode
1'ollre Commissioner, and to have stolen
therefrom seViial pairs of socks, and tu
have broken Into the showcase of Harr\
Fisher, from which hu Is alleged to haw
Bficn neckties und collars
Wills came htre from Danville, urrlvlng
last Friday night. Ho started to earn his
living by e.asy methods on Sunday. It I?
alleged. On the following night he wna
?in ested.
Pullre f ourt f'u*>es.
Carrie. Hunt, colored, charged with the
murder of ber husband. Louis Hum. was
not called In Police Court yei-terday morn?
ing-, nnd the hearing; wag postponed to No?
vember 2?.
The caso against Levl nose, colored,
charged with stealing a stove from Mamie
Boyd. was continued to November 21.
William Bar!, charged with bel?g ?n es.
enped lunntle from the Bastertt uiu'r Hos?
pital nt Winiauisburir .w::{ be beard this
morning, .
BAILBOAI) AND STEAMSHIP TICK?
ETS TO ALI, POINTS.
Baggago cal!?d for and cheeked td
destination of tickets.
Taxicab as-rvlcc.
RICHMOND TRANSFER CO.,
SOD Kost Malu Street.
GALA-WEEK IN NEW YORK
NOVEMBER 20-25.
Old Dominion Line's Annual Person?
ally Conducted Excursion will leave
Richmond via C. & O. Railway Saturday,
November loth, at LOO P. M. Steamer
leaves Norfolk 7:00 P. Mi, arriving in
New York 3:30 P. M? Sunday.
Horse Show, Grand Opera and many
other attractions. Round trip ticket?,
including meals and stateroom berth on
steamer, $12.00, on sale November 18th,
good for ten days. Party limited. Apply
for reservations antl tickets at Company's
Ticket Office, No. ?21 East Main Street.
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