The times dispatch. [volume], December 11, 1911, Image 10

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

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CLEAR MAJORITY
IN OPPER BRANCH
Men Opposed to New Govern?
ment Plan Upset by Aldcr
manic Poll.
WHITTET STILL SILENT
President of Board Gives No In?
timation as to How Me
Will Rul?.
The Tiihcs-Dlspiitch poll, printed yes?
terday, showing a clear majority in
the Board of Aldermen in favor both
of the plan of rcdistrtctlng tho city
Into four wards and r?f tho creation
of an administrative board, proved a
bombshell to some politicians and oth?
ers who from tho tlnin the plan was
first presented have lw;cn predicting
that it might go through the Common
Council were sufficient pressure exert?
ed, but would inevitably be killed In
tho upper branch.
The poll on the plnn to rcdistrlct the
city into four wards, which will lave
the practical result of reducing the
membership of tho Common Council
from forty to twenty, and of the Board
cf Aldermen from twenty-four to
twelve, showed the following in favor
of concurrence:
Messrs. Adams, Bennett, Butler. Don
Leavy, Oilman, Grundy, Gunst, Hobson,
Kaln. Mitchell, Moncure, Moore and
ftcnnolds, and opposed to tho plan,
Mossre. Atkinson. Bllley. Donahoe,
Grimes. Pntram and Perdue. Several
of those opposed ng'rco that the Coun?
cil is too largo, and say that they would
favor rcdlstrictlng tho city into eight
wards, on a basis of 16,000 population
each, with reduced representation from
each ward, were It practicable to se?
cure such charter amendments in time
for the spring primary.
Fifteen for AdmlulHtrntlve Board.
For the principle of creation of an
administrative board thcro is a much
larger majority, fifteon members having
indicated their intention of voting for
such a plan, four along the Uno of tho
Ulrschberg substitute and eleven for (
the original committee plan, eliminat?
ing tho Fire, ?Police and Health De?
partments at this time. Those favor?
ing the committee plan are Mossrs.
Bennett, Bliley, Butler, Don Dcavy,
Oilman. Gunst, Kaln. Moncure, Moore,
Perdue and Rennolds; those favoring
tho substitute arc Messrs. Grundy,
Hobson, Mitchell and Patram. Only
three announced themselves ns ogcinst
the administrative board?Messrs. Ad?
ams, Grimes and Donahoe?and of these
Mr. Adams said lie would favor it were
the commissioners appointed Instead of
being elected from the city at largo.
Of the entire Board, Mr. Grimes was
the only one favoring the Mills refer?
endum plan of submitting the whole
issue to a popular vot<? Uf thoHo Indi?
cating their preference for tho original
plan of administrative board, the fol?
lowing took occasion to place the sub?
stitute ns their second choice or to say
that they would tako the Ulrschberg
substitute rather than endanger tho
Bucceis of the whole movement: Messrs.
Perdue, Oilman. Gunst, Moore, Bennett.
Don DeaVy and Kaln. Combined with
the four out and out. advocates of the
Ulrschberg substitute, this gives eleven
who will vote to take the whole ordi?
nance as It comes from the Council,
rather than endanger the plan of re?
form. Mr. Bllley Indicated that he was
for an administrative buard only if tho
FlrO, Police and Health Departments
were left out, and Messrs. Moncure,
Itcnnolds und Butler did not Indicate
whotlter they would fall In with tho
majority and nccept the substitute
ruthcr than risk the delays and dan?
gers of further amendment were the
paper to go back to the Common Coun?
cil. Ii would appear from tho poll
tuken, therefore, that all that the ad
vacates of the new plan of government
have to do to win la to agree on a def?
inite line of action, unify their forces
und vote down consistently ull weak?
ening und obstructive amendments,
however Innocent they might appear
on the lirst pending,.
WhliUfMulutalUH Silence.
President Robert Whlttet, of the
Board of Aldornien, has preserved a j
sphinx-like silence in regard to his at?
titude on the pending propositions,
even Ihs intlmato friends not claiming
to know how he will vote. Though lie
has not himself so stated, it has been
persistently reported that ho will rule
that the two papers require for their
adoption a two-thirds vote. This is
contrary to the decision of President
Peters, ot tho Common Council, and
contrary to a written opinion Blli.ce ran- !
dere-.l by the City Attorney. In which
It Is clearly held that since no appro?
priation la made In elthfr paper, only
? majority vote Is required for their
adoption.' Should Mr. Whit let lake the
ground that has been asserted, despite
the opinion of the city's legal adviser,
the Board tuny appeal from his ruling
and reverse him by a majority vote.
Advocates of tho ordinance do not
anticipate that nhy such action will
be necessary, but are fortifying them?
selves for every contingency that may
arise, knowing that the opponents will
make their light, not by open Hnt.lgo
nlsin, but by such tin ties as win carry
the matte r along from meeting to meet?
ing, until the business organizations*
which have given It such curliest sup?
port, nie worn out and relax their vlg-i
ilunee long enough for the whole 'nut?
ter to be put quietly to sleep.
t urn llnys Go to Washington.
John A. Johnson, Jr. of Jurratt's,
Sussex county, the State's biggest corn
raiser on one ttcru for the year, with
the prize winners from North Carp
Una and South Carolina, passed
through tlio city last night oh ihc why
tu Washington. Tho ihn <?. with the
boys from other Southern State:;, will
cblebratc in tin capital for n week,
being shown , vcrything to be seen by
<>. 15. Martin, ?>! the Bureau of Plant
Industry.
This Ik one of the prizes captured by
M?uijg Johnson.
The boys were joined here by T. O.
Sandy, chief demonstration agent or
Virginia,
SAV.N^'BANK
?y -nil :-sr. rvs aim sarV/
UNITE*STATESDEPOSITORY;
FQhPOSTAL SAVING FUNDS;
BOYS WON'T STEAL BARRELS
IF FOLK WILL COME ACROSS
_ N
But They Will Get Bonfire Material Even if They
Are Forced to Steal?Make Big Plans
for Christmas Blaze.
Preferring to have the barrels and
boxes for their Christmas bonfires
given them than to be forced to stool
tho much-needed material, two boys
went Saturday afternoon Into the store
of .Magistrate) J. A. Hurdle and pro
Rented a monster potition, asking that
all unused boxes and barrels bo given
them for the annual colobratlon.
"Qlvc the boxes and barrels lo us,
so that we won't have to steal them,"
Iho petition read. Mr. Purdle was not
in. Mies Bornlce Purdle, his daugh?
ter, was in at tho time, and sho aftor
wnrds advised her father to hand out
i few barrols. ltather give away a
few than have all taken from him,
Squire Purdle has sent a message to
the boys that they may call and re?
solve such bonfire material ns ho ha3
to spore. Bast year he had his all
stolen from him. This time he will
profit by experience.
Following this, several Church Hill
t>oys went to the home of Sergeant
Iverse and asked him If they might
itso his stable for storage purposes.
?'Why, I though you hud a place,"
io remarked.
"We did hove," the "boys replied.
"but tho woman 1b burning 'Cm up as
fast as wo bring 'em." Ho consented,
and donated a few ompty barrels.
Thus may a warning be sounded to
others. If the boys can't get their
barrels by fair means, they will get
thorn by foul. And from some house?
holders thoy will steal all they havo
and then wutch for tho new supply.
Only the' other night Policeman Dunn
chased a crowd of boys carrying off a
load of barrels, and found one of his
own In tho lot. He wisely left It In
a nenrby alley, s> that tho boys could
return and get It.
"I've got somo moro nt home." ho re?
marked, "and I'll let 'om have this
one." Thereby he saved tho rest Ho
remembers tho llmo whon ho was a
boy himself?a fact which some people
In their later years forget.
It may be added that boys do not
look upon the taking of a barrel as
stealing. It Is the privileged petit lar?
ceny of youth, and Is not placed In
the catetrory of crime.
Twice-Ousted Prison Surgeon to
Seek Further Relief From
Court. I
Dr. Charles V. Cnrrinston, twice
ousted surgeon of the State Perilten,
tiary, sa/td last night that he would
take no further steps to force the
hoard of dlroctors to reinstate hlni In
Office until Judge R. Carter Scott, in I
the City Circuit Court, Is asked to- |
morrow morning whether tho directors
had compiled with the order which ho
entered in tho case.
Judge Scott last week held that Dr.
Carrlngton had been removed from
office by the board In October without i
due process of law. In summoning
Dr. Carrlngton to appear before It I
last Saturday to answer a charge of
insubordination and which the hoard
decided It proved, and then dismissed j
him a second time, the governing hodv
of the penitentiary was convinced that
it had complied with the court's order.
"The board thinks that it tins dodged
the order of tho court," said Dr. Car?
rlngton, "and this Is a question which
my attorneys will ask Judgo Scott
In decide on Tuesday morning. If tho
court decides In favor of the board a
second mandamus will be asked for."
Dr. Carrlngton said that ho had by I
no means given up his light for re?
instatement, and to secure from tho
Stato Auditor what ho clnlms to be
his salary for November and Decem?
ber, the term of the offlco legally ex?
piring January 1. The stand which
lie maintains that the hoard failed
to comply with the court's order.
PASSENGER 60T
VIOLENT ON CAR
Negro Rowdy Subdued by Con?
ductor and Others While
Aboard Car.
After a terrific fight. II. S. Yaughan.
conductor on the Seventeenth Street I
line of the Virginia Railway and l'ow-i
er Company, succeeded, with the aid '
of passengers, lost night In subduing |
and holding C. Copelnnd (colored) until
the arrival of Police Olllcer Griffin.
Colepland. It Is alleged by the con?
ductor, attempted to pass a transfer
which was not good at that hour. The
coi.*uctor also claims that he saw un
othor negro hand the transfer to Cope
land, and ho refused to accept it
Finally some one else paid Copeland's
fare, and he took Iiis sent. He re?
mained seated for only a few minutes,
It Is alleged, and then got up and be?
gan'-arguing. The argument became
tempestuous, and finally resort was
had to violence.
Single-handed, Vaughnn ensraged In
the unequal combat. R. C. Fouhlor, a
passenger on the car. came to his
rescue, Together they fought and
struggled with the negro until the ear,
t out,.! south on Seventeenth Street, ar?
rived at the switch at Washington
Street. A telephone call bad been sent
ill to the First Police Station and To
iicemnn Oriffln was on hand when the
cur arrived.
"Vat certainly glad you came," said
the negro, with ii hiccough. "These
white folk8 Is about to kill mo" <iif
tin collared him, and Copelnnd offered
no further resistance. He was brought
In on tho car, und was locked up in
; the First station on n charge of being
drunk and disorderly on the ear.
Vnughnn's coutjWoa torn Into shreds,
and Is new practically only a remnant.
RAID WOMAN'S HOUSE
llearleitn Marlin. Colored, Chorard
With -elllns Deer mill Whiskey.
I (leaded by Dclecllve-SerKcanl Wiit
sliite, ri force of police last night de?
scended the home of Henrietta Mar?
tin, colored, of "i< H:.tes Street; and
arrested hei .mil ten others found in
the house.
Henrietta was charged with running
an objectionable r..r,<irt. and with also
.selling whiskey and beer without u
license. A quantity of h'eer and whis?
key r.ns confiscated. Various charges
were preferred against the others in
the house, bui all were charged with
being disorderly.
Those Who took part in the raid. he.
side? Sergeant Wiltshire, were Ser?
geant Sherry. Detective Helton and Po?
licemen Golds by and Kldd.
Parole Young Offender,
Luther Harris (colored) way stabbed
by another negro in Jail Alley and
Urood St reels early yesterday morn?
ing, and charged ';'S?nny" Harris, n
ten-y'ear-old boy, with the crime.
"S.onny" was caught by the police,
but, owing to his age, was paroled
for his appearance iu Police Court
6W# mtmjb
CLUB NOT DIVIDED
ON BIB QUESTION
Business Men's Organizati >r?.
Stands Pat and No Meeting
Has Been Called.
Efforts made In some quarters to
creato the impression that the bus?
iness men of Richmond had divided jn
Iho issue for changing the form of
government were effectually answered
yesterday when Secretary C. P. Wal
ford, Jr., of the Business Men's Club
slated that the club had not in any
way receded from tho position It took
at a mass-moetlng sovoral weolts ago,
when rnoro than 300 members, by a
rising vote, expressed their Indorse?
ment of the plan of dividing the city
Into four wards and of tho creation
of an administrative board. Similar
action was taken a few nights later
by a mass-meeting of about 600 mem?
bers of tho Chamber of Commerce,
when that organization by a rising
vote approved both pending ordinances.
Neither has withdrawn an inch from
that position.
After the Council adopted the Hlrsch
berg substitute, identical In every re?
spect with tho administrative board
plan of the committee, savo that it In?
clude the Fire, Police and Honlth De?
partments, the board of directors of
tho Business Men's Club decided to
stand by the special committee, the
belief being then expressed that the
amendments were merely offered to i
overload and defeat the proposition.
Since then the whole movement has
gained weight, and the board of di?
rectors of tho Chamber of Commerce
a few days ago, without taking formal
action, was of the opinion that the
simpler and safer plan was to fight
right on for concurrence in both
papers as they come from the Coun?
cil, thus ending the matter onco and
for all. Mr. Wolford explained that
the board was without authority to
speak for tho Business Men's Club !n
a matter which had been determined
by mass-meeting, and so far as he has
been able to gather, both the board
and membership stand firm for tho re
districting Into four wards and the
creation of the administrative board,
[whether control of the Police and Fire
Departments are given to it now or
luter. that being a mere detail of the
jplnn which both organizations of bus
j Iness men hold should not be allowed
I to hamper or Impair the general prop
I osltlon.
I Mr, Wolford added that notices pub?
lished Saturday afternoon that a mass
meotlng of the Business Men's Club
hurl i,een called for to-night to change
Its altitude' wore without authority.
No such meeting has been called or
will bo held. The club Is satisfied
that Its position os an advocate of
tho general plan for better govern?
ment has already been made sufficient?
ly clear, ond like the Chamber of
Commerce feels that no further action
Ik necessary, save to urge the mem?
bers of the Hoard of Aldermen to give.
the citizens und taxpayers the business?
like nnd efficient government that Is
promised.
Found Plenty of Beer.
Louis Beillley (colored) was arrested
yesterday by Bicycle. OITlcer Palmer
and Patrolman G?ode on a charge of
celling Intoxicating liquors without a
license. The officers confiscated sev?
eral empty whiskey bottles?evidences
of good Sunday trade, they think?and
a quantity of beer, all iced and ready
for consumpt'on.
MERCHANTS FIND
PPHII RIGHT
Find Comfort, Too, in Fact That
Richmond Shoppers Arc'
Shopping- at Home.
MANY TOTE THEIR BUNDLES
Prevailing Idea Is to Buy Some?
thing Serviceable for Holi?
day Gifts.
Only n woman can apprcclato the
w.onderful assortment of trinkets dis?
played by Richmond merchants for tho
holiday trudo. Shelves and counters
and windows arc filled with every va?
riety of things suitable for tho Christ
anas season, an<] after gazing for
hourd, still unable to decide, shoppers
aro forced to admit that thero isn't
any senso in sending away from homo
for that which Is offered here. As far
as that goes, howovor, tho tendency
nowadays 18 to buy at home, for wise
buyers havo been convinced at last
that it Ib better to have all wool and
a yard wide than a New, York tag.
"Oh, yes, thoy aro shopping early,
all right."' said a merchant last night,
''but they could shop a bit more lively.
You sec, Christmas Is almost at hand.
Trade has boon unusually good, our
customers select what they want with j
little loss of time, and, all things con- j
sldcrcd, we are glad of the record thus j
far. Moreover, it would surprise you to |
know that a great many women who )
come In und buy small articles tako
them homo, thus saving time and
worry and relieving to some extent the
delivery burden, which is also a prob?
lem. Thero was a time when people
refused to tote n spool of thread.' but
with these big handbags and auto?
mobiles thoy havo got into the hublt
of carrying what they buy. and when
that becomes a bit more fashionable
it may revolutionize this holiday rush.
"What product or specialty Is most
in popular demand? Why that is a
hard question. vou see, styles change,
and after all It depends on the amount
of money a person has to spend on
BOmcbody else. Of course, thero arc
a groat many specials?odds and ends
I?that aro gc/bblcd up as fast as thoy
can bo displayed, but I have given this
matter some Uttlo study during the
past ten days, and I find that tho pre?
vailing Idea Is to buy something ser?
viceable. Peoplo arc getting to be quit-;
practical these days, and when they
are shaving expenses here and cutting
expenses there they arc not inclined
to spend money on foolish things
which are of no lasting value or ser?
vice. When this spirit grows as it
should tho old Christinas necktie and
the old Christmas cigars will tum?
ble out of the Joke column. Man'"
a husband has received a box of cigars,
when ho wiould have much preferred
a box of socks, and while oome wo?
men would rather have a jabot than I
a box of hnndkerchlefs, we must ndmh '
that they are vain and hard to please, j
"But I will say for the merchants
that they are Impressed by the fact
that Richmond people have found that
they could work to their own profit
and advantage by buying Christmas
gifts at homo. It speaks well for the
town; It speaks well for the merchants,
and It speaks well for the newspapers
which arc advertising our wares. The
goods in stock Justify this homo-buy?
ing, and it means, of course, that tho
display each year will ibe greater,
more elaborate and more beautiful."
NINTH DISTRICT
GIVES HIM CREDIT
Democrats Agree That Henry
Stuart Worked Marvelous
Changes.
"Of whatever shade of political opin?
ion, the Democrats of the Ninth District
are unanimous in giving to Henry C.
Stuart most of the credit for the vastly
improved conditions of party affairs In
that section." said A. II. Williams, of
Wtytheviile, at Murphy's last night.
"Up to the time of his nomination for
Congress tho party was defeated, dis?
organized, demorallzsd. Tho organiza?
tion which lio effected has put new lifo
into the situation, heartened every|
Democrat, and resulted in the linoj
showing made at the recent general
election, when the district went Dem?
ocratic by a large majority.
"And 1 am safe in saying." continued |
Mr. Williams, "that the Democrats of.
the Ninth are ns unanimous in their:
choice of Mr. Stuart for Governor ns!
thoy were for Martin and Swnnson In
the late primary, which is saying n
great deal. No ono speaks out thero;
of a possibility of his defeat, and I ami
satisfied that ho co>/ld poll ninety of
every 100 votes cast, no matter;'who
might be Ills opponent."
Personally. Mr. Williams thinks the
best solution of the rodiBtricting prob?
lem would be to put Smyth county into
tho Fifth District, taking it from the
Ninth. Then he would put Hnlifux also
In the Fifth, making that district Dem?
ocratic and evening up the population.
in the various bank statements published in the last few days
a decided increase in business for the past three months. The
statements show, not only to the citizens of Richmond, but
to the country at large that the banks of our city arc among
the strongest and most progressive in the country. The peo?
ple of Richmond should be proud of their banking institutions,
for they reflect other conditions of the community.
has made its own place in the financial and business life of
Richmond, \'a. VVc want you to help us increase our indi?
vidual deposits during the next three months. In, fact, we
want you to help increase them to-.lay. Your money with us
grows at 3 per cent, compound interest and you get
SECURITY AND SERVICE.
SOLID CONCRETE
PIERS FOR DRIDGE
Four Massives Ones in Place on
Which River Structure
Will Stand.
SAFE AGAINST ATTACKS
New Mayo Bridge Will With?
stand Freshets and Ice.
Work Being Rushed.
Four mtislvc piers of solid concrete,
sixty foot across the top, now stands
In James River, between Muyo's Island
and tho north shore, as the nucleus
of tho Imposing) and permanent con?
crete roadway which tho city is now
building to replaco old Mnyo'B Bridge.
Preparations are all made for a fifth
plor, dobrls and sand having been
removed within a coffer dam, down
to tho solid rock formation. Into this
holes have been drilled and steel
dowel pins Inserted, around which tho
concroto of a now pier will bo pourod
to-day. So far as can bo anticipated,
tho new structure Is being anchored
In place beyond tho power of freshet
or ico floe. The pier to be begun to-day I
goos five feet deeper bolow the river
bed than tho former stono pllo which j
It replaces, examination within the |
coffer dam having shown that the old I
piers wore piled loosely on old ma?
terial of a former, brldgo, loosa rock
and tho usual accumulation of freshets.
Much difficulty has been experienced In
removing all this, and laying baro a
smooth surfaco of bed rock on which
to found tho new structure, which, if
erected as Is proposed, should stand
firm for many generations.
To Complete by Sections.
No start hns os yet been made on
the arches, which will rise ten feet
above the present piers, ench arch
having n scventy-onc-foot span. Tho
portion of tho brldgo between Rich?
mond and Mayo's Island will >,e prac?
tically completed before the old sec?
tion is torn away toward the south, ns
It is now being utilized for the trans?
portation of material and supplies.
Although the contract calls for com?
pletion within twelve months from
July 7, it Is doubtful whether, with
the utmost dispatch tho structure can
he opened for travel In that time, espe?
cially since nftcr the present con?
tract is comploted, expensive work
ivust be done to arrange proper ap?
proaches Into Fourteenth Street on thn
north and Into Hull Street on tho
south. Dilatory action on the part
of the Committee on Streets is prov?
ing or.: factor of delay for which tho
rontractlng firm. I. J. Smith & Co.,
Inc., cannot bo held responsible. Plight
weeks ago City ICnglncer Charles E.
Colling reported to tho Committee on
Streets plans for retaining walls for
lha embankment across May?'s Island, j
The papers went to the subcommittee
on New Brldgo, which has had no
meeting. One was called Inet month. I
but It chanced to be circus day. and j
live of the seven members failed to ?
show up. and no effort has since heen
made to get a meeting. It was espe
daily desired that this plan he passed
upon by the Committee on Streets, so :
that the largo force of workmen en?
gaged on the Job might l,c utilized !
on th i Island on dnys when high water |
prevents construction In the river. As !
11 Is, the force has to be lsld off dur?
ing each rise of water, resulting In
Just that much delay on the Job as
a whole.
Mght Steel Skeleton.
G. McAllister Bowers, formerly an
assistant In the ofllcc of the City En?
gineer. Is the supervising engineer
for the city, with two concrete in?
spectors. Mr. Bowers lias charge of
the location of the work, according to
plans prepared by the Concrete Stc-el
Kngincerlng Company of New York.
The plans adopted call for what Is
known as the Melan system of rein- 1
forcement of the arches. Under
this system a light steel skeleton of i
each arch Is riveted into plnce, form?
ing a complete bridge, around which
the concreto Is poured. The contract
price Is $22-1,731, not counting op-,
preaches or site. There will bo in all
eighteen arches, each with a span of j
seventy-one feet, with four abutments
und sixteen piers. The total length
from shore to shore is to be 1,721 feet,
with a roadway forty-four feet from
curl? tu curb, and eight feet sidewalks
on either side, making sixty feet over
all. Provision is made for wat-T and
gns mains and for conduits for electric
wires. The structure Is designed to I
carry fifty-ton electric ears and will
have two tracks. One of the most
Serious features of expense yet to ?
be considered by the Committee on
Streets Is the condemnation of land to
widen thn streets at either end. At
one point Fourteenth Street is barely
twenty-eight feet from curb to curb,
opening out toward the bridge, where
traffic will not be so dense, to forty
four feet.
WANT CORNELIUS
Sinn With Mingle Name Charged With
Culling WnsU Owens.
Thn police of the city are looking
for Cornelius. Cornelius Is charged
with cutting Wash Owens. But who
christened Cornelius the police do not
know, neither docs Wash. All that
Wash knew was that a man named
Cornelius cut liiin, and ltc wants Cor- j
ncllus arrested. There Is u police;
officer named Cornelius, but, fortun-j
atoly, they call him by another name, j
Freeman Jones (colored) was struck,
In the head yesterday with a brlelc by
some kind frlcntf. Dr. Crowgey looked j
til the wound, and applied a bandage
and it few soothing words. Freeman
Immediately felt belter
END NOT YET
Internal Revenue Investigation Being ?
Quietly Conducted.
The end of tho Investigation which j
was begun last week by Revenue Agent j
U G. Nutt, who "was sent here from
Pittsburgh by the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue to Und out. If pos?
sible, whether differences existed be?
tween the. office of. Revenue Agent.
Chapman and Collector Lowry, so for
Is not In sight.
? Mr. Nutt has gone tjulelly ahead with
his work of Inking depositions from
the' memlinrs of the. Hold nnd forces
of both offices, examining various rec?
ords and otherwise securing evidence
which will probably lend to tho In?
formation which is doslrcd by the de?
partment,
KOLEPROOF HOSE
Makes serviceable and attractive
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
All put up in fancy boxes. Buy now while the
stock is complete and avoid disappointment later.
Gans-Rady Company
FAMOUS WAR SPY
LEAPS TO DEATH
Pryce Lewis Once Sentenced to
Be Hanged While in Old !
Henrico Jail.
Nineteen months In Dlbby Prison, and ',
later u long term In the old Henrico
county Jail, under sentence of death,
wcro two Incidents In the life of Pryco
Lewis, eighty-threo years old, who
leaped to his death iast Wednesday
from the top of the Pulitzer Building.
In Now York. Famous as a war Bpy
In tho employ of tho Fcdoral govern?
ment, ho was a brilliant llguro In a
number of plots and counter-plots en?
acted In tho lmmodiate neighborhood
of Richmond.
His lifo story reads Uko a chapter
from a romance by tho elder Dumuti.
Disguised us an English nobleman, and
riding In a magnificent carriage, he
toured the border States of the South
and gathered information which Is said
te have given tho Union army its Ilrst
success after tho battle of Bull Run.
An Englishman by birth, ho fitted well
Into the role of "Ix?rd Tracy," tho name
under which the distinguished gentle?
man. In silk hat and clothes of the lat?
est English cut, traveled.
Captured In Illchinond.
It was shortly after his "Lord Tracy''
tour, and while In tho employ of the
United States Secret Servlco, that Dowls
fell Into tho hands of the Confederate
constabulary In Richmond. Condemned
to death as a spy, ho lay for
nlncteen months In tho dungeons
of Castle Thunder and, Ulbby
Prison. During this tir.it Incarceration,
It Is related, ho twice hoard tho ham?
mering on the scaffold where ho was to
hung the next morning.
n some manner he obtained his re?
lease, and Richmond saw him no more
for a period of two ycarB. During this
Interval he was busily rmployrd Inf
Wushlngton and other Eastern cities in
the employ of the Plnkertona, who wero
then In charge of the Secret Service.
Confined In Henrico Jail.
His second arrest In this city occurred
when he arrived on unothcr secret mis?
sion for the Plnkertons. Ho pretended
to bo a Confederate spy, but his dis?
guise was read by the wife of Senator
Morton, of Florida, whom he had unce
arrested in Washington. She informed
the authorities of his true character,
und he was promptly lodged In the old
Henrico Jail.
lie was tried by court-martial and
sentenced to be hanged. A long diplo?
matic] wrangle followed, and Dowls
finally appealed to the British connul,
who obtained his release at tho lust
moment. I
SERVICE FOR RED MEN
Dr. Hntson Prcnclirs Sermon at An.
mini Memorial Ceremony.
The regular Sunday services in the
Pine Street Bupllst Church took the
added character yesterday of a me-1
mortal service In honor of the dead of
the Improved Order of Red Men. The
members of the organization attend?
ed in a body, taking seats reserved for
them In the church. Special music
was provided and the rest of the ser?
vices urrnnged In keeping with the
memorial spirit of the occasion.
Dr. J. B. Hutson, pastor of the
church, preached an eloquent sermon, j
taking for his leading thought the!
motto. "Freedom, Friendship and
Charity." the expressed Ideals of the)
Order of Red Men. Ho spoko with,
feeling of the good work of the or-}
ganlzatlon and the unselfish alms!
which protect it, paying a tribute at.
the same time to the memory of the!
men who have departed this life dur?
ing the past twelve months.
Judge Hundley In Town.
Judge. George J. Hundley, of the]
Fifth Circuit, a veteran jurist, was'
here last night from his home at
Fnrmvllle. He will go to Bucking-:
hnm this morning. While Judge Hund-j
ley, who has been 111 for some lime,
is far from well, Ills henlth Is much
Improved. I
HARVARD CLUB TO
AID VIRGINIANS
Plan Under Way to Establish
Scholarship for Boys From
This State.
A scholarship from Virginia in_ Har?
vard Collcgo will probably bo estab
Itnhcd shortly as a result of a resolu?
tion passod unanimously by the Har?
vard Club of Virginia at lls third
annual dinner at tho Commonwealth
Club Saturday night. Tho Increasing
representation from the Old Dominion
nt tho Institution In Cambrldgo was
ono of the facts which Inspired this
uctlon, and tho purposo of the pro?
posed scholarship Is to glvo aid and
an opportunity to tho boys who other?
wise could not go to Harvard for their
education. Tho Virginians attending
Harvard have very generally madu
cxcellont records, and two of tho (Ivo
l'tumrlll scholarships for Southern stu?
dents wero last yenr awarded to Vir?
ginians.
At tho annual meeting. Dr. 'Walter
S. McNeill, professor of law In Rich?
mond College, presided. A number of
messsges of greeting from various
prominent members of the faculty wer.
read by Secretary W. P. Dickey, and
sovoral matters of organization and
routine wero taken up.
The elections resulted In tho choice
of the following officers: A. P. Page.
Norfolk, president; Dr. Tom Peet>?
CrosB. of Swectbrler College; Profes?
sor Clement C. Read, of the John Mar?
shall High School, and Rton MoKlBslok,
of Richmond, vice-presidents: \V. P.
Dickey, Richmond, secretory and treas?
urer.
''Iloots" In Caught.
John Henry Breden, alias "Boots"
(colored), was arrested yesterday oj>
the charge of shooting Moses Johnson
Saturday night. A warrant was sworn
out for "Boots," for that was all that
Mosen knew. The police. However,
Identified Breden as "Boots." and
locked him up
Johnson was treated by Dr. Watt',
of the city ambulance corps. The
bullet entered the point of the chin,
and ranged beneath the skin to the
back of the neck, where it lodged.
The wound Is regarded as not serious.
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