The times dispatch. [volume], December 20, 1911, Image 14

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

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For "His" or "Her" Gift, Here Are
LEATHER GOODS
of Every Description
Does not the very suggestion of "SOMETHING
IN LEATHER" furnish you with a valuable idea?
Leather Goods make very practical gifts, and our
immense assortments show acceptable things for
every member of the family.. Just a few hints:
Women's Hand Bags?A variety that is most com?
plete, as well as beautiful new shapes ami idens in velvet,
suede or tapestry?50c each upwards .
Our Famous .Dollar Rags?The very liest in all
the <ity. and there'-arc more than thirty of the'newest
stvies and colors to select from, including some real $1.50
H?gs; choice at $1.00 each.
Others?special values?at $1.50, $1.98. $2.98 and
tip to $5.00.
Exclusive novellier in Bags up to $15.00.
For Women and Children?
Music Rolls. Writing Tablets, Card
Cases, Coin Purses, Jewel Cases, etc.,
at 50c each and ti|).
Gifts for Men ?Novellic.- in Collar
Bau.', Collar Boxe-, Cigar Cases.
Drinking Cups, I"lask>. Military
Brushes in . .iM'.i, Coat Hangers ^cts.
in rases; Bill Folds, Card Cases,
Change Purses, Wallets, etc.-, from
50c up.
Fitted Traveling Cases for Men
and Women?A very serviceable
toilet accessory for one who travels,
very acceptable as a gift.
One line of Fitted Traveling Cases
that arc made of real goat seal, con?
taining a compartment for every toilet
needful; values up to S7.50 each wo
arc priceing at $5.00 each.
Others at $2.98 and upward- to
$15.00. Mniu Fhu r
SERVANT TOOK
WALKER CHILD
But Police Quickly Located Both
in Good Hands at the
City Home.
i
Exclaiming that one of his children
bad been inker, away from home. und.
apparently, kidnapped, Qcorge Walker,
of Swansboro, walked into police head?
quarters yesterday afternoon and ask?
ed the police to help him find his lost
child
Detective Sergeant Kellatn question
rd him, and ascertained that Mr
w.ilker had recently employed a wo?
hin n named Mary Emory, who had
formerly been an inmate of the City
Home. Mr. Walker said that he had
calci I; j- tlie week's wages on Monday.
She i cut mod yesterday to attend to
|icr duties in his household, and she
und the child, a lot of but a few
years, disappeared.
Sergeant liellum thought it would
bt a wise thins tor Mr. Walker to
tall up the City Home, to see if the
.vornan had returned there. Hut Ser
Kcani Kelluni called up the home and
talked to Or. C.abell. In. Cnbell In
l or med him that Mary Emory had re
mi ned. and that she had brought a
small child witli her.
Thai was enough tor Mr. Walker.
He rushed mil ot headquarters, and
If test no lime in arriving al rhe
Ul> Home !!?? cot his child.
MAY ADJOURN TO DAY
Federal < nun uf Appeal? Kiprcted in lud
Loims Term.
The I'nlted '"ticu'.t Court of Ap?
pen'! ?tll probably adjourn for the term
to-tlav. Th- argument docket t"r this nes
?l?n mi .us that ?evaral i?*e*.hiid to
tented ihe rooliiuoiu recently adopted by
tl-. baf i?' Richmond or. the oecailon of
th- death ol Judge .lohn II. Iiicrnm. ni the
Law and Knotty tioiirt. Judsii I'rltchard.
the presiding indue, responded in u tine
trilnit? tu Judg" Ingrain, and U* h furihci
mark a: respect dlreeted the reiotutlohi
ipreod upon ihr mlniit?? of Hie court.
r Klk Coal Company J plaintiff In error,
ihriitlan S<!*MioM defendant In error;
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UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY
fOR POSTAL SAVING FUNDS
PINE CAMP WILL
HAVE INFIRMARY
Directors Decide to Add to Plant
to Care for Long Wait?
ing L ist. j
In view of the constant demand for
admission 10 Pine Camp and of the
long- waiting list, the directors of the
Tuberculosis Camp Society of [Uclt
mund decided at u meeting held yes?
terday lo proceed at once with the
erection of un Inllrmury, with a ca?
pacity of eleven patients. This struc?
ture will he independent of the little
Infirmary puvillon now nearly com?
plete, which will accommodate only
i tour.
I While sufficient funds ate not in
I possession of the society to pay for
j building and furnishing the infirm?
ary, it was felt best to proceed at once
' lo the relief to the indigent consump
I lives who arc calling for help. The
' building will, of course, be used for
j the most advanced onso..
Iu addition lo the eleven bed rooms,
j the building will contain a general
: dining loom for the patients. The
I present capacity of Pine Camp is twcii.
I ty. With the small Infirmary, It will
tie twenty-four, and. when :be new
! building is up, it will be thirty-live,
j i. at. Ilariellus is now preparing
plans for the sociel).
Men and women received at Pin?
('ami1- in the suburbs of Richmond, are
taken from possible infection, ami
their lives are prolonged as long as
possible amid peaceful surroundings.
?Sales of lied Cross seals, )f which
the principal proceeds In' this city
will ao to Pine Tamp, are not up to
tin- mark. IJnlass Itlehmond people
patronize these seals more liberally
during the lew remaining -lays before
Christmas, this city Is likely to he
surpassed in quantity of sales by both
Norfolk and Itoanoke.
SMALL DAMAGES
t lalni of >i.. t- Sealed 10 S'.'.'.n by
.Miry.
In the case nt l.uther it. FranOk Slid
l.uthvr It. t-Yamk, adnilnltliaioi oi 1:10 ,
tote of Christina .1. Prsnck. and ulliei*
Mgainm thi; city of Itlchinoml, tried yester
iljy In the City Circuit Court, jury verdict
and Judgment acre entered in the mm of
i"h? sill! was lirninlu hk m reiuili oi 11 a 11) -
a*.' i?. property In 1'klr mount by reason o:
c-hahclni; the Rrsde of a atieel, the cut in
Ironi ..r Mr.-. Krjnek's properly having, been
.nearly Seven frit. lieu administrator and
heir* brought lull foi damage* In the sum
o' $1.0?. bui lite Jury* considered the claim
exceeslye und awarded only |;,m,.
ALQERMEN MEET TO-NIGHT
Joint Srvdmi Called tu ll.it lire ?1n1.11.1
fcilllHT.
The lloaril or AUIemi-n ?1: inert m
nicht ill S o'clock with all of In k>xu)*i
inontti'k ?locket before lt. ihr i-ntlr,- form?
niuetinK having been ilevotetl lo the ilebut?
'hi ihr plan foi ihanKlnR tin' methoda o>
.it Kocrrninein .\ laute numbei ot papal
'?imI weak* ajf?
BITER BIT
Itlclinrd IMjmir, Nagro Who Dug
Iii tu l'iillecmitn'f. Kar, <?<??- I?
i one and
alley !>??
rium ami
l liatiif? AgulnM Officer.
??olon? ! ':. r. r. > ilnwe? yeetcrOa'y pre.
f.orert rlnirs?! aculnnl Trofft? Pollrcmnri
flrorge I.. Will?, whom h?- arruned of UMir.g
ImrupI language towoidi him when report
lag hint for alleged violation of ihe traff;.
ordinance.
Will? u nUo chnrged with conduct ?flr
'..eroiuing .in officer nn?l with Piiylng h>
polt Tin cnaige? he InvcMtgatod M
ihn isontii of Police Commlmloneri iw-night.
Kukpecfed nf Thefu.
Claude Monelcy waa arrettetl yester?g) by
1 >rte'ilvo-Sergeunt? Wiley nnii 'rOUani a* a
pimpp lnue diameter, auepcotad ..i laro?ny
Moaet?V rim taken Into cuVtody ?i .Ml With
Twelfth Street, where he 1? alleged 10 haw
been packing Up pr*paratoiy p> u-olng in
Lynchtnirg. Ite l? ? pulntei lij occupation
lie Ii ?tiRpr-M??.! of having rftbhett n rtnaid.
i ?? ???.???4?v k\ ?/< LLa:t aa.?..4,. uiretL
KEMP OiON'T FEED
PAUL AND BEULAH
tint Outsiders Who Sent Meals
to Prisoner-Witnesses Say
'ITicy Can't Collect.
BILLS ARE LONG OVERDUE
Mrs. Beardslcy ami Saady De?
clare That OiTiccr Jarrcll
Arranged Detail .
As an uficimnrh of the exciting, daya
of Hi. liontllo liiul. inul the six wcelta'
Incarceration of Paul Hcnttle unit Moo?
lah Bluford in th ? llcnrlco county jail
as material witnesses for the state.
Iwu downtuwn restaurant keepers are
threatened with the loss of nioney for
fooii nerved to Ihc two important pris?
oner.-. Although nearly live months
?II?VO passed since the time these bills
fell due. neitheivMis. Many Bcardslo .
who keeps a restaurant at Jl North Bev
ent-enth Street, with her account of
(11C, nor .1. .1. Saudy, with ills hill for
a smaller amount, has been able tu get
hands oh the responsible parties.
When the two witnesses were
brought to the llcnrlco jail last July I
under the care of I. u Scherer. 1? o. i
VVendcnburg ami Special Olllcer Jar
roll, of C-iosterlleld, the regular prison
fate furnlshc.l by Sheriff Kemp to his'
llcnrlco charges, was deemed Insuflt- j
dent, and arrangements were made j
by Constable Jarroll w ith Mrs. Boards- j
ley to feed tile prisoners. |
Put ItcapoDMllilltty on County. I
According to Mrs. Bjardsley, Jhrrcll i
said Ihc county would be responsible i
for the expense, but according to Slier- j
iff GUI, of Chesterfield, the county Olli- i
cer overstepped his authority.
Mr. Wendenburg mad* the arrange- I
mcnts with Sandy, acting under In?
structions from Mr. Schercr. Saady I
claims lie was told Mr. SCherer would
be liable for ihe account, but says that
his bill was referred to the county of
Chesterfield upon Pr?sentation. When
Saady appeared at the Henrico Court?
house vest srday, hringinir his bill with
him, he was aga<n referred to the
Chesterfield authorities. Th; same ad.
vice has been offered Mrs. Boardsley.
but unless the Board of Supervisors of
Chesterfield conies forward lo stand
brick of its olllcers, ths bills have but
small chance of belntr settled.
Over the telephone last night Com?
monwealth's Attorney Gregory stated
that t.ie claim had been rcferrad by
him to .lodge 'Waiter A. Watson, before
whom ihr Beattie case was tried, hut
that Judge Watson had taken no ac?
tion on the matter as yet. Saady and
Mrs. B?ardslc-y are l.oth clamoring for
settlement, and even talk of bringing
suii against the Individual who placed
Ihe orders with them.
WATTERSON TO SPEAK
KeaAwky Kdltor will DIm-iim Arbitration
Treaties While Here.
At n nrelltattiat-y meeting ,?i clttxena, hold 1
yeatarday in the In?' offices et former lluv
iirnor A. .1. Montague, plans ?'er? discussed
with regard tu the entertainment of Colonel
Moni) Watteraon. editor of ihe Loulsvllie
Courier-Journal, who has been invited to
del vri an add res? in this city earlj In Jan?
uar), the Kentucky editor will begin n
tour of North Carolina litlea shortly aftei
New Year's, delivering address?? In Char?
lotte. Durham und at several other points.
The plan at preaent Is to have nil address
open to the public, with a b.imtuet later
In Ihc evening. The nddreaa will 1? on the
mbjrcl of I ho arbitration treaties between
Franco and Kiigland on one Kid? und the
flitted States on tlie other?a subject which
aas deeply Intt-reated Mr. Watteraon In re
:cnt months, and upon which he has made
aiitny speeches. KITorta to fret into comniu
iliution with him by wire'yesterday tailed,
but an answer Is expected to-day. It.; has
already stated his wllllngn??? io speak In
lllchmolld, and the date in the only point
that remains lo he nettled. The local coin
Dilttee has asked for the evening o< Jah
UUI )' fi.
APPEAL TO PUBLIC
Sales of Ited Cross Slumps Not Bp lo 1'ust
lleeorda.
The aal? of Itefl Cross ?Chrlstina? mmiw
in Itichmor.d this season has not been aa
large n? in th-' past, und those bending this
L'haritoble movement have made un appeal
to ihe public lot stronger support.
One of the principal glands lot the sale
of the labela i- ni the jrlYeraon llotol. The
?um total ihe receipts on Monday was
i; rents "Anil you can hardly expeiet to
take .in.' <>: on? eonauinptlvie for thai." re
inarlted one ?f ihe pretty young women in
hnrge of i hi. -land.
At the poat-ottlce the sales have been
bettor; hol by tut iireans up to past records.
All ol ihe money spent In Itlchmond for
?.lie stamps Is turned Into Ihe fund for the
support i,f I'loc Ca iii p, where the clty"y tu?
bercular patlenia are cared for.
Ileporis from Norfolk and othci eitles in
dleiite that the sites ibis year show a
marked liierea*?o, and Urins eager to lend
tite State tin, workers in Ith hmond are
therefore mote than anxious thai the ciltiflO
he mart' liberally patronised.
Iiemurrer O-'erruleri.
hi the case of W. I. Johnson ajralnat Ilia
Virginia ftnllway and power Company,
pending In tie I.aw and Bfiulty Court, In
which a jury verdict of damages for per
sonai Injurlet in the ?um of two was render?
ed on Monoay, subject to Hi.- ruling of the
? on a demurrer to the evidence, .lodge
?rump yesterday ?ve.finiled the deituirr'rr
ami . ntered judgment for ?.i'?o In accord
am e with th. verdict of the Juty.
lieutenant Hi'miB io In Town.
Lieutenant I'etei McUowan, chief of tho
-eiret nervlco department of Vonkeis, N.
V.. Is In Itlphmond visiting some of his
friend* lie is the guest ot Sheriff Herbert
Mercer, and will tohiain here aaveral day*.
No (|uorum.
I Tin Counell committee on Ordinance,
"harte ind Reform fulled of a quorum lust
I night, anil nil! probably not be called
! again until after th? holidays.
I'inancc Committee Infbnncii
Thai Association Advanced
It to Hurry Work.
PAY OF SCHOOL TEACHERS
! Question Deferred Until All
Papers Can ?lie Taken Up
Together.
I After homing from l,ogh Ii. Cat:'-.
Samuel Cohen. J. T. Anderson, I.. O.
I Miller ami Math I:. Lloyd, Hie Council
I Committee on Finance last night
1 recommended an appropriation "i $2.
MO lo the Virginia Slate Call Ass"
elation, to reimburse It for the extra
cost of the administration building
crcstv'.l by the city. ir approved by
tin- Council, the amount will In- credit?
ed on tile amount now due by lit'1
V Ir Association to the city t?,a annual
rental Mr. l'ligc oxplutncd that the
City appropriated $46,000 to erect tin,
building: l hill tne actual cost was
$17,set', anil tile time being short, the
r'ulr Association went uheud ami liiid
it completed in tune for the unnuul
exposition.
Ill explaining the relations ?>f the
fair Association t" the city, he said
that the city hud now expended }tutl,
tlti.57 hi purchase of tho grounds, erec
tton oi this building, sewers umi other
permanent improvements, on whicli the
rail Association pays an unnuul rental
oi I per cent, on tne city's outlay, plus
?i,:io. 'I lie Fair Association lias ex?
pended in building roaos mid Improve
nichts on property bi-ioiigiiig to tin'
illy, $1 l'.i,5M>. to. and since it does nol
bold title to the properly, It cannot
borrow money on nils outlay. sl\ fair?
have been held, tho proceeds of euch
Paving been turned back into improve- j
men is, with ho dividends whatever t'w
the stockholders, tho directors glv.i.y
their services without compensation,
't'cnchcr? Seek Increase.
A large delegation appeared bof/ori!
the Finance Committee representing
tin- women touchers of the white ele?
mentary grades In support ot an ordi?
nance recommended by the ordinance
Charter and Itcforni Committee asking
an increase in pay.
The .petitioners represent 228 out of
ib .- 1,".:: teachers employed In the public
schools of the city, aim since an ordi?
nance nas ulreudy been introduced in?
creasing the pay of Cue High School
teachers, kindorgarther* and princi?
pals, th: Finance Committee decided
to defer all matters, relating to teach?
er's' pay until all of the impels could
lie taken up together.
Applications for Increase^ in pay
were also heard from tlra seventeen
men employed in tin- sewer laying
force, from the assistant superinten?
dent of street ..leaning, and from sev?
eral other departments.
The committee recommended an or?
dinance adding the Central National
H i 11k and tIt - Richmond Hank and
Trust Company to the list of city de?
positories. In response to an appli?
cation of Chairman Hot,son. of the
Committee on Relief of the I'oor. the
committee recommended appropria?
tions of $3,000 for maintenance of the
City Home Hospital and $1.000 for the
outdoor poor of the city, the increase,
as Mr. Ilobson explained, being made
necessary by an Increased number of j
patients in the i'ity Mom'? Hospital,
t ie per diem cost oeing lower than
last year.
Chief Health Officer 10. C. Levy
placed before the committee an appli?
cation for two additional sanitary offi?
cers, In order that more systematic, in?
spections of health conditions muy be
made in the outlying districts.
Tlie committee recommended adop?
tion of a resolution instructing the
City Attorney to acquire the property
on Marshall Street adjoining the First
Regimental Armory, in order to make
nvny for election of a new armory.
The City Attorney way also Instructed
to acquire by condemnation certain
additional lots heeded for the proposed
new Street Cleaning De-pa rim.-nt sta?
bles.
IEEOi IS URGING
MILITIA HI Bill
Efforts of National Guard Con?
centrated on Virginia Con
gressman.
Colonel It. F. l.eedy. of the Second
Virginia Infantry, is regarded nil over
the country as a leader in the light
for Hie passage of the militia pay bill.
Tins la partly because he seems to
have made a bit in bis handling of the
subject at the recent meeting of the
National Qunrd Association, and partly
because he live.-:, with most of his com?
mand, in th.- district of the chairman
of the House Committee on Military
Affairs, which will have charge of this
proposed legislation. Colonel l.eedy Is
sending out letters urging militiamen
everywhere to ask their representa?
tives in Congress to vote for the bill.
While Representatives James Hay, of
the Seventh District, bus been quoted
in opposition. Colonel l.eedy is author?
ity for tlie statement that 'Mr. May
.nly wants lo know what the Na?
tional Guard thinks about It. Ho is
trying to see that Mr. Hay tlnds out.
Gonoral McCrosky Dutt, of the Na?
tional C.imrd of New York State, la out
-in n letter urging mllltlnmnn to nslc
[their Congressmen to vote against the
Hay bill, which contemplates the aboli?
tion of the Division of Militia Affairs
arid the practical subordination of the
I General Staff, the Bureau of Coast Ar?
tillery and the Innpoetor-Oenernr.i Do?
partmehl under tlie Adjutant-General.
General Mult thinks that unless the
Hay bill is killed, the militia pay
I bill will be doomed. What effect the
slaughtering of his pet measure would
hove, on Mr. Hoy's attitude toward the
pay bill seems problematical.
Few Christmas Presents
Are PERMANENT ones, no matter how much time and thought
is spent In selecting them. But when i
Santa Claus
puts a bank hook in the stocking Christmas Eve he makes the
beginning in the development of thrift and thus promotes PER?
MANENT happiness.
A bank book, dated December, 1911, showing a deposit,
large or small, In the
American National Bank
of Richmond, Virginia,
will Increase in value as the days slip by and the New Year be?
comes the Old Year. The permanent gift inspires the perma?
nent habit of navlng and depositing regularly. It Is more than
a gift?It Is an Inspiration?to develop the quality on which
sviccess is built.
_ | ^ _ iiihiiiim.?.?i??!???ii ?? ii.?iiiMiaimi.
FICTITIOUS LAND
IS STRICKEN O?T
Commissioners in Buchanan Will
Not I?c Paid for Bogus
Assessment.
MINISTER SEEKS PARDON
Intercedes for Brother in Prison.
.Million Dollars Now in
Treasury. ,
Uj comparing the land books of
Buchanan county for 1911, with those
of preceding yearn, It h:.s been pos?
sible for tho force In the office of the
Auditor ?if Public Accounts lo elimi?
nate what il believes to bo all, or
nearly all. of tho bogus assessment,
settlements with the commissioners of
the revenue will be ninde only on tlio
basis of the corrected books.
As stated In The Timca-DlsPatch of
Suturday, the land books for lluchunan
county were so evidently padded, thai
the Auditor in Ills annual report made
especial note of the situation, say?
ing: Figures for Buchanan county
relating to real estate hre taken from
1 !? 10 land books, because the land
books of that county for IUI I contain
assessments of large traits of lands
which have no existence in fact;
therefore, to use those figures In this
table would lie- misleading."
(iot llnck on Unohs.
Tile practice of adding large tracts
of land which never existed, but which
appear on the deed books presumably
lor the purpose of selling bogus min?
eral property to capitalists, began
some years ago, and continued until
after the commissioners tried to make
money by adding theill to the usacss
monts. Kor some ye(ir? pust they have
been eliminated, but reappeared this
year. Auditor Donohuc has had the
nooks compared, ami does not propose
to pay a commission to the i>IHi:<'rn for
assessing lauds which do not exist, lie
said yesterday that tlie Commissioners'
of the Revenue would be paid on tho
basis of the actual acreage as near
as it can he ascertained. Shculd the
commissioners not be satisllcd. they
have the right to sue. in v.liJeh case
.?onto interesting developments would
be oxpected.
The Unltod .States survey, which is
said to be "on the level," not Includ?
ing slopes, showed the county to have
about 010,000 acres, but this was prior
to e formation of Dickenson, which
took put of this area. Guessing thai
100,000 m rcs went to Oickens'^n, und
that ?a.000 acrea might be accounted
lor by measuring up the sides of hills
and mountains, as land Is sold, It is
thought that 600,000 uen-s would be a
liberal estimate. The assessment has
run up Into the millions of acres.
ASKS PARDON FOR BROTHER
Kentucky MlnlMn Did Nut Kind Kl
peetrd better from Judge.
itov. Hugh Crank, of Pineyllle, Ky..
called on Governor Hann yesterday
with a petition signed by about 100
citizens of Doe county, asking for a
conditional pardon foi his brother, Wil?
liam Delph, who has served six years
of a fourteen-year term in tho State
Penitentiary for murder in the .second
degree. Tlie paper contained the names
of several official* of the county.
There as nothing in the petition
which placed tue forts in the case be?
fore tlie Governor, and he felt that he
bad noil.lug oil Which to act. It seemed
that Mr. (.'rank had expected a letter
to be sent to the executive by Judge
II. A. IV. Skeen, of the Circuit Court
of Lee county, but as that Jurist Is
busy with wholesale Indictments for
election irregularities, it ?? presumed
he has had no opportunity to look Into
the case.
Thereupon, Mr. Crank withdrew, tak?
ing his papers with him, and promis?
ing that more s-hotlld be heard of the
matter later.
It is stated that the killing wan the
result of a quarrel over .". cents in a
card game. Additional. evidence, good
conduct while in custody, and help ten?
dered to prison guards, arc supposed
to be tiic reasons for asking clemency.
.Million in Treasury.
Although a check was drawn yes?
terday by Auditor Dohohoe in favor
of the school fund for $lS2,C'0fl. when
the State Treasurer's office was closed
yesterday there was a balance of more
than $1,000,000 on tin- right side of the
ledger. Interest on the public debt
must be paid on January 1. amounting
to about $120,000. and It Is, of course,
true that the greater part of the lflll
taxc.a ate now In hand:
Want ( nur Reopened.
A motion was made yesterday before
the Slate Corporation Commission for
u reopening of the case Involving con?
demnation proceedings nt Norton,
which was recenty decided against the
petitioner and in favor of the Inter?
state Railroad Company. The reason
given is an order entered by the Board
of Supervisors of Wise county, estab?
lishing a county road hetw.een Ram-j
scy and Norton, the connection not
'being clear.
Charge of Peal her Mealing.
A requisition , was Issued yesterday
on lhe Govoittor of Maryland for one
Tom Green, wanted in Fauqtiler coun?
ty on a charge of stealing feathers. It
is not stated whether or not the feath?
ers were on the person of a chicken nt
the time of tlie alleged theft. Green
is In jull in Upltlmore.
Move Cnpitol Offices.
To make way for the Legislature,
tho offices of the State Bank Ex?
aminer hnve been moved from the
Senate cloakrooms to the eleventh floor
of the Travelers' Building. Thev office
of the Co-Oporatlve Education Asso?
ciation, with that of Jackson Davis
and T. S. Settle, supervisors of rural
elemental:.' schools, have been moved
from the Capitol bnsemont to 1103
Bank Street.
Petition In Bankruptcy,
i A partnership petition In voluntary batik
! ruptoy was fllod yesterday In the office of
I the cicrk nf the United States District Court
by I/. M. and A. El. Chcnthnm, doing- busi?
ness under the nnme of f.. M. Chcathoni &.
Compnny. The liabilities of tho srm amount
to1 tl.HI8.23, while assets of ?f?O are claimed.
Story of Christ In Honor.
fnstond of a eermon at Brond fltreot Meth?
odist Church next Sunday nifltht tho choir
will rondor a now production, entitled "The
First Christmas,'; by Wilson. The story of
the birth of Christ will be related In song
In a. very effocllvo manner.
Suit Instituted.
Suit was Instituted yesterrtny In the T.aw
and Kqulty Court by th? National Fire 1n
surnm'e Company, of Pari?, nc-nlnst I. V.
U<HLtlS>'. tor U>Sl*KC? lOiU *U -J?3.10.
Select Your Presents
I'Toni a stock that is known tor its worth and superiority and
that carries with it the advantage of cxclusivcncss. Every?
thing in the way of good Wearing Apparel for Men and Iio>s.
Also a fine stock of Rubber Hoods for walking, driving and
automobile use.
Gans-Rady Company
jake Wells Will Offer New Line
of Vaudeville Attrac?
tions.
Tin Kmplre Theatre, built by M. I
llofhclincr, and recently acquired by
lake Wells, to be added to lit? chain
of bouses he now controls throughout
the .South, will be opened to the public
on Christinas) Day. The new theatre,
which Is located on ihu itorth side of
Itroad Street, near Jefferson, will he
the ho i<; of the bolter class, ol Kcilh
v.i udoVille.
-Many conjectures have been made a.>
to just what class oi uttractions would
be presented at this newest of Bich
mono: x amusement houses. Itunior hud
It that permanent dramatic .-loch Ulli,
beep decided upon by the lesseew
Then again the same wagging dam.
declared thai it would be musical
stock. The latest Information wa?
that " big time" vaudeville, such as wo?
given at the Colonial In the early du?
ol tlliit theatre, was the llnul selection
Hut none of these things was right.
v. I..it will be seen at tue pluyhousr-,
Is retlned vaudeville, of ?? type some?
thing belter than that witnessed at
Ihc BO-CUlled popular priced vaudeville
11: cat res, yet not measuring i|?lte Up
to the stundurd or the "big time." In
the parlance of the tribe, and in the
woros ol the hooking agency, the acts
which will bo seen at the Kmplre are
registered in the "family department."
It tsli uld not be gathered that the per?
formance win not lit pleasing because
Of this fact. Indeed, many of the per?
formers appearing in the "family de
partincnt" are even heuer than those
seen on tho 'big tune,*' and very lew
of them iir- pet ns good.
ii''* Uiip Between.
Mote lliiin two Hours ot umusemenl
will be given the patrons of the thea?
tre, and the program will Include live
vaudeville acts. Interspersed with mov?
ing pictures. The opening bill will
contain: Bollard, an eccentric comedy
iiggler. Brooks and Harris, a man
*rd woman, wlio, besides doing a slng
.ng and dancing act, bring along some
vonderfU] costumes; Qardnct and Vln
rent, being a ?? >mpany ot four people
;n a comedy sketch, entitley, "Winning
a Queen," with special scenery and
electrical effects; kiddle Boss, who will
Jo a monologue In black face and per?
form "n Ihc banjo, and BaMalxe, Quail
?ml Blatzc, knockabout comedy acro?
bats.
When Jake Wells organized tho Old
Ooinlnlon Amusement Company, which
controls the Kmplre, ho had not fully I
letermlned Jutu what class of attrac- '
Hons he would offer, .\ftrr Investiga?
tion he came to the conclusion Unit i
?here wore a number of people in I
Richmond who wanted more vaudeville I
than was being offered in ihr other
theatres. It was after this Investigu
lion thni ho decided to put In live !
tcts of vaudeville Rt the Kmplre. Bich
mond will have a "big time'' vaudeville
house In the very near future, and It, I
too. will be controlled by Mr. Wells |
di d tho Interests he represents. This i
'houtro will he at the southeast corner
.if Broad and Ninth Streets. It Ik tin- j
derotooil thnt plans for the building
have already been drawn anil ate in
the hands of contractors for estimates
as to the cost of the structure.
TWO QUIT RACE
Held Clenr for Franklin'? Kleetlou n? 1'lre
Commissioner.
The withdrawal from the rar? for position
ot Firo Commissioner from Washington
Ward of John Z. Walker, sales manager of
the Standard Oil Company, and of O. B
Toney. proprietor of a motion picture then
tre. leaves the field free tn-nlKhl to Waltet
f). Franklin, auoltor of the Merchants No
tional TJank. The City Council in Joint ses
s on will elect for the unexplred term ol
(It-orfre IZ. iiary, whose death occurred soino
weeks ago. The ward delegation had dl
\ ided on the three "men named, but a con?
test on the floor was avoided by ?ho with?
drawal yostorday of two of the candidates,
each of whom had In his support one. Al?
derman and at least one member of thn
Common Council With tho ward ddeen
tlon unanimous In Its support of Mr. Frank?
lin. It Is not anticipated that any other
nominations will be made.
CIVIC PARADE
More Than One Thousand Busi?
ness People to Participate
in New Year Event.
Director* ol ihn civic Co-Operutlvo
Organization met in the Business Men's
Club yesterday to make tinai arrange
minis for the mammoth celebration
viiicii ih planning for lunuury ;.
"The movement has aroused tin- keen?
est Interest among business men, ami
s th'- outgrowth of pi.in? Worked out
.">>? the .seven representative business
>rgantr.atlons of ilijo el^y.
Tho outstanding fcaturi ol tlx: ecle
Cirntton will be a parnile "f th" Seven
tilled business clubs?the Chamber of
Commerce, liuj Business Men's Club,
'.he United Commercial Travelers, tin:
Vrave|crs' Protective Association, the
Itc'titll Merchants' Association, the
local brunch of th,- American Institute
>f Bunking and tin- lUchinond Advcr
'.isors' Cluo. The parade will be head
id by Mayor lllchurdspn anil the lucm
sera of the City Council.
Attended by two brass bunds and
* drum corps, the line will start from
?be City Itnl! at T:.in r. M. and march
10 the Auditorium, where 1,000 scan
vill be reserved for the |m Inders. .\p
.IroprlatC llrework:: and suitably In?
scribed banners will lend ccloi t.j the
'.In,, of march.
At ihe Audit orlo'ii Mavoi O 1'.
ftlchardson will preside, and will pre?
sent the speakers of the evening. The
list of these is not complete. Those
jvho have accepted Invitations lospt.ik
are; Henry U Cabell, Dr. lid ward N.
Callsch, former Governor .v. J, Mon?
tague and W T. Dahhcy.
Discuss Schedule.
An informal conference with had yester?
day between tha state Corporation t'omailir
ston and representative* of the clues of
Hampton ana. .V? port N'OWi and of the Old
I'olnt Railway and Blectrlc f'ompan). Tho
subject matter was the schedule o: cur ser?
vice between tho two rlties, which the com?
pany desire" to loasliien from fifteen to thir?
ty minutes. No statement was marie hy Iho
( ommlf.-lon.
BERMUDA
Inclusiv r Tour?.
From New York, live daj s, 123.50;
seven days, }*1^.;0: nine days, IST.?O;
twelve days. 11f'O; sixteen days. Jir..00
unit upwards, according to location on
steamer, all necessary expenses in?
cluded
It ICH MOM) THAN SI'Kit Ct??
Son ISaal Mulu Street. Itlebmond. Vn.
_Richmond Va.
Richmond's Chamber of Com?
merce had 596 members in 1901
-it has 802 in 1911.'
Richmond Advertisers1 Club