The times dispatch. [volume], January 08, 1912, Image 10

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

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CAME BACK FLUSH
TO PAY HIS BILL
Man Associated Charities Helped
Sees Now Where Others
Need Food and Fuel.
DEMANDS STILL GROWING
Intense Cold Sends Scores
Shivering People to Ballard
House.
r>r. James Buchanan, superintendent
of the Associate*! Charities, looked
Up from his desk yesterday afternoon
to watch a youngish looking man who
had entered the bis ante room, stamp
the show from hl.? shoes and walk un?
steadily to the railing, lie was well
drcsucd and clenn. ?ut slightly the
worse- for a generous '.bad of good
cheer.
"1 want to pay you some money that
1 owe you." he remarked, peeling open
Ids coat, and digging hl?-- right hand
deep into his pocket
There was a familiar look about the
ruddy countenance, bill the superin?
tendent cudgeled Ills memory In vain to
place him, Ilia wonder grew when the
stranger shipped a shining quarter on i
the table and pushed It toward him.'
I >r. Buchanan is in the habit of doing,
? 11 of the giving himself, and an In?
version of the usual order of business
was as unexpected us It was novel.
"Vou don't know me. do you'.'" con- !
tinned the stranger, at the doctor
made no move to raltc in the silver, j
"Well, I don't wonder at It, I was]
broke, and 1 didn't have any clothes, j
and I needed a bath when you saw mc |
last. I've changed."
"1 hat's all right, my boy, you don't
ewe mc anything. 1 don't want tho i
money." The snow, piled In high drifts ?
on the eunblng outside, assurer the!
m?h behind the iiesit that the money |
would be more useful in the hands of
the debtor.
Wnnln to "Make Good.
"Xotning doing, Doc; you've pot to
take It," said the stranger, as ho
pushed the < "in toward him. - you took |
mc in Christmas week, when 1 was
down and out. and cured for me two
?lays because you-said that I had an
honest lace and looked square. 1 have
eomc back to make niy face ?ood. I've
pot u Job splicing Wires at $?! a day,
.ind I ctiinc hero to pay you what 1
owe you. l am square, and you've gut
to take tile money."
Dr. Buchanan recognized his guest
of two weeks before, and, in view or
altered circumstances, accepted pay?
ment for two days' board and lodging
a I 12 1-2 cents per day. Tho ypuhg
man shook hands warmly and swung
unsteadily out into the snow.
"These cases arc pretty rare," re?
marked Dr. Buchanan to the reporter.
"1 mean cases in which people we
? arc for come back and pay us inonry.
Usually they return for another meal
and bed. Now mid then. Just as In this j
-?:isc. an Individual turns up with aj
sick conscience and insists upon our |
inking a contribution. One man who |
left here and got a good Job sent us I
?2 some time ago. Of course, any net '
of this kind Indicates, to a degree, a
return Of prosperity, and we appreciate
the contrllj/lion doubly.
t'nlU Wove Hard on Poor.
"We arc having a hur(i time meeting
the d,< mand made upon us by the poor
of tho city as a result of the cold
wave, but we arc doing it. Wc have
l( is money to-day for this purpose
than wo have had in all our history, j
in spite of the fact that our work at
this, time It- the hardest.
Two emergency wagons were opcr
a led on Saturday by the Associated
Charities, carrying wood and groceries!
to destitute families. In addition to j
this, between thirty and thirty-five j
half.tons of coal were delivered to
needy people at It* order by the fuel j
companies. The Bitiiatlbn became less
critical yesterday with the rise of
tho thermometer, although the pres- I
ence of snowman the ground will con - 1
tlnue to make, dai+y demands upon I
tin- Charities' commissary.
Between forty and fifty men are now I
being cured for dally at the Ball?rd I
House. The personnel changes from j
lay to day as the men leave for other I
points or ?teure work. All bars were |
list dowji when the bitter weullier de- '
acended upon Richmond, and since last
Friday every one who applied for It,
without restriction or examination, I
ind shelter. A large
;c men be-ins helped ,
icy, for one reason or I
.?ork ane! temporarily I
? Pro^^road-I
much
wui given f(
percentage o
ire good met
another out
helpless. Tin
sence of drunks .-.ud professional i
rtcis.
Hobos I voiding llit-hmoud.
"We haven't been troubled
with hobos during ihis cold weather. 1
Hiding the thumpers isn't adapted to I
icro weather. un<j the freights are not ?
bringing them to town. Besides," said ?
l'r. Buchanan, "the Associated Chari?
tice Isn't rated high in the hobo's blue >
book. Ii hasn't got the e:i>:y mark
star opposite Its name find tramps
have found out ihm it can't be
worked."
No lets than live cases of desertion
brought heavy burdens upon the chari?
ties last week. All of them wert d?e
to drink nnd general snlftlessnes?.
Mother!; with front three |o - vat chil?
dren wert left destitute in th. face of
the approaching winter. One of these
families has been assigned tchtpor.try
quarters' In the Ballard House, and
the others art being cared for at their
home.". Citizens and churches are co?
operating faithfully in the bog work
of tltilng tl.e helpless over the cold
Mr. Sills In HtmpKni.
Nell D. s'llls. president of In* Busi?
ness Men's Club, was taken ti th-.
Memorial Hospital yesterday suffering
from a severe attu k of quinsy Mis
rendition laut night w^s: ~a!d to be
s atlcfa^tory.
SAVINGS-BANK
Richmond
IUI E.WA1N ST.
Why should any one b.? ,?? o
I the o]>poruinl;!i a tor saving
plentiful. One dollar stttrlr
eount.
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY
FOR POSTAL:S,AV1N6 FUNDS
Roy Pov.'cll and His Wife Seri?
ously Hurt When Range
Blows Up.
ROOM COMPLETELY WRECKED
No Explanation as to Accident.
Which Startled Neigh?
borhood.
As she wits bending over tho stove
ready vvlt'i her preparations for break?
fast, and with her husband standing
by to put a scuttle of coal into the lire,
the kitchen range In the home of Roy
Powell. JOS North Sycamore Street,
exploded at S o'clock yesterday morn?
ing', scattering broken pieces in every
direction, and seriously wounding both
Mr. Powell and his wife.
What caused the explosion is not
known. The only theory which can
explain the sudden flare-up and the
consequent endangering of two lives
Is that the frozen water pipes running
from the water tank in tho rear burst
under undue pressure. The fire had
been lit with kindling wood ten min?
utes before by Mrs. Powell. She re?
turned to the kitchen and found the
lire Mazing brightly. She called to Mr.
Powell, and he came with a scuttle of
coal. She was bending over the stove
and he wo.? preparing to drop the coal
In when the explosion came. The big
kitchen range was literally blown to
pieces, as If a charge of dynamite bad
been placed beneath. There was not a
whole part left. Only the water tank
remained Intact.
Kitchen Completely Wrecked.
One of th? flying pieces went through
ihc celling Into the room above. Both
windows in the kitchen were blown out
and the glass showered down on the
floor and outside. The flr.k, which
was some distance from the range, was
knocked off. and the whole room was ?
strewn with broken pieces of Iron and |
steel.
Mrs. Powell was knocked backwards ,
by the outburst, and Mr. Powell was '
nearly upset. Poth were badly cut by
the Hying bits of iron, and Mrs. Powell,
who was In more dangerous proximity
to the range, was severely wounded.
The miracle was that both wero not
killed. I
The whole house kss .in.-red by the I
explosion, and people in the neighbor- ',
hood who heard the noise wondered
what had happened. Fortunately. Mrs.
Powell's little child, who Is usually
with her In the kitchen, was ot this
time In an adjoining room, and was ,
not injured.
A call was sent into the City Hospl- I
tal, and Dr. Watts responded. He
found Mrs. Powell suffering with two j
cut.? on her left arm, one above, the
knee and another on the loft nnkle. I
Mr. Powell was also cut In soveral
places. The phy.-Icinn dressed the
wounds, and then asked for an ex?
planation of the exploston. None could
!>? vouchsafed, except that It might
have been the bursting of the water
pipes. But the fire had been lit only !
ten minutes, and tho pipes had not |
had time In which to become heated. j
Mr. Powell is an engineer on the
Richmond, Fredcrlck.-burg and Poto?
mac Railway.
BOY SCOUTS WALK
Gef?lliger and Sutten .Hiked It From
Itlebmoud to Waahluu/ton.
Biting winds, snow and freezing
weather did not daunt Boardman Get
singer, fourteen years old. of Wash?
ington, and Valville Sutton, seventeen!
\ears old, of this city, active and en?
thusiastic "Boy Scouts," from com'- :
pic ting a 116-mile "hike" from Rlch
ini?iil to the national capital. They ar?
rive.) In Washington yesterday mornlne,
at 11:30 o'clock, having set out on too.
from Richmond on December 30.
Though their toes nnd fingers had
been nipped by the wintry blasts, thej
sturdy youngsters appeared In Waah
ingi"i in buoyant spirits. Gotslngor
wore only one shoe when he arrived.
One bad become' so worn and dilapi?
date.] that it fell from his foot before
entering Alexandria, but he pluckily
continued his Journey.
The natives of Washington, who were
stamping their feet and walking swift?
ly, received a shock when they saw hlni
nonchalantly walking with one foot
encased In nothing but a sock.
Th< y had many novel experienc es
during their walk. They sought shel?
ter in farmhouses near Ashland, Frcd
- ri k.-burg and Alexandria.
' PROVED AN ALIBI
Joe l ord In Jail Wbcn Crime Charged
Iii 111 iti Was Committed.
Joe Ford had a narrow escape with |
>lt liberty yestordoy, William Muloue I
swore out a warrant for a man whom I
he charged with stealing tl< from hlni i
Ford looked like the man. and an!
enterprising officer of the law took I
htin Into cut tody.
Joe swore thai he didn't steal the |
money. He swore In addition that he j
hSd Just come out of Jnll Saturday
night. There was an alibi, for the
alleged theft wos committed before
Suturday night, and it went without
saying that loc hadn't broken out of
jail, stolen and then broken back
in again. Hit reasoning was lucid and
logical. But the olllrcr was adamant.
Uul Sergeant Tyler half helleved Joe's
More, and he asked William Malone
to ? oilli up and look aj. him.
William .Malone looked at Joe. Joe
returned the gaze, askance.
"Ain't th< man," said William Ma- I
ion; tersely.
"Let lin out, said sergeant Tyler, i
j shortly.
I Jo'- went, lie went home?if he had
I ?? ?>????? to go to.
JOINT COMMUNION
Presbyterians Kohl Annual Service nt
t'bureli of tbc Covenant.
A week of prayer at the Church of,
the Covenant began lust night at 8
o'clock with a Joint communion ser?
vice, attended by members of all of
the Presbyterian churches in tho city. 1
The occasion also marked tho clase
of twenty-live years of the pastorate
of Rev. J. Calvin Stewart. D. D.
An appropriate sermon was deliv?
ered by Rev. W. W. Moore. D O..
president of tho Union Theological
Seminary, while the following minis?
ters assisted In the service: Ri-v. j. j.
l"i.\. Mr v. J. V. Fair. D. D., Rev. R. B.
KgglCBtbn. Ph. D.. Rev. Russell Cecil,
D I'.. Rev. F. T. McFaden. D. D., Rev.
j D. Clay Lilly. D. D., and Rev. T. C,
Johnson, D. D.
ALL CANDIDATES
BUSILY AT WORK
Friends of Richardson Claim He
Has Won, but Kizer Does
Not Agree.
MANY AT WORK FOR PAGE
Feathcrston Proposes Modifica?
tions of Byrd Primary
Measure.
"With the arrival yesterday of Chief
of Police Charles O. Kizer. of Norfolk,
who desires to be Itegistor of tht' Land
Office, all the candidates for position?
within the gift of the General Assem?
bly arc on the ground. All are busy
and all are hopeful, at leas' on the I
surface.
Friends of Colonel John W. Richard- )
son. the Incumbent register, expressed I
tile opinion that Major Kizer was a
trifle late, nnd that bo arrived in time
to see a Kiibstnntl.il majority In the
hands of colonel Richardson. But ih3
Not-folk man smilingly said that things
were going Just as he wanted them,
and that tho situation from his stand?
point left little to be desired.
The movement to deter the joint
primary for the nomination of "base?
ment" officers has been abandoned, and
In all probability tho fate of tho vn
rlon. aspirants will be settled either
on Thursday or Friday night of this
week. Tuesday night will be taken up
with separate caucuses for officers of
the houses, while Wednesday night Is
set for the biennial dinner tendered by
the rtlchmond delegation to all out
of-town legislators.
ISvcfThody Hope*.
While Colonel Richardson and his
.-??rp nor tors gay the fight Is all over, no
candidate for any other office says so.
The main struggle?that for the posi?
tion of Auditor of Public Accounts?I?
more up In the air every day. As it
stands. It Is anybody's fight, with the
chances of tho four nearly equal. No
one has shown a disposition to quit,
and It Is safe to say that four names
will b? presented to the Joint caucus.
H. M. Da mall, of Roanoke. I? here,
and is active. tie arrived from Roa?
noke early yesterday morning.
Less Is heard about the contest for
.Second Auditor than about either of
the others. And yet th?re is more be?
neath the surface than Is the case with
both the other fights put together. The
outside aid belna given to Roscwell
Page Is tremendous, nnd it Is evident
that ho has very many friends who are
extremely active In his behalf. Mem?
bers of the legislature are being called
upon hourly In his behalf, and this
branch of campaign work has certainly
not been neglected. He Is handicapped
by the fact that n good many were
pledged previously to the support of
.ludge John O. Dew, the incumbent,
who has had and will have n large fol?
lowing in the caucus.
Something In Wind.
There will he Interesting develop?
ments In the Second Auditor's fight be?
fore twenty-four hours rhall have
elapsed. And there will he Interesting
happenings In the Auditor's contest
before anybody Is forty.eight hours
older. Who will be helped and who
will be hurt Is to be seen.
Primary legislation will claim a good
dfal of the attention of Senator II. C.
Featherston, of Uynchburg. during the
session. It la possible that he wl'.l
collaborate with Speaker R. B. Byrd ?
in tin matter of framing a satisfactory !
hill to legalize all primaries. While
in no sense a primary udvocate, Sena- I
tor Feathcrston thinks that as long 1
us they are here, thoy should he made j
as easy of access to the man of mod- i
eratc means, nnd as free from possl- |
blllty of wrongdoing. a6 possible. He I
would not force the primary plan or. :
the minority party, nor would he re- I
ouiro Republicans to go Into a party ;
eonte.it run J?y Democrats. But he
would limit expenditures of candidates,
nn.l would try to make it possible for
men who have no fortune to spend in
politics to aspire to public office.
DIES FROM BURNS
Little I.uclla Bverett Succumbs to Ac- j
ehlciit IteHultlng From Piny.
Luella Kverett, the nine-year-old
daughter of Kdgar Everett, of 6S0 ,
Church Street, who was fatally burned I
Saturday afternoon, died early yester- I
day morning In the City Hospital. The j
child was burned over more than half I
her body, and the case was regarded j
as pructically hopeless from tho be?
ginning.
With several other children, she
was playing in the home of a neigh- j
bor.across the atreet. She had on a
long skirt?the children were pluy'.ng
grown-up folks?and stepped too near]
an open fire. Immediately her skirt I
caught afire, and. a human torch, she '
rushed hack to her own home. She
wast taken to the City Hospital by Dr.
Watts, being carried In her fa'-her's
arm.".
The funeral will take place at 4
o'clock this afternoon front Sacred
Heart Cathedral.
Two-Year Course in Agriculture'
Urged at Meeting of
Board.
'DEMAND FOR PRACTICAL MEN
Ontario Has 3,000 Students
Learning, Against Handful
in Virginia.
Sharp criticism of tlie work In prac- j
tlcai agriculture, or rattier of the luck
thereof, clone In tile Virginia Pd{yi*ch-|
tile institute, formed perhaps the moBt j
interesting discussion at tho annual!
meeting of the United Agricultural
Hoard, held ut the Capitol on Saturday.
The demand for a comprehensive two- i
year agricultural course, In order that
the young men of Virginia shall bo cdu- |
cuted toward rather than away from
the farm, was clcur.
T. O. Sandy, the agricultural demon?
strator, lired the poenillg gun. lie said
that there is too much academic work
and to little practical farming taught
at lllacksburg. In reply to >i queHtlon, I
President Unrrlnger, of the l'olytechnlo
Institute, said there would be at tho ut?
most ten graduates In agriculture at
bis school at the end of the present
scholastic year. The province of On- ]
tarlo, Canada, with about tlie samu
population aa Virginia, hus .i,0l"J agri?
cultural students in her college estab- '
llshed for that purpose.
Plenty of Ii.n litre.
With the professions overcrowded,
Mr. Sandy continued, thero are millions
of idle acres in Vl'rglnln waiting for
people to make fortunes from them,
and millions more which could l?u
changed from stcnic to fertile lnnds.
A graduate of the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute In engineering of last year
Is baiely keeping body and soul to?
gether clerking in a store in this Stoic,
while Mr. Sandy Is scouring the coun?
ties from the mountains to the sea in
the effort to lind tncu who know enough
about modern, profit-making agricul?
ture to teach the people.
Agricultural students at Blacksb?rg
during the tlrst two year.-: of their
four-year course learn little or nothing
about farming, and are being taught in
academic lines, their association;, being |
with those who. taking their cue from j
the old order of agricultural subordl- i
nation, look down upon farming as a|
profession. Beforo the student really I
begins to learn agriculture in the tlilro j
year of his agricultural course, Iiis in1 j
cllnallon Is often away from the farm.
?ctl Two-Year Course.
Suoh was Mr. Sandy's argument. Ho [
followed It up by saying that the Poly?
technic Institute owes it to Itself and
to the. State to establish a two-yoar
course lu agriculture, with some sort of
high school entrance rcjuircmentii
which will not be so difficult to meet.:
and then teach the boys farming.
Governor Mann liked this Hue of
talk, and ho did not hesitate to say
so. President Barrlnger, of the insti?
tute, talked for a time, without making
any promises, which would, of course,
be a matter for tho board. Ho agroed
with Mr. Sandy that tho military feat
urn of tho Institution might bo modi
fled to some extent and that the agil- I
cultural course might bo shortened. j
Hearty approval of the proposition
was given by Westmoreland Davis, ct
Leesburg. Ho spoke of tho demand
for peoplo who know how to farm, and
of the ruori6y the State Is "wasting" j
at institutions which train men for.
professions overcrowded, when the I
tlcld of tho farm, with unlimited poa- |
slbllltles for expansion and untold
wealth, lies white to the harvest. He
ridiculed tho name "Polytechnic" as
applied to tho Blackrburg school, and
thought It should be an agricultural)
college, where tho young men of tho
State might learn within a reasonable
tlmo some of the modern Ideas of the
profitable raising of crops.
P. F. St. Clair, of the Virginia Poly?
technic Institute board, felt Inclined
to ugreo with Mr. Sandy, and asked
for suggestions as to the course and
tho rearrangement. This tho demon?
strator declined to give, saying it was
t matter for tho board.
It 1b belloved to be not unlikely that
the Governor will bo heard from on'
this subject. i
PRESBYTERIAN INSTITUTE
Sunday-School Workers Begin Week J
of Prayer Tn-XIgcht. I
A Presbyterian Sunday-School Instl- |
lute and week of prayer service will
begin this afternoon at 5 o'clock in!
Site Grace Street Church and continue I
#ar.h night through Friday.
Teacher training will be dlscussoJ
io-nlght by W. U Ungle. T. C. Diggs 1
and A. M. Forrester will tako up the!
subject of grading while that of or?
ganization will be discussed by Kov. I
J. J. Fix and A. 13. Sage.
At 7:C0 a song service will begin.'
when "World-Wide Sunday-School
Work" will be the subject of on ad?
dress by Mr. Diggs.
Supper will be served at 6 o'clock.
Is Your Credit
With the Coal Man Good?
This Is not an idle question. Wc arc prompted by an inter?
est in your real comfort these days in asking It. Just as \je
hope that your water pipes didn't burst, or that you didn't
experience any of the thousand and one disagreeable things
that can happen when the thermometer takes a tumble. In
being prepared to meet these minor emergencies one estab?
lishes the habit of being prepared for the real emergencies of life.
If you really mean to pay your honest debts, und ypur credit
ISN'T good with the coal man, or the grocery man, or the ice
man (the word makes us shiver), then there is something radi?
cally wrong with the way you have been managing. The best
plan would be to deposit your income with the
American National Bank
of Richmond, Virginia,
and pay your bills by checking on us regularly, always setting,
aside something for the Inevitable "cold snap."
The merchnnts In Richmond will appreciate the fact that
you have a strong national bank for your business partner.
Get protection that protects every day |n the year, any time of
< the year.
COUNCIL HONORS
Many Candidates Expected to
Enter Race Long Before
Spring Primary.
TO RUN IN ONLY FOUR WARDS
Thirteen Aldermen Hold Over
for Another Two Years.
Whittct a Candidate,
As n result of the rodlstrtrtlng ordi?
nance recent ly adopted, dividing: the
city Into four wards, and BO reducing
tho membership of the City Council
oiic-hnlf, there is already evident a
vigorous campaign for membership In
the reduced body. The new ward Uncs
throw, some of the old members into
territory whore they are hut little
known, and since even If no new can?
didates come out, only half the pres?
ent number can be ro-electcd. tho tight
is apt to bo a warm one. Tho entlro
Common Council of twenty members,
and the Mayor, are to bo elected in
the spring election on the Second
Tuesday In June, and it Is anticipated
that the Democratic primary, which
practically settles the result, will be
held curly In April.
Aldermen Hold Over.
Thirteen members of the Board of
Aldermen hold over for another two
years, and these members will com?
pose the upper branch for tho coming
two years, w.lth tho addition of one
member from Clay Ward, tin rfc.cldent
of tho now ward lines giving that sec?
tion but two hold-over representatives,
while each ward Is entitled to three
Aldermen. Aldermen Robert Whlttet,
president of the upper branch, whose
term expires this year, will ho a can?
didate to succeed himself In Clay
Wan).
The thirteen hold-over member* of
the Board are:
.lofferson Ward?William 11. Adams,
John R. Grimes. II. W. Melton. A. C.
Meisen.
Madison Ward?p, H. Donahoe. J. R.
Perdue. Joseph K. Power?.
Lee Ward?John B. Bllley. W. J.
Oilman, Barton fl. Orundy, Marx
Gunst.
Clay Ward?John F. Don Leavy,
John J. Mitchell.
Aldermen whose terms oxplro on Au?
gust 31 next and who will have no
opportunity to offer for re-clcction
for the upper branch in tho coming
primary, but who may offer for tho
Common Council, arc: H. E. Atkinson,
A. W. Bennett. Krank L Butler, S. P.
Cowardln. Graham B. Hobton, Joseph
M. Kuln. James A. Moncure, John W.
Moore, B. u Patram. R. G. Rennolda.
Mur-I p of Cnunellmcn.
The new ward lines divide the mem?
bers ot" the Common Council as fol?
lows:
New Jefferson Ward?John Hersch?
berg. George H. Lumsden, John J.
Lynch. Morgan R. Mills, Jefferson C.
Powers, Charles E. Richards, Georgo
W. Rogers. John A. Hclph, William ii
Sullivan, C. H, Wiltshire.
New Madison Ward?W. If. Boacheti,
Barney Bowman. W. B. Bradley. L. R.
Brown, John J. Burke. George M.
Cease, B. R- Fuller. B. A. Gill, Julius
A. Hobeon, Carter C. ones. Gilbort K.
Pollock. Frank M. Hcnde, W. W. Work?
man.
New, Lee Ward?Claude L. Batklns,
W. D. Butler. E. H. Fergu?son, Cllftoi\
M. Miller, II. R. Pollard, Jr., Fred H.
Powell. Clyde II. Ratcllffe. James H.
Pinner, A. L. Vonderlchr.
New Clay Ward?George MrD. Blake,
T. Gray Haddon. Harry Huber, John
T. Powers. W. Fre<j Richardson. Clar
f nco A. Seaton, Jacob Umlauf, Robert
Lee Peters.
Five From Each Ward. |
In each of the four now wards five
members of the Common Council are. to
be selected. Tho shifting of the lines
gives, according to present addresses
of members, and until the present
Council expires on August 31, Jefferson
Ward ten members, Madison Ward thir?
teen n embors, Leo Ward nine mombers,
and Clay Ward eight members. It Is
obvious that even If no now candidates
for counctlmanic honors entor tho Held,
twenty members of tho present Council
must drop out or bo left In tho coming
primary, which has been termed by
several members an elimination test.
Mayor Richardson's term also expires
Augtiat 31, and ho Is a candidate fos
renomtnatlon In tho April primary,
with no announced opposition up to
this time. *
Tho first Administrative Board un?
der the new plan of government recent?
ly adopted Is to be elected In the gen?
eral cloctlon next November, with a
primary In the early fall. Those who
pay their poll taxes prior to May 1 will
bo qualified to vote In that election,
the list of voters for the spring elec?
tion having already closod.
Need Good Men.
It has been pointed out that by .rea?
son of the double, duties to bo Imposed
on the reduced Council during tho In?
terim between tho time It takes office
on Soptember 1 next and the time the
first Administrative Board takes office
on January 1 next, and because of
the many perplexing problems that will
arise In tho transfer of tho business
of tho various departmnts to tha new
board, that It Is of the greatest im?
portance, that tho voters select tho best
available men for tho next Council,
liven under tho now method tho Coun?
cil retains Its Finance Committee. Its
Ordinance Commlttoe and those func?
tions of the Streot Committee wh'ch
pertain to public service corporations.
It retains tho right to levy ta~\-os, to
appropriate money, to onaet ordinances
and to grant franchises. The executive
duties hitherto handled by fourteen
Council commlttoes concerning the
management of the Gas and Water
Works, streets, sewers, markets, alms
houscs. cemeteries, parks, public build?
ings, street lighting and similar under?
takings are transferred to tho new Ad?
ministrative Board as soon ao It shall
have been organized on the first of next
January.
JUDGE WITT ILL
Coullncd to Hla Home With Might At. I
tnck of Pnruiiionfa. * '
Judge Samuel B. Witt, of the Hust?
ings Court, is con ii tied to his home
80S Park Avenue, with a slight at?
tack of pneumonia. It was said lust
night that his condition, all things
considered, was rjultc satisfactory,
and that as he Is responding to trc-it
monl his speedy recovery Is expected.
Judge AVitt has not been able, to liolu
court for several days, nlthougji it
was not until yesterday that the doc?
tors were certain that ho had pneu?
monia.
Every Suit and Overcoat
In the house has been reduced in price. Hundreds
of them which sold up to $28.00,
On Sale To-Day at $16.00
Gans Rady Company
FIXING IT SO THE DOCTOR
WILL NOT FREEZE TO DEATH
Rather Chilly for North Pjle Lecture, but Audi?
torium Will Be Warmly Heated and
There'll Be No Fans.
Somebody sent word yesterday to the
men who uro putting It on that tho
City Auditorium must bo hecited to a'
temperature of 80 degrees to-morrow
night, so that Dr. Frederick A. Cook,
the North Pole explorer, will not freeze,
to death while he talks. The dootor I
Is tine In to-night. Homebody else I
suggested to William Polndextcr Qualo. '
of tho Jefferson, tho original Cook man
In Virginia, that tho explorer should
have a room near the furnace, for this
Is mighty cold wcathor, and Virginia
bus qulto a reputailon for extending
what Is known ua warm hospitality.
Director Evans, of tho Weather Bureau,
has been urged to keep the enow on tho
ground, and another somebody else
with u sleigh has offered to glvo the
doctor a ride, provided he puts on his
Arctic clothes and Isn't afraid of tho
cold. You know he hus been away from
the North Pole so long that tho chang?
ing climatic conditions arc apt to affect
him
Even at the risk of giving away
something for nothing?a felony undor
the now Constitution?It might be sot
down as a fact that the doctor will face
some uudlence when ho goes to tho bat.
They have advertised his lecture, und
while they are not charKtng $10 a
throw?tho price alleged to have been
demanded by the doctor when ho waa
flushed with fame?there will be"
enough money in tho ticket window to
keep tho wolf from the door. Then, it
that wolf getu fractions, ho will be
skinned, and his hide, skln or fur would
make a good garment to ward off the
cold. It Is expected that the doctor
will don the Identical garments in which
he made the final dash while the gum
drops are. freezing, and ns they are said
to be quite becoming, something nobby
In the North Polo fashion lino w'll be
offered for the cdlllcatlon of those who
Keep right up with tho styles.
it bus not been stated by whom the
doctor will bo Introduced, although
they took a straw ballot at Murphy'?*
last night and deoldcd that Councilman
George Mcuufllo Blake should have the
honor, for O. McL), B. waa really tfiti
person who persuaded the doctor to
come on down and tell us about tho
pole which Peary didn't reach.
Having displayed rare oratorical
nbtllty In the lower branch. Councilman
Blake Is prepared to do that very
thing, provided he Is called. But It
doesn't matter about the introduction.
All of those people who walked cau?
tiously in the tnow yesterday took no
chances with a full and the loas of tho
Coolc ticket. The North Polo Society
?laytd Indoors all day. hugging the tiro,
while members dlecursed the dash and
Iglu und that other Eskimo boy. Tho
Eskimo boys will not be hero, but their
momory will he honored, and In tho
lecture they will 8?t all that Is coming
to them.
Even money was wagered last night
that the doctor would wear a fur-llned
coat on his dash from the Jefferson to
the City Auditorium. Two to one waa
waget cd that lie would wear a muff,
while the pikers in the field gambled
that ho would walk there In low-quar?
ter shoes and spata. But at all events,
friends, it promises to be eoine night.
P. S.?It will be noticed that the re?
porter has avoided any reference to the
statement that the doctor brought this
coM weather. Cold weather came hero
long before ho planted the tvibn.
CITY GETS REAL WINTER
WITH HEAVY FALL OF SNOW
King Winter zlts as strongly en- .
throned as ever, the reports from
Washington Indicating that his lclcled |
nw,ay will continue for some time. A|
email rise In tcmperaturo Is promised
for to-day, offset by Increasing cloudl- j
Hess and moro snow before midnight.
ltlchmond woke yesterday morning '
to look out upon a world as white as I
the one which Inspirol Whlttler's snow
lyric. Snow began falling before mid?
night, nnd by tho time tho milkman
was making his Sunday morning round
lay a foot thick on sidewalk and road
MANY PIPES FREEZE
Unn nnd Water Service lied I y .V fleeted
by the Very Severe Co'd.
GaB and water consumers In Rich?
mond havo been seriously affected by
the cold weather. The City Gas Work?
all day yesterday and Saturday was
flooded with complaints of poor Il?
lumination and In many Instances there
were reports of no gas at all. Satur?
day afternoon a six-Inch water main
In Beverly Street, between Cedar and
the Boulevard, hurst, cutting off watet
from all consumers In I^co Ward.
The main had been exposed by ex?
cavation for newer, and Superintendent
Davis, of tho Water Department, at?
tributed the break to this fact. He I
at once put a force of men to work'
and the trouble was temporarily re-j
medled early Saturday night, sufficient-.
ly for all consumers to get water yes?
terday, with the exception of a fowl
residente In the Immediate vicinity ofi
the break.
Tho gas trouble was said to bo due'
to the extreme cold which weakened,
tho gas as It passed through pipes ex-l
posed about tho meters. An far auf
possible the trouble was remedied. I
LINE OPEN AGAIN
Seaboard Trains Coming Through After
Wreckage la Cleared.
Tho derailment of the fast mall train
of tho Seaboard Air Dine Railway near
McKcnncy Station, fifty miles south of
Richmond. Saturday night, was clear?
ed yesterday morning and tho company
wao able to resume traffic over Its own
lines after having been forced to use
tho Atlantic Const Uno Itnilroad tracks.
At noon yesterday usual schedules
were being maintained, and the trains
were entering and leaving tho Main
Street Depot instead of the ltyrd
Street Station.
The condition of the three men, En?
gineer W. R. Bishop. Fireman Oliver
Stalllngs, colored, and George W. Noe.
of Ocean Grove, N. J.. a passenger,
who were Injured in the wreck and
who were taken to a hospital 1n
Petersburg, was last night said to be
Improved.
Council Meets To-.Mght.
The Common Council will meet to?
night at 8 o'clock. Several committees
have been culled to meet for the pur?
pose of passing on papers before tile
lower branch begins its work.
way. It was the first real rnowfalj of
the your, and brought the. flrnt e*n
ulne winter landscape
While the white carpet that greeted
Sunday morning church-goers wua a
good deal In the nature of a surprise.
It did not come wholly unheralded.
With the Indicator In tho kiosk In
Capitol square po'ntlng to 36 as early
as Thursday, it became apparent that
King Winter 1012 was headed this way.
On Friday tho bottom dropped out and
the mercury nr.uk to 10 degrees above
uro. The oldest citizen rose In might
and declared that It w-as the coldest
day ho ever saw In his life, only to be
rdbuked by tho local weather rnan,
who produced records to show that It
wag merely tho coldest since 1904. Sat?
urday saw the quicksilver climb stead?
ily to 13 degrees below tho freezing
point, and the man with his pulse on
the weather prophented snow.
With drifts piled high on roof and
udewalk. the sun roso bright from a
cloudless aky and stayed long enough
to boost the Indicator two degrees
algher than It was Saturday, the offi?
cial reading at & o'clock last night
i?lng 10.5 degrees above, zero. Unices
*Jl guesBcs k? wrong the weathc-r lo
lay will not vary more than o degroes
from these flrurei, and with the com?
ing of snow later In tho afternoon or
night, will probably grow noticeably
colder.
The small boy was early upon tho
?echo yesterday. Neither the laws of
the holy Sabbath nor the city trafllc
regulations prevented him from fash?
ioning gigantic snow men, and skid?
ding dizzily aroun_ dangerous corner
with his bob elod. The snowball bri?
gade came later, when the sun had
tendered the snow more st<cky. A few
daring citizens brought out of cold
storage natty cuttors with jingling:
belU and colebratcd white Sunday
with sleigh rides.
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