The times dispatch. [volume], January 09, 1912, Image 12

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

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A Timely Sale of
Blankets & Comforts
Just when "the weather" is calling for additional
bed covering, conic these very EXCEPTIONAL
VALUES in popular kinds?a mammoth special sale
in which only worthiest qualities are involved. Hie
savings are most pronounced, especially when one
considers the high class and the substantial character
of goods sold by this house. THIRD FLOOR.
III.WKF.TS nt $1.50 n l'nlr.
Cotton Blankets, hut In a
hew wool finish; size S0xT6
Inches: white trey or tan
pink or blue borders: silk
binding.
BLANKETS nt ?1.70 n l'nlr.
I'.xtrn Heavy Fleeced
Rlankcts. size CGxSO Inches,
in white, grey, tun, bound
with silk?pink or blue bor
1-rs.
BLANKETS nt ?3.no n l'nlr.
Cotton warp, with lone
staple wool und cotton tilling,
size BSxSO Inches, with silk
bindings.
rijAH) lll.ANKKTS
\iti; roi'tLAit
for many uses, and the pret?
ties I i>t' those are shown here
in blues, browns, pinks, tuns,
greys and blacks. One num?
ber a most attractive value in
the nil-wool size, OnxS(i Inches
? is especially priced at *5.'in.
nr.n comfohts m s>a.on.
.Size 72x80 inches, fine nhite
(olton filling. Thesn In beau?
tiful floral and Oriental do
sighs, bordered edges: an < x
ccllcht value. Others at (12.(10,
?,??.00 and tM.OO enrii
Special?WOOL Ill, A Nlv H TN
SSJ-.O n l'nlr,
Think of tvhnt a s\vi.\?;
it is to buy full sl>:e doubhi
bed White Hlmikcf?, weight 5
pounds, that are SO per cent.
FUIIIS WOOl,, at this excep?
tionally low price. These are
blankets which we can nnd
do conscientiously guarantee
for satisfactory wear, for
warmth as well as Rood wear.
special, f3.oo Tiiia fair.
Third Floor.
BLANKETS nt tt4.ru> n l'nlr. "
AVhlte Wont II 1 it u k e I n,
strictly all-wool filling, size
72x82 Inches, silk bound, pink
or blue borders?a weight
that cannot be duplicated for
thin price.
Other Blankets In this
at gil.OO. *7.60, S0.O0. ?10.00
and ? I--"o a pair.
bed COMFORT* n? ?1.00.
?Slzo 72x72 Inches?the best
money can buy. These are
figured, silkollne covered, in
light, medium and dark flora]
patterns; cotton filled.
BEI) COMFOItTS nt ?I.B0.
I'uro white cotton filled,
covered with a superior
quality of silkollne: full
double bed size. 72xS0 Indies.
NOTE: Owing to the exceptionally high character
and low price of the above bedding you may safely
"USE THE PHONE" in ordering what you want.
This method will be found most convenient should
the weather interfere with your coming to the store
in person. MILLER. & RHOADS.
EIZE DISTILLERY
Alleged That Broad Rock Plant
Gave Government Praudu- j
lent Security.
The plant of the Broad Rock Pis- I
tlllcry. Chesterfield count}-, about two
rallee routh of South Richmond, was
seized yesterday afternoon by the
United States internal Revenue De?
portment on a charge, or having given
the government n fraudulent bund last
.May to carry on Its operations, l-'or si?
lt gcd violations Of thi! liquor Inus
ihi? distillery w .it seized about a year
ago. and was working under a special
bond from the United .Stales District
Court, pending a trial.
Tin- seizure yesterday way tnnde by
Revenue Agent W. II. Chapman, Ool
lector M. K. I.owry. Agent \\\ \V.
Anderson, Agent I- O. Nutt, of I'itls
burgh, Pa., who is here on special
business; und deputies Dolan, Carter
and McBromni.,
a 'ir?t 'tViid .v.-cond mortgage,
amounting*''' la* "about $6,000, were
held on the pi-ant of the Broad
Kock by the Manchester National
Rank, und these were foreclosed
last Saturday. In giving a bond
10 carry on the manufacture of liquor
the F?deral statutes require that the
property shall be tree of any encum?
brances. It was not until It was
learned that mortgage* against the
property were h'ld that It teas decided
by .he :ocrO Internal revenue authori?
ties i? make the seizure.
Following the seizure nn lnvestlGU
tlon of conditions about the plant,
which lasted until nit, .- dark, was
begun, and revested two underground
tanks, which It was said, were tn
violation of in?, law. In each of these
a Fman quantity ?f low proof corn
whiskey whs found. It was Intimated
thHt a further search for similar tunks
will be made to-day.
PRESENT PORTRAIT
Vakrd In MnWe
iif (leenslvn,
Burlcsoh, member ;?f
he Austin, Tex., ills
efiucstcd by iiov'ei nor
Trj?? < oiicn-ssiiiH
Speech of
Alb-rt Sldn
Congress ftot
trict, has bet
??. B. Colqultt to present to tho Gen?
eral Assembly of Vliginla the portrait
of General Sam Houston, which was
\otcd to this State by the Senate of
Texas A date will be arranged for ,\
lolr.t session to receive tlilt. portrait.
The speech of acceptance will ht- made
by former Attornes'-Gencral William v
Anderson, of Kockbrldge, the county
of General Houston's birth.
Mr. BUrlcson is a descendant of 01 s
of ti-.t Burlcsona who (ought with i!cti
eral iloutton to establish Tfmu> Inde?
pendence.
"idrtrruN IliillniHil Muh.
"The Relatloi
lege to Rallroa
of ?n address
night before t
Club by Frof.
meeting v. ill b
ctlnnliiB ut 8:30
Technical C.ol
be the subject
lellvcrcd Friday
Tinond Railroad
Randolph. The
*t Murphy's, be
SAVINGS-BANK
RICHMOND
111/ mt.***** 6T* V
Thrift und hflppl
mid. The ^ni biK
Ifiiurt an account wit
get there.
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY
l^tBamt^wmmmammmamwamumamttmt ??mini.ml
JURY CONVICTS
COUNTY OFFICER
Pohlman Given One Day in Jail,
and $50 Fine for Shooting
Negro.
A verdict of guilty, carrying wttli it
a penalty of one day's Imprisonment
?nd t.">0 flue, eran rMui nej westcrday
liy the Jury of the Henrlco county Cir?
cuit Court against County Officer J. V
Pohlman. charged ".-Ith unlawfully
.?hootinp Percy Johnson, colored, on ;
August 21) 1311. Johnson was shot In 1
the hack while fleeing from the officer, .
who ha.| attempted to arrrn htm with- j
1.tit a warrant. The 'all sentence) was I
merely n technicality, as PohWnai, was
reien?ed immediately tftcr midnight,!
having In-ni allowed to .spend his shun ,
prison term In the company of his wife
and friends.
According to Johnson, he was walk
inn down flrook Turnpike early on the
morning of August 21 when a man
came running up hchld him, shouting
for him to halt. In.'toad of stopping,
the negro said he began to run, where?
upon the pursuer drew a pun and be?
gan to fire. Johnson wa? struck In
tho back ar.d painfully wounded, but
manned to reach home without being
overtaken Ho claimed totnl innocence
of any -eronedoing. and inMfted he
did not know the pursuer teas a police?
man.
Officer Pohl man's account "was dif?
ferent, lie ?t.iird that brt had started
hul to .irrest Johnson for Insulting 1
white woman of Harton Itelghts. nnd
while he had no warrant for Johnson's
arrest, he believed he was acting In thi* ,
line <>f duty in firing to prevent the I
escape of the negro.
The shooting of Johnson brought to I
mind other examples of free gun play I
In Itehrlco, .'is when Ofllcer Puryear
shot nnd killed ft white man during the
State Fnlr of 1 p 10 In what was held by
li Jury In lie an unlawful nnd unpro?
voked manner. Puryear was adjudged
guilty, brine lined ?100 and deprived
of hi. official employment.
TESTING COWS
VssoelutJnnt, f..r 1 hi- Purpose 10 He Cnnsid
rreil In Dairymen.
! Value nf co-operative .itscictatloni for cowl
heating sfill er cnr.tld'red at tbe anneal j
Ineettng ol the Virginia Stair Dairymen's
Atanela-tloll, to be Vicld In the JrfTerson Au- I
ottorluni or. January l< and 17 This subject
will tie discussed by llehner Plbsld, who Is
. large of the dairy farming Investigation!
mr the L'nlted states Bureau of Animal tn
i \?.<ii from the add r. .., : to be made by
1 v. r Itvill, of iv.rnondalfi. Mich., pr. %lr1r-nt
Of the American Dairy l">irinou' A?sr-clailou
? !'ii mkstei of tho Michigan State. Omni'-,
there will bi speeches b; President Jam..*
Bcllwoor, r,f tho state association: Qeorge
\v. Kolner, Commissioner -if Agriculture;
. IV. t>. Kaunder? and n. '.. Purrali, rommla
iioher and deputy <.i^inm!>ieter of the Btato
Dairy and Pood \<< paritnent; Dr. J. O. per
nawlieugh, Stab Veterinarian; Joseph A.
Turner, formet president of ttie siuie aa
! roelatlonl P. 0 Handy, State director of
[garni d"-'non?'.:.inon work, and Dr. N. a.
iMa;-e, profeMoi ol vrt.r'.naiy ?elanca and
animal Industry et the Vlrrln'.a T'olytcchn!-:
j lr. = tltute.
t\ III Surrender TurV.
Aram Mourn ri Phah-Mlr BiTandl,
Turkish consul 'r. New York, called
again or. Governor Mann yesterday In
ti ference to the ease ?,f Thomas Joseph
j Khourl, wanted In Turkey on a ohnrge
I Of child murrtei. The Governor gavo
1 him a letter to Judirn Kdmund \v*.id
dlll, Jr.. of the l'nlted states District
Court, stating that Khourl I? holng held
it, the lltcninond Tall, end will bis turn
< i ovrt vrlthoul delay t? any official
he ?V-.iic a warrant Issued by the lcd
eiul JJdte. ^_
TYPHOID SCARES
HURT OYSIEU
Annual Report of Fish Commis?
sion Discusses Condition of
Industry.
HARD TO POLICE JAMES RIVER
Pure Food FacTs Cause Decline
of Onc-IIalf in Price of
Product.
Pure food fads and "polluted oyster"
scares have done Incalculable damage
to the oyster Industry of Virginia, and
have cost the workers of Virginia not
less than a million dollars a year for
the past four yoars. Such is the as?
sertion made In the annual report of
W. McDonald I.eo und the Commission
Of Fisheries, made public yesterday.
As a result, the demand for oysters
has decreased, and only their great In?
crease In the public grounds hus kopt
ths tonger's head above water. As It
Is, four years . of bad mnrkots have
driven many oyster workmen Into
other vocations. The natural product
Is so low In price that It now sells for
less than one-half the figure of throe
years ago.
The slump of three years ago caused
fiO per cent, of the plnnt stock lo be
cnrrlnd over, and some of this has not
to this day found markrt. while a large
part of I ho stork that cost from r.O to
00 cents a bushel hns been turned to
"mud boxes."
Hen re Hurt Business.
It la believed that hair a generation
may have to pass before the inland
people fully recover from the "pollu?
tion" scare. Western trades were se?
riously crippled, although.Virginia. It
I.- pointed out, should never have come
under the ban. Statistics show that
"our Tidewater counties are less af?
fect -.1 with typhoid than any other
section, yet the large majority of our
people eat raw oysters the year round
?summer OS well ii; winter." And It
has been demonstrated by the State
[Tsalih Pepartmrnt that Virginia
oysters '<re free from pollution.
The oystcr-eatlrtg public took frlsbt
nt the statement that oysters cropped
around populous centres in the Xorth
were Infected with typhoid germs, for?
getting thai the grounds in Virginia
arc far remove,] from contamination
fron? sewerage. Tho demand for legis?
lation governing shipment, said to em?
anate from patent package manufac?
turers, and the heavy increase in ex?
press rates, have Increased the co?l of
operation to shippers, further burden?
ing I horn. "The consumer," it Is said,
"pays no less, the shucker gets less
profit, and the grower and longer lim-i
to be Satisfied with half price;; for the
crude profit. Tho express carriers and
thfi patent barrel, tub and bucket
makers nie reaping harvests at the
expense of consumer. shncker nnd
grower. When sane reaction will set
In and lift this branch of the business
out of the slump, it is hard to fore?
tell."
Another result of low prices hns
hem a reduced demand f<-.r planting
grounds. During four years, the leas?
ed area has fallen from 7".000 acres to
a little more than in.000.
Revenue From Grounds.
Virginia. Is said to derive more money
in direct revenues from her oyster m
dustry than do all the other States of
the Atlantic seaboard combined, with
the exception of Rhode Island, where
$f, to Jin an acre- Is charged for oyster
grounds, against Jl In Virginia. Th*
bottoms of Rhode Island are ovstrr
gardens, highly valued because of
proximity to populous centres.
The commission feels that It has
largely restored productiveness to the
seed beds and to other oyster territory
verging on bnrrenness. However. It
excepts the Vork River and the Slob
jack Bay, where the oyster Is nearly
extinct. "Unwilling to surrender s
profitless right given them under the
laws, the people of these two sections
now, for the most part, have to go
away from home in the season of nys
terlng III order to make a living. One
regret?and. we trust, the only one ?
thnt your eomnisslon will take out of
ofhee with it is th>il the pooplo of York
River and Mohjack Bay denied the of?
ficials the privilege of restoring their
natural resources, a?, has been done In
the Poromoko Sound, the James Rivet
and other parts."
An to the James, there in repetition
of the complaint thnt zigzag lines pre
ent policing. "Throng-" failure of tlit
last Legislature to legalize the straight?
ening of these lines, in order to per?
mit easy guarding by means of watch
houses or watch bouts, the State hnsi
bad to Incur great and ever-Increasing
expense In patrolling this river. So-|
called permanent buoys have hceni
been placed at forty Imnglnary corners.]
How long they can be maintained there!
Is n? yet a mootrd question."
I'tliirntlon llonrd Meeting.
The State Board of Education has |
been called to meet nt the Capitol on i
January 10. The election of division''
? lool BUperlntundent for Chesterfield I
county will corne beforo this meeting.
\pproven Richmond Finns.
The Department of Public instruct.on
yesterday approved the plans for the'
Madison and Valley Schools, soon to be
erected In Richmond.
Chamber to Discuss Transfer
Plan and Elect Officers on
Thursday Night.
MAY ELEVATE CARRINGTON
Expected That Vice-President
Will Be Elected to Succeed
Henry W. Wood.
ISlectlon of officers and a careful
examination of the proposed sale of the
Seven Pines lino will bo among
the matters of Importance to come up
before the annual meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce at the Jefferson
Hotel on Thursday night. The busi
ness session will open In the audito?
rium of the hotel at 5 o'clock, and will
be followed by u combination smoker
und buffet luncheon. It will bo tho
most Important ohambar meeting of
the year, and a lnrgc attendance of the
membership Is expected.
In addition to the mntters men?
tioned, reports will be heard from the
executive officers, covering the activi?
ties of the chamber during the past
year. These are bclriK prepared now,
and. In the cusn of the president, sec?
retary and business manager, will give
valuable statistical Information In re?
gard to the progress of the city In
many lines of Industry. President
Wood, it In understood, will have a
number of important recommendations
to submit touching the policy und ad?
ministration of the chamber in the
coming year.
T? Elect .New Preside"!.
Interest In the new officers to ho
chosen centres ohlofly in the selection
of tho president. Plenty of good ma?
terial Is available, hut it doe* not seem
likely that the chamber will depart
from Its tltno-ihonorcd practice of ele?
vating to tho presidency the ?nah who
stauil? nearest in the line of promotion.
In that event It Is a conservative guess
that T. m. Carrlngton, who has served
efficiently as vice-president the past
year, will be selected to head the or?
ganization.
The Urbannn tangle has been the
subject of so much partisan discussion
during the past few weeks that the
chamber has com,- to regard it n? one
of ths most Important questions before
the city. At a meeting o.' the board
Of directors, held four weeks ago, the
proposed sale of the suburban railway
received Its Indorsement. The question
win be submitted to the whole mem?
bership at the meetin? Thursday even?
ing. -m.1 in all probability a vote on It
will be callod.
REPORT ON JAIL
Commissioners Find ITly Hostelry |n
Tiiiod Condition a ud Well Kepi.
Jail Commissioners Dr. .1. p. Roy, w.
dunn and t. D. Nowoll yesterday
handed In their report to tho Hustings
Court, the report showing, in effect,
that the city prison was being main?
tained in a commendatory condition.
According to the statistics submit?
ted by the commissioners there were
confined in the City Jail scemy-ilve
white males, two white females, US
colored males und eighteen colored fe?
males, making a total of 233 prisoners.
The report stated that the food was
Plentiful and good In quality, and that
the jail was clean and well kept. Tlif-I
sanitary conditions were stated to be |
as good as could be expected. The re?
port was signed by the commissioners
Milt Instituted.
Knit was Instituted yesterday In the
City Circuit Court by William F. O'Con
ner, against the American Locomotive
Company and the Richmond l.oc"m i
tlve Works for damages In the suml
of $5.000. jrroving out of person.i: !t'-'
juries sustained while at work at the
company's plant In Richmond. No dec.
laratlon has a? yet been fllod. Mr.
O'Connt r Is represented by I* O. Wen
el en burg.
(lunlltlrs as Assessor.
Jnnics H. Cronshaw qualified yester-j
day before City Clerk Hen T. August
as Assessor ''f Damages, succeeding
Arthur C. Ffarman, resigned. He *jave
bond In the sum of $1,000 with the
Fidelity and Trust Company.
Clay Drewry. Jr., quollfled as assist?
ant Inspector of sewers and street pav.
Ing.
Uiiollllrnltoni. In Cbnnrerr.
George W. Fordhom qualllled yen*
terday in the Chancery Court as ad?
ministrator of Tames N. Fordham The
estate is rained at $2.100.
Oeorge W. Fordham also qualified as
administrator of the estate of Florence
fi. Fordham. The- estate is valued at
$1.600.
True mil Agn|n*t Wynne.
A true bill was returned yesterday
by the grand jury of tho Hcnrlco coun?
ty Circuit Court against W. O. Wynne,
a white resident <if tho county, on the
charge of attempting criminal mls
treatrnsnt of a iifte?n-year-old white
Kill. His trial was sot .for January 12.
Judgment F,ntercd.
Judgment tras entered yesterdav in
thft IjOw and Equity Court by F. m.
Collier against F. C. Schofiftld and W.
P. Mayo, for $75.
Weather Like This
Makes us invariably think of people lcs<: fortunate than we
arc in an effort to alleviate the suffering which comes of
necessity at such time?.
We hope that the^generous people of Richmond, who are
never (leaf to the appeal of the worthy, will heartily respond
to the rail from the charities of the city. Aside from the per?
sonal convenience of having a snug bank account, one of the
greatest incentives to any man to save money should be the
pleasure which is his in being able to be generous to those in
nerd and helpful to worthy objects!
of Richmond, Virginia,
will hf-lp increase any savings account at the rate of 3 Per
Cent. Compound Interest and gives
SECURITY AND SERVICE.
OUR ENTIRE STOCK
Of high-class Suits and Overcoats for men and boys has been
reduced in price.
Hundreds of Men's Suits and Overcoats worth up to $28 at
$16.00
Hundreds of Boys' Suits and Overcoats worth up to $8.50 at
$4.95
GANS-RADY COMPANY
SIDEWALK SNOW
CAN MOVE ITSELF
That's the View of People Who
Pay No Attention to City
Ordinance.
Nu; i.niy Is ll the duty of house*
holdere to remove snow from In front
of their .promises, but tho City Code of
1010 makes it also the duty of the
owner or agent of vacant properly to
make .similar arrangements for iho
convenience of the public, melting snow
on the thoroughfare being held to bn
;i common nuisance. Section is of
chapter 27, Richmond City Code of
1010, concerning various nulsnnces,
redds:
"The tenant, occupant, and, in cose
there, shall bo no tenant, the owner or
any person hnvlng the charge of any
building or lot of land bordering on any
?street, lane, court, square or public
Place within tho city, whore there la
Uliy paved footway or sidewalk, Shall,
after th-^ ceasing to Tall of any snow,
ir In the daytime, within elv hours, and
If In the nighttime before noon of Iho
following day, cause Iho same to be rf
moved therefrom; and In default there?
of, shall rorfelt and pay a atim not
less than two dollars nor mo;-, than ten
dollars; nnd f"r each and every hour
thereafter that the .-now shall remain
on such footway >>r sidewalk, such
party so In default shall forfeit and
pay not less than one n"r more than
ten dollars."
There Is no record of any one having
i-e--n fined under this ordinance In
years. Such rases n* have been re?
ported to the Police Court have beon
dismissed by Police Justice Crutch
field, or tho nne.s remitted, and In the
past two or three winters the Police
Dopnrtmcnt hns contented itself by
pending out ofllcers on the second day
after any snowfall to notify owners
or tenants that it was their duty to
have snow rem^v^d.
The ordinance, however, does not re?
quire thlj house-to-house notice that
tins been the custom followed by tho
police. ?
Some years ago question w.tn rul?ed
a:' to the constitutionality of the ordi?
nance, hut no form-,1 test on.-*o was
made cut. It was contended, however,
that since the sidewalk I? public prop?
erty and not owned or controlled by
the abutting owner or tenant, he could
not bo compelled to keep It In order.
Since Sunday probably would not
fount In tho enforcement of such an
ordinance, and r.lnre practically all of
yesterday there wati a tin: spit of sr.o'.v
falllng, it might be contended that no
one lb' In violation of the city ordi?
nance until noon to-day. and only then j
if there is no 'further snowfall thlE
morning.
Already, however, there have been
many Inquiries to find why the. Police
Department has made no effort In re?
cent years to enforce the city ordi?
nance on thi subject of "now removal.
TAKING UP VACANT LAND
tyranti Covering i'j.ciiici Acres Issued
Durlnss Pnat Venr.
More land grants weie tnken up from the
Stats during 19U than in any year In recent
hittory. according to the annual report of
Register of (he Land Office John W. nich
ordson, made public yesterday. Tho list of
abstracts hnb been signed by tho Governor
anh forwarded to t,hc Auditor of unite
Accounts. It shows that the grunts for the
year approximated 12.000 acres, whereas In
former years they have been aa llttlo as
4.000. Copies have been put or. record to the
Land Office, and the originals mailed to the
grantees.
Abstracts have also been sent to trie clerks I
of tho courts In the counties where the
land Is located, and will be by them dolir-i
ered t? tho commissioner- of tho revenue. |
for entry upon their books for taxation.
Of these grants. 1,500 acres were Issued
on inclusive surveys, and 10.600 acres on
original surveys covering vacant and unBp.
proprlatod lands, situated In the following
count lea: Hath. Uuchanon, Campbell, ?Jrnlg,
Fairfax, Grayson, Henrlco, Highland. Lee.
Montgomery, Northumberland. N'orfolk. pa
trlcK, princess Anne, Smyth, Scott and Khcn
andouh.
Fifty-six surveys nro now on Die in the
Laud Office, covering 3,713 acres, nnd on
which grnnts will be due to lisue on Jan?
uary 10, and there are other dates for such
issuance In each succeeding month up to
Juno 8, provided no caveat :s3ucs against
the making of such grants within a period
of six months after the filing oj tlio survey.
W. P. BURRELL BAILED
Three Other Ofllcers of True ncformcrs
Must Appear nt This Term,
W: P. Burrell, on? of the Indicted of.
neers of the old Grand Fountain of
the Order of True Reformers, appeared
yesterday In the Hustings Court, and
renewed his bond fur his appearance
for trial on February 7. He was ball?
ed in the sum of J3.U0O, Mrs. M B.
Jonos and A. A- Tcnnant colored, uot
Ins us his surety.
Tho three othors Indicted and who
were previously balled aro J. C. Rob?
ertson, Edward Ellis, Jr., und W.U. Tay?
lor. They maw renew their bond be?
tween now and the end of the pro.icnt
term of court. Officials son, however,
no reason why they should postpone
ronewal of bond until the lust day.
.Incicnon Monument Asaoclntlnn.
A meeting Of the executive commit?
tee of the 8tbnowa.ll Jackson Monument
Association was held yesterday after?
noon at fi o'clock in tho office of Mayor
Richardson. Tnntativc plans for a gen
eral campaign to raise funds for the
proposed memorial were discussed.
Mr. Dunahoe Improving.
Rohort J. Cur.ahoe, of Wlnaton-Sa
lem. N. C? a well known traveling man.
who has been 111 nt the Memorial Hos?
pital, 1b now eonvaleaeing after n seri?
ous operablen. He will return homo in
two weeks..
SEAL STATEMENT
BRINGS ON TALK
Publicity Agent Gets Front Pago
Story About Row in Gould
Family.
Based on n Statement Issued tn Now
York by W. Elmoro Heal, a publicity
agent, who Is said to bo now In tho
employ of Frank J. Gould, tho New
York Herald printed a story on Its Unit
page yesterday to the effect that
Frank Gould bus declared war on oth?
er members of his family, ami that thl*
war will be fought out In Wall Stroot.
It la mado to appear that Mr. Gould
has turned agnlnul members of his
family on account of their refusal to
pay proper attention socially to his
wife.
Having transferred some of Ids pub?
licity uctlvlttes to New York, Mr. .-leal
lit said to have Issued in that city u
statement of earnings of the Inter?
national and Great Northern Railroad
with tho added announcement:
"The International and Great North?
ern is not a Gould property. It is own?
ed ;uid controlled by Frank 3. Gould.'
George J. Gould was formerly presi?
dent of tills road, but in the recent re?
organization hin brother ousted him
and now presides over tho mootlngs
of the bourd.
"Frank J, Gould's latest move." sabl
tho Herald, "hao been to open a pub?
licity campaign in I ho Wall Street dis?
trict, having engaged the services of
W. f.. Seal, of litchtnund, a publicity
agent at 111 Rropdwuy, In tho fur?
therance of Iris plans, and is now op?
posing his brother, George, In the Wu
bash Railroad and other corporations."
The Seal statement that the Inter?
national and Great Northern Is not to
bo classed as a Gould property was
seized upon as dlrert evidence of the
family break. Reference was ulno made
to ih? effort to elect ft. Lancaster Will.
Ilanis to the presidency <>f onu of the
Gould properties a year ago, and other
line financial morsels are served, with
more than pas?ins reference to the di?
vorce.
Mr. Seal telegraphed Tho Tltnea-Dts.
patch lost night from New York that
the I Iura Id's story was utterly with?
out foundation.
POND NOT DRAINED
Fontaine Jones Fs. plains Action of llryai
T'nrU Kerper.
Arilstant t ;ty Ekiylneer Fontaine Jones
?Md yektarday that while he had instructed
Keeper Laue at Iliyan l'ark t,> warn peopln
Rtfalnst ekatinc there on s'atur.liiy afternoon,
tee fact that they wcrr ordered away m
Jjo to a misunderstanding. Mr. Jone.? ex?
plained thst as the keeper regarded condi?
tions as dangerous ?e ?>? ln?tru.:t?d te use
hit own Judgment, though, he added, that
the lake wa? never empiled. Thu water la
certain ptarm is fifteen feet deep, nnd Mr.
!.:*?.> did net w am to rske chance* with
drownlnar. Somebody telephoned the k' ?p< r
. Sunday and ordered him to sweep the
from the tee for a skiitlns party, which
would be there In the afternoon. Mr. Lane
hut n lance oil painting of one men swreii
Ins fifteen acres.
Mrs. Booth Here on Sunday.
Maud Balllngton Booth, hoad of the
Volunteer Prison Leaguo Movement,
will delivered two addresses In Rich?
mond on Sunday, January 14. She
will ?peak to 'the convicts at 10:30 A.
M., and at 3:30 o'clock In the afternoon
she will spoak In the City Auditorium.
Governor Mann will preside and intro?
duce Mrs. Booth.
Medical Meeting To-Xlght.
At tho meet'ng of the Richmond
Acadctny of Medicine anel Surgery, to
be held ut tho Westmoreland Club to?
night, papers will be read by Dr. G.
Timberlako, of Baltimore, nnd Dr". W.
T. Oppenhimer. Officers for tho year
[will bo Installed.
SLEET COMES ON
TOP OE BIG SNOW
But Clearing and Wannerl
Weather Is Promised for
Richmond To-Day.
Warmer weather and clearing iq
promised for Richmond and vicinity
lo-dliy by the Weather Bureau. Though
snow, rain and Hlect fell most of yes?
terday and the early part of tho night,
tho temperature was noticeably higher.
At 3 o'clock yestorduy afternoon Is
was 22, or ten degrees below the freest
Ing point, and at S P. M., It had not}
fallen below that point.
But despite the milder weather in?
tonno suffering continues among the.
poor of the oily, and the Associated
Charities, tho Salvation Army and oth?
er local charitable organizations nnvo.
constant demands made upon them for
lood. clothing fuel and shelter.
Tho Assonlnttd Charities yesterday
enlisted tho services of an automobile
for the purpose of delivering clothlm;
nnd blnnkets. Itev. James Buchanan,
the superintendent, said Ihm night that
he hml du hand more than fifty bundle'
of clothing nnd forty londa of fuel
which he will havo delivered to-day 1C
hf can socuro automobiles: and wagons
for the purpose of carrying It to tin
poor fumlllcs.
City Tug rtresks Irr.
The freezing weather has, caused IcsJ
to form in the James River which has
mnde it almost Impassable to nav|ga.
tion. but tho city tu;; Thomas Cun?
ningham, Sr.. hoa been kept busy
breaking up the flors, whllo 01116?
boats have been assisting in the work.
Boatmen mainly fear tho thawing of
the heavy snows which have, fallen In
the upper watersheds, when It Is ex?
pected that tho James win go on a
rampage nnd get over Ita banks.
Tenipt-rntures are still below ih->
seasonable average Iii the Central and
Southeastern Stetes, hut the weather
was m'ich milder yesterday. Know wart
general throughout Southern Virginia,
while cold rains were reported In tbu
South Atlantic and <Julf regions.
At daybreak yesterday morning Ills
mercury registered [> degrees ubovo
zei'>. At noon It hud gone to 17, whllu
at I o'clock It had reached 2.4, drop?
ping to 22 at S o'clock. As the night
progressed It fell, but by no means as
rapidly as It has done during the past
few days.
j However, a northwest wind uddnl
to the discomfort of those who wero
abroad, but It was nevertheless per?
ceptibly warmer, indicating that short?
ly after sunrise to-day all of Richmond
will have to wade through a mass ot
slush caused by the two-day snow.
Alfredo Goes to Jail.
'/.. Alfredo, who pleaded guilty In.
his trial early In b'Cfmbe? to receiv?
ing cigarettes stolen from two rail?
way companies, and whose case was
taken under advisement In the Hub*-'
IntrB Court, was yesterday sentenced trj
four months In Jail.
The cigarettes were alleged to h?v?i
been stolen from tho Southern Rail*
way and the Seaboard Air Eine Rails
way Companies.
Mnrrlnge License.
A marriage license, yas Issued yeg?
terday in tho Hustings Court to Alc<
\V. Turner and Mary Toung.
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809 East Main Street,
Richmond, Va.
Richmond, Virginia
Salaries and wages paid by
Richmond Manufacturers in 1909
were 57% greater than in 1904B
Richmond Advertisers' Club