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

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Stamped for Hand Embroidery
Shown To-Day
for the First
Time in Richmond
A new Idea?and like
many, many others it has
Its origin and development
at tho Millar Sz Rhoads
store.
One of Several Dnlnty NeTr Destsma.
These Gowns, a Fkctoh of one of -which we phow here?
with, arc stamped en the same Una quality of nainsook used
In all our stamped underwear. The rlcMenn ore NEW?we
made 'em and we Itnow?ami Instead' of being "factory made.-'
the Gowns aro neatly and carefully cut out and sewed in mir
own ivork roomn, and, when embroider cd, are ready fur use.
Young women, especially those who .io not understand the
making of under-garment:!, mhy now have a good -supply of
the hand-embroldorod. Tho -price of the Gowns, C1 flf|
ready made and stamped for working, If only. ?pi.uu
PllloTTR?Embroidered in the
simple daisy design, <jj | SJQ
bAUKDRY nAGS?Brand
new, the best we have ever
shown for the money; you
cAuiiot Jjuy them elsewhere
for less than P-Sc to $1.25
oach; on sale to-day JJJJj
BEAUTIFUL BOUDOIR.
PILLOWS?Neatly made of
fine quality of checked muslin,
with nilfie edged In dainty
lace, r,cady to slip on the
pillow. MaJo in our own
work rooms, stamped * ?
or plain, at . V * ?UU
Free Lessons In Embroidery
BEGIN TO-DAY (Wednesday), and will be hold In the Art
No?dlcwork Department from 3 to 6 P. M. Those desiring
to Join these classes will please do so promptly, as It will en?
able them to begin at tho beginning; also to personally se?
lect the kind aaj style of embroidery they wish to learn.
Second Floor.
READYTOPROTECT
CITY'S INTERESTS
Council Committee Meets This
Afternoon to Organize
for Work.
The special committee appointed by
too City Council to represent this city |
before Hie General Assembly lias been
called to organize thia atternoon at 5
o'clock. Morgan R. Mills, uutbor of
the resolution appointing the special
committee, will be chairman.
?ou:u comment hua boen njadc cn
the lacl that the greater part of the
duties of this committee will be to
(secure from the General Assembly tho
charter cliangea necessary to create
the proposed Administrative Board,
and that when that matter woa under
iltscuEcioii In the Council. Mr. .Viilla
was an active member of the oppo?
sition. It Is pointed out, however, that
thia committee can only ask for or
advocate bet?re the Legislature sucb
matters a:. It hxs been instructed i<j
u?k by joint,,; oKolution of the Council,
and that tp ajnriljof" of other mat I era
havri been Ubkofi-by the city of this
Legislature besides, the Administrative
Hoard, among others u state law pro?
hibiting the pollution of streams de?
signed to protect tho city's water sup?
ply, Mr. MilU haying been patron of
that resolution.
A large pari of the duty of the com?
mittee: will be to appear before com?
mittees of the Legislature in oppo- '
altloii to bills believed to be detrt- j
rnentul to the interests of this clty,|
tuch ae the rolilng :-.took bill, which i
has been several times detested by!
the efforts of the Richmond delega?
tion, and the Throckmorton tnlllt bill,
which alms to take the control of the
rity'e milk supply out of the hands
of tho City Board of Health and v<. t
it in the Htate Dairy and Pood Com?
mission, operating the inspection ser?
vice for tho benefit of the dairymen,
rather thiui for the benetlt of the con
?umers of the milk.
TO REDISTRICT CITY
Clyde Saunders. .lohn T. Lcarj and II
AtklOMW to be Appointed.
Judge E K Walls, of Untune: r.<
Part I, titling for Jurtpr Witt, yesterday
nouncoo1 from the bench thai Clyde
f-out.dtr.'. Johr. T. Lesry and 11. U. Atl;l
would be- appointed' a committee to n
trlct thr rlly under the ward Changs
c?nt!y enacted by the City '
r p;.o!nimt-nt of the throe men
ually rnjd< because proper not
not come from the clerk of lb
eil. As noon a? thll required ri
Kclvcd the commissioners will
In fact and rworn In.
Tho announcement w?? by Ju
ihn*, the three ttrmm!?tloriti. c
themselves for thr work In
work Will rr to revlsti all thr rcglstratldi
books Oiled nut prior to tV tprlr.c election
The-;
sd
:.-at|nri ti
ipiiolnted
Wells to
pr. t'.iro
Chancery Court Arljonrns.
No session of the Chancery Court tvjis held
yesterday on account of th".- death of Mrs
fie.orjrln Bryan Orlr.n.in. mother of Judgo
Daniel Oriratin. Judge Crump opened court
and ?I or.?-t adjourned the docket.
SAVINGS BANK
RICHMOND
' ' 1117 E, MAIN ST. ? . -
Every day le tho right" to corr.
[mence wvtne. One dollar ?tarta ar
[account.
IB
Dairymen and Corn-Growers to,
Co-Operate in Big Session
at Jefferson.
The winter session of the Virginia
State Farmers' Institute wi'.h which
the Virginia f-tntc IJalryraon's Asso?
ciation and the Virginia Corn Grow?
ers' Association will meet. Jointly, will
begin January 17 at the Jefferson
Hotel.
One of the features of the mee'.lns
will be an address by Dr. Cyril G
Hopktns, of the University of Illinois,
on the. subject of "Ground Limestone '
[t it. understood that Governor Mann]
Is trying to arrange a special Sitting
of the Legislature tha*. Dr. Hopkins
may address it. Tho Governor is tak-|
ing a lively Interest in the inbtitute'n
ground limestone bill, and. It is under?
stood, win urge Its pussage In a spe?
cial message.
Seorotary of Agriculture James Wil?
ton is also expected to be one of '.ho
speakers at the meeting, while Dr.
John Loo Coulter, of tin: [lepartmeiit
of Commerce and Labor, who has made
an investigation along the lines ol
co-operation among farmers, itaa ac?
cepted an Invitation to be present ami
make an adilreta.
Demonstration workers in the State
will alfo be on hand to tell the f'srm
ei> how their work lias progressed in
the past few years.
The session will continue for three
days and will clone with a reception
tendered by the Chamber of Commerce,
.it which Governor Mann will meltc an
addr< cs.
MANY PAWN TICKETS
lieiecttvcN Arrest Negro Who Und '?, i
in Mir. Pocket,
Detective Sergeant Bailey nr.fi Dctee- I
ttVo Beltoh yesterday morning arrested
James Richardson; colored, w'.io won
suspected of having committed larceny. I
The detectives found on Richardson's
person more than tw'enty-flvc pawn'
tickets^ t
Their attention to Hie ncRro wnii
called by s. Aldenburg, of Last Mntn|
Street, who suspected him when lie en-|
i< red his store with n quantity of
clothing and Jewel.ry !ri offer in pawn.
Mr, i-'id>-nburK notified the detectives by
snmc subway signal, und l"no latter
appeared on the. scene almost Immedi?
ately after.
The oillcerfe found that Richardson
j had in his poFsession a quantity of'
I .-!.r,, n, clother, rain and overcoats and
Jewftlryi averaging more than $200 In!
value.
After being arr?-sfn. the negro had
nothing to .say. and took hia arrest
With onlmneta. The defectives ex?
pressed themselves as b'-lng much grat?
ified ni t'rie assistance given them by
Mr. Sldeburg.
SECOND COLD WAVE
?iioh Kro/en llnril and IVoplr Mori
About CnutloaMly,
A s cond cold wave, which was prom?
ised to continue through to-day, de?
scended upon Richmond yesterday. The
nltihh. which began to lorm shortly
after the sun was well up on the
horizon, from Hit snow of tho pr?i
vIouk two dayp, >?.frozen, converting
the streets Into Ice, which rnadn them
nlmoFt Impassable to any kind of
traffic.
Horses and mules drawing vehicles
\te:e constantly fdlir.? upon the fllp
pory surfaces, while pedestrians fared
I little better.
I All ilny the temperature remained
j below the freezing pqtnt, the highest
I being recorded about f, P. M , when II
I wau 81; At S o'clock ',t had fallen.to
Forecaster Evans snld that th< cold
weather wii t contlntii through to-day,
with gradually moderating tempore
tu. j after sunrise. I Ir aii<! clear Is
also predicted, find it la expected that
the backbone of the qo!u wave will
be broken.
MOONSHINE BOY
CHASED IN SNOW
Lejt Horse, Wagon and Liquor
in Road When Revenue
Officers Got Near.
WHOLE OUTFIT CAPTURED
Held by Government as Evi
dunce and to Get Identity
of Owner.
"Who owns .1 handsome iron-gray
horse and n light wagon?"
Tho answer to this question may bo:
simple, but it Is dollars to doughnuts
that it will never bo claimed by its
lawful owner.
In the meantime it Is in tho chs
tody of Colonel \Y. H. Chapman. In?
ternal revenue agent. Its contents,
consisting of one barrel of blockade
whiskey, was deposltod in tho bonded
warehouse.
In the meantime the horso, wagon
and barrel uro being usod as clues,
which, it Is expected, will ulscloso the
Identity of the renl owner.
The capture of the outfit occurred
yesorday morning in tho Seven Pinei
Road, following an exciting chase by
revenue olflcers.
Early In the day Doputy Collector
O. H. Starbuck and Specinl Gnttger B.
V. Atkins. In a buggy, betrau a round
of Inspection of distilleries In Hcn
rlco county. When they approached
the Stony Creek Distillery, owned hy
V. Oonatl, a wagon, driven hy a nctrro
boy. was seen to leave tho place, and.
Instead of pursuing the usual route
to the Mecharilcsvllle Turnpike, was
heading for the Seven Pines Bond.
Confident that something was
wrong, tho officers turned back and
speeded for the Seven Pines Bead to
head off tho wagon. But when they
reichert that highway they discovered
that tho wagon had beaten them t?J
it. and was In the lead
A hot pursuit started, but tho
wagon continued far in advance, when
it suddenly turned Into a farmyard
and stopped. Tho boy Jumped from
the wagon and with an axe attempted
to cut tho barrel, which he had thrown
out, to permit the liquor to flow out.
He Struck one blow, then dropped the
axo und ran. The officers arrived on
the scene and found tho big cask
hacked, hut not sufficiently to spring
a leak.
They replaced the whiskey in tho
wagon and rirova it buck to the Stony
Creole plant, but no owner could be
found; all denied that they had ever
scon it before.
But in the snow tho tracks of tho
wagon were plainly seen leading from
the distillery, and tho tracks of Ihc
boy who ran led In the direction of
the distillery, but were lost when they
reached the road.
Colonel Chapman and Collector M.
K. Lowry wero nolillod by Officers
Starbuck und Atkins of the affuJr. and
with Deputy Collector Carter, they at
unco went to the distillery for tho
purpose of making an Investlfratlon.
The horse md wagon were brontrht
into tin- cltv and remained for :nmo
time, at the Federal building, when
they were sent to a stable and the
whiskey to the warehouse.
In the vernacular of the revenue
department, the barrel war "bald
headed"?meaning minus u revenue
stamp.
Will RepreVnt Yircinln nf Two Important
Cnni cntlnns.
'"ominlsMnu wire Issued yerterrtay by Gov
crtior Menu to delegate* to reprceeni Vir?
gin!^ at the annual meetings of the National
Civic Federation and the eighth ?nnuul con?
ference or 'he Natlon.il Child I^ibor Com?
mittee. ?
I Industrial peace Is to be the rop'.r. at the
; Civic Federation meeting, which ?rll] be held I
'in Warblngion on March C. C nnd 7. Thi |
? special session will be presided over by
I Cardinal Gibbons Th.- delegates 'o thl'
meeting are otho F. Mearj, Kaatvilla; Wil?
liam Shands Courtlahd: Rev. George \V.
McDanltl. D. D.. Richmond; .lames B.
Blanks; Potoraburg; James , L. Tredway,
Chatham; U E Johr.i>.in, Iloancke: It. T.
w. Duke, Ch?rlottesvllle; W; a. Smoot. Jr..
Alexandria: J. T. F. liege. H?ges Store:
Rev. C. F. Gregory, fitauntoti.
i'ho Child Labor Committee will inort In
Loulavllle on January ?r? The following
are the delegates: J. D. Eggleston, Jr.. Rev.
.1. T. M.vstln. James B. rior.erty, Mrs. B. B.
Muntord. MM) Mary Johnston. O. II. Cook.
[Charles HutiWr.
DELEGATES NAMED
ROBBED OF WATCH
Srt?m Tool.- It from Tiller IVhru Latter
Told Him Time ?f Night.
T II. Tiller, o: '.03 South Harrison street,
reported to detective hciidquarterj yesterday
that he ?vaa In-let up Monday nljrlu on Beech
Street ar.rt robbed of .1 itold a?a,tch.
According to Mr. Tiller'* ;'tnry, a hip. ye),
low nesrro lipprbached him and iuiki.i him
for the lime, lie sot the time and the
timepiece. .Mr. 7111er nccommoiliuln?; y
pulled out his -*atc!i to e'.vo . the correct
time The negro anatched the watch and
rnti. That wnt the last seen of him.
REPORT IS MADE
BY PRISON BOARD
Hire of Convicts and Carrington
Charges Arc Freely
Discussed.
TO LEGISLATURE TO-DAY
Prison Revenue Decreases as
Cenvict Road Force Is In?
creased in Virginia.
Without specific tcforence to the
proposed termination of the convict
labor contract with the Thachcr Com?
pany, *.ho board of directors of the
Stale Penltontlary, In Its annual re?
port mado public yesterday, deals to
some extent with the llnanclnl side of
tho question. "Wo note from the re?
port of the superintendent of tho p?n
ltcntiary," euld the bo.ird, "that the
revenue derived from h'lrcs has de?
creased considerably this yeur. Last
yeur there was a great falling off from
tho year provlous.
'"Tho penitentiary hns no regular
revenue except that derived from hir?
ing the prisoners to the Thachcr Shoe
Company, und in proportion as the
road forces throughout the Slate In?
crease, so must the prison popv* itlor.
and ttclr enrning capacity decrease;
and. If the decrease In prison popula?
tion eon-.lnues, it will noon bo thai the
penitentiary will cease to be a revenue
to tho State."
Copies of the report have been print-,
ed, and ono will lie upon the desk ofj
every member of the General Assem-!
bly this morning.
Currlogtnu .Hotter.
Six pages aro devoted to the Car-!
rington episode. The correspondence
between tho board and the former sur?
geon, in which the latter was Invited
to give details In regard to his j
charges of cruelty and improper in-'
riueuce exerted by the shoe company,
is reproduced. Reports of previous
years made by Dr. Carrington to the
boards are given, in which he com?
mended tho sort of punishment admin-'
istered nnd approved the admlnlstra |
tlons of tho boards and superinten?
dents.
"We do not hesitate." says the re-'
:>ort. "to say that '.here Is no ?uch|
thing as cruelty in connection with,
tho penitentiary. We aro in c'osel
touch with tho superintendent,, and our
investigation shows conclusively that
nothing of this kind could exist. Tho
punishments arc humane, nnd only ad?
ministered by orders of the superin?
tendent after a porsonal investigation,
the prisoner being present at the In?
vestigation."
It is further stated tha". it is im?
possible for the shoe company to hive
anything whatever to do with any sort
of punishment whicti could arfect the
parole of a convict.
The board Is cspecinlly pleased with
many Improvements Installed at the
.Stute Kann.
StraTfberrle? Arrive.
Right on the crest of this cold wave, rca
tauranta yesterday displayed strawberrlei In
their show windows to remind peeple that
spring la on the u-ay. Tho Woodfon-C'ralg
Company (Inc.) reee!\ed a shipment yes?
terday from Plant City, Flv, which was dis?
posed of In quick, order.
COUNTY OFFICER
FIRED BY COURT
Pohlman Dismissed After Serving!
One Day in Jail for Shoot- i
ing Negro.
"Vor reason: sufficient to the, court,''
County Officer J. F. I'ohlm.-in, convicted!
.Monday of unlawfully shooting Percy
Johnson, colored, was summarily re?
moved from Office yesterday morning
by Judge It. Carter Scott, of the'
Henrlco county Circuit Court. Pohl
man, who completed a one day Jail!
sentence Monday night at 12 o'clock,
was at hit; home when notified by i
Sheriff Kemp to v|?U the courthouse, i
Ho whs directed to turn in ills police]
badge to the sheriff.
Although, Pohlman was indicted on j
the charge, of malicious shooting. Com-1
! monwealth's Aitorney Sutten substi?
tuted tho lighter charge of unlawful]
I shoot'ng when the case camo 10 trial, ,
I und the Jury returned o verdict of
guilty, with a penalty of one day inj
|jnil nnd $60 nne. Pohlmon's defence]
? wa? that he fired the shot that wound?
ed Johnson while in tlio discharge or
[his duties as an ofllc.er of the law, but
j his claim was not rustained.
J Percy Johnson was one of a party of
negroes whom Officer Pohlman set out)
to arrest without warrants on the
morning of August 1. The crowd took
I to High! when the officer approached,
and tho latier immediately llred,
wounding Johnson in the back.
With our new issue, of four hundred thousand dollars' worth
of stock, authorised at the annual stockholders' meeting on
yesterday, our capital will reach the ONE MILLION DOL?
LAR MARK, with a surplus of over six hundred thousand
dollars. This a proud day in the history of the
OF RICHMOND, VA.,
for froni the standpoint of SECURITY tlu'5. bank now ranks
in. the forefront with the strongest institutions of the South,
having always- stood for the best that any hank can offer in
point of SERVICE.
With our increase! capital and surplus, with a wider out?
look and a broader development, we arc endeavoring to give
you more fully
SECURITY AND SERVICE.
Announces their Semi-Annual Clearance Sale of High
Class Suits and Overcoats at Reduced Prices.
Hundreds of Suits, Overcoats and Raincoats which
sold up to $28.00
How $16.00.
FREDERICK COOK.
TALKS TWO HOURS
Raps Peary, and Tells Audience
How He Suffered in
the Cold.
For more than two hours last night,
in tho City Auditorium, sometimes in
a facetious vein and at other times
handling his subject seriously. Or.
1-rodorek Albert Cook. some time hero
of tho frozen North and claimant of
polar honors, complotely convinced an
audience of 1,000 souls that there real?
ly Is, geographically, at least, a North
Polo, and that lit McKinley doea pos?
itively exist.
With the aid of colored slides, aome
of which appeared, Just appeared, mind
you, to have been used over frequently
In Illustrated songs, ho showed, how
slnglehanded hu fought the ferocious
polar bear, spurred to feats of untold
uutiiig . > ui.: gnawing hunger winch
Hail grown trout day to day by what
It had not fed upon. Truly, the doc?
tor i3 a heroic ligure. Over the tc.r Hoes
he traveled, not In thc pum?lt of
lllthy lucre, not financed by an un?
thankful government, but merely that
he might do aomeliilug which would
cause his name and the mittles of the
two faithful followers, I-'J"ook-A-Shoo
at 1 U-Ka-Ulr-B, to be writ largo In
the hall of fame.
Those Awful TVIghls.
The North Pole wns tiio end to be
achieved, and tho end was achieved.
Or. Cook admits It himself. Hard?
ships were endured, loved ones were
loft behind, nights of four months'
duration were sat out. with not a sin- ;
glo poker game in sight, longing and
waiting and wutrhing anil dreaming
an ? hoping, merely for love of conn- ,
try. Can there be a nobler exhibition
of patriotism? Can man do tnoro for
love of flag? Are these deprivations
nol enough to cause a thankful nn
t|i i to bend a united knee before the
returning conqueror?
But what was his reward upon his
return, after his almost coubo.Ioss
nlghtU and days of vigil? What were ,
the emoluments which were heaped |
upon his careworn brow? How was i
his snow-distorted brain, grown weary .
through a tramp which lasted from
.inly 3. in07. until April 21, 190S. eased?!
Were honors showered upon him? Was
h?t made the recipient ot the glad hand
by the National Geographical Society?
Did a unanimous populace accord him
the homage which was his rightful
due? Nay, nay, and again nay, P.obert
10. Peary, guilty of all the crimes in
? he decalogue, yea In the duodcol
modecaloguc, stood In the way, and
he It was who received the honors, and
tho emoluments, not thnt Dr. Cook
cared one whit for the mere money.
? Severe on I'cnry.
Really Dr. Cook. Instead of bringing
forth his claims to bf. known as the
discoverer of the North Pole, launched
Into an arraignment of Re.ar-Admlral
Peary. He told so many things which
do not speak well for tho admiral, and
told them so rapidly, that thio chron?
icler, at least, was unable to record
them all. Hut he said that ho-'could
substantiate wh-it ho said and would
do so with bin own money and with
his lists, which he held up menacingly,
If necessary. (Much applause.)
.art of the doctor's narratlv^ was
Btn.vlng. His hairbreadth escapes, his
finding of Just the thlngB hc noed
ed, at Just the moment ha needed
them, and In Just the place they should
be. caused the hair to stand on end.
The eolorlng of the slides wns mar
velou- and the camera work must have
been of a high order, especially as
some of th(, pictures from which the
slides were mode were takon during
the long night, when tho sun neither
rone nor aet. It was quite nn onttr
talning lecture, strikingly frigid, and
Dr. Cook is a pleasant speaker.
He was Introduced by Councilman
Oeorge Me.D. Blake, who eloquently
told who Dr. Cook was. what ho had
accomplished, and averred that had the I
docto.- been in the United States Navy, |
he. personally, did not believe that
the question an to who hart discovered
the pole, would have been raised.
At that. Dr. Cook convinced Borne.
BOARD HAD NO QUORUM
Only Six Members Answer to Boll Crtll. ]
Committee AIiki Falls to Meet.
'inly six of the twenty.four members of
*i Board of Aldermen answered to their
nameii at the monthly ineetInK lost night,
and Bfter waiting n half hour the body ad?
journed without Axing a further date for s
meeting. President Whlttet . will probably
cull n meetlnc next waek. when all of tho
mattem adopted by tho Council on Monday
nlsht hove been properly enrolled. Thero
were present last night President Whlttet.
and Messrs. Guest, Moncure. BUley, Moore,
and Power?1.
A meeting of the Committee on Ordinance.
Charter and Reform, called for last night,
also failed of a quorum, though Chairman
Umlauf kept the. telephone buey trying to
locate tho absentee*. The mattor to bo
heard wsi a protest from a number of Grovo
Avenue cltlrenn against a recently granted
permit Issued to Councilman W. Frod Hlch
ardson, to erect a stable on his lot betwenn
Floyd, Grove, Plum and I.ombnrrty streets In
a residential district. Mr. Richardson's
friends assert that there Is already a sixty
stall boarding stable In this alley, and that
the addition of a private stable will not
nffeot the situation.
CONSIDER CATAWBA
State Board of Health Will Hold Session
To-Bay.
The tuberculosis commlttco of the State
Board of Henlth hold a meeting at the ?rrtco
of the department ye3t?rdny In preparation
of to-day's session of tho State board. Mat?
ters at the Catawba Sanatorium were gono
over, and a report to bo submitted to-day
was formulated.
One of tho bulldlncs designed to care for
those who aro compelled to leave before
,-nrod. under the six months" rule. Is in pro?
cess of erootlon. while It Is expected that
nothing will be dono with tho other for the
present.
The State Board of Health mccta nt 10
o'clock this morning, and will bo In Ecsslon
throughout the day.
Mnrrlngo Licenses.
Marriage licenses were Issued yesterday
In tho Huntings Court to Paul TCamsky and
I.tllle Sldanburg, and to Katherine Floy
Xrats and David IS. SaraeasL
FIREMAN'S HAT
STOPS BLAZE
Automobile Engine Forced Out
of Course, It Is Alleged, by
Street Cars.
A leaking gua plpo in the cellar of
the store of J. L. Lindsay, 1321 Kast
Main Street, burst into ilunic at 10:20
o'clock last night und caused much ex?
citement. An alarm was turned in, and
several engine coiupuniea were ordered
to the scene, us the More la Ul one of
the most dangerous lire dlstrlctb in the
city.
Tho automobile engine from Third
Street was ono of tho iirst culled out.
Taking a eourso oast on Main SlrueT.
the maul engine war stopped, it In
alleged, at Tenth and Mam by two
street carw, ono going east, the other
westward. To avoid colliding with
tho pllo of brick und stone in front
of the new posl-ofllee,, now In courao
of erection, and with one of tho street
cars, the automobile eenglno was foret/J
to turn north on Tenth Street. In or?
der to change its courBe, the engine
was made to take tho left uldu Of the
Hirtel, and there was some crltlcUm
because of the fact that the (lro en?
gine diverged from tho truffle regula?
tions. As ll matter of fact, "."lowever.
all tire apparatus has right of way
over everything else, life and property
being Involved, and In thin particular
instance ll Is said that the street cars
failed to heed the warning gong of
the engine and old not give ll right
of way.
The lire resulted In no damage what?
soever, und the flames were extin?
guished with the blast of u flreman'n
helmet Hut. as the ulurm cuinu from
one of the dangerous districts-, several
engines were called Into pluy. and. un?
der the direction of chiefs Joynes ah'd
Itaffo, the Fire Department was pre?
pared 10 extinguish any blaze which
might have started.
POLICE COURT CASES
Hearing ?' C. M. Bland, Private Detective. |
L* I'oMponed.
The hearing of U. M. Bland, a private
'let-ctlve. charged with bring disorderly and
interfering with CJ. U. Cocke. tvoa continued
In Police Poun yesterday momtng to Jan?
uary 17. He was balled In the nuai of $100.
?Ith C L Whttiock as surety,
Dland Is alleged to have been employed by
a third person to watch Mr. Cock?. who was
euspoctcd by tho th!r,i person of ulterior
motives.
The hearing of 11. I. Richardson. IL A..
Clayton, and tlheeter Ueckner. alias "Ten
'it'itc Kid," charged with assaulting und
robbing William it. Reynolds of a pair 0f
kid gloves and Ii In currency, was contin?
ued to .lonuary 13. Reynolds s.-.ld that he
v.es held up underneath tho Chesaptuke und
Ohio Railway Viaduct on Franklin street
PUBLIC IS LIHJCD TO
PROTECT HOUSES IN COLD
The annual meeting of the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani?
mals will be held on Janunry 26 at tho
Jefferson Hotel. This was decided at
a meeting held last night nt tho Jef?
ferson Hotel.
Tho present cold wave lead to s dis?
cussion of the hardships to which
horses and mules are subjected. It
was decided that a notice i)? publish?
ed asking all owners and drivers to see.
that their animuls are properly blank?
eted and cared for. that loads bo ro
duced n.nd teams doubled.
The, Bllppery condition of tho streets
have made them almost Impossible for
teumB to pass, especially on the hills,
where horses were frequently falling
tinder the strain of tho loads they
were drawing, augmented hy tho con?
dition of the pavements.
TTealle Carried Away.
Wilmington, N. C-. January 9.?Heavy
rains in the wake of enow and sleet
norms Sunday and yesterday, caused
tiie breaking of a mill dam on a stream
crossed hy the Raleigh and Charleston
Railroad, twenty-four miles south of
Lumherton. N. C.. to-day, washing the
mlllhousQ against a trestle over the
stream with euch violence that the
structure was carried away and the
mlllhouse wrecked. TralnB between
Lumberton and Marlon, S. C, are trans
fiiing passengers, mall and baggage
at tho scene of the washout.
New Officer* ICIeeted.
tSpcc'.al to The Times-Dispatch.]
Alexandria, Va., January 9.?Tho
Chamber of Commerce has elected
officer.) to oerve for tho year as fol?
lows: R. S. Jones, president; Carroll
Pierce, vice-president: J. T. Preston,
secretary nnd treasurer.
Tho following directors have been
elected: A. D. Brockctt W. A. Smoot.
Jr., J V. Williams, Carroll Plerco, Mar?
shall L. King.
The Chamber of Commerce also de?
cided to give a banquet either the
latter part of this or early nest
month.
Building Permits.
Building and repair penults w?re isrusd
yeeterday aa follows.
B. L. Bowle?, to erect a two-story brick
dwelling on the west side of TweDty-thlrd
Street between Broad and Marshall Strcota.
to cost t2,7Eo.
Joseph Johnston, to erect a two-atory brick
dwelling on tho west side of Twenty-third
St root between Broad t-nd Marshall Etrcots.
to oost H.7S0.
Hyder Gabriel, to repair a brick store,
?2fl3 Eoat Main Street, to cost 1175.
SUPREME COURT
BEGINS ITS TERM
Congressman Saunders Counsel.
Trigg Case on Privileged
Docket.
Congressman Edward. . W. Saunders,
of tho Ktfth Virginia Dlstrlot. argued
in the first coao heard by tho ?upremu
Court of Appeal;, in Its wlntor term,
begun yesterday. Ho was one of coun?
sel for the uppelloo in tho case o;
Crutchllcld vs. Oroer. being analsted by
Judge W. J. Hcnson, of Konnokc. Sam?
uel A. Anderson und L. \V. Ar.dernon
were counsel for tho appellants. tu
this case the faiT_a and law arc agreed
upon, the question being tho construc?
tion of a will.
As already stated In The Timce-Pla
patch there were no Corrr~?niiw-eulth
cases on the docket, und the one Stato
Corporation Commission case. Involv?
ing the Southern Hallway sUitlon at
ClayvUlc, I'owhatan county, waa puss-'
ed to the March term.
Tho case of tho Hoard of Suporvic
ors of Fauquler county vs. Spllman et
nl. was submitted on briefs.
The casea of Lovel) et ale. vs. Jaml
oon ot ul. and Stelgleder &: Son vs.
Allen, wore also passed to tho March
term.
Norfolk I'lre Insurance Corporation
vs. Wood was partly nrguerl nnd con?
tinued until to-day.
Another phase of tho many-sided.
Trlgg Company litigation camo up
again, and wus placed on tho privileg?
ed docket. It will be heard first at
tho March term, and a decision mav
bet had before that term adjourns It
Is fully expected that it will go aimln
to '.he Supreme Court of tho United
States, no matter what tho result In
Vlrslnla.
D1SPUTE OVER LAND
Government Clnlmt Strip at Made t; round
In Vlrirlidn.
Dispute over tho ?.. r-'.on of a tmali
piece of land, claimed by thu United Stntej
and by private citizen*, may find its way
Into the Legislature, although It wai stal. d
yesterday that It will more likely be tat?
tled In the courts. It seems that the gov
ernment hna bean for tomo t'.ma dredging
In the Potomac River and dumping the dirt
thus obtained on a spot ou tho Virginia,
shore. Thin made n strtp of new ground.
On Monday. supposedly under ordtra from
the. secretary of War. some workmen put a
wire feneo about thla tract. Naturally, the
iibutt',:.,- property owners feol that they
have rights regarding tha location of their
property on the river, and will contest tha.
clalra of the t'r.lted State?.
Rereptlon to Dar Association.
Members of tha Richmond Bar Association
were gueats of the Richmond Academy of
Medicine and Surgery ?t a reception last
night at Uae Westmoreland Club.
A>umnl AaVirlatlon Banquet.
The Alumni Association of the John Mar?
shal! High School will give a bunquet on
Saturday night to celebrate the formal open?
ing of the new ilbrary. Mlnltree Folkee wltl
ha toastmatter, and there v.'lll b* addreaaea
by John Oarland Pollard. Dr. Cbarlet R.
Robins. E. R. Chesteminn. Charles Hutsler,
Mies Klorence Peple, Miss Marlon Monse.ll
and others. About 100 persons will attend,
stthough they am recjueated to notify
Treasurer A- B. Rutiler not Inter than to*
day If they expeo: to be present. B. T. Be?
erldge la president of the association.
Teilet Olrl to Florence.
' Deputy Sheriff Harrell, who wai hi the
city alghtiteelng all yesterday, departed laat
I night for Florence, R. C, with Mamlo Jack?
son, n'.tna Besslo Rogers, wanted In Flor?
enrc for grand lorceny. The young woman
I whs arrested here by Detective Atkinson on
I North Fourteenth Street. She ta alleged to
i have stolen threo ou't cases filled with men's
clothing.
West India Cruises
January 23, February 10 and 24, March
? and 26. 1912. $85.00 up.
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809 East Main Street,
Richmond, Va.
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G. M. Co.'s "Pearl"
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