The times dispatch. [volume], February 07, 1912, Image 10

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

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The fashionable Young Wom
an will be interested in these
Just out of their boxes and ready for a "first show?
ing" to-day arc some of the prettiest of the new Tailor
Made Suit.- we have so far assembled for the coming
season's we.tr.
AT <P^^> al?nc? there are about ten new styles
tJ.5.<_?/.o _rU of Suits in the nobby plain tailored
effects; straight, side or cutaway fronts to jackets that
are 2d and 27 inches long and lined with satin duchess.
Skirts show the new sitle tunic effect; also models
that are paneled or gored.
These come in a very choice selection, embracing
whipcord'-, ratine.--, men's wear serges and fancy worst?
eds- black, ri.avyj Copenhagen and grey.
W omen's and misses' sizes. See these.
(Ither New Spring Models in Suits are shown at
$19.50 and on upwards to $40.00.
Stttt Salons?Second Floor.
PLEDGE DELEGATES
F?R TAFT
Stafford County Republicans
Strong in Their Support of
Nation's Chief.
On moilon of M. K. Lowry, Collector
?f internal Revenue tor ino second
Virginia District, the following reso?
lutions wore adopted Monday at a meet?
ing of the Republicans ?f Stati'ord
county, held itt Stniford Courthouse:
"lie It resolved by flic Republicans
of Stafford county. In convention as
scmbica, that wc renew our allegiance
to the principles of the Republican
P^trty its enunciated at ihr- last Na?
tional Convention that nominated Wil?
liam Howard Til ft as out standard
bearer, and that we point with pride
to the handsome majority given htm by
this county .it the elections following,
and commend him tor his talthtui
efforts to carry out the wishes of his
Jiarty. us well as the policies of hlb',
iljusiroua predecessor, Theodore Roose.1
velt. in spite of the efforts lb defeat,
his purpose l>y political agitators, bothj
In and out of the parly,
"Recognizing in William Howard]
Taft the true type of American states-1
inunshlp, honesty, couruge ami con?
servatism that makes him the logical
successor of himself us the hope of
our country for peace and l.-oo,1 will
nt home and abroad, as well as equal
rights to all men. wc pledge the. dele?
gates of this convention to vote- as a
unit In the district and slate conven-l
tions for the selection ol delegates:
who will do all In their . power toj
nominate and elect him us our nest
President."1 j
OctrRntes Elected.
The following delegates were elected
to the district meeting, which will take
place in Alexandria, next Monday: WJ
Hampton Simpson, .lohn Hull. R, D.
Payne, Duff IJrMwcll, w. r. Green. C.j
N. Knight* M. K. Ijowery, D M. Jones,,
H. G. Ughloner, Wesley Shellon, Price
Edwards, F. .1. Woodnrd. delegates. C.i
JV Copeland. C. W. Bench, l.utherl
Blake, S. I? Rose, Charles ii. By ram, A.i
F rlttciT^R. ? Tj^bent, Daniel By ram,
"V\". E. ytct"t'n"t:. Richard Boutchyard,
.lames I tloxtoti. "alternate..
delegate at lar-r.
Del" gates ami altem
State c?hvchlt?hi which i
iioke March 1.', were el
lows:
Harwood Simpson, far
r.hrey, H. W. Edwards,
M; K. Dowry. C. N
Eugene Llmhreck,
I > Green, I
les to ihej
cits in Ron-]
)scn a.? foi-i
Staple ton Chlnn,
Ahiior O'Bryhim. 1"
Hides. C. E>. Green
T. Hum
A. Bryan.
Knight, delrgat.-s.
\\ . II Shelkett,
.1. A. McGregor,
.1. Woodnrd, alter
delegate at large.
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lion vi .1! l.ran ?ddieta
of the Henry Street
S 111 it Itclt-li I Iis
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th'. Chancery Court ?
ertate of Geoi ?? :r.
??'.ate i> valued nl >'.
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June. Alfred aid Clai
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lax money on Heal Eal
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UNITED STATES DEPOSITARY
WON'T GO OUTSIDE
10 GET GOOD MEN
.Mayor Signs Melton Resolution
Opposing Passage of Mon?
tague Bill.
Mayor Klchardson yesterday signed i
the Melton resolution, directing thej
special committee on legislation and i
Uli City Attorney to appear before the;
proper committees of the General As?
sembly In opposition lo the passage ot
me Montague bill, designed to shorten
the period of resilience in the city for
clfUctis of the State from one year
to thirty days. In order lu make tuem
eligible for election to city oltlcc.l
\\ title tli?; Mayor gave ho statoinunt of
his reasons in connection with sign?
ing the resolution, it is understood thall
he rogaros the Montague hill as un-'
constitutional, as not complying with
Sections is and 32 of the State Const!- i
tutloii.
It has been charged that the bill wa3 ;
offersd i>y Mr. Montague in the Inter-1
est of his brothcr-ln-iaw, Charles lt. |
u lust on, formoriy n member of the City
Council, and now a resident of Barton]
Heights, who desires to become a can-1
dldatc tor superintend >nt of the elec?
tric plant, but who, unaer the presentI
construction of the law. would nave to
live in tlie city one year before ne could '
be elscted, the Constitution prescrib?
ing as a qualifiedlion a ros'denco oil
two years In the State and ono year in i
ihc city oi county. Mr. Winston has I
been engaged in business In Richmond \
for many years.
it lias be;n urged tba'. the Montague |
bill "poned the way for the city to go I
outside to secure technical .skill lori
management of Its departments, but it
'.- pointed out that it only applies to j
those already citizens of the .Stat;, i
thus limiting the city to a choice from'
other towns or cities of Virginia,
tun Employ Experts,
The Council has been advised by the I
Icily Attorney that under the present]
law.-, while it cannot elect a non-res
blent to office. It can enter Into con*
I tract with such non-resident to per- |
form such specific duties. Under this
I plan ihr Council contracted with Con?
sulting Engineer Trafford, then a sub?
let t of t.rent Britain, to plan and su?
pervise construction of the electric |
I plant, and the Committee on Electric?
ity has since contracted with him toi
supervise th- operation of the plant at'
pel month, oending the eloctl.m j
of a superintendent. Similarly li has
been held that the city could at any]
I time enter Into a contract with a
j P?Jt Bas ur hydraulic engineer or any]
j other technical expert whose skill was!
required lo come here and perform cer- j
Itain specific unties set forth in the
] contract, which might include the g sn- j
I oral supervision and management oil
? some public works fOI a specified
period, thus- giving the city, tinder]
? present laws and without any eonstl
: sutloniil change, all oi the .-.cope that
I s hecissdry to secure such expert ad
li/Scc as It needs. <'lty Engineer Boll-'|
" ".c I.- how recommending that the city
I contract with a competent landscape
I ?itglncer to come here and lay off tn'il
j Shields Grove Annex to William Byrdl
j .'.irk and tBe new Hryan Park, so that
j iurther Improvements may lie on a
I ?onccrtid plan. Under this plan -?x
!/ort engineers were brought bore some
I rears ago to plan and supervise the
I rebuilding oi the Oat Works, and Iroin
I Ilm* to time since experts have exam
I ,ned that i lent and made reports on its
I ?flleloncy. A hitch might arise were
.t desired to put auch an expert In
charge ..f ?: department for which there
;s now a ?uperlnt?ndont, f.vcn though
ihc Council refused to rc-c-le.ct him,
1 ?in-c the statute provides thut such
officers shall serve until their 8UCCCS
Uors arc elicted and qualify.
DEBATE OVER DOGS
Mu?lri nt Hounds swlimr lltun'l Time tn
Wuleli 'llilt-r-'l'nkrrs.
Tile disposition ol tin two li'.oodhoiindr
owned by tt.< county and regular routine
bUsli>i*f. kept (h< llenrico county Hoaid of
,Supervisor? in n.-::<iu ii-.. hoars yesterday,
, I incident ly dragging n couple of hours be
? vend lunch t|mc. I.'pon the ttaterheiit 61
Deputy sheriff v. W Bydnor, "master ?t
hounds" lor t!.. county, that be did not
have time to keep ihc dogi at their groatm
efficiency, the uoar.1 filially determined to
und the dos? (e the county workhouse,
where they are; to be worked -oat, hut not
\Vhll? no new project* Acre planned the
question of gor.d tii .d? occupied considerable
attention ?i the handi of the board, Then
woro no new levies utked i-t additional con
?triieilori plann.-.I. ihi ?tin lee I 'or discussion
?.?mi; the methods arid technicalities of rnn.
tvtruction of tin roads already mapped ou:
, foi Ihiproveihe m
Southern Itollwaj RarnlngN.
Estimated earnlngi or the Southern n?il
s?y for the fourth week In January show
an Increase r,f (ir.r.?ia ?<? compared with lUl
eorreipendlnir week le?l yssr.
BEST AMATEUR SHOW
THIS TOWN EVER SAW
I Society Vaudeville ana Minbtrels Score Tremen?
dous ? uccess and Get Praise Because There
Was Nothing Amateurish About it.
Third Performance.
Owitis: to the tremendous surccs"
of the iierfnnnnnrr InM nlgrht uuil to
th?" fact that practically (be entire
uoukc iiun been abld for to-aikbt, it
..ni been decided to irlve n third per?
formance ut thr Academy to-mor
ow (Thiirxdiij) night.
Von can't throw any bricks .11
Society Vaudeville. You've smply got
to hand it to tout bunch of amateurs,
who put on at the Academy of Music
lust night a production which stands
ulonc. It used to be the custom in
this town to boost every thing pro?
duced by local talent, and possibly the
bud ones were commended along with
the good. That, however, la not the
case now. AI Field or George Evans
never had a better llrst part minstrel
show. Field and Evans never had
njUKle so mnny clever things thrown
together after the manner of a Hin?
ter Garden pmirram. and about the
only criticism to be ottered is that
there was too much. It ran until near
midnight, with repcucu encores, iinu
wound up with u dash of melody that
made people go away, half sorry that
they couldn't see a little more.
starting with u minstrel perform?
ance, the night was full ol smart stuff
and merriment. A whole bunch of
well-known young men sat uboul the
stau? w'th burnt cork all over their
faces?so thick that it was nard ,o
recognize them?:and got off many
rupid lire shots and music that wa?
music. Colonel Thomas 13. McAdams
an end man, probaoly had me most
tliflivu 11 part, for he '.lad 10 begin in
show, but he gave it a rattling awing,
and that made the uth.rs around mm
less nervous. So they nil joined Into
the spirit of the occasion right nobly
liiD Come? Kant.
With a lot of walnut stain all ovci
his face tu give linn a ittie more
cluss than the. others?for ilC Was
the grand interlocutor?Horace V.
....ih Introduced them, one alter the
other. Can H. BOSChcll taiung one end
Willie Colont? McAdoina toon Hie other.
The hitter's song, "Vvnen 1 Got Home
Th.B Morning She ?na Gone,' caugnt
the house then to give a man's pi Da
11 rest, C. J 'i indor was sent to tue
bat with a Bub White song of some
kind, alter which '1'honus a. Roystcr
and Charley trickel. end men, pulled
off a variety of stunts which curried
class. A iolo by B. I_ynn Tucker fol?
lowed.
Upon the ilng': next rolled Henry S.
Hotcliktss, the Honey Boy. and
Biuiicnurd s. forbes, with an assort?
ment of real end man entertaining
winch brought lorth a storm ot ap?
plause. Tne two ol them were typical
minstrels. It was hunt to ten who
carried olf the minstrel honors, foi
Hie aiidi.net. "brilliant," by the way,
k. pt up us lougniny ami handolappmg
and kept culling lor more.
Near the end Of the program, Wi
Douglas Gordon, the male Telruzzi lit. 1
who wos doubtless allowed lu tune
,iurt In the perlormance so he coulon't
roust it 111 mis paper, was announced 1
to sing "Uown by the Old Mill
Stream/' In a husky, light baritone.]
winch had doubtless seen bettor days.
Mr. Gordon struggled through one
verse uf this typical song of cheap
4ml splashy sentimentality, und then
the big, sweet vuiced chorus Joined
111 and" saved the number lrum total
reek. When he reacned up for the
nigh (ten dollar) notes one could al?
most see the millers daughter waning
dt the church for the man who sang,
out didn't come.
Jumping from black face to real so?
ciety vamp viiie. there came, after the
first Intermission, Indian ske tches, songs
and dances, led by Lewis Boyd and
Miss Lucy Gwathmey. The strange
dance was Wondcrfuly well don..'. An?
other brief Intermission gave a Rich?
mond audience a novel eight when
Master Glenroy Stein, 0 violinist in
short trousers. pla.ved som.-thing and
then was forced to play again.
Hats mi to Bo>klu.
But " 1 he Return of Mona Lisa,'' a
farce written by Otis M. Alfrlend, al?
most forced the minstrels out of first
place popularity, especlaly when It in?
troduced 11. Godwyn Boykln. a female
Impersonator, who was really the best
actor on the stage last night. There
Were many clever lines in the sketch
which ull to him and as a fat Irish
woman, who had drifted intu Paris
with rings on her fingers and a few
bells on her toes, he she was great.
Mr. Alfrlend, as the detective; Alvm
M. Smith, as the thief and the others,
who wire Miss Emma Gray White,
Miss LuVy Kord Wortham. James C.
Wheat and Holt M. Page, made up a
Ii e company that was not locking in
nctlnr ability. Mr. Boykin'l make-up
was perfect. "She" was a big. fat
dream. There were a number of
tableaux which were delayed and
somewhat marred, despite the beauti?
ful pictures, by Imperfect lighting,
but this defect will not be there to
uinht
Then eame that clever Cafe
Chnntunt, n whirlwind of life and color
und music and dancing ami all that,
fn this part of the production Alvln
Smith was so natural and real, and
; so like an old hand at the business
that he put over the stage achieve?
ment of his amateur career. Inci?
dentally, he Introduced two "swell
ladl.s." Mr. Byokln and Mr. Alfrlend,
the Shrimp Sisters, whose dialogue
telling what happened when they were
chambermaids at Murphy's Hotel, was
what the rogtllar critic of this news
pape would call the icroam of the
t evening. Mr. Frlsehkoru, us a coun
I try man, was extremely good,'but aortic
I h<- / you have lo gel baclt to Mr.
Smith again, for as a hcadwaltor ami
master r>f ceremonies In a merry cafe,
he carried the thing througn so j
naturally that It might not have gone;
w.'thout him. There was a koup dance
and a Spanish dance, the latter belli?
this dancing hit of the night, and a
?<>t ot other things which one can't
.einember at tin- moment.
Itcnlly ii (.rent Nho"',
The house was crowded' from top
to bottom. Thai bijr element which
I does not claim to he In society went
out between the acts anil agreed unit
it was the best amateur production
lever given In Richmond, and this fact:
I Is not set down simply to fill Ihc the- i
! Otro again to-night There isn't a j
j dull er stupid feature to be cut out,
betor; the next performance Thoio'
I Isn't anymore to add because no more '
I stunts could be crowded In. The llliins
? ut people In the audience by the end !
men were bright ami lucking in Vicious
i StillgB. A word, toe, I? due Prolcssoi I
I Keasnlch. Professor Stein. Cahen ami I
Bornateln, the stage men, who brought
out properties which set the produc?
tion off beautifully.
I This must be said in all verity:!
I If the whole porfortiiunce, from start
I to llnish. had been put on by rcgtllai
, theatre people who had never been
; seen before. It would have delighted
the audience and would have won u
wood word from the critics. Most peo-(
1 pie, of course, are skeptical when a ?
1? cal newspaper commends a local
effort by amateurs. Maybe thev have
I a right to be. but the show Is worth
seeing to-night Just to satisfy any
man's mind that sometimes the ama?
teurs make good. Wh'lc It Is given
for the benefit of the Belle Bryan Day
Nursery, a worthy charity, Indeed, you
get your money's worth and possibly
a great deal more One-hall of the
show?picked at rand ?">?'w.-itrtli.Jhe
prlcje. *. ? . -
Experts Will Ask Legislature to
Protect Trees From Spread?
ing Affliction.
Alarmed by the growing ravages of
the chestnut blight disease In Virginlu,
Commissioner ot Agriculture Koincr
has muue arrangements with three na?
tional experts on forestry to address
the Finance Committee on the subject)
of this plague, and to urge tin appro-}
prlntlon. Irwing i: Williams, Deputy]
Commissioner of Forestry oi Pennsyl-I
vanla; 6. U. Detwller, executive officerI
of the Chestnut Tree Blight Cornaus-1
sion of the aumc Stale, .\':d Dr. llayonl
Metcalf, Forest Pathologist of the
t'nited States Bureau of Forestry, aro|
the experts wlto have been selected to
acquaint the Legislature with the de?
struction and Its threatened ruin of
chestnut ireo life in Virginia.
In .New York, New Jerse... Pennsyl?
vania and othi-r Northern Stales with?
in tile chestnut belt, this baffling dis?
ease that foils trees more surely than
the saw. Is rapidly destroying the
tremendous industry. These Northern
States already In the grip ot the dls-!
ease have awakened almost too late
to the threatening prospect. The Stati
of Pennsylvania alone has appropriat?
ed the sum of $200,000 for the eradica?
tion of the plague. In New York City
the many chestnut trees In Central
Park are succumbing to the disease,
and the municipal authorities aro mak?
ing frantic though useless attempts to
head off the destroyer before every
member of thi.i family Is wiped out.
The situation in Virginia, says Com?
missioner K?lner. Is not so bad. How?
ever, If steps arc not taken Immedi?
ately lo stamp out the few outcrop
pings of the disease. Virginia will soon
be as bad :i sufferer as the Northern
States. There are already nine locali?
ties In Virginia in which the blight
has made its appearance, and unless
money is given to light off the trouble,
j tho disease Will spread very shortly
over the entire Stale. The rapidity]
with which It spreads is marvelous. In
the short time since it first made Us
appearance In the North, millions of'
perfectly sound chestnut trees have
[ been killed outright.
Tho chestnut blight is the most ter?
rible forest disease known to the cx
' pens, for the reason that there Is no
I cure once the tree has been touched
by the germ. The only known method
of preventing the spread, and it Is not]
a very satisfactory cure, Is to cut down
every tfee that shows the first signs
of the disease. A remarkable feature
of the blight |v that It touches chestnut
trees only. Equally remarkable and
baffling to the experts Is the method
. of infection. The forestry doctors have
' yet to account for the fashion In
j which thi diseased fungua of ihc
I blight Is transferee! from one tree to
Ianother. j
As the blight affects the bark first.
It Is possible to use the wood if the
I tree, is felled . c-forc the contagion has
crept Into iho heart. Once the
Might lins gained a firm bold on tin
centre of the tree, it Will continue to
spread even when It Is cut.
r To Unite the
North and the South
Is the great idea proposed In building the peace
i memorial road from Washington to Richmond.
Such a highway- a connecting link between Gettys?
burg,Washington, Arlington, Mount Vernoh and the
capital of Virginia -would be of far-reaching benefit,
as well as serve as a permanent memorial of the
celebration In 1915 of the fiftieth anniversary of
I peace between the North and South.
The American National Bank
!OT RICHMOND, VIRGINIA,
? looks forward to the time when this highway will
be in active use. We want progress that is FAR
REACHING, progress that is PERMANENT. It is
our purpose that the community and the individual
I shall have [
SECURITY AND SERVICE.
fag ? ? i =?gg ssss iaiil
ASKED TO PAY BILL
Ii BEATTIE CASE!
Famous Trial Cost $3,300, of
Which S2.000 Is Yet
Unpaid.
AUDITOR'S HANDS TIED'
[Senator Watkins Will Introduce
I Measure lo Satisfy Out?
standing Accounts.
j As the real urternuith o? the celo
jbrutert Bcnltic inurdor case, a bill will
I be Introduced In Hi" Senate to-day by
Senator Watkins, from Chesterfield,
j calling for an appropriation of Jj.ooo
by tne General Assembly to defray tlie
'expenses of tnis lumous trial. It is
proiMiblc that :t similar bill will be
jlntrouuccd in the liouso at thu same
I time.
I According to the men Intimately
[connected with the case, the Beat lie
j trial cost the Suite *;i,500. uf this
amount, the sum of 11,600 bus been!
paid according to law, but the ro'? j
Imaining 92,000, covering a ?luuiber of
unusual Hems, cannot bo settled by
tile Stale Auditor, l<>i the reason that
the statute books contain no low?
authorizing such payment. The : 11111
[yet unpaid Includes bills for uutomo
' biles, attorneys' fees, meals lor Bouluh
j nintord ami Paul Beat tie while In the
llonrlco Jail, witness fees due Paul
! Beattio and several other Incidentals.
Lean Thun McCiie Trial.
Although the Inaccessibility of the
scene of the murder aind the place of
tho trial entailed unusual expense, the
cost of the Beat tic trial fell short of
the expense of the equally famous
McCuo case. In the Mct.'uc trial the
expenses were defrayed by the City of
Chsrlottesvllle an.i of tor word collect?
ed from the Stute after u lawsuit.
The bill about to bo Introduced In the
General Assembly will ask for an O. K.
of the bills by tho Assembly in order
that the State Auditor may honor
them. It Is believed that favorable
nctlon will be taken by the Assembly
in order that innocent parties may
not suffer severe pecuniary loss by the
non-payment of the bills.
One of the chief losers under the
existing condition I? Mrs. Harry
Bonrdslcy, a Seventeenth Street res?
taurant keeper, who furnished meals
for the two Stale- witnesses at the In?
stance Of County Officer Jerrell and a
city <Ii ICCtlve. Although Mrs. Beards
ley furnished meals to the extent of
*11'>, she has been unable to collect
one cent on her bill. .1. .1. Saady, a
Main street restaurateur, holds a
smaller bill for the same account, and
he ulso has not effected a settlement,
After appealing In vain to Judge
Watson, of the Chesterfield county
Circuit Court. Clerk S. P. Cogblll. of
the same conn, and the Chestern?
supervisors, Mis. Beardsley finally put
her bill in the hands of .1 lawyer. AI- I
though she once contemplated bringing
suit against Jarrell for the amount 01
the bill, this course was ultimately .
abandoned In favor of the bill to be put \
before the legislature. It was at or.c j
time hoped that the bills might be
paid from the Governor's contingent
fund, but this was found Impracticable
under the law.
Paul Beattl.? Claim.
Next to Mrs. Beardsley. Paul Beatt'.e,
the witness upon whom the Common?
wealth based the strength of its case,
was the greatest individual loser. With 1
a wife anil little oh I Id to support. Paul ?
Beattlc was held for forty-eight days
in the Honrlco Jail In failure to put up j
a bond of $.1.001'. The State law it 1 - :
lows 11 witness in such condition the ;
sum of 50 cents per diem, hut In this. '
case tne Commonwealth, through Its j
attorneys, promised Paul $1 a day. He:
has failed to collect, after upptallng
to the same sources sought by Mrs. j
Beardsley. ,
The bills rendered by the tax'.cab
companies arc heavy, but, according to
Judge Watson, the use of the auto- ,
mobiles saved tho county still heavier
expense, In addition to saving most
pr-cious time, it Is hard to estimate
the value of the taxlcab? to the police
and detectives In tracing down the
gilllty part In the short time actually
taken. No settlement of the bills in
' curreel In this way has ever been
made. ,, , ,,,
, As the matter stands now. this hill
! Is tho last resort for the people who
! hold biiis against the Common weal 1 h
j for this trial. The State Auditor has
1 refused payment, so has the clerk, so
1 has the lodge, and so have the super?
visors. Unless the General Assembly
consents to O. K. these hills the cre-di- I
tors haven't a shadow of a chance- of 1
over being reimbursed.
Tacky Party.
Mrs. ft. C. Taylor's Circle of Asbury Place
Methodli? Church will give u tacky p,uty at
, the home of J. Leo Dovlr, ?11 Pie** Ave?
nue, to-morrow evening.
'SMALLPOX CASES
CLOSELY WATCHED
Health Board Urges General
Vaccination lo Prevent
Further Spread.
No additional cases of smallpox wcm
reported yesterday, though vigorous
Vaccination has continued throughout
the neighborhood of the cases located
On Monday nt 802 West Clay Street.
I Mr;). Betllah M. Vllison, who Is muttering
I with the disease, was removed lo the
smallpox hospital in Henrlcr. county
I yesterday, und hor husband, Marvin It.
j Vinson, h motorrnan for the Virginia'
I Railway and Power Company, no.com
; panted her. Members of the Watkins
i family, living In the same house, have
j been strictly quarantined in the house,
j and though nil of them have been cx
I posed to the disease, all known prc
j VOIItlvc measures have lie :ii taken to
i cheek Its spread. Many persons called
nt the office of tho Board of Health
I yesterday morning to he vacclnatoo,
.and othTs may have, the free services
of city physicians there to-day. Be
j cause of the number of people living
j in this house, and the extent lo which
j the case hud boon exposed, it is b;
i lieved to he almost Inevitable that other
i cases will appear either In thi neigh?
borhood or among thosj with whom
i the parlies worked. Vnccinalors were
1 sent to several factories yesterday to
lallend all who hnd been In contact
with thosu from this house.
Several of Ort largest factories in
? the. city linvo notified Chief Health
I Officer Levy that they will adopt the
suggestions of the Health Department
anil hereafter not take Into their em?
ployment any persons not properly vac?
cinated, thus Klvlng both employes and
owners security against panic condi?
tion's and tho possibility of a wide?
spread contagion.
I SIXTEEN DOLLARS
Gives you the choice of hundreds of
our choicest Suits, Overcoats and
Raincoats which sold up to $30.00.
Gans-Rady Company
* 1
YOUBG BURGLAR
PLEADS GUILTY
Roy Bowen, With Many Aliases,
Sentenced to Serve Two Years
on Public Roads.
Whin arraigned In tho niistliiys
Court yesterday before Judge It. Cur?
ler .Scott, sitting for Judge Witt, Uoy
Bowen, alias Thompson, ultas o. W.
Padgett, twenty-two yearn oin, plead?
ed guilty to the charge ot oreuKlug
into me snop ot the .-southern jewelry
Supply Couipuny, in imisi Main Struct,
ana was sentenced to two years on tue
roads, 'two Wieks ago, wtieu he was
without funds, tnti youtu?tor no is
haruly more?deemed on a honse
breaKinit plan to replete his fortunes.
Early on a auniiay morning he repair?
ed to the place he had picKeu oat. and,
with a stone he picked lip, sinasueu in
a rear window. Tue r-:tl was easy, tie
picked up watches and Jewelry lying
close 10 hand ana sneaked back to ills
boarding house, 'mere he rooocu sov
erul boarders, and the next ua,y ,ie
was arrested, anu part ot tue stol-.n
loot was lound on his person, lie ad
mittcn uls gum. anu ttateU mat ne
had served time in toe Maryland
penitentiary for a. like offense, etc
toid a story of a more or loss tragic
lite, showing that in trying to Help
others, he bad hTmsclf fallen and gone
Uow;,. fie faced his sentence calmly.
Van Allen and Alexander Colimuu,
eacn charged with malicious wound?
ing, were acquitted,
William Oruvitll, charged witn
malicious wounding, was sentenced to
live years on the roads.
James CrawlCy pleudcd guilty to an
Indictment charging mm with -?t,auu
and buttery, anu was sentenced to
work on the puulie highways tor four
months.
Beon Noel and Dernv..*ius Curdosa
charged with houacbrcaklng, were
sentenced to twelve months in jail and
to pay euch a fine oi t?. Bui on the
representations "f l>r. JdlllCS ?uci
a nan, ot the Associated Charities, mo
sentence against Cardbsa wis suspena
ed. lie is under seventeen years o;
age. and this was his tirst offense.
Or. Buchanan said that ho would try
to save the youth anu give him profit?
able employment, and Judge Scott
turned agreed.
TRAFIERI IN DILEMMA
Denied Kiitruuce- Into Lulled Milte?,
Telegraphs Judue Witt for Assistance.
Accorulng io information received In
lUcnmond yesterday, Chaste Tritliori,
who conducts a saloon at ?("i West
Mum Street, was heid up in llalUax,
.K. S., on h s return irom a trip auroad,
olid denied eutrai.ee into the United
oiates, lie telegraphed Imiucmuteiy
;o Judge Witt, ot the Hustings Court,
did li'Om him received a message de?
claring that he had been naturalised
as an American citizen and had right
j( entry as an American subject.
Several of Ms close mends who
/.ere interviewed last nifjlit had not
ncard of Traficrl's dilemma, but all
suited that he had some years atjo be
:oine naturalized.
Trailer! left Naples, Italy, on Jan?
uary "J">. and should have arrived In
.v. w York yesterday. He la expected
?n Bicltniond some time to-day. lie
nas been abroad for seven months.
ARMISTEAD DISCHARGED
Wife. Who H"d Him Arrested, Refused to
l'reos Charges.
i Victor C. Armlncurd, <u Dunon Heights,
who was ?rr?it<d Saturday nlBht by County
I Office! C. W. Ciiuipliell on the complaint
of his wife, appeared before Magistrate Pol
key 'Monday afternoon and WO? discharged
when the compialimnt refused to prosecute
i the chorees1. Armlsteitrd was charged ;n
i the warrant with ballig drank and disorder?
ly, and Mrs. Armlsti.ard explained to the
magistrate thst she was afraid of him.
TORCH EXPLODES
1.. J. Goodwin, Foreman at New Kaufmann
Building. Se-rlouaB' Burned.
A gasolene torch exploded In the hands
o: I.. J. Goadwln. a foreman employed In
the Kaufmann building, going up at fourth
and Broad sitreets. last nlitht and seriously
burned his right arm from wrist to elbow.
Mr. Goodwin preserved enough presence of
mind to stand still, and a wgrkman stand?
ing nearby threw n coat about him. extin?
guishing thei tlamcs.
The city ambulance was culled and lir
Waits responded. Be peeled off all TTie
burned skin, bound the arm and then tool:
Mr. e^oodwin to his home. iO.'O Taylor Street.
Stole Empty Jugs.
Douglas Kennedy and Josoh Cores, colored,
were arrested last night on a charge of
Mealing nine Jugs from Overman 4; Wil?
liams. The Jm;s were, empty, and the police
eould not refrain u smile whon they notlc?o
that fnct.
Wuylnld and Kobbed.
Tony Storntdorf, of 321 North Eighteenth
Street, was wuylnld and robbed at Sixteenth
and Franklin Streets Monday night, accord?
ing to a complaint made to the police, yes?
terday. A negro asked him for the time
and snatched his watch. There was a strug?
gle, and another negro knocked Sternsdorf
sc use lese with a blackjack.
Marriage Licenses.
Mnrringc licenses were Issued yesterdny In
the Hustings Court to Denis 0*SuMvsn and
Hallle B. McKenna; Thomns B. Gordon nnd
Beulah Lee Goodwin, and to William B.
Ham nnd Bertha F. Deltrlck.
RICHMOND MAN
J Frank Kelseath, Said to Be From
This City, Jumps in Front of
Train in California.
Mujor Werner yesterday received a
letter from the police authorities of
Pasadena, Col., stating that a man
who 'gave his name as J. c. Lyons,
living near itiehmond, had Jumped in
fro..t of a train In that city and hilled
I himself. Hcioro committing the
I suicidal act, the man, according to
j the letter, wrote, ill a iiouk he carried
with him that hit real name was
I trunk Helscath. He nad, nowever,
USc-U tlio name of Lyons wolle living
? In Puuadcna. He hau on a suit of
I e.oiitet muue by tne Biter Tailoring
I Coiupuny, oi )>iij Kant Mam Street,
'lue letter lroin Pasadena }Z ub fol
I lows: ? ?
"A man by the name of J. C. Lyonn.
! who claimed to be from hear Itieh?
mond, jumped in trout oi a train hear
J hure aii'i v,an instuouy killed, nature
[commuting uuic.ua Uns man wrote In
I a small ooolt mat he had thut Ilia
i rignt name was Frank Kelseaih, but
he wan identified as tne man who
I went under the nume oi J. c Lyons.
Can you tlnd his relatives? He hud
it suit oi clotnes made by the baut
Tailoring Company, S02 gast Mam
btrect, on September Ittlv, marked
6ii>i, and a nut nought from MO'or
; Ureentree. Ulli appreciate unytuing
you can do on this."
?'Hehpecttuily.
(Signed i "W. H. WOOD,
"Chief of Police.''
POIU1EH IJOWLINt; Git BUN MAS'
E.MJS l.ll- K IS I'AI.I. IIII.MA
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.J
Howling Oreen, Va . February 6.?
I The town sergeant of this place re
I Celveii a rommuntcalion from tho chief
: of police of Pasadena. Cal., rnaklug
I enquiry as to the Identity ot a stranger
j who committed suicide in ftlchllold.
Col., on January 18, who has been
Identified as J. C. l.ynes. formerly of
this place, and who etniie her-- from
Itiehmond, and worked here nr -.vent
; for a life Insurance company, and af?
terward took the United Stales census
hero. Uyncs was a married man. hU
I w f.- having i" eh Miss Minnie Wilson,
o: Alderson, w. Va.
TUBERCULOSIS DAY
Celorrd Bcbools Will Unite urt February l
ln lighting Oreel While Plague.
Report* reu iveil by ihc .State Health Li? ?
p&rtment Indicate that the tuberculosis <ia>
to b? celebrated In the colored ?choo!? ot
eighteen counties un February 12 ?III bv a
tucc?.?-*. Teachers in ul. the schools of those
countlce have promised to "bear ' the tuli?r
culosli catcchluu ,,n that day, ahd mnny 61
[them piomiae to hol.l special exercises,
! which Will acquaint trie pup!!? of tb<> school
[ iiii4 their parents with the ravage; of eon
[aumptlon nr.d the methods by which it may
I he prevented.
1 Thin .celebration l? regarded by tubercu?
lous workers, xt. a most important ;t?p In
the education of the colored race It is gen?
erally conceded that the tffort.i heretofore
i made- to arouse the colored people to combat
i tb!i dint-are have not been very successful,
j and tt !; hoped thut work la lac ichoolr
J among the children o? formative years will
; be mo;t valuai.lt.
The colored school; of HonrlCO county
hav,: agreed to ra.lro P.i\i on tubercutoM* day
with wlileh to tight the dlseunc In the famt
lies represented In the ncnoolj.
Police four! Cose*.
I James Meede, colored, charged with steal
iing t:.:r. from L. V. Marlin, -.rar sentenced
I t,i Ctii en dnyr In Jail from Police Court
I yesterday morning.
I Alexander Bauh'derS, colored. charted ?:;!.
I stealing u pair of shoes from I'hl.Ip Brook?,
I war sentenced to sixty .lay.- in Ja!!.
Discus* New TJghtlne Franchise,
I The *ubcommltioc of tho Commute- on
Streets, to which n-n.> referred the- petition
(or the Richmond ami Henrlco Railway for
a c'nera! tlsht and power franclilte. will
meet at the City Hull to-night at 7:?o'clock
1 to hear argument on the proposed fran
i llr. riirrlngtnn Set* III? Hack Pay.
I In accordance with the mandamus order
of the city Circuit Court. State Auditor or
I Public Aocounta Donobo? yesterday is?u*i
in State cluck In payment to Ur. Chnr!*r V.
I Carrlngton of his salary from November I,
1911, to December ?, 191b the ch?.ck be-In?
for !!?'* It represents tin- period between
hin ?ml removal, which w-s* hold to bo
'illegal und of no effect, und hl? second or
I valid removal from offl'.-e. _
Cuba, Jamaica, Hnytl, Panama Canal,
South und Central America.
Tours and Cruises
RICHMOND TRANSFER CO..
SOD Knut Main Street. Hlcluiiond. V:i.
Ask Your Tinner About
6. M. Co.,s "Pearl"
Roofing Tin
Gordon Metal Co.
Richmond, Va.
Richmond's Post Office received
34,083 more incoming registers
fiscal year June 30, 1911. than
same period 1906=
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