The times dispatch. [volume], February 12, 1912, Image 10

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INQUIRE INTO USE
OF STATE'S MONEY
[Weaver Resolution Will Be
Reported To-Day From
Finance Committee.
DEBATES AHEAD IN HOUSE
Primary Hearing To-Night.
May Be Caucus to Settle
Rcdistrictine.
With committee amendments, the j
Weaver resolution for an Inquiry Into j
the business methods of educational I
and eleemosynary institutions sup-j
ported by the publ'.c funds, will he re- J
potted favorably to the House of Dele
?rates this morning, Mr. Weaver will!
probably call it up for consideration |
during the morning hour, and it will i
in that event be debated.
The House Committee on Finance
Changed the resolution so as to pro- j
vide for a committee of only throe
members?two from the House and
one from the Senate. The expendi?
tures are limited to actual traveling
and subsistence expenses. To both
these amendments did the patron :
spree.
Mr. Weaver feels that the proposl- j
?lion hos been much misunderstood und
misrepresented. It does not refer to
any State department, as erroneously
printed. He docs not belt eve there .
has been a trace of graft. Hut tie'
does believe that poor business man-;
agemcnt has been displayed in some |
Institutions and thut the money of I
the rubllc has been thereby wasted; I
This condition he dous not attribute .
under ts present management, to even j
the State Epileptic Colony, which he
vised as an example in introduc'ng the |
l evolution. I
Will Be Important Week.
No man can tell what tho week be?
ginning this morning will br tie forth
In legislative circles. It It probable
that the Pennte will pursue the even
tenor of Its way, passing a few bills
and maintaining its position on the
lid. But stormy scenes are not at all
Improbable in tho House of Delegate a.
First on its calendar Is the antl
trcatlng bill, which Will meet with op?
position. Its fa to Is uncertain. After
the disposition of uncontested ma
ter'al, House bills on their second
rending will be reached. Among
those which will bring about debates
are the bill to prevent procreation of
criminals und Imbeciles, the bill for
tho establishment of p. woman's co
ord'nate college, and the Joint resolu?
tion proposing the sixteenth amend?
ment to the constitution of the L'nltcd
States.
Mr. Jordan, the patron of tho pro?
hibition enabling act. was at his home
in isle of wight county yesterday.
When he left the city Saturday ho
seemed determined to bring the Issue
of taking the bill up out of Its order
to the front again to-day. It Is be?
lieved the opposition Is daily growing
stronger, In view of the measures
championed by other members which
they are anxious to sec enacted. Then,
too. the feeling Is growing, as was
expressed by several members jn
Saturday, that an oftort 's making to
rlub the House into submission to tho
W'U of certain men.'
This situation rather pleases the
opponents of the bill, especially In
view of the fact that the tactics r.re
delaying the coining tip of the Jordan
bill In Us retrulnr order, which It Is
figured will be reached on some day
next week, unless the titne. Is consumed
in arguments over suspension of the
rules of the House.
Primaries To-Night.
The fnte of primary legislation nt
th's session will be settled, In all
probability, to-night, -when the Senate
Committee mi Privileges and Elections
will take up the Ft-atherston bill legal
Ir'ng primary .lections Senator
Fe.nherston will accept the. amend?
ments plSw*jpd .by,th- House In the I I"
In whov preparation he collaborated
With Speaker -Byrd.
There Is 6trong probability of a
Joint Democratic caucus to .settle the
divisions which, as stated in the re?
ports of the- hearings before the com?
mittees, arose over the proposition to
change the composition of the Fifth.
Blxth and Ninth Congressional Dis?
tricts. Some of the Halifax people,
nspec'ally Mr. Stebblna In the House,
?So not went to go into The Fifth, while
a portion of the sixth District delega?
tion, especially those In and nbont
Dynchburg, protected vigorously to the
committee against losing Halifax ami
against taking Qtles, Bland and Taxis
well f.rom the Ninth. There li lo
llevcd' to be I'ttle doubt that the
changea will be made as reported by
the committee.
MAY GET SPECIAL TRAIN
niebmoud Veteran? Viread) nist'iiaslug.
HcHulou at JlueoU.
Already the members of R. 12 i,ec
<?amp. United Confederate Veteran?;,
are discussing: the trip which will be
made to Macon. Ga., In May, when ti.e
United Confederate Von ran-, will hold
their twenty-second annual reunion.
Each year the- attendance grows
smaller, and it Is expected that In ,i
few years not many of the old soldiers
will be able to styr.d ihc strain ni n
long railway Jourrt-iiy.
Ten years ago Macon would probably
not have bc.ev.'i considered as a con?
vention city, becautid it was much
smaller th.ii and the attctidlinch war
considerably larger than II will bo ti.is
year. It was said yesterday that till'
It is more, i
im thorn will b<
into of Leo 1
engaged oth
it anked to jo
i.iy be able t
1 the Oeorgli
lie Ulfit the
? tlic ulllcliil
If a pee!a 1
i camps will
at- this St%to
bi? showing
TIPPING EVIL AT CLUB ENDS
WITH DISMISSAL OF WAITER
Members Warned by House Committee That
Other Employes Who Acc. pt b'ees iviust Go,
j here Is i ule.:Again t it
While laws are be'ng suggested to
stop the tipping nuisance ana various
organizations are telling how they In
te:i<l to knock it out. the house com
mlttec of the Business Men's Club has
given convincing evidence; that In o!
place where 60? business People meet
dally for luncheon the thing can be1
easily ended. When tills club Urft
moved into its home on the top lloor
Of the American National Bank Build?
ing a rule was promulgated that the
wallers were not to be paid by mem?
bers for any little work connected
with the serving of food. In view of
the fact that other waiters in Hieb- I
mond receive very small salaries, be?
cause of the perquisites, the manage?
ment p'eked up " trained set of men
and paid them double tho wage ordi?
narily paid In this city. Moreover.,
they worked only six days in the week '
and on short hours.
For u long time the rule was gen?
erally observed. Then it was broken
In spots, and lately the tipping spirit
spread When a member signed his
check and loft a little change by his
plate the waiter naturally picked it
up and put it in his pocket, ulthough
he d'd not advertise the fart by ting?
ling the coins. Members who abided
by the rule saw that it might as well
be abrogated, for the fee system was
growing. Drastic action, however, lias
been taken, and within the last week
one of the oldest and most efficient
waiters was discharged for accepting
a l .p. Tills incident has been used
by vhc house committee as a warning
to the others, and yesterday a circular
letter was mailed to all members
there arc about 1,000 on the roll?re?
minding thorn of the rule and tho con-.
sequences for any violation. The letter
says:
j -Within the last week one of the
I oldest and most efficient waiters in
] the dining room has, been discharged
! solely because ho yielded to the temp
I tutlon olfcrcd him by one of the mem?
bers and accepted a t'p. The policy
of the club from the first, forbidding
tipping, is one of the club's greatest I
assets. 1: hat. come to the attention:
of the house' committee that thero
have recently been some violations of |
this rule, and we respectfully call to
I he attention of each and every mem?
ber that it is unfair to tho.wa'ter to
tempi him with a tip tind thereby
Jeopardize his position, and it is tin
tali- to the other members of the club
to give a t'p and thereby impair the
service. The servants' box at Christ?
mas is the time to tip."
When 300 men arc dining at one
time 't is a big tax on the waiting and
kltchefl staff, but the organization Is .
such that there 1? practically no do- <
lay at the club. It Is not operated us i
a money-making venture. The. man- j
agement realizes that If the wallers!
arc to give first ronslderntlon to peo?
ple who tip, those who ahlde by the!
rules might suffer, so It has decided I
to break up the evil, or nuisance, or
whatever else it is culled, right now, .
and for all time. It is admitted, how
cvor, that the members and not the
waiters arc at fault. Members have,
simply followed the Invariable custom |
elsewhere in the city, but when they;
uro reminded that faithful servants
who are- not seeking tips will be dis?
missed for uccep'lng them, it Is be- |
Moved that the practice will end, to
the ?onifort und pleasure nnd satis?
faction of everybody.
HE DECLINES CALL
TO GRACE STREET
Dr. Franklin Regrets That He
Cannot Accept Pastorate of
Baptist Church.
Members of the Grace St rest Baptist'
Church were greatly disappointed yes-'
tcrday when it was announced that
Ucv. John II. Franklin. D. D., o? Colo- I
rado Spring?. Col., had declined ihe
call extend id to him on January 2-1.
In a letter which was received Sutur-;
day Dr. Franklin slated that owln3 to
certain conditions it was necessary for
him to regretfully decline the Invita?
tion to become the pastor of th; Grace
Street Church.
Gno of the reasons why the rongrc-1
gut ion of Grace Street Church was anx?
ious to secure his services was that Dr.
Franklin Is a native of Virginia, hav?
ing be Ml horn In ?ppbmaitOX county
about forty years ago, a graduate ot
Richmond College, arid Is to-day one
of the most prominent and brilliant
men in the Northern Baptist Conven?
tion.
lie has been pastor of the First Baj? \
11st Church of Colorado Springs for the
past six years, whori lie Is regarded as
a highly acceptable minister and Is
known as a preacher with moderg
ideas. Ho was one of the leaders of
the onllsslocn forces In the tight
?'gainst the liquor trulllc in Colorado
about thro? years ago. and Iiis recotd ,
in achieving a victory won for him un- i
usual popularity.
The pastorate of the Grace Street
Church has been vacant since last June,
when Rev. David M. Ramsay. D. D.,j
resigned to accept the office of pr:sl
tlent of the Greenville (S. C.) Female
College. Since that time the putp't has
been supplijd by Rev. John II. F.ugeT.
J'. i.v, ot Baltimbre.
The question of securing a pastor
! will be again considered at a special
meeting of the congregation, which
will likely take plate in a few day:-.
LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY
Ocncrully Observed In Worth, but Not
In Richmond.
North of the Mason and Dlxon line
/ br .ham Lincoln's birthday will bo
gener,illy observed to-day, but In Rich?
mond tlic occasion will nttrnct but
passing notice. The only evidence of
a* holiday will bo that there trill be
no slock market quotations, as the j
exchange In New York will be closed.
.Ml banks mid other business houses,
Stale and local Federal offices and the
schools will l>e opefh as usual.
UP
mm step!
James McCulloch Dies, and Con
way Hofflow Expected to Die
After Suffering Likewise.
Of two iit-i! woo fell down their
front door steps some time Saturday
night, < ...? James McCulloch, of ,07
Scu\t.ll Relvlderc Street?was found
\i. i at ? o'clock yesterday morning,
j and th. ? l Couwity HolflOW, Of 20S
i North Twentieth stiect?Is In the City
j Ho?pit?l, aii'l will probably die. Both
M ",'ui'ii ?;>'- mother htuird iiliii when
j lie fell headlong drnvt, the length 'i?
the steps and H>nt "in of liie .-mall-.r
children ilovsjii tn ?< If he were still
breathing, lie had fallen down before,
It wtt.- said, ilho tlift child reported that
Ii.- was .rive, and nothing mor.- w.is
thought of the ueeidvnl intil bis dead
body was ion.id .if>?.??.? the family oi
awakened. Dr. 11 iil.-l.e- _ of the city
am'Miluiicc. was suiiirhoiied, but McCtil
loch had been dead; it . -c -med. for
some hotirs, and .ill . lite, physician
could do was to notify tin coroner.
M .i-iilloeh wa? l .ventyMhrec urs old.
llotllow, who Is about forty years
Old, was, picked up rinni tin bottom
of fno Stairway and carried to his
i .in It win- iim thnuirlit itt the time
c.uiu unconscious hui ino city anibu
lanclj w.is suniiiioiH I. liii condition
Wjis so grave tli.it Di. llnlcliev look
i.lln :i| once to lh? City llospltltl It
I m?> t.iid lam nigh' Out ihe1 h i.) small
chance for recovery.
St. Elizabeth's, Built by Drs.
Horsley and Coleman, Will Be
Opened Wednesday.
Equipped with every modern appli?
ance'for a private surgical Institution,
Et. Elizabeth's Hospital, 617 West
Grace Street, built by Dr. J. Shelton
Horaeley and his associate, Dr. C. C.
Coleman, will be opened for Inspection
Wednesday afternoon from 3 to 7 i
o'clock. It will iff; open to receive pa?
tients Thursday,
The building, which Is four storleB
high, Is constructed throughout of lire
proof materials. Pennsylvania brown- j
stone, tnpf a try brick, reinforced con?
crete and fireproof tile huve been used
to splendid advantage, anel places the
structure well to the front of the
ranks, of other similar Institutions 111
the city.
Tlie ventilation system Is said to be
perfect, due to the general design of
the architect. The building Is so ar?
ranged that fresh air comes in from
the halls and from the sides, at well
as from the ends.
Location Carefully Choaeia,
The locution of the hospital was
carefully selected by Dr. Hors'.ey. It
Is located In a quiet part of West
draco Street, and runs back toward
Franklin Street, and Is only a half a
block from the Franklin Street slue eif
Monroe Dark.
The operating room department oc?
cupies ail of the northern end ot the
top floor, und Is Isolated from the rest
of tho building. It consists of two
large operating rooms of equal size,
a dressing room, a sterilizing room
and an anesthetizing room. Adjoining
the operating room department is te
laboratory for tissue work, a cllnlcnj
laboratory and X-ray apparatus have
j been located on the lower floor.
Only graduate nurses will he em?
ployed, und a limited number will be
received for post-graduate Instruction.
! Dr. Horsley will act as surgeon In
j charge, Dr. Coleman as associate sur?
geon. Miss Josephine McLood, A. B..
1 graduate nurse of the Johns Hopkins
Hospital, Baltimore, has been appoint?
ed superintendent, while Miss S. Eliza
| belli Holler will act as her assistant.
WEEK AT CITY HALL
Hoard of Aldermen to I'uas on nig
Docket To-Morrow Xlgbt,
Because of absence from tho city or'
S?veral physicians whose advice Is de?
sired, the Joint meeting of the Couhcfl
Committees on Finance and i'oor,
scheduled for to-night, has been post?
poned. The joint session hud been
called to consider th; offer of t.ejs
Charlotte Williams Corporation to turn
over the Memorial Hospital to the city.
The Board of Aldermen meets to?
morrow night with u large dachet in
prospect, including concurrence in the
ordinance billing the Seven Pines line,
increases in salaries of cliy employes
aggregating $24,000 per annum, ami
? oncurrenct In a number of ordinances
of general Interest.
Other meetings scheduled for thr?
week at the City Hall arc:
Wednesday?Committee on '.Vater, S
P. M.
Thursday?Light. .Markets, Groundl
and Buildings, s> P. M.
I Friday?Streets, Cemeteries, Strict
j Cleaning. S P. M.
ELIZABETH P?E'S
GRAVE 18 SOUGHT
Raven Society Hopes to Honor
Memory of Famous Poet's
Mother.
BURIED HER IN RICHMOND
Record Indicates That Body
Was Placed Somewhere in
St. John's Cemetery.
Although it is regarded here as Im?
possible, tno Haven Society! of the
University of Vir;.in.a, is making an
effort to discover und mailt tne grave
of Elizabeth Arnold foe. Edgar Allan
foe's monier, who was buried In Rich?
mond in ish. Thi movement was
suggested by H. A. Cowardin, Jr.. and
tue society agrees with him that it
should b; carried out.
Mr. Cowardin submitted several
facts In regard to the death and burlnl
of Elizabeth Poe. .-:c died in Rich?
mond In 1811, and wail buried In a pau?
per's grave. The facts Indicate con?
clusively taat she ans burled sotne
w hero In tho St. John's Cemetery, on
Broad Street, botween Twenty-fourth
and Twenty-fifth. In tu?, biography of
i'oc, by Wilss, there Is > letter by Mrs.
Byrd, granddaughter of Mrs. Macken?
zie, who adopted Poe ^ sister after the
death of her mother. In this letter it
Is stated that Mr. Allan and Mrs.
Byrd'a father "hud h< r put away dc
psntly ut thu old church on the hill."
Mr. Cowardin loc itc i Elizabeth Poo's
boarding place a., having bee.n near
St. John's Church Lin fortunately the ,
records of the St. John's Cemetery are
complete only as far back as ISIS, and
her gravs cannot be located through
this source. The city records, how- j
ever, show only one pauper burial In
the year 1811, and this In St. John's i
Cemetery.
Mr. Cowardin brought out several
mor; minor points Which seem to show
conclusively that the grave of Eliza?
beth Poo is located somewhere In Si
John's Cemetery, and made a sugges?
tion to seek out th< grave and mark
It.
J. H. Whltty. who has written many !
Interesting and Intelligent articles oh
Poo. said last night that ho was afraid
It would bo Impossible to locate the
exact grave. "Tho nearest i can get
to It Is that Mrs. Toe was burled In
St. John's churohynrd, adjacent to tho
southern wall." sab) Mr. Whltty. "In
examining the city records, i find
charged tho expense of opening a
grave there In IS11, Just about tho
time Poi'e mother died. While It was
stated that this grave was for a pau?
per no name Is given. By some re?
markable, streak of good luck the ex?
act spot might be located, but i doubt ?
It. About the most satisfactory ar?
rangement would be to aecjpt the
general location n? authentic and put
I the tablet there."
j Mr. Whltty has promised to assist
I Mr. Cowardin In .'i further search of
j tho records, for he believes that the
plan Is most worthy.
VIRGINIA DELEGATES
! Thcr Are Asked to Attend Southern
Sociological Congress.
j J. E. McCulloch, of Nashville, Tonn.,
secretary of the Southern Sociological
Congress, arrived In Richmond yester?
day for th I pur;x)se of conferring to- ;
' day with Governor Mann, Or. Ennlon
I Q. Williams State Health Commis- 1
' sloner, nnd Rex-. J. T. Mnatln, secretary ?
of the State- Board of Charities and '
Corrections, in regard to the appoint?
ment of Virginia delegates to a meet?
ing of the congress In Nashville on
' May 7. 8, 9 and 10.
i Mr. McCulloch said yesterday that he
expects this St ttc will be represented
by from 100 t,, 100 delegate*,, two of ',
whom will be placed on the board of
i directors of the congress.
H< has already visited several of the
' States, and .-. Id that he- has found a
i remarkable response to the. movement,
i which Is for the purpose of Improving
! social, civic and economic conditions
? in the South one of the most promi?
nent officials in North Carolina, he
i said, declined that he regarded the
j movement as one that would mark a
new era In the social nnd civic ad?
vancement 61 tho Southern StatoF.
i Following his conferences to-day at
the Capitol. Mr. McCulloch win'go to
I Washington foi the purpose of enllst
j Ing the support of Southern leaders of
' the government.
, M0T0RMAN DROPS DEAD
W. |3. Pntre Fatally Stricken at Street
Railway Y. M. C. A.
W. E. Page, it motorman In the em?
ploy of th' Virginia Railway and
Power Company; died suddenly yester
; day afternoon In the Virginia Railway
^and Power V. M. C. A. lie had jus:
taken n bath and was dressing him
BClf. when he- plunged forward dead
on the Moor. The city ambulance was
; summoned, and Dr. Hulcher answered,
j There was nothing he could tlo. Car
| finer Taylor gave permission for tho
1 body to be r< moved to the home on
'North Eleventli Street.
I Mr. Page was about forty years ol'd.
He Is survived by three chlldren
j Misses l-Iatiic and Gertrude Page, and
Julian Piige. The body will he Bent
inent.
Which 11sis been proposed to commemorate the celebration In
1915 of the fiftieth anniversary of pence between the North und
South is built between Washlritbn and Richmond it will be the
rheai s <>f the greatest possible commercial development of this
section of our country. A national highway like this would
open up the surrounding country und develop Northern Vir?
ginia in the most practical way. The PRACTICAL memorial
is rite REAL memorial after all.
oi RICHMOND, VIRGINIA;
believes in PRACTICAL tbings. Especially in this case we
think that sentiment could lie combined with substantial
benefit. In YOl It PRACTICAL affairs let us ftive you
Security and Service
FIRST REGIMENT
.Major Price and His Officers
Ready to Go Right Into
Mexican Mouth.
GENERAL ORDER IS ISSUED
Command Will Be Recruited to
Its Full Strength, With
Extra Drilling.
Remembering the old adage, "be pre?
pared for war In times of peace,"
Major Lawrence T. Trice, commanding
the nrsi battalion of ".he First Vlr
giida Regiment. yesterday held a
meeting of all the company otlicera.
and then Issued an order directing
the company commanders to recruit 1
their commands t? war stceritgh and
be ready to answer the call to arms.
Major Rrlcc believes that the present
situation between the United Stated
und Mexico Is serious, und regards in?
tervention as the most probable step
to be taken by this country. From
private as well as newspaper sources,
lie bus learned that the Virginia
mill tin will bo among the first to be
called out In case ol intervention, und J
he wanted to be prepared.
At the meeting of the officers yes?
terday all of thom expressed an eager '
willingness and desire to go to the I
front, and stated that they believed
their men would follow.
Atter this conference Mnjor Price
issued his order, and then notified
Adjutant-General Sale of his action,
and also communicated with Colonel
Perry. It is also ordered that drills,
be hold twice a week. Instead of once |
a week, as formerly, and company j
meet fugs lire to be held for the In?
struction of recruits
Within the next few days Company I
C Will hold an election of officers, und
as there are men on the election ticket
wlto have seen active service and oth
ors who have alteiideel the military
colleges of the Slate. Company C Is
expected to be one of the best in the
whole regiment . I
Major Price- stated last night that'
the baftallon Is in fine shape, end that
It has full war equipment and supplies.
The men are- enthusiastic, and he ex?
pects that every man would an*"-e-r
the call to go to the front, should
Ptosldent Tuft call upon Stale troops.
All the Virginia military officials look
upon the situation as very grave, and
constant communication 1? maintained
between the Adjutant-Gci.erul's office
and Wushlnglon.
Order by Major Price.
Major Price's order follows:
"In View of the pending trouble In
Mexico and the great possibility that
the Virginia militia Will he ordered
out. and be se-nl to the Texas border,
p. Is desired that the Flrsl Ratt..llon be
In perfeot condition to respond.
"Company commanders are ellrccted
to take such stopp as deemed advisable
to complete the equipment of your
company for service, and recruit the
lull .-.uota of the present regulations,
und to secure a waiting list, so that
on short notice the company can bo
recruited to war strength. Special care
Is to be exercised in trie selection of
recrufTs, as none but good men arc
desired.
"Company meetings for the Instruc?
tion of recruits and drills will be held
twice a week until further notice."
STABBED ABOVE HEART
Xekro Youth Suy? lie Accidentally Cul
Uli? Companion.
James Montgomery, colored, seven?
teen years old. who lives In Fulton,
was arreatej last night about 0:30
o'clork and taken to the Henrleo Coun?
ty Jail, where he was churgod with
ntabblng Dabney Booker; colored,
about nineteen years old. Booker was
taken to the City Hospital, where an
examination by Dr. Kulchcr showVTl
that h Utah wound, about one Inch long, .
hail been inflicted just above the heart. ]
While hlr, condition was soilous, it |
was said Inst night that he would
probably live.
The cutting took place n?Jtr the plant
of the Kentucky Tobacco Products Com?
pany, Fulton. Montgomery said that
It was an ucclde-nt, und that he und
Booker had been playing, when a knife
which he was holding In his hand ac?
cidentally pierced Hooker's breast be?
fore he was aware of what hud hap?
pened.
REnDYTO RECEIVE
HEAD Of W.C.I. [I.
Virginia White Ribboners Will
Entertain National President
on Thursday and Friday.
Officers and msmhors of the- Virglula
Woman'B Temperance Union, not only
In Richmond, but throughout the State,
are making elaborate preparations to
receive and entertain Miss Lillian M. N.
?tovens, of Portland, Maine, national
president, and Miss Anna A. Gordon,
national vice-president, also officers or
the World's Union, who will arrive hure
Thursday for a stay of two day.t
Miss Stevens will make a public ad?
dress on the subject of "Prohibition
In Maine'' Thursday night at S o'clock
in the hali of the House of D )logatos.
An all-day institute of temperance
methods will take place Friday in the
Bread Street Methodist Church, while
that night Governor and Mrs. Mann w'll
give a public reception nt the Execu?
tive Mansion in honor of the visitors.
The address by Miss Sievern; and the
Institute will undoubtedy attract a
host of White Ribboners from ill parts
of Virginia. At the temporary head
qaiarters of the union, wh'ch hnv?
beer, established at 223 Governor Street,
to be continued only through tne pres?
ent session of the General Assembly,
Inquiries art coming in from persons
in many sections wild expect to par?
ticipate in tlie reception and entertain?
ment of hie national officers.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union this year bus been linsiiully itc
tlya in petitioning the Legislature to
pass the enabling act, which would
[ give the people the right to Vote upon
j Iii'- question of State-wide prohibition.
The officers of the Virginia Union
are as follows: Mr:*. Howard M. Hog.?,
of Lincoln, president: .Mrs. Lillian A.
Sh -piu-rd. of Norfolk, vice-president ami
corresponding secretary; Mrs. Faith
Thomas Parrott, of Ma rtinsvir,,-. re?
cording secretary, and Miss i-.llie U.
Clement, of Centrallu, treasurer.
Who is inclined to save money should avail himself of our
Clearance Sale.
Beck Condemns the Eiffel Tower
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Leaning Tower of Pisa Also
Ordered Down as Unsafe.
May Raze Coliseum Next.
Somebody?probably the owner of
an old aback which was ordered down
because or Its unsafe nnd dangerous
condition?started yesterday the report.
In all seriousness, that Building in?
spector Bock had condemned the Eiffel
Tower, In Karls, and the Leaning Tower
of Flea, one or the brau and ancient
show places In Chevalier rtocchlcclolfa
native, land.
To show how quickly scandal spreads,
tho report got to Inspector Heek, and,
.'???elnn the worry of his friends, be
decided to humor It. Then he wau
called over the telephone and asked
for verification.
"Certainly, ! have condemned both,''
he said. "I have nolllled the Mayor
Of I'lau and tho Fire Chief of Parla
that those old structures must come
down. Every citizen of ltlchmond who
was born In France or Italy koch hack
there some lime, and naturally they
want to go up und see how the '.owns
have grown since they went away.
Suppose one of them should be killed.
You would never hear tho last of It,
and I w-ould bo literally driven out of
rdllce. They tell me that Mr. Boc
chlccloll was afraid the tow?sr would
fall when he was In Ituly a year ago,
and so he did not go to the top. I
wish to commend Mr. rtlcchlccloll. The
premises must be vacated within forty
eight hours, else 1 will have the case
[ put In the Police Court. The Leaning
Tower looks ar if It might topple
j over In the first high wind. As a mat?
ter of fact, I condemned the Eiffel
i Tower some time ago, and gave them
I a year In which to take it down.
I "On the advice of my Inspectors I
have before me now the question of
condemning tho Coll6eum at Home. Tho
south end of the grandstund and tho
western bleachers are nut as strong as
they ouubl to be, and 1 am afraid of
trouble it tho Richmond team in the
Culled sjtutes Uauuo should play tho
pennant-winning game, there, with tho
tans ttandlng up and howling.
"You know this Flavian atnphl
thoatre In Koine Is un Immense bulld
I lag, inclosing an arena used for gUdlu
torlal combats, tights of wild boaate.
and other sports. It was begun by
Vespasian liuI finished by Titus In A.
D. 80. Let rno tell you that If wo
had any baseball park that, was begun
In Itlchniond In A. D. 8? it would havo
to go. The Coliseum Is pierced with
eighty openings or vomitories in the.
ground story, over which ure super?
imposed three other stories, tho whole
rising perpendicularly to a height of
ltiu feet. 1 am *dviB0d that there lu
now a law ugulnst fighting wild boasts,
so that In one reason why the building
ehould be condemned."
Wheu Colonel ftoonevelt wae cam?
paigning through Europe, he, visited
the Leaning Tower and Chevalier Itoc
chlccloll has u [dclure, thowlng the
colonel in the act of pushing the
lower up straight again Since that
time It la said to havo dropped back
to its leaning position, and as tho
former President couldn't afford to
stay there and hold It up straight al?
ways, action by Inspector Beck was
regarded as necessary.
After the excitement In the foreign
colony hau eubslded .last night, Mr.
Beck said that he appreciated tho com?
pliment paid him by his enemies, und
he was grateful to them for figuring
that hla Jurisdiction extended so far.
"Hut this." he added, "will not alter
my determination to condemn a bunch
of other wabbly buildings In Rich?
mond, and I will rend in a big hunch
of nominations some time this week."
COUNCIL TO URGE
PASSAGE OF BILL
Danger of Stream Pollution Ably
Pointed Out by Health
Experts.
Members of the City Council, the;
Committee on Water, the Board ol
Health, and the City Attorney will I
appear before the House Committee on
General U?-? at a meeting culled for
Thursday afternoon at i o'clock, In
support of the bill to prevont the pol- ,
iution of streams.
The bill has the support of the tn
tire delegation In the House, und a
similar paper hu>> aleo been offered In
the Senate by Senator Marman. It ro? ?
?luires ev,-ry person maintaining a
manufacturing establishment from
which deleterious, noxious or un?
healthy waste material may tlow or
be placed In any -Ivtr from which uny
city or town obtains Iii water supply,
snail establish and maintain, under |
rules and regulation? to be prescribed
by the State Hoard of Health, a suit- j
nbl/5 plant for the purification of such
w.tste material so as to prevent the
pollution of the waters flowing Into
such river or Its tributaries. Any per-1
son who shall not within twelve;
months provide such puriflcillion plant,
or who ahull violate the requirements
of the Stn.te Boar-1 of Health In regard
thereto, will be liable 10 a fine of not
less than $25. each day's eor.tlnuar.ee
to be a separate offense.
A bill having a similar object, but
more drostlc In Its terms, failed last
eessldh.
Mills Leading Fight.
Tho proposition was revived this i
year by Chairman Morgan R. Mills. 1
of the Council Committee- on Water,
who secured unanimous approval by
both branches of the City Council to
a joint resolution requesting auch
legislation. Other cities cf the Com?
monwealth Interested in 'he protection
of their water supply fr.">m pollutlt.n
are Joining in the tight Richmond le
niiiklnp. .
Mr. Mills is also chairman of the
special committee to represent the in?
terests of the city of Richmond (before
the Legislature, and with the City At?
torney, who drafted the proseht bill.
Chief Health Oflicer Levy, and others,
he will advocate Us passage before
the proper committees.
Charitable Hospital Will Ob?
serve Its Annual Event
To-Morrow.
Founders' day. an annual event) w'll
b? observed to-morrow at tho Shelter
Ing Arms Free Hospital. Followlnii
short devotional ex-rclses, a reception
will be held at the hospital, ?villi
meinbers of the board of lady managers,
of which Mlsa Frances 13. Scott '? pris
ldent, us hostesses. The public It in
I vlted.
The Sheltering Art::.-. 1c a char'tub! -.
institution, supported almost entirely
by voluntary contributions. All pattern
receive free treatment, and these In
position to pay for medical and surgical
attention art: not admitted. Four hun
dr;d and eighty-one patients were
cared for in 1911, and the hospital gave
10.600 days of free treatment. Ono
hundred and thirty-four physician *
practiced liiere.
The expenses of the year amounted
to $0.175.75. whlli the expense per day
for each patient was 93 cents. The 'it
most economy iy, always observed, and
the affairs of the hospital arc In tau
hinds of a hoard none of tho members
of which receives any compeniatlon for
s irvlce-s.
There are now fourteen pupllr In tho
Nurses' Training School, under tho di?
rection Of Miss Mary rtroaddus, the su?
perintendent.
Interfered With Ofllecra.
Ous Drew, colored, was arrestea
yesterday on a ? hnrbc of interfering
with nicycle Policeman Napier and
Werner while In the discharge of their
duty.
Nelson Panics, c.olorea, was arrested
on a charge of holding up and rob?
bing Walter Johnson of $1.38 and two
packages of c'ga.-ettcs.
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