The times dispatch. [volume], February 13, 1912, Image 12

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resses
VVc have something that's worth talking about, and
that's because no Mattresses sold in Richmond, at this
price, are anywhere near their equal.
WE KNOW thev're better, because we had a hand
in their making?WE KNOW WHAT'S INSIDE,
and we know how they arc put together. We're will?
ing to prove the superiority which we claim for them
by allowing you to take one home and TRY IT OUT
1?R SIXTY NIGHTS?to be. retu m d .at our ex?
pense if you are not entirely satisfied. This we could
not afford to do unless WE KNEW that OURS were
the BEST MATTRESSES MONEY COULD BUY;
Made, as ate the more expensive ones, of thick
layers of best quality elastic layer felt; covered
with fancy art or plain ticking?with heavy roiled
edges?in one or two pans, as desired, 58.00.
OTHER MATTRESSES?we sell the best only
at each price?S3.75, $5.00, St..00, $10.00 and $12.00.
Third Floor.
ELEVATOR FALL
Hunter Woolridge Hurled Four
Stories, but Physicians Say
He Will Live.
Hunter Woolridge, a carpenter, em?
ployed !>y YV. L Kurland ft Co., almost
lost his life yesterday afternoon when
(he freight elevator at Miller &
ithoads. in which he had just started
down from the fourth floor, fell with a
sudden crush to the basement. Ills
nnkle was broken, there were bruise?
over thi body, and severe wounds In
th? head, but at the Memorial Hos?
pital last night he had regained con?
sciousness, and It was said that Iis
v otlid recover. 11 ut when he \a.is
picked up by .\. st. Boat it-right, an em
ployc of the firm, and was hurriedly
incved to tli> store hospital. Dr. I". S
Split t I, the physician In charge, .=aw
titbt he had to got Immediate 't en
tlon in a hospital. 116 wa? removed
In Hie nmbulance, still unconscious.
Woolridge, who is a young mm,
Utes with his sister. Mrs. H. C. Han?
cock, at 1315 Decntur Street, South
Richmond. He was at work in iha
store yesterday, and had occasion to
go from the fotirlh floor, so he used
the freight elevator. A colored port?r
I,.-lined Hamlin got Into the carriage
with him. It started down, hut stopped ?
titter moving one foot, and the negro
hurriedly Jumped out. The next In- ]
slant the ca'alc broke, and the cleya- ,
tor went down with a crash. The
heavy cable fell on Woolridge. and as
t oon'as he could bo rtached. It was
1; f ted from him. The elevator had
lust been used a few minutes before
to carry tip a load of freight Exactly
Vow the c.'e)le happened to snap when
t:-.<?? car was practically empty was not
MAY BE STOLEN
fiflirrr I inds Aiitomlblle and Runabout in j
?stable blare .lime.
Detective-Sergeant Wiltshire yesterday
took posseisleij 'of a, Jackson touring auto j
j-.jbile and -a .'.'Fht 'runabout found In th*
r.ar 61 u house at Fine .nil Ciraee Streets.
$ r ilevir-i them to have be-?n stolen fron?
Persons in iiennsylvanis. Some time" ago
tiie local authorities were asked to lookout
;or no'.tn Pennsylvania automobile licenses
ar.d t rtirabout.
Tbc stuhle in which thev w< re found was
rentr? l!,.'t June by a strange young n:nn.
He returned once, and h:is not been seori
since. The poiice were communicated with
und Sergeant Wiltshire ??? detailed on the
ci.se. Captain McSlahon has noitfltd the
Pennsylvania authorities, and It is believed
that the owner* will 1" found.
WOMAN USES KNIFE
Charlie Grrrnlu\e slashed in llotli Arms bj
Itosa Perkins.
Charlie sGreenlove, colored, according to
the woman's story, stood |n the mouth of
?n alley on Thlrtl"'.!! Sireet and Smote
it'.si Perkins with n si ek us she passediby.
Rose l.ad a pocket khlfii with her?the uses
It for chiropody. she said?and she s.o. upon
?iresniove with the knti-.. When she brid
finished hr had both nrmi cut from shoul?
der to elbow, and Mood gushed in every di?
rection. Both fjicenlov, und the ivoman
were much frightened Th* police and the
ambulance wen called f>r Hulchor re?
sponded and tool: twenty-sir Milche? in thb
man's wounds. Then the pollen toM; htrii
?r.'l rtoti to the li.-st Station, lie was
balled, but she ?<?? locked up foi tili n-?iit.
Stabbed In lh?- Ilreasl.
Jasii: Montgomery, colored, Is hemp held
In the Han'r'.co ;3ll while the ii-utliOrltleJj
art w.-.ltir.s to see wbeth?r Dabnsy Hooker;
anoti.tr r.*cro. dies at the colored City
Herne. wh( re he if being treated for a deep
cut In his left hi east Montgomer. us ,,r
r'sud Sundaj nlpht l\v County Offlror fan!
after Booker had received a stall from ?.
knife :o the hands of tiir prisoner. LSookrii
Is In a serious condition, how serious >.in
r,ot be determined ist ni this time, ?n<!
t.-.e disposition of Montr-oraery's ease dr
pends upon the outcome.
Hustings Court < a?rs.
John. Thompson; co bred, was acquitted
yesterday in ih? Hit: ? nifi Court o; assault
ar.d battery on Robert ?
.Nannie Patterson, co. .-. is ??nt to the
penitentiary for oh? j.ur !<.r stealing ?<
from s Mrs. McConkel, . .:? i-o.iicS woman
pinned Mrs. McConkel's dress up for her,
and ?toie u poeketbook d ir.m: tht slow and
pbliiiu; process.
SAVIN
l1
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This bank Is ? .p<
for eioa.l d'r oiltl
Is
?uisji sjiis^usjsjiiiinii i?iiil?amsMsfs?ssssr
SOUTHERN LOSES
fury Declares Railroad Must
Pay $10,000 for Death of En
jjincccr James 11. Rice.
Da ma gen In the sum of $10,000 wro
awarded yesterday i<> the admiulstra
tils nf James 11. Kl...- against the
Southern Hallway Company by a Jury
in tin- Law anil Equity Court. Mo- I
lion to set nable the verdict was con- i
tinned for argument.
The ease baa attracted widespread
attention, and baa been warmly con?
tented, the trial ha Vitt? lusted for
several days.
It ice was an engineer employed by
tiio Southern Hallway in the operation
of a switching engine in the Rich?
mond yard?.
Sonii- months' ago, when drawing n.
atrtng of twenty cars across four?
teenth street, near the northern end
of Mnyo'ii Bridge, the engine became
derailed .lurnil over, and lliee ro
ce'yed severe 'njurles heing caught
under the locomotive and scalded,
bruised und maimed, his death result,
ihg shortly after.
Ills widow brought stilt agninst the
railway company through Attorney
Munsdpn Cary. alleging that Ih'd condi?
tion of the track nl that point was
notoriously defective; tl.ai the rails]
and crossings were antiquated, the'
yards In bad repair, the ground wet
asd soggy, the ties rotten, and the
siding altogether unsafe and an im?
proper place over which lo operate
trains.
Track lu Hud Itepnlr,
The evidence went to show that the
trnck was In bad repair, and that its
defective condition was the direct
cause of the derailment which occn- j
sioned the death of the engineer.
Tlie railway company was defended i
in- lippu It tin ton, dr.. ami 15. Kan-!
ilolph Williams. .fudge Wells, 61
Hustings Court, Hart -. Bill In the casi
; for Judge Crump, who hud been as?
sociated with Mr. Cary in the prepura
! lion of the declaration previous lo
' b's elevation to the bench. Judge
Criimp bus meanwhile been holding
j court in South ltlehmond for Judge]
Wells.
The jury was out a little more than
an hour, und those waiting in the
courtroom could distinctly hear the
' deep tones of the members In argu
I ment, and later the voice of the fore
I Irian evidently reading the Instruction?
j of .ludst. Wells. The Jury reported
about' '< o'clock that it had agreed
upon a verdict In the maximum sum :
riilawcel by statute In Virginia, where;
deatli results from injuries?110.000. |
Because of the late hour. Judge;
! Wells continued the motion to ?et j
aside the verdict as contrary to the
! law and evidence for further argu
I lilellt.
VERDICT FOR DEFENDANT
.lury l mils for Harwood In Kjeclmenl sirJt
of .Iiiincs II. Carter.
In the suit of Jiinms Hi eTarter a ft* j net It
' Henry Horwood. which bus been on irktt
several days past In the City Circuit
Coiirti being an ejectment 'proceeding las?
voiylng title lo certain property, a Jury
verdict was rendered yesterday tot tlie de?
fendant. Motion wus made by attorneys for
Mr. Cutter to set snide the verdict as con?
trary id the :a?v and evidence, and the mo
: .,n Was overruled by Judse Scott, who en?
tered judgment In accerdur.ee with the ver?
dict :? favor of Mr. I!ai\\oo<j. The plalnt'S
excepted, anil cave win given to rile bills
of e.xeephbn within thirty days with a view
to nil appeal,
Iliilldlng Permits,
Building and repair permits were Issued
yesterday us follows:
I t ri.?!, Ilarmnn, to repair a brick dtve-llln?
'and office, 1(C? Bast Franklin street, to cost
IM*.
W. J. Glasgow, to repair a 'miik storage.
447 South Cherry Street, to eon *5M.
Atlantic ''oust I.lnt Railroad Company, to
repair a frame Mured t-.wer at south end of
Jiinics nivci Bridge, to coal |.00
lt. E. 1.. Glasgow, to repair a bilck store,
lilf. West Gary Street, to cost 1240.
.1. A. Reynolds < Brother, to repair a
frame dwelling, HW North Thirtieth Street,
to cost YS*'
11. W. Rountree, to repair a brlrk store.
'.'.?.--Si Wcm ?read Street, to cost ttW.
Arrested In King William.
I Information rob received at police head
!<iunrtera yesterday that It. K. Llpjcimh.
? u.uiE.d with having passed * worthless
? fi< < k tor HO on M. Beide?, had been arr.st
I isd In King William county, ft- r.-as bulled
for hli appearance lr. ,1'::. Rlcllrmond P6IIC?
I'.ourt on I'rbrunry 17. . .
N Two Jvdgnients Entered.
Judrment was entered yesterday In the
City Circuit Court In th* rase o! the Rich?
mond Transfer Company against I.. M
Vaughan In the .?uni of }::?.
Jiidgmont wns cnti red |n the snme court
j In the eass ,.f the Pndcrtvood Typewriter
I Company against I. .M. Vnugh'an, trading
,'uughan it Company, in tin sum of
II IW.M,
FIGHT LOOMING OP
IN STATE POLITIC
Strong Element for Instructing
Virginia Delegates for
Senator .Martin.
BYRD'S ATTITUDE A FACTOR
Interesting Development* Ex?
pected After Legislature
Adjourns.
In moments that can be snatched,
from the uctive scenes of legislative
life, there arc caught expressions of
opinion which foretell lively happen?
ings in Virginia politics in the months
to come. There is likely to be no lit?
tle lighting over tho instructions or
lack ihereof to be given to tho Vir?
ginia delegation to the Nationiii Demo?
cratic Convention;
Those members of the Legislature
who went to Washington last week to
notify Senators Martin und Swanson of
their election are enthusiastic over tho
proposition to Instruct the Virginia
delegation to support the senior Sen?
ator as long us there I1- any chance of
his nomination. They sny that not
only would It bo a .personal tribute to
Senator Martin, but that In a conven?
tion where a two-thirds vote is re
quired, complicated by the bitterness
already aroused between the friends of
more prominent candidates, there Is
no saving that a dark horse cannot
win.
Hyrd'n Action CnnMUcrcd.
On the other band, there is the fact
of Speaker TJyrd's support of Cover
nor Wo?drbw Wilson to be reckoned
with. Mr. Ryrd Is active and virile,
and is not afraid to antagonize any one
if lie sen lit lo do so. While he has
always been and is the personal friend
and staunch supporter of Senator Mar.
tin. he believes that the Virginia dele?
gation should go to Baltimore pledged
for the Xoiv Jersey man.
lie believes that Governor Wilson
will be the nominee, and thai a major?
ity of the people of thli State will he
for him. So believing, he does not
think it wise Hint Virginia's vote
should be given even to a favorite son.
friends o;' Senator Marlin appear !
confident that If lie will say the word I
he can g?t the delegation. He has not j
said llie word and has- not so fur ori- i
couraged others to say It for him. j
Representative Cnrlln, It Is under?
stood, Is especially active In his be- j
Half, and believe*, there Is n possible
long shot which might land tha prcsi
deritla] nomination In the lap of the
Virginia Senator. At all events he,
wants to try It.
Naturally, the stress of legislative j
affairs, with the growing excitement
over the possibilities of t'ne remainder
of the session, which one can feel !n
lh? very atmosphere of the r.ipltol.
prevent the public Interest in th? mat?
ter which will be more fully mani?
fested after adjournment.
There Is to be considered the effect
on tin nation should Vlrelnla fall to
Instinct for Governor Wilson, a native
,,f this State. There is further to he
considered tho position of the friends
of Governor Harmon, of whom there
tiro not n few. both In and out of the
Oencr.il Asssrhbly.
Circuit Court of Appeals.
The United Staic-e Circuit Court of Ap?
peals reconvened yesterday morning ai 10:?0
o'clock with Circuit Jurists eioff and Prltch
tu-.l und District Jurists Dayton and r.osc In
attendance.
Court announce.) and handed down Its
opinion In the following esse:
Xo. h?',>-American Agricultural Chemical
Company et a!., appellants, vs. W. II.
Urlnkiey. appellee; appeal from the District
Court at Norfolk. Va.; In bankruptcy, opin?
ion by Judse llose. Affirmed, with leasts.
Court announced and handed down a
modified opinion and mad* and entered its
order denying tho petition for a rehearing
In the follow Inf. caee:
No. K.rs-ldu li. Jackson, appellant, vs. A.
II White et at., appellees: appeal from
the Circuit Court at Parkersburir. w. yn.
Petition of appellee 'or a rehearing denied.
Opinion by Judge Hose.
l'avld Stern, Of I'.reensboro, N. I . and
fci. s. Parker, Jr. of Graham, N. C were
admitted to practice In this court.
Trie following cose was argued:
No. H*t?Chesterfield Manufacturing Com
pany, plaintiff In error, vs. Leota Cotton
Mills, defendant In error; In error to the
<"!rriijl <""?>urt at llreentboro, N. C. Csuft
a:gucl bv David Ftern. of Greensboro. N.
C.. for the plaintiff in erior and by We?
ll.im P. nymim. of Greensboro. N. C. and
K. B. Parker, Jr. ot Graham. N. C. for t!:o
d. fondant in error, nnd submitted.
e.'ourt adjourned until this morning nt
10:30 o'clock
(?uses. In call to-day: No. MKS?Edward
Hatch, Jr.. plaintiff in error, vs. Emerson
Engine Company, defendant In error; In er?
ror to the Circuit Court at Alexandria, Va.
To 1": arK'ied by William McK. Woodhouie,
of Norfolk. Va.. for the plaintiff In error
:,'n.l liv C. E Nlcol. of Alexandria, Va.. for
the defendant Iii error.
No. IMS? ?oorge II. Holt &? Company, ap?
pellant, vs. Norvell I.. Heniey. trustee, et
al., nprji'tleea: appeal from the District Court
at Norfolk, Va.; In bankruptcy. To bo
argued ay S. O. Hiand. of Newport News.
Va,, and lt. T. Armlstead, of Wtlllamaburg,
Va. for the appellant, and by Norveli t,.
Henley, of Wtlllamsburg, Vs.; O. D. Hatch?
es.r. oi Newport News, Va., und Christian.
Gordon & Christian, of Richmond, for the
aptpellces.
Aldermen .Meet To-Klghl.
The Hoard of Aldermen will meet to
r.lsrbt at s o'clock. Tree school hooks, fran?
chise amendments, approving transfer of I
tho Sever, l iner line to the Richmond, Cr-|
banna and Peninsular Railway, increases
salaries to city employes amounting to Vit.- \
IY0 year, and a large, r.umbcr of general or?
dinances and resolutions will come over
from the Common Council for currenec.
Marriage License.
A ihSrrlagi license was iisued yesterday
In the Hustings Court to Hunter H. MC
iGulrc a-nd Elizabeth Miles Zggletton.
Health Hoard Meets.
The Hoard of Health was In session for a
short time last, transacting only routine
I business.
YATES MISSING
SINCE JANUARY 3
Police in City and County Unable
to Find Man Who Sud?
denly Disappeared.
c. w. YATI'S.
i Although diligent search has hf.on
1 made by tho police, c.tnl whin many
clues havp been followed. C. x. Yatcs,
of 916 North Twenty-sixth Street, who
disappeared from his home on January
cannot bo locate ! There is no Inti?
mation of foul play. The city and
county pollc? mad' every efTort to
I locate tho missing man. and, having
failed, his family yesterday requested'
The Times-Dispatch to help in the
search. Vates Is .1 nrpenter. On the'
morning of January 3 he left home in
good health and spirit-', and did some
work .irnund the First Market. At
noon ho left. He did not roturo there
In the afternoon: he -lid hot go home
at night, and no word whatever has
been received from him. Ills sou said
yesterday that he could not understand
why Votes had disappeared, and tils 1
continued absence has led to the fear
that he might he 111 somewhere or that
he met with nn accident,
The dctictive department lias don>?
all it eould to find Yntcs, hut It had
practically nothing on which to work,
His family Is naturally distressed.
VIRGINIA MASONS
HEREFORMEETING
Grand Lodge Opens Its Annual
Session at Masonic Temple
To-Night.
The real opening ot the grand com?
munication of the Ori.iid Lodge of Vir?
ginia came off lust night with the ar?
rival of several hundred Masons, and
a ritualistic ....-slon of the Grand Lodge
Working Committee in the Masonic
Temple. Although the Orand Lodge
will not be officially called to order
until .:30 o'clock to-night, fully hnlf
of the 600 delegates expected reached;
the city yesterday. Early last night 1
nil the hofls were filling up. and j
since the interstate Builders' Exchange
la also i:i s-tssinn In Richmond to-day. I
accommodations will be scarce.
The arum! Lodge Working Commit?
tee, in session since last Friday, has
completed all the preliminaries In- j
cldental lo the grand communication
and everything Is ready for the of?
ficial opening to-day. If the tlrne-hon
ored custom of selecting tho Grand
Master of Masons Is followed, William !
L. Andrews, of UoanoKc, Deputy-Grand I
Master, wll; be moved up and chosen
Grand Master to succeed Wlllllam B.
McChesney, of Stnunlon. The election
of officers will be the final business of
the Gra.td Lodge Thursday afternoon.
Grea't interest Is centring nround
tho report of the Masonic Home Com- {
tnlttcc. Tn its report, it Is expected
tho committee will recommend drastic
action In reference to financing the .
Home. According tr the rules In
vogue, of every i!olln.r appropriated by
members tor the support ot the Grand
Lodge ;r. cents Is given to fTte Home;
In addition, a special fee of %o. paid at
Initiation, Is contributed. Tho expect?
ed recommendation will ask that the
whole dollar, instead o. the quarter,
be contributed to the Home, and In
return, sonic other disposition be
made of the special $5 fee. it is be?
lieved this system of appropriation
will work more satisfactorily than tho
present plan and the sentiment of the
Grand Lodge -ccms favorable to Its
adoption.
Richmond Holds Low Record.
Mortality statistics for the year 15'.0. is?
sued by the Unlte.1 States Census Bureau
yesterday, Rh?n Richmond to be the only
city of as much .it 100,000 population In the
United States which In the ypar 1510 had no
death from scarl-.t fever. The mortaPty
r-tatlstles were received by Chief Health
Officer Levy yesterday, and some of the
comparisons will be Incorporated In his
annual report. The mortality tables show
Richmond the lowest In scarlet fever death
rnlc for 1005. ':.'re having been one death
here from that tl lease in 1W5 and none In
1010.
j/* . . : . ; ? , S
The More System
You put Into business trie more profit you will feet out of It,
because business Is really just a procession oi receipts and ex- I
peniiluires In the conduct of which profit is made.
We want to offer you our systematic methods of keeping
your personal checking account as well as your commercial
records. The profit will be yours. It Is the pleasure of the
American National Bank
OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA,
TO GIVE YOU
^ SECURITY AND SERVICE J
SAYSPLAN WOULD
BANKRUPT CITY
Segregation of Taxes, as Pro-1
posed, Would Cost Richmond j
$1,000,000 Per Annum.
CHAMBER EXPECTED TO ACT
Legislative Committee Prefers j
New Plan for Permanent
Tax Commission.
Estimates prepared by Special Ac?
countant Oeo;-,:o S. Crensiiaw, bliowtng
an annual loss exceeding ll.OOO.oeo to
the city of Richmond should the white
segregation of taxes hill now pending
befovo' the General Assembly become a
law, were, presented before the Cham
br of Commerce committee on legisla?
tion yesterday afternoon. A resolu?
tion will he prepared and forwarded to
a special meeting of the board of di?
rectors of the chamber, to be called at
once, favoring in lieu ol the drastic
White bill, the creation of n tax com?
mission along the lines proposed by
Speaker Byrd. Mr. White himself ad?
mitted that there were derious defects
In Ills bill as now presented.
The chamber committee on legisla?
tion was addressed on the subject of
taxation by Speaker R. E. Byrd. au?
thor of the Tax Commission bill, now
pending: George 8. Crcr.shaw. Special
Accountant of the city of Richmond;
City Attorney 11. R. Pollard, and others
Con* to Richmond.
Mr. Crcnshaw presented the follow?
ing compilation as his estimate or the
loss to this city under the terms of
the White segregation of taxes bill,
under which It Is proposed to tak?
from the cities the power of taxing: nil
properties other than real estate and
tangible personal property, and requit?
ing tile city to lake caro of certain
criminal expenses, ns follows;
Loss from llecnac*.fir>t),7(17
Corporation luxes, real estate. 53,205
Corporation tax cm, personal.... 181,423
Intangible peraounl property... 402,828
Hani, tax . 140,000
Tntni .ssjur.Tia
To ?lilch must be ndded for
criminal expeUNCH . 41,024
(Jrnud ti^ ill .11,030,1110
In addition to this annual clia,"* of:
more tliun one-third of the whole rover i
Hue of the city, -Mr. Crcnshaw showed
that there would be- an Increased
charge to the taxpayers of this city, I
after this elimination of the assessment
on each eif the above tax Items, on the
State tax rate of 35 cents of approxi?
mately $330,000 on remaining real and
personal property.
Would Bankrupt City.
All present were agreed that tho
effect of the White bill would bu to
bankrupt Richmond in an effort to:
make It curry the whole load of tax- |
ntlon of the State. The bill would
take from the taxable resources of \
the city all lax on tangible personal
property, 0 very valuable source of
Income, to this city, since it Includes
capita! In business, money In bank,
stock and bunds, aggregating In tho
present assessment for purposes of
taxation io^.':>00.th)0.
While the original plan presented
by Speaker Byrd for a single lax com?
missioner met with much objection
froni this city, both on account of th-j ;
dangers of onc-mn.n power, and be- I
cause of the provision of assessing
values according to recent sales, result- i
ing in the assessment of city property ,
up to Its full market value, while l
country lands, which are seldom sold j
would be assessed at much less thrun '
their real value, these objections have !
been to a large extent met by amend?
ments which have been Incorporated
Into the bill. The committee agreed
to approve the plan for the establish- ?
r.ient of a tax commission as more
equitable arid fair than that of >fr- |
White for tax segregation. In view
of the enormous amount which this
city has at stake. In either event, a
special meeting of the board of dl- I
rectors will be called In the next few i
days to receive a-nd discuss the re?
port and to take suitable action for
the- protection of the Interests of the
business men of this city.
BUILDERS MEET
Interstate Association Opens Its Convention
In Richmond To-Day.
Members of the Builders- Exchange* <>: J
Baltimore, Washington, Norfolk and Rich- :
rr.nnd will gather this morning In the Jef?
ferson Morel for the opening of the nf:h
annual convention of the Interstate Build?
ers' and Trade Association of Maryland.
District of Columbia und Virginia. Charlotte. |
je. C.. and Columbia, S. C. will also be rep
resented. This association Is particularly
interesting, due to the fact that It is the
only organization of builders la America
which ln< udea eitle? of different H'ntrs
James W Bird. preMdent of the Associa?
tion of American Manufacturers, will make
the principal address of the convention to?
day during the course of a banquet In the
dining-room of the Jefferson. At the ban?
quet will bo present ull the delegates und
the nierrioers of the local exchange.
The officers of the association are: John
R. Galloway, of Washington, president
Perry W. Ruth, of Norfolk, first vice-presi?
dent: William J. Oilman, of Richmond, sec?
ond vice-president; William H. Morrow, of
liiililinore. treasurer, and I. H. Seatos. of
Baltimore, secretary.
Iloys of Woodcraft Organlie.
The Boys of Woodcraft, from ten to eigh?
teen years of nsre. under tho direction of
Commander Joseph \. Creery. have organ?
ized ?Ith a full charter list and with the
election of the following officers- Oenrge
C Fleet, past commander: James. W. Gen?
try, Jr., advanced lieutenant; Julian A. Ca -
vedo. honker: Frank t.. Fcay. clerk: Bln
w.iod K. Taylor, escort: I.onnle T. Rard
[ wirk, watchman: Joseph N. Creery. cer.try.
Its objects are for mutual help, encour?
agement to observe the golden rule. Im?
provement of Its members by d'sclpllnr nf
1 par'/nmentnry v>rnctlce, physical training.
j lust ruction In deportment and useful knowl?
edge. Independent of political or sectarian
I bins, temperance, innocent social entertain?
ment, etc.
Mother Covered Ulm Vp.y
It was state] yesterday that James Mc
Ctllloeh, of 7(?7 South Belvldcre Street, who
was found dean at ? o'olock Sunday morn
ir.g, fell down the stnlrwny Inside his home
and that his mother, not thlnk'n* that he
was hurt, covered him tip with ly.anlteta. It
was said that he often came In late, and
being of a nervous temperament would
sleep on tiie floor downstairs. It was not
kniwn that he had been hurt until he was
found dead from a fractured skull.
Mr. Rynn Improving.
John Ryan, of IMt West Cary Street, who
has heen under treatment lit the Retreat
for the Ftelt. is. Improving, and expects to
he out liv the end of the we?lt. l.ato In
January Mr. Ryan slipped on the tee-coated
I street, the fall rend?rlnir him unconscious
I for several days, lie has rallied, however,
land Is now on the road to recovery.
Doctors Meet To-Night.
At the meeting tn-nlght of the Academy
Of Medicine and Surgery pan"rs will bo
read by pr, Douglas Vnnderhoof and Or.
IS. Ouy Hopkins These papers will be dis?
missed by r>r. Fred Budges and Dr. A. O.
Brown, Jr.
I the Reduced Prices !
! Never affect the standard of our merchandise. Every garment
sold during this reduction sale carries the frame guarantee as
j though the first price was paid for it.
! Gais-Racly Company
OPPOSE INCREASE
Protest Against Further Raise in
State License Taxes on
Their Business.
1 There Is no disposition on the part
Of liquor dealors to accept further In?
crease In Meente charges to the Stato
v.'itnout putting up u light. Vigorous
protests were made yesterday In the
meeting of the Committee on Finance.
Of the llouso of Delegates against the
amended Uyrd liquor bill Proposing
heavy Increases in t'lese licenses.
fc.'. II. Gunst said that his llrm. o
large wholcsalu ?lealer. could stand tho
dotibled tax, from $1,250 to $2,600 a
year, but that smaller concerns would
be driven out of tho who.csaic busi?
ness, tending to make a monopoly and
to correspondingly decrease the State's
revenue. He called attention to the
fact that many people doing a retail
business must take out wholesale
licenses In addition to filling orders
for larger quantities than five gallons,
of which many tire received oestlned
to "dry" States. In orders of 100 pints
or half-plntb for sale.
H. Clarke, representing tlio mall
order houses, said that his greatest
competition In liquor shipments comes
from Chattanooga. Augusta and Savan?
nah, ull In Stales where no liquor Is
supposed to be sold, and where th*
dealers pay no license at all. in
Jacksonville, htc greatest competitor
where license Is Issued, the total
charge is only $1,000?Mate, county
and city?whll ] in Itlchmond It ik
$4.000 Including city, and will be I?,
OC'n if the Increases arc made?$1,250
In wholesale and ?750 In rcta.ll and
shippers' license.
E. A Bttlmpf. for the strictly retail
trade, briefly called attention to the
fact that his class of deal, rs can sell
only In their own communities, nnd
asked the committee to co..aider this.
George McDtilllo Make, representing
the grocery liquor me: , called iitl<-n
tlon 10 the enormous cost of license?
$1,525 in ail?he now pays, and said
half the dealers of hit. Class will be
frozen out if tho bill becomes law.
The committee reached no decision,
but will probably take ti matter up.
thlr. morning.
C0ULB0URN CAPTAIN
Company C. first Virginia, Also Elect- Frank
Splatt Second -.euteuanl.
Instilled w-ltb fervent enthusiasm over the
prospect thai they may soon be called to
arm?, members of Company C, First Bat?
talion, of the First Virginia Regiment; last
night 'held an election of offic r?, a-.d after
Captain Charles M. Wallace, a former orfl
cer of the battalion, hud declined election
for business reasons, the men unanimously
elected Charles B. Coulbourri captain of the
command. Frank K, splatt was elected sec- ,
or.d lieutenant.
'"nptain Coulbourn Is a soldier of cr.pirl
encc. He Is n graduate of V. M, 1 and an
cv-X.rofeisor of that latUtution. and is a
nephew of Colonel Joseph Button. Commis?
sioner of Insurance. 11?. ?va? formerly sec?
ond lieutenant of Company F. o: the same
battalion. Lieutenant Splatt Is also a eoidler
of experience, having sc-tn service in tiie
Spanish-American War with the First Ohio
Regiment, and war later ...a. sergeant In I
the Eighteenth Ptnr.svlvani?.
SAY STOVES WERE STOLEN
Three Dealers Charged With HcrcHtng Loot
Taken by Eddie Harri?.
Jottph Segal, Aaron Sohaplro and Julius
Pcr.apiro were a'c^'teJ yesterday by Police !
men Dunn and Munoley on charges of re?
ceiving property known to have been stolen.
Segal .? charged with receiving four stolen
grate?, va' cd at Jit, the property of John
T. Cloddli.. Aaron Schaplro, with receiving
a |U stove belonging to C. E Richards, and
Julius Schupiro. with receiving a $15 stove j
belonging to T. J. Todd
The grotes and stove- arc alleged to have
been stolen by Eddie Harris, colored, aga.nsi
whom trla; Is now periling. The pollen re- j
calved many complaints of atevci and gruies
tiding stolen from vacant houses, and the
arrest of Harri? foliowert.
Hurt by Runaway Home.
Whlto crossing the railroad tracks at Scv
enttcr.lh ur.d Hospital Streets yesterday.
Krank Nelson, an employe In the Cbeaa
peaks and Oh.o Railway Shops, was knock?
ed down by n runaway horte and painfully
cut about the face and body. The horse
shlc-d at something on the track and ran ,
Into Mr. Nelson. He was treat.d by Dr.
Huscher, of the city ambulance. His In- t
Juries arc not serious.
Showed Ills -Honey.
Robert Ford, colored, was (tabbed by an
unknown negro last night at Seventeenth
and Franklin Streets, the knife entering
hie left chest within two and a half Inches
of Ids hoart. lie was taken Into Scott's
drug store and was treated there by Dr.
Hulnher, of the city ambulance.
Ford Is employed on the Bellwoort Farm,
tn Chesterfield county. He said that he
Hashed some money and that hit assail?
ant attempted to take It from him.
In Bankruptcy.
A petition In voluntary bankruptcy was I
filed yasterday in tho office of the- clerk of
the United States District Courl by Joseph
Longan, Jr. His liabilities amount to $17*.3l, j
and assets, $72t, hold exempt.
Charged With Theft. j
Thomas Tlnsley. colored, was arrested
yesterday In a charge of stealing a quantity
of meat from Scbwarsachlld .t Bulsoerger.
Louis Amator wo? arrested on a Charte of !
stealing $15.10 from Surah Stewart. I
Tetrazzini Will Arrive Here To
Morrow for Concert on
Thursday Night.
Madame Tetrazzlnt, whose wonderful
voice will be heard at Uio City Audi?
torium on Thursday nU*lit, will arrive
hero to-morrow night hum New York
to rest up before giving her llrat con?
cert in the South. Word came from
her yesterday that she Is glad of this
opportunity to sing In Richmond. She
has never been South before, and.
while thousands of Richmond poopio
have been charmed by tlio "Tetrnrzlnl
records," few have over sat In ft
theatre while she wus pouring forth
that melody which bus made her fam?
ous the world over. She will be as?
sisted In her concert by a flutist, u
pianist and a baritone, and from thoj
big demand for seats It Is almost cer?
tain *bo ?.???III be greeted by a tremend?
ous audience.
\Vhl!.: tin- undertaking was dllUcult,
Mrs Mary Pace Groncr has been high?
ly complimented by musical people for
I bringing Totrazztnl to Richmond. When
the matter w?a llrat suggested, there
I was little Itidlcritlon that the engage?
ment could be made, for people thought
It would take a barrel of money to
fetch the Italian singer this for South.
Perhaps it did cost 1? great deal, but
Richmond has never failed to show iho
proper spirit and the proper apprecia?
tion when something unusual was e'f
fcrcd. Men und women ivlth tickets
have been eager to hear the "Telra/
zlnl records," and they have read of
her, talked of her, thought of her, and
now they aru to see her.
"It Ik Indeed gratifying." said Mrs.
Oroner last nit-ht. "to find that one'ti
efforts In a big undertaking are to be
rewarded It was no easy task to ar?
range for Madame Tctrazzlni to Hing
In Richmond, but r.he is, as you know,
and our friends will not be disappoint?
ed. Really, her volco Is marvelous,
and she Is so charming that nothing
more attractive will be offered here
In month? and months. And 1 am sure
that she. too, will bo charmed with her
audience."
POLICE COURT CASES
Whltchnn?e Dlamlssed fur Assaulting 15. IV.
Ssundera?Ijitter AIM liUeimrgrd.
J. II, Waitchousc. charged with assault
ir.r E. W. Kaundcrs. was dlimlts^i In Police
Court yesterday rmrnlng. A'hltehouse al?
lured that Founder* had paid undue atten?
tion to hl? fifteen-year-old daughter, which
cari.-'d the flsbt. Saunder? war. also dts
mused.
lien White, colored, was sent on 10 the
grand Jury on u charge of assaulting Mary
YJUk Johnson with a knife.
The hearing of NflUon Hanks, colored.
Charted with holding up and robr.ing Wai?
ter Johnson of two packages of cigarettes
and j o.. ??*? continued to February It.
Fred Rohlnson. colored, was sentenced ta
four months In jail on a charge of steal ng
thirteen plr.ts of whiskey from the Rich
moral. FredeHckrturs e-nd Potomac R.-ll
road. lie sjppealed.
The hearing of ?eil!? Coles, eoiored.
c!.arr;ej with selling Intoxicants without a
license, was continued to February It.
Annie Johnson, colored, srlll have secflu
rlon for ninety dars for abstracting 11 from
Nannie Qreerj.
Frank F!?irts, colored, will be a partner
In distress for the same length of time for
taking unto himself JIM belonging to IT
gersail's Moving and Storage Company.
AUTO TRCCK8 ??N LONG Rl'N
ORDERED BY t.OVEENMENT
Engaged :n a test run of automobile
trucks under the supervision of the United
Ftat's government. Captain A. E. William',
of the Cr.lted .States Infantry, and W. O.
Sterling, of New York, arrived Richmond
last night en route from Washington to At?
lanta They were accompanied by a force
of drivers and assistants. Tho tru-ks wero
put up ai flitnr.er's garage over nlffht.
?wlille Captain Williams and Mr. Sterling
siopped at the Jefferson.
It Is Interesting to note thtt nil the car',
which are being submitted to a thorough
test hefore being put In the army service,
ore shaft driven F.verytruck la heavily
loaded, or.d will be required to show real
qualities to last out the long run. Tho
route from Wishinvton ro Richmond was
by way of FrederlckabflVv.' "1-e party will
leave for Emporia to-day.
Mardi-Gras Celebration,
Mobile, Pensacola, New Orleans
LOW riATES.
Tickets and Information.
RICHMOND TRANSFER CO.,
t>00 Ena? Main Street.
It has a Trade
Mark,
G. M. COo's "Pearl"
Roofing Tin.
Richmond, Va.
Approximately 110,000 letters
(first class) are sent by Richmond
people daily.
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