The times dispatch. [volume], April 13, 1912, Image 10

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

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The "Men's Corner9' Introduces
-FAMOU5
'I
Frisbie-Coon Collars
Made by a manufacturer of the highest grade col?
lars in this country.
ABSOLUTELY CORRECT STYLES?rightly
sized, and the laundry work is unexcelled.
After a thorough test and comparison of these col?
lars with other well-known brands our conclusion is
that FRISBIE-COON COLLARS are the best value
made.
1 5c Each?2 for 25c-$1.50 Doz.
White Shirts
Plaited and Plain Cambric
Shirts with attached cuffs;
coat style; a "FRISBIE"
product; so they are all right,
SI.00 and $1.50 each.
Fancy Shirts
Classy spring and summer
styles in Madras and Percale
Shirts; exceptionally well
made and perfect fitting,
$1.50 each.
New Neckwear
A great variety, of Spring
Neckwear, flowing end and
reversible Four-in-Hands, ex?
clusive patterns and NEW,
50c each.
In Our Women's Garment Section?2nd floor?we shall ex?
hibit to-day fully fifteen New Spring Styles in
Dress Skirts at $5.00
Pretty styles and EXCELLENT VALUES! Shown in fancy mixtures?stripes and
check patterns?in new tans and greys. Fashionable plain tailored models, with button
trimmings, side pockets, panels, etc.; women's and misses' sizes.
At $1.98, Skirts of Import?
ed Cordeline, Pique and
Pure Linen
Seven new styles in white and natural
color; shown in regular and extra sizes.
These are EXCEPTIONAL VALUE.
Washable Skirts at
98c and $1.25
Complete showings; skirts of French
linene and Canton cloth; plain tailored or
embroidered models, including the new
"Coat-Skirt"?made buttoned down the
front, to be opened when laundered. Regu?
lar anil extra sizes.
RAINES BROUGHT
l? sinn PRISON
Rushed to Richmond Because of
Indignation Over Mild
Punishment.
Joshua P. Ilaines, murderer of Miss
tvu M. Chambers, w^s brought to
Richmond yesterday ai " o'clock and]
lodged in the State Penitentiary to be
f'in his term of otghtccn years. Kol
vim convicted on Thursday, mid was
rushed to tills lily because of Indig?
nation which was Said to exist over the
\ i id let.
The finding of the Jury was regard
i ; as Incomprehensible, if Raines was
Insane when..ho.-<:?mrnltted the. crime,
'.t is argued, he should be placed In
un asylum and not in prison. On the
other hand. If lie was In his right mind
when he committed the crime to which
lio confessed, thcro ran be reasoned no
escape lrom tho conclusion of a pre?
meditated crlmo "f the most horrible
kind. HoW u Jury could have avoided
a verdict of murder In the Hirst degree
was not understood by the relatives
and friends of the dead woman.
It is rare, indeed that a sheriff brings
t> prisoner to the penitentiary, ns a
guard Is usually i-th. It Is only when
extreme haste is necessary that the
? i.'riff nets. Rallies was taken lrom
t- i< :n to Lynchhuirg em Thursday
iiight. Test er day morning the Journey
to Richmond was begun, Raines being
in charge of Sheriff Charles 1. Hatch
i r. of Roanoke county. The trip was
without incident.
Superintendent James R. "Wood, of
the State Penitentiary, has been ub
;>eht for a week, making a round of
(h'? convict road ramps. Ho did not
return yesterday until ivficr Itaihes
l.t.d been placed In a cell. Within u'
day or two the man will be put to that
fort of work for which he Is deemed
liest adapted nfter examination.
OPENS ARENTS SCHOOL
Prorrabi At ill lir. Rendered at ?w Ttiill.llnt;
tin- Afternoon.
Vorm?! excrclie? ? ? III be held thl? sfter
?.oon nt 4:30 Incident to the opening ''' the
Arentu School, the latest addition to the
chain of pifbltc ?clitcls in Itlchmond, Thi
(rxercliea will 1?: in tlx new buiidine, cornir
Mne rfn-l China Street?.
Sontrs and recltationa will be rcn-tertd by
Ihn children pf the school. A ttaj ai.ft Mb'.*
"ill be presented t,y lh? Junior Or ;< ? ..f
I'nltel American Mechanics Jacob Umlaut
will S'iiMr ihe Ulhlo Slid Davit JJottom ttie
Pair. In behalf of the authorities, Chair?
man Cr.arl.-a lltltisler, of l.'ie City Scliool
hoard, ?Iii accept the r.-is- while Principal
Jone? will retelv* the Bible.
city School Superintendent .1. A. C. Chand?
ler will prerldi.
MILLER I? QUIT
LOWER BRANCH
Councilman From Monroe Will
Not Offer for Re-Election
in Lee Ward.
Or. Clifton M. Miller. for several
years a member of the Common Coun?
cil from Monroe Ward, announced yes?
terday his determination not (o ofr
fer for re-election, service to the city
Interfering loo much with the prac?
tice of hi= profession. In the pres?
ent Council I>r. Miller represents Mon?
roe Ward on i he Committee on streets.
He la also a member of tlto Commit?
tee on Relief of the Poor, and has
been aotlve In measures tor the bet?
terment of the Institution and the de?
velopment of the hospital department.
Ho is a member of the subcommit?
tee considering now the question of
taking over the Memorial Hospital
property by the city.
Tlio rcdistrlctlng of the city into
four wards threw Or. Miller Into Lee
Ward.
.lamer. H. Pinner, a member of the
Council from Henry' Ward, also stated
last night that ho would not oft? r
for re-election. Mr. Pinner was elect?
ed last August to till the unexpired
term of Wallace C. Pauhders. He has
been a member of the Committees on
eight, Relief of the Poor and Local
Assessments.
The determination of Dr. Miller and
Mr. Pinner not to offer for re-elec?
tion adds to tiio already long list, in?
cluding sonn; of the best men in the
Council, who will not offer for re?
election. Members of tho Common
Council who have definitely announced
that they wlil not run again are W.
li. Uoschen. of Monroe Ward; BnrV.cy
Bowman, of Madison Ward; W. it.
Bradley, of Washington Ward; L. It.
Brown, of Washington Ward; 11
Pergiissoii, of Lee Ward; B A; tpll. of
Washington Ward; H. It. Pollard; Jr..
of Leb Ward; W. Pud BlchardBoh, of
? 'lay Ward, and W. w. Workman, of
I Washington Ward.
Messrs! Richards and Hirschherg
will not offer for the Council, being
candidates for tin: Administrative
lloi.nl. Mr. Blake will offer lor the
Board of Aldormon In new Clay Ward.
In the Board of Aldermen. President
Whittot retires to run for tiie Admin?
istrative Board, OS will Ml. Bennett
and Mr. Hobson. Messrs. Don Leavy and
Gunst, mentioned lor tho Board, are
hold-over memjbers, and win not rc
it're front the Board of Aldermen un
I til after the primary Messrs. Atkln
I son, Butler, Cowardih, Kalu, Moore
and Pat ram, all Aldermen who have no
opportunity to offer foi re-election, be?
cause of the redirtrioting, are Candi?
dates for the Common Council in their
hew wards. James A. Moncure and
!: ibert Ii. Retinoids rttlr.- fi*m the
Heard at the end of their present
terms, Mr. Rennolds, who is now !!>
at Atlantic City, having been a mem?
ber 01 the special committee which
drafted the plan which practically leg?
islated hm.s. ;f out of office.
FIVE YEARS FOR MURDER
'???er.. 1 Vornan Killed Negro ?\.wi on Ac?
count of Her lluabuDtl,
Though convicted ol voluntary manalaunh
II r. Vir?In Itf.bin^on was Ktvet, only tivt
wars in thi penitentiary by n |\iiry ycstcrda.t
! afternenn in the BuatlnRi <'.nirt. On motion
? ol cou.I for the d. I. line, Itlr.iin smith,
Jiidf" B, lt. Well? autptnded execution '.t
! lenience h.r sixty diiy? to allow time to n; -
'ly to Hit- K.iprein.' Conn of Appeali of Vir?
ginia foi ii writ f.f erior an? lU^ttzcdeai.
Thi woman. mr.v?d by h spirit of jcalouiyj
stubbed to death en December ? Kilen Col
line, who', she nllegefl. had ?ot, the arr*rtt?n
of her husband. The muil'cr took plsi ?? it.
Itolvldero Street between Broad nnd firncr.
I'revloai to hej crlm* the. ?layer here a
(toi reputation, SiM it wo? in view of thl*
!?'. '. hi'utighl "in ni the trial, that ?he will
iiavti tj pay t.ut a liiiut pualty.
TAKE ADVANCED
COURSE IN FIRING
Three Virginians Going to Fort i
Sill?Others to Attend Fort
Rilcy Again.
Three of the officers of iho First
Battalion of Virginia Field Artillery?
Major T. M. Wort hum, Captain Jen?
nings C. Wise, battalion ndjut.tnt, ami
Captain William M. Myers, coinmundcr
flattery A?will attend an army school
of lire nt Fort .Sill, Okla., from May j
13 to June 15. Tills i.? regarded
an honor, since, hut thirty officers of
the Nutlonal Guard In the- United
States will be Invited lo lie. present,
three of them coming from Virginia.
It is really an advanced course for
men who have attended the artillery
instruction at Fort Ttlley, Kan
Other officers In this State are
eligible for the Port Sill school, bui
no more than three from th's State
could be taken care of. Virginia Is
understood to rank at the top in the
efficiency of artillery officers. Both
Captain Branch Johnson, of Battery
It. and Captain Harry A. BrinklCy, of
Battery C, besides others in the ser?
vice, would have been competent to
do the work refill I red.
A reason for keeping the number
down is that nt Fori Sill the actual
firing is done in all Inntanccs. As a
result, Iho cost Is groat anil the ex?
pense must be limit- d.
The t-chool for artillery olllccrs at
Fort Blicy will be conducted Ith is
year as usual, und will he in opera?
tion from July t> to July L'O. All the
Virginia officers are eligible, and all.
I it is understood, win go, unless some
or all of the three who are going to
Fort Sill arc unable tr> make a second
I t rip during this year
Testify That He Didn't Write
Letters in Which Me Prom?
ised to Marry Girl.
REBUTTAL EVIDENCE TO-DAY
Ring- Given to Miss Lewis Storm
Centre in Henrico Cir?
cuit Court.
A number of hand-writing exports
wore placed on the stand yesterday
morning by the defense In the effort
to prove that two Incriminating let?
ters written by James- W. Clark I1'
Miss Laura Octavla bowls were forg
i cries. The prosecution's hope of a
I verdict against Clark, who Ik on trial
j for the second time hi (Ve Henrico
i county Circuit Court for betrayal of
I Miss Lewis, is bused to t g/eat extent
I on these two letters, each of which
contained a promise of marriage. Sev
[ oral of the experts, among whom was
Clerk S. V. Waddlll, of the llcnrlco
Court, declared thut Hie letters could
not have been written by the Knute
bund that penned the fourteen oth" ?
letters, which Clark wrote to the girl.
In Iho hope of rebutting this testi?
mony, the prosecution will open the
session this morning by placing
George S. Cronshaw, gpcctal accountant
of the city of Richmond, on the stand
as Its expert. These two letters form
tho only documentary evidence of a
promise to marry on Clark's part.
Itlnir n Storm Centre.
Another storm centre around which
a warm bntlle Is raging .s a ring,
which .Miss Lewis alleges Clark gave
lier ns an engagement token, but
which Clark says he merely loaned
hor. The significance of the t-'lft is
being bitterly attacked by Louis o.
Wi ndenbtirg nnd 11. M. Smith, Jr., the
lawyers for tho defense, bill too girl
holds to her original statt mcnt. She
even goes so fnr ns to avow (hol Clurk
sol April 13. 1008, as the date for their
marriage, which Clark denies.
All the principles In ti.ase were
?n the stand yestcrdsy. Clark testl
fylng for two hours under flro or
questions from Attorneys 5. M.
Quicke, Jr., nnd Julien IGunn: and j
Miss Lewis, her father and mother,!
brother nnd cousin, together with a!
half dozen other witnesses. Con'-:
trnry to the general expectutlon, the
case could not be given the Jury last
n'ght. although yesterday was the
?second ila.v of the hearing. A verdict
Is expected some time to-day.
While tin ease has been tried once |
in a magistrate's emit In Dlnwiddln.
lind once in the Ifehrlco County Cir?
cuit Court, ami most of the evidence I
thoroughly threshed out, an entirely j
new witness wnu Introduced by the
defense yesterday, bjn his testimony J
win hardly prove of moment. Two |
years ago. f.'lnrk was tried, found I
guilty nnd sentenced t,. live years In
the penitentiary by a Jury In the'
llcnrlco County Circuit Court, hut the';
verd'cl \vaa set aside by Judge lernest 1
II. Wells, sittinu- for Judge It. Carter I
Spott, ns contrary to the law and'
! evidence. Although the principals Iii
Ihr- case are residents of IHnwiddle.
living near Ford, the proceedings
were moved to the llcnrlco court be?
cause the alleged crime was com- j
milted in lleniico while Clark nnd
Miss Lewis were on n visit to Rich?
mond. !
VETERANS ORGANIZE
Former Members of Omiril of Common-1
wen Ith Form Association.
Forma) organisation of the Guard
of the Commonwealth Association of
Virginia was effected at a meeting
held at the Seventh street Armory last
night, its purposes are to keep alive
the memories or the war Between tho
States and to help the company of I
to-day as it exists in (he Virginia
[Volunteers. All former members oil
the company who wore In good stand-I
Uin during their service are eligible!
to membership. Tho association is to
be permanent but unincorporated. It!
is to hold its meetings on April 12
Officers were elected for the ensu?
ing year a.- follows: Joseph V. Hid
good, president: Carlton Jackson,
Vice-president; William Marshall, sec?
retary und treasurer. The directors
nr.; the officers with w. I,. Waring.1
Jr., and Jam.-. Clicnery.
VETERANS HONORED
Interest Inu Kxrrclae* nl Presentation
of Crosses by Daughters.
Crosses or honor were distributed lo
veterans and .i.- endanta at Leo Camp
Hall las) night by the Daughters of
tio- Confederacy That organisation1
was practically in charge of Hie pro?
ceedings. Hat two more presentations
of these crosses can now be made
b.-fore the offer til.a II" closes?in Juno
and September ??! this year.
Hoy Cohen, a little rhnp. recited
"The Sword of Let " in a surprisingly
effective way. Another child who fig?
ured In the pro. Oedings was Margaret
Kern, who received the honor cross of
her grandfather, 13. II. Kelly.
Mrs. Rosotibc-rry, of Texas, assisted
Mr.-.. N. V. Randolph and Mrs. H. A.
tUenner in presenting the crosses. Miss
Ivatheririo Stiles told bow she started
a Confederate library in Oxford. I5ng
iaiid. which now contains more than
at
THE AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK,
Main and Tenth Streets,
Will close Saturday at noon. The general public
is cordially invited. The expert in charge \yill
take pleasure Saturday morning in receiving and
will give special explanation of ihis wonderful col?
lection (<? ihe educators and advanced students
of Greater Richmond and vicinity.
ONE WEEK GIVEN
10 FILE NOTICES
Candidates for Council Must
Speak Up and Pay Up
by Next Saturday.
ENTRANCE FEES ARE FIXED
Pledge Required of Voters?Ad?
ministrative Board Pri?
mary Not Called.
Plans for tho primary election of
April 30 vecre adopted last night at a
meeting oi tho City Democratic Com?
mittee. On that day the Democrats of
Uiclimond will nominate a candidate
for Mayor, a mow Common Council by
wards, and forty-live delegate to tho
.Stato Democratic Convention to be held
in Norfolk in May, whllo Clay Ward
will also nominate a candidate for tho
Hoard of Aldermen.
The committee decided that all no?
tice of candidacy, with the necessary
entrance fees, must be lllcd by 12
o'clock noon Saturday, April 110. Can?
didates for Mayor must pay 1150; for
this Bonn! of Aldermen, $30; for the
Common Council, ?-0, and for dele?
gates to tho State, convention. $2.50.
Other Primary Not Called. ?
Thi committee again refused to sot a
?lato for the primary for members of
the Administrative Board, preferring
to have the City Council primary out
of the way before taking hold of an?
other. A motion to have this contest
on the same day with that for a ihcni
bit" of Congress?July lti?as already
fixed by the Third District committee,
was opposed by Clyde \V. SaundcrS and
defeated.
Not many changes were made in the
plans of former elections, a few b^lng
necessary because of changed condi?
tions. The report, as presented by the
plans committee, composed of Clyde \V.
Saundsrs, chairman; Prank Fcrrandlni,
"Wirt 12. Taylor, Ulchard N. Coode,
?lames M. N. Allen and Bulley P. Shlf
lett, was dually adopted by a unani?
mous vote.
Slay Vote Whrre rtrenrded.
Inasmuch as the registration books
are in lite hands of commissioners ap?
pointed by the Hustings Court, to bs
arranged in accordance with the new
wartl lines, transfers have been impos?
sible. Tills condition Is provided for
In the plan by the following clause:
"Owing to the late change In ward
and prjclnot lines, every voter shall be
allowed to vote wherever be finds his
name, thonigh he may have moved
silica registration.'*
Upon tin- ballot I* to be printed thi*?
pledge: "I hereby ngrje to support the
nominees of this primary in the ensu?
ing general election." In other words,
very person voting on the rac,_. for the
City Council would, It is argued, bind
hlms:lf also to vote for the Democratic
nominee for President of the United
Slates.
Chairman Miles M. Martin made a
suggestion as to a provision that In
ease of n tie the committee must order
an additional primary. In reply It
.vas' argued that the commllt :c has no
right to usurp the functions of a voter
and to decide upon a nominee, hut
should refer all this hack to the citi?
zens.
Proviso for Contents,
Notices of cbutost or of recount of
ballots or rccanvass of returns must
be lll.-il with the chairman by noon on
May 11. The committee Is then to be
called in session at once.
Tills pledge Is roipi'rcd of all Candi?
dates: "I announce that I am a candi?
date for the Democratic nomination for
Hie other of-. city of Rich?
mond, and pl"dpe my support to the
Democratic party, city. State and :1a
tfonal."
A letter w;is received from Major I*
T. Price, commanding the Richmond
Orays' Battalion, calling attention to
the fact that the militia has been or?
der.-.! to be at Hi" Mount Cretnn camp
froin July IB to 24, and could not be
hero to vole on the Administrative
Board on July IS. The reply will he
that no dat.- has been fixed for a pri?
mary to nominate members of this
board.
Tho report of tha finance, commit?
tee, fixing the fee of candidates, stlh
miited by Or. Charles V. Carrington,
caused debate from Secretory Walter
I ?. D?ke mid Others as to whether
there should be a fee from candidate.-:
for li-.e State convention. It was de?
cided that Hie honor was worth the
j By the beginning of the w-ek
the registration books will be In con?
dition to determine the. representation
from each prrelnct.
Surrenders Miller, Accused of
Running Over Architect, but
He's Again Released.
Frank Miller, who is awaiting trial
on ilie charge of running down with
an automobile Carl Buchrinund, tho nr.
chltcct, ami Who was surrendered by
bis bondsman, Mrs. Kill ma Ifcrtsch,
was again released on ball last night.
One thousand dollars security was fur
: nlshed by William M. Mertens for his
appearance in Police Court on May 1.
Mis. Herlsen, Miller's mother-in
law, appeared at the City Hall yes?
terday and said that she was afraid
he intended leaving the city. Seek?
ing a magistrate, she gworc out a war?
rant for him. He was later taken In
custody by Officer Duffy at tho barbel
'shop of Charles P. Belts, Jr., 120.1 Cast
.Main Street, whore he was employed.
I Ho uppearcd much surprised that lie
had been surrendered, and said that,
he had not Hie faintest Idea of leav?
ing town. lie protested that he was
innocent of the crime charged against
him.
.Miller was taken to the First Sta?
tion and held until Mr. Mertens ap?
peared and furnished the bond for his
release.
Mr. Ruehrmtind is slowly recover?
ing from Iiis Injuries and will prob?
ably be able to testify against Miller
when lie is hrought to trial.
KiMir CnuKht In llnid.
tlcorge Turner, James Love, William
"Wood and Sam Brown, all colored,
were arrested yesterday by De too lives
Intillcy. Wiltshire. Wren, Wiley and
Kella in as suspicions characters, sus?
pected of felony. The. negroes were
caught in a house in College Alloy
i which was raided by the officers. They
I are believed to he guilty of having
ijbmnilited several small robberies
[ whlctt MA.vc recently bceu reported.
Gans-Rady Co.'s
To-Day, Where a Veritable Feast of Bargains Has
Been Prepared
Every Department in the House Has
Contributed to Make This Day One
of Exceptional Opportunities for You
ar clirr ects oppose
gilman ordinance
suggest Different Method of Appeal From De
cisions of building Inspector?No Concluded
Action on Qutsti >n After Argument.
I Asserting- that the sufc or unsafe
condition uf buildings and tits question I
as to whether or not plans urn correct
are maller? of fact and law, to be de
? lormincd Judicially, and not to bo sot
j tied by compromise, representatives of
: the Architects' Association of Richmond
jappiared before the Council Committee
on Ordlnutiee. Charter and Reform yes
I tcrday afternoon in opposition to the '
Oilman ordinance, whic h proposes a j
I new method of appeal from decisions of
I the Building inspector. The Ullman I
I ordinance hits the enthusiastic approval i
of the Builders' Exchange and of many '
j real estate agents, property owners, j
citizens and builders, and wus argued
at great length by both sldo3. No an- .
I tlon wu^> taken, the committee adjourn
I lug to meet Monday aft-rnoon at 4:30
I o'clock, when the question will be fur- I
I ther discussed. City Attorney pollard I
I is yet to bo heard, und Mr. Beck him- j
I self desires to outline his own posi?
tion.
Present Plan of Appeal.
The present building code, us adopt?
ed by the Council In 1908, provides that
j any person aggrieved by a decision of ?
the Building Inspector may appeal to u
Hoard of Public Safely, mado up of the
? Mayor, th; City Engineer und the Chief
. of the Fire Department? all serving
< x-ofllt lo and without pay. Decisions
arc Una I.
I (laving failed In the General Assem?
bly to socurj passage of a Stale law
' allowing appeals lo Hi, Hustings Court,
I without bond, llu Builders' Exchange
gave Its Indorsement to the Oilman or
I tlinancc, which proposes a separate
arbitration lit each case. Thu aggrieved
'property owner, who desires to appeal
I from any declson of the Hull ling In- j
I spec tor. in posting $j0 to cover the ;
? costs, may bo heard before a board
: made up of 0110 man appointed by hltn
i s>df, one by the Building inspector, and
'thus,- two to select a third. Each
member of this hoard Is to be paid tlO
\ for his services, the costs falling on
the appellant, whether he wins or loses.
In I'a vor of Ordinance,
Among 11)080 appearing In favor of
the oilman plan of arbitration were .1.
I A. Connelly, Rev. .lohn (J. Scott, \S". a.
I Chest jrman and C. Rldgway Moore, the
more extended argument being made
I by Attorney George C. Gregory. No
I attack was made on tho Building In?
spector, but it ?vas claimed that any
, man was liable to mistakes ? .f Judg?
ment, ami the protesting parties con?
sidered themselves entitled to a fair
rehearing on appeal. As 10 the pres?
ent board, It was stated that the Mayor
was ah attorney, without technical
I knowledge of the building trade, while
It would be frequently desirable to call
j the City Engineer <>r the Chief of the
j Fire Depart in cut as .Xpert Wttncs ? :?.
So objection would b ? raised were Mr.
' Heck to appoint either as Ida arbitrator
In any hearing that might arise.
William Leigh Carncnl, Jr., of Car
ncal (S: Johnston, architects, led the
opposition, stating thai ho spoke for !
SO per cent, of the architects and for 1
tho unanimous membership of the
Richmond Association of Architects.
The architects, he stated, desired no .
change at ail, but if there, were to be
a change, would propose as a more
j Permanent board a plan by which llvs
j Builders' Exchange, at the llrst of each I
year, would nominate to the Mayor
throe men. and the Architects' Asso- j
elation would nominate three, the
? Mayor to seilet one from each set for
each hearing, and these two 10 select
a third, all costs l > be borne by the]
city when the appellant wins, and by
the. appellant when he loses. The ni
chlticts were well satisfied with pres?
ent conditions, and saw no reason for
a change.
Sot ('nur for Arbitration,
"If any change is made," said Mr.
Camcal, "we do not favor an arbitra?
tion that will be a mere matter of
compromise. Either a building is safe
or It is unsafe. If It Is unsafe, it
should come down or be repaired, it
Is not a matter to compromise about.
"If we plan a building It is cither
structurally correct, or It Is Incor?
rect. It Is a matter for examination
and judicial detcrmlnatic n. and the
hoard can call in expert witnesses. 1
have yet to hear of ar.y building In
Rleiiinohd adjudged iisafe, that should
not come down, and in every eu.so
Where such buildings have been re
I moved, the community hnr. been bene
llted. Then; arc known ways of dc-j
tcrmlnlng strength of columns; Whc-<
ther It Is strong enough or whether it j
Is not strong enough it a matter ?t
fact to be determined?not a matter
lo be settled In a give and take com-'
1 promise, where each side Is repre-1
sen ted by Its partisans. We arc op?
posed to having ellhcr Mr. Heck or the
j complainant appoint a: y member Of
tliia board. A circuit Judgi doesn't ap?
point un attorney to defend his decis?
ions before tho Court of Appeals. We
see no reason for any change at alt,
but If there Is to be one, let It l>?
along Judicial lines, not along the line
of a compromise settlement."
"Better Thro? Code Away."*
Marcellus B. Wright, an architect,
said that the building code waa a law
to be followed?not a matter of some
men's opinions. All that any board of
appeal could do would be to Interpret
tho law. He was opposed to haphaz?
ard compromises, nay lug that it would
be Just as well to throw away the
hulld'ng code and be done with It, it
every lime a property owner did not
care to comply with the law, he could
appeal to a court made up of his own
friends und appointees. If there Is to
be a court It should bn of expert!
selected by the Mayor from approved
lists, f?hl Mr. Wright.
Itobirrt Lceky, .Ir.. a member of the
Board of lire Commissioners, and a
member of tho special commission
Which drew up the building codo,
stated that at the outset of Its delib?
erations, which extended through,
twenty-seven meetings, the cotninin
slon hud rejected the plan of arbitra?
tion proposed In the Oilman ordlnnnce,
the action having been unanimous.
In the code recommended by the
rommlsdon, explained Mr. I.ecky,
them was proposed a hoard of appeal
of three men elected by the City Coun?
cil, to receive $10 tier day each for
their services during sessions. The
Council amended the plan by substi?
tuting the cx-officio board of city of
llclala, as avoiding coals and the use?
less multiplication of petty officials
and boa tils.
Hays Itn Itlillculoim.
Mr. Lecky theaiKht It would hnvej
been better had the plan stood at re?
commended, and urged that whatever
was done, the board of appeal be kept
out of politics nml political influences.
He characterized as ridiculous tho Oil?
man proposition of having a man scloct
the eourl In which he Is to be tried, as
an utter subversion of building laws
to the wishes of property owners.
In regard to Mr. Beck. Mr. Lecky
nsscrtcd that It waa unfair to a capa?
ble and honest official to nllow his
acts to be revleweM and reversed by
a court appointed In part, nt least, by
the Interested parties.
Without going further Into the mut?
ter, the committee roBO to meet ngaltj
on Monday afternoon.
MVSTIC Ml It INK, LOS ANGELES, CA I,.
May r, -o ?.
Rite, ",32.75. Tor information and
tickets, consult
Tin: nicrmovn TnAN?FBii co.,
SOft I.mm Main Street.
Is either good or bad. Il bid, your
house Is spoilt.
if eood, you h.ivo selected wisely.
G. M. Co.'s "Pearl"
Roofing Tin
Is the good sort.
Gordon Metal Co.
Richmond, Va.
I Collars vs. Dollars
If you let ns do your collars veil
save you dollars, because they will
'wear longer and you won't have to
I buy so many. We "mould 'em."
jTherc are. other good reasons, hut this
ought to Induce you to try, anyway.
Call Monroe 1958 or 1959.
ROYAL LAUNDRY
il. B. FL?RSHEIM, rroprletor.
311 NORTH SEVENTH STREET
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