The times dispatch. [volume], April 22, 1912, Image 10

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

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LOVELORN YOUTH
SEEKS TO END LIFE
Aijns .it His Heart, but Misse*
Its Location by One Inch
Margin. j
IN DANGEROUS CONDITION
Woundcii Man. Who Now De?
sires to Live. Has Fair t liancc
for Recovery.
William Merklt. twenty-two r-car?
ol.l of U1S Ashland Street. disap?
pointed in love; trletl to end his life,
yesterday aftcrnoou ^i"1 ?< call-,
tire Smith .v- Wesson pistol. That be I
1? In the t ity Hospital with a lighting
riiann for recoven is diie solely to |
a miscalculation of one Inch In aim?
ing at his heart.
Merklc's brother. together with oth?
er members of the family, wire star- j
tied yestcrda} afternoon al : o'clock
hv the sound "f a pistol shot. Hush- I
lrig into the sitting-room, thoj found
young M-rkle with a smoking pistol j
In Iii? hand, propnring t>> send another
bullet into bis tod.v. Mis brother ?as
<io;r.k enough to prevent the carrying
out of the design, and succeeded In
knorklnu' ibe pistol aside. The bullet
bit tue ceilnik; and fell harmlessly t?|
the floor. I
The wounded man staggered to hl*|
knees wltl blood flowing from a ,
wound in the breast, and a call was
Kent In at on..- for the ambulance.
l>r. Ii B. Watts responded and made
h hurried examination. He found that
!!.<? billet entered just above rue:
heart. Instead of hitting it. through !
no fault of the would-be.suicide. ,
wriose lieart is about one Inch lower,
than t'.e normal position. ?
??W.U. you almost bit II. bul not |
quite.*' said Or. Watts lo the wound?
ed ma u.
"Yes. I tried my best to hit it.*' he
1 c plied.
in Itnngerona Condltloo.
At the City Hospital, where he was
tak'n at once, the examination re- I
vested a dangerous wound In tho
breast, from which, under the most fa.
vorablo circumstances, recovery will
be difficult. Unless pneumonia should
develop it was stated, the patient has
a fair chalice 10 live.
From despondency which pre?
ceded his act, Merkle has rallied con?
siderably and manifests a strong de?
sire to live. Ho has remained con?
scious from the beginning and de?
clines to discuss the reason which
prompted him to end Ids life. From
members or the family, however, it
was learned thai the young matt has
i. en despondent over a love affair.
Nothing; bul a pardonable Ignorance I
of his own anatomy, assert the phy- j
siclans, prevented him from carrying]
out his Intention, lie aimed directly
at the place where his heart niisrht to!
have been, I lit where, by a trenk of |
nature. It wan not. The pistol was so1
close that his clothing cannot tire, and!
was burning when his brother rushed]
in upon him and put It out. ?
SEEKS BOY'S PARENTS
I.oat t i.Ii.I Unable to TfH Police Where
He Live*.
The police of the First District last
night exhausted every effort to lo
t-att t!:>' parents of a boy win. said his
liaine was Walter Hawkins, ten yearn
old. He was -found early In the even?
ing In College Alley by "Bicycle Pa?
trolman Kidd. Ho had a huge quan?
tity of mate1:.-*, was striking them and
throwing the llaming bits. In all direc?
tions.
Vsked by the officer where he lived,
the bey was unable to tell. I! > said
that his father was engaged In the
Insurance busln/ss, and that he had
been In Rtehnioud only three days. Tt
was gathered fx<>m him after much
questioning that he came io Richmond
from Alexandria, Va. No report of a
ln?t boy^wwj nut do t--. the police.
Ilaeh A renne* the other.
Charlotte Harris ami Lucy Jefferson,
colored, were arrested yesterday on]
cross-warrants, each iiecuslns; the
other of assault und battery. 1
STATE HAS RIGHT ]
TDSHOOT WOMAN]
Jndecci, She Invites It. but Then,!
of Couise, She Is Perfectly
Safe.
In reply to a query from the State
military authorities as to what she
I roposes to do about the fact Ih?'t
the militia has the right to shoot up
her home, as it is in the line of lire
at t'ae now State rifle range, the wo?
man in question says she won't do
anything about it. She owns her
home and lives in it. mid. admitting
the rieht of the nttlltn ry, by deed,
to shoot over It. idle says she win
take the ebniie??
Now these rights were seotirod1 af?
ter niuch trouble and great difficulty.
A land company had developed a nar?
row piece of property between the
tract Which Is r.oiv the State rifle
range ar,.l camp site, near Virginia
IJoac'n, and had sold lots. It is .pro?
posed to i)r- toward ilie ocean. Most
of the hull. t3 will go into a fand
dune, but some will fly over the. lots
and over the water.
The State ha? a perfect rl*ht ??
shoot this householder. She Invites
men action. Bul public sentiment
ir.ay be encountered, and nobody wants
to kill lie.r, anyway. It |a now a
question whether or not the. fear 01
shooting her w'll break up the use
c>" the venge.
SAVING BANK
RICHMOND
my E.MAIN ST.
Frequent t xamitiallon?. close
?pervi<l<-,n and prudent m >
Oia* nv?de our bank aiife sa
i *
And If
One,
You Are Seen Without
You'll Get Rather Bad
Rating.
TO HELP WORTHY CHARITY
Stations. With Women in Charge.
Will Me Located on All A\ c
nucs of Travel.
Foi the Instiii live Visiting Nurses*
Association, this Is tho most important
day oi the year. Hundreds '>f earnest
women have i>eoti planning for It for
weeks, and will be occupied today
in piloting it t" n successful end. it
Iis the annual Tag Day, dedicated t"
the revenue of trie association by of
t.. iai proclamation of the .Mayer.
a number of the most prominent |
women in tb. city will begin -it '?'
o'clock Oils morning t>> solicit contri?
butions from ili" general public in the
aid of the Instructive Visiting Nurses'
Association, an organisation devoted
to the training of nurses ami to min?
istering to in. nceuj ill. Aside front
a small aimuii appropriation by the
city, and tecs paid to it by a promi?
nent life Insurance company, lib
uticlallon Is dependcnl wholly upon Ihe
public for Its support.
The revenues required for the main?
tenance of the institution, in addition
to those a 1 read) mentioned, are de?
rived from individual donations. Ithd
f i om dues paid by a limited mem?
bership. Olllj upon Tai; Day does U?0
association mako publlu appeal for
help. The receipts on this day gu a
long way in paying Hie ncccssnrj ex?
penses of operation, but for tho pnsi
year or two have not beep largo
enough to prevent a deficit from show
ins at the end of the year.
.loin the Tup Arm?.
Stations where one may secure *
tug and deposit his offering in 'I"'
mite-box are located to-day at every
point where the masses gather for
business or recreation. At Hie large
department stores, nt corner drug
stores, at railroad stations, cluts, the?
atres ahd factories, deputies will
Stand ready to receive contributions
and to append the red tag to ones
coal lapel as a siun that toll has
lie. n paid. Strict orders have been Is?
sued that no one wearing a tug shall
be solicited again
one will hardly be aide to dodge I
being tanned. 1'ow will wish to dodge
il. No one is so poor in the poods of
this world who will not go out of his:
way to give the price of a mat inc.
ticket to an organization chartered to
r.-lleve human suffering. The SlSo of
the contribution Is limited onl) by the;
generosity and the purse of ihr giver. '
The mlte bnx will receive dollar and I
dime with the same mute thanks, and ,
the tau will mark ail givers with tho I
same degree of credit. J
COLORED MINSTRELS
jHekson Ward SoiiblonnoniH hi < It,
ludltorlum To-Nlg-ht.
The amateur dramatic bacillus bar
crossed I)road Street and invaded life I
colored colony The result of Ihr in- I
feet Ion wilt he the Hunfy Hoy So-!
clety .Minstrels, which will be present- I
ed at the City Auditorium to-night by
an aggregation of fifty young colored
men. The performance '".'II be for the
bo n eft I of the Colored orphan Asylum.
The best talent of the colored poptl
latlon has been recruited for Ihe en?
tertainment, which will le the year's
biggest evint amnnc the colored cit?
izens. The show Is planned on real \
minstrel lines, with a performance di?
vided Into two parts, and with a grand
street parade at 12:30 o'clock. Prank
Mayo is guiding tho production h?
manager, ami "Oippy" Smith has
charge of the music.
Among th? individual stars tho
press agent mentions .1. Wllmer Turn,
i r and Joe Hayes, the honey boys:
Klgglestou and ISdwardS, star comed?
ians, and White and Dyson, Jackson
Ward tnnblor.soms. Seats will be re?
served for white people
ACTORS HELD OT
ROBBERY CHARGE
Two Who Recently Appeared at
Bijou Arrested on Norfolk
Warrants.
.t. H Wright and Jack Mclntyre, ac?
tors, wore arrested yesterday shortly
] b fore icon at the Byrd Streit Station
by De|rctiv.-a Wiltshire and Atkinson.
';oi the request of Die Norfolk authori?
ties. They utc said so be wanted In 1
I that city on charges of grand larceny
and houscbreaklhg. Th*j looked upon
tht Ir arrest at first as a Joke, but when
placed In a cell at the First Police
Station they regarded 'he. matter more
seriously.
Wright and M?lntyra were members
0 1 ? Billy B. Van Company, which
Closed the season or "The Ducky lloo-|
doo" last werk in Norfolk. The pre?
vious week they appeared In Rlch
; nmnd at the BIJou <r'nes,?re. With
other menu.er.- of the company Hiey
I'ft Norfolk ycsl-rday morning en I
t out" f'.r New Vork Thoy arrived I
er? by v - of the Norfolk and West?
ern Railway, j
Rarely hilf ^ hour before tho]
' train's arrival a message was rpceiwd j
? by Chief of Polle? Werne, from Nor- \
.'folk aMilrg that they be arrested and
! held.
Captain of Detectives Ford, of Nor
1 folk, arrived !n Rl-timond last nigh!.
\.<;,ft will return with the prisoners to
ry- _
?
??iiddrnlr III with Appendicitis.
A R Bills, of Philadelphia, who Is
the guest of Mrs. Harry Kills. Jr.
J??11 West Grace Street, was taken
suddenly 111 Saturday and Tcmowd t..
the Virginia Hospital for *n operation
for appendicitis The operation wax
performed arid Hie patient I? reported
as getting along nicely.
Negro Woman Pound Head.
Signora Carter, colored, twenty.alx
years old. was found dead In bed yes?
terday mnrn'ng at her home. In the
rear oi lrjio (Cast Main Street. The
? body wes viewed by Cor.ini r Taylor
I who pronounced death due to heart
disease.
HOLD NEGRO FOR
ASSAULT ON NOBLE
George Davis Formally Charged
?fli Warrant With Faster
Sunday Crime.
ENTERS EMPHATIC DENIAL
Prisoner Picked Up for Fighting
Pater Identified bv Vic?
tim.
In the arrest of Cloorgc Pavis, <-ol
ored, thirty-five >.-.ir> old. the police
are certain that they have enptureel
the man who beat and robbed r-.os.
W. Noble, of G19 Noble Avenue. Glitter
Park, on Baster Sunday in the office
"i the It. J, Reynolds Tobacco f'oni.
pany, 330 South Tenth Street. Davis
was arrested Saturday night for street
lighting b> Ofltcor A M. Smith. lie
tallied with the description of Noble's
assailant, an<l Smith yesterday after
ii.i called upon him to Identify the
prisoner. At First Police Station Noble
picked Davis from a cro\\t| of several
negroes, and was positive In bis Iden?
tification.
A reword of $2:. was offered by the
father of the young man who was
robbed, and manager of the tobai.
uompuny. When Keen in his coll by
a reporter Davis firmly denied ail
knowledge of the crime. He said that
be never frequented South Tenth
Street; that he was employed in a
Jobbing house In the Bast Bind, and
his homo was In Brook Avenue.
Foun(| IMin In Factory.
According to the story of Mr. Noble,
lir bad occasion to visit the oflloo of
the factory on Beater Sunday after?
noon. He was alono, and passin?
through the office lie went to th.- rear
Of the building, where he was de?
tained for some time.
Returning to ihe ofllce he found the
man ho identified going through a
wardrobe, and had upon his arm sev-1
ernl overcoats. With a cry the negro
dropped the coats and turned upon |
Noble, a touch and tumble light, which j
continued for nearly half an hour,
the latter said, ensued, tie was final?
ly overcome by Davis, pinned to the. |
floor and robbed of $> In dish, Davis 1
then fled.
Investlgat'on the (allowing das
showed that tho negro had gained an
entrance to tho building through s
rear window, and he was evidently In
the factory when Noble entered.
Following the Identification of Davis
a warrant charging him with felon?
iously assaulting and robbing Noble
was sworn out. and he will probably
be given a preliminary hearing this
morning in police (."0110.
CAUGHT IN ACT
-
?\ecro Woman Found t.olna 1 brunch
I ?nebet'? of Clothes.
Bertha Thompson, colored, was ar?
rested yesterday morning on a charge
of entering the home of Mrs. A. .1.1
Sprat ley. iff'.' Bast Clay Street, and1
attempting to rob a boarder. O. Q.
Klrkland.
Kirkland was awakened after mid-;
night, according to information riven '.
the polio.-, hv a light jti his room. Ho,
glanced up and saw the woman sitting
on a chair going through '.-.Is trousers
pockets. .lumping from bed. ho
crabbed h'r. The First Police .Sta?
tion was notified and nn officer was
sent for tho woman, who was held a
prisoner until his arrival.
The- woman whs formerly employed
h? a domestic In the home of Mrs.
Spratloy, and, being familiar with r"ie
surroundings, -found little difficulty in
effecting an entrance.
WOULDN'T PAY FARE
Conductor Itcfnscn Transfer and Hna
Man Irrested.
Joe Wuld, thirty-four years old, a
blacksmith, was arrested yesterday af?
ternoon by Traffic Officer Hill for ro
fusing to pay hi? fare on n car of the
Highland Park division of the Vir?
ginia Railway and Power Cnmpnny.
Wuld was given a transfer from a
Main Street ear at Seventh and walked
from that point te> Seventh and Broad
Streets. ..lien be presented the trans?
fer It was refused by the conelnetor.
The latter demanded an extra nickel,
and Wuld is said to have refused and
inOst.-ei upon continuing h's trip.
Rccomlng persistent, the conductor
turned lilm over to Hill. Ho wa?
le.,-heel uii at the Second Pol'ce Sta?
tion.
NEGRO SURRENDERS
Men Wanted for Shooting George Mor?
ton Given Itiinieir Up.
I.e-rov Williams, colored, wanted for
ahootlng George Morion, also colored,
last Thursday "night, yesterday aft-r
noon surrendered himself to Bicycle
<>llh-er Cllfke. He was locked up e,t
the Flrsl Police Station. Morion Is
at the City Hospital with an ugly nul?
let wound In his t.hl<rh, and his condi?
tion Is believed to be critical.
In Reeking to capture DerOy Wil?
liams nt Ms he.rno In CaRlOUn St-eot
shortly after th--. abootlnfr. Detectives
Kellam and Krengel mistook hla
brorher. Tom Williams, for hl.n. The
latter Is said to have draiwn a revolver
end it'empteel te. shoot t.ha officers.
Drawing his ciin. Krfngol fired one
Fhe.t. wounding tho ne;rro In th? leg
He is also at the City Hospital.
BUSINESS PEOPLE
BEHIND NEW PLAN
Convention Idea Opposed, No!
Indorsed, by Politicians
Who Seek Power.
WILL CALL MASS-MEETING
I Xced of Electing Good Men on
Administrative Board W ill
Be Shown.
I Business men who have given the
I question much attention declared yes
! t er day thai tad apparent opposition tu
I ma convention piun oi iiomtnatlns
members of the Auuvnlstratlvc Board
was uuc, to an erroneous conception
to the men behind urn movement,
i .ivy explained that I he movement was
being pat forward business men,
not l>y politicians; that no slate hud
been made up or even suggest od; that,
I the real value of the primary system,
j was broken down b; tiu muilitudu of j
Icandidates, ami tua? Iho whole systemI
I of city government, under Iii? now |
plan, will be ruined unless men of wise i
business judgment, acknowledged abll-1
Illy and wisdom arc e^cted.
in order to couvln ? iho public that
lit is not a political scheine; it was an
I noun cod last night lliat a mass-meat
ling will be called within tho next week
and that prominent cltlsons would d -
I dver addresses, in which they will un?
dertake to show iho Importance of do
' vising some plan for the good of the
? i ntlre community.
.Need Rood Members.
! ?The tiling is tin.-.' taid a clUaeu
rt-ho has advocated the OOllVontlOn.
"We are soon to elect live men who are
to co,id net a business amounting lo
S3.00v.000 annually. They at e clothed j
with tremendous power. They elect!
ull city oirlce.rs. except t ie City At?
torney; award contracts, authorize thej
expenditure of monvy, and carry on]
all the work now performed b| the
Council committees. M this Adminis?
trative Board Idea 10 i.o a success,
ii\e must have Strong men in ollicn.
I The public- has a right t.> know some
; thing about tho candidates now in th
race. Do you suppose c corporation
Would pick out a man .anting less;
'than $1011 a month iind pay him $5,000
j unless lie mid ability not previously .
recognised? The fa. t that a man ihas
I a big political following JL-. nJI the i
j reason why we should have business1
men who aro not In politics on the
[ Administrative Board, do to th? Oi^y I
Mall ami ask city employes what they
think of the convention idea. (Jo to!
the ward politician*; and nsk their
opinion. You will lind them howling
llgalUSt it. and thoy are sincere in their
howls. I
ItiwIncNa People V roused, ,
"This movement is put forth in an'
effort to g t the Administrative Board
I out of politlct> The business people
are nroused to the importance of ac?
tion. Tliry aro not in favor of nojnt- j
' tuning ahybbdy except men of exjTerl
I once. You have got to elect men who ;
arc making a sacrifice In serving the
city rather than men who will Increase!
ihelr Income 100, 500 or 1,000 per cent,
by going on the board. 11 Is common
street talk that tiie city employes are
against tile business movement. It
ought not to :,f a difficult matter to
ascertain that .'act We have made a
chang.. of tremendous !m;>ortance in'
the management of city affairs, but It j
will hc a sorry day for Richmond, un?
less men of experience and success and j
brains are nominated ar city man-j
agers."
Many of those who have be<n work- I
ing for the convention plan realize'
that great opposition -has developed,
but they attribute this to the fart that
the public ha. been badly informed.
' So a mass-meeting will be tcld, at |
which the facts will bo ably set forth :
j for the Information and guidance of!
i th* voters.
INQUEST TO-DAY
j (iirourr "\\" 111 Inquire Into Oenth of,
"Woman Who \Vn? Mnrdrred.
Coroner Taylor will conduct an In-1
quest into the d-ath of Ducinda Miller, |
colored, who was found murdered Sat-1
urday afternoon at her honf In Con- |
cord Street, this morning; at 10 o'clock!
In tho City Hall.
The woman was found dead In her.!
bed with her skull crushed from a
Mow from an axe. She hail evidently |
[been killed r.t, Thursday night, lieri
room ??< leriied from the outside.
Her alleged slayer, William Brown. Is
nr>w being sought by the police.
DET/TCOATKS n'KXIA limnim
IIETWEFoN HARMON AM? mi,?n\ I
\ [Special to eke Tlmes-Dls-patch.]
j faifton Forge, Va., April 21.?A 1
j Democratic mass-meeting was held
Ihere last nlirht lo elect delegates to the
State Democratic convention, which
meets In Norfolk, Va, on .May 23. The,
attendance was large, and cor-slder
a'.iie enthuslai i wag manlfested, Tho
meeting olected the 'following dele?
gate* and alternates:
Delegates Judge Oeortre K. .\7ider-.
son, A. IvJ. "Ml.ban. F. "W. King. A.
F. Bt*wnrt, Ii B. Meek.s. R. B. Fnxton,
O. B. Harvey and E. O. Payne.
.Vltftrnate? V.'. p>. Tlnsley, George O.
Greene, Ocorgt M. Fnrrar, P.. V. Van
Morn. W. a Bonavlta, P. C. or?, Eu?
gene "Mathews and A. b. Davits
ciifton Forgo is rntltWI to four
delegates, lo.' f was decided to elect
eight delegates, with a half vot* each.
The resolution adopted ore not par?
ticularly binding, and the debates
are abotii evenly divided between
Harmon and Wilson.
I It Was Mr. Micawber
Who said that the difference between misery and
happiness was two shillings per annum. The man
who spent A SHILLING MORE than he earned was
miserable; the man who spent A SHILLING LESS
was happy.
The difference in amount between comfort and
dependence may be a small one; bur there is all the
difference in the world In the experience.
A business alliance with the '
American National Bank
OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA,
will assist you in caring for what you accumulate ;
from day to day, making It easy for von to be among
those who spend A SHILLING LESS. jj
TEN NEW MEN SEEK
SEATS IN COUNCIL
Fifteen Members Voluntarily Re?
tire From Public
Life.
THE HOLDOVER ALDERMEN
Seven Members of City Council
Now Aspire to Administra?
tive Board.
Fort) candidates have entered the !
ruce lor tho twenty-one scuts In the
City Council to bo tilled at the Demo?
cratic primary a week from lo-inor- I
row. Fitteeii men now members oi Uie
City Council have voluntarily reUrod
from public life by not ottering tor
re-oioctlon. Plve inembora of the]
present City Council are staying out
? ?t lHe Council race with a view ol of?
fering lor the Administrative ituaru,
while two hold-over Aldormon not af
fected by tnla primary will also enter
the contest. Ten men not now mem?
bers til.- City Council have paid
their entrance foe in an effort to win
lb. Ir way into public life.
Only twenty-live of the thirty-nine
members <it th.? present common Coun?
cil an- offering for ro-olectlon, with
four of the ousted Aldormon. These,
wltn tin- nine new moil, make thirty
eight candidates tor the twenty seats
in tile new Common Council.
Councilman Blake is offering for
the vacant seat in the Board of Alder?
men from Clay Ward, to succeed Pres
Ideni Whlttot. who retires to run for
the Administrative Board. Mr. Blake j
win it- opposed by Ordway Puller.
.New Men Offering.
New men seeking to cuter the Com?
mon Council arc: In .le-fferson Ward,
B. Gallagher, Joseph B. Welsh and 13.
C. Davidson. All of the ten candidates
lu miv Madison Ward ar.. now mem?
bers of the City Council?seven now
In the Council and three In the Board
of Aldermen.
The follow'ng men voluntarily retire
from public life at this time, not hav?
ing announced themselves for re-elec?
tion or us candidates for any other
office: Aldermen c. P. Cowardln,
Joseph M. Kam. James A. Moneure and
It. 0, Reynolds; Counollmon W. EL
Bosohen, Barney Bowman, W. B.
Bradley, 1. It. Brown, E. H. Fergusson,
R. A. Olli. Clifton M. Miller, H. R.
Pollard, Jr.. W. Fred Richardson.
James H. Pinner, W. W. Workman.
Some ol these have been for many
years active and useful membera of
tho Council, anil their loss will be felt.
Especially Is this true of Chairman II.
11. Pollard, Jr.. of the l lnanco. Com?
mittee, and of Mr. Fergusson, who has
seen long service "n the Street Com?
mittee. The four Aldermen who retire
are regarded as among the conserva?
tive and reliable members of the up
pi r branch, which has always served
as a balance wheel against enthusias?
tic and Ill-digested action. Aldermen
Bennett, Hobson and Whlttet and
Councllmon Hirschberg and Richards
are not Booking re-election, as all nre.
prospective candidates lur the Admin?
istrative Board. Messrs. Qunst and
Don Deary, also candidates tor the
Administrative Board, are hold-over
members.
Hold-Over Aldermen.
With the one vacancy in Clay Ward
t.- b<- tilled by the selection between
'Mr. Blake and Mr. Puller, the new
Hoard of Aldormen, made up othcr
wlse of hold-over members, will be
composed of tho following: W. II.
Adams, John II. Bllley, 1'. M. lior.a
hoe, John F. Don J.eavy, W. J. Oilman. I
John R. Grimes, Rarion II. Grundy.
Marx (iunst, II. W. Mcltun. John .1.
Mitchell, A. C Nelsen. J. R. Perdue
and Joseph I-:. Powers, making a Board
of fourteen members. By tho accident j
of rodlstrlctlng, Jefferson and ij>>o.
Wards each will have one extra Al-;
derm.in until I he end of the terms for
which they wire elected.
In the election to be held a week
from to-morrow five men arc to bo -
selected for the Common Council In
each of the. four wards, making a
Common Council of twenty members,
to take office September 1 next. Clay,
ward has ? iKht candidates?six old
members and two new ones. Jbee War<j
has nine candidates?five old members
and four new ones. Madison Ward
lias ten candidates?all old hands.
:'cven of th.-m living north of the
tiver and three In South Richmond.
Jefferson Ward has eleven candidates
? eight present membera and three
new on'".
No PoIIIok Places Yet Named.
With tho confusion In ward and pre- |
clnot lines consequent on redistrictlng.
It seems hard to approximate the. vote, j
and even the most confident candidates ?
admit that It Is Impossible to figure
with certainty on the result until the
last ballots have been tabulated and
the returns submitted. No list has!
as yet been announced of the polling
places In each of the now preo.lnc.ts, |
und because of possible confusion In
transferring the City Committee has
ruled that a Democratic, voter may!
cast his ballot at whatever precinct he j
finds his name registered.
IV DURHAM COUNTY JAJl,,
Young, White Man Charged With Dr?
ing Implicated In Bonk Robbery.
(Special to Tho Times-Dispatch.]
Durham, N. C April ^t.?A young
white, man, Bveretl Crouch by name,
who hau been living in Washington.
D. d with ?ils father end sister, is
now In the Durham county Jail, under
the charge of being implicated In the,
robbery of the Bank of Orange, <U
Hlllt'boro. N. C., on the night of April
12. His bond has been fixed at
ooo. He was given a preliminary
hearing yesterdny, at which time Sie
asked for a continuance of his case
until Friday next. He talka freely,
and gives a lengthy account of hlH
travels und tramps. He had a chum
named Ilammon, who left Crouch bo
fore the latter waa arrested. Crouch
says Ilammon la a native of Balti?
more, and was a chauffeur, and that
Mammon's father was prominently
connected with pome Insurance com?
pany. Detectives nre now hunting
for Hammen. Crouch laughs at the i
idea that ho la guilty of breaking the
vaults of the. M?lsborn bank. Jiist
how strong tho case la against him
cannot now bo determined, as tho State
has given out no Intimation of (ho
evidence It has gathered.
Tho Republicans held their county
eonvontion yesterday afternoon. It
Was almost unanimously a Roosevelt
affair. There was bat ono Taft advo?
cate, und his resolution to indorse tho
administration whs greeted with dis?
dain. He could not even get n second
to his motion. All of ihe delegates
to fhc State convention were instruct?
ed for Colonel Roosevelt. ,
Riding Trousers
We carry a full line of all wantable kinds,
and in addition have Leggings, Stocks, Gloves,
Caps and other requisites.
Gans-Rady Company
MAY WAIT UNTIL
AFTER PRIMARY
Question of Increasing Fire De?
partment Likely to Go
Over for Some Time.
Having spent practically Us -nllr.'
session last Tuesday nlsht In hearing
long speeches from outsiders, Iho Coun?
cil Committee on Finance, will meet
to-night behind eloped doors lor the
transaction of business. The resolu?
tion increasing the pay of teachers
"thor than In ihn elementary grades in
pending. Action will alio be taken on!
tho plans for Bcllevuc School, and on
a number of other matters which have
already been fully argued, Sevoral
members ot the committee have sug?
gested the advisibility < r postponing
until arter tho election, action on the
renucat of the Mudlsou Ward delega?
tion for a motor hook and ladder truck.
While innocent looking ot. Its lace, Iho
resolution really carrit-b with it an1
Increase of ten uien In the Fire De?
partment, and the installation of a
hook and ladder company, with one
of the old horse trucks iti South Rich?
mond, ft lias been suggested that u
more calm and judicial determination
cun be made of the advisibility of in?
creasing the. lire lighting force after
the election?not before.
The Committee on Ordinance, ' li?
ter and itctorm lias given all ol two
extended hearings 10 t'.c Oilman ord?
inance, providing a ii'SA plan ot arbi?
tration in regard to decisions of the
Building Inspector, which was i ? pol l?
ed adversely by u vote ci 7 tu i. The
committee will meet to-night at
o'clock to take up Us regular ,l<. k. t,
which Is a lurgu one, embracing many
matters of special Interest. A nit>
commltteo of the Committee on Water,
! has been called for li o'clock, and a;
subcommittee of the Committee on
Street Cleuulng for & o'clock.
Tho special committee on public li?
brary will hold' Hb lirsl mooting to?
morrow night at t:30 o'clock, to hear
from Thomas J, Todd in regard to his
offer to donate to the city {l?.uoo to?
ward the acjulsitlon of .1 site for such
I an Institution. Delegations from a
' number ot associations favoring es?
tablishment of an adequate free pub
I Ha llbrury desire to be heard.
The investigation of the public
ischools will be continued Wednesday
night, and the subcommittee of the
Struct Committee which hua under
consideration tho petition of the
I Richmond and Henrteo Hallway for n
light and power franchise, trill fur?
ther consider that matter Thursday
night. ,
Mr. straua If nine Again,
Charles B. Straus, Jr., who has been
spending- sonic tlmu In Atlantic City,
1 1 ecuperatlng after a recent Illness,
has returned to the city.
JefTer?un Hotel Arrival*.
N. G. Cralg, Dyjchburg. Va., Mr. and
Mm. Frank If. Davis, Elisabeth, X. .1 :
Mra. Flrrpont Davis, Elisabeth, X. J.;
S. J. Kldder, Xcw Vork; Charles
Woodruff. Xowark, X J.. S. F.. Wrlght
Ington, Lexington. Mass . A !> Robin
! son, Xew York; J, O. Manahan. Kan?
sas City; George C. Wiltshire, Xew
Tork; XI. T. Morgan, New York; M
Shevdl, Durham, N. C.; A. Roslngton,
Raleigh. X. C; B. X Anderson. Chi?
cago; H. Donnelly. Cincinnati, o.: R
W. Price. Charleston, W. Va Edgar
MoCoihb, Denver, Coi ; .t. m S-noien.
Now York: C. C. Gullet, Jr.. Boston:
e. C Thomas. Chicago; F. T. U nion.
Pittsburgh. Pa; Mrs. Sinrner Sullett.
Chlcaco; Mrs. G. W. Shannon, Chi
ent-n; W, Iff. Mffilert. Chester. Pa John
J. Gartiand, Jr., Philadelphia; . J. Rar
retto. Xew York: John J. Bareto, Xew
Tork. C. W. Flynt. Xew York: How?
ard Simmons. Now York; Guy T? Hills,
Albany; M. C, Trlcher. Baltlmoro; TT
TV. Frost. Detroit: George O. Cooper.
T>etrolt; R. Applebnum. New York:
W. Jr. Sleet, Atlanta; R. B. Relnach.
Xew York; M. WeiiniaTi, Cincinnati;
K. n. Dottlnger, "Wilson. X*. C.
Anhevllle Ctrl F.nil? life.
Asnrvllle, X. C. April 21.?After
writing a note to her father that she
preferred death to disgrace. '"be
Duther, fourteen-year-old daughter of
J. B. iAither, a grocer of this city,
drank the contents of an ounce vial
of carbolic neld at 3:30 o'clock this
afternoon and died aalf nn hour later.
At ? o'clock to-night Claude Good lake,
twenty-five years old. and unmarried,
son of a local contractor, was ar?
rested. Ifo was Teleosed lstcr under
a .$l.oOn bond.
rtegiment ASaoelatinn Mretlnc.
The First Regiment Association
will hold Its regular monthly meet?
ing" at tho Grays' Armory to-night.
An error In tho Southern Btock
Yards advertisement of yesterday made
It appoar that tholr sales of fine cata?
logued horses begins Thursday, instead
of Tueartav. The public will take no?
tice that this sale begins Tuesdav
Morning at 9:8o. Sco our advertise?
ment on another page to-day.?A lv.
HYSON TO HAVE
HO OPPOSITION
-!
State Chairman Will Be Re
Elected by Democratic Con?
vention in Norfolk.
Thor? in no Indication thus far thai
anybody will oppose State Chulrman
J. Taylor Bllyaon for re-eleotlon at
the State Democratic Convention
which will be held in Norfolk nevt
month. On 'he other hand, a num?
ber of counties have already Instruct?
ed f?ir him, and im will attain control
the oiiieo which carries with it yuito
a lot ol patty honor The term is
for four years.
It might be interesting to not? In
this connection that Ctfalrman Elli?
son ha.h held this offlco lor the past
twenty-two years. He succeeded .lohn
S. Bar hour, and In the bid days it re?
turned a great deal of nghtlng to
make ovorythlng safely Democratic
Nowadays it is easy sailing The
St.it.- chairman sees no trouble ahead
j next fall, for he has figured that the
Republicans haven't go I a look-in,
while encouraging reports eome daily
from the Ninth District. During tbo
twenty.two \i-ara he. has sorved the
party Chairman Ellyson has seen
many chances anil upsets. although
the Democratic majority hat not been
threatened, and there |? less danger
Of lost this year than ever before.
With the apparent certainty that tho
Virginia delegSt'on to the national
convention will be .UnltlBtruOtcd,
friends of tb? various candidates tiro
makin? no desporatc efforts to aclilevo
the Impossible The best party sen?
timent seems to aj prove the Idea "f
send'ns the delegates to Ralllmoro
w'th s fi hand. The contest la so
hitter, with the belief that factional
line* will be so sharply drawn that
neue of the candidates now In the
ra^o will receive a majority vote, led
a distinguished Pommriit to remark:
yesterday thai It would not he at
all surprising to see William Jen?
nings Bryan suddenly confronted
with the nomination
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Steamship
Accommodation
We have, oub|ect to Immediate ac<
ceptence, two goo.-t double robins on
the Kronprinz Wilhelm, from New
York, June lv. and one doubl, room
on the Amerika, WCSt, September 5.
Richmond Transfer Co.
Mill Main Street.
?t?:-?-a
A Guaranteed Roofing ?
G. M. Co.'s "Pearl"
Roofing Tin
Gordon Metal Co.
Richmond, V t
r-?_??-.-1
6c a Pound
FOR FAMILY WASH
i K'.ttph Dry*.
The work itself is a better advertise?
ment than anything we can say about it.
Try us this week.
Monroe 1958 or 1959.
The Royal Laundry
M. B. Florsheim, Proprietor,
311 N. Seventh Street.
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Richmond Corrugated
Paper Company
Manufacturers
CORRUGATED BOXES,
WRAPPERS,
PARTITIONS, Etc.}
817-819 N. Seventeenth St.
Works, Office,
Phone Monroe 3271. Madison 72;.
Big Meeting; Richmond to
Washington Highway Corporation,
Jefferson Hotel Auditorium. Fri?
day. April 26th9 at 8:30 P. M.
You are invited.
Richmond Advertisers' Club