The times dispatch. [volume], April 23, 1912, Image 12

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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR TO-DAY
Concerning Extraordinary Values in
75 High Class Silk Dresses At
Or At just About Half Their Regular Prices
This morning We shall place on sale beautiful dresses
of solid changeable chiffon ta?eta, fancy figured and striped
joulard and messaline silks in trimmed styles?all colors
and sizes.
These dresses, which orginally would have sold at
from $18.50 to $35.00 each, were only recently secur ed
by our representative. At $12.50 and $15 they are
supreme in value and will speafa for themselves.
See Window exhibit?Broad st.
On sale to-day in the department on the 2nd floor.
KHAKI UNIFORMS
CAN'TBESUPPLIED
Mill Strike in New England'
Cuts Off Part of Militia
Equipment.
Owing to the mill strike? In New
England and generally unsettled labor
conditions prevalent at this time, tne
War Department at Washington has
been forced to turn down lac requisi?
tion made by Governor Mann ror ad?
ditional khaki clothing for the Vir?
ginia militia. For this rensjon; whon
thc Virginia Volunteer* go Into the
summer encampments liiey will ;>.?
uniformed in whatever k'.iaki is .wail
able and In the olive drab uniform*.
Th; mill strikes have served to put the
"War Department on odije, and it Is
not deemed advisable to dissipate the
store of held uniform? 0:1 hand until
tht air i.'lears somewhat.
The htter of Genera! R K. Et ins,
chief. Division of Military Affairs)
Vftvr Department, to Adjutant-General
Bale follows:
'Ttcferrlng to Governor Mann's
requisition, dated April t'l, 1912, ror
quartermaster's supplies, 1 am di?
rected by the Secretary of War to in?
form you that tho requisition has been
approved for Issue of articles called
for, with the exception of the khaki
coats, breeches and chevrons, which
have bean eliminated from the reiqul,
sltion. and the value thereof. $11.503.sr.,
has bean charged asaln.'t the allot-,
men; of the State of Virginia, under
section I" of the military law, for the
fiscal year ending .tune fid. ifir>.
"With reference to the khakl cloth?
ing, the Secretary ..f War has issued
Instructions that no further issues ->r
this clothing wlil.be made to the mili?
tia until the ffw'ike ?ml other unset?
tled labor 't'ontfltlons now existing
among the New England cotton mills
have been adjusted."
WOMAN ROAD BOOSTER
terWr,? ol Nil? Davles Offered tu Virginia
School*.
Under a recent Instructive Campaign, in?
itiated by the Hepar:men: v Public H I?.
United states Department of Agrl iilture,
the agricultural l.lgh schoo:* and other
rural schooit of Virginia will be given ail
opportunity to bave rite lcctu,reS on good
read :nalt.>r? by the lecturei 61 the 'le^.ir:
ment. Miss A. D Davles J. l>. Eggleston,
Jr., Superintendent of Public Instruction,
yuerday received a lettei from I. \V. Page,
director of the Department ol public Schools
?t Washington, tendering to Virginia schools
the gratuitous services of ihls lecturer. Mr.
EgglcMon stated ihm he would leave the
matter entire y ;:. tin hand*. 61 ::.. Individ?
ual tchoo: Superintendent?, merely notifying
them of the offer an<l allowing then! free
rein in the matter.
Miss Davles, the letter s..id. handled
food reads question : rum ihi >;coiiotn|. and
social ?tand|.oliu rattier ri.an from the
technical view. It If believed that this
method of treatment will he of far hiore
value in the education ..: country people
to the necessity ?? bettei highways tnun
l.lhrur) Committee To-Night,
The hist meeting 6i tin ? :al I'oinn
tee en Pub':- l.tbrarj will he !.? :,i to-nlt
To this commlttc. hat he en referred
offer of Thomas .1 Todd doheiti jr
to the <lty toward jh< qulsltlon oj a
for such an Institut on > 11 urn tie 1 <i.
cations from educational and Other assoi
tlor.f favoring thi ? ,i a jiu
library devl;* 10 be heard
Xf? Member ?.f M?n.
Governor Mann yesterday publlt . i
appointment of David s - ? r 1: ?.
C?r, Henry county, to his perarii itafl
take up tiie uniform, i braid nnd t
dropped ny re..;,. John M, IPnidon
DanVllle, who < %?:,? y tendered bis rcsti
I hargred vt lib ltnti?el>i en I Ii
Josephine Xvatklns and Mary White,
colored, were arrteied
rant charging n.-.-n ? :?? . ,.
of Jamet Valentine, WC Basi p .
and stealing a quantity ... 1 lothlng,
UNITED STATES DEPOSITARY
DR, LEVY'S WORK'
HIGHLY PRAISED
I
Woods Hutchinson, M. D.. Says'
Our Health Department.
Is Great.
Dr. Woods Hutchinson, known t;i<?]
world over as the propoiihder of the
daring scheme of Stale control of mar?
riage, a student of -ugenics and sani?
tation, gave Kl nniond .? clean bill of
health while discussing conditions at
the Jefferson Hotel last night.
"You may tic shre unit 1 believed
Hlchmond .1 heulthy eit> since 1 dared;
to live her- forty-eight hours." he
said, in Iiis whimsical way. "In fact.I
it is "tie nf rhe healthiest eitle.? in the
country?-wh. 11 1 regard its a mode'.'
of a Southern city from a sanitary |
standpoint. In Or. l?cyy, your chief 1
health olllcer, you li'ttve a nun whose
unusually line qualities nr.- recognized I
?trotn one end of the country to the1
other. It was mainly to watch him at j
work and to .-<-?:? his methods that I I
made this trip to Richmond, und I am I
happy to say that he stands near t)ie.
head of city health Officers, so far as
1 know. 1 have been mailing a health \
tour, so to speak, through Am rlca and
Europe, trying to get at the question'
of sanitation from every side, and
Richmond compares most ?favorably'
1 with the best 111 her efficient it.'alt.tj
department.
"As i* nearly always the crse, thai
work cannot be carried to its logical:
perfection because of lack of funds.]
Some day th- people of Richmond will
jwake up to tlie magnitude of the work;
Dr. Levy is doing here, and cheerfully j
vote to Iiis department the appropria?
tion which it needs. He is a resource?
ful, energetic and scientific 0nicer. 1
"In this connection, I am moved to
says to you what t told Dr. Levy about I
that general nuisance, the hoii.i? fly.
Having ' controlled perfectly the
milk and water supply of Richmond,
and In th;it way having Mocked out
two of the principal breeding erounds
nf the typhoid Kernt, I an most <!
-irons of seeing Richmond swat the*
fly as successfully niid tints do away
with tile third breeding bed of the
germ. This city, having eliminated
t w -. of the sources of trouble, could
conduct a most profitable experiment
to determine ji>*t to what extent the
j fly tlgures In the spread of the typhoid
germ.
"And that tiling of exterminating
I the 11 y Is a lot more simple than It
j sounds. The main tl.iu- 1- to do away
1 with the breeding places, the badly
kept stuhl, s. t'n.. pis stys and the gar
? bago dumps, nn'1 tht fly will di?ap
[ pear. it's a simple matter, arid un?
j llvit is worth its Weight in gold to
'. tlie .community which will undertake
, Dr. Hutchinson'? magazine articles
thrive beon read by millions of pjopie.
! He is regarded as .in authority on
leaitlt in.1 sanitation otiesllontij and
- praise of Richmond condition-. :\ :'\
I tie spread later before (he world.
?...luv flu. I. In Ifenver.
j Arfnecl with iei|ill?ltlon parier?, tinned by
1 ,. ,.?... Mann Krtwnrd McObmb. of the
!j iienver Police Department, left Richmond
foi Norfolk '..??t.i:i> mdrnlng to tsk* Irjf
1 i. hurra nil. who I- wanted In
Dei >. .v (he Charte or forgerv. Ourratifl
,. ' ov tbi Sorfolk (all awaiting BxtradD
i tjou ii- I. charted with having forced a
cheek for '? under the mine of I.. M.
I tppolntmrnt? '>< OoTenior.
! rjlbvern'OT M in y. itterday minur>e?<i Mi? I
?paolntnionl ? D Pcler Winston. 61 rann-!
, i,, it,- plate Hoard o( CharMe* and j
[Correction m su.ed J. W, Hough, ot Nor?
folk, who recently resigned.
I. f. .-(.?:,,.,. .' N. ;-.r>rt NVw*. ?p*
pointed yeMerday for ?> f?ll t< rin of live |
years a me'rcbei of ih< 11-..,r.l of Chart-1
i i>s and Correction, Mr. Steariie? ha? *erv-]
? ;,.>' on ihit- board In yearn past.
in I'ollre ? ourt.
?I Bertha Thompson, colored. pras held for
Mb'?: grand jury yesterday In the Polte? <-?wrt
ha rare ol entering and .utemprtng 10]
tob the bom' ef Mr*. A. J. Spratiey. 1?:
? ?
Julia Morion and l?*H? Dandrldge. both
..1. irer? tu.? d It" ami cojia each for
jUsau ' Bach a cuaed the other of attack
retltlon in liaoltriiptey.
\ voluntary petition In lankruptey stat
filed yeaterday In the United Btatea-DI*
Irl ? Court by Joseph r> [<6eke, a ??!'im?n.
1 living In thljj cltV- Trie liabilities are ?lai-d
I to be T-.2X', T-i There an no a??ets.
. Linter Park Meeting.
... .. irtti meeting .,f the 0
ier I'ek Residents' Association will bu (.?Id
Ii -nlgl t at v. 11 :.? annoum ?> :
that matter* of urc.u Importance to the
Ojhata; Park convmaall) ?? considered.'
everybody got
higher saury
Ordinance Committee Acts Fa?
vorably on All Claims
Presented.
Dast night was salary Increase
night fur ihe Council Committee uii
Oidinuncc?, Charter ami Itetorin, the
inembeis frankly acknowledge Hie
necessity of getting >-oli'i with the
city employe vote in the primary next
Tuesday, Ulic list recommended fol?
lows :
Meter? repairers in the Water Ue
partment 10 5U per day each.
Clerk, messengers anil plumbers in
tile w.ner Department a sliding scale
oi Incrcuso averaging i" per cent.
inspector of sewers nnd sueei pay
tun from $1,200 to f 1,000.
Park laborers and extra men In the
City parks, lroin i'2 to i'l.Z? per day
each.
Food Inspector, Health Dtpai tmci'-t.
from *;?,oo to ? 1,200.
Stenographer i<> the City Attorney
to il.JOO per annum.
Stable foreman. Street Cleaning De?
partment lb $;?0i> per annum.
Janitors, City Hall and Washington
Ward ofllces, to S'-o per annum eae.n.
I liienicn, City Hall, 10 fi-l') per annum
eaeh.
Watchmen, City Hall, to SS40 per
annum each.
Elevator men. City Hall, to JTSO per
annum each.
The Dull tins Inspector was In?
structed to allow Sri per month extra
lor the lahltor assigned to the
Juvenile Court.
The ordinance reducing the number
of pawnbrokers was passed by; the
communication In regard to annexa?
tion of the town of Harten Heights
was tabled to be taken up at a special
meeting to be called by the chairman;
the GUI ordinance amending the traf
| flc code was reported for rejection.
, and the ordinance creating a city em?
ployes retirement or pension fund
v . - tabled to bear from Its patron.
Councilman Mills.
The ordinance to provide for the
' establishment of a city nursery, and
I to provide for the election of a.
, nurseryman by the Committee on
Grounds and puddings wes recom
? mended for adoption, ns was an
ordinance to forbid under penalty
i lollcrskatlhg on city sidewalks on
: Sundays, or around hospitals.
! A si^n permit was issued to th<t
I Purity Ice Cream Company for a root
sign on the now building at 110 West
Broad Street.
.Mr llrnkfl Convention Pinn?.
A M liuntle] <>; Ashland. Kv . president
et th< American Air Brake Association, and
.-? I K Id der, ol New York, chairman of the
cominlltcr on n rraiiReinent*. are in the city
1 in.iktns plan? for the minus; convention,
I M'lilc'li will he in session in the Jefferson
Hotel auditorium May 7-10. After confer?
ring will a delenatlon of the chamber of
Commerce at?i the City Council the progiain
[for the convention will be completed. It Is
I expeeled that about "?> delegate* from
I Miriam r**rt? of ihr United Ftates will bo
I prerent.
I ..i Manufacturers' Exhibit.
TV* executive committee' of the Chamber
j of Commerce with representative! of' tho
M&nufarturei?' Exhibit met yesterday aftcr
' noon fi ?-o over certain plans for the cttab
tent of the exhibit firawing, subniit
i ? '. by the architect*, Cameai * Johniton.
i considered, but no definite action
I The South of To-Day I
nt ?:??.?<! \u material A<- -l.vpment. The I
South of to-Jay is a giant?with face uplifted.
In a firjnre of speech, the South has been < -.mpared to an
awakening giant, and her strength and possibilities have been
expn ssed in that form. Truly the avenues of progress opening
up every day ARE gigantic in their unfolding of unknown re
? rccs heretofore undeveloped.
American National Bank
OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA,
desires to work with YOU in YOUR commercial under?
takings, believing thai in the strength of individuals lies the I
' rcngth ol nal ion? i
I hr South of to-day IS a giant?awake.
' TAG-DAY WORKERS
! BREAK RECORD
Total Collections Exceed $3,000,
.With Twenty Boxes Still
to Be Counted.
MANAGERS ARE ASTOUNDED
Thought Rain Would Ruin An
nual Event, but It Proved I
Great I telp.
With twenty out of the ninety-ninej
boxes to be heart] from, tho countea
lust night showed a total of $3,011
collected yesterday bj '?'?<>; Oay man-!
agora, whielt puts the . > cord far above,
that of last year. The llgurca simply]
astounded a brave band "i" noble wo- ;
men who worked part of tho day in 1
tho rain. They did not expect mure I
than >1,500, but the cause appealed t"
the public, and the response was gen-l
eroua ami .substantial
While th.- rain up to tho mid.He of;
the afternoon was calculated to mar
the success of the undertaking, the'
sunshine brought a golden harvest, j
due largely to the fact that nearly
everybody feared failure, resulting Inj
bitter contributions m at' the close of
the day. In ion the total collected
was ?2.>;2?.95. The boxes not yet count?
ed will swell tho returns by several
hundred dollars.
Turned Flood <>t' Honey.
Church Mill came to the front with1
a larger sum than ever before, which'
materially aided In establishing a new
high record despite the most unfav?
orable weather conditions. Hut above,
all the great work being done by the
Instructive Visiting Nurses' Assocltl :
tion appealed so strongly to the pco-'
pie of Richmond that they were de-':
termlhed to give what was needed.
And while the rain threatened ruin,
the blight sunshine turned a flood of j
money toward inilc-baxes in every port,
of town.
Only ,vnon the heavy rain gave wnyl
to a steady drixxle early in tho af-i
ternoon did things begin to brighten
for the nurses. Up to that time con-j
trlbutloha liad been exceedingly scnt-|
terlng. The sidewalks were practic?
ally doseried, and customers ut thoj
shops wh-.-r-i stations were located were
few.
With the first peep of the afternoon:
sun through the scattering clouds tho
pent-up multitudes began to crowd tnei
sidewalks and the nilte-boxcfl rattled]
merrily with the tribute of the pass?
ers!, y. Practically three-fourths of the
contributiona wore received between
the hours <?? 2 and 'i e'clock In the r.f
ternoou. By the end of the day fully
two-thirls of th.; people met on side-1
walk. Btrcot car and elevator wore tho]
blue-cross, white tug hearing witness1
that the owner had paid a visit to thej
mite-box.
The manner in which tho soliciting|
was conducted, a< Well ar the faithful-1
i.ess tvith va'.i:-.-":> t'.c n'onten labored !:i
the face of discouraging circumstances,
were the sub.lei i of much favorable
comment. Wrapped in long raincoats
and protected by umbrellas, the aides
braved the driving rath to hold out
the little tag of charity to the way?
farer, only to be rebuffed In many
cas-:* by Individuals too Intent upon
reaching their destination to pause
even for it deed of chari'.y. Large
numbers, however, met the appeal all
the more generously for the discomfort
attendant upon even a short stop In the
rain.
All Cluaaea Help.
Charity knows no creed or color, and
the tncs swung fronl the button and]
lupel of every class -f people thut
make up tho life of the- city. Among
the first philnntroplsts were the news?
boys, who cheerfully gave up the earn-!
ings of an hour tor one of tho blue
? losses. The Infection caught, and|
within the spa.-e of a few hours, every!
young news merchant was decorated;
with the Insignia ? :' charity, either by
right of purchase or through prevail?
ing upon pedestrians to part with
theirs.
Among the gro-vn-ups there were|
almost as many nointn tag wearea as
I men. Although campaigns of thlsj
kind are usually plannen to make ap-.
peal to the dormant charity of tho
1 male, theVworner; shopers and theatre- j
goers were frequent contributors to:
! the mlte-hoxes. Among the men seen;
on the. streets few indeed appeared]
without the tug ittached to button or,
lapel. Laborers returning home from;
I their tasks stopped to deposit their
I mites, and bank illclals halted their
' motors to help along the good Work
j with crisp grecnl icks. All were re?
warded with the hlmplo tag as a sign
j that the wearer had given according
I to his means.
FINGERS BLOWN OFF
I Youth Handling Dynamite Papa .Meets With
\. dent.
r-harles B. Tralnhnm. a youth, of 102S
!:.'jith Twenty-* ? Street, hnd the thumb
?and a finger of hH right hand blown off yos
I torday afternoon about 1 o'clock hy a dyna
I mite cap which bs waa holding In his hand.
1 He was removed lo tho City Hoapitai by
Dr R. E. Watts, ambulance euigeon. after
emergency treatrhei i hail been rendered.
After reaching th< hospital Tralnhnm re
fused further sura ?' nld and left.
W th Frank Howard h? waa standing at
the corner of Twenty-fifth and Vcnable
? \?.'r..-n the . :denl occurred. Traln
hsm ^.ild that a strahier had given them
th, caps.
Accused ?! Mealing Shoes.
V.'llli.im <':irnpr.' colored, ml arrested
?'?.lerJaj ?ii a "'-.-int charging him with
J ';>.-e?klng Into a freight car of the, Chesa
a- 1 Hallway Company and
Icallng one pal hoes belonging to Hen
CASE OF B?RRELL i
FIRST TO BE HEAR 0
! , . - I
I rial of J rue Reformers' Bank ;
Officers Under Way in
Hustings Lourt.
STRONG PLEA BY DEFENSE
Barksdale Swears Deposits W ere
Accepted When Bank's Con?
dition Was Known.
After considerable difficulty in lin?
ing the jury box, Die trial of the of
tlcers Indicted for wrecking; the. Sav?
ings Bank, of the Grand Fountain,
Ullited Order of True Reformers, be
gun yesterday in the Hustings Court
it is the purpose to try each de
fondant separately, and In view of
tliti fact Judge E. Ii W?lls express?
ed the belief that tho trials will con?
sume nt least lour weeks. unless
something unforeseen happens.
\V, I'. Hurrell, 0110 of the directors.
Jointly Indicted with j. c. Robertson,
W, 1,. Taylor and Edward Ellis; Jr.,
was arraigned yesterday. Several
witnesses Were examined, hut at the
hour of adjournment. 0 o'clock, llttli I
evidence had been submitted to the
Jury. State Bank Examiner C C.
Barksd-tle was on the stand when
court wns adjourned until 11 o'clock
this morning
Call HIM the Real Culprit.
In opening the case Attorney 11. M.
Smith. Jr.. of the defense, stated that
it was the purpose of himself and
bis associate counsel. Richard E. ;
Byrd. to prove that the men under
Indlctmont were being made scape
goats to shield other persons who
should hear the burden of the bank's
collapse. He Condemned Reuben T.
Hill, cashier, also under Indictment,
but who escaped, and has successfully
eluded arrest for about eighteen
months. Hill Is accused of stealing
a out jrtft.nori Qf the lurk s funds,
while the' others are held on the
charges of accepting and permitting
to bo accepted deposits after they, ns
officers, knew the Institution to he
insolvent.
The specific chnrg<j -igalnst Burrell
is that he knowingly permitted a de?
posit of $200 to be received from T. C.
Tinsley on October 20, 1910, when he
knew the day before that the bank
wns not r-olvent.
In leading up to this nolnt Mi. Smith
explained many Introcatu workings of
tlie True Reformers, lie said that It
was organized more than thirty years
uro. ami prospered to such r.n extent
that Its founders formed many sub?
sidiary Institutions, euch under a
?eparate charter, but always governed
by the Grand Fountain. The bank
was one of these, he said, as well as a
string of grocery stores ,-. hotel and
an industrial and mercantile branch,
lie said that the. Grand Fountain had
bought a tremendous amount of real
estate in eitles not only In Virginia,
but In many other States, and that It
was paid for out of Die funds of the
bank, and being dominated by the
Grand fountain, the directors and of?
ficers of the bank were powerless to
stop payment. He cited many in?
stances where money had been spent
which in no way redounded to the
benefit of the order, or any of its
blanches of enterprl? \ and tended
only to break the hank.
It will be the Intention of the de?
fense to prove this and attempt to
show that tho men now oti trial did
not have knowledge of the true State
of affairs
llnnk Examiner Testifies.
On the witness stand .Mr. Barksdale
said that he began an examination of
the bank on October is. i?i0, and con?
cluded it on October 21. On the day
before he started lie told Burrell that
it was his opinion that the bank was
hopelessly Insolvent or completely
broke.
Burrell was dumfounded, he said,
and hastily calling a meeting of the
directors, 11 was agreed that there
must be some mistake. Mr. Barks?
dale had told them of unusually large
shortages In the Individual accounts.
The directors then asked If they would
be permitted to have accountants go
over their books. Mr. Barksdale
agreed. The bank's experts completed
their work on October 24. and found
practically the same result as Mr.
Barktdale and his assistants.
At that time there was no law per?
mitting a bank examiner to close the
doors of a bank which he found In?
solvent. The examiner told Burrell
and his assoelatcs that lie would nt
once report the matter to the State
Corporation Commission, _ and added
that It was a felony to knowingly re?
ceive deposits alter It known that
a bank was Insolvent.
Tho bank wns opened the following
day after It was certain that It was
hopelessly Involved, and It was then
that the oltlcers nre said to have re?
ceived the depos.lt from Tinsley.
i Mr. Barksdale will resume his tes?
timony when court opens this morn?
ing.
Great Crowd nt Com4).
Numerous details of work at the
I bank were supplied by William W'li
I son. colored, one of the bookkeepers I
and asslstunt teller, lie said the bank
was not closed until Dciober 2C, the
day on which Hill dlsappeated.
H. T. Wilson, rlerk of the Corpora?
tion Commission, also testified. He
nierrly submitted the List report of
the affairs of tho bank to establish
the identity of the ofnuers at the time
of the failure.
The negro population of Richmond
Is deeply Interestod In the trial, and
when the case was called the court?
room was tilled with colored specta?
tors, many of whom came from out of
town.
The prosecution Is being conduct?
ed by Commonwealth's Attorney Mini
tree Felkes, assisted by Andrew Jack?
son Montague and IT.. Lynch Montague,
who have been retained by depositors.
Tho Jurors hearing the case arc as
follows:
A. L. Straus, Jr., A. I* Davit*. J. W.
Gibbons, H. E. Gregory, Leon Ruskell.
H H. Barfoot. Hamilton White, J. H.
Nolde, John F. Hointz, Meyer Oreen
tree, Raphsel Levy and W P. Law
ton, Jr.
ST?BS EMPLOYER
W. If AIt1? Cuts I?. B. Matthews With
Penkatfe,
W, I* AJvIs was srreited yeslerdsy on a
charge of stnhhlng B. B, Matthews, a con?
tractor, of 7 North Roblns-ori Street. AlviS
was cmplojcd bv Matthews mid quarreled
ivtth the latter In n barroom at Eighteenth
anil Main Streets. Angered. AlVlS Is sal.I
t., have drawn n penknife and <'<m Matthews
In the lank. The latter wai treated by Or.
It. E. Watts, ambulance iurgoon, and re?
moved to the City Hospital.
All kinds of the regulation rubber and gab
ardeen coats, and lots of novelties in foreign
materials and weaves not obtainable elsewhere.
Gans-Rady Company
BiG PLAN WILL
HELP EAST END
Finance Committee Urges Coun?
cil to Extend Church Hill
Tunnel.
On rpoommcndutlon of City Engineer
Boitins, the Finance Committee recom?
mended to the Council lust night an,
appropriation of i-Q.uon for the oxtou
si on of the Church Hill Tunnel, with a]
view ht opening Grace Street across
from Twenty-ninth .Strict to Chlnibo- j
raxo Park. Mr. Boiling urged this ue
tlon, not only for the Improvement it?
self, which will bo desirable, but since
it will tend to prevent th-i disastrous
slides which have gr?ally damaged
Chlmboraxo Park In recent years, sev?
eral of these slides having occurred j
at Thirty-first and Grace Streets. Mr.
Holling informell the committee that a
OOlisldelrablo api>ropriation would bo j
necessary later la protoct the oustern |
.aid southern slopes of the park by a
different kind of construction.
School Pinna Tabled.
The plans for new Bellovue School
Wero tabled after a prolonged d'bate.
Tin- building as planned will cost
JlI?.OOO, and Includ.-s a large audito?
rium and twenty-four B hoolrooms. I
The committee one,, before recommend- I
efl that the plans bo scalod and the
auditorium feature be omitted as uu- j
necessary. The Hoard of Aldermen re?
committed tho papers at the request o? I
the East Knit delsgatlo^. With but]
? Ight members present, the committee!
last night stood four to four. Mesa: a. |
Butler. Richards, Puller and Powell'
standing for the larger building, ail 1
In ordir to prevent an adverse report
the plans Were tabled. The ordinance
regulating the electric plant was like?
wise tabled until the next me .-ting, as
was the plan for opening Fifteenth
Street by a tunnel under Broad Street.
I >l> I.h i! on Tcaehera' Pay.
The ordinance making an additional
appropriation of iii.ooii for Increasing
tlm pay of teachers other than in the
elementary grudos was also laid ovor
on account of the small attendance and j
the division In the committee. Some
members considered that the I;,,.".of)
already provided in Hie budget as much
increase In teachers' pay as could be
afforded this year, and proposed that
Uio Council rescind its action giving
all of this to the elementary tea .-hers,
so that the School Hoard might up
portion It according to law. Others
thought that the action of the Council,
howevir unwise, had forced '.hu city,
as an act of simple justice, to make an
additional appropriation to raise those
teachers not members of the Elemen?
tary Tenohera' Association. That tho
campaign in the Council by this asso?
ciation to secure all of the school in?
crease for its members had caused
much friction and dlssailsfactlon In the
schools waa admitted.
The advisability of opening and wid?
ening certain sir. -ts. recommended by
the City Engineer, was referred to a
subcommittee. The City Attorney wt?S
instructed to Institute condemnation
proceedings to acquire land to widen
Hull Street from the Atlantic Coast
Line Railway tracks to the southern
corporation line.
An ordinance was recommended for
adoption authorizing the Committee on
Finance to enter Into contract with the
banks named as city deposltatlea lor
the guarantee of city dspoalti,
OPEN SEWER TO-DAY
Street Committee Will Inspect Big Clar
Ward Drain.
The Council Committee on Streets and a
number of city officials ?rill he tho guesta
this afternoon of stumper, I'.ugl.md A Co.,
contractors, on an Inspection tour of Him
hl? r.en- sewer which Will drain a large part
of Clay Ward. Th.. undertaking has been
completed, and is being (crlilcully inspected
by City Engineer Dolling-, the contiact hav?
ing ipccllied that the. work must he com?
pleted to ids satisfaction.
A special train will leave Main sHre-t
Station promiltly at 3 o'clock, going by the
James Itlver DI\!slon of the Chesapeake end
Ohio to ilaxall .Station, whero the sewer
passe? under the canal and railway '.racks
rfnd enters the river. After the tnspectto.-.
of tho exponed parti of the sewer several
addresses will be made, the bulkheala Will
he taken out. end Ihe drain will be in u?e.
Designed by City Engineer Holling as an
alternate to the plan presented in the sur?
vey of ihn annexed territory. Ihe work has
been under Immediate supervision of B. D.
T Myers. Jr., engineer for the contractors,
and of K. J. Keecin. Assistant City Engi?
neer, who has represented tho city through?
out construction.
Fix Crime on llrnitn.
Tb? murder of Luolnda Miller, colored,
who was found dead In bed at tier home In
Concord Street with her head crushed by a
blow from an axe. was fixed upon William
Jlrown hy a coroner's Jury yesterday.
Urown nns escaped, nnd It Is believed has
left the r|ty. The murder was committed
Inat Thursday, but the body was not found
until frnturday afternoon.
Mr. Mphart In Hospital.
Cleaver M l.lphart. president of Ihe nirh
mnnd Structural Steel Company (Inc.), Is
111 at ihe Memorial Hofpllal. where h>- un?
derwent an operation several days ago. His
condition inst night was said to be satls
f ii c t o rf.
flev. W. n. Cnrter 111.
Re vi W. II. Carter, of Globe, Va , Is 111 at
Ihe Memorial Hospital.
Police Station in Uproar When
Stranger Staggered In With
Double Load.
Evidence wlilob win. be uubmitt<j
In one case In Police Court this morning
win no ?onbt be glngorly handled by
court officers. At the Plrst Police Sta
tlon yesterday and last night it
aroused no little alarm, and Its resting
place In a gun case was given u Wide
berth by every one.
The efldmce consists of throe .-ticks
of dynamite, with caps and fuse. They
wore given to Sergeant Holdcroft yes?
terday morning by a drunken man,
who stnrgered Into the station house
and tendered a simple package. Some?
what alarmed at its contents. Sergeant
Hold-toft Inquired where |t cam: from.
The man. who later gave his name sa
P. U Davis, of 1908 Bast Main Btreet,
*ald that he Sought It for 10 cents
from a stranger. Davis wns lo^V-d ur?
on a charge of being drunk, and an
Investigation e>f the ens.' was begun
It res;ilt*d In the arrest of Melton
C. Mart In, who was charged with being
disorderly and selling dynamite to a
drunken man
Martin saM that he gave Die explo.
? Ive to Davis for the price of a drink.
He said that U had been (riven to him
by a friend, and It was. hl? Intention
to s*nd It to some relative In the COUn
i try who frequently had nsc for It.
Though nt first it was not known
what to do with the explosive, the
1 subsequent srre?t of Martin made It
necessary hold It to be used as evl
1 denee atralnst him.
Address nn ?llthileal Mnilr."
r.-nn| II Cosby wTil deliver an addrem
nn "Biblical Mur?c" before Ihe Tour.? Mens
?peiety et lh? Second Baptist cifTirch m the
church parlors en Wulti???)' night. The
public Is Invited.
Sent i>n to Orand Jury,
Oertrge Daylf, t-e negro accuncfl o? beat
Ing and rnSMng T W. N*nMe. w?i sent "n
to the grand Jury yenerday morning In
Pollee Court.
Steamship
Accommodation
We have, subject to Immediate ac
I ceptance, two good doubl? rooms on
.?he Kronprinz WiP.elm, from New
York. June IS.
Richmond Transfer Co.
?.Oil Main Hireet.
6 Cents a Pound
(Rough Dry) Family Wash
Try Us This Week
One trial will convince you that tho
Royal Laundry should be YOUR Laun?
dry. Yes!
Phone us. Monroe 1958 or 1959.
The Royal Laundry
M. B. Florsheim, Proprietor,
311 N. Seventh Street.
Richmond Corrugated
Paper Company
Manufacturers
CORRUGATED BOXES,
WRAPPERS,
PARTITIONS, Etc.;
817-819 N. Seventeenth St.
Works, Office,
Phone Monroe .^271. Madison 72 >
To insure a good roof see
that
G.M. Co.'s" Pearl"
Roofing Tin
is used.
Gordon Metal Co.,
Richmond, Va.
Attend Meeting, Jefferson
Hotel Auditorium. Friday, April
26th, at 8:30 P. ML, if interested
in Good Roads.
Richmond Advertisers' Club
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