The times dispatch. [volume], June 04, 1912, Image 14

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

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Annual June Sale of
Muslin Underwear
\ presentation "f Miller ?x Rhoads Standard Gar
ments in great profusion at wry attractive prices.
A sale in which the beauty of styles and materials,
the perfection of workmanship, and varieties of gar?
ments, at eaeli price, is more than ample to satisfy even
the most critical <>f our patrons. SEE WINDOWS.
Women's Gowns
of good quality muslin, made full
and neatly trimmed with linen
l.ire (ir embroidery. Prices arc
50c and 75c each.
Women's Gowns
High class elaborately trim?
med garments of fine, sheer nain?
sook, laces and embroider)',
.$2..r>n. 5.1.00 and lip to $7.50
each.
75c Drawers at 50c
Women's Drawers of excellent
quality longcloth, trimmed with
neat embroidery. Extra special.
White Petticoats
of good quality longcloth, mus?
lin, lawn and nainsook, with
flounces of linen and Val. lace
and insertion and embroidery.
Prices range from SI.00 each to
Sb.OO.
$2.25 Combinations, $1.50
Corset Cover and Drawers of
excellent nainsook ? beautiful
lace and embroidery trimming.
Extra sp< cial.
Women's Drawers
nf longcloth and nainsook; beau?
tifully trimmed with lace and
embroidery; mule in all the de?
sirable styles and also to lit per?
fectly. Priccsfrom 50c to$3.00.
Combinations
Corset Cover and Drawers of
splendid nainsook, lace and cm
broidery trimmings. Beautiful
variety at $1.00 each to $3.50.
Corset Covers
of nainsook, Val. lace and em?
broidery trimmed, beautiful
style, 50c each to $1.50.
Gowns?Special
Women's Gown? of excellent
nainsook; neat embroidery trim?
mings. Regularly SI.00 each;
on ^ale at 75c.
$1.50 Gowns, $1.00
An excellent garment of long?
cloth or nainsook, lace and em?
broidery trimmed. Extra spe?
cial.
Second Floor.
1200 Pairs Lace Curtains
Real $2.25 to $3 values <h 1 QQ
on sale at, per pair . . . *P ? ? ^
LINEN CLUNY CURTAINS, made on French
cable net. with edge and insertion; 36 to 40 inches wide
and 2's yards (sill length) long; shown in white or
Arab. Ami they arc as pretty in design as they are
extraordinary in value.
NOTE.?At this price it will pay housekeepers to buy now,
even if they must be packed away till fall. It is unlikely that
another chance to buy Curtains -o cheaply will he presented again.
Third Floor.
mm mi girl
FROM DEATH GHAIR
Writ of Error Is Asked for Col
ored Woman Murderer From
Hampton.
Efforts w> save the ?fc of Virginia
phrlsilan, Uif flrBt woman In ?Hs
Mat,-- to lie sentenced t<> death In the
electric chair. Were begun yesterday.
An application for u writ of err>r
from the judgment <if the Circuit Court
of Elizabeth City county was made to
ilio Supremo Court of Appeals by .1
Thorns* Newsomc and George W.
Fields, colored attorneys of Newport
News. Fields. i*s. known as the blind
lawyer.
The young; negress was convicted of
niurderlng -Mrs. Belote, of Hampton.
On April S she was sentenced to death
in the chnlr.
The petition for a writ of error
1 .; 9 :-tress on tlie fact that the girl
if only seventeen yeaTs old. Whether
or not tli'.?; can have weight before u
ptirely judicial tribunal, which con
iiders matters of law and evidence,
si ins problematical; The youth of a
pris ner, however, frotiiierttiy inllu
pneej a trial Jury. Newsotne said yes?
terday lliat if be falls In securing an
appeal, he will ask the Governor to
commute the sentence to imprison?
ment.
should an electrocution take place,
unusual interest will attach to it be- |
<>aus( of the sex (,f tho criminal.
WERNER COMES BACK
Poll . loan Worried s.. Deepl; Thai He Sud?
denly Left town.
Bicycle Policeman It. It. Werner, or the
P. oi i District. who disappeared from
II mond last Wednesday, returned to bis
rome, 601 Nort.il T-wenty-slxih Street; about
iiildnlttht Sunday as suddenly as be had
depnrled.
Deeply remorseful, he told Mr father.
C lei Police Louis Werner, yesterday
mornlnp that he had been lmrras?ed by
fiebt, and 't.-*>t Irt a moniieit of Indecision
Y.i d<termlned to leave the dlty to ferset
Ms cares and worrits Not until Sunday,
vi.:!.- in Danville, he eahl, did be r- .' ;?
f .-< distress he muni have caused M* wife,
ehlldren and his parents; Jit- Immediately
detld<d tor return l.onie and f.iee she conap
Q.;f n<
Because he was physically suffering from
si* experience Major Werner did not ques?
tion l/!m ciotfiy. I.ul insisted tl.hl be go to
!!:? Lome of a relative In the countr-. ririd
remain there several days to recuperate.
ii :?? expected that Werner's ease will be
'??r.Mdrrfd ai the merlin*- of the floard of
Polle/ Commissioners to-morrow night
Werner did not visit Norfolk, as was at
Prsi believed, but went fo several points t-i
?orth Carolina. I.yfjehburjr, Danville and
Petersburg
CHURCH CENSUS
FIGURES 170,600
Exceed Estimate Given Out
After Whirlwind Campaign
a Week Ago.
Final compilation ot the records
gathered In the recent religious census
of Richmond show that there are only
1,860 people In this city with no real
leaning toward any particular church
or creed. In addition, the figures
show that there uro 2,100 church let?
ters unplaced, the owner's of the letters
coming from all jmrts of the United
Suites, Scotland, Denmark and other
European countries. The totals arc
relatively Email when compared with
the records discovered In other cities
where a religious census hus been
taken. . |
The Hill Directory Company conclud?
ed yesterday the work of duplicating
the "no preference" cards. Wherever
one member of a family preferred a
certain church und other members had
no preference, the entire household was
turned, over to the denomination pre?
ferred by the one member. For this
reason, there wi re only about suo cards
to be deplicated on the final analysis
and a duplicate list has been given to
every creed and denomination in the
city. Another interesting feature of
the statistics gathered Is that Rich?
mond Is shown to have more than the
visual percentage of families having in?
ternal religious differences. Interde?
nominational marriages are frequent in
Richmond.
With the lost curd In. It was found
that 170,400 persons were recorded by
the census lakers on Tuesday after?
noon, which Is hlghor than the original
estimate of the number"? people reach
by the WOrk,
IN POLICE COURT
?Hill Fined ?20 ?or Inleifi-rln? ?ilh
Iii.? <ic Officer.
Rotiert Mills whs fined 120 and coals yes?
terday morning in Police Court for in?
terfering with Bicycle Officer J- C. Kapler
In Ihe .lisch urge of his duty and resist lug
arr.M. One hundred dollar*' security for
Ms good 1? h;.\ lor for sixty days was also
required.
Ben ''?lion was fined 110 and com for
recklessly riding a h'.ise througn the.
street*.
Bessie M!n?r ani Tachel Davis, colored,
wire sent to Jail tor four month! for s'es'.
Ing P. from Harvey Woodbrldge.
Ilm ' Inlttlan 'Ui iin'd 5.0 nnd rests for
conducting an Improper house in Paradise
Alley.
PGLITICS PAYS
Parsons Kseaped Aliens by Attending Roan
okc t onventlon.
', Formet Senator John 11 Parsons, of Gray
I son county, spent yesterday In the e.lty, In
I iX>S ?n'l Vit) Mr. Parsons was the l'.efxihlt
'jii nominee for Congress lu the Fifth
ginls District. L.,mlng ?Ithin S few votes
Of rlcclloil.
"Politics.". said the arayion liian yes'ter
day, "i? supposed to be a disastrous game1
lor most players, it ?>?f been a lutk) one
for me. It had been arranged that ! should
assist Is prosecution ..r Floyd Allen,In
Carroll'eounty for Interfering with an
cer. The Republican State Convention in
ftoanoke at the same time prevented, and
I playeil poilitrs Instead of law Hal I as?
sisted Mr. Foster I would probably have
i been among these who fell,'
STATE SIDESTEPS
CHEERFUL IDIOTS
? Law Say.-, They Must Not Be
Admitted to Feeble-Minded
Home.
I -
I ORIGINAL BILL IS AT FAULT
I Capitol Officers Relieve Them?
selves of Blame, but Act
Will Stand.
Only Idiots of a melancholy dlsposl
I tlon are to bo taken care of at the
I Virginia Colony for the l?'eeble-Mlndcd,
' which Is soon to be located on the
i grounds of the State Epileptic Colony
i near Lynehburg. It Is distinctly and
specifically stated In the law on the
subject that "congenial idiots are not
to be admitted." There can be no
doubt about it. Not only do the print?
ed Acts of Assembly so record the bill,
but the original copy shows the word
spelt in this way. While "congenital'"
was, of course, meant, it was not so
nominated In the bond.
Finding that this was so, sundry
state ottlclals and others interested
have been trying to tlinl but why dis?
crimination is to be made against Idiots
of a congenial disposition. It would
Beem that association with those of a
companionable temperament would be
good not only for the olnciiils and at?
tendants of the Institution, but for the
Inmates of the epileptic colony as well.
Congenial poisons are usually sought
by those In all grades of society. Why
Dr. Prlddy, the superintendent, ob?
jected to them could not be determin?
ed.
Dara Sympathy.
"Kindred, sympathetic, suited for,
each other; as ?congcniul souls,' " runs
the dictionary definition of the word.
It was surmised that Dr. Prlddy did
not want sympathetic folks at his In?
stitution.
Much correspondence has ensued, all
of it making excellent tending. The
llrst cnll for help emanated from Capt.
Tipton D. Jennings, the veteran House
member from Lynehburg. Persulng
his advance sheets of the printed Acts
of Assembly, to see if perchnncc any
measure establishing liquor dispensa?
ries got by without hOs knowledge.
Captain Jennings saw that "congenial
idiots are not to be admitted." As?
tounded, he at once saw a blow at
Lynchburg.
The Institution is In Amhcrst county,
but is'an adjunct of tho Hill City, on
the opposite side of the James. So the
chairman of tho Committee on "Coun-|
ties, Cities and Liquor Legislation" I
sat him down and wrote to Clerk John
W. Williams, of the House of Dele?
gates. "I move to amend.'' he said.I
"The printer must have been to the
ball game, or perhaps his grandmotb-j
er Is dead." i
'A courteous reply came from Mr. j
Williams, who said he had passed the!
matter up to Public Printer Davis Bot-1
torn. In doing so. Mr. Williams was!
careful to explain that Mr. Bottom \
knew more about congenial idiots than)
anybody else in the Capitol, and the
printing was his job anyway.
Mr. Hot torn looked it up at once. He
slept not until ho found the original
copy of the bill. It read "congenial."
Radiant with Joy because It was not
his mistake, the Public Printer noted
that the measure was lathered by Dr.
II. I'. Stephensoll, of James City coun?
ty. The physician, he. figured, ought to
know his business, and there must be
some reason why a cheerful and sym?
pathetic idiot should be barred from
the Joy of tho Epileptic Colony. Mr.
Jennings was duly Informed of the
truth regarding tho matter, and ad?
vised t,, hold himself m readiness to
amend the law at the nest session of
tb. Legislature, so that congenial
folks might visit Lynchburg and let
the people of that town lino out what
congeniality was. The experience, it
is suggested, might lie >, novel one.
Hut the real cause of trouble was
not discovered until yesterday morn?
ing. There came a call on Mr. Bottom's
telephone from the Slate Hoard of
Charities and Corrections. There, too.
the printed sheets had been read.
"What do you mean by letting such
an error go through'.'" was demanded.
The printer explained that he "fol?
lowed copy," and what more could a
printer do?
"Why, that bill came from this of?
fice," said the voice.
"(.'.lad to hear it," responded Mr. i
Bottom.
MANY INDICTMENTS
Hustings four; firand Jury Denis ?Ith ?
Large l.i-i of Offenders.
Fifteen Indictments were returned yes-j
tcrdny by the grand Jury In the Hustings ;
Court. They were as follows:
Albert Bute, liouscbreriklng; flrorgo j
Banks, hteitebreaking; Waverly fiatc* und ?
South Me'Llptfeomb. earbrcafclng; Charles |
llill. malicious wounding; William llnri
mah, alias .1. l* Nelson forgery, two true
bills; Albert Jenkins, malicious wounding;
John Jones, grand larceny; f.. W. t.egget,
lidusebrcnkthg; Thomas Llghtfoot, William
Maxwell, l<eslie Mitchell and Luden c.res
I hom, carbrenklng; Harvey Lewis, grand
1 larceny: Joseph Morris. robbery, throe I
true Id'ts. and Clifton William?, malicious |
wounding.
Mnrrluse Meente.
A marriage license was Issued yesterday |
In tho office of the cWlt of the Hustings |
Court to Crawford F. <irigR and Etta Aus?
tin Earnest.
Stute KrniemlirrH lhiv|?.
rty order of* Clovernor Mahn ?II depart-|
Irienfa at ihr Capitol urn- cloned lit noon I
yesterday In liotior "f the birthday of }
l'rc?|dcn( JclTcrJon Davis.
RICHMOND GEIS
FORT SUM. ERGON
Captain Boshcr's Effort Finally
Rewarded by Help uf Martin
and Crozier.
FOUND AFTER RECENT STORM
Shipped Here, and Will Uc
Mounted at Lee Camp Sol?
diers' Home.
Tlirougli the effort? of Captain E. J.
Boshcr, of this city, and Senator
Thomas S. Martin, an? the courtesy of
Oeneral William Crozlcr. of the Ord?
nance Department, United States Army,
oik- of the Columblad slogo guns last
Hied 'In the defense of Fort iumter
in the spring of 1S61 's now In Rich?
mond, and soon will be mounted on
the lawn of Lec Camp Soldiers' Home.
While little of its real history is
known. Captain Uoslu :? considers that
under the circumstances this old can?
non should be held as tho most val?
uable relic from the famous strong?
hold where the first (jun of the War
Uetweeu the States wus fifed. Loss
than a year ago no on- knew that this]
particular gun hud ever existed. It1
was brought to light by the great j
storm which swept ovei the fort on
August L'.s, 1911. Found there, where It
was blown i>y shells fifty years be?
fore, officers of thy fort communicated
tii,- fact to Oeiierai Crozler and the
cherished relic Is. now the property o?
llu- Soldiers- Home.
\"?'ashed Up by Storm.
Several years ago Captain Boshcr
wrote to Senator Maitm asking that
one of the Sumlcr cannon be donated
to the local association. The Ordnance
Department, to which the request was |
referred, replied that all ol uiiie guns|
had long since been placed In various
parts ot me United .States. Captain
Boshcr was olteted guns trom other
historic pluccs, but he wanted one
from Sumte1*, and though at once ho
gave up hope of ever attaining his
desire. he filially got It.
When the storm's remarkable d's
closure was communicated to General
Crosier he remembered Senator Mar?
tin's request, and wrote him that if
he still wanted a gun he could get
It. As soon us It w is taken from
the s.ind the old cannon was loaded
on a flat cor and shipped to this c'ty,
where it arrived yesterday morning.
As a matter of courtesy. It wus han?
dled by the railroad free of charge.
As ;t lies on the flat ear in the yards
of the Richmond, Frederirksburg and
I'olomac Railroad the Kun looks to be
about ten feet In length. Its wtlght
is estimated as 8,600 pounds.
Huge Wnr Sciir.
From Us long hiding place In the
wet sand It is covered with rust, and a
letter from trie War Department to
Captain Rosher slates, rather unneces?
sarily, that It is not cons'dered safe,
to shoot. On the ban el close to the
bretch Is a huge s-:ar in the steel,
evidently from the explosion of a
shell, probably the (ne that threw it
from Its place o nthe battlements.
Of course. It would he Impossible to
Obtain one of the original Sumtor car
tinges on which the coiumblads were
mounted, so this one will he placed In
Shooting position on a concrete base
The location on the Soldiers' Homo
lawn ha3 not yet been selected.
OFF 10 EXPLORE
SEVERAL ROADS
Pathfinders to Establish Route
of Highway Between Rich?
mond and Washington.
Accompanied by A. I.. VVestgarac.
official pathfinder >?:' the American Au?
tomobile Association, the pathflndlng
car ot" the Richmond-Washington High?
way Corporation left Richmond yestc-r^
day, bound north, with Washington us
the ultimate end of the journey, lit
the party w.-ro I:, l: Allport, secretary
? >!' the organization; President Henry
vs. Anderson and Captain P. St. Julien
Wilson, state Highway Commissioner.
It Is expi ted thai the trip W'H take
a week, as every possible avenue will
I... explored. Kn lerlcksburg win bo
;'i<- half-way stopping point. Yesterday
llu- car g"t a.- f;:t as Hanover Court
nouse, turning ? : :st before Ashland
was reached. Returning the party will
travel through Dumfries, oecoquaa,
Mount Wrn.hi and l-Yederlcksburg. a
meeting will be hel l in the Jefferson
on Thursday of n ? t week, when a re?
port of the pathfinders will be sub?
mitted.
tlunllllcutlnns in fhnnrer.v.
Elizabeth A. Ben . .?>? qualified yrster
dny in tin- Chancen court as administra?
trix of Hi'- estate ol If, rny Beardsley, The
rstnt,- I* valued at f:-")0O."
Chariot K Wills iilori as admlnlstra
tor of tl.?t?te 'ol M .? u. Vaughun. The
ostate Is small.
John P. EwIr ?j : . ... .1 ns guardian of
William K. Ewig.
Rnrve; v. Burl lunllfied ?? adminis?
trator of William V. l( Barker The estate
l? valued nt f-MM,
What Robert Edward Lee Said
was true. Nothing thai he c\er Raid was more true than the
phrase in which he expressed himself on the- financial future
of the South?
'"When to the intelligence of Southern men wc have ad.led
the wholesome instinct of saving money, no race will equal
US.'' .
The American National Bank
OF RICHMOND. VIRGINIA,
can ?inr.te no better authority or plan of progress,
hopeful prophecy of the great general conic true
building principle for the. individual and tin- nation
OUR PART is to give
Let the
It is a
SECURITY AND SERVICE.
$15 Suit Sale to Be Continued j
In order to continue this special purchase sale this week we j
have added to it all the small lots from our regular stock. The as?
sortment therefore is as good as ever, and the qualities are almost
better. Suits worth up to $25.00,
Choice. $15.00
GANS-RADY COMPANY
COUNCIL ASKED
10 HELP HIGHWAY
City's Appropriation Might Be
Used to Build Park-to-Park
Boulevard.
I
A petition to the city government to
nicl in the construction of the Rich?
mond- Washington Highway, asking an
appropriation of $2"..OOP, to be expend! 1
on roads within ten miles of the city
limits, was presented to the Council
last night by President R. Leo Peters.
There being no quorum, the matter
went over to Thursday night, when It
wll; probably be referred to ?ome com?
mittee for report. The petition re -
cites what has been done toward the
eonstruction of this connecting link of
the Quebec-Miami Highway and the
great Importance to Richmond of being
a link In that great chain. Taking the
poposltion on its lowest terms, tne peti?
tioners claim that during the first year
of its operation such " highway would
bring to Richmond not loss than 2.000
touring parties In motor cars, which
parties would necessarily spend large
sums in this community.
It is proposed that should the City
see lit to contribute that Its portion
shall he expended under supervision uf
the City Engineer and Committee on
Street* on some main thoroughfar?
leading out of Richmond northwardly.
If this city contributes, it Is probable
that its quota Will be expended in the
construction of the "park-to-park"
boulevard, carrying the present Boul< -
vard northward from Broad Street by?
way of the Pair Grounds and the A. P. j
Hill .Monument, along the Hermitage
Road to Bryan Park and beyond, eon-J
nectlng near Lakeside with the through ]
roads which will form a part of the pro?
posed highway.
BENEDICTINE COLLEGE
First Commencement Exercises to Jit
Held Next Wfilnrnilny.
The first annual commencement exer?
cises of the Benedictine- College will
take place in tho college hall on Wed?
nesday evening. June 12, t S:30 o'clock
The appointments of the commissioned
Officers for the coming year Will he
made. After careful examination tho
following officers will be appointed for '
Company A: Captain. Bernard .!. Grant! j
First Lieutenant, Joseph A. West; Sec?
ond Lieutenant. Charl? s B Morrison.
The award of gold medals will be
made. The gold medal for scholarship
In the second academic class, the gold
medal for scholarship in the first aca?
demic Class, the gold medal for the
cadet standing highest In military work
for the year, and the prlr.e drill medal,
won by John C. Dugan. The donors
of these medals are Mayor David C.
Richardson, the officers ot the Rich?
mond Light Infantry Lines. Dr. George
Ren Johnston and Rev. B. .1. O'Reilly.
The honor cadet of the first academic
will make the address of welcome, and
the honor cadet of the second academic
ein?.? will :-pc:<k on 'The First Veer's
Work of the Benedictine College."
Right Rev. Bishop O'Connell will pre?
side at tho exercises and address the
students.
The tlrst year's work of this college
has been successful in every way, and
great preparations are being' made for
a large number of students for the
coming year. Two new professors will
be added to the staff, and in a year s
time the full academic course will be
complete. The college building is en?
tirely finished and equipped in every
particular, and the parade grounds and
athletic Held will be in pe-ri'e- t condi?
tion with the fall opening.
hTd~ntJquorum
Common louni-ll Mustern Only HI (tut
of do Members. i
The Common Council failed of a
quorum last night. President R. Lee:
Peters walled until S:3(l O'clock, and
had the roll called, with the fOllOW
inuq result: Present?Messrs. Peters.
Blake, Butler, Boschen, Fergusson,
Fuller, Olli, liaddon, 11 irschberg. Hob.
son. Pollock. Powell., Rogers. Umluttf,
Vonderlehr and Weston-?16. Messrs.
Richards and Pinner were reported out
of the city, and Messrs. Pollard UDd
Richardson ill.
A meeting has been cm i l-.il for
Thursday night, and efforts Will he
made to install electric fr n.s In lh?
Council chamber before that time ,i<
an inducement to members to attend.
NEW BANK DIRECTOR
Jaqticlln P. Taylor Succeeds W. T.
Wentwood on Planters' Beard.
At the regular meeting of the hoard
of directors Ol the Planters' XtCiOliUt
Rank, hold yesteday, Jaqueliti P. Tay?
lor, who is now- located ?r Henderson,
N. Co was elected director to fill ilu
yacshoy caused by the death of \V. I.
Westwood. Mr. Taylor is a Virginian
by birth and is well kn-wn to the peo?
ple of Richmond. For many years he
lias been a large and successful dealt?
In loose leaf tobacco. It rs understood
that he Is shortly to make his home
In this city.
Gl?** strong In Bedford.
Taiil Bargamln. member of ihe House of
Delegates from Bedford county, was t:.
Itlchmond yesterd'ny. He hellew? Repre?
sentative Carter tiisss Will carry Bedford
py a nub'stantlnl majority In the coming
primary, slnei he. Is much better known te
tne voters Ihnn Is either ol his opponents
Suit I* T>l?mlh*ed.
Tue Mill of ibe Whiting Manufacturing
Company ogiflnsl the Commonwealth of
Virginia and others was-dismissed from
the docket of the City Circuit Court yester
dav on motion of the attorney for the
plaintiff. *"??.
COUNTY 10 HAVE
POLICE JUSTICE
Experiment in Government to Be
Tried by Thickly Settled
Community.
Boginning with Friday of next week,
when al! act* of the last Legislature,
except emergency acta and those not.
otherwise specified, go Into effect, a
novel experiment In government will
bo begun in tile county of Alexandria.
It Is nothing less than the creation
of the office of police Justice for the
count:, with tnt same jurisdiction as
tliJo>cd by similar officers In cities.
W tub- the act Is general in char?
acter, It la locul In application, since)
it applies ojly to counties having a!
population greater than aoo Inhabi?
tants to Hie squire mile, a distinction!
possessed by no other V irginia aun-!
ty.
Representatives of Alexandria coun?
ty who appeared before the Legisla?
ture made trie .statement that it is
practically all town. There arc many
incorporated and .unincorporated com?
munities, situated so closely together
that the lines touch. The suburban
growth of Washington has reached lAit
and almost cover, ,i the entire couni>.
Passengers on trolley lines in that
vicinity are more Impressed with this
fact each day.
In days to cOmc. what Is now Alex?
andria county will probably be all one!
<-it;. It will comprise that part of'
what was once the District of Co-i
lumbla, which was ceded back to V'r-I
glniu when the Federal government foil j
It did not want and could not use all
the land donated, and retained only
that part lying north ot the Potomac,
donated by Maryland,
Justices of the peace are not
always well verged In law. and thick
ly settled communities. It was felt.!
suffer by lax administration. So In
tuture all minor offenses and prelimi?
nary healings In felony cases will go,
before the police Justice, who Is to bo
appointed by the Circuit Court. All
Justices of the peace are reciulrcd to
make criminal warrants returnable be-j
tore the new official.
RESISTED OFFICER
Patrolman Sweet Una Hard Battle!
With 111-ordrrl; .-en.
When Olttcer Sweet attempted to
pUce four young white men under ?r-|
rest yesterday afternoon about I j
o'clock at ?Jghtccnth and Main Streets
tor disorderly conduct they attempted!
to bent him. lie did n t hesitate to]
draw his ? luh and liberally rain blows, j
but he wus outnumbered, and was,
gradually being overpowered when:
Captain Barfool and Patrolman Schu
nittker came to his aid.
The rowdies gu\e m when they taw]
the Other officers und were at or.co
taken to the First Police Station,
where they gave their names as B.
Gibbons, H, P. Goodman, R. A. Fowler
and Stanley Leber. They were charged
with being disorderly, lighting in tho
street and troelsUng arrest.
One of the blows from swect'a gun
had inflicted a scalp wound on Gib- j
hops, and it was necessary for Dr.
Moncure, ambulance surgeon of tho
City Hospital, to tak? several btttches
In It.
GIFT TO CITY
I Miss Mary Woodhrldse Presents Her
father's \ nlnable Library.
To form the nucleus of a free public
library for Richmond Mlas Mary N.
Woodbridgc, of ;"i East Grace street,
yesterday wrote Mayor D. C. Riehard
s'Ui Dial, it was the wish of the family
..f the late flev. George Woodbndtce
to present hi- library of standard
works, including history, biography
' and poet r>, to the ellj"!
it Is stipulated that th" collection i?
to be known as "The ftev. Oeorga
' Woodbridgc Collection." It embraces
about 2"0 tine volumes.
in a letter accepting the gift on
. behalf ol the city, Mayor nil bardson
' slated that it public library was badly
j needed here, and thanked Miss Wood
i bridge and her fam'ly for their In
j teresl.
! Wh'le no cases are at present avail
1 abb for the books., (bey will bp. pro
j vlded to uceommouatc them as soon
? as practicabli.
j A committee of the "Itv Council.
j working in conjunction with n similar
body from the Richmond Education
Association, is now considering ways
and means for the establishment of u
library.
NEGRO BOY DROWNED
J Roily found Floating- In Water at Foot
? of Twelfth Sircrt.
j Tbe 1 ody r.l Charles R. Morton, col?
ored, about 0 years old. who was
, drowned in the .fames River Sunday
i afternoon, was round yesterday mcrn
r.:g about 0 o'clock floating in the
water at the font of Twelfth Street.
With several companions the boy
was playing near the water's edge
when he fell In, and before he could
j be rescued was drowned. Aid was
summoned, hut all eforts to recover
the body failed until it appeared on
the surface yesterday morning.
Coroner Taylor viewed it and direct?
ed that it be turned over to relatives,
who live nt 101 West Duval Street.
Alleged Army Deserter.
Michael t'onroy was arrested lasi niKbt
by Officer Jennings and locked up at the
First Police Sintion. where he was charged
with being a suspicious character, suspected
of brine a denerter from the United Stafs
Army. rThe police believe that Conroy was
nttarhed to the Twolflh Cavalry, stationed
at Des Motnea. Ia.
Cablegram Brings News to For?
eign Mission Board?Went to
China in 1856.
A cablegram to tho Foreign Mission
Hoard of the Southern Baptist Conven?
tion. In Richmond, received yesterday,
announced the death of Rev. It. H.
Graves, M. D., at Canton. China, one of
th< pioneer mlsslona-les of tha board.
Dr. <;raves was born In Baltimore May.
19, 1S33, and wag seventy-nine years
of age. He sailed for China on April
IT. 1S56. and engaged In active mission
arj service for the long term of flfty-slx
years.
Early In his missionary work he re?
alized the Importance of training na?
tive Chln?se Christians to carry the gos
pel to their own people. He was ona
of the pioneers in the matter of train?
ing native workers As early as 1S63 ho
had eight nstlve assistants, whom he
formed into a class and taught dally.
Dr. Graves iv?? founder and president
of the Graves Theological Seminary, at
Canton, China, which had fifty-tight
students last year.
ACADEMY FINALS
Itlebnrd r.vr I.in Ilrrri to AddrrsH c.rnd
iiatca un Friday r.vrnlnK.
Invitations were Issued yesterday bv
ftlchmond Academy for the annual com?
mencement exercises, which will be
held in Richmond College Chapel oil
Friday evening, June '?? Richard Eve?
lyn Byrd will deliver the COtnmcnCi -
mcnt address.
Graduates thU year are Frank El
wood Arnall, Aubrey Russell Bov ; ?.
Jr.. James Rtirton Conk, Leslie Everett
D?rhsm, Philip Wlnfree Fore, John
Stewart Oilman. John l.umpkln Harri?
son, Alva.li Hreim r Honey. Thomas Gary
Johnson, Jr., Victor sharp Mctcalf, Mut
thew Bran< h Porter. Howard Winston
Taylor, Henry orant Warlnner.
The class officers are: President. Jamei
Burtot: Cobk; Vice-President. Matthe*
Brarr-h Porter; Secretary and Tri asu*
rer. Thomas Cary Johnson. Jr., Histo?
rian. Henry Grant Warlnner.
BECOMES OFFICER
Virginia * Tour>;chl I a? maker M"d? 1
first f.lriitrniuit.
K.ith Boliin? wise, the youngest member
o.' th>- Oeneral Assembly of Virginia, has
li*?n elected first ll'iitcnant of Company 11,
lint Infantry. In hit home town of L?,?
buiR. Mr. Wise tvas tust twenty-one jt.-u
c.d K-heii nominated for the Rouse of Dele*
fates ahtut one year ago,
Another election reported 'o tiir AdjO
tant-Oeneral is that of W. n. Dai Is to be
bi ? ?nd lieutenant of Company O, Becon4
Infantry, of Petersburg, Three ballots
? re nr'ded to deride this res lit. W. A.
BROOKLYN SAENGERBUND EX?
CURSION.
S. S. K?nig Albert to Bremen July 4?,
some excellent berths may be had fof
100.00.
Richmond Transfer Co,
809 East Main Street.---?
The best roofing tin
for the money is
G. M. Co.'s "Pearl"
Roofing Tin.
Gordon Metal Co?
Richmond, Va.
For nmilncs* Stationery,
Spicily
The pap$r that gives Increased ef?
fectiveness at r.o additional cost.
B. W. Wilson Paper Co.,
Richmond, Va.
Sole Distributors.
Richmond is the
39th Largest City
in the U. S,
?But not one of the 30 has a better
laundrv than the Royal Laundry. Just
now %vc arc asking to do your ''Rough
Dry" Family Wash at 6c a pound.
Phone its. Monroe 1958 or 1959.
The Royal Laundry
M. B. Fl?rsheim, Proprietor,
311 N. Seventh Strssat.