The times dispatch. [volume], July 11, 1912, Page 10, Image 10

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Announce
For To-Day-~~July 1 1 th, ?
an extraordinary value in
White Pique at 15c Yd.
A special purchase of fifty (full) pieces <>f fine (per?
fect) quality White Pique, in three different .-ize welts,
of excellent weave and weight for suits or >kirts.
While we have known the same, or equal, grades of
Pique to retail quite readily at a quarter a yard, our
conservative estimate of tin's value is 20c?the host
obtainable t?-day .it that price.
At 15c it i REMARKABLE BARGAIN:
All outer garments of white pique arc very stylish;
tin' demand for this fabric, probably is greater than
ever before. This fact should lend additional interest
in t lie above'offer and create enthusiasm in the buying.
White Goods Department,
Main Floor.
CENTRAL NATIONAL
GETS HOEHEIMER'S
FIIE CANDIDATES
ALREADY IN FIELD
Members of Bar Greatly Sur?
prised by News of Judge Grin
nan's Resignation.
When members "f the bar found In
The Tinuw-Dlspntch yesterday morn?
ing that Judge Daniel Grlimuii. ?.i the
?.:.>>?> y Court, had announced his
determination to resign oh October 1
there were espressloiis ol surpr He
Irom all quarters, ?a there hud been
no previous Indication that ho eon- |
tomplnted sui.li a su i>. During the;
day I:if trlchds called upon hlin to. ,
express their regret, fbr no judge
Mauds higher in the estimation ol thi ,
lawyers who pi-act leb In the City Hall
courts. To all who rhenttoned the
sut'iiit "f a im.ss1i.1l- chhhgc ?f mind;
Judge Grimma slated that ho bad |
fullv mad.- nil ins mind to leave the
bench; and mat utter October l he ,
would return to tho practice ol hi.
st on in 1 bis ? ity.
Bvfeh before half of the bar had been |
apprised oi Judge Giitirihn'S letter the <
contest was under way. and Mat night
friends of five lawyers had announce.I i
that they irottid be candidates, and j
that their nrtnes would be presented
to the bar caucus. Tho candidates
put forward by friends are Thomas J
C. Gordon, "f the firm or Christian.
Gordon & Christian: John B. Minor, of
Thomason <v Minoi ; W'lllam A. Mon
, are, of Smitli, Mottcurc & Gordon, dnd
Samuel A. Anderson :.n<l VY; !'? De
Sauasure.
It Is the usual custom for-the bar
of the city to hold a cam us and nomi?
nate a judge, who is in turn appointed
by the Governor. No date has as yet
been suggest! 1 for the caucus,
LAWYER LAT'iSFIED NOW
.\-kril to Have Verdict Sei \>lil?- null
Client I.at Three More ".ears.
By taking th.- advice o| his lawyer,
Ii. hoben Tomllnson, colored, Joseph
Morris, colored, was yesUerdny sen?
tenced to blaut years in Ho peniten?
tiary ihsiea&?f- vi which t\ ,s fixed
by the jvisy a* week ago. Morris \t is
in Icled for highway robbery and ivas
satisfied with the "sentence bl live
attention to the fact that the suit ite
?
i!.-. therefore requested thin th. v'er
TELEPHONE CHANGE
Tidewater < oiupnnj Veq'uirrs l
ItappaUniiiuick I.in.-.
1
savings-bank
RICHMOND
III? C.MAIN ST.
It mattere hot what the size ?
the bunk may be, it i- absoliitch
question of security and scrvic
We submit tin -c to your ju'dgtn? n
Bank Buys Building at Third
and Broad Streets and Will
Locate There Later On.
PURCHASE PRICE $125,000
Directors N ote $100,000 Capital
Stock Increase?Moving 1 >ate
Not Announced.
Directors "f the Central National
Bunk s'e&teraay voted an Increase of,
$i('0,.i capital stock, the fund to
in used ?fur Iii?- purchase of tin- llof
hetinir Building, ut the northwest cor- ,
to r oi Third ami Mroari Streets, Which
win be tin- future home of tin- bank
Tiu- action of tb. directors will l" ap?
proved later by th? atockhdlders. M. I
i.. iiofheimer, who operates a store on ,
the first ii. holds a lease, which will !
hot expire for some tlhi'oj and ho win i
continue in Ibat establishment until ;
the. transfer is mad,, tit a dute not
known at present! it is understood
that th<- purchase price of the prop?
erty was $125,000. '
This Important purchase on the I
north side of Broad Street gives un?
doubted evidence Of the Increased
value's in that section oi the bio1. The
Central National Hank, organised less!
than nine mouths ago. when it took
over the established business of the j
Bank i t Commerce, has made such !
progress that Its deposits have doubled ;
w it i.in t hat period.
Property Values .Vdvnuce.
The promise of future growth is so |
apparent tha,t the OHlcers and diroc- ;
tors decided to purchase a permanent
location now, before the coming ad-1
vance In prices 011 the north side of |
Uroad. so conildently predicted !?>? the
best judges pi real estate. The stockH
holders win meet shortly to approve!
a:, Issue of $100,.iddittoiinl stock,
subscriptions for which have already!
been guaranteed. it la she purpose
of thp bank to make a number of Ith- j
provemenla in its neW building', the
mosl anportuni being a safety deposit ',
vault of sufficient dimensions to meet
the demutid toi that feu Hire in the,
locality occupied. The Iiofheimer |
Slide ' ompany holds a lease- on the .
lower floot. which will not expire for
sonn time. Meanwhile, the Central
National will remain in Its present
quarters .it ^e; Bast Uroad Street.
ItiiHlueHN I) Dices on Top floor.
The top floor of the building will
b( ? a into business blMfoS, and the
Structure will be known ns the Cen
t::il National Bank Building. Charles
lllltzloi is president of the bank;
Chai ? p. pi, ami \V. Ii. Schw?rz?
schild, vie.?-president; 1'. E. IV. OOod
win, cashier, and Ooorge T. Maltern, i
::-:.-t.ii;t cashier 'Ah.n organized]
t year stork was sold to all sub- I
scribem at a share. A sale was
recorded ? h Tuesday at $110 a ?bare. |
Reports In real estate circles dur-I
Inc. the past few days ar.e to the cf
feci that Mr. Iiofheimer may erect,
1 kling at the northeast corner of
Broiftl und Eleventh Streets, opposite!
Kord H it( I, which " ill provide a
home and meeting plac,. for the Inde- |
mil call
MAY BE cut out
New York Ruling Eliminating
It Likely to Be Urged in
Other States.
SEVENTEEN ENTER
RACE FOR BOARD
George Paul Admitted at
Eleventh Hour by Special
Ruling of Committee.
TO ELIMINATE NEGRO VOTE
City Committee Jakes Steps to
J'ar Colored Voters From
Coming Primary.
Under a special ruling adopted l>y ;
tio City Democratic Committee last
night, ilxing July 10 at 12 o'clock mid
night, as Una outside limit for paying
in tho candidacy fee. George Paul, of
South Richmond, was admitted as th<
seventeenth candidate in the race for
the Administrative Board. Mr. Paul
narrowly escaped being eliminated
from tin- contest because of his fall-;
lire deposit the $:'.">u fee required by
the Bynd primary law, before noun ]
yeste relay.
Treasurer Goode reported to tho!
committee that although he was In?
formed that Mr, Paul made an effort
to IIlid nlrtt before the noon hour, he
actually deposited his check between
the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock. lie
recommended that under the circum?
stances the clu ck be accepted, and Mr.
Paul declared a regularly qualified can?
didate.
\dvoeatc Extension to Jnlj 12.
The incident furnished the commit?
tee with material for a thlrty-mliiute
debate. It was objected by some)
members that the resolution adopted 1
at a previous meeting llxlr.g July 1"
as the last day for receiving lees from
candidates carried with it the Inference
that the entry list would 1?,- closed,
at noon yesterday. In the absence of a
copy of the resolution tlie 12 o'clock
limitation could not ho established.
A motion wae offered directing that
the time for entries be extended to
July 1-'. in accordance with the Uyr.i
primary law. which makes compulsory
th.- deposit of entry fees not later
than sixty days before th,- election Is
held This motion was withdrawn In
favor of another offered by Dr. Rus?
sell Jones, declaring it to be the schsi
of iii. committee that tne previous
resolution fixing July 10 as the last
day for receiving candidacy fees, bo
understood to mean that such fees j
might he received until midnight of i
that date. It was adopted unanimous-i
To ICIlmlnate \eitro tote.
i "onsld. rahl.r dehnte was aroused by'
the widely published statement of j
Chairman Miles M. Martin, of the City
Democratic Committee, that, under the.
Byi I primary law. negroes will be able
tO VOte Oil the Same bftSlS IIS Willie >
Mr. Martin reiterated tho statement.;
saying that however much he re- :
giettod tins fact; it w as nevertheless I
so. The Byrd law. he said, could make j
no exceptions on the ground of race
or color. To have done so would have
: I ndered the act unconstitutional.
J M. N, Allen took a violent posi?
tion oh tin- matter. The Democrat!
parly, he said, had been working for
years to eliminate the negro vote, and
now it was proposed to Invite the
negroes into the Democratic*fold,
"li" the Kyrd primary law compels
this committee to permit negroes to
vol.- In the coming election." he said.
"I say let us rescind our action adopt?
ing that law as tl\e one under which
to conduct our primary, and let us
submit the whole proposition anew to
th.- plans committee."
Committee Canuot Choose.
Chairman Martin pointed out that
the committee had no power to lay
down ruh s to govern the coming elec?
tion, other than those contained In
th.- Byrd act. As long as the election
was to be by primary and not by con?
vention, he said, the Byrd law" must
prevail.
A number of tho members expressed
the opinion that Democrats had little
td fear from the black vote, and that
the whole matter was much like trying
i.. make a mountain out of a mole hill.
Tlie committee adapted u resolution di?
recting the attention of tile elect ion
ju Iges to section S of the Bvrd law
which defines an eligible vot.-v an one
who in the last preceding general
election v.,ted for liw- party nomine.;
tor President. presidential elector.
Congressman. Governor, or delegate to
the General Assembly. A strict inter
;?:?!. :tlon of this clause, it was the
sensi ..f the committee, would elimi?
nate most of the negro Democratic
vote,
tlie final list of entries follows:
Beck, Henry P., Building Inspector;
former Alderman.
Bennett, A. W., undertaker; member
J: >ard of Aldermen
Davis, George B., merchant; former
Superintendent of Almshoiise.
Don l.e.ivy, John F., salesman; mom
be i of the Board ,,f Aldermen.
Pergusson, Edgar H member of
City Council: contracting printer.
Kolkes, Elhln C, State Senator; law
GUnst, Marx, nyinufacturers' agent;
member of Board of Aldermi n.
HIrschberg, John, member City Coun?
cil; salesman.
Ifobson. Graham B., with Tredegar
Company.; member Of Board of Alder
K no wies, William P., Superintendent
City Gas Works
McCarthy, <~'ar!ton. State Accountant:
former Mayor.
Moore, John W., member of Board of
Aldermen: llouor dealer.
Richards, Cl trloa K.. member Com?
mon t'ouncli, retired.
Taylor, Charles F? retired merchant;
pr.sident lire Hoard.
W Ittet, Robert, president Board of
Aldermen; contracting printer.
Zimmermann, William If , former
Alderman: retired.
Paul George. I e. manufacturer.
M rs. i.hohlen (h'In DlVlirC*.
Ah absolute divorce was granted
e.steiday In th.- Daw and Kqu'ty
o irt to Grace f'ox Glndden from her
usband, If, K?mest Gladden, Mrs.
llndden was given custody of their
til Irl. Margaret Cox Gladden.
FOSTER JOINED
SIGMA AND WES.
That at Least 1.- Theory of
County Officer.- Who Arc
Now Seeking Him.
WENDENBURG NOT TO LOSE
Lawyer-Bondsman Is Secured
by Deed of Trust on
Prisoner's 1 arm.
No-results have been, obtalnd in the
.-..m il tor Edwurd l-V,;. .. th.- .-Moil:,
prisoner, who escaped the thlr.l trial
for the capital offense with which ho
i- charged, i>y absenting himself from
the jurisdiction of th. llenrlco county
court oh Tuesday, if to does not show
himself befr.ro to-morrow, Iiis bonds?
man and attorney. J. >' Wendenburg,
will be required to forfeit the *:i.r,uu
On which he was out oh ball at tho
time h>- made his escape.
There was one exception yesterday
iio the uhlveisal story that Foster had
not be.-n seen silica Saturday, when lie
came to Richmond for n talk with Iiis
counsel. a Henri. > county fanner,
who lives at Highland Park, stated
yesterday to ti reporict for The Times
Dispatch that he saw* Foster Iii the
courtroom half an hour before a con?
tinuance of one day \> ai granted in
the case last Monday, H? said tn.it he
had known the accus, i many years
and that members of his family hud
hail dealings with him over real estate;
Said He wna In ? our'
Foster, according to thlt latest ver?
sion, took a s.-at Monday morning in
the back of the courtroom preparatory
to standing trial, but changed his
mind about facing th. music tin- next
day. Gatewood said thai i young man
tapped Foster on his shoulder Just be?
fore the continuance ? \.s granted, and
that the two went away together.
However, if Foster w is In court Mr.
Wendenburg did not know it. for Io?
wa?, heard to ask if anybody had seen
his client.
The county officials scout the Idea
that Foster lias been seen In these
parts since Saturday. Deputy Sheriff j
Sydnor said that he felt certain that
he would have seen him If Foster bad
beep, present in court. He was conii
dent that the fugitive would be taken
into custody after Ins bail bond hau
been forflted for non-appearance be- 1
fore Friday.
Wendenhiirir la Protected.
The forfeiture of tin bond win fall
upon Foster's own shoulders, as his
bondsman, E. O. Wendenburg, is se?
cured to th.. full extent of the $': 500.
Two dec-Is of trust appear on the Hen
rico county deed re Oka convoying
froni lid ward Foster and Mary Foster,
his wife, to K. D Ryan and Der Oy E. i
Brown, trustees, two parcels of prop?
erty In the bounty. A farm of
a. res at ("amp Hill is mortgaged to at -
cure a note tor $3,000, and a lot at the
Intersection of the New Market anil
Long Bridge Roads is security for
seven notes aggregating Jl.lRO.
A deed of trust to secure $2..">00 was
released on the margin of th.- deed
book November IS. 1011, by K. I? Ryan,
trust, e. and 1,. O. Wendenburg. bene?
ficiary.
Some of the countv officers think
that Foster "beat if to the mountains
f. Join SUna Alien and Wesley Ed
TO SELL FOOD BY LAW
Foreign ' oncern Artruea Injunction in
i n'teil '?iuii-s Court,
Argument was begun at lo o'clock
yesterday morning in tne United Stutes
District Court on the application for
an injunction made by the American
Milling Company, of Illinois, to re?
strain the State Dairy and Food Com?
missioner and other State otliclals from
Stopping tlie sale of certain of Its pro?
ducts Circuit Judges Nathan O?ff
an 1 i C. Prltchard and District Judge
Edmund WaddlU, Jr., were in attend?
ance.
The hearing consumed all day and
will be resumed at 10 o'clock this
morning. The company is domesti?
cated In N.-w Jersey, but maintains its
headquarters In Chicago. It Is seek?
ing to establish the right to sell In
this State certain patent dairy foods,
which the Dairy and Food Commission?
er declares contain Ingredients barred
under a law passed by the General As?
sembly In 1010.
i . s. < Ircull < onrt of Appeals
The United States Circuit Court of
Appeals convened at 11 o'clock yes?
terday morning for the second day of
Its July aesslon, with Circuit Judges
Nathan Goff and J. C. Prltchard. and
District Judges Edmund Waddill, Jr.,
und Henry A. M Smith Irf attendance,
Decisions Wen handed down in the
following ?asi a
No. ins; -State of West Virginia, ex
rel. .lohn Halfpenny, etc., plaintiffs in
error, vs. Floyd McDonald and Cill
::.-!!-' Trust Guarantee Company, of
West Virginia, defendants In erior.
In error to tin Circuit Court of tho
United State- for the Northern Dis?
trict of Virginia, at PhlUipi. Affirmed.
No. 107V? I.ord Halllmore Press. In?
corporated, appi ilant, vs. File W. La
bomabarde, uppi lice. Appeal from the
Circuit Court 61 United State.-, for the
District of Maryland; at Baltimore.
Reversed;
The court win reconvene at 11
o'clock this morning.
Ones Over Until October.
Because of the absence of a material
witness i he Commonwealth's caso
against Warren Robertson for stealing
a plow from William Jenkins was con?
tinued until the October term In the
ll.nrico county Circuit Court yesterday
afternoon Thi farm of Mr. Jenkins is
about four mlie from the city, on Iiis
trial before Magistrate B- M. Smith;
Robertson wai fined S'-'o and sentenced
to Jail for ten days.
llenrlco Murrlnirc Mccnse.
A marrlngi license was issued in the
Henrico count; ? lerk's ofllce yesterday
to Frank 13 Chappoll and Orace C,
Williams.
! ? . perfei ted only thru the development and growth
ol the child's individuality, which is the key to a real, sound
and scientific training for youth in every class. Treat the child
ii an individual, give him responsibilities, and he readily dc
An interesting way to introduce .1 child to every-day busi
lifi and affairs around him is to give him a bank account
of hi- very own in the
AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK
OK RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
He will l ike delight in making deposits in his own name.
Kc-iiabiliu ,m<i responsibility in money matters will be the
th of thi ? ul. training.- Lei us give YOUR CHILD
SECURITY \M> SERVICE.
CONTRAGTGOESTO
BITULITH1C FOLK
Company Agrees to Pave Broa.l
Street in Sixty Days From
Time it Begins.
DIVISION IN COMMITTEE
City Engineer Advocates As?
phalt Block as Must Dura?
ble Material.
By a vote of S to C tho Council Com?
mute on Streets last night awarded
the contract ror tho smooth paving of
Broad Street to the Atlantic Bittlllthlc
j Company, the contract price being $2.>'.
: per square yard. The action was taken
against the advice of the City Engineer
and over the protest of several mem?
bers of the committee who held that It
' was neither the cheapest nor the best
' paving for the thoroughfare. Only
three bids were submitted In the sec
? ond competition made necessary
! through the failure ot the 1. J. Smith
. & Co., to get me material under the
i former award,
only Three lllililcr*.
I The Siii?h concern entered no bid
I In the contest lost night, nor were the
makers of wood block paving repre?
sented.
The bids were: Tho Washington
.Asphalt Block and Tile Company, lour
? inch block. laid on concrete base with
sand cushion. $2.S3; same with mortar
cushion. $3.06; throe-Inch block, with
sanl cushion. $2.63; two-Inch block.
52. i*.
Cronford Paving Company, of Wash?
ington. Improved sheet asphalt, work
j to be completed in ninety days, $2.30
i per square yard.
j Atlantic Bttuluthlc Company, AVar
\ ren formula. $2.56 per square yard.
Boiling Favors tspluilt Block.
j City Engineer Bailing, who at the
former hearing advocated the asphalt
block similar to that Which has .
I usd with great Bticcess on many streets
. In Richmond repented Ills recomniondu
! tlon. Tlrio asphalt block around tlie
: Jefferson, he stated, had been down six?
teen years, while thai around the City
Hall hail beeil there nearly us lone.
I In replacing it after cutting pipe
I trenches It had been possible t.> use
pei' cent, obi material. Mr. Bo
: tated that he had never had pers ii ll
experience with tho bltullthtc, though
; be had seen many handsome streets
pav.-d with It. He wns of o|dnlon. how
ever, that th.re would be an l.-.crensod
cost in replacing it after rutting for re
; pairs or pipe trenches, as only a small
part of the old material could be use.!
again. In comparison of cost he called
attention to the fact thai tho bltullthlc
formula called for a three-inch surface
at fS.MS, Tlie three.inch asphalt block
he pointed out. cost but 7 cents :nor. ---
? $2i63?though he recommended the
foJir;lnch asphalt block at s:i as
more durable. The Cranford Company,
he stated, was laying practlcaly the
same paving r?s the bltullthlc. and had
j bid $2.30.
Soi I.OWOSt III.liter.
Later Mr. Boning explained that
I there was now some litigation ove.- al?
leged Infringement of patent by the
I Cranford Company, but the company
j had largo contracts In Washington anil
j had offered to give bond to carry out
'Its contract ir*!th this city. Ho" con?
sidered the Cranford pacing offered ..t
: $2.30 practically the same an the bltu?
llthlc at $2.66, though admitting that
of the various smooth pavings the
bltullthlc was not quite so slippery
Mr. Pollock, speaking In behalf of
the motion to nwnrd the contract to
the Atlantic Bituiithtc company; stated
that it was not necessary to reSttrfa
the bltullthlc paving every two or
three years at a cost of 10 cents per
square yard, as had been stated. It
was not done, he said, save where the
, surface of the street showed indica?
tions of dryness, where a hew flush
oont was applied as n precautionary
measure. It Was also stated that It
was not necessary for a city us'ng the
bltullthlc paving to purchase n planl
to lake care of repairs arid replace?
ments. It given the contract the Rltu
11 title Company expects to erect a cen?
tral manufacturing plant here to cost
approximately $10,000.
? nntpletc In Six! y Days,
i An argument used with effect be
, fore the committee was th,. offer of
the Bltullthlc Company to complete
the work w'thin s-xty days from the
time the contra't is approved. At?
torney I? o. Wendenburg for the At?
lantic Ritupthic Company, assured tho
committee that this would be backed
.by ample bond, With the difficulties
of malnta'ning traffic on one side, and
the rebuilding of the street railway
|Unes. City Engineer Boiling said he
hardly thought the work could be don..
in sixty days;
The vote on the motion to give the
?contract to thcBitulithlc Company was
ins follows:
Ayes?Messrs. [{addon, .vain. Miller.
Moore, NelSen, Pollock, Sullivan and
Vond.-rb hr.
Noes?Messrs Don f.eavy, Fergus
son. Gunst, .Jones. Powers and Adams.
Granite Between Car Tracks.
Th.- question of paving between the
j street car tracks and for two feet on
either side with granite was referred
to tho city dngineer for report, A
letter from tiie Virginia Railway nnd
Power Company requesting that if this
were not done that it ho allowed to
lay a course of Stone next to its tracks
t.. protect the paving was also referred
j to the City engineer for report.
Efforts win he mad. to secure a
special meeting of the Council to act
on tho award in order that the work
may ho begun at the earliest possible
date, as unless begun shortly it -s evi?
dent that Its completion will be de
j layed far Into the fall.
IN POLICE COURT
Hoys Charged With Attackluc Car tict
( nur Continued.
The police have succeeded In captur?
ing four of a gang of Seven negro hovs
who attacked a RlvervloW car last S l
i unlay night with rocks and stick--.
; Edward Hooker, .lack Morris and Willie
I Giles were In the Polle,. Court yester
! day morning, and the rase was con
, tlnued to July KS. Samuel Washington,
arrested yesterday morning, will be
I arraigned this morning an'l probably
! will be tried with the Others. Giles
was balled by A. D. Price In tho sum
of $500.
On com plaint of A*rnt F.. C. Taylor,
of tho Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals. Robert Nash, col?
ored, was lined $.*> for torturing n lot
of chickens. Nash, who had the chick?
ens for sale, carried thorn around tho
j streets with their feel lied together
nnd their heads hanging down
Peter Perlvltas was acquitted on the
I charge of carrying concealed .weapons.
j Cornelius Banks, colored, was fined
$10 for assaulting and beating Mattia
Moore, ami Burrell Lomax, colored, was
tnxc-d the same nmount for beating
Mabel Elliott.
J, W. Brauer, owner of a slaughter
house .lust ncross the county line, has
been reported by a number of Fair
mount citizens for maintaining a nui?
sance. The complaint probably will be
' heard by Justice CrutChfleld lO^morroW
j morning.
Ordinance Cnmnjilttec To-S ght,
Th council Committee on Ordinance,
Charter and Reform will meet to-night
tit 8 o'clock.
EXCEPTIONAL VALUES
Are offered in this sale, which includes hundreds of high-class
Suits in every desirable fabric and style.
Two and Three Piece Suits which .old up to $28.00.
Sale Price $16.00
G-R Special Straws?the usual $2.50 and S3.00 kind?at $1.65.
Gans-Rady Company
STATE WAGES WAR
AGAINST TYPHUS
Single Case in Prince George'
Sends Officers to Scene
in a Hurry.
Dr. Allen w. Freeman, Assistant
State commissioner of Health, accom
panted by a special staff irom th? htate
Health Department, loft yesterday for
Prince George county to Investigate
the causes leading to the appearance
in that county last week of a ease of
typhus fever. The disease It as tormany
centuries rcgared as on of the worst
plagues affecting mankind.
Appearing it; crowded; filthy quar?
ters, it was particularly prevalent in
prison ships and jtitls, a fact which
nave to It tin- popular name of "ship''
or ? Jail fever." in recent years typhus
has been robbed of Its virulent charac?
ter |n tlo- I'nltetl states it Ik so rare
that a Single case arouses much Inter?
est. While local health officials would
lehret to see typhus become seated in |
this stat.-. they an- not alarmed at the
single Instance of its appearance in
Prince George county.
Discovered i mm Week,
The slllglll case Of the disease was
discovered last week in a sparsely set?
tled district of the county. Typhus
fever was the diagnosis of the physi?
cian in eharire The diagnosis was
Int? e confirmed by ntllf lals of the State
Health Department and the I'nit.d;
Staf ? Public Health Servtr. Health. ,
Commissioner Williams communicated I
with Kurgcon-General Blue, who p*m |
?ir Joseph Goldberger to assist the
Stall 'S Officers
I ir. Goldberger went with Dr. Wll- |
llatns to Petersburg on Sunday equip?
ped for a careful RtUdy of the case. By
Moi day his diagnosis was almost post, j
llvi Dr Goldberger left with Assist^
ant Commissioner Freeman yesterday |
to a-!>lFt In the further Investigation j
of th.- disease.
Finding that the case came from I
Prlnci cp-orse county, the officers lost
no time in motoring- there. They found I
th.- family of which the man was a !
member, and learned from them the I
....set of the dlseas* A careful survey,
of the community to ascertain If any |
Other case had b.-en reported failed to
reveal any record of similar com- I
plaints,
untrer? Expect More Cases,
Health ofllcers believe It not un- j
likely that a few more scattered cases
of the disease will appear, but they do!
not regard the outlook as In any way i
threatening. They bellev'e that with I
the present knowledge of typhus and
the marine:- in which It is st.re.id. the)
disease will be held In check without |
difficult v.
Dr. Ooldberger, who exnmlned th" I
present ease, was one of the experts
who discovered th.H typhus fever was [
carried only by body vermin, n die- |
covery whieh has greatly simplified the
fight on the disease. \Vher-> vermin!
can be controlled, the disease Is not j
likely to apread, and can generally be j
confined to the first case.
Icqt?tted In llenrtco ?'oiiri
am Coker. colored, was acquitted by
ury in the Henrich county Circuit j
irt yesterday afternoon on tue
rge of feloniously stabbing Ed.
? vnrlstian, also colored. Christian tea-!
j titled thnt he hud made some light re
i mark to a negro man and woman as j
I they passed htm In the dark, and that
th| . scort turned and cut him severely
with a pocket knlf... He was not able,
; however, to Identify Coker as the man
who did lh? stabbing.
Petltlona In Bankruptcy.
! A petition In voluntary bankruptcy j
Was filed yesterday In the United
1 Slates District Court by B. Lee Sim
, mops, n machinist of Irvington, Dan
caster county. The liabilities are
stated to be 16,1 12.30, with assets
[amounting to $2.207..",0.
I Another petition In vbltihtary bank?
ruptcy was filed In the same court
by Ben B, Gold, a merchant of this
City. Liabilities are stated In tho
I schedule to be $2.375.01 and assests
Boy llltiin liv Vlcloim Dog.
I "rank Brown, a twelve-year-old boy,
of Fair Oaks, in the county, was bit?
ten at his home yesterday by a vicious
dog. owned by Mrs! M. Dnndon. The
boy's father made?* complaint to the
authorities yesterday, but refused to
swear out a warrant against the owner
of the animal.
FRIBHTEKED 81
WOMAN'S SCREAM
Negro Burglar Fled After
Seizing Her Pocketbook
While She Slept.
Acting Chief of Police McMahon got
a report last night of un outrageous
ease which hupppencd at li South
Foushcc street late Tuesday night,
when a negro broke: into tlm home of
Mrs. C. Mi Pettlt at that address and
< ndiavorod to ioh her after she had
rotlred. While the- trail was cold. De?
tective Atkinson was assigned to the
case, and a vigorous search is being
made for the thief.
Mrs. Pcttit und members of her
family Wer? away from home for a
short while during the evening. In
their abse nce the thief gained entrance
bv breaking In through a rear wlndo.v,
although the fact was Hot delected
at the. time. The burglar, who was
colored, concealed himself under the
b.-d. There was a dim light burning.
Mrs. Pettll was almost asleep when
he approached the side of the bed and
selz. d a pocketbook, containing $12.
Which she had placed under the pillow.
Frightened by ihe invaded. Mrs Pettll
made a desperate struggle, and finally
recovered the purse. Fearing thai
would be caught, the burglar fled.
According to Information given to
the police, the negro had been at the
Pettll home on former occasions, beg?
ging for food and clothing, He was
easily recognldd by his Intended vic?
tim, and a gooel description of him
was given to the detectives, Just be?
fore he took the pocketboc.k the negro
put Mo hand on Mrs. Pettlt's face, ap?
parently t<> smother her cries if sn
happened to be awake.
nidgood Elected Captain,
Company n. Richmond Bight Infiln
try Blues, elected last night the f.,i
lowing commissioned officers; Captain
lt. M Blilgood; Fust Lieutenant, M. F
.lames. Second Lieutenant. For.taim
jon.-s. subordinate ofllcers win be ap
pointed Jatc-r by Captain BtdoOod.
ALEX. TOMLINSON
HAS PASSED AWAY
Famous Detective Dies After
Long Illness?Had Made
Great Record.
Captain Alexander M. Tomllnson. up
to three ycar? uro head of the detec?
tive force of the Richmond Police De?
partment, ami one of the best known
detectives In tho South, died at 12:32
o'clock this inorr-i:.!: at liir. residence.
51! North Sixth Street, of a compli?
cation of diseases, from which he hail
beeil suffering even before he retired
from the police forc?.
Captain Tomllnson was born in l&tR
near what is now the corner of Twcn
ty-nfth and Vcnable Streets, then n
part of llenrico county. Though too
young to enter the army In tlie early
part of the war, he enlisted with the
Richmond forces when but a bov and
took part In the hattlo of Glenburnlo.
Hi was appointed to the police tor> .? at
a patrolman on August 30, 1st:.. Ten
years later i.e was made Bergeanti luv.
Ing been acting sergeant two years be
lore For the most part he was en?
gaged In detective work, though at
that time there was no regular detec?
tive department in the clt>'. Major
Howard Was then <"hlef of Polled.
he frequently said that Tomllnson was
the b-st man on the force. lie also
heir} a commission as detective for th.
state of Virginia and took the lea ting
pari In many Important arres'<- outside
I f the city. When the detective depart
merit was created as a part of tlie police
fordo he was mad- captain, which posi?
tion h- held up tot!.:.. when
forced t" r. tire on account Of ill heap] .
At the time of his death he was a mem?
ber of the Police Benevolent Associa?
tion.
During his most active years Cap?
tain Tomllnson was a national flgur
In detective circles. By reason of hi'
vaii.d work. Which "nok him to all
parts of the United States, he became
well known to the most famous detec?
tives of the time and has received the
personal commendation of th.- Pinker
tons and others. Mis name was con?
nected with every big case In Virginia
itid with many outside of the State up
to the time he retired. Soon after re?
tiring he took a position at on., of tlie
summer hotels, where he went mainly
for la health, but returned to the clfy
because ho said he had rather he here
ill than keep his health in some other
place.
Me leaves a wife, one son. Samuel
Witt Tomllnson. now a member of th
bicycle snuad. and one daughter. Mrs
Hart. y Callls, of this city.
CHEMICAL MEETING
Interstate l erttllxer < orporatlon Elects
Directors for Basiling Vcur.
The annual meeting of the Interstate
Chemical Corporation was held in this
city yesterday at the otlloe of Messrs
M ::.f.,rd. Hindoo, Williams and An?
derson, general counsel of the com?
pany. Approximately T.'i per cent, of the
.,000 of capital stock was pres?
ent in person or by proxy.
The following dliectors were elected
for the ensuing year: W. n. Chisolm
and W. B. Chisolm, Jr.. of Charleston,
S C,; Charles S. Bryan, of New York;
Ei D Remiss and John Skclton Wil?
liams, of Richmond: J. W. Mlrdcndorf.
Of Baltimore; Franklin Q- Brown (of
Redmond & Co. >; Albert Straus (of J,
?- W. Sellgrhan & Co.); F. B. and
Sldcll Tllghmnn, George .1 Helmer and
A 11 Webb (president of the Lincoln
Trust Co.), New York.
The corporation Is one of the largest
fertilizer companies In the country,
and lias extensive plants in the States
of South Carolina. Georgia and Flor?
ida, although operating under a Vir?
ginia charter.
The gehert offices of the company are
located In Charleston. S. C, and the
treasurer's office in New York.
Summer Excursion
Rates to points North' and West by rail
and water.
RICltMO.Vn TRANSFER COMPANY,
? IE tsl M tin Stn ? t.
"Aiitlebeter"
Shoe-Repairing Service
No nail work. All sewed.
Men's Shoes 1 fa'.f-?olcd. 7;>c; Heeded, 26c'
Womeiris Shoes Half-So led, 66c| Hordad,
2BC
Wagor.s call nr.d deliver averysnhenai
The Royal Laundry
gnOB REPAIRING DEPARTMENT,
Phones Monroe laSS and 1559.
Richmond Corrugated
Paper Company
Manufacturers
CORRUGATED BOXES,
WRAPPERS,
PARTITIONS, Etc.,
S17-819 N. Seventeenth St.
Works, Office,
Phone Monroe ->271 Madison 7 25
Good Roofing
and "Pearl" Roofing
the Same.
RICHMOND, VA.