The times dispatch. [volume], July 24, 1912, Page 7, Image 7

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CONFERENCE HELD
IN PETERSBURG
Improvement of River and Har?
bor Subject of Uis
cussion
REPAIRS ARE NEEDED BADLY
City dives Assurance of Its Co
(>pcration With Gov?
ernment
TImes-Dlspdtch Httreau,
u Uolllngbrook Street.
(Telephone Iii?)
Petersburg, Va . July 23.
Several members Of the United
States Hoard of Engineers In charge
of rivers and hi.rhors came down frJin
Washington to Petersburg this after?
noon and held a brief conference with
cltisona and representatives of the
city mid Of the railroads on thu mat?
ter of rlvbr and harbor Improvement.
The members of the hoard presenl
were Colonel \v. T, Rossell, the pri -
Ident; Colonel W. C. Lahgtllt, Mayoi
\V. J. Harden and Secretary Alex II.
Weber.
The conference was held In the
Hustings l,'ourt room arid was very
br'ef. The engineers urtlvad via the
: '
adjournment was announced ut 2sl$,
? nd the t'isilora left on their return
at 4:20.
The object of the conference was to
receive statements orally or in writing
touching the heeded Improvonw nts to
the river and harbor, and tile rebuild-;
Inn of the government dam Involved
'n this matter Is tile proper depth of
the. channel, the protection of proper?
ly from flood overflown and sanita?
tion. It Is understood that the govern?
ment does not propose to rebuild iih
dam until steps are taken to raise
the bank of the river west of the ilam
to a height some twenty or twenty
tw, feet above ordinary water. On
this point the city and the. Norfolk
srid W< item Hallway are Interested.
At the request of President Hossell
Mayor Cameron Introduced ull who do
llred to be heard. Those who spoke
Were brief |n their remarks
The speakers were Colonel Churchill,
eh'ei engineer of the Norfolk and
Western Hallway; R if Msnn, of the
Chamber of Commerce; Alexander
Hamilton, vlco-pt esldcnt. end Chief
?Engineer PleasVnts, of the Atlantic
Coast Line Itatlrnad. and Mayor Cam
? ron The statements on behalf of the
railroad cml)raced what they had don<i
for protection against floods, nnd their
willingness to do what ir. fair and
r ghi tor further Improvements. On
behalf of tiie Chamber of Commerce,
Mr. Mann urged the necessity of good
navigation In the interest of the com?
mercial welfare of the city
Mayor Cameron read the resolutions
adopt.,) by the Councils, giving amir
ari'e f,f the city's co-operation with the
government In the improvement of the
river and harbor. In this connection
Remember- ?
Dpii't go t<< some other
store and think ><>u arc
seeing t ii ?? Pianola Piano.
You are not, for iii<- real
Pianola Piano i> to be seen
only at Walter D. Moses cv
Co.'s.
Go to oilier stores by .ill
means if yon want to, but
remember that every instru
mcnt you will see is but an
imitation of die Pianola
Piano, with ilnn most impor?
tant feature.^ (which arc pal
( in? <\) left out.
Walter D. Moses
& Co.,
103 E. Broad St.
Oldest .Music House in \ a.
and N. C.
the Mayor submitter] n statement cf
what the city hud ?Ion- In the jjasl to
secure and maintain deep water. Sine?
lS71i i. n hi expended for this pui;,'>??.
about $700,000, and it has expended
altogether tor river and harbor Im?
provement nearly ll.tOO,.
The hiembeis of th.>ard had rioth*
?
?
wtjre in.id.-.
Among those present ai the lionfer
hi' i were Lleutcnant-Col?hel Mason M;
I Patrick, of Norfolk division engineer
' of rivers and harbors; City Knglneer
Budd, Captain j A. Nichols, local rivei
Jcngli.r members of the Councils, bus
In. ss and Professional tn-n. Alter the
meeting the engineers were taken down
to the river to view the condition of
things there. ,.
Water to lie Analysed.
Statements having been recently
mnde that the water from the never
falling springs at Central Pa:k con?
tains typhoid germs. Health Office!
Martin has sent a sample of the water
to the .?t?te i'hemlfit for analysis, jh
the meantime, until. tho report of the
State Chemist Is made, people arc ad?
vised ii"t to use the water for drink?
ing purposes unless boiled. The Cue
tri! Park witter has been nltnerto re?
garded as pure, and for a great num?
ber of years It has been freely used
by thousands of people, without, a?
far as known. Injurious effects.
Handsome Odd-FelloV's Jewel.
At the last session of tho i,ranti
Lodge ->f Virginia Odd-Fellows a hand
i m?i ;>. Wel was ordered to h.; prepared
and presented to Past Grand Mastei
.lames n. Blanks, of this city, es s
token of the esteem In which he 1?
held and In appreciation of his long
and valued services to the order. The
Jewel haS been completed and presented
t ? Mi Bisntts It Is of solid gold, with
the Initials of the order set In din
tnonds. It Is of very handsome and
unique design, and bears the Inscrip?
tion! "Presented to Past Grand Master
and Past Orahd Representative Jame
II Hlar.k?. of Monroe Lodge. No. 8, of
- ?-? i itiiMiiiaiwraniTmOMinEM
Benjamin Franklin said?"A penny saved is two-pence
Carried" -and yet some people continue to pay 25 to 45
cents for others, when 20 cents per pound will buy
[^AKLIi^G PQWDER.1
the purest, most wholesome and best baking Powder
that ran he made at any cost.
Sold by all rtood Grocers. Insist on having it.
(lilltl i served without any danger of one food contami- ||
tlillll noting, another if your refrigerator is rea/lv re- II
}i[H((( frigerator and not merely an ice box. \\
}([?)() A constant, active circulation of pure, dry, cold \\
{((Bill ai) t,:rou"!: aI1 ^arts ?S thc provision 'hr.mbcr is \\
(ill 11 "wsl cssenthll- H "ot ?"b' means smaller ice bills, \\
lljffl II but the very health of your family. jj
||H I you owe it to yourself to learn -what a refrig- }[
||H I I erator like this means to you. Come in and let us j
{({la ( demonstrate one to you. |j
jjf j GRACE AT SEVENTH.
i Pctersburr. by his friends of the Grand
Lodge of Virginia, May 14, 1912."
Mr. Blanks lias bo.-n an active and
Influential Odd-Kcltow for lifty-two
year* and lias filled many high offlcei
I in the order. Only ono othor Jew el ol
llils kind has been presented by the
Grand Dodge, that given to tin: late
Grand Treasurer John W. Kcrgussoti
' of Richmond, who was grund treasurer
; of the Grand Dodge of Virginia foi
i over half a century.
\\ in.-, Suppl) l rosa lU\ > r.
! The city's Water supply in the reser?
voir Is becoming ve.iy low. and mom Is
? being taken out tor consumption than
i |m coming 1 ii, tor lack oi rain. The
drought i? becoming very serious in
many poriioiiu ot this auction, the fail
oi rittli having liueii very local. The
c'ty, ii ia expected will soon hiivo to
> bo to I no u.'er for wulur to siippiy
! ,i? hecus. and the prospect, 't an ap
,.i o,,i lotion is :.ol iiiao..- I";- tin: pur
,,u.i, that the vvtiicr noiu tiitit source
i u lli he lui'jilsheU to consumers wiiit
!out imruilon. It is hardiy bclloved
! it.at >tne Councils will aliow tills.
Interesting MI?slonar> Hull).
interesting missionary services were
i heia Iii-tut;in in on- ?econd Prusbyte
nan Cliuicn, at wi.icn >v?ru present ten
mluiloiiurius whu arc to sali tor niorou
on Saturday. Among those wild have
ottereu their services roi foreign nils -
[slonary service and who wui'e presuhl,
[wore Mr. and Mis. McQueen, the latter
is the tourth member ot her family
who are working In the foreign held,
Thu services to-night worn in toe'
.nature of latew'ell exercises. .Several
: .
.
-m..1u. ,i IJentu in in-.-mi V iew.
! Mrs. Bessie iVdariiH Purhuitt; of this
'city, died very suddenly to-day of
I heart d'sease ut her cottage at ocean
; View, where she hud been spending
;the summe: She Is survived by her
(husband and lour children?Georg-:,
kooiilg, Li'Arcy and Miss Virginia
Adams, children by her first marriage.
The /ody will reach here at 11 o'clock
j lo-mdrrow morning and will be taken
I directly to the cemetery, where the
I funeral services will b? held. Mrs.
' Paxham was a, woman o; most geher
! ous and charitable disposition. rine
Heaves many relatives In tills city.
IlustlnKH I ourt liualiieas.
! In the Hustings Court to-day. sev?
eral true bills lor felony were returned
'by the grand Jury, and two or threo
,minor case's were tried. Max Pegram,
'colored, charged with housebreaklng,
was tent to the public roads tor one
year. J. \v. Itltterbury, white, was
t^nteneed to jail tor six months for
' assault.
No Siunllpos In City.
The city is now entirely free of
I smallpox. Alt of the ten patients Un
. der treatment some weeks ago have
[been cured and dlichurged. The last
I quarantine was raised yesterday.
Personal und Otherwise,
j Miss Amy Lester, of Spartanburg,
JS. C-, Is visiting Dr. and Mrs. I*ewls
M. Hoi>er. on Adams Street.
I Misse? Alice and I.icy Nottingham,
j of Culpeper county, are ga-ists of Mr.
land Mrs. K. M. Barksdnlc. on High
.-I I . et.
Miss Dorothy Brooke Pleasaats and
Miss Mary Sterling Smith uru spend?
ing the Kummer at ?'P.adcllfte," near
Charlottesvllle.
Mrs. 7-ugenie Sydnor and daughter.
Miss Mary Boll Sydnor, left yesterday
for Boydton to visit Mrs. Sydnor's 6on,
the Rev. Charles W. Sydnor.
The Board of Aldermen at a brief
] special session last night concurred
; in the action of the Council In author
? izing the repairing of the broken
sewer nt the river, and the work will
be done at once.
The Retail Merchants' Association, of
this city, has under consideration tho
publication of a weekly paper, devoted
especially to the Interests or the re?
tail trade.
The Petersburg Grays. Captain Mc
Crady, will leave to-niorrow afternoon
to Join the Virginia troops at the na?
tional encampment at Mt. Grotna. Pa.
They will he In camp ten days.
irving 10 win
Richmond wife
1 McNiven Appointed Matrimonial
Agent for Youngster in
Nevada.
i I.? there ,i fair young girl from the
j sunny clime of Italy who would wed?
j If so, there Is a lovelorn swain in
Fallen. Nev., who Is Just pining for
the sight of her. will make her an ud
ihirable spouse and who is willing, nay.
anxious lo forward the wherewithal
to pay the freight from Richmond to
the tar and Golden West.
Harry McNiven. treasurer of the
Bijou Theatre. Is tho self-appointed
I matrimonial agent of Ftorvante Cal
garo. This duty devolved upon Mr. Mc?
Niven through no fault of his own. A
friend, living In that wild country
wrote hint asking that he do all In
his power to help Plorvante reach the
state of wedded bliss. Being a kind
younsr ninn and very much of a humani
totlan, Mr. McNiven has accented the
task set before him.
1-lorvanto, be It known, is none o*
tin- pleblau kind. Ho hails from the
goodly country of Venetla and does
not hold In very high esteem his coun
try folk from the Southern part of
Italy. However, lie will pot be averse
to a young woman from that section
provided she Is good to look upon nnd
not over twenty years old. The letter
of explanation says that Klorvnnte
will not expect his prospective bride
to do any outdoor work, nnd that lie
hopes, within a year or two, to own
a i.-.nch of his own. Describing him?
self, he says that Is by no means a
fool, is hardworking nnd Is powerfully
long on love.
If. within the city of Richmond there
happens to bo an Italian girl, eighteen
or twenty yenrs old. good looking, will?
ing to take chances In the great and
bounding lnnd of the Setting Sun. with
a trail answering the description given
above, further information may bo se
cjred of Harry McNiven at the Bijou
Theatre. This is by no means a hoax.
It la absolutely on the level and the
letter to Mr. McNiven adds that there
arc a number of good men nnd true
living In the vicinity of F.illon who
would wed. but that no brides happen
to be handy.
Clt Isens In Vole for Honda.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Greensboro. N. C, July Uli.?At nn
election held here to-day for a Jl.in.noo
bond Ihsuc for street Improvement,
sewerago extension, market and opera
house Improvement. the proposition
carried by a safe majority on each of
the four Issues. Out of n total regis?
tration of fi?n the affirmative vote for
streets was fifl": sewerage, sn?; market,
>"?"'". and opera house, 553.
Floyd Allen and Son \ ictbr Tes
tify in Behalf of
Claude.
NO NEW FACTS EROUGHT OUT
_._.
Former Leader of Carroll County
Clan Still on
Stand.
[Special to Tho Times-Dispatch.] I
Wythovllle, \ u.. July 23.?The de
fenso resumed the examination of iu|
witnesses this morning in the msc >. I
the Commonwealth vs. Claude Allen
tor the murder of William M. Foster,]
or Carroll county, five .vttnesses hav?
ing been examined at adjournment tor:
dinner.
?N'o.ih Rigney was the nrst witness!
Introduced. He testified to having
keen Cubyl Strickler p up tu Floyd]
Allen und feel his pulse while the]
latter wus warming at the Btove the!
e\enlng bet?re the shooting. Tills,
same fact wus testified to by Alvlu
Cox and Cabel Strlckler yesterday nn<i
la Intended to throw aoubt ot. the'
laea of conspiracy. Several witnesses
foi ttie Commonwealth i.avc sworn to
having sect. Claud.- Alien, tile pris-i
oner, feel his father!* pulse at the
Hove, and to have heard Floyd a-i\
il the boys were all ready.
Charlie Vaughn was Introduced to'
corroborate the statement of Noah
Rlgriey, but this Witness became con-!
fused ao on the stand that he was
unable to give any cl ar account of
himself or anybody cl>-". L'pon ta-\
pea ted questions by the Common-'
wealth as to what particular part ofl
Carroll county ho was from, he only,
answered that ho wus from Carroll
county. Va. The greater tart of the
time ho mede no answer, but grin-!
lied.
John Ferris, a member of the Jury.1
and E. C. Gillesple were Introduced!
to ihow the position In the courtroom'
i occupied by Webb, Fester and others
sit the time of the shooting and dur?
ing the few minute.- prcceedlng.
R. Wllison. cashier .-t th- 'tank
at Hlllsvllle, was the laet witness ln-1
ttoduced before adjournment. He tes
tlfli : that .-'tdna Allen had JO":'.TS de?
posited In his bank at the time ot the
tragedy, having made Iwo large de
I oslts only n few dayj before. This
was Intended to show there had been
no plan and arrangement between the
Allens, und that the shorting cume un.
expe.ctedty.
Three witnesses were examined thl.ii
afternoon. Green Roblson, victor Al-|
j len. brother of the prisoner, and Floyd
I Allen, his father.
Green Roblson told the same gen?
eral story concerning the incidents
which occurred Inside the courthouse.'
maintaining throughout his examina?
tion that he never w.iuld have left)
the courthouse unless ?cirhed out by
the crowd; that he never got scared
even if ther?j were about 100 bhots
r.red. This witness claims Dexter
Goad started the tiring outside the
courthouse by llrlng at Frlel Allen
and later snapping hla pistol at the
' witness h'mself.
Victor Allen was the second to tes
I tlfy this afternoon. Ho told the same
Glory of the tragedy and the part!
played In It by himself and others
as on the former trlalB In which hei
has been a witness Ha acounted for
his presence at Hlllsvllle In the same
manner as before, tell'ng the same
story nnd nicking to It. lie was |
much the best witness Introduced fori
the defense to-day.
Floyd Allen was on the stand for!
nearly two hours, nnd at the time
of adjournment hi* cross-examination
had only begun. The defense. In h'?|
examination, sought to contrad'et the
statements of several witnesses who
1 testified for the Commonwealth, and
! to show a prejudice on the part of]
j ethers against the Allens. He still I
! maintains that Dexter Gonrd sent h'm
[the message through J"mn Moore that'
If he would work for him In the elec-l
! tlon. Goad would select a Jury which
would clear him. t'pon the cross-ex-1
: aminatlon by Mr. Wysor. Floyd stout-;
j ly dented that he had made ahy
threats as testified to*by witne.5f=es on
Saturday. Court adjourned at 6:15
o'clock.
I Floyd Allen Is stiU on crutches, and}
has to be brought from the jail to the.
courthouse In an automobile. He
seems to bo In much better health
than when he testified, as does his son.j
Victor. The latter In \ery pale and
thin-looking and shows the effects oi'
! his long confinement. The prisoner at!
j the bar seems to be standing the con-j
I finement better than any of the prls-,
j oners. The pi himself nnd the
Mr. Jos. W. Bllley desires to express j
his thanks to his neighbors, trienns '
and the public in general, who so wlll
ItiKly nsststed h|hl with their valuable j
services In fighting the tiro that de- j
', Stroyed his bnrns, stables, outbuildings i
and forage at his country home In j
Chesterfield county, Vn., on last Wed-j
; nesday mornir.tr.
Concerts
Given each afternoon and
night at
Forest Hill Park
By the famous and able
Chicago Ladies'
Symphony Orchestra
These concerts are very
popular and .ire free to ail
visitors to Forest Hill Park.
The selections are varied,
and include pieces to please
everybody.
Satisfies
Jsm$ There never was a
thirst that Coca-Cola
couldn't satisfy. ?mM
It goes, straight as
an arrow, to the
dry spot. And
besides this,
satisfies to a T
the call for something purely deli
cious and deliciously pure?
and wholesome.
Delicious?Refreshing
Thirst-Quenching
Free
Our new
booklet, telling
of Coca-Cola vindi?
cation at Chattanooga,
for the asking.
Demand the Genuine?Refuse Substitutes
THE COCA-COLA CO.
ATLANTA, GA.
9-B
Whenever
you see an
Arrow think
of Coca-Cola.
other members of tho Allen clan now
III Jail here probably will go on the
stand to-morrow, at which time the
defense will conclude Its evidence.
NEWJERSEYLE?DS
NEW PARTY FIGHT
(Continued From First rage.)
wa<e worker, business man and pro?
fessional man alike, to ba achieved not
through the boss, not through the indi?
rect control of the party Organization
by special privileges, but to be
achieved through genuine and not
merey nominal rule, of the peopl
themselves."
The reports of the county chairmen
all were highly encouraging, and the
Colonel beamed with pleasure at vari?
ous predictions of an overwhelming
Pooseveil vote.
Announcement was made by Chair?
man Hoichklss that a meeting of the
delegates and alternates to the Chlcag,
convention, elected from the various
congressional districts In the Stato,
would he held In Buffalo August 3 for
the purpose of electing two delegates
and two alternates nt large from this
State to he convention. Tho delegates
will stop off nt that city on the way
to the Chicago convention.
\\ II I 81 lit I III. COI V PBY,
Dlxon's Prediction Regarding the Plat,
form of the Progressives.
Chicago, III., July 23.?Senator Jos
eph M. Dixon. Colonel Roosevelt's cam?
paign manager, discussed with leaders
of the third party movement to-da>
the platform to be drafted for submis?
sion to the national convention In Chi?
cago, August 6.
"Upon that platform, freed of the
platitudes usual In the old parties, the
new party wll state its right to exisi
ct. said Senator Dixon. "if wc can?
not qffCr to the people anything more
than the old parties have offered, then
there Is no excuse for Colonel Roose?
velt running. Hut It will be a plat?
form that will stir the eountty, it wl
be a document full of human Intoros
and will provide specifically for tli
solution of the great problems."
Governor Herbert jg. Hadley, of MIS
SOUrl, called on Senator Dixon to dis
cuss the third pary movement In tho
Stale.
Opponents of the third party tlckot
in Illinois, Which Is said to have been
assured by Governor De neon's an
ho?hcement that he woulld not suppor
Colonel Roosevelt; sent on open lett >l
to the Hoosev.lt headquarters to-da)
asserting that a third ticket "meant
defeat for the Hepubllcan jandldatc
for Sine offices." The leler Wds sent
by Morton D, Hull, tneniber of the Dog
Is la t lire.
It was announced that nil nppllca
lions for pros* seats at the nations
convention must he sent to Modlll Md
Cormlck by Monday, July jfj,
sinie Ticket \amed.
Burlington. Vt., July !3.?The first
State convention of the Vermont pro?
gressive party uns hold hero to-day
with seventy delegates present. A
platform waa adopted and Presidential
electors and delegatea to the na?
tional progressive convention at Chica?
go were elected.
The following State tickat was nomi?
nated: Governor, Rev. Francis Metzar,
Randolph; Lleuentant-Governor, Mi L,
Azaltlne, St. Albans; Secretary of State,
Dr. .1. w. Blake, Barton; Treasurer,
M. S. Howard, Burlington; Auditor.
K. W. fllbson, Brattleboro; Attorney
General, Richard R. Hoar. Barre.
The platform favored equal suffrage,
direct election of United States Sena?
tors: establishment of a parcels post;
government ?jwnershlp of express and
telegraph companies; the publicity of
j campaign expenses, and free passage
; of .-hips through the Panama canal.
At all Ronkirtlrr, SI.25 net Tht HORBS.MERRILL Co., Pubhikrr,
Broad Street Bank
SIXTH AND BROAD STREETS.
Record of Growth fa
Wist. 1908
^956,463.44
July Ut,l0O9
H.03QMO55 n.337,518.87
July lst,1910
'1,249,092.29
July 1st ,1911
?1.479.24 9.53
July 1st. 1Q12
'1.665. llO.QQ
Record of Growth In
Assets
Juivht.1908
H249.522.50
July 1st.1009
July 1st ,1910
n,585A85D4
July lsUQU
1.829.1I0.37
July 1st,1912
2.055.611.97
\\. M. Ilabliston, President. J. W. Rothert, 1st Vice-President.
Jno. (;. Walker, 2d Vico-Pres. Andrew M. Glover, Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
W. M. Hal.ltston. W. S. Rhoads,
I. II. Kaufmann, I. \V. Rothert,
Rafael Levy, J, W. Tyler.
Gco, VV. Mintor. Jno. G; Walker,
John Murphy, it Rand. Wellford.
YOUR ACCOUNT SOLICITED.
3 Per Cent. Allowed on Savings Deposits.
Henry W. Anderson,
Bchj, I'. Alsop,
Leon I itttelbach,
T. II. Ellett,
II. F. t?rimmell,