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CLEAN PAPER
FOR THE HOME
CITY EDITION
VOL. 1.—No. 116.
THE WEATHER— Showers.
RICHMOND, V A., T II U Ii S D A Y. J U X E 16, 1910.
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MAYOR OF ’FRISCO
won™ FIGHT
But Repudiates Interview
Said to Have Been Given
Out in Chicago
RENO AND ELY OFFER
GREAT INDUCEMENTS
Rickard and Gleason Ready for
Attorney-General's Move.
Answer Already
Written.
HAS KBAArHCO, Jnae H.—
A<t»r»f7-u™»rtl «>bb will l*kf
tbc awninr) legal steps to Mop
not only 4 hr Jeflrrtes-Joknson
fight hot nlso I hr IjiKfort
htutnii mill, nrhriltilrd tor sst
ordaj, He made this announre
mraf la a atatemenf luued to the
Called Press to-day.
OMAHA, NEB.. June IS.—Refusing
flatly to discus* the possible stopping
of the Jeffries-Johnson tight by Gov
ernor Gtllett, H. II. McCarthy, mayor
of Sitn Francisco, to-day denied he
had given out any such Interview as
was sent out of Chicago.
Mayor McCarthy was in Omaha for
several hours to-day <>n his way back
to California, after having been laid
ui In a hospital in Indianapolis (or
several weeks with a spratlned foot.
The toot was giving the major con
siderable pain, which may have been
the reason for his fretfulness when
interviewed.
"Those statements lire untrue.” he
said, when shown the Chicago Inter
view. "1 never said the California
Courts would not sustain any order
like that of the governor's. Yellow
journalism Is beneath my contempt.
"At the time 1 talked to Chicago
reporters 1 was surrounded by many
ot Chicago's Iwst business men, Hut
the article, published as coming from
me is a fake from start to llntsh."
The remainder of his interview was
a continued sputter of alleged "fake"
Interview.
Th» tight and the governor's decla
ration ho seemed to consider a side
issue
Alleged siaifmcnt*.
SAN KUANt'UK'o, t'AU, Jutir 1<.-—
The fighttrg clement took heart to
day, following the fhtom cast yesterday
by Gov. Gillen's order to Attorney -
General Webb -.a take every legal ac
tion. to prevent Jcffrn s and Johnson
from fighting here on Independence
Iki.v.
The statements said to hate been
made in Chicago by Ma>->r Patrick
McCarthy, of Sun Francisco, that he
■a au running San l-Tarn'lsco, that he
Intended to tuke no orders irorn Gov.
Giilett and that the tight would surely
be pulled off m San t rain Iseo. caused
joy among the people of 'Kitsco who
are really anxious t • witness the fight.
Attorney General W el b announced
to-day that''he was h»>'k'.fi.g ini ' fn
law and that he wouid probably be
able to tell to-night exactly what ac
tion he would take, "If the law per
mits me. I stiall most certainly follow
governor Glllett's orders" he said
It Is regarded as significant that
Webb Is "looking into the law A few
days ago he Issued a letithy statement.
In which lu* said he had already- looked
into the law and asiertalned ih.it there
w as no possihb legal way by w hioh
the fight might be prevented
But it was Mayor McCarthy s alleg
ed straight talk that gave the tight fol
lowers the moat encouragement The
mayor is rushing back to this city.
While changing cars In Chicago hist
nikht. is said to have given out an In
terview- in which he declared Gov
Giilett cannot step Into my town and
give orders We know what we want
and we are going to h W, what we
want. That goes. We w ant the fight,
and you can take it from me that we
are going to have it. notwithstanding
all the. protests put together
Governor Glllett's action, when an
nounced by the United Press last night,
took the gportiug world by surprise
The governor in his Washington and
New- Vork Interviews had declared In
emphatic terms that he would not
stop the fight Cater, in Chicago he
told a United Pri ss representative the
fight was to be a "fake" and a "frame
up” but added that he did not Intend
to stop it.
Mighty Protest.
Immediately following the governors
announcement that he would’ stop the
right, a mighty protest went up from
sporting men. hotel keepers, cafe own
ers and those who expected to reap a
golden harvest from the thousands of
persons who would attend. Action be
gan immediately to crystalUe and to
day every effort is being made to
have the governor rescind his order,
or to induce Attorney General Webb
to refuse to prevent the battle. Busi
ness men are joining in the movement.
Bast night there waa a largely attend
ed meeting of the business men In the
Palace Hotel to consider what action
was to be taken. The meeting was in
secret and the business men refused
to tell what they did.
To-day. however. It is currently ru
mored that they decided to exert pres
sure on the "boosters of the Panama
Pair w ho meet this afternoon in an
effort to have the boosters pass a reso
lution denouncing Governor Glllett's
action in "attacking a business enter
prise planned for the State."
The plans of promoters Rickard and
Gleason are not announced but It Is
believed they will bring the heaviest
pressure possible to bear on Attorney
General Webb to prevent him from
taking hostile action If that falls, the
promoters will probably fight the mat
ter out In the courts.
Move to Reno.
It l* understood that Webb Is plan
ning to ask the courts for an Injunc
tion to-morrow morning. The attor
neys representing Rickard and
Gleason have their answer already
written and will file It Immediately
after Wlebb file# his petition. If th«
courts grant a permanent lnjunctlor
against the fight, the battle will b«
held In Nevada, probably at Reno.
The Nevada cities are wild for lh<
Scrap. Reno has offered to build th<
fight arena free and to pay the 8tat<
license of *1.000. Ely offered tc
build the arena and pay the promo
gers 936,040, while Salt Lake City of
fered to build the arena and promts*
CALLED ON TAFT
WITH REVOLVER
..- ■
Heavily Armed Man Nearly;
Reaches Private Office of
Chief Executive
DETECTIVE DISCOVERS
WEAPON ON VISITOR
Was Very Much Excited and
Said Ho Was Answering Oue
of Presidents Adver
tisements.
WASHINGTON. D. C., June 16.—
Armed with a .38 caliber revolver,
James Stricklin. a miner from Cum
berland. Md . Rained entrance to tee
executive offices In the White House
to-day and almost succeeded In pass
ing the doorkeeper, who guards the
private office of President Taft.
Stricklin Is a man of prepossessing
appearance, and was weli dressed, lie
walked briskly into the executive of
fices. announced that he had an ap
pointment with the President, and by
hie manner succeeded In avoiding sus
picion until he was at the threshold
Of the President's office.
The doorkeeper noticed a slight ex
pression of excitement In the man'a
rjes and thought as he approached
the door that he seemed to be under
high tension. Just as he was about
to turn the knob. the doorkeeper
changed his mlrid and called I'eteotive
l>alrymple. who questioned the man
and soon derided that he was not In
his right mind. He searched Strii kiln
and took the revolver and $100 in cash
from him.
Stricklin was taken to a police sta
tion and detained pending an inves
tigation. He said that he was IS
years old. and that President Taft had
been advertising for him in West Vir
ginia paper*, asserting that he went
to the White House In answer to the
advertisements.
Htrlcylin called at the White House
last June and attempted to set' the
President, stating to the doorkeeper
that he desired to have troops desig
nated to protect him. At that time he
was heavily armed. He has !**cn In
an asylum for the Insane several
months.
JUDGE OVERRULES
GOVERNOR HASKELL
Oklahoma 71 as Capital All liiplit.
But Where ia
it I
OKLAHOMA C1TV, OKJLA., June
14.—Holding that the enabling a<-t
legaliy imposed the conditions that
the State Oarlto! remain at Guthrie
until 1913, and that the attorney of
Logan county had the right to file
the application for an injunction re
straining the. State officials from mov
ing the Capitol from Utithjnv. Ju«ig«
Hu^t in.' of the -Logan county district
court, to-day overruled the demurrer
of Governor Haskell on the Injunc
tion filed by Attorney Huphurne.
HE DECLARES TAFT
WEAK IN COURAGE
Wordcrn Professor Compares Him
With Roosevelt and Draws
('onclusious.
Di s MOINES. IOWA, June 14- Ho
is wvak in moral rouragt* an>1 listens
to the voices of the selfish interests
declared Prof .1. Laurence Lauffhlln.
of the University of Uhicaspn in an at
tack on President Taft, which has cre
ated comment in the heart of the »n
Kurpent* here to-day.
The Professor from the “Oil ’ college,
addresslnic "tie Kraduates at Drake
I’rUversitv lauded Theodore Roosevelt
and compared his administration with
that of Taft to the detriment of the
latter Professor LaughHri at no tlmo
mentioned the president by name out
made clear who he meant.
“Roosevelt,*' he said. ' won the
the hearts of the people by taking
them Into his confidence, by standing
out strongly against selfish and cor
rupting interests, and by aligning him
self with the people on all questions.
Special interests had no vice In his ad
ministration.
I "On the other hand is a man who
stands out In sharp contrast. Possibly
no greater opportunity for leadership
, ever confronted a man but this one
failed to grasp it.
“He is weak in moral courage and
1 listens to the voices of selfish interests.
He is a tolerant, weak, well-intention
ed failure
SEYLER IS AGAIN
IN LIME FIGHT
Brother ia Shot by Hia Father—
AI ay Have Been
Accidental.
ATLANTIC CITY. Is". J.. June IS.—
Following the removal of the bullet
from hie breast Jasper Seyler. ehot by
hie father. Peter Seyler, Is to-day de
clared by physicians at the hospital
to have a good chance of recovery,
i Young Seyler, who la a brother of
William Seyler, recently acquitted of
| the murder of Jane Adame, wae shot
! In the Seyler home last night. Al
though the wounded man on regain
ing consciousness protested that the
shooting was accidental, the father
ami William Seyler are still being
held In Jail whtle the police are In
vestigating a report that the shooting
occurred during a quarrel.
X() TIDING OF YOUTH;
PROBABLY IN PROVIDENCE
The police have received no tidings
;of Harry Todd, the 14-year-old youth,
whose mother asked Chief Werner to
have stopped and brought back home.
Mrs. Todd thinks Harry has probably
returned to Providence, R. I., where
he was employed up to a few weeks
ago. Not having secured employment
here he "probably wont back to the
Northern city and knowing that hl«
mother did not wish him to leave
her he quietly took hte departure
without eaytng anything. Mrs, Todd
says Harry Is a good boy and hsi
never given bar mx trouble.
RICH! TO SHOOT -
Judge so Instructs Jury in
' Harris Murder Case Now
Being Argued
NEED NOT AVOID
PUBLIC HIGHWAYS
Trial May Be Over by Saturday
Thought That Accused W ill
Be Fully Vindi
cated.
(SiK'Clal to The Richmond Virgtnlan.t
MANASSAs, \A, June 16.—Alter
consuming two hours in comerence
with the attorneys, the court In the
Harris murder trial to-day granted a
great number of Instruction to the
Jury which In many cases differed
from those granted by Judge Turner
In the former trial, and in substance
are:
First, that the accused should
have used every reasonable precau
tion to avoid taking the lilo of
Thompson
Second, that hostile manner nid
abusive language towards the ac
cused by Thompson, either In his
presence or communicated to him
through others, would not Justify the
a. t of the accused on the fatal night.
Third, that If from the hostile win
ner and of repeated abusive language
on the day of the tragedy upon the
part of Thompson, Harris believed
his life to tie In danger, he had a
right to arm himself for protection
That Harris was Justifiable in using
his pistol on Thompson only to such
extent as was actually necessary lor
self-protection.
Fourth, that it was not necessary
for Harris to avoid the public streets
and places of burineen in the town
of Wlsnrenton on the day of the
tragedy in order that he might not
encounter Thompson.
The opening address by the State
began at 12 o'clock to Major R. A.
McIntyre. Kach side is allowed five
hours, and Juge Thornton, w hose rul
ings and demeanor throughout the
proceedings hav ebeen extremely fair
and courteous, gave notice that strict
tab would bo kept on the time al
lotted. The case will probably go to
the jury to-morrow afternoon
Mr. McCormick strongly combatted
the Introduction of evidence Introduced
by the Commonwealth at the close of
Its case, to contradict hla own wit
nesses as to Hsrrls having said im
mediately after the tragedy that be
had shot Thompson to save himself
from bodily harm and was sorry for
it: also that Thompson followed Har
ris into the street and that Harris tail
ed upon Maxheimer Thompson brother
in-law to take Thompson away to
avoid difficulty.
TELEPHONE < ’OM PANV
WILL SPEND 15200,000
<Sp**i.:a! to TW.HteJlBSMM Virginian A
.VOHPOLK. June- 16.—Now that
Mayor Riddick has signed the ordi
nance permitting the m-rging of the
Southern Bell and Southern States
Telephone companies, the former cor
poration announces that it will spend
$200,000 in Improving its system In
Norfolk. It proposes to erect a hand
some new building put in a new
switchboard that will cost $70,000,
put up aerial cables, etc.
MAh’S. DISCOURAGER
A BA NOONS FLIGHT
KANSAS CITY, Me.. June 16 —
Discouraged by a series of mishaps
.1 C. Mars, who yesterday succeeded
in making half the distance in an at
tempted flight in a Curtiss bf-plan»
from Topeka to Kansas City, to-dat
abandoned the flight.
Mars was held a part of yesterdav
morning and all afternoon at Mid
land hv a high wind and engln*
trouble. In the evening the w ind died
down and he attempted to resumf
hut was forced to descend because ol
a faulty magneto.
MI LLTOXAIRE ACCTSED
OF ATTEMPTED FRA IT
WASHINGTON June 16—it wa:
learned to-day that secret agents o
the government are marching Nev
; York and Cincinnati In the atetmpi t<
t find Peter G. Thomson, of Hamilton
; Ohio, president of the Champion Coale*
1 Paper Company, of Hamilton. Ohio, o*
the charge of attempting to corrupt .d
j W. P. Zanzinger, a postal card exarni
ner of the government printing office
j In connection with a big paper con
’ tract. Thomson was secretly lndlcte<
here. He is a millionaire several time
j over. It was alleged that Thomsoi
offered Zanzlnger money to make .
misleading report on the quality of pa
per furnished to the department.
JUDGE E. W. SAUNDERS
! WILL BE RE-NOMINATE!
—
| ROCKY MOUNT. VA„ Jun eH.—Th
! fifth district Democratic conventioi
i was called to order here to-day b:
Chairman R. A. James, of Danville. O
motion of State Senator W.*A. Garrett
of Hanrv. he was made temporary
chairman, and C. B. Wills, secretary
The various committee* were appoint
ed and the conference adjourned t
meet again later. The convention wll
re-nominate Judge K. W. Saunderi
who has no opposition.
Ex-Governor Claude A Swanson, t
In attendance and will he one of th
i orators of the occasion. Constderabl
enthusiasm Is being manifested amon
i-the delegates and all the counties ar
I well represented.
HIDES AND WINE
IN EAKGK QUANTIT1E;
j Five hundred bundle* of hides, con
signed to a local house for a big tan
nery In North Carolina, entered th
port of Richmond Thursday morning
arriving from Germany. Not for thre
years has there been such a larg
receipt of leather here.
Sherry wine from Spain continue
to pour Intot Richmond and will like
ly until August T. when the new tarti
of America with the kingdom of Ai
fonso, a reciprocity treaty, will b
effective, Over *,080 galena of th
vlntera' produet arrived h«r» Thun
dsjfk
| PROLONE FRESHET
i Downpour in Rivanna Water
i shed Adds Volume to Flood
in Jarne>
RISING AT COLUMBIA
RESULT OF SHOWERS
Car Traffic Blocked by Overflow
At High Tide in Fulton Sec
tion—Little Damage,
Here as 't et.
••In consequence of rains last
night In Uie Rivanna miter shed,
the James river at Columbia n 111
rise slon 1) tosli). This eonilttlon
will prolong lilgh water at Kicli
moud. No immediate ctiaiujc of
lm|K>rtancc In the height of the
river, now ever. Is Indicated. M
1 A. >1. the reading ot the gauge
was 10.H le«t. The water will
reach 12 1-3 or 13 feet by Friday
morning."
This Statement vj! given out Thurs
day morning by Director Evans, of the
: 1 nited State* Weather Bureau, for the
j benefit of those w hose Interests are
affected, ohe way or another, by the
freshet in the river.
Information from Columbia, where
the- Rivanna empties into the James,
says that the water is -1 feet there
and rising. Above Columbia, how
ever. the water ia. falling, hard at
l.ynvhburg It Is reported to have re
I ceded to the 10-foot stage. There
I were no particularly heavj rains above
Columbia and west ,.f Lynchburg
Wednesday night. Director Evans re
ports. It Is believed that the rain in
•the Ri'-hftion^P vicinity during the
night will not affect the James to any
extent below the city
Car Traffic Hindered.
Flood water Is hindering oar traffic
along the lower end of Main in the
Fulton neighborhood, the water prov
ing especially troublesome during
high tide Wednesday night. Passen
gers en route to Fulton had to make
use of the foot route owing to the
overflow in the Lester street hollow.
As stated In these columns Wed
nesday. practically all perishable m»r
1 < handlao lu warehouses along the
river front at Richmond, exposed to
the overflow, has been removed to
places of safety, so that a rise of even
several feet would not affect It to any
i extent.
The swollen stream continues to
‘ bear much driftwood on Its turbulent
! breast, and river men ray that the
water first show signs of receding
when tht* Jetsam and jotsam" begins
to diminish in quantity
Com Crop Damaged.
The freshet is reported to lie doing
particular damage to the young corn
crop in the lowland* up the river,
most of which is hardly more than a
foot or two in height, it appears that
the mud. w-lth which the water, is
heavily Impregnated, lodges in the bud
; of the reader ; oeng stalk* and sjunts
their growth. Wheat along th* low
hands has also been material!? in
, Hired by th- overflow, m<>st of this
crop b* ing now ready for harvest.
Heavy and continuous rains through
out the State are reported to have
done great damage to the peach crop,
this fruit falling to the ground in
great quantities on account of th
long wet spell. The apple crop will
probably not suffer so much
Tobacco not being a low land , rop.
as a rule, the freshet will not affect
■it to any great extent. The- rains,
however, have drowned the young
plants in many sections, and this will
1 necessitate replanting.
GIN LOWER RATE
ON SOUTH'S LUMBER
Commercial Club of Omaha W in.>
in Fight Before Com
mission.
I WASHINGTON. T>. C., June IS —
A victory was won by the Commercin'
i Club of Omaha over various railroad!
regarding the rates on lumber frorr
i , the South, when the Interstate Com
meroe Commission to-day decided tha
the rate to Omaha. Des Moines am
Lincoln should not exceed 25 cent:
| per 100 pounds. This is one and t
half cents less than the railroads an
now charging.
SACRED LIONS
GIVE UP GHOST
Given to Pop© by Menelik Bo
lieved That They Were
Poisoned.
ROME, June IS.—The two lions
which King Menellk presented to the
Pope a year ago died to-day from ths
effects of poison which k is believed
some visitor to the Vatican deliberate
ly gave to them.
PRISONERS KILLED
BY JAIL GUARDS
Riot in Indian Jail—Several
Valleys Fired—Fifty Are
Wounded.
LATCHGART. INDIA, June Id
Seven prisoner* were killed to-day an
fifty wounded In a jail riot. The guard
, ! fired volley after volley into the prte
, oner*’ ranks.
EIGHTY ARE DROWNED
IN -HUNGARIAN FLOOI
BUDAPEST, June 11—Eighty per
■on* have been drowned in the over
Hedging of the Hungarian river Nan
• according to dispatches received her
tkllfi
[AT FIRST DINNER
II HIS OWH HOME
After New York Reception
Roosevelt Will Hasten to
Sagamore Hill
EVERY DETAIL ARRANGED
WILL HAVE NO DELAY
Major Guvnor's Welcome to be
Brief and Colonel to Say Only
i’ew Words—Rough Riders
His Escort.
Estimated poidUan of Colonel
Roosevelt's ship, tin- Raiser Au
guste Victoria, al 1 P. M. to-<laj:
Latitude II degrees HI minutes
north; longitude 57 degrees 55
minutes west.
(By Staff Correspondent ot the |
United Press. I
ON BOARD THE KAISER IN AU
GUSTA VICTORIA—Via W ireles* «o
Halifax. N. S.— June 16,—Fine weath
er and the knowledge that he Is
within a few hours' sailing of his I
native shores put Col. Roosevelt In
almost a blithesome mood to-day. Ho
spent an hour on the bridge of the
vessel with Captain Ruser and thm
worked off an accumulation of ener
gy by a long walk on deck. lb*
paced up and down the deck in such
a brisk manner that few- of 'hose
who set out to accompany him con
tinued to the end
Rust night the colonel and his fam
ily were guests of honor at a dinner
given by l-awrence Abbott, the busi
ness fhanager of the Outlook The
correspondents who met Col. Roose
velt at Khartoum and several otti'-i
fellow-passengers attended the din
ner. At Roosevelt's request, there
w ere no speeches.
Bongo. Miss Roosevelt's Pet dog
that an English friend gave h. r. has
about recovered from his indisposi
tion under the watchful care of da
mistress and the colonel himself, and
now promises to be one of the live
liest members of the party upon
landing
NEW YORK. June 14.—Final de
tails for the reception to Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt, when he returns
from hi» African hunting trip Satur
day, were completed to-day. Every
thing t* to move accor-Png to a hard
and faa hachedule. Ho certain la the
j committee that there will be no delay
anywhere that they have notified the
Long Island Railroad that the prt
, vate car that Is to he used by Colonel
(Continued on Sixth Page.)
MUCH BUILDING
WORK IN VIEW
1\ umber of Plan- Being Pn pared
by Richmond 1'iriu of
Architect.
Elds at e being asked on a two-story
• brick arut concrete warehouse which
the Standard Taper Manufacturing
Company will erect on the Rite ot its
plant at the loot of Hull street, Wash
ington ward, at an estimated cost of
$20.0UO. Contractors who have al
ready submitted bids are \V A. Ches
terman. J. T. Nuckols, C. H. Nichol
son, J. J. Smith and Company, \V.
J. Heady.
Plans for the structure, whose di
mensions are SO b> 200 feet, were
drawn by Carneal and Johnston. This
fit rn has also completed plans for a
feur-story brick structure which the
American Terminal Warehouse Cor
poration will erect at Seventeenth and
Broad streets at an approximate cost
of 1,10,000. Thu building will be oc
cupied October 1 by Jacob Dold, meal
packers, of Buffalo, N. Y. The con
tract Is expected to be awarded with
in the next day or two.
The firm is also drawing plans for a
: $29,000 reslden<e for Mr. If. M. All
pott or Monument avenue neai
Meadow, the hulldlr.g to be of tapestry
brick with green t.le roof, modeled
after the Spanish renaissance style.
Leigh-Street Baptist church expects
; to expend a considerable sum. It Is
stated, in remodeling the Interior of
the edifice In accordance with plans
on which this firm la now working.
The expenditure will include the cost
incident to installation of its new
organ.
1 Among other plana upon which the
tlrm Is working 1* one for a $25,000
home which David Dunlop, of Peters
burg, proposes to put up at his Eller
slle place In Chesterfield on the trol
ley line between Richmond and
| Petersburg. This building will be
j constructed with stucco on brick,
trimmed w ith terra cotta
'COMMISSIONS ISSUED
I NEW STATE APPOINTEES
Commissions were issued to the
members of the new board of law
examiners and board of State ac
countancy by Secretary of the Com
monwealth B. O. James Thursday,
j The examiners, who will relieve
the supreme court of appea’s of the
task of examining w'ould-be lawyers,
and the aocountanta, who will formu
1 late a uniform aystem ol bookkeeping
In all the State departments, were
named by Governor Mann a month
ago. The commissions were <esue<l
; Thursday because the new officials
take office Friday.
The first meeting of the law ex
aminers will be held In Roanoke next
week. The law creating the board re
quire# that at 'east one meeting be
* held in Richmond In a year.
-1 GROCERY wagon driver
NARROWLY ESCAPES INJURY
Many groceries were scattered on
the street when a delivery wagon be
1 longing to the W. H. Harris Company
turned over at Eighth and Main
streets Wednesday afternoon. Richard
' i Man gum, negro driver, escaped In
' jury although thrown headlong into
} the street. The vehicle was badly
Agmafad'
I
LAWBREAKERS LAUGH
AT LEVY’S AUTHOR!
_O
lor ami Depart $250 Richer in
.Jewelry and Clothes.
LOC AL TALENT SUSPECTED
Believe Richmond Thieves Ran
sacked Emporium After Enter
ing Through Rear Door.
Discriminative thieves with the se
lectlvity at eonnoisuers paid their
triennial visit to the tailoring estab
lishment of Harney Meyer* .110 Hast
Main street. Wednesday night and
scampered o(T with $2<J0 worth of Jew
elry and Si.Oil worth of the best togs
in the shop.
The artistic finesse of the job imme
diately suggested one Edward Ffi'y and
Richard Harris, whose craftsmanship
was recently direetde toward the safe
in the Post Office a short distance from
Myers' "glad rag emporium." but those
two worthies are down In the Atlanta
prison and the detectives working on
thi case must 01 necessity eliminate
them from the deduction.
Through Rear Door
The thieves gained access to the
tailoring establishment by hacking a
hole in the wire screen over the rear
doer, and prying open the door with
a jimmy, a dependable pal upon
whom veggmen may rely to carry them
through tight places. Tilts done, the
plunderer**!* task ««.* Tike taking >ar.i-'
dy from a ha be. tile safe holding the
Jewelry being unlocked ami fine
cloathe* for master and milady dang
ling from counties* hooks
in the safe the tailor kept vU hi
valuabel papers and six si art4 pln>.
the majority of them given him by
ft tends ami on*- of them a diamond.
The thieves threw Mr. Meyers' valu
able papers on the floor and then
yyalked on them Then they pried
open the strong box and swiped the
scarf pins.
No money and no more jewelry be
ing in sight, the gontteffion of the
.shade appropriated two of the many
handsome suit . ases in the establish
ment and culled out the best uf the
men's and women’s tailor-made gar
ments in the establishment folded
them up and put them In the wattlnf
receptacles. Evidently satisfied wit!
their night's labor, th* thieves left tht
store through the rear door.
Such a scene of chaos and disorder
as greeted the esthetic eye of Barney
Wolf, the expert cutter employed by
Mr. Moyers, he. had never bet ore gazed
upon in the shop- The wind from the
oj ening of the front door caused Mr
Meyers' mud-tracked, though still val
uable papers, to rise for righteouf
wrath from the floor and tell the ex
pert, uutter. a gad talc of rude, distort*
ance and mistreatment at unkind
harid? Thfi aroused Mr Wolf's'sus
picions. and he hurried further hack
into the shop.
He almost fainted when he saw tine
garments, upon which he had work
ed, strewn upon the floor and liear
•f .g the unmistakable muddy foot
prints of rude persons. Investigation
convinced him tnat some clothing ant
two suit case* had been stolen, and
the broken screen and open door con
filmed his theory that someone whi
did not possess the proper apprectft
; tton ot sartorial confections had beer
; in the shop.
old Story to Wiltshire.
The police and detectives were in
formed of the robbery. Detectives
Wiley. Kellain and Wiltshire were as
signed to the casi Wiltshire went to
the tailor chop lor the fourth time In
twelve years to investigate a rob
bery there. The latest robbery in the
shop before Wednesday night’s was
four years ago. Wiltshire did some
I exceptionally brilliant aluething then
and captured the thief who is now
doing a neat Itttle term of ten spots'
in the penitentiary.
The deteetiv «a were given a list 01
the stolen article*. The list follows,
six scarf pins, one valued at 1100. two
silk vests, two men's coats and one
woman's coat. The total valuation
placed on the loot by the detective*
is $2»0. They say the pin which
Myers valued at $100 was not worth
that much. The detectives behove th*
job was done by local talent and hop*
to apprehend the thieves, as they ar<
working on a number of clue? tha
! look good to them.
—
RATES ARE HIGHER
THAN OTHER CITIES
Insurance Men From Other IMace;
So Testify in Newport
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
NEWPORT NEWS, VA„ Juno 16.
—Four witnesses were examined this
morning In the Insurance ease, all
from other Virginia cities The line
of inquire developed the fact that
Newport News Is paying a higher rate
; than other Virginia rittes H. H
Brvariy. of Winchester; Charles F.
Bugs- of Farmvllle; J. W, Crowle,
j Jr., of Staunton, and H. M. Jeffer
son, of Danville, all insurance men,
! testified.
, The underwriters object to the
Idea which gained currency here yes
. terdav that they were In some was
: responsilde for the joker in the Wit
1 Hams bill of the session of the legls
! lature of 1908.
! ASCOT HEATH, ENGLAND, Jun.
i 18.—The Ascot Gold cup, worth »St),
; 000. was won to-day by A. Falrle'
' Hayardo. with W. K Vanderbllt'e 8eu
sick second, and W. Bailey's Bache
lor's Double third. There were thlr
teen starters. L. Winan's Sir Martin
the American bred horae, wss un
placed.
Vanderbilt shipped Seasick fron
France especially for this race, whlcl
Is one of the classics o£ the EofUsl
tatfr
News Case.
Health Officer’s Hands Tied
by Opinion of City
Attorney
UNABLE TO ENFORCE
PURE FOOD LAWS
if r. Pollard'* Decision Hold*’
Restaurant Keejiers "Not iood
,Venders, Rut Food' Consum*
era Through Their Cua
The Richmond health department#
the maintenance of which costs the
. tty several thousand? of dollars an,”
nually. has not the slightest vest'
of jurisdiction ever local restaurant^
hotels, boarding houses <>r soda foun
tains, so far as forcing them to
clean or observe the pure food ls-W*
is concerned.
The pure food laws, so far as they,
are applicable by J.'r 1/Cvy and hi*,
assistants are a Joke. JL>r. Levy •de.-;
mltted Thursday that he was able to
enforce them only by employment of
the gr-at .\merhan game of "bluff.**
If matters ever come to a showdown;
in the police court, he said, it wtlt
immediately become aPpare.nt that
the boarding house, hotel and other
keepers » an do Just about whftt they
please, serve any food they please, 1*
any condition they please, without,
fear of sin earful interruption.
This la* k of authority ts due to an
opinion rendered by -t.*ity Attorney
Pollard, in which that official declares
that proprietors of saloons, boarding
houses, hotels and other like estab-•
llshments are not food vendors, but
food consumers.
Many rnsanllnry Vlacr*.
Time and again Dr. Levy and hlS
inspectors have found eating houses# vf
where patrons were served almost
as much dirt ns food. Hi: has found
waiter* with greasy, unkempt heads,
filthy hands and dirty clothing hand
ling food and contaminating it In s«
doing lfe has found restaurants
serving their customers with alleged
milk, which in reality was a combi
nation of chalk, water, sweeting and
formaldehyde. All this and more he
aa found, and wanted to prosecute—* .Jj
-rS
,ut. ■ m
On ,.\ery such occasion, however#
ie has been blocked by the dec!
>f the city attorney to the effect ’
here vendors of impure and SO*
limes actually poisonous prodr
vere not vendor? in the eyes of
aw-, but consumers through their f
tunings wo, miou i»u, i
! should do hut which I
through. Th» health 4
And ff this ruling holds good. ther»
| is nothing to prevent these same;
dealers from serving oleomargarine
at will without announcing the tact—'
there being a law against selling oleo,
but none against eating it. They
mav ser\. preserves and spices doc»
>tored -f.v a':t«rr with---ttilfff •• tWUlHIIllfS
of benzoate of rfoda. for there Is net
i law against consuming that product. _
1 The\ ma> serve "Drench Peas" kept ■
! green by liberal (lose* of ascetic add.
In short, they may serve what they
will, violating the pure food law r*»
ganling selling, but violating no laW
regarding consumption. And
health department can do nothin#
save that which It has been dolBgH
for two long year*—bluff.
WhuhKsle Immunity Bathe.
It being evident that there is
Jaw to prevent a man from
Whatever he pleases, this ruling
orally means an Immunity
which may cover an unlimited
. ber of sins against public health.
'Since taking charge of thia ■*
part. I have been working to
the condition of various reel*
and public eating house* thro
j the city." said Dr. Levy. 'la
of them food Is served In such
condition as to be revolting, t
made some of Chase irsfwllk.
have done this by threatening is
them arrested, fined, and finall;
• dered to get out of business.
! - But all this has been bluff,
and simple, if anyone of th*
prletors had ever forced the mg
to an issue, and an arrest had
made, the first act of Justice
field would have been to demand
authority. Nothing would then
! main but for me to show the o
ton of the city attorney Info
me that I have no authority.
"To my mind, the ruling Is moat
■ markable—really astounding,
up a vast field of possibility
man who wishes to take advi
Its terms
Regarding the milk supply,
stance, it is possible, under this iui
|lng ior a Restaurant keeper to doetd
his milk as much as he sees fit.
can serve .nilk below standard in
and oils, and made artificially
by huge doses of formaldehyde,
can serve this concoction to hia
tomers—and I can't stotp him,
cause the law. as construed, dec
him to be a consumer, and the**
no law to prevent a man from
sumlng all the impuro rotlk ha
sires.
"And there are many, ma
whore the laws of hygiene are
violated to such an extent aa to
aetuat menace to publtn he
written to Mr Pollard on _
castons asking if there were not
way in which we could get after
people. 1 found I could
hence resorted to a bluff.
"That bluff has worked
thus far Through it I eve*
suaded 'the management of a
nent local hotel to remodel ita
If they had refused, however, J l
have been powerless to force tf
afraid to act even, for fear of
ing my hand and giving the
game away.
Difficult to Amend Ordinal
“It is quits true that on_J‘
caslon. after I had Informed
lard of a particular filthy
house, and asked If there
some way in which we might
cute the proprietors, I s—
that I might draw up an
to the present ordinance
presented to council. Thia
rtmple enough but it Is net.
eighteen or nineteen thing,
thin** tan min A unit mnAaf