The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-19
WOULD MAKE BARS
PAY HIGHER TAX.
Mayor Jones, Of Petersburg,
Vetocs Certain Sections of
Liccnscrax Ordinance.
PUTS RIcHMoNDER IN JAIL
Mortimer True, Arrested for
Selling Cocaine, Goes
Down.
PUTS RICHM0NDER IN JAIL
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Especial to Tho Times Dispatch
PETERSBURG, VA, April lS.-N1ny
or VIM. M. Jones has vetoed those Sec
tions of the license tax ordinance re-
Gently passed by the city Council. fix
ing the license charges on poolrooms,
saloons, restaurants with bars attach
ed and on peddlers.. The Mas or advo-
Gates higher tax on poolrooms and
bars and a lower tax on peddlers,
whose rate was raised by the new or
dinance from $50 to $500. The or
,dinance made no change in the rates
on bars and poolrooms, Which are $125
for bars and $25 for first pooltable,
$15 for each other table. a strong and
influential element in the city, ably
represented In the Council. advocate
an increased city license tax on liquor
dealers.
Hastings Court Convenes.
No jury cases were tried to-day at
the opening session of tho April term
Of the Hastings Court, and the only
business transacted was the hearing OF
three negro cases, one Of which was
nole prosecuted, one discharged and
one continued. The civil docket Will
be called Saturday morning.
Special Agents T.. III. Sheffield, of
tho Atlantic Coast Line, and Newman,
of the Seaboard Air Line. were in Pc
tersburg to-day, Investigating recent
robberies of freight cars on those
lines. Chief OF Police Ragland has
under arrest negro suspected Of hav-
ing stolen shoes from a freight car
recently broken open at Collier'ss Sid
ing. on the Coast Line.
Mortimer True Goes to Jail.
Mortimer True, a young white man
from Richmond. was sent to Jail for
sixty days in the Mayors Court this
morning. He was charged with selling
cocaine in this city. A number of ne
gro women testified that True had Of
fercd to sell the drug to them, and
Chief of Police Ragland showed a
letter from, Captain Tomlinson, of
cocaine vender The accused ac-
knowledged that he had sold cocaine
in Richmond but claimed to have quit
the practice last November; and to
have been working at the TrcdeSar
Iron Works since that time. lie was
convicted under the vagrancy act.
Judge Sustains Board.
Judge j. NJ. Mullen. of the Hastings
Court, to-day rendered a decision sus-
tanning the action of the Board Of Po-
lice Commissioners on dismissng f. G.
Gallon from the police force on
charges of conduct unbecoming an Of
nccr. Gallon had appealed to the
Hastings Court.
The Police Commissioners met this
afternoon to I'LL vacancies In the po-
lice corps and to elect two new men.
From a number OF applicants the fol-
lowing We're elected: Regular officers
Charles w. Williams and John L.
Avery; substitute officers, j. Avery
Payne and r. NJ Gordon.
The public school board has decided
to purchase the lot at the northwest
corner Of Jefferson ond Wytho Streets
as a site fols the new school-bullding
for which tn Getty Council made an
appropriation at its last meeting.
Mayor William NJ. Jones has received
an invitation to the reception to the
President of the United States at the
opening of the Jamestown Exposition
Miss Mary Virginia Dunn, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Dusty, was
married at 6 o'clock last evening at the
residence of MI. and Mrs. Ously In
this city to DIR. Toy sVann, of Whaley-
vile, Va Miss Roselle Won Achter
Liebcrt, of Norfolk, was maid of hon
or. Dr. and Mrs. Vann went North or
their bridal trip.