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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-14
SMALLP OX SUSPECT
RIDES In DAY COACH
Hawks TOiTEST|FY
ON COST OF LIVING
Richmond Grocer Summoned to
Washington by Senate
Committee.

Robert II. Hawks. a grocery mcr-
chant of 723 West Broad street, re-
,celved yesterday telegraph sum-
mons to appear before the Select Com
mittcc on Wages and Prices of Com
.modities OF the United States Senate
Mt 1890 o'clock tomorrow morning.
With numerous other groccrs Sc
5lected indifferent parts of the coun-
try. Mr.. Hawks will be asked to tes-
tify to the matters under the con-
sideration OF the Senate committee,
which is trying to solve the problem
OF the present high cost of living, In
IN effort to offer remedy to tho
country
Speaking OF the Increase in prices
for foodstuffs. Mr.. Hawks said that
he believed 1t was due to widespread
cold storage, In which foodstuffs
bought during season OF low prices
are stored until the prices advance.
Meat and chickens. he said, are bought
from the farmers when they are sell
ing low, and when the producers are
willing to take almost any price, and
then are put away until the supply
Is SO small that the pressing demand
brings about a tremendous Increase
in prices. OF everything II necessary
stroyinS quantity of foodstnffs kept
In cold storage, and thus the high
cost of living can be maintained by
artificial means to tho great distress
OF the working classes.
Mr.. Hawks believes that the chief
means to reduce the cost of living will
be to check cold storage. and thus let
increase or decrease in prices result
from only natural causes.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-14
.HIBERNIANS WILL
.H0NOR.PATR0NSANNT
Banquet and High Mass for St
Patrick's
Day.

firlr
The Ancient order OF Hibernians has
about completed arrangements for the
celebration of ST. Patrick's Day. next
Thursday The feature of the cele-
bration will be the annual banquet
to be held that night In the Masonic
Temple, under the auspices of the Hi
'bernians and the Woman's Auxiliary,
In which both divisions of the order
will take part.
Thomas a. Reddin has been chosen
as toastmaster. and the following
.toasts will be responded to: "The Days
We Celebrate. lanes j. Crcnmer:
Our Order Mrs. D. j. Robinson:
Robert Emmett" John j. Blake
man." Miss Agnes T. Ferriter; Ire
land" Maurice ~. Powers: The Irish
in America" Samuel [. Kelley.
The morning celebration will be
largely confined to religious services.
which will be held in St. Patrick's
Church Solemn high mass will BIO
celebrated at $3.50 In the morning. and
a culogy on the life and works OF st.
Patrick will be delivered from the
pulpit. In the sanctuary will be
Bishop Van de vyver and priests from
every church in the city. The music
will be of the highest order, cspe-
cially selected for the OCCASION.
The Ladies' Auxiliary will hold a
meeting this afternoon o complete arr
engagements for the celebration
Tick cts for the banquet will be dts
stributed blythe secretaries OF the as
ISOLATION
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-14
NEW BUILDING
FOR State: T AIR
Merchants and Manufacturers
Exhibit Structure to Cost
$4,000.

Realizing the need Of greater
amount of space for all classes of ex-
Ihfbitors, the Virginia State Fair AS
ISOLATION has decided to erect a huge
exhibition building providing that there
us sufficient guarantee that the
money will be forthcoming.
The building proposed Will be of
brick. and will be 265 feet square. con-
tanning eighty-four twenty-foot spaces.
1t Will be one story high.
The floor spaces will be sold at 500
out to-day to find purcllasers for the
spaces Four spaces have 3plready been
sold. and it is expect ed that the pro-
ject will be SO widely appreciated by
manufacturers and merchants. for
whom the proposed building is espe-
cially designed, that there will be no
difficulty In disposing of all the others.
The building will be erected next to
the other exhibition buildings on the
Hermitage Road side. It will cost in
the neighborhood of $4,000. and Il the
plan meets with the success expected
the association will be able to pay for
the building In five years.
Tho attendance at tho fair last year
was the largest In the history of the
association, and, indeed, the largest
of any in the South. There were 40,-
900 or more persons drawn every day
from North and South Carolina. Nir-
ginia and West Virginia.
All the buildings now ontthe grounds
Will be crowded during the next fair
with agricultural exhibits. and there
Will be practically no room for man
ufacturers and merchants unless the
present plan Is successfully carried
out, 3,i5 ~ 81 nj . gasi
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-14
Eludes Vigilance Of Health Of
ficcrs and Goes Back to
Lyncfburg.
CASE is BEING WATCHED
State Health Board Orders Car
Fulnigated-T rain1ncn Arc
Vaccinatcd.

Passengers In tho day coach on the
Norfolk and Western train between
Richmond and Lynchburg, leaving here
late Saturday night, have been thrown
into something like panic by the re-
port that there was a patient suffering
with smallpox on the train. The man,
John II. Ayers. OF 305 Brooks Street,
LynchburG. Is still under snrveillance
of the Lynchburg health authorities.
er his case is one Of genuine smallpox
or not. Meanwhile there Is general;
vaccination among railway men and
passengers on the train.
Ayers came from Lynchhurg to Man
chester about n week ago. seeking
work. and secured n room ut the cor
ncr OF Fourth and Hull Streets, over a
store. On Thursday he was taken sick,
and the attending physician found the
symptoms alarming and watched tho
case with care. Saturday afternoon
Health officer Rucker. OF Manchester
was called In. and found slight crup-
ton, which. taken with the other symp-
toms, was extremely suspicious"
GOen hack to Lynchburg.
Pending n more pronounced diagno-
sis, however. no arrangements were
made Saturday night for taking tho
man to the smallpox hospital. Sunday
morning the doctors went back for a
daylight examination. and FOUND their
patient had flown.
Becoming alarmed he had left Man
chester on Saturday night for his home
In Lynchburg. The State Board OF
Health and the Lynchburg health au-
thoritics were at once notified. and
the case is still being watched. A dis
patch from Lynchbnrg last night says
that while the Health Department is
on guard. yet physicians who have cx-
amined Ayers do not think he has
smallpox. The railway company has
withdrawn the coach from daily SER
vice. and II necessity arises Will have
1t thoroughly fumigated.
Health Officer Fucker urges general
vaccination In Manchester. especially
In the neighborhood OF Ayers's rooms.
as recautIonary 11easure
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-14
NEW CANDIDATES
FOR CITY COUNC|[
Spring Campaign Promises to Be
Waged Vigor-
ously.

/ Candidates for the Common Council
and Board OF Aldermen in the spring
primary are already out. and many
| Of them are doing active canvassng
In every ward there are several new
candidates applying for both branches,
and nearly all Nof the old officers are
standing for reelection. Chairman
Miles NJ Martin has not yet called a
meeting of the City Democratic Com
mittee for the purpose sof naming the
date of the primary, but he is cx-
pected to do SO within the next lew
days.
It was expected that the opening
gun of the campaign would be fired
IN Monroe Hall at meeting Of the
Clay Ward Actives Saturday night but
on account OF the bad weather the
meeting was not held. Arrangements
are being made, however, to hold many
political gatherings throughout the
city before the date of the primary.
/, Among the new candidates who have
Board Of Aldermen-Narx Gunst,
Lee Ward; John P. Don Leavy. Clay
Ward; John r. Grimes. Marshall Ward.
Common Council ohm Krug and w.
D. Butler, Lee Ward; Fred II. Powell
and a. l. Nonderlehr, Henry Ward
". Smith and c, w. Montgomery, Clay
Waru; George Med. Blake. w. D.
Turner and George NJ. Cease. Monroe
Ward; Barney Bowman and Oscar II.
Lehman, Madison Ward John j. Jeter
and IL Delaney. Jefferson Ward;
Henry p. CARRIER, Marshall Ward.
Members of the Common Council
who will not offer for recollection
are Z. A. Barber. Jr, of Madison: Fred
II. CARRIER. of Marshall: H. r. Pollard.
II. of Lee, and probably Harry Huber,
of Henry.
Following the hold-over members OF
the Board OF Aldermen, who do not
come up for reelection at this times:
A. W. Bennett, Of Lee; Joseph NJ
Kain and Graham B. Hobson, of
Henry; Robert Whlttet. .Ir., Of Clay;
James a. NIoncure and r. G. Rennolds
OF Monroe; II, L. Atkinson, of Madison;
=, L. Butler, of jefferson, and Z. d.
Richardson. of Marshall.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-14
HAD PROSPEROUS YEAR
Bonrd of Fisheries Reports Receipts o
$lS.O3G.16 In E.xCehA nf ExuenditurcS.

Bonrd of Fisheries Reports Receipts OF
$lS.O3I.16 In Excess of Expenditures.
w Mcdonald Lee. chairman OF the
Commission OF Fisheries. has sub
mitted to Governor Mann his report
covering the past five months. Mr.. Lee
reports the present season. now nearly
at an end. to have been the most pros
porous In Nirginia's shell fish indus
try, both as to Individual business and
returns to the State. The collections
TO date are about 10000 in excess OF
those OF last year.
Probably the most gratifying feature.
OF the report is that $15,035.15 of the
appropriation will revert 10 the treas.
ury. The expenditures during the five
months were s1a,o6o.o7, while the fund
in hand October was s24,s65.o5. In
october the commission spent s5,sI6.s9:
In November. $s,S4e.5s: December. $3.-
012.49: III January. s3.s7o.79. in Feb
ruary. {3.152.75.
The report is signed by w. Mcdonald
Lee. chairman: s. wilkins Matthews.
George b. Keezell, Bland Massie and
!. NJ. Hooker.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-14
Robbers Get Away With S4o5.s5.
in Midnight
Raid.
NO CLUE TO PERPETRATORS
Money Only Is Taken by Mys-
FERROUS Observation-Disclosures
Not Disturbed.

Leaving no clue whatever In his trail,
and only vague suspicion that'it waa
person who knew too much to be an
outsider. some one robbed the Academy
or Music between midnight saturday
and yesterday morning OF s465.S5.
Whoever it was knew great deal
about safes in general or this one ir
particular, for the Academy safe was
opened by It's combination, and the
doors were found swinging wide wher
Leo Wise, manager. and his assistant
Robert Watt. discovered the robbery
in the morning. The money had been
deposited In bag. The bag wa,
Z found lying on the floor empty.
The wire screen guarding the base
ment window at the southern end OF
tho building, on the Eighth Street side,
had been forced. evidently from the
inside. The robber then opened tho
window. which was not locked an.,
crawled through the aperture. Tho
was bent nearly all the way back from
ono side. and the rest was easy.
Had Just Paid OF.
On Saturday night I'LL the employees
OF the Academy were paid OF for the
month, and the remaining money was
put in the safe The small office, which
Is in charge of Mr.. Wise, was left
lighted, as is the custom, and, so far
as officers who patrol by the Academy
and up Eighth Street on their beats
know, the light never went out during
the night. The curtain over the VIM
dow through which exit was forced.
was drawn halfway down. It could
not have been pulled down its wl,ols
length for the burglar then would not
have been able to force the screen.
1t Is supposed that he first. pulled out
the screws which hold the screen In
the side of the window, and then used
some heavy instrument to force the
screen out. or he might have pushed
ii out by the main strength OF his
hands.
All traces show that the window was
forced from tho inside. and 1t is sup
posed that the thief sccreted himself
inside the Academy some time during
remained there until he thought the
coast was clear and he could. Will,
some degree of safety, so to work.
Numerous people pass up and down
Eighth Street at all hours OF the
night. and q patrol box Is on the OPP
posite corner. THIS box was pulled"
at O'clock and again at 5 o'clock.
but the officers detected no sign OF
anything wrong at the Academy, and
the robbery was not discovered until
Wanted Money Only.
The robber was bent evidently or
securing only money. for nothing else
was touched. He left none Of iii
tools behind him. II he had any; an,
{ he made a clean job OF the affair.
The safe could hardly have bee
opened except by one familiar Within
combination, and that clue. ii It ca
be called q clue. is the only one Of
which the detectives can work. Man
aser Wise said yesterday that he ha,
no idea or suspicion as to the identtt,
of tfei perpetratUr of Ihc robbery
lie and Mr.. Watt visited the oflc,
soon after tho discovery of the rob
hery was announced, but found moth
Ing to Indicate who the robper, was.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-14
DR.. LAWS TO PREACH

! ~. u u = ~ -
Brooklyn 1IinlStcrftO Conduct Revival
mt Grace Street Church.
Assisted by Rev. Curtis Lee Laws,
D. D.. pastor of Green Avenue Baptist
Church Brooklyn. Rev. p. NJ Ramsay.
D. D.. began in the Grace Street Bap-
fist Church last night a series OF re-
vival services which will continue for
some time. The opening sermon was
preached by Rev. William =. Hatcher.
D. D., who. for more than twenty years
was pastor of the church.
DR. Laws. who will preach each night
through tho revival. is native of this
state. having graduated from Rich
mond College about twenty years ago.
He was pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Baltimore for number of
years. and has held his present charge
for some time. He has preached in
the leading churches of this country
and London. Sermons Will also be
preached by Rev. r. II. Pitt. d. D. a
large chorus, under the leadership of
Kirk Matthews, Will have charge OF the
music. Es5s4, - l35i3 --s
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-14
THIEVES RANSACK
SAFE AT ACADEMY
MERCHANTS must
BUY STAMPS HERE
Postmaster Allan Believes Many
Business Houses Hurt
Postal Receipts.

For the first time in sixteen years
the receipts Of the Richmond POST
Office last month showed decrease
as compared with the figures for the
corresponding sperod of the previous
year While the falling off was scarce
~ moro than . per cent, Postmaster
Allan believes the fact that there has
been decrease is evidence that certain
of the larger Richmond mercantile
houses are not doing full justice by the
local office, and are diverting the
course Of business to other post-offices
In the State.
I'VE estimate" says Mr.. Allan, "that
the practice INDUCED in by many Of
our merchants, of accepting postage
stamps In exchange for goods, as cur
rency. serves to lessen the annual re-
ceipts ut this office at least 500 900
annually. There are many firms. we
estimate. that receive from SIS to 500
per day In postage stamps, and the re-
suit is our office loses this business,
and some other places benefit by trade
which rightfully belongs to us.
IF this extra business camc our way
the result would be that Richmond
would soon be recognized by the gov
eminent as entitled to position a
class higher than 1t now occupies, and
we would be allowed an increased force.
WHICH would enable us to give much
better service to our patrons than we
are ablt to furnish under the existing
circumstances. a greater increase in
postal receipts means better adver-
tisement for Richmond and a better
financial showing.
There Is no law to prohibit the ac-
ceptance of postage stamps, but my
idea is that this practice encourages
crime and should not be INDUCED In
as generally as 1t Is In Richmond.
know of one firm that has not bought
a single postage stamp at this Office for
the past five months, and I know some
other Office or Offices must be reaping
the benefit.
Richmond generally has as good a
standing as far as postal receipts are
concerned as any other city of it's size
in the United States, but If our mer-
chants would only realize. that every
stamp purchased helps it would not be
long before we would be far ahead of
all the other cities. The business be-
longs to US. and we should have it.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-14
HOW TW0.CONv|CTS
BECAME EXPER is.
Captain Tomlinson, on Jury Ser
vice, Recalls Experiences
Of BYgone Days.

Nearly thirty-nine years ago Captain
A. M. Tomlinson and Lieutenant Dick
Glazcbrook sat together on their first
jury, and sentenced a man to two years
In the penitentiary for forgery. They
now sit together again on a jury, for
the first time during that thirty-nine
years. On Wednesday they helped sent
cnce Thomas Price to sixty days In
jail for assault on j. q. Kidd. It was
a remarkable coincidence that these
two old-timers, upon whose heads the
SHOWS Of many winters rest so lightly.
should come together a gain for their
second jury service.
Speaking of the coincidence yester-
day, Captain Tonllinson recalled that
tho man whom he helped to send to-
the penitentiary thirty nine years ago
afterwards rose to a prominent posi-
ton In the employ of sewing ma
chine company. The man had talent,
and lie developed. 1t in tho penitcntiary,
dropping the sleight OF hand trick
With which he had forged another.
man's name.
He tried his hand on a sewing ma
chine. and he soon became an expert.
He4learneL ali abb out II sewing mac chine,
strange as itgmay seem, and whenalle
had served his time and was cast out
on the world he had to turn back stos
the sewing machine to earn his daily
bread FIJI
During la fair he hired a machine,
ana beneath the summers sun he sat
and wrought many beautiful patterns.
lie sewed In flowers, with all the nat
sural 5colorlng using colored silk thread
for the purpose Tie sold his artistic.
work to every passerby, and money
came to him more rapidly than before
he went behind the bars. Captain
Tomlinson2 one afternoon saw crowd /
gathered. around a sewing machine,
and, looking over the heads OF the
8tnronG, recognized tho man he had
helped send to tho penitentiary. He3
sbought$a pattern for himself and kept
ttgmany years as a curious nenento.
In later years he hoard that this same
genius had acquired a position with
the sewing machine company. and was y
getting a. salary OF {s3 600 a year Ito
lived an honorable life In a now COM
munity, and no one except his nearest
friends ever learned that the high pos
.sltlon had come to him after he had
been In penal seryitude, .5 "A
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-14
''0NTO.RICH|MOND'
{ ( |. [ | /. |: |; Weep.
Real Estate Hustlers Think They.
See Great Chance for
Profit.
1GRAN 10 SUNDAY OPENING
Sheriff With Pistols Lands In
vaders in Lockup-Exodus
Follows Filming.

. .5t = & T. :
-Four young New York real estate
mond few weeks ago with the lnud-
able purpose OF Showing" the natives
hero few things about the land busi-
ness have returned to their ilrcsides
rich in wisdom and nothing else. In
stead OF being shown" the Nirgininns
did the showing. and the missionaries
from the North paid for the SHOW
The pioneers who journeyed south
the fatal error of mistaking Virginia
for Missouri were Henry w. Graves.
of 2d9 Cypress Avenue, Flushing:
David n. Watson. Frank spicola and
about the balmy Southern climate.
but
Real Estate Agent Graves gave the
following account of his experiences
to New york p aps,er yest e
wanted to dispose of building lots near
their home town, end they thought
that II they imported several cner-
Eetic active and progressive young
operators the parcels could I'D be sold !, 70 :!
Escorted to jail.
I'VE went down there full of en-
thusiasm. We found that slaty-three
acres had been cut up into building
lots Is by 100 feet at Greenwood, seven
miles from Richmond New streets and
all the rest. you Know, and the price
of lots was from s29 up. on easy terms.
Most of the prospective buyers could
get away from their work only on
Sundays. Sunday week ago we had
200 prospective purchasers at Green
wood. We We're clated. We also felt
honored by the presence of two local
.But soon we were told 1T was
against the law to sell land on the
Sabbath. Simultaneously with that an
nouncement there appeared half a
dozen deputy sheriffs armed with re-
svolvers. Our pros,ect Of doing any
business was ruined.
Next morning deputy sheriff
served warrants charging us with
town another deputy sheriff met us
graciously and escorted us over the
jail. We thanked him for his courtesy.
He answered that the jail tour was In
line with his ideas of Southern hos
pitality.
"our employer had a talk with the
squire, told him no money had
changed hands on the day of the ex-
cursion, and offered to pay II fine OF
SIS for each man. with costs. the whole
thing amounting to about SIS apiece.
That ended 1t. and we returned to New
York. No more deals In Southern real
estate for us. The business is easier
In New York. and you don't get arr
rested for talking In the OPEN"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-14
.CAPTA|NIM' CARTHY
LANDS L ] { State JOB.
Will Be Named as Accountant at
Salary Of $1,000 a
Year.
ALSO HAS AN ASSISTANT
New Official to Formulate Uni
form System Of Book
keeping.

Captain Carlton Mccarthy former
Mayor Of Richmond, will In all proba-
bility be the State Accountant, an Of
fee created by the present Legisla-
ture. This officer Is to be appointed
by the Governor, upon recommendation
of the Joint Auditing Committee.
This latter body is to be composed
of Senators T.. G. Folkcs, OF Rich
mond, and Don P. Halsey, of Lynch
burg. and Delegates John S. Harwood.
and N. Z. upessard. of Craig. The
senatorial members were appointed by
Lteutenant-G Governor Ellyson. and
those from the House by Speaker Byrd.
have general supervision of the ac-
counts OF State officials. The commit
tee appointed by the Legislature Of
lsos employed Captain Mccarthy to
the desirability of regular State
accountant was seen by. the commit
tee. by the Governor, and later by the
Three Of the 1--WE members OF the
quilting Committee are, It Is stated,
pledged to Captain Mccarthy.
me term Of office OF the accountant
Is to be $4,000 q year. With neces asar
expenses.
Uniform BooIkkccplnE.
The primary business Of the office
Is to devise and promulgate uniform
system of accounting and bookkeeping
among all the offices a the seat Of
government. In addition, he is to
have general oversight over tho books
Of other officers who handle the money
Of the commonwealth. In the dis
charge OF this duty he may be sent BY
the Governor, If necessary, to examine
the books of city and county treas
urers. 7is
After the accountant has put his
system In operation, he is to appoint
an assistant. also with the consent OF
the Auditing Committee, who is to
assist him in making examinations.
The assistant is to receive not exceed.
The first meeting OF the new Joint
Committee will be held IN
April 5, at the office of Lieutenant
Governor Ellyson, at the Capito:. AT
that time, 1t is expected, Captain Nc
Carthy will be appointed, and the COM
mittee will take all necessary steps to
begin the work of the accounting.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-14
BY Close Squeeze Ordinance May
BE Effective by Census
Day.
.MAss-MEETINGs ARE CALLED
Many Voters Enrolled il, Consoli-
dation Club to Work for
Union.
Annexation Mass
Meetings

A Joint mass meeting of the See
Ond and Third Wards will be held
In the courthouse Tomorrow night.
rhursdny night the Fourth Wnrtl
voters will meet In the Masonic
I Tie mple, and First Ward citizens nre
called to meet ngnin at the hall ON
Sixth and Hull Streets Mt the same
time. On account of the conflict in
dates, which wns not noticed until
yesterday, 1t 1. probable that mr.
engagements will he mndc for a Joint
meeting In the Masonic Temple.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-14
Chapman In Colun,blls.

Rev. j. Wilbur Chapman, D. D., and
Charles NJ. Alexander are conducting
another Of their great religious cam.
campaign. as in Richmond, Is an inter-
one. anu is attracting
immense crowds At the Sclose of&this
revival. the cvangelists will go to Car.
a six-weeks' mission. There are twelve
coworkers associated with the mln-
lister in this meeting,