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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18
DARING WORKMEN
PLAY With DEATH.
Show Absolutely No Fear While
Building Great
Viaduct.
HAD ONE NARROW ESCAPE.
Crowds Stand Along Sidewalk
to Watch Dizzy Per-
formers.

High above the house tops and the
trees. laboring at their task with
nonchalance, betraying an utter con-
tempt of life and limb. men are forg-
ing the web OF steel which Is to form
the Marshall Street viaduct Practi.
cally one-fifth of the great structure
is complete. From the Twenty-first
now extends to Eighteenth Street.
This much OF the work has been done
in the short space of two months.
Crowds gather to watch the build
ess at their work. Despite the great
heat, dozens of people congregate
every day about Marshall and Eigh-
teenth Street, there to spend the en-
tire afternoon exposed to the fierce
glare of the sun while gazing into
space. fascinated by a performance
which, for thrills. has all others
seeming tame and flat High in the
air their forms silhouetted against
the sky, the builders are erecting the
viaduct and playing with death.
No Sign of Fenr.
They appear to be and are abso :
lutely without fear and without
nerves. Invisible wings seems to keep
them from falling They traverse a
narrow beam suspended between
heaven and earth with the same ease
with which the ordinary person pro-
ceeds along the sidewalk. These men
are the real conquerors OF space.
Spectators stood and watched a
great beam of wood swung to the
top of the structure. There 1t was
guided into position, but the opera
ton was difficult. and one end pro-
truded beyond the face of the steel
work. Standing upon Tie end of the
beam which overlapped space half a
dozen feet, a workman, swinging a
heavy sledge. hammered the timber
flush with the rest of the structure
To do this he stood at the extreme
end of the beam, and with each down.
ward swing of the hammer his body
leaned far out into space. One false
step. one false swing, a single touch
of the feeling that grasps the aver.
| age man when he looks down into the
depths of an elevator shaft. meant
| instant death to this man. The tim
| Der where he wanted IT, the workman
rolled cigarette Then he reiterated
| out of danger.
Part of the Job.
l
loading from a wagon truss weigh
| ing many tons. Without warning TIL
mules gave sudden start and tn
truss fell, to all appearances carrying
three mon to death beneath 1t. A wo
man who witnessed the accident from
window screamed. then tainted. Me-
who stood watching, turned ava.
their heads. An instant later the thre
men having extricated themselve
from their dangerous position
emerged to view, not one of Their
having SO much as scratch a bloc
of timber had stayed the fall of tn
1 heavy weight and saved three live!
And yet not by word, nor sign, no
action on the part of any one of III
three men or their companions wa
there indication that the unusual ha
happened. And nothing had-that sol
; of thing goes with the job.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18

Pop" BEDFORD, as famous as chef
as he is policeman, is busily pre-
pairing himself for the arduous lapors
incident to the big feast OF the police
force in the State Fair Grounds on
July 81. 1t will be day off for the
whole force, and. incidentally. for the
bad men Of the town, who the police
hope will be on their good behavior
for that short period.
pop" BEDFORD is to prepare the
Brunswick stew, OF which there VII!
be at least 500 gallons There VIII
also be barbecued meats and carloads
of bread and vegetables. enough al
most TO feed the whole population OF
the city The fun Will start early IN
the morning. so those who go on duty
in the afternoon may get their share
Of stew and enjoyment.
One OF the main features OF the day
will be the baseball game between the
two districts Red" Warmer viii
captain the First District team. and
POP Tate Will captain the team from
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18
MOTOR CAR LAWS
HIGHLY ENDORSED.
Provision That Boys and Girls
Shan't Be Chauffeurs Re-
garded as Wise.
AIM TO PREVENT TROUBLE
Congested Districts and Lack OF
Traffic Regulations De-
mand Change.

While some owners Of motor cars
object to that features OF the ordi-
nance now before Council which pro.
vides that no person under eighteen
years of age may be licensed to oper-
ate machine, the new law. IN that
respect, at least has been highly APP
proved and commended by the pub.
lie The reason for it is apparent. AT
present, there are boys and girls In
Richmond we'll under eighteen. who
drive automobiles back and forth with
certain degree Of efficiency. and they
have managed to escape accidents. The
point Is made, however, that because
of their age they naturally lack head
work" in time of danger and may
often fail to show that rare presence
of mind which has saved many per-
son from death
Approve License Feature.
The license feature is likewise APP
proved. In almost every city of any
size 1t is necessary to secure license
from the city authorities, and In most
cities none is issued to a. person under
twenty one years of age. One reason
why new laws are needed, as mem
bers of the Richmond Automobile Club
and dealers explain, Is because OF the
lack of any traffic regulations. al
though the Council is working on that
proposition right now.
Dealers especially believe in certain
restrictions which will put cars under
the care of well-seasoned persons"
said a member of the Automobile Club
last night. I'm many respects the sit
uation here is peculiar. We have many
steep hills, many narrow streets and
many congested sections.
1t was stated in The Times-Dispatch
the other day by Richmond man
that he found it easier to operate his
car In New York and Pittsburg than
In Richmond. This is due to several
causes Everybody knows how TO get
out Of everybody else's way. and then
there are no boys and girls at the
wheel.
Why Some object.
There is opposition to this age
limit provision, as matter of course
but it comes from parents whose chill
dren are more or less expert chauf
feurs. The parents may regard them
as experts, but the public does not
and until the rights of the public are
recognized, you will find increasing
enmity toward the motor car. There
| should be none, and there will be none
when there are proper restrictions"
While driving a big car through
East Main Street the other day, six
| teen-year- girl had a narrow es.
cape at Ninth. barely lodging stree
| car and a wagon, and then shooting il
| toward some of the material for thu
new post-office. She got in clos,
place, lost her head apparently, blu
managed to come out without injur.
to anybody.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18
Babies Suffer in BroiZing Sun

in its carriage, right out in the mid
day sun while the nurse ran half
block away to talk to somebody. You
can see the same thing every day OF
course. there are some who take the
kindliest interest in their charges
they do what they can TO keep them
cool, but these careless ones sholild
be watched Often policemen have in,
terfered to demand better attention
1T may be all right to take chances
but not in this hot weather, A ply
stefan with whom | talked to-day sug-
gested that the mothers should send
their babies out and then go behind
quietly to see how they are treated
II they did that there would be q
Wholesale dismissal of nurses, but i,
would save the babies. We very prop.
erly watch the horses and mules, ye,
nobody, apparently, is watching these
little children who are being tortured
in the sun that their nurses might,
enjoy the idle chatter OF a passing
friend
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18
EXTENDS CALL TO
REV. c. ". kEMPER.
Marshall Street Christian Invites
Him to Come Here as
Its Pastor.

Members OF the Marshall Street Chris
tian Church, at a meeting yesterday,
unanimously extended a call to Rev.
George w. Kemper. of Kentucky, to
succeed Rev. 3. H. Melton as pastor.
Mr.. Kemper is now visiting in Louisa
county. his old home, and letter Will
be sent him to-day. advising him or
the congregations action. There is
reason to believe that he will accept.
and under his guidance the church
hopes and expects to continue the good
work it has been carrying on hereto
fore.
Mr.. Kemper. who is native OF Louisa
county. has been pastor of the church
at Midway, KY. for the past twelve
years. 1t is believed by those who
know him that II he accepts he will
add much to the ministerial life OF
the city. There is large field for
usefulness at Marshall Street Chris
tian, which is the only church north
of Broad Street and west of Brook Ave-
nue.. For that reason it is said there
is no idea at present Of moving to an
other location.
The fact that Mr.. Kemper was the
unanimous choice of the congregation,
which knows of his work elsewhere. is
regarded as certain that he will accept
| the call. An answer Is expected from
] him this week.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18
THIEVES RFAPTNG
HARVEST THESE HOT DAYS
Folk Leave Back Doors Open While They Sit on
Front Porch, and So Mr.. Thief
Gets What He Wants.

Much trouble has been experienced
lately with petty thieves. who, finding
many back doors open to their first
touch. make victims Of numerous peo-
Pile through the ktter's own careless
ness. Major Werner wishes to warn
all citizens to be more careful and not
to sit on the front porch in the hot
summer nights with the back door left
invitingly open to every lonnger ana
thief who may pass by. Sneaking up
to a back door and finding everybody
out in front makes 1t easy work for
the thief to walk In and clean the nall
rack and ransack the first floor rooms
Almost every day complaints are
brought to headquarters about property
stolen from Railways. Without posses
sing a single clew to work on, the de-
tectives find it to be n hard matter 70
run the sneak thieves down. and the
only. hope of recovering the property
is to find 1t In a pawnshop or second.
hand shop and pay the loan on it.
The police experience trouble also
with vacant houses. left empty by the
occupants going to the country for tho
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18
ONLY A REMNANT
IS ALIVE TO-DAY
But Bloody First Survivors Will
Celebrate and Honor De-
parted Comrades.
TO MEET AT FOREST HILL
Forty-ninth Anniversary Of Bat,
tie OF Bull Run Date for
Its Reunion.
10 MEET AT FOREST HILL

In accordance with their annual
custom members OF the "Old" First
Virginia Regiment will meet to-day a,
Forest Hill Park to commemorate
with appropriate exercises the forty.
ninth anniversary of the Battle Of Bull
Run. 1t was in this engagement tina:
the regiment received its baptism OF
fire.
The old First was in existence long
before the war 1t was organized In
Richmond in May, 1851, and was com
posed entirely of men whose homes
were in Richmond. The history OF
the regiment is a part of the history
of the city, and much interest is in
variably felt In the annual celebra.
lions of the surviving members.
AT the beginning of the war the
First Virginia numbered 719 men. OF
this number thirteen were killed at the
first battle of Manassas, and twenty
seven were wounded When 1t is con-
sidered that the command was under
heavy artillery fire during the whole
enga cement, the loss seems compare
lively small. In letter to c. T.
Loehr, of Richmond, who served as a
member of the First. General Long
street said that the First Virginia
Re iment bore the brunt of the fight
ing at Manassas and made possible
the victory.
In Almost Every Battle.
The regiment participated in every
battle that was fought in this sec
ton. AT Seven Pines, Williamsburg
and at Second Manassas, its members
service, and in the fighting around
Sharpsburg, no other regiment bore
such a conspicuous part.
AT the celebration to-day the veter-
ans will once again salute the old
flag they carried at Williamsburg and
Seven Pines. This flag was presented
to the regiment by General Beaure-
gard, and though pierced by numer-
Gus bullet holes, 1t is still In an eX-
cellent state of preservation. The flag
is one Of several made for Beauregard
by tho women of New Orleans.
Only n Few Remain.
OF the 200 men who went to the
front with the old First at the be-
ginning of the struggle about 100 still
remain, and of these sixty live In
present at Forest Hill to-day is Col
onel w. Fl. Palmer, of Richmond. thu
only surviving field officer of the regi
ment. One of the old members VIII,
is here from a distance to attend TIL
reunion is Gus Chapman, of New Or
leans. and there are several others.
The exercises to-day will be of a
informal nature. After listening t
several speeches, the veterans VT
elect officers of their association 70
the coming year. and will then pro
coed to indulge in general iollifica
ton With their friends the veteran
will assemble at Forest Hill at 1
o'clock this morning, and will spen
the entire day there. the big featur
of the program being an elegant din
ner which will be served in the earl
afternoon
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18
BUSINESS PEOPLE
WANT NEW TRAIN
Southern Territory Not Feeding
Richmond Because of Local
Schedules.
PRESIDENT FINLEY COMING
Gasoline Motor Service Suggest
ed Between This City and
Amelia.
PRESIDENT FINLEY COMING

Committees from the Chamber O.,
Commerce and the Travellers Protec-
tive Association will hold an informal
some proposition which will be SUBJ
mitted tomorrow to President Finley,
OF the Southern Railway, In regarl to
an improved passenger service in and
out of Richmond on that road. What
the business people want is local
train into Richmond every morning
from Amelia, Courthouse, Burkeville or
Keysville, and local train back to
that point In the afternoon.
After an investigation the argu-
ment has been advanced that the traffic
Is heavy, that the Southern offers a
rich trading territory to this city. but
that the full advantages are not reaped
because OF the inability Of people to
come here in the morning and return
in the afternoon. There is at present
a local from Keysville arriving here at
$40 A. NJ, and returning at P. M.
Business people, however, contend that
this does not afford the service desir-
ed. They believe that visitors ought
to get in at 10 and II o'clock in the
morning, for instance, and leave for
home about o'clock in the afternoon.
holding that with such service hun.
III GUS Will SoillC W 1b1SAiiioAN SNS'y
week to trade.
Motor Train Suggested.
One plan which will probably be sug-
gested to Mr.. Finley tomorrow is to
operate gasolene motor car on a
shuttle or "shoo-fy" schedule be-
i, tween Richmond and Amelia Court
house. The Southern has not as yet
adopted this means of transportation
to any general extent, for variety
of reasons.
In the first place it is claimed tina,
the cost is prohibitive. considering the
small number of passengers which the
car can accommodate. A railroad maI
! said yesterday that locomotive. suci
as is used on branch lines. and two
| passenger coaches will not cost any
more than high-grade motor coach
and that nothing is saved in operation
| by the latter. a motor car can pull
one trailer. It provides much moro
pleasant accommodations. however, fol
there is little dust and there are II,
cinders. The Norfolk & Southern Rail
road is thoroughly satisfied with :
gasolene car on one of its branch lines
although railroads as rule have no
Regarded this innovation with any grea
amount of favor.
Friendly Conference.
Mr.. F'inley's Office has been in cor
respondence with Richmond committee
and Mr.. Finley will come here in per
son to have free and frank discussion
with the idea OF trying to reach som
conclusion which will be mutuall
satisfactory.
President John S. Harwood, Of Pos
A. Travellers Protective Association
: has appointed the following committe
to represent that organization in til
schedule matter:
Willard Craig, H. H Mcvey. B. I
Randolph, Hampton Fleming, Thoma
Poindexter, F. P. Cooke. w. H. Brown
William Jenkins, Jr.. Frank w. Brown
w. G. Owens.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18
WANT. HOSPITALS
TO GIVE Report rs
Police May Ask Council to Pass
Law to Deal With Puzzling
Situation.

Because, of the difficulty OF getting
information from public and private
hospitals. and also from public and
private physicians concerning what
APPEAR to be cases of fslonious as
sault. 1t has been suggested the city
Council pass an ordinance to force in
sutuuons and physicians alike to
notify the police Immediately they
have suspicious looking case in their
hands. An officer said last night that
there Is no telling how many people
die as the result of felonious assault
and are never heard from.
He instanced one recent case OF
a man who was brutaIly beaten until
he was at the point OF death, and
then picked up and sent to one Of
the hospitals The man was A. c.
Euthon. who. when the trial of his al
legged assailant, woman named cas-
sell, OF Norfolk, was called, had dis
appeared There was no other wit
ness against her, and the case was
dismissed in Police Court. But she
is subject TO Indictment IL ever Euthon
returns within the jurisdiction OF the
Richmond police The hospital au-
thorities in this case not only did not
notify the police. but afforded them
some difficulty in procuring the de,
sired information. Euthon was him
self in such condition that II was
some days before lie was sufficiently
recovered to talk lucidly of the attafa
upon him.
AS a second instance in which ply
sicians fail to give information when
they suspect criminality, young girl
recently became patient in one OF
the Richmond hospitals under very
suspicious and peculiar circumstances
but the attending physicians gave the
| police no information. The girl has
since recovered and left the city.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18
BEDFORD TO COOK STEW AND
THEN WRESTLE AT PICNIC
Five Hundred Gallons to Be Brewed for Police
and Their Friends Many Sporting Fea-
lures on Card for Annual Event

the Second District The game will
be called at $3.50 o'clock. After that
BEDFORD and .Samuels will have
wrestling match. Redford says he can
come back" samuels does not fear
the pondcrous weight OF his opponent,
and thinks agility will win the day.
sergeants Sherry and Kerse will run
foot race around the traclN the win
ner to get glass OF soda Water. The
betting is in favor OF Sergeant Kerse.
one of the heetest and best-winded
men on the force. who practices daily
in the baseball park, which he can
circle In three minutes flat There will
be numerous other contests OF strength
and speed, It being Major Werner's
desire to foster athletic ability among
his men as much as possible.
The police picnic is an annual affair.
given for the benefit Of the Police
Benevolent Association. OF which l.
| 2, Norris is chairman. Sergeant Sherry
Is chairman OF the entertainment COM
| mittec.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18
BRO I H Err
W HILE AT PLAY
Boys Were Initiating Indians
When "Unloaded" Sent Bullet
Into Left Shoulder.

While playing Indians" and stirred
to excitement by a graphophone re-
cital, BERTHE Milan, seven years old,
of Maplewood, Mechanicsville Turn
pike, yesterday morning shot his
brother, William, aged nine, with
22-calibre parlor rifle, and 80 serious
ly injured him that the boy was rush
ed to the Virginia Hospital. The bull
let, it was found upon examination by
DR.. A. G. Brown. Jr., entered the body
under the left shoulder. Whether II
penetrated the left lung will have
to be determined by an X-ray examina-
ton, which Will be performed some
time o-day.
w NJ. Milan. father of the children.
and Mrs. Milan were at church when
the accident occurred. The boys were
at home by themselves, and were IN
the parlor listening to the graphic.
phone, which, evidently, was giving
the recital of some Indian affair Each
was armed for the play with a go
calibre rifle, both of which were
FIRE" little BERTHE pulled the trigger
his aim being dead on his brother.
They We're separated only by few
feet. and the shot went true. AT the
explosion Willie staggered back with
a scream and fell to the floor.
Removed to Hospital.
NeiGhbors were aroused by the cries
of the children, and the parents were
summoned from church. 1t was seen
that Willie appeared to be seriously
injured, and DR. Brown was called
in to attend him. He was taken at
once to the Virginia Hospital, with
his mother attending him. Mrs. Milan
desired that the facts of the accidental
shooting be withheld from the press,
and the nurse in charge declined to
give any further information. She
did agree finally. to state that the boy
was probably not fatally injured, and
that he would recover. Mrs Milan
was not seen.
Mr.. Milan is a prosperous dairyman
OF Henrico county, living on the Me-
chanicsville Turnpike. near Highland
Park. The shooting was purely acct
dental, and the county authorities will
not be called in to make an investisa
ton, unless the wound should prove
fatal, in which event there would be
a coroner's investigation, However,
1t is not believed that the injury will
result seriously. and last night the
boy was resting very Well.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18
PERCY'S VACATION LIKE
ONE MADDENING WHIRI

Pouring over little booklets depicting
scenes in where not. with MS head as
fun of notions as a cheese is full OF
holes, Percy is dreaming of vacation
time. Surrounded by mountains OF time
tables. wadtng knee deep in resort ad.
yertisements, he is thinking only of
the fortnight he is to spend away from
town.
Weekly since Christmas he has been
sailing his change In preparation for
that glad time which now, fortunately,
seems nigh. Each Saturday night has
witnessed five more little iron men
tucked away in the vacation tuno
which, with this last weeks salary,
VIII compose classy pile With low
snecked pants" and screaming neck
piece. with fancy hat band and tuning
cigarette. will Percy detraln at the
resort, an esthetic JOY.
And when he comes home-heavens
pity the neighbors-with What SEEM
ing modesty will he tell of the wealthy
widow who was bugs about him!
With what zest will the fellows learn
of that naddening experience on the
back porch of the Seaside Hotel when
Percy tied the shoestring of an heiress
from Chicago! What hush will
come owes, the bunch at the office when
the deyil1sh creature spells, of the
wealthy daughter whom he passed up
because-well just because.
Strangely enough, the memory OF
that one whirl on the flip the flops
has faded. and in Its stead has come a
dream of yachting cruise off the coast
Of New England with seven members
of '8rho Sassy Kid chorus and four
Pittsburg millionaires. What was an
unpleasant recollection of many nights
spent in an obscure corner Of some
hotel porch has given place to a vision
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-18
observant Citizen Tells How
They Are Neglected in Street
and Park by Nurses.

knew how their babies and small chill
dren are suffering In the street dur
ing this hot weather. they would turn
nurse again or else keep the offspring
at home" said an observent citizen last
night. cat Third and Main, about
o'clock the other afternoon, while the
sun was broiling. a colored nurse raced
across the street to talk to colored
driver on a delivery wagon, She,
dragged a two-Sear-old boy with her,
held him in her arms. bareheaded, and
in the sun for FIVE minutes. until ]
went over and rem onstrated. 1t was
outrageous. / nave noticed other cases
in the streets and In the parks and
these little people are suffering ter
rlbly. In Monroe Park ! saw baby,
not more than six months old, lying