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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-16
MANY WITNESSES
IN BEATT|E CASE
State Gives Sheriff Gill Names of
81 Who Will Be
Summoned.

At conference of attorneys and
detectives for the Commonwealth in
the Beattie caee, held yesterday, a list
OF ifty-four names of witnesses was
prepared. and sherff Gill, Of Ches-
tertield. viii soon be asked to have all
the parties summoned 10 court for
Monday morning The list was not
made public, as the Commonwealth is
reserving its fire, and for fear that
some OF those who dislike such pub
!ici;y may leave the State If they knew
they We're wanted. In all, the detec-
tives have talked with about $50 peo-
pie whose Information has been re-
duced to writing and indexed, but of
these only hfty-fOur were found to
have information believed to be sufii-
eiently material as to Justify their
being called. OF the ffty-four to be
summoned many will give only cumu-
lative evidence, and IL may not be
necessary to put them all on The
defense has not indicated what wit
nesses II Will summon.
Attorneys for the State claimed yes
terday That any further postponement
would be In the interest OF the ac-
cused. Witnesses lose their freshness
number as fftyfour, IT is improbable
that all could be secured three months
hence.
should the case go over to another
term. steps will be taken for the re-
lease of Paul Beatt!e and Beulah Bin
ford. Charged with no crime, they
are being held under bond as material
wealth would have no assurance. ex-
cept their bond, that they would be
within the State when the case Is
a gain called to trial
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-16
.GEORG|ANS COME
TO GET BARGAINS
Merchants From Waycross Find
Richmond Best Buying
Centre.

Twenty merchants from waycross.
Ga. leave to-day for Richmond on
business and pleasure beat. Omcial
notice OF the exodus was served yes :
terday on c. E. 1vey. secretary of the
Richmond Advertisers Club, in a letter
from VIII II. Stevens. secretary of a
prominent real estate firm of Way
cross. asking that Richmond merchants
put on their best clothes and pre-
pare to offer their best bargains. In
ADDITION to the score of merchants
coming from Waycross alone, there
VIII be tradesmen and their families
from other points in Georgia and
Florida.
The writer explains that August 1s
is cheap excursion day out OF Georgia
and Florida. Tickets are sold to-day
from points in those two States good
I'LL September at very low round trip
rates. For instance. the fare from
Jacksonville is SIS. from Savannah $40
and from Waycross s13.l5. which. the
writer humorously observes, is
cheaper than staying at home"
The secretary OF Richmond's adver-
Using organization lost no time in ac-
knowledGing the letter and setting Mr.
Stevens's doubts at rest The time
was short and 1t was inpera tive that
the excursionists start with the
proper information. He telegraphed
the Georgian about the cut prices that
the wholesalers and jobbers have an
II unced for the summer season and
the opportune time selected for their
trip. He told him that there were
enough hotels and boarding houses in
Richmond-at reasonable rates. too
TO accommodate nearly everybody In
Georgia
The incident lends weight to the
contention of the Richmond Adver
tisers Club. that all Richmond needs
is publicity. II has the facilities and
opportunities for becoming the South's
leading distributing centre, and as
soon as people find IL out, nothing
will keep 1t from becoming that.
Richmond has the goods-the South
needs 10 be told OF It. The Georgia
party that leaves to-day shows that
the claims of Richmond are being
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-16
new AUTO ENGINE
DOES GREAT WORK
Throws Stream of Water 200
Feet in Air at Rate of Goa
Gallons a Minute.

1t sure can spill some water" was
the comment OF a future President at
"iliiam Byrd Park yesterday, as he
watched the new auto Are engine shoot
double stream halfway across the
lake. 1t was part OF the testing pro-
gram which had been going on all
day' and witnessed By the leading ON
clals OF the Richmond Fire Depart
ment and fire experts from neikhDo--
ing cities The engine was subjected
10 rigid tests, involving speed, pres
su.e, general efficiency and hill-ciimb-
Ing ability, and. in the opinion OF men
who have made a study Of the Arc.
nghting problem. is all that the maxi
ers claim for II, and then some These
assert as that u is the most formidable
nre-hgh ting device ever designed. and
Is the larges, auto -ng!ae al pr.ssnt
In use in this country
FIRST came the nill-cl!mb.ng test ar
aeadquarters. Tenth and BroaJ Streets,
Twenty htth. down twenty afth 70
; main' - up P- Main to Governor street,
Street viaduct. then on Broad from
Twenty-irst to Twelfth, then down
TTeoveInor to Main and up Main to
Th h!rd ' stIse 10 No, : ensine house on
Sraee- section OF the city corid
hardly have been selected which wo,,iJ
haye MADE greater demands on the
hill climbing ability OF the engine than
this one.
Ran at High Speed.
Although tho minimum requirements
we'e d speed OF eighten miles an hour.
me engine averaged we'll over that
while carrying load OF eighteen men
and the regular amount Of equipment.
. IN the speed test, which followed al
nue.. from Robinson Street. and AS r.es
from that point to Lombardy s,rar,
ana return TO the starting place.
S xeIena9 OF thh!riy miles an hou. was de-
engine. y"
n,d pgmp!Pg and endurance tests ,,ok
Lake In pumping from open wafer
on the east bank OF tho lake. and using
resu!ati ZION one and one-halt tnch
sur sIra'e q. , me b engine DEVELOPED pes
a stream OF water zoo feet INTO he
lake at the rate OF e6i gallons to lie
minute minute. an An endurance test 'el!oret.
through regular fire. lengths o: hose
Tor two hours at a stretch The last
Sest VA, was working from :, regulation
Boulevard and pumping from low
pressure. Every trial was closely
watched BY expert FIRE oMc!als. Who
aeciared themselves entirely satisfied
With the behavior OF the c!tys newest
Among those present al the tests
CHE, Raffo. l. Jones' sy and cAa ssjstant
Taylor. OF the Richmond Fire He7art-
ment. Mayor d. c. Richardson. Chief
X. F. McLaug him. of the Norfolk Fire
Department: Chief e V. FARLEY OF
the Petersburg Fire Department; Chief
w. +. Booker, OF the Staunton Fire
Department.; DR. F. s. Nen, OF the
stanton Fire Committee. j. w. Emer-
son, OF St Louis. and I. 6. Nichols. Of
Staunton.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-16
BUSINESS PEOPLE
WANT DOCK OPEN
Chamber Committee to Hold
Conference With City Attor-
ney This Afternoon.
MAY LOSE STEAMER LINE
Failure of Owners to Repair
Gate Still Causes Loss
to Shippers.
nay LOSE STEAMER LINE

The Chamber OF Commerce commit
tee on Inland trade will hold a con-
ference this afternoon at o'clock
with the City Attorney to ascertain
what legal or other obstacles lie In
the way of having the gates of the
Richmond dock repaired immedia tely.
and also TO determine II II Is not pos
sib!e to make some arrangement by
which the water line between this city
and Petersburg can be operated:
The cha ndb or recently asked the
State Corporation Commission to fix
the earliest possible date for hearing
petition presented by the City At
torney IN reference to the present
condition OF the dock. being advised
by counsel that this was the only
course to be pursued on account of the
legal rights involved. The situation
has reached such stage that the
chairman Of the inland trade commit
tee thinks 1t proper to call the meet
Ing, so that both the City Attorney
and the patrons of the Petersburg line
may be heard.
The boat line which formerly was
has been forced. FOR the time being, to
discontinue Its service. For while
the wharf at Rockets was utilized
but the distance was such that the
patrons were discourage d from con-
tinuing their patronage
AS there is danger from these cir
cumstances OF the line being perma-
nenuy discontinued, an effort will be
made to-day to Induce the former
pense in hauling to Rockets tempo
rarily, so as to encourage its contin-
uance until the dock can again be
placed in service
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-16
NEW JUDGE SITS
IN CHESTERFIELD
Judge Watson Relieved This
Week Because of Father-in-
Laws Serious Illness.

". T. Tinsley, father-in-law of
Judge Walter A. Watson, is seriously
~ at his home at Forest Hill. Mr..
Tinsiey is eighty-seven years of age,
and has been in feeble health for some
time His condition became more Sc
rlous yesterday morning, and little
hope of his recovery. because of his
advanced years, Is entertained by his
family and friends. Mr.. Tinsley has
long long been prominent in Virginia al
The fact that his condition was re-
garded as critical was reported Off
cially to Governor Mann yesterday,
and after long distance telephone
conversation the Governor designated
Judge j. +. West, of Waverly, to hold
part of the Chesterfield term of court
Tor Judge Watson. Several important
cases are on the docket. and II is ey-
pected that Judge West will sit
throughout the week
Judge Watson had already an
nounced that the Beattie murder case
would be taken up on Monday next
but the continued illness OF his father
in-law may cause a postponement
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-16
TAX EXPERTS TO
TALK ON TAXES
Big Program Announced for In
ternational Conference Here
in September.

Preliminary programs of the Fifth
International Conference on State and
Local Taxation. which convenes at
the Jefferson Hotel September SIS are
out. and afford an idea of the scope
and Importance OF tho meeting. Ten
committees are named which will sub
NIT reports. Scarcely a department of
public taxation will be left untouched.
Special reports will be heard upon tax
laws passed by the different State
Legislatures during the current year
"a feature of the convention which
will attract the notice OF Legislators
and lawyers throughout the country.
In attendance at the convention will
be some OF the most eminent authori-
ties In the world on questions of tax
administration and public finance.
While the list of thoxe who will be
present is not compete at this date,
1t is safe TO say that the convention
nres In the field Of taxation and po-
iitical science. The personnel in
cludes Governors, premiers. Secretaries
Of State. Attorney Generals. Chancel-
sioners. college and university presi-
dents. professors of economies. bank
officials and members OF the Interna-
toinal Tax Associa ton.
In addition to the discussion of
purely State tax administrat ton, there
Will be papers and addresses on public
accounting. taxation OF railroads, tax
eton OF corporations, and other ques-
s.n., ~ Pup'!c economies. IN :
yitations have been extended to stu
dents of public taxation throughout
the country to attend and the lead
Ing railroad lines of the country will
be represented by their attorneys.
One of the important addresses of
the convention will be delivered by
President Allan Ripley Foote. of the
International Tax Association, who
WIN speak on Railroad Taxation" a
subject TO which he has devoted years
of research and investiga ton. He is
SAID to have worked out a system
OF RAILROAD taxation which eliminates
many OF the Objectionable features of
the one in use. The Man viii he
followed with much interest by the
tendance. -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-16
.HOOKWORM CASES
ARE TREATED FREE
Daily Routine of Dispensaries
Will Be Followed in Lunen-
burg County.

Free examination. free advice and
free medicine for all the Leopie of Lu-
nenburg county within reach of certain
points. who have hookworm or who
might possibly be infected. are being
given this week. Dr. w. A Picker
and DR.. II. G. Tarter. agents of the
State Health Department for the work
OF the Rockefeller Sanitary Commits
sion, are meeting regular appointments
each day. and will continue 10 do SO
until September S. BY that time It is
believed the section of the county be-
Ing covered will be free OF the disease.
Dr. Allen w. Freeman, the State
Health Commissioner, after giving
months of time to the fight against
the disease. determined upon the course
of administering treatment without
charge TO all who would come and get
It,
- Plnces and Dates.
The dates, with the dispense ries, arc
as follows:
acknowledgements "A. 81 and IS and
September 4. at Salem Graded School
Observation-Disclosures Is, % and 20 and
September 5, at kenbridge
Observation-Disclosures l6 and so. at
1nge's Store; August % and September
6. at billiards. Post-Ofce.
Observation-Disclosures II. "a and 81 and
September z, at Dundas.
Fridays-August IS and % and Sep
TENDER and S. at Haskinss POST
Office; also at Hollydale Post-Ofice.
Every Saturday and Sunday at South
Hill.
Hours at Salem will be IL NJ. to
p. NJ; at Inge's Store, 10 A. NJ. to 3 p.
M; at Haskins's. A. NJ. to ~ NJ; at
Hollydale. to 4 p. NJ. Other places.
all day.
The object in return visits is TO give
additional doses and differing treat
ment when found necessary. in case
and to get all the people informed and
Interested
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-16
ALDERMEN HAD No
GRIST IN HOPPER
Not Quorum All Right, but
Work Was Delayed by
Common Council.

Failure OF the Common Council to
Eecure a working quorum, otter two
attempts, provided few matters for
consideration by the Board OF Alder
men last night Twenty-one of the
twenty-four members OF the Board
were present, but the meeting was tho
briefest on record. The Board con-
CURED with the lower branch in the
following measures:
Resolution directing the Building
Inspector, the Plumbing Inspector and
the Electrical Inspector to supervise
erection of the new Madison and Buch-
anan public school buildings.
Resolution adopting the profiles and
grades OF about sixty streets in Wash
ington Ward opening the way for eX-
tens!ve improvements.
Resolution allowing the First Ma
tionai Bank Corporation 10 close part
Of Ninth Street, pending building oper-
stions. and 10 string, temporary over
head wires in the underground district
for electric building HOSTS.
for ANN ammo mi liquor, a bi-product
of the Gas Works. for two years.
Award of contract 10 the Standard
Oh cGmpany for l;s'c;eoo Saai9ns Of
gas o.! aen ,oF p .ne g eIS 'as 'FNS at
Allowing Woodland Heights to use
city water under aerta!n conditions.
Allowing S. H. Campbell TO erect a
two-story brick stable. 1916 East
Allowing John A Huscheson to
maintain stable at the northwest
corner OF sixth and Cary Streets
On recommendation of the Commit
tee on Light, ton-day furlough was
granted to such laborers at the Gas
Works who are employed every day in
the year
On recommendation OF the Commit
tee on Ordinance, Charter and Reform.
second hand merchants were directed
TO report 70 the chief OF police pur-
chases of clothing and ieweIry before
Offering the same for sale.
Approving compromise of claim Of
the Richmond Fire Department against
the Virginia Railway and Power Com
pany for injury 10 Ere apparatus by
collision with street car At Madison
and Main Streets for s237.15.
On roll sail. Mr.. Nielsen had referred
20 the Committee on Ordinance, Char
tie, and Reform an ordinance making
additions 10 the FIRE limits or brick
district OF the city.
Under suspension OF the rules. Mr..
Grimes secuted an appropriation Of
se5 to complete the park keepers
house in Marshall Square.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-16
FER TIL|zER N { n
HE AvILY FINED
Goods Found Below Guarantee.
Seed Dealers Are Cited for
Prosecution.

Fines imposed on manufacturers OF
fertilizers by Commissioner Koiner, OF
the Department OF Agriculture, together
with publication of the analyses of
their products in the bulletins OF tho
department, are expected to make the
delinquent concerns much more careful
as to the disposition of their goods in
Virginia a fine of $500 on one firm
and one of S2l5 on another have just
been levied and paid. These large
amounts. based on the statute, indicate
that the fertilizers purchased by large
users were found to be below the stand
ard OF registration.
Samples of fertilizers are drawn by
the inspectors OF the department. or
they may be sent in by the farmer him
self. Each brand is registered. to show
the minimum of each crop making in
gredient guaranteed to be found. II
the shortage OF any such ingredient
amounts TO per cent. the manufac-
turer is fined five times the value of
the shortage; If IT. IS 10 per cent be-
low, the fine is twenty-five times the
value of the material which is missing.
The amounts thus realized are sent
to the purchaser, If he is known. but
frequently there is no way to trace
the ultimate consumer Samples are
drawn from large shipments. and when
the analysis has been made the ferti-
lizer has been distributed. in all prob
ability, among ii number of users, and
1t is impossible to trace them.
Another law which Commissioner
Koiner is making an especial effort TO
enforce Is that providing for the in
spection of agricultural seeds, which
was passed by the last Legislature.
Mr.. Koiner has just cited six instances
where seeds marked standard" were
found to be below the mark to the at
torneys for the Commonwealth in the
counties and cities where the sale took
place. 1t is the duty of the local off,
GERS to prosecute.
1t Is felt that an amendment to the
law is needed prohibiting entirely the
sale of seeds which fall below a stand
ard to be fixed In that case brands OF
seeds w-uld be registered. as is now the
case with fertilizers.
Timothy seed. which is required to
have 90 per cent. of terminating quail
tiles, was found to have but Q per
cent in q recent examination. The
fine is not more than 500 for each
sale or offer TO sell :.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-16
CRASHES INTO OMNIBUS
Heven Negroes Injured in Collision Between
Shifting Engine and Omnbus.

Seven negroes were more or less injured.
though none seriously. al i:20 o'clock yes.
ierdny afternoon when a shifting engine 0;
the Chesapeake an6 Ohio Railway struck
or omnibus OF the Richmond Transfer Com
peny, partly wrecking Il and throwing tho
occupants out. The omnibus was conveying
party from the Southern Railway Station
TO the Byrd street Station when the COLT
zion occurred NJ Etnth and Canal Streets
The occupants o; the vehicle were scat
tered IN all directions and Il was thought
city ambulance called and DR.. Crowgei
responded, He found that the chief injuries
he'd been caused by dying Elast and sp!ln-
tered wood The injured were Charles Rich.
hrdson OF ioi East Cary Street. driver: w
6. Fields. % C!arksvii!e; Caroline Fields
OF the same place; Lena Christian. OF 7ie
George Street, Baltimore: Alexander Cooper
ell o: Chase CITY
The engine was in charge OF Conductor ]
". Mason, and j z, Eu5ank was engineer
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-16
PUT DETECTIVES
ON TRAIL OF CODE
Printing Committee Finds An
other Example OF Slow Work,
for Which City Pays.
STARTED THREE YEARS AGO
City Attorneys Labors Wasted
by Failure to Get Volume
From Printers.
STARTED THREE YEARS AGO

co What has has become become, of the :, new city
Printing and Claims debated the mat
Boschen wanted TO get out search
warrant. Chairman Atkinson wanted
TO call in the detective department.
matter was one that should be handled
with due care and deliberation-lh
which no hasty step should be taken.
without few months of considera
City Attorneys office asking that de-
partment TO make an inquiry.
Incidentally. .hc city has bill for
insurance on the printed and unbound
sheets of the volume which have been
In storage at the bindery fo- the great
er part of n year. Some ore suggested
that the title page be reprinted. so as
to show that the volume was a joke
not to be taken seriously.
Work Started Three Yenrs Ago.
Three years ago the city Council.
by joint resolution. directed the City
Attorney to codify city ordinances and
reviee and bring down to date the code
opportunity presented. and was almost
completed at the time of annexation
Of Manchester, April is, 1910 City
omendm ents and changes should be in
term OF Council and the amendments
were inserted. the code being revised
having taken. office on September l.
1910. Since August 81, 1910. the city
has has been making an utterly, vain eff
nrr1 to, to have I'VE one-voiume law book
special committees have been appoint
ed; the Council has gravely debated
the ma tier; the Board OF Aldermen has
considered It. the Mayor has made II
the subject of mention In messages:
but no one has yet seen a printed copy,
though eleven months and fifteen days
hay have elapsed The full year will in
and the mmchheralded new City Code
o! 1910 VIII have been amended In al
most every chapter before 1t comes
TON the S cato prnns com5anv ~ oset
the protest of some Councilmen that
that frm did not have the machinery
, 10 handle 10. the work A fire followed;
m!ttee as UNIT for use, and had to be
reset.
Others Take Contract.
Finally the Capitol Company Jailed.
and the contract was taken over by
Sin Brothers. who had been doing the
ucally all OF the code was set and
printed IN sheets many months ago.
Notwithstanding the delays, and the
in he h hnTs sn Of
& Smethie. Gill Brothers say that
they have not been furnished copy for
the index. The City Attorneys office
says that the copy was furnished long
ago and that the proof was SO bad
that much OF the work had to be done
over: There Is no promise when the
code Will be Issued. and the Commit
tee on Printing and Claims. which has
the work In charge. admits that II is
all at sea. Members OF tina committee
are reluctant to admit that the city OF
Richmond cannot secure so small a
thing, as few hundred pages Of print
ing In twelve months: but so the rec
ord stands. The comrittee-which, by
the way, has consistently failed of a
quorum at every meeting since early
in June until yesterday afternoon
says 1t is willing to turn the lob of
city printing over TO anybody who
will undertake It.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-16
GOES TO LOWEST BIDDER
Wnter Committee Awards Contract for
Centrifugal Pmmn.

Centrifugal Pump.
Bids were opened by the Council
noon and contrac. awarded to Harry
P. Ellis, Jr,, for a centrifugal water
pump for the Lee District stundpipe
service. The bid price was s3.134Io.
and the city to install 1t under super
vision OF an engineer OF the bidder
Other bids were: r. o. Wood & Com
pany, si.s25: bravo Doyle Company,
s4,567. Chairman Mills expressed the
view that the price secured was an ex-
ceptionally low one-ln fact, much
lower than a former bid on the same
pump when It had been proposed that
plete. All bids have heretofore been
prices
The request OF Director E y. Eze-
kiei. of the settling basin, for a motor
cycle was tabled
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-16
Candidates NJ Picnic.

All candidates and many voters OF
Henrico county Will congrecate at
Varina High school this morning for
the farmers picnic. which Will Begin
mere IN the early hours and continue
throughout the day There viii he
plenty 10 eat and drink. while those
aspiring for Office win endeavor 10
Furnish food for thought
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-16
Fined for Shedding.

Don Register was fined $40 in the
County Magistrates Court yesterday
for exceeding the speed limit in his
automobile on the Seven Pines Road.
The several witnesses were not sure
as TO his exact speed but all were
positive that he had violated the law.
Register took an appeal.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-16
REPLY FROM MONTAGUE
Will Give Out Statement Regarding Eliyson
Inierniexx

Interview.
II atated yesterday at the headquar-
tors OF the Virginia Democratic League that
former Governor Andrew Jackson Montagu
w!ll make reply 10 the interview published
sunday from Lieutenant Governor ]. Taylor
Eiiyson commenting on the address OF the
former Governor delivered in stanton on
Friday night. In the Interview referred to
Mr.. Ellyson produced letters intended to
show that Mr.. Montague feared Republican
success some years after the campaign OF
1881. when he says there was longer
rear OF negro domination.
The reply OF Mr.. Montague will be reless-
ed for publication In tho. newspapers to-
morrow morning