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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-08
ROANOKE COUNCIL
TURNS DOWN PURCHASE
LOT THAT BROUGHT $500 A FEW
YEARS AGO CHANGES HANDS
At acA. OO0

ROANOKE, VA, Feb. s.-FolIowing
which at it's meeting Monday night
fatty turned down the proposition to
purchase the beautiful Terry property
for site for a new public building,
play grounds and park. II is announced
that the city's option on the place ex-
pires March LIST. and those having con-
troll OF the property say that Roanoke
IL out OF 1t, so far as having any fur
h Mr. sh n E who the R Hses ,o,a
to John r. Bear. residence and lot.
corner Of Jefferson street and Taze-
we'll avenue. for $4,000, says that a
few years .s .,,,, ne !, paid AID. 500 for the
He was offered two other lots In the
same vicinity for the same money, but
he did not take them. In buying the
property. Mr.. Bear did not take the
the lot. n IL nj q corner that stands
in direct line with development. and
while now outside the business dis
trict. Will In few years. become a
markAbi0 growth IL eivQuently Illus
trated in this transaction. In many
respects II IL the most sensational sale
that ever has been recorded here. And
Mr.. Bear has got the worth Of his
This summer the Jefferson theatre
viii be remodeled. Entering upon it's
career about year ago. It has had phe-
nomenal success, hundreds OF people
being turned away every night. Under
plane OF Improvement. Il win have a
seating capacity OF 1900.
David Il, Hrumhaugh,. thirty eight
years old. son Of Mr.. David Brumbaugn.
81 Roanoke county, died Saturday In
Dayton, Ohio. The body has heen
brought here and will be buried At the
family home.
Robert I.Awreuce, the negro who
forged thrAe chAchS on u. A. Ball and
attemptsA " pasA than on PsArnali
MCGOWAN CompaAY, Z. = Irby au4 H
~ lAnGAen. Aas baeA indtctpN NJ xhs
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-08
FENCE MAY KEEP
"LAMBS" OFF STREET

NEW YORK. February s.-Because
he had discovered that under the pres-
ent city ordinances pigs must not an.
croach on Broadway. Mayor Gaynor
wants the code revised. The Mayor
says that many OF its other provisions
are obsolute and the aldermen are now
considering revisions. The particular
paragraph to which Gaynor takes ex-
ceptfon is the following:
All outside and boundary fences ana
all fences erected on the lire OF any
public road. street lane or avenue n,
the borough Of Manhattan shall 81
at least five feet high and SUM ient ~
prevent the encroachments OF cattle.
sheep and hogs as well as other AMI
mails"
The Mayor remarked that II this was
enforced even lambs" would be kent
out OF Wall Street.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-08
PLANS BIG FAIR
FOR PETERSBURG
COUNCIL MAKES An APPRoPRIA-
TIoN or $4,000 TO MEET
EXPENSES.
POLICE SIGNAL SYSTEM
ACTION DEFERRED WHILE MAT
TER BEING Considered
LARGE TOBACCO.
SALES.
POLICE SIGNAL SYSTEM

(SpSeial to The Richmond Virginian.)
PETERSBURG, VA, Feb. S.---At a
meeting of the common council Tues.
day night. the recommendation of the
finance committee that $4,000 be APP
propriated for the agricultural fail
for Petersburg was passed despite
considerable opposition. The matter
of selection OF signal police system
was delayed thirty, days and a spe-
cial committee was appointed to act
In conjunction with the board of po'
lice commissioners to make selection
OF the system and selection of bids
A letter from Mayor Cameron urg
ing the appointment for the city OF
a building Inspector. signal service
men for the police and more patrol
men. The letter was received ant
recorded.
Reports were made from the vari'
Gus city officers. the auditor. treasu
FER. police justice, market clerk, city
physicians and almshouse supervisor
A resolution providing for the sale Of
$4,000 city bonds was adopted.
Considerable minor matters relat-
, ing to sewer. light and street Inn
provements were passed upon
Large Tobacco Sales.
The sales OF loose tobacco in Peters
| POUNDS. Prices ranged according L
quality from Sc TO s35 per hundred
pounds.
The Methodists of Petersburg ar,
| planning great missionary rally Il
| be held on Sunday, February 10. IL
all their churches. 1t is expected Il
| have three of the prominent bishop!
| OF the church present-Bishops Hoss
| of Tennessee; Cancer, of Georgia
| and Denny. of Baltimore.
Raising Church Funds.
During the second day OF the whirl
| wind campaign at the Washington
Street church the grand total of fund.
raised amounted to $2.633. Thu
brings the amount promised for the
two days of the campaign to $3.50.
Letters to the church from former
pastors congratulating them upon tn,
campaign were received. among then
being one from DR.. w. @. Starr. DIR
j. B. Wtnn and Rev. Fred X. Cher,
nault.
Funeral OF Mrs. Cramer.
The funeral of Mrs Myrtle b.. Cram.
er took place Tuesday afternoon al
$3.50 O'Clock form the residence or
halifax street and was conducted b,
Rev. Fred w. Moore. pastor of tht
Second Baptist church. The inter.
mensssWas made in Blandford Gene
terry. The pail bearers were the fol.
| lowing: MeEsrs Jesse p. Stephenson
J. j. Gardner, 3. w. Matthews, F. b
Mayton. James r. Baldook. and A
| NJ. McCalley.
The funeral OF William Alvin Mark.
was held Tuesday at $3.50 O'Clock from
the Ettrfck Methodist church and wa.
conducted by Rev. George w. Wat.
kins. Messrs. F. l.. Allen. r.. p
Browder, l.. E. Madeira, q. L. PSrkin.
son. V. l.. Mann. and /. r. Bowman
acted as pail bearers. Interment was
made in Blandford.
| To Keep Old Players.
| Manager Busch of the PETERSBURG
club has not signed up yet any new
| players. 1t Is probable that FIVE OF
the old team will appear on the loca,
diamond this season: Hamilton ant
| Hannifan, pitchers; keliher, frs
baseman; Kirkpatrick at second. ant
Booze at third. Busch the manage
will play shortstop.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-08

bread complexion and has all the ear
marks of 4 criminal
He has already served a term in
the penitentisry for house breaking.
remarked the court, again apologizing
| to the jury.
Mr.. Foikes suggested 5000 bond
| for good behavior for six months
and when Jenkins was unable to furn-
ish II he went back to Jail.
Jenkins Is alleged to have stolen
sixty pounds of coffee from Chesa-
peake and Ohio car on December 18th
last. He was caught later with the
goods on him. but he said they were
given to him by John Brown, a one
legged negro, now serving jail sent
ence for implication in the robbery
Policeman Jennings nabbed Jenkins
| as he was entering grocery store
with the coffee for the PURPOSE OF
selling H.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-08
NEGRO, FREED BY JURY
IS SENT BACK TO JAIL
Walter Jenkins Ex-convct, Charged With Car-Beaking
Required to Furnish Bond for Good Behavior and
is Halted as Hurries From Court

Hold on there, don't let that fell
low get way" called Judge Witt from
his bench in the hustings courtkWed-
nesday morning
Bring him back" cried States At
tqrnes Folkes. re-appearing in court
after stepping out for few moments.
You don't know that fellow as we
do" remarked Judge Witt turning to
the jurors in the box who had just
brought in verdict OF acquital in
the case of Walter Jenkins, q negro,
charged with car breaking
We can't think of letting thai man
go without putting him under bond. Z"
observed Mr.. Folkes. az court bailifY
brought Jenkins back form the rear
section of the court room where he
was nabbcd in his hurried exit to
freedom.
jenkins again faced the court. He
is low browed negro with ginger
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-08
WoMAN'S AUXILIARY
FOR SUFFOLK Y. NJ, C. A.

Especial to The Richmond virginian. ,
SUFFOLK, VA. Feb. s.-At q
meeting OF the newly formed wo-
mans Auxiliary OF the Y. M. C. A.
yesterday afternoon . constitution and
bylaws were adopted. Names were
placed in nomination for the vari-
Gus Offices. these persons to be voted
on at a meeting to be held on next
Monday night. The purpose OF this
auxiliary and the Young Ladies'. Club,
which has been recently organized, Ii
to aid in every way the work OF the
Y. NJ. c. A. in Suffolk.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-08
NICHOLAS ARRANGED
ON MURDER CHARGE
PRISONER ARRAIGNED IN PO-
LICE COURT HAS BEEN IN
DICTED BY GRAND JURY.

James Calvin, or Cabell, alias James
Nicholas, alias James Stephenson.
was arraigned in Police Court charged
1909. The prisoner was arrested In
Wheeling. where he was living under
the name of James Stephenson. He
admitted his identity.
EYahS was killed in a pool room
row, in self defense. according to the
prisoner. He has been indicted by
the February grand jury.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-08

was rendered the bridal party and .
large number Of friends.
DIR. Harrison il q native Of vir-
gfnia and graduate of the Univer-
sity OF Virginia, but practices his pro-
fessioii in New York. His wedding ID
of much interest In Richmond So
ciety.
The young couple left for q South.
ern bridal tour, after which they will
be at home in New York.
Northumberland
A quiet wedding took place at the
Randolph Street parsonage on Tues
day night FEBRUARY 7th, at s O'Clock
when Miss Amy Cochran OF Rich
mond became the bride of Mr.. Allan
r. Mccormack. also OF Richmond.
The ceremony was performed BY the
Rev. w. Il. Robertson. pastor Of the
Randolph Street Baptist Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mccormack Will re-
side at Ills South Lombary Street
personals.
Mr.. Warner Forsythe arrived in
Richmond Tuesday having been call
ed home by the illness Of his father,
DR.. Robert A. Forsythe.
Miss Hattie Holcombe, who has
been the guest of friends here Tor
several weeks and was much inter-
tanned, Is now visiting In Greenville,
N. c.
Miss Virginia Beulding. or Alex
andria came to Richmond for treat
ment- She was accompanied by her
brother-fn-law, DIR. Bergman Green.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Drinard and
children have returned from Pines
vile, N. c., where they pad been to
attend. the funeral OF Mfs. Drinards
sister, Mrs. s. L. Manson.
Mrs. Lawton Crutehfield and son
are house guests of Mrs. James f,
Mulcare In Rhode Island avenue
Washington ID. c.,
Miss Nellie Robinson. of Abingdon,
is the guest of Mrs. Pelham Black
ford at 1872 North Linden Street.
Mrs. Junius Morris and Miss Eliza
beth Kink are spending some time In
New York
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-08
Mrs. Roberts Sues for Divorces.

NTs' hoDefts Sues 1Or D1vOsce.
Especial to The Richmond virginiAnD
SUFFOLK, VA. Feb. 8.---A sutt was
filed yesterday In the Circuit Court
OF the city OF SUFFOLK by Mrs. Mamie
Lee Roberts through her attorney.
John r. P&nner. The object or this
suit IL to obtain = divorces BY the
plaintiff. Mr. Mamie. L&s R0hsrta
from the hsfenAant. K4Ank DH1ey Rob
erts. DSeer1ien n aaisgsA M I'M
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-08

Especial to The Richmond virgfnian.)
SUFFOLK. VA. Feb. Stafford
l. Lewis, well known politician in
Suffolk. qualified yesterday in the
city clerks Office as justice Of the
peace for the Fourth WARD. Mr..
Lewis was Harry l.. Maynard's cam
paign manager In the primary Of last
August.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-08
TOO MUCH SUGAR;
MORE HEADS FALL

WASHINGTON. Feb. S.--The house
cleaning in which collector of customs
Loeb has been engaged at the port
of New York following the sugar
fraud expose Is believed to have neared
completion to-day when 1t was an
nounced at the treasury that two more
inspectors and two assistant weighers
had been removed for alleged COM
-plicity in the sugar troubles. They
are.
Inspector Franklin p. Davis and
Malcolm Is. Myer and assistant weigh
ers Martin Sklarz and William j..
Walsh.
Paxt0n-Dyche.
STAUSToS. VA, February Sc
Vernon Paxton and Miss Mabel Dyche.
daughter of Mrs. r.. Il. Dyche. were
married Monday night at the Second
Presbyterian church manse by the pas
'ter, Rev. WIN. Scott, d. p. 49,.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-08
Attractive Iuncheons.

Two very attractive luncheons were
given at he Country Club Wednesday
afternoon. Miss Martha Robinson
and Miss Katherine Hagan were the
hostesses.
Miss Robinson's party occupied six
small tables in the main dining room.
which were arranged with jonquils
and yellow tulips. Luncheon follow
ed bridge game.
Miss Hagan entertained in honor
of Miss Lily Keim. of Edgewater
Park, n. j.; Miss Anne Blanche
Brown and Miss Jones, of Washing
ton, d. C. Covers were laid for twelve,
and decorations we're Of white tulips,
tied with bun and blue gauxe.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-08

Mrs. Iawton Crutchfield and son
are house guests of Mrs. James f..
Mulcare In Rhode Island avenue
Washington ID. c.,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-08

Miss Nellie Robinson. of Abingdon,
is the guest of Mrs. Pelham Black
ford at 1872 North Linden Street.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-08

Mr. and Mrs. c. r. Drfnard and
children have returned from Pines
vile, N. c.. where they pad been to
attend. the funeral OF Mfs. Drinard's
sister, Mrs. 8. l.. Manson.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-09-14
ESCAPED LUNATIC FOUND
Leon DoIInrd, who Fled from Brnttle-
boro, Discovered In Rutland ny
Jesse Young.

Rutland. Cept. Leon Dollard, who
escaped from the Brattlehoro retreat
about two weeks ago and whose where
ahouts have since been unknown was
captured here this morning about four
o'clock bv Policeman Jesse Young. His
identity was not learned until the retreat
had been communicated with some hours
later by Chief OF Police r. c. Ellsworth
and arrangement was mnde to take him
back tomorrow morning.
The officer became auspiciou. when ne
Jaw n strange man pokine around at 30
early an hour in the morning In debris
left in the gutter from the carnival the
night previous, and began to question
him The man would not tell his name.
but 1t was discovered that he was
familiar with the town OF Brattleboro
and the officer surmised that he was an
escaped lunntlc HIS pockets contained
scraps Of vegetables and meat. and other
queer things. II has been discovered that
he Ia the man who broke into the house
OF Mr.. and Mrs. 8. c. Dorsey here We'd
nesday night, turning household things
topsy -turvy, but stealing nothing.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-09-14

masts OF the wire screen type Will be
installed, and there will be two fun
nels between them.
The arrangement OF the New York's
great turrets has seen approved by
some Of tho hest battleship designers
and CONSTRUCTIVE in Europe, and 1t was
said Mt the navy yard the other day
that Grent Britain Is expected to FOL
low the plan OF arrangement In the
now drcadnoughts she Is about TO lay
down. While the Argentine dread
noughts OF the Rivadevia type will h.
larger in tonnage displacement THAI
will the New York, tho difference in
size Is go small as 10 make them prac-
tically Of equal strength. The New
York will have normal displacement
Of $1,000 tons, which Is just 500 tons
loss than the displacement cf IN"
Rivadavia,
In addition 10 her main battery or
14-inch guns. the New York will MISC
carry u fvc-inch guns. four three
FOUNDERS. two two-p FOUNDERS. two ma =
chine, md two three-inch field guns.
She will also he ftted with four 81
inch submerged torpedo tubes. She
will be quadruple screw vessel. f1tted
with the latest type of Parsons tur-
in the I.usitania and Mauretania and
her contracts call for a speed Of 81
knots an hour Shc is expected to BIO
well on tho way TO completion by
January Of 1913
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-09-14
GUILTY Of MURDER and
DOOMED TO DIE IN CHAIR
THE jury has found you
guilty in the first degree and

THE jury has found you
guilty in the first degree and
therefore your life is forfeited
and the judgment of this court
is that on November "a you be
delivered into the custody of
the superintendent Of the peni-
Tertiary, and that between the
hours Of sunrise and sunset
your life shall be extinguished,
and may God have mercy on
your soul. Judge Watson.
Let that man 60 free, what,
let that man 60 free? Why, the
motherhood Of Virginia, the
womanhood Of this nation will
shudder in terror as the secur-
ity OF its life is threatened. Let
this man 20 FREQ? The man who
basked in the degraded SUM-
shine Of another woman while
at his home a young wife nurs-
ed his child? Gentlemen, I
merely ask you in the name Of
justice to do your duty
Prosecutor Wendenburg.
Il haven't lost yet, father. y
Henry Beattie, Jr.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-09-14
STRAIGHT ADVICE.

A correspondent who has been much en-
tertain~d by the stories lawyers have told
II. sends In this incident from his own
experience;
"A farmer friend Of mine went to all
attorney at the county seat, put before
aim the cause of his dispute and asked
him II ne would handle the case. 1 shall!
be glad to- replied the lawyer. We are
sure TO win II. and
80 you really think I have q good
oase7'
why, it's n cinch It's dead open and
shut, can guarantee that I'll get Il YER
dict In your favor
Justly. or by trickery'
Justly and equitably. sir You cant
lose
Thank you for your advice. I amt
soin' to law this time. l guess I've lust
given you the other side O. the case, an
since you're sure u'll win I'd better drop
II, Thanks Jest the same Good morn
ing,"'-Cleveland Plain Dealer,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-09-14
WOMAN g WORLD.
Various Matters of Special Interest to
Feminine Readers.

CRetty Bradeen in Buffalo Enquirer)
Medical science SAYS that alcoholism
is 4 disease. and phlanthropsts who
are especially Interested in drunkards
are racking their brains for means OF
curing them. Rich men can he treated
in high-priced institutions, but poor ones
must be taken care OF and relieved OF
expense So It WIS to hc expected that
farm work would suggest itself as a pos
siblc cure-it IL worth an experiment at
least
Farm life is certainly wholesome. The
work is strengthening to body and mind
and necessitate3 regularity of habits
Also farms are somewhat removed from
temptation. and II the patients are watch
ed as all patients should be, there is
rea. IN to believe that the craving for al
cohol can he starved out. 1t Is generally
conceded that drinking and sociability
are on pretty intimate terms. There are
hard drinkers who would not dream OF
taking a solitary Elas,--they must have
company to make a spree so placing them
where intoxicants were not ID ee Ind
would cause them no discomfort
Statistics state that drunkenness Is
caused in some measure by lack Of prop
err food at homo. Tho man who has
enjoyed meal feels no craving for
liquor. II he Il sure that a good dinner
awaits him Mt home he Is not going to
stop and play by the roadside. unless
he IS in the clutches OF nm alcohol habit.
in which case ne needs treatment ike
any other sick person.
or course there ar. men who drink for
kinds ~ In nd
petite and sociabllity. They drink Ia
drink for spite, perhaps and nre mos,
exaspcrating at such times But they
are not the drunkards who nre worrying
the henrts II charitable men and women
They are merely worrying devoted wives
and loyal children and not whit,
ashamed Of It.
There are plenty Of women who marry
In ignorance OF the bad habits which dis
close themselves later on They never
deserve their fate. The woman who
marries a man TO reform him deserves
what she usually get-neglect. humlia.
ton and general misery. II Is hardly
natural that a man will do for wife
what he will not do for the woman he Is
woolng Certainty makes us all carele.,
and when the law has put an end TO the
chase man feels so very secure that he
sometimes forgets to safeguard his prop.
erty. There have been cases where mar
riagc reformed men, but they are sa rare
that they merely serve to accentuate the
general rule. Reform men and marry
them afterwards, II you hope for peace
OF mind, or better still, marry men who
need no making over
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-09-14
Restaurant Connected with The
alter at Nice Collapses, Kill.
ing II, Injuring 16.
WERE CAUGHT IN A TRAP
Work Was Being Rushed BY
Contractors to Avoid a Fine
Prompt Action to Place
Blame.

Nice France. Sept. s.--The restauran,
connected with the Eldorado, the largest
theatre in Nice. cola psed to-day, burying
a number OF Italian workmen In this
debris Late tonight II dead and Is &C.
vercly injured persons had been taker
from the ruins, by the nremen and sol.
dier-, but II wa. feared that other per.
sons still remained beneath the wreckage.
The building was In course OF reconstruc-
ton. While the cause Of the disaster has
not been definitely ascertained II Is said
that the work wae being hurried by the
contractors. who were liable 20 n heavy
nne for each day they exceeded the con-
tract time for finishing the structure.
The collapse occurred while work was
In fun swing. few workmen heard the
FIRST rendlng OF timbers above them and
leaped to tho street, escaping with slight
injuries Those in the Interior had no
chance 20 get out as the entire roof
collapsed and carried them down be-
nca h il. Tho authorities have ordered an
exrert investigation of the disaster in
the hope OF placing the responsibility for
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-09-14
WORE FALSE FACE
TO HOLD UP BANK
Youth In Musical Comedy Make
Up Tries Robbery but Is
Fooled.
CLERK THOUGHT IT A JOKE
Boy Had Long Auto Coat
Blue Cap and a Bag
Captured BY a
Posse.
CLERK THOUGHT IT A JOKE

Laurel, Md. Sept. S--A youth giving
the name OF Henry jackson Of Yuma,
Arizona, and hi. age as II, attempted
TO hold up the citizens National bank
here with 4 revolver. lie lost his nerve,
however. at tho sight Of another re-
volver in the cashiers hands. and fled
precipitntoly when fired upon. He was
captured several hour. later. The boy
said he beat" his way East from Ari-
IONA and arrived in Washington two
days ago Wandering on to Laurel, he
saw the bank and decided to rob the
bank or kill every man in It,"
Wearing false face" n long automo-
bile coat and blue cap. and carrying
a small bag. he entered the bank shortly
after the opening hours. Drawing a re-
volver he commanded, hands ND" and
thru.tinK the bag at tho receiving tel
Ter. A. l.. Bevan. demanded that he "nll
this baR with money and DO 1t in a
hurry
With hands appraised, Hevnn proceeded
to argue with what he regarded as joke.
but noting the sinister aim OF the pistol,
started to comply with the demand per-
emptorily repeated. The cashier, G.. w
Waters. Jr.. who had heard the CONVEX
sation In a rear room, and had also been
disposed to regard the affair as a Joke.
soon realized that It wa. serious. and
getting revolver and walking In the
main ONCE fred a shot. The would-be
robber dropped mask. cap and bag and
fed through the open door. A posse was
organized but the stranger eluded pursuit
several hours before being captured.
Later the young man confessed that he
was John r. Morgan Of Mojava, Cal.