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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-07

posed line of city boundary and will
be prepared to vote on the proposition
when 1t comes before that body.
Another matter that took up CON
siderable time of council last night
was that of the ordinance relating TO
the collecting of segregated garbage.
The debate on the ordinance was
lengthy and its result was its refer
ence to the finance committee
The ordinance proposes that sep
arate receptac1es shall be provided by
the citizens for garbage and for nom
combustible, such as ashes and COM
huStihle refuse such as paper. fallen
leaves. etc, and that the city street
cleaning department of the additional
bustible to the dumps.
An estimate. sent to council from
the superintendent Of the street
cleaning department or the additional
expense to the city of putting into
operation the provisions of the pro-
posed ordinance is that the new ordi-
nance will entail an additional ex-
pense OF more than $4,000 on the
street department. The cleaning SUI
perintendent specified twenty-four
additional mules. carts and mon,
stated their cost. and declared extra
appropriation would have to be made
before any such new ordinance could
be put INTO erect. HIS StdlcbithA
made several of the members of the
council hesitate. though they debated
his figures.
Clyde Line Wharf. G.
To the utilities committee also was
referred the proposition for the city
to acquire the Clyde Line wharf prop
erty. An ordinance amending the
electric code was adopted. The city
attorney was instructed to acquire
land of the Virginia Railway and
Power company to widen the ap-
proach on the Southside to Mayo's
bridge. An amendment to the or
dinance covering the appointment OF
probation officers and the conduct
of the Juvenile home was adopted.
An appropriation of $500 for the
use of the Church Civic association
in the promotion Of the city's public
Fairgrounds scheme was referred to
the finance committee.
hundred dollars was appropriated
to pay for membership for the city
in the Atlantic Waterways associa-
ton and 5000 to pay the expenses of
Mayor Ainslie and other delegates to
the convention TO be held in Jack
sonvllle.
Numerous matters of new business
were introduced by members of coun-
ell and referred, and several minor
appropriations were made before
council aajaaEHaar shartls -h afosa-
midnight.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-07
LAY CORNERSTONE
Of Y.M. GA. TODAY
FROM FRIDAY esF~
ING To l. ABILITY or VICE
PRFSlrENT TO COME.

PETERSBURG. VA. Oct. 6-The
laying If the CONVERSIONS OF the no"
Y. NJ G. A. building on Union street
viii take place tomorrow afternoon
The ceremonies. which were to have
taken place on las Friday were pos
poned until tomorrow on account OF
the inability Of Vice President Mar
shall to get here on that day.
The ceremonies viii begin nj +
o'clock. At 1890 the Masonic bodies
will arrive. The music will he under
the direction of Miss Jean Greenway
Trirg. assisted by a double quartet.
Vice President Marshall and the re
CepfIon committee, consisting or
Mayor Robert Cabaniss. Harvey s.
seward and William Nj. Martin. VIII
arrive at 2:15- The cornerstone Will
he received by Wallace NJ, Rncker
on behalf Of the Y, NJ, c. A.. as the
chairman Of the building committee
The architect will he represented by
s. DAILY craig.
r. Fl Mann, as master Of ceremo-
mics, will present Mayor Robert Caha-
Miss who will in turn introduce the
speaker Of the day, Hon. Thomas h.
Marshall, vice president of the United
States.
Tho exercises will he closed with
the singing Of America and the
henediction by Rev. George II.
Spooner.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-07
TO STOP SPOON|NG
IN PICTURE SHOWS
COUNCIL ENACTs ORDINANCE
REQUIRING MORE LIGHT
IN THEATERS.

Some amusement was caused In
the council last night with the ap-
pearanee of the ordinance regulating
light in the moving picture ehow
houses of the city. The ordinance
requires there shall be sufficient
light in the moving picture theaters
to prevent spooning Of too ardent
n nature. Some of the moving pic
ture man think the ordinance too
stringent and that putting on too much
light while films are being displayed
will spoil the effect of the pictures.
The ordinance is designed to prevent
Indecent and disorderly conduct in
the moving picture theaters while the
lights are dim and the screen is show
ing the action Of the photoplay.
Councilman Haddon told the mem
bers that he had heard Of things that
are simply scandalous going on in
moving picture theaters and that he
thought such things. moving pic
ture houses and the amount of light
they use. should be regulated.
The ordinance. which puts the city
electrician in charge Of the dstribu-
ton of lights in the several theaters
and gives him the power to regu-
late the amount of light necessary,
was adopted.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-07
P|NKERTON MEN TO
ASSIST THE POLICE

In addition TO the county and city
police at the fair grounds this week
there are eighteen Pinkerton detec-
tives at the state fair 1t was stated
by J. W. Erb, local Pinkerton head,
yesterday. These men know many of
the country's best pickpockets. and
dips" this week Will be kept on the
run.
The advice of the police to leave
valua Dies in safe place is advice
that should be taken by all who go
to the fair.
Thefts reported to the police ycster-
day were those of a wallet contain
Ing sac. a railroad ticket and other
valuahles from w. A. Walker of
Raleigh, N. c.: of ss5 watch and $50
from Fl. w. Sales. of Mosely's juno
ton, and of between SIS and $40 from
Miss NJ. O. Anderson, of 1901 East
Marshall street
The first two thefts reported were
from the person. Walker was robbed
on Broad street between Seventh and
Eighth and Mosely, at 1441 Main
street, whore he had fallen asleep.
Miss Anderson's room was entered
and robbed.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-07
GREATEST MIDWAY DRAWS IT'S
THOUSANDS TO WHERE CROWDS
MAKE MERRY UNDER LIGHTS

tionai as well as OF pass ~ intertst.
Soroco's Deep Sea divers ho'f n nish
place In the latter class ana their
exhibition of deep sea diving, famu'ar
tu many 81 those who y,s-e-'tV III
ternoon and last night th:o..red me
big street of the fair cl'f was nohe
the less of interest.
The auto polo game. which was
played as the finale of the afternoon
free attraction proved conelusively
that there are others who might be
sa folly sent to a Mattewan besides
Harry Thaw. So also did the stunts
Of Crazy Curran. and his dare devil
aggregation of auto drivers, who sent
their cars hurting around the saucer
track on the upper end OF the mid
way The drivers guided their cars
with surprising accuracy even on the
topmost edge Of tho track, and some
times there are not only one of them
i'm the game hut three. Three cars
going at breakneck speed on track
some two hundred feet in Circumfer-
encc, and twenty-seVen feet high,
where the misjudgement TO the slight
est fraction would mean death not
only to themselves hut probably to
the other drivers as well. gave the
spectators thrills plenty
The midway Ia full of thrills and
the Curran company furnished great
portion Of them So also do the mo-
torcyclists who give a performance
similar to that Of the auto drivers
with the exception that they use cycles
instead of fhe cars. In their exhi-
bition the riders go around the track
at such a speed that at most OF the
time their bodies are parallel with
the hit of floor at the bottom of the
pit. A hair breath slip or the de-
Election Of wheel would in their
cnse also mean instant death
Up to late hour in the night adj
ditionAl shows were arriving and by
the time the show opens this morning
every foot of available space will be
taken. II Is thought. Crammed I'M
between the shows fortune tellers and
Curio sellers have erected conces-
sions, wheels Of fortune, or misfor-
tune are whIring merrily or mono
tonuously as the case may be. Ven
ders Of hot dogs. confetti and stream
crs hold forth In all their glory.
Truly 1t Ii great midway and one
which will probably continue to grow
until this afternoon. when the last
of the delayed shows is expected TO
arrive. Briefly summed up, the at
fractions which the management of
the fair Is Offering this year is due
a place in their claim that the entire
show Is bigger and better than ever
before,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-07
RESUME HEARING
RIVER STREET CASES

Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
PETERSBURG, VA, oct. 6.-Judge
Mullen, of the Hastings court, re-
sumed hearing the River street cases
this morning, which are styled city
of Petersburg VS.. j. b. Worth COM
pany and the city of Petersburg VS.
Mary f.. Booth and husband
IL Is expected that the cases will
consume several days attention by
the court, The cases grew out of the
proposed raising of the grade of River
street. The council committee as
sessed the Worth company's damages
at $3.50. and tina Booth damages
at 5000. More substantial damages
will be asked in the case OF each. al
though the question of proper
amount of damages has not yet been
reached in the court proceedings.
City Attorney George Mason is rep
resenting the city and counsel for the
defendants are Plummer and Bohan-
non.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-07
CLAIRVOYANTS MUST
PAY BIG LICENSE

The ordinance assuring the pay
ment of $50 weeklAsiicense by palm
lists, clairvoyants aid fortune tellers,
which had been given the endorse
ment of the board of police commits
sioners. was adopted by the council
last night, after some debate in which
two or three of the councilmen e.,-
pressed themselves as believing for
tune tellers already operating in the
city and Interested in the ordinance
should have right to be heard. The
adoption was by vote of ii to
8. Those who voted against it wanted
it referred to committee before
which palmists and other sorts of for
tune tellers might appear and present
their side of the question. The aim
of the ordinance Is to prevent the
operation of fortune tellers in the city.
The ordinance prohibiting the
hurdy gurdy or street piano. which re-
Gently had become a source of annoy
ance to a number of the residents OF
Richmond. failed Of passage.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-07
ALAN RYAN TEST|F|ES
(Continued from First Page.l

ttbHAinuFa from L iFSL fdSbp
give him money without consulting
Alan A. Ryan.
What amount did he say he would
give?"
"He said he (suizer) wanted $500,
or as much more as he could get
Mr.. McGlone saw Mr.. Ryan later in
the day, and the following day he
again went to see Sulzer.
What did you dor
~ gave him $l0.0o0-~in $1,000
bills"
what did sulzcr dor"
ed It for m. Observation-Disclosures
HE thanked me. lie said he
wanted 1t for his personal campaign"
Mr. McGlone was excused and Alan
Ryan was recalled. He told Of seeing
Suzer at lis Broadway. about a week
before the impeachment trial. "He
asked me TO go TO Washington to see
Senator Root for him" the witness
began, but he was shut off by siren.
uous objections on the part of the
defense. Judge Cullen sustained the
objection.
did he say anything about your
being a witness here2" was the next
question,
Again there was objection and
Judge Cullen said he would allow the
answer il 1t referred 10 a contribu-
ton. Otherwise he would strike II
out.
II asked him." said Mr.. Ryan,
what / would do If | was subpoenaed
before the committee. He said not to
pay any attention 10 the subpoena
because they had no right to call me
He said they did not have the right
TO subpoena ANYONE An-Sa+a- Ae
wanted the trial to be declared lille
gal. He said that the assembly beina
in extra session they had no right TO
Impeach him. He asked me to 20
to Washington
Here Mr. Ryan again was stopped
by an objection.
Did he say anything about trying
to procure someone to influence the
action Of this court?" asked Mr..
StanChfield,
A storm of objections again rose
and Mr. Stanchfeld declared that he
had the right 20 show that an effort
had been made to influence the court
as well as to show that an attempt
was made to influence a witness
Finally Mr.. Ryan was allowed TO
answer, and he made the statement
about Sulzer asking him 10 go to
Washington to see Senator Root and
to ask him about using lbs influence
with William Harnes.
This ended Mr.. Ryan's testimony
and Edward r Meany. n lawyer of
Orange, n J., who some times does
business for the Bell Telephone in
tcrests. succeeded him in the chair
Meany told of making a loan of S1o.-
600 to Sulzer ten days after his nomi-
nation. He had known Sulzer a long
time and had loaned him money be-
fore.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-07


paintings. pen and Ink sketches and
charcoal drawings Miss Nickattl
Johnston daughter Of fr and Mrs
George Ren Johnston. has IA picture
drawn from life Of an old negro mann
my, which shows wonderful talent.
Miss Ellen Bah and Miss Helen Lor~
raine have two paintings from life,
which are among the best pictures
there.
The modelling in clay is very inter
estlng, among some OF the best pieces
being several heads done by Miss Edith
2agiand.
The teliies and preserves are nu-
nerous and artistically put up The
canned fruits and vegetables such as
peaches pears cherries. tomatoes. corn,
peas, beans and Hubbard. are perefect
specimens Of work which in indeed
a real art. and would make any house
keeper who EXHIBITS Them very proud.
Today the pies, cakes. butter. hams
and rnayonaise dressing viii be exhibit
ed. and large and enthusiastic crowds
will gather around the booths Of the
wofnan's department, which ~ by far
one of the most interesting and at
tina Coleman, superintendent of the
woman's department and head of the
arts and crafts OF Richmond. is In
.harge.. and together with her as
sistants is kept busy showing these
beautiful things wrought by the hand
81 woman.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-07
LETS ANNEXATION
CONTINUED from First Page

over the lines Of city limits as drawn
In the ordinance.
Captain Mills ventured the opinion
that ten days time gave the council
men ample opportunity for looking
thoroughly into the matter, stating
that some six or seven months had
been spent by the committee in going
over the situation. He said he
thought any Intelligent body Of men
could digest the ordinance in thirty
minutes
Mr., Fuller and Mr.. Haddon in turn
declared they wanted more than thir-
~ minutes on proposition that re-
CURED six or seven months OF the
time of ii special committee. Mr.. UNI
lauf urged his motion and the amend
ment of Mr., Mills was withdrawn
In withdrawing his motion Mr.. Mills
made new amendment; that the un-
expended balance OF the $500 appro-
priated for the study of the annexa-
ton problem. something like s22b, be
placed at the call of the council to
defray It's expense in going over the
proposed new city bounds
All VIII Be Informed.
Both motion and amendment car
ried. When council meets October
21th every member Will, IL is expect
ed, be fully informed as to just what
territory is to be annexed to the city
OF Richmond Members of the board
OF aldermen also Will go over the pro-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-07
TO FORM JUNIOR
CHAPTER u. D. c..

Especial to The Richmond Virginian J
PETERSBURG, VA, Oct 6.---Pe-
tersburg Chapter. u. ID. c., held an in
teresting meeting in A. +. Hill Camp
hall today. The report OF the late
State convention held in Richmond
was made by Mrs. Richard Il. Davis
and Misses Annie Mann and Virginia
McKenney. Unusual interest was
manifested In the report by the large
number present.
The chapter decided to form
Junior chapter and Mrs. Gordon Bo-
harmon was appointed chairman of a
COMMITTEES to be selected by herself
to superinfend the formation of the
juniors Mrs. W. Pryor Jones, chair
man of the educational committee re-
ported one applicant for the scholar
ship offered by the Petersburg chap
ter In stenography and bookkeeping.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-07
Air sccuta Proved Of Value.

Recent wars have served to sho~
how valuable The air scouts may be
cone In the carrying on OF cam
pAign. Des2,te the fact that Bulgaria
secured many worthless aeroplanss. az
. result. II Is said, Of graft. thoss
which could BE- operated gave valua
BILE information. And at one tina
nearly ali of the 20 aeros assembled
~ Mustapba Pasha were condemned
- unssrviceabls and only three OF
them succeeded In flying. Moreover.
under urgency to secure men 10 haste
many scamp aviators were employed
some Of them receiving $500 q day. and
when their services were needed they
declined to ny on one pretext or an
other. X II reported that ave obso
Iete Bleriots arrived at the Bulgarian
headquarters without motors or gaso
ltns tanks. Yet the planes that could
Nv 6id some valuable work
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-07
THREE NEW MEN N
FIRE DEPARTMENT
COMMISSIONERS ACCEPT REsIG.
NATIONS AND NAME MEN
FROM ELIGIBLE LIST.

Three new members Of the Ere de.
partment of the city of Richmond
were commissioned last night at the
monthly meeting of the fire board.
They were selected from the eligible
list to succeed three members of the
department who resigned. The fire
commissioners were in session about
two hours alst night. much routine
business coming before the board.
The firemen who resigned are Lee
Pietrie, of Truck Company No. a. Il.
f. w. Neumann, of Engine Company
No. II. and l.. l.. Cornell, of Engine
Company No. s.
The men named to succeed them
are w. j. Higgins. +. V. Joyce and
Joseph l.. Johnson. These men so
on duty at once.
The commission concurred tl the
selection Of Mayor Ainslie as dele
gate to the National Fire Prevention
conference in Philadelphia. Mayor
Ainslie goes at the expense of the
fire department.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-07

Once again the midway is In full
swing and the cries of the barkers.
/ the songs Of the painted ladies. the
whistles Of the merry. go round, and
tho hoarseiy offered information that
here is where YOU get your hot dogs.
or your confetti and kindred articles
are adding their din 10 the hundreds
! Of other noises. which e. TO make the
confusion and whirl OF the greatest
street of the fair city.
During the early pat of the day
yesterday the midway, as on all open
ing days was not the most exciting
place in he world In a number Of
places warkmeu were putting on the
finishing touches, or ere citing canvass
for additional shows. ny night. how
ever. tho thorouRhfares assumed the
appearance, which those who annual
" attend the hig show. are fond ~
remeu1 bering. The turning on of the
lights seemed to give new zes' to the
entire street and to quicken the
hearts and the feet Of all on the way.
The Crowds Make Merry.
Hundreds thronEcd out TO do the
shows. upon the conclusion of the free
performances before the erandstand.
and to make merry with the happy-go-
lucky crowd
Several Of the acts on the free
vaudeville program were delayed In
transit yesterday, and could not he
scheduled for the afternoon perform
ance. All Of the various companies
arrived by late trains. however. and
were on the grounds for the evening
performance The troupes are some
'of the best which have played on the
big vaudeville time. and many have
been connected with several of the
largest cirCuses touring the country
with the vaudeville teams were q
number IF tho side shows and these,
too. were DELAYED In opening. Ry
night the midway hlosscmed into a
great white Way with everything 10
attract the siRhtseer. from the daring
feats Of the wild West, riders and the
deep sea divers 10 the most pr0saic
of the freaks
And freaks there are Of every dc
sCriptlnn. There are thu thin met.
the fat ladies and the fatter men, the
bearded women and The lsgiess wo-
man. snake charmers Hindu animal
trainers. and the smallast human and
the littlcst horses in the wo,,l. All
are on the greatest mi lwhv which
has eve been furnished the public
by the state fair
The freaks do not slant alone, by
any means rs there are many of the
so-called s'de shows whit ii ATo edot9-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-07
ALLOWED BOYS To
PURCHASE PADDLES
\. NJ. GOODWIN Is ARRESTED AT
FAIR GROUNDS ON
CHARGE.

The first operator of the wheels of
fortune at the Virginia State fair
grounds to be placed under arrest Is
A. NJ. Goodwin, who was taken into
custody yesterday afternoon on
charge of allowing boys TO play the
game Of chance. The arrest was
made by Deputy Webb w, Sydnor
Goodwin was taken before Magis-
trate Thomas J. Puryear and was
hailed for his appearance before him
today. The man is said to have al
lowed boys with short trousers To pur-
chase paddles, which would win
sum of money should the number on
it correspond with the one pointed to
by the indicator.
The police have been instructed to
keep a watch over the wheels of for
tune to see that no boys are allowed
to buy paddles The next arrest will
mean the conhscation of the wheel
of fortune and the other parapher-
MALTA.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-07
EXHIBITS Of FARM
CONTINUED from First PaKe.1


exhibition OF a large quantity Of bright
leaf tobacco from Sussex county. which
is not recognized as being In ths
bright tobacco belt of Virginia. The
tobacco is undoubtedly the best ever
seen at the Virginia state fair. II was
raised by Van and w j. Harrel. broth
ers, who are formerly of North Car
oIina. but now residents of Jarretta
Sussex county w NJ. Carpenter. OF
Waveriy. also has on exhibition fne
lot OF dark shipping tobacco.
The State tobacco is in charge OF w.
+. Jones, former well known tohac-
co raiser and expert. The booth was
being decorated yesterday and will mot
be ready for opening until this morn
ing. A small quantity of cotton 10 be.
Ing displayed.
In the exhibit from Surry county 10
shown seven varieties of oats. one OF
W hich Is known az Cookers excelsior,
which has been raised exclusively by
the family for the past fifty-five years.
It is now being raised by Otto ".
Cooke
Although alfalfa was not introduced
into the State In any quantity until .
few years ago Its progress Ia shown
by the large amount OF the grass on
exhibit About twenty-five Of the nifty
counties represented are displaying
this product.
Taking the products ms a whole they
are the best ever place on exhibition
at the State fair. The increase In the
number OF counties represented shows
the good OF the farm demonstrAtion
work Each year the number OF ex-
hibits has increased and from present
Indications tho farm Demonstration
will have to be enlarged considerably
by next year.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-07
FIJI school Hoard Vacancies.

PETERSBURG, VA, Oct. at a
meeting on Saturday OF the school
trustee electoral board of Prince
George county vacancies on the board
Of trustees were flled as follows:
Rives DIstrict-R r Reese. elected
to MI the vacancy caused by his own
resignation, position which he has
held for thirtr-three wears
hrandon bistrict--Joseph II Brown,
elected TO MI the vacancy caused by
the resignation of w. r. Figg
The members of the electoral board
Of the county consist Of Common
wealth's Attorney Timothy Rtves. Dis
trtct Superintendents of schools w. w
Edwards and j, o. Faison.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-07
RICHMOND BOY SAFE
IN alaska CYCLONE
NOME rs ALMOST WIPED OUT BY
TERRIFIC STORM--NONE
KILLED,

According to a private geographic
dispatch received in Richmond last
night the. business section az Nome,
Alaska, Was almost wiped out by a
storm which visited that city yester-
DAY.
Rev. Guy u. Christian. an Ispisco-
pal clergyman, stationed at Nome. who
is a Richmond boy, the son of Frank
A. Christian. wired his father last
night to this effect;
safe, though half the business sec
ton washed away in terrific storm"
Mr.. Christian gave no details In his
telegram. but from Geographic dis
patches the storm almost wiped ont
the city, entailing a loss Of ii million
and "a half dollars.
Five hundred houses have been de-
nolished, and many more are falling
under the iashing wind, A two mile
stretch 81 the land next the sea has
been devastated. The electric light
plant and the telephone system were
wrecked.