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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-26
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PETERSBURG, VA, July U.s.
Henry Booker. colored. employed az
chauffeur by Hatcher Seward, died at
the Petersburg hospital this morning
Of injuries received Wednesday eve
ming while returning to the city from
Mr. Stewards farm in Prince George.
Booker was driving Mr.. Seward's
automobile In which were Mr.. Sc
wards two sons and young friend of
theirs. The machine was overturned
as the chauffeur turned aside for
vehicle 20 pass. Booker was caught
beneath the machine receiving in.
iuries that resulted in his death this
morning. Neither of the three boys
was hurt.
Judge Enters Decree.
Judge Southan. of the Circuit court,
on yesterday heard the concluding
argument in the chancery cause OF
Davie va. Whittle, which has been
pending for a number of years. Tho
judge entered a decree which in part
PENDANT The defendant, however.
will appeal from the courts decision.
Discuss Temperance.
The boys of the Young Mems Chris
tian cluo had an exceedingly pleas
ant meeting at MarketStreet NJ. f.
church last night The topic of dis
cusson was Temperance" Several
passages of Scripture were read and
points OF interests brought out by
those discussing the question.
Quartette to Sing.
Provincial Silver Quartette of Phil
adelphia will be at Memorial NJ. r.
church On Tuesday night next. lead
by Adjutant Goellner, the German
specialist on young peoples efforts,
who will deliver some sharp para
graphs on Current Events" while
the quartette renders both vocal and
instrumental music.
New Hospital Building.
At called meeting OF the special
board of Central State hospital yes
terday bids were received and open.
ed for q new building to accommo-
date eighty patients
The following bids were submitted:
e l.. Bass. s1s.10s; H. l. Driscoll. OF
Richmond, sis.529; S. A. Gibson. $19.-
SEA; G. B. Keller & Son, sl4.s50: e.
&c. Marks, s2e.s70: w. A. Perdue,
sl7.as4. George E. Ready e. COM
pany. Richmond. s2o.s00.
G. b Keller & Son being the low.
est bidders were awarded the con.
tract.
At the next meeting of the board
bids will ne received for enlargfng the
building at "Ashleigh Grange" on Cox
road
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-26
100 DEl|NQUENTS
INDICTED BY JURY
AMONG THOSE WHO FAILED TO
PAY TAX ARE ONE PHYSI-
CLAN AND ONE DENTIST.

One hundred delinquent license
payers were indicted yesterday after
noon in Hastings court following the
grand jury investigation. Out of the
number indicted ninety-eight are
merchants, one a physician and the
other a dentist.
Those who were indicted by the
grand jury will have to pay an addi-
tionai penalty in accordance with
law besides having to pay the license.
and it is very probable that they will
have to pay a fine when arraigned
in court
Only a few of the delinquents on
the list presented by Commissioner of
Revenue Tresnon escaped an indict-
ment by the grand jury.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-26
CONSTABLE DAVIS
BOND FORFEITED
W. G. VINCENT. SPECIAL POLICE
MAN, WILL HAVE TO PAY
THE 500.

Judge r. Carter Scott. OF Henrico
Circuit court, yesterday declared for
feited the bond Of Thomas A. Davis.
the Henrico county constable. who
failed to appear in court three weeks
ago to enswer to the charge OF dis
orderly conduct on a Richmond Rap
pahannock car.
In tho event Of conviction. Davis,
who had just been pardoned by Gov
ernor Mann. after serving two months
OF q one-year term for a feionious
assault. would be committed to jail
to serve the remainder Of the term.
He was tried in the magistrates court
and fined $3.50 for disorderly con-
duct. An appeal was taken to the
higher court, but when hs case wa
called he failed to respond. How
ever. the case was tried in Davis alb
sencc and the jury sugtnined the de-
cision Of the lower court.
w c. Vincent father-in-law OF
Davis. and . special policeman OF
Henraco county. acted N bondsman.
Tho bond was only 500.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-26

now the guest Of her sister, Mrs. DR..
Hawks, OF East Richmond.
Mrs. Charles Eldrtdge and children
OF Chimborazo Park. arc the guests
OF relatives at Salem. Va
Mr.. and Mrs. William Maher, OF
31o7 East Broad street. left Thursday
for a months stay at the Hot Springs,
Ark. They were accompanied by
Miss Dickinson. OF East Marshall
street.
Mrs. r. w. Houghton. OF East Mar
shall street Is the guest OF relatives In
Portsmouth, Va
Mrs. John Eaton. OF East Marshall
street. has returned from a pleasant
stay in Powhatan, where she was the
guest Of relatives.
Mr.. J. A. Farley. Of North Thirty
second street. will spend his vacation
In Baltimore. next week.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-26
FOR RELIEF Of
I sIhEE: CAR MEN
KanroYEs or VIRGINIA RAIL.
WAY AND PowER COMPANY
FORM An ASSOCIATION.

For the purpose Of affording relief
to employees In time of sickness or
injury and their families in case Of
death, the conductors and motormen
Of the Virginia Railway and Power
company, with the approval and CO.
operation Of the officials Of the cor
poration, have formed relief asso-
ciation-an extension of the organize
ton which already exists in Norfolk
and Portsmouth,.
The organization--which Is to be
known AZ the Richmond and Peters
burg division Of the Virginia Rail
way and Power Company's Relief as
ISOLATION, will embrace employees OF
the company both in this city and
Petersburg.
The initiation fees are paid by the
company itself. which also pays half
OF all the death claims The only tax
levied IN tho employees is small
monthly payment and small assess
ment for the death fund. Member
ship In the association entities those
holding It to both sick and accident
benefits and the death claim.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-26
JUDGE SCOTT UPHOLDS
DECISION OF JURY

Overriding a demurrer TO the evil
dence. Judge r. Carter Scott Jester
day afternoon awarded judgment in
the sum OF $4,000 in the damage suit
of r. l.. Parker's administrator against
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
company.
AT previous session OF Henrico
Circuit court the jury returned with
verdict of $4,000 for the plaintiff.
Attorneys for the railway company
demurred. and arguments were heard
a few days ago. Judge Scott re-
served his decision until yesterday,
when he declared that the verdict
of the jury should stand.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-26
THIRTEEN INDICTED
BY JULY GRAND JURY

c. A. Beckner, alias Tennessee
Kid" charged with a felony. was In
dicted yesterday by the grand jury
at the opening of the July term OF
Husting court. Other true bills found
were:
William Anthony. Thomas Baker,
William Bloud. Samuel Cocker. Moses
Motley, Fannie Rnyall. Fred Smith
Lois Thornton. Edward Young, all of
whom are charged with malicious
wounding: Richard Brown. ~.chasEad
with grand larceny. Henry Overton.
charged with car-hreaking, and
Florence Rogers, alleged to have sold
cocaine.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-26

Mrs. Harvey Walden. Of 341l East
Clay street. accompanied by her sis
ter Miss Ennice Fulton, Is spending
several weeks at Ocean View. Va
Miss Mabel GoodIine, of New York.
is the guest or Mrs. r. ". Wfldbore. OF
Chimborazo Park.
Mrs. Hardin Cross. OF North Thirty
second street. Is spending some time
at Ocean View.
Mrs Joe Marshall and daughter. OF
Savannah, Ga. who has been visiting
friends and relatives on the hill. Is
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-26
FOUR MURDERERS
GET new TRIALS
TAKEN FROM THE STATE PRISON
BACK TO THEIR RESPECTIVE
COUNTY JAIIS.

Four convicted murdcrers were
taken from the State prison yesterday,
carried back TO their respective county
3ails, having been granted new trials
by the state Supreme court OF ap-
peals.
Three Of the prisoners-T. q. Tom
plin, David Stedham and John Elkins
were each sentenced to eighteen
years from the Wise county Curcuit
court for murder.
The fourth was Harvey L. Lopney,
OF Craig county. who was sentenced
to tho death chair for killing a county
oflscer. Lconey has been confined In
the death chamber at tho prison since
last December and has seen a halt
dozen men enter the little door
never to return alive. He has made
a number Of attempts to kill himself
since confinement and the Supreme
court has granted him \ new trial in
the presumption that he Is mental
ly unbalanced.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-26

Upon request Of the defense, the
case of John F. Kramer. charged with
selling liquor near Clayton Mines with
out a license, was postponed yester-
day In Henrico Circuit court. The
case was appealed from a decision of
MAGISTRATE Thomas J. Puryear. who
imposed a fine of 5000 and sentenced
him to six months in Jail.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-26
Marriage Licenses Granted.

The following were granted mar
rage licenses yesterday in Hastings
court:
George P. Hurlburt and Lula Annie
whitlow, Sidney Blackstock and An
ME B. Kidd, Oscar Pomett and Lena
Williams. Joseph Plume and Laura
Carsola.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-26
vTesssrn Union wins ssit.

IN tho Law and Equity court yea
to-day Wa = verdict for the defendant
compnay In the damage suit Of Mar
9arex Hiegings again1t tho Western
union. Telegraph company. The plain
TN ~ claiming damAgeet Tor atleGed
failure % the Western unlon - d.
tNer d telegram to her ~ ~ proper
|fiuso. a. Il Holiday Aud ~. y. Dick.
imnon NoDEAgentsd thes ee$n II
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-26
COMFORT STATION
FOR R|vERv|EW

Contract for the erection Of . pub
lie comfort station in Rfverview ceme-
terry and q bath room in the keepers
residence was yesterday afternoon
awarded to J. L Butler by the I'D J.
ministrative board. The buildings
will be constructed at q cost Of 1881.
The work will begin At once.
James N. King was awarded the
contract for saving wood at the City
home.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-26
New Charter. Granted.

Now CnoFUtWS 1T0utGu.
The following charters were grant
ed by the State corporation commits
sion yesterday:
folk. va; $4,000 to $4,000; S,
whitehilI, president: c. NJ. Mans
bach, vice-president: g. Meyer, secre-
tary and treasurer--ail OF Norfolk,
Va.
The Esmont corporation. Esmont
Va: $1,000 to $4,000: J. c. Sncad.
president: Won Gemmingen. secretary
ana treasurer. L. 8. Nottingham. Jr.-----
all OF Esmont, Va
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-26
BOATS ALLOWED TO REMAIN
ON BRYAN PARK LAKE

All boats on the lake in Bryan
park will be allowed to remain. ac-
cording to q decision OF the admin
istrative board yesterday afternoon.
However, anyone else wishing to put
boat on the lake In the future mu1t
get the permission Of the board.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-26
woman Granted Continuance.

Mrs.s Florence Pendleton. charged
viii, maintaining q disorderly house
mt 141k Hanover Avenue. waG Granted
III continuance yesterday by Maxis-
trate r. J. Puryear in .Henr!co court
house She was released on a $500
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-26

Nj REMINGTON, VA. July as.--Rob-
80 Alch, colored, indicted for opsr-
4 Si9g : skiii, near Kilmarnock. Lam
4 kor cnnnty, wAa giveu four months
\ SnitentiAry - ansd s1oes
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-26

Two Years On Roads.
Found guilty of dispensing CO.
caine. Rufus Wise was given. two
years on the roads yesterday after
noon in Hastings court
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-26
CHURCH HILL NEWS

CAsres
ns.ker Aa4se. ssse
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-26
BUILDING INSPECTOR
ISSUES PERMITS

Permit 10 repair the frame DWELL
ing. 2sl2 IL East Clay street. was
Yesterday granted Irvine Hudson by
Building Inspector John Butler. Tho
repairs will cost $3.50.
Other permits were issued TO
Charles Whitlock to erect one
story brick storage building at 1928
East Main. at a cost of $3.50. and X.
w. Crofton to erect one-story brick
stable in the rear of 40S North Rob-
inson street at like cost.
United labor bulletin., 1913-06-05
Railroads and the Farms.

Current provision OF transportation
facilities far outruns current farm
production, according to the bureau o,
railway economics. Tables submitted
to prove this contention indicate that
during the past decade mainline rail
road trackage has increased 90 pei
cent the area OF improved farms Is
per cent. and the area devoted to
crops 10 per cent. Doubtless these
figures correctly portray the situation
But has not the railway development
of the past ten years been largely e
catching up with increased farm pro
duction? And is not the increase IN
farm production steady and constant
relatively, whereas railway extension
is spasmodic, proceeding by fits and
starts? Heavy construction like rail
way building obviously cannot be car.
ried on piece meal. SO as to preserve
a constant uniform relation to farm
production, but must be undertaken In
sections. In other words, increase OF
farm production is the result of 6
continuing process. whereas increase
in railway facilities is effected. neces.
sarily. by means of q series of pro
jects. Railway owners may be de
pended on not to make their extension
projects so large as to outrun farm
production and other traffic-producing
economic processes by too great q
lead.-Columbia Is. CO. State.
United labor bulletin., 1913-06-05
coNcEDE UNION SHOP.

Worcester. Mass.-The contracting
electrical shops and the Electrical
Workers union have arrived at an
agreement and the strike which has
been on has been called off. The agree
ment was in the shape of a compro
mise. The journeymen wiremen here
after will receive 45 cents per hour
helpers 2S1s cents per hour, second year
apprentices 171s cents per hour. The
new agreement further calls for forty
four hours a week the entire year and
contains also a union shop clause. The
Building Trades Council was largely re
sponsible in the securing of this agree
ment, it having stood behind the Elec
trical Workers in their demands.
United labor bulletin., 1913-06-05
PEARL BUTTON WORKERS.

New York.-The Pearl Button Work
ers recently went on strike to secure an
advance in wages and a betterment in
conditions. Many of the button workers
were unorganized, but practically all OF
these Joined the organization and made
it common cause. Singular as it mag
seem, the greater portion of the button
workers recently joining the union have
been successful in securing the advance
demanded by the union and have re
turned to work, while the original mem
bers of the organization have not as yet
secured a settlement, although the pros
poets are good for securing one.
United labor bulletin., 1913-06-05
ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO PAY
Financial Gain LIttis Considered In
the construetIen Of Railroads
In Asia.

The question that a railway com
pany in Europe or the Americas asks
itself when considering the construc-
tion Of a new line is. "Will it pay?
VIII the ultimate returns from freight
and passenger trafic be equal to fair
interest on the money invested?" If
this question is answered in the mega
tive. unless there is bonus or guar
anty Of some sort forthcoming, the
line will not be built.
II this same test had been applied
in Asia. so per cent. of the great CONT
nent's present railway mileage would
be non-existent, Lewis R. Freeman
writes in the American Review of Re
views. Asia is-and will be for many
years-in a formative state politically.
Frontiers and spheres of influence are
being advanced and pushed back. and
the ability or inability of a power
to speedily place an army at some re-
mote point of vantage may mean the
differing between winning or losing a
province. or even a kingdom. Rail-
ways have been built, therefore, re-
gardless of their promise. remotely or
even. to pay adequate financial re-
turns. 1t is these strategic and semi
strategic considerations which princi-
paily differentiate Asiatic-and to a
lesser degree African-railway devel-
opment from that of the more set
tied occidental continents.
Russia had more In mind the win
ming of Manchuria. Port Arthur and
the long striven for ice free port at
Dalney than the development of the
thousands of miles of intervening
steppes when she embarked on the
titanic task of constructing the Trans
Siberian railway. The branches of
that line toward the borders of Chi
nese Turkestan, and the line from
the Caspian to the Oxus and the Per
sian borders, were only stepping
stones to the realization of Russia s
supreme ambition, the conquest of In
dia That all these schemes were
given an indefinite setback in the de-
feat of Russia by Japan was no fault
of the railways.
Japan is constantly Strengthening
her position in Korea and Manchuria
by the construction of lines not war
ranted commercially. and India has
gridironed with rails the bleak deserts
Of her vulnerable northwest frontier.
Strategic considerations, too, will out
weigh all others in determining by
what route, and by what powers. the
long talked of Europe to India railway
will be built 1t should be borne in
mind. however. that many lines or
sections of lines built primarily for
strategic purposes have. later, yielded
considerable returns through the chan
nels 4 regular business, thus quicken.
ing into life great sections which must
otherwise have lain dormant In the
long run. therefore, there has been
real economic benefit from this con
struction apparently abnormal from an
economic point of view.
United labor bulletin., 1913-06-05
TEXTILE WORKERS.

New York.-A orty-nine-and-a-half
hour week has been secured TOR the EN-.
ployes of the Kluge Silk Weaving COM
pany in West New York, N. j., by the
United Textile Workers. This is a re-
duction from fifty-five hours, and all day
workers are to receive the same wages
as formerly paid. The weavers secured
a 5 per cent increase in wages, and win
receive a still further increase of 5 per
cent on October 1. All future grievances
are to be adjusted between represents
tives of the local union and the officials
of the firm. This betterment of condt
tions was secured as the result OF a
three weeks strike.
United labor bulletin., 1913-06-05
MITCHELL APPOINTED.

Albany. y. Y.-John Mitchell has
been given a recess appointment BY
Governor Sulzer as state labor com
missioner. 1t will be remembered that
Governor Sulzer previously appointed
Mr. Mitchell, but the state senate re
fused confirmation. Upon the adjourn
ment of the legislature, John Williams
commissioner of labor. resigned, and
John Mitchell was appointed to fill the
vacancy 1t is conceded by all that the
capabilities of John Mitchell will result
in making ithe reorganized labor depart
ment of the state one of the most eff.
fective branches of the state govern
ment-
United labor bulletin., 1913-06-05
Railway 10 Mont BLANC.

Aerial railways, which carry theil
passengers in cars suspended or
cables. are the latest departure in the
commercialization of the Alps. One o
these unlovely but convenient devices
is soon to be installed on Mont Blanc
Starting from Chamonix. at an alti
tude of 5000 feet, 1t will ascend to the
Glacier des Blossoms at 1900 feet. with
two intervening stations. 1t will have
a grade of so to 60 degrees. The line
will finally be extended to the Aiguiils
du Midi. at an altitude of 1880 feet
The first section is to be completed II
1918 and the extension the following
year. The road will be worked with
three cables-the carrier. the tracto,
and a cable for the brakes- Each car
riage will accommodate twenty.foul
persons.-Harper's Weekly.
United labor bulletin., 1913-06-05
Chinese insectieide.

This remedy against the bites OF
insects appeared in a recent issue OF
the China Medical Journal: Take
one ounce OF EPSON salts and dissolve
1t in one pint Of water; wet bath
cloth wet enough that 1t will not drip
and rub the body well all over. and
not wipe afterward. but dress. am
very certain that flies. gnats. fIeas
bedbugs. mosquitoes or the famous
African fly will never touch persons
so treated. A somewhat stronger so
luton applied and allowed to dry will
leave a fine powder that the most
bloodthirsty insects will not attack"
United labor bulletin., 1913-06-05


for the offense.
Do not believe that a train can al
ways be heard. 1t cannot For this
reason people are killed. People think
they can hear the noise of a train
when it is far away. A lot of these
people have been struck by locomo-
tives when an instant before they
would have taken their oath there was
not train within half mile of them.
The noise made by fast railway
train is chiefly directed away from the
train at the side. Comparatively a
small portion of the noise is projected
along the track in front of the train.
Any other unusual noise at the same
time may divert a persons attention
from the noise made by an approach
ing train.
Another reason why trains may come
upon a person walking on the track
before he realizes their approach is a
quality that sound possesses in com
mon with other wave phenomena. al
though to a less degree. Of travelling
in straight lines. Thus a fast train
approaching sharp curve on the con-
cave side of which there is high ground
u
will give a person on the curve almost
no warning of its approach until 1t
swings into view. a short distance
away.
Walking on a road with two or more
tracks is particularly dangerous. A
large portion Of accidents to trespass-
ers occur on double-track roads where
man in getting out of the way of
one train steps onto the other track In
front of another train which he has
not seen or heard.
II seems worth while, therefore. to
set down the following rules which
should be observed by every one who
walks on the railway track, as follows:
"a Keep constant watch of the track.
both in front and behind: (2) watch
and listen with particular care when
approaching a curve. while on the
curve. and after passing the curve;
(3) when walking on a double-track
road. keep on the left-hand track and
do not fail to keep watch also in the
rear. since reverse movements are
sometimes made on this track; (4) it
is better to walk beside the track than
to walk the ties; (5) when tempted to
walk on the track. remember that you
are placing yourself in greater danger
than exists in the most hazardous class
of railway employment. and choose
some other path.
Above all. remember it is much bet
ter to take little more time and walk
around by the road. rather than walk
on the track and have your friends
saws las thew attend the Earyfcesl.
Il wonder what he was thinking about
that occupied his minds to such an ey
tent he couldn't hear the train,"
United labor bulletin., 1913-06-05
CLOSE BARBER COLLEGES.

St. Louis-Every barber college in this
city has been closed. after hearing be
fore the BARRIERS State Board of Exam
liners, which establishes the fact that un.
sanitary conditions existed and menaced
the public health. The licenses of the col
leges were revoked. These barber col
leges that are operated in various cities
throughout the country are usually dis
ease breeders of the worst sort Barber
work is done gratis. and as rule these
shops become extremely filthy and un-
sanitary
United labor bulletin., 1913-06-05
WILL GO TO ARBITRATION.

St. Paul.-The St Paul and Minneap
oils Typographical unions, which have
jointly been endeavoring to negotiate
a new scale with the newspaper pub
lishers,. having failed to come to an
agreement. have ordered that the con-
troversy go to arbitration. This is in
accordance with the agreement in force
between the International Topographic
cal union and the National Newspaper
Publishers association.
United labor bulletin., 1913-06-05
vEroes COMPENSATION BILL.

Albany, N Y-Governor Sulzer has
vetoed the Foley Walker workmen's com
pensation bill This bill was opposed
by organized labor of the state, and the
vetoing of the measure was in full har-
mony with the best interests of the
laboring people The bill championed
by labor was called the Murtaugh-Jack
son bill, but it was defeated by the in
surance interests.