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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-03
ARREST WOMAN AS
Merry SHOPL|FTER
Mary Bell, Nineteen, Alleged to
Have Stolen Handsome Violet
Suit From Drcyfus.
CAUGHT HER AT THEATRE
Detectives Claim That Prisoner,
Who Is Locked Up, Admitted
She Took Garment.
CAUGHT HER AT THEATRE

IN the arrest yesterday afternoon of
3aary Bell, who gave her age as nine
Teen Years, the police assert that they
limited nerve. She is charged with
stealing q handsome suit, which re-
tailed at $50. from Dreyfus & Company,
noon of March %. She was arrested
by Detective Sergeants Atkinson and
lonIai Theatre, Eighth and Broad
Streets. and was wearing the garments
she is alleged to have stolen.
said haye the th1 girl Is
added that she had never before been
IN trouble Her home. she said. was in
lnymeh1 fn but but she has been in Rich
weeks has been out of work. She was
boarding 1T 900 Nest Marshall street.
Her ier iather Is Thomas IL. Bell. who
burg.
Gown Appealed to Her.
Company. told the police &c, D ,Ss, ihs
young woman came to the store and
asked to be shown some suits. She
tried on several. II was said; and a
peal to hcr, fancy. She slipped on the
Jacket and clerks recalled that she
ndniring It, Little attention was paid
to her, and She WAS unobserved when
she put ON her own coat over the violet
one. Then she is alleged to have
wrapped up tho skirt in a sheet Of
paper and without further ado walked
out of the store.
The theft was discovered shortly
aftcrward and promptly reported to
tie police a description OF the wo-
man was furnished Atkinson and
hrengcl, but no trace OF her was found
until Yesterday afternoon, when Mr.
Hoover saw her walk past tho store
IN the clothes she is alleged to have
stolen. lie recognized the suit though
II had been somewhat altered and fol-
lowed her until she went into the
Colonial
Telephones Detectives.
lie tclephoned headquarters, and tho
detectives hurried TO the theatre They
waited in the rear until the end of the
performance. and when she left At
kinson quietly touched her on the arm
and Informed her she was under mr.
rest She appeared perfectly calm and
had very little to say. Later, the no.
lice say. she confessed.
At the First Police Station. where
she was locked up, she discarded the
violet suit and was furnished with one
Of her own which Atkinson brought
TO her. The other will be used az evi-
dencc when the case is called to-day
In Police Court.
The police say that there Is not the
slightest doubt but that tho prisoner
Is the one who took the suit from
Dreyfus N Co. She was positivniv
Identified by numerous clerks, who said
that they distinctly recalled that sh,.
was in the store and tried on the suit
She could give no reason for commit
ting the theft.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-03
NEW COLLECTOR
TO FILL VACANCY
No Appointment in Lowry's Oh
fee to Be Made Until Mon
cure Takes Charge.

rerding Instructions from Cniteu
states Commissioner Of Internal Rev
enue Osborn Collector Lowry wili
take no steps 10 i'll the vacancy caused
by The death OF William G. Gwa,lIin,
who died before Ia could begin his
Iut!es as deputy collector o. internal
revenue under the ihcoue tax applo-
pr!ation. II appears probable that out
If courtesy 10 his successor, Collector
Lowry VIII allow the place 10 remain
vacant until 4 l. @. Noucure the
newly appointed collector for the East
crn District Of Virginia, assumes Office
so far as is known no applicant has
made formal request for consideration
since Mr.. Gyvatkin's death
Immediately after the death or Mr.
Gwatkin. collector Lowry notified
Commissioner OSBORN Of the vacancy.
ie has received no communication
from the department regarding the
matter, except letter from The com
missioner expressing grief and sur
prisc- i; IS presumed that the new IN
come tax deputy collector win he
uamed in the same manner mat Mr..
HWatSiu was. hy the commissioner
himself with the approval q the coll
!ector.
Revenue Aecn; u J. rorter. appoint.
cd under the income tax approximation
20 do field work ST. IN. detectiCu of ,ax-
dodgers, reported 10 coli ct1r Lowry
and Revenue Agent Chapman OH We'd
neSday, and began yesterday Lis rca,u-
lar work. 10 has the entire STATE :
The field for htS operations
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-03
MAY SET DATE FOR
BOARD PRIMARY
City Committee Urged to Hold 1t
on June 16-Gives Short
Notice to File.

Besides arranging details of tho
may9ralty and Council primary set for
mittee at q meeting to be held tonight
at Murphy's Hotel may take action in
regard to the date for the Administers
tive Board primary to be held this sum
mer. Members of the committee have
been approached and urged TO fix that
primary at once for June 10. the date
set by the district committee for a
congressional primary in the unlikely
event that Congressman a. j. Montague
has opposition.
Altogether. it looks as If tho men OF
a good deal of time voting between
now and the general election on No
DO held on April rs. The election when
the candidates chosen in that primary
are formally elected Is on June 8. on
November the election for a Con-
tho Administrative Board will be held
The Third District committee has al
ready fixed June l6 as the date for a
primary ii ,ny one wants TO oppose
Congressman Montague. but no one has
yet come forward, and the chance OF
opposition is remote.
| been asked TO name that date for the
selection OF Democratic candidates for
f HoSra seats TS on o, The MdmnstratiSe
dates for filing notice OF candidacy
would close on April 10. but the short
time is hardly regarded an oh
able that those who propose to run
nave already made UP their own minds
and are only awaiting the proper time
to make their announcements. The two
members of tho board whose terms
expire on January ] next are Captain
Carlton Mccarthy and John Hirsch-
berg, Both will be candidates for re-
election. and 1t seems probable that
there will be from one to three others
In the race.
One argument advanced for the
early primary date is to avoid any
conflict with the State refer
endum on the question OF prohibition
set for September 30. On the other
hand there is objection to Alshing tho
Administrative Board contest right on
top OF tho Council fight. and thus open
the way for "A form of vote swapping
which Is considered particularly Oh,
joctionablc. There are also some
Councilmcn now offering for re-elec-
ton who may offer for the Admins
trative Board later, but who would
be embarrassed by appearing as can
time.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-03
POLLARD STILL ON
GAMBLING TRAIL
Returns to Jamestown to Inves.
tigatc Charge of Race
Track Betting.

Attorney-Gencral John Garland Pol.
lard returned to Norfolk yesterday af-
ternoon at 4 o'clock for n further In
vestigation OF alleged gambling at the
jamestown Jockey Club track Mr..
Pollard spent Wednesday In Norfolk
ana returned here yesterday morning.
After consulting the Governor he 20
turned. without making any statement
or the purposes of his trip. or tho ma
ture OF steps he would take to enforce
the law. No comment was made on tn.
situation at the Governors Office. Al
the Attorney Generals office IT was
stated that Mr.. Pollard had nothing 10
say. Tho Attorney-Generars inyesti-
cation. 1t is believed. is purely pre-
liminary. and IL he finds on inquiry
that facts that have been represented
10 MN are as reported. proceedings
may be had not only against the al
legged gamblers, but also for. the re-
moval from office OF those who have
failed 10 take the necessary steps 10
enforce the statutes
auction Property nj Exchange.
foliowinS the plan recently innugu-
rated. Shea & keegan yesterday sold
NJ auction the property 81 East Grace
street. at the Richmond Real Estate
Exchange instead OF on the site Moro
than 90 persons were present, and tho
property was bid up TO $4,000. but The
sale Was called Off The lot has :,
IrontaEe of 81 l-2 feet. and Is $50 feet
deep. The house contains sixteen
rooms and a basement
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-03
CAMP SITE CITY
NOT DESIGNATED
State Military Board Expects to
Decide Matter at Meet
ing TODAY.

with AL members present. the State
Military Eoard met last night In the
o'lice Of the Governor for the purpose
OF taking up q number Of important
Questions regarding The militia. Rou-
tine matters We're considered first. af-
Ter which tho question of officers
camps 81 instruction ana arrang encntS
for the summer manoeuvres o: troops
We're discussed The meeting adjourn
"a until to-day At o'clock.
II Was decided 10 send the medical
officers TO Fort Myer from May IL to "a
for instruction at a Join, camp. whicl
VIII be attended by officers from SOW
era states. II was thought by tho
board mat the medical officers could
secur" much more valuable training at
" camp devoted wholly 10 their branch
OF the service. IN q Ike manner, the
artiiier% officers viii again he sent to
an artillery school, MI. Tobyhanna. Pa
being the selection. TWO weeks. from
June ] 10 10, viii be spent there
No definite arrangements for the in
fhntry officers camp were made In
yltat!ons from Roanoke and Fred
'erichsburE were received. and Charles
~ bosl"y. district passenger agent Of
the Norfolk and Western Railway,
SPOKE in the interests Of the former
city.
colonel Allen Potts, Of the quarter
masters department appeared before
the board and explained his needs in
tho way of horses ANA wagons Tor mo
summer manoeuvres He estimated
mat the sum Of $4,000 will he needed
10 handle the military stores Tho
Ad)utant-Gencral was authorized 10
(ahe up with the war Department the
matter OF an additional Approximations
10 cover TINS expense.
The board decided to rcimburse the
seven companies whose pay Mt the Vir-
sinlt Hcach cncanptncrt last ycnr was
uedUctcd from their annual allotment
"ccans" they went 10 camp under IN.
minimum strength. Each companv
/ VIII receive about $500
Governor stuart, Colonel B q. James.
secretary Of the Commonwealth; col.
+ ohtl 10 Lane stern. assistant inspcc-
loT-Schcrai; General G. 6 Vaughan
1r. ana Acknowledgement w. W. sale
Mtic prtsent at the meeting. which was
/ the mst since Governor stunt 100
inaugurGted.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-03
---7-7------l-----------.
DELEGATES NAMED
Will Attend Conference ON Ch.rl,t.
md Correct

Governor stuart announced vcsterI
lay me appointment of the following
delegates from Virginia to the Nationni
Conference Of Charities and Corrnr
uons which meets in Memphis. Tenn.
Mrs Kate Waller Barrett Alley
andria; Rev. l.. Hunter Early. Am
herst; Rev. j. II. Mastin. Richmond: DR.
- w. Grant, Belfast Mills; Miss Louise
iltHhuSh Price, Richmond; Miss lii
nan H. Gosc. Bristol; Miss ELLA q Az
new, Burkcvillc: Miss Hattie IIylton.
i,anville: Rev. George i. Mayo. DvlI~:
Mrs Henry Lane SchmelZ. Hamntn',:
MISS lihea G. Scott Harrisonhurg: Miss
Mary r.. Sayre. Lynchburg; Hon. Bar
ton Myers, Norfolk; Miss Gertrude
philpotts, Norfolk; Captain John r,
Roper, Norfolk; Miss Ella Ball, Rich
Ionu; Jacobson Davis. Richmond: Miss
sarah Roller. Gtichmond; Rev. william
~ stokes: Richmond; Major j. Il. WOOD,
Eichmond Dr., ". Brownley Foster
Roanoke; Rev. T. J. Hacker. p. d., Roa,
nokc; DIR. James Bardin, University OF
Virginia. VI
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-03

If it is not in your mind when YOU
get up this morning ii will not be long
before YOU are reminded that this is
Tag Day, the annual call Of the In
structive Visiting Nurse Association on
the public for funds TO conduct it's
benevolent and philanthropic work
Two hundred workers. 2lentifulIy
supplied with the little red and white
tags will spread over the city this
morning at o'clock and take up their
citations at strategical points on the
streets. Every nook and corner Of
Richmond will be swept by the work
crs. Stations will be opened OH the
principal business streets. the rcsiden-
tai thoroughfarcs and in the suburbs.
in order TO insure the same kind
of respectful. considcratc behavior on
the part OF the workers that has made
rag Day Il popular institution with the
people OF the city. stringent rules have
been issued by the officers of the as
ISOLATION to govern the OCCASION
First and foremost, the workers are
instructed not TO solicit contributions
from people passing on the streets.
Under the rules of the association the
workers simply stand in 4 conspicuous
place with the tags handy and dispose
OF them 10 those who wish TO purchase.
Second, the workers are warned that
they are not to seek TO sell tags to
persons who are already wearing one.
The purchase OF Il tag early in the
morning buys immunity, according to
the rules.
Third. no fixed price is to be asked
Each person who wishes TO purchase
a tag drops in the box whatever
amount seems right, whether II be
l cent or $40.
Fourth, the workers are not to
stream out over the sidewalks and an
noy persons passing, but must remain
by tho boxes and stands.
III other years the association has
seen to 1t that its workers followed
these rules strictly, with the result
that the public, quick to recognize the
worthiness OF such an institution, has
responded generously TO such consid-
crate rcatmcnt and has literally sup
ported tho work of the visiting nurses
Last year Tag Day yielded the associ-
alton nearly $4,000. and if the weather
Is clear and bright Il much larger col
lection is expected to-day.
The Instructive Visiting Nurse AS
ISOLATION is dependent entirely upon
the public pocketbook for it's support.
It's work is for the public, and IS not
productive of financial reward Its
thirteen experienced nurses are ready
at all hours of the day or night TO re-
sDond to calls from the poor people
OF Richmond to render primary medical
aid and to give instruction In the care
or the sick. Thore is no way of esti-
mating the good done by the associa-
ton in Il year. but it Is Interesting to
note that 26,79S visits to lowly suf-
ferers were made in the last twelve
months by the corps OF nurses. 1t
distributed 1852 plnts Of milk to poor
ana wretched people and gave away
"4Go pounds of ice to patients in dire
need.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-03

Judge Barham Designated.
Judge j T. Barhnm. OF the Corpora Ion
Court Of Newport News, was designated by
Governor Stuart yesterday to hold the April
term OF tho Henrico Circuit Court for Judge
Il. Carter Scott.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-03
7. NJ. RUTHERFORD
HAS PASSED AWAY
Citizen Long Prominent in Social
and Industrial Life Dies After
Protracted Illness.

Thomas NJ. rutherford. retired
business man and Il member of one of
the oldest families OF Richmond, died
last night at ! o'clock in his home ll2
East Grace Street. He had been IN "a.
serious condition for several days, and
the members of his family were with
bin at the end. For two years he had
suffered with heart trouble. and had
withdrawn from all active business
life. lie was siXtyfve years old.
No arrangements for his funeral
were made last night, but they will be
announced this morning.
Mr.. rutherford, who retired from
business some years ago. occupied a
prominent place In the social and In
dustrial life OF the city. Fifteen years
ago he was partner In the X. a Pat
terson Tobacco Company. For many
years he was a member OF the board of
directors of the First National Bank.
and resigned two months ago because
of i'll health He was q former presi-
dent of the Wcstmoreland Club.
lie received his education at tho Vir-
einia Military Institute, and was a ca :
Diet there when the corps took part
in the memorable battle OF New
ed himself with great credit and later
in the war was attached to the staff T
General Gordon as n courier.
He was the son Of Samuel Ruther-
foord and the grandson of Thomas
rutherford, who at ono time owned
that part Of Richmond which lies west
of Second Street.
Mr.. rutherford married Miss Laura
Thomas. daughter of James Thomas,
another prominent man of Il former
generation in Richmond He leaves a
wife. three children--James Ruthcr-
foord. Of Goochland: Mrs. George Mayo,
OF Richmond. and Miss Gwendolyn
rutherford, of Richmond: and 1--WE sis
tcrs-AIiss Jano rutherford, Miss
Sarah rutherford, both of Richmond;
Mrs. J.. Il. Harvey, Of Danville: Mrs
IL. T.. Wheat. and Mrs. L. K. Goodwin.
both of Richmond.
Judge Hartman Designated.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-03

Mckinley Taylor, colored. was con-
yicted yesterday morning in Police
Court OF stealing quantity Of meat
from a wagon owned by A J. War
rem. OF 415 North Sixth Street, aud
sentenced to serve sixty days in jail.
Lewis Racks, George BraXton and
Chagles Allen. young negroes, wero
held for the grand jury on the charge
OF breaking into the Office of the Rich
bag containing slick, counterfeit and
foreign notes.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-03
MRS. BAILEY FINED
After Securing Continuance She Pleads
Guilty. To Illiclt SaIc of I.iuuar.

After being granted a continuance at
her own request. Mrs. George Bailey.
charEcd with selling liquor at the Rest,
aoit road House: on Broad Street Road.
entered a plea Of guilty yesterday when
arraigned before Magistrate r. ]. Pur-
year. OF Henrico County, and was fined
200 and costs and placed under bond in
me sum of $500 for six months The
IiBht sentence was made with the pro-
viso that Mrs. Bailey Immediately move
from tho county.
The road house has been the resort
or automobile parties for many months
When ratdcd by Deputy Sherim w. w
SXdnor and County Officers BcndaIl ana
Illicr, a. dozen lockers bearing names
OF Well-known men were found, prac-
tically all OF which were stocked with
liquor y further charge of maintain
ing an Improper. resort may be made
against Mrs. I'aiiey. in event of which
those known to have visited the place
viii he brought into court as Witnesses
10 Preach mt 1t. Andrews.
The RITZ Rev. u. ID. Tucker, Bishop
Coadjutor of southern Virginia. will
preach Mt ST. Andrews Church and con-
firm class 1T o'clock Tonight.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-07-11
Cooling Of the Earth.

The application of Stefan's law to
the calculation of the mean tempera-
ture of the earth, at given latitude,
shows that at the latitude of so de
grees, the temperature was in the
neighborhood of 80 degrees Cent,
when the suns radius was about one
and half times it's present dimen-
sions. ie., about two million years ago.
Thus it would appear that life com
menced on the earth in the vicinity
of the poles. The same reasoning
leads us to the conclusion that in
less than two million years, when the
SUMS radius will be reduced by one
tenth of it's present value, the tenn
perature on the earth will have fallen
below 0 degree, even at the equator.
Scientific American.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-07-11
WHY HE "SHook" SIMMONS
Some People Might Consider That
Mountaineer Was UnduIy Indignant
Under the Circumstances.

1t is unsafe to speak of any trait Of
pecially so if you are an outsider
Often when you think the mountaineer
Is in earnest he is merely fooling;
and when he seems to be humorous, he
Is In deadly earnest. But no matter
what a mountain mans confessed de-
tnquencies are, he will never admit
that he is not as good as ANY man
who walks in shoe leather" And he is
very sensitive to the slightest impli-
cation that he is not honest Tom
Wade. with a load of cross ties, met
Black Jim Hicks returning from
Windy Gap on horseback with so
pound sack of -four.
Hello, JIM" Wade drew up to
rest his horses. Not buying your
flour at the Gap, are you?"
Windy Gap was 16 miles from
Hicks home, while there was big
country store at Beaver Dam. two
miles from his cabin.
Yep"
why, l thought you did all your
trading with Simmons down at the
Dam"
Il used to: but l quit him cold'
What was the matter?"
He treated me mean-dirty meant"
Hicks face showed smoldering indig-
nation,
How was that?'
'Welr'-Black Jim slipped a tired
leg across TIE horses shoulder and
sat sideways-'I bought a side of meat
from him, and without waitin' fer me
to pay for it, he-he' dunned me-
"Dunned you?" in surprise There is
no worse word in the mountains than
'dunned."
Yep. Dunned me week before last;
and | amt never goin' to trade an
other nickcls worth with him"
''Wel'-Wade seemed at a loss to
understand this strange conduct of the
storekeeper at Beaver Dam-"When
did you get the side of meat, Jim?"
Last cpring a year ago."-fouth's
Companion.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-07-11
GROWING CHILD NEEDS REST
According to Eminent Authority, Hours
Of Study Should Be Restricted
With Much Care.

AS soon as the child begins to grow
rapidly all intellectual exertion should
be checked. Such is the theory which
DR.. c. Mercier, the famous English au:
thority on children. expresses in an
article in the London Lancet Espe-
cially when there is any family tend
ency to nervous or mental disorder,
rapidly growing children should be
withdrawn from school altogether un-
til the period Of rapid growth is over.
Mercier does not think that intellec-
tual work at high pressure is harmful
to either boys or girls as long as food,
sleep and bodily exercise are suffi.
cient; but he is sure that pressure OF
intellectual work in those who are
growing rapidly should never be per.
mitted; and If growth be proceeding
very rapidly all intellectual work
should be put aside.
Doctor Mercier insists that it is
scarcely possible to give growing chill.
dren too much to eat, and it should
always be borne in mind that the car
bohydrates-starch, sugar and fat
are mainly fuel that is burnt up in
producing muscular movement, and
that the proteins are the main elements
in the formation of tissue. Conse
quently, 1t is a mistake TO restrict the
meat ration Of children.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-07-11
Relics Of Old Edinburgh.

Old wooden water pipes have Just
been unearthed in Edinburgh, opposite
the McEwan hall. They seem to be OF
elm, bored through the center and
with the ends tapered 80 as to fit tight
ly into the aperture Each section il
about eight feet in length and over .
foot in diameter. Specimens Of this
old water piping, which dates probably
from the seventeenth century, are al
ready In several of the city museums
SO that the two sections now found
will be removed to the water trust
yard. This old pipe track was, proba
bly, part of that which conveyed water
from the Borough loch to supply the
Society Of Brewers" the name "Socf
ETY." being still attached to q few
houses at the west end Of Chambers
street and Bristo. The name OF
Windmill street'-a small street On
the east side of George street--recalls
the fact that q windmill in those by
gone days was used for pumping the
water from the Borough loch to the
brewers Of Bristo.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-07-11
Camera Without Charity.

To a very great extent, the Difficult
ty Of getting a good photograph is IA
compliment. Those people who take"
good photographs are generally those
In whom facial expression either
changes very little or changes very
much. The subtler and more delicate
expressions do not appear in photo
graph. and frequently it is those by
which we are remembered rather than
by some of the actual weaknesses OF
feature which the camera SO faithfully
records. The greatest of all virtues is
charity, but the camera has no charity
and 1t Is often a liar.