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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-22
JlTNEY BUSES WIN
Definite Held Over R~intivc Convenience
WITH Street Cnrs

An interesting program was rem
dered nj the meeting of the Literary
Society OF the Young Mems Hebrew AS
ISOLATION held last night al the asso-
Citations headquarters, 4l2 North
Eighth Street
The most interesting feature of the
program was the debate on the uuc.-
ton. Resolved That /, Is bette. to ride
in q iitneS bus than in Il street car"
'yhe affirmative was upheld by Miss
Jenni. Fisher ANA Alfred IIirschbcrg
AND the negative bv Miss Clara Enrich
and Samuel Shhtovc. The judge award
ed the decision TO the Affirmative
A recitation. entitled "Burdock's Mu-
sic Box was given by Miss Bertha
Herman. and musical selection was
rendered by Harry Spicgel accom-.
panied by Miss Dora and Aaron London
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-22
F0LKES GETS HIM AGAIN
James ThOmas, E1-Corvict, Charged
with Stealing Suit Canes.

James Thomas. colorcd. an ex-convict
was arrested by Detective Sergeant
BAILEY and Policeman Folkcs last night
ON a charge of breaking into a shanty-
car OF the Chesapeake and Onto Railway
Company and stealing three suit cases
OF clothing from negroes living In the
cars.
Thomas was arrested about ten years
ago by Policeman Folkcs on n charge
or breaking into the homo Of VILLA ~
TaE!or and, after chloroforming tho
mar. stealing $4S. He was tried and
sentenced to five years In the penitcli-
t;ary. Tho negro VIII lie arraiGned in
tn" Pole" Court to-day on the charge
Of breaking into the shanty-car. Most
of III" stolen property was recovered by
TIA, officers.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-22
ALL PRINCIPALS READY
FOR LEGISLATIVE HEARING
'udEe Garter. Solicitor Aberncthy, At
torneyH and Commissioners VIII
HIVE First Session To-Day
Especial to The Tlmes-Dispatch,

tSpeclal 10 The Times -Dispatchl
RALEIGH, ~ c.. March ol.-All tho
members OF the legislative commits
sion for the investigation OF the charges
against Judge Frank Carter. in the
Abernethy-Carte contempt case. with
view to determining whether there
are grounds to warrant impeachment
proceedings against Judge Carter. were
mere tonight In informal preliminary
conference in the room OF r. a Dough-
Ton, VINO is TO be chosen tomorrow MS
chairman of the commission.
The meeting for organization pur.
poses will be convened in Representa-
uves Hail at 10 o'clock. Judge Carter.
Sol,c'tor Ahernethy and the counsel for
each have arrived. The witnesses will
DO coming In as they are needed from
taE to day. ms the hearing progresses
MI l'oughton and other members of
me commission agreed tonight that
therc IL no way of estimating the time
required 10 complete the hearing, or
.hs scope that the investigation will
take. All this will be threshed ONT In
the initial meeting Tomorrow.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-22
TAKEN ILL IN PULPIT
REV. W. itu.scli bowie, -. D.. Forced to
stop In Middle Of sermon

Becoming suddenly faint. Rev "
Russell Bowie. -. -. rector OF 81. paurs
Episcopal Church was forced last night
to stop in the Iriddle Of his services and
dismiss his CONGREGATION DR. Bowie
was in the middle Of his sermon when
he put his hands Ia his head ns If
dazed. hcsitated and then. partially
recovering himself announced that he
would he unable TO continue
IT was stated afterwards that Or
Bowie was suffering from a bad cold
and that he became ovcrhcated while
in the pulpit HIS condition is not re-
Gartled as serious
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-22
WILL CONSIDER EXTENSION
OF MONUMENT AVENUE
Street Committee to Pass on Fuller
Resolution This AZ
ternoon.
GREATER PART TO BE DONATED
Problem Is Acquisition Of Right OF
Way Through Forbes Property
and Crossing of Belt Line Rail-
road Tracks.

On the docket OF the Council Com
mittee on Streets. which will meet Mt
. o'clock this afternoon. is Alderman
Pullcr's resolution looking to the ac-
QUESTION of property for the opening
up OF Monument Avenue from tho Rose
meath Road to the Horse Pen Road, in
Henr!co County.
The improvement contemplated in
this resolution ranks in importance
with the largcs, UNDERTAKINGS that
nave busted the city In recent wears.
it mas long been urged by the City
engineer and has the support OF many
members Of the Council
The resolution authorizes the civ
Attorney to acquire by gift purchase or
concentration the necessary land to ex-
tehd Monument Avenue from its pres
ent terminus. in q westerly direction tn
Horse Pen Road. the street to Inc ex-
tended at It's full width OF 100 feat
Concluded action in the acoujsjtInn g.
Is provided, shall not be taken until
after the price Is reported TO the FL
nance Committee and the Council aud
py them approved.
Forbes PROPERTY Is
TIE MISSING LINK
1t has been stated by advocates OF
thls Improvement that most of the
Will need, amounting to about fifty-tyo
acres. has been dedicated free OF charge
oE the owners. The most important
missing link In the chain Of dodications
Is the property owned by w. =. Forbes
Just west of Roscneath Road which
VIII have TO he acquired by purchase
or condemnation
Thc other serious obstacle is the pres
ence Of the Belt Line tracks. The
richmond. Fredericksburg and I'o-
totnac Railroad Company has unor-
hciaily indicated it's hostility to AN
extension of the avenue across the
beit Line IT grade, and has so fai
made no concessions in the direction of
relocating right Of way across
us tracks. The extension OF the ave
nue. across the Bclt Line tracks prcs-
ents an engineering problem of much
uincultY to lie solved most likely nv
the construction OF n monumental con-
crete bridge With long and easy nm
proaches. carrying the street across mt
full width.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-22
CONDITION is SERIOUS
Ernest HrowninE's skull In fractured
In Effort {" Check Hunnway.

Ernest Browning. 1907 Dance street
"h" was severely injured. when struck
III the head. while attempting to stop
runaway horse on Seventeenth Street
saturday afternoon, was operated upon
az the Virginia Hospital YESTERDAY
i' - SH'H l" nay" rallied and To have
been doing we'll last night Tn. ,r,,
suffered It fracture OF the skull iust
Ap"N" IN. eye, and his condition was
regarded as dangerous BY Ambulance,
surgeon stern, who attended him. II
is now thought that he will recover
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-22
snend rnces Mnny Charge.

{. Snead got III wrong" with tho
ponce early Yesterday morning. Police
men hooker and Jennings arrested Tho
man on charge of being drunk ana
"iHord"rly and breaking the window OF
me richmond Art Company. Later al :
"itioia' warrants. charging him with
being suspicious character. susnccicd
OF larceny and with assaulting and
Hcklns Anderson Menden. wore served
on him at the Second Station. He will
be given a hearing In the Police Court
this morning.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-22
AUTOMOBILE STOLEN
Chr 'rnkcn While Owner Is Mt Church
Rcward offered.

The first offer OF reward for the
arrest OF automobile thieves was made
last niSht by j. L. Gale $500 Floyd
Avenue, whose Ford touring car. No
1867, was stolen from before Il Grove
Avenue church during tho evening ser
wees there Gale reported the theft
/" the police, and every effort was
made 10 locate the machine lnSt night
without result. Tho owner then Of
fored reward Of $40 for the arrest
and conviction OF the thief or thieves
ana the return Of the machine to him
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-22
CATHOLICS JOIN IN
PRAYERS FOR PEACE
Passion Sunday Observed at Cathe-
draI OF the Sacred
Heart.
FATHER ELLIOTT breaches
Himself Veteran Of War, He Por-
trays Its Horrors Graphically.
Churches Unite in Special Petition
at Suggestion OF Pope Benedict.

In all the Catholic churches through
out the United States prayer was Of
fered yesterday for tho restoration OF
peace among the warning nations OF
Europe. The day Is known in the
church calendar as Passiou Sunday OF
tho Lenten season. and it was a; the
especial request of Pope Benedict that
!. was also devoted to that which lay
nearest the heart OF Pope Plus, peace
among all the peoples OF the world.
During the day the Blessed Sacra-
ment Is placed In the open OH the main
altar SO that any of the congregation
or others OF the church may at any
t'he visit the church and offer il praye>
Tor peace. Passion Sunday was set
aside for the special PRAYER ON nc
count or Its solemn!ty, for upon this
day tho church Is In mourning and all
or ks crosses and statuary are draped
In purple, and will remain draped in
the mourning color until Easter Day TO
commemorate the sufferings of the
Friday
SERVICES At SACRED
HEART CATHEDRAL.
Al the Sacred Heart Cathedral YES
'erday there was solemn high mass
Win sermon by Rev. Father Elliott
OF Washington. ID. c. Father Elliott
AFTER referring TO the special imnort
OF the day. spoke OF the request of
rope Benedict that in all the Catholic
churches i'm the United States his fol-
lowers should join with him in praying
Tor peace. Having been a soldier in
INC war Between the States. Father FL
hott portrayed with facile realism,
some of the horrors OF war and some Of
us anguish. which only those who have
heen through war can know, and said
mat while thirty millions suffered In
1Nn
hundred millions are suffering In the
cathclys'ntc struggle flaming over Eu-
rope.
lio recalled the day when n crowd
thronged before the home of Governor
Lrtchcr and called upon him for n
speech. and when the Governor snid
tha' IL was not time for speech max
ing but n time for prayer, for PRAYER
that war might be avoided Father
Elliott also eulogized Pope Plus, who
made every effort to maintain peace.
and died praying that peace might
come.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-22
Chr striker Carriage.

ClnH street car No. 400, IN charge Of
Motorman j. S. Profltt and Conductor
*. w. Foster, struck n hack belonging
Ia \. -. Price. q colored undertaken
near Elizabeth and Leigh streets, early
last night and did considerable damage
To the hack. One OF the horses was
injured slightly. The driver Of tho
hack escaped injuries, and the car was
not damaged. Tho car crew claim the
drunkenness of the hack driver caused
the accident
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-22
Pastor DECLINE. Call

Iopecihl 70 INC TImes- DISpatch.l
SPARTANBCRG, S. c., March 2l-
Rev. W II. x. Pendlcton. rector of the
church OF the Advent, announced to his
congr egation to-day that he would NOT
accept the call recently extended him
by Christ's Church, Macon, Ga. Mr..
Pendleton came to SpartanburK from
Wytheville. Va, six years ago
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-22
Arrests Yeateranx

III rum. colored, was arrested early
Yesterday morning by Policeman Small
WOOD on n warrant charging him with
cutting Sallie Johnson Linwood Rich
ardson, colored, was arrested by the
policeman also on charge OF Interior
ing with an officer in the discharge OF
his duty.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-22
VIII Organize Branch of scouts.

Scoutmastcr IIousman will hold n
meeting at the Young Mems Hebrew
Association, 4l2 North Eighth Street.
Tonight ut s o'clock to organize a
branch OF Scouts. II is houed That
many will respond and join the Boy
Scout movement
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-22

T. j. Carreras. n merchant. was ar
rested by Policeman Riddell last night
on a charge OF keeping his place OF
business open on Sunday. He Will be
arratgned before Justice Gr:rrs to.d,v
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-22
Concealed Xyennon.

John Payne. colored. was arrested by
detective Sergeants Krengel and At
kinson yesterday on a charge OF carry
ing concealed weapon. The negro will
be arraigned In the Police Court to-day
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-22
PRICES CHARGED
OIIIEIk AMERICAN CITIES

rs compared With the price of 90
cents for LOCO cubic feet charged for
Has In Richmond having a population
81 lZ',d2S. according TO tho census of
1910. MIR shelton lists the FOLLOWING
prices charged by other leading Amer
lean cities:
li"nalo. y. Y. population 433.7l5. 81;
ioicGo. O.. population 10000, % cents
birmingham. Ala. population I3o.5sa
- Nashville, Tenn, population ITO.
"o'. - augusta, Ca. population $1,000.
Si.I5; Charleston :. G.. porulotiop 80
s33. Sll0; Seattle. Wash population
25".oOo; 81; New Orleans. La, popula :
ton 3S7.o75, sl.lo: Memphis. Tenn. pop
iiation 1911 81: Mobile. Ala. nom :
!aticn !c.coo. sl.lo: Columbia. S. G..
population 263l?. si.35; Atlanta, Ga,
population $4,000, 81; Houston. Tex.
population $3.50, 81: Harrisburg. Pa.
population $3.50. 81. and Portland, Me
population 10000. 81
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-01
MARTINS Ferry Briefs.

Last evening the condition OF William
improved
Walter wyckoff and William Lewis
WI return TO Marietta TO-DAY % resume
their studies after spending sunday with
their parents.
Mrs. William Reed who was operated
or 20 ~, local hospital last Saturday,
u tn'prov.as.
Ray laimcr. who il attending a.. q n
~ Colu-phun. spent Scafs5 titr guest 81
his uar'Hts.
large crowd frosn this city attended
me Lutheran meeting az the -oIrt shen.
TIRE last evening.
James Fitzgerald. OF fsim Grove was
IA inc city Saturday calling on friends
The Degree OF P0cahontRs will hold an
important t.seeflTE On trcir hall on Ham
over street This evening
y X Williams. OF jefferson street
lett SATURDAY eftsrnuoa for n shorf trim
g. Newton tai1t
The services IN an 81 tho local
churches were well attended yesterday.
morning enc evening
Howard Crider. OF Bclinlrc. was in tho
CITY yesterday calling on friends and
~ 81 80. tIog o. ;hc Modern Woodr,sp
81 America. held iu their haii SATURDAY
arrti,Fcm uts we're made Tor startirr- n
mstr fehits campaign
Mrs Edward Asyner. % Walnut street
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-01

Misses Alice Jones. Ellen Pearson and
Glenua Liller spent Sunday with friends
al POwhatan
Charles Beazle. e. former BeliaIre hoy
now located az New Castle. Pa. has been
spending a few days with relatives here.
Nelson Nichols and Arthur Scott. OF
Weilsburg. have returned home after a
visit with friends here
Hope Commandery No. % knights
Iemplara viii hold regular meeting
Ihursdsy evening In Masonic hall.
Eellatre aerlc ~ Eagles viii mold a
regular meeting this evening. All mem-
bcrs are urged TO attend.
Mrs. J. T.. Neff Will entertain the La
dies AID society OF the First 81. r.
church Tuesday evening a. her home on
Jefferson street.
Miss Helen Hutchinson o. Gravel HiIi.
has returned from visit with friends
az Columbus
Miss Hess Jones ~ Bethany has re-
turned home after O visit with friends
here
Miss Marie Mcnamara. 81 Thirty-firat
street. o. Tho ruoet OF friends al Pltta-
burrh
Mrs Robert echramu OF south Bel
mont street VIII entertain with a ghost
party ~ her homo thIa evening
James Kern. OF TIffaIIrrn. Dr. spend
ing few dayH with friends Dol Pho rIfy.
Ncv. 81 &c. 1tphfraOr uf tho TnIfrT
frFsuvtcriau church. wheeling ana REV.
p. r. King. uf The second rreaHrterInu
night
Willard King. 10 uetroi. Mich. who
bee been viHlUus friends u taa t.I,
nill return home today
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-01

The AfroAmericsn Club viii hold a
special meeting this evening at the
nome or ~. D. Palmer. in Kirkwood
Several from this city went 90 wheel
inE yesterday afternoon 90 attend the
~ eeran meeting at the Court theatre
Attorney W r Nixon ~ Nartfr4
ferryf SPOKE 81 the Lansing " y
church last evening
The Junior Mechanics will hold an
important meeting In their hall on Main
street this evening
The polls viii open and close Al the
usual hour m this city tomorrow and
me requltH viii be announced earfv
The Blue lodge ~ Naaora viii hoI8
e. lmpoftant meeting boo their hau on
h1in street this evening
This city vas we'll repre- scented af the
DAY Afternoon
The Aetna STANDARD mill resumed on.
atiora last rivht OF mid. might ara
VIII work al wrfr
IerfouH fro mfHIH rIf. ATTENDING the
hall0Wc.en celebration Hf rfrfrIrr I.-r..
saturday walked home as fHer wore
Unable in Erf uu che street .rr.
bridgeport high school Ia fr.frr fr
arrange game with The Martins Trrrr
team Tor later lu fHe season
Ino campaign ln fhIH rifF viii Boz
brought fu m close ff|. evening" ard fHa
Interest le at fever heat
III" local A-rie fEaEi-s Will hold
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-01
MARTINS FERRY
ATTACK ON BOARD OF CONTROL
REFUTED.
To the Editor OF the IntelIlrencer

To the Editor OF the Intelligencer.
Dear Sir:-An article published IN
/ the Wheeling Sunday News" and
signed by Jack" Ralston. two years
ago a candidate on the Fusionist
ticket, now a candidate Tor mayor on
the Republican ticket. asserting that
the present board Of control is burn
Ing non-union coal at the city light
plant, furnished by the Martins Ferry
Coal company. 20 the best OF my
knowledge Is not true and is an ab-
solute falsehood. as the mine has
never been declared a non-union mine
by the mine-workers' organization.
and. therefore. the product OF the
mine connot he classed as "scab"
coal. as Mr.. Ralston would have the
public believe
Furthermore. ] know that the pres
ent board Of control. com posed OF
Mayor Wyckoff. himself a member OF
the printers union. Brock Brown ana
Ernest Gosney. las always consulted
Win union mi1e-workers whenever q
contract was 70 be let fOr coal ana
mat no agreement was ever entered
INTO without FIRST having their en-
dorsement that the product vas
mined by union men. n az any time
after the contract was let non-union
miners were employed Il was IN
known 10 the board. az il is the duty
OF the officials 10 report any such oc-
currence TO the board Of control. and
no such report has ever been made.
Having been assigned by Local
Union No. lass TO investigate condi-
lions In the pcddllng mines In this dis
rict. ] visited the mine Of the Mar
uns Ferry Coal company and .on-
suited with ono OF the owners Of mo
mine which is operated on the co.
operative plan. and be- gave me tho
assurance that Do was willing 10 pay
ih' union STALE whenever DO vas
necessary 20 employ miners. and that
union miners were employed ir enc
mine. VIM Mcmahon. who recently
met death accidentally. havinr been q
member OF The organization o. the
Time of hIs demise
VT NalsfOn'f communication JOB the
sunday 'NrwH' evidently refers 10
mo az ihe organizer visiting the mine
70 short time sro. as there has been no
oihfr miner delegated with that mis-.
sion. and ] fru'nfullv brand bis state.
mem, in faId article as a malicious
faI srh0od
sI.nHd
WILLIAM BuMGARDNER.
President Local 1855. q ~ Wa
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-01
BRIDGEPORT MAN
KILLED BY FALL
JOHN scHwEiTzER MEETS TRAGIC
DEATH M OKLAHOMA OIL
FIELD
Body VIII Be Brouqht % Bridgeport
for Buriai-Feu Details Regard
ina Accident Obtained

a telegram was received In Bridge.
port last evening about y O'Clock l1.
uouncing ths ar. that John SrhWeif
zrr. re- resident 81 chat city until about
month ago. had been killed In OkIa.
houa There were buf frp details In
ne telegram. but o. stated that Do bad
fallen from The TOP Of m derrick
Tho deceased man lrn bridgeport
about q month ag0 t0 work In tho OKLA
hons OF hrlde and he WIS followed
bv be wife two weeks later. aa thry
intended making their homo Of that
place. The late Mr. gchwolfzrr was
about 30 years of ere and was wei
known. lic la survived BY ha wife
and several brothers end sister,.
The telegram stated thaf fhs fs.
mains would arrive n fHie .Ifr f0m0r
r0r evening and viii be taken to The
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-01

"a and 90 oncs reneiraica o. relieve au
nraln on uervca, cufda nFlmeuta anI an
puts lnrnircd N makes ne muscle 81
plant thut hey expand nafur1ry. And af
the sane tine thcY are lnr'r1ruf-1 ~ co.
nlaenoe of haraairF pains ao Haf Oh d'rffr.f
tila mind. WhnfeV-r Win nff b. fhr comfort
- ne crpcctart mother g. n greet and Dr..
~ luhufnfe since n calm 1nf peaceful per
must have wonderfully tr1t dCal imnfr.H
upnn NJ coming child Get bottle 81
N1ihrrs fnend' % any drurrfa ant v0r
~ realize Why so many women dcriarc %
" p the most helpful rcmcfv They know a.
WfIie today A. nrafneid Regulator Co. 90
lamar h'dr. Atlanta. &C. frr . fnirnf.F
ifot n efcli Interest aui value % even c1.
pcrfnnt uofhcr.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-01

Two lads while PLAYING about the
mouth or McMahon'a creek yesterday At
L.rnoon found the body Of q nude babe
floating In the water The BODY was
towed 70 shore and the police were mott
Yea ana started an Investigation. From
ppe aftnces the body mad only been In
the water few hours and evidently boJ
died before being deposited there Who
me guilty parties are the police were
NOT able 70 determine. 10 is tnetr opiu-
ION That the body was thrown from
ether TIC Union street or the belmont
-treet nridFe some time Saturday night
ne body was removed 90 the Hrailiev
Undertaking establishment Coroner RE-
ger was notified and will probably con
duct she Inquest to-day.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-01
REPORT UNFouNpEp.

HAVRE. Oct. 81. 1910 D. m.-word
received through the American gov.
eminent that reports regarding the
condemnation OF more than thirty Bel
CLANS by military courts al Liege were
untounded, has greatly relieved Bel
CLAN government officials here.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-01
ANNUAL OFFERING
At First United Presbyterian Church
Brings S4e7 For Missions- Or.
Robinson breaches.

At the First United Presbyterian
church yesterday morning the annual
thank Offering for the Woman's Mis-
sionary Society Of the congregation
was collected.
Dr. Robinson preached an appropri.
ate sermon 10 large audience. The
Offering for the Woman's Society was
$40 and for the Young woman's So
ciety SOL. making total OF S497.