The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-22
PETERSBURG FACES
OFFICIAL UPHEAvAL
Mayor, Police Justice and City Engi'
neer May All Tender
designations.
COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT
win Have Many Serious Problems
With Which to Grappie-Ragland
Resignation LAkely TO Come Dur
ing Day.

the action of the Board of Aldermen
lin increasing the tax rate on tangible
personal property and real estate from
st65 to 1885 on the 800, by vote
of to 5, in accordance with the rec
concentration of the finance committee
by a vote Of TO 4. and over the ac-
ton of the Common Council which re-
fused to make the increase by vote
of 30 to 8. IL is probable that other
questions of grace importance in the
interest of the city will be brought be-
fore tie bot~.
Chief Reuben r. Ragiand, OF the
Petersburg police force, IL is persist
ton to the Board OF Police Commits
sioners at an early hour: this he had
not done at late hour this evening.
There are other rumors apparently
viii founded that City Engineer Robert
n Budd will tender his resignation TO
the Council. also that Police Justice
Charles f. Piummer will resign. There
are members of the Council who have
been agitating for several months past
abolishtng the offic Of police Justice and
placing the duties of this Office upon
the mayor If this is done. II Is beyond
question that Mayor Robert Cabaniss,
one of the most able and effieient Of
flcers in the citys history. will resign
Immediately.
Proves Popular ofsiciai.
Manor cabaniss was elected by the
City Council to fill the unexpired term
of the late George Cameron. Jr,. and
was later forced by the insistence NJ
numerous constituents 70 announce his
candidacy for reelection and at the
poles defeated Robert E. GIL by tre-
7
TO the office of mayor, he was known
by few men except as a good business
man of sound Judgment and honest
convictions, but since his election TO
the Office of mayor he has endeared
himself to thousands of citizens
through his wise administration of the
office.
There are certain members or Mt
least one member of the Council who
claims to believe that the rumor with
reference to Chief Ragland resigning
is bluff" but those who are intimate
| ly acquainted with the chief do not
| give credence TO this statement.
Speculation as to Successor.
| There Is much specula alton as to Chief
Ragland's successor Lieutenant J. ]
Donahue of the force. has many sup
porters. but there are those who believe
that in case of the chiefs resignation
Lieutenant ponahue will not succeed
him
Mr.. w G, Andrews. prominent cit
izen, former representative in the
Council from Fourth ward who was
elected by the Council In Joint session
unanimously TO succeed the late w
III. Camp as police conin,ir~icrer, has
not accepted and it is bersistently ra-
mored that he is candidate for police
chief This cannot be confirmed. but
| II can be stated without contradiction
that Mr.. Andrews is a successful bus
! mess man and If elected to the office
| OF chief of police will fiji the office
conscientiously to the best of his abiI-
! ity
Detective J. J. Heelan, of the force,
appeared before chairman MacIin. of
the Board OF Police Commissioners to-
/ day and requested that he be reduced
to the uniform rank of the force i'm
medlately and Mr.. Maclin promised that
! immediate action would be taken.
l....s.e...., May Have Ressanea, .,.@.,.....
Officer W. II Beasley, one OF the two
| officers in charge of the police patrol
| rendered his resignation 10 the Board
of Police Commissioners this morning
Others who have resigned from the
citys employ within the last few weeks
are Committee Clerk P @. Bunting;
Superintendent of Street Cleaning De-
partment ]. A. Mallory, and Register
of the Water Works w. T. Macaha, the
last resigning to offer for the position
of Superintendent of Street Cleaning
/ Department. to which position IL is
stated that he has been appointed by
the Street Committee.
The retirement OF Mr. C. C. Hardy
as candidate for the Office of register
of water works leaves only one other
! annffcapt To1f
who will probably be elected by the
Common Council tomorrow evening.
/ Problems TO Consider.
1t can be seen from the above that
In addition to a possible deficiency in
the treasury of Petersburg, according
10 the belief of certain members of
the Finance Committee at the end Of
the next fiscal year that there are
other matters of grave Importance that
now face the most prosperous city
in the United States at this time"
! As an evidence OF the quotation
above, ii is estimated that the DUPONT
/ Powder Company at Its City Point plant
is now paying out In cash on account
4 of it's semi monthly payroll nearly a
half million dollars every two weeks,
of which Petersburg Is the largest benz
efciary.
Jailed for shottinE. <.
III e Freu valentine Is under arrest mere
charged with shooting and woundins
Matte Stranchan. colored, in a cook
shop conducted by the woman on Old
Market Square, about 1890 o'clock this
morning.
Il Valentine went from the shop out
|ttnto the back yard and tested HIS re-
1 volver by firing II once and returned
to the lunchroom, where he fred four
shots ait the woman, all missing their
mark except one which slightly wounds
ed her In the right arm.
Body Taken to Rickmond.
The body of Richard Childress. an
account of whose accidental drowning
has been mentioned In the virgfnian.
was taken to Richmond today by rela-
tives for interment.
/, Blshop--Trayior.
1 Miss Rebecca Oliver Bishop daughter
of NY and Mrs, Truman G. Bishop,
of Chester, and Mfr. Albien A, Trayior,
were united In marriage at the home
Iof the brides parents yesterday after
noon by Rev. J. M. Pitcher, d. D., the
BRIDES pester s-ssss+sas4
II Grap-shesser nj large,
H William Knew, who shot and danger.
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