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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-07
EXPECT SHARP DEBATE ON
SANATORIUM ORDINANCE
Measure Aimed nj DIR. fuckers InstItu-
ton Up Before Common Council
Tonight.

Two ordinances of more than usual
interest will come up for consideration
before the Common Council tonight.
The Grundy ordinance. prohibiting the
erection Of hospitals and sanatoriums
within 300 feet Of n church. school or
hotel will be reported by the Ordinance
Committee. The ordinance is designed
To prevent tho establishment by DIR.
beverly Il. Tucker of Il sanatorium at
the corner of Madison and Franklin
Street. in the old John w. Harrison
home.
Dr. Tucker has recently compiet ed
the purchase Of the property for s70.-
000 and the deed is record in the
City Chanccry Court. He contends that
the ordinance would he confscatory.
and that its application to his proposed
sanatorium would he illegal. He has
pointed out that residential districts
in other parts of the West End have
been invaded by hospitals and sana-
forums, and that no objection was
ra ised against them The ordinance
will probably prccipitate a sharp de-
bate. opinion with reference to 1t being
divided
Among other clauses. the ordinance
contains one providing that the APP
prevail of rho Board Of Health must he
obtained before any hospital or sana
forum may he erected.
The Common Council will also have
for its consideration the ordinance es-
tdDilSniHS the builulnS inc Oh Inc
Grace Street block, hetween Shafer and
Harrison, on the south side, twenty
feet from the property line The LA :
fayette Apartment Corporation, which
has recently purchased the house at
the southwest corner of Shafer and
Grace Streets. planned to erect an
apartmenthou on the property. and
bitterly opposed II building line set so
far back. claiming that IL would re-
duce the depth OF the lot to such an
extent as to make an apartment house
erected on a. unDrofltable
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-07
CHIEF HEALTH OFFICER LEVY
URGES GENERAL VACCINATION

The situation would 10" alarming but
for one characterization affords com
nietc protection against smallpox
There is no fact better established than
this. Every one in Richmond who has
not been successfully vacciHated within
the past FIVE years should l." vacci-
mated. and that without loss Of time
! want especially ia urge all employers
70 sec that every one in their employ
Is vhccinatcd."
br. Levy said again That vaccine
would b" furnished free TO all physi-
cIans requesting it, and that amy one
c"uid com" 20. the Health Boards Of
noes OF IA" fourth floor OF the civ
Han. between ANA O'Clock. and be
Naccinatcd fire.: Of charge
There had been no Smallpox in Rich
mona. said Dr. Levy, since last August,
UP 20 the beginning Of April. and from
Arrll 7" last Tuesday there have been
nv" cases. four Of which have been sent
I" the smallpox hospital
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-07
FALLS INTO LAKE
Miss Myrtle Cox, Salvation Army Work
err, Escapes Drowning at Byrd Park.


Miss Myrtle Cox. twenty three years
old. member of the local Salvation
Army Corps and living ut the Army
Headquarters, 1925 East Broad Street.
narrowly escaped drowning in the lake
at William Byrd Park yesterday af-
ternoon. when she fell into the water
after having been seized with a faint
ing spell. Persons on the walk near
her rushed into :hc lake and dragged
her out while Others summoned the
ambulance.
Dr. German found her partially re.
viVcd when he came on the scene. and.
hfter rendering emergency treatment
TOOK the young woman TO the Virginia
hospital. She was reported as being
out Of danger last night
man named Carr, living at y West
seventh street. tainted and fell into
the river off the Dunlop Flour Mills
yesterday afternoon, but was rescued
by friends. Ambulance Surgeon Cor
man treated him and left him after
ne had been revived. The man was
fishing from boat
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-07
AUTHORITIES CERTAIN
OTHER CASES WE'VE HERE

In speaking last night of the out
break. DR.. l.. G. Levy. Chief Health
officer said:
"All these latter cases we're discov-
cred working on III. hypothesis that
there must hc undiscovered cases in
the city We were confident OF this on
account Of tho fac, that Brumwcll. who
had a plain case OF smallpox had not
been out Of town. nor in contact with
any OF the four OF five reported cases
Convinced Of tho existence OF such
cases Or. Summers had before him the
problem OF finding them. He visited
every house for several blocks around
and was rewarded by unearthinc the
original case, Holt. and three others
The history Of these cases brings
out the fact that the victims have been
going TO work, riding on crowded
street cars. attending dances and bail
games. going to church and Sunday
school. and going to motion picture
shows and visiting other sections Of
the city. while broken out with small
poH. Hundreds OF other persons thus
have been exposed to This disease No
one can tell If he is one OF these per-
sons. Some OF them will develop the
disease. imagine that even now we
Ill have all .
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-07
IS CHARGED WITH
R0BB|NC EIGHT STORES
Police Arrest sherman Harris. Al
!oCed to Have Assisted III West
End BurGlnrics.
BROTHER Is SERVING TERM
Raid on House in Which Booty Was
= Concealed Yielded Patrol Wagon
Load of Groceries. Dry Goods and
Wearing Apparel.

Tho third person alleged 10 have
been implicated iu the robbery OF eight
stores it TN" West End during Feb
ruary ana March was thought to have
been unprecedented las, night. when De
tectiVe S.rgeanrs krcnGcl and Atkin-
son, with Policemen Dunn ana 1irnor
arrested Sherman Harris, color"d, and
locked him ~. Tin IL second Police
station on wAri.-nts rharFing him with
eight cases Of hwrrlary Hc Will he
srraiencd In the Policc Court this
morning.
=. Harris is :, brother of John Harris.
the negro arrested by Detectives Kren-
ec! and Atkinson and Policeman Tom
TiNSOn several months ago and later
sent 10 the pculiuctiary for five wears
on two charges Of BURGLARY and one Of
fouscbreakine ~ tho time Of his ar
res' The officers arrested also Irene
Foimes Colorcd. MS being implicated in
the robherics. she was hailcd for her
.ppearance in III" ioiic" Court. hut
foiled to appear for trial She was in
G'ctca and T. now "a fugitive from jus
tice The officers recovered from tho
p.omau's homo "a patrol Waronloud OF
dry goods groceries and wearing ap-
fhrel. which the negroes were believed
20 have stolen from small merchants
WARRANT CHARGES NEt!itU
WITH " MERoI y UnRREUIES
Harris, tn" negro urros,ed last night.
IS charged with breaking into + Elm
Steius store, l233 West Leigh street.
sud stealing i25l worth OF dry goods
y IN nc ronh"ry Of u 'antor.s store,
i2+2 Boyd street, where he is alleged to
fnre stolen merchandise valued "a,
So 20. With tho theft az goods valued
~ iii from Neucic ravis's store. 1907
soore street with s,"nlinl. from (
Sscks store. 1908 Moore street. $50
breaking into the store of \ Rockoff
sl6I Moore Street and ytoaliro :,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-07
WOMEN WHO WATCHED BY
VETERANS WERE NURSES
MISSES Bailey, Morton and Strother
Are Heroes of Midnight
Vigil.
OFFICER DIscLosEs IDENTITY
Young Women Connected With In.
structing Visiting Nurses Associ-
alton, Following Long Day on
Duty, Volunteer for Service.

n letter from Colonel Leon NJ. Park
ana Colonel George w. Howard. both ~
Georgia. printed in The Times Disnatrb
, sunday morning. in which the two cor.
teucrate officers gave high praise tn the
veterans uuartered at 1O5 east Main
street during the reunion Last rn..t.
caused general speculation as to tho
identity Of the unknown nurses
ne mystery was cleared up yes
terday VIXEN an officer of the Instruc
i've Visiting Nurses Association d.
v"lgcd the secret that the vouno vnz
men whose unseifsh labors rereiv ed
such nigh praise from the Georcia off,
GERS. were nurses connected with Inn.
ORGANIZATION. The three youn> won ~
We're Miss Bailey. Miss Morton and
MISS Stroth"r, members of the visit :
!nc nurses STAFF, who volunteered ,hoir
services upon learning that tho wet :.
Grams needed assistance
hoy SCOUTS FIND vt:,rI.R.ys
SUFFERING FROM COLD
Tuesday night. according 10 officer
referred to, Boy Scouts found - NM,
ner OF veterans in the house suffering
from the rain and cold. They ,cle
phoned TO Miss Curtis. head of the
nurses stan OF the reunion hospital.
explaining the situation. Miss curtis
could spare none of her assistants a,
the time. and she referred tho ROY
scouts 10 Miss NJ. j. Minor, supcrirtcn
dent OF the Visiting Nurses Assncia
'i"n MISS Minor called for volunteers
an" MISS BAILEY and Miss Morton re-
sp"ndcd Although they had been ON
ontH All day, the two young women
Went Ia the veterans quarters nj o
=" crock and remained all night. minis
tcring 10 the old soldiers. MANY Of
whom IL is stated. were wet Tn tho
SKIN ana IN serious danger of CON
tracing pneumonia. Five were sem
10 the reunion hospital and additional
comforts were secured for those who
ana not hay" sufficient bed covering
me place was crowded, and all night
long tn" two nurses maintained their
Vigil and worked to make their charges
comfortable.
The next night Miss STROLLER VOL
unt""r"d 10 relieve Miss Morton. but
Miss BAILEY returned to the quarters
ana remained until Thursday morn
ing. Tho young women received many
expressions of gratitude from the vet
Grams for whom they cared.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-07
Arrests Alleged Fuu,,,v.

county Policeman a. r. TrayIor. OF
Chesterheld, yesterday arrested VIII
nam wright on n charge of being a
lusltlNe from Justice from Prince
George County. The man Ia alleged In
have stolen $3.50 worth of time checks
and suit of. clothes from John Lin.
ton. He will be turned over to au,<
thorlties OF Prince George at once.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-07

confcdcracy, will meet at Lee Camp
Hall tomorrow morning at u o'clock.
important business. including the cleo
ton OF officers, will come before the
meeting. \ full attendance is desired
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-07

- Inc estimated Gaining ~ the South.
ern Railway FOR the fourth week o.,
Nav show decrease of sl33.i73 from
the total for the same period last wear.
The 1915 estinate is sl557.7lJ; the
1914 total, sl.6sl,fSS
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-07
DISCUSS plnns for New church.

At a congregational meeting Of
Cowardin Avenue Christian Church i'm
nediately following the morning SER
vice yesterday. plans for the new church
were discussed. but definite action was
deferred until another meeting, the
date for which will be decided upon
this week
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-07
Commission TAKES UP ITS
FIGHT ON WHITE PLAGUE
Body Appointed by Legislature Holds
First Meeting and Plans
Campaign.
REPORT TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Commissioners Will Gather Informal
ton aS to Prevalence of Disease
ana Agencies to Combat Ii, Sub
hitting Findings to Legislature.

ON. in .i"h, OF all deaths in Nir-
Ginia are from tuberculosis, accord =
ms t" information laid before the Tu-
""rrulosis Commission appointed by The
last General Assembly TO make "a re-
port On III" best method OF fighting the
disease The commission held its first
meeting In Richmond last "Wednesday.
WITH Senator w. l.. Andrews. Of Roa =
Hokc the chairman. presiding
Ait'r general discussion OF the prob :
icin racing the state. a plan was formu-
!atcd ;or the initial work Of the BODY.
ana ~" duty Of investigating various
phases @! The question WAS assigned
l" INDIVIDUAL members. The act Great
nr the commission called for coneiti :
GRAFTON cf The white plague" situa =
.'"l' ~ ~! OF ITS phases and report
:" IN" General Assembly next January
at q comprehensive plan for the control
OF IN. disease in Virginia
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-07
SUMMERS TRACES SOURCE
OF SMALLPOX OUTBREAK
Health Department Physician Finds
Man Who Brought Disease
to Richmond.
DISCOVERS THREE NEW CASES
DIR. Levy Issues General Warning Adj
risinE All CnvacCinated Persons to
Take Precaution at Once and BE.
come Immune

/ DIR. +. l.. Summers of the civ.
Health Department. by a patient and
exhaustive house to house canvass
yesterday succeeded in locating IN,
case TO which tho Health Department
traces the smallpox epidemic Just
broken out. and found three new cases,
which will he sent to the Smalluox
Hospital to-day.
me original case was that of Charles
Holt. who has been boarding at POP
enable street Mrs NJ. q t;oodc who
runs the lodging rooms. and her daurh-
ter. Miss Sadie Goode were also found
to he suffering with the dread disease
arthur Milton. sin years old, OF 20lO
Ncnahie Street. next door to Mrs
Goodies boarding house is another
victim discovered by DIR. Summers. who
FOUND him after he is reported to have
visited yesterday afternoon with his
mother at l2S West Clay Street. riding
to and from his aunts on an Oakwood
and Broad street car
Holt, twenty-cight years old has
been employed at the Richmond Struc-
tural Steel Company. Seventeenth and
Dock streets. where Everett Grant. of
S"n Moshy street. who was found Sat
urday to be suffering from the disease
while spectator at baseball game
at the church Civic Associations park.
Paramount. is also employed
CANT; HERE FROM
ROANOKE: RAPIDS. y. {.
In response TO inquiries by DR. sum
mers, Holt said that n went 10 Roam
oke Rapids, y. G.. late in March, look
ing for employment. While in Roam
oke Rapids. Holt said. he heard that
the disease was epidemic in that town
On April p he came to CITY Point, re-
manning there until April H. There
too. he said, he heard that the powder
manufacturing village was also suffer
ing from tho disease. He came back
TO Richmond. and secured employment
with the structural steel company. ON
April 30 he began to feel III. ana SIX
days later the eruption appeared He
received no medical attention. but re-
covered.
Mrs. Goode, of eol2 venahlc street.
and her daughter. Miss Sadie Goode.
arc employed at tho old Dominion
Pickle Works. Nineteenth and Marshall
streets. Mrs. Goodc tell i'll on May 4.
and the eruption appeared on May
= The eruption broke ont on the
daughter on May 10.
Harry Brunwell of zip Pleasant
street, the first TO be reported 10 tho
BOARD of Health, was the next victim.
He became i'll on May :. and broke
out few days later. Gran; was tho
next victim. lie became Ill on May %
and broke out on June /. Arthur Mil
ton. the siX-year-old boy. became i'll
on May 81. and broke out on June 3.
the last day OF the Confederate Re-
union. Mrs. j. J. Nicholson. OF lS3S
Nonable street. just across the street
from whore Brumwcll is said TO have
been employed. fell i'll on May 30
and the eruption made its appearance
on June {. OF all these cases Erlim-
we'll and Mrs Nicholson We're the only
ones 10 be reported to the Board OF
Health The others were discovered
Ia, I,,.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-07
BOND AND SPECIFIC ROUTES
THE SUBJECTS OF DEBATE:

The two most contested points in
connection with this ordinance are
those dealing with indemnity bonds and
specihcd routes. AZ its last meeting
the committee voted to include in tho
ordinance n section requiring AN in
dcmnity bond Of $1,000 for each jitn'ev.
and. where extra cars arc operated by
the same person or company, 81 900 for
each additional car.
When the committee came to tho
question Of routes there arose differ
cnces as TO the most advisable routing
and the final settlement Of this point
was deferred until the next meeting
Ihcre is comparatively no opposition to
the other provisions OF the ordinance.
and. with the two main points at issue
settled. the other sections of the meas
ure viii he approved by the committee
in short order.
y call viii! he issued this week also
II is stated for a meeting Of the spc-
cial joint committee investigating po-
lice conditions The committee will
meet in executive session the public
hearings having been concluded
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-07
Miller & Rhoads--- The Shopping Center
Doing the Unusual

Most men boast of their mechanical ability,
but it takes woman to sharpen a lead pencil
with pair of scissors.
The great scientific discoveries of the world
can be traced to awakened realization of the
significance of simple facts For instance,
many people had seen suspended objects
swing TO and fro. but Calico was the first to
see with the eye of intelligence. When he was
Is years Of age he noticed that when a verger
in the Cathedral at Pisa had replenished
with OLD lamp which hung from the ceiling
he left it swinging, and. looking at it. Calico
conceived the idea of applying it to the meas
uremcnt OF time He worked on the idea fifty
years before he completed the invention Of
the pendulum.
AS he worked on this problem he heard of
a Dutch spectacle maker who had made an in
strument which caused distant objects to ap-
pear much nearer at hand. Calico brought
his mind to bear onthe phenomenon, and the
result the telescope--the development of
which has given us all we know Of the wonders
OF the skies.
When Miller & Rhoads way back yonder
thirty years ago. started out to sell at one
pricc-and mark everything in plain figures,
the old Wiseacres said lit can't be done" The
continued upward mdrCn OF line Shopping
Center" has proved that they blazed the trail
and successfully led other stores out of the old
habit OF selling whatever price you could
get. and into the light of fair-dealing and one
price to all
Your favorite shopping place has always
stood for selling at the lowest price and mark
ing that price in plain figures.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-07
COMMITTEE WILL RESCIND

Since the board is now ready and
willing to file with the committee :,
detailed statement OF it's Investigations
into the advisability of leasing the Gas
works and TO return TO IL all papers
dealing with this matter. the resolu-
ton of censure passed at the last meet
inc OF the committee will not be
dressed. The committee will at to-
days meeting reconsider the vote by
which II was passed. and rescind It,
The Administrative boards report on
tho gas lease application is formida
bic document OF more than twenty
typewriter pages, and il is regarded
as doubtful that the committee Will be
able TO digest IL and act upon il at this
afternoons meeting in time for "A re-
port to the Common Council tonight
II appears probable now that the com :
miitee's report will he deferred. for, tho
meeting of the Board OF Aldermen a
week from tomorrow night
While the Public Utilities Committee
to-day. and the Dock. River and IIarhor
tommitte" at o'clock Thursday nigh,
arc tho only committee meetings so far
schedulcd for this week II is probable
that call will he issued later this
week for meeting OF the Ordinance
Committee TO complete the considera-
ton of the ordinance regulating j!tney
bus traffic in this city.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-07
WILL RECEIVE BOARDS
REPORT ON Gas LEASE:
Public Utilities Committee Meets To
Day to Act on Long-Deferred
Statement.
WITHDRAW APPEAL TO COUNCIL
Committee Is Expected to- Rescind
Resolution, Amounting to Criti-
ciSm OF Boards Conduct, Adopted
at Its Last Meeting.

The Council Committee on Public
Buildings. Properties and Utilities will
meet in special session at 6 o'clock this
istratvc Board detailed statement Of
the considerations that led 1t recently
TO recommend summary rejection OF
the offer Of the Southern Gas and Flee
trio Corporation for a lease OF the Gas
Works.
The failure Of the committee to re-
cciNe such Il report from the board at
its last meeting. although at pre-
cedinC meeting the board was specif-
cally requested to have it ready by that
time. led il TO adopt resolution re-
porting the boards delinquency to the
Council and requesting that body to
take steps to secure the return to the
committee OF all papers bearing on the
gas lease nppliCation
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-11
Funeral of Miss Lewis.

Funeral services for Miss Mary w.
Lewis. only daughter of Judge l.. L.
Lewis. who died on Tuesday. will be
held this afternoon at $40 o'clock
from Grace Episcopal Church. Miss
Lewis was prominent in the religious
and social life OF the city. and was tai
ented rs writer. She was author Of
several short stories, and was recog-
niZed authority on literary subjects.
For many years Miss Lewis took an
active part in charitable work She
was founder and the leading spirit in
Saint Monca's Mission. an institution
for the maintenance OF aged and indis-
ent negro women. Miss Lewis also
inaugurated by private subscription a
library at st. Elizabeth's Hospital.
The pallbearers will be: George BIB
son, a. l.. Holiday. John G. Hayes. o.
II. Funston, r. Randolph Williams, U.
II. Sutton. William II. Mnssie. Henry
l.. Cabell, Eppa Hunton and John 4.
Coke.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-11
OBITUARY
Wiley a. BInnkcnship.

Wiley ~ Blankenship. widely
known resident OF Church Hill died
at his residence, 51i North Twenty
nth Street at $3.50 o'clock yesterday
morning in the scvcnty-thi-d ye,or OF
his age.
Mr.. ilankenship had been connect ed
with the tobacco manufacturing bust
ness of Richmond for the pas: ff,v
years. and during the last fifteen years
and up to the time OF his death was
general manager OF the United States
Tobacco Company, of Richmond
Mr.. Blankcnship served through the
War Between the States. rs member
OF Company y, Fifteenth Virginia Rcgi-
mcnt. He WAS wounded at Drevrr."s
Slug, and he surrendered with General
Lee at AppomattoX. lie was a char
ter member of Damon Lodge knights
OF Pythias, member OF Picket, Camp
Confederate Veterans. and OF the ROYAL
Arcanun. He was member of Leigh
street Baptist Church, and at the time
OF his death was a member OF the
board of dcacons.
In December. 1865, Mr.. Blankenship
was married to Miss Mary Q. Garth
right. OF this city, who survives him.
He is also survived by one sister, Mrs
Opheiia \. Cartwright, OF Richmond
The funeral will take place from
Leigh Street Baptist Church tomorrow
afternoon NJ 3 o'clock. and intcrmcnt
Will be in lakewood Cemetery. The ac-
tive pallbcarers viii be the deacons of
Leigh Street Baptist Church, and the
following VIII be the honorary pail
bearers: Hugh Campbell, Thomas b.
Scott. George William Jones. \. J. John
son, William Johns. II. G. Shcrvin A.
Il. Worth!ngton and =. s. Rust.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-11
Mrs. Sarah Jane Darlington.

Mrs. Sarah Jane Darlington. eighty
two years old. the widow of Peyton r.
Darlington, and for many years presi-
dent or the Homo for 1ncurables, died
yesterday morning in her home, 5lI
West Grace street. The funeral will
take place In the home to-day at
noon. Rev Hugh w. Sublett. rector OF
old st. Johns Episcopal Church, OF
which Mrs. Darlington was a member
Will conduct the services. 1nterment
will be In Hollywood Cemetery.
Mrs. Darlington was the daughter of
Colonel George and Mrs. Margaret
Adams Darlington. She was the sister
Of the late Mrs. a. j Strokes and Mrs
:. T. I.athrop, of this city. She is sur
rived by one son. Peyton r. Caring
ton. Jr.
Mrs. Darlington took an active part
in assisting in maintaining the Vir-
ginia Home for Incurables. She was n
charter member of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church Home. and was, for n
number of years, n member of it's boa I'd
of managers. Failing health forced her
10 give up active charity work some
years ago.