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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-06
Fined for Speeding.

Henry Johnson. colored. was fined
800 by Acting Police Justice GrigRs
yesterday morning on a charge OF
speeding. He appealed.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-06
Mrs.. Kee.eli In Ho.u,.a,.

mrs. George b. Keezell. Of Harrison
NrrG, Is q pauer ut kgJohnston-
wits Sanitarium- mo e4pects 20 B.
xsrs about ten d.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-06
NORFOLK MAN CONTRACTS
TO FIX CARY STREET ROAD
Board Approves Henrico County's
Award to l.. Lawson ut
$0,308 Bid.
WORN GAP WILL STILL REMAIN
Appropriation Can BE Applied Only
to Improvement From New Cor
porate Limits Out-NewIy-An.
neNcd Section to He Improved,

The Administrative Board yesterday
concurred In the recommendation OF
the Board OF Supervisors OF Uenrico
County that tho contract for nor,
nently improving the Cary street Road
| from the city limits to the Country
Club OF Virginia be awarded TO J..
Lawson. OF Norfolk. at his bid OF
S9.36s.S2 In accordance with this rio
cislon the contract will be Immediate
~ executed. and work on the Improve
mcHt VIII begin at an carly date.
The cost OF this Improvement il to
he met from tho 100000 rapproDr,a.
non made by the city us n condition
OF inc county abandoning its fight
against annexation. Under the ordi-
nance appropriatinE the money IL l.,
available only for the Improvement OF
ROADS reading into the city. all i'm :
proremcnts to begin at the corpora
ton line and proceed into Henrico
County.
As the direct approach 10 the Coun.
Try CLUB or Virginia the Cary street
ROAD IL the most extensively used au-
teinooiie driveway in the city. Its
poor condition. especially the stretch
between the old and new corporation
mes, has been frequent source of
complaint. The reconstruction about
10 ne contracted for will improve tho
road from the new city limits to the
Country Club. This will leave unim-
proved the worn section between tho
new and the old corporate lines which
VIII have 10 be taken care OF by the
city
C0NCURS IN OTHER
ROAD IMPROVEMENT
The board approved also the coun-
tvs recommends ton for the award Of
these road Improvement contracts:
Ectts e Roycc. Chcstcr,own Md
Williamsburg Road from tho city linn
its to Seven Pines. sS,I3?.?s
Rctts & l'oycc. Nine Mile Road from
the city limits to stop ~ sttoa36
Calvin & Gibson. Culpepcr, Osborne
Turnpike from the city limits TO Sui
liran's store. s14.131.G2
The board gave its approval TO the
rccommc ndation OF tho state Highway
Commissioner and the Board OF Supcr-
risors OF Hcnrico County that tho
county district force do tho Eravcliny
and surfacinE OF Telegraph Road from
Solomon's store to the ChiCkahomirv
River, the cNcavatinE and drainage on
~ TO be done By contract The total
amount TO he expended for Tho i'm
provcmcnt OF this road, the board pro-
ridcd, shall not exceed the allotted
sl3.3O3.I6.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-15
GROWING TOO SOON.

There is to be a big public mass
meeting tonight at the home OF the
Portsmouth Business Mems Associa-
ton by advocates from both Norfolk
and Portsmouth Of the scheme to con-
solidate these two cities, and the local
papers of the twin cities carry flaming
half-page advertisements announcing
the meeting. Let us become vtr-
ginia's largest city" Is the slogan
adopted by tho enthusiasts. and this
catchline is carried in the advertising
, matter.
The last census gave Norfolk a popu-
lation OF $1,000. and Portsmouth,
population was placed at $4,000, SO
the consolidation would give the
merged city combined population OF
100000. After this consolidation is
effected the boosters Of the seaports
will have to look around and annex
something else before they can even
approach Richmonds population
mark
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-15
Chicago Manufacturers and Business
Men Endorse Sunday Closing

tors. SIT South Dea,b born Street
said:
THE direct effect on the buildind
trades Is that about % per cent mord
workmen on hand last Monday thar
at any time for all the time I havd
been handling large numbers ol
workmen."
The city Itself is reaping a benef
IN improved conditions among its enl
pIoyes. Here Is testimony from WAL
ter q. I.eininEer, superintendent oI
streets. He said:
III has aided greatly. We have full
gangs report for work on Mondays
the last two weeks, something ncvei
heard OF before"
The grocers. especially those Wild
are doing business in the wet section
OF the city are greatly pleased wit
the results Those back of th}
Yards have particularly benefited
One OF them said.
THE workmen buy food for theij
families on credit and pay their bilij
out OF their pay checks. They usually
get saloonkeepers near the yards I'd
cash the checks and out of them they
spend something over the bar to par
for the accomm citation. Heretofore
they have returned to the saloons or
Sunday end made such deep inroads
into the weeks pay before II Is time
to pay the grocer on Monday thai
some OF them had not money enough
left to meet the obligation. The mer
have had enough during the last twd
weeks to pay their bills
| Monday accidents have decreased
Mayor Thompson said he had re-
ceived word 70 this effect from va
rious sources. He referred particu.
! larly to the testimony of one of the
superintendent of the Pullman Com
pany. who wrote the Mayor that the
Monday after the lid went on was this
first Monday In many years that ar
accident had not happened in the
Pullman shops.
Marshall Field & Co. and other big
State Street department stores report
the biggest Monday sales in years.
Chicago is having a little frst-hand
evidence of what the saloon does "a
legitimate trade. II the bar closed
on one day in the week brings about
such a remarkable change for this
better, think of the wonderful pros
perity and improved living conditions
that will result when the bar is closed
seven days in the week.--AmericAn
Issue.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-15
EX-P0OL ROOM GAMBLER
AND REFORMER PASSES
The Paradoxical Peter DeIacy Dies
In New York-Votika Taken
From Ship.

New York. November 14.-Petep
DeLacy, foremost for many years
among the pool room gambling fra
ternity of the city, and paradoxically,
"a leading figure in later days in the
horse racing in New York and New
Jersey, died late on, Saturday night
at st. Lukes Hospital OF pneumonia,
which developed after an operation
for gall stones.
Mr.. DeIacy was seventy-one years
old. Until last Tuesday, when he be-
came i'll at the home OF his daughter.
Mrs. Alice Radcliffe, with whom he
lived at 10 West Seventy-nrst Street,
he had seemingly been in good health.
His daughter. Mrs. Radcliffe and Miss
Kate DeLacy, and two grandchildren
survive him, His wife died more than
twenty years ago
Delays life had been one of ac-
tive fighting that began in the days Of
his youth in the old Seventh Ward
where he was born of Irish parents,
He fought throughout the war and
then he came back to this city.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-15

Public Health Service were carried out
at the State convict farm in Mississippi.
in charge OF Surgeon Joseph Gold
berger and Assistant Surgeon G. A.
Wheeler. The nnal experiment was
undertaken for the purpose of deter
mining whether pellagra could be pro-
duced IN a healthy white adult by a
restricted. one-sidsd diet OF carbo-
hydrates (cerealsl. or eleven convicts
who volunteered for this experiment
six developed what has been declared
by these and other experts to be true
pellagra- The convicts chosen for the
test were given the same work and
but they were fed strictly on the cereal
diet, and given neither meat. milk.
eggs. peas, beans nor any similar pro-
ted foods Suspicious symptoms were
noted early-such as castro intestinal
Northumberland in fvc months the
skin aruptions characteristic of the
disease developed. Care was taken to
see that the symptoms were not caused
by any other disease number of
prominent medical men being called
in to make diagnoses OF tho patients
and the afflicted contots being kept
under close surveillance. No other
cases OF pellagra have developed at
the farm except among those who vol
unteered as subjects for the test
Though the Public Health Service
dfncials have not given out any spe-
cifc for the cure OF the disease, the
presumption is that 1t is left to the
common sense of the individual--avoid
n strictly cereal diet. and there will
be no occasion TO call for a remedy.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-15
CROWDS HEAR BRYAN.

The strong hold which William jon
nings Bryan retains upon the affections
of tho people was shown in the recent
campaign In Ohio for Statewide prohi-
bition. Colonel Bryan made a tour OF
the State in behalf OF prohibition.
spoke In forty-two counties. and It L.
estimated that a quarter of a million
people heard him. The eloquent Ne
bra skan aroused great enthusiasm. and
the effect of his campaign Yves shown
In the decrease In the wet majority.
to be strong In Ohio.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-15
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

Chicago and st. Louis offer to
meet all expenses Of the national
com mitt0e.
Get In, Richmond; 1t costs moth
ing to enter.--West Point News.
Richmond does not expect to enter
the list for the national convention
The city's workers are alive 20 every
good convention opportunity, but they
do not consider the proposal expedien.
this year. They prefer 10 devote their
time and energies to what they deem
prae ttcal enterprises. While. as the
News suggests. 1t may cost nothing tc
enter the race, II would take pretty
penny 10 get through with II.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-15
SLIP Of PEN CAUSED
STORY TO FALL FLAT
Miss CrumIey Made Mistake in Copy
ing Coroner's Record of Death
of CDR. Alieyne Hensley.r

Chicago, Nov. 14--Just little slip
of the pen Of Miss Juliet Choate Crum-
ley, daughter of the prominent Atlanta
Methodist preacher. the Rev. N l..
, Crumley. would be planting flowers
on the grave Of dead tramp, and her
friends stll would pity her as the
victim of a sad fate. instead of the
nance.
In her kilograms from Chicago to At
lanta she wrote her fiance, "Dr. Alleyne
Hensley" had died October 21. She
had make a mistake in copying the
coroner's record, for when the death
certificate arrived In Atlanta with the
body, it was discovered the man had
died October 81. This led to a ques-
tloning OF the girl. which otherwise
would not have been made, and she
broke down.
Miss Crumley left Atlanta about two
weeks ago for New York, where she
said she was to take in charge the lit
tie four year old daughter of her A.
ance, who she said had been in an or
phan asylum. At her request number
of her girl friends had made up a
wardrobe OF beautiful clothes Tor the
child.
Several days after arriving In New
! York, Miss Crumley wired her relatives
that she mad been joined Dy an uncle
and aunt of DR.. Hensley, who brought
the child. and that the party had
planned TO return home by way Of Den
yer. The next news was telegram
| from Chicago announcing that DR..
Hensley had been injured in wreck
| which WAS followed several hours later
by another message stating that he
was dead and asking for 5000 This
money was wired to her and with it
she secured the corpse and arranged
for its shipment to Atlanta
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-15

A chorus of approval comes from
the heads of the big manufacturing
industries of Chicaso ana from mer
chants. including the big department
stores. of the dry Sunday policy. It
isn't a one-stied benefit, either, both
employee and employer are profitng.
Many Of the employees have more
money in their pockets on Monday
morning than they formerly had AMI
there are fewer OF them meeting with
Monday accidents in the big shops
The merchants arc selling more goods
and Monday efficiency has greatly in
creased in the factories. We herewith
quote testimony from some of the
heads of the big Industrial iustitu-
lions.
The foremen at Swift & Co.'S pack
Ing plant, Morris. Cudahy's ami s. &
s. plants. all agree with the foreman
of Armours, who said:
Our workmen come to the plant
Mondays with clear heads and rested
bodies. 1t was the complaint OF all
packers before the saloons were clos
ed that many of the men either did
not show up at all or reported with
hangovers' that reduced their effici-
ency so per cent during the day and
areCted II Tor several days Thereafter.
last Monday ali the men were on
hand promptly with steady muscles,
rested bodies and minds At for their
tasks"
The MANAGER of the Illinois Steel
Company issued a statement to this
effect:
Our work men were all on hand
last Monday for the first time In years
When we asked them what caused the
change they said they had nothing to
do Sunday but rest for Monday. Be-
sides most of them had enough of
their wages left not to need TO ask
for advances before the next week
ended"
The International Harvester Works
adds testimony through Albert Ken
nedy, head OF one OF the depart
ments. who said:
THE closing of the saloons Is a
boom to industry. When the en-
ployers have had time to note its eff
feet they will. give 1t their heartiest
support"
A remarkable Improvement In the
building trades was noticed. George
Costello. member of the Contractors
Association of Painters and Decora-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-15
A LINOTYPE OR TWO
A Few Current Observations by
An Idle Reporter.

After you figure the thing out there
isn't any difference to speak OF between
the easy going youth with a roll OF
spending money and n grasshopper-
the chickens get EN- both.
The road to CeHsta n.inepie. accord
ing 10 the latest adviees from the
seat OF war, Is now open, and there
is no reason now why the allies should
not have Turkey for Thanksgiving
The pupil in John Marshall High
School. who was slightly deaf, listened
intently to the teacher as she
gave them some words from which
she desired sentences constructed, and
some for which she wanted definitions.
One of them he caught was unaware"
and he hefd up his hand.
We'll. Sammy" she said, what is
unaware
That's the last thing you take off
before you put on your nightie," chlrp-
ed Sammy, and the teacher blushed
profusely while the class laughed.
Norfolk and Portsmouth are TO con-
solidate in the fond ambition that the
com bination of paltry hundred thous-
and population will make at" the
largest city in the State. But don't
laugh. the viii of the Jealous boosters
Is all right and the ambition laudable.
Some day sit" may be a real city
more wonderful things have happened
and Norfolk isn't such bad town
at that--I know. because l spent a
week there one Sunday.
Scout Commissioner D. w. Durrett
tells a pretty good one as illustrative
Of the one nhase OF the good work done
by the Boy Scouts. He says that
many OF the old soldiers who attended
the Confederate Reunion here last
spring, found the saloons inviting
places because OF the miserable wealth
err, which held through the reunion
days. Mony preferred a wetting inside
to a ducking without. One of these
old fellows. already weli-tanked, was
steering for a thirst. emporium, when
a boy scout. in uniform saw and APP
preciated the situation and taking the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-15

II E.oiamoad expects 10 secure
the next meeting of the National
Democratic Convention, II is time
they were doing something VIII
liam T.. McTombr, chairman OF the
Democratic National Com mittes,
has tssued cal for q meeting OF
the committee To meet in Wash
ington December Z.
Richmond has every reason In
the world why The next national
convention should meet there. and
II the proper means are used--and
thaSe means are simply work and
oygafiizstion-~-Ric ond will land
IL hands down.
The value of such a meeting TO
a city Is indicated by the way Chi
caeo, ST. Louis and Dallas, Tex,
are making bids fer it Dallas Of
fers the use Of the Auditorium and
one hundred Thousand dollars.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-15

tainly the clothes must he going some-
where--the American women are not
wearing many themselves, according tt
our observation.
SHINING a fowl" said the Processes
of physiology at the Medical Colleges
of Virginia, the other day In the course
OF his daily lecture Is the approved
method, rather than the old fashioned
way of pulling its feathers. BY deftly|
Sitting the back of the bird you res
move skin and feathers at one opera
ton, and also prevent the danger OF
possible infection. for the reason that
any germs the fowl may carry are ID
be found in the feathers or skim
That being the case, professor
"piped student In the renr Of the leo
ture room, do you suppose that II we
skinned Europe we could get rid Of
Germany" -R. W. v.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-15
THE CAUSE OF PELLAGRA.

Announcement has been made by
the officials OF the Public Health Ser
vice of ghe United States that experts
connected with the bureau have dis
covered the cause OF peiiagrn. and that
in the course OF t comparatively short
time the bureau hopes, by e campaign
this dread naaiady and eventually
eradicate It.
PelhSra has been increasing to an
slA1nlns ex57pt Y tRa past fsr years
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-15

We congratulate the directors of the
Seahoard AR Line on the progressive
policy which has enabled that system
TO acquire 416 more miles of road
and two additional seaports--George-
town and Charleston The Seaboard
begins to hook now as If continued
prosperity were ahead of It.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-15
Killed by Own Revolver.

Grantsville. Md, Nov i4.-George
Wering. of Curry Station. was k He'd
on the Arnold farm, along the Ma
tional Pike some distance north OF
Grantsville, by the accidental dis
charge of his revolver With two
others he was chasing n rabbit when
he stumbled over rock, and his
revolver, falling out of the holster,
was discharged the bullet entering
his heart.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-15
Fla. Led 1890 Funerals.

Huntington. w. Va, Nov. 1.-THE
Rev. Sam Martin, colored, aged fifty
four, preacher and hearse driver of
Paris. KY. ia guest at the home
of John T. Hinton, Jr. For fifty years
Martin, who was born a slave, has
been in the employ Of an undertaking
company. ana has been driving a
hearse ever since Lee surrendered a.
Appomattox. Martin has in his career
led 1900 funeral professions. AT
many of the funerals at which he
drove the henrse he also off1c!ated as
minister,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-15

in this country. and the Public Health
Service experts estimate that there
are At least $4,000 cases of tho dis
care at the present writing. II ia
further estimated that at least 1900
Of those afflicted will have died before
the end Of the year. for the disease,
which we are said to have inherited
from Italy, is peculiarly fatal. rs per
cent of the cases leading 10 insanity
and death.
Tbs suiessxtul szpsFimants ef tho
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-15
Weapons and Vodka ConfiSfafed

New York, November 14.--The
Russian American liner Czaritza
sailed this afternoon for Archangel
with a big cargo of war material and
100 passengers, mostly steerage. She
was delayed several hours by detec-
tives who examined the clothing and
baggage OF every voyager, taking all
weapons, knives and razors from
everybody who had any. and storing
them away for return to the owners
at the end of the trip. All the vodka
carried by Russian passengers was
tconascated
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-15
Assaulted With Bottle.

William Loving, a negro. was az
saulted at the corner of Eighth and
Cary Streets Saturday night with q
bottle welded by one Elijah Moore
The assailant made good his ESCAPE.
but the police have warrant for
him. Loving was. treated by the am
bulance surgeon, DR.. Sease. and per
mitted to go TO his home on his own
reRnFniZanCe.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-15
WAR |NTERfERES WITH
PLUG TOBACCO MAKING
Husband Drunk for Thirty-ivc Years,
Alleges West Virginia Woman
Seeking Divorce.

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE British
manufacturers OF plug tobacco to fur
ther ship licorice root from Turkish
ports to the United States. Ambassa-
dor Page SO notified the State Depart
ment.
As result manufacture of plug
tobacco will be seriously hampered,
officials say.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-15
Warns Another, Then Dies.

Chester, W. Va, Nov, i4.-Edward
Hodgeson, aged thirty-seven. hot mill
foreman at the American Sheet and
Tin Plate plant, Chester. W. Va, was
struck on the head and instantly kill
ed by an iron damper rod and frame
work which topped from twenty
foot smokestack His neck was
broken and skull fractured. Just be-
fore the mass of iron fell, Hodgeson
shouted warning to Arch Ingram. a
helper. who jumped TO safety.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-15
Drunk Thirty-five Years, She Says.

Drunk Thirty-fiyc Years, She Says.
Parkersburg, W. Va. Nov. 14.-That
her husband has been drunk for thir-
ty-five years is the charge made by
Mrs. Alcinda Van Week in q suit in
the Circuit Court here for divorce
from Seth Van Week. Mrs. Van Week
also charges her husband mistreats
her, that she Is In fear he will do
her some serious bodily injury, and
that he has not for years contrib
uted to her support
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-15

That Atlanta woman who was so
hard up for a husband that she claim
ed the body Of A tramp killed by q
railroad at Chicago and paid for its
shipment to her home for burial ought
pays to advertise"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-15
Watching For Murderer.

Detective headquarters has issued
notice to the plain clothes men to
keep an eye out for George Henry
Rogers, a negro chauffeur, who Is
wanted for murder in Williamson n
c., and after having made his get
away from that town Is supposed
TO have hiked to Richmond.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-15

Those English cruisers which are
chasing merchant ships off the capes
had better keep weather eye out
for the three-mile limit. There are
sixteen inch dogs of war at Fortress
Monroe, whose bite is worse than their
bark.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-15

The only element needed to COM
plete the vaudeville performance con-
Quoted by the weather man for the
past week Is snow, and that seemed
imminent last night.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-15
Age Limit For Films.

Hagerstown, Md, Nov. 14.-The
November grand Jury. completing its
labors, filed report in which they rec
commended that the Legislature pass
a. law prohibiting children under ten
attending picture shows unless &C
companied by parents or accredited
escorts