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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-17
BRADSHAW AND His PALS
. ARE HELD FOR GRAND JURY
Federal Court to Investigate Rob
berry Of Merchants National
Bank.
JURISDICTION is IN DOUBT
Attorneys for Accused Men Claim
United States Courts Are Without
Authority to Try Negroes-Ha-
beas Corpus Is Threatened.

Following preliminary hearing
yesterday. United States Commissioner
Melvin Flcgcnheimcr held for the Fed
eral grand jury James Bradshaw Jim
Farmer and Tom Conway, the three
negroes implicated in the robbery OF
$4,000 from tho Merchants National
Bank.
The warrant under which the negroes
were arrested charges them with vio-
iatinS section 1909 OF the Revised
statutes Of the United States. which
provides that every president. ,l;rcc-
| tor. cashier. teller. clerk or agent OF
a national bank who steals or en-
beH"lcs money from the bank shall be
imprisoned not less than five wears or
more than ten.
counsel for the accused men object
cd mat the section had no application
10 any OF the negroes under arrest,
since Two OF them had no connection
at all with national bank. and James
bradshaw. the onc-time porter of the
Mefchants' National, was never in any
capacity an agent or that bank on
GERS OF the Merchants National admitted
that Bradshaw held only n mcuial no
sition. and that he never had the au-
thority TO act as agent for the bank
DECLINES TO PASS on
QUESTION OF JURISDICTION
In view OF this circumstance Attorney
irving May. representing Bradshaw and
Farmer, and Attorney Harry Glenn. for
Conway, asked Commissioner Flcgcn-
heimer TO pass on the question OF iuris-
dtction, claiming that tho Federal
courts were without authority to try
inc men, and that they should be tried
properly in tho State courts Mr.. FlcG-
enheimcr preferred TO leave this uucs-
ton to be settled by the United States
District Court, and held the mon for
the grand jury. lie offered 10 admit
each of tho prisoners to bail in tho sum
OF $1,000. Tho mon wcrc unable to
furnish bail. ana were committed 10
the !lcnrico County Jail to await the
Federal grand jury next month
Inc Federal law fixes the punishment
for the offcnse with which III" negroes
arc charged at from five to ton wears
III prison. Under tho laws OF Virginia
III" punishment for tho same oncnSc is
confinement In the pcnitcntiary from
one to ten years. Counsel for the ac-
cuscd. therefore, prefer TO have their
men tried in the State courts.
SMITH CONSULTS WITH
DEPARTMENT or JUSTICE.
In tho knowledge that tho question
OF jurisdiction would he raised As
SiStant United States District Attorney
Hiram Smith communicated with the
Federal Department OF Justice ycstcr-
day morning over the telephone. ITc
was instructed to have tho men held
for the Federal grand jury
Attorney Irving May. representing
Bradshaw and Farmer. said last night
that he mag institute habcas corpus
proceedings. Attorney Harry Glenn.
il is understood, will consider no COM
promise with tho Federal authorities
but will insist that Conway be tried in
the Hastings Court.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-17
MUST COLLECT TAXES
Auditor Moore Notife. OaicinIs to Inc
All Due Diligence.

Trcasurcrs must comply with the now
law which requires them to levy and
distrain upon tho property Of taxpayers
to enforce payment of state taxes
There is no help for il. State Auditor
&. Lee Moore tells tho county and city
trcasurcrs in a circular letter just
issued The law demands the cXactlon
or taxes due the state. and il is the
duty of the trcasurers TO collect II
necessary. they can lease delinquent
lands TO somebody who will pay rent
when the owners will not pay taxes
ana apply this rent to the tax account.
against thc'propcrty Another method
OF collecting on delinquent lands to
which the trcasurcrs may resort is the
sale Of timber on the lands
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-17
AMATEURS HIGHLY PRAISED
Arlington MinstrrIs Score Triumph In
Performance mt ST. PatrIck'n HnlI.

The Arlington Minstrels, composed
entirely OF local talent. scored "A de-
cided triumph before large audience
at ST. Patrick's Female Academy hall
last night. The program was attrac-
tive and was presented in a very clever
manner. The chorus singing was cX-
ccllent. and the songs OF the soloists
were we'll rendered. Among the solos
were california and You by Mr.
Dahn: When the Grown-tp Ladies
Act Like Men," by Mr.. Burke: ~ Fool
There Was" by Mr. ODonncll: when
the Twilight Comes to Kiss tho Rose
Goodnight" pretty sentimental song
rendered by the interlocutor, Thomas
T.. Becker. The monologues OF Messrs
Gillian and Burke elected much APP
plause. Principal Ends Burke and In
Eersoil and Second Ends Goodc and
McDonough furnished much fun and
the comedy farce. The Book Agent"
by Burke. Tngersoll and OGrady, was
well received. Others taking part in
tho program were Messrs. Binns. Ford.
Wiifert. Lamb. Miller. Mills. Murray,
Noonan.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-17
FAT MEN MUST WALK
New Ruic Limits Weight Allowed for
Mounted Policemen.

Because OF a new rul" fined hy the
Board OF Police Commissioners. seven
out OF nineteen men hcion.ing To the
mounted squad Will be transferred 10
patrol duty. The new rule fixes the
weight of II horscmau at Ia pounds.
and seven mon arc in excess OF tho
stated average. Major Werner said
yesterday afternoon that tho health of
several horses had been affected 10y
their heavy riders. and for that rCa-
son tho new REGULATE" was adopted.
1t is likely that til" board will recon-
mend that automobiles or motorcycles
lie substituted for horses. following
the plan recently adopted in New York
City, where the whole department, with
the exception of patrolmcn, has been
motorized
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-17
NEGRO is CAPTURED
Man Who Jumped Through Car Win
dow Again Under Arrest.

Robert Dean. colorcd. was arrested
Yesterday by Policeman Bcndall OF
Itcnrico County, on "a warrant charr-
ing him with cursinR. abusing and
threatening bodily harm to Alice Dean
his wife.
Dean was arrested by Hcudall. Thurs
day. but while on the way to tho Hem
rico County jail he escaped by jump
Ing through a car window at stop .
on the Westhampton line. Bcndall
spicd his man yesterday morning on
The BROAD Street Road I'm a wagon
with white man. and. squirting up his
horse. succeeded in ovcrtaking tho
wagon and Hrrestiug the negro who
is now taking Sojourn In the Hen.
rico County Jail on two charges instead
OF one.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-17
Accidents at G. & o. shoo.

w. L. Henry, of eS23 Hull Street
South Richmond, was seriously in
jured while working at the Chesapeake
and Ohio shops yesterday afternoon
He was saving piece OF lumber
when part few UP and struck him
In the abdomen. The abdominal wall
was pierced. and Henry. dangerously
hurt, was removed by DIR. Pitkowitz
OF the city ambulance, to Grace Hos
pital.
Almost at the same time, John Lewis
another employe, Of 906 North Third
Street, severely hurt his hand. He was
treated by DR.. Pitkowitz at the shops
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-17
RYDER APPOINTED
Richmond Man Mndc Assistant In Eco
nOmics at Harvard UnivernIty.

Oscar Is. Ryder. who was connected
with tho Richmond public schools for
some time, has just been appointed
assistant in economic history at Uar-
ward University.
MI. Ryder is a master OF arts Of Rich
mona college. and has had gradua L.
work AT Columbia. 4 year ago he MAS
awarded 81 scholarship at Harvard, and
has new position offers an opportunity
Tor nm to continue his research in
economies. subject In which he has
exhibited marked ability.
lie ~ the son OF the late Rev. o. \.
Eyd"r. who was prominently connected
with the Methodist conference
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-17
V. M. !. FUND ON DEPOSIT
indemnity VIII he Used 10 Extend
Parade Grounds and buildings.

Under orders from the superintendent
of the Virginia Military Institute the
100000 indemnity fund recently ammo
priated to this institution by Congress,
mas been placed on deposit with the
FIRST National Bank of this CITY. to
remain there until specific orders from
,he board of visitors effect its dis
bursemcnt.
At n recent meeting Of the hoard IL
was decided that the indemnity fund
he employed in further. extending the
improvement work on the parade ground
and in the construction OF new build
inGs.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-17
CONTRACTS FOR SUBURBAN
WORK IN PROPER SHAPE
Assistant City Attorney Says None
OF Them Can BE lie.
pudiated.
SUPERVISION is RECOMMENDED
Board, He Says, Should Treat Con-
tracts Entered Into by Towns Be-
fore Annexation as IL They Had
Been Let by City.

Reporting At the request OF the a.
ministrativc Board on tho liability of
, the city OF Richmond under outstanding
contracts executed by the ncwly-an-
neNed towns before they became part
OF Richmond, Assistant City Attorney
George Wayne Anderson notified the
board yesterday that lie has examined
these contracts and finds them all in
proper form
Most OF the contracts were for sur.
face improvements and several are still
in course of execution Tho board
wanted TO make certain that they were
IN proper form before arranging for
their payment. Mr.. Anderson. in his re-
port. states that he has been able to
hnd nothing in an. OF the contracts to
justify the city in regulating them
IMPOSSIBLE: no LEAVE
CONTRACTS CNEXECIfTID
The contracts, Mr.. Anderson reports
arc OF such character as 10 make ii i'm
possible TO leave them uncXccutcd, and
should be treated in every respect as
IL they bad been entered into by the
board. The board. he advises. should
execute such supervision over them and
OF them. as would have been done had
they been lot by that body instead Of
by tho annexed towns.
In the case OF tho contract OF June
ID, 1914, With Cosby & Maynard now
ever. Mr.. Anderson finds that tho proper
bond Is not attached. and recommends
that tho contractors he required to en-
eoutc the bond at once. 4 motion was
adopted by the board citing cosh% &
Maynard to appear before the board at
once aud execute the required bond \
copy OF Mr.. Andcrsons report Was
ordered sent to the Finance Committee
Tor its informa ton.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-17
.Jitncy Driver Fined.

samuel ravy, eighteen years old.
driver OF jitucN bus. was nned $40
in Police Court Yesterday morning on
II charge az Car"lcssly aud rcckIcssly
driving his machine II is alleged that
he ran into ANA broke a water plug
~ Shafcr and Broad streets on Thurs
day afternoon. Water strcamcd out
Of the broken plu. until member of
tn" Fire Department turned the water
off
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-17
FIND SUBJECT DEAD
Sonthsidc Magistrate Summons Lunncy
Commission Over Negro for Nnught.

After Magistrate l.. r. Franklin. OF
the Southsidc. had summoned n com
minssion OF lunacy and was preparing
10 hold AN investigation, he was star
tied 10 find at the City Jail Yesterday
morning that the subject OF his inquiry,
Charcls Moore colored, was dead
Tho negro was taken into custody on
Thursday on the Southside, where he
had been seen acting qucerly In n field
Ills case was ordered to be investi-
gated by Justice Maurice.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-17
nInck.tone Get, Two y.,r

clarence blackstone, colored was
convicted i'm the Hastings Court, YES
terday, on an indictment charging ma =
icions wounding, and sentenced to
serve two years in the penitentiary
Blackstone stabbed Douglas Freeman
on March l inficting dangerous wounds.
John henderson. colored, pleaded
guilty TO CARRYING a concealed weapon:
ana was tried by Judge Richa rdson who
sentenced him to pay a fine OF 500. In
default OF the fine the negro was sent
to the roads.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-17
Convicted of RobbInr Ma,,..

Garry ~ Rouse, of Washington. n
railway mail clerk. was yesterday con
vicied in the United States District
Court, of opening the mails and alb
Stractlng money. and was sentenced TO
serve orc year in Jail. lie noted ar ap-
peal TO the United States Circuit cou.:
o. APPEALS. giving bond in the SUN OF
81 600.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-17
Governor Goiasborough Declines

Governor Phillip Lee GoIdsborough
OF Maryland. has written to Governor
stuart. expressing regret at his in.
apiiity TO come TO Richmond TO partic.
ipate In the Confederate reunion cere.
monies in June. Governor Goldsbor-
ouGh explains that he has already &C
cepted an invitation to visit the Pan
anna Pacific Exposition and will be in
san Francisco the first week in June
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-17
Chnrrcd Win sbo,,,r,,,r

Mimic L.. INITIAL. colorctl. will APP
pear in Police Court this morning on
charge of stealing a quantity OF good y
from the Cohen Company. Inc. Minnie
was cauGh, in tn" act. ii is alleged
by Mrs. H. T. Gubaikc, wifc OF the
superintendent OF the local branch Of
the Burns Detective AEcncv
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-17
Tramp Hnn rneumnnin.

Ernest Sly, who said that he had
slept In an open car the night before,
was picked up yesterday by the CITY
ambulance at Fourteenth and Main
streets. and found TO be suffering with
a severe attack of pneumonia. lie was
removed to the Virginia Hospital. SLY
is stranger here. and, according 10
informal ton gathered by DR.. pitkowitz.
OF tho city ambulance. arrived via the
bumper route.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-17
TRY BURCH TO-DAY
Charged with UnisIng Amount in ucnI
ESTATE I}Ond.

The preliminary hearing OF Thomas
G. Burch. charged with forging a real
estate bond for {l.19911 on the Greater
iichmond Realty Company and dcliv-
crtn% 1t to :. 6. Gordon, will bc hold
in Police Court this morning. Pending
the hearing Burch is out on bail. u;
Is alleged that the original figures OF
IN" bond were erased, and that II waa
increased $500 above tho original
amount. and that tho difference Gov
cred the cost OF an automobile pur-
chased from Mr. Gordon
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-17

petition in voluntary bankruptcy
was h!ed Yesterday in the United States
District Court by J. II. Finch. mer-
chant OF Brunswick County ILabilitie.
are stated 10 he s6.33o37 against which
the schedules list assets valued at
3l26ls6t
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-17
Hurled Conr, po, q, ~.

William Rogers, coiorod. was fined
go in Police Court Yesterday morning
on charge OF assault!ng Bernice Rog5
ers his wife, with a coffee pot, II is
coffee when Rogers hurled 1t at his
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-17

Percy Forbes. fined 500 in the Police
Court, for speeding. was tried yesterday
on appeal iii the Hastings Court. where
his fine was reduced TO $50.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-17

Rev. L. Yasquor, rabbi OF kcnncseth
Israel Synagogue. will address the
auxiliary of the Young Mems Hebrew
Association at o'clock tomorrow
night on the subject, THE Activities Of
ewish Women in Communal Life"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-18


people with an opposition club.
Frank Baker confirms the report
that he is to retire as third baseman
Of the Athletics. Baker says he did
not like the road trips:
Freddie Welsh has turned down an
offer to fight Willie Ritchie 20 rounds
in Denver, July 4. The Denver peo-
pie are willing to guarantee the
champion $4,000 for meeting
Richie. Welsh, however, declared
that Richie got $25,OO for the Lon
don fight in which the title changed
hands and he refuses to engage for a
cent less.
Richie and Welsh met personally
yesterday. Richie explained that
$4,000 of the money he received was
for motion picture privileges, but
that made no difference to Welsh. He
wants $4,000 or there will be moth
ing doing.
Welsh, Richie and Charlie White
we're all in action yesterday. The
two Americans worked at O'COnneIl's
and Welsh did his preliminary work
dI FOIDCS WulIG "CuL i've AOu4A00
and seemed strong. Welsh did an
hours gym work and spared four
rounds.
Jimmy CIabby has been offered a
match with Mike Gibbons for
March date in Havana, Cuba. Lar
ney Lchtenstein, Clabby's manager,
replied, naming his terms, which in
Guided three tickets, $500 training
expenses and a $4,000 guarantee.
Jack johnson, we learn from the
local federal officers, is homesick and
wants to make a bargain by which
he can come home. Being homesick
for LeaVenworth is something new.
Johnny ErtIe, and Gene Cannon
have been matched for ten rounds in
Milwaukee Friday night.
Mike Gibbons and Eddie McGoorty
are already hard at work for their
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-18

Charley NORM defeated Jerome
Keogh of Rochester, N. Y, so to &c,
in an interstate three-cushion billiard
match at Weeghman's.
Twelve hardy University of chica-
go athletes began spring baseball
practice in the open yesterday. Coach
Pat Page has charge of the squad.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-18

rat rage mas charge OF the squad.
-O-O-
ONLY RADIUM PAD HERE IS
WORTH BIG MONEY
A three by four inch pad that was
worth $500 before the war and it is
now impossible to estimate the value
due to the fact that no more of it's
contents can be, brought here is be-
ing introduced in this country by
Mrs. D. H. Agan of New York, widow
of a prominent New York physician,
who is at present stopping at the La
Sale.
The pad contains radium, prepared
with a chemical composition, a pro-
cess at present secret to the Austrian
government. Mrs. Agan has the only
radium pads in this country and OBJ
tanned them from the st. Jachim's
Thai, the radium hospital in Austria,
where she says they have become
very common in use and have been
in existence for several years.
Though the pads are called radium
pads they might be called magic
pads, according to the claims made
for them in Austria. They are SAID
to cure nerves, eyes, ears, govt,
rheumatism and other diseases. Of
painful and similar nature by the sim
pie process Of laying the pad on the
Sore place and keeping it there from
one-half to two or three hours each
day.
Prominent New York physicians
have experimental with these radium
pads. and it is claimed cured wom-
an who was totally blind and restored
the hearing to a 13-year-Old boy,
deaf since infancy.
1t is rather a shock to American
merchants to pick up a Buenos
Ayres paper and read about their
merchants declaring this is the time
to extend their trade to us
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-18

1t is rather a shock to Anne
merchants to pick up a b
Ayres paper and read about
merchants declaring this is the
to extend their trade to us
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1915-03-13
Tobacco in America.

Americans have always been pipe
and cigar smokers. In the early days
If the colonies cigars were imported,
but it is safe assumption that the
great bulk of cigars smoked by our
colonial ancestors were homemade or
home-rolled Gentlemen made their
cigars or had them made by their
servants just as they generally dis
titled their own brandy from their
own fruit. The cigar-making industry
lid not begin to be factory industry
until 1910, when the first American
cigar factory was established in Con-
necticut, but the factory-made cigar
dourished and by 1926 there were nu-
merous small cigar factories in Con-
necticut, Kentucky, Massachusetts,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, Mary
land and Virginia. There was then no
internal revenue tax on cigars or other
forms of prepared tobacco, the first
internal revenue tax on domestic ci-
CARS and other tobacco products being
aid under the internal revenue law of
1862, which was, of course, a war reve.
aue measure.
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1915-03-13
Fisherwomen Knit.

The fisherwomen of the. East of
Scotland are among the NEST deg
ferrous knitters in the world and their
skill is being turned to good account
at this time. when their other sources
OF income are, to great extent, par
alyzed through the war Quite re-
Gently an urgent need arose for the
manufacture at short notice of some
10000 pairs of socks for troops at the
front, and these, through the agency
of the Scottish committee on wom-
ems employment, have been placed
with the women of a number of fish
ing villages up and down the east
coast Of Scotland, more particularly
in Aberdeenshire. Other large Or
ders for socks, mittens, and the like
have been given out to the fisher
women In various parts of Scotland
and are affording a welcome addition
to their diminished earnings in this
most difficult time, more especially
as in these fishing villages 1t would
be a matter of extreme difficulty to
arrange any other. practicable scheme
Of work for the women.
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1915-03-13
VEGETATION ON THE MOON
Harvard Professor Offers Evidence
Which He Believes Disproves a
Long-Held Theory.

Professor Pickering of the Harvard
astronomical observatory declares that
there is nothing less true than that
the moon is without air, water or veg
citation. There are certain large lunar
areas that darken toward lunar noon
and fade out toward lunar sunset
They correspond in some degree to
the so-called Marian seas, and Pro-
fessor Pickering proposes the term
fields" to describe these PLAINS or
slopes, which he believes to be Gov.
cred with vegetation He is convinced
that the dark fields to be seen during
the lunar summer do not owe their
blackness to shadow, for you can see
them at full moon when shadows are
absolutely invisible. The blue black
color of the fields and canals, he ar
CUES, can therefore be owing only to
a discoloration Of the surface that
comes alike on slopes and levels in
the lunar summer, and that is invis-
ible in the spring and autumn. We
know of no mineral that acts in that
manner, and the only possible explana-
ton seems to be that it is the result
Of a covering of vegetation.-Youth's
Companion.