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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-18
JUVENILE COURT
ORDINANCE APPROVED

The Mayor affixed his signature. also.
I" the ordinance creatin. tn" Juvenile
ana Domestic Relations Court of the
City OF Richmond The ordinance is
in effect from its passage II is ex-
pccied that = Joint session Of the Conn
ell Will be called within the next few
days to elect the Judge OF the court
WHO is required by the ordinance to
qualify and enter upon the discharge
OF his duties on the first lay OF the
month succeeding his election
The withdrawal % Police Commits
, sioncr Gordon's name from the list
OF aspirauts for the new iud-cship
has left the field TO !. HoGc Kicks
probation officer. and Detective Cor
don L. Smith. who in 4 recent state
mcnt confirmed tho report TINT he was
in the race. OF the two. Mr. Kicks APP
pears now to have the largest amount
of support. being tho candidate OF
pra lily all Of tho socia! service and
welfare organizations that were active
IN securing the creation OF the new
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-18
GROVE ANf:NI T. rs
ONE-WAN STREET.

/ The new ordinance omits the fixed
routes thu; were established by the
! measure that was repealed, and allows
| 1itneys to operate anywhere in the
| CITY There are several important 4N-
! ceptions 10 this rule. On Grove Ave-
nue. and on Park Avenue. east of Har-
! rison street. jitneys may operate ONLY
IN an eastcrlN direction. and on Ham
! over Avenue only in Il westerly dircc-
| ton. Laurel street. between BROAD and
! Franklin. and Harrison street. hetwe.:-
! fr"ad and Grove, are closed % jitney
| operation.
IN Other respects. the new ordinance
! repeats most OF the important pro-
N'sions of tho old. Drivers are re-
| CURED to he eighteen years OF age
| ana 10 pass AN examination ,,s TO their
! knowledge Of the traffic rules The
! near side stop is renuircd ana the
mum her OF passengers is limited to the
manufacturers carrying capacity plus
! two. Each car engaged ia the iitney
! business is required to carry a metal
| sign lettcred "Jitney."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-18
NEW J|TNEY ORDINANCE
IS GIVEN APPROVAL
Omits Bond Feature. hut Imposes
Other Regulations on Use
Of Streets.
JUVENILE COURT act APPROVED
Joint Session of City Council to he
Called Shortly To Elect Judge.
other Measures Are Given An
prevail by Mayor iinSlie.

Jitucys have one more week IN which
to operate without any restrictions en-
ccpt those imposed Ivy the regular
traffic code. Nm ordinance regulating
iitm"N bus traffic was signed yesterday
by Mayor Ainslic and will become cTcc-
tiv" ON Saturday--a week from o-day.
y draft OF the measure will he pub
lished five consecutive days next week.
beginning Monday afternoon.
While the new law undertakes 10
regulate tho jitncy. ii does 50 with
q fatherly hand. There is absent from
this measure the bonding requirement.
which aroused the enmity al the lit
ncurS in the law that was repealed
Instead OF beginning at So the IL
ccnscs begin at SO for cars CARRYING
up TO four passengers. 70: cars OF
from five to eight Passengers capacity.
the annual license is Sl5 and for nine
passengers or more. SEA year.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-02

v annual mosquito invasion
again presents itself. Many communi-
ties have already begun to wage war
on the flying pests.
Anti-mosquito campaigns were for
merly considered more or less of Joke.
The mosquito itself was no joke. how
ever. but it stung the public for a long,
long time in perfect security and with
increasing zest before people would be-
gin to take the idea OF reprisals on the
mosquito seriously.
Practically the first mosquito cam
paign began In Cuba after the Span
ish-American war. Yellow fever cpl
denies had occurred before: New Or
leans lost 1000 people by one in 1878.
During the Cuban epidemic it was dis
covered that the mosquito was respon-
sible for the transmission Of yellow
fever. Under the direction Of Colonel
w. c. Gorgas Havana was cleaned UP.
ponds and pools were treated with
preparations to kill mosquitoes in their
breeding places and swampy places
were drained of. Yellow fever ceased
In Havana
Colonel Gorsas Thsir Foe.
Colonel Gorgas cleaned I'D Panama
Just as he did Havana When Presi-
dent Roosevelt made his trip to the
Panama canal he recorded that only
one mosquito was seen by any men,
Der Of his party.
cessfully on Staten Island, New York.
BY DR.. Alvah H. Doty. then health ON
Ger for the port.
New Jersey. New York. Pennsylvania
and Delaware have laws under which
boards Of health can declare any mos
quito breeding territory . public nui-
sance. These states have spent enor-
nous sums in lighting the mosquito.
but the outlay has been more than re-
paid by the vast increase which has re-
suited in the taxable value Of property.
When DR.. Charles A. r. Campbell,
president of the San Antonio Academy
Of Medicine. built on the shore of
Michel lake, . large body Of standing
sewer water q few miles from San An
tonic. Tex. q bat roost for raising bats
to cure malaria medical and lay men
alike were highly amused by an idea
that seemed ridiculous.
But the bats ended the mosquitoes
and malaria, and the authorities Of San
Antonio were 30 fully converted that
they passed an ordnance to prohibit the
destruction Of bats. This II the only
legislation Of the kind in the world.
How to Keep Them Away.
People who like mosquitoes can easily
breed their own supplies. All they have
to do II to leave stagnant water around.
Quite . small tin dish viii do. A rain
water barrel without Q top 70 cover Il
The Washington herald., 1915-05-02

scheme in view will be something like
this. The details have not yet been
completed. Indeed, most Of the details
are to be left to the eXigencies of the
battle Just as they would have to be in
a real encounter.
The United States suddenly learns
that the enemy's feet is at sea with a
large convoy carrying landing force
Admiral Fletcher will set out to meet
and destroy It. He will be expected to
locate 1t with his scout cruisers. but II
is assumed that by the trick OF a feint
attack upon the Panama canal the foe
will succeed in eluding and getting by
him.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-02

ually by means Of the device Of Gun
ner Stilson and when he was taken out
of his suit he showed no symptoms OF
the bends" as the imitation OF the
blood is called among divers.
An added precaution has been sup
piled in the form of large cylinder. OF
room. into which compressed air Is
pumped. II the diver Is in any way
affected by the pressure of the water
after he is brought up he Is placed In
this room under the direction OF .
physician
Special Room Required.
This room is supplied with a cot and
a telephone communicating with those
outside. and a carefully adjusted pump
supplies the pressure required by the
patient. This big compressed air room
is a part Of the equipment which the
divers had with them at Honolulu.
The United States navy has not yet
experimental with the new aluminium
diving suit which was used in the SAL
wage work of tho Empress Of Ireland
wrecked in the St. Lawrence last year.
so Gunner Stilson and his corps OF six
trained men had to do without that ad-
vantage. It is not a thing which could
be used without experience.
1t Is really moro like q machine than
a suit. for It weighs nearly 500 pounds,
and the man inside is practically help
less in its grip until after he has sunk
so far below the surface that the weight
Is counterbalanced by the water pres
sure. He IL then able to move around
after the manner OF a man clad In old
fashioned steel armor.
The suit has more than fifty turning
joints to give it fiexibility. and ono Of
its marvels is q wonderfully designed
arm and hand. The hand 10 Of steel
and has twelve fingers. so constructed
that when manipulated by the arm Of
tho man inside 1t a pin can be picked
up from the floor. This hand also Is
supplied with an electric light
Peculiarly Difficult Task.
To fasten cables round Q sunken
submarine lying far below the CUSTOM
airy diving depthS il q task that tests
alike the endurance Of the divers and
their equipment. Once the vessel il To-
Gated and the cables are securely at
tached it Is comparatively easy for the
powerful tugs to raise her.
Heretofore diving has been chiefly
confined to torpedo boats and sub
marines IN the navy. Tho chief work
Of the diver was to recover torpedoes
dropped into the water. During the
last two years additional attention has
been given to diving, and II Is believed
that more Of this work will be done In
the future.
One Of the best known divers Of New
York began life a. . bookkeeper. but
was threatened with consumption He
wanted to change his work and drifted
into diving by accident over thirty
years ago. He has been In active serv-
ice all that time. has recovered bis
health and made Q good living.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-02
p Let War Here Be on the Mosquito Fl

is an excellent source. Cisterns and
cesspools hardly do any better. Even
puddles left for a few days will answer
Those who don't like mosquitoes
should see that their door and window
screens fit tightly and should paint
them pretty regularly with kerosene.
Cellars should be fumigated by melting
carbolic acid crystals over gentle heat.
meanwhile pouring gum camphor over
1t and then volatizinE the mixture over
lamp.
Oil Of chronicle Is ore OF the best
repellents to keep mosquitoes from
The Washington herald., 1915-05-02

maneuvers the navy has ever arranged.
There will be 81 battleships, 81 destroy
ers. IL submarines and IS tenders and
auxiliaries. II the Mexican situation
permits. the total will be increased to
more than 100. President Wilson hopes
to be able to make the trip from WASH
ington aboard the Mayflower.
The feet. which for the first time Is
under the command OF an officer with
the rank of admiral. will complete its
target practice off the Virginia capes
the first week in May and will head for
New York. 1t is expected to appear in
the Hudson river the morning of May g..
Never before in the history OF the
American navy will SO powerful an or
The Washington herald., 1915-05-02

ganization Of fighting craft have been
assembled. The ships will remain at
anchor for eight days while the men
enjoy shore leave and the hospitality
which the city will offer them.
AS special mark of respect for the
Empire State Admiral Frank E. Fetch
er will fly his pennant on the Dread
nought New York instead of the Ar
kansas. The Delaware and the Geor-
gia will probably be brought from
Mexican waters TO Join the long lines
between which President Wilson will
sail.
More than 1900 guns will be fired as
the Mayfiower glides slowly up the
river. This will be the greatest num-
The Washington herald., 1915-05-02

left, and yet every evening there ars
plenty Of mosquitoes buzzing about and
making life miserable. make a thor.
ough investigation Of your premises.
The chances are you will find some
little thing that contains a cupful Of
stagnant water. It may be even lesa
and II 1t Is not about your own home
talk it over with your neighborS and
get them to look around.
Little Willie may have brought homo
a tadpole from some pond and kept him
in captivity in a tin pail and after the
tadpole went the way Of all tadpolso
The Washington herald., 1915-05-02

New York. which will hardly have set
tied down after cheering the feet as It
left TO meet the enemy. will suddenly
hear that hostile warships are visible
to aviators and from the top Of the
Woolworth building. 1t will find itself
compelled to rely for protection on its
forts and mines. a ring OF submarines
and a plucky lot OF destrOyers. The
enemy's forces may land somewhere,
perhaps in South bay. where the British
landed in their successful attack. and
their warships may lombard the city
while the invaders attempt to work
their way up the island. get behind the
coast defenses and complete the cap
ture,
The Washington herald., 1915-05-02

long in captivity in tin pals Willie may
have left this tin pail aquarium stand.
ing. forgotten by all except the lively
mosquito.
Lieutenant ]. Warren weissheimsf,
u. 8. A. dislikes mosquitoes, but still
more dislikes being associated with an
advertised killer. He Is suing q drug
gists' syndicate for $4,000 for using
his portrait in their advertisement Of Q
MOSQUITO slayer.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-02

Der Of guns ever fred by an Americas
feet in honor OF any one.
Part Of the plans, It is believed. in
cludes a parade of 10000 blueJackets on
Fifth avenue. led by Rear Admiral
Mayo, who demanded the salute Of the
stars and stripes by General Huerta.
New York city promises to entertain
the men royalty. This will be the first
time the fleet has visited the city since
the capture Of Vera Cruz. The gal.
lantry and restraint OF the United
States navy on that occasion will not
be forgotten when the big warships
drop anchor in the Hudson. The illu-
limitations of the city are to be on a
unprecedented scale for the event
The Washington herald., 1915-05-02

That the people Of this country are
intensely interested in the question Of
the strength OF our coast defenses there
Is no doubt. and the mimic battle. which
is to last several days. will give the
army and navy experts exceptional op-
portunity to determine where. II any
where. there Is weakness. 1t will
also form excellent practice for the
forces engaged. for the men of both
sides will be almost as excited as II in
real battle. 1t will give all arms of the
service q taste Of what actual war Is
like.
No fewer than 70 ships OF war will
figure in the review by President Will
son. which will precede the greatest
The Washington herald., 1915-05-02

coming within biting distance. To al
lay the Inflammation due to a bite
nothing is much better than dilute am
monia- Rubbing with stick Of styptic
u also excellent
II you happen to live in . locality
where tho health authorities or park
authorities. or whatever board or COM
mission 1t may be. has fought the
breeding places Of mosquitoes until
there are few II any breeding places
The Washington herald., 1915-05-02

the compressed air Is absorbed by the
blood in bubbles. which are inflated II
the outside pressure II suddenly dimin-
ished. This would result In the death
Of a diver brought suddenly up from q
great depth to q normal atmospheric
pressure. To avoid this he must be
raised very slowly.
After Drellishak had made his record
dive he was brought slowly up to with
In ten feet Of the surface and kept sus-
pended at that depth in the water for
half an hour before being brought to
the surface. Tho pressure Of the air
supplied to him was diminished grad.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-02

sure on the diver was not used by him.
The pressure Of the water has been
one Of the greatest difficulties to over
come In deep sea diving. 1t amounts
to nearly fifty pounds to the square
inch Of the divers body for each hun
dred feet Of depth. To neutralize this.
compressed air IL pumped into the
divers suit and helmet and the pressure
Is increased as he goes down to cor
respond with the increasing depth.
PeriIs Attend Release.
With the supply Of compressed air
comes another danger. The nitrogen Of
The Washington herald., 1915-05-02
Photos by American Press As.ociansa.

s~GeneraI view of warships in Hudson
river. 2.-U. S. S. Utah. 81. S. s.
Virginia. Admitted States torpedo
boat destroyer going at full speed.
U. S. S. Florida, with sky line of New
York city in the background. g.
Sailors aboard United States battle
ship.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-02

~OMETHING very like real
naval conflict will be INDUCED
in by the Atlantic fleet after
~ the review OF the big ships by
President Wilson. In fact. everything
will be in the picture except-just one
thing. There will be super-Dread-
noughts. Dreadnoughts. cruisers, de-
stroyers. submarines. aeroplanes. hydro
aerop,anes and. above all, some excit-
ing strategy.
So far as can be cleaned as to the
The Washington herald., 1915-05-02

v u Nth the approach Of warm
"a weather tho question OF
wv how to guard against the
annual MOSQUITO invasion
The Washington herald., 1915-05-02
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IoIos by American Press Assoc,a,,o,

~ROBABLY no greater feat in
deep sea diving was ever I'M
dertaken than that Of Gunner
George D. Stilson, Chief Gun
ner's Mate Frank Crilley. Gunner's
Mate 5. J. Drellisbak and their COM
panions In diving for the lost subma-
rine F-4 at Honolulu.
Drellishak started to the difficult task
already holding a worlds record. In a
special test of an invention by Stilson
last year Drellishak went down 275 feet
and spent ten minutes on the floor Of
the ocean. Crilley beat this by going
down 2SS feet and spent twelve min
utes completely surveying the F-4 on
the floor Of the ocean.
1t II Sulson's new power driven air
compressor which has brought about
the rapid development Of deep sea div
Ing in the past two years. but Crilley
went down for his first exploration in
an ordinary diving suit and the recon-
preston chamber to reduce the pres.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-24
Looking to Police Improvement

w lTHOuT undertaking TO pass Judgment
on the case of the three young women
alleged 10 have entered into a matchmaking
Plot against > Richmond man. it may be
worth while to point out that offenses of this
description are conspicuous, frequently. in
the aftermath OF comnlunity's abandon
mont of the segregation of the social evil.
Such oifenses are among the dangers a
city faces and q part of the price it pays for
its efforts to rid itself Of commercalized vice
stern repression plays always into the black
naler's hands, as the INSCRIPTIONS use that
has been made Of the Mann white slave, law
loudly testifics. The fact that the black
mailer's victim is not entitled usually to any
particular sympathy makes no less dangerous
these pcrversions of law to criminal extor-
ton.
1t all comes around to the conclusion. in
Richmond'S case that the Police Department
must be brought to the highest possible plane
of enlightened efficiency. In the matter Of
the social evil the department has 4 more
difficult duty TO perform than ii has had in
the pasta duty requiring for its successful
discharge a keener discernment and a more
complete devotion.
The greater reason. then. that the nvesti-
CATION to he made shall be rigid and search
ing. that it shall lay firmly the founda-
lions of substantial and permanent improve
ment. If it has no other purpose than 10
evolve salacious evidence and blast few
regulations, il will be rather than
useless.
Richmond will feel assured the committee
that has been named will take up its neces-
sary but disa greeable task with no such de-
structive animus. The work 1t is equipped
to do is. in the best sense constructive.
What destruction may be wrought is a mere
incident of the higher opportunity the COM
mittee enjoys
Investigation Of the whole Police Depart
ment. from the members of the board to the
'patrolmen OH the beats, has been enjoined by
the resolution Of Council. That nvestiga-
ton, we assume. will cover policy as we'll as
method. 1t will be disappointing if, from the
evidence the committee hears and from its
candid deliberations, there shall be evolved no
plan for making the Department. more closely
approximate the police ideal-an inteli-
gent. upright and inheXible agency of law
enforcement.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-24
War News Fifty Year, Ago
(From The Richmond Dispatch. March "a, 1859 }

1t would appear thpt Sherman has boon try
ing to push forward through North Carolina By
two lines, under his Immediate command
and the other under General Schoneld and 1t
would also appear that both OF these lines have
been halted and hindcrcd to extent that
probably surprising to tho generals at the head
of them.
General Hardees night with Schoneld and his
army OF invaders. which has been briefly
ported in these columns. took place Mt Averetts-
boro. on tho Cape Fear River. halfway between
Fayetteville and Raleigh. IIardcc defeated Scho-
heid ana caused him to materially change his
course.
General Johnston's Official report of the baltic
OF Bcntonville no longer leaves us to doubt that
sherman was surprised and sgnally defeated.
1t is now no longer to be doubted that Sher-
mans plan was to push towards Raleigh in
TWO columns. moving due north from
Fayetteville and the other northwest from New
bern General Hardee has fought aud retarded
the former and General Johnston has met and
defeated the latter. Shermans march has at
least been retarded.
Returning prisoners from the North inform
us that the following Confederate generals still
remain prisoners In Fort Warren Major General
Edward Johnson. of Virginia: Brisadier-Gen-
erals Gordon Smith and Frazier, OF Tennessee:
Irigadier-General Jones. OF Virginia; Brigadier-
General H. r Jackson. of Georgia, and Brig
Trans mississippi Department.
The report comes that Grant has gotten wind
OF the hating OF Sherman down In North Caro-
lima, and that he is arranging TO send large
re-enforcements to help sherman out OF his
dilemma.
The unhroken quiet on the Richmond and Pc
tersburg lines yesterday betokens general activ-
ity that may be looked for within the next few
days.
Absentecism and deserton-and both words
mean pretty much the same thing III this con-
nection--are just now the bane OF the Con
federate army service. General Lee
much. and it has given him pain to say
The address OF Congress the South, among
other things says: We have rolls
large army OF veteran soldiers II IS truc--and
a sad truth to confcss-that the number pres
ent for duty is terribly disproportonate 20 the
aggregate on the rolls This fact Is too uotori-
Gus for longer conceaiment. There must be-
and there is-a remedy" This language OF
the address speaks for itself.
There report on the streets Yesterday
afternoon that General Johnston had made
vigorous attack on Sherman in his new intrench-
ments at Rentonville, y. g.. and driven him
of them. The reports lack confirmation.
Mr. Singleton, OF Illinois, left Yesterday BY
nag OF truce boat. and perhaps that Is the last
we shall hear OF him. His mission TO Richmond
is even Yet something OF a mystery but. whether
ii was looking TO peace to commercial deals.
ii failure.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-24

tho granite gneiss. Most OF tho drilled
wells are from nifty to 100 feet deep
though few are much deeper.
AT Fort Lee. dug wells fifteen to
twenty-five feet deep go through red
clay into blue mari and then into
water-bearing sand. Tho cost Of dig
cling such wclls has been IS TO 81
Some OF tho wellg seen were liable 10
pollution because OF insufficient pro
lection at the top.
AT Chestnut Hlll and Highland PARK
nearly all houscholders have dug wells
twenty To forty feet deep. averaging
about thirty feet at Highland PARK
The water generally Ia soft
"At Gintcr Park most houses are sup
piled from deep well. Dug wells are
twenty TO thirty-fve feet deep one
at the Jefferson Laundry yielded water
that was too hard for laundry use
Down at Curlc's Neck.
no account OF deep wells in Hen
rico County would be complete with
out mention OF the boring at Curlc's
Neck, the 1.oo9-acre farm o! 9. II SEMI
This we'll, near James River. whore the
Talbot terrace plain has Il maximum
through Columbia, Chesapeake, Pa
nunkcH and Potomac deposits. strik-
ing granite AT $40 feet. According TO
Mr., Bcdcn. superintendent ut Curle's
Neck. "a little sulphur bearing water
was found at l25 and $50 feet and
drilling was continued 10 7o5 feet in
IN" granite, water was struck at va
rious depths, better In quality, but less
in volume than that above. and at 7lO
feet The well was temporarily aband-
oucd. After remaining idle for a year.
Il was tested, and the most that could
be had was about ten gallons per
minute. AS last resort, six or seven
charges OF dynamite. some forty-nvc
pounds In all. were exploded at various
depths In the granite with complete
success Mr. Bcdc!l said that pump
ing a. the rate Of 100 gallons per min
ute continuously for three weeks
lowered the water level but few
inches The water. which Is piped TO
several houses for domestic use and
Is drunk by seventy Ave TO 100 per
sons, is soft clear and colo-less. with
out taste or nGOr.''