The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-07
WATSON DOES NOT
So
FAVOR AMENDMENT
6eals Suffrage Leaders Question Il
One For Each STATE 10 Settle
For Itself
TAKE sNEAD's BoDY HOME
Remains of Unfortenate loang Man
Victim of Officers Ballet, Taken by
His Father 70 Charlottesville Fer
Burial

Petersburg Va Mo- 6---Consres$-
man Waiter a Watson ~ the Fourth
Virginia Dts,ri1t. met - committee
s id r4preeenting IRE Virginia STATE Equal
III Suffrage League here today at ;he re
81 quest Of the state orEa a.zsLoa - DIS
4 cuss his position Ipon ;He question.
The delegation was headed by Mrs
xsA Charles T. Meredith. ot Richmond.
N and Miss Else 4i.lE. of Washington II
hi C.. represent4ug the National Suffrage
s2 Leagua-
The meeting vas heia 3a 'he City
Il Council chamber 41a sieecAe~ 'seTe
made hr Mrs Mere5sta. Mss H.}l ana
NJ Mrs Per- Reed A. ~ae conclusion
II q. tae al dresses = aake watson
ifsanke7 she committee FOR the infor-
xnatsen which ne ha3 gained, which
he reEa r3e4 as te4Es Sert important
s@ Ger sreSsrsaa WAtssa stated T. re
Cont 3ftee tf41 he desired - be ear
s+ I'D zmG t2at waIse &s a pgr-sc mai
u ehzreea WITH ria responsibility 81
4 acs11r IT, oIeecs Re Woa!1 always
keer his ru1u6 oper "a determine pub
lis e,zes-9arss 10 the rirat way, yet ne
/ sFy.e;Tasg taga question II Sf:fs-5aer one
tor eaca S.a,A % determine for IL
s~if sra ere whica IRE Fedora, gov
err -slert should rof take Jurisdiction
tn 5na sha- aG'ss- something should
s @aeryat;e~ 81 par to CHARGE his opiu-
.on. he dsd uo; favor the oonststu-
4 t7o1a4 amend .weGt
liz cor rt-s 9u. he stated that there
were & saoiltses under which women
a. gsresec5 Is aorea ia o4r government
q that 81 AID be corrected and that
/. some 6 these mtEht he eorre0 ted by
" giy5rc woman she right of the bal
io. lie regarded women the mental
and mora equal II man and did not
4 sr anY WAY fear the effect Of woman
suffrage upon the state, bar d1d feel
that ia addition Ia her present cares
SO deyalve the ballot upon her would
Z he ret 50 much comforting a privilege.
y but casting a burden ard responsible
~ upon her. which he would prefer to
see her SPARED AT the conclusion OF
"a Judge Watsan's remark n photograph
# OF the delegation Of sufragettes and
y the Con gresham Was made on Court
4 house Avenue. This was followed ny
addresses hv several members of the
y committee from an automobile n
Court hbase Avenue, which were heard
4 by large crowd.
Body IL Taken Home
The body Of Gilmore Snead. whose
u death occurred at the Petersburg RS
n pitai Yesterday. rs the result IF piF-
y tol shot wound inflicted at the hands
OF Osborne q Brooks a Dupont pc
Il Hcenaau on the porch Of one of the
ii mess halls at the Dupont plant Thurs
III day evening. was taken 70 Charlottes-
M willie by the father OF unfortunate
s young man today for nterment The
evidence which was presented be-
u foe eoraoer's jury sitting In the nm
~ tierts k.nss parlors Of j T. Morrlss q
Il Son las evening and upon which a
warrant S.as sworn ont by Coroner
leigh this morning charging brooke
r with the Fsl}.@c IS cohsioerei very
I'M s1An1agI7~ tr1 tttsre sec used Several
persons who heard the testimony OF
. eyewitness eNprcSHt inc opinion that
"A the case Is one Of first degree murder.
Brooke viii be held IN the PetersbHr%
III Jail until he is called for hy the Prince
George authorities ia fare trial lie
Will BE reprcsented bE Attorney *.
III willson af Mann syTne, Wilson ~
WI Mann, this city
Young SHead vas almost n giant IN
A stature, beile only eighteen Yeads ten
7s months and four DAVIS cid and stand
ing SIX feet. five inches N height lie
was member If the Mems Bible
81 class OF the First BAPTIST Church, tbs
city. and bore "a good reputation.
Come To jail to serve Term.
Former chief OF Police w. ID HEN
sierson, OF the depesed Hopewell po-
s4 lice who was convicted al recent
Court Of the Illegal sale Of ardent
spirits al Hopewell fined 500 IN each
or two cases and sentenced TO fifteen
IA days in jail, came TO Petersburg yes
u terday I'd accordance with the terms
OF his bail bond. and after visiting a
an tonsorial parlor getting shave, a
hair cut. shoe shine. etc. @urrendered
s. himself TO CITY sergeant Johh a.
sN Evans and entered upon his term. In
ss sail the ex~chiet ola not overlook
III partsking OF hearty neal at loeal
A@ iesfa urant bffore appearing al Ser
geant Evans offlce with ms commit
g# rnent papers
M Served With Papers
sv The local Board OF Review has
I'll through Guy Sergeant Evans and
G High Constable mallory served papers
sS% on several hundred merchants ana
NJ citizens sammonins them TO appear
before the hoard To explain certain IT.
7g regularity m Their aSse SS4.9eiit returns
TO the commissioners OF reVende.
IT is reported that the hoard VII
@$ report lniAEEiDfe td1abIes TO an