Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-26
ORGANISE IS ARRESTED
FOR WORKING At TRADE
Police of City and County Make
Scventy-Four Arrests for Sun.
day Violations.
WEST END is WITHOUT JlTNEys
Soda Water Dispensers Keep Open
and viii Test Question of Neces-
Sity. Citing Rulings of Courts in
Other Parts of State

/ Other Parts of State.
CITY ana county police yesterday re-
stunned their activities against alleged
NlnlatorS Of the sunday closing laws
and arrested u total Of scvcntv-f four
men charged with these violations.
The city authorities arrested a church
orsanist. hotel musician and two
iNcrNrien. along with number OF
merchants charged with selling soft
drinks. tobacco and confcctions. max
ing thirty arrests in all. The county
police Went TO = tobacco products fac
tory and arrested forty-four workmen
, III the factory
After church services yesterday
I morning. Ernrs, II. Cosby. organist at
All saints Episcopal Church. was ar
, rested on charge Of lahorinS a: a
trade on the sabbath Captain SowcN
and Policeman Samucls made this ar
rest, and Cosby was recognized for his
appearance in the Police Court This
, IS the FIRST test case OF this kind
s. It. Atkinson. manager of the Hotel
Richmond. who was arrested on the
previous sunday on a charge "f en-
ploving L. II F!nstern as a musician
IN tho hotel on the sabbath and who
appealed that case when convicted and
fined in tho Police Court. was arrested
on similar charge again Yesterday
! Finstern, who was fined before and
who appealed his case, was arrested
. again yesterday. Sergeant Brown and
Policeman Hill made these arrests
SODA-wATER SELLERS
WILL. MAKE TEST OF LAW
The majority Of the other arrests re-
lated 20 the business operations or
Sunday Of corfcctiOners and tobacco
stand proprictors. NJ Mittledorfer.
manager of the tobacco and cigar
stands At RucEer's. Murphy's and tho
ieG nd talu
! charges OF employing clerks at these
stands Yesterday. Miss Cora A. Blau-
ton was arrested for working at tho
stand In Murphy's Hotel: Miss Emma
Glenn for working at the stand in the
Hotel Richmond. and .Iunius Rowlctt
for working at Stumpfs Hotel. All
were hailed for their appearance in tn"
Police Court.
Jitneys We're not running Yesterday.
and large section Of the city. de
pendent on this form Of transporta-
ton, was loud in It's complaint
Decisions rendered NV courts in
| other Sections of tho state caused local
! proprietors of confcctionery and cigar
/ stores to keep open Yesterday that
tests might he made Of the law. In
! other cities 1t has been held that soft
drinks and tobacco are necessities, and
| the local dealers expressed the do
! termination Saturday to hav. "a dcci-
+ sion given ny the Richmond courts i,
+ is said they expect Ia fight The cases
! through tho higher courts in rho even,
! they are convicted to-day.
! MANY ARRESTS ARE
, MADE HN p0tICT:
| Cases Of this kind in which arrests
were made Yesterday included:
Caihert Coli. arrested by Policeman
! Allen.
Fred Fahed. arrested by Sergeant
Jordan and Policeman Grafton.
, V, s. Rercerrian. arrested by Ser
/ Geant Jordan and Policemen Riddell
and Hooker
! NJ Winston. arrested by Policeman
. tiros"hinsky
! r. 7. Gordon, Il clerk for the Wright
7 Drug Company, arrested by Policemen
/ St"ckmar 7. I. Smith and Galbraith.
George Fahed, arrested by Police
! man Carter
s. Francionc. arrested by Sergcan,
Waynack and Policemen Waller and
Latham.
W H. Daley. arrested Ivy sergca n;
Mitchell
Hacop Baronian and Mike Hirop"in
arrested by Sergeant Johnson and 20
ic"man FOXES
" V. Irvcnsou. arrested by Police
man DuGan
Jack Shuie,,a. arrested by Po1icemcr
IallcT aud buttcn.
Frank Dclpa pa. arrested by ScrEean
Johnson ana Policemen Mitchell an'
Hcrnstciu
Mike Schcr. arrested 10y Scrgea
Johnson and Policemen Mitchell an,
Bernstein
CHARGED WITH SELLING
NOTIONS AND DRY GOOn
In addition 10 these alleged violators
the police arrested Solomon Coplan %
charge Of selling notions and Dir
goods. Sergeant Jordan and POlicerne
.. Itiddeli and Stockmar making the AT
rest.
r. c. Evans colorcd. was arreste
J by Policeman Groschinsky on "A charg
J OF selling groceries on sunday.
J W. ]. Johnson, coiored proprietor q
livery stable MAS arrested by Ser
gcant Joid;9l with Policemen Grafton
ltiddcll and Stockmar on Il charge q
employing the driver Of a for hire
vehicle.
Reuben Alexander, colorcd the drive
for Johnson. Was arrested by the san,
officers on charge Of WORKING o
Sunday.
The same officers arrested ~ T.
Price, another col0red livcryman. on
charge OF emrl"ying driver for
"for-hirc" vehicle, and also arreste
charge Of working on the Sabbath.
7. Wilson Scay, chief of Police @
lienrico County. and Policeman j. 2
Shoemaker yesterday arrested forty