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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-18
Growh of City
Westuard Is No
Longer Question

Surveying the advertisements of
agents and owners appearing daily in
Richmond papers and interviews over
the counter in real estate offices and
among the builders evidence an I'M
mistakable tendency TO look west for
the future substantial growth of the
city, commercially and residentially.
The Firginian last week made a
forecast that very soon there would
be a substantial increase in the price
of all property situated on the west
side, and intimated that there was
even then an uneasiness as to prices
on upper Broad street, This predic-
tion. it was learned last night is
more than justified. While authority
Is not in hand for statement of fact.
there were rumors that many building
sites from Jefferson street west on
Broad were about 10 be taken from
the market, resulting from the con-
tinued pressure of buyers and the
publicity in the press of a rapid west
ern movement.
Not only does activity impend in the
building section but activity actually
exists In. t.he, residence seGtion. - From
advertisements appearing most of the
operation is west. the deed transfers
indicate a preponderance of property
changes in the west, house builders
are more active tr-that- direction, and
the situation Is one that Will call, II
is claimed. for the immediate organ
ization of forces in the north and
eastern districts to stop stampede.
Certain II Is that people OF means
and refinement appear to be seeking
the west. In those sections are found
such institutions as the Richmond
College for Men. the Richmond Col
lege for Women, Miss ELECTS School
for Girls. Chamberlayne's School for
Boys, the Country Club. and public
schools primary and high, throwing
an atmosphere of culture and refine
ment about the district that naturally
attracts men and women who are
home builders and whose tastes de-
mand surroundings of character as
we'll as beauty.
In spite of buying and building and
trading there does not appear to he
any advancement in prices, although
it is generally admitted there has GER
tainly been an increase in values. One
leading representative of interests out
that way said Friday that the agency
was considering an early advance, as
available home sites were becoming
fewer and fewer.
Another large holder said that,
prices with him were the same as be
fore the war and he preferred to mold
them as such II it would give men and
women the opportunity they wanted
10 obtain a home where their children
might grow to maturity in an atmos-
phere rich with refinement and them
selves go into the golden days loving
the beautiful things that go with
open spaces, commanding elevations
and congenial neighbors.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-18
Elegant Park
AUenue Uds Once
Poverty Row
Think Of II.

Think Of IL.
Park avenue with its many beauti-
full blocks of charming homes, breath
ing "a delightful social atm osphere,
was originally Scuffletown Road.
Today Park avenue Is the home or
weli-to do people. enjoying at least
all the comforts and many OF the
Injuries of life.
When Park avenue was Scnffletown
Road it was so because the people
who lived there were of a class that
has to rise early in the morn and
scuff1e nightly for enough to fill the
pot at night
II was poor mans alley, the abiding
place of those who did not even ex-
pect ever to make both ends meet
They were satisfied il things broke
well enough for them TO keep body
and soul together.
Think Of tt tho change-the diff
ference in types of men and women
then and now~-rhc shanty and novel
succeeded by the ornamental brick
the. lean-to in, 4 lac, raar giving place
to the garage OF today. the winding
mud road replaced by sheet asphalt
over which silently rolls limousine and
high powered cars.
Can yo get a vision of Scuffietown
Road after seeing Park avenue
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-18
Corn Cup May Bring
Richmond a New
Citizen.

The owner OF an Iowa farm walking
down North Eighth street one day
this week on occasion of his first trip
to Richmond. saw in the window Of
the Realty e. Finance corporation the
handsome thirty-inch silver cup Of
fered by the National Corn show at
Madison Square Garden for the best
thirty ears OF corn exhibited from a
single farm in any state OF the union.
The corn that captured the cup was
grown on Halifax farm by w. H.
Doran, and easily walked away with
the best efforts OF 700 western
growers.
The Iowan was astonished to find
that right around Richmond could be
grown grains that outclassed his-oMa-
state, and the upshot of his visit was
that he returned home and Is adver-
tising his property for sale with a
view OF moving to Richmond and be
coming owner Of q virgtnian farm.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-18
THE OLD TOWN UP AND DOING

operations in other sections of the
south, but from the Information
in hand Baltimore IL the only
southern city showing a larger
percentage in April than Rich
mOnd, and Baltimore is hardly a
southern city, ranging just out
side the desert
Mentioning any Virginia city
In this connection b painful, since
Norfolk, boOsts.d and boosted.
made a gain Of i10 per cent while
Roanoke shows an appretia bic
falling on.
Atlanta which made the re-
markabie record Of doubling its
population in the last census re
port has issued permits less than
100000 In excess Of Richmond.
and unlesss there n . considerable
decrease the last third OF May this
month will fipd Richmond camp
ing right on the tail Of the big
Georgia town..
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-18

Grove Avenue brick. rooms
bath. etc, hot-water heat Posses
sion September LIST, $3.50 90.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-18
Another Big Concern
Coming.

Lease of the property at the
southeast corner OF Seventh and
Franklin streets, now occupied as
n cafeteria. to operators of the
Old Dutch Market of Washington.
has been cOnsuSnmated, the
paper calling for an annual rem
tai that establishes the estimated
worth for years to come OF all
that section cast of Sixth to Six
toenth street, and situated be-
tween Broad and Cary streets.
This Is a downtown district that in
few years will give way to many
tall Office blocks. connecting MP
the financial district on Main
street to the hotel, theatre and
retail parts Of lower Broad.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-18

The Lyncnburg chamber OF
commerce has Joined hands with
organizations in twenty-five other
American cities to further the
BUILD now program as laid
out by the department OF labor
In Washington The cities that
begun campaigning through press
and every available agency have
made great progress in meeting
their special needs. but with all
their accom- plishments they are
behind Richmond in percentage.
and in Richmond there has been
no artificial in fiuences brought
to bear. no public meetings, no
house to house circularizing and
boosting.
The growth in Richmond for
April Is publicly stated to show
an increase OF 27S per cent over
the same month last year.
Much has been said recently
about the tremendous building
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-18

Figures given out by the de-
partment of labor at Washington
are available for March, and II
greater gains are not shown for
April in many of the northern
towns Richmond will top them.
For instance, Buffalo came up
with SO per cent increase or s962, j.,
900; Indianapolis, So per cent or
1898, 900: Kansas City. 100 per
cent or s505.00O: Minneapolis, 6
per cent or s627,O00; Pittsburgh,
20 per cent or s982.000; Spring
field. Mass, sc per cent or $13s.-
900; Toledo, 49, per cent or $40S,
900.
Richmond has not been break
ing into print nor telling the story
Of her Iuasterful stride, and "a
long as the present pace Is kept
up the people Of the Virginia me-
tropOlis will lie too busk building
to attend to any Of the shouting.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-18

Il XWAntAeth Street. Fairmouut, s
D0gna, Frame. detached, $1.7oo,oo.
91nongton at once.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-18

E Hanover Avenue Flats, 5 rooms,
Gh, pantry, each. All modern
$500 90
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-18
$3.50, 900 HOME FOR sHRINERs

4 resolution was adopted at .
meeting OF .Acca Temple, home OF
Virginia Shriners, Friday night
authorizing the building committee
to close for the southeast corner OF
Shafer street and West Broad. and
to proceed at once to tho erection
Of temple to cost $3.50. 900.
The sun., 1919-03-16
TRACY H.LEWIS WINS
N. Y. A.C. TRAP TIE
A. L. Burns Beaten for High
Scratch Prize After ScOr-
ing Well.
ALL GHOST BIRDS BROKEN

Tracy II. Lewis and A. L. Burns tied
for the high scratch prize In the weekly
shoot of the New York Athletic Club at
Travers Island yesterday. Each had 30
out of possible 100 targets. On the
shoot off Mr.. Lewis was the winner.
The high handicap prize went to c. L..
King, who also won only after shoot
off. Mr.. King also was the winner of the
special handicap prize, while the special
scratch prize was taken by +. j. Ham,
Jr.
For the first time since the ghost
trophies have been offered, all four were
broken yesterday. The nimrods who
turned the tricks were B. e. Eldred, G..
f. Hutchings, w. G. Allen and w. II.
Buchanan. L. r. De Wolfe was the
winner of the Travers Island Cup, the
take home trophy of the day.
Although a snow that was half rain
fell throughout the afternoon, practi-
cally all of the gunners made high
scores. Thus there were an unusually
large number OF legs scored on the Has
lin, the Club and the Accumulation cups
In the shoot for the Haslin Cup no
less than sixteen gunners had full scores
of 2E targets. The Club Cup saw eight
nimrods with full scores. In the Accu-
mutation Cup seven gunners were
awarded legs. In the aggregate hfty-
eight shooters were on the firing line.
Their scores follow:
The sun., 1919-03-16
WILKINS QUIZzED
FOR THREE HOURS
No Serious Contradictions in
Story of Murder, Author
tiles Say.

DR.. Walter X. wilkins, the husband
Of Mrs. Julia wilkins, who was muir
dered at their home at Long Beach,
L. l., on the night of February 27. went
with his counsel to Mineola yesterday
and submitted to three hours of inter-
rogation by District Attorney Weeks OF
Nassau county.
I'VE are still plugging away at the
wilkins case and think we have made
some progress" was Mr.. Weeks's re-
sumo of the interview when he was
asked at it's conclusion II DR.. wilkins
had thrown any new light on the murder.
In his talk with DR.. wilkins Mr..
Weeks was not without the assistance of
considerable criminological talent. as
William j. Burns, County Detective Car
man Plant of Mr.. Weeks's staff. Justice
Of the Peace Edward Neu of Lynbrook,
two Burns operatives and Sheriff Phi
meas Seaman were all present and put
questions of their own from time to
time.
The authorities concede they have
turned up nothing which offers serious
contradiction of DR.. Wilkins's story that
Mrs. wilkins was killed by burglars
who surprised him and her when they
entered their house in the dark. The
most important discovery SO far by the
detectives has been a screwdriver with
smear of green paint upon its handle
matching the green paint on a hammer
found near Mrs. Wilkins after She was
killed.
Burns refuses to explain what connec-
ton he sees between the hammer and
the screwdriver. DR.. Wilkins admits
that both articles are his and says he
supposes the burglars picked the ham
mer up in the kitchen when he and his
wife surprised them in the house. DR..
wilkins. who said three days ago that
he understood he was suspected, asked
Burns yesterday H. Alphabetically. II
was likely that physician after strik-
ing a woman down. would summon help
while she was still alive and run the
hazard of her regaining consciousness
| in the presence OF witnesses and accus-
ing him. Burns did not commit himself
| to an answer.
Mrs. Wilkins died three hours after
her husband had summoned help, follow
ing the attack upon her. By the only
will she is known to have left wilkins
will receive less than $1,000 OF her es-
tate
The sun., 1919-03-16
NO YALE VS.. W. AND J. GAME
Colleges Cannot Agree on Football
Date.

WASHINGTON, Pa, March 15.-Fol-
lowing several weeks of negotia tions
Yale has finally been forced to leave
Washington and jefferson off its foot
ball schedule for 1919. Washington
and Jefferson requested a game and the
Eli management was disposed to grant
the request and thus renew gridiron
competition, which was dropped after
1915. Yale presented several dates, all
of which were filled on the Red and
Black card. Manager J. II. Murdoch
of w. and ]. endeavored to rearrange
his card to enable him to take the
trip to New Haven, but contracts could
not be broken or other games shifted
without the consent OF opponents pre-
viously booked. so negotiations were
called off
There still is a probability that the
Red and Black will appear on either
the Rutgers or Navy schedule or both.
The Navy offered w. and ]. a game
accepted at the time. Later negotia.
lions were reopened. and the midship-
men now are trying to give the Presi-
dents a game. Rutgers has notified
Manager Murdoch that II would gladly
schedule the Red and Black for a tilt
either in New Brunswick or New York
II a date could be arranged. Thus far
neither team has been able to rearrange
It's games to At the other, and 1t is
possible that the game may be lost
There is a possibility that Washin gton-
Jefferson may play at West Point II
1t can I'LL the date the army has open
| but the chances are not bright.
The sun., 1919-03-16
BROOKLYN R. C. MEETS.
Clark Chosen President-Acqui
Tennis Field.

The annual meeting OF the Brooklyn
Rowing Club was held yesterday at the
clubhouse, foot of Bay Twelfth street.
Bath Beach. With the war over and
most of the boys home or on the way
home extensive plans for the coming
season were discussed and approved and
everything points toward very active
rowing season, which will not only equal
but surpass pre-war activities. An
nouncement that the club had acquired
large tennis ground was most en-
Enthusiastically received
After the meeting the members en-
joyed a delightful supper, after which
most interesting evening was spent
listening to the tales of some of the
boys who had been over there"
The officers for 1919 are: Robert G.
Clark, president; Edwin F.. Thompson,
vice-president ]. Lester Cassidy, secre-
tary; Richard ]. O'Connor, treasurer
John f. Coughlin. captain; c. NJ. Dewey,
first lieutenant; b. Devanney. second
lieutenant; board of governors. Percy
Baldwin, Harry l.. Cassidy. David r.
Haggerty, Jack Lewis, H. f. OBeirne,
The sun., 1919-03-16
DE PALMA MAKES
: NEW ROAD RECORD
Attains 1888 Miles an Hour
Over New Santa Monica,
CAL, Course.
Special Despatch to THE Sun.

SANTA MONICA, Cal, March l5.-The
fastest time ever made on a road course
" in the world was registered by Ralph
De Palma driving his Packard Special
=. equipped with an aviation engine In a
s.speed trial inaugurating the Santa
= Monica classic this afternoon. The
s-schampion driver negotiated the run Of
~ 396 miles in minutes As 10 Sec
~-onds a speed of 933S miles an hour.
An unusually rough course threw the
great car about appreciably, and De
Palma fairly hurtled through the air on
/. the turns and bounded along the
Z. straightaway in leaps. 1t was a totally
different type of going from the smooth
running on Dayton Beach last month
when he established a new worlds rec
ord for all distances from the klometer
to the twenty miles in ttraightaway
dastres.
~ To-days performance was officially
= sanctioned by the A. A. A. Contest
= Board, Richard Kennerdell chairman,
and was timed by the A. A. A. official
- timers for the Santa Monica road race.
Frank ]. Lowry tagged the trial.
The car De Palma drove is the same
one with which he hung up the new
worlds records of $50 miles an hour
at Daytona, It is a special stream
3 lined chassis with twelve cylinder four
type motor built and in commission be-
fore America declared war on Germany
The best previous road race time be-
'ssl fore De Palma's run was SO miles an
hour made here by Bruce Brown in 1911
To-day's run was over a newly laid out
* f,Course.
The sun., 1919-03-16
HUNT HOARDED FOOD
IN STORAGE PLANTS
Investigators to Make State
wide Inventory of All
Goods Held.

The State Council! OF farms and Mar
kets has ordered an exhaustive investi-
CATION of cold storage plants in New
York city and other cities of the State.
II wishes to know exactly what food Is
being held in these plants and the guam
tity and the time 1t has been in storage.
especially meat.
The inquiry will be directed by DR..
Eugene II. Porter, State Commissioner
OF Foods and Markets. Dr.. Jonathan C.
Day. City Commissioner OF Public Mar
kets. and May r. Van Arsdale Of this
city. members of the commission VIII
cooperate with him.
1t is generally believed that ware.
houses in this city are jammetf full CT
all sorts of foodstuffs. The Council OF
Farms and Markets says that in New
York city alone there are some twenty
cold storage plants with storage ca
pacity which has been given at nearly
25 600, 900 cubic feet.
The law provides with regard to the
time cold storage food may be kept as
follows:
1T shall be thereafter unlawful for
any person. corporation or corporations
engaged in the business Of cold storage
warehousemen or refrigerating or for
any person placing food in a cold stor-
age warehouse to keep in storage for
preservation or otherwise any kind OF
food or any article used for food a
longer period than twelve calendar
months
Another section of the law requires all
persons or corporations engaged in the
business OF cold storage warehousemen
to submit a report to the Commissioner
OF Foods and Markets stating the guam
tity of each and every foodstuff in stor-
age or in their control. This report
must be filed every month.
Transfer OF any food from one store
house 70 another for the purpose OF
svading the time limitation is prohibited,
The sun., 1919-03-16
WAITING YALE'S ANSWER.
West virginia Holds Three Foot
ball Dates Open to Ellis.

q MoRGANTowN, w. Va, March 10
The West Virginia University football
team has been definitely booked for
seven OF the ten games that will be
played in the fall Games have been
clinched for September 81 Marietta Col
. lege at Morgantown: October 4, West
minister College at Morgantown ; II, Uni
versity of Pittsburg at Pittsburg No
2 vember l, Princeton at Princeton Is,
Rutgers at New Brunswick %, Ohio
= Wesleyan at Morgantown, and 81
Thanksgiving Day.. Washington and
jefferson at Morgantown.
The dates Of October IS and % and
November are as yet untitled and uego-
tiations are in progress for all of them.
All three of the dates were suggested to
= Yale when the Bulldog manager wired a
few days ago asking what dates West
Virginia had open. October IS is the
preferred date at West Virginia, though
It is believed that any Of the three will
be accepted.
The sun., 1919-03-16
WORCESTER LANDS
NATIONAL REGATTA
Beats Philadelphia by One
Vote at n. A. A. o. Meet
ing in This City.
DATES ARE AUGUST 1 TO 2

Lake Quinsigamond, at Worcester,
Mass, will be the scene and August l
and 2 the dates for the annual regatta
! of the National Association of Amateur
| Oarsmen. That was decided at the an
nual meeting of the executive commit
tee of the National Association of
Amateur Oarsmen at the New York
Athletic Club last night.
The decision in favor of Worcester
came as the climax of hot fight be-
tween that city and Philadelphia. and
Worcester won by only one vote-5 to 4.
Lynn, Mass. which was awarded the re-
gatta of 1917, which was cancelled had
been expected to ask for the event, and II
1t had it would have got 1t. But Lynn
made no bid, and Philadelphia i'm
mediately entered the lists against
Worcester.
/ The Worcester hackers argued that
Philadelphia would have the Peoples
| regatta, the Schuylkill Navy races and
/ the American Henley. and that it was
advisable to go somewhere else with the
national. New York backed Worcester
Lake QuinsiGamond has been the scene
| of many IL national and intercoiies la tt
| regatta. 1t was there, nearly fifty years
ago, that Harvard and Yale crews rowed
| their first races. The course on the lake
is an excellent one, and 1t is expected to
erect suitable accommodations for spec
| tators.
Besides nine members of the execu.
/ tive committee nearly a hundred mer
interested in the sport attended. The
members of the committee present were
James Pilkington. president, New York
Fred r. Fortmeyer, secretary, New
York: John A. Allen, Brooklyn; Johr
| p. Fox. Boston; George B. McGrath
| Boston; John r. Coogan, Springfield
Mass. ]. E. Newlin, Philadelphia II
| p. Burke, Philadelphia, and c. w
| Priesendanz Philadelphia.
The sun., 1919-03-16
SHOEMAKER AMONG
BILLIARD WINNERS
MunOz and Tilt Other Victors
in National Amateur Tour
ney in N. Y. A. G.
CONTESTS WELL PLAYED

Three exceptionally we'll played games
of pocket billiards in which J. Howard
Shoemaker, the champion. defeated A.
C. Grove by 1875 to "a; Cecil Munoz won
from H. F. Osborn by 1875 to 90, and
William A. Tilt vanquished c. Shongood
by 1875 to 119, marked the close of the
first week of the tournament at the
New York A. c., under the auspices of
the National Association OF Amateur
Billiard Players.
While Shoemaker and Munoz won their
contests easily yet 1t gave them the
opportunity to do considerable daring
work with the worries, the result being
brilliant execution.
Shongood and Tilt had a nip and tuck
struggle, the Calumet Club representa-
tive nosing out his opponent by six
points.
Shoemaker won his second game of
the tournament in the afternoon, when
he defeated A. c. Grove by 1875 to "a
The champion celebrated his victory by
a Eumber OF skyrocket shots that
brought down the house.
One particularly brilliant effort was
a two cushion bank for n FIVE ball COM
bination. In the afternoon game Munoz
defeated H. F. Osborn by 1875 to 80. The
scores by frames:
]. II. shoemaker-12, IA. II, II, 3, o,
ii hiS 81 III rum H. % TO- a. 1-i20' Scratches
f'S g. 81 ssra'sAs e. :: Ii hi,s &
G Munoz-14, IA. s. 7. 10, IA. :. s.
!. s. 2, 10. Q. g, l. o. e-125. Scratches,
A. F. Osborne, o. 8, 7. 1. o. 7, 8, H.
s, II. 4. IL, 6, Is. s. o-s3. Scratches, s
". Tiit-g, 10, 7. II, o, "a, 0, 3, IA. c, G.
10, s, 10. 8, 1, s, l, 5-l25. Scratches, 9
High run. Is.
8, S, !. 9, !. 9, 10, 6. 10. O-lls. Scratches
s. High run, IS.
Referee-Clyde Il. Terry
The sun., 1919-03-16
AWARDED VARSITY INSIGNIA.
c. c. N. Y. Basketball Players
HOnored by Athletic Association.

At a meeting of the Athletic Associa-
ton of the College of the City of New
York yesterday varsity basketball play
ers who participated in more than five
games were awarded their insignia.
Besides Capt. Projan, krinsky and
Barlow. forwards; McNulty and Fliegel
guards Murray. centre. and Goodfried
manager, have earned the right to wear
the coveted letters.
The Office of vice-president OF the as
sociation went to~J. Ellsworth Lands
1919. Lee Sherman was the successful
candidate for assistant property mana
ger. shannon was elected assistant track
manager and Feldman and Lilienbaum
are TO assist Manager Taft with the
baseball team.
The sun., 1919-03-16
ROYAL ARCANUM GAMES.

The Brooklyn Royal Arcanum will
stage an open A. A. U. athletic meet
in the Twenty-third Regiment Armory,
Brooklyn, April 10. Besides the six
open and one closed event the 500
yard indoor Metropolitan champion
ship will be decided. The open
events are a 100 yard novice dash, 200
yard handicap, run, $50 yard novice
race, l 1000 yard handicap run, two mile
handicap bicycle race, two mile handi-
cap run and -dAOne and seven-elChtn
miles handicap medley relay. The cl osed
event is a 440 yard run for Twenty
third Regiment members. Entries close
April IA with Robert Kennedy. Is John
street.