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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-07
ReUie,0 of Weeks
rade in Richmond
Dun's Report on Last
Weeks and Months Vi7.-
gl11id Trade Conditions.

r. G. Dun & Co.'S special report for
The Times Dispatch on commercial
is as follows
The business outlook is optim:sti
sally viewed and with the signing of
ket has broadened considerably. "'"'
In almost all lines trade is good.
scarcity OF raw material and made
auate factory production 1t becomes
increasingly apparent that no radical
expected. and in many lines further
advances are underway. Collections
are good.
prices are advancing Better grades
are particularly in demand: oak and
maple noorinE is moving very freely.
grades of box lumber. and some Of
the mills cutting sccond-growth tim
, neT are .,I no. operating until prices for
the i.f,ins of embarsoes' ' on LUMBER bes
he export situation Is easier.
!. Dealers in paints and oils say there
in prices The Wholesale furniture
hays so il .Ser aoys and fasto1ss
months ahead. Prices are high. and
expected 10 force still further ad-
vances.
Johbers of paper and stationers'
supplies report about 20 per cent In.
creased tonnage sold. attributed partly
to larger volume OF advertising. They
experience difficulty in securing ship
ments from the mills. and prices are
advancing. Printers and sta,ioners
are busy and are getting good prices.
June trade In the produce market
was unusually active, and prices of
butter. eggs, poultry, etc. are steady.
The crop OF Virginia potatoes is some
what smaller than was expected. but
Is bringing good prices thus far.
Wool and hides arc abnormally
high. Money is firm and In demand,
but there has been quite little l'qui-
dalton Of cotton loans. and all lesit.-
mate wants are being comfortably
taken care Of
Building operations authorized for
June total a634,625. as against S19s,54s
in June, lalS.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-07
COMMON COUNolL TO HOLD
ITS July SESSION TONIGHT
with Exception Of Committee Meet
ing Thursdny. Docket Clear for
Hest of Week.

Tonight ut O'Clock the Common
."uncll VIII meet FOR its regular July
session: Thursday night at tho same
hour there viii be a meeting of the
10ocnimittee on Doak. River and Harbor.
Win the exception of these moetinps
,hs calendar Of Rich,nond's icSisfa,
I'VE nodes Is clear for the week
rms morning City Hall employees
return to work from vacation of
.hrce days. Many went to the noun.
tains and to the scaShore. Others
stayed at home.
Interest AT the City Hall at present
!" conferred particularly In Maror
Ainslie's proposition for a new bond
ISSUE; Nhiie this issue will be prin-
SSnnailF i?r the purpose of securing
lunds TO improve and extend the sew
craze system and TO improve the gas
n!an's X IS proba bic that an effort
WIN be made to include other rnattrrs
IN ihe proposition. The whole oues
ZION VII be considered by til. Commit
e, on nance Al 4 meeting 70 be held
July -. Mayor h;nslie aud the sew
sral heads OF departments will be
ntessht az tnis meeting. and viii cx-
plain in detail the needs Of the city
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-07
DRY GOODS MOVEMENT
Al Consumer. show Willingness to
stand High Prices Distribution
Becomes More Active.

The prospect OF continued high dry
goods prices has become less disturb
Ing to merchants who arc watching
the development of demands in retail
channels according to Duns latest re-
port. Not only do consumers seem
y ling and able to meet the extreme
costs. but their wants appear to be
larger than n year ago. and reports
coming from johbers and retailers CON
firm all that has been said OF an active
distribution. Even in agricultural Sec
tions where full crops are not antic!-
pated as In tho case of cotton. farmers
are taking goods freely. while In manu-
featuring centers where work Is In
creasinG. the high wages find rejection
in a broad movement Of merchant ise
Vet the optimism OF trade interests Is
tempered with more conservatism than
recently. sellers preferring to operate
on short terms and buyers being less
inclined TO make commitments to fore
stall advancing prices. although many
consider further upturn inevitable
At the close Of. the half year prices
were higher than at the opening. and
in several instances above the gov
eminent levels.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-07
BUSINESS ON CARY STREET
ACTIVE EVEN ON HOLIDAY
but Few Changes Noted In Produce
Trnde-Sev Fruftn of nettcr
Quality Coming In.

There were but few changes last
week in trade conditions on Cary and
Thirteenth Streets, where the whole
sale produce dealers and the commits
sion merchants keep things going at
a lively rate from Monday mornings to
Saturday evenings. taking very few
holidays.
Even the Glorious Fourth did not
find this region under total suspen-
sion OF business Men were on hand
TO receive the goods that came In over
night, and they did not fail to wait on
any beiated retailers who had run short
of stock for the mornings sales.
The changes TO be noted came in
the fruit lines Receipts OF peaches
and new apples are much larger than
in excess of the ready demand. Marked
Improvement in the quality OF these
fruits was noticeable Prices for
previous week. bu, that was entirely
on account OF the improved quality of
the goods.
Eggs were steady all tho week at 42
ened some towards the middle of the
week. going to IS TO As cents per
pound. Hens were steady at 81 10 80.
a; Is TO Is. while veals were higher
and the demand more active. The best
veals brought IL cents last week. and
1Tom mat and d sona,i to H. according TO
Wool and hides remain unchanged.
holding TO the former high quotations.
Some Of the handlers of produce look
Fourth dizziness" Is now a thing OF
the past and. because OF the steady
demand for all the good things handled
Will be no decline worth speaking Of
However. the indications are that
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-07
5000 HEAR BAND CONCERT
HELD IN OPEN AT BYRD PARK
same Program VIII Tic Given y.,.
sunday With Addition of Conn
muntty "SfnE.-

More than 5000 people attended the
.tfst open-air band concert of the sum
ineE season given yesterday evening at
bE!d Park Al $50 o'clock. under the
auspices OF the War Camp Community
service Besides those who went on,
OH the stree; cars, a number motore5
our and parked their cars along the
road"ay near the bandsiand
because OF injuries sustained in an
automobile accident. Henri Beausard.
sons and cheer leader OF the War
camp Community Service did not ron
duct Il community sing" AS he had
ot,sinaiiy planned. The sing" will be
given IN connection with the band
concert next sunday al Byrd Park at
the same hour.
Those attending the concert yester-
day were asked by Director Beauyard
20 send in 20 War Camp Comnlunity
Service headquartcrs. Seventh and
rEaiIh1!n streets suggestions for
pieces TO be added to the musical pro.
gram or the twenty-hve-p piece band.
~hich VIII play each Sunday and to
sing" :" the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-07
Large Consumption of Leather.

With big demand for both domes tic
ana foreign consumption. about the
My limitation TO trading in leather is
tho disposition of sellers 10 confinc
operations largely to goods on hand
Or en- route from tannerics. says Duns
Attest review of markets Europe;An
buyers, in their anxiety to rcplenish
upPlics, have heen active in this mar
Eet and the purchasing has extended
neutral nations. whose stocks had
,ecomc depleted through cmbarEoes
nd interrupted overseas transporta-
zion facilities The phenomenal situa-
hon IN leather finds reflection In the
Tepidly advancing hide prices, and the
only apparent remedy for the rising
tendency lies in the freer shipment Of
aw material here from other produc-
ne countries. Meanwhile, the cost of
ootwcar is mounting steadily and eS-
traordinary levels are predicted for
next fall and winter. but trade con-
tiaueS active and for some time past
!, has not been necessary for manu-
facturers 10 solicit orders.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-07
@ - -
Cor n 1'tIh t-un -

7-O-NH!'.! MI. JN!y u. c Bovd
thet was alive with rats The otner
day ne backed mis- tractor Up Ia II
turned on the exhaust and gave them
4 gas hdrFase equal 70 any pu, on IN
the war Few iats got OH, OF the
crib alive, and those shat did were
80 weak the dogs had no ,roub.e in
gatherings them mp. The result, was
a tub fun o! dead rats Two vc,r.
ago prairie dogs took the farm Of a
Western Kansas man near Inn CITY,
He conceived the !dca OF attaching a
two.inch hose 10 the exhaust of his
fiivYer and connecting the Other end
with the burrows and this ended the
argument. The fact Is referred to
eere merely 10 show that as usual a
Karsan was H!st 10 get onto the
6cheme.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-07
RECOVERY IN PIG IRON
June Statistics show Large Increase.
IN tne output-Improremen
Likely to De Extended.
NEW YORK .JuIy

NEW YORK. July e.-A concrete
measure OF the recent turn in the iron
ana s!ect INDUSTRY appears In the June
statistics OF pig iron production. After
an unnroken decline in the daily rate
rom the nigh level of 1882 tons of
Septemner 1918, last months output
recovered to 1895 tons per day from
$500. tons In May. and the Iron Age
reports an addition OF five furnaces 10
moreover, is likely to be extended in
July. for demands are steadily grow
Ing and few railroad inquiries hav.
that quarter. The question as to
whether the labor supply will prove
adequate TO meet the prospective fur
that looms up with increasing import
ance as many workers announce their
intention O! returning TO Europe, and
q, some o!ast furnaces. In fact. short
age Of common labor is already noticed
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-07
FIND DEATH NOTE IN BOTTLE
MessnEe Signed "a. II. Bovmnn- stat..
writer Is Going 10 Conn
NIT Suicide.

FISHERMEN at City Point sent police
ma We been hshed from a bottle tloatine
m me RIVER, n which a man calling
Iention to commit suicide bv drowninr
The note read: ''s b
hope some one will find this not.
IN tnis bottle that is 10 let the world
Know ] am drowned. Please LEI NV
psop.e know IN Richmond weigh
anout l3o pounds. am lgh, com
eyes a"u oiue
!, was signed A. II. Bowman" and
Ssws b oeceainer 10, 1915. So far police
who could identify the writer OF tie
roe sona Arthur Il. Bowman. whose name
lives on Church Street was in,ero
We ,e"sd' hut said he knew nothing of
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-07
AUTOMOBILE. PRICES RISE
s100 TO s1,250 FOR CAR
Cost Of Labor Is Given nv Manu-.
facturcrs as Chief Cause for
Increase.
MATERIALS ALSO ARE SCARCE
Few Factories Have Rcgnincd Nor.
NAL Production. and Shortage OF
Last Year Still is Fclt-Dcmanl
Has Increased.

Prospective Richmond and Virginia
ac;omobile buyers viii md themselves
a%n Nv s,,s f-an, sioo o - :, M" "so , ,a
y macl,'nc han was quoted for the
sane aui"'ncnltes . snort whie ago.
,hn,,, -, - ''o'-S 'ne iiSc $3.50 t
r"s, 'MT ,F!nSiP.t eausrsr,he niEh
oS. o' 'ao"r nHu ,ne SSarcisS OF MD :
drciincd snrS. mas !, iS S' ,.
ussi'nsU sonrsM nay IN prics curing me
df.ional cos. ~. ,,r,,n, :, 49,. ~.
finished nroduc; = ''' '''
''.'S' ,ro.,, u.. ~, ~. >,
irounciinn Not let Normal.
When motor ear production was re-
sv u,.iea $500. an"., '.S mrs, OF me year; IL
80 nnA,,i1u 80 80. ~ ~ inc ias
nrodi,c,ton IN, a''eu ny n"t - ~ 10.
,aim.nI 49, ~, cn"s t..m. snsrst"!h h
snen ranii - IL, ~.
have MADE His jmpnss.inb I ,o miaie.
was snticipa,"d Wbs snoE iensss 'na ian
compI;shed ,hs-c 49, me sai.v =, ~,
M sb "as 'ne ue,aS y! set
mnttor ~. a. ,r n"dS,aiiS seaujus'ea ioF
NJ ,,a,,,ta ~" ~, "h,,,ss -. ~ =,
It's enfirnty. NJ ,r,s, ,1,,-rhssa .,,,,a
parts on the outside. In man cosee
~ .hsaS ~ -, 49,. y a. .e"uS -
- fnrn;sh ~ e va ~ i,.aN "as u.auIe
car. Even during the past ten DAYS
dealers have rese:Ned cars w!thou;;
An automobile factory is an enor-
M h.onS us business AID sveEEth;ng must
OF speed Ter economical production.
100 much speed or too iitt,e in one
n nSsns MI upset al! pr3dnston
piling w and the more the delay the
tas y mounts labor troubles in
siole for delays. with the consequent
expense.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-07

encourages the hope for lower prices
In Richmond for that fruit. II says:
Values declined generally about
fifty cents. Georgia carmans were
at shipping points, and Hileys s1.ss.
s225. Shipments for these mid -season
varieties are drawing toward the close.
consuming markets ranged sl.75-3250
lot CaEmans and $2.5o-S3.5o for choice
Hiieys Georgia and Alabama Elbers
tas ranged }2,75-S3.5o in Chicago.
Shipments nearly doubled with 1857
30. corresponding week year ago"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-07
PAUL MOTLEY IS DROWNED
NEAR CAR STOP NINETEEN
Was John Marshall High school Cadet
and Is Survived ny Widowed
Mother.

Paul G. Motley. a John Marshall
Hish school cadet. of 1916 North
iwenty-sercnth Street. was drowned
yesterday morning in the James River
near stop 10 on the Petershurr car
Line. Young Motley, who was only
sixteen years of age. got beyond his
deHths and drowned before any of his
companions could reach him.
Inc boy had been a guest at tho
sent!eE Club. near Stop 10 HIS BODY
was brought to Richmond late yester-
DAY afternoon and deposited at the
Woody Undertaking establishment. He
Is survived By his widowed nother
Mrs. Mamie j. Motley N''
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-07

spring chickens Will be cheaper this
week. Hens Will likely hold steady at
the reduced figures of last week Eggs
VIII probably remain steady at last
weeks quotations. Ncals Will be in
active demand and there 4. but little
prospect OF lower figures. Lambs may
weaken somewhat. Wool wfal doubt
icss continue strong az present prices
ana hides may weaken somewhat this
week.
Peaches Should he Lower Here
Ihe Bureau of Markets official re-
tort on peach movements last week,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-07
HOLD FUNERAL SERVICES
Conduct Last Rites Over Body of
1harie" Sciden, Who Died
Saturday Morning.

Funeral services for Charles SeIdeo.
who died on Saturday were held yes
teToay afternoon ~ > o'clock from his
residence. Ill Norm Fifth Street Rev
J. j Downman ofticiated
At one time during his long bust
ness career In Richmond. Nj Selden
was superintendent and general man
aEcr or the street car lines in this
city in the pioneer days of horse cars
lie held that position for seventeen
years. during which time the change
was made TO the modern electrically
run system.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-07
COLORED HOTEL DAMAGED
Flames Start In bathroom. Cau,inr
Loss OF Several Hundred
Dollars.

Firemen were called at o'clock
yesterday afternoon TO eItinEuish
fames at colorcd hotel at the corner
of Second and Leigh Streets. Several
hundreds OF dollars damage was done
by tho flames. which were said to have
originated in bathroom. The fire
was put under control in about eigh-
teen minutes
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-07
LOSES WHISKY AND MONEY
j. N. Handbook Reports to Police That
Negro Disappeared
With $50.

j. NJ Handbook Of Ills Everett
Street. is mourning the loss OF $50 in
currency. Saturday he reported 10 the
police that he had !ntrustcd the money
TO negro with the Understanding
that the negro was u get him whisky
In exchange. The negro went into a
mouse on Seventeenth Street, so he in
formed the police, leaving Handbook
standing waiting outside. The coiored
man never returned. Police are still
mourning.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-07
KIWAfIIS CLUB TO MEET
Judge Kicks, of Juvenile and Domestic
Relations Court. VIII Make
Principal Speech.

Weekly meeting OF the Kiwanis Club
~ Richmond VIII he held today at 80
O'Clock IN tho afternoon AT the Bust
ness Mems Club. Judge Kicks. of the
Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court.
VIII ne the principal speaker of the
ga Ills topic as announced yesttr-
day WI! be Municipal Fairgrounds"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-07

III
.aso attending the annual convention ~
inc American Ostcopa,hic Association ha \
rciurpcd 10 the city.
Tho oakwood Memorial Association VIII
hold IT'S annual meeting this afternoon ~ {
o'nccFs Tor tho ensuing year will b. elected
The mother OF CAPTAIN NJ a. Conn,an
whose home ~ ~ 100 South Colonial Ave
nue.; received message from her son yes
ierday announcing his arrival In New Yorn
Directors Of tho Renters and Consumers
trotrctiNc Association. ~ organization per
.ec,ed lot the purpose Of lighting cNorbi-
tank rentals and pEo:tecrs VIII meet tonight
az o'clock in tho horne OF Mrs y ~
viii discuss proposed bylaws and the con.
stitutior OF the association.
Colored citizens Of Richmond today will
hnid devotional and deniohiltzation exercises
Tor troops or the race who served III the
opening OF tho exercises. viii move troI,
The Army and Navy CLUB n; O'Clock.
TWO brass hR nds and orchestra will ma Ike
music Tor the occasion.
Tho condition Of William Lane o. Cation.
had an arm, broken when his AUTOMOBILES
turned turtle on Patterson Avenue. near
til" Thrcc-Chort Road last Wednesday is
r"nortcd as being good; Lane. who wae
returning homo hfter doing some shopping
in kichmond, had hlowou; on the rirh;
from; IRE OF his automobile. which caused
the machine - urse, and iniure MIN.
doctor was summoned. who dressed his IN
jurics aud he was taken home in another
car
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-07
Commercial Failures Last week.

Commerciai taiiures last week In tho
Dun5 &: Co.. were eighty-six against
1913 the preceding week. and l72 the
corresponding week last year Fall
nres in Canada number six against
fifteen the preceding week. and FIVE
last year. OF failures last week In
the United States. thirty-nine were in
the East. twenty South. sixteen West.
and eleven in the Pacific States. and
forty-two reported liabilities of $4,000
or more. against flfty-one the previous
u,n
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-07
VeEetshie and FruIt Mnvcm.n1

The report OF the governments Bu-
reau OF Markets on conditions OF last
week sans:
Lines which have been weak lately
nave recovered owing 10 decreasing
supplies. including new potatoes to.
inatoes and cantaloupcs but peaches
and melons continued 10 decline in
price Shipments have been yaridly
decreasing IN most established iines
but heavy gains continue in volume
OF melons. peaches and new apples
Total. S.7l3 ears
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-07
Stan Onicer In nr,.,o,

BRISTOL. VA. July Col. Grant
Trent. member OF the stan OF Provost
Marshal,Genera Enoch crowder. is
Visiting here with friends. Col Trcnt's
home is 4, Rogersyille Tenn and he
viii leave here within the next few
days for home.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-07
Richmond EUents
in Paragraph Form
Current Local Ne1Us Told
Briefly for Benefit of
Busy Readers.

r; n Shacklc!ord. who has been IN Chi
.sEo attcn6inS the annual convention ~
the American os,cora,hic Association has
Fcturpcd TO the city.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-07

Observation-Disclosures Observation-Disclosures
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-07

Ihc oakwood Memorial, Association viii
n"id IT'S annual meeting this afternoon ~ (
S.sock at ST. Johns Cu;sconal ChuSvh
o'aSess Tor tho ensuing year will b. elected
New Britain herald., 1919-07-19
SUNDAY AT THE PALACE.

The Palace is offering as a special Sunday night show two of the best photoplays before the public. One of them is the popular star Frank Keenan in a sensational drama, The Phantom and the other, Ann Mur- dock, Charles Frohman's youngest star and the pet of all Broadway, ap pears in the leading role in Please Help Emily a photoplay adoption of Frohman's stage success in which Miss Murdock played So successfully at the Lyceum theater, N. Y, last spring. In adopting the play for the screen, the entire cast, selected by the late Chas. Frohman was chosen. There will also be shorter features including Wm. Duncan in ''The Man of Might" a screaming comedy and others.
New Britain herald., 1919-07-19
P E T K K
BY THE STORY LADY
MEETS TEMPTATION.

There had been a secret in the air ever since Peter and Aunt Grace had come to the farm. One morning grandma said to Aunt Grace.
 Daughter we must get at cake this morning." So Peter watched the process from the high kitchen stool.
 What 8 lot of good things they put in that cake and what a big cake it was. They baked it in grandma's big stone crock and when it was cool they put ood1es of thick white frosting on 1t. When it was done, they put it away in a glass cake box and though Peter scraped the mixing bowl and offered him a bit of cake.
 He woke up in the night and thought about it. It was such big cake surely they wouldn't care if he had just a tiny piece. Grandma and Aunt Grace were still up. They seemed to have lots of sewing to do lately, so Peter tiptoed past the sew ing room door into the panry. The cake glistened in the cake box, but Peters heart failed him so he took a cooky and tiptoed back.
 T think my cake is lots nicer than if it came from the bakery" he hea~d Aunt Grace say.
 Goodness, he had almost cut into Aunt Grace's wedding cake. Helen Carpenter Moore.
New Britain herald., 1919-07-19
New Candy Store.

The Palace Confectionery com pany's store at 466 Main street next Q the Palace theater, opened today with the ost beautiful and sanitary Ge cream and candy parlor in the STty. Workmen have been working on the store for the past month and it g without 8 doubt the prettiest and most up-to-date store of it's kind in New England. The soda fountain it. self is a work of art made entirely of marble and is the most sanitary Aade. One of the innovations of the store is the entrance through the, 1ob- oy of the Palace theater where you can drop in before, after or during he show and indulge in their choice 2andies or quality ice cream.