Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-03-11
VIRGINIA NEWS

great central library building as a
memorial to the sons and daughters
of the State who served in the world
war has received the approval OF
the Senate, which passed substi-
tute for the Mills bill, providing ded-
ication of the Ford lot to the State
! by the city of Richmond, and grant
ing to the municipality fifteen
foot strip Of Capitol Square along
Bank street.
Purchase of the Harrisonburg and
Rawley Springs and the Harrison
burg and Franklin turnpikes has
been completed by the Rockingham
county board of supervisors. Col
lection of tolls will be discontinued,
and the roads will be, taken over by
the county on April |. The coun-
y thus secures II miles of improved
road. The purchase marks the pas
sing of the toll gates from the last
Two of the highways entering Har-
riscnburg.
The rate Of infant mortality in
Richmond was 40 per cent less in
1919 than the average in 1917 and
1918.
By vote CT &c to 81 the House
Of Delegates this week passed
the bill permitting appeals to
the Supreme Court as matter Of
right. The bill now goes to the
Senate for concurrence. Several Of
the ablcst members Of the upper
branch and known to be opposed to
the measure and its progress is ex-
pccted to be even more bitterly corr
tested than it was in the House.
Resolutions eulogizing the late
United States Senator Thomas S.
Martin. who died November y last,
we're adopted in the State Senate
Tuesday.
Col. Robert F. Lecdy, of Page
County, member of the State Sem
ate. is contemplating running fer
Congress from the Seventh district
in opposition to Representative
Thomas w. Harrison, incumbent.
Fire yesterday afternoon destroy
ed the #torehousc Of Stcrnhelmcr
Eros., junk dealers, in Richmond.
The building was formerly the power
house of the old Richmond ann Hen
rico Traction Company. The loss
was thought to be upward Of $50
600. Two firemen were slightly hurt
y, a fall from ladder.
Two hundred thousand dollars
worth Of icwelry was found intact
and undamaged when the Cha mber-
lin Hotel safe was uncarthcd and
opened Thursday afternoon. This
icwe!ry was owned by the guests and
had been placed there for safckecp-
inc. One hundred thousand dollars
worth is owncdhy Mrs. Schwerinet.
of New York city. Guests at the
hotel who had deposited jcwelry or
money at the office were busy yes
terday afternoon collecting it. Most
Of the hotel records we're found in
the vault.
A dispatch from Norfolk says
messages asking all ships at sea to
search for the steamer Cuhadist were
sent broadcast by the government
wireless station Tuesday night. The
vessel, which was owned by the
Cuba Distilling Company, of New
York, was due at Baltimore on March
. from Matanzas. Cuba, with q
1.5OD.O00 gallon cargo of moIasScs.
She carried crew Of 40 m2n. The
Cubadist was last reported Ill miles
southeast of Diamond Shoals on
February 20. 1t is feared she may
have been caught in heavy blow off
Hattcras and capsizcd or broken in
two as did her sister ship.
Succeeding Judge Stafford White,
resigned, Judge Edward w. Saun-
dcrs, former representative from the
Fifth district. took his scat on the
bench Of the Virginia Supreme Court
Of Appeals Tuesday when the
spring term convened.