Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-06-11

granite shaft, % feet high and PLAIN
in design. Near the base IS
handsome bronze medallion in bas
relief representing Col. Mosby'
while appropriate bronze lnserlp-
tions are on three sides.
Rather than brave the fury OF
four scorned wives, Claude Hancock,
81 wears old, Of Chester, S. c., yes
terday in Danville pleaded guilty OF
bigamy in the corporation court and
was sen6aced to three years IN the
penitentiary. Before he was SEN
fenced friends were working for
pardon. He has tuberculosis. Han
cock is the star of the three blga-
mists on the corporation court dock
ct, who are charged in all with ~
wives. He is accused of conducting
a harcm on the approved Turkish
plan. Six wives were charged to
him in the Indictment. The names
of two Of these were unknown. Inc
remaining four were "on call" in vai
rious cities of the South.
Governor Davis yesterday appoint
ed five members of the State Com
mission on Medical Education IN
Virginia. The principal purpose OF
the body is to make investigation
and report as to the feasibility OF
merging the medical department OF
the University of Virginia with the
MedisS College Of Virginia. The
appoinfes are Dr.. Theodore Hough,
Charlottesville; DR.. Stuart Nc
CURE, Richmond; Or. Beverly R.
Tucker. Richmond; DR.. James a..
billiard, Charlottesville; pr. Julian
A. BurruSs. Blacksburg. This con-
mission is to act in conjunction with
one appointed by the last General
Assembly from its own membership
His first bicycle ride proved fatal
to little Z year old Harry kennis-
ton,jat Richmond, Wednesday after
nooi4l1sThe boy was being taught to
ride BY chum on North Third
Street, and was in the seat of the
bicycle when truck belonging to
the jenkins Bookbinding Co., heav-
lily loaded and weighing about four
tens. ,thiren by Wilham,;White, col
ored, rouded tch corner, and Harry,
who could not control the wheel
properly stecred straight for the
truck, striking the running board of
the machine and being Rocked di-
rectly in the. path Of the rear wheel,
which passed over his body.
The Court CT Appeals yesterday
handed down opinions in compare
lively small number of cases. the
most important being that of the
city of Richmond against James B.
Pace, treasurer. This grew out of
the construction of statute in the
segregation tax laws, the language
being ambiguous. The city attor-
ney held that the language meant
that the fees of the city treasurer
should be controlled by the implied
reading of the act. Counsel for
Mr.. Pace rejected this. however.
and the case was tried in the law and
equity court. which decided in favor
Of Mr.. Pace, and today the supreme
court upheld that contention. This
means retention of the fees to the
office of the city treasurer and
amounting roughly to about $4,000
year.
In the Court of Appeals ycster
day in the case Of Crockett against
the Commonwealth, from Alexandria
corporation court, the verdict of the
jury in prohibition law violation
is allowed to stand. Crockett drew
a fine of $1,000 and six months in
jail for trafficking in whisky. and
he sought to rid himself of the jail
term. but the court saw no error IN
the work of the court below.
An appropriation of one million
dollars for missionary and henevO-
lent work in Russia was authorized
Wednesday at an important meeting
of the Foreign Missions Board of
the Southern Baptist Convention in
Richmond. The work will be start
ed as soon as possible. 1t also was
decided to greatly enlarge the work
in all European fields already oc-
cupied. enter several new fields
there and to plan closer co-opera-
ton with the Baptists of Europe in
carrying out a more effective Bap-
list program for the evangelism of
the world.
Danville's force of ditch diggers
struck Wednesday morning when
their demand for 81 per diem, an
increase of 30 cents day, was re-