Evening star., 1922-06-18
RICHMOND READY
FOR VETS REUNION
Hundreds of Survivors of
Confederate Forces Ar.
irving for Big Meeting.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispat Itch to The Star
RICHMOND, Va, June 17.-Rich-
, mond is decorated and ready for the
Confederate veterans from all parts
| of the country. Business houses are
decorated. public buildings are car
rying the national and state colors
and the emblems of the Confederacy,
many of the latter having been used
in the stormy days of the civil war.
The old men began to seep into the
city today. and tonight there will
come even larger numbers. By Sum-
day the veterans. with their wives.
their sons, daughters and grandchil-
dren, will be arriving at the rate of
several hundred an hour. There will
come special trains from all parts of
the country, and the social end of the
reunion promises to eclipse anything
that has been seen here in the history
of the reunions, and there have been
several here.
Details Perfected.
Committees handling the reunion
have perfected every detail for the
success of the affair-Cuarters for the
veterans. ambulance companies. print
ed directions for getting around the
city, what points can be reached by
the street cars. provided free tick cts
| for the veterans. location of the,
camps around Richmond where many
of the men did duty for months, and
all else that will enable them to make
the most of their visit and stay in
Richmond.
When the great parade takes place
Thursday there will be several thou
sand machines ready to give the old
soldiers ride. the members of Acca
Temple. Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine.
furnishing these and supplying the
drivers. The old men are too feeble
to walk the distance that has been
marked out. The readiness of the re-
sponse to requests for machines
makes it plain that everything that
can be done for the veterans will be
done at this time-"the last time that
the remnants of the thin gray line
will be seen on Richmond's historic
streets"
Cleaning Up Loafers.
Acting under orders of the chief Of
police. the officers have begun
cleanup of the corner loafer gangs
that have been infesting the shopping
men come early and they stay late.
They hang around the poolrooms and
the moving picture theaters, they
glare at the young girls that go to
these and at all who pass along the
streets. The police have been keep
ing check on these men and boys for
a long time, and they are convinced
that not a few Of them are identified
with the moonshine liquor traffic.
The order is that there is no occa-
sion to stand around the streets. that
there is work for all and that the
time has come to rid the city of the
dangerous element that is always
seen on the streets we'll dressed and
never working.
DR.. Turner Appeals.
DR.. N. H. Turner, arrested several
days ago on the charge Of having as
saulted young woman, and who was
acquitted of that charge, only to be
arrested a second time on the charge
of contributing to the moral delin-
Quency of the girl, has been SEN
fenced to six months on the roads
and fined $500. From this decision he
has noted an appeal, and the case
may be heard at the present term of
the corporation court.
DR.. Turner was connected with an
established hospital here, an eye and
ear specialist. and enjoyed an excellent
reputation. The officers who arrested
him made damaging reports to the
court. The name of the victim has
not been printed. The case was heard
in chambers by Judge ]. Hoge Kicks
of the juvenile court. DR.. Turner has
been admitted to bail pending the
outcome of his appeal.