Evening star., 1926-09-12
800 At waterway
SESSIONS TUESDAY
Richmond viii Be Scene of
Convention of Atlantic
Association.

RICHMOND, Va, September J.
(EpeciaD. Eight hundred delegates.
accompa anied by their wives or daugh-
ters will attend the annual convention
Of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways As
sociation to be called to order here
Tuesday at 10 o'clock
Delegates will come from all of the
States east of the Mississippi River
and they will be here until Friday.
William G. Stannard, historian of
the State, will point out to the visitors
historical points along the river. The
party will be met at the docks by a
fotilla Of automobiles.
Tuesday night there is to be a gen
eral reception and luncheon. The gold
medal recently voted to Comdr. Rich
ard Evelyn Byrd of North Pole fame
will be formally presented by Mayor
Bright. Comdr. Byrd will make reply
and Immediately following this the
delegates will be rendered Il reception
at the governors mansion. Wednes-
day will be largely devoted to bust
ness. Thursday will he q day of sight
seeing. A dance will be given Thurs
day night. Friday afternoon the ViSi-
tors win board a special train for
West Point, where they will take d
steamer to Baltimore The party will
go ashore at Yorktown to see the
Revolutionary monument, the Corn
wallis cave, the scene Of the surrender
and the many improvements under
way at that place.
Fortune for Keegans.
Requests have been made here to
discover the descendants of John kee-
gan. a native of West County Meath,
Ireland, who married Ellen Kenny In
l843 John Keegan came to America
soon after his marriage and made his
home at 1906 Mill street. this city.
For a long time there he was
member Of the local police force
known as John keegan. He died
wears ago. He may have been son
of the original John keegan. The es-
tate is valued at more than $4,000.
Several persons are here by the name
of Keegan.
The Daughters Of the American
Revolution or the Virginia Association
for the Preservation of Antiquities is
expected to purchase the old Warren
house on Grays Creek, Surrey County.
The property at this time is owned by
a colored man. Relic hunters have
visited the place and carried off bricks.
The house. built of brick, SO feet
square. in 1850. was at one time own
ed by John ROlfe. a son of the Indian
princess. PocahontaS. 1t has changed
ldnuS repeatedly III LIle HSl NAN CEN
tury. and the house is on the farm
which has come to he known in his
tory as Smiths Fort.
Held i'm Still Raid.
John Bailey and James Jackson. cap
tured in King and Queen County, face
charges before the Circuit Court of
that county of making liquor. They
were taken in a raid The still, a
wooden affair. 500 gallons capacity
was operating three runs a day.
each run producing 60 gallons, or
$50 gallons day. 1t was operated by
steam and there were 20 500-gallOn
fermenters, loaded with mash. The
officers took 80 gallons of the liquor
as evidence. The still was located in
a swamp near Indian Neck
The officers visited a part of the
Chickahominy swamp near the
Creighton road, some eight miles from
the city, and found a still going full
blast. with 90 gallons of corn LIQUOR
ready for market. arresting two men.
The appeal Of the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Co. from the deci-
sion of the State Corporation Commits
sion in the matter of increased rates
has been allowed by the Supreme
Court Of Appeals. The court will hear
argument in the case at the Novem-
her term in this city, it is believed, as
the case goes on the privilege docket
and takes precedence over common
law and similar cases.