Richmond Times-Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia • 10

SflhfSim etf Bfcjpatrft Saturday August 2 1919 i KrzraEE Where Merchandise is as Good as Represented I will wsmmmmmmm Off With That Old Straw Hat Now Final cut bn Straw Hats takes place this morning Hats worth $250 $300 $350 Reduced to $139 All sizes all shapes all kinds of straw Machine Hurled Against Trolley Pole and Cut in Twain RADY COMPANY Pure Silk Half Hose Positively the Best Bargain We Have Ever Shown at the Price Regular 50c Grades 35c Three Pairs for 1 00 Shmvn in a coirpleie range of size popular fancy two-tone effects all colors As these Half Hose are all Strictly High-Class Goods and Perfect the bargain is all the more wonderful Wearers of should hasten in and stock up while the' hare this chance On sale to day in "the on the First Floor Silk Shirts Reduced Broken sizes only but excellent values To clean up our stock of Silk Shirts they are reduced in price as follows $500 Silk Shirts now $300 $350 Silk Shirts now $350 Reductions in Summer Underwear Our entire line of $1 Undergarments athletic style goods in white lisles and Sea Island fTQ-cottons ail reduced to I $150 and $200 Shirts $110 Men's Negligee Shirts our final clean-up sale All are new fresh goods bought for this selling and they include French cuff as well as stiff cuff styles Regular $150 to $200 values at $xxo each OWNER BLAMES M0T0RMAN Immense Crowd Gathers Fourth and Broad When Accident Occurs at Hurlsd against an iron pole in tha middle of Broad Street at Fourth whan it waa crashed into by a westbound Laurel Street car an automobile owned and driven by Samuel Meyer a merchant of 1119 Hull Street South Richmond waa completely wrecked yesterday afternoon shortly after 1 o'clock Mrs Aleyor who was occupying a seat beside her husband sustained a broken arm while their daughter Miss Anna Meyer who was occupying a rear seat and Mr Meyer in some marvelous manner escaped Injury other than alight bruiaea Witnesses said that all were not killed wea a miracle Persona who saw tho accident were confident the occupants had met Instant death The machine was completely demolished It was literally wrapped about tho polo and cut in twgln Mr Meyer said the machine which wag beyond repair with the exception of tha engine which was not damaged waa valued at 11475 and waa not Insured Never Jlrfore Had Aerldeat 1 have been driving the car since last August and never before met with the slightest accident" said Mr Meyer waa oroaaing Broad Street going north and waa careful to look In both directions The car which afterward hit my machine was at least a half block away How It got upon mo so culckly I have no idea It hit and the next thing I knew my car waa against the pole a wreck How my daughter And myself escaped I cannot imagine Mrs Meyer had her arm broken She 1- now at home and though she complains of considersble pain her injury is not regarded as serious" Occurring at an hour when the streets were thronged with people the accident drew a huge crowd which was kept hack with difficulty by the police It waa dispensed as quickly as possible and tha wrecked automobile dragged to one side of tho street The ear which hit Air Meyer's machine was in charge of Alotorman Pugh and Conductor Roberta HADD0N ISSUES STATEMENT Has Not Yet Made Arrangements to Quit Attorney-General's Office Gray Haddon clerk to Attorney-General Willlama said yesterday that he had not yet concluded arrangements to engage In the practice of law In thla city He said: my return to the city this morning from Dinwiddle County I have seen a statement in the Newa Leader coming from Hot Sprlnga Va that I will retire from the Attorney-General's office on tho flrst of January 1914 to engage In the praolice of law with Wendenburg I waa very much surprised to see this as I had authorised no one to make an announcement In fact could not have authorised any one because ths statement is not correct is true that I have had some conversations with Mr Wendenburg in regard to this matter but we have come to no agreement "I cannot imagine why this statement should have been made at this time unless it was dons to Injure Judge Williams in the city of Richmond in his campaign for re-election to the office of Attorney-General'' Mr Haddon was connected with the Attorney-General's office during the term of Major William A Anderson and continued with Judge Williams although he supported Colonel Robert Catlett against Judge Willlama He took his bar examination last year and his friends assert will shortly engage I in active practice regardless of the outcome of the primary Aa a member of the City Council and of ths Clay Ward Actlvea Air Haddon has many friends in Richmond SEEK CHRISTOPHER HENSON START FOR THE MOVIES BUT MARRY ON THE WAY Dr Goode and Miss Dicie White Gibson Put One Over on Houseful of Friends and Keep It Hid Two Months in CRENSHAW HOLDS UP PAY Declines to Honor Requisition of Board for Superintendent's Salary City Attorney Pollard in a written opinion on (lie in tha office of Acting Auditor Crenshaw for more than a month haa ruled on a case involving the same principle hs the ona in question in the Knowles salary mix-up thaf the Administrative Board la without power to Increase or diminish ths salaries of city officers without authorisation from lha City Council Ths matter of the Knowles Increase was brought to tha attention of tha City Attorney who saw no necessity for ruling anew on a question upon which he had already delivered an opinion "Tho point catne up more than a month said Mr Pollard yesterday connection with a similar ease My opinion on It was submitted to Mr Crenshaw and I have no doubt la also on file in the office of the Administrative Board Mr Crenshaw can doubtless supply you with a copy of It" Holds I Ksowlea'a Pay Tho showdown In tho Knowles matter came yesterday morning when Acting Auditor Crenshaw addressed a letter to the tha second letter within two declaring that ha would recognise ss the correct salary for Superintendent Knowles of the Oas Works only the semimonthly allowance at the rate of $3000 a year the salary fixed by the present ordinance and requesting the board to see that the allowance for tho latter half of the month of July ia fixed at this rata Ignoring the Acting Auditor's letter the board approved the pay roll for the Oaa Works which Included an allowance or 1150 for Mr Knowles or payment at the rate of $3(00 a year Mr Crenshaw promptly entered a notation against tho Knowles item holding up tho salary check of the superintendent aa well ae the salaries of two deputies In hia office who according to the Acting Auditor are affected in the same manner as their chief Guessing et Outcome Ae the matter stands there appear! to be a deadlock between the Admin istrative Board and the Acting Aud itor The latter officer is under the charter held responsible for ths legal disbursement of the funds and refuses to conform to the board's instructions unless proper authority la adduced The board In tha light of Us letter to Mr Crenshaw Thursday continues In the opinion that it la endowed with tha power to regulate the salary of all officers In the department under tts controL To ths claim la opposed practically every member of tha City Council who has been willing to discuss tho matter The Acting Auditor is of the opinion that the board Is clearly In error and Is supported In this opinion by tho City Attorney President Peters of the Common Council and Vice-President Powers of the Board of Aldermen In the meantime Superintendent Knowles Is minus a July salary check Ths opinion yesterday was that he will waive his claim to the Increase until it Is given to him In the manner prescribed by the etstute and will accept payment at the rate of $3000 a year the salary he was drawing until the board discovered that his pay was too small Beard Hires Kemulch By a vote of 4 to 1 Henry Beck alone voting the Administrative Board yesterday directed Joseph Kesa-nlch to continue until further notice the band concerts authorised for the city parks this summer His service began laet night at Riverside Park Thera will be no concerts to-night or to-morrow night The board approved the pay roll of Moses Stein the bandmaster whose contract was last week annulled amounting of a Betitlon In bankruptcy In the Federal dstrict Court He places hie assets at 3105323 and his liabilities at 177-(8370 Of the assets real estate holdings in Richmond and adjacent counties make up 1104000 The value of these holdings la largely offset however by deeds of trust and mortgages paper of this kind being held by Pollard Jr A Chewnlng Pollard Cardoaa and Warner Moore Secured claims are Hated to tho amount of $(327733 Thera la a long Hat of creditors Including many Richmond firms nearly all of whom have claims of only a few hundred dollars each The Merchants and Mechanics Bank of Bouth Richmond holda a note for 1400 drawn by Pollard Cardoaa and indorsed by Mr Ready and the Commonwealth Bank holda a almilar note mwiiwwaiu drawn bjr 8 Watfctna Pataea cm Point Involved Knowles Matter Last Month Fourteen-Year-Old Adele Smith Facet Formal Murder Charge After a vlist with her mother Greenwood Va Adele Smith fourteen-year-old daughter of A Smith of HU Kensington Avenue returned yesterday and was arrested by Detective-Sergeant Kallam and Datsetlva Duffy on a warrant holding her re sponsible for the death of Nell Christensen the young Dane ehe Is accused of having run over and fatally hurt on tha night of July 22 with tho consent of Judge Richardson of tha Hustings Court aho was at ones bailed at her home by Magistrate Purdia In the aum of $1000 for her appearance next Tuesday In the Juvenile Court to answer the formal charge of murder Though deeply distressed over the unfortunate accident the girl held up unusually well through the ordeal of being placed under arrest There Is mils question but the charge will be dismissed aa soon as tha evidence In the case Is heard as It is believed that Christensen's death was due to an un avoidable accident For asveral days the case gave the police a mystery to solve Christensen died nt the Sheltering Arms Hospital four days after he had been run down That was the flrst heard of the affair Investigation showed that he had been taken home in a runabout by the girl who had ron over him In Broad Street near Robinson but neither ho ner his wlfs Inquired her name At tho time It was thought he was only slightly hurt Two days later he complained of pains In ths head and was taken to tho hoapitaL 1 It was nearly three days later that Ksllam and Duffy learned that Mr Cmlth'a daughter had run over a man Following up this In- formation they found that the girl and her mother who was ths only person besides a negro stable boy who had heard of tho accident had left town It than became known that sha did not know her victim had been fatally hurt No effort was mads to serve the warrant until her return MISS DAVIS THE HEAD Antleuffragettee Css ant Under tha Rales of National Association Debate A branch association of tho Virginia Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage hne been formed In Charlottesville and tho University of Virginia undor tho leadership of Miss Carolina Preston Davis The branch was formed ss an outcome of tho addroso made at the request of tho students of tho summer school by Mrs Frank Goodwin of New York who declined to debate with Mrs Valentins because to deboto Is against ths rules of tho National Association Opposed to Women's Suffrage Diamond Pin Melon Mies Eva Brooks of 117 North Twen ty-rlnth Street last night reported to the police that a trunk in her room hod been opened end diamond stick pin valued at 73 stolen BE SURE Get the tried and true Roofing Tin It is the best at the pries A Gordon Metal Coa Richmond Va Satisfaction Are You Getting It If not onr work and service la nt pour command Hello 1ISS for wagon The Royal Laundry Florahcim Prop kAl Wyndham Meredith Principal Speaker at New A Building DIM KATHARINE JI HAWES President Yaung Woman's Christian Association Tha corner-atona of the new Young Woman's Christian Association building on Fifth between Slain and Franklin Streets was laid with Masonic ceremonies the singing of hymns and an address by Wyndham Meredith yesterday afternoon The audience and those who took part wero seated on ho flrst floor which haa already been completed Tho Masonic ceremonies ware conducted by Dove Lodge No (1 A and A SL Mr Meredith In his address paid a tribute to tha patient effort of the women who have secured the funds with which the building la befog erected He spoke especially of the obliteration of all sectarian lines which the institution represents and said that In auch works lay the heat guarantee of a religious unity Ha also referred to the high educational value of the Institution in Virginia where the State does not provide adequate educational facilities for girls Two floors of tha building ha said ara to ha devoted entirely to educational work Several hymns wars sung tha music being under the direction of Reginald Walker The corner-stone was then put in place after the usual Masonic ritual- Following are the Maaons who conducted tha ceremony and tho order of procession: Marshal orshlpful George Hooper Tiler with drawn Charles Selden Two stewards with whits rods Alfred McDowell Hope Master Maaonx Pajt maatera A peat master with vessel containing corn Most Worshipful Eggleston Three master Masons with square level and plumb Two past maatora with veasals containing oil and Worshipful Hay Thornton and Right Worshipful A Hawklna Treasurer and Worshipful Georgs Bagby and Benjamin August Five master Maaons carrying tha five orders of architecture A past master with ona large Worahlpful Rudd Senior and Junior Gray Wattson and Worshipful Withers Miller A past master (or some venerable brother) with the Holy Bible square and orshlpful Walthall supported by two stewards with whtec rode Two past masters with two large Worahlpful Float Kirk and Worshipful Carrlck Rev Young A past master with the book of Worshipful Aaron Worahlpful master Worshipful William Prince Senior and Junior deacons supporting ths worshipful 9 a a Watt and John Wlngo Had No Lleease aa Veterinary A lino of 110 and costa waa Imposed A IIHV Vk upon James Burnet fifty-one years ola yesterday morning in Police Court ou the charge of practicing the profession of a veterinary surgeon without a license A charge of practicing with- -AA -1 a Oka Raa miQW mvseviH out getting a certificate from the State Board of veterinary Examiners was dropped Pastalaa Mashed Fee A McMillan of (OS 1-3 Wbst Clay Street had hia foot mashed Thursday whlla at work at tha plant of tha Richmond Corrugated Paper Company South Sixth Street when a heavy box fell upon him He waa treated by Dr 11 Cofer City Hospital arabulanca surgeon and removad to his honn GANS Servant Woman From Home of Betts at City Hospital A colored servant Annie Green having been removed to the city smallpox hospital from her home on the rear of the lot of William Betts cashier of the Shockoe Tobacco Warehouse at 712 Hawthorne Avenue Uinter Park A Govsr chairman of the Committee on Health of the town of Glnter Park Issued yesterday a circular advising a general vaccination especially of nurses house servants and children The Green woman went to visit friends In South Richmond last Saturday and was located there suffering with smallpox Dr Levy Chief Health Officer notified the Henrico County officers and also Dr Allen Freeman of the State Health Department who made a thorough investigation Tho woman and her husband who had never been successfully vaccinated were removed to tha smallpox hospital and their house fumigated City health officers have vaccinated about 120 negroes In South Richmond in the section in which the Green woman was visiting The case ia tha flrst reported in Richmond for some time the smallpox hospital having been closed for several montha As the woman lived in the upper end of Glnter not far from St John's Church around which there la a negro settlement It waa felt to be best to take proper precautlona After conference with Dr Levy and Dr Freeman Chairman Gover issued a circular yesterday to tho people of Glnter Park notifying them of the case and stating that while the danger of other cases developing Is very alight owing to the prompt measures of tha health authorities it would be wise for those who not been recently vaccinated to take the precaution at ones Fearing overconfidence of the people of the unusually healthy suburb Mr Gover calls special attention to the Importance of seeing that servants are vaccinated as ths Green woman had mingled freely with the negroes of the neighborhood making this tha chlaf if not tha only danger of spread of the disease Dr Levy said last night that there waa no occasion for any alarm or for fear of further spread if reasonable precautions are taken PICNIC TO BUCKR0E Annual Excursion of Locomotive Worfcn Employes Leaves for Seashore To-Day Promptly at 3:30 o'clock thla morning the flrst aection of the three excursion trains which will carry employes and their families of the Richmond branch American Locomotive Works to Buck-roe Beach on their annual picnic will be ready for early comerx It will leave ae soon ae filled The last train will pull out at 7:15 A Every comfort has been arranged for those going on the trip end all will be accommodated From a point of attendance the plcnle thla year promises to be a record-breaker Chairman Bradley having made provision for 2500 people' Mr Bradley says that no profit is sought and that any surplus derived will be spent for the excursionists Barrels of free lemonade will be on hand at the seashore Ice cream will be served gratis until the supply gives out A special program of sporta and other entertalnmenta has been arranged rovering the entire day from 10 A to 9 1L There are about forty events on tho card prises being offered by the merchants of tha city Hastings Court Vacation Judge Richardson yesterday adjourned the Hustings Court for the summer vacation The new term will open the flrst Monday in October Three Degrees Cooler in Richmond While 94 Is Hottest Weather Recorded It wna three degrees cooler In Richmond yesterday and a wave of relief from the heat swept over tha entire country the highest temperature recorded on the weather report being 94 That figure waa enjoyed by such diverse cities me Savannah Spokane and Oklahoma City It waa 93 by the Chimboraso thermometer at 3 o'clock In the afternoon and that waa tha highest temperature recorded yesterday for Richmond although owing to the sultriness every 'one thought it was much hotter Later a breeze sprang up and by 3 o'clock In the evening the mercury had dropped ito tha comfortable figure of IS Throughout the West great and aud- den relief from tha temperatures of 1 the last few days waa experienced Kansas City which has passed the cen-jtury mark thla week had a maximum I of 13 Louisville had 90 and SL Louis It Chicago with only 71 was the I coolest spot reported except San Francisco which la always cool It was 73 there Calgary Canada a little town that often haa weather in the 40a while It la above 90 la tha States experienced Its record hot day Tha mercury climbed to Id passing tho 10 mark for the first time this summer The Calgarians were able ta sleep however tas the marcary later dropped to 52 The weather man ascribes the general relief to the timely manoeuvres of the Great Lakes storm centre which la moving toward the Atlantic Coast and tearing a hole in tho heat blanket as it ms men and young women Mrs Goode remained for more than two months Just Diels Gibson Her intimate friends call her Gib Some wondered why ahe never went out any more and othera noticed her reserve but none guessed the truth Dr Goode who had resigned the office of City Medical Inspector several daya before hia marriage left an hour or two after the ceremony for the western part of the State where hs has remained ever since About three weeks ago hia young bride left Richmond to visit friends also In the western part of the State Wedillag AsiMswd Yesterday came the key to the pussls in the form of an announcement by Mr and Mrs William Gibson of this city parents of the bride to the effect that their daughter Dicie White was married to Dr Thomaa Vance Goode Jr on May 29 Dr Goode la a native of North Carolina out Connelly Springs way and la a graduate of the university College of Atediclne Hia high record at the college won him an lnatructorship after hia graduation When Dr Hudson resigned Ills post aa City Medical Inspector to become the heed of Danville's health department Dr Goode was elected to take his place He was strongly indorsed for tne position by Chief Health Officer Levy Temporary ill health forced him to resign the position a few weeks later Miss Gibson graduated in June 1912 from the Nurses' Training School of the Retreat for ths Sick and was enrolled as a regular trained nurse of the rity Her acquaintance with Dr Goode began about three yesrs ago For the past two- years according to friends 'he On Thursday May 29 more exactly at 9 o'clock on the evening of Thursday Slay Mlsa Dicie Whits Gibson trained nurse and therefore young and pretty left a circle of friends in the parior of her boarding house at 605 Kaat Grace Street ostensibly to go to the picture show With her was Dr Thomas Vance Goode Jr one-time instructor in the University College of Medicine and until recently Medical Inspector of the city of Richmond Shortly after the two young people had left for the movies perhaps live mlnues Ralph Goode a cousin of the doctor found it necessary to go after something in the rear of the house tie continued around the back way skirted the block through the alley and met the two young people aforementioned on the corner Did they all go to the picture show? They all did not go to the picture chow They went straight to the parsonage of Dr Young pastor of Centenary Methodist Church where Miss Gibson and Dr Goode were married The cousin of the groom who is a registered pharmacist and works in this city was the only witness Kept It Secret Fifteen minutes later Mr and Mrs Goode reported at 505 East Grace Street with an apparently valid excuse for not going to the movies Mrs Goode Joined the crowd in the parlor and Dr Goode expressed his regrets and left Ralph Goode reported later in the evening Thus was staged and executed Richmond's latest secret marriage Unlike other secret marriage It remained secret Mrs MW" MJrrtin who is in charge of thd bArhlng house at 505 East Grare Street atone of all the inmates of the house was taken into their confidence To the other OF FIRE ALARM young English Relatives Wut to Find Family Who Came to Virginia Chief of Police Werner yesterday re- kint hiiid The board merely directed him to con asking his aid in tracing the where- let abouta of Christopher Henson and hia family who came from England some years ago ami are said to have settled In this vicinity The letter waa from William Thomas Spence of 2189 Dundee Street Toronto who eald he had Just returned from England and waa seeking the whereabouts of the Hensona in behalf of his mother-in-law The name of Christopher Henson does not appear in the City Directory to $23333 The payment was for the last four concerts No contract was entered Into with Mr Kessnich tlnue the concerts with a hand twenty pieces until notified to atop He will receive $350 a week Files Voluntary Petition With Assets In Excess of Liabilities Ready of 1(13 Park Avenue contractor yesterday filed a voluntary Office Building at Eleventh and Bank Saved by Quick Work A lighted cigarette carelessly tossed Into a box of trash in the hall on the third floor of the three-story brick office building at Eleventh and Bank Streets last right shout 9 o'clock started a fire wmrh nrrjld have been disastrous but for the piompt response rf four engine companies Hnd two trucks lr rhsige duff Jocne anti I made for the comfort of can--tssistunt Kaffo Tie Maze had didates and voters Definite aecept- Cumming and Koiner Will Speak Wedderburn Asks Club to Support Ellyson I'andldatee In the State primary of next Tuesday have been Invited to apeak before the Lee Ward Democratic i'lubat Fraternity Hall 217 West Broad Street to-night at 9:30 The meeting will be open to the public Electric fans have been installed and Cocaine 1 rndor Held Sidney Braxton colored was held for the grand Jury yesterday morning in Police Court on the charge of having cocaine In hia possession The drug found in Braxton's pockets when he was arrested on July 1 by Patrolmen Smith and Tanner was pronounced cocaine by City Chemist Whitfield who analysed It Charles Lipscomb colored was held for grand Jury action on the charge of assaulting and shooting at Harriet Lipscomb Fall Injures Aged Man Tripping over a board stretched from a doorway at 1304 East Oarv Street to a wagon at the curb William f'ox eighty-six years old of 2 East Gary Street fell yesterday about noon and lr hMd Pavement inflicting an ugly though not daneer- head i refused medical aid He waa assisted to lit wan anniBien to a street car and went to hta home i Building Penult A permit wa ir thtt BuiMirg lr er ector to to repair a dweilirg at lii fctuart Avenue to com Hit eatr-n its way into a rl'v-t and was burning briskly whn stit-nr: of hemit ale were gotten upon it It was put out In a few minutes ririrg damage estimated at 175 Being in the heait the rlrwrtrm-n business district and tie ui-irm Paving been turred in from a whlrp is Tw dreaded bv ail memhers of the engagements in other sections Iepartmerit the tire diew a lirpe the State would prevent his attendee wd of spectators in few minutes ing Mr Pollard closes his campaign and the poll were kept 1 usy in keep- (hi speech at Belvidere Hall corner spice w'oVk 0 flreme fif and JUlll trMU Mond Smoke was seen issuing the'n1 I upper windows of the building bv a Secretary Larkin Glasebreok Jr! citizen who notified Patrolman Mar- the Lee Ward rlub received yester- i cuson who I rr po inded the ala: ni dtv a letter from Alexander Wedder-from the box at Eleventh ind Main burn who has retired from the race for r'' lovernor acknowledging 1 an invitation to speak i After stat ng that he has retired from the campaign lr favor of Taylor Fllvson Mr Wedderburn says: 'I cannot refrain from saying to you to the gentlemen of your club that 1 I have retired from this contest because I know full well that a man unbacked bj an orgai i ration without a trees to assist him and lacking means i to serure euffn lent publicity has a little chance non as a drop nf snow in the lower regions but in re- tirlrg I have re cleared every one in the State of Vlrgir'i who had Intended to support me believed in the Ideas lend principles 'la? 1 advocated to cast their ballots nr rer Tuesday for the re-election of Mr Ellvm-r ae one wh in experience proves is 'i best qualified of the candidates fr the position" business and professional men farmers and laborers of Michigan turned out at 3 o'clock in the morning of Day" to improve the roads nf the State Mayors of the cities shoveled gravel all day and the millionaire worked side by side with the day laborer Whole towns were deserted and in Presque Isle County which five vcar ago refused to adopt the county and township road system turned out in full force doing as much work as the mot energetic promoter of good roads It is estimated that in one day nearly 300 miles of graveled highway was completed This is a demonstration of true progress and The American National Bank of Richmond Virginia wishes to emphasize the importance of a common interest for the SECURITY AND SERVICE OF ALL $1600000 Capital and Surplus Sanitary and Artistic Bathroom Fixtures Are a Sign of Refinement end Culture ASK YOUR PLUMBER about the fixtures we carry McGraw Yarbrough Co9 WHOLESALE PLUMBING SUPPLIES New Phone-Monroe SL $2 122 'South Eighth Street fTT nnsTns depositor POSTALS AVIRC5 FUMOS SI.