Traffic Manager K. S. Goodman, of the Chamber of Commerce, had filed a petition asking for a suspension of the rates, which are to become effective on April 13. It was represented to the commission that there is a tremendous volume of business done at Norfolk and Richmond in reshipping to Carolina and Georgia points, apples, and pears which have been sent to the Virginia cities as distributing centers and kept in cold storage there until reshipped.
The refusal to suspend does not preclude the filing and prosecution of a formal complaint later if the Norfolk and Richmond merchants wish to carry the case further.
HAD FORTY QUARTS
More Rumors of Home-of-the-City, Heard
With Spirit.
G. Heed, of North Fifth Street, was arrested early last night on the charge of stealing a greater quantity of liquor than is allowed by the State prohibition law, with intent to sell. Heed was arrested at the above address by Patrolmen Smith, Riddell, and Reese, who confiscated the contents of two trunks found at the house. When opened at the Second District Station, the trunks were found to contain forty quarts of whisky.
Heed was arrested after the officers had trailed the trunks from a railroad station to the Fifth Street house. He will be given a preliminary hearing this morning in the Police Court.
Charged With Stealing Runabout. 