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MIEN ILL TO
TIME TO REIB REPORT
r?v
No Hasty Action Planned in Refer
ence to Accused Police
Commissioner*.
ENGLISH COMMANDS GORDON
Member of Committee Says His Tes
timony on Stand Had Much to Do
With Committee's Recommenda
tions as to Change In System.
The Board of Aldermen will not he
cslled to mo^t in special session to act
upon the report of the committee that
investigated the rollce department for
at leapt two weeks. President Adams,
of the Board, so announced yesterday.
He said he was acting in deference
as to the wishes of the members They
want to examlno the evidence upon
Which the flndlr.cs of the investiga
tors and their recommendations are
tidied "This evidence is voluminous,"
he explained, "and scanning it will re- j
quire some time. Possibly a longer i
delay than two weeks may be found I
advisable." |
The reason why the investigating '
committee asked for the resignation of I
Commissioners Well and Gaode. Instead (
of recommending the'r removal, was ,
disclosed yesterday. It was stated that
the committee received legal advice
that the evidence acainst these com
missioners was not stronc enoush to j
warrant an impeachment recomnienda- j
tion.
Friends of Commissioner McCarthy, j
whose conduct was pronounced by the
Investigators "not above criticism,"
are contending for his re-election as '
a matter <->f vindication
They contend that the findings of |
the committee rive him a clean bill '
of health, recardless of the statement
referrinc to h:m. and express their be- |
lief that McCarthy will be re-elected :
to the Police Board.
BELIEF GENERAL THAT
POLICE DOAHl) WILL, GO !
In the meantime the belief grows !
more general that the City Council i
will accept that part of the recom
mendations which calls for the abolish- j
ment of the Board of police Commit- |
sioners and the substitution in Its I
place of a Commissioner of Police, who j
shall have full and absolute executive
authority over the department.
Many prominent citizens have com-|
mended the proposed char>c? in the
management and control o; i.ie police
service of the city Police Commis
sioner Douglas Gordon's name has
been widely mentioned in connection
?with the new othce. It is known that
the investigating committee wap
Srulded to a material extent in recom
mending changes for the better effi
ciency of the department by the tes
timony given by Commissioner Gordon
in the witness chair.
"1? the police department is to be
put under a stnple executive." said
Councilman Edgar B English, "f the
investigating committee, discussing
the published reports associating Mr
Gordon's name with the proposed of
fice. "1 do not know of a more capable
and competent mail for such a posi
tion. Mr. Gordon's extensive knowl
edge of police work and ' his many
years of experience and observation as
t\ member of th* Police Board render
him peculiatly titted for Just such a
position. It would certainly be diffi
cult to find another man in Bichmond
?with the same qualifications. 1 have
no hesitancy in saying he would be ray
choice, if the question of filling the
office were before the Council."
Mr English is one of the two mem
bers who refused to concur in the re
port of the investigating body. He
declined to sign the paper, which ear
ned among many other recommenda
tions one for the abolishment of the
Police Board and the creation of the
office of Commissioner of Police
If that recomnienda lion is favorably
acted on. it is possible to put the
change into effect before the end of
next spring A charter change will be
necessary. That may be obtained early
in the next session of the General As
sembly, which convenes in January.
KILLED BY TRAIN
Hester Meredith Fins Duth Lrftn Tut
OIT?T!nKnoTTii >lun Crushed.
A nftgrn wh#t? name wis unknown .
to the police early this morrinsr was |
crushed to pieces by a yard engine
of thfl Southern Rrftlwav Company i
early this morr.i'rc' and Hester Mere- ?
dith, also colored, had both lees cut |
off by the heavy wheel?
The woman was removed at once to i
the Virginia Hospital in the city ambu- !
lance, and the battered remain* of the
rnan were taken to an undertaking
establishment The wom.tn was in such
ngony that she was unable to give the
jiainf of her companion. Her life is
despaired of
It is said that both of them were
"walking down the railroad track when
the engine came upon them. They were
tinable to pet out of the way in time,
end both were struck. The man was
jpround beneath the engine, and the
?woman's l-'-gs were cut 'iff above the
{knees.
RIVERS IN CENTRAL OHIO
ARE FALLING RAPIDLY
I
(IVeather Bureau Official* T'redlct Nor
mal Level* Will Ite Reached
f To-Day.
? COLUMBUS. OHIO, July it?All
Hvers <n Central Ohio, which have been
out of the-r banks two days, were fall
Jng rapid!- tc,-night. Weather Bureau
official? predicted that with favorable
?weather normal levels- would be
reached to-morrow.
Reports received to-day by the State
Aerif ultural Commission indicates
Ohio's corn crop was damaped bv storm
pnd flftc.d at least 10 per cent, and that
?the darraee to wheat probably will ex
jreed that fi?nr? Oats also suffered.
?With the passing of the flood at
!L.!ma, serious sanitation problems con
fronted citv officials "Pre. autions were
taken to Eusrd against the outbreak of
any epiderni'
DanRcr Atn-tfil.
KANS.AF CITT, July \ T?Afternoon
jreports to the Weather Bureau told
the conclusion to-day *ha' onr c?r to
either the east or west bottom* here
from flood waters from th. Kansas
ind Missouri Rivere had been a\erte<1
The Missouri River here stood ^ t
2T..r> feet all day. The flood <-re<t is
?yevnected to-morrow afternoon at not
ha n 2*5 feet
The Kansas River here registered
23 9 feet a rise of .(?? of a foot i>ir.'-e
early morning. It was r.ot expeited
to exceed 'i(> feet.
niif flutter and Cheese ?.hnp.
CH ATTANOOrjA. TK.VN. July IT?
About ll.Of'O J* rs of butter and 2.000
pound,? of cheete if the da.liy capacity
proposed bv the Chattanooga Pure
Food Company. North Chattanooga,
-.\hich opens bids on August 10 for com
T!et?- equlpr. ent, to include roasters,
bottle warhers. separator!, vats, boll
fi. churns. The ompanv will erect
1 jOx ar.o 11 x2<- foot brl^k buildings
In whi'h to ir.Mall Its equipment. It
K-.s orgsntred with the following oftl.
<ert K-rtward J. p.edoit, president ?nd
manager f I, .-:mtth. vjr?-president; J.
f>. fcaciit., *tcreur> ?irtaturtr.
CHUMP CLARK ADVOCATES
CREATED PREPAREDNESS
Inspired by Reception to Liberty Hell
in San Francisco to Discuss
Natioh'n Needs.
NO "PEACE-AT-ANY-PRICE" MAN
Finds This Amazing and Degrading
Doctrine?Relic's Triumphal Jour
ney A crow Continent Reaches Fit
ting Climax in Exposition City.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 17.?The
Liberty Ball's triumphal Journey across
the continent from Philadelphia,reached
a climax to-day in its welcome at the
Panama-Pacific Exposition, where it
T\-ill remain until December.
Noisy -whistle* and clanging hells
throughout the city, the salute of guns
from battleships in the bay. many
hands playing patriotic airs and thou
sands of citizens of Pan Francisco and
California extended greetings to the
relic.
The ceremonies of the day began
with a civic and military parade
through the city to the cx-josition.
Champ Clark was the principal speaker
at the exposition grounds.
Speaker Clark was Inspired by the
reception of the Liberty Pell here to
day to discuss the need of greater mili
tary preparedness to preserve to cit
izens of the United States that liberty
of which the b?ll Is a historic symbol.
In the course of his remarks, he
said ?
" I differ toto caelo with the propo
nents of 'peace at any price.' That is
an amaiine. a demoralizing, a degrad-j
Ing doctrine
"On the other hand. I nm utterly op- J
posed to those who advocate a laree
standing army aj>d to those who advo- :
rate a navy equal to the two biggest
navies in th* world. I am not a Jingo.
God forhid: I hope most profoundly]
there will never be another war?par- i
ticularly another to which we are a
party?but knowing that human nature!
has not changed a Jot or tittle since
Adam and Eve were driven -with flam- 1
ins: swords from Pa radish. I am In fa-J
vor of putting the country in such pos-1
ture that If war should for any reason
become necessary we may emerge from
It conqueror, as we have been in all
Jour wars.
FAVORS DOVBL1XG Xl'MDER
OF CADETS AT WEST POINT
"Towards the consummation of this
plan I am in favor of doubling the num
ber of cadets at West Point and of
I making it obligatory upon the Secre-!
tary of War to? detail an army officer
to any school, college or university,
which will furnish a minimum of 5Aft
students to drill. In that way and at
the least possible cost we would In a
few years have enough drilled men
to officer a volunteer army of a mil
lion soldiers. If needs be.
"In fact, there would be wisdom In'
a scheme by which, in addition to the
cadets educated free by the government!
at West Point and Annapolis, any boy|
possessing the prescribed qualifications!
Imlxht on reasonable terms be educated
Int those two (Treat institutions The
i surplus West Pointers could be used
I to advantage in drilling the youths of
j the land, while the surplus naval
jgraduates would make splendid officers
j for the *reat merchant marine which
; President Wilson and some of the r?st
j of us are determined to place upon the
jhiifh seas, from which our flag has
I almost entirely disappeared.
! "We should also have a well-drilled
land well-equipped National Guard, to
j be used for strictly national purposes
j on the principle enunciated by Thomas
j.Jefferson, 'a well-disciplined militia?
(our best reliance In peace and for the
first moments of war. till regulars may
relieve them.'
"It seems that If little Switzerland
cm mobilize In a few days an army of
half a million well-drilled men by
.nf-nnti of her system of. military educa
tion and discipline?the cheapest sys
tem known amc.ncr men. and sufficiently
effectlvo?we could, by such application
of her system as fits our cs.w, in a
year or two be able to mobilize an
army of 2,000,ftO0 of well-disciplined
men at a cost which to us would be a
mere bagatelle?which would be a most
effective insurance for this country and
all ner citizens and their interests."
MEETING POSTPONED
?\Venther Too Hot for Clay Word Ac
tive* to Talk foil tic &.
Because of the heat there was only
a small crowd at Monro* Hall last
night to attend the campaign rally un
der th* auspices of the <""lay Ward Ac -
and President H P. Farmer de
cided to postpone the meeting. Many
of the candidates for th? Administra
tive Hoard, State Senate and House of
Delegate* were present
Mr. Farmer said th? organization
would arrange a meetlre later In the
month at which the candidates will be
Invited to make addresses
ORDER SHOW-DOWN
IN NORFOLK COUNTY
(Continued ftom Firat Pago )
trlct delegation. "Tho rule Is that
whore a district delegation la repre
sented by a majority, the delegation
Is recognized as a full oody of live.
We have much more than a quorum
j present."
Those who answered the roll call
! were:
First District?J. M. Curtis, J. Boyd
, Sears. E. D. Cole.
Second District?A. J. Ackiss. \V. W.
'Snle. Dr. F. 5. Hope. J. D. Abhitt.
! Third District?Clyde W. Saunders,
i Manly H. Barnes. Simon Solomon,
j Fourth District?Robert Gilliam
| Fifth District?R. A. James. T. G.
, Burch, J. M. Hooker. C. C. Barksdale.
j Sixth District?George W. Nuse.
Seventh District?W. E. Carson,
j Eighth District?R. C. L. Moncure.
R A. Mclntire. Thomas A. Williams.
Raleigh T. Green
Ninth District?John H. Gose.
: Tenth District?Colonel Joseph Put
ton. W. R. Allen. William M. McAllis
ter.
; NEW MEMBERS NAM Ell
TO FII.I. VACANCIES
The committee proceeded with the
.election of three new members to sup
ply the vacancies made by death. X. R.
'Withers, of Suffolk, was chosen to suc
ceed the late A. C. Cromwell as a mem
ber for the Second District. W. D.
Oardwell. of Hanover, former Speaker
of the House, was ejected to the seat
| made vacant by the death of E. 1. C.
,Scott. of the Third, and W. A. Pratt.
: of Staunton, was chosen as a represen
tative from the Tenth, succeeding me
;late Edward Echols. Each nomination
| was made by the surviving members
:??{" th;1 different delegations. The nomi
nees had no opposition, and were
chosen by unanimous vote.
The fireworks got into play as soon
as the petition of the minority of the j
. Norfolk County Democratic Committee!
i was taken up. Only five members of i
the county committee had signed the:
I petition calling for a primary. Promi
nent politicians of Norfolk County were
there for each of the contending fac-J
lions. and they came with their flcht-i
ing clothes on.
| They were out of their coats before'
| they 'were ten minutes in the argu-j
ment. Other members acted upon the}
[suggestion, and a few minute? later!
almost every coat in the room was |
: hanging over the back of a chair or!
I was under the arm of Its owner.
It was decided by Chairman Ellvson!
1 that the committee should first hear
the answer of the majority of the1
county committee to the petition
Dr. A. M. Burfoot. one of the leaders i
of the Citizens' party, the newest name
adopted by the Fusionists, took the I
'floor. He spoke in opposition to the'
primary proposition, saying the Demo- ?
'crats of Norfolk County did not wan'
a primary, because there were only
[ good Democrats aspiring to office in
the county. They were true blue
Democrats, every one of them. sa:d the
| doctor. Then he told of how dlfiVult
it is to get a quorum of the county
' committee. He said that Chairman
Ould had called two meetmcs of the
committee for the purpose of arrans:
, ing for a primary election, if that
should be found desirable, but for one
reason or another no quorum appeared.
He issued a third call, and got a
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'quorum. Rut It was then too Into to
! order a primary, because the law re
quired sixty clays' notice. At this
meeting the majority of the commu
te? decided that a primary was not
advisable anyhow. The doctor argued
that the State committee had no au
thority to order a primary for Sep
tember. The law specified August '?*.
he said. "It is now too late for the
i State committee to act." he declared.
I "There are Democrats onlv in the
I field."' he continued. "Only Democrats
lean be elected in Ihe general election,
: so why not let things go as they
I stand?"
| s'ritau;htovts riMitr.H
AI.MAM K WITH NRfiHORS
j Morris Long, chairman of the
Straightouts. was the first speaker for
'the petitioners. lie gave some int'M
testine information concerning the eon
j tinuance performance of Kilkenny-cat
j politics, of which Norfolk County has
been the battle field for nearly a pcore
of years.
! "The name of Norfolk County is con
tinually before you." he said, "because
I conditions there compel the real Dom
I ocrats to keep lighting in order to save
the county from Republican and negro
I domination
"We are here asking you to give
! the white Democrats of the county a
primary. Let the white Democratic
voters say who shall till the olHces
! Remember that our county Is under the
j influence of one of the Republican
; national -ummitteemen of Virginia.
!t"iive lit- this primary and we will score
a Democratic victory. We will make
; it an elimination contest this time."
[Referring to the Republican national
committee member, he said: "We have
I t?> deal with one of the cleverest,
; shrewdest, most resourceful Republi
can politicians i ti Virginia. That is
the reason you find us here so often
before you. If you give lis this pri
in.iry you will never hear from us
again."
.V A \ J? \ A M R OR "CITIZRW
1'AHTY- IS M'llTRRRt fiR
He ridiculed the Fusion faction's
adoption of the name "Citizens' Party"!
He said It was a subterfuge. "They
don't want to go into a primary," said ;
Mr. Long. "Certainly not. They have !
about 350 or 400 negro votes and frotn ;
1*0 to ? white Republican votes that j
they count upon polling for their can- !
didates." i
Dr. Burfoot got the floor. He dc- :
dared that Mr. Long was one of the
"old Fusion war horses." who had
switched to the other side in recent
years.
Mr. Long thereupon objected strenu
ously He was willing to admit, he i
said, that many years ago he did vote
for "union candidates." but h* would
not stand for being branded as a 1
Fusion war horse. He denied that he
had ever been a "Fusion war horse "
"All right." said Dr. Btirfoot, "but
your stride certainly was deceiving."
"The fact is," pursued Dr. Burfoot.
"we have not a single Republican run
ning. We are trying to come as D'mo
. crats this time." A roar of laughter
J went up from the sweltering, coatles#
J crowd. "If you want to bury the old
I Fusion Kan?." paid the doctor, "now In
j tho time. Just support us in this mat
j (er. We have done the bent we could
j to pet good men for tho omces. We
i promise you we will Indorse no repub
lican. If you, take this matter out of
, tho county committee's hands you will
j revive ihe old FusiOnlsm." * |
! Mr. Brooks, speaking for the
, Straightouts. confined his argument to >
tho law bearing upon the powers of j
? ho state committee. He contended i
that the committee had power to order!
nrdirect primary, if it chose.
"I will tell you why ChalrrAan Ould >
could not get a quoruiVi to attend in j
I time to order a primary," he said. "The j
? Fusion members stayed away. The ma- I
I Joritv Is made up of them."
After further, spirited passages. Con- i
j pressman Flood offered his resolution,
j which provided a way out.
j When it was adopted the Citizens' |
I party loader called out: "Very well, we1
: will no into this primary. We will go i
' In and show you who is In control in i
Norfolk County." !
OM.1 WHITE MEN MAY
VOTE IN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES |
.lust before adjournment Clyde W. j
j Saunders offered the following resolu- j
! tion, which was adopted by a unanl- j
i mous vote: i
i "Resolved. Tha.t we Indorse the inter- j
I pretalion of the pnrty primary plan >
! made by the Hon. J. Taylor Ellyson,
i State chairman, that negroes should ;
j not he allowed to vote in any Demo- j
joratic primary, no matter for ' what (
| nominations such primary is held, the:
j manifest intention of the party being 1
I thrit onlv white voters Should take part j
[ in any primary held for the purpose of
j mnkine party nominations."
i Attorney-General John Garland Pol- j
i lard was nn interested spectator, re- j
[ maining throughout the session of the j
' committee Congressman Flood ap- |
peared with a clean shaven face, hav- 1
ing recently divested himself of his j
hirsute adornment, and the change in '
bis facial appearance was so pro- j
nounced that members who have known
hint intimately for years did not rec
ognize him until he had been In the j
hall some time.
I
|| | jiim, |
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