SOUTH SIDE CITIZENS WANT OFFICES RETAINED Oppose Retrenchment Tlan of Abol ishing Unnecessary, Dupli cating Jobs. PROMISED UNDER ANNEXATION Will Stand on Their Legal Rights, Pulliani Tells Commlttco on Char ter Changes?Wyatt Wants Fees as Process Server. Vigorous protest usalnst the removal of the Hustings Court, Part II., the limiting of its Jurisdiction to strictly *?l.vl 1 proceedings, and the abolition and ?vmoval of other municipal offices now ?ocatod in South Itlchmond, was mado last night at the meeting of the Coun- j ell Committee on Charter Changes. j Representatives of the South Sldo dc elarcd that the annexation agreement] when the old city of Manchester was I consolidated with Richmond provided j for tho permanent retention of tho1 court and olllces south of tho James River. i Samuel A. Anderson appealed as' counsel for the South Richmond dele cation, and while he had not studied i-~o report of the subcommittee, he said, no believed that several rccomnienda tlonu wcro unlawful. Tho annexation agreement tv-as a contract, and all of | Its provisions were binding upo;i (lie city of Richmond. "Annexation was agreed to by the citizens or Manches- , ter." lie said, "with the understanding that these otllecn were to be retained." Mr. Anderson diovu^ed at length in a general way tho l^gal phaso of tho matter, confining himself princi- ! pally to the question of a contract, and the obligation of Ulchmond faithfully to observe its provisions. Because of several points which he believed to be Illegal, he 'preferred preparing a brief for presentation to tho committee, and suggested that City Attorney Pollard i also look Into the provisions of the law. WANTS SEPARATE VOTE on soitiiside (iLKsnox? In support of the South Richmond delegation's protent appeared David u. I'ulllam. who declared that the contract was binding and irrevocable. The Hus tings Court. Part II., according to the annexation agreement, wan to be per manently retained. and Its Jurisdic tion was to include civil and criminal proceedings, registry and probato mat ters. Tho agreement also provided j for a police etaiion and court, and other municipal offices In that section. "But should the committee decide to recommend these matters," Mr. Ptil- j llam said, "we think It should be first ? approved by a vote of the people, and. , we believe, this portion should be vot-j ed upon as a single item. It also seems to that this question should also be : corvfined entirely to tho voters of the ? old city of Manchester." Members of the committee had pre viously declared that the meeting last night had been called especially to hear from Interested citizens. Captain Mor gan R. Mills asked Mr. Pulliam if any other recommendations were opposed hy citizens in South Richmond. In re ply, Mr. Pulliam said several small mat ters had been laid before Alderman ; Workman, and would be presented by j him. Replying to further queries, he ? said he could not voice the fenti- I nients of the community as to the aboil- ! lion of the Administrative Board, but j favored tho appointment of depart- j mcnt heads by the Mayor, which would tend to remove such offices from poli tics. As a result of the protests, the sec tion of the City Charter dealing with i the South Side courts wsa passed for j further consideration by the committee, piendlng Its consideration by City At torney Pollard. WTATT WANTS FEES AS PROCESS SERVER ?William H. Wyatt, High Constable of! the cltyftf Richmond, also appeared be- i fore the jommlttec-, and susuestcd that ' his office be designated as the official i process server of the Civil Justice i Court. During the past four months his business had been reduced CO per < cent, he said, and his office had little or no status, with his powers Indefi nite. Either the Sheriff or the City Sergeant could at any time step in and serve his papers, he declared. The offico had never netted him more than 16,000 annually, his record year being only ?5,S00, which decreased to ?o,400 : last year. The subcommittee of the Charter! Change Committee recommended in its ! report that all warrants for civil mat- ' tors of the character handled by the j High Constable be Issued by the jus- I tlco of the Civil Court, and tho fees i bo turned Into the City Treasury. .Mr. j Wyatt offered to provide a clerk and j bailiff for the court it he was made Hie official process server. Under such cir cumstances, however, tho issuance of warrants would continuo to bo made by a magistrate In his office, from which he would receive the fees, and tho objects of the subcommittee de feated. Tho meeting last night lasted for several hours, with members expressing a determination to carry out their work as quickly as possible. For this rea son, Councilman Peters, president of the lower branch, offered a motion for another meeting of the body Tuesday night, with nightly meetings until its work Is completed. Practically tho entire session last night -was occupied Vy tho talks of the ! South Richmond delegation. Among those from thi3 section of the city at tending the meeting were Judge Ernest H. Wells. Augustine Royall, A. D. Adamson, T. P. Pettigrew, J<\ I. McCon nell, John C. Saunders, IT. A. Maurice. Willis D. Pulliam, George Paul and others. MOOSE ENTERTAIN I.oenl Chapter Give* Dance for Gather ing Soldier* and Friend*. Members of the local chapter of the Moose lodgo last night entertained a large gathering of soldiors and friends at one of the pleasant bi-monthly dances which tho organization has in augurated this winter. Music was fur nished by the Moose Orchestra for dancing in the ball room, wWlo on tho first floor of tho Mooso I-Iome, 325 East Franklin Street, refreshments were served. The lodge holds one of these danccs on tho first, and third Thursday of each month. under the direction of tho so cial committee, of wljlch Ray Bugg. Thomas W. Moore, W. C. Crozler, and Joseph Long are the mcmbors. The affairs are well-attended and have proved very delightful. nritUh Capture 71^40. LONDON, January 3.?The Pritish took' 74,349 prisoners on tho western ^front during 1317, according to figures ?to-nigKt. Of th?iae 1,572 were officers. They captured 542 guns of all eallbors, 647 trench mortars and .2,422. machine guna. t Hun Imperialism Again Shows Claws Pclrograd Press Declares Ger mans Ifaoe Thrown Aside Mask.. Illy Associated Press. 1 FETROGRAD, Wednesday, January I 2.?Petrograd newspapers aro nnanl j inous In declaring that tho Gcrmano I and tho Austrians have, after one week, : thrown ofT the mask and mado it clear . Hint tho central powers do not want a i real democratic peace. Tho i'ravda isays: J "German imperialism la again be I ginning to show its claws." i Germany's apparent unwillingness to ! give I'oland, Lithuania, I-dvonlu, Cour j land and Esthonta the privilege of free j seif-dclinlllon la the rock upon which ; tho negotiations have split. Other j peace conditions arc ignored by tho I Uolshevik leaders, who say that Ger many opposes tho most vital princi ples underlying the Russian revolution. In an interview with newspaper men. Foreign Minister Trotzky bald that pcaec negotiations probably would not l?e rcnurnrd at Ercst Litovak, as tho Russians oppose stoutly the principle of annexation. On Tuesday evening at a joint meet I ing of the central executive commit tee of the Congress of Soldiers' and Workmen's Delegates, representatives [of the peasants' deputies, the I'etro grud Workmen's and Soldiers' Council and representatives of tho General ' Army Congress for tho mobilization of ! the army a resolution was adopted unanimously declaring that the Ger man peace terms were unjust. It de i nounced Germany's attitude toward the ' Hal tic provinces as tyrannical, and au thorized the government to take steps to transfer future pcace negotiations to a neutral country. Russians generally favor Stockholm an the place for the pcace conference, but it is said the Germans are not will ing to go to Sweden. TO CREATE POSITION Di.Mlonnrc* In Military Probe Brings llrijiicnt for Secretary of Munition*. I Ey Associated Preys.1 WAaMINGTON*. January 3.?In fur ther investigation of clothing and other army supplies contracts nego tiated by the Civilian Supplies Com mittee of the Council of National De fense. the Senate Military Committee to-day received from Charles Eisen man, vice-chairman of the contracting committee, a statement of merchandisb bought from firnu whose members or employees are or were connected with , the convmittec. | Of supplies worth about 5SOO.OOO.OOO ? bought during the last eight months, Mr. Eisenman's statement discloses that i J12S.S30.000 worth came from such con cerns. but that all e.tcept $14,830,064 worth was contracted for before the contractors' representatives became 1 connected with the committee. Before presenting the statement, asked,for by Senator Mcl?cllar yester day. Eisenman, in concluding his tes timony, stanchiy defended the com- ! mittee's work, upheld the policy of secrecy in advance of letting contracts, and again insisted that the men given the much-discussed scrap sorting con tract would have been limited to a nominal profit. Members of the military committee i to-night were prepared to launch leg- j islation. the first results of the inquiry. Chairm .n Chamberlain plans to intro- ' duco to-morrow a bill to create a new ! Cabinet member known zz the secre- j tary of munitions, to have complete ' charge of all war material purchasing. I It is promised virtually unanimous i committee support. Ordered to Report, William Eurwe'.l Jnckson, who re cently re-enlisted in the United States j Navy, has just been ordered to report at Norfolk at once for active service.' Mr. Jackson is a son of A. D. Jackson, j of 210 East Grace Street. SUGGEST WOMEN VOTE 1 ON SUFFRAGE RIGHTS j I/catlers Declar? Such I'lun Wouldj j Placo Congress In Position of Itcc- ! ognizing "Woman's Rights. SOUTHERN' WO.MAX 8 P K A K 8 j I Mrs. Guilford Dudley Says That j Tliero Is Intense Feeling of Hu-! miliatiou Uccauso of Opposition to | Amendment. rBv Arsoclatcl Pr*8-.l | WASHINGTON*. January J.?Argu-! ments by ofllclal-j of the National Amcr- j ican Woman's Suffrage Association cc- : cupicd all of tho first day of the hear ing by tho House Suffrage Committee on the constitutional amendment rea- \ olutlon, which the House lias agreed to j con3idcr next Thursday. Opponents of the measure, who ccr.P.r.ed their ef- | forta to-day to circulation at the Cap- i itol of a statement by Mrs. .Tames W. j Wadsvrorth. Jr.. will be heard to-ir.or- ; row, and representatives of tho Wom an's Party will make their statements j Saturday. | Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, honorary i president, and Mr.". Carrie Chapman jOatt, pre^id^nt of the suffrage hsso ' elation, wtc tho principal speakers to-day. They vigorously opposed a ! suggestion by ,Representative Clark, of Florida, thnt before Congress acts, the ! ! question be submitted to a vote of i [the oin^ti of ihc country, declaring j .that ihis r.i v 'iod v:as Illegal and un-j I ncccr.t ary. and would put Consrcs.*? in' i tho por ition of Baying that It recog-- ! [ niss^d women's right to vote, but had j proposed the moot difficult methods of having that right registered. The antisuffrngists set forth their principal argument In a prepared state* | ment by Mrs. J^mcs W. Wadsworth. Jr., president of the National Asso ciation Opposed to Woman SufTrrge. The argument for the antis declared that KUffrogist3 and Socialists, reek- | ing to destroy the right of each State} to settle the question by popular vot*.\ j had resorted to "the lowest political ! methods." It charged them with cir- ; culating a canard that President Wil- j son had promised Alice Paul, leader ! of the White House pickets, that he would rccretly aid the amendment. Such a. statement, the argument de clared. wag an "insult to the Presl- ] dent's character," and added that the President had been the foremost friend of woman suffrage because of his well known preference to have the States settle the question for themselves. SOUTHERN WOMEN AltF. HUMILIATED, SAYS SPEAKER Mrs. Guilford Dudley, of Nashville, president of tlni Tennessee Equal Suf frage Association, and member of the executive board of the National Woman Suffrage Association, urged adoption of thu amendment. "I wonder if you have any concep tion of the Intense feeling of humilia tion Southern women experleno when they discover that the greatest opposi tion to the submission of our Federal suffrage amendment to tho States corncs from Southern Representatives in Congress?" 6he said. "They have withheld our enfran chisement for two reasons, which we for a time ncceptcd?the States' rights doctrine and the negro problem. From the States' rights ground of opposition the Southern men have themselves re treated. and we.now stand face to face with this bare and ugly alternative: cither our men feel they cannot trust us with the ballot or we must feel that wo cannot trust their sense of justice." Mrs. Dudley declared the negro phantom ha? outlived its time. In the fifteen Southern States the excess of white women alone over twenty-one years of age, above all negro men and women of like age, is 1,122,477, she said. "Furthermore, during the past year alone 75.000 negroes have left one Southern State to go North, and 73.000 have cone from three others. Writer of Gospel Hymns Dead 1 ? l Author of "I AW Thcc Every \ Hour" Expires at Her Vcr- j mont Home. BENNINGTON, VT? January 3.?Mrs. Annie Sherwood Hawks, author of' many famous gospel hymns, Including "1 Need Thco 15very Hour," died at her home here to-day at the age of eighty three. With the death of the celebrated Fanny Crosby some timo ago, Mrs. Annie Sherwood llawks v.-as left aa perhaps the last of the noted writers of the gospel hymns of the past half century. From her fourteenth year, when her first bit of verse was published in a newspaper In Troy, N. V., she devoted a largo part of her long lifo to the production of poems and hymns. Of her hymns which canic into common use, the best known is "I Need Tlieo Every Hour," which is said to have been \ translated into more foreign languages than any other modern hymn. Mrs. Hawks, who was born in lloo eick, N. Y., In ISCj, was educated in the public schools and in the Troy Seminary. After her marriage to Charles Ilial Hawks, member of a New York banking firm, she lived in Brook lyn until the death of her husband In 1SSS. Since then she had made her home with her daughter In Denning ton, Vt. Her first hymns wcrc written in 1S68, i at the suggestion of her paiUor. Dr. | Robert i/owry, who set several of them | to music. Not long before her death Mrs. I Hawks thus described the writing of j her most famous hymn: "I remember well the morning, many j years ago, when in the midst of the ! daily cares of my home. I was so filled with a sense of nearness to the Master ' that, wondering how one could live without Him either in joy or pain, J these words. "I need Thee every hour,' ! were flashed Into my mind. Seating ; myself by the open window in the J balmy air of the bright June day, I , caught my pencil, and the words were t soon committed to paper, almost aa they are being sung now. "It was onty by accident, as it woulA seem, that they were set to music a > few months later and sung for th*- } first time at a Sunday school convention j held in one of the largo Western cities. | From there they were taken further West and sung by thousands of voices before the echo came back to me." Among other hymns of which she ' was the author are "The Cross for ' Jesus," "Good Night." "Why Weepest . Thou?" "Who'll De the Next to Follow j Jesus?" and "In the Valley." INSUFFICIENT POSTAGE Many Letter* Are Being Held Up for I.nek of Required 3-C'ent Stamp. Regardless of announcement:, and ! publications of rMlea, tho post-office authorities complain that a large, num ber- of letters addressed for ont-or | town delivery aro being mailed at the ! post-office with a 2-eent stamp. It has been frequently announced the reg ulations of the Post-Office Department demand the placing of a 2-cent stamp for all foreign first-class mall mat ter. First-class mail matter to be deliver ed within the city can be addressee ; with a 2-cent stamp, and postal cards j niufct have a 2-cent stamp before they I will be delivered at all. Ball for Sailors and Murine*. Special invitation has been sent to1 all members of the marine corps i:i j Richmond and marine corps recruiting j office attaches to attend the navy ball ! to be given by Richmond Chapter,! Daughters of the Confederacy, at the j Grays' Armory Saturday night. Tho ball is for the men of the navy and marine corps, whose uniforms will | be their passes at the door. Civilians ; and men in khaki will be expected to ' buy tickets at the. usual rate, and the ' proceeds will go toward fitting out the | Mathew Fontaine Maury cot in a base , hospital in France. j DanKcr Over, l'atrol Guarding Mre Zone Is Withdrawn by Authorities. POMCE HOLD TWO SUSPECTS Theaters and Other Public Amuse ment Placcs Are Again Thrown Open, and Norfolk Settles to Nor mjjl State. rnr Associated Press.! ut.. NORFOLK. VA.. January 3.?After the shock caused by tho disastrous fire of tart Tuesday. destroying the Monticcllo Hotel anJ other buildinR3 or, Granby Street. In tho retail of the city. Norfolk ho* s,tllcd down again to Its normal state. Tho bat r zonM havo been restricted, and onl> a few of tho enlisted men aro now keeping people away fron: buildings that aro thought to bo dangerous. Tho building inspector, the chief of the tiro department and tho chief of t ollc?* to-day Itspected tho walls of the Montlcello Hotel, and found them to be secure. As a result, tho patrol tha. ha:? been guarding that property ?=inc-> Inst Tuesday afternoon as a safe guard against accident, has been with drawn. For tho first time slnco tho fire In the Monticcllo started, pedes- , trians aro allowed to walk at will1 through the streets of tho downtown section. All of tho suspects arrested by the polico and the agents of the Depart ment of Justice sinco Tuesday, with two exceptions, havo been released. The two exceptions are Johannes nmmor" and his son. Otto, who aro be- j ing held bccauso they have not ob tained their naturalisation papers and have no military permits. All of the men were examined by United State? District Attorney Mann. Dmmor is a family connection of M. WintcrmaDtel, proprietor of a delicatessen near the Monticcllo Hotel, who, with his wifo, Ida Wlntermantel, wao also arrested as a suspect. Wlntermantel has a son in the Naval Academy at Annapolis, or.d thrt son's diploma was found in tho houso with a book of memoirs of Germany, with a picture of the Kaiser and much German literature. This son ( married the daughter of Emnior, who j cannot speak English. Emraor arrived ! In Norfolk only a few days ago. The theaters, which have been closed bccatiso of tho military guard and the requirement of permits to pass through the downtown section, aro now open again. POLES TRANSFERRED Germans Itcportfd to Flave Forcibly Taken Tlicm Into German Euplre. f Bv Associated Press.1 PKTROGRAD, Wednesday, January1, 2.?The Germans arc reported to have I transferred 300,000 civilian Polea and J Lithuanians forcibly to Germany. General Korniloff, foi-mor coinman der-ln-chief, and one of the leaders In the movement against the Bolshevik I, has arrived in the district of the Don Cossacks. (The death of General Kor nllolT was reported unofficially on Tuesday.) The members of former Russian gov ernments who are unler arrest in tho fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul have abandoned their hunger strike. TWO DEATHS IN FRANCE General Pershing Xotlflea War Depart ment of Fatallliea From Natural Caaaes. WASHINGTON, January 3.?General Pershing has reported to the War De partment the following deaths from natural causes: First Lieutenant William Hague, engineers, January 1, broncho-pneu* inonia; New York. Private Dudley Carrington, steve dores. January 1, pneumonia; Zelino Carrington, mother, Molina, Fla. Facts, liKe rivets, hammered Home Hold fast. When the body loses effici ency, it is time to remember that coffee drinKing' does Hurt many. Then is tHe time to change to the delicious cereal drinK? POSTUM "There's a Reason" >0 FIRST - 'SATISFACTION The Problem of Saving Money Is Solved at This Old Store? Remnant Fridaf Reduces the Cost of Living It's an old say ing that only one leg is necessary to determine wheth er or not the dog is biting. In the same sense it is merely necessary to look about you to determine which store, week after week, is able to provide the city's biggest money saving attractions. Friday Rem nant Day has been a weekly event at Cohen's for half a cen tury. It has not only endured the most exacting tests, but has served to win a following that could not be diverted to other channels. Others may imi tate our methods, but are not able to duplicate our unapproachable values. ? To-Day Will Be a Good Time to Get Acquainted There are strangers in Richmond who are not fa miliar with the merchandising plan of Friday Rem nant Day?and there are hundreds of people who have resided in our city for some time who have overlooked the necessity of making it a point to profit by Friday Remnant Day Bargains in all departments. Shall we extend a greater inducement to be with us to-day than merely to state that Friday Remnant Day values corti? only on Friday? The savings, therefore, cannot be enjoyed at any other time. %kmam&c4midt Itandolph 101-106 t-fouji-sChcUns?_ A few Xraas goods delayed in transit just in to sell at ridiculously low prices Fri day and Saturday only. FIGS, 20c Extra fancy, large layer; just in; regular 35c quality. MINCEMEAT, QT. JARS, 40c Fine New England makos; regular price, 69c. PLUM PUDDING, 24c Fino make; regular 30c. ENGLISH WALNUTS, SOFT SHELL, 20c Regularly 33c. FRUIT CAKE, LB., 40c Beat bome-mado, 3 to 4-It>.; will keep 12 months; regu larly 60c. DATES, PKG., Iflc Persian best; just in. PECANS, SOFT-SHELLED, 24c Louisiana; fine flavor; regu larly 30c. LATER RAISINS, 12c California fruit products. COCOA NUT, 8c Dromedary shredded; regular package 10c. XMAS CANDIES, 17c Sold at 25c: SOFT GUM CANDY, 10c Good quality; regular 35c. Ja LB., 30c Regular $1.00 quality. RICH'S FRUIT CAKE, LB., 41c A few liappy suggestions for your meatless days. FINNAN HADDIE, IjB., 10c Just in; 1 to 3 lbs. cach. CODFISH, BONELESS, 22c Boneless fat middles. BLOATERS, 2 FOR 13c Select large, gold-smoked. MACKEREL, 20c Extra large, white, salt. TUNA FISH, CAN, 14c Medium size; fat meat. GREEN TURTLE MEAT, 40c Selocted pieces for soup or stew quickly made. LOBSTER, SMALL, 10c Best Canadian pack. FISH FLAKES, 17c Makos delicious croamed or croquettes. CRACKER MEAL, LB., 11c A specially prepared sweet. EDUCATOR WAFERS, lie In six varieties and small pack ages; special price to in troduce full assort ment. PRETZELS, 25c TRENTON OYSTER CRACK ERS, 22c New Camembert Cheese Just In ! ...Delicious" 501-6-8 East Broad Street ' ?i Homo made. *lv BUTTER, LB., 51c Finest quality June Creamery; * sweet, rich flavor. Try this at to-day's price. Reg ularly 56c. BUTTERINE, PKG., 30c Made of finest neutral fats and churned thru fresh rich cream, >i,J. with good per cent of cream ery butter added. WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, BAG, 30c Made of Va.-grown wheat; con tains all mineral salt and nu- "l trition of whole wheat; a perfect food; helps di gestion. GRAHAM FLOUR, BAG, 30c RYE FLOUR, BAG, 80c BRAN, PKG., 15c BRAN FLAKES, PKG., 22c BRAN COOKIES, 17c Like many others, you will become a regular user after once tried. WB LtNt COFPSE . CREAM CRISP, 25c An excellent vegetable shortening; sweet, nutty flavor; line for all particular cooking; extra ordinary product. VA. BUCKWHEAT, 3 LBS. FOR 27c Best quality country ground; reg-" ular price, lb., 11c. Buckwheat cakes go fine these cold days. PANCAKE FLOUR, PKG., 17c MAPLE SYRUP, 20c SOURKRAUT, QT.? 13c Best quality; long cut. Evaporated Fruit are desirable, at " tho system requires and craves fruit juices. TEACHES, 23c APRICOTS, 28c PRUNES, 18c APPLES, 10c PEARS, 23c GLUTEN FLOUR, LB., 20c Prepared to eliminate all starch, " For uses when starchlcss foods aro necessary and good for obesity. 3?Ib. Bag, $1.30 * " *ll Self-Rising, 20c GRAPEFRUIT MARMALADE, Ue$; Has tho real fine tart flavor char? acteristlc of the imported; ? Vt _ " usual price 20c,