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' ? . 'V.T" ' v"^l)| A Virginia Forum "See the "Voice of the Peo ple" Column Daily. m Ask Times-Dispatch<: Its Information Bureau on Editorial Page. " if 4? i: S STATE ROAD BILLS ARE SIGNED BY GOVERNOR DAVIS 1 STEEL WORKERS DEMAND CONFERENCE WITH OFFICIALS \ WILSON CHARGES LEAGUE OPPONENTS ARE QUITTERS 69TH YEAR. VOLtMI 69 M'MBER 249 RICHMOND, VA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1919. ?TEN PAGES ST ?FAIR PRICE, THREE CENlfr ARE DISCUSSED IN ST. LOUIS MEETING Ttefends Shantung* Provision * as Only Possible Solu tion for China. * i DECLARES ORIENTALS CAN REGAIN CONTROL Speaks in Building Where He Was Nominated for Presidency. t ^ CROWD CHEERS EXECUTIVE Introduced by Governor Frederick Gardner as "tbo Father of ^ orld Democracy." fn, Asuociat,^ prr? , COLTSEUM. ST. LpiriS. Sept." 5-In wo addresses here today resident Wilson discussed at length disputed Points of the peacc treaty and Invited those who oppose It to prove whether they "are not absolute, contemptible quitters if they do not sec the game through." The President defended the Shan tung provision as the only solution possible by'which qhlna can he assist KhaWftintT r?fr?r.ls t(> regain control of \ of iho rovincc. Analyzing Article ?,' AT* 'eaeuo covenant, ho s.iid and nn.OUHnC' wCOU,d only advise, rpncf o' thi. v ,hal w'thout concur American members. The right of revolution, r>e asaertccL wax scrupulously preserved ,ls-4crll-a* *a? , rh*?l?C81 n,f* Hr?t address waa at L ? *-pmmerce luncheon after of a ?v(!n,'^Trcd a,on* th* route 3f^en-'"He automobile ride through the streets. Hp snok* nifrht in the Coliseum, where In dene y renomlr^* 'or the prVs\ olio win g- the middav address the aut6rnft2lS<?I*?^,^.?VMlon went for an ?JL?\or? ot the faculty 'who ^ ts? cbnraa of the executive. . ' presidential party arrived wh^rrlr?? S ?'c,ock *t the Coliseum been h?ldn> ?.^,onaU.conv?nt!ons have r.v When tho President ar L the crowd that parked the hxll T&nT? J?r ,more than four minute" k ^j,? small American flairs taavcdftthemSw'h"ted *** the audien" ^a\cd them wildly while they cheered Lntroduced by tioremor. 0-rrdnUeCrCd wSb Km". rn'eMxteUnrJ,l^nrwea,d n?eweedlebaeeV?nV^,t0r- Thts hr0^ re WU^on" ,t,he...K?r<Vrnwr introduced Mr. saSsr'iri ~ Phtonoalf'*ry call0?dK through'"a a m2ga &p\ sr,huEir,?m?s:".c'"p"r,^rd,i? sf???Eif5 S?K7e Wt?hrad Men", e,C.?n?m:c '"terests, sai, the P-e?V If there were n?P\rlt,0.n co"""ission. tryS wo^'haveVo*as?rt7d. tM^coun nfor^T^a\LVtr\tS'Pa"i;?^ WnVrS the rehabi Illation 0^1"" wSrid.** f?r flaying n I.nne Ifnnd. fv,lTha^,,'i KVd -lhe President, "is what n 11 vInp n'aying a lone hand. Tt is hiri^i e hand; it is playjnir a thesl [iTn7. h"1- ThORe wh? Propose (JrMLs M ih^r0, understand the in Li , ? ,he t>ii 1 ted States." r.a?.f 0y America fail to take its iuit President / U'?r,.d reh*bilitation. the of the wL?rrrtad^Ur Wbo,e attitude chanced fL ^ America would be ? fiangea. Because the world |rMCl.j be accordiiglvSapr'eathC reaC,i?" U'?Uld tifrMlT/.r>hiaSiZincr l,,?.w cro"oinic features >7? glan factories. The war. he added waC :Si ain?i}S! war,"bU "a ec.onomk^Viy and ^Mtka?nv ^he Pros?' dent continued. then it muVt be "phyl must VrtdY" f?r ,roubl6" The nation arms" said* "a ?alio" ?n friend^ ?o,you.'? haV? evervbo^ u"" Kvery Nation Mrs Spies. (V& was not the only nation 2?ri 1 ? a secret service, .Mr. Wilson was' aDvln^"5' nation in Kurope also thev fn r,?rt?,n iH n<k,Shbor8. because conoupsi i? h rpady for 8cllemes ?v conquest to be sprung. '!;?s.uc .of nations, without the ?iffi not !a <,S' would be "an alliance. "ThZL J' nfUe of nations." he said, in T frn^. " no- 'eague of nations, shin of ?hi ? * 4w,thout the partner ? this.great people. And if we arc a partner, let me predict we'll be are loSk??n,Thc Aberrations dTrection." UH for ,eadership and said Utfe3|w^I6a- ?,,olfe' the. President 1?eardft it' a'sseVTe^Hh rea?uneCeforwar.thl3 lea?uc would bo a on whotar^Ccommenting on t)his treaty have read it. There ian'f who*?dUmen0L'-tfUl meanlnff in wcJSyVJ-? h|rmSl|di,ent Ha,f ,f somebody wonia give him the name of "one of Iheso gentlemen" he would send him AMMertH He ia .\c Q0||(rr The league opponents, said the Pro, ident, seemed to be ?'ftgurinVont noorn we could get out Xn he (Continued on Sccond Page.) Liners From Liverpool Booked to February |By UnlTerntl Service.] LONDOKi Sept. .*>.?Liners bonnd for .New York from Liverpool are booked to next February. Only occasionally n berth In found vacant, and then by nccident. The llollnnd-Amerlmil Line has a few bertha open for late In Novem ber, and other linen have n handful for Oeoember. The passengers ore nearly all Americans who wish to enc'ape the rigor* of winter in Burope. Thousands of American* are neeking palmare, Some have taken residences In Liverpool or Southampton in hopes of Retting vacant ? berths. Some wealthy Americana are even "ilrnlni; up" an ntokern or stewards to net bnck to America that wny. Except for buainess men, few British pimncngerii are booking passage for America Juat now. SHERMAN FLAYS WILSON FOR COLUMBUS SPEECH Illinois Senator Declares Public Officials Have Been Impeached for Less. SEES APPEAL# TO LAWLESS Assorts President Has Yoked Himself Up With Revolution aries and Cannot Check Their Mad ' Race. [By Associated Press 1 WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.? President Wilson's declaration in his address , yesterday at Columbus. O., that the , international labor conference pro vided for in the peace treaty would he i held here next month regardless of whether the Senate had ratified the peace treaty in the meantime, was at tacked in the Senate today by Senator Sherman, Republican. Illinois, declaring the President's declaration indicated "contemptuous disregard" for the law, the Illinois Senator said: "Public ofliclals have been been im I peached forW^ess flagrant violation of the laws of fltir country than this.** "Next month." said Senator Sherman, ! "we are notified the President proposes to assemble in this country- the repre sentatives of various countries under Ithe labor articles of a treaty unrati fied by our country. It Is his declared purpose to convene on American soil a meeting of alien governments with our 1 own regardless of whether the treaty , has become the law of this republic or i not. "Limiting the laborers of this coun try to the narrow definition of the President even, there is no land in which the rights of labor are so liberal and cared for as ours. This paragraph of the President's address is 100 per cent demagORieal. It is an appeal to the lawless, a covert invitation to the ever-present dissatisfied restless ele ment to demand what they will. "The Presidnt has alraady played 1 with firebrands sufficiently to have in formed him of the danger. He has yoked himself up with revolutionaries ; so frequently as to know he cannot ' check their mad race to the goal -of lawlessness. His open declaration that ! he proposes to convene on American 1 soil radicals as well as others from i foreign government, is a proclamation i of lawlessness and contemptuous dis I regard of the United States govern | ment. , "Again we have one <Vho declared, j "I am the state.' Have the American I people quit electing Presidents and be 5 gun to elect Kings? Public officials , have been impeached for less flagrant i violation of the laws of their country 1 than this." OPPONENTS OF TREATY SETTLE ON PLANS TO BEGIN THEIR BATTLE Opening Gun Will Be Fired in Chicago Auditorium iSexl Wednesday Night. (By Universal Service.) WASHINGTON, September 5.?Sen ators opposed to the peace treaty have finally settled upon plans to carry their reasons for opposing it to the people of the country. They will begin their tour with a mass-meeting in the auditorium, Chicago, next Wed nesday night, which will be addressed by Senators Hiram Johnson, of Cal ifornia; William I?. Borah, of Idaho, and Mcdill MfiCormick, of Illinois. After the Chicago meeting the Sen ators will separate. Senator Johnson going to Indianapolis for a meeting Thursday night, St. Louis Prlday and Kansas City Saturday. He will re join Senator Borah for a meeting, probably in Des Moines, .Tovva, the following week, and then will go into Minnesota and thenco to tho Pacific Coast. Senator Borah's plans after the Chi cago meeting are not determined upon, but it is plannexl to have him speak in Iowa, Nebraska, and possibly Minne sota. ? Meanwhile, there will be speeches by Senator James A. Reed, of Missouri, at Akron. Ohio, next Sunday night and in Boston Monday. Senator Poin dexter, of Washington, is to speak in Dunkirk, N. Y.. next Thursday and in Pittsburgh September 17. Senator Wadsworth, of New Tork. is to speak against the treaty at Salem, N. Y., next Tuesday. BULGARIANS MAKE PROTEST AGAINST REPRESENTATION Ilrelare They llnve Not Ileen Cruel to Moslem Population of ICiistern Thrace. fBy Associated Press. 1 PARIS, Sept. 5.?Tho Bulgarian peace delegation sent the peace con ference, this morning a note protesting against representations that the Mos lem population of Kastern Thrace had been cruelly treated by tHe Bulgarians. The representations arc declared to be untrue. Two of the peace conference com missions held meetings this morning, the commission for the execution of the Versailles treaty and that dealing with Dutch and Belgian affairs. C. A O. Seaside Outings Kvery Sunday in September. $1.9C?Round Trip?$1.05 Old Point and Norfolk.?Adv. STEEL MEN'S STRIKE HANGS IN BALANCE Urgent Message to Act Is Sent to President Wilson by Leaders. CLAIM MEN ARE DISCHARGED Asserted Workers Cannot Be Held in Check Much Longer. 'Br CnivrMl Service.) WASH PN iG T O N. Sept. 3.?The thre?tencd strike of the employees of the United States Steel Corporation is t again hanging in the balance. Not having heard, frotn President Wilson since a week ago today, when he was asked at the White House to ?cffect a conference with the steel cor poration. President Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor, and the steel workers' committee, today wired the President ty tell thern whether a 1 conference with the sleei corporation is possible. They asked the President to reply by Tuesday morning, as a meeting will then be held in Washington of all the president:: of the twenty-four interna tional unions in the steel industry to take such action regarding the pro pose*! strike "as they deem necessary." President Gompers and the other members of the committee state plain ly in the wire to the President that the situation wf the steel workers is critical, and that the men .are so in dignant over the acts of their employ ers that thtir leaders cannot be count ed on to restrain them from striking much longer. Telegram 1'rgei* Action. The telegram urges the President in ?spite of his present speech-making mission :n behalf of the peace treaty and the league of nations to give his attention to the steel situation, say- ' ing: | "If the men can no longer be re- j strained, it is impossible to' foretell j what the future may hold in store for an Industrial crisis which may ensue and frustrate the project which you have worked at for a peaceful and honorable adjustment of lnd,u3trlal af fairs In our country." The- committee also recalls to the j President his "earnest declaration to. j endeavor lo br'.ng about a. conference j for the honorable and peaceful adjust- ; | ment of the matte*s in controversy." j Should the President fail to satisfy ! j the committee as to progress t\>adc to i bring about a conference, as demanded j by the workers, with Judge Gary. I j chairman of the finance committee of j ! the steel corporation, and the strike be calicd. it will involve not only the ? I United States Steel Corporation, but I ! also the independent steel companies ; j such as the Betn'.ehem and others. 200,000 Worker* Affected. j The number of employees of all I | classes of the United States Steel Cor- i j poratlon ia said to be 260,000. Labor j ' organizers claim that more than 125,- j 000 workers in the various trades are I ; now members of one or another of the i I twenty-four internarional unions in ! I the industry. Labor leaders here declared that any ; ' prolonged delay in calling a striko ! would simnlv work to the ad vantage of the steel corporation. They de clare that the steel corporation is * uiv dismissing'men prominent in the efforts to organize workmen within the industry, and that to await the i outcome of the capital and labor con- j ference, which the President will hold i October <1. ts to court ftefe.it Inasmuch as the. President has not j ^ ven them any word regarding prom ised efforts to induce the steel corpor ation to meet the workers' committee, i the labor leaders assume that Judge ' Gary- has remained just as adamant j to executive efforts as he was to the j repeated requests of the committee, i The labor leaders are also of the opin- j ion LJiat the steel corporation is more I than willing to have a strike at this time. j The American Federation of Labor I is standing behind the union formed j by 600 policemen of Washington to maintain their atli'.iation with the fed- 1 I eration in spite oI the opposition of > I the District of Columbia Commission- I i erS* ! : JAPAN APOLOGIZES TO U. S. FOR ARREST OF AMERICAN I I Aincrlenn Government Protested Be rautir Incident Took Place on Chinese Territory. TRy Associated Press J WASHINGTON*. Sept. f..?Arrest of ' S. W. Glass, an American citizen, in ! China by a Japanese soldier, was an- j nounced today l?y the State Depart- < mcnt. together with the statement that j an apology had been made by the I Japanese authorities and the soldier punished and two ofli?-ers with liim reprimanded. Acting Secretary Phil lips said the incident thus had been settled satisfactorily. Glass, an employee of the British American Tobacco Company, was walk ing op a road between the railway station and the. town of Patniencheng when a Japanese soldier came up be hind h^m. followed by two Japanese officers, and attempted lo push him from the road. Glass resisted and was arrested. The American government protested on the ground that the Japanese had 1 no right to arrest an American on I Chinese territory. SUGAR SHORTAGE ENDED Government Now Hon I (Ml float* (fring ing Grrnt Quantities to I'. S. From Cubn. v [By Associated Press 1 CHICAGO. Sept. 6.?The sugar short age which has been felt all over the country during the last eight weeks is practically at an end and normal conditions will be resumed within ten days, according to an announcement made here today by Henry H. Rolap. chairman of the food administration's sugar distribution committee. "The government now has 100 boats bringing raw sugar frotn Cuba," Rolap said. To Guarantee Helglnn Sfcurllj. LONDON. September S.?The live ning Standard says it learns on the highest authority that Belgium's se curity in the future is to be guaran teed aaalnst German aggression by Great Britain atyl the United States. I HUNG JURY SO FAR IN MANASSAS CASE After Forty Minutes Deliberation Announcement Is Made of Inability to Agree. REPORT AGAIN THIS MORNING Hall Takes Stand and Claims He Fired Only in Self Defense. [By Associated Press.] MANASSAS, VA., Sept. 3.?After forty minutes' deliberation, the jury announced they were unable to reach a verdict in the case of W. C. Hall, prohibition agent. on trial in connec tion with the fatal shooting of Law rence W. Hudson and Raymond C. Shackelford, alleged blockade whisky runners, near Winchester, last March. The jury was excused until 10 A. M. tomorrow, when another effort will be made to reach a verdict. The.jury was given the case at 6 r\ jr. today, when adjournment was taken fof clinner un til 7 P. M. Forty minutes later the Jury returned to the courtroom and announced their failure to agree. The small courtrbom was packed with men and women during the day. Hall Ciofn on Stnnd. Hall took the stand today and en tered a plea of self-defense. He claimed he was fired upon twice by Shackelford before he drew his weapon and fired into Che car when he was be ing dragged in the front part by Hud son. He was struck over the head with a whisky .bottle by Hudson, he de clared, and then he fired another shot, which lodged in the seat between the two men, and two more shots which struck Hudson. * Hall denied that he had remarked he -would get ev?n with Shackrlford if it took twenty years," in response to a question by counsel for the prose cution. Mrs. Shackelford was recalled to the stand by the prosecution and testif'u-d that her husband was not a profes sional "bootlegger." and that the trip which ended in his death was the first trip of its kind her husband had ever taken. She said Jie went to Baltimore because he was offered ?350 to make the Journey. Pat Kljrun I, Witness. Patrick Fftnn, constable of Chester field County, testified he had known - hackelford as a whisky runner, and that last February Shackelford had nred upon him when he accosted him as he passed through the county. ..V?re,e.n Holly, aged fifteen, of Dan vjlle, Va., testified she had gone with Shackelford on^several "whisky trips." John W. Carter, Commonwealth's at torney of Danville, testified that Hall bore a bad reputation among the law ess, but a good reputation among the law-abiding. ALVARADO LAYS BARE CONDITIONS IN MEXICO WITH SCATHING WORDS Warns Carranza That Inter vention by United Slajes Is Imminent. [By Associated Press. 1 WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.?Warning Mexicans ' that intervention by the United States is imminent. General Salvador Alvarado, one of the leaders in the Carranza movement through out its course, has addressed an open letter to Carranza himself and Gener als Obregon and Gonzales, in which he arraigns conditions in Mexico in scathing fashion. AlvaFado. who attracted attention of all the Pan-Americans for his admin istration in Yucatan, estimates that the present daily death list in the scattered fighting between Federal troops and rebels is 100 a day. In Mexico City alone, he says, 8.000 chil dren die each year for want of pro per food and clothing and shelter. Alvarado declares Mexico has passed from one extreme of ail irresponsible, obstructionist Congress, to the other. The full text of Al^rado's remark able communication has just reached the State Department where officials regard it as a sign that members of Carranz.i's inner cU>-le realize the dan ger. Alvarado urges Carranza, Obre gon and Gonzales to drop personal politics and unite with the revolu tionary element in a great party to solve national problems. WANTSLEAGUEPRINCIPLES APPLIED TO MEXICANS listeeatlrc Council of rrdrrnllnn of Labor Iiwdm Slntemrnl near InK on Situation. TBy Associated Press ! WASHINGTON, September 5.?Ap plication of the principles of the leapue of nations' covenant to the Mexican situation has been endorsod by the American Federation of La bor. through its executive council, which today issued a statement set ting fortli a stand taken by the coun cil at its meeting here. "Having Just passed through a bit ter struggle for the overthrow of au tocracy and militarism and fop the development of justice and democracy." the statement said; "having made tre mendous sacrifices in the achievement of these ideals, and the United States being a party in creating the. princi ple of the. league of nations whereby international war may be avoided, the executive council expressed the judg ment that the principles involved In the peace, treaty should be applied in the present situation between Mexico and the United States." MINERS MAKE DEMANDS One Thousand of Knnnwha County Worker*, Sortie Armed, to Innbtt on\ 1'nlonlzntion. (By Associated Press] HUNTINGTON. W. VA., Sept. 5.?Ap proximately 1,000 coal miners of the Kanawha County coal fields, all of them said to be armed, are encamped near Winifred Junction. Kanawha County, awaiting re-enforcemcnts for a march across the. mountains to the Guyan coal fields, where it is said they will attempt to force operators to con sent to unionization of that ilcld. President Gives Senate More Information Regarding Rhine Territorial Agreement l Ily Aaaochited Pre#*.] WASHINGTON, Sept. -We*ident Wilson, In a letter prewented In the Senate late today by t.'hnlrmnn l.odKe, of the Foreign Relations Committee, submitted further In formation regnrdlng the Ithine ter ritorial agreement. The President naId It mlRht he of service in ron nectlon with the 1'nris aRreement previously submitted. The memo randum Incloned hy the President define* the respective Jurisdiction of military forces occupying the Ithine district and the Inter-allied hlph elvillon commlmlon. I'reNentatlon of Senator MeCum her's proponed substitute reserva tions today \\ n s regarded an defin itely Joining the issue between Senate faetlonn ndvornting "strong" and "mild'' reservation*. In pri vate conference* todny it wn* *nld. however, that much progrena win made toward n compromise. Some Senator* were understood to he counting on atrong Democratic nap port for the McCumher reaervn tlona. The substitute 1) y Senator Mr Cumber follow*: v "Thnt the advice and suggestion* of the council (of the league) a* to the mean* of enrryiug the sold obli gation* (Article X.) Into effect are only advisory, and,, that any under taking under the provisions of Article A., the execution of which may require the use of American military or naval force*, or economic meanure*, he cnrrled out only liy the action of the Congrr**, and thnt the fniiure of the t.'ongre** to adopt the suggestion* of the council of the league, or to provide such mili tary or nnvnl forces or economic nieoMiires, nhall not constitute a violation of the ?"trenly." The Foreign Relation* Committee closed it* hearing todny, nnd Indi cation* were that actual considera tion of the trenty might begin la It next week, which would he nooner than was expected. Democrats Say President Faces Super human Task in Having Pact Unreservedly Ratified. BELIEVE HE CANNOT GET VOTES Senator Hoke Smitli Declares Any Statement to Effect He Will Sup. port DocumeUt Without Reserva tions Is Wholly Unauthorized. 'Ry Universal Service.) WASHINGTON, Sept 5.?The move ment in the Senate for ratifying the peace treaty with reservations similar to thoso recommenced in tlie Foreign Relations Committee's resolution of ratification gained considerable mo mentum today. The accessions to the ranks of the reservationlsts came not only from the group of Republican Senators who have been holding out faint hopes that the treaty might be ratified just 't is, but also from the Democratic side, where there are a number of Sena tors willing 10 Join with the Republi cans in .putting the Lodge program through. The general belief expressed today among Senator? of the President's own .party was that the President will face a superhuman task if he persltH In his effort to put the treaty through unamended and unreserved. They simply cannot see where n6 is going to get the votes to do it. Survey of Korce* Made. A survey ftf the Democratic side brings to light these interesting facts . . , Senator Ashurst. of Arizona, has told his colleagues among the Demo crats that there are not more than twenty-seven Democratic Senators who will vote for the ratification of the treaty without reservations. 2. Senator Thomas, of Colorado, an nounced that he will vote for reserva tions, that he likes the reservations adopted by the committee and may pro pose some chanpes in them: further more. he will offer some reservations of his own and will introduce some amendments to the labor sections in the treaty. 3. Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia, declared that any statement to the effect that he would suoport the treaty without reservations is wholly unau horlsted. It is known that 'Senator Smith favors strong reservations to the treaty, and that he would like to go farther than the committee by providing that no American represen tative be seated on any of the com missions without direct authority of Congress. 4. Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, favors reservations and will offer some amend ments. among them being the one to recognize the Deity in the treatv and one to recognize the right of Ireland to freedom. 5. Senator Walsh, of Massachusetts, will vote for reservations while Senator Reed, of Missouri, has been against the entire treaty from the verv start and will continue to be against it to the end. INFLUENZA QUESTION UP llenlth Officer* of Virginia, South Caro lina mid North Cnrolltin Con sidering Possibilities. I Bv Associated ?Press.1 RALEIGH, N. C.. Sept. 6.?Health officers of Virginia, South Carolina and! North Carolina, appointed as a special! committee at the July meeting of the National and Provincial Health Offi cers' Association, held at Atlantic City were in session here today consider ing the possible recurrence of an intluenza epidemic this fall and winter i DROWNS IN COOPER RIVER Wln*ton-Sa|ein Man Sold to Hnvc Fallen Out of l.auncli While Asleep. TBy Associated Press.] CHARLESTON. S. C.. Sept. 5 ?R. L. Grabbs, said to *bc a railroad trainman living In Winston-Salem. N. C\. was drowned tonight in the Cooper River. He fell asleep in a launch which over turned in the ebbing tide. A negro with him escaped. Grabbs was about thirty-five years old. ? RAIDERS kIllTnEGRO Senrclier* fur Moonshine Camp In Georgia tireeted lij Shower of Mullets. ?. Associated Press 1 MACON, i,A.. Sept. f?.? (n raiding a I moonshine camp recently opened in Pu laski County by mountaineers from North Georgia, revenue officers this afternoon killed Dempsey Clark, a negro. The negro is said to have opened fire, on the officers. f'arwoi. Slnde President. ROSTON. Sept. 5.?The American Rar Association brought its annual convention to a close with the elec tion of officers today and a dinner to night. Hampton L. Carson, of Phila delphia. former Attorney-General of Pennsylvania, wa.s elected president lOx-Kalner (hiIiik f?? Doom. THE HAGUE. September ft.?The ex-Kaiser will leave Amerongen for his new residence at Doorn next Jan uary. | Round Trip Norfolk. SI.OS I Va. Beach, J2.15. Sundays. N. & W ?? Adv. .. Gained Nation-Wide Prominence ?s Chief Prosecuting Attorney in Allen Trials. IX BAD HEALTH MANY YEARS Was Member of Virginia Constitu tionul Convention, Served in Gen eral Assembly and Was Candidate for Congress From Ninth District. t0vTAh0 Jlmcs-Dlsnatch.] ' VA- Sept. 5.?Joseph C. ^\>sor. one of the best-known lawyers in Virginia, who pained nation-wide prominence as the chief prosecuting attorney in the famous Allen Clan trials, died at his residence here this afternoon at 4 o'clock. He had been in ill-health for a number of years, and desperately ill for the past few months so that his death was not unexpected. The burial will take place Sunday afternoon In this city. Mr. Wysor was a son of Benjamin F, and liar Sep\&JY?a,isiIyj'0r' a"J W" He is survived by his wife was Miss May Gardner, and th'o fol lowing children: Mrs. Km ma May Dunlap, of Hlnton, "\v*. Va.i jfra 11 c Graham. of Winston-Salem- Mrs' Robert H. Smith, of Bluefield. \v. Va ? xi-' \,:V80r' treasurer of Pulaski. ' ;\-vaor was a member of the .V. ?S; i .uWas aPPo'nted chief prose cutor in the trial of the Allen Clan by Governor William H. Mnnn in 111'" was a member of the State constitu tional convention in 1901-2 and had r?1rie?Crte(l "IS colJ"ty in the State Legislature He made one race for Mni7*d?>trtctT but S,'Brc5a from "" WOMEN OF BRITAIN ASK PART IN WORK OF WORLD LEAGUE Send Names lo Secretary With Recommendation for Vari ous Commissions. r ,??vr\/-\v.n>'.Un!V0J8a 1 Service. > LONDON. bept./5.?While the United Sfif; Sl?"?(tel is debating the peace treatj. British women are initiating p^oc,tivf campaign for obtaining representation in the league of na tions, sending the names of British women to the secretariat with recom mendations for various commissions under the league. committee has heen quietly at work for months and yesterday the London delegates of ninety-flva wo men s organizations of Great Britain met to insist upon an active part of British women in the league Three American women were present. Mrs Curtis Brown, Mrs. George A. Mulier and Mrs. J. A. Seaverns. of the Ameri can Women's Club of London. Countess Selborne. president of the S?n"'rYlLve Kf'llal Suffrage League, ?declared for a plan of represent in R" a.l women in the league, saying that feague offices should, not be given to "cranks" in women's* organizations .Mrs. Mood, representing the Wo men s Co-operative Association, com prising 70,000 workingmen's wives said in a speech she did her own housework and still had time to work for the women's organization?. "Therefore," ?e said, "I think idle women who ha .? no time to join our organizations are not worth bothering with." SHIPPING BOARD WlLToPEN SCHOOL IN NEWPORT NEWS < nplnin I. Ileltlinrd to lie I'taeed In i'linrge of Sen Training Service. IRy Associated rres.? l WASHINGTON, September 5.?Cap tain f. N. IIcbhard will be in charge of the sea training service of ttie shipping Board to he established at Newport News. It was announced to day The service was recently or dered transferred from Boston The Minnesota, a former passenger steamship on the Great Lakes, will he stationed in Haiapton Bonds as re ceiving ship, and the wooden .steam ships Alabat and Sturgeon Bay have heen commissioned as training shins with a capacity of 00 students, and will ply between Baltimore, Hampton Boads and Cuba as cargo cruisers. WIFE SHOOTS HUSBAND Prominent Surgeon In New Orleans In Nlnln Ilefore Bullet I'iqdn l.lfc of Mntf. f Hy Asvru'jatnl Press 1 NK\\ OHLIOANS, Sept. 5.?Mrs. Mary Josephine Wolfe, aged thirty-eiclit shot and killed her husband. Dr. James k'.i * a Prominent surgeon, in the bathroom of their home iiere today then fired a bullet Into her own heart! T he police stated that they were unable .V,SCMrr,alVn,y, mo!ive f?r the shoot 5,"h h" Wnftlf1 K?Tere wc", kn?wn here. Mrs < \?.V? .bol"P ? native of New Orleans while Dr. Wolfo oaino here ton years ago from I'aacagoula, Miss. years Bill Providing for State Commission Among Those Receiving Approval.. ; .a GENERAL PROPERTY LEVY S? AND AUTO TAX NOW LAV\& Appropriation for State Aid to County Roads Also Given Executive Approval. Jv] FIGHTS FOR REGULAR SESSION Legislative Battles Expected Over Abolition of Prohibition Depart ment and Equalizing Taxes. By attaching: his signature to four highway hills. Governor Davis yester day pave the finishing touch to leg'ls* lation, at the special session of the General Assembly, which marks the beginning of unprecedented road con struction In Virginia. These measures provide: An additional levy of 7 cents on gen eral property, the revenue derived In this manner to be used for meeting the J-ederal aid for building and maintain ing highways, -embraced in the State system of roads. A State highway commission of five members, appointive by the Governor and subject to approval by the Senate. The statute provides that, as far as possible, each of the five geographical" subdivisions of the State shall have TiM?ireiKC mi'0/1 i?n l,,e commission. which will begin the exercise- of ' Its duties on November 1. Its task will be to draw- up and make effective rules for traffic on State highways, to . act ??.ia,LaPiPeAl. J304*'"'? I" case taxpayers and local authorities protest against iil?nac ?.f the commissioner Ijt se lecting routes between designated points in the htatfe system, and to ap prove apportionment of fnnds by- th? highway commissioner. The cOmrhis "?n?r himself is given administrative authority over the department and has Hole jurisdiction In selecting types of road construction, which was consld crcd by the Legislature to be a pecu* liar function of a civil engineer. Money for County Roads. An appropriation of $800,000 for use in the construction and maintenance of county roads during the next two years, riils money is given the coun ties upon provision they put up an flip i(Sn1,1' and> "J*1"* '"to account the $300,000 a year which the State now appropriates for this purpose, gives a total of $750,000 annually for county road building. Tax measures have been passed to realize the needed funds, l?n<- of which already has received tha signature of the chief executive. An increase of the automobile license tax from 40 to t?0 cents on the horsa power, the increase to be devoted,to ,, , Toad construction purposes. 1" unda derived at the old rate of .40 cents still will be used for mainte? nance only. still in Constructive Seaalon. Both houses of the General Assem bl> met yesterday in constructive si1* the signing of bills. Many'of these were disposed of, and the Legis lature adjourned until Tuesday, when f. j necessary number will return to ! 'V'?'1. lhe task. Governor Davis signed every measure yesterday that was awaiting his signature. Gossip In legislative circles centered principally on the topic of what tho Cieneral Assembly will do when it con-' uary" regular session next Jani It teems to be the consensus of opinion that two questions will occupy a great part of the body's attention; They are the abolition of the Prohibi tion Department and the equalization of the tax burden as between the cities and the counties. Opposed to Prohibition Department* Many members of the new General Assembly, such as E. P. Buford and *\ alter Tansil Oliver, were elected on platforms which commit them-to. exer cise their influence toward doing away with the office now held by Dr. J. Sid ney Peters, and there is little doabt in the minds of men who know the sit uation that they will make a deter mined eifort. What success will at tend them none will venture to pre dict. I hough Senator Addison's resolu tion. naming a commission to investi gate tha problem of equalizing taxes and to file a report with the General Assembly at its next session, failed of concurrence by the House of Dele , gates. Senator Cannon declared yes | terdav that he Intended to ofTer a bill I next* year, In the hope that he may partly accomplish the end in view. >lay llnve fleet* Involved. "As a matter of fact," he said, "r believe the Addison resolution would have been unconstitutional, even had both houses approved it, since a reso* lution cannot carry an appropriation as this one did." Scarcely a day passed during the extra session that .some member of the - Legislature did not make a complaint that, because of the low assessment of | real estate In many of the counties, the cities are obliged to bear the grcHte.r burden of taxation, when there is imposed for State purposes a ieVy on general property, including real es tate and intangible personal propertv. other bills signed by Governor Davis were: H B. I7,-An act to raise revenue for .rni,rit^P thc. government and to ap propriate money for the construction of Syslem'" compr,"d ,n tb? "?<??? h? r.-u.forc or hereafter niado to provide for State mon.-y aid In addition to convict la n Hr ,'h" Improvement of public ro*d?. ?J "ot 10 appropriate tha tun of *6'<00 for the purpose of provldln* proper .s?niV)iv th0 h4"3 of the *??n?rlla" ??.V 'iB?f *TiTAnK A.ct 1(I a",8n(1 ??<"ttone ? <? ? t, L th'.' rharter of the town of fiaJam. S. I? ?<.?An act to authorlxo the Board #?P<"kV .to, b?rrow. the sum of $a>. (X?) to he u?rd for the construction and BEErs.1 j/rcar' " ??" v'&Z ?""" ,u? .s. B ?? - Ac. act to validate the nr^c^iM. Inirn ?.f -he rltv of NrrfolW for tho Mjja-u-e of certain bonds. * ,?S?#n,.?C~A.n act to ??"??d station a 4 and 1- ot an a;t lu proMde for worklag of